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梅兰妮在她的首次新形象拍摄中展现了勇气的典范

快照：Sykes 女士在 2017 年的样子，以及右图她 6 月份脱发的情况

脱发曾经可能会终结一名女性的模特生涯。但对梅兰妮·赛克斯（Melanie Sykes）来说并非如此。她接纳了自己的脱发，在一次时尚拍摄中展示了她戏剧性的新形象。这是这位 55 岁的前电视节目主持人自因自身免疫性疾病脱发导致其“三分之二秃顶”而剃光头后的首次宣传活动。

在大曼彻斯特郡的阿什顿-安德-莱恩（Ashton-under-Lyne）长大的 Sykes 女士，在市中心的北区（Northern Quarter）为太阳镜品牌 Cubitts 拍摄了照片。她在其中一张照片中穿着一套干练的白色西装，随后在另一张照片中换上了一件黑色皮夹克。其他照片显示她正直视镜头。

Olivia Kemp 演艺圈记者

6 月，她在社交媒体上分享了一张自拍，展示了她剃光的头部，并为图片配文：“失去 + 获得 = 生活。”这条帖子发布在几天前她上传一段视频之后，视频揭示了在她还保留部分头发时出现的大片秃顶。今年早些时候，她告诉追随者：“我的皇冠现在基本上就是我剩下的头发了。”

“不过，我确实会感到冷，所以我戴着无檐小便帽和各种头饰，但我正在学习与‘失去’共处，并对此心存感激。心怀感恩并不总是那么容易，但它是幸福的关键，需要每日每刻的练习。”

Sykes 女士曾主持过包括《大早餐》（The Big Breakfast）、《与 Des 和 Mel 共度今日》（Today With Des And Mel）以及《与 Gino 和 Mel 共进午餐》（Let's Do Lunch With Gino & Mel）在内的电视节目。在此之前，她从事模特职业——包括 1990 年代备受喜爱的 Boddingtons 啤酒电视广告宣传。

私照：Holland 和 Zendaya

汤姆与赞达亚在萨里郡豪华庄园举行秘密仪式再次说“我愿意”，花费达£500,000

他们今年早些时候已经在一场低调且秘密的仪式上完婚。但好莱坞明星汤姆·霍兰德和赞达亚似乎利用了漫长的夏天再次举行婚礼——这一次是在靠近“蜘蛛侠”主演在泰晤士河畔金斯顿的家附近。

由Rebecca Davison（副娱乐编辑）报道

两人仍希望将周二在萨里郡五星级比弗布鲁克酒店（Beaverbrook Hotel）举行的这场花费£500,000的婚礼仪式保密。为了防止这场预计规模巨大的派对出现任何泄密，宾客和工作人员被禁止使用手机。

这座位于莱瑟黑德附近、占地370英亩的广阔场地曾由已故的报业大亨比弗布鲁克勋爵所有，他曾在此接待过温斯顿·丘吉尔等权势人物。酒店拥有56间客房和套房，其内部的日式餐厅设有热气球风格的餐桌。

今年6月，霍兰德在接受《Esquire UK》采访时表示：“我找到了我的真命天女；我从未如此幸福过”，从而结束了外界对其两人婚姻的猜测。这对新婚夫妇最近完成了《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》的宣传工作，赞达亚在新闻宣传之旅中首次展示了她的结婚戒指。

赞达亚和霍兰德自2016年在《蜘蛛侠：英雄归来》片场相识以来一直被认为有恋爱关系。

优雅：萨里山丘的比弗布鲁克酒店 保持冷静：梅兰妮·赛克斯展示太阳镜 --- 第4页

需要救护车？只希望救护人员没在热浪中进行“补水休息”

由 Shaun Wooller（健康编辑）报道

在热浪期间拨打999可能会意味着必须等待气温下降救护车才会抵达，因为有呼吁要求救护人员停止在高温天气下工作。

工会Unison表示，许多急救人员预计将在“有害健康”的条件下工作，并希望国民医疗服务体系（NHS）信托机构采取更多措施保护员工免受高温影响。

该工会报告称，有护理人员反映，他们被派往空调故障或没有空调、且饮用水或厕所使用受限的救护车中，在“令人窒息的高温”下工作。

救护车工作人员还在医院排队数小时，当时“温度超过-

“长时间处于刺眼的阳光下” 30℃ (86F)”，同时 Unison 表示，工作人员在护理院和私人住宅为受“难以忍受”的高温影响的患者提供治疗时，描述自己处于“身心俱疲”的状态。其他工会成员被要求在“道路交通事故和其他重大事件现场，穿着并非为炎热天气设计的厚重制服，长时间处于直射阳光的照射下”工作。Unison 承认，尤其是老年患者，也正遭受脱水和与高温相关的疾病之苦。但昨天，该工会提出了一系列要求，旨在让工人在热浪期间的生活更加舒适，而患者则在等待护理时面临长时间的排队。卫生大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）已告知 NHS 信托机构，在因高温导致就诊 A&E（急诊）人数“大幅增加”后，应为夏季高峰做好规划。“NHS 必须确保我们像准备冬季压力一样准备夏季压力，”她说道。Unison 表示，夏季规划必须包括“保证水分补充和恢复休息、便捷的饮用水获取渠道，以及在空调失效时将车辆撤出服务的明确政策”。信托机构还应引入“季节性制服选项，包括更轻便的服装、为选择穿着短裤的人员提供短裤以及遮阳帽”。该工会补充道：“工会还支持在日益频繁的极端高温期间引入最高工作温度限制。” 英国工会大会（TUC）此前曾呼吁将最高工作温度设定为 30℃，或针对“繁重”工作的温度设定为 27℃ (80F)。Unison 全国救护车官员沙兰·班德沙（Sharan Bandesha）表示：“极端高温带来了需求的增长……然而，工作人员经常被要求在没有可用空调的车辆中响应，在过热的房产、护理院或灼热的救护车后部为患者治疗。”

十之八九的青少年“将选择退出社交媒体限制”

作者：大卫·丘吉尔（David Churchill）

工党针对青少年的社交媒体宵禁计划昨晚陷入困境，因为近八成青少年承认他们将选择退出这些限制。部长们上个月宣布，16 岁和 17 岁的青少年在社交媒体应用中默认将面临午夜至凌晨 6 点的夜间宵禁。为了防止用户上瘾，科技公司还将禁用“成瘾性”功能，包括视频自动播放、由算法驱动的推荐馈送以及无限滚动。但当人们发现年轻人可以更改设置时，基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）因在卸任首相前为了追求“政治遗产”而“仓促”推进该计划而遭到抨击。

“斯塔默仓促创造政治遗产”

青少年将能够永久性地选择退出宵禁以及对成瘾功能的屏蔽。昨晚的一项调查发现，79% 的 17 岁青少年和 72% 的 16 岁青少年承认他们会这样做。Censuswide 对 300 名青少年的民意调查发现，32% 的人选择退出是为了在夜间观看更多在线内容，而对于 43% 的 17 岁青少年和 35% 的 16 岁青少年来说，是为了给家人或朋友发消息或打电话。在“典型的上学之夜”，只有不到十分之一的人会在晚上 9 点前停止使用社交媒体。政府表示：“年轻人将在成长为成年人的过程中，在如何使用社交媒体方面拥有选择权。”

断电导致火车出行混乱

昨日，英格兰大部分铁路网络因断电而陷入瘫痪，导致西北地区出现大面积取消和连锁延迟。由于下午2点曼彻斯特的一处通信中心发生故障，部分服务延迟了两小时，另一些则被取消或重新调度。这场混乱给数千人带来了痛苦，部分曼彻斯特乘客在轨道上被疏散。Avanti West Coast、Cross Country、East Midlands Railway、London Northwestern Railway、Northern、TransPennine Express、Lumo以及Transport for Wales均受到影响。与此同时，在塔姆沃思（Tamworth）和伯顿-昂-特伦特（Burton-on-Trent）之间发现的一枚战争时期炸弹暂时封锁了所有线路。此外，希思罗机场昨日傍晚发生的一起草地火灾导致其中一条跑道关闭，乘客被警告延迟将持续到深夜。跑道上方的天空中可见浓烟，数架航班被分流至其他机场。

作者：Sam Merriman 政治记者

保守党今日致信所有保守党领导的议会，敦促其执行保护单性别空间的新规定。此前，左翼议会警告称，他们将无视平等监管机构的指南，声称该指南损害了“跨性别者的权利”。凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）领导的政党批评工党、自民党和绿党领导的议会拒绝遵守法律，并坚持认为保守党“相信保护女性和女孩的权利”。

去年4月，最高法院裁定，女性的法律定义基于## “保护女性的权利” 生物性别。基于该裁决的平等与人权委员会执业准则于本周生效。准则规定，任何提供公共服务的组织——如国民医疗服务体系（NHS）、商店、健身房、议会、政府部门、警察、监狱、酒店和餐厅——必须在法律上基于生物性别而非性别认同来强制执行单性别空间。

目前，一封信函已发送给所有保守党议会领导人和团体领导人，敦促他们确保“快速合规”。在信中，党主席凯文·霍林雷克（Kevin Hollinrake）表示：“我们要求所有由保守党运行的议会确保其提供或监管的设施在这一领域符合法律规定。”

保守党告知各议会：立即保护单性别空间……但左翼称法律损害跨性别权利

他的与她的：分开的厕所

但伦敦六个区——兰贝特（Lambeth）、沃尔瑟姆森林（Waltham Forest）、南华克（Southwark）、哈克尼（Hackney）、哈特纳格尔（Hartnagel）和刘易舍姆（Lewisham）的负责人警告称，他们可能会抵制该指南。在给平等部部长布里杰特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）的一封信中，这些议会共同承诺保持其服务的“包容性”，并表示：“跨性别女性是女性，跨性别男性是男性。”

他们补充道：

关键人物：国会议员萨曼莎·尼布莱特（Samantha Niblett）

“对于我们社区中无数只想在安全中生活并希望获得尊重对待的跨性别者来说，这将感觉像是一次攻击。”

霍林雷克先生告诉《每日邮报》：“工党、自由民主党和绿党政治家在他们管理的议会中，将政治姿态置于妇女和女孩的安全之上，这简直可悲。这是鲁莽且危险的，他们应该感到羞愧。”

在该准则出台后，一名发起“性之夏”活动的国会议员对其提出批评，引发了工党女性之间的口水战。萨曼莎·尼布莱特将其描述为“模糊不清”，并表示：“这唯一的作用就是否认跨性别者的生活经验，且无法保护任何人。”

但同为工党议员的托妮亚·安东尼亚齐（Tonia Antoniazzi）告诉尼布莱特女士：“今天，我们得到了澄清，而不是更多的困惑。女性和女孩需要免受男性的侵害。”

安东尼亚齐女士提到尼布莱特女士的“性之夏”活动（该活动建议国会议员将性玩具带入议会），并补充道：“停止利用跨性别者来为你的亲性工作、亲色情议程提供论据。”

政府表示：“每个人都应遵守法律。该准则为服务提供者提供了清晰且可行的指南。”

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悲剧：发现莱森女士遗体的泳池

假期：这对夫妇在她在去世时入住的丹麦夏季度假屋

受害者：波拉·莱森（Paula Leeson）

作者：詹姆斯·托泽（James Tozer）

一名被法院判定在杀死富豪继承人妻子的指控中无罪的定罪诈骗犯，实际上确实谋杀了她，一名验尸官昨天地表示。

骗子唐纳德·麦克弗森（Donald McPherson），53, 岁，在 2021 年审判进行到一半时，根据法官对陪审团的指示，被裁定谋杀波拉·莱森（Paula Leeson），47, 岁，无罪。在这位单一名母亲于 2017 年 6, 2017, 去世前不久，他曾为她办理了一份 £350 万 的人寿保险；而在她“意外溺水”后几小时内，他就将其账户中数千英镑的资金清空，用以偿还债务。

2024 年，在曼彻斯特南部经营一家成功植物租赁企业的莱森女士家人，阻止了他继承她 £440 万 的遗产。在莱森家族向高等法院提起的一项民事诉讼中，法官裁定麦克弗森通过在 2017. 丹麦度假期间将其妻子淹死在游泳池中，为了金钱非法杀害了妻子。

在针对莱森女士死亡的验尸庭审上（该审理因曼彻斯特刑事法院的谋杀案审判及民事听证会而推迟至昨天），一名验尸官裁定她同意非法杀人的结论。

曼彻斯特南区高级验尸官艾莉森·马奇（Alison Mutch）告诉斯托克波特（Stockport）验尸法院，麦克弗森负债累累，且他是唯一从妻子死中获益的人。

她补充道：“因此，我认定他确实谋杀了他的妻子。她的死亡是因为她的丈夫压迫她的颈部使其失去意识，导致她的身体掉入泳池并溺水，从而从她的死亡中获得财务利益。”

大曼彻斯特警察局的侦探总督丹尼尔·克莱格（Daniel Clegg）在听证会上表示：“毫无疑问这是一起他杀案。她死在他手中。我没有寻找其他嫌疑人。”

验尸官询问该警官：“你不认为这是一次

“巧合太多”的事故。巧合实在太多，且只有一个人从她的死亡中获益？他回答道：“没错。”在死因研讯中代表莱森（Leeson）一家的御用大律师（KC）索菲·卡特赖特（Sophie Cartwright）询问该警官：“您坚定地认为唐纳德·麦克弗森（Donald McPherson）谋杀了波拉·莱森（Paula Leeson）？”克莱格先生回答道：“没错，是的。唐纳德·麦克弗森陷入了财务危机，唯一的出路就是他的妻子死亡。”该警官表示，他同意莱森一家的观点，认为这是一起司法误判，目前居住在新西兰的麦克弗森应当因谋杀罪而被判处终身监禁。死因研讯获悉，除非发现有说服力的新证据，否则不能就谋杀罪进行重新审理。卡特赖特女士表示“调查正在进行中”，且莱森一家希望警方——

这是谋杀案 溺亡于偏远度假屋泳池的英国继承人并非死于意外。死因裁判官称，她是被负债累累的丈夫杀害的，而该丈夫随后潜逃

在新西兰：麦克弗森 在过去12个月中获得了麦克弗森旧笔记本电脑的访问权限——将发现足以“促成重新审理”的证据。莱森女士的哥哥内维尔（Neville）在听证会上表示，她的生命被麦克弗森的“贪婪”夺走。他补充道：“现在杀害她的人正逍遥法外。波拉一再被刑事司法系统辜负。我们永远不会接受这一点，并将继续为她而战。”莱森女士在一家偏远的度假屋游泳池中溺亡，该度假屋是麦克弗森于2017年预订用于在丹麦度夏期的。她身高5英尺5英寸，且会游泳，但在一个

结婚日：这对夫妇与莱森女士的父亲（居中） 深度为4英尺的泳池中溺亡，谋杀案审理中获悉。麦克弗森告诉警方，他醒来时发现莱森女士面朝下趴在泳池中。丹麦当局最初将她的死亡视为一起悲剧性事故——尽管她身上有13处不同的外部伤口。在

“纠正这一点不应存在争议” 詹姆斯·克莱弗利，影子住房发言人（接第一页）

排在队列末尾。纠正这一点不应存在争议。每交给去年抵达的人一套住房，就是从一个在名单上等待了十年的家庭手中夺走一套住房。“我们将把英国公民放在首位，停止将纳税人的钱用于为外国国民提供社会住房。”

搬入英国社会住房的外国国民数量一直在稳步增加。根据政策研究中心（Centre for Policy Studies）智库的数据，去年分配给非欧盟国民的新社会住房份额达到了 11.3%，高于 2023 的 10.4% 和 2010, 的 5.8%。据估计，目前有 470,000 名非英国且非爱尔兰公民居住在社会住房中。且根据英国住房调查（English Housing Survey），在 2025, 近 12% 的主要住户（即社会住房租赁合同上的姓名持有者）是非英国或非爱尔兰国民。

某些地方当局还记录到居住在社会住房中的非欧盟国民人数异常之高，在伦敦北部的布伦特（Brent），三分之一的社会住房被分配给了外国公民；在莱斯特（Leicester）超过四分之一；在曼彻斯特（Manchester）则超过五分之一。

根据该计划，保守党将终止来自欧盟以外的外国国民现有的 ## “背叛他们的本能” 社会住房租赁合同，并禁止所有非英国公民签订新租赁合同。任何居住在社会住房中的来自欧盟以外的单身人士——无论是否有孩子——其租赁合同都将被终止，双方均为非欧盟公民的夫妇亦然。然而，任何一方为英国、爱尔兰或欧盟公民的夫妇将能够继续居住。

保守党估计，根据其提案，将有 228,144 户家庭失去社会住房资格。

改革英国党（Reform UK）内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）昨晚表示：“保守党试图抄袭改革英国党的政策，但他们最终仍然背叛了优先考虑外国人的本能。”

“令人难以置信的是，凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）的新政策是允许数万名来自欧盟的外国国民占用由英国纳税人资助的英国社会住房。改革英国党将确保

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我们将确保英国家庭永远优先

英国人的家就是他的城堡。然而，英格兰境内近 25 万套由英国纳税人资助的社会住房正被出租给外国国民。在世界上最昂贵的房地产市场之一的伦敦，近一半的社会住房被出租给外国国民。当英国家庭在议会候补名单上等待数年之久时，我们首都的数千套住房正以低于市场价格的租金出租给其他国家的公民。这根本不合逻辑。社会住房难以获得且享有高额补贴。一旦获得，租约可能持续终身。在某些情况下，后代甚至可以继承这些租约。包括住房补贴在内的福利开支已失控。福利应该是安全网，而不是一种生活方式的选择。我们需要一个公众有信心且将英国人放在首位的公平制度。这就是为什么保守党将终止外国国民的社会住房租约，但拥有欧盟定居身份（EU Settled Status）的人员除外。对于未来的每一项租约，只有英国国民才有资格；所有其他国籍的人员，包括欧盟公民，将被排除在社会住房之外。

作者：海伦·沃特利（Helen Whately） 影子工作与养老金大臣

随着这些房产被腾空，它们将直接移交给候补名单顶端的英国家庭——这些家庭可能正住在昂贵且不合适的床位加早餐（B&B）住宿中，或者他们负担不起的私人租赁房产中。结果将有近 230,000 套住房可以提供给英国家庭，为他们提供保障并为纳税人节省数百万英镑。这些是常识性的改变。目前有超过 130 万 户家庭在社会住房候补名单上，而我们每年仍继续向外国人发放数千套社会住房。这种情况不能继续下去。这些改变基于我们终止外国国民福利的更广泛计划——每年为纳税人节省 70 亿英镑。50 年来，一个英国家庭和一个两年前才抵达的家庭往往被给予完全相同的机会。这必须改变。我们将恢复公平原则，并确保英国家庭永远优先。英国的社会住房严格仅限英国公民。

奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）在 6 月曾表示，改革英国党（Reform UK）将禁止外国国民居住在社会住房中，租客需在三个月内寻找私人住所，否则可能面临被驱逐出境。恢复英国（Restore Britain）领导人鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）也提议禁止非英国公民获取通用信贷（Universal Credit）、残疾福利和社会住房。牛津大学移民观察站（Migration Observatory）副主任罗布·麦克尼尔（Rob McNeil）表示，保守党的这项提议“一段时间以来一直以不同形式出现”。他表示：“如果该政策最终由现任政府或未来政府实施，如果责任

对英国公民获取社会住房的影响可能会很小。”

紧张局势：周三塞特福德的警察试图安抚情绪 一座集镇在愤怒的居民试图冲击传闻被寻求庇护者使用的房屋后，陷入了暴力之中。在诺福克郡的塞特福德（Thetford），三处房产爆发了挫败感，此前附近的一处前军营在数周的抗议后被指定接收 1,250 名男性移民。愤怒的场面始于周二，并持续到周三晚上及昨天。两名警员需要住院治疗，三人被捕。一名政府发言人表示，“社区的关切是我们移民改革的核心”。

作者：安德鲁·利维（Andrew Levy）

第一晚的混乱中，五名男子不得不由警察护送离开圣约翰路（St John's Way）的一处房产，这导致愤怒的抗议者指责警员为“叛徒”。一名当地人声称，房东告诉他们会有新租客，但没有提到他们将是寻求庇护者。

据了解，附近榆树路（Elm Road）的一栋房屋住户随后被强行赶出家门，且手机被盗。骚乱接着蔓延到布拉肯路（Bracken Road）的一处住宅，该住宅的窗户和前门被砸碎。多达100人——为面临无家可归风险的非公民提供社会住房，仅仅是将他们转移到临时住所。慈善机构对这些计划表示愤怒。来自Shelter的萨拉·埃利奥特（Sarah Elliott）表示：“社会住房的资格审查已经有严格的规定。这些具有分化性的计划将会—— 第7页

人群 目标：诺福克警方将蒙面男子转移至安全地带 护送：警方昨日将一名男子带离现场

市场小镇因“寻求庇护者”住房问题陷入混乱，警方被召集

……参与了暴力活动，视频记录到一名男子大喊：“他们不再想要白人了。他们想让我们全部消失，他们想用别人替换我们。据预测到2050年，该死的白人将成为少数群体。”周三，在Clover Way的另一处住宅物业，大约晚上9点有一大群人聚集在那里并试图进入，警员随即前往处理。该群体变得“具有身体攻击性”，一名男警员被石头击中，一名女警员被“严重咬伤，导致皮肤破裂”。助理警察局长朱莉·迪恩（Julie Dean）表示：“我们将始终促进并支持和平抗议的权利，我们也认识到人们可能持有强烈的观点。然而，暴力、恐吓或犯罪行为是没有生存空间的。”

这场混乱始于周二中午左右，当时人们看到一群男子搬进St John's Way的房子。抵达的消息传开，到晚上7点人们开始聚集，人数增加到约60人。人群试图通过砸窗户和破坏围栏强行进入。戏剧性的画面显示，一名警员站在物业前，告知抗议者要和平地进行。到晚上10点，警方决定将屋内的五名男子移走，十名警员将他们包围，其中一些人戴着兜帽，他们匆忙走出屋外并进入警车。

一名30多岁的男子于周三被捕，涉嫌违反公共秩序罪。当地居民布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson），68岁，被指控持有武器（一根球棒）。另一名40多岁的男子被拘留。当地国会议员特里·杰米（Terry Jermy）表示：“我完全谴责这种行为。”

……残忍地将人们赶出家门。而且不要忘记，社会住房的租户支付租金，这些租金会回到公共金库并回馈社会。“毁掉人们的生活、推高无家可归率并给议会带来极端压力，这完全是没有意义的。这项政策对于提供我们迫切需要的新社会住房毫无帮助。”

根据上届保守党政府提出的计划，外国国民必须在英国居住十年才有资格申请社会住房。但工党在执政后废除了该计划。一名工党发言人在谈到保守党的这项倡议时表示：“这是一个不严肃、不可行的提案，是抄袭自改革英国党（Reform UK）的。没有永久居留权的人已经没有资格申请社会住房，因此这项政策将主要影响难民以及对这个国家做出贡献但不是英国公民的长期英国居民，包括NHS工作人员。”

改革英国党就“委屈”政党嘲讽反击凯米

作者：资深特约政治记者 Christian Caigle

齐亚·尤苏夫（ZIA YUSUF）在昨天反击了凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch），此前这位保守党领袖将改革英国党（Reform UK）贴上了“觉醒”和“委屈”政党的标签。巴德诺克女士排除了与奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）达成任何协议的可能性，并表示：“改革英国党是一个觉醒政党。全是在抱怨和发牢骚，没有真正的解决方案。”

但尤苏夫反击道：“我认为凯米这几天过得并不太顺，她显然在拿改革英国党出气，开始给我们起绰号”——这是在指本周关于一名被定罪的前新纳粹分子竞选保守党候选人的争论。

“她说我们是一个有委屈的政党。我同意这一点。我们确实有委屈。我们的委屈在于他们（保守党）花了14年时间欺骗英国公众。”

“他们说会将合法移民人数减少到数万规模，[但]实际上总共运来了100万人，净增加了400个监狱床位来应对——然后他们竟然还有胆量

“这种奇怪的自恋表现”——在释放了数万名包括严重犯罪者在内的人员之后，竟然还跑到电视上与严重犯罪的受害者在一起，抱怨提前释放。尤苏夫先生批评了影子内政大臣克里斯·菲利普，后者本周前往英吉利海峡记录移民跨境情况。他说：“在犯罪心理学中，有一个术语用来描述那些回到犯罪现场并表现出某种奇怪自恋的人。”周一，改革英国党领导人法拉奇先生排除了与保守党达成协议的可能性。巴德诺克女士在由埃德·鲍尔斯和乔治·奥斯本主持的 Political Currency 播客中表示：“当我谈论‘觉醒’（woke）时，我指的是那些认为一切都是委屈的人。那是受害者叙事，‘人们在这样对待我们’。是压迫者叙事，‘这就是压迫阶级’。而在左翼，你知道的，就是‘白人是压迫者’，或者‘男人是压迫者’。”

“将非法用工的老板入狱”

改革英国党（Reform UK）宣布计划通过一项新的“Deliveroo法”，将雇用非法移民劳工的首席执行官投入监狱。该党将对助长非法移民经济的行为采取“全球最严厉的处罚”，罚金可达全球营收的10%。内政部发言人齐亚·尤苏夫昨日指责保守党和工党使英国成为了“全球非法移民压低英国工人薪资最容易的国家”。该党将矛头指向食品配送公司，这些公司长期被指为非法移民提供生存 lifeline。Deliveroo 表示：“非法工作问题应当得到解决。我们在打击企图滥用我们平台的复杂犯罪分子方面一直处于行业领先地位。”

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数百名杀手将在释放计划中获释

保守党称，多达 363 人可能仅服刑三分之一的时间

《每日邮报》今日可揭露，在工党的软正义计划下，预计数百名杀手将提前出狱。

独家报道

大卫·巴雷特 (David Barrett) 内政编辑

保守党声称，多达 363 名被判定犯有过失杀人罪的罪犯可能会在 2029 年前走出监狱，而他们服刑的时间可能仅为刑期的三分之一。

将从政府措施中获益的人员包括两名杀害警察安德鲁·哈珀（PC Andrew Harper）的凶手，其遗孀利西本周谴责工党的计划是“不可原谅的”。

保守党利用司法部（MoJ）的量刑数据，来估算工党的改革将如何影响所有因过失杀人而被监禁的杀手。保守党司法发言人尼克·蒂莫西表示：“像那些对警察哈珀之死负责的卑劣杀手，不应该被提前释放。让数百名此类危险杀手重返街道会让公众处于风险之中，是对受害者记忆的侮辱。”

“工党必须支持我们的提案，并在议会复会的第一天就引入紧急立法，将这些杀手留在他们应在的监狱里。”

根据今年通过的工党《量刑法》，如果某些杀手被判刑不足四年且在狱中表现良好，在服刑 33% 的刑期后将有资格提前释放。被判刑四年或以上的人则需要服刑一半的刑期。

保守党根据 2025, 运行至 2029. 的平均刑期范围计算了获释总人数。在 2024 年大选两个月后启动的现有提前释放计划下，工党已经释放了 70,000 多人。

新计划为绝大多数罪犯提供了更大幅度的减刑。工党声称，这些举措对于缓解监狱过度拥挤至关重要。

安迪·伯纳姆本周在压力下宣布，强奸犯和儿童性犯罪者被排除在计划之外。然而，随后披露的情况显示，一些因性诱导（sex grooming）而被监禁的人员

“侮辱受害者的记忆”在2003年法律变更前是以不同的罪名——猥亵袭击罪——被起诉的，因此在该计划下仍符合资格。昨晚有报道称，首相已指示司法部（MoJ）对所有被监禁的诱导儿童性侵罪犯进行审查。警察联合会已威胁政府，将针对两名杀害哈珀警员的凶手被释放一事采取潜在的法律行动。哈珀警员曾就职的泰晤士河谷警察局局长杰森·霍格表示，他正在考虑加入任何旨在阻止释放的法律行动。哈珀警员在2019年于伯克郡响应一起四轮摩托车盗窃案时受致命伤，当时他年仅28岁。在试图抓捕其中一名窃贼时，他被卷入了一根连接在对方汽车上的牵引绳中，并在路上被拖行了一英里。乘客杰西·科尔和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯（当时均为17岁）在2020年因过失杀人被判处13年监禁。两人都将根据工党的措施被提前释放。驾驶员亨利·隆当时18岁，被判处16年监禁，将不符合提前释放的条件。哈珀夫人曾成功发起运动，促使为在执行公务期间杀害应急工作人员的人员设立强制性终身监禁，她坚持表示，她“不会放弃”迫使政府重新考虑的努力。她本周表示：“我为被这些政治家治理而感到羞耻。你们对安德鲁除了不尊重之外毫无感情。”司法部

活动：利西·哈珀与已故丈夫安德鲁

“让导致警员死亡的暴徒在监狱中服刑”

作者：Sophie Church

在保守党誓言阻止杀死哈珀警员（PC Harper）的凶手获释后，安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY Burnham）昨晚面临新的压力。

保守党将寻求修改法律，使那些因过失杀害紧急工作人员而被监禁的人员被排除在提前释放范围之外。

在得知哈珀警员的凶手将包含在内后，首相暂停了一项提前释放囚犯的计划。但他在本周宣布该计划将继续实施，仅将强奸犯和最严重的性犯罪者排除在外——尽管一份要求哈珀警员凶手继续留在监狱中的请愿书在 48 小时内获得了超过 50 万个签名。

保守党负责泰晤士河谷地区的警察与犯罪专员马修·巴伯（Matthew Barber）现已起草了一项针对新《量刑法》（Sentencing Act）的修正案，要求将被判定过失杀害紧急工作人员的罪犯排除在该计划之外。

在对伯纳姆先生权威的首次重大考验中，国会议员可能会在下个月对该修正案进行投票。

巴伯先生表示：“这项修正案将实现每个人肯定都认同的常识性方案。”

司法部表示：“《哈珀法》（Harper's Law）意味着任何在犯罪时被判定杀死紧急工作人员的人现在将被判处强制终身监禁。”

（此处原文缺失部分）说道：“哈珀警员的死亡是一起恐怖的罪行。我们已经明确表示，我们希望采取进一步措施，阻止更多罪犯在刑期内提前出狱，但如果不冒监狱达到容量上限并崩溃的风险，就无法做到这一点。”

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教授是“剽窃者”

作者：Christian Calgle 资深特约政治记者

露西·鲍威尔（LUCY Powell）昨晚因在杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）争议中保持沉默，被指在担任教育大臣的首次考验中失败。

尽管高等教育领域面临日益增长的批评，但鲍威尔女士及其部门尚未对这场争端发表评论。

两名前教育大臣告诉《每日邮报》，鲍威尔女士的沉默“是不够的”，他们呼吁政府要求剑桥大学给出答案。

保守党的加文·威廉姆森爵士（Sir Gavin Williamson）警告说，虽然这起丑闻对剑桥大学来说“极其令人尴尬”，但“显然它是源于一种更广泛的腐败，这种腐败已经触及了这个国家高等教育的所有方面”。

“英国世界领先的大学需要面对现实，并致力于结束导致杰森·阿尔代丑闻的 DEI（多样性、公平和包容）文化。”

“教育大臣在这个问题上坐视不管并允许该行业自我监管是不够的。她应该要求与大学领导者（尤其是剑桥大学）进行对话，以查明这件事究竟是如何发生的，以及如何防止再次发生。”

前保守党大臣纳迪姆·扎哈维（Nadhim Zahawi）表示赞同，称教育大臣的沉默是“不可原谅的”。

“‘将摧毁大学的特洛伊木马’——杰森·阿尔代丑闻不仅仅是剑桥大学的问题。它是更广泛的‘低期望偏见’的症状，这种偏见通过制造一种印象，即非白人天才只能作为象征性的多样性雇员才能获得成就，并通过捧起像这样的骗子，从而伤害了有才华的非白人，”他补充道。

“政府必须紧急召集该行业的资深领导者，特别是剑桥大学，要求他们给出答案，并商定一个将 DEI 计划从系统中剔除并保证此类事件不再发生的方案。”

前内阁大臣、改革英国党（Reform UK）教育发言人苏埃拉·布雷弗曼（Suella Braverman）表示：“露西·鲍威尔应该在前面领导，与学生办公室（Office for Students）合作并呼吁对这起丑闻进行调查。相反，她却失踪了，并在她的第一次大考中失败了。”

被指控剽窃并伪造部分简历的社会学教授阿尔代（Arday），在大学对其启动调查后，终于于周三晚上辞职。据《每日邮报》现可透露，剑桥大学教职员工内部对于大学在促成其晋升中所扮演的角色感到愈发愤怒。

工党因在阿尔代丑闻爆发期间保持沉默而遭指责

他是否甚至使用了AI来写那封愤慨的辞职信？

作者：Jack Hardy

杰森·阿尔代（JASON Arday）的辞职信在昨天已经受到了审查——其中有指称该信是由AI撰写的。在这份自私的声明中，这位教授（左）拒绝承认任何错误，并谴责“一种不懈的公众审查”。但社交媒体用户指出，检测软件判定该信是由AI生成的。Pan-gram——被广泛认为是最好的AI检测工具之一——在被要求分析该信时判定“这段文本100%是AI”。然而，该公司表示其工具具有“非零的错误率”，并称其结果应被视为“众多信号之一”，而非决定性证据。

该教授已被要求就此发表评论。克莱尔学院（Clare College）的宗教哲学教授兼研究员道格拉斯·海德利（Douglas Hedley）告诉《每日邮报》：“据推测，当此人被任命时，一定有他的推荐信。鉴于其发表作品的匮乏和一份平庸的简历，这究竟是如何可能的？唯一的解释就是整个DEI（多样性、公平性和包容性）文化。DEI是一匹特洛伊木马，最终将摧毁大学的概念……这真的很危险。”海德利先生认为，剑桥大学承诺进行调查是不够的，而是要求对促成阿尔代教授晋升的流程和学术人员进行一次“独立调查”。

另一位剑桥大学学者匿名告诉《泰晤士报》，这场争端“对剑桥大学来说是灾难性的，对高等教育来说也是灾难性的”。

关于剑桥大学将“觉醒的多样性政策置于学术严谨之上”的担忧，进一步引发了要求政府介入的呼吁。黑人保守党议员本·奥贝塞-杰克蒂（Ben Obese-Jecty）补充道：“剑桥大学愿意将其特别地奉为最年轻的黑人教授，正是那种‘勾选框式’的多样性练习，这对那些资历和成就并非虚构的人是不公平的。”

当被问及教育部或任何部长是否计划就该丑闻发表评论，或是否已与剑桥大学取得联系时，一名发言人告诉《每日邮报》，目前“没有进一步补充”。

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随着被删除的说法，谜团进一步加深：“我获得了MBE，但当然不可能接受它”

此前陷入剽窃丑闻的前剑桥大学教授曾在一次随后被删除的采访中声称，他被授予了MBE（大英帝国勋章）。杰森·阿尔代本周从该大学辞职——在那里，他曾作为该校历史上最年轻的黑人教授，成为多元化的形象代表。此前，关于他过去似乎在编造的故事以及被指控剽窃另一名学生博士论文部分的揭露接踵而至。这一风波似乎肯定会掩盖他预计下周出版的回忆录《伟大而不幸之事》（Great and Unfortunate Things），书中描述了他如何克服严重的自闭症并攀升至学术顶峰。

然而，杰森·阿尔代教授（41岁）的生活中有一个非凡的片段并未出现在书中，尽管他曾在一次播客节目中谈到过，称自己被授予且显然拒绝了MBE。在2023年接受“Before Our Friends Die”播客采访时，他描述了其据称丰厚的筹款活动如何让他于2017年获此荣誉。该片段已从YouTube频道中删除，但《每日邮报》获得了该采访的音频。

在音频中，阿尔代教授说：“2017年，我因对慈善事业的贡献被授予MBE。”他表示，接受这个奖项是认可那些帮助他的人的工作，但他补充道：“对我个人来说，可能比这更重要的一点是——你不能在批判帝国、从事种族研究的同时，又接受这类奖项。”

阿尔代教授并未明确表示他拒绝了该奖项，但当年的新年荣誉名单或生日荣誉名单中均未出现他的名字。在他那本336页的回忆录以及任何演讲和采访中，也没有描述过被授予MBE的情况。拒绝荣誉的人员详细信息是保密的。，理由是未指明的“安全”顾虑。记者就所谓的MBE事宜请求他置评，但未获回应。

另有消息披露，阿尔代教授曾向《卫报》声称，出版商Simon & Schuster将为他即将出版的回忆录支付“140 万”（140万），但他并未说明这是英镑还是加元。

被“觉醒教条”俘获 第10和11页

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教授“剽窃者”

最终，即使是杰森·阿尔代辞职的声明也应该附带一个健康警告。这篇充斥着陈词滥调、长达600字的声明中，他“深感悲痛”地宣布，在“不间断的公众监督和个人攻击”中决定自我牺牲。该声明发布几分钟后，就被网络批评者通过AI检测软件运行。结果显示，这位教授的言论有90到100百分比的可能性是在计算机机器人的帮助下撰写的。

周三晚上随之而来的社交媒体骚乱，为这场完全超现实的丑闻画上了合适的句号，在这场丑闻中，几乎没有任何事情如其表面所示。阿尔代依然坚信自己的正确性。他那自私的声明中没有承认错误，也没有为他传播的无数有据可查的谎言道歉。他未能对那些在竞争高薪职位（剑桥大学向其教授支付 £82,000 至 £150,000 之间）时被他挤掉的人表示遗憾。相反，他选择抱怨那些显然对他造成了“沉重打击”的“持续的指责、猜测和公众评论”。

这种“沉重打击”与阿尔代的行为给大卫·哈里斯（David Harris）造成的打击相比如何，目前尚不清楚。哈里斯是普利茅斯马琼大学的一位名誉教授，早在2023年他就试图揭发阿尔代持续的学术欺诈，结果却被举报至警方，称其涉嫌“骚扰”。

阿尔代对其对待《高等教育时报》（Times Higher Education）记者杰克·格罗夫（Jack Grove）行为的想法亦是如此。去年九月，格罗夫就涉嫌剽窃一事向该教授及剑桥大学发送了几封询问邮件。大学将该教授视为公关资产。因为执行了这一项基于公共利益的新闻报道行为，格罗夫先生成为了伦敦警察厅（Metropolitan Police）一项为期四个月调查的对象。随后，侦探指示他放弃报道，以保护报道对象的心理健康。伦敦警察厅昨日迟到了道歉。

这段可耻的插曲概括了关于这场极具英国特色的丑闻几乎所有需要说明的内容。它以令人胆寒的细节揭露了从警察、学术界、工党、主要广播公司、出版业到慈善部门的广泛机构，是如何被左翼的进步主义教条所俘获的。即便在现在，从绿党党魁扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）到工党议员约翰·麦克唐纳（John McDonnell）、阿普萨娜·贝古姆（Apsana Begum）、克莱夫·刘易斯（Clive Lewis）和贝尔·里贝罗-阿迪（Bell Ribeiro-Addy），以及全国教育联盟（NEU）教师工会总书记丹尼尔·凯贝德（Daniel Kebede）等公众人物，仍继续为该教授提供激烈的支持。

他们的名字出现在由良好法律计划（Good Law Project）创建的一封在线“团结信”中。这是一个自由派压力团体，试图将阿尔代的垮台归咎于“右翼报纸”的“抹黑”活动，并暗示任何质疑该教授资历的人都是种族主义者，旨在“削弱持有影响力地位的黑人”。阿尔代许多像沃尔特·米蒂（Walter Mitty）式的荒诞行径实际上是由左翼的《卫报》（Guardian）揭露的，这一点似乎并未被这群“有用白痴”所意识到。

然而，让我们先从剑桥大学开始看起，它据称是世界上最顶尖的机构之一。警察。大学。我们的国家广播公司。出版业。慈善部门。当然，还有工党……

这场超现实的丑闻以令人胆寒的细节揭露了我们的多少机构如今已被“觉醒教条”所俘获

盖伊·亚当斯（Guy Adams）调查发现，在阿尔代的案例中，学术界似乎已向一种“觉醒正统”投降，放弃了基本的学术标准，在这种正统观念中，少数群体以多样性、公平和包容之名被不公正地提拔。从2023年他成为该校历史上最年轻的黑人教授那天起，这所大学就决定将这位加纳移民的工人阶级之子视为一项公关资产。新闻稿将他描绘成他们致力于包容的活生生的证明，对他好莱坞式的生活故事大肆“赞美”——据说他克服了严重的自闭症，在几乎12岁生日之前无法说话，直到成年才能够读写。轻信的BBC上了钩。阿尔代被任命为《今日》（Today）节目的客座编辑，出现在《质疑时间》（Question Time）节目中，并多次作为嘉宾参加《周日与劳拉·昆斯伯格》（Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg）节目。在一次关于君主制未来的BBC Radio 4辩论中（该片段本周在网络疯传），阿尔代提出了一个毫无根据的主张，称70%的英国人生活在贫困线以下。这一说法完全没有受到质疑。另一段来自他在剑桥大学第一天的BBC疯传片段显示，教育学院院长希拉里·克雷明（Hilary Cremin）像在祭坛前牵新娘一样牵着他的手，热情地感叹“我们能拥有你是多么幸运”以及“就你所从事的研究而言，你是世界上最优秀的”。如果克雷明读过他的博士论文（其标题中有一个错误的撇号），或者看过一些依然留在网上的极其劣质的讲座（包括2019年一场关于大学领域所谓种族主义的演示，他在其中抱怨“黑人学术领导者”的数量是“poultry numbers”而非“paltry”），她或许会有不同的看法。当人们开始质疑阿尔代的资历时，剑桥大学采取了防御姿态。他们暗示报道此事的记者是在参与一场“旨在破坏其信誉的卑劣活动”。诽谤法专家卡特-鲁克（Carter-Ruck）代表阿尔代发出了一封具有攻击性的法律信函，指责批评者种族主义，尽管剑桥大学否认支付该律所的费用。至于投诉的实质内容，剑桥大学坚持认为只有在2016年授予阿尔代博士学位的利物浦约翰摩尔大学才能对其进行审查。关于他此后发表的作品的询问被忽略了。他生活故事中的矛盾之处则被认为与校方无关。该大学四位最高级别的人物在良好法律计划（Good Law Project）的“团结信”上签名，而随着丑闻深化，该信函随后被悄悄编辑，删除了关于阿尔代在两家机构对其剽窃指控进行“彻底”调查后已被证明清白的虚假主张。其中一名签署者西蒙·伍利（Simon Woolley，伍德福德的伍利勋爵）被迫从在线便函中删除其职务。他是霍默顿学院的院长 —— 第11页

。另一位沃尔夫森学院院长伊奥玛·乌切古教授（Professor Dame Ieoma Uchegbu）完全删除了自己的名字，心理学系的著名神经科学家西蒙·巴伦-科恩（Simon Baron-Cohen）也是如此。巴伦-科恩在随后的事件中扮演了一个尤为卑劣的角色，他在X上将对阿尔代学术记录的审查描述为“对一名脆弱自闭症男性的无情欺凌”，并补充说，由于研究表明“四分之一的自闭症患者曾计划或尝试自杀”，他现在“非常担心媒体报道对他同事的影响”。周三，索尼塔·艾琳（Sonita Alleyne）的名字也迟迟从良好法律计划的信函中消失。而她恰恰是阿尔代工作所在的耶稣学院的院长。不知为何，耶稣学院现在竟然被要求对这个她如此大力支持的人进行一次彻底且公正的调查。

然而，不要指望教育部会调查这种令人发笑的利益冲突。该部门同样深陷杰森·阿尔代的丑闻之中。正如《每日邮报》昨日披露的，国务大臣露西·鲍威尔的特别顾问莎拉·韦特去年任命这位教授担任其慈善机构 Get Further 的赞助人。这里还有更多错综复杂的内幕。因为阿尔代与工党之间更广泛的联系充满了政治阴谋，他曾在 2018 年在克罗伊登作为工党的议员候选人参选。毕竟，任命他担任剑桥大学职位的选举委员会主席是萨莉·摩根，一位曾在托尼·布莱尔唐宁街任职的工党贵族。强大的关系网或许可以解释阿尔代是如何在所谓的“第三部门”中获得如此多样化的（有时是有偿的）职位的。他曾是种族关系智库 Runnymede Trust 的前受托人，同时还是成人识字信托基金（Adult Literacy Trust）的赞助人、英国社会学协会和自闭症行动（Autism Action）的受托人，并担任劳工与社会研究中心国家咨询小组、NHS种族与健康观察站学术参考组以及ITV文化咨询委员会的成员。英国皇家艺术学会还授予他会士称号。就像其他人一样，这些所谓的严谨机构毫无疑问地相信了阿尔代那充满幻想的人生故事的每一个方面，从他声称直到 18 岁才学会读写（这使得他两年前获得的 GCSE 成绩显得相当惊人），到关于他通过超长距离跑步筹集数百万英镑慈善资金的离奇故事——这种成就足以让他跻身世界顶尖行列。后者包括一项声称他在 35 天内跑了 30 场马拉松的说法，尽管他在第 21 天时因癫痫发作而摔倒，导致了发丝骨折

阿尔代的神话如果不是为了牟利，就没什么意义了，那次经历让他的一条腿肿到了正常尺寸的两倍。尽管当地报纸报道了这一壮举，但并未提及该伤情。他跨过终点线的照片和视频显示，那条腿的尺寸正常。在他即将出版的自传中，阿尔代声称有“两三千人”站在皮卡迪利圆环的厄洛斯雕像旁边为他加油，营造出了一道“声音之墙”。照片显示，雕像周围实际上只有大约 30 人，其中好几个人是正在吃午餐的游客。阿尔代还声称，他随后又参加了两次筹款活动，分别在三天内跑了 300 英里，在六天内跑了 600 英里。目前没有任何记录证明他完成了其中任何一项挑战。那次 600 英里的行程据称始于伦敦，终于爱丁堡，而两地直线距离仅为 320 英里。据称，这次行程发生在他单独声称患有良性脑瘤（影响其平衡能力）的同一时期。他声称在博士论文答辩（即捍卫其论文的最终口试）前几周切除了肿瘤，随后引发了一次中风，影响了他的短期记忆。尽管如此，他还是通过了答辩。阿尔代还声称，他的慈善工作包括为 WaterAid 在非洲和南美洲安装水泵。该慈善机构坚称从未派遣志愿者出国。他还吹嘘自己出现在著名的格拉纳达纪录片《Seven Up!》中，尽管该片在他出生前数十年就已闻名。虽然很容易被揭穿，但阿尔代的神话确实带来了巨大的利益。他成为了国际讲座巡演中的高薪演讲者，并曾声称其回忆录《Great And Unfortunate Things》获得了“140 万”的预付款（不清楚是指英镑还是加元），据称该书本月仍将由 Simon & Schuster 出版。这层伪装直到 6 月 21, 才开始崩塌，当时剑桥大学 Emmanuel 学院的前研究员 Nathan Cofnas 发表了一篇博客，详细列举了阿尔代博士论文中涉嫌抄袭的内容，其中有 180 处以上段落与布鲁内尔大学研究员 Paula Zwozdiak-Myers 六年前发表的内容完全相同或近乎相同。随后很快被揭露，他的其他已发表作品包含关于资金来源的虚假声明，并包含“不可能”的统计数据，例如一项研究中参与者的性别细分总计达到了 110%。进一步的审查显示，据称在焦点小组中发表的引言

辞职：杰森·阿尔代教授以及（插图）他即将出版的回忆录

阿尔代监管的小组和访谈被发现剽窃自著名流行病学家安朱姆·梅蒙（Anjum Memon）的一项研究。阿尔代的一篇论文中引用了一位拉丁美洲学者的说法：“有时我难以清晰且准确地表达我想对大学提供的医疗保健专业人员说的话。” 另一篇论文中包含相同的引用，但将其归功于一名亚洲女性本科生。

为了掌控舆论，阿尔代接受了《卫报》的采访。他承认存在错误，但将其定性为无心之失，称自己患有自闭症，且他的学习方法依赖于模仿。随后，他提出了一系列关于遭受种族主义骚扰活动的离奇主张，时间可追溯至数年前。这包括一项主张，称大都会警察局曾调查过其家门外被放置猪头的事件（该警察局将其描述为绝对不实），以及暗示他在剑桥大学的院系办公室里被一名戴面具的持刀歹徒对峙（尽管他在闭路电视监控中并未出现，且阿尔代教授并未告知同事有武装入侵者在逃）。

至于此前声称他单枪匹马为慈善事业筹集了£550 万的说法，阿尔代告诉该报，他实际上是一个由100多名筹款人组成的“辛迪加”成员，他无法指名道姓，因为这些人出于某种原因签署了保密协议。他继续坚持自己跑了600英里，但改变了说法，声称这花了12天而非6天。

在剑桥大学看来，压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草出现在本周，当时四所大学——美国的俄亥俄州立大学、南非的纳尔逊·曼德拉大学，以及格拉斯哥和达勒姆大学——均否认他确实曾在其担任过他在耶稣学院网站简历上所列的职务。随后，其他学术主张也相继瓦解。

一段2022年的演讲视频也浮出水面，他在视频中描述自己在伦敦大学伯克贝克学院攻读“心理动力学实践”硕士学位——这一主张并未反映在他任何已公布的资历清单中。此外，耶稣学院悄悄删除了关于他拥有利物浦约翰摩尔大学“教育研究硕士学位”的说法。

对于一名在职学者来说，一个严重的疏忽是，他还虚假地声称出版了一本名为《Being Young, Black And Male: Challenging The Dominant Discourse》的书。该书从未上架，并在数年前被出版商Palgrave Macmillan放弃。在重复这一谎言的人中，包括据称声名显赫的出版公司西蒙与舒斯特（Simon & Schuster）。该公司曾在其网站上声称他“此前出版了三本学术著作”。该内容现已修改为两本。尽管该书几乎肯定包含无数谎言，但该公司仍打算出版他这部由他人代笔的回忆录——至于该书将出现在小说架还是非小说架，仍有待观察。

至于阿尔代，他正准备在英国和美国开展巡回讲座，推广他希望能够大卖的畅销书。用他那份（可能由AI辅助编写的）辞职信的话来说：“这不是我工作的终结。这仅仅是一个章节的结束。”

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安德鲁：在皇家庄园面对“戴巴拉克拉法帽的格格不入之人”的那一天

法院听取他在桑德灵厄姆的证词 作者：Noor Qurashi

法院听取证词称，安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）据称与一名戴着巴拉克拉法帽（balaclava）的跟踪者面对面接触，该跟踪者在他位于桑德灵厄姆的住所附近追赶他。

亚历克斯·詹金森（Alex Jenkinson），39岁，被指控于5月6日在诺福克郡对前约克公爵使用威胁性、辱骂性或侮辱性的言语或行为。萨福克郡警方还在申请一项针对詹金森的民事跟踪保护令，其依据是来自安德鲁的证据以及对詹金森手机的搜索记录。

昨天，在威斯敏斯特地方法院，副首席地方法官坦·伊克拉姆（Tan Ikram）宣读了安德鲁证人陈述的部分内容。这位前王子表示，当他在庄园里带着狗散步时，他发现了一辆他认为属于新闻摄影师的汽车，随后他和安保人员“开车驶过”。

他说一名男子“转身面对我——他戴着一个巴拉克拉法帽面罩”。

“他冲向我的车辆”

安德鲁对这个“格格不入”的男子进行了描述，并在陈述中补充道：“随后我看到一只脱缰的狗向他跑去。接着他意识到我是谁，开始冲向我的车辆。”

昨天的听证会在詹金森缺席的情况下进行，因为他在带着爱犬Indie到达时，被工作人员阻止进入。

当他站在室外的人行道上时，他的律师克莱尔·豪威尔（Claire Howell）告诉伊克拉姆法官：“他不得不带着狗一起过来，所以他不被允许进入法庭。他目前无家可归，住在Travelodge的临时住所里。他不能把狗留在那里。狗为他提供支持；他患有ADHD（注意缺陷多动障碍）。”

她承认没有文件可以证明詹金森的医疗状况或他对支持动物的需求，因此法官告诉她：“我不能仅仅因为他无家可归且恰好养了一只狗，就允许法庭内出现一只狗。”

法官听取并同意了警方关于推迟申请跟踪保护令的请求，并决定听证会可以在没有詹金森的情况下进行。豪威尔女士表示，他已经找到了一个可以存放狗的临时住所，以便参加未来的听证会。

詹金森被指控在沃尔弗顿（Wolferton）的对峙期间导致前公爵“担心遭受非法暴力”。随后他根据《精神健康法》被拘留了大约一个月，并已承认在5月6日被拘留期间未能提供血液样本。

但他否认针对安德鲁的公共秩序罪行，并对另一项指控表示不认罪，该指控称他于5月5日在金斯林（King's Lynn）意图引起恐惧或挑衅非法暴力，对另一名男子斯蒂芬·特里（Stephen Terry）使用威胁性、辱骂性或侮辱性的言语或行为。

来自萨福克郡斯托马基特（Stowmarket）的詹金森还在抗辩一项跟踪保护令。

伊克拉姆法官裁定，安德鲁、特里先生和另一名证人必须第二次提供证词，以决定跟踪保护令的申请。

来自詹金森手机的证据——包括据称搜索关于安德鲁、桑德灵厄姆和“武器”的内容——预计将在12月21日开始的审判中出现。

他目前被保释，条件是不得靠近几个皇家遗址。他不得直接或间接尝试联系安德鲁，也不得接近他或进入诺福克郡。

浸泡之耻……以及其他糟糕的饼干行为

这是一个值得配上一壶下午茶、一套最精美的瓷器和一盘加里巴德饼干（garibalds）来讨论的话题。那么，最严重的饼干礼仪失误是什么？

根据一项调查，竞争者包括将空包装袋留在橱柜里，以及将吃了一半的饼干放回饼干罐中。这些行为让 34% 的英国人感到愤怒。但尽管这些行为很糟糕，后面还有更严重的。

在礼仪糟糕排行榜中，并列第二名的是在床上留下饼干屑，以及（可以理解地）将饼干浸在别人的茶里。

但最令人愤怒的习惯——由 2,000 名受访成年人中的 40% 提及——是将包装袋开着，导致饼干变软。

作者：Tilly Harris

这项由饼干生产商 Bahlsen 发起的调查还揭示了其他令人反感的轻微过错，包括偷走别人为下午茶预留的饼干，以及在不碰原味消化饼的情况下，把最受欢迎的巧克力饼干吃光。

“指责受害者”的真人秀明星被判加刑 16 个月

昨日，名声扫地的真人秀明星斯蒂芬·贝尔（Stephen Bear）因多次违反禁制令，对其前女友发起卑劣的在线“虐待活动”，被判处 16 个月监禁。

这名 36 岁的男子在 2023 年因在自己的 OnlyFans 页面分享乔治亚·哈里森（Georgia Harrison）的性爱录像而被判处五年禁制令并监禁 21 个月。

但在出狱后，贝尔通过在 Instagram、Facebook、TikTok、X 和 YouTube 上多次发布关于哈里森女士的贬低性评论，违反了禁制令。

作者：Rory Tingle

他试图对其定罪提出质疑，包括指控哈里森女士及其母亲共谋妨碍司法公正。

克里斯托弗·摩根（Christopher Morgan）法官立即对贝尔判处监禁，并批评他“指责受害者”。

他说：“正如你必须理解的那样，我认为你在那三到四个月期间所做行为的解释和辩解，纯粹是在指责受害者。”

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基督徒司机因车上的“耶稣爱你”贴纸被拒绝承保

一名基督徒驾驶员被告知，除非他将其车上手工制作的“耶稣爱你”贴纸撕掉，否则将被拒绝办理汽车保险。

当 GoSkippy 保险公司告诉西蒙·钱德拉（Simeon Chandra）其“根据添加的贴纸，拒绝了对车辆进行的改装”时，他感到“震惊和难过”。

作者：Mark Duell

这名来自伯明翰的 35 岁男子被警告，除非他将其日产 Pixo 车型上的贴纸撕掉，否则其保单将失效。

钱德拉先生最终照做了，但目前正与基督法律中心（CLC）商讨法律选择，因为他声称自己的宗教自由和表达权受到了侵害。

GoSkippy 没有给出理由，而该公司的承保商 Somerset Bridge Insurance Services 拒绝置评。

钱德拉先生在他那辆 2009 年车辆的两侧各贴了贴纸，内容为“耶稣爱你”和“耶稣非常爱你”。

《每日邮报》看到的钱德拉先生与 GoSkippy 之间的电子邮件副本显示，他在贴上贴纸之前曾与保险公司交换过信息。

根据他的说法，钱德拉先生被告知，如果他发送照片存档，保单可以继续有效。但随后 GoSkippy 翻脸，写道：“为了使保单继续有效，我们要求撕掉贴纸。”

他说：“我感到震惊和难过。我们在公共生活中看到各种各样的信息、旗帜和口号。但当一个基督徒在自己的车上贴一条和平的信息时，这似乎就成了一个问题。”

“我感到很悲哀，觉得事情真的在违背主耶稣。”

钱德拉先生出生于一个具有印度血统的家庭，由基督传教士父母抚养长大。

CLC 的安德里亚·威廉姆斯（Andrea Williams）表示，此案的核心在于“普通基督徒是否可以自由地表达他们的信仰，而不会被排除在基本服务之外”。

英国Prevent计划“淡化伊斯兰威胁”

昨日有指称称，由于政府旗舰级的反极端主义计划淡化了伊斯兰主义威胁，公众正处于危险之中。昨日公布的官方数据显示，在截至9月的一年内，提交给Prevent计划的10,282次转介中，仅有860次（8%）是关于伊斯兰极端主义担忧的。但在同一时期，因涉嫌“极右翼极端主义”而进行的转介则超过2,100次（20%）。

作者：大卫·巴雷特 (David Barrett) 内政编辑

至关重要的是，国家面临着。未能解决此问题并进行干预正使公众陷入危险。工党没有勇气面对这一点。在过去25年里，伊斯兰恐怖主义造成了94%的恐怖谋杀案，并占据了反恐案件量的75%，但在Prevent计划中仅占8%。”

在此之前两年多，一份极具批判性的官方报告曾指责Prevent计划在对待伊斯兰主义方面采取了“双重标准”。该审查发现，官员们在应对伊斯兰主义之前，优先考虑打击极右翼活动，导致伊斯兰主义意识形态的作用被“误读、误解，甚至被忽视”。

前慈善委员会负责人威廉·肖克罗斯（William Shawcross）在报告中表示：“目前，反恐警察网络的实时调查中，80%是伊斯兰主义，而10%是极右翼。”

“[这]表明了关注点的缺失以及未能识别预警信号。”

内政部数据显示，Prevent转介的总数达到了2015年记录开始以来12个月周期内的最高值。官员们注意到，在2024年7月的南港袭击事件后，转介数量持续显著增加。刺死三名女孩的阿克塞尔·鲁达库巴纳（Axel Rudakubana）曾三次被转介至Prevent，但由于缺乏明确的意识形态，其案件被关闭。

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经典：1989年的普雷泽和苏切特

作者：艾莉森·博肖夫 (Alison Boshoff) 特约编辑

在即将上映的大制作改编剧中，将探讨阿加莎·克里斯蒂笔下那位神秘的单身汉侦探——赫尔克里·波洛的性取向。这部由BBC制作的六集剧集《赫尔克里》（Hercule）由爱德华·布鲁梅尔（Edward Bluemel）饰演主角，即将开始拍摄，大部分场景在利物浦。

它将以一种此前深受喜爱的ITV改编剧（由大卫·苏切特主演）未曾尝试的方式，探讨这位著名比利时侦探的背景故事和起源。之前的改编剧仅遵循克里斯蒂的引导，将波洛介绍为一个挑剔、精准、对女性——或男性——都没有兴趣的中年男人。

一名消息人士表示：“剧中涉及了波洛的性取向问题，但并非正面地探讨。这并不是一部让波洛最终与任何人上床的改编剧。但在剧中会有一些暗示，表明他在性方面可能有些流动，对男性和女性都有好感。此外，与他遇到的人之间偶尔也会产生一种微妙的快感。”

“这是年轻时的波洛。”

33岁的布鲁梅尔将成为史上最年轻的波洛。他在今年Netflix改编的克里斯蒂作品《七个方盘谜案》（Seven Dials Mystery）中饰演单身汉吉米·塞西格（Jimmy Thesiger）。

克里斯蒂本人从未写过关于这位侦探的情感生活，尽管在1940年的书籍《一、二、扣好鞋》（One, Two, Buckle My Shoe）中，他对珠宝窃贼罗萨科夫伯爵夫人感到“着迷”并十分钦佩。波洛所有的精力都投入到了破案中，以及他对“tisane”（草本茶）的热爱，以及早餐吃两个水煮蛋——他坚持这两个蛋必须大小一致。

克里斯蒂资历：布鲁梅尔与米娅·麦肯纳-布鲁斯（Mia McKenna-Bruce）在《七个方盘谜案》中饰演“邦德尔”

噢，黑斯廷斯：波洛真的在性取向方面很灵活吗？这是一个需要他的灰色细胞……规模来破解的谜团。从1989年到2013年饰演这位侦探的苏切特在一次采访中表示，克里斯蒂笔下的波洛是一个注重个人虚荣的花花公子，他“不是同性恋”，而是“实际上根本没有性欲”。他说：“有些人认为他是同性恋，但不对！不，波洛绝对不是同性恋。他让我着迷，因为他有一种非常特殊的性取向。他实际上根本没有性欲，不是吗？”在三部电影中饰演波洛的演员肯尼思·布拉纳在《尼罗河上的死亡》中引入了一段悲剧性的“背景故事”，讲述他在战争期间失去了他生命中（女性）挚爱的故事。在明年将播出的新剧集中，我们将看到年轻时的波洛离开比利时警察部队，在伦敦建立自己的咨询侦探事务所，以及他与贾普督察和黑斯廷斯上尉的首次相遇，后者由休·弗雷泽与苏切特共同出演，令人印象深刻。本周公布的共同主演包括詹姆斯·内斯比特、塔姆辛·格雷格、亨利·阿什顿、詹姆斯·达西、卡尔文·登巴、菲尔·邓宁、杰克·格利森和马万·里兹万。宣传资料将该剧描述为“对赫尔克勒·波洛这个人的细致研究，以及对两次世界大战之间英国的史诗般描绘”。第一季将围绕克里斯蒂的三篇早期故事展开。波洛首次出现是在1920年的《风格案》。对于曾在《杀死伊芙》、《我的简妮小姐》和《我们可能会后悔这件事》中出演的布鲁梅尔来说，这是一个巨大的突破。他是两名科学教师之子，出生于汤布里奇韦尔斯，毕业于皇家戏剧艺术学院（Rada）。他说：“我觉得非常幸运能被委以这样一个标志性的角色，此前已有这么多伟大的演员饰演过他。”阿加莎·克里斯蒂的曾孙詹姆斯·普里查德表示：“爱德华·布鲁梅尔是一位极具天赋的表演者，在本吉·沃尔特深思熟虑的剧本辅助下，他将成为饰演这个著名角色的长串演员名单中的一个绝佳补充。我迫不及待想在银幕上看到爱德华。”

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作者：肖恩·伍勒 (Shaun Wooller) 健康编辑

自英国在1992年发布首个肥胖战略以来，英格兰肥胖成年人的数量翻了一番，达到1430 万。约翰·梅杰的保守党政府在其开创性的《国家健康》文件中誓言将男性的肥胖率降低四分之一，女性降低三分之一，但随后的肥胖率却飙升。从那时起，又有13个国家肥胖战略被

成年人肥胖人数翻倍，自1992年启动削减计划以来已超过1400 万，国王基金会（King's Fund）智库表示，其中每一项计划都未能遏制这场危机。其最新研究显示，与比率维持在1993.水平的情况相比，目前多出了720 万名肥胖成年人。肥胖或严重肥胖的成年人百分比从1993年的15上升到2024.的30。国王基金会呼吁采取紧急行动以应对“肥胖定时炸弹”，并警告称，如Mounjaro等GLP-1减肥针并非“灵丹妙药”。其与《每日邮报》独家分享的分析显示，年轻人中肥胖人数的增长“尤为显著”。1993, 仅有6的18 to 24岁人群肥胖或严重肥胖，但到2024.，这一比例已增加到三倍，达到18——即110 万人。近期研究发现，肥胖与更高的失业率、更多的病假以及更低的工资相关，估计每年给英国造成£31的生产力损失，年度经济和社会成本约为1260 亿英镑。国王基金会公共卫生高级研究员大卫·巴克（David Buck）敦促政府考虑“让更健康的食物更容易获得且更实惠，追究超市和食品公司的责任，并赋予地方领导者新权力以改善其社区的健康状况”。他表示，减肥针“应被视为对长期且有效的预防措施的补充，而非替代品，这些预防措施旨在解决日常饮食环境使人们太容易变得不健康这一事实”。对于成年人，身体质量指数（BMI）在25 to 29.9之间被视为超重，30 or more则为肥胖。卫生部表示：“我们一直明确，这些药物（减肥针）只是应对肥胖更广泛计划的一部分，包括打击不健康食品和饮料的推广，以及鼓励更健康的饮食选择和运动。” --- Page 16 # 每日邮报评论

为什么阿尔代能够愚弄所有人？杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）从剑桥大学辞职一事，在各方面都引发了令人深感不安的问题。该大学正面临压力，需要解释导致这场整个闹剧的极其糟糕的审查失败。看来人们并未对其简历或那些听起来令人印象深刻的资历进行适当的核查。甚至早在2023年，当有人对他的博士论文可能存在抄袭提出担忧时，似乎也没有采取任何行动。然而，更令人不安的或许是，随着他故事中的漏洞变得尴尬地明显，剑桥大学仍试图为阿尔代先生辩护。直到最后一刻——且在经历了一系列极具破坏性的揭露之后——该大学才决定启动调查。一个世界上最受尊敬的学术殿堂——一个以学术严谨著称的机构——竟然以这种方式有效地危及了自己的声誉，这简直不可思议。教育主管们是真的被阿尔代先生表面上的成就，以及他关于体育壮举和筹款努力的惊人主张所打动，以至于未能对他进行适当的审查吗？还是说，他们更多是被任命一名“多样性海报男孩”担任显赫职位的想法所迷惑了？同样令人难以置信的是，伦敦警察厅（the Met）竟然对一名质疑阿尔代先生学术记录的记者进行了为期四个月的调查。即便该记者的怀疑最终被证明是没有根据的，普通公民可能会认为，持刀犯罪、商店盗窃和手机抢夺风潮应该是警方更应关注的问题。诚然，警察厅局长马克·罗利爵士（Sir Mark Rowley）已承认警方在这次事件中“掉链子”了。但这又是警察工作中“觉醒主义”（wokery）和优先级偏差的一个触目惊心的例子。在整个令人遗憾的事件中，最可预测的反应或许来自左翼。任何敢于质疑阿尔代先生那听起来不可信的背景故事的人，都会以典型的条件反射方式，立即被抹黑为种族主义者。但这并没有阻止该事件的部分真相被公之于众。我们仍然不知道这个离奇故事的全部细节。但如果剑桥大学、伦敦警察厅和左翼成功地掩盖了整件事，我们将对此一无所知。

左翼必须倾听

在最高法院的一项里程碑式判决之后，关于单性别空间的规定花了近18个月才生效。然而，如果说这种延迟已经足够糟糕，那么一群左翼议会现在威胁要无视这些规定，理由是他们认为这“会让社区中无数的跨性别者感到像是在遭受攻击”，这则要糟糕得多。即便按照我们对政治狂热分子和疯子的预期标准来看，这也是一种暴行。很难想象这些自命不凡的煽动者认为自己凭什么能有效地向该国最高法院表达蔑视。在给平等事务大臣布里奇特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）的一封公开信中，他们称跨性别者“只是试图在安全中生活，并希望受到尊重”。然而，对于受此影响人数更多的生物学女性，他们却只字未提。难道有什么理由让他们不能同样在安全且受尊重的环境中，使用公共厕所和更衣室吗？

我患有脑瘫，但从未认为自己是残疾人。看到如今残疾竟成了许多年轻人的骄傲勋章，这让我感到悲哀。

这听起来像是在讽刺。一名自称是“残疾权益倡导者兼作家”的年轻女性扎拉·贝丝（Zara Beth）发布了一段视频，揭露了她作为轮椅使用者所面临的问题。这段 64 秒的短片在 TikTok 和 X 上已被观看 1000 万次，视频显示她抵达曼彻斯特皮卡迪利火车站（Manchester Piccadilly train station）时，面对的是一部损坏的电梯和大约 30 级台阶。楼梯升降机也无法工作，而热心的车站工作人员带来的便携式装置对扎拉的轮椅来说太小了。因此，最终她不得不像其他人一样走楼梯上去。事实证明，扎拉是“可走动”的，这意味着在病情较为严重的日子里，她选择使用轮椅。在身体状况较好的日子里，她的爱好包括体操和轮滑。

持怀疑态度

她的另一段视频显示她跳入一个充满泡沫的坑中，在半空中翻跟头。她说，由于她的残疾，她并不总是能有精力进行完整的锻炼，所以她只是在平衡木上练习，或者通过劈叉来减轻强度。扎拉告诉她的追随者，她还被临床诊断为自闭症。我没有资格谈论她患该病的程度——当然，在最极端的情况下，这种病会导致个体无法说话，且完全依赖全天候的护理。

在某种程度上，正是因为自闭症表现形式如此广泛，促使被许多人视为全球最顶尖自闭症专家的乌塔·弗里思教授（Professor Dame Uta Frith）在本周发出警告，称该病现在被过度诊断或随意应用，以至于这个词几乎变得毫无意义。她将其描述为“一个涵盖各种不同状况的万能词”，定义被扩大到包括那些没有语言或学习问题的人。她说，这导致了极少数真正患有严重自闭症困难的人遭受“悲剧性的忽视”。

过度诊断在那些直到成年才认定自己患有自闭症的人群中尤为明显。她补充说，错误地贴标签可能会变成一种“自我实现的预言”，并警告说我们正迅速接近一个“诊断门槛[被降低]到零”的临界点。换句话说，很快自闭症的诊断将不需要任何症状。任何人只要这么说，就可以成为残疾人。

自闭症并不是扎拉·贝丝唯一的隐形残疾。她还说自己患有妥瑞氏综合征，她的 TikTok 页面（拥有 200 万追随者）包含 21 段视频，在其中她展示了自己的抽动症，她说这些抽动是强迫性的且非自愿的——例如咒骂和像猫一样喵喵叫。

我一刻也没有暗示扎拉没有正当地遭受这种病痛。但就像她的行走困难一样，她的抽动症时有时无。

网络上对扎拉视频的反应产生了分歧。一些评论者不出所料地对她残疾的性质持怀疑态度。但另一些人则在赞扬扎拉。他们说她正在挑战关于残疾的负面刻板印象。如果你像我一样，认同那种老派的观念，即人们通常不会将自己的残疾视为某种需要广播或大声宣扬的东西，而将其视为一种需要克服的个人逆境，那么这种说法是成立的。

对于 Z 世代——那些在疫情期间就读于学校或大学的 10 多岁和 20 多岁人群——残疾已经与身份政治融合在一起。拥有残疾（无论是精神上还是身体上）已成为一种自豪的标志。就像跨性别运动宣称人们自动成为他们决定成为的任何性别一样，医学症状和诊断现在成了个人选择的问题。

成千上万的年轻人正在做出这种选择。他们将自己贴上残疾的标签，并将这个标签作为其人格、其公众身份的基础。在 NEET（即 16 至 24 岁之间未在教育、就业或培训中的人群）中，大约有一半的人报告患有残疾或慢性健康状况，如抑郁和焦虑。根据旨在解决青年失业问题的青年未来基金会（Youth Futures Foundation）的数据，自 2021 年以来，登记为 NEET 的人数增加了超过 25 万人。

与此同时，虚假的残疾对于领取福利的人来说可能非常有用。与单纯失业的人不同，残疾福利的申请者不需要寻找工作。他们还能获得更多的经济援助，以帮助支付长期患病带来的额外生活成本。

滥用

这些福利可能非常丰厚——包括对于领取最高额度流动津贴的人员，由 Motability 慈善机构提供一辆汽车。对该体系普遍存在的滥用行为既令人愤慨又令人反感。我对此感触颇深：我不认为自己是残疾人，但在我的童年和青春期，我的同学以及周围的许多成年人确实这么认为。而且他们也希望我也这样看待自己。我天生患有脑性瘫痪——准确地说是左侧轻瘫——在接受现在 NHS 认为过于野蛮而不再采用的手术过程中，我戴了多年的夹板。我的校友们叫我“木腿”和“痉挛”，并在我脱掉夹板游泳时把我的夹板藏起来当作游戏。真是“快乐时光”。我最想要的，就是和每个人都一样。如果残疾仅仅变成一种轻微的差异，像绿眼睛或卷发那样正常且不起眼，我将为现在的在校学生感到由衷的高兴。但像 Zara Beth 这样所谓的“倡导者”试图实现的并不是这一点。他们想要与众不同，并将残疾视为他们特殊性的标志。当然，他们会在社交媒体上发布相关内容，因为这样才能引起关注。

特权

但正如乌塔女爵士所言，这种自我推销是以对他人的残酷代价为前提的。表演性的残疾剥夺了真正病患所迫切需要的支持。它占据了所有可用的资源。在这种情况下，这可能会导致其他残疾乘客——那些可能无法从椅子上站起来行走的人——不得不挣扎在没有帮助的状态中。这可能是某些人认为，如果扎拉在这次情况下能够走楼梯，那么她对电梯的需求就是不必要的的原因之一。尽管我毫不怀疑扎拉的残疾可能极其严重，但我禁不住担心，下次当工作人员被一名坐在轮椅上并称自己无法走楼梯的年轻女性呼唤时，如果他们看过扎拉的视频，在协助她时，如果他们不愤世嫉俗地怀疑：“真的吗？你确定你不是在装样子？”那他们就不是人类了。，这表明了一种“隐藏”的残疾。你可能会问，为什么任何自我诊断为阅读障碍或一系列其他病症的人，有资格在度假套餐中享受特权？确实，为什么。迈克尔·西蒙斯是《旁观者》杂志的经济编辑。 --- 第 17 页

我们那位短暂担任首相的伊丽莎白，也就是人们熟知的利兹·特拉斯，现在成了伟大的言论自由使徒。在英国电视台 GB News 上，她一直在热切地呼吁这种自由。不仅如此，在美国，她拥有越来越多的自由意志主义崇拜者。但如果她的新粉丝们发现，她曾因为一名英国公民说了她不喜欢的话，而对他施加了严酷且无止境的处罚，他们会怎么做？如果他们发现她现在对他日益深重的困境毫无兴趣，他们会如何反应？

让我们把这件事说清楚。在美国，宪法第一修正案禁止任何政府惩罚任何自由发言的人。而且，特拉斯女士现在明确表示，她希望这里也能有第一修正案。今年 6 月，她穿着一件褶边衬衫，满脸笑容地出现在 GB News 上，并就此观点进行了论证。你现在仍可以在 YouTube 上看到她的这段发言。她说，自由表达已被立法和机构所削弱，人们应该能够表达观点而无需担心被国家禁言，而且权力已从民选政治家过度转移到了法院。

真是这样吗？那么，那个英国人格雷厄姆·菲利普斯（Graham Phillips），47 岁，现在因为特拉斯女士的一项决定而流亡且贫困，他该怎么办？特拉斯女士在担任外交大臣期间，利用其权力对他实施了制裁。

这是一个令人震惊的案例。真正的、残酷的国家暴力无疑应该是遥远的过去，或者是虚构作品中的情节——终身放逐、《铁面人》、流亡，或者当然还有弗朗茨·卡夫卡那个阴森的故事，讲述一个男人因为一项未指明的罪名被阴暗的官员日夜追捕。这些肯定都已埋在过去，或者至少仅限于像俄罗斯这样的专制国家？我们都应该庆幸这类事情已经结束。

然而，它们最近却悄悄回归了，而且竟然是在英国。而这一切竟然是在热爱自由的利兹·特拉斯的指令下完成的。让我给你们讲讲菲利普斯先生，这个被她惩罚的人，现在成了马里乌波尔的流亡者。他出生于英国，在 2010 年移居乌克兰之前曾是一名初级公务员，在乌克兰他先是教英语，后来从事记者工作。战争爆发后，他那在很大程度上亲俄的视频博客导致他被驱逐出境。他现在住在马里乌波尔一座半废弃的建筑里，那是俄罗斯占领的乌克兰境内一座被战争摧毁的城市，几乎每晚都有轰炸无人机光顾。他主要依靠邻居的施舍生活。

在我看来，他并不是一个很好的人，我也不喜欢他。然而，正如美国最高法院伟大的法官费利克斯·法兰克福特（Felix Frankfurter）曾经说过的那样：“自由的保障往往是在涉及那些并不太好的人的争议中锻造而成的。”菲利普斯先生做过一些错误且愚蠢的事情，并表达过一些愚蠢的观点。对我而言，他最糟糕的行为是他的

哑口无言？利兹·特拉斯对他所制裁的一名英国公民的困境一直保持沉默。

为什么利兹·特拉斯试图将自己重塑为全球言论自由捍卫者的尝试就像个笑话一样

……对一名受重伤的乌克兰战俘进行残酷审讯，并将其发布在自己的视频博客上。其他人则谴责他对艾登·阿斯林（Aiden Aslin）的采访，后者是一名在乌克兰武装部队中作战并被俄军俘虏的英国公民。有人认为这次采访违反了《日内瓦公约》。但尚未有人基于这些理由对菲利普斯先生采取行动。他没有被判定犯有任何罪行。没有警察逮捕他。他从未被指控违反我们的法律。没有陪审团判定他有罪。然而在2022年7月，利兹·特拉斯因其在她看来是“普京式宣传”的行为而对他实施了制裁。官方措辞称，他的罪名是“制作并发布媒体材料”。这是对他写作、发言和出版的直接处罚——这在极权国家很正常，但在我们这里并非如此。该法令抱怨这些材料“支持并促进了破坏乌克兰稳定，或损害、威胁乌克兰领土完整、主权或独立的行动和政策”。谁能想到几个视频博客竟有如此威力？乌克兰依然保持着显著的稳定。当菲利普斯先生试图对此进行抗争时，高等法院明确承认，这些制裁干涉了他根据第10条（表达自由）、第8条（私人家庭生活）以及第一议定书第1条（财产）所享有人权。但法官裁定，为了实现“保护英国国家安全和支持乌克兰”的正当目标，这种做法是相称且合法的。当人权真正重要时，所谓的“人权”不过如此。于是，外交、联邦和发展事务部（FCDO）对他进行了极其严厉的惩罚。法律禁止他赚钱或支付任何费用。他的银行账户被冻结。同样，法律禁止我们所有人向他支付任何款项。他无法返回英国，因为他买不起机票，再加上乌克兰和欧盟都禁止他进入其领空，这意味着他被困在了马里乌波尔。同样，他被禁止支付任何账单，例如他伦敦住所应缴纳的市政税——而伊斯灵顿市议会要求他支付这笔债务。在这场闹剧最近的一幕中，他的英国银行表示，除非他来到英国亲自提交，否则将不接受他的付款指令。出于显而易见的原因，他无法这样做，否则将触犯法律。就在前几天，一些相当勇敢且慷慨的律师在不收取费用的情况下辩称，市议会应停止追讨。我们正在等待判决。但如果法院做出不利于他的裁决，他的房子将如何处置尚不明确。如果他是一名因暴力或不诚实罪行而被判刑的囚犯（而他并不是），他反而可以免除这项市政税。而且他的刑期似乎没有终点。没有设定限制，也从未说明过期限。目前没有明显的合法途径来结束这一切。据我所知，他是世界上唯一一个被如此惩罚的人。所有其他被本国政府制裁的人都拥有第二本护照，可以通过住在政府管辖范围之外来规避影响。在实施制裁时，特拉斯女士是一位激进的亲乌克兰外交大臣，曾顶着一顶迷人的皮帽在莫斯科摆拍，尽管当时天气相当温暖。不久之后，她成为了著名的首相，而在此之后不久，她以更出名的方式成为了“前首相”。在她此后动荡的生活中，她是否在某种程度上忘记了2022年7月的那一天，当时她批准了那项法令，仅仅因为格雷厄姆·菲利普斯对俄乌战争表达了一些观点，就将他推入了一个失去自由的无底深渊？利兹·特拉斯那些在为她鼓掌的美国观众，会对她因他人表达了她个人不喜欢观点而将其放逐的行为作何评价？而她现在对此又是如何说的？

好吧，就像政治领域中的许多人一样，她并不直接与像我这样的人对话，相反，我必须依赖她的“人间代表”，即所谓的“消息人士”。这些消息人士表示，在公共平台上对自由滔滔不绝的特拉斯女士，除了让我向外交部咨询之外，没有其他评论——而外交部在处理此事时那种敷衍塞责的回应，我已经经历过很多次了。这就是特拉斯女士，这位“重生”的自由至上主义者。 --- 第 18 页

“我凌晨3点从睡梦中惊醒……我有一种糟糕的预感” 谋杀嫌疑人的妻子讲述她担心自己知道受害者是谁

一名被指控谋杀一名英国女性并将尸体塞进行李箱的阿富汗男子的妻子，曾预感到该女性已经死亡。

作者：Sabrina Penty

阿拉娜·霍尔（Alaina Hall）告诉警方，她是通过在雅典的志愿者工作结识伊丽莎白·罗斯（Elisabeth Ross）的，最后一次见到她是7月12日一次圣经学习会议之后。几天后，她在新闻中听到一名尸体被塞进行李箱，并在市中心的一栋废弃建筑中被发现。

随后那个晚上，霍尔夫人回忆说，她醒来时对伊丽莎白（也被称为丽莎）有一种“糟糕的”感觉。“凌晨3点左右，我从睡梦中惊醒，想到了一些可怕的事情，”她告诉侦探们。“我想起了在离我们家非常近的地方发现的一具塞在行李箱里的女性尸体。我非常害怕被发现的尸体是丽莎的。”

第二天早上，她给罗斯女士发送了一条消息并收到了两条回复，这引起了她的怀疑。“这些消息不符合丽莎的风格，无论是她的英语水平，还是她从未用过的表情符号。”

霍尔女士还尝试给罗斯女士打电话，但没有收到回应。她告诉警方，在7月15日晚上醒来发现丈夫谢里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊（Sharif Ahmadzai）失踪后，她开始怀疑他；在检查他的共享手机位置后，她发现他在罗斯女士的公寓里。

当她与他对质时，他告诉她他出去看足球赛了，但去了罗斯女士的公寓使用洗手间。

“我不知道该怎么告诉你们，但以上所有事情都让我感觉很奇怪，”她补充道。“尤其是结合日期、消息和我丈夫的行为，我产生了各种让我感到不安的想法。”

26岁的艾哈迈德扎伊拒绝认罪。他还被指控过失杀人、抢劫和非法持有枪支，但他行使了沉默权。侦探们发现了监控录像，据称录像显示他带着一个行李箱离开罗斯女士居住的公寓，并在7月16日将行李箱丢弃在发现其遗骸的地方。

本周早些时候，艾哈迈德扎伊告诉警方：“我从未伤害过任何人。我希望你们理解我并相信我。”他声称他拜访了罗斯女士，但发现她躺在浴室地板上。

他表示，他询问了公交车站的一名老人该怎么做，随后被强迫丢弃尸体并偷走她的钱。

艾哈迈德扎伊于2016年抵达莱斯沃斯岛。随后他皈依基督教，并于2023年与美国出生的基督徒霍尔女士结婚。他们是通过志愿者援助工作结识罗斯女士的。

夫妇：阿拉娜·霍尔及其丈夫谢里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊 失踪者：伊丽莎白·罗斯

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涉欺诈调查大学的副校长被解雇

一名年薪 £290,000 的大学副校长已被解雇，该大学正处于一项涉及 £100 万 洗钱和贿赂调查的中心。争议人物乔治·霍姆斯（George Holmes）教授自 2006. 起担任大曼彻斯特大学的负责人。他于 2025 年 5 月与两名高级职员一同被停职。7 月 8 日，警员突击搜查了全国范围内的七处住宅。两名男子和一名女子因涉嫌洗钱被捕。两名男子还因涉嫌欺诈受到审问，其中一人涉及贿赂指控。据称，大曼彻斯特警方正在分析约 60 笔交易。当时，助理警务处长里克·杰克逊（Rick Jackson）称其为“重大且复杂”。他表示，警员正关注那些“本应投资于教育，却涉嫌被用于个人私利”的资金。该大学昨日表示：“乔治·霍姆斯博士的合同已于本周早些时候终止。”

作者：詹姆斯·托泽（James Tozer）

--- 第 19 页

Littlejohn frichard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk

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显然，关于我过去一个月缺席的情况存在着激烈的猜测。根据传闻，我要么是辞职了 / 被解雇了 / 在罢工。在上周五的读者来信页中，来自格洛斯特郡特克斯伯里（Tewkesbury）的《邮报》读者肯·豪威尔（Ken Howell）开玩笑说，我休的假比比阿特丽斯和尤金妮还要多。如果真能那样幸运就好了，肯。事实则更为平淡。我身体不适。经常阅读的读者从我7月初的最后两篇专栏中应该知道，我当时在美国参加世界杯，这样我就能在文明的时间观看比赛，而不是在故乡的半夜。在我那里期间，一种曾在新冠疫情期间让我卧床不起的衰弱性膝盖病症再次猛烈发作。（不，我不是在2020年为了支持“黑人的命也是命”而采取“单膝下跪”动作。）在经历了八个半小时的跨大西洋飞行，于凌晨5.30am返回希思罗机场时，我的膝盖完全僵住了，从飞机到边境管制站的长距离行走简直是煎熬。我当时在尽力模仿道格拉斯·贝德（Douglas Bader）。正如你们许多人从痛苦的经验中知道的那样，当你的免疫系统在对抗一个特定的、痛苦的问题时，会产生连锁反应。就我的情况而言，是脑雾和日益增加的暴躁情绪。坦白说，在问题解决之前，我觉得我无法对自己、对报纸，更重要的是，对你们读者负责。在经历了六年通过运动和偶尔使用（且效果日益下降的）类固醇注射来治疗该病症后，我面临着必须进行膝盖置换手术的局面。

幸运的是，我知道一位70多岁的美国朋友，他已经换了一个新膝盖，并且非常渴望避免再换一个，他去年飞往伦敦接受一种刚刚推出的治疗。那是一个简单的微创手术，他在几周内就回到了皮克球场。这引起了我的注意。我记得在《邮报》的健康页面上读到过关于一种新凝胶的内容，该凝胶在哥本哈根开发，最初设计用于治疗跛脚马，后来被改编用于人类。于是我

我的膝盖僵硬是如何让我省下数百万英镑的

我给我的顾问——Spire Elstree 优秀的髋关节和膝关节专家 Tim Waters 打了电话，发现他现在能够提供一种名为 Arthrosamid 的凝胶。长话短说，我周二接受了治疗，全程进出仅用时 1 小时 20 分钟。这包括在实际手术前一小时进行的一疗程术前抗生素治疗；手术在局部麻醉下进行，耗时约 15 分钟，包括在患处进行六次小注射。Tim Waters 告诉我，我可能会感到一些肿胀和僵硬，但四小时后麻药失效时，我六年来第一次完全没有疼痛感。我的大脑迷雾立即消散了。该治疗在至少两周后才能发挥全部潜力，但我一夜之间就恢复了完全的活动能力。Tim 说我周五——也就是今天——就能重新去健身房了。简直是奇迹。

不管怎样，关于我的事就说到这里。这里有一个更广泛的观点。目前 Arthrosamid 仅在私立医疗机构提供。它花了我 £2,700，但每一分钱都花得值得，但我很清楚，并非每个膝盖僵硬的人都能负担得起这个金额。尽管它在加拿大和整个欧盟都已可用，且已有 15,000 名患者接受了该治疗，但 NHS 尚未批准它。 “我们的”NHS 还在等什么？卫生部门主管们总是热衷于采用昂贵的新医疗程序，即便他们忽视了基础医疗。但在 Arthrosamid 的案例中，采用它有强有力的财务理由。目前在英国，NHS 每年进行 110,000 例膝关节置换手术，在极端情况下，每例费用在 £8,500 到 £17,000 之间。而且，至少在我生活的地区（北伦敦 / 赫特福德郡），该手术的候诊名单长达一年。如果 NHS 决定批准 Arthrosamid，它将进行大批量采购，因此成本将低于私立医疗，大概每例在两千英镑左右。即便它仅适用于例如 80% 的病例——顾问们认为确实如此——它仍能为医疗服务系统节省一笔巨款，作为谈判基础，每年大约在 £7000 万 左右。

但即便如此，这还不是主要好处。未来它将使数十万患者免受痛苦的膝关节置换手术之创伤，这种手术从术前到从恢复室出院可能需要长达六小时，或者在医院住院一晚，甚至更久。更不用说术后数月的治疗、止痛药和物理治疗。此外，一名在八小时班次中的医生每天最多可以治疗两打患者，从而一举削减候诊名单。需要膝关节置换手术的人的平均年龄约为 70. 丹麦的一项研究发现，仅接受一次 Arthrosamid 治疗的患者在四年后仍能感受到疗效。这有什么不喜欢的？

很抱歉让那些希望我辞职 / 被解雇等的人们失望了。多亏了这剂奇迹针，我今天不仅会回到健身房，我还回到了报社。正常服务已恢复。

在幻想家、剑桥大学教授杰森·阿尔代辞职后，那些极左翼的捍卫者们被抽掉了脚下的地毯。其中最突出的是令人厌恶的 LBC 电台雇佣枪手、愤世嫉俗的失败舰队街记者，以及前“Suits You, Sir”栏目的内腿测量员 James O'Brien。不出所料，他对阿尔代的批评者喷出了他惯用的“种族主义”诽谤，而这些批评者正确地指出，这位教授的简历是一部虚构作品。不过，O'Brien 从未遇到过他不喜欢的幻想家。他是“恋童癖搜寻总长”Tommy Watson 对高级保守党成员和战争英雄 Bramall 勋爵发起诽谤活动的首席拉拉队队长，该活动基于儿童色情犯 Carl Beech 提出的关于强奸和谋杀的虚假指控，而 Carl Beech 随后因妨碍司法公正而被监禁。

最近，他在节目中读了一封虚假邮件，声称犹太儿童被教导阿拉伯人是“需要被踩碎的蟑螂”，随后他被迫公开道歉。如果他是一名右翼脱口秀主持人，早在多年前就会被毫不留情地解雇。为什么LBC继续允许这个卑劣的抹黑商人污染电波？他们应该感到羞愧。 --- 第 20 页

如果前新纳粹分子约书亚·博恩希尔-佩恩（Joshua Bonehill-Paine，2016年因种族骚扰被定罪）不被允许回归公众生活，或不被允许竞选保守党议员，那么为什么前诈骗犯路易丝·海格（Louise Haigh，2014年因虚假陈述诈骗罪被定罪）在她的上司安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）度假期间，被允许掌管国家又是可以接受的？这是“两级英国”的又一个例子吗？很难有其他解释。

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当然，每个人都有权雇佣他们能找到的最优秀的律师在法庭上为自己辩护。尽管这个想法可能完全不理智——我知道，这并非我第一次陷入不理智的泥潭——但我对那些雇佣尼克·“漏洞”·弗里曼（Nick 'Loophole' Freeman）来摆脱交通指控的名人和各类百万富翁们毫无尊重之情。“漏洞”先生专门处理交通违规行为，如超速、酒驾或药驾、鲁莽驾驶，凡此种种。弗里曼的公司将自己描述为“所有刑事辩护事务的市场领导者”，而他个人对《道路交通法》有着精深的知识，并利用这一点深入挖掘，寻找某些能够让他的客户脱身的模糊技术细节——比如亚历克斯·弗格森爵士、大卫·贝克汉姆爵士、# 琳达没有漏洞，她绝对是肇事者 杰里米·克拉克森和范·莫里森。

但这周他在面对琳达·拉普兰特（Lynda La Plante，左图）时就没那么幸运了。这位 83 岁的《首席嫌疑人》作者雇佣他，以避免在被发现于伦敦西南部一个 20 英里限速区超速后被禁驾。弗里曼试图辩称，禁驾将给拉普兰特带来“极大的困难”，并指出她需要汽车进行研究，她被混乱的路标搞晕了，她需要车来带狗散步，而且如果她被禁止驾驶，她将不得不解雇所有员工并停止写作。地方法官对这些废话并不买账，而已经有 9 分扣分的拉普兰特被处以六个月的禁驾令并处以罚款。

重点在于，法律就是法律——即使是愚蠢的法律。如果你犯罪了，就必须接受惩罚。就像普通人必须那样。雇佣像“漏洞”先生这样的人来脱罪？这在道德上令人反感。

哎哟！玛莎·斯图尔特对梅根的吐槽

嘘，玛莎女王已经发话了。这位家居生活领域的女宗主透露，她最近见到了萨塞克斯公爵夫人——且没有留下好印象。“前几天晚上我和梅根·马克尔一起吃了晚餐。我们当时都是加利福尼亚一场晚餐派对的客人。而她刚好从宫殿回来，”玛莎·斯图尔特（右图）说道，指的是萨塞克斯夫妇与查尔斯国王和卡米拉王后的会面。“我没怎么跟她说话，仅说了几句，但我知道她在聊这件事，”斯图尔特补充道。

你会认为梅根会急于接近玛莎。毕竟，她是原型的生活方式驱动力，是首位且最优秀的女性企业家，建立了一个涵盖烹饪、招待、园艺、手工和家居装饰的数百万美元生活方式帝国。玛莎有很多可以教给梅根的东西，后者的果酱销量正在停滞，品牌也远未繁荣。也许公爵夫人只是感到被威慑了——玛莎此前曾质疑她的真实性。而本周她表示：“如果你是一名演员，那么想要转型为一名公主，然后再从一名公主变成电视节目上的家居专家，这很难。”

哎哟！这比玛莎煎肋眼牛排时的火候还要猛。但这难道不是一个非常到位的观点吗？

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他的崇拜者们如此渴望相信阿尔代，以至于如果他声称自己是谢尔加（Shergar），他们甚至会给他一块方糖！剑桥大学教授杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的持续崛起及其史诗般的陨落，只能发生在愚蠢、理想主义、多愁善感、自以为是且注定失败的大不列颠。在这里，许多领先的机构——广播、出版、公务员系统、教会、慈善行业，当然，还有学术界——正日益被觉醒意识形态（woke ideology）的烟雾所窒息。左翼的群体思维，以及一种近乎滑稽的、渴望被视为处于进步分歧中政治正确一方的绝望感。在这个地方，像阿尔代这样的人——衣着考究、留着脏辫、富有魅力，而且对他们而言至关重要的一点是，他是黑人——可以蓬勃发展，而他那些华而不实的成名之说却无需面对太多质疑。许多雇佣他、赞扬他并提拔他的支持者们如此渴望相信他，以至于如果杰森·阿尔代声称自己是谢尔加，他们会给他一块方糖，轻拍他以示安慰，并给他一袋精美的燕麦。因为阿尔代作为一名剽窃者和幻想家的成功，正是由同一种错误的冲动所推动的——只不过是在致命的反面——这种冲动曾让警察在2025年南安普敦一个阴暗的冬夜相信，维克鲁姆·迪格瓦（Vickrum Digwa）才是种族攻击的受害者，而不是被击伤的18岁白人学生亨利·诺瓦克（Henry Nowak）。为什么？因为在现代英国身份政治的腐朽教条中，少数群体永远是受害者，因此必须优先考虑；永远在道德高地上受到礼遇。在被挥舞着8英寸锡克教礼仪刀的迪格瓦砍了五刀后，垂死的哈里向警察恳求道：“我被捅了。”其中一名警察轻蔑地回答道：“我觉得你没被捅，伙计。”我觉得你没被捅，伙计？ 这当然令人作呕，但为什么在阿尔代讲述他的幻想故事时没有人对他这么说——比如他声称直到18岁才识字，然后，砰的一声，五分钟后就拿到了一个复杂的博士学位；他声称在35天内跑了30场马拉松，甚至在腿骨折后继续奔跑；他声称被授予MBE（大英帝国成员勋章），为慈善事业筹集了£5；而且他没有，重复，没有在撰写博士论文时作弊，尽管其中大量内容是从其他来源窃取的。他**就这样在毫无质疑的胜利和闪耀的奖项中一路狂奔，收集荣誉并频繁出现在媒体面前。显然，他成了BBC的宠儿，在那里他主持了一个关于孤独的五集系列节目，并经常担任节目和播客的嘉宾，总是刻意表现得极其谦逊。他还获得了其他大学（包括英国和美国）的著名访问研究员和教授头衔，其中一些甚至是真实的。在学术界那令人麻木的奢华之中，阿尔代获得了一种其他学者无法享有的宽容和纵容，纯粹是因为他的身份而非他的能力。一名敢于提出质疑的记者在阿尔代的授意下，遭到了警察的调查和律师的威胁。这位41岁的社会学教授在本周面对日益增加的指控，辞去了在剑桥大学的职务。这才是真正的耻辱。他毫无羞耻之心。阿尔代仍然坚持自己的清白，发表了一份像被踢出男团的偶像般谄媚的声明。他仅暂停下来声明，任何错误都应归咎于他的自闭症，且对他生活的审查是基于种族主义，随后他便开始了典型的抱怨——“几乎无法想象”、“数千人庆祝我的任命”、“人身攻击”、“远超”、“无情”、“沉重打击”、“疗愈的时间”、“我将回归”。他写道：“我需要时间来重新找回自我。”但，他现在还知道那个“自我”是谁吗？

在一段让《皇帝的新衣》看起来像正经事业的叙事中，阿尔代的幻想正一天天被撕成碎片。西蒙与舒斯特出版社（Simon & Schuster）准备立即出版他的回忆录——书名为《伟大且不幸之事》（Great And Unfortunate Things）——其中他的宣言达到了前所未有的疯狂高度。这家伟大的出版社里，或者在剑桥大学本身，难道没有人费心去做尽职调查、审核，甚至运用基本的常识吗？也许每个人都太沉浸在多样性、平等和包容的狂喜之中，以至于面对一个“身体残疾”的加纳移民之子在多元文化的英国克服重重困难并取得成功的英雄故事时，竟没有人怀疑地挑起眉毛。没有人想看得太仔细，以免发现杰森的“命运之石”下隐藏着什么。在这些愚蠢的帮凶中，我最欣赏的或许是希拉里·克雷明（Hilary Cremin）教授，她是剑桥大学教育学院的院长，也是阿尔代在2023年作为该校历史上最年轻的黑人教授入职时迎接他的新上司。在一段于校园内拍摄的BBC新闻报道中，可以看到她握着阿尔代的手，热情地告诉他：“委员会是完全一致的，我们非常幸运能拥有你，在你的研究领域，你是世界上最优秀的。”但希拉里，他不是救世主，而是一个非常顽皮的坏孩子。杰森·阿尔代结果成了学术界的米利·瓦尼利（Milli Vanilli）；一个吉祥物，一颗光芒反射到剑桥及其他地方、反射到所有急于通过他的存在来收割“美德积分”盛宴之人身上的宝石。如果这不是如此悲剧，那简直太好笑了。而且这揭示了国家现状的真貌。--- 第22页

BARBIE (2023) 是历史上最成功的喜剧电影之一，票房突破10亿加元，让所有参与者比之前就已很富有的状态变得更加富有。事实上，它如此获利，以至于所有参与者都极其渴望拍摄 Barbie 2, 尽管这从未在原计划之中。然而，涉及的资金数额如此离谱，以至于没人能就条款达成一致。据报道，瑞安·高斯林（饰演肯）仅在签约阶段就要求 2000万美元，且他还想要一份利润分成。玛格特·罗比（饰演芭比）在首次合作时有一份让她赚到 5000万美元 的制片人协议，但她同样想要更多利润分成。由于华纳兄弟拒绝了他们的要求，目前陷入僵局。很难判断这种贪婪是好事，还是纯粹的商业行为，是女权主义的胜利，还是好莱坞贪婪的图腾。“别担心——大家都喜欢我，觉得我很酷很漂亮，”芭比在原片中说道。这种情况还能持续多久？ 2023.

像一场仲夏夜之梦，克鲁斯的女儿抢尽风头

闪耀登场：苏里·诺艾尔的表现似乎广受好评

即使是汤姆·克鲁斯的女儿也得从某个地方开始。这位演员的电影被数百万人观看，在他长达四十年的职业生涯中总票房达到了120 亿英镑 billion。而昨天，他的小女儿苏里·诺艾尔在33人面前完成了她的英国演艺首秀。

20, 岁的诺艾尔女士（其母亲是凯蒂·霍姆斯）出现在爱丁堡边缘艺术节上，作为莎士比亚剧作《仲夏夜之梦》一个“酷儿”改编版演职人员的一员。

一位观众将她在《仲夏夜之梦！》中的表现描述为“不可思议的”，并补充道：“她确实抢了戏，她太出色了。”

由 杜莉·巴斯比（Dolly Busby） 报道 演艺记者

诺艾尔女士在舞台上与来自宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡卡内基梅隆大学戏剧学院的八名同学共同演出。她将在苏格兰参加该剧为期两周的演出，但她的名字并未列在节目单中。

而她试图保持低调的努力奏效了——位于爱丁堡圣安德鲁广场、容纳量为68, 人的快闪场馆，在午餐时段的演出中甚至连一半的人都没坐满。

首秀：苏里在爱丁堡出演的“酷儿”改编莎剧

以弗raim·哈德卡斯特（Ephraim Hardcastle）报道，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）可能会会见杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的一些受害者，这一消息在皇宫引起了不满。国王在4月的美国国事访问期间曾面临巨大的压力，被要求会见受害者，但唐纳德·特朗普并不希望如此，而国王——他成功地将走访活动以及随之而来的公众尴尬提问从行程中删除——也不希望安德鲁（Andrew）投下阴影。但我的线人低语道，卡米拉王后持有不同看法。官方层面，皇宫暗示对爱泼斯坦罪行的“持续调查”阻止了王室与受害者的任何接触。这使得王后陷入了一个尴尬的境地：她在纽约公共图书馆主持了一场与暴力和虐待幸存者的会议，但爱泼斯坦的受害者却没有一个被邀请。她对此感到很不悦。如果伯纳姆现在会见他们，她可能会大发雷霆。注意到伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）在从外交大臣被降职到卫生部门后，其环球旅行的日子已告一段落，第四台（Radio 4）的尼克·罗宾逊（Nick Robinson）强调了她与著名配偶之间的新国内紧张关系。“一位同行播音员，某位埃德·鲍尔斯（Ed Balls）说，既然你现在回家的时间更多了，在厨房里得安静点，因为他正试着录制播客，”尼克指出。伊薇特的反应是？“说认真的，为什么有人会听埃德的？”身穿标志性高跟鞋时身高6英尺2英寸的《特德·拉索》（Ted Lasso）明星汉娜·瓦丁汉姆（Hannah Waddingham），52岁，回忆起在最初试镜舞台剧角色时，她的身高被证明是一个障碍。“我经常听到，‘我们很想用她，但我们已经选好了男演员’，”瓦丁汉姆说道。反思剑桥大学“剽窃教授”杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的命运，前BBC政治重量级人物安德鲁·尼尔（Andrew Neil）指出，阿尔代在2023年曾被邀请担任第四台《今日》（Today）节目的客座编辑，并刻薄地补充道：“我想他对他而言完美契合。想想他们当时一定感到多么自鸣得意且正义凛然。看来整个英国建制派都参与其中，将这个家伙捧到了一个他不配的高度。”马语沟通师蒙蒂·罗伯特（Monty Robert）在92岁去世，他回忆道，当他在王太后的一匹马身上施展魔力时，王太后“明显地被感动了”。“那是我一生中见过的最美妙的事情之一，”她说。“我本能地张开双臂想给她一个拥抱，结果被她的安保人员拦住了。她似乎一点也没有感到被冒犯。”比尔·奈伊（Bill Nighy）解释了为什么他自上个世纪以来就没穿过泳裤。“如果你说的是紧身泳裤（Speedos），人们的第一反应就是大笑，”他呻吟道。“想到我穿紧身泳裤显然是极其好笑的，这一点我无法否认。我想说这很悲哀，但每个人有自己的喜好。”电子邮件：john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk 作者：格伦·基奥（Glen Keogh）一所面向青少年的陆军培训学院正处于警方调查的中心，此前四名女性表示她们遭到了其他士兵的性侵。这些女性表示，在过去五年内，她们在陆军基础学院（Army Foundation College）遭到性虐待或强奸，当时她们全部年仅17岁。昨天，BBC报道了女性关于她们在北约克郡哈罗盖特（Harrogate）该学院经历的陈述，该学院为19岁以下的人员提供军事培训和教育。一名女性表示，她一直想成为一名士兵，但当她被几名战友强奸时，她的梦想破碎了。“他们说，‘你想进房间吗？’，”这位为了保护身份而化名为蒂莉（Tilly）的女性告诉BBC。“而我当时是一个天真的17岁女孩，就说‘行，没问题’。”她补充道：“他们开始脱我的衣服，然后导致他们做了我并未同意的事情。他们人数很多。他们触摸我的私密部位，发表不恰当的评论，称我为‘东西’而不是女孩。然后我被强奸了……被多名和我同龄的初级士兵强奸。这种情况持续了

女性学员在陆军学院遭受“强奸与虐待”

“我觉得自己像一块肉”

四名向该广播公司举报其涉嫌遭受性虐待的女性表示，陆军学院存在一种厌女和性暴力的文化。另一名女性表示，一名战友将她困在房间里并袭击她，在她未同意的情况下强吻她的脸。另一人则称学院的工作人员持有厌女态度，教官会对女兵的外貌进行十分制打分。

昨晚，北约克郡警方表示：“关于哈罗盖特陆军基础学院性虐待的报告令人深感不安，北约克郡警方在尽一切努力将犯罪者绳之以法的同时，继续以审慎的态度支持年轻受害者及其家人。我们鼓励受害者向警方报案，并寻求现有的专业支持，无论犯罪行为发生的时间有多久。”

一名陆军发言人表示：“不可接受且违法的行为在我们的武装部队中绝对没有立足之地。”

“人们加入军队是希望拥有一个辉煌的职业生涯，任何此类报告都是不可接受的，且完全违背了陆军所代表的一切。”

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处于疯狂边缘……

徒步者在南海岸悬崖为自拍冒生命之险

疯子们：昨日，鲁莽的游客在东萨塞克斯郡西福德角的壮丽 170 英尺白垩悬崖上挑战命运

危险：其中一段（圈出部分）看起来随时会坍塌

鲁莽的游客显然对危险视而不见，在距离岩石海滩 170 英尺高、一道开裂且崩塌的白垩悬崖边缘摆拍自拍。

昨日在东萨塞克斯郡西福德角出现的惊人场景，是在有关站在悬崖边缘风险的警告之后发生的，该悬崖的大块岩石经常坠落至岸边。

这座醒目的白色地标布满了所谓的“张力裂缝”——但这并没有阻止十多名游客无视警告标志去拍照。

西福德角每年吸引数万名徒步者前往查尔斯三世英格兰海岸路径。

游客被敦促在欣赏布赖顿和东本恩之间的七姐妹悬崖时，与边缘保持至少五米的距离。

东萨塞克斯郡议会警告称：“每年有数千吨白垩从悬崖上掉落。”

“尽管有警告标志，人们经常站在边缘附近。白垩悬崖极其不稳定，随时可能坍塌。”

“人们低估了他们所承担的风险。”

危险：一名男子带着一名小女孩走到边缘

现在英格兰仅有 14% 的水域健康

一份昨日公布的谴责性报告显示，英格兰只有七分之一的河流、湖泊和沿海水域处于健康状态。

污水、农业和一般污染的影响意味着，在 2025 年，仅有 14.3% 的地表水体达到了整体良好的生态状态。

活动人士昨晚表示，这项调查证明，现在是时候从“私人牟利者”手中夺回对水公司的控制权了。

在六年来首次更新的报告中，环境局（EA）发现，倾倒入该国 4,658 条河流、湖泊、河口、运河和沿海

每日邮报记者

水质状况使得政府在到2027年将其中75%恢复至良好生态状态的目标上大幅落后。这一数字低于2019年达到良好状态的16.3%，但环境署（EA）表示，由于其更新了方法，两者不具有直接可比性。然而，该署表示分析显示“太多水体未能达到我们希望看到的标准”。每一个地表水体都未能达到“良好”的化学状态，这在很大程度上是由于阻燃剂等物质造成的——虽然这些物质现在已被禁止或严格限制，但会在环境中持续存在数十年。分类是基于“一票否决”原则进行的——如果一个水体在某一项指标上失败，则整体判定为失败。数据显示，82%的单一指标（如鱼类或植物生命）处于良好或高水平，环境署将其描述为“令人鼓舞”。三分之二的水体达到了中等状态，17%为较差，3.1%为糟糕，仅0.1%为高水平。该署主席艾伦·洛维尔（Alan Lovell）表示，水环境（水框架指令）分类有助于确定需要采取行动的目标，并补充道：“我们与公众一样，希望取得更快的进展，这就是为什么我们正在转变我们的执法工作。我们正在利用所有证据，引导水务公司、农民、企业和议会采取持续的改进行动。”但来自慈善机构“河流行动”（River Action）的詹姆斯·华莱士（James Wallace）表示：“尽管历届政府做出承诺，但没有任何改变。我们的河流仍然是欧洲最肮脏的河流之列，被那些追求利润、造成污染的水务公司以及工业规模的农业所排放的污水所毒害。如果政府认真对待恢复我们的河流，就必须利用即将出台的《清洁水法案》，从私人牟利者手中夺回对水务公司的控制权……并结束那些导致我们的河流变成露天下水道的监管失败。”

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即使作为一名葡萄酒评论家，没有什么比在买一瓶酒时省下几英镑更让我开心的了。原因显而易见。永无止境的生活成本危机，加上由于高额的关税、税收和增值税，以及不断攀升的运输成本、包装费和糟糕的汇率导致酒精价格大幅上涨，已经永久地改变了我们购买葡萄酒的方式。葡萄酒“平替”（dupes）是终极的心理慰藉型酒类性价比之选：一种外观和口感与昂贵且更著名的同类产品一样美味——有时甚至更美味——的饮品。它们通常就在附近生产，或者使用相同的工艺和葡萄品种。例如，起泡酒（Cremant）已成为国民心中香槟的首选替代品。在其他情况下，平替本身就是一个拥有真正相似口味特征的品牌。不过，越来越多的是超市的自有产品，纯粹为了与大品牌竞争而打造，并带有俏皮的小暗示（有些微妙，有些则不然），明确地表明他们在模仿谁（没错，Screaming Devil，我就是在说你）。Whispering Angel引发了上一波葡萄酒平替热潮。凭借其富有感染力的名字和漂亮的粉色包装，它很好地证明了其高端价格标签的合理性。有些仿品非常出色；而另一些，坦率地说，与原品的口味特征、生长区域甚至葡萄品种毫无关系。如果你愿意，可以称之为平替，但实际上它就是一瓶不错的葡萄酒。不过，我并没有被包装和价格引导，而是进行了一次盲测对比品鉴。以下是我在目前货架上挑选出的十款经过测试的最佳葡萄酒平替。快讯：其中一些甚至击败了原品！

原品：Whispering Angel, £19–£23, Waitrose 由歌海娜（Grenache）、西拉（Cinsault）和罗勒（Rolle）混酿而成，这是一款经典的普罗旺斯山丘（Côtes de Provence）粉红酒；口感干爽且有层次感，带有桃子和草莓的香气。不像以前那样充满活力。

最佳平替：Sainte Victoire, Côtes de Provence Rosé, £8.99, Aldi

Sainte Victoire 实际上是 Côtes de Provence 的一个子产区，因此从理论上讲，它比大品牌更具精品特色。这款明显的 Aldi 平替产品凭借其正宗的普罗旺斯风味而大获成功——并且在矿物质的清新感方面获得了额外加分。请将其作为开胃酒，或搭配烤白鱼、海鲜或山羊奶酪饮用。在杯中，它的品质胜过 Whispering Angel，而成本不到其一半。另请尝试：Screaming Devil £13.99, Aida 一款美味的酒——果味较淡，但具有更清脆的清新感。原品：Porta 6, £9, Tesco 凭借其浓郁的黑莓、野草莓和黑巧克力的气息，这款酒展示了高性价比的葡萄牙葡萄酒是什么样子的，以及口感如何。

我的盲测结果显示，Asda售价£13.99的## Screaming Devil与售价£23的Whispering Angel一样出色……以及其他那些味道像原版、甚至比原版更好的平替葡萄酒

最佳平替：Animus Douro, £6.69, Aldi 这款酒产自杜罗河谷的波特酒故乡，而非像Porta 6那样产自里斯本地区。虽然是类似的混酿，但它的口感更浓郁、更复杂，带有红莓、醋栗、水果蛋糕和香料的基调。口感厚重但丝滑。性价比极高，非常适合烧烤。

另可尝试：Torre de Ferro Reserva Dão, £7.99, Lidl 另一款使用当地葡萄酿造的优秀葡萄牙红混酿。就这个价格而言，是一款强劲且浓郁的红葡萄酒，尽管不如其他几款那样丝滑。

原版：Jam Shed, £8.50, Morrisons 曾经在葡萄酒术语中，“jammy”（果酱味）被认为是一个贬义词。讽刺的是，这种更甜的红色风格葡萄酒现在如此受欢迎。它甜美且简单。

最佳平替：Casillero del Diablo Jammy Red Devil, £8.50, Morrisons Jam Shed是一款简单直接的甜味澳洲西拉（Shiraz），而这款智利版本在西拉中加入了一抹卡门内尔（Carmenère），赋予了它一种清爽的叶香和更好的适饮性。是的，价格相同，但质量高出一截，因此是更好的选择。这款酒会很适合搭配咸味——第25页——奶酪或烧烤酱排骨。其甜味还能中和辛辣感。

另可尝试： Busby Estate Jammy the Red, £6.50, Asda 不如其他几款浓郁，但如果你喜欢甜红且偏好轻盈酒体，这款很不错。

原版：Bread & Butter Chardonnay, £16, Sainsbury's

浓郁、带有橡木桶味的霞多丽（Chardonnay）并非人人喜爱，而Bread & Butter在这里走极端路线，追求最极致的版本，充满了甜焦糖、奶油和香草味。

最佳平替： Greasy Fingers Big, Buttery , £10.50 (£8, Clubcard), Tesco 同样毫不掩饰地浓郁，旨在搭配像辣炸鸡这样的快餐。这是一款更经典的橡木桶霞多丽；更清新，没有那么甜腻，且带有更多咸鲜的烤橡木味而非甜腻的香草味。是一款好得多的全能之选！搭配奶酪堡或鸡肉堡非常绝妙。

另可尝试： Butter Side Up , £10, Asda 与Bread & Butter更接近，但香草甜味更重，且带有合成感。

原版：19 Crimes , £10, Morrisons

一款甜得发腻的葡萄酒，因其简单的糖果般特质而吸引部分人。不过，它的价格应该只有现在的一半。

最佳平替： Andrew Peace White Label , £7 Morrisons 一款经典的低价澳洲霞多丽，尝起来确实像霞多丽，且不会因为含糖量太高而让你的牙齿有黏腻感。轻微的橡木桶处理，并不极度奶油感或甜腻，而是清新，带有白桃、甜瓜和柑橘的基调。搭配烤鸡、白肉鱼——或者如果你想显得时髦点，搭配寿司——都非常棒。

另可尝试： Oxford Landing Estates , £6.50 on offer, Waitrose 另一款制作精良、轻微橡木桶处理的澳洲霞多丽，具有成熟的水果味和不错的清新感。酒精含量也较低，为11.5%。

原版：Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc，£31 / £25.50 mix 6, Majestic

这款酒在刚上市时被描述为尝起来“像电流一样”，它为马尔堡（Marlborough）风格树立了基准——而且至今依然难以被超越。最佳替代品： Luis Felipe Edwards 'Signature Series' Sauvignon Blanc，£9.50 / £8.50 mix 6, Majestic。智利沿海地区正在生产一些极佳的、带有海盐清新感的长相思，且价格通常低得多。“这款酒口感浓郁且香气四溢，带有迷人的热带水果气息，使整体口感变得柔和。”另可尝试： New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Awatere Valley，Lidl，£8.99。一款令人印象深刻、精准聚焦的长相思，比许多同类产品具有更浓的叶类草本气息。

原版：La Vieille Ferme（鸡标酒），£10，Tesco

这款粉红色的“鸡标酒”是由罗讷河谷（Rhône Valley）一个正统的酿酒家族酿造而成的，是一款圆润、受大众欢迎的干型风格，带有微妙的水果味。最佳替代品： Le Petit Poulet Rosé，£6.29 Aldi。ALDI 是替代品的之王，而这款是另一个经典之作，正面印有一只鸡，名字是法语的“小鸡”。它虽然没有原版那么顺滑，但就这个价格而言，是一款非常不错的酒。它是完美的派对粉红酒，无需配餐，不过搭配冷盘和禽类效果很好。另可尝试： The Farmyard Rosé，£6.29 Lidl。没错，它的正面也印有鸡，而且在充分冷藏后，非常畅饮。

原版：Moët et Chandon Imperial Brut NV，£43-49 Waitrose

说到大品牌香槟，酩悦（Moët）以其由皮诺（Pinot）和美乃（Meunier）主导并加入部分霞多丽（Chardonnay）的调配风格设定了标准——但随着时间的推移，它的价格变得非常昂贵。最佳替代品： Graham Beck Brut NV，£17 / £16 mix 6, Majestic。采用与香槟相同的耗时传统法以及相同的葡萄品种酿造，所有 Graham Beck 南非起泡酒都提供了卓越的性价比。如果你更喜欢像酩悦那样带有更多果味的气泡酒，那么这款 Brut 是完美之选。搭配咸味开胃小点或烤鸡非常美味。另可尝试： Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Champagne，£14。仅由黑葡萄酿造，因此有点像酩悦，但复杂度稍逊。对于真正的香槟来说，价格便宜得离谱。

原版：Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2021，£18.50 / £17.50 mix 6, Majestic

里奥哈（RIOJA）酒有时质量参差不齐，但 Marques de Riscal 是一种可靠的风格，依然展现出香料皮革气息与成熟黑莓果实之间的绝佳平衡点。最佳替代品： Monte Plogar Gran Reserva，Lidl，£7.49。采用与里奥哈不同的葡萄品种，且来自完全不同的西班牙产区，这款卓越的红葡萄酒陈酿至完美，提供了你从昂贵的里奥哈大区特级 Reserva 中所期待的所有香料皮革和野草莓香气的美好体验。适合搭配烤肉或炖肉——尤其是羊肉。另可尝试： Cepra Lebrel Rioja Crianza，£5.79 Lidl。对于一款有一定年份的真实里奥哈酒来说，这个价格非常出色。不过，它的果味比皮革香料味更浓。

原版：Casillero del Diablo Merlot，£8.50 Tesco

这款便利店的常青树之所以能长盛不衰，是因为它是一款易饮、实惠且可靠的智利梅洛，带有天鹅绒般的黑醋栗和红色水果气息。最佳替代品： Estevez Chilean Merlot，£4.69 Aldi。带有李子味，多汁且如天鹅绒般顺滑，这才是梅洛应有的味道，且性价比极高。我不知道他们怎么能把价格定得这么低。搭配牛排和薯条简直绝妙。另可尝试： Hardy's Stamp Merlot，£5.50 Asda。易饮且柔顺，带有简单的红浆果果味。就其极低的价格而言，相当令人愉悦。

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它的名字已成为任何被认为有些“没脑子”的人的代名词。但事实证明，渡渡鸟可能被不公正地诋毁了。科学家声称，这个灭绝的物种并不比它的鸽子后代更缺乏智能——这些鸟类能够识别人类面孔、解决谜题，甚至学习阅读简单的单词。研究人员对完美的

“可能能够在黑暗中视物” 现存的渡渡鸟头骨仅有三具，研究人员据此推断出其大脑的尺寸。随后，他们将其与鸽科的其他成员进行了对比。“我们发现渡渡鸟的前脑，# 鸟脑？实际上，渡渡鸟相当聪明

扫描：研究人员表示，与大脑其余部分相比，渡渡鸟与认知和记忆相关的大脑区域在比例上与其他鸽子相似。渡渡鸟可能还拥有一种罕见的生态特质——在黑暗中视物的能力。该团队发现了证据，表明渡渡鸟可能在黎明、黄昏甚至夜间活动。来自阿德莱德弗林德斯大学的薇拉·魏斯贝克教授表示：“我们可能需要想象它在日出或日落时分在昏暗的毛里求斯森林中穿行，并表现出与其现存的鸽类亲属相同的智能水平。” 17 世纪后期，在不惧怕人类的情况下，渡渡鸟被人类猎杀，随后从毛里求斯消失。

灭绝：渡渡鸟在 1600 年代灭绝

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电动滑板车骑行者的“头部创伤负担高”，但低于骑行自行车者和摩托车骑行者。来自切尔西和威斯敏斯特医院的医生大卫·博丹斯基（David Bodansky）及其团队审查了国家重大创伤登记库中 15,247 名患者的数据。其中包括 580 名电动滑板车骑行者、超过 7,000 名摩托车骑行者和 7,740 名骑行自行车者。他们研究了 2020 到 2022 年间英格兰和威尔士的中度至重度损伤。记录显示，5.9% 的电动滑板车骑行者、约四分之三的摩托车骑行者和 45% 的骑行自行车者使用了头盔。该团队还分析了超过 23,000 起自我报告的电动滑板车碰撞及险些碰撞事故，结果显示，男性发生碰撞的可能性比女性低 36%。女性受重伤的可能性高出 2.1 倍。博丹斯基先生表示，这些研究结果凸显了实施更严格安全规则的必要性，例如强制佩戴头盔以及降低电动滑板车的限速。研究人员还建议采用地理围栏技术，以限制租赁电动滑板车的运行区域。他们在《科学报告》（Scientific Reports）杂志上写道：“头部创伤负担沉重且头盔使用率低，这再次证明了制定强制头盔立法的必要性。”在公共场所使用私人拥有的电动滑板车是违法的。但可以通过伦敦和其他城市的政府试点计划进行租赁。最新数据显示，2024 年涉及电动滑板车的碰撞事故为 1,312 起，高于 2023 年的 1,292 起。共有 1,390 人受伤，6 人死亡。交通部表示，试点计划是在“更新法律以确保它们能更广泛地安全使用之前，在受控环境中”对电动滑板车进行测试。 --- 11 第 27 页

农民枪杀房客后肢解尸体，并将其藏在水泥桶中多年

作者：Mark Duell

一名曾任屠夫的男子因肢解受害者并将遗骸藏在充满水泥的桶中而被判处 35 年监禁。

农民克里斯托弗·赖特（Christopher Wright），73 岁，被判定谋杀其房客理查德·戴森（Richard Dyson），后者 55 岁，于 2019 年失踪。戴森先生住在南约克郡巴恩斯利附近霍兰（Hoyland）赖特土地上的一辆车里，其女儿此前已报案称其失踪。

警方调查随后转为谋杀案调查，去年警员在拖车上的一个桶中发现了隐藏的尸体。戴森先生曾为该农民打零工，但由于赖特怀疑他偷走自己的古董枪并转卖财物，两人发生了争执。

收集枪支的赖特向其手臂和胸部开枪。在接下来的几天里，他将其肢解，购买水泥，然后将尸体部位隐藏在蓝色容器中。他将桶放在拖车里，并说服一名无辜的邻居存放该车辆。

“他具备实施如此可怕行径的技能”

去年 7 月 14 日，警员在桶中发现了戴森先生被肢解的骨架，并通过 DNA 鉴定确认了他的身份。

检察官彼得·穆尔森（Peter Moulson）KC 告诉谢菲尔德刑事法院：“肢解过程运用了某种解剖学或屠宰知识。赖特年轻时曾担任屠夫。”

“控方的理论是他杀害 [戴森先生] 是因为怀疑对方偷走他的古董枪并将其转卖。”

赖特的童年好友卡尔·施瓦尔贝（Karl Schwalbe），72 岁，因协助掩盖罪行而被判定共谋妨碍司法公正。他被判处三年监禁。

科特法官（Mr Justice Cotter）表示，曾是 Spandau Ballet 致敬乐队成员的赖特必须服刑至少 35 年，且很可能在狱中去世。

法官告诉他：“你曾担任屠夫，且足够熟练以至于能做出如此可怕的事情，这是极少数普通人能忍受去做的事。”

戴森先生的女儿贝瑟尼·丹蒂（Bethany Dainty）表示，长期不知道父亲发生了什么意味着她“无法悲痛，因为我不知道真相”。

她补充道：“这摧毁了我的生活，改变了我这个人。我 19 岁时父亲失踪了。在那个年纪，你仍然需要父母的引导、支持、爱和保护。他不仅是我的父亲，还是我最好的朋友。我们每天通话，他每个周末都来看我。”

“无论生活中发生什么，我知道他都会在。当他没有出现时，我知道出问题了。他从未将手机设为静音，这很不自然。”

丹蒂女士说：“这件事最残酷的部分在于，外面有人知道真相。有人看着我度过了这么多年，却知道发生了什么。经过多年的寻找、希望、恳求和受苦，我得到了我从一开始就恐惧的答案：我的父亲再也回不来了。”

“知道发生了什么这件事每天都在折磨我。”

赖特和施瓦尔贝在警察局停车场讨论警员收集的监控录像时被摄像头拍到。当警方搜查其房产时，赖特在酒店里祈祷上帝赦免，并祈祷他的武器不被发现的画面被拍了下来。

代表施瓦尔贝的克里斯托弗·邓恩（Christopher Dunn）表示，没有告诉警方真相是“一个圣经级别的错误”。

法院获悉，施瓦尔贝是一名“勤奋的丈夫”，因一次事故而患有记忆和神经系统问题。

赖特被判定犯有谋杀罪、共谋妨碍司法公正罪、妨碍合法埋葬罪以及枪支犯罪。

不要渴望寻找伴侣，一个人也可以过得快乐……如果你的“真命天子 / 天女”搜寻之旅毫无结果，或许其中隐藏着一线希望。研究称，只要你将单身视为个人成长的机会，孤独对你是有益的。那些将感情状态视为机遇而非挫折的单身人士，更有可能尝试新爱好、旅行、学习新技能并与朋友共度时光。这项发表在《人格与社会心理学快报》（Journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin）上、针对 600 名单身参与者的研究发现，拥有这种心态的人自述整体上更快乐，并且在生活中与他人有更深层的联系。

作者 Xantha Leatham 执行科学编辑

多伦多大学的首席作者 Elina Moreno 表示：“把握机会尝试新事物、结识新朋友并培养新爱好，不仅能显著改善你对单身状态的看法，还能改善你对整体生活的感受。”

……这倒是件好事，因为我们的朋友越来越少了

英国正陷入一场“友谊衰退”之中，四分之三的成年人表示，他们的朋友比五年前少了。现在的英国人平均拥有 11, 个朋友，其中男性的社交圈更大，约为 13 人，而女性则为 10 人。按城市排名，格拉斯哥人的朋友最少，平均为 8 个，其次是剑桥、莱斯特、曼彻斯特和诺丁汉，均为 9 个左右。

但平均而言，英国人认为自己的朋友中只有 3 人是真正的亲密好友。约 52% 的人表示他们的友谊圈在缩小，76% 的人与朋友共度高质量时光的时间减少，而 49% 的人拥有在现实生活中会刻意回避的社交媒体“好友”。

委托此次民意调查的露营与房车俱乐部（Camping and Caravanning Club）的 Sabina Voysey 表示：“现代生活的压力正在挤压友谊，然而人们比以往任何时候都更渴望有意义的联系。”

参与此次调查的心理学家 Sophie Mort 表示，社交媒体并不“总是能提供有助于深化关系的面对面互动”。

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为什么我们都喜欢讨厌劳伦

为什么人们喜欢讨厌劳伦·桑切斯·贝佐斯（Lauren Sanchez Bezos）？这位身价不菲的亚马逊创始人杰夫（Jeff）的妻子，拥有令人难以置信的丰满身材。畅销书作家艾米·乔齐克（Amy Chozick）今年早些时候在《纽约时报》上发表的一篇关于桑切斯·贝佐斯（如图）的人物报道引发了全球风暴，她告诉我：“我对针对劳伦的反弹并不感到惊讶。我认为人们对科技寡头这个‘超级兄弟’阶层充满了愤怒。外界有很多看法与她作为一个人的本质毫无关系。”

“她可能是一个有趣的陪伴对象，但这并不能减轻那些无法支付账单的人在看到这些人生活在巨型游艇上时所产生的被触动感。”乔齐克写过一部名为《像你这样的朋友》（With Friends Like You）的小说，该书正被改编成一部大电影，她补充道：“而且我认为她的样子并不像人们认为的亿万富翁妻子应有的样子。这里没有所谓的‘低调奢华’。多年来一直有一种默契，即你可以拥有任意多的财富，只要你看起来没有在享受太多乐趣。看看马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）以前是如何表现自己的。”

“而现在，你面对的是一个对此完全不感到抱歉的人——而且这恰恰发生在人工智能（AI）即将抢走你的工作之时。”

MUSIC2YOU 荣幸推出

这套令人震撼的 100首曲目、四张CD合集 将我们带回摇滚乐的诞生之初。从 Buddy Holly 粗犷的吉他扫弦，Elvis Presley 摇摆腰肢的自信风范，到 Ricky Nelson 激情的钢琴敲击，以及 The Everly Brothers 永恒的和声，这套结构精良的合集：

• 1 第一张碟
• 2 Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry
• 3 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
• 4 The Boy-a-Lula - Gene Vincent
• 5 Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
• 6 Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran
• 7 You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) - Buddy Holly
• 8 At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
• 9 Mono Lisa - Conway Twitty
• 10 Who Huo - The Rock-A-Teens
• 11 Shirley Lee - Ricky Nelson
• 12 Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley
• 13 Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
• 14 Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
• 15 Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson
• 16 Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette
• 17 Over and Over - Thurston Harris
• 18 Tequila - The Champs
• 19 Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino
• 20 Forty Miles of Red Road - Duane Eddy
• 21 A Teenager in Love - Dion & The Belmonts
• 22 Good Gally Miss Molly - Little Richard
• 23 Boy (But Love - The Everly Brothers)
• 24 Let's Jump the Brownstick - Brenda Lee
• 25 La Bamba - Ritchie Valens

• 26 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

• 1 第二张碟

• 2 Clean Everybody - Eddie Cochran
• 3 Shock About (Shock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
• 4 Hey Doll Baby - The Everly Brothers
• 5 Rebel Reason - Duane Eddy
• 6 Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll - Joni Martin
• 7 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
• 8 Party Doll - Buddy Rous
• 9 Little Darlin - The Diamonds
• 10 Tongue Teal Jill - Charlie Feathers
• 11 Oh Boy - The Crickets (featuring Buddy Holly)
• 12 Rockin' Bones - Ronnie Dawson
• 13 Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis
• 14 Rararchy - Bill Justin
• 15 Rats Feats - Little Richard
• 16 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
• 17 Under the Moon of Love - Curtis Lee
• 18 Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater
• 19 Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell AKA Jim Baba
• 20 Willie and the Hand-Jive - The Johnny Otis Show
• 21 Rock the Boy - Brenda Lee
• 22 Gai Gai Gai - Roy Orbison
• 23 Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll
• 24 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
• 25 Rumble - Link Wray & His Ray Men
• 26 It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

让我们回想起定义了一个时代的旋律。其中包含了定义时代的冠军单曲和百万销量金曲，包括 Bill Haley & His Comets 的 Rock Around the Clock，Chuck Berry 的 Johnny B. Goode，Jerry Lee Lewis 的 Great Balls of Fire 等众多曲目。摇滚乐没有比这更宏大的了。

• 1 第三张碟
• 2 Ray It Up - Little Richard
• 3 Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
• 4 Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
• 5 Alley Day - Hollywood Angeles
• 6 Bony Maronin - Larry Williams
• 7 Dynamite - Brenda Lee
• 8 High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis
• 9 Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
• 10 Come Here Jo-Anne - Tommy Boyce
• 11 Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
• 12 Short Shorts - The Royal Teens
• 13 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
• 14 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson
• 15 That's All Right - Elvis Presley
• 16 The My Guest - Fats Domino
• 17 Chariot Rock - The Champs
• 18 Blue Jean Boy - Gene Vincent
• 19 Charlie Brown - The Coasters
• 20 Spitch Splash - Bobby Darin
• 21 Ready Teddy - Buddy Holly
• 22 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
• 23 The Shape I'm in - Johnny Reston
• 24 Rockhouse - Roy Orbison
• 25 Red River Rock - Johnny and the Hurricanes

• 26 Since I Don't Have You - The Skylines

• 1 第四张碟

• 2 There's Good Rockin' Tonight - Ricky Nelson

• 3 Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

• 4 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets
• 5 Duke Fried - Carl Perkins
• 6 The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard
• 7 Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman
• 8 Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley
• 9 High Blood Pressure - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns
• 10 Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond
• 11 Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
• 12 Honey Husk - Johnny Burnette
• 13 Rocking Goose - Johnny And The Hurricanes
• 14 Love Potion No. 9 - The Clowns
• 15 Dicky Doody - Roy Orbison
• 16 Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
• 17 That's My Little Susie - Ritchie Valens
• 18 Robot Man - Connie Francis
• 19 Duck Tail - Joe Clay
• 20 Bottle to the Baby - Charlie Feathers
• 21 My Name - Gene Vincent
• 22 Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris
• 23 Razzle Dazzle - Bill Haley & His Comets
• 24 Giddy Up A Ding Dong - Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys
• 25 High School Dance - Larry Williams
• 26 Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

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Alison 在 X 上关注我 @alisonbosh # M&S 挑选《快乐谷》中的疯子担任 26 年圣诞代言人

玛莎百货（MARKS & Spencer）去年的圣诞节十分混乱，起初聘请《白莲花度假村》的艾米·卢·伍德（Aimee Lou Wood）领衔其节日广告宣传，结果在拍摄完成后决定改变方向。不过，今年可以透露的是，这家零售商转向了詹姆斯·诺顿（James Norton），这位 41 岁的演员是《格兰彻斯特》和《快乐谷》（他在其中饰演精神病患者汤米·李·罗伊斯）的明星。诺顿最近宣布自己年纪太大，不再是詹姆斯·邦德的候选人，他大约一周前与 M&S 正式签约，预计将在接下来的几周内穿着节日毛衣进行拍摄。且消息人士指出，他拿到了一张数额极其丰厚的支票……甚至可能接近 £100 万。也许 M&S 被他去年为 Giorgio Armani 拍摄的惊艳广告所打动（他自 2023 年起就与该品牌合作）。

此举标志着对去年“以产品为中心”且通过“网红内容投放”采取社交媒体优先策略的逆转。最终，其 2025 年的节日广告在雪街上以舞者表演 Snap! 的热门歌曲《Rhythm Is A Dancer》为特色。（M&S 另有由道恩·弗伦奇（Dawn French）饰演仙女的独立圣诞食品宣传活动。目前尚不清楚该活动是否会回归。）在 2023, 这家零售巨头签约了汉娜·瓦丁汉姆（Hannah Waddingham）、索菲·艾利斯-贝克斯托（Sophie Ellis-Bextor）和扎韦·阿什顿（Zawe Ashton），而过去霍莉·威洛比（Holly Willoughby）和模特大卫·甘迪（David Gandy）也曾出现。

M&S 在 1 月份报告称，由于英国零售巨头在应对商业街客流量下降，其圣诞食品的强劲需求抵消了节日期间服装销售的萎缩。截至 12 月 27 日的 13 周内，食品销售额增长了 6.6%，但服装、家居和美容销售额下降了 2.5%。M&S 表示，这部分是由于 2025 年春季一场导致其在线业务瘫痪六周的网络攻击所带来的持续影响。由于食品通胀和生活成本高昂，去年圣诞节商业街的整体消费较低。伍德女士从未就她被

时发生了什么发表评论。

欢愉与惊恐：詹姆斯·诺顿（上图）以及在《快乐谷》中饰演该角色的演员，后者在夏季签署领衔广告协议后被该零售商抛弃。

M&S 的一名发言人表示：“在今年圣诞宣传活动的早期阶段，我们非常享受与艾米·卢·伍德的合作——她为整个过程带来了巨大的活力和创造力。随着宣传活动的演变，我们在新领导层的带领下开始嵌入一套新的以产品为中心的策略。”

“因此，该宣传活动不再采用单一主角的广告，而是围绕一系列节日短片和与关键季节性购物时刻（从送礼、款待到派对服装）相匹配的网红内容投放进行重塑——通过社交媒体、数字化、户外广告和印刷品的社交优先、多渠道方式交付。”

所以现在我们知道了。或者也许还没。出生于斯托克波特的伍德女士在 Netflix 的喜剧剧集《性教育》中成名，随后在去年的《白莲花度假村》第三季中饰演迷糊的切尔西。

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Boshoff

■ 霍莉·威洛比（Holly Willoughby）的 YouTube 生活方式节目《Holly Willoughby Together》似乎陷入了收益递减法则。第一集她与演员斯坦利·图齐（Stanley Tucci）一起切西葫芦，吸引了 74,000 名观众。下一集吸引了 37,000, 而她本周最新的尝试仅吸引了 15,000 名。

Hugo的侄女正步入多元宇宙

她的叔叔Hugo在《美国队长：一名美国队长》中饰演红骷髅，而现在萨马拉·威文（Samara Weaving）也将步入大银幕超级英雄（以及超级反派）的世界：她已确定在重启的《X战警》中饰演心灵感应变种人艾玛·弗罗斯特。萨马拉（如图左）最初在澳大利亚肥皂剧《回家与远离》中崭露头角，她将与《怪奇物语》女演员萨迪·辛克（饰演琴·格雷）以及《执念》的因德·纳瓦雷特（被选定饰演神秘小姐）共同主演。这部预计于2028年上映的电影将用一批年轻的新演员来更新旧的变种人角色。《X战警》系列电影此前属于20世纪福克斯公司，但现在版权归迪士尼所有（迪士尼在七年前收购了该公司）。迪士尼还拥有漫威电影宇宙的版权。福克斯拍摄了七部《X战警》电影和三部金刚狼电影。最后一部是2019年夏天上映的《暗黑凤凰》，片中琴·格雷变得有些失控。

我们与你们共事，但我们一句也听不懂……

《泰德·拉索》的主演杰森·苏戴基斯（Jason Sudeikis）和布伦丹·亨特（Brendan Hunt）均为美国人，他们承认尽管在英国拍摄这部全球大热剧集多年，但有时仍需要字幕才能听懂英语口音。在剧中饰演比尔德教练的亨特（该剧背景设定在伦敦西南部的里士满）表示：“当我妻子想看Oasis纪录片时，才看了两分钟她就说：‘我要开字幕。我完全听不懂这些家伙在说什么。’我说：‘没错，你我一样，而且我还住在那儿。’”苏戴基斯补充道：“我的父亲在听一些英国口音时需要帮助，是的，我也从中受益。”新一季的《泰德·拉索》于周三开始在Apple TV上播映。

布伦丹·亨特（左）和杰森·苏戴基斯 说什么？

■ 杰西·艾森伯格（Jesse Eisenberg）凭借其原创剧本《真实痛苦》（讲述一对性格迥异的表亲在波兰旅行的故事）获得奥斯卡提名，他将于10月来到伦敦，其新片将为第70届伦敦电影节收官。这部名为《首秀》（The Debut）的电影由朱丽安·摩尔（右）主演，她饰演一名在社区剧院试镜的害羞女性，保罗·吉亚马蒂则饰演一名在她身上发现了潜力的导演。摩尔表示：“我大概可以数出■

■ 特蕾西-安·奥伯曼（Tracy-Ann Oberman）正继续为自己创造极佳的角色——通过将男性角色改为女性角色。2023年，她在莎士比亚的《威尼斯商人》中饰演夏洛克。现在她将担任诺埃尔·考沃德《现在的笑声》的主演，将午后偶像加里·埃森丁饰演为一名名为盖里的名伶。该剧将于8月27日至9月5日在巴斯皇家剧院上演，随后将在英国巡演。

时尚界的祸根被揭露

在时尚界的现代版“威斯特尔夫人”显然被揭穿后，一场有趣的纷争正进入白热化。两年来，一个名为Boring Not Com（模仿谄媚的时尚账号Style Not Com）的匿名Instagram账号一直在发布关于高级时尚世界的尖刻评论、抨击和迷人的八卦。然而现在，一名叫拉沙姆·阿吉曼（Rasham Agyemang）的英国造型师兼摄影师被记者劳伦·舍曼（Lauren Sherman）在受人尊敬的时事通讯《Pack》中“揭穿”，引发了愤怒。Boring Not Com指责她“破坏了乐趣”且“执迷不悟”。

普拉达（PRADA）的一件衬衫售价1,500美元，看起来就像是从一个霉烂的洗衣篮里拿出来的。既恶心又好笑。 造型出众：一条Boring Not Com的帖子

严格地愤怒，因为这是“去旧迎新”的年轻版旧人。这位舞者是否有一种“严格”的熟悉感？Aleksandra Isaeva，《严格舞步》（Strictly）的新“塞壬”，是一位引人注目的乌克兰拉丁舞冠军金发女郎……就像被解雇的专业舞者 Nadiya Bychkova 一样。不同之处在于她 22 岁，而 Bychkova 36. 岁。我听说专业舞者的 WhatsApp 群组里对这次“残酷的青年替换”感到愤怒，因为许多深受喜爱的老面孔被年轻的“克隆人”所取代。Gorka Marquez 被意大利人 Cristian Priori 取代——后者简直是 Marquez 的翻版，也是 Aleksandra Isaeva 的专业舞伴。这都是人员大清洗的一部分，44 岁的 Karen Hauer（《严格舞步》任职时间最长的专业舞者）也将离开，随之离开的还有 Luba Mushtuk (36) 和 Michelle Tsiakkas (30)。一名消息人士表示：

再看一遍：Bychkova（左）和 Isaeva

“专业舞者的 WhatsApp 群组里气氛很糟糕，很多人在讨论年龄偏见和年龄歧视。人们觉得这太残酷了。有人说这个节目现在将变成‘严格克隆舞’。”

下一季的排练将于本月底开始。BBC 已宣布五位新面孔加入与名人搭档的专业舞者行列：Aleksandra Isaeva, Cristian Priori, Lethabo Monametsi, Maddie Ingoldsby, 和 Mark Karmalita。正如本专栏去年所揭露的，计划是将《严格舞步》带向一个新方向，更全面地拥抱 TikTok 世界，这在美国版本的《与星共舞》（Dancing With The Stars）中已获得成功。在共同主持人 Claudia Winkleman 和 Tess Daly 离职后，今年将由 Josh Widdicombe, Johannes Radebe 和 Emma Willis 主持。

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EasyJet 空乘盗窃 £30,000 烟草以资助可卡因成瘾

一名 EasyJet 航班乘务员盗窃了价值超过 £30,000 的烟草，以资助他不断升级的可卡因习惯。曼彻斯特刑事法院获悉，Lyren Maddix, 29, 曾是一名“受重视”的机组人员，在该航空公司工作了八年多。

詹姆斯·托泽 (James Tozer) 报道

他也是一名活跃的 TikTok 用户，经常上传自己在度假航班上穿着制服摆姿势的片段。但在 January 28, 2025, 一名同事意识到在 Maddix 驻守的曼彻斯特机场，有板箱被撬开了。原计划在航班上销售的 Amber Leaf 烟草被盗。监控录像显示 Maddix 是责任人。经理们发现，他在休息日穿着全套制服前往机场，并利用通行证进入禁区，甚至登上了飞机。

警方发现，在 August 4, 2024 至 January 28, 2025 期间，他共盗窃烟草 26 次，总价值 £30,082. 他告诉警方，他将这些烟草卖给了一家商店，用以偿还毒债并购买更多可卡因。法庭获悉，他盗窃得“如此频繁”，以至于可能“数不清了”。他失去了工作，现在在 Tesco 工作。

辩护律师 Betsy Hindle 表示，Maddix 没有前科，非常“热爱”他的工作，并且是“受重视的员工”，但他深受心理健康困扰，且“没有得到他认为应该得到的支持”，因此“利用药物来应对”。

记录员 Ben Lawrence 表示，他认为 Maddix 具有“良好的康复前景”，并“勉强被说服”将一年四个月的刑期缓刑两年。来自北安普顿的 Maddix 被命令完成 250 小时的无偿工作并参加十天的康复培训，此外还需支付 £300. 的费用。

“他偷得太频繁，以至于数不清了”

来自《每日邮报》档案

1986年8月7日 莎士比亚戏剧演员蒂莫西·道尔顿（Timothy Dalton）获得了好莱坞最令人向往的电影角色——詹姆斯·邦德。这位身高6英尺2英寸的英国明星由007制片人库比·布罗科利（Cubby Broccoli）签约。38岁的道尔顿此前一直专注于古典戏剧，但现在将被推入一个充满魅力与财富的新世界。

2003年8月7日 拉奎尔·威尔士（RAQUEL Welch）在结婚四年后与第四任丈夫理查德·帕尔默（Richard Palmer）分手。这位62岁的银幕传奇人物的公关人员表示，此次分手没有第三方介入，且被描述为和平分手。威尔士小姐于1999年在比弗利山庄与帕尔默结婚。他比她小20岁。

生日快乐 查理兹·塞隆（CHARLIZE THERON），51岁。这位南非女演员因在《怪物》中饰演一名连环杀手而获得奥斯卡奖，并在新大片《奥德赛》中饰演宁芙仙女卡吕普索。她说人们错误地认为她做了拉皮手术。“我的反应是，‘我只是在变老！’”她的姓氏发音为“thrown”。 吉米·威尔士（JIMMY WALES），60岁。这位出生于美国、定居英国的企业家在2001年共同创立了维基百科，并称自己为该网站的“仁慈独裁者”。他被描述为“倾向于搬弄名人姓名”，一名同事回忆起威尔士曾说过：“我现在没法跟你说话；我得去给纳尔逊·曼德拉倒橙汁了。”

出生于今日 克米特·洛夫（KERMIT LOVE，1916-2008）。这位美国木偶师因创造《芝麻街》中身高8英尺2英寸的大鸟而闻名——他将其框架和步态基于木偶戏创造者吉姆·亨森（Jim Henson）。他与克米特青蛙（Kermit the Frog）名字相同纯属巧合。 费丽丝·布莱恩特（FELICE BRYANT，1925-2003）。这位美国词曲作者与丈夫布德洛（Boudleaux）共同创作了800多首歌曲。她说：“音乐、歌词和表演者之间必须有良好的结合。歌曲就像人一样——如果处于错误的陪伴中，它就会被耗尽。”

8月7日回顾... 1974年，法国人菲利普·珀蒂（Philippe Petit）在世界贸易中心双塔之间走钢丝。 1998年，布兰妮·斯皮尔斯（Britney Spears）在拍摄《Baby One More Time》MV时，身穿校服在电影《油脂》（Grease）的拍摄地学校进行拍摄。

词汇魔术 猜测定义 Ascian（创造于1600年代初） A) 微小的，弱小的。 B) 没有阴影的。 C) 一个古怪的人。 答案见下方

短语解释： Lip-syncing（对口型）： 指将说话或唱歌者的唇部动作与演唱或口述的人声相匹配的技术术语。

今日名言 民主是一种确保我们受到的治理不会好于我们应得程度的机制。 乔治·萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw），爱尔兰剧作家（1856-1950）

今日笑话 哪两个单词拥有最多的字母（letters）？ 邮局（Post office）。

猜测定义答案：B

由 ETAN SMALLMAN 和 ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD 编译

第 31 页 # 伊甸秘密（Eden Confidential）

马耳他骑士团高层辞职引发“轰动”

很少有机构能像马耳他骑士团（Knights of Malta）这样，将社会地位与精神信仰完美融合。作为罗马天主教会最古老的骑士团，它拥有显赫的地位。但即便如此，这些骑士——其前任团长包括第五代盖恩斯伯勒伯爵以及滚石乐队的财务顾问鲁珀特·洛文斯坦王子——也无法免于那些困扰其地位较低的同辈们的种种磨难。事实上，在某些方面，这些骑士甚至更为脆弱，正如其中许多人现在正懊悔地承认的那样。据我所能透露的消息，该组织的一位最高级别人物已突然辞职。

大先任（Grand Prior）领导着马耳他骑士团的一部分。根据其网站的解释，该组织的等级制度由那些“发过贫穷、贞洁和服从誓言”的骑士领导，他们被称为“正义骑士”（Knights of Justice）。直到不久前，这一职位由弗拉·马克斯·鲁姆尼（Fra' Max Rumney）担任——前缀“Fra'”是意大利语“frate”的缩写，意为“兄弟”。在2022年他被任命时，《天主教先驱报》（Catholic Herald）对这位“高大、温和”的弗拉·马克斯表示欢迎，并认为“很少有比马耳他主权军事骑士团大先任更显显赫的头衔”——而且几乎肯定没有哪个头衔拥有“更华丽的礼服”。

但弗拉·马克斯身着全套礼服的日子现在已经结束了。“英国马耳他骑士团已向成员通知，弗拉·马克斯·鲁姆尼因健康和个人原因已卸任大先任一职，”马耳他骑士团通讯总监菲莉帕·莱斯利（Philippa Leslie）告诉我。她补充说，弗拉·马克斯“在给骑士团团长的一封正式信函中表明了这一点，团长已接受其辞职。应弗拉·马克斯的直接宗教上级大指挥官的要求，英格兰大先任院的代理人将与弗拉·马克斯共同决定他在马耳他骑士团及宗教生活中的未来”。

一位将他描述为“一个非常温柔的灵魂，一个迷人的男人”的弗拉·马克斯之友告诉我，他的离职“引起了相当大的轰动”。现年58岁的弗拉·马克斯是年费£1,700的旅行者俱乐部（Travellers' Club）成员，他没有接听我的电话——这或许证明他现在已经发了禁言誓？

为什么《奥德赛》明星莫顿拒绝了《X战警》的角色

《奥德赛》明星萨曼莎·莫顿（Samantha Morton）透露，她拒绝了一系列好莱坞电影，因为她觉得其中“年长男性与年轻女性”的浪漫关系不切实际。这位49岁的女演员表示，她在2000年代初期拒绝了《X战警》系列电影的一个角色，同时也拒绝了那些将男星与年轻得多的女演员配对的电影。

“在我职业生涯的某个阶段，那时我二十出头，住在曼哈顿，剧本会寄过来，”49岁的萨曼莎说道。“我现在会对其中一些电影产生疑问：它们应该被拍出来吗？而我在当时就提出了质疑。”这位出生于诺丁汉的明星补充道：“不仅仅是拒绝《X战警》，因为我当时不知道《X战警》是什么。”

“我读了剧本，但我没看懂。”

■ 他的父亲理查德·凯林（Richard Caring）在以14 亿英镑 billion的价格出售其夜总会帝国的多数股权后，即便开启一两瓶马格南香槟也是可以原谅的。但在他的长子杰米（Jamie）即将启动的俱乐部里，他不会纵容这种行为。

Long Lane是杰米在西萨塞克斯郡95英亩土地上的创业项目，是一家禁酒的“健康”机构。如果菜单上没有希腊式美食，那么生物识别和DNA甲基化检测则在其中。53岁的杰米在告诉《Tatler》九月号时表示，年轻一代“不抽烟，不喝酒，也不吸毒。他们甚至不进行性行为”。令人清醒。

■ 汤姆·琼斯爵士（Sir Tom Jones）表示，年长者继续摇滚并不罕见。他在伦敦Palace Bowl Presents的观众面前表示，他才刚刚开始。

“我去洛杉矶庆祝威利·纳尔逊（Willie Nelson）的生日，”他提到这位93岁的德克萨斯州乡村音乐明星时说道。“威利已经90多岁了，他仍在唱歌，而我才86。我心想，‘他都90多岁了，所以我还有期待的空间’。”

镜头恐惧症的希安还没准备好特写

这是一个问题：《Fleabag》明星希安·克利福德（Sian Clifford）变得害怕镜头了。这位44岁的女演员在新的伪纪录片《The Lady》中饰演一名渴望成名的贵族伊莎贝拉夫人（Lady Isabella），她欺骗了一位挣扎中的投机导演来为她拍摄。

“我与伊莎贝拉夫人截然相反，”她在伦敦BFI Southbank的一次放映会上说道。“我宁愿躲避一切。尤其是镜头。我合作过的每一位导演都告诉我，我在身体上会下意识地避开镜头。这正成为一个问题。”

忘掉剽窃吧！史密斯引发着装丑闻

剑桥大学的校友们对杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）教授的丑闻感到震惊——他在剽窃指控后辞职——但他们对该大学新任校长史密斯勋爵（Lord Smith）的一张奇怪照片同样感兴趣。

在校友杂志《Cam》上的照片显示，前工党部长克里斯·史密斯（Chris Smith）穿着一件衬衫，其袖长至少比他实际需要的长了两英寸。袖口一直垂到了他的指关节。校长职位没有薪水，但难道剑桥大学不能为这个可怜的老伙计找个裁缝吗？

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秘密与生活

大卫是我生命中的挚爱。但他瘫痪了，而我是他的已婚护士...

我们用了 24 年才最终走到一起。但我们的故事证明，没有什么能将灵魂伴侣分开

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从一开始，这对我们来说就很明显：我们是灵魂伴侣。在我于该单元工作的八周里，我们每天都见面。我们一起欢笑，长谈数小时——并秘密地坠入爱河。我发现三年前，在 1988, 大卫在塞浦路斯的一次训练行动中，他乘坐的坦克翻覆，导致他的颈椎骨折。对于一个年仅 20, 岁、前途光明的人来说，这一定是毁灭性的。然而，尽管经历了这一切，他的个性依然充满活力，且

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我应该举报违反软管禁令的邻居吗？

我的绣球花正在枯萎。玫瑰花瓣在变褐。我露台上的一半盆栽已经萎缩，背景音则是未成熟的苹果不断掉落的声音。在我后花园这片干渴的沙漠中，唯一的色彩来源是我的草坪——因为它是塑料的。我们 Thames Water 的软管禁令已经执行了两周，时间感觉非常漫长，而在这段时间里，我们只经历了区区五分钟的零星小雨。往返于厨房之间拎水桶和浇水壶的次数是有限的——这根本无法满足植物的需求。

但周五晚上，当我与朋友在花园里享用晚酌时，我听到了一种久违的水流汩汩声。我想也许是街上的某个人安装了水景设施。周六，当我坐在室外读报时，我又听到了同样没完没了的噪音。声音大得令人惊讶。听起来更像是……一根软管。但肯定没有人会如此厚颜无耻吧？

噪音持续了一整天。到了晚上，我的好奇心——如果你愿意，也可以称之为管闲事——占据了上风。在我家的顶楼，我可以俯瞰街道上大部分的花园。然后，就在光天化日之下，一根软管正被用来填充一个巨大的充气戏水池。

我承认，我脑海中闪过一个关于我那些绣球花的念头，那些看起来可怜的叶子在渴望水分。如果我的邻居可以如此公开地蔑视规则，那我也可以吗？不。绝对不行。那样会导致疯狂和社会动荡。

于是，我在 Facebook 上发帖问：“如果你的邻居公然违反软管禁令，你会怎么做？”说我收到了来自朋友和陌生人的海量回复，简直是轻描淡写。

对某些人来说，这让他们回想起了疫情期间那些激进的日子，那时邻居们会因为对方竟敢在花园里与人交谈而互相报警。好几个人称我为告密者，有人建议我给毛主席打电话。有一个人好几次告诉我不要多管闲事（不，他不是那个邻居），因为他的这种行为而被我拉黑了。

好几个人告诉我，他们在自己社区散步或乘车时看到的不公平现象。当大多数花园干涸到几乎变成尘土时，另一些花园则……

作者：妮可·兰珀特 (NICOLE LAMPERT) 绿得发亮，充满生机。对于那些负担得起的人来说，地下灌溉系统的流行意味着人们可能在悄悄使用等同于软管的灌溉方式而无人知晓（除了他们花园中显而易见的状况）。这种不公平感就像被打了一记耳光一样刺痛。在其他国家的朋友询问，他们生活在更炎热的地方，却从未经历过用水禁令。令人惊讶的是，在经历了有记录以来最潮湿的1月之后，我们竟然没有足够的水来维持花园的生存，甚至无法维持其中昆虫和动物的生存。但看来这个国家没有人愿意投资于我们迫切需要的基础设施。英国最后一座水库建于1992.年。与此同时，AI的增长可能会影响我们的用水量，因为数据系统需要大量的水进行冷却。一个典型的AI设施每天使用约200万升水——而英国拥有500.个以上这样的设施。此外，还有那些将我们推入这种困境的水务公司的巨大浪费。我的一个朋友说，她也计划违反禁令，因为干旱是他们的错。她愤怒得完全正确。泰晤士水务公司（Thames Water）负债近200 亿英镑 billion，却继续向其高管支付离谱的薪水，且必须被强制停止支付奖金。该公司在2024.年的环境表现评级中仅获得一星。同年，该公司导致近300,000小时的未经处理污水排放到水道中。根据泰晤士水务公司的最新报告，每天约有3.7 亿升水因泄漏而流失。与此同时，自2020年以来，我们的账单上涨了50%，因为我们在为这种糟糕的管理买单。泰晤士水务公司确实是一个可怕的故事，讲述了一家私有化的公用事业公司在被允许肆意挥霍人类基本需求时会发生什么。因此，在这种情况下，出于原则考虑，违反软管禁令似乎是合理的。然而……我天生不是一个反叛者或违法者。规则的存在是有原因的。虽然我不记得1976年干旱期间人们使用立管取水的场景，但我的天气应用显示没有降雨迹象——因此，节约用水以避免灾难似乎是合理的。于是我看着我枯萎的绣球花。我那些变褐的数百朵花。空荡荡的软管。我想，“不”。我要做一个好人。我不会违反规则——即使别人在违反。我们的整个社会都依赖于人们遵守那些被告知对我们有益的规则。而当人们不遵守时，这简直是一个令人痛心的遗憾。

接前页 具有磁性的吸引力。尽管他因为残疾而面临严峻的挑战——他无法独立生活——但我们的结局本该是幸福的。然而，虽然我们可以共同克服身体上的障碍，但我们无法忽视的事实是我已经结婚了——和我第一任丈夫结婚。我遇到奈杰时才17岁，他是一名比我大三岁的地毯安装工。他从来不怎么浪漫——不擅长赞美——但我们相处得还不错，而且那时我太年轻，不知道生活还可以有不同的样子。我在23.岁时结婚。直到三年后的1991,年9月我遇到了大卫，我才意识到爱应该是怎样的感觉——而且这与我之前经历过的任何事情都截然不同。我发现自己每天早晨在奈杰身边醒来时，心中都充满了见到大卫的强烈兴奋感。我们会偷偷地去他的房间，关上门——当然，由于我是名护士，身体接触是非常被禁忌的——然后接吻，我们两人都沉浸在对彼此的爱之中。这种感觉完全正确，就像命中注定一样。在我们幸福的泡沫中，我们谈到了一起养孩子——尽管大卫受伤了，但他仍然可以生育——我甚至把他的事情告诉了我的父母。我的父亲很务实，他警告我：“你最终会变成他的护理员。”但这对我来说并不重要。我太沉溺于当下的情感，而没有思考[...OMITTED...]

我们的目光交汇，我的双膝发软

我根本没有考虑与大卫生活在一起的实际情况会是如何，甚至没有考虑我该如何与奈杰结束关系。但医院围墙之外的生活现实很快就追上了我们。在我转到下一个实习岗位几周后，在1992年的情人节，奈杰在我的包里发现了我写给大卫的卡片。他勃然大怒，毫不含糊地告诉我这段关系必须停止。我感到了沉重的愧疚感和责任感。我不想伤大卫的心，但我在结婚时许下了承诺，我觉得我必须坚守那个承诺。我的心告诉我应该和大卫在一起，但我的理智却告诉我不要这样做，我想做“正确”的事。最终，我告诉大卫我们的情事必须结束。那是我人生中最糟糕的一天。他彻底崩溃了，多年后他告诉我，那天在我离开他的房间后，他崩溃大哭。他说我的离去彻底撕碎了他的心，这种痛苦甚至超过了他的伤痛。之后，我尽力经营我的婚姻，希望在这种心碎中能产生一些积极的结果，一年后我生下了丹尼尔，三年后又生下了约瑟夫。我全身心地投入到母亲的角色中——我热爱这个角色——并建立起我的护理职业生涯。然而，无论生活变得多么忙碌，大卫始终留在我的心中。每当我看到穿着制服的士兵，我的思绪就会立刻飘回到他的蓝色眼睛。在Facebook刚出现的时候，我确实试过寻找大卫，但没有成功，因为——正如我后来发现的——他注册的名字是Davey。我以为我再也见不到他了。我没有意识到的是，我们之间只隔了一英里。令人难以置信的是，我们住在惠特斯通（Whetstone）的不同尽头，那是莱斯特市南边几英里一个小村庄。在我们结束情事一年后，大卫离开了医院，搬进了一栋专门改造的平房，离我的婚后住所不远，由一个九人的常规工作人员团队提供24小时护理。虽然在1992年我结束关系后他尝试过约会，但对他来说，没有任何一段关系能维持长久。他使用一辆改装面包车出行，实际上曾多次注意到我。然而，看到我带着孩子，他认为我很幸福，不想扰乱我的生活。他甚至在多年后向我坦白，他以前经常让护理员开车经过我家，只为了瞥我一眼。但事实是，我与奈杰的婚姻正在慢慢破裂；我们的生活越来越分开。而且，在内心深处，我知道自己是不快乐的，因为我曾与大卫经历过真爱。随后在2016年11月，我51岁，在最后一次见到大卫近四分之一个世纪后，当时我在当地的全科医生诊所担任护士，一位名叫黛比的女士走进我的房间进行常规检查。在我们聊天时，她提到她是惠特斯通一位残疾绅士的高级护理员。当她描述他时，我的心跳停止了。我看着她问：“是大卫吗？”她很惊讶地向我点头，我承认我们在24年前坠入爱河。我请她代我向他表达最亲切的问候。黛比立刻回到大卫的平房，告诉他她刚刚见到了我。那天晚上他在Facebook上搜索我，并给我发了一条私信。他完全不知道我的婚姻不幸福，只是简单地询问我的近况，在做什么，并说能收到我的消息真是太好了。但随着我们开始互发信息，几十年的时光仿佛消融了。大约一周后，他建议我过去喝杯茶——只要我记得带饼干。他从未失去他的幽默感。我非常激动能再次见到当时48岁的大卫，尽管我意识到自己完全不知道他现在的身体状况如何。但比起健康方面的担忧，我更担心在奈杰背后偷偷去看他。在正门，一名护理员迎接了我，并领我进入客厅。大卫看起来完全不同了。

我最后一次见到他时，他还保持着不久前身为一名精瘦、强健的军人的体格。但在经历了数十年的瘫痪后，他的体重增加了许多。不过这并不重要，因为在我们的目光交汇，他露出那个淘气笑容的一瞬间，我的双腿完全失去了力气。两个小时里我们不停地交谈，那种连接感与多年前一模一样。我感到眩晕且呼吸急促，因为我知道我们的爱从未消逝。两周后，我去了大卫家，原计划只是快快喝杯茶，结果最后停留了七个小时，我们两人倾诉了关于那些失落岁月的全部心声。在第一次见面时，大卫认为我对他的感情并非两情相悦，认为我们只能做朋友，但这一次，我坦白了我的婚姻并不幸福——并承认我对他的感情从未消失。那天我离开时，我知道我无法回头了 --- 秘密与生活页 35

天造地设：大卫·罗宾逊在事故前穿着制服的样子，以及路易丝作为一名新合格护士时的样子

这对我丈夫的自尊心是一个打击——事实是我为了一个如此严重的残疾人而离开他，回到了我的旧生活。在放走过大卫一次之后，我再也不想离开他了。那时我的长子丹尼尔，23岁，已经搬走了，只有约瑟夫，20岁，还和我们住在一起。三天后，我告诉奈杰我们需要谈谈。我直视他的眼睛说：“有别人了。我要离开你。”奈杰对此反应很糟糕。我认为这打击了他的自尊心，尤其是事实是我为了一个严重残疾的男人而离开他。他的反应反而加强了我的感觉，让我觉得我做出了正确的决定。第二天，我搬进了我母亲的房子。自从我父亲两年前去世后，她一直独自生活，她完全支持我离开奈杰，尝试与大卫共同生活。接下来的周一我去上班时，整个人光彩照人。我的经理微笑着问：“路易丝，周末过得愉快吗？”我回答道：“是的，谢谢。我离开我丈夫了！”这不是他预想的答案，每个人都震惊了，但我的同事们给了我最温暖、最支持的拥抱。自然地，我的儿子们更难接受这个突然的消息，因为他们很大程度上被屏蔽在我不快乐的生活之外。两人都非常难过，不过几年后丹尼尔承认，他很惊讶我没有早点结束这段婚姻，因为他察觉到了我们之间的摩擦。每天下班后，我都会开车去看大卫，他的护理人员确保给我们留出私人空间。再次亲吻大卫的感觉真的太美妙了。心中既有忐忑，也有一种深刻的正确感。虽然我们从未尝试在医院病房里发生性关系——那真的会

我希望我当时没有走开

在越界之前——我们找到了共同享受亲密关系的方法。2017年6月，在我们重新联系七个月后，我正式搬进了大卫的平房。他整个成年时期一直与护理人员单独生活，此前从未与伴侣同居，因此我想确保他完全接受我侵入他的空间，尤其是因为他依赖如此多复杂的设备。我的母亲体贴地为我们买了两个单人床，它们可以完美地并排移动，看起来像一张标准的双人床。大卫那一侧必须是专业的医疗床，配备电动交替压力床垫以保护他的皮肤。

由于严重的伤势，大卫内心深处也带有强烈的不安全感。他坚信在公共场合每个人都会盯着他看，但渐渐地，我成功地诱导他和我一起出门。很快，我们成了当地咖啡馆和剧院的常客——这些是他30多年来未曾享受过的体验。起初人们确实会盯着看，但因为我不介意并全力支持他，久而久之，他也不在意了。我们沉浸在极大的幸福中，每天都感叹能重新找到彼此是多么幸运。

2018年他求婚了。我们选择的戒指具有深刻的意义。我的戒指上刻着 Nulli secundus（“首屈一指”）字样，这是他曾服役的冷流卫队（Coldstream Guards）的格言，我认为这完美地描述了他。大卫的戒指上刻着一颗心和“Like never before”（前所未有）的铭文，这些词出自伊娃·卡西迪（Eva Cassidy）的《Songbird》，他在我离开奈杰住在母亲家期间曾与我分享过这首歌。

由于新冠限制，我们的婚礼被推迟到2022年5月。那时，遗憾的是，我的母亲已不在人世，无法见证这一刻；她在前一年与阿尔茨海默病的残酷斗争后去世了。仪式在一个阳光明媚、极美的橘园中举行，丹尼尔和约瑟夫自豪地陪我走过婚礼走道。尽管起初有些不快，但他们后来深深地爱上了大卫，他们能看到我在经历了这么多年的不快乐之后是多么地绽放。

然而遗憾的是，我们的幸福如此短暂。2023年下旬，大卫因脊柱底部的溃疡感染而引发严重的败血症。他被紧急送往谢菲尔德脊髓损伤单位，外科医生为了在绝望中遏制感染，不得不完全切除他的髋关节。到2024年11月，他的医疗需求变得如此剧烈，以至于我正式加入了他的专业护理团队，在家里管理他复杂的临床护理。

在这段时间里，我们的狗Logi也给大卫提供了一种珍贵的慰藉。我们在三年前赢得由Rainbows儿童与青少年安宁疗护中心（一家我自照顾过一名患有致命脑瘤的共事女孩以来一直支持的喘息护理慈善机构）举办的每周彩票奖金£1,000后买下了它。随着大卫健康的恶化，Logi从未离开他的身边。它会安静地坐在大卫的腿上好几个小时，而且每晚雷打不动地凑上去亲吻大卫道晚安，同时“清洗”他的眼镜。

随后，在2025年2月，严重的败血症再次袭击了大卫脆弱的身体。这一次的消息令人心碎：他的身体整体状况意味着现在只能进行姑息治疗。我们被告知还剩下几个月，或许只有几周时间。但我们尽量不去纠结即将到来的事情。相反，我们谈论曾经美好的时光，谈论我们是如何真正的灵魂伴侣，并在大卫能承受的范围内，享受去电影院、咖啡馆或剧院的小规模出行。

接着在2025年4月，57岁的大卫被诊断出患有结肠癌。就在医生说出“癌症”这个词的一瞬间，我勇敢的丈夫心中有些东西改变了。他看着我，完全精疲力竭，我知道他已经受够了。37年来，他每天都在与自己身体的禁锢作斗争，但面对这个新敌人，他已没有力气再战。我非常有幸拥有了八年半美好的时光，与

他已经没有力气去抗争了

大卫，三个之中的一个作为他的妻子，我愿意用自己的生命来换取能与他共处更久的时间。但作为一名护士，也作为他的妻子，我能看出他已经准备好离开了。我们让他留在家里，在2025年9月15日的那个晚上，我的双手捧着他的脸，我所认识的最勇敢、最善良的灵魂静静地离去了。我心碎不已。我知道他得到了平静，但这在起初并没有给我带来任何安慰。我只是想要更多在一起的天数、周数和年数。我们的爱情故事并没有在我和大卫年轻且充满希望时所规划的那样结束。如今，61岁的我，内心的一部分将永远希望自己在第一次时能为他更努力地抗争，希望我没有那么轻易地走开，从而错过了将近25年的共同时光。但我们共同度过的时间是纯粹且毫无掩饰的快乐。大卫是我一生挚爱。我们的故事依然是一个美丽的童话——只不过是一个具有非常人性化结局的故事。■ 欲了解更多关于Rainbows儿童与青少年临终关怀中心（Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People）的信息，请访问 rainbows.co.uk

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作者：ALICE SNAPE

只需呼吸，我告诉自己，揉搓着出汗的手掌，向“厕所之神”发出绝望的祈祷。我正站在当地一家M&S超市的厕所排队队列中。我的皮肤上有一种糟糕的冰冷交替的刺痛感。我还没有进入完全的恐慌模式，还没到那个程度，但天呐，我觉得很不舒服。我双腿紧夹，脚踝交叉。我幻想把前面那个拄着拐杖的老妇人和那个带着幼儿的母亲推开。为什么，为什么只有一个隔间？

在经历了令人心碎的五分钟后，我终于排到了队列最前面，但我绝不能让自己放松。我以前那样做过，结果并不愉快。当那位老太太蹒跚走出时，我匆忙地向她微笑并走了进去。那种解脱感是极其愉快的。

这对我来说不是第一次经历了。我的膀胱一直很敏感，焦虑会加剧这种情况，而且我仍然被15.岁时在学校朋友面前尿裤子的恐怖记忆所困扰。现在43岁且处于围绝经期边缘，这种情况随着年龄增长而变得更加糟糕。我从未生育，所以听朋友们分享经验时，我意识到自己的窘境可能会更糟。如今，我很少在没带 Flo 敏感膀胱护垫且手袋里没带备用内裤的情况下出门。我并不孤单；在英国，多达35%的女性遭受尿失禁或膀胱控制问题。但过去十年中，英格兰的公共厕所数量下降了14%，造成了英国皇家公共卫生学会（Royal Society for Public Health）所称的“公共厕所荒漠”。对于像这样的女性来说，这是一场噩梦

图片来源：GETTY IMAGES

让我意识到我真的必须解决膀胱虚弱问题的那一天简直令人羞愧……我。我的手机里保存了一个名为“厕所地图”的在线数据库，可以显示附近的公共厕所，我经常围绕这些厕所来规划我的日程。但由于厕所稀少，我早晨遛狗时经常沦落到偷偷躲在灌木丛后面。我经常偷偷绕过酒吧或咖啡馆里那些大声宣告“仅限顾客使用”的标志。我也曾被发现把车停在路边解决内急。当然，像我这样的膀胱，也出过很多事故。在经历了一段紧张的回家路程，终于走到家门口将钥匙插入锁孔时，有时感觉就像打开了水龙头。为了避免事故，在出门在外不确定最近的厕所在哪里时，我甚至走到不喝水的地步，结果经常导致头痛甚至尿路感染。膀胱护理公司Jude发现，67%的女性曾故意让自己脱水，因为公共厕所正变得像渡渡鸟一样稀有。所以在经历了太多次尴尬的事故后，我决定采取行动。肯定有办法解决我的膀胱问题吧？全科医生兼女性激素诊所（The Women's Hormone Clinic）主任Ginny Ponsford博士告诉我，尿失禁有两种类型：压力性（在咳嗽或跳跃时发生）和紧迫性（由膀胱过度活跃或易激惹引起）。我不确定哪种适用于我——可能两种都有——所以我从各个角度入手。对于前者，我必须像在健身房锻炼肌肉一样加强我的盆底肌。老实说，我完全不知道怎么做，所以我向伦敦Disco Barre Studio的普拉提教师Sophie Ritchie寻求帮助。她告诉我，要把我的私密部位想象成不同的区域，并尝试将它们意识到为不同的肌肉。我得想象自己在一个电梯里，在上升到建筑物的十层过程中收缩它们，然后慢慢下降。我将其描述为模拟你憋尿时的动作（当然，从历史上看，我非常不擅长这个），但在几周的时间里，每天这样做几分钟后，我感觉到膀胱控制能力有了明显的改善。膀胱训练也被推荐。Ponsford博士解释说，我需要重新设定膀胱向大脑发送的信号，这样我的身体在感觉到膀胱充盈的第一信号时，就不会产生强烈的排尿需求。因此，在居家办公的日子里，当紧迫感第一次袭来时，我练习憋尿，从五分钟开始，然后慢慢延长到更长的时间段。缓慢但坚定地，我的膀胱开始适应充盈的感觉——尽管我知道不能操之过急。同样，饮食和饮水也至关重要。“任何酸性、碳酸、酒精或含有咖啡因的饮料都可能引起类似膀胱炎的症状，”盆底健康专家Sarah Jenkins博士解释道。许多NHS信托机构建议产后盆底肌功能障碍的女性避免饮用健怡可乐，这一点很有代表性。我不能放弃咖啡，因为每天的第一杯咖啡是我起床的动力，但我将我心爱的健怡可乐限制为偶尔的享受。（请原谅，我无法在性格上做出那么大的改变。）然而，即使是我所做的这些微小调整，在解决漏尿问题方面也带来了明显且迅速的改善。但尽管如此，我还是恳请亲爱的政府投资建设公共厕所。这真的不算过分的要求——而你们将从一群心满意足的女性群体中获得回报。

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我为什么没有再生一个孩子？因为怀孕是一场可怕的精神折磨

多年来，我一直不得不回避一个女性所知的最令人恼火的问题之一：你打算什么时候给你的孩子找个兄弟姐妹？我觉得这个问题在很多层面上都令人不安。首先，有一种坦白说很荒谬的假设，认为我的女儿理应拥有一个兄弟或姐妹，就像拥有比如一辆自行车一样，而且如果没有一个，她的生活将是不完整的。其次，是什么让你认为我的卵巢能够完成这样的壮举？第三，也许是最重要的一点，你是否想过我可能不想再次经历怀孕的恐怖？

我提到这一点是因为本周，孕产妇心理健康联盟（Maternal Mental Health Alliance）的首席执行官尼基·威尔逊（Nikki Wilson）分享道，她的组织观察到围产期焦虑近期有所上升，从五分之一的女性增加到四分之一。而上个月，。分娩创伤协会（Birth Trauma Association）的研究发现，44% 患有分娩创伤的女性选择不再生育，另有 33% 的人表示这导致他们推迟再生孩子。一名女性解释道：“我太害怕怀孕了，以至于性生活几乎不存在，我和相处 15 years 的长期伴侣在几年后分开了。”

阅读这些内容并没有给我带来任何快感，但确实给了我一点点安慰——因为我只生一个孩子的主要原因是我无法忍受再次经历怀孕和分娩的想法。我的分娩过程持续了三天，最后我被推入手术室进行了紧急剖腹产。那相当不愉快，但与怀孕相比简直是小菜一碟。怀孕绝非是充满奇怪食欲和逛约翰刘易斯合伙公司婴儿部的幸福时光，而是我生命中最痛苦的时期之一（更不用说我丈夫的了）。

作为一个有精神疾病史的女性，我知道产后抑郁症。所以当我看到验孕棒上的两条线时，我提醒自己要对此保持警惕。但那是在将近九个月之后的事，目前我只想把脚翘起来，在适应作为准妈妈的新清醒生活时享受这份宁静。因此，令人震惊的是，在得知这个喜讯后的几天内，我就变成了一头愤怒的公牛，对一切都感到愤怒，并且容易发脾气，这种脾气你可能会在幼儿身上看到，但不会在一个 32-year-old 身上看到。有一天晚上，我丈夫做了一道我认为太稀的波隆那面，于是我愤怒地走出公寓三个小时，直到吃完一盒分享装的鸡块才回来。

很快，我从小时候起时断时续经历的强迫症（OCD）露出了它狰狞的面目。我非常担心未出生孩子的安全，拒绝去我母亲家，因为她养了一只猫（猫可能会携带一种名为弓形虫的病毒，会导致流产和出生缺陷，尽管这种情况极其罕见）。我每天早晨必须完美地重复一系列短语，以确保宝宝在一天接下来的时间里是安全的，否则我无法

Pictures: CINDY ORD GLETTY / IMMERSAL STUDIES

马特演奥德修斯太过于光洁了

本周我独自前往电影院观看《奥德赛》，仅仅是为了能重新融入社交圈；如果你现在对克里斯托弗·诺兰的这部电影没有一个犀利的观点，现在跟人聊天还有什么意义？总之，我很喜欢这部电影，但有一个问题——马特·达蒙（饰演奥德修斯）的额头光洁得惊人。我不知道你们怎么想，但如果我在船上漂泊了10年，与怪物搏斗并经历恶劣天气，我的脸上绝对会多出几道皱纹。

改革英国党（Reform UK）的李·安德森在安迪·伯纳姆就任首相两周后就去度假而提出抱怨：“他翘班出国享乐去了。这不是一个认真领导国家的首相。”事实上，我认为恰恰相反，因为所有真正的领导者都知道，空杯无法倾倒。在议会复会前让伯纳姆休息一下吧——否则他会迅速精疲力竭，到时候他可能连洗澡水都放不好，更不用说治理国家了。

我的冰箱里没香蕉

我让丈夫把我们在Ocado购买的商品拆箱，结果发现他把香蕉放进了冰箱，这让我大吃一惊。我真的了解他吗？现在一项调查发现，我们中四分之三的人对哪些东西需要冷藏感到困惑，近半数成年人承认曾因此被母亲责备。据说薯片和坚果冷藏会有好处，但番茄和西瓜应该放在室外。我一直认为，如果你想了解一个人，不应该去窥探他们的卧室，而应该看他们的冰箱。

怀孕期间产生的孕酮离开我的身体。后来我得知，我是那10到20%对该激素不耐受的女性之一，当它在体内积聚时，我的大脑会陷入奇怪的状态。我希望医生不必等到围绝经期才诊断出这一点，因为也许我的生活会截然不同，我对强迫症（OCD）的经历也会更容易应对。也许我甚至会有几个人们经常问我的那种兄弟姐妹。女性经常被指责导致出生率下降，但我们应该关注的是那个拒绝承认怀孕、分娩和育儿复杂性的系统。现在是时候倾听母亲们的声音，而不是没完没了地质疑她们了。

离开公寓。无尽的侵入性想法开始在我的脑海中反复闪现：我用一种想法折磨自己，认为我可能在醉酒断片时与陌生人发生了关系，而孩子不是我丈夫的。我很少睡觉，且无法控制地抽泣。是我母亲让我给OP打电话，就这样我最终被纳入产后心理健康服务的照顾之下，特别是处理患有“严重且复杂精神疾病”女性的部门。在这里，一位亲切的精神科护士告诉我，我患有围产期抑郁症，这可能是由怀孕期间激素变化引起的。我被要求服用抗抑郁药并被列入观察名单，以确保我对自己或我的宝宝没有危险。我必须每两周看一次治疗师，当我的女儿出生时，他们需要在医院对我进行评估，以确认我将她带回家是安全的。那是一段可怕的时光。我几乎无法照顾自己，更不用说考虑照顾一个新生儿的前景了。最令人惊讶的是，在我生下女儿的那一刻，抑郁症似乎凭空消失了。某种母性本能起作用了，或者可能更多地与

一个99? 要£7？太不地道了！在一些冰淇淋摊贩被发现将经典的99. 冰淇淋售价高达近£7后，他们正面临指责。他们将此归咎于成本的“滴滴”上涨和昂贵的原材料，但我认为破纪录的高温期间的需求量也与之有关。拜托，伙计们，这真的太不地道了！--- 第42页 秘密与生活

一次神奇的初次约会，坠入爱河，走上婚礼红毯……一段感情如何进展有一套熟悉的路线图。但如果它结束了呢？在英国，42 per cent的婚姻以离婚告终，遗憾的是，我们中的许多人会发现，走出一段感情的路径并非如此简单。

人们期望分手是一个线性的过程。毕竟，你们分开是有原因的——难道你不应该直接开始厌恶对方然后继续生活吗？但作为一名伴侣咨询师和关系专家，我知道事实要复杂得多。你可能无法忍受看到前任，但却依然会再次爱上他们（或关于他们的记忆）并想要和解。我见过许多40多岁的女性，她们出于正当理由选择离开婚姻，但却发现很难彻底斩断联系。

然而，有一些方法可以帮助你度过最初那些困惑和心碎的日子。无论你是相处一年还是20, 年之后分手，这里是我的生存指南。

不要让冲突成为你的安慰毯

人们经常认为他们必须与前任彻底地把事情说清楚；挖掘内心深处的情感，不放过任何一个细节。但这正是你此时最不需要的事情。

尝试至少一个月不接触——这包括在社交媒体上窥探。把你的前任想象成一个巨大的伤口，而你们的分离就是一块创可贴。如果你不断地撕开它窥视伤口，它就无法愈合——甚至会变得更糟。

不过，如果有孩子，请保持事务性的沟通。你无法避免交流，但同样，不应谈论感情。你需要与痛苦保持距离，以便充分地处理它。

当我们分开时，你会经历一种对那个人给予你的情感的“戒断反应”。即使是通过与他们争吵来保持联系，也会给你带来那种情感上的刺激。冲突变成了你的安慰毯，而这会变得有毒。

进行一次坦诚的对话

在你的一个月休息期内，如果你有某种迫切想与对方讨论的感受或想法，请将其记录下来。然后，在不接触期结束后，见一次面，进行一次分手后的“总结”。

在距离带来的清晰认知下，听听对方的观点会非常有帮助。将你的感受摆在台面上，然后专注于你将如何前行。

如果你在一起的时间很长，你们可能有共同的朋友、孩子、房产或宠物。如果你们偶然相遇，你会礼貌地打招呼，还是完全无视对方？两种方式都可以，但要制定一套规则，并以受伤害最深的一方为准。如果你觉得在公共场合聊天没问题，但你的前任觉得太痛苦，你必须尊重这一点。

公开你的分手消息

那些发现很难告诉亲友关系已经结束的人，往往发现更难忘记对方，因为他们不愿向自己承认这一切真的结束了。

当你开始公开这件事时，它就变成了现实。虽然很难，但请告诉每个人。这是一种让自己承担责任的方式。

治疗师重建新生活的指南

作者：安娜贝尔·奈特（ANNABELLE KNIGHT）

伴侣咨询师

记住，你离开丈夫是有原因的！

没有时间留给怀旧

阅读旧信息或查看旧照片看似是无害的怀旧，但实际上是情感折磨。这也适用于任何持续的沟通。虽然很难，但不要让自己去思考每条短信中的隐藏含义。这是一条通往虚无的高速公路，你在脑海中找到的任何答案都不会令人满意。此外，这表明你还没有完全放下那段联系，而放下则是继续前行的关键。

指定一个情感支柱

当你处于心碎的自由落体状态时，很难保持理性。告诉你最亲密的朋友、姐妹或母亲——无论谁——在那些你需要帮手来熬过情绪波动时刻，他们将成为你的支柱。正是那些微小的瞬间会让你发疯，比如在超市看到一个新品牌的麦片并想告诉你的伴侣——所以要提醒你的新支柱，他们将为你承担这个角色。他们会很乐意提供帮助。

附言：以不同的身份重新建立联系

你不能在秘密期待复合的情况下经历分手。如果门没有完全关闭，你就无法痊愈。讽刺的是，人们只有在完全走出那段关系后才能成功复合。如果不经过正确的疗愈过程，你就不会改变，最终会回到导致你们最初分手的局面中。你不应该仅仅因为习惯或想念对方而重新建立联系。你们应该是两个不同的人，像第一次那样重新建立联系。

讲述给奥利维亚·迪恩（OLIVIA DEAN）

在很长一段时间里，我极度渴望成为一名母亲。因此，在难以受孕之后，我将领养视为对我祈祷的回应。我的丈夫丹尼尔（Daniel）和我被告知，我们越“灵活”，就越快能与孩子匹配成功。于是，天真地，我们勾选了那个方框，表示我们将接受任何孩子，无论其背景如何——包括那些来自虐待家庭或在整个怀孕期间使用药物的孩子。这是一个我现在深感后悔的决定。十年后，我们的生活已崩溃到无法认出。我们两个领养的孩子——现在分别是9岁和11岁——都有学习障碍和心理健康问题，他们表现出的极端暴力行为有时让我不得不报警。至于丹尼尔和我，我们都在服用抗抑郁药，压力让我们的15年婚姻在名义之外已经终结。当我告诉人们成为父母是我犯下的一个巨大错误时，他们感到震惊，甚至可能有点惊恐。他们问：“你试过奖励表吗？你试过和他们谈谈吗？”如果事情真的那么简单就好了。因为事实是，虽然我仍然认可领养可能带来的积极影响，但我希望我能回去警告年轻时的自己——以及处于我这种境地的人——永远不要走这条路。

丹尼尔和我2007年在大学相识，当时我们19岁，我学习护理，他学习神学。我们很快坠入爱河，并在四年后结婚。那时还年轻，起初生活很令人兴奋。我们住在伦敦，但经常旅行。虽然我们热爱自由，但我一直知道我想安定下来组建一个家庭。由于患有子宫内膜异位症，我知道我可能难以受孕。因此，当我25岁在尝试受孕后几乎立即怀孕时，我感到非常激动。但当我怀孕12周流产时，我的喜悦变成了绝望。在那之后，我们继续尝试，但没有任何结果。在失去孩子一年后，我接受了生育能力测试。与此同时，担心即使通过体外受精（IVF）——这将非常昂贵——我们也可能无法拥有孩子，我们开始探索领养。我们想要一个婴儿而不是大孩子。但机构解释说，由于大多数父母都希望领养婴儿，我们可能需要等待很长时间。这时他们询问我们准备在多大程度上保持“开放心态”。他们解释说，如果我们愿意领养一个在子宫内曾接触过药物的孩子，我们会快得多地匹配成功。然而，他们警告说这意味着行为问题的风险更高。与此同时，我的生育能力测试结果出来了——我被告知一切正常，这纯粹是一个“不明原因不孕”的案例。我极力想要答案，但并没有答案，所以我觉得领养是我们唯一的希望。

在进入流程时，我们曾决定不领养接触过药物的孩子。但现在，听说否则我们可能要等待多年才能迎来一个婴儿，我们改变了主意。我认为通过提供一个充满爱的家庭，我们完全有能力处理任何问题。作为一对拥有稳定工作的年轻夫妇——我是护士，丹尼尔在当地教会工作——我们在七周内与一名想要将未出生的儿子送养的年轻女性匹配成功。她在整个怀孕期间大量吸烟，并在前三个[...OMITTED...]

作者：埃莉诺·金斯伍德 (ELINOR KINGSWOOD)

前三个月。但机构向我们保证，产前检查没有发现异常，且这种程度的接触被认为是相对低风险的。2015年6月，丹尼尔和我陪同卢卡斯在伦敦的一家医院出生。我甚至剪了他的脐带，感觉很不真实。我是第一个抱他的人，他身上还覆盖着分娩时产生的各种体液。这本不该让我感到震惊，但大多数新母亲在第一次看到孩子时会描述一种爱意的涌现，而我坦白说，我禁不住感到厌恶。我告诉自己，爱很快就会到来的。

把孩子带回家真是令人宽慰。现在只剩下我们三个，我第一次感受到了与卢卡斯的连接，并深信这标志着一个新篇章。但随着周数的增加，情况并非我所预期的。卢卡斯极其粘人，需要不断的肢体接触。我可以理解原因——他突然被剥离了唯一熟悉的心跳和声音——但这令人精疲力竭。虽然在出生时没有被正式诊断出与药物和酒精接触相关的问题，但我认为他当时在经历轻微的戒断症状——包括颤抖和易怒——尽管这些随着时间推移而消失了。

人们会警告你关于失眠之夜的事，但我无法应对的是不断的喂奶、拍嗝、换尿布，以及甚至没有时间吃饭。我意识到我的怨恨与新父母之间那种近乎“崇拜孩子”的文化格格不入。我们的朋友会为孩子做任何事情。但我就是没有那种感觉。相反，我想：“我会尽力而为，但这就是我能做的一切。”

我希望随着时间的推移情况会有所改善，但事实并非如此。当卢卡斯18个月大时，从经济角度来看，由我全职工作而丹尼尔兼职工作更为合理。几周之内，他就意识到这有多困难。此时，我们意识到卢卡斯错过了他的发育里程碑。他还难以应对噪音、环境转换和常规流程，两家不同的托儿所告诉我们他们无法应对他，称他对日常琐事的焦虑干扰了其他孩子。

我崩溃了。我最近被录取了一个硕士课程，但我不得不退出——卢卡斯需要我全职陪伴。最终，在五岁时，他被诊断出患有自闭症和ADHD（注意缺陷多动障碍）——一些研究表明，怀孕期间吸烟与更高的ADHD风险相关。能有一个“理由”真是令人宽慰。

压力终结了我的婚姻 --- 秘密与生活 第43页

当我告诉人们我领养两个孩子是一个巨大的错误时，他们感到震惊。但读完我的故事，你就会明白为什么他的行为，以及我们所希望的一些潜在解决方案。我们找到了一所特教学校，但就在情况趋于稳定之时，2020年3月疫情爆发，所有机构全部关闭。居家学习极其困难，因为卢卡斯无法参与虚拟学习，且需要持续的结构化引导和关注。我们的生活完全围绕着他的需求展开。随着他长大，他在情绪崩溃时开始表现出暴力倾向，包括殴打和踢我们。看着他挣扎，我的心都碎了。在内心深处，他是个甜美的男孩，我也深爱着他，但这与我想象中的育儿旅程完全不同。尽管我们面临困难，但我一直希望卢卡斯能有个兄弟姐妹。我想另一个孩子不仅能帮到他，还能让我们的家庭完整。但我不想年龄差距太大，所以当我们2022年回到领养机构时，他们向我们推荐了一个已经在系统中的五岁女孩。索菲已经经历过五次寄养安置，并两次尝试与她的母亲重新团聚但均告失败，她的母亲患有严重的双相情感障碍且有药物滥用史。然而，机构并不清楚索菲在怀孕期间是否接触过药物，因为社会服务部门直到她九个月大被移出母亲照顾时才介入。在我们之前，有两个家庭尝试领养索菲，但后来因为无法应对而将她送回。我们被警告说，她动荡的生活让她患上了创伤后应激障碍——遗憾的是，这在寄养儿童中并不罕见。他们告诉我们，她可能会殴打、撕咬和抓挠，并且破坏过之前照顾者的财物。卢卡斯也表现出许多此类行为，但我们已经开始了解他的触发因素，并且知道在那之下是一个充满爱的孩子。因此，尽管我们心存顾虑，但当我们看到这个大眼睛、笑容灿烂的可爱的女孩照片时，我们相信我们可以帮助索菲——相信没有她能做出的任何事情是我们无法处理的。我们错了。我们把索菲接回家的第一天，卢卡斯很兴奋能见到她，想给她展示一切。但由于两个孩子都性格强烈，他们的玩耍很快失控并升级为殴打。从一开始，我们就意识到当他们在一起时，必须密切监督。即使是最微小的不快也会让索菲变得极其焦虑，尖叫并扔东西。这种噪音让卢卡斯难以承受，他也以同样的方式做出反应。我强行压抑住那个念头——即领养第二个孩子只会让我们的生活变得更艰难。领养六个月后，索菲也被诊断出患有ADHD。我希望在正确的支持下，情况会稳定下来。但一年过去，情况依然没有好转，我发现自己在为我曾梦想中与女儿的关系而悲伤。她的发脾气已经升级为暴力。她抓过、咬过、踢过、打过我，并用力拉扯我，导致我身上留下了各种伤痕。情况糟糕到我不得不多次报警。这听起来可能很极端——警察第一次来的时候，他们自己也对接到这样的电话感到惊讶。但在了解我们的家庭并看到我的一些伤口（包括手臂上的伤口）后，他们表现得非常富有同情心。没有警灯或警笛，一名经过培训的支持警员简单地帮助我们化解局面。我们考虑过将索菲送回机构，但觉得既然已经选择了领养她，我们就不能就这样放弃她。最终，在她八岁时，她的学校表示由于她的极端反应，他们无法保证她的安全。有一次，在被一名同学嘲笑后，她给对方留了一张威胁要杀死他们的纸条。

经过一段时间的心理评估，她被转到了一所寄宿学校。现在她九岁了，只有在周末和假期才回家——但即便如此，这依然令人精疲力竭且在情感上极度损耗。今年早些时候，她被诊断出患有反应性依恋障碍（Reactive Attachment Disorder），这是一种由于在生命早期经历严重忽视，导致儿童无法与照顾者建立健康情感纽带的状况。有了诊断结果有所帮助——至少我知道情况确实如此糟糕，并非我的幻觉——但我不再允许自己相信治疗能改变现状。此外，卢卡斯的行为也变得越来越具有挑战性。现在他11岁了，坚持要求我每晚睡在他的房间里，而且他仍然容易出现暴力爆发。家里的情况经常糟糕到让去上班反而感觉像是一种逃避。虽然我不因为发生的事情而责怪自己——没有人能确定事情最终会如何发展——但我后悔在极度渴望领养时忽略了那些预警信号。在索菲到来大约一年后，丹尼尔率先承认，他后悔过领养。听到他这么说很痛苦，尽管我也有同样的感觉，但那时我无法让自己同意他的观点。直到大约一年后，我才承认了事实，尽管这让我感到非常愧疚。我们意识到，你可以爱你的孩子，在希望他们安全快乐的意义上爱他们，但依然不喜欢他们。丹尼尔和我现在都在接受心理治疗，并且在服用低剂量的抗抑郁药和抗焦虑药物——丹尼尔在2023年开始服用，而我在去年效仿。考虑到我们所面对的一切，我们之间的亲密关系消减至零也就不足为奇了。去年夏天，我们终于承认了事实：抚养卢卡斯和索菲的压力摧毁了我们的关系——虽然我们仍能成为朋友和共同抚养孩子的父母——但我们无法再作为伴侣在一起。虽然我们计划在未来两年内离婚，但我们会继续住在一起直到孩子们都满18岁，以便让我们所有人都能轻松一些。我们当时都流泪了，觉得事情演变成这样深感不公。在领养群体中有一个术语叫作“阻塞性照顾”（blocked care）。是指照顾受创儿童的长期压力变得如此压倒性，以至于你自己的神经系统陷入瘫痪，导致你很难用你知道孩子所需要的共情心去回应他们。

感觉像是一场终身监禁

虽然知道丹尼尔和我并非唯一感到愤恨和情感枯竭的人能带来些许安慰，但这并不能让我们的处境变得更容易。我希望我的两个孩子都能拥有最好的生活，但我恐惧未来会带来什么——以及我们是否能够应对。残酷的事实是，一旦他们进入青少年时期，情况可能会变得更糟，而且他们有可能永远无法完全独立生活。有时，作为他们的母亲感觉就像是一场终身监禁。人们说我的孩子们很幸运能有我，但我们的处境毫无幸运可言。我选择成为他们的母亲，但基于我现在所知道的一切，如果我可以回到过去，我不会再次做出这个选择。■ Elinor Kingswood 是化名。姓名及身份细节已做修改。由 JULIA SIDWELL 记录 --- 第 44 页

今天是周五！ 音乐与戏剧

绝不屈服

爱莉安娜坚称：“这种音乐和我永远不会消亡”

当爱莉安娜·格兰德（Ariana Grande）上周末宣布退出明年在伦敦上演的斯蒂芬·桑德海姆（Stephen Sondheim）音乐剧《乔治与公园里的星期日》（Sunday In The Park With George）时，很容易理解她的理由。这位美国超级巨星自 2013 年以一名 20 岁的追梦人身份发行首张专辑《Yours Truly》以来，一直在公众的注视下成长。由于厌倦了“无休止且持续的”审视，以及对其纤细体型的担忧，她现在计划在下个月的世界巡演在伦敦结束之后休息一段时间——她的这种幻灭感也渗透到了她的最新专辑《Petal》中。

“你知道我不相信自己属于这里，给我一些可以爱的东西，”她在《Kiss Me》中这样唱道，她那毫不费力的、轻盈如羽毛的声音由女性和声和嘈杂的电子节拍支撑。目前尚不清楚她是在唱一个不羁的情人，还是在唱她与名声之间苦乐参半的关系，但其中有一种在 2024 年的上一张专辑《Eternal Sunshine》中缺失的使命感。

Adrian Thrills 爱莉安娜·格兰德（ARIANA GRANDE）：《Petal (Babydoll)》 结论：虽有伤痕但未屈服 ★★★☆☆

在快节奏的 R&B 慢歌《Hate That I Made You Love Me》中，她继续探讨过度狂热的粉丝以及处于聚光灯下的女性所面临的压力。“内心深处有什么在与烈火共舞，”她承认，“我讨厌我让你爱上我，因为我几乎没怎么努力。”

尽管伤痕累累，但她并没有寻求我们的同情。“这不是在呼救，”她在同名主打歌中断言。出生于佛罗里达州的格兰德现年 33 岁，她将这张专辑描述为她的“实验性”作品——源自一种“未经过滤的愤怒”。在某种程度上这确实如此，因为瑞典超级制作人 Ilya Salmanzadeh 和 Max Martin 为她提供了几段沉重的低音线和一些失真的电子音效。但她甜美的演唱方式确保了传统流行乐的粉丝在这里依然能找到很多喜爱之物。

《Stay》是一首令人心醉的情歌，《Big Feelings》中带有温柔的暗示，而《Oh Well》则向她的前任们传递了一个直白的信息。“坏人们都下地狱，美好的事物可以取代功能失调，”她唱道。然而，那种未经过滤的愤怒从未真正爆发，格兰德似乎不愿充分发挥她强大的四个八度音域。对于这样一个出色的歌手来说，她经常——令人沮丧地——有所保留。

专辑的结尾依然强劲。深受 1990 年代 R&B 的摇摆和自信影响，《Never Get Over Me》是这里最好的歌曲，而《Bad Thing (Bunny Hop)》则是一首朗朗上口的合成器流行赞歌，在其中爱莉安娜暗示一个被遗忘已久的前男友是那个让她错过的真爱。“这很傻，但我好奇你是否感觉和我一样，”她沉思道。

《Petal》并不是一张能与她 2018 年的杰作《Sweetener》并肩的专辑，但相比《Eternal Sunshine》有了显著提升，后者如此令人失望，以至于她发行了三个额外版本，每次都增加新素材。而且，正如她在同名主打歌中告诉我们的，她依然能看向光明的一面。“我不需要有人来救我，因为这种音乐和我永远不会消亡。”

爱莉安娜·格兰德 将于 8 月 15 日开始在伦敦 The O2 场馆进行驻场演出 (azx.com)。

新发行

FLO: Therapy At The Club (Island) 在 Little Mix 无期限休整之际，英国新女团有了生存空间——而伦敦三人组 Flo 正处于领先地位。该组合的第二张专辑借鉴了 Destiny's Child 以及 2000 年代的其他 R&B 团体，但他们晶莹剔透的和声展现了其原创性。他们在 Cry Ugly 中谴责没用的男朋友，并在 Remedied 中详细描述了“一次混乱的夜晚”。舞曲金曲 Leak It 已经在 TikTok 上引发了病毒式传播的舞蹈。 ★★★★☆

SHABOOZEY: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales (American Dogwood / Empire) Shaboozey 凭借 2024 年的 A Bar Song (Tipsy) 成为非裔美国乡村音乐中最炙手可热的名字，而这张关于一名在警长父亲被谋杀后誓要复仇的女性的概念专辑，将进一步提升他的名声。演员 Teyana Taylor 和 Jamie Foxx 为这部融合了说唱、乡村摇滚和由小提琴主导的乡村舞会（hoedowns）的尘封西部史诗提供了口述叙事。 ★★★★☆

令人着迷：Phelim McDermott（左）以及 Tao Of Glass 的演员阵容

一部令人惊叹且极具原创性的音乐剧……你从未见过这样的作品

聚光灯落在前排一位白发男子身上，他说这是他最喜欢剧场的地方：当灯光熄灭，任何事情都可能发生。（我也一样。）

《玻璃之道》（Tao Of Glass）极具原创性，令人惊叹，它是由菲利姆·麦克德莫特（Phelim McDermott）和一名傀儡男孩即兴创作并表演的碎片拼贴画，配乐由菲利普·格拉斯（Philip Glass）创作，其催眠般的音乐贯穿了62岁的麦克德莫特的生命之“河”。孩提时代，他一遍又一遍地聆听格拉斯的极简主义作品，并梦想成为劳伦斯·奥利弗。这部演出（因为几乎无法对其进行分类，只能勉强用这个词）是他写给格拉斯和剧场的一封私人情书。它还试图解释灵感是如何到来的，以及这部作品是如何演变的。这听起来沉重且自命不凡，但实际上完全不是这样。得益于麦克德莫特的幽默、轻盈的触感（他同时担任导演）以及迷人的真诚，它反而变成了一次头脑风暴、令人震撼且如梦似幻的探索格拉斯内心世界的旅程。在傀儡男孩的引导下，他触及了自己的灵感来源，其中一些比另一些更容易捉摸：日本的金缮工艺、漫画插画师莫里斯·森达克（Maurice Sendak）的作品，以及躺在漂浮舱中。当傀儡师们巧妙地将印有乐谱的层层沙沙的薄页纸塑造成幽灵般的形象时，令人难忘的画面出现了。

乔治娜·布朗（Georgina Brown） 撰文 《玻璃之道》（伦敦，Soho Place） 结论：音乐之椅

《名声》（普利茅斯皇家剧院） 结论：恐怕转瞬即逝

格拉斯在钢琴前。视觉效果与音乐一样美丽且迷人，钢制的同心圆环在光锥周围起伏。你永远不会看到如此纯粹的剧场艺术。不要错过它。■

在音乐光谱的另一端，处于传统之极的是《名声》（Fame）。早在1995, 年，这部音乐剧改编版在普利茅斯皇家剧院举行了欧洲首演。它是艾伦·帕克（Alan Parker）那部辉煌且写实的1980年电影的苍白影子，而电影是由我们至今仍在传唱的绝妙配乐、可爱的角色和值得珍藏的台词所驱动的。（那句讽刺的“你正看着一个快乐的女士”是我经常引用的话。）然而，这部音乐剧却一直上演。三十年后，同一家剧院的复排版承诺将带来原版歌曲。谁能拒绝？但除了主题曲那段令人愉悦的爆发，以及一段平淡的“热午餐即兴演奏”（Hot Lunch Jam）——当那些崇拜名声的孩子们在纽约市那座破旧的表演艺术高中的食堂里跳舞时——你可能眨眼间就会错过他们。

一首新编曲的《独自在此》（Out Here On My Own）在被多人分享时失去了重点：泰隆（Tyrone，Amonik Melaco 饰）是一名街头风格舞者，因为几乎不识字而面临失去位置的风险；尼克（Nick，Joe Boyle 饰）对自己的性取向感到不确定；塞雷娜（Serena，Megan Ellis 饰）无可救药地迷恋那个男孩；以及什洛莫（Shlomo，Toby De Salis 饰），一名天才音乐家，他唯一的目的是引入那段乏味的结尾曲《迎接明天》（Bring On Tomorrow），以纪念野心勃勃的卡门（Carmen，Talia Palamathanam 饰），后者莫名其妙地去世了。可能是因为失望。

但在那之前，你必须忍受好色之徒乔那首毫无快感的《无法压抑》（Can't Keep It Down）（别问），糟糕的台词（“你必须把你的自尊心从马桶里捡起来”），以及缺乏魅力的教师们没完没了的教训，坚持认为表演、唱歌和跳舞是艰苦的工作。汤姆·杰克逊·格里夫斯（Tom Jackson Greaves）才华横溢且训练有素的演员们工作异常努力，在毫无灵感的、折磨人的练习流程中拼命地跳动。真是浪费。而且，这部《名声》也不会永垂不朽。

《玻璃之道》演出至9月 12；《名声》演出至8月 15。

帕特里克·马米翁（PATRICK MARMION） 休假中 图片：约翰·佩森（JOHNN PESSON）

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周五到了！ 电影与歌剧

超级？这些粗俗的警察简直无趣得离谱

作者：Brian Viner

《超级警察 3》（Super Troopers 3）（15, 104 分钟） 结论：一点也不超级 ★☆☆☆☆

《夏日之书》（The Summer Book）（PG, 90 分钟） 结论：差强人意 ★★★☆☆

《温柔地爱我》（Love Me Tender）（15, 134 分钟） 结论：细腻的法国剧情片 ★★★☆☆

困扰我们曾经绿意盎然且宜居之地的干旱已经蔓延到了多厅电影院：本周唯一一部（面向成年人的）主要发行影片是糟糕透顶的《超级警察 3》。第一部电影于 2001 年上映，第二部于 2018, 年上映，所以我实在不明白为什么这么快又有一部被强加在我们身上——或者为什么强大的 Brian Cox 会同意再次饰演那个（现在已退休的）警察上尉。我所知道的是，传奇编剧 Herman Mankiewicz 在抵达好莱坞时，给他的朋友 Ben Hecht 发电报说：“这里有数百万加元等着被抢走，而你唯一的竞争对手就是一群白痴”，至今正好 100 年。一个世纪后，有时看来白痴们竟然获胜了。顺便说一句，到 1926, 年，那些笨拙闹剧的英雄——基石警察（Keystone Kops）已经成为了历史。那个单一的笑点——一群警察可能极其无能且令人发笑——已不再被认为值得支撑起一整部故事片。然而，现在到了 2026, 年，我们再次被这群同样愚蠢的佛蒙特州巡警以及另一套大部分都毫无笑意的不幸冒险所困扰，这些内容由 Broken Lizard 喜剧团队编写。这一次，高级巡警 Ramathorn（由 Jay Chandrasekhar 饰演，他同时担任导演）正竭尽全力阻止他的妹妹嫁给其迟钝的同事 Rodney Parva（Kevin Heffernan 饰），与此同时，巡警们正试图抓住袭击枫糖浆卡车的凶手。其幽默感像普通的州际公路一样宽泛：种族、性别、毒品和加拿大，尤其是加拿大，成了粗俗笑话的靶子，其中只有大约 5% 的内容值得微笑，更不用说大笑了。坦白说，这真是令人绝望的作品。■

《夏日之书》与《超级警察 3》的狂躁截然相反，节奏舒缓。它改编自 1972 年的小说，作者 Tove Jansson 曾为儿童创作深受喜爱的姆明（Moomin）系列丛书。然而，这是一个非常适合成年人的故事，而且是适合有耐心的成年人的故事。这类电影的特点是，几乎是在挑衅地呈现“没什么大事发生”。但其核心是 Glenn Close 迷人的表演，她饰演一位令人敬畏的芬兰奶奶，与儿子（Anders Danielsen Lie 饰）和九岁的孙女 Sophia（由新人 Emily Matthews 精彩演绎）一起在芬兰湾的一个岛上度夏。一层悲伤的阴霾笼罩着这个家庭。Sophia 的母亲去世了，虽然我们从未得知如何或何时去世，但父亲的痛苦依然深刻，阻碍了他与女儿的关系。他向母亲暗示，“悲伤的恶臭”可能会让岛上的访客望而却步。“或者是自怜，”她断言。她就是美国人所称的“强悍的老太婆”。总之，陪伴 Sophia 的任务落在了奶奶身上（她和儿子都没有名字），她传授智慧，并在身体衰老允许的范围内尽可能地带来乐趣。Close 将白发盘成发髻或编成长辫，贡献了一场精彩绝伦的表演；如果你在赫尔辛基街头看到任何一个人比她更像芬兰奶奶，除非你发照片给我，否则我绝不相信。诚然，《夏日之书》没有所谓的叙事弧线，更像是一条叙事直线。但如果你不介意这一点，那么 Charlie McDowell 的这部电影是对家庭动态以及死亡如何影响家庭的一次动人的研究。

《温柔地爱我》是另一部家庭剧，同样由卓越的演技支撑。这是一部法语电影，由始终出色的 Vicky Krieps 饰演 Clemence，她是一位分居的母亲，与前伴侣 Laurent（Antoine Reinartz 饰）共同抚养一个八岁的男孩。两人关系友好，当她告诉他她现在在与女性约会时，他

他对此表现得淡定自若。“我只希望你快乐，”他说。但随后他改变了态度，在孩子心中诋毁母亲，并引发了一场复杂的法律程序。部分由于制度化的恐同心理，这导致她在18个月的时间里无法见到心爱的儿子——或者按照她那令人心碎的衡量方式，是两个圣诞节、一个生日和一个母亲节。这是一个真实的故事，由编剧兼导演安娜·卡泽纳夫·坎贝特（Anna Cazenave Cambet）改编自康斯坦斯·德布雷（Constance Debre）的一部自传体小说。顺便一提，这位小说家的祖父米歇尔·德布雷（Michel Debre）曾任法国总理，被认为是现代法国宪法的“之父”。讽刺的是，这部宪法竟然给他的孙女带来了如此糟糕的影响。此处评论的所有电影目前均在电影院上映。

同时上映 《汪汪队：恐龙电影》(U级, 88分钟) 结论：相当出色而非糟糕 ★★★☆☆ 对于父母来说，一部夏季上映的《汪汪队》电影既是福音也是诅咒。在假期里，它可以分散你那些燥热且缺乏刺激的小宝贝们的注意力；但你必须陪他们一起去，在那些声音尖细的搜救犬的陪伴下，浪费你宝贵的成年人时间中的一个半小时。不过：这部《汪汪队》电影——这部儿童电视剧的第三部衍生作品——实际上……相当不错。我对此的喜爱程度并不比我那五岁且对其痴迷的儿子低多少。令人愉快的惊喜在开篇就出现了，那些行动派小狗们从一艘起火的船上救出了一家人。父亲由 Snoop Dogg 配音！母亲由 Paris Hilton 配音！但真正抢走笑点的是他们的猫——它湿漉漉且一脸不悦地从海中现身。随后在一次风暴中，汪汪队撞上了一座未标记的岛屿。这里会是标题中恐龙居住的地方吗？是的，很有可能。这些狗狗们竟然找到了侏罗纪公园，只不过这里的恐龙（见下文）似乎已经独立存在了数百万年。具有公共精神的汪汪队邀请科学家们进来研究它们。但一些不那么体面的人也被钻石的诱惑吸引而至……这部电影最糟糕的部分在于其反派——汉丁顿市长 (Ron Pardo)，长得太像肯德基的桑德斯上校，以至于毫无威慑力。但在火山爆发的高潮戏份到来时，你早就把他忘了。消防犬马歇尔能否扑灭他人生中最大的一场大火？父母们已经知道答案了。要是马歇尔也能让我们那些燥热的孩子冷静下来就好了。 PETER HOSKIN

全都整装待发！《皮纳福》与《海盗》迎来精彩翻新

迷人至极：《海盗》中的女士们

如何让吉尔伯特与萨利文 (G&S) 的歌剧保持新鲜感？今年在巴克斯顿歌剧院 (Buxton Opera House) 采取的解决方案是，从音乐剧领域引入适量的肢体动作来使其活跃起来。虽然 Sarah Helsby Hughes (执导《皮纳福》) 和 John Savournin (执导《海盗》) 的制作非常出色，但制片人愿意让编舞师 Sarah Storer 和 Merry Holden 自由发挥，这才是让我们感到愉悦的关键。回想起旧 D'Oyly Carte 剧团那些僵化的呈现方式，反思国家吉尔伯特与萨利文歌剧公司如何在尊重丰硕遗产的同时，放宽对毫无意义的传统的掌控，是很有益的。在

HMS Pinafore & The Pirates Of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan Festival) 结论：绝佳的夏季乐趣

小舞台，由大约 20 人组成的合唱团（仅为通常规模的一半）被分成几组，随后又重新汇合，从而营造出迷人的效果。每个人既是歌手也是舞者。演出中出现了精彩的个人表演，由 Simon Butteriss 饰演的两个超级蠢货——海军大臣和少将——起到了核心支撑作用。《HMS Pinafore》中由 Gaynor Keeble 饰演的 Buttercup 令人珍惜，Ben McAteer 饰演的船长表现出色，而 Mark Saberton 饰演的 Dick Deadeye 则真正令人厌恶。《Pirates》开局良好，McAteer 饰演的国王令人印象深刻，Yvonne Howard 饰演的 Ruth 活泼灵动，Alex Aldren 饰演的 Frederic 声音甜美。但饰演 Mabel 的 Camilla Kerslake 似乎遇到了发声危机：高音状态尚可，但在压力下，其中音区表现不佳。这些节日的观众被一种极佳的团队精神所包围，这种氛围延伸到了隔壁 Pavilion Gardens 的演出后卡巴莱表演中。我离开巴克斯顿时，耳畔还回响着旋律。该节日将持续到 8 月 15 日。

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周五

小说家 Hannah Richell 那英俊且体能极佳的丈夫 Matt 眼神中闪烁着光芒，在 2014 年 7 月的一个早晨，在他们悉尼最喜欢的露天咖啡馆喝咖啡时提到，他安排了今天下午的一次“董事会会议”。作为一家出版公司的首席执行官，这并不奇怪，但今天他的意思有所不同。他安排了与冲浪好友 Adam 在 Tamarama 海滩进行一次尽兴的冲浪。他和 Hannah 在阳光下亲吻告别，Matt 引用了他们六岁儿子那天早晨在去足球训练营的车上说的一句趣话。然后

本周之书

《AN OCEAN AND A DAY》 作者：Hannah Richell (Bedford Square £16.99, 304页)

YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM 他们各自奔向各自的工作日。“对于一个你永远不希望到来的告别——对于一个你不知道将成为最后的告别——这简直太完美了，”汉娜在她那部令人难忘且充满力量的关于悲恸的回忆录中写道。她再也没能见到活着的马特。后来，当她在工作，努力撰写她的第三部小说时，马特的私人助理打电话来说，她接到了邦迪一名侦探的电话，对方在询问她的地址。她的噩梦开始了。她回到家，发现两名警察告知她，马特在一次冲浪事故中溺水身亡，就在他试图站稳脚跟时，被一个巨浪拍在了岩石上。她的第一反应是完全的困惑，以及一种强烈的冲动，想要给马特打电话，听听他那令人安心的声音。她在震惊中麻木地听到自己给远在地球另一端、天空岛上的马特父亲打电话，在说着那些“毫无意义的话语”时，击碎了他的心。就这样，她开始了一种地狱般的新生活，在“脆弱的自动化”与“在痛苦中狂野的女妖”之间摇摆。她决定让年仅六岁和四岁的儿子和女儿再享受一个平静的夜晚。第二天早上向他们告知这个消息，是“我作为母亲所做过的最糟糕的一件事”。“若非上帝恩典，我也可能陷入此境”，这将是每一位阅读这部令人心碎但最终令人振奋的书籍的妻子、伴侣或父母的主要想法，这本书等量地唤起了幸福婚姻的喜悦和失去至亲的剧痛。在对接下来的几天、几周和几个月里发生的一切进行细致入微的追溯时，里切尔将我们带入了她所谓的突发悲恸的“天坑”之中。她带我们游历其阴森的每一个角落：难以置信、困惑、悲伤、愤怒，以及当你不得不以某种方式继续面对日常生活的琐碎时所感受到的极度孤独——在汉娜的情况下，她一夜之间成为了单身母亲。你可能会想，“谢天谢地，这种悲恸没有发生在我的身上”，但你也会想到“它可能会发生，为什么不能呢？”如果发生了，或者已经发生，这本书将成为你的指南，提醒你在这昼夜不停袭扰你的毒性情感鸡尾酒中，你并不孤单，同时伴随着悲恸可怕的生理副作用：脱发、失眠、眩晕、夜间出汗，以及食物吃起来像纸板一样。当有人称呼汉娜为“马特的遗孀”时，感觉就像“在胃上挨了一拳”。她想尖叫道：“我不是他的遗孀。我是他的妻子。”将他的衣服留在衣柜里，将他的睡衣放在枕头下，她意识到自己远未达到悲恸的“接纳”阶段。在第一年里，一切都是痛苦的源头。里切尔从不过度写作，她只是以令人钦佩的清晰度和诚实地告诉我们发生了什么。她描述了在停尸房与马特遗体单独相处的最后一小时，而那里恰好就在她生孩子的产科病房旁边。“有一个小时可以抚摸他长着胡茬的脸颊，握住他的手，将我的头靠在他的胸口，在医院的病号服上哭泣……醒来。我恳求他。醒来，我们需要你。”她的月经在葬礼当天到来，提醒着她他们本可以再要一个孩子，而现在“这就是终点”。她从冷冻库里取出马特做的最后一顿博洛尼亚面，孩子们在晚餐时吃了它。“那景象和气味将我撕碎。”当他们访问马特去世的海滩时，她的儿子问：“妈妈，爸爸还会回家吗？”阅读此书时你需要一盒纸巾——这是汉娜发现的一件有用物品

二战如何结束

1938年，随着与纳粹德国的战争阴云笼罩，英国政府悄悄拟定了一份远离工厂和市中心的大型乡村住宅名单，以便在战争爆发时征用。这些房主大多是贵族和极富之人，他们很快发现自己失去了对这些宏伟宅邸的控制权。例如，博福特公爵直到得知英国皇家空军（RAF）计划在他位于格洛斯特郡的宏伟17世纪住宅——巴德明顿（Badminton）门前修建跑道时，才意识到发生了什么。

《战争时期的乡村住宅》（THE COUNTRY HOUSE AT WAR），作者 Judith S. Lewis（Title University Press 出版，£25，304页）

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一些宏伟的住宅，如德比郡的查茨沃斯（Chatsworth）和约克郡的霍华德城堡（Castle Howard），在战争期间被用作学校。其他地方则接收了从市中心疏散而来的儿童，其中许多人对乡村生活并不太感兴趣。在赫特福德郡的潘尚格（Panshanger），德斯伯勒夫人报告说，她照顾的那些孩子们对“乡村的枯燥感到惊恐”。沃本修道院（Woburn Abbey）是公爵的

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哪本书？

作者 VICTORIA BATEMAN

……你现在正在读什么？

米沙尔·胡赛因（Mishal Husain）的《破碎的线》（Broken Threads）——这是一部传记与历史的迷人结合，讲述了她的四位祖父母在印度分治时期的故事。但与许多枯燥的非虚构作品不同，支撑该书的故事——既令人心碎又肯定生命——以及胡赛因的写作水准，使其在纯粹的情感冲击力上足以与最优秀的小说媲美。

……你会带哪本书去荒岛？

就机智和娱乐价值而言，简·奥斯汀很难被超越，所以我将运用我的“说服力”（Persuasion，此处双关书名）——希望能——说服你把她的全集都给我。作为三姐妹中的长女，我一直很喜欢奥斯汀对姐妹生活的刻画，而乡村背景会让我想起家乡。我是时代剧的忠实粉丝——我有时担任历史顾问，提供从电灯何时引入到卧室是否会有垃圾桶等各方面的建议。但这意味着我倾向于带着工作心态去阅读经典，因此，为了纯粹的愉悦而阅读它们将是一种享受。

……最初让你爱上阅读的是什么？我记得当时我蜷缩在床上，贪婪地阅读着一个拥有魔法能力的小女孩的故事——她那时和我差不多大。当然，那就是罗尔德·达尔的《玛蒂尔达》。我还深情地记得吉尔·墨菲的《最糟糕的女巫》系列丛书——那是那个时代的“哈利·波特”——并且热爱任何以女子寄宿学校为背景的书籍，尤其是那些描写深夜宴会的书。我在奥尔德姆长大，就读于当地的公立学校，那个充满围裙、古怪教师、曲棍球棒和课后恶作剧的虚构世界——一个没有父母监管的世界——显得如此令人兴奋。# ……让你感到索然无味的是什么？卡尔·马克思的《资本论》，尽管被社会主义者誉为乌托邦平等社会的蓝图，但它是我读过最性别歧视的书籍之一。如此多的经济学书籍错误地让读者认为女性对经济增长并不至关重要。这就是为什么我写了《Economica》——这是第一部明确将女性（毕竟她们占据了人口的一半）纳入其中的世界经济史。■ 维多利亚·巴特曼（Victoria Bateman）所著的《ECONOMICA》（Headline出版社，£12.99）现已出版平装本。无论她走到哪里，她自己都被给予了关怀。她从未诉诸于那句陈词滥调“悲伤是为爱付出的代价”，但她确实引用了某人在作家朱利安·巴恩斯妻子去世后对他说过的一段有益的话：“自然如此精准，它带来的痛苦恰好与价值相等。”而在她地唤起她与马特如何坠入爱河的描述中，她表达了他们的爱价值几何。两人均为英国人，曾在伦敦同一家出版社工作，在7 / 7爆炸事件后的日子里，两人在震惊状态下于运河边建立了深厚的情感。这座首都成为了他们爱情故事的背景——“在雨中接吻，挤在酒吧的长凳上，手牵手走在街头……”她描述马特的“沉静姿态，面部线条分明，琥珀绿色的眼睛里透着深思”。他们移民到澳大利亚开始新生活。在西海岸的一次神奇露营之旅后，他们搬到了悉尼，结婚并育有两个孩子。汉娜悲痛中的第一缕光芒出现在她告诉心理咨询师露易丝，她感到“被孩子们困在了一个我不再想要的生活中”之时。露易丝建议她重复这样一句咒语：“这是一个痛苦的时刻；痛苦是生活的一部分；我祝愿自己平安。”在马特去世八个月后，她第一次醒来时不需要重新回忆起他已经去世的事实。“它就那样存在着。它是我的一部分。”她发现，接纳就是“放弃对事物必须有所改变的渴望”。感觉就像她的身体正在“生长出承载悲伤的肌肉”。起初，汉娜在努力撰写她的小说。有一天，在极度悲痛之中，她在博客上写了一篇名为《生与死》的文章，并得到了巨大的反响。这本书便从那第一步开始诞生。书中有一个美好的结局，证明了你依然可以再次获得幸福的婚姻。汉娜没有告诉我们这发生在何时，但她在一次“在拥挤的房间里目光交汇”的瞬间遇到了一位摄像师。他们坠入爱河，结婚，现在作为重组家庭生活在英国。

乡村住宅的金时代

学期时间：宏伟的霍华德城堡（Grand Castle Howard）贝德福德，曾安置了数十名在绝密布莱切利园（Bletchley Park）工作的英国皇家海军妇女服务队（Wrens）成员。位于白金汉郡西威科姆公园（West Wycombe Park）的这座宏伟的帕拉第奥式住宅被用于存放华莱士收藏馆（Wallace Collection）的珍宝，因为这些珍宝被认为留在伦敦过于危险。位于埃塞克斯郡的奥德利端（Audley End）是一座美丽的詹姆斯一世风格住宅，曾是波兰抵抗战士的训练基地，随后他们被空投回波兰。诺曼底登陆（D-Day landings）是在威尔特郡的威尔顿住宅（Wilton House）策划的，那里是彭布罗克伯爵的住所。位于白金汉郡的一座拥有异常宽阔土地的股票经纪人住宅“The Firs”，作为开发和测试爆炸物的中心取得了巨大成功（这些爆炸物后来被卖给了美国人），最终为英国政府赚了一笔可观的利润。特别行动执行处（Special Operations Executive）——这个被戏称为“不绅士战争部”的秘密情报与破坏机构——征用了如此之多的乡村住宅用于训练，以至于人们说 SOE 代表的是“英格兰的宏伟住宅”（Stately 'Omes of England）。《战争中的乡村住宅》（The Country House At War）是一本有趣且令人惊讶地令人心酸的书。许多乡村住宅在交还给业主时状况极其糟糕，而政府的补偿微乎其微。由于许多大庄园的（男性）继承人在战斗中阵亡，这些财产由与房产几乎没有联系的远亲继承，随后被他们变卖。一些宏伟住宅被拆除；幸运的则移交给国民信托（National Trust）或由地方政府接管。征用对于战争努力至关重要，但它也标志着英国乡村住宅金时代的终结。

--- 第 48 页 书籍 小说

文学小说 斯蒂芬妮·克罗斯

《BEGINNING MIDDLE END》（起承转合）作者：瓦莱里娅·路易塞利 (Valeria Luiselli) (4th Estate 出版社，£16.99，368页) 路易塞利最近的作品《失踪儿童档案》（Lost Children Archive）曾获得多项奖项提名，而这部小说此前被广泛预测将入围 2026 年布克奖。虽然最终未能入选，但它在探讨移民和气候危机方面依然雄心勃勃，内容丰富且具有时代感。故事的主角是一位母亲和她的女儿，在山火肆虐和埃特纳火山爆发的背景下在西西里岛旅行。母亲是一名作家，正苦于创作她的新书；如果说《BEGINNING MIDDLE END》有情节的话，那么它探讨的是叙事本身的基础元素。关于希腊变形之神普罗透斯（Proteus）的神话是路易塞利笔下人物的基准，而这本书本身在整个过程中不断地质疑并尝试不同的形式，包括一个大胆且令人满意的结尾反转。

《SKY CITY》（天空之城）作者：杰奎琳·克鲁克斯 (Jacqueline Crooks) (Jamathan Cape 出版社，£18.99，384页) 克鲁克斯入围女性奖（Women's Prize）的处女作《FIRE Rush》曾获得玛吉·奥法雷尔（Maggie O'Farrell）和伯纳丁·埃瓦里斯托（Bernadine Evaristo）等人的赞赏。这又是另一部令人印象深刻且独树一帜的作品，背景设定在 20 世纪 90 年代，讲述了杰西（Jaycee）的故事。杰西在无家可归者收容所生活一段时间后，现在住在伦敦北部一个充满未来感的住宅区。在遭受继父毁灭性的虐待后，杰西艰难地生存了下来，但身体深处携带的创伤阻碍了她与重新出现初恋索尔（Sol）的关系。与此同时，她那积极进取的理发师朋友埃拉-G（Ella-G）正在充满魅力的纽约音乐界开辟事业，但危险始终潜伏在侧。这部小说带有微妙的诡谲感，流畅、催眠且具有心理冲击力，以其内在的韵律感和对大胆、震撼结局的铺垫吸引着读者。

《CHILDREN OF THE WILD》（荒野之子）作者：凯文·鲍尔斯 (Kevin Powers) (Atlantic 出版社，£14.99，320页) 鲍尔斯最著名的依然是其广受好评的处女作《黄鸟》（The Yellow Birds），该书借鉴了他作为伊拉克战争退伍军人的经历。然而，这部宏大故事的核心是一场更早的冲突。我们第一次见到罗伊·杨（Roy Young）是在 1917 年，当时他是一个 19 岁、自命不凡的青年。作为弗吉尼亚州一个家族的后裔，他的未来似乎很稳固，包括与当地牧师的女儿萨曼莎（Samantha）结婚。但随后，一个似乎没有过去、神秘的年轻人恩尼斯（Ennis）的到来改变了一切，不久后，两人便启程前往法国的直升机阵地。鲍尔斯充分展现了前线的恐怖，但这部关于爱、友谊和忍耐的史诗故事在配角刻画上显得有些单薄。不过，在历史的黑暗与另一场即将到来的战争阴影之间，它最终成为了一个关于当下价值的动人提醒。

令人心碎的露丝·埃利斯故事中的悲剧受害者

通俗小说 温迪·霍尔登

《A FATAL LOVE》（致命之爱）作者：路易莎·特雷格 (Louisa Treger) (Bloomsbury 出版社，£18.99，240页) 这部关于露丝·埃利斯（Ruth Ellis）故事的小说化作品始于她枪杀情夫大卫·布莱克利（David Blakely）的瞬间。随后是逮捕、审判、监禁和执行死刑。其中穿插着露丝生活的闪回，包括 20 世纪 50 年代伦敦那种肮脏而迷人的氛围，当时她在那里担任夜总会陪酒。我们还见到了她的狱卒，以及她日益绝望的辩护律师。虽然埃利斯的形象被刻画得非常令人同情，但布莱克利则显得具有虐待倾向、善于操纵且具有致命的吸引力。在整个故事中，特雷格简洁的风格与所有的戏剧冲突和暴力形成了完美的对比。这部出色的小说紧张得令人难以忍受且极其凄惨，其中最悲剧的人物是唯一真正无辜的一方——埃利斯的小儿子安迪（Andy）。

《THE GOOD PARTS》，作者 Evans Normandin (Piatkus 出版，£20, 352页)

这部令人振奋的处女作是一部某种意义上的科幻浪漫喜剧。罗斯和兰登在佛蒙特州的一所大学相识，结婚并育有一个女儿。但随着小说的推进，我们意识到这个婴儿遭遇了可怕的事情。故事情节在罗斯处于幸福的过去和兰登处于可怕的现在之间交替，在现在的时间线中，兰登在寻找搬到爱丁堡的前妻。她服用了一种“遗忘”药丸，因此无法回忆起发生的事情，并开始了新生活。但这种药有副作用，包括兰登决心重新建立联系。我不得不稍微放下一些质疑，但这是一款情感强烈且引人入胜的读物。

《SOPHIE, STANDING THERE》，作者 Meg Mason (Bloomsbury 出版，£20, 352页)

一名著名的作家是这部古灵精怪、聪明且充满情感的喜剧的核心。热衷阅读的索菲在一家举办图书节的活动场所工作。她对一段有毒婚姻结束后的绝望，变成了对一位著名但疏远的小说家的痴迷。令人难以置信的是，当这位小说家出现在索菲举办的一场节庆活动中时，一种某种形式的关系开始了。但这段关系能达到索菲想象中的样子吗？而且这位作者到底想要什么？在经历了较为缓慢的开局后，这部小说真正地燃了起来，我非常喜欢它。书中充满了精彩的细节，既幽默又严肃，观察到了现代爱情与生活的方方面面。

犯罪小说

GEOFFREY WANSELL

《DEATH WRIT LARGE》，作者 Susie Dent (Zaffre 出版，£20, 416页)

这部关于洞察力敏锐的牛津词典编纂者玛莎·索恩希尔的第二部作品，与她去年的处女作《Guilty By Definition》一样扣人心弦。在这里，她在一面教堂墙壁上发现了一组可疑的卢恩文字，而一名备受赞誉的学者显然是通过从塔楼跳下自杀的。玛莎对此心存怀疑——她与她的词典编辑同事们开始研究这条神秘信息意味着什么。于是，这部令人愉悦的传统谋杀谜案就此展开，故事围绕一位痴迷于谜题且拥有一群被称为“秘密结社”（Cabal）的本科追随者的争议性牛津作者的著作展开。由电视和播客语言专家 Dent 撰写，书中充满了迷人的细节，且始终不失娱乐性。理查德·奥斯曼最好小心点。

《THE BURNING FEARS》，作者 Katy Massey (Sphere 出版，£10.99, 288页)

将一名利兹妓院老板和一名落魄侦探设定为犯罪剧的主角是一个大胆的举动，但这一举动让 Massey 在去年的处女作《All Us Sinners》中获得了一项首部小说奖，而现在他们回归了。现在是1982年2月，五年之后。“约克郡开膛手”已被抓获，但彼得·萨特克利夫的阴影依然笼罩在这座城市，腐败的恶臭亦然。前性工作者琳达在试图引起利兹最受尊敬的“桑拿房”负责人莫琳的注意时，死于一起肇事逃逸事故。表面上看这像是一场意外，但事实真是这样吗？与此同时，侦探警佐米克·邦尼福德正在调查一起针对当地一名富有的国会议员的敲诈案。这两者之间是否有联系？生动的氛围、出色的对话以及冷峻且紧凑的情节，证实了 Massey 将成为未来的之星。

《THE BUTCHER LEGACY》，作者 Alaina Urquhart (Constable 出版，£25, 384页)

新奥尔良连环杀手杰里米·罗斯（也被称为“沼泽屠夫”）终于被投入监狱——这是由他的死对头、病理学家伦·穆勒博士促成的——尽管在此之前他杀害了她心爱的丈夫。但即使在监狱里，他依然投下可怕的阴影。罗斯是自汉尼拔·莱克特以来最令人恐惧的在押囚犯。随后，在万圣节前夕，年轻女孩相继失踪，她们的尸体被发现时带有屠夫杀人标志性的残缺。他是否有一个接替他的同伙？穆勒和她的盟友侦探约翰·勒鲁怀疑如此，并开始搜寻，这引导他们找到了圣洁的牧师菲利普·特鲁多。极其引人入胜，这是犯罪小说中最具催眠效果的一部。

HISTORICAL ETIHNE FARRY

# 《LITTLE SPARK》，作者 Jess Kidd (Canongate 出版，£18.99, 352页) 极具想象力且富有艺术感，故事背景设定在 1868 年和 1881 年，讲述了博德金·贝尔（Bodkin Bell）的惊险故事。博德金在孩提时代就能扒窃、召唤风暴，并能利用身体中奇异的静电电荷，在她与古怪的监护人康尼利厄斯·贝尔（Cornelius Bell）共同完善的令人振奋的巡演节目中发挥巨大作用。但现在博德金身陷囹圄。康尼利厄斯在逃，而她那结结巴巴、难以捉摸的心脏正出现异常。救援来自波因特莫特庄园（Point Mote manor）的赫斯佩里亚夫人（Lady Hesperia），那是肯特郡沼泽地上一座阴森的大宅，以其奇妙的自动机而闻名。但事情并非表面看上去那样，随着秘密被揭开，神秘的联系被发现，博德金在这部精彩的蒸汽朋克故事中陷入了严重的危险之中。 # 《THIS DOOR OF THE SEAS》，作者 Val McDermid 和 Jo Sharp (Pulygon 出版，£12, 360页) 灵感源自一个真实的悲剧故事：17世纪，苏格兰定居者发起了一次不幸的远征，试图在遥远的达里恩（Darien）建立一个贸易殖民地——那里看似是一个田园诗般的沿海飞地。但实际情况截然不同——那里被丛林包围，且被西班牙人宣称拥有主权，环境极其恶劣且在财务上是一场灾难。这部作品由生活伴侣、畅销犯罪小说作家 McDermid 和苏格兰皇家地理学家 Sharp 共同研究并撰写，水准极高。两人通过科学家詹姆斯·华莱士博士（Dr James Wallace）写给妻子伊丽莎（Eliza）和首任皇家地理学家罗伯特·西博尔德爵士（Sir Robert Sibbald）的信件，讲述了这个扣人心弦的故事。疾病、资源匮乏、领导力缺失以及懒惰的地主之子们毁掉了这次尝试，给那些为了寻找更好生活而离开饥荒家园的定居者带来了苦果。

# 《THE RUNS》，作者 Becky Docton (HQ 出版，£16.99, 560页) 时间跨度从 1937 年的德文郡到 1956 年锡兰的康提。Docton 的处女作展开了露西（Lucie）的生活，她曾是一个迷茫孤独的孩子，后来成长为一个被压抑的愤怒所淹没的年轻女性。场景在不断变换——从英国乡村一座破旧的大宅，到科伦坡鸡尾酒时光的燥热与喧嚣，但核心是露西在情感上极其痛苦的旅程。Docton 的文字优雅且精准，在破碎的家庭历史造成影响时，美妙地记录了露西的情绪和感受。一段以多次流产为标志的不幸婚姻增加了她的痛苦，直到她具有启示意义的 26 岁那年，两次意外的邂逅点燃了她逃离的勇气，让她开始展望一个承诺自由的未来。在 BailShop 购买此处评论的任何书籍。附带一整页的 4p 优惠，或致电 020 3176 2337 --- AA 第 49 页 # 以更低成本提升循环——节省 £40 # 自然缓解腿部疲劳并促进血液循环 红光疗法结合电肌肉刺激（EMS）——物理治疗师广泛使用——可促进血流以减轻肿胀和僵硬 20 个强度等级 & 9 种治疗模式 易读背光 LCD 屏幕 红光 轻量化

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我们的生活：NaNaz乐队 —— 机器之敌 (AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)，7. 30PM，BBC1 BBC去年推出了一部热门剧集《暴动女性》(Riot Women)，讲述了五位中年女性为了参加当地的人才竞赛而组建朋克乐队的虚构故事 —— 但The NaNaz乐队则是在现实中这样做。这六位来自南威尔士的女性 —— 包括前冰淇淋车主Ange Pearce、退休社区护士Anne-Marie Bollen，以及身为妻子、母亲且曾任演员经纪人的Claire Symons（如图） —— 在一个面向50岁以上人群的社区工作坊中相识。她们一见如故，最终组建了一支乐队，发现这是宣泄围绝经期愤怒的绝佳出口！在这部肯定生命的短纪录片中，女性们安静的家庭生活与她们在舞台上充满电力的存在感以及犀利的歌词之间形成了鲜明对比 —— 歌词涵盖了从养老院费用、养老金到回收垃圾桶的所有话题。现在，在成团仅一年之后，她们就被邀请前往朋克中心纽约参加Loud Women Festival —— 对此，她们和所有人一样感到惊讶。

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6.00 早安节目 (Breakfast) 9.30 动物公园 (Animal Park) (AD,R) 10.15 追踪、轨迹，拿回我的车 (Tract, Track, Get My Car Back) (R) 10.45 专家证人 (Expert Witness) (R) 11.15 锤下之屋 (Homes Under the Hammer) (R) 12.15 淘宝猎人：One Show 20周年 (Bargain Hunt: 20 Years of The One Show) (AD) 两组One Show主持人展开对决。 1.00 BBC一点钟新闻；天气 1.35 BBC地区新闻；天气 1.45 BBC一点钟新闻；天气 2.00 理发师谜案 (The Hairdresser Mysteries) (AD) Lily发现自己既面临发型紧急情况，又要解决一起谋杀案，由Sally Phillips主演。 2.45 逃往乡村 (Escape to the Country) (R) 一处位于康沃尔郡且具有商业潜力的住宅。 3.45 出价室 (The Bidding Room) 交易商们看到了一些不寻常的角色，包括骷髅伯特叔叔和一只木兔。此外，还有一张来自全球最顶尖乐队之一的稀有专辑。 4.30 答案奔跑 (The Answer Run) 由Jason Mariford主持的问答节目。 5.15 无用之题 (Pointless) (R) Alexander Armstrong与共同主持人Konnie Hug一起主持。 6.00 BBC六点钟新闻；天气 6.30 BBC地区新闻；天气

BBC2

6.30 免费之财 (Money for Nothing) (R) 7.15 出价室 (The Bidding Room) (R) 8.00 马库斯·韦林：纯粹普罗旺斯 (Marcus Wareing Simply Provence) (BSL,R) 制作一种干香料混合物。 9.00 BBC新闻 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之屋 (Richard Osman's House of Games) (R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Mirstini, Chris Washington和Kimberly Wyatt参加挑战。 1.30 终点线 (The Finish Line) (R) 由Roman Kemp和Sarah Greene主持的问答节目。 2.15 你了解你的位置吗？ (Do You Know Your Place?) (R) 2.45 毛茸茸骑手们的烘焙之旅 (The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation) (AD,R) 该二人组抵达西班牙。 3.45 农民乡村对决 (The Farmers' Country Showdown) (R) 两对养牛农民在坎布里亚郡的西摩兰郡展会上竞争。 4.30 复古古董路演 (Vintage Antiques Roadshow) (R) 团队访问兰开夏郡的Citiberse。首次播出于 2003. 5.15 抛售 (Flog) (R) (R) 来自哈登大厅 (Haddon Hall)。 6.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之屋 (Richard Osman's House of Games) (R) Gettin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton和Gary Willmot测试他们的常识技能。 6.30 仅此一事 (Just One Thing) (AD,R) 食用甜菜根的好处。本系列最后一集。

ITV1

6.00 早安英国 (Good Morning Britain) 10.00 早上好 (This Morning) 日刊杂志，包含名人访谈、演艺圈新闻、生活方式专题、热门讨论、健康与美容建议等。 1.30 新闻；天气 1.55 地区新闻；天气 2.00 迪金森的真实交易 (Dickinson's Real Deal) (AD,R) David Dickinson及其交易商团队访问纽波特。Karen Dalmeny花大价钱买了一枚惊艳的胸针。 3.00 成交或不成交 (Deal or No Deal) (AD,R) 由Stephen Mulhern主持，Ronnie尝试按正确顺序打开22个红盒子，挑战臭名昭著的银行家以赢取现金奖金；地区天气 4.00 倾斜点 (Tipping Point) (R) 由Ben Shephard主持的问答节目。 5.00 追击 (The Chase) (R) Bradley Walsh主持，Comphal, Samantha, Adam和Yung Yung回答常识问题并团队协作，挑战一名冷酷的追击者。 6.00 地区新闻；天气 6.30 新闻；天气

第4频道 6.30 《女王之王》(AD,R) 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙》(AD,R) 喜剧三集连播。 9.10 《弗雷泽》(,R) 四集。 11.10 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦 美国篇》(R) 一家忘记了餐饮业名声最关键因素的餐厅。 12.05 第4频道新闻摘要 12.10 《寻找、修复、出售》(,R) 诺福克的物品包括一台拖拉机。 1.10 《大宅赠送》(R) 会计师Kate和建筑商Jonny在利兹共同买了一栋房子。 2.10 《倒计时》由Ade Adepitan主持。 3.00 《阳光之所》(R) 购房者Jesica和Karl在西班牙加的斯寻找度假屋。 4.00 《与Penelope Keith一起拯救乡村住宅》(,R) 在Treberlyfd House，年度规模最大的婚礼正在进行。 5.00 《城堡DIY》(,R) 在Lalacelle城堡，Terry和Ashley让他们的花园重获新生。 6.00 《美国拾荒者》(,R) Mike Wolfe和Frank Fritz发现了一本罕见的超人漫画。 7.00 《One Show》Alex Jones和Roman Kemp启动该节目的20岁生日庆祝活动。 7.30 《我们的生活：奶奶们——对抗机器的年龄》() 六位打破衰老常规的女性。 8.00 《花岗岩港口》() 随着案件接近尾声，在秘密被揭露之际，Lindo和Bart与时间赛跑以寻找真正的凶手。本系列最后一集。 9.00 《你会对我撒谎吗？》(R) Cush Jumbo, Judi Love, Grayson Perry和Tim Vine加入常驻嘉宾之列。 9.30 《Ann Droid》() Sue邀请Michael和Renee参加一次温馨的家庭晚餐。喜剧，由Diane Morgan和Sue Johnston主演。 10.00 BBC十点新闻 10.30 BBC地区新闻（随后为天气预报） 10.45 《28天后》(2002) (18) ▲ () 在英国被一种使受害者陷入杀人狂怒的病毒摧毁后，幸存者们聚集在一起。Danny Boyle执导的恐怖片，由Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston和Brendan Gleeson主演。 12.30 未来一周天气预报 12.35 BBC新闻 7.00 《Iolo的安格尔西》(R) Iolo Williams探索安格尔西的植物群。 7.30 《Beechgrove花园》Brian Cunningham收获他的春季蔬菜。 8.00 《园艺世界》Frances 8.00 TKL Inghill回到巴斯的Darnson农场，与业主Alison和嘉宾Mary Berry共度一天，同时Arlt Anderson访问伦敦的一座城市花园。 9.00 《贝尔热拉克》() Chloe发现了证明John Blakely的指控属实的证据。 9.45 《QI XL》(R) Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Jimmy Carr和Alan Davies回答Sandi Toksvig关于“诡计与款待”主题的问题。 10.30 《新闻之夜》由Paddy O'Connell主持的当日事件分析。（随后为天气预报） 11.05 《囤积》(2023) (18) ▲ 首播。TKL 在搬离囤积症母亲多年后，一名寄养青少年重新审视她的童年记忆和被压抑的创伤。剧情片，由Saura Lightfoot-Leon主演。 1.00 《英国最严格的学校——全景》(BSL,R) Richard Bilton报道一家被指责将行为管理严格政策推向极端的学院信托机构。 1.30 《狂喜》(,BSL,R) Gabs将她的怀疑公开化。Ruth Madeley主演。 2.30 这是BBC2 7.30 英格兰足球联赛杯直播 米德尔斯堡 对阵 雷克瑟姆（晚上8点开球）。Mark Pougatch在Riverside体育场主持这场首轮对决的所有精彩瞬间。米德尔斯堡将希望避免重复上赛季这一阶段的惨剧，当时他们在此被唐卡斯特罗孚斯4-0击败。雷克瑟姆在该项赛事中表现更好，一路闯入第四轮，随后在2-1落败后被威尔士对手加的夫城淘汰。由Tommy Smith和Steven Fletcher分析，Seb Hutchinson和Lucy Ward解说。 10.25 新闻（随后为天气预报） 10.55 地区新闻（随后为天气预报） 11.15 《侠盗猎人：绝不回头》(2016) (12) 这位私刑者试图营救一名被阴险阴谋陷害为谋杀犯的陆军少校。动作惊悚续集，由Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders和Danika Yarosh主演。

1.10 电视购物 3.00 自然之力 (AD,BSL,R) 非洲的一场洪水为一只孤独的母狮带来了猎物。 3.50 寻找失散家人 (AD,BSL,R) 杰恩试图寻找她的哥哥，她的已故母亲将他送去过养。 4.45 与ITV一起放松。 7.00 第4频道新闻 8.00 超富人群的手术秘密 (AD) 汉娜进行了非手术的液态隆鼻，霍莉利用激光技术处理多年的阳光损伤，而纳比尔每月投入超过 £1,000 进行一项微调项目。 9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 吉米·卡尔主持这场喜剧文字与数字问答赛，队长罗布·贝克特和乔恩·理查森由凯瑟琳·瑞安和菲克莎·埃尔-戈里加入。 10.00 Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits 喜剧演员包括萨拉·帕斯科、詹姆斯·阿卡斯特以及杰米和纳塔西亚·德米特里奥在重重困难中反败为胜，品尝到了成功的甜蜜。 11.05 莎拉·米利坎：Home Bird Live (R) 在纽卡斯尔的泰恩剧院及歌剧院录制的单口喜剧表演，其中喜剧演员分享了对生活的见解，包括扎根的需求。 12.10 格雷格·戴维斯：The Back of My Mum's Head (AD,R) 在索尔福德的劳里艺术中心录制的单口喜剧。 1.05 下雨 (AD) 艾哈迈德收到了一份求婚。 1.45 下雨 (AD) 1.15 电影：Theater Camp (2023) (12) 由本·普拉特和莫莉·戈登主演的喜剧。 3.50 周日早午餐 (R) 4.00 Four in a Bed (R) 7 PM 8 PM 9 10 11 12 MNT (R) 重播。(HD) 高清。(AD) 音频描述。(b / w) 非彩色。(BSL) 英国手语。 家庭观看 通常适合所有人 建议谨慎 --- 电视 51

特别嘉宾 # 《园艺世界》(Gardeners' World)，晚上8点，BBC2

弗朗西丝·托菲尔 (FRANCES Tophill) 回到巴斯的丹姆森农场 (Damson Farm)，这一次她迎来了一位VIP嘉宾，热衷于园艺的玛丽·贝里爵士 (Dame Mary Berry)。与此同时，阿里夫·安德森 (Arif Anderson) 从伦敦的一个城市可食用花园进行报道；托比·巴克兰 (Toby Buckland) 分享了一些关于如何延长生长季节的巧妙技巧，此外还将访问伯明翰一个以旁遮普人为主的社区配地。

电影首映 # 《囤积》(Hoard)，晚上11.05，BBC2

英国导演露娜·卡蒙 (Luna Carmon) 令人印象深刻的长片处女作，讲述了玛丽亚 (Maria) 动荡的童年，以及随后作为一名青少年在寄养家庭的生活，在那里，一名之前的住户激励她重新审视被压抑的童年记忆和她母亲的囤积习惯。索拉·莱特富特·莱昂 (Saura Lightfoot Leon)（如图）在饰演玛丽亚时带来了安静而有力的表演。

CHANNEL 5 6.00 Milkshake! 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (R)

6.10 《Tweedy & Puff》 (R) 6.15 《Odo》 (R) 6.20 《托马斯和他的朋友们》(Thomas & Friends) (R) 6.35 《消防员山姆》(Fireman Sam) (R) 6.45 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (R) 6.50 《Pip and Posy》 (R) 7.00 《汪汪队立大功》(Paw Patrol) (R) 7.20 Move It Milkshake!!! (R) 7.20 Huitse & Crew (R) 7.35 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (AD,R) 7.45 《太空中的蒂姆·雷克斯》(Tim Rex in Space) (R) 8.00 《奶奶和奶奶》(Gran & Gran) (R) 8.15 《汪汪队立大功》(Paw Patrol) (R) 8.30 《帕丁顿熊的冒险》(The Adventures of Paddington) (R) 8.40 《本和霍莉的小王国》(Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom) (R) 8.50 《袋鼠海滩》(Kangaroo Beach) 9.05 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (AD,R) 9.10 《太空中的蒂姆·雷克斯：一起唱歌》(Tim Rex in Space: Sing-Alongs) 9.15 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine) 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 12.50 马特·奥尔赖特 (Matt Allwright) 2.20 《读书会谋杀案》(The Book Club Murders) (2024) (PG) ● 悬疑片，由布里塔尼·安德伍德 (Brittany Underwood) 和伊娃·伊戈 (Eva Igo) 主演。 4.00 《Castle》 (R) 两部分之二。Castle和团队寻找贝克特 (Beckett)。 4.55 Love Nature (R) 会见 The Fox Project 驾驶员尼基·汤森 (Nicki Townsend)。 5.00 5 News with Dan Walker 6.00 《梅诺卡岛：阳光下的一年》(Menorca: A Year in the Sun) (R) 两部分之二。探讨这座地中海岛屿的海鲜：艺术与建筑修复。 6.55 5 News Update 7.00 汤姆·里德·威尔逊的大巡游 (Tom Read Wilson's Grand Tour) (R) 主持人重新构思了贵族在欧洲大巡游期间曾经历的成年礼，起点是巴黎。 7.55 5 News Update 8.00 《科西嘉岛：地中海之珠》(Corsica: Jewel of the Mediterranean) 镜头聚焦于这座法国岛屿，它拥有600英里的绝美海岸线、郁郁葱葱的森林和雄伟的山脉。 9.00 亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗在韩国 (Alexander Armstrong in South Korea) (R) 亚历山大穿越韩国，这是地球上最具影响力且最成功的国家之一，以其制造业实力和文化出口而闻名。 10.30 皮尔斯·摩根直言不讳：边境危机 (Piers Morgan Uncensored: Crisis at the Border) 由皮尔斯·摩根 (Piers Morgan) 主持的以观点为导向的新闻和辩论节目，将新闻报道与毫不掩饰的直接文化评论相结合。 12.00 《逃票者：与法律的战争》(Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law) (R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LovelBooakt (R) 2.00 《全科医生：闭门之后》(GPs: Behind Closed Doors) (R) 2.50 《Castle》 (R) 3.40 《老友记》(Friends) (R) 4.05 《老友记》(Friends) (R) 4.30 简·麦克唐纳的约克郡：没有地方像家 (Jane McDonald's Yorkshire: No Place: Like Home) (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Milo (BSL,R) ▲ 特别容易引起反感

充满令人不寒而栗的意象，这感觉像是一部经典的好莱坞惊悚片

“昨晚我梦见我又回到了曼德利……”达芙妮·杜穆里埃这部哥特小说的第一行文字，带着对即将到来的潜意识恐惧的不祥暗示，令人无法抗拒。《占有》（Possession）从开场镜头中山顶上一座破败的庄园起，就在引导观众进入达芙妮的世界。背景是牙买加而非康沃尔，但那种氛围是不言而喻的。这部原名为《继承》（Inheritance）的五集剧集没有让人失望。它跳动着令人不安的意象，有些微妙地让人心神不宁，有些则像噩梦成真一样令人胆寒。它同时也是对这座岛屿暴力历史的沉思，以及许多西印度群岛人的矛盾情感——他们的混血血统既源自非洲奴隶，也源自买卖奴隶的欧洲人。通常当电视节目探讨这个主题时，角色往往是扁平的，基调则是虔诚的。但很明显，《占有》截然不同。古古·姆巴塔-罗（Gugu Mbatha-Raw）饰演克劳迪娅，一名来自布里斯托的律师，在公司一名最富有的客户在其乡村庄园去世后，被派往牙买加首都金斯敦。这片土地曾是一个依靠奴隶劳动力经营的糖厂，家族财富价值 £5000 万。但当遗嘱开启时，这个男人的儿子兼继承人奥利弗（Jenny Lee Miller 饰）什么也没得到。相反，所有财产都交给了一个自称库乔·伊斯特（Cudjoe East）的神秘人物，此人在六个月前出现在老人的门前。这是一个非常扎实的设定，正是杜穆里埃女士擅长且好莱坞曾经热爱的那种老式故事。不难想象一个黑白电影版本：劳伦斯·奥利弗饰演被剥夺继承权的儿子，而梅尔·奥伯隆或莉娜·霍恩（两人均为混血）饰演那位揭开过多于安全限度秘密的律师。编剧卡拉·克罗姆（Karla Crome）从杰斐逊·班尼斯（Jefferson Bannis）的一个故事雏形出发，借鉴经典电影，营造出一种狂热的氛围——

夜间的父亲之傲：在《Bangers & Cash》（U&Yesterday）节目中，儿子格雷厄姆在出售他已故父亲的 1957 年奥斯汀都会车（Austin Metropolitan）时表示，老人家钱包里一直放着两张照片：“一张是妈妈，另一张就是这辆车。没有我和我兄弟的……所以随你怎么想吧。”

北爱尔兰电视节目变动

BBC1 12.30am Main Car * 1979 per Diem. 1995: 来自兰开夏郡、伯明翰和加的夫的参赛者。US BBC News. UPV 7.00pm UTV Life. 与帕梅拉·巴兰泰恩（Pamela Ballantine）一起聊天、听音乐，外加一些惊喜。

威尔士电视节目变动

UPV 7.00pm Court & Country. 英国纽厄尔镇（Newell）处于社会之中，有关于在非洲看到的保护犬以及关于第一次育儿的报道。 54℃ 6.05am Cow. 9.30 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. Gbeewk Newyddion 54℃. 12.05 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. 2.00 Newyddion 54℃. 2.05 2026. 4.00 2026. 5.00 2026. 7.30 Newyddion 54℃ or Tewydd. 7.50 2026. 今晚的比赛在纽西兰合唱团和Gerdt Dard的参与下继续。10.30 Y Babell Lam 2026. 11.00 Gawlty Adoried. 一个 1995 年的流行组合重聚。

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克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯 (CHRISTOPHER STEVENS) 昨晚电视推荐

《Possession》（天空大西洋电视台） ★★★★★ 过去与现在的重叠。当镜头凝视那座旧宅时，窗边缓缓出现一个系着粉色丝带的年轻女子的面孔，我们将时间回溯 200 年。她是种植园主的女儿夏洛特（Bel Powley），她与父亲的私生子马修分享着父亲的宠爱——而马修的母亲曾是一名奴隶。马修举止优雅且受过教育，尽管他被一半的亲戚视为仆人，被另一半视为叛徒。当库乔·伊斯特（Cudjoe East）在 21 世纪出现，要求继承他的 £5000 万遗产时，他瞪大眼睛，愤怒地沸腾，几乎像个恶魔。但他也正是马修的活现身（这两个角色均由 Sheldon Shepherd 饰演）。令克劳迪娅惊恐的是，她认出了他。这位干练、扣子扣得严严实实的律师一直被关于这座房子、马修和一个锁盒的血腥梦魇所折磨。现在，她的噩梦就在眼前，与她四目相对。达芙妮·杜（Daphne Du）一定会喜欢这部剧。

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52 数字与点播

数字与点播电视精选

《Song Sung Blue》，下午 3. 40，Sky首播

这部讲述中西部尼尔·戴蒙德（Neil Diamond）致敬表演者迈克·萨迪纳（Mike Sardina）和克莱尔·萨迪纳（Claire Sardina）真实故事的电影，原本有可能变得极其俗气，但结果却令人无法抗拒，很大程度上是因为演员阵容。迈克和克莱尔由休·杰克曼（Hugh Jackman）和曾获奥斯卡提名的凯特·哈德森（Kate Hudson）（如图）饰演。迈克是一名越战老兵，曾有酗酒问题但目前已克制；而克莱尔是一名激励了他的歌手；他们共同打造了尼尔·戴蒙德“体验”秀，并在事业发展过程中结为夫妻。“闪电与雷鸣”（Lightning & Thunder，即迈克和克莱尔）的崛起证明了梦想战胜现实的力量，这也让这对组合在很早的时候就为顶尖摇滚乐队珍珠果酱（Pearl Jam）担任开场嘉宾。然而，现实生活确实侵入了这些梦想，而且是以相当剧烈的方式。哈德森和杰克曼都是经验丰富的音乐剧表演者，这在演绎《Sweet Caroline》等歌曲时大有裨益；此外，还必须特别提到《黑道家族》（The Sopranos）的迈克尔（materiel），他饰演一名加入“闪电与雷鸣”的甜美巴迪·霍利（Buddy Holly）模仿者。

法国剧集

《Carpe Diem》，晚上9点，More4 这部法律剧由萨缪尔·勒·比洪（Samuel Le Bihon）主演，饰演蒂姆·维伦纽夫（Tim Villeneuve），一名 48 岁的人，他曾被误判杀妻罪并被监禁 17 年。蒂姆住在尼斯，在狱中学习法律后，他开了一家法律事务所，为那些被不公正指控的人辩护。他对待生活“及时行乐”的态度是这部剧的一大魅力所在，但它也有严肃的一面——这位律师同时也在寻找杀害他妻子的真凶。

动画喜剧

《Alley Cats》，Netflix 在瑞奇·热维斯（Ricky Gervais）这部新的动画喜剧中，出现了一些熟悉的声音和大量的出汗情节——请留意戴安·摩根（Diane Morgan）、凯瑞·戈德曼（Kerry Godlman）、娜塔莉·卡西迪（Natalie Cassidy）和汤姆·巴斯登（Tom Basden）的配音。热维斯饰演一群芒果色猫咪（如图）中口无遮拦的首领猫，它们四处游荡，在寻找朋友和麻烦的同时进行哲学思考——尽管所有的脏话使得人们几乎无法听清实际在说什么。热维斯似乎在试图打破某种粗口记录。

娱乐与纪实 SACTION Freeview 35 Sky 150 11. 40am 电影：《谢恩》(Shane) (1953) (PG) 2. 05pm 电影：《快枪手》(The Quick Gun) (1964) (PG) 4.00 高速公路 5.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者 6.00 警察拦截者 8.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者 9.00 警察拦截者 10.00 警察 11.00 X档案 BBC THREE Freeview 22 Sky 125 Virgin 107 7. 00pm 追击 7.05 我似乎是 7.20 电影：《博物馆奇妙夜：史密森尼之战》(Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) (2009) (PG) 8.00 极乐岛谋杀案 10.00 鬼魂澳大利亚 10.45 金眼镜蛇 COMEDY CENTRAL Sky 133 Virgin 133 11.35am 上手 1.15pm 朋友 9.00 新手与巴尼·沃尔什：打破父亲 10.00 敢于新娘 - 螃蟹：甜 11.00 无论如何谁在开玩笑？美国版 DISCOVERY Sky 125 Virgin 177 11.00am 脱离电网建筑 1. 00pm 杰夫医生落基山：兽医 3.00 如何制作 5.00 阿拉斯加家园救援 7.00 顶级展厅 8.00 淘金热：与弗雷迪和胡安一起进行矿山救援 9.00 远征：原子鲨鱼 10.00 远征：未知：鲨鱼秘密 11.00 阿拉斯加三角区 E4 (日间) Freeview 18 Sky 123 Virgin 106 12noon 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 STAR (日间) Freeview 22 Sky 123 Virgin 126 12noon 交通警察 2.00 警察拦截者 5.00 店铺窃贼：当场抓获 6.00 远离家乡 S SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 161 Virgin 138 11.05am 本·福格尔：野外新生活 12. 00pm 动物医生 1.05 谋杀她写了 3.00 清洁剂 5.00 多塞特：乡村与海岸 6.00 伟大的英国船只 7.00 本·福格尔：野外新生活 9.00 塔加特 11.10 磁力：桑德林厄姆峰会内部 S USA (日间) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon 法律与秩序 6.00 NCIS FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am 英国烘焙大赛 1.00pm 詹姆斯·马丁的岛屿到高地 3.00 哈里骑手去西方 4.00 詹姆斯的省钱：音乐 5.00 永恒之女 6.00 詹姆斯·马丁的岛屿到高地 7.00 英国烘焙大赛 9.00 哈里骑手的地中海冒险 10.00 咖喱厨房的秘密 10.30 尼凯特的凯特 11.00 餐馆：路边摊与潜水店 GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 117 Virgin 170 12noon 大草原上的小房子 1.00 沃尔森 4.00 大草原上的小房子 6.00 哈米什·麦克贝斯 7.00 MYST'IE 9.00 电影：《弯曲》(Bendides) (2006) (12) 11.00 MYST'IE ITV2 (日间) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 119 10.30am 钻石溪 11.20 魔女 12.15pm 成交或不成交 1.35 超市大扫货 2.15 地板美国版 3.10 唯一的方式是Exane 4.00 盐湖城真实主妇 5.00 橙县真实主妇 6.00 名人猜词 ITV3 (日间) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am 心跳 1.35pm仲夏谋杀 3.35 经典艾默代尔 4.40 经典街道冠冕 5.50 心跳 ITV4 (日间) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am 专业人士 11.20 无袖机器人 12.35pm 马格南，Ft. 2.35 需求与梅克皮斯 3.45 短篇 4.50 专业人士 5.50 保镖 6.55 夏普 夏普的GUA MORE4 (日间) Freeview 18 Sky 135 Virgin 147 10.00am 四人一床 12.40pm 来和我一起用餐 3.20 四人一床 5.50 汽车SCG NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC Sky 129 Virgin 183 11.00am 汽车SCG 12noon 迪拜终极机场 1.00 空难调查 2.00 绘制二战有色人种英雄 4.00 埃及失落的宝藏 5.00 二战的瓦格奇迹：格兰特海洋 6.00 中国永恒之行 7.00 空难调查 10. 00 巨型海洋机器 11.00 空难调查

PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11. 50am 追缉克格勃杀手 1. 00pm 饱经风霜的地球极端环境 1.35 强迫症患者：兴衰史 2.45 真实真相 3.45 罗森堡夫妇：原子间谍 4.55 追缉克格勃杀手 6.05 强迫症患者：兴衰史 7.05 真实真相 8.15 罗森堡夫妇：原子间谍 9.30 追缉克格勃杀手 10.40 真实真相 REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 162 Virgin 165 12noon 约克郡拍卖行 2.00 修理铺 3.00 搜寻猎人 5.00 寻找失散亲人：生于无和平之地 6.00 修理铺 7.00 约克郡拍卖行 8.00 古董公路旅行 9.00 我的奢华梦想家园 10.00 救命！我把房子搞砸了 11.00 救命！我的房子闹鬼 ** ARTS Freeview 36 122 Virgin 123 12noon 阿加莎·克里斯蒂：苍白之马 2.00 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克时间 3.00 八十年代 4.00 发现彼得·凯勒斯 5.00 年度肖像艺术家 2022 6.00 出人意料的故事 7.00 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现 8.00 鲍勃·迪伦：镜子的另一面 9.35 我曾是青少年性观察员 12.00 经典专辑 ** ATLANTIC 108 Virgin 126 12. 30pm 街头谋杀案 2.30 比利亚姆斯 4.40 最后的生还者 7.00 企鹅 9.00 车站鸽子 11.00 最后的生还者 ** COMEDY 113 Virgin 132 11. 50am 狂野与格蕾丝 12. 30pm**

广播 RADIO 4 FM: SG-4 04 / 10 / 12 5.00am 新闻摘要。 5.04 简报室 (The Briefing Room)。 5.32 天气。 5.34 航运预报。 5.43 今日祷告。 5.45 今日农业。 6.00 今日 (Today)。 9.00 荒岛唱片 (Desert Island Discs)。嘉宾为女企业家艾玛·格雷斯尔 (Emma Gresle)。 10.00 女性时间 (Woman's Hour)。 11.00 F.C.S. 食品计划 (The Food Programme)。 11.45 托尼·霍克斯毫无保留 (Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away)。这位喜剧演员在寻找处理继承问题的一种平衡方法。 12noon 新闻。 12.04 反社会 (AntiSocial)。 12.57 天气。 1.00 一点钟的世界 (The World at One)。 1.45 基本必需品 (The Bare Necessities)。丹·理查兹 (Dan Richards) 在苏格兰的惠索恩 (Whithorn) 拜访一位传统造船匠。本系列最后一集。 The Comeback 1.40 Upright 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 The Office Movers 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace 7.00 The Office (15) 8.00 The Office Movers 9.00 Alex Edelman: Just for Us 10.45 Rob Beckett Wallop SKY DOCUMENTARIES Sky 118 Virgin 121 12noon 电影：《兰开斯特》(Lancaster) (2022) (PG) 2.00 电影：《埃弗顿：霍华德之路》(Everton: Howard's Way) (2019) (12) 4.00 导演们 (The Directors) 5.00 探索梅尔·吉布森 (Discovering Mel Gibson) 6.00 大卫·弗罗斯特对决 (David Frost Vs) 7.00 艾伦：尸检丑闻 (The Allen: Autopsy Scandal) 8.00 索尔兹伯里中毒事件：隔壁的间谍 (The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door) 9.40 电影：《波林球为哥伦拜恩》(Bowling for Columbine) (2002) (15) SKY HISTORY Sky 123 Virgin 131 10.10am Jack & Durodsky 11.05 仓储大战 (Storage Wars) 12noon 战斗列车 (Combat Trains) 1.00 托马斯·杰斐逊 (Thomas Jefferson) # 今日广播精选

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葡萄酒和奶酪是经典的绝配，现在，奶酪制造商们正从葡萄种植者那里学习一些技巧。Sheila Dillon探讨了被称为 affinage 的法国技术（意为奶酪的陈化、成熟或精炼）如何在这里兴起。她采访了一些生产者，他们通过调整奶酪存储的温度和湿度、进行清洗和翻转、用干草覆盖，甚至播放音乐，在奶酪成熟过程中改变其口味。2.00 《阿彻斯》（The Archers）。2.15 剧集：《中央情报》（Central Intelligence）。2.45 《生活在边缘》（Living on the Edge）。Richard King访问：Coreswall灯塔。3.00 《园丁问答时间》（Gardeners' Question Time）。专家建议。3.45 短篇作品。4.00 《最后的话》（Last Word）。4.30 《侧向》（Sideways）。5.00 PM：天气。6.00 六点新闻。6.30 Current: uks。Lucy Porter与Jake Bhardwaj, Vittorio Angelone和Susie McCabe一同参与。本系列最后一集。7.00 《阿彻斯》（The Archers）。Keira有一个惊人的发现。7.15 《截图》（Screenshot）。探讨屏幕上关于男性气概的观念变化。8.00 《有任何问题吗？》（Any Questions?）由Alex Forsyth主持。3.00 《硬核典当》（Hardcore Pawn）。6.00 《美国拾荒者》（American Pickers）7.00 《锻造之火》（Forged in Fire）8.00 《全定制车库》（Full Custom Garage）。9.00 《帮派纪事》（Gangland Chronicles）11.00 《怪物探索》（MonsterQuest）SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Moon: Natquely Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five'd 2.00 SWAT 5.00 《辛普森一家》（The Simpsons）6.00 《动物控制》（Animal Control）7.00 《辛普森一家》（The Simpsons）8.00 《海外白痴》（An Idiot Abroad）2.00 Rocky Flanagan: If Ever We Needed It 10.15 Grimsburg 11.45 《动物控制》（Animal Control）SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Moon: Natquely Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five'd 2.00 SWAT 5.00 《辛普森一家》（The Simpsons）6.00 《动物控制》（Animal Control）7.00 《辛普森一家》（The Simpsons）8.00 《海外白痴》（An Idiot Abroad）2.00 Rocky Flanagan: If Ever We Needed It 10.15 Grimsburg 11.45 《动物控制》（Animal Control）SKY SCI-FI Sky 103 Virgin 163 11.00am 《星际迷航：企业号》（Star Trek: Enterprise）。12noon 《星际迷航：航海家号》（Star Trek: Voyager）1.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》（Stargate Atlantis）2.00 《仓库》（Warehouse）3.00 《星门 SG-1》（Stargate SG-1）5.00 《星际迷航：航海家号》（Star Trek: Voyager）6.00 《星际迷航：企业号》（Star Trek: Enterprise）。7.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》（Stargate Atlantis）8.00 《星门 SG-1》（Stargate SG-1）9.00 《异星居民》（Resident Alien）10.00 《格林》（Grimm）11.00 《行尸走肉》（The Walking Dead）SKY WITNESS Sky 107 Virgin 109 11.00am 《牛》（Bull）12noon P.M. 2.00 《菜鸟警探》（The Rookie）3.00 《法律与秩序：刑事意图》（Law & Order: Criminal Intent）4.00 《没什么好申报的》（Nothing to Declare）8.00 Caught on Daeholm。9.00 《芝加哥烈焰》（Chicago Fire）10.00 《FBI：最 wanted》（FBI: Most Wanted）11.00 《菜鸟警探》（The Rookie）TLC Freeview 13 Sky 133 Virgin 133 10.00am 《生活大爆炸》（The Big Bang Theory）2.00 《模特》（The Model）3.30 《少年谢尔顿》（Young Sheldon）5.00 《生活大爆炸》（The Big Bang Theory）9.00 90 Day Flance 11.00 Dr Pimple Pepper UAA LIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon 《证据之躯》（Body of Proof）1.00 《天堂岛谋杀案》（Death in Paradise）2.00 Murdoch --- FREEVIEW 黄金时段规划表 53 / ITV3 / ITV4 / MORE4 / SKY MIX / QUEST / U&DAVE / U&DRAMA / SSTAR / SUSA / --- / 10 / 26 / 18 / 11 / 17 / 19 / 20 / 32 / 21 / 6.55 《心跳》（Heartbeat）Tricia在与Mike表白爱意后欣喜若狂——但随后被卷入一起家庭暴力案件 / 6.55 《夏普》（Sharpe）Sean Bean回归饰演Bernard Cornwell笔下的飒爽英雄，此次旨在营救被西班牙反叛者El Casco俘虏的英国逃兵。途中他与一名同僚发生冲突，并救助了一位陷入困境的damnet，Daragh O'Malley和John Tams也主演 / 6.50 《汽车救援》（Car S.O.S）Tim和Fuzz正在进行他们的首次电动化改装 / 《星际迷航：下一代》（Star Trek: The Next Generation）两部分之二。Picard遇到了神秘的Sela，而Minger-Joe人似乎即将为罗慕伦人的盟友赢得胜利 / 《古董公路旅行》（Antiques Road Trip）Serhat Ahmet和Catherine Soubon

在林肯郡崎岖的乡间小路上开始他们比赛的最后一圈 / Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 从恩尼斯基伦出发 / 7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Foggy 组织了一次在斯卡伯勒附近的周末旅行——但 Clegg 坚信这将以灾难告终 / GPs: Behind Closed Doors Jittia 因剧烈的背痛前往诊所就诊 / NCIS 发生了三起类似的处决式谋杀案，特工们怀疑其中一名受害者的妻子——但不幸的是，她有不在场证明 / Doc Martin Mภาพensa 和 Al 前往 Hamish 的新豪华露营地度周末 / 8 RoboCop (1987,18) 一名被谋杀的警察被重建为赛博格，但他对人类生活的记忆引导他反抗那些腐败的创造者。科幻惊悚片，由 Peter Weller 和 Nancy Allen 主演，包含 FVI Daily / 7.55 Great Designs Kevin McCloud 重新审视了一栋新建筑，一对夫妇在北德文郡的海岸线上建造了一座装饰艺术风格的灯塔塔楼——这个项目导致了婚姻问题和破产 / Police 24 / 7 一起交通事故揭露了一名从事不法活动的妓女和毒贩，警方应对一名被指控挥舞枪支的男子 / The Yorkshire Auction House Angus Ashworth 通过拍卖一位资深收藏家的复古老虎机和 Raleigh Choppers 自行车中了大奖 / 8.20 QX IL 扩展版，Ron Noble, Kathy Lette, Sue Perkins 和 Alan Davies 试图回答主持人 Stephen Fry 的一系列问题 / Father Brown 当一名前员工被发现被谋杀时，这位神职人员调查了当地健康水疗中心的员工 / Casualty 24 / 7: Every Second Counts 前护士 Sandra 因疑似脚踝脱臼被送入医院。本系列最后一集 / NCIS Gibbs 将寻找他前任指挥官的任务交给 Kate 和 Tony，后者为了逃避盗用资金的指控而潜逃 / Doc Martin 这是真正的 Portwein 对阵 Port Carran 的赛船比赛，当 Eric 手指脱臼时，Mภาพensa 需要寻找一名替代划手 / 8 RoboCop (1987,18) 一名被谋杀的警察被重建为赛博格，但他对人类生活的记忆引导他反抗那些腐败的创造者。科幻惊悚片，由 Peter Weller 和 Nancy Allen 主演，包含 FVI Daily / Carpe Diem 新剧，法国法律剧，由 Samuel Le Blum 主演，讲述一名被冤枉入狱后现任律师的男子的故事 / The Bricklayer (2023,15) 当一名敲诈者将目标锁定在情报局时，一名退休的前 CIA 特工被重新雇佣。惊悚片，由 Aaron Eckhart 和 Nina Dobrev 主演 / The Repair Shop Jay Blades 和团队修复了一台已沉默 30 年以上的 1950 年代闹钟 / 9.20 Would I Lie to You? Jimmy Carr, Griff Rhys Jones, Dave Myers 和 Susanna Reid 加入 David Mitchell 和 Lee black 的小组节目，由 Rob Brydon 主持 / Father Brown 当一名 VIP 客人被谋杀时，Lady Felicist 奢华的新年舞会被毁了 / 1999: Critical Condition 一次袭击导致一名男子遭受了潜在的毁灭性脑损伤 / Beauty and the Beast Cat 和 Vincent 试图表现得像一对正常情侣的尝试结果惨败 / Grantchester 在 Vic 健身房的一次慈善划船比赛中出现了一个出人意料的转折，而 Leonard 则试图让交战的 Chapman 家族团聚 / 11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Pyramite 来自 All Elite Wrestling 世界的激烈动作对决（至 1.30） / 10.05 24 Hours in A&E 一名七岁男孩在从树上掉下来后被送入医院，一名 66 岁男子在家中昏倒，一名八岁孩子正遭受严重的季节性过敏 / The Repair Shop Dean Westmoreland 开始修复一双 1980 年代的足球鞋，而那些泰迪熊女士们正

被一个失去弹力的弹出式玩偶所吸引 / The Repair Shop 迪恩·韦斯特摩兰开始修理一双20世纪80年代的足球鞋，而那些热爱泰迪熊的女士们则被一个失去弹力的弹出式玩偶所吸引 / Magnum P.L. 一位大亨请求托马斯寻找一位最近取得联系的旧情人，但当这位私家侦探得知该女子早已去世时，情况发生了转折 / New Tricks 当一起发生在史密斯菲尔德市场的33年前的谋杀案被重新调查时，盖里面对自己的过去 / A&E After Dark 一名年轻人因生命垂危的刺伤被送入医院，而一名穿着病号服的患者认为偷走一辆救护车是个好主意 / Beauty and the Beast 凯特揭开了关于她的家庭和过去的秘密，文森特面对自己的死亡，而盖布为了寻找答案采取了绝望的措施 / Grantchester 一名女性被发现死亡，尸体呈十字架形状 / 11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Pyramite 来自All Elite Wrestling世界的硬核动作（至 1.30） / 11.30 24 Hours in A&E 一名退休建筑工人在从女儿家的屋顶掉落后接受治疗（至 12.15） / Star Trek: Enterprise 船员们必须在返回地球之前营救被绑架的斯诺之女（至 12.00） / How Do They Do It? 汽车窗户是如何制造以阻挡风、雨、石块和窃贼的 / Magnum P.L. 这位私家侦探接手了一起寻找小女孩丢失猫的案件，并揭露了另一个女孩主人的谋杀案（至 12.00） / 11.20 Luther 当一项从绑架者手中解救艺术商妻子的行动出现差错时，这位警探怀疑他被其中一名心腹出卖了（至 12.40） / Trauma Room One 外科医生开始担心，如果不对特蕾莎进行紧急手术，她可能会瘫痪——此前她因腿部无力被紧急送往医院（至 12.00） / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 当一名新闻主播对其老板提出强奸指控时，本森和巴图斯要求证人冒着失去工作的风险出庭（至 12.00） / 11.50 Trial & Retribution 一名连环杀手在逃（至 12.55） / How Do They Do It? 所有的工艺座椅是如何测试的（至 12.00） / 你可能认为结核病是过去的一种疾病。但正如卡罗琳·斯蒂尔在本周的 CROWDSCIEDCE（晚上 8.30，BBC WORLD SERVICE）中所发现的，尽管我们已经有了治疗方法，并且疫苗已经使用了超过 100 年，但 7 / 8 每年仍导致超过100万人生命逝去。尽管在英国非常罕见，但这里的病例甚至在悄悄增加。那么，为什么这种疾病仍然在杀死这么多人，我们能为此做些什么？ 8.55 This Week in History. 9.00 Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. 克里斯托弗·比金斯和卢威林·摩根教授了解尼禄。 9.30 Breakin' the Cycle. 柯林和D开始生产，但仍受到他们毒品生意的诱惑。 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. 奥利弗·戈德史密斯著。 11.00 American. 美国最新消息。 11.30 The Ocean within Us. 主持人艾米莉·奈特。 12midnight News Weather. 12.30 Tony Hawke Is Giving Nothing Away. 系列最后一集。 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service. Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00 Hudson & Bee. 6.00 Body of Proof. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 9.00 NCIS Sydney 一名美国人在悉尼的一艘美国潜艇上被发现死亡。 10.00 Father Brown. 11.00 Private Eyes. U&DAVE (日间) Freeview 28 Sky 101 Virgin 127 11. 11.20am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Martin Chinese Islands of Australia. 4.00 Rick Stein From Venice to Interim. 5.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall. 6.00 Harry Baker: Best of British. U&DRAMA (日间) Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11. 11.45am The Bill. 12.50pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Winstrable Pearl. 4.05 Lumpy. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176

12noon How Britain Worked. 1.00 Guy Martin: Great British Power Trip. 4.00 How Britain Worked. 5.00 You Rang At Limit!

U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 134 11.

11.45am Going Straight. 12.25pm Only People and Horses. 1.05 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.45 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 2.25 The Green Green Green. 3.05 Are You Being Served? 3.45 Going Straight. 4.25 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 7.25 Porridge. 8.20 Are You Being Served? Young Mr Gwen opens a social club. 9.00 The Office. A staff training day turns into a sing-song. 9.40 Fawlty

RADIO 2 FM 88-90.2M1E 6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Joel Donnett. 7.00 Michelle Visage. 8.30 Handbag Hits. 9.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Oven. 11.00 Rock Show with Rick Astley. 12midnight Romed: Ranganathan For the Love of Hip-Hop. 1.00 Tony Blackburne Sounds of Soul.

RADIO 3 FM 90-2-92.4M1E 6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.05pm Classical Live Dvorak's 7th Symphony. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Mozart. 5.00 In Time. 7.00 BBC Proms 2026 Rosanna Shabat Mater. 10.00 Late Junction. 11.30 Round Midnight With Frida Touray. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 9 LIVE MW 683-WW1E 6.00am Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Chiles on Friday. 1.00pm Ella James & John Robins. 2.00 Matt Charley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 8.00 EFL Cup Football: Middlesbrough + Wrexham (Rickoff 8pm). 10.00 Johnny TAnson. 1.00am Edward Adoo. Towers. A guest's death plunges the hotel into chaos. 10.20 Not Going Out. 11.00 The Green Green Green. 11.40 The Office.

U&W Freeview 25 Sky 133 Virgin 125 12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build. 1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers at Home: Drew's Honeymoon House. 5.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 Nigella: At My Tack. 9.00 New Tricks For Dogs: Sake. 11.00 Garin & Stacey.

U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 139 11. 11.00am Great War Stories. 12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash. 4.00 Secret Next Buses. 5.00 Great War Stories. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 The Green Planet. 8.00 Canal Boat Diaries. 10.00 Bangers & Cash.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT Sky 401 Virgin 501

12noon Transfer. 7.00 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 3.00 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v Sunrisers Leeds Women (Start-time 3pm) From Edgbaston. 6.00 Sky Sports News. 7.00 Live EFL Cup Middlesbrough + Wrexham (Rickoff 8pm) Coverage of the first-round but Riverside Stadium. 10.45 Live Tennis: Day six in Montreal and Toronto.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE Sky 403 Virgin 502

12noon Transfer. 7.00 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Dounitions in the Premier League. 9.00 Transfer 365. 10.00 Curl Harries. 11.00 Premier League Years.

SKY CHECKET Sky 405 Virgin 503 10.

10.45am The Hundred. 2.15pm The Bitesize. 2.45 The Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v Sunrisers Leeds Women (Start- time 3pm). 6.00 The Live Birmingham Phoenix Men v Sunrisers Leeds Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Bitesize. 10.00 The .

SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 501 12.

12.30pm Darts Gold. 1.00 NFL Bitesize Highlights. 2.00 Fight Night. 3.00 Championship Retro. 5.00 My Icon Nigel Owens. 5.15 My Icon: Kate And Helen Richardson-Waldt. 5.30 My Icon: Heather Fisher. 5.45 Live Rugby Union. Stormers v New Zealand (Rickoff 8pm). 8.00 NBC's Pro-Football Talk. 10.00 NFL Bitesize. 11.00 Gulls Boating.

TNT SPORTS 1 Sky 410 Virgin 501 10.

10.30am Live AFL Brisbane Lions (Northern Hawke (Bitesize-up 10.40am)). 1.30pm Premier League Stories. 2.00 The Grogastro. 2.15 Live Tour de France Women Stage seven, a 144km route from La Voulte-sur-Renne to Mont Ventura. 5.15 TNT Sports Reload. 5.30 MLB Plays of the Week. 6.00 MLB Highlights. 7.00 Supercars Highlights. 9.00 MotoGP. 9.30 AFL. 11.00 MLB Highlights. 12midnight Live MLB Now: Tom Yankees v Atlanta Braves (Start-time 12.05am).

TNT SPORTS 2 Sky 411 Virgin 522 10.00am 现场 MotoGP。12.45pm LIV Golf。2.15 现场 MotoGP：英国大奖赛练习赛。5.15 MotoGP 精选。6.15 British Superblues 精选。7.15 英超故事。8.00 击剑世界锦标赛。10.00 测试板球精选。11.00 CPL 精选。11.30 现场 CPL 牙买加（金斯顿 + 安提瓜和巴布达猎鹰队）。

TNT SPORTS 3 Sky 413 Virgin 523 10.15am 现场男子公路自行车世界巡回赛。2026年波兰自行车赛第五赛段。2.45pm TNT Sports Reload。4.15 欧冠进球集锦 Reload。4.50 现场 LIV Golf 新泽西第二天。10.30 MotoGP。11.00 Next Kovers 训练营，与西雅图海鹰队。

MOVIES

FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 113 Virgin 425 11.00am 《奥利弗》(1969) (U) 1.55pm 《福尔摩斯与秘密武器》(1942) (PG) 3.15 《布坎南独自骑行》(1958) (U) 4.50 《杰西·詹姆斯真实故事》(1957) (PG) 6.40 《星际探索》(2018) (U) 9.00 《火星救援》(2019) (U) 11.50 《索霍之夜》(2021) (U) 2.05am 《厌恶自己》(2023) (U)

GREAT! ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 158 Virgin 426 10.50am 《狂风》(1969) () 12.40pm 《特种部队》。1.40 《燃烧诺克萨斯》。3.40 《陶布》(2023) (U) 6.50 《特种部队》。7.00 《执法之王》。9.00 《空军一号》(1997) (U) 11.35 《艾文》。

GREAT! MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 120 Virgin 425 12noon 《难以忘怀》。1.00 《显而易见》。2.00 《castle》。3.00 《诊断审查》。5.00 《穆德，她写了》。7.00 《castle》。8.00 《难以忘怀》。9.00 《显而易见》。10.00 《海莉·迪恩探案集》。10.56 GREAT! 频道好消息 11.01 《海莉·迪恩探案集》。11.50 《穆德，她烘焙了：桃子馅饼之谜》(2016) ()

GREAT! ROMANCE Freeview 12 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.10am 《婚礼季》(2023) (U) 12.05pm 《夏日之恋》(2016) () 2.00 《十月之吻》(2015) () 3.55 《北归故里》(2022) () 5.50 《爱上曼迪》(2023) () 7.00 《祝福精选》(2023) () 9.45 《婚礼仙境》(2017) () 11.45 《小屋之恋》(2022) (U)

SKY DRAMA Sky 310 Virgin 403 11.50am 《油脂》(1978) () 1.55pm 《油脂》(1982) () 4.00 《欧弗灵顿》(2006) (U) 6.55 《季度》(2012) (U) 8.00 《后悔你》(2025) (U) 一对母女在一次事故揭露了令人震惊的背叛后处理相关事宜。喜剧剧集，艾莉森·威廉姆斯主演。10.00 《安诺拉》(2024) (U) 一名性工作者嫁给了一名寡头之子，但他在俄罗斯的家人试图取消这段婚姻。迈基·麦迪逊主演的喜剧。

SKY PREMIERE Sky 301 Virgin 403 11.55am 《正常》(2024) (U) 1.40pm 《异教徒》(2024) (U) 3.40 《歌唱蓝色》(2025) (U) 6.00 《真人快打 2》(2026) (U) 8.00 《七名狙击手》(2026) (U) 9.30 《正常》(2026) (U) 11.10 《异教徒》(2024) (U)

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诺亚本人在建造方舟之时， 并未填写调查问卷，或支付停车费。 而那些建造道路的聪明古罗马人， 对发短信或下载文件毫无头绪。

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还有布鲁内尔，他在那些漫长、空洞的间隙间架起桥梁， 早在我们被“app”之类的术语纠缠之前。 乔治·史蒂芬森驾驶着他那冒烟的旧“火箭号”出发， 而詹姆斯·瓦特的姓名则与插座里的那些东西联系在一起。

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前方有麻烦： 现在往哪个方向走……？ 由东萨塞克斯郡 Willingdon 的 Will Galloway 发现。

后续

我对马车送奶时代的记忆与之前提到的略有不同。大约十岁时，我经常陪父亲去他位于东伦敦的分配地，途中经常经过送奶马车。偶尔马匹会留下它的“名片”，父亲说如果能把这些马粪收集起来加入到分配地的土壤中，就能改良土壤并帮助农作物生长。回到家后，我找了一个旧水桶和一把壁炉铲，在街道上走动，尽可能多地铲起我能找到的马粪。除了送奶车，面包师、酿酒师和收破烂的人当时仍在使用马车，所以到处都有很多“材料”。我装满水桶并将其放在后门外，第二天下午把它带到分配地，父亲给了我六便士。随后，其他分配地的持有者也表示有兴趣获得同样的“服务”，我也欣然同意。遗憾的是，没过多久，马车就被取代了，我的创业也就此结束。 卡罗尔·费拉里，埃塞克斯郡，比勒里凯

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时代的童谣（向《漫步》的作曲家拉尔夫·里德致歉）

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想象一下！

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读者来信

避难与风险

莎拉·维恩（《每日邮报》）在询问我们是否应该深感担忧——即便只有极小比例的移民携带其原籍国盛行的厌女和性别歧视态度时——不应感到任何愧疚。莎拉通过引用大量年轻女性被据称在我国寻求避难的外籍男性性侵、强奸甚至谋杀的例子，回答了自己的问题。这让我想起在美国一个关于此主题的电视讨论节目中听到的类比：“如果有人给你一大碗美味的糖果，但告诉你其中两三颗含有致命毒药，你会吃多少颗？你会带多少颗回家给家人享用？”大多数理智的人都知道这些问题的答案。对于那些来自世界上最危险、最不文明地区的数以千计身份不明、无证件的年轻男子，我们也应该给出同样的答案。否则，必然会导致更多我们的年轻女性遭遇恐怖但本可避免的命运。 弗雷德·麦克马纳斯，伦弗鲁郡，佩斯利

正义被轻视

2022年出台的《哈珀法案》（Harper's Law）旨在适用于那些被判定杀害紧急工作人员的人，但在实际应用中似乎缺乏力度。哈珀警员被拖在车后行驶了一英里。车里的人可以在任何时候停下来，但他们没有。那种恐怖和冷酷将永远留在他的亲人心中。在这种情况下提前释放是对他的记忆、他的家人以及全国每一位警察的侮辱。 西德·沃恩，伯明翰

裸奔者回归

读到“裸奔者”埃里卡（Erica）被送回戈德希尔模型村（Goddhill Model Village）的消息（见《每日邮报》），我感到很高兴。然而，你们的记者卡梅伦·查特斯（Cameron Charters）仅提到“20世纪70年代的足球赛”。考虑到她的名字，我推测埃里卡是以埃里卡·罗（Erika Roe）为原型的，后者因1982年在特威克纳姆的一场英澳橄榄球赛上裸奔而闻名。 大卫·哈姆（DAVID HAMM），德文郡，普利茅斯

机器人战争

最近，我在斯温顿市议会的电话系统中与一个机器人进行了一次令人沮丧的对话。它一直把我的出生日期和地址搞错，然后问我是否还有其他需要帮助的地方，于是我说我想和人类通话。它似乎对此产生了嫉妒反应，气冲冲地要求我重新开始，在那一刻我失去了控制并开始对着它大吼大叫。直到它回放我的回答时，我才意识到自己一直在咒骂，其中包括：“不，睁开你的***耳朵，你这个白痴机器人，那不对。我的出生日期是在1950年。”我想知道它是否因为我伤害了它的感情而向警方举报了我。 你好，有人在敲门。 丹尼·达西（DANNY DARCY），威尔特郡，奥尔本

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直截了当

■ 请给安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）提前释放。 伊恩·海姆斯（IAN HYMES），柴郡，多德尔斯顿

■ 为什么电视主持人和政治家们对 Ceuta 的发音都不同？ 马克·艾尔斯（MARK ILES），诺丁汉郡，纽马克

■ 路易丝·海格（LOUISE HAIGH）和瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）的裤装套装是从同一家店买的吗？ 塞拉·埃文斯（CELLA EVANS），多塞特郡，布里德波特

■ 拉普兰特女士，为什么不直接雇个司机？ R. 奥格雷迪夫人（Mrs R. O'GRADY），米德尔塞克斯郡，豪恩斯洛

■ 我假设新社区的所有房屋都安装了热泵和太阳能电池板。 芭芭拉·威文（BARBARA WEAVING），斯塔福德郡，伯恩特伍德

■ 安德鲁 M-W 能给我一些关于如何停止出汗的建议吗？ C. 菲尔杜（C. FILDEW），德文郡，埃克塞特

■ 莎拉·维恩（Sarah Vine）能期待警察在凌晨4点造访吗？ 格伦·马里奥特（GLEN MARRIOTT），北安普顿

对抗苍蝇

苍蝇泛滥（见《每日邮报》）？我打开所有的门窗，并在边缘点上香茅油。我很少看到苍蝇，因为它们讨厌那个味道。而且当有微风吹过时，会飘来一阵好闻的柠檬香味。 T. 艾格泽夫斯基夫人（Mrs T. EIGRZEWSKI），曼彻斯特

纱窗是简单的解决方案。它们很容易安装，用魔术贴固定在门框周围，并用磁铁闭合，因此很容易通过。而且效果极佳。 杰基·拉蒂根（JACKY RHATIGAN），兰开夏郡，普雷斯特维奇

苍蝇和虫子讨厌熏香，所以在每个房间点一根。当

非凡故事

我的妻子珍

作者：特里·圣诞（Terry Christmas）

1954年，我在绍森德海边著名的库萨尔（Kursaal）舞厅的一次除夕派对上遇到了珍。战争期间，我们的家人从伦敦搬到了那里，之后再也没有搬回首都。我们立刻就合得来，我发现她和我一样热爱游泳。她是一名出色的游泳运动员，在学校赢得过奖项，我们很喜欢一起在海里游泳。

我追求了珍一年，我们在1955年元旦结婚。她是一家服装厂的缝纫工，而我是一名木匠。结婚后的第二周尤其艰难。那个周四，我下班回到我们在绍森德的公寓，看到珍坐在厨房里，一脸沮丧。

“怎么了？”我问。她说她买不起晚餐，因为她只有六便士，于是我告诉她不用担心，因为我有一个先令，然后我出去买了一些炸鱼和薯条。这使得我们在第二天之前只剩下三便士，幸运的是，第二天是发薪日。

是的，那是艰苦的岁月，但我们通过努力工作奋力反击。当我们的女儿特蕾莎在1958年出生时，我成了唯一的养家糊口者。我们在公寓里住了几年，直到我们攒够了

利默里克式的祖父回忆录

近乎落泪，他地回忆道， 那时买啤酒几乎不用钱， 邻居们门都不锁， 家人聚餐热闹非凡， 首相们任职多年。 B. Holmes, Duffield, Derbys

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得癌症太年轻？也许并非如此

最近的研究表明，NHS 的乳腺癌筛查漏诊了高达 95% 的 50 岁以下高风险人群。 回到 20 世纪 60 年代，我们的母亲在 30 岁出头时被诊断出患有乳腺癌晚期，被告知只能活 12 个月。对我这个小女孩和我的姐姐来说，幸运的是，她生存了十年，在我们十几岁时，她在 44 岁时去世。 现在快进到 20 世纪 80 年代中期，我当时 28 岁的姐姐因为乳房长了肿块，去了同一位家庭全科医生（GP）那里就诊。即便知道母亲的病史，医生还是告诉我姐姐，她这个年龄的人不会得乳腺癌，并肯定那只是个囊肿。我姐姐当时是一名护士，她坚持要求检查。全科医生说她错了，并讽刺地问为什么一名护士会比他更有知识。 我姐姐是对的。她确实患有乳腺癌并接受了治疗。遗憾的是，她在七年后，33 岁时去世。 即便有这样的家族史，过了好几年才有人建议我也应该进行常规检查。最终，不可避免的事情

检查以确保：乳房肿块可能是良性的，但无论如何都要进行检测 发生了，我在 50 多岁时被诊断出患有乳腺癌，距今已超过十年。 感谢上苍，我依然在世讲述这段经历。我接受了 BRCA 基因检测，但发现并不携带该基因。 另一个警示故事关于我已故的岳母，她在 50 多岁时死于结肠癌，该病最初被误诊，直到她去世前几个月才被确认，此时治疗已太迟。 我曾希望在过去的几十年里，全科医生和整个 NHS 在癌症方面能变得更加“敏锐”。读到患者仍无法获得正确检查和随后诊断的定期报告，让我深感悲哀。看来“你太年轻了”这句话仍在被使用。 我会建议任何认为自己可能有问题的人坚持要求调查，如果你不满意，请寻求第二诊疗意见。不要让自己觉得是个麻烦。 CAROL A. GANNON, Barwick-in-Elmet, W. York

在户外用餐时，只需在桌上的小盆里装满土或沙，插上几根香即可。 C. D. FIELD, Middlesbrough, N. York

冷漠的游客

纳丁·多里斯（Nadine Dorries，《每日邮报》）去康沃尔的哪里度假了？我住在那里，过去一个月我们一直阳光普照，白天和夜晚的温度都极高。我不敢相信她穿着 Dryrobe 却冻得发抖。 ANTHONY M. HOSKINGS, Goonhaven, Cornwall

请忽略 Restore 党

请注意，奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage），你拥有许多支持者，但只有在你不与鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）的 Restore 党联手的情况下，你才能留住他们。他们给人的感觉近乎法西斯。我们欣赏你直率的观点，但右翼政党不能通过涉足极端主义领域来赢得人气。 AUDREY MARTIN, Perndown, Dorset

艰难时期

关于领取福利的资格问题，财政大臣可能会思考，在19世纪早期，如果一个人拥有一条狗或一只斗鸡，他就不能为自己及其家人申请教区救济。 J. E. 尼尔夫人，南安普顿

绝望的补救措施

读者 U. Ging（读者来信）建议，我们可以通过“向火山里扔几个处女”来安抚天气之神并缓解干旱。英国境内没有活火山。而这恰恰是问题的一部分。 I. 巴雷特，埃塞克斯郡斯托克

坠毁与冲刺

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）会让埃隆·马斯克回收他的 SpaceX 残骸，还是说月球上的非法倾倒已经开始了？ 邓肯·巴恩斯，萨里郡卡肖尔顿比切斯

本周之信

本周的获胜者是来自东萨塞克斯郡佩文西的兰斯·吉林，他写了一篇关于板球作弊的文章。他赢得了由 Printer Pix 提供的“本周之信”神奇马克杯。这些杯子在加热时会显示我们的《每日邮报》本周之信设计。如需定制照片礼品（右图），请访问 printerpix.co.uk。本周之信于周五公布。请写信至：Daily Mail, Letters, 9 Derry St, London PRINTERPIX WB 5HY 或发送电子邮件至 letters@dailymail.co.uk，并附上您的地址和电话号码。

生命故事

您在最近几个月是否失去了想要纪念的亲人或朋友？我们的周五专栏讲述那些过着不平凡生活的普通人的故事。请将您 450 字的悼词和一张最喜欢的照片发送至：lives@dailymail.co.uk，或写信至：Extraordinary Lives, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY。请附上联系电话。

美好的个性：让让（Jean）足以支付我们那栋平房的抵押贷款，当时房价为 £1,920 —— 在那时是一笔巨款。我们有了花园，让让开始关注它。她参加园艺俱乐部，制作精美的吊篮，并成为了吊灯花（fuchsia）专家！让让拥有美好的个性，在我们 70 年零 9 个月的婚姻生活中，我们拥有许多共同兴趣。我们走遍世界，前往加勒比海巡航，在地中海度假，并拜访我在加拿大和澳大利亚的亲戚。而且我们一直养着心爱的宠物狗。它们品种各异，有些是从幼犬养起，有些是救援犬，但体型总是比较小。我们喜欢带它们在当地的公园和森林里长距离散步。我鼓励我们在步入老年后依然保持活跃和健康。我们从未停止最喜欢的游泳活动，尽管后来我们将大海换成了游泳池。两个孙辈和两个曾孙辈也让我们忙碌不已。去年 3 月，让让不幸中风。在接下来的六个月里她一直承受痛苦，直到最后在我的陪伴下，我握着她的手，她平静离世。当她去世时，我失去了世界上最可爱的人。■ JEAN PATRICIA CHRISTMAS，出生于 1935 年 11 月 12 日；逝世于 2025 年 9 月 25 日，享年 89 岁。

韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）在潜艇工厂会见学徒时对安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）说了什么？请在对话气泡中写一段有趣的标题，并将其与您的姓名和地址一起发送至 phoro@dailymail.co.uk，请于 8 月 13 日星期四前送达。被评为最佳标题的作者将赢得一张 £20 的图书代金券。■ 本周的获胜者是来自诺福克郡德雷厄姆（Dereham, Norfolk）的基思·巴德里克（Keith Badrick），他描写了查尔斯国王与卡米拉乘坐塔迪斯（Tardis）抵达格拉斯哥为英联邦运动会揭幕时所说的话。

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问题 谁发明了音乐记谱法，它是如何成为国际标准的？

来自东南部托斯卡纳阿雷佐的11世纪本笃会修士 GUIDO D'AREZZO，通常被认为首次将音乐记录在羊皮纸上，从而开发了我们至今仍认可并使用的记谱系统。在此之前，音乐是通过听觉学习并由人传人的。他的革命性想法是画四条线（这是我们五线谱的前身），然后在上面添加点或音符。他意识到自己所做之事的重要性，在给他的赞助人阿雷佐主教写信时充满自信地写道：“这将为您带来自教会早期教父以来无与伦比的荣耀”。圭多确实随后成名了，并很快被邀请前往罗马会见教皇。他还为他的学生建立了一套被称为“同化法”的音乐教育和听力训练方法。为此，他写了一首简单的拉丁语平唱曲，这是一种中世纪赞美诗。。音节运行如下：Üt（后来改为 Do）Re Mi Pa Bo La。。这种使用音节代表音符的系统至今仍在全球范围内被广泛用于音乐教学。Gillian Charlton, Cheltenham

问题 莎士比亚的许多剧作是以历史人物和事件为基础的。那么《暴风雨》的灵感来源是什么？

《暴风雨》是莎士比亚创作的最后一部完整的剧作，于 1611. 首次演出。人们认为莎士比亚 # Do-Re-Mi 的中世纪根源

正确的音符以正确的顺序排列：五线谱和音符可能受到了一个雅各宾时期小册子集的启发，这些小册子讲述了 1609. 年 Sea Venture 号在百慕大海岸失事的事件。其中包括西尔维斯特·乔丹（Sylvester Jourdain）的《百慕大发现》（A Discovery Of The Bermudas）和威廉·斯特拉奇（William Strachey）的《失事真实报告》（True Reportory Of The Wracke）。1609, 乔治·索默斯爵士（Sir George Somers）乘坐 Sea Venture 号从普利茅斯起航前往弗吉尼亚。它是一个由九艘船组成的船队的旗舰，负责向英国在詹姆斯敦的新定居点运送物资和招募人员。在一次飓风中，Sea Venture 号在现在被称为百慕大的群岛附近失事。对于那些继续航行前往弗吉尼亚的人来说，索默斯和所有在船上的人都被认为在海上失踪了。但尽管船只严重受损，150 名船员和殖民者全部幸存。然而，他们被困在岛上，这就是百慕大殖民化的开始，百慕大是英国第一个直辖殖民地。为了向处女女王伊丽莎白一世致敬，这里曾短暂地被称为 Virgineola，后来被称为索默斯群岛（Somers Isles）。被困的船员和乘客在岛上停留了十个月，据报道在此期间他们建造了房屋和一座教堂。在 Sea Venture 号沉没之前，他们抢救了物资和船上的索具，随后建造了两艘小船航向弗吉尼亚，最终于 1610. 年 5 月抵达。他们的故事不可避免地成为了英国国内人们（包括该国顶尖的剧作家）着迷的来源。Jonathan Wright, London N16

在莱姆里吉斯（Lyme Regis），我们相信我们的市长兼前国会议员乔治·索默斯爵士海军上将曾是莎士比亚的酒友，并且《暴风雨》的灵感来自于乔治爵士在百慕大遭遇海难并为英国王室殖民该地的经历。Frank Allen, Dorset

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今日食谱：红薯塔可 (Sweet potato tacos)

色彩丰富的素食选择。4人份

食材

• 1 汤匙植物油
• ½ 个红洋葱，切碎
• 1 个大红薯，去皮并切成1厘米见方的块
• 2 个红椒，去籽并切碎
• 400克罐装黑豆，沥干并冲洗
• 2 茶匙孜然粉
• 1 茶匙蒜粒粉
• 1 汤匙奇波特辣椒酱 (chipotle paste)
• 8-10 张小玉米饼 (tortillas)，加热
• 1 个牛油果，切片，用于装饰

• 无乳制品酸奶，用于装饰

• 腌洋葱食材：

• 1 个小红洋葱，切细丝
• 4 汤匙苹果醋
• 2 汤匙细砂糖
• 莎莎酱 (salsa) 食材：
• 2 个番茄，切碎
• ½ 个红洋葱，切碎
• 1 个青柠，取汁，并切成楔形块
• 一小把香菜，切碎

做法

1 将腌洋葱的食材放入一个非金属碗中，加入2汤匙沸水和一小撮盐。在制作塔可期间将其腌制。 2 在大煎锅中加热油，将红洋葱煎10分钟直至变软。加入红薯和红椒，继续煎5-10分钟直至软化。拌入黑豆、孜然粉和蒜粒粉，煮几分钟，然后拌入奇波特辣椒酱、100毫升现沸水和调味料。慢炖10分钟直至蔬菜变软。 3 制作莎莎酱：将番茄、红洋葱、青柠汁和大部分香菜混合，并调味。将红薯混合物盛入碗中，与玉米饼、腌洋葱、莎莎酱、牛油果、酸奶以及剩余的香菜和青柠块一同上桌，以便每个人可以自行组装塔可。 Good Food's Esther Clark

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和我们大多数人一样，弗雷泽·杰克逊（Fraser Jackson）每月都会收到一份能源账单。但与我们大多数人不同的是，他每个月必须支付的金额是一个大大的零。这是因为杰克逊先生是英国首批搬入“零账单”（Zero Bills）新房的客户之一，他与妻子被保证至少五年可以免费使用家庭能源。实际上，只要他们还拥有位于东伦敦沃尔瑟姆斯托（Walthamstow）的那栋三居室住宅，他们可能永远不需要支付能源费用，他们与爱犬 Tatties 一起住在那里。

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他不仅因为获得了全球首个零账单能源资费而独树一帜，他的房子也与英国每年建造的 200,000 栋新房截然不同；这里没有橙色砖墙，也没有白色 uPVC 窗框。相反，沃尔瑟姆斯托的 The Arbour 开发项目看起来像一艘覆盖着太阳能电池板的木制飞船。这组由十个单元组成的排屋被盛开的大丽花和可食用植物环绕，并设有仅限居民使用的汽车俱乐部和回收中心，其建筑师 GS8 凭借该设计赢得了三项创新奖。

“我们很喜欢胶合板墙壁和拱形天花板，”来自苏格兰的杰克逊先生说。室内采用了回收材料构建，注重对称感和空间感。外露的黑色管道包含一套现代喷淋系统。虽然英国的一些新房看起来像养老院，但这里更像时髦的纽约阁楼。

“零账单”的魔力发生在时尚淋浴房附近的一个壁橱里，那里有一个行李箱大小的电池，用于存储太阳能以供日常使用。它的数字化大脑保证了杰克逊夫妇无需付费，而过剩的电力则反馈回电网，以换取零能源账单的保证。与此同时，热泵提供低碳供暖和热水。该场地没有天然气，实际上实现了自给自足。

将这一配置与英国普通三居室住宅的能源账单相比，根据 Ofgem 的数据，年估算费用为 £1,863。

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事实证明，他们确实可以。位于埃塞克斯郡埃平（Epping）附近 Carpenter's Yard 社区的最新的“零账单”居民刚刚开始搬入。这个开发项目（同样由 GS8 设计）看起来像个乡村世外桃源，将拥有乡村商店、社区分配地，以及共用的电动汽车和自行车。这里有 113 处“零账单”房产，其中包括 35 栋经济适用租赁房。两居室地块的售价为 £450,000（gs8.co.uk）。

但新房是唯一符合“零账单”条件的房产吗？

“将现有房屋改造为‘零账单’比交付新房更困难，”章鱼能源（Octopus Energy）新房合作伙伴负责人汉娜·麦卡锡（Hannah McCarthy）承认。该公司提供绿色技术并保证“零账单”能源资费。

杰克逊先生在东伦敦的家与埃平附近的新房一样，采用了三层玻璃且绝缘良好。但如果居民使用的电量远超预期会怎样？例如，通过接入电动汽车，或者为他自己和 Tatties 安装一个热水浴缸。

“零账单”附带一项基于房屋全年总能源消耗的“公平使用”额度。这大约是普通家庭预期消耗量的两倍，因此客户不太可能超过此限额。

“首先，我们希望居民不必再担心家庭能源账单，”麦卡锡女士补充道。章鱼能源的目标是在 2030 年底前交付约 100,000 栋“零账单”房屋。

“到目前为止，我们已经批准了 6,000 个资格，”她补充道。Octopus 准确地知道未来的开发项目需要处于哪个郡、什么样的朝向才能获得“零账单”状态。“我们甚至知道电水壶或 Xbox 会给平均家庭增加多少电费，”她说。那么，无需支付电费的诱惑是否会增加房屋的价值？安装这些技术可能会使开发商每栋房屋增加约 £15,000 的成本，而这部分费用将由买家承担。来自 Vistry Homes 的 Jack Brayshaw 持乐观态度。“对于许多家庭来说，能源账单正成为最大的家庭支出和担忧。因此，对于一个出售无忧零账单房屋的客户来说，它必然会具有某种溢价，”他说。Vistry Homes 正在以高能效标准（EPC A级）建造可负担住房和共有产权住房，并配备太阳能电池板和热泵。这些房屋位于威尔特郡奇彭纳姆 Langley Park 的前 Westinghouse Brakes（一家英国铁路公司）棕地遗址上。这 300 多栋房屋预计将于明年年底完工。--- 第 61 页 出售

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“果断戴夫”将削减帝亚吉欧 10亿美元 成本

帝亚吉欧（DIAGEO）的新领导者“果断戴夫”·刘易斯（'Drastic Dave' Lewis）旨在三年内削减 10亿美元 成本，以振兴这家饮料巨头。曾任乐购（Tesco）首席执行官的刘易斯表示，他将全面改革其区域团队和供应链，预计这将涉及“重大”的人员裁减。在这一更新发布后，股价一度飙升 8%，最终收盘上涨 5.6%，即 91.p，报 1732.p，投资者对扭转局面的迹象表示欢迎。

刘易斯于 2026, 年初接任，正试图振兴这家富时 100 集团，其知名品牌包括吉尼斯（Guinness）、约翰尼沃克（Johnnie Walker）威士忌和斯米诺夫（Smirnoff）伏特加。

作者：Emily Hawkins

此次削减规模较此前三年节省 6.25亿美元 的目标大幅增加。但这位首席执行官拒绝透露将裁减多少个岗位。他将其描述为“一次重大变革”。财务、技术和人力资源团队可能会承受最大冲击，分析师估计多达 5,000 名员工面临被裁风险。

刘易斯表示，在一家股价 5. 年内暴跌超过 50% 的公司里，“各国之间海量的复杂性和定制化”已成为“失败之路”。

当被问及帝亚吉欧的文化能否在大幅削减中幸存时，他表示：“虽然影响很大，但没有人告诉我这是错误之举。帝亚吉欧想要的是一种获胜文化。你需要找回自豪感并赢得胜利。”

他表示，将通过增加对“即饮”罐装产品的投资，使其产品组合更具竞争力——并否认了关于该公司想要购买新品牌的猜测，补充道：“我们拥有扭转业务所需的一切。”

他表示渴望看到吉尼斯的增长，并计划对其都柏林总部增加投资。皇冠皇家（Crown Royal）、斯米诺夫（Smirnoff）和摩根船长（Captain Morgan）品牌依然“非常庞大，非常重要”，但帝亚吉欧近期在这些品牌上的“表现不佳”。

此前，截至 6 月的一年内，利润下降 23% 至 20亿美元，部分原因是 9亿美元 的重组费用以及与土耳其业务相关的 15亿美元 减值。销售额下降 3% 至 196亿美元。

咨询公司 Label Sessions 的董事总经理尼克·舍拉德（Nick Sherrard）表示：“帝亚吉欧开始解决过去几年一直困扰它的问题。”

“成本削减是关键，且在短期内，这是精明的管理。但除此之外，企业还需要一个增长故事。”

EasyJet以41.7m交易售予Apollo

航空公司董事会及创始人支持该报价，此前竞争对手美国公司退出竞标战 作者：Calum Muirhead

在主要竞争对手退出这场针对该廉价航空公司的竞标战后，EASYJET已与私募巨头Apollo达成收购协议。另一家曾多次报价的美国公司Castlelake此前被给予截至今日下午5点的时间，提交一份能够胜过Apollo £5.7bn方案的报价。但该公司昨日表示不会这样做，使Apollo成为唯一的竞标者。

该公司补充道：“Castlelake非常感谢easyJet董事会和管理层的建设性参与，并感谢他们为此潜在交易所投入的时间和考虑。”

公告发布后，EasyJet股价上涨2.8pc，即18.2p，至670p。随后，Apollo和easyJet宣布达成一项正式协议，该协议得到了航空公司董事会以及创始人兼最大股东Stelios Haji-Ioannou的支持，其家族控制该公司15.3pc的股份。

这位在1994年创立该航空公司的巨头表示，他对“Apollo的战略意图感到满意”，他认为这将创造更多增长，并补充说他的家族将“作为长期主要股东继续持有投资”。

根据协议，当航空公司变为私有企业时，Haji-Ioannou将把其投资滚动至该公司。该私募集团还计划通过在欧盟建立一个信托基金来满足欧洲所有权规则，该信托将持有最高5pc的股份。Apollo将控制该公司最高49.8pc的股份，而将股份滚动至新实体的投资者将控制至少45.1pc。

这次失败可能会让Castlelake感到刺痛。7月初，该公司开出了£5.5bn的报价，在easyJet将四次报价斥为“极具投机性”并予以拒绝后，easyJet曾“倾向于推荐”该报价。但几天后，Apollo提交了£5.7bn的报价，被easyJet认为是股东的“更优结果”而予以接受。

EasyJet计划在3月前完成收购，但面临监管机构审查的障碍。据报道，欧盟正准备审查所有权规则，以防止外国投资者获得控制权。在脱欧后，easyJet在奥地利设立了子公司以便在欧盟内部运营航班，因此这些规则对其适用。

easyJet首席执行官Kenton Jarvis表示：“我们欢迎Apollo对我们业务和员工的承诺，并相信其在航空领域的经验使其成为我们加速增长计划的强有力合作伙伴。”

Apollo合伙人Alex van Hoek表示：“我们很荣幸能被信任，在easyJet集团增长的下一个阶段发挥主导支持作用，并进一步增强其对欧洲和英国航空业的重要贡献。”

但这将是对遭受收购和退市打击的伦敦股市的又一次打击。

AJ Bell分析师Danni Hewson表示：“潜在地失去另一个知名品牌将被视为一次打击。航空旅行可能不像太空旅行那样性感，但散户投资者能理解它，像easyJet这样的品牌不容易被取代。”

竞争对手Paramount对电影和电视巨头华纳兄弟（Warner Bros）价值£82bn的收购已获得英国竞争监管机构的支持，此前这家美国公司同意维护其新闻节目、公共服务广播和儿童内容的编辑独立性。

在Paramount同意若干具有法律约束力的承诺后，文化大臣Lisa Nandy决定不干预。这次合并将创建全球最大的电影和电视集团之一，控制CNN和CBS等新闻网络，以及HBO电视网和英国的Channel 5。其中还包括制作《蝙蝠侠》等系列电影的电影制片厂

以及由汤姆·克鲁斯（如图）主演的《壮志凌云》。派拉蒙负责人大卫·埃利森（大亨及唐纳德·特朗普盟友拉里·埃利森之子）告知政府，将保证 Channel 5 News 的编辑独立性，并将其与其他新闻业务分开。其他保证包括不减少在英国负责内容委约的人员数量，以及 Channel 5 将继续支持英国制作的节目。因此，在获得欧盟监管机构类似批准后，竞争与市场管理局批准了该交易。但埃利森现在必须在美国促成该交易，而美国有几个州对此持反对意见。 --- 第 64 页

戴夫着手解决供应端

近几十年来，饮料公司帝亚吉欧（Diageo）将自己定位为一家拥有伟大品牌的奢侈品公司。不仅是尊尼获加（Johnnie Walker）和吉尼斯（Guinness）——尽管它们仍是核心——还包括 Casamigos 龙舌兰酒以及更多品牌。对于首席执行官“果断”戴夫·刘易斯（Dave Lewis）而言，在应对英国、美国及全球范围内口味变化和生活成本危机时，最简单的方法就是砍掉一些大品牌以获取轻松的胜利。这种情况在一定程度上将会发生，因为刘易斯寻求专注于竞争性定价。

认为饮酒文化在某种程度上已经终结的观点过于夸张了。我从我住在德克萨斯州的后代那里得知，鸡尾酒在美国极其受欢迎，创新精酿啤酒和烈酒也是如此。此外，世界杯期间飙升的酒精销售额表明，并非所有年轻人都停止了酗酒。帝亚吉欧生产的大部分高端产品必须像 LVMH、博柏利（Burberry）和其他奢侈品牌一样，应对时尚和口味的变化。

刘易斯在担任特易购（Tesco）老板时曾获得过轻松的胜利，通过出售其太平洋地区的业务来处理遗留债务和养老金问题。但他真正的成就在于修复供应链和关系。帝亚吉欧的改革正是如此。加速实现的 10亿美元 成本削减目标受到了投资者的认可。我们从帝亚吉欧的过去知道，其供应链存在缺陷，正如刘易斯的继任者德博拉·克鲁（Debra Crew）在面对拉丁美洲库存过剩导致局面失控时所发现的那样。

刘易斯更新报告中最令人安心的一点是，帝亚吉欧相信它拥有卓越的品牌和分销网络，特别是在北美，足以遏制近期的下滑并维持销售。成本削减预计也将带来助力。帝亚吉欧的优势一直基于充实其高端品牌组合并开发先进的新产品。

现在，谈谈那些更平庸的管理事务。人们相信刘易斯仍能抽出时间喝一杯塔利斯卡（Talisker）威士忌。

深思

关于英国 AI 潜力的许多炒作都集中在诺贝尔奖得主德米斯·哈萨比斯（Demis Hassabis）和谷歌旗下的 DeepMind 身上。哈萨比斯的存在以及谷歌决定将其 AI 工作重点放在伦敦国王十字校区的决定，被视为英国的加分项。

但控制权牢牢掌握在位于加利福尼亚州山景城的最终母公司 Alphabet 总部手中。在落后于竞争对手 Anthropic 和 OpenAI 之后，重新调整 AI 运营的决定表明，一旦海外所有者获得控制权，英国科技业在面对外部声音时是多么脆弱。这一点在总部位于剑桥大学的 Arm 控股公司身上可见一斑，其价值在纽约飞速增长。

哈萨比斯将卸任首席执行官，担任首席科学官。谷歌 Gemini 模型的创造者、资深工程师杰夫·迪恩（Jeff Dean）将离职。为了减轻哈萨比斯明显被降职带来的痛苦，他将出任 Google DeepMind 的董事长。Alphabet 负责人桑达尔·皮查伊（Sundar Pichai）将这些变动描述为给这位诺贝尔奖得主更多时间研究通用人工智能（AGI），旨在使计算机像人类一样聪明。

有传闻称，哈萨比斯过于关注科学突破和奖项，而非赚钱。谷歌不喜欢在科技领域屈居第二，这次人事变动旨在加速 AGI 的突破。即使是对伟大的科学家来说，成为一家海外所有 $4.4 trillion 企业的一部分，也无法买到职业保障。

Rose 翻新

英国广告集团 WPP 的长期投资者们自 1992. 年以来尚未见证股价出现 25% 的飞跃。首席执行官辛迪·罗斯（Cindy Rose）似乎已经说服了市场，一旦消除马丁·博雷尔（Martin Borrell）留下的控股公司遗产（他通过收购积累了创意人才），未来将出现复苏的迹象。目前已取得一些令人鼓舞的客户增长，包括雅诗兰黛、英国的乐购（Tesco）以及美国汉堡连锁店温蒂（Wendy's）。事实是，除医疗保健和制药领域外，几乎所有营销类别的收入都在下降。尽管罗斯专注于重塑和技术，利用 AI 工具和合作伙伴关系已开始见效，但她面临着与时间的赛跑，而私募股权的秃鹫们从未远离。

特朗普关税退款让任天堂获得 5.93 亿英镑 助力

超级马里奥视频游戏制造商任天堂在获得唐纳德·特朗普贸易关税的大额退款后，利润大幅飙升。这家日本公司报告称，截至 6 月的六个月内利润为 6.93 亿英镑，比前一年增长 54%，尽管销售额下降 9.5% 至 24亿英镑。任天堂指出，这一数字得益于“在美国的关税退款”，以及 Switch 2 主机的“强劲”销售，以及包括 5 月和 6 月分别发布的《耀西与神秘之书》和《星狐》在内的新作的稳定表现。该公司未具体说明在美国获得了多少退款。在美国最高法院裁定总统去年宣布的进口征税因未获得国会批准而违宪后，特朗普政府不得不偿还约 740亿英镑 的关税。

裁员与 AI 见效，WPP 股价创一年新高

作者：艾米莉·霍金斯（Emily Hawkins）

随着其转型战略下的数千次裁员和 AI 投资取得成效，营销巨头 WPP 的股价达到了近一年来的最高水平。这家陷入困境的富时 250 指数广告巨头称，今年第二季度的销售额跌幅有所减缓，收入下降 2.8% 至 25亿英镑，而第一季度的跌幅为 7%。此次更新使股价上涨 28.6%，即 87.9 便士，至 395 便士。这些结果为新任老板辛迪·罗斯提供了受欢迎的助力，在经历了一系列利润预警以及对 WPP 挑战海外竞争对手能力产生担忧后，她正努力使其复苏。该股在过去五年中下跌了近 60%，并在近 30 年后于去年被剔出富时 100 指数。但销售额下降速度低于预期，重新点燃了对未来更好前景的希望，新赢得的客户包括美容巨头雅诗兰黛和汽车制造商捷豹路虎。

WPP 表示，今年前六个月有 1,267 名员工（占其员工总数的 1.3%）离职。这有助于在 2026. 年上半年将人员成本削减 5.9% 至 34.7亿英镑。罗斯曾任微软高管，于去年 9 月接任，她承诺到 2028. 年削减 5 亿英镑 的成本。她表示，最近一个季度显示出“进一步的连续改善”，并且是“我们在全国范围内建立的势头”的一个例子。但“遗留账户的损失”继续拖累集团的业绩。她补充道：“虽然财务业绩的好转需要时间才能完全体现，但我们强劲的新业务获胜和提高的客户留存率，以及在成本削减和投资组合行动方面取得的进展，证明我们正在构建一个更简单、更具竞争力且性能更高的 WPP。”

AJ Bell 投资总监拉斯·莫尔德（Russ Mould）表示，WPP 的困境意味着“只需一点希望的微光就足以改变市场叙事”，并补充道：“现在还处于早期阶段，但投资者对这一方面取得的一些进展迹象表示欢迎。”

房地产集团收到5.83亿英镑收购报价

在亿万富翁约翰·惠特克（John Whittaker）的基础设施公司提出一项未经请求的现金收购方案以将其私有化后，房地产集团 Harworth 的股价飙升。持有 Harworth 近30%股份的 Peel Group 出价 5.83 亿英镑，拟通过购买其尚未持有的其余股份来获得全面控制权。Peel 表示，其认为 的资产在完全私有化所有权下将能获得“最佳的所有、管理和开发”。 敦促股东在公司评估交易条款期间“不要采取任何行动”。此次报价是房地产领域的最新动态，此前房地产投资信托基金 Segro 已被美国公司 Prologis 收购。 的股价昨日上涨 24%，即 34.p，至 178p。这使得该公司的估值接近 Peel 的报价价格。

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MUSE BURGER TRY 1.5 CHAMPAGNE POWATERY 3807 8008 HANDICAP (4) 67,000 (2) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 1 (1) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 4 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1 (4) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 3.2 CHAMPAGNE POWATERY COVE LOUSE GOLD CUP HANDICAP (4) 63,000 added (2,250) 77 75yds (5) 1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 # HAYDOCK TRY 5.4.3 2TH POLE POSITION-EEF NOVICE STAKES (3) 613,000 added (47,250) 96 97 42yds (3) 1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 FAVOORTES: 6.2025. No corresponding race. 2 (4) 1.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 2025. Above Appliance (2) 3.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

1 / (1) / --- / 6.3 2TH POLE POSITION MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES (3) (2-4-0) (13,000 added (63,300) 1m (4) --- 68 每日邮报体育 橄榄球联盟

访谈 # 作者：Alex Bywater

弗雷迪·伯恩斯（FREDDIE BURNS）在从罗马尼亚打来的电话中大笑着。“在我的Instagram帖子中漏掉了那张明确说我要退役的幻灯片，这太像我的风格了，”这位前巴斯、格洛斯特、莱斯特以及英格兰10号球员轻笑着说。“我不得不单独再发一遍，就为了确保大家能明白！”

在长达18年的职业橄榄球生涯中，36岁的伯恩斯一直是个有趣的人物。因此，本周他在社交媒体上宣布职业生涯即将结束时，延续这一风格是非常恰当的。在大多数现代球员只会机械地重复新闻发布会措辞且不愿展现真实自我的时代，伯恩斯一直是个异类。

“我经历过一些高光时刻，也经历过一些极低谷的时刻，”伯恩斯说，他将在布加勒斯特迪纳摩队再打一个赛季后正式退役。他将作为英格兰俱乐部橄榄球的偶像人物之一离开。作为一名极具天赋的飞翼（fly-half），伯恩斯在2022年用一次绝杀掉球（drop goal）为莱斯特队锁定了英超冠军，他曾五次代表英格兰队出战。

他的国家队首秀令人难忘。在2012年一场著名的击败新西兰队的胜利中，他作为替补踢进了两个罚球。这是一个相当不错的开始。

“我对那个夜晚唯一的记忆就是，在赛后活动领取英格兰队队帽时，我喝得酩酊大醉，”伯恩斯说。“我撞见了所有这些传奇人物，比如里奇·麦考（Richie McCaw）和丹·卡特（Dan Carter）。我醉得不省人事。我们在特威克纳姆球场痛饮，然后坐车回到了Pennyhill Park，而不是出去狂欢。”

“我在Pennyhill房间浴室的地板上醒来。那里有地暖，我身边有一小堆令人愉悦的呕吐物在‘烹饪’。我当时还穿着西装。”

“我很庆幸那天晚上我们没出去，否则很有可能我会掉进泰晤士河里！”伯恩斯补充道：“小时候，我就住在巴斯队训练场附近。当我看着他们比赛时，记得当时在想，只要能打一分钟的英超橄榄球对我来说就足够了。我的职业生涯远远超出了我的预期。”

“我本可以更多地为英格兰队效力。但我希望对获得的五次出场机会心存感激，而不是对没能获得的机会感到愤恨。”

伯恩斯拼尽全力地比赛，并且——

弗雷迪之星：伯恩斯在2012年英格兰首秀击败新西兰后持有希拉里盾牌，（右图）在2022年踢进绝杀掉球帮助莱斯特队赢得英超冠军。GETTY BANGES

“我对最初的日子和胜利心存感激——而不是对所有没能实现的事情感到愤恨”

在宣布 36 岁退役之际，弗雷迪·伯恩斯（FREDDIE BURNS）回顾了这段令人难忘的职业生涯中的高潮与低谷。他庆祝胜利的方式更为狂热，但他那外向的性格——遗憾的是，如今在赛场上已极其罕见——不应掩盖他在场上的能力。伯恩斯在格洛斯特起步，两次效力于莱斯特，还代表过他的家乡巴斯出战。橄榄球也给了他环游世界的机会。他曾随 Shoki Shuttles 和 Highlanders 分别前往日本和新西兰，并将以在罗马尼亚这个橄榄球界较为冷门的驻地结束他的球员生涯。“在橄榄球运动中，有许多非常艰苦的日子，其中点缀着少数几个辉煌的时刻，”伯恩斯说。“我现在想对年轻球员说的一件事就是，确保你们享受胜利。”“这并不意味着你必须喝 20 杯啤酒。当你赢得一场漂亮的胜利时，和那些与你共同战斗的队友们一起坐在更衣室里。与对手分享时光。这一切都过去得如此之快。”“就庆祝而言，我绝对充分利用了我的职业生涯！”但即便在现在，我仍然希望自己能更享受某些时刻。“我对橄榄球感到沮丧的一点是，这里有这么多出色的个性，但有些小伙子不想表达自己或发表意见。”“Netflix 的六国赛纪录片太他妈无聊了。它没有展现出球员们的个性。现在你开始在像亨利·波洛克（Henry Pollock）这样的人身上看到更多这种特质。希望这种情况能持续下去。”如果击败全黑队并踢进一个赢得英超冠军的掉球球（drop goal）是伯恩斯的高光时刻，那么低谷之一则发生在 2018。在代表巴斯对阵图卢兹的比赛中，他过早地庆祝了一个本应成为达阵的球，结果球从他手中脱落。“在我的职业生涯中，我最自豪的是我的韧性，”伯恩斯说。“那就是那次事件教会我的。”“那场比赛最大的遗憾是，如果我得分了并且我们赢了，我想我会被评为全场最佳！我打了一场精彩的比赛。我进了一个球并踢进了几个远距离罚球。”“我很庆幸这件事发生了，因为这决定了我之后职业生涯的发展方向。”伯恩斯在 2022 年庆祝赢得英超冠军的方式是，在进行赛后新闻发布会时只穿着内裤，随后经历了一个狂欢之夜，点了一大份麦当劳，并带着奖杯上床睡觉。“我们庆祝得很猛。那纯粹是一种巨大的解脱感，”他说。“在回到莱斯特之前，我不得不面对前往日本给自尊心带来的打击。那是我经历过的最好的事情之一，但在 30 岁时前往日本乙级联赛确实很艰难。”“我当时在想：‘他妈的，我的职业生涯就变成这样了吗？’”“最有趣的故事往往来自艰难时期。当亚伦·莫格（Aaron Mauger）在莱斯特担任教练时，有一天他进来，把一件老虎队球衣放在一个空桶底部。”“他给每位球员一个空的品脱杯，并说：‘去把你的杯子填满，代表你为这件球衣付出了多少，以及你愿意为这个俱乐部做多少。’”“大多数人的杯子填了大约三分之二。一个没怎么上场过的一线队预备队小伙子走向水桶的速度非常慢，因为他的杯子太满了。我们把他给嘲笑了个遍！”“我努力让自己永远不失去对这项运动的热爱。有时我打得很烂，有时还行，但我希望球迷们能看到我努力过了。”“我并不真正关心人们如何看待我作为一名球员的表现。但我希望当人们提到我的名字时，会说我是一个好伙计。”“如果这就是我对人们的所有意义，我会很开心。”

切普斯托 (CHEPSTOW)

5.00 — ARABALU (Taylor Fisher) 15.0 — Curran 6.1 — Cosmo Brown 8.0 — 7.1 分钟 (1) Colic 41.1, 40. Tide 8.5 — 7.1 分钟 (2) Colic 41.1, 40. Tide COP. 32.81

5.65 — DOMINIONMAISTRIES (业主 David Gunn) — Rogue Daniels 13.2 — Michael 20.1 — 3.4 分钟 (M-Ball) 3.6 — Tide 2.00. Ex. 3.26. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.70

6.00 — SOLAR EDGE (D. Morgan) 15.40 — Rogue Bute 2.0 (Duffield) Over Spiced 7.4 — 7.7 分钟 (C. Mayers) 41.1, 40. Tide 2.10. 1.32. 2.10. Ex. 3.60. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.20

T20 — REVELANCE (E. Gouldner) 9.40 — Nakaoka 10.1 — Sport Of The Box 9.0 — 7.7 分钟 (Hannett) 1. 1. Tide 3.20. 1.70. 4.30. Ex. 25.10. T1 144.60. COP. 25.50

T40 — ESPONA BAY (C. Howarth) 5-1/2 (Airflex) 1. Sydney Rock 14.1.2 Clementines Star 业主 7.7 分钟 (3) Charm 1. 2. Tide 4.00. 2.45. 3.40. Ex. 30.10. T1. 100.60. COP. 67.71

5.15 — RED SNAPPER (Charles Tucker) 3-3/2 (Hoffey) 1. Full The Rug 11.1 — Hollandale Beach 4-6P 3.4 分钟 (Kelly Lesser) 41.2. Tide 3.00. Ex. 15.70. T1. 50.30. COP. 31.47

Pleasant 108.120. (Cyan 131.50)

桑当斯 (SANDOWNS)

3.00 — SPECTFOS (Max M. Jordan) 3-1/2 (Hoffey) 1. What's The Play? 9.40 — Highlands 10.1. 2.7 分钟 (J. Oderman) 1. 2. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30

3.28 — BUDGELES WOMEN (St. Elizabeth) 3.1. 1.75. 2.75. 3.75. Ex. 25.10. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30

S.15 — FIRST LAW (C. Flunzel) 8-11P 1. Pingle Thicker 5-4 (3Hoffey)

晚间赛果 (EVENING RESULTS)

2. Crown Ranger 20.1. 3.4 分钟 (J. Apothe) 1. 2. Tide 1.73. Ex. 1.80. T1. 3.60. COP. 1.24

4.00 — EDWIN HEDDLE (D. Murphy) 9.40 — Interstate 2.1. Elan D'or 3-2/2 (Hoffey) 2.9 分钟 (R. Mowrer) 41.10. Tide 1.84. Ex. 3.60. T1. 4.20. COP. 3.50

T20 — DESERT SHADOW (C. Murphy) 7.2. Thursday 2x1 7-4/8Pav 2. Ascending Star 7-4/8Pav 3.4 分钟 (Elvin Scully) 21.4. Tide 4.50. 2.00. 1.50. Ex. 10.60. T1. 17.60. COP. 10.18.

T34 — BUDGLES WOMEN (St. Elizabeth) 8.1. 1.75. 2.75. 3.75. Ex. 25.10. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30

Pleasant 131.250.50, 包含 23.81.30, 排序 Pleasant 131.75. (Cyan 141.40)

南威尔 (SOUTHWELL)

1.00 — HEARTING DRUMS (Glen Orc) 11-4/8Pav 1. Miss Warden 9.2.1. Smith 14.1.1. 10 分钟 (R. A. P. Hales) 1.1. Tide 3.70. 1.20. 2.00. 4.30. Ex. 19.30. T1. 149.59. T1. 195.70. COP. 15.54.

1.24 — SPARAGUA (Harry Ogure) 10-1/2 (Hoffey) 1. Miss Gisele, Lovely 8.1. 2. Thomas Tallie 11-1.3. 8 分钟 (V. Gouldner) 1. 1. Tide 4.00. 2.10. 1.50. 1.50. Ex. 30.10. T1. 200. (数据缺失)

1.16 — MIRACULOS (D. Allen) 6.4.1. 2. Ziggy's Creeps 9-4P 2. Hecks 14.1.3. 1. 1. Tide 1.5. 2.75. 1. 1. Tide 3.90. 2. 10. 1. 50. 3.50. Ex. 17.70. T1. 100.40. T1. 126.50. COP. 16.20.

T20 — DORNEY LAKE (D. Tuthers) 9-3P 1. Flame 13.2.2. Beetle Is Back 5-1/2 (Hoffey) 1. 9 分钟 3. Dolely (数据重复/缺失)

热点 (HOTSPOTS)

业内传闻 (WORK WHISPER)

HERAX (纽马基特 Newmarket, 5.27)

重量博弈 (WEIGHTING GAME)

MART (布赖顿 Brighton, 4.30) 比上次获胜标志减轻 20磅

惨痛教训 (BURNT FINGERS)

VERUCA SAU (瑟斯克 Thirsk, 2.40)

希斯船长三人组 (CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO)

盖里的宠儿 (GERRY'S DARLING)

(首选 nap) (瑟斯克 Thirsk, 3.90)

乔尼混凝土 (JONNY CONCRETE) (nb)

(马瑟尔堡 Musselburgh, 3.20)

RECON MISSION (Brighton, 2.30) --- 板球 / 每日邮报体育 69

如何解决像本·斯托克斯（Ben Stokes）这样的问题？这是一个经常被问起且适用于许多场景的问题，但针对在海丁利（Headingley）对阵巴基斯坦队时由谁接替他的具体情况，答案是丹·劳伦斯（Dan Lawrence）。这是劳伦斯第四次作为测试赛球员出战，这意味着这几乎肯定将是他最后一次机会。通过召回他担任6号击球手，并用一些可用的离旋球来补充预定由四人组成的快速球攻击线，英格兰队已经回到了原点。因为正是劳伦斯在2022年的加勒比海巡回赛中为英格兰队的击球带来了活力，那是乔·鲁特（Joe Root）此前执掌球队64场比赛任期的最后阶段。

一方面，在鲁特第二次出任队长首秀时回归到“Bazball”之前的选人方案，似乎缺乏想象力。然而，这符合英格兰高层在他被重新任命之前做出的一项承诺，即在挑选国家队球员时更好地奖励国内赛事的表现。29岁的劳伦斯在今年夏天郡冠军赛中砍下788分，包括五个百分之百（hundreds）和一个双百分之百，从而结束了被冷落的状态。在顶级球员中，只有诺丁汉郡的乔·克拉克（Joe Clarke）得分更高，而劳伦斯的得分率达到了每100球80分。他正处于职业生涯的最佳状态，且处于一个能够为自己在球队中争取永久席位的年龄，此前他在与印度、西印度群岛和斯里兰卡的系列赛期间或之后被剔除——最近一次是在两年前作为开场击球手的一次失败尝试之后。

鲁特在被选为继任者时承诺将继承斯托克斯队长风格的特点，但在剧变之中，他的第一支阵容给人一种“回到未来”的感觉。劳伦斯的入选并非唯一让这次阵容感觉像是在回顾2022年加勒比海巡回赛的因素。奥利·波普（Ollie Pope）、奥利·罗宾逊（Ollie Robinson）和马修·费舍尔（Matthew Fisher）都曾是那次以1-0（1 和 0）负于西印度群岛队的巡回阵容成员，他们的入选表明了鲁特对他们的信任。队长总是能得到他想要的球员，尤其是在任期之初。不过，这在某种程度上也是迫不得已，因为一支已经 # 鲁特回到了未来……现在劳伦斯及其队友必须证明他们能留下来。

重新出击：劳伦斯结束冷落回归，但库兰（插图）目前缺阵 GETTY IMAGES

由于斯托克斯的退役而失去全能球员的球队，现在将失去另一个关键组成部分雅各布·贝塞尔（Jacob Bethell）。自节礼日 Ashes 测试赛以来，他一直稳固在3号位，但由于上个月在对阵印度的白球赛中膝盖受伤，他已被排除在测试赛之外，直到圣诞节的南非巡回赛。乔丹·考克斯（Jordan Cox）将接替该位置对阵巴巴尔·阿赞（Babar Azam）的球队，他曾在6月在椭圆球场对阵新西兰队时作为斯托克斯在7号位的替代者完成首秀。尽管位置前移，但考克斯的留任显示了选人的连续性，但令人惊讶的是，波普作为备用击球手回归，排在了最近对阵新西兰队阵容中的詹姆斯·雷（James Rew）之前。波普本赛季在顶级联赛中的平均分为56.66，他被选中不仅是因为其卓越的击球回报，同样也是因为他的领导力和经验。前测试赛副队长波普在去年冬天的 Ashes 期间失去了位置，但被英格兰板球总监罗布·基（Rob Key）点名认为是一名有能力再次崛起的球员。

回归老将感觉是与前任政权相比在政策上的微小转变，前任政权经常给年轻人机会。除了22岁的雷，汉普郡23岁的新秀桑尼·贝克（Sonny Baker）也被排除在外。在贝塞尔缺席的情况下，萨塞克斯的詹姆斯·科尔斯（James Coles）本有机会作为一名能投左臂离旋球的击球手被征召。但国家队选拔员马库斯·诺斯（Marcus North）透露，选拔委员会——包括新任主

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CARABAD杯 第一轮 布里斯托尔城 (B) 3 MALLALL... (B) 1 Prestige 47

欧联杯 第三轮资格赛 首回合 MAL... (B) 1 HATINGWELL (B) 1 Pale 71 Moosehill 64 (点球) AARL... (B) 3 HILLSBURG (B) 1 Gott's 8 (点球) Kelly 84 Wynne 32 Stalberg 53 BORDMANS (B) 3 MEDITULAND (B) 2 Francois 20 Anderson 17 WINDHAM... (B) 2 SNEEMUA... (B) 1 Lowe 73, O'Keefe 18 Springfield 15 RENTICA... (B) 6 HEARTS... (B) 1 Rally 5 / 6 / 4 Arna 24 Panther 40 (点球) Prestige 60 Dover 88 Schjoldring 104 (点球)

■ 板球 THE HUNDRED：第一阶段： Lord's，男子，伦敦精神 1924-1, 1926 (含 J. C. Prentice 623; M. 伦敦 364-8, 1930 (含 J. C. Prentice 623; M. 364-8, 1930 (含 J. C. Prentice 623; M. 364-8, 1930 (含 J. C. Prentice 623; M. 364-8, 1

■ 高尔夫 女子欧洲巡回赛 P / F 锦标赛 (Centurion Club, 15 Albans, 英国) — 第一轮 (Golf & 14 系列：Golt, 1st 7 / 8, 1st 7 — A. Huang (Cavs) 68 — K. Bennett (A); C. Golt (A) 1st 7 / 8 — C. (A) 1st 7 / 8 — A. Kramer (A); S. T. (C) 1st 7 / 8 — C. (A ) A. Davenport, J. Rudolph (Cavs), 71 — L. Salmon (C) 1st 7 / 8 — C. (C) 1st 7 / 8 — C. (C)

■ 橄榄球联盟 BETREED 超级联赛 圣海伦斯 ... 10 MILL ... 12

■ 网球 AIP 国家银行公开赛 (加拿大蒙特利尔) — 主赛场选拔 第一轮：J. Faurinay (G) 1st 7 / 8 — A. M. M. (C ) 1st 7 / 8 — A. M. M.

■ 今日赛程 (1-20 系列：) CARABAD杯 第一轮 米德尔斯堡 v 伍德兰 (B) 1 Lowe 在 IPO 沃特汉普顿 v 波特韦尔 ... 威科姆 v 斯蒂文格 ...

友谊赛 MAIDEN Raven Match's v Adam Villard (B) 1 富勒姆 v 水晶宫 ... (B) 1 WILLIAM HILL 苏格兰锦标赛： 帕特里克 v 利文斯顿 (C) 80

板球 — 一日杯 - A组： 兰开夏郡 v 格洛斯特郡 (Old Trafford, 1,000m), 兰开夏郡 v 华威郡 (Grace Road, 2,000m), 诺丁汉郡 v 北安普顿郡 (Chesterfield, 1,000m), 萨默塞特郡 v 萨里郡 (Charlton, 2,000m), B组： 达勒姆郡 v 密德尔塞克斯郡 (Riverdale, 1,000m), 格拉摩根郡 v 埃塞克斯郡 (Coxfell Gardens, 1,000m), 萨里郡 v 伍斯特郡 (Worcester, 2,000m), 约克郡 v 北安普顿郡 (Charlton, 1,000m)。

高尔夫 — 女子欧洲巡回赛 P / F 锦标赛 (Centurion Club, 15 Albans, 英国), 1 / 8 Golf New York (3 rams: Worsley Golf Club Westminster, 新泽西州, 美国), 1 / 8 GOLF Tour Wyndham 锦标赛 (Centurion Club, 15, Greenbourn, 北卡罗来纳州, 美国)。

橄榄球联盟 — Betfred 超级联赛 (B, 0), 坎特伯雷 v 赫尔 15, 莱伊 v 约克, 韦克菲尔德 v 利兹。

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“这是对总统权力的严重滥用”

来自后页的消息称，其执行委员会已“一致重新确认支持”他，并“感谢他多年来对非洲足球的支持”。国际足联（FIFA）在周三的峰会后向因凡蒂诺表示“全力支持”，同时承认在被放弃的出售计划中存在“错误”。该管理机构表示，已在致各足球协会的信函中道歉，并将进行一次“审查”。

职业足球运动员全球工会 FIFPRO 发表了一份措辞严厉的声明，抨击了因凡蒂诺以及国际足联希望为世界杯出售而设立的子公司“国际足联前行企业”（FIFA Forward Enterprise）。声明写道：“国际足联前行企业（FFE）已经消失了。但由此产生的权力滥用依然存在。迫切需要的是治理改革，而非掩盖真相。”

“撤回提案并不能抹除它所揭露的一切。一项能够永久改变世界杯所有权、并将由几代球员建立的赛事商业化的计划，是在秘密中构思、在闭门会议中谈判，并在国际足联理事会、成员协会、球员以及足球界公认的利益相关者甚至还不知道其存在之前，就已接近达成协议。”

“这不仅仅是治理上的失败。这是对总统权力的严重滥用。”

该声明还猛烈抨击了国际足联在摩洛哥发布的更新，并要求建立结构性保障，以确保此类事件永远不再重复。这将包括在“具有重大影响的决定上”与“职业足球利益相关者”达成具有法律约束力的参与协议，并赋予他们在国际足联理事会中的投票权。

声明总结道：“撤回 FFE 阻止了一个不可逆转的决定。但它并没有恢复使该提案成为可能的信心。”

“这种信心现在已被根本性地破坏。它无法通过精心起草的声明、内部审查或改进流程的承诺来重建。同样，通过宣布那些本就应该存在的治理和结构性改革也无法恢复。”

“球员们没有制造这场危机。他们将坚持要求足球在危机后走出一条道路，拥有更强大的机构、更强的保障以及配得上这项运动所需信任的领导层。”

在因凡蒂诺显然获得了信任投票后，欧足联（UEFA）表示：“欧足联的协会对于他们不参加国际足联赛事的附加条件非常明确。这些条件尚未达成。此外，欧足联在周六已明确表示，对詹尼·因凡蒂诺的主席任期失去了信心。”

“宣布一些由国际足联主席雇佣（且其职业生涯依赖于他的青睐）的人同意他的观点，这改变不了任何事情。”

路易斯·菲戈在周三为《每日邮报》体育版撰写的一篇独家文章中攻击了因凡蒂诺，称他是一个“不应在足球未来中占据任何位置的过时之人”，并且犯下了“一系列滥用行为”。

阿根廷宣布将击败英格兰之日定为“国家日”，此前马尔维纳斯群岛横幅引发轩然大波

阿根廷足球协会（AFA）宣布，7月 15 日将被定为“国家足球队日”，以纪念阿根廷在世界杯半决赛中战胜英格兰。

阿根廷在比赛后期由落后局面反超，以 2-1 击败英格兰。这被视为该国一个历史性的时刻，该国还将这次胜利视为一次政治上的胜利，有机会重申他们对马尔维纳斯群岛（Falkland Islands，在阿根廷被称为 Las Malvinas）的主权要求——英国自 1833. 年 1 月以来一直统治该群岛。

在终场哨响后，球员们举起一条写着“Las Malvinas son Argentinas”（马尔维纳斯群岛属于阿根廷）的横幅进行庆祝。

作者：TARA ANSON-WALSH

阿根廷足协表示：“选择这个日期是为了纪念阿根廷在半决赛中战胜英格兰的历史性胜利。利昂内尔·斯卡洛尼的球队曾落后 1. 球，但凭借恩佐·费尔南德斯和劳塔罗·马丁内斯的进球，他们扭转了局面，让整个国家陷入狂欢之中的庆祝。”

“但这次致敬不仅仅是为了成年国家队实现的这一里程碑。认可还延伸到每一支国家队（青年队、男子队和女子队、五人制足球、沙滩足球和场地足球），他们在利昂内尔·安德烈斯·梅西训练中心每天训练，带着代表阿根廷的希望、喜悦和责任感。”

举起横幅的行为在英国引发了剧烈反弹，前首相基尔·斯塔默的一位发言人坚持认为，虽然“世界杯奖杯可能不属于我们，但马尔维纳斯群岛绝对属于我们。自决权在岛民手中，我们对马尔维纳斯群岛的承诺绝不会动摇。”

国际足联（FIFA）的规则禁止在世界杯期间使用任何政治信息，斯塔默要求对此事进行调查，该管理机构上周已确认此事。

阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱将球员们举横幅庆祝的行为描述为“完全正当”，并表示该信息“反映了所有阿根廷人共同的情感”，尽管他预计国际足联会对球队处以罚款。

沃伦对英国重量级拳击“黄金时代”的欣喜

弗兰克·沃伦（FRANK WARREN）预示了英国重量级拳击的新“黄金时代”，其门下天才选手摩西·伊陶马（Moses Itauma）正准备于8月29日在伦敦O2体育馆与菲利普·赫格罗维奇（Filip Hrgovic）进行一场出人意料的世界冠军争夺战。21岁的伊陶马原定与34岁的克罗地亚选手进行一场冠军淘汰赛，但在无可争议的重量级之王奥列克桑德尔·乌西克（Oleksandr Usyk）放弃所有四条腰带后，这场比赛被提升为IBF冠军争夺战。

拳击 作者：JEFF POWELL MBE

赫格罗维奇在21场比赛中唯一的失败发生在两年前，当时他在第八回合被丹尼尔·杜波依斯（Daniel Dubois）击倒。杜波依斯随后在5月的一场血腥激战中击败法比奥·沃德利（Fabio Wardley），成为了WBO冠军。这两位英国人定于10月再次交手，不过具体细节仍有待确认。

名人堂推广人沃伦的旗下还拥有泰森·富里（Tyson Fury），他将在11月于伦敦温布利体育场或纽约麦迪逊广场花园与安东尼·约书亚（Anthony Joshua）进行一场期待已久的“英国之战”。

“对于这个国家的重量级拳击来说，这是一个令人惊叹的激动时刻，”沃伦说。“我们在Queensberry的日程表上规划了一整套令人垂涎的比赛。”

“虽然摩西将迎来他迄今为止最艰难的比赛，但我预计他将成为继迈克·泰森之后最年轻的世界重量级冠军。”

“随后他将不得不面对[美国人]弗兰克·米切尔（Frank Mitchell）的强制防御战，我认为米切尔不像赫格罗维奇那样有天赋。”

“赢下那场比赛后，我们应该考虑让他与杜波依斯对阵沃德利的获胜者进行一场IBF-WBO冠军统一战。”

“他们全都是强力击拳手，那场比赛会瞬间让温布利体育场售罄。”

除了米切尔和约书亚，所有这些拳手都签约于Queensberry，沃伦表示：“我预计泰森会在‘前辈之夜’击败AJ，并且很有可能继续与最终胜出的年轻血液交手，成为新的无可争议的世界重量级冠军。”

“想象一下，全球最炙手可热、讨论度最高的重量级选手伊陶马，对阵票房保证的‘吉普赛之王’富里。”

“有足够大的体育场能容纳这场比赛吗？”

“到本月最后一个周六，英国将确切知道伊陶马的实力如何。”

“即便在他这个年纪，他已经拥有了能够掌控全局的成熟度和冷静。系好安全带吧。”

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杰克·高汉（JACK GAUGHAN） 发自首尔

今年夏天，曼彻斯特城一直在致力于确保球队阵容的未来竞争力，杰里米·多库（Jeremy Doku）成为最新一名签署五年新合同的球员。多库与约什科·格瓦迪奥尔（Josko Gvardiol）、菲尔·福登（Phil Foden）和阿布杜科迪尔·胡萨诺夫（Abdukodir Khusanov）一样，在过去两周内同意了新条款。这四人被视为曼城新时代的基石——一个没有瓜迪奥拉担任主教练，且没有那么多与成功划等号的功勋球员的曼城。

格瓦迪奥尔和多库作为上赛季最出色的两名球员，目前仅24岁（福登26岁，胡萨诺夫22岁），人们希望这对组合能成为一个不断演变的球队和俱乐部的核心人物。显然，足球总监雨果·维亚纳（Hugo Viana）和新帅恩佐·马雷斯卡（Enzo Maresca）已经确定了他们认为能够接替贝尔纳多·席尔瓦（Bernardo Silva）、凯文·德布劳内（Kevin De Bruyne）等人，在严苛标准下承担起持续夺冠责任的人选。

然而，目前在顶级足球领域中，很难想象还有比这更艰巨的工作，尤其是如果罗德里（Rodri）成功转会回西班牙，加盟巴塞罗那或皇家马德里。一名被加冕为世界杯最佳球员的中场离队，意味着曼城的四人领导小组在近几个月内被削减了一半，这凸显了他们缺乏真正的经验——马雷斯卡本周在首尔探讨了这个问题。

格瓦迪奥尔和福登已公开表示愿意在队长组中担任角色，而在幕后，想要在新政权下崭露头角的球员之间也存在竞争，而这个新政权理应带来一些新的活力。

尼科·冈萨雷斯在1月至5月期间没有在任何一场英超比赛中首发，但他坚称自己是其中一员。“我很开心能在这里，”这位24岁的西班牙人说道，他在18个月前以£5000 万的身价加盟。“我不想离开，俱乐部也希望我留下。如果我们赢了，我就开心。我的梦想是赢得奖杯。”“如果我一场比赛都没打，但我们明年赢得了欧冠冠军，我会非常开心。在足总杯决赛中我没有被选中，但我们赢了，所以对我来说那是神奇的一天。”“上赛季我没料到能首发参加近30场比赛。我表现得非常好。我得到了很多机会。”冈萨雷斯——他甚至没有进入那场足总杯的替补名单

曼城在过去两年里一直在为后佩普时代做准备... ## 是时候看看这个计划有多出色了

对阵切尔西的决赛——确实有其代价，但近几日情况已变得更加明朗，蒂贾尼·赖因德斯（Tijjani Reijnders）更有可能在转会窗关闭前离开。诺丁汉森林和纽卡斯尔正在关注这位 28 岁的荷兰中场，他的身价被评估为 5000 万英镑。

无论是罗德里、赖因德斯，还是两者兼而有之。曼城的消息人士表示，他们已准备好填补任何离队空缺。他们对 18 岁里尔球星艾尤布·布阿迪（Ayyub Bouaddi）的追求则是一回事，后者是在世界杯代表摩洛哥出战的突破性天才。无论俱乐部内部的人员变动如何，曼城都在推进谈判。

他们在 1 月加速了重建，花费 8500 万英镑 从伯恩茅斯签下安托万·塞门约（Antoine Semenyo），从水晶宫签下马克·盖希（Marc Guehi）。这意味着这对组合已经融入了曼城阵容，这在未来应该会成为某种优势。塞门约为两次夺冠做出了贡献——并在对阵切尔西的足总杯决赛中打入了制胜球——而盖希则没有资格参加联赛杯决赛，这一决定激怒了瓜迪奥拉。

曼城相信，提前六个月完成这些交易，然后在马雷斯卡（左）就职后，通过一笔 1.16 亿英镑 的交易签下埃利奥特·安德森（Elliot Anderson）并打破转会纪录，将会获得回报。

“我不认为有任何球员能保证在所有比赛中都拥有位置，”冈萨雷斯补充道。“我们是世界上最好的球队之一，每个位置都有竞争。这就是让我们处于目前地位的原因，赢得了这么多次英超冠军并竞争所有奖项。”

不过，冈萨雷斯谈论的是一支不同的球队。他从未赢得过冠军。这组球员中只有五人在 2023 年的三冠王期间在队，这表明在随后的三个赛季中，重建工作进行了多少。

曼城在过去两年中的大部分时间里都在为这一时刻，为后瓜迪奥拉时代做计划。现在，决定其计划之周密的时候到了。

西蒙·琼斯（SIMON JONES）报道

巴塞罗那终于正式表达了对曼城中场罗德里的兴趣，并将与竞争对手皇家马德里争夺他的签名。罗德里出于家庭原因希望回到西班牙，但曼城一直在等待其他俱乐部亮出底牌，以便为这位 30 岁的球员获得最高价格。

罗德里风波出现转折，巴塞罗那加入竞争并与对手皇马争夺西班牙球星

他们在 4 月向这位西班牙队长提出了一份新报价——他的合同还剩一年——但他们意识到他想回家的愿望。罗德里曾倾向于加盟马德里，但据了解，他也愿意加入巴萨的项目，那里有八名西班牙国家队成员效力，且他已与主教练汉斯·弗里克（Hansi Flick）进行了沟通。

俱乐部之间的谈判计划在未来几天进行，如果巴塞罗那能与曼城达成协议，他们现在将成为签下他的热门。巴萨在上赛季击败马德里夺得西甲冠军，在 5 月以 2-0 在国家德比中获胜锁定冠军。

马德里主席弗洛伦蒂诺·佩雷斯（Florentino Perez）最初不愿支持罗德里的转会，但俱乐部其他成员认为这将是一笔不错的交易。主帅若泽·穆里尼奥（Jose Mourinho）被请回来以消除更衣室中被察觉到的分裂，并且已经推动招募更多资深球员。

在 2024 年获得金球奖的罗德里，在随西班牙队赢得世界杯荣耀后进入新赛季。他在整个赛事中起到了关键作用，跑动距离达到赛事最高的 96km。尽管伤病限制了他在上赛季俱乐部层面的参与度，但罗德里仍为曼城出场 33 次。

曼城已经签下了埃利奥特·安德森，并正在推进里尔球员艾尤布·布阿迪的交易。

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揭秘利兹联进军欧洲的蓝图 ++ 受克洛普启发而实施的残酷季前训练计划 ++ 精心打磨拯救法尔克帅位的后五卫线 ++ “大块头”转会政策 ++ 以及他们仍希望填补的两个关键位置 ++ 利兹联在这个夏天引起了轰动——不仅仅是因为他们的球员上周在美国与迈克尔·菲尔普斯（Michael Phelps）接触。这位少数股东上周日前往芝加哥，观看他的球队在 4-2 获胜的一场友谊赛下半场中将利物浦完全压制，其中 2 个进球源自训练场上的常规战术，这些战术在士兵球场（Soldier Field）通常举办的 NFL 比赛中也不会显得突兀。菲尔普斯作为史上最伟大的奥运选手，拥有 23 枚金牌，他将孩子培养成了利兹联球迷，他希望丹尼尔·法尔克（Daniel Farke）的球队在重返英超并经历了一个赛季的保级苦战后，能够准备好取得进步。利兹联目前的夏季转会窗口令人鼓舞，他们赢得了自由转会签下哈里·威尔逊（Harry Wilson）的竞争，并以俱乐部纪录的 £4500 万 交易从曼彻斯特城签下了詹姆斯·特拉福德（James Trafford）。新加盟的 3400 万英镑 波斯尼亚后卫塔里克·穆哈雷莫维奇（Tarik Muharemovic）刚参加完世界杯，看起来是从萨索洛购入的用于替代帕斯卡尔·斯特鲁伊克（Pascal Struijk）的可靠球员。而且，随着再增加几名签约——名单上还包括一名左后卫和另一名进攻球员——利兹联在去年赛季排名第 14 位后，可能已经准备好挑战英超上半区。有些人甚至提到了令人心惊的“E”字（欧洲赛场），并希望从桑德兰和诺丁汉森林队中汲取灵感，这两家俱乐部在升级回顶级联赛后的三年内成功进入了欧洲赛场，布莱顿和布伦特福德也是如此。法尔克让利兹联的球员经历了艰苦的季前训练。许多日子里每天有两场训练，通过双倍锻炼使身体适应一场抢拍与抢购：利兹联投资者菲尔普斯从威利·格诺托（Willy Gnonto）手中获得一件签名球衣 来源：INSTAGRAM，摄影：Lewis Steele 艰苦的赛季。早上的训练以足球为主，下午则以力量训练为主。季前训练开始时有两天的体能测试，除了有一天外，每天都有足球训练，球员在完成法尔克高强度的训练方案后，在球场上感受到了差异。法尔克在训练方案中从尤尔根·克洛普（Jurgen Klopp）那里汲取了灵感，其中包括一项 1km 跑步训练，用于测量乳酸堆积速度超过身体清除速度所需的时间。时间越长越好。这揭露了谁在夏天保持了体能，而谁在偷懒。当利兹联在 12 个月前升级时，招聘团队敏锐地察觉到了英超的一个趋势。他们知道比赛风格正转向更直接的风格，而他们的许多转会目标，为了用一个更委婉的词来说，都是“大块头”。安东·斯塔赫（Anton Stach）身高 6英尺 4英寸，雅卡·比约尔（Jaka Bijol）和塞巴斯蒂安·博尔瑙（Sebastiaan Bornauw）身高 6英尺 3英寸，卢卡斯·恩梅查（Lukas Nmecha）和肖恩·朗斯塔夫（Sean Longstaff）身高 6英尺 1英寸。今年，他们将坚持这一政策，身高 6英尺 4英寸的穆哈雷莫维奇符合这一要求——但利兹联也渴望一些灵气。德国边锋朱利安·布兰特（Julian Brandt）曾是目标，但最终去了阿贾克斯。因此，前富勒姆球员威尔逊成为了明星吸引力。当 29 岁的威尔逊显然将跟随主教练马尔科·席尔瓦（Marco Silva）离开克雷文小屋（Craven Cottage）时，包括阿斯顿维拉在内的几家俱乐部都曾尝试签下他。但他出于多种原因选择了利兹联。其中一个原因是利兹联在 12 个月前就尝试签下他，这向威尔逊证明了他们并非仅仅因为他可以免费获得才想要他。考虑到有可能代表威尔士参加世界杯，威尔逊当时并不希望在变动中产生动荡。

主席帕萨格·马拉特（Parsaag Marathe）最近辞去了在旧金山49人队的职务，以专注于他的足球投资项目，包括格拉斯哥流浪者队。在球员与俱乐部之间多次通话的第二次通话中，他向这位边锋描绘了一个梦想。马拉特让威尔逊感到自己被需要。他谈到了那些热情、自豪且忠诚的球迷，并讨论了利兹联正在重新开发埃兰路球场以增加容量的进程。“在与利兹联主席就俱乐部方向进行第一次通话后，他们就成了我的 No 1 选择，”威尔逊本周告诉我们。“我和其他几支球队谈过，但没有什么能改变我的想法。所有权团队、他们的计划，以及他们对阵容投入的投资。这一切都朝着一个方向前进，而这正是我想要成为其中的一部分。”马拉特以及来自法尔克（Farke）的一通电话起到了很大作用——法尔克曾在其前俱乐部诺维奇试图签下威尔逊——但没有什么比俱乐部队长、也是威尔士队队友伊桑·安帕杜（Ethan Ampadu）的坚持更能促成这笔交易。“我几乎得把伊桑拉黑，”威尔逊笑着说。“他起到了很大作用。我和这里所有的威尔士小伙子关系都很好。DJ（丹·詹姆斯），我从 14. 岁起就和他一起踢球。乔·罗登（Joe Rodon）也是如此。”当被问及抱负时，上赛季取得了职业生涯最佳表现（联赛打入 10 球）的威尔逊补充道：“各家俱乐部已经证明，回到英超的第一赛季关键在于保级，而利兹联最终轻松实现了这一点。”“当你看到像桑德兰和诺丁汉森林那样近年来升级并进入欧洲赛场的球队时，那是我们可以设定的目标。”“但‘第二赛季综合症’在几支球队身上都出现过。所以这个赛季，让我们尝试在俱乐部去年创造的基础上继续构建，确保我们的主场战绩良好，这至关重要，然后看看这能把我们带向何方。”法尔克打算坚持使用上赛季扭转局面的五后卫阵型。在圣诞节临近时，这位主教练曾处于被解雇的边缘，利兹联在12月之前的七场比赛中输掉六场，处于降级区。但在阵型切换后，利兹联在 25 场比赛中仅输掉五场，并闯入了足总杯半决赛。法尔克在温布利球场 1-0 负于切尔西的比赛中因战术消极而受到批评，他知道这次必须在稳固的——足球 每日邮报体育 73 防守基础上增加更多令人兴奋的足球。特拉福德（Trafford）是一次重量级签约。一些曼城观察员认为，他本应在吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马（Gianluigi Donnarumma）之前获得 1 号球衣，而英格兰队中的许多人预计他将成为乔丹·皮克福德（Jordan Pickford）的长期接班人。 23, 岁的特拉福德控球稳健且扑救能力强，是一次极佳的签约。交易尚未结束，一名多功能的进攻球员位列名单首位。多米尼克·卡尔弗特-勒温（Dominic Calvert-Lewin）度过了一个出色的赛季，打入 15 球，但需要在分担进球方面获得帮助，因为他的队友中没有人能进球超过八个。法尔克认为美国国脚布伦登·亚伦森（Brenden Aaronson）被严重低估，但如果能有另一个创造机会的出口，将被张开双臂欢迎。此外，还需要一名受伤的左后卫加布里埃尔·古德蒙德森（Gabriel Gudmundsson）的替补。主教练还有三场友谊赛来微调他的阵容：连续两个周六在主场对阵RB莱比锡和奥格斯堡，以及周三在都柏林的克罗克公园球场与曼彻斯特联队的对决。法尔克是偶然进入教练行业的，他毕业于经济学专业，最初想成为一名体育总监。在诺维奇经历两次降级后，这是他第三次尝试英超。消息人士称，他每周都在成长，并且他相信关系具有

比战术产生更大的影响。作为一个文学迷，他还喜欢19世纪的诗人沃尔特·惠特曼。这位美国诗人最著名的诗句“我包含多元”说明了领导者必须如何通过自我矛盾来寻找答案。管理层将在接下来的几周内深思这些问题：如何在维持利兹联稳固基础的同时，依然在进攻端大步迈进？法尔克如何在要求更多产出的同时，保持他标志性的冷静风度？如何在转会市场上更具野心，且不至于在财务上产生负面影响？如果利兹联能找到正确答案，他们本赛季就能取得成功。只不过，可能不会像菲尔普斯先生那样成功。

新援特拉福向球迷传达信息

利兹联已确认从曼彻斯特城以 £4000 万 外加 500 万英镑 附加费签下詹姆斯·特拉福。这位曾随三狮军团参加世界杯的英格兰门将将前往埃兰路球场以获得更多出场时间。

特拉福（右）在去年夏天以 2700 万英镑 从伯恩利加盟佩普·瓜迪奥拉的球队时，预计将身披 1 号球衣——他在离开两年后回到了曼城。但当曼城抓住机会从巴黎圣日耳曼引进吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马时，他被边缘化了。这位 23 岁的球员最终在英超联赛中仅出场四次，不过在曼城赢得足总杯和联赛杯的过程中，他又参加了 13 场比赛。

他是利兹联在哈里·威尔逊和塔里克·穆哈雷莫维奇之后签下的第三名夏季新援，并成为了

作者：刘易斯·布朗宁

史上最昂贵的英国门将。之前的最高转会费是 2017. 年乔丹·皮克福德从桑德兰转会至埃弗顿的 3000 万英镑。凯帕·阿里萨巴拉加（6800 万英镑）和阿里松（6200 万英镑）是仅有的两名身价更高的门将。

特拉福是利兹联的纪录签约球员，打破了 2023. 年签下乔治尼奥·鲁特时 3550 万英镑 的交易纪录。

抵达利兹联后，特拉福告诉俱乐部媒体：“我并不在乎是否需要证明自己。我知道自己的能力。我会全力以赴，尽可能地享受其中。”

“随之而来的一切顺其自然。我非常激动，也非常高兴这件事终于完成了。我可以开始为新赛季做准备，并专注于下周与大家的融合。”

维拉 6000 万英镑 球星曼赞比将缺席赛季初

由于膝盖受伤，约翰·曼赞比将缺席阿斯顿维拉在布莱顿的英超揭幕战，并可能在赛季初的其他比赛中被排除在外。

这位俱乐部纪录签约球员是从弗赖堡购入的，交易最终价值可能达到 6000 万英镑00 万。他在瑞士队的世界杯征程中受伤，虽然伤势不足以阻止他加盟维拉，但看来很可能会影响他在维拉赛季初期的参与度。

随着明星进攻手摩根·罗杰斯以 1.17 亿英镑 的交易加盟切尔西，维拉需要 20, 岁的曼赞比（下图）迅速进入状态，希望他能顺利完成康复。

曼赞比上赛季为弗赖堡打入七球并贡献九次助攻，并在欧联杯决赛中代表弗赖堡出战，而维拉以 3-0. 赢得了该决赛。随后，他成为瑞士队闯入世界杯四分之一决赛的明星，贡献了三粒进球和两次助攻。

在今年夏天失去了罗杰斯和尤里·蒂莱曼斯，且卢卡斯·迪涅即将加盟巴黎圣日耳曼的情况下，维拉渴望在

作者：汤姆·科洛莫斯

曼赞比、若昂·戈麦斯和亚历杭德罗·加纳乔的签约基础上进一步增强实力。

然而，他们还面临着留住后卫埃兹里·孔萨的战斗，孔萨仍是阿森纳的目标，而利物浦也在关注情况。维拉渴望为 28, 岁的孔萨提供一份新合同，即使他离开，维拉也不太可能在没有安排替代者的情况下允许他离队。

维拉还希望加强左后卫位置，他们正计划与马德里竞技的马特奥·鲁杰里达成协议。他们还在追踪马赛边锋伊戈尔·帕伊桑，并希望至少签下一名前锋，坦米·亚伯拉罕就在如果出现合适报价可以离开的人员之列。切尔西的尼古拉斯·杰克逊仍是一个潜在目标。

与此同时，队长约翰·麦金尽管在维拉季前赛战胜泰国俱乐部 8G Pathum 期间膝盖受伤，但预计将在赛季开始前恢复健康。

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去年他是英超最佳球员，并一路赢得了冠军。但这位利物浦传奇拒绝了沙特和美国的财富，在欧冠联赛中未能找到俱乐部，昨晚在特拉布宗市向球迷揭晓……

萨拉如何最终加盟土耳其第四大俱乐部

如果说土耳其俱乐部最讨厌的一件事，那就是被认为在任何竞争对手面前都屈居第二。几年前，《每日邮报》体育版访问了土耳其足球界一名高管的家中，我们得知俱乐部之间的内斗异常激烈。这种局面永远不会冷却。因此，在6月份，当关于穆罕默德·萨拉（Mohamed Salah）可能转会土耳其的局势开始严重升温时，据俱乐部内部人士透露，费内巴切（Fenerbahce）排在队列的最前端。“他非常渴望来到土耳其。我们进行的会议极其积极，”费内巴切高管埃尔坦·托鲁诺古拉里（Ertan Torunogullari）声称。“我相信如果新管理层提出这样的请求，萨拉将会穿上费内巴切的球衣。”但此后来自加拉塔萨雷（Galatasaray）的消息灵通人士声称，事实上是他们的俱乐部得到了

辉煌职业生涯 / 出场次数 / 进球数 / --- / 2010-12 阿尔莫卡翁 / 46 / 12 / 2012-14 巴塞尔 / 79 / 20 / 2014-16 切尔西 / 19 / 2 / 2015 佛罗伦蒂亚 / 26 / 9 / 2015-16 罗马 / 42 / 15 / 2016-17 罗马 / 41 / 19 / 2017-26 利物浦 / 442 / 257 / 2026- 特拉布宗体育 / 租借 / 总计 / 695 / 334* / 实际上是他们首先尝试争取签下萨拉赫的机会，但由于《每日邮报》体育版获悉的不可接受的合同要求，他们最终并未费心追求这位利物浦传奇。接下来是贝西克塔斯，他们是伊斯坦布尔“三大巨头”中最后一名成员，在许多土耳其人看来，他们才是萨拉赫的首选。贝西克塔斯主席塞尔达尔·阿达利声称，双方曾口头达成协议，但随后将协议破裂的责任归咎于萨拉赫合作十年的经纪人拉米·阿巴斯。阿达利上个月声称：“经纪人将他的佣金提高到了令人难以置信的数字，达到了约 35%。” “从我们的角度来看，无论在任何情况下，这样的比例都是不可接受的，而且我们不认为萨拉赫知道这些数字，因为我们只与拉米·阿巴斯进行谈判。” 作者：NATHAN SALT 萨拉赫已经批准了这次转会，他的经纪人最初对我们的报价反应积极。 “萨拉赫与我们的技术总监和体育总监进行了沟通并表示同意，但随后，当媒体报道转会已经完成时，经纪人提高了财务要求。” 因此，再次未能达成协议。快进到本周，萨拉赫与特拉布宗体育签署了一份为期两年的合同，这彻底震撼了土耳其足坛——而贝西克塔斯当然“不想”追求萨拉赫。他们当然不想。记得吗，这是在挽回面子。“我们没有被算计，是我们不想进行这次转会，”阿达利声称。“我做过很多这样的转会——炒作只能持续三到五天。两周后，当我们踏上球场时，一切都会变得清晰。我们下赛季都会看到结果。” 但对许多人来说，最大的疑问是，萨拉赫作为英超历史上最伟大的球员之一，是如何以及为何最终来到土耳其，为该国第四大球队效力？答案包含多个不同的层面。沙特阿拉伯的俱乐部并不掩饰他们的兴趣，那里提供的资金足以让其他俱乐部的报价相形见绌。但继续参加欧洲赛事对萨拉赫至关重要，虽然大幅降低薪水（这一点从未被考虑过）可能会为西班牙和意大利的欧冠报价打开大门，但特拉布宗体育在一些现役球星的帮助下，提出了一套方案，让萨拉赫作为土耳其薪水最高的球员领衔一支欧联杯球队，薪水将超过加拉塔萨雷的维克托·奥斯梅恩。据了解，连续第二个赛季在特拉布宗体育租借的曼联门将安德烈·奥纳纳曾联系萨拉赫进行秘密谈话，为俱乐部进行推销。据信，这位喀麦隆球员进行了一次极具说服力的推销，消息人士称这对说服萨拉赫起到了重要作用。埃及国家队队友马哈茂德·特雷泽盖也提出了他自己的特拉布宗体育推销方案，这似乎是一次协调一致的招募行动的一部分。特拉布宗体育在世界杯期间首次联系了萨拉赫的代表，但发现竞争激烈，因此退出了，直到过去 10 天内繁荣之路变得清晰时才重新介入。在五天的时间里，当萨拉赫在米科诺斯度假时，一切都达成了协议。所有相关方都认为，这次转会可能是打破伊斯坦布尔“三大巨头”垄断的关键。 “如果特拉布宗体育愿意，它可以将来自世界各地、各种水平的球员带到这里，”特拉布宗体育主席埃尔图格鲁尔·多安告诉土耳其媒体 Tivibu。 “希望我们今年能参与争冠。” 这也是动力之一，除了欧洲顶级俱乐部不愿

接近特拉布宗体育所提供的财务条件。萨拉有机会帮助特拉布宗体育赢得自1984年以来的第二个土超联赛冠军。这可能没有沙特阿拉伯那样富有，也没有像米兰两强那样具有历史声望。但这是在世界上足球氛围最浓厚的国家之一获得传奇地位的机会。特拉布宗体育赢得了

曼城拟在特拉福德离队后签下鲁利

■ 曼彻斯特城正接近与马赛就门将赫罗尼莫·鲁利（Geronimo Rulli）达成协议。这位34岁的球员身价约为£290 万，将接替已完成4500 万英镑m转会至利兹联的詹姆斯·特拉福德（James Trafford）。该交易将允许卢卡斯·佩里（Lucas Perri）从利兹联转会至都灵。这家意大利俱乐部

窗前观察 (WINDOW WATCH)

作者：西蒙·琼斯 (SIMON JONES)

正在等待佩里从一次小伤中恢复，这次受伤使他缺席了利兹联最后两场季前赛，随后将敲定转会。■ 托特纳姆热刺正在为后卫维基·范德文准备一份新的长期合同。这位荷兰后卫的合同有效期至2029.年。克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗仍然受到马德里竞技和国际米兰的强烈关注，后者曾达成一份3420 万英镑m的协议。据了解，阿森纳同样对其青睐，但不会考虑将其出售给他们。热刺后卫阿什利·菲利普斯将以700 万英镑m的价格加盟米德尔斯堡，在包含奖金的情况下，交易金额可能上升至2000 万英镑。热刺在协议中协商了20 per cent的二次转会分成条款和优先匹配权。■ 伊普斯威奇正与富勒姆就签下中场萨沙·卢基奇进行深入谈判。这位29-year-old可能今天在波特曼路球场进行体检，迈阿密热火篮球球星乌多尼斯·哈斯莱姆已宣布成为该球场的少数股东。伊普斯威奇继续与斯特拉斯堡就签下22-year-old的胡利奥·恩西索进行谈判。■ 莱斯特城签下了伊普斯威奇边锋韦斯·伯恩斯，现年31.岁。他签署了一份为期三年的合同。狐狸队还在洽谈从卢布尔雅那奥林匹亚签下23,岁的前锋阿德米尔·比阿特里克斯。■ 西汉姆联准备打破1750 万英镑m的英冠转会纪录，从AZ阿尔克马尔签下24,岁的前锋特洛伊·帕罗特。两家俱乐部之间已开启谈判。铁锤帮宣布签下自由球员后卫乔尔·费尔特曼，现年34,岁，合同期一年，并附带第二年续约选项。然而，由于奖金支付问题，与托特纳姆边锋马诺尔·所罗门之间的谈判已终止。■ 凯尔特人开价600 万英镑m寻求签下皇家奥维耶多的埃及边锋海塞姆·哈桑，现年24.岁。包含奖金在内，费用可升至900 万英镑。■ 富勒姆在争取雷恩中后卫阿卜杜勒哈米德·艾特·布迪亚尔的报价中失败。■ 体育里斯本已达成协议 --- 足球 / 每日邮报体育 75

曾七次获得土耳其顶级联赛冠军——最近一次是在2022年——但在欧洲足球俱乐部排名中位列第146位，处于拉脱维亚的里加RFS和冰岛的维京古尔雷克雅未克之间。在萨拉赫的率领下推翻加拉塔萨雷（后者已赢得过去四个联赛冠军并正冲击前所未有的第五冠），可以说将成为这位埃及球员最伟大的成就之一。在人口300,000,的特拉布宗市，人们感觉到除了足球之外，这是一个时刻，一次能将这座城市推向全球舞台的举措，且无可替代。消息人士透露，俱乐部为了迎接“萨拉赫狂热”预订了100,000件球衣；而周三官方网站因球迷抢购季票而崩溃时，球衣销售预估上升至300,000件。萨拉赫每年£1450 万-a-year的合同，加上超过300 万英镑m的奖金，意味着他将获得任何售出的“萨拉赫 10”周边商品的20 per cent分成。

“萨拉赫行动”还考虑到了旅游方面。周三，当萨拉赫抵达特拉布宗时，25,000名狂热的群众点燃烟花并在街头起舞直到凌晨，土耳其政治家阿迪尔·卡赖斯迈欧卢宣布，从开罗到特拉布宗的包机即将启动。同一天，首架从萨拉赫故乡首都开罗起飞的直飞航班将120名埃及游客带到了这座土耳其城市。预计还将有数千人预订行程，以观看这位34-year-old球员的表现。

“能身处如此令人难以置信的氛围中，我感到非常开心。我无法用语言表达我的惊讶，”萨拉赫说道，他周三与新队友欧内斯特·穆齐达成协议，接手其No 10球衣。“这里有25,000人——我不记得以前见过这样的场面。看到如此多的爱与关注让我非常开心。我很难用语言来描述。”

如果这还不足以算作欢迎，昨晚球迷们将特拉布宗体育（Trabzonspor）可容纳40,000人的Papara Park体育场填得满满当当，只为见一面面带笑容的萨拉赫，他当天早些时候首次与队友一起训练。“过去这两天，是我一生中从未有过的一次经历，”他告诉球迷们。“我想感谢今天和昨天来到这里的你们——你们给了我如此多的爱，我从未预料到这一点。我来到这里是为了赢，我想在这个俱乐部赢得一些荣誉，因为你们给了我如此多的爱。我非常感激，我想感谢主席促成了这件事。我很高兴来到这里，我迫不及待想在球场上见到你们。”如果说萨拉赫自己都难以置信，那么特拉布宗、伊斯坦布尔、英格兰、埃及以及美国的人们也同样如此。在美国，由埃及移民之子彼得·马卢克（Peter Mallouk）拥有的堪萨斯城体育（Sporting Kansas City）准备给萨拉赫以利昂内尔·梅西般的待遇，使其成为美国职业足球大联盟（Major League Soccer）薪水第二高的球员，但欧洲足球的吸引力粉碎了所有希望。对于前利物浦球员杰米·卡拉格（Jamie Carragher）来说，萨拉赫转会土耳其简直不可理喻，因为就在两个赛季前，他还是英超最佳球员，且正处于夺冠之路上。但问题就在这里。这件事不需要对卡拉格、马卢克，或者我们这些期待他有更重大举动的英格兰人来说有意义。萨拉赫离开利物浦是想再次感受到被爱，而在特拉布宗，球迷们将对他顶礼膜拜，这正是他在未来两年将获得的一切。“我们不知道穆罕默德下赛季将在哪里效力。这也意味着没有其他人知道，”阿巴斯在三月份说道。当时没有人看好特拉布宗体育。而现在，一夜之间，人们在讨论联赛和杯赛的双冠王，旅游业蓬勃发展，球衣被抢购一空，赞助商们在激烈竞争，而萨拉赫需要做的仅仅是微笑。一项价值约1700 万英镑m的交易，用于引进沃特福德（WATFORD）前锋内斯托里·伊兰昆达（Nestory Irankunda）。拜仁慕尼黑拥有这位澳大利亚国脚40 per cent的二次转会分成条款，预计将获得约700万英镑。■ 曼彻斯特联（MANCHESTER UNITED）从哥伦比亚球队Fortaleza签下了18岁的中场球员克里斯蒂安·奥罗斯科（Cristian Orozco）。他将在他们的Under-21 side效力，年龄为21。■ 伯恩茅斯（BOURNEMOUTH）宣布从塞维利亚签下右后卫胡安卢·桑切斯（Juanlu Sanchez），22, 交易价值1120 万英镑。■ 利物浦（LIVERPOOL）左后卫卢克·钱伯斯（Luke Chambers）引起了QPR、布莱克本（BLACKBURN）等队的兴趣。这位22岁球员在利物浦的季前赛中表现出色，吸引了多次询问，其中包括另一家欧洲俱乐部的询问。■ 苏格兰（SCOTLAND）前锋林登·戴克斯（Lyndon Dykes），30, 已与米尔沃尔（MILWALL）达成一份为期一年的协议。他拒绝了查尔顿（CHARLTON）提供的长期合同。■ 斯旺西（SWANSEA）在罗斯·斯图尔特（Ross Stewart），30, 离开南安普顿（SOUTHAMPTON）后签下了这位自由球员。天鹅队还在洽谈签下兰德斯中场乌赛努·法利·塞克（Ousseynou Fali Seck），19. 圣徒队边锋杰伊·罗宾逊（Jay Robinson）将租借加盟意大利球队蒙扎（Monza）。

Deal: Van de Ven VISIONHAUS

森林队的迪奥曼德交易面临风险

奥斯曼·迪奥曼德（OUSMANE DIOMANDE）加盟诺丁汉森林队的计划遇到了重大障碍，目前该交易已远不确定。森林队此前已接近与里斯本竞技就这名22,岁的中后卫达成约£3500 万的转会费协议，但据了解，目前的谈判已陷入僵局。主教练奥利弗·格拉斯纳（Oliver Glasner）将迪奥曼德视为他的首要目标——正如他去年夏天在水晶宫时那样。当时的转会同样未能成功。目前仍需观察在转会窗剩余的几天内，这次转会是否能重新启动。

作者：TOM COLLOMOSSE

正如《每日邮报》体育版本周早些时候报道的那样，森林队还渴望与曼彻斯特城的蒂贾尼·赖因德斯（Tijjani Reijnders）达成交易，但到目前为止，奥地利中场哈弗·施拉格（Xaver Schlager）是他们在这个夏季转会窗唯一的新援。这名28岁的人员在离开RB莱比锡后以自由身加盟，此前他曾在沃尔夫斯堡效力于格拉斯纳麾下。

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除非因凡蒂诺下台，否则欧足联将维持抵制

欧洲各国将继续抵制世界杯，直到吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）被撤除国际足联（FIFA）主席的职务。欧足联（UEFA）昨日重申，在因凡蒂诺试图出售世界杯股份的计划流产后，欧足联已对他失去信心。英足协（The FA）也向国际足联发送了一封信，表示撤回对这名56岁人士明年连任的支持。

作者：MIKE KEEGAN 和 BOBBY MANZI

欧足联此前表示，其对国际足联的抵制将一直持续到因凡蒂诺离职，并且欧足联获得保证，此类“以这种方式毁掉足球运动的企图将不再发生”。人们仍然认为，除非因凡蒂诺下台，否则无法平息他们的愤怒。一名国际足球业内人士告诉《每日邮报》体育版：“这是必须采取的行动。他必须离开，而这是强迫他下台的唯一方法。”

国际足联在周三晚些时候表示，在摩洛哥举行危机谈判后，因凡蒂诺得到了其理事会成员的支持。他已召集官员前往其酒店，这似乎是目前为了维持权力而采取的一次成功尝试。昨晚，非洲足球也团结在因凡蒂诺周围，管理机构CAF请参阅第70,页，第1栏

维尼留队

巴西人与皇马续约，阿森纳遭受重大挫折

作者：ISAAN KHAN

维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔（VINICIUS JUNIOR）通过与皇家马德里签署一份新的六年合同，拒绝了阿森纳将其诱至英超联赛的报价。枪手曾对这名巴西球员表现出浓厚兴趣，而他当时在西班牙的合同已进入最后12个月。

26,岁的维尼修斯曾是他们潜在顶级签约名单上的首选，且在球员阵营与马德里之间的谈判陷入僵局后，阿森纳的机会似乎有所增加。但这家西班牙巨头在周三提出了新报价，安抚了这名边锋，在经历了两周的疯狂猜测后，维尼修斯于昨日将合同延长至2032年。

他在Instagram上发布道：“在伯纳乌的八年太短了……再来六年，然后是永远。”俱乐部在声明中表示：“维尼修斯已成为我们历史上最成功时期中最重要的球员之一。”

如果维尼修斯拒绝马德里的条款，阿森纳本会加大兴趣，但这位英超冠军现在必须在其他地方寻找新前锋。维尼修斯在为马德里参加的所有各项赛事中，出场376次打入128球，赢得了两座欧冠冠军、三座西甲冠军和一座国王杯。

库兰将成为新的斯托克斯 作者：RICHARD GIBSON 萨姆·库兰（SAM CURRAN）已被确定为本·斯托克斯（Ben Stokes）在英格兰队全能球员位置上的长期接替者——但由于身体状况问题，他的测试赛生涯目前处于暂停状态。在公布本月对阵巴基斯坦前两场测试赛的16人名单后，国家选拔员马库斯·诺斯（Marcus North）确认，这位28岁的球员在治疗肌肉酸痛后，将被考虑参加在埃奇巴斯顿（Edgbaston）举行的第三场测试赛。诺斯表示：“我们的后勤人员和医疗团队将与他一起工作，以确保他在第三场测试赛中成为一个选项。他是一个我们非常重视的人，我们认为他在未来能为我们发挥作用。”库兰曾在新任英格兰主教练斯蒂芬·弗莱明（Stephen Fleming）麾下的钦奈超级国王队效力，尽管弗莱明直到巴基斯坦系列赛结束后才正式就职，但他已为选拔提供了建议。丹·劳伦斯（Dan Lawrence）、乔丹·考克斯（Jordan Cox）和萨姆·库克（Sam Cook）已被召回。鲁特回归未来：第 69 页

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横向 1 橄榄球中的翼锋 (7) 7 吸入 (6) 8 不规则的 (7) 9 砰地一声关闭 (4) 10 神灵 (4) 12 工具或器具 (7) 14 修剪灌木的艺术 (7) 16 芭蕾舞裙 (4) 18 世仇 (4) 20 暗示或建议 (7) 21 精美蛋糕 (6) 22 嘲讽 (7)

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周四答案 (编号 10,486) - 横向： 1 Cutting edge. 7 Lair. 8 Icicles. 9 Ado. 10 Lemur. 11 Rarely. 12 Bypass. 16 Natal. 18 Rig. 19 Monitor. 20 Oily. 21 Killer whale. 纵向： 1 Cha-cha. 2 Tirade. 3 Idiocy. 4 Grill. 5 Dilemma. 6 Ensures. 11 Run amok. 12 Retinol. 13 Borrow. 14 Pagoda. 15 Swit. 17 Latte. 明日公布答案

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纵向 1 包含卢德洛（Ludlow）和马凯特德雷顿（Market Drayton）这两个城镇的英格兰郡 (10) 2 Chris _，自行车运动员，四次环法冠军，于 2026 年宣布退役 (6) 3 关于在太平洋岛屿上飞机失事幸存者的美国科幻电视剧 (4) 4 Celebrity ，2026 年开始播出的隐藏摄像机真人秀节目 (8) 5 Paul _ 苏格兰电视节目主持人，在 1988 年至 1995 年期间主持《Catchword》 (4) 6 克制的或不奢侈的 (5) 8 Steve Mandanda 和 Riyad Mahrez 曾效力的法国足球俱乐部 (2,5) 12 升高半音的音符 (5) 14 在美国被称为“zucchini”的蔬菜 (10) 16 日本西部以黑城堡著称的城市 (7) 17 维克多·雨果出生地的法国城市 (8) 21 access，指从另一个地点的计算机终端进行的访问 (6) 22 Thinking _ 将自己的想法在产生时口头表达出来 (5) 24 加拿大日所在的月份 (4) 25 Money for old _，短语，意为“以极小努力获得利润” (4) # 单词轮盘 您有十分钟时间利用轮盘中的字母尽可能多地寻找单词。每个单词必须使用中心字母和至少三个其他字母，且字母只能使用一次。不能使用复数、外来词或专有名词。允许以“s”结尾的动词。今日九字母单词线索：在实践中，让多个丈夫聚集在一起，收集 roly-poly 和黑麦的主要成分。评分：8 个单词，平均；12 个，良好；16 个，非常好；18 个或更多，优秀。明日答案 测试您的常识，请阅读我们的 Morning Mail 通讯中的每日测验。扫描二维码立即注册 周一公布答案 # 姓名游戏 网格中隐藏了一位演员的名字。回答问题，然后重新排列与答案对应的字母以填入姓名。周一公布答案 方框 1：哪位模特自 2016 年起与杰森·斯坦森（图中）订婚？ Cara Delevingne (P) Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (J) Bella Hadid (H) 方框 2：编剧 Carla Lane 最被人们记住的是编写什么样的电视节目？ 纪录剧 (T) 肥皂剧 (E) 情景喜剧 (Y) 方框 3：谁以 J. J. Marric 的笔名撰写了 1955 年的警察程序小说《Gideon's Day》？ Leslie Charteris (D) John Creasey (N) Margery Allingham (K) 方框 4：Mark Morriss 是哪个独立摇滚乐队的主唱？ The Bluetones (A) Cast (D) Shed Seven (G) 方框 5：以下哪首歌曲是 Jane Wiedlin 在 1988 年获得英国第 12 名的热门单曲？ Drivetime (U) Traffic Jam (P) Rush Hour (W) 方框 6：于 2026 年与皇室成员结婚的 Harriet Sperling 的职业是什么？ 教师 (H) 护士 (E) 律师 (V) 方框 7：以下哪项是对海洋、海、湖或河流水下深度的研究和测量？ Pelagymetry (C) Bathymetry (D) Aquatronics (F) 方框 8：瑜伽姿势 Hanumanasana，或猴式，也可能被称为什么？ 一字马 (L) 后弯 (E) 早安式 (D) 图片：P6 # 铺轨 铺设轨道，使火车能够从 A 村行驶到 B 村。数字表示每行和每列中有多少段轨道。只有直线轨道和曲线轨道。轨道不能交叉。周一公布答案 B --- 第 38 页 MailPuzzles # 蜂巢 所有答案沿其数字顺时针读取。线索 1 的答案从给定的字母开始。 1. 发动机部件 2. 容易 3. 羚羊 4. 必需的 5. 凹痕 6. 事故 7. 破裂 8. 活跃的 9. 轮班表 10. 甜点 11. 中世纪的 12. 小节点 答案：附件封底

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1. 范迪门地（Van Diemen's Land）是哪个岛屿的旧称？
2. 水星音乐奖（The Mercury Music Prize，原名）首次颁奖是在20世纪90年代的哪一年？
3. 姆巴蛇（mumba）是一种原产于哪个大洲的毒蛇？
4. 本周日将在东萨塞克斯郡的比奇海德（Beachy Head）举行的一场使用什么类型自行车的爬坡世界锦标赛？
5. 卡农泰恩瀑布（Canonteign Falls）是哪个国家公园的景观？

6. 圣经人物多加（Dorcas）这个名字是哪个意为“瞪羚”的阿拉姆语原词的希腊语译名？ 答案：见封底插页

7. “cut”、“point”和“station”之间有什么共同点？

8. 在一场“井然有序的嬉戏”（A WELL-ORDERED FROLIC）中可能会喝到哪种软饮料？
9. 哪个词是不合群的：飞行员（Pilot）、音乐家（Musician）、水手（Sailor）、引导员（Usher）？
10. 将字母组重新排列，组成三个欧洲湖泊的名字：TEL CON ENO CHA NCE TRA STA NEU SIM。 答案：见封底插页

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1a. 非基数的？无关紧要！（3,3,5） 8a. 基于信任地向随机角色致辞（5,2） 8a. 位于一个方形加勒比海岛屿上的鬣蜥（7） 8b. 冻结！在异域太空人的领带中清晰表达（11） Id. 被庆祝的终结时刻？（3,5,3） 4d. 在热点地区冲泡的茶中的牙科产品（11） 6d. 坚持使用胶水？（5,2） 7d. 野生的或狂野的，并非虚构（3,4）

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1 图片线索 5 回顾生活方式（3） 7 后方的对抗（3） 8 图片线索 10 接受铁斜面的奇怪行军（7） 11 图片线索 14 仅吸收三个特征（3） 15 实际上点燃了火（3） 16 图片线索

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MINDBENDER

1. 伊丽莎白、露西、克里斯蒂娜和亚历克为他们的母亲买了五件度假纪念品，平均价格为 £13.50。最贵的一件比最便宜的一件贵 £17.50，而最便宜的一件比第二贵的便宜 £12。如果另外两件纪念品每件价格为 £10，那么最贵的一件纪念品价格是多少？

KILLER SUDOKU

填充网格中的方格，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的每组单元格之和必须等于左上角的数字。每组单元格内数字不得重复。

周一公布答案

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纵向

1 图片线索 2 迂腐者可将其分开的胡须 (4) 3 山谷中的安静驴子 (4) 4 图片线索 6 图片线索 7 图片线索 9 被平分为光环的极小量 (5) 12 非出租用的修辞项链！ (4) 13 拔掉插头然后痛饮！ (4)

昨日答案 — 横向： 1 开始。 6 齿轮。 7 喧闹。 8 杜马。 9 变冷。 11 概括。 14 云母。 15 暴徒。 16 新闻。 17 为了改变。

纵向： 1 中间名。 2 参与。 3 投掷。 4 竞技场。 5 不可教的。 10 平静的海。 12 禁忌。 13 海娜。

MAILWORD

横向

1 恶棍 5 食用鱼 10 臭名昭著的皇帝 11 硬 12 减速 14 咒语 15 山丘 16 身体部位 18 克里特岛的山脉 19 最有可能获胜的 22 被照亮的 23 钓鱼竿 24 饮水容器 26 Fidel ____，前古巴领导人 28 年龄 29 意识到 30 笨蛋 31 奖品 34 音乐作品 36 炊具部件 37 电缆 38 七天周期 39 “反对”票

纵向

1 逐渐建立 2 悦耳的 3 成比例地 4 母猪 5 下班 6 水池 7 猛冲 8 在过去 9 你的（古语） 13 简洁 17 珍爱 20 太平洋地区 21 托儿所 25 粘贴 27 气味难闻的动物 31 誓言 32 街道（简称） 33 Bruce ____，武术家 35 拥有

答案

周一公布

HIDATO

填充网格，使所有数字 1 到 84, 连接连续——水平、垂直或对角线。提示：你不必从 1 或 84. 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让你更容易开始。

答案

周一公布

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KENKEN

每行和每列应包含 1 到 6 且不重复。笼子中的数字必须使用给定的数学符号（顺序不限）组合，以得出该笼子开头所示的目标数字。单格笼子可直接填入给定数字。

答案周一公布 C / P / K

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A W / D I / Y E / Y / T

PIMPERNEL

NINE TO FIVE

将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格，以形成六个五个字母的横向和纵向单词。

答案周一公布

世界上最小、最难的十字谜题

横向

1. 房屋之神 (3)
2. 州（法文） (4)
3. 半球形屋顶 (4)

4. 男仆 (3)

5. 引导的 (3)

6. 微小粒子 (4)
7. 印度教神灵 (4)
8. 十进制基数 (3)

答案明日公布 1. / 2. / 3.

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4. / 5. | 6. | | | | | | | | | 7. | | | | | | | 9. | | |

数字交叉谜题

可能有多个答案 8 / 14 5 / 13 8 / 28 5 / 27 24 / 15 / 26 / 17 / 20

今日挑战时间：3 分 6 秒 您的用时：☐ 分 ☐ 秒

在每个方格中填入数字 1 到 9。水平方格之和等于右侧的总数。垂直方格之和等于底部的总数。穿过中心的对角线方格之和等于右上和右下的总数。

密码字 (CODEWORD)

在我们密码字网格中的每个数字都代表一个不同的英文字母。今天 23 代表 M，因此每当数字 23 出现时，请填入 M。控制网格中为您提供了两个起始字母。将它们填入主网格中的相应方格，然后利用您的词汇知识推断出缺失方格中应填入哪些字母。明天公布答案。完成密码字游戏以揭晓阴影方格中的单词。

如何参与：请致电 0901 293 6232 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CODE、您的答案以及您的姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。将在周一 00.01 至周六 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中随机抽取一名每周获胜者。答案每天 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

需要提示？发送单词 CODEWORD 至 65700 以获取今日谜题的四个提示，或致电 0901 293 6200。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。今日提示仅在今日 00.01 至 23.30 之间提供。

单词搜索 (WORD SEARCH)

列表中的单词都可以在网格中找到——包括正向、反向、向上、向下和对角线方向——但除掉一个。为了获得获胜机会，请找出缺失的单词。

今日主题：韩国导演 CHANG-DONG JEE-WOON CHAN-WOOK JOON HO DOO-YONG KWON-TAEK HONG-JIN SANG-SOO JANG SEUNG-WAN

如何参与：请致电 0901 293 6234 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 WORD、您的答案以及您的姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。将在周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中随机抽取一名获胜者。答案每天 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。周一公布答案。

数独 X (SUDOKU X)

在每一行、每一列、每一条对角线（高亮显示为 X 形）以及每个水平 3x2 方格（有线框）中，各填入一次数字 1-6。周一公布答案。

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| | | | | | | 2 / 1 1 / 5 / 3 | | 4 | | | | |

快速问答 (QUICK QUIZ)

1. 哪位英国犯罪小说作家的角色包括 Jane Tennison 和 Dolly Rawlins？
2. 谁在 1965 年至 1975 年期间担任保守党领袖？
3. 50 年前的今天，海盗 2 号 (Viking 2) 进入了哪颗行星的轨道？
4. 除 Y 之外，字母表中共有多少个元音字母？
5. 谁执导了 1991 年的电影《门》(The Doors)？

答案：见封底插页

GOGEN

BODY COT FARE JOINT PHLEGMATIC QUERY SKINT VULPINE WAX

在相邻的单元格之间（水平、垂直或任何方向的对角线）插入字母以组成列表中的单词。在网格中填入字母表的所有剩余字母（除 2 个外），使所有列出的单词都被拼写出来。

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 周一公布答案

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第 40 页 MailPuzzles

桥牌大师课 (BRIDGE MASTERCLASS) / 隐喻十字谜题 (CRYPTIC CROSSWORD)

西 A65 QJ10986 + A53

北 K1983 743 + A986 4986 + A

南 Q1074 无 QJ1075 K1074

东 2 AK52 A98643 Q2 你坐在西位，打 6♥。北家出将牌，你用手中的 ♥5 赢下，南家弃掉一张黑桃。你尝试打方块到 ♦A 并吃掉一张方块，但北家在第二轮弃掉了一张黑桃。你的计划是什么？你可以尝试在承认输掉一张梅花的同时进行交叉吃将，但如果你出 ♦A 然后再出另一张梅花，且北家持有 ♦K，则会再次被出将牌，导致你少赢一轮。相反，你应该在不出 ♦A 的情况下，从手中出低位梅花。如果北家用 ♦K 赢下，你需要的吃将次数会减少一次；如果南家用 ♦K 赢下，你则避免了被再次出将牌，现在能够在明手（dummy）中吃掉你的三个输墩。第 17,939 期 我是你的获胜选择，解开填字游戏以揭示阴影方格向下阅读的单词。如何参与：致电 0901 293 6233 并留下今天的答案及你的详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包括单词 ENTIRE、你的答案和姓名。短信 / 技能费用 (I) 另加标准网络费用。或通过邮寄方式，将填写完整的填字游戏寄至 Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,939, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CD1367。请附上您的姓名和地址。每周从周一 00.31 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中选出一名获胜者。邮寄条目必须在次日之前盖戳才有效。电话和短信必须在 23.59 前收到；答案在 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

横向

1 面包车类型在锻炼后有升降机 (7) 5 特色，一种特殊的治疗形式 (6) 9 乏味的部件在燃料工业中？ (3,4) 10 在南美首都开始享受阳光？准确地 (5,2) 11 女性，也许，在部分中被重视 (3) 12 财务上占便宜，通过篡改的报告 I fed 关于西班牙 (11) 13 回想通风良好的酒店，最后，在中东国家 (5) 14 错误地放置曲调显示出烦躁 (9) 16 在东部地点，长时间之前经过边界 (9) 17 领先的小组被扰乱了 (5) 19 在上方的地方，与男性模特相关的精美岛屿 (11) 22 据报道，削减阴影 (3) 23 再次接受，简短的导演 (7) 24 在大量愤怒之后争论，揭示皱纹 (7) 26 听起来像，在服务中摆动切断的东西？ (6) 27 喋喋不休，在残骸中发现的碎片 (3,2,2)

纵向

1 希腊之神代表希望，伴随黑人美国人 (7) 2 一个自由的浪漫主义者，在极度混乱中被给予不寻常的廉价租赁 (3,4,3,5) 3 个人获胜，我们听到了 (3) 4 男人们在迷人的边境小镇中时有时无地丢失 (5) 5 一个保守党人离开去面对谎言，很快获得许可 (9) 6 顶端负载 (5) 7 提供夏洛特理由给一次轻微的咳嗽？ (5,4,6) 8 燃料专家？ (6) 12 在虔诚歌曲中，拉丁弥撒前的一段额外音符 (5) 14 为了审查而限制一个简单的部分 (9) 15 无用之人留在河边 (5) 16 确保护士在案件结束前准备就绪 (6) 18 背叛的早期迹象，此动机 (7) 20 离开，限制进入停车场？ (5) 21 提案在这里本质上是不准确的 (5) 25 被音乐风格吸引的圆圈 (3)

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30秒挑战

从左侧给出的数字开始，并按照指示向右进行。在30秒内，初级玩家必须完成自己的挑战；中级玩家必须完成自己的挑战以及初级玩家的挑战；高级玩家必须完成自己的挑战以及中级玩家的挑战。

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你的答案

级别	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
初级	16	+59	÷5	+3	×3	+30	÷7	×2	-10	÷7
中级	34	+56	取其 20/25	取其 75%	取其 5/9	自乘	取其 13/100	+8	×18	取其 3/10
高级	88	减 37 1/4%	×12	减 25%	取其 12/99	自乘	取其 12%	+18	取其 8/15	取其 1 1/4%

KENKEN

6	4	1	2	3	5
1	1	4	6	5	3
2	6	3	5	4	1
3	1	5	4	2	4
5	3	6	3	1	4
4	5	2	1	6	3

KELLER 数独

6	7	9	6	2	4	1	5	3
9	5	1	6	3	9	4	2	7
2	4	3	7	1	5	8	9	8
5	1	4	2	7	3	9	6	6
9	8	2	4	6	1	3	7	5
7	3	8	9	5	8	2	4	3
1	9	7	3	8	2	5	6	4
4	6	5	1	9	7	8	3	2
3	2	8	5	4	6	7	1	9

向下：1 Surface. 2 Cabot. 3 Accents. 4 Comfortably Numb. 5 Inlays. 6 Beachwear. 7 Rockney. 13 Banquette. 15 Pontiac. 17 Buglevar.

SUDOKU X

6	3	2	5	4	1
5	4	5	3	6	2
2	5	1	4	3	6
4	6	3	2	1	5
3	2	6	1	5	4
5	1	4	6	2	3

GOGEN

Q	U	X	M	Y
L	G	I	R	P
H	F	N	O	I
Y	T	C	A	N
D	E	K	S	B

向下：1 Surface. 2 Cabot. 3 Accents. 4 Comfortably Numb. 5 Inlays. 6 Beachwear. 7 Rockney. 13 Banquette. 15 Pontiac. 17 Buglevar.

隐喻填字游戏 No. 17,936

横向：6 Out of one's depth. 9 On edge. 10 Bracenry. 11 Infected. 13 Allows. 15 Higher. 17 Hermit. 19 Emerge. 20 Dressage. 22 Jumbling. 24 Mounts. 26 White chocolate.

纵向：1 Down in the mouth. 2 Stud. 3 Affect. 4 Escalate. 5 Hebe. 7 Nobody. 8 Thrown together. 12 Eager. 14 Limes. 16 Eyepiece. 18 Adagio. 21 Exmoor. 23 Bats. 25 Utah.

MAILWORD

横向：1 Glee. 5 Para. 9 Goals. 10 Avon. 11 Dodges. 12 Test. 13 UFO. 14 Vestry. 16 Pow. 17 Axle. 18 Ernst. 20 Urals. 24 Long. 26 Clip. 27 Toerag. 29 Ova. 30 Pipe. 31 Mtrns. 33 Heap. 34 Esher. 35 Idly. 36 Shed.

纵向：1 Go down. 2 Lag. 3 Elevator. 4 Essex. 5 Patter. 6 Aver. 7 Roxy. 8 Ant. 9 Go for. 11 Dupe. 15 Sluggish. 19 Sleepy. 21 Adored. 22 Liver. 23 Spas. 25 Names. 27 Tied. 28 Opal. 30 Phi. 32 The.

世界最小最难填字游戏 — 横向：1 Info. 5 Elm. 6 Awe. 7 Kist. 纵向：2 News. 3 Flea. 4 Om. 6 Ak.

今日谜题答案

快速问答 (QUICK QUIZ)：

1 Lynda La Plante. 2 Edward Heath. 3 Mars. 4 Five. 5 Oliver Stone.

脑筋急转弯 (MINDBENDER)：

1 £23.50. 2 They may all follow power. 3 Elderflower cordial. 4 Musicians the others are all musical acts. 5 Constance. Neuchatel. 5 Resimeno.

大师问答 (MASTERQUIZ)：

1 Tasmania. 2 1992. 3 Africa. 4 Penny-forthing. 5 Dartmoor. 6 Tabitha.

蜂巢谜题 (HONEYCOMB)：

1 Piston. 2 Simple. 3 Elands. 4 Heeded. 5 Dimple. 6 Mthap. 7 Hernia. 8 Reborn. 9 Roster. 10 Trike. 11 Feudal. 12 Nodule.

KUROSU

X	X	O	O	X	O
O	O	X	X	O	X
O	X	X	O	O	X
X	X	O	O	X	O
O	O	X	X	O	X
X	O	O	X	O	X

30秒挑战答案：

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The Cambridge plagiarism scandal exposes in chilling detail just how many of our institutions have now been captured by woke dogma

GUY ADAMS ON THE JASON ARDAY AFFAIR SEE PAGES 10-11

FOREIGN NATIONALS FACE SOCIAL HOUSING BAN UNDER TORIES

By Sophie Church Political Reporter

FOREIGN nationals will be barred from living in social housing under Conservative plans revealed today.

In a bold move, the Tories have vowed to scrap tenancies for non-EU nationals already living in social housing – and to block all foreign citizens from taking out new tenancies.

Those affected would have six months to vacate the property – with their homes given to British families most in need of housing.

Changing these rules would see almost 230,000 houses freed up for British people to move into and help reduce the skyrocketing welfare bill, the party has said.

Shadow housing spokesman Sir James Cleverly said: 'The people whose taxes paid for building social housing are now being sent to the

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Daily Mail, Friday, August 7, 2026

Summary: Cloudy spells

UK TODAY: The day begins with mild, mostly cloudy skies, and moderate northwesterly winds. By afternoon, it turns warm and predominantly cloudy. Max 24c

Today's weather

	9am	12noon	3pm	6pm	9pm
London	0 15c	0 22c	0 24c	0 24c	0 20c
Plymouth	0 17c	0 20c	0 21c	0 21c	0 18c
Cardiff	0 16c	0 19c	0 20c	0 20c	0 17c
B'ham	0 16c	0 20c	0 22c	0 23c	0 19c
M'chester	0 15c	0 19c	0 21c	0 20c	0 17c
Newcastle	0 16c	0 19c	0 20c	0 19c	0 16c
Glasgow	0 14c	0 15c	0 16c	0 16c	0 15c
Aberdeen	0 15c	0 17c	0 19c	0 18c	0 16c
Belfast	0 14c	0 17c	0 19c	0 19c	0 16c

5 day forecast

	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed
London	0 28c	0 31c	0 29c	0 30c	0 32c
Plymouth	0 23c	0 25c	0 25c	0 26c	0 26c
Cardiff	0 25c	0 26c	0 26c	0 29c	0 29c
B'ham	0 26c	0 26c	0 26c	0 29c	0 31c
M'chester	0 26c	0 23c	0 22c	0 27c	0 29c
Newcastle	0 23c	0 21c	0 20c	0 21c	0 25c
Glasgow	0 18c	0 17c	0 18c	0 21c	0 23c
Aberdeen	0 19c	0 19c	0 17c	0 18c	0 21c
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Melanie's a model of courage in her first shoot with new look

Candid: Ms Sykes in 2017 and, right, the extent of her hair loss in June

GOING bald might once have put an end to a woman's modelling career.

But not for Melanie Sykes. She has embraced her hair loss, showing off her dramatic new look in a fashion shoot.

It is the 55-year-old former TV presenter's first campaign since shaving her head after the auto-immune condition alopecia left her 'two-thirds bald'.

Ms Sykes, who grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, was

By Olivia Kemp Showbusiness Reporter

photographed for sunglasses brand Cubitts in the city's Northern Quarter.

She wore a crisp white suit in one image before changing into a black leather jacket for another. Other photographs showed her looking directly at the camera

In June, she shared a selfie on social

media showing her shaved head, captioning the image: 'Loss + Gain = Life.'

The post came just days after she uploaded a video revealing large bald patches while she still had some hair remaining. And earlier this year, she told followers: 'My crown is pretty much what's left of my hair now.'

'I do get cold, however, hence my beanie and various headwear, but I'm learning to live with "loss" and count-

ing my blessings instead. It's not always easy to be grateful, but it is the key to happiness and takes daily, moment-to-moment practice.'

Ms Sykes has presented television shows including The Big Breakfast, Today With Des And Mel and Let's Do Lunch With Gino & Mel.

This followed a modelling career - including the much-loved 1990s TV campaign for Boddingtons beer.

Private: Holland and Zendaya

Tom and Zendaya say I do again with secret £500,000 ceremony at lavish Surrey estate

THEY'D already married in an understated, hush-hush ceremony earlier this year.

But Hollywood stars Tom Holland and Zendaya seem to have taken advantage of the endless summer to do it all over again - this time close to the Spider-Man star's family home in Kingston upon Thames.

The pair still wanted to keep Tuesday's £500,000 wedding ceremony at the five-star Beaverbrook Hotel in Surrey under

By Rebecca Davison Deputy Showbusiness Editor

wraps. Guests and staff were banned from using their mobile phones to stop any leaks from the estimated party.

The sprawling 370-acre venue, near Leatherhead, was once owned by the late newspaper proprietor Lord Beaverbrook, who hosted powerful figures there such as Winston Churchill.

It has 56 rooms and suites and its on-site Japanese restaurant has hot air bal-

loon-styled dining tables. In June, Holland ended speculation about the couple's marriage when he told Esquire UK: 'I found my person; I'm the happiest I've ever been.'

The newlyweds recently finished promoting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, in which Zendaya flashed her wedding ring for the first time on the Press tour.

Zendaya and Holland have been romantically linked since 2016, when they met on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Classy: Beaverbrook Hotel in the Surrey Hills

Keeping a cool head: Melanie Sykes models sunglasses

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Page 4

Need an ambulance? Just hope crew isn't on a heatwave 'hydration break'

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

DIALLING 999 in a heatwave may mean having to wait for temperatures to drop before an ambulance arrives under calls to stop crews working in hot weather.

Trade union Unison says many emergency workers are expected to operate in conditions 'harmful to their health' and wants NHS trusts to do more to protect staff from high temperatures.

It reported that paramedics have told of being sent out in ambulances in 'stifling heat' with faulty or no air conditioning and limited access to drinking water or toilets.

Ambulance workers have also queued for hours at hospitals 'in temperatures exceed-

'Prolonged periods in glare of sunlight'

ing 30C (86F)', while staff describe being 'physically and mentally exhausted' as they treat patients in care and private homes affected by 'unbearable' heat, Unison said.

Other union members are required to work for 'prolonged periods in the glare of direct sunlight at road traffic collisions and other major incidents, wearing heavy uniforms that aren't designed for hot weather'.

Unison acknowledged elderly patients, in particular, are also suffering dehydration and heat-related illnesses. But yesterday it issued a list of demands to make workers' lives more comfortable in heatwaves while subjecting patients to long waits for care.

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has told

Pit stop: A union is demanding a maximum working temperature for paramedics

NHS trusts to plan for summer surges after a 'big increase' in people attending A&E due to the heat.

'The NHS has to make sure we are preparing for summer pressures in the same way we prepare for winter,' she said.

Unison says summer planning must include 'guaranteed hydration and recovery breaks, proper access to drinking water and clear policies to remove vehicles from service if air conditioning fails'.

Trusts should also introduce 'seasonal uniform options, including lighter-weight clothing, shorts for staff who choose to

wear them and sun hats'. It added: 'The union also backs the introduction of a maximum working temperature during increasingly frequent periods of extreme heat.'

The Trades Union Congress has previously called for a maximum working temperature of 30C, or 27C (80F) for 'strenuous' work.

Sharan Bandesha, national ambulance officer at Unison, said: 'Extreme heat brings a rise in demand... yet crews are often expected to respond in vehicles with no working air-con, treating patients in overheated properties and care homes or the back of their searingly hot ambulances.'

Eight in ten teens 'will opt out of social media limit'

By David Churchill

LABOUR'S social media curfew plans for young people were in tatters last night as nearly eight in ten teenagers admitted they would opt out of them.

Ministers announced last month that 16 and 17-year-olds would face overnight curfews - from midnight to 6am - by default across social media apps.

Access to 'addictive' features to keep users hooked would also be deactivated by tech firms, including autoplay videos, recommended feeds driven by algorithms and infinite scrolling.

But when it emerged that young people could change their settings, Sir Keir Starmer came under fire for 'rushing' the plans in search of a 'legacy' ahead of his departure as prime minister.

Teenagers will be able to

'Starmer rushed to create legacy'

permanently opt out of the curfews and block on addictive features. And last night, a survey found 79 per cent of 17-year-olds and 72 per cent of 16-year-olds admitted they would do just that.

'The poll of 300 teens by Censuswide found 32 per cent would opt out to watch more online content at night, while for 43 per cent of 17-year-olds and 35 per cent of 16-year-olds it would be to message or call family or friends.

Fewer than one in ten would stop using social media before 9pm 'on a typical school night'.

The Government said: 'Young people will have a choice in how they navigate social media as they grow into adulthood.'

Power cut causes train travel chaos

MUCH of England's train network was disrupted yesterday by a power cut, triggering cancellations and knock-on delays across the North-West.

Services were delayed by two hours, while others were cancelled or rescheduled due to a fault at a communications centre in Manchester at 2pm.

The chaos brought misery for thousands, with some Manchester passengers evacuated over the tracks. Avanti West Coast, Cross Country, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express, Lumo and Transport for Wales were affected.

Meanwhile, the discovery of a wartime bomb temporarily blocked all lines between Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent.

And a grass fire at Heathrow closed one of its runways yesterday evening, with passengers warned delays would stretch into the night.

Billows of smoke were seen in the sky above the tarmac and several flights were diverted to other airports.

By Sam Merriman Political Correspondent

THE Tories have today written to every Tory council urging them to implement new rules to protect single-sex spaces.

It comes after Left-wing councils warned they would defy the equality watchdog guidance, claiming it harmed 'the rights of trans people'.

Kemi Badenoch's party criticised Labour Lib Dem and Green councils for refusing to follow the law, and insisted the Tories 'believe in protecting the rights of women and girls'.

In April last year, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman was based on

'Protecting the rights of women'

biological sex. The Equality and Human Rights Commission's Code of Practice based on the ruling came into force this week.

It says any organisation providing public services - such as the NHS, shops, gyms, councils, government departments, police, prisons, hotels and restaurants - must legally enforce single-sex spaces on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity.

A letter has now been sent to all Tory council leaders and group leaders urging them to ensure 'rapid compliance'. In it, party chairman Kevin Hollinrake says: 'We are asking all Conservative-run councils to ensure the facilities they provide or oversee comply with the law in this area.'

Protect single-sex spaces now, Tories tell their councils ... but the Left say law harms trans rights

His and hers: Separate loos

But the leaders of six London boroughs - Lambeth, Waltham Forest, Southwark, Hackney, Hartnagel and Lewisham - warn they could resist the guidance.

In an letter to equalities minister Bridget Phillipson, the councils made a joint commitment to keep their services 'inclusive' and said: 'Trans women are women, trans men are men.' They added:

Critical: MP Samantha Niblett

'This will feel like an attack to the countless trans people in our communities who are simply trying to live their lives in safety and wish to be treated with respect.'

Mr Hollinrake told the Daily Mail: 'It is pathetic that Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green politicians are putting political posturing ahead of the safety of women and girls in the councils

they run. It is reckless and dangerous and they should hang their heads in shame.'

The code led to a war of words between Labour women after the MP behind a 'Summer of sex' campaign criticised it. Samantha Niblett described it as 'clear as mud' and said: 'All it does is dismiss the lived experience of trans people and protects nobody'.

But fellow Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi told Ms Niblett: 'Today, we have clarification, not more confusion. Women and girls need protection from men.'

Referring to Ms Niblett's 'Summer of sex' campaign, which suggested that MPs bring sex toys into Parliament, Ms Antoniazzi added: 'Stop using trans people as an argument for your pro-sex work, pro-porn agenda.'

The Government said: 'Everyone should follow the law. The code gives service providers clear, workable guidance.'

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Tragedy: The pool where Ms Leeson's body was found

Holiday: The Danish summer house the couple were staying in when she died

Victim: Paula Leeson

By James Tozer

A CONVICTED fraudster cleared in court of killing his wealthy heiress wife did murder her, a coroner said yesterday.

Conman Donald McPherson, 53, was ordered to be found not guilty of the murder of Paula Leeson, 47, on a judge's direction to the jury halfway through his trial in 2021.

He had taken out a £3.5million life insurance policy on the mother-of-one shortly before her death on June 6, 2017, and within hours of her 'accidental drowning' was emptying her accounts of thousands of pounds to pay off his debts.

In 2024 Ms Leeson's family, who run a successful plant hire business in south Manchester, blocked him inheriting her £4.4million estate.

A judge in civil proceedings brought by the Leeson family at the High Court ruled McPherson had unlawfully killed his wife for money by drowning her in the swimming pool while on holiday in Denmark in 2017.

At the inquest into the death of Ms Leeson, delayed until yesterday by the murder trial at Manchester Crown Court and civil hearings, a coroner ruled she agreed with the unlawful killing verdict.

Alison Mutch, senior coroner for Manchester South, told Stockport Coroner's Court McPherson was heavily in debt and he was the only person to benefit from his wife's death.

She added: 'I am therefore satisfied he did murder his wife.

'Her death occurred because her husband compressed her neck to render her unconscious, causing her body to enter the pool, causing her to drown, to financially benefit from her death.' Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Clegg, of Greater Manchester Police, had told the hearing: 'There's no doubt this was a homicide. She died at his hands. I have not looked for anyone else.'

The coroner asked the officer: 'You don't believe this was an

'Too many coincidences'

accident. There's too many coincidences and only one person benefited from her death?

He replied: 'That's right.' Sophie Cartwright, KC, representing the Leeson family at the inquest, asked the officer: 'Your firm belief is that Donald McPherson murdered Paula Leeson?'

Mr Clegg replied: 'That's correct, yes. Donald McPherson had backed himself into a financial crisis and the only way out was with the death of his wife.'

The officer said he agreed with the Leeson's family view that this had been a miscarriage of justice and McPherson, currently living in New Zealand, should be serving a life sentence for murder.

The inquest heard no retrial for murder can take place unless compelling new evidence is found. Ms Cartwright said 'investigations are ongoing' and the Leeson family hope police - hav-

It was murder

British heiress who drowned in pool at remote holiday cottage didn't die by accident. She was killed by debt-ridden husband who went on run, says coroner

In New Zealand: McPherson

ing in the past 12 months gained access to McPherson's old laptop - will uncover evidence to 'get them over the line for a retrial.'

Ms Leeson's brother Neville told the hearing her life had been taken by McPherson's 'greed'.

He added: 'Now the man who murdered her is walking around free. Paula has repeatedly been let down by the criminal justice system. We will never accept that and will continue fighting for her.'

Ms Leeson drowned in the swimming pool at a remote holiday cottage, booked by McPherson for a summer break in Denmark in 2017.

She was 5ft. 5in and could swim but drowned in the pool of a

Wedding day: The couple with Ms Leeson's father, centre

depth of 4ft, the murder trial heard. McPherson told police he awoke to find Ms Leeson face down in the pool.

Her death was initially treated as a tragic accident by the Danish authorities - though she had 13 separate external injuries. Within

'Let down by justice system'

hours McPherson was transferring thousands of pounds from her accounts.

Soon after, McPherson cleared their home in Sale, Greater Manchester, of his late wife's

possessions and joined bereavement group Widowed And Young - which he called 'Tinder for widows'. He has always denied any involvement in his wife's death, describing it a 'tragic accident'.

After it emerged that the New Zealander - whose real name is Alexander Lang - had forged her will and secretly taken out the life insurance policies, he was charged with murder.

But halfway through his trial in 2021, a judge directed jurors to return a not-guilty verdict after prosecutors were unable to disprove McPherson's defence that his wife had fallen in or jumped.

Her relatives condemned him as

'the devil incarnate' and pledged never to stop fighting for justice - and to prevent him getting his hands on the money.

The Leeson family have spent more than £1million uncovering new evidence about her final minutes. It resulted in them bringing a civil case against McPherson, who had by then returned to his native New Zealand.

In 2024, a judge ruled he had 'deliberately and unlawfully killed Paula'. Mr Justice Richard Smith added: 'His motive for killing Paula was clear - money.'

Lawyers representing the family subsequently sent the Crown Prosecution Service what they described as 'new and compelling evidence' justifying McPherson facing a retrial in the criminal courts. However, in December 2025 DPP Stephen Parkinson rejected their plea on the grounds that the evidence was available in the original trial, even though prosecutors did not use it.

During their marriage, McPherson - who claimed to be a property developer but was in reality £65,000 in debt - funded an extravagant lifestyle thanks to the largesse of Ms Leeson, regarded as frugal and unfashy by friends.

A Daily Mail investigation exposed how - unbeknown to the jury in his murder trial - McPherson was jailed over a £12million bank fraud in Germany in 2006.

In addition, his previous wife died along with their four-year-old daughter during a mysterious fire while he was behind bars.

Investigators concluded they had been overcome after the 35-year-old wife deliberately started the blaze.

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'Putting this right shouldn't be controversial'

JAMES CLEVERLEY, SHADOW HOUSING SPOKESMAN

Continued from Page One

back of the queue for it. Putting that right should not be controversial. Every home handed to someone who arrived last year is a home withheld from a family who has waited a decade on the list.

'We will put British citizens first and stop spending taxpayers' money on social housing for foreign nationals.'

The number of foreign nationals moving into British social housing has been steadily increasing. The share of new social homes given to non-EU nationals reached 11.3 per cent last year - increasing from 10.4 per cent in 2023 and 5.8 per cent in 2010, according to figures from the Centre for Policy Studies think -tank.

There are an estimated 470,000 non-UK and non-Irish citizens currently living in social housing. And in 2025, according to the English Housing Survey, nearly 12 per cent of main householders - the person in whose name the social home is rented - were non-UK or Irish nationals.

Certain local authorities also recorded disproportionately high numbers of non-EU nationals living in social homes, with a third of social homes in Brent, north London, given to foreign citizens, more than a quarter in Leicester and more than one in five in Manchester.

Under the plans, the Conservatives would terminate existing

'Betraying their instincts'

social housing tenancies for foreign nationals from outside the European Union, and bar all non-British citizens from taking out new tenancies.

Any single person from outside the EU living in social housing - with or without children - would see their tenancies ended, as well as couples where both partners are non-EU citizens.

However, any couple where one partner is either a British, Irish or EU citizen would be able to stay.

The Conservatives estimate that 228,144 households would become ineligible for social housing under their proposal.

Reform UK's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf last night said: 'The Tories are trying to copy Reform UK policy, but they still end up betraying their instincts to prioritise foreigners.'

'Incredibly, Kemi Badenoch's new policy is to allow tens of thousands of foreign nationals from the EU to occupy British social housing funded by British taxpayers. Reform UK will ensure

WE'LL MAKE SURE BRITISH FAMILIES ALWAYS COME FIRST

AN Englishman's home is his castle. Yet nearly a quarter of a million social homes in England - subsidised by British taxpayers - are being rented out to foreign nationals.

Almost half of London's social housing is let out to foreign nationals in one of the most expensive property markets in the world.

While British families sit on council waiting lists for years, many thousands of homes in our capital city are being let at below market rates to citizens of other countries. This simply doesn't make sense. Social housing is hard to come by and heavily subsidised. Once granted, tenancies can last a lifetime. In some cases, future generations can even inherit them.

Our welfare bill, which includes housing benefit, is out of control. Welfare should be a safety net, not a lifestyle choice.

We need a fair system that the public has confidence in, and that puts British people first. That is why the Conservative Party will end the social housing tenancies for foreign nationals, except for those with EU Settled Status.

And for every future tenancy, only UK nationals would be eligible; all other nationalities, including EU citizens, would be excluded from social housing.

As these properties are freed up,

By Helen Whately SHADOW WORK AND PENSIONS SECRETARY

they will pass straight to British families at the top of the waiting list, families who may be living in expensive and unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation, or private rental properties they cannot afford.

Nearly 230,000 homes could go to British families as a result - giving them security and saving the taxpayer millions.

These are common sense changes. Currently over 1.3 million households are on social housing waiting lists whilst we continue to hand out thousands of social homes each year to foreigners. This cannot continue. These changes build on our broader plan to end benefits for foreign nationals - saving taxpayers £7 billion a year.

For 50 years, a British family and a household that had arrived two years ago have often been given exactly the same chance. This must change.

We will restore the principle of fairness and make sure British families always come first.

British social housing is strictly for British citizens.'

Nigel Farage said in June Reform would ban foreign nationals from living in social housing, with tenants required to find private accommodation within three months or face possible deporta-

tion. Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has also proposed barring non-British citizens from accessing Universal Credit, disability benefits and social housing. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said the

Tories' proposal has 'appeared in different forms for some time'.

He said: 'If the policy is eventually implemented either by the current government or a future one, the impacts on British citizens' access to social housing is likely to be small if responsibility

Tension: Police in Thetford on Wednesday try to calm

A MARKET town has been engulfed by violence after angry residents tried to storm houses rumoured to be used by asylum seekers.

Frustration spilled out at three properties in Thetford, Norfolk, following weeks of protests at a nearby former military barracks, which has been earmarked to take 1,250 male migrants.

First sparked on Tuesday, the angry scenes continued on Wednesday night and into yesterday.

Two officers needed hospital treatment and three arrests were made.

A Government spokesman said the 'concerns of communities are central to our immigration reforms'.

By Andrew Levy

The chaos on the first night saw five men having to be escorted by police from a property on St John's Way, prompting the furious protesters to brand the officers 'traitors'.

One local claimed the landlord had told them to expect new tenants but didn't mention they would be asylum seekers.

The occupant of a house in nearby Elm Road is then understood to have been forced out of his home and his phone was stolen.

The disorder next spilled over to a residence in Bracken Road, which had its windows and front door smashed in. Up to 100 peo-

for housing non-citizens at risk of homelessness simply shifts to temporary accommodation.'

Charities expressed anger at the plans. Sarah Elliott, of Shelter, said: 'There are already strict rules on eligibility for social housing. These divisive plans would

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the crowds

Target: Norfolk police move hooded men to safety

Escorted: Police take a man from the scene yesterday

Police called as turmoil hits market town over 'asylum seeker' homes

ple became involved in the violence, with video capturing one man shouting: 'They don't want the white man anymore. They want us all gone, they wanna swap us. It's predicted by 2050 the f*** white man's going to be a minority.'

Officers attended another residential property in Clover Way

on Wednesday after a large group of people gathered there at about 9pm and tried to gain access. The group became 'physically aggressive' with a male officer struck by a rock and a female officer 'seriously bitten, breaking the skin'.

Assistant Chief Constable Julie Dean said: 'We will always

facilitate and support the right to peaceful protest, and we recognise that people may hold strong views. However, there is no place for violence, intimidation or criminal behaviour.'

The turmoil began at around midday on Tuesday when a group of men were seen moving into the St John's Way house.

News of the arrival spread and by 7pm people began arriving with numbers swelling to around 60. The crowd tried to force their way in by smashing a window and breaking a fence.

Dramatic footage shows an officer standing in front of the property and telling the protesters to do so peacefully.

By 10pm, the decision was taken to remove the five men in the property and ten officers surrounded them, some hooded, as they hurried outside and into a police van.

A man in his 30s was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of a public order offence. Local Brian Thompson, 68, has been charged with possession of a weapon, a bat. Another man, in his 40s, is in custody. Local MP Terry Jermy said: 'I utterly condemn this behaviour.'

brutally kick people out of their homes. And let's not forget that social tenants pay rent, which goes back to the public purse and into society.

'It is completely senseless to ruin people's lives, drive up homelessness and put extreme

pressure on councils. This policy does nothing to deliver new social homes, which is what we desperately need.'

Under plans brought forward by the last Conservative government, foreign nationals must have lived in the UK for ten

years before qualifying for social housing. But Labour scrapped the plans on taking power.

A Labour Party spokesman said of the Tory initiative: 'This is an unserious, unworkable proposal, copied from Reform. 'People without indefinite

leave to remain are already ineligible for social housing, so this policy would primarily affect refugees and long-term UK residents who have contributed to this country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff.'

Reform hit back at Kemi over 'grievance' party jibe

By Christian Caigle

Senior Political Correspondent-at-Large

ZIA YUSUF hit back at Kemi Badenoch yesterday after the Tory leader branded Reform UK as 'woke' and a 'grievance' party.

Mrs Badenoch had ruled out any pact with Nigel Farage and said: 'Reform are a woke party. It's all moaning and whinging and not proper solutions.'

But Mr Yusuf fired back: 'I don't think Kemi's had the best few days, and she's obviously lashed out at Reform and started calling us names' - a reference to this week's row over a convicted former neo-Nazi standing as a Tory candidate.

'She said we're a party that has grievances. I would agree with that. We do have a grievance. We have a grievance with the fact they [the Tories] spent 14 years lying to the British public.'

'They said they'd reduce legal immigration down to the tens of thousands, [but] shipped in one million people gross, built 400 prison places net to cope with that - and then they have the gall

'Odd display of narcissism'

to go on telly with victims of serious crime and complain about early release when they released tens of thousands of people early, including people who committed serious crime.'

Mr Yusuf criticised Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, who this week went out to the Channel to document migrant crossings. He said: 'There's a term in criminal psychology for people who go back to the scene of the crime in some sort of odd display of narcissism.'

On Monday Reform leader Mr Farage ruled out a pact with the Tories.

Mrs Badenoch had told the Political Currency podcast, hosted by Ed Balls and George Osborne: 'When I talk about woke, I talk about people who [think] it's all grievance. It's victim narratives, 'People are doing this to us'. Oppressor narratives, 'This is the oppressor class'. And on the Left, it's, you know, 'whites are the oppressors', or 'men are the oppressors'.'

'Jail bosses for illegal labour'

REFORM UK has announced plans to jail chief executives who use illegal migrant labour in a new 'Deliveroo law'.

The party would bring in the 'harshest penalties in the world' for fuelling the illegal migrant economy, with fines of 10 per cent of global revenue.

Home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf yesterday accused the Tories and Labour of making Britain 'the softest-touch country in the world for illegal migrants to undercut British workers'.

The party took aim at food delivery firms, long accused of handing illegal migrants a lifeline. Deliveroo said: 'Illegal working should be addressed. We have led the industry in cracking down on the sophisticated criminals who attempt to abuse our platform.'

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Hundreds of killers to be set free in release scheme

Up to 363 could serve a third of their time, say Tories

HUNDREDS of killers are expected to be freed early from prison under Labour's soft-justice scheme, the Daily Mail can reveal today. Up to 363 offenders convicted of manslaughter could

EXCLUSIVE

By David Barrett Home Affairs Editor

walk out of jail by 2029 after serving as little as a third of their sentences, Tories claim.

Those due to benefit from the Government's measures include two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper, whose widow Lissie condemned Labour's plan as 'unforgivable' this week.

The Tories used sentencing figures from the Ministry of Justice

(MoJ) to estimate how Labour's reforms will affect all killers who have been jailed for manslaughter.

Tory Justice spokesman Nick Timothy said: 'Vile killers, like those responsible for PC Harper's death, should not be freed early. Letting hundreds of these dangerous killers back on the streets puts the public at risk and is an insult to the memory of their victims.

'Labour must back our proposal and introduce emergency legislation on the first day Parliament returns to keep these killers behind bars where they belong.'

Under Labour's Sentencing Act, passed this year, some killers will be eligible for early release after serving 33 per cent of their term if they were jailed for under four years and have shown good behaviour behind bars. Those handed four years or more will be required to serve half their sentence.

The Tories calculated the total freed based on average sentence ranges in 2025, running to 2029.

Labour has already released more than 70,000 under an existing early-release scheme launched two months after the 2024 election.

The new scheme offers even hefty discounts for the vast majority of offenders. Labour claims the moves are necessary to free up space in overcrowded jails. Andy Burnham bowed to pressure this week to announce that rapists and child sex offenders were barred from the scheme.

However, it later emerged that some jailed for sex grooming were

'Insults memory of victims'

prosecuted under a different offence, indecent assault, prior to a law change in 2003, and would remain eligible under the scheme.

Last night, it was reported that the Prime Minister had told the MoJ to carry out a review of all jailed grooming offenders.

The Police Federation has threatened the Government with potential legal action over the release of two of PC Harper's killers.

Jason Hogg, the chief constable of Thames Valley Police, where PC Harper worked, has said he is considering joining any legal action to block the releases.

PC Harper was 28 when he was fatally injured while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in 2019. While trying to catch one of the thieves, he was caught in a tow rope attached to their car and was dragged for a mile down the road.

Passengers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were both 17 at the time, were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020.

Both are set for early release under Labour's measures.

Driver Henry Long, who was 18, was handed 16 years and will not be eligible for early release.

Mrs Harper, who successfully campaigned to create a mandatory life sentence for those who kill emergency workers in the line of duty, insisted she 'will not give up' her bid to force a re-think.

She said this week: 'I am ashamed to be governed by these politicians. You show nothing but disrespect to Andrew.' The MoJ

Campaign: Lissie Harper with late husband Andrew

'Keep thugs jailed for PC's death in prison'

By Sophie Church

ANDY Burnham came under fresh pressure last night after the Tories vowed to block the release of PC Harper's killers.

The Conservatives will seek to change the law so that those jailed for manslaughter of an emergency worker are excluded from early release.

The Prime Minister paused a plan to free inmates early after it emerged PC Harper's killers would be among them.

But he announced it would go ahead this week with only rapists and the worst sex offenders excluded - despite a petition calling for PC Harper's killers to remain in jail gaining more than half a million signatures in 48 hours.

Matthew Barber, the Tory police and crime commissioner for Thames Valley, has now drafted an amendment to the new Sentencing Act calling for criminals convicted of the manslaughter of an emergency worker to be excluded from the scheme.

In the first major test of Mr Burnham's authority, MPs could vote the amendment through next month.

Mr Barber said: 'This amendment would achieve what everyone surely agrees is the common-sense approach.'

The Ministry of Justice said: 'Harper's Law means anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker whilst committing a crime now gets a mandatory life sentence.'

said: 'The death of PC Harper was a horrific crime.

'We have been clear that we wanted to go further and block more offenders from getting out sooner into their sentence, but could not do so without risking prisons reaching capacity and collapsing.'

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By Christian Calgle

Senior Political Correspondent at Large

LUCY Powell was accused of failing her first test as Education Secretary last night over her silence on the Jason Arday controversy.

Ms Powell and her department have not commented on the row despite growing criticism of the higher education sector.

Two former education secretaries told the Daily Mail that Ms Powell's silence is 'not good enough', as they called on the Government to demand answers from the University of Cambridge.

Tory Sir Gavin Williamson warned that, while the scandal was 'deeply humiliating' for Cambridge 'it is clear it was born of a wider rot that has touched all aspects of higher education in this country'. 'Britain's world-leading universities need a reality check, and a commitment to ending DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) culture that has led to the Jason Arday scandal.

'It is not good enough for the Education Secretary to sit back on this issue and allow the sector to police itself. She should be demanding talks with university leaders, not least from Cambridge, to ascertain how exactly this came to pass and how it can be prevented from happening again.'

Former Tory minister Nadhim Zahawi agreed, branding the Education Secretary's silence 'unconscionable'. 'The

'Trojan horse that will destroy university'

Jason Arday scandal is not just a Cambridge problem. It is symptomatic of a wider bigotry of low expectations that hurts talented non-white people by creating the impression that they only achieve as token diversity hires, by raising up frauds like this', he added.

'The Government must urgently call in senior leaders from the sector, in particular Cambridge, to demand answers and agree a way forward that will strip DEI initiatives from the system and guarantee this does not happen again.'

Suella Braverman, the former Cabinet minister and Reform's education spokesman, said: 'Lucy Powell should be leading from the front, working with the Office for Students and calling for an investigation into this scandal. Instead, she is missing in action and has failed her first big test.'

Sociology professor Arday, accused of plagiarism and fabricating parts of his CV, finally quit his job on Wednesday evening after the university launched an investigation into him. The Mail can now reveal growing fury within Cambridge's faculty at the role the university played in facilitating his rise.

Labour accused over its silence as Arday scandal exploded

Did he even use AI to write that indignant resignation letter?

By Jack Hardy

JASON Arday's resignation letter was already under scrutiny yesterday - amid claims it was written by AI.

In the self-serving statement the professor (left) refused to accept any wrongdoing and condemned 'an unrelenting level of public scrutiny'.

But social media users pointed out that detection software judged it AI-generated. Pan-gram - widely considered one of the best AI detection tools - deemed that '100 per cent of this text is AI' when asked to analyse the letter.

The company, however, says its tool has a 'non-zero error rate' and says its findings should be treated as 'one signal among many', rather than conclusive proof. The professor was approached for comment.

Douglas Hedley, a professor of the philosophy of religion and fellow at Clare College, told the Mail: 'Presumably when this man was appointed there must have been references for him. Given

the paucity of his publications and a mediocre CV, why on earth was this possible?

'The only possible explanation is the whole DEI culture. DEI is a Trojan horse that will ultimately

destroy the notion of the university... It's really dangerous.'

Mr Hedley suggested that Cambridge's promise of an investigation was not good enough, instead demanding an 'independ-

ent investigation' into the processes and academics who facilitated Professor Arday's rise.

Another Cambridge academic told The Times anonymously that the row has been 'disastrous for Cambridge, and it is disastrous for higher education'.

The concern about Cambridge University prioritising 'woke diversity policies over academic rigour further fuelled calls for the government to step in.

Ben Obese-Jecty, a black Conservative MP, added: 'Cambridge University's willingness to fete him, specifically, as their youngest black professor, is precisely the type of tick box diversity exercise that does a disservice to those whose credentials and successes aren't fictional.'

Asked if the Department for Education, or any ministers, were planning to comment about the scandal, or had been in touch with the University of Cambridge, a spokesman told the Mail it had 'nothing further to add for now.'

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Mystery deepens with deleted claim: 'I got MBE but of course couldn't possibly accept it'

THE former Cambridge professor embroiled in a plagiarism scandal once claimed he was awarded an MBE in an interview that was later deleted.

Jason Arday resigned this week from the university - where he had become a poster boy for diversity as its youngest ever black professor.

This followed an avalanche of revelations about seemingly tall tales from his past, as well as allegations that he had copied parts of his PhD from another student.

The saga seems certain to overshadow the expected publication next week of his memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things, which describes how he overcame severe autism to rise to the top of academia.

Yet one extraordinary episode from his

By Jack Hardy

life does not feature in the book, despite Professor Arday, 41, once talking about it on a podcast, saying he was awarded, and apparently declined, an MBE.

In a 2023 interview with the Before Our Friends Die podcast, he described how his supposedly prolific fundraising had led to him being offered the honour in 2017.

The episode has been deleted from the YouTube channel but audio of the inter-

view has been obtained by the Daily Mail. In it, Professor Arday says: 'In 2017, I was awarded an MBE for services to charity.'

He says accepting it was a way to acknowledge the work of those who helped him but he adds: 'The thing that's probably bigger than that is - for me personally - you can't critique empire and do work on race and accept that kind of award.'

Professor Arday does not explicitly state he turned down the award, but there is no mention of his name in either the New

Year's Honour list or Birthday Honours list for that year. Nor has he described being awarded an MBE in his 336-page memoir or any of his talks and interviews.

Details of individuals who have refused honours are kept confidential.

Sources have told the Mail that Professor Arday is understood to have contacted the podcast hosts last year and asked for the episode to be deleted from their archive, citing unspecified 'security' concerns. He was approached for comment about the purported MBE but no response was given.

It has also emerged Professor Arday had claimed to The Guardian newspaper he would be paid '1.4million' for his forthcoming memoir by publishers Simon & Schuster, though he did not say whether this was pounds or US dollars.

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PROFESSOR 'PLAGIARIST'

IN the end, even Jason Arday's resignation statement should have carried a health warning.

The cliché-filled 600-word note announcing 'with profound sadness' that he'd decided to fall on his sword amid an 'unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack' was, within minutes of publication, run through AI detection software by online critics.

It found that the professor's remarks were between 90 and 100 per cent likely to have been written with the help of a computer bot.

The ensuing social media kerfuffle on Wednesday night marked a fitting end to an utterly surreal scandal in which almost nothing proved to be quite as it seemed.

Arday remains convinced of his own righteousness. His self-serving statement contains no admission of guilt, or apology for the endless well-documented falsehoods he has propagated.

It fails to express regret for the various people passed over for the highly paid jobs (Cambridge pays its professors between £82,000 and £150,000) he elbowed his way into.

He chose, instead, to complain of the 'relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary' which have apparently taken a 'profound toll' on him.

Quite how that 'profound toll' compares to the one Arday's behaviour exacted on David Harris, an emeritus professor at Plymouth Marjon University, who attempted to blow the whistle on his relentless academic fraud as far back as 2023 only to be reported to the police for 'harassment', is unclear.

So too are Arday's thoughts about his behaviour towards Jack Grove, a reporter for Times Higher Education, who last September emailed a few questions

The university treated him as a PR asset

regarding alleged plagiarism to both the professor and Cambridge University.

For the crime of carrying out this act of public-interest journalism, Mr Grove was made the subject of a four-month probe by the Metropolitan Police. He was then instructed by detectives to drop his story, to protect its subject's mental health. The Met belatedly apologised yesterday.

This disgraceful episode sums up almost everything that needs to be said about this very British scandal, which has exposed in quite chilling detail how a wide array of institutions, from the police, to academia, the Labour Party, major broadcasters, the publishing industry and the charity sector, have been captured by the progressive dogma of the Left.

Even now, public figures from Green Party leader Zack Polanski to Labour MPs John McDonnell, Apsana Begum, Clive Lewis and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, to Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the NEU teachers' union, continue to offer vehement support for the professor.

Their names feature on an online 'letter of solidarity' created by the Good Law Project, a liberal pressure group which seeks to blame Arday's downfall on a 'smear' campaign by 'Right-wing newspapers' and suggests anyone who doubts the professor's credentials is a racist who wants to 'undermine black people who hold positions of influence'.

That many of Arday's Walter Mitty-style antics were actually exposed by the Left-wing Guardian newspaper does not seem to have registered with this cabal of useful idiots.

Let's start, however, by looking at Cambridge, supposedly one of the world's most elite institutions,

The police. Universities. Our national broadcaster. The publishing industry. The charity sector. And, of course, Labour...

This surreal scandal exposes in chilling detail just how many of our institutions have now been captured by woke dogma

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which appears in the case of Arday to have surrendered basic academic standards to a woke orthodoxy in which minorities are unfairly promoted in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.

From the day in 2023 when he became its youngest ever black professor, the university decided to treat the working-class son of Ghanaian immigrants as a PR asset. Press releases portrayed him as a living, breathing demonstration of their commitment to inclusion, waxing 'lyrical' about a Hollywood-style life story in which he'd conquered severe

autism that had allegedly left him unable to speak until almost his 12th birthday, and incapable of reading or writing until adulthood.

The credulous BBC took the bait. Arday was made guest editor on the Today programme, appeared on Question Time, and on multiple occasions featured as a panelist on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

During a BBC Radio 4 debate about the future of the monarchy, which went viral this week, Arday made the baseless claim that 70 per cent of Britons live below the breadline. It went entirely unchallenged. A second viral BBC

clip, from his first day at Cambridge, shows Hilary Cremin, the head of its education faculty, holding his hands in the manner of a bride at the altar and gushing 'we're so lucky to have you' and 'you are the best in the world in terms of the research you do'.

Perhaps if Cremin had read his PhD, which contains an errant apostrophe in its title, or watched some of the extraordinarily shoddy lectures that remain online (including a 2019 presentation about alleged racism in the university sector in which he complains about the 'poultry numbers', rather than 'paltry', of 'black academic leaders'), she might have taken a different view.

When questions began to be asked about Arday's credentials, Cambridge circled the wagons. Reporters covering the story were, they suggested, taking part in a 'vile campaign to undermine his credibility'.

A combative legal letter was sent

out on Arday's behalf by the libel law specialists Carter-Ruck, accusing critics of racism, although Cambridge denies paying the firm's fees.

As to the substance of the complaints, Cambridge insisted that only Liverpool John Moores, which had awarded Arday's PhD in 2016, could scrutinise it. Inquiries about work he'd published since then were ignored. Inconsistencies in his life story were none of its business.

Four of the university's most senior figures were among those who put their name to the Good Law Project's 'letter of solidarity' which, as the scandal deepened, was then stealthily edited to remove false claims Arday had been exonerated after allegations of plagiarism had been 'thoroughly' investigated by two institutions.

One signatory, Simon Woolley (Lord Woolley of Woodford), was forced to remove his job title from the online note. He's the Principal

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of Homerton College. Another, Professor Dame Ieoma Uchegbu, president of Wolfson College, removed her name altogether, as did Simon Baron-Cohen, an eminent neuroscientist in its department of psychology.

Baron-Cohen played a particularly shabby role in subsequent events, using X to describe scrutiny of Arday's academic record as 'relentless bullying of a vulnerable autistic man', adding that because studies show 'one in four autistic people have planned or attempted suicide' he was now 'very concerned about the impact of media coverage' on his colleague.

On Wednesday, the name of Sonita Alleyne also belatedly vanished from the Good Law Project's letter. She happens to be the Master of Jesus College, where Arday worked. Somehow, Jesus College is now supposed to be carrying out a thorough and even-handed inquiry into the man she so vigorously backed.

Don't expect this laughable conflict of interest to be probed by the Department for Education, however. It's also up to its neck in the Jason Arday scandal. As the Mail revealed yesterday, Sarah Waite, Secretary of State Lucy Powell's special adviser, handed

the professor a role as patron of her charity, Get Further, last year.

There are more wheels within wheels. For political intrigue surrounds Arday's wider links to the Labour Party, for which he stood as a council candidate in Croydon in 2018.

The Board of Electors which handed him the Cambridge job was, after all, chaired by Sally Morgan, a Labour peer who worked in Tony Blair's Downing Street.

Powerful connections may explain how Arday ended up being handed a smorgasbord of (sometimes paid) jobs in the so-called 'third sector'.

A former trustee of the Runnymede Trust race relations think-tank, he's also patron of the Adult Literacy Trust, a trustee of the British Sociological Association and Autism Action, and sits on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies National Advisory Panel, the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group and the ITV Cultural Advisory Council. The Royal Society of Arts made him a fellow.

Like everyone else, these supposedly rigorous organisations believed without question every facet of Arday's fantastical life story, from the claim that he only

learned how to read and write aged 18 (making his award of GCSEs two years earlier somewhat remarkable) to unlikely tales about raising millions of pounds for charity via feats of ultra-distance running that would have put him among the world's elite.

The latter included a claim that he'd run 30 marathons in 35 days, despite suffering from an epileptic fit which caused him to fall on day 21, sustaining a hairline fracture

The Arday myth was nothing if not lucrative

that made his leg swell to twice its normal size.

Although the feat was reported in local newspapers, no reference was made to the injury. Photos and video of him crossing the finishing line reveal the leg to be of normal size.

In his forthcoming autobiography, Arday claims 'two or three thousand people' stood adjacent

to the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus to cheer him on, creating a 'wall of sound'. The photographs show that there were actually around 30 people on the statue, though several were tourists eating their lunch.

Arday has also claimed that he subsequently took part in two further fundraisers that saw him run 300 miles in three days and 600 miles in six days. There are no records in existence demonstrating he completed either challenge.

The 600-mile trip was supposed to have started in London and ended in Edinburgh, which is a mere 320 miles as the crow flies. It allegedly took place around the time he has separately claimed to have been suffering from a benign brain tumour, which affected his balance.

He claims the tumour was removed a few weeks before his PhD viva (the final oral exam, in which someone defends their thesis), prompting a stroke which affected his short-term memory. Nonetheless, he managed to pass.

Arday has also claimed that his charitable work included installing pumps in Africa and South America for WaterAid. The charity is adamant it has never sent volunteers abroad. And he's boasted of appearing in the famous Granada documentary Seven Up!, even though it was famed decades before he was born.

Though easily debunked, the Arday myth was nothing if not hugely lucrative. He became a highly paid speaker on the international lecture circuit, and once claimed to have earned an advance of '1.4million' (it's unclear whether he meant pounds or dollars) for his memoir Great And Unfortunate Things, which is allegedly still going to be published by Simon & Schuster this month.

The facade only started to fall apart on June 21, when Nathan Cofnas, a former researcher at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, published a blog detailing alleged plagiarism in Arday's PhD, which contains more than 180 passages which are identical or nearly identical to that of another researcher, Brunel University's Paula Zwozdiak-Myers, published six years earlier.

It swiftly emerged that his other published work contained false declarations about funding, and included 'impossible' statistics, such as a breakdown of the gender of participants in a study which adds up to 110 per cent.

Further scrutiny revealed that quotes supposedly made in focus

Resignation: Professor Jason Arday and, inset, his forthcoming memoir

groups and interviews Arday had overseen had been plagiarised from a study by the renowned epidemiologist Anjum Memon.

One of Arday's papers quoted a Latin-American academic saying: 'Sometimes I struggle to articulate clearly and accurately what I would like to say to the healthcare professionals provided at university.' Another contains the same quote, but attributes it to an Asian female undergraduate student.

In a bid to take control of the narrative, Arday was interviewed by the Guardian. He admitted errors, but characterised them as inadvertent, saying he is autistic and his method of learning relies on mimicry. He then made a bizarre series of claims about a campaign of racist harassment, stretching back several years.

This included a claim that the Met Police had investigated a pig's head being left outside his family home (described as categorically untrue by the force) and suggestions that he was confronted in his faculty office at Cambridge by a masked knifeman (though he was not captured on CCTV and Professor Arday did not bother telling his colleagues there was an armed intruder on the loose).

As to prior claims that he'd single-handedly raised £5.5million for charity, Arday told the paper he'd in fact been part of a 'syndicate' of more than 100 fundraisers, whom he could not name because they had, for some reason, signed non-disclosure agreements. He continued to insist he did run 600 miles, but changed his story to allege that it took 12 rather than six days.

The straw that seems to have broken the camel's back, from Cambridge's point of view, came this week, when four universities – Ohio State University, in the US, Nelson Mandela University, in South Africa, plus Glasgow and Durham – denied that he actually held the jobs with them that were listed on his CV on the Jesus College website.

Other academic claims then evaporated. Footage also emerged of a talk in 2022, in which he described studying for a master's degree in 'psychodynamic practice' at Birkbeck, University of London – a claim not reflected in any published list of his qualifications. And Jesus College quietly removed the claim that he had an 'MA in Education Studies' from Liverpool John Moores.

In a serious oversight for a working academic, he'd also falsely claimed to have had a book published entitled Being Young, Black And Male: Challenging The Dominant Discourse. It never hit the shelves and was abandoned by publisher Palgrave Macmillan several years ago.

Among those who repeated this untruth were Simon & Schuster, the supposedly venerable publishing house. It once claimed on its website that he had 'previously published three books of academic work'. That has now been amended to two.

The firm still intends to publish his ghost-written memoir, despite the fact that it almost certainly contains myriad falsehoods – whether it will appear on the fiction or non-fiction shelves remains to be seen.

As for Arday, he is preparing to embark on a lecture tour, of both the UK and US, promoting what he hopes will be a lucrative bestseller. In the words of his (possibly AI-assisted) resignation note: 'This is not the end of my work. It is simply the end of this chapter.'

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Outside court: Alex Jenkinson and dog Indie yesterday

Andrew: The day 'out-of-place man in balaclava' faced me on royal estate

Court hears his Sandringham evidence

By Noor Qurashi

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly came face-to-face with a balaclava-clad stalker who chased him near his Sandringham home, a court has heard.

Alex Jenkinson, 39, is charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards the former Duke of York in Norfolk on May 6.

Suffolk Police are also applying for a civil Stalking Protection Order against Jenkinson, relying on evidence from Andrew and searches on Jenkinson's phone.

At Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday, Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram read out parts of Andrew's witness statement. The former prince said when he was out for a walk with his dogs on the estate, he spotted a car which he assumed belonged to press photographers, before he and his security 'drove past'.

He said a man 'turned and faced

'He sprinted after my vehicle'

me - he was wearing a balaclava face covering'. Andrew gave a description of the 'out-of-place' man, and added in his statement: 'I then saw a loose dog running towards him.

'Then he realised who I was and began to sprint after my vehicle.'

Yesterday's hearing took place in Jenkinson's absence after officials blocked him from entering when he arrived with his dog, Indie.

As he stood on the pavement outside, his lawyer, Claire Howell, told Judge Ikram: 'He has had to bring his dog with him, so he wasn't allowed inside the court.

'He is homeless and currently in accommodation in a Travelodge. He

Fearful: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on a walk at Sandringham

is not allowed to leave the dog there. It provides him with support; he suffers from ADHD.' She conceded that she has no documents to prove Jenkinson's medical condition, or his need for a support animal, so the judge told her: 'I'm not prepared to have a dog in the courtroom simply because he is homeless and he happens to keep a dog.'

The judge heard and agreed an application for the police bid for a Stalking Protection Order to be adjourned, and decided the hearing could take place without Jenkinson.

Ms Howell said he has been found temporary accommodation where he can leave the dog for future hearings.

Jenkinson is accused of causing the ex-duke to 'fear unlawful violence' during the confrontation in Wolferton. He was detained under the Mental Health Act for around a month afterwards and has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood

while in custody on May 6. But he denies the public order offence against Andrew and pleaded not guilty to a further charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence against another man, Stephen Terry, in King's Lynn, on May 5.

Jenkinson, from Stowmarket, Suffolk, is also contesting a Stalking Protection Order. Judge Ikram ruled that Andrew, Mr Terry and another witness, must give evidence for a second time to determine the Stalking Protection Order application.

Evidence from Jenkinson's phone - including alleged searches on Andrew, Sandringham and 'weapons' - is due to feature at trial, beginning on December 21. He is now on bail with conditions not to go near several royal sites. He must not try to contact Andrew directly or indirectly, or approach him or enter Norfolk.

A dunking disgrace...and other bad biscuit behaviour

IT is a debate worthy of a pot of afternoon tea, your finest china and a plate of garibalds.

So what is the biggest biscuit faux pas? Among the contenders, according to a survey, is leaving an empty packet lurking in the cupboard and returning a half-eaten biscuit to the tin.

These offences left 34 per cent of Britons ready to snap. But, grievous as they are, there is worse to come. Joint runners-up in the bad etiquette league were crumbs left in the bed and, understandably, biscuits being dunked in someone else's tea. But the most infuriating habit, cited by

By Tilly Harris

40 per cent of the 2,000 adults quizzed, was leaving the packet open so that the biscuits go soft. Others frowned upon misdemeanours, revealed by the survey for biscuit-producer Bahlsen, include swiping a biscuit someone was saving for an afternoon cuppa and scoffing chocolate favourites while leaving the plain digestives untouched.

'Victim blaming' reality star jailed for further 16 months

DISGRACED reality TV star Stephen Bear was jailed for 16 months yesterday for repeatedly breaching a restraining order to launch a vile online 'campaign of abuse' against his ex-girlfriend.

The 36-year-old was handed a five-year restraining order and jailed for 21 months in 2023 for sharing a sex tape of Georgia Harrison on his OnlyFanspage.

But after his release from prison, Bear breached his order by repeatedly posting degrading comments about Ms Harrison on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and YouTube. He sought to cast

By Rory Tingle

doubt on his convictions, including by alleging that Ms Harrison and her mother had conspired to pervert the course of justice.

Judge Christopher Morgan gave Bear an immediate prison sentence and criticised him for 'victim blaming'.

He said: 'I take the view, as you must understand, that your explanation and justification for doing what you did in that three to four month period is simply victim blaming.'

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For heaven's sake...

Christian driver is refused insurance... over his 'Jesus Loves You' car stickers

A CHRISTIAN motorist was refused car insurance unless he removed handmade 'Jesus Loves You' stickers from his car. Simeon Chandra was 'shocked and upset' when GoSkippy

By Mark Duell

Insurance told him it had 'declined the modification done on the vehicle as per stickers added'. The 35-year-

old from Birmingham was warned his policy would be voided unless he removed them from his Nissan Pixo. Mr Chandra eventually did so but is now considering his legal

Sacrifice: Simeon Chandra had to take stickers off his Nissan

options with the Christian Legal Centre (CLC) amid claims his rights to freedom of religion and expression were breached.

GoSkippy did not give him a reason, and the firm's underwriter Somerset Bridge Insurance Services declined to comment.

Mr Chandra had put stickers down each side of his 2009 vehicle reading, 'Jesus Loves You' and 'Jesus Loves You V Much.'

Copies of emails between Mr Chandra and GoSkippy seen by the Daily Mail show he exchanged messages with the insurer before he attached the stickers.

According to his account, Mr Chandra was told his policy could continue if he sent in photos for

his file. But GoSkippy then rowed back, writing: 'For the policy to continue we require the stickers to be removed.'

He said: 'I was shocked and upset. We see all kinds of messages, flags and slogans in public life. But when a Christian puts a peaceful message on his own car, it appears to become a problem.

'I felt sad, and it felt that things are really against the Lord Jesus.'

Mr Chandra was raised in a family of Indian heritage by Christian missionary parents.

Andrea Williams of the CLC, said the case is about whether 'ordinary Christians are free to express their faith without being excluded from essential services'.

UK Prevent scheme 'plays down threat from Islam'

THE public are being put in danger because the Government's flagship anti-extremism scheme is underplaying the Islamist threat, it was claimed yesterday.

Out of the 10,282 total referrals made to the Prevent programme in the year to September, just 860 (8 per cent) were about concerns of Islamist extremism, official figures published yesterday show.

But in the same period there were more than 2,100 referrals (20 per cent) over suspected 'extreme Right-wing extremism'. Crucially,

By David Barrett Home Affairs Editor

country faces. The failure to address this and intervene is putting the public in danger. Labour do not have the backbone to confront this. Islamist terror has caused 94 per cent of terror murders in the last 25 years and is 75 per cent of counter terror caseloads, but only accounts for 8 per cent of Prevent.'

It comes more than two years after a highly critical official report accused Prevent of applying a 'double standard' regarding Islamism. The review found the role of Islamist ideology had been 'misinterpreted, misunderstood, or even overlooked' by officials, who prioritised countering far-Right activity above tackling Islamism.

The report by William Shawcross, former head of the Charity Commission, said: 'At present, 80 per cent of the Counter Terrorism Police network's live investigations are Islamist while 10 per cent are extreme Right-wing.'

'[It] suggests a loss of focus and failure to identify warning signs.'

The total number of Prevent referrals was the highest in a 12-month period since records began in 2015, Home Office data shows. Officials noted a sustained significant rise in referrals after the Southport attack in July 2024.

Axel Rudakubana, who stabbed three girls to death, was referred to Prevent three times but his case was closed over a lack of clear ideology.

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Classic: Praser and Suchet in 1989

By Alison Boshoff Editor at Large

THE sexuality of Agatha Christie's enigmatic confirmed bachelor detective, Hercule Poirot, will be explored in a forthcoming blockbuster adaptation.

The BBC six-part series, Hercule, with Edward Bluemel in the title role, is soon to start filming, mostly in Liverpool.

It will tackle the famous Belgian sleuth's backstory and origins in a way not attempted by the beloved ITV adaptations, starring David Suchet, which simply followed Christie's lead and introduced us to Poirot as a fussy, precise, middle-aged man with no interest in women – or men.

A source says: 'The question of Poirot's sexuality is addressed but not head-on. This is not an adaptation in which Poirot ends up in bed with anyone. But in the show there are some hints that he might be a bit fluid sexually, with attractions to men and

'He's not actually sexual at all, is he?'

women. There is an occasional frisson as well with people he meets.

'This is Poirot as a younger man.' Bluemel, 33, will be the youngest ever Poirot. He played bachelor Jimmy Thesiger in this year's Netflix adaptation of Christie's Seven Dials Mystery.

Christie herself never wrote about the detective's love life, although in 1940 book, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, he was 'fascinated' by and admired jewel thief Countess Rossakoff.

All Poirot's energies were devoted instead to solving crimes and his passion for 'tissue', or herbal tea, and eating two boiled eggs for breakfast, which he insisted were of a matching

Christie credentials: Bluemel with Mia McKenna-Bruce as 'Bundle' in Seven Dials

Oh, Hastings: Was Poirot really sexually fluid? It's a mystery requiring his little grey cells...

size. Suchet, who portrayed the detective from 1989 to 2013, said in an interview that Poirot, depicted by Christie as a dandy given to personal vanity, was 'not gay' but instead 'not actually sexual at all'.

He said: 'Some people think he's gay, but no! No, Poirot is definitely not gay. He fascinates me because he has a very particular sexuality. He's not actually sexual at all, is he?'

The actor Kenneth Branagh, who played Poirot in three films, introduced a tragic 'backstory' to Death on the Nile which saw him lose the (female) love of his life during the war.

In the new series, which will screen next year, we will see Poirot leave the

Belgian police force and set up his business as a consulting detective in London as a younger man, and his first encounters with Inspector Japp and Captain Hastings, memorably played by Hugh Fraser alongside Suchet.

Co-stars were announced this week and include James Nesbitt, Tamsin Greig, Henry Ashton, James D'Arcy, Calvin Demba, Phil Dunning, Jack Gleeson and Mawaan Rizwan.

Publicity material describes the show as 'an intimate study of Hercule Poirot the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars.'

The first series will centre around three of Christie's early stories. Poirot was first introduced in The Mysterious

Affair at Styles in 1920. It's a big break for Bluemel, who has appeared in Killing Eve, My Lady Jane and We Might Regret This. The son of two science teachers, he was born in Tunbridge Wells and is a Rada graduate.

He said: 'I feel very lucky to have been trusted with such an iconic character who has been played by so many great actors.'

Agatha Christie's great-grandson James Prichard said: 'Edward Bluemel is an extremely talented performer and will make a great addition to the long line of actors that have played this celebrated character, aided and abetted by Benji Walters' thoughtful scripts. I cannot wait to see Edward on screen.'

A fat lot of good that did

EXCLUSIVE

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

THE number of obese adults in England has doubled to 14.3 million since the UK's first obesity strategy was published in 1992.

John Major's Conservative government vowed to cut obesity among men by a quarter and women by a third in its pioneering 'Health of the Nation' document but rates subsequently soared.

Since then, a further 13 national obesity strategies have been

Adult obesity doubles to over 14 million since campaign to cut it began in 1992

published, each of which has failed to stem the crisis, the King's Fund think-tank says.

Its latest research shows there are 7.2 million more adults living with obesity than would be the case if rates had stayed the same as 1993. The percentage of adults who were either obese or severely obese rose from 15 per cent to 30 per cent from 1993 to 2024.

The King's Fund is calling for urgent action to address the

'obesity time-bomb' and warns GLP-1 fat jabs, such as Mounjaro, are not the 'silver bullet'.

Its analysis, shared exclusively with the Daily Mail, reveals the rise in obesity has been 'particularly stark' among young people.

In 1993, just 6 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds were obese or severely obese but this had tripled to 18 per cent – or 1.1 million – by 2024. Recent studies found obesity is linked with higher

unemployment, greater sickness absence, and lower wages, costing the UK an estimated £31 billion a year in lost productivity, with an annual economic and societal cost of about £126 billion.

David Buck, senior fellow for public health at the King's Fund, urged the Government to look at 'making healthier food easier and more affordable, holding supermarkets and food companies to account, and using new powers

for local leaders to improve health in their communities'.

He said fat jabs 'should be seen as a complement to, not a substitute for, longer term and effective preventive measures that address the fact the everyday food environment makes it far too easy for people to become unhealthy'.

For adults, a body mass index of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and 30 or more is obese.

The Department of Health said: 'We've always been clear that those drugs (fat jabs) are only one part of a much broader plan to tackle obesity, including tackling the promotion of less healthy food and drink, and encouraging healthier options and exercise.'

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Daily Mail COMMENT

Why was Arday able to fool everyone?

JASON Arday's resignation from the University of Cambridge raises deeply uncomfortable questions right across the board.

The university is under pressure to explain the abysmal vetting failures that underpin this entire fiasco. No proper checks appear to have been carried out into Mr Arday's CV or his impressive-sounding credentials.

Even when concerns were aired as long ago as 2023 about the possibility of plagiarism in his PhD thesis, nothing seems to have been done.

Yet perhaps even more troubling were Cambridge's attempts to defend Mr Arday as the gaps in his story became embarrassingly obvious. Only at the very last minute – and only after a series of hugely damaging revelations – did the university decide to launch an investigation.

It is quite extraordinary that one of the world's most esteemed seats of learning – an institution renowned for its academic rigour – has effectively jeopardised its own reputation in this manner.

Were education chiefs really so impressed by Mr Arday's apparent achievements, as well as his extraordinary claims of athletic feats and fundraising endeavours, that they failed to run the rule over him properly? Or was it more that they were dazzled by the thought of appointing a poster boy for diversity to a prestigious position?

It also beggars belief that the Met carried out a four-month investigation into a journalist who questioned Mr Arday's academic record. Even if the reporter's suspicions had ultimately proved groundless, the average citizen might think that knife crime, shoplifting and the phone-matching epidemic should be bigger concerns for the police.

Granted, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has acknowledged that the force 'dropped the ball' in this instance. But it is yet another egregious example of wokery and skewed priorities in policing.

Perhaps the most predictable reaction of all throughout this whole sorry saga has been from the Left. Anyone who dared to query any part of Mr Arday's unlikely-sounding backstory was – in typical knee-jerk fashion – immediately smeared as racist.

None of this has stopped at least some of the truth of the affair being brought into the public domain. We still don't know the full details of this peculiar tale.

But if Cambridge, the Met and the Left had succeeded in hushing the entire thing up, we wouldn't know any of them.

The Left must listen

FOLLOWING a landmark Supreme Court judgment, it has taken almost 18 months for rules on single-sex spaces to come into effect.

Yet if that delay was bad enough, it is far worse that a group of Left-wing councils are now threatening to ignore the regulations on the grounds that they 'will feel like an attack on the countless trans people in our communities'.

Even by the standards we have come to expect from political zealots and crackpots, this is an outrage. It is difficult to imagine what these jumped-up agitators believe qualifies them to effectively send a two-fingered salute to the highest court in the land. In an open letter to Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson, they say that trans people are 'simply trying to live their lives in safety and wish to be treated with respect'.

Not a word, though, for the far bigger numbers of biological women affected by this. Is there some reason they shouldn't be allowed use public toilets and changing rooms in a safe and respectful environment as well?

I have cerebral palsy but never think of myself as disabled. It saddens me to see that disability is now a badge of pride for so many young people

IT SOUNDS like satire. A young woman named Zara Beth, who describes herself as a 'disability advocate and author', posted a video revealing the problems she faces as a wheelchair user.

The 64-second clip, which has been viewed ten million times on TikTok and X, shows her arriving at Manchester Piccadilly train station, only to be confronted by a broken lift and a flight of about 30 steps.

The stairlift was not working either and a portable contraption brought by the helpful station staff was too small for Zara's chair. So in the end, she had to walk up the stairs like everyone else.

It turns out that Zara is 'ambulatory', which means she chooses to use a wheelchair on days when her condition is more debilitating.

On her better days, her hobbies include gymnastics and roller skating.

Sceptical

Another of her videos shows her symphyseating into a pit filled with foam, doing a somersault in mid-air.

Her disability means she doesn't always have the energy for a full workout, she says, so she just practises on the balance beams or lighters up by doing the splits.

Zara tells her followers that she has also been clinically diagnosed with autism. I'm in no position to speak about the degree to which she suffers from the condition – which in its most extreme forms, of course, can render an individual nonverbal and entirely dependent on round-the-clock care.

It is, in part, this broad range of ways in which autism manifests that prompted Professor Dame Uta Frith, regarded by many as the world's greatest expert on autism, to warn this week that the condition is now so over-diagnosed or indiscriminately applied that the word has become all but meaningless. 'A catch-all for a huge variety of conditions,' the definition widened to include people with no language or

by Michael Simmons

learning problems', was how she described it.

This, she says, is leading to the 'tragic neglect' of that minority of people who do have severe autistic difficulties. Over-diagnosis is especially marked with people who do not identify as autistic until adulthood.

Incorrect application of labels can become 'a self-fulfilling prophecy', she adds, also warning that we are fast approaching the point where 'the diagnostic threshold [is lowered] to zero'.

In other words, soon an autism diagnosis will not require any symptoms at all. And anyone can be disabled, just because they say so.

Autism isn't Zara Beth's only hidden disability. She also says she has Tourette syndrome and her TikTok page (with two million followers) features 21 videos in which she shows off her tics which, she says, are compulsive and involuntary – such as swearing and meowing like a cat.

I'm not for one moment suggesting that Zara doesn't legitimately suffer from this condition. But like her difficulties with walking, her tics come and go.

The reaction to Zara's videos online has been split. Some commentators have been predictably sceptical about the nature of her disabilities. But others are praising Zara. They say she's challenging negative stereotypes of disability.

This is true if, like me, you subscribe to the old-fashioned notion that people do not usually consider their disability something to broadcast or shout about, rather a personal adversity to overcome.

For Generation Z, the cohort in their teens and 20s who were at school or university during the pandemic, disability has become melded with identity politics. To have a disability, whether mental or physical, has become a badge of pride. As with the

trans movement, which proclaims people are automatically whatever gender they decide to be, medical symptoms and diagnoses are now a matter of personal choice.

And hundreds of thousands of young people are making that choice. They are labelling themselves as disabled and making the label the basis of their persona, their public identity.

Around half of NEETs – the 16-to-24-year-olds who are Not in Education, Employment or Training – report a disability or chronic health condition, such as depression and anxiety. According to data from the Youth Futures Foundation, which tactics unemployment among the young, the numbers registered as NEET have risen by more than a quarter of a million people since 2021.

At the same time, spurious disabilities can prove very useful to those on welfare. Claimants of disability benefits, unlike those who are merely unemployed, are not expected to look for jobs. They also receive more financial assistance to help with the additional costs of living with long-term conditions.

Abuse

These benefits can be substantial – including provision of a car by the charity Motability, for those on the highest rate of mobility allowance.

Endemic abuse of the system is both outrageous and offensive. I take it personally: I do not regard myself as disabled but, throughout my childhood and adolescence, my schoolmates and many of the adults around me certainly did. And they wanted me to see myself that way too.

I was born with cerebral palsy – left hemiparesis, to be precise – and wore a splint for years while I underwent surgical processes that the NHS now regards as too barbaric to employ.

My schoolfriends called me

Pegleg and Spazzy, and made a game of hiding my splint when I took it off for swimming sessions. Happy days.

What I wanted, more than anything, was to be the same as everyone else. I'd be overjoyed for today's schoolchildren if disability became merely a mild difference, as normal and unremarkable as green eyes or curly hair. But that's not what so-called 'advocates' like Zara Beth are trying to achieve.

They want to be different and to make disability a mark of their specialness. And of course they post about it on social media, because that's how they get noticed.

Perks

But, as Dame Uta says, this self-promotion comes at a cruel cost to others. Performative disability robs the genuinely ill of the support they desperately need. It uses all the available oxygen.

In such cases, this could conceivably result in other disabled passengers – who might not have the option to get up from their chair and walk – having to struggle on unaided. This could be part of the reason why some people argued that if Zara was able on this occasion to walk up the stairs, then her need for the lift was unnecessary.

And although I have no doubt Zara's disability can be incredibly debilitating, I can't help but worry that the next time they're hailed by a young woman in a wheelchair who says she can't get up a flight of stairs, the staff, assuming that they had seen the video of Zara, wouldn't be human if they didn't cynically wonder, while they were assisting her: 'Really? Are you sure you're not putting it on?'

The same thought is bound to occur to anyone queuing at the airport who sees a fellow flier jump the queue because they are wearing a sunflower lanyard, which indicates a 'hidden' disability.

Why should anyone who has diagnosed themselves with dyslexia, or a raft of other conditions, qualify for perks on a package holiday, you might wonder? Why indeed.

Michael Simmons is economics editor at The Spectator.

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OUR one-time Premier, Elizabeth the Brief, otherwise known as Liz Truss, has now become the great Apostle of Freedom of Speech. On the British TV station GB News, she has been calling fervently for such freedom. And not only there. In the US she has a growing audience of libertarian admirers.

But what would her new fans do if they discovered that she had imposed a draconian and endless penalty on a British citizen, for saying things she disliked? How would they react if they found she is now uninterested in his deepening plight?

Let's get this quite straight. In the US, the First Amendment to the Constitution would bar any government from punishing anyone from speaking freely. There's more. Ms Truss now says explicitly that she wants a First Amendment here.

In June, she appeared, all smiles in a frilly shirt, on GB News, and argued that very case. You can still watch her doing so on YouTube. She said free expression had been undermined by legislation and institutions, that people should be able to express views without fear of state silencing, and that power had shifted too far from elected politicians to courts.

Is that so? What then of the British individual, Graham Phillips, 47, now exiled and impoverished thanks to a decision taken by Ms Truss, who, as Foreign Secretary, used her powers to sanction him? It is an amazing case.

Real, harsh, state cruelty is surely something from the distant past, or from fiction - Banishment For Life, The Man In The Iron Mask, Exile or, of course, Franz Kafka's sinister story about a man pursued day and night by dark officials for an unnamed crime. Surely that's all buried in the past, or at least limited to despotisms such as Russia?

How glad we all should be that such things have come to an end. Yet they have recently made a modest comeback, in Britain of all places. And they have done so on the say-so of freedom-loving Liz Truss.

Let me tell you about Mr Phillips, the man she punished, now the Exile of Mariupol. British born, he used to be a junior civil servant before moving to Ukraine in 2010, where he first taught English and then worked as a journalist. When the war broke out, his largely pro-Russian video-blogging saw him kicked out of the country.

He now lives in a semi-derelict building in Mariupol, a war-ravaged city in Russian-occupied Ukraine, which is visited almost nightly by bomber drones. He lives largely on the charity of neighbours.

HE IS not, in my view, a very nice man, and I do not like him. Yet, as the great US Supreme Court Judge Felix Frankfurter once said: 'The safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.' Mr Phillips has done some wrong and stupid things and has expressed some foolish opinions. For me, his worst action was his

Struck dumb? Liz Truss has been silent on the plight of a British citizen she sanctioned

Why Liz Truss's attempts to reinvent herself as a global cramp for of free speech are as lek joke

cruel interrogation of a badly wounded Ukrainian prisoner of war, shown on his video blog.

Others have condemned his interview of Aiden Aslin, a British citizen who had been fighting with Ukrainian armed forces and was captured by the Russians. It has been suggested that the interview was a breach of the Geneva Conventions. But no action has been brought against Mr Phillips on those grounds.

He has been convicted of no crime. No police officer has

arrested him. He has never been charged with an offence against our laws. No jury has found him guilty.

Yet in July 2022 Liz Truss sanctioned him for what she saw as his Putinist propaganda. The official wording says that his offence was to 'produce and publish media material'. It's a direct penalty for writing, speaking and publishing - normal in totalitarian states but not here.

The decree complains that this material 'supports and promotes

actions and policies which destabilise Ukraine and undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine'. Who knew a few video blogs had such power? Ukraine remains remarkably stable.

When Mr Phillips tried to fight this, the High Court explicitly accepted that the sanctions interfered with his human rights under Article 10 (freedom of expression). Article 8 (private family life), and Article 1 of Protocol 1 (property). But the judge

ruled that this was proportionate and lawful in pursuit of the legitimate aim of 'protecting UK national security and supporting Ukraine'. So much for 'human rights', when they matter.

And so the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has punished him with great severity.

He is forbidden by law to earn money, or to pay for anything. His bank account is frozen. We are all likewise forbidden by law to pay him any money.

He cannot return to England because he cannot buy a plane ticket, which - together with Ukraine and the European Union both banning him from entering their airspace - means he's trapped in Mariupol.

LIKEWISE, he is banned from paying any bills, such as the council tax due on his London home - a debt that Islington Council demands he pay. In the most recent act of this farce, his UK bank says that it will not take payment instructions from him unless he comes to England and gives them in person. For obvious reasons, he cannot do this, lest he breaks the law.

Just the other day, some rather brave and generous lawyers, acting without fee, argued that the council should cease their pursuit. We await the judgment. But if the court rules against him, it is not clear what will happen to his home. If he were a convicted prisoner, sitting in jail for a crime of violence or dishonesty, which he isn't, he would be exempt from that very same council tax.

Nor is there an apparent end to his sentence. No limit was fixed or has ever been stated. And there is no obvious lawful way of ending it.

He is, as far I can discover, the only person in the world being punished in this way. All the other people sanctioned by their own states have second passports and can dodge the effects by living out of their reach.

At the time of the sanctioning, Ms Truss was a militantly pro-Ukraine Foreign Secretary, once posing in Moscow in a fetching fur hat, despite it being quite warm weather. Soon afterwards, she famously became Prime Minister, and soon after that, even more famously, she became Not Prime Minister.

In the turmoil of her life since then, has she somehow forgotten that day in July 2022 when she approved the decree sending Graham Phillips into a bottomless chasm of unfreedom, because of some opinions he had expressed about the Russia-Ukraine war?

What would Liz Truss's applauding US audiences make of her action in exiling Mr Phillips for expressing an opinion she personally did not like? And what does she say about all this now?

Well, like so many in the political realm, she does not speak directly to people such as me, and instead I have to rely on her Representative on Earth, known as 'sources'.

Those sources say that Ms Truss, so talkative about liberty on public platforms, has no comment to make beyond referring me to the Foreign Office - whose stonewalling responses on this matter I have already many times experienced.

So much for Ms Truss, the born-again libertarian.

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'I jumped out of my sleep at 3am... I had a terrible feeling'

Murder suspect's wife tells of fearing she knew who victim was

THE wife of an Afghan man accused of murdering a British woman and stuffing her body into a suitcase had a premoni-

By Sabrina Penty

tion that she was dead. Alaina Hall told police that she had met Elisabeth Ross through volunteer work in

Athens and had last seen her on July 12, after a Bible study meeting. Days later, she heard on the news that a body had been stuffed in a suitcase and found in a derelict building in

the city. Later that night, Mrs Hall recalled waking up with a 'terrible' feeling about Elisabeth, also known as Lisa.

'Around 3 in the morning I jumped out of my sleep and thought of something terrible,' she told detectives.

'I remembered the body of a woman who had been found in a suitcase in a place that was very close to our house. I was very afraid that the body that was found belonged to Lisa.'

The following morning, she sent a message to Ms Ross and received two replies, which raised her suspicions. 'These messages were not in Lisa's style, both in terms of her level of English and the use of emojis that she never used.'

Ms Hall also tried to call Ms Ross but did not receive a response.

She has told police that she grew suspicious of her husband Sharif Ahmadzai after she woke to find him missing on the evening of July

'Made me feel strange'

15, and, after checking his shared phone location, she saw that he was at Ms Ross's flat.

When she confronted him, he told her that he was out watching a football match, but had gone to Ms Ross's flat to use the toilet.

'I don't know what to tell you, but all of the above made me feel strange,' she added. 'Especially combining the dates, the messages and my husband's behaviour, I have various thoughts that make me feel uncomfortable.'

Ahmadzai, 26, has refused to enter a plea. He is also accused of manslaughter, robbery and illegal gun possession but has exercised his right to silence.

Detectives found CCTV footage which allegedly shows him leaving the apartment where Ms Ross was staying with a suitcase and dropping it where her remains were found on July 16. Earlier this week, Ahmadzai told police: 'I never did harm to anyone. I want you to understand me and believe me.' He claimed he had visited Ms Ross but found her lying on the bath-

Couple: Alaina Hall and her husband Sharif Ahmadzai

Disappeared: Elisabeth Ross

room floor. He said he asked an old man at a bus stop what he should do and was coerced into dumping the body and stealing her money.

Ahmadzai reached the island of Lesvos in 2016. He then converted to Christianity and married US-born Christian Ms Hall in 2023.

They knew Ms Ross through their volunteering aid work.

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Vice Chancellor sacked at fraud-probe university

THE £290,000-a-year vice chancellor of a university at the centre of a £1million money laundering and bribery investigation has been sacked.

Controversial figure Professor George Holmes had been head of the University of Greater Manchester since 2006.

He was suspended in May 2025 along with two senior members of staff. On July 8 officers raided seven homes across the country.

Two men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of money laundering. Both men were also

By James Tozer

questioned on suspicion of fraud, and one over claims of bribery.

Greater Manchester Police are said to be analysing around 60 transactions. At the time, Assistant Chief Constable Rick Jackson called it 'significant and complex'.

He said officers were focused on money that 'should've been invested in education allegedly being used for personal gain'.

The university said yesterday: 'Dr George Holmes's contract was ended earlier this week.'

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Littlejohn

frichard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk

A CORNUCOPIA of crazy wildlife stories for Gary to get his teeth into today.

In Sourcemouth, views of the sea-front are obscured after rewilding fanatics got rid of the mowers and replaced them with goats, who can't reach the foliage creeping

over the promenade. Meanwhile, bird enthusiasts are protesting about 2,000 pigeons being shot inside lube and railway stations. There's also outrage at marksmen being hired to cull Canada geese at the St George's Hill tennis club in Surrey. Don't

know why. Haven't people seen the mess these birds make? On the golf course that backs on to my house, they've been shooting Canada Geese for years, after they kept dumping their giant toxic whoopsies on the greens and tee boxes. I was rather

hoping a stray bullet might do something about the pesky badger who tunnels his way from the golf course into our back garden every night and digs up the lawn in search of grubs. Maybe I should keep goats to see him off. Gary, it's over to you.

APPARENTLY there has been fevered speculation surrounding my absence during the past month.

According to the rumour mill, I've resigned/been sacked/gone on strike.

In last Friday's letters page, Mail reader Ken Howell, from Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, joked that I was taking more holidays than Beatrice and Eugenie.

I should be so lucky, Ken. The truth is more mundane. I've been under the weather.

As regular readers will know from my last couple of columns at the beginning of July, I'd been in the States for the World Cup, so I could watch the games at a civilised hour rather than the middle of the night back home. While I was there a debilitating knee condition which had laid me low during Covid flared up again with a vengeance.

(No, I didn't do it 'taking the knee' to Black Lives Matter back in 2020.)

Returning to Heathrow at 5.30am after an eight-and-a-half hour transatlantic flight, it seized up completely and the long march from the plane to border control was agonising. I was doing my best Douglas Bader impersonation.

As many of you will know from bitter experience, when your immune system is fighting off a specific, painful problem, it has a knock-on effect.

In my case, it was brain fog and increasing grumpiness. Frankly, I didn't feel I could do myself, the newspaper and, more importantly, you the readers justice until it had been fixed. After six years of treating the condition with exercise and the occasional, increasingly ineffective, steroid injection, I was staring down the barrel of a knee replacement.

FORTUNATELY, I knew that an American friend in his 70s, who'd had one new knee and was anxious to avoid getting another one, had flown to London last year for a treatment which had just become available. It was a simple, minimally invasive procedure and he was back playing pickleball in a couple of weeks.

That rang a bell. I remembered reading something in the Mail's Good Health pages about a new gel, developed in Copenhagen, originally designed to treat lame horses and which had been adapted for human use. So I

HOW MY GIMMYT KEE OF COULS AVE THEMIS MILLIONS

called my consultant, the excellent hip and knee specialist Tim Waters, at Spire Elstree, and discovered he was now able to offer the gel, called Arthrosamid.

Long story short, I had the treatment on Tuesday and was in and out in an hour and 20 minutes.

That includes a course of pre-op antibiotics an hour before the actual procedure, which takes around 15 minutes under local

anaesthetic and consists of six small injections into the affected area. Tim Waters told me I might experience some swelling and stiffness, but when the anaesthetic wore off four hours later I was entirely pain-free for the first time in six years.

My brain fog lifted immediately. The treatment achieves its full potential after a minimum of two

weeks, but I gained full mobility again overnight. Tim said I'd be able to hit the gym again on Friday - that is, today. Miraculous.

Anyway, enough about me. There's a broader point here.

Right now Arthrosamid is only available privately. It cost me £2,700 and was worth every penny, but I'm well aware that not everyone with a gummy knee is able to afford that amount. The NHS has

yet to approve it, even though it is available in Canada and across Europe, where 15,000 patients have already had the treatment.

What is 'our' NHS waiting for? Health chiefs are always keen to embrace expensive new medical procedures, even while neglecting the basics.

But in the case of Arthrosamid, there's a strong financial case for adoption. Currently in the UK, there are 110,000 knee replacement operations performed on the NHS every year, costing between £8,500 and £17,000 in more extreme cases. There's also, at least in my neck of the woods (North London/Herfordshire), a one-year waiting list for the op.

If the NHS decided to approve Arthrosamid, it would buy it in bulk and so it would cost less than it does privately, probably around two grand a pop.

Even if it was only appropriate in, say, 80 per cent of cases - which consultants believe it would be - it would still save the health service a small fortune, somewhere in the order of £70 million a year as a basis for negotiation.

BUT that isn't even the main benefit. It would in future spare hundreds of thousands of patients the trauma of a painful knee-replacement operation, which can take up to six hours from pre-op to discharge from the recovery room, or an overnight stay in hospital, maybe longer. Not to mention months of post-op treatment, painkillers and physio.

Plus, a doctor on an eight-hour shift could treat anything up to two dozen patients a day, slashing waiting lists at a stroke.

The average age of someone needing knee replacement surgery is around 70. Research in Denmark found that patients who had just a single treatment of Arthrosamid were still feeling the benefits four years down the line.

What's not to like? Sorry to disappoint all those who were hoping I'd resigned/been sacked, etc. Thanks to this miracle jab I won't only be back in the gym today, I'm back in the paper.

Normal service has been resumed.

THE far-Left defenders of fantasist Cambridge professor Jason Arday have had the rug pulled from under them following his resignation. Prominent among them was the odious LBC Radio rent-a-gob, bitter failed Fleet Street journalist and former 'Suits You, Sir' inside-leg-measurer James O'Brien.

Predictably, he spat his usual 'racist' smears at Arday's critics who pointed out, correctly, that the prof's CV was a work of fiction.

Still, O'Brien's never met a fantasist he doesn't like. He was the main cheerleader for Nonce-Finder General Tommy Watson's smear campaign against

senior Tories and war hero Lord Bramall, based on false accusations of rape and murder made by child molester Carl Beech, who was subsequently jailed for perverting the course of justice.

More recently, he was forced to make a public apology after reading out on air a fake email claiming young Jewish children are being taught that Arabs are 'cockroaches to be crushed'.

If he'd been a Right-wing talk show host, he'd have been sacked unceremoniously years ago. Why does LBC continue to allow this vile smear-merchant to pollute the airwaves?

They should be ashamed of themselves.

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IF FORMER neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine (convicted of racial harassment in 2016) is not allowed back into public life, or to stand as a Conservative councillor, why is it acceptable for former fraudster Louise Haigh (convicted in 2014 for an offence of fraud by misrepresentation), allowed to be in charge of the country while her boss Andy Burnham goes on holiday? Yet another example of two-tier Britain? Hard to argue otherwise.

Are you thinking what she's thinking?

jan.moir@dailymail.co.uk

OF COURSE everyone is entitled to hire the best lawyers they can to defend themselves in court. And although this thought might be completely unreasonable - I know, it's not my first ride at the irrational rodeo - I lose all respect for those celebrities and sundry millionaires who hire Nick 'Loophole' Freeman to get them off motoring charges.

Mr Loophole specialises in traffic offences such as speeding, drink or drug-driving, reckless driving, you name it. Freeman's company describes itself as a 'market leader in all matters of criminal defence' and he personally has a forensic knowledge of the Road Traffic Act and uses this to dig in and find some obscure technicality that frees his clients - such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir David Beckham,

No Loophole for Lynda, who definitely dunnit

Jeremy Clarkson and Van Morrison. He wasn't so lucky this week with Lynda La Plante (left). The 83-year-old Prime Suspect writer hired him to defend her against a driving ban after she was caught speeding through a 20mph zone in south-west London. Freeman

attempted to argue that a ban would cause La Plante 'exceptional hardship', noting she needed her car for research, she was bedazzled by confusing road signs, that she needed the car to take her dogs for walkies, and if she were banned from driving she would have to sack all her staff and stop writing.

The magistrates were not impressed with this rubbish, and La Plante - who already had nine points on her licence - received a six-month driving ban and a fine. The point is, laws are laws - even if they are stupid laws. If you do the crime, they you must accept the time. Just like ordinary people must.

Hiring someone like Mr Loophole to get you off? There is something morally repugnant about that.

Ouch! Martha Stewart's roast for Meghan

HUSH now, for Queen Martha has spoken. The doyenne of domesticity revealed she recently met the Duchess of Sussex - and was not impressed.

'I had dinner with Meghan Markle the other night. We were both guests at a dinner party in California. And she had just gotten back from the Palace,' said Martha Stewart (right), referring to the Sussexes visit with King Charles and Queen Camilla. 'I didn't talk to her really

more than to say a couple of words, but I know she was talking about it,' Stewart added.

You'd think Meghan would make a beeline for Martha. After all she is the original lifestyle life force, the first and best female entrepreneur to build a multi-million-dollar lifestyle empire involving cooking, entertaining, gardening, crafts and home decor.

There is a lot Martha could teach Meghan, whose jam sales are stalling and whose brand

is hardly booming. Maybe the duchess was just intimidated - Martha has previously questioned her authenticity.

And this week she said: 'If you're an actress, it's hard to then transition to a princess and then from a princess into a home-making guru on a television show.'

Ouch! That's a bigger sear than the one Martha puts on her ribeye steaks. But isn't it also a very good point?

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Jan MOIR

His woleadmirers wanted to believe Arday so much that if he'd claimed to be Shergar they'd have given him a lump of sugar!

THE rise and rise and rise and epic fall of Cambridge professor Jason Arday could only happen in idiotic, idealistic, soppy, patronising, doomed Great Britain.

A place where many leading institutions – broadcasting, publishing, the Civil Service, the Church, the charity industry and yes, most certainly academia, too – are increasingly choked by the smoke of woke ideology. Leftist groupthink and an almost comical desperation to be seen on the politically correct side of the progressive divide.

A place where a man like Arday – dapper, dreadlocked, charismatic and, crucially for them, black – could flourish and thrive without too many questions asked about his florid claims to fame.

Many of those supporters who hired him, praised him and promoted him wanted to believe in him so badly that if Jason Arday had claimed to be Shergar they'd have given him a lump of sugar, a comforting pat and a nice bag of oats.

For Arday's success as a plagiarist and fantasist is propelled by exactly the same wrong-headed impulse – only in murderous reverse – that made police, on a dark winter night in Southampton in 2025, believe that it was Vickrum Digwa who had been the victim of a racist attack, and not 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak who had been stricken.

Why? Because in the corroded dogma of modern UK identity politics, the minority are always the

victims and therefore must take priority; always to be feted on the moral high ground.

After being slashed five times by Digwa wielding his eight-inch ceremonial Sikh knife, a dying Harry pleaded to police officers: 'I've been stabbed.' One of them replied sneeringly: 'Don't think you have, mate.'

Don't think you have, mate? Hideous, of course, but why did no one say this to Arday when he told his fanciful stories – that he couldn't read or write until he was 18 and then, shazam, produced an elaborate doctorate about five minutes later; that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days and continued even after breaking a leg; that he was offered an MBE, raised £5million for charity; and he did not, repeat not, cheat when writing his doctorate, even though chunks of it were purloined from other sources.

HE just steamed on and on in a blaze of unchallenged triumph and glittering prizes, collecting accolades and media appearances. Obviously becoming a darling of the BBC, where he presented a five-part series on loneliness and was a regular guest on shows and podcasts, always taking pains to appear preeminently modest.

He also collected prestigious visiting fellowships and professorships at other universities, both here and in America, some of them even real.

Within the oblivious plush of his academic world, Arday was granted a leniency and indulgence denied to other academics, purely

because of what he was rather than who he was. One journalist who dared to raise questions was investigated by police and threatened by lawyers – at Arday's behest.

The 41-year-old sociology professor resigned from his position at the University of Cambridge this week, following mounting accusations. This is the real disgrace. He has no shame. Arday is still insisting upon his innocence, issuing a simpering statement worthy of a pin-up being ousted from a boyband.

Pausing only to state that his autism is to blame for any mistakes made and that the scrutiny about his life is framed by racism, he launches into prime whine – 'scarcely have imagined', 'thousands celebrated my appointment', 'personal attack', 'far beyond', 'relentless', 'profound toll', 'time to heal', 'I will return'.

'I need time to simply be myself again,' he writes. But does he even know who that is any more?

In a narrative that makes the Emperor's New Clothes look like a legit enterprise, Arday's fantasies are shredding into rags by the day. Simon & Schuster was preparing to publish his memoir imminently – titled Great And Unfortunate Things – in which his declarations reach ever more lunatic heights.

Did no one at this great publishing house – or at Cambridge itself – bother with due diligence or vetting or even common sense?

Perhaps everyone was too glazed by the raptures of diversity, equality and inclusion to raise a sceptical eyebrow at the heroic story of a 'medically impaired' son of Ghanaian immigrants who beat all the odds to flourish in multi-cultural Britain. No one wanted to look too

BARBIE (2023) was one of the most successful comedy films in history, grossing over a billion dollars and making everyone involved even richer than their previously rich selves. In fact, it was so lucrative that all participants are pinkly keen to make Barbie 2, even though that was never in the original plan. However, the monies involved are so fantastical, no one can agree terms. Ryan Gosling (Ken) is asking for a reported $20million just to sign on, and he also wants a slice of the profits. Margot Robbie (Barbie) had a producer deal which earned her $50million first time around, but she wants more profit participation, too. Stalemate has ensued, as Warner Bros is refusing their demands. It's hard to work out if such greed is good, just good business, a feminist triumph or a totem to Hollywood gluttony. 'Don't worry – everyone likes me and thinks I'm cool and pretty,' says Barbie in the original film. For how much longer?

closely to see what lurked beneath Jason's stone of destiny.

My favourite among these dumb chucks is perhaps Professor Hilary Cremin, the head of the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University and Arday's new boss when she welcomed him in as the university's youngest ever black professor in 2023.

In a BBC News report filmed on campus, she is seen holding Arday's hands and gushingly telling him: 'The board were absolutely unanimous, we are so lucky to have you, you are the best in

the world in terms of the research that you do.'

But he's not the messiah, Hilary, he's a very naughty boy.

Jason Arday turned out to be the Milli Vanilli of the academic world; a mascot, a jewel whose shine reflected on Cambridge and elsewhere, on all those who eagerly gathered up the banquet of virtuousness points that his presence offered.

It would be absolutely hilarious, were it not so tragic. And so revealing about the state of the nation.

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It's a midsummer dream as Cruise's girl steals the show

Star turn: Suri Noelle's performance appeared to be well received

EVEN Tom Cruise's daughter has to start somewhere.

The actor's movies have been watched by millions, grossing £12 billion in his four-decades long career.

And yesterday his youngest daughter Suri Noelle made her British acting debut - in front of 33 people.

Ms Noelle, 20, whose mother is Katie Holmes, appeared at Edinburgh's Fringe festival as part of the cast of a 'queer' adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

One viewer described her performance in Midsummer! as 'incredible', adding: 'She genuinely stole the

By Dolly Busby Showbusiness Correspondent

show, she was excellent.' Ms Noelle was joined on stage by eight of her fellow students from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

She will be in Scotland for the show's two-week run, but her name is not listed in the programme. And her attempt at keeping a low-profile worked - the pop-up venue on Edinburgh's St Andrew Square, which has a capacity of 68, wasn't even half full for the lunchtime performance.

Debut: Suri in the 'queer' Shakespeare adaptation in Edinburgh

Ephraim Hardcastle

REPORTS that Andy Burnham may meet some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims has ruffled feathers at the Palace. The King was under immense pressure to meet victims during his state visit to the US in April, but Donald Trump didn't want it, and the King - who succeeded in getting walkabouts, and thus awkward questions from the public, removed from his schedule - did not want Andrew casting a shadow. But my mole whispers that Queen Camilla took a different view. Officially, the Palace suggested that an 'ongoing investigation' into Epstein's crimes prevented any royal encounter with victims. This left the Queen in the awkward position of hosting a meeting with survivors of violence and abuse at New York Public Library without any of Epstein's victims invited. She was unhamused. Should Burnham now meet them, she may go on the rampage.

NOTING Yvette Cooper's globetrotting days are over after she was demoted from Foreign Secretary to the health department, Radio 4's Nick Robinson highlights new domestic tensions with her famous spouse. 'A fellow broadcaster, a certain Ed Balls, says you have to be quieter in the kitchen now that you're back at home more often, because he's trying to record a podcast,' Nick points out. Yvette's response? 'Seriously, why does anybody listen to Ed?'

STANDING at 6ft 2in when wearing her trademark heels, statuesque Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, 52, recalls her height proving a barrier when first auditioning for stage roles. 'I would constantly get, 'We'd love to use her, but we've already cast the man', 'walls Hannah, pictured.

REFLECTING on the fate of Cambridge's 'plagiarism professor' Jason Arday, former BBC political heavyweight Andrew Neil notes that Arday was invited to guest edit Radio 4's Today in 2023, witheringly adding: 'Guess he fitted the bill perfectly for them. Think how smug and righteous they must have felt. Seems the whole British establishment was complicit in bigging up this guy to something he was not.'

HORSE whisperer Monty Robert, who has died aged 92, recalled that the Queen Mother was 'visibly moved' when he worked his magic on one of her filles. 'That was one of the most wonderful things I have ever seen in my life,' she said. 'Instinctively, I put out my arms to give her a hug, only to be stopped by her security guards. She did not seem in the least offended.'

BILL Nighy explains why he hasn't worn swimming trunks since the last century. 'If you're talking about Speedos, the first thing people do is laugh,' he groans. 'The thought of me in Speedos is apparently unsurvivably funny, which I can't deny. I would say it's sad, but each to his own.'

Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

By Glen Keogh

AN Army training college for teenagers is at the centre of a police investigation after four women said they were sexually assaulted by other soldiers.

The women say they were sexually abused or raped at the Army Foundation College within the past five years, when all were aged 17.

Yesterday the BBC reported the accounts from women about their experiences at the college in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which provides military training and education to those aged under 19.

One woman said she had always wanted to be a soldier but her dream was shattered when she was raped by several fellow soldiers.

'They were like, 'Do you want to come into the room?',' the woman, whose name was given as Tilly to protect her identity, told the BBC. 'And me being a naive 17-year-old girl was like 'yeah fine'.' She added: 'They started taking my clothes off and then this led to them doing stuff I didn't consent to.

'There were a lot of them. They touched me in places, made inappropriate comments, calling me a thing rather than a girl.

'And then I was raped... by multiple junior soldiers, same age as me. It went on for

Female cadets suffered 'rape and abuse' at Army college

hours. I felt like a piece of meat.'

'Tilly left the Army two weeks after the attack.

The four women who

'I felt like a piece of meat'

reported their alleged sexual abuse to the broadcaster said there was a culture of misogyny and sexual violence at the Army college.

Another woman said a fellow

soldier trapped her in a room and attacked her, kissing her face when she did not consent. Another said staff at the college had misogynistic attitudes, with instructors marking the looks of female soldiers out of ten.

Last night, North Yorkshire Police said: 'Reports of sexual abuse at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate are deeply disturbing, and North Yorkshire Police continues to sensitively support the young victims and their families while doing all we can to bring

perpetrators to justice. We encourage victims to come forward to the police and seek the specialist support that is readily available, no matter how long ago the offences took place.'

An Army spokesman said: 'Unacceptable and criminal behaviour has absolutely no place in our Armed Forces.

'People join in the hope of having a fantastic career and any such reports are unacceptable and go completely against everything the Army stands for.'

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On the brink of insanity...

Walkers risk their lives for a selfie on South Coast cliffs

Crackpots: Foolhardy tourists tempt fate on the stunning 170ft chalk cliffs at Seaford Head in East Sussex yesterday

Hazard: One section (circled) looks ready to fall

APPARENTLY oblivious to the danger, reckless tourists pose for selfies at the edge of a cracked and crumbling chalk cliff 170ft above a rocky beach.

The alarming scene at Seaford Head in East Sussex yesterday follows warnings about the risks of standing on the brink of the cliff, from which huge sections regularly plunge to the shore.

The striking white landmark is riddled with so-called tension cracks – but that didn't stop more than a dozen visitors ignoring warning signs so they could take photographs.

Seaford Head attracts thou-

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sands of walkers on the King Charles III England Coast Path each year. Sightseers are urged to keep at least five metres from the edge while admiring the Seven Sisters cliffs between Brighton and Eastbourne.

East Sussex County Council warns: 'Every year, thousands of tons of chalk falls from the cliffs.

'Despite warning signs, people often stand near the edge. Chalk cliffs are extremely unstable and can fall at any time.

'People underestimate the risks they are taking.'

Danger: A man takes a young girl to the edge

Now just 14% of England's waters are healthy

ONLY one in seven of England's rivers, lakes and coastal waters are healthy, a damning report revealed yesterday.

The effects of sewage, farming and general pollution meant just 14.3 per cent of surface water bodies achieved an overall good ecological status in 2025.

Campaigners last night said the survey proves it is time to take back control of water companies from 'private profiteers'.

In its first update in six years, the Environment Agency (EA) found that sewage spills, agricultural nutrients, litter, petrol and garden pesticides pouring into the country's 4,658 rivers, lakes, estuaries, canals and coastal

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waters have left the Government falling way behind on its target to restore 75 per cent of them to good ecological status by 2027.

The figures are down on the 16.3 per cent achieving good status in 2019, but the EA said they were not directly comparable as it had updated its methods. However, it said the analysis showed 'too many water bodies are not achieving the standards we want to see'.

Every single surface water body failed to meet 'good' chemical status, largely due to substances such as flame retardants which – while now banned or heavily restricted – persist in the environ-

ment for decades. Classification is done on a 'one out, all out' basis – if a body of water fails in one element, it will fail overall. Data shows 82 per cent of individual indicators – such as fish or plant life – were good or high, which the EA described as 'encouraging'.

Two thirds of water bodies achieved moderate status, 17 per cent were poor, 3.1 per cent bad and just 0.1 per cent were high.

Agency chairman Alan Lovell said Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) classifications help target where action is needed, adding: 'We share the public's ambition for faster progress which is why we are transforming our enforcement work. We

are using all our evidence to direct sustained improvement action from water companies, farmers, businesses and councils.'

But James Wallace, of charity River Action, said: 'Despite successive governments' promises, nothing has changed. Our rivers remain among the filthiest in Europe, poisoned by sewage from polluting, profit-driven water firms and industrial-scale agriculture.

'If the Government is serious about restoring our rivers, it must use the upcoming Clean Water Bill to take back control of water companies from private profiteers... and end the regulatory failures that have allowed our rivers to become open sewers.'

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by Helen Nicklin

EVEN as a wine critic, nothing makes me happier than saving a few quid on a bottle of wine.

It's not hard to see why. The never-ending cost-of-living crisis, combined with steep rises in the price of alcohol thanks to hefty duty, tax and VAT on top of spiralling transport costs, packaging and rubbish exchange rates, has changed the way we shop for wine for good.

Wine dupes are the ultimate feel-good booze bargain: a tipple that looks and tastes just as delicious – sometimes more so – than its pricier, more famous counterpart.

Often they're made just down the road, or use the same method and grapes. Cremant, for instance, has become the nation's go-to stand-in for Champagne. In other cases a dupe is a brand in its own right with a genuinely similar taste profile.

Increasingly though, it's a supermarket's own creation, cooked up purely to rival the big names, complete with cheeky little nods (some subtle, some not) to exactly who they're copying (yes, Screaming Devil, I'm looking at you.)

Whispering Angel kicked off the last wine dupe frenzy. With its evocative name and pretty-in-pink packaging it does a fine job of justifying that premium price tag. Some copies are excellent; others, frankly, have nothing to do with the flavour profile, the growing region or even the grapes of the original. Call it a dupe if you like, really it's just a nice vino.

But rather than be led by the packaging and pricing, I did a blind comparison tasting. Here's my pick of the ten best, tried-and-tested wine dupes on shelves right now. Newsflash: some of them even beat the originals!

THE ORIGINAL: Whispering Angel, £19–£23, Waitrose

A BLEND of Grenache, Cinsault and Rolle, this is a classic Côtes de Provence pink; dry and textural with peach and strawberry notes. Not as vibrant as it used to be.

BEST DUPE: Sainte Victoire, Côtes de Provence Rosé, £8.99, Aldi

SAINTE Victoire is actually a sub-appellation of Côtes de Provence so, in theory, is more boutique than the big brand. This blatant Aldi dupe smashed it out of the park thanks to its authentic Provencal profile – and got extra points for mineral freshness. Sip this as an aperitif or with grilled white fish, seafood or goat's cheese. This outclasses Whispering Angel in the glass for less than half the cost.

ALSO TRY: Screaming Devil £13.99, Aida

A DELICIOUS drop – less fruity but with more crisp freshness.

THE ORIGINAL: Porta 6, £9, Tesco

WITH its brooding notes of bramble, wild strawberry and dark chocolate, this showcases what a great value Portuguese wine looks and tastes like.

My blind taste test revealed Asda's £13.99

Screaming Devil is just as good as £23 Whispering Angel...

and all the other wine dupes that taste like — or even better — than the originals

BEST DUPE: Animus Douro, £6.69, Aldi

HAILING from the home of Port in the Douro rather than the Lisbon region like Porta 6, this is a similar blend but it came out a little richer and more complex with notes of red berries, currants, fruitcake and spice. It's big but silky

with it. Exceptional value and perfect for a barbecue.

ALSO TRY: Torre de Ferro Reserva Dão, £7.99, Lidl

ANOTHER decent Portuguese red blend made using local grapes. A powerful, rich red for the price, though less silky than the others.

THE ORIGINAL: Jam Shed, £8.50, Morrisons

THERE was a time when

'jammy' was considered a dirty word in wine-speak. Ironic, then, that this sweeter, red style of wines is now so popular. It is sweet and simple.

BEST DUPE: Casillero del

Diablo Jammy Red Devil, £8.50, Morrisons

WHERE Jam Shed is a straightforward, sweet Aussie Shiraz, this Chilean version adds a dash of Carmenère to the Shiraz, which gives it a cool leafiness and more drinkability.

Yes, it's the same price but a cut above in quality, so a better choice. This will love salty

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cheese or ribs with barbecue sauce. The sweetness will also foil hot spice.

ALSO TRY: Busby Estate Jammy the Red, £6.50, Asda NOT as rich as the others but great if you like red sweet, but lighter-bodied.

THE ORIGINAL: Bread & Butter Chardonnay, £16, Sainsbury's

BOLD, oaky Chardonnay isn't for everyone and Bread & Butter goes for broke here, leaning into the most extreme version going all sweet caramel, cream and vanilla.

BEST DUPE: Greasy Fingers Big, Buttery Chardonnay, £10.50 (£8, Clubcard), Tesco

ALSO unashamedly bold, made to go with fast foods like spicy, fried chicken. More of a classic oaked Chardonnay; fresher, with less cloying sweetness and more savoury, toasty oak than sickly vanilla. A much better all-rounder! Wonderful with a cheese or chicken burger.

ALSO TRY: Butter Side Up Chardonnay, £10, Asda

A CLOSER match to Bread & Butter, though more vanilla sweet and synthetic.

THE ORIGINAL: 19 Crimes Chardonnay, £10, Morrisons

A CLOYINGLY sweet wine that appeals to some for its simple, candy-like quality. It should be half the price, though.

BEST DUPE: Andrew Peace White Label Chardonnay, £7 Morrisons A CLASSIC, low-priced Australian Chardonnay that actually

tastes of Chardonnay and won't fur up your teeth with all the sugar. Very lightly oaked, it's not uber-buttery or sweet but fresh, with notes of white peach, melon and citrus. Lovely with grilled chicken, white fish - or sushi if you're feeling swish.

ALSO TRY: Oxford Landing Estates Chardonnay, £6.50 on offer, Waitrose

ANOTHER well-made, lightly oaked Aussie Chard with ripe fruit and decent freshness. Lower alcohol too at 11.5 pc.

THE ORIGINAL: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, £31 / £25.50 mix 6, Majestic

DESCRIBED as tasting 'like electricity' when it first hit shelves, this set the benchmark for the

Marlborough style - and it's still hard to beat.

BEST DUPE: Luis Felipe Edwards 'Signature Series' Sauvignon Blanc, £9.50 / £8.50 mix 6, Majestic COASTAL Chile is

producing some cracking, sea-salt-fresh Sauvignons and often for a lot less cash.

'This is intense and aromatic with a lovely, tropical fruit note that softens everything up.

ALSO TRY: New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Awatere Valley, Lidl, £8.99 AN IMPRESSIVE, laser-focused Sauvignon with more leafy herbaceous than many.

THE ORIGINAL: La Vieille Ferme (The Chicken Wine), £10, Tesco THE pink Chicken Wine is famously made by a proper wine-making fam-

ily in the Rhône Valley and is a well-rounded, crowd-pleasing, dry style with subtle fruit.

BEST DUPE: Le Petit Poulet Rosé, £6.29 Aldi

ALDI is the king of dupes and this is another classic, complete with a chicken on the front and the name 'little chicken' in French. It doesn't quite have the smoothness of the original, but for the price it's a very decent drop. A perfect party pink that needs nothing, though cold cuts and poultry work nicely.

ALSO TRY: The Farmyard Rosé, £6.29 Lidl YES, it also has chickens on the front and, well-chilled, it's highly gluggable.

THE ORIGINAL: Moët et Chandon Imperial Brut NV, £43-49 Waitrose

WHEN it comes to big brand Champagne, Moët sets the standard with its house blend led by

Pinot and Meunier with some Chardonnay - but it has got very expensive over time.

BEST DUPE: Graham Beck Brut NV, £17 / £16 mix 6, Majestic MADE in the same time-consuming traditional method as Champagne

and with the same grapes, all Graham Beck South African sparklers offer outstanding value. The Brut is perfect if you prefer fizz with a little more fruitiness too, as Moët tends to be.

Lovely with salty canapés or roast chicken.

ALSO TRY: Sainsbury's Blanc de Noirs Champagne, £14

MADE only with black grapes so a bit like Moët but not quite as complex. Ridiculously cheap for real Champers.

THE ORIGINAL: Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2021, £18.50/£17.50 mix 6, Majestic

RIOJA can be a little hit and miss but Marques de Riscal is a reliable style, still showcasing that sweet spot between spiced leather notes and ripe bramble fruit.

BEST DUPE: Monte Plogar Gran Reserva, Lidl, £7.49 MADE with a different grape to Rioja and from a different Spanish region entirely, this exceptional red is aged to perfection and offers all the spiced leather.

wild strawberry-scented goodness you'd want from an expensive Gran Reserva Rioja. One for grilled or roast meats - especially lamb.

ALSO TRY: Cepra Lebrel Rioja Crianza, £5.79 Lidl

FOR a real Rioja with some age, this is excellent for the price. More fruity than leathery-spiced, though.

THE ORIGINAL: Casillero del Diablo Merlot, £8.50 Tesco

THIS stalwart of the corner shops has endured because it's an easy-

drinking, affordable and reliable Chilean Merlot with velvety notes of black-currant and red fruit. BEST DUPE: Estevez Chilean Merlot, £4.69 Aldi PLUMMY, Juicy and velvety

smooth, this tastes like Merlot should and massively over-delivers for the price. I don't know how they make it for so little cash. Wonderful with steak and chips.

ALSO TRY: Hardy's Stamp Merlot, £5.50 Asda

EASY-DRINKING and soft with simple red berry fruit notes. Pleasant enough for its very low price.

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By Xantha Leatham

ITS name has become shorthand for anyone considered somewhat feather-brained. But it turns out the dodo may have been unfairly maligned.

The extinct species was no less intelligent than its pigeon descendants – birds capable of recognising human faces, solving puzzles and even learning to read simple words – scientists claim.

Researchers took CT scans of perfectly

'May have been able to see in the dark'

preserved dodo skulls, of which there are only three, from which they formed an idea of the dimensions of its brain. They then compared it with other members of the pigeon family.

'We found that the dodo's forebrain,

Bird-brained? Actually, dodos were pretty smart

Scan: The image of the dodo's brain linked to cognition and memory, was similar in proportion to other pigeons, when compared to the rest of the brain,

the researchers said. The dodo may have also possessed a rare ecological trait – the ability to see in the dark. The team found evidence suggesting the dodo may have been active at dawn, dusk or even during the night.

Professor Vera Weisbecker, from Flinders University, in Adelaide, said: 'We may need to picture it navigating the dim Mauritian forests at sunrise or sunset and behaving with the same level of intelligence as its living pigeon relatives.'

Dodos disappeared from Mauritius in the late 17th century after humans, of whom they felt no fear, hunted them.

Extinct: Dodos died out in the 1600s

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E-scooters far more dangerous than bikes

By Xantha Leatham

Executive Science Editor

E-SCOOTER riders face a much higher risk of brain injury or damage to internal organs in an accident than motorcyclists or cyclists, experts warn.

Electric scooters have soared in popularity, offering a quick and cheap way to travel around towns and cities.

But because helmet use is rare, those on e-scooters are 3.5 times more likely to receive a traumatic brain injury than motorcyclists, analysis has revealed.

They are also 1.5 times more likely to injure internal organs and 3.2 times more likely to damage arteries or veins. Compared with cyclists, the risk was 1.7, 1.4 and 1.7 times higher respectively.

However, the risk of fractures for

'High burden of head trauma'

e-scooter riders was lower than for cyclists and bikers.

Surgeon David Bodansky, from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and his team reviewed data for 15,247 patients on the National Major Trauma Registry. This included 580 e-scooter riders, more than 7,000 motorcyclists and 7,740 cyclists.

They looked at moderate-to-severe injuries in England and Wales from 2020 to 2022.

Helmet use was documented for 5.9 per cent of e-scooter riders, around three-quarters of motorcyclists and 45 per cent of cyclists.

The team also analysed more than 23,000 self-reported e-scooter collisions and near misses that

Trial: E-scooters can be rented

showed men were 36 per cent less likely to crash than women. Women were 2.1 times more likely to be severely injured.

Mr Bodansky said the findings highlighted the necessity for tougher safety rules, such as mandatory helmets and lower speed limits for e-scooters. Researchers also suggested geo-fencing technology, which limits the areas in which rented e-scooters operate.

Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, they said: 'The high burden of head trauma alongside low helmet use reiterates the need for mandatory helmet legislation.'

It is illegal to use privately owned e-scooters in public. But they can be rented from Government trial schemes in London and other cities. The latest figures show there were 1,312 collisions involving e-scooters in 2024, up from 1,292 in 2023. There were 1,390 casualties and six people were killed.

The Department for Transport said trials were testing e-scooters 'in a controlled environment before updating the law to ensure they can be used safely more widely'.

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Farmer shot his lodger then butchered the body and hid it for years in barrel of concrete

By Mark Duell

A FORMER butcher who dismembered his victim then hid the remains in a concrete-filled barrel has been jailed for 35 years.

Farmer Christopher Wright, 73, was convicted of murdering his lodger Richard Dyson, 55, who had disappeared in 2019.

Mr Dyson, who lived in his car on Wright's land at Hoyland, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had been reported missing by his daughter.

The police inquiry turned into a murder investigation and last year officers found the body hidden in a barrel on a trailer.

Mr Dyson had done odd jobs for the farmer but the pair fell out after Wright suspected him of stealing antique guns from him and selling on possessions.

Wright, who collected firearms, shot him in the arm and chest. Over the following days, he dismembered him, bought cement and then concealed the body parts in the blue container.

He put the barrel in a trailer and persuaded an innocent neighbour to store

'He was skilled to do such a terrible thing'

the vehicle. On July 14 last year, officers discovered Mr Dyson's dismembered skeleton in the barrel - and identified him by using his DNA.

Prosecutor Peter Moulson KC told Sheffield Crown Court: 'The dismemberment was carried out with some anatomical or butchery knowledge. Wright had worked as a butcher in his youth.

'The prosecution's theory is that he killed him [Mr Dyson] because he suspected he had been stealing antique firearms from him and selling them on.'

Wright's childhood friend Karl Schwalbe, 72, was convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after helping to conceal the crime. He was jailed for three years.

Mr Justice Cotter said Wright, who was a member of a Spandau Ballet tribute band, must serve a minimum of 35 years and was likely to die in prison. The judge told him: 'You had worked as a butcher and were skilled enough to do such a terrible thing, something that few ordinary people would have the stomach for.'

Mr Dyson's daughter Bethany Dainty said not knowing what had happened to her father for so long meant she 'couldn't grieve

Cruel: Christopher Wright

Odd jobs: Richard Dyson

Concealed: The trailer where the barrel containing the body of Richard Dyson was found

Gruesome: Christopher Wright was a collector of antique weapons, including these two

because I did not know the truth'. She added: 'It has destroyed my life and changed me as a person. My dad went missing when I was only 19 years old. At that age, you still need your parents, their guidance, support, love and pro-

tection. He was not just my dad, he was my best friend. We spoke every day and he came to see me every weekend.

'No matter what was happening in life, I knew he would be there. When he didn't turn up, I

knew something was wrong. He never turned his phone on silent, it was unnatural.'

Ms Dainty said: 'The cruellest part of this is that someone out there knew the truth. Someone watched me for years, knowing

what had happened. After years of searching, hoping, begging and suffering I got the answer I feared from the beginning: My dad was never coming home.

'Knowing what happened haunts me every day.'

Wright and Schwalbe were recorded by cameras in a police car park discussing CCTV that officers had gathered.

When police were searching his property, Wright was filmed in a hotel praying for absolution from God and that his weapons would not be found. Christopher Dunn, for Schwalbe, said it was 'an error of Biblical proportions' not to tell the police what happened.

The court heard Schwalbe was a 'hard-working husband' who suffers with memory and neurological issues due to an accident.

Wright was convicted of murder, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, preventing a lawful burial as well as firearms offences.

Don't be desperate for a partner, you can be happy being alone...

IF YOUR search for 'the one' is proving fruitless, there may be a silver lining.

Being alone is good for you - as long as you see it as a chance for personal growth, research claims.

Singletons who see their relationship status as an opportunity rather than a setback are more likely to try new hobbies, travel, learn new skills and spend time with friends.

Those with this mindset also reported being happier overall and having a greater connection to others in their

By Xantha Leatham Executive Science Editor

life, the study of 600 single participants published in the Journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found.

Lead author Elina Moreno, from the University of Toronto, said: 'Seizing the opportunity to try new things, meet new people, and develop new hobbies can significantly improve not only the way you feel about being single, but also how you feel about your life in general.'

... which is a good job, as we are all running out of friends

BRITAIN is in the grip of a 'friendship recession' as three in four adults say they have fewer pals than five years ago.

The average Briton now has 11, with men reported to have a bigger circle of around 13 compared with ten for women.

Ranked by city, those in Glasgow have the fewest, with eight on average, followed by Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester and Nottingham, all on around nine.

But the average Briton considers only three of their friends to be genuinely close. Some 52 per cent said their friendship circle had shrunk, 76 per cent spend less

Daily Mail Reporter

quality time with friends, and 49 per cent have social media 'friends' they would avoid in real life. Sabina Voysey, of the Camping and Caravanning Club which commissioned the poll, said: 'Friendships are being squeezed by the pressures of modern life, yet people are craving more meaningful connections than ever.'

Psychologist Sophie Mort, who was involved in the poll, said social media did not 'always provide the face-to-face interactions that help relationships deepen'.

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Why we all love to hate Lauren

WHY do people love to hate Lauren Sanchez Bezos, the improbably pneumatic wife of megabucks Amazon founder Jeff? Bestselling author Amy Chozick, whose profile of Sanchez Bezos (pictured) in the New York Times earlier this year stirred up a global storm, tells me: 'I was not surprised by the anti-Lauren backlash. I think there is so much anger towards the uber bro class of tech oligarchs. There are a lot of opinions out there which are nothing to do with who she is as a person. 'She may be a fun hang, but that doesn't detract from how triggering it is for people who can't pay their

bills to see these people living it up on a gigantic yacht.'

Chozick, who has written a novel called With Friends Like You, which is being made into a major film, adds: 'Also I think she does not look like what you think a billionaire's wife should look like. There is no quiet luxury here. There was a tacit agreement for years that you could be as wealthy as you liked, as long as you didn't look like you were having too much fun. Look at how Mark Zuckerberg used to conduct himself. 'Now you have someone who is not at all apologetic about it - and this is at the moment that AI is coming for your job.'

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M&S pick the Happy Valley psycho to be their face of Christmas '26

MARKS & Spencer had a chaotic Christmas last year, hiring The White Lotus's Aimee Lou Wood to front its festive ad campaign only to decide, after filming, to go in a different direction.

This year, though, it can be revealed the retailer has turned to James Norton, the 41-year-old star of Grantchester and Happy Valley (in which he played the psychopath Tommy Lee Royce). Norton, who recently declared himself too old to be in the running for James Bond, signed on the dotted line for M&S around a week ago and is expected to be filming in a festive sweater in the next few weeks.

And sources indicate he picked up a very fat cheque indeed... which may even be nudging £1 million. Perhaps M&S were impressed by his stunning campaign for Giorgio Armani last year (he's worked with the label since 2023).

The move marks a reversal after last year's strategy of a 'product-focused' campaign, with a social media-first approach, via 'influencer content-drops'. In the end, its 2025 festive advert featured dancers on a snowy street, performing to the Snap! hit Rhythm Is A Dancer.

(M&S runs a separate Christmas food campaign with Dawn French - as a fairy - as its face. It's not clear whether this will return.)

In 2023, the retail giant signed Hannah Waddingham, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Zawe Ashton, while in the past Holly Willoughby and model David Gandy have appeared.

M&S reported in January that strong demand for its Christmas food offset dwindling fashion sales over the festive period, as the UK retail giant battled declining High Street footfall.

Food sales in the 13 weeks to December 27 were up 6.6 per cent - but fashion, home and beauty sales fell by 2.5 per cent.

M&S said this was partly due to continued fallout from the cyber attack which paralysed its online business in spring 2025 for six weeks.

High Street spending generally was low last Christmas, due to food inflation and the high cost of living. Ms Wood has never commented on what happened when she was

Merry and fright: James Norton (top) and the actor in Happy Valley

dumped by the retailer, having signed a deal to lead the ad in the summer.

A spokesman for M&S said: 'We really enjoyed working with Aimee Lou Wood during the early stages of this year's Christmas campaign - she brought great energy and creativity to the process. As the campaign evolved, we started to embed a new product-focused strategy under new leadership.'

'So, rather than a single-hero advert, the campaign was reshaped around a series of festive films and influencer content-drops aligned to key seasonal shopping moments - from gifting and hosting to partywear - delivered through a social-first, multi-channel approach across social media, digital, out-of-home and print.'

So now we know. Or maybe not. Stockport-born Ms Wood found fame in Netflix's comedy drama Sex Education before portraying dizzy Chelsea in the third series of The White Lotus last year.

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Boshoff

■ A LAW of diminishing returns seems to be setting in for Holly Willoughby's YouTube lifestyle show Holly Willoughby Together. The first episode, which saw her chop courgettes with actor Stanley Tucci, drew 74,000 viewers. The next attracted 37,000, and her latest effort this week attracted just 15,000.

Hugo's niece is weaving her way into multiverse

HER uncle Hugo played Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger and now Samara Weaving is stepping into the world of big-screen superheroes (and supervillains), too: she's lined up to play telepathic mutant Emma Frost in a reboot of the X-Men. Samara (pictured, left) who first tasted fame in the Aussie soap Home

And Away, will be starring alongside Stranger Things actress Sadie Sink, as Jean Grey; and Inde Navarrette of Obsession, who has been tapped to play Mystique.

The movie, due for release in 2028, will update the old mutants with a new young cast. The X-Men films were previously the

property of 20th Century Fox, but the rights now belong to Disney (which bought the company seven years ago). Disney also own the rights to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Fox made seven X-Men movies and three Wolverine pictures. The last was Dark Phoenix, in the summer of 2019, in which Jean Grey goes a bit rogue.

We work with y'all, but we don't understand a word you say...

TED Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt, both American, admit they sometimes need subtitles to understand English accents – despite years of filming their global smash hit in the UK. Hunt, who plays Coach Beard in the series (which is set in Richmond, south west London), said: 'When my wife wanted to watch the Oasis documentary, we got two minutes in before she says: 'I'm doing subtitles. I can't understand these dudes at all.' I said: 'Yeah, you and me both, and I've lived there.''

Sudeikis chimed in: 'My father needs help with some of the British accents and yeah, I benefit from that.'

The new series of Ted Lasso started streaming on Apple TV on Wednesday.

Say what? Brendan Hunt (left) and Jason Sudeikis

■ JESSE Eisenberg, Oscar-nominated for his original screenplay for A Real Pain (about chalk-and-cheese cousins on a journey through Poland), will be in London in October when his new film closes the 70th London Film Festival.

The Debut stars Julianne Moore (right) as a shy woman who auditions for a role at a community theatre, with Paul Giamatti as the director who sees something in her. Moore said: 'I probably can count on

■ TRACY-Ann Oberman is continuing to create plum roles for herself – by turning male characters into female ones. In 2023, she played Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice. Now she's taking the

two hands the scripts that I have read in my career that just made me electrified and this was one of them.

She added: 'Jesse really is an assured, wonderful film-maker.'

lead in Noel Coward's Present Laughter, playing matinee Idol Garry Essendine as a diva called Geri.

The play will be at the Theatre Royal Bath, from August 27 to September 5, ahead of a UK tour.

Scourge of the fashion world exposed

AN ENTERTAINING feud is in full swing after the modern day 'Lady Whistledown' of the fashion world was apparently unmasked. For two years, an anonymous Instagram account called Boring Not Com (spoofing a sycophantic fashion account Style Not Com) has been unleashing barbs, brickbats and

fascinating gossip about the world of high fashion. Now, though, a British stylist and photographer called Rasham Agyemang has been 'unmasked' by the journalist Lauren Sherman in respected newsletter Pack, provoking fury. Boring Not Com has accused her of 'ruining the fun' and being 'obsessed'.

PRADA CHARGING $1,500 FOR A SHIRT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF A DAME. MOULDY LAUNDRY BASKET IS BOTH DISGUSTING AND HILARIOUS

Styling it out: A Boring Not Com post

Strictly outrage, as it's out with the old, in with the young version of the old

IS THERE something 'Strictly' familiar about this dancer?

Aleksandra Isaeva, Strictly's new 'siren', is a striking blonde Ukrainian Latin dance champ... just like axed pro Nadiya Bychkova.

The difference is that she is 22 years old. And Bychkova is 36.

I hear there is fury in the pro dancers' WhatsApp group about the 'brutal youth swap' which has seen old favourites replaced by younger 'clones'.

Gorka Marquez has been replaced by Italian Cristian Priori – a virtual doppelganger for Marquez, and Aleksandra Isaeva's professional dance partner.

It's all part of a clear-out of the ranks, with 44-year-old Karen Hauer, Strictly's longest-serving professional, also leaving; along with Luba Mushtuk (36) and Michelle Tsiakkas (30). A source said:

Double take: Bychkova (left) and Isaeva

'The mood is bitter in the pro dancers' WhatsApp group with a lot of talk about age bias and age discrimination.

'The feeling is that it's been brutal.

Someone said that the show was now going to be 'Strictly Clone Dancing'.

Rehearsals for the next series will begin towards the end of this month. The BBC has announced five new faces joining the professional dancers who are partnered with celebrities: Aleksandra Isaeva, Cristian Priori, Lethabo Monametsi, Maddie Ingoldsby, and Mark Karmalita.

As revealed in this column last year, the plan is to take Strictly in a new direction and embrace the world of TikTok more fully, which has been done successfully in the US version, Dancing With The Stars.

Josh Widdicombe, Johannes Radebe and Emma Willis will present this year, following the departure of co-hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.

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EasyJet air steward stole £30,000 of tobacco to fund cocaine addiction

AN EASYJET flight attendant stole more than £30,000 of tobacco to fund his spiralling cocaine habit. Lyren Maddix, 29, was a 'valued' cabin crew member and worked at the airline for

By James Tozer

more than eight years, Manchester Crown Court heard. He is also a prolific TikTok user who regularly uploaded clips of himself posing in his uniform on board holiday jets. But on Janu-

ary 28, 2025, a colleague realised crates had been broken into at Manchester Airport, where Maddix was based. Packets of Amber Leaf tobacco intended for sale on flights had been taken. CCTV showed Maddix was responsible. Managers found he had gone to the airport on a day

Theft: Lyren Maddix

off, in full uniform, and used his pass to enter restricted areas, even boarding a plane.

Police discovered he had stolen tobacco 26 times between August 4, 2024 and January 28, 2025 worth a total of £30,082.

He told police he sold the packs to a shop to pay off drug debts and buy more cocaine.

The court heard he was stealing 'so frequently' he probably 'lost count'. He lost his job, and is now working at Tesco.

Betsy Hindle, defending, said Maddix had no previous convictions, 'adored' his job and was a

'He stole so often he lost count'

'valued member of staff', but struggled with his mental health and 'wasn't given the support he thought he should have', and was 'using drugs to cope'.

Recorder Ben Lawrence said he believed Maddix had 'good prospects of rehabilitation' and was 'just about persuaded' to suspend a sentence of a year and four months for two years.

Maddix, of Northampton, was ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and attend ten rehabilitation days, as well as pay costs of £300.

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SHAKESPEAREAN actor Timothy Dalton has landed Hollywood's most coveted film role - James Bond. The 6ft 2in British star was signed by 007 producer Cubby Broccoli. Dalton, 38, has concentrated on classical theatre until now, but will be thrust into a new world of glamour and riches.

AUGUST 7, 2003 RAQUEL Welch has broken up with her fourth husband Richard Palmer after four years of marriage. The 62-year-old screen legend's publicist said that no third party was involved in the break-up, which was described as amicable. Miss Welch married Palmer in Beverly Hills in 1999. He is 20 years her junior.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIZE THERON, 51. The South African actress won an Oscar for playing a serial killer in Monster, and plays the nymph Calypso in the new blockbuster The Odyssey. She said people wrongly assume she's had a face-lift. 'I'm like, 'I'm just ageing!'' Her surname is pronounced 'thrown'.

JIMMY WALES, 60. The US-born, UK-based entrepreneur co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 and has called himself its 'benevolent dictator'. He has been described as 'prone to name-dropping', with a colleague recalling Wales saying: 'I can't speak to you right now; I have to go pour Nelson Mandela his orange juice.'

BORN ON THIS DAY KERMIT LOVE (1916-2008). The US puppeteer made his name creating Sesame Street's 8ft 2in Big Bird - he based its frame and gait on Muppets creator Jim Henson. It was merely a coincidence that he shared his name with Kermit the Frog.

FELICE BRYANT (1925-2003). The US songwriter, with husband Boudleaux, penned more than 800 songs. She said: 'It's got to be a good marriage of the music, the lyric and the performer. Songs are like people - if it is in the wrong company then it is drained.'

ON AUGUST 7... IN 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. IN 1998, Britney Spears shot her video for Baby One More Time dressed as a schoolgirl in the school where the movie Grease was filmed.

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Eden Confidential

'Furore' as Knights of Malta bigwig resigns role

Few if any institutions fuse social standing with spirituality quite like the Knights of Malta, the oldest chivalric order in the Roman Catholic Church.

But that does not insulate the knights – whose past presidents have included the 5th Earl of Gainsborough and Prince Rupert Loewenstein, financial adviser to the Rolling Stones – from the trials and tribulations which afflict their less exalted contemporaries.

Indeed, the knights are, in some respects even more vulnerable, as many of them are ruefully acknowledging, following what I can disclose is the abrupt resignation of one of their most senior figures.

The Grand Prior leads a part of the Order of Malta whose hierarchy, as its website explains, is headed by knights who have 'made vows of poverty, chastity and obedience' and are known as 'Knights of Justice'.

Until very recently the role was held by Fra' Max Rumney – the prefix Fra' being an abbreviation of the Italian word 'frate', meaning brother. At the time of his appointment in 2022, the Catholic Herald welcomed the 'tall, gentle' Fra' Max, as it reflected that 'there are few grander titles than the Grand Prior of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta' – and almost certainly none with 'more fabulous regalia'.

But Fra' Max's days of dressing up in full rig are now over. 'The Order of Malta in Great

Vows: Fra' Max Rumney

Britain has communicated to its members that Fra' Max Rumney has stepped down from the role of Grand Prior for health and personal reasons,' Philippa Leslie, the Order of Malta's director of communications, tells me.

Fra' Max, she adds, 'indicated this in a formal letter to the Grand Master of the Order, who has accepted his resignation. At the request of the Grand Commander, immediate religious superior of Fra' Max, the Procurator of the Grand Priory of England will work with Fra' Max to decide his future in the Order of Malta and the religious life'.

A friend of Fra' Max, who describes him as 'a very gentle soul, a charming man', tells me that his departure has 'caused quite a furore'.

Fra' Max, 58, a member of the £1,700-a-year Travellers' Club, does not respond to my calls – evidence, perhaps, that he has now taken a vow of silence?

Why Odyssey star Morton turned down X-Men role

ODYSSEY star Samantha Morton has revealed she turned down a string of Hollywood films because she found their older-man, younger-woman romances implausible.

The actress, 49, says she rejected a role in the X-Men franchise in the early 2000s while also refusing films that paired male stars with much younger actresses. 'There was a time in my career, when I

was in my early 20s, living in Manhattan, and the scripts would arrive,' Samantha, 49, says. 'I would question some of those movies today; should they have been made? And I questioned it then.'

The Nottingham-born star adds: 'It wasn't just turning down X-Men, because I don't know what X-Men is.'

'I read the script and I didn't understand it.'

■ HIS father, Richard Caring, could be forgiven for uncorking a magnum of champagne or two after selling a majority stake in his nightclub empire for £1.4billion. But he won't be indulging in that kind of behaviour at the club his oldest son, Jamie, is about to launch.

Long Lane, Jamie's venture in 95 acres of West Sussex, is a teetotal 'wellbeing' establishment. If hellinis are off the menu, biometric and DNA methylation testing are on it. The younger generation, Jamie, 53, tells the September edition of Tatler, are 'not smoking, they're not drinking or taking drugs. They're not even having sex'. Sobering.

■ IT'S not unusual for oldies to rock on, says Sir Tom Jones, who told audience members at the Palace Bowl Presents in London that he was just getting started. 'I went to LA to celebrate Willie Nelson's birthday,' he says, referring to the 93-year-old Texan country star. 'Willie is in his 90s and he's still singing, and I'm only 86. I thought to myself, 'He's in his 90s, so I've got something to look forward to'.'

Camera-shy Sian is not ready for her close-up

THIS is problematic: Fleabag star Sian Clifford has become camera-shy. The actress, 44, plays a fame-hungry aristocrat Lady Isabella, who dupes a struggling, opportunist director to film her in a new mockumentary The Lady.

'I am the opposite of Lady Isabella,' she says at a screening at the BFI Southbank in London. 'I would rather hide from everything. But definitely a camera. It's something I have been told by every director I have ever worked with that I physically turn away from the camera. It is becoming a problem.'

Forget plagiarism! Smith sparks sartorial scandal

CAMBRIDGE'S alumni horrified by the scandal of Professor Jason Arday, who's resigned following claims of plagiarism, are almost as intrigued by an odd photograph of the university's new chancellor, Lord Smith.

The picture in alumni magazine Cam shows the former Labour minister Chris Smith wearing a shirt that is at least two inches too long for him in the arm. Its sleeves reach down to his knuckles.

The chancellorship carries no salary but could Cambridge not find a tailor for the poor old boy?

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Secrets & Lives

David was the love of my life. But he was paralysed and I was his married nurse...

It took 24 years for us to finally get together. But our story proves nothing can keep soulmates apart

IWAS 27 when I met the man who would completely redefine my understanding of love.

David Robinson was 23, a former soldier with piercing blue eyes and the most wicked sense of humour.

He was also profoundly disabled, having been paralysed from the chest down in a terrible accident while serving in the Army, left unable to move his arms or legs.

I, meanwhile, was a trainee nurse on secondment to the Younger Disabled Unit in Leicester General Hospital, where he was having rehabilitation treatment.

Despite our differences, the moment we spoke there was electricity between us, the kind of rare, deep connection that sends a tingle straight down your spine.

From the start it was obvious to

by LOUISE ROBINSON

us: we were soulmates. For the eight weeks I was on the unit, we saw each other every day. We laughed, talked for hours – and secretly fell in love.

I discovered that three years earlier, in 1988, David's neck had been broken when the tank he was in rolled over during a training operation in Cyprus.

For a man of just 20, with his life ahead of him, it must have been devastating. Yet despite everything, his personality was vibrant and

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Joy at last: Louise and David finally tie the knot in 2022, decades after falling in love

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SECRET & LIFES

Should I snitch on my neighbour for breaking the hosepipe ban?

MY HYDRANGEAS are wilting. The rose petals are going brown. Half the pots on my patio have shrivelled up to the constant soundtrack of unripened apples falling.

The only source of colour in the drink-up desert of my back garden is my lawn – because it's plastic.

Our Thames Water hosepipe ban has been in force for two, very long weeks, and in that time we've had a mere five minutes of spitting rain.

There's only so many trips you can make to and from the kitchen filling up buckets and watering cans – it barely touches the sides of what's needed.

But on Friday night, while enjoying an evening drink with friends in the garden, I heard the now-unfamiliar gurgling sound of water. I wondered if someone on the street had installed a water feature.

On Saturday, as I sat reading the newspaper outside, I heard the same incessant noise. It was surprisingly loud. It sounded more like... a hosepipe. But surely someone wouldn't be so brazen?

The noise went on all day. By the evening my curiosity – or call it business if you want – got the better of me. From the top floor of my house I can see most of the gardens on my street. And there, in plain view, was a hosepipe being used to fill an enormous paddling pool.

I will admit having a fleeting thought for my hydrangeas, the sad-looking leaves crying out for water. If my neighbours could so openly flout the rules, could I?

No. No. That way madness and social unrest lie.

So I instead I posted on Facebook: 'What would you do if your neighbours were flagrantly flouting the hosepipe ban?' To say I was inundated with replies from both friends and strangers is an understatement.

FOR some it brought back those heady days of the pandemic, when neighbours were calling the police on each other for daring to talk to someone in the garden. Several people labelled me a snitch, one suggested I call Chairman Mao. One, who told me to keep my big nose out of it several times (no, he wasn't the neighbour), got blocked for his efforts.

Several told me about the unfairness they saw on walks or bus rides in their own neighbourhoods. While most gardens are so parched they have almost turned to dust, others

by NICOLE LAMPERT

are gleaming emerald with health. The popularity of underground irrigation systems for those who can afford it means that people might be running their hose equivalents without anyone knowing (save for the tell-tale condition of their gardens). The unfairness stings like a slap in the face.

Friends in other countries queried how they could live in much hotter places without ever having experienced a ban on water usage. It is certainly amazing that after one of the rainiest January on record, we don't have enough water to keep alive not only our gardens, but also the bugs and animals that live in them.

But it appears no one in this country is willing to invest in the infrastructure we desperately need. The last reservoir was built in the UK in 1992. In the meantime, the growth of AI may have an impact on our water usage as data systems require a huge amount of water for cooling. A typical AI facility uses around two million litres of water per day – and the UK is home to more than 500.

And then there is the immense waste of the water companies who got us into this mess. One of my friends said she too was planning to flout

the ban because the drought is their fault. She is certainly right to be furious. Thames Water is nearly £20 billion in debt, yet continues paying its top executives ridiculous salaries and had to be stopped from paying bonuses.

The company received a one-star rating for environmental performance in 2024. In the same year it was responsible for nearly 300,000 hours of raw sewage discharges into waterways. About 370 million litres of water per day is lost to leakage, according to the latest Thames Water report.

In the meantime, since 2020 our bills have gone up by 50 per cent as we pay for this horrendous mismanagement.

THAMES Water really is a horrible story of what happens when a privatised utility company is allowed to run riot with a basic human requirement. So flouting the hosepipe ban may seem justifiable on a point of principle in these circumstances.

And yet... I'm not an innate rebel or law-breaker. Rules are there for a reason. And while I don't quite remember the time people used standpipes for water in the 1976 drought, my weather app doesn't show any rain on the way – so conserving water to stave off disaster seems reasonable.

So I took at my wilting hydrangeas. My browning hundreds. The empty hose. And I think 'no'. I will be good. I will not break the rules – even when others do.

Our whole society depends on people following rules that we are told are good for us. It's just a crying shame when people don't.

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magnetic. And even though he faced serious challenges because of his disability – he was unable to live an independent life – ours should have been a happy ending.

But while we could overcome physical obstacles together, what we could not ignore was the fact I was married – to my first husband.

I was just 17 when I met Nigel, a carpet-fitter three years older than me. He was never very romantic – he wasn't one for compliments – but we got on well enough and I was too young to know things could be different. We married when I was 23.

It wasn't until I met David, three years later in September 1991, that I realised what love should feel like – and that it was unlike anything I had ever experienced.

I found myself waking up every morning next to Nigel filled with intense excitement at the prospect of seeing David.

We would secretly go to his room, shut the door – of course, physical contact was very much frowned upon with me being a nurse – and kiss, both of us overwhelmed with love for each other.

It felt completely right, like it was truly meant to be.

In our blissful bubble, we talked about having children together – despite David's injury it was possible for him to father children – and I even told my parents about him.

My dad was practical and warned me: 'You'll end up being his carer.' But that didn't matter to me. I was too swept up in the moment to think

OUR EYES MET AND MY KNEES WENT WEAK

about what the practicalities of a life with David would look like, or even how I would end things with Nigel.

But the reality of my life outside the hospital walls quickly caught up with us.

A few weeks after I'd moved on to my next placement, on Valentine's Day 1992, Nigel found the card I'd written for David in my bag.

He was absolutely furious and told me in no uncertain terms that the relationship had to stop.

I felt the crushing weight of guilt and duty.

I didn't want to break David's heart, but I'd made a promise when I got married and I felt I had to stick to that.

My heart was telling me to be with David, but my head said otherwise and I wanted to do the 'right' thing.

In the end, I told David our love affair had to end.

It was one of the worst days of my life. He was completely devastated and told me years later that after I left his room that day, he broke down and cried.

He said my walking away completely ripped him apart in a way that even his injuries hadn't.

Afterwards, I tried my best to work at my marriage so that something positive could come out of such heartache, and a year later I had Daniel, followed by Joseph three years after that.

I threw myself into being a mother, which I loved, and building my career in nursing.

Yet no matter how busy life because, David remained in my heart. Every time I saw a soldier in uniform, my mind would immediately drift back to his blue eyes.

I did try to find David in the early days of Facebook but had no success because – as I discovered later – he'd

registered his first name as Davey. I assumed I'd never see him again.

What I didn't realise was that we were just a mile apart.

Incredibly, we lived at opposite ends of Whetstone, a village a few miles south of Leicester.

A year after we'd ended our love affair, David had left the hospital and moved into a specially adapted bungalow not far from my marital home, with a team of nine regular staff providing 24-hour care.

While he'd tried dating after I'd ended things back in 1992, nothing had ever worked out for him beyond the short term.

He used a modified van to get around and had actually spotted me multiple times. Seeing me with children, however, he'd assumed I was happy and didn't want to disrupt my life.

He even confessed to me years later that he used to have his carer drive past my house regularly just to catch a glimpse of me.

But the truth was that my marriage to Nigel was slowly fracturing; increasingly, we were living separate lives. And, deep down, I knew I was unhappy because I'd experienced true love with David.

Then in November 2016, aged 51, nearly a quarter of a century after I'd last seen David, I was working as a nurse in the local GP surgery when a lady called Debbie walked into my room for a routine test.

As we chatted, she mentioned she was a senior carer for a disabled gentleman living in Whetstone.

As she described him, my heart stopped. I looked at her and asked: 'Is it David?'

Surprised, she nodded and I admitted that we had fallen in love 24 years before. I told her to give him my fondest regards.

Debbie went straight back to David's bungalow and told him she had just met me. He searched for me on Facebook that night and sent me a private message.

Having no idea that I was unhappily married, he simply asked how I was, what I was up to and said how nice it was to hear from me.

But as we began messaging back and forth, the decades melted away.

A week or so later he suggested I come over for a cup of tea – as long as I brought biscuits. He had never lost his sense of humour.

I was so excited to see David, by then 48, again, though I realised I had no idea what his physical situation might now be.

But I was more worried about visiting him behind Nigel's back than by any health concerns.

At the front door, I was met by one of his carers, who led me into the living room. David looked completely different.

The last time I'd seen him he still had the physique of the slim, athletic military man he had been not so long before.

But after decades of immobility, he had put on a lot of weight.

It didn't matter though, as the moment our eyes met and he flashed his cheeky smile, my knees went completely weak.

For two hours we talked non-stop, and the connection was just the same as it had been all those years ago. I felt dizzy and breathless, knowing our love had never died.

Two weeks later, I went to David's house for what was supposed to be another quick cup of tea, but ended up staying for seven hours, both of us pouring our hearts out about the lost years.

While, during our first visit, David had assumed his feelings for me were not reciprocated and that we'd just be friends, this time I told the truth about how my marriage had not been a happy one – and admitted that my feelings for him had never gone away. By the time I left that day, I knew I couldn't go back

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Made for each other: David Robinson in uniform before his accident and Louise as a newly qualified nurse

It was a blow to my husband's ego – the fact that I was leaving him for a man who was so severely disabled

to my old life. Having let David go once, I didn't want to leave him ever again.

By then my oldest son Daniel, 23, had moved out, and only Joseph, 20, was still living with us.

Three days later, I told Nigel we needed to talk.

I looked him straight in the eyes and said: 'There's someone else. I'm leaving you.'

Nigel didn't take the news well. I think it was a blow to his ego, particularly the fact I was leaving him for a man who was severely disabled. His reaction only reinforced the feeling that I was doing the right thing.

The next day, I moved into my mum's house. She'd been living alone since my dad had died two years earlier and fully supported my decision to leave Nigel to try to make a go of things with David.

When I went into work on the following Monday, I was glowing.

My manager smiled and asked: 'Did you have a good weekend, Louise?' I replied: 'Yes, thank you. I've left my husband!'

It wasn't the answer he'd expected and everyone was shocked, but my colleagues gave me the most wonderful, supportive hugs.

Naturally, it was harder for my sons to accept the sudden news, as they had largely been shielded from my unhappiness.

Both were very upset, though a few years later Daniel admitted he was surprised I hadn't ended the marriage sooner, as he was

aware of the friction between us. Every single night after work, I would drive over to see David, and his carers made sure to give us privacy. Kissing David again was truly amazing. There were butterflies but also a deep sense that it was right.

While we'd never attempted to have sex in the hospital unit – that would truly have been

I WISH I HAD NOT WALKED AWAY BEFORE

overstepping the mark – we found a way to enjoy an intimate relationship together.

In June 2017, seven months after we'd reconnected, I officially moved into David's bungalow.

He had lived alone with care staff his entire adult life and had never cohabited with a partner before, so I had wanted to make sure he was entirely comfortable with me invading his space, especially as he relied on so much complex equipment.

My mother thoughtfully bought us two single beds that shifted perfectly side by side to look like a standard double bed.

David's side had to be a specialised medical bed, fitted with an

electric alternating pressure mattress to protect his skin.

Due to his severe injuries, David also carried a lot of deep-seated insecurity. He was convinced everyone in public would stare at him but, gradually, I managed to coax him out with me.

Soon, we were regular fixtures at local cafes and theatres – experiences he hadn't enjoyed in over 30 years.

Initially people did stare, but because I didn't care and fully supported him, over time neither did he. We were on cloud nine, saying every day how lucky we were to have found our way back to each other.

In 2018 he proposed. The rings we chose were deeply meaningful. My band was engraved with the words Nulli secundus ('Second to none'), the motto of his former regiment the Coldstream Guards, which I thought described him perfectly.

David's ring was engraved with a heart and the inscription 'Like never before', words taken from Eva Cassidy's Songbird, a song he'd shared with me when I was staying at my mum's house after

leaving Nigel. Our wedding was delayed until May 2022 due to Covid restrictions. By then, sadly, my mother wasn't there to see it; she had died the year before after a cruel battle with Alzheimer's disease.

The ceremony was held in a gorgeous, sunlit orangery, and Daniel and Joseph proudly walked me down the aisle.

Despite their initial upset they had come to love David dearly, they could see how much I had blossomed after being unhappy for so many years.

Sadly, though, our happiness was short-lived.

In late 2023, David developed severe sepsis due to an infected ulcer at the base of his spine.

He was rushed to the Sheffield spinal injuries unit, where surgeons had to completely remove his hip joint in a desperate bid to halt the infection.

By November 2024, his medical needs had become so intense that I officially joined his professional care team, managing his complex clinical care at home.

Our dog Logi also provided a precious kind of comfort for

David during this time. We'd bought him three years before after winning £1,000 on the weekly lottery run by Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, a respite care charity I've supported since I looked after a young girl I'd worked with who had a fatal brain tumour.

As David's health declined, Logi never left his side. He would sit quietly on David's lap for hours and every night without fail he would lean up to kiss David goodnight while simultaneously 'washing' his glasses.

Then, in February 2025, severe sepsis struck David's fragile body yet again. This time the news was shattering: the overall toll on his body meant it was now a matter of palliative care. We were told we had months, perhaps only weeks.

But we tried not to dwell on what was to come. Instead, we spoke about the good times we'd had, about how we were truly soulmates, and enjoyed small outings to the cinema, cafes or the theatre, as much as David could cope with.

Then in April 2025, aged 57, David was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The very moment the doctors uttered the word cancer, something shifted in my brave husband. He looked at me, completely exhausted, and I knew he had simply had enough.

He had fought daily for 37 years against the confinement of his own body, but he had no fight left for this new enemy.

I had been blessed with eight-and-a-half wonderful years with

HE JUST HAD NO FIGHT LEFT IN HIM

David, three of them as his wife, and I'd have gladly given up my own life to have had longer with him. But as a nurse, and as his wife, I could see he was ready to go.

We kept him at home and on the evening of September 15, 2025, with my hands cradling his face, the bravest, kindest soul I have ever known quietly slipped away.

I was heartbroken. I knew he was at peace but that didn't give me any comfort initially. I just wanted more days, weeks and years together.

Our love story didn't end the way David and I would have planned when we were young and full of hope.

Today, aged 61, part of me will always wish I had fought harder for him the first time, that I hadn't walked away so easily and missed out on almost 25 more years together.

But the time we did share was pure, unfiltered joy.

David was the love of my life. Our story remains a beautiful fairy tale – just one with a very human ending.

■ TO LEARN more about Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, visit rainbows.co.uk

MATTHEW BARBOUR

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by ALICE SNAPE

JUST breathe, I tell myself, rubbing my sweaty palms together in a desperate prayer to the toilet gods.

I'm standing in a queue to use the loo in my local M&S. I've got that awful hot and cold prickly feeling on my skin. I'm not in full panic mode, not quite yet, but my God I feel sick.

I'm squeezing my thighs together, my feet crossed at the ankle. I fantasise about shoving the elderly woman with a walking stick and the mum and toddler in front of me out of my way. Why, why is there only one cubicle?

After an excruciating five minutes, I take up my position at the head of the queue but I must not let myself relax. I've done that before, and it's not pleasant.

When the old lady shuffles out, I give her a hasty smile and step in. The relief is euphoric.

This isn't my first rodeo. I've always had a sensitive bladder, which is exacerbated by anxiety, and am still haunted by the horrifying memory of wetting myself in front of a school friend aged 15.

Now 43 and on the cusp of perimenopause, it's only got worse with age. I've never given birth, so listening to friends share their experiences, I imagine my own predicament could be worse.

These days, I rarely leave the house without a Flo Sensitive Bladder pad and some spare knickers in my handbag.

I'm not alone; as many as 35 per cent of women in the UK suffer from incontinence or bladder control issues.

But over the last decade, the number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14 per cent, creating what the Royal Society for Public Health has called 'public toilet deserts'.

It's a nightmare for women like

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Mortifying day I realised I really had to tackle my weak bladder...

me. I've got an online database saved on my phone called 'Toilet Map' that shows nearby public loos, and often plan my days out around them.

But their rarity means I'm often reduced on my morning dog walk to sneaking behind a bush.

I regularly sneak past the signs shouting 'For customers only' in pubs or cafes. I've been known to pull the car over and relieve myself at the side of the road.

Of course, with a bladder like mine, I've also had plenty of accidents. Putting my key in the

lock as I finally make it to my front door after a nervous journey home sometimes feels like switching on a tap.

To avoid accidents, I go as far as to not drink water when I'm unsure of where the nearest loos are on a day out, often ending up with headaches and even urinary tract infections. Bladder care company Jude found that 67 per cent of women have deliberately dehydrated themselves because public loos are becoming as rare as a dodo.

So after one too many

embarrassing accidents, I've decided to take action. Surely, there must be a way to beat my bladder issues?

Dr Ginny Ponsford, a GP and director at The Women's Hormone Clinic, tells me there are two types of incontinence: stress (when you cough or jump) and urge (caused by an overactive or irritable bladder). I'm not sure which applies to me - probably both - so I hit it from every angle.

For the former, I must strengthen my pelvic floor

muscles like I build muscles in the gym. I honestly had no idea how, so I asked Pilates teacher Sophie Ritchie, of Disco Barre Studio in London, for help.

She tells me to think of my bits in distinct sections and try to gain awareness of them as different muscles. I've got to imagine I'm in a lift, and squeeze them as I travel up ten floors of a building, before coming back down slowly.

I'd best describe it as replicating what you'd do to hold in your wee (which historically, of course, I was very bad at) but over the course of a couple of weeks, after doing this for a few minutes every day, I feel a definite improvement in my bladder control.

BLADDER training is also recommended. Dr Ponsford explains that I need to reprogramme the signals from the bladder to the brain, so that my body doesn't feel an urgent need to urinate at the first signal of a full bladder.

So on days I'm working from home, when the urge first hits, I practise holding it in, starting at five minutes and then slowly building up to longer stretches of time. Slowly but surely, my bladder is starting to adjust to the feeling of being full - though I know not to push it too far.

Equally, what you eat and drink is hugely important.

'Anything acidic, carbonated, alcoholic or containing caffeine can cause cystitis-like symptoms,' explains pelvic health expert Dr Sarah Jenkins.

It's telling that many NHS trusts recommend that women struggling with their pelvic floor after birth avoid Diet Coke.

I can't give up coffee, as my first cup of the day is my reason for waking up, but I have limited my beloved Diet Coke to a rare treat. (Please, I can't change my personality that much.) Yet even the small tweaks I've made have led to a clear, and swift, improvement when it comes to leaks.

But still, I plead with you, dear government, to invest in public loos. It really shouldn't be too much to ask for - and you'll reap the rewards from a gratified female population.

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Why didn't I have another baby? Because pregnancy was a terrifying mental ordeal

FOR years, I've had to sidestep one of the most annoying questions known to womankind: when will you be giving your child a sibling?

I find it disturbing on so many levels. First, there's the frankly bizarre assumption that my daughter deserves a brother or a sister, in a similar way to, say, a bicycle, and that her life will be incomplete without one.

Second, what makes you think my ovaries are capable of such a feat? Third, and perhaps most importantly, has it ever occurred to you that I might not want to go through the horror of pregnancy again?

I mention it because this week, the chief executive of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Nikki Wilson, shared that her organisation had seen a recent rise in perinatal anxiety, from one in five women to one in four.

And last month, a study revealed that the trauma of labour is thought to be one of the main reasons for the declining birth rate in the UK. Research by the Birth Trauma Association found 44 per cent of women with birth trauma choose not to have any more children, with a further 33 per cent saying it caused them to delay having another baby.

One woman explained: 'I was so scared of getting pregnant that sex was almost non-existent and me and my long-term partner of 15 years split up after a few years.'

Reading this doesn't give me any pleasure, but it does bring me a small amount of comfort - since the main reason I stopped at one child was because I couldn't bear the idea of having to go through pregnancy and birth ever again.

My labour lasted three days and ended up with me being wheeled into theatre for an emergency C-section. It was pretty unpleasant, but it was a walk in the park compared to pregnancy, which - far from being a blissful whirr of

bizarre cravings and trips to John Lewis's baby department - was one of the most distressing periods of my life (not to mention my husband's).

As a woman with a history of mental illness, I knew about postnatal depression. So when I saw the two lines on my pregnancy test, I made a note to be vigilant for it. But that was almost nine months away, and for the time being I just wanted to put my feet up and enjoy the peace and quiet as I settled into my new sober life as a mum-to-be.

It was a shock, then, when within days of discovering our joyous news I had turned into a raging bull, furious at everything and prone to the kind of temper tantrums you might expect from a toddler, but not a 32-year-old.

One night my husband cooked a bolognese that I deemed too watery, and I stormed out of the flat for three hours, only coming back when I'd eaten a share box of chicken nuggets.

SOON, the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I'd experienced on and off since childhood had reared its monstrous head. I was terrified for the safety of my unborn child and refused to go to my mum's because she had a cat (they can carry a virus called toxoplasmosis, which can cause miscarriage and birth defects, although this was vanishingly rare).

I had to say a series of phrases perfectly each morning to make sure the baby was safe for the rest of the day, or else I couldn't

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Matt's far too smooth to play Odysseus

I TOOK myself to the cinema to see The Odyssey this week, if only so I could join in polite society again; if you don't have a hot take on the Christopher Nolan movie, is it even worth starting a conversation with someone right now?

Anyway, I enjoyed the film but had one problem - the remarkably smooth forehead of Matt Damon (Odysseus).

I don't know about you, but if I'd been on a boat for 10 years, fighting monsters and harsh weather, I'd definitely be sporting a few more wrinkles.

REFORM UK's Lee Anderson has complained after Andy Burnham went on holiday two weeks after becoming Prime Minister: 'He's bunked off for a jolly abroad. This isn't a PM that's serious about leading.' Actually, I'd say the opposite is true, as all real leaders know you can't pour from an empty cup. Let Burnham have a break before the return of Parliament - or he'll burn out so fast he won't be able to run a bath, let alone the country.

No bananas in MY fridge

I ASKED my husband to unpack our Ocado shop and was floored when he put the bananas in the fridge. Did I know him at all? Now a survey has found three-quarters of us get confused about what needs to be refrigerated, with almost half of adults admitting they've been told off by their mothers over it. It's said crisps and nuts can benefit from the fridge, but tomatoes and watermelons should be left out. I've always said if you want to learn about a person, it's not their bedroom you should go nosing around in, but their fridge.

progesterone produced during pregnancy leaving my body.

Later, I learnt I am one of the 10 to 20 per cent of women who are intolerant to the hormone, and my brain goes to funny places when it builds up in my body.

I wish it hadn't taken until perimenopause for a doctor to diagnose it, because perhaps my life might have been different and my experiences with OCD might have been more manageable. Maybe I'd even have gone on to have a couple of those siblings people are always asking me about.

So often, women are blamed for the failing birthrate, but it's the system that refuses to acknowledge the complexities of pregnancy, birth and childcare that we should focus on.

It's about time we listened to mothers, instead of endlessly questioning them.

leave the flat. Endless intrusive thoughts began flashing through my brain repeatedly: I tormented myself with the idea that I might have drunkenly blacked out and had sex with a stranger, and the baby wasn't my husband's.

I slept rarely, and sobbed uncontrollably. It was my mother who made me call the OP, and this was how I ended up being put under the care of maternal mental health services, in particular a depart-

ment that dealt with women who had 'severe and complex mental illness'. It was here that a kind psychiatric nurse told me I had perinatal depression, which was likely caused by the shift in hormones from pregnancy.

I was put on antidepressants and a watch-list, to ensure I wasn't a danger to myself or my baby. I had to see a therapist every two weeks, and when my daughter was born they would need to assess me in hospital to check it was safe for me to take her home.

It was a dreadful time. I could barely care for myself, let alone contemplate the prospect of looking after a newborn baby.

The most astonishing thing was that the moment I had my daughter, the depression seemed to vanish into thin air. Some maternal instinct kicked in, or maybe it was more to do with the

£7 for a 99? Not cool!

ICE cream vendors are coming under fire, after some were found charging almost £7 for a classic 99. They're blaming the 'drip-drip' of higher costs and pricey ingredients, but I imagine the demand during record-breaking heat also has something to do with it. Come on guys, this just isn't cool!

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AMAGICAL first date, falling in love, walking down the aisle... there's a familiar roadmap of how a relationship will progress.

But what if it ends? With 42 per cent of marriages in the UK ending in divorce, sadly many of us will discover that the path out of a relationship isn't so simple.

People expect a linear journey through a breakup. After all, you've split for a reason - shouldn't you just start hating their guts and move on?

But as a couples counsellor and relationship expert, I know the truth is much more complex. You may be unable to bear the sight of your ex and yet still fall back in love with them (or the memory of them) and want to reconcile.

I see many women in their 40s who chose to walk away from their marriages for good reason, yet are finding it hard to cut the cord for good.

However, there are things you can do to help yourself through those early days of confusion and heartbreak.

Whether you're splitting up after one year or 20, here's my survival guide.

DON'T LET CONFLICT BE A COMFORT BLANKET

PEOPLE often think they have to really hash things out with their ex; unearth their innermost feelings, leaving no stone unturned. But that's the last thing you need at this point. Try at least a month of no contact - and that includes social media stalking.

Think of your ex like a gaping wound and your separation from them as a plaster. If you're constantly peeling it back and peeking at the wound, it won't heal - if anything, it'll get worse.

If there are children, however, keep things businesslike. You can't avoid communicating, but again, there should be no talk of feelings. You need distance from the pain in order to process it fully.

When we separate, you're left with a withdrawal from the emotions that person gave you. Even being in touch with them to argue gives you that emotional spikes. Conflict becomes your comfort blanket, which becomes toxic.

HAVE ONE HONEST CONVERSATION

DURING your one-month break, if you have a feeling or thought you're desperate to talk about with them, make a note of it.

Then, once that no-contact period is up, meet for one. Baal post-breakup 'debrief'. It can be hugely helpful to hear their perspective but only

Remember, you left your husband for a reason!

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by ANNABELLE KNIGHT

COUPLES COUNSELLOR

with the clarity of distance. Bring your feelings to the table, then focus on how you will move forward.

If you've been together for a long time, you might have mutual friends, children, property, pets together.

Will you politely say hello, or completely ignore one another if you run in to each other? Both are fine, but make a set of rules and meet at the level of the most-hurt party. If you'd be fine to chat in public, but your ex would find it too painful, you have to respect that.

SPREAD NEWS OF YOUR BREAKUP

THOSE who find it difficult to tell friends and family that their relationship is over often find it harder to get over their partner, because they aren't willing to admit to themselves that it's truly over.

When you start putting it out there, it becomes real.

It's hard but tell everyone. It's a way of holding yourself accountable.

THERE IS NO TIME FOR NOSTALGIA

READING old messages or looking at old photos may seem like harmless nostalgia but it's actually emotional

torture. This applies to any ongoing communication, too.

It's hard but don't let yourself think about the hidden meaning in every text. It's a highway to nowhere and no answer you find in your own head will be satisfying. Plus, it signals that you haven't fully let go of that connection, which is vital to moving on.

NOMINATE AN EMOTIONAL CRUTCH

WHEN you're in the freefall of heartbreak, it's hard to be rational. Tell your closest friend, sister or mum - whoever - that they're going to be your crutch for those moments you need a helping hand to ride out your emotions.

It's the small moments that will drive you mad, like seeing a new brand of cereal in the supermarket and wanting to tell your partner - so warn your new person that they'll be taking that role on for you. They'll be happy to help.

PS: RECONNECT - AS DIFFERENT PEOPLE

YOU can't go through a breakup secretly holding out hope for a reconciliation.

You won't heal if the door isn't fully closed.

Ironically, people only manage to get back together if they've fully got over the relationship. Without going through the healing process properly, you don't change and you'll end up back in the situation that led you to split in the first place.

You shouldn't reconnect just because it's comfortable or you miss each other.

You should be two different people, connecting as if it were the first time.

As told to OLIVIA DEAN

FOR so long, I was desperate to be a mother. So after struggling to conceive, I saw adoption as the answer to my prayers.

My husband Daniel and I were advised that the more 'flexible' we were, the faster we would be matched with a child. And so, naively, we ticked the box saying we would accept any child, regardless of background - including those who came from abusive homes or where drugs were used throughout pregnancy. It's a decision I now bitterly regret.

A decade on, our lives have imploded beyond recognition. Both our adopted children - now aged nine and 11 - have learning difficulties and mental health conditions that see them exhibit such extreme bouts of violence that at times I've had to call the police.

As for Daniel and me, we're both on anti-depressants, and the stress has ended our 15-year marriage in all but name. When I tell people I made a massive mistake in becoming a parent, they're shocked, perhaps even a little horrified. They ask: 'Have you tried a rewards chart? Have you tried talking to them?'

If only it were that simple. Because the truth is, while I still recognize the positive impact adoption can have, I wish I could go back and warn my younger self - and others in my position - to never go down this path.

Daniel and I met at university, aged 19, in 2007, me studying nursing and him theology. We fell for each other quickly and got married four years later. Still young, initially life was exciting. We lived in London but travelled often. But while we loved our freedom, I always knew I wanted to settle down and have a family.

Having endometriosis, I knew I may struggle to conceive. So I was thrilled when, aged 25, I got pregnant almost immediately after we started trying.

But my joy turned to devastation when I suffered a miscarriage at 12 weeks. After that, we kept trying but nothing happened.

A year after losing our baby, I underwent fertility testing.

At the same time, fearing we may not be able to have a baby, even with IVF - which would prove costly - we started exploring adoption. We wanted a baby rather than an

older child. But the agency explained that, given most parents hope to adopt a baby, we might be waiting a very long time.

That's when they asked how 'open-minded' we were prepared to be.

They explained that if we were willing to adopt a child who had been exposed to drugs in the womb, we would be matched far sooner. However, they warned it meant a higher risk of behavioural problems.

In the meantime, my fertility tests came back - I was told everything was normal and it was simply a case of 'unexplained infertility'.

I desperately wanted answers but there weren't any, so I felt adoption was our only hope.

Going into the process, we had decided against adopting a child who had been exposed to drugs. But now, hearing we could otherwise be waiting years for a baby, we changed our minds. I thought that by providing a loving home we would be more than capable at handling any issues.

As a young couple with stable jobs - me as a nurse, Daniel working for our local church - we were matched within seven weeks with a young woman who wanted to give her unborn son up for adoption.

She had smoked heavily throughout her pregnancy and used cannabis and alcohol during the first three

by ELINOR KINGSWOOD

months. But the agency reassured us that no abnormalities had been found during prenatal checks, and that this level of exposure was considered relatively low risk.

Daniel and I were at Lucas' birth at a London hospital in June 2015. I even cut his umbilical cord, which felt surreal. I was the first to hold him, still covered in the various bodily fluids that birth entails.

It shouldn't have come as a shock to me, but while most new mothers describe a rush of love the first time they lay eyes on their baby, I confess I couldn't help feeling repulsed. I told myself that love would soon come.

It was such a relief to take our baby home. Now that it was just the three of us, I felt a connection with Lucas for the first time and was convinced that this marked a new chapter.

But as the weeks passed, it wasn't what I expected. Lucas was incredibly clingy and needed constant physical contact. I could understand why - he'd suddenly been separated from the only heartbeat and voice he'd ever known - but it was exhausting.

While not formally diagnosed at birth with drug and alcohol exposure-related issues, I think he was experiencing mild withdrawal symptoms - they included tremors and irritability - although these passed with time.

People warn you about sleepless nights, but what I couldn't handle was the constant feeds, burping and nappy changes and not having time even to eat.

I was aware my resentment was at odds with what feels like a culture of child worship among new parents. Friends of ours would do absolutely everything for their children.

But I just didn't feel that way. Instead, I thought: 'Til do my best, but that's all I can do.'

I hoped things would improve as time went on, but that wasn't the case. When Lucas was 18 months old, it made financial sense for me to work full-time while Daniel went part-time. Within weeks, he realised just how hard it was.

By now, we'd realised Lucas was missing his developmental milestones. He also struggled with noise, transitions and routines, and two separate nurseries told us they weren't able to cope with him, saying his distress at everyday occurrences was disrupting the other children.

I was devastated. I'd recently been accepted on a master's course, but I had to withdraw - Lucas needed me with him full time. Eventually, aged five, he was diagnosed with autism and ADHD - some studies have shown smoking during pregnancy is linked to a higher risk of ADHD.

It was a relief to have a 'reason' for

PRESSURE ENDED OUR MARRIAGE

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When I tell people I made a huge mistake adopting two children, they are horrified. But read my story and you'll understand why

his behaviour and, we hoped, some potential solutions.

We found a specialist school, but just as things were stabilising, the pandemic hit in March 2020 and everything shut down.

Home-schooling was incredibly difficult because Lucas couldn't engage with virtual learning and needed constant structure and attention. Our lives revolved entirely around his needs.

And as he got older, he began showing flashes of violence when overwhelmed, including hitting and kicking us. It broke my heart watching him struggle. At heart, he was a sweet boy and I adored him, but it was nothing like the parenting journey I'd imagined.

Despite our struggles, I had always wanted Lucas to have a sibling. I imagined another child would only help him, as well as completing our family.

But I didn't want a large age gap, so when we went back to our adoption agency in 2022, they suggested a five-year-old girl who was already in the system.

Sophie had already had five foster placements and two failed reunifications with her mother, who had severe bipolar and a history of substance abuse.

However, the agency didn't

know if Sophie had been exposed to drugs in pregnancy, as social services weren't involved until she was removed from her mother's care at nine months old.

Two families had tried to adopt Sophie before us but had later returned her, unable to cope.

We were warned that her troubled life had left her with post-traumatic stress disorder - which is sadly not uncommon for those in foster care. They told us she could hit, bite and scratch, and had destroyed the possessions of her previous carers.

Lucas had also displayed many of these behaviours, but we'd started to understand his triggers and knew there was a loving little boy underneath.

So, though we were wary, as we looked at the photos of this adorable little girl with big eyes and a bright smile, we believed we could help Sophie - that there was nothing she could do we couldn't handle.

We were wrong. The first day we brought Sophie home, Lucas was excited to meet her and wanted to show her everything. But, both being intense children, their play quickly got out of hand and escalated into hitting.

From the off, we realised we had

to supervise them closely while they were together. Even the smallest upset would see Sophie become extremely distressed, screaming and throwing things. The noise was overwhelming for Lucas, who responded in kind.

I pushed away the thought that adopting a second child had only made our lives harder. Six months after the adoption, Sophie was also diagnosed with ADHD. I hoped that with the right support, things would settle down.

But by the time a year had passed and things were no better, I found myself grieving the relationship I'd dreamed of having with a daughter.

Her tantrums had escalated into violence. She has scratched, bitten, kicked, punched and pulled at me with such force I've been left with various injuries.

Things were so bad I've had to call the police multiple times. It may sound extreme - and the officers themselves were surprised to have got such a call the first time they came round.

But since getting to know our family, and seeing some of my injuries - including an arm wound - they've been very compassionate. There are no lights or sirens, a trained support officer simply

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helps us defuse the situation. We considered returning Sophie to the agency but felt that, having made the choice to adopt her, we could not just give up on her.

Eventually, when she was eight, her school said they could not maintain her safety because of her extreme reactions. On one occasion, after a bout of teasing by a classmate, she left them a note threatening to kill them.

After a period of psychological assessment, she was transferred to a residential school. Now aged nine, she comes home only for weekends and holidays - but even then it's exhausting and emotionally draining.

Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder, a condition where children are unable to form healthy emotional bonds with caregivers, typically due to experiencing severe neglect early in life.

Having a diagnosis helped - at least I knew I wasn't imagining how bad things really were - but I no longer allow myself to believe treatment will change things.

In addition, Lucas' behaviour has only become more challenging. Now aged 11, he insists I sleep in his room every night, and he's still prone to violent outbursts.

Things are often so bad at home that going to work actually feels like an escape.

While I don't blame myself for what's happened - no one can ever be certain how things will turn out - I regret overlooking the warning signs in my desperation to adopt.

Daniel was the first to admit, about a year after Sophie's arrival, that he regretted ever adopting. It was painful to hear him say it and, though I felt the same, back then I couldn't bring myself to agree with him.

It wasn't until about a year later that I admitted the truth, even though it left me feeling so guilty. We've realised you can love your children, in the sense that you want them to be safe and happy,

but still not like them. Both Daniel and I are now in therapy as well as being on low doses of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication - Daniel started taking them in 2023, while I followed suit last year.

Given everything we were dealing with, it's no surprise intimacy between us dwindled to nothing.

Last summer we finally admitted the truth: that the pressures of raising Lucas and Sophie had destroyed our relationship and - while we can still be friends and co-parents - we can't be an item.

While we plan to divorce within the next two years, we'll stay living together until the children are both 18, to make things easier for all of us. We were both tearful, and it feels deeply unfair that it's come to this.

There's a term in the adoption community called 'blocked care'.

It's when the long-term stress of caring for a traumatised child becomes so overwhelming that your own nervous system shuts down, making it harder to respond to your child with the empathy you know they need.

FEELS LIKE A LIFE SENTENCE

While there's some comfort in knowing Daniel and I aren't alone in our resentment and emotional exhaustion, it doesn't make our situation any easier.

I want the best for both my children, but I fear what the future will bring - and if we'll be able to cope with it.

The bleak truth is things will likely only get worse once they hit their teenage years, and there's a chance they may never be able to live entirely independently. At times, being their mother feels like a life sentence.

People say my children are lucky to have me, but there is nothing lucky about our situation. I chose to be their mother but, knowing what I do now, if I could go back, it's not a choice I'd make again.

■ Elinor Kingswood is a pseudonym. Nomen and identifying details have been changed.

As told to JULIA SIDWELL

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It's Friday! MUSIC & THEATRE

Defiant Ariana insists: 'This music and I will never die'

WHEN Ariana Grande announced last weekend that she was pulling out of next year's London stage production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday In The Park With George, it was easy to understand her reasoning.

The American superstar has grown up in public since releasing her first album, Yours Truly, as a 20-year-old wannabe in 2013. Exhausted by the 'endless, ongoing' scrutiny, and concern over her slender physique, she now plans to take a break after her world tour finishes in London next month – and her disenchantment spills over into her latest album, Petal.

'You know I don't believe I belong, give me something to love,' she sings on Kiss Me, her effortless, featherlight voice backed by female harmonies and clattering electronic beats. It's not clear whether she's singing about a wayward lover or her bittersweet relationship with fame, but there's a sense of purpose that was absent

by Adrian Thrills

ARIANA GRANDE: Petal (Babydoll)

Verdict: Bruised but unbowed

★★★☆☆

on her previous album, 2024's Eternal Sunshine.

She goes on to address overzealous fans and the pressures faced by women in the spotlight on Hate That I Made You Love Me, a breathless R&B ballad. 'Something inside is dancing with fire,' she admits. 'I hate that I made you love me,' cause I barely tried. 'Despite the bruises, she isn't asking for our sympathy. 'This is not a cry for help,' she asserts on the title track.

Florida-born Grande, 33, has described this as her 'experimental' album – one coming from a place of 'unfiltered rage'. That's true inasmuch as Swedish super-producers Ilya Salmanza-

Sense of purpose: Ariana on stage last year

deh and Max Martin have supplied her with a few heavy basslines and some distorted electronics. But the sweetness of her vocal delivery ensures there's still plenty here for fans of more traditional pop.

There's a giddy love song in Stay, gentle innuendo on Big Feelings, and a blunt message to her exes on Oh Well. 'The bad guys all go to hell, good things can replace dysfunction,' she sings.

The unfiltered rage never really bursts forth, though, with Grande seemingly unwilling to fully deploy her powerful, four-octave range. For such a fabulous singer, she often – frustratingly – holds back.

The album still finishes strongly. Steeped in the swing and swagger of 1990s R&B, Never Get Over Me

is the best song here, and Bad Thing (Bunny Hop) is a catchy synth-pop anthem in which Ariana suggests a long-forgotten ex-boyfriend was the one who got away. 'It's silly, but I wonder if you feel how I feel,' she muses.

Petal isn't an album to rank alongside her 2018 masterpiece. Sweetener, but it's a marked upgrade on Eternal Sunshine, which was so underwhelming she released three additional versions, adding fresh material each time. And, as she tells us on the title track, she can still look on the bright side. 'I don't need someone to save me,' cause this music and I will never die.

Ariana Grande starts a residency at The O2, London, on August 15 (azx.com).

NEW RELEASES

FLO: Therapy At The Club (Island) With Little Mix on an

indefinite hiatus, there's room for a new British girl band – and London trio Flo are in pole position. The group's second album leans on Destiny's Child, and other R&B groups of the 2000s, but their sparkling harmonies show their originality. They denounce useless boyfriends on Cry Ugly and detail 'a messy night out' on Remedied. Dance anthem Leak It is already sparking viral routines on TikTok. ★★★★☆

SHABOOZEY: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales

(American Dogwood/Empire) Shaboozey became the hottest name in African-American country music with 2024's A Bar Song (Tipsy), and his reputation will only be enhanced by this concept album about a woman who vows revenge after the murder of her sheriff father. Actors Teyana Taylor and Jamie Foxx supply the spoken-word narratives on a dusty Western epic that blends rap, country-rock and fiddle-driven hoedowns. ★★★★☆

Mesmerising: Phelim McDermott, left, and the cast of Tao Of Glass

A dazzlingly original musical... You'll never see anything like it

A SPOTLIGHT falls on a grey-haired chap in the front row who says this is his favourite bit about theatre: when the lights go down and anything can happen. (Mine too.)

Dazzlingly original, Tao Of Glass is a collage of fragments improvised and performed by Phelim McDermott – and a puppet boy – with a score by Philip Glass, whose hypnotic music has been a 'river' through 62-year-old McDermott's life.

As a child, he listened to his minimalist compositions on repeat, and dreamed of being Laurence Olivier.

This show (for want of a better word, because it is almost impossible to categorise) is his personal love letter to Glass and theatre. It is also an attempt to explain how ideas arrive, and how this piece evolved. Which sounds heavy and pretentious, but is actually anything but.

Thanks to McDermott's humour, lightness of touch (he also directs) and beguiling sincerity, it becomes instead a brainstorming, mind-blowing, dreamlike journey to the heart of Glass.

With the puppet boy as his guide, he touches on his inspirations, some more graspable than others: Japanese kintsugi, the work of comic illustrator Maurice Sendak, lying in a flotation tank.

Unforgettable images emerge as puppeteers ingeniously shape reams of rustling tissue paper printed with musical scores into the ghostly figure of

by Georgina Brown

Tao Of Glass (Soho Place, London)

Verdict: Musical chairs

Fame (Theatre Royal Plymouth)

Verdict: Fleeting, I fear

Glass at the piano. The look is as beautiful and mesmerising as the music, as concentric rings of steel rise and fall around a cone of light.

You will never see anything so purely theatrical. Don't miss it.

■ AT THE opposite, conventional end of the musical spectrum lies Fame.

Back in 1995, the musical adaptation had its European premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. It was a pale shadow of Alan Parker's glorious, gritty 1980 movie, powered by a fabulous score we're all still singing, lovable characters and lines to cherish. (The ironic 'You're lookin' at one happy lady' is my regular go-to.)

And yet the musical ran and ran. Three decades on, the same theatre's revival promises songs from the original. Who could resist?

But for a blissful blast of the title track,

and a tepid Hot Lunch Jam, when the starstruck kids dance in the refectory of the crumbling High School of Performing Arts in New York City, you could blink and miss them.

A new arrangement of Out Here On My Own gets lost when over-shared by Tyrone (Amonik Melaco), the street-style dancer whose place is at risk because he can barely read; Nick (Joe Boyle), uncertain about his sexuality; Serena (Megan Ellis), hopelessly mad about the boy; and Shlomo (Toby De Salis), a gifted musician whose only purpose is to introduce the limp finale, Bring On Tomorrow, in memory of super-ambitious Carmen (Talia Palamathanam), who has inexplicably died. Possibly of disappointment.

But first you must endure horny Joe's mirthless Can't Keep It Down (don't ask), terrible lines ('You have got to get your self-esteem out of the toilet'), and endless lectures from charmless teachers insisting that acting, singing and dancing is hard work.

Tom Jackson Greaves's talented, brilliantly-drilled cast work exceptionally hard, pumping through uninspired, punishing exercise routines. What a waste. Also, this Fame ain't gonna live forever. Tao Of Glass runs until September 12; Fame until August 15.

PATRICK MARMION IS AWAY

Picture: JOHNN PESSON

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Super? These crass cops are criminally unfunny

by Brian Viner

Super Troopers 3 (15, 104 mins)

Verdict: Not super at all ★☆☆☆☆

The Summer Book (PG, 90 mins)

Verdict: A Close-run thing ★★★☆☆

Love Me Tender (15, 134 mins)

Verdict: Sensitive French drama

★★★☆☆

THE drought afflicting our once green and pleasant land has spread into the multiplexes: this week's only major release (for grown-ups) is the woeful Super Troopers 3.

The original film came out in 2001 and the second in 2018, so I really don't know why another has been inflicted on us so soon – or why the mighty Brian Cox agreed to reprise his role as a (now-retired) police captain.

What I do know is that it's exactly 100 years since legendary screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, on arriving in Hollywood, cabled his friend Ben Hecht to say: "Millions are to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots." A century later, it sometimes seems as if the idiots have prevailed.

By 1926, incidentally, those heroes of clunky slapstick, the Keystone Kops, were done and dusted. The single joke – that a bunch of policemen might be hilariously incompetent – was no longer considered worthy of sustaining an entire feature film. Yet here we are in 2026, saddled yet again with the same asinine squad of Vermont state troopers and another set of mostly unfunny missadventures, written by the Broken Lizard comedy team.

This time, Senior Trooper Ramathorn (Jay Chandrasekhar, who also directs) is doing his utmost to stop his sister marrying his dense colleague Rodney Parva (Kevin Heffernan), while at the same time the troopers are trying to catch whoever is attacking maple-syrup trucks.

The humour is as broad as your average state highway: race, sex, drugs and Canada, especially Canada, are targeted in a bar-

Fast and slow: Super Troopers 3, above, and Matthews and Close in The Summer Book, right

rage of crass gags, only about 5 per cent of which warrant a smile, let alone a laugh. Honestly, it's desperate stuff.

■ THE Summer Book is as unhurried as Super Troopers 3 is frenetic. It is adapted from a 1972 novel by Tove Jansson, who wrote the beloved Moomin books for children. Yet this is very much a story for grown-ups, and patient grown-ups at that. It's one of those films in which, almost defiantly, Nothing Much Happens.

At its core, though, is a charming performance by Glenn Close as a formidable Finnish granny, spending the summer on an island in the Gulf of Finland with her son (Anders Danielsen Lie) and nine-year-old granddaughter Sophia (nicely played by newcomer Emily Matthews).

A pall of sadness hangs over the family. Sophia's mother has died, and although we never learn how or when, the father's anguish is still raw, inhibiting his relationship with his daughter. He suggests to his mother that 'the stink of grief' might be repelling visitors to the island. 'Or self-pity,' she asserts. She's what Americans would call a tough old broad. Anyway, it is left to Grandmother (neither she nor her son

are named) to spend time with Sophia, imparting wisdom and being as much fun as her creaking body permits. White hair either coiled into a bun or hanging in long plaits, Close gives a wondrous performance, and if you

ever see anyone on the streets of Helsinki looking more like a Finnish granny, I won't believe it unless you send in a picture.

Admittedly, there's no narrative arc as such in The Summer Book, more of a narrative flat-line. But if you don't mind that, then Charlie McDowell's film is a touching study of family dynamics and how they are affected by death.

LOVE Me Tender is another family drama, anchored by more superb acting. It's a French-language film, starring the ever-splendid Vicky Krieps as Clemence, a separated mother of an eight-year-old boy who shares custody with her former partner, Laurent (Antoine Reinartz).

The pair have an amicable relationship and when she tells him she's now dating women, he

takes it in his stride. 'I just want you to be happy,' he says. But he changes his tune, poisoning the child against his mother and igniting a complicated legal process which, partly as a consequence of institutionalised homophobia, keeps her from seeing her cherished son for 18 months – or as she heartbreakingly measures it, two Christmases, one birthday and one Mother's Day.

It's a true story, lifted by writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet from an autobiographical novel by Constance Debre.

The novelist's grandfather Michel Debre, incidentally, was once the prime minister of France, and is considered the 'father' of the modern French constitution. What an irony that it served his granddaughter so badly.

All films reviewed here are in cinemas now.

ALSO SHOWING

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie (U, 88 mins)

Verdict: More pawesome than pawful

★★★☆☆

A SUMMER Paw Patrol movie is a blessing and a curse for parents. It's something to distract your overheated, understimulated little darlings in the holidays; but you've got to go with them and waste an hour and a half of your precious adult time in the company of squeaky-voiced search and rescue dogs. Except: this Paw Patrol movie, the third spin-off from the children's TV series, is... quite good, actually. I enjoyed it not much less than my five-year-old son, who adored it.

The pleasant surprises start early, as the all-action pups save a family from a burning boat. The dad is voiced by Snoop Dogg! The mum by Paris Hilton! But it's their cat who steals the laughs – as it emerges soggy and grumpy from the sea.

Then in a storm the US$ Paw Patrol runs into an uncharted island. Could this be where the dinos of the title live? Yes, it could. The doggies have only gone and found Jurassic Park, except the dinos here (below), seem to have existed by themselves for millions of years. The public-spirited Paw Patrol invite scientists in to research them. But some less respectable sorts are drawn in, too, by the promise of diamonds...

The worst part of the film is that its baddie, Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo), looks too like KFC's Colonel Sanders to be scary. But you'll have forgotten him by the volcanic climax. Will the firedog Marshall be able to put out the biggest conflagration of his life? Parents already know the answer. If only Marshall were able to cool off our overheated children, too.

PETER HOSKIN

All shipshape! Pinafore and Pirates get brilliant makeovers

Spellbinding: The ladies of Pirates

HOW do you keep Q&S operas fresh? The solution, achieved at Buxton Opera House this year, is to import just enough movement from musical theatre to enliven them.

While the productions by Sarah Helsby Hughes (Pinafore) and John Savournin (Pirates) are excellent, it is the producers' willingness to let choreographers Sarah Storer and Merry Holden off the leash that sets the seal on our enjoyment.

When I think back to the ossified presentations by the old D'Oyly Carte troupe, it is salutary to reflect on how the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company has relaxed the grip of meaningless tradition, while respecting fruitful legacies. On the

HMS Pinafore & The Pirates Of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan Festival)

Verdict: Splendid summer fun

small stage, a chorus of around 20 (half the usual size) is split into groups, then reunited so that the effect is spellbinding. Everyone is a singer, everyone is a dancer.

There were splendid individual performances, anchored by Simon Butteriss's two super-twits: the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Major-General.

HMS Pinafore has a treasurable Buttercup in Gaynor Keeble, a superb captain in

Ben McAteer and a truly revolting Dick Deadeye in Mark Saberton.

Pirates started well with McAteer's impressive King, Yvonne Howard's lively Ruth and Alex Aldren's mellifluous Frederic. But Camilla Kerslake as Mabel seemed to be having a vocal crisis: the top was in fair shape, but when put under pressure her middle register was less happy.

A marvellous esprit de corps enfolds the audiences at these festivals, spilling over into the after-show cabarets in the Pavilion Gardens next door. I came away from Buxton with my ears ringing with melodies.

The festival runs until August 15

TULLY POTTER

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FRIDAY

WITH a twinkle in his eye, novelist Hannah Richell's handsome, hyper-fit husband Matt mentioned one morning in July 2014, over coffee at their favourite pavement cafe in Sydney, that he'd arranged a 'board meeting' for that afternoon.

As the CEO of a publishing house, this was not unusual, but today he meant something different. He'd arranged to meet his surfing friend Adam for a good surf on Tamarama Beach.

He and Hannah kissed goodbye in the sunshine and Matt quoted something funny their six-year-old son had said in the car on the way to soccer camp that morning. Then

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they went their separate ways to their working days.

'For a goodbye you never want to come - for a goodbye you don't know is going to be your last - it is pretty perfect,' writes Hannah in her unforgettably powerful memoir of grief.

She would never see Matt alive again. Later, when she was at work, struggling to write her third novel, Matt's PA rang to say she'd had a

call from a Bondi detective and they were asking for her address.

Her nightmare began. She arrived home to find two policemen who informed her that Matt had drowned in a surfing accident, thrown onto the rocks by a huge wave just as he was trying to gain a foothold.

Her first reaction was total confusion and an overwhelming urge to ring Matt and hear his reassuring voice. Numb with shock, she heard herself calling Matt's father on the other side of the globe, on the Isle of Skye, and breaking his heart as she spoke 'words that didn't make any sense'.

Thus began a hellish new existence of veering from 'brittle-automation' to 'banshee, wild in my pain'. She decided to give her son and daughter, aged just six and four, one more peaceful night's sleep. Breaking the news to them the next morning was 'the very worst thing I shall ever do as a mother'.

'There but for the grace of God go I will be the chief thought of every wife, partner or parent reading this heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting book, which evokes the joy of a happy marriage and the agony of loss in equal measure.

In her forensic evocation of all that happened in the next days, weeks and months, Richell plunges us into what she calls 'the sinkhole' of sudden-onset grief.

She takes us on a tour through its hideous nooks and crannies: disbelief, confusion, sadness, rage, and excruciating loneliness as you somehow have to carry on with the mundanities of daily life - in Hannah's case having become a single mother overnight.

YOU may think, 'thank goodness this kind of grief hasn't happened to me', but it will also occur that 'it might, and why shouldn't it?'

If it does, or has, this book will be your guide to remind you you're not alone in the poisonous cocktail of feelings that will accost you day and night, alongside grief's ghastly physical side-effects: hair loss, insomnia, dizziness, sweating at night, and food tasting like cardboard.

When someone refers to Hannah as 'Matt's widow', it feels like 'a punch in the guts'. She wants to scream, 'I'm NOT his widow. I'm his wife.'

Keeping his clothes in the cupboard and his pyjamas under the pillow, she realises she's far from reaching the 'acceptance' stage of grief.

Everything, for the first year, is a source of pain. Richell never over-writes, she just tells us what happens, with admirable clarity and honesty. She describes her final hour alone with Matt's body in the morgue, which happens to be right next to the maternity unit where she gave birth to their children.

'One hour to stroke his stubbled cheek and hold his hand and lay my

head upon his chest and weep onto the hospital gown... Wake up. I implore him. Wake up, we need you.'

Her period starts on the day of his funeral, reminding her that they could have had another baby, instead of which 'this is the end'.

She takes the last Bolognese made by Matt out of the freezer, and her children have it for supper. 'The sight and smell of it eviscerate me.'

When they visit the beach where Matt died, her son asks: 'Mummy, is Daddy ever coming home?'

You'll need a box of tissues to read this - a useful item Hannah found

How WWII ended

IN 1938, as war loomed with Nazi Germany, the British government quietly drew up a list of large country houses, away from factories and town centres, which could be requisitioned when war broke out.

The owners, mostly aristocrats and the very rich, would soon find that they had lost control of their stately homes.

The Duke of Beaufort, for instance, only discovered what was going on when he learned that the RAF planned to build a runway in front of Badminton, his magnificent 17th-century house in Gloucestershire. Some

THE COUNTRY HOUSE AT WAR

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grand houses, like Chatsworth in Derbyshire and Castle Howard in Yorkshire, accommodated schools for the duration of the war. Other places took in children evacuated from the inner cities, many of whom were less than thrilled by rural life.

At Panshanger in Hertfordshire, Lady Desborough reported that her young charges were 'horror-struck by the dullness of the country'.

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BOOKS

Picture: © HANNAH RICHELL

WHAT BOOK?

VICTORIA BATEMAN

Author

...are you reading now?

MISHAL Husain's Broken Threads - a captivating combination of biography and history, telling the story of her four grandparents amid the partition of India. But unlike so much dry non-fiction, the story that underpins it - both heartbreaking and life-affirming - and the quality of Husain's writing means it rivals the best novels for sheer emotional impact.

...would you take to a desert island?

FOR their wit and entertainment value, it's difficult to beat Jane Austen, so I'd use my powers of Persuasion (pun intended) to - hopefully - convince you to offer me her entire collected works.

As the eldest of three sisters, I've always enjoyed Austen's characterisation of sisterly life and the rural backdrop would remind me of home.

I'm a big fan of period dramas - I sometimes work as a historical consultant advising on everything from when electric lighting was introduced to whether bedrooms would have had a waste bin. But that means I tend to read the classics with a work hat on, so it would be a treat to read them for pleasure.

...first gave you the reading bug?

I REMEMBER being snuggled up in bed, devouring the story of a little girl - about the same age as me at the time - with magical abilities. It was, of course, Roald Dahl's Matilda.

I also fondly remember The Worst Witch series of books by Jill Murphy - the Harry Potter equivalents of their day - and loved any books set in girls' boarding schools, particularly if they featured midnight feasts.

Growing up in Oldham, where I attended my local state schools, the fictional world of pinafores, eccentric teachers, jolly hockey sticks and out-of-hours antics - a world free of parental supervision - seemed ever so exciting.

...left you cold?

KARL Marx's Das Kapital which, despite being hailed by socialists as the blueprint for a utopian and equal society, is one of the most sexist books I've ever read.

So many economics books have mistakenly left readers believing that women weren't central to economic growth. This is why I wrote Economica - the first economic history of the world to explicitly include women (who are, after all, half the population).

■ ECONOMICA by Victoria Bateman (Headline, £12.99) is out now in paperback.

herself being offered wherever she went.

She never resorts to the cliché 'grief is the price we pay for love', but she does quote helpful words someone said to the writer Julian Barnes after his wife died. 'Nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth.'

And in her evocation of how she and Matt fell in love, she expresses how much their love was worth.

Both British, they worked for the same London publishing house and bonded beside the

canal in the days after the 7/7 bombings, in a state of shock.

The capital was the backdrop for their love story - 'kissing in the rain, squeezing onto benches in pubs, walking the streets hand in hand...' She describes Matt's 'quiet poise, the striking angles of his face, the thoughtfulness in his amber-green eyes'.

They emigrated to Australia for a new life. After a magical camping trip on the west coast, they moved to Sydney, got married and had their two children.

The first chink of light in

Hannah's grief comes when she tells a counsellor, Louise, that she feels 'trapped by my children in a life I no longer want'. Louise suggests she repeat the mantra: 'This is a moment of pain; pain is a part of life; I wish myself peace.'

Eight months after Matt's death, she wakes up for the first time without having to re-remember that he's died. 'It just is. It is a part of me.'

Acceptance, she discovers, is 'a letting go of the need for things to be different'. It feels as if her body is 'developing the muscle

to carry the grief'. At the start, Hannah was struggling to write her novel. One day, in the depths of grief, she wrote a piece called 'Life and Death' on her blog, and had a huge response. From that first step, this book emerged.

And there's a lovely ending, which proves that you can be happily married again. Hannah doesn't tell us when this happened, but she met a camera operator, in 'an eyes-across-a-crowded-room' moment. They fell in love, married, and now live as a blended family in Britain.

the golden era of country houses

Term time: Grand Castle Howard

Bedford, housed dozens of people from the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens) who were working at the top-secret Bletchley Park.

The splendid Palladian house at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire was used to store the treasures from the Wallace Collection, deemed too vulnerable to stay in London.

Audley End, a beautiful Jacobean house in Essex, was the training base for Polish resistance fighters who were then parachuted back into Poland.

The D-Day landings were planned at Wilton House in Wiltshire, home of the Earl of Pembroke. The Firs, a

stockbroker's house in Buckinghamshire with unusually large grounds, was so successful as a centre for developing and testing explosives, which were later sold to the Americans, that it ended up making a tidy profit for the British government.

The Special Operations Executive, the clandestine intelligence and sabotage agency, dubbed 'the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare', requisitioned so many country houses for its training that SOE was said to stand for 'Stately 'Omes of England'.

The Country House At War is an entertaining and

surprisingly poignant book. Many country houses were handed back to their owners in dire condition, and government compensation was minimal.

With so many (male) heirs to big estates having been killed in action, they were inherited by distant relatives with little connection to the property, who then sold up.

Some stately homes were demolished; luckier ones were passed on to the National Trust or taken over by local government. Requisition, so vital to the war effort, spelt the end of the golden era of the British country house.

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BOOKS FICTION

LITERARY FICTION

STEPHANIE CROSS

BEGINNING MIDDLE END by Valeria Luiselli (4th Estate £16.99, 368pp)

LUISELLI'S most recent outing, Lost Children Archive, was nominated

for a clutch of awards, and this novel was widely tipped for a 2026 Booker Prize nod.

It failed to make the cut, but it is nonetheless ambitious, richly supportive and current in its consideration of migration and climate crisis.

Our protagonists are a mother and a daughter, travelling in Sicily against a background of wildfires and an erupting Etnia.

The mother, an author, is grappling with her latest book, and if Beginning Middle End has a plot, then it's about those foundational elements of narrative itself.

The myth of the shape-shifting Greek god Proteus is a touchstone for Luiselli's characters, and the book itself questions and plays with form throughout, including a daring but satisfying late twist.

SKY CITY by Jacqueline Crooks (Jamathan Cape £18.99, 384pp)

FIRE Rush, Crooks' Women's Prize short-listed debut, earned

praise from Maggie O'Farrell and Bernadine Evaristo, among others.

This is another impressive, singular outing, set in the 1990s and following Jaycee who, after a spell in a homeless hostel, now lives in a futuristic housing estate in north London.

Jaycee has carved out an existence following devastating abuse at the hands of her stepfather, but carries trauma deep in her body that thwarts her relationship with her newly resurfaced first love, Sol.

Meanwhile, her go-getting hairdresser friend Ella-G is forging a career in the glamorous New York music world, but danger is ever-present.

With its subtle frisson of the uncanny, this fluid, hypnotic and psychologically powerful novel compels the reader with its internal music and foreshadowing of a bold, shattering denouement.

CHILDREN OF THE WILD by Kevin Powers (Atlantic £14.99, 320pp)

POWERS is still best known for his acclaimed debut, The Yellow Birds, which drew on his experiences

as a veteran of the Iraq War. However, it's an earlier conflict that is at the centre of this sweeping tale.

We first meet Roy Young as an entitled 19-year-old in 1917. The scion of a Virginian family, his future seems secure, including marriage to the local minister's daughter Samantha. But then the arrival of Ennis, a mysterious young man seemingly without a past, changes everything, and before long the par are slipping out for the helicopters of France.

Powers does full justice to the horrors of the front, but this epic story of love, friendship and endurance suffers from some thin characterisation when it comes to supporting cast. But between the darkness of history and the shadow of another war yet to come, it's ultimately a moving reminder of the value of the present.

Tragic victim of harrowing Ruth Ellis tale

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WENDY HOLDEN

A FATAL LOVE

by Louisa Treger (Bloomsbury £18.99, 240pp) THIS fictionalisation of the Ruth Ellis story begins with her shooting her lover David Blakely. Arrest, trial, incarceration and execution follow.

In and among are flashbacks of Ruth's life, including a grubby glamorous 1950s London where she worked as a nightclub hostess.

We meet her prison guards, too, and her increasingly desperate defence counsel. While Ellis is shown very sympathetically, Blakely appears as abusive, manipulative and fatally irresistible.

Throughout, Treger's concise style perfectly counterpoints all the drama and violence.

Unbearably tense and utterly harrowing, this superb novel's most tragic figure is the one truly innocent party, Ellis's small son Andy.

THE GOOD PARTS

by Evans Normandin (Piatkus £20, 352pp)

THIS stirring debut is a sort of sci-fi rom-com. Rose and

Landon met at college in Vermont, got married and had a daughter.

But as the novel progresses, we realise that something awful befell the baby.

The action flips between Rose in the blissful past and Landon in the ghastly present, where he's come searching for his ex-wife, who's moved to Edinburgh.

She's taken a 'forgetting' pill so she can't recall what happened and has started a new life.

But there are side-effects,

including Landon's determination to reconnect.

I had to suspend my disbelief a bit, but it's a powerfully emotional, compelling read.

SOPHIE, STANDING THERE

by Meg Mason (Bloomsbury £20, 352pp)

A FAMOUS writer is the focus of this quirky, clever emotional comedy.

Passionate reader Sophie works for an events venue hosting book festivals.

Her despair at the ending of her toxic marriage becomes

obsession with a famous but distant novelist.

When, incredibly, the novelist appears at one of Sophie's festivals, a relationship of sorts begins. But can it live up to Sophie's imaginings? And what does the author want anyway?

After a somewhat slow start, this novel really caught fire and loved it.

Full of brilliant detail and simultaneously funny and serious, it notices every aspect of modern loving and living.

CRIME

GEOFFREY WANSELL

DEATH WRIT LARGE

by Susie Dent (Zaffre £20, 416pp)

THIS second outing for the perspicacious Oxford lexicographer Martha Thornhill is every bit as gripping as her debut, Guilty By Definition, last year.

Here she finds a set of suspicious runes inscribed on a church wall where an acclaimed academic has apparently killed himself by jumping from the tower.

Martha is suspicious - and she, together with her dictionary-editing colleagues, starts to examine what the cryptic message means.

So begins this delightfully old-fashioned murder mystery, centred on the writings of a controversial Oxford author who was obsessed with puzzles, and who had a group of undergraduate disciples called

the Cabal. Written by TV and podcast wordsmith Dent, it is packed with intriguing details, while never failing to entertain. Richard Osman had better watch out.

THE BURNING FEARS

by Katy Massey (Sphere £10.99, 288pp)

MAKING a Leeds brothel keeper and a washed-up detective the protagonists of a crime drama is a brave move, but one which won Massey a first novel award with her debut. All Us Sinners last year, and here they return.

It is now February 1982, five years later. The Yorkshire Ripper has been caught, but Peter Sutcliffe's shadow still hangs over the city, as does the stench of corruption.

Former sex worker Lynda is killed in a hit and run as she tries to attract the attention of Maureen, head of Leeds' most respected 'sauna'. On the surface it looks like an accident, but was it? Meanwhile, DS Mick Bunniford is investigating the blackmail of a wealthy local MP. Are they connected? Vivid atmosphere, great dialogue and a

gritty, tightly wound plot confirm Massey as a star of the future.

THE BUTCHER LEGACY

by Alaina Urquhart (Constable £25, 384pp)

NEW Orleans serial killer, Jeremy Rose, also known as the Bayou Butcher, is finally behind bars - put there by his nemesis, pathologist Dr Wren Muller - though not before he had killed her beloved husband.

But even in jail he casts a dreadful shadow. Rose is the most frightening incarcerated prisoner since Hannibal Lecter. Then, in the run-up to Halloween, young girls go missing, their bodies discovered with mutilations that are the hallmarks of the Butcher's killings. Did he have an accomplice who has taken over?

Muller and her ally, Detective John Leroux, suspect so and begin a search that leads them to saintly pastor Philip Trudeau. Utterly compelling, this is crime at its most hypnotic.

HISTORICAL

ETIHNE FARRY

LITTLE SPARK

by Jess Kidd (Canongate £18.99, 352pp)

WILDLY imaginative and art in 1868 and 1881, it tells

the thrilling story of Bodkin Bell, who, as a child, could pick pockets, summon storms and use the strange static charge in her body to great effect in the electrifying travelling act she perfected with her gaffer, the wayward Cornelius Bell.

But now Bodkin is in jail. Cornelius is on the run and her stuttering, unpredictable heart is behaving erratically.

Rescue comes in the shape of Lady Hesperia of Point Mote

manor, an eerie mansion on the Kent marshes, which is famous for its wondrous automata.

But all is not as it seems, and Bodkin finds herself in grave danger as secrets are revealed and mysterious connections are discovered in this terrific steampunk tale.

THIS DOOR OF THE SEAS

by Val McDermid and Jo Sharp (Pulygon £12, 360pp)

INSPIRED by the real-life tale of an ill-fated 17th-century expedition by Scottish settlers to establish a trading colony in far-off Darien - a seemingly idyllic coastal enclave.

The location was anything but - surrounded by jungle, and laid claim to by the Spanish, it was dangerously inhospitable and financially disastrous.

Brilliantly researched and written by life partners

McDermid, the best-selling crime writer, and Sharp - Scotland's Geographer Royal - the duo tell the enthralling tale in letters written by scientist Dr James Wallace to his wife Eliza and Sir Robert Sibbald, the first Geographer Royal.

Illness, lack of resources, bad leadership and lazy laird sons' scupper the endeavour, with bitter consequences for settlers who left a famine-stricken home in search of a better life.

THE RUNS

by Becky Docton

(HQ £16.99, 560pp)

SPANNING 1937

Devon to 1956

Kandy, in Ceylon

Docton's debut unfurls the life of Lucie, a lost and lonely child, who grows into a young woman overwhelmed by unexpressed

anger. The locations change - from a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside, to the heat and clamour of cocktail hour in Colombo, but it's Lucie's emotionally harrowing journey that's the focus.

Docton's prose is elegant and exacting, beautifully cataloging Lucie's moods and feelings as her fractured family history takes its toll.

An unhappy marriage, marked by a series of miscarriages, adds to her misery, until her revelatory 26th year, where two unexpected encounters ignite her courage to escape and look to a future that promises freedom.

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MURDER MYSTERY

Granite Harbour, 8pm, BBC1

THE team now have three murders to solve as this knotty mystery reaches its third and final episode, but having eliminated all their prime suspects, they're no closer to finding the culprit — or culprits. That is, until a shocking confession turns the investigation on its head — but are they getting the whole truth? There's more digging to do and one more stunning revelation before they can finally unravel the web of hidden loyalties that led to murder. And there are secrets finally shared and frank conversations among DCT Cora (Dawn Steele) and the detectives, too, as the series ends on an emotional note. All episodes are on BBC iPlayer.

PICK OF TODAY'S TV

OUR LIVES: THE NANAZ — AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, 7.30PM, BBC1

THE BBC had a hit drama last year with Riot Women, the fictional story of five middle-aged women coming together to form a punk band for a local talent contest — but The NaNaz are doing it for real. These six women from South Wales — including former ice cream van owner Ange Pearce, retired community nurse Anne-Marie Bollen and wife, mother and former actors' agent Claire Symons (pictured) — met at a community workshop for over-50s.

They hit it off, and ended up forming a band, finding it was a great outlet for perimenopausal rage! There's a striking contrast in this life-affirming short documentary between meeting the women in their quiet home lives and the thrill of their electric presence on stage and sharp lyrics — about everything from care home fees and pensions to recycling bins. And now, after just a year as a group, they've

been invited to play at the Loud Women Festival in the epicentre of punk, New York — which they're as surprised about as anyone.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Animal Park (AD,R) 10.15 Tract, Track, Get My Car Back (R) 10.45 Expert Witness (R) 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt: 20 Years of The One Show (AD) Two teams of One Show presenters battle it out. 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.35 BBC Regional News; Weather 1.45 BBC News at One; Weather 2.00 The Hairdresser Mysteries (AD) Lily finds herself with both a hairstyle emergency and a murder to solve, Starring Sally Phillips. 2.45 Escape to the Country (R) A home with business potential in Cornwall. 3.45 The Bidding Room The dealers see some unusual characters including Uncle Bert the skeleton and a wooden rabbit. Plus, a rare album by one of the world's biggest bands. 4.30 The Answer Run Quiz show, hosted by Jason Mariford. 5.15 Pointless (R) Alexander Armstrong is joined by co-host Konnie Hug. 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

BBC2

6.30 Money for Nothing (R) 7.15 The Bidding Room (R) 8.00 Marcus Wareing Simply Provence (BSL,R) Creating a dried herb mix. 9.00 BBC News 1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Sean Fletcher, Louise Mirstini, Chris Washington and Kimberly Wyatt take part in the challenge. 1.30 The Finish Line (R) Quiz, hosted by Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene. 2.15 Do You Know Your Place? (R) 2.45 The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation (AD,R) The duo reach Spain. 3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown (R) Two pairs of cattle farmers compete at the Westmorland County Show in Cumbria. 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) The team visit Citiberse, Lancashire. First shown in 2003. 5.15 Flog (R) (R) From Haddon Hall. 6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games (R) Gettin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton and Gary Willmot test their general knowledge skills. 6.30 Just One Thing (AD,R) The benefits of eating beetroot. Last in series.

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning Daily magazine, featuring a mix of celebrity chat, showbusiness news, lifestyle features, topical discussion, health and beauty advice and more. 1.30 News; Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (AD,R) David Dickinson and his dealer den visit Newport. Karen Dalmeny pays big bucks for a stunning brooch. 3.00 Deal or No Deal (AD,R) Stephen Mulhern hosts as Ronnie tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the infamous Banker for the chance to win a cash prize; Regional Weather 4.00 Tipping Point (R) Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase (R) Bradley Walsh presents as Comphal, Samantha, Adam and Yung Yung answer general knowledge questions and work as a team to take on one of the ruthless Chasers. 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 News; Weather

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King of Queens (AD,R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R) Triple bill of the comedy. 9.10 Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes. 11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) A restaurant that has forgotten the most crucial aspect of an eatery's reputation. 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Items in Norfolk include a tractor. 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) Accountant Kate and builder Jonny buy a house together in Leeds. 2.10 Countdown With Ade Adepitan. 3.00 A Place In the Sun (R) House-hunters Jesica and Karl search for a holiday home in Cadiz, Spain. 4.00 Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (AD,R) A Treberlyfd House, the biggest wedding of the year is under way. 5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) At the Chateau de Lalacelle, Terry and Ashley bring their garden back to life. 6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz find a rare Superman comic.

7.00 The One Show Alex Jones and Roman Kemp kick off the show's 20th-birthday celebrations. 7.30 Our Lives: The Nanaz — Age Against The Machine (AD) Six women who are tearing up the rulebook on growing older.

8.00 Granite Harbour (AD) As the case reaches a conclusion, Lindo and Bart face a race against time to find the real killer as secrets are revealed. Last in series.

9.00 Would I Lie to You? (R) Cush Jumbo, Judi Love, Grayson Perry and Tim Vine join the regulars. 9.30 Ann Droid (AD) Sue invites Michael and Renee to a nice family dinner. Comedy, starring Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston.

10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.30 BBC Regional News (Followed by Weather) 10.45 28 Days Later (2002) (18) ▲ (AD) Survivors band together after Britain is devastated by a virus that leaves victims consumed with homicidal rage. Danny Boyle's horror, starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston and Brendan Gleeson.

12.30 Weather for the Week Ahead 12.35 BBC News

7.00 Iolo's Anglesey (R) Iolo Williams explores the flora of Anglesey. 7.30 Beechgrove Garden Brian Cunningham harvests his spring vegetables.

8.00 Gardeners' World Frances 8.00 TKL Inghill returns to Darnson Farm in Bath and spends the day with owner Alison and guest Mary Berry, while Arlt Anderson visits an urban garden in London.

9.00 Bergerac (AD) Chloe finds evidence proving there is truth in John Blakely's accusations. 9.45 QI XL (R) Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies answer Sandi Toksvig's questions on the theme of tricks and treats.

10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day's events, presented by Paddy O'Connell. (Followed by Weather)

11.05 Hoard (2023) (18) ▲ Premiere. TKL Years after moving away from her hoarding mother, a foster teen revisits her childhood memories and the trauma she repressed. Drama, starring Saura Lightfoot-Leon.

1.00 Britain's Strictest Schools — Panorama (BSL,R) Richard Bilton reports from an academy trust accused of taking its strict policies on behaviour too far. 1.30 The Rapture (AD,BSL,R) Gabs pushes her suspicions into the open. Ruth Madeley stars. 2.30 This Is BBC2

7.30 EFL Cup Live Middlesbrough v Wrexham (Kick-off 8pm). Mark Pougatch presents all the action from the first-round tie at Riverside Stadium. Boro will be looking to avoid a repeat of this stage last season, when they were beaten 4-0 here by Doncaster Rovers. Wrexham hired better in the competition, going on to reach the fourth round before they were eliminated by Welsh rivals Cardiff City following a 2-1 defeat. With analysis from Tommy Smith and Steven Fletcher, and commentary by Seb Hutchinson and Lucy Ward.

10.25 News (Followed by Weather) 10.55 Regional News (Followed by Weather)

11.15 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) (12) The vigilante tries to save an army major who has been framed for murder by a sinister conspiracy. Action thriller sequel, starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders and Danika Yarosh.

1.10 Shop on TV 3.00 Force of Nature (AD,BSL,R) A flood in Africa brings prey to a lone lioness. 3.50 Long Lost Family (AD,BSL,R) Jayne attempts to find her older brother, who was put up for adoption by her late mother. 4.45 Unwind with ITV.

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich (AD) Hannah has a non-surgical liquid nose job, Hollie tackles years of sun damage with laser technology, and Nabeel is investing over £1,000 a month in a programme of tweakments.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy words and numbers quiz, as team captains Rob Beckett and Jon Richardson are joined by Katherine Ryan and Fiqtha El-Ghorri.

10.00 Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits Victory is snatched from the jaws of humiliation as comedians including Sara Pascoe, James Acaster and Jamie and Natasia Demetriou taste sweet success against all odds.

11.05 Sarah Millican: Home Bird Live (R) Stand-up show recorded at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre & Opera House, in which the comedian shares insights into life, including the need to put down some roots.

12.10 Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum's Head (AD,R) Stand-up comedy recorded at the Lowry in Salford. 1.05 Rainy (AD) Ahmed receives a proposal. 1.45 Rainy (AD) 1.15 FILM: Theater Camp (2023) (12) Comedy starring Ben Platt and Molly Gordon. 3.50 Sunday Brunch (R) 4.00 Four in a Bed (R)

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SPECIAL GUEST

Gardeners' World, 8pm, BBC2

FRANCES Tophill returns to Damson Farm in Bath, where this time she's joined by a VIP guest, keen gardener Dame Mary Berry Meanwhile, Arif Anderson reports from an urban edible garden in London; Toby Buckland shares some ingenious tips on how to extend the growing season, and there's a visit to a predominantly Punjabi allotment community in Birmingham.

FILM PREMIERE

Hoard, 11.05pm, BBC2

BRITISH director Luna Carmon's impressive feature debut follows Maria during her troubled

childhood, then as a teenager in a foster home, where a previous resident inspires her to revisit her repressed childhood memories and her mother's hoarding habit. Saura Lightfoot Leon (pictured) gives a quietly powerful performance as Maria.

CHANNEL 5

6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Puff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 Paw Patrol (R) 7.20 Move It Milkshake!!! (R) 7.20 Huitse & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (R) 8.00 Gran & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.30 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach 9.05 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.10 Tim Rex in Space: Sing-Alongs

9.15 Jeremy Vine

11.30 Storm & Alexis

12.45 5 News at Lunchtime

12.50 Matt Allwright

2.20 The Book Club Murders (2024) (PG) ● Mystery, starring Brittany Underwood and Eva Igo.

4.00 Castle (R) Part two of two. Castle and the team search for Beckett.

4.55 Love Nature (R) Meeting The Fox Project driver Nicki Townsend.

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 Menorca: A Year in the Sun (R) Part two of two. A look at the Mediterranean island's seafoots: art and architectural restorations.

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Tom Read Wilson's Grand Tour (R) The presenter reimagines the rite of passage once undertaken by aristocrats on their Grand Tours of Europe, beginning in Paris.

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Corsica: Jewel of the Mediterranean Cameras focus on the French island, which boasts 600 miles of stunning coastline, lush green forests and majestic mountains.

9.00 Alexander Armstrong in South Korea (R) Alexander journeys across South Korea, one of the most influential and successful countries on Earth, known for its manufacturing strength and cultural exports.

10.30 Piers Morgan Uncensored: Crisis at the Border Opinion-led news and debate show hosted by Piers Morgan, blending journalism and cultural commentary that's unapologetically direct.

12.00 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law (R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LovelBooakt (R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40 Friends (R) 4.05 Friends (R) 4.30 Jane McDonald's Yorkshire: No Place: Like Home (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Milo (BSL,R)

▲ Particularly liable to offend

Pulsating with chilling imagery, this felt like a classic Hollywood thriller

LAST night I dreamt I went to Manderley again... The first line of Daphne Du Maurier's Gothic novel, with its ominous hint of subconscious horrors to come, is irresistible.

Possession was channelling Daphne from the opening shot of a decaying mansion on the hill. The backdrop was Jamaica, not Cornwall, but the atmosphere was unmistakable.

And this five-part drama, originally titled Inheritance, doesn't disappoint. It pulsates with disturbing imagery, some of it subtly unsettling, some of it as chilling as a bad dream come to life.

It is also a meditation on the island's violent history and the conflicting emotions stirred up for many West Indians whose mixed-race heritage descends from both African slaves and the Europeans who bought and sold them.

Usually when television tackles this subject, the characters are two-dimensional and the tone is pious. It's immediately obvious that Possession is different.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Claudia, a Bristol solicitor sent to

PATERNAL PRIDE OF THE NIGHT: Selling his late dad's 1957 Austin Metropolitan, on Bangers & Cash (U&Yesterday), son Graham said the old boy kept two photos in his wallet: 'One is mum, and the other was this car. None of me and my brother... so make of that what you will.'

Jamaica's capital, Kingston, after one of the firm's wealthiest clients dies on his country estate there. The land was once a sugar plantation, run on slave labour, and the family fortune is worth £50 million.

But when the will is opened, there's nothing for the man's son and heir, Oliver (Jenny Lee Miller). Instead, it all goes to a mysterious figure calling himself Cudjoe East, who turned up at the old man's door six months ago.

That's a solid set-up for the sort of old-fashioned tale that Miss Du Maurier did so well, and that Hollywood used to love. It's not hard to imagine a black-and-white movie version with Laurence Olivier as the disinherited son, and Merle Oberon or Lena Horne (who were both mixed race) as the lawyer uncovering more secrets than is safe for her.

Taking the germ from a story by Jefferson Bannis, screenwriter Karla Crome draws on classic cinema to create a feverish feel-

N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS

BBC1 12.30am Main Car * 1979 per Diem.

1995: contestants from Lancashire, Birmingham and Cardiff. US BBC News.

UPV 7.00pm UTV Life. Join Pamela Ballantine for chat and music, plus a few surprises.

WELSH TV VARIATIONS

UPV 7.00pm Court & Country. The town of Newell, U.K., is in the society, and there are reports on the conservation dogs seeing live on Africa and the child-mindering all about the first time.

54C 6.05am Cow. 9.30 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. Gbeewk Newyddion 54C. 12.05 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. 2.00 Newyddion 54C. 2.05 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. 4.00 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. 5.00 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. 7.30 Newyddion 54C or Tewydd. 7.50 Dorsetdred Gemsdawthol 2026. The evening's competitions continue with the New Zealand Choirs and Gerdt Dard. 10.30 Y Babell Lam 2026. 11.00 Gawlty Adoried. A 1995 pop group reunite.

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LAST NIGHT'S TV

Possession (Sky Atlantic) ★★★★★

ing of past and present overlapping. As the camera gazes at the old house, a face slowly materialises at the window of a young woman in pink ribbons, and we slide back 200 years.

The daughter of the plantation owner, this is Charlotte (Bel Pow-

ley), who shares her father's affections with his illegitimate son Matthew — whose mother was a slave. Matthew is urbane and educated, though he is treated as a servant by one half of his relatives and a traitor by the rest. When Cudjoe East turns up to

claim his £50 million inheritance, in the 21st century, he is wid-eyed, boiling with anger, almost demonic. But he is also the living image of Matthew (with both characters played by Sheldon Shepherd).

And, to her horror, Claudia recognises him. The brisk, tightly buttoned lawyer has been tormented by blood-drenched dreams of the house, Matthew and a locked box. Now here's her nightmare, staring her in the eyes. Daphne Du would love it.

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PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

SONG SUNG BLUE, 3.40PM, SKY PREMIERE

THIS film about the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina, a Midwest Neil Diamond tribute act, had the potential to be enormously cheesy but it turns out to be irresistible and a good part of why is the cast. Mike and Claire are played by Hugh Jackman and an Oscar-nominated Kate Hudson (pictured). Mike is a Vietnam veteran with a drinking problem he's currently on top of, while Claire is a singer he meets who inspires him; they form a Neil Diamond 'experience' and marry each other into the program. The rise of

Lightning & Thunder (Mike and Claire) is a testament to the power of dreams over reality, and one that leads to the duo, pretty early on, opening for top rockers Pearl Jam. Real life does intrude on those dreams, though, and in pretty violent fashion. Both Hudson and Jackman are also seasoned musical performers, which helps when it comes to delivering Sweet Caroline and such, while special mention must also go to The Sopranos' Michael (materiel), playing a sweet Buddy Holly impersonates who joins Lightning & Thunder.

FRENCH DRAMA

Carpe Diem, 9pm, More4

THIS legal drama stars Samuel Le Bihon as Tim Villeneuve, a 48-year-old who was wrongly convicted of killing his wife and spent 17 years in prison. Tim lives in Nice and, after studying law while behind bars, opens a legal practice defending people who have been unjustly accused. His letter the day approach to life is a big part of the charm of this show, but it has a serious underside - the lawyer is also looking for his wife's real killer.

CARTOON COMEDY

Alley Cats, Netflix

THERE are some familiar voices and a lot of sweating in the new animated comedy from Ricky Gervais - listen out for Diane Morgan, Kerry Godlman, Natalie Cassidy and Tom Basden. Gervais plays the potty-mouthed head cat of a group of mango moggies (pictured) who roam around philosophising while looking for both friends and trouble - although all the swearing makes it almost impossible to appreciate what's

actually being said. Gervais seems to be trying to break some kind of record for profanity.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, Netflix

NO GILLIGAN has been a keen consumer of chicken in all its incarnations - roasted, curried, jerked - but in particular the fried variety. For this documentary, the comedian embarks on a Superstar Me-style experiment by spending 28 days eating nothing but fried chicken, before turning his investigative attention to the industry that supplies 78 billion chickens a year to satisfy the world's appetite for the meat.

TIME	BBC 4	E4	ITV2
	9 (Scot 24)	13	6
7.00pm	Also Sprach Zarathustra at the Proms A specially curated programme, featuring a trio of pieces inspired by the wonders of the sky	The Simpsons Homer turns to comedy to gain confidence	The Floor USA With $250,000 on the line, the final 16 players face the toughest categories yet for a life-changing victory
7.30pm		The Simpsons Marge is sent to jail
8.00pm	8.05 Ravel's Bolero at the Proms 8.20 TOTP: 2000 Jamie Theaslott present	Vanderpump Rules Like offers Marcos the chance to DJ at a premiere party. Venus attempts to mend his friendship with Kim. Shayne dates two girls at the same time	The 7% Club Quiz hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are about logic and common sense, with KB contestants having a chance of winning up to £100,000
8.30pm	8.45 TOTP: 1984 Music by Tracey Ullman, Jeffrey Osborne and Laura Branigan	Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer Celebrities join the Gogglebox regulars to react to the week's television shows	John Wick (2014,15) A former assassin who has turned his back on violence is provoked into a murderous rage when a criminal kills his dog. Action thriller, starring Keanu Reeves and Milton Dufres Includes FYI Daily
9.00pm	9.15 TOTP: 1988 Featuring Kim Wilds, The Funky Worm and Fairground Attraction	American Pic: The Wedding (2003,15) The friends reunite to celebrate Jim and Michelle's forthcoming trip to the altar - but events quickly spiral out of control. Comedy sequel, with Jason Biggs and Alyson Harrigan	11.05 Family Guy Brian begins dating an older woman
9.30pm	9.45 Tony Bennett at the London Palladium: BBC Sessions A 2:00 concert by the American singer	11.50 Naked Attraction Anna Richardson hosts the show (To 1.00)	11.35 Family Guy Stewie is left home alone (To 12.05)
10.00pm
10.30pm	10.45 Tony Bennett Sings - Songs from the Movies Songs from the big screen
11.00pm	11.15 Tony Bennett Sings - His Personal Hit Songbook First airbill in 1979
11.30pm	11.50 Tony Bennett Sings - Songs of Broadway The biggest show tunes (To 12.20)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

SACTION Freeview 35 Sky 150 11.40am FILM: Shane (1953) (PG) 2.05pm FILM: The Quick Gun (1964) (PG) 4.00 The Motorway 5.00 Motorway Cops Catching Britania Speeders 6.00 Police Interceptors 8.00 Motorway Cops Catching Britania Speeders 9.00 Police Interceptors 10.00 Cops 11.00 The X-Files

BBC THREE Freeview 22 Sky 125 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up 7.05 I Am Seems 7.20 FILM: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) (PG) 8.00 Death in Paradise 10.00 Ghosts Australia 10.45 The Golden Cobra

COMEDY CENTRAL Sky 133 Virgin 133 11.35am The Upper Hand 1.15pm Friends 9.00 Rookie & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 10.00 Dare O Bride - Crab: Sweet 11.00 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 To Made 5.00 Alaska Homestead Rescue 7.00 Superior Showroom 8.00 Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan 9.00 Expedition: A Atomic Sharks 10.00 Expedition: Unknown: Shark Secrets 11.00 The Alaska Triangle

E4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 18 Sky 123 Virgin 106 12noon The Simpsons 2.00 Brooklyn: Nine-Nine 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons

STAR (DAYTIME) Freeview 22 Sky 123 Virgin 126 12noon Traffic Cops 2.00 Police Interceptors 5.00 Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed 6.00 Home and Away

S SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 161 Virgin 138 11.05am Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 12.00pm All Creatures: Great and Small 1.05 Murder, She Wrote 3.00 Cleanser 5.00 Dorset: Country and Coast 6.00 Great British Ships 7.00 Ben

Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 9.00 Taggart 11.10 Megnit: Inside the Sandringham Summit

S USA (DAYTIME) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order 6.00 NCIS

FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168

11.00am The Great British Bake Off 1.00pm James Martin's Islands to Highlands 3.00 The Harry Bikers Go West 4.00 James's Money Saving: Music 5.00 The Forever Woman 6.00 James Martin's Islands to Highlands 7.00 The Great British Bake Off 9.00 The Harry Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure 10.00 Secrets of the Curry Kitchen 10.30 Nicaet's Kate 11.00 Diners: Drive-Ins and Dives

GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 117 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie 1.00 The Walson 4.00 Little House on the Prairie 6.00 Hamish Macbeth 7.00 MYST'IE 9.00 FILM: Bendides (2006) (12) 11.00 MYST'IE

ITV2 (DAYTIME) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 119 10.30am Diamonds Creek 11.20 Charmed 12.15pm Deal to No Deal 1.35 Supermarket Sweep 2.15 The Floor USA 3.10 The Only Way Is Exane 4.00 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase

ITV3 (DAYTIME) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat 1.35pm Midsummer Murder 3.35 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat

ITV4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Professionals 11.20 Robot of Sleeveless 12.35pm Magnum, Ft. 2.35 Demands and Makepeace 3.45 Short 4.50 The Professionals 5.50 Minder 6.55 Sharpe Sharpe's GUA

MORE4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 18 Sky 135 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed 12.40pm Come Dine with Me 3.20 Four in a Bed 5.50 Car SCG

NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC Sky 129 Virgin 183

11.00am Car SCG 12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai 1.00 Air Crash Investigation 2.00 DrawnE WWII Heroes of Colour 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt 5.00 WW2's Vagged Miracle: Grant the Oceans 6.00 The Forever Walk China 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 10.00 Mega Marine Machines 11.00 Air Crash Investigation

PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am Hunting the KGB Killers 1.00pm Weathered Earth's Extremes 1.35 Compulsators: The Rise and Fall 2.45 The Real Truth 3.45 The Rosenbergs Atomic Spies 4.55 Hunting the KGB Killers 6.05 Compulsators: The Rise and Fall 7.05 The Real Truth 8.15 The Rosenbergs Atomic Spies 9.30 Hunting the KGB Killers 10.40 The Real Truth

REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 162 Virgin 165 12noon The Yorkshire Auction House 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Salvage Hunters 5.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Peace 6.00 The Repair Shop 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 8.00 Antiques Road Trip 9.00 My Lathery Dream Home 10.00 Help! I Wrecked My House 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted

SKY ARTS Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12noon Agatha Christina: Pale Horse 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 3.00 The Eghties 4.00 Discovering Peter Kellers 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 8.00 Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror 9.35 I Was a Teenage Sex Watch 12.00 Classic Albums

SKY ATLANTIC Sky 108 Virgin 126 12.30pm Homicide Life on the Street 2.30 Billiams 4.40 The Last of Us 7.00 The Penguin 9.00 Station Doves 11.00 The Last of Us

SKY COMEDY Sky 113 Virgin 132 11.50am Wild & Grace 12.30pm

RADIO

RADIO 4 FM: SG-4 04/10/12

5.00am News Summary. 5.04 The Briefing Room. 5.32 Weather. 5.34 Shipping Forecast. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 6.00 Today.

9.00 Desert Island Discs. With businesswoman Emma Gresle. 10.00 Woman's Hour. 11.00 F.C.S. The Food Programme. 11.45 Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away. The comedian looks for a balanced approach to the issue of inheritance. 12noon News. 12.04 AntiSocial. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 The Bare Necessities. Dan Richards meets a traditional boat builder in Whithorn, Scotland. Last in series.

The Comeback 1.40 Upright 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 The Office Movers 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace 7.00 The Office (15) 8.00 The Office Movers 9.00 Alex Edelman: Just for Us 10.45 Rob Beckett Wallop

SKY DOCUMENTARIES Sky 118 Virgin 121 12noon FILM: Lancaster (2022) (PG) 2.00 FILM: Everton: Howard's Way (2019) (12) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering Mel Gibson 6.00 David Frost Vs 7.00 The Allen: Autopsy Scandal 8.00 The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door 9.40 FILM: Bowling for Columbine (2002) (15) SKY HISTORY Sky 123 Virgin 131 10.10am Jack & Durodsky 11.05 Storage Wars 12noon Combat Trains 1.00 Thomas Jefferson

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO

THE FOOD PROGRAMME, 11AM, RADIO 4

WINE and cheese are a favourite pairing and now, cheesemakers are learning a few tricks from their grape-growing counterparts. Sheila Dillon explores how the French technique known as affinage, meaning the ageing, maturing or refining of cheese, is

taking off here. She meets producers who are altering the taste of their cheeses as they mature by fiddling with the temperature and the humidity in which they are stored, washing and turning them, covering them with hay, or even playing them music.

2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: Central Intelligence. 2.45 Living on the Edge. Richard King visits: Coreswall lighthouse. 3.00 Gardeners' Question Time. Expert advice. 3.45 Short Works. 4.00 Last Word. 4.30 Sideways. 5.00 PM: Weather. 6.00 Six O'Clock News.

6.30 Current: uks. Lucy Porter is joined by Jake Bhardwaj, Vittorio Angelone and Susie McCabe. Last in series. 7.00 The Archers. Keira makes a surprising discovery. 7.15 Screenshot. Exploring changing ideas about masculinity on screen. 8.00 Any Questions? With Alex Forsyth.

3.00 Hardcore Pawn. 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Full Custom Garage. 9.00 Gangland Chronicles 11.00 MonsterQuest

SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Moon: Natquely Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five'd 2.00 SWAT 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2.00 Rocky Flanagan: If Ever We Needed It 10.15 Grimsburg 11.45 Animal Control

SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Moon: Natquely Secret Force 1.00 Hawaii Five'd 2.00 SWAT 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2.00 Rocky Flanagan: If Ever We Needed It 10.15 Grimsburg 11.45 Animal Control SKY SCI-FI Sky 103 Virgin 163 11.00am Star Trek: Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek: Voyager 1.00 Stargate Atlantis 2.00 Warehouse 3.00 Stargate SG-1 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager 6.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis

8.00 Stargate SG-1 9.00 Resident Alien 10.00 Grimm 11.00 The Walking Dead SKY WITNESS Sky 107 Virgin 109 11.00am Bull 12noon P.M. 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 4.00 Nothing to Declare 8.00 Caught on Daeholm. 9.00 Chicago Fire 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted 11.00 The Rookie TLC Freeview 13 Sky 133 Virgin 133 10.00am The Big Bang Theory 2.00 The Model 3.30 Young Sheldon 5.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 90 Day Flance 11.00 Dr Pimple Pepper UAA LIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Body of Proof 1.00 Death in Paradise 2.00 Murdoch

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ITV3	ITV4	MORE4	SKY MIX	QUEST	U&DAVE	U&DRAMA	SSTAR	SUSA
10	26	18	11	17	19	20	32	21
6.55 Heartbeat Tricia is over the moon as she and Mike declare their love — but then gets drawn into a domestic violence case	6.55 Sharpe Sean Bean returns as Bernard Cornwell's swashbuckling hero, this time setting out to rescue British deserters captured by Spanish rebel El Casco. Along the way he crosses swords with a fellow officer and come to the aid of a damnet in distress, Daragh O'Malley and John Tams also star	6.50 Car S.O.S Tim and Fuzz are taking on their first electric conversion	Star Trek: The Next Generation Part two of two. Picard meets the mysterious Sela as the Minger-Joe man looks set to end in victory for the Romulons' allies	Antiques Road Trip Serhat Ahmet and Catherine Soubon start the final lap of their race on the bumpy backroads of Lincolnshire	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing From Enniskillen	7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Foggy organises a weekend away near Scarborough — but Clegg is convinced it will end in disaster	GPs: Behind Closed Doors Jittia visits the surgery with excruciating back pain	NCIS Three similar execution-style killings take place, and the agents suspect the wife of one of the victims — but, unfortunately for them, she has an alibi
Doc Martin Mภาพensa and Al head for a weekend away at Hamish's new glamping site	8 RoboCop (1987,18) A murdered police officer is rebuilt as a cyborg, but memories of his human life lead him to turn on his corrupt creators. Sci-fi thriller, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, includes FVI Daily	7.55 Great Designs Kevin McCloud revisits a new build that saw a couple constructing an art deco lighthouse tower on a offing in north Devon — a project that led to marital problems and bankruptcy	Police 24/7 A traffic accident uncover a prostitute and drug dealer up to no good and the police respond to a man accused of brandishing a gun	The Yorkshire Auction House Angus Ashworth hits the jackpot by riffing an avid collector's vintage slot machines and Raleigh Choppers	8.20 QX IL Extended edition, Ron Noble, Kathy Lette, Sue Perkins and Alan Davies attempt to answer host Stephen Fry's range of questions	Father Brown The clerical lavish investigates staff at the local health spa when an ex-employee is found murdered	Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts Former nurse Sandra is brought in with a suspected dislocated ankle. Last in series	NCIS Gibbs entrusts Kate and Tony with the task of finding his former commanding officer, who has gone on the run rather than face charges of stealing funds
Doc Martin It is the actual Portwein versus Port Carran gizz race, and Mภาพensa needs to find a replacement rower when Eric dislocates his finger	8 RoboCop (1987,18) A murdered police officer is rebuilt as a cyborg, but memories of his human life lead him to turn on his corrupt creators. Sci-fi thriller, starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, includes FVI Daily	Carpe Diem New series, French legal drama, starring Samuel Le Blum as a man who was falsely imprisoned, and now works as a lawyer	The Bricklayer (2023,15) A former CIA operative is hired out of retirement when an extortionist targets the agency. Thriller, starring Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev	The Repair Shop Jay Blades and the team restore a 1950s alarm clock that has been mute for over 30 years	9.20 Would I Lie to You? Jimmy Carr, Griff Rhys Jones, Dave Myers and Susanna Reid join David Mitchell and Lee black for the panel show, hosted by Rob Brydon	Father Brown Lady Felicist lavish New Year ball is ruined when a VIP guest is murdered	1999: Critical Condition An attack leaves a man with a potentially devastating brain injury	Beauty and the Beast Cat and Vincent's attempt to behave like a normal couple backfires disastrously
Grantchester An unexpected twist lies in store at a charity boating match at Vic's gym, while Leonard tries to reunite the warring Chapmans	11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Pyramite Hard-fitting action from the world of All Elite Wrestling (To 1.30)	10.05 24 Hours in A&E A seven-year-old boy is brought in after falling from a tree, a 66-year-old man has collapsed at home and an eight-year-old is suffering from severe hay fever	The Repair Shop Dean Westmoreland sets to work on a pair of 1980s football boots and the teddy bear ladies are smitten with a jack-in-the-box that has lost its bounce	The Repair Shop Dean Westmoreland sets to work on a pair of 1980s football boots and the teddy bear ladies are smitten with a jack-in-the-box that has lost its bounce	Magnum P.L. A tycoon asks Thomas to find an old flame who recently got in touch. but things take a turn when the private eye learns the woman is long dead	New Tricks Gerry confronts his past when a 33-year-old murder at Smithfield Market is reinvestigated	A&E After Dark A young man is brought in with life-threatening stab wounds, and a patient in a gown thinks it would be a good idea to steal an ambulance	Beauty and the Beast Cat uncovers secrets about her family, past, Vincent faces up to his mortality, and Gabe resorts to desperate measures in search of answers
Grantchester A woman is found dead, and out in the shape of a crucifix	11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Pyramite Hard-fitting action from the world of All Elite Wrestling (To 1.30)	11.30 24 Hours in A&E A retired builder is treated after falling from his daughter's roof (To 12.15)	Star Trek: Enterprise The crew must rescue Snowe's kidnapped daughter before heading back to Earth (To 12.00)	How Do They Do It? How car windows are made to keep out wind, rain, stones and thieves	Magnum P.L. The private detective takes on the case of a little girl's missing cat and disrobens upon the murder of another girl's owner (To 12.00)	11.20 Luther The DC suspects he has been double-crossed to one of his confidants when an operation to free an art dealer's wife from hoolage-taker's goes wrong (To 12.40)	Trauma Room One Surgeons begin to fear that without urgent surgery, Theresa could become paralyzed — after she's rushed to hospital with weakness in her legs (To 12.00)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Benson and Bartus ask witnesses to risk their jobs when a news anchor makes a rape accusation against her boss (To 12.00)
11.50 Trial & Retribution A serial killer is on the loose (To 12.55)				How Do They Do It? How all craft seats are tested (To 12.00)

YOU might have thought tuberculosis was a disease of the past. But as Caroline Steel discovers in this week's CROWDSCIEDCE (8.30PM, BBC WORLD SERVICE), even though we have a cure and have had a vaccine for over 100 years. 7/8 still kills more than a million people every year. Even though it's very rare in the UK, cases have even been creeping up here. So, why is this disease still killing so many people, and what can we do about it?

8.55 This Week in History. 9.00 Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. Christopher Biggins and Professor Llewelyn Morgan learn about Nero. 9.30 Breakin' the Cycle. Colin and D begin production, but remain tempted by their drugs business. 10.00 The World Tonight.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. 11.00 American. Stories breaking in the U.S. 11.30 The Ocean within Us. With Emily Knight. 12midnight News Weather. 12.30 Tony Hawke Is Giving Nothing Away. Last in series. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00 Hudson & Bee. 6.00 Body of Proof. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 9.00 NCIS Sydney An American is found dead on a US submarine in Sydney. 10.00 Father Brown. 11.00 Private Eyes.

U&DAVE (DAYTIME) Freeview 28 Sky 101 Virgin 127 11.20am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Martin Chinese Islands of Australia. 4.00 Rick Stein From Venice to Interim. 5.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall. 6.00 Harry Baker: Best of British.

U&DRAMA (DAYTIME) Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.45am The Bill. 12.50pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Winstrable Pearl. 4.05 Lumpy. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

U&EDEN

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon How Britain Worked. 1.00 Guy Martin: Great British Power Trip. 4.00 How Britain Worked. 5.00 You Rang At Limit!

U&GOLD

Sky 110 Virgin 134 11.45am Going Straight. 12.25pm Only People and Horses. 1.05 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.45 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 2.25 The Green Green Green. 3.05 Are You Being Served? 3.45 Going Straight. 4.25 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes. 7.25 Porridge. 8.20 Are You Being Served? Young Mr Gwen opens a social club. 9.00 The Office. A staff training day turns into a sing-song. 9.40 Fawlty

RADIO 2 FM 88-90.2M1E 6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Joel Donnett. 7.00 Michelle Visage. 8.30 Handbag Hits. 9.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Oven. 11.00 Rock Show with Rick Astley. 12midnight Romed: Ranganathan For the Love of Hip-Hop. 1.00 Tony Blackburne Sounds of Soul.

RADIO 3 FM 90-2-92.4M1E 6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.05pm Classical Live Dvorak's 7th Symphony. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Mozart. 5.00 In Time. 7.00 BBC Proms 2026 Rosanna Shabat Mater. 10.00 Late Junction. 11.30 Round Midnight With Frida Touray. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 9 LIVE MW 683-WW1E 6.00am Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Chiles on Friday. 1.00pm Ella James & John Robins. 2.00 Matt Charley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 8.00 EFL Cup Football: Middlesbrough + Wrexham (Rickoff 8pm). 10.00 Johnny TAnson. 1.00am Edward Adoo.

Towers. A guest's death plunges the hotel into chaos. 10.20 Not Going Out. 11.00 The Green Green Green. 11.40 The Office.

U&W Freeview 25 Sky 133 Virgin 125 12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build. 1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers at Home: Drew's Honeymoon House. 5.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 Nigella: At My Tack. 9.00 New Tricks For Dogs: Sake. 11.00 Garin & Stacey.

U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 139 11.00am Great War Stories. 12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash. 4.00 Secret Next Buses. 5.00 Great War Stories. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 The Green Planet. 8.00 Canal Boat Diaries. 10.00 Bangers & Cash.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT

Sky 401 Virgin 501

12noon Transfer. 7.00 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 3.00 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v Sunrisers Leeds Women (Start-time 3pm) From Edgbaston. 6.00 Sky Sports News. 7.00 Live EFL Cup Middlesbrough + Wrexham (Rickoff 8pm) Coverage of the first-round but Riverside Stadium. 10.45 Live Tennis: Day six in Montreal and Toronto.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

Sky 403 Virgin 502

12noon Transfer. 7.00 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 7.00 The Transfer Show. 8.00 Dounitions in the Premier League. 9.00 Transfer 365. 10.00 Curl Harries. 11.00 Premier League Years.

SKY CHECKET

Sky 405 Virgin 503

10.45am The Hundred. 2.15pm The Hundred Bitesize. 2.45 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Women v Sunrisers Leeds Women (Start-

time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live Birmingham Phoenix Men v Sunrisers Leeds Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Hundred Bitesize. 10.00 The Hundred.

SKY MIX

Sky 416 Virgin 501

12.30pm Darts Gold. 1.00 NFL Bitesize Highlights. 2.00 Fight Night. 3.00 Championship Retro. 5.00 My Icon Nigel Owens. 5.15 My Icon: Kate And Helen Richardson-Waldt. 5.30 My Icon: Heather Fisher. 5.45 Live Rugby Union. Stormers v New Zealand (Rickoff 8pm). 8.00 NBC's Pro-Football Talk. 10.00 NFL Bitesize. 11.00 Gulls Boating.

TNT SPORTS 1

Sky 410 Virgin 501

10.30am Live AFL Brisbane Lions (Northern Hawke (Bitesize-up 10.40am)). 1.30pm Premier League Stories. 2.00 The Grogastro. 2.15 Live Tour de France Women Stage seven, a 144km route from La Voulte-sur-Renne to Mont Ventura. 5.15 TNT Sports Reload. 5.30 MLB Plays of the Week. 6.00

MLB Highlights. 7.00 Supercars Highlights. 9.00 MotoGP. 9.30 AFL. 11.00 MLB Highlights. 12midnight Live MLB Now: Tom Yankees v Atlanta Braves (Start-time 12.05am).

TNT SPORTS 2

Sky 411 Virgin 522

10.00am Live MotoGP. 12.45pm LIV Golf. 2.15 Live MotoGP: The Grand Prix of Great Britain practice session. 5.15 MotoGP Highlights. 6.15 British Superblues Highlights. 7.15 Premier League Stories. 8.00 Fencing World Championships. 10.00 Test Cricket Highlights. 11.00 CPL Highlights. 11.30 Live CPL Jamaica (Kingston + Antigua & Barbuda Falcons).

TNT SPORTS 3

Sky 413 Virgin 523

10.15am Live Men's Cycling World Tour. Stage five of the 2026 Tour of Poland. 2.45pm TNT Sports Reload. 4.15 UEFA Champions League Goals Reload. 4.50 Live LIV Golf Day two in New Jersey. 10.30 MotoGP. 11.00 Next Kovers Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks.

MOVIES

FILM4

Freeview 14 Sky 113 Virgin 425 11.00am Oliver (1969) (U) 1.55pm Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) (PG) 3.15 Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) (U) 4.50 The True Story of Jesse James (1957) (PG) 6.40 Ad Astra (2018) (U) 9.00 The Martian (2019) (U) 11.50 Last Night in Soho (2021) (U) 2.05am Sick of Myself (2023) (U)

GREAT! ACTION

Freeview 42 Sky 158 Virgin 426 10.50am Wild Wind (1969) (PG) 12.40pm The Unit. 1.40 Burn Noxus. 3.40 The Taub (2023) (U) 6.50 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Air Force One (1997) (U) 11.35 The Avon.

GREAT! MYSTERY

Freeview 50 Sky 120 Virgin 425 12noon Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00 Diagnostic Review. 5.00 Murder, She Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. 9.00 In Plain Sight.

10.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries. 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 Hailey Dean Mysteries. 11.50 Murder, She Baked A Peach Cobbler Mystery (2016) (PG)

GREAT! ROMANCE

Freeview 12 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.10am Wedding Season. (2023) (U) 12.05pm Summer Love (2016) (PG) 2.00 October Kiss (2015) (PG) 3.55 North to Home. (2022) (PG) 5.50 Falling for the Mandy (2023) (PG) 7.00 The Blessing Bitesize (2023) (PG) 9.45 A Wedding Wonderland (2017) (PG) 11.45 Love at the Lodge (2022) (U)

SKY DRAMA

Sky 310 Virgin 403

11.50am Grease (1978) (PG) 1.55pm Grease. (1982) (PG) 4.00 Overington (2006) (U) 6.55 Quarter (2012) (U) 8.00 Regretting You (2025) (U) A mother and daughter cope with matters after an accident reveals a shocking betrayal. Comedy drama, with Allison Williams. 10.00 Anora. (2024) (U)

A sex worker marries the son of an oligarch, but his family in Russia try to get the marriage annulled. Comedy starring Mikey Madison.

SKY PREMIERE

Sky 301 Virgin 403

11.55am Normal (2024) (U) 1.40pm Heretic (2024) (U) 3.40 Song Song Blue (2025) (U) 6.00 Mortal Kombat II (2026) (U) 8.00 Seven Snipers (2026) (U) 9.30 Normal (2026) (U) 11.10 Heretic (2024) (U)

TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 42 Sky 124 Virgin 445 11.45am The Steel Key (1953) (PG) 1.05pm The Slipa Wallace Mystery Theatre. 2.15 The Adventures of Robin Scott. 2.45 My Brother's Keeper (1949) (PG) 4.30 The Charities. 5.00 A Family at You. 6.00 Bounties of the Bailey. 7.00 Z Care. 8.00 Public Eye. 9.05 Cellar Club with Caroline Muren. 9.10 Supernatural. 10.10 Cellar Club with Caroline Muren. 10.15 Tales of Tomorrow. 10.45 Cellar Club with Caroline Muren.

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PEOPLE who do not think for themselves are often called sheep. They're the ones who blindly follow this person in front of them without seeming to stop and consider whether the direction is really in their own interests. Most of us like to imagine that we have free will,

but really we influence each other more than we think. One traveller stands up before the plane has reached the gate and suddenly built the cabin follows. We cannot control how people react to our choices, but we can decide what kind of example we become.

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SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 - Dec 21 WHEN you set off on a walk without a specific destination, you can discover somewhere you'd never have found on a planned route. Not every good experience

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PETERBOROUGH

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Inventing the future, no download needed

WHO NEEDS TECH?

The good Lord himself, while creating the Earth Might well have asked 'Alexa', for what it was all worth, And that apple that was picked in the Garden of Eden Wasn't a laptop, but a fruit not for feeding. Old Noah himself, while building that Ark, Wasn't filling out surveys, or paying to park. And those clever old Romans, who were building our roads, Hadn't a clue about texting, or doing downloads. Einstein himself was without mobile phone. His mind undisturbed, and left well alone. While Darwin and Wallace were discovering life

Procreating nature (no, not husband and wife). Even Shakespeare himself could run up much verse Not plagued by the workings of a modern-day curse. Now Pepys kept his thoughts in a long-winded diary. Which would later prove

useful in any inquiry. Then there's Brunel, who bridged those long, yawning gaps Long before we became entangled with Jargon like 'apps'. George Stephenson set off on his smoky old Rocket, While James Watt's name was linked to that stuff from the socket. Old composers and artists often worked under candles - Bet they got cold feet in those open-toed sandals! Moving on, and some wise guy invented the plane, To add to the car, and the phone, and the train. All with hardly any 'tech' aiding and abetting, But with plenty of thought, and buckets of sweating. Bob Woodland, Poole, Dorset

Sign Language

TROUBLE AHEAD: Which way now...? Spotted by Will Galloway of Willingdon, East Sussex.

Follow-up

MY MEMORY of the days of horse-drawn milk floats is somewhat different to those previously mentioned. Aged about ten, I used to go with my dad to his allotment in East London, often passing milk floats on the way. Occasionally a horse would leave its 'calling card' and Dad said adding manure to the soil in his allotment would improve it and help the produce to grow, if only he could collect it. Back home, I found an old bucket and fireside shovel and went around the streets, shovelling up as much horse

manure as I could find. Apart from milk floats, bakers, brewers and rag-and-bone men still used horse-drawn vehicles, so there was plenty of 'material' about. I filled the bucket and left it outside the back door, taking it to the allotment the next afternoon, when Dad paid me sixpence. Other allotment holders then expressed an interest in receiving the same service and I willingly obliged. Sadly, before too long, the horses were superseded and my enterprise ended.

Carol Ferrari, Billericay, Essex

One-line Philosophers

■ WHEN I was young, we knew we were in the posh part of town if the graffiti was spelt correctly. Ian Ellis, Douglas, Isle of Man ■ THE weaker sex will always be the stronger sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the weaker sex.

Mrs Valerie Ashton, London N14

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

WHEN my son was about eight years old, he found my wife cutting potatoes into strips for a fish-and-chip supper. 'What are they for?' he asked.

'Chips,' she replied. 'I don't want chips made out of potatoes,' he said.

Ray Ashley, Chorley, Lancs

Nursery Rhyme Of Our Times

(With apologies to Ralph Reader, composer of Strolling) When we're scrollin', just scrollin', in the heat of our attic room above. Last night she started trollin' And with luck the money's rollin' When I'm trollin' with the one I love.

Alan Poulton, Wimborne, Dorset

Picture That!

PUZZLED PIE: My daughter Leonie got a surprise when she went to cook this one - it looked like a confused-face emoji.

Ellie Salsbury, Redditch, Worcs

LETTERS

Refuge and risk

SARAH VINE (Daily Mail) should feel no guilt in asking whether we should be deeply concerned if even a tiny percentage of migrants carry with them the misogyny and sexist attitudes that prevail in their countries of origin.

Sarah answered her own question by citing numerous examples of young women who have been sexually assaulted, raped and even murdered by foreign males purportedly seeking refuge in this country.

I was reminded of an analogy I heard on an American TV discussion programme on this subject: 'If you were offered a huge bowl of delicious sweets but told that two or three were filled with deadly poison, how many would you eat? How many would you take home for your family to enjoy?'

Most sensible people would know the answer to those questions. It is the same answer we should give to the thousands of unknown, undocumented young men who arrive here from the most dangerous and uncivilised parts of the world. Anything else will inevitably result in yet more of our young women meeting horrific but avoidable fates.

FRED McMANUS, Paisley, Renfrew

Justice snubbed

HARPER'S Law, introduced in 2022 to apply to those convicted of killing emergency workers, appears to have little potency in application.

PC Harper was dragged behind a car for a mile. Those in the car could have stopped at any time; they didn't.

The horror and callousness of that will live with his loved ones for ever. Early release in this case is an insult to his memory, his family and every police officer in the land.

SYD VAUGHAN, Birmingham

Streaker returns

I WAS pleased to read that Erica the streaker has been returned to Goddhill Model Village (Daily Mail).

However, your reporter Cameron Charters refers only to 'football matches in the 1970s'. I presume, given her name, that Erica is based on Erika Roe, who was famous for streaking at an England v Australia rugby match at Twickenham in 1982.

DAVID HAMM, Plymouth, Devon

Robot wars

I RECENTLY had a frustrating conversation with a robot on Swindon council's phone system.

It kept getting my date of birth and address wrong, then asked if there was anything else it could help me with, so I said I wanted to talk to a human. It appeared to react to this

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Straight to the POINT

■ EARLY release for Andy Burnham, please.

IAN HYMES, Dodleston, Cheshire

■ WHY do TV presenters and politicians all pronounce Ceuta differently?

MARK ILES, Newark, Notts

■ DO LOUISE HAIGH and Rachel Reeves get their trouser suits from the same shop?

CELLA EVANS, Bridport, Dorset

■ WHY not just hire a driver, Ms La Plante?

Mrs R. O'GRADY, Hounslow, Middx

■ I ASSUME all houses on new estates are built with heat pumps and solar panels.

BARBARA WEAVING, Burntwood, Staffs

■ COULD Andrew M-W give me some advice on how to stop sweating?

C. FILDEW, Exeter, Devon

■ CAN Sarah Vine expect a 4am visit from the police?

GLEN MARRIOTT, Northampton

with jealousy, huffily directing me to start again, at which point I lost control and began shouting at it.

I realised I'd been cursing only when it played back my responses, which included: 'No, open your *** ears you moronic robot, that is not correct. My birth date is in 1950.'

I wonder if it reported me to the police for hurting its feelings.

Hello, there's a knock at the door. DANNY DARCY, Aldbourne, Wilts

Fighting flies

A PLAGUE of flies (Daily Mail)? I open all my doors and windows and dab citronella oil along the edges.

I rarely see a fly, as they dislike the smell. And when there is a breeze, a lovely lemony smell wafts through.

Mrs T. EIGRZEWSKI, Manchester

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JACKY RHATIGAN, Prestwich, Lancs

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Extraordinary

MY WIFE JEAN

By Terry Christmas

I met Jean at a New Year's Eve party at the famous Kursaal dance hall in Southend-on-Sea, in 1954. Our families had relocated there from London during the war and never moved back to the capital. We clicked straight away and I found out she loved swimming as much as I did. She was a great swimmer, had won prizes for it at school, and we enjoyed swimming in the sea together.

I courted Jean for a year and we married on New Year's Day 1955. She was a seamstress in a clothing factory and I was a carpenter.

Our second week of marriage was particularly tough. On the Thursday I came home from work to our flat in Southend and saw Jean sitting in the kitchen, looking glum. 'What's the matter?' I asked. She said she couldn't buy anything for our dinner as she only had sixpence, so I told her not to worry as I had a shilling, and I went out for some fish and chips. That left us with threepence until the next day, which luckily was pay day. Yes, they were hard times but we fought back with hard work. When our daughter Teresa was born in 1958, I became the sole breadwinner. We stayed in our flat for a few years until we'd saved

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Grandad reminisced, close to tears, When I paid next to nowt for the beers, Neighbours left door unlocked, For meals families flocked, And prime ministers lasted for years. B. Holmes, Duffield, Derbys

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Too young to have cancer? Maybe not

RESEARCH has recently suggested that NHS breast cancer checks miss up to 95 per cent of high-risk under-50s. Back in the 1960s, our mum was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in her early 30s and given just 12 months to live. Fortunately for my sister and I as little girls, she survived for ten years, passing away at the age of 44 when we were in our teens. Now fast forward a few years to the mid-1980s and my sister, then 28, went to the same family GP with a lump in her breast. Even knowing Mum's history, the doctor told my sister that people of her age didn't get breast cancer and he was certain it was only a cyst. My sister was a nurse at the time and insisted it was checked. The GP said she was mistaken and asked sarcastically why a nurse would have better knowledge than he did. My sister was correct. She did have breast cancer and underwent treatment. Sadly, she passed away seven years later at the age of 33. Even with this family history, it was several years later before anyone suggested that I should have routine check-ups. Eventually, the inevitable

Check to be sure: A breast lump could be benign but get tested anyway

did happen and I was diagnosed with breast cancer more than ten years ago. In my 50s, Thankfully, I am still here to tell the tale. I was tested for the BRCA gene but found not to carry this. Another cautionary tale concerns my late mother-in-law, who passed away in her 50s from bowel cancer that was originally misdiagnosed and only confirmed a few months before she died, too late for treatment. I had hoped that over the decades, GPs and the NHS in general had

become more 'on the ball' as regards cancers. It saddens me greatly to still read regular reports of patients failing to receive the correct checks and subsequent diagnosis. It would seem the phrase 'you're too young' is still being used. I would advise anyone who thinks they may have a problem to insist on investigation and, if you are unhappy, ask for a second opinion. Don't be made to feel you are a nuisance.

CAROL A. GANNON, Barwick-in-Elmet, W. York

eating outside, just fill a small pot with soil or sand and stick a couple of incense sticks in it on your table.

C. D. FIELD, Middlesbrough, N. York

Cold emmet

WHERE in Cornwall did Nadine Dorries (Daily Mail) go for her holiday? I live there and for the past month we have had solid sunshine, with extreme high temperatures both day and night. I can't believe she was shaking with the cold in a Dryrobe.

ANTHONY M. HOSKINGS, Goonhaven, Cornwall

Ignore Restore

PLEASE. Nigel Farage, realise that you have many supporters but will retain them only if you don't join forces with Rupert Lowe's Restore party. They come

across as near-Fascist. We appreciate your straightforward views but Right-wing parties cannot garner popularity by venturing into extremist territory.

AUDREY MARTIN, Perndown, Dorset

Hard times

IN THE matter of eligibility for benefits, the Chancellor might ponder that in the

early 1800s, a man could not claim parish relief for himself and his family if he owned a dog or a fighting cock. Mrs J. E. NEALE, Southampton

Desperate remedy

READER U. Ging (Letters) suggests we might appease the weather gods and alleviate drought by 'throwing a few virgins into a volcano'.

The United Kingdom has no active volcanoes. And that's just part of the problem.

I. BARRETT, Stock, Essex

Crash and dash

WILL NASA make Elon Musk recover his SpaceX wreckage, or has fly-tipping on the Moon started?

DUNCAN BARNES, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey

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LIVES

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Wonderful personality: Jean

enough for a mortgage on our bungalow, which cost £1,920 – a huge sum at the time. We now had a garden and Jean turned her attention to it. She went to gardening clubs, made beautiful hanging baskets and became a fuchsia specialist! Jean had a wonderful personality and we shared many interests during our marriage of 70 years and nine months. We travelled all over the world, taking cruises to the Caribbean, holidaying around the

Mediterranean and visiting my relatives in Canada and Australia. And we always had a beloved pet dog. They were of various breeds, some reared from puppies and some rescue dogs, but always fairly small. We enjoyed taking them for long walks in the local parks and woods. I encouraged us to keep active and stay fit well into our senior years. We never stopped our favourite pursuit of swimming, although later on we swapped the sea

for swimming pools. Two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also kept us on our toes. In March last year, Jean unfortunately had a major stroke. She suffered for the next six months until she finally passed away with me by her side, holding her hand. When she died, I lost the most lovable girl in the world.

■ JEAN PATRICIA CHRISTMAS, born November 12, 1935; died September 25, 2025, aged 89.

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QUESTION Who invented musical notation and how did it become an international standard?

GUIDO D'AREZZO, an 11th-century Benedictine monk from Arezzo in south-eastern Tuscany, is generally credited with the act of writing music down on parchment for the first time and thereby developing the system of notation that we still recognize and use today.

Before then music was learned by ear and passed down from person to person. His revolutionary idea was to draw four lines (the ancestor of our stave with five lines) to which he then added dots or notes.

He was aware of the importance of what he was doing, writing with great confidence to his patron the Bishop of Arezzo: 'This will bring you glory unmatched since the early fathers of the Church'.

Guido certainly went on to become famous and was soon invited to Rome to meet the Pope.

He also set up a method of musical education and ear training for his students known as assimilation. To do so, he wrote a simple piece of Latin plainchant, a type of medieval hymn. Each phrase of the music began on a different note of the musical scale and he took the first syllable of the first word of each line and made that the name of the note to help the choir learn new chants.

The syllables ran like this: Üt (which was later changed to Do) Re Mi Pa Bo La. That means that Guido the medieval monk is also therefore responsible for one of the most famous songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound Of Music.

This system using syllables to represent notes is still used widely across the world to teach music.

Gillian Charlton, Cheltenham

QUESTION Shakespeare based many of his plays on historical figures and events. So what was the inspiration for the Tempest?

THE TEMPEST is the last complete play that Shakespeare wrote, and was first performed in 1611.

It is believed that Shakespeare

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may have been inspired by a collection of Jacobean pamphlets dealing with the wreck of the Sea Venture off the coast of Bermuda in 1609. Among them were Sylvester Jourdain's A Discovery Of The Bermudas and William Strachey's True Reportory Of The Wracke.

In 1609, Sir George Somers set sail from Plymouth on the Sea Venture bound for Virginia. It was the flagship for a fleet of nine ships carrying supplies and recruits to the new British settlement of Jamestown.

During a hurricane, the Sea Venture was wrecked just off the string of islands now known as Bermuda. Somers and all aboard were presumed lost at sea by those who sailed on to Virginia.

But although the ship was badly damaged, the 150 crew and colonists all survived. They were however marooned and this was the start of the colonisation of Bermuda, England's first Crown Colony.

It was briefly known as Virgineola in tribute to the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, and later became known as the Somers Isles.

The castaway crew and passengers were on the islands for ten months, during which time they reportedly built houses and a church.

Before the Sea Venture sank they had salvaged supplies and the ship's rigging and they went on to build two small boats to sail on to Virginia, where they eventually arrived in May 1610.

Their story was inevitably a source of fascination for people back home in England, including the country's leading playwright.

Jonathan Wright, London N16

HERE in Lyme Regis we believe that our mayor and former MP, Admiral Sir George Somers, was a drinking pal of Shakespeare and that The Tempest was inspired by

Sir George being shipwrecked on Bermuda and colonising it for the English crown.

Frank Allen, Dorset

QUESTION Is it true or a myth that we should all be drinking eight glasses of water a day?

THERE are many myths about how much water we need to drink, often spread on social media. Some say you need to drink as much as three litres a day, with non-experts scaring people into drinking more by saying that if you leave it until you feel thirsty then it is too late.

These stories are often accompanied by attempts to sell various liquid concoctions crammed full of 'essential electrolytes'.

The NHS recommends that we drink between six and eight glasses of fluid a day. That is roughly equivalent to 1.5-2 litres, depending on the glass size, of course.

But this figure includes other liquids such as tea and coffee, milk and soup. It also includes liquid obtained from food, from which we obtain some 20 per cent of our daily intake.

The European Food Safety Authority meanwhile recommends a daily fluid intake of around 2 litres for women and 2.5 litres for men.

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Sweet potato tacos

Colourful veggie option. Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ a red onion, finely chopped
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1cm cubes
• 2 red peppers, deseeded and finely chopped
• 400g can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp garlic granules
• 1 tbsp chipotle paste
• 8-10 small tortillas, warmed
• 1 avocado, sliced, to serve
• Dairy-free yoghurt, to serve

• For the pickled onions:
• 1 small red onion, finely sliced
• 4 tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• For the salsa:
• 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
• ½ a red onion, finely chopped
• 1 lime, juiced, plus wedges
• A small bunch of coriander, chopped

Method

1 Put the pickled onion ingredients in a non-metallic bowl with 2 tbsp boiling water and a pinch of salt. Leave to pickle while you make the tacos. 2 Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the red onion for 10 mins until soft. Stir in the sweet potato and peppers, and fry for 5-10 mins until softened. Stir in the beans, cumin and garlic granules, leave to cook for a few minutes, then stir in the chipotle, 100ml freshly boiled water and seasoning. Simmer for 10 mins until the veg is tender. 3 For the salsa, combine the tomatoes, red onion, lime juice and most of the coriander, and season. Spoon the sweet potato mixture into a bowl and serve alongside the tortillas, pickled onions, salsa, avocado, yoghurt and remaining coriander and lime wedges, so everyone can build their own tacos.

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by Tristan Rutherford

LIKE most of us, every month Fraser Jackson receives an energy bill. Unlike most of us, the amount he must pay – every single month – is a big fat zero.

That's because Mr Jackson was one of the first customers in Britain to move into a 'Zero Bills' new-build, where he and his wife are guaranteed to receive free home energy for at least five years.

In practice, they will probably pay nothing for energy for as long as they own their three-bedroom home in Walthamstow, east London, where they live with their dog, Tatties.

'The novelty never wears off,' says Mr Jackson, 73. 'You feel like treating yourself to a meal in a restaurant when the bill comes.'

And he isn't just unique for receiving the world's first zero bill energy tariff. His home looks like none of the other 200,000 new-builds erected annually across Britain; there are no orange bricks or white uPVC window frames.

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The ten-unit terrace is ringed by blooming dahlias and edible plants, with a residents-only car club and reuse centre, and won three awards for ingenuity for its architect, GS8.

'We love the plywood walls and vaulted ceilings,' says Mr Jackson, originally from Scotland. The interiors were constructed using recycled materials with an eye for symmetry and space.

Exposed black pipes contain a modern sprinkler system. While some new-builds in Britain look like retirement homes, this is more chic New York loft.

The no-bills magic happens in a cupboard near the groovy wetroom, where a battery the size of a suitcase stores solar energy for daily use. Its digital brain guarantees the Jacksons pay nothing and over-supply is fed back to the grid, in return for a zero energy bill guarantee.

Meanwhile, a heat pump provides low-carbon heating and hot water. There is no gas on the site and it is effectively self-sufficient.

COMPARE this setup to the energy bill of an average three-bedroom UK home, estimated annually at £1,863, according to Ofgem figures. 'Obviously you don't want wars in Ukraine or another blockage in Iran,' says Mr Jackson. 'But when prices rise another 13 per cent (as they did this July) your family and friends wish they could be living in a place like mine.'

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have a village shop, community allotments and shared access to electric cars and bikes. It has 113 Zero Bills properties, including 35 affordable rental homes. Two-bedroom plots are selling for £450,000. (gs8.co.uk).

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'It's harder to retrofit an existing home to Zero Bills than to deliver a new-build,' concedes Hannah McCarthy, head of partnerships for new homes at Octopus Energy, the company that provides the green tech and guarantees the Zero Bills energy tariff.

MR Jackson's home in East London, like the new-builds near Epping, is triple-glazed and well-insulated.

But what happens if residents use far more electricity than they thought? For example, by plugging in an EV, or installing a hot tub for him and Tatties.

Zero Bills come with a Fair Use allowance based on the home's total energy consumption over a year. This is about double the expected consumption of an average home, so customers are unlikely to exceed it.

'First and foremost, we hope residents don't have to worry about a home energy bill again,' adds Ms McCarthy.

Octopus aims to deliver about 100,000 Zero Bill homes by the end of 2030.

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FTSE 100 20.41 NASDAQ 100 114.46 GOLD 61.48 10867.89 0.19% 29373.33 0.39% $4269.18 1.46% FTSE 250 62.79 S&P 500 13.59 OIL 2.36 24695.42 0.25% 7709.96 0.18% $81.54 2.98% £/$ 1.3452 £/€ 1.1677

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'Drastic Dave' to slash $1bn in costs at Diageo

DIAGEO'S new leader 'Drastic Dave' Lewis aims to slash $1bn in costs over three years to revive the drinks giant.

Lewis, the former boss of Tesco, said he would overhaul its regional teams and supply chain, which was expected to involve 'significant' job cuts.

Shares soared 8pc after the update, before closing up 5.6pc, or 91.5p, at 1732.5p as investors hailed signs of a turnaround.

Lewis, who took over at the start of 2026, is trying to revive the FTSE 100 group, whose famous brands include Guinness, Johnnie Walker

By Emily Hawkins

whisky and Smirnoff vodka. The level of cuts is a big increase on a previous target of saving $625m over three years.

But the chief executive refused to say how many jobs would go.

He described it as 'a significant change'. Finance, technology and HR teams are likely to face the brunt, with analysts estimating as many as 5,000 staff face the axe.

Lewis said 'massive amounts of complexity and bespoke-ness, country by country' had become 'a route to failure' at a firm where the

share price has slumped by more than 50pc in five years.

Asked if Diageo's culture could survive heavy cuts, he said: 'Whilst the impacts are big, nobody's saying to me this is the wrong thing to do. The culture that Diageo wants is a winning culture. You need to get back to being proud and winning.'

He said he will make its portfolio more competitive with more investment in 'ready-to-drink' canned products - and dismissed speculation that it wanted to buy new brands, adding: 'We have what we need to turn our business around.'

He said he was keen to see growth for Guinness, with more investment planned for its Dublin home. Brands

Crown Royal, Smirnoff, and Captain Morgan are still 'very big, very important', but Diageo had 'not done a great job' with them recently.

It came as profits fell 23pc to $2bn in the year to June, which was partly blamed on a $900m restructuring charge and a $1.5bn impairment linked to its Turkish business. Sales fell 3pc to $19.6bn.

Nick Sherrard, managing director at consultancy Label Sessions, said: 'Diageo is beginning to address the issues that have plagued it for the past few years.'

'Cost savings have been key and, in the short term, that's shrewd management. Beyond that though, the business needs a growth story.'

EasyJet sold to Apollo in 41.7m deal

Airline's board and founder back offer after rival US firm pulls out of bid battle

By Calum Muirhead

EASYJET has struck a takeover deal with private equity giant Apollo after its main rival pulled out of a bidding war for the budget airline.

Castlelake, another US firm which has made several offers, had been given until 5pm today to make a bid that could trump Apollo's £5.7bn proposal.

But yesterday it said it would not do so, leaving Apollo as the sole bidder.

'Castlelake is very appreciative of the constructive engagement with the easyJet board and management, and would like to thank them for their time and consideration of this potential transaction,' it added.

EasyJet shares climbed 2.8pc, or 18.2p, to 670p following the announcement.

Apollo and easyJet then announced they had agreed a formal deal backed by the airline's board as well as founder and largest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, whose family controls 15.3pc of the business.

The tycoon, who founded the airline in 1994, said that he was 'pleased with Apollo's strategic intentions', which he said

would create more growth, adding that his family would 'remain invested as long-term major shareholders'.

Under the deal, Haji-Ioannou will roll his investment into the airline when it becomes a private business.

The private equity group also plans to meet European ownership rules by creating a trust based in the EU that will own up to 5pc of the shares.

Apollo will control up to 49.8pc of the business, while investors who roll their shares into the new entity will control at least 45.1pc.

The defeat will probably sting Castlelake. In early July, it made a £5.5bn offer, which easyJet was 'minded to recommend', after it had rejected four bids as 'highly opportunistic'.

But, days later, Apollo submitted a £5.7bn bid, which was

accepted by easyJet as a 'superior outcome' for shareholders.

EasyJet plans for the takeover to be completed by March, but faces hurdles in the form of scrutiny from regulators.

The European Union is reportedly preparing to review ownership rules to prevent foreign investors gaining control. The rules apply to easyJet, after it established a subsidiary in Austria so it could operate flights in the bloc after Brexit.

'We welcome Apollo's commitment to our business and people, and believe its experience in the aviation sector makes it a strong partner as we accelerate our growth plans,' said easyJet chief executive Kenton Jarvis.

Alex van Hoek, partner at Apollo, said: 'We are proud to be trusted to play a lead role supporting the easyJet group in this next phase of its growth and furthering its important contribution to the European and UK aviation sectors.'

But it will be another blow to a London stock market hit by takeovers and defections.

'The potential loss of another well-known name will be seen as a blow. Air travel might not be as sexy as space travel but retail investors understand it, and names like easyJet can't easily be replaced,' said AJ Bell analyst Danni Hewson.

THE £82bn takeover of film and TV giant Warner Bros by rival Paramount has been backed by Britain's competition regulator after the US firm agreed to preserve the editorial independence of its news shows, public service broadcasting and children's content.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy decided not to intervene after Paramount agreed to several legally binding commitments.

The tie-up will create one of the world's largest film and TV groups, that controls news networks such as CNN and CBS as well as TV network HBO and Channel 5 in the UK.

Also included are the film studios behind franchises such as Batman

and Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise (pictured). Paramount boss David Ellison, son of tycoon and Donald Trump ally Larry Ellison, told the Government it would guarantee Channel 5 News' editorial independence, and keep it separate from its other news operations.

Other guarantees include not reducing the number of people commissioning content in the UK, and for Channel 5 to continue backing UK-produced shows.

As a result, the Competition and Markets Authority cleared the deal after similar approval from EU regulators. But Ellison now has to get the deal over the line in the US, where several states oppose it.

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Dave tackles the supply side

OVER recent decades, drinks firm Diageo has positioned itself as a luxury goods company with great brands. Not just Johnnie Walker and Guinness – although they remain core – but Casamigos Tequilas, and much more.

For chief executive 'Drastic' Dave Lewis, the simple thing to do as it deals with changing tastes and cost-of-living struggles in Britain, the US and across the globe, would be to lop off great brands for an easy win.

Some of that will happen, with Lewis seeking to focus on competitive pricing.

The idea that somehow drinking culture is finished is overdone. I know from my Texas-based offspring that cocktails are sensationally popular in the US, along with innovative craft beer and spirits.

Moreover, soaring alcohol sales during the World Cup showed that not all young people have stopped boozing.

Much of the premium stuff Diageo makes will have to cope with fashions and changing tastes in much the same way as LVMH, Burberry and other luxury brands.

Lewis had easy wins when he was boss of Tesco, selling its Pacific operations to deal with legacy debt and pension problems.

But his real achievement was in repair-

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ing supply chains and relationships. The Diageo overhaul is doing precisely that.

The speeded-up savings target of $1bn went down well with investors. We know from Diageo's past that its supply chain is wonky, as Lewis's predecessor Debra Crew found when overstocking in Latin America overwhelmed her.

The most reassuring aspect of Lewis's update is that Diageo believes it has the brilliant brands and distribution, particularly in North America, to halt recent declines and maintain sales. A boost is also expected to come from cost savings.

Diageo's strength has been based on topping up its upmarket brand portfolio and developing sophisticated new products. Now, for the more pedestrian man-

agement stuff. One trusts Lewis will still find some time for a dram of Talisker.

Deep thought

MUCH of the hype regarding Britain's AI potential rests on the Nobel prize-winner Demis Hassabis and Google-owned DeepMind.

The presence of Hassabis and Google's decision to focus its work on AI at its King's Cross campus in London has been seen as a plus for UK pic. But control firmly rests at ultimate parent Alphabet HQ in Mountain View, California.

A decision to reshape AI operations, after falling behind competitors Anthropic and OpenAI, shows how vulnerable British tech is to outside voices once overseas owners gain control.

That has been seen at Cambridge-based Arm Holdings where value has raced away in New York.

Hassabis is stepping aside as chief executive to be chief scientific officer. The creator of Google's Gemini model, veteran engineer Jeff Dean, is leaving.

To ease the pain of Hassabis' evident demotion, he is to become chairman of Google DeepMind.

Alphabet boss Sundar Pichai described the changes as giving the Nobel winner more time to work on artificial general

intelligence (AGI), which seeks to make computers as smart as humans.

Word is that Hassabis has been too focused on scientific breakthroughs and prizes rather than making money. Google doesn't much like being second-best in tech and the shake-up is designed to accelerate an AGI breakthrough.

Even for great scientists, being part of an overseas-owned $4.4 trillion enterprise doesn't buy job security.

Rose refurb

LONG-TERM investors in UK advertising group WPP have not witnessed a 25pc leap in the share price since 1992.

Chief executive Cindy Rose looks to have convinced the market there are green shoots to come once the holding company legacy of Martin Borrell, who piled up the creative talent through takeovers, has been eliminated.

There have been some encouraging client gains including Estee Lauder, Tesco in Britain, and US burger chain Wendy's.

The truth is that revenues in almost every marketing category, barring healthcare and pharma, are down. Although Rose's focus on reshaping and tech, using AI tools and partnerships, is starting to work, she faces a race against the clock with private equity ghouls never far away.

TRUMP TARIFF REFUND GIVES NINTENDO A £593M POWER UP

PROFITS at Nintendo, the maker of Super Mario video games, surged after it landed a hefty refund from Donald Trump's trade tariffs.

The Japanese firm reported a profit of £693m for the six months to June, 54pc higher than the previous year, despite a 9.5pc decline in sales to £2.4bn.

Nintendo noted the figure was helped by 'the refund of tariffs in the US', alongside 'strong' sales of its Switch 2 console and a steady performance of new titles including Yoshi and the Mysterious Book and Star Fox, which were released in May and June respectively. It did not specify exactly how big a refund it received in the US.

Trump's government has had to repay around £74bn in tariffs after the US Supreme Court ruled that the levies on imports, which the President announced last year, were unconstitutional as he had not secured Congressional approval.

WPP at one-year high as job cuts and AI pay off

By Emily Hawkins

SHARES in marketing giant WPP hit their highest level in nearly a year as thousands of job cuts and AI investment under its turnaround strategy bore fruit.

The troubled FTSE 250 advertising giant hailed a less dramatic fall in sales over the second quarter of the year, with revenues down 2.8pc to £2.5bn compared to a 7pc drop in the first quarter.

The update sent the share price up 28.6pc, or 87.9p, to 395p, as the results provided a welcome boost for new boss Cindy Rose, who is battling to revive it following a string of profit warnings and concerns about WPP's ability to challenge overseas rivals.

The stock has fallen by almost 60pc in the past five years, and last year was booted out of the FTSE 100 after nearly 30 years. But

the slower-than-feared sales decline has revived hopes that better fortunes lie ahead, with new client wins including beauty giant Estee Lauder and car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover.

WPP said 1,267 workers – 1.3pc of its headcount – left over the first six months of the year. This helped trim staff costs by 5.9pc to £3.47bn for the first half of 2026.

Rose, a former Microsoft executive who took over last September, has pledged to

save £500m in costs by 2028. She said that the most recent quarter showed 'a further sequential improvement' and was an example of 'the momentum we are building across the country'.

But 'legacy account losses' continued to drag down the group's performance.

She added: 'While the turnaround of our financial performance will take time to fully flow through, our strong new business wins and improved client retention, as well as progress on cost savings and portfolio actions, demonstrate that we are building a simpler, more competitive and higher-performing WPP.'

AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould said WPP's struggles meant it 'doesn't take much more than some glimmers of hope to shift the market narrative', adding: 'It's early days but investors are welcoming signs of some progress on this front.'

Property group gets £583m bid

SHARES in the property group Harworth soared after billionaire John Whittaker's infrastructure firm made an unsolicited cash offer to take it private.

Peel Group, which has a near-30pc stake in Harworth, bid £583m to take full control by buying the rest of the shares that it did not already own.

Peel said it believed Harworth's assets would be 'best owned, managed and

developed' under full private ownership. Harworth urged shareholders 'to take no action' while it assessed the deal's terms.

The offer is the latest in the property sector, which has seen real estate investment trust Segro fall to US firm Prologis.

Harworth's shares climbed 24pc, or 34.4p, to 178p yesterday.

That valued the company at close to Peel's offer price.

Persimmon shrugs off the gloom

HOUSEBUILDER Persimmon defied gloom in the sector after predicting it would hit the 'upper end' of its targets this year.

Boo Dean Finch said despite affordability and building cost pressures, profits were on track with guidance, and it expects to build 12,500 homes in 2026.

Persimmon built 5,189 homes in the first half of the year – up 13pc year-on-year –

while profits rose 15pc to £168m and revenues climbed 15pc to £1.7bn.

Private sales were up 6pc in the five weeks to the end of June, but it warned that sales on the open market had softened slightly since as the market has struggled following war in the Middle East, which has driven up mortgage rates and dented consumer confidence.

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	52-week		High		Low
Aeropost & Difties
Autor Martin	1494	+	88	91%
BAE Systems	2257	+44	1,000	1,000
Channing Op.	1541	+1	1,000	1,000
GeneID	1472	+1	1,000	1,000
Reto-Royce	1523	+27	1,000	1,000
Genco	1567		1,000	1,000
Eagle
Barrett-Samson	1128	+4	1,000	1,000
Barclays	1257	+1	1,000	1,000
HEBC Hldgs	1251	+14	1,000	1,000
Low-Peasics	12172	+152	1,000	1,000
Cooke Banking	1144	+1	1,000	1,000
Metro Bank	1734	+1	1,000	1,000
Marlboro Group	1774	+2	1,000	1,000
San-Charlson	1268	+1	1,000	1,000
TBC Bank	4000	+20	1,000	1,000
Elevages
Mar-Mill	818	+6	710	1,000
Coco-Cole HBC	4818	+88	1,000	1,000
Dayton	17123	+81	1,000	1,000
Chemicals
Coage Health	2201	+8	2,000	2,000
Emerson	1884	+1	1,000	1,000
Johnson-Matt	2182	+2	2,000	2,000
Corona	818		1,000	1,000
Electrochemicals & Gases
Balfour Realty	878	+1	800	1,000
Brentner	1454	+14	277	1,000
Gerard Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Graber Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Keifer Group	2000		1,000	1,000
Key Group	2484	+1	1,000	1,000
Jah	1461	+4	710	1,000
Electricity
Diac Op.	1781	+1	818	1,000
SSB	21764	+24	1,000	1,000
Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Aloma	80000	+2	1,000	1,000
Morgan-Monrood	340	+5	1,000	1,000
United Instruments	30000	+25	1,000	1,000
Merchow	1183	+8	1,000	1,000
Solar machines and motors
In-Milamation	3440	+21	1,000	1,000
Marbleite Serv Cos.	1724	+8	1,000	1,000
Al-Emit	1884	+1	1,000	1,000
Alliance Mize	1383	+1	1,000	1,000
Allianz Tech.	712	+8	1,000	1,000
Ashoka India	2354	+1	1,000	1,000
AR Global Tech.	2424	+2	1,000	1,000
Bailler (AT Japan)	1385	+5	1,000	1,000
Bailler (SP US)	1424	+6	1,000	1,000
Barbara In-Fat.	1354	+1	1,000	1,000
BR-Mass	421	+1	1,000	1,000
Beginners Credit	73	+1	1,000	1,000

	52-week		High		Low
Basilites Smt.	27542	+2	1,000	1,000
DeNAN/Milming	1821	+4	1,000	1,000
BR Greater Eur.	1111	+5	1,000	1,000
Beaver	10562	+9	1,000	1,000
Canalana Inc.	38842	+11	1,000	1,000
City of London IT	20242		1,000	1,000
Edin for Trust	850	+2	1,000	1,000
Edin Watch	240	+2	1,000	1,000
Euro Set Co.	23942	+11	1,000	1,000
ETC for Trust	2424	+1	1,000	1,000
Fidelity Group	284	+1	1,000	1,000
Fidelity Eng.	1424	+4	1,000	1,000
Fidelity Eur.	1441	+2	1,000	1,000
Fidelity Spec Ltd.	470		1,000	1,000
Fredery Smt.	818		1,000	1,000
Freudight Cos.	881	+1	1,000	1,000
GCF India Inc.	814	+1	1,000	1,000
Global Smaller	1184	+1	1,000	1,000
Greenwood Ltd.	1611	+1	1,000	1,000
Heckmann	3420	+5	1,000	1,000
Henderson Smt Co.	880	+2	1,000	1,000
Health for Trust	3528	+2	1,000	1,000
MC Capital Trust	381	+1	1,000	1,000
MCS, Inc.	1284	+1	1,000	1,000
ICG Enterprise	1468	+8	1,000	1,000
Peterson Asia	1481	+1	1,000	1,000
JPM American	13448	+4	1,000	1,000
JPM Energy Markets	10348	+4	1,000	1,000
JPM Euro Stud.	1431	+1	1,000	1,000
JPM Japan IT	830	+2	1,000	1,000
JAMM Fund	1821	+2	1,000	1,000
JPM International	1284	+2	1,000	1,000
JPM	2464	+1	1,000	1,000
Manzindia IT	280		1,000	1,000
Manzindia Trust	8824	+2	1,000	1,000
Midian Manuals	840	+1	1,000	1,000
Midian for Int.	1818	+2	1,000	1,000
Morgan Dental	4468	+4	1,000	1,000
Murray Int. Fat.	1878	+2	1,000	1,000
Murray Int. Fat.	3604	+1	1,000	1,000
Murderer Private Sds.	10368	+8	1,000	1,000
New Energy Solar	1111	+1	1,000	1,000
Newry One	22144	+14	1,000	1,000
Oxley Capital Inc.	1321	+1	1,000	1,000
Pacific Horizon	1590	+2	1,000	1,000
Parkman India	1124	+1	1,000	1,000
Parkman Int.	380	+2	1,000	1,000
Parkman Group	1634	+2	1,000	1,000
Palms Power	1821	+1	1,000	1,000
Peering Square	2824	+2	1,000	1,000
Personal Assets Tr.	1321	+2	1,000	1,000
Pear Cup St.	2821	+1	1,000	1,000
Pear Cup Tech.	880	+1	1,000	1,000
Polter Brown	840	+1	1,000	1,000
Renewable Hrs.	77	+1	1,000	1,000
RIT Cap Partners	2615	+1	1,000	1,000
Schroder Asia	820	+2	1,000	1,000
Schroder Oriental	44642	+1	1,000	1,000
Soil America Inc.	1881	+1	1,000	1,000
Soil America Inc.	1881	+1	1,000	1,000
Soil America Inc.	1881	+1	1,000	1,000
Seapole Econ. India	88442	+1	1,000	1,000

TOP RISERS				CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
WPP				395p	+28.62%
Harworth				178p	+23.96%
Hikma Pharma				1699p	+8.15%
Ceres Power				425p	+7.21%
Serco				260p	+7.17%
	52-week		High		Low
Synovis	1584	+24	1,000	1,000
Scroplish Oil	1124	+4	1,000	1,000
TeamUpout	1188	+1	1,000	1,000
Interim Dyes	714	+4	1,000	1,000
TimeCapital Vanna	1421	+8	1,000	1,000
Waste Health Care	818	+4	1,000	1,000
Good Problems
Asset: Brill Home	2157	+12	2,000	2,000
Crosswell	12164	+8	2,000	2,000
Greencom	2824		2,000	2,000
Water Food Spa	1121	+24	1,000	1,000
Power Foods	1814	+1	1,000	1,000
Precon Group	1281	+1	1,000	1,000
Tom & Lyle	1244	+1	1,000	1,000
Wingate Dental	4728	+8	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	1878	+2	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	3604	+1	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	3604	+1	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	3604	+1	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	3604	+1	1,000	1,000
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604
Wolting Int. Fat	3604

TOP FALLERS				CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Cold Group				507p	-10.90%
TP ICAP				317.8p	-7.94%
Baltic Classifieds				197.5p	-6.31%
Tritax Big Box				164.5p	-4.19%
RELX				260.0p	-4.13%
	52-week		High		Low
Parkson	1219	+8	1,000	1,000
RELX	2602	+12	1,000	1,000
Reference Group	4594	+8	1,000	1,000
WPP	1951	+27	1,000	1,000
Methyl
Anglo American	2478	+8	1,000	1,000
Anti-Bigable	2474	+8	1,000	1,000
Emboreco Fiberg	2688	+8	1,000	1,000
Peynato	2738	+8	1,000	1,000
Simcoce	1851	+7	1,000	1,000
Hochschild Mining	4851	+1	1,000	1,000
Pan-Winter Associates	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Big Group	1823	+1	1,000	1,000
Vanilla Insured
Winston Sp.	3928	+1	1,000	1,000
Insulate	4251	+1	1,000	1,000
Macra	1811	+28	1,000	1,000
Jahreside Hldgs	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Oil & Gas Products
J&R	2184	+1	1,000	1,000
Ennegan	7151	+1	1,000	1,000
National Energy	2424	+1	1,000	1,000
Hunting	447	+3	1,000	1,000
Waste Energy	2324	+1	1,000	1,000
Waste	2324	+1	1,000	1,000
Oil Equipment & Services
Wood Spcl	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
AlloyPharma	1980	+8	1,000	1,000
Genco	2182	+8	1,000	1,000
GSF	1838	+21	1,000	1,000
Askan	2124	+1	1,000	1,000
Alloy Pharma	1838	+1	1,000	1,000
Oxford Hampson	1184	+1	1,000	1,000
Reckitt Benckman	1248	+8	1,000	1,000
Real Group
Big Wistar Sp.	807	+2	1,000	1,000
British Land	4414	+1	1,000	1,000
Devered London	2554	+8	1,000	1,000
Stranger	174	+1	1,000	1,000
Grif Portland Est	1591	+2	1,000	1,000
Husemation	2124	+1	1,000	1,000
Husworth	1791	+1	1,000	1,000
Laser Securities	712	+8	1,000	1,000

	52-week		High		Low
Leobrollette: Pop.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Peruvay Hlth Pop.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Alamance Mldgs.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Saras	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
SEISAC	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Shamokury	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Since Real Estate	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Supermarket Inc.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Targel Healthcare	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Tri-Property IT	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Trital Big Box	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Ultra Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Worcester High	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Bridgish
All World	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
RECK	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
IBM	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Balance Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Dr. Marlans	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Garrett Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Passy Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Hundred Survey	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
In-Insula	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
All Sports Fairfield	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Wolks & Spencer	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Worcester	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Worcester	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Orville Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Time of Home Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Sanctuary	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Worcester	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Worcester	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Software & Computer Services
Alloy Financial	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Aschen Tech	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Baltic Classifieds	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
State Technology	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Compasscenter	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Omicron	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Alpaca Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
NCC Grp.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Pepsich	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Sefford	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
The Sage Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Trupport	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Smart Services
National Int.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Band	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
OCC Energy	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Gamma	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Seamite	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Superstar	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Hypo	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Inverse Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000

	52-week		High		Low
1st Mospace Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Johnson Service Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Michael Page	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Mike Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Randall InVal	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
RD Group	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Saro	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Shore	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Stone Pointe	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
W.A.S.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Technology Hardware & Equipment
Increased Sup.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
GB GROUP	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Regulators Pl.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
General Comms.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
MISCOS
Asset Misc.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
BT Op.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
General Comms.	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Mobile Towers	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Supporting	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Windsor	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Windsor	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Windsor	1824	+1	1,000	1,000
Windsor	1824	+1	1,000	1,000

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MUSE BURGER TRY

1.5 CHAMPAGNE POWATERY 3807 8008 HANDICAP (4) 67,000 (2) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

1 (1) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

4 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

1 (4) 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

3.2 CHAMPAGNE POWATERY COVE LOUSE GOLD CUP HANDICAP (4) 63,000 added (2,250) 77 75yds (5)

1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

HAYDOCK TRY

5.4.3 2TH POLE POSITION-EEF NOVICE STAKES (3) 613,000 added (47,250) 96 97 42yds (3)

1 (4) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

FAVOORTES: 6.2025. No corresponding race.

2 (4) 1.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

2025. Above Appliance (2) 3.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

FAVOORTES: 4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

NEWMARKET TRY

BOBIN GODOFELLOW		GINERACK
5.27	Decent Cooke	6.27	Winston
6.02	On Sweet Adams	6.02	Zimbabwe
6.17	Nabati	6.17	Newland (4th)
6.17	Wrighton	6.17	Portsmouth
6.17	Methodist	6.17	Military
6.17	Shimmering Sands	6.17	Shimmering Sands

5.2.7 2TH FRONTENURE LEE NEWCOMB'S "CONTINED" MAIDEN STAKES (3) (2-4-0) (13,000 added (83,700) 77 (8)

1	(1)	DEBENT (A)(3) 2.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1	3.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1	4.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1
1	(1)	PARASAN (A) 1.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1	5.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1	6.5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

6.0.2 2TH POLE POSITION MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES (3) (2-4-0) (12,000 added (63,300) 1m (4)

1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 1.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 2.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 3.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 4.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 5.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 6.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 7.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 8.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 9.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 10.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 11.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 12.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 13.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 14.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 15.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 16.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 17.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 18.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 19.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 20.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 21.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 22.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 23.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 24.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 25.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 26.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 27.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 28.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 29.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 30.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 31.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 32.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 33.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 34.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 35.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 36.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 37.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 38.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 39.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 40.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 41.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 42.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 43.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 44.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 45.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 46.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 47.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 48.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 49.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 50.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 51.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 52.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 53.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 54.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 55.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 56.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 57.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 58.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 59.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 60.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 61.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 62.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 63.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 64.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 65.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 66.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 67.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 68.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 69.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 70.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 71.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 72.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 73.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 74.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 75.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 76.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 77.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 78.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 79.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 80.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 81.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 82.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 83.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 84.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 85.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 86.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 87.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 88.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 89.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 90.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 91.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 92.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 93.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 94.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 95.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 96.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 97.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 98.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 99.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan
1	(1)	800T HALLSTON 1M 100.5 Hughes 3-2...David Egan

6.0.2 2TH POLE POSITION MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES (3) (2-4-0) (13,000 added (63,300) 1m (4)

1	(1)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

6.3 2TH POLE POSITION MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES (3) (2-4-0) (13,000 added (63,300) 1m (4)

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Daily Mail Sport

RUGBY UNION

INTERVIEW

by Alex Bywater

FREDDIE BURNS is laughing down the phone from Romania. "It was typical of me to miss out the slide on my Instagram post that actually said I was retiring," chuckles the former Bath. Gloucester, Leicester and England No 10.

"I had to post it again separately just to make sure people were clear!"

In an 18-year professional rugby career, Burns, 36, has always been an entertaining character. So it was fitting he continued that trend on social media this week when he announced it was coming to an end.

In an era when most modern players trot out anddyne press conference quotes and seem reticent to show their true selves, Burns has always been an outlier.

"I've had some good moments and some f*** low ones," says Burns, who will play one more season with Dinamo Bucharest before calling it quite.

He will depart as one of English club rugby's cult heroes. A more-than-talented fly-half, whose last-gasp drop goal sealed Leicester the Prem title in 2022, Burns won five England caps.

His Test debut was one to remember. He kicked two penalties as a replacement in a famous 2012 victory over New Zealand. Not a bad way to start.

"All I remember from that night was being hammered when I went to collect my England cap at the post-match function," Burns says. "I was bumping into all these legends, guys like Richie McCaw and Dan Carter. I was s*** faced. We drank hard at Twickenham, then got the bus back to Pennyhill Park instead of going out."

"I woke up on the floor of the bathroom in my room at Pennyhill. It had a heated floor and there was a lovely little pile of sick cooking next to me. I was still wearing my suit."

"I was glad we didn't go out that night as there was a good chance I'd have ended up in the Thames!"

Burns adds: "As a boy, I lived down the road from where Bath trained. When I watched them, I remember thinking playing just a minute of Prem Rugby would be enough for me. My career went miles beyond what I expected."

"I could have played more for England. But I want to be grateful for the five caps I got, not bitter about the ones I didn't."

Burns played hard and

Freddie star: Burns with the Hillary Shield after beating New Zealand on England debut in 2012 and (right) kicking the last-gasp drop goal that won Leicester the Prem title in 2022 GETTY BANGES

"I'm grateful for the first days and win — not bitter about all the ones I didn't"

As he announces retirement at 36, FREDDIE BURNS recalls the highs and lows of a memorable career

celebrated harder, but his outgoing character — sadly all too rare in the game these days — should not distract from his on-field ability.

Burns started at Gloucester, had two stints at Leicester and also represented his home city of Bath. Rugby also gave him the chance to travel the world.

He made trips to Japan and New Zealand with Shoki Shuttles and the Highlanders and will end his playing days in one of the game's more unusual outposts in

Romania. "In rugby, there are a lot of very tough days with a few brilliant ones sprinkled in," Burns says. "One thing I would say to young players now is make sure you enjoy your wins."

"That doesn't mean you have to have 20 beers. When you have a good win, sit in the changing room with your mates you've gone to battle with. Share time with the opposition. It all goes by so quick."

"I definitely made the most of my career in terms of celebrating!"

But even now, I still wish I'd enjoyed certain moments more.

"One of my frustrations with rugby is that there are so many brilliant personalities, but some lads don't want to express themselves or say their opinion.

"The Six Nations Netflix documentary was so f*** boring. It didn't show the personalities of the players. You are starting to see that more now with guys like Henry Pollock. Hopefully, it continues."

If downing the All Blacks and

slotting a Prem-winning drop goal were Burns' highs, one of the lows came in 2018. In action for Bath against Toulouse, he celebrated what should have been a try too early and the ball was knocked from his grasp.

"The thing I'm most proud of in my career is my resilience," Burns says. "That's what that incident taught me."

"The biggest frustration with that game is if I'd scored and we'd won. I reckon I'd have been man of the match! I had a brilliant game. I scored one and kicked a couple of long-range penalties."

"I'm glad it happened because of the way my career panned out after that."

Burns celebrated winning the Prem in 2022 by doing the post-match press conference in his pants, before a big night out, a mammoth McDonald's order and heading to bed with the trophy.

"We parted hard. It was just a big feeling of relief," he says. "Before I'd come back to Leicester, I'd had to deal with the blow to the ego of going to Japan. It was one of the best things that happened to me, but at the time going to the Japanese second division at 30 was tough."

"I was thinking: "F*** hell, is this where my career has gone?"

"The funniest stories have come from the hard times. When Aaron Mauger was coach at Leicester, he came in one day and put a Tigers shirt in the bottom of an empty bucket.

"He gave each player an empty pint glass and said: "Go and fill your glass up with how much you've given to the shirt and what you're willing to do for this club."

"Most guys filled their glasses two thirds or so full. One of the academy lads who hadn't really played much walked up to the bucket so slowly because his cup was so full. We hammered him!"

"I tried to never lose the love of the game. Sometimes I was s*** and sometimes I was OK, but I'd like to think the fans saw I tried."

"I don't really care what people thought of me as a player. But I'd like to think when my name comes out of someone's mouth, they would say I was a good bloke.

"If that's all I'm remembered for, I'll be happy."

CHEPSTOW

5.00 — ARABALU (Taylor Fisher) 15.0 — Curran 6.1 — Cosmo Brown 8.0 — 7.1 min. (1) Colic 41.1, 40. Tide 8.5 — 7.1 min. (2) Colic 41.1, 40. Tide COP. 32.81

5.65 — DOMINIONMAISTRIES (David Gunn owner) — Rogue Daniels 13.2 — Michael 20.1 — 3.4 min. (M-Ball) 3.6 — Tide 2.00. Ex. 3.26. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.70

6.00 — SOLAR EDGE (D. Morgan) 15.40 — Rogue Bute 2.0 (Duffield) Over Spiced 7.4 — 7.7 min. (C. Mayers) 41.1, 40. Tide 2.10. 1.32. 2.10. Ex. 3.60. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.20

T20 — REVELANCE (E. Gouldner) 9.40 — Nakaoka 10.1 — Sport Of The Box 9.0 — 7.7 min. (Hannett) 1. 1. Tide 3.20. 1.70. 4.30. Ex. 25.10. T1 144.60. COP. 25.50

T40 — ESPONA BAY (C. Howarth) 5-1/2(Airflex) 1. Sydney Rock 14.1.2

Clementines Star owner 7.7 min. (3) Charm 1. 2. Tide 4.00. 2.45. 3.40. Ex. 30.10. T1. 100.60. COP. 67.71 5.15 — RED SNAPPER (Charles Tucker) 3-3/2(Hoffey) 1. Full The Rug 11.1 — Hollandale Beach 4-6P 3.4 min. (Kelly Lesser) 41.2. Tide 3.00. Ex. 15.70. T1. 50.30. COP. 31.47

Pleasant 108.120. (Cyan 131.50) SANDOWNS 3.00 — SPECTFOS (Max M. Jordan) 3-1/2(Hoffey) 1. What's The Play? 9.40 — Highlands 10.1. 2.7 min. (J. Oderman) 1. 2. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30 3.28 — BUDGELES WOMEN (St. Elizabeth) 3.1. 1.75. 2.75. 3.75. Ex. 25.10. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30

S.15 — FIRST LAW (C. Flunzel) 8-11P 1. Pingle Thicker 5-4(3Hoffey)

EVENING RESULTS

2. Crown Ranger 20.1. 3.4 min. (J. Apothe) 1. 2. Tide 1.73. Ex. 1.80. T1. 3.60. COP. 1.24

4.00 — EDWIN HEDDLE (D. Murphy) 9.40 — Interstate 2.1. Elan D'or 3-2/2(Hoffey) 2.9 min. (R. Mowrer) 41.10. Tide 1.84. Ex. 3.60. T1. 4.20. COP. 3.50

T20 — DESERT SHADOW (C. Murphy) 7.2. Thursday 2x1 7-4/8Pav 2. Ascending Star 7-4/8Pav 3.4 min. (Elvin Scully) 21.4. Tide 4.50. 2.00. 1.50. Ex. 10.60. T1. 17.60. COP. 10.18. T34 — BUDGLES WOMEN (St. Elizabeth) 8.1. 1.75. 2.75. 3.75. Ex. 25.10. T1. 20.30. COP. 7.30 Hannett 1. 2. 1. Tide 4.00. 1.80. 1.50. Ex. 9.60. T1. 12.30. COP. 7.30

Pleasant 131.250.50, with 23.81.30, sorted over Pleasant 131.75. (Cyan 141.40)

SOUTHWELL

1.00 — HEARTING DRUMS (Glen Orc) 11-4/8Pav 1. Miss Warden 9.2.1. Smith 14.1.1. 10 min. (R. A. P. Hales) 1.1. Tide 3.70. 1.20. 2.00. 4.30. Ex. 19.30. T1. 149.59. T1. 195.70. COP. 15.54. 1.24 — SPARAGUA (Harry Ogure) 10-1/2(Hoffey) 1. Miss Gisele, Lovely 8.1. 2. Thomas Tallie 11-1.3. 8 min. (V. Gouldner) 1. 1. Tide 4.00. 2.10. 1.50. 1.50. Ex. 30.10. T1. 200. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

1.16 — MIRACULOS (D. Allen) 6.4.1. 2. Ziggy's Creeps 9-4P 2. Hecks 14.1.3. 1. 1. Tide 1.5. 2.75. 1. 1. Tide 3.90. 2. 10. 1. 50. 3.50. Ex. 17.70. T1. 100.40. T1. 126.50. COP. 16.20.

T20 — DORNEY LAKE (D. Tuthers) 9-3P 1. Flame 13.2.2. Beetle Is Back 5-1/2(Hoffey) 1. 9 min. 3. Dolely 1. 3. Dolely 1. 3. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

T20 — DORNEY LAKE (D. Tuthers) 9-3P 1. Flame 13.2.2. Beetle Is Back 5-1/2(Hoffey) 1. 9 min. 3. Dolely 1. 3. Dolely 1. 3. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

T20 — DORNEY LAKE (D. Tuthers) 9-3P 1. Flame 13.2.2. Beetle Is Back 5-1/2(Hoffey) 1. 9 min. 3. Dolely 1. 3. Dolely 1. 3. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

HOTSPOTS

WORK WHISPER

HERAX

(Newmarket, 5.27)

WEIGHTING GAME

MART

(Brighton, 4.30)

Down 20lb from last

winning mark

BURNT FINGERS

VERUCA SAU

(Thirsk, 2.40)

CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO

GERRY'S DARLING

(nap) (Thirsk, 3.90)

JONNY CONCRETE (nb)

(Musselburgh, 3.20)

RECON MISSION

(Brighton, 2.30)

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HOW do you solve a problem like Ben Stokes? It's an often-asked question that applies to many scenarios, but for the specific one of who replaces him against Pakistan at Headingley, the answer is Dan Lawrence. This is Lawrence's fourth go as a Test player, meaning it will almost certainly be his last.

In recalling him to bat at No6 and complement what is set to be a four-man seam attack with some serviceable off spin, England have come full circle. For it was Lawrence who provided some dash to England's batting on the Caribbean tour of 2022, the last of Joe Root's previous 64-match stint in charge.

On the one hand, returning to a pre-Bazball selection for Root's maiden outing of his second coming appears unimaginative.

However, it is in line with a commitment made by England's hierarchy pre-dating his reappointment to better reward domestic performances in picking international teams.

Lawrence, 29, returns from the wilderness after five hundreds in the County Championship this summer, including a double century, among 788 runs.

Among top-flight players, only Nottinghamshire's Joe Clarke has scored more and those made by Lawrence have come at a strike rate of 80 per 100 balls.

He is in the form of his life and is of an age to book himself a more permanent stay in the team, having been axed during or after series with India, West Indies and Sri Lanka — the most recent after a failed experiment as an opening batsman two years ago.

Root promised to build on the characteristics of Stokes' captaincy when chosen as his successor, but amid the upheaval there is a 'back to the future' feel to his first squad.

Lawrence's inclusion was not the only one that makes this feel like a throwback to that 2022 tour of the Caribbean. Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson and Matthew Fisher were all in the touring party for that 1-0 defeat by the West Indies and their inclusions here indicate Root's trust in them. A captain always gets the players he wants, particularly at the start of a reign.

It has been a case of needs must, though, because a side already

Root goes back to the future... now Lawrence and Co must prove they are here to stay

Back in action: Lawrence returns from the wilderness but Curran (inset) is out for now GETTY IMAGES

robbed of its all-rounder because of Stokes' retirement will now be without another crucial component in Jacob Bethell.

He has bedded in at No3 since the Boxing Day Ashes Test, but has been ruled out of Tests until the tour to South Africa at Christmas due to a knee injury incurred in white-ball action against India last month.

Jordan Cox slots into that role against Babar Azam's team, having made his debut against New Zealand at the Oval in June as Stokes' replacement at No7.

Despite the shift up the order, Cox's retention shows continuity in selection, but it is something of a surprise that Pope returns as the spare batsman ahead of James Rew, who was in recent squads against New Zealand.

Pope has averaged 56.66 in the top flight this season and has been picked as much for his leadership and experience as his superior returns with the bat.

Former Test vice-captain Pope lost his place to Bethell during last winter's Ashes, but was name-checked as a player with

the ability to come again by England's director of cricket Rob Key.

Returning to the old guard feels like a small shift in policy from a previous regime who so often gave youth its head. Along with Rew, 22, Hampshire's 23-year-old tyro Sonny Baker is also omitted.

With Bethell missing, it felt like there was potential for Sussex's James Coles to be called up as a batsman who bowls left-arm spin. But national selector Marcus North revealed that the selection committee — featuring new head

ENGLAND'S 16-MAN TEST SQUAD TO FACE PAKISTAN

	AGE	CAPS
Joe Root (Capt)	35	166
Jofra Archer	31	20
Gus Atkinson	28	18
Shoaib Bashir	22	21
Harry Brook	27	38
Brydon Carse	31	14
Sam Cook	29	1
Jordan Cox	25	1
Ben Duckett	31	46
Matthew Fisher	28	2
Emilio Gay	26	3
Dan Lawrence	29	14
Ollie Pope	28	64
Ollie Robinson	32	21
Jamie Smith (Wk)	26	22
Josh Tongue	28	12

1st Test: Aug 19, Headingley 2nd Test: Aug 27, Lord's 3rd Test: Sep 9, Edgbaston

coach Stephen Fleming plus interim coach Marcus Treacofnick and Root — felt Lawrence could cover the fill-in overs if England go seam heavy in a line-up that will feature wicketkeeper Jamie Smith back at No7, after a brief flirtation with six.

Chasing a first Test-series success since 2024 when things get under way on August 19, England have given themselves options by naming 16 players.

This is partly due to the first Test beginning a little more than 48 hours after the Hundred final and partly due to Ollie Robinson being doubtful because his partner is expecting a child before the Headingley fixture.

It would arguably have contained fewer had Sam Curran, who missed the Indian Premier League with a groin issue, been in rude health.

The 28-year-old has the big-game mentality required at international level and will add variety with his left-arm angle once deemed fit, as England look to develop a team that can end a decade of Australian dominance in the Ashes next summer.

Brydon Carse, who has not played any first-class cricket since being England's leading wicket-taker in the Ashes, and Sam Cook offer the varying characteristics of unpredictability and metronomic accuracy as England continue to search for winning combinations in an attack that has lost Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes in three summers.

West Ham strike deal over athletics bid

LONDON'S bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships has been boosted after organisers reached an agreement with West Ham over use of the London Stadium. There were concerns the bid, which is backed by the Government and London mayor Sadiq Khan, could be scuppered by the availability of the stadium, even before West Ham's relegation to the Championship last season further complicated matters. The club maintain 'the

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highest priority has always been West Ham supporters' and that after 'detailed negotiations' a deal was struck to ensure there would be 'minimal impact' on their season. As part of the agreement, the club revealed 'a number of new initiatives' will 'enhance the stadium and matchday experience for supporters'. London last hosted the World Championships in

2017 and athletes such as Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson have called for a solution to the stadium issue. Organisers last year filed an expression of interest in the event and have now been able to submit their final bid. UK Athletics CEO Jack Buckner said: 'Bidding to hold the World Athletics Championships in the London Stadium, the showpiece of London 2012, was always at the centre of the UK's Olympic legacy plans.'

SPORT IN BRIEF

CARABAD CUP FIRST ROUND BRISTOL CITY (B) 3 MALLALL... (B) 1 Prestige 47

CONFERENCE LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIRST LEG MAL... (B) 1 HATINGWELL (B) 1 Pale 71 Moosehill 64 (pen)

AARL... (B) 3 HILLSBURG (B) 1 Gott's 8 (pen) Kelly 84 Wynne 32 Stalberg 53

BORDMANS (B) 3 MEDITULAND (B) 2 Francois 20 Anderson 17

WINDHAM... (B) 2 SNEEMUA... (B) 1 Lowe 73, O'Keefe 18 Springfield 15

RENTICA... (B) 6 HEARTS... (B) 1 Rally 5/6/4 Arna 24 Panther 40 (pen) Prestige 60 Dover 88 Schjoldring 104 (pen)

■ CRICKET THE HUNDRED: Phase One: Lord's, Men, London Spirit 1924-1, 1926 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1930 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1930 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1930 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1930 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1930 (with J. C. Prentice 623; M. London 364-8, 1

■ GOLF Ladies European Tour P/F London Championship (Centurion Club, 15 Albans, England) — 1st ed. (Golf & 14 series: Golt, 1st 7/8, 1st 7 — A. Huang (Cavs) 68 — K. Bennett (A); C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — A. Kramer (A); S. T. (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (A)

A. Davenport, J. Rudolph (Cavs), 71 — L. Salmon (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C) 1st 7/8 — C. Golt (C)

■ RUGBY LEAGUE BETREED SUPER LEAGUE ST HELENS ... 10 MILL ... 12

■ TENNES AIP National Bank Open (Montreal, Canada) — Main Selected 1st round: J. Faurinay (G) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M. (C) 1st 7/8 — A. M. M.

■ TODAY'S ACTION (1-20 series: Golt) CARABAD CUP FIRST ROUND Middleborough v Woodland (B) 1 Lowe on IPO Waterhampton v Port Vale ... Wycombe v Stevenage ... FRIENDLY MAIDEN

Raven Match's v Adam Villard (B) 1 Fulham v Crystal Palace ... (B) 1

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CRICKET — One-Day Cup - Group A: Lancashire v Gloucestershire (Old Trafford, 1,000m), Lancashire v Warwickshire (Grace Road, 2,000m), Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire (Chesterfield, 1,000m), Somerset v Surrey (Charlton, 2,000m), Group B: Durham v Middlesex (Riverdale, 1,000m), Glamorgan v Essex (Coxfell Gardens, 1,000m), Surrey v Worcestershire (Worcester, 2,000m), Yorkshire v Northamptonshire (Charlton, 1,000m).

GOLF — Ladies European Tour P/F London Championship (Centurion Club, 15 Albans, England), 1/8 Golf New York (3 rams: Worsley Golf Club Westminster, New Jersey, United States of America), 1/8 GOLF Tour Wyndham Championship (Centurion Club, 15, Greenbourn, North Carolina, USA).

RUGBY LEAGUE — Betfred Super League (B, 0), Canterbury v Hull 15, Leigh v York, Wakefield v Leeds.

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'This was a profound abuse of presidential power'

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saying its executive committee had 'unanimously reconfirmed support' for him and 'thanked him for his support for African football over the years'.

FIFA gave its 'full support' to Infantino after Wednesday's summit while acknowledging 'mistakes' in the dropped sell-off plan. The governing body said it had apologised in a letter to the various football associations and that a 'review' will be carried out. A withering statement from FIFPRO, the global union for professional footballers, has hit out at Infantino and the FIFA Forward Enterprise subsidiary the Swiss had hoped to set up for the World Cup sell-off.

It read: 'FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) is gone. The abuse of power produced it is not. Governance reforms, not a cover-up, are urgently needed.'

'Withdrawing the proposal does not erase what it revealed. A plan capable of permanently altering the ownership of the World Cup, and commercialising the competitions built by generations of players, was conceived in secrecy, negotiated behind closed doors and brought to the brink of agreement before the FIFA council, the member associations, players and football's recognised stakeholders even knew it existed.'

'That is not merely a governance failure. It is a profound abuse of presidential power.'

It also ripped into FIFA's update from Morocco and called for structural safeguards to ensure these events can never be

repeated'. This would include legally binding engagement 'with professional football's stakeholders on decisions of major consequence' and voting rights for them on the FIFA council.

The statement concluded: 'The withdrawal of FFE prevented an irreversible decision. It did not restore the confidence that made such a proposal possible.'

'That confidence has now been fundamentally broken. It cannot be rebuilt through carefully drafted statements, internal reviews or promises to improve processes. Nor can it be restored by announcing governance and structural reforms that should always have existed.'

'The players did not create this crisis. They will insist football emerges from it with stronger institutions, stronger safeguards and leadership worthy of the trust the game demands.'

After Infantino's apparent vote of confidence, UEFA said: 'UEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non-participation in FIFA competitions. These conditions have not been met. In addition, UEFA made it clear on Saturday it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's presidency.'

'The announcement that some people employed by the FIFA president (and whose careers depend on his favour) agree with him changes nothing.'

Luis Figo attacked Infantino in an exclusive piece for Daily Mail Sport on Wednesday, calling him 'a relic who should have no part in football's future' and who had committed 'a litany of abuses'.

Argentina announce 'national day' for beating England after furore over Falkland Islands banner

THE Argentine Football Association (AFA) has announced July 15 will be 'National Football Teams Day' to mark Argentina's World Cup semi-final win over England. Argentina came from behind late on to beat England 2-1. It was regarded as a historic moment for the country, which also celebrated the triumph as a political one with a chance to assert their claim over the Falkland Islands — known as Las Malvinas in Argentina — which Britain has ruled since January 1833. Players celebrated with a banner that read 'Las Malvinas son Argentinas' — 'The Falkland Islands are Argentinian' — after the final whistle. 'The date was chosen to commemorate Argentina's historic victory over England in

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the semi-final,' the AFA said. 'Lionel Scaloni's team was trailing by a single goal, but with goals from Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez, they turned the game around, sending the entire nation into a frenzy of celebration. 'But the tribute isn't just for that milestone achieved by the senior national team. The recognition extends to each and every one of the national teams (youth, men's and women's, futsal, beach soccer and field football), who train daily at the Lionel Andres Messi training complex with the hope, joy and responsibility of representing Argentina. The lifting of the banner

triggered a fierce backlash in the UK, with a spokesperson for former Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisting that while 'the World Cup might not be ours, the Falkland Islands definitely are. 'Self-determination rests with the islanders and our commitment to the Falklands will never waver. FIFA's rules forbid the use of any political messaging at the World Cup and Starmer called for an investigation into the matter, which the governing body last week confirmed. Argentina's President Javier Milei described the players' celebration with the banner as 'perfectly valid,' and said the message 'reflects a sentiment shared by all Argentines,' though he expected FIFA to sanction the team with a fine.

Warren's joy at 'golden age' for British heavyweights

FRANK WARREN has signalled a new 'golden age' for British heavyweight boxing as his prodigy Moses Itauma prepares for an unexpected world title fight with Filip Hrgovic at London's O2 Arena on August 29. Itauma, 21, was already set to face the Croatian, 34, in a championship eliminator when the fight was promoted into a battle for the IBF title after undisputed heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk vacated all four of his belts. Hrgovic's only defeat in 21 fights came when he was knocked out

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in the eighth round two years ago by Daniel Dubois, who went on to become the WBO champion by stopping Fabio Wardley in a bloodied slugfest in May. Those two Englishmen are set to meet again in October, though the details are still to be confirmed. Hall of Fame promoter Warren also has Tyson Fury in his stable, who is heading for his long-awaited Battle of Britain

with Anthony Joshua in November at either London's Wembley Stadium or New York's Madison Square Garden. 'These are amazingly exciting times for heavyweight boxing in this country,' says Warren. 'We have a whole programme of mouth-watering fights pencilled in our calendar at Queensberry. 'Although Moses is in his toughest fight yet, I expect him to become the second-youngest world heavyweight champion behind Mike Tyson. 'He would then have to deal

with a mandatory defence against [American] Frank Mitchell, who I don't think is as talented as Hrgovic. 'Win that and we should be looking at an IBF-WBO title unification fight between him and the winner of Dubois versus Wardley. 'All of those are huge punchers and that fight would sell-out Wembley in a heartbeat.' All of those boxers are on Queensberry's books except Mitchell and Joshua and Warren says: 'I expect Tyson to beat AJ on seniors night

and quite possibly carry on to fight whichever of the young bloods comes out on top as the new undisputed world heavyweight champion. 'Imagine Itauma — the hottest, most talked-about heavyweight on the planet — against Fury, the box office Gypsy King. 'Is there a stadium big enough for that?' 'By the last Saturday of this month, the UK will know for sure what Itauma is all about. 'Even at his age, he has the maturity and the level head to carry it all off. Buckle up.'

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JACK GAUGHAN in Seoul

THERE has been a drive over the summer to future-proof the Manchester City squad, with Jeremy Doku becoming the latest player to commit to a new five-year contract.

Doku joins Josko Gvardiol, Phil Foden and Abdukodir Khusanov in agreeing fresh terms over the past fortnight, the quartet seen as integral to the new era of City — a City without Pep Guardiola as head coach and a City without so many of the stalwarts synonymous with their success.

Gvardiol and Doku, two of last season's standout performers, are still only 24 (Foden is 26, Khusanov 22) and the hope is the pair are the sort of figures who will provide a cornerstone to an evolving team and club.

Clearly, director of football Hugo Viana and new boss Enzo Maresca have identified the men they believe can step into the shoes of Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and others in exacting standards and taking on the responsibility of delivering consistent trophies.

It is difficult to think of too many harder jobs in elite football than that right now, though, especially if Rodri secures a move back to Spain, to either Barcelona or Real Madrid.

The departure of a midfielder crowned the best player at the World Cup would mean City's four-man leadership group had been cut in half in recent months and points to their lack of real experience — something Maresca addressed this week in Seoul.

Gvardiol and Foden have publicly raised their hands to take roles in the captaincy team and there is jostling behind the scenes between players who want to make their mark under a fresh regime, one that ought to offer some renewed energy.

Nico Gonzalez, who failed to start a single Premier League game between January and May, insisted he is one of them.

'I'm happy here,' said the Spaniard, 24, who joined for £50million 18 months ago. 'I don't want to leave and the club wants me to stay. If we win, I'm happy. My dream is to win trophies.'

'If I don't play any matches and we win the Champions League next year, I will be so happy. The FA Cup final I was not picked, but we won so it was an amazing day for me.'

'Last season I couldn't have expected to start almost 30 matches. I played really good. I've had many opportunities.'

Gonzalez — who did not even make the bench for that FA Cup

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final against Chelsea — does have his price, but it has become clearer in recent days that Tijjani Reijnders is more likely to leave before the transfer window closes.

Nottingham Forest and Newcastle are monitoring the Dutch midfielder, 28, who is valued at £50m.

Be it Rodri, Reijnders or both. City sources have indicated they are ready to replace any outgoings.

Their pursuit of 18-year-old Lille star

Ayyub Bouaddi, a breakout talent at the World Cup with Morocco, is a separate matter. City are pressing ahead with negotiations regardless of movements out of the club. They accelerated the rebuild in January, spending £85m to sign Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth and Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. It means the pair are

embedded into the City squad already, which ought to represent something of an advantage moving forward.

Semenyo contributed to two trophy wins — scoring the FA Cup-winning goal over Chelsea — whereas Guehi was ineligible to feature in the Carabao Cup final, a decision that riled Guardiola.

City believe doing those deals six months early, and then supplementing it by breaking their transfer record with a £116m deal for Elliot Anderson once Maresca (left) assumed his post, will reap its rewards.

'I don't think any player has the position guaranteed for all the matches,' Gonzalez added. 'We

are one of the best teams in the world and there is competition in every position.

'That is what makes us be in the position we are, winning so many Premier Leagues and competing for everything.'

Gonzalez is talking about a different squad, though. He has never won a title. Only five of this group were around for the Treble in 2023, which shows just how much rebuilding has gone on in the three seasons since.

City have spent much of the last two years planning for this moment, for life after Guardiola. Now the time has come to determine how meticulous that has been.

By SIMON JONES

BARCELONA have finally made their interest in Manchester City midfielder Rodri official and will fight rivals Real Madrid for his signature. Rodri wants to return to Spain for family reasons, but City have been waiting for other clubs to show their hand to get the best price for the 30-year-old. They have made a new offer to the Spain captain — who has

Rodri saga takes twist as Barcelona join race and fight rivals Real for Spain star

one year left on his contract — in April but are aware of his desire to move back home. Rodri was keen on a move to Madrid but is understood to be open to joining Barca's project, where eight members of the Spain team play, and has spoken with their manager

Hansi Flick. Talks between the clubs are planned over the coming days and Barcelona will now be favourites for his signature if they can reach an agreement with City. Barca beat Madrid to the La Liga title last season, clinching it in May with a 2-0 win in El

Clasico. Madrid president Florentino Perez was initially reluctant to back the Rodri transfer, but others at the club suggested it would be a good deal. Boss Jose Mourinho has been brought back to eradicate a perceived divisiveness in the dressing room and has already

pushed for more senior players to be recruited. Rodri, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2024, heads into the new season after World Cup glory with Spain. He was instrumental throughout, covering a tournament-high 96km. Despite injuries limiting his involvement at club level last season, Rodri still made 33 appearances for City. City have signed Elliot Anderson and are working on a deal for Lille's Ayyub Bouaddi.

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Inside Leeds' birthprint to get into Europe

++ A brutal pre-season regime inspired by Klopp ++ Fine-tuning the back five that saved Farke's job ++ The 'big brute' transfer policy ++ And the two key positions they still want to fill ++

LEEDS are making a splash this summer — and not just because their players were rubbing shoulders with Michael Phelps in the United States last week.

The minority investor was in Chicago last Sunday to watch his team play Liverpool off the park in the second half of a 4-2 friendly win, with two goals coming from training-ground routines that would not have looked out or place in the NFL matches Soldier Field usually hosts.

Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all time with 23 gold medals, has brought up his kids as Leeds fans and he will be hoping Daniel Farke's team are ready to make progress after a season battling to stay afloat on their return to the Premier League.

Leeds have had an encouraging summer window so far in which they have won the races to sign Harry Wilson on a free transfer and James Trafford in a club-record £45million deal from Manchester City.

New £34m Bosnia defender Tarik Muharemovic, fresh from the World Cup, looks a solid buy from Sassuolo to replace Pascal Struijk. And, with a couple more signings — a left back and another attacker are on the list — Leeds could be ready to challenge the top half of the Premier League after finishing 14th last season.

Some are even mentioning the dreaded 'E' word and want to take inspiration from Sunderland and Nottingham Forest, two clubs who managed to get into Europe within three years of promotion back to the top flight, as well as Brighton and Brentford.

Farke put Leeds' players through a gruelling pre-season. Many days saw two training sessions, with double workouts to condition the body for an

Splash and grab: Leeds investor Phelps gets a signed shirt from Willy Gnonto

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arduous campaign. Sessions were football-focused in the morning and in the afternoon, they were strength-based.

There were two days of fitness tests to start pre-season and the footballs have been out every day but one, with players feeling a difference on the pitch after completing Farke's physically demanding routines.

Farke took inspiration from Jurgen Klopp for his workouts that involve a 1km running drill, which measures how long it takes for lactic acid to build quicker than the body can clear it. The longer, the better. It exposed who had kept fit and who had slacked over the summer.

When Leeds were promoted 12 months ago, the recruitment team were ahead of the curve in noticing a trend in the Premier League. They knew the game was switching to a more direct style and many of their transfer targets were, for want of a more diplomatic phrase, big brutes. Anton Stach is 6ft 4in, Jaka Bijol and Sebastiaan Bornauw 6ft 3in, Lukas Nmecha and Sean Longstaff 6ft 1in.

This year, they will stick by that policy and 6ft 4in Muharemovic

fits into it — but Leeds are keen for a bit of flair, too. Germany winger Julian Brandt was targeted but ended up going to Ajax. Former Fulham man Wilson, then, is the star attraction.

Several clubs, including Aston Villa, had made a pitch to sign Wilson when it became clear the 29-year-old would follow manager Marco Silva out of the door at Craven Cottage. But he chose Leeds for a number of reasons.

One was that Leeds had tried to sign him 12 months earlier, which proved to Wilson they did not want him just because he was available for nothing. With the possibility of qualifying for the World Cup with Wales, Wilson did not want the turbulence of moving at that time.

Chairman Parsaag Marathe has recently stepped aside from his position at San Francisco 49ers to focus on his football ventures, including Rangers. He sold the winger a dream on the second of many calls between the player and the club. Marathe made Wilson feel wanted.

He talked about the loud, proud and loyal fans and discussed how Leeds were in the process of redeveloping Elland Road to increase its capacity.

'After the first call I had with Leeds, with the chairman about the direction of the club, they were my No 1 choice,' Wilson told us this week.

'I spoke to a couple of other teams and nothing changed my mind. The ownership group, the plans they have, the

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investment they're putting into the squad. It's all just going in one direction and that's what I want to be a part of.'

Marathe and a phone call from Farke, who tried to sign Wilson at his former club Norwich, went a long way but nothing sweetened the deal more than the persistence of club captain Ethan Ampadu, a Wales team-mate.

'I almost had to block Ethan,' said Wilson with a smile. 'He played a big role. I'm close with all the Welsh boys here. DJ (Dan James), I've played with since we were 14. Joe Rodon, similar.'

Asked about his ambitions, Wilson — who had the best season of his career last term, with 10 league goals — added: 'Clubs have shown the first season back in the Premier League is all about staying up and in the end Leeds did that comfortably.'

'When you look at the likes of Sunderland and Forest, who have come up in recent years and have

got into Europe, that's an aim we can have.

'But that second-season syndrome has been the case with a few teams. So this season let's try to build on what the club created last year, making sure our home form is good, which is massive, and let's see where that takes us.'

FARKE is set to stick by the back-five formation that turned his fortunes around last term. The boss had been sleepwalking towards the sack as Christmas approached, with Leeds in the relegation zone after six defeats in the seven games leading up to December.

But after the switch, Leeds lost only five of 25 matches and reached the FA Cup semi-finals.

Farke was criticised for his negative tactics in their 1-0 defeat by to Chelsea at Wembley and knows he must build on solid

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defensive foundations with more exciting football this time around.

Trafford is a marquee signing. Some City observers believe he should have been the No.1 jersey ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma and many in the England set-up expect him to be the long-term successor to Jordan Pickford.

Comfortable in possession and a strong shot-stopper, Trafford, 23, is an excellent signing. Business is not done yet and a versatile attacker is top of the list. Dominic Calvert-Lewin had a fine season, scoring 15 times, but needs help in sharing the goals around, with none of his team-mates managing more than eight.

Farke believes US international Brenden Aaronson is vastly

under-rated but another creative outlet would be welcomed with open arms. A deputy for injured left back Gabriel Gudmundsson is also wanted.

The boss has three more friendlies to fine-tune his squad: RB Leipzig and Augsburg at home on back-to-back Saturdays, and a clash against Manchester United in Dublin at Croke Park on Wednesday.

Farke fell into coaching by accident, having graduated in economics, and originally wanted to be a sporting director.

This is his third crack at the Premier League after two relegations at Norwich. Sources say he is growing every week and he believes relationships have a

greater impact than tactics. A literature nut, he also likes 19th-century poet Walt Whitman. The American's best-known line 'I contain multitudes' speaks to how leaders must contradict themselves to find answers.

The hierarchy will be mulling those over in the coming weeks: how to maintain Leeds' solid base but still take attacking strides? How can Farke keep his trademark calm demeanour while demanding more? How to be more ambitious in the transfer market without it coming back to bite financially?

If Leeds can get the answers right, they can be successful this season. Just maybe not quite as successful as Mr Phelps.

New boy Trafford has message for the fans

LEEDS UNITED have confirmed the signing of James Trafford from Manchester City for £40million, plus £5m in add-ons.

The England goalkeeper, who went to the World Cup with the Three Lions, is moving to Eiland Road for more game time.

Trafford (right) expected to take the No.1 jersey when he signed for Pep Guardiola in a £27m move from Burnley last summer — returning to City two years after leaving. But he was sidelined when they seized the chance to bring in Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain.

The 23-year-old ended up playing just four times in the Premier League, though he did feature in a further 13 games as City won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

He is Leeds' third summer signing after the arrivals of Harry Wilson and Tarik Muharemovic and becomes

By LEWIS BROWNING

the most expensive British goalkeeper of all-time. The previous-highest fee was for Jordan Pickford's £30m transfer

from Sunderland to Everton in 2017. Kepa Arrizabalaga (£68m) and Alisson

(£62m) are the only other goalkeepers to have commanded a higher price.

Trafford is a record signing for Leeds, beating their £35.5m deal for Georginio Rutter in 2023. Upon his arrival at

Leeds, Trafford told club media: 'I don't really care if I have a point to prove. I know my own abilities. I go out and try as hard as I can and have as much fun as I can.

'Everything that comes with it is what it is. I am really excited and really happy it is finally done. I can get onto preparing for the new season and can focus on getting in with everyone next week.'

Villa's £60m star Manzambi out for start of season

JOHAN MANZAMBI is set to miss Aston Villa's Premier League opener at Brighton and may be ruled out of other early-season fixtures due to a knee injury.

The club-record signing, bought from Freiburg in a deal that could eventually be worth £60million, sustained the injury during Switzerland's World Cup campaign and though it was not severe enough to halt his move to Villa, it looks likely to affect his participation in the initial phase of Villa's campaign.

With star attacker Morgan Rogers having joined Chelsea in a £117m deal, Villa need Manzambi (below), 20, to hit the ground running and the hope is he will complete his recovery smoothly.

Manzambi scored seven goals and provided nine assists for Freiburg last term and played for them in the Europa League final, which Villa won 3-0.

He was then the star of Switzerland's run to the World Cup quarter-finals, with three goals and two assists.

Having lost Rogers and Youri

Tielemans this summer, and with Lucas Digne set to join Paris

Saint-Germain, Villa are keen to

By TOM COLLOMOSSE

add to the signings of Manzambi, Joao Gomes and Alejandro Garnacho.

Yet they also face a fight to keep defender Ezri Konsa, who remains a target for Arsenal, while Liverpool are monitoring the situation.

Villa are keen to offer Konsa, 28, a new deal and even if he leaves, it is unlikely Villa would allow him to do so without lining up a replacement.

Villa are also keen to strengthen at left back, where they are lining up a deal for Atletico Madrid's Matteo Ruggeri. They are also tracking Marseille winger Igor Paixao and keen on at least one forward, with Tammy Abraham among those who can leave if the right offer arrives.

Nicolas Jackson, of Chelsea, remains a possible target. Meanwhile, skipper John McGinn is set to be fit for the start of the season

despite picking up a knee injury during Villa's pre-season win over Thai club 8G Pathum.

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Last year he was the Premier League's best player en route to winning the title. But the Liverpool legend rejected Saudi and US riches, has not found a club in the Champions League and was unveiled to fans last night in the city of Trabzon...

How We Salah ended up at the fourth biggest club in Turkey

IF there is one thing Turkish clubs hate, it is the perception that they are second best to any of their rivals.

When Daily Mail Sport visited the home of one of Turkish football's biggest executives a few years ago, we learned that the infighting between clubs was ferocious. That will never cool.

So, in June, when the Mohamed Salah stakes began to seriously heat up over the prospect of him moving to Turkey, Fenerbahce were at the front of the queue, according to club insiders.

'He was very keen on coming to Turkey. The meetings we had were extremely positive,' Fenerbahce executive Ertan Torunogullari claimed.

'I believe that if the new management makes such a request, Salah will wear the Fenerbahce jersey.'

But well-placed sources at Galatasaray have since claimed it was, in fact, their club who got

A STELLAR CAREER

	Apps	Goals
2010-12 Al-Mokawloon	46	12
2012-14 Basel	79	20
2014-16 Chelsea	19	2
2015 Florentina*	26	9
2015-16 Roma*	42	15
2016-17 Roma	41	19
2017-26 Liverpool	442	257
2026- Trabzonspor
*On loan
Total	695	334

approached first for the chance to sign Salah, only for them to not bother pursuing the Liverpool legend due to what Daily Mail Sport was told were unacceptable contract demands.

Step forward Besiktas, the final members of the Istanbul Big Three who, in the view of many in Turkey, were the No 1 choice for Salah.

A deal had been verbally agreed, claimed Besiktas president Serdal Adali, only to pin the blame on its collapse on Salah's decade-long agent, Ramy Abbas.

Adali claimed last month: 'The agent raised his commission to unbelievable figures, reaching about 35 per cent.'

'From our side, such a percentage cannot be accepted under any circumstances and we do not believe that Salah is aware of these figures [as] we are only negotiating with Ramy Abbas.

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Mohamed Salah had given his approval for this transfer and his agent initially responded positively to our offer.

'Salah spoke to our technical director and sporting director and gave his approval but later, when it was written in the media that the transfer had been completed, the agent raised the financial demands.'

So, again, no deal. Fast forward to this week, when Salah put pen to paper on a two-year deal with Trabzonspor, rocking Turkish football to its core — and Besiktas, of course, 'didn't want' to move for Salah. Of course they didn't. Saving face, remember?

'We weren't outmanoeuvred, we didn't want the transfer,' Adali claimed.

'I've made many such transfers — the hype lasts only three or five days. Two weeks later, when we step onto the pitch, everything will be clear. We'll all see what happens next season.'

But the big questions for many are how and why has Salah, one of the Premier League's greatest ever players, ended up in Turkey, playing for the country's fourth biggest team?

The answer is one with multiple different layers.

Clubs in Saudi Arabia were not shy about their interest and the money available there could have blown offers from other clubs out of the water.

But continuing to play in European competition was vital for Salah and while a significant reduction in wages — which was never considered — could have opened the door to Champions League offers in Spain and Italy, Trabzonspor, with the help of some of their current stars, put forward a package to have Salah spearheading a team in the Europa League as the highest-paid player in Turkey, surpassing Victor Osimhen at Galatasaray.

It is understood Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana, on loan at Trabzonspor for the second successive season, contacted Salah for secret talks to put forward a sales pitch for the club.

The Cameroonian is believed to have made a compelling pitch which sources say was significant in convincing Salah.

Egypt team-mate Mahmoud Trezeguet also put together his

own Trabzonspor pitch as part of what appears to be a co-ordinated recruitment drive.

Trabzonspor first reached out to Salah's representatives during the World Cup, but found the competition fierce and so fell back, only re-entering the stakes in the past 10 days when the path to prosperity cleared.

In the space of five days, while Salah was holidaying in Mykonos, everything was agreed. It is a

move all parties believe can be the key to breaking up Istanbul's Big Three.

'If Trabzonspor wants to, it can bring players of all levels from all over the world here,' Trabzonspor president Ertugrul Dogan told Turkish outlet Tivibu.

'Hopefully, we will be in the title race this year.'

There, too, lies one of the motivations, beyond the fact top European clubs were unwilling to

get close to the financials offered by Trabzonspor. Salah has the chance to help Trabzonspor win only their second Super Lig title since 1984.

It may not be the riches of Saudi Arabia, nor is it the historical prestige of, say, one of the Milan giants. But it is a chance of legendary status in one of the most intense footballing countries in the world.

Trabzonspor have won the

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■ MANCHESTER CITY are closing on an agreement with Marseille for goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. The 34-year-old will cost around £2.9million and replace James Trafford, who has completed his £45m move to LEEDS UNITED. The deal will allow Lucas Perri to move from Leeds to Torino. The Italians

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■ CELTIC have offered £6m for Real Oviedo's Egyptian winger Haisem Hassan, 24. The fee could rise to £9m with bonuses.

■ FULHAM have failed with a bid for Rennes centre back Abdelhamid Ait Boudial.

■ SPORTING LISBON have agreed

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Turkish top flight seven times — they last did it in 2022 — but are ranked 146th by the European Football Clubs ranking, placing them between Latvia's RFS Riga and Vikingur Reykjavik, from Iceland.

Overthrowing Galatasaray — who have won the last four league titles and are pushing for an unprecedented fifth — with Salah at the helm would arguably be one of the Egyptian's greatest accomplishments.

In Trabzon, a city of 300,000, there is a feeling that beyond the football, this is a moment, a move that can put the city onto the global stage like nothing else.

Sources explained how the club pre-ordered 100,000 shirts in anticipation of Salah mania and when the official website crashed on Wednesday as fans scrambled for season tickets, estimates for

sales rose to 300,000 jerseys. Salah's £14.5million-a-year contract, which will be further boosted by more than £3m in bonuses, means he will get a 20 per cent cut of any 'Salah 10' merchandise sold.

There is the tourism side of the pitch, too, that was factored into Operation Salah.

On Wednesday, as Salah touched down in Trabzon to a rabid crowd of 25,000 who lit flares and danced in the streets until the early hours, Turkish politician Adil Karaismailoglu announced that charter flights from Cairo to Trabzon are set to begin.

That same day, the first ever direct flight from Cairo, the capital of Salah's homeland, saw 120 Egyptian tourists arrive in the Turkish city.

Thousands more are expected

to book the trip to see the 34-year-old in action.

'I am so happy to be in this incredible atmosphere. I can't put into words how surprised I am,' said Salah, who reached an agreement with new team-mate Ernest Muci to take the No 10 shirt from him on Wednesday.

'There are 25,000 people here — I don't remember ever seeing anything like this before. Seeing such love and attention makes me very happy. I'm struggling to put it into words.'

If that was not enough of a welcome, last night fans packed out Trabzonspor's 40,000-capacity Papara Park stadium to see a beaming Salah, who trained with his team-mates for the first time earlier in the day.

'The last couple of days, it's an experience I've never had in my life,' he told fans.

'I want to thank you guys for being here today and yesterday — you showed me so much love and I never expected that.

I'm here to win, I want to win something with this club because you have showed me so much love. I really appreciate that, I want to thank the president for making it happen. I'm very happy to be here and I can't wait to see you on the pitch.'

If Salah could barely believe it, neither could the people in Trabzon, in Istanbul, in England, in Egypt and the United States, where Sporting Kansas City, owned by Peter Mallouk — the son of Egyptian immigrants — was ready to give Salah the Lionel Messi treatment and make him Major League Soccer's second-highest paid player, only for that pull of European football to dash any hopes.

To former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher, Salah's move to Turkey is incomprehensible when just two seasons ago he was the Premier League's best player, en route to winning the title.

But that is just it. It does not have to make sense to Carragher, or to Mallouk, or those of us in England who expected a more significant move.

Salah left Liverpool wanting to feel the love again and in Trabzon, where fans will bow at his feet, that is exactly what he will get for the next two years.

'We do not know where Mohamed will play next season. This also means that no one else knows,' Abbas said in March.

Nobody gave Trabzonspor a chance. Now, overnight, there is talk of a league and cup double as tourism booms, shirts fly off the shelves, sponsors are fighting for position, and all Salah needs to do is smile.

a deal worth around £17m for WATFORD forward Nestory Irankunda. Bayern Munich have a 40 per cent sell-on clause for the Australia international and will be due around £7m.

■ MANCHESTER UNITED have signed 18-year-old midfielder Cristian Orozco from Colombian side Fortaleza. He will play in their Under-21 side. ■ BOURNEMOUTH have announced the signing of right back Juanlu Sanchez, 22, from Sevilla in a deal worth £11.2m. ■ LIVERPOOL left back Luke Chambers is attracting interest from QPR, BLACKBURN and

others. The 22-year-old has impressed during Liverpool's pre-season and has drawn several enquiries, including another from a European club.

■ SCOTLAND striker Lyndon Dykes, 30, has agreed a one-year deal with MILWALL. He rejected a longer-term deal from CHARLTON. ■ SWANSEA have signed free agent Ross Stewart, 30, after his exit from SOUTHAMPTON. The Swans are in also talks to sign Randers midfielder Ousseynou Fali Seck, 19. Saints winger Jay Robinson is set to join Italian side Monza on loan.

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OUSMANE DIOMANDE'S move to Nottingham Forest has hit a major snag, with the deal now far from certain.

Forest had been close to agreeing a fee in the region of £35million with Sporting Lisbon for the centre back, 22, but now talks are understood to have hit the buffers.

Manager Oliver Glasner had made Diomande his top target — as he did at Crystal Palace last summer. A move then also proved unsuccessful. It now remains to be seen if the

By TOM COLLOMOSSE

transfer can be revived in the remaining days of the window. Forest are also keen to do a deal for Manchester City's Tijjani Reijnders, as reported by Daily Mail Sport earlier this week, but Austria midfielder Xaver Schlager is their only new arrival in this summer window so far.

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support for the 56-year-old's re-election next year. UEFA previously said its FIFA boycott would remain in place until Infantino departed and it had assurances that such 'attempts to disfigure the

game this way will never be made again'. It is still believed anything less than Infantino's head would not placate them. An international football insider told Daily Mail Sport: 'This had to be done. He has to go and this is the only way to force him out.' FIFA said late on Wednesday that Infantino had the backing

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VINICIUS JUNIOR has rejected Arsenal's bid to lure him to the Premier League by agreeing a new six-year contract with Real Madrid.

The Gunners had registered strong interest in the Brazilian, who had entered the final 12 months of his contract in Spain.

Vinicius, 26, was top of their list of potential marquee signings and Arsenal's chances appeared to increase after talks between the player's camp and Madrid hit an impasse.

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He posted on Instagram: 'Eight years at the Bernabeu are too short... six more years and then for ever.'

The club said in a statement: 'Vinicius has become one of the most important players in one of the most successful periods in our history.'

Arsenal would have stepped up their interest had Vinicius rejected Madrid's terms, but the Premier League champions must now look elsewhere for a new attacker.

Vinicius has scored 128 goals in 376 appearances for Madrid in all competitions, winning two Champions League titles, three La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey.

CURRAN SET TO BE THE NEW STOKES

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SAM CURRAN has been identified as the long-term replacement for Ben Stokes as England's all-rounder — but his Test career is on hold due to fitness concerns. After naming a squad of 16 for the first two Tests against Pakistan this month, national selector Marcus North confirmed the 28-year-old would be considered for the third Test at Edgbaston after nursing muscle soreness. 'He is someone our backroom staff and medical team will be working with to make sure he becomes an option in the third Test,' said North. 'He is someone we really value highly and we see playing a role in the future for us.' Curran played at Chennai Super Kings under new England head coach Stephen Fleming, who provided input into selection, despite not starting his role until after the Pakistan series. Dan Lawrence, Jordan Cox and Sam Cook have been recalled.

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SOLUTION ON MONDAY

NAME GAME

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of an actor. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION ON MONDAY

BOX 1: Which model has been engaged to Jason Statham (pictured) since 2016?

Cara Delevingne (P)

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (J) Bella Hadid (H)

BOX 2: Screenwriter Carla Lane is best remembered for writing what sort of television shows? Docudramas (T)

Soap operas (E) Sitcoms (Y)

BOX 3: Who, as J. J. Marric, wrote the 1955 police procedural novel Gideon's Day? Leslie Charteris (D)

John Creasey (N) Margery Allingham (K)

BOX 4: Mark Morriss is the frontman of which indie rock band?

The Bluetones (A) Cast (D) Shed Seven (G)

BOX 5: Which of the following was a UK No. 12 hit single for Jane Wiedlin in 1988?

Drivetime (U) Traffic Jam (P) Rush Hour (W)

BOX 6: What is the occupation of Harriet Sperling, who married a member of the royal family in 2026? Teacher (H) Nurse (E) Lawyer (V)

BOX 7: Which of these is the study and measurement of underwater depths in oceans, seas, lakes or rivers? Pelagymetry (C) Bathymetry (D) Aquatronics (F)

BOX 8: The yoga position Hanumanasana, or monkey pose, may also be known as what? Front splits (L)

Back bend (E) Good morning (D)

Picture: P6

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 ON MONDAY

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. Engine part
2. Easy
3. Antelopes
4. Required
5. Dent
6. Accident
7. Rupture
8. Enlivened
9. Rota
10. Dessert
11. Medieval
12. Small node

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 ON MONDAY

MASTERQUIZ

1. Van Diemen's Land is a former name of which Island?
2. The Mercury Music Prize, as it was originally called, was first awarded in which year of the 1990s?
3. The mumba is a venomous snake native to which continent?
4. A hill climb world championship using what type of bicycle

MINDBENDER

1. Elizabeth, Lucy, Christina and Alec bought their mum five holiday souvenirs, with an average price of £13.50. The most expensive of the souvenirs was £17.50 more than the cheapest, which cost £12 less than the second most expensive. If the other two souvenirs cost £10 each, how much did the most expensive souvenir cost?

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 ON MONDAY

NEED A CLUE? Call 0901 293 6238 or text KILLER to 65700 and receive four clues to today's puzzle. Calls and texts cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

will be held this Sunday at Beachy Head in East Sussex? 5. The Canonteign Falls are a feature of which national park? 6. The name of the Biblical character Dorcas is a Greek translation of which Aramaic original meaning 'gazelle'?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

2. What connects cut, point and station?
3. Which soft drink might be drunk in A WELL-ORDERED FROLIC?
4. Which is the odd one out: Pilot, Musician, Sailor, Usher?
5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three European lakes: TEL CON ENO CHA NCE TRA STA NEU SIM.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

PITCHERWITS™

1a. Un-cardinal? Irrelevant! (3,3,5)

8a. Addresses random characters on trust (5,2)

8a. Iguana in a square-shaped Caribbean island (7)

8b. Freeze! Articulated in exotic spaceman tie (11)

Id. End time that's celebrated? (3,5,3)

4d. Dental products in tea that's brewed in hotspots (11)

6d. Persist with the glue? (5,2)

7d. Feral or wild, it's not make-believe (3,4)

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue 5 Looked back on how one lived (3) 7 Confrontation out back (3) 8 Picture Clue 10 Strange march accepting iron bevel (7)

11 Picture Clue 14 Take in only three of the features (3) 15 Started the fire, in actuality (3) 16 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 ON MONDAY

PITCHERWITS BOOK

10 ORDER Daily Mail Pitcherwits Vol 9 by Professor Rebus for £9.99, go to mailshop.co.uk/ifnr20 or call 020 3175 2937. Buy 3 or more Daily Mail puzzle books and save 20 per cent. Free UK delivery on orders over £25.

DOWN

1 Picture Clue 2 Whiskers that can be split by the pedant (4) 3 Quiet donkey in a mountain gap (4) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue

9 Minim, bisected into halos (5) 12 Necklace of rhetoric not for hire! (4) 13 Take the plug out and swig! (4)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Make a start. 6 Gear. 7 Din. 8 Duma. 9 Grow cold. 11 Nutshell. 14 Mica. 15 Mob. 16 News. 17 For a change. DOWN: 1 Middle name. 2 Engages. 3 Threw. 4 Rodeo. 5 Ineducable. 10 Calm sea. 12 Taboo. 13 Henna.

MAILWORD

ACROSS

1 Rascals 5 Food fish 10 Notorious emperor 11 Hard 12 Loses speed 14 Hex 15 Hill 16 Body part 18 Mountain in Crete 19 Most likely to win 22 Illuminated 23 Angler's stick 24 Drinking vessel 26 Fidel ____, former Cuban leader 28 Age 29 Was aware 30 Dolt

31 Prize 34 Musical composition 36 Cooker parts 37 Cable 38 Seven-day periods 39 'No' votes

DOWN

1 Gradually establish 2 Tuneful 3 Proportionately 4 Female pig 5 Go off duty 6 Pools 7 Dash 8 In the past 9 Your, archaically 13 Brevity

17 Cherish 20 Pacific region 21 Creche 25 Glues 27 Malodorous animal 31 Pledge 32 Thoroughfare, for short 33 Bruce ____, martial artist 35 Possess

SOLUTION

ON MONDAY

HIDATO

COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 84, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 84. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

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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 ON MONDAY

	C	P	K
A				A
W				D
I				Y
	E	Y	T

PIMPERNEL

NINE TO FIVE

FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. The God of a house (3)
2. State (Fr) (4)
3. Hemispherical roof (4)
4. Male servant (3)

DOWN

1. Guided (3)
2. Minute particle (4)
3. Hindu deity (4)
4. Decimal base (3)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

1	2	3
4			5
6
	7

CROSS NUMBER

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION

		8		14
			5	13
8				28
	5			27
24	15	26	17	20

Today's challenge time:

3 mins 6 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 ON MONDAY

CODEWORD

EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 23 represents M, so fill in M every time the figure 23 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.

NEED A CLUE? Text the word CODEWORD to 65700 to receive FOUR clues to today's puzzle or call 0901 293 6200. Texts and calls cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

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: Korean directors

CHANG-DONG JEE-WOON CHAN-WOOK JOON HO DOO-YONG KWON-TAEK HONG-JIN SANG-SOO JANG SEUNG-WAN

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 ON MONDAY

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 ON MONDAY

				2
1
			1
5	3
			4

QUICK QUIZ

1. Which British crime writer's characters include Jane Tennison and Dolly Rawlins?
2. Who was leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975?
3. Viking 2 entered orbit around which planet 50 years ago today?
4. Excluding Y, how many vowels are there in the alphabet?
5. Who directed the 1991 film The Doors?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

GOGEN

BODY COT FARE JOINT PHLEGMATIC QUERY SKINT VULPINE WAX

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.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

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BRIDGE MASTERCLASS | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

West

A65

QJ10986

+

A53

North

K1983

743

+

A986

4986

+

A

South

Q1074

None

QJ1075

K1074

East

2

AK52

A98643

Q2

YOU are sitting West, playing 6♥. North leads a trump, which you win with the ♥5 in hand, South discarding a spade. You try a diamond to the ♦A and ruf a diamond, but North discards a spade on the second round. What is your plan? YOU can attempt to cross-ruff the hand while conceding a club, but if you lead ♦A and another club and North holds the ♦K, a second trump will be led, leaving you a trick short.

Instead, you should lead a low club from hand without cashing the ♦A. If North takes the ♦K, you need one fewer ruff, and if South wins the ♦K, you avoid a second trump being led and are now able to ruff your three losers in dummy.

No 17,939

I'M 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 TEXT 65700 with the word ENTIRE, your answer and your name. Text/skills cost (I) plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,939, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CD1367. 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 Van type has a lift after exercise (7) 5 Feature a special form of therapy (6) 9 Boring part in a fuel industry? (3,4) 10 Start to enjoy sun in South American capital? Exactly (5,2) 11 Woman, maybe, valued in part (3) 12 Took advantage financially with doctored report I fed about Spain (11) 13 Recall well-ventilated hotels, lastly, in Middle Eastern state (5) 14 Place tune wrongly showing irritability (9) 16 Passing border before long time in eastern place (9) 17 Leading group is disturbed (5) 19 Place above fine island linked to male model (11) 22 Reportedly, cut shade (3) 23 Accept again a director in brief (7) 24 Argues after a lot of anger revealing wrinkles (7) 26 By the sound of it, cut thing swung in a service? (6) 27 Harp on piece found in wreck (3,2,2)

DOWN

1 Greek god representing hope with black American (7) 2 A liberal romantic given unusually cheap let in a total mess (3,4,3,5) 3 Individual triumphed, we hear (3) 4 Men lost on and off in stunning Borders town (5) 5 A Conservative left to face lie shortly gets clearance (9) 6 Top load (5) 7 Supply Charlotte reason to give a small cough? (5,4,6) 8 Fuel expert? (6) 12 Extra note before a Latin mass in devotional song (5) 14 Limit a mere part for review (9) 15 Worthless person left on river (5) 16 Make certain nurse is prepared before end of case (6) 18 Early sign of this motive for betrayal (7) 20 Heading off, restricts entries to car parks? (5) 21 Proposal is inaccurate here, essentially (5) 25 Take circle captivated by style of music (3)

NEED A CLUE? Text TIP to 65700 to receive FOUR answers to today's crossword, or call 0901 293 6236. Texts and calls cost (I) plus standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

HEATHER DHONDY

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY SPIZZLES

SUDOKU

3	1	9	6	2	5	7	4	8
2	7	4	8	3	4	9	1	5
4	5	8	9	7	1	3	2	6
9	2	5	3	1	8	6	7	4
7	3	4	5	6	9	1	8	2
6	5	1	2	4	7	5	3	9
5	9	2	7	8	3	4	6	1
8	4	7	1	5	6	2	9	3
1	6	3	4	9	2	8	5	7

2	4	1	5	9	3	8	6	7
7	3	6	6	2	1	9	5	4
6	5	9	8	4	7	2	1	3
5	7	3	1	6	4	8	2	9
4	8	2	7	5	9	3	6	1
1	9	6	3	8	2	4	7	5
8	1	7	9	3	6	5	4	2
9	6	4	2	1	5	7	3	8
3	2	5	4	7	8	1	9	6

PRIZE SUDOKU

9	4	5	2	6	9	1	7	3
9	6	2	1	7	3	8	5	4
3	7	1	6	5	4	8	2	6
2	8	9	4	1	7	6	3	3
6	5	4	3	8	2	7	1	9
1	3	7	6	9	5	4	5	2
5	1	6	9	3	8	2	4	7
4	9	3	7	2	1	5	6	8
7	2	8	5	4	6	3	9	1

WORD SEARCH

Missing: 5/24

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
0	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
0	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
0	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
0	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
0	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
0	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
0	50	51	52	53	54	55	56

HIDATO

KAKURO

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	8	9	10	11	12	13	14

NINE TO FIVE

	S	F	U
W	H	I	R
F	O	R	G
F	A	M	E
	L	S	S

CROSS NUMBER

3	2	1	4	10
8	5	3	9	25
7	6	4	8	25
2	1	5	3	11
20	14	13	24	15

MAKING TRACKS

WORD WHEEL: adman, ahead, amend, dale, dame, damn, deal, dean, dhal, eland, hand, handle, head, headman, held, lado, laden, tamed, land, lead, lend, made, married, married, manhandle, married, mead, medal, meld, mend, named.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 1 Social climber. 8 Grub.

9 Compliance. 10 Patton. 9 Dlyphant.

12 Verbochy. 14 Fery. 15 Pina. 16 A

Isle of two. 20 Industry. 21 Gareth.

23 Distribute. 24 Yves. 25 Cheeseburgers.

DOWN: 1 Surface. 2 Cabot.

3 Accents. 4 Comfortably

Numb. 5 Inlays. 6 Beachwear.

7 Rockney. 13 Banquette.

15 Pontiac. 17 Buglevar.

18 Withers. 19 Atkins. 22 Royce.

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.

SOLUTION BELOW

www.30secondchallenges.com

YOUR ANSWERS

Beginner	16	+59	÷5	+3	×3	+30	÷7	×2	-10	÷7
Intermediate	34	+56	20/25 OF IT	75% OF IT	5/9 OF IT	TIMES ITSELF	13/100 OF IT	+8	×18	3/10 OF IT
Advanced	88	LESS 37 1/4%	×12	LESS 25%	12/99 OF IT	TIMES ITSELF	12% OF IT	+18	8/15 OF IT	1 1/4% OF IT

KENKEN

6	4	1	2	3	5
1	1	4	6	5	3
2	6	3	5	4	1
3	1	5	4	2	4
5	3	6	3	1	4
4	5	2	1	6	3

KELLER SUDOKU

6	7	9	6	2	4	1	5	3
9	5	1	6	3	9	4	2	7
2	4	3	7	1	5	8	9	8
5	1	4	2	7	3	9	6	6
9	8	2	4	6	1	3	7	5
7	3	8	9	5	8	2	4	3
1	9	7	3	8	2	5	6	4
4	6	5	1	9	7	8	3	2
3	2	8	5	4	6	7	1	9

DOWN: 1 Surface. 2 Cabot.

3 Accents. 4 Comfortably

Numb. 5 Inlays. 6 Beachwear.

7 Rockney. 13 Banquette.

15 Pontiac. 17 Buglevar.

SUDOKU X

6	3	2	5	4	1
5	4	5	3	6	2
2	5	1	4	3	6
4	6	3	2	1	5
3	2	6	1	5	4
5	1	4	6	2	3

GOGEN

Q	U	X	M	Y
L	G	I	R	P
H	F	N	O	I
Y	T	C	A	N
D	E	K	S	B

DOWN: 1 Surface. 2 Cabot.

3 Accents. 4 Comfortably

Numb. 5 Inlays. 6 Beachwear.

7 Rockney. 13 Banquette.

15 Pontiac. 17 Buglevar.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,936

ACROSS: 6 Out of one's depth.

9 On edge. 10 Bracenry. 11 Infected.

13 Allows. 15 Higher. 17 Hermit.

19 Emerge. 20 Dressage. 22 Jumbling.

24 Mounts. 26 White chocolate.

DOWN: 1 Down in the mouth.

DOWN: 1 Down in the mouth.

2 Stud. 3 Affect. 4 Escalate. 5 Hebe.

7 Nobody. 8 Thrown together.

12 Eager. 14 Limes. 16 Eyepiece.

18 Adagio. 21 Exmoor. 23 Bats. 25 Utah.

MAILWORD

ACROSS: 1 Glee. 5 Para. 9 Goals.

10 Avon. 11 Dodges. 12 Test. 13 UFO.

14 Vestry. 16 Pow. 17 Axle. 18 Ernst.

20 Urals. 24 Long. 26 Clip. 27 Toerag.

29 Ova. 30 Pipe. 31 Mtrns. 33 Heap.

34 Esher. 35 Idly. 36 Shed.

DOWN: 1 Go down. 2 Lag.

DOWN: 1 Go down. 2 Lag.

3 Elevator. 4 Essex. 5 Patter. 6 Aver.

7 Roxy. 8 Ant. 9 Go for. 11 Dupe.

15 Sluggish. 19 Sleepy. 21 Adored.

22 Liver. 23 Spas. 25 Names.

27 Tied. 28 Opal. 30 Phi. 32 The.

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Info.

5 Elm. 6 Awe. 7 Kist. DOWN. 2 News. 3 Flea. 4 Om. 6 Ak.

SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ:

1 Lynda La Plante.

2 Edward Heath. 3 Mars.

4 Five. 5 Oliver Stone.

MINDBENDER:

1 £23.50. 2 They may all

follow power. 3 Elderflower

1 follow power. 3 Elder cordial. 4 Musicians the

cordial. 4 Musicians the others are all musical

others are all musical

acts. 5 Constance.

Neuchatel. 5 Resimeno.

MASTERQUIZ:

1 Tasmania. 2 1992.

3 Africa. 4 Penny-forthing.

5 Dartmoor. 6 Tabitha.

HONEYCOMB:

1 Piston. 2 Simple. 3 Elands.

4 Heeded. 5 Dimple. 6 Mthap.

7 Hernia. 8 Reborn. 9 Roster.

10 Trike. 11 Feudal. 12 Nodule.

KUROSU

X	X	O	O	X	O
O	O	X	X	O	X
O	X	X	O	O	X
X	X	O	O	X	O
O	O	X	X	O	X
X	O	O	X	O	X

30-SECOND CHALLENGE:

Beginner: 3

Intermediate: 675.

Advanced: 3.

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