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Church leader’s position untenable, says senior bishop
A senior bishop has called for Justin Welby’s resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury, calling his position “untenable” over his handling of an abuse scandal. The Right Rev Helen-Ann Hartley, the Bishop of Newcastle, said that his resignation “would not solve the safeguarding problem”. She told...A senior bishop has called for Justin Welby’s resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury, calling his position “untenable” over his handling of an abuse scandal. The Right Rev Helen-Ann Hartley, the Bishop of Newcastle, said that his resignation “would not solve the safeguarding problem”. She told...A senior bishop has called for Justin Welby’s resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury, calling his position “untenable” over...
A soldier accused of spying for Iran has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going on the run for four days while he was awaiting trial. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, changed his plea to the prison escape charge, halfway through giving evidence at Woolwich crown court. He faces...A soldier accused of spying for Iran has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going on the run for four days while he was awaiting trial. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, changed his plea to the prison escape charge, halfway through giving evidence at Woolwich crown court. He faces...A soldier accused of spying for Iran has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going on the...
IN DEPTH
Daniel Khalife hatched his plan to escape from Wandsworth prison after he was told in July last year that he was being transferred to Belmarsh maximum-security jail. The former soldier complained that he was having “major issues” in Wandsworth, a category B jail, where he was in the vulnerable prisoners’ unit...Daniel Khalife hatched his plan to escape from Wandsworth prison after he was told in July last...Daniel Khalife hatched his plan to escape from Wandsworth prison after he was told in July last...
martin samuel
Whatever unfolded subsequently, the one thing Manchester United got right was Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure. They won...Whatever unfolded subsequently, the one thing Manchester United got right was Sir Alex Ferguson’s...Whatever unfolded subsequently, the one thing Manchester United got right was Sir Alex Ferguson’s...
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I can’t say I wasn’t warned, multiple times even. Most people would wince, cock their head and mumble something like...I can’t say I wasn’t warned, multiple times even. Most people would wince, cock their head and...I can’t say I wasn’t warned, multiple times even. Most people would wince, cock their head and...
The annual climate meeting is in the city that built its economy on oil, where east meets west and noble ideas meet economic tests
dispatch
As a boy, Luke Pollard remembers his home city of Plymouth being swept up in the preparations for the Falklands War. His father was in the Royal Navy and worked on submarines. Now, as Labour’s minister for the armed forces, Pollard has travelled to the Falkland Islands to pay his respects to the fallen on Remembrance Day. “This is an emotional moment for me,” he said.As a boy, Luke Pollard remembers his home city of Plymouth being swept up in the preparations for...As a boy, Luke Pollard remembers his home city of Plymouth being swept up in the preparations for...
History
When William Tinsley left school at 15, he would have been expected to join the army. It was 1940, the country was at...When William Tinsley left school at 15, he would have been expected to join the army. It was 1940, the country was at war and, as an alumnus of the Duke of York’s Royal Military School, an orphanage for the sons of fallen soldiers, he was made for uniform. He could join the army and wait three years until he was...When William Tinsley left school at 15, he would have been expected to join the army. It was 1940, the country was at war and...
If you’ve been putting off a trip to catch a new release at the cinema, you might want to think again: data shows the...If you’ve been putting off a trip to catch a new release at the cinema, you might want to think...If you’ve been putting off a trip to catch a new release at the cinema, you might want to think...
Ugly buildings and shabby surroundings are fuelling an epidemic of loneliness, according to a report by the Centre...Ugly buildings and shabby surroundings are fuelling an epidemic of loneliness, according to a...Ugly buildings and shabby surroundings are fuelling an epidemic of loneliness, according to a...
Residents in a London estate claim they may have to pay up to £66,000 each towards a new heating system to help a Labour council reach its net-zero targets. Owners of the former council houses, in Pimlico, central London, have said the plan to...Residents in a London estate claim they may have to pay up to £66,000 each towards a new heating...Residents in a London estate claim they may have to pay up to £66,000 each towards a new heating...
Matthew Kelly’s Stars In Their Eyes ended almost two decades ago, but a spate of low-stakes street contests has proved that the appetite for lookalikes remains strong among Gen Z. The organiser of a Harry Styles doppelganger competition, which...Matthew Kelly’s Stars In Their Eyes ended almost two decades ago, but a spate of low-stakes...Matthew Kelly’s Stars In Their Eyes ended almost two decades ago, but a spate of low-stakes...
Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16 users were treated at hospital for side effects. Twelve of the cases happened in the same Scottish health board...Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16 users were treated at hospital for side effects. Twelve of the cases happened in the same Scottish health board...Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16...
As some of the best and brightest minds in the country, Cambridge University students are not used to failure. But if the worst happens and an exam is flunked, most would hope for a second chance in the form of a resit.As some of the best and brightest minds in the country, Cambridge University students are not used to failure. But if the worst happens and an exam is flunked, most would hope for a second chance in the form of a resit.As some of the best and brightest minds in the country, Cambridge University students are not used to failure. But if...
Chancellor’s three-party coalition fell to pieces after economy talks failed
updatedOlaf Scholz has rejected a demand to trigger the end of his chancellorship this week but said he was open to holding a confidence vote before Christmas, setting the stage for a snap election early next year. Germany’s leader is under pressure from all sides to bring a swift resolution to the...Olaf Scholz has rejected a demand to trigger the end of his chancellorship this week but said he was open to holding a confidence vote before Christmas, setting the stage for a snap election early next year. Germany’s leader is under pressure from all sides to bring a swift resolution to the...Olaf Scholz has rejected a demand to trigger the end of his chancellorship this week but said he was open to holding a...
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President Biden will urge Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting this week amid concerns that the president-elect could halt military assistance in the war against Russia. Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said Biden would push the case for continuing military support for Ukraine during a...President Biden will urge Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting this week amid concerns that the president-elect could halt military assistance in the war against Russia. Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said Biden would push the case for continuing military support for Ukraine during a...President Biden will urge Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting this week amid concerns that the...
fiona hamilton in georgia
At the Republican National Convention, which began only two days after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, the party’s presidential nominee raised a triumphant fist towards the heavens. The convention had been awash with talk of divine intervention and miracles even before Trump told delegates that “I’m...At the Republican National Convention, which began only two days after Donald Trump survived an...At the Republican National Convention, which began only two days after Donald Trump survived an...
from our correspondent
Sealed off from the chaos and heat of India, the colonial clubs of the Raj era represented a welcome escape, where knotty problems of the ruling class could be resolved over croquet and cocktails. Even when the country gained independence in 1947...Sealed off from the chaos and heat of India, the colonial clubs of the Raj era represented a...Sealed off from the chaos and heat of India, the colonial clubs of the Raj era represented a...
Sitting before a vast curved screen, more often used for spreadsheets or gaming, Oleh scrolls through gruesome images of dead Ukrainian soldiers lying on the battlefield in Kursk. Here is a young man, his features partly obscured by blood, lying awkwardly on the ground, his leg bent painfully back. Another, his eyes still open, a woollen cap on his head, lies nearby as...Sitting before a vast curved screen, more often used for spreadsheets or gaming, Oleh scrolls...Sitting before a vast curved screen, more often used for spreadsheets or gaming, Oleh scrolls...
video
Seven children were among 23 people killed in an Israeli strike in the mountain village of Almat, north of the...Seven children were among 23 people killed in an Israeli strike in the mountain village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut, on Sunday. Footage showed rescuers rummaging with their bare hands through the wreckage of a house that had been completely destroyed, pulling out bodies wrapped in blankets while an...Seven children were among 23 people killed in an Israeli strike in the mountain village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut...
One of eight migrants sent to Albania for asylum processing has been moved to Italy because of health concerns in a...One of eight migrants sent to Albania for asylum processing has been moved to Italy because of...One of eight migrants sent to Albania for asylum processing has been moved to Italy because of...
North Korea has admitted carrying out public executions in a rare admission about its treatment of prisoners...North Korea has admitted carrying out public executions in a rare admission about its treatment...North Korea has admitted carrying out public executions in a rare admission about its treatment...
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More than 100,000 protesters marched through the streets of Valencia this weekend demanding the resignation of the regional president for his mishandling of the government’s response to Spain’s worst natural disaster in recent history. During one...More than 100,000 protesters marched through the streets of Valencia this weekend demanding the...More than 100,000 protesters marched through the streets of Valencia this weekend demanding the...
Increase in employer NICs undermines profitability, hairdressers say
updatedTwo in five hair salons are at risk of closure over the “devastating” increased cost of employment set out in last month’s budget, industry leaders have warned. Carla Whelan, chief executive of the Regis and Supercuts group of salons, said the increase in employer national insurance contributions...Two in five hair salons are at risk of closure over the “devastating” increased cost of employment set out in last month’s budget, industry leaders have warned. Carla Whelan, chief executive of the Regis and Supercuts group of salons, said the increase in employer national insurance contributions...Two in five hair salons are at risk of closure over the “devastating” increased cost of employment set out in last month’s...
A City grandee, business groups and a staff union have urged MPs to intervene to ensure the publication of a long-delayed report on a £1 billion fraud at Lloyds Banking Group. Lord Tyrie, former chairman of the Treasury committee, said the handling of the Dame Linda Dobbs review into whether Lloyds covered up a fraud at HBOS, the lender it...A City grandee, business groups and a staff union have urged MPs to intervene to ensure the publication of a long-delayed report on a £1 billion fraud at Lloyds Banking Group. Lord Tyrie, former chairman of the Treasury committee, said the handling of the Dame Linda Dobbs review into whether Lloyds covered up a fraud at HBOS, the lender it...A City grandee, business groups and a staff union have urged MPs to intervene to ensure the publication of a long-delayed...
The mounting scandal over motor finance commissions has forced the British car loans division of BMW to set aside more than £70 million to cover the cost of potentially compensating customers. The provision by the German car giant takes the total amount set aside by lenders bracing themselves for the fallout from...The mounting scandal over motor finance commissions has forced the British car loans division of...The mounting scandal over motor finance commissions has forced the British car loans division of...
As Britain’s latest and most significant water infrastructure project makes its sedate progress through the fields of eastern England, the ironies are piling up. Anglian Water is building a 210-mile underground pipeline through six counties from...As Britain’s latest and most significant water infrastructure project makes its sedate progress...As Britain’s latest and most significant water infrastructure project makes its sedate progress...
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I was wrong. Before last month’s budget I thought it would be the defining moment of this parliament. In its...I was wrong. Before last month’s budget I thought it would be the defining moment of this...I was wrong. Before last month’s budget I thought it would be the defining moment of this...
Terry Smith, the prominent stock picker behind the Fundsmith investment business, has had his pay cut for the second...Terry Smith, the prominent stock picker behind the Fundsmith investment business, has had his pay...Terry Smith, the prominent stock picker behind the Fundsmith investment business, has had his pay...
Vertical Aerospace is in advanced negotiations with creditors over a rescue deal that will probably result in its founder ceding control of the Bristol-based would-be manufacturer of electric flying taxis. Vertical could announce a deal as early...Vertical Aerospace is in advanced negotiations with creditors over a rescue deal that will...Vertical Aerospace is in advanced negotiations with creditors over a rescue deal that will...
international trade
recruitment
Can a seatbelt launch a career? Eleanor Eyre, head of careers at Engineering UK, believes they can. “For girls, showing them things that have been designed by and for men — such as seatbelts, construction equipment, smartphones and even the layout of concert venues — demonstrates that they can be part of a much-needed change to make society one that’s designed with...Can a seatbelt launch a career? Eleanor Eyre, head of careers at Engineering UK, believes they can.Can a seatbelt launch a career? Eleanor Eyre, head of careers at Engineering UK, believes they can.
recruitment | SIX FROM THE BEST
After 25 years leading organisations including BA’s Air Miles and the Leasehold Advisory Service, Wanda Goldwag OBE...After 25 years leading organisations including BA’s Air Miles and the Leasehold Advisory Service, Wanda Goldwag OBE became chair of the Covent Garden Market Authority, the body behind the UK’s biggest wholesale market. As the market celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, she shares her advice on nurturing a team.After 25 years leading organisations including BA’s Air Miles and the Leasehold Advisory Service, Wanda Goldwag OBE became...
The referee David Coote has been suspended after a video emerged which appears to show him using foul language to abuse Liverpool and their former manager Jürgen Klopp. Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL), the organisation which oversees Premier League referees, instigated an...The referee David Coote has been suspended after a video emerged which appears to show him using foul language to abuse Liverpool and their former manager Jürgen Klopp. Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL), the organisation which oversees Premier League referees, instigated an...The referee David Coote has been suspended after a video emerged which appears to show him using foul language to abuse...
stephen jones
After 46 minutes of play in Sunday’s match between Scotland and South Africa it must have seemed to parts of the crowd in Murrayfield that someone had turned off the floodlights. Six giant Springboks arrived as a unit on the touchline, casting long shadows. As they lined up waiting to be called on to the field as replacements, they looked...After 46 minutes of play in Sunday’s match between Scotland and South Africa it must have seemed to parts of the crowd in Murrayfield that someone had turned off the floodlights. Six giant Springboks arrived as a unit on the touchline, casting long shadows. As they lined up waiting to be called on to the field as replacements, they looked...After 46 minutes of play in Sunday’s match between Scotland and South Africa it must have seemed to parts of the crowd in...
Ruud van Nistelrooy has left Manchester United with Rúben Amorim deciding to bring his own staff with him. The club confirmed the former striker, who joined on a two-year contract as assistant manager in the summer, had left with Amorim arriving at their Carrington training base for the first time on Monday afternoon.Ruud van Nistelrooy has left Manchester United with Rúben Amorim deciding to bring his own staff...Ruud van Nistelrooy has left Manchester United with Rúben Amorim deciding to bring his own staff...
ELGAN ALDERMAN
Andy Farrell begins his tenure as head coach of the British & Irish Lions next month, once Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series is complete. The 2025 jersey is public, and fans, pundits (and players) are already thinking about the summer tour to...Andy Farrell begins his tenure as head coach of the British & Irish Lions next month, once...Andy Farrell begins his tenure as head coach of the British & Irish Lions next month, once...
stuart barnes
Dare I write this? As I departed the press room an hour or so after the final whistle of this pulsating international...Dare I write this? As I departed the press room an hour or so after the final whistle of this...Dare I write this? As I departed the press room an hour or so after the final whistle of this...
OWEN SLOT
On the rugby page of The Sydney Morning Herald website on Sunday morning, there remained a headline that read: “Up...On the rugby page of The Sydney Morning Herald website on Sunday morning, there remained a...On the rugby page of The Sydney Morning Herald website on Sunday morning, there remained a...
premier league
This was fun for the neutrals but of limited use to either team. Arsenal slipped further behind in the title race and go into the international break nine points off Liverpool, the leaders, while Chelsea are still waiting for that first big statement win under Enzo Maresca. Pedro Neto scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea after Arsenal had taken the lead...This was fun for the neutrals but of limited use to either team. Arsenal slipped further behind...This was fun for the neutrals but of limited use to either team. Arsenal slipped further behind...
PREMIER LEAGUE | GREGOR ROBERTSON
The final whistle was greeted with a resounding chorus of boos but, in truth, the ire of the Tottenham Hotspur...The final whistle was greeted with a resounding chorus of boos but, in truth, the ire of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium could do nothing to drown out the joyous celebrations among the travelling support. Ipswich Town’s fans were made to wait 22 years for their Premier League return. Now they are here, they were made...The final whistle was greeted with a resounding chorus of boos but, in truth, the ire of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium could do...
Paul Joyce
Virgil van Dijk was standing in a corridor outside the Liverpool dressing room on August 11 when he was asked to cast...Virgil van Dijk was standing in a corridor outside the Liverpool dressing room on August 11 when...Virgil van Dijk was standing in a corridor outside the Liverpool dressing room on August 11 when...
James Gheerbrant
Seldom in his 172 games as a manager at FC Pipinsried, St Pauli and Brighton & Hove Albion can Fabian Hürzeler have...Seldom in his 172 games as a manager at FC Pipinsried, St Pauli and Brighton & Hove Albion can...Seldom in his 172 games as a manager at FC Pipinsried, St Pauli and Brighton & Hove Albion can...
It’s fresh stuffed pasta, not dried types, that we’re feasting on now. Giulia Crouch rates the best (and worst)
first person
Private jets, cigars and caviar pizza. In the US president’s favourite pocket of Florida, locals are living it up post-election
Thirty years after his death, the Formula 1 world champion is being memorialised in unusual ways
new
Forget ‘scarfage’ and Stanley Tucci, where I live in Cumbria we dress more like Clarkson, says Jeremy Langmead
first person
When a home DNA test revealed that two babies had been switched in 1967, lives were thrown into turmoil
SARAH JOSSEL
“You live in a beauty bubble!” This is one of the worst insults I can get. It’s worse than “Are you having triplets?”...“You live in a beauty bubble!” This is one of the worst insults I can get. It’s worse than “Are...“You live in a beauty bubble!” This is one of the worst insults I can get. It’s worse than “Are...
ASK PROFESSOR TANYA BYRON
Q. I am 34 and have always had difficulty sleeping but learnt to cope with five or so hours a night. Things are...Q. I am 34 and have always had difficulty sleeping but learnt to cope with five or so hours a night....Q. I am 34 and have always had difficulty sleeping but learnt to cope with five or so hours a night....
interview
In the old days it was regarded as the best French orchestra in the world. “Yes, back in the 1980s we made dozens of recordings of Ravel, Debussy and Berlioz under Charles Dutoit,” says Timothy Hutchins, who has been principal flute since 1978.In the old days it was regarded as the best French orchestra in the world. “Yes, back in the...In the old days it was regarded as the best French orchestra in the world. “Yes, back in the...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT review
At a packed Stereo in Glasgow, the band made a fantastic genre-mashing racket
FIRST NIGHT review
The Irish band taunted Brits and championed Palestine, but their north London gig was more party-starting than uprising
first night review
Rudolf Nureyev’s 40-year-old Tchaikovsky production was given the Imax treatment
FIRST NIGHT review
This amiable touring show goes over familiar ground but adds plenty of energy and songs to the narrative
Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also point out when you can catch up with further performances or on-demand streams of these events. Feel free to join in the conversation...Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few...Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few...
MindGames
1 How many points is a starter question worth on University Challenge? 2 SNOT (studs not on top) is a technique...1 How many points is a starter question worth on University Challenge? 2 SNOT (studs not on...1 How many points is a starter question worth on University Challenge? 2 SNOT (studs not on...
review
First look at the BBC’s final adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall series promises a lavish return to Tudor court
Can it really be almost a decade since Claire Foy’s Anne Boleyn was led trembling to the scaffold in whipping wind to part company with her head? What a terrible scene, so brilliantly executed in Wolf Hall, the TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel. But don’t worry. You get to see it all over again at the start of The Mirror and the Light, a reminder of...Can it really be almost a decade since Claire Foy’s Anne Boleyn was led trembling to the scaffold...Can it really be almost a decade since Claire Foy’s Anne Boleyn was led trembling to the scaffold...
review
Midsomer Murders (ITV1) is obviously as camp as several rows of tents so how did it take so long for it to devote an...Midsomer Murders (ITV1) is obviously as camp as several rows of tents so how did it take so long for it to devote an episode to drag queens? Alas we didn’t get to see DCI Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Winter (Nick Hendrix) stuffing their push-up bras with chicken fillets and perfecting their “tucks” but the...Midsomer Murders (ITV1) is obviously as camp as several rows of tents so how did it take so long for it to devote an episode to...
INTERVIEW
A Playboy pin-up in her twenties, the actress now spends her time pickling cucumbers and has written a vegan cookbook. This is the real me, she says
Why are we getting worse at sleeping, not better?
Phil Hilton wants to be as buff as the 28-year-old film star. He asked a Hollywood trainer for help
interview
The film adaptation of Robert Harris’s thriller is already being tipped for Oscars. Its star joins its director Edward Berger to discuss the new film
INTERVIEW
The actress, 78, thought her politics would never harm her career. Now she tells Will Pavia she may never act in a big-budget Hollywood movie again
It’s been 25 years since the Swiss watch company brought out a new collection. What took them so long?
The luxury car brands have just launched premium models that look and drive like high-tech racing cars
emma freud
The broadcaster on trying to master the instrument and discovering that it’s the journey that counts
video
recipe
Santiago Lastra first realised his love of cooking thanks to a packet of crackers. The Mexican-born chef, who was more interested in maths than anything else as a teenager, decided to try his hand at the basic crab dip that was listed on the back...Santiago Lastra first realised his love of cooking thanks to a packet of crackers. The...Santiago Lastra first realised his love of cooking thanks to a packet of crackers. The...
Boho neighbourhoods, rooftop pool bars and an exciting spirit of reinvention make Athens an excellent weekender
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Sun, sea and… snacks? The Maldives may be a magnet for honeymooners, but it’s also the perfect place for one exhausted mother and her four-year-old son
Ever wondered how the other half fly? We’ve tried and tested the most expensive aircraft cabins in the sky — Dom Pérignon, caviar and showers at 39,000ft included
comment
A move to make the charity’s cafés more sustainable has its anti-woke clientele up in arms. Our writer, however, is all for their new plant-based menu
The couple go wild in Africa with safaris, saltpan sleep-outs and barneys in the bush — and give two very different verdicts on the same holiday
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
I try not to look down as I climb the via ferrata along the top of Mount Triglav in northwest Slovenia. Fog obscures...I try not to look down as I climb the via ferrata along the top of Mount Triglav in northwest...I try not to look down as I climb the via ferrata along the top of Mount Triglav in northwest...
Late November into early December is a curious time to book a European holiday. Routes from the UK are winding down...Late November into early December is a curious time to book a European holiday. Routes from the...Late November into early December is a curious time to book a European holiday. Routes from the...
video
There’s only one thing better than a bracing winter yomp — one done by the sea. Our chief travel writer has criss-crossed the country to bring you the UK’s best beaches, and these are his top picks for the chilly winter months. From the wide...There’s only one thing better than a bracing winter yomp — one done by the sea. Our chief travel...There’s only one thing better than a bracing winter yomp — one done by the sea. Our chief travel...
OBITUARY
Expert who led the first excavation of Stonehenge in almost 50 years and divided opinion when he claimed the site had healing powers
Obituary
Political adviser who ‘calmed down’ the government’s relationship with the press in the final years of the Blair administration
OBITUARY
WEATHER EYE
A PERSON finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
Proverbs 15.23 (NIV)
Bible verses...A PERSON finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
Proverbs 15.23...A PERSON finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
Proverbs 15.23...
Buckingham Palace
9th November, 2024
The King was present this evening at the Royal British Legion Festival...Buckingham Palace
9th November, 2024
The King was present this evening at the Royal British...Buckingham Palace
9th November, 2024
The King was present this evening at the Royal British...
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Scotland’s SNP health secretary has been heavily criticised after it was revealed that he was driven to Hampden Park by a taxpayer-funded chauffeur to attend matches involving his favourite football team while claiming his visits were for official business. Neil Gray was given VIP seats on three...Scotland’s SNP health secretary has been heavily criticised after it was revealed that he was driven to Hampden Park by a taxpayer-funded chauffeur to attend matches involving his favourite football team while claiming his visits were for official business. Neil Gray was given VIP seats on three...Scotland’s SNP health secretary has been heavily criticised after it was revealed that he was driven to Hampden Park by a...
Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16 users were treated at hospital for side effects. Twelve of the cases happened in the same Scottish health board area where Susan McGowan, a nurse, died in September after two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, known by its...Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16 users were treated at hospital for side effects. Twelve of the cases happened in the same Scottish health board area where Susan McGowan, a nurse, died in September after two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, known by its...Pressure for greater regulation of weight-loss injections that have been bought online is growing after at least 16 users were...
iain macwhirter
SNP political leaders can be relied upon to back a loser when it comes to American politics. Nicola Sturgeon backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, while calling Trump all the names under the sun. This time around, John Swinney told American voters to back Kamala Harris. Strangely, they didn’t take his advice and elected...SNP political leaders can be relied upon to back a loser when it comes to American politics.SNP political leaders can be relied upon to back a loser when it comes to American politics.
Mark Palmer
In the annals of Scottish rugby history, the chapter on hard luck stories is the chunkiest of the lot. The temptation will be to file this tale of what might have been in the same, self-pitying space, and there is no doubt that Scotland gave a...In the annals of Scottish rugby history, the chapter on hard luck stories is the chunkiest of the...In the annals of Scottish rugby history, the chapter on hard luck stories is the chunkiest of the...
A row has broken out over public funding of almost £2 million for LGBT Youth Scotland, a teenage gay and transgender...A row has broken out over public funding of almost £2 million for LGBT Youth Scotland, a teenage...A row has broken out over public funding of almost £2 million for LGBT Youth Scotland, a teenage...
Rangers sure know how to present even a victory as a prolonged ordeal for their supporters. They suffer through the...Rangers sure know how to present even a victory as a prolonged ordeal for their supporters. They...Rangers sure know how to present even a victory as a prolonged ordeal for their supporters. They...
Andrew Robertson has conceded that his ability is being doubted for the first time since he joined Liverpool but has vowed to prove his detractors wrong. The left back said he had been “written off by pretty much everyone” after a “bad” half in...Andrew Robertson has conceded that his ability is being doubted for the first time since he...Andrew Robertson has conceded that his ability is being doubted for the first time since he...
Six-figure salaries. The ear of government ministers. A key role in shaping the future for Scotland’s children. Sound like dream jobs? Yet both the roles of chief inspector of education and chief executive of Education Scotland remain unfilled. A...Six-figure salaries. The ear of government ministers. A key role in shaping the future for...Six-figure salaries. The ear of government ministers. A key role in shaping the future for...
Comment
We all lose in an auction of stupid promises
Matthew Parris
Gap is growing wider between what our political leaders must promise to get elected and what they are able to deliver
Libby Purves
Pleading ignorance is a poor defence for Welby
Tomiwa Owolade
To understand Badenoch, start in 1990s Nigeria
Juliet Samuel | notebook
Pepe’s part in Trump mastering the memes
Mark Atkinson
Remembrance should reflect our modern-day nation
Leading Articles
Licence to Silence
Labour’s surreptitious retreat on legislation intended to safeguard free speech at universities has dismayed even its natural allies
Delaying Action
Ministers are repeatedly evading a commitment to urgently raise defence spending
Mental Muscle
It is 20 years since The Times introduced readers to the delights of Sudoku
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Last-chance saloon for the health service
Write to letters@thetimes.co.uk Sir, I am not convinced by Alan Milburn’s suggestion that patients must have more choice over their treatment (“NHS is in last-chance saloon, says Labour’s top health adviser”, Nov 9). I am pretty sure that...Write to letters@thetimes.co.uk Sir, I am not convinced by Alan Milburn’s suggestion that...Write to letters@thetimes.co.uk Sir, I am not convinced by Alan Milburn’s suggestion that...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK and world: Armistice Day, services at the Cenotaph in London and at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris; Anti-Bullying Week starts.
On this day
In 1938 Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary, died aged 69 having been kept in quarantine since March 27, 1915. The Irish-born cook was the first person to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella typhi (a pathogenic bacteria) in the US – with infections causing a confirmed three deaths, with estimates of up to 50 more. She was forcibly detained twice (the first 1907-1910) because she persisted in working as a cook for wealthy families and rarely washed her hands, knowingly putting others at risk; in 1940 the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm launched a devastating attack on a more powerful Italian naval fleet at Taranto, southern Italy; in 1953 Panorama, the world’s longest-running current affairs programme, was first broadcast by the BBC. Past presenters include Patrick Murphy, Max Robertson, Richard Dimbleby, Sir Robin Day, David Dimbleby, Robert Kee and Jeremy Vine; in 1954, 4,000 pensioners attended a rally in central London to demand an increase in their allowance, from 32s 6d a week to £2 10s.
Nature notes
In winter, our population of golden plovers are swelled as more birds arrive from the north and east, many of which will spend the colder months in low-lying parts of the country such as agricultural land in East Anglia. These beautiful, Klimt-coloured birds often congregate in large flocks to roost at night and sites, which may be regularly used, can be identified by their droppings and shed feathers, those from their backs showing their characteristic gold-leaf patterning. In the summer breeding season golden plovers tend to favour upland areas in Scotland, particularly on the islands, and in the north of England, most notably the Pennines. Their fluting cries are haunting and plaintive, particularly en masse. Melissa Harrison
Birthdays today
Annabel Arden, theatre and opera director, co-founder of the Complicité theatre company, 65; Professor Dame Jane Dacre, rheumatologist, president, Medical Protection Society, Royal College of Physicians (2014-18), 69; Leonardo DiCaprio, actor, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), 50; Chris Dreja, musician, the Yardbirds, For Your Love (1965), 79; Jonathan Fenby, author, Crucible: Thirteen Months that Forged Our World (2018), and editor of The Observer (1993-95), 82; Calista Flockhart, actress, Ally McBeal (1997-2002), 60; Alicia Kearns, Conservative MP for Rutland & Stamford, shadow Foreign Office minister, 37; Kathy Lette, author, Best Laid Plans (2017), 66; Susanna McGibbon, HM procurator general, Treasury solicitor and head of the Government Legal Profession, 57; Demi Moore, actress, Indecent Proposal (1993), 62; Jasper Morrison, product and furniture designer, 65; Cristina Odone, writer and broadcaster, founder, Parenting Circle (formerly National Parenting Trust), 64; Peter Openshaw, respiratory physician and mucosal immunologist, professor of experimental medicine, Imperial College London, 70; Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua (since 2007), 79; Andy Partridge, musician and record producer, founder of the rock band XTC, Senses Working Overtime (1982), 71; Richard Rowe, National Hunt trainer and former jockey, 65; Ellie Simmonds, swimmer, five-time Paralympic gold medallist (2008, 2012, 2016), 30; Stanley Tucci, actor, The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and presenter, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021-22), 64; Alan Yau, restaurateur, founder (1992) of Wagamama (restaurant chain), 62.