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Dover MP and ex-wife of the disgraced Charlie Elphicke crosses floor with shots at Sunak
updatedThe Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour, hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’’. Crossing the floor in the Commons just before prime minister’s questions, the Dover MP said: “I have carefully considered this decision. The change has...The Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour, hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’’. Crossing the floor in the Commons just before prime minister’s questions, the Dover MP said: “I have carefully considered this decision. The change has...The Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour, hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and...
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It is an unlikely defection. As MP for Dover, Natalie Elphicke has long been one of the most outspoken figures on the Tory right on illegal migration. She has also been a forthright critic of Sir Keir Starmer and Labour. Just over a year ago she wrote an article branding Starmer “Sir Softie” and saying that his party could not be trusted on...It is an unlikely defection. As MP for Dover, Natalie Elphicke has long been one of the most outspoken figures on the Tory right on illegal migration. She has also been a forthright critic of Sir Keir Starmer and Labour. Just over a year ago she wrote an article branding Starmer “Sir Softie” and saying that his party could not be trusted on...It is an unlikely defection. As MP for Dover, Natalie Elphicke has long been one of the most outspoken figures on the Tory...
A Russian spy has been expelled from the UK and several Russian-owned properties suspected of being used as spying bases will be shut down as part of a raft of fresh sanctions against Moscow, the home secretary has announced. James Cleverly expelled a Russian defence attaché under national security laws after he was...A Russian spy has been expelled from the UK and several Russian-owned properties suspected of...A Russian spy has been expelled from the UK and several Russian-owned properties suspected of...
JANE MULKERRINS
Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into more green space and...Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into...Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into...
Mike Atherton
There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its members to complete...There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its...There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its...
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Buckingham Palace announced that the King would officially hand over his role as colonel-in-chief of the Army Air Corps to the Prince of Wales on Monday as his younger son revealed that the King would not find time to see him while he was in Britain.Buckingham Palace announced that the King would officially hand over his role as colonel-in-chief...Buckingham Palace announced that the King would officially hand over his role as colonel-in-chief...
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Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, hailed it as “the biggest day for iPad since its launch”. However, the revamp of the tablet may be because the company has appeared to forget about the pioneering device that Steve Jobs launched in 2010. The...Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, hailed it as “the biggest day for iPad since its launch”.Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, hailed it as “the biggest day for iPad since its launch”.
Scientists have analysed sounds and movements made by sperm whales to help to decode their language. Researchers at Project Ceti (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a not-for-profit organisation based in America, have been monitoring a pod of...Scientists have analysed sounds and movements made by sperm whales to help to decode their language.Scientists have analysed sounds and movements made by sperm whales to help to decode their language.
Universities that allow antisemitic protests on campus face being sanctioned for the first time, under new powers to...Universities that allow antisemitic protests on campus face being sanctioned for the first time...Universities that allow antisemitic protests on campus face being sanctioned for the first time...
the times diary
As a pioneering British astronaut, Tim Peake has been made an ambassador for Stem learning. His own love of science...As a pioneering British astronaut, Tim Peake has been made an ambassador for Stem learning. His...As a pioneering British astronaut, Tim Peake has been made an ambassador for Stem learning. His...
He’s like Elvis in Las Vegas, playing the same room every night to elderly Catalans who know all his greatest hits. However, Carles Puigdemont is playing his residency at the far less glamorous municipal hall in a French border town will be much shorter. For two weeks, the Catalan separatist...He’s like Elvis in Las Vegas, playing the same room every night to elderly Catalans who know all his greatest hits. However, Carles Puigdemont is playing his residency at the far less glamorous municipal hall in a French border town will be much shorter. For two weeks, the Catalan separatist...He’s like Elvis in Las Vegas, playing the same room every night to elderly Catalans who know all his greatest hits. However...
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After months of threatening the invasion of the last major stronghold of Hamas, it seemed for a moment that Israel had finally gone in. Except that was not quite the case. A column of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles had indeed driven three miles into Gaza but instead of going into the main city, it captured a narrow strip of territory...After months of threatening the invasion of the last major stronghold of Hamas, it seemed for a moment that Israel had finally gone in. Except that was not quite the case. A column of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles had indeed driven three miles into Gaza but instead of going into the main city, it captured a narrow strip of territory...After months of threatening the invasion of the last major stronghold of Hamas, it seemed for a moment that Israel had finally...
Morsal Yagob fears that his family’s dark skin could be their death sentence. The threat of genocide has returned to Darfur, the western region of Sudan that two decades ago bore witness to the mass killing at least 300,000 people from non-Arab communities during an ethnic cleansing by Janjawid paramilitary forces.Morsal Yagob fears that his family’s dark skin could be their death sentence. The threat of...Morsal Yagob fears that his family’s dark skin could be their death sentence. The threat of...
A teenager was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger. A baby gorilla was crushed by a hydraulic door. A penguin died under a guillotine gate. And a worker fled a grizzly bear after a fence was left unlatched. Yet for all of this, San Francisco Zoo...A teenager was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger. A baby gorilla was crushed by a hydraulic door.A teenager was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger. A baby gorilla was crushed by a hydraulic door.
ANTHONY LOYD IN UKRAINE
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A large man with close-cropped blond hair, mirrored sunglasses and a black vest gestures aggressively at a protester...A large man with close-cropped blond hair, mirrored sunglasses and a black vest gestures...A large man with close-cropped blond hair, mirrored sunglasses and a black vest gestures...
President Xi of China moved to consolidate an expanding informal anti-Nato alliance as he used strong language to...President Xi of China moved to consolidate an expanding informal anti-Nato alliance as he used...President Xi of China moved to consolidate an expanding informal anti-Nato alliance as he used...
The most ardent competition at this summer’s Olympics may not be an athletic one but a linguistic one. A war of words about the anglicisms littering the Games’ promotion has broken out between French MPs and organisers. French politicians have...The most ardent competition at this summer’s Olympics may not be an athletic one but a linguistic...The most ardent competition at this summer’s Olympics may not be an athletic one but a linguistic...
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One of the leading contenders to be Donald Trump’s running-mate has suggested that President Biden’s unruly pet dog...One of the leading contenders to be Donald Trump’s running-mate has suggested that President...One of the leading contenders to be Donald Trump’s running-mate has suggested that President...
Stormy Daniels has been called to the witness stand in the Donald Trump hush money case. Daniels, 45, a porn star...Stormy Daniels has been called to the witness stand in the Donald Trump hush money case. Daniels...Stormy Daniels has been called to the witness stand in the Donald Trump hush money case. Daniels...
New lending rules intended to make banks more resilient would drive up the cost of borrowing for small companies and leave the UK as an international outlier, MPs have warned. The Commons Treasury committee said the Prudential Regulation Authority should scrap proposals to end preferential...New lending rules intended to make banks more resilient would drive up the cost of borrowing for small companies and leave the UK as an international outlier, MPs have warned. The Commons Treasury committee said the Prudential Regulation Authority should scrap proposals to end preferential...New lending rules intended to make banks more resilient would drive up the cost of borrowing for small companies and leave the...
The chief executive of P&O Ferries has been criticised by MPs for accepting a bonus of £183,000 while paying some seafarers as little as £4.87 an hour. The ferry operator caused outrage two years ago when it made hundreds of workers on cross-Channel ferries redundant without warning — with many staff finding out via a video message —...The chief executive of P&O Ferries has been criticised by MPs for accepting a bonus of £183,000 while paying some seafarers as little as £4.87 an hour. The ferry operator caused outrage two years ago when it made hundreds of workers on cross-Channel ferries redundant without warning — with many staff finding out via a video message —...The chief executive of P&O Ferries has been criticised by MPs for accepting a bonus of £183,000 while paying some seafarers...
DIY investors are achieving returns on a par with highly paid City fund managers, figures suggest. Retail investors on the online platform Interactive Investor have bagged returns of 12.6 per cent on average over the past three years, compared with 10.7 per cent delivered by funds in the Investment Association’s...DIY investors are achieving returns on a par with highly paid City fund managers, figures suggest.DIY investors are achieving returns on a par with highly paid City fund managers, figures suggest.
business commentary
Three auditors in as many years. You’d think that was a red flag in itself unless, of course, you’re the trio...Three auditors in as many years. You’d think that was a red flag in itself unless, of course...Three auditors in as many years. You’d think that was a red flag in itself unless, of course...
katie prescott | COMMENT
Last week, I added another subscription to my groaning bow and signed up for Paramount+, joining the 71 million other...Last week, I added another subscription to my groaning bow and signed up for Paramount+, joining...Last week, I added another subscription to my groaning bow and signed up for Paramount+, joining...
THE TIMES SHADOW monetary policy committee
The UK motor trade has sharply cut its forecast sales of electric cars this year as private motorists continue to shun the zero-emission vehicle market. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) had forecast at the start of the year...The UK motor trade has sharply cut its forecast sales of electric cars this year as private...The UK motor trade has sharply cut its forecast sales of electric cars this year as private...
david smith | comment
Official statistics later this week should confirm that the economy moved out of the “technical” recession of the...Official statistics later this week should confirm that the economy moved out of the “technical”...Official statistics later this week should confirm that the economy moved out of the “technical”...
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The London market is losing its best technology companies, critics say. The takeover of the cybersecurity business...The London market is losing its best technology companies, critics say. The takeover of the...The London market is losing its best technology companies, critics say. The takeover of the...
Economists are growing increasingly optimistic about the UK housing market despite house prices flatlining last month as buyers remained wary about higher mortgage costs. Prices edged up 0.1 per cent over April — less than £200 in cash terms —...Economists are growing increasingly optimistic about the UK housing market despite house prices...Economists are growing increasingly optimistic about the UK housing market despite house prices...
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recruitment
Offering a 92 per cent success rate and economic savings of more than £6 billion a year, mediation is the “quiet revolution” aiding British business and the family courts. Succinctly summed up by those in the sector as “mediation avoids litigation”, the confidential process involves an independent mediator appointed to help parties to talk through their problems...Offering a 92 per cent success rate and economic savings of more than £6 billion a year...Offering a 92 per cent success rate and economic savings of more than £6 billion a year...
RECRUITMENT | six from the best
Best known for her appearances on the BBC television show Dragons’ Den, the serial entrepreneur and investor...Best known for her appearances on the BBC television show Dragons’ Den, the serial entrepreneur and investor Sarah Willingham is now founder and chief executive of the UK’s leading premium cocktail bar group Nightcap. Willingham, is renowned for her eclectic career combining savvy start-ups with hands-on...Best known for her appearances on the BBC television show Dragons’ Den, the serial entrepreneur and investor Sarah...
Chelsea are likely to face an uphill battle to comply with Uefa’s financial rules if they qualify for Europe next season. Uefa’s rules on the amount of money clubs can lose are more restrictive than the Premier League’s and the European body closed a loophole around long player contracts, which...Chelsea are likely to face an uphill battle to comply with Uefa’s financial rules if they qualify for Europe next season. Uefa’s rules on the amount of money clubs can lose are more restrictive than the Premier League’s and the European body closed a loophole around long player contracts, which...Chelsea are likely to face an uphill battle to comply with Uefa’s financial rules if they qualify for Europe next season.
At least two Premier League clubs are interested in signing the £40 million-rated Mason Greenwood as Manchester United look to cash in on the forward this summer. The 22-year-old, who in 2022 was charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault, has impressed on loan at Getafe in Spain this season. His United...At least two Premier League clubs are interested in signing the £40 million-rated Mason Greenwood as Manchester United look to cash in on the forward this summer. The 22-year-old, who in 2022 was charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault, has impressed on loan at Getafe in Spain this season. His United...At least two Premier League clubs are interested in signing the £40 million-rated Mason Greenwood as Manchester United look to...
Tottenham Hotspur are ready to back Ange Postecoglou with signings in three priority positions this summer and could let up to seven players leave as the club looks to create a squad capable of playing his style of football next season. After spending more than £200million last summer Spurs will support their...Tottenham Hotspur are ready to back Ange Postecoglou with signings in three priority positions...Tottenham Hotspur are ready to back Ange Postecoglou with signings in three priority positions...
peter withe interview
Andy Murray is set to return from injury before this year’s French Open after signing up for a warm-up tournament in...Andy Murray is set to return from injury before this year’s French Open after signing up for a...Andy Murray is set to return from injury before this year’s French Open after signing up for a...
Mike Atherton
There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its members to complete...There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its...There was a key question that the Professional Cricketers’ Association should also have asked its...
alyson Rudd and tony cascarino
I picked up Tony Cascarino from my local railway station in Barnes, southwest London, at 9.30am on Sunday to find a man on a mission. He did not actually leave a tape recorder to self-destruct on the platform but the task felt, if not quite impossible, then significant. For The Times columnist, podcaster and former Ireland striker, time was perilously close to running out.I picked up Tony Cascarino from my local railway station in Barnes, southwest London, at 9.30am...I picked up Tony Cascarino from my local railway station in Barnes, southwest London, at 9.30am...
Champions League
Mats Hummels’s second-half header sealed Borussia Dortmund’s place in the Champions League final and dashed Kylian...Mats Hummels’s second-half header sealed Borussia Dortmund’s place in the Champions League final and dashed Kylian Mbappé’s hopes of crowning his seven-year Paris Saint-Germain stay with the trophy both he and his club coveted most at Wembley on June 1. This, however, was Dortmund’s night and, after Hummels’s...Mats Hummels’s second-half header sealed Borussia Dortmund’s place in the Champions League final and dashed Kylian Mbappé’s...
Alex Lowe and Will Kelleher
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | Ian Hawkey
There is no animosity, Carlo Ancelotti insists, between the England captain and England’s newest league champion. “No...There is no animosity, Carlo Ancelotti insists, between the England captain and England’s newest...There is no animosity, Carlo Ancelotti insists, between the England captain and England’s newest...
Manchester United have no immediate plans to sack Erik ten Hag despite the fact that he has led them to more defeats...Manchester United have no immediate plans to sack Erik ten Hag despite the fact that he has led...Manchester United have no immediate plans to sack Erik ten Hag despite the fact that he has led...
As Tadej Pogacar held on to the Pink Jersey in a sprinters’ stage at the Giro d’Italia, his great Tour de France sparring partner, Jonas Vingegaard, got back in the saddle having made a miraculous recovery from injury and declared his intention to make the Tour’s Grand Départ next month. Vingegaard, the winner of the previous two Tours, broke his collarbone and ribs...As Tadej Pogacar held on to the Pink Jersey in a sprinters’ stage at the Giro d’Italia, his great...As Tadej Pogacar held on to the Pink Jersey in a sprinters’ stage at the Giro d’Italia, his great...
NFL
After training with Patrick Mahomes and the rest of his Kansas City Chiefs team-mates for the first time over the...After training with Patrick Mahomes and the rest of his Kansas City Chiefs team-mates for the first time over the weekend, Louis Rees-Zammit is already talking about “causing damage” on an NFL field. The 23-year-old, who made the shock switch from British & Irish Lions wing to NFL hopeful this year, took part in the...After training with Patrick Mahomes and the rest of his Kansas City Chiefs team-mates for the first time over the weekend...
Saracens will not end their policy of taking players on mid-season bonding trips despite Billy Vunipola being...Saracens will not end their policy of taking players on mid-season bonding trips despite Billy...Saracens will not end their policy of taking players on mid-season bonding trips despite Billy...
bill edgar
Manchester United’s defeat by Crystal Palace on Monday night was a new low for Erik ten Hag’s side. It was not only...Manchester United’s defeat by Crystal Palace on Monday night was a new low for Erik ten Hag’s side.Manchester United’s defeat by Crystal Palace on Monday night was a new low for Erik ten Hag’s side.
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Times Sport Unseen
Football is the main focus for our Chief Sports Photographer in this week’s gallery, with the end of the season fast approaching. Marc was present for matches with big ramifications at both ends of the Premier League table, including the north London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the second leg of Chelsea’s Women’s Champions League...Football is the main focus for our Chief Sports Photographer in this week’s gallery, with the end...Football is the main focus for our Chief Sports Photographer in this week’s gallery, with the end...
Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged wife over more than...Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged wife over more than seven years. Hogg is charged with stalking by engaging in a course of conduct which caused Gillian Hogg fear and alarm at properties in Glasgow and Hawick between January 2017 and March 2019. Hogg, 31...Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged wife over more than seven years.
The former TV star has been baptised with the help of the adventurer. He has found God — and possibly some new friends
INTERVIEW
The comic talks about living with stage three ovarian cancer and surviving violence and sexual abuse
FIRST PERSON
Hannah Betts has always had an aversion to money matters. Could a therapist help her face up to them?
Ask a fashion editor what sort of dress you should wear this summer and most would politely suggest that you don’t — months ago, you’ll recall, they decided it was cooler to wear separates instead. Yet here I am, about to tout what might be the...Ask a fashion editor what sort of dress you should wear this summer and most would politely...Ask a fashion editor what sort of dress you should wear this summer and most would politely...
REVIEW | Thrillers
Review | Fiction
There are Venuses and then there are Venuses. Botticelli painted both. The Venus we all know through endless reproduction is the Venus born on the wave and blown to the shore on a clam shell paddleboard. She is nude but shy. Ineffectually so. One...There are Venuses and then there are Venuses. Botticelli painted both. The Venus we all know...There are Venuses and then there are Venuses. Botticelli painted both. The Venus we all know...
The days getting longer and the weather finally catching up can mean only one thing: it’s time to go alfresco.The days getting longer and the weather finally catching up can mean only one thing: it’s time to...The days getting longer and the weather finally catching up can mean only one thing: it’s time to...
Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into more green space and...Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into...Q. We have just put our London flat on the market with the intention of moving out of town into...
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Let It Be
Disney+ from May 8 If Peter Jackson’s near-eight hour Get Back miniseries was a blowout of Beatles-nerd gluttony, this restored feature-length documentary from the same period is a less calorific dessert. Shot in January 1969...Let It Be
Disney+ from May 8 If Peter Jackson’s near-eight hour Get Back miniseries was a...Let It Be
Disney+ from May 8 If Peter Jackson’s near-eight hour Get Back miniseries was a...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Commissioned and produced by Manchester’s Factory International, and presented in its marvellously flexible headquarters at Aviva Studios, The Accountants is a tantalising, stimulating and at times dazzling hybrid spectacle drawing together dance...Commissioned and produced by Manchester’s Factory International, and presented in its...Commissioned and produced by Manchester’s Factory International, and presented in its...
FIRST NIGHT review
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Welcome to the largest beauty consumer awards in the UK. All you have to do is vote for your favourite products . . . and GO! Bequia Beach Hotel will provide seven nights on a complimentary bed and breakfast basis in a junior suite, as well as...Welcome to the largest beauty consumer awards in the UK. All you have to do is vote for your...Welcome to the largest beauty consumer awards in the UK. All you have to do is vote for your...
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MindGames
Fifteen questions to get you thinking
1 In which language was the novel Les Misérables (1862) originally written? 2 Which London airport’s Terminal 5 became operational in 2008? 3 Which emergency service has fire boats named Tanner and Errington moored at Lambeth river station? 4 The world’s four biggest producers of wine are Italy, Spain, the US and which country? 5 Which Berkshire public school’s 25...1 In which language was the novel Les Misérables (1862) originally written? 2 Which London...1 In which language was the novel Les Misérables (1862) originally written? 2 Which London...
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julia Samuel
The psychotherapist addresses your dilemmas
Lagree Fitness is the relentless body sculpting regimen beloved by Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Sussex. Gavanndra Hodge tries to keep up
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Whether it’s the sound of a Mason Pearson brush gliding through hair or a Hermès Kelly bag clipping shut
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Forget high-speed rail. Steve King applauds the revival of sumptuous — and soporific — trains
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The 12cilindri is a rare homage to past glories — in design as well as engine — without sacrificing speed. David Green reports
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With its striking looks, volcanic setting and artistic roots, César Lanzarote is already attracting a stylish crowd
You’ve got to work a little harder to get to Granada than some other Andalusian spots but the flamenco, tapas and Alhambra make a weekend getaway worth the effort
Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrup and family visited the little Ionian island of Paxos a decade ago. Now an A-list favourite, would it still have all of its simple barefoot appeal?
The song contest has a fitting home in the laid-back Swedish city with waterside charm and a buzzy nightlife, says one resident. Here’s what to do while you’re there
In 2020 the British hellraiser Pete Doherty and Katia de Vidas, his now wife, retreated to Étretat from Margate
Kathy Lette | Travel Troubleshooter
Q. I’m happily married and planning a fun short break to Las Vegas with a very close friend to celebrate our...Q. I’m happily married and planning a fun short break to Las Vegas with a very close friend...Q. I’m happily married and planning a fun short break to Las Vegas with a very close friend...
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
“What’s keeping you?” hisses my friend, hovering by the exit. “I was just admiring the general splendour,” I tell him...“What’s keeping you?” hisses my friend, hovering by the exit. “I was just admiring the general...“What’s keeping you?” hisses my friend, hovering by the exit. “I was just admiring the general...
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Our writer hikes to the top of Morocco’s extraordinary Mount Toubkal a century after a group of French climbers made the first ascent. He’s not ashamed to say that the mountain almost broke him. This is his story. Become a subscriber and,...Our writer hikes to the top of Morocco’s extraordinary Mount Toubkal a century after a group of...Our writer hikes to the top of Morocco’s extraordinary Mount Toubkal a century after a group of...
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Kate Forbes has been positioned at the centre of the next government after John Swinney appointed her deputy first minister. A deal was struck between the pair before Forbes decided not to stand to replace Humza Yousaf as SNP leader. Instead she has been given the role that Swinney held under...Kate Forbes has been positioned at the centre of the next government after John Swinney appointed her deputy first minister. A deal was struck between the pair before Forbes decided not to stand to replace Humza Yousaf as SNP leader. Instead she has been given the role that Swinney held under...Kate Forbes has been positioned at the centre of the next government after John Swinney appointed her deputy first minister. A...
Henry McLeish, the former first minister of Scotland, has said that the country was more divided than it had been in 25 years and described relations between Holyrood and Westminster as at “rock bottom”. McLeish was first minister between 2000 and 2001, and recalled easy communications with then-prime minister Tony Blair, as well as the...Henry McLeish, the former first minister of Scotland, has said that the country was more divided than it had been in 25 years and described relations between Holyrood and Westminster as at “rock bottom”. McLeish was first minister between 2000 and 2001, and recalled easy communications with then-prime minister Tony Blair, as well as the...Henry McLeish, the former first minister of Scotland, has said that the country was more divided than it had been in 25 years...
Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged wife over more than seven years. Hogg is charged with stalking by engaging in a course of conduct which caused Gillian Hogg fear and alarm at properties in Glasgow and Hawick between January 2017 and March 2019. Hogg, 31...Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged...Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland rugby captain, has denied abusing and stalking his estranged...
The remains of a grandmother who was swept away by a swollen river have been found almost two years after she...The remains of a grandmother who was swept away by a swollen river have been found almost two...The remains of a grandmother who was swept away by a swollen river have been found almost two...
A disabled government employee who was forced to work without the necessary office equipment and was sworn at by...A disabled government employee who was forced to work without the necessary office equipment and...A disabled government employee who was forced to work without the necessary office equipment and...
Comment
Starmer doesn’t need Gaza extremists’ vote
Daniel Finkelstein
The Labour leader should stick to his position on the war against Hamas and not seek to appease those who want to see Israel destroyed
ROGER BOYES
War in Hamas’s tunnels will be long and costly
ALICE THOMSON
The police still don’t take stalking seriously
MATTHEW PARRIS | NOTEBOOK
On a siding to nothing with our rickety railways
JAMES HURLEY
The City should embrace FCA transparency, not fear it
Leading Articles
China Syndrome
Beijing’s cyberattacks on Britain are becoming ever more brazen. Private companies working on government contracts present foreign hackers with a soft underbelly
Social Security
Ofcom’s new rules on social media should limit the dangers posed to the young
Downward dog
Italy has banned puppy yoga, but fortunately other formats are available
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Challenges Sunak faces in convincing voters
Sir, William Hague is correct that in the course of the election campaign there should be debate about the longer-term future of this country (“All Sunak can do now is prove he has a plan”, May 7). I would like to think that politicians...Sir, William Hague is correct that in the course of the election campaign there should be debate...Sir, William Hague is correct that in the course of the election campaign there should be debate...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: Ofcom, the media regulator, publishes its Children’s Safety Codes of Practice. The guidelines urge tech firms to prevent their algorithms from recommending harmful material to children and to put robust age checks in place; the Office for National Statistics releases data on families and households, including figures on the number of families by family type, household size and household types; VE Day, marking the anniversary of Victory in Europe in 1945.
North Macedonia: Parliamentary elections take place, as well as a second round of voting for presidential elections.
On this day
In 1790 the Academy of Science in France was instructed to create a new system of weights and measures. On April 7, 1795 the metric system was adopted, defining six decimal units; in 1886 the pharmacist John Stith Pemberton, from Atlanta, Georgia, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola. He sold it at Jacobs’ Pharmacy for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink; in 1961 the House of Commons refused to allow Tony Benn to take up the Bristol South-East seat he had retained in a by-election after inheriting a viscountcy; in 1968 the Kray twins, Reginald and Ronnie, were arrested during dawn raids in London. In 1969 they were jailed for life for the murders of George Cornell and Jack “The Hat” McVitie; in 1970 the Beatles released Let It Be, their final studio album. Sunday Times reviewer Derek Jewell described the album as “a last will and testament, from the blackly funereal packaging to the music itself, which sums up so much of what the Beatles as artists have been — unmatchably brilliant at their best, careless and self-indulgent at their least”.
Nature notes
An orange-tip butterfly flew quickly along the footpath. With their brightly coloured wing tips, male orange-tips are highly conspicuous. Lacking these colourful wing edges, the mainly white females are less readily spotted. The male’s vigorous flight also catches the eye. In search of females, they fly endless circuits of a few hundred metres at a rapid rate, while their more sedentary mates wait for them in vegetation. The vibrantly coloured wings probably evolved as a defence mechanism to protect the species as it roves around its territory. The lurid tint warns predators that these butterflies are not tasty. Orange-tip caterpillars eat the astringent foliage of garlic mustard and cuckooflower, which gives the adult a distinct mustardy taste. Jonathan Tulloch
Jonathan Tulloch
Birthdays today
Prof Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist, chairman, Man Booker Prize (2018), 70; Sir David Attenborough OM, broadcaster, Life on Earth (1979), and naturalist, 98; Pat Barker, novelist, The Ghost Road (1995, Booker prize), 81; Sir Robin Budenberg, chairman, Lloyds Banking Group and the Crown Estate (also first commissioner), 65; Roddy Doyle, writer, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993), 66; Viviana Durante, prima ballerina, artistic director at the English National Ballet School, former principal of the Royal Ballet, 57; Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, premier viscount of Scotland on the Roll, 89; Lord (Leonard) Hoffmann, lord of appeal in ordinary (1995-2009), 90; Lord (Ross) Kempsell, former political director of the Conservative Party, 32; Sir Peter Kendall, president, National Farmers’ Union (2006-14), 64; Lord (Norman) Lamont of Lerwick, chancellor of the exchequer (1990-93), 82; Phyllida Law, actress, A Little Chaos (2014), 92; Lord (Evgeny) Lebedev, newspaper proprietor, the Evening Standard, 44; Mary-Ann Ochota, broadcaster and anthropologist, Secret Britain: Unearthing Our Mysterious Past (2020), 43; Lord (John) Reid of Cardowan, Labour MP (1987-2010), home secretary (2006-07), 77; Lars Renström, chair, Tetra Laval (Tetra Pak, DeLaval and Sidel), 73; Dean Russell, Conservative MP for Watford, enterprise and markets minister (2022), 48; David Manners, Duke of Rutland, landowner, Belvoir Castle, 65; Jonny Searle, rower, Olympic gold medallist (1992), 55; Richard Shone, art historian, editor, The Burlington Magazine (2003-15), 75; Gary Snyder, poet, Pulitzer prize for poetry (1975), 94.