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伯纳姆反弹使工党在最新民调中领先——他会勇敢地宣布提前大选吗？

苏菲·丘奇 政治记者

在安迪·伯纳姆的领导下，不满的支持者回归，工党在最新民调中超越了改革英国党。

目前有24%的选民支持他，而奈杰尔·法拉奇的政党支持率降至22%——这是自去年3月以来的最低水平。

在前三大政党的激烈竞争中，凯米·巴德诺赫领导的保守党目前获得21%的选民支持，仅落后改革英国党1个百分点。

但工党的增长似乎是以绿党和自由民主党为代价，伯纳姆正在争取那些在基尔·斯塔默领导下离开工党的选民。

根据本周YouGov民调结果，两党支持率均下降了1个百分点——分别降至12%和11%。

支持率下滑：奈杰尔·法拉奇

绿党的支持率较2月峰值下降了9个百分点，选民正在远离扎克·波兰斯基领导的生态民粹主义路线。

政治策略师詹姆斯·约翰逊建议这位新首相“抓住黄金时刻”，通过宣布提前大选来利用所谓的“伯纳姆反弹”。

“约翰逊先生昨日在《泰晤士报》撰文称——他是政治策略咨询公司JL Partners的创始人——‘如果伯纳姆在全国范围内押注，他有很大机会赢得自己的多数席位，摆脱他面临的宣言陷阱，并击溃对手。’”

一位改革英国党发言人回应伯纳姆提前大选的呼吁时表示：“放马过来。”

“他将摆脱宣言陷阱”

绿党发言人声称：“民调有涨有跌。安迪·伯纳姆正处于一个小小的蜜月期，是波动而非反弹，而且他只是在重复基尔·斯塔默的公告。”

“他只是在修修补补症状，而不是解决根本原因。如今的政治变化非常快，民调也是如此。”

伯纳姆仍然排除了提前举行大选的可能性，而是在上任的头几周宣布了一系列政策措施，为陷入困境的家庭提供“喘息空间”。

尽管如此，他的工党后座议员仍在暑期休会期间继续拉票。

北达勒姆工党议员卢克·阿克赫斯特表示：“和其他面临改革英国党竞争的选区议员一样，我感到鼓舞，但不会对这一早期改善沾沾自喜，认为这能转化为第二个任期。”

“我们还有很长的路要走，在地方和全国层面还有很多工作要做，才能再次赢得选举。”

YouGov每周进行一次全国“投票意向”民调——最新调查于8月9日至10日进行。

上个月，More in Common的一项民调也得出了类似的结果。

欧盟机场电子身份检查导致排队时间一年内翻倍

“赶紧收拾行李！我们至少要提前两天到机场！”

由于电子边境系统的推行，一些欧盟机场让英国乘客苦不堪言，排队时间在一年内翻了一番。

该系统推出后，乘客排队时间长达120分钟，部分人甚至误机。

欧盟的出入境系统（EES）于4月10日启用，要求非欧盟旅客在穿越欧盟外部边境时录入指纹和面部影像，以加强安全。但该系统因技术故障饱受诟病。

Byonair首席执行官迈克尔·奥利里（Michael O'Leary）称该系统“设计失误”，应改为线上操作，并表示其航空公司已在15个机场遇到严重排队现象。

易捷航空（EasyJet）首席执行官肯顿·贾维斯（Kenton Jarvis）呼吁机场“运用常识，不要让乘客站着等待3小时”。

此前，周一在雅典机场拍摄的画面显示，游客面临数小时的等待。英国游客被警告，在暑期高峰时段可能需要提前四小时到达机场。

根据分析公司Qsenor的数据（由《金融时报》获取），法兰克福机场上月的排队时间达120分钟，是去年最高60分钟的两倍。慕尼黑机场的排队时间从31分钟增至1小时，阿姆斯特丹机场则从80分钟升至120分钟。

奥利里上月谈及EES时表示：“只有欧洲人才会发明这种玩意儿。”部分机场在高峰时段暂停了部分检查环节，包括指纹采集。但这种灵活措施将于9月结束，已有8**个欧盟国家和瑞士呼吁延期。

欧盟委员会称，EES平均登记时间为70秒。

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快节奏生活：手持酒瓶

“Track & heeled”：时尚造型

英国新“金牌女孩”艾米——胜负就在毫厘之间！

周一晚上，她以11秒整的成绩赢得100米短跑金牌，成为欧洲跑得最快的女性。

事实上，24岁的艾米·亨特（Amy Hunt）所触及的一切似乎都能化为金色——她还拥有剑桥大学的英语学位。

尽管她与同样出自文法学校的高材生玛格丽特·撒切尔就读同一所学校，但她似乎深谙如何放松自己。

尽管在赛道和课堂上屡获殊荣，她的社交媒体账号上却充满了释放压力的瞬间——其中一张照片里她手持一瓶葡萄酒，另一张则是在泰勒·斯威夫特的演唱会上。

亨特女士在伯明翰欧洲田径锦标赛上赢得女子金牌后表示：“我什么都想要，而且我认为自己是一个不会回避自己能力的人。这是我的第一枚金牌。我想是时候升级了。”

亨特此前曾在伯明翰赛道赢得英格兰学校比赛，但这枚金牌是她的首个重大胜利。

这让她成为2028年洛杉矶奥运会的夺金热门人选。

她在诺丁汉郡纽瓦克长大，就读于撒切尔夫人的母校——凯斯蒂文和格兰瑟姆女子文法学校，与这位已故前首相一样，她在六年级时也学习了化学。她还会拉大提琴。

亨特随后就读于剑桥大学基督圣体学院。毕业时，她开玩笑说：“我刚刚又热了一度。”

她目前住在距离威尼斯20分钟火车车程的地方训练，并表示目前的座右铭是“奖牌优先于男人”。

43年前委托制作的稀有吉百利金蛋寻宝活动引发抢购热潮

一枚为43年前一场灾难性全国寻宝活动特别委托制作的稀有吉百利金蛋，以惊人的123,500 英镑价格售出。

12张证书（持有者可兑换一枚250克装饰性金蛋）被埋藏在英国各地的匣子中，作为1983年比赛的一部分。

参与者需根据一本名为《谜题——吉百利奶油蛋之谜》的书中的线索，解开这些由黄金制成的小金蛋的秘密埋藏地点。

但由于土地所有者愤怒地投诉大批寻宝者在私人领地和受保护场所挖掘，1家巧克力公司被迫取消了这场比赛和广告宣传活动。

尽管如此，12枚金蛋中仍有6枚在比赛取消前被成功领取。

其中一枚幸存的金蛋由克莱夫·平德（Clive Pinder）在萨默塞特郡的板球圣托马斯（Cricket St Thomas）发现，并在林肯郡的贝特曼拍卖行（Batemans Auctioneers）引发了竞价大战。

这枚金蛋原本预计拍卖价格在1.5 万英镑至2 万英镑之间，但一位未透露姓名的竞拍者在8月1日以高出最高估价6倍的价格成交，打破了2021年一套金蛋3.1 万英镑的纪录。

拍卖行事后表示，这笔六位数的成交价“绝对令人难以置信”。

这枚22克拉、高3英寸的金蛋（如图）名为“布谷鸟”，灵感来自克鲁克恩（Crewkerne）的布谷鸟民间传说。

由伦敦皇家金匠加拉德公司（Garrard & Co）制作，金蛋采用半透明的绿色和蓝色珐琅雕刻，描绘了一只栖息在树上的布谷鸟。画面中，几名男子站在树下，抬头凝视并指向这只鸟。

平德先生于2018年以6,500 英镑的价格出售了这枚金蛋，买家持有至今后再次出售，赚取了惊人的利润。

贝特曼拍卖行的一位发言人表示，卖家要求他们出售这件藏品，“以将拥有如此不可思议之物的惊喜和喜悦传递下去”。该拍卖行的格雷格·贝特曼（Greg Bateman）在接受BBC采访时称，《谜题》金蛋“是一段迷人的英国文化历史”。

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遗弃：230名移民在多佛附近的贝克-叙尔-梅尔（Berck-sur-Mer）海域被从大型充气艇上抛入海中

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英国。当被问及难民将被安置在何处时，首相表示，英国较富裕的地区也需要“尽一份力”。

伯纳姆在GB News节目中被问及牛津郡皮丁顿村（Piddington）附近将建立一个可容纳1,200人的移民营，当地居民担心这将使仅有400人的村庄不堪重负。

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“许多人将犯下严重罪行”

难民和寻求庇护者的分散安置问题。我确实认为全国各地都需要共同努力，发挥各自的作用。

“我们理解民众的担忧，我会认真研究皮丁顿善良民众提出的问题。”

近年来，收容寻求庇护者的酒店已在全国多地引发多起冲突。上周，在诺福克郡塞特福德，15人因反移民抗议者在他们认为收容寻求庇护者的住所外示威而被捕。

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普表示：“安迪·伯纳姆计划再次对英国中产阶级实施报复性惩罚。工党已通过大幅增税、加强监管和飙升的能源账单，对辛勤工作的家庭进行了严厉打击。

“现在，伯纳姆又计划故意将成千上万名非法移民——他允许这些人进入英国——涌入更多社区，其中许多人将犯下包括强奸和谋杀在内的严重罪行。”

就在两周前，首相还坚称工党的“船只计划”正在奏效，但他誓言将“改变策略”以打击将移民偷渡过英吉利海峡的犯罪团伙。

伯纳姆提到最新的大型充气船照片时补充道：“我知道民众看到昨天的画面会感到担忧。这表明犯罪团伙正在改变策略，但我们也会改变策略——我们将不遗余力地追捕他们。一周多前我访问多佛时就说过这话，我说到做到。”

但菲尔普警告称：“我们现在面临的是一场全面爆发的‘伯纳姆边境危机’。每当海面平静时，大量未经审查的非法移民——主要是年轻男性——就会每天涌入英吉利海峡。

“安迪·伯纳姆声称已有行之有效的计划，如今已彻底破产。”

周一创下纪录的大型充气船又带来了更多人—。

伯纳姆对中产阶级施以报复性惩罚

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比一架典型瑞安航空航班运载更多的人抵达英国。这艘船最初载有超过260名乘客，包括儿童，险些沉没。

这艘超载的船只——设计载客上限为40人——在波涛汹涌的海面上颠簸时，至少有30人被抛入法国北部海岸的海水中。

一张令人震惊的照片显示，他们在海中挣扎，随后被法国警察和宪兵救起。法国当局对小船采取不拦截的争议政策，声称拦截可能危及船上人员安全。

法国救生艇员昨日描述了数十名男女和儿童如何挤上一艘中国制造的PVC船，地点位于勒图凯以南的贝尔克-梅尔和梅利蒙之间的海滩，时间为周日下午。

法国国家海上救援协会（SNSM，相当于英国皇家全国救生艇协会）的一位发言人表示，所有人此前都藏身于沙丘中，支付了人口贩子的偷渡费用。

他称：“随后，一股真正的人潮涌向这艘15米（40英尺）长的船只。由于严重超载，数人被抛出船外——约有30人落水，而船只继续前行。”

SNSM在贝尔克发布的照片显示，数十名主要为年轻男子在下午5点刚过的初次登船后，在英吉利海峡中挣扎。

SNSM贝尔克-梅尔分部主任让-马克·朗布兰表示，他看到人口贩子越来越多地使用更大型的船只，且“对船上能塞多少人毫无限制”。

“过去三个月，我们看到越来越多15米长的船只，”他说，“现在真的没有限制了。”

这艘橡皮艇比上月创下纪录的船只长7英尺，比标准双层巴士长10英尺以上。

改革英国党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇表示，非法入境已“失控”。

他昨晚在社交媒体上发文称：“昨天有230名移民登陆我国海岸。这是一场国家安全紧急事件。”

这艘“超级橡皮艇”最终在英国边境部队、英国海岸警卫队和皇家全国救生艇协会的护送下抵达英格兰，打破了7月单船运载165名移民抵英的纪录。上周，173人挤上一艘船，但船只在法国海岸起火解体，所有人获救。

驾驶这艘船的埃及人口贩子在周五的快速审判中被判处一年监禁。

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75岁以上老人“可能无需服用他汀类药物”

作者：Ciaran Foreman

英国有数百万成年人被开具他汀类药物，其中约150万人年龄超过75岁。服用他汀类药物的75岁以上英国老人可能无需继续服药，且不会增加死亡风险。

科学家发现，未曾心脏病发作或中风的老年人在停药后三年内，发生此类事件的风险并未显著增加。他汀类药物通过干扰肝脏产生“坏”胆固醇，用于预防心血管疾病患者。该研究纳入1,160名平均年龄80岁的成年人，随机分为两组——停药组和继续服药组。三年后，7.2%的停药组参与者死亡，而继续服药组为7.9%。5%的停药组发生“重大心血管事件”，而继续服药组为4.4%。

研究作者在《柳叶刀·健康长寿》期刊发表的研究结果称，两组间的差异在统计学上并不显著。但英国心脏基金会首席科学和医学官布莱恩·威廉姆斯表示：“研究结果不应被解读为他汀类药物不再具有益处。对数百万人而言，它们是救命药物。”

犹太学校教师的安全担忧

一位前高级公务员警告称，由于反犹太主义的威胁，犹太学校的教师正将安全置于教育之上。

戴维·贝尔爵士补充说，人们“并未真正意识到”有些孩子不仅要面对这些安全措施，还要经常遭受年轻人和成年人的敌意辱骂。

这位曾任教育部常务秘书的前官员目前正领导一项针对英格兰学校和学院反犹太主义的调查。他在BBC广播4台的《今日》节目中表示，一些犹太教学校的领导者将安全列为首要关切，并称“有时教育只能退居其次”。

他补充道：“我认为这非常令人担忧，也非常令人不安。”

社区安全信托（Community Security Trust）发现，今年上半年共发生了178起与学校相关的反犹太主义事件，高于去年同期的112起。

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《办公室》明星露西（53岁）宣布身患晚期癌症：“我已接受即将到来的一切”

记者：劳拉·福克斯

《办公室》明星露西·戴维斯透露自己被诊断出患有晚期乳腺癌。

这位53岁的女演员昨日在社交媒体上分享了自己的诊断结果，称自己“不知道还能活多久”，因为癌症已扩散至骨骼。

戴维斯女士在帖子中表示，一年前她在乳房发现了一个“微小而坚硬的肿块”，差点忽略了它，后来才去看医生。

这位演员——喜剧演员贾斯珀·卡罗特（81岁）的女儿——表示，尽管癌症已被宣布无法治愈，但她“对即将到来的一切已平静接受”。

戴维斯女士在分享诊断结果的同时，还发布了一段感人的视频，视频中她在医院敲响了治疗钟——通常情况下，患者在完成治疗时会象征性地敲响这口钟以示庆祝。她被告知“为时已晚”，无法进行化疗。

她因在里基·热维斯的热门剧集中饰演唐·廷斯利（Dawn Tinsley）一角而广为人知

“所有异常都要检查”

《办公室》之后，她继续在多部热门电视剧中出演角色，包括《死亡天堂》和《霍尔比市》。2018年，她在美国超自然题材剧集《萨布丽娜的惊心冒险》中担任重要角色。

戴维斯女士在帖子中写道：“嗨，朋友们。我想和大家分享一些我一直保密的事情，但出于种种原因，现在想告诉大家。”

“一年半前，我被诊断出患有四期乳腺癌，癌细胞已转移至骨骼，具体部位是脊柱、右髋和肋骨。癌症已无法治愈，化疗也为时过晚。”

“我最初摸到的‘肿块’并不像典型的肿块，更像是一个硬块。非常小，我差点没去检查。所以我想说，不要忽视任何异常——所有异常都要检查。”

“目前，我正努力以尽可能有趣的方式度过剩下的时光。我总是试图从负面事件中找到可借鉴的教训。”

“癌症在这一点上没有让我失望；我从中学到了很多，对此心存感激。”

“正如一些朋友所知，疼痛有时真的难以忍受。长时间站立或行走会变得困难，有时我需要使用轮椅。对我来说，幽默是最重要的。我请朋友和家人尽可能多地取笑我（他们真的很擅长），最重要的是，不要把我当作病人对待。”

“我不害怕接下来会发生什么。我已经平静接受。我会比预期更早见到我的格雷西[她的狗，2024年去世]。所有的悲伤都是为我的家人而生；这对他们来说比对我更难。”

记者兼主持人皮尔斯·摩根在X上致敬道：“可怕的消息。露西是一个如此温暖、风趣、可爱的女性。她如此坦诚地公开这一毁灭性的处境，充分展现了她的勇气。”

1997年，戴维斯女士接受了母亲黑兹尔捐赠的肾脏移植手术。这位患有糖尿病的女演员在2005年因肾衰竭住院治疗，但最终完全康复。

她曾公开谈论自己与暴食症的经历，在2011年与演员欧文·伊奥曼离婚期间病情最为严重。

居家办公员工称感到孤独......出人意料

居家办公趋势可能受到部分年轻人的欢迎，但一项研究显示，它正在加剧孤独症流行。

这项由决议基金会主导的研究指出，这一问题与远程办公的增加以及闲暇时间被动刷屏有关。

“年轻男性每天独处近七小时，占其清醒时间的40%以上，

蒂莉·哈里斯报道

而年轻女性每天独处约五小时。”

“几乎始终在线的年轻人感到孤独的可能性高出4%。”

研究员帕斯·潘迪亚表示，在关于青年孤独感的讨论中，屏幕时间通常被视为罪魁祸首，但独自从事有偿工作才是更大的因素。

“极其严重的罪行”

两名暴徒于2020年因过失杀人罪被判处监禁。这两名暴徒是工党宽松司法犯人提前释放计划下，将于9月获释的一波杀人犯、性犯罪者和暴力罪犯中的一员。

驾车逃逸的司机亨利·朗（Henry Long）因过失杀人罪被判处16年加重刑期，不符合提前释放条件。

与此同时，政府正在考虑一项不同寻常的计划，即腾空女子监狱以腾出空间关押男性囚犯。

数百名女性囚犯将被允许提前出狱或转移至其他地点，以避免提前释放危险的男性罪犯。

此外，政府还在考虑加大驱逐外国罪犯的力度，以及释放多年前被判处无期徒刑的囚犯。

在写给首相的信中，各地警察局长表示：“当某人因极其严重的罪行被判刑时，如果后续的释放安排导致罪犯比原先预期提前大幅获释，受害者、丧亲家庭和公众对该判决的信心能有多少？”

“我们并非认为警察家庭的悲痛比其他丧亲家庭更为沉重。我们关注的是所有受严重犯罪判决变更影响的受害者和家庭。”

各地警察局长担心提前释放计划将危及公众安全，警告称：“这不仅仅是惩罚的问题。这是确保公共保护、受害者信心和社区安全始终是决策核心的问题。”

全国所有警察局长在前所未有的联名信中呼吁：PC谋杀案凶手不应获释

3种方案的可行性如何？

1. 利用女子监狱关押男性囚犯

英格兰和威尔士的12所女子监狱共关押约3,500名囚犯，仅占监狱总人口的4%。为避免将女性置于危险之中，可能需要将整座监狱改造为关押男性囚犯。这些场所的安保级别普遍不及男子监狱，工作人员需接受额外培训。危险的女性囚犯需转移至其他监狱，而非直接释放。但专家认为，这可能是创造更多牢房空间的次优选择。

2. 释放多年前被判无期徒刑的囚犯

“公共保护监禁”（IPP）判决已于2012年废除，部分判决已被法院撤销——但仍有超过2,000名多年前被判处这一备受争议的无期徒刑的囚犯被关押。安迪·伯纳姆表示，他希望“尽早解决IPP判决长期存在的不公问题”，以“允许释放低风险囚犯”。但许多囚犯在狱中变得更加危险，无法为他人腾出空间而获释。

3 加快驱逐外国罪犯

英国监狱中目前关押着超过 10,000 名外国籍罪犯，占囚犯总数的约 12%。他们的人数之多及其羁押成本对英国纳税人构成沉重负担，因此成为驱逐的首要目标。然而，驱逐过程面临诸多障碍：罪犯的母国可能拒绝接收，或他们本人拒绝透露国籍。受害者可能认为，若罪犯被驱逐出英国即可获释，会感到正义未得到伸张。

可能大幅缩短罪犯的羁押时间。”

他们要求“考虑调整释放政策可能对受害者、公共安全、警务工作及司法系统公信力产生的影响”。

在措辞严厉的联名信中，各地警队高层警告称，释放哈珀警员的杀手将削弱警务工作，并表示：“警员和工作人员理解法律必须按现行规定执行。但当他们冒着生命危险保护他人时，此举传递的信息将令他们质疑自身服务和牺牲的价值。”

信件最后写道：“我们提出这一请求，是为了纪念安德鲁·哈珀警员，支持他的家人、朋友、同事及其服务的社区，并代表所有严重犯罪的受害者。”

公众应当相信，当法庭对最严重的罪行作出判决时，受害者、公共安全及对司法系统的信心——

仍应是后续任何释放决定的核心考量。”

伯纳姆已指示司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯寻找方法，确保哈珀警员的杀手继续关押，推翻司法部声称“无计可施”的说法。有消息称，唐宁街与司法部之间的分歧日益加深，10 号官员认为司法部在危机应对中发出的信息“软弱”已持续数周。

与此同时，有报道称诺里斯的盟友认为首相正在作出“无法兑现的承诺”。伯纳姆昨日坚称：“我越来越有信心，通过这种更聚焦的方法，我们能减少提前释放的人数，11 名最严重罪犯的案件中，完全阻止其提前释放。我从未接受‘无法采取更多措施’的说法。”

对于伯纳姆最新提议缓解监狱过度拥挤危机的可行性，外界存疑。

监狱官员协会全国主席马克·费尔赫斯特表示：“将女子监狱改造为关押男性囚犯的场所，3 项关键调整并非仅靠更换门牌就能实现。”

“这一过程势必需要额外的人员配置、培训、安保及运营调整。女子监狱的设计和设施未必适合男性囚犯。”

监狱管理者协会主席汤姆·惠特利告诉《每日邮报》：“进行此类详细改造所需的工作会增加出错风险。我们确认司法部已向大臣们通报了这一风险概率的上升。”

与此同时，唐宁街在哈珀警员的母亲黛比·阿德拉姆被蒙在鼓里数日后，终于与她取得联系。此前，阿德拉姆在接受ITV采访时表示对政府“未作任何通知”感到“愤怒”。数小时后，10 号与她联系。

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殉职时的哈珀警员与妻子

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……因十分之九的缓刑监督人员威胁罢工

作者：戴维·丘吉尔

工党计划提前释放数千名杀人犯、暴徒和恋童癖者，昨日因缓刑监督官员投票支持采取工业行动而陷入混乱。

全国缓刑监督官员协会（Napo）表示，其代表的数千名工作人员中，十分之九在民意调查中表示支持。

该工会的调查仅为“指示性”结果，意味着需再举行一次正式投票，工业行动才具有合法性。

但Napo消息人士称，他们计划在约两周后举行正式投票。

这一过程将耗时约一个月，意味着最多8,000名缓刑监督人员可能在10月初至中旬开始采取工业行动。

同一月，工党将开始在十个月内提前释放约5,000名严重罪犯——包括杀人犯和殴妻者。

目前，这一计划将包括两名杀害PC安德鲁·哈珀的凶手，此举近几周引发了强烈反对。

任何工业行动都可能使该计划陷入混乱，因为大多数提前获释者可能需要缓刑监督官员的监管。

此外，人们担心，如果缓刑监督官员被迫简化工作流程，许多获释者可能会再次犯罪。

缓刑服务部门负责人表示，该系统已处于崩溃边缘，依赖于监督官员加班工作。

Napo全国主席本·科克本表示，工会将首先拒绝加班，若争议——涉及薪酬和工作量——未能解决，将升级为全面罢工。

他补充道：“过度工作量在缓刑系统中绝对普遍存在。一次又一次，诸如提前释放计划和量刑变更等措施被强加给缓刑部门，却没有任何减轻工作量的措施。”

“遗憾的是，态度似乎一直是缓刑部门有无限能力承担工作。”

“但不幸的是，缓刑部门的工作人员并没有这种能力。”

当被问及严重罪犯是否会因计划中的工业行动而更可能再次犯罪时，他表示：“有可能。这意味着可能没有足够的时间与案件负责人相处。”

“缓刑工作人员每天做出的决定，对我们服务的对象、受害者和公众都可能产生改变人生的后果。”

“如果过度的工作量妨碍这些决定得到妥善做出，后果可能是毁灭性的。”

除了解决当前工作量问题，工会还要求为成员加薪12%。

工会希望最近宣布的7亿英镑投资用于招聘更多员工。

工会与部长们的谈判仍在进行中。

司法部表示：“我们已超额完成2025-26年招聘目标，去年有1,389人开始担任缓刑监督官员培训生，而目标是1,300人。”

法拉奇斥责齐亚称本·华莱士为“叛国者”

作者：格雷格·赫弗

奈杰尔·法拉奇昨天被迫斥责齐亚·优素福，后者称一名前保守党国防大臣为“英国的叛国者”。

优素福先生在社交媒体上抨击本·华莱士爵士，质疑改革英国党将外国罪犯驱逐出英国的计划，并称这名前军人为“蠢货”。

法拉奇先生在克拉克顿为明天的补选拉票时回应称：“叛国者这个词太过分了。”

当被问及优素福是否应删除其言论时，法拉奇表示：“我今天会和他谈谈。不过，确实有点过火。”

这场争执始于周一的一次新闻发布会，优素福在会上阐述了改革英国党政府将如何驱逐英国监狱中全部10,000名外国罪犯，并誓言如果这些罪犯的母国拒绝接收，将把他们送往较贫穷国家（如萨尔瓦多）的监狱服刑。

但华莱士爵士表示，改革英国党“必须解释如何迫使这些国家接收这些罪犯”。

他补充道：“几十年来，这些国家一直拒绝接收。如果他们不接收，而[改革英国党政府]将他们驱逐出境后又被释放，这将如何面对受害者？爱尔兰籍罪犯将轻易返回。”

作为回应，优素福称“这个蠢货曾担任国防大臣，简直不可思议”。“我们今天的政策是对你们政府失败的直接回应。如果他们的母国不愿接收在我们监狱中服刑的公民，我们将在萨尔瓦多等国租用监狱空间安置他们。”

优素福还表示：“他们将在那里服满刑期，并被终身禁止返回英国。”

“其中可能包括你们接收的数千名阿富汗人，包括那些未经严格审查的，甚至包括塔利班战士。”

“你们知道吗，你们曾申请超级禁令，试图向英国人民隐瞒这些人？这就是我称你为英国叛国者的原因。你完全符合字典上的定义。”针对优素福的言论，华莱士爵士回应道：“哦，看看，一个从未穿过军装的人……只是在银行工作过。一个凭空捏造政策和事实的人。”

对于优素福的激烈言辞，政治评论员兼改革英国党成员蒂姆·蒙哥马利写道：“齐亚的这种言论不可接受。他对任何对手的语言和态度都不恰当且适得其反。”

“对手就是对手……他们不是敌人……也不是蠢货。奈杰尔·法拉奇领导能力的最大问号之一，就是他是否能控制住齐亚8。”

他补充说，优素福是一个极具才华的人，但他的社交媒体言论过于情绪化。

华莱士爵士昨天在《泰晤士报》电台节目中表示：“政治总会有来来回回的争论和攻击，但‘叛国者’这个词分量很重。”

“叛国和叛国者在历史上意味着死刑。就在几周前，安·威德科姆在一场可能是[政治]袭击中遇害。”

“改革英国党一直告诫大家要谨言慎行，我完全同意。”

“但当你开始称别人为叛国者时，这个词的含义非常严重。这非常侮辱人，尤其是对我而言。我为国家服务了大半生。”

“我在军队服役近8年。我曾在议会任职。”

与妻子莉西在去世前一个月的合影

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作者：萨姆·梅里曼 政治记者

安吉拉·雷纳承认自己仍在吸电子烟，她的孩子们对她的这一习惯感到“厌恶”——就在她发起打击电子烟店铺行动的同一天。

这位社区大臣昨天表示，尽管她一直试图戒掉电子烟，但尼古丁成瘾已让她陷入“终生炼狱”。

雷纳女士的坦承与工党同一天宣布将严厉打击规划监管松懈问题，因电子烟店、博彩店和不法商家已导致商业街“空心化”。

这位前副首相表示，她在青少年时期“觉得抽烟很酷”，但后来虽多次尝试戒除电子烟，却始终未能成功——

“觉得抽烟很酷”

在接受采访推动打击行动时，当被问及是否仍在吸电子烟，雷纳女士承认：“很遗憾，我确实还在吸。我这一代人在青少年时期都觉得抽烟很酷。其实并不酷，我的孩子们都很反感。”

“我开始吸电子烟是为了戒烟。从青少年时期起，我就一直有尼古丁依赖问题。我真希望能彻底戒掉。”

“如果我的孩子开始吸电子烟，我会非常难过。这也是为什么我要打击学校周边的电子烟店，以及那些五花八门的口味。这根本不酷。”

周一，雷纳女士与

“电子烟龙”雷纳承认无法戒掉电子烟

部长在推出打击违规商店行动当天承认

首相安迪·伯纳姆宣布，电子烟商店将需要申请规划许可，同时将收紧定义，防止它们以便利店为由规避规定。根据政府的计划，当地方存在担忧时，地方议会将更容易拒绝新开博彩店的申请。

部长们将废除托尼·布莱尔政府（伯纳姆曾在其中任职）推行的“倾向于批准”规则。所谓的成人游戏中心也将需要规划许可。

对于与犯罪相关的违规商店（如某些理发店），关闭令的最长期限将从六个月延长至12个月。这一举措最初由基尔·斯塔默提出，将为警方和地方当局提供更多调查时间。

伯纳姆昨日在访问德比郡时表示：“全国各地都存在真正的担忧——我在梅克菲尔德补选中感受到了这一点——关于商业街被掏空，尤其是在前工业区。

“我想赋予社区扭转局面的权力。这意味着要打击那些给社区带来危害的企业，同时支持那些能为商业街注入活力的企业。”

英国电子烟行业协会总干事约翰·邓恩表示，他支持打击“泛滥的花哨电子烟商店”，这些商店“对其所在社区缺乏尊重”。

但他警告称，“至关重要的是，专业电子烟商店不应在全面打击中受到波及”，因为它们“为希望戒烟的成年吸烟者提供了重要服务”。

尼古丁问题：安吉拉·雷纳昨日访问德比郡

评论 作者：斯图尔特·罗斯 前玛莎百货主席

我们都对商业街和市中心的衰落感到担忧。曾经随处可见的受欢迎的独立商户，如今却是一片片关门的店面。

“出售”和“出租”的招牌随处可见，加剧了普遍的衰败和沮丧感。

有时，唯一似乎在扩张的生意就是电子烟店、博彩店、理发店和小型便利店——而无数报道将其中一些与洗钱、假冒商品和非法毒品联系在一起。

因此，安迪·伯纳姆决心“重新与英国公众建立联系”，并承诺振兴商业街，这对我来说并不意外。

他沉浸在霍维斯广告般的怀旧情绪中，谈论着重现面包店的香味和“周六早晨商业街的喧嚣，那时你每走几码就会遇到邻居，因为似乎所有人都在镇上”。

然而，让我感到惊讶并深感失望的是他计划实现这一目标的方式——承诺赋予地方议会更多权力，以阻止特定类型的商店在市中心开业。

我在BBC《新闻之夜》节目中将其描述为“一堆废话”，因为我认为这完全是空谈。

我对电子烟店并非盲目乐观。我批评过它们占领商业街的方式，也理解

不要只告诉我们你想禁止什么，首相。我们需要一个真正的计划来拯救我们的商业街

其中一些店铺，连同一些理发店和其他商户，会从事非法活动。

但我们已经有贸易标准管理机构和警方来处理这些问题。

我们购物中心的复兴并不在于禁止电子烟店、博彩店和“可疑”的理发店。关键在于为我们的城镇制定愿景，并与能够实现这一愿景的企业携手合作。

实现这一目标的最佳方式是通过减少零售业的巨额税收和监管负担来鼓励投资。零售业是英国最大的私营部门雇主，提供了约三百万个就业岗位。

然而，这一计划却适得其反。通过赋予地方议会更多监管零售业的责任，新任首相实际上是在增加企业的监管负担。

拿破仑曾称我们为“店主之国”——我们曾经是，而且做得非常出色。遗憾的是，如今已不再如此。这并非因为我们失去了技能，而是因为我们正面临一场完美风暴。网络购物让生活变得无比艰难，而我们在与监管、繁重税收和难以承受的成本的斗争中节节败退。

工党最近提高的国民保险、更高的营业税以及不必要的就业法规，是对零售业的最新一击——对许多企业而言，这无异于致命一击。

我在零售业工作了50多年，见证了这一行业在此期间发生的巨大变化。零售业拥抱了这些变化，且几乎所有变化都带来了积极影响。

服装、食品、电子产品及其他商品的实际成本都有所下降。质量、可用性、创新和性价比大幅提升。我们竞争力强、反应迅速、效率惊人、韧性十足且勤奋努力。我们能够应对并克服从供应链中断到通胀、关税和气候变化等诸多障碍。各色政府都应对零售业心存感激。

但在工党治下，我们却不断被指责牟取暴利和哄抬物价。而此时，零售业的利润率正处于历史低点，面临倒闭的商家比以往任何时候都多。

这种做法与促进增长和振兴城镇的道路背道而驰。

如果安迪·伯纳姆真心想要复兴和振兴我们的商业街，与其要求地方当局花更多钱在监管上，不如问问他们为何不投资改善当地设施，以吸引人们前往城镇——比如更便捷、更廉价的交通，9项改进：更多树木、座椅、公共厕所、绿地等。

为什么不顺便问问他们，为何不降低当地商铺的税率？为什么不鼓励他们举办更多本地活动，支持更多本地倡议？

城郊购物中心和网络购物的兴起已经永远改变了商业环境。这是人们想要的。但他们仍然希望拥有本地购物、本地设施和一个熟悉而舒适的场所。

我们可以两者兼顾，但前提是我们拥有一个拥有勇气、想象力、决心和毅力的政府和地方议会，能够将其变为现实。

相比之下，沉迷于监管、流程，并决心从本可成为商业街复兴一部分的行业中榨取最后一滴税收，简直是疯狂之举。

不要只告诉我们你要禁止什么，伯纳姆先生——请向我们展示一个关于未来的计划。

■ 芒尼文登的罗斯勋爵是终身贵族。

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退后一点，退后一点……英国最愚蠢自拍的少年

愚蠢的高度：正在打电话的少年

作者：埃德·霍尔特

这是一名少年在海拔150英尺高的崩塌悬崖边缘冒着生命危险拍照的瞬间。

位于多塞特郡的西湾海岸曾在电视剧《布罗德彻奇》中出现，是一个受欢迎但危险的旅游景点，经常发生岩石坍塌。

在照片中，这名少年——与一名女孩同行——可以看到他距离陡峭的悬崖边缘仅几英寸。

少年脚下的砂岩悬崖上有一道巨大裂缝，这表明崩塌只是时间问题。

“只是时间问题，它会崩塌”

目击者达里尔·吉尔在海滩上说：“他们在那里待了10到15分钟，还在拍照和自拍。

“你能看到那道巨大的裂缝，所以如果有哪个部分接下来会崩塌，那一定是这一块。人们不知道危险，这让人相当担忧。”

今年迄今为止，西湾已发生9次山体滑坡。今年1月，约500吨岩石坠落到这片热门海滩上。

多塞特郡议会发言人表示：“侏罗纪海岸一直在变化。

“来这里游玩很棒，但重要的是要保持常识和谨慎。”

愚蠢行为：少年在多塞特郡西湾悬崖边缘逐渐后退

有史以来最热的夏天

作者：马克·杜埃尔

英国正在经历有史以来最热的夏天——只要8月剩余时间保持平均气温，就能打破2025年创下的纪录。

本周气温将继续上升，英国2026年的第16波热浪将在明天达到38℃的峰值。气象部门已发布自2022年以来仅有的1次极端高温预警。

干旱状况也在恶化，英格兰南部部分地区已连续60天无降水，且预报显示近期不会有大雨。

截至周一，从6月1日开始的夏季平均气温为16.48℃，比1991年至2020年的平均气温高出1.88℃，英国气象局数据显示。

要追平2025年创下的16.12℃的英国有记录以来最热夏季纪录，8月剩余时间只需比长期平均气温低0.21℃。

对于英格兰和威尔士来说，今年夏季迄今的气温已比平均水平高出2℃以上，因此今夏打破纪录的可能性更大。

昨天，英国气象局发布了自2022年以来仅有的1次极端高温预警，称“民众可能会受到一些不利健康影响”。

此次预警针对英格兰中部和南部10个地区，将于明天上午9点至午夜生效，此时全国近四分之三的地区已处于干旱状态。

英国卫生安全局还针对英格兰大部分地区发布了琥珀色高温健康警报，持续至周五——警告称“死亡人数可能会上升，特别是65岁及以上人群或有健康问题的人”。

该政府机构敦促民众通过多喝水、关注弱势朋友和家人、避开一天中最热的时段来保证安全。今天气温将飙升至34℃，明天最高可达38℃，周五将降至30℃，本周末为26℃。英国还预计将出现“热带夜晚”——气温保持在20℃以上。

如果观测到38℃，这将是英国有记录以来第五热的一天——与2026年6月26日诺福克郡兰伍德创下的最高温持平。

英国气象局首席预报员克里斯·布尔默表示：“虽然此次高温峰值持续时间不如近期热浪长，但周四全国大部分地区气温普遍达到30多摄氏度，可能会对部分人造成影响。”

Age UK慈善机构主任卡罗琳·亚伯拉罕斯表示，老年人面临风险，因为“随着年龄增长，人体更难适应极端高温”。

她建议在一天中最热的时候关闭窗帘和窗户，并在夜间开窗通风。

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罗纳尔多结婚啦！

在让5亿社交媒体粉丝猜测数月后，这位足球巨星终于秘密完婚

刚刚结婚：这对新人的婚戒照片，以及右图与5个孩子的合影

就在7.天前，数百名狂热粉丝还将一对困惑的新娘新郎误认为是克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多和未婚妻乔治娜·罗德里格斯，将他们团团围住。

但在全球足坛巨星何时何地完婚的猜测游戏持续数月后，这对明星情侣终于真正说出了“我愿意”。

就在昨晚在Instagram上分享婚戒照片后的一个小时内——这位超级巨星是该平台上粉丝最多的人类——已有超过500 万人点赞了这则公告。

自从这对情侣一年前订婚以来，关于这位前皇家马德里和曼联球星婚礼日期和地点的传言就层出不穷。

终于在昨晚，这对夫妇确认他们与5个孩子共同举办了一场“私密而低调”的仪式。

罗纳尔多的41,岁代表表示：“克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多和乔治娜·罗德里格斯今日在葡萄牙卡斯卡伊斯举行了民事婚礼，现已正式成为夫妻。”

这位可能是世界上最著名的足球运动员，罗纳尔多——在Instagram上拥有6.78 亿粉丝，全平台粉丝总数达10亿——花了9年时间才向模特罗德里格斯女士求婚，32,岁的她曾坦言需要感受到“心动”的瞬间才会向这位两人亲生孩子的母亲求婚。这对夫妇还抚养着这名前锋的3个年长子女。

网红罗德里格斯女士甚至曾开玩笑说，罗纳尔多用一枚“巨大的”钻戒求婚是“等了这么久，他至少能做到的”。

然而，这位世界历史上进球最多的球员公开承认自己“不是传统意义上的浪漫型男人”，尽管他坚称会以自己的方式表达爱意。

罗德里格斯女士在2016年与罗纳尔多相遇时，还在马德里的一家古驰店工作，时薪仅£10。

回忆起两人的相遇，罗德里格斯女士说：“只能说当时我心跳加速。”

罗纳尔多会开着价值£1.5million的布加迪接她下班——而她上班则是乘坐公交车。

到了12月，她在粉丝开始在店外聚集后不久便辞去了工作。

他们的结合发生在几天前，当时被误以为这对夫妇将在马德拉岛丰沙尔大教堂举行婚礼，导致数千名粉丝周六聚集在教堂外。

但这场仪式实际上是为一对完全无关的葡萄牙夫妇——来自该岛的法比奥·拉莫斯和法蒂玛·尼科尔·库尼亚·特谢拉举行的。

罗纳尔多与乔治娜·罗德里格斯：正式成为夫妻

阿什利先生，亲爱的，来喝一杯聊聊哈维·尼克斯吧

曾激发《超级辣妈》（Absolutely Fabulous）灵感的公关大师呼吁迈克·阿什利“给她打个电话”，帮助振兴哈维·尼克斯百货。

这位纽卡斯尔联队前老板即将达成协议，拯救这家在电视情景喜剧中频频被提及的奢侈百货公司。而激发《超级辣妈》中詹妮弗·桑德斯（Jennifer Saunders）塑造的埃迪（Eddy）一角的琳恩·弗兰克斯（Lynne Franks，右图）则敦促他放手一试。Sports Direct的大亨阿什利先生

作者：Emily Hawkins

被视为收购这家陷入困境的企业的领跑者，此前高街连锁品牌Next据报道已退出竞购。

尽管有人可能对他的集团拥有这一奢侈品象征嗤之以鼻，弗兰克斯女士表示：“他是一位专业零售商；他正在盈利，而哈维·尼克斯却做不到。他应该给我打个电话。”

你被炒了：舒格对美国运通“白痴”拒绝提额怒不可遏

艾伦·舒格（Alan Sugar）批评美国运通拒绝为其提高信用额度。

这位《学徒》（The Apprentice）主持人身家近11.4亿英镑，周一因申请被拒而大为光火，并在X平台上将该公司称为“一群白痴”。

现年79岁的舒格勋爵称，他花了“一小时”打电话给该公司，被转接给“四个不同的人”。他补充道：“最终我与英国布莱顿的一位工作人员通了话，对方知道我的身份和财务状况。然而，我的申请仍因‘系统原因’被拒绝。”但

作者：Dolly Busby 娱乐记者

社交媒体上对舒格勋爵的同情寥寥无几，有用户指责他“抱怨”并期待“皇家待遇”，同时“炫耀”自己亿万富翁的身份。

舒格勋爵出生于伦敦东区的一个市政公寓，在《星期日泰晤士报》富豪榜上排名第146位，身家估计为11.38亿英镑。美国运通方面未回应置评请求。

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VI

与被禁伊斯兰主义组织有关联的学者被剑桥大学同一学院聘用，与“抄袭教授”同院

作者：Eleanor Harding 教育版主编

一名据称曾支持被禁恐怖组织“伊扎布特”（Hizb ut-Tahrir）的学者被剑桥大学聘为助理研究教授，与前教授杰森·阿代（Jason Arday）同属一个学院。

据称，法拉·艾哈迈德（Farah Ahmed）博士曾为该组织2002年出版的一本小册子撰写章节，抨击“西方教育”是对穆斯林的“威胁”，该组织后被取缔。

她现任剑桥大学教育学院助理研究教授——与阿代先生因抄袭风波辞职的学院相同。

“西方教育的威胁”

在剑桥任职期间，艾哈迈德博士还合著了《我的学校有多伊斯兰》（How Islamic Is My School）工具包。

2023年，她协助组织了一场关于伊斯兰、科学与教育的会议，旨在“认识到科学作为更广泛现代主义和殖民主义项目的一部分所扮演的角色”，并“思考”对“将科学视为‘客观知识’”这一观点的“挑战”。

上周，剑桥大学对阿代展开调查，此前有学者指控他抄袭并谎报学术经历。

阿代辞去教授职务，称这场风波的“个人代价”已“过于沉重”，并取消了为推广其回忆录而举办的活动。

据《旁观者》（The Spectator）报道，艾哈迈德博士为2002年小册子《教育与认同》（Education and Identity）撰写的章节于2017年再版。

在小册子中，她写道：“英国的整个穆斯林社区需要认识到，西方教育对我们的信仰和价值观构成威胁。”

她抨击学校试图融合穆斯林儿童的做法是企图“培养拒绝伊斯兰教的新一代”，并称

阿尔代回忆录出版——但丑闻只字未提

备受争议的学者贾森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的回忆录昨日在美国发行，但对导致其职业生涯脱轨的丑闻只字未提。

《伟大而不幸的事》（Great And Unfortunate Things）讲述了阿尔代的故事：他在3岁时被诊断出自闭症，直到18岁才学会读写，却最终成为剑桥大学有史以来最年轻的黑人教授。

然而，这本由出版巨头西蒙与舒斯特（Simon & Schuster）发行的回忆录，在41岁的阿尔代因过去似乎夸大其词的经历及抄袭指控辞去教职仅数日后出版。回忆录称作者“目前”是剑桥大学2002年教育社会学教授席位的持有者，并称阿尔代仍是“该校史上最年轻的黑人教授”，尽管他已辞职。书中未添加任何作者说明以反映这场危机对其信誉造成的打击。

她抨击英国国家课程是“系统性灌输”，并攻击英国学校教授“一夫多妻制或16岁以下结婚”是“过时且对女性歧视”，还称学校告诉孩子“民主……是制定法律的唯一途径”。

剑桥大学教育学院发言人表示：“学院致力于在法律框架内维护学术自由和言论自由。我们鼓励社区所有成员行使言论自由权利，包括挑战他们不认同的观点。”

与此同时，阿尔代警告《泰晤士高等教育》（Times Higher Education）记者的律师函昨日在网上泄露。函中称阿尔代正在指导15名博士生，并作为外部考官审查了“超过35篇”博士论文。

伦敦大学学院（UCL）的爱丽丝·沙利文（Alice Sullivan）教授在X平台上表示：“如果这是真的，那么有超过35人的博士学位将受到污染。”

失势：休·爱德华兹

爱德华兹反击批评者：批评其威尔士诗作

科迪·布伦（Codie Bullen） 资深娱乐记者

失势的新闻主播休·爱德华兹（Huw Edwards）对批评其参加威尔士最大文化节诗歌比赛的言论进行了反击。

在这位前BBC主持人的首部出版作品中，他坦露了对已故父亲——著名学者休威尔·泰菲·爱德华兹（Hywel Teifi Edwards）——的哀思，并反思了自己从巅峰跌落的经历。

这首原以威尔士语创作的诗作以“迷途的儿子：在地狱的煎熬中”开篇。

曾遭受儿童虐待的女演员塞拉·克拉夫特（Sera Cracroft）告诉BBC，如果爱德华兹赢得2026年威尔士国家诗歌节（National Eisteddfod）备受推崇的“皇冠”比赛的£750奖金，将是“灾难性的”。克拉夫特表示，爱德华兹“在全国观众面前加冕”会“对幸存者造成伤害”。

64岁的爱德华兹于2024年承认制作儿童不雅图片罪名成立，他为参加比赛的决定辩护，该比赛最终由记者马丁·休斯（Martin Huws）获胜。

“我后悔提交这首诗吗？一刻也不。我珍视写作的体验，并将继续下去。”他在Substack平台上写道，并贴出了这首诗。

威尔士国家诗歌节表示，“包括评委在内，没有人事先知道参赛者的身份”。

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熟悉的面孔？凯娅·格伯与霍默·吉尔

宛如父母当年！辛迪的女儿与吉尔的儿子登上《Vogue》封面

作者：Shane Watson

《美国Vogue》九月号是该杂志一年中最重磅的刊物，因此其封面登载的内容被视为重要的文化时刻。

而今年登上这本全球最具影响力时尚杂志封面的，是两位耀眼的“星二代”二十多岁青年：24, 岁的凯娅·格伯和 26 岁的霍默·吉尔。

凯娅拥有一头光泽的栗色长发、灿烂的笑容、闪亮的双眸和修长的双腿，一眼望去便能确认她是超模辛迪·克劳馥的女儿。同样身为模特的凯娅与母亲如出一辙，由时尚摄影师史蒂文·梅塞尔拍摄的这张照片，仿佛是辛迪在 1992, 年事业巅峰时期的写照。

照片中的年轻演员（仔细看）是理查德·吉尔的儿子，这位1980年代的另一位超级巨星——他曾在1990年代与辛迪结婚。

更有意思的是，这堪称梦幻独家新闻：辛迪和理查德曾于 1992 年一同登上《美国Vogue》封面，当时他们结婚刚满一年，婚姻持续了四年。理查德后来与凯莉·洛威尔结婚，

离异：理查德与辛迪

霍默是他们的儿子。辛迪则于 1998 年嫁给了凯娅的父亲兰德·格伯。

霍默和凯娅在出演Disney+电视剧《碎片》后相识。霍默告诉《美国Vogue》：“认识对方20分钟后，我就问：‘我们是不是该承认我们的父母曾经结过婚？’凯娅回了句：‘嗯，挺酷的。’然后就这么过去了。”

醉酒多元化官员用路虎拖行战斗英雄警员仍免入狱

作者：伊丽莎白·海伊

一名醉酒的多元化代表在用她的四驱车沿城市道路拖行一名警员后致其重伤，却逃脱了牢狱之灾。

37岁的坎达丝·德席尔瓦（Candace DeSilva）在被拦停后，仍让警员紧抓着她的路虎车侧逃逸。

法庭获悉，她令阿富汗战争老兵西蒙·沃德警员（PC Simon Ward）身受重伤，并危及其生命。

当她最终被拦下时，她呻吟道：“我只想回家找我的孩子。”

德席尔瓦此前承认危险驾驶致重伤及袭击紧急工作者，在利物浦皇家法院被判处28个月监禁，缓期两年执行。

这一判决被默西塞德警察联合会主席克里斯·麦格拉德（Chris McGlade）斥为“令人作呕”。他表示，这“对那些想要危及警员生命的人毫无震慑作用”。

家住利物浦安菲尔德的德席尔瓦是一名会计，同时担任英国皇家内科医师学会的“多元化、包容与归属领导代表”。

2024年9月14日下午约4时，她在利物浦市中心驾车时被发现使用手机并违规掉头。沃德警员将其拦停，并注意到她“目光呆滞、言语含糊”。

路边测试显示，她每100毫升呼气中的酒精含量达90微克——几乎是法定限值的三倍。利物浦皇家法院获悉，沃德警员曾是阿富汗皇家空军医护兵，要求一名女警员到场搜查德席尔瓦。

检察官纳尔丁·内马特（Nardeen Nemat）称，当沃德警员被告知无女警员可用时，德席尔瓦说：“看吧，没人来了。你他妈别想搜我。我要走了。你拦不住我。”

她启动四驱车试图驶离。因担心附近一名推婴儿车的母亲安全，沃德警员喝令德席尔瓦停车并抓住方向盘。但她却猛踩油门，致使沃德警员被拖行在车侧，手指和手部被划伤。

沃德警员按下紧急按钮并使用了胡椒喷雾。当德席尔瓦对车内另一名女子说“把车切换到运动模式”时，他再次对该乘客使用了喷雾。车辆在不远处停下后，德席尔瓦在执法记录仪画面中大喊：“那是什么喷雾？那是什么喷雾？”

当被告知因涉嫌袭击紧急工作者而被捕时，她回应：“我只想回家找我的孩子。我什么也没做。”

沃德警员至今仍需拄拐行走，并佩戴膝部支架，同时患有创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）。他休假19个月，现已转为办公室岗位。

辩护律师查尔斯·兰德（Charles Lander）称，德席尔瓦是四个孩子的母亲，其中两个孩子有特殊教育需求。他还声称她有精神健康问题史。

在周一的判决中，她被判处缓刑28个月，同时需完成140小时无偿劳动，并被吊销驾照三年。法官加勒特·伯恩（Garrett Byrne）表示：“你的鲁莽行为……可能会要了他的命。”但他以孩子为由决定缓期执行。

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伯纳姆毫无主见

新首相应对危机的方式正呈现出一种极其令人不满的模式。

工党推出的监狱提前释放计划，如预期般遭遇了重大挫折。

作为回应，安迪·伯纳姆宣布进行审查，并禁止某些类别的罪犯获得减刑优惠。

但他的改革力度远远不够，如今他正以一种极不得体的方式四处寻找更多对策。

唐宁街透露，内阁大臣们将探讨三种释放监狱空间的可能性——而所有专家一致认为，这些方案完全不可行。

首相甚至暗示，他对司法部官员在整个项目中的处理方式感到失望。

顺便说一句，正是这些官员当初蒙蔽了时任司法大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德，说服她相信提前释放数以万计的罪犯是解决监狱过度拥挤的唯一途径。

这三项新选项显然是由同一批公务员拟定的，技术性强且毫无创意。

出于某种原因，“南丁格尔”式低风险囚犯监狱并未被纳入考虑。租用监狱驳船或其他国家（如荷兰）的空置牢房也未被提及，尽管那里有富余容量。

伯纳姆先生很快便发现，主导白厅的自由派“利益集团”并不总是他的盟友。

更广泛地说，工党上台已逾两年，却仍在将监狱问题归咎于前保守党政府，并在这段时间里推行了一项如今正轰然崩溃的计划。昨晚，50名高级警官罕见发声，表达了严重关切。

然而，一如既往，这届软弱的政府将拒绝承担责任——且完全提不出任何可信的解决方案。

错失良机

两周前，在被问及小船危机时，伯纳姆坚称“计划正在奏效”。

然而，他昨日承认：“我们现在将改变策略。”

在他上任的头22天里，已有3,000名乘坐小船的移民抵达英国，而基尔·斯塔默任期同期这一数字不足2,300人，其中还包括一艘载有230人的“超级橡皮艇”，使大选以来的总人数突破了80,000。

看起来，就连伯纳姆本人也不相信自己所谓“计划奏效”的荒谬说法，否则何需调整？

对此，工党只能怪自己。

前政府花了两年时间努力赢得针对卢旺达避难协议的法律挑战，该协议在上次大选前夕终于准备就绪。

但出于纯粹的怨恨和意识形态驱动的固执，工党上台后的首批举措之一便是废除了卢旺达计划，转而推行一项模糊的“打击人口贩运团伙”方案。

值得庆幸的是，年度抵达人数有所下降，但随着贩运团伙寻找新手段规避警方打击，这一趋势能否持续尚无保证。

这个岛国无法保护自身边境，令大多数英国人感到困惑——更不用说愤怒。

伯纳姆和他那位毫无胆识的内政大臣马哈茂德显然没有能力结束这场危机。

工党即将推出的报复性养老金掠夺将重创奋斗者

距离我们得知秋季预算案中将出现哪些恶劣举措已为时不远。

资本利得税和个人财富税的上调势在必行，如同黑夜必然跟随白昼。

然而，尽管我们要等到10月28日才能知晓约翰·希利首份预算案中的所有可怕细节，但工党对奋斗者和谨慎者的攻击早已全面展开。

为此，我们必须“感谢”（归咎于）会计部的雷切尔——希利的前任，她在担任财政大臣期间，以戴森高科技吸尘器般的效率，利用每一个机会将我们越来越多的财富吸入国库。这是最高级别的嫉妒政治。典型的疯狂社会主义。

在被赶出唐宁街10号之前，雷切尔·里夫斯已经推动了一系列旨在破坏我们通过税收友好型养老金为退休储蓄的能力的措施。这些措施相当于为养老金埋下了“定时炸弹”，设计在不久的将来引爆，损害我们的退休财富。

其中一枚将在2029年爆炸，届时雇主利用薪酬牺牲安排（salary sacrifice arrangements）来缓解提供职工养老金成本的限制将生效。

新规将使雇主面临更高的企业成本——以更高的国民保险账单形式呈现。如果雇主决定让员工承担部分里夫斯税收掠夺的成本，员工的工资也可能被削减。

根据备受尊敬的财政研究所（Institute for Fiscal Studies）的说法，这些变化的主要受害者将是高收入者和私营部门员工。

这并不令人意外。我们曾多次走过这条令人遗憾的道路。还记得1997年布莱尔所谓的“进步”政府上台后，戈登·布朗作为财政大臣的第一项举措吗？一场每年90 亿英镑亿英镑的公司养老金税收掠夺，引发了私营部门固定收益养老金计划终结的开端。这些养老金安排根据员工的工作年限和薪资水平，为退休者提供终身收入。

然而，更具破坏性的里夫斯养老金“定时炸弹”将于明年4月引爆，届时新规将开始规范遗产养老金的征税方式。其影响充其量是惩罚性的，但“恶劣”一词更为准确。

无论是哪位财政部官员想出了这一针对养老金的恶意报复性税收攻击，都应为此感到羞耻——尽管当然，新规不会适用于他们享有的镀金公共部门养老金，因此他们并不在乎。需要说明的是，公共部门养老金拥有受保护的“TX”地位，即免受财政部穴居人掠夺的豁免权。

毒药

无需陷入个人理财的细枝末节（这是我和《金钱邮报》的同事们乐此不疲的事），这些变化主要影响大多数私营部门员工——无论是受雇还是自雇——如今正在缴纳的“确定缴费型”养老金计划。

所谓“确定缴费型”，指的是养老金基金的增长取决于你投入的金额以及其基础投资的表现。拥有“确定收益型”养老金的人——如今几乎仅限于公共部门员工——并非工党这场无耻税收掠夺的目标。

“你觉得奇怪吗？”你可能会问。“不奇怪，”我回答。工党又一次在毫无愧疚之意的情况下破坏我们的养老金。正如我之前所说，并且在完成这篇长文之前无疑还会再说——这是嫉妒政治。打倒奋斗者。

明年4月的养老金定时炸弹核心如下。目前，如果你去世时尚有未用完的“确定缴费型”养老金基金，剩余价值不在遗产税（IHT）的征收范围内。这意味着，如果你在75岁前去世，你的受益人可以免税提取这笔资金。

对于那些晚年去世的人，税收制度则不那么宽容：受益人随后从未用完的养老金基金中提取的任何款项，将按其自身边际税率缴纳所得税：20、40或45%。但同样，遗产税——目前对遗产中超过12.5 万英镑的部分征收40%——并不适用。

然而，从2024年4月6日起，规则将发生巨大变化。任何未使用的养老金基金价值届时都将被纳入遗产税的征收范围。

对于某些受益人而言，这将导致继承的养老金基金（计划持有人年满75岁或以上）的收益被遗产税和所得税的毒性组合严重侵蚀。

其毒性（财务上）甚至超过116年前霍利·哈维·克里彭医生用来毒死妻子科拉的毒药。正如我的《金钱邮报》同事周末报道的那样，在最极端的情况下，继承的养老金基金中高达91%的部分可能会被税收吞噬。

当我在2024年预算案公布后立即审视这场针对养老金的攻击时，其严重性令我震惊。并非只有我一人如此。前养老金大臣、养老金活动家奥尔特曼女男爵比这个国家几乎任何人都更了解养老金。她当时毫不客气地对我说：

“养老金税收待遇的这一重大变化，是税收干预如何阻碍养老金规划的典型例子。”她当时告诉我。

“长期退休规划需要稳定的政策环境。许多努力安排财务事务以最好地帮助亲人的人，如今发现自己的计划因自身无法控制的原因而陷入混乱。”一针见血。读者同样愤怒，一对来自伯恩茅斯的可爱夫妇告诉我，他们因谨慎行事而感到“愚蠢”，“结果却让我们的两个孩子在我们去世时背上一大笔遗产税”。

在接下来的几个月里，随着我们越来越接近4月6日（新税年的开始），我相信将有大量专栏文章献给这场前所未有的养老金税收攻击的残酷性。这一趋势已经开始，顶尖金融专家正逐渐站出来抨击这些变化。

战争

几天前，投资平台AJ Bell呼吁政府重新考虑其对遗产养老金的立场，并“回到起点重新思考”。该平台将财政部将遗产养老金视为“既是资本（需缴纳遗产税）又是收入（需缴纳所得税）”的决定描述为“本质上不公平”。

很难不同意这一评估。我的观点是，养老金税收抢夺在多个层面都是错误的。

首先，那些虔诚地将资金存入养老基金、明确目的是以税收高效的方式将财富传承给亲人的储户，突然被告知规则正在改变，这显然是不合理的。这是一种追溯性征税。

其次，对于希望减轻这一即将到来的税收陷阱成本的人来说，可用的主要解决方案竟是“在去世前花掉养老金”，这实在是粗暴。他们不应被政客逼迫走上这条路。

但更令人担忧的是，这是对那些辛勤工作一生、省吃俭用为自己退休后的经济保障——以及去世后为亲人留下保障——的人的恶意打击。

奋斗应当受到鼓励，而非打压。但这从不在工党的基因里——也从未有过。工党更热衷于对英格兰中产阶级发动无情的阶级战争。

上帝保佑我们。

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萨拉·瓦因

sarah.vine@dailymail.co.uk

年度专栏作家 过去五年四次获奖！

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T现代医学史上充斥着所谓的“神奇疗法”，最终却变成了噩梦。

反应停（Thalidomide）是最典型的例子，这种治疗晨吐的药物导致了严重的出生缺陷。几个世纪以来，人们相信汞可以治疗梅毒，但它却导致肾衰竭、脑损伤和痛苦的死亡。

维多利亚时代的人们欣然接受可卡因和鸦片作为万能灵药，却忽视了其明显的成瘾性和致命副作用。同样，止痛药奥施康定（OxyContin）已在美国夺去数千人的生命。

但这不正是人性使然吗？没有什么比“速效解决方案”更诱人了。无论是疼痛、肥胖、焦虑、失眠、不孕、抑郁还是衰老，我们都渴望有一颗神奇的药丸能让问题消失：一种让我们轻松恢复健康和快乐的方法，且无需承担后果。

于是，我们服用SSRIs（选择性5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂）来应对焦虑，服用他汀类药物降低胆固醇，服用降压药保护心脏免受日常压力、吸烟和饮酒的影响。我们像吃糖豆一样服用青霉素，服用激素恢复衰退的性欲，通过试管婴儿技术规避不孕问题，注射肉毒杆菌毒素（Botox）等神经毒素来延缓衰老迹象，摄入兴奋剂（有时甚至给孩子服用）治疗多动症……这样的例子不胜枚举。

现代生活似乎正在成为一个缓慢而不可避免的医疗化过程。这并不一定是坏事：无数人今天能够活着，都要归功于21世纪的医学。

但每当科学家和社会过于兴奋，充满期待和炒作时，总会有一个微弱的声音在脑海中低语：“如果这并不像宣传的那样完美呢？如果医学再次出错呢？”

最近的例子便是“减肥针”或GLP-1类药物：粗略地说，这类药物相当于化学胃束带，自约十年前在美国首次获批，近期在英国也获批以来，一直被誉为现代社会最大顽疾之一——肥胖的解决方案。

“更新、更便宜的口服版本”

据估计，英国约有160万正在使用这类药物，大多通过私人处方。但随着更新、更便宜的口服版本上市，这一数字将大幅增加。

口服司美格鲁肽（Ozempic和Wegovy等品牌的活性成分）自6月以来已可使用，而Mounjaro的制造商本周也获得了其口服药Foundayo的英国监管机构批准。

与注射笔不同，口服药的价格不会随剂量增加而上涨，这意味着其最终成本约为注射剂的一半。然而，即便如此—。

我希望且祈祷自己对减肥针的信任没有被误导……但我的担忧是，它们似乎好得令人难以置信

让它们成为免费赠品——Foundayo 口服药每月费用在 £100-150 之间，Wegovy 略贵——但无论如何，这意味着更多人能够使用它们。

这是一个巨大的转折点。可以说，这与青霉素或麻醉剂的发现一样具有划时代意义。它将产生深远影响，不仅影响医疗行业（及英国国民保健服务体系），还将重塑社会对肥胖的文化和态度。

前提是，它们是安全的。

我采访的每一位医生都确信，对大多数患者而言，它们是安全的。但即便如此，我们曾经历过类似的情况。20 世纪 30 年代，二硝基苯酚被作为“燃脂”药物推广——它确实有效，但也会从内部“烹煮”身体，最终导致器官衰竭。

20 世纪 50 和 60 年代，安非他命被广泛处方，能抑制食欲并提供化学能量爆发。唯一的缺点是它们高度成瘾，并使使用者面临中风、心脏病发作和严重心血管损伤的风险。

20 世纪 90 年代初，我们有了“芬-芬”——一种“复合食欲抑制剂和能量增强剂”。结果，它导致了潜在致命的肺部和心脏问题，并在 1997 年被撤市，同时伴随超过 £100 亿的法律赔偿。

还有麻黄碱，一种在 21 世纪初被广泛宣传的“植物性”疗法——但很快因导致心脏病发作、中风、癫痫和猝死而被禁。更不用说利莫那班了，它通过抑制特定脑受体发挥作用，却引发了严重的精神问题。

就 GLP-1 类药物而言，我们已知在极少数情况下，它们可能导致严重甚至致命的胰腺炎，并增加胆结石的风险。

一些常见的副作用可能令人极度不安，且存在肌肉流失和营养不良的担忧。

就在上周，官方数据显示，英国已有超过 200 例死亡和 158,000 起“不良反应”与减肥药物相关。

名字拗口的准政府机构——药品和保健品监管局强调，这些令人担忧的数字并不一定证明相关药物（Mounjaro、Wegovy 和 Saxenda）导致了患者的死亡和不良反应，仅表明它们存在嫌疑。

尽管如此，我采访的每一位医生都坚称，总体而言，这些药物的益处大于风险，如果得到适当监测和管理，它们不仅能挽救生命，长远来看还能为英国国民保健服务体系节省数百万英镑。

这是因为，与前代药物不同，大规模研究显示 GLP-1 类药物实际上能改善心脏健康。它们还被发现能减少脂肪肝（一种现代致命疾病）、改善肾功能、缓解睡眠呼吸暂停，以及——也许最引人注目的是——帮助控制物质渴求，包括酒精、烟草和阿片类药物。

同样重要的还有潜在的文化影响。肥胖羞辱一直是人性中较为丑陋的一面，同时伴随着一种观念，即苗条的人在某种程度上道德上更优越。“瘦身崇拜”——尤其是对女性而言——是一种暴政。有些女性天生纤瘦，但对许多人来说，在 20 多岁后保持苗条——经历怀孕、激素变化，以及后来的更年期——是困难的。

经济上也将产生巨大连锁反应。我们已经看到这种趋势：我在二手服装网站 Vinted（我的小爱好）的信息流中，充斥着女性在急剧减重后出售 16-18 号连衣裙的信息。与此同时，曾经强大的减肥产业正在崩溃。可怜的 Pathighters 公司的玛乔丽可能要失业了。

“这些药物让我感觉更好，看起来也更好”

GLP-1类药物也开始影响餐饮业，尤其是快餐行业。最近的分析发现，41%的GLP-1药物使用者外出就餐频率降低——即使外出就餐，点餐量也减少。

你可能还注意到当地超市中出现了“营养密集型”即食餐。这同样是为了应对潜在的副作用，如脱发、疲劳和肌肉流失，需摄入大量高品质瘦蛋白及其他必需营养素。其影响无处不在。

就个人而言，这些药物带来了巨大改变。它们并没有让我变得极度苗条（这从来不是目的），但帮助我在过去几年里保持了稳定的体重，这曾是我一直无法实现的。

我感觉更好，看起来更好，自信心增强——关键的是，我的血液检测结果在各项健康指标上都有显著改善，而我的心理健康状况——曾与对体重的自我厌恶紧密相关——也前所未有地好。

一些细微但重要的变化，比如膝盖不再那么疼痛，或是体重减轻让我更愿意去游泳或参加健身课程，都提升了我的生活质量。

和所有从这些药物中受益的人一样，我只能希望并祈祷自己对医学专业的信任没有被误导。

然而，担忧依然存在——如果某些事物看起来好得不真实，通常确实如此。

“一些常见的副作用可能非常 令人担忧——且存在营养不良的隐忧”

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普京价值10亿英镑的宫殿成为乌克兰的目标

弗拉基米尔·普京价值£10亿的宫殿在乌克兰的一系列袭击后“失去防护”。这座位于黑海度假小镇格连吉克的奢华住宅被形容为一座堡垒，拥有16层地下建筑群和防核攻击的地堡，内嵌于悬崖之中。

但乌克兰对这座据称是普京度假别墅的“系统性”打击摧毁了其防空系统。一套名为“Volna Kupol Garant”的电子战系统（用于干扰攻击无人机的信号）于周五被摧毁，为乌克兰无人机两天后抵达附近的S-400防空导弹系统扫清了道路。

据乌克兰无人系统部队指挥官罗伯特·布罗夫迪少校称，距离普京宫殿约12英里的S-400系统“燃烧并冒烟长达3小时”。

军事分析师扬·马特维耶夫表示：“卫星图像显示至少有一个发射装置被摧毁……现在普京的‘宫殿’已失去防护。”

“乌克兰军方已对俄罗斯在克里米亚占领区和俄罗斯南部的防空系统发起了有针对性的猎杀行动。”

他补充称，Volna Kupol Garant系统“大小相当于一个小型军事基地，从空中很容易识别”。

《莫斯科时报》报道称，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基的部队正在“系统性摧毁”这座住宅的精心防护设施。

虽然S-400系统旨在拦截飞机、无人机和巡航导弹，但它在2024, 8月9日晚被改装用于向乌克兰发射9枚导弹。

这座面积达17,700平方米的建筑群因已故反对派活动人士、反腐败基金会创始人阿列克谢·纳瓦利内的调查而臭名昭著。他在2021,发布的一段视频中称，这座戒备森严的建筑群是为俄罗斯独裁者普京而建。

他声称该物业耗资£10亿，由普京身边的一群商人“以10 亿英镑的象征性价格”出资建造。

这段近两小时的视频展示了一个奢华的建筑群，内有精致的茶室、400座位的圆形剧场、直升机停机坪、教堂和多家餐厅。

安保人员在建筑群上空设置了严格的禁飞区。

纳瓦利内从德国返回俄罗斯后被拘留，随后公布了格连吉克宫殿的视频。

普京否认拥有这座宫殿，其长期合作伙伴、商人阿尔卡季·罗滕贝格称自己才是物业所有者。

2024,纳瓦利内在北极的一所偏远监狱中死亡。他的遗孀指控普京策划了丈夫的死亡，称其死于中毒。

克里姆林宫否认参与其死亡。俄罗斯官员声称他死于自然原因。

据信，俄罗斯总统很少造访这座宫殿，更青睐位于莫斯科以东185英里的瓦尔代湖畔的住所。

据自由电台的一项调查，那座住所由27座塔楼守卫，每座塔楼耗资£16，并配备了“铠甲”防空系统。

阿萨德独裁者因叙利亚战争罪被判处死刑

遭罢黜的叙利亚独裁者巴沙尔·阿萨德因在该国长达14年的内战期间犯下“反人类罪”被判处死刑。

他于2024年12月政权被推翻后与其弟马希尔逃往莫斯科，此后一直缺席受审。

内战始于2011，当时十余名在校园墙壁上涂写反政府涂鸦的青少年被逮捕并遭受酷刑。

这一事件成为引发大规模抗议的导火索，政府则以暴力镇压回应。内战期间约有50万人丧生。

这位前总统对同胞的残暴行径为他赢得了“屠夫”的绰号，如右图所示。

昨日，大马士革第四刑事法庭法官法赫雷丁·阿尔-阿里安表示：“巴沙尔·阿萨德利用国家机构犯下战争罪和反人类罪。”法庭还认定阿萨德因“蓄意谋杀多人及儿童”“酷刑、任意逮捕和反人类罪”等罪行被判处死刑。

法官还判处阿萨德的表兄阿泰夫·纳吉布死刑，后者被控在2011，监督致命镇压行动。

纳吉布曾任叙利亚陆军准将，并担任德拉省政治安全分局局长，在法庭笼中听取判决时，法官以“蓄意杀害15岁以下儿童”的罪名宣判其死刑。

马希尔曾任叙利亚军队指挥官，叙境内反对派活动人士指控其部队涉嫌杀戮、酷刑、敲诈勒索和毒品走私。

法庭还缺席判处六名前军方及安全部门官员死刑。

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J-Lo复古风情重现50年代魅力

作者：索尼娅·霍伦

从“街区女孩珍妮”到征服全球流行乐坛和影坛，30年来，詹妮弗·洛佩兹的成就有目共睹。

如今，这位57岁的两个孩子的母亲以头巾和墨镜造型向好莱坞复古魅力致敬——几乎未着寸缕。

周一，这位歌手兼演员在社交媒体上分享了一系列照片，看起来光彩照人。其中一张照片中，她身着复古缎面米白色两件式比基尼，站在衣架前摆姿势，宛如50年代的银幕女神。她还搭配了圆形墨镜和白色手袋。

洛佩兹上月刚过生日，她在帖子中写道：“狮子座季继续”，以呼应自己的星座。她还分享了一张宝丽来风格的照片，身穿一袭开领露背的白色连衣裙。

这位《舞娘》明星是18岁双胞胎麦克斯和奥斯卡的母亲，与第四任丈夫、同为演员的本·阿弗莱克于2024年离婚，两人婚姻持续了两年。他们的离婚于去年正式生效。

“过多脂肪会影响器官功能”

研究表明，多达五分之一拥有健康BMI指数的人可能携带危险数量的体脂。

BMI的计算方法是将成年人的体重（公斤）除以身高（米）的平方，用于判断一个人是否为“健康体重”。

这项发表在《美国心脏病学会杂志》（Jacc）的研究中，研究团队在测量260,000名参与者的BMI的同时，还测量了他们的腰围和腰臀比。

腹部脂肪比BMI更能预测心脏病发作风险

更宽的腰围可能预示问题

腰围测量的是腹部周长，而腰臀比则是将这一数值与臀围进行比较。

研究人员在20年的时间里查阅了参与者的健康记录，发现18%的BMI被归类为“健康体重”的人腰臀比偏高，而5%的人腰围处于危险水平。

尽管被归类为健康体重，但这些参与者的中央肥胖程度较高——即下腹部脂肪过多。过多脂肪会干扰器官功能。腰围或腰臀比异常高的人患心脏病发作、中风、心力衰竭、心房颤动、冠心病和心血管疾病的风险增加15%至50%。

仅约一半BMI被归类为肥胖的人腰臀比偏高。

《美国心脏病学会杂志》主编、耶鲁大学医学院科学家哈兰·M·克鲁姆霍尔茨表示：“是时候放弃仅关注BMI了。”

“这项极其重要的研究表明，腰围和腰臀比能够提供关于心血管风险的关键信息，即使是那些BMI被认为正常的人群也不例外。”

“他很幸运。如果腰围再瘦一些，他就会直接掉进坑里”

Ephraim Hardcastle

曾经的海盗电台Radio Caroline因误播国王去世的预录音（该文件从埃塞克斯意外播出）而受到批评，而国王本人则以黑色幽默的方式看待自己的死亡。他曾调侃自己因马球受伤而装上的“无数金属板和螺丝”：“当你死后，留下的唯一东西就是‘瑞士制造’。”

在怀特岛参加考斯周活动时，安妮公主与丈夫蒂姆偏离了既定路线，探索了占据街道的摊位和临时餐饮点。当她在检查出售的航海用品时，一位热情的商贩打趣道：“你好啊，公爵夫人，有什么特别想找的吗？”安妮礼貌地纠正道：“实际上，是公主。”这位不知情的商贩随即解释：“你看起来有点像安妮公主，但你绝对更有气质，公爵夫人。”可惜最终没有成交。

Sanjeev Bhaskar对自己与前合作明星、现任妻子梅拉·西娅尔21年的婚姻充满信心，他指出她曾在BBC早期情景喜剧《42号的鲁马尔一家》中扮演他的祖母。“当时她还不是我妻子，但我看过她穿着老奶奶的装扮，”这位演员解释道，“我的观点是，当她80,岁时，我不会有任何意外。我早上醒来会说‘哦，原来是你！’”

Lulu在宣传苏格兰节目时称自己的口音“半美国化”（她15岁时离开格拉斯哥），并坚称回家时会恢复“演艺界苏格兰腔”。“有人喜欢，有人不喜欢，”她尴尬地笑道。

曾在年轻时被迫改掉林肯郡口音的优雅演员帕特里夏·霍奇回忆道：“我母亲过去常说，‘你不能把bath念得和Cath押韵。’”

尽管首相仍在喋喋不休地强调曼彻斯特位于北方，但一位可靠的制图师坚称：“曼彻斯特实际上属于中部地区……不列颠本土的地理中心位于鲍兰森林中部——距曼彻斯特以北仅40多英里。”

曼彻斯特人长期对在柴郡长大的伯纳姆的“真正曼彻斯特身份”嗤之以鼻，而曼联厄运预言家莫里西在演出前几天突然取消了拉斯维加斯的驻场演出，理由是“意外的后勤问题”。这位敏感的艺术家在取消演出方面有“前科”：他最近一次最令人难忘的借口是“艺术家生病”。

92,岁的“疯狂博士”汤姆·贝克愉快地告诉《The Oldie》：“我已经让人做好了墓碑，上面刻着‘汤姆·贝克，1934—’。最后的日期随时可以凿上去……我希望没人会不问我就填上。”

邮箱：ephraim.hardcastle@dailymail.co.uk

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今晚，月亮将逐渐遮挡太阳，形成本世纪英国可见的最完整日食，这在占星学中具有重大意义。

日食被视为异常强大的转折点，预示着巨大的变革和启示。隐藏的真相可能浮出水面，命运可能逆转。一段摇摇欲坠的关系可能焕发新生，或彻底结束。

由于英国正处于此次日食的阴影之下，占星师认为其影响在此尤为强烈：位于日食路径上的地区被认为比未见日食的地区感受到更强的影响。长期以来，占星师对出生在日食日的名人格外着迷。威廉王子出生于21, 1982,当天是一次日偏食；威尔士王妃凯特出生于9, 1982,当天是一次月全食。美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普则出生于14, 1946,同样是月全食日。

那么，今天发生在狮子座的日食对我们意味着什么？三位占星师将解释如何利用——或简单顺应——其非凡的能量。

狮子座可能成为焦点，但所有星座都应许下心愿

作者：亚斯明·博兰德，畅销书作家、获奖占星师及月相研究者

今天不是坐等日食过去，甚至对其力量感到恐惧的日子。我们需要利用它。我的第一条建议很简单：如果你什么都不做，至少许个愿。在日食后尽快去做。

顺便说一句，根据定义，日食只能发生在新月阶段。但今天的事件就像是注入了类固醇的新月，无论我们是否准备好，都将把我们推向未来。写下你希望在未来六个月内发生的事情，然后认真思考可以采取哪些实际行动来帮助其实现。我称之为“做‘灵性’与‘实干’”。

说“我想改变生活”很容易，但这到底意味着什么？一份新工作？更多的钱？一段不同的关系？离开一段关系的勇气？搬家？

一旦明确目标，你就能开始寻找支持它的机会和行动。

日食还可能伴随着启示。我将其视为宇宙换挡的时刻。有时会有我们并不特别想知道的事情浮出水面：一段关系的真相、一份难以忍受的工作，或是我们容忍太久的模式。

我并不认为这是惩罚。我认为日食是在快速将我们带离停滞的境地。

现在是时候接受一段关系的结束——但更好的事情即将到来。

这引出了我关于日食的最大“禁忌”。不要拼命抓住显然正试图离开你生活的东西。有时我们必须清理一些东西，才能为下一章腾出空间。

由于这次日食发生在狮子座，我建议利用它来审视狮子座的“主题”，即自信、自豪和创造力。

问自己一些不舒服的问题。是自尊或自负在阻碍你吗？你是否因为承认结束就等于承认失败，而继续留在一份工作、一段关系或一种境况中？

或者你有相反的问题：你是否一直在贬低自己，而实际上需要的是站到聚光灯下？这一狮子座主题——

作者：萨曼莎·布里克

对狮子座的人尤为重要，因为在占星学中，太阳代表我们的自我感、活力和身份认同。我会问每一位狮子座：世界当前看到的你，是否仍然反映了真实的你？在生活的哪些方面，你准备好变得更勇敢、更显眼或更有创造力？

天秤座别说闲话，巨蟹座有望迎来意外之财

作者：黛西·福雷斯特，占星师及塔罗牌解读师

黛西·福雷斯特表示，本周最有用的事情不是焦虑地眺望未来，而是回顾过去。具体来说，翻看你的相册，看看2026年2月17日至3月3日期间发生了什么。这是2026年的第一次日食季，当时世界其他地区发生了月食和日食。

查看你的日记。浏览手机上的照片。搜索你的信息和电子邮件。当时你在谈论谁？在担心什么？当时你知道了什么却没有采取行动？我预计其中一些主题、人物或问题现在会以更成熟的形式重新出现。

2月可能是第一集；8月可以是第二集。

我的一位客户在春季日食期间决定分居。如今夏季日食到来，这一决定已变得具体，离婚文件已经送达。另一位客户在春季日食期间失去了工作。经过数月失业，就在本次日食季到来之际，一份新工作从天而降。

对某些星座来说，日食有特定的信息。例如，如果你是巨蟹座，这次日食将激活你的第二宫（在占星学中，“宫”指支配你出生星盘的12个宫位之一），它主管财务。你可能会看到来自家庭成员，尤其是姻亲的资金流入。

如果你是天秤座，这次日食将激活你的第11宫——友谊宫。由于日食季总是充满戏剧性，小心你向谁或关于谁说长道短。但日食并不一定意味着

日食今天真的会成为你爱情、事业和财富的GYSMC CATNAY

灾难。我自己最难忘的例子却是极其积极的。在2024年4月的日食期间，我的月亮星座受到了影响。你可以通过在出生的精确时刻绘制月亮在黄道上的位置来找到自己的月亮星座，此后它将永远影响你的情感和私人生活。

当时我工作中有一个心仪的对象，再也无法忍受这种紧张感！我最终向他表达了自己的感受——从那以后我们就在一起了。我确信是那次日食给了我勇气和胆量向他表白，而他也因为我的能量而做出了回应。

我喜欢将日食季比作洗衣机的甩干程序。它吵闹且具有破坏性，但幸运的是不会永远持续下去。

对自己和他人要温和一些，因为情绪可能会被放大。倾听那些不断要求你关注的事物。期待剧情反转。日食会加速必然发生的事情，因此如果感情基础不稳，可以肯定这段关系不会持续到8月之后。

如果生活突然变得嘈杂和混乱，我的建议是不要在甩干程序进行到一半时强行打开洗衣机门。让它继续旋转。也许只有当一切再次平静下来时，你才会明白什么被清理了出去。

本周留意你收到的所有“信号”——并将它们视为一场拼图

苏珊娜·吉尔，ITV《今晨》节目占星师

我并不期望每个人的改变人生的日食时刻都会在今天下午6.整齐发生。日食更像是有人在你生活的某个领域排列了一排多米诺骨牌。这些骨牌被摆好后，某些事情会推倒第一张，然后产生连锁反应。请注意：这种影响可能会持续数月。

通常在日食前后会发生一些让你质疑某个情况的事情，但你当时可能还没有掌握所有信息。日食以掩盖拼图中缺失的部分而闻名。

这就是为什么我建议你本周在自己的生活中扮演侦探的角色。留意即将浮出水面的信息：一段对话、一条信息、一则新闻或一个改变你对某人或某事看法的事实。最终它会各就各位，而你本周所学到的重要性也会变得清晰起来。

虽然我绝不会用占星术来诊断疾病，但这样的时期可以有效提醒你不要忽视已有的担忧。如果某个症状让你担心，现在是时候去做医学检查了。

日食几乎总是意味着变化，而且往往是彻底的变化。你一直拖延的事情可能会突然变得紧迫。一个意想不到的邀请、一个人或机会可能会打开一扇你从未考虑过的大门。

如果发生意想不到的事情，我的第一条原则是不要立即将其贴上灾难的标签。问问自己：“这让我看到了什么我以前没有看到的东西？”

我的第二条原则是想办法将其转化为对自己有利的因素。你在哪些方面感到不安、停滞或越来越不满？总有办法让变化为你所用，无论它最初呈现的形式如何。有一类人我会特别提醒他们要注意：任何

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《每日邮报》，2021年8月12日，星期三

天空中的奇观全攻略

今晚的条件几乎完美。对大多数人来说，这是一生中难得的机会，能够观赏到几乎全食的日食——还附带流星雨的额外惊喜。

从大约6.点15分开始，全国各地的月亮将逐渐滑过太阳表面，最多可遮挡96%的太阳。

这一过程的具体开始时间及黑暗程度取决于你所在的位置（详见下文），但全国各地至少能看到90%的遮挡。

这一现象恰逢一年一度的英仙座流星雨高峰期，届时成千上万的太空岩石将在地球大气层中燃烧，因为我们的星球正穿过彗星留下的碎片带。

更令人惊叹的是，全国大部分地区预计天气晴朗。即使在城市，傍晚时分的光污染也相对较少，尽管许多路灯会自动亮起。而在乡村，天空将格外黑暗。

苏格兰将最先看到这一效果，爱丁堡和格拉斯哥的日食将在7.点05分达到高峰。在康沃尔的特鲁罗，这一时刻将推迟11分钟。但黑暗持续时间不长，仅在达到最强烈的2分钟后便开始消退。

30多岁及以上的读者可能还记得11, 1999.的那次日食。但那天上午全国大部分地区多云，令数百万请假观赏的民众大失所望。

1970年代曾出现过几次日偏食，遮挡率约为60%或更低——虽令人印象深刻，但远不及今天的盛况。而下一次不列颠群岛上空的日全食要等到2081,年，届时今天出生的婴儿将年满55岁。

对追求完美的人来说，只有日全食才能满足他们，届时西班牙北部从毕尔巴鄂到巴塞罗那，以及冰岛西海岸都能看到。或许这一始于西伯利亚的天文奇观，在格陵兰岛最为震撼——当地居民上一次见到黑暗还是在2月中旬结束的极夜期间。

巴黎将看到92%的日食，柏林则是85%。地球上最后一个能在日落前看到100%日全食的地方，将是马略卡岛和梅诺卡岛（the islands of Majorca and Menorca）。无论你身在何处，这都将是

克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯

一次难忘的体验。BBC的“视觉新闻”团队用散文诗般的语言向在线读者描述了这一景象：“气温会突然下降，风速减缓，甚至改变方向。

‘有那么短暂的一刻，月亮边缘的阳光会闪耀出耀眼光芒，仿佛天空中悬挂着一枚巨大的钻戒。然后，这道光芒会消失，仿佛太阳被一个巨大的黑洞吞噬。’

为了获得最佳观赏效果，可选择面向西方的地点，如布里斯托俯瞰埃文峡谷的克利夫顿丘陵，或康沃尔纽基附近的贝德鲁森阶梯。这两个地方都将提供护目镜，但数量有限。

许多场所正将其打造成派对。从诺森伯兰郡的班堡城堡到埃克斯穆尔的波尔蒂莫尔酒店，再到格林尼治皇家天文台，主办方都在出售门票。

无论在何处观看，切勿直视太阳，哪怕一瞬间。“在日食期间直视太阳会对视网膜造成损伤，”英国皇家眼科医师学会主席穆罕默德·埃拉利表示，“关键在于视网膜没有痛觉感受器，因此人们在受损时不会有感觉。”

专家还警告不要重复使用1990年代遗留的护目镜，因为这些镜片可能已随时间失效。仅建议使用标有ISO安全标准12312-2的护目镜。

即使如此，最安全的方法是背对太阳站立。将一张带有针孔的卡片举起，距离一张白纸几英寸远。它会将太阳的影像投射到纸上。你可以观察月亮在太阳前移动的过程。

用漏勺也能看到数十个日食影像。既然可以观赏多重日食，何必只看一个？

图片来源：GETTY IMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK / AKARIORF

日食

8月12日 星期三

贝尔法斯特 93.09% 晚上7.08pm

卡迪夫 93.24% 晚上7.13pm

普利茅斯 94.66% 晚上7.15pm

因弗内斯 90.74% 晚上7.03pm

爱丁堡 90.71% 晚上7.05pm

纽卡斯尔 90.22% 晚上7.07pm

伯明翰 91.79% 晚上7.11pm

伦敦 91.41% 晚上7.13pm

时间与地点...

由于日食眼镜已售罄，通过直播观看是安全的方式。英国皇家天文台将从英国夏令时间晚上6.10pm开始，通过太阳望远镜直播画面，并配有天文学家的解说。欧洲航天局也将从英国夏令时间晚上6.30pm开始进行直播。

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救下警察后中彩票的英雄父亲惨遭肇事逃逸身亡

头奖：安东尼·坎蒂与妻子凯特

一名曾救下警察性命的彩票中奖者在肇事逃逸事故中丧生。这位两个孩子的父亲安东尼·坎蒂

作者：汤姆·劳伦斯

被一辆汽车撞下自行车，四天后在医院去世。这位39岁的男子于2020年5月赢得了100万英镑的欧洲百万彩票头奖——

就在几周前，他刚刚在一辆公交车上救下了一名心脏病发作的警察。他的遗孀凯特目前正怀着夫妻俩的第三个孩子，她昨天悲痛地表示，丈夫“再也无法见到他们尚未出生的孩子”。

在一份通过警方发布的悼词中，她称丈夫是“一位了不起的丈夫和最好的父亲”。

她补充道：“我失去了丈夫，我的两个女儿失去了父亲，而他再也无法见到我们尚未出生的孩子。我们全都心碎了。”

坎蒂夫人说，丈夫是“独一无二”的人，“总是为他人着想”。

事发当天，他在埃塞克斯郡蒂普特里于5月21日早上6.30am左右骑自行车时，与一辆福特Ka发生碰撞。他被送往医院，但四天后不幸去世。

埃塞克斯警方表示，一名18岁男子已被逮捕并仍在接受调查，调查仍在进行中。警方呼吁目击者提供线索。

2020年4月，坎蒂先生在一辆公交车上救下了一名心脏病发作的警察。这名警察被空运至医院，并在重症监护室接受了五天治疗。

坎蒂先生当时表示，他一直与这名警察的伴侣保持联系，在对方接受治疗期间送去了水果和鲜花，并在对方康复后继续保持联系。

如今，坎蒂夫人不得不独自抚养即将出生的第三个孩子。“失去他的痛苦是无法想象的，”她说。

“每一天都让人难以承受，没有他，我们完全迷失了。他是一个勤劳、充满爱心的家庭男人，有一颗最宽广的心。”

她补充道：“他有一颗金子般的心，总是为他人着想。如果有人需要帮助，安东尼总会伸出援手。”

坎蒂夫人说，丈夫是“派对的灵魂，每次走进房间都会用他灿烂的笑容、魅力和个性点亮整个空间”。“他让人发笑，把人们聚在一起，只要他在场，每一刻都会变得更加明亮，”她说。

“没有他，生活再也不会一样。我仍然无法相信他就这样悲惨地离开了我们。”

坎蒂夫人说，她“现在唯一的安慰”是知道丈夫有多么被人爱戴。

在中奖几天后，来自埃塞克斯郡莫尔登的坎蒂先生给当时于2023年结婚的妻子凯特打电话，告诉她自己可能中了£1。

是她核对了他的号码，并回电告诉他，他实际上中了100万英镑。

对坎蒂先生死因的调查已于6月开庭并休庭，听证会上获悉，他在骑车前往大托瑟姆时被汽车撞倒。他被送往伦敦皇家医院，并于5月23日在那里去世。

“福特车司机因涉嫌危险驾驶致人重伤、酒驾或毒驾以及肇事逃逸被捕。”

纳税人浪费10亿英镑“支付风电场停机费用”

今年，因国家电网无法承载而支付风电场停机的公共成本已在创纪录的时间内达到10 亿英镑0亿英镑。

这笔费用来自在风电场发电量过大无法输送时支付其关闭的费用，以及支付城市附近的燃气电厂介入的费用。

英国在周六达到这一里程碑——比去年提前了两个月，此前伊朗战争推高了天然气价格。2025年所谓的“限电支付”成本接近10 亿英镑.5亿英镑，预计明年将达到32 亿英镑亿英镑。

该成本由Octopus Energy支持的网站“Wasted Wind”跟踪。Octopus创始人格雷格·杰克逊表示：“英国电力系统的运行方式简直荒谬。我们应该利用这些风能为当地民众提供廉价电力。”

负责管理电力网络的国家能源系统运营商表示：“我们决心尽己所能将限电成本降至最低。”

新手警员在车内涉嫌强奸被起诉

昨日，法庭获悉，一名见习警员将一名女子“强行推入”自己的车内并对其实施强奸。

现年23岁的穆罕默德·哈桑（Mohammad Hassan）于周六被捕后，被控强奸、绑架和扼颈。他将于9月13日在曼彻斯特皇家法院出庭。

检察官伊万·库珀（Ewan Cooper）称，事发时哈桑处于下班状态，他曾在8月8日等待涉案受害者下班。

据斯托克波特治安法院获悉，哈桑涉嫌下车，“用手臂勒住她的脖子”，并将她“强行推入”车内。

随后，他驾车前往曼彻斯特某地，涉嫌对其实施性侵和强奸。晚上10点前不久，警方接到999报警电话。哈桑在警方追捕后不久被捕。

哈桑来自大曼彻斯特地区的法利斯沃思（Falisworth），目前被还押候审。

在指控提出前，助理警察总长马克·德克斯特（Mark Dexter）表示：“这是一起极其令人担忧和不安的事件，我们正在全力调查，以确保受害者获得支持和公正。”

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梅丽莎·科尼格（Melissa Koenig）报道

昨日有报道称，唐纳德·特朗普在伊朗威胁下被藏在食品推车中匆匆撤离空军一号。

特朗普总统当时正从土耳其北约峰会返回，途中被迅速转移下飞机，登上一架军用飞机。

他乘坐由卡塔尔官员捐赠的747飞机前往土耳其，美政府已斥巨资升级该机的安保设施。

但据《纽约时报》报道，峰会结束时，特朗普宣布不乘坐这架新改装的飞机，而是“为了怀旧”登上一架旧型号空军一号。

特朗普在安卡拉被拍到登上一架旧型号空军一号巨型喷气式飞机，该机原定飞往英国的一个美军基地。

然而，《纽约时报》援引官员的话称，7月18日（美伊停火破裂当天），因受到伊朗官员的威胁，特朗普秘密进入一辆食品装载车。

“声东击西”

《华盛顿邮报》补充称，这辆推车随后被降下，驶向一架较小的空军C-32A飞机。

《华盛顿邮报》获得的停机坪视频显示，特朗普在走向旧飞机时向镜头挥手，随后一辆卡车驶向C-32A。

片刻后，国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）被拍到通过普通舷梯登上C-32A，使该航班看起来一切正常。

登上旧空军一号的记者被告知拉上窗帘，他们原以为特朗普在机上。该机使用了“空军一号”的空管呼号，严格来说，该呼号仅适用于总统乘坐的航班。

《华盛顿邮报》称，特朗普和赫格塞斯乘坐的C-32A航班使用了“Reach 18”或“RCH18”的呼号。此类“Reach”呼号通常用于人员运输和军事装备运输航班。

两架飞机在英国降落后，特朗普显然被从C-32A转移至旧空军一号，并

箱中逃脱……

特朗普“被装上餐车偷运上第二架飞机，因伊朗安全威胁”

被目击从外部楼梯走下。随后，特朗普先生登上卡塔尔捐赠的飞机，与白宫记者团一同返回华盛顿。在飞机上，他与记者交谈了15分钟，强调伊朗构成的威胁。

当被问及为何记者必须拉下窗帘时，特朗普表示：“因为你们可能在进行一次危险的飞行，因为我们不得不应对那些卑鄙小人。”

他补充说，自己“时刻面临生命威胁”，并且是伊朗“名单”上的1号目标。

关于特朗普逃脱的报道，是在白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张（Steven Cheung）首次暗示官员采取了欺骗手段的几周后发布的。

1. 唐纳德·特朗普登上空军一号 2. 他经过 3. 然后被装上餐车送往另一架飞机

他表示：“美国有许多敌人，我们会动用一切手段，包括转移注意力和误导，来应对这些威胁。”

这一声明表明，官员们认为伊朗的威胁是可信的，并采取了极端预防措施确保特朗普的安全。

《每日邮报》已联系白宫和国防部置评。

获奖者：凯丝·梅因

母亲1200 万英镑万英镑头奖被误扔后或将领取

作者：奥利维亚·克里斯蒂

一位有两个孩子的母亲，因店员错误将中奖彩票扔进垃圾桶，有望赢得1200 万英镑万英镑的头奖。

46岁的凯丝·梅因（Kath Main）表示，她的号码未能在Londis商店的机器上显示，“未能注册中奖号码”，彩票被扔掉。

经调查，国家彩票运营商Allwyn表示，只要在12月3日前无人认领，她将获得这笔奖金。梅因女士说，在等待截止日期期间，她“一直感到恶心”。

她购买了自己常用的号码：8、10、26、30、35和42，参加6月6日的开奖。梅因居住在南威尔士庞蒂普里德，她请母亲菲奥娜（Fiona）帮忙核对号码。

她被告知机器未显示任何中奖信息，梅因在垃圾桶被清空数小时后才意识到这是一张中奖彩票。她告诉《太阳报》：“我尽量不去想如果拿到这笔钱会怎么用，以防拿不到。”

Allwyn表示，这是“唯一一家在彩票遗失后仍能向中奖者支付奖金的大型彩票机构”。

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“我女儿是……”

独家专访 记者：凯瑟琳·奈特

2020年，当蕾切尔·富尔斯托（Rachel Fulstow）在约会网站Hinge上点开迈克尔·希利尔（Michael Hillier）的个人资料时，她立刻被他的优秀品质和寻找志同道合伴侣的愿望所打动。

他写道，自己“诚实且忠诚”，“是一位绅士”，希望找到一个“有爱心、道德高尚”的人。

起初，他确实看起来是个完美的对象。“一开始，他对蕾切尔表现得充满爱意且尊重，”她的母亲珍妮（Jenny）如今回忆道，“他看起来聪明、善于表达，还对我在NHS的工作感兴趣。”

谁也无法预料，这段看似美好的爱情故事会以两人双双入狱、均被判谋杀罪告终。

更令人震惊的是，富尔斯托甚至从未出现在犯罪现场。2022年11月24日，当42岁的希利尔驱车前往自营电工利亚姆·史密斯（Liam Smith，38岁）位于威根的家中，朝他脸部开枪并泼洒酸液时，她正在100英里外的约克家中。

最终，富尔斯托因“共同犯罪”原则被起诉，原因是希利尔坚称她与他共谋策划了这起袭击，作为对史密斯在一次约会后“严重强奸”她的“报复”。

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这对情侣曾入住夏德大厦。珍妮一开始也对希利尔印象不错。然而，她的好感逐渐被不安取代。“他给蕾切尔发过非常辱骂、贬低的WhatsApp消息，她把这些消息转发给了我，”珍妮说。

“她为他的行为找借口，将其归咎于他的心理健康问题。她向我寻求建议，而我——如今深感羞愧和后悔——当时建议‘每个人都该有第二次机会’。”

珍妮当时并不知道希利尔虐待的严重程度：希利尔曾多次砸毁女儿的家，这些都被拍在了她的手机里。

“蕾切尔在被定罪后立刻向我坦白了这段关系的全部真相，就像醍醐灌顶一般，我才理解她当时的一些行为，”珍妮说，“比如她避免我们去她家见面，总是提议去咖啡馆等其他地方——我现在知道，她是害怕我看见希利尔造成的破坏。她的羞耻感、尴尬和对这段充满虐待与胁迫关系的恐惧，压倒了她向我吐露真实感受的本能。”

然而，珍妮同样不知道的是，在这段有毒关系背后，还隐藏着另一段看似无关的经历——这段经历发生在蕾切尔·富尔斯托遇见迈克尔·希利尔之前，并最终酿成灾难性后果。

2019年9月，富尔斯托在Tinder上与利亚姆·史密斯（36岁）匹配成功。史密斯是一名退伍军人，来自乔利的两个孩子的父亲，经营着自己的电工生意。他们约好见面，由于距离较远，富尔斯托为史密斯安排了酒店，让他从约克赶来约会后留宿。她原本打算见面后回家，但最终还是去了他的房间。

究竟发生了什么，至今仍有争议——她后来与希利尔的对话内容同样存疑。富尔斯托坚称史密斯在她明确表示拒绝后仍“未经同意”继续性行为，最终停止并道歉。她并未将此视为强奸，两人第二天还一起吃了午餐。然而，当……

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今天，现年40岁的富尔斯托已服刑3年，被判30年监禁，罪名是谋杀。她的母亲与上诉律师杰里米·摩尔正努力推翻这一定罪。

他们坚称，富尔斯托并非希利尔的共谋，而是一段胁迫与虐待关系的受害者。

“我不是杀人犯的母亲；她被判谋杀罪，但她不是杀人犯。”71岁的珍妮（一名退休的癌症专科护士）本周告诉《每日邮报》，“外面有一个男人死了，不是因为雷切尔，而是因为她交往的那个怪物——一个她曾与之相处的恶魔。”

对于一个在约克郡一个充满爱、中产阶级家庭长大的女孩来说，这是一个非同寻常的转折。珍妮回忆道，她是个“有主见、讨人喜欢、快乐、合群的小女孩”，至今仍有朋友对她忠诚不渝。

2008年，富尔斯托以国际旅游管理专业2:1的成绩从利兹都会大学毕业后，曾在雷迪森和希尔顿等连锁酒店担任婚礼协调员，后来转行从事物业管理。她还在约克购置了自己的住房。

唯一缺少的一样东西是：尽管她有过几段长期关系，但到了30多岁，富尔斯托仍未遇到合适的对象。

“雷切尔渴望一段稳定、持久的爱情关系，一直在积极寻找。”珍妮说，“她想要自己的孩子，也一定会是个出色的母亲。”

当富尔斯托在Hinge上匹配到希利尔时——无意中引发了一连串事件，最终导致她仅见过一次的男人死亡——她当时满怀希望。

从书面上看，他们并不般配。希利尔学历不高，曾做过泥水匠，还涉足大麻交易。30岁出头时，他因殴打一名威胁他和兄弟讨债的男子而被判故意伤害罪，获2年缓刑。

尽管背景截然不同，两人却一见如故。

他们一起去布鲁塞尔和安道尔度假，还去了伦敦——

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并非复仇杀手'

蕾切尔·富尔斯托正在服刑30年，因枪杀一名曾与她约会的男子——尽管当时她身在100英里之外，并称对此事一无所知。她的母亲，一名退休护士，将责任归咎于她受胁迫的伴侣。你会相信谁？

她在2022年初向希利尔讲述了与史密斯的那次邂逅——她坚称这是他对她与每个男性亲密细节的病态执念——这让他勃然大怒。

她说，受一种关于女性行为的极端道德准则影响，他起初称她为“荡妇”，因为她有过一夜情，随后又认定她遭到强奸，进而对利亚姆·史密斯产生了执念，并策划了一场长达十个月的复仇计划，而她对此一无所知。

希利尔的说法则截然不同。“当时就决定要对利亚姆·史密斯采取行动，”他后来在曼彻斯特明沙尔街皇家法院供述。

这场冲突——关于富尔斯托知道多少、是否同意以及是否曾有意让史密斯受到严重伤害——最终成为谋杀审判的核心。

毋庸置疑的是接下来发生的恐怖事件。2022年11月24日，在三周前踩点后，希利尔驾驶一辆挂着假车牌的三菱Shogun越野车，从他在谢菲尔德的排屋出发，前往74英里外的史密斯家中。

史密斯并不知道自己因三年多前与一名女性的一次邂逅而成为目标，他在晚上6点40分被门外一辆陌生车辆吸引，走出家门。

他的好奇心让他付出了生命的代价。在走向希利尔的车辆时，他被一把在诺丁汉合法购买并改装为可发射弹丸和钢珠的空包弹手枪射击，随后被泼洒了酸液。希利尔逃离现场后，弃车并将其焚毁，第二天早上骑自行车、乘火车和出租车前往富尔斯托在约克的家中。

在截然相反的证词中，富尔斯托坚称这是她首次得知史密斯的死讯，并称希利尔警告她：“别跟警察说。别告诉他们我做了什么。别崩溃。你现在知道我能做出什么了。”而希利尔则声称，富尔斯托在他到达时“拥抱并亲吻”了他，感谢他所做的一切。

六天后，正当大曼彻斯特警方对为何一名普通家庭男子会遭到如此残忍且明显预谋的袭击感到困惑时，希利尔和富尔斯托启程前往牙买加度假。

希利尔在社交媒体上发布的照片显示，他们在喝鸡尾酒、骑马穿越加勒比海浪，并在瀑布中嬉戏。

“在令人惊叹的自然美景中，有着同样令人惊叹的自然美人，”他在一张与伴侣的合照下写道。富尔斯托后来坚称，希利尔要求他们必须表现正常，而她因过于恐惧不敢有其他举动。

“我知道不报警、不立即离开、不告诉任何人在道德上是错误的，但这是我为了保护自己不得不做的，”富尔斯托后来说。“和他在一起我没有安全感。他已经失控。”

然而，法网正在收紧。警方通过南约克郡警方的情报，将希利尔与另一辆车辆联系起来，该车辆内有他使用的假车牌，从而将他与Shogun越野车联系起来。在缺乏凶器或DNA证据的情况下，这一线索对确定他出现在犯罪现场至关重要。

通过希利尔，警方找到了富尔斯托，最初将她视为证人。然而，在长时间的警方讯问中，她多次撒谎，否认自己对史密斯的死有任何了解。

这是一项可能造成严重后果的决定。其他间接证据也随之浮出水面。警方在富尔斯托的设备上发现了多条互联网搜索记录，包括2022年5月对“维根电工”（Electrician Wigan）的搜索，以及对史密斯居住街道的搜索。在随后的庭审中，富尔斯托在交叉询问时辩称，她只是出于“好奇”，因为希利尔不断提起史密斯。

更令人不安的是，她在谋杀案发生后搜索了“警方响应时间”和“救护车响应时间”，以及“酸是否会腐蚀不锈钢？”她后来解释称，在得知史密斯的死讯后，她进行了最后一项搜索，因为想知道他的手机是否会在袭击中被毁。

无论这些解释如何，加上她对警方的谎言，足以让富尔斯托从证人变为嫌疑人。她被控谋杀并被还押候审。

对珍妮来说，这个消息难以置信。在女儿被捕前，她甚至从未听说过利亚姆·史密斯这个名字。

“当时我感到震惊和困惑，觉得警方可能犯了一个巨大的错误，”她回忆道，“我最强烈的感受就是难以置信。”那种不—

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这种难以置信的感觉在案件进入审判阶段后依然持续——为一场激烈的法庭对决拉开序幕，普尔斯托和希利尔将就所发生的事情提出截然不同的陈述。

希利尔坚称自己“被爱冲昏了头脑”，加之处方药成瘾进一步影响了他的判断力，他坚持认为是女友策划了这场复仇计划。

然而，在长达六周的审判进行到第十天时，希利尔突然修改了辩护声明，声称普尔斯托不仅知晓这一阴谋，甚至是主谋：她策划了前往史密斯家的路线，提供了袭击中使用的硫酸，并进行了手枪测试实验。

普尔斯托否认了所有这些指控，但这一“急转弯”对她而言却是灾难性的。“虽然案件暂时休庭，以便辩方做出回应，但他们并未获得充分的机会，”普尔斯托的上诉律师杰里米·摩尔本周向《每日邮报》表示。案件的核心在于“共同犯罪”原则，根据该原则，即使某人既未亲自实施杀人行为，也未在犯罪现场，只要检方能证明其参与策划并具有犯罪意图，仍可被定罪。检方的指控是，普尔斯托正是如此：与希利尔共同策划了袭击，并协助其实施。

她的辩护——声称自己对谋杀一无所知，且在事后因恐惧而未敢站出来——未被采纳。2023年8月，两人均被一致裁定谋杀罪名成立。希利尔被判处最低33年刑期，普尔斯托则为30年，因使用枪支而加重了刑罚。珍妮每天都出席庭审，判决结果令她崩溃。“我震惊且难以置信，竟会有人相信蕾切尔有能力策划并怂恿希利尔，甚至协助他实施如此骇人的罪行。”

当然，还有另一个家庭，那场11月之夜的后果对他们而言是永久性的。利亚姆·史密斯的父母菲尔和朱莉亚在审判后发声，讲述了持续的悲痛，称儿子的遇害给爱他的人带来了“彻底的悲伤和绝望”，并对当时年仅11岁和14岁的两个儿子造成了灾难性的打击。

“利亚姆不仅是一位尽职的父亲，也是深受爱戴的儿子、兄弟、叔叔、表兄弟、孙子和朋友，”菲尔·史密斯说道。

珍妮深知，任何关于女儿的法律辩解都无法减轻这一损失。

“永远不会忘记利亚姆·史密斯是希利尔对蕾切尔痴迷的受害者，他的亲人再也无法拥有他，这种痛苦必将持续带来难以承受的折磨，”她说。

“我仍然拥有女儿，尽管她的人生已所剩无几，且方式极为有限，我对此深有体会。然而，她同样是受害者。”

正因如此，在普尔斯托的首次上诉被法院驳回后，珍妮将希望寄托于向刑事案件复审委员会提出申诉。

此次重新申诉的核心在于，陪审团未能听到她与希利尔关系的完整故事。

“此人有过强迫性关系的历史，而真正浮现的是，这是一段极具胁迫和控制性的关系，陪审团却未能有机会了解这一点，”杰里米·摩尔表示。

“我对女儿如今背负的罪名深感不公，”珍妮补充道。

“她没有谋杀利亚姆·史密斯。她对任何枪支一无所知，在枪支被使用时也不在犯罪现场。

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本日历史

《每日邮报》档案回顾

1947年8月12日

流行天后麦当娜可能将与威尔士王妃戴安娜会面。据称戴安娜计划在下周麦当娜在温布利的售罄演唱会上意外现身。白金汉宫未确认戴安娜将出现在皇家包厢，但麦当娜经纪公司的一位高管证实正在筹备相关计划。

2005年8月12日

与伊朗的核僵局昨晚陷入僵局，德黑兰拒绝了国际社会要求其停止核工作的要求。（联合国）决议对伊朗于8月8日恢复伊斯法罕铀转化厂工作表示“严重关切”。

生日快乐

凯西·阿弗莱克，51. 这位美国演员凭借在《海边的曼彻斯特》中饰演一位悲痛欲绝的看门人赢得奥斯卡奖。作为本·阿弗莱克的弟弟，他曾与哥哥共同出演《心灵捕手》。然而，导演格斯·范·桑特表示：“他说他不想演这个角色。我们只能求他。”

迈克尔·布朗森，86. ITN前政治编辑于1993年获得其职业生涯最大独家新闻，当时首相约翰·梅杰误以为麦克风已关闭，称三位欧洲怀疑派内阁成员为“混蛋”。

本日出生

约翰·内森-特纳（1947-2002）. 这位伯明翰出生的《神秘博士》最长任期制片人曾参与该系列20年，与当时七位博士中的六位合作。他砍掉了机器狗K-9。

乔治四世（1762-1830）. 乔治三世之子在父亲被宣布精神失常后成为摄政王，并于1820.登基。他因挥霍无度、风流成性和肥胖而受到嘲讽，一位历史学家称：“从未有君主如此不受哀悼地离世，君主的形象在死后也鲜少受到如此少的尊重。”

8月12日的历史事件

1898, 夏威夷被并入美国。

1964, 火车大劫案犯查理·威尔逊从伯明翰温森格林监狱越狱。四年后被捕。

词语魔法

猜词义：

Tracklement（创于1954）

A) 横跨溪流阻止牛群通过的杆子。B) 支付拖欠款项。C) 与肉类搭配的咸味调味品。

答案见下文

短语解析：

Rough diamond（璞玉）：指外表粗糙但内心善良的人，源于未经切割和打磨的钻石不会闪耀。

今日名言

“我们的敌人……从未停止思考如何伤害我们的国家和人民，我们也一样。” —— 美国第43任总统乔治·W·布什

今日笑话

我的医生总是忍不住检查我的反射……他乐在其中。 猜词义答案：C

由伊坦·斯莫尔曼和亚当·雅各·德·博伊诺编辑

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流行歌手本反击前广播主持人前女友瓦妮莎

瓦妮莎·费尔茨（Vanessa Feltz）本周在《星期日邮报》的《YOU》杂志中写道：“当‘妈咪’对象是一个魁梧的成年人时，这实在是无聊透顶。”

她显然是在指她的前未婚夫本·奥福杜（Ben Ofoedu），并声称这位比她小10岁的前流行歌手“出轨得太过分，我只能把他赶出去”。

如今，本进行了反击，称这位64岁的知名广播主持人在两人长期关系中“虐待”了他。

“17年来，她让我失去男子气概，对我进行言语虐待，让我自惭形秽，”他告诉我。“当你身处一段虐待关系时，你甚至不知道自己正在被虐待。”

这位《Phats & Small》乐队的主唱声称：“她在很多人面前用贬损的方式跟我说话，像母亲一样训斥我。她不断嘲笑我，说我做的事不重要。

“我真正意识到我们已经跌入谷底，是因为她曾对我说，如果我们分手，‘没人会在乎你，因为我是国民瑰宝，而你只是个昙花一现的歌手’。于是我就变成了她生活旁边的某种哈巴狗。”

他的这番言论正值前BBC广播二台（Radio 2）主持人瓦妮莎准备效仿霍莉·威洛比（Holly Willoughby），在其位于伦敦圣约翰伍德（St John's Wood）的家中——被称为“费尔茨大厦”（Feltz Towers）——推出自己的YouTube节目。

“她极度控制欲强，极度专横，当你去费尔茨大厦时，唯一重要的就是瓦妮莎，”本声称。“那里是瓦妮莎的世界。”

本如今已与美容企业家瓦妮莎·布朗（Vanessa Brown）找到了真爱，他亲切地称她为“瓦妮莎2.0”。两人去年在坎布里亚郡的罗斯城堡（Rose Castle）举行了一场奢华的10 万英镑婚礼。

“现在我身处一段健康的关系中，已婚且幸福，”他说。“我常想，‘我怎么能忍受那17年？’总是处于被动，总是小心翼翼地注意自己的言行。”

费尔茨拒绝回应本的指控。

■ 曾在上次大选中代表工党竞选中苏塞克斯选区的Blur乐队鼓手戴夫·朗特里，62, 希望安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）能帮助他重振政治生涯。“我认识安迪很久了，”朗特里在布莱顿东苏塞克斯的Indelible Fine Art画廊举办的个人摄影展私人预展上告诉我。“每次参选后我都会想，‘我再也不会干这事了’。但如果有个有趣的机会，出现在我热爱的地方，我可能会再试一次。”

电视名厨汤姆：睡眠被高估了

在接连的热浪中难以入眠？汤姆·克里奇（Tom Kerridge）对此无法感同身受。

“我觉得睡眠被高估了，”这位《英国菜单》（Great British Menu）明星、拥有四家酒吧（包括白金汉郡马洛的《Hand And Flowers》——英国唯一一家拥有2.0颗米其林星的酒吧）的老板表示。

“我会睡5个小时。之后，如果我早醒且太阳已经升起……我现在很喜欢这样。”与他早年当厨师时相比，5个小时已经算是睡了个懒觉。

“周六晚上你可能收工后出去喝酒，玩得很开心，凌晨3点上床，闹钟2小时后响起，因为周日还有早班。这并不舒服，但我喜欢。”

汉娜透露她的下一个角色——当妈妈

汉娜·阿特顿（Hannah Arterton）将姐姐杰玛（Gemma）视为自己早期演艺生涯的指路人。如今，她可能需要向姐姐寻求另一种建议。

这位37岁的女演员透露，她与38岁的丈夫、音乐人克里斯·海森（Chris Hyson）即将迎来他们的第一个孩子。40岁的前邦德女郎杰玛与爱尔兰演员罗里·基南（Rory Keenan）育有两个年幼的儿子。汉娜在社交媒体上分享了自己在欧洲度假时身穿红裙的照片，以及伦敦南部家中一张空婴儿床的照片。

她配文道：“26年夏至今”，引来朋友们的一片祝贺。

亲密无间：右为汉娜，左为杰玛

■ 好莱坞明星塔伦·埃格顿（Taron Egerton）透露，他已不再与父亲戴维（David）联系。

这位出生于默西塞德郡的36岁演员在父母两岁时离异后，随母亲搬到了威尔士北部的安格尔西岛。

“曾经有一刻，我按下了弹射座椅按钮，之后就再也没见过他，”这位出演过《金刚：骷髅岛》和埃尔顿·约翰传记片《火箭人》的明星解释道。

在《扶手椅专家》（Armchair Expert）播客节目中接受达克斯·谢泼德（Dax Shepard）采访时，他补充道：“他过着自己的生活，做着自己的事情，我会永远爱他。只是我认为我们在关系上并不太合拍。”

蜘蛛侠搅黄斯宾塞的计划！

上周，蜘蛛侠主演汤姆·赫兰德（Tom Holland）和赞达亚（Zendaya）在比弗布鲁克酒店举行的婚礼庆典，让斯宾塞·马修斯（Spencer Matthews）的生日计划泡了汤。

电视主持人沃格·威廉姆斯（Vogue Williams），40岁，嫁给了前《切尔西制造》明星斯宾塞（下图），她透露原本打算带他和他们的三个孩子去萨里山庄园酒店庆祝他38岁生日。“我当时想，去伦敦附近的酒店会比较好，万一我需要回去看医生也方便，”怀上第四个孩子的沃格说，“我们本来打算去苏格兰斯宾尼父母家，但我不被允许坐飞机，所以原本计划去比弗布鲁克酒店，但赞达亚和汤姆·赫兰德在那儿举办了婚礼，所以酒店完全被订满了。”

生日：比弗布鲁克酒店

370 万英镑万英镑的《神秘博士》明星不差钱

前《神秘博士》明星彼得·卡帕尔迪（Peter Capaldi）拒绝了《名人叛徒》节目的邀约，显然无需参加克劳迪娅·温克尔曼（Claudia Winkleman）的热门节目来赚外快。

最新公布的财务报告显示，这位65岁的格拉斯哥演员通过其私人公司Tod Productions和Asparia积累了370 万英镑万英镑的财富。

截至4月的年度报告显示，2026年公司持续盈利，相当于每周精明进账1.2 万英镑英镑。

卡帕尔迪曾在2014年至2017年间扮演第12任时间领主，乘坐塔迪斯穿梭时空。

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房地产市场在经历了四年惨淡的销售停滞和价格下跌后，正处于复苏的边缘，专家告诉《财经邮报》。

预测市场触底向来困难。但一些复苏所需的条件正开始在数据和中介的轶事证据中显现。

市场放缓意味着房产比自2013年以来更加可负担，为更多买家打开了市场。

房地产中介表示，多年来一直观望的房主们已经厌倦了为等待市场好转而搁置生活。而如今，机构投资者开始抢购房产——这表明他们认为市场上存在便宜货。

《财经邮报》采访了顶级房地产专家，了解这些复苏的早期迹象，以及买卖双方在市场变化时如何获得最佳交易。

价格停滞

2020年新冠疫情爆发后，房地产市场一度异常活跃，因为房主们重新思考了自己的优先事项。

家庭在封锁期间被困后离开了城市。开始在家办公的专业人士不再受办公室束缚，改变了居住地。有抱负的首次购房者存够了钱，开始认真寻找房源。

然而，2022年疫情后的抢购热潮消退后，市场几乎陷入停滞。

过去四年，房价几乎没有变动，典型住宅的价值仅比2022年夏季高出2%。

劳埃德银行数据显示，截至7月，平均房产价值为299,253 英镑，仅比一年前高出0.1%，是自2023年11月以来年度增长最慢的时期。

根据劳埃德银行数据，在英格兰东南部，典型住宅价格在过去四年下跌了4.6%，西南部则下跌了近4.。

根据土地登记处数据，在伦敦，已售房产的平均价格较2022年夏季下跌了6%。

考虑到通胀因素，英国平均房产的实际价值在四年内下跌了约15%。在伦敦和英格兰南部部分地区，这一跌幅达19或更高。

政策变化也未能帮助市场。今年早些时候实施的《租户权益法》赋予了租户更多权利，导致房东因担心出租房不再有利可图而纷纷出售房产。高端市场的买家因担心豪宅税和其他财富税而对投资英国房产望而却步。

而一如既往，

在经历多年低迷后，专家发现房地产市场出现了复苏的早期迹象

房价为何可能终于开始回升

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当恐慌笼罩市场时，不急于搬迁的房产业主会推迟行动，直到局势明朗。但复苏的迹象是否正在显现？尽管负面消息不断，一些房产业内人士开始看到复苏的基础正在形成。购房代理公司Garrington Property Finders的尼古拉斯·芬恩表示：“近几个月来，我们看到越来越多客户决心搬迁。许多人在过去一两年里一直持观望态度。现在他们只想继续推进，能卖多少就卖多少，然后看看能买得起什么。”

他补充道：“我与许多房产中介交流过，对那些不常见的房产需求依然强劲，我们仍然看到定价合理的房屋进入密封竞价，并以高于要价的价格成交。”

一些人还认为，房产正开始重新显现出合理的价值。

根据全国建筑协会的数据，如今的平均房价比十多年前更为可负担。这一结论基于平均收入与平均房价的比率。

全国建筑协会表示，英国平均房价是全职工作人员平均年薪的5.6倍。上一次这一比率如此之低还是在2013年。目前的房价收入比正在接近4.8的长期平均水平。随着房产变得更加可负担，潜在购房者群体扩大，那些曾被挤出市场的人可能会重新考虑入市。

与租房相比，购房也开始显得更为划算，因为近年来租金飙升，而房产价值却在下降。

2022年，房价是典型年租金的20倍，但根据官方数据，这一比例现已降至仅16倍以上。

如果这一差距继续缩小，对于有能力购房的人来说，拥有房产的吸引力将变得更加明显。

利率下降也可能为初现的复苏添柴加火。

尽管一些交易员押注利率将上升，但Capital Economics的经济学家预测，利率将在2027年从3.75pc降至3。这可能使抵押贷款利率从当前水平下降1个百分点，并可能鼓励更多人购房或搬迁。

这一变化将为房主带来期盼已久的缓解，

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今年平均抵押贷款利率已从4%上升至约4.75%，使购买一套均价房屋的年成本增加了超过10 亿英镑。

Property Hub（一家每年为客户撮合逾1亿英镑房产交易的房产投资公司）的罗布·迪克斯（Rob Dix）以及《房产播客》（Property Podcast）的联合主持人表示，市场可能正处于转折点，尽管在很大程度上取决于政府将于10月28日发布的下一份预算公告。

他补充道：“过去几个月融资的基本面一直保持稳定，经过前几年名义上的停滞和实际价值下跌后，房产变得更加可负担。

“对投资者而言，由于租金上涨和房价持平，收益率也有所提高。但市场情绪一直低迷，因此如果情绪好转，交易活动可能会迅速回升。”或许，

对房地产市场最大的信心投票来自大型投资者正在投入的资金规模。

由养老金计划和其他机构投资者资助的大型企业房东正在购买或建造公寓楼，并通过出租获取长期收益。

根据Savills的分析，今年4月至6月期间，有22亿英镑被投入此类build-to-rent项目，创下同期历史新高。今年有望创下投资额的历史新高——甚至超过利率处于历史低位的年份。

投资集团摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）与Ridgeback联手以10亿英镑收购了Metra Living（一家覆盖近3,200套住宅的伦敦租赁平台）。紧随其后，国际房地产开发商Greystar以5亿英镑收购了伦敦大象公园（Elephant Park）的904套住宅，进一步彰显了投资者对首都的信心。

这两笔交易均跻身伦敦有史以来最大的三笔build-to-rent交易之列。

“房地产市场并非突然复苏，而是在缓慢解冻，如果你知道在哪里寻找，就能看到真正的复苏迹象，”Lodestone Mortgages的克雷格·菲什（Craig Fish）表示。

不过，他警告称，房价可能不会立即反弹。房地产开发商正提供两位数的折扣，这表明市场距离价格突然飙升还有一段距离。他补充道：“这表明他们预期市场将放缓，而非反弹。

‘工资增长仍略高于通胀，因此即使今年抵押贷款利率有所上升，可负担性仍在改善。’”

小型buy-to-let投资者也在以大幅折扣购买房产——其中一些来自房地产开发商。

Property Hub的萨姆·史密斯（Sam Smith）表示，他们正在获得公司历史上最大的折扣，并补充道：“对开发商而言，市场形势严峻。今年，由于我们批量购买，通常能获得比挂牌价低13%至20%的折扣。

‘虽然我们看到小型房东纷纷退出，但市场上仍有大量投资者，许多有限公司房东目前正在积极购买。’”

黎明前的黑暗？

通往全面复苏的道路可能会很漫长——沿途还会有不少坎坷。

房地产开发商和中介机构显然举步维艰。建筑公司Crest Nicholson在发布上半年业绩亏损后，大幅下调了全年利润指引；而房产中介Poxtons的税前利润在2026年上半年因销售市场疲软下降了57%。

根据房地产咨询公司Molior的数据，伦敦新竣工住宅的未售出数量创下历史新高。

那么，现在是买房的好时机吗？在市场可能进一步恶化、房价可能继续下跌的情况下，推迟购房可能颇具诱惑力。诚然，即使市场已具备复苏条件，也可能先进一步下跌，然后才开始回升。

不过，如果你是为了长期持有而购房，你有时间等待市场小幅下跌后再逐步回升，然后再考虑出售。

Craig Fish建议，在市场低谷时买入比等待价格开始回升更为明智。

“我告诉客户不要等待那声并不存在的发令枪，”他说，“如果今天的数字合理，那么它们很可能比等待一个已经被市场提前反映的复苏更划算。”

此外，还有一种观点认为，房价下跌实际上有助于那些希望换购更大、更昂贵房屋的人。

如果他们50 万英镑的房屋现在价值缩水10%，降至45 万英镑，那么附近那套价值100万英镑的房屋现在可能只需90 万英镑。这意味着他们在出售时会损失5 万英镑，但在购买时却能节省10 万英镑。

“每个人都在纠结是否触底。但如果你真的是在换房，那这并不是你该担心的问题，”抵押贷款经纪公司Heron Financial的创始人Matt Coulson表示。

“当你同时卖房和买房时，两者都在同一个市场中进行，因此整体价格几乎不重要。真正重要的是两者之间的差价，而大多数人忽略了这一点：在市场疲软时，换购更大的房屋反而更便宜。

“10%的跌幅从你要购买的更大房屋中扣除的金额，远超过你出售的较小房屋，因此换购的成本实际上在下降。

“每个人都在等待的复苏，正是会让换购变得更昂贵的因素。”

Nicholas Finn补充道：“一旦市场出现转机，就像一艘出海的船，你可能会错过时机。最好在底部附近买入。如果你试图在价格上涨时买入，很可能会被竞价或被套牢。这有点像eBay上的竞拍大战。

“当抵押贷款利率下降时，我认为市场会有所变化。利率下降1个百分点可能会让某人的抵押贷款成本降低20%至25%。”

目前，在大量房源挂牌出售的地区，买家可以讨价还价。

“当前市场明显有利于买家——根据Rightmove的数据，房价挂牌量与去年持平，但成交量下降了约6%，”抵押贷款机构Gen H的首席商务官Peter Deckar表示，“如果你是首次购房者，现在可能是最佳购房时机。”

寻找便宜货

想了解你所在地区的卖家有多么绝望，可以查看 Rightmove 和 Zoopla 等房源网站，看看有多少房屋正在降价或长期滞销。

如果一处房产从市场上撤下，而不是标记为“已出价”或“已售出”，那么很可能是因为未能售出。尼古拉斯·芬恩表示，这类房产可能适合低价出价。

他表示：“如果你提出低价，不要仅仅以‘现在是买方市场’为由来证明。要用附近类似房产的成交案例作为证据，并说明这个价格的依据。”

在英国一些地区，卖家终于接受了市场现实，选择止损离场。

根据 PropertyData 对英国土地登记处数据的分析，在过去 12 个月里，伦敦东部的金丝雀码头、狗岛、坎宁镇和皇家码头地区，约有 43% 的卖家亏本出售。

这一现象并不局限于伦敦。在过去一年里，达勒姆郡希尔登镇和利物浦市中心，超过三分之一的卖家亏本出售。

总部位于诺里奇的租赁平台 Property18.com 创始人马克·亚历山大表示，买家在购买公寓时可以狠狠砍价。在承诺购买前，务必检查年度服务费、地租和租约条款。

“最近公寓的估值跌幅最大，许多大城镇和城市都有数百甚至数千套公寓挂牌出售，”他说。

“许多房东急于退出，因此对多套合适的房产提出比要价低 10% 甚至 20% 的报价，可能会发现真正的便宜货。”

根据 Zoopla 的数据，目前市场上 80% 的公寓在六个月内无法找到买家。

“PropertyData 对英国土地登记处数据的分析发现，如今在谢菲尔德、伯明翰、莱斯特和纽卡斯尔的市中心出售公寓的大多数业主，平均亏损近 4 万英镑。

来自 Rightmove 的数据也清楚显示，许多地区的挂牌价格承受压力。

在伯明翰的热门地区埃德巴斯顿，平均挂牌价格同比下降了 9%，至 304,878 英镑，典型房产的成交时间为 93 天，比去年多了 21 天。

在利兹的西克罗夫特，平均挂牌价格下降了 7%，至 208,182 英镑，典型房产的成交时间为 65 天，比一年前多了 20 天。

在多塞特郡的沙夫茨伯里，平均挂牌价格下降了 11%，至 334,775 英镑，房产的成交时间为 83 天，比一年前多了 43 天。

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多年来我在使用国民西敏寺银行账户时犯了一个严重错误……

近二十年来，我在使用银行账户时一直在犯一个错误——幸运的是，这并没有让我付出惨重代价。

我一直在使用国民西敏寺银行（NatWest）的记账卡进行日常消费，却浑然不知它与信用卡有何不同。

你可能认为我早该意识到这一点。但当我登录国民西敏寺网上银行时，这张卡甚至被描述为信用卡。

如果某次购物出现问题，我需要向银行申请退款，我可能会在艰难中发现自己并不享有这种保护。

记账卡是一种支付方式，允许你每月借款至一定额度——与信用卡类似。

然而，与信用卡不同的是，记账卡的余额必须每月通过从活期账户设置的直接借记全额还清。

这意味着没有选择可以借款、支付利息或将购物成本分摊至一个月以上。

如果我需要借款，可能会注意到这一区别。但像数百万记账卡和信用卡持卡人一样，我总是选择每月全额还清余额。

就我而言，我的记账卡消费限额为£100——足以支付一次豪华度假。使用越频繁，限额提升越频繁。

对于记账卡持卡人（如本文作者，可能误以为自己持有信用卡）有一点很重要：记账卡不适用于《1974年消费者信贷法》第75条。

信用卡用户（与借记卡等其他塑料卡不同）有权在商品存在缺陷或卖家破产时，从卡片发行方、零售商或服务提供商处获得全额退款。

这在昂贵的汽车维修出现问题时，或如常见的航班或度假已付款但出现问题时，尤其有价值。金额在£100和30,000英镑之间的购物受到保护。

借记卡和记账卡提供一定保护，但远不如信用卡强大，且不具有法律约束力。

如果购物出现问题——例如未收到所付款的商品——你可以要求借记卡或记账卡发行方进行退单。即从零售商账户中扣回资金。与信用卡不同，如果零售商对你的索赔提出异议或拒绝，银行无法在法律上强制退款。

我现在看来，一直偏好使用国民西敏寺记账卡而非借记卡，实在不明智。过去几十年来，我一直误以为法律会在出现问题时站在我这边。

直到收到国民西敏寺银行的一封令人困惑的信件，我才意识到自己持有的是记账卡。我在这家银行已有六十年，信中通知我记账卡将于秋季取消。

经询问，银行礼貌地告诉我，由于记账卡用户太少，继续运营已不经济。如果我想改用信用卡，没有问题，但需要联系银行客服团队。届时需填写申请并接受审核，因为信用卡需要贷款协议。

要确定有多少国民西敏寺客户受此变化影响，犹如探寻国家机密。

最初的回复是，记账卡客户所剩无几，且无论如何，此类披露因涉及商业机密而无法公开。既然记账卡即将取消，这种保密性似乎难以理解。

经过进一步追问，我被告知记账卡持卡人仅占国民西敏寺客户的0.5%。由于该行拥有超过1900 万客户，我估计记账卡用户可能仅有95,000人——即使对一家大众市场银行而言，这也并非微不足道的数字。

城市财经编辑亚历克斯·布鲁默（ALEX BRUMMER）担心数百万人可能面临风险。

当克里斯蒂娜——一位来自湖区的女性——注意到越来越多的老朋友在Facebook上“取消了对她的关注”时，她将其归咎于嫉妒。而当与她父亲关系密切的家庭朋友开始对他冷嘲热讽她的工作时，她也只是一笑置之。

直到工作了11个月后，她的丈夫才让她坐下来面对现实。她一直专注于销售Forever Living的美容产品，并沉浸在同事们鼓励她的积极信息中，以至于没有注意到自己赚的钱有多么少。或者，她已经惹恼了那些厌倦了被推销的朋友。

事实上，克里斯蒂娜一直在花费数百英镑用于商务旅行，并购买产品以达到维持公司运营所需的最低目标。她投入的资金远远超过了她的收入。

在为Forever Living工作的11个月里，克里斯蒂娜估计她赚了约1,100 英镑，但花费了约£400购买美容产品，并花费超过1,000 英镑参加公司会议和活动，因此整体上她亏损了£300多英镑。

她表示，她的收入每月波动极大，取决于她能向朋友和家人卖出多少库存。有些月份她能赚£200到£300，而有些月份仅赚£18。回顾过去，她说：“我这么一个受过大学教育的聪明女性，怎么会被卷入其中？”

克里斯蒂娜是越来越多被所谓“多层次营销”（MLM）公司吸引后又选择离开的女性之一。如今，她们正在警告其他女性，这份工作不值得付出努力，并会牺牲友谊、破坏家庭生活。Forever Living就是一家MLM公司，这类企业鼓励独立销售代表销售公司产品并招募他人加入。MLM公司为招募者提供产品销售。

招募者以折扣价从公司购买产品，然后以标价出售，赚取差价。像克里斯蒂娜这样的销售代表还能从招募者的销售中抽取佣金，并可晋升至更高层级，获得更大回报。销售额越高、网络越大，销售代表获得的折扣就越大。

包括Forever Living在内的多家MLM公司受到女性批评，称其宣传的是一种无法实现的梦想。

其他知名MLM公司还包括Arbonne、雅芳（Avon）、康宝莱（Herbalife）、英特旅行（Intele-Travel）和Tropic护肤品牌。

一些公司会向新招募者施压，要求他们花费数百英镑购买产品才能入职。极少有销售代表能获得可观利润。

像克里斯蒂娜这样的招募者不仅警告这类工作可能带来的经济损失，还提到许多人因此感到社交孤立，因为公司常要求他们远离对公司持负面评价的朋友和家人。

今年夏天早些时候，查理·哈里斯向《金钱邮报》讲述了她如何在15个月内每周工作60小时，仅赚取了1,470 英镑.25英镑。

听起来很简单——在网上销售美容和健康产品，并让亲友帮忙。但像Forever Living和康宝莱这样的计划很少能带来回报……

辞职的远程办公销售代表向其他女性发出警告：我们的“梦想”工作毁了友谊和家庭生活

作者：苏菲·沃伯顿（Sophie Warburton）与霍莉·米德（Holly Mead）

（有时每月仅赚取£25）来自InteleTravel和PlanNet Marketing。

查理加入了旅行社InteleTravel，但她的主要收入并非来自销售度假产品，而是来自招募其他代理商为InteleTravel销售度假产品。

这是通过名为PlanNet Marketing的第二家运营机构实现的，这是一家多层次营销（MLM）公司，销售代表通过招募他人加入业务赚取收入。查理表示，这毁了她的友谊。她与最好的朋友闹翻，对方说她觉得自己被利用了。在克里斯蒂娜的案例中，她说自己当时迫切需要一份新工作，当时的朋友兼同事建议她加入Forever Living。她发现Forever Living于1978年在亚利桑那州成立，销售以芦荟为基础的饮料、补充剂和化妆品，同时招募新成员。

该公司在全球160多个国家开展业务，依赖独立经销商运营。其在线宣称自己是“一家市值数十亿美元的公司”。克里斯蒂娜说：“当时我处于非常脆弱的状态，我信任我的朋友。”2015,她在曼彻斯特的皇宫剧院从事一份零时工合同的工作。这是一份她希望只是暂时的工作。26,岁时，她辞去了在一家希腊餐厅厨师的工作，此前她每周工作70小时，已持续四年。

因此，她抓住了这份高薪工作的机会，可以自由选择工作时间。

她的朋友邀请她参加在曼彻斯特以东的阿什顿安德莱恩举行的入门会议，以了解更多关于该公司的信息。克里斯蒂娜说，她被台上的女性所吸引，她们炫耀自己每月赚取4 万英镑的收入。她补充道：“听起来很棒。我以为自己绝对能做到。”克里斯蒂娜签约加入，同意每周至少工作八小时，并购买了价值£200的套装，其中包含所有主要产品可供销售，她相信这是对自己未来的投资。她决定在剧院工作的同时兼顾这份工作。

她立即被要求向手机中300多个联系人发送信息，告诉他们这个购买Forever Living产品的绝佳机会。“无论男女老少，每个人都收到了我的信息，”她说。

她声称还被鼓励与家人和朋友举办产品展示会。产品包括润唇膏、凝胶、洗发水和护发素。每100毫升至少售价£18。

克里斯蒂娜回忆说，听到父亲的朋友问他，她发的信息是什么“胡说八道”时，她感到震惊。

此外，她说，经理告诉她，与同事举行的线上和线下战略会议至关重要。

克里斯蒂娜说：“我乘公交车去邻镇参加这些会议，然后深夜返回，同时每周还要在剧院工作约30小时。”

除了会议，他们还被要求每三个月参加一次在伦敦举行的“成功日”活动，每张门票£50。

女性们还需自行支付住宿、火车票、食物和饮料费用，总计约£300——这比克里斯蒂娜一个月的收入还多。其中一次活动是在泰晤士河上的游艇上举行的。她们喝着香槟。她说，现场有成千上万来自英国各地的人。“我遇到的大多数人都非常友好。”

克里斯蒂娜成功招募了37个人，并继续在这些活动中与他们见面。

但她的销售业绩却举步维艰。尽管每天在网上发帖三次，每周花30小时向人们推销芦荟产品。

她说：“我开始收到仇恨信息：‘没想到你会这样做，克里斯蒂娜，我以为你是最不可能这样做的人。’”我们被告知“他们只是仇恨者。这只是负能量，你要屏蔽这些人，别让他们打击你。”于是，我们照做了。”

大多数加入“永久生活”（Forever Living）的销售代表并未从该业务中赚取可观收入，其在线收入披露声明显示。

仅有 10.2% 的加入者获得了“基于销售额的奖金”。所谓“基于销售额的奖金”是指向员工、销售代表或业务合作伙伴支付的财务奖励。在获得奖金的人群中，多数（69%）每月平均仅赚取 £82.20 的奖励性收入。排名前 1% 的人每月平均收入为 23,131 英镑。

克里斯蒂娜表示，丈夫最终问她这项事业是否真的赚钱，以及她是否乐在其中，这促使夫妻俩得出结论：“这行不通”。

她补充道：“我再也坚持不下去了。这不值得我花时间。”克里斯蒂娜说，她退出后，同事们拒绝与她交谈。如今，她在社交媒体平台TikTok上推广品牌，通过账号@christinatmitsi赚取佣金。

Think Money的消费者专家维兹·莱顿（Viz Leyton）表示：“MLM在技术上是合法的，但因许多人难以通过其获得稳定收入，已背负恶名。”

“其吸引力完全可以理解，尤其是对那些寻求能兼顾家庭生活或照护责任的工作的人而言。被选中本身就具有强大的心理暗示——甚至是一种恭维——因此很容易被吸引进初步对话。”

消费者专家马汀·詹姆斯（Martyn James）补充道：“虽然许多MLM在法律意义上是合法的，即它们确实存在并销售实际产品，但它们可能会举办类似邪教的会议，通过‘洗脑’（mudged）诱使你签约销售产品。”

“所以要做好准备。精确计算需要销售多少才能盈利，并核实如何在发现不适合时退出合同。”

“永久生活”公司已被联系置评。

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我负债累累，还错过了孩子们的生日派对

加入Herbalife后的12个月内，劳拉·希尔（Laura Hill）就成为了该公司收入前3%的顶尖销售之一。

劳拉（化名）每月通过销售其营养和个人护理产品赚取1,500 英镑，更重要的是，通过招募其他销售代表，从他们的销售额中抽取5%的利润。

但前方还有更大的目标。她说：“我结识了每月赚取1 万英镑的朋友。我看得出这套模式行得通。”

现年40,劳拉于2012年25岁时加入这家多层次传销公司，起因是看到一位朋友的朋友在Facebook上发的帖子。

根据Herbalife官网介绍，该公司在全球95个市场拥有640 万名成员，包括消费者和经销商。作为经销商，劳拉表示重点在于招募：“你可以通过销售产品赚钱，但这部分收入有限。‘三找三’是口号。你找到三个人，他们再各自找三个人，以此类推——我的网络中几乎有100人。”

她所在的加的夫附近每月都有会议，每季度还会在伯明翰等城市举办会议，此外每年还有一次海外“盛会”，劳拉仅参加费、机票、住宿和服装就花费了1,000 英镑。

在Herbalife2023年5月的最新更新中，46,200名经销商参加了其在印度举办的三场盛会。

劳拉说：“他们告诉你这是培训，但实际上是一场大型洗脑会。会议是重中之重——这是被反复灌输的。把会议排进日程，然后围绕它们安排生活。我因此错过了孩子们的生日。现在想起来，我对自己感到恶心。”

但劳拉有三个年幼的孩子，她说自己需要一份能在家工作的职业。

“他们会在活动上发布新产品，我们都迫不及待地拿起手机，急着抢购这种新口味或新产品。因此，产品还没正式上市就已经卖出了数千件。”她说。建议是“买三件”：一件自己用，一件试用，一件销售。

她每月在自用产品上花费数百英镑，每天喝两杯奶昔，孩子们则吃蛋白棒和芦荟饮料。

经销商被告知要“从自己的店铺购物”。为什么要在超市买洗发水，而可以从Herbalife购买并赚取额外积分呢？

“这样让我负债累累，”劳拉说，“我计算了最后12个月的账目。算上会议费用和产品开销，我严重亏损，至少欠债1,000 英镑。”

她于2023年离开，此前研究了同类产品的价格。她说：“即使有50%的折扣，这些产品对我来说依然昂贵。我有朋友是顾客，突然觉得按零售价卖给他们很不自在，于是就按成本价卖给他们。”

但离开并不容易。劳拉说，招募者被鼓励“将批评者排除在生活之外”，这可能让他们变得孤立。

“最终离开时，我如释重负。只有出来后，你才能对这一切有全面的认识。”现在从事财务管理工作的劳拉说。

Wise Monkey Financial Coaching的西蒙娜·奥内森（Simonne Onessen）表示：“这些公司承诺，如果传统工作无法融入你的生活，他们能提供解决方案。他们兜售的是财务自由的概念——一种身份认同和归属感。

“人们很容易被吸引——但一旦进入，就很难脱身。人们被告知只要努力工作就会成功，因此离开会有羞耻感。他们投入了时间、精力和金钱——并觉得自己失败了。”

Herbalife发言人表示：“我们是一家领先的健康与保健公司、社区和平台，自1980.年以来，一直通过优质的营养产品和为独立经销商提供的商业机会改变人们的生活。对许多人来说，这能在通胀导致家庭预算紧张时补充收入。我们对经销商的预期保持透明。参加活动完全是自愿的。”

维兹·莱顿（Think Money消费专家）表示：“如果你需要灵活的工作，首先要看看更广阔的市场。远程客服、行政支持、虚拟助理、家教、记账、宠物护理、清洁、配送工作或通过成熟的电商平台销售，这些都适合不同的人群。”

“这些工作都不是摇钱树，但许多工作能让你更清楚地看到自己的时间、技能和努力如何转化为收入。”

“我曾是收入前3%的高薪者，但最终却1,000 英镑负债”

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大型银行目前在活期储蓄账户上提供高达4%以上的优惠利率——但你无法在它们自己的网站或分行中找到这些优惠。

相反，你必须找出它们运营的品牌名称。

国民西敏寺银行（NatWest）有一个名为First Active的新数字储蓄品牌；巴克莱银行的储蓄账户通过乐购银行（Tesco Bank）提供；桑坦德银行（Santander）的储蓄账户由Cahoot提供；劳埃德银行（Lloyds）的账户则隶属于MBNA；而提供最高利率的汇丰银行（HSBC）账户则由储蓄平台Raisin UK提供。

找到这些隐藏账户，你每年可从1 万英镑的储蓄中多赚350英镑的利息——有时利率甚至是传统账户的三倍。

大型银行的隐藏储蓄优惠，可为你额外赚取350英镑

国民西敏寺银行上周通过其First Active品牌推出了即时取款储蓄账户，仅需1英镑即可开户，利率高达4.5%。

将其与你的活期账户（无需为国民西敏寺银行账户）链接，即可快速轻松转账，且取款次数不限。

相比之下，国民西敏寺银行自有品牌的灵活储蓄账户（Flexible Saver）最高仅提供1%的利率（上限为2.5 万英镑），而其定期取款储蓄账户（Defined Access Saver）虽提供2.5%的利率，但一年内取款超过三次后利率将降至1.04%。

First Active账户仅可在线开户，且不支持联名账户。请在日历上标记，一年后奖励利率1.5个百分点将到期时进行转换。

汇丰银行已与储蓄平台Raisin UK合作，推出无奖励或取款限制的活期账户，利率为3.51%。

然而，汇丰银行自家网站上的账户利率要低得多：其灵活储蓄账户（Flexible ）仅提供1.05%的利率，而其在线奖励储蓄账户（Online Bonus ）虽提供3.35%的利率，但任何月份取款后利率将降至1.05%。

巴克莱银行通过乐购银行提供优惠利率。其网络储蓄账户（Internet ）利率为4.21%，包含一年期3.16个百分点的奖励，因此同样需在日历上标记。

相比之下，巴克莱银行的日常储蓄账户（Everyday ）仅提供1%的利率，而其应急储蓄账户（Rainy Day ）最高提供3.90%的利率（上限为5,000 英镑），超出部分仅为0.7%。

桑坦德银行通过其子品牌Cahoot的简单储蓄账户（Simple ）提供4.52%的利率。同样，一年后需转换，否则利率将降至1%。即便如此，这仍优于桑坦德银行自家的日常储蓄账户（Everyday ），后者仅提供2%的利率（一年后降至0.9%）。

目前，劳埃德银行仅通过其子品牌MBNA提供利率极低的活期账户，利率为0.75%。

但MBNA提供一款优惠的一年期定期存单，利率为4.85%，而其自家网站上的同类产品仅为3.8%。

在下方的“星级优选”列表中，我未收录带有奖励或取款限制的账户，但会在此持续更新可用优惠。

归根结底，这些新账户对数百万希望依赖大型银行的储户来说是个好消息——尽管其他机构可能提供同等的便利性和安全性，但这些储户多年来因大型银行在标准活期账户上提供的极低利率而损失了利息。

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亲爱的萨莉：

今年7月，我从泰国度过了五周的假期回来后，惊恐地发现O2寄来了一张金额为159,230 英镑06英镑的手机账单。

我花了数小时试图与O2及负责我合同的第三方公司ICE Comms解决此事。我多次致电他们，解释我在出行前得到的信息是，在国外使用手机时，每天只需支付£7.50的费用即可覆盖通话、短信和数据使用。

尽管我已尽全力，但感觉自己被两家公司来回推诿，没有一方承担责任或提供公平的解决方案。请帮帮我。

B.P. 伦敦

你告诉我，你去泰国是为了游览普吉岛及其各个地标，包括大佛，还去了一家健康静修中心学习泰拳——一种武术。但回到英国后，这张来自O2的天价账单险些毁掉一切美好。

起初，你以为这只是账单系统的一个奇怪故障，但事实并非如此。对方告诉你，你在国外使用了27GB的数据，159,230 英镑06英镑就是这部分使用费，你必须支付。

换算一下，这相当于观看仅9小时的高清节目所消耗的数据量。用这笔钱，你本可以买一辆全新的保时捷911 GT3跑车，或者十块Holex Datejust手表。

你无法相信，因为你在旅行期间仅使用了24天中的6天手机，并且确信已开通了每日£7.50的漫游套餐，可以正常使用通话、短信和数据，无需额外付费。这笔意外账单让你担心自己的管道和供暖服务业务的未来。

你坚称自己事先确认过，可能是与ICE Comms（为你安排O2合同的经纪商）确认的，并被保证漫游套餐已应用到你的账户。讽刺的是，你甚至对这笔每日额外费用都心存顾虑，因此仅在旅行的6天内使用了手机。

当你多次致电ICE或O2，却无法查明问题出在哪里、为何每日套餐未生效，以及为何仍背负这笔巨额账单时，你找到了我。

我联系了O2，经过调查，O2表示你的账户未设置任何可选消费上限，也未发现有申请开通此功能的记录。但令人欣慰的是，在24小时内，O2同意免除大部分账单，仅需你在常规月费基础上额外支付约£50。

O2商业部的一位发言人表示：“我们始终致力于为客户提供正确的服务。一旦此事引起我们的注意，我们迅速审核了案件，直接与P先生沟通，并达成了令他满意的解决方案。”

你如释重负。无论是ICE Comms误导了你，还是未能按你的要求开通每日

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他不小心把一件夹克落在了你这里，夹克口袋里还装着他的汽车钥匙。钥匙上附有一个追踪器，以防他丢失。你没想到自己会用这个追踪器来追踪寄出的夹克。

你能够追踪到包裹从DHL位于汉普郡伊斯特利的仓库出发，途经伯克郡斯劳，再到伯明翰的行踪。快递公司的系统显示包裹已退回你的地址，但你知道实际情况并非如此——你提供了一张带有定位标记的地图，显示包裹的实际位置。

我联系了DHL，询问他们能否更好地回应你的困境。这一招奏效了，几天之内你的包裹就被找回，并最终寄回给你——距离你最初寄出已经过去了六周。

DHL eCommerce（Evri集团的一部分）的一位发言人表示：“我们致力于妥善处理每一个包裹，并为给C先生造成的不便表示歉意。”

该公司称，包裹最初无法投递是因为快递员缺少泽西岛海关所需的信息。缺失的细节包括包裹内容的描述及其价值。

最终，DHL退还了你£16的运费，并额外支付了£25作为对包裹去向不明造成的不便和困扰的补偿。

上周我们联系时，你发来了夹克安全送达的照片，并感谢我的介入。

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O2补充称，与我一样，他们也敦促客户定期检查手机上的消费控制和账户设置，尤其是在出行前，以避免产生惊人的费用。

我总会提前确认在目的地使用数据和拨打电话将产生的费用。即便如此，我仍倾向于仅将漫游用于导航应用，并利用免费Wi-Fi查看社交媒体、发送电子邮件和浏览互联网。另一个我尚未尝试的选择是暂时更换手机的实体SIM卡（即手机中允许设备连接移动网络的卡）为更便宜的当地SIM卡。或者，如果手机支持，可以考虑使用eSIM。这意味着在线购买套餐并安装，通常通过扫描二维码完成。

无论选择何种方式，手机都需要解锁，以便能够接入其他网络。可通过手机设置进行检查。

苹果设备通常在“网络提供商锁定”标题下显示“无SIM限制”。对于安卓设备，点击“设置”，然后“网络和互联网”，再点击“互联网”。如果除了常用运营商外还显示多个网络名称，则表示手机已解锁。如需解锁设备，请联系运营商。

17日，我通过DHL电子商务从伯恩茅斯寄往泽西岛的包裹未能送达。DHL称包裹已退回寄件人，但这并不属实。

巧合的是，包裹内装有追踪器，我能够监控其行踪，因此知道它目前位于斯劳的一个仓库，并已滞留数周。我无法让DHL取回包裹。请帮帮我。

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我的邻居计划将房子扩建约10英尺，并直接建到我家地界的边缘。为此，他需要拆除我们共同出资修建的分隔围栏。他是否可以在未经我允许的情况下直接建到边界并拆除围栏？

B.U. 北安普顿

这里涉及两个独立问题。首先是紧贴边界建造的问题。一般来说，业主有权在自家土地边缘建造，无需仅因建筑物靠近边界而征得邻居同意。

但能否实施取决于多个因素。他可能需要申请规划许可，扩建工程还需符合建筑法规及《1996年党墙等法案》的规定。如果邻居打算在边界线上建造，或在靠近你房产的位置挖掘地基，可能需依据该法案发出正式通知。

这并不赋予你否决权，但确实保障了你的重要权利。包括有权指定测量师保护你的房产——在许多情况下费用由邻居承担。邻居不能无视这些义务。

至于你们共同出资修建的围栏，这表明可能有共同维护的意图——但并不意味着围栏自动归双方共同所有。

围栏的所有权取决于其位置、地契内容及修建时达成的协议。如果围栏属共同所有或构成共用结构，邻居不能未经你同意擅自拆除。否则可能

邻居可以未经许可拆除我们的围栏来建造扩建工程吗？

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可能构成侵入或刑事损坏。如果围栏完全属于邻居所有，法律地位可能有所不同。

我的建议是不要无故阻挠工程，但应与邻居沟通。要求他们确认是否认为《共用墙法》适用。

如果需要拆除围栏，应书面约定工程期间边界如何保障安全、围栏是否会复原、复原标准以及由谁支付费用。

最后，仔细查阅您的地契。地契可能会明确围栏的所有权或维护责任人。

在拆除任何一块围栏板之前解决这些问题。

我无意中将手表遗留在度假公寓。房东表示会将其寄回，我支付了邮费，但手表始终未到。当我再次联系时，对方称手表在其清洁工手中，而该清洁工已不再为其工作。他们说已无能为力。我是否还有权利？

G.J.，牛津郡。是的，您仍有权利，且“我们无能为力”并非最终结论。一旦您告知公寓房东手表遗失，对方同意保管、寄回并接受了您的邮费支付，他们便承担了法律义务，需合理保管手表。律师称之为“保管”。简单来说，如果他人自愿持有您的财物，必须合理保管并归还。

房东不能仅以清洁工为由推卸责任。雇主通常需对员工在工作期间的行为承担法律责任。

此外还涉及合同问题。您支付了寄回手表的费用，房东接受了付款。至少，您有权要求退还该费用，因服务未履行。如果手表因房东或其员工未尽合理保管义务而遗失，您可能有权要求赔偿其价值。

请致信房东陈述事实，如有手表价值证明请一并附上。要求归还手表或赔偿全额价值，同时退还您支付的邮费。

如果您通过爱彼迎等平台预订，也可通过其纠纷解决流程提出问题，平台可能协助解决。若无效，此类索赔通常可通过小额索赔法庭处理。

若所有方法均告失败，还可查看是否有保险能提供理赔。

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6.30 《贝尔·格里尔斯：野性觉醒》（音频描述、重播）一对兄妹重聚。

7.00 2026年欧洲田径锦标赛：伯明翰站 来自亚历山大体育场的第三日晚间赛事报道。报道将在BBC1继续。

8.00 《修理店》（音频描述、重播）专家修复一张肯尼迪总统孩子与英国保姆的合影、一套微型鼓组时钟、一尊熔化的蜡像和一把委内瑞拉传统弦乐器。

9.00 《谋杀审判：遛狗人之死》（音频描述）上集（共两集）。戴维·坎贝尔被控预谋杀害65岁的同庄园工友布莱恩·洛。

10.00 《门内九人》（音频描述、重播）谢恩和克利福德策划绑架一名富有对冲基金经理的妻子。

10.30 《新闻之夜》（随后为天气预报）

11.05 《进化》（音频描述、重播）克里斯·帕克汉姆探索马为何能跑得如此之快，踏上一段探寻动物运动进化起源的旅程。

12.05 电影：《星火》（2023年）（12） 12.15 剧情片，主演乔治·萨姆纳。 1.35 《阿米蒂维尔：起源故事》（音频描述、英国手语、重播） 2.25 这里是BBC2

ITV1

6.00 《早安英国》

9.00 《今晨》 名人访谈、建议与竞赛节目。包括本地天气。

1.30 新闻；天气

1.55 本地新闻

2.00 《迪金森的真实交易》（音频描述、重播）团队前往格里姆斯比，西蒙·施耐德爱上了一条项链，卡伦·达尔梅尼面临噩梦般的处境，大卫·福特回忆往昔。

3.00 《成交与否》（音频描述、重播）斯蒂芬·马伦主持，参赛者杰克尝试以正确顺序打开22个红盒子，挑战臭名昭著的“银行家”，争取赢得改变人生的现金大奖；本地天气

4.00 《临界点》（重播）本·谢泼德主持的问答节目。

5.00 《智者为王》（重播）来自伦敦的艾伦、来自伊利的凯茜、来自林肯郡的吉纳维芙和来自格拉斯哥的安迪合作挑战全国顶尖问答高手。

6.00 本地新闻

6.30 新闻；天气

7.00 曼联 vs 利兹联 季前友谊赛 曼联对阵利兹联（开球时间7.30pm）。休·伍曾克罗夫特主持，报道在都柏林克罗克公园的友谊赛。这座可容纳80,000人的场馆通常用于盖尔运动，这是首次举办俱乐部足球比赛。尽管名为友谊赛，但考虑到两队的历史宿怨，比赛预计将异常激烈。约翰·奥谢和迈克尔·布朗进行分析，萨姆·马特费斯和露西·沃德解说，加布里埃尔·克拉克报道。

10.00 新闻（随后为天气预报）

10.35 本地新闻

10.45 《失散家庭：无迹可寻》（音频描述、重播）戴维娜·麦考尔和尼基·坎贝尔帮助迈克尔和克里斯汀揭开母亲为何抛弃他们的谜团。

11.45 《议会》 名人接受神经多样性人士采访。

12.10 电视购物 3.00 《爱与死》（音频描述、英国手语、重播） 3.55 《朗汉酒店内幕：英国第一家豪华酒店》（音频描述、英国手语、重播） 4.20 《ITV放松时刻》 5.35 《汤姆·克里奇烹饪意大利》（音频描述、英国手语、重播）

第四频道

6.30 《宫中王后》（AD,R）

7.45 《人人都爱雷蒙德》（AD,R）三集连播。

9.10 《欢乐一家亲》（AD,R）四集连播。

11.10 《地狱厨房美国版》（R）主厨拉姆齐尝试改造新泽西州已开业六个月的美食酒吧Bask 46。

12.05 第四频道新闻摘要

12.10 《寻宝、修复、拍卖》（AD,R）亨利·科尔和西蒙·奥布莱恩在格洛斯特郡寻找独特物品。

1.10 《大房改造》（R）一位裁缝助理和建筑工人联手翻新一栋房屋。

2.10 《倒计时》与宝琳·麦克林恩。

3.00 《阳光下的家》（R）来自莱斯特的迪皮特在西班牙阿尔梅里亚海岸找到了她梦想中的度假屋。

4.00 《佩内洛普·基思拯救乡村别墅》（AD,R）四位访客在英国闹鬼最严重的城堡中寻幽探秘。

5.00 《DIY城堡》（AD,R）莎拉和乔治实现他们的梦想。

6.00 《美国淘宝客》（AD,R）弗兰克·弗里茨发现一辆哈雷戴维森“Knucklehead”摩托车。

7.00 第四频道新闻

8.00 《超凡扩建》（AD） PCL 一对夫妇通过扩建改造坎特伯雷的一家民宿——却在花园中发现了一个战时防空洞。此外，一栋平房被改造成20世纪60年代的时光胶囊。

9.00 《隔壁的间谍：安娜·查普曼的故事》（AD） 英国女商人兼模特安娜·查普曼的非凡故事，她于2010年被FBI揭露为俄罗斯间谍网络的一员。

10.00 《急诊室的24小时》（AD,R）伦敦女王医院患者的故事，他们激励着亲人，共同面对人生中最大的挑战。

11.05 《999：前线实录》（R）救护人员计划将一名临产孕妇送往医院，但当她的羊水突然破裂时，他们不得不重新考虑。

12.10 《名人逃亡》（AD,BSL,R） 1.05 《名人逃亡》（AD,BSL,R） 2.00 《地狱酒店》（AD,BSL,R） 2.50 《多佛24/7：英国最繁忙的港口》（AD,BSL,R） 3.45 《毛茸茸的宝贝》（AD,BSL,R） 4.40 《柯尔斯蒂的手工之家》（R） 4.55 《情侣来吃饭》（R） 5.50 《倒计时》（R）

（R）重播。（HD）高清。（AD）音频描述。（b/w）黑白。（BSL）英国手语。

家庭观看

适合所有年龄段观看

♦ 建议谨慎观看

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电视 43

真实犯罪纪录片

《谋杀审判：遛狗人之死》 晚上9点，BBC2

本回归系列纪录片捕捉苏格兰法庭审理谋杀案时的每一个转折。本集以两集节目开篇，讲述2021年前场地管理员布莱恩·洛的谋杀案，并跟踪其前同事戴维·坎贝尔的审判过程，后者现因该罪行受审。两集节目均可在BBC iPlayer观看。

电影推荐

《红眼航班》，晚上11点10分，BBC1

在出演《浴血黑帮》之前，希里安·墨菲（Cillian Murphy）在这部由《猛鬼街》导演韦斯·克雷文执导的惊悚片中将“恐怖”和“变态”演绎得淋漓尽致。墨菲饰演一名恐怖分子，卷入一场复杂的暗杀阴谋，并胁迫瑞秋·麦克亚当斯（图中与墨菲合影）成为其不情愿的帮凶。

第五频道

6.00 Milkshake! 《小猪佩奇》（重播） 6.05 《小猪佩奇》（重播） 6.10 《特威迪与弗拉夫》（重播） 6.15 《奥多》（重播） 6.20 《托马斯和朋友们》（重播） 6.35 《弗里曼·萨姆》（重播） 6.45 《小猪佩奇》（重播） 6.50 《小马匹与小马》（重播） 6.55 《汪汪队立大功》（重播） 7.00 Move It Milkshakers!（重播） 7.20 《工程车拉布尔》 7.35 《小猪佩奇》（听障 / 重播） 7.40 《小猪佩奇》（听障 / 重播） 7.45 《蒂姆·里在太空》（重播） 8.00 《斯坦与格里》（重播） 8.15 《汪汪队立大功》（重播） 8.25 《帕丁顿熊历险记》（重播） 8.40 《小王子班和霍利的小王国》（重播） 8.50 《袋鼠海滩》 9.00 《小猪佩奇》（听障 / 重播） 9.10 《行动：汪汪救援》（重播）

9.15 杰里米·瓦因 11.30 斯托姆与亚历克西斯

12.45 午间5新闻

12.50 马特·奥尔赖特

2.20 《致命秘密》（2023年）（PG） 惊悚片，主演：莉齐·博伊斯、凯特·德拉蒙德和泰森·阿纳。

4.00 《城堡》（重播） 瑞安卷入一场暗杀阴谋。

4.55 《自然之恋》（重播）

5.00 丹·沃克主持5新闻

6.00 《西西里：地中海明珠》（重播） 镜头聚焦地中海最大的岛屿。

6.55 5新闻快报

7.00 《汽车扣押警察》（重播） 追踪因各种违法行为被扣押的车辆。

7.55 5新闻快报

8.00 《急诊24 / 7：分秒必争》 新系列。一名82岁老人在厨房摔倒后被送往巴恩斯利急诊室，一名78岁的看护人员出现胸痛和危险的低血氧水平。

9.00 《999：危急时刻 9.00 999》 一名女子在不明原因晕倒后为生存而战，一名82岁老人在多处胸部受伤后面临肺炎风险。

10.00 《救护车：红色警报》（听障 / 重播） 医护人员救治一名在驾车时晕倒的男子、一名72岁开放性骨折患者和一名22岁长时间癫痫发作的患者。

11.05 《死因调查》（重播） 一名无家可归的男子在布莱克本的临时住所被发现死亡，急救人员被叫到一名女子的公寓，她在抱怨胸痛后被发现死亡。

12.05 《急诊室午夜》（听障 / 重播） 1.00 《邮轮电视》（重播） 2.00 《全科医生：幕后故事》（重播） 2.50 《城堡》（重播） 3.40 《老友记》（听障 / 重播） 4.10 《老友记》（听障 / 重播） 4.35 《苏珊·卡尔曼邮轮之旅》（听障 / 手语 / 重播） 5.25 娱乐新闻 5.5.35 《汪汪队立大功》（手语 / 重播） 5.45 《帕丁顿熊历险记》（手语 / 重播）

▲ 可能引发冒犯

适合男士的温和书呆子电视节目

他们想找个借口再当一次孩子

《弗尔蒂旅馆》（Fawlty Towers）经常被评为电视史上最佳情景喜剧，但它仅播出了两季短短的系列剧，总共只有12集。如今，86岁的喜剧演员约翰·克里斯（John Cleese）透露，他曾想再拍一部续集——以电影的形式。

这位喜剧大师通过视频连线，从曼谷一间杂乱的酒店房间里，在“大卫的魔法情景喜剧之旅”（Ave And David's Magical Sitcom Tour）活动上，概述了剧情。在一次前往西班牙的包价度假中，巴兹尔（Basil）的飞机遭到劫持。

愤怒不已的他与劫机者搏斗，一度成为英雄，直到飞行员宣布要返回希思罗机场。

于是巴兹尔自己劫持了飞机。他强迫飞行员飞往地中海，结果整个假期都在西班牙监狱中度过。

这是个巧妙的构思，克里斯讲述时满脸喜悦。我真想知道他是否曾与普鲁内拉·斯凯尔斯（Prunella Scales）讨论过这个点子——也许巴兹尔和西比尔（Sybil）会与曼努埃尔（Manuel，由安德鲁·萨克斯饰演的服务员）一起前往巴塞罗那。没有他们，这部喜剧就无法成立。

即便如此，情景喜剧的电影版本鲜有成功之作。即使是《你被服务了吗？》（Are You Being Served?）的铁杆粉丝，也会对1977年的电影版本感到尴尬——当时格雷斯兄弟百货的员工在“科斯塔·普兰卡”（Costa Planka）度假，却卷入了第二次西班牙内战，剧情之排外，让ITV的情景喜剧《宾尼多姆》（Benidorm）看起来都显得“觉醒”。

“热情”这个词用来形容《名人叛徒》（The Celebrity Traitors）的乔·威尔金森（Joe Wilkinson）和他的好友大卫·厄尔（David Earl）再合适不过了。这两位已经到了怀旧成为全职工作的年纪（是的，我也有罪）。

二人为庆祝《弗尔蒂旅馆》而踏上朝圣之旅，走访每一个能唤起回忆的地点，从位于伦敦西部白城（White City）的老BBC电视中心TC1演播室开始，那里曾有多集在现场观众面前拍摄。

他们开始在地板上标记酒店的平面图，直到一名工作人员探头进来建议：

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北爱尔兰电视节目调整

BBC1 10.40am（The Big One with Death McGovern's 10.40 至 CTS "NEW Super" 杯精彩集锦。12.00am 电影：《红眼航班》（2005）（标清），1.30 BBC 新闻：UTM 10.45pm（I / P）健康节目。11.20 《朗汉酒店内幕：英国第一家豪华酒店》。

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威尔士电视节目调整

BBC1 11.10pm 《卧底：癌症治疗还是骗局？》 11.30 电影：《红眼航班》（2005）（标清），12.45am BBC 新闻：天气。

54℃： 8.05am Cyto。11.00 Camou Bach。12noon Newsletter：54℃ at 'Towydd。12.05 Cartoid Cyto's。12.10 新闻。1.00 General：Doug Godlum Brown Rhyn。1.20 Gamble：a May。2.00 Newsletter：54℃ at 'Towydd。2.05 Proofsmen De。 3.00 ：54℃ at 'Towydd。3.05 Slow Mon 2026. 4.00 Axe Fawr。5.00 Vivante。6.00 Don De。 6.30 Admiralty：Presscheck。7.00 by BBC West。8.20 ：54℃。7.30 ：54℃ at 'Towydd。8.00 Police's Own。8.25 Cartoid Cyto's。8.25 ：54℃ at 'Towydd。9.00 Slow Mon 2026. 10.00 TV Desk。10.30 by BBC。

克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯

昨夜电视

《乔与大卫的魔法情景喜剧之旅》（U&Gold） ★★★★☆

用他们的话说，他们需要腾地方，因为《英国烘焙大赛》随后要在那里拍摄。

这让我有些困惑，因为《烘焙大赛》是在大帐篷里拍摄的。但显然其衍生节目《额外一片》确实是在TC1录制的。你总能学到新东西，等等。

两人玩得很开心，他们前往托基，参观了曾激发约翰·克里斯构思这部剧的老格伦伊格尔斯酒店遗址。他们甚至将一辆Mini停在了那个死胡同的拐角处，也就是《美食之夜》一集中，巴兹尔在各方面都崩溃的地方。当然，他们还用树枝狠狠抽打了这辆车。

上周他们拍了《牢狱风云》，下周则是《办公室》。这是一部温和的、极客向的电视节目，专为那些想找个借口重温童年的男士们打造。

大卫说，根据家族传说，他父亲曾因《弗尔蒂旅馆》笑得太厉害，从沙发上摔了下来。“真想亲眼见见那一幕。”他若有所思地说。

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44 数字与点播

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《执法悍将》，亚马逊Prime Video

李·查尔德笔下的流浪复仇者杰克·里彻第四季回归。第四季开篇，里彻（艾伦·瑞奇森饰，见照片）身处费城，享用完芝士牛排后在地铁上遭遇不快。这次遭遇以极其糟糕的方式收场，让这位“巨人”决心弥补当时未能解决的问题。“我擅长不让别人逍遥法外。”这位前军事警察在深入调查后发现，这很快揭露出一场涉及中情局的高层阴谋。起初，当地

《巨兽》

《大象星球》，今晚7点，国家地理野生频道

为纪念世界大象日播出的这部新纪录片，展示了世界上最大的陆地哺乳动物的壮观迁徙、复杂的家族纽带和非凡的智慧。（天空电视185频道，维珍电视182频道）

威尔士合唱团

山谷之声，晚8点，Sky Arts

随着一场重大活动临近，弗龙克西莱男声合唱团面临越来越大的压力。他们被选中在加的夫CanUltra Principality体育场举行的威尔士橄榄球联盟国际比赛前演唱南非国歌。问题在于这首国歌包含5种语言，需要全部掌握！我们还将认识理查德，一位来自马赫的以撒，他一边忙于合唱团的事务，一边经营着一家繁忙的农场。

舞台剧

鉴定者，国家剧院在家观看

白人艺术家芬（Sylvestra Le Touzel，见图）继承了家族的豪宅，发现了一批旧日记，并请来两位学者鉴定其真伪，帮助梳理家族在奴隶制问题上的复杂历史。这是一部90分钟的巧妙剧作的起点，它急转直下进入哥特式惊悚片，整个故事仅围绕核心的3位女性展开。全剧节奏紧凑，一气呵成，在紧张气氛中穿插幽默片段，逐步推向结局。

时间

BBC 4

E4

ITV2

晚上7.点

海滨村庄 本·罗宾逊探访法夫的卡洛斯

《Hollyoaks》沃伦借酒消愁

《The Floor》剩余73名参赛者争夺更多方格

晚上7.30pm

韦恩赖特漫步 攀登博罗代尔山谷的城堡岩

《辛普森一家》全家回忆往昔时光

晚上8.点

《古罗马珍宝》阿拉斯泰尔·苏克追溯罗马帝国的衰落，通过其隐藏的、最具魔力的艺术珍品展现。本系列最后一集

《范德庞规则》奥德丽无意中听到的电话让她重新审视与克里斯的关系。谢恩说服安杰莉卡对杰森的视频保持沉默

《1%俱乐部》李·麦克主持的智力问答节目，题目涉及逻辑和常识，80名参赛者有机会赢取最高10 万英镑

晚上9.点

《玛丽·比尔德的终极罗马：无限帝国》 学者玛丽·比尔德探索罗马帝国的世界

《Gogglebox》沙发评论员点评《杰米的美食奇迹》、《初次约会就结婚澳大利亚版》、《Only Connect》、《爱丽丝·莱文的她其实...》、《堕落》及《赤身求生》。选自2023年

《恶搞之家》彼得接管岳父的公司

晚上9.30pm

《L·克劳狄乌斯》皮索及其妻子曼奇娜被控谋杀

《Gogglebox》沙发评论员点评《野性群岛》、《明星大整蛊》、《学徒》、《MD?》、《调味料》、《初次约会就结婚澳大利亚版》。首播于2023年3月

《恶搞之家》彼得撞伤头部并患上失忆症

晚上10.点

10.50 《L·克劳狄乌斯》洛莉娅无法忍受被奥伯里乌斯虐待的记忆，自杀身亡

《裸体诱惑》一名跨性别女性和一名橄榄球运动员参赛（至12.00）

《恶搞之家》斯蒂维和布莱恩发现新邻居是间谍

晚上10.30pm

11.45 《古罗马珍宝》古罗马艺术。本系列最后一集（至12.45）

《恶搞之家》布莱恩与一位年长女性约会

晚上11.点

11.05 《恶搞之家》斯蒂维发现一位流行歌星的秘密

11.35 《美国老爹》史蒂夫参加自行车锦标赛（至12.05）

娱乐与纪实

预告 33 Sky 150

中午12点 电影：《被遗弃者》（1954年） 1.50 电影：《雪猫的踪迹》（1954年） 4.00 《地狱公路》 5.00 《高速公路拷贝：抓捕英国超速者》 6.00 《警察拦截者》 6.00 《高速公路拷贝：抓捕英国超速者》 9.00 《警察拦截者》 10.00 《警察夜班 999. 11.00 《X档案》

BBC THREE

预览 32 Sky 125 Virgin 107 7. 《追赶时刻》 7.05 《致命 60.》 8.00 《旅行装备》 10.00 6 《盖伊·蒙哥马利的拼字大赛：Guy: Most-Spelling Bee》 11.35 《这个乡村》

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 112 Virgin 133

12. 《上流之手》 1.00 《老友记》 1.00 《迈克尔·马丁的大秀》 10.00 《十分之六只猫》 11.40 《全美一叮》（美国版）

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am 《离网建造》 1.00pm 《杰夫·洛基山兽医》 3.00 《制造原理》 5.00 《阿拉斯加家园救援》 7.00 《超级跑车展厅》 9.00 《车轮交易》 10.00 《重型卡车司机》 11.00 《阿拉斯加三角》

E4（日间）

预览 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.00am 《比多甲板：地中海》 12. 《辛普森一家》 2.00 《布鲁克林九九》 3.00 《摩登家庭》 5.00 《辛普森一家》 6.30 《霍利奥克斯》

5STAR（日间）

预览 32 Sky 128 Virgin 136 12. 《交通拷贝》 2.00 《警察拦截者》 5.00 《小偷现行：当场抓获》 6.00 《家与远方》

5 SELECT

预览 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12. 《3D决斗：大与小》 1.00 《她写谋杀》 3.00 《卡拉马卡》 5.00 《多塞特乡村与海岸》 6.00 《废弃工程》 7.00 《本·福格尔：野外新生活》 9.00 《安吉拉·里珍特河：游轮》 10.00 《守信》 11.05 《囚犯：H号牢房》

5 USA（日间）

预览 21 Sky 145 Virgin 120 12. 《法律与秩序》 6.00 《海军罪案调查处》

美食频道 UK

预览 43 Sky 144 Virgin 158 11.00am 《英国烘焙大赛》 2.00pm 《詹姆斯·马丁：从岛屿到高地》 3.00 《毛茸茸的自行车手西行》 4.00 《杰米的单锅奇迹》 5.00 《拓荒女性》 6.00 《詹姆斯·马丁：从岛屿到高地》 7.00 《英国烘焙大赛》 8.00 《苏菲·格雷普斯：意大利风味》 10.00 《杰米烹饪印度》 11.00 《下车、路边餐厅与潜水吧》

GREAT! TV

预览 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12. 《草原小屋》 1.00 《沃尔顿一家》 4.00 《草原小书屋》 6.00 《爱尔兰皇家骑警》 7.00 《陆军野战医院》 9.00 电影：《阿加莎·克里斯蒂之《说出氰化物》》（1983年）（PG级） 11.00 《陆军野战医院》

ITV2（日间）

预览 6 Sky 118 Virgin 105 11.10am 《圣女魔咒》 12.10pm 《一掷千金》 1.10 《超市大扫荡》 2.10 《地板》 3.10 《唯一生存之道》 4.10 《波托马克的真实主妇》 5.00 《比佛利山的真实主妇》 6.00 《名人猜词》

ITV3（日间）

预览 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am 《心跳》 1.35pm 《仲夏谋杀》 3.35 《经典艾默戴尔》 4.40 《经典加冕街》 5.50 《心跳》

ITV4（日间）

预览 26 Sky 120 Virgin 108 12.30pm 《夏威夷神探》 2.35 《福尔摩斯的冒险》 3.45 《布恩》 4.50 《职业特工》 5.50 《闪避高手》 6.50 《澳洲淘宝客》

MORE4（日间）

预览 18 Sky 136 Virgin 167 12.40pm 《来我家吃饭》 3.20 《珍珠的救赎》 5.00 《拉丁美洲烹饪学校》

国家地理频道

Sky 129 Virgin 183

12. 《迪拜终极机场》 1.00 《空难调查》 2.00 《希特勒的最后一战》 4.00 《金字塔的秘密》 5.00 《加勒比海盗船：排干海洋》 6.00 《纳粹的秘密科学》 7.00 《空难调查》 8.00 《古希腊失落的宝藏》 9.00 《金字塔的失落陵墓》 10.00 《古代医学的奥秘》 11.00 《空难调查》

PBS AMERICA

预览 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.55am 《日本战争内幕》 1.00pm 《风化的地球极端》 1.35 《挖掘英国的过去》 2.35 《雅典：民主的诞生》 3.50 《1066：征服英格兰之年》 5.05 《日本战争内幕》 6.10 《挖掘英国的过去》 7.15 《雅典：民主的诞生》 8.25 1066 《征服英格兰之年》 9.40 《日本战争内幕》 10.50 《雅典：民主的诞生》

REALLY

预览 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12. 《名人约克郡拍卖行》 1.00 《约克郡拍卖行》 2.00 《修理店》 3.00 《寻宝猎人》 5.00 《你以为你是谁？》 6.00 《修理店》 7.00 《约克郡拍卖行》 8.00 《古董路演》 9.00 《失散家庭》 10.00 《你以为你是谁？》 11.00 《救命！我家闹鬼了》

SKY ARTS

预览 36 Sky 132 Virgin 123 12:00 《伊恩·内森的电影艺术》 1.00 《意外故事》 2.00 《希区柯克剧场》 3.00 《八十年代》 4.00 《发现尤尔·布林纳》 5.00 《2022年度肖像艺术家》 6.00 《意外故事》 7.00 《希区柯克剧场》 8.00 《山谷之声》 9.00 《爱尔兰舞者之战》 10.00 《八十年代》 11.00 《建筑艺术》

ATLANTIC

108 Virgin 121 12:35 《杀戮：街头生涯》 2.30 《亿万风云》 4.40 《最后生还者》 6.35 《龙之家族》 10.25 舞蹈节目

COMEDY

113 Virgin 112 11:45 《狂野与优雅》 12:15 《归来》 1.45 《直立》 2.55 《威尔与格蕾丝》 4.00 《办公室搬家》

广播

BBC广播四台

FM: 92.4 / 94 5.00 新闻摘要 5.04 《BBC科学内幕》 5.32 天气预报 5.34 航运预报 5.43 《今日祈祷》 5.45 《今日农业》 6.00 《今日》 9.00 《侧道》 9.30 《打破循环》 10.00 《女性时间》 11.00 《EncroChat之后》 11.40 《本周历史》 11.45 《本周图书：广岛，8.15：失落的回忆录》 作者：谷本清与近藤幸子 12:00 新闻 12.04 《你与你的》 12.57 天气预报 1.00 《世界一周》 1.45 《人类智能》 2.00 《弓箭手》 2.15 广播剧：《联合王国》 3.00 《詹姆斯·赫顿与不安的地球》

今日广播精选

《格林汉效应》，上午10点、下午4点、午夜，广播四台额外频道

“她们在政治判断上无能且错误”，这是迈克尔·赫塞尔廷对那些在格林汉康芒抗议美国巡航导弹部署在英国土地上的女性的严厉评价。丽贝卡·莫丹对此持不同意见。她是被母亲带去的，那里有30,000名女性和儿童在伯克郡的和平营地抗议，这一抗议持续了19年，从1981年到2000年。在这部口述历史中，她描述了当时的生活状况以及女性行动的持久影响。

3.30 《空气食者》 4.00 《罪恶的力量》 4.15 《媒体秀》 5.00 《下午时光：天气》 6.00 《六点新闻》 6.30 《最佳药方》。马术治疗、传递坏消息以及在Instagram上寻找诊断。 7.00 《弓箭手》。卡罗尔惹麻烦，莉莉交朋友。 7.15 《前线》。艺术节目。 8.00 《反社交》。亚当·弗莱明主持，探讨当日热点话题。本季最后一集。 8.45 《希望咖啡馆》。一个供LGBTQ+群体享受自然的团体。 9.00 《Invitalise Hands》。大卫·丁布尔比讲述中央情报局的故事。

WITNESS

0 Virgin 0 5.00 《社区》 6.00 《威尔与格蕾丝》 7.00 《办公室》（美版） 8.00 《办公室搬家》 9.00 《上周今夜秀》约翰·奥利弗主持 9.45 《汤姆·戴维斯：失败者》 11.00 《变态房东》

纪录片频道

118 Virgin 121

12:00 《游艇摇滚：码头纪录片》 2.00 《美国炸弹袭击：通往4月19日的道路》 4.00 《导演们》 4.55 《发现汤姆·克鲁斯》 5.50 《骄傲的起点：谁杀了珍妮弗·潘多？》 8.00 《六起沉默的杀戮：爱尔兰的污点三角》 10.00 《被欺骗：谎言背后的真相》 11.00 电影：《揭秘山达基：诺贝尔的牢笼》（2005）（5）

历史频道

123 Virgin 131

10:10 《混乱与无序》 11.05 《仓库战争》 12:00 《山谷修复》 1.00 《历史上最伟大的战士》 2.00 《寻宝猎人》 6.00 《美国淘金者》 7.00 《锻造烈火》 8.00 《山谷修复》 9.00 《历史上最伟大的战士》 10.00 《机场安保：美国》

ONE

106 Virgin 109

12:00 《尼亚加拉：澳大利亚的海洋奇迹》 1.00 《檀岛警骑》 3.00 《特警》 5.00 《辛普森一家》 6.00 《动物管控》 7.00 《辛普森一家》 8.00 《她们的联盟：拉力赛》 9.00 电影：《致命武器》（1987）（5） 11.00 《动物管控》

科幻频道

145 Virgin 140

11:00 《星际迷航：进取号》 12:00 《星际迷航：航海家号》 1.00 《星际之门：亚特兰蒂斯》 2.00 《仓库13》 13. 4.00 《星际之门：SG1》 5.00 《星际迷航：航海家号》 6.00 《星际迷航：进取号》 7.00 《星际之门：亚特兰蒂斯》 8.00 《星际之门：SG1》 9.00 《异形住客》 10.00 《格林》 11.00 《行尸走肉》

Sky 107 Virgin 110

中午12点：《联邦调查局》及《联邦调查局：通缉要犯》。 2.00 《菜鸟老警》。 3.00 《法律与秩序：犯罪倾向》。 4.00 《无可奉告》。 8.00 《大韩家庭录像惊魂》。 9.00 《烈火家园》——Shuton被突然造访的疏远母亲搞得措手不及。 10.00 《联邦调查局：海外行动》。 11.00 《菜鸟老警》。

TLC

Freeview 22 Sky 133 Virgin 153

12:00 《生活大爆炸》 2.00 《中间人》 3.30 《少年谢尔顿》 5.00 《生活大爆炸》 9.00 《我的身体一日游》 11.00 《不可接受》

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FREEVIEW 黄金时段节目表 45

ITV3 / ITV4 / MORE4 / SKY MIX / QUEST / U&DAVE / U&DRAMA / SSTAR / 5USA / --- / 6.55 《心跳》 地主莱斯·帕纳比对闯入其土地的徒步者失去耐心 / 6.50 《澳洲淘宝客》 塔斯马尼亚岛召唤卢卡斯·卡拉汉和亚当·麦克唐纳前往冒险，途中遇到一位痴迷火车的发烧友 / 6.50 《汽车救援》 1969年蓝旗亚 Fulvia 1.3 Rallye / 11 / 17 / 19 / 20 / 32 / 21 / 《米德萨默谋杀》 《山丘下的沉睡者》 米德萨默矿区的一处圣石圈内发现一名前囚犯的尸体，最初怀疑指向当地毒贩，但巴纳比确信贪婪而非灵异才是作案动机 / 《道路之王》 安特里姆郡传奇赛事“阿莫伊赛车传奇”的更多精彩内容 / 7.55 《宏伟设计》 凯文·麦克劳德采访企业家保罗·威尔金森及其妻子艾米，他们正在林肯郡一块16英亩的土地上建造一座巨型新居 / 《星际迷航：下一代》 由莱克率领的外勤小组遭遇被称为“晶体实体”的破坏性力量 / 《古董巡回秀》 古董搜寻活动来到德文郡，玛吉·库珀抽空尝试陶艺制作 / 《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓之旅》 来自利河 / 7.20 《最后的夏日葡萄酒》 康普斯、格里和福吉前往威尔士 / 《急诊24 / 7：分秒必争》 87岁的拉尔夫呼吸困难，被紧急送入医院，医护人员需进行一系列血液检测 / 《海军罪案调查处》 吉布斯面对一位重新出现的老对手，此人计划暗杀美国总统，并劫持凯特作为确保成功的筹码 / 《格兰切斯特》 埃斯梅办公室发生谋杀案，震惊基廷家族，阿尔菲与主教的会面也未能如愿进行 / 《机械战警2》（1990,18） 机器人执法者与一名疯狂的毒枭展开较量，却不知创造他的公司正计划取代他。科幻惊悚续集，主演彼得·韦勒、南希·艾伦、汤姆·努南和贝琳达·鲍尔。包含每日画面提示 / 7 《警察24 / 7》 警方调查一起公寓楼的驾车枪击案，并拦截了一名吸食芬太尼的男子 / 2 《警察24 / 7》 警方调查一起公寓楼的驾车枪击案，并拦截了一名吸食芬太尼的男子 / 《约克郡拍卖行》 安格斯帮助一位女士处理已故丈夫珍藏的勋章 / 7.20 《我会对你撒谎吗？》 嘉宾：梅尔·甘迪亚克、阿迪尔·雷和基安·伊根 / 《切尔西探长》 水果蔬菜配送公司年轻迷人的老板杰克·费尔顿在家中被残忍刺死 / 《GP诊室：幕后故事》 一名接受胃旁路手术的女性就腹痛问题寻求建议 / 《海军罪案调查处》 一名美国海军上校在办公室内被劫持，其妻子和女儿遭绑架 / 《格兰切斯特》 一名化学教授被谋杀 / 11.05 《审判1：复仇》（至1.25） / 《乘火车游古罗马》 爱丽丝·罗伯茨前往那不勒斯以南7英里处，探访赫库兰尼姆保存完好的遗迹 / 《FBI：通缉令》 一起涉及一群权势男性和两名被害女性的当地FBI案件，将团队引向一场对黑帮头目的追捕 / 《约克郡拍卖行》 在达勒姆，安格斯·阿什沃思在一位收藏家的小屋中发现了隐藏的财富 / 《QI XL：桑迪克工具》 QI团队与纳比尔·阿卜杜勒瓦希德、乔·莱科特、卢·桑德斯和艾伦·戴维斯一同探险 / 《切尔西探长》 调查显示卡尔闯入杰克家中偷窃毒品并交给毒贩 / 《运输者》（2002,15） 一名黑帮快递员在违背雇主意愿后，陷入意志较量

良心战胜了他。动作冒险片，由杰森·斯坦森和舒·D主演。包含娱乐新闻 / 《杰西·斯通：迷失天堂》（2015,12） 警长前往波士顿调查一起谋杀案，案件的主要嫌疑人已被收监。犯罪惊悚续集，由汤姆·塞立克和科尔·桑克尔斯主演。包含娱乐新闻 / 11.50 《审判2：复仇》（至1.25） / 11.15 《全精英摔角：碰撞》 硬汉演员阵容，明星包括FHL雷霆罗莎、乔恩·莫斯利和杰伊·怀特（至1.15） / 24 Hours In Police Custody 镜头记录侦探调查一起预谋持刀和枪击袭击案的每一个转折 / 《菜鸟警察》 索尔森警官勉强同意参与真人秀以重塑形象，却再次陷入致命危机 / 《修理店》 自行车专家蒂姆让一辆坏掉的独轮车重获新生，与此同时，一件左撇子家族传家宝需要书籍装订师克里斯的专业修复技艺 / 《新闻大放送》 马丁·琼斯主持这档时事问答节目的加长版，海伦·刘易斯和伊恩·史密斯加入保罗·默顿和伊恩·希斯洛普的阵容 / 《新侦探》 一名恋童癖出狱后，承认25年前绑架并谋杀了一名儿童 / 10.55 《特种部队：最危险任务》 纪录片回顾特种部队最惊险的任务 / 10.50 《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》 一名女子在中央公园独自游荡后，一起10年前的案件被重新调查 / 11.50 《审判3：复仇》（至1.25） / 11.15 《全精英摔角：碰撞》 硬汉演员阵容，明星包括FHL雷霆罗莎、乔恩·莫斯利和杰伊·怀特（至1.15） / 11.05 24 Hours In A&E 一名酒吧老板因烧烤用煤气罐爆炸导致双腿烧伤被送入医院（至12.30） / 《格林》 尼克和汉克调查一名女律师在公交车上被发现死亡的案件，死因是被残忍注射致命剂量的蜂毒（至12.30） / 《他们是怎么做到的？》 探索斧头的首次锻造过程 / 《任务大师》 格雷格·戴维斯向包括梅尔·金特里亚克和诺埃尔·菲尔丁在内的喜剧演员发起挑战，亚历克斯·霍恩和尼尔·霍尔丁表演像一对鼩鼱般的舞蹈（至12.00） / 11.20 《路德》 珍妮无情的老板向路德寻仇（至12.40） / 11.55 《骗术之城》 墨西哥城无情的出租车司机（至1.00） / 11.50 《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》 罗林斯卧底调查（至12.50）

洛杉矶爱乐乐团在指挥古斯塔沃·杜达梅尔（如图）的带领下，回到皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅举行BBC逍遥音乐会的第二场演出（晚7点，BBC广播3台）。今晚他们将演奏德沃夏克的《第七交响曲》，并首次在英国演出墨西哥作曲家加布里埃拉·奥尔蒂斯的《钻石革命》。这部为芭蕾舞创作的音乐作品探讨了男性对女性的暴力问题——奥尔蒂斯指出，墨西哥每天有11名女性被杀害。

9.30 《健康内幕》 每周探索健康问题，詹姆斯·加拉格尔主持。本季最后一期 10.00 《今夜世界》 肖恩·利主持当天国际新闻回顾。 10.45 《睡前读书：威克菲尔德的牧师》 奥利弗·戈德史密斯作品。

11.00 《苏尼尔·帕特尔：白痴长生指南》 11.15 《跟随兔子》 11.30 《好路》 12midnight 新闻与天气 12.30 《本周图书：广岛，8.15：遗失的回忆录》 谷本清作品。 12.48 航运预报 1.00 BBC国际广播

U&ALIBI 天空电视109 频道 维珍电视114 频道 12.00 《法医证据》 1.00 《天堂疑云》 2.00 《默多克神探》 4.00 《使命》 6.00 《哈德逊与雷克斯》 6.00 《法医证据》 7.00 《私家侦探》 8.00 《博迪什》 9.10 《天堂疑云》 10.10 《神父布朗》 11.10 《私家侦探》

U&DAVE（日间节目） Freeview 15频道 天空电视121频道 维珍电视127频道 11.30 《育空淘金》 12.15 《极速前进》 2.20 《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯垂钓记》 3.00 《盖伊·马丁：危险工作》 4.00 《哈利·比利：英国精选》 5.00 《瑞克·斯坦的康沃尔》

U&DRAMA（日间） Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 150 11.45am 《The Bill》 12.40pm 《经典《东区人》》 2.00 《经典《邻居》》 3.00 《惠斯塔布尔珍珠》

4.10 《恋爱游戏》 5.20 《似水流年》 6.00 《最后的夏日葡萄酒》

U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 106 Virgin 176 12noon 《与丹·斯诺一起淘金热》 1.00 《火车头：丹·斯诺的铁路史》 2.00 《与丹·斯诺一起淘金热》 5.00 《经典车修复》

U&GOLD Sky 103 Virgin 134 11.35am 《老爸》 12.15pm 《只有傻瓜和马》 1.00 《保持体面》 1.30 《老爸的部队》 2.30 《绿绿的草地》 3.00 《您受到服务了吗？》 3.40 《老爸》 4.20 《老爸的部队》 5.00 《最后的夏日葡萄酒》 6.20 《保持体面》 7.00 《只有傻瓜和马》 7.40 《老爸的部队》 8.20 《您受到服务了吗？》 9.00 《牢狱风云》 9.40 《办公室》 10.20 《不出门》 11.00 《布朗夫人的男孩们》 11.40 《牢狱风云》

U&W Freeview 35 Sky 132 Virgin 129 12noon 《DIY SOS：大改造》 1.00 《抢答时刻》 4.00 《房产兄弟：永恒家园》 5.00 《DIY SOS：大改造》 7.00 《澳洲厨王》 8.25 《奈杰拉的餐桌》 9.00 《西尼奥拉·沃尔普》 11.00 《首次辞职》

U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am 《希特勒的战争倒计时》 12noon 《古董巡回秀》 2.00 《经典车修复》 4.00 《纳粹秘密豆》 5.00 《希特勒的战争倒计时》 6.00 《古董巡回秀》 7.00 《完美之地》 8.00 《迈克尔·帕尔姆：终生旅程——〈垃圾到垃圾〉的制作》 9.00 《西蒙·里夫斯南美之旅》 10.00 《经典车修复》

体育

SKY主赛事频道 Sky 401 Virgin 501 11.30 板球百球联赛直播 2. 板球百球联赛直播 2.30 板球百球联赛直播 6.00 The Live 9.30 Sports Centre 10.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Paper Taft 11.00 网球直播

SKY英超频道 Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk 1.00 Premier League Highlights 2.00 SNF 2.30 Highlights 4.00 FNF 4.30 DNF 5.00 Review 6. Oult Heroes 6.30 Stories 7.00 The Transfer Show 8.00 Stories 8.30 Series Milner Record Breaker 9.00 Transfer 360 10.00 Review 11.00 Years

SKY板球频道 Sky 405 Virgin 505 11.15 The Live 2.30 The Live. Welsh Fire Men v London Sport Men (Start-time 1pm) 6.00 The Live Birmingham Phoenix Men v MI London Men (Start-time 6.30pm) 9.30 The Bitesize 10.00 The Bitesize 10.30 The

SKY综合频道 Sky 416 Virgin 501 12noon My Icon. Sarah Storey 12.15 My Icon. Stef Reid 12.30 Darto Gold 1.00 NFL Highlights 2.00 Tennis 2.55 The Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v MI London Women (Start-time 1pm) 6.00 PGA Tour The Cut 6.30 DP World Tour Golf 7.00 Indycar 8.00 PGA Tour Golf 9.00 LPGA Tour Golf 11.00 NFL Highlights

TNT体育频道 Sky 410 Virgin 521 12noon Playing for Our Future – Cycling 12.15 The Grapports 12.30 直播 中国公开赛 4.00 Stories 4.30 MotoGP Rewind 4.45 TNT Sports Cricket Reload 5.00 CPL Highlights 5.30 TNT Sports Reload 6.00 UEFA Road to the Finals 7.00 直播 UEFA Super Cup Paris Saint-Germain v Aston Villa (Kick-off 8pm) 10.30 Beacon of Boys – The Greatest Athletic Story 11.30 MLB Plays of the Week

TNT体育2频道 Sky 411 Virgin 523 12noon MotoGP 1.00 CPL Highlights 1.30 Playing for Our Future – Cricket 1.45 The Grapports 2.00 Longman Global Champions Tour 3.00 Test Cricket Highlights 5.00 Kenny Albitar's Number 1x 5.30 The Grapports 5.45 MLB Plays of the Week 6.15 MLB 7.15 MLB直播 10.00 Men's Cycling Pro Series 11.00 CPL Highlights 11.30 CPL直播

TNT体育3频道 Sky 413 Virgin 523 10.30am 直播 欧洲田径锦标赛 1. MLB集锦 1.30 Stories 3. What I Were 3.30 Sign Up – Iron Football 4.30 Legends 5.00 Sate 6.00 Golden Trail World Series 6.30 直播 欧洲田径锦标赛 10. 斯诺克中国公开赛

电影

FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 113 Virgin 628 11.00am 《秘密总部》（2022）（PG） 1.05pm 《异教徒的标志》（1954）（17） 2.55 《科曼切人》（1963）（PG） 5.05 《他们向西骑行》（1954）（17） 6.50 《渔夫之友：同心同行》（2022）（17） 9.00 《碟中谍：叛逆帝国》（2025）（12） 11.40 《节奏部门》（2026）（15） 1.50am 《神圣奶牛》（2024）（15）

精彩动作片 Freeview 42 Sky 110 Virgin 426 10.30am 《10点10分的炸弹》（1967）（） 12.30pm 《特遣队》 1.30 《燃烧的炉子》 2.30 《丹维尔》（2010）（15） 6.00 《特遣队》 7.00 《火线警告》 9.00 《蒙特雷正义》（2006）（18） 11.05 《复仇者联盟》

精彩悬疑片 Freeview 50 Sky 120 Virgin 625 12.00noon 《不可思议》 1.00 《隐藏真相》 2.00 《灵书妙探》 3.00 《诊断谋杀》 5.00 《女作家探案》 7.00 《灵书妙探》 8.00 《不可思议》 9.00 《隐藏真相》 10.00 《海莉·迪恩探案》 10.56 《好消息》（2012）（11） 11.01 《海莉·迪恩探案》 11.50 《玛莎葡萄园的秘密：谎言重重》（2020）（）

精彩爱情片 Freeview 52 Sky 132 Virgin 634 12.00noon 《我的唯一》（2019）（） 2.00 《翻转爱情》（2019）（） 3.55 《瞭望湖现场》（2025）（17） 5.55 《葡萄园浪漫》（2021）（） 7.00 《通往心灵之路》（2022）（） 9.50 《梦幻婚礼》（2023）（17） 11.50 《阻止婚礼》（2016）（）

天空剧场 Sky 103 Virgin 410 11.30am 《飞驰的骏马》（2025）（15） 1.40pm 《佩姬·休出嫁》（1985）（15） 2.30 《母女情深》（1983）（15） 5.45 《波西米亚狂想曲》（2026）（12） 8.00 《一战接一战》（2025）（15） 一位失意的革命者在邪恶对手卷土重来时，拼命寻找失散的女儿。奥斯卡获奖动作惊悚片，莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥主演 10.50 《油脂》（1976）（） 一位叛逆少年爱上了一位害羞的澳大利亚女孩。浪漫音乐剧，约翰·特拉沃尔塔主演

天空首映 Sky 103 Virgin 401 10.35am 《伟大的奶酪》（2025）（12） 12.25pm 《七杀手》（2026）（15） 2.00 《小说》（2024）（15） 4.00 《巨蟒》（2025）（12） 5.45 《蓝调之歌》（2025）（12） 8.00 《正常》（2024）（15） 9.35 《七杀手》（2026）（15） 11.05 《海洛因》（2024）（15）

经典影院 Freeview 82 Sky 124 Virgin 105 10.45am 《漫长交易》（1967）（17） 1.00pm 《围场》 1.30 《咖喱战争》 3.20 《看生活》 3.45 《拨号》 1.95 4.15 《武装财产》（1957）（17） 6.15 《墨尔本清洁工》 6.30 《给我们聊聊》 7.00 《城外人》 7.30 《旅行者》 8.35 《布莱顿硬汉》（1948）（） 10.25 《贞操带之上》（1971）（） 弗兰基·霍华德主演的喜剧。

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我们这个时代的韵律

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童言无忌

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我记得当地的公交公司， 上山要多收半便士， 还有在河床上玩耍的兴奋， 那时河水被改道去了磨坊。

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读者来信

重开达特穆尔监狱

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伊冯娜·希奥顿，德比郡贝尔珀

何来受害者？

犯罪小说作家琳达·拉普兰特因在家附近超速（超过20英里 / 小时限速）被记录了24分。

我猜测她在这些如今限速20英里的道路上开车已有数十年，此前一直安全行驶，这次可能是“自动驾驶”习惯使然。

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肯·布雷迪，汉普郡斯旺莫尔

新婚快乐

显然，有个叫赞达亚的人嫁给了一个叫汤姆·霍兰德的人。这对英国国家来说想必至关重要，因为过去一个月里，这对情侣的报道和照片每天都出现在报纸上。为什么？

快把穿比基尼的莉兹·赫利找回来。李·贾努利，伦敦NW11 哇，她看起来真美，身材简直完美。我敢打赌她操控起来像做梦一样。哦，抱歉，汤姆。我说的是1970年的捷豹E-Type。希望是V12的，兄弟。

马丁·庞顿，诺森伯兰郡蒙克西顿

药品浪费

据报道，英国每年有价值£480万英镑的药品被丢弃。

我曾在一家养老院工作，那里习惯在每月最后一天将所有药品扔掉，然后重新订购整批药品。整瓶整盒未使用的药品，连同部分使用过的包装，都被扔进黑色垃圾袋。

显然，这样做比计算实际需要并相应订购要更省事。我对此感到震惊，于是离职了。

谢丽尔·费利克斯，林肯郡马顿

干杯，安迪

平易近人的安迪总喜欢把自己塑造成酒吧里的哥们儿。他随时可以来和我们一起边玩飞镖边讨论强奸团伙、非法移民、净零排放和囚犯提前释放的问题。那一定会很有趣。不过，我敢打赌他不会想再来第二次。

特里·科茨，伯明翰

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尽管我们无法逐一回复，但所有来信均会被阅读并考虑。感谢您的来信。

缅怀挚爱

您是否在近几个月失去了亲友，并希望缅怀他们的一生？我们周五来信专栏会讲述那些平凡却不平凡的人生故事。请将450字的悼文及一张最喜爱的照片发送至：lives@dailymail.co.uk 或邮寄至：非凡人生专栏，《每日邮报》，伦敦W8 5HY9德瑞街，并附上您的电话号码。

安迪·伯纳姆在首相问答（PMQs）上与凯米·巴德诺赫面对面时，他那乐呵呵的“朋友”形象还能保持下去吗？

西尔维娅·本内特，东萨塞克斯郡贝克斯希尔

押韵时刻

对童谣的“觉醒”执念由来已久。近40年前，我去过一家幼儿园，孩子们唱的是《咩咩绿羊》（Baa Baa Green Sheep）。

在与弱势群体打了一辈子交道后，我确信孩子们只是喜欢童谣的韵律和集体活动，对所谓的性别或种族歧视毫无兴趣。

他们喜欢表演《杰克和吉尔》《小杰克·霍纳》或《小蜘蛛穆菲特》等童谣，迫不及待地轮流上场。

当然，轮到男孩时，我们会唱：“小蜘蛛先生，坐在他的小凳上”；轮到女孩时，我们会唱：“小吉尔·霍纳，坐在角落里”。

E. 霍沃斯夫人，兰开夏郡里斯顿

职业转换

政府重新重视技术教育，是为年轻人提供更多职业选择的可喜一步。

长期以来，我们一直将大学视为成功的默认路径，而技术工种同样提供广阔机会。

加强技术教育和学徒制将有助于解决英国的技能短缺问题，但其长期成功不仅取决于扩大准入，还取决于改变人们对职业教育的看法。

常被忽视的是，技术工种能带来什么。技术工种不仅是一份工作，更是通往创业的途径。在英国，技术工人正在创办成功企业，并创造本地就业机会。

我们最近对3,200多家英国技术企业的分析发现，个体经营者的年收入通常超过£2万英镑，而规模较大的企业年收入可达200万英镑以上。

要让这些改革取得成功，我们需要赞颂技术职业所创造的机会。

迈克尔·斯特克勒，Tradly首席执行官，伦敦EC2

支持雨水桶

过去9年里，我曾联系过水务公司、政府部门和生产雨水桶的企业，提出一个想法。虽然他们都认可这是个好主意，但没有人愿意采纳。

我的建议是，所有新建住宅都应预装一个类似100升的雨水桶。

毕竟，既然新房可以配备电动汽车充电桩、太阳能板甚至蝙蝠屋，为什么不能安装一个

手语

舞台导演：艾伦·奥克利在西萨塞克斯郡汉弗莱斯发现

一行哲学家

■ 钱不是万能的，但如果你把信用卡忘在家里，有 £5 也能解燃眉之急。

瓦莱丽·阿什顿夫人，伦敦N14

■ 成功出现在工作之前的唯一地方，就是字典里。

斯图尔特·A·查利斯，埃塞克斯郡切姆斯福德

五行打油诗

安迪·伯纳姆说别绝望， 最多只需支付两次车费。 也许你能一路乘公交…… 但可能没有公交去那儿！ 迈克·梅斯特伦-吉本斯，约克

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克拉克顿补选将证明法拉奇什么？

祝贺朱莉娅·劳伦斯（《每日邮报》）在干草堆里找到了那根针——克拉克顿选区内唯一一户展示支持 Count Binface 宣传材料的住宅。想必她费了不少功夫，才从铺天盖地的奈杰尔·法拉奇宣传牌中找到这一家。我在克拉克顿地区四处走访时，只看到过一户支持独立候选人的宣传牌，但支持改革英国党（Reform UK）的牌子却随处可见。尽管我的信箱里塞满了各种政党的传单，但只有改革英国党费心上门拜访，我还在家门口与奈杰尔·法拉奇进行了交谈。

斯蒂芬·奇斯曼，埃塞克斯郡柯比克罗斯

面对作为议员必须公开财务交易的限制，奈杰尔·法拉奇选择辞职，试图阻止对其进行调查：为何一名海外捐赠者向他提供了 £500 万，以及他为何还接受了一名曾在美国入狱的定罪诈骗犯的资助。法拉奇在其前选区克拉克顿露面的次数屈指可数，而该选区亟需一位支持当地的议员，因为这里存在严重的社会问题。杰维克是英格兰最贫困的社区之一。克拉克顿的经济不活跃程度也很高，部分原因是当地退休人口老龄化，长期健康问题突出，这也给医疗和社会护理服务带来巨大压力。当地工资远低于全国平均水平，进而影响了地方经济，此外，该地区大量房屋隔热性能差，取暖成本高昂。法拉奇不应浪费公共资金，搞这种昂贵的补选噱头。

皮特·米洛里，威尔特郡特罗布里奇

我担心，明天过后，奈杰尔·法拉奇留给人们的记忆将不再是他的口才、几乎凭一己之力实现脱欧，以及让保守党、工党和布鲁塞尔胆战心惊，而是输给一个垃圾桶的人。

哈里·欧文，西萨塞克斯郡克劳利

为何不在每栋新房预装一个100升的雨水桶来收集雨水？这能减少用水量，对环境也更有利。

帕特里夏·帕特森，伍斯特郡雷迪奇

致戴维的爱

哦，我的天哪，路易丝·罗宾逊真是一位了不起的女士（《秘密与生活》）。读完她的故事后，我泪流满面。

衷心祝福她在人生新阶段一切顺利。愿上帝保佑你，路易丝。

安妮·钱伯斯夫人，多塞特郡温伯恩

膝盖问题

我饶有兴趣地阅读了理查德·利特尔约翰关于 Arthrosamid 注射的文章。

我在 2025 年 6 月接受了这项治疗，用于我的膝盖。但它没有效果。诚然，我当时已经 72，我明白这可能是一个不利因素，因为据说这种疗法对年轻人更有效。

一年后，我的膝盖严重恶化，我刚刚接受了全膝关节置换手术。

我当时对这项治疗非常热衷，但对其缺乏成效感到失望。我只是觉得应该提醒读者，这并不一定在每个案例中都能取得绝对成功。

彭妮·查特菲尔德，肯特郡惠特斯特布尔

愚蠢的机器人

丹尼·达西关于与电话机器人沟通的沮丧经历的来信引起了我的共鸣，我相信其他读者也会有同感。

我同样在机器人 9 次误听我的邮政编码后，告诉它我想与人工客服对话。

最终，我不得不说“我想要投诉”，以确保能接通真正的客服人员。

最糟糕的电话机器人来自 Argos。除非你有订单号，否则它会让你在不断缩小的循环中打转。我并不多疑，但我怀疑这是为了防止顾客仅仅为了产品咨询而打扰他们。

克里斯汀·查尔斯，赫特福德郡沃尔瑟姆十字

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辩论

伯纳姆的“巡回”真的有必要吗？

那么，这位新的“亲爱的领袖”要走遍全国，询问我们这些普通人如何改善我们的生活。

如果他自己都不知道，那他就选错了工作。这不过是个噱头，就像 2003 年布莱尔的“大对话”一样。

P·塔斯克，泰恩-威尔郡赫本

安迪·伯纳姆不需要巡回全国来收集人们对生活成本的看法，他只需要阅读上周六《每日邮报》中关于清洁工维多利亚·戈登发现一块“巨型”35 年前的 Mars 巧克力棒的报道。

玛格丽特·博尔顿，东萨塞克斯郡林默

上任几周后，安迪·伯纳姆就被他的“团队”告知，他正在传递“错误的形象”。

这种对形象的痴迷何时主导了所有公共生活？如果你身居高位，就应该知道自己在做什么、代表什么，而不是依赖“传播专家”告诉你该说什么、该怎么做。我们需要的是能超越这些无聊东西、站在那里真诚、能干、真实的人。

我们不需要一个被这样那样调整、试图迎合所有人的领导人。

艾伦·琼斯，西米德兰兹郡黑尔斯欧文

安迪·潘迪将开始英国巡回，询问生活成本如何影响我们这些平民百姓。

这纯粹是浪费纳税人的钱。显然，除了他，所有人都知道生活成本的问题。

政府债台高筑，虽然短期内这可以帮助为资本项目提供资金，但从稍长期来看，必须偿还债务，任何有过预算经验的人都知道这一点。简单明了，正如某只猫鼬会说的那样。

那么，安迪是会对英国经济采取严肃态度，还是继续带着一脸高傲却依然木讷的笑容四处作秀？

我想我已经知道答案了。

A·罗伊，伦敦 E3

直击要点

■ 但人工智能能把碗碟从洗碗机里拿出来吗？

艾伦·哈德曼，兰开夏郡伯里

■ 这位妄想症剑桥教授之所以得到这份工作，只是为了让其他学者能说自己在办公室里有个阿戴（Arday）。

约翰·柯林斯，多塞特郡弗恩当

■ 我在报刊亭买《每日邮报》，然后在咖啡馆里看。我是濒危物种吗？

莫里斯·霍金斯，安特里姆郡巴利卡里

■ 克里斯·帕克汉姆比不上戴维·爱登堡。

伊恩·哈林顿，德文郡阿明斯特

■ 今年夏天有人见过燕子吗？

艾伦·希伯德，德比郡切斯特菲尔德

■ 汤姆·琼斯的新专辑《家乡的棕色棕色草地》少了几分魅力。

汤姆·梅利什，肯特郡波洛克

■ 有些人上不了楼梯（读者来信）。这就是我们买平房的原因。

道格·哈丁，赫特福德郡切森特

■ 我们的银行服务点设在当地图书馆。我们会得到两个心理健康中心吗？

尤娜·加维，北安普敦郡布拉克利

■ 首相正在全国巡回倾听民意。我们需要的是行动模式。

D·约翰逊，法夫郡塔波特

■ 什么样的橡皮艇能载230人？

保罗·鲁安，萨默塞特郡坎宁顿

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问题 为什么高尔夫球的凹坑设计没有被应用到其他运动的球上？此外，这种效应是否仅限于球形物体，或者是否也适用于飞机机翼等其他形状？

是的。凹坑高尔夫球常被视为运动工程的一大成就，但这一设计并未广泛推广，因为大多数其他运动用球已有更适合其特定运动的设计。

高尔夫球的凹坑能减少空气阻力并产生升力，使球飞行的距离远超光滑球体。然而，其他球类运动有不同的需求，因此凹坑表面通常不是最佳解决方案。

例如，网球表面覆盖毛毡。这种毛茸茸的表面已能影响气流，并为球员提供比赛所需的控制和旋转。若将毛毡替换为凹坑，球速会加快且难以预测，从根本上改变网球运动。

同样，橄榄球的椭圆形状本身更具空气动力学优势，而其纹理表面旨在影响飞行和操控性。工程师们对这些特性已进行了数十年的优化，几乎无需采用高尔夫球式的凹坑。

在板球运动中，球的接缝是运动的关键部分。投球手依靠接缝产生摆动、弧线和位移，因此增加凹坑会从本质上改变这些特性，进而改变运动的性质。

同样的原理也适用于飞机。高尔夫球的空气动力学性能较差，凹坑有助于弥补其不足。而飞机机翼的设计已能使空气平稳流动。在机翼上覆盖凹坑通常会增加摩擦并降低效率。工程师在需要调节气流时，通常会采用更有针对性的解决方案，如涡流发生器，用于控制气流问题区域，但这些设计仅限于局部而非整个机翼。

这并不意味着这一概念被忽视。工程师们已在足球、自行车设备、游泳服甚至车辆上尝试类似凹坑的纹理。当—。

读者问答

问：为什么我乐于每天吃同样的早餐，却无法接受在其他任何一餐也这样做？

卡罗琳·坎皮恩，牛津郡阿德伯里

问：第一款罐头食品是什么时候出现的？是什么食品？

艾伦·史密斯，贝辛斯托克

为什么凹坑不适用于板球

流线型设计：板球适合比赛需求

无论测试显示出何种空气动力学优势，某种版本的原理往往会被采用。

因此，大多数运动球类不像高尔夫球的原因并非缺乏想象力。而是每项运动都需要在距离、速度、旋转、控制和可预测性之间取得自身的平衡，而凹坑球体恰好几乎完美适用于高尔夫运动。

彼得·安德鲁斯，利兹

问：为什么勋爵（Lord）以姓氏称呼，而爵士（Sir）却以教名称呼？

勋爵通常是贵族成员，其头衔与贵族爵位而非姓氏相关。因此，一位名叫约翰·史密斯（John Smith）的男士被封为布莱克伍德男爵（Baron Blackwood）后，将被称为布莱克伍德勋爵（Lord Blackwood），因为头衔而非家族姓氏成为主要称呼形式。许多情况下，头衔源自地名而非持有人的姓氏。

而爵士通常是骑士或准男爵，荣誉授予个人，因此与其教名结合使用：约翰·史密斯（或在对话中称约翰），而非史密斯。

历史上，许多骑士可能拥有相同的姓氏，因此“约翰”“罗伯特”和“托马斯”能够区分他们，而“史密斯”则可能引起混淆。久而久之，使用教名成为约定俗成的惯例。

从著名例子中可以清楚看到两者的区别。纳尔逊上将被称为纳尔逊勋爵（Lord Nelson），因其获得的贵族爵位而得名；而演员伊恩·麦克莱恩（Ian McKellen）则被称为伊恩·麦克莱恩，因为骑士身份是个人荣誉而非贵族头衔。

凯蒂·琼斯，法夫

问：历史上哪个国家参与的战争数量最多？

法国保持着这一纪录。部分原因在于它作为一个统一实体存在的时间极为悠久——可追溯至中世纪。

其主要竞争对手——英国和美国——作为国家出现的时间要晚得多。

法国拥有的多条陆地边界也导致其卷入的战争数量居高不下，若从公元前387年高卢人短暂占领罗马算起，战争总数超过250场。与法国接壤的国家包括德国、意大利和西班牙，以及比利时、卢森堡、瑞士、摩纳哥和安道尔。

拿破仑时代增加了多场冲突，当时新生的民主法国与欧洲君主国展开斗争。此前，法国是著名的“百年战争”（1337-1453年）的核心参与者，近代则是两次世界大战的重要组成部分。

此外，与英国类似，法国数百年来在全球拥有殖民野心，这也导致了多场冲突。

相比之下，英国参与了160场主要冲突，主要由其海军和殖民扩张推动。

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逃离

我为何爱上了衰落的克拉克顿

作者：特蕾西·戴维斯

关门歇业的商店、冷清的咖啡馆和破旧的家庭旅馆。过去的40年里，克拉克顿海滨并未得到命运的眷顾。

这座曾是英国最受欢迎的度假胜地之一的小镇，在2019年和2023年被《Which?》杂志评为英国最差的海滨小镇。

然而，今年夏天，随着明天的补选，这颗埃塞克斯“阳光海岸”上的疲惫明珠再次成为焦点，成为奈杰尔·法拉奇和“宾菲斯伯爵”主演的政治闹剧的舞台。

我生长在海滨（绍森德海滨），现在住在布莱顿，血液里流淌着棉花糖般的甜蜜，对英国那些疲态尽显的度假胜地总是过分怀旧。

驶近克拉克顿的岔路口，我做好了迎接一路圣乔治旗和改革英国党（Reform UK）标语的准备——但令人欣慰的是，它们并未出现。

不过，毋庸置疑，克拉克顿确实有些破败。

褪色的游乐场、破旧的酒店和喧闹的海滨酒吧，更像是《继续》系列电影的场景，而非国际化都市。

但对我来说，这正是它的魅力所在。无视停车处附近那栋烧毁的建筑，看到它宽阔的沙滩、整洁的维多利亚式花园和零星的棕榈树，反倒是意外的惊喜。克拉克顿于1871年在埃塞克斯海岸建立，

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迷人：克拉克顿拥有宽阔的沙滩和整洁的维多利亚式花园

在20世纪中期的“提桶铲沙”时代，这里曾被誉为英国的巴巴多斯（有人如此形容），是工薪阶层伦敦人的最爱，我的亲戚们也曾是其中一员。从1938年到1983.年，这里甚至有一座Butlin假日营。然而，随着20世纪70年代前往西班牙海岸的包价旅游兴起，这座海滨小镇逐渐走向衰落。

克拉克顿码头是小镇的摇钱树。它大胆宣称自己是欧洲最大的娱乐码头——尽管绍森德码头是世界上最长的码头——上个月刚刚庆祝了155岁生日。

码头免费入场，游乐设施起价£2.50，但“欢乐一日”腕带性价比更高。从£22.50起，可畅玩16项游乐设施，包括“回旋之星”过山车、原木漂流、螺旋滑梯（如下图所示）、克拉克顿摩天轮、侏罗纪码头、4D恐龙影院体验和冒险高尔夫。

征服了所有游乐设施后，我狼吞虎咽地吃下一份撒满糖霜的热甜甜圈，漫步在游乐场中，回忆起年轻时往投币机里塞2便士硬币的快乐时光。

克拉克顿码头相当不错。难怪它入围了2026年英国主题公园奖“最佳海滨主题公园”提名（竞争对手包括斯凯格内斯游乐海滩和马盖特梦幻乐园）。

海滩是另一大亮点。所有海滩均获得蓝旗认证，即使在炎炎夏日，也不会显得拥挤。

从克拉克顿摩天轮顶端，你可以看到埃塞克斯的其他度假胜地，如荷兰海滨和弗林顿海滨。步行者可沿风景优美的海岸步道，走上两英里前往荷兰海滨，并继续沿着英王查尔斯三世英格兰海岸步道前行。

弗林顿位于荷兰海滨东北方向三英里处，是一座更为宁静的度假胜地，装饰艺术风格的房屋俯瞰着整洁的海滩，海滩上排列着柔和色调的海滨小屋。

与克拉克顿不同，这里随处可见改革英国党（Reform UK）的旗帜，但明显缺少游乐场和冰淇淋店。

回到克拉克顿，我忍不住想吃炸鱼薯条。当地人奈杰尔——不是那个奈杰尔——推荐了罗斯玛丽路上的“约翰炸鱼薯条店”。

远离海滨，克拉克顿不那么宜人的一面显露无遗。在一排排关门的店铺中，只有慈善商店、电子烟店和一家卖钓鱼用品的店铺还在营业。

至于夜生活，我发现了几家有趣的场所，包括——

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码头探索：特蕾西的体验

“双枪酒吧”、“俱乐部”和名字古怪的“永不言败酒吧”。

小镇上更传统的去处包括大克拉克顿村的“船酒吧”和“罗宾汉酒吧”。至于餐厅，“海滨之盐”位于克拉克顿亭，供应海鲜拼盘，并享有绝佳的海景。

克拉克顿野心勃勃。一项耗资3000万英镑（£30）的市民中心区改造工程正在进行，同时还计划将有着200年历史的马特洛塔——一座曾经的海防堡垒——改造成艺术场馆。

安全回到海滨后，我坐在沙滩上享用（极为美味的）炸鱼薯条晚餐，看着一家家人在海中嬉水，快乐得像蛤蜊一般。

克拉克顿或许略显陈旧，但它拥有绝佳的海滩、丰富的娱乐设施和一座宏伟的码头……完美适合八月的补选（包括“Binface”在内）。

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这一付费服务遭到批评，指责其成为特朗普及其盟友利用总统职权牟利的工具。

“特朗普正在出售对其总统行为信息的加速、特权访问权，”华盛顿大学法学院的凯瑟琳·克拉克（Kathleen Clark）上月对美联社表示，“这是更为肆无忌惮的腐败行为，是对政府权力的不当利用，以中饱私囊。”

麦格恩对这些担忧不以为然，称：“通过商业 API 提供许可的实时公共数据，是科技、金融信息和媒体行业普遍采用的成熟商业模式。我们的做法并无不同。”

他补充道：“这项服务有望成为一项持久且有意义的收入来源，但它只是我们更广泛媒体科技战略的一部分。”特朗普媒体在截至 6 月底的第二季度亏损 1.76 亿英镑m，较去年同期的 1500 万英镑m 扩大十倍以上。

该公司正在为拓展核心媒体业务之外的新业务付出代价，涉足加密货币、在线博彩、金融甚至核能等领域。

公司表示将大幅剥离许多新业务，重新聚焦社交媒体使命，打造用户分享观点的平台。

麦格恩表示：“我们做出了审慎的选择，决定调整方向，将更多时间和资源投入最重要的项目。我们会对不合适的事说不，或根据需要调整路线。”

立即削减印花税——并恢复“购房帮助”计划 11

贝尔韦高管呼吁采取果断行动重振低迷的住房市场

1. 英国最大的建筑商之一呼吁“立即”削减印花税并恢复“购房援助计划”，以重振低迷的住房市场。

贝尔韦（Bellway）首席执行官杰森·霍尼曼（Jason Honeyman）表示，在短期前景依然“充满不确定性”的情况下，需要采取更多措施帮助首次购房者负担新房。

他敦促首相安迪·伯纳姆“现在就采取行动改善住房可及性”，因为该行业正面临成本上升的同时，更高的抵押贷款利率和高企的房价打击了需求。

霍尼曼表示：“为了缓解可负担性压力并刺激需求，立即降低印花税，同时为首次购房者提供政府支持的存款援助计划，将推动经济增长，并加快在全国范围内交付急需的新住房。”

这些言论出现在市场猜测危机重重的竞争对手维斯特里（Vistry）可能被国有化之际，此举将对整个行业和商业界造成冲击波。

英国建筑协会（BSA）的一份报告凸显了伯纳姆所面临的挑战规模，他坚称住房是重中之重。

BSA警告称，“在未来几十年，住房市场内外群体之间的差距将显著扩大。”

贝尔韦昨日表示，由于去年秋季预算前的“不确定性”，需求再次大幅下滑。此后，伊朗战争爆发导致的油气价格上涨引发通胀担忧，推高了抵押贷款利率，使购房者的购房成本进一步上升。

随着砖块等建材、燃料和运输成本的上涨，建房成本也在不断攀升。

该行业还受到工党提高国民保险税和繁琐监管的冲击，这些因素打击了投资和开发。

这些逆风打乱了工党在本届议会期间建造150万套新住房的计划，并引发了外界对伯纳姆和重返住房大臣职位的安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）如何扭转局面的质疑。贝尔韦表示，预计截至上月底的12个月内，公司年度利润为3.29 亿英镑m，处于预测区间的低端。

公司股价上涨1.8%，但今年迄今仍下跌22%。

竞争对手维斯特里的表现更糟，周一因主要信用保险商安联贸易（Allianz Trade）削减对该房企供应商的保险覆盖，股价再度下跌12%。该股昨日收复部分失地，上涨3.3%，但2026年迄今仍下跌60%。

房产购买机构Brick Weaver的创始人、行业专家艾玛·菲尔德斯（Emma Fildes）表示：“持续的打击将使该公司在房产和土地销售折扣方面面临更大风险，进一步助长国有化传言。”

政府尚无国有化房企的计划，但随着首相推动大规模建设公共住房，将维斯特里收归国有对左翼人士而言可能颇具吸引力。

政府昨日坚称“没有计划”重启“购房援助计划”，该计划在2013,至2023年间为首次购房者提供贷款，提振了英国建筑商的利润和股价。

一位好莱坞权力掮客以£4.5bn的价格收购了伦敦西区多家顶级剧院。

美国媒体大亨阿特·伊曼纽尔（Art Emanuel）通过其Mari集团达成协议，收购ATG娱乐公司。

ATG自2013,起由私募股权集团普罗维登斯（Providence）持有，在伦敦西区拥有十家剧院，包括《狮子王》所在的莱塞姆剧院（如图），以及附近正在上演《帕丁顿熊音乐剧》的萨沃伊剧院。

该公司还运营着利物浦帝国剧院、爱丁堡剧院和曼彻斯特歌剧院等地区剧院，并拥有七家

在纽约百老汇经营业务。Mari——由伊曼纽尔去年创立并获得阿波罗全球管理公司和红鸟资本合伙公司支持——运营着海德公园冬季仙境、汉普顿宫殿音乐节和布莱尼姆宫音乐节，以及马德里和迈阿密公开赛等重大网球赛事。

伊曼纽尔同时担任人才经纪公司WME集团的执行主席，作为阿黛尔和马丁·斯科塞斯等明星的“超级经纪人”。

Mari公司的一位发言人表示，收购ATG体现了公司“对现场体验日益增长的影响力及其所汇聚的热情观众的信心”。

财富税将打击经济增长

安迪·伯纳姆入主唐宁街十号的鼓舞人心之处之一，是有报道称他的经济建议来自三位智囊。

这三人分别是前高盛经济学家吉姆·奥尼尔、前英格兰银行经济学家安迪·霍尔丹和刚刚离任的预算责任办公室主任理查德·休斯，他们的加入曾让人充满希望。

然而，要确保他们全职或兼职的关注却颇为棘手。其中的障碍之一是首相显然支持通过财富税来为大型项目提供资金，如推动经济适用房建设和紧急增加国防开支。财富税对奉行“仇富政治”的左翼颇具吸引力。

足球评论员加里·莱因克尔和其他数百万富翁自愿缴纳更多税款的呼吁，为这一主张赢得了民众支持。

然而，这一论点的说服力因部分支持者被指使用完全合法的避税手段而有所削弱。

更具说服力的是奥尼尔的怀疑态度。这位前保守党大臣、推动区域经济发展的智囊之一，同时也是英国创新和科技领域的活跃投资者。

一个简单的解决方案是提议将资本利得税税率与所得税税率拉平。尽管人们希望能堵上私募股权大亨“附带权益”（carried interest）的漏洞，但我担心这可能成为压垮英国企业家的最后一根稻草。

近期对英国超级富豪家庭征税的支持来自加州大学经济学家加布里埃尔·祖克曼。他认为，对资产在1 亿英镑m或以上的个人设计合理的财富税，能带来可观的收入，同时避免财富税会惩罚初创企业和创新者的批评。

为防止避税，该税种将包含一项条款，强制被征税对象在离开英国后的10年内仍需缴纳税款。但英国税务海关总署（HMRC）如何执行这一措施则更为复杂。

英国财政研究所去年的一项分析指出，年度财富税“将惩罚投资和储蓄”。或许还应补充的是，投资和储蓄正是经济增长的关键驱动力。

国际货币基金组织最近的审查警告称，英国的税收已接近峰值。新增税收的收益将微乎其微。

希望财政大臣约翰·希利已经收到这一信息。

交易破局

上周初，我被告知投资银行顾问正紧急筹备宣布英国阿斯利康与美国竞争对手百时美施贵宝（BMS）的大型制药并购案，此前一项潜在交易被《金融时报》泄露。

与《华尔街日报》报道壳牌正准备竞购英国石油（BP）的情况如出一辙——这笔交易最终并未成行。

两次事件中，政府都参与其中。壳牌曾被政府礼貌地要求在必要时作为“白衣骑士”介入，以防止BP被海外竞购。同样，唐宁街也对阿斯利康收购BMS的交易保持警惕，担心这家一只脚已踏入大西洋彼岸的富时指数明星企业可能会流向美国。

首席执行官帕斯卡·索里奥希望在竞争激烈的美国市场扩大规模，以抗衡礼来等竞争对手，这一愿望可以理解。

此次，索里奥在纽约上市并承诺投资$50bn后，选择了退缩。阿斯利康董事会本已分歧严重，且对这笔交易并不热衷，在公司股价蒸发£17bn后，最终取消了交易。

索里奥曾将阿斯利康从一家平庸企业打造成市值£185bn的免疫学巨头，在投资者中积累了巨大信誉。但他并非不可撼动。

红军警报

利物浦足球俱乐部的支持者们对全球最富有的人物之一、亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯加入一个投资财团的前景感到极为兴奋，该财团对俱乐部的估值高达 144亿。贝佐斯此前涉足新领域时，曾于 2013 年收购《华盛顿邮报》，当时也引发了巨大热情。

今年早些时候，这一热情化为泪水，当时包括大部分体育部门在内的三分之一员工被裁撤。

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SHEIN 最快可能于下周在香港上市，交易估值为 £22bn。

这家在线快时尚巨头曾瞄准 £74bn 的估值，但受美国关税及其在美欧享受的税收漏洞被打击的影响，估值大幅缩水。

据路透社报道，尽管估值下滑，该公司最快可能于下周 7. 启动首次公开募股（IPO）。

这家公司虽起源于中国，但现总部设在新加坡，其上市进程一波三折，此前曾考虑在纽约和伦敦上市。在伦敦上市的希望因供应链中涉嫌侵犯人权的指控而搁浅。

活动人士指控其在中国新疆地区存在奴工问题。

北京方面否认存在任何侵犯人权行为。SHEIN 则表示对供应链中的虐待行为“零容忍”。

希思罗机场失去欧洲最繁忙机场头衔

希思罗机场管理层坚称，在失去欧洲最繁忙机场地位、被伊斯坦布尔机场超越后，“第三跑道的必要性从未如此明确”。

这座位于伦敦西部的枢纽机场公布的数据显示，上月有 7.86m 名乘客通过其航站楼，较去年 7 月下降 1.5%。

相比之下，上月有 8.15m 名乘客使用了土耳其的伊斯坦布尔机场。

希思罗机场发言人表示：“希思罗机场已满负荷运转。扩建的必要性从未如此明确。”

“我们的扩建计划将确保英国获得保持竞争力所需的基础设施，并带来至关重要的经济增长。”

交通大臣海蒂·亚历山大于 6 月启动了关于希思罗机场扩建的公众咨询。

当时的财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯表示，她决心在本届议会任期内推动第三跑道“破土动工”，并力争在 2035 年前建成。

但解雇里夫斯的首相安迪·伯纳姆此前曾表示，扩建计划将基础设施投资“从北部地区转移，并将其困在伦敦”。

希思罗机场曾长期保持头把交椅—。

“扩建理由从未如此明确”

作为 1996 年至 2019 年间欧洲最繁忙的机场，希思罗在疫情期间失去这一头衔，并于 2023 年重新夺回。该机场表示，近几个月伊朗战争对客流造成了影响，7 月中东航线乘客数量同比下降了 20%。

尽管如此，希思罗仍将其两条跑道保持在接近满负荷运行状态。机场方面表示，7 月 19 日是今年迄今最繁忙的一天，因许多学校开始放暑假，当日客流量达 267,000 人次。

希思罗现正寻求政府批准建设第三条跑道，并声称此举将使其年旅客吞吐量提升至 150m 人次。

希思罗在 2025 年创下 84.5m 人次的客流纪录。预计今年客流量将达 83.6m 人次，但警告称可能低至 80.1m 人次。

6 月，希思罗预测今年利润将比 2025 年减少 1.47 亿英镑m，较 2025 年 12 月预期减少 6000 万英镑m，而中东冲突正是在 2025 年 12 月爆发。

希思罗首席执行官托马斯·沃伊德拜（Thomas Woidbye）表示：“扩建希思罗将有助于确保英国继续拥有欧洲领先的枢纽机场，并持续受益于扩大连通性带来的贸易、投资和旅游业增长。”

Harrods 和 Fenwick 的业绩均显示出复苏迹象，而 Harvey Nichols 则在为生存苦苦挣扎。

Harrods 在截至 1 月底的 12 个月内实现利润 9490 万英镑m，此前一年则亏损 3430 万英镑m。

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SALISBURY (纽约)

2.30	迈克尔·布伦顿纪念英国EBF新秀锦标赛 (10匹马) (2-9-0) 总奖金63,000英镑 (额外增设25,940英镑) 97 (30)
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预计赔率：2.5(a) 编织者：0.2 (b) 燃星、堡垒之火，0.1(a) 12.4 (c) 《红眼》（2005）、10 金珍珠城、奥斯汀之星、12 风琴手、古德伍德流星、20 第一州、哈里森 1-4

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赛道信息：累计彩金及主要赛事。R.H.

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每日邮报体育

板球

英格兰如何填补

斯托克斯留下的空缺？

队长退役给英格兰测试队带来巨大难题

板球记者 劳伦斯·布思

本·斯托克斯的国际退役，让斯蒂芬·弗莱明和乔·鲁特面临一个无法填补的空缺。

13年来，斯托克斯一直是英格兰队在需要击球英雄表现或用球打破僵局时的关键人物。他作为英格兰板球史上最优秀的全能选手之一的地位已然稳固。

但在弗莱明-鲁特时代真正开始于今年冬天的南非之际，以及未来的比赛中，谁将接替他的位置？英格兰是应该寻找一位拥有测试经验的熟悉面孔，还是应该将信任投给初涉红球板球的新星？

在此，每日邮报体育将为您盘点可能的人选。

接班人选

英格兰已经将萨姆·柯伦（Sam Curran）定位为头号红球全能选手，这本身就凸显了问题所在。

这位28岁的球员自2021年以来一直被红球选拔团队忽视，其24场测试赛的表现也不尽如人意，打击和投球平均得分分别仅为24和35。

尽管他在过去几年中打击能力有所提升，但要求他在队中保持平衡实属不易：在其38局的测试赛生涯中，仅有4局排名在第8位之后，最近一次半个世纪得分已是近8年前的事。

柯伦的左手快速投球确实为英格兰进攻端提供了往往缺乏的变化：英格兰上一位重要的左手快速投手瑞安·赛德博顿（Ryan Sidebottom）最后一次测试赛出场是在2010年1月。他的竞争精神毋庸置疑。

候选人名单：（从左至右）萨姆·柯伦、克雷格·奥弗顿（Craig Overton）和雷汉·艾哈迈德（Rehan Ahmed）均在考虑范围内

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但如今柯伦更像是一名白球选手：自2021年8月最后一次测试赛出场以来，他仅为萨里队（Surrey）出战了14场郡冠军赛。

然而，英格兰国家选拔官马库斯·诺斯（Marcus North）近期表示：“我们非常看重他，并认为他未来将作为全能选手在队中发挥作用。”

如果状态良好且条件适宜，柯伦可能会被征召参加在埃德巴斯顿（Edgbaston）对阵巴基斯坦的第三场测试赛。

但还有更强候选人吗？

今夏郡级赛场上最耀眼的全能选手非萨默塞特队（Somerset）的克雷格·奥弗顿（Craig Overton）莫属，且优势明显。

他本赛季已斩获548分，平均得分45分，在对阵埃塞克斯（Essex）、苏塞克斯（Sussex）和沃里克郡（Warwickshire）的比赛中均有百球入账，并拿下33个三柱门，平均每个三柱门仅失19分，其中包括在对阵卫冕冠军诺丁汉郡（Nottinghamshire）时5投29分的表现，助球队大获全胜。

此外，他在T20爆炸联赛（T20 Blast）四分之一决赛中以79分不败（30球）的成绩从约克郡（Yorkshire）手中逆转夺胜。然而，英格兰自乔·鲁特（Joe Root）首次担任队长期间对阵西印度群岛（West Indies）的格林纳达（Grenada）一役后，便再未征召奥弗顿——他当时赢得了个人第8个测试赛帽。原因在于英格兰认为他的速度不够快。

更糟糕的是，英格兰一度认为他甚至不是家族中最优秀的板球选手——直到其双胞胎兄弟杰米（Jamie）在去年对阵印度的奥瓦尔（Oval）测试赛后宣布“无限期休战”红球板球。

克雷格身材高大、体格健壮，且击球距离远，这些特质通常与英格兰传统的激情四溢的全能选手相符，从伊恩·博瑟姆（Ian Botham）、安德鲁·弗林托夫（Andrew Flintoff）到本·斯托克斯（Stokes）皆是如此。

但选拔官们对这位32岁的老将仍未完全信服。

是否考虑旋转选项？

有两个名字脱颖而出，两人均可在杰米·史密斯之下的7号位上为球队提供平衡——这正是肖艾布·巴希尔无法提供的优势，后者是个拿着球板的兔子，场上也毫无灵动可言。

雷汉·艾哈迈德明日将满22岁，但他已参加过五场测试赛，均在次大陆进行。他的22个三柱门平均得分31，包括在18岁时于卡拉奇首秀中取得五次5 / 48的成绩，表现尚可。去年夏天，他还为莱斯特郡打出五个世纪，但需要在几乎固定的“古里球”之外，增加一个可靠的腿部旋转球。

詹姆斯·科尔斯，22岁，入选了近期对阵印度的T20系列赛大名单，尽管未获上场机会。本赛季，他为萨塞克斯队打出了40的平均得分，并以左手旋转球拿下17个三柱门，平均得分31。

但他在“百球大赛”中未能兑现其39 万英镑身价：代表伦敦精灵队出战的7场比赛中，仅得44分，拿下四个三柱门，球队表现挣扎。英格兰队可能会带他前往孟加拉国，参加2月的两场测试赛。

埃塞克斯队的腿部旋转球手马特·克里奇利数据出色，但明日将满30岁；北安普顿郡的卡尔文·哈里森——堪称国内最佳滑球手——本赛季的球技表现不佳。

萨塞克斯队的右手旋转球手杰克·卡森，25岁，深受格雷姆·斯旺的赏识；约克郡的多姆·贝斯曾出战14场测试赛，似乎已淡出选拔者的视野。

县级板球还有其他选择吗？

在甲级联赛中，除奥弗顿外，最佳人选是约克郡的乔治·希尔，25岁，他得到了英格兰白球队长哈里·布鲁克的力荐，并度过了一个强势的夏季。

但外界对其缺乏速度存在担忧。沃里克郡队长埃德·巴纳德也面临同样的问题。

乙级联赛提供了多个选择，但同样——没有人能以稳定的空中速度对最优秀的测试击球手构成威胁。达勒姆的本·雷恩本赛季平均得分39，球技平均得分17，但已34岁。

瑞安·希金斯常为米德尔塞克斯队撑起一片天，但球速仅在75英里 / 小时左右；伍斯特郡的马修·韦特也是如此。

肯特队对埃卡纳·辛格寄予厚望，后者去年在英格兰U19队对阵印度的7号位比赛中打出一个世纪；达勒姆队同样对凯西·奥尔德里奇充满期待。

是否有人符合博瑟姆-弗林托夫-斯托克斯的全能模板？

这个嘛……在2月于哈拉雷举行的U19世界杯决赛中，凯莱布·福尔科纳对阵印度的表现令人瞠目。

英格兰队在追赶印度队近乎不可能的412分时，青少年天才维巴夫·苏里亚万希以80球175分的表现将英格兰队打至177分失7人。

福尔科纳选择在此时出击，以97球115分的表现将英格兰队带至可观的311分。

这位下月将满20岁的南非出生球员，已在英格兰雄狮队中担任头号得分手，6月在对阵前同胞的ODI比赛中打出45分。上月，他还在英格兰U19队对阵南非队的四日赛中打出一个世纪。

福尔科纳需要提升其快速投球的冲击力，但场上是个不折不扣的运动健将。拭目以待。

卡莱尔

3:10 — NOYALTY（柯伦·惠斯勒）3-1P 1: Moon 10（伊丽莎·珀尔）, 2: PerDelta 9-2: 3人。（C·奥马利，1），1: 1. 泰特：3:10, 1:30, 1:45, 1:50。额外：12:00. 总计：29:40. 总盘：44:50. CSF：4:16。

3:12 — RIDDER PASSING（唐·奥尔）3-1BP 1: Lizzie Bennett 29-1: 2: Gail Sound 8-1（德珀尔）5人。（C·贝德尔），1: 10. 泰特：1:20, 1:15, 2:40. 额外：9:10, 71: 17:50. CSF：13:07。 3:45 — INFLUENCES MAN 3-1P 1: Goward 7: Rich 9-4（德珀尔）, 2: Laundron 9-1: 3人。（A·温丁），1: 10. 泰特：3:00, 1:80, 1:70. 额外：7:10. 总盘：34:40. CSF：6:55。

4:15 — SIXTYGEEGBABY（H·温）4-1（阿洛珀尔），1: Valentine Colerion 12-1: 2: Pickering 10-1: 3人。（C·奥马利，4），1A. 泰特：5:00, 1:00, 3:10, 3:15. 额外：47:40. 总计：40:1:24.71, 402:30. CSF：50:40. 4:45 — ASIA FORCE（C·李）5-4P 1: Dance Time 19-2: 2: Ludo's Landing 19-1: 3人。（A·H·贝茨），1: 10. 泰特：2:50, 1:40, 4:40. 额外：13:50. 总计：128:00. 总盘：94:00. CSF：13:00. NRI：Own Petty, Garrett。 5:15 — TRULY SPECIAL（J·赫特）25-1: 1: Viviana 7-2: Only Dream Big 9-4（德珀尔）3人。（J·沃灵顿），1A. 泰特：29:30, 5:00, 2:10. 额外：58:30. 总计：293:61. 总盘：228:30. CSF：

下午赛马结果

10.22. Nifta DraskanBrightness，沃斯。Plexcept 14.40. 彩池 £92.80。

林菲尔德

2:30 — ROMAN SECRET（F·马什）17-2: 1: Shilka 4-1（德珀尔）2: Lady Aiyama 26-1: 2人。（C·米德尔顿），1: 1. 泰特：Roman Secret 9:32. 2:70. Shilka 1:70. Lady Aiyama 6:70. 额外：， 20:70. , 30:30. 总计：，, 346:52. , 36:00. 总盘：，, 349:57. , 349:57. 总盘：。

, 444:70. , , 1:00. 额外：1.00. 泰特：， 22:21. , 88:17. Nifta Of Chinary，芒兹·埃塞克斯。 3:55 — SELLATINA（C·法伦）1:1: 1: Birkacre Brow 12-1: 2: Desert Sands 6-4（德珀尔）5人。（C·约翰斯顿），2: 1. 泰特：4:00, 1:20, 4:30. 额外：51:40. 总盘：100:00. CSF：60:75. 3:30 — SHE COMMANDS（C·格鲁兹亚斯）17-2: 1: Gunnallimate 8-1: 2: Asset 9-1: 3人。（R·贝德尔），1: 1. 泰特：9:50, 2:00, 3:00, 3:20. 2. 额外：81:05. 总计：635:48. 总盘：101:60. CSF：76:37. NRI：Purness Purness。

4:00 — FOREX（F·马什）9-1: 1: Fighting Foal 10-1: 2: Chancery 5-4P 1: 11人。（J & G·伯德），1: 11. 泰特：10:00, 3:10, 18:00, 2:00. 额外：369:40. 总盘：4158:10. CSF：342:28。 4:30 — MALACHY'S WISH（S·奥斯本）5-1: 1: On Bronze 9-2: 2: Bone Worm 2-1P 3: 7人。（J·奥斯本），1: 1. 泰特：4:00, 2:00, 2:50. 额外：28:00. 总盘：122:40. CSF：28:30。 5:00 — YES WALKS（奥利弗·伍德兰）19-2: 1: Tachch 8-1: 2: Aldifield Hill 10-1: 3人。（R·休斯），1A. 泰特：6:00, 2:50, 3:55, 4:55. 额外：34:20. 总计：618:17. 总盘：500:10. CSF：45:94. NRI：African Spirit。 Plexcept 12.00. 彩池 £20.00。

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今年夏天的变动——在 5 年的稳定期后——并不完全是托尼·汗预期的，因为富勒姆正在与马尔科·席尔瓦就新合同的细节进行谈判。

他们原本以为交易已经敲定，准备确认席尔瓦已签署新条款以延长在克拉文农庄的任期，但本菲卡突然出手，将他吸引回葡萄牙。

在任职 10 年后，汗已习惯了意料之外的情况。这位 43 岁的富勒姆亿万富翁老板沙希德·汗的儿子，经受住了裙带关系的嘲讽，并在副主席兼足球运营总监的角色中逐渐成熟。

他坦言自己已练就了更厚的脸皮，同时对英格兰足球和引援成功有了更深的理解。

与汗在美国体育界的角色有所不同——他在父亲的另一项重大体育资产 NFL 球队杰克逊维尔美洲虎担任关键管理职位，并创立了个人事业全精英摔角（AEW），亲自担任主导——在富勒姆，年轻的汗与首席执行官阿利斯泰尔·麦金托什及主教练（过去 5 年为席尔瓦，现为阿尔瓦罗·阿韦洛亚）组成三驾马车，共同管理俱乐部的足球事务。

“在过去几年与席尔瓦的合作中，我们取得了稳定的成绩，我们希望他能留下，”汗告诉《每日邮报体育》。“我们的谈判非常积极，彼此相处融洽。我、马尔科和我父亲之间有着非常积极的友谊，我们都是好朋友。”

“我已经开始为下个赛季做规划，制作球探报告并组织我们的计划。马尔科亲自参与了合同谈判。我们都以为他会签约，但当他没有这样做时，我们感到意外。”

“不过，我完全理解他回国效力一家如此规模的俱乐部的决定，能够每晚回家与家人团聚。这些考虑都很合理。”

本菲卡在何塞·穆里尼奥第二次离开后，趁席尔瓦合同到期之际向他发起邀约，两笔交易均由两位主帅的经纪人乔治·门德斯促成。

富勒姆通过任命阿韦洛亚，完成了里斯本-马德里-伦敦三角关系的闭环，后者结束了—。

马尔科离开时我们震惊了，我们希望他留下……但他仍然是我的朋友！

富勒姆俱乐部老板托尼·汗（TONY KHAN）揭秘席尔瓦离队加盟本菲卡的真相

上赛季曾在皇马青训学院及皇马卡斯蒂利亚（俱乐部B队）表现出色后，临时执掌皇马一线队。

“非常感激马尔科，”汗说道，“我视他为重要的朋友，也是俱乐部历史上的重要人物。”

“当一个人在经历了那么长时间的合作后离开，你需要为俱乐部迈向下一步做好准备，这是一个挑战。”

“不过阿尔瓦罗的加盟时机非常完美。这让人非常兴奋。”

五年前，席尔瓦是唯一接受面试的候选人。他被认为是完美人选，并证明了自己取得了巨大成功。

汗表示：“我父亲在杰克逊维尔美洲虎队效力了15年，在富勒姆也已经超过13年，而马尔科是这两家俱乐部任期最长的教练。”

席尔瓦在首个赛季便带领富勒姆以英冠冠军身份升级，随后在英超站稳脚跟，连续四个赛季分别获得第10、13、11和11名的成绩。他们还在2024年进入联赛杯半决赛，并两次打入足总杯八强。

富勒姆在确定43岁的阿韦洛亚之前，曾与多位候选人进行过交流，并未因其执教经验有限而却步。

“所有人都认为阿尔瓦罗是我们接触过的最令人兴奋、最有活力、最聪明的人选，”汗说道，“我们认为他能与球员们建立良好联系。”

阿韦洛亚曾在利物浦效力两年，在西汉姆效力一年，职业生涯中曾随皇马赢得两次欧冠冠军，并随西班牙国家队赢得世界杯和两次欧洲杯。

“他带来了全新的视角，充满活力、创意和人脉，”汗表示，“他勤奋努力，渴望成功。与他在一起，我们的未来一片光明。”

阿韦洛亚的人脉已经帮助俱乐部以总计£4250 万的价格签下了来自皇马的两名年轻才俊——冈萨洛·加西亚和塞萨尔·帕拉西奥斯。

他们能否迅速融入将决定富勒姆能否填补哈里·威尔逊和劳尔·希门尼斯离队后的空缺，后两人是富勒姆上赛季英超的最佳射手。

希门尼斯打入9球后回归狼队，威尔逊则在拒绝续约后以自由身加盟利兹联，他共打入10球。

“去年夏天转会窗口后期，利兹联对威尔逊非常感兴趣，”汗说道，“他们开出的报价金额巨大，我们不得不认真考虑并讨论，但俱乐部最终做出了一个非常重要的决定，将他留在富勒姆。”

“他在那些关键时刻打入了非常重要的进球。”

2016年夏天，富勒姆在英冠排名第20位（俱乐部21世纪最低排名）后，汗接管了俱乐部的转会事务。

“我看到了俱乐部当时所处的危险境地，”他说道，“需要进行彻底改革。我找到父亲，表示我认为自己应该接手转会和租借事务。”

“那时我33岁，相信球队可以表现得更好。”

“我们组建了一支全新的阵容。那支球队最终排名第六，在附加赛中失利，但接下来的一年，我们通过接下来几个转会窗口的重要引援（包括从纽卡斯尔租借亚历山大·米特罗维奇）成功升级。”

米特罗维奇在租借成功后以2700 万英镑million的价格签下，并在五年半的时间里为富勒姆打入111球，随后以5000 万英镑illion的价格被沙特的比拉尔俱乐部买断。

这笔交易堪称汗最成功的操作之一，但他最喜欢的或许是五年后将瑞安·塞塞尼翁带回富勒姆，此前塞塞尼翁曾以2500 万英镑million的价格转会热刺。

“当我刚开始接手时，瑞安还是一名从青训营脱颖而出的天才球员，”汗回忆道，“我曾开车五个小时去看他16岁时对阵利兹联的首场联赛。”

“能让他回归并成为球队的一员，感觉非常特别，而且他还很年轻，在富勒姆有着光明的前途。”

尽管失去了希门尼兹、威尔逊和伊萨·迪奥普（今夏以850万英镑的价格被卖给伊普斯维奇），富勒姆仍拥有一支实力雄厚、阵容稳定的球队，其中不乏潜力新星。队中有22岁的加西亚和21岁的帕拉西奥斯，两翼则有23岁的奥斯卡·博布和凯文。更年轻的还有19岁的乔纳·库西-阿萨雷（以500万英镑的价格签下，此前曾从拜仁慕尼黑租借效力一个赛季）和19岁的青训球员乔什·金。

昨日，他们以3000万英镑的价格从南安普顿签下了22岁的北爱尔兰中场谢伊·查尔斯。

“过去几年俱乐部取得的成绩让我非常满意，”汗说，“现在是尝试新事物的时候了。希望我们能创造新的里程碑。”

田径

罗梅尔·格拉夫（Romell Glave）在昨晚伯明翰举行的100米决赛中以出色表现夺得欧洲冠军。格拉夫起跑并非最快，但他后来居上，以10.09秒的成绩率先冲线。在英国队的精彩之夜，杰里迈亚·阿祖（Jeremiah Azu）以10.16秒的成绩获得亚军。“能够来到这里并赢得胜利，这种感觉太棒了，我为此付出的努力

格拉夫全力冲刺夺100米金牌

都值得了，”格拉夫说道，他延续了周一晚女子比赛中艾米·亨特（Amy Hunt）的胜利。“我能够执行自己的计划，在这里赢得金牌实在太棒了。能够包揽前两名更是了不起。心理上我已经准备好了，只是

身体上还需要调整到位。”格拉夫补充道：“从2024年的铜牌升级到现在，这种感觉太棒了。‘目标是争取前一、二、三名，但我们拿下了前两名，这同样令人惊喜。我已经为这一刻做好了准备。’”

“过去一周我的身体状态起起伏伏，但无论如何，我还是站在了这里。”

两届世界110米栏冠军、BBC评论员科林·杰克逊（Colin Jackson）表示：“哇哦，今晚绝对属于英国。100米是我们的项目。”

德国选手欧文·安萨（Owen Ansah）获得铜牌。

保罗·马丁

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60 《每日邮报》体育 足球

别管欧洲足球高层在公开场合怎么说。阿斯顿维拉今晚在萨尔茨堡的派对上绝对是不受欢迎的客人，而足球界的权贵们巴不得他们永远别再出现。

如果这听起来有些苛刻，不妨看看欧足联财务主管安德里亚·特拉韦尔索（Andrea Traverso）的言论。去年，特拉韦尔索在谈及看似奖励盈利活动而非进球和胜利的财务规则时承认，“这些规定从未旨在创造竞争平衡，而是为了带来财务纪律，而这种稳定性正是吸引欧洲足球投资者的关键。”

在接受《足球基准》（Football Benchmark）采访时，特拉韦尔索还表示，“如果俱乐部之间的财务差距持续扩大，维持竞争平衡将变得更加困难”。但如果这确实是欧足联的优先事项，他们的做法却有些奇怪。

如果维拉今晚在欧足联超级杯上击败欧冠冠军巴黎圣日耳曼，他们将在不到三个月内收获第二座欧洲奖杯，此前他们已在5月赢得欧联杯冠军。他们即将开启三年内的第二次欧冠征程，在埃梅里的带领下，他们在英超联赛中分别获得第七、第四、第六和第四名。他们的进步令人惊叹。

然而，维拉非但无法在此基础上继续发展，反而被迫在今夏出售最佳射手和最佳中场，以及法国左后卫，仅仅是为了满足欧足联的财务管控要求。

他们的最佳后卫埃兹里·孔萨（Ezri Konsa）正受到阿森纳的追求，埃梅里希望他不会步摩根·罗杰斯（Morgan Rogers）、尤里·蒂勒曼斯（Youri Tielemans）和卢卡斯·迪涅（Lucas Digne）的后尘离队。

尽管俱乐部共同老板纳赛尔·萨维里斯（Nasser Sawiris）和韦斯·埃登斯（Wes Edens）的身家合计高达£10亿，维拉仍然被有效地“惩罚”，因为他们无法像曼联、热刺和切尔西这样的商业巨头那样创造相同的收入。

如果维拉本赛季再次晋级欧洲顶级赛事，他们或许能开始梦想长期挑战更富有的竞争对手。若真如此，这可能成为埃梅里职业生涯中最伟大的成就之一。

维拉为何不得不出售球星？

去年7月，维拉因违反欧足联规定被罚款约£9.5百万英镑。作为为期三年的和解协议的一部分，他们必须每6至12个月向欧洲足球高层提交一份进展报告。

在上赛季和本赛季，维拉获准在转会和工资方面的支出比收入多出5200 万英镑百万英镑。这意味着如果俱乐部希望在今夏补强阵容，就必须出售球员，罗杰斯、蒂勒曼斯和迪涅的离队共带来约1.5 亿英镑百万英镑的收入。

罗杰斯转投上赛季未能获得欧战资格、过去三年运营亏损近7 亿英镑百万英镑的切尔西，这再次表明欧足联的优先事项似乎与现实严重脱节。

如果维拉能让欧足联满意地平衡账目，他们将有望提前一年解除和解协议。即便如此，他们仍需将足球支出控制在收入的70%以内，以符合欧足联的球队成本比例规则。

维拉计划将主场扩建至50,000人，并继续提升商业收入，但其2024-25赛季的收入仍比同期排名英超第17位的热刺少近2 亿英镑百万英镑（热刺收入为5.65 亿英镑百万英镑），而热刺在该赛季及随后一个赛季均排名第17位。

对于那些希望足球保持不可预测性的人来说，这幅景象相对黯淡。因为如果连在德勤最新足球财富榜上排名第14位、总收入为3.78 亿英镑百万英镑的维拉都举步维艰，那么规模更小或相当的俱乐部又有何希望？

俱乐部现在该何去何从？

维拉在此事上并非无可指摘。如果他们觉得自己被束缚了手脚，那也部分是自身的问题。

埃梅里自2022年10月接手以来表现出色，但转会市场却是他的软肋。去年夏天，维拉花费2600 万英镑百万英镑签下埃万·盖桑德，并为租借球员贾登·桑乔和哈维·埃利奥特支付了高额工资。几周后，埃梅里便决定放弃这几名球员。

他们今年1月以约1800 万英镑百万英镑的价格签下塔米·亚伯拉罕，但现在已考虑将其出售或外租。

每当转会窗口开启，埃梅里就会变得异常挑剔。他在训练和比赛准备上一丝不苟，

被迫出售最优秀的球员，而“更大”的俱乐部却能巨额亏损，欧足联不希望像维拉这样的球队获胜，但多亏了埃梅里……

维拉启动报价

维拉主帅在评估转会市场时表现得不够一致。上周他可能还在寻找一名右脚左边锋，下周就变成了左脚右边锋。有时在转会窗口期间，他的情绪会占据上风，而转会总监罗伯托·奥拉贝的冷静应能提供帮助。

与更富有的竞争对手相比，维拉在转会市场上的容错空间要小得多，今年夏天他们不能再犯更多错误。

基于去年在弗赖堡的表现以及在世界杯上代表瑞士的发挥，5200 万英镑m中场约翰·曼赞比是一个颇具吸引力的签约——但他目前膝盖受伤，尚不清楚这20岁的球员何时能够复出。

以3500 万英镑m的价格从狼队签下的若昂·戈麦斯看起来是一个稳健的补充，球队中场因蒂勒曼斯的离开和阿马杜·奥纳纳的十字韧带受伤急需人手，但迄今为止最引人注目的交易还是亚历杭德罗·加纳乔。

维拉的老板与切尔西的老板关系良好，加纳乔的交易似乎在讨论罗杰斯转会斯坦福桥时就已提上议程。

今年夏天早些时候，维拉曾考虑过多个边路进攻位置的人选，从哈维·巴恩斯到克里森西奥·萨默维尔，

以及可能在今晚萨尔茨堡对阵的巴黎圣日耳曼边锋易卜拉欣·姆巴耶。

但最终，他们还是选择了加纳乔，这或许在罗杰斯确定加盟切尔西后就已成定局。据悉，这位英格兰国脚在交易宣布前至少两周就已告诉朋友他将前往西伦敦。

也许在那个阶段，加纳乔也已经知道了自己的下一站。不排除切尔西前锋尼古拉斯·杰克逊在转会窗口关闭前走上同一条路的可能性。

埃梅里在处理曼联弃将方面的记录好坏参半

■ 国际米兰正在继续与热刺就3000万英镑的杰德·斯彭斯转会进行谈判。热刺愿意出售，前提是收到合理报价，并一直在争取更高的价格。斯彭斯（右）本赛季在热刺的机会可能有限，因为德斯蒂尼·乌多吉和安迪·罗伯逊也在争夺左后卫的位置，而 [...OMITTED...]

斯彭斯接近离开热刺，国米就3000万英镑转会展开谈判

常规主力佩德罗·波罗在右路的位置无可撼动。与此同时，热刺表示他们并未寻求引进摩纳哥前锋福拉林·巴洛贡。

■ 纽卡斯尔正在探讨引进本菲卡右后卫阿马尔·德迪奇的交易。这名23岁的球员估值约为2500万英镑，并受到埃弗顿的关注。

■ 那不勒斯为切尔西后卫贝努瓦·巴迪亚西勒提供了200万英镑的租借费，并附带2500万英镑的买断选项。他们仍对阿森纳前锋加布里埃尔·热苏斯保持兴趣，后者估值为2000万英镑。

■ 曼城对切尔西中场恩佐·费尔南德斯感兴趣，但不愿支付其1.2亿英镑的要价。曼城中场卡尔文·菲利普斯已重新加盟谢菲尔德联，租借一个赛季。曼城后卫马克斯·阿利恩将租借加盟伯恩利，为期一个赛季。

■ 曼城边锋杰克·格拉利什仍有望重返埃弗顿。大卫·莫耶斯欢迎布伦南·约翰逊从水晶宫加盟，而伊利曼·恩迪亚耶则拒绝了利雅得新月的报价。

■ 赫尔城已重新向利兹联前锋乔·盖尔哈特（24岁）发起报价，此前雷克瑟姆曾试图签下他。雷克瑟姆愿意签下他，

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足球 / 每日邮报体育 61

步入正轨：队长约翰·麦金带领维拉训练，主帅埃梅里（右）在旁观察

联队。在维拉效力的五个月期间，即2025年，马库斯·拉什福德表现出色，足以在2025-26赛季租借加盟巴塞罗那一个赛季。而桑乔则未能留下显著印象。

如果埃梅里确实最想要加纳乔，他或许能激发出这名球员的最佳状态。但若还有其他优先目标，这位阿根廷主帅可能难以让他脱颖而出。你能感觉到，他的早期表现将为整个赛季定下基调。

这是一次革新吗？

这支维拉与在伊斯坦布尔3-0击败弗赖堡、赢得欧联杯的那支球队已大不相同。

不仅罗杰斯和蒂勒曼斯——那场比赛的两位进球功臣（21、22号）——以及迪涅相继离队，埃梅里的教练团队也发生了变化。

维拉知名定位球教练奥斯汀·麦克菲已带着他的定位球战术离开，阿斯顿维拉以450万英镑的价格签下他，但据悉英超联赛的参赛机会影响了这名球员的决定。

■ 桑德兰门将安东尼·帕特森以1000万英镑的价格加盟雷克瑟姆。这名26岁的球员初始转会费为800万英镑，另有200万英镑的附加条款。

■ 赫尔城已与巴列卡诺后卫诺贝尔·门迪达成协议。双方敲定的转会费为2100万英镑，外加12.5%的转售分成。这名21岁的塞内加尔国脚可胜任中后卫和左后卫。

■ 本菲卡对南安普顿中后卫泰勒·哈伍德-贝利斯感兴趣。

■ 前布莱顿球员索利·马奇一直在水晶宫训练，有望以自由转会方式加盟。

■ 水晶宫准备租借阿斯顿维拉前锋埃文斯·盖桑德。

■ 诺丁汉森林以3430万英镑的价格从里斯本竞技签下奥斯曼·迪奥曼德（22岁）。

■ 流浪者队正与阿斯顿维拉就租借20岁的右后卫科斯塔·内德尔科维奇进行谈判，租借费为400万英镑，并附带买断选项。

■ 富勒姆已确认以2700万英镑的价格从南安普顿签下谢伊·查尔斯。

■ 皇家奥维耶多边锋海塞姆·哈桑（24岁）已在伦敦完成体检，即将以900万英镑的价格加盟苏超冠军凯尔特人。

赛事关注……

巴黎圣日耳曼 vs 阿斯顿维拉

开赛时间：今晚8点，萨尔茨堡红牛竞技场。电视直播：TNT Sports 1。裁判：奥马尔·阿坦（索马里）。1.

可能首发阵容

巴黎圣日耳曼（4-3-3）：萨福诺夫；扎巴尔尼、马尔基尼奥斯、帕乔、努诺·门德斯；若昂·内维斯、维蒂尼亚、费尔南德斯；姆巴耶、卡尤卢、克瓦拉茨赫利亚。

阿斯顿维拉（4-2-3-1）：比佐特；卡什、林德洛夫、托雷斯、马特森；卡马拉、戈麦斯；麦金、巴克利、布恩迪亚；亚伯拉罕。

科特·柯本发型转投切尔西。埃梅里的资深助手帕科·阿耶斯塔兰和表现教练安东尼奥·罗德里格斯·萨拉维亚（昵称“罗德里”）也已离开。这意味着伊斯坦布尔夺冠的六名关键人物已不再为维拉效力。

不过，这也许并非全是坏事，因为为埃梅里工作对球员和工作人员来说都极其耗费精力。

这位54岁的主教练亲自带领所有训练课，并会反复演练战术，直到完全符合他的要求，甚至会亲自将球员向左或向右移动一厘米，确保他们站在正确的位置。

此外，还有每周2次、每次长达90分钟的视频战术会议，以及埃梅里与球员的单独会面。

对于工作人员而言，工作时间极长。埃梅里的工作热情惊人，即使对于一位年薪约1200 万英镑百万的教练来说也是如此。这位西班牙人从不停歇，这意味着他的核心助手必须随时待命。或许只有马塞洛·贝尔萨和佩普·瓜迪奥拉才有类似的24 / 7工作模式。

新任定位球教练切马·桑斯和派·耶尔德将是下一批面临埃梅里旋风的人。

在经历了上赛季的卓越表现后，他们将带来新的活力，尤其是考虑到去年8月的混乱局面。很难想象同样的阵容能再次复制这一成就。

对于曼赞比、戈麦斯、耶尔德等人来说，埃梅里的方法既新鲜又令人兴奋。再夺一座奖杯将是新时代的完美开端。

埃梅里：我们正在打造一支豪门球队

作者：汤姆·科洛莫斯

乌奈·埃梅里警告欧洲精英：阿斯顿维拉相信他们能成为欧洲大陆的巨头之一。

维拉今晚将在欧洲超级杯对阵巴黎圣日耳曼，力争在上赛季欧联杯夺冠后再添荣誉。

今夏，他们以约£1.5 亿的总价出售了摩根·罗杰斯、尤里·蒂勒曼斯和卢卡斯·迪涅，以符合欧足联的财务规定。但主教练埃梅里认为这并不意味着要限制球队的雄心。

“如果我们与曼城、切尔西、曼联、阿森纳和利物浦等俱乐部相比，我们正在与他们竞争，”他说，“我们还没有他们的实力……但俱乐部正在付出巨大努力。我们正在扩建维拉公园球场，将容量增加到50,000个座位。这是向前迈出的一步。

“我们正通过赛场上的成绩增加预算，有时出售一些球员，保持稳定，期待高水平并基本保持不变。每年俱乐部都在进步。”

维拉将缺少英格兰球员埃兹里·孔萨和奥利·沃特金斯，以及阿根廷门将埃米·马丁内斯。这三人在世界杯后获得了4周假期，预计将于下周恢复训练。尽管出售了多名高水平球员，队长约翰·麦金仍然

对维拉在欧冠和英超的前景充满信心。他说：“我们对新的阿斯顿维拉感到非常兴奋。我们的期望与过去几个赛季相似，即与英格兰和欧洲的顶级球队竞争。

“虽然发生了很多变化，但我们有相同的主教练、相同的方法和更进一步的愿望。许多人认为我们已经达到了极限，但我们证明了他们是错误的。”

体育简讯

欧联杯第三轮资格赛次回合

雷比亚1999（8）2 莱恩（8）1 博尔德特夫斯基 75' 辛普森 77' 斯基苏纳亚夫斯基 80'

加时赛后——18分钟时比分为14。 体育1994队以1吨总比分获胜。era.

板球

一日杯 - A组 查塔努加，北安普敦郡 556-10（46.4轮；麦克斯维尼 79；巴特利特 75；艾哈迈德 4-56）；格洛斯特郡 319-7（46.2轮；贝茨 69-58；科兰德 68*；埃文斯 59；利奇 3-50）。格洛斯特郡以3个三柱门获胜。

汤顿：兰开夏郡 443-6（50轮；贾瓦纳 59；菲克利夫 123；班尼斯特 216-26.2；拉蒙利 68；艾德沃尔 4-42；鲍尔德森 4-58）。兰开夏郡以17分获胜。

82s椭圆球场：萨里郡 290-8（50轮；帕特尔 82；西布利 84；彭宁顿 4-54）；诺丁汉郡 299-4（47.5轮；默里 128；弗米恩 97*；霍默 55）。诺丁汉郡以6个三柱门获胜。

拉格比：沃里克郡 263（45轮；杰伊 98；迈尔斯 4-52）；肯特郡 175（53.4轮；博登 4-29；奥尔 3-37）。沃里克郡以87分获胜。

B组 切姆斯福德：埃塞克斯郡 81（46.2轮）；约克郡 155-3（35.4轮）。约克郡以7个三柱门获胜。

玫瑰碗球场：德比郡 317-5（50.2轮）；汉普郡 205（39.2轮）。德比郡以9分获胜。

雷德利特：米德尔塞克斯郡 254-6（50.0轮；克拉克内尔 128；费尔南德斯 92；马特 4-90）。斯缪斯 252-10（43.5轮；辛普森 65；卡特 69；摩根 4-46）。米德尔塞克斯郡以92分获胜。

新路球场：伍斯特郡 291（45轮；鲁恩 78；埃德里格斯 3-60）。伯汉姆 274（38.5轮；麦卡维 82；奥尔登 5-56）。伍斯特郡以77分获胜。

百球赛 老特拉福德，男子组：南区利兹队 121（50.1球）；曼彻斯特超级巨人队 128-0（67球）。曼彻斯特超级巨人队以16个三柱门获胜。

女子组：南区利兹队 88-4（50球）。曼彻斯特超级巨人队 125-4（50.球）。南区利兹队以41分获胜。

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热身赛：曼联 vs 利兹联 (7.30)，阿森纳 埃弗斯 (7.30)。

板球——The Hundred：威尔士火焰 伦敦精神（加的夫首都花园，男子组下午 3 点），伯明翰凤凰 山地伦敦（英格兰），晚 8-30 开赛。

第四场国际一日赛：爱尔兰 阿富汗（贝尔法斯特，晚上 10 点 45 分）。

橄榄球联赛——Betfred 冠军联赛 (7.30)：巴罗 唐卡斯特。

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作者：克雷格·霍普 首席足球记者

纽卡斯尔的圣詹姆斯公园球场台阶上没有大批球迷聚集，内场也几乎没有什么仪式感，马蒂亚斯·雅伊斯勒的亮相就此展开。

对于一个希望在 2030 年跻身世界顶级俱乐部行列的球队来说，这位主教练的到来显得低调，而他的合同将持续到那个全球瞩目的年份。从逻辑上讲，他正是俱乐部相信能带领他们登顶的那个人。

然而，现场并没有提及欧冠或英超冠军，也没有人问及签下基利安·姆巴佩的问题——这与近 5 年前沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金接手俱乐部时的场景截然不同。近日，俱乐部的头号引援目标是老将中场皮埃尔·埃米尔·霍伊别尔。

相反，这更像是一次现实的检视，而这并非雅伊斯勒的问题。这位德国教练言谈中充满热情与智慧，且独自一人发言。38 岁的他登台时，主席亚西尔·阿尔-鲁迈扬或俱乐部高层无一人陪同。也没有全球媒体到场。这就是纽卡斯尔目前的处境，而雅伊斯勒似乎足够聪明，知道自己将面对的是一个——最优秀的球员和主教练刚刚离开的俱乐部。

他的举止透着兴奋、沉稳，且不止一次强调的一个词是“乐观”。他身上有一种可信的权威感。但在积极态度之下，隐藏着更微妙的信息：他需要新球员，也需要时间。

消息人士透露，雅伊斯勒已清楚意识到他接手的这支球队缺少什么——关键位置缺乏领导力和深度。当被问及资深球员离队时，他提到领导力出现“空缺”，这一点值得注意。他也说得对。

那么，他有新队长人选了吗？

“没有。”他回答道。

仅此而已。

当被问及董事会给他的本赛季目标时，他的回答同样发人深省，因为埃迪·豪和俱乐部去年毫不掩饰对欧洲赛事资格的期待。

“目标是我们有雄心壮志，但这不会一蹴而就，尤其是在经历如此重大的过渡期后，”他说道。

“你需要明确我们的目标方向。然后，如果你能与球迷、球员和教练团队形成合力，我相信这将是一个成功的故事。但现在我们需要时间。我们只能……”

填补空缺：吉马良斯（左）和托纳利已分别转投阿森纳和托特纳姆热刺 盖蒂图片社 / REX

急需新援……和耐心！

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新任纽卡主帅马蒂亚斯·雅伊斯勒满怀热情与乐观，但对面临的任务规模毫无幻想

我们要日复一日地做到最好，将目标分解到长期。

“我们有雄心壮志。但承诺任何事情都没有意义，因为我无法预知半年或一年后的情况。我们能掌控的，就一定会掌控。将任务分解到每一天，尽力做到最好，然后朝正确的方向前进——这将会是成功的。”

“过渡”一词他反复提及。事实上，霍维离任后，首席执行官戴维·霍普金森口中的“纽卡斯尔2.0”此刻更像是“纽卡斯尔1.5”。

距离英超揭幕战对阵利物浦不到两周，雅伊斯勒仍未拥有状态达标的边后卫，而他渴求的经验丰富的中场球员似乎依然遥不可及。

“我们清楚自己需要什么，也清楚想要的阵容，”他说道，“内部所有人都明白这一点，我们正在寻找解决方案。”

俱乐部正在就本菲卡右后卫阿马尔·德迪奇的交易进行谈判，但他同样从未在英格兰踢过球。难怪雅伊斯勒一度将拥有超过250场英超经验的赫伊别尔视为重建年轻球队的基石。然而，这位马赛中场球员最终拒绝了转会。纽卡斯尔1.5的现状并不容易推销。

因为当这家沙特财团旗下俱乐部的新帅在首场新闻发布会上被问及“巩固”目标时——这听起来并不荒谬——足以说明他面临的任务有多艰巨。为此，他值得耐心等待。

“这是一个巨大的挑战，”他说道，“每当有——

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纽卡的动荡夏天……

重大离队

桑德罗·托纳利 1 亿英镑转会热刺

布鲁诺·吉马良斯 7500 万英镑转会阿森纳

安东尼·戈登 6930 万英镑转会巴塞罗那

基兰·特里皮尔 自由转会狼队

重磅引援

巴佐尔马尼亚·图雷 4300 万英镑m边锋，霍芬海姆

阿拉吉·班巴 3000 万英镑m中场，摩纳哥

卢卡斯·霍尔尼切克 2570 万英镑m门将，布拉加

肖恩·斯图尔 1960 万英镑m中场，阿贾克斯

埃文·雅万 1850 万英镑m门将，兰斯

过渡期，但现在不是抱怨的时候。看到负面情况没有意义。我们要看到局势中的机会。”

对贾西来说，还有另一个挑战——让自己远离看台。尽管你怀疑他在场边夸张的举动会赢得纽卡斯尔球迷的喜爱，但对手球迷可能不会买账。

在周六晚上他在瓦伦西亚的首场比赛中，有时看起来他似乎在右边锋安东尼·埃兰加身后进行重叠跑动。事实上，他已经询问俱乐部工作人员，主教练在被罚下场前可以吃到多少张黄牌，当被告知仅仅3张时，他发出了犹豫的笑声。

“我不会改变我的风格，因为这就是我的个性，”这位前希拉尔主帅说道。“在场边，我是情绪化的。但我需要更尊重技术区。在沙特阿拉伯时，我吃牌的次数很多，所以我的GPS数据可能会相当高。”

“我有点害怕。希望在开始阶段，裁判们能在这里或那里睁一只眼闭一只眼！”

还有其他轻松的瞬间，包括提到纽卡斯尔球迷在西班牙送给他的歌曲——《贾西，我会布吉》，曲调来自巴卡拉乐队的《是的，先生，我会布吉》。

“我听过一次，笑了，”他说。“我身边的人，所有工作人员，都说他们很期待在比赛后坐在酒吧里听这首歌。所以让我们拭目以待。”

坐在酒吧里被歌声包围需要胜利。为了赢得这些胜利，至少要足够稳定以在处子赛季取得成功，他需要更多经验丰富、能力更强的球员。他知道这一点。

“那么，也许低调的开局正是必要的。贾西现在还不需要布吉。首先，他需要一支能与之共舞的球队。”

刘易斯-斯凯利希望为自己的位置而战

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里卡多·卡拉菲奥里也在俱乐部，人们感觉一笔转会可能即将发生。

前纽卡斯尔队长吉马良斯与阿森纳签订了一份为期四年的合同，并附带12个月的续约选项。这位巴西中场，28，为枪手的中场增添了严肃的实力和深度，该中场已经拥有德克兰·赖斯、马丁·苏比门迪和米克尔·梅里诺。

刘易斯-斯凯利曾六次代表英格兰出场，但未能进入托马斯·图赫尔今夏的世界杯阵容，他被认为在阿森纳过得很开心，并渴望留下为自己的位置而战。他已经为阿森纳出场75次，最初是作为左后卫进入球队。这位年轻球员在阿森纳的每一场季前热身赛中都首发出场，尽管俱乐部的几位明星球员在参加世界杯后晚归。其中包括赖斯和布卡约·萨卡，他们将缺席今晚阿森纳在酋长球场对阵科莫的友谊赛。这对英格兰组合正在逐步恢复体能，他们带着伤病参加了世界杯。预计英格兰中场埃贝雷奇·埃泽今晚将会出场。

球员工会起诉英格兰足球联赛以阻止更严格的支出规定

职业球员协会（PFA）采取了不同寻常的举措，通过法律途径试图阻止英格兰足球联赛（EFL）在英甲联赛实施更严格的财务控制规定。

此举在EFL内部引发了强烈不满。球员工会已向高等法院提起诉讼，反对新规则将英甲俱乐部在工资上的支出比例从收入的60%降至50%。去年，英甲俱乐部平均亏损达730万英镑，新规旨在减少俱乐部对所有者资金的过度依赖。然而，PFA显然担心这一变化会影响球员工资，因此选择了法律途径，并声称未遵循应有的程序。

EFL表示对此举动“感到担忧和失望”。他们称，这些变化在计划实施前已进行了长期讨论，并采纳了PFA的反馈意见。2021年，PFA曾成功挑战工资帽的引入，但EFL认为此次提案并非重大变革，因此不应以相同方式评判。一位发言人补充道：“PFA反对这些改革并采取法律行动，分散了有限的资源，并增加了本已面临财务压力的足球运动的额外成本。”

“英甲俱乐部已明确表示需要变革。成本在上升，亏损在增加，许多俱乐部越来越依赖所有者资金来履行承诺。这种模式对俱乐部、球员或更广泛的足球运动而言都不可持续。批准的变革旨在支持负责任的财务管理，鼓励合理的球队规划，并减少俱乐部超支的风险。这不是要损害球员的利益，而是为了创造一个稳定的环境，使俱乐部能够履行义务并继续投资足球。”

EFL首席执行官特雷弗·伯奇补充道：“简单来说，这些改革旨在使俱乐部更具可持续性。稳定的俱乐部更有能力履行合同、按时支付工资、投资设施并为球员创造长期机会。但不断上升的亏损和对所有者资金日益增长的依赖增加了所有人的风险。这就是为什么拖延改革本身就是一种风险。俱乐部需要有助于他们负责任规划并避免超支的规则。”英甲联赛的平均亏损已从2021-22赛季的230万英镑飙升至上赛季的730万英镑。许多球员的周薪现已超过1 万英镑。PFA发言人表示：“我们认为，俱乐部投票通过这些人为限制和收紧俱乐部在球员工资上支出的措施，其程序不符合EFL成员（包括PFA、英足总和英超联赛）在职业足球谈判与咨询委员会所要求的协商和同意流程。”

由迈克·基根

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阿森纳考虑放走刘易斯-斯凯利

切尔西和曼联有意引进枪手青年才俊

作者：哈里·班福思

阿森纳中场迈尔斯·刘易斯-斯凯利（Myles Lewis-Skelly）成为转会争夺的焦点，切尔西和曼联均对这位19岁的英格兰国脚表现出浓厚兴趣。

这位19岁的球员在去年迎来爆发赛季后与阿森纳签订了新合同，但在枪手赢得英超冠军的赛季中出场时间有限，外界认为这支冠军球队可能愿意出售这位青训产品。

包括切尔西和曼联在内的多家英超俱乐部已与阿森纳进行了新一轮接触，正在考虑对这位小将采取行动。

刘易斯-斯凯利上赛季在各项赛事中仅获得19次首发机会，可能

国际米兰商谈3000万英镑斯彭斯转会

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本赛季他的出场时间可能进一步受限，上周纽卡斯尔以700万英镑 / 百万的价格签下吉马良斯后更是如此。

据悉切尔西长期以来一直对这名小将感兴趣，但目前尚不清楚他们是否会提出报价。

阿森纳主帅米克尔·阿尔特塔在上赛季末曾将刘易斯-斯凯利部署在中场，包括在欧冠决赛布达佩斯点球大战不敌巴黎圣日耳曼的比赛中。

但随着吉马良斯预计将在中场位置上位居其上，且左后卫位置上已有皮耶罗·因卡皮耶的竞争，机会已然有限

详见第63页，第2栏

贾伊斯尔：喜鹊出售留下领导力真空

作者：克雷格·霍普

马蒂亚斯·贾伊斯尔表示，他在纽卡斯尔接手的是一个“领导力真空”，并呼吁引进新援，同时给予他时间，以应对他所称的“过渡”赛季。这位38岁的德国人昨日在圣詹姆斯公园球场被正式任命为球队新主帅，接替上月辞职的埃迪·豪。纽卡斯尔今夏已出售布鲁诺·吉马良斯、桑德罗·托纳利和安东尼·戈登，并失去基兰·特里皮尔。贾伊斯尔在被问及这些球员离队的影响时表示，距离英超首轮对阵利物浦仅剩11天，球队阵容看起来略显单薄。“我们正处于过渡阶段，”他说，“离开的球员都是优秀的人物、优秀的球员、经验丰富的球员。现在出现了一个真空。我们必须通过签下这类球员来调整，或者其他球员需要站出来填补这些领导角色。”

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方框5：网络创作者Ann Russell的自由职业是什么？清洁工（T）遛狗师（B）人体模特（R）

方框6：以下哪部是2026年鲁伯特·埃弗里特主演的电影？《Bonkerswonderful》（S）《Crazygood》（P）《Madlabulous》（I）

方框7：谁创作了小提琴协奏曲《四季》？

维瓦尔第（N）

莫扎特（E）

贝多芬（V）

方框8：尚特尔·卡梅伦是哪项运动的职业选手？

足球（Y）

拳击（M）

英式橄榄球（A）

方框9：哪位意大利网球选手是2026年法网男单亚军？

弗拉维奥·科博利（I）

扬尼克·辛纳（G）

卢西亚诺·达尔德里（H）

方框10：起源于17世纪日本的“netsuke”是什么？

串珠凉鞋（C）

宝石头饰（U）

微型雕塑（L）

昨日答案：

亚当·希尔斯

（1A, 2M, 3I, 4L, 5H,

6A, 7D, 8S, 9L）

图片来源：PA

铺设轨道

铺设轨道，使火车能从A村行驶到B村。数字表示每行和每列中轨道段的数量。仅可使用直轨和弯轨，轨道不能交叉。答案明日揭晓

B

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MailPuzzles

蜂巢谜题

所有答案按顺时针方向围绕编号排列。第1题的答案从给定字母开始。

1. 边缘
2. 入侵者
3. 退潮
4. 牙齿的
5. 台阶
6. 校对员
7. 烤箱烹饪
8. 鬼魂
9. 恼人的
10. 凹处
11. 平静
12. 犬类

答案：见拉页背面

数谜（Kakuro）

在空白方格中填入1至9的数字，同一行中不得重复使用数字。填入的数字之和必须等于阴影格顶部或开头处的总和。阴影格下半部分的数字表示纵向总和，上半部分表示横向总和。答案明日揭晓

精英问答

1. 《布偶秀》的伴奏乐队叫什么名字？
2. 格蕾丝·凯利最后一部大银幕作品是1956年的哪部电影？
3. 研究细胞结构和功能的学科叫什么？
4. 2月在布莱尔德拉蒙德野生动物园去世的Mondula是苏格兰唯一已知存活的哪种动物？
5. 阿伯德尔山脉位于非洲哪个国家？
6. 紫水晶是哪种硅酸盐矿物的紫色变种？

答案：见拉页背面

益智问答

1. 卡丽丝（Carys）步行的速度是戴维（David）骑行速度的三分之一，而戴维的骑行速度比多萝西（Dorothy）驾车速度慢45.5英里 / 小时。如果多萝西驾车3小时所覆盖的距离与戴维骑行16小时所覆盖的距离相同，卡丽丝步行的速度是多少？

2. 普林尼（Pliny）、皮特（Pitt）和霍尔拜因（Holbein）之间有什么联系？

3. 哪个婚礼术语可以表达为“HI, FOUND A ROOM”？

4. 下列哪个是异类：阿基米德（Archimedes）、欧里庇得斯（Euripides）、欧几里得（Euclid）、毕达哥拉斯（Pythagoras）？
5. 破解密码找出三种意大利面：FUDDU、HQCYEBV、BQIQWDU。

答案：见拉页背面

杀手数独

在网格中填入数字，使每行、每列和每个3×3的方格内都包含1到9的所有数字。每组由虚线连接的单元格内的数字之和必须等于左上角的数字。每组单元格内的数字不能重复。

答案明日揭晓

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图片猜词™

1a. 马克杯，渴望变化，并猛烈批评（9）

7a. 退回，如同重新谈判的销售（7）

10a. 肥皂成分含有D50，松散连接（4,3）

8a. 古怪的电台明星，能给你带来热量！（9）

1d. 在高教会中被香气熏得愤怒？（8）

4d. 做过头并越界了？（4,3,3）

5d. 福斯特医生的目的地？（10）

9d. 为教皇关闭啤酒（8）

横向

1 图片提示 5 贬低“母亲的毁灭”（3） 6 埃里克争论关于机动车（3） 7 图片提示 10 烧毁的茶叶店（3） 11 产生专利权人，但不在过程中（7）

12 前进的方式，阴阳调和！（3） 13 图片提示 16 皮塞（Pise）沉溺于自怜（3） 17 支持性的，符合规范（3） 18 图片提示

挑战你的智慧，参与图片猜词——这是一款刺激的谜题游戏，部分答案隐藏在图片中！视觉提示的答案填入网格中的阴影区域。

答案明日揭晓

图片猜词书籍

10 订购《每日邮报图片猜词》第9卷，作者雷布斯教授，售价9.99英镑，请访问mailshop.co.uk / 2 / 9 / 29或致电020 3176 2937。购买3本或以上《每日邮报》谜题书籍可享受20%的折扣。订单金额超过25英镑免英国境内运费。

纵向

1 图片提示 2 光滑但像猫一样的谈话？（4） 3 没有变化，从这个明星开始！（4） 4 图片提示 5 图片提示 8 渗漏（气体损失）可用于击剑（5）

9 图片提示 14 反对大幅削减（4） 15 冠军（或达到那个人的水平）（4）

昨日答案——横向：1 苦涩的眼泪。5 铁器时代。8 穆夫提。9 诀窍。10 深褐色。12 睡懒觉。14 条款的。15 基本的。纵向：1 斗牛獒。2 小偷。3 竞技场。4 石油大发现。6 冲绳。7 碱类。11 山核桃。13 辉煌。

字谜

横向

1 不活跃的 5 奖项 10 告别 11 幼童军领袖 12 地产 13 使攻击 14 希腊字母 15 不在家 17 结束 18 旋律 20 体积单位 22 意大利菜 24 使习惯 26 流氓 29 羊的叫声 30 尝试 32 叛徒

33 漫步 35 滔滔不绝 37 《米德尔马契》，乔治·艾略特小说 38 贝德福德郡城镇 39 投票选举 40 渴望的

纵向

1 美国州名 2 家具 3 星座 4 货币单位 5 油灰状粘合剂 6 延长 7 下坡 8 独自 9 地形

10 增强音量的设备 16 痛苦的折磨 19 非洲四足动物 21 你的，古语 23 正在被检查 24 贬低 25 亚洲语言 27 俱乐部 28 冲锋枪 31 蛋的一部分 34 树脂 36 后悔

答案

明日揭晓

数字连线

完成网格，使所有数字1到60按顺序连接——可水平、垂直或对角线连接。提示：不必从1或60开始。从中间数字入手可能更容易。

答案

明日揭晓

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肯肯数独

每行和每列应包含 1 至 6 的数字且不重复。宫格内的数字必须按照给定的数学符号任意组合，计算出该宫格开头显示的目标数字。单格宫格可直接填入给定的数字。

明日解答

T / K / B

B / S S / M N / R C / K / S

松果谜题

九点到五点

将给定单词的打乱字母填入网格，形成六个横向和纵向的五字母单词。

明日解答

世界上最小、最难的填字游戏

横向

1. 往昔（古语）(3)
2. 土豆（印度烹饪）(4)
3. 动作词 (4)
4. 医学状况（缩写）(3)

纵向

1. 公用事业（缩写）(4)
2. 统治者 (4)
3. 身份数据（缩写）(3)
4. 澳门货币单位 (3)

1 / 2 / 3

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数字填字

可能有多个解

9 / 25 6 / 21 1 / 22 8 / 23 10 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 19

今日挑战时间：

3 分 51 秒

你的答题时间：

☐ 分 ☐ 秒

在每个方格中填入 1 至 9 的数字。横向方格相加等于右侧总和。纵向方格相加等于底部总和。穿过中心的对角线方格相加等于右上和右下的总和。

密码字

我们的密码字网格中的每个数字代表一个不同的字母。今日 12 代表 6，因此每次出现数字 12 时填入 6。你有两个字母在控制网格中作为起始。将它们填入主网格的相应方格中，然后运用你的单词知识推断出缺失方格中应填入的字母。明日解答

完成密码字以揭示阴影方格中的单词。 参与方式：拨打 0901 293 6232 留下你的答案及个人信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容为 CODE、你的答案及姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 外加标准网络费用。每周从周一 00.01 至周六 23.59 收到的所有正确日常参与者中选出一位每周获胜者。答案每日 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁以上英国居民（北爱尔兰除外）参与。详见条款与条件。

需要提示？发送短信“CODEWORD”至 65700 可获得今日谜题的四条提示，或拨打 0901 293 6200。短信和通话费用为 £1 外加标准网络费用。今日提示仅在 00.01 至 23.30 期间提供。

单词搜索

列出的所有单词均可在网格中找到——可前后、上下及对角线查找——但有一个单词缺失。发现缺失的单词即有机会赢取奖品。

今日主题：面包类型

BLOOMER

BRIOCHE

CHALLAH

CIABATTA

COTTAGE

FRUIT

MILK ROLL

PAVE

SODA BREAD

SPLIT TIN

参与方式：拨打 0901 293 6234 留下你的答案及个人信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容为 WORD、你的答案及姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 外加标准网络费用。每周从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 收到的所有正确日常参与者中选出一位获胜者。答案每日 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁以上英国居民（北爱尔兰除外）参与。详见条款与条件。

数独 X

在每行、每列、每条对角线（以 X 突出显示）及每个水平 3×2 宫格（已标注）中各填入 1 至 6 的数字一次。明日解答

| | | | | | | 1 / 4 | | 2 | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 | | | | | | 2 / 6

快速问答

1. 五项全能包含多少项运动？
2. 伊斯帕尼奥拉岛西部是哪个共和国？
3. 下一次在英国可见的天文事件将于 23, 2090 年 9 月 23 日发生？
4. 足球俱乐部 AFC 阿贾克斯位于哪个国家？
5. 秃鹫、白兀鹫、兜帽秃鹫和胡秃鹫是哪种鸟类的种类？

解答：见拉页背面

GOGEN

阿米什 指挥棒 黑色 猫 渣滓 世仇 电影 陪审团 漆 律师 痘 罪 破坏 伏特

在网格中插入字母，以水平、垂直或对角线方向相邻的方式拼出列表中的单词。将字母表中剩余的所有字母（除2个外）填入网格，使所有列出的单词均能拼出。

明日揭晓答案

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MailPuzzles

桥牌大师班 密码填字游戏

西家

▲ K

▼ AKO J 73

• A652

104

东家

▲AQJ64

542

+743

▲ A2

双方有局，东家开叫1▲，南家不叫。持西家牌时你如何叫牌？

叫3▼。这是一个强跳叫，表示16点或更多。由于此叫牌占用空间较大，应保留给以下两种牌况：一是你有一门极佳的花色希望确定为将牌（如本例），二是持有一门不错的五张套且对同伴的花色有主要支持，可在下一轮叫牌中显示。换句话说，此叫牌适用于你能确定将牌花色的牌况。

北家现在加入叫牌叫4▲，你的同伴叫4▼。你现在该怎么做？

你担心叫4NT，因为你有两张小梅花。如果同伴只有一张关键牌，你将无法确定是否可以尝试6▼，因为担心会丢掉前两墩梅花。因此，你应该叫4▲。这是一个扣叫，因为红心已被同意。即使你们约定扣叫通常表示第一轮控制，但如果你持有同伴第一次叫牌花色的K，也应考虑破例，因为这可能非常有价值。

明日继续。

第17,942期

要赢取奖品，请完成填字游戏，揭晓阴影格中从上至下的单词。参与方式：拨打0901 293 6233留下今日答案及个人信息，或发送短信至65700，内容为“CRYPTIC”、你的答案及姓名。网络通话费用为1英镑加标准网络费用。也可通过邮寄方式参与，将完成的填字游戏寄至：Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,942, PO Box 28, Cochrane, Iowa 52240。请附上姓名和地址。每周从周一00:31至周五23:59期间收到的所有正确日常参与者中选出一位获奖者。邮寄参与的邮戳日期不得晚于次日。电话和短信必须在23:59前收到；答案在00:01更换。参与者须为18岁以上英国居民，北爱尔兰除外。详见条款与条件。

横向

1. 与外套在小块地里的人所展现的亲密（8）
2. 退休团体、英格兰政党，位于西班牙城市（6）
3. 与愤怒的同伴相关的支持导致跌落（8）
4. 不太明显的外国电影观看辅助？它被忽视了（6）
5. 定期看到汽车的爱尔兰女性（4）
6. 在没有外套的情况下引导贝丝的关键物品——轻便帽（4,6）
7. 缺少这样可能会让人成为笑柄（8,5）
8. 电视提到咖啡以花哨形式呈现，具有经济价值（4-9）
9. 一位神职人员兴奋地拥抱一对带有爱的互动（10）
10. 两篇文章给女性（4）
11. 将问题的最后部分与练习的开头联系起来（6）
12. 不同的房间用于沉睡者？（8）
13. 音符紧张的英国公民缺少快节奏摩斯电码的配方！（6）
14. 等待者的福利？（8）

DOWN

1. 喝完一品脱后本质上是本土英国社会主义者（6）
2. 粗俗的行动方针得到美国佬支持（5）
3. 公司内部发生的小争吵，如果失败的话（4）
4. 我的名字是凯尔特语中希望的源泉（7）
5. 电路的普通部分？这很方便（2,3）
6. 前临时工获得有价值的材料，且无计划（9）
7. 通过一处房产？（8）
8. 避免这种饥饿？不完全（4）
9. 离家后的沉默时刻（4）
10. 未能跟上并遭遇选举失败？（4,5）
11. 北极探险家理解的书面危险（3）
12. 通过芦苇引言退出，保存在博物馆的雕塑（4）
13. 在其他车辆中最令人恐惧的交通工具，大体上（8）
14. 无尽的热情，提供过多食物（4）
15. 凯尔特人在奇数点射击，涉及风流韵事（7）
16. 男性在大院里以不令人信服的方式扮演角色（6）
17. 具有吸引力的地方，提升了丘比特的描绘（5）
18. 与单一仙女结合的时期，在天堂（5）
19. 在晋升后分发美国杂志（4）

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HEATHER DHONDY

30秒挑战

从左侧给定的数字开始，按照指示逐步进行。在30秒内，初级玩家需完成自己的挑战；中级玩家需完成自己的挑战及初级挑战；高级玩家需完成自己的挑战及中级挑战。

答案如下

通识填字游戏

横向： 6 特拉华州 9 以色列 10 铜斑蛇 11 泵 12 悲剧的 14 迫在眉睫的 15 夸萨（Quansah） 17 贝克斯希尔 20 亚得里亚海 22 帕克 24 奥比（Orbi） 25 《奥德赛》 27 赌场 28 餐馆

纵向： 1 绕道 2 吸血鬼 3 帕特里夏 4 福利 5 王冠 6 抛锚 7 终点 13 牙龈炎 16 在途中 18 加速 19 阴谋家 21 纹身 23 埃克塞特 26 萨克岛

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密码填字游戏 第17,939期

横向： 1 孔雀 5 方面 9 油井 10 正是如此 11 贝夫（Bev） 12 牟取暴利 13 叙利亚 14 任性 16 短暂的 17 心烦意乱 19 叠加 22 色调 23 重新接纳 24 犁沟 26 香炉 27 反复提及

纵向： 1 菲比 2 到处都是 3 一个 4 凯尔索 5 无罪释放 6 全盛时期 7 清嗓子 8 美食家 12 诗篇 14 参数 15 虱子 16 确保 18 叛国 20 斜坡 21 提议 25 抢劫

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Mailword填字游戏

1 Abab 5 扎营 11 苏打 12 Moarec 13 鸢尾花 14 Sinide 15 滑稽动作 17 散发 18 恒定的 21 嗯 24 妈妈 25 放置 26 Laudarium 29 Ernie 30 鹅 34 Codits 37 丑陋的 38 海龟 39 真实的 40 熬夜 41 缝边

1 亚洲 2 Horm 3 Addt 4 基础的 5 Ems 6 不是 7 插入符 8 动物 9 麦地那 10 漂亮的 16 昏迷 19 修女 20 自鸣得意 21 选举 22 远离 23 苔原 27 Dethy 28 嘴 31 食人魔 32 贫民窟 33 眼睛 35 流感 36 是的

世界最小、最难填字游戏

1 鼓掌 5 角色 6 Astr 7 弯曲的

1 螃蟹 2 输掉 3 注意（Attn） 4 敏锐的

今日谜题答案

快速问答： 1 五 2 海地 3 日全食 4 荷兰 5 秃鹫

思维挑战： 1 每小时三英里半 2 他们都有“Younger”和“Elder”两个版本 3 首席伴娘 4 欧里庇得斯（剧作家）；其他均为数学家 5 通心粉、馄饨、千层面（A变K，B变L，依此类推）

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As small-boat arrivals under new PM hit 3,000 and unrest grips rural towns

BURNHAM: MIDDLE-CLASS AREAS MUST TAKE MORE MIGRANTS

MIDDLE class areas will have to take in more migrants, Andy Burnham said last night.

The Prime Minister said he would make sure arrivals were not only placed in the 'poorest communities'.

'All parts of the country need to

By David Barrett and Rory Tingle

play their part,' Mr Burnham added. His vow that more affluent families would have to accept asylum seekers near their homes came as the number of Channel crossings under his premiership passed the 3,000 mark. Official Home Office figures con

firmed that 230 people were aboard the record 'mega-dinghy' that was brought into Dover on Monday.

That pushed the total since Labour came to power - beginning with the day after the General Election in July 2024 - past the 80,000 mark.

In comparison with Mr Burnham, Keir Starmer's first 22 days as PM saw 2,258 small boat migrants reach

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Emotional video post: Lucy Davis

The Office star Lucy - I have terminal breast cancer

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Burnham bounce sees Labour ahead in latest poll – so will he be brave and call snap election?

By Sophie Church Political Reporter

LABOUR has overtaken Reform UK in the latest poll as disaffected supporters return under Andy Burnham.

He is now backed by 24 per cent of voters, with Nigel Farage's party dropping to 22 per cent – their lowest score since March last year.

In a tightening race among the top three parties, Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives are now supported by 21 per cent of the electorate, putting them just one point behind Reform.

But Labour's gains appear to have come at the Green Party and Liberal Democrats' expense as Mr Burnham claws back voters who fled the party with Sir Keir Starmer at the helm.

Both parties have now dropped by a point each – to 12 per cent and 11 per cent

Support fall: Nigel Farage

respectively – according to the results of YouGov polling this week.

And the Greens have fallen nine points from their peak in February as voters turn away from leader Zack Polanski's brand of eco-populism.

Political strategist James Johnson advised the new PM to 'seize his Goldilocks moment' by calling a snap

election to capitalise on his so-called 'Burnham bounce'.

'Writing in The Times yesterday, Mr Johnson – who founded political strategy consultancy JL Partners – explained: 'If [Mr Burnham] throws the dice nationally, there are good odds he will win a large majority of his own, escape the manifesto trap he faces and scatter his opponents.'

A Reform spokesman told Mr Burnham to 'bring it on'

'He would escape manifesto trap'

in response to him calling a snap election.

A Green Party spokesman claimed: 'Polls go up and down. Andy Burnham is in a small honeymoon period, a bob rather than a bounce, and is recycling Keir Starmer announcements.'

'He is tinkering with the symptoms rather than tackling the causes. Politics

changes very fast these days, as do polls.'

Mr Burnham has continued to rule out calling a general election and has instead announced in his first weeks in office a raft of policy measures to give struggling households 'breathing space'.

Nonetheless, his Labour backbenchers have continued to canvas over the summer break.

North Durham's Labour MP Luke Akehurst said: 'Like other MPs in Reform-facing seats, I am heartened but I'm not complacent about converting this early improvement into a second term.'

'There is a long way to go and a lot to be done locally and nationally before we can win again.'

YouGov conducts its national 'voting intention' polling each week – with the latest survey carried out over August 9 to 10.

Last month, a More in Common poll had returned similar results.

Electronic ID checks at EU airports see queue times DOUBLE in a year

'Grab your bag! We need to be at the airport at least two days before the flight!'

WAITING times have doubled in a year for frustrated British passengers at some EU airports due to the electronic border system.

They have been stuck in queues for up to two hours, some even missing flights, following its rollout.

Launched on April 10, the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) requires non-EU travellers to have their fingerprints and a facial image recorded when crossing the bloc's external borders to strengthen security. But it has been marred by technical glitches.

Byonair chief executive Michael O'Leary claimed the system had been 'misdesigned' and should be moved online, and that his airline had seen significant queues at 15 airports.

EasyJet chief Kenton Jarvis urged airports to 'use common sense and don't

By Olivia Allhusen

allow people to stand there for three hours'. It follows scenes captured at Athens airport on Monday, where tourists faced hours-long waits. Britons have been warned they may need to arrive up to four hours before their flight during the peak summer holiday season.

Waiting times at Frankfurt Airport hit 120 minutes last month – double the 60-minute maximum recorded last year. Munich also saw its queue times increase from 31 minutes to an hour, while at Amsterdam airport they climbed from 80 to 120 minutes.

The figures, from analytics group Qsenor, were obtained by the Financial Times.

Mr O'Leary said of the EES last month: 'Only the Europeans would invent $*** like this.' Some airports have temporarily sus-

pended parts of the checks, including fingerprint collection, during busy periods. But that flexibility is due to end in September, prompting eight EU countries and Switzerland to call for an extension.

The European Commission said the average EES registration took 70 seconds.

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Life in the fast lane: With wine bottle

Track & heeled: Chic look

It's a photo finish for Britain's new golden girl Amy!

SHE became the fastest woman in Europe on Monday night when she won a gold medal for sprinting 100m in 11 seconds flat.

In fact, everything 24-year-old Amy Hunt touches seems to turn to gold, as she has a degree in English from Cambridge under her belt, too.

And although she attended the same grammar school as fellow high-achiever Margaret Thatcher, she still seems to know how to let her hair down.

Despite her triumphs on the track and in the classroom, her social media accounts are full of snaps of her letting off steam - with one of her clutching a bottle of wine and another at a Taylor Swift concert.

Ms Hunt said after winning the women's gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: 'I want it all, and I think I'm someone who doesn't shy

By Neil Sears

away from what she knows she can do. My first gold. I think it was definitely time for an upgrade.'

Ms Hunt had previously won English Schools races at the Birmingham track, but her gold is her first major victory.

It makes her a big hope for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Raised in Newark, Nottinghamshire, she attended Mrs Thatcher's grammar, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, and like the late former PM, studied chemistry in the sixth-form. She played the cello, too.

Ms Hunt then studied at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. Upon graduating, she joked: 'I just got one degree hotter.'

She currently lives and trains a 20-minute train ride from Venice and says, for now, her motto is 'Medals before men'.

True Swiftie: At a Taylor Swift concert in 2024

High-flier: Graduating at Cambridge

Flying the flag: After her 100m victory

£123,000 scramble for Cadbury's treasure hunt egg

A RARE Cadbury's golden egg commissioned 43 years ago for a calamitous national treasure hunt has sold for a staggering £123,500.

A dozen certificates entitling the finder to a 250g decorative egg were buried in caskets across Britain for the 1983 contest.

Participants had to unravel clues from a book called Conundrum - The Cadbury's Creme Egg Mystery to find the secret locations of the small eggs made from gold.

But the chocolate company was forced to call off the competition due to the number of complaints from landowners

Daily Mail Reporter

enraged at hordes of hunters digging up private property and protected sites.

Nonetheless, six of the 12 golden eggs were claimed before the contest and advertising campaign were scrapped.

One of the surviving eggs, found by Clive Pinder in Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, sparked a bidding war at Batemans Auctioneers in Lincolnshire.

It was expected to fetch £15,000 to

£20,000, but the undisclosed bidder paid six times the higher estimate on August 1 to smash the previous record price of £31,000 for a golden egg set in 2021.

The auctioneers said afterwards that the six-figure sum was an 'absolutely incredible' price.

The 22-carat 3in-high egg, pictured, titled 'Cuckoo Cuckoo', is based on the Cuckoos of Crewkerne folk tale.

Created by royal goldsmiths Garrard & Co of London, it is engraved and enamelled in translu-

cent green and blue with a scene depicting a cuckoo in a tree. Various men can be seen standing among the trees below and are staring and pointing up at the bird.

Mr Pinder sold the egg for £6,500 in 2018 and the buyer kept hold of it before making an incredible profit.

A Batemans Auctioneers spokesman said the owner had asked them to sell the piece 'to pass on the wonder and joy at owning such an incredible thing'. And speaking to the BBC, the firm's Greg Bateman called the Conundrum eggs 'a fascinating piece of British cultural history'.

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Left behind: Migrants flounder in the sea off Berck-sur-Mer after being thrown from the mega-dinghy that brought 230 to Dover

Continued from Page One

Britain. When pressed on where asylum seekers would be housed, the Prime Minister said wealthier parts of the UK would need to 'play their part'.

Mr Burnham was asked on GB News about a 1,200-strong migrant camp being set up near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington, which locals fear would overwhelm the population of 400.

He said: 'I will listen to what people are saying and respond to the concerns that they are putting forward.

'I don't know the issue yet in detail, but in some ways, as I understand it, it is about creating secure space.'

He added: 'It's obviously going to be challenging, but I am prepared always to listen to people, to work with people and to pick up legitimate concerns, and I will address those concerns.

'I do have to say, we cannot have a situation where it's only the poorest communities in the country that receive all of the

'Many will commit serious crimes'

dispersal of refugees and asylum seekers. I do believe all parts of the country need to work, to play their part.

'We understand people's concerns and I will look into the issues raised by the good people of Piddington.'

Asylum hotels have been the cause of several flash points around the country in recent years. Last week, 15 people were arrested during trouble in Thetford, Norfolk, after anti-immigration protesters demonstrated outside homes they believed housed asylum seekers.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Andy Burnham is planning to dish out another vindictive punishment beating to the UK's middle classes. Labour has hammered hard-working families with punitive tax increases galore, increased regulation and soaring energy bills.

'Now, Burnham plans to deliberately flood more neighbourhoods with thousands of illegal immigrants who he has let into this country, and many of whom will commit serious crimes including rape and murder.'

Just two weeks after he insisted Labour's boats plan was working, the Prime Minister vowed to 'change our tactics' to tackle the gangs bringing migrants across the Channel.

Referring to pictures of the latest mega-dinghy, Mr Burnham added: 'I know people will have been worried to see that image yesterday. It shows that the gangs are changing their tactics but so will we - we will now change our tactics and we will be relentless in chasing them down. I said that when I visited Dover just over a week ago and I meant it.'

But Mr Philp warned: 'We now have a full-blown Burnham borders crisis. Unvetted illegal immigrants - mainly young males - flood across the Channel every day there are calm seas.

'Andy Burnham's claim to have a working plan lies in tatters.'

Monday's record-breaking mega-dinghy brought more peo-

Burnham is dishing out a vindictive punishment beating to the middle class

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ple to Britain than a typical Ryanair flight. The boat was originally carrying more than 260 passengers, including children, when it almost sank.

When the overloaded boat - which was designed for a maximum of 40 - was battered by choppy waters, at least 30 people were thrown into the waters off the northern French coast.

One shocking image showed them in the sea before they were rescued by French police and gendarmes, who have a controversial policy of not intercepting most small boats in the water because they claim it could endanger those on board.

French lifeboatmen yesterday

described how scores of men, women and children packed on to the Chinese-made PVC boat on a beach between Berck-sur-Mer and Merlimont, south of Le Touquet, on Sunday afternoon.

A spokesman for the SNSM - France's equivalent of the RNLI - said all had been hiding in sand dunes after paying people smugglers for a passage.

He said: 'A veritable tide then rushed the 15-metre (40ft) boat. Due to overloading, several were thrown from the vessel - around 30 ended up in the water as the craft continued on its way.'

The picture released by the SNSM at Berck shows dozens of mainly young men floundering in

the Channel, following the initial boarding soon after 5pm.

Jean-Marc Lamblin, director of the SNSM's Berck-sur-Mer branch, said he was seeing ever-larger boats being used by smuggling gangs and there was 'no limit' to how many people they would cram on board.

'Over the past three months, we've been seeing more and more 15-metre boats,' he said. 'There really is no limit now.'

The dinghy was 7ft larger than vessels which set previous records last month, and more than 10ft longer than a standard double-decker bus.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said that illegal arrivals were 'out of control'.

He posted on social media last night: '230 migrants landed on our shores yesterday. This is a national security emergency.'

The mega-dinghy was eventually escorted to England by the UK Border Force, HM Coast-guard and the RNLI, beating the previous record of 165 migrants who reached Britain on a single boat in July. Last week, 173 people were packed on to a single boat but it disintegrated off the French coast after catching fire. Everyone on board was rescued.

The Egyptian people smuggler who piloted the boat has been sentenced to a year in jail following a fast-track trial on Friday.

Comment - Page 16

Over-75s 'may not need to take statins'

By Ciaran Foreman

MILLIONS of Britons over 75 who take statins may be able to stop the drugs without increasing their risk of death.

Scientists found older adults who hadn't had a heart attack or stroke were not significantly more likely to suffer one within three years of quitting the pills.

Right million adults in the UK are prescribed the medication and about 1.5million are over 75. Statins, which interfere with the liver's production of 'bad' cholesterol, are given to patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study enrolled 1,160 adults with an average age of 80. They were randomly assigned to two groups - those stopping statins,

'Life-saving medications'

and those still taking them. After three years, 7.2 per cent of participants who stopped taking statins died, compared to 7.9 per cent of those who continued. Five per cent of those who stopped had a 'major cardiovascular event' compared to 4.4 per cent of those who continued.

The authors, whose findings were published in the The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal, said any differences between the groups were not statistically significant, but Bryan Williams, chief scientific and medical officer at the British Heart Foundation, said: 'The findings should not be interpreted as evidence that statins are no longer beneficial. For millions... they are life-saving medications.'

Security fears of teachers at Jewish schools

TEACHERS at Jewish schools are prioritising security over education due to the threat of anti-Semitism, a former senior civil servant has warned.

Sir David Bell added that it's 'not really appreciated' that there are children who are subjected not just to those safety measures, but also to regular and hostile abuse both young people and adults.

The former Department for Education permanent secretary, who is leading an investigation into anti-Semitism in England's schools and colleges, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that some leaders of Jewish faith schools named security as their primary concern, adding that 'sometimes education takes second place'.

He added: 'I think this is really worrying, and I think very concerning.'

There were 178 school-related anti-Semitic incidents in the first half of this year, up from 112 in the same period last year, the Community Security Trust found.

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I'm at peace with what comes next, says Office star Lucy, 53, after revealing terminal cancer

By Laura Fox

THE Office star Lucy Davis has revealed she has been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.

The actress, 53, shared her diagnosis on social media yesterday, saying she 'doesn't know how long she has left' because the disease has spread to her bones.

In her post, Ms Davis said she discovered a 'tiny, hard spot' in her breast a year ago and nearly ignored it before seeing a doctor.

The actress - the daughter of comedian Jasper Carrott, 81 - said that despite the cancer being declared incurable, she is 'at peace with whatever comes next'.

Ms Davis shared her diagnosis alongside an emotional video that showed her ringing the treatment bell in a hospital - poignantly, the bell is normally rung by patients as a symbolic celebration of completing treatment. She has been told it is 'too late' for chemotherapy.

Best known for her breakout role as Dawn Tinsley in Ricky Gervais hit

'Get everything checked out'

The Office, she went on to have parts in many popular TV series, including Death In Paradise and Holby City. In 2018 she had a major role in the US supernatural series Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina.

Ms Davis said in her post: 'Hi friends. I wanted to share something with you all that I've kept to myself for a while but for various reasons would like to share now.'

'A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, which has metastasised to my bones. Specifically to my spine, right hip and my ribs. The cancer is incurable and too late for chemo.'

'The initial lump that I felt, wasn't a 'lump' as such; rather a kind of hard spot. Really tiny, I almost didn't bother getting it checked. So I guess I'm saying don't ignore anything - get everything checked out.'

'As of now, I'm trying to live out whatever might be left of my

Diagnosis: Lucy Davis rings the hospital bell in her video

life in as fun a way as I possibly can. I always like to find the teachable moments in anything negative that happens.

'And cancer has not disappointed in that regard; there's a lot I have learned from it, and I'm grateful for that.'

'As some of you will know, the pain can really be something else. Standing and walking for too long a time can be hard,

and I need to use a wheelchair sometimes. The thing that has been most vital to me is humour. I asked my friends and family to make fun of me as much as possible (which they're really good at), and most importantly of all to not treat me like a sick person.'

'I'm not scared of whatever comes next. I'm at peace with it. I'll see my Gracie [her dog

Breakout role: With Office stars Mackenzie Crook, Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman

who died in 2024] sooner than expected. Any and all grieving is for my family; it's far harder for them than for me.'

Paying tribute, journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan said on X: 'Horrendous news. Lucy is such a warm, funny, delightful woman. Her courage in speaking out so honestly about this devastating situation says everything about her.'

In 1997 Ms Davis had a kidney transplant, using an organ donated by her mother, Hazel. The actress, who is diabetic, also required hospital treatment for kidney failure in 2005, but made a full recovery.

She has been open about her experience with bulimia, which was at its worst when she was going through a divorce in 2011 from actor Owain Yeoman.

Support: With dad Jasper Carrott

Well that's a surprise... WFH staff say they're feeling lonely

THE working from home trend may be popular with some young people, but a study now shows it's contributing to an epidemic of loneliness.

The study, led by the Resolution Foundation, says the problem is connected to the increase in remote working as well as passive scrolling in leisure time.

'Young men spend nearly seven hours a day alone, more than 40 per cent of their waking hours,

By Tilly Harris

while young women spend roughly five hours a day alone.

'Young adults who are almost always online are nearly 4 per cent more likely to feel lonely.'

Researcher Parth Pandya said that screen time was seen as the usual suspect in debates about youth loneliness, but that solitary paid work was the bigger factor.

Don't use your oven during eclipse, warns power firm

HOUSEHOLDS should use less electricity during the solar eclipse tonight as solar power generation will plummet, the UK's biggest energy firm says.

Octopus Energy urged its 8million customers not to turn on washing machines, ovens, dishwashers and other plug-in devices between 6pm and 8pm.

The eclipse will take place as millions return home from work, which Octopus says will 'briefly knock out a chunk of Britain's

By Mark Duell

solar power'. The National Energy System Operator, which runs the grid, said the eclipse could cut solar supply by up to 1.3 gigawatts - enough to power at least 500,000 homes.

Extra gas power stations may therefore have to be fired up, but Octopus said this need will be reduced if enough homes delay using electricity for a short time. Cosmic satnav - Pages 20-21

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EARLY RELEASE SCANDAL

POLICE CHIEFS

By Rebecca Camber and Martin Beckford

EVERY police chief in the country last night urged Andy Burnham to prevent the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers.

In an unprecedented intervention, 50 police leaders – representing each force in the UK – united to condemn Labour's soft justice reforms, calling on the Prime Minister to scrap plans to set free Jessie Cole, Albert Bowers and thousands of other dangerous prisoners.

The National Police Chiefs Council released an extraordinary joint letter from the heads of 48 UK police forces, the National Crime Agency and Jersey Police warning the plans 'risk undermining public safety, victim confidence and wider confidence in the criminal justice system'.

The signatories want Mr Burnham to explore 'every lawful option' to stop PC Harper's killers being freed, suggesting Government's plans to release offenders early are a betrayal of a law brought in his memory.

The 28-year-old newlywed was killed in the line of duty in 2019 when he was dragged behind a car for more than a mile as he tried to stop three teenagers from stealing a quad bike in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.

His widow, Lassie, fought for Harper's Law – a mandatory life sentence for anyone who kills an emergency worker in the line of duty – following outrage over the sentencing of his killers. Cole and Bowers, who were 17-year-old passengers in the getaway car at the time, were sentenced to 13

'Exceptionally serious offence'

years for manslaughter in 2020. The two thugs are among a wave of killers, sex offenders and violent criminals set to be freed from September under Labour's soft justice prisoner release scheme.

The driver of the car, Henry Long, was handed an extended sentence of 16 years for manslaughter and is not eligible for early release.

It comes as the Government is considering an extraordinary plan to empty women's jails to free up space for male inmates.

Hundreds of female prisoners would be allowed out or moved elsewhere as an alternative to freeing dangerous male offenders early.

Also on the table are proposals to deport more foreign criminals and release inmates given open-ended sentences long ago.

In their letter to the PM, police chiefs said: 'When someone is sentenced for an exceptionally serious offence, how much confidence can victims, bereaved families and the public place in that sentence if subsequent changes to release arrangements result in an offender being released significantly earlier than originally anticipated?'

'We do not suggest that the grief of a police family is greater than that of any other bereaved family. Our concern is for all victims and families affected by serious offending sentencing changes.'

Chief constables fear that the early release scheme will endanger the public, warning: 'This is not simply a question of punishment. It is a question of ensuring that public protection, victim confidence and community safety remain central to decisions that

In an unprecedented letter, EVERY chief constable calls for PC's killers not to be freed

HOW FEASIBLE ARE THE 3 OPTIONS?

1 USING THE FEMALE ESTATE TO HOUSE MALE PRISONERS

THE 12 women's jails across England and Wales hold about 3,500 inmates – just 4 per cent of the total prison population. An entire prison would have to be repurposed to hold men instead of women to avoid putting females at risk. Few of the sites are as secure as those in the male estate and staff would require additional training. Dangerous women would have to be moved to other jails rather than set free. But experts say this could be the least bad option for creating extra cells.

2 RELEASING INMATES GIVEN INDEFINITE TERMS LONG AGO

IMPRISONMENT for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were scrapped in 2012 and some have been quashed by the courts – but more than 2,000 people given the controversial open-ended terms many years ago remain locked

up. Andy Burnham said he wanted 'an early resolution to the long-running injustice of IPP sentences' that would 'allow for the release of lower-risk prisoners'. But many have become more dangerous during their years behind bars and could not be freed to make space for others.

3 SPEEDING UP THE DEPORTATION OF FOREIGN CRIMINALS

THERE are more than 10,000 foreign national offenders in jail – some 12 per cent of the prison population. Their large number and the cost of their incarceration to British taxpayers makes them an obvious target for removal. However, there are many obstacles to deportation. Inmates' home countries may not agree to take them, and they could also refuse to say where they are from. Victims may feel offenders have cheated justice if they are allowed to walk free when removed from the UK.

may substantially reduce the time an offender spends in custody.'

They want 'the impact that changes to release policy may have on victims, public protection, policing and confidence in the justice system' to be considered.

In the excoriating missive, chief constables warned the release of PC Harper's killers would undermine policing, saying: 'Officers and staff understand that the law must be applied as it stands. But they will question what message this sends about the value placed on their service and sacrifice when they put themselves in harm's way to protect others.'

The letter concludes by saying: 'We make this request in memory of PC Andrew Harper, in support of his family, friends, colleagues and the communities he served and on behalf of all victims of serious offending.'

The public should be able to trust that when a court passes sentence for the most serious crimes, victims, public protection and con-

confidence in the justice system remain at the heart of any subsequent decisions about release.'

Mr Burnham has ordered Justice Secretary Alex Norris to find a way to keep the killers of PC Harper behind bars, overriding the Ministry of Justice's claims that nothing more could be done. There were growing suggestions of a rift between No 10 and the MoJ last

'Our concern is for all victims'

night, with Downing Street officials said to see their opposite numbers as 'weak' after weeks of conflicting messages on the crisis.

Meanwhile, it was reported that allies of Mr Norris felt the PM was making 'promises that aren't possible'. Mr Burnham insisted yesterday: 'I am increasingly confident that a more focused approach along these lines will allow us to reduce the number of people

released early and, in the case of the most serious offenders like those convicted of the killing of PC Harper, prevent their early release altogether. I've not accepted it's impossible to do more.'

There are doubts over the feasibility of Mr Burnham's latest proposals to help tackle to prison overcrowding crisis.

Mark Fairhurst, National Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, said: 'Repurposing women's prisons to accommodate male prisoners is not something that can simply be achieved by changing the sign above the door.'

'There would inevitably be additional staffing, training, security and operational requirements. The design and facilities of women's prisons are not necessarily suitable for a male population.'

Tom Wheatley, President of the Prison Governors' Association, told the Daily Mail: 'Carrying out the kind of detailed work required to make these changes increases the risk that mistakes will be made. We are assured that the MoJ has briefed ministers as to this increased probability.'

Meanwhile, Downing Street finally contacted PC Harper's mother after she had been kept in the dark over the planned early release of Cole and Bowers. Debbie Adlam said No10 had been in touch hours after she told ITV she was 'angry' about having 'heard nothing from the Government'.

Scan here to read the letter and read the signatories

Killed in line of duty: PC Harper wed

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CONDEMN PM

... as nine in 10 probation staff threaten strike

By David Churchill

LABOUR'S plan to release thousands of killers, thugs and paedophiles early was thrown into chaos yesterday after probation officers voted for industrial action.

The National Association of Probation Officers (Napo) said nine in ten of the thousands of workers it represents polled in favour.

The union's survey was only 'indicative', meaning another official ballot must be held for any industrial action to be legal.

But Napo sources said they were looking to run an official poll in about two weeks.

This would take around a month, meaning industrial action involving as many as 8,000 probation staff could begin in early to mid-October.

This is the same month Labour will start releasing some 5,000 serious criminals – including killers and wife-beaters – early over a ten-month period.

This would currently include two of PC Andrew Harper's killers, which has sparked a furious backlash in recent weeks.

Any industrial action threatens to throw the scheme into chaos as most freed early are likely to need supervision by probation officers.

And there are concerns many of those released will reoffend if probation officers are forced to cut corners.

Probation Service chiefs say the system is already at breaking point and reliant on officers working overtime.

Ben Cockburn, national chairman of Napo, said the union

'Excessive workloads'

would first look to refuse working overtime and then move to full-on walkouts if the dispute – about pay and workloads – is not resolved.

He added: 'Excessive workloads are absolutely endemic

across probation. Time after time, things such as early release schemes and changes of sentencing, they've been loaded on to probation without any sort of workload relief coming the other way.'

'Unfortunately, the attitude seems to have been that probation has infinite capacity to take on work.'

'But unfortunately, the people who work in probation don't have that capacity.'

Asked if serious offenders were more likely to re-offend because of planned industrial action, he said: 'They could do. It would mean that maybe people don't have the time to spend with people on their caseloads.'

'Probation staff make decisions every day with life-chang-

ing consequences for the people we work with, victims and the public.'

'If excessive workloads prevent those decisions being made properly, the consequences can be devastating.'

As well as a solution to current workload levels, the union is demanding a 12 per cent pay increase for members.

It wants an investment of £700million, which was recently announced, to be used to recruit more staff.

Union talks with ministers are ongoing.

The Ministry of Justice said: 'We have already exceeded our 2025-26 recruitment target, with 1,389 people starting as trainee probation officers last year against a target of 1,300.'

Farage slaps down Zia for calling Ben Wallace 'traitor'

By Greg Heffer

NIGEL Farage was forced to reprimand Zia Yusuf for calling a former Tory defence secretary a 'traitor to Britain' yesterday.

Mr Yusuf lashed out at Sir Ben Wallace on social media after he questioned Reform's plans to deport foreign criminals from Britain, also calling the former soldier a 'moron'.

Responding to the comments while campaigning in Clacton ahead of tomorrow's by-election, Mr Farage said: 'Traitor is too strong a word.'

Asked whether Mr Yusuf should delete his outburst, Mr Farage said: 'I'll speak to him today. But yeah, it's over the top.'

The spat began after a press conference on Monday, where Mr Yusuf set out how a Reform government would deport all 10,000 foreign criminals from UK jails, vowing that they would be sent to jail in poorer countries – such as El Salvador – if their home nations refused to take them.

But Sir Ben said Reform 'have to answer how they will force those countries to take these offenders'.

He added: 'For decades they have refused to. If they won't and then [a Reform government] deports them but they are released, how will that sit with their victims? And the Irish offenders will find it easy to return.'

In response, Mr Yusuf said it was 'incredible that this moron was defence secretary. 'Our policy today is in direct response to

Row: Reform's Zia Yusuf and, right, former Tory minister Ben Wallace

your government's failures. If their home countries won't take back their citizens that are languishing in our jails, we are renting spaces in countries like El Salvador to put them.'

Mr Yusuf added: 'They will serve their full jail terms there, and will be banned from ever coming back to Britain.'

'They may well include some of the thousands of Afghans you imported, including those who had not been vetted properly and including Taliban fighters.'

'You know, the ones you took a super injunction out to keep secret from the British people? That's why I call you a traitor to

Britain. You fit the dictionary definition.' In response to Mr Yusuf, Sir Ben wrote: 'Oh look, a lesson from a man who never put a uniform on... just worked at [a] bank. A man who is literally making policy and facts up.'

In response to Mr Yusuf's tirade, political commentator and Reform member Tim Montgomerie wrote: 'This isn't acceptable from Zia. Zia's language and attitude towards any opponent is inappropriate and counter-productive.'

'Opponents are opponents... they aren't enemies... or morons. One of the biggest question marks over Nigel Farage's leadership is whether he brings Zia under control.'

He added that Mr Yusuf is a man of huge talents but too much of his social media output is intemperate'.

Speaking to Times Radio yesterday, Sir Ben said: 'Politics comes with an amount of to-ing and fro-ing, and brickbat, but the use of the word traitor is a very loaded word.'

'Treason and traitor comes with a death sentence, historically. And only a few weeks ago, Ann Widdecombe was murdered in what could [have been] a political attack.'

'Reform were telling everyone about being careful with their language and I totally agree with that.'

'But when you start calling people traitors, it is a very heavy connotation. And it's pretty insulting, especially for me. I served my country most of my life.'

'I was in the Army for nearly nine years. I served in Parliament.'

wife Lissie just a month before his death

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By Sam Merriman Political Correspondent

ANGELA Rayner has admitted she still vapes and that her children are 'disgusted' by her habit - on the same day she launched a crackdown on vape shops.

The Communities Secretary said yesterday she cannot give up e-cigarettes despite trying to quit because her nicotine addiction has led her to a 'lifetime of purgatory'.

Ms Rayner's admission came on the same day Labour pledged a crackdown on lax planning rules that have seen High Streets 'hollowed out' by vape shops, bookies and rogue businesses.

The former deputy prime minister said that as a teenager she 'thought it was cool to smoke', but added she has since failed to

'I thought it was cool to smoke'

quit vaping despite her children calling her 'the vape dragon'.

Asked if she still vaped during an interview to promote the crackdown, Ms Rayner admitted: 'Unfortunately I do. I'm from a generation where, as a teenager, I thought it was cool to smoke. It wasn't, and my kids are disgusted.'

'I started vaping to give up smoking. I've had a problem with nicotine since I was a teenager. I wish I could just give it up completely.'

'I would be devastated if my kids started vaping. And that's why I want to crack down on these vape shops that are outside schools; all these flavours that they get in. It is not cool.'

On Monday Ms Rayner and

'Vape dragon' Rayner says she can't quit e-cigs

Minister's admission on the day she launched crackdown on rogue shops

Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced vape shops will have to apply for planning permission, while the definition will be tightened to prevent them getting around the rules by claiming

to be convenience stores. Under the Government's plan, it will also become easier for councils to refuse permission for new betting shops to open when there are concerns locally.

Ministers will revoke the 'aim to permit' rule introduced when Tony Blair's government - in which Mr Burnham served - liberalized gambling. So-called adult gaming centres will require planning permission.

And the maximum length of closure orders for rogue shops linked to crime, such as some barbers, will double from six to 12 months. The move, first announced under Sir Keir Starmer, will give police and local authorities more time to investigate.

Speaking on a visit to Derbyshire yesterday, Mr Burnham said: 'There's a real concern across the country - I felt it in

the Makerfield by-election - about High Streets that have been hollowed out, particularly in former industrial areas.

'I want to give communities the power to turn things around. And that means clamping down on some of the businesses that cause harm in communities and then supporting those that bring life back to our High Street.'

John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association, said he supported action to tackle 'the proliferation of garish vape shops' that have 'little regard for the communities in which they operate'.

But he warned that 'it is vital that specialist vape shops are not caught up in a blanket crackdown' as they 'provide an important service to adult smokers who are looking to move away from cigarettes'.

Nicotine problem: Angela Rayner visiting Derbyshire yesterday

COMMENTARY By Stuart Rose

FORMER CHAIRMAN OF M&S

WE ARE all concerned about the decline of our High Streets and town centres. Where once there were popular independent traders, we now see boarded-up shop fronts.

'For Sale' and 'To Let' signs appear at every turn, adding to the general sense of decay and despondency.

Sometimes, the only businesses that seem to be proliferating are vape shops, betting shops, barber outlets and mini-marts - and there have been countless stories linking some of them to money-laundering, counterfeit goods and illegal drugs.

So, it comes as no surprise to me that in his determination to 'reconnect' with the British public, Andy Burnham has pledged to revitalise our High Streets.

Wallowing in a Hovis-ad nostalgia, he talks of bringing back the smell of the bakery and the 'buzz' of a High Street on a Saturday morning when you were always 'bumping into neighbours every few yards because everyone seemed to be in town'.

What has surprised me, however, and left me deeply unimpressed, is the way he plans to do so - a pledge to give councils more powers to block the choice of shops that open in town centres.

I described it on BBC's Newsnight as a 'lot of b***s about nothing', for I believe it is all hot air.

I am not wide-eyed about vape shops. I have criticised the way they are taking over the High Street, and I appreciate that

Don't just tell us what you want to ban, PM. We need a REAL plan to save our High Streets

some of them, along with some barbers and other outlets, get up to illegal activities.

But we already have trading standards authorities and the police to deal with this.

The regeneration of our shopping hubs isn't about banning vape shops, betting shops and 'dodgy' barbers. It is about having a vision for our towns and cities and bringing about that vision in concert with the businesses that can make it happen.

The best way to do that would be to encourage investment by cutting the huge tax and regulatory burdens on the retail sector. Britain's largest private sector employer which provides some three million jobs.

Yet this plan does the very opposite. By giving local councils more responsibility to regulate retail, the new Prime Minister is actually increasing the regulatory burdens on businesses.

Napoleon called us a Nation of Shop-keepers - we were, and we were very good at it. Sadly no longer. Not because we have

lost our skills but because we face a perfect storm. Internet shopping has made life infinitely more difficult just as we are fighting a losing battle against regulation, onerous taxation and unsustainable costs.

LABOUR'S recent increases in National Insurance, along with higher business rates and the introduction of unnecessary employment regulations, are the latest hit - and for many it is a fatal blow.

I have worked in the retail industry for 50-plus years and seen massive change during that time. The industry has embraced that change and almost all of it has been positive.

The cost in real terms of clothing, food, electronics and all other goods have gone down. Quality, availability, innovation and value-for-money have soared. We are highly competitive, fast-moving, amazingly

efficient, resilient and hard-working. We navigate and overcome any number of obstacles, from supply-chain disruption to inflation, tariffs and climate change. Governments of all complexions owe the retail industry a debt of gratitude.

But under Labour, we are constantly accused of profiteering and price-gouging. This at a time when margins are at historic lows and more retailers face going under than ever.

It is an approach that could not be further from the path to growth and the revitalisation of our towns and villages.

If Andy Burnham genuinely wants to regenerate and revitalise our High Streets, rather than asking local authorities to spend more money on regulation, he should ask them why they don't invest in better local amenities which will attract people to towns and cities - better and cheaper access, trees, seating, public lavatories, green spaces and more.

Why not ask them, while he's at it, to reduce rates for local shops? Why not encourage them to put on more local events and support more local initiatives?

The advent of out-of-town and online shopping has changed the environment for ever. It is what people want. But they also still want local shopping, local facilities and a familiar and comforting place.

We can have both but only if we have a government and local councils which have courage, imagination, determination and the grit needed to make it happen.

In contrast, an obsession with regulation, process and a determination to squeeze the last drop of tax out of the very industry that could be part of a High Street revival is quite simply madness.

Don't just tell us what you are going to ban, Mr Burnham - show us a plan for the future.

■ LORD Rose of Monewden is a life peer.

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Back a bit, back a bit... the teen posing for UK's stupidest selfie

Height of folly: The youth on phone

By Ed Holt

THIS is the moment a teenage boy risked his life by posing for a photo on the edge of a crumbling cliff 150ft above the sea.

The coastline at West Bay in Dorset, which featured in TV drama Broadchurch, is a popular but dangerous tourist attraction prone to regular rock falls.

In the pictures, the youngster – accompanied by a girl – can be seen just inches from the steep drop.

Beneath the boy's feet, there is a huge crack in the sandstone cliff that suggests it is only a matter of time before it gives

'Only a matter of time before it gives way'

way. Daryl Gill, a witness on the beach, said: 'They were there for ten to 15 minutes and also taking photos and selfies.

'You can see the huge crack, so if any section is going to go next it will be that one. It's quite worrying that people don't know the dangers.'

There have been nine landslips at West Bay so far this year. In January, some 500 tons of rock fell on to the popular beach.

A Dorset Council spokesman said: 'The Jurassic Coast is always on the move.

'It is wonderful to visit, but it's important to use common sense and caution.'

Idiotic: The boy inches back to the cliff edge at West Bay, Dorset

Hottest summer ever

By Mark Duell

BRITAIN is on course for its hottest summer ever – with only average conditions required for the rest of August to trump a record set last year.

The mercury will continue to rise this week as Britain's fifth heatwave of 2026 peaks at 38C tomorrow. A rare extreme heat warning has been issued.

Drought conditions are worsening, too, with some parts of southern England now having been continuously dry for 60 days and no downpours forecast.

The mean temperature for the summer so far, from June 1 to Monday, stands at 16.48C – which

Last year's record set to be broken as heatwave No.5 hits with highs of 38C

is 1.88C above the 1991 to 2020 average, Met Office data shows.

To equal the 16.12C seen in 2025, the UK's warmest summer on record, the rest of August would only need to be 0.21C below the long-term average.

For England and Wales, which have seen temperatures more than 2C above average so far this summer, it is even more likely this summer will be record-breaking.

Yesterday the Met Office issued

only its second extreme heat warning since 2022, saying the 'population is likely to experience some adverse health effects'.

The alert for central and southern England will run tomorrow from 9am until midnight and comes as almost three-quarters of the country is now in drought.

The UK Health Security Agency also activated amber heat health alerts for much of England, which will run until Friday – warning of

a 'rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions'.

The Government agency urged people to stay safe by drinking plenty of water, checking on vulnerable friends and family and avoiding the sun at the hottest part of the day. Temperatures will soar to 34C today and as high as 38C tomorrow, before cooling to 30C on Friday and 26C this weekend. The UK is also expected to

have 'tropical nights' – where temperatures stay above 20C.

If 38C is observed, it would be Britain's joint-fifth hottest day on record – tying with that recorded at Langwood in Norfolk on June 26, the hottest day of 2026.

Met Office chief forecaster Chris Bulmer said: 'While the peak heat will be more short-lived than recent heatwaves, temperatures widely into the mid-30s Celsius on Thursday bring the potential for impacts for some.'

Age UK's charity director Caroline Abrahams said there is a risk to the elderly because 'as people age, their bodies find it harder to adapt to extremes of heat'.

She advised keeping curtains and windows closed during the hottest part of the day and opening windows overnight.

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I Ronal-do!

After keeping his billion social media fans guessing for months, football megastar finally ties knot in secret

Just married: The snap of the couple's wedding rings and, right, with their five children

ONLY days ago, hundreds of frenzied fans mobbed a bemused bride and groom as they mistook them for Cristiano Ronaldo and flancee Georgina Rodriguez.

But after an epic guessing game as to when and where the global football icon would tie the knot, the star couple have now said 'I do' for real.

And within just an hour of sharing a snap of their wedding rings on Instagram last night – where the superstar is the most followed human being on the planet – more than 5million people had liked the announcement.

Rumours about dates and locations of the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star's big day had abounded ever since the couple got engaged a year ago.

Finally last night, the couple confirmed they had shared an 'intimate and private' ceremony with their five children.

A representative for Ronaldo, 41, said: 'Cristiano Ronaldo and

By Laura Fox

Georgina Rodriguez were married today in a civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, and are now officially husband and wife.'

Arguably the world's most famous footballer, it took Ronaldo – who has 678million followers on Instagram and a billion across all platforms – nine years to pop the question to model Ms Rodriguez, 32, having admitted he needed to

'Now officially husband and wife'

feel a 'click' to marry the mother of their two biological children. The couple are also raising the forward's three older offspring.

Influencer Ms Rodriguez had even joked that Ronaldo popping the question with an 'enormous' diamond ring was 'the least he could offer' after waiting such a long time to propose.

However, the world's all-time

leading goalscorer has openly admitted that he is 'not a romantic guy' in the traditional sense, though he insisted he expresses his love in his own manner.

Ms Rodriguez, was working at a Gucci store in Madrid, earning £10 an hour, when Ronaldo strolled in back in 2016.

Recalling their meeting, Ms Rodriguez said: 'Let's just say it was butterflies in my stomach.'

Ronaldo would pick her up from work in his £1.5million Bugatti – after she had arrived at the shop on the bus.

By December, she had quit her job shortly after fans began crowding outside the store.

Their union comes days after it was mistakenly thought the couple were set to marry in Madeira's Funchal Cathedral – spurring thousands of fans to gather outside the church on Saturday.

But the ceremony turned out to be for an entirely unconnected Portuguese couple from the island called Fabio Ramos and Fatima Nicole Cunha Teixeira.

Mr and Mrs: Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez

Mr Ashley, darling, time for a little drinky to talk about Harvey Nicks

THE PR guru who inspired Absolutely Fabulous has urged Mike Ashley to 'give her a call' to help revive Harvey Nichols.

The former Newcastle United owner is closing in on a deal to rescue the luxury department store, often name-checked on the TV sitcom. And Lynne Franks, who inspired Ab Fab Jennifer Saunders' character Eddy, pictured right, has urged him to go ahead. Sports Direct tycoon Mr

By Emily Hawkins

Ashley is seen as frontrunner to buy the troubled business after high street chain Next reportedly pulled out.

While some may scoff at the prospect of his group owning a luxury symbol, Ms Franks said: 'He is a professional retailer; he is making a profit, which is more than Harvey Nicks is doing. He should give me a call.'

You're fired: Sugar seethes at Amex 'idiots' over credit denial

ALAN Sugar has criticised American Express after it refused him a credit limit increase.

The Apprentice host, who is worth nearly £1.14 billion, was left fuming on Monday after his request was denied – and branded the company 'a bunch of idiots' on X.

Lord Sugar, 79, wrote he spent an 'hour on the phone' to the firm and was passed to 'four different people'. He added: 'Finally I got to speak to a person in the UK at Brighton who knew who I was and my financial status. However my request was refused due to their system.' But

By Dolly Busby Showbusiness Correspondent

sympathy for Lord Sugar was in short supply on social media, with one user accusing him of 'moaning' and expecting 'royal treatment' while 'flaunting his status' as a billionaire.

Lord Sugar, who was born on an east London council estate, is 146th on the Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated wealth of £1.138 billion. American Express was approached for comment.

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VI

Academic linked to banned Islamist group is hired at same Cambridge faculty as 'plagiarism professor'

By Eleanor Harding Education Editor

AN alleged former supporter of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group has been recruited by the University of Cambridge to the same faculty as ex-professor Jason Arday.

Dr Farah Ahmed wrote a chapter for a 2002 pamphlet published by the group before it was proscribed, attacking 'western education' as a 'threat' to Muslims, it is claimed.

She is now an assistant research professor at Cambridge's Faculty

'Threat of western education'

of Education – the same department from which Mr Arday has stepped down following a plagiarism row.

During her time at Cambridge, Dr Ahmed has also co-authored a How Islamic Is My School toolkit.

And in 2023, she helped organize a conference on Islam, science and education to 'recognise the role of science as part of a wider modernist and colonial project', and to 'consider challenges' to the view that 'sees science as 'objective knowledge''

The university launched an investigation last week into Mr Arday after fellow academics accused him of plagiarism and lying about his academic past.

He resigned from his professorship, saying the 'personal cost' of the furore had been 'too great' and

Revelations: Dr Farah Ahmed

cancelled upcoming events to promote his memoir.

According to the Spectator, Dr Ahmed's chapter for the 2002 pamphlet 'Education and Identity' was republished in 2017.

In the pamphlet, she wrote: 'The Muslim community as a whole in Britain needs to recognise that western education is a threat to our beliefs and values.'

She attacked schools' attempts to integrate Muslim children' as seeking to 'produce new generations that reject Islam' and said

Arday book is out – but no word on the scandal

THE memoir by disgraced academic Jason Arday was released in the US yesterday – with no mention of the scandal that has derailed his career.

Great And Unfortunate Things tells the story of how Mr Arday became the University of Cambridge's youngest ever black professor after an autism diagnosis at three and being unable to read or write until he was 18.

But its release by publishing giant Simon & Schuster comes just

days after the 41-year-old resigned his post amid revelations about seemingly tall tales from his past and allegations of plagiarism. The memoir says the author is 'currently' the 2002 Professorial Chair in the Sociology of Education at the university, and that Mr Arday is still the 'youngest black

academic to hold a professorship at the university', even though he has resigned. No author notes have been added to reflect the crisis that has dealt a blow to his credibility.

the national curriculum is a 'systematic indoctrination'.

She attacked British schools for teaching that 'polygamy or marriage under the age of 16' is 'archaic and discriminatory to women', and for telling children that 'democracy... is the only way that laws should be created'.

A spokesman for Cambridge's Faculty of Education said: 'The Faculty is committed to academic freedom and freedom of speech within the law. All members of our community are

encouraged to exercise their rights to freedom of speech, including to challenge ideas they disagree with.'

Meanwhile, Mr Arday's legal letter warning off a Times Higher Education journalist was leaked online yesterday. It claimed Mr Arday was supervising 15 PhD students and has examined 'over 35' as an external examiner.

Professor Alice Sullivan, of UCL, said on X: 'If this is true, then there are over 35 people whose PhDs are tainted.'

Disgraced: Huw Edwards

Edwards hits back over critics of his Welsh poem

By Codie Bullen

Senior Showbusiness Reporter

DISGRACED newsreader Huw Edwards has hit back after being criticised for entering a poetry competition at Wales' largest cultural festival.

In his first published work, the former BBC presenter laid bare his grief for his late father – celebrated academic Hywel Teifi Edwards – and reflected on his spectacular fall from grace.

The poem, originally in Welsh, begins 'A wayward son : in the torment of his hell'.

Actress Sera Cracroft, a survivor of child abuse, told the BBC it would have been 'catastrophic' if Edwards had won the £750 prize given to the winner of the prestigious Crown competition at the 2026 National Eisteddfod. Ms Cracroft said Edwards 'being crowned in front of the nation' would be 'hurtful to survivors'.

Edwards, 64, who pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children in 2024, has defended his decision to enter the contest, won by journalist Martin Huws.

Do I regret submitting the poem? Not for a second. I valued the experience of writing, and I shall continue, he wrote on Substack, where he posted the poem.

The National Eisteddfod said 'nobody, including the judges, knows beforehand who has competed'.

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Familiar faces? Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere

Just like mum and dad! Cindy's girl and Gere's boy are Vogue cover stars

By Shane Watson

AMERICAN Vogue's September issue is their biggest of the year, so what features on the cover of the world's most influential fashion magazine counts as a significant cultural moment.

And this year it's two bright nepo twentysomethings: Kaia Gerber, 24, and Homer Gere, 26.

With her mane of glossy chestnut hair, broad smile, flashing eyes and yards and yards of legs, one glance at Kaia confirms she is the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford. Kaia, also a model, is

'Our parents were married'

the spitting image of her mother and the picture, shot by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, could be of Cindy at the apex of her career in the late-1980s.

The young actor in the frame (look closely now) is the son of Richard Gere, another superstar of the 1980s - who was, of course, married to Cindy in the 1990s.

And there's more to make this the scoop of dreams: Cindy and Richard appeared together on the cover of US Vogue in 1992, a year into their four-year marriage. He later married Carey Lowell, and

Divorced: Richard and Cindy

Homer is their son. Cindy wed Kaia's father Rande Gerber in 1998.

Homer and Kaia met after they were cast in the Disney+ TV series The Shards. Homer tells US Vogue: 'Twenty minutes into knowing each other I was like, "Should we just acknowledge the fact that our parents were married?" Kaia was like, "Yeah. Cool." And that was it.'

Spared jail, diversity officer who used her Range Rover to drag war hero PC along road

By Elizabeth Haigh

A DRUNKEN diversity rep who crippled a police officer after dragging him along a city road with her 4x4 has been spared jail.

Candace DeSilva, 37, fled with the officer still clinging to the side of her Range Rover after she was pulled over.

The court heard that she left Afghan war veteran PC Simon Ward with serious injuries and placed his life in danger.

When she was finally stopped she moaned: 'I just wanna go home to my children.'

DeSilva was handed a 28-month prison sentence suspended for two years at Liverpool Crown Court after previously admitting causing serious injury by danger-

Drink-driver: Candace DeSilva

ous driving and assaulting an emergency worker.

The sentence was described as disgusting by Chris McGlade, chairman of Merseyside Police Federation. He said it was 'no deterrent to those who wish to put the lives of police officers at risk'.

DeSilva, of Anfield, Liverpool, is an accounts officer and 'lead diver-

sity inclusion and belonging rep' at the Royal College of Physicians.

She was driving in Liverpool city centre at about 4pm on September 14, 2024, when she was seen using her phone and doing an illegal U-turn. She was pulled over by PC Ward, who noted her 'glazed eyes and slurred speech'.

Roadside tests showed she had 90 micrograms of alcohol for 100ml of breath - nearly three times the legal limit. Liverpool Crown Court heard PC Ward - a former RAF medic in Afghanistan - asked for a woman officer to attend to search DeSilva.

Prosecutor Nardeen Nemat said that when PC Ward was told no woman officer was available, DeSilva said: 'See, there is nobody else coming. You're not *** searching me. I'm going. You can't stop me.'

She started her 4x4 and tried to

drive off. Fearing for the safety of a nearby mother with a prum, PC Ward told DeSilva to stop and grabbed the steering wheel. But he was left clinging to the side of the vehicle as she hit out, lacerating his fingers and hand.

PC Ward hit his panic button and used his pepper spray. When DeSilva told her passenger,

'You could have killed him'

another woman, to put the car into 'sport mode' he used the spray again, this time on the passenger. After the car came to a halt a short distance away, DeSilva was captured on body-cam footage shouting: 'What is that spray? What is that spray?'

Told she was being arrested on

suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, she said: 'I just wanna go home to my children. I've done nothing.'

PC Ward still has to use a crutch to walk and wears a knee brace as a result of the incident, as well as suffering from PTSD. He was off work for 19 months and has had to take a desk-based role.

Charles Lander, defending, said DeSilva is a mother of four and two of her children have special educational needs. He also claimed she has a history of mental health issues.

At Monday's sentencing she was handed the suspended sentence as well as 140 hours of unpaid work and a three-year driving ban. Judge Garrett Byrne said: 'Your reckless actions... could have killed him.' But he said he would suspend the sentence because of the children.

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Daily Mail COMMENT

Feeble Burnham is devoid of ideas

A DEEPLY unsatisfactory pattern is emerging in the way the new Prime Minister approaches a crisis.

Labour's egregious prisons early release scheme, predictably, has hit the buffers.

In response, Andy Burnham announced a review which led to certain categories of criminal being barred from receiving a sentence discount.

But his changes did not go far enough and now he's scrabbling around for more in a most unstatesmanlike manner.

Downing Street has disclosed that ministers will look at three possibilities to free up space in the jails - all of which experts resoundingly conclude are complete non-starters.

The PM has even hinted at his frustration over the mishandling of the whole project by officials at the MoJ.

These, by the way, are the people who pulled the wool over Shabana Mahmood's eyes when she was Justice Secretary and persuaded her that letting tens of thousands of criminals out of jail early was the only way to handle prison overcrowding.

The three new options, undoubtedly drawn up by these same civil servants, are technical in nature and completely unimaginative.

'Nightingale' prisons for low-risk inmates are not among them, for some reason. Nor are leasing prison barges or empty cells in other countries, such as the Netherlands, where there is spare capacity.

Mr Burnham is very rapidly discovering how the liberal 'Blob' that dominates Whitehall is not always his friend.

More broadly, Labour has been in charge for more than two years but is still blaming the previous Tory administration for problems in the jails, and has spent all that time implementing a plan that is now imploding spectacularly. Last night, in an unprecedented move, 50 senior police officers voiced their grave concerns.

But, as usual, this feeble Government will refuse to take responsibility - and is utterly bereft of any credible solutions.

Missing the boat

CHALLENGED over the small boats crisis a fortnight ago, Mr Burnham insisted 'the plan is working'.

Yesterday, however, he admitted: 'We will now change our tactics.'

In the first 22 days of his premiership 3,000 small boat migrants reached Britain, compared with less than 2,300 in the same period under Sir Keir Starmer, including an obscene 'mega dinghy' with 230 aboard which pushed the grand total since the General Election past 80,000.

It seems not even Mr Burnham believes his preposterous claim that he has a working plan if it now needs shaking up.

For this Labour have no one but themselves to blame.

The previous government spent two years battling to win legal challenges against their Rwanda asylum deal, which was finally ready to take off at the last election.

But out of sheer spite and ideology-driven concertedness, Labour scrapped Rwanda as one of their first acts in power - and instead embarked on a nebulous plan to 'smash the gangs'.

Year-on-year arrivals are down, thankfully, but there is no guarantee that will remain the case as trafficking gangs seek ways to run rings around the police.

The fact that this island nation cannot protect its own borders is a matter of constant bafflement - not to mention outrage - to most Britons.

Inverably, Mr Burnham and his gutless Home Secretary Ms Mahmood do not have what it takes to bring this crisis to an end.

Brace yourself for Labour's vindictive, seldom pension as raid that's about to hammer strivers

TWON'T be long before we know what nasties are coming our way in the autumn Budget.

Higher taxes on capital gains and personal wealth are as sure as night follows day.

Yet, while we will have to wait until October 28 for all the awful nitty-gritty contained in John Healey's inaugural Budget to be made public, Labour's attack on the strivers and the prudent is already in overdrive.

For that, we must 'thank' (blame) Rachel from Accounts, Healey's predecessor, who during her disastrous time as chancellor of the exchange took every opportunity to hoover an increasing chunk of our wealth into the Treasury's coffers with the efficiency of a high-tech Dyson vacuum cleaner. It was envy politics of the highest order. Classic madhouse socialism.

Before being booted out of No1, Rachel Reeves put in train measures designed to undermine our ability to save for retirement through a tax-friendly pension. They were the equivalent of ticking pension 'time bombs' designed to go off in the near future and do damage to our retirement wealth.

One of these will explode in 2029 when curbs on the use of salary sacrifice arrangements by employers, to mitigate the cost of providing works pensions, will kick in.

The new rules will hit employers with yet more business costs - in the form of higher national insurance bills. Employees could also see their wages chipped away if employers decide they must bear part of the cost of Reeves's tax grab.

According to the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies, it will be higher earners and private-sector workers who bear the brunt of these changes.

No surprise there. We have been down this sorry road with Labour many times before. Remember Gordon Brown's first act as chancellor under the allegedly progressive Blair government of 1997? A £9billion annual tax raid on company pensions that triggered the beginning

by Jeff Prestridge

MONEY EDITOR AT LARGE

of the end for defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector. Pension arrangements which delivered a lifetime income to retirees based on a mix of years worked and their salary.

Yet the more damaging Reeves pension time bomb will be triggered next April when new rules governing the taxation of inherited pension funds kick in. At best, its impact will be punitive. But 'egregious' is a more honest description.

Whoever at the Treasury thought up this spiteful, vindictive tax attack on pensions should be ashamed of themselves - although of course the new rules won't apply to their gold-plated public-sector pensions, so they don't really care. For the record, public-sector pensions have protected 'TX' status. That is, immunity from raiding Treasury Neanderthals.

Toxic

Without getting mired in personal finance minutiae (which money journalists like me and my colleagues on Money Mail love to do), the changes primarily affect defined contribution pension polls which most workers in the private sector - employed or self-employed - now pay into.

By defined contribution, I mean pension funds which grow in value according to how much you put in and how well its underlying investments perform. Those with defined benefit pensions, now almost the preserve of public sector workers, are not the focus of Labour's outrageous tax grab.

'Strange that?' you may say. 'No,' is my response. It's Labour yet again undermining our pensions without an iota of contrition. As I've said before and no doubt will say again before I finish this massive, it's envy politics. Down with the strivers.

The nub of next April's pension time bomb is as follows. Currently, if you die with an unspent defined

contribution pension fund, the remaining value falls outside the inheritance tax (IHT) net. This means your beneficiaries can access the money free of all tax if you die before the age of 75.

For those who die later in life, the tax system is not so forgiving in that any withdrawals from the unspent pension fund that a beneficiary subsequently takes incur income tax at their own marginal rate: 20, 40 or 45 per cent. But again, IHT - currently charged at 40 per cent on the portion of estates above £125,000 - is not an issue.

Yet, from April 6 next year, the rules change dramatically. The value of any unused pension fund will then fall into the IHT fishing net.

For some beneficiaries, it will result in the proceeds from an inherited pension fund (where the plan-holder was aged 75 or more) being decimated by a toxic combination of IHT and income tax.

More toxic (financially) than the poison Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen used to do away with his wife Cora 116 years ago. As my Money Mail colleagues reported at the weekend, 91 per cent of an inherited pension fund could be lost to tax in the most extreme of cases.

When I scrutinized this attack on pensions in the immediate wake of Reeves' 2024 Budget, I was shocked by its severity. I wasn't alone. Baroness Altmann, a former pensions minister and campaigner, knows more about pensions that almost anyone else in this country. And she didn't hold back.

This massive change in pensions tax treatment is a classic example of how tax meddling deters pension planning. She told me at the time.

'Long-term retirement plans need a stable policy environment. Many people who worked hard to arrange their financial affairs to best help loved ones now find their plans thrown into disarray

through no fault of their own.' Bang on the nail. Readers were equally outraged, with one lovely couple from Bournemouth telling me they felt 'like fools' for being prudent, 'only to land our two children with a big IHT bill when we pass away'.

In the next few months, as we edge ever closer to April 6 (the start of the new tax year), I am sure that many column inches will be dedicated to the savageness of this unprecedented tax attack on our pensions. It has already started and leading financial experts are slowly coming out of the woodwork to attack the changes.

Warfare

A few days ago, investing platform AJ Bell called for the Government to rethink its stance on inherited pensions and 'go back to the drawing board'. It described the Treasury's decision to tax inherited pensions as though they are 'both capital (attracting IHT) and income (liable to income tax)' as 'intrinsically unfair'.

It's hard to disagree with this assessment. My view is that the pension tax grab is wrong on multiple levels.

First, it cannot be right that someone who has saved religiously into a pension fund with the specific aim of passing down wealth to their loved ones in a tax-efficient manner is suddenly told the rules are changing. It's a form of retrospective taxation.

Secondly, it's a crass that the main solution available to those wishing to mitigate the cost of this impending tax trap is to spend their pension before they die. They shouldn't be forced down this route by politicians.

But, more worryingly, it's a nasty assault on strivers who have spent their working lives painstakingly putting aside a slice of their hard-earned income to provide financial security for themselves in retirement - and their loved ones after they die.

Striving should be encouraged, not discouraged. But that's not in Labour's DNA - and never has been. It's more interested in a ruthless policy of class warfare on Middle England.

God help us.

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Sarah Vine

sarah.vine@dailymail.co.uk

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS!

X @WestminsterWAG

THE history of modern medicine is littered with so-called miracle cures that turned out to be the stuff of nightmares.

Thalidomide is the most obvious one, a treatment for morning sickness that led to devastating birth defects. For centuries, mercury was believed to treat syphilis, but instead it led to kidney failure, brain damage and a horrible death.

The Victorians cheerfully embraced cocaine and opiates as general wonder drugs, ignoring the obvious addictive and deadly side-effects. Likewise OxyContin, the painkiller that has killed thousands of people in the US.

But it's human nature, isn't it? Few things are more tantalising than a quick fix. Whatever the ailment - pain, obesity, anxiety, insomnia, infertility, depression, ageing - we all long for a magic pill to make it go away: an easy way back to health and happiness that will allow us to carry on, consequence-free.

And so we take SSRIs to cope with the anxiety, statins to lower cholesterol, blood-pressure pills to protect our hearts from the daily onslaught of stress, or the effects of smoking and alcohol. We pop penicillin like Smarties, take hormones to restore our flagging libidos, dodge infertility with IVF inject neurotoxins like Botox to slow the signs of ageing, ingest stimulants (and sometimes give them to our children) to treat ADHD... the list is endless.

Modern life increasingly seems a slow but inevitable process of medicalisation. Which is not necessarily a bad thing: countless people are alive today who would not be here without 21st-century medicine.

But whenever scientists and society get carried away, filled with excitement and hype, there's always a small voice in the back of one's head whispering: 'What if it's not all it's cracked up to be? What if medicine has got it wrong - again?'

The latest of these, of course, is fat jabs or GLP-1s: drugs that act, crudely speaking, as a chemical gastric band and which, since they were first licensed around ten years ago in the US and more recently here, have been hailed as the cure for one of the modern world's biggest ills: obesity. It is

'Newer, cheaper versions in pill form'

estimated that around 1.6 million people are using these drugs in Britain, mostly via private prescription. But that number is set to increase dramatically as newer, cheaper versions in pill form come on the market.

Oral semaglutide (the active ingredient in brands such as Ozempic and Wegovy) has been available since June, and the makers of Mounjaro had their pill, Foundayo, approved this week by the UK regulator.

Unlike the pens, the price of the pills does not increase with the dose, meaning they will end up costing roughly half as much as the jabs. While this still doesn't

I hope and pray my faith in fat jabs isn't misplaced... but my worry is that they're just too good to be true

make them a giveaway - the Foundayo pill will cost between £100-150 a month, the Wegovy one slightly more - it will nevertheless mean that more people will be able to access them.

This is a huge turning point. Arguably, it is a breakthrough every bit as seismic as the discovery of penicillin or anaesthetics. It will have far-reaching consequences that will impact not only on the medical profession (and the NHS) but also reshape cultural and social attitudes towards obesity.

Assuming, that is, that they are safe.

Every doctor I speak to is convinced that, for most patients, they are. But still. We've been here before. In the 1930s dinitrophenol was marketed as a 'bit-burning' drug - it was, only it also cooked the body from the inside out, eventually causing organ failure.

In the 1950s and 1960s amphetamines were widely prescribed, suppressing appetite

and providing a chemical blast of energy. The only downside was they were highly addictive and left users vulnerable to strokes, heart attacks and severe cardiovascular damage.

In the early 1990s we had 'fen-phen', a 'combination appetite suppressant and energy booster'. Again, this led to potentially fatal lung and heart problems, and was withdrawn in 1997 along with legal damages of more than £10 billion.

Or there was ephedra, a 'plant-based' cure widely touted in the early 2000s - and quickly banned when it was found to cause heart attacks, strokes, seizures and sudden death. And let's not forget rimonabant, which worked by inhibiting certain brain receptors but caused profound psychiatric problems.

In the case of the GLP-1s, we know that in some rare cases they can cause severe, sometimes fatal, pancreatitis, as well as increased likelihood of gallstones.

Some of the common side-effects can be truly alarming, and there is concern around muscle loss and malnutrition.

Only last week, official figures emerged suggesting that more than 200 deaths in Britain been linked to weight-loss drugs, as well as 158,000 'adverse reactions'.

The clunkily named quango, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, stressed that these alarming numbers did not necessarily prove that the drugs in question (Mounjaro, Wegovy and Saxenda) had caused the deaths and adverse reactions in the patients, only that they were suspected of it.

But for all that, every doctor I have spoken to about these drugs is adamant that, overall, the advantages outweigh the risks, and that if properly monitored and managed, they will not only save lives but also - in the long run - save the NHS millions.

That's because, unlike their

predecessors, large-scale studies show GLP-1s actually improve heart health. They have also been found to reduce fatty liver disease (a nasty modern killer), improve kidney function, help sleep apnoea and - perhaps most interestingly of all - help control substance cravings, including alcohol, tobacco and opioids.

Just as significant is the potential cultural impact. Fat-shaming has always been one of the nastier aspects of human nature, together with a notion that slim people are somehow morally superior. The 'cult of thin' - especially in women - is a tyranny. Some women are naturally slight, but for many, remaining slim past your 20s, with pregnancy, hormonal changes and, later, the menopause, is hard.

Economically, too, there will be a huge knock-on effect. We're already seeing it: my feed on the second-hand clothes website

'These drugs make me feel and look better'

Vinted (my guilty pleasure) is chock-full of women selling size 16-18 dresses following radical weight loss. Meanwhile, the once-mighty diet industry is on its knees. Poor Marjorie from Pathighters will be out of a job.

GLP-1s are also beginning to affect restaurants, particularly the fast-food sector. Recent analysis found that 41 per cent of GLP-1 users eat out less often - and when they do, they order less.

You may also have noticed the appearance of 'nutrient-dense' ready meals in your local supermarket. Again, these are driven by the need to combat potential side-effects such as hair loss, tiredness and muscle-wasting by eating lots of high-quality lean protein and other essentials. The ramifications are everywhere.

Speaking personally, these drugs have been a revelation. They have not made me super-slim (that was never the intention), but they have helped me maintain a stable weight for the past few years, which had always eluded me.

I feel better, look better, have more self-confidence and - crucially - my blood tests show a vast improvement in all areas of health, while my mental well-being, which was always so tied up with feelings of self-loathing around my weight, has never been better.

Small but significant things, like the fact that my knees don't hurt so much, or that being less heavy means I am more likely to go swimming or do a fitness class, have improved my quality of life.

Like everyone who has benefited from these drugs, I can only hope and pray that my faith in the medical profession is not misplaced.

Nevertheless, the worry remains - that if something seems too good to be true, it generally is.

'Some of the common side-effects can be truly alarming - and there is concern about malnutrition'

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Putin's £1bn palace in Ukraine's sights

VLADIMIR Putin's £1billion palace has been left 'unprotected' after a series of attacks by Ukraine destroyed its air defences. The luxury home in

By Imogen Garfinkel and Will Stewart

Gelendzhik, a resort town on the Black Sea, has been likened to a fortress with a 16-storey underground complex and

bunker, built inside a cliff to withstand nuclear attack.

But 'systematic' strikes by Ukraine on what is alleged to be Putin's holiday mansion saw its air defences systems obliterated. A Volna Kupol Garant

Fortress: Vladimir Putin's alleged holiday home in Gelendzhik

electronic warfare system, used to jam signals of attacking drone, was destroyed on Friday – opening the way for Ukrainian drones to reach nearby anti-aircraft missile system S-400 two days later.

The S-400 – located about 12 miles from Putin's palace – was left 'ablaze and sputtering for three hours', according to Major Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's unmanned systems forces.

Military analyst Yan Matveyev said: 'Satellite imagery shows the destruction of at least one launcher... now Putin's 'palace' is left unprotected.'

'The Ukrainian military has

'Launched a deliberate hunt'

launched a deliberate hunt for Russian air defences in occupied Crimea and southern Russia.'

He added that the Volna Kupol Garant system is the size of a 'small military base and easily identified from the air'.

The Moscow Times reported that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's forces are 'systematically destroying' the elaborate protection for the residence.

But while the S-400 is designed to repel aircraft, drones and cruise missiles, it had been repurposed to launch six missiles at Ukraine on the night of August 9.

The 17,700 sq metre complex gained notoriety following an

investigation by Alexei Navalny, the late opposition activist and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In a video posted in 2021, he alleged that the guarded complex was built for the Russian dictator.

He claimed the property cost £1 billion and was paid for 'with the largest bribe in history', funded by a circle of businessmen close to Putin.

The nearly two-hour video showed a lavish compound decked out with an ornate tea house, an amphitheatre, a helipad, a church and several restaurants.

Security officials maintain a strict no-fly zone above the complex.

The footage of the Gelendzhik mansion was released after Navalny flew back to Russia from Germany and went into custody.

Putin denied he owned the palace, with his long-time associate, businessman Arkady Rotenberg, saying he was the proprietor.

In 2024, Navalny died in a remote Arctic prison. His widow accused Putin of orchestrating her husband's death, saying it was caused by poisoning.

The Kremlin denies involvement in his death. Russian officials claimed he died of natural causes.

It is believed that the Russian president rarely visits the palace, favouring his property on Lake Valdai, 185 miles east of Moscow.

That residence is shielded by a total of 27 towers, costing £16 million each, mounted with Pantsir anti-aircraft systems, according to an investigation by Radio Svoboda.

Dictator al-Assad given death penalty for Syria war crimes

OUSTED Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death for committing 'crimes against humanity' during his country's 14-year civil war.

He has been sentenced in absentia along with his brother Maher after the pair fled to Moscow when his regime was overthrown in December 2024.

The civil war began in 2011 when more than a dozen teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on a school wall were arrested and tortured.

The case became a catalyst for mass protests that were met by a violent government response. About half a million people died during the civil war.

The former president's brutal treatment of his fellow countrymen gave him the nickname 'The Butcher', pictured right.

Yesterday, Judge Fakhredine al-Aryan told the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus: 'Bashar Assad used state agencies

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to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity'. The court added al-Assad had been sentenced to death for crimes of 'premeditated and intentional murder of more than one person and of children' as well as 'torture, arbitrary arrest and crimes against humanity'.

The judge also sentenced al-Assad's cousin Atef Najib, who was convicted of overseeing the deadly crackdown in 2011, to death.

Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the

Political Security Branch in Daraa, stood in a cage in court as the judge sentenced him for 'the intentional killing of children under 15'.

Maher was a commander of the Syrian military, which opposition activists in the country have accused of killings, torture, extortion and drug trafficking.

The court also sentenced six ex-military and security officials in absentia to death.

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Shades of the 50s as J-Lo turns on the vintage chic

By Sonia Horon

SHE'S come a long way since she was Jenny from the Block - conquering the world of pop and film for the past 30 years.

Now Jennifer Lopez has paid homage to vintage Hollywood glamour in a headscarf and shades - and very little else.

The 57-year-old mother of two looked sensational as she shared a series of snaps on

'Hollywood glamour'

social media on Monday. In one, the singer and actress looked like a true 1950s screen siren in a retro satin off-white two-piece bikini as she posed in front of a clothing rack. She accrossed with rounded sunglasses and a white bag.

Referring to her star sign, J-Lo, who celebrated her birthday last month, captioned the post 'Leo season continues'. She also shared a Polar-oid-style shot of her in a white

Retro look: Jennifer Lopez in dress, above, and bikini

dress with a plunging neckline and cut-outs.

The Hustlers star, who is mother to 18-year-old twins Max and Oskar, split from fourth husband and fellow actor Ben Affleck in 2024 after two years of marriage. Their divorce was finalised last year.

By Ciaran Foreman

THE fat around your middle is a better indication of your heart attack risk than body weight, a study has suggested.

Researchers said waist measurements accurately detected those at a far higher risk of major heart problems, including stroke and heart failure.

Body mass index alone was found to be a far less reliable measure of the life-threaten-

'Too much fat can affect organs'

ing health problems - with the research suggesting that up to a fifth of those with a healthy BMI score could be carrying dangerous amounts of body fat.

BMI is worked out by dividing an adult's weight in kilograms by height in metres squared and is used to see if someone is a 'healthy weight'.

For the study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Jacc), the team measured 260,000 participants' waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio alongside their BMI.

Belly fat predicts heart attack risk better than BMI

Wider waists can point to problems

Waist circumference measures the distance around the abdomen, while waist-to-hip ratio compares this figure with the hip circumference.

The researchers examined participants' health records over a period of 20 years and found that 18 per cent of those classed as a 'healthy' weight by BMI had a high waist-to-hip ratio, while 5 per cent had a risky waist circumference.

Despite being classed as a healthy weight, participants had high central adiposity - the term for excess fat in the lower middle. Too much can interfere with organ function. Those with an unusually high waist or waist-to-hip

ratio were at a 15 to 50 per cent greater risk of a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease.

Only around half of people classed as obese by BMI had a high waist-to-hip ratio.

Harlan M Krumholz, editor-in-chief of Jacc and Yale School of Medicine scientist, said: 'It is time to abandon a sole focus on BMI.'

'This enormously important study shows that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio provide critical information about cardiovascular risk, even among people with a BMI considered normal.'

'He was fortunate. With a slimmer waist he would have gone straight down the pothole'

Ephraim Hardcastle

WHILE one-time pirate station Radio Caroline is rapped on the knuckles for announcing the King's death (a pre-recorded file was mistakenly broadcast from Essex), the monarch is known to view his demise with gallows humour. Reflecting on those 'endless metal plates and screws' he had fitted in his arm following polo injuries. HM's been heard to quip: 'All that's left of you when you drop dead is 'Made in Switzerland'.'

ON the Isle of Wight for Cowes Week, Princess Anne went off-piste with husband Tim to explore the stalls and pop-up eateries taking over the streets. Spotting her inspecting the nauticalia on sale, one jovial trader piped up: 'Alright, Duchess, anything you're particularly looking for?' Anne politely replied: 'It's Princess, actually', prompting the unknowing fellow to clarify: 'You do look a bit like that Princess Anne, but you're definitely a touch of class, Duchess.' No sale followed, alas.

CONFIDENT his 21-year marriage to former co-star Dame Meera Syal will last, Sanjeev Bhaskar points out she played his grandmother in long-ago BBC sitcom The Rumars at No. 42. 'She was not my wife at the time, but I saw her dressed as a granny,' the actor explains. 'My argument is when she turns 80, I have no surprises at all. I will wake up one morning and go 'Oh there you are!''

DESCRIBING her accent as 'half-American' while plugging Scottish shows (she left Glasgow aged 15), Lulu, pictured, insists she'll revert to speaking in showbiz-Caledonian when back home. 'Some people like it, some people don't,' she awkwardly chuckles.

FORCED to lose her Lincolnshire dialect in her youth, classy thespian Patricia Hodge recalls: 'My mother used to say, 'You don't say bath rhyming with Cath.''

THOUGH the Prime Minister continues to bore for Britain about Manchester being in the north, a trusty cartographer maintains: 'Manchester is really in the Midlands... the geographical centre of mainland Britain is in the midst of the Forest of Bowland - just over 40 miles north of Manchester.'

LONG snooty about Cheshire-raised Burnham's real Manchester credentials, Mancunian doom-monger Morrissey cancels a Las Vegas residency just days before the first show, blaming 'unforeseen logistical issues'. The delicate fellow has form when it comes to pulling the plug on performances: his most memorable excuse of late being 'artist illness'.

DELIGHTFULLY loopy Time Lord Tom Baker, 92, cheerfully tells The Oldie: 'I had the gravestone made with 'Tom Baker, 1934-' on it. The last date is ready to be chiselled in... I hope someone doesn't fill it in without asking me.'

Email: ephraim.hardcastle@dailymail.co.uk

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TONIGHT, the moon will edge across the sun in the fullest solar eclipse Britain will see this century which, in the world of astrology, is hugely significant.

Regarded as unusually potent turning points, eclipses usher in great periods of change and revelation. Hidden truths can surface and reversals of fortune occur. A relationship teetering on the brink might either blossom into something new and exciting or end altogether.

Since Britain is very much under the shadow of this eclipse, astrologers consider its influence especially powerful here: Regions that fall in its path are believed to feel its effects more strongly than those where it passes unseen. Astrologers have long been fascinated by prominent people born on eclipse days. Prince William was born on June 21, 1982, the day of a partial solar eclipse; Kate, Princess of Wales, on January 9, 1982, the day of a total lunar eclipse. US President Donald Trump was meanwhile born on June 14, 1946, another total lunar eclipse day.

So what might today's eclipse, which takes place in the sign of Leo, mean for us? Three astrologers explain how to harness - or simply surrender to - its extraordinary energy.

Leos may be in the limelight but all star signs should make a wish

By YASMIN BOLAND, best-selling author and award-winning astrologer and moonologist

TODAY is not a day to sit around, letting the eclipse pass us by or even feeling frightened of its power. We need to use it. My first piece of advice is simple: If you do nothing else, make a wish. Do it as soon as you can after the eclipse.

Incidentally, by definition, a solar eclipse can only happen during the New Moon phase. But this event today is like a New Moon on steroids, catapulting us into the future whether we feel ready for it or not. Write down what you want to happen in the next six months then think hard about the practical things you can do to help it become a reality. I call this doing 'the woo-woo and the work'.

It is easy to say, 'I want my life to change' but what does that really mean? A new job? More money? A different relationship? The courage to leave one? A house move?

Once you name it, you can begin looking for the opportunities and actions that support it.

Eclipses can also coincide with revelations. I think of them as moments when the universe changes gears. Sometimes something comes to light that we didn't especially want to know: A truth about a relationship, an unbearable job or a pattern we have been tolerating for far too long.

I don't necessarily see that as punishment. I see eclipses as fast-tracking us out of situations in which we have become stuck.

Now is the time to accept the end of a relationship - but better things will come.

That brings me to my biggest eclipse 'don't'. Don't cling desperately to something that is very obviously trying to leave your life. Sometimes we have to clear something out before there is any room for the next chapter.

Because this eclipse is in Leo, I would use it to examine Leo 'themes', namely confidence, pride and creativity.

Ask yourself some uncomfortable questions. Is pride or your own ego getting in your way? Are you staying in a job, relationship or situation because admitting it is over feels like admitting defeat?

Or do you have the opposite problem: Have you been making yourself smaller when what you really need is to step into the limelight? That Leo theme mat-

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ters particularly for Leo people because the Sun represents our sense of self, vitality and identity in astrology. I would ask every Leo: Does the person the world currently sees still reflect who you are? In which parts of your life are you ready to be braver, more visible or more creative?

Don't gossip if you're a Libra and expect a lucky windfall if you're a Cancer

By DAISY FORREST, astrologer and tarot card reader

THE most useful thing you can do this week is not stare anxiously into the future. Look backwards. Specifically, go through your camera roll and look at what was happening between February 17 and March 3 this year. This was the first eclipse season of 2026, when a lunar and solar eclipse both took place in other parts of the world.

Check your diary. Scroll through the photos on your phone. Search your messages and emails. Who were you talking about? What was worrying you? What did you know then but fail to act on? I would expect some of those themes, people or questions to reappear now in a more developed form.

February may have been episode one; August can be episode two.

One of my clients decided to separate during the spring eclipses. Now, as the summer eclipse arrives, the decision has become concrete and divorce papers have been served. Another client lost her job during the spring eclipse period. After months of unemployment, a new job has landed in her lap just as this eclipse season arrives.

There are specific messages in the eclipse for some signs. If you are a Cancer, for example, this eclipse will activate your second house, which governs finances (house simply means one of the 12 houses that govern your natal astrological birth chart). You may see money coming in from family members, especially in-laws.

If you're a Libra, the eclipse will activate your 11th house of friendships. Since drama is always at the forefront of the eclipse season, be careful who you gossip to or about. But eclipses don't have to mean

How today's solar eclipse really can be a GYSMC CATNAY for your love life, career and wealth

disaster. My own most memorable example was wonderfully positive. During the April 2024 eclipse, my Moon sign was impacted. You find your Moon sign by mapping the exact position of the Moon against the zodiac at the precise moment of your birth and forever afterwards it influences your emotions and private life.

At the time I had a serious crush at work and could no longer bear the tension of it! I finally told him how I felt - and we've been together ever since. I am sure that eclipse gave me the bravery and chutzpah to tell him and that he responded because of my energy.

I like to compare eclipse season to the spin cycle on a washing machine. It's noisy and disruptive but luckily it doesn't last for ever.

Be gentle with yourself and other people because emotions can feel heightened. Listen to whatever keeps demanding your attention. Expect a plot twist. Eclipses accelerate the inevitable, so if romantic foundations are shaky you can bet the relationship will not last beyond August.

If life feels as though it has suddenly become noisy and chaotic, my advice is not to wrestle the

washing machine door open halfway through the cycle. Let it spin. You may understand what was being cleared out only when things become quiet again.

Take notice of all the 'signs' you get this week - and treat them like a puzzle

By SUSANNAH GILL, astrologist on ITV's This Morning

I DON'T expect everybody's life-changing eclipse moment to happen neatly at 6.37pm today. An eclipse is more like someone setting up a line of dominoes in one area of your life. The pieces are put in place, then something comes along and knocks the first one over. Be aware: The effect can unfold for months.

Very often something happens around the eclipse that makes you question a situation but you do not yet have all the information. Eclipses are known to cover up missing parts of the puzzle.

That is why I would become a detective in your own life this week. Watch for information coming to light: A conversation,

message, piece of news or fact that changes how you see somebody or something. Eventually it will slot into place and the importance of what you learn this week will become quite clear.

While I would never use astrology to diagnose illness, periods like this can be useful reminders not to ignore concerns you already have. If a symptom is worrying you, now is the time to get it medically checked.

Eclipses almost always mean change, often radical. Something you have procrastinated over may suddenly become urgent. An invitation, person or opportunity you did not expect can open a door you had never considered before.

If something unexpected happens, my first rule is to resist instantly labelling it a disaster. Ask yourself: 'What is this showing me that I wasn't seeing before?'

My second rule is to work out how it can be turned to your advantage. Where have you felt restless, stuck or increasingly dissatisfied? There is always a way to make change work for you, no matter how it first presents itself. There is one group I would tell to pay special attention: Anyone

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SENSATION IN THE SKIES

THE conditions are practically perfect. For most people, this evening offers the best chance in a lifetime to see an almost total solar eclipse – with the added bonus of meteor showers.

Across the country, from about 6.15pm, the moon will gradually slide across the face of the sun until it covers up to 96 per cent.

The precise moment this begins, and how complete the darkness will be, depends on where you are (see below), but everywhere can expect at least a 90 per cent blackout.

This coincides with the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower, when thousands of space rocks burn up in Earth's atmosphere as our planet passes through a belt of debris from comets.

To make this all the more spectacular, clear skies are expected across most of the country. Even in cities, there ought to be comparatively little light pollution in early evening, though inevitably many street lights will come on automatically. Out in the countryside, the skies will be magnificently dark.

Scotland will see the effect soonest, with the eclipse reaching its maximum at 7.05pm in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In Cornwall, at Truro, that moment will come 11 minutes later. But it doesn't last long, with the darkness beginning to lift just two minutes after it reaches its most intense.

Readers in their 30s and older might remember the eclipse of August 11, 1999. But that morning was cloudy across much of the country, to the frustration of millions who had taken the day off work to enjoy the sight.

The 1970s saw several partial eclipses of about 60 per cent or less – impressive but not as awe-inspiring as today's event is expected to be. And the next full eclipse over the British Isles will not occur until 2081, by which time a baby born today will be 55 years old.

For the perfectionists who will settle for nothing less than a total eclipse, this will be visible in northern Spain from Bilbao to Barcelona and the west coast of Iceland. Perhaps the event, which begins in Siberia, will be most thrilling in Greenland, where the inhabitants last saw darkness during the Polar Night that ended in mid-February.

Paris will see a 92 per cent eclipse, while in Berlin it will be 85 per cent. The last place on earth to catch a glimpse of the full, 100 per cent eclipse before the sun sets will be the islands of Majorca and Menorca in the Mediterranean. Wherever you are, it's going to be

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an unforgettable experience. The BBC's 'visual journalism' team has been moved to prose-poetry as it tells online readers what to expect. 'The temperature will suddenly drop and the wind slows, and even changes direction.

'For a brief moment a flare of sunlight on the moon's rim will make it seem as if a huge diamond ring is hanging in the sky. Then the flare will vanish, as if a giant hole has devoured the sun.'

For the best view, pick a spot facing west, such as the Clifton Downs overlooking the Avon Gorge in Bristol or the Bedruthan Steps near Newquay, Cornwall. In both places, enthusiasts will have protective glasses available, although supplies will be limited.

Many venues are making a party of it. From Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland to the Poltimore Inn at North Molton on Exmoor, not to mention the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, organisers are selling tickets.

WHEREVER you watch, take care to never look straight into the sun, even for an instant. 'Looking directly at the sun during a solar eclipse can cause damage to the retina,' says Mohamed Elaily, the president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. 'Crucially, the retina has no pain receptors, so people will not feel the damage as it happens.'

Experts also warn against reusing protective glasses left over from the 1990s, as these are likely to have lost their effectiveness over time. Only those marked with the ISO safety standard 12312-2 are recommended.

Even then, the safest method is to stand with your back to the sun. Hold up a piece of card with a pinprick hole, a few inches from a piece of white paper. It will project an image of the sun on to the paper. You'll be able to watch the progress of the moon across the sun.

Do this with a colander to see dozens. Why have one eclipse, when you can watch a multi-eclipse?

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SINCE the eclipse glasses have sold out, live broadcasts are the safe way to watch it. The Royal Observatory will be live – streaming its solar telescope views with astronomer commentary starting at 6.10pm BST. And the European Space Agency will broadcast live from 6.30pm BST.

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Hero father who saved a policeman and then won Lottery killed in hit-run

Jackpot: Anthony Canty with his wife Kate

A LOTTERY winner who helped to save a policeman's life has been killed in a hit-and-run crash. Father-of-two Anthony Canty

By Tom Lawrence

was knocked off his bicycle and died in hospital four days later. The 39-year-old netted the £1million EuroMillions jackpot

in May 2020 - just weeks after he had helped the officer suffering a heart attack on a bus. His grieving widow Kate, who is expecting the couple's third child, yesterday shared her pain

that her husband will 'never get to meet their unborn baby'.

In a tribute released through police, she said he was 'an amazing husband and the best dad'.

She added: 'I have lost my husband, my two girls have lost their dad and he will never get to meet our unborn baby. We are all completely broken.'

Mrs Canty said her husband was 'one of a kind' and 'would do anything for anyone'.

He was riding his bicycle at about 6.30am in Tiptree, Essex, on May 21 when he was involved in a crash with a Ford Ka. He was taken to hospital, but died four days later.

Essex Police said an 18-year-old man was arrested and remains

'Will never meet his unborn baby'

under investigation, with inquiries ongoing. Officers have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

In April 2020, Mr Canty saved the policeman's life on a bus after he had a heart attack. The officer was airlifted to hospital and spent five days in intensive care.

Mr Canty told at the time how he had stayed in touch with the officer's partner while he was receiving treatment, dropped off fruit and flowers and kept in contact after he recovered.

Now Mrs Canty has been forced to come to terms with raising their soon-to-be three children on her

own. 'The pain of losing him is the worst pain imaginable,' she said.

'Every day feels overwhelming and we are completely lost without him. He was a hardworking, loving family man with the biggest heart.'

She added: 'He had a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone. If someone needed help, Anthony was always there.'

Mrs Canty said her husband was 'the life and soul of the party and lit up every room he walked into with his big smile, his charm and his character'. 'He made people laugh, brought people together and made every moment brighter just by being there,' she said.

'Life will never be the same without him. I still can't believe he has been taken from us so tragically.'

Mrs Canty said the 'only comfort' she now has is knowing how loved her husband was.

Just days after his lottery win, Mr Canty, from Maldon, Essex, phoned Kate - who he married in 2023 - and told her he thought he had won £100,000.

It was her who checked his numbers and called him back to tell him he'd actually won £1million.

An inquest into Mr Canty's death, opened and adjourned in June, heard he was hit by the car while cycling towards Great Totham. He was taken to the Royal London Hospital and died there on May 23.

'The Ford driver was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drink or drugs and failing to stop.'

£1bn wasted 'paying wind farms to stop'

THE cost to the public of paying wind farms to switch off when the national grid cannot cope has reached £1billion this year in record time.

The sum comes from paying remote farms to shut down when they are producing too much power to be transported and fees for gas plants near cities to step in.

Britain hit the milestone on Saturday - two months earlier than last year after the war in Iran increased gas prices. The cost of so-called 'constraint payments' for 2025 was almost £1.5billion and it is set to reach £3.2billion in the next year.

The cost was tracked by website Wasted Wind, backed by Octopus Energy. Octopus founder Greg Jackson said: 'The way Britain's electricity system is run is bonkers. We should use this wind to give people cheap power locally.'

The National Energy System Operator, which manages the electricity network, said: 'We are determined to play our part in keeping constraint costs as low as possible.'

Rookie officer charged with rape in car

A STUDENT police officer 'bundled' a woman into his car and raped her, a court heard yesterday.

Mohammad Hassan, 23, appeared in court charged with rape, kidnap and strangulation after his arrest on Saturday.

Prosecutor Ewan Cooper said Hassan - who was off-duty at the time - had waited for the alleged victim to finish work on August 8.

He allegedly got out of his car, 'placed his arm around her neck' and 'bundled' her inside, Stockport Magistrates' Court heard.

He then drove to an area of Manchester where he allegedly sexually assaulted and raped her. A 999 call was made shortly before 10.30pm. Hassan was arrested soon after following a police pursuit.

Hassan, of Falisworth, Greater Manchester, was remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester Crown Court on September 13.

Before the charges were brought, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Dexter said: 'This is a deeply concerning and disturbing incident that we are fully investigating to ensure the victim receives support and justice.'

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By Melissa Koenig

DONALD Trump was smuggled off Air Force One in a food cart amid threats from Iran, it was reported yesterday.

The President was on his way back from a Nato summit in Turkey when he was bundled off the jet and boarded on to a military plane.

He travelled to Turkey aboard a 747-8 donated by Qatari officials, on which the administration has spent vast sums of money to improve security.

But as the summit concluded, Mr Trump announced he would not take the newly fitted plane and would board an older model for 'old times' sake', according to the New York Times.

Mr Trump was filmed boarding the older-model Air Force One jumbo in Ankara, which was bound for a US military base in the UK.

However, officials told the New York Times the President covertly entered a food loading cart after threats from Iranian officials on July 8 – the day the US-Iran ceasefire broke down.

The cart was then lowered and driven to a smaller Air Force C-32A plane, the Washington Post added.

In a video from the tarmac obtained by the Washington Post, Mr Trump can be seen waving to

'Distraction and misdirection'

the cameras as he heads into the older plane, before a truck is seen driving towards the C-32A.

Moments later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seen boarding the C-32A using regular stairs to make the flight appear typical.

Journalists who boarded the old Air Force One plane, believing Mr Trump was aboard, were told to close their window blinds. The plane took on the Air Traffic Control sign 'Air Force One', which is technically only meant for a flight which the President is on.

The C-32A flight Mr Trump and Mr Hegseth were on used the call sign 'Reach 18' or 'RCH18', the Washington Post said. Such 'Reach' signs are typically used for personnel transport and flights that haul military equipment.

After the two planes landed in the UK, Mr Trump was apparently smuggled from the C-32A to the older Air Force One jet and

The crate escape...

Trump was 'loaded on to food cart and smuggled on to second aeroplane after Iran security scare'

seen descending on external stairs. From there, Mr Trump boarded the Qatari-donated plane to travel back to Washington with the White House Press pool. On-board, he spoke to journalists for 15 minutes, highlighting the threat Iran posed.

When asked why reporters had to lower their window blinds, Mr

Trump said it was 'because you're probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleaze bags that we have to deal with'.

He added that he had a 'threat all the time' on his life and that he is 'number one' on Iran's 'list'.

The report on Mr Trump's escape comes weeks after White House communications director

1. Donald Trump boards Air Force One 2. He passes through 3. Before entering a food cart to be taken to another jet

Steven Cheung first suggested officials engaged in subterfuge.

He said: 'There are many enemies of America and we use every tool at our disposal, including distraction and misdirection, to address those threats.'

The statement suggests officials viewed the Iranian threat as credible, taking extreme precautions to ensure Mr Trump's safety.

The Daily Mail has approached the White House and the Department of Defense for comment.

Winner: Kath Main

Mother CAN claim £12m jackpot after ticket binned

By Olivia Christie

A MOTHER of two whose winning lottery ticket was thrown away by a shopkeeper in error is set to scoop the £12million jackpot.

Kath Main, 46, said her numbers failed to register on the machine at a Londis store and the ticket was binned.

After an investigation, National Lottery operator Allwyn said she will get the cash – as long as no one else claims it before December 3. Ms Main said she feels 'sick all the time' while she awaits the deadline.

She played her usual numbers

'Failed to register winning numbers'

of 8, 10, 26, 30, 35 and 42 for the June 6 draw. Ms Main, of Pontypridd, South Wales, asked her mother Fiona, who buys the tickets, to check the numbers.

She was told the machine had not registered any prizes, with Ms Main realising it was a winning ticket hours after the bin had been emptied. She told The Sun: 'I'm trying not to think about what I'd do with the money in case I don't get it.'

Allwyn said it is the 'only major lottery able to pay a winner if they have lost their ticket'.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by Kathryn Knight

WHEN in 2020 Rachel Fulstow clicked on the profile placed by Michael Hillier on dating website Hinge, she was immediately struck by his commendable qualities and desire to

meet someone who shared the same values.

He was, he wrote, 'honest and loyal' and 'a gentleman' who was looking for someone 'caring with good morals'.

And certainly, at first, he seemed every bit the good catch. 'Initially, he appeared loving and respectful towards Rachel,' recalls her mother Jenny today. 'He seemed intelligent, articulate, interested in my work in the NHS.'

No one could have guessed where this promising love story would end: with the pair in prison, both convicted of murder.

Equally astonishing is the fact Fulstow had never even been at the crime scene. She was 100 miles away at her home in York when, on November 24, 2022, Hillier, now 42, drove to the Wigan home of self-employed electrician Liam Smith, 38, shot him in the face then doused him in acid.

Rachel was ultimately prosecuted under the law of joint enterprise after Hillier insisted she had conspired with him to plan the attack as 'revenge' for being 'graphically raped' by Smith following a date with him.

the couple stayed at the Shard. Jenny, too, was impressed – at first. Gradually though, her positive feelings gave way to unease. 'He had sent Rachel very abusive, demeaning WhatsApp messages which she shared with me,' she says.

'She made excuses for these, blaming his abuse on his mental health problems. She asked for my advice and, to my now shame and deep regret, I suggested 'everyone deserves a second chance'.

What Jenny didn't know was the extent of Hillier's abuse: on more than one occasion Hillier had smashed up her daughter's home, captured in photos on her phone.

'Rachel shared with me the full truth of the relationship immediately after her conviction and, like a light-bulb moment, some of her behaviour with me then made sense,' Jenny says. 'For example, her avoidance of us meeting at her home, suggesting another place such as a cafe – I now know she was scared of my seeing the damage Hillier caused. Her sense of shame, embarrassment and fear of being in an abusive and coercive relationship overrode her natural instinct to tell me how she really felt.'

WHAT Jenny also did not know is that behind this toxic relationship lay another, apparently unconnected encounter – one which had taken place before Rachel Fulstow even met Michael Hillier, and which would prove catastrophic.

In September 2019, Fulstow had matched on Tinder with Liam Smith, 36, a former soldier and father of two from Chorley who ran his own business as an electrician. They arranged to meet, and given the distance, Fulstow arranged a hotel for Smith to spend the night in after he had travelled to York for their date. She had intended to return home afterwards but went back to his room.

Exactly what happened there remains disputed – as does the conversation she had with Hillier about it later. Fulstow has insisted Smith made 'non-consensual' sexual advances and continued to have sex with her after she told him to stop, before eventually stopping and apologising. She did not view what had happened as rape, and the pair went for lunch the following day. Yet when

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TODAY, Fulstow, now 40, is three years into a 30-year prison sentence for murder, a conviction her mother, together with appeal lawyer Jeremy Moore, is trying to overturn.

They insist she was not Hillier's co-conspirator, but the victim of a coercive and abusive relationship.

'I'm not the mother of a murderer; she's been convicted of murder, but she's not a murderer,' Jenny, 71, a retired cancer nurse specialist, told the Daily Mail this week. 'There's a man out there who isn't alive, not because of Rachel, but because of a monster that she had a relationship with.'

It is an extraordinary turn of events for someone raised in a loving, middle-class family in Yorkshire – an 'independently minded, delightful, happy, social little girl', as Jenny recalls, with friends who remain loyal to this day.

After graduating from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008 with a 2:1 in international tourism management, Fulstow worked as a wedding co-ordinator for hotel chains including Radisson and Hilton, before moving into property management. She was able to buy her own home in York.

Just one thing was missing: although she'd had a number of long term relationships, by her mid-30s Fulstow had still not met Mr Right.

'Rachel was ready for a loving, stable, permanent relationship and had been actively seeking someone,' says Jenny. 'She wanted her own child and would have been a wonderful mum.'

When Fulstow matched with Hillier on Hinge – unwittingly setting in motion a chain of events that would end with the killing of a man she had met just once – she was full of hope.

On paper, however, they were an unlikely match. After leaving education with few qualifications Hillier worked as a plasterer as well as becoming involved in the cannabis trade. In his early 30s he had been given a suspended sentence for GBH after assaulting a man who threatened him and his brother over a debt.

Despite their very different backgrounds, the pair hit it off instantly.

There were holidays to Brussels and Andorra, and a trip to London where

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no revenge killer'

Rachel Fulstow is serving 30 years for the fatal shooting of a man she once dated — even though she was 100 miles away and says she knew nothing about it. As her mother, a retired nurse, blames her coercive partner, who do you believe?

she shared the encounter with Hillier in early 2022 — part of what she maintained was his obsessive desire to know the details of every man she had been intimate with — he was enraged.

Influenced, she said, by an extreme moral code surrounding how women should behave, he initially called her a 'slag' for having had a one-night stand before deciding she had been raped, sparking an obsession with Liam Smith that led to a revenge plot, ten months in the making, about which she knew nothing.

Hillier's account could hardly

have been more different. 'It was decided straight away that something was going to happen to Liam Smith,' he would later tell Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.

That conflict — over what Fulstow knew, what she agreed to and whether she ever intended that Smith should be seriously harmed — would eventually sit at the heart of the murder trial.

What is beyond question is the horror of what happened next. On November 24, 2022, having scoped out the scene three weeks earlier, Hillier drove a Mitsubishi Shogun

MURDERER

bearing false number plates from his terraced home in Sheffield to Smith's home 74 miles away.

Unaware that he was being targeted because of an encounter with a woman he had last seen more than three years earlier, Smith was lured out of his home at 6.40pm by the sight of a stranger in his car outside.

He paid for his curiosity with his life. After walking towards Hillier's vehicle, he was shot with a blank-firing pistol, legally bought in Nottingham and modified to fire a pellet and ball bearing, before being doused in acid. Flee-

ing the scene, Hillier drove north, dumping the Shogun and setting it ablaze, before making his way to Fulstow's home in York by bike, train and taxi the next morning.

In directly contrasting evidence, Fulstow insisted this was the first she knew of Smith's death, and that Hillier warned her: 'You don't talk to the police. You don't tell them what I've done. You don't snap. You now know what I'm capable of.' Hillier claimed Fulstow had 'hugged and kissed' him when he arrived, thanking him for what he had done.

Six days later, as Greater Man-

Tragic: From left, Liam Smith; Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow in Jamaica and Hillier posing with guns

chester Police puzzled over why an ordinary family man should have been targeted in such a grisly and apparently premeditated attack, Hillier and Fulstow departed for a holiday to Jamaica.

Photographs posted by Hillier on social media showed them drinking cocktails, riding horses through the Caribbean surf and frolicking in waterfalls.

'A breathtaking natural beauty among breathtaking natural beauty,' he wrote beneath one photo of his partner. Fulstow would later insist Hillier had said they had to act normally and she was too terrified to do otherwise.

'I knew not reporting him, not instantly leaving and not telling anyone was morally wrong, but it's what I had to do to protect myself,' Fulstow later said. 'I did not feel safe with him. He was out of control.'

Yet the net was closing in. Detectives were able to link Hillier to the Shogun after intelligence from South Yorkshire police linked him to another vehicle that contained the false plates he used. In the absence of a murder weapon or DNA evidence, this proved crucial in placing him at the scene.

And through Hillier, the police came to Fulstow, who they initially treated as a witness. Yet during a lengthy police interview, she repeatedly lied to officers, denying she knew anything about Smith's death.

IT was a decision which would prove hugely damaging. Other circumstantial evidence emerged. Police discovered internet searches on Fulstow's devices, including one for the term 'Electrician Wigan' in May 2022 and another for the street where Smith lived. Under cross-examination at her subsequent trial, Fulstow claimed she had simply been 'nosy' because Hillier kept bringing Smith up.

More troubling still were searches after the murder for 'police response times' and 'response times for ambulances'. And also: 'Does acid corrode stainless steel?' She would later say she made the latter search after learning of Smith's death because she wanted to know whether his mobile phone would have been destroyed in the attack.

Whatever the explanations, taken together with her lies to police, it was enough to transform Fulstow from witness to suspect. She was charged with murder and remanded in custody.

For Jenny, the news was incomprehensible. Until her daughter's arrest, she had never even heard Liam Smith's name.

'I was horrified and confused and felt the police had somehow made a massive mistake,' she recalls. 'My overwhelming feeling was one of disbelief.' That disbe-

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lief continued as the case moved towards trial – setting the scene for a bitter courtroom battle in which Pulstow and Hillier would present different accounts of what had happened.

Claiming he had been 'blinded by love', his decision-making further clouded by an addiction to prescription drugs, Hillier insisted his girlfriend had been behind the revenge plot.

Then, ten days into the six-week trial, Hillier changed his defence statement, claiming Pulstow had been not merely aware of the plot but its mastermind: that she had planned the route to Smith's house, supplied the acid used in the attack and conducted experiments to test the handgun.

Pulstow denied all these claims, but this 'about-turn' proved catastrophic for her. 'While the case was adjourned for a short while to allow the defence to respond, they didn't get a proper chance to do so,' Pulstow's appeal lawyer Jeremy Moore told the

Daily Mail this week. At the heart of the case was the doctrine of joint enterprise, under which someone can be convicted of murder despite neither carrying out the killing themselves nor being present when it happens, if the prosecution can prove necessary participation and intent. The prosecution case was that Pulstow had done precisely that: jointly planned the attack with Hillier and helped him carry it out.

HER defence – that she had no knowledge of the murder, and had been too frightened to come forward in its aftermath – was rejected and in August 2023 both were unanimously convicted of murder. Hillier was handed a minimum term of 33 years and Pulstow 30 years, the sentences increased because a firearm was used. For Jenny, who attended every day of court, the verdict was devastating. 'I was horrified and shocked that anyone could believe Rachel was capable of planning and

encouraging Hillier and generally assisting him to carry out such a horrific crime.'

There is, of course, another family for whom the consequences of that November night are permanent. Liam Smith's parents Phil and Julia spoke after the trial of their ongoing devastation, describing their son's murder as sending 'complete shockwaves of grief and despair' through those who loved him and of the cataclysmic loss for his two sons, then 11 and 14.

'Not only was Liam a devoted father, but he was also a dearly loved son, brother, uncle, cousin, grandson and friend,' Phil Smith said.

It is a loss Jenny is conscious no legal argument about her daughter can diminish.

'I will never forget that Liam Smith was a victim of Hillier's obsession with Rachel, and for his loved ones not to have him in their lives any more must continue to bring unbearable suffering,' she says.

'I still have my daughter in my life, what is left of it, in a very limited way and I am profoundly aware of that. However, she too is

a victim.' It is why, after Pulstow's first appeal was rejected by the courts, Jenny is pinning her hopes on an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

At the centre of the renewed challenge is the argument that the jury did not hear the full story of her relationship with Hillier.

'This was a man who had a history of obsessive relationships, and what really emerges is that this was an incredibly coercive and controlling relationship which the jury did not get an opportunity to hear about,' says Jeremy Moore.

'I feel a great injustice about the label my daughter now carries,' adds Jenny.

'She did not murder Liam Smith. She had no knowledge of any firearm, and she was nowhere near the crime scene when the firearm was used.

'How does the justice system equate that fact with a 30-year sentence?'

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ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

AUGUST 12, 1947

POP queen Madonna may meet the Princess of Wales. Diana is said to be planning a surprise appearance at one of the singer's sell-out Wembley concerts next week. Buckingham Palace would not confirm that Diana will be in the Royal Box but a senior executive of Madonna's management company confirmed plans are under way.

AUGUST 12, 2005

THE nuclear stand-off with Iran reached a deadlock last night after Tehran rejected an international demand to halt its atomic work. (A United Nations) resolution expressed 'serious concern' over Iran's resumption of work at its uranium conversion plant at Isfahan on Monday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

CASEY APPLECIE, 51. The US actor won an Academy Award for playing a grief-stricken janitor in Manchester By The Sea. The younger brother of Ben Affleck starred with him in Good Will Hunting. However, director Gus Van Sant said: 'He said he didn't want to play the character. It was kind of up to us to beg him.'

MICHAEL BRUNSON, 86. ITN's former political editor secured his greatest scoop in 1993 when Prime Minister John Major – assuming his microphone had been switched off – described three Eurocoptic Cabinet members as 'bastards'.

BORN ON THIS DAY

JOHN NATHAN-TURNER (1947-2002). The Birmingham-born longest-serving producer of Doctor Who worked on the series for 20 years and with six of the (then seven) Time Lords. He axed robot dog K-8.

GEORGE IV (1762-1830). George III's son became prince regent when his father was declared insane, and king in 1820. Derided for his profligacy, womanising and corpulence, according to one historian: 'Never ... has a sovereign died so unlamented, nor has the person of the monarch retained so little respect after death.'

ON AUGUST 12...

IN 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States.

IN 1964, Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson escaped from Winson Green prison in Birmingham. He was captured four years later.

WORD WIZARDRY

GUESS THE DEFINITION:

Tracklement (coined 1954)

A) A pole slung across a stream to stop cattle passing. B) The payment of arrears. C) A savoury condiment served with meat.

Answer below

PHRASE EXPLAINED:

Rough diamond: Someone whose kindness is concealed by a rough, unpolished manner, it comes from newly mined diamonds not shining before being cut and polished.

QUOTE FOR TODAY

Our enemies ... never stop thinking about ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. George W Bush, 43rd US President

JOKE OF THE DAY

MY doctor can't stop checking my reflexes... He gets a kick out of it. Guess The Definition answer: C

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Eden Confidential

Pop star Ben fires back at broadcaster ex Vanessa

VANESSA Feltz wrote in The Mail on Sunday's YOU magazine this week that 'it's a big fat bore being "mummy" to a hulking great adult'.

Apparently referring to her ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu, she claimed that the former pop star ten years her junior 'cheated so ferociously I had to throw him out'.

Now, Ben has hit back, claiming that the distinguished broadcaster, 64, 'abused' him during their long relationship.

'For 17 years she emasculated me, verbally abused me, and made me feel small,' he tells me. 'When you're in an abusive relationship, you don't even know you're being abused.'

The Phats & Small singer claims: 'She spoke to me in a derogatory way in front of so many people and would tell me off like a mother. She would constantly tease me and say that what I did wasn't important.

'I really knew we'd hit rock bottom because she said to me once that if we ever finished, "No one would care about you because I'm a national treasure, and you're just a one-hit wonder". So I just became this kind of lapdog that was adjacent to her life.'

His comments come as former Radio 2 star Vanessa prepares

Vitriolic: Feltz and Ofoedu

to follow Holly Willoughby's example and launch her own YouTube show, filmed at her home in St John's Wood, London, known as Feltz Towers.

'She's incredibly controlling, incredibly domineering, and when you go to Feltz Towers, all that matters is Vanessa,' Ben claims. 'It's a world of Vanessa.'

Ben has now found love with beauty entrepreneur Vanessa Brown, whom he affectionately calls 'Vanessa 2.0'. They were married last year in a lavish £100,000 ceremony at Rose Castle in Cumbria.

'Now I'm in a healthy relationship, married and happy,' he says. 'I think to myself, "How did I do that for 17 years?" Always on the back foot, always watching my Ps and Qs around her.'

Feltz declines to respond to Ben's claims.

■ BLUR drummer Dave Rowntree, who stood for Labour in Mid Sussex at the last general election, hopes Andy Burnham could help revive his political career. 'I've known Andy a long time,' Rowntree, 62, tells me at the private view of his photography

exhibition at Indelible Fine Art in Brighton, East Sussex. 'Each time I do it [stand for political office] I come away thinking, "I will never ever do it again". But if an interesting opportunity comes up, for a part of the world that I love, I might do it again.'

Sleep's overrated, says TV chef Tom

STRUGGLING to sleep in the successive heatwaves? Tom Kerridge can't relate.

'I find sleep overrated,' declares the Great British Menu star, who owns four pubs including the Hand And Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, which is the only British boozer with two Michelin stars.

'I'll get five hours. After that, if I wake up early and the sun's

up... I love it now.' Five hours represents something of a lie-in compared with his earlier days as a chef.

'The Saturday night you could finish work, go out on the beer, have a great night, get to bed at 3am, and the alarm goes off three hours later because you've got the breakfast shift on the Sunday. It's not pleasant, but I loved it.'

Hannah reveals her next role - being a mum

HANNAH Arterton has credited big sister Gemma with helping guide her through her early acting career. Now, she may be calling on her for a different kind of advice.

The actress, 37, has revealed that she's expecting her first child with her husband, musician Chris Hyson, 38. Former Bond girl Gemma, 40, has two young sons with the Irish actor Rory Keenan. Hannah shared photos on social media of herself in a red dress during a European getaway and of an empty cot at home in south London.

'Summer '26 so far,' she captioned it, prompting a flurry of congratulations from friends.

Close: Hannah, right, and Gemma

■ HOLLYWOOD star Taron Egerton has revealed that he no longer speaks to his father, David.

The Merseyside-born actor, 36, moved to Anglesey in north Wales with his mother after his parents split up when he was two years old.

'There was a point where I pushed the ejector

seat and haven't seen him since,' explains the star of films including Klingeman and Sir Elton John biopic Rocketman.

Speaking on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, he adds: 'He's living his own life and doing his own thing and I'll always love him. I just don't think we work very well in terms of our relationship.'

Spidey thwarts Spencer!

SPIDER-MAN stars Tom Holland and Zendaya's wedding celebrations at Beaverbrook Hotel last week proved a fly in the ointment for Spencer Matthews' birthday plans.

TV presenter Vogue Williams, 40, who is married to former Made In Chelsea star Spencer, below, reveals that she had hoped to take him and their three

children to the Surrey Hills estate for his 38th birthday. 'I was, like, it would be nice to go to a hotel near London so I'm near my doctor if I have to come back,' says Vogue, who is pregnant with their fourth

Birthday: Beaverbrook Hotel

child. 'We were going to go up to Spenny's parents' place in Scotland, but I wasn't allowed to fly, so I was meant to go to Beaverbrook, but Zendaya and Tom Holland had gotten married there,

so they were totally booked out.'

£3.7m Doctor Who star can afford to lord it

FORMER Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi, who turned down a spot on Celebrity Traitors, is clearly in no need of a stint on Claudia Winkleman's hit show.

Newly published accounts reveal that the Glaswegian actor, 88, notched up £3.7million in riches at Tod Productions and Asparia, the private companies into which he channels his earnings.

Their ongoing profits, reported for the year to April, include a £630,000 profit for 2026 - the equivalent of a canny £12,000 in weekly earnings.

Capaldi was the 12th Time Lord, travelling in the Tardis between 2014 and 2017.

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By Ed Magnus

THE property market is on the cusp of a recovery after four dismal years of stagnant sales and falling prices, experts have told Money Mail.

Calling the bottom of the market is notoriously difficult. But some of the conditions needed for a recovery are starting to show in the data and anecdotal evidence from agents.

The slowdown means property is now more affordable than it has been since 2013, opening the market to a greater pool of buyers.

Estate agents say many homeowners who have been sitting on their hands for years are sick of putting their lives on hold waiting for the market to improve. And now institutional investors are beginning to snap up properties – a sign they believe there are bargains to be had.

Money Mail has spoken to top property experts about these early tell-tale signs of a recovery – and what buyers and sellers should do to get the best deals as the market changes.

STALLING PRICES

AFTER the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the property market was a frenzy of activity as homeowners rethought their priorities.

Families left the city after being cooped up during lockdowns. Professionals who had started working from home changed location as they were no longer tethered to their offices. Aspiring first-time buyers had saved enough to start searching in earnest.

Then, in 2022, after the post-pandemic rush subsided, the market all but ground to a halt.

Prices have barely moved over the past four years and the typical home is worth only 2pc more than it was in the summer of 2022.

As of July, the average property is worth £299,253, Lloyds Bank says, only 0.1pc more than a year ago, the slowest rate of annual growth since November 2023.

In the South East, the price of a typical home has fallen 4.6pc in the past four years and in the South West, it is down almost 4pc, according to Lloyds.

In London, the average price of properties that have been sold has fallen 6pc compared to the summer of 2022, according to Land Registry figures.

When factoring in inflation, the average UK property has fallen by around 15pc in real terms in four years. In London and parts of the South that rises to 20pc or more.

Policy changes have not helped. The Renters' Rights Act, which came in earlier this year, giving tenants more power, led to landlords selling up over concerns buy-to-let would no longer be profitable. Buyers at the top end of the market have been put off investing in UK property over fears of a mansion and other wealth taxes.

And, as is so often the case,

After years in the doldrums, experts have spotted early signs of revival in the property market

Why house prices could finally be on the way

THE

when fear grips the market, property owners who do not need to move urgently have put off doing so until the picture becomes clearer. But could improvement be on the horizon? For all the negativity, some property insiders are

starting to see the foundations taking shape for a recovery. Buying agent Nicholas Finn, of Garrington Property Finders, says: 'We have seen an increase in clients committed to moving in recent months. Many people have put things on hold for the past

year or two. Now they just want to get on with it and they'll take what they can get on their sale, and then see what they can then afford to buy.'

He adds: 'I speak to a lot of estate agents and demand is still high for properties that don't

Picture: ALAMY

come around often and we still see well-priced homes going to sealed bids and at over the asking price.'

Some also argue that property is starting to look like reasonable value again.

House prices are more affordable on average than they were more than a decade ago, according to Nationwide Building Society. This is based on the ratio comparing average incomes and average property prices.

Nationwide says the average UK house price is 5.6 times the average annual salary of someone in full time work. The last time it was this low was in 2013. The current house price to earnings ratio is getting closer to the long-run average of 4.8. As property becomes more affordable, the pool of potential buyers grows and those who have been priced out may take another look.

Buying is also starting to look more affordable in comparison to renting as rents have seen staggering increases in recent years, while property values have fallen.

In 2022, house prices were 20 times the typical yearly rent, but now that has fallen to just over 16 times, based on official figures.

If this gap continues to close, the appeal of owning over renting for those that can afford to will only become more acute.

Falling interest rates could also add fuel to a fledgling recovery.

While some traders are betting on interest rates rising, economists at Capital Economics are forecasting rates will be cut from 3.75pc to 3pc in 2027. This could see mortgage rates fall 1 percentage point from where they are now and will likely encourage more people to buy and move.

Such a move would provide welcome relief to homeowners, who

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have seen average mortgage rates rise from 4pc to around 4.75pc this year, adding more than £1,500 a year to the cost of buying an average-priced home.

Rob Dix, of Property Hub, a buy-to-let sourcing company that puts together over £100 million of property deals each year for its clients, and co-host of the Property Podcast, says it is possible the market is at a turning point, albeit much will hinge on what the Government announces in the next Budget on October 28.

He adds: 'The fundamentals of financing have been steady for a few months and property is more affordable after the last couple of years of nominal stagnation and real-terms falls.

'For investors there are also better yields due to higher rents and static house prices. But sentiment has been awful, so if that improves then activity could turn quite quickly.' Perhaps

the biggest vote of confidence for the housing market is the amount of money that large investors are starting to plough in.

Large-scale corporate landlords that are funded by pension schemes and other institutional investors are buying or building blocks of flats and using them to derive a long-term income by renting them out.

Between April and June this year, £2.2 billion was deployed towards such build-to-rent schemes, according to analysis by Savills, the highest on record for that time of year. This year is on track to record more investment than any previous year – including when interest rates were at rock bottom.

Investment group Morgan Stanley, alongside Ridgeback, acquired Metra Living, a London rental platform which covers nearly 3,200 homes, at £1 billion. And Greystar, an international real estate developer, swiftly followed with the £500 million acquisition of 904

homes at Elephant Park in London, a further sign of investor confidence in the capital.

Both deals rank among the top three largest build-to-rent transactions ever in London.

'The property market isn't crashing back to life, it's thawing slowly, and there are real green shoots if you know where to look,' says Craig Fish, of Lodestone Mortgages.

However, he warns that an immediate price bounce-back may not be on the cards. Housebuilders are offering double-digit discounts, which suggests the market is some way off a sudden leap in prices. He adds: 'This is a sign they expect a slower market, not a bounce.

'Wage growth is still edging ahead of inflation, so affordability is improving even with mortgage rates creeping up this year.'

Smaller buy-to-let investors are also buying properties – some from housebuilders – at vast discounts.

Sam Smith, of Property Hub, says they are securing some of the biggest discounts in the company's history, adding: 'The market is tough for developers. This year, we are typically seeing discounts of between 13pc and 20pc off asking prices due to the fact we are buying in bulk.

'While we have seen the exodus of smaller landlords leaving, there are still plenty of investors in the market and lots of limited company landlords buying right now.'

DARK BEFORE DAWN?

THE road to full recovery could be a long one – with plenty more bumps along the way.

Housebuilders and estate agents are clearly struggling. Building firm Crest Nicholson slashed its profit guidance for the year after unveiling a loss in its first-half results and estate agent Poxtons just saw its pre-tax profit fall 57pc in the first half of 2026 because of the weak sales market.

In London, a record number of newly completed homes remained unsold, according to property consultancy Molior.

So is now the right time to buy? It can be tempting to hold off from buying in case the market worsens and prices fall further. Indeed, even if the market is ripe for recovery, it could still fall further first, before beginning its climb.

However, if you're buying for the long term, you have time for the market to fall slightly and then hopefully recover before you have to sell.

Craig Fish suggests it's better to buy in the dip than wait for prices to start rising again.

'I'm telling clients not to wait for a starting gun that isn't coming,' he says. 'If the numbers work today, they'll likely work better than waiting for a recovery that's already priced in by the time it's obvious.'

There is also an argument that falling prices actually tend to help people who are looking to move to a bigger, more expensive house.

If their £500,000 home is now worth 10pc less at £450,000, then there is a good chance that the £1 million home up the road could now be worth £900,000. That means they'll lose £50,000 on their sale, but save £100,000 on their purchase.

'Everyone's fixated on whether we've hit the bottom. If you're actually moving home, that's the wrong thing to worry about,' says Matt Coulson, founder of mortgage broker Heron Financial.

'When you sell and buy at once, you're doing both in the same market, so the headline price barely matters. What matters is the gap between the two, and this is the bit most people miss: In a softer market, trading up gets cheaper.

'A 10pc dip takes far more off the bigger home you're buying than the smaller one you're selling, so the cost of moving up actually comes down.

'The recovery everyone's waiting for is the very thing that would make trading up dearer.'

Nicholas Finn adds: 'Once the market turnaround happens, it's like a ship going out to sea and you could miss the boat. Better to buy roughly

around the bottom. If you try and buy while prices are going up, you're much more likely to get outbid or be gammplled. It becomes a bit like an eBay bidding war.

'When mortgage rates fall, I think the market will move. A 1pc drop in interest rates could make someone's mortgage 20pc to 25pc cheaper.'

For now, buyers can drive a hard bargain in areas where a large number of homes are on sale.

'The market is firmly in favour of buyers right now – house price listings are flat year on year but sales are down by about 6pc according to Rightmove,' says Peter Deckar, chief commercial officer at mortgage lender Gen H. 'If you're buying your first home, now could be the perfect time to buy.'

FINDING A BARGAIN

TO see how desperate sellers are in your area, check listing sites Rightmove and Zoopla to see how many homes are being reduced or are sticking on the market for a long time.

If a home is withdrawn from the market, rather than marked as under offer or sold, it is likely that it has failed to sell. According to Nicholas Finn, this is the type of property that could be ripe for a low offer.

He says: 'If you make a low offer, don't just try to justify it by saying it's a buyer's market. Back it up with evidence of other nearby similar homes that have sold and give a reason behind the figure.'

There are some parts of the country where sellers have finally accepted the reality of the market and have cut their losses.

In Canary Wharf, the Isle of Dogs, Canning Town and Royal Docks in east London, roughly 43pc of all people selling have sold at a loss in the past 12 months, according to analysis of Land Registry figures by PropertyData.

This phenomenon is not limited to London either. More than a third of sellers in Shildon in County Durham and Liverpool city centre have sold at a loss in the past year.

Mark Alexander, founder of Norwich based buy-to-let platform Property18.com, says that buyers can drive a hard bargain on flats. Check annual service charge, ground rents and lease terms before committing.

'Flats seem to have suffered some of the steepest valuation falls recently, with hundreds, sometimes thousands, listed for sale across many major towns and cities,' he says.

'A lot of landlords are keen to exit, so making offers 10pc or even 20pc below asking price on several suitable properties could uncover a genuine bargain.'

A staggering 80pc of flats for sale today don't find a buyer within six months, according to Zoopla.

'The majority of owners selling flats in the city centres of Sheffield, Birmingham, Leicester and Newcastle are now selling at a loss of almost £40,000 on average, analysis of Land Registry data by PropertyData has found.

Data from Rightmove also clearly shows that asking prices in many locations are under stress.

In Edgbaston, a popular part of Birmingham, average asking prices have fallen 9pc year-on-year to £304,878, with the typical home taking 93 days to find a buyer, which is 21 days longer than last year.

In Seacroft in Leeds, the average asking price is down 7pc to £208,182 with the typical home taking 65 days to find a buyer, which is 20 longer than a year ago.

And in Shaftesbury in Dorset, the average asking price has fallen by 11pc to £334,775 with homes taking 83 days to find a buyer, 43 days more than a year ago.

■ How have you been affected by a falling property market? Email moneymail@dailymail.co.uk

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FOR nearly two decades I've been making a mistake with my bank account - I'm lucky that it has not cost me dearly.

I've been using a NatWest charge card for my everyday spending, blissfully unaware that it is any different from a credit card.

You may think I ought to have realised. But if I log on to my NatWest online banking, the card is even described as a credit card.

If a purchase had gone wrong and I had cause to ask for a refund from my bank, I would have learned the hard way I had no such protection.

Charge cards are a payment method that allow you to borrow up to a certain limit every month - much like a credit card.

However, unlike credit cards the balance must be cleared every month via a direct debit set up from your current account.

That means there is no option to borrow credit, pay interest and spread out the cost of a purchase over more than one month.

I might have noticed this distinction if I had needed to borrow. But, like millions of charge card and credit card holders, I always choose to pay off the balance in full every month.

In my case, the spending limit on my charge card is £6,000 - enough, one supposes, to pay for a handsome vacation. The more you use the card, the more often the limit is raised.

To charge card holders (who, like this writer, may believe they hold a credit card) there is something important to know. Charge Cards do not qualify under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

Credit card users (as opposed to other forms of plastic such as debit cards) are entitled to a full refund from the card lender, the retailer or provider of service if items are faulty or the seller goes bust.

This can be particularly valuable if something goes wrong with an expensive car repair or, as often happens, a flight or holiday that's already been paid for. Purchases between £100 and £30,000 are covered.

DEBIT and charge cards offer some protections, but not nearly as strong as with credit cards and it is not legally binding.

If a purchase goes wrong - you don't get what you paid for, for example - you can ask your debit or charge card provider to issue a chargeback. This is where they pull money back from the retailer's account. Unlike with a credit card, if the retailer disputes your claim or rejects it, your bank cannot legally force a refund.

My preference for using my NatWest Charge Card, as opposed to the debit card, now looks daft. For the past couple of decades, I have lived under the illusion that the law is there, on my side, if something goes wrong.

I only realised I had a charge card when I received a confusing letter from NatWest, where I have banked for six decades, informing me my charge card was being cancelled from the autumn.

On enquiry, I was politely told by the bank that there were so few

By City Editor ALEX BRUMMER, who fears millions may be at risk

users with charge cards, it was not economic to operate them any longer. If I wanted a credit card instead, that would be no problem but I would have to contact the bank's customer service team. I would then be required to fill in an application and be subject to a check since credit cards require a loan agreement.

Ascertaining how many NatWest customers are affected by the change is like seeking a state secret.

An initial response was that there were very few charge card clients left and, in any case, such disclosure was not possible because it was commercially

sensitive. Since the charge card is being cancelled, the sensitivity appears hard to understand.

After further questioning, I was told that there were just 0.5pc of holders among NatWest customers. Since the bank has more than 19million customers, I estimate that the small number of charge card customers could be 95,000 - not an inconsiderable number, even for a mass-market bank.

A later email reiterated 'it's a very small number', adding that of those in possession of the card one-third are dormant and the majority are spending £100 a month. In my case, it is often many times more than that. NatWest is not the only UK

operator of charge cards. The leading provider is American Express, which is estimated to have some two million charge card customers, including this writer who has held a British Airways Amex card for the past ten years.

It, like NatWest, requires the holder to clear the balance by direct debit each month.

The incentive for using Amex is the Avios points (recently devalued) which can be used to upgrade on BA flights, pay for holidays and - if used enough - to churn out a companion air ticket.

NatWest's peremptory way of dealing with long-standing customers is less than satisfactory. The obligation on the customer to

apply for an alternative card, rather than an easy access to a transfer offer, is clumsy in the extreme.

I appreciate that I might be regarded as part of a nuisance minority, perhaps expensive to service. But the fact that Amex has some two million customers on charge cards suggests it is not the dinosaur facility as suggested.

I know that NatWest says applying for a credit card is an easy process but I fear that when dealing with banks even simple tasks can be drawn out.

I recently had a quarrel with two ATM cash machines, using a debit card, which failed to deliver the money but charged my account. Customer service to sort it out was slow and I was left hanging on the phone for an eternity.

The allegedly withdrawn ATM cash was eventually returned to my current account, but it took weeks.

I'm a well-paid professional working full-time, so the delays to the reimbursement did not make much impression on my livelihood. But for someone on a more limited stipend or a meagre pension, jumping through the hoops and the delays would have been hugely troublesome.

OVER the years I have been persuaded that the privilege of a Premier Reward Black account, a cost of £36 a month or £432 a year, is worth paying for.

There are multiple benefits, such as access to travel insurance (not free because of my age) and car breakdown services (never used). The package of a charge card and debit card suited my needs and those of my wife (we have had a joint account since our marriage 50 years ago). Now I am not sure.

My loyalty to NatWest has remained intact since my father introduced me to his manager at the then District Bank (it was absorbed by NatWest) over a cup of tea, biscuits and a civilised chat before going up to university.

It has been a long journey. I was among the unfortunates to be a shareholder in its previous incarnation as the Royal Bank of Scotland before the financial crisis, and even subscribed to Fred Goodwin's desperate, last-ditch £12billion rights issue.

Even now, the losses still rankle as countless executives have ridden off into the sunset clutching large cheques and with eye-watering pensions.

As an investor and premium customer, I deserve better.

■ WHAT is your experience of charge cards? Email: moneymail@dailymail.co.uk.

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VI

WHEN Christina Mitsi's friend offered her a job that paid up to £40,000 a month for as little as eight hours a week, she thought she'd hit the jackpot.

Christina, 37, jumped at the chance and joined health and skincare brand Forever Living as a sales rep.

Within months, she was waxing lyrical about her new role on Facebook.

She had the opportunity to be among the first to try out new beauty products, most of which were made from aloe vera and boasted huge health benefits. She had access to attractive discounts. She was running her own business selling on behalf of Forever Living and travelling to glamorous events each month, including one party on a yacht on the river Thames through London.

So when Christina, who is from the Lake District, noticed that a growing number of old friends had 'unfriended' her on Facebook, she put it down to jealousy. And when family friends who were close to her father started to make snide comments to him about her work, she brushed them off.

It was only when her husband sat her down 11 months into the job that Christina confronted reality. She'd become so focused on selling Forever Living's beauty products – and caught up in all her colleagues' positive messages spurring her on – that she hadn't noticed how little money she'd been making. Or how much she had irritated her friends who were sick of being sold to.

In fact, Christina had been spending hundreds of pounds on business trips and buying products just to meet the minimum targets required to keep her company running. She was pouring more money into the business than she was earning.

In the 11 months she worked for Forever Living, Christina estimates she earned around £1,100 but spent around £400 on beauty products and over £1,000 attending company meetings and events, so overall she'd made a loss of more than £300.

SHE says her earnings changed drastically from month to month depending on how much stock she managed to sell to friends and family. Some months she made £200 to £300, while others she made as little as £18. Looking back, she says: 'How was I, an intelligent university-educated woman, sucked into that?'

Christina is among a growing number of women who have been lured into working for so-called Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies and have since quit. Now they are warning other women it is not worth the effort and involved making sacrifices that cost them friendships and ruined family life. Forever Living is an MLM company, which is a type of business that encourages independent sales reps to sell company products and recruit others to join. MLMs provide the products for recruits to sell.

They buy from the company at a discount and then sell at list price, pocketing the difference. Reps such as Christina take a commission from sales earned by people they recruit and can then move to higher levels of the network, where rewards are greater. More sales and larger networks help reps qualify for bigger discounts.

A number of MLMs, including Forever Living, have been criticised by women who say they advertise an unattainable dream.

Other major names include Arbonne, Avon, Herbalife, Intele-Travel and Tropic Skincare.

Some companies pressure new recruits to spend hundreds of pounds on products to sign up. Very few reps are able to turn a decent profit.

Recruits such as Christina warn not only of the financial toll these jobs can take but also the social isolation many feel, as they are often told to distance themselves from friends and family who speak negatively about the company.

Earlier this summer, Charlie Harris told Money Mail how she'd toiled for 60-hour weeks to earn just £1,470.25 over 15 months

It sounds easy – sell beauty and health products online and get loved ones to help. But schemes like Forever Living and Herbalife rarely pay off...

The WFH sales reps who quit with a warning to other women: Our 'dream' jobs wrecked our friendships and family life

By Sophie Warburton and Holly Mead

(sometimes finishing with £25 a month) from InteleTravel and PlanNet Marketing.

Charlie had joined travel agency InteleTravel but her main income wasn't from selling holidays, it came from recruiting other agents to sell holidays with InteleTravel.

That was through a second operation called PlanNet Marketing, a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, in which sales reps earn by recruiting others into the business. Charlie said it destroyed her friendships. She fell out with her best pal, who said

she felt used. In Christina's case, she says she was in desperate need of a new career when her friend and colleague at the time suggested she join Forever Living. She found that Forever Living was founded in 1978 in Arizona and sells aloe vera based drinks, supplements and cosmetics, while recruiting new members.

It operates in over 160 countries and relies on independent distributors. It claims online to be 'a multi-billion-dollar company'. Christina says: 'I was in such a vulnerable place at the time and I

trusted my friend.' In 2015, she was working in the Palace Theatre in Manchester on a zero hour contract. It was a job she hoped would be temporary. Age 26, she had quit a role as a chef in a Greek restaurant where she had worked 70-hour weeks for four years.

So she jumped at the offer of high-paying work where she would be able to choose her hours.

Her friend invited her to an introductory meeting in Ashton under Lyne, east of Manchester, to learn more about the company. Christina says she was mesmerised by the women on the stage, who gloated about their £40,000 a month incomes. She adds: 'It sounded great. I thought I could absolutely smash it.' Christina signed up, agreed to work at least eight hours a week and bought a £200 kit containing all the key

products to sell, confident it was an investment in her future. She decided to take on the work alongside her theatre job.

She was immediately told to message all 300 plus contacts in her phone telling them about this amazing opportunity to buy Forever Living products. 'Man or woman, young or old, everyone got a message from me,' she says.

She claims she was also encouraged to hold product demonstration meetings with family and friends. The products ranged from lip balms to gels, shampoos and conditioners. They cost at least £18 per 100ml bottle.

Christina recalls being shocked to hear her dad's friends asking him what 'nonsense' she was sending them in her messages.

And, she says, she was told by managers that strategy meetings

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with colleagues both in-person and online were vital to attend.

Christina says: 'I was getting the bus to the next town along, going to these meetings and then coming back late at night and working at the theatre around 30 hours a week too.'

On top of the meetings, they were pushed to attend 'success days' in London once every three months that cost £50 a ticket.

The women had to pay for their own accommodation, train tickets, food and drink, resulting in a bill of around £300 - more than Christina was making a month. One event was on a yacht on the Thames. They drank champagne. There were thousands of people at the in-person events, all from the UK, she says. 'Most people I met were genuinely lovely.'

Christina managed to recruit four people and continued to meet them at these events.

But she was struggling to make sales. Despite posting online three times a day and spending 30 hours a week messaging people about her aloe vera products.

She says: 'I started to get the hate messages: 'I didn't expect this of you Christina, I thought

you'd be the last person to do this.' We were told 'they're just haters. That's just negativity, you block those people out, don't let them bring you down.' So, we did.'

Most reps who join Forever Living do not earn a significant amount of money from the business, its online income disclosure statement shows.

JUST 10.2 pc of joiners earned a 'volume-based bonus'. A 'volume-based bonus' is a financial reward paid to an employee, sales rep or business partner. Among those who received a bonus, the majority (69pc) earned an average of £82.20 a month in bonus incentives. The top one per cent earned an average of £23,131 a month.

Christina said her husband eventually asked if the venture was actually making money and if she was enjoying it, prompting the couple to conclude the business 'wasn't working'.

'I couldn't do it any more. It wasn't worth my time,' she adds. Christina says her colleagues refused to speak to her after she

quit. She now promotes brands on social media app TikTok receiving commission through her account @christinatmitsi.

Viz Leyton, consumer expert at Think Money, says: 'MLMs are technically legitimate but have earned a difficult reputation because, for many people, the chances of making a consistent living from them are very low.'

'The appeal is completely understandable, especially for people looking for work that fits around family life or caring responsibilities. Being selected is also quite powerful - and flattering - so it is easy to be lured into an initial conversation.'

Consumer expert Martyn James adds: 'While many MLMs are legitimate in the sense that they exist and have actual products to sell, they can have cult-like conferences where you are 'mudged' in to signing up to sell the goods.'

'So be prepared. Work out precisely what you need to sell to turn a profit and check how to get out of the contract if it's not for you.'

Forever Living was contacted for comment.

moneymail@dailymail.co.uk

I was in debt and missed my kids' birthday parties

WITHIN 12 months of joining Herbalife, Laura Hill was one of its top 3pc of earners.

Laura, who asked for her name to be changed, was making £1,500 a month selling its nutrition and personal care products and, crucially, by recruiting other sales reps, from whose sales she took a 5pc profit.

But there was so much further to go. She says: 'I'd made friends with people earning £10,000 a month. I could see it worked.'

Now 40, Laura joined the multi-level marketing firm in 2012 aged 25 after seeing a Facebook post by a friend of a friend.

According to Herbalife's website, it has 6.4million members in 95 global markets, including consumers and distributors. As a distributor, Laura says the emphasis was on recruitment: 'You can earn money from selling products but that's finite. Three gets three is the mantra. You find three people, who find three people, and so on - I had almost 100 in my network.'

There were monthly meetings in Cardiff, close to where she lives, quarterly meetings in cities such as Birmingham, and an annual overseas 'extravaganza' that cost Laura £1,000 in entry, flights, accommodation and outfits.

In its most recent update in May, Herbalife said 46,200 distributors were at its three extravaganzas in India.

Laura says: 'They tell you it's training, but really it's a massive brainwashing session. The meetings were the priority - that was drilled into you. Put them in the calendar and work your life around them. I missed my kids' birthdays for them. I feel disgusted with myself when I think about that now.'

But with three young children Laura says she needed a job that let her work from home.

They would launch new products at the events and we'd all be on our phones as we couldn't wait to get our hands on this new flavour or product. So they've sold thousands before it even launched,' she says. Buy three, was the advice: one to use, one to sample, one to sell.

She was spending hundreds a month on products for her own use, drinking two shakes a day, while her children snacked on protein bars and aloe squash.

Reps were told to 'shop from your own shop'. Why buy shampoo at the supermarket when

you could buy it from Herbalife and earn extra points?

'It put me in debt,' says Laura. 'I did the numbers for my last 12 months. With the meeting costs and products, I was massively in the red, at least £1,000.'

She left in 2023 after researching the price of similar items. She says: 'They were expensive for me, even with my 50pc discount. I had friends as customers and suddenly felt uncomfortable charging them retail price, so I'd sell them at cost.'

But leaving was hard. Recruits are encouraged to 'cut the critics out of your life', says Laura, which can leave them isolated.

'The release I felt when I finally left was immense. It's only when you come out that you get a sense of perspective on it all,' says Laura, who now works in financial administration.

Simonne Onessen, of Wise Monkey Financial Coaching, says: 'These firms promise a solution if traditional work doesn't fit into your life. They

sell the idea of financial freedom - a sense of identity and belonging.

'It's easy to see how people get drawn in - but once you are in, it's hard to get out.'

'People are told if they just work hard they will succeed so there's a sense of shame to leaving. They have invested

time, effort and money - and feel they have failed.'

A Herbalife spokesman said: 'We are a premier health and wellness company, community and platform that has been changing people's lives with great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980. For many, this supplements regular income as household budgets are stretched by inflation. We're transparent about what to expect as a distributor. Attending events is completely optional.'

Viz Leyton, consumer expert at Think Money, says: 'If you need flexible work look at the wider market first. Remote customer service, admin support, virtual assistant work, tutoring, bookkeeping, pet care, cleaning, delivery work or selling through established marketplaces all suit different people.'

'None is a magic money tree, but with many you see more clearly how your time, skills and effort turn into income.'

'I was in the top 3% of earners but ended £1,000 in the red'

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Sylvia Morris

The expert at boosting your savings

sy.morris@dailymail.co.uk

BIG banks are now paying top rates on easy-access saving accounts with deals over 4pc – but you won't find them on their own websites or in their branches.

Instead, you must ferret out the brand names they operate under.

NatWest has a new digital savings brand called First Active; Barclays savings accounts are offered through Tesco Bank; for Santander it's Cahoot; Lloyds accounts are under MBNA; and top-paying HSBC accounts are offered by savings platform Raisin UK.

Finding these secret accounts can earn you £350 more in yearly interest on £10,000 of savings than traditional accounts – and sometimes pay three times more.

Hidden savings deals from big banks that give you an extra £350

NatWest launched an Instant Access Savings Account through its First Active brand last week, paying 4.5pc on an little as £1.

Link it to your current account (which doesn't have to be with NatWest) to move money quickly and easily, with no limit on the number of withdrawals.

By contrast, on NatWest's own-brand Flexible Saver, you get just 1pc on up to £25,000, and while its Defined Access Saver pays 2.5pc, this falls to 1.04pc after three withdrawals in a year.

You can only open the First Active account online and you can't open a joint account. Make

a diary note to switch after a year when the bonus rate of 1.5 percentage points runs out. HSBC has joined savings platform Raisin UK to offer an Easy Access Account paying 3.51pc with no bonus or withdrawal catches.

Accounts on HSBC's own website pay far less,

though. Its Flexible Saver offers 1.05pc, and while its Online Bonus Saver pays 3.35pc, in any month you make a withdrawal it falls to 1.05pc.

Barclays offers good rates through Tesco Bank. Its Internet Saver pays 4.21 pc, including a 3.16 percentage point bonus for a year so, again, mark your diary.

That compares well with just 1pc on its Barclays Everyday Saver and 3.90pc on its Rainy Day Saver – on up to £5,000. This falls to just 0.7pc on anything more. Santander pays

4.52 pc through the Simple Saver account run by its offshoot Cahoot. Again switch out after a year or you'll end up earning just 1pc. Even so, that's better than on Santander's own Everyday Saver, which pays just 2pc (falling to 0.9pc after a year).

So far Lloyds offers only a lousy easy-access account through its offshoot MBNA paying 0.75pc.

But MBNA has a great one-year fixed rate bond at 4.85pc against just 3.8pc on its own website.

In the Star Buys listed below, I don't include accounts that come with bonuses or withdrawal restrictions. But I do keep you informed on what is on offer here.

Ultimately, these new accounts are good news for the millions of savers who want to stick to big names for what they see as reasons of convenience and safety – even if other providers offer exactly the same level of both.

Such savers have missed out for years on interest because the big banks pay truly awful rates on standard, easy-access accounts.

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SYLVIA'S SAVINGS STAR BUYS

ONLINE ACCOUNTS

(1) New accounts only

TYPE	PROVIDER	ACCOUNT	RATE%
Easy-access	Oxbury Bank (1)	Easy Access Summer 1	4.33
	Charter Savings Bank	Easy Access 78	4.21
Fixed-rate bond	Oxbury Bank	One-year fixed	4.87
	GB Bank/MBNA	One-year fixed	4.85
Easy-access cash Isa	Hargreaves Lansdown	Easy Access Cash Isa	4.52
	Atom Bank	Easy Access Cash Isa	4.25
Fixed-rate cash Isa	Vanquis Bank	One-year fixed	4.69
	Cynergy/Charter Savings	One-year fixed	4.67

BRANCH ACCOUNTS

(2) Locals only

TYPE	PROVIDER	ACCOUNT	RATE%
Easy-access	Family BS	Market Tracker Saver	3.93
	Harpenden (2)	Hart Saver 1	3.81
Fixed-rate bond	Penrith BS	One-year fixed	4.70
	Principality BS	One-year fixed	4.55
Easy-access cash Isa	Kent Reliance	Easy Access Isa 78	4.24
	Family BS	Market Tracker Isa	3.98
Fixed-rate cash Isa	Coventry BS	To Sept 30, 2027	4.60
	Santander	To Sept 1, 2027	4.50

TELEPHONE AND POSTAL ACCOUNTS

(2) Locals only

TYPE	PROVIDER	ACCOUNT	RATE%	TELEPHONE
Easy-access	Family BS	Market Tracker Saver	3.93	03330 140141
	Harpenden (2)	Hart Saver 1	3.81	01582 765411
Fixed-rate bond	Access Bank	One-year fixed	4.60	01606 815440
	Scottish BS	To Sept 29, 2027	4.51	0333 207 4007
Easy-access cash Isa	Buckinghamshire BS	Easy Access Tracker	3.90	01494 879500
	Family BS	Market Tracker Isa	3.98	03330 140141
Fixed-rate cash Isa	Coventry BS	To Sept 30, 2027	4.60	0800 121 8899
	Scottish BS	To August 24, 2027	4.51	0333 207 4007

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Sally Sorts It

Our fearless readers' champion

Dear Sally,

IN JULY, after returning from a five-week holiday to Thailand, I was horrified to discover a bill from O2 for £159,230.06 for use of my mobile phone while there.

I have spent hours trying to resolve this with O2 and the third-party company responsible for my contract, ICE Comms. I've made numerous phone calls to them to explain that I relied on the information I was given before I travelled that I would pay a £7.50 daily charge to cover my phone use while abroad.

Despite all my efforts, I feel I have been passed from one company to another, with neither taking responsibility nor offering a fair solution. Please help.

B.P. London.

YOU told me you had gone to Thailand to visit Phuket Island and its various landmarks including the Big Buddha, as well as to visit a health retreat where you trained in Muay Thai - a martial art. But all the good risked being undone upon landing back in the UK when you faced that astonishing bill from O2.

At first, you thought it must have been a weird glitch in the billing system, but no. You were told that you had used 27GB of data while away, that £159,230.06 was the price of the usage and you would have to pay.

To put it into context, that amount of data might be consumed by streaming just nine hours of high-definition programming. And you could have bought a brand-new Porsche 911 GT3 sports car for that money, or ten Holex Datejust watches.

You couldn't believe it as you had used the phone for just six days of your trip and were certain a £7.50 daily pass was applied so you could use your standard call minutes, texts and data without paying extra. The unexpected bill meant you feared for the future of your business, a plumbing and heating services operation.

You are adamant you checked in advance, you think with ICE Comms, the broker that arranged your contract with O2, and say you were assured the roaming package had been applied to your account. The irony is you were wary of paying even this extra daily pass charge, which is why you limited using your phone to just six days of your trip.

When you could not find out in numerous calls to ICE or O2 what went wrong or why the daily pass had not been applied, and why you still had the giant bill hanging over you, you came to me.

I contacted O2 which, on investigation, said no optional caps on your spending had been applied and it could find no record of a request for this to be actioned. But I am pleased to say that within 24 hours, the firm agreed to wipe most of the bill, leaving you to pay about £50 on top of your usual monthly charge.

A spokesman for O2 Business says: 'We always aim to do the right thing by our customers. As soon as this matter was brought to our attention, we acted swiftly to review the case, spoke directly with Mr P and reached a resolution he was happy with.'

You were greatly relieved. Whether it was ICE Comms that had misinformed you or failed to act on your request for daily

Illustration: ANDY WARD

LET ME KNOW

DO YOU think university is worth the cost these days? I'd like to hear your thoughts, email: sally@dailymail.co.uk

parcels. I wanted to know more. You explained that your son was over from the US in June, first visiting you in Bournemouth before moving on to his in-laws in Jersey.

He accidentally left behind a jacket that happened to have his car keys in the pocket. The keys had a tracker device attached in case he lost them. Little did you know you'd be using them to trace his jacket after you posted it.

You were able to track its movements from DHL's depot in Eastleigh, Hampshire, to Slough in Berkshire, via Birmingham. The courier's systems indicated it was returned to your address, but you knew better - providing a location map with a pin showing where the parcel was actually sitting.

I contacted DHL and asked if it could deliver a better response to your plight. This did the trick and within a few days your parcel was rescued and finally sent on its way back to you - six weeks after you originally posted it.

A spokesman for DHL eCommerce, part of the Evri Group, says: 'We are committed to handling every parcel with care and apologise to Mr C for the inconvenience caused.'

It said the parcel could not be delivered initially because the courier lacked information required by Channel Islands customs. These missing details were a description of the parcel's contents and their value.

In the end, DHL refunded your £16 delivery charge and added £25 as an apology for the inconvenience and confusion over the whereabouts of your parcel.

When we caught up last week, you sent a photo of the jacket - safely received - and thanked me for my involvement.

■ WRITE to Sally Hamilton at Sally Sorts It, Money Mail, 9 Derry Street, London, W8 9HY or email sally@dailymail.co.uk - include phone number, address and a note addressed to the offending organisation giving them permission to talk to Sally Hamilton. Please do not send original documents as we cannot take responsibility for them. No legal responsibility can be accepted by the Daily Mail for answers given.

I went on a five-week trip to Thailand - and came home to a £159,230 phone bill!

passes. I cannot say, as it did not respond to my enquiries by the time of going to press.

O2 added that it urges customers, as do I, to regularly check spending controls and account settings on mobiles, particularly before travelling, to help avoid shock charges.

I always check what sum will be added to use data and make calls at my destination. Even then, I prefer to limit roaming to navigation apps and make use of free wifi to check social media, send emails and search the internet. Another option I haven't tried yet is to temporarily replace a phone's physical film (the card in the phone that allows the device to connect to a

mobile network) with a cheaper local film card. Alternatively, consider an eSim, if the phone offers this function. This means purchasing a plan online and installing it, typically using a QR code.

Whatever the choice, a phone needs to be unlocked, which allows it to access other networks. Check this via a phone's settings.

Apple devices usually display 'no Sim restrictions' under the heading 'network provider lock'. For Androids, tap on 'settings', then 'network and internet', then 'internet'. If several network names appear as well as the usual provider's, it is unlocked. If the device needs to be unlocked, contact your provider.

ON JUNE 17, I sent a parcel from Bournemouth to Jersey using DHL eCommerce. It was not delivered. The company said it had been returned to sender, but that wasn't true.

As it happens there was a tracker inside the parcel and I have been able to monitor its movements, so I know it's at a depot in Slough and has been for several weeks. I cannot get DHL to retrieve it. Please help.

C.C. Bournemouth.

YOUR email intrigued me. I've heard of people putting trackers in their luggage, in case it goes missing in transit, but not in

IN JUNE, I travelled by train with Avanti West Coast from Edinburgh to Birmingham. I had initially booked a 'standard premium' ticket but I later paid £77 for an upgrade to first class to use the hot breakfast and drinks service. The train was short-staffed so I was offered only cold drinks and snacks. The cafe was closed. The next time I travelled with Avanti, the same thing happened again.

D.F. Birmingham.

AVANTI West Coast apologises. It has refunded you £77 and given you a 50pc off voucher for future travel.

I BOUGHT Frankly, by Nicola Sturgeon, for

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

£4.86 from an eBay seller but it never arrived. Since I used 'guest checkout' it was almost impossible to trace the package. I asked eBay for help and it gave me a tracking link that didn't work. I've lost my money and still have no book. Help!

A.B. Edinburgh.

EBAY apologises and has refunded you the £4.86.

I BOUGHT a saddle on Vinted for £160 but it arrived broken and not fit for use, so I sent it back to the seller. She told me that she had received it and I uploaded the shipping receipt to Vinted to prove I returned it. But the seller says she can't confirm the saddle has been returned on the app. It means I still haven't had my money back.

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MY NEIGHBOUR is going to extend his house by about 10ft and build right up to the border where my land starts. He will need to remove the fence that separates our properties to do so, which we paid for jointly. Is he allowed to go right against the border and take down the fence without my permission?

B.U., Northampton.

THERE are two separate issues here. First, building right up to the boundary. Generally, a person is entitled to build to the edge of their own land and does not need their neighbour's permission simply because the building is close to the boundary.

But whether they can proceed depends on several factors. They may need to get planning permission, and the extension needs to comply with building regulations and the rules set out in the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. If your neighbour intends to build on the boundary itself, or excavate foundations close to your property, they may have to serve formal notice under that Act.

This does not give you a veto, but it does give you important rights. This includes the right to appoint a surveyor to protect your property – at your neighbour's expense in many cases. Your neighbour cannot simply ignore those obligations.

As for the fence that you both paid for, it suggests there may have been an intention to share responsibility for it – but it doesn't automatically mean it is jointly owned.

Ownership depends on where the fence sits, what title deeds say and any agreement reached when it was erected. If it is jointly owned or forms a party structure, your neighbour cannot simply remove it without your agreement. Doing so may

Can my neighbour remove our fence without permission to build an extension?

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amount to trespass or criminal damage. If the fence belongs solely to your neighbour, the legal position may be different.

My advice is not to obstruct the works unnecessarily, but do engage with your neighbour. Ask them to confirm whether they believe the Party Wall Act applies.

If the fence needs to be removed, agree in writing how the boundary will be secured during the works, if the fence will be reinstated, to what standard and who will pay.

Finally, check your title deeds carefully. They may identify who owns the fence or who is responsible for maintaining it.

Resolve these issues before a single fence panel comes down.

I ACCIDENTALLY left my watch at a holiday apartment. The owner said they would post it and I paid for postage, but it never arrived. When I contacted them again, they said it was in the possession of their cleaner, who no longer works for them. They say there is nothing they can do. Do I have any rights?

G.J., Oxfordshire. YES, you have rights here and 'there is

nothing we can do' is not the end of the matter. Once you told the apartment owner you had left your watch behind and they agreed to look after it, post it back and accepted your payment for doing so, they took on a legal duty to take reasonable care of it. Lawyers call this bailment. In simple terms, if someone voluntarily takes possession of your property, they must take reasonable care of it and return it.

The owner can't simply blame their cleaner. An employer will usually be legally responsible for the actions of an employee carried out in the course of their work.

There is also a contractual issue. You paid for the watch to be returned and the owner accepted payment. At the very least, you are entitled to a refund of that fee as the service was not provided. If the watch has been lost because the owner or their staff failed to take reasonable care of it, you may be entitled to recover its value.

Write to the owner setting out the facts, enclosing proof of the watch's value if you have it. Ask for the watch's return or compensation for its full value, together with a refund of the postage you paid.

If you booked through a platform such as Airbnb, raise the matter through its resolution process as well, as it may be able to help fix the dispute. If that doesn't work, this is the sort of claim that can usually be pursued through the small claims court.

If all else fails, it is also worth seeing if you will be covered under any insurance policy that you have.

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PROPERTY SHOW

Extraordinary Extensions, 8pm, Ch4

PROPERTY developer and snappy dresser Tizie Tempah introduces more jaw-dropping home makeovers that put most people's conservatories in the shade. He's in Canterbury to meet a couple renovating an old B&B and adding an unusual

extension that takes its inspiration from their Korean and Norwegian heritage. All is well until Mike and KJ (pictured with Tizie) get a surprise in the back garden when a Second World War bomb shelter is unearthed. Tizie also follows the dream project of a Miss Vintage UK finalist who is transforming her Nottingham dormer bungalow into a 1960s Hollywood palace.

PICK OF TODAY'S TV

SPY NEXT DOOR: THE ANNA CHAPMAN STORY, 9PM, CH4

ANNA Chapman — or should that be Anna Vasilyevna Kushchenko — a Russian spy arrested in 2010, is the

poster girl for modern spycraft — a 'femme fatale' who looked like she could seduce her way into anything, from nightclubs to influential confidences. You might know her face, but how well do you know her story? This gripping two-parter (concluding tomorrow) paints a picture of Chapman (pictured) through the men who knew her and dated her,

and the agents who hunted her, but also describes the global political climate of the 2000s, in Europe and America, in which she operated. In the first part, we hear how Chapman arrived in the UK as a 20-year-old student in 2001. During her stay, she met Alex Chapman at an underground rave in London, leading to a whirlwind romance and a subsequent marriage in Moscow that secured her British citizenship and a passport. She then found a job in the city and was soon hob-knobbing with the super wealthy before moving to New York City on a mission to infiltrate the corridors of power. But little did she know that the FBI were on her tail...

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast

9.30 Animal Park (AD,R) A new species of predator is introduced to Longleat safari park.

10.00 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (R) Hunting down a car being smuggled to Romania.

10.30 European Athletics Championships: Birmingham 2026 Coverage of the opening session on day three.

1.15 BBC News at One; Weather 1.40 BBC Regional News; Weather 1.50 BBC News at One; Weather

2.00 Money for Nothing JJ Chalmers rescues a record collection.

2.45 Escape to the Country (AD,R) Margherita Taylor helps a retired couple to find a home in Norfolk.

3.30 The Repair Shop (AD,R) The experts restore a pair of boots, a printing press and a clock.

4.30 The Answer Run Jason Manford hosts the quiz show.

5.15 Pointless (R) Quiz, hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Ria Lina.

6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather

6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

7.00 The One Show The 20th birthday celebrations continue. 7.30 EastEnders (AD) Chelsea's family rally together.

8.00 European Athletics Championships: Birmingham 2026 Gabby Logan presents further coverage of the evening session on day three from Alexander Stadium, including the finals of the men's 400m and women's 400m hurdles.

10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.30 BBC Regional News (Followed by Weather) 10.40 MOTD: UEFA Super Cup Highlights Action from Paris Saint-Germain v Aston Villa.

11.10 Red Eye (2005) (12) ♦ (AD) 11.15 A hotelier on a flight to Miami realises a passenger she has befriended is intent on involving her in a political assassination. Thriller, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy.

12.25 The Hit List Celebrity Special (R) 1.10 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.15 BBC News

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6.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R)

7.15 Money for Nothing (R)

8.00 Great Japanese Railway

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10.30 Antiques Road Trip (R)

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1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Mehreem Baig, Clare Balding, Jamie Laing and Mike Wozniak continue to test their skills.

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6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) With Chris Bisson, Danielle Harold, Katharine Merry and Robert Webb.

6.30 Bear Grylls: Wild Reckoning (AD,R) A brother and sister reunite.

7.00 European Athletics Championships: Birmingham 2026 Coverage of the evening session on day three from Alexander Stadium. Coverage continues on BBC1.

8.00 The Repair Shop (AD,R) Experts restore a photo of President Kennedy's children with their English nanny, a tiny drum kit clock, a melted wax statuette and a traditional Venezuelan stringed instrument.

9.00 Murder Trial: Death of a Dog Walker (AD) Part one of two. David Campbell stands accused of the premeditated murder of Brian Low, a 65-year-old groundsman on the same estate where they both worked.

10.00 Inside No 9 (AD,R) Shane and Clifford come up with a plan to abduct the wife of a wealthy hedge fund manager.

10.30 Newsnight (Followed by Weather)

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4.00 Tipping Point (R) Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard.

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6.00 Regional News

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7.00 Manchester United vs Leeds

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10.00 News (Followed by Weather)

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6.30 The King of Queens (AD,R)

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9.10 Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes.

11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) The chef tries to transform six-month-old gastropub Bask 46 in New Jersey.

12.05 Channel 4 News Summary

12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien find unique items in Gloucestershire.

1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) A tailor's assistant and builder join forces to renovate a house.

2.10 Countdown With Pauline McLynn.

3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) Dipit from Leicester finds her dream holiday home on Spain's Costa Almeria.

4.00 Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (AD,R) Four visitors go on a ghost hunt in Britain's most haunted castle.

5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) Sarah and George live out their fantasies.

6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) Frank Fritz spots a Harley-Davidson 'knucklehead'.

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Extraordinary Extensions (AD) PCL A couple renovate a Canterbury B&B by adding an extension — only to find a wartime bomb shelter in the garden. Plus, a bungalow transformed into a 1960s time capsule.

9.00 Spy Next Door: The Anna

PCL Chapman Story (AD) The extraordinary story of Anna Chapman, the British businesswoman and model unmasked by the FBI in 2010 as part of a Russian spy ring.

10.00 24 Hours in A&E (AD,R) The stories of Queen's patients who are an inspiration to their loved ones and how they have jointly faced some of the biggest challenges of their lives.

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12.10 Celebrity Hunted (AD,BSL,R) 1.05 Celebrity Hunted (AD,BSL,R) 2.00 Ramsay's Hotel Hell (AD,BSL,R) 2.50 Dover 24/7: Britain's Busiest Port (AD,BSL,R) 3.45 Fur Babies (AD,BSL,R) 4.40 Kirstie's House of Craft (R) 4.55 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 5.50 Countdown (R)

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TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

Murder Trial: Death Of A Dog Walker, 9pm, BBC2

THIS returning series captures every twist and turn as murder cases come to trial in Scottish courts. It opens with a two-parter on the 2024 murder of former groundsman Brian Low and follows the trial of his former colleague, David Campbell, who now stands trial for the crime. Both episodes on BBC iPlayer.

FILM CHOICE

Red Eye, 11.10pm, BBC1

A PRE-Peaky Blinders Cillian Murphy does scary and psychotic very well in this thriller from A Nightmare On Elm Street director Wes

Craven. Murphy is a terrorist engaged in a convoluted assassination plot, and forcing Rachel McAdams (pictured with Murphy) to be his unwilling accomplice.

CHANNEL 5

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9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis

12.45 5 News at Lunchtime

12.50 Matt Allwright

2.20 Deadly Secrets (2023) (PG) ● TRU Thriller, with Lizzie Boys, Kate Drummond and Tyson Arner.

4.00 Castle (R) Ryan ends up in the middle of an assassination plot.

4.55 Love Nature (R)

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 Sicily: Jewel of the Med (R) Cameras focus on the largest island in the Mediterranean.

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Car Pound Cops (R) Tracking cars as they are seized for a variety of offences.

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts New series. A 82-year- old is brought to Barnsley Casualty after suffering a fall in her kitchen, and a 78-year-old caretaker has chest pains and dangerously low oxygen levels.

9.00 999: Critical Condition A woman fights for her life after an unexplained collapse, and an 82-year-old's life is at risk of pneumonia after sustaining multiple chest injuries.

10.00 Ambulance: Code Red (AD,R) Medical professionals treat a man who has collapsed at the wheel of his car, a 72-year-old with an open fracture and a 22-year-old suffering from a prolonged epileptic seizure.

11.05 Cause of Death (R) A homeless man is found dead in his temporary accommodation in Blackburn and paramedics are called to the flat of a woman who has been found dead after complaining of a bad chest.

12.05 A&E After Dark (AD,R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LovettBookit (R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40 Friends (AD,R) 4.10 Friends (AD,R) 4.35 Cruising with Susan Calman (AD,BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5.5.35 Paw Patrol (BSL,R) 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington (BSL,R)

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FAWLTY Towers, reg- hiarly voted the best sitcom in telly his- tory, ran for just two short series, a total of 12 episodes. But now John Cleese has revealed he wanted to make one more instalment — as a movie.

The 86-year-old comedian, chatting via video link from a hotch room to Bangkok on Ave And David's Magical Sitcom Tour, outlined the plot. On a package holiday to Spain, Basil's plane is hijacked.

Frustrated and enraged, he tackles the hijackers and becomes the hero of the hour, until the pilot announces he's turning back to Heathrow.

So Basil hijacks the plane him- self. He forces the pilot to fly to the Med, and spends his entire holiday in a Spanish jail.

It's a neat idea, and Cleese recounted it with glee. I'd love to know whether he ever talked about it with Prunella Scales — perhaps Basil and Sybil would be on their way to Barcelona with Manuel, the waiter played by Andrew Sachs. The comedy wouldn't work without them.

That said, cinema versions of

SHOULDER PADS OF THE NIGHT: Rob Rinder, donning a heavy woollen toga with the aid of Ruth Goodman on The Romans (C5), practised his strut and mused, 'It's like a power suit really. Think of a Roman Margaret Thatcher.' But surely her Ancient World counterpart was Boadicea.

sitcoms rarely work. Even the most ardent fans of Are You Being Served? will wince to remember the 1977 film, when the staff of Grace Brothers booked a break on the 'Costa Planka' and got caught up in a second Spanish Civil War — a storyline so xenophobic, it makes ITV sitcom Benidorm look woke. Ardent is just the word for The Celebrity Traitors' Joe Wilkinson and his pal David Earl, two chaps who've reached the age when nostalgia becomes a full-time job (and yes, I know I'm guilty).

The duo were celebrating Fawlty Towers by visiting every location that evokes its memory, starting with Studio TC1 at the old BBC Television Centre in White City, west London, where several episodes were filmed in front of a live audience.

They began marking out the floor plan of the hotel, until a studio hand stuck his head round the door and suggested,

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WELSH TV VARIATIONS

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LAST NIGHT'S TV

Joe And David's Magical Sitcom Tour (U&Gold) ★★★★☆

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This puzzled me, since Bake Off is filmed in a marquee. But apparently the spin-off, An Extra Slice, is indeed recorded

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The boys had a lovely time, visiting Torquay to see the site of the old Gleneagles hotel that inspired Cleese to dream up the show. They even parked a Mini on the corner of the very

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Last week they did Porridge, and next week it's The Office. This is gentle, nerdy television for blokes who want an excuse to be kids again.

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PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

REACHER, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

THE roaming vigilante of Lee Child's books returns for a fourth series. Reacher (Alan Ritchons, pictured) is in Philadelphia at the start of series four, handovering after cheesesteak and having a bad encounter on the subway. The encounter ends so badly, actually, that it leaves the man-moutain determined to fix what he couldn't in the moment. "I'm good at not letting people get away with things," reflects the ex-military policeman as he digs into what quickly reveals itself to be a high-level conspiracy involving the CIA. Initially, local

BIG BEASTS

Elephant Planet, 7pm, Nat Geo Wild

BEING broadcast to mark World Elephant Day, this new documentary showcases the epic migrations, complex family bonds and remarkable intelligence of the world's largest land mammals. (Sky 185, Virgin 182)

WELSH CHOIR

Voices Of The Valleys, 8pm, Sky Arts

PRESSURE mounts on the Froncysylle Male Voice Choir as a major event draws nearer. They have been chosen to sing the South African national anthem before a

detectives think they have some power over Reacher. More fool them because, when this man gets the bit between his teeth, there's no stopping him — if he had an eye for gadgets you'd call him a one-man A-team. During the chaotic events of the investigation he is the calm centre of the storm, with those pulled into his orbit including disaffected police, a quirky freelance journalist and a woman with a secret. The action is tough and satisfying but never grisly, and Reacher even throws in some deadpan lines to leaven the tone.

rugby union international against Wales at CanUltra Principality Stadium. The problem is the anthem has five languages which need to be mastered! We also meet Richard, a Isaac from Mach, who juggles choir commitments with running a busy farm.

STAGE PLAY

The Authenticator, National Theatre At Home

WHITE artist Fen (Sylvestra Le Touzet, pictured) inherits her stately family pile, she finds a trove of old diaries and brings in two academics to check their authenticity and help untangle her family's tricky history with slavery. That's the jumping-off point for a clever 90-minute play that takes a steep turn into Gothic thriller and unfolds entirely between the three women at its core. The story as a whole barrels forward at a decent pace, running without an interval and twisting towards its conclusion with jabs of humour to alleviate the tension.

TIME

BBC 4

E4

ITV2

7.00pm

Villages by the Sea Ben Robinson visits Culross in Fife

Hollyoaks Warren drowns his sorrows

The Floor The 73 remaining contentants fight for more squares

7.30pm

Wainwright Walks Climbing Castle Crag in Borrowdale Valley

The Simpsons The family reminisces about days gone by

8.00pm

The Treasures of Ancient Rome Alastair Sooke charts the decline and fall of the Roman Empire through some of its hidden and most magical artistic treasures. Last in series

Vanderpump Rules An overheard phone call makes Audrey rethink her relationship with Chris. Shayne convinces Angelica to keep quiet about Jason's video

The 1% Club Quiz hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are about logic and common sense, with 80 contestants having a chance of winning up to £100,000

9.00pm

Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit Scholar Mary Beard explores the world of the Roman Empire

Gogglebox The armchair critics review Jamie's G'Wonders, Married at First Sight Australia, Only Connect, She Actually with Alice Levine, Fall and Naked and Afraid. From 2023

Family Guy Peter runs his father-in- law's company

9.30pm

L Claudius Piso and his wife Mancina are charged with murder

Gogglebox The armchair critics review Wild Isles, Starstruck, The Apprentice, MD? Mضح, The Flakoured Married at First Sight Australia First shown in March 2023

Family Guy Peter family his head and develops amnesia

10.00pm

10.50 L Claudius Lollia is unable to live with the memory of being abused by Oberius and commits suicide

Naked Attraction A transgender woman and a rugby player take part (To 12.00)

Family Guy Steevie and Brian discover their new neighbours are spies

10.30pm

11.45 The Treasures of Ancient Rome Ancient Roman art. Last in series (To 12.45)

Family Guy Brian dates an older woman

11.00pm

11.05 Family Guy Steevie discovers a pop star's secret

11.35 American Dad! Steve enters a bike tournament (To 12.05)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

SECTION

Preview 33 Sky 150

12noon FILM: The Outcast (1954) (U) 1.50 FILM: Track of the Cat (1954) (U) 4.00 Highway Thru Hell. 5.00 Motorway Copy: Catching Britain's Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 6.00 Motorway Copy: Catching Britain's Speeders. 9.00 Police Interceptors. 10.00 Police Night Shift 999. 11.00 The X-Files

BBC THREE

Preview 32 Sky 125 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60. 8.00 Trip Gear. 10.00 Guy Montgomery's Guy: Most-Spelling Bee. 11.35 This Country.

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 112 Virgin 133

12noon The Upper Hand. 1.00 Friends. 1.00 Michael Martyn's Big Show. 10.00 6 Out of 10 Cats. 11.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am Building Off the Grid. 1.00pm Dr Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet. 3.00 How It's Made. 5.00 Alaska Homestead Rescue. 7.00 Supercar Showroom. 9.00 Wheeler Dealers. 10.00 Mighty Truckers. 11.00 The Alaska Triangle.

E4 (DAYTIME)

Preview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.00am Bidoo Deck: Mediterranean. 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 Brooklyn Nine- Nine. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Hollyoaks.

SSTAR (DAYTIME)

Preview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 136 12noon Traffic Copy. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed. 6.00 Home and Away.

5 SELECT

Preview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon 3D Duelone Great and Small. 1.00 Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Calamka. 5.00 Dorset Country and Coast. 6.00 Abandoned Engineering. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Angela Regents River: Cruises. 10.00 Keeping Faith. 11.05 Prisoner: Cell Block H.

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Preview 21 Sky 145 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS

FOOD NETWORK UK

Preview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 158 11.00am The Great British Bake Citi 2.00pm James Martin Islands to Highlands. 3.00 The Hairy Bikins Go West. 4.00 Jamaci One- Pan Wonders. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin Islands to Highlands. 7.00 The Great British Bake Citi. 8.00 Sophie Grapes: Slice of Italy. 10.00 Jamie Cooke Indy. 11.00 Down, Drive-Ins and Dives.

GREAT! TV

Preview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Wathens. 4.00 Little Book on the Prairie. 6.00 The Irish RM. 7.00 M'X'S'H. 9.00 FILM: Agatha Christie's Speaking Cyanide (1983) (PG) 11.00 M'X'S'H.

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Preview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 105 11.10am Charmed. 12.10pm Deal or No Deal. 1.10 Supermarket Sweep. 2.10 The Floor. 3.10 The Only Way to Eaves. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Potomac. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrases.

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Preview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat. 1.35pm Midsummer Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Preview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 108 12.30pm Magnum, Pl. 2.35 The Crawford of Sherlock Holmes. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 5.50 Minder. 6.50 Aussie Pickers.

MORE4 (DAYTIME)

Preview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 167 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Pearl's Red. 5.00 La SCUL

NAT'S GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 183

12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Hitler's Last Stand. 4.00 Secrets of the Pyramids. 5.00 Pirate Ships of the Caribbean Drain the Oceans.

6.00 Secret Nazi Science. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece. 9.00 Lost Tombs of the Pyramids. 10.00 Mysteries of Ancient Medicine. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

PBS AMERICA

Preview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.55am Inside Japan War. 1.00pm Weathered Earth's Extremes. 1.35 Digging Up Britain's Past. 2.35 Athens Birth of Democracy. 3.50 1066 A Year to Conquer England. 5.05 Inside Japan's War. 6.10 Digging Up Britain's Past. 7.15 Athens Birth of Democracy. 8.25 1066 A Year to Conquer England. 9.40 Inside Japan's War. 10.50 Athens Birth of Democracy.

REALLY

Preview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 1.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 Long Lost Family. 10.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted.

SKY ARTS

Preview 36 Sky 132 Virgin 123 12noon The Art of Film with Ian Nathan. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Eighties. 4.00 Discovering Yul Brynner. 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2022. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 Voices of the Valleys. 9.00 Battle of the Irish Dancers. 10.00 The Eighties. 11.00 The Art of Architecture.

SKY ATLANTIC

Sky 108 Virgin 121 12.35pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 2.30 Billions. 4.40 The Last of Us. 6.35 House of the Dragon. 10.25 Dance Shows.

SKY COMEDY

Sky 113 Virgin 112 11.45am Wild & Grace. 12.15pm The Comeback. 1.45 Upright. 2.55 Will & Grace. 4.00 The Office Movers.

RADIO

RADIO 4

FM: 92.4/94.5/2012

5.00am News Summary. 5.04 BBC Inside Science. 5.32 Weather.

5.34 Shipping Forecast. 5.43 Prayer for the Day.

5.45 Farming Today.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Sideways.

9.30 Breakin' the Cycle.

10.00 Woman's Hour.

11.00 After EncroChat.

11.40 This Week in

History.

11.45 Book of the Week:

Hiroshima, 8.15:

The Lost Memoir.

By Kiyoshi Tanimoto

and Koko Kondo.

12noon News.

12.04 You and Yours.

12.57 Weather.

1.00 The World at One.

1.45 Human Intelligence.

2.00 The Archers.

2.15 Drama: United

Kingdoms.

3.00 James Hutton and the Restless Earth.

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO

THE GREENHAM EFFECT, 10AM,

4PM, 12MIDNIGHT, RADIO 4 EXTRA

THEY were 'politically inept in their judgments and wrong,' was Michael Heseltine's damning verdict on the women who protested at Greenham Common about the siting of American cruise missiles on British soil. Rebecca Mordan begs to differ. She was taken there

by her mother, one of the 30,000 women and children who protested at a peace camp in Berkshire that kept going for 19 years from 1981 to 2000. In this oral history, she gives a sense of what life was like there and the lasting impact of the women's actions.

3.30 Air Eaters.

4.00 The Power of Guilt.

4.15 The Media Show.

5.00 PM: Weather.

6.00 Six O'Clock News.

6.30 Best Medicine. Horse therapy, breaking bad news and finding a diagnosis on Instagram. 7.00 The Archers. Carol causes problems and Lily makes a friend.

7.15 Front Row.

Arts programme.

8.00 AntiSocial.

The issues of the

day presented by

Adam Fleming.

Last in series.

8.45 Cafe Hope. A group

for LGBTQ+ people

to enjoy nature.

9.00 Invitalise Hands. David Dimbleby tells the story of the CIA.

5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 The Office Movers. 9.00 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 9.45 Tom Davis: Underdog. 11.00 The Pedaviant Landlord.

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 118 Virgin 121

12noon Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary. 2.00 An American Bombing. The Road to April 19th. 4.00 The Directors. 4.55 Discovering Tom Cruise. 5.50 Starters of Proud Who Killed Jennifer Pandor? 8.00 Six Silent Killinges Ireland's Tainting Triangle. 10.00 Groomed: The Truth Behind the Lie. 11.00 FILM: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Nobel (2005) (5).

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 131

10.10am Junk & Disorderly. 11.05

Storage Wars. 12noon Runt Valley Restores. 1.00 History's Greatest Warriors. 2.00 Storage Hunters. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Runt Valley Restores. 9.00 History's Greatest Warriors. 10.00 Airport Security: USA.

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon Niagabo: Australia's Ocean Wonder. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 SWAT. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Animal Control. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 A League of Their Own: The Rally. 9.00 FILM: Lethal Weapon. (1987) (5). 11.00 Animal Control.

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am Star Trek Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse.

13. 4.00 Stargate SG1. 5.00 Star Trek Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis. 8.00 Stargate SG1. 9.00 Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 11.00 The Walking Dead.

SKY WITNESS

Sky 107 Virgin 110

12noon FBI & FBI: Most Wanted. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Daehoam. 9.00 Fire Country Shuton is blind-sided by a visit from her extranged mother. 10.00 FBI: International. 11.00 The Rookie.

TLC

Freeview 22 Sky 133 Virgin 153

12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 One Day in My Body. 11.00 Unacceptable.

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ITV3	ITV4	MORE4	SKY MIX	QUEST	U&DAVE	U&DRAMA	SSTAR	5USA
6.55 Heartbeat Landowner Les Parnaby lines patience with ramblers wandering across his land	6.55 Aussie Pickers Tasmania is calling as Lucas Callaghan and Adam McDonald visit the island for some devilish exploits and meet a train-obsessed anorak along the way	6.50 Car S.O.S.A 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye	11	17	19	20	32	21
Midsomer Murders The Sleeper Under the Hill A former is found dead at a sacred stone circle in Midsomer Mine and suspicion initially falls on local drubbs, but Barnaby is convinced greed rather than spiritualism is the motive	King of the Roads More action from the Armoy Race of Legends in County Antrim	7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets entrepreneur Paul Wilkinson and his wife Amy, who are building a giant new home on a 16-acre plot in Lincolnshire	Star Trek: The Next Generation An away team led by Riker encounters a destructive force known as the Crystalline Entity	Antiques Road Trip The antique hunt reaches Devon, where Margie Cooper takes time out to try her hand at pottery	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing From the River Lea	7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Corpus, Gergy and Foggy go to Wales	Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts Ralph, an 87-year-old who is struggling to breathe, is rushed into hospital, and staff need to run a series of blood tests	NCIS Gibbs faces an old adversary who has re-emerged with a plan to assassinate the U.S. president, and taken Kate hostage in a bid to ensure success
Grantchester A murder at Esme's office sends shockwaves through the Keating family, and Alphy's meeting with the Bishop fails to go as planned	RoboCop 2 (1990,18) The cyborg law enforcer battles a deranged drug lord, unaware the corporation that created him is planning to replace him, Sci-fi thriller sequel, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Tom Norman and Belinda Bauer. Includes FFI daily	Police 24/7 Police investigate a drive-by shooting at an apartment building and a man is stopped for smoking fentanyl	Police 24/7 Police investigate a drive-by shooting at an apartment building and a man is stopped for smoking fentanyl	The Yorkshire Auction House Angus helps a lady part with her late husband's cherished medals	7.20 Would I Lie to You? With Mel Gentryac, Adil Ray and Kian Egan	The Chelsea Detective Jack Felton, the charming young owner of a fruit and vegetable delivery company, is found brutally stabbed in his own home	GPx Behind Closed Doors A woman with a stomach bypass gets advice about abdominal pains	NCIS A U.S. Navy captain is held hostage in his own office while his wife and daughter are abducted
Grantchester A professor of chemistry is found murdered	11.05 Trial 1 Retribution (To 1.25)	The Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts Alice heads seven miles south of Naples to the preserved remains of Herculaneum	FBI: Most Wanted A local FBI case involving a sea of powerful men and two murdered women sends the team on a manhark for a gang leader	The Yorkshire Auction House In Durham, Angus Ashworth uncovers hidden riches in a collector's cottage	Q1 XL: Send Toksvig tools as Q-tipers, voyaging with Nabil Abdulvahid, Joe Lycett, Lou Sanders and Alan Davies	The Chelsea Detective Investigations reveal that Kal had broken into Jack's house to steal his drugs and take them to a dealer	The Transporter (2002,15) An underworld courier ends up in a battle of wills with his powerful employers when he lets his conscience get the better of him. Action adventure, with Jason Statham and Shu D. Includes Entertainment News	Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015,12) The police chief heads to Boston to investigate a murder case in which the prime suspect is behind bars. Crime thriller sequel, starring Tom Selleck and Kohl Sunkels. Includes Entertainment News
11.50 Trial 2 Retribution (To 1.25)	11.15 All Elite Wrestling: Collision hard-fitting actors, featuring stars including FHL Thunder Rosa, Jon Mosley and Jay White (To 1.15)	24 Hours In Police Custody Cameras follow every twist and turn an detective investigate a premeditated knife and gun attack	The Rookie Officer Thorsen reluctantly decides to be a part of a reality show to help rebrand his image, only to be thrust back into an another deadly situation	The Repair Shop Cycle expert Tim brings a broken unicycle back to life, Meanwhile, a lefty family heirloom needs the expert restoration skills of bookbinder, Chris	Have I Got a Bit More News For You Martin Jones hosts an extended edition of the current affairs quiz, with Helen Lewis and Ian Smith joining Paul Merton and Ian Hislop	New Tricks After being released from jail, a paedophile admits to the abduction and murder of a child 25 years previously	10.55 Special Forces: Most During Missions Documentary looking back at some of the Special Forces' most spectacular missions	10.50 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A 10-year-old case is reopened after a woman is found wandering alone in Central Park
11.50 Trial 3 Retribution (To 1.25)	11.15 All Elite Wrestling: Collision hard-fitting actors, featuring stars including FHL Thunder Rosa, Jon Mosley and Jay White (To 1.15)	11.05 24 Hours In A&E A pub landlord is brought in with burnt legs as a result of his barbecue gas cylinder exploding (To 12.30)	Grimm Nick and Hank investigate the case of a female lawyer found dead on a bus, having been brutally rejected with a fatal overdose of bee venom (To 12.30)	How Do They Do It? A look at how the axe was first forged	Taskmaster Greg Davies sets tusks to comics including Mel Gentryac and Noel Halding, with Alex Horne and Neil Halding dancing like a pair of shrews (To 12.00)	11.20 Luther Jenny's ruthless boss seeks revenge against Luther (To 12.40)	11.55 Scam City Ruthless taxi drivers in Mexico City (To 1.00)	11.50 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rollins goes undercover (To 12.50)

THE Los Angeles Philharmonic under conductive Gustavo Dudamel (pictured) return for their second concert at the Royal Albert Hall in BBC PROMS (7PM, RADIO 3). Tonight they play Deedcorena Seventh Symphony and give a UK premiere to Revolucion Diamantina (Diamond Revolution), by the Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. Music for a ballet, it deals with the issue of violence by men towards women – Ortiz has pointed out that 11 women are killed every day in Mexico.

9.30 Inside Health. Weekly quest to demystify health issues, with James Gallagher. Last in series 10.00 The World Tonight. Shaun Ley presents a round-up of the day's international news. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith.

11.00 Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide to Living Forever. 11.15 Follow the Rabbit. 11.30 A Good Road. 12midnight News and Weather. 12.30 Book of the Week: Hiroshima, 8.15: The Lost Memoir. By Kiyoshi Tanimoto. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Body of Proof 1.00 Death in Paradise 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mandate 6.00 Hudson & Rex 6.00 Body of Proof 7.00 Private Eyes 8.00 Bodish. 9.10 Death in Paradise 10.10 Father Brown 11.10 Private Eyes

U&DAVE (DAYTIME) Freeview 15 Sky 121 Virgin 127 11.30am Yukon Gold 12.15pm Top Gear 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing 3.00 Guy Martin. Prayer Jobs 4.00 Hairy Bliery. Best of British 5.00 Rick Steins Cornwall.

U&DRAMA (DAYTIME) Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 150 11.45am The Bill 12.40pm Classic EastEnders 2.00 Classic Neighbours 3.00 Whitstable Pearl.

4.10 Lovegay 5.20 As Time Goes By 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine

U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 106 Virgin 176 12noon Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow 1.00 Locomotion. Dan Snow's History of Railways 2.00 Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow 5.00 Bangers & Cash. Restoring Classics

U&GOLD Sky 103 Virgin 134 11.35am Dad 12.15pm Only Fools and Horses 1.00 Keeping Up Appearances 1.30 Dads Army 2.30 The Green Green Grass 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Dad 4.20 Dads Army 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances 7.00 Only Fools and Horses 7.40 Dads Army 8.20 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Porridge 9.40 The Office 10.20 Not Going

Out 11.00 Mrs Brown's Boys 11.40 Porridge.

U&W Freeview 35 Sky 132 Virgin 129 12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build 1.00 Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers. Forever Homes 5.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build 7.00 MasterChef Australia 8.25 Nigella At My Table 9.00 Signora Volpe 11.00 First Resignation

U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am Hitler's Countdown to War 12noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 Secret Nazi Beans 5.00 Hitler's Countdown to War 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 A Perfect Placer 8.00 Michael Palm. Travels of a Lifetime The making of Pile to Pile 9.00 Simon Reeves South America 10.00 Bangers & Cash.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT Sky 401 Virgin 501 11.30am The Hundred Live 2.30pm The Hundred Live 6.00 The Hundred Live 9.30 Sports Centre 10.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Paper Taft 11.00 Live Tennis

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Transfer Talk 1.00 Premier League Highlights 2.00 SNF 2.30 Premier League Highlights 4.00 FNF 4.30 DNF 5.00 Premier League Review 6.00 Oult Heroes 6.30 Premier League Stories 7.00 The Transfer Show 8.00 Premier League Stories 8.30 Series Milner Record Breaker 9.00 Transfer 360 10.00 Premier League Review 11.00 Premier League Years

SKY CHECKET Sky 405 Virgin 505 11.15am The Hundred Live 2.30pm The Hundred Live. Welsh Fire Men v London Sport Men (Start-time 1pm) 6.00 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Men v MI London Men

Start-time 6.30pm) 9.30 The Hundred Bitesize 10.00 The Hundred Bitesize 10.30 The Hundred

SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 501 12noon My Icon. Sarah Storey 12.15 My Icon. Stef Reid 12.30 Darto Gold 1.00 NFL Highlights 2.00 Tennis 2.55 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v MI London Women (Start-time 1pm) 6.00 PGA Tour The Cut 6.30 DP World Tour Golf 7.00 Indycar 8.00 PGA Tour Golf 9.00 LPGA Tour Golf 11.00 NFL Highlights

TNT SPORTS Sky 410 Virgin 521 12noon Playing for Our Future – Cycling 12.15 The Grapports 12.30 Live. Showers China Open 4.00 Premier League Stories 4.30 MotoGP Rewind 4.45 TNT Sports Cricket Reload 5.00 CPL Highlights 5.30 TNT Sports Reload 6.00 UEFA Road to the Finals 7.00 Live UEFA Super Cup Paris Saint-Germain v Aston Villa

(Kick-off 8pm) 10.30 Beacon of Boys – The Greatest Athletic Story 11.30 MLB Plays of the Week

TNT SPORTS 2 Sky 411 Virgin 523 12noon MotoGP 1.00 CPL Highlights 1.30 Playing for Our Future – Cricket 1.45 The Grapports 2.00 Longman Global Champions Tour 3.00 Test Cricket Highlights 5.00 Kenny Albitar's Number 1x 5.30 The Grapports 5.45 MLB Plays of the Week 6.15 MLB 7.15 Live MLB 10.00 Men's Cycling Pro Series 11.00 CPL Highlights 11.30 Live CPL

TNT SPORTS 3 Sky 413 Virgin 523 10.30am Live European Athletics Championships 1.30pm MLB Highlights 1.30 Premier League Stories 3.00 What I Were 3.30 Sign Up – Iron Football 4.30 Premier League Legends 5.00 Sate 6.00 Golden Trail World Series 6.30 Live European Athletics Championships 10.00 Snooker China Open

MOVIES

FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 113 Virgin 628 11.00am Secret Headquarters (2022) (PG) 1.05pm Sign of the Pagan (1954) (17) 2.55 The Comancheros (1963) (PG) 5.05 They Rode West (1954) (17) 6.50 Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022) (17) 9.00 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2025) (12) 11.40 The Rhythm Section (2026) (15) 1.50am Holy Cow (2024) (15)

GREAT ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 110 Virgin 426 10.30am Bomb at 10.10 (1967) (PG) 12.30pm The Unit 1.30 Burn Stove 2.30 Danville (2010) (15) 6.00 The Unit 7.00 Burn Notice 9.00 Monterrey for Justice (2006) (18) 11.05 The Avengers

GREAT MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 120 Virgin 625 12noon Underpetsible 1.00 In Plain Sight 2.00 Castle 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00 Castle 8.00

Underpetsible 9.00 In Plain Sight 10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries 10.56 Good News on (2012) (11) 11.01 Hailey Dean Mysteries 11.50 Martha's Vineyard Mysteries. Riddled With Deceit (2020) (PG)

GREAT ROMANCE Freeview 52 Sky 132 Virgin 634 12noon My One and Only (2019) (PG) 2.00 Flip That Romance (2019) (PG) 3.55 Live at Lookout Lake (2025) (17) 5.55 Romance at the Vineyard (2021) (PG) 7.00 The Way to the Heart (2022) (PG) 9.50 Dream Wedding (2023) (17) 11.50 Stop the Wedding (2016) (PG)

SKY DRAMA Sky 103 Virgin 410 11.30am On Swift Horses (2025) (15) 1.40pm Peggy Sue Get Married (1985) (15) 2.30 Terms of Endearment (1983) (15) 5.45 Bohemian Rhapsody (2026) (12) 8.00 One Battle After Another (2025) (15) A washed-up revolutionary scrambles to find his massing daughter when his evil

nemesis resurfaces. Oscar-winning action thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio 10.50 Grease (1976) (PG) A rebellious teenager falls for a shy Australian girl. Romantic musical, starring John Travolta

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PETERBOROUGH

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The anniversary gift that keeps on giving

MY WIFE is used to me forgetting anniversaries and her birthday. But as we were approaching 60 years of marriage, many members of my family reminded me, so I gave the matter a great deal of thought. My wife had remarked several times that the interior of the house was beginning to look a little shabby, so I decided, as a surprise, to purchase her a Vax carpet and upholstery cleaner. When she received this, I noticed that it wasn't with great enthusiasm. In fact, just the opposite - icy silence! She is a very keen budgetter, so in an effort to retrieve the

situation, I suggested she could recoup the cost - and more - by contracting out her cleaning services. That was three days ago and she's still not speaking to me.

Brian Lee, Telford, Shropshire

Follow-up

I, TOO, was young in the late 1940s and early 1950s when our milk was delivered by horse and cart. My mother often sent me out for the morning with Joe the milkman, and the highlight of

my day was giving the horse its nosebag feed. I can still remember the marvellous smell and crunching sound as its velvet muzzle devoured the contents.

Sue Knight, Brandon, Suffolk

Rhyme Of Our Times

(With apologies to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)

Burnham is our new PM, he's wanted it so long. The MPs welcomed Andy with a loud and cheerful throng. He promised he'd do everything to help the poor and weak. So he's gone on a sunny holiday beach, Peace and quiet to seek. Yes he's gone and left our country for two weeks.

Mrs M. Thony, Swansea

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

MY HUSBAND was a history teacher, and one of his youngest pupils once asked him if he knew Charles I! Mrs E. Watts, Canterbury, Kent

Picture That!

HIGHLY STRUNG: We're all working online today. John Montgomery, Cushendall, Co. Antrim

Today's poem

I REMEMBER

I remember so well my Welsh Nana, Not understanding a word that she said, It was 'Bore da' in the morning And 'No da' when she tucked me in bed. I remember Nan's outside earth privy A double-seater I seem to recall. And the distinct pungent smell of mothballs On her coat which she kept in the hall.

I remember Nan's outside hand pump Gushing water on those halcyon days, And playing whip and top, and marbles, Or whatever was the latest craze.

I remember the local bus company Charging an extra halfpenny to go up the hill And the thrill of playing on the river bed When the river was diverted t'mill

I remember playing football in the car park Very close to the railway lines And being chased off by the station porter - The same guy who played with us sometimes.

I remember hide and seek near the main road, Lurking behind slow-moving cars and those parked, 'Base' was under a street light Which helped us play till well after dark.

I remember camping on a farm near by Wet or fine, we cared not a damn, With blankets from home and a meths stove on loan Every mealtime was Heinz beans and spam. Eight decades gone by and as well as I try My senses are starting to creak, But these memories dear are remembered so clear It's as if they were only last week.

Paul Wolfenden, Mallock, Derbyshire

LETTERS

Reopen Dartmoor

DARTMOOR Prison has been closed for two years, with no date to reopen. It is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, so are they liable to make it safe from apparently dangerous levels of radon gas, generated by the decay of uranium in the region's rock, or is it once again taxpayers who must foot the bill?

Why can the necessary work not be done and the prison used to ease overcrowding? It is never acceptable to release prisoners before the end of their sentences.

A. HAYWOOD, Newport, Gwent

MANY traditional houses in Devon and Cornwall were built of local granite. So is HMP Dartmoor really unsuitable for some of the criminals now being returned to our streets?

LEWIS DOWNING, Plymouth, Devon

Football greed

I SHOULD like to commend Ian Herbert (Daily Mail) for his hard-hitting, accurate piece about the state of football. He is so right in all regards, particularly the general greed at the top and the diminishing of the PA Cup.

I have been looking forward to the football starting again (even though I am a Leicester City fan) but there will be lots about it we don't like.

YVONNE HIOTON, Belper, Derbys

What victim?

CRIME writer Lynda La Plante racked up 24 points on her licence for exceeding the 20mph speed limit near her home.

I suspect she had driven on these now-20mph roads for decades before the speed limit was reduced and was driving on 'automatic pilot', as she had always done in safety.

I notice she was additionally fined a £1,332 victim surcharge. Could someone explain to me who the victim is when you inadvertently go through a speed camera at 27mph?

KEN BRADY, Swanmore, Hants

Just married

APPARENTLY, someone called Zendaya has married someone called Tom Holland. This must be of vital importance to the British nation, as reports and pictures of the couple have appeared in newspapers every day for the past month. Why?

Bring back Liz Hurley in her bikini. LEE JANOOLY, London NW11 WOW, she looks beautiful, her body shape is amazing. Bet she handles like a dream. Oops, sorry Tom. I'm talking about the 1970 Jaguar E-Type. Hope it's a V12, mate.

MARTIN PONTON, Monkseaton, Northumberland

Medicine waste

IT HAS been reported that in the UK, £480million-worth of medicines are discarded every year.

I used to work in a nursing home, where it was routine to throw out all medicines on the last day of the month before re-ordering the entire lot. Whole bottles and packs of unused medicines went into a black bag, along with partially used packs.

Apparently this was easier to do than working out what was actually needed and ordering accordingly. I was disgusted, and left.

CHERYL FELIX, Marton, Lincs

Cheers, Andy

AFFABLE Andy likes to portray himself as one of the lads in the pub. He can join us any day to discuss the rape gangs, illegal migrants, Net Zero and the early release of prisoners, during a game of darts. It'd be a right laugh. Bet he wouldn't want to come back a second time, though.

TERRY COATES, Birmingham

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WILL Andy Burnham's cheerful friend-to-all demeanour remain when he meets Kemi Badenoch face to face at PMQs?

SYLVIA BENNETT, Bezhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex

Rhyme time

THE woke obsession with nursery rhymes goes back a long way. It's almost 40 years since I visited a nursery where children were singing Baa Baa Green Sheep.

After a lifetime of working with under-lives, I'm sure children simply enjoyed the rhythm of the rhymes and the group activity, and had no interest in any supposed sexual or racial discrimination.

They loved to act out rhymes such as Jack And Jill, Little Jack Horner or Little Miss Muffet, and could hardly wait to take turns.

Of course, when it was a boy's turn we sang: 'Little Mister Muffet, sat on his tuftet' and when it was a girl's turn we sang: 'Little Jill Horner, sat in a corner.'

Mrs E. HAWORTH, Rishton, Lancs

Trading places

THE Government's renewed focus on technical education is a welcome step towards giving young people more choice about how they build a successful career.

For too long, we have treated university as the default route to success, when the trades offer just as much opportunity.

Strengthening technical education and apprenticeships will help tackle the UK's skills shortage but their long-term success will depend as much on changing perceptions of vocational careers as on expanding access to them.

What is often overlooked is where that path can lead. A trade isn't just a job, it is a route to business ownership. Across the UK, tradespeople are building successful companies and creating local jobs.

Our recent analysis of more than 3,200 UK trade businesses found that sole traders regularly generate annual revenues exceeding £100,000, while larger businesses can achieve more than £2 million a year.

If these reforms are to succeed, we need to celebrate technical careers for the opportunities they create.

MICHAEL STECKLER, CEO, Tradly, London EC2

Backing butts

OVER the past three years I have contacted water companies, government departments and companies that make rainwater butts with an idea. But while they agree it's a good idea, I can't get anyone to run with it.

My suggestion is that all new-build homes should have a similar 100-litre rainwater butt pre-installed.

After all, if homes can be given electric charging points, solar panels and even bat boxes, why not a device

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Mrs Valerie Ashton, London N14

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Andy Burnham says do not despair. Just two paid is the maximum fare. You can possibly pay for a bus the whole way... Though there may be no bus that goes there! Mike Mesteron-Gibbons, York

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What will Clacton prove for Farage?

CONGRATULATIONS to Julia Lawrence (Daily Mail) for finding the needle in the haystack – the only home in the Clacton constituency displaying material in support of Count Binface. It must have taken some effort wading through the sea of placards promoting Nigel Farage. In my travels around the Clacton area, I have seen only one other placard for an independent candidate but many supporting Reform UK. Despite the many political leaflets shoved through my letterbox, Reform UK are the only party that took the trouble to visit my home and I was able to have a conversation with Nigel Farage on my doorstep.

STEPHEN CHEESMAN, Kirby Cross, Essex

FACED with the restrictions of being an MP and needing to be transparent in his financial dealings, Nigel Farage resigned in an attempt to stifle investigations into why an overseas donor gave him £5 million and why he also received funding from a convicted fraudster who had spent time in a US prison. Farage was seldom seen in his former Clacton constituency, which

Essex rivals: 'Space warrior' Count Binface and Nigel Farage of Reform

desperately needed a supportive MP as it has very real problems. Jaywick is one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in England. Clacton also has high levels of economic inactivity, in part because of an ageing retired population with long-term ill health issues, which also puts health and social care services under great strain. Local wages are well below the national average, which in turn affects the local economy, and a large number of houses in the area are

poorly insulated and expensive to heat. Farage should not be pulling expensive stunts such as a by-election that wastes public money.

PETE MILORY, Trowbridge, Wilts

AFTER tomorrow, I fear Nigel Farage will not be remembered for his eloquence, almost single-handedly achieving Brexit and putting the fear of God into Tories, Labour and Brussels, but rather as the man who lost an election to a dustbin.

HARRY IRVINE, Crawley, W. Sussex

to save rainwater? It would reduce consumption and be better for the environment.

PATRICIA PATERSON, Redditch, Worcs

For love of David

OH MY goodness, what a wonderful lady Louise Robinson is (Secrets & Lives). I had tears running down my face after reading her story.

My very best wishes to her as she moves forward in the new stages of her life. God bless you, Louise.

Mrs ANNIE CHAMBERS, Wimborne, Dorset

Dodgy knees

I READ Richard Littlejohn's article about Arthrosamid injections with interest.

I had this treatment in my knee in June 2025. It didn't work. Admittedly I was 72, which I understand can be a

downside, as it is said to work better for younger people.

A year on, my knee had deteriorated badly and I have just had a full replacement.

I was very enthusiastic about having the procedure and disappointed at its lack of success. I just feel I should warn readers that it is not necessarily an unqualified success in every case.

PENNY CHATFIELD, Whitstable, Kent

Dumb bots

THE letter from Danny Darcy about his frustrating dialogue with a telephone robot struck a chord with me, as I'm sure it will with other readers.

I have likewise told robots I want to speak to a human, after one has misheard my postcode a dozen times.

Eventually I resort to saying 'I want to make a

complaint', to ensure I get through to a real live customer service agent.

The worst phone robot works for Argos. It will keep you going round in ever-decreasing circles unless you have an order number. I'm not paranoid but I suspect this is a ploy to prevent customers bothering them with a mere product enquiry.

CHRISTINE CHARLES, Waltham Cross, Herts

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DEBAT

Is Burnham 'on tour' really necessary?

SO THE new Dear Leader is going to trawl the country, asking us mere mortals how he can improve our lives.

If he doesn't know, he's in the wrong job. It's a gimmick, like Blair's 'Big Conversation' in 2003.

P TASKER, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear ANDY BURSHAM doesn't need to tour the country to gather people's views on the cost of living, he just needs to read the report in last Saturday's Daily Mail about cleaner Victoria Gordon finding a 'giant' 35-year-old Mars Bar.

MARGARET BOLTON, Ringmer, E. Sussex

A FEW weeks in office and Andy Burnham is already being told by

his 'team' that he is putting over the 'wrong image'.

When did this obsession with image take over all public life? If you're in the top job, you should know what you're doing and what you stand for, not rely on 'communications experts' to tell you what to say and how to act. What we need is someone who can transcend all that rubbish and stand there as a truthful, able, authentic person.

We don't need a leader being tweaked and pulled this way and that, so they can appear to be all things to all people.

ALAN JONES, Halesowen, W. Mids

ANDY Pandy will embark on a UK tour to ask how the cost of living affects us peasants.

What a waste of taxpayers' money. Everyone knows the cost of living, except him, apparently.

The Government is deep in debt and while this can help to finance capital projects in the short term, it must be paid off in the slightly longer term, as anyone who has ever budgeted knows. Simples, as a certain meerkat would say.

So will Andy adopt a suitably stern attitude to the UK economy or just continue showbusting around with a supercilious but still inane wooden grin on his face?

I think I already know the answer.

A. ROY, London E3

Straight to the POINT

■ BUT can AI empty the dishwasher?

ALAN HARDMAN, Bury, Lancs

■ THE delusional Cambridge professor only got the job so other academics could say they had an Arday at the office.

JOHN COLLINS, Ferndown, Dorset

■ I BUY my Daily Mail at the newsagent's and read it in a cafe. Am I an endangered species?

MAURICE HAWKINS, Ballycarry, Co Antrim

■ CHRIS PACKHAM is no David Attenborough.

IAN HARRINGTON, Arminster, Devon

■ ANYBODY seen any swallows this summer?

ALAN HIBBARD, Chesterfield, Derbys

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TOM MELLISH, Pollockone, Kent

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DOUG HARDING, Cheshunt, Herts

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QUESTION is there a reason why the dimpled design of golf balls has not been applied to balls for other sports? Also, is the effect restricted to ball shapes or might it apply to aircraft wings, for example?

YES. The dimpled golf ball is often held up as a triumph of sports engineering, but the same idea has not spread widely because most other balls already have designs better suited to their particular sport.

Golf-ball dimples reduce air resistance and help generate lift, allowing the ball to travel much further than a smooth sphere. However, other ball sports have different requirements, so a dimpled surface is not usually the best solution.

A tennis ball, for example, is covered in felt. That fuzzy surface already affects airflow and gives players the control and spin the game requires. Replacing the felt with dimples would make the ball faster and less predictable, fundamentally changing tennis.

Similarly, the elongated shape of rugby balls is naturally more aerodynamic, while their textured surfaces are designed to influence flight and handling. Engineers have refined these features for decades, leaving little need for golf-style dimples.

In cricket, the ball's seam is a crucial part of the sport. Bowlers rely on it to generate swing, curve and movement so adding dimples would inherently alter those characteristics and thus change the nature of the game.

The same principle applies to aircraft. A golf ball is a relatively poor aerodynamic shape, so dimples help compensate for its shortcomings. An aircraft wing, by contrast, is already designed to allow air to flow smoothly over it. Covering a wing with dimples would generally increase friction and reduce efficiency. Where engineers do need to manipulate airflow, they typically use more targeted solutions such as vortex generators to control airflow in troublesome areas, but these are applied sparingly rather than across the entire wing.

That is not to say the concept has been ignored. Engineers have experimented with dimple-like textures on footballs, cycling equipment, swimwear and even vehicles. When-

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ever testing shows an aerodynamic advantage, some version of the principle is often adopted.

So the reason most sports balls do not resemble golf balls is not a lack of imagination. It is simply that each sport demands its own balance of distance, speed, spin, control and predictability and the dimpled sphere happens to be almost perfectly suited to golf alone.

Peter Andrews, Leeds

QUESTION Why is a Lord referred to by his surname yet a Sir by his Christian name?

A LORD is normally a member of the peerage, and so his title is tied to a peerage title rather than to his surname. Thus, a man called John Smith who is created Baron Blackwood would be known as Lord Blackwood, because the title, not his family name, becomes the principal form of address. In many cases the title is derived from a place name, not the holder's surname.

A Sir, on the other hand, is usually a knight or baronet and the honour is attached to the individual so it is combined with his forename: Sir John Smith (or Sir John in conversation), not Sir Smith.

Historically, many knights could share the same surname so 'Sir John', 'Sir Robert' and 'Sir Thomas' distinguished them, whereas 'Sir Smith' could be ambiguous. Over time, Sir + forename became the established convention.

The distinction between the two can be seen clearly in famous examples. Admiral Nelson was Lord Nelson, taking his title from the peerage conferred upon him, while actor Ian McKellen is Sir Ian McKellen, because a knighthood is a personal honour rather than a noble title.

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QUESTION What country over the years has been involved in more wars than any other?

FRANCE holds this record. This is partly to do with it having been in existence as a single entity for a long time - since the Middle Ages.

Its main rivals in the warmongering states - the United Kingdom and United States of America - emerged as countries much later.

The various land borders that France possesses has also contributed to the number of wars it has been involved in, which tops 250 if you date the emergence of France all the way back to 387 BC when Gauls briefly captured Rome. Adjoining France are Germany, Italy and Spain, as well as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco and Andorra.

The Napoleonic era added a number of conflicts, as newly democratic France battled with the monarchs of Europe. Previous to that, the country was central to what became known as the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and more recently, it was, of course, an integral part of both world wars.

Also, like the United Kingdom, for hundreds of years France had colonial ambitions around the world, which contributed to a number of conflicts.

In comparison, the UK has been involved in 160 major conflicts, largely driven by its naval and colonial quests.

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp garam masala
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• 3 tbsp mango chutney
• Thumb-sized piece of ginger, grated
• 1 garlic clove, grated

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Why I've fallen for faded Clacton

by TRACEY DAVIES

BOARDED-UP shops, desolate cafes and rundown B&Bs. The past 40 years have not been kind to Clacton-on-Sea.

Once one of Britain's favourite resorts, it was voted the worst seaside town in the UK by Which? magazine in 2019 and 2023.

But this summer, with the by-election tomorrow, the jaded jewel of the Essex 'Sunshine Coast' has hit the headlines as the playground for a political pantomime starring Nigel Farage and Count Binface.

Born and bred at the seaside (Southend-on-Sea) and now living in Brighton, I have candy floss running through my veins and get overly nostalgic about tired UK resorts.

Approaching the Clacton turn-off, I brace myself for a gauntlet of St George flags and Reform placards – but I'm pleasantly surprised by their absence.

However, there is no doubt about it, Clacton is rough around the edges.

Faded amusement arcades, tatty hotels and bawdy seafront bars feel more Carry On than cosmopolitan.

But for me, that's the appeal. Ignoring the burnt-out building close to where I park, it's an unexpected treat to see its wide sandy beaches, neat Victorian gardens and the odd palm tree. Founded in 1871 on the

Charming: Clacton has wide sandy beaches and neat Victorian gardens

Essex coast, Clacton was the Barbados of Britain (some say) during its bucket-and-spade heyday in the mid-20th century and a favourite haunt of working-class Londoners, my relatives included. There was even a

Butlin's holiday camp from 1938 to 1983. Yet come the 1970s, when package holidays to the Costas became popular, the seaside town fell into decline.

Clacton Pier is the town's golden goose. Boldly claiming the title of Europe's biggest pleasure pier – though Southend Pier is the world's longest – it celebrated its 155th birthday last month.

The pier is free and rides start from £2.50, but a 'Big Day Out' wristband is good value. Starting from £22.50, it provides a day's pass to 16 rides – including the Looping Star rollercoaster; the Log Flume and the helter skelter (pictured below); the Clacton Wheel; Jurassic Pier; a 4D cinematic dinosaur encounter; and Adventure Golf.

After conquering the rides, I wolf down a sugar-dusted hot doughnut as I wander through the arcades recalling happy times feeding 2ps into coin-push machines when younger.

Clacton Pier is rather good. No wonder it has been shortlisted for the Best Seaside Theme Park in the 2026 UK Theme Park Awards (up against Skegness Pleasure Beach and Dreamland Margate).

The beaches are another big draw. All have Blue Flag status and even on a blazing summer day, they don't feel crowded.

From the top of the Clacton Wheel, you can see other Essex resorts such as Holland-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea. Walkers can follow the scenic coastal trail for two miles to Holland and beyond on the King Charles III England Coast Path.

Frinton, three miles further along from Holland to the north-east, is a more sedate resort where art deco homes overlook tidy beaches banked by pastel beach huts.

Unlike in Clacton, the Reform flags fly freely here, yet there's a distinct absence of amusement arcades and ice cream parlours.

Back in Clackers, I succumb to my craving for fish and chips. Local man Nigel – not him – recommends John's Fish Bar on Rosemary Road.

Away from the seafront, Clacton's less than salubrious reputation is much more obvious. Among the boarded-up storefronts only charity shops, vape outlets and a place that flogs fishing tackle keep going.

As for nightlife, I spot several interesting establishments, includ-

Pier review: Tracey goes exploring

ing the Brace Of Pistols, The Klub and the curiously named Never Say Die pub.

Among the town's more traditional spots are the Ship Inn in Great Clacton village and the Robin Hood. As for restaurants, Salts by the Sea at Clacton Pavilion serves seafood platters and enjoys smashing sea views.

Clacton has ambition. A £30million Civic Quarter redevelopment is now under way alongside plans to transform the 200-year-old Martello Tower, a one-time coastal defence fort, into an arts venue.

Safely back on the seafront, I sit on a beach with my (excellent) fish supper and watch as families paddle in the sea, happy as clams.

Clacton may be a tad jaded but it's got great beaches, plenty of amusements and a brilliant pier... perfect for an August by-election (Binface and all).

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Traders pay $100k for early access to Trump posts

WALL Street traders looking for a market edge are paying up to $100,000 a month for high-speed access to Donald Trump's social media posts.

The boss of Trump Media & Technology revealed that more than ten customers have already signed up to a service offering first sight of the most influential accounts on the US President's Truth Social platform, including Trump's own.

The update came as the company posted ballooning quarterly losses of £176m after counting the cost of a slump in the value of the cryptocurrency it owns.

The firm is hoping for a boost from the controversial Truth API service, which was launched at the start of August and

By Hugo Duncan

hands traders willing to pay $60,000 to $100,000 a month – or £45,000 to £75,000 – early access to posts, including major policy announcements by the US President.

Trump Media chief executive Kevin McGurn said early customers are mostly high-frequency trading firms, which can cash in on information gained fractions of a second early through automated bets on subsequent moves in shares, bonds and currencies.

The paid-for service has been criticised amid claims it is a vehicle for Trump and his allies to profit from his presidency.

"Trump is selling expedited, privileged

access to information about what he is doing as president," Kathleen Clark of Washington University School of Law told Associated Press last month.

"It's yet more brazen corruption, an improper exploitation of government power to enrich himself."

McGurn brushed aside these concerns, saying: "Providing licensed real-time public data through commercial APIs is a well-established business practice across the technology, financial information and media industries. This is no different."

He added: "This can grow into a meaningful, durable contributor, but it's just one piece of a broader media technology strategy." Trump Media posted a sec-

ond-quarter loss of £176m in the three months to the end of June. That was more than ten times the £15m it lost in the same period last year.

The firm is counting the cost of branching out into businesses outside its core media operations, such as crypto, online betting, finance and even nuclear energy.

It said it would largely ditch many of the new ventures and refocus efforts on its social media mission and acting as a forum for users to post their views.

McGurn said: "We made the disciplined choice to pivot in order to invest more time and resources in our most important initiatives. We will say no to things or change course as warranted."

Cut stamp duty now – an 11 bring back Help to Buy

Bellway boss demands drastic action to revive moribund housing market

ONE of Britain's biggest builders has called for an 'immediate' cut in stamp duty and the return of Help to Buy to revive the flagging housing market.

Bellway's boss Jason Honeyman said more needed to be done for first-time buyers struggling to afford new homes as the near-term outlook remained 'uncertain'.

He urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham 'to act now to improve access to housing' as the industry is battered by rising costs at the same time as higher mortgage rates and elevated prices hit demand.

Honeyman said: 'In order to ease affordability constraints and stimulate demand, an immediate reduction in stamp duty, alongside a government-backed deposit support scheme for first-time buyers, would both drive economic growth and accelerate the delivery of much-needed new homes across the country.'

The comments came amid speculation that crisis-torn rival Vistry could even be nationalised, which would send shockwaves through the sector and business at large.

A Building Societies Association (BSA) report underlined the scale of the challenge facing

By Hugo Duncan and Angharad Carrick

Burnham, who has insisted housing is a top priority.

The BSA warned that 'the gap between those inside and outside the housing market will widen significantly over the coming decades.'

Bellway yesterday said it once again suffered a slump in demand last autumn because of 'uncertainty' ahead of the Budget. Since then, rising oil and gas prices following the outbreak of the war with Iran have fuelled inflation fears, pushing up mortgage rates and making home purchases more expensive for buyers.

The cost of building homes is also rising as the price of everything, from bricks and other materials to fuel and transport, increases.

The industry has also been hammered by rising employment costs stemming from Labour's national insurance tax raid and red tape that has hit investment and development.

The headwinds have shattered Labour's plan for 1.5m new homes to be built in this Parliament – and raised questions over how Burnham and returning housing secretary Angela Rayner plan to turn the situation around. Bellway

said it expects to have made annual profits of £329m for the 12 months to the end of last month – at the lower end of its forecast range.

Shares edged up 1.8pc, but remain down 22pc this year.

Rival Vistry has fared even worse, with shares tumbling another 12pc on Monday after major credit insurer Allianz Trade cut its cover for suppliers to the housebuilder. The stock clawed back some of its losses yesterday, rising 3.3pc, but is down 60pc so far in 2026.

Industry expert Emma Fildes, who runs the property buying agency Brick Weaver, said: 'The consistent hammering will leave the company further exposed to discounts on both sales of properties and land that will add fuel to the rumours of nationalisation.'

The Government has no plans to nationalise housebuilders, but taking Vistry into public ownership may appear attractive to some on the Left as the Prime Minister seeks to deliver a huge council house building programme.

The Government yesterday insisted there are 'no plans' for the reintroduction of Help to Buy, which ran between 2013 and 2023 and offered loans to first-time buyers, boosting the profits and share prices of Britain's builders.

A HOLLYWOOD power broker has snapped up some of the West End's leading theatres in a £4.5bn deal.

American media tycoon Art Emanuel has struck a deal to buy ATG Entertainment through his firm Mari Group.

ATG, which has been owned by private equity group Providence since 2013, has ten venues in London's West End, including the Lyceum, home to The Lion King (pictured), and the nearby Savoy Theatre, which is staging Paddington The Musical.

It also runs regional theatres such as the Liverpool Empire, Edinburgh Playhouse and Manchester Opera House and has seven venues

on Broadway in New York. Mari – founded by Emanuel last year and backed by Apollo Global Management and RedBird Capital Partners – runs Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, the Hampton Court Palace Festival and the Blenheim Palace Festival, as well as major tennis tournaments such as the Madrid and Miami Opens.

Emanuel is also executive chairman of talent agency WME Group, acting as a 'super agent' to stars like Adele and Martin Scorsese.

A Mari spokesman said the acquisition of ATG reflects its 'conviction in the growing power of live experience and the passionate audiences it brings together'.

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Wealth taxes will hit growth

A MONG the encouraging aspects of Andy Burnham's rise to Number 10 were reports that his economic advice was coming from three wise men.

The triumvirate of former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, ex-Bank of England economist Andy Haldane and recently departed Office for Budget Responsibility head Richard Hughes inspired hope.

Securing their full- or part-time attention is proving trickier. Among the stumbling blocks is the Prime Minister's apparent support for wealth taxes to pay for big-ticket items such as a drive for affordable housing and an urgent lift in defence spending. Taxes on wealth are attractive to the Left with its politics of envy.

Popular support has been underpinned by the intervention of football presenter Gary Lineker and fellow multimillionaires volunteering to pay more.

That argument lost some force because of allegations that some supporters used entirely legal tax avoidance schemes.

More telling is O'Neill's scepticism. The former Tory minister and one of the intellectual forces behind efforts to boost

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regional economies is an active investor in UK innovation and tech.

One easy fix is the proposal to tax capital gains at the same rate as income. As much as one would like to see the 'carried interest' loophole for private equity barons closed, I fear this may be the last straw for UK entrepreneurs.

Recent support for a tax on the UK's super-rich households has come from economist Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, who argues that a well-designed wealth tax on individuals with assets of £100m or more could yield substantial returns. It would bypass criticism that a wealth tax would punish startups and innovators.

To prevent avoidance, it would include a

clause forcing those caught by the measure to pay taxes for a decade after they leave the UK. How HMRC would enforce such a measure is more complex.

An analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies last year argued that an annual wealth tax 'would penalise investment and savings'. It might have added that these are key drivers of growth.

The International Monetary Fund's most recent inspection warned that the UK was close to peak taxation. The yield from new taxes would be negligible.

Hopefully, Chancellor John Healey got the message.

Deal breaker

AT THE start of last week, I was told that investment bank advisers were frantically working to announce a proposed big pharma merger of Britain's AstraZeneca with American rival Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), after a prospective deal leaked to the FT.

As was the case when the Wall Street Journal reported that Shell was lining up a bid for BP the deal never happened.

In both cases, the Government was involved. Shell was politely asked by the Government, fearful of an overseas bid for BP to step in as a 'white knight' if necessary. Similarly, Downing Street was put on

alert about Astra's deal for BMS fearing that the FTSE star, with one foot across the Atlantic, could be heading for the US.

The desire of chief executive Pascal Soriot for scale, in an American market where it is outgunned by Eli Lilly and others, is understandable.

On this occasion, Soriot, who had doubled down on the US with a New York listing and a promise of $50bn of investment, retreated. An already divided board, which didn't much like the transaction, cancelled engagement after £17bn was wiped off AZ's share price.

Soriot, who helped transform AZ from an also-ran into an £185bn immunology powerhouse, has huge credit in the bank with investors. But he is not invulnerable.

Reds alert

THERE is great excitement among Liverpool FC supporters at the prospect of one of the world's richest men, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, joining an investor consortium which is placing an eye-popping 14.4bn valuation on the club. On another occasion when Bezos dipped into new territory, buying the Washington Post in 2013, there was also great enthusiasm.

It all turned to tears earlier this year when a third of staff, including most of the sports department, were axed.

SHEIN could list in Hong Kong as soon as next week - in a deal worth a cut-price £22bn.

The online fast fashion giant was once targeting a £74bn valuation but has been hit by American tariffs and the crackdown on tax loopholes it benefited from in the US and EU.

Despite the slump in its value, it could launch its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday next week, according to Reuters.

The group, which was founded

in China but is now based in Singapore, has endured a protracted listing process, having previously looked at floating in New York and London. Hopes of listing in London ran aground amid allegations of human rights abuses in its supply chain.

Campaigners have made allegations of slave labour in the Xinjiang region of China.

Beijing has denied any abuses. Shein has said it has 'zero tolerance' for abuse in its supply chain.

Heathrow loses crown as Europe's busiest airport

HEATHROW bosses have insisted that the case for a third runway 'has never been clearer' after it lost its position as Europe's busiest airport to Istanbul.

Figures published by the west London hub show 7.86m passengers passed through its terminals last month, down 1.5pc on July last year.

By contrast, 8.15m passengers used the Turkish airport last month.

A Heathrow spokesman said: 'Heathrow is operating at capacity. The case for expansion has never been clearer.'

'Our plans will ensure the country gets the infrastructure it needs to stay competitive and will deliver all-important economic growth.'

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander launched a consultation on Heathrow expansion in June.

At the time, then-chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was determined to get 'spades in

By Angharad Carrick

the ground' for the third runway in the current Parliament, and for it to be built by 2035.

But Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who sacked Reeves, has previously said the expansion plans divert infrastructure investment 'away from the North and traps it in London'.

Heathrow held the top spot

'Expansion case has never been clearer'

as Europe's busiest airport between 1996 and 2019 before losing the title during the pandemic, and reclaiming it in 2023. The hub said the Iran war has weighed on traffic in recent months, with passengers on Middle East routes down 20.2pc in July compared with a year earlier.

Despite this, Heathrow has kept its two runways at near-

full capacity. Bosses said July 19 was its busiest day of the year so far as many schools broke up for summer, with 267,000 passengers recorded.

The airport is now seeking the Government's approval for a third runway, which it claims will mean it can accommodate 150m passengers per year.

Heathrow reported a record 84.5m passengers in 2025. It expects 83.6m passengers through its terminals this year but has warned it could be as low as 80.1m.

In June, it forecast profits for the year would be £147m lower than they were in 2025 and £60m less than expected in December, before the conflict in the Middle East broke out.

Heathrow's chief executive Thomas Woidbye said: 'Expanding Heathrow will help ensure the UK remains home to Europe's leading hub and continues to benefit from the trade, investment and tourism that increased connectivity will bring.'

HARBODS and Fenwick have both shown signs of recovery, their results reveal, while Harvey Nichols battles for survival.

Harrods posted profits of £94.9m for the 12 months to the end of January, after making a £34.3m loss a year earlier.

That loss came after it paid compensation to more than 100 victims of abuse by its former

Harrods and Fenwick rebound as Harvey Nicks fights for survival

owner Mohamed Al-Fayed. But while the department store is back in the black, it is still feeling the effects of the tourist tax, which stops foreign shoppers

reclaiming VAT. Finance chief Geoff Weaver said: 'Harrods remains cautiously optimistic.'

Fenwick said it reduced annual losses from £35m to £22m last

year. The UK's largest family-owned department store has seen signs of progress after collaborations with brands including Greggs and Barbour.

Sales rose 2.5pc over the year to January 31.

But Harvey Nicks' future was still in doubt last night as entrepreneur Mike Ashley's retail group Frasers worked on a deal to buy the loss-making chain.

Harvey Nichols this week warned it will close within a year if a buyer or fresh cash is not found.

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Autor Month	34+	+	89	24%
BAE Systems	2220	+4	222	100%
Chowring Op.	1381	+1	645	45%
Grind's	271 net	+8	271	100%
Ratio-Royce	153 bid	-7	1370	100%
Genus	2821		211	100%
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HEBC Hldgs	1524	+2	1581	100%
Low Finance	12638	+138	12758	100%
Loose Banking	1444	+4	1174	100%
Metro Bank	173	+4	1794	100%
Marlboro Group	1774	+4	1724	100%
Gen. Chartered	22168	+8	2249	100%
TBC Bank	4848	+8	5108	100%

Beverages
Bear Mill	600	+2	716	12%
Coca-Cola HBC	4614	+10	5173	100%
Chagro	1768	+24	2121	100%

Chemicals
Coage Meats	2074	+9	2038	100%
Elementa	1961	+4	1964	100%
Johnson Malt	1994	+4	1208	100%
Chow	416	-3	622	100%

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Brentzer	1494	+4	277	100%
Gerald Group	288	17+	3894	24%
Grutter Op.	1525	+24	1543	100%
Enders	891	+4	1424	80%
Fuller Group	2049	+12	2444	100%
Kier Group	2404	+4	2521	100%
Intakers	477	-5	719	100%

Electricity
Brick Op.	1541	+12	918	100%
EDC	25584	+28	25571	100%

Electrical & Electrical Equipment

Hanna	27164	+12	4578	100%
Morgan Advanced	1201	+1	233	100%
Orchid Instruments	25234	+42	3332	100%
Rencolver	5173	+12	5435	100%

Equity Investment Instruments

D. Infrastructure	2621	+1	2651	100%
Alperton Sem Cos	17354		1706	100%
Archer	418	+2	433	49%
Alliance Mica	1386		1398	100%
Allianz Tech	702		708	100%
Autocap India	2571		2601	100%
ARX Global Plant	2631	+1	2721	100%
Ballier SVC Japan	1572	+4	1595	100%
Baillar SVC US	204	+4	204	100%
Barnes Inv Fat	15d net	+4	15d	100%
BRGorea	4211	+7	4221	100%

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Caprianna Credit	75+	75+	80%
DeanPrice SrvS	291 net	+1	304
DMAN/MINING	982	+1	1004
gill Greater Eur	217	+4	624
Deveer	15634	+2	1572
Caledonia Inc.	1457	+3	1432
City of London IT	35045		597
Epic Inv Trust	850	+1	851
Epic Weech	257	+4	2931
Epic Del Co	23844		2451
FAO Inv Trust	344	+2	2611
Franklin China	2651	+2	2521
Franklin SrvS	1424	+22	1552
Franklin Eur	1401	+1	1424
Franklin SrvS Tel	1401	+1	1424
Franklin SrvS Tel	822	+1	918
Frusagill Dlvs	834	+1	814
GCP Hlts Inc	8242	+4	8311
Global Smaller	16948		1671
Greencoat UK	114	+1	1161
Hi-Planers	3452	+15	3432
Henderson Srv Co	844	+15	837
Hendron Inv Svc	3035	+5	3202
HQ Capital Trust	4551	+4	5111
HCC Int	1381	+4	1394
ICG Enterprises	1483	+8	1633
Imasco Asia	481	+4	518
JPM Grouping Markets	15d net	+14	1901
JPM Euro Gas	635		655
JPM Japan IT	841	+1	841
Jupin Trust	16140		1631
Law Defenders	1769		1729
MBO	2604	+3	2644
Manzavita IT	2601	+1	2628
Manzavita Trust	88044		685
Medier Ventures	8571	+124	8514
Metro Inv Fin	16448	+14	1658
Morgan Select	4422	-2	3338
Murray Inv Fat	15804	+4	1524
Murray Inv Tot	36144	+3	371
Ne-Jewiger Private SrvS	14784	-8	1532
Next Energy Solar	1111		774

North Oren	221	+2	2394
Oakley Capital Inv	535	-8	576
Pacific Horizon	1418	+18	1532
Parkman Milla	1714	+4	1164
Parkman Net	401		4671
Portman Group	618	-1	942
Paris Private	620	+8	642
Prenting Square	3916	+2	5706
Parquay Gas Co	554	+4	552
Palm City Svc	1601	+2	1521
Polar City Svc	1601	+2	1521

Power & Protect
Asset: Bt R Finals	2673	+3	2337	1%
Crosswell	53354	+2	5695	99%
Greencoat	2631	+1	2651	100%
Allianz Trust Op.	1418	+1	1648	100%
Planner Foods	1541	+1	2204	100%
Priscus Group	2351	-3	479	100%
Rank Light	653		568	100%
Outdoor	4555	+4	5412	100%

Coast & Protect
Asset: Bt R Finals	2673	+3	2337	1%
Crosswell	53354	+2	5695	99%
Greencoat	2631	+1	2651	100%
Allianz Trust Op.	1418	+1	1648	100%
Planner Foods	1541	+1	2204	100%
Priscus Group	2351	-3	479	100%
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SALISBURY (NY)

2.30	MICHAEL BRUNTON MEMORIAL BRITISH EBF NOVICE STAKES (10) (2-9-0) 63,000 added (25,940) 97 (30)
40	1	1	1
102	1	30	EAST AMERIKER 37 M Bell 3-7
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Probable SP: 2.5(a) Knitters: 0.2 (b) Burn Star, Forbastion Fire, 0.1(a) 12.4 (c) Eye, 10 Gold Pearl City, Austin Star, 12 Organists, Goodwood Meteor, 20 First State, Harrison 1-4

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CRICKET

How Will England fill

the Stokes Haped hole?

Captain's retirement leaves Test team with major headache

by Lawrence Booth

Cricket Correspondent

THE international retirement of Ben Stokes has left Stephen Fleming and Joe Root with an impossible hole to fill.

For 13 years, Stokes was the man England turned to when they needed heroics with the bat or a breakthrough with the ball. His legacy as one of English cricket's finest all-rounders is secured.

But who should replace him when the Fleming-Root era begins in earnest in South Africa this winter, and beyond? Should England look to a familiar face with Test experience, or should they put their faith in a rising star taking their first steps in red-ball cricket?

Here, Daily Mail Sport takes a look at the runners and riders.

THE HEIR APPARENT

ENGLAND have already nominated Sam Curran as their No.1 Test all-rounder, which itself sums up the problem.

The 28-year-old has been ignored by the Test selectors since 2021, and his 24 caps have produced underwhelming batting and bowling averages of 24 and 35 respectively.

However much his batting has improved in the last few years, it is asking a lot of him to balance the side: only four of his 38 Test innings have been above No.8, with his most recent half-century nearly eight years ago.

Curran's left-arm seamers do offer a variety England's attack has often lacked: their last significant left-arm quick, Ryan Sidebottom, played his final Test in January 2010. There is no doubting his competitive

In the running: (from left) Sam Curran, Craig Overton and Rehan Ahmed are all options

REX

instincts either. But Curran feels like a white-ball player these days: since his last Test cap in August 2021, he has played only 14 County Championship matches for Surrey.

Yet Marcus North, England's national selector, recently felt able to say: 'He's someone we really value highly and we see playing a role in the future for us as an all-rounder.'

If fit, and depending on conditions, Curran could be drafted in for the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.

BUT IS A STRONGER

CANDIDATE OUT THERE?

THE star all-rounder on the county circuit this summer has been Somerset's Craig Overton, and it's not even close.

He has scored 548 runs at 45, with centuries against Essex, Sussex and Warwickshire, and taken 33 wickets at 19, including five for 29 to set up a crushing victory over reigning champions Nottinghamshire.

Then there was his ridiculous unbeaten 79 off 30 balls to pinch a T20 Blast quarter-final from under Yorkshire's nose. But there is a reason England have not picked Overton since he won

the last of his eight Test caps in the final game of Joe Root's first spell as captain, against West Indies in Grenada: they don't think he's quick enough.

Worse, England came to the view he wasn't even the best cricketer in his family — only for Craig's twin, Jamie, to announce he was taking an 'indefinite break' from Test cricket after last year's Oval showdown against India.

Craig is tall, burly and hits the ball a long way. These are the qualities normally associated with England's tradition of rabble-rousing all-rounders, from Ian Botham via Andrew Flintoff through to Stokes.

But the selectors are yet to be convinced by the 32-year-old.

COULD THEY TURN TO A SPIN OPTION?

TWO names stand out, and both could balance the team by going in at No.7, below Jamie Smith — a bonus not provided by Shoaib Bashir, who is a rabbit with a bat and no gazelle in the field.

Rehan Ahmed turns 22 tomorrow but has already played five Tests, all on the subcontinent. His 22 wickets at 31, including five for 48 on

debut in Karachi at the age of 18, is a decent return, while he hit five centuries for Leicestershire last summer, but he needs to add a reliable leg-break to his almost-stock googly.

James Coles, 22, was named in the T20 squad for the recent series against India, though he didn't get a game. He has averaged 40 with the bat this season for Sussex and has taken 17 wickets at 31 with his left-arm spin.

But his stock has dipped a touch after failing to live up to his £390,000 price tag in the Hundred: seven matches have brought him just 44 runs and four wickets for struggling London Spirit.

England may take him to Bangladesh for their two-Test series in February.

Essex leg-spinner Matt Critchley has good numbers but turns 30 tomorrow, and Northamptonshire's Calvin Harrison — arguably the best slip fielder in the country — has not had his best summer with the ball.

Sussex off-spinner Jack Carson, 25, has an influential fan in Graeme Swann, and Yorkshire's Dom Bess, who has made 14 Test appearances,

seems to have drifted from the selectors' thoughts.

ANY OTHER OPTIONS IN COUNTY CRICKET?

IN DIVISION One, the next-best after Overton is Yorkshire's George Hill, 25, who has an advocate in England white-ball captain Harry Brook, and has enjoyed a strong summer.

But there are concerns over his lack of pace. The same goes for Warwickshire captain Ed Barnard.

The second tier offers several options, but — again — no one with the air speed to trouble the best Test bataners on a regular basis. Durham's Ben Raine has averaged 39 with the bat and 17 with the ball this season, but is 34.

Ryan Higgins has often held Middlesex together, but operates around 75mph; the same goes for Matthew Waite, of Worcestershire.

Kent have high hopes for Ekanah Singh, who scored a century from No.7 for England Under 19s against India last year, and Durham are equally excited about Kasey Aldridge.

DOES NO ONE FIT THE BOTHAM-FLINTOFF-STOKES MOBIL?

WELL... eyebrows were raised by the performance of Caleb Falconer in the Under 19 World Cup final against India at Harare in February.

England were chasing a near-impossible 412 after teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had blasted 175 off 80 balls, and collapsed to 177 for seven in reply.

Falconer chose the moment to hit out, thrashing 115 off 97 deliveries and taking England to a respectable 311.

The South African-born Falconer, who turns 20 next month, has already top-scored for England Lions, hitting 45 in an ODI against his former compatriots in June. Last month, he scored a century for England Under 19s in a four-day game against the Proteas.

Falconer needs to work on his bustling seamers but is a proper athlete in the field. Watch this space.

CARLISLE

3:10 — NOYALTY (Curran Whistler) 3-1P 1: Moon 10 (ElisaPearl), 2: PerDelta 9-2: 3 man. (C O'Malley, 1), 1: 1. Tate: 3:10, 1:30, 1:45, 1:50, Ex: 12:00. Tc: 29:40. Th: 44:50. CSF: 4:16.

3:12 — RIDDER PASSING (Dawn Orr) 3-1BP 1: Lizzie Bennett 29-1: 2: Gail Sound 8-1(DePearl) 5 man. (C Bedell), 1: 10. Tate: 1:20, 1:15, 2:40. Ex: 9:10, 71: 17:50. CSF: 13:07. 3:45 — INFLUENCES MAN 3-1P 1: Goward 7: Rich 9-4(DePearl), 2: Laundron 9-1: 3 man. (A Vinding), 1: 10. Tate: 3:00, 1:80, 1:70. Ex: 7:10. Th: 34:40. CSF: 6:55.

4:15 — SIXTYGEEGBABY (H Winn) 4-1(AlloPearl), 1: Valentine Colerion 12-1: 2: Pickering 10-1: 3 man. (C O'Malley, 4), 1A. Tate: 5:00, 1:00, 3:10, 3:15, Ex: 47:40. Tc: 40:1:24, 71: 402:30. CSF: 50:40. NRI: String Cup. 4:45 — ASIA FORCE (C Lee) 5-4P 1: Dance Time 19-2: 2: Ludo's Landing 19-1: 3 man. (A H Bates), 1: 10. Tate: 2:50, 1:40, 4:40. Ex: 13:50. Tc: 128:00. Th: 94:00. CSF: 13:00. NRI: Own Petty, Garrett. 5:15 — TRULY SPECIAL (J Hurt) 25-1: 1: Viviana 7-2: Only Dream Big 9-4(DePearl) 3 man. (J Warrington), 1A. Tate: 29:30, 5:00, 2:10. Ex: 58:30. Tc: 293:61. Th: 228:30. CSF:

AFTERNOON RACING RESULTS

1:10.22. Nifta DraskanBrightness, Voss. Plexcept 1:14.40. Q'pot £92.80.

LINGFIELD

2:30 — ROMAN SECRET (F Marsh) 17-2: 1: Shilka 4-1(DePearl) 2: Lady Aiyama 26-1: 2 man. (C Middleton), 1: 1. Tate: Roman Secret 9:32. Roman Secret 2:70. Shilka 1:70. Lady Aiyama 6:70. Ex: Roman Secret, Shilka 20:70. Roman Secret, Lady Aiyama 30:30. Tc: Roman Secret, Shilka, Lady Aiyama 346:52. Roman Secret, Lady Aiyama 36:00. Th: Roman Secret, Shilka, Lady Aiyama 349:57. Roman Secret, Lady Aiyama 349:57. Th: Roman Secret.

Shilka, Lady Aiyama 444:70. Roman Secret, Lady Aiyama, Shilka 1:00. Ex: 1. Tate: Roman Secret, Shilka 22:21. Roman Secret, Lady Aiyama 88:17. Nifta Lady Of Chinary, Mounds Essex. 3:55 — SELLATINA (C Fallon) 1:1: 1: Birkacre Brow 12-1: 2: Desert Sands 6-4(DePearl) 5 man. (C Johnston), 2: 1. Tate: 4:00, 1:20, 4:30. Ex: 51:40. Th: 100:00. CSF: 60:75. 3:30 — SHE COMMANDS (C Grudzias) 17-2: 1: Gunnallimate 8-1: 2: Asset 9-1: 3 man. (R Bedell), 1: 1. Tate: 9:50, 2:00, 3:00, 3:20. Ex: 81:05. Tc: 635:48. Th: 101:60. CSF: 76:37. NRI: Purness Purness.

4:00 — FOREX (F Marsh) 9-1: 1: Fighting Foal 10-1: 2: Chancery 5-4P 1: 11 man. (J & G Bird), 1: 11. Tate: 10:00, 3:10, 18:00, 2:00. Ex: 369:40. Th: 4158:10. CSF: 342:28. 4:30 — MALACHY'S WISH (S Osborne) 5-1: 1: On Bronze 9-2: 2: Bone Worm 2-1P 3: 7 man. (J Osborne), 1: 1. Tate: 4:00, 2:00, 2:50. Ex: 28:00. Th: 122:40. CSF: 28:30. 5:00 — YES WALKS (Oliver Woodland) 19-2: 1: Tachch 8-1: 2: Aldifield Hill 10-1: 3 man. (R Hughes), 1A. Tate: 6:00, 2:50, 3:55, 4:55. Ex: 34:20. Tc: 618:17. Th: 500:10. CSF: 45:94. NRI: African Spirit. Plexcept 1:12.00. Q'pot £20.00.

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THIS summer of change after five years of stability was not entirely what Tony Khan anticipated as Fulham negotiated the finer details of a new contract for Marco Silva.

They thought the deal was done and were poised, ready to confirm Silva had signed fresh terms to extend his time at Craven Cottage when Benfica swooped in and lured him back to Portugal.

After a decade in office, Khan is conditioned to expect the unexpected. The 43-year-old son of Fulham's billionaire owner Shahid Khan has weathered the nepotism jibes and matured into the role of vice chairman and director of football operations.

He has by his own admission developed a thicker skin to accompany his deeper understanding of English football and recruitment successes.

There are subtle differences from the world of US sport, where Khan holds a key executive position at the Jacksonville Jaguars, his father's other big sporting interest in the NFL, and All Elite Wrestling, his personal creation which he founded and fronts.

At Fulham, Khan the younger runs the club's football business in a triumvirate with chief executive Alistair Mackintosh and the head coach, Silva for the last five years and now Alvaro Arbeloa.

After working together for several years with this consistent run of results, we wanted Marco to stay, Khan tells Daily Mail Sport. 'We had very positive talks. We all get along very well. It's a very positive friendship between Marco, myself and my Dad. We're all good friends.'

'I had started planning for the next season and was building scouting bulletins and organising our plans. Marco came in and fully negotiated the contract. We all expected him to sign it and then were taken aback when that wasn't what happened.'

'But I completely understand the decision he made to go home and work at a club of that magnitude, with the opportunity to live in his own house with his family every night. Those things made a lot of sense.'

BENFICA moved for out-of-contract Silva after Jose Mourinho left them for a second spell at Real Madrid, two deals that were oiled by Jorge Mendes, the agent of both managers.

Fulham closed the Lisbon-Madrid-London triangle by appointing Arbeloa, who ended

We were shocked when Marco left, we wanted him to stay... but he's still my friend!

Fulham chief TONY KHAN reveals what really happened when Silva quit for Benfica

last season in interim charge of Madrid after impressing in the academy and with Real Madrid Castilla, the club's B team.

'I'm very grateful to Marco,' says Khan. 'I consider him an important friend and a very important person in the history

of the club. It's a challenge when somebody moves on after that length of time and you move to the next step for the club.'

'But Alvaro joins us at a perfect time. It's very exciting.'

Silva was the only candidate interviewed five years ago. He

Renewed ambition: Khan has high hopes for the club FULHAM

was identified as a perfect fit and proved to be a terrific success.

Khan says: 'My father has been at the Jacksonville Jaguars for 15 years and now more than 13 years at Fulham and Marco has had the longest tenure of any coach at either club.'

Silva led Fulham to promotion as Championship winners in his first season, then re-established the club in the Premier League by finishing 10th, 13th, 11th and 11th. They also reached the Carabao Cup semi-finals in 2024 and two FA Cup quarter-finals.

Fulham spoke to several candidates before settling on Arbeloa, 43, undeterred by his limited coaching experience.

'Everybody agreed Alvaro was the most exciting, fresh, dynamic and intelligent person we connected with,' says Khan. 'The person we thought would connect with our players.'

Arbeloa played for two years at Liverpool and a year at West Ham in a career decorated by two Champions League titles at Real Madrid, as well as a World Cup and two Euros with Spain.

'He brings a fresh perspective with his energy, ideas and connections,' says Khan. 'He is hard-working, driven for success. There is a very bright future with him here.'

Arbeloa's connections have already secured the services of

Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios, talented youngsters from Madrid for a combined fee of £42.5million.

How quickly they settle will determine how far they go towards replacing Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez, Fulham's two top goalscorers in the Premier League last season.

Jimenez, who scored nine, has returned to Wolves. Wilson, who scored 10, joined Leeds on a free after rejecting a new contract.

'Leeds were very interested in Wilson late in the window last summer,' says Khan. 'It was such a large amount of money it was something we had to look at and talk about, but the club made a very important decision keeping him at Fulham.'

'He scored very important goals in key situations.'

Khan took control of Fulham's transfer business in the summer of 2016 after a 20th-place finish in the Championship, a 21st-century low for the club.

'I saw the danger of the road the club were on,' he says. 'It needed a complete upheaval. I approached my Dad and said I really think I should take over the transfers and loans.'

'I was 33 and believed the team could do much better.'

'We brought in a completely new squad. That team finished sixth and lost in the play-offs and the next year we got promoted after some important moves in the next couple of windows, including signing Aleksandar Mitrovic on loan from Newcastle.'

MITROVIC was signed for £27m after a successful loan and sold for £50m to Al-Bilal in Saudi Arabia after scoring 111 goals in five-and-a-half years at Fulham.

It ranks among the best of Khan's deals, but his favourite might be bringing Ryan Sessegnon home five years after a £25m move to Tottenham.

'When I started, Ryan was a talented player coming through the academy,' recalls Khan. 'I rode five hours in the car to see his first league match [aged 16] against Leeds.'

'To have him back and part of the team is special, and he's still a young guy with a great career in front of him at Fulham.'

Despite losing Jimenez, Wilson and Issa Diop, sold to Ipswich this summer for £8.5m, Fulham have a strong and settled team peppered with developing talent. There are Garcia, 22, and Palacios, 21, while wingers Oscar Bobb and Kevin are both 23. Even younger are 19-year-old Jonah Kusi-Asare, signed for £5m after a season on loan from Bayern Munich, and academy graduate Josh King, also 19.

Yesterday, they signed 22-year-old Northern Ireland midfielder Shea Charles for £30m from Southampton.

'I'm very happy with what the club has achieved in recent years,' says Khan. 'Now it's a time to try new things. Hopefully there are new milestones to hit.'

ATHLETICS

ROMELL GLAVE is the new European champion after a brilliant run in the 100m final in Birmingham last night. Glave wasn't the fastest out of the blocks but he put on the burners to storm home first in 10.09seconds. On a great night for Britain, Jeremiah Azu came home second in 10.16. 'It's an amazing feeling, the work I have

GLAVE DELIGHT AS HE POWERS BACK TO CLAIM GOLD IN 100m

put in to come here and win,' said Glave, who followed Amy Hunt's triumph in the women's race on Monday night. 'I was able to execute my plans and to win the gold here is so good. Getting a one-two is fantastic. Mentally I was ready, just

physically I had to get it right.' Glave added: 'Upgrading from a bronze medal from 2024 is an amazing feeling. 'That was the aim to get one, two, and three, but we got one - two, which is also amazing. I was ready for this occasion.'

The last week or so has been up and down with my body, but I was able to come out here regardless of how I was feeling.'

Colin Jackson, two-time world 110m hurdles champion and a BBC pundit, said: 'Boy oh boy, tonight definitely belongs to Great Britain. The 100m is our event.'

Germany's Owen Ansah won bronze.

PAUL MARTIN

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FORGET what European football chiefs may say in public. Aston Villa are unwelcome guests at tonight's party in Salzburg and the game's wealthy elite would be perfectly happy if they never turned up again.

If that sounds harsh, read the thoughts of UEFA finance chief Andrea Traverso. Speaking last year about financial rules that seem to reward money-making activities over goals and victories, Traverso admitted 'the regulations were never designed to create competitive balance but rather to bring financial discipline, and that stability is precisely what continues to attract investors to European football.'

In the interview with the Football Benchmark group, Traverso also accepts that 'if the financial gap between clubs continues to grow, it becomes harder to maintain that competitive balance'. But if that is a priority for UEFA, they have a funny way of showing it.

If Villa beat Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup tonight, Villa will collect a second European trophy in less than three months, following their Europa League triumph in May. They are about to start their second Champions League campaign in three seasons and under Thai Emery, they have finished seventh, fourth, sixth and fourth in the Premier League. Their progress has been astonishing.

But instead of being able to build on that, Villa have had to sell their best attacker and best midfielder this summer, as well as France's left back, just to satisfy UEFA's financial controls.

Their best defender, Ezri Konsa, is wanted by Arsenal and Emery hopes he will not follow Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne out the door.

Even though co-owners Nasser Sawiris and Wes Edens are worth a combined £10 billion, Villa are effectively being punished because they cannot generate the same revenue as commercial giants such as Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea.

If Villa qualify for Europe's top competition again this season, they could start to dream of challenging their richer rivals long-term. If they do, it may just be the greatest achievement of Emery's top-level career.

WHY DID VILLA HAVE TO SELL STARS?

LAST July, Villa were fined about £9.5 million for breaching UEFA regulations. As part of their three-year settlement agreement, they must deliver a progress report to European football chiefs every six to 12 months.

Across last season and this, Villa are allowed to spend up to £52m more than they earn on transfers and wages. That meant the club had to sell if they wanted to strengthen this summer, with the exits of Rogers, Tielemans and Digne yielding about £150m.

That Rogers should move to Chelsea, who did not qualify for Europe last season and whose operating losses over the last three years were nearly £700m, is another indicator of how misaligned UEFA's priorities seem to be.

If Villa can balance their books to UEFA's satisfaction, they will

TOM COLLOMOSSE in Salzburg

be released from the settlement agreement a year early. Even then, they will have to keep football spending to 70 per cent of revenue, in line with UEFA's squad cost ratio rules.

Villa plan to expand their stadium to 50,000 and continue to grow commercially, yet their revenue for 2024-25 was still nearly £200m short of the £565m generated by Tottenham, who finished 17th in the top flight that season and again in the following one.

It is a relatively bleak picture for those who like football to be unpredictable. Because if Villa, who were 14th in Deloitte's latest football money league with a total revenue of £378m, struggle to stay in touch, what hope is there for smaller or similar-size clubs?

WHAT SHOULD THE CLUB DO NOW?

VILLA are not blameless here. If they feel they have one hand tied behind their back then it is partly their fault, too.

Emery has been brilliant since taking over in October 2022 but the transfer market is his Achilles heel. Last summer Villa spent £26m on Evann Guessand and gave high wages to loan players Jadon Sancho and Harvey Elliott. Within a few weeks, Emery had decided he didn't really fancy any of them.

They paid about £18m for Tammy Abraham in January but are now open to selling him or letting him leave on loan.

Something happens to Emery when the window is open. Ultra-meticulous in his training sessions and match preparation,

Forced to sell their best players while 'bigger' clubs post huge losses, UEFA don't want teams like them to win but thanks to Emery...

VILLAGE STARTING THE QUOTTER

the Villa manager is less consistent when assessing the market. One week he may want a right-footed left-winger, only to ask for a left-footed right-winger the next. Sometimes his emotions get the better of him during transfer periods and this is where the calmness of transfer chief Roberto Olabe should help.

Villa have far less margin for error in the transfer market than their wealthier rivals and they cannot afford more mistakes this summer.

Based on his performances for Freiburg last season and for Switzerland at the World Cup, £52m midfielder Johan Manzambi is an intriguing signing — but he

is out with a knee injury and it is unclear when the 20-year-old will return to action.

For £35m, Joao Gomes looks a solid addition from Wolves for a midfield badly in need of numbers due to the sale of Tielemans and Amadou Onana's ACL injury, but the most fascinating deal so far was Alejandro Garnacho.

Villa's owners have good relations with their counterparts at Chelsea and it seems plausible the Garnacho deal was discussed during talks over Rogers' move to Stamford Bridge.

Earlier in the summer, Villa had looked at various options for the wide attacking spots, from Harvey Barnes to Crysencio Summerville

and Ibrahim Mbaye, the PSG winger who could face them in Salzburg tonight.

In the end, though, they settled on Garnacho, as perhaps was inevitable once it became clear Rogers would join Chelsea. It has emerged the England international was telling friends he knew he was heading to west London at least two weeks before the deal was announced.

Perhaps at that stage, Garnacho also knew his next club, too. Do not rule out Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson making the same trip in the closing hours of the transfer window.

Emery has a mixed record with cast-offs from Manchester

■ INTER MILAN are continuing talks with TOTTENHAM over a £30 million deal for Djed Spence. Spurs are willing to sell if they receive an acceptable offer and were pushing for a higher figure. Spence (right) could see his opportunities at Spurs this season with Destiny Idogle and Andy Robertson also competing for the left back spot and the

Spence nears Spurs exit as Inter advance in talks for £30m deal

ever-present Pedro Porro the clear first choice on the right. Tottenham, meanwhile, say they are not pursuing a move for Monaco's Folarin Balogun.

■ NEWCASTLE are exploring a deal for Benfica right back Amar Dedic. The 23-year-old is valued around £25 million and has had interest from Everton.

■ NAPOLI have offered a £2m loan fee for CHELSEA defender Benoit Badiashile

with option to buy at £25m. They remain keen on ARSENAL striker Gabriel Jesus who is valued at £20m.

■ MANCHESTER CITY hold an interest in CHELSEA midfielder Enzo Fernandez but not at his £120m asking price. City midfielder Kalvin Phillips has rejoined SHEFFIELD UNITED on a season loan. City defender Max Alleyne is joining BURNLEY on a season-long loan.

■ CITY winger Jack Grealish remains on course to re-join EVERTON. David Moyes welcomed the arrival of Brennan Johnson from CRYSTAL PALACE yesterday while Iliman Ndiaye has rejected the advances of Al Hilal.

■ HULL CITY have stepped back in for LEEDS UNITED forward Joe Gelhardt, 24, after WREXHAM made an approach to sign him. Wrexham were willing to sign

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Down to business: captain John McGinn leads the way as Villa train yesterday, while boss Emery (right) watches on

United. While at Villa for five months in 2025, Marcus Rashford did well enough to earn a season-long loan at Barcelona in 2025-26. Sancho, on the other hand, made no significant impression.

If Emery did indeed want Garnacho above all other targets, he may be able to bring the best from him. If there were other priorities at stake, it might be trickier for the Argentine to make an impression. You sense his early performances will set the tone for his campaign.

IS THIS A REFRESH?

THIS is a very different Villa from the one that cruised past Freiburg 3-0 to lift the Europa League in Istanbul.

Not only have Rogers and Tielemans — two of the goalscorers that night — left along with Digne, but Emery's coaching staff has changed, too.

Austin MacPhee, Villa's high-profile set-piece coach, has taken his dead ball strategies and

him in a £4.5m deal but the chance to play in the Premier League is understood to have swayed the player's decision.

■ SUNDERLAND goalkeeper Anthony Patterson has joined WREXHAM for £10m. The 26-year-old joins for an initial £8m, with £2m in add-ons.

■ HULL have agreed a deal for Rayo Vallecano defender Nobel Mendy. The clubs settled on a £21m fee plus 12.5 per cent sell-on clause. The Senegal international, 21, can play at centre back and left back.

■ BENFICA are keen on SOUTHAMPTON centre back Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

■ SOLLY MARCH, formerly of Brighton, has been training at

CRYSTAL PALACE ahead of potentially signing on a free transfer.

■ PALACE are set to sign ASTON VILLA striker Evans Guesand on loan.

■ NOTTINGHAM FOREST have signed Ousmane Diomande, 22, from Sporting Lisbon for £34.3m.

■ RANGERS are in talks with ASTON VILLA over a loan with £4m option for right back Kosta Nedeljkovic, 20.

■ FULHAM have confirmed the £27m signing of Shea Charles from SOUTHAMPTON.

■ REAL OVIEDO winger Haissem Hassan, 24, has completed a medical in London ahead of his £9m move to Scottish champions CELTIC.

WATCHING BRIEF...

PSG v ASTON VILLA

Kick-off: 8pm, Red Bull Arena, Salzburg. TV: LIVE on TNT Sports 1. Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia).

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (4-3-3): Safonov; Zabarnyi, Marquinhols, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fernandez; Mbaye, Kayulu, Kvaratskhelia.

ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1): Bizot; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Gomes; McGinn, Barkley, Buendia; Abraham.

Kurt Cobain hairdo to Chelsea. Emery's experienced No2 Pako Ayestaran and performance coach Antonio Rodriguez Saravia — known as Rodri — have also moved on. That is six key figures from the Istanbul triumph who are no longer employed by Villa.

This may not be all bad, though, because working for Emery is exhausting, both for players and staff members.

The 54-year-old leads all training sessions and will repeat drills until they are done exactly as he wishes, even physically moving players a centimetre to the left or right until they are standing in the correct spot.

Then there are the tactical meetings in the video room, which often happen twice a week and can last up to 90 minutes, as well as the individual audiences Emery has with the players.

For staff, hours are long. Emery's appetite for work is astonishing, even for a coach earning about £12m per year. The Spaniard does not switch off and that means his key lieutenants are always on call. Perhaps only Marcelo Bielsa and Pep Guardiola have a similar 24/7 approach.

Chema Sanz and Pai Hjelde, the new set-piece coach, are the next in line to face the Emery whirlwind.

They will bring fresh energy after what was a supreme effort last season, especially given the chaos or last August. It is doubtful if they could repeat it with the same personnel.

For Manzambi, Gomes, Hjelde and others, Emery's methods are new and exciting. Adding another trophy would be the perfect start to the new era.

Emery: We are building to become a powerhouse

By TOM COLLOMOSSE

UNAI EMERY has warned Europe's elite Aston Villa believe they can become one of the continent's giants.

Villa face Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup tonight, looking to add more silverware after last season's Europa League triumph.

They have sold Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne for about £150million combined this summer in a bid to stay in line with UEFA's financial rules. But manager Emery sees no reason to limit their ambitions.

'If we compare ourselves to other clubs like Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, we are competing with them,' he said. 'We don't have their power... yet. The effort the club are making is huge. We are trying to extend Villa Park to 50,000 seats. This is one step forward.

'We are increasing our budget through results on the pitch, sometimes selling some players, being consistent, expecting a high level and more or less keeping it. Every year the club has moved forward.'

Villa will be without England pair Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins, as well as Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez. The trio were given four weeks off after the World Cup but are set to return to training next week. Despite the high-profile sales, skipper John McGinn is

confident Villa will continue to challenge in the Champions League and Premier League. He said: 'We are really excited by the new Aston Villa. Our expectation is similar to where it has been in the past few seasons, competing with the best in England and Europe. 'A lot is changing but we have the same manager, the same methods and a desire to achieve more. A lot of people thought we had reached our ceiling but we have proved them wrong.'

SPORT IN BRIEF

EUROPA LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEG

REBIA 1999 ... (8) 2 LAINE ... (8) 1 Bordetvki 75 Simpson 77 Skisunajavski 80

After extra time — Score after 18 mins 14. Sports 1994 w/ 1 ton aggregate.

CRICKET

ONE DAY CUP — GROUP A — Chattanooga, Northamptonshire 556-10 (46.4 overs; McSweeney 79; Bartlett 75; Ahmed 4-56); Gloucestershire 319-7 (46.2 overs; Bates 69-58; Colland 68m; Evans 59; Leech 3-50). Gloucestershire win by 3 wickets.

Taunton: Lancashire 443-6 (50 overs; Javanagh 59; Fickliff 123; Bannister 216-26.2 overs; Lammonley 68; Aydelwall 4-42; Balderson 4-58). Lancashire win by 17 runs.

The 82s Oval: Surrey 290-8 (50 overs; Patel 82; Sibley 84; Pennington

4-54); Nottinghamshire 299-4 (47.5 overs; Murray 128; Vermyne 97m; Homer 55). Nottinghamshire win by 6 wickets.

Rogby: Warwickshire 263 (45 overs; Jay 98; Milnes 4-52); Kent 175 (53.4 overs; Borden 4-29; All 3-37).

Warwickshire win by 87 runs.

GROUP B — Chelmsford: Essex 81 (46.2 overs); Yorkshire 155-3 (35.4 overs). Yorkshire win by 7 wickets.

The Rose Bowl: Derbyshire 317-5 (50.2 overs); Hampshire 205 (39.2 overs). Derbyshire win by 9 runs.

Redlett: Middlesex 254-6 (50.0 overs; Cracknell 128; Fernandes 92; Mart 4-90). Smews 252-10 (43.5 overs; Simpson 65; Carter 69; Morgan 4-46). Middlesex win by 92 runs.

New Road: Worcestershire 291 (45 overs; Rune 78; Edriggs 3-60). Berham 274 (38.5 overs; McAlvey 82; Aldon 5-56). Worcestershire win by 77 runs.

THE HUNDRED — Old Trafford, Men's: Suddisers Leeds 121 (50.1ers); Manchester Super Giants

128-0 (67 bats). Manchester Super Giants win by 16 wickets.

Women's: Suddisers Leeds 88-4 (50 bats). Manchester Super Giants 125-4 (50 bats). Suddisers Leeds win by 41 runs.

TOBAY'S ACTION

UEFA SUPER CUP

PSG v Aston Villa ... (8.0) Love on TNT Sports 1

PRENDLY MATCHES: Manchester United v Leeds (7.30), Arsenal v Evers (7.30).

CRICKET — The Hundred: Welsh Five v London Spirit (Capitol Gardens Cardiff, Men 3pm), Birmingham Phoenix v Mt London (England), New 8-30pm.

Fourth One Day International: Ireland v Afghanistan (Belfast, 10-45pm).

ROGER LEAGUE — Betfred Championship (7.30): Barrow v Doncaster.

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by Craig Hope Chief Football Reporter

THERE was no mass of fans on the St James' Park steps and very little fanfare inside the unveiling of Matthias Jaissle at Newcastle.

For a club who want to be among the world's best by 2030, this was an understated arrival for a head coach whose contract takes us through to that date of global renown. He is, by that logic, the man they believe can lead them to the top.

Not that there was any talk of Champions League and Premier League titles here, or questions about signing Kylian Mbappe, as there was when Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund took over the club nearly five years ago. Veteran midfielder Pierre Emile-Hojbjerg has been the No1 target in recent days.

Rather, this was something of a reality check, and that is no reflection on Jaissle. The German spoke with enthusiasm and intelligence, and he did so alone. There was no sign of chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan or the rest of the hierarchy on stage with the 38-year-old. No world media, either. This is where Newcastle are at right now, and Jaissle appears smart enough to know what he is walking into — a club where the best players and manager have not long walked out.

His demeanour was one of excitement, composure and, a word he sought to stress more than once, optimism. There is a believable authority about him. But beneath the positivity was a more subtle message. He needs new players. And he needs time.

Sources have suggested Jaissle is already well aware of what the squad he has inherited lacks — leadership and depth of quality in key areas. You took note when he was asked about the departures of senior players and responded by referencing a leadership 'vacuum'. He is right, too.

So, does he have a new captain yet?

'No,' came the reply.

And that was that.

His answer when asked what remit the board had given him for this season was equally revealing, given Eddie Howe and the club made no secret of their expectation of European qualification last term.

'The remit is that we are ambitious, but this will not happen overnight, especially when you have such a big transition phase now,' he said.

'You need to have a clear goal of where we want to go to. Then, if you have that synergy with the fans, the players and the staff to go there, then I'm pretty sure it will be a successful story. But we need time now. We can only do

Big shoes to fill: Guimaraes (left) and Tonali have left Newcastle for Arsenal and Tottenham respectively GETTY IMAGES/REX

WANTED new signings... and patience!

New Toon boss Matthias Jaissle spoke with enthusiasm and optimism but is under no illusions about size of the task he faces

our best day by day, breaking it down with the goal long ahead.

'We are ambitious. But it makes no sense to promise you anything, because I don't know how things look in half a year or one year. What we can control, we will control. Cutting the tasks down on a daily basis, doing the best job, and then we go in the right direction — and that is going to be successful.'

Transition was another word he

used repeatedly. In fact, the Newcastle 2.0 that chief executive David Hopkinson has spoken about post-Howe feels, at this moment, more like Newcastle 1.5.

Less than two weeks out from the visit of Liverpool in the Premier League opener, Jaissle has no fit full backs, while the experienced midfielder he craves appears no closer to arriving.

'We are aware of what we need and the squad that we want,' he

said. 'Internally, everyone is aware of that, and we are working on the solutions.'

There are talks over a deal for Benfica right back Amar Dedic, but he is another who has never played in England. It is not hard to understand why Hojbjerg, with more than 250 Premier League appearances, was seen by Jaissle as the kind of foundation around which a younger team could be rebuilt. The Marseille midfielder,

however, has opted against the move. The optics of Newcastle 1.5 are not the easiest sell.

Because when the target 'consolidation' is put to the manager of this Saudi-owned club at his first press conference — and it does not sound ridiculous — it tells you plenty about the task in front of him. For that, he deserves patience.

'It's a big challenge,' he said. 'It always is when there's a

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Toon's summer of discontent...

MAJOR OUTS

SANDRO TONALI £100m to Tottenham

BRUNO GUIMARAES £75m to Arsenal

ANTHONY GORDON £69.3m to Barcelona

KIERAN TRIPPIER Free transfer to Wolves

MAJOR INS

BAZOLMANIA TOURE £43m winger, Hoffenheim

ALADJI BAMBA £30m midfielder, Monaco

LUKAS HORNICEK £25.7m goalkeeper, Braga

SEAN STEUR £19.6m midfielder, Ajax

EWEN JAOUEN £18.5m goalkeeper, Reims

transition period, but it's not the time to complain. It doesn't make sense to see the negative. We want to see the chance in the situation.'

There is another challenge for Jaissie — keeping himself out of the stands. Although you suspect a demonstrative touchline presence will endear him to Newcastle supporters, if not those of the opposition.

At times in Valencia during his first game on Saturday night, it looked like he was making overlapping runs beyond right winger Anthony Elanga. Indeed, he has already asked club staff how many bookings a manager is allowed before they serve a touchline ban, and he returned a hesitant laugh when informed it was just three.

'I will not change my style because that's my personality,' said the former Al-Hilal boss. 'On the touchline, I am emotional. But I need to respect the technical box more. I had a long line in Saudi Arabia, so I think my GPS would be quite high.'

'I'm a bit scared. I hope in the beginning the referees can maybe close their eyes here and there a little!'

There were other flashes of levity, too, including mention of the song which the Toon Army bestowed on him in Spain — 'Jaissie, I Can Boogie' to the tune of Baccara's, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.

'I heard it once and I was smiling,' he said. 'The guys around me, all the staff members, said they're really looking forward to sitting after a match in the bar and listening to the song. So let's see about that.'

To sit in the bar and be serenaded will need wins. To get those wins, at least consistently enough to make a success of his debut season, will need more players of greater experience and quality. He knows that.

'Maybe it is, then, that a low-key introduction was what was necessary. There is no need for Jaissie to boogie just yet. First, he needs a team to dance with.'

Lewis-Skelly wants to fight for his place

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Riccardo Calafiori also at the club, there is a feeling a move could be on the cards.

Former Newcastle captain Guimaraes has signed a four-year deal with Arsenal with the option of a further 12 months. The Brazil midfielder, 28, adds serious quality and depth to the Gunners' midfield, which already contains Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi and Mikel Merino.

Lewis-Skelly, who has been capped six times by England but was not part of Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad this summer, is thought to be happy at Arsenal

and keen to stay and fight for his place. He has already played 75 games for Arsenal, breaking into the team as a left back. The youngster has started each of Arsenal's pre-season friendlies, though several of the club's stars returned to training late after playing at the World Cup. That includes Rice and Bukayo Saka, who are set to miss Arsenal's friendly against Como at the Emirates tonight. The England pair are working their way back to fitness, having carried injuries into the World Cup. England midfielder Eberechi Eze is expected to be involved tonight, though.

Players' union sues EFL in bid to block tighter spending rules

THE PFA has taken the extraordinary step of pursuing legal action in a bid to block changes to financial controls in League One.

In a move that has triggered outrage within the EFL, the players' union has filed a case with the High Court over new rules that reduce the amount third-tier clubs can spend on wages from 60 per cent of revenue to 50 per cent. League One sides lost £7.3million on average last year, and the aim of the changes is to reduce an overwhelming reliance on ownership funding. However, the PFA — clearly concerned over the impact the changes would have on wages — has taken the legal route and is claiming due process has not been followed.

The EFL said it was 'concerned and disappointed' at the move. They say the changes had been discussed at length ahead of their planned introduction with PFA feedback taken on board. In 2021, the PFA successfully challenged the introduction of a salary cap, but the EFL believe this proposal is not a major change and so should not be judged in the same manner. A spokesperson added: 'The PFA's decision to oppose these reforms, and to pursue legal action, diverts limited resources and adds further cost to a game already under financial pressure.'

'League One clubs have made it clear change is needed. Costs are rising, losses are increasing and many clubs are relying more heavily on owner funding to meet their commitments. 'That model is not sustainable for clubs, players or the wider

By MIKE KEEGAN

game. The approved changes are intended to support responsible financial management, encourage sensible squad planning and reduce the risk of clubs spending beyond their means. 'This is not about undermining players' interests. It is about creating a stable environment in which clubs can meet their obligations and continue to invest in football.' EFL chief executive Trevor Birch added: 'Put simply, these reforms are designed to make clubs more sustainable. Stable clubs are better-placed to honour contracts, pay wages on time, invest in facilities and create long-term opportunities for players.

'But a rising tide of losses and growing reliance on owner funding increase risk for everyone. That is why delaying reform is a risk. Clubs need rules that help them plan responsibly and avoid spending beyond their means.' Average losses in League One have sky-rocketed from £2.3m in 2021-22 to £7.3m last season. Many players are now paid in excess of £10,000 per week. A PFA spokesperson said: 'We believe the process through which clubs have voted to bring in these measures, which will artificially restrict and tighten what clubs can spend on player wages, was not in line with the consultation and agreement process required by the EFL's membership (alongside the PFA, FA and Premier League) of the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee.'

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Emery warns Big Six: We're coming for you

SUPER CUP: PAGES 60-61

ARSENAL OPEN TO LEWIS-SKELLY EXIT

Chelsea and Manchester United keen on deal for Gunners teen star

By HARRY BAMFORTH

ARSENAL midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly is at the centre of a transfer wrangle, with Chelsea and Manchester United keen on the England international.

The 19-year-old signed a new deal last year following his breakout season, but after limited minutes in Arsenal's Premier League title-winning campaign, there is belief the champions may be willing to sell the academy product.

There has been fresh contact with several Premier League clubs, including the Blues and United, who are weighing up making a move for the teenager.

Lewis-Skelly managed only 19 starts in all competitions last season and could

INTER IN TALKS OVER £30m SPENCE DEAL

Window Watch: Pages 60-61

find his minutes are further limited this term, following the arrival of Guimaraes from Newcastle last week for £7/million.

Chelsea are understood to have long held an interest in the youngster, but it is unclear if they will make an offer.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta deployed Lewis-Skelly in midfield towards the end of last season, including in the Gunners' penalty shootout defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest.

But with Guimaraes now expected to move above him in the midfield pecking order, and opportunities already limited at left back with Piero Hincapie and

TURN TO PAGE 63, COL 2

Jaissle: Toon sales have left a vacuum

By CRAIG HOPE

MATTHIAS JAISSLE says he has inherited a 'vacuum' of leadership at Newcastle as he called for new signings and time ahead of what he labelled a 'transition' season. The German, 38, was unveiled as the club's new manager at St James' Park yesterday after replacing Eddie Howe, who stood down last month. Newcastle have sold Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon and lost Kieran Trippier this summer. Jaissle was presied on the loss of those players, with the squad looking light 11 days from their Premier League opener against Liverpool. 'We are in that transition phase,' he said. 'The players who have left were great characters, great players, experienced players. 'This is now a vacuum. We have to adjust something by signing this profile of players, or other players need to step up and fill these leadership roles.'

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20 Very strong person (5) 21 Shrill cry (6)

DOWN

1 Fidel Cuban leader (6) 2 Group of footballers (4) 3 Material Girl singer (7) 4 Last (5) 5 Unreturnable serve in tennis (3)

6 French pancake (5) 7 Puzzle of many pieces (6) 10 Jumbled mass (6) 12 Preserves after death (7) 14 Sanctuary or protection (6) 15 Move aimlessly (5) 16 Citrus fruit (5) 17 Celebrity (4) 19 Crib (3)

TUESDAY'S SOLUTION (NO 10,490) - ACROSS: 1 Prodigy, 5 Sort, 7 Pet, 8 Seamless, 9 Lemur, 10 Lamb, 13 News, 14 Sex, 18 Isle, 19 Ernie, 21 On the dot, 22 Out, 23 Test, 24 Cutlery. DOWN: 1 Populate, 2 Optimist, 3 Insure, 4 Yearly, 5 Solemn, 6 Rusk, 11 Beampole, 12 Ancestry, 15 Sachet, 16 Acidic, 17 Beat It, 20 Knee.

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SUDOKU

FILL in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. SOLUTIONS TOMORROW

6	5	9		2
				5				3
				7	1			2
7					5	8	9
	2	6					4
3			9			1
5	7	2	1	9			3
	6		5		7

			1
2	4				3
	3		6		1 5	4
	9	5		4
8	6			2		9
	7	9				4
	6			9	3
1	8		2			5
					2	8

Difficulty rating ★★★★☆

Difficulty rating ★★★☆☆

PRIZE SUDOKU

3		7		6
			3	4
	6	4	2	8		9
1			4	3		8
9	2			8		6
8					2
			1	9
		5		2	9	4
	3	6				7

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at the

ACROSS

1 Extinct elephant-like animals with extended tusks and long hair (8) 5 City in southeast Spain on the Segura River (6) 10 Given too much to eat (7) 11 The capital of Cyprus (7) 12 The British bi-monthly magazine founded in 1993 (5) 13 Actress born in 1977 whose films include Hot Fuzz and Sightseers (5,4) 14 Singer-songwriter noted for her song Big Yellow Taxi (4,8) 18 A style of architecture with pointed arches and narrow lancet windows (5,7) 21 Prison on the Isle of Wight that opened in 1805 (9) 23 Centauri, star system which includes the closest star to the Sun (5) 24 A condition caused by a lack of haemoglobin to carry oxygen (7) 25 To cook for too short a time (7) 26 To encourage strongly (6) 27 A game bird whose collective noun is bouquet when in flight (8)

DOWN

1 A troll-like creature such as Snorkmaiden, whose friends include Snulkin, in the children's books (6) 2 A cold breakfast dish of rolled oats, grains, nuts and dried fruit (6) 3 The collection of money and gifts from a congregation in a service (9) 4 Innovation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the midpoint of each half (9,5) 6 Relationship of Vernon Dursley to the lead character in Harry Potter (5) 7 care, the work to look after those buying goods or using services (8) 8 Weir, comedian who has featured in The Fast Show and Two Doors Down (8) 9 Title track and single from the thirteenth studio album by Genesis, released in 1986 (9,5) 15 Wife of Rodney in Only Fools And Horses, played by Gwyneth Strong (9) 16 A model for arranging parts of a document (8) 17 smokie, a type of smoked haddock named after a town in Angus (8) 19 Prague, leading football club in the Czech Republic (6) 20 A slow-cooked French stew (6) 22 Simpson, cartoon character whose catchphrases include 'D'oh! (5)

WORD WHEEL

YOU have ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least three

others, and letters may be used only once. You can't use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Verbs ending in 's' permitted. Clue for today's nine-letter word: Kit posted on X about a word describing a young cat. RATING: 15 words, average; 20, good; 25, very good; 30 or more, excellent. SOLUTION TOMORROW

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SOLUTION TOMORROW

NAME GAME

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of an actress. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW

BOX 1: Kelly Macdonald (pictured) is the voice of which of the following Disney Princesses?

Ariel (F)

Belle (C)

Merida (L)

BOX 2: Abertay University is located in which Scottish city?

Aberdeen (A)

Dundee (Y)

Glasgow (M)

BOX 3: Who wrote the 2002 graphic novel The Diary Of A Teenage Girl: An Account In Words And Pictures?

Phoebe Gloeckner (L)

Keiji Nakazawa (Q)

David Small (E)

BOX 4: The late Margaret Kerry pantomimed for which Disney character?

Snow White (W)

Tinker Bell (O)

Aurora (U)

BOX 5: Online creator Ann Russell works as a self-employed what? Cleaner (T) Dog walker (B) Life model (R)

BOX 6: Which of these is the title of a 2026 film starring Rupert Everett? Bonkerswonderful (S)

Crazygood (P)

Madlabulous (I)

BOX 7: Who wrote the violin concert! The Four Seasons?

Vivaldi (N)

Mozart (E)

Beethoven (V)

BOX 8: Chantelle Cameron is a professional in which sport?

Football (Y)

Boxing (M)

Rugby union (A)

BOX 9: Which Italian tennis player was the men's singles runner up at the 2026 French Open?

Flavio Cobolli (I)

Jannik Sinner (G)

Luciano Darderi (H)

BOX 10: Originating in

17th-century Japan,

what is a netsuke?

A beaded sandal (C)

A jewelled tiara (U)

A miniature sculpture (L)

Yesterday's solution:

ADAM HILLS

(IA, 2M, 3I, 4L, 5H,

6A, 7D, 8S, 9L)

Picture: PA

MAKING TRACKS

LAY tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each row

and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails. The track cannot cross itself.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

B

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HONEYCOMB

ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.

1. Edge
2. Invader
3. Ebb
4. Of the teeth
5. Steps
6. Proofreader
7. Oven cooks
8. Ghost
9. Annoying
10. Recesses
11. Calm
12. Dog-like

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KAKURO

FILL in the blank squares of the grid using only the numbers 1 to 9, without repeating any number in any line of blank squares. The lines must be filled in with numbers which add up to the total in the shaded box at the top or beginning of each line. A number in the bottom half of a shaded box gives a downwards total; in the top half, it's a horizontal total.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

MASTERQUIZ

1. What was the name of the house band on The Muppet Show?
2. Grace Kelly's final big-screen acting role was in which 1956 film?
3. What name is given to the study of the structure and function of cells?
4. Mondula, who died in February at Blair Drummond Safari Park,

was the only known example living in Scotland of which animal? 5. The Aberdare range of mountains is in which African country? 6. Amethyst is a violet variety of which silicate mineral?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MINDBENDER

1. Carys is walking at a third of the speed that David is cycling, which is 45.5 mph slower than Dorothy is driving. If Dorothy covers the same distance after driving for three hours as David would cover after cycling for 16, what speed is Carys walking at?

2. What connects Pliny, Pitt and Holbein?

3. For which wedding term may one say HI, FOUND A ROOM?

4. Which is the odd one out: Archimedes, Euripides, Euclid, Pythagoras?
5. Crack the code to find three types of pasta: FUDDU, HQCYEBV, BQIQWDU.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KILLER SUDOKU

FILL in squares in the grid so each row, column and each 3x3 square contains all digits from 1 to 9. Each set of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the number in the top-left corner. Numbers can't be repeated within each set of cells.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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PITCHERWITS™

1a. Mug, pining for change, and criticising fiercely (9)

7a. Fall back, as per sale renegotiated (7)

10a. Soap ingredient has a D50, loosely attached (4,3)

8a. Wacky radio star who can give you some heat! (9)

1d. Infuriated when treated to fragrance in high church? (8)

4d. Having overdone it and crossed a line? (4,3,3)

5d. Destination for GP Foster? (10)

9d. Turning off pints for popes (8)

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 5 Disparaging of Mother's ruin (3) 6 Eric argues about motor vehicle (3) 7 Picture Clue 10 Burnt out tea store (3) 11 Give rise to patentees, but not at the process (7)

12 Way to go, with yin and yang! (3) 13 Picture Clue 16 Pise wallowing in self-pity (3) 17 Supportive, in conformity (3) 18 Picture Clue

PIT your wits against Pitcherwits — the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in pictures! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Smooth but feline talk? (4) 3 No variation starting with this star! (4) 4 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Seepages (loss of gas) could be used in fencing (5)

9 Picture Clue 14 Opposed to a gigantic reduction (4) 15 Champion (or up to the man) (4)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Bitter tears. 5 Iron Age. 8 Mufti. 9 Knack. 10 Sepia. 12 Lie-in. 14 Clausal. 15 Fundamental. DOWN: 1 Bull mastiff. 2 Thief. 3 Arena. 4 Striking oil. 6 Okinawa. 7 Alkalis. 11 Pecan. 13 Eclat.

MAILWORD

ACROSS

1 Inactive 5 Award 10 Farewell 11 Cub leader 12 Landed property 13 Cause to attack 14 Greek letter 15 Not at home 17 Conclude 18 Melody 20 Units of volume 22 Italian dish 24 Accustom 26 Hooligans 29 Sheep's cry 30 Attempt 32 Traitor

33 Saunter 35 Hold forth 37 Marmer, George Eliot novel 38 Bedfordshire town 39 Choose by vote 40 Avid DOWN 1 U.S. state 2 Furniture item 3 Star sign 4 Currency unit 5 Putty-like adhesive 6 Lengthen 7 Go downhill 8 By oneself 9 Terrains

10 Devices for giving greater loudness 16 Painful affliction 19 African quadruped 21 Your, archaically 23 Being examined 24 Degrade 25 Asian language 27 Club 28 Submachine gun 31 Egg part 34 Resin 36 Regret

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

HIDATO

COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 60, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 60. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

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KENKEN

EACH row and column should contain 1 to 6 without repeats. Numbers in cages must combine to produce the target number shown at start of that cage using, in any order, the mathematical sign given. Single-box cages can be filled with the number given.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

	T	K	B
B			S
S			M
N			R
	C	K	S

PINACEOUS

NINE TO FIVE

FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Former times (archaic) (3)
2. Potato (Ind cookery) (4)
3. Action word (4)
4. Medical condition (abbr) (3)

DOWN

1. A utility (abbr) (4)
2. A ruler (4)
3. ID datum (abbr) (3)
4. Macau monetary unit (3)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

	1	2	3
4
5
6

CROSS NUMBER

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION

		9		25
			6	21
1				22
	8			23
10	26	27	28	19

Today's challenge time:

3 mins 51 secs

Your working time:

☐ mins ☐ secs

FILL each square with a number, 1 to 9. Horizontal squares add up to totals on right. Vertical squares add up to totals on bottom. Diagonal squares through centre add up to totals in top and bottom right.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

CODEWORD

EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 12 represents 6, so fill in 6 every time the figure 12 appears. You have two letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW

COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6232 and leave your answer and your details or text 65700 with the word CODE, your answer and then your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Saturday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

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WORD SEARCH

THE listed words can all be found in the grid – running forwards, backwards, up, down and diagonally – EXCEPT ONE. For a chance to win, discover which word is missing.

Today's theme: Types of loaf

BLOOMER

BRIOCHE

CHALLAH

CIABATTA

COTTAGE

FRUIT

MILK ROLL

PAVE

SODA BREAD

SPLIT TIN

HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6234 and leave your answer and details or text 65700 with the word WORD, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions. SOLUTION TOMORROW

SUDOKU X

PUT the numbers 1-6 once in each row, each column, each diagonal (highlighted to form an X) and each horizontal 3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION TOMORROW

1		4
	2
5
				2	6

QUICK QUIZ

1. How many sporting events comprise a pentathlon?
2. Which republic occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola?
3. Which astronomical event will next be visible from the UK on September 23, 2090?
4. Football club AFC Ajax is based in which country?
5. Griffon, cape, hooded and bearded are species of which bird?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

GOGEN

AMISH BATON BLACK CAT DREGS FEUD FILM JURY LACQUER LAWYER POX SIN SPOIL VOLT

INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except 2) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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BRIDGE MASTERCLASS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

West

▲ K

▼ AKO J 73

• A652

104

East

▲AQJ64

542

+743

▲ A2

PLAYING teams, vulnerable against nol, East opens 1▲ and South passes. What call do you make with the West cards?

BID 3▼. This is a strong jump shift, showing 16 or more points. Since it is very space-consuming, the bid should be reserved for a hand with either an excellent suit that you wish to set as trumps (as here), or a decent five-card suit with primary support for partner, which can be shown on the next round. In other words, it is reserved for a hand where you can set the trump suit.

North now enters the auction with 4▲, and your partner bids 4▼. What do you do now?

You are concerned about bidding 4NT because of your two little clubs. If partner has just one keycard, you will not know if it is safe to have a go at 6▼ for fear of losing the first two club tricks. Instead, you should bid 4▲. This is a cue-bid since hearts have been agreed. Even if you play that a cue-bid generally shows a first-round control, you should consider making an exception if you hold the king of partner's first bid suit since it is likely to be very valuable.

The hand continues tomorrow.

No 17,942

FOR your choice to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today's answer and your details, or 1EVI 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Webstable cost (I plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Price Crossword 17,942, PO Box 28, Cochrane, Iowa 52240). Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.31 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls and texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

ACROSS

1 Closeness shown by one with coat in tiny ground (8) 5 Retired group, English party, in Spanish city (6) 9 Support linked to fellow with fury gets to fall (8) 10 Not very obvious aid for watching a foreign film? It is overlooked (6) 12 Irish female seen by car regularly (4) 13 Key thing to steer Beth without jacket getting lightweight hat (4,6) 15 Go lacking thus could make one subject to ridicule (8,5) 19 TV cites coffee in fancy form as financially worthwhile (4-9) 23 A cleric excitedly hugging pair with love that's mutual (10) 25 Two articles for woman (4) 28 Link last part of one question at start of exercise (6) 29 Different room used for heavy sleeper? (8) 30 Note tense UK citizen missing recipe for pacy morse! (6) 31 Benefit for those waiting? (8)

DOWN

1 Native British socialist after pint, essentially (6) 2 Vulgar course of action supported by Yankee (5) 3 Petty quarrel taking place in firm if failing (4) 4 My name is source of hope in Celtic language (7) 6 Ordinary part of a circuit? That's handy (2,3) 7 Former casual worker given valuable material with no planning (9) 8 Pass an estate? (8) 11 Avoid this hunger? Not entirely (4) 14 Silent moment after leaving home (4) 15 Fall to keep track and suffer electoral defeat? (4,5) 16 Writty hazard comprehended by Arctic explorers (3) 17 Quit by reed introductions to sculptures kept in museum (4) 18 Most frightening vehicle among rest, largely (8) 20 With no end of zeal, supply too much stuff to eat (4) 21 Shooting from Celt at odd points over affair (7) 22 Male playing in large yard in an unconvincing way (6) 24 Place with appeal elevated depictions of cupids (5) 26 Period joined by single nymph in paradise (5) 27 Give out U.S. magazine after promotion (4)

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HEATHER DHONDY

30-SECOND CHALLENGE

START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner's; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate's.

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY SPIZZLES

SUDOKU

7	2	3	4	9	9	5	1
4	6	1	2	5	3	7	9
5	6	9	6	1	7	3	4
2	5	8	1	3	6	4	7
9	3	4	5	7	8	2	1
1	7	6	9	2	4	5	8
8	1	7	3	6	5	9	2
6	9	2	7	4	1	8	3
3	4	3	8	9	2	1	6

6	2	9	8	1	5	7	4	3
3	5	6	2	4	7	9	6	1
7	4	1	9	6	3	5	2	8
2	3	9	1	7	8	4	5	9
5	1	4	3	9	6	8	7	2
9	6	7	5	2	4	1	3	6
1	6	3	7	5	9	2	8	4
8	7	2	4	3	1	6	9	5
4	9	5	6	8	2	3	1	7

PRIZE SUDOKU

3	2	9	6	7	4	1	5	8
6	5	1	6	3	2	4	7	9
9	7	4	9	1	5	6	3	2
5	3	2	1	9	7	6	5	4
9	4	7	2	6	6	3	1	5
1	6	8	5	4	3	9	2	7
4	1	3	7	2	8	5	9	6
2	9	3	4	6	1	7	8	3
7	6	6	5	5	9	2	4	1

WORD SEARCH

Missing: OLYMPIC
1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30
31	32	33	34	35	36

HIDATO

30	28	27	35	34	31	28
32	41	36	33	32	23	27
40	25	21	22	29	24
42	19	19	17	25	15
4	8	6	7	19	10	14
5	6	6	6	10	12	13

KAKURO

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	2	6	6	1	2	5	1	4
2	4	5	4	4	1	7	2	3
3	6	6	6	6	7	1	1	5
4	9	7	6	1	6	7	1	1
5	7	6	6	6	1	1	4	7
6	7	6	6	6	1	1	4	7
7	8	7	6	6	1	1	4	7
8	9	7	6	6	1	1	4	7

NINE TO FIVE

	C	C	S
C	L	U	M
H	O	T	E
A	G	I	L
	S	E	T

CROSS NUMBER

1	5	2	3	11
3	2	4	1	10
5	7	8	9	29
7	9	7	6	29
16	23	21	19	17

MAKING TRACKS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	1	5	2	3	1	1	10
3	2	4	1	10
5	7	8	9	29
7	9	7	6	29
16	23	21	19	17

KENKEN

6	5	3	1	4	2
5	2	1	3	6	4
2	3	5	4	1	6
3	6	4	5	2	1
4	1	3	6	3	5
1	4	6	2	5	3

SUDOKU X

5	4	1	2	3	6
2	6	3	4	5	1
1	5	4	3	6	2
6	3	2	1	4	5
3	1	5	6	2	4
4	2	6	5	1	3

KILLER SUDOKU

3	5	9	1	5	7	2	4	8
9	1	4	2	5	6	7	3	9
2	6	7	9	4	3	1	5	5
4	2	6	5	7	1	3	5	5
9	3	6	6	2	4	5	1	7
5	7	1	3	9	6	6	2	4
8	6	5	4	3	2	9	7	1
7	9	2	6	1	5	4	4	3
1	4	3	7	8	5	5	2	2

GOGEN

M	X	F	L	B
Y	A	E	U	D
K	S	V	G	O
P	O	Y	I	W
N	R	J	C	H

WORD WHEEL: acinus, airs, anus, arcs, arcsin, arals, ascus, auric, calms, cans, cassis, cran, crass, curass, marcheus, rain, rains, ram, sars, sort, sars, scan, scans, scar, scarr, uranic.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 6 Delaware. 9 Israel. 10 Copperhead. 11 Pump. 12 Tragic. 14 Imminent. 15 Quansah. 17 Bexhill. 20 Adriatic. 22 Parker. 24 Orbi. 25 The Odyssey. 27 Casino. 28 Eateries.

DOWN: 1 Detour. 2 Vamp. 3 Patricia. 4 Benefit. 5 Diadem. 6 Drop anchor. 7 Terminal. 13 Gingivitis. 16 Under way. 18 Expedite. 19 Schemer. 21 Tattoo. 23 Exeter. 26 Sark.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,939

ACROSS: 1 Peacock, 5 Aspect.

9 Oil well. 10 Quite so. 11 Bev.

12 Profiteered. 13 Syria.

14 Petulance. 16 Ephemeral. 17 Upset.

19 Superimpose. 22 Hue. 23 Readmit.

24 Furrows. 26 Censer. 27 Rub it in.

DOWN: 1 Phoebe. 2 All over the place.

3 One. 4 Kelso. 5 Acquittal. 6 Prime.

7 Clear one's throat. 8 Foodie. 12 Psalm.

14 Parameter. 15 Louse. 16 Ensure.

18 Treason. 20 Ramps. 21 Offer. 25 Rob.

MAILWORD

ACROSS: 1 Abab, 5 Encamp. 11 Soda.

12 Moarec. 13 Iris. 14 Sinide. 15 Antic.

17 Emit. 18 Constant. 21 Eh. 24 Mum.

25 Lay. 26 Laudarium. 29 Ernie.

30 Goose. 34 Codits. 37 Ugly. 38 Turtle.

39 True. 40 Stay up. 41 Hems.

DOWN: 1 Asia. 2 Horm. 3 Addt. 4 Basic.

5 Ems. 6 Not. 7 Caret. 8 Animal.

9 Medina. 10 Pretty. 16 Coma. 19 Nun.

20 Smug. 21 Elects. 22 Far out.

23 Tundra. 27 Dethy. 28 Mouth. 31 Ogre.

32 Slum. 33 Eyes. 35 Flu. 36 Yep.+

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Clap.

5 Role. 6 Astr. 7 Bent. DOWN: 1 Crab. 2 Lose. 3 Attn. 4 Pert.

SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ: 1 Five. 2 Haiti.

3 Total solar eclipse.

4 Netherlands. 5 Vulture.

MINDBENDER: 1 Three and a half mph. 2 They all had a Younger and an Elder. 3 Maid of honour. 4 Euripides, a playwright; the others were mathematicians. 5 Penne, ravioli, lasagne (A becomes K, B becomes L, etc).

MASTERQUIZ: 1 Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. 2 High Society. 3 Cytology. 4 African elephant. 5 Kenya. 6 Quartz.

HONEYCOMB:

1 Margin. 2 Raider. 3 Recede.

4 Dental. 5 Ladder. 6 Editor.

7 Roasts. 8 Spirit. 9 Hiring.

10 Niches. 11 Serene. 12 Canine.

KUROSU

0	0	X	X	0	X
X	0	X	0	X	0
0	0	X	0	X	0
0	X	0	0	0	X
0	X	0	X	0	0
0	X	0	X	0	0
X	X	0	0	X	0

30-SECOND CHALLENGE:

Beginner: 105.

Intermediate 89.

Advanced: 81.

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