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- 环境 / 环境：地下水水位良好，尽管干旱肆虐：英国地质调查局发现，英格兰和威尔士三分之二地区处于干旱状态，但全国地下水水位仍保持稳健，部分地区甚至高于正常水平。科学家称地下水水位状况“异常良好”。
- 警务 / 警务：伦敦警察厅“未履行”对人口贩运受害者的职责：伦敦警察厅被指未履行对人口贩运受害者的法定职责。至少五名幸存者已被内政部确认为现代奴役受害者，并获得国家转介机制的积极裁决。
- 爱尔兰 / 爱尔兰：五名青少年在错误车道车祸中丧生：爱尔兰共和国发生一起车祸，五名男性青少年丧生，另有四人受伤严重。事故发生在凌晨3时左右，地点位于基尔代尔郡卡伦附近的M9北行车道。
- 苏格兰 / 苏格兰：医院科学家称患者安全面临风险：参与苏格兰超级医院开发的一名科学家声称其对患者安全的担忧被忽视。布拉德南博士在15年间就格拉斯哥伊丽莎白女王大学医院的通风系统、电气安全和湿度控制问题提出质疑。
- 欧盟 / 欧盟可能对英国发动贸易战：欧盟可能对英国发动贸易战，以报复改革党计划禁止外国国民享受几乎所有英国福利的提案。智库主任阿南德·梅农表示，这些提案将违反《退欧协议》条款，欧盟必然会进行报复。
- 改革党 / 改革党捐赠者涉嫌无牌赌博平台：英国退欧党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇的两大政治捐赠者与一家涉嫌在英国从事无牌赌博的赌博平台存在关联。捐赠者克里斯托弗·哈伯恩向法拉奇捐赠500万英镑、向改革党捐赠1200万英镑。
- 犯罪 / 用于人口走私的中国橡皮艇通过英国运往他处：英国萨福克郡费利克斯斯托港查获25艘充气橡皮艇及舷外发动机，这些船只原计划运往德国汉堡。英国国家犯罪局称一个犯罪网络正计划向走私者分发这些船只。
- 评论 / 剑桥大学教授冒充者争议引发公共利益讨论：媒体将一位剑桥大学教授定位为冒充者，引发公众对公共利益报道程度的质疑。达妮埃拉·马松和大卫·阿伦诺维奇分别就此发表评论。
- 苏格兰 / 能源 / 苏格兰能源未来的重要资产：罗斯巴克和杰克多钻探许可：安迪·伯纳姆可能批准罗斯巴克和杰克多的钻探许可，以重新工业化英国。社论认为这两个项目对国家利益和能源安全至关重要，但需确保苏格兰可再生能源未来。
- 阿富汗 / 人权 / 塔利班在阿富汗安装6万个监控摄像头：2023年，塔利班宣布计划在阿富汗首都及其他城市安装约6万个监控摄像头。严厉镇压影响了阿富汗妇女和女童的身心安全，约有220万女孩被排除在中学教育之外。
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新闻矩阵
当日一览
什么物种正成群结队地飞入英国花园？详见第23页
环境
地下水水位良好，尽管干旱肆虐
科学家表示，尽管干旱广泛蔓延，但地下水水位状况“异常良好”。英国地质调查局发现，尽管英格兰和威尔士三分之二的地区目前处于干旱状态，但全国地下水水位仍保持稳健，部分地区甚至高于正常水平。
警务
伦敦警察厅“未履行”对人口贩运受害者的职责
伦敦警察厅被指未履行其对人口贩运受害者的法定职责。此前，至少五名幸存者已被内政部确认为现代奴役受害者，并获得国家转介机制的积极裁决。
爱尔兰
五名青少年在错误车道车祸中丧生
昨日，爱尔兰共和国发生一起车祸，五名男性青少年丧生，另有四人受伤严重。事故发生在凌晨3时左右，地点位于基尔代尔郡卡伦附近的M9北行车道。警方称，这些青少年的车辆在错误车道行驶，与另一辆车迎面相撞。
苏格兰
医院科学家：患者安全面临风险
参与苏格兰超级医院开发的一名科学家声称，其对患者安全的担忧被忽视。
布拉德南博士在苏格兰医院调查中表示，他曾在15年间就格拉斯哥伊丽莎白女王大学医院的通风系统、电气安全和湿度控制问题提出质疑。该调查系在一系列患者死亡事件后启动，布拉德南表示，他的投诉未获“正式回应”。
大格拉斯哥及克莱德NHS表示正在审查证据，并强调患者安全仍是其“至高关切”。
西班牙
暴雨洪水致两人死亡
昨日，西班牙西北部七个地区因暴风雨和强降雨被列为黄色预警，其中一场洪水和山体滑坡致两名老妇丧生，另有两名婴儿受伤。两名女性年龄分别约为60岁和80岁，她们在卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂大区蓬费拉达附近的曼萨内多德巴尔德韦萨村遇难。
犯罪
伦敦纵火案嫌犯落网
一名50岁男子因涉嫌纵火被捕，此前伦敦市内发生10起小规模火灾。周六凌晨5时，伦敦消防队接报赶赴伦敦菲尔兹地区的火情。无人受伤，消防队迅速扑灭约10起火灾。以撒·肖里将于今日出庭受审。
人物
卡恩：我用枪换了麦克风
查卡·卡恩透露，她在被赠予一把枪后决定成为歌手而非黑豹党活动家。现年75岁的她在接受BBC采访时表示：“总是带着枪让我感到恶心。就在那时我决定要成为一名歌手或艺人……这让我如释重负。”
政治
苏格兰工党领袖竞选者竞相角逐
一位领导竞选人表示，苏格兰工党必须重拾灵魂，重新与苏格兰民众建立联系。迈克尔·马拉称，该党令“迫切需要改变的社区”失望，必须“清理”内部文化。作为首位进入候选名单的东北选区议员，他将面临新议员乔·法根的竞争。今日提名截止。
北爱尔兰
新芬党谴责焚烧人偶事件
新芬党谴责在伦敦德里博格赛德地区路边焚烧北爱尔兰首席部长米歇尔·奥尼尔人偶的行为为“反民主”和“宗派主义”行为。
周六，该市一处路边点燃了篝火，奥尼尔的照片以及联合旗、以色列国旗、伞兵团、索姆河纪念和北爱尔兰旗帜被附在柴堆上。
警方将焚烧人偶和物品的行为视为宗派动机仇恨犯罪。
奥尼尔在社交媒体上表示，她“不会被吓倒、分心或胁迫”。
第3版人物特写
阿米莉亚·迪莫尔登伯格 “鸡肉店明星”
把“nepo babies”请进来吧……
一位YouTuber兼喜剧演员发起了自己的导师计划和机会项目，她认为年轻人需要裙带关系才能出人头地。
阿米莉亚·迪莫尔登伯格最为人熟知的是她的系列节目《鸡肉店约会》，她会带着从谢尔到刘易斯·特鲁斯等名人去伦敦的外卖店。
“绝大多数（年轻人）拥有找到工作所需的一切，但他们却陷入被拒绝的循环，”迪莫尔登伯格（现年32岁）表示，“他们只需要有人为他们打开一扇门。他们需要认识某个人，把简历发给某个人。说到底，他们需要裙带关系。”
从炸鸡店到红毯
迪莫尔登伯格的节目让她收获了数百万粉丝，完成了红毯采访，还带着一级方程式车手在赛道上飙车。
“早在《鸡肉店约会》成为今日在YouTube上风靡全球的节目之前，它只是17岁的我在一家名为《The Cut》的杂志上开设的专栏，这本杂志由伦敦西北部一家青年俱乐部运营，”她说。
她的导师计划“迪姆斯公司学院”（Dimz Inc Academy）为年轻人提供媒体培训和带薪暑期工作，并将推出《大问题》杂志特别策划的“机会专刊”，聚焦如何为年轻人打开机会之门。
无业青年需要帮助
迪莫尔登伯格对前大臣艾伦·米尔本关于“不在教育、就业或培训中”（NEET）人群机会的报告表示欢迎。她说：“这证明现实是结构性的：心理健康挣扎、地区不平等，以及被削减的青年服务，已系统性地关上了大门。”
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人物
《披头士》传记片令费尔茨困于家中
电视主持人瓦妮莎·费尔茨（64岁）在网上发布了一段视频，展示街道上停放的老爷车以及昨日封锁的道路。她表示：“我们刚刚经过约翰·列侠标志性的劳斯莱斯。”
电视
罗兰德加入《英国之声》
前Destiny's Child成员凯莉·罗兰（45岁）将接替乡村歌手LeAnn Rimes成为《英国之声》的导师。她表示：“我并非一定在寻找完美的声音。”《英国之声》将于本周六晚7点在ITV1播出。
消费
房主弃用灰色调转向暖色调
房主们正在抛弃灰色室内装潢，转向更温暖的色调，告别极简主义风格。油漆品牌Lick数据显示，过去一年绿色色调销量占比达17.4%，粉色占比为13.9%。详见第42页
娱乐
尼尔演员获身后殊荣
萨姆·尼尔因在澳大利亚法庭剧《十二》中的角色获追授殊荣。这位新西兰演员今年78岁，今年7月去世。他凭借在剧中饰演Brett Colby一角，获Logie最佳剧情类男主角奖。其友人希瑟·米切尔代为领奖时表示：“我知道这对他来说意义重大。”
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住房危机是伯纳姆的首要任务
如果有一件事是安迪·伯纳姆和安吉拉·雷纳达成共识的（实际上有很多），那就是住房的重要性。
首相多次表示，他认为政府的最高优先事项应是确保英国所有人都能住上体面、安全的房子。
因此，工党再次试图在这一政策领域重振声势也就不足为奇了。
随着雷纳重新担任住房大臣一职，我们可以预期会看到更多部长们戴着安全帽承诺国家干预将解决危机。
专家普遍认为，规划法规改革是最紧迫的行动领域，尽管这对选民而言可能有些乏味。
但其他棘手挑战依然存在。英国政府能在建造住房方面投入多少补贴？哪种类型的住房能产生最大影响？
今日公告的重点是英国各地有许多火车站和有轨电车站周边地区开发不足。伦敦、曼彻斯特或伯明翰外围任何恰好有火车站的宁静村庄都应能兴建公公寓楼——这是该政策的论点。
即使是在绿带土地上，市议会也必须对靠近交通枢纽的住房提案给予默认“批准”。
专家表示，这无需在大片绿带土地上进行开发，因为所有项目都将在距离车站800米范围内进行。但此类项目仍不可避免地会遭遇当地反对。
伯纳姆和雷纳必须准备好应对这些问题。
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狗咬致死案被定性为谋杀
By Sam Hall
西约克郡警方昨日表示，一起男子在常有行人经过的小径上被狗咬伤致死案件已被立为谋杀案调查。
西约克郡警方称，其警员于周六下午1时30分接到报警电话，报称不久前在韦克菲尔德卡尔德格罗夫地区一条前铁路轨道旁小径上发生争执。警方表示，一名男子在冲突中被狗咬伤。
侦探已呼吁目击者挺身而出，包括两名曾停下救助伤者的民众。
该名55岁男子被送往医院时情况危急，于晚间7时后不治身亡。
警方表示，一名55岁男子因涉嫌谋杀及在公共场所豢养危险动物致人受伤，已被拘留至昨晚。
警方已扣押一条涉案狗只。
负责此次凶杀案及重大调查的侦探总督察迈克尔·考克斯表示：“我们得知有两名女子曾停下救助伤者并指引警方。我们恳请这两名女子主动联系警方协助调查。”
医生呼吁筛查以阻止石匠死于肺病
作者：乔·达根 高级记者
据《i报》了解，几个月内，英国卫生主管部门可能会考虑一项筛查计划，以便早期发现厨房石材工人因致命粉尘而面临的硅肺病。
医生表示，这种致命肺病的早期诊断可显著延长患者生存期并改善健康状况，而筛查对尽早发现病例至关重要。
随着政府面临越来越大的行动压力，一位顶尖职业健康专家敦促首相启动对加工人造石材工人的有针对性筛查计划。
自2023年首次发现一例硅肺病以来，英国已确认超过50例接触有毒粉尘（在切割人造石材时）的石匠患上硅肺病。
医生表示，实际数字可能远高于此。许多受害者年仅二三十岁，部分甚至四十多岁，且就职于未按法律要求提供健康监测的公司。至少已有4人死亡，另有数人——其中一些年仅23岁——被转诊进行肺移植。
英国职业卫生学会首席执行官凯文·班普顿表示：“这是典型的预防即节省纳税人大量资金的案例。”
顾问医生约翰娜·费里担心数千人面临风险
在澳大利亚32年间，共有536例工人硅肺病赔偿申请，其中50%（即268例）发生在2022年至2025年期间，较前八年（18例）增长了27倍。
这并非普通筛查，无需面对庞大而分散的人群。我们预计，在大量可见粉尘且控制措施不足的环境下，四分之一暴露者可能患病。这并非要等多年后才能看到节省。
“我想不出有什么比安迪·伯纳姆此时介入并展示预防性措施更能为NHS节省资金、挽救生命的例子了。”
呼吸科顾问医生约翰娜·费里在英国首批硅肺病患者的治疗工作中表示，英国“潜在有数千名”石材加工工人面临硅肺病风险。
针对全民及重点人群的健康筛查计划建议由英国国家筛查委员会（UK NSC）负责，该机构隶属于卫生及社会关怀部，向部长及NHS提供建议。
监管职业健康监测（如硅肺病等职业病）则由卫生与安全执行局（HSE）负责，该局受劳动及养老金部监督。
但据《i报》了解，英国国家筛查委员会的职责范围可能面临调整，这为将石英工人筛查计划纳入其职权范围留出可能性。
有关筛查政策变更的提案将在9月30日截止日期前提交。
据悉，正在筹备一份申请，将硅肺病纳入筛查考虑范围。
班普顿与费里近期的分析警告称，英国约7,000名从业者中，未来数年可能有超过1,000例硅肺病被诊断。若所有受影响石匠接受筛查，且每年因此避免一例肺移植，筛查成本将低于其带来的节省。
英国卫生与安全执行局表示：“我们检查工作的关键部分是确保企业为工人提供充分的健康监测，以便雇主能及早发现因接触二氧化硅和滑石粉而导致的健康问题，并对所有员工采取行动。”
“这是一项法定义务，若企业未能履行，我们将毫不犹豫地采取行动。”
Selected stores: 部分门店可能无货。Which? 每天追踪约500个品牌产品的价格，在一个月内计算每件商品的平均成本。Which? 将这些平均值累加，得出每家零售商的总价。计算中包含特价优惠和会员价（如适用），但不含多件优惠。对比门店包括Aada、Tesco、Sainsbury's、Wormtons、Walthow和Crusts。
2026年2月：Aada每日检查245款产品（平均价6000.00，次低价），Tesco Clubcard价为837.43 2026年3月：Aada每日检查247款产品（平均价5978.95，次低价）， Clubcard价为837.67 2026年4月：Aada每日检查242款产品（平均价6766.21，次低价）， Clubcard价为837.67 2026年5月：Aada每日检查224款产品（平均价6799.55，次低价）， Clubcard价为837.65 2026年6月：Aada每日检查222款产品（平均价6763.31，次低价）， Clubcard价为2000.00 2026年7月：Aada每日检查220款产品（平均价6768.80，次低价）， Clubcard价为3789
文化遗产
“最美村庄”拒绝购物开发计划 以防过度旅游化
作者：艾米·拉什顿
一项在科茨沃尔德村庄规划的购物开发项目因可能引发过度旅游化和“交通瘫痪”而被否决。
比伯里，靠近塞伦塞斯特，被19世纪纺织设计师兼诗人威廉·莫里斯誉为“英格兰最美丽的村庄”。近年来，该村因TikTok推广成为热门旅游景点。
最新提议——将一家农场的谷仓改造成咖啡馆和购物区——收到了逾100份居民反对意见。
反对意见特别指出过度旅游化对村庄的影响，如大量旅游巴士涌入导致狭窄乡村道路交通瘫痪、对村庄历史特色的损害以及游客增多带来的噪音扰民。
比伯里最著名的景点是阿灵顿排屋，这是17世纪织工小屋，位于科尔恩河畔，已成为英格兰最著名的拍照街道之一。
其他热门景点还包括比伯里圣玛丽教堂的13世纪彩色玻璃窗，该窗曾入选英国皇家邮政1992年圣诞邮票。
该规划申请由比伯里鳟鱼养殖场提交，其表示该项目将使其仓储建筑“重新得到充分利用”。
比伯里教区委员会一致投票否决该计划，并表示：“鳟鱼养殖场带来的过度旅游化导致大量游客涌入，对当地环境、社区及整体游客体验造成负面影响。该村无法可持续地维护其特色。”
“任何大规模游客开发项目，若会损害景观或历史特色，或对交通网络造成有害影响，通常将被视为不可接受。”
委员会还指出旅游业对村庄历史特色和环境构成风险，并指出“被旅游车辆碾压”的路肩“严重受损”。
委员会认为，该开发项目只会“加剧”当前的交通瘫痪和道路通行问题。
格洛斯特郡议会公路部门也对该计划提出反对，理由是缺乏安全通行条件，尤其是对行动不便的使用者。规划官员补充称：“公路管理部门认为，所提供的信息不足以评估行人通行能力和安全性。”
比伯里仅有600名居民，但每天可吸引多达10,000名游客和50辆旅游巴士。
规划官员表示，尽管该开发项目的“规模和形式”适当，但因交通问题仍建议予以拒绝。
“这里从未有过淡季，我们从未得到过喘息机会。”
夏洛特·乔因斯（54岁），一位带领抗议活动的“伯顿居民之声”组织主席，警告该地区已濒临“崩溃边缘”。
她补充道：“我们只需要采取措施应对涌入的大量游客。”
来自美国密歇根州特雷弗市的31,岁游客埃玛·施密茨表示，周末的抗议活动并未吓退她的家人。
“我们去阿姆斯特丹时也遇到过一些反旅游抗议，那些场面很可怕——相比之下，这里的抗议活动很友好。”
她27,岁的妹妹奥利维亚补充道：“这是最轻松的抗议了，简直像是野餐。”
伊德尔为普罗旺斯野火灾害哀叹
作者：艾米·拉什顿
喜剧演员兼演员、83岁的埃里克·伊德尔表示，在普罗旺斯地区被野火烧毁后，他此生将再也无法看到那里的美景。
这位喜剧演员自1971年起在法国南部地区科提尼昂附近拥有一处住宅。上月普罗旺斯野火爆发后，他也在疏散居民之列。
伊德尔表示，在消防飞机和消防员无法控制火势后，他和家人在短短一周多的时间里被迫两次逃离，而他的妻子塔妮娅·科塞维奇（76岁）也被送往医院。
这场大火还威胁到科学家布莱恩·考克斯教授和演员布拉德·皮特的住所。自火灾爆发以来，一名23岁男子因纵火罪被逮捕。
这是法国有记录以来野火最严重的一年，过火面积超过90,000公顷。
伊德尔昨日在《星期日泰晤士报》撰文写道："尽管这些美景终将重现，但以83岁的年纪，我此生将再也无法看到它们的美丽。"
《奥德赛》中狗狗抢镜，霍兰德如是说
作者：莉兹·珀金斯
据《奥德赛》主演透露，克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的《奥德赛》中最出彩的表演被一只人类最好的朋友夺走。
扮演奥德修斯之子忒勒马科斯的演员汤姆·霍兰德（30岁）盛赞了一只名为索耶的葡萄牙猎犬在片中扮演阿戈斯时令剧组感动落泪的瞬间。
这只为出演此片从退休中复出、与好莱坞明星马特·达蒙（扮演奥德修斯）搭档的狗狗被视为影片真正的英雄，因为它等待主人归来长达20年。
霍兰德表示："这只狗狗或许给出了银幕上有史以来最出色的毛茸茸动物表演。"
他补充道，剧组被索耶的表演"简直感动得泪流满面"。
其训练师迈克·米洛蒂（42岁）表示，这只已从事演艺工作15年的狗狗为拍摄此片花费了两个月时间准备。他还透露，索耶经常待在"温控"狗笼中"暂时远离聚光灯"。
英国"科茨沃尔德的威尼斯"居民抗议过度旅游
作者：莉兹·珀金斯
英国"科茨沃尔德的威尼斯"——伯顿水上村的居民发起了一场反对过度旅游的抗议活动。
这座以英格兰最美村庄之一闻名的村庄并非反对游客，但居民们担心当地已变得过度拥挤。
It is understood to be the first protest of its kind in the UK, although people in European tourism hotspots such as Venice and Amsterdam have taken similar action.
现年80岁的诺玛·谢泼德自五岁起便居住在伯顿，她在周末参加了抗议活动，并坐在村庄的绿地上。她说："很遗憾事情发展到这一地步。我们无法享受绿地。我们一向欢迎游客，但现在实在太拥挤了。这就是问题所在。"
Sam和Dorren Chesters夫妇（均为38岁）已在伯顿生活了10年。
夏洛特·乔因斯是伯顿居民之声运动的主席，她表示对蜂拥而至的游客数量感到担忧。
乔因斯女士说："我们过去总认为，‘人们为什么要抱怨游客？’但自从新冠疫情发生后。
“默认同意”绿化带沿线铁路枢纽住宅开发
记者：史蒂夫·罗伯森 南方特派记者
英格兰各地车站周边将新建数千套住宅，以配合新规划政策框架（NPFF）的修订——该政策将为通勤村镇的大规模扩张铺平道路。
即使位于绿化带土地上，地方议会也必须对车站（包括火车站、有轨电车站和地铁站）周边的住宅开发提案“默认同意”。
今日宣布的《国家规划政策框架》（NPFF）修订旨在加快住房建设，以助力政府履行到2029年新建150 万套住宅的承诺。
工党未明确指定具体建设区域，但《i报》了解到，一项关键标准是靠近能够每小时至少发送4班列车前往大型城市的铁路站点。
政府表示，新规将推动在车站周边兴建数千套住宅，并为这些区域设定了最低住房建设要求。
住房大臣安吉拉·雷纳（见插图）表示，此举将“解决住房危机，提高全国各地民众的生活水平”。
然而，在人口稀少的通勤区及绿化带土地上快速推进住房建设的计划，可能引发活动人士的强烈反对。
专家认为，英格兰有大量未充分开发的火车站和有轨电车站，尤其是位于主要城市通勤范围内、可开发土地附近的站点。
智库“Centre for Cities”（与安迪·伯纳姆政府关系密切）发布的研究显示，仅伦敦、布里斯托、伯明翰、曼彻斯特和纽卡斯尔五个地区，就可在车站周边800米范围内开发超过200万套住宅。
该测算基于在现有车站800米（步行约10分钟）范围内开发田地或林地的构想——政府预计将采用这一原则。
其中一个例子是柴郡的阿什利村，该村仅350人，但其位于通往曼彻斯特铁路线上的车站周边有181公顷“可开发”土地。
在白金汉郡，切丁顿村目前约有1,400名居民，但位于通往伦敦尤斯顿站的铁路线上，且拥有190公顷“可开发”土地，研究如是称。
政府希望在这些区域损失的绿化带面积最小，从而降低争议。
新规还将允许在交通枢纽附近的棕地上加快住房建设，曼彻斯特附近斯托克波特和威根等地已在建的住房开发被作为典范。
此外，通过提升土地价值，推动交通基础设施周边住房建设，还有望为进一步改善交通筹集资金。
安迪·伯纳姆此前曾表示，他相信土地价值捕获（Land Value Capture）等机制可用于为新建铁路线筹资，以替代保守党在2023年取消的HS2北段项目。
工党已承诺投入£450亿用于“北方动力轨道”项目，该项目将改善约克郡的车站，并新建曼彻斯特至利物浦铁路线。
西约克郡市长特蕾西·布拉欣也承诺在利兹（欧洲最大无轨道交通系统城市）新建有轨电车线。
政府表示，NPFF修订还将加强对酒馆和音乐场所的保护，防止其被社区流失。修订后的规则将立即生效，开发商必须证明无法维持酒馆运营的情况下，方可考虑变更用途。
雷纳表示：“通过在交通枢纽周边开发数千套住宅，我们帮助人们更靠近工作地点、学校和所依赖的服务，同时支持当地企业，推动社区发展。”
私人养老金领取年龄或将提前上调
独家报道
作者：康妮·迪姆斯代尔
政治记者
专家警告称，私人养老金的最低领取年龄或将比预期更早提升至58岁。
目前，私人养老金的领取年龄为55岁，并将于2028年4月提升至57岁，以与国家养老金领取年龄的上调保持一致。
专家认为，到2030年代末，领取年龄可能进一步提升至58岁。前养老金大臣史蒂夫·韦伯在接受《i报》采访时表示，私人或职场养老金的领取年龄可能同时提升至58岁。
“理论上，2037年——或更现实地说，2039年（因为那时我们实际将达到68岁）——私人养老金领取年龄可能提升至58岁。”他说道。
韦伯曾在与保守党联合执政的联合政府中担任自由民主党养老金大臣，负责推动重大养老金改革。他表示，私人养老金领取年龄甚至可能进一步提升至60岁，“完全是有可能的”。
“私人养老金领取年龄可能比国家养老金领取年龄上调得更快，”他说道，并援引了2025年养老金委员会中期报告的相关内容。
“带回希望”
伯纳姆巡访继续
安迪·伯纳姆邀请公众“告诉我你们的想法”，在其英国巡访第二周即将开始之际。
首相表示，工党无法“在一夜之间解决所有问题”，但承诺采取措施让生活更轻松、更实惠。
他已将应对生活成本危机定为首要任务，但预计还将强调努力解决无家可归问题并遏制乱倒垃圾行为。
伯纳姆在社交媒edia上表示：“当有人告诉我某事让他们的生活变得更艰难或更昂贵时，我认为政府的回应不应是耸耸肩然后说‘事情就是这样’。”
“今年夏天我走访全国的原因之一，就是要直接听取人们关于还需做出哪些改变的意见。”
在首周巡访期间，首相走访了德比郡、西米德兰兹、德文郡和康沃尔郡，倾听当地民众和企业的声音。
在第二周，预计他将在曼彻斯特的北50号（No 50 North）停留一段时间，以纪念该机构成立一个月。
伯纳姆表示：“最好的想法并非都来自威斯敏斯特。
“更常见的情况是，它们来自每天面对这些问题的人们。
“所以如果你在外面看到我，请过来告诉我你的想法。
“我们不会在一夜之间解决所有问题，但只要政府能让生活稍微轻松、更公平或更实惠，我们就会去做。
“这就是我们为人们争取喘息空间并‘带回希望’的方式。”
大卫·休斯
报告建议人们需要工作更长时间以积累足够的退休储蓄。
“与65岁退休相比，57岁（即将成为私人养老金最早可领取年龄）退休，可能将普通储户的年度职场养老金从接近9,000 英镑降至仅略高于4,000 英镑，”报告称。
“因此必须重视提高50岁以上人群的就业率，并让人们能够工作更长时间，特别要关注在远未达到国家养老金领取年龄前就永久退出劳动力市场的情况，”报告补充道。
历届政府的部长们表示，私人养老金的正常最低领取年龄可能会上调，以保持比国家养老金领取年龄低10年，而政府在2028年4月将其提高至57岁的政策仍在继续。
英国财政部正在等待养老金委员会的最终报告，该报告预计将于2027年初出炉，届时将就如何改善人们的退休储蓄充足性提出建议。
韦伯表示，如果将私人养老金领取年龄提高至60岁也成为该报告的建议之一，“我不会感到惊讶”。
养老金公司AJ贝尔退休政策主管汤姆·塞尔比表示，尽管私人养老金领取年龄与国家养老金领取年龄并未正式挂钩，“但将其视为明智之举，以确保人们不会过早领取养老金而耗尽资金”。
塞尔比表示，未来的上调意味着年轻一代在何时可以领取储蓄方面的灵活性将更低。但他指出，对于身体健康的成年人而言，这仍相对年轻，尤其是考虑到预期寿命持续上升。
英国财政部已被联系寻求置评。
塞尔比建议，政策制定者可能热衷于提高最低领取年龄，因为这“能让更多资金长期留在养老金中，有利于人们的退休前景，也有利于经济”。但他指出，这必须平衡其对养老金储蓄吸引力的影响。
福利
Reform UK承诺改革福利制度，削减PIP支出
作者：Eleanor Langford 政治记者
Reform UK正准备推出"一代人以来最大规模"的福利制度改革，计划废除对工作年龄成年人的个人独立支付（PIP），并预计每年节省约500亿英镑。
该党财务发言人罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）在《星期日电讯报》发表文章，详述这些提案，其完整的50页政策文件将于今日发布。
根据计划，近300万人的残疾或疾病津贴将被取消或改变。
詹里克（插图）直接承认了改革的人文成本，他写道："我们不会假装这不会带来痛苦。"
他批评现行制度是"自杀式的同情"，并表示"将年轻人推向福利制度不是怜悯；这是忽视"。
改革党将废除PIP及工作年龄成年人通用信贷中的健康津贴。两者将被新的"健康保障津贴"取代，这是一项单一且定期审查的支付。
只有符合"严重、持久且高风险"条件的申请者才有资格获得支持。目前所有其他领取残疾相关津贴的人将完全失去现金福利。
取而代之的是，他们将通过市议会运营的残疾支持账户获得支持，涵盖詹里克所称与残疾相关的"可核实额外成本"，例如设备、住宅改造、交通和个人协助。
现有申请者将在新制度下于3至4年内重新评估。
改革党估计，216万人将完全保留现有现金福利，而289万人的福利将被修改或取消。
该党还将把相同方法扩展至儿童福利，使焦虑、抑郁和多动症儿童福利与成人改革保持一致，但仅限于新申请者。
詹里克表示，目前有690万人领取残疾福利，比20年前多250万人。他称，按当前趋势，到2031年，健康和残疾福利每年将耗资1,100亿英镑，相当于每个家庭约3,600 英镑。
改革党还将对雇主施加新义务。拥有5名以上员工的企业必须购买"返工保险"，该保险将支付员工首次病假两年的费用，而非由国家通过福利承担成本。
保险要求旨在让雇主在让员工返工方面拥有直接经济利益，因为员工病假减少将随时间降低他们的保费。
詹里克表示，这将使企业获得"强劲的经济激励"以支持员工返工，而非简单地让他们签字休病假。
为抵消对企业的成本，改革党表示将把雇主国民保险缴款削减0.2个百分点，并称这将使整个方案对企业而言"成本中性"。
任何在两年后仍未康复的员工（因此不再受雇主保险覆盖）将接受由临床医生进行的单次面对面评估。这将取代詹里克所称的现行"失败测试网络"，旨在筛查欺诈并将支持引导至最严重案例。
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该方案以荷兰制度为模型，改革党称荷兰在类似改革后残疾福利申请减少了40%。
欧洲
欧盟“将对福利计划进行报复”
作者：阿尔吉·辛格
欧盟可能对英国发动贸易战，并很可能剥夺英国出口商的优惠待遇，以报复改革党计划禁止外国国民享受几乎所有英国福利的提案。
奈杰尔·法拉奇被警告称，布鲁塞尔可能会对其政党计划禁止外国国民（包括拥有定居身份的欧盟公民）在英国申领大部分福利的提案做出愤怒回应。
在英国退欧条款下，欧盟还可能发动经济报复，例如暂停双边贸易协议的部分内容，包括提高关税以打击英国经济。智库“变化中的英国”（UK in a Changing Europe）主任阿南德·梅农对《i报》表示：“这些提案将违反《退欧协议》条款，欧盟必然会进行报复，无论是通过让在欧英国人生活更艰难，还是触发贸易报复措施。”
“无论如何，这都将严重影响英欧关系。”
改革党财政发言人罗伯特·詹里克坚称，该禁令是必要的，因为“强迫英国工人为外国人的福利买单不仅在经济上无知，而且纯属不道德”。
政治
法拉奇捐赠者“与无牌赌博公司有关联”
作者：哈里·古德温
据报道，英国退欧党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇的两大政治捐赠者与一家涉嫌在英国从事无牌赌博的赌博平台存在关联。
曾向法拉奇捐赠500 万英镑、向改革党捐赠1200 万英镑的加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈伯恩拥有一家支付公司，该公司曾为英国客户与Tether.bet（一家无牌离岸赌博平台）之间的交易提供服务。
曾为法拉奇提供安保的已定罪诈骗犯乔治·科特雷尔据称也参与其中，该平台已于上周关闭。
在运营期间，Tether.bet曾要求英国“VIP”客户通过Fispay（一家由改革党数据保护官员莫布雷·杰克逊拥有的英国公司）存入赌注并领取奖金。
Fispay未持有传统银行账户，而是通过哈伯恩拥有的跨境支付公司IFX处理资金。
哈伯恩表示他未参与IFX的运营，该公司则称其“在所运营市场的适用法规和立法框架下合规运营”。
据报道，Tether.bet还通过一家位于黑山（科特雷尔在此纳税）的公司向其支付了数百万英镑。
Tether.bet和Fispay均未持有英国博彩管理局颁发的赌博服务许可证。杰克逊对《星期日泰晤士报》表示，其公司从未为赌博提供服务。科特雷尔则称自己是Tether.bet的客户，并“从未为任何赌博公司招揽客户”。
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国防
乌克兰首次使用英国无人机对俄罗斯纵深目标发动袭击
作者：艾米·拉什顿
英国无人机首次被用于对俄罗斯纵深目标发动袭击。
这些无人机由两家英国公司分别制造，是乌克兰“纵深打击”行动的一部分，使用远程导弹瞄准俄罗斯军事和工业设施。
乌克兰军方消息人士表示，在过去六个月中，这些无人机与乌克兰本国无人机协同作战，此次行动已对俄罗斯经济造成约$50bn损失，并击中距离边境超过1,000英里的目标。
此次披露是在英国国防部（MoD）今年4月表示将在2026年向乌克兰提供约120,000架无人机（包括远程设备、“石罩”干扰装置和巡航导弹）后发布的。
英国国防部表示，英国对乌克兰的支持“毫不动摇”，并将“直至乌克兰获胜”。
前财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯确认今年向基辅提供了7.52 亿英镑贷款，用于采购包括无人机和远程导弹在内的装备。
参与此次行动的其中一家公司是国家级国防企业BAE系统公司。
该公司的喷气式无人机“Nyan”可飞行超过150英里，翼展达2.9米。这款由威尔特郡制造的无人机在对俄罗斯发动袭击前由英国皇家海军进行了测试。
BAE系统公司表示：“我们向英国国防部交付了一系列能力，作为英国支持乌克兰国防的一部分。‘Nyan’无人机系统提供了一种快速开发的平台，已在高度争夺的环境中证明能够应对新兴威胁。”
第二家制造商因安全原因未被公开，但该公司表示其无人机的航程超过600英里。该无人机通过弹射系统发射，可让操作员快速连续开火。
乌克兰此前已使用英国“暴风影”巡航导弹，
本月，国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷
敦促盟友在即将到来的冬季加强乌克兰防空力量，他表示俄罗斯将把冬季作为“对基辅的武器”。
英国无人机设施可能成为普京战争的目标
作者：萨米娅·伯吉斯、塔琳·佩德勒
在泰晤士河畔富裕的伯克郡梅登黑德小镇边缘的一处机场，坐落着一家为乌克兰制造无人机、用以深入俄罗斯境内打击目标的公司。
总部位于该镇的马洛航空公司（Malloy Aeronautics）毫不掩饰其向乌克兰军方供应武器的事实。
梅登黑德以其18世纪的石桥和接近60 万英镑的房价而闻名。
但令弗拉基米尔·普京关注的，或许并非该地区绿树成荫的环境。
而是从该镇边缘机场起飞、经由所谓M4科技走廊运出的无人机。
但现在，人们可能担心俄罗斯会将该公司纳入其更广泛的灰色混合战争范围，并将其作为目标。
“后果可能是，俄罗斯会将此类生产设施视为破坏的目标，” 英国皇家联合服务研究所（RUSI）军事科学主任马修·萨维尔表示。
据悉，英国政府已协助这些公司制定了针对多种威胁（包括网络攻击）的严格安全措施。
2024年，针对NHS的网络攻击与俄罗斯有关，2025年，俄罗斯还曾尝试通过创造性手段渗透公司以获取情报，从俄罗斯针对国防工作者发动虚假领英招聘广告攻击。
但英国的导弹库存有限，每枚导弹的补充成本超过75 万英镑，且射程仅限150英里。
此举标志着态度的转变。美英两国曾因担心俄罗斯可能袭击北约领土而限制远程武器的使用。
尽管两国在2024年放宽了这一政策，但这是英国机械设备首次被乌克兰用于远程打击。
自1月以来，乌克兰已发动约700次纵深打击，目标包括距边境约750英里的下卡姆斯克炼油厂，以及本周末位于莫斯科附近的Wildberries仓库（俄罗斯版亚马逊）。
“俄罗斯一直非常擅长让西方对过度打击感到紧张，” 一位国防消息人士告诉《星期日泰晤士报》，“英国正向俄罗斯和盟友发出信号：我们不再紧张了。”
但一些军事专家担心俄罗斯可能进行报复，将英国制造商作为目标。
“我们可以预期克里姆林宫会充分利用这一局势，将我们进一步推向军事对抗的道路，” 伦敦国王学院访问教授迈克尔·克拉克表示。
普京曾表示，任何北约国家使用远程导弹袭击俄罗斯都将跨越“红线”，并将“与俄罗斯交战”。
“弗拉基米尔·普京自战争伊始就表示，任何西方国家或他国试图支持乌克兰的行为都将招致灾难性报复，” 伦敦国王学院俄罗斯政治学教授塞缪尔·格林表示。
尽管俄罗斯不太可能发动实体攻击，但格林教授警告称，数字攻击——旨在对基础设施、系统甚至人员造成“伤害”——将是普京战略中更可取的手段。
本报此前曾报道，两名疑似俄罗斯间谍乘坐商业货船进入英国，随后访问军事基地和关键基础设施附近地区。
与俄罗斯国家相关的另一行为模式是纵火袭击，英国军情五处（MI5）局长肯·麦卡勒姆曾表示，俄罗斯情报人员实施了“纵火、破坏等活动”。
俄罗斯被指控在伦敦东部对一家乌克兰企业实施纵火阴谋。
烟雾从莫斯科科列季诺的Wildberries仓库升起 路透社
分析人士
乌克兰针对仓库打击以向普京施压
塔林·佩德勒 福克斯顿新闻记者
对弗拉基米尔·普京来说，这必然是一场痛苦的似曾相识之感。随着俄罗斯即将在下个月举行议会选举，乌克兰无人机再次深入该国领土，点燃了俄罗斯最大网络零售商Wildberries的一处仓库——Wildberries相当于俄罗斯的亚马逊。
Wildberries是一家拥有数百万用户的数字化市场，其仓储网络遍布全国，近几个月来已多次被卷入战争，为普京制造了一个尴尬问题——他长期试图让大多数俄罗斯人远离战争。
该公司网站列出了军用或双用途产品，包括无人机组件、导航设备、急救用品和防弹衣等。
因此，乌克兰官员将该公司的仓库描述为合法打击目标。
塞缪尔·格林（伦敦国王学院俄罗斯政治学教授）表示："乌克兰在袭击俄罗斯领土时一直试图避免针对明显的平民目标。但Wildberries在某种程度上让自己暴露出来，因为它们确实在经营军用或双用途商品。"
"考虑到许多俄罗斯军队最终要负责装备，这很可能是一个军事或准军事目标。"
该公司与克里姆林宫均否认Wildberries向俄罗斯军队供应物资。
乌克兰官员明确表示，此类袭击旨在对支撑俄罗斯战争的经济基础设施施加压力。
俄罗斯问题专家兼历史学家马克·盖洛蒂在接受《i报》采访时表示，针对Wildberries的袭击意义重大，因为"这正是将战争带入俄罗斯家庭的概念。"
"试想一下，如果英国突然所有亚马逊配送都受到严重影响——会有多少家庭感受到？"
因为这是一场心理和政治战争，试图让俄罗斯人思考：或许他们希望这场战争结束。"
Wildberries正成为一个有价值的施压点。路透社估计，近期袭击已摧毁其近30%的仓储空间，经济损失达数十亿加元。
对普京而言，其政治品牌高度依赖"强大与安全"，这正成为一场尴尬的景象。
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罗马尼亚
北约战机击落俄罗斯无人机
洛伊扎·伊利埃 驻罗马尼亚罗恰梅斯特报道
一架执行北约任务的F-18战机击落了一架侵入罗马尼亚国家领空的无人机。
这是今年罗马尼亚境内被击落的第四架无人机，该国国防部昨日表示。
这个北约成员国与乌克兰有381英里的边界，并报告称俄罗斯无人机多次侵犯其领空。
最新一架无人机是由雷达系统在其从邻国摩尔多瓦进入时探测到的。
隶属于部署在罗马尼亚的西班牙北约分队的F-18战机"与目标建立雷达联系并获准开火"，国防部补充道，该无人机于凌晨5:01被安全击落。
无人机残骸似乎坠落在无人区。
上个月，罗马尼亚F-16战机飞行员首次在俄罗斯对乌克兰发动全面战争以来的数十次入侵中击落三架俄罗斯无人机。
今年5月，一架俄罗斯无人机在袭击乌克兰期间坠入加拉茨的一栋公寓楼，造成两人受伤。
保守党
Badenoch呼吁就国防开支作出解释
作者：罗布·弗里曼
保守党领袖Kemi Badenoch已呼吁Andy Burnham和John Healey就国防开支作出"严肃问题的答案"。
Healey现任财政大臣，今年早些时候辞去了作为基尔·斯塔默国防大臣的职务，并表示他"确信"英国应在2030年前将国防开支提高至GDP的5%。
国防大臣Wes Streeting警告称，英国可能最终"为满足这一承诺付出沉重代价"，而Badenoch（大部分情况下）表示工党"不愿做出艰难选择"。
她在《星期日快报》撰文称："市场、军方和公众需要对严肃问题作出回答。
"首先，政府最终会承诺在2030年前将GDP的5%用于国防开支吗？保守党已经做到了这一点。"
Badenoch指责Burnham"总是吊人胃口却从不兑现"。
"他在是否会为军方提供所需资金的问题上一直含糊其辞，"她写道。
评论
英国支持基辅令其成为俄罗斯的合法打击目标
如果乌克兰战争在今夏被美伊战争和唐宁街新住户的轻率举动所掩盖，未来数周将成为英国与乌克兰命运紧密相连的严峻提醒。
首相、新任外交大臣埃德·米尔汉德和国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷迄今鲜少提及英国通过更具影响力的无人机袭击深入俄罗斯境内，加大参与冲突的力度。
但消息显示，英国多家公司制造的无人机已被用于打击俄罗斯境内的工业和军事目标，这标志着战争在领土战线陷入僵局后，正步入大规模无人机冲突的新时代。
我们再也听不到多少关于避免与俄罗斯“升级”对话的言论，因为升级早已发生。英国军情六处新任局长布莱斯·梅特韦尔在就职演讲中指出“前线无处不在”，她指的是混合战争——从网络攻击到海底电缆威胁，以及莫斯科针对英国的情报行动。
无论如何，用“升级”来形容一场为保护领土免受入侵而进行的全面战争实属荒谬，因为放任弗拉基米尔·普京将目光投向其他后苏联地区并试图破坏中欧国家稳定的后果，人人心知肚明。
通过与美国时断时续的合作，志愿者联盟阻止了土地掠夺。但战争不会原地踏步，成为有效盟友的潜在代价正在上升。
无人机对俄罗斯境内关键目标的打击为伦敦与基辅的关系设定了新标准——并加深了莫斯科的敌意。除了将战争直观地带到俄罗斯境内并对其战争努力造成实质损害外，此举旨在表明英国并不怯于直面普京。
这项计划存在需要更好解释的风险。因此，我敦促安迪·伯纳姆承担起英国在冲突中更积极的责任。作为最高职位的重要部分，他必须向国人阐明我们参与加深的原因。例如，我们直到朝鲜加入战争后才支持深度打击，而即使那项决定也含糊其辞地向公众披露。
说到底，正是我们的税收资助着英国和欧洲的防务——而长年累月地武装冲突，是对公共财政的巨大消耗。
作为曾在莫斯科和乌克兰担任记者的我，亲眼目睡普京自掌权以来扼杀自由、试图破坏民主并播撒混乱，因此我对此表示认可。这如今是一场无人机优势的竞赛，而这正是削弱普京掌控力的关键——直到他对继续战争的算计发生动摇，或因发动这场对俄罗斯而言灾难性战争而在国内遭到挑战。
平民百姓同样有权获得更大的透明度：从仅在乌克兰边境10英里外蹭擦俄罗斯领土的无人机，到能深入俄罗斯境内逾千英里的无人机，战略转变理应得到更清晰的说明。
这场战争如今已演变为一场无人机与空中支援的制空权之战。一个有趣的例子：一家英国公司去年初供应的重型无人机，能够投送一吨半炸药，并在最终摧毁了赫尔松一座俄军控制的重要桥梁。若要拍摄此事的电影，少不了一个愚蠢的俄罗斯士兵的客串镜头——他曾在Instagram上传了一张自己站在桥梁支柱下的照片，暴露了其结构弱点，从而招致无人机袭击。
可以合理预期，俄罗斯当前的算计是：若英国加大参与力度，我们将成为报复的合法目标。
一些盟友试图小心翼翼地回避这一副作用。德国在弗里德里希·梅尔茨的领导下在财政上支持精密无人机生产，但这与直接提供无人机并非同一回事。法国则对此不那么顾忌，但对无人机打击的实际范围更为保密，并强调其常规导弹力量。
因此，英国并非在加深承诺方面独树一帜——但在最高规格无人机的实际效果方面，我们仍处于相当“前沿”的位置。近期目睹了一次大型军用无人系统展示后，远程操控的轻型系统所能造成的巨大破坏令人叹为观止，同时也提醒我们已进入自动化战争时代——双方均可触及这一领域。
英国制造商——以及支撑其的能源网络和基础设施——面临报复性攻击的风险，以至于莫斯科可以声称它们是合法目标。
负责民用核项目的高级官员在进出工作场所时，其汽车后备箱会被检查。我们正在以一种超越传统定义的方式，更接近与俄罗斯的战争——但这却是真实存在的。
围绕无人机投送及其用途以保护平民生命的红线再次出现。政府理应再次明确：哪些英国制造的武器可用于支持乌克兰、哪些不可用。诚然，某些保密是合理的，但在一个自由社会中，它不应沦为无法穿透的面纱。
我们理应成为优秀的伙伴，并致力于长期合作，因为唯有如此才能为乌克兰带来和平并遏制莫斯科新一轮的侵略。民主制度与专制制度的区别在于：我们平民应参与这一对话，因为成功不仅取决于政府的意志，也依赖于选民的支持。
坦诚是开放社会与封闭社会的分水岭。致新一届安迪团队的一句话：让我们更加审慎地拥抱坦诚。战争下一阶段的风险与回报，是我们所有人共同的责任。
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首相安迪·伯纳姆（左二）与乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基（右二）在朴茨茅斯合影 GETTY
英国因地面硬化面临暴洪混乱风险
作者：罗布·黑斯廷斯 特别项目编辑
当菲利普和伊莱恩·马可夫坐在梅赛德斯车里驶离儿子40岁生日派对回家时，这是任何人最后一次见到他们活着。他们的车并未发生车祸。他们在车中溺亡。
2023年8月26日的一场暴风雨突然在利物浦昆斯大道（Queens Drive）一段低于铁路桥的路段引发严重暴洪。
当年该路段已发生四次洪水，但市议会未设置任何警示标志。
这对七十多岁的夫妇对水有多深一无所知。在黑暗中，他们驶入积水，车辆发动机熄火。
水文学家警告称，英国此类事件风险正在上升，因为气候变化使暴雨更加猛烈且频繁。
研究人员和活动人士称，多年来各级政府在预防暴洪及警示民众方面行动薄弱。
暴洪尤其危险，因为它可能突然出现在从未发生过洪水的城市街道，且远离河流或海洋。这是对铺装密集地区的全年威胁，过量积水无法渗透，但在英国今夏经历长期干旱后（土壤在公园、花园和草地边缘硬化，无法快速吸收水分），排水系统迅速满溢。
"它可能在任何地方突然发生，" 雷丁大学水文地理学副教授杰斯·纽曼表示。"过程非常迅速，且极难预测，因此往往让人措手不及，难以应对。"
尽管未出现极端降雨
雨水终露曙光，但更多热浪仍有可能
作者：弗兰基·利斯特-费尔、布伦丹·麦克法登
在英国迎来本夏季最新一波热浪后，降雨与凉爽气温本周终于被预测到来。
从今天起，苏格兰与北爱尔尔将出现降雨，并蔓延至干旱的南部地区。
“到周二结束时，我认为大多数地区都会降下一些雨水，”英国气象局气象学家尼亚姆·默里在接受《i报》Super采访时表示。
然而，急需的这场降雨可能转瞬即逝。一份长期天气预报显示，8月底至9月前12天，“特别是在南部地区”仍有“出现季末高温或热浪的可能”。
默里表示，现在断言还为时过早，随着秋季临近，气温自然会下降，但她补充称，“不能排除这种可能性”。
尽管难以预测另一场热浪，英国气象局首席气象学家威尔·兰格警告称，秋季降雨不太可能在经历破纪录的夏季后终结干旱。目前全国已有三分之二的地区陷入干旱。
英国地质调查局的科学家表示，尽管干旱持续，英国的地下水位状况“良好”。
他们称评估显示全国地下水位大多处于正常水平，部分地区甚至高于正常水平。
周五晚间，英国居民手机突然收到一条警报与紧急提醒，全国范围内出现野火威胁。
公众被敦促避免一切可能引发火灾的行为，特别是禁止使用烧烤、点燃篝火或燃放烟花，因当前“野火风险严重”。
这是政府紧急警报系统自2023年启用以来首次使用。
详见第46页天气预报
水库干涸，政府“惰性”拖延新建水库建设
作者：埃莉诺·兰福德
2026年初，在英国经历有记录以来第八个最湿润的冬季后，干旱似乎难以想象。
但仅仅七个月后，英格兰的水库平均蓄水量仅为66%，远低于同期通常预期的80%，其中萨默塞特的温布尔波尔和卡特沃西两座水库蓄水量已不足一半。
英格兰四分之三地区及整个威尔士目前处于干旱状态，限制用水令影响数百万家庭。
雷丁大学水文学家汉娜·克洛克教授表示，英国的供水网络“未将多年蓄水纳入系统设计，因此一个湿润的冬季并不能保证在干旱年份水库水位充足”。
她表示，今年冬季的降雨确实补充了供应，但“异常干燥炎热的春夏”又迅速将其消耗殆尽。
2025年，政府承诺兴建九座新水库以提升全国蓄水能力。
然而时至今日，这些水库尚未动工——克洛克指出，问题部分在于英国仍在“照常运转”的“惰性”，尽管气候正在其周围发生变化。
这九座水库计划分布于林肯郡、剑桥郡、牛津郡、萨默塞特、萨福克、肯特、东萨塞克斯和西米德兰兹。
萨默塞特的门迪普采石场需待2040年采石结束后方可开工。苏塞克斯的阿达尔河甚至尚未确定建设地点。
位于朴茨茅斯附近的哈文特丘陵水库早在2025年政府承诺前已动工，预计2031年投入使用——这是英格兰30多年来首个投入使用的大型新水库，自1971年卡森丁水库建成以来已过去50余年。
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使用一次性烧烤罐可能面临最高100英镑的罚款
在某些公共区域点燃一次性烧烤罐可能面临最高100英镑的罚款，或若诉诸法庭则金额更高，随着干旱天气导致野火风险上升，相关担忧也在增加。
政府于2005年周五宣布暂时禁止销售一次性烧烤罐，指责这种一次性烤架引发了今夏多起野火。
此禁令并不涵盖此类产品的使用，意味着若在禁令生效前购买，仍可能合法使用。
然而，许多英国民众仍可能因使用一次性烧烤罐面临罚款，因多地政府已禁止其使用。
《i报》了解到，政府正在审查所有选项，暗示若问题持续，可能会采取进一步措施严厉打击一次性烧烤罐的使用。
销售禁令以《2005年通用产品安全条例》为依据，由英国商业、创新与技能部发布具有法律约束力的指导方针。
该指导方针指出，在当前条件下，一次性烧烤罐“不能被视为安全产品”，并“禁止在实体店或线上销售”。Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds称此举为“保护生命和环境的常识性举措”。
宣布后不久，一条紧急警报发送至数百万手机，警告英格兰和威尔士全国范围内“野火风险极高”，告诫民众切勿点燃一次性烧烤罐、火坑、花园焚化炉或烟花。
在接受BBC广播5台采访时，安迪·伯翰姆表示“现在英格兰和威尔士共有37处火灾，其中4起为重大事故”，并补充称虽然无法将所有火灾都归咎于一次性烧烤罐，但“其中一些很可能由此引发”。
他敦促民众避免一切露天用火，并表示：“英国现在如同火药桶。在任何户外环境点火都会危及他人住宅和生命。切勿这样做。请千万别这样做。”
禁止使用一次性烧烤罐（而非其销售）源自《公共空间保护令》（PSPO）——各地方议会可据此在特定公园、海滩及乡村开放地带禁止用火和烧烤。
违反PSPO属刑事犯罪，现场可处最高100英镑、或若诉诸法庭则金额更高的罚款。
水务公司寻求在干旱期间提高水费
作者：格雷格·巴拉代尔
Ofwat正在考虑新的阶梯定价方案，水务公司可能被允许在干旱期间提高水费。
监管机构正在酝酿规则修改，允许在夏季提高水价，目的是在用水短缺期间减少消耗。
英格兰近四分之三地区目前处于干旱状态，长期干燥天气导致数百万人面临用水限制。与此同时，水费到本世纪末将上涨超过三分之一。
这些计划引发了褒贬不一的反响，有人认为它们会制造一个“新的‘用水贫困’阶层”，用水权限取决于支付能力。
水务公司已开始试行不同方案以限制用水量。
在林肯和诺里奇由英格兰水务供水的约14,000户家庭中，一项阶梯定价试验显示，近半数参与者减少了用水量。该公司表示已设计试验方案，确保客户不会因此受损，若从费率中额外获利，明年将降低水价。
阶梯定价试验也在为约5,200名由布里斯托水务、伯恩茅斯水务和西南水务供水的客户展开，夏季水价高出50%，但其余月份便宜50%。
今年4月，水费平均上涨了5.4%。然而，去年客户曾遭遇高达26%的涨幅。一位政府发言人表示：“水务公司正在试行新的收费结构，这些方案必须如承诺般令水费更加公平。”
回收洗澡水可用于冲厕所
脏洗澡水可被重复用于冲厕所和洗衣机，以应对干旱节水。
英国环境、食品与乡村事务部（Defra）正在考虑节水方案，因英格兰三分之二地区因降雨不足受到影响。
数据显示，冲厕占家庭平均用水量的22%。
目前，水务公司因现行规定必须为厕所供应与饮用水同等标准的水。
但从浴缸、淋浴和水池中收集的“灰水”可成为当前危机的解决方案，既能满足厕所用水，又可用于浇灌花园。
Ofwat（水务监管机构）的研究显示，雨水收集和处理系统的成本从新建两居室住宅的3,700 英镑至五居室住宅的最高6,000 英镑不等。同时，新建住宅的灰水回收系统成本约为3,550 英镑。
这一局面促使官员考虑修改建筑法规，以便开发商更容易实施此类方案。比利时部分地区已强制新建住宅安装水回收系统。
雷丁大学水文学家汉娜·克洛克教授表示：“我们应从应对危机转向未雨绸缪。我实在无法理解为何要用饮用水冲厕所。”
德比郡的水资源问题同样严峻。英国土木工程师学会全国水库基础设施论坛主席特里·富勒表示，这些水库“像树木一样不会凭空长出来”。
政府已为其三个最先进的项目——怀特霍斯、芬斯和南线——绕过部分流程，自动将其归类为“国家级重要基础设施”，从而将最终规划决定权移交政府。
英格兰南部和东部地区——该地区水需求最高，但降雨量最低——也是最难建造水库的地区。
英国环境、食品与乡村事务部发言人表示，政府正在“通过1,040亿英镑的私营投资来确保未来供水”，修复漏水并兴建9个水库，同时“通过将项目归类为‘国家级重要基础设施’来简化规划流程”，从而加快项目进度。
英国环境署估计，到2055年，英格兰每天将额外需要50亿升水——而这9个新水库预计仅能提供7亿升。
水费在4月平均上涨了5.4%，而在前一年，涨幅为26%。
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马哈茂德“打破《温德鲁什》后承诺” 移民永居新规惹争议
独家 记者：阿尔吉·辛格 副政治编辑
沙巴娜·马哈茂德因计划收紧移民在英国永久居留（ILR）资格而被指打破《温德鲁什》丑闻后的承诺。
英国内政大臣继续面临工党议员的反对，因其计划将移民获得英国无限期居留权的默认合格期从5年延长至10年，并将新规适用于已在英国境内的人员。
现一家慈善机构指责她打破了《温德鲁什》丑闻后所作承诺——确保移民政策变化须附带官方影响评估并向公众公开。
工作权利中心（与工党反叛议员就ILR问题合作）认为，此举构成“前所未有的透明度与问责缺失”，并称这是“一代人以来对永居规则的最大限制”。
工党议员预计将于下月在议会举办的慈善机构活动中，听取《温德鲁什》幸存者及受政策变化影响的医护工作者的意见。
他们将指出，该党此前已接受《温德鲁什教训学习审查报告》的建议——其中包括不得在无“严格”影响评估的情况下推动移民政策变化。
内政部承诺将在考量超过200,000份咨询回应后，于秋季提出最终政策方案，并广泛预期会向反对派作出让步。
但工作权利中心表示，马哈茂德正在违背2018年《温德鲁什》丑闻后所作的发布适当影响评估的承诺——该丑闻中英联邦公民被错误驱逐出境。
工作权利中心首席执行官多拉-奥利维亚·维科尔表示：“《温德鲁什》审查敦促部长们确保所有移民立法政策与提案均须接受严格的影响评估。”
“然而时至今日，马哈茂德的内政部仍未发布任何影响评估，直接违反了该项建议。”
“两百万合法来到英国并为我国经济与社会作出贡献的人，如今却面临前途被颠覆的风险，而部长们仍在推进这些变革。”
2022年，上议院委员会报告指出，政府自身的监管指导明确规定，对于可能对企业产生重大影响的法律（可能涵盖ILR变更），应在咨询的同时出具影响评估，并在之后进行更新。
“内政部心知肚明，却视若无睹。”
内政部女发言人表示：“去年11月，我们已公布改革方案，将大多数移民的标准合格期从5年延长至10年，同时为对英国贡献最大者提供更短的申请途径。”
“相关改革的部分咨询现已结束，我们将在适当时候公布回应。”
“我们已承诺在改革方案公布时附带完整的影响评估。”
警方逮捕100名试图进入休达的移民
作者：马修·贝利
摩洛哥警方在试图进入西班牙飞地休达的100名移民被逮捕，此前两周有72,000名移民进入该地区。
两周前，72,000名移民进入休达，其中96人在试图从海上进入时死亡。除数千人外，其余人均已返回摩洛哥。
在上次大规模入境及社交媒体近期号召周六再次大规模入境后，双方边境的安保已加强。
据报道，摩洛哥警方在距离边境1.9英里的山丘上向聚集的移民群体施放了催泪瓦斯。
冲突发生在休达西南部的山区。据报道，警方逮捕了111人。
这些移民群体曾藏匿于摩洛哥Fnideq（西班牙语称Castillejos）外围，后被身着防暴装备的警方押送离开。
据摩洛哥内政部一名向《天空新闻》透露的消息人士称，被逮捕者中有两名摩洛哥人，其余均来自撒哈拉以南非洲。
拉巴特方面表示正在监控“社交媒体帖子的传播”。
移民问题
走私者使用的橡皮艇经英国运往欧洲大陆
作者：哈里·古德温
用于人口走私的中国橡皮艇正通过英国运往他处。
据称，这些小型船只正被运往英国，再转运至欧洲大陆的有组织犯罪分子，后者用其摆渡乘客横渡英吉利海峡。
上月，英国萨福克郡费利克斯斯托港的一艘来自中国的集装箱内查获了25艘充气橡皮艇及舷外发动机。
这些长10米、可容纳80人的船只原计划运往德国汉堡。
此前，德国警方在杜塞尔多夫周边地区查获了数千件救生衣、360台充气泵及30艘船只。
英国国家犯罪局称，一个犯罪网络正计划向组织大规模英吉利海峡横渡的走私者分发这些船只。
大多数用于横渡英吉利海峡的小型船只据信均产自中国，包括上周将230人送入多佛的15米“巨型橡皮艇”。
与法国合作是阻止偷渡船只的最佳方式
卢克·麦吉、奥利·海恩斯
巴蒂斯特·韦斯特拉特在法国北部看到过偷渡者的行动。他居住在距离加来沿海的贝尔克-叙梅尔，见过走私者将人们推入水中——尽管水流湍急，他们仍会如此行事，以阻止警方干预。
“贝尔克的警方人手不足，且专注于其他事务，”他说道，“当地居民很少讨论此事，除非亲眼目睹。”
而在英吉利海峡对岸，情况并非如此。
上周载有230人的“超级小船”创下单船非正规移民尝试人数之最，将移民问题重新推上政治议程。
这是非法团伙如何适应英法两国对偷渡者施加的更严厉措施的最新例证——自2024年以来，这些措施已使此类偷渡次数显著下降，政府数据显示已阻止超过47,000次尝试。截至目前的数据显示，今年小型船只抵达英国的数量相比2025年同期下降了43%。
然而，即便如此，这些统计数据也无法抵消英吉利海峡上拥挤不堪的大型船只的画面。法国救生艇服务部门表示，走私者会“毫无限制”地将人们塞入船只。
本月初，另一艘载有173人的超级小船在海峡引擎起火后沉没。人们仍愿冒险前行，这表明，对许多人而言，威慑力远不及抵达英国的渴望。
在英国政坛右翼人士看来，法国常被归咎为罪魁祸首。英国已承诺在未来三年向法国支付6.62 亿英镑万，用于资助警力、安保人员、无人机和直升机，以及拘留中心。
在近期的记者会上，改革英国党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇宣布，若该党执政，将部署英国皇家海军在英吉利海峡拦截小型船只并遣返法国。且不论英国军舰进入法国水域的法律和外交影响，此举将撕毁一项数据显示实际行之有效的协议。
一位政府消息人士斥责法拉奇的计划为“彻头彻尾的疯狂”，并表示：“皇家海军能做的，边境部队早已在做。实际上，海军曾负责小型船只行动，后将其移交边境部队。”
一名前海军军官将改革党的提议称为“奇葩的电子游戏逻辑”，并表示这将给海军带来巨大压力，迫使其在与小型船只和法国当局的互动中做出艰难抉择。
专家和数据反映的现实是：与我们最近的邻国合作，是解决英吉利海峡偷渡和人口走私所带来的可怕危险的最有效方案。
或许会有数量激增或悲剧发生的时刻，但就目前而言，英法伙伴关系似乎在其他任何地方都未能取得的成效。
新增！5-35
观点 18-22
电视 25-31
生活 35-39
聚会 40-41
理财 43-46
体育 47-50
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特朗普的美国
希格赛斯的国防部是一家伪装的公关公司
7月底，美国国防部长皮特·希格赛斯的首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔及其重新包装的部门在社交媒体平台发布了一段炫目的视频，其中他宣布：“将公共事务束之高阁的时代已经结束。”
帕内尔在视频中站在五角大楼新闻发布厅的讲台上发言。
纯粹表演性质的，纯粹为了形象。
帕内尔的信息与现实严重脱节。
一个对媒体极其敌视且在回应其行动报道时异常不诚实的国防部，实在无法被视为将公共事务放在首位。
但该部门似乎将公关置于一切之上——严格控制着这位从网络娱乐节目主持人转型为国防部长的形象，而非向美国公众如实传达军方的行动信息。
希格赛斯作为一个主要经历是新闻娱乐节目主持人的官员，其本能反应自然是回归他所熟悉的领域，这并不令人意外。
在成为国防部长
美国国防部长的大部分工作经历都是娱乐节目
作者：迈克·纳尔逊
在被任命为国防部长（后改称战争部长）之前，黑格塞斯从未管理过超过约100人的组织。
如今，他领导着美国最大的单一雇主——计入130万现役军人、75万预备役军人与国民警卫队成员，以及另外75万文职人员。
黑格塞斯的职业生涯中，更多经历是福克斯新闻的政治评论员与政治倡导者，而非其他任何角色。在其职业生涯的大部分时间里，其使命就是塑造自身形象并“上演一场秀”。
自其在五角大楼任职之初，控制叙事、推广其期望的公众形象，以及对任何微小批评采取严格甚至偏执的回应，就成为其领导风格的核心特征。
他聘用亲密好友与顾问加入其不断扩大的通讯团队。他还对高级部门员工发起多次“清洗”，试图查明谁可能向媒体透露不利细节。
这些调查往往针对的并非威胁国家安全的报道，而是令黑格塞斯本人尴尬或批评其行为的内容。
他主要利用国防部的公共事务平台发布炒作性健身视频。
最令人担忧的是，他与核心圈子试图阻止外界报道其所作所为的程度。
他不仅仅是对他认为报道不完整或不准确的新闻进行反驳或纠正，如其前任可能做的那样。他的首选方式是大声且戏剧化地指责媒体“不爱国”或捏造谎言。
黑格塞斯的公关机器在很大程度上将其与媒体的关系——进而与美国民众的关系——视为敌对的“我们对他们”局面，而非向为其部门纳税的公民坦诚相待的必要方式。
这种对透明与诚实报道的轻蔑态度，正值一场战争——尽管黑格塞斯夸夸其谈、以集会式演讲风格发表讲话，但战略上并不顺利，且民意持续下滑。
或许正是出于对上述两点的意识，国防部在战争及其伤亡人数的准确统计上玩起了“空手道”。该部门推迟或未发布伊朗战争中伤亡官兵的准确报告。
直到媒体通过信息自由请求在7月获得先前被扣留或意外泄露的记录，伊朗战争初期400多名伤员的全部伤亡人数才公之于众。这些数字仅统计了4月停火前的冲突——此后又有更多人负伤。
此外，国防部似乎在官方伤亡报告网站上隐瞒了战斗死亡人数，以4月停火为由声称“雷霆愤怒行动”已结束，因此7月在约旦与伊拉克阵亡的4名官兵不计入行动成本。
自其担任国防部长之初，并在整个伊朗冲突期间，黑格塞斯展现出他不认为自己或其部门有义务向美国公众或媒体提供准确信息。在他看来，这一角色是为打造个人品牌服务的——针对那些易受其宣传影响的人，同时攻击那些不买账的群体。
这样的国防机构运作方式，绝非健康民主国家应有的模式。
“这是史上最透明的战争部”的说法，似乎只是他们试图推广自身期望形象的又一次尝试。
迈克·纳尔逊是退役美国陆军特种部队中校，现任宾夕法尼亚大学宾州华盛顿分校幕僚长
简讯
科技
美国将敦促盟友在AI竞争中支持己方
美国正准备敦促盟友在人工智能（AI）竞争中选边站队，对抗中国。
华盛顿准备将那些加入北京竞争框架的国家排除在美方主导的联盟之外。
去年，美国启动了Pax Silica计划，以确保AI模型、半导体和关键矿物的供应链安全。
目前已有约两打个国家加入。
美国希望在争夺最尖端AI技术的竞争中，通过资源限制令中国陷入困境，这些技术可能被用于军事或经济霸权。
教育
学校尚未为实践性GCSE考试做好准备
一位专家表示，在GCSE阶段提供高质量的实践教育需要进行“重大改革”。
白金汉大学的艾伦·史密瑟斯教授质疑GCSE是否“能够达到行业标准的动手实践培训”。
“学校在提供所需的实践教育方面表现不佳，因为缺乏专业教师、设备，且无法跟上发展步伐，”他说道。
广播
艾宾顿与BBC就“舞动奇迹”达成和解
女演员阿曼达·艾宾顿已与BBC就其在《舞动奇迹》节目期间遭受霸凌指控达成一笔可观的和解。
该节目在2024年接受审查，原因是这位52岁的演员（如图）指控其专业搭档乔瓦尼·佩尔尼斯对其进行霸凌和骚扰。
佩尔尼斯否认“任何威胁或虐待行为”，而审查结果认定部分但非全部指控成立。
和解金为BBC工作室支付的五位数金额。
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新闻
环境
近日，诺福克金斯林附近的大马斯汉姆一处钓鱼湖中有超过100条鲤鱼死亡 FRIENDS OF SCOTMAN'S PIT
英国有毒河流或将迎来“死亡之夏”，夏基警告
高温正在摧毁鱼类资源，迫使垂钓湖关闭。撰文 卡哈尔·米尔莫
近200年来，垂钓爱好者纷纷来到位于利河畔的安韦尔马格纳渔场，寻觅在此清澈水域中洄游的野生褐鳟。
然而近几周，英国历史最悠久的飞蝇钓俱乐部成员已放下钓竿——数千名垂钓者与环保人士正在全力挽救因数周干旱而濒临灭绝的鱼类种群。
安妮韦尔马格纳俱乐部主席、歌手兼环保人士费格尔·夏基表示，自6月起，该赫特福德郡俱乐部已关闭河岸——昔日曾有《完整垂钓者》一书作者、17世纪著名作家艾萨克·沃尔顿垂钓的地方——因水温已升至对鳟鱼和鲑鱼等鱼类构成致命威胁的水平。
这位从朋克摇滚歌手转型为河流活动家的终身飞蝇钓爱好者表示：“水温一旦接近18℃，鳟鱼和鲑鱼就会开始出现应激反应；超过20℃后，就进入了‘死亡区’。”
“鱼类现已进入生存模式。全国各地的钓鱼俱乐部都在上演同样的故事。”
“过去六周，英格兰东部和南部几乎每条河流都曾在某个时段因干旱而暂停垂钓活动。”
垂钓被广泛认为是英国历史最悠久的消遣之一，有超过500年关于休闲垂钓的历史记载。然而，它正面临前所未有的威胁。
尽管安韦尔马格纳通过静养鱼群的方式成功保护了鱼类，但其他地区的情况却不容乐观——河流水位下降，鱼类在日益炎热拥挤的栖息地中为氧气苦苦挣扎。
环境署（EA）提供的数据显示，今年已发生15起“鱼类死亡事件”，每次都有数千条鱼死亡，主要集中在英格兰东南部和东安格利亚地区。
上周，诺里奇附近温斯姆河的一段河道中，因短暂暴雨冲入水中的污染物进一步降低了已严重不足的溶氧量，估计有超过3,000条鱼死亡。
钓鱼协会渔业负责人马克·欧文表示：“随着水温上升和河流水位下降，溶氧量会显著降低，严重时甚至低到足以致鱼类死亡。”
同时，环境署与环保人士已开展数十次“鱼类救援行动”，将困于孤立水塘或缺氧水域的鱼类转移。上周在埃塞克斯，4,000条鱼从南end附近的湖泊被转移；而在西米德兰兹，已开展38次救援行动，转移了超过1,000条褐鳟和野生鲑鱼。
包括鲤鱼在内的多个湖泊已减少可用“钓位”或暂时关闭，直至水位恢复。斯通私人垂钓俱乐部在斯塔福德郡运营11个场地，上周因水位降至安全线以下而永久关闭两个湖泊。俱乐部秘书西蒙·威廉姆斯表示：“水位已降至对鱼类不公平的地步。我们现在只能祈祷下雨。”
尽管俱乐部与自然保护人士认同临时关闭的必要性，但代价不菲。有研究显示，休闲垂钓是英国最受欢迎的爱好之一，约有100万固定参与者，为英国经济贡献近2,500万英镑。
汉普郡的莫汉特鳟鱼渔场表示，湖水温度已升至37℃，不得不将所有鱼类转移至安全地点，并宣布暂停营业至9月。
联合业主米歇尔·格林表示：“关闭确实对我们的业务造成了深远影响。我们现在实际上只能在一年中约九个半月的时间里安全运营，而日益炎热的夏季正导致我们损失大量收入。”
然而，干旱期的最终结束也为河流和鱼类带来危险。
正如上周在诺里奇发生的情况，突如其来的大量降雨会将积累的毒素——从农田中的农药和化肥，到道路上富含化学物质的尘埃——从板结的土地冲刷入河流。
正如沙基所言：“现在令我和其他人夜不能寐的是，干旱结束时可能会以暴雨的形式到来，将巨量有毒泥浆从道路和田地中席卷入河流。
危险在于，如果高温没有夺去鱼类的生命，那致命的混合物很可能会。”
调查
警方扣押电动自行车数量激增83%
作者：尼尔·劳卡菲尔德、弗洛拉·汤普森
调查显示，警方扣押的电动自行车数量在一年内激增83%。
根据通过信息自由法获得的数据，截至5月19日过去12个月内，英国共扣押了7,049辆此类机动车。
相比之下，前一年为3,858辆。
这一数字引发了警方、政界人士和慈善机构呼吁制定新法律，以严厉打击这些危险车辆，它们已导致多起死亡和严重伤害事件。
伦敦金融城警察局自行车队队长斯图尔特·福特中士将非法电动自行车描述为“一大祸害”。
卡莱尔地区工党议员朱莉·明斯一直在推动禁止销售非法电动自行车和改装套件，她表示这些车辆是“手机盗窃、抢劫和毒品交易的完美配件”，同时对机动车驾动员和行人构成危险。
健康
血液检查将减少移植排斥
作者：埃拉·皮克奥弗
英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）将为肾脏移植患者进行“双重血液匹配”，以确保捐赠的肾脏更不易被排斥。
除了确保血型匹配外，科学家还将匹配白细胞。
NHS血液和移植机构表示，此举有望每年预防100例肾脏移植排斥。
同时，该计划有望减少等待移植的人数——目前有些患者已等待数十年。
在伦敦两家医院成功试点后，医疗服务官员将在所有肾脏移植患者中推广该计划。
每五名患者中约有两人在移植过程中需要输血，术后有些患者会产生抗体。
如果抗体针对新捐赠的肾脏，可能会增加器官排斥的风险。
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“我在46岁时因服用奥兹麦克而减重后离开了丈夫”
多年不安全感后，注射剂以意想不到的方式改变了我的人生
听起来像是老套的中年危机——人们步入中年后出现存在危机并离开伴侣。但我的经历并非如此；更像是一次全身心的顿悟，而我确信围绝经期是一切终结的开始。但归根结底，是戏剧性的体重下降改变了我。
大约一年前，46，我开始服用奥兹麦克。我看到朋友们服用后效果很好，几周内旧牛仔裤就能穿上了。我在三十多岁时身材苗条，但生了两个孩子后，我变成了18码。我感到极度自卑。我讨厌买衣服。我总是对自己说些负面的话。
我的丈夫罗布从未公开批评过我的体重，但在朋友婚礼的一张餐桌上，他当着所有人的面说：“那个女孩真爱吃。”
那句话多年来一直萦绕着我。而当时我正怀着孕。
当我们一起看电视时，罗布会评论《舞动奇迹》之类的节目，然后说：“她看起来真不错，都不像那个年纪了”或“你根本猜不到她生过孩子”。
他提到偶然遇到我的一个朋友，说她看起来多么健康。他经常告诉我：“亲爱的，你的腿不是你的强项。”
所有这些都让我感觉更糟。让我感到丑陋。
后来我开始跑步。罗布从未为我的任何训练成果表示过祝贺。我在当地完成了一场10公里比赛，其他丈夫们都来为伴侣加油。罗布待在家里，因为他说孩子们“会闹事”如果他带他们去。当时他们分别是7岁和12岁；我觉得他们本会喜欢那场比赛。在我看来，这表明他不在乎，也不愿费心。
当我在身边时，脑海中有时会反复出现这样一句话：“最低限度”。
在家务上，他只做最低限度的事。在照顾孩子上，他只做最低限度。在我们的关系中，他也只做最低限度。我想他以为我会接受现状。我常想，男人似乎甘于现状。
也许他认为，如果让我感到糟糕，我就会因偏执而不敢离开他。
我刚开始服用奥兹麦克时，讨厌它。我感到恶心，醒来时嘴里有一股奇怪的味道。我告诉罗布，他却取笑我，说我最终会看起来很奇怪。当我告诉他我觉得自己多么没有吸引力时，他从不听。他只是说我“自恋”，还让我“找点正经事做”。
后来我在工作中与某人有了暧昧，这开始改变我对自己的看法。那时我刚开始减重之旅，但他却说我“很迷人”，然后说“对不起”。这让我重新审视自己的外表。
起初，体重下降非常显著。四周内我减了12磅。我担心减得太快。我开始每天早上游泳，感觉棒极了。健身房里有个女人夸奖过我。
与此同时，罗布什么也没说。我们的交流仅限于日常事务——谁需要去哪里接谁之类的。12周后，我减了两英石。我系着腰带才能撑住裤子。我觉得肚子消失了。我享受着不再有进食欲望的感觉。我感到更年轻，精力更充沛。
唯一的问题是，我开始深入思考我的这段关系。也许在过去，
我在工作中有了暧昧，这开始改变我对自己的看法。让我重新审视自己的外表
我本会转向食物寻求安慰。我对罗布不再付出更多感到愤怒。我们已经有八个月没有过性生活了。
每天晚上，他都在楼下看电视，而我在楼上和大女儿一起看节目。
我知道这也是我的错。我已经放弃了。体重越减轻，我对自己的感觉越好，而越感觉良好，我就越意识到自己不再爱罗布了。
我又开始感觉像是孩子出生前的自己了。我觉得自己又有了选择的余地。当然，我脸上有了皱纹，头发也添了几根白发，但我能穿上多年未穿的连衣裙。
一年后，我瘦了25.4公斤。在这整整一年里，罗布一次都没有祝贺过我。
当我质问他时，他试图走上前来拥抱我。“我想你确实瘦了一点，亲爱的。”他说道，但为时已晚。倒不是说我需要什么夸张的庆祝，只是一点积极的鼓励罢了。我想他觉得这很容易做到，但这仍然需要锻炼和自律。你不能在这样做的时候还吃垃圾食品，所以我严格坚持高蛋白低脂肪的饮食。这需要付出努力。
两个月前，在注射了16个月后，我告诉他搬出去。他不相信。他哭了，说我们可以挽回一切。我说太晚了。他去和弟弟同住，现在在附近租了一间公寓。
我认为我们无法修复这段关系。我也要承担一些责任；我也没有为这段关系付出什么。我把他视作理所当然。我为孩子们感到难过，但我想他们能看出我们感到厌倦和疏离。他们有时会让我们亲吻，而我们却无法当着他们的面做到。
我不觉得迫切需要认识其他人。
当然，结束婚姻的原因不仅仅是体重减轻，但它确实给了我所需的推动力。这些注射让我清醒——让我看清了自己生活的真实面貌。
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丧亲父母发起倡议
2022年枪击案的遇害者家属联合起来，希望阻止他人走上犯罪道路。当托马斯·卡什曼朝她家开枪并杀害奥利维亚·普拉特-科贝尔时，谢丽尔·科贝尔也身受枪伤。
同一周内，28岁的阿什利·戴尔在利物浦遇害，而22岁的萨姆·里默在该市身受致命枪伤。
同年，26岁的埃勒·爱德华兹在威勒尔一家酒吧外的一群人中枪身亡。他们的父母聚集起来发起“亲爱的默西塞德”倡议。
财经
旅行者返程后仍为金钱烦忧
一项调查发现，度假者在出发后的数日内仍为金钱问题所困扰。
由thinkmoney应用程序委托开展的研究显示，在担心金钱问题的度假者中，有27%的人表示能够立即放下烦恼。
在度假的第一天结束时，这一比例上升至38%。
对于53%的有金钱忧虑的度假者，他们直到第三天才摆脱财务担忧。
文化
儿童将“完成”巴约挂毯
英国各地的儿童被邀请参与一项新竞赛，为“完成”巴约挂毯出力。
由Art Explora与英格兰遗产委员会共同创建的“战火之外”项目，将让第二学段的小学生设计他们对这件近1,000年历史挂毯缺失部分的想象作品，该挂毯被认为要么未完成，要么已遗失。
这件长70米（229英尺）的亚麻挂毯（图中所示）绣有诺曼征服的图像，于7月从法国运抵英国伦敦的大英博物馆。
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英国首个自行车限速在剑桥设立
作者：艾米·拉什顿
剑桥一条繁忙的自行车道已成为该国首个限速车道，以应对危险骑行行为。
剑桥郡议会表示，该限速是为回应沿线行人安全的担忧，该共享路径同时供“老年人和带幼童的家庭”使用。
限速适用于一条16英里长的共用维护车道，该车道沿剑桥导向巴士专用道延伸。
超过限速的摩托车和电动自行车将不再被允许在该车道行驶，沿线已安装测速点，并设有警示标志提醒骑行者“减速”。
该路线的大部分位于议会土地上，使得当局能够实施限速措施。此前限速仅在公园内可执行，因法律阻止地方当局在公共高速公路上限制骑行者的速度。
议会发言人表示，设置限速是为了“帮助保障沿巴士专用道的所有使用者的安全”。
沿线，议会已安装带二维码的告示牌，鼓励居民举报“巴士专用道上的反社会行为和刑事犯罪”。
限速将进一步通过警察巡逻和“巴士专用道安全团队”执行，他们将使用测速设备抓拍超速骑行者。
初期违规者将被劝告减速，但屡次违规者可能面临罚款。
自2011年巴士专用道启用以来，已多次发生安全失职，包括三名骑行者被公交车撞死。
去年，议会因承认两项健康与安全违规，支付了600 万英镑罚款。
此后的改进措施包括安装围栏将车道与公交车隔开，但这缩窄了自行车与其他路段的空间，增加了碰撞风险。
此举引发了一些质疑，包括指责议会通过惩罚骑行者来减轻自身事故责任的骑行者。
也有人对此表示欢迎，如前保守党领袖伊恩·邓肯·史密斯爵士在接受《星期日电讯报》采访时表示：“行人与自行车混行可能危险，但傲慢的骑行者应意识到，若不遵守交通规则，他们将面临法律的全面制裁。”
剑桥长期被视为适合骑行的城市，其“活跃出行”计划鼓励通勤者和大学生选择骑自行车出行。
剑桥郡警察局发言人表示：“该区域的超速问题已被确认，相关工作正在进行以解决当地居民的担忧。”
科学
疟疾新药被誉为“重大进展”
作者：尼克·福布斯
科学家们将一种新型抗疟疾化合物誉为“对全球抗疟斗争而言‘激动人心的进展’”。
该化合物由邓迪大学的研究人员发现，他们表示其有潜力简化该疾病治疗和预防的给药方案。
疟疾是一种由某些类型蚊子传播给人类的致命疾病。
2024年，全球估计有2.62 亿例疟疾病例和610,000例死亡——这些数字在部分程度上因疟疾控制用药的耐药性增长而持续上升。
这种被命名为卡巴米喹的新化合物被描述为一种“新型类药物分子”，可通过单次剂量给药。
一项早期临床试验显示，当与一种常用抗疟疾药物吡那喹联合使用时，该化合物对成人患者既有效且安全性良好。
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能源标准未达标的皇家出租房超100处
作者：艾米·拉什顿
据报道，皇家地产上的逾100处房产未能达到房东最低能源标准。
国王与威尔士亲王名下地产上的约五分之一住宅租赁房的能源性能证书（EPC）评级为F或G，低于法定要求的E级。
EPC衡量能源效率。评级从A到G不等，评级越高则碳排放越低且能源账单越便宜。
自2020年起，房东若未能出示豁免证明，将被禁止出租EPC评级低于E级的房产。
豁免情况包括房产无法安装保温层或改造费用超过300 万英镑。
据《卫报》报道，在兰开斯特公爵领地、康沃尔公爵领地及桑德灵厄姆庄园的大部分情况下，皇家地产未为不合规房产注册豁免。
在12处正式援引豁免的房产中，有3处声称改造费用将超过成本上限。
这3处房产无中央供暖或双层玻璃窗，仅依赖能源评估师评为“极差”的电暖器。其他房产据报受黑霉与穿堂风影响。
桑德灵厄姆庄园几乎所有房产的EPC评级均为D级或更低
兰开斯特公爵领地发言人表示，该领地在去年投资逾£3用于房产维护，作为“持续承诺，提供符合所有法规的优质住宅”的一部分
兰开斯特公爵领地与康沃尔公爵领地免缴遗产税及大部分商业税，自2018年来已向王室支付逾4 亿英镑m。桑德灵厄姆庄园的收入金额则不得而知。
许多房产为出租给农民的农舍，保温性能差且供暖费用高昂。
这些房产及庄园内其他住宅中，部分未纳入EPC覆盖范围，因EPC仅适用于2008年10月后开始的租赁。
庄园未公开其土地总持有量清单，且常隐匿于房产组合之外。
兰开斯特公爵领地是唯一公开其年租赁房能源效率的领地。尽管《卫报》发现近40处房产EPC评级为F或G，但其年度报告显示仅10处低于E级。
新法律将要求私人租赁房东确保其房产在2030年前达到C级或更高评级，否则需证明豁免。
桑德灵厄姆庄园99%的房产评级为D级或更低，兰开斯特公爵领地这一比例超过90%，康沃尔公爵领地约为80%。
全国约半数住宅达到C级。
按新的成本上限1000 万英镑计算，皇家地产可能需投入高达1000 万英镑m升级不合规房产。
查尔斯与威廉以环保倡导者形象示人，若其房产未达标，或将面临环保组织批评。
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哈里“计划更多访问英国”
作者：莉兹·珀金斯
据报道，哈里王子正计划“越来越多”地返回英国。
现年41岁的王子将于9月返回英国进行为期一周的访问，此前他于上个月与查尔斯国王成功举行了家庭聚会。
他有望在明年夏天于伯明翰举行的英联邦运动会期间参与一系列与慈善组织的活动，因为他是该组织的赞助人。目前尚不清楚萨塞克斯公爵夫人及其子女是否会陪同王子。
一位王子身边的消息人士表示：
“他的访问模式一直运作良好，因此出行频率将会增加，尤其是在英联邦运动会临近之际，他决心将此次运动会办成史上最好的一届。
“所以他会更频繁地往返英国。
“从目前的形势来看，他会越来越希望待在这里。他很高兴这些访问现在能更多地聚焦于慈善事业，而不再被其他无谓的事情所掩盖。”
王室一家在格洛斯特郡的海格罗夫庄园举行了“私人家庭聚会”。国王与王后也出席了此次活动。
国王时隔四年多首次见到了孙辈。
“你无法再像过去那样当一名牧师”
作者：莉兹·珀金斯
由于财政压力和信众人数下降，英国国教会的牧师如今需同时管理多达16个教区。
现年65岁的安德鲁·沃恩牧师（圣米迦勒及众天使教堂）每月驾车在诺丁汉郡的林肯和纽瓦克之间行驶超过400英里，服务10个教堂。
他说道：“你无法再像过去那样当一名牧师。那种亲密感已经消失了。”
据英国国教会数据显示，这种情况自1960年以来已发生变化——当时一名牧师最多管理两个教区，通常仅负责一个。但到2022年，平均数已增至4个，而在诺里奇、卡莱尔、特鲁罗和伊普斯维奇，牧师平均需负责6个教区。同时，在林肯和赫里福德，这一数字已达7个。
农村地区的教区居民如今无法指望每个周末都在当地教堂参加礼拜，通常会在3至4个地点轮流举行。
沃恩牧师在2017年原本只负责4个教堂，但如今这一数字已超过两倍，因新增了6个教区。
在康沃尔，特鲁罗教区已批准将16个教区合并为一个受俸牧师区。
自1960年以来，受俸牧师区的数量已从12,343个减少至6,535个。
新任同性恋主编承诺为《花花公子》带来艺术化、高雅的改版
据其首位公开的同性恋主编透露，《花花公子》已重拾其活泼风格。
现年35岁的前《Teen Vogue》主编菲利普·皮卡尔迪于今年3月接任，他透露改版后的杂志旨在吸引“光环”受众——即女性与Z世代，而非其大部分读者（通常为18至45岁男性）。
在接受《星期日泰晤士报》采访时，皮卡尔迪表示：
“对不起，这么说可能有些粗俗，但我认为杂志的意义不再是为了[自慰]。
你不再需要印刷杂志来满足那种需求。
它奇妙地提供了一种艺术化且高雅的女性裸体观看视角，而这种观点在当下实属难得。”
超模卡拉·德莱维涅登上了《花花公子》2026年夏季封面
现年34岁的德莱维涅是首位登上《花花公子》封面的公开女同性恋者。
该杂志由前主编休·赫夫纳于1953年创办，他于2017年辞世，享年91岁。其发行量在1972年达到峰值720万份。
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数周来，媒体将一位剑桥大学教授定位为冒充者，不断要求他证明自己的身份。更根本的问题是，是什么真正的公共利益让这种程度的报道变得合理？（达妮埃拉·马松）
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我相信安迪·伯纳姆的本能会批准罗斯巴克和杰克多的钻探许可。这符合他重新工业化英国的叙事。顾问会提醒他关于全球安全的那一点。（布赖恩·泰勒）
《苏格兰人报》
这两个项目对我们的国家利益和能源安全至关重要。开放北海进行钻探以开发我们拥有的资源，正如我们之前所说，这是显而易见的选择。这并不排除必须开展确保苏格兰可再生能源未来的工作。（社论）
阿富汗现状
监控与权利剥夺
《观察家报》
2023年，塔利班宣布计划在首都及其他城市安装约6万个监控摄像头，作为加强伊斯兰主义统治回归的监控系统的一部分。一年内，超过9万个中国制造的安防摄像头出现在喀布尔各地。（鲁奇·库马尔）
《对话》
严厉的镇压尤其影响了阿富汗妇女和女童的身心安全。目前约有220万女孩被排除在中学教育之外。女性也逐渐被排挤出公共生活。（科韦·克拉米）
紧急电话警报
误用警报等于狼来了
《旁观者》
我的手机设为静音，却突然响起那种与立即威胁生命的紧急情况相关的警报声。你的手机可能也一样。这条警报并未提醒我们任何紧急情况，而是警告我们不要制造紧急情况。（德鲁因·伯奇）
UnHerd
我本该更惊讶于这个政府从明显的不作为直接转向滥用国家预警系统。不幸的是，这就像烟头引发草原大火一样可预见。（蒂蒙德罗·哈克内斯）
中西部选举
民主党调整策略
《华盛顿邮报》
大约一个世纪前——确切地说是1932年——堪萨斯州选出了一位民主党人进入美国参议院。那是最后一次。但一位政坛新人可能会在11月改变这一局面，愿上帝保佑。他名叫亚当·汉密尔顿，更广为人知的名字是里夫·汉密尔顿。（凯瑟琳·帕克）
CNN
民主党今年正在更多地竞争中西部和农业地带的州长和参议员席位，规模之大是自巴拉克·奥巴马总统执政初期以来首见。（罗纳德·布朗斯坦）
二手书
AI公司收购、扫描并回收小说
BBC
过去几个月，独立书商们注意到一种奇怪的购买模式。在典型的一周里，巴特书店的斯图尔特·曼利通常会售出两三千本书。但最近的一份订单相当于他平时七天的销量。（菲利帕·韦恩）
《卫报》
澳大利亚书商收到了一波突如其来的订单，有书商表示这种突然的需求规模让他"快疯了"。这引发了人们的猜测，认为AI公司正在收购这些书籍以扫描其内容后进行回收处理。
（唐·米利诺）
今日名言
不要试图融入。请不要为了融入而改变自己，因为总会有人与你志同道合。
贝拉·拉姆齐
这位演员向迷茫的年轻人给出建议
生活简报
尼尔马尔·普尔贾 尼泊尔裔英国登山家
尼尔马尔·普尔贾（MBE勋衔）是一位看似无法阻挡的登山家，决心突破极限、打破纪录。
这位43岁的登山家在7月30日于巴基斯坦的布罗德峰发生的雪崩中，与另外9名知名登山家一同遇难。无人生还。
出生于尼泊尔的普尔贾曾在阿富汗担任英国廓尔喀士兵，他于2019年声名鹊起——在189天内登顶世界上所有14座海拔8,000米以上的高峰，比原纪录提前七年多完成。这一壮举被拍摄成《14座山峰：无所不能》登上Netflix，并著有2020年自传《超越可能》。
正是在为打破纪录攀登珠穆朗玛峰时，他拍下了一张"长龙"般等待登顶的登山者队伍照片。这张震撼人心的照片走红网络，也因他在帮助被困队伍时的表现而受到赞扬。他曾在两小时内扮演"交通警察"角色，优先让体力最弱的登山者通过。他后来指出了珠峰商业化的问题，并对环境破坏和未充分准备的登山者表达了担忧。
普尔贾（昵称Nims或Nimsdai）曾在2016年打破常规，独自将一名滞留在"珠峰死亡区"的登山者救出，这一行为被认为是他2018年获颁MBE勋衔的原因之一。
尽管2019年打破纪录备受赞誉，但他因使用辅助氧气完成壮举而受到部分批评。于是在2021年，他完成了世界第二高峰K2的首次冬季无氧登顶。2022年，他又在无辅助氧气的情况下重复完成了8,000米高峰挑战。
2023年，他与探险家贝尔·格里尔斯一同寻找切尔西球星斯宾塞·马修斯的弟弟迈克尔·马修斯的遗体。迈克尔·马修斯是最年轻的登顶珠峰的英国人，他于1999年在珠峰失踪。搜寻过程被拍摄成纪录片《寻找迈克尔》。
然而，随着名气增长，针对他行为的严厉批评也随之而来，有人指责他鲁莽，还有两名女性指控他骚扰和袭击，对此他予以否认。
普尔贾是1983年出生于尼泊尔西部山村达纳的五个孩子中排行老四，四岁时随家人迁至该国平原地区的奇特旺。他的父亲南达·巴哈都尔·普尔贾曾在廓尔喀部队服役，母亲普尔娜·库玛丽则在农场工作。
他于2003年加入廓尔喀部队，并在北约克郡的卡特里克军营接受训练。
2006年他与苏奇结婚，2009年成为首位通过英国特种舟艇部队选拔的廓尔喀士兵。他接受过创伤医疗培训，并于2012年开始登山事业。
普尔贾的公司Elite Exped将他描述为"一位通过勇气、谦逊和坚定信念激励数百万人的人，他坚信人类潜能远超我们想象"。他生前居住在南安普顿附近的伊斯特利，与妻子和女儿一同生活。
生于：1983年7月25日 卒于：2026年7月30日 埃玛·哈钦斯
新增！5-35 观点 18-22 电视 26-31 生活 35-39 入口 50-51 猴子 42-46 体育 47-50 《梅里亚特》 2026年8月17日
法拉奇与詹里克寻求在文化战争中开辟新战线以转移视线
瞧瞧这架势。改革英国党（Reform UK）急于将公众对其财务丑闻的合理质疑抛诸脑后，试图在文化战争中开辟新战线，将矛头对准社会上另一个弱势群体。在先后针对穆斯林、移民和跨性别公民后，该党现又将目标锁定自闭症患者和残障人士，宣称若废除或大幅削减近300万人的福利，每年可节省500亿英镑。
这些计划看起来仿佛是在克拉克顿的一家咖啡馆餐巾纸上随手写就。但其他党派将会惊慌失措地推出自己的提案，最终酿成对众多边缘群体的灾难性后果。英国政治的悲惨现状由此可见一斑。
改革党带着对多样性的唐纳德·特朗普式厌恶，以及对白人男性的痴迷，早已承诺废除大量残障人士的关键法律保护措施，包括废除《平等法案》。这些措施本是为了共同应对歧视与骚扰、改善无障碍环境并创造就业机会。
如今该党又宣布一项计划，要废除“个人独立支付金”（PIP）——该津贴由联合政府引入，用于帮助残障人士或长期患病者应对额外生活成本——以及对工作年龄段人群发放的“通用信用金”中的健康津贴。这些将被一个名为“医疗安全津贴”的新提案取代——但仅有“最严重、持久且高风险”的情况才能获得经济支持。
由奈杰尔·法拉奇及其副手罗伯特·詹里克带头，通过攻击社会上最贫困群体来重塑福利制度，这一景象令人作呕。法拉奇年薪高达七位数，拥有五套房产，还曾秘密收到一名泰国崇拜者赠予的500万英镑礼金。过去他曾声称自己“身无分文”，却在享受布鲁塞尔“肥差”的同时，从欧洲议会议员职位中拿到六位数欧元薪酬，并从广播业（包括当时从克里姆林宫宣传机构“今日俄罗斯”领取的酬金）获得类似收入。
其“财政发言人”詹里克更是无能透顶，甚至连自己从保守党脱党的闹剧都处理得一团糟。而在担任住房大臣期间，他因非法批准亿万富翁保守党捐赠者理查德·德斯蒙德价值30亿英镑的房地产项目而被揭发。此举令德斯蒙德逃避了4000万英镑税款（詹里克否认自己偏袒德斯蒙德）。
现在让我们来看看他们攻击的对象——那些真正需要帮助的人。工作年龄段的残障成年人贫困率是其他英国人的两倍，住在社会福利房的可能性则是三倍。贫困差距的原因之一在于残障带来的额外开支，慈善机构“Scope”估计每户每月需500 万英镑0，而PIP的平均支付额仅为£465。
与此同时，医疗和护理系统混乱不堪，家庭成员不得不辞去工作——而护理津贴仅为每周可怜的£96.45。对于有学习障碍或神经多样性的人而言，情况更为严峻。保守党前大臣罗伯特·巴克兰的调查发现，只有3 / 10的自闭症成年人有工作，相比之下，所有残障人士的就业比例为5 / 10，普通人则为8 / 10。
改革党是一个更关注社交媒体点击量而非政策实质的民粹主义政党，上次大选时其荒唐的28页竖版竞选宣言便是明证。
这对特权自肥的政客，对复杂问题只会开出简陋的药方
with claims that it could save 500亿英镑 a year in post-austerity Britain by cutting Whitehall waste. Now Farage - true to form - is both driving and jumping on a bandwagon as concern rises over surging welfare costs and soaring public debt. And Jenrick - never a man noted for compassion, not least after he demanded the painting over of cartoon murals in a children's asylum unit - rails against the supposedly "suicidal empathy" of our current system.
There are problems with the disability benefits system - it is bureaucratic, inefficient, often dehumanising, fails many people in need and frequently makes mistakes. Yet the thought of this self-serving, privileged pair overseeing radical reform is terrifying as they fight to win a battle for supremacy on the hard right by spewing out simplistic solutions to complex issues. So inevitably, they focus on young people with anxiety and mental health concerns.
"This is not an epidemic of broken backs and lost limbs," says Jenrick. Yet the sharp rise in PIP claimants with psychiatric disorders since 2019 - the year before the pandemic - is almost matched by those with musculoskeletal and neurological diseases due to our ageing society, medical advances, earlier detection of chronic conditions and obesity. All age groups have seen similar proportional rises in claims, while more than one-third of new claimants have both mental and physical health issues.
Despite the Brexit debacle, Farage still often sets Westminster's agenda. Already the Tories, led by another shallow culture warrior, are shifting on to this terrain with attacks on diversity, pushing false statistics and pledges to roll back the duty for public services to consider equality. Yet Labour helped seed this ground also with its bungling of welfare cuts, joining the pile-on over supposed "over-diagnosis" and threatening special schools.
Shamefully, the Government even promoted the idea life is cushy on benefits when Rachel Reeves made the claim. Motability subsidies for high-end cars with her sneer that the system "was set up to protect the most vulnerable, not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes-Benz". And we have just seen arguably this century's biggest rollback of disability rights with a Supreme Court ruling that effectively brands people with profound needs as lesser citizens.
There are many things politicians could do to chip away at these issues: end points-based PIP assessments, speed up diagnosis of neurodivergence, reduce waiting lists for child mental health services, sort out social care, improve accessibility of housing and transport, plug glaring gaps in community psychiatric services, stop warehousing vulnerable people in the poorest areas, extend use of personalised budgets, and start to value carers.
Instead, prepare to bear lots of hollow talk from politicians pretending to care about those most in need while they jostle for votes, tussle on TikTok and betray many of our citizens most in need of state support.
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我们需要终结“免费心态”
贝拉·麦奎尼斯（Bella McGuinness）在其来信（8月15-16日《i报》）中表达了对政府未提供“免费”日食观测眼镜的失望。
政府提供的任何东西都不是免费的，一切都必须付出代价。国家正处于绝望境地，现金需求迫切——NHS（英国国民医疗服务体系）、社会护理、国防、住房，需求清单无穷无尽。在我看来，一次性使用的抛弃式眼镜并非优先事项。
公众需要将心态从“能从政府拿到什么免费的？”转变为“如何自助？”
斯蒂芬妮·阿特伍德 伯明翰附近布里尔利山，西米德兰兹
美国正在扰乱油市
杰德·沃恩（JD Vance）建议乌克兰暂停对油轮的袭击，理由是此举“扰乱油市”，这实在可笑。
真正扰乱油市的责任者是谁？不是乌克兰。
而是唐纳德·特朗普，抑或弗拉基米尔·普京？
杰夫·沃特金斯 伯克郡
水表可减少用水量
面对干旱与限水措施，我纳闷为何未有人提议一项显而易见的节水方法——强制水务公司为所有人安装水表。
现如今，设计一款智能水表并不困难，可安装于各户以自动传送读数（如电表智能系统）。这将鼓励我们所有人尽可能节约用水。
克里斯·史蒂文斯 东萨塞克斯斯泰普尔克罗斯
现在确实该认真对待气候变化了。过去几年，英国经历了愈发极端的天气波动。
下雨时我们遭遇洪水，夏季则出现干旱。
洪水问题正在解决，但干旱问题却被忽视。
英国是岛国，咸水资源丰富，现在确实该投资海水淡化厂，以缓解饮用水与农业用水的干旱压力。
这在中东已是常规做法，为何英国不能效仿？
戴夫·帕切特 默西塞德郡伯肯黑德
年龄差距还是认知差距？
凯特·利斯特（Kate Lister）的文章（《“我44岁，20多岁的男人却在勾搭我——真奇怪”，8月14日》）令我忍俊不禁，这让我想起多年前我所在的翻唱乐队在婚礼上演出的情景。
在中场休息时，一位非常漂亮的年轻女子走到我面前，问是否可以让朋友拍一张我们的合影。我受宠若惊，自然同意了。
当她补充说“我想拍张照片给我父亲看——您和他长得太像了！”时，我的自尊心瞬间被无情地击碎。
大卫·休斯 巴斯
降低退休年龄以创造就业机会
是否有可能通过降低退休年龄来解决年轻人失业问题？
我不相信养老金支出成本会比向同样数量的失业者发放福利更高。
国家养老金作为固定金额，其管理成本必然低于处理年轻人不断变化的境况。
此外，再加上一代失意公民所带来的额外社会与经济成本。
大卫·怀特 萨默塞特郡约维尔
如何吸引学生上学
我对政府计划取消学校“待在家里的周五”的提议（见《i报》，8月6日）很感兴趣。我可以帮助他们实现这一目标！
所有在20世纪90年代和21世纪初仍保留并记录“金色时光”的小学都会告诉你，学生们周五的出勤率会上升。
家长们会被孩子们劝阻，不要在当天安排任何活动，就连生病一周的孩子也会拖着自己来学校，哪怕他们整周都在请假。
为什么？因为孩子们喜欢“金色时光”。只要他们一周内遵守黄金规则，老师们就会通过提供孩子们报名的各种俱乐部来认可他们的努力。
目前谢菲尔德的沃特克利夫草地学校每周提供24个“金色时光”俱乐部。
老师们选择开设自己真正喜欢的活动，营造出一种社区归属感和庆祝氛围。我在《通过金色时光改善行为》一书中撰写过这一策略。
2013年，一些因中学失去“金色时光”而悲伤的青少年在Facebook上创建了一个页面，33,000名中学生加入。他们互相分享的故事都与老师们感到快乐有关。
老师和学生们在学校中所热爱和怀念的，是有时间做出选择、享受与他人的陪伴并获得一些乐趣的机会。
珍妮·莫斯利
居家办公是个骗局
我认为公务员早该回到办公室工作了。
最近我遇到一位“居家办公”的公务员。他实际上是在探望亲戚，只是把笔记本电脑放在咖啡桌上。
他公然吹嘘说，只要每20分钟左右动动鼠标，办公室就会相信他真的在工作。
我感到十分震惊，尤其是当他随即对我们这些养老金缴纳者表达了深深的感谢，因为他不久之后就能领到我们缴纳的养老金。
我相信世上确实有一些在家工作的优秀人士，但总会有一些人在滥用制度。
杰基·麦金托什 西萨塞克斯郡，朗辛
向所有人开放火车优惠卡才是正道
我坚信火车优惠卡的选择权应向所有人开放。
不幸的是，我目前不符合现有任何折扣类别，但我非常希望有一张适合我的优惠卡。
我热爱火车旅行，如果有了优惠卡，我会更加乐意出行。
西安·莱尔 加的夫
科学家的一小步
东英吉利大学和诺里奇医院的专家发现，爬楼梯对健康有益。
与其做这项研究，他们还不如问问我或其他任何人——因为这简直太显而易见了。
路易丝·凯夫 东萨塞克斯郡
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特朗普的荒谬设计癖好是一种安全风险
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詹姆斯·鲍尔
周末期间，唐纳德·特朗普发布了一段AI生成的视频，展示他带乔治·华盛顿——美国首任总统——参观其备受争议的宴会厅。
该宴会厅仍在施工现场，面临多项诉讼。本月初，联邦上诉法院裁定特朗普拆除白宫东翼的行为违法，使该项目的未来前景变得扑朔迷离。
在第二个任期的第二年深处，特朗普似乎越来越专注于其"首席设计师"的角色——尽管在他看来，时间本应用于更紧迫的事务。
美国已进入特朗普所称"为期两周的对伊朗战争"的近六个月，美国导弹库存已严重不足，可能要到2030年后才能补充完毕，美国海军"亚伯拉罕·林肯"号航空母舰的条件恶劣到船员试图跳海，而霍尔木兹海峡的通行量仅为平时的一小部分。
但在过去几个月里，这位美国总统几乎痴迷于彻底改造总统椭圆形办公室，继而白宫，再到华盛顿特区的大片区域。这些项目动辄耗资巨大，装饰金碧辉煌。
上周，特朗普更是将其设计偏好强加于美国海军及其最新舰艇。
特朗普的首次干预是在上周宣布的，他命令海军将航母的飞机弹射系统从电磁系统改回蒸汽动力系统，原因是最新一代舰船所用电磁系统存在技术复杂问题。
至少从理论上看，这似乎是个合理举措。电磁弹射系统预算超支数十亿美元，造成数月甚至数年的延误，且技术问题频发。
回归经过验证的技术看似无可厚非，但现实远比这复杂得多。新航母早已设计完成，部分已进入建造阶段——其设计根本没有为更笨重的蒸汽系统预留空间。
但特朗普似乎并不在乎。这些计划非但无法省钱，反而会令成本再增加数十亿美元。
然而，与他提出的其他要求相比，这些计划简直算得上务实。
据《华盛顿邮报》报道，特朗普现已要求新航母的"岛屿"（即包含舰桥的塔状结构）移至更中心的位置。
他给出的理由是希望新舰艇看起来更像二战时期的航母。
他正将设计偏好强加于美军舰艇
这是一项极其复杂的改动，涉及重新调整舰船结构以完全不同的方式承重。
现有岛屿位置也是经过优化的，以便尽可能快速高效地起降飞机。将其改为符合特朗普审美偏好的位置，必然需要数年时间，并额外耗资数十亿美元。
直到最近，特朗普的开发项目还只是对品味的犯罪和公款的浪费。但如果他继续痴迷于干预军事采购，其癖好很快将威胁到美国的国家安全。
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你有没有试过在英国热浪中约会？算了吧。千万别。外面又闷又黏，相信一个试过的女人的话准没错。
如果你正处于一段长期关系中，两人乐意就这么满身大汗地黏在一起，任由又一波酷暑将我们又湿又黏的身体烤得发烫，那恭喜你们——这份特权我和其他单身人士只能想想罢了。
可事实是，情况已经糟到我决定暂时把我的下半身从“肉市场”里撤出来，等天气降几度再说。我实在受不了了。
我也不想听那些热带国家的人说什么。英国根本不适合高温。
别的国家早就把热浪的到来预见得明明白白，并提前做好准备，而我们似乎还在否认温度计一年年悄悄上升的事实。我们仍然觉得自己是个寒冷的国家，每当被突如其来的35℃以上高温炙烤时，还会表现得惊讶不已。
成年男人光着膀子逛特易购，女人则坐在冷冻区里用一袋豌豆降温。成年男人光着膀子逛特易购，女人则坐在冷冻区里用一袋豌豆降温。
我们应对高温的能力实在太差，因为我们根本没有相应的基础设施。几乎没人家里有空调，我们还坚持让孩子穿着聚酯纤维的校服去上学。
英国在热浪中简直是个悲惨的地方。这又让我想回到最初的话题：热浪中的约会？呃，算了。
从来没人替单身人士考虑过这种事，不是吗？你可能觉得这不像极地冰盖融化那么严重，但你大概从没试过在Bella Italia穿着塑身衣坐在里面，还要强迫自己停止出汗。
就算你能强迫自己的身体在酷热中停止出汗，还有别人的汗需要对付。那味道，亲爱的读者，天啊，那味道。上次热浪期间我在伦敦地铁上差点晕过去。
我的卷发正在经历一场湿度狂欢，所有精心挑选的衣服都湿透了，还皱巴巴地挤到一些不该去的地方。你很快就会发现哪些颜色最容易显出腋下汗渍（浅灰、蓝、绿和粉色）。
我的脸红一块白一块，汗水顺着后背流淌，在内衣里积成一滩。我从未觉得自己如此不性感，更像一只过量服用安眠药的土豆。就算你能挺过汗水、人群和脚臭，你真的想和陌生人在没有空调的公寓里做爱吗？
真的吗？听起来还挺有趣，直到你发现有人的汗水滴进你张开的嘴里。想找个舒服的姿势简直像在抓一条滑溜溜的鳗鱼。
现在，我理想中的约会是这样的：光着身子躺在有大理石地板的酒店房间里，身边有个男人不碰我，偶尔往我身上浇点冷水，像一条搁浅的鲸鱼。这才是天堂！
气温很快就会降下来，对我们大多数人来说这将是天大的福音。
我确信等雨天和大雾重新降临时，我们会怀念这阳光，但此时此刻，我宁愿用所有这些换来一条毛巾和一瓶备用的除臭剂。
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冒险最终得偿所愿
在批评者看来，奈杰尔·法拉奇表现得咄咄逼人：即使在胜利之际，他仍以有争议的安全理由拒绝出席克拉克顿选举计票现场。改革英国党领导人的补选胜利，在他们看来，并非真正的胜利。相反，这在意料之中，而且不管怎么说，那个扮成垃圾桶的喜剧演员表现得比预期更好。我们在一年前就已见证法拉奇巅峰，当时改革党在民调中达到35%。
这种叙事的问题在于，它低估了这个刚刚再次成为议员的人。
首先，法拉奇赢了。而且是压倒性地胜利。无论对手是谁，60%以上的得票率都很强劲，哪怕对手是保守党、工党、自由民主党、绿党和“重建英国党”。
保守党、工党、自由民主党、绿党和“重建英国党”都没有参选，但未来必须参选。与此同时，改革党领导人向那些摇摆不定的选民证明了自己的观点，同时也接受了有相当一部分选民憎恨他且他永远无法赢得他们的事实。
发起补选是一次大胆但经过计算的风险。它主导了新闻议程，并分散了媒体对安迪·伯纳姆的关注。至少在某种程度上，法拉奇的策略已然成功，转移了关于克里斯托弗·哈伯恩500 万英镑00万指控的讨论。
作为Talk电台和电视网络的主持人，我的感受是，法拉奇的支持者对争议感到厌倦。威斯敏斯特议会却不是——许多人在议会标准专员丹尼尔·格林伯格宣布调查重启时幸灾乐祸。
格林伯格的调查结果可能引发一系列事件，意味着可能再次举行补选，但法拉奇几乎肯定会赢得那次补选。
近几周浮现的形象，不再是那个咧嘴笑着、举杯畅饮的老法拉奇，而是一个更坚韧、更愤怒的法拉奇，将这种愤怒转化为选举成功。
成功的法拉奇品牌是一个平易近人的名人品牌，既好斗又讨喜。改革英国党领导人现在面临的挑战，是如何将自己作为政治家的优势与他和该党所处的更具挑战性的现实结合起来。
彼得·卡德韦尔著有《特别顾问的秘密生活》。他的第二本书《政治动物》将于9月1日以平装本发售。
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教育
学费增值税扩大顶级A-Level成绩差距
By Alexa Phillips
教育记者
专家表示，对私立学校学费征收增值税后，私立学校在A-level考试中的表现进一步领先于公立学校。
私立学校学生在上周的A-level考试中表现优于公立学校同龄人，获得A和A*成绩的比例已提升至48.6%。
根据资格与考试监管办公室（Ofqual）的数据，公立学校中获得前两档成绩的比例为25.4%，两者之间的差距在过去一年有所扩大。
去年，私立学校学生获得A和A*成绩的比例为48.1%，公立学校为25.2%。
虽然今年公立和私立学校学生的高分比例均有所上升，但两者之间的差距却从22.9个百分点扩大至25.2个百分点。
教育顾问、前独立学校协会首席执行官尼尔·罗斯基利表示，自去年对学费征收20%增值税以来，已有多所"中等水平"的私立学校关闭，独立学校协会正"改变局面"。
他说，那些熬过20%学费税收政策的学校"在排名榜上表现优异，并取得最高成绩"。
独立学校理事会表示，家长们在很大程度上承担了政策变化带来的成本，并指出截至2025年1月的年度平均学费上涨了22.6%。
罗斯基利表示，学费上涨提高了家长的期望值，导致投诉增多，并给教师带来压力，要求他们帮助学生取得更高成绩。
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私立学校在A和A*成绩方面领先公立学校的百分点
他表示，预计在周四公布GCSE成绩时，私立学校的高分比例也将出现类似增长。
相比之下，独立学校中获得C及以上成绩的比例从89.2%微增至89.4%，而公立学校则从76.2%上升至76.8%。
教育政策研究所副主任萨姆·塔克特表示，最富裕家庭的子女最有可能获得A和A*成绩，而增值税的征收可能正在将部分较不富裕的家庭排挤出私立教育领域。
根据萨顿信托委托进行的民意调查，五分之四的公立学校高层领导预计在未来一年将进行裁员。
以色列最新空袭中11人死亡
记者：纳齐·乌塞兰、埃曼·阿布哈西塔、埃米莉·罗斯 发自贝鲁特
以色列对黎巴嫩南部的空袭已造成至少11人死亡。
以色列军方表示，其于 overnight 对黎巴嫩真主党基础设施进行了打击，以回应针对其士兵的行动。自2月以来，以色列一直与真主党进行断断续续的战争。
以色列战机轰炸南部村庄安萨尔的一处房屋时，7人死亡，而在代尔扎赫拉尼村的空袭中另有4人死亡。
据黎巴嫩媒体报道，安萨尔7名遇难者中包括3名儿童和2名妇女，并有至少19人受伤。
真主党表示，袭击将“得到应有回应”。
根据停火协议，以色列军队仍留在黎巴嫩南部，直至真主党被解除武装且黎巴嫩军队接管。未参与谈判的真主党拒绝该协议，称其为投降。
自3月2日以来，黎巴嫩已有至少4,300人在敌对行动中丧生。
更多空袭在黎巴嫩南部各地报告，包括利塔尼河以北。其中一次针对安萨尔附近山谷的袭击是两个月来对黎巴嫩境内纵深的最深打击。
以色列总理办公室指责真主党违反停火协议并袭击以色列士兵，导致3人受伤。
“以色列国防军（IDF）随即对下令发动袭击的真主党恐怖总部进行了打击，”声明称。
“国防军稍后才得知真主党故意将平民安置在该军事设施内。”
以色列国防军表示，其在安萨尔对“拉德万部队中央总部”的空袭中击毙了真主党精锐拉德万部队指挥官阿里·萨米尔·哈吉·哈桑。
“空袭时哈桑的家人也在他身边，同样受到伤害，”国防军称。
黎巴嫩总理纳瓦夫·萨拉姆表示：“在安萨尔村遭以色列空袭的烈士不是‘军事基础设施’，其中被杀害的妇女和儿童也不是军事目标。”
作为真主党盟友的黎巴嫩议长纳希卜·贝里呼吁以色列及时停止战争。
今年早些时候，在真主党于伊朗战争爆发两天后向以色列开火后，以色列夺取了黎巴嫩南部大片地区。
以色列总理办公室发言人多龙·施皮尔曼表示，周六的空袭将“加强”谈判
“我认为这应使谈判更加严肃，因为它凸显了我们最初为何参与这些谈判的全部原因，”他补充道。
以色列军队仍留在黎巴嫩南部，以保护其北部免受进一步袭击。
在上周对黎巴嫩南部的访问中，以色列国防部长以色列·卡茨表示，国防军将在真主党被解除武装前不会撤出其控制区域。
一位美国国务院官员表示，以色列在黎巴嫩的永久军事存在与协议中规定的承诺不符。
黎巴嫩总统约瑟夫·奥恩表示，袭击是针对谈判及美国推动实施和平协议的“明确信号”。
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巴勒斯坦人正遭武装定居者围困
作者：佩莎·马吉德 发自尼卡莱姆
约旦河西岸一处巴勒斯坦村庄已被武装定居者围困近一周。
Quara村村民表示，他们数月来面临有时致命的袭击。
上周美国罕见地敦促以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡公开谴责围困Quara村巴勒斯坦人的定居者。
人权组织表示，激进定居者正在协同努力夺取约旦河西岸更多土地，蚕食巴勒斯坦人旨在建国的领土。
以色列军方表示，自周四起士兵已在Quara村部署，以保护居民并维护安全。
马尔马尔·奥达表示，他被迫在自家周围架设金属围栏并在窗户上安装铁栅栏，以保护家人免受袭击。
在他家附近，墙上用希伯来语喷涂着“阿拉伯人该死”的字样。
奥达表示，五个月前他的侄子被一名定居者枪杀，他兄弟也受了伤。
以色列媒体报道称，一名曾担任以色列军队预备役士兵的定居者已被逮捕。
“但愿我能代替侄子死去，也不愿看到他死在我面前，也不愿看到我兄弟中枪。”奥达说。
尽管向以色列警方提起诉讼，他表示家人未得到任何保护。
袭击仍在持续，定居者上周还向他家投掷石块，他补充道：“他们想驱逐我们；他们想杀死我们。”
中东
美军在战争持续之际调换航母
作者：本·芬利、狄迪·唐 发自华盛顿
随着对伊朗的战争令美军不堪重负，美国已从亚洲撤出其最后一艘航母。
太平洋舰队的“乔治·华盛顿”号航母已开始驶向中东，此前有报道称长期部署的“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航母存在心理健康和补给问题。
“林肯”号一直在支援美国对伊朗的战争——其部署包括创纪录的连续海上执勤超过240天。
民主党人对“林肯”号船员的状况表示担忧，报道称船员存在短缺和卫生问题。
尽管美伊冲突在近几周有所缓和，但美国海军已在霍尔木兹海峡这一关键水域重新实施对伊朗港口的封锁。
“乔治·华盛顿”号上周从越南岘港出港，昨日得到确认。该舰与一艘巡洋舰和一艘驱逐舰一同穿越新加坡海峡，使太平洋水域不再有美军航母存在。
“林肯”号今年1月抵达中东。
海军官员承认战争已造成“高度争议环境，中东传统补给枢纽因战斗行动受到破坏”，导致航母出现短缺。
印度
蟑螂肆虐引发食品公司整顿风暴
作者：Arpan Chaturvedi、Dhwani Pandya 发自：印度孟买
印度最大邦之一马哈拉施特拉邦在其仓库发现蟑螂侵扰后，正对主要连锁餐饮企业展开严厉打击。
此次突击检查针对马哈拉施特拉邦的“即时电商”行业，该行业覆盖包括孟买在内的大都会区。
秉持食品安全理念的官员蒙德（Tukaram Mundhe）因多家知名餐厅卫生状况不合格，已关停4家多米诺比萨门店，并吊销了食品集团Eternal、Swiggy和Zepto旗下12家仓库的许可证。
仓库照片显示，生锈污秽的储物架上爬满蟑螂。
食品污染问题在印度屡见不鲜，但蒙德的强势执法正引发广泛关注。该邦历来对食品标准执行力度薄弱。
多米诺比萨作为印度最大的快餐连锁，此前因严格的操作流程备受赞誉，如今却因卫生问题被勒令关停。
消费者纷纷表达不满： “早该如此。必须在全市所有即时电商仓库开展整顿。”一位名为Nolan Lucano D'sosza的网民在X平台写道。
蒙德表示：“我们绝不容忍任何危害公共健康的行为”，并警告将对不安全食品加工和不卫生储存行为采取更严厉措施。该行业规模达£9.6，日均订单量达900万单。
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印尼发生自2022年以来最严重地震 53人死亡
作者：Ananda Teresia 地点：马乌梅雷
印尼东部发生地震后，约5,000人被疏散，至少53人死亡。
此外，7.7级地震还造成130多人受伤，这是该亚洲国家自2022年以来最严重的地震。
印尼灾害管理局表示，弗洛雷斯岛东部锡卡地区的数千名居民已疏散或在体育场避难。
一些人在用防水布搭建的临时帐篷下被困于倒塌的房屋外，其他人则在医院外的帐篷中接受治疗。
农民阿纳斯塔西娅·伊马德（Anastasia Imad）在她受损房屋旁的临时帐篷中表示：“地震太可怕了，剧烈到我的房子几乎倒塌。我们担心余震会在我们睡觉时将其震垮。”
东努沙登加拉省有900多栋房屋被摧毁，另有450多栋受损，约5,000人被迫进入临时避难所。
作为一个拥有29000万人口的群岛国家，印尼位于太平洋火环带，构造板块交汇处频发地震和火山活动。
在如今已关闭的马乌梅雷港口，满是倒塌屋顶和墙壁的碎片，居民表示他们仍对余震感到恐惧。
灾害管理局昨日表示，自地震发生以来已记录近千次余震。
近百名居民挤满了被指定为疏散点的体育场。随着太阳落山，居民排队领取热饮。一些母亲将衣服挂在帐篷支架上为婴儿搭建临时摇篮，其他儿童在外踢足球。
官员表示，他们的首要任务是清理受灾最严重地区。
山体滑坡阻断了横贯弗洛雷斯公路（Trans-Flores Highway）的部分路段，这条约700公里长（35英里）的道路连接该山区岛屿的社区。
他们补充称，山体滑坡和余震阻碍了搜救工作。
超过3,500名军警已被部署到该地区。
周末停电后，电力已基本恢复。
地质学家德维科里塔·卡纳瓦蒂（Dwikorita Karnawati）表示，该地区因“弗洛雷斯弧后冲断层”（一条主要的东西向断层系统）存在地震风险。
同一地区在1992年曾遭受7.5级地震袭击，造成大规模破坏。
2018年，7.5级地震在苏拉威西岛引发海啸，造成4,400多人死亡。2004年，苏门答腊附近9.1级地震引发海啸，在十几个国家造成约23万人死亡。
朝鲜半岛
韩国在非军事区向北方士兵鸣枪示警
作者：Brenda Goh、Joyce Lee 地点：印度
韩国表示，当朝鲜士兵越过两国军事分界线时，韩方士兵鸣枪示警。
首尔官员称，示警枪声促使朝鲜士兵撤回。
朝韩边境戒备森严，两国士兵被禁止进入“非军事区”（DMZ）。
韩国军方在一份声明中表示：“最近在东部前线，朝鲜军队越过军事分界线，促使我军根据作战程序鸣枪示警。”但未说明冲突发生的具体日期。
这是今年首次报道的朝鲜军队越过DMZ事件。
据韩国媒体报道，朝鲜士兵可能是在巡逻时越过分界线。
据韩国媒体报道，去年朝鲜军队17次越过分界线。
扑救人员奋战，迄今最大火灾逼近德国
作者：巴特·比瑟曼斯、凯特·阿布内特 地点：比利时穆斯梅尔
官员称，消防员正在扑救比利时迄今最大的野火，该火灾昨日正向德国边境蔓延。
自周五起，这场大火已烧毁高沼自然保护区3,000公顷土地。
来自比利时、德国和卢森堡的消防队伍在昨日与比利时军队联合行动，应对人员希望更凉爽、湿润的天气能减缓火势。
这场大火规模已是2011年一场烧毁近1,400公顷土地的火灾的两倍以上。
烟雾已飘入德国，迫使蒙绍居民疏散，而欧盟在比利时请求紧急增援后已部署三架直升机和两架洒水轰炸机。
周六疏散的居民被告知暂勿返家。
比利时马尔默迪附近，消防员昨日在受灾区域奋力扑救
刚果（金）
埃博拉疫情令医护人员筋疲力尽，病毒传播速度超追踪
作者：康斯坦·萨梅·巴加瓦、马克·班彻罗 地点：刚果（金）内德
刚果（金）筋疲力尽的医护人员正在艰难应对该国埃博拉疫情，病毒传播速度已超越接触者追踪。
每天，社区医护工作者盖德翁·班加·恩加佩及其团队深入刚果（金）东部社区，寻找可能接触过该国历史上增长最快的埃博拉疫情的人。
他们调查数十起警报，寻找疑似或确诊病例的接触者，并试图在病毒传播前将出现症状者送往医疗机构。
但监测系统越来越难以跟上病毒传播速度。
60%至70%的新增埃博拉病例是在未被列为接触者监测对象的人群中发现的，这意味着医护人员可能仅在患者发病并有机会传播病毒后才发现感染。
盖德翁·班加·恩加佩：“监测是应对行动的引擎。”
“如果监测工作不力，整个应对行动都会受到影响。监测是应对行动的引擎。”
据最新政府数据，疫情已导致逾4,700例病例，其中2,200余人丧生。这一死亡人数几乎是2014年至2016年西非埃博拉疫情（夺去逾11,000条生命）的三倍。
当前疫情由罕见的本迪布焦埃博拉病毒引起，该病毒尚无获批疫苗。
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“我偶然发现一个男人的故事，他声称威尔士居民正在被毒害，我想，‘什么？’”迈克尔·辛（左）称。这些说法背后的主角是道格拉斯·戈万，他曾为农民工会工作并调查“污染事件”。于是这位演员决定用两天时间采访戈万，“他对我说的话让我毛骨悚然”。戈万的故事涉及当地农场和社区附近土地上掩埋的“永久化学物质”的掩盖真相。戈万认为这些化学物质的倾倒可能产生持久影响，却在其警告得到重视前去世。如今辛希望查明道格拉斯的说法是否属实，这一揭秘令人不寒而栗。
西班牙艺术之旅
19:55，BBC Four
优秀的安德鲁·格雷厄姆-狄克森完成了他在西班牙北部的旅程，那里是毕加索、胡安·米罗和萨尔瓦多·达利等大师的现代艺术摇篮。这些艺术家的作品在推动学科边界的同时，也反映了20世纪动荡的社会与政治事件。
子女抚养费：父母的压力 — 《全景》节目
晚8点，BBC One
子女抚养费服务系统旨在确保与子女分居的父母定期支付抚养费。然而，该系统被指控在某些情况下未能充分执行支付义务。与此同时，支付抚养费的父母表示，子女抚养费服务（CMS）的计算有时可能存在错误或负担过重，且错误可能影响他们的心理健康。帕德希在揭露这一官僚混乱局面和压力的过程中，与双方父母会面，询问该系统是否正在让他们和子女失望。
逃票者：与法律交战
晚9点，5
在伦敦，票务稽查人员正在追捕一名据信拖欠超过3,300 英镑英镑未缴车费的女性，并试图在查德韦尔希思站拦截她，就其“短途乘车”行为进行询问。在伦敦TIL巴士上，一名司机举报了一名潜在的逃票者，但在任何人能开出罚款通知单前，该女子已逃离巴士。
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- 苏格兰牛臀肉或西冷牛排 2块
- 橄榄油 1汤匙
- 海盐片与新鲜磨黑胡椒
- 压碎土豆沙拉用料
- 小土豆 400克
- 橄榄油 1汤匙
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- 希腊酸奶 50克
- 红洋葱 半个，切极细丁
- 熏制辣椒粉 ½茶匙
- 蒜粉 ½茶匙
- 全麦芥末 1茶匙
- 柠檬 半个，取皮与汁
- 细香葱 1汤匙，切细
- 欧芹 1汤匙，切细
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- 蒜 1瓣，压碎
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- 欧芹 1汤匙，切细
- 香菜 1汤匙，切细
- 新鲜或干牛至 ½茶匙，切细
将烤箱预热至180℃（风扇）或200℃。将盐水煮沸，放入土豆煮15分钟。沥干后静置10分钟让其出汽。
将土豆分开放在铺纸的大烤盘上，间距约5厘米，用罐子底部或刮铲压扁至约1-2厘米厚。淋上橄榄油，撒少许海盐片与黑胡椒，先烤一面20分钟。20分钟后翻面，再烤15至20分钟至两面金黄酥脆。取出放凉。
在中号碗中混合所有土豆沙拉调料。根据口味调整调味。
将所有辣味香菜用料放入小碗中搅拌均匀。根据口味调整调味。
将牛排从冰箱中取出静置30分钟。用纸巾擦干后淋上油，充分调味，并将油与调料揉入肉中。
将煎盘或炒锅加热至高温。将牛排每面煎1至2分钟（根据厚度决定熟度）。取出放入盘中，松松盖上锡纸。静置至少5分钟再切片。
土豆凉透后，加入沙拉调料碗中拌匀。
将牛排与辣味香菜、土豆沙拉一同上桌，配以侧菜。
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6.00 乔治与米尔德里德 [1] 8.35 乔治与米尔德里德 [1] 7.95 经典《情归田园》 [1] 7.35 经典《情归田园》 [1] 8.05 《加冕街》 [1] 8.40 《加冕街》 [1] 9.10 阿加莎·克里斯蒂《森林迷踪》 [1] 10.25 阿加莎·克里斯蒂《森林迷踪》 [1] 11.25 《心跳》 [1] 12.35 《心跳》 [1] 1.35 《仲夏谋杀案》 [1] 2.35 《情归田园》 [1] 4.40 《加冕街》 [1] 5.10 《加冕街》 [1] 5.50 《心跳》 [1]
6.55 《心跳》 贝拉米陷入爱河 [5]
8.00 《仲夏谋杀案》 一名杀手用古老酷刑手段惩罚现代“油腻中年” [5]
10.00 《格兰切斯特》 一张熟悉的面孔突然出现在牧师住宅 [5]
11.00 《格兰切斯特》 [5]
11.55 《审判与重审》 首席高级警司沃克的朋友被发现死亡 [5]
12.25 《审判与重审》 [1] 3.55 乔治与米尔德里德 [1] 3.20 《放松时光》 [1] 2.20 电视购物
6.00 《霍利奥克斯》 [1] 8.55 《霍利奥克斯》 [1] 8.55 鲁道夫的图拉短裤 [1] 7.00 《情侣共进晚餐》 [1] 8.00 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦（美国版）》 [1] 9.00 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦（美国版）》 [1] 10.00 《美国最搞笑家庭录像》 [1] 11.00 《甲板下：地中海》 [1] 12.00 《辛普森一家》 [1] 12.20 《辛普森一家》 [1] 1.00 《辛普森一家》 [1] 1.20 《辛普森一家》 [1] 2.00 《布鲁克林九九》 [1] 2.30 《布鲁克林九九》 [1] 3.00 《摩登家庭》 [1] 3.30 《摩登家庭》 [1] 4.00 《摩登家庭》 [1] 4.30 《摩登家庭》 [1] 5.00 《辛普森一家》 [1] 5.20 《辛普森一家》 [1]
6.00 《辛普森一家》 荷马讲述他的初恋故事 [5] 6.30 《霍利奥克斯》 [5]
7.00 《霍利奥克斯》 [5] 7.30 《辛普森一家》 丽莎开始练习冰球 [5]
8.00 《名人慈善烘焙大赛：抗癌支援》 [5]
9.00 《甲板下：澳大利亚》 [5]
8.55 《终极整修、修复与标记》 [1] 10.00 《四人同床》 [1] 10.35 《四人同床》 [1] 11.05 《四人同床》 [1] 11.35 《四人同床》 [1] 12.10 《四人同床》 [1] 12.40 《共进晚餐》 [1] 4.10 《共进晚餐》 [1] 4.40 《共进晚餐》 [1] 4.55 《共进晚餐》 [1] 7.50 《共进晚餐》 [1] 9.10 《四人同床》 [1] 3.50 《四人同床》 [1] 4.20 《四人同床》 [1] 4.50 《四人同床》 [1] 5.00 《四人同床》 [1] 5.50 《汽车 SOS》
6.50 《汽车 SOS》 法兹·汤森德与蒂姆·肖秘密修复一辆1960年代的梅赛德斯 [5]
7.55 《伟大设计》 一对夫妇在威勒尔计划彻底改造一栋平房 [5]
9.00 《名人流行大师电视》 [5]
10.00 《J's Hours In A&E》 面对逆境的患者故事 [5]
11.05 《J's Hours In A&E》 一名男子的严重伤势可能导致右手永久失用 [5]
12.05 1992：前线 [1] 1.10 《J's Hours In A&E》 [1] 1.15 《J's Hours In A&E》 [1] 2.20 《阳光下的立足之地》 [1] 2.50 关闭
6.00 《早晨时光》 [1] 7.00 《里奇与弗罗斯特的早晨》 [1] 7.20 《里奇与弗罗斯特的早晨》 [1] 8.00 《边际 SG-6》 [1] 9.00 《边际 SG-6》 [1] 10.00 《米莉与格蕾丝》 [1] 10.20 《米莉与格蕾丝》 [1] 11.00 《霍利奥克斯》 [1] 12.10 《霍利奥克斯》 [1] 12.40 《非洲猎人》 [1] 1.10 《夏威夷五-0》 [1] 1.20 《夏威夷五-0》 [1] 1.50 《S.W.A.T.》 [1] 1.50 《S.W.A.T.》 [1] 2.00 《霍利奥克斯》 [1] 2.50 《霍利奥克斯》 [1]
6.00 《罗伯与罗姆沙 VS 尤塞恩·博尔特》 罗伯·贝克特与罗姆沙·朗沙丹见到他们的偶像 [1]
7.00 《辛普森一家》 荷马带内德·弗兰德斯去拉斯维加斯 [1]
8.00 《阿加莎·雷辛》 《阿加莎·雷辛》第二部分：阿加莎为被控谋杀的朋友莎拉洗清罪名 [1]
9.00 《阿加莎·雷辛》 《阿加莎·雷辛》第二部分：阿加莎为洗清莎拉的罪名而奋战 [1]
10.00 《约翰·奥利弗上周今夜秀》 10.45 《弗兰克·斯金纳：30年污点》 [1]
11.45 《格林》 主演为大卫·吉安托利的奇幻犯罪剧首播 [1]
12.40 B.M. [1] 1.20 阅读更多 [1] 2.00 《战地医疗》 [1] 3.00 《夏威夷能量》 [1] 4.00 《S.W.A.T.》 [1] 5.00 《S.W.A.T.》
8.00 理查德·E·格兰特的《海蒂的秘密 8.00 理查德·E·格兰特的《海蒂的秘密 8.00 《亿万》 9.05 《亿万》 10.15 《龙之家族》 11.20 《龙之家族》 12.35 《犯罪现场：街头生活》 1.30 《犯罪现场：街头生活》 2.20 《亿万》 3.55 《亿万》 5.40 《最后的人类》
6.45 《龙之家族》 阿利西德的袭击帮助追踪奥贡
7.50 《龙之家族》 坎普罗拼命维持王国团结
9.00 电影：《有望的年轻女子》 [布丽娜德·芬内尔, 2020] 犯罪惊悚片
11.00 《占有》 奥利弗在霍普公园突然变得暴力
11.55 《占有》 12.50 《预言已应验》 2.00 《小鸟》 3.00 《小鸟》 4.00 《城市袭击》 5.00 《城市的秘密》
广播
BBC Radio 1 6:15 新闻快讯 7:00 与格雷格·琼斯共进早餐 11:00 鲁布尔、马洛尼与查尔斯 12:45 新闻快讯 13:00 马特与杰里 15:30 新闻快讯 15:20 克雷格与维克、阿娜和杰米 17:45 新闻快讯 18:00 杰克·桑德斯主持的《1号新音乐秀》 20:00 萨姆·埃伯特主持的《1号未来艺术家》 22:00 萨姆·埃伯特主持的《1号关机播放清单》 23:00 大卫·P·卡特主持的摇滚秀 1:00 BBC 6 Music摇滚 2:00 《1号赞美诗》 4:00 《1号流行赞美诗》 5:00 迪恩·麦卡洛主持的《1号早间》
BBC 2Xtra 6:30 《超级播放列表》 7:00 纳达·乔主持的《超级早餐》 10:00 《Or Day》 12:45 新闻快讯 13:00 凯莉·戈丁 16:00 里米 17:45 新闻快讯 18:00 邦普 19:00 《Or Sing It》 21:00 玛吉·圣希拉里 23:00 斯诺斯 1:00 查基主持的《超级R&B秀》 2:30 查基与尼罗·罗杰斯主持的《超级R&B慢节奏》 3:00 《超级Saludos》 4:00 Jammz主持的《超级狂欢秀》 4:30 《怀旧周四》 17:30 《怀旧派对》
BBC 2 6:30 塔拉·考克斯早餐秀 9:30 凯 12:00 杰里米·艾姆斯 14:00 韦尔斯 16:00 马斯登 19:00 《The Nights》 21:00 《The Blues Show With The Blues Keys》 22:00 米奎塔·奥利弗主持的《好节奏》 12:00 博尼 15:30 博尼主持的《一曲成名》 15:30 德莫特·奥莱利主持的《Sounds Of The 90s》 16:00 鲍威尔
BBC 3 6:30 早餐古典音乐秀 9:30 《经典必备》 13:00 古典音乐现场 16:00 《本周作曲家》费利克斯·门德尔松 凯特·莫尔森追随作曲家的欧洲之旅 17:00 《In Tune Music》 19:00 BBC音乐会 成人BBC新西兰与单簧管 安东尼·麦吉尔演奏科普兰与斯特拉文斯基 22:00 《Night Tracks》 23:30 《Round Midnight》 00:30 《Through The Night》
BBC 4 6:00 《Today》 9:00 《The Great Crime Mystery》 9:30 《How Out We Get Here No World Order》 10:00 《Women's Hour》 11:00 《Behind The Crime》 11:45 《Book Of The Week》 《山脉之巅：西西里、埃特纳火山及其人民》 12:00 《Now》 12:10 《No. 1s And Yours》 12:15 天气 13:00 《The World At One》 13:45 《Human Intelligence》 14:00 《The Perform》 14:15 《Alone》 14:45 《Opening Lives》 15:00 《Great Lives》 15:30 《You're Dead To Him》 16:00 《Pride Before The Fall》 16:30 《Soul Music》 17:00 FM 17:17 天气 18:00 苏·丁时事新闻
18:30 《Just A Minute》 19:00 《The Archers》 19:15 《From Rola》 20:00 《The Shading Room》 20:30 BBC《Inside Science》最新科学研究 21:00 《The Great Crime Mystery》公众对犯罪故事的看法 20:30 《How Out We Get Here No World Order》金融信贷与阿拉伯之春 22:00 詹姆斯·康米舍纳主持的《The World Tonight》 22:45 《Book At Bedtime》西德库斯《美国邮局》 23:00 希钦斯 23:30 《Poetry Unwrapped》 00:00 《K'Hows And Weather》 00:30 《Book Of The Week》 《山脉之巅：西西里、埃特纳火山及其人民》 00:45 购物预报 13:00 BBC数字服务 17:00 新闻摘要 17:04 《Pride Before The Fall》 15:30 天气 15:30 购物预报 17:45 《Prayer For The Day》 17:45 土耳其养殖业
BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:00 《希鲁特的狼》 7:00 《约翰与托尼的冒险》 7:30 《克里斯·阿米》 8:00 《菲尔的床边水手》 8:30 《传感器伙伴》 8:30 《阿德里安·缪特与卡布奇诺岁月》 8:45 《艾格尼丝·格雷》 9:00 《一分钟》 9:30 《印度电影喜剧演员随笔》 9:45 《每日服务》 10:00 《自然之声》 10:30 《呼吸的快乐》 11:00 《希鲁特的狼》 11:30 《传感器伙伴》 12:00 《约翰与托尼的冒险》 12:30 《每日军队》 14:00 《菲尔的床边水手》 15:30 《阿德里安·缪特与卡布奇诺岁月》 15:45 《艾格尼丝·格雷》 15:45 《奇妙事物》 12:30 《一头鲸鱼，无故事》 15:00 《成长的夏天》 15:45 《短篇作品》 16:00 《自然之声》 16:30 《呼吸的快乐》 17:00 《希鲁特的狼》 17:30 《传感器伙伴》 18:00 《约翰与托尼的冒险》 18:30 《每日军队》 19:00 《菲尔的床边水手》 19:30 《阿德里安·缪特与卡布奇诺岁月》 19:45 《艾格尼丝·格雷》 20:00 《奇妙事物》 20:30 《一头鲸鱼，无故事》 21:00 《成长的夏天》 21:45 《短篇作品》
《伟大的生命》 15:00，BBC Radio 4 马修·弗莱厄斯与波琳·布莱克共同探讨女权主义朋克歌手兼词曲作者波利·斯泰伦（讲述波利艰辛的成长经历、辉煌的职业生涯，以及她不幸早逝的故事）
BBC 5 Live 6:00 11 Live早餐 9:00 里玛·艾哈迈德 11:00 埃玛·范妮 13:00 戈登·斯马特 16:00 1 Drive 19:00 1 Sport《周一晚俱乐部》 21:00 1 Sport 1 Cookie 22:00 《独自答题》 1:00 多顿·阿迪萨约 9:00 《早安理财》
BBC 6 Music 7:00 尼克·塞内顿 10:00 劳伦·拉韦尼 13:00 克雷格·查尔斯 16:00 史蒂夫·拉梅斯基、特德琳·盖斯勒 19:00 《新音乐每日放送》 21:00 里基与考克斯 23:00 6 Music驻站作家：希格尔 00:00 《BBC上的博格内斯》 12:30 菲比·布里杰斯在BBC 13:00 菲比·布里杰斯 14:00 6 Music驻站艺术家：菲比·布里杰斯 15:00 6 Music驻站艺术家：菲比·布里杰斯 16:00 菲比·布里杰斯播放列表 17:00 克里斯·霍金斯
Classic FM 6:30 《蒂姆·利伯罗主持的Classic FM早餐》 9:00 《蒂姆·利伯罗主持的Classic FM权力殿堂一小时》 10:00 艾洛特·琼斯 13:00 《独自：玛西·麦克胡尔》 16:00 玛格丽塔·泰勒 19:00 《约翰·布朗宁主持的放松时光》 21:00 《约翰·布朗宁主持的Classic FM作曲家荟萃：克劳德·德彪西专辑》 22:00 《宁静经典》 1:00 比尔·奥弗顿 4:00 早间节目
Absolute Radio 6:00 比尔·肖特尔 10:00 克莱尔·斯特金斯 13:00 本·凯里 16:00 《无家可归者》与布莱克·鲁弗斯 19:00 丹妮尔·佩里 22:00 乔伊·劳伦斯 1:00 丹·诺布尔
Heart 6:30 杰米·西克斯顿与阿曼达·霍尔登主持的Heart早餐 10:00 弗兰德斯·克里斯蒂 13:00 马特·米伦内斯 16:00 6与凯利·布鲁克 19:00 德夫·格里菲斯主持的《过去的美好周末》 22:00 本·奥尔德森 1:00 盖伊·霍华德 4:00 林赛·拉塞尔主持的早间节目
TalkSPORT 4:00 杰夫·斯泰林主持的TalkSPORT早餐 10:00 吉姆·怀特与西蒙·乔丹 13:00 霍克斯顿与雅各布斯 16:00 TalkSPORT驾车时段 19:00 里克 19:17 22:00 《体育酒吧》 1:00 保罗·罗斯主持的《加时赛》 5:00 早间体育新闻
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Panorama
环球10则
厄瓜多尔
渔民深陷毒品贸易交火
作者：亚历山德拉·瓦伦西亚、尤里·加西亚 地点：哈拉米霍与圣马特奥
厄瓜多尔渔民表示，他们在贩毒集团的威胁与美国空袭致命行动之间已“无处可藏”。
厄瓜多尔太平洋沿岸的小型渔船世代以捕捉金枪鱼和剑鱼为生。
但如今贩毒集团通过敲诈、威胁与暴力，强迫贫困渔民在船上运输可卡因。还有人因诱人的高额收入而放弃捕鱼。
这些威胁令渔民面临另一重危险——美国对所谓“毒贩恐怖分子”的空袭，其中大多数受害者为被指控运毒的渔民。
美国自去年9月以来已摧毁67艘船只并造成220余人丧生。
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，两次未被官方统计在内的袭击针对马纳比省的渔船，属于一项秘密CIA项目。
3月17日，渔民西蒙·比亚克雷斯正在“内格罗·弗朗西斯科·杜阿尔特二号”渔船上，一架无人机突然发动袭击，船只随即起火。
16名船员弃船逃往两艘小型摩托艇，以为附近有金枪鱼渔船。但他们却遇到了身着军装、操英语的武装人员。
比亚克雷斯（52岁）说：“他们开始用枪指着我们，把我们带上船，蒙住头并绑起双手。”
船员随后被转移至萨尔瓦多海军舰艇，接受医疗救治，并乘坐商业航班返回家乡。
9天后，另一艘名为“多恩·马尔科”的渔船也遭遇无人机袭击，情况类似。
今年1月，第三艘渔船“弗洛罗列”号上至少8名渔民至今下落不明。
比亚克雷斯至今仍心有余悸，尚未重返大海。“也许我再也不会捕鱼了。”路透社
澳大利亚
邦迪枪击案引发枪支回购
作者：萨姆·麦基思 地点：悉尼
澳大利亚人口最多的州在一起恐怖袭击后宣布实施枪支回购计划。
新南威尔士州将从11月起为步枪和手枪提供最高1,000澳元（约合523英镑）的回购金，以回应去年12月14日悉尼邦迪海滩哈努卡庆典袭击事件。该事件造成15人死亡。
政府表示，澳大利亚去年共记录410万支枪支，其中超过110万支在包括悉尼的新南威尔士州。
邦迪海滩袭击的嫌疑枪手使用了威力强大的合法枪支。
这将成为澳大利亚自1996年塔斯马尼亚州亚瑟港大屠杀（35人死亡）以来规模最大的枪支回购行动。
警方称，邦迪海滩袭击由一对受“伊斯兰国”蛊惑的父子实施。
24岁的幸存嫌疑人纳维德·阿克拉姆尚未对包括15项谋杀指控在内的罪名进行答辩。路透社
塔尖上的圣母
人们在波兰科诺托皮耶参观一尊据信为欧洲最高的圣母玛丽亚雕像，该雕像昨日揭幕 克劳迪娅·库马加尔
日本
日本首相高市早苗在二战投降纪念日避访靖国神社
作者：Mari Yamaguchi、Mayuko Ono 发自东京
日本首相高市早苗在该国于第二次世界大战投降81周年之际，未前往备受争议的靖国神社参拜。
位于东京市中心的靖国神社供奉着14名被定罪的战犯。日本领导人此前的参拜曾引发与中国和韩国的外交争端。
今年，首相高市早苗选择未去该神社，显然是为了避免再次引发外交裂痕。但她的国防大臣及数名党内盟友于周六参拜了该神社，此举招致北京和首尔的抗议。
高市早苗在去年上台后不久即与中国发生冲突，她当时表示，中国对台湾的攻击将是对日本的“生存威胁局势”。她的政府在战后数十年和平主义之后，已启动重新武装日本的计划。
与其他日本领导人一样，高市早苗避免就日本战时暴行发表任何道歉声明，这与现代德国的“记忆文化”形成鲜明对比。
在第二次世界大战前后，数百万亚洲民众惨遭日本军队杀害、奴役或强奸。
在周六的讲话中，高市早苗向美国对广岛和长崎投掷原子弹的受害者及幸存者致敬。随着“被爆者”（hibakusha）的相继离世，日本正在重新考虑是否发展核武器。
“日本自战争结束以来，始终为全球和平与繁荣作出贡献，”高市早苗表示，“我们绝不会让战争悲剧重演。”美联社
印度
“绝望”的莫迪警告国内毛派威胁
作者：Harry Goodwin
印度右翼总理表示，毛派渗透者正在从内部威胁该国。
纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）表示，东部印度数十年的共产主义叛乱已“奄奄一息”，但左翼知识分子正在“寻找机会制造暴力和动荡”。
“他们必须被识别并孤立，”莫迪周六表示，“他们想将社会引入歧途。”
毛派起义曾捍卫农民和少数民族权利，但长期与军队冲突已致数千人死亡。
人权组织指责莫迪政府利用反恐法和殖民时代法律压制异见。
印度国大党资深领导人贾伊拉姆·拉梅什（Jairam Ramesh）表示，此次演讲是莫迪“绝望”的“明确迹象”。美联社
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高速公路巴士车祸致12名波兰朝圣者丧生
作者：Balazs Kristof 发自布达佩斯
一辆载有57名朝圣者的波兰巴士在匈牙利东部高速公路早间行驶时冲出路面并侧翻，造成12人死亡、至少10人重伤。
匈牙利总理彼得·马扎尔（Peter Magyar）昨日表示，该巴士在从波斯尼亚前往波兰的一座圣母玛利亚朝圣地返回途中冲入沟渠并侧翻。
事故幸存者海伦娜·图尔切克（Helena Tłuczek）在巴士侧翻时正在通电话，她肋骨骨折，肩膀和脊椎受伤。
她说：“所有座椅都被拆掉了。人们被压在座椅下；大家都在尖叫求救。”她救出了两个人，然后“用双手从车辆中爬了出来”。路透社
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周六，柯基主人们挥舞着玩具、零食和扫帚，哄劝自家的狗狗冲过立陶宛首都的终点线。
在维尔纽斯，许多参赛的柯基似乎对“赢得比赛”兴趣寥寥，更在意的是到处嗅来嗅去。
约130只来自8个国家的柯基参加了在林间公园举办的年度赛事，吸引了数千名观众前往“欧洲柯基之都”。
在一场又一场比赛中，有些狗狗在起跑时突然僵住，有些中途停下与对手玩耍，还有几只直接掉头跑回去。
“算了，它们本就是世界上最慢的狗之一。”组织者埃德维纳斯·米斯卡斯说。
格里纽斯表示：“柯基赛跑本身就是个悖论。正因为如此，它才妙趣横生。”
格里纽斯六年前在新冠疫情期间发起这项活动，原本只期待亲朋好友观看两只柯基的比赛。
没想到，数百人涌来。自此，这项活动成为年度盛事，在立陶宛和美国播出。
在赛道之外，观众还为柯基服装游行和“最响亮吠声”比赛欢呼。
后者的获胜者测得111分贝，大致相当于链锯的噪音水平，同时还拼命想够到咀嚼玩具。“我觉得大声吠叫可不是什么优良品性，但在活动现场倒是挺管用。”主人说。
在由英国副大使担任评委的服装比赛中，柯基们化身小丑、中世纪贵族和牛仔，其中一只狗还被打扮成马的模样。
获胜作品是一只柯基，扮成传奇的“铁狼”——维尔纽斯建城公爵的灵感来源。这套服装耗时一周制作，但柯基“一点都不开心”。
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女子可继承王位
记者：盖尔·穆尔森 地点：基迪林
列支敦士登王室修改了继承规则，女性现在可以继承这个阿尔卑斯小国的王位。
王储阿洛伊斯殿下在周六为国庆日发表的演讲中宣布了这一变革。
他四个子女中年纪最大的约瑟夫·文策尔王子现年31岁。列支敦士登是一个人口40,000的富裕国家，其君主权力在欧洲标准中异常强大。
统治王子拥有否决公投结果、任命法官和解散政府的权力。
这个公国传统保守，曾在1984年成为欧洲最后一个赋予女性在国家选举中投票权的国家。
去年，布丽吉特·哈斯成为该国首位女首相。
西岸开设儿童医院
作者：尼尔·普兰
一家苏格兰慈善机构在约旦河西岸开设了首个儿科手术室。
Kids Operating Room（儿童手术室）本周早些时候在希伯伦的阿赫利医院举行了该设施的揭幕仪式。
在此之前，前往该医院就医的儿童不得不在成人病房接受治疗。
西岸的医护人员表示，医院基础设施在行动限制和袭击面前不堪重负。
Kids Operating Room通过其在邓迪的中心为遭受人道主义危机的国家组装儿科设施的医疗设备。
该慈善机构表示，在希伯伦建造手术室是其迄今为止最具挑战性的项目之一。该机构在乌克兰安装了六个手术室，这些手术室可由太阳能供电，意味着它们在停电期间也能继续运作。
加雷斯·伍德表示，“将这个手术室建在这里考验了我们”
Kids Operating Room计划在伯利恒和杰里科再开设两个儿科手术室。
“将这个手术室建在这里考验了我们的极限，”该慈善机构创始人加雷斯·伍德说，“但西岸的儿童仍然会患阑尾炎。他们仍然会出生带有需要手术的疾病。冲突不会改变这一点——它只是让他们获得所需护理变得更加困难。”PA
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四幅梅西拿画作从西西里博物馆失窃
作者：瓦伦蒂娜·扎
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文艺复兴大师安东内洛·达·梅西拿的四幅画作从西西里一家博物馆失窃。
当地议员恩佐·卡鲁索表示，周六晚间在墨西拿地区博物馆发生的这起抢劫“几乎像电影里的情节”。
此次失窃让墨西拿失去了该市唯一一位以城市命名的本土画家的作品。
卡鲁索表示，意大利政府今年早些时候斥资8500万欧元购买其中一幅作品，可能让墨西拿博物馆进入了犯罪分子的雷达。
窃贼拿走了构成《圣格雷戈里奥祭坛画》的五幅画板中的三幅。
他们还拿走了一个双面画，一面描绘圣母与圣子和一位修士，另一面描绘基督。REUTERS
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为阿代家人筹款已筹集超9 万英镑
作者：Iznie Addison
前剑桥大学教授杰森·阿代于周五去世后，其家人已筹集超过9 万英镑。
阿代是一名社会学家，本月因抄袭指控辞去职务。
周五急救服务被召至伦敦南部一处住所后，其被宣布死亡。
媒体报道称阿代在利物浦约翰摩尔斯大学抄袭其博士论文及其他研究。此前该校调查已认定阿代无不当行为。
他还被指夸大个人成就，包括其声称筹集550 万英镑百万英镑慈善款项一事。阿代对此予以否认。
阿代于2023年37岁时成为剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授。
其去世前，剑桥大学表示将审查其任命流程。
周六，移民权利运动人士帕特里克·弗农爵士在GoFundMe发起筹款活动，以帮助其家人。该活动已收到2,400多笔捐款，截至昨晚已筹集超过9 万英镑。
在众筹页面上，弗农向这位“开拓性”学者致敬。他写道：
"我是公开支持杰森的人之一，因为我深切关注针对他发起的攻击的性质与强度。"
"反种族主义抵制运动"组织已计划在今晚6点于伦敦市中心特拉法加广场国家美术馆前举办守夜活动，以纪念杰森·阿代
Globe剧院将翻修茅草屋顶
作者：哈里·古德温
伦敦的环球剧院正在翻修其茅草屋顶。
上世纪90年代新剧院落成时，建筑师们曾获特别许可使用茅草，因其数百年来因火灾风险在伦敦市中心被禁。
三十年后，环球剧院启动了耗资1000 万英镑m的重铺茅草项目。
“茅草屋顶已接近使用寿命末期，”环球剧院首席执行官Stella Kanu对《星期日泰晤士报》表示。
“我们将坚持最初的设计与建筑材料。
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我的肌肉仍在颤抖，我打开手机上的应用程序查看我的运动数据。我不会去关心在53分钟的举重训练中我的心率或燃烧了多少卡路里，而是想知道自己流失了多少汗液和钠（750毫升汗液和508毫克钠，“如果你感兴趣的话，这相当于吃下一大块椒盐脆饼”）。
我佩戴的这款水合追踪器也许并不华丽，但在今夏这个充斥着世界杯补水时段和无休止热浪的季节里，它却显得格外时髦。我们喝了多少水、流了多少汗似乎成了人人关心的话题。
这很好，运动医学顾问、Citius Health运动诊所创始人乔治·鲍恩斯博士表示。他指出，我们许多人饮水不足——这一问题在配备空调的办公室和商店中更为严重，这些地方虽然能带来凉爽，却降低了空气湿度，从而增加了身体水分流失。
2023年对1,112名成年人的研究发现，有40%的人水合不足。脱水会影响我们身体和心理健康的方方面面，从精力到肌肉功能。
“身体的每一个细胞都含有水分。如果细胞缺水，其中的化学反应就无法高效进行，”鲍恩斯说。“你的专注力会下降。上呼吸道感染的风险也会增加。要想优化健康，我们必须保持水分充足。”
在这个追求优化的时代，这催生了各种追踪水合水平的小工具，从分析尿液的试纸，到测量汗液流速的贴片，再到我臂带上夹着的这款售价£179.99的hDrop水合监测器。
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它的大小如一大块巧克力，内置可充电传感器，通过蓝牙连接手机应用，显示你流失了多少汗液、流失速率以及体温——所有这些都能在运动时监测，同时还包括钠和钾水平。
这两者是我们的关键电解质——溶解于液体时带有电荷的矿物质，它们有助于肌肉收缩，并维持心脏和神经系统健康——而这些会随汗液流失。
鲍恩斯表示，对于足球运动员和网球运动员等精英运动员来说，分析汗液在“调整训练和营养方面可能有帮助”。
虽然血液和尿液的实验室检测已存在多年，“但现在在商业可及的检测中更受欢迎。计划跑超级马拉松的人会问我如何进行检测。”
但他认为，对于普通运动者而言，这样的小工具
测试水分
可穿戴设备正在推出追踪我们水合水平的功能——但在高温天气下，它们值得追捧吗？ 作者：Antonia Hoyle
并非必需品。“如果你运动时间不超过一小时，可能不会流汗到足以察觉自身的缺水状态。”他补充道，“和其他可穿戴设备一样，我不确定这些小工具的准确性有多高。”
HDrop Technologies Inc. 公司于2023年推出其传感器，并表示其数据至少有85%的准确性，引用《生理学》期刊的一项研究发现“hDrop估算的汗液流失与实验室测量结果无显著差异”。
Bownes认为，水合追踪器的流行与电解质补充剂的热度上升密切相关。
上个月，英国连锁超市Sainsbury's报告称，“补液粉”搜索量同比增长333%，社交媒体上充斥着健身博主对其功效的赞誉。
然而，尽管电解质水平过低可能导致疲劳、头晕和肌肉痉挛，但我们大多数人通过日常饮食就能摄入足够的电解质。
实际上，我们大多数人日常饮食中摄入的盐分（约6克）早已超出推荐的最大摄入量，这在功能上与钠的作用相同。
“并不需要购买昂贵的电解质产品，”Bownes坦言，但在当前这段罕见的高温天气里，对大量运动者或汗液流失较多的人来说，补充电解质“或许有助于维持水分平衡”。
探索你的汗液区间
HDrop会为用户计算一个汗液流失“参考基准”——一个0到100的评分，将你归入三个“汗液区间”之一： - 浓缩区间：盐分含量较高、水分较少，表明你喝水不足； - 目标区间：盐分浓度平衡； - 稀释区间：体内盐分被稀释，可能需要补充电解质。
在61分的基准下，我被归入目标区间。无论是动感单车、跑步还是举重，我每小时流失约750毫升汗液——这在该应用看来属于平均水平，但让我切实感受到自己流失了多少液体（约三大杯的量），以及及时补充水分的重要性。
举重时，我汗液中的钠浓度为每盎司20毫克（低于平均水平），但在半小时动感单车运动后，这一数值升至每盎司35毫克（高于平均水平）。这种波动属于正常现象，取决于天气和运动前的水分状态，因此我并不担心。
为了了解热浪期间非运动状态下的水分流失情况，我在气温35℃的环境中坐在办公桌前10小时——期间我流失的汗液量与一小时运动时相当，钠流失363毫克（约三包薯片的量），钾流失66毫克（约三片香蕉的量）。
由于我经常在睡梦中满身是汗醒来，我也很想戴着它过夜。但传感器闪起绿灯，我丈夫表示反对。
总而言之，大量数据似乎告诉我，我的汗液流水量和质量都属于正常范围。
正如Bownes所言：“我并非说追踪器没用，但它们真的是普通人必需的东西吗？”
分析你的尿液
我通过健康分析公司Vivoo进行另一次测试，该公司通过分析尿液比重来评估我的水合状态（£16 for 30次测试）。
当脱水时，肾脏会保留水分，使尿液更加浓缩。你下载Vivoo应用，将尿液滴在试纸上，然后将试纸变成的颜色与应用中七种颜色中最接近的进行匹配。
我的尿液呈黄色，被归类为脱水。要达到最佳范围，它需要变成青绿色。Vivoo强调其测试不适用于医疗诊断。
不过，Bownes的建议更为简单：“只需将尿液作为监测水合状态的一种方式。它应为清澈或呈极浅麦秆色。如果你早上醒来发现尿液看起来很浓缩，就知道你脱水了。”
他说，我们每小时每公斤体重至少应排出0.5毫升尿液——因此，一名60公斤的女性每24小时应至少排出720毫升尿液。
我们所需的水量取决于天气和活动水平等变量，但欧洲食品安全局建议女性每天约需2升水，男性约需2.5升（包括食物中的水分）。
从食物中获取水分
但Bownes强调，应补充的是水。他说：“茶和咖啡是利尿剂，会从组织中排出更多水分，进而通过尿液排出体外。因此它们实际上会让你脱水。”他补充道，柠檬水、可乐、果汁饮料甚至苹果汁也是如此。
虽然睡前大量饮水可能导致夜间睡眠中断，“但早上第一时间喝一大杯水是件好事”，Bownes说。“随身携带水杯并在办公桌上放瓶水。”
水果和蔬菜是增加水分摄入的有效方式——草莓、西葫芦和番茄的含水量均超过90%。
Bownes表示，不要等到口渴才喝水——到那时你可能已经脱水了。带有每小时饮水目标的水瓶（上午9点“继续坚持！”，下午4点“永不放弃！”）听起来有些花哨，但确实提醒我喝水。这当然是水合趋势的核心——而且完全免费。
关联关系
我在20多岁时从未想过会没有社交生活——但我对此很满意
孤独与独处不同，作家基娅-艾丽斯·格林如是说
如果几年前有人让我描绘我的20多岁会是什么样子，我会想象日记本里塞满下班后的酒局、临时周末出行，以及永远不会静音的群聊。
而现实是，在24岁的今天，我住在离最亲近的朋友3小时车程的地方，一年才见他们一次。但我完全接受这一点。
从白金汉郡搬到柴郡后，我的友谊关系发生了变化。没有"明天喝杯咖啡吗？"的短信，没有清晨散步，没有周末购物——要协调提前几个月的年假计划，却总落空。若以见面频率衡量友谊，我会得出结论：我的社交生活近乎为零。
我们被灌输"孤独流行病"的概念。"友谊衰退"已成为形容Gen Zers难以建立深厚关系的流行语。根据The Great Friendship Project最新发布的《友谊现状》报告，one in 10英国人表示自己没有亲密朋友，而Gen Zers经历长期孤独的概率是the over-70s的两倍。
然而近期，社交媒体上出现了一种新叙事——loneliness influencers。视频中，创作者们浪漫化独自约会、庆祝取消计划，并讨论protecting their peace。关于周六晚上独处的帖子，播放量动辄数百万。
年轻人不再为清静的社交生活感到愧疚，反而开始拥抱它。我就是其中之一。我热爱独处，但不认为自己孤独。
牛津大学进化心理学家罗宾·邓巴教授表示，孤独更多取决于周围人的质量而非数量。"你可能在人群中感到孤独，"他说道。
我现有的亲密友谊主要通过每隔几周的语音消息和分享的随机表情包维系。
我并非个例。一位27岁的女孩告诉我，她只有一个密友，每三个月见一次面。"大多数日子我都是独自度过，生活也因此围绕这些时刻展开，"她说，"我能选择想做的事，而见到她时那种特别感油然而生；我们有太多话要说。"
在TikTok拥有超过700,000粉丝的Tam Kaur，会发布她的独处约会，包括独自喝咖啡、用餐和参观美术馆。评论区充斥着"My social battery runs out so quickly"之类的留言。
邓巴表示，"从朋友那里‘休息’其实和休息一样有益。社交旋风相当有压力，尤其是当你每周都要全速参加派对时。但若超过三个月不见朋友，重新联系可能会很困难。他们可能已经继续生活了。"
当然，网络上也展现了另一面：在有人拥抱独处的同时，也有无数人发帖谈论友谊破裂、大学毕业后难结新友或在20多岁时感到孤立。
多年来，社交媒体让我们习惯将自己与他人的友谊圈、假期和生日晚宴对比。充满群像的个人主页仿佛证明了你的人气，而在曼彻斯特生活的第一年，我曾为身边没有朋友而悲伤。
如今，这种明显的转变正在发生：像我这样的人开始更诚实地面对拥有更小圈子的现实。
邓巴表示，能让你痛哭一场的朋友的最佳数量是5个。"我们发现，拥有超过5个朋友可能对健康有害，几乎可以确定是因为你将社交精力和时间过于分散。"
我无法说自己有五个最好的朋友，但我确实有两个在家乡的好友，我很享受和他们见面。当我们最终能聚在一起时，这是我最喜欢的事情之一。见面如此稀少反而让我更加珍惜那段时光。
幸运的是，我还没有变成一个完全的隐士，失去了交谈的能力。我和男友同住，尽管他经常加班，但我在工作中也会和许多人交流。当然，我们都需要他人和联结。但这并不意味着日程表要塞满约会。
我可能没有几年前想象的那种大群聊，但我很快乐。我意识到安静的社交生活不一定会导致孤独。
基娅-伊莱斯·格林表示，偶尔见到朋友反而让她更享受
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我一直渴望近距离观察野生环境中的熊，但尽管它们遍布西班牙、俄罗斯、挪威到希腊等数十个欧洲国家，却以难以捉摸著称。
为了增加成功机会，我前往芬兰——该国野生熊数量估计超过2,000头，且最大种群集中在靠近东部边境的地区。夏季，北部地区每天有16小时日照，有利于观熊。
从赫尔辛基机场出发后，我乘坐了一次为期6小时的风景秀丽的铁路之旅，从附近的蒂库里拉出发。列车呼啸穿过以常绿松林和波光粼粼的湖泊为主的壮观北极湖区。从卡亚尼这个东部卡伊努地区的区域中心小镇出发，还需约1小时车程才能抵达目的地。
这里，马丁塞尔科宁荒野中心与马丁塞尔科宁自然保护区携手，致力于保护古老森林并推广可持续野生动物旅游。2016年接手业务的丽娜·尼尔松-马耶塔提供简朴但热情的住宿和户外体验。
距离最近的超市超过40英里，但离俄罗斯边境仅几步之遥。在前往观熊隐蔽处的路上，导游玛雅·马耶塔（丽娜的女儿）同意带我绕行片刻。我本以为会看到数英里的铁丝网围栏和挥舞卡拉什尼科夫冲锋枪的哨兵，但那里甚至没有实体屏障——仅有几面黄旗标示边界。
仅需熊本色
在芬兰
离俄罗斯边境不远 詹姆斯·因尼斯-史密斯花了两个晚上 侦察熊的栖息地
棕熊相当具领地意识，尤其是在抚育幼崽时，但在芬兰袭击事件极为罕见；过去100年里仅发生过1次致命袭击。
由于我们的到来正值喂食时间，我们得以未被察觉地溜进隐蔽棚。出于安全考虑，我们直到次日清晨才会离开——因此备有成排的双层床、大茶壶和一袋袋饼干。
在里纳准备的火腿三明治晚餐后，我放松地坐进大型观景窗旁舒适的旋转椅中。隐蔽棚可供约12位客人入住，但由于季节尚早，我们独享了整个地方。
隐蔽棚设施简陋，没有电灯，却增添了奇妙的隔绝感，蜡烛则让空间显得温馨。我刚安顿好，更多的熊———群熊通常被称为“ sleuth ”或“ sloth ”——从森林中现身觅食。
它们正在食用公园管理员留下的肉块，但棕熊通常是杂食性觅食者，约70%至90%的饮食由浆果、蘑菇和绿色植被构成。
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幼熊和更好奇的熊径直来到玻璃前，距离我的脸仅有几英寸，而成年熊则相互追逐。
我的行程恰逢交配季开始之际，交配季从5月中旬持续至7月初；雌性在冬季产崽，此时它们仍处于深度冬眠状态。在冬眠前摄入大量富含能量的浆果后，它们会储存脂肪，以度过严寒的冬季并保持健康。
公熊很少在幼崽出生后留在身边，甚至可能杀死幼崽以迫使雌性再次发情。
回到隐蔽棚进行第二晚观察，让我真正了解了这些动物的日常作息。由于棕熊天生在黎明和黄昏时最为活跃（属于晨昏性动物），观赏时间表围绕它们最活跃的时段设计。它们通常会在下午5点左右开始出现在空地上，并遵循严格的社交等级制度。
体型较大的优势雄性通常先到达，以划定领地。随后，当雌性和幼熊感到足够安全后，它们会小心翼翼地进入觅食区。整个熊群会在该区域逗留数小时，随后消失回森林，留下大量拍摄机会，但我更倾向于静静地享受当下。
回到荒野中心后，告别了熊群，我享用了美味的芬兰炖菜和自酿啤酒，还获准使用一艘结实的小船探索湖滨小径。在导览步行至神奇的林图兰皮湖时，我发现了一群驯鹿和一头硕大的驼鹿。
向北驱车一小时，在美丽的霍萨国家公园，我有幸见到了芬兰最重要的史前考古遗址之一：维里卡尔约岩画。陡峭的岩壁上散布着60多幅动物、狩猎场景和数千年前的精神仪式图案，可从观景平台欣赏。
然而，最令我难忘的，还是那些神秘莫测的棕熊。在如此近距离的自然环境中观察它们，让我倍感谦卑，并希望它们能在这片偏远而未受破坏的土地上继续繁衍生息。
芬兰的卡伊努地区拥有3,000多个湖泊
耐力戏剧是否已走得太远？
霍莉·奥马洪
在爱丁堡边缘艺术节的舞台上，散落着行李箱、塑料瓶和波斯地毯，索赫拉布·哈格韦尔迪正赤身裸体地跳来跳去，用一只袜子遮住他的阴茎。他的作品《异乡人》记述了他作为伊朗人试图获得美国公民身份的经历，以及在青少年时期战胜睾丸癌的经历。此时此刻，他正在扮演他童年时期的尿液；几分钟后，他又以成年人的精子形象再次登场。但这些表演都比不上他将阴茎从裤子里拉出、对准瓶子小便，然后喝下尿液的那一刻更令人震惊。
这只是今年爱丁堡边缘艺术节上众多以演员用身体进行奇怪且折磨人的方式表演的节目之一。戏剧在自行车、跑步机和改良式普拉提床上上演，还有其他让人反胃的特技。其中一个节目在长达一小时的演出中反复演唱同一首歌——既考验观众的耐心，也考验演员的体力极限。
这些行为是在竞争激烈、市场饱和的艺术节中突出重围的噱头吗？在这里，个人隐私、眼泪甚至裸露已司空见惯，难以引起轰动？还是艺术家们为了表达自我、突破身心极限而采取的方式？
在演出后与哈格韦尔迪交谈时，他坚称这些“身体折磨的时刻”是“一种自我表达的手段”——对艺术的投入，以及在病痛后对自由和生命的庆祝。
哈格韦尔迪此前已在费城和丹佛的边缘艺术节上演出过《异乡人》，他认为自己“对这种噱头已有一定的容忍度”，但他承认，在8月的24个晚上里，每晚都要按需小便并吞下自己排出的液体，这可能仍是一项挑战。
在同一场地的其他角落，另一位艺术家每晚也有自己的“珠穆朗玛峰”要攀登。澳大利亚喜剧演员康纳·达里奥尔（艺名Conk）正在演出他的作品《连续一小时唱同一首歌》。这首歌是一首令人恼火的欢快乡村摇滚乐曲，他要求我不要透露歌名，以保留惊喜。“它完美到每个人都知道这首歌，但又没人真正了解它，”他说道，“它一开始非常夸张——简直像一记耳光。”Conk此次作为巡演的一部分来到爱丁堡，估计已唱过这首歌约780次，到月底前将达到1,000次。
每一轮演唱都略有不同，Conk会添加道具（香蕉、标语牌、口风琴）、脱掉衣服或改变舞蹈动作。然而，那天晚上我观看时，观众的热情丝毫未减：每当Conk拉响彩色纸筒庆祝一轮结束，总能引来更多的欢呼声。“它以一种非常奇特的方式将人们凝聚在一起，”他笑着说。演出几乎每晚都座无虚席，包括我旁边的一对澳大利亚夫妇，他们表示这是他们优先观看的节目。一小时结束后，甚至有人高喊“再来一首！”
随着全新的桑拿剧场落地，观众也能亲身体验身体耐力的考验。这种名为aufguss的多感官剧场体验在北欧部分地区已颇受欢迎，它在桑拿内融合动作、声音和气味，但在英国仍是新奇事物。对于许多人，包括我自己，边缘艺术节的“桑拿艺术俱乐部”场次是首次体验。
我们最终都汗流浃背，但下一场演出的演员汗流得更多
与这种艺术形式的邂逅。
我们只穿着泳衣，坐在围绕三大盘白热岩石的木制长凳上，皮肤在50至60度的高温下瞬间闪闪发光。现场有多场演出同时进行，但我是来看弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫《海浪》的改编作品。当我们聆听小说中特别引人共鸣的段落音频拼贴时，一对“桑拿大师”将冰块撒到岩石上，制造出阵阵蒸汽，挥舞毛巾并向我们扇来熏香。每场12至15分钟的演出间隙，观众会到户外进行冷水浸泡。
观众的舒适度是首要考虑。“当我们与观众有眼神交流时，这既是表演的一部分，也是为了确保[观众]的安全，”桑拿大师汉娜说。她在成为一名aufguss艺术家前曾是私人健身教练。
最终我们都汗流浃背，但下一场我看的演员汗流得更多。本·诺里斯曾是英国（大不列颠）长跑运动员，他一边在跑步机上奔跑，一边演绎自己大部分自传体的长达一小时的戏剧《距离》。这诚然是一场壮观的演出，但诺里斯的运动天赋虽然让人着迷，却从未掩盖其丰富的叙事内涵。他带领我们经历了青少年时期重要比赛、严格训练计划和严苛饮食，这一切都在他跑步机上奔跑的同时完成，还要换上汗湿的背心。
涉及移动设备的风险很高。我在观看当晚，诺里斯曾短暂从机器上滑落，但未受影响。倘若他摔倒受伤，可能意味着演出中断。
如果有演员失声，或无法随时排尿，情况也会类似。尽管每场演出的价值远超噱头，每位表演者都能找到解决之道，但这些大胆尝试已被非正式地纳入票价考量。
诺里斯并非首位在爱丁堡边缘艺术节跑步机上表演的艺术家（尽管他表示已为这个想法酝酿了13年）。自行车也曾被纳入该节庆典的演出中。但剧作家兼演员埃迪·桑顿或许是首位将戏剧搬上改革派普拉提床的艺术家。
在《改革者》中，她和安娜·格伦丁扮演两名女性，一边在普拉提床上做弓步、平板支撑和伸展动作，一边互相打量——对于不熟悉这项风靡一时的健身方式的人来说，这些器械看起来像是皮革包裹的中世纪酷刑架。“我尽可能将结构设计得与真实课程相近，”桑顿说。她设法从阿尔迪以约150英镑的价格买下这些床。作为一名训练有素的舞者，她的动作看起来毫不费力。而格伦丁则面临一个潜在危险的挑战：为喜剧效果扮演一个笨手笨脚的初学者。“假装很糟糕其实很有挑战性，”她笑着说。尽管她是一名狂热的瑜伽练习者，“我的腿却像果冻[事后]我真的充满了内啡肽”。
当然，要在舞台上完成耐力壮举，必须经过严苛的排练期。为练习边跑步边说话，诺里斯会在当地健身房的跑步机上边慢跑边给朋友打电话。随着演出临近，他会带上iPad大声背诵65分钟的独白，无视健身房其他会员的目光。而哈格韦尔迪则直到彩排时才喝下自己的尿液，但至少需要尝试一次以确认自己能做到。
对于资深“前沿戏剧”导演斯科特·赫兰（Scott Hurran）而言，他于2015年在该节日排演戏剧时患上带状疱疹，当他听到艺术家们为博观众一笑而不顾身心极限的故事时，不禁为之警醒。他说道：“我认为‘前沿戏剧节’之所以会给艺术家带来巨大压力，恰恰是因为它已成为少数几个艺术家仍能感受到冒险的地方之一。”
不过，在采访的艺术家中，最令他们精疲力竭的并非演出本身的高强度。对于康克（Conk）而言，反复演唱同一首歌远不及他为筹集演出资金而上演的Instagram直播噱头来得劳累。他说道：“我为每一美元的筹款跳了一次《玛卡雷娜》，最终在七个半小时内表演了2,500次。”
回顾自身经历，赫兰坦言在“前沿戏剧节”期间及筹备阶段“承受了巨大的身心压力”，甚至不得不在演出中途暂停数日。最终，这令他“更加严肃地思考自己的身心健康与可持续发展的职业生涯应是什么模样”。
但赫兰强调：“艺术家不应因此降低追求或放弃爱丁堡的工作机会……问题的关键在于，我们应如何创造条件，让戏剧创作者能够追求抱负，同时不致在过程中伤及自身。”
《异乡人》将持续至8月31日；《连续一小时演唱同一首歌》将持续至8月31日；《桑拿剧场》将持续至8月31日；《距离》将持续至8月31日；《改革者》将持续至8月29日。
KEMP 2–35
OPINION 18–22
TIV 26–30
CULTURE 60–61
MOUNT 63–66
SPORT 67–98
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马尔克·夏加尔1967年石版画作品：《马戏团》收藏于Kunstmuseum 巴勃罗·毕加索：《修道士》版权©2025 ADAGP巴黎与DACS伦敦
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视觉艺术
夏加尔的马戏团画作将亮相西约克郡
韦克菲尔德的赫普沃斯美术馆宣布将举办一场大型展览，专注于白俄罗斯裔法国艺术家马克·夏加尔对马戏团的持久兴趣，以及他对杂技演员、小丑和奇幻表演者的生动描绘。
展览的核心是"Le Cirque"（马戏团），这是现代主义画家于1967年创作的一组石版画。这些作品最初与一篇他反思马戏团重要性的文章一同发表。此次展览的配套目录首次将该文完整翻译成英文。
在其多产的职业生涯中，夏加尔经常回归马戏团主题，此次回顾展将展出50余件作品，时间跨度从1920年代至1980年代。
展品将包括石版画、绘画和档案材料，探索其人生与作品，以及其独特的视觉与象征体系。
展览将于11月21日开幕，持续至明年4月25日。
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在担任剧院艺术总监的首个季度，一线演员艾伦·卡明邀请《高飞生活》情景喜剧的主演西沃恩·雷德蒙和福布斯·马森（下图）担任塞缪尔·贝克特超现实主义杰作的主演。
现在预订
米德赫斯特爵士、美食与蓝调音乐节 11月19日至22日 这个秋季活动首次于2025年在西苏塞克斯市场小镇举办，今年邀请爵士乐传奇人物考特尼·派恩（上图）作为头牌表演者。他将与蓝调乐队Cinelli Brothers、Errol Linton、Brit Funk Association、罗尼·斯科特蓝调爆炸乐队及吉姆·穆伦同台献艺。
最后机会
《第十二夜》
皇家植物园，丘园，伦敦，至8月30日
澳大利亚莎士比亚公司回归丘园，在户外上演这位大师的经典剧作，适合13岁以上观众。观众将见证一场纠缠的爱情、身份误认与喜剧欺骗的网络。
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《Tin Man：未发行的第二张Aware LP》 约翰·爱德华兹
芝加哥灵魂歌手约翰·爱德华兹的第二张专辑首次发行黑胶唱片版，该专辑此前仅在1990年代以CD形式发行。专辑收录其对软摇滚乐队America的名曲《Tin Man》的优秀翻唱——这首歌是北方灵魂乐的经典曲目。这张专辑是福音边缘放克风格的深度灵魂乐集，最终让他被招募为底特律旋转器乐队的主唱。 Kent Records
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放克传奇克林顿于1982年在多次法律纠纷后发布的首张个人专辑，让他重返舞台中心，并催生了两首热门单曲《Loopzilla》和《Atomic Dog》。尽管Funkadelic和Parliament乐队已解散，专辑仍汇集其众多P-Funk成员，包括Bootisy Collins和Fred Wesley。克林顿对电子游戏的迷恋与对狗的热爱贯穿这张充满不停歇热门曲目的专辑。 Ace Records
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《Lanterns》HBO Max，正在流媒体播出 在这部DC漫画衍生剧中，凯尔·钱德勒（下图右）饰演即将退役的哈尔·乔丹，他是银河系警察组织"Lanterns"的一员，其发光的绿色戒指赋予他们超能力。亚伦·皮埃尔与其饰演的学员接班人联袂主演。
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通胀料升至2.9% 能源价格上涨拖累英国经济
作者：霍莉·威廉姆斯
随着官方数据将于周三发布，能源价格上涨预计将令英国通胀率重新飙升至2.9%，人们担心夏季的创纪录热浪可能开始给食品成本带来压力。
多位专家预测，消费者价格指数（CPI）通胀率将在7月升至2.9%，高于6月15个月来的低点2.6%，并创自3月以来的新高。
此前，上月Olgson能源价格上限上调13%，使英国家庭平均燃气和电费账单年内增加221英镑至1,862 英镑。
政府的“大不列颠夏季储蓄计划”通过增值税减免在9月前降低了家庭景点和儿童餐价格，但这可能不足以阻止通胀进一步偏离英国央行2%的目标。
Investec经济学家埃莉·亨德森表示，仅能源价格上限上调一项就将令通胀率增加0.5个百分点，并补充道：“在6月数据发布时就已明确，通胀压力的任何缓解都不会持久，7月能源价格上限的上调可能抹去所有朝2%目标迈进的进展。”
人们担心，随着伊朗战争令能源成本在冬季进一步走高，以及酷热天气损害农作物并推高食品成本，通胀可能继续上升。
交互式投资者投资主管维多利亚·施勒认为，英国央行将把利率从3.75%上调至4%：“‘通胀预计将继续上升，今年晚些时候可能升至3%以上，’她表示，‘英国经济在高企能源价格和霍尔木兹海峡有效堵塞的背景下继续举步维艰。’‘英国央行可能会在年底前进行约25个基点的加息，以抑制过热风险并帮助将通胀率重新推回2%的目标方向。’”
人们还担心食品通胀问题，生产商表示，英国和欧洲各地的极端高温和干旱预计将推高价格。
食品和饮料联合会表示，“水果、蔬菜和谷物供应”正受到热浪影响，作物短缺将进一步推高超市价格。
该贸易集团的经济学家
霍尔木兹海峡的堵塞预计将给英国带来问题
表示，这将在明年初给食品通胀带来上行压力。
英国国家统计局上月零售价格指数通胀数据也将受到密切关注，因7月通胀率将用于计算明年火车票价的涨幅。
去年11月，时任财政大臣的蕾切尔·里夫斯宣布，英格兰铁路票价2026年将被冻结——这是30年来首次冻结，但目前尚不清楚政府是否会将此政策延长第二年。
Lick报道称，绿色调涂料的销量需求占主导，人们选择重新设计而非搬迁
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绿色调让立可油漆品牌红火
作者：亨利·萨博-克拉克
房主们正在抛弃灰色室内装潢，转向更温暖的色调，立可油漆品牌表示。该公司同时披露上半年销售额强劲增长，在整个家居改善行业低迷之际逆势而上。
卢卡斯·伦敦表示，随着高额抵押贷款利率令许多人却步搬家，该集团受益于寻求让家居更温馨的购物者。
该品牌表示过去一年对绿色和粉色油漆的需求强劲。
立可表示，绿色色调是其最受欢迎的油漆，占过去12个月销售额的17.4%。粉色油漆的需求也在增强，占销售额的13.9%，高于一年前的12.5%。
随着人们摒弃极简主义风格，之前对灰色油漆的需求已减半，仅占销售额的2.3%。
尽管如此，白色油漆在一年中仍保持受欢迎，米色和灰棕色等中性色调的销售也有所增长。
该品牌首席执行官表示，尽管面临更广泛的消费支出压力，该集团的油漆需求整体仍保持强劲。
伦敦认为集团因价格较低而受益。
「我认为自己动手的顾客发现我们的油漆相对实惠，」他说。
「上半年销售额增长了51%，这表明我们非常强劲，市场表现超出预期。
「人们对质量的要求确实很高，同时也渴望以实惠的价格买到好产品。」
汽车
汽车制造商转向新型机油混合配方以避免危机
作者：西蒙·斯特雷克
包括大众和丰田在内的主要汽车制造商正转向新型发动机机油和润滑油混合配方，以应对中东冲突引发的严重供应短缺。
这场动荡已扼杀了从波斯湾传统进口的高品质第三类基础油的重要供应。
随着美国和欧洲的优质基础油库存枯竭，第三类基础油的价格已飙升至约4,000加元 / 吨——较战前水平高出近三倍。
汽车制造商和润滑油制造商现已采用替代混合配方和临时替代油规格，以维持生产线运转和经销商服务中心的正常运营。
丰田和日产等品牌已发布内部指导和经销商公告，在日常保养中管理分配并推荐使用替代油重。
尽管替代供应商已介入，但行业高管警告称这些供应同样极度紧张。
对于全球司机而言，这种微妙的平衡使常规换油变得更加昂贵，且可能因汽车行业几乎没有容错空间而面临意外延误。
阿格斯媒体全球基础油定价主管加布里埃拉·特怀宁表示，欧洲和美国的一些中东第三类油供应商已售罄并宣布对这些供应采取不可抗力条款。
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房产
“我用养老金翻修了一座荒废庄园，如今价值1050万英镑”
伊恩·莫顿的退休项目让他获得成就感并留下遗产，他告诉艾米丽·布雷格
伊恩·莫顿决定投入超过200万英镑——包括从养老金中提取的75 万英镑——帮助挽救一座摇摇欲坠的约克郡庄园，该庄园现已成为价值1050万英镑的旅游业务。
现年64岁的他多年来一直将退休储蓄存放在一个小型自管方案（SSAS）养老金中——该养老金允许资金投资于房产——并用其为购买和修复北约克郡的马斯克乡村庄园提供资金。
来自西约克郡奥特利的伊恩在房地产行业工作数十年，并将资金存放在SSAS中——这是一种由有限公司设立的养老金类型，由一组受托人共同管理投资——因为它能为商业地产投资提供自由度。
2020年，SSAS以75 万英镑的价格购买了庄园荒废的马厩和锯木厂。两年后，他又用职业生涯中积累的储蓄以130万英镑购买了马斯克庄园本身。
随后，他与另外两人从商业投资者处筹集了150万英镑用于修复这座二级登录建筑，该建筑现作为约克郡山谷的度假目的地运营。
皇家特许测量师学会的独立估值如今将这一庄园——已被改造成20个度假出租屋——的价值定为约1050万英镑，这得益于其他投资者的进一步融资。
伊恩现从度假出租中获取收入，并在全面退休后（计划在约五年后实现）继续如此。
他还从更广泛的住宅地产组合和其他地产投资中获得收入。
当庄园出售时，他将有权获得一笔支付，或在他去世时转让其所持股权。
伊恩表示，完成翻修工程所需的工作量巨大。
“我们购买时，马厩和锯木厂状况极其恶劣，存在严重的结构问题、多年疏于维护以及严重的虫害，”他说道，“尤其是锯木厂，从未有人居住过。屋顶长出了树木，里面到处是成百上千的老鼠，”他补充道。
伊恩·莫顿（主要）用SSAS和个人储蓄购买并翻修马斯克庄园（上图）
最大的回报是看到这些建筑成为成千上万人如今能够享用的场所
不难理解，修复工作比普通翻修复杂得多。
对登录建筑的修复揭露了隐藏的结构问题，而文物保护规定要求使用专业材料和工匠，这为项目增加了数月工期并显著提高了成本。
SSAS养老金并不常见，大多数人将储蓄存入职场养老金或自主投资个人养老金（SIPP），这些通常投资于股票、债券和现金。
但伊恩表示，由于他在房地产开发方面的经验，他被SSAS所吸引。
“SSAS并不适合所有人，但对于在商业地产领域拥有数十年经验的人来说，它提供了将养老金资金投资于有形资产的机会，同时帮助保护英国建筑遗产的重要组成部分，”他说道。
他还解释道，他并非仅以商业成功衡量这一项目。
“财务回报固然重要，但最大的回报是看到三座曾经荒废的建筑成为成千上万人如今能够享用的场所。这一点是任何传统养老金投资都无法给予我的。
“对我而言，回报从未仅以金钱衡量。它更关乎为后代创造持久的价值。”
PROPERTY
房源充足导致房价标签下跌
作者：维姬·肖
本月上市房源的平均标价暴跌超过7,000 英镑。
房产网站Rightmove也将2026年房价预期从2%的涨幅下调至全年新卖家要价平均变动在零至下跌2%之间。
该网站表示，新上市房源的平均要价已环比下跌2%或7,360 英镑，为2018年8月以来最大跌幅。
Rightmove称，此时段房价通常会下跌，但本次跌幅远超10年平均水平的1.3%。全英8月房源平均要价现为364,999 英镑，较去年同期下降1%，为2023年12月以来最大年度跌幅。
该网站表示，待售房源数量已达12年来同期最高，再加上传统淡季暑假，令卖家对价格预期降低。
Rightmove指出，平均数字掩盖了各地区房价增长的分化局面。
英格兰西北部地区房源平均要价年涨1.9%，但伦敦地区则下跌3.1%。
Rightmove称，抵押贷款利率变化、地缘政治不确定性及10月预算案令房市再度陷入不确定。
Benham and Reeves董事马克·冯·格伦德赫表示：“尽管伦敦今年表现逊于英国其他地区，但并未出现严重衰退。我们看到的只是一个对价格更敏感的市场。”
同时，房产公司Hamptons发布的7月租赁指数显示，房产成交价较最初要价至少低10%。
尽管如此，7月新租房源的平均月租金同比增长1.9%至1,405 英镑，为19个月来新租房源租金增速最快。
旅游
度假村降价填补海滩空床
埃及、土耳其和塞浦路斯的度假村正在降价以填补旺季空置，由于担心伊朗战争，游客乐意等到最后一刻再预订。今年埃及的住宿价格比去年低10%，土耳其的博德鲁姆、马尔马里斯和达拉曼热门景点下降8%，塞浦路斯下降4%。
建筑业
建造成本上涨利润下滑
据RBC Capital Markets预测，英国八大最大房地产开发商今年的利润预计将下滑12%，至23亿英镑。下降原因是材料、人工和场地成本上涨，行业预计这些成本将持续至秋季。英国房屋建造商联合会表示，自2020年以来，建造新房的成本已上涨£2.3。
周日报纸要闻
希思罗机场指责民航局因噪音削减预算
希思罗机场指责英国民用航空管理局（CAA）将其第三跑道噪音隔离预算从£24削减至£52。此举激怒了代表6,500户家庭的当地团体，这些家庭现在面临双层玻璃和阁楼保温等噪音防护措施的长期延误。 《星期日泰晤士报》
首相“必须行动”保护工人
工会和活动人士加大了对安迪·伯纳姆的呼吁，要求其保护英国400万快递员和网约车司机，严打剥削性零工经济行为。他们希望采取更强硬措施，保障稳定合同、公平病假工资和强有力的不当解雇辩护权等基本权利。 《卫报》（在线版）
超级游艇收购引发安全担忧
中国国有集团Weichai收购意大利超级游艇制造商法拉帝（曾为大卫·贝克汉姆和乔治·克鲁尼等明星使用）引发国家安全担忧。该交易可能令北京“获得敏感海事数据”，威胁关键国防基础设施。 《星期日电讯报》
钢厂计划被视为“关键”
白厅已起草数十亿英镑的计划，合并英国最多四家钢厂。该提议被视为“保障国内制造业的关键步骤”，但批评者认为纳税人将承担“巨额”账单，而预算早已因近期其他资产国有化而捉襟见肘。 BBC（在线版）
本周看点
英央行关注失业与工资数据
英国6月官方平均工资和失业数据将于明日发布。这些数据将为英格兰银行提供决策参考。5月数据超出预期，缓解了经济放缓担忧，失业率维持在4.9%，年薪增长率保持韧性为3.4%。
Hays预计利润达目标上限
招聘公司Hays预计将于周四报告全年利润达到£37至£46的目标上限。强劲的成本控制和韧性临时岗位安置缓冲了净费用5%的下降，但投资者将等待听取预计4000 万英镑的重组费用和3000 万英镑的办公室减值的详细情况。
JD Sports预期业绩平淡
JD Sports将于周四发布第二季度业绩，收入增长和同店销售因耐克等主要供应商的激烈折扣和需求疲软而受挤压。全年税前利润预期介于7.5 亿英镑至9.5 亿英镑。今年早些时候，该集团击退了前主席安迪·希金森发动的董事会政变。
总体形势
一个低压系统影响英国，带来不稳定天气。苏格兰西北部、西南部、东南部，西部群岛、北爱尔兰、英格兰西北部和东北部、英格兰西南部、北威尔士、马恩岛及爱尔兰共和国将出现降雨，傍晚时减弱。其他地区大多保持干燥，偶有晴朗时段。风力从微弱到中等，主要为西南风。
伦敦、英格兰东南部、东安格利亚、海峡1：上午天空多云，阳光渐露。下午云量依旧，气温温和。西部地区可能有微风带来更清新的天空。傍晚东部地区有小雨可能，风力整日缓和。最高气温：25℃。今晚天空晴朗，气温较低。最低气温：15℃。
英格兰中南部、英格兰西南部、英格兰中部、南威尔士、北威尔士：全天大多阴天，气温温和。午后云层持续，西部地区有小雨概率。傍晚北部地区有凉爽微风，南部局部可能出现晴朗时段。最高气温：24℃。今晚天空晴朗，气温较低。最低气温：15℃。
苏格兰东南部、英格兰东北部、英格兰东部：上午开始多云，有降雨可能，开局湿润。午后天气依旧阴沉，风力较小。傍晚东部沿海地区仍有阵雨风险，气温保持温和。最高气温：25℃。今晚小雨，有风。最低气温：15℃。
英格兰西北部、苏格兰西南部、北爱尔兰、爱尔兰共和国、马恩岛：全天多云，北部地区有降雨，午后减弱。气温整体偏凉。西部地区云层持续，偶有小雨。大部分地区西风微弱，傍晚时加强。最高气温：25℃。今晚多云，小雨。最低气温：15℃。苏格兰西北部、苏格兰东北部、西部群岛、北部群岛：上午继续多云，局部偶有小雨。午后天气类似，多云且有阵雨概率，西部地区尤甚。傍晚北部地区略有转晴。全天风力轻微、多变。最高气温：35℃。今晚小雨，有风。最低气温：15℃。
高温与低温
（截至周六晚11点）
最暖：里格霍尔，西萨塞克斯，35℃ 最冷：托普克利夫，北约克郡，35℃ 最湿：雷纳拉克，苏格兰高地，330mm 最晴：坎伯恩，康沃尔，11小时
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体育
板球英格兰杯
卢克·霍尔曼不败的83分助力米德尔塞克斯完成半决赛逆转
霍尔曼不败助米德尔塞克斯逆转晋级
米德尔塞克斯上演惊人逆转，卢克·霍尔曼不败的83分助力球队在与本·斯托克斯率领的达勒姆的较量中以两Wickets险胜，晋级英格兰杯决赛，决赛对手为莱斯特郡。
前英格兰队长斯托克斯仅得到6分——被判定为被扎法尔·戈哈尔捕杀——达勒姆在拉德莱特以25.4分位列第七，威尔·罗兹贡献80分，科林·阿克曼71分未出局。
但斯托克斯随即在第二轮投球中早早发挥作用，乔希·德凯尔斯（4分）边缘球被奥利·罗宾逊接杀。
在卢克·罗宾逊又迅速夺下两个Wickets后，米德尔塞克斯仅得51分位列第三，阿克曼再添三分，看似将达勒姆推至控制之中。然而，汤姆·赫尔姆（40分）与霍尔曼（其100球83分为其在List A板球中的最佳表现）联手奉献第八Wickets 70分的合作，扭转战局，米德尔塞克斯在剩余8个球时以25.5分位列第8，成功达阵。
在格雷斯路，哈姆扎·谢赫（左）的世纪以及亚历克斯·格林的四Wickets助力莱斯特郡以23分险胜诺丁汉森林歹徒。
莱斯特郡在3 / 48的局面下实现逆转，哈姆扎·谢赫贡献104分，尼克·凯利（53分）也有半世纪进账。诺丁汉森林歹徒的追分之旅开局顺利，开局 batsmen本·马丁代尔（43分）和弗雷迪·麦卡恩（64分）及队长哈西卜·哈米德（54分）推进了局面。莱斯特郡顽强反击，最终将对手拖入280分出局的局面。
曼彻斯特苦战险胜特伦特夺冠
作者：乔治·塞申斯
AFL-CARBURG
蒂姆·塞弗特的72分助曼彻斯特超级巨人队首夺"百球大战"男子冠军，但仅在对阵特伦特火箭队的比赛中，于五击胜利后险些功亏一篑。
超级巨人队代理队长乔斯·巴特勒（上旬因艾登·马克拉姆因私人原因返回南非而接任队长）选择先投球的大胆决定最终奏效，将火箭队压制在108分 / 8失。
过去三届男子"百球大战"决赛的获胜者均为先击球并由萨姆·比林斯领衔，但塞弗特此次以一记精彩的38球局面拒绝了火箭队队长的机会，尽管他在芬恩·艾伦痛失一次惊人接力传球后侥幸逃脱，超级巨人队仍在剩余两球时捧起冠军奖杯。
三位有望在周三与巴基斯坦队系列赛首秀中登场的英格兰球员展开了一场对决，为这场100球决赛拉开帷幕，本·达克特最初占据上风。
达克特成功将古斯·阿特金森轰出六分，但在一记反向挑射险些从乔什·汤格手中溜走后，火箭队开局达克特在努尔·艾哈迈德的精彩两连击后便以31分出局。
阿富汗籍旋转球手艾哈迈德还为蒂姆·大卫制造金鸡独立，在安苏林·唐纳德被利亚姆·道森以38分（内含两记大力抽射）快速清除后，火箭队从86分 / 2失急速滑落至96分 / 5失。
刘易斯·格雷戈里试图以16球32分的精彩尝试助火箭队反击，但汤格为其送上"送客条"，索奈·贝克尔随即连续两次击杀终结比赛，将胜利目标锁定为103分。
比林斯在主场的重大决定是放弃新西兰投手马特·亨利，转而启用新援穆罕默德·阿米尔，而塞弗特的首球便穿过封锁线斜射得四，并在其后的最后一球将界外六分收入囊中。
这是一次意图的宣示，塞弗特随即接连轰出两记界外大力抽射。
搭档保罗·沃尔特在四个球后便以22分出局，但这仅为巴特勒让出了击球位置，后者随即狂砍23分。
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火箭队横扫利兹，首夺女子百队大战冠军
By George Sessions
特伦特火箭队在昨日举行的“女子百队大战”决赛中，凭借英格兰击球手索菲亚·邓克利（Sophia Dunkley）的41分，以八 wk的优势击败日出骑士利兹队，赢得队史首个女子冠军。
火箭队队长阿什莉·加德纳（Ashleigh Gardner）在抛硬币中胜出，随后将日出骑士队推上场。周五淘汰赛的胜者从56/3崩溃至91分出局。乔治亚·亚当斯（Georgia Adams）是最佳投球手，获得2投9分的成绩，其中包括顶级得分手安娜贝尔·萨瑟兰（Annabel Sutherland）的25分。
火箭队在积分榜上以七胜排名第一，第八场胜利巩固了她们应得的“百队大战”成功。邓克利在一场破坏性的41分 innings中击出两个六分球，帮助球队提前46个球赢得胜利。
加德纳的决定在金·加思（Kim Garth）连续击败布莱奥尼·史密斯（Bryony Smith）和劳伦·温菲尔德-希尔（Lauren Winfield-Hill）后显得英明，但萨瑟兰在被亚当斯投球后精彩地被贝丝·穆尼（Beth Mooney） stumped 出局。
日出骑士队队长达妮·吉布森（Dani Gibson [22]）试图带领球队达到竞争性总分，但她的球队频频失分，萨曼莎·贝茨（Samantha Bates）获得2投17分，查莉·菲利普斯（Charley Phillips）获得2投12分，为球队设定了92分的胜利目标。
这对日出骑士队来说远远不够，火箭队开局球员邓克利——一位在“百队大战”中三次获得亚军的选手——在她的前六次投球中就击出了两个六分球。
穆尼加入战局，连续击出四个直线边界球
在火箭队30个球后未失分达到57分时暂停战术。
邓克利（下图）通过一次界外球 ramp shot 助攻达到41分，随后她选择杰丝·乔纳森（Jess Jonassen）出局，尽管纳特·斯卡弗-布伦特（Nat Sciver-Brunt）仅坚持了两个球，穆尼在加德纳击出制胜一击前击出了31分不败。
穆尼说：“这感觉太棒了。你想在大型比赛中出场，姑娘们用这样的临场发挥——球队在投球方面没有留下太多追赶机会——你很难找到比这更轻松的决赛了。进入决赛时，你必须尽可能放松和冷静，几乎要将结果置之度外。
“米克·纽厄尔（火箭队总经理）和克里斯·里德（主教练）做得非常出色，角色分工非常明确。我希望我们能保持这个团队，赢得更多冠军。”
斯卡弗-布伦特补充道：“我们表现得非常出色，每个人都贡献了力量，这让人感到非常满足。”
游泳
传奇莱德基首次14年来不败被终结
作者：罗里·卡罗尔
澳大利亚选手拉尼·帕利斯特在泛太平洋锦标赛800米自由泳项目中从头领先至终，以8分6.10秒的成绩夺冠，终结了美国名将凯蒂·莱德基在这一她的标志性项目中的不败纪录。
帕利斯特的夺冠成绩为8分6.10秒，世界纪录保持者莱德基以8分7.20秒、落后逾1秒的成绩位列第二。新西兰选手埃里卡·费尔韦瑟以8分18.85秒获得第三。
莱德基在2012年以来的大型赛事中统治该项目，并斩获13枚国际锦标赛金牌。
帕利斯特在周五400米自由泳中也战胜了对手，并在加利福尼亚州欧文市的户外赛事中赢得200米自由泳冠军。但在周六的比赛后，她迅速表达了对这位九届奥运冠军的赞扬。
"莱德基是如此强大的存在，我认为我们确实应该为她送上热烈的掌声，"帕利斯特（上图）在泳池边接受采访时表示，面前座无虚席。
"没有她，女子中长距离游泳不会达到现在的高度。能成为她故事的一部分，几乎全是因为我们得以追逐她的脚步。"
此前，美国选手凯特·道格拉斯在同一天内第二次刷新女子50米自由泳世界纪录，决赛中游出23.19秒。
道格拉斯在上午预赛中以23.49秒重夺纪录，随后在晚间比赛中再度游出更快成绩。
橄榄球联赛
武士队临床表现紧追领头羊，塞勒激励圣徒队
马特·皮特庆祝维冈竞技队在布拉德福德以34比6击败对手后，在积分上追平了超级联赛领头羊利兹联队。
维冈竞技队时隔12年首次在奥德索尔进行联赛比赛，比赛过程一边倒，杰克·沃德尔独中两元，亚当·基根、比万·弗伦奇、基安·麦克德莫特和泰勒·克尔也各有斩获。
第二名的维冈竞技充分利用了利兹联周四在利物浦对阵利的失利，目前仅以净胜分劣势位列榜首的龙骑兵队之后。
维冈主帅皮特表示："我们早就知道这会是[一个艰难之夜]。这是我们整个赛季都在关注的比赛。我们知道在这样一个独特的地方来比赛会非常具有挑战性。
"布拉德福德从未停止发问。你必须时刻保持警觉。尽管我们并非全程掌控比赛，但有几次我们不得不紧急应对并制定战术。关键在于纪律性，并非总是展现我们的全部实力。
"这正是我们所要求的，小伙子们也确实做得很好。"
"我认为这是一场相当临床的表现。传球成功率高、纪律严明，并且致力于打出一场干净、整洁的比赛。"
特里斯坦·塞勒的帽子戏法激励圣徒队在韦克菲尔德以46比16大胜，重燃季后赛希望。
圣徒队临时主帅埃蒙·奥卡罗尔表示："特里斯坦的特点是无论让他担任什么位置，他都能挺身而出并表现出色。
"我们目前正经历困境，可能有八九名核心球员缺阵，但他顶上并表现出色。"
哈德斯菲尔德队在连续第四场获胜后脱离榜尾，他们在埃内斯特·瓦隆体育场以26比10击败图卢兹奥林匹克队。
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体育
田径 欧洲锦标赛
金牌女孩亨特再创纪录，意大利登顶奖牌榜
作者：詹姆斯·托梅 地点：伯明翰
埃米·亨特（Amy Hunt）正式成为历史创造者，同时也是纪录的突破者。
亨特与杰里迈亚·阿祖、蒂娜·阿舍-史密斯和扎内尔·休斯联手，以39.97秒的欧洲新纪录夺得混合4×100米接力金牌。
她成为首位在同一届欧洲锦标赛上赢得四枚金牌的运动员，此前她已在100米、200米和女子短跑接力赛中折桂。
接力赛讲求时机与信任，但混合项目在奥运首次亮相洛杉矶，也为选手带来全新的技术挑战。男女选手间的速度、步幅和加速度差异，使得交接棒环节尤为难以完美衔接。
尽管练习时间有限，亨特在最后一棒心跳加速，最终在冲刺阶段力压快速追赶的德国队，上演惊险夺冠。
“四枚金牌曾是我的梦想，或许梦想真的会成真，”亨特说。 “我想这份喜悦会在稍后沉淀，也许是在颁奖台上吧，我也不确定。我只是为自己感到无比自豪，为这一周的表现感到自豪——情绪、恢复，以及在高压下保持严格自律。我始终忠于自己，忠于此行的使命。 “我永远不会忘记这一周，而以最好的朋友们一起收官，意义非凡。”
现年24岁的亨特为该项目书写新篇章，阿舍-史密斯同样如此。她成为史上获得欧洲锦标赛奖牌最多的运动员——总计11枚，且仍在继续，其中8枚为金牌。
马特·哈德森-史密斯（Matt Hudson-Smith）则以9枚奖牌成为赛事历史上最成功的男运动员。
这位东道主选手在男子4×400米接力中摘得银牌，队友包括托比·哈里斯（Toby Harries）、本·杰弗里斯（Ben Jefferies）和查理·多布森（Charlie Dobson），但意大利夺冠使东道主被挤下榜首，意大利以10金领跑，英国则以9金紧随其后。
不久之后，耶米·玛丽·约翰（Yemi Mary John）、丽娜·尼尔森（Lina Nielsen）、妮可·亚金（Nicole Yeargin）和埃米莉·纽纳姆（Emily Newnham）在女子同项接力中摘银。
与此同时，佐治亚·贝尔（Georgia Bell，左上角插图）上演战术大师班，夺得首枚欧洲金牌。
32岁的她在女子1500米决赛中静待时机，在最后弯道发起致命冲刺，一骑绝尘，为自己本年度的辉煌再添第三项重大胜利。
她在2026年初曾计划夺取四冠，现如今英国室内世锦赛和英联邦运动会冠军仅剩下首届世界田径终极锦标赛（布达佩斯站）未尝胜果。
“过程并不容易，从来都不容易，但我感受到了平静与自信，”她说。 “我正处于连胜期。此前我也曾作为夺冠热门输掉比赛，但这次我尽力放松，不让自己想得太复杂。该出手时就出手。”
贾兹明·索耶斯（Jazmin Sawyers）摘得
阿比·多内利（Abbie Donnelly）成为首位在欧洲锦标赛马拉松项目中摘得奖牌的英国女选手
伯明翰精彩时刻回顾——五大亮点
作者：保罗·马丁
英格布里格森强势回归
雅各布·英格布里格森（Jakob Ingebrigtsen）在冬季跟腱手术后，已有11个月未曾参赛便抵达伯明翰。
他此前保持在这项赛事中1500米和5000米项目的全胜纪录，自2018年来每次均摘金，本届他选择后者作为目标。
任何怀疑他人已超越他的声音，在开幕之夜随着这位25岁选手在冲刺阶段突然发力，一举夺金后烟消云散。
他的表现开启了本国选手的辉煌一周：卡斯滕·沃霍姆（Karsten Warholm）在男子400米栏项目中以赛会纪录夺冠，实现四连冠；亨丽埃特·耶格（Henriette Jaeger）则在女子400米项目中轻松称霸。
苏格兰队主教练确认：波科诺利签约两年
作者：加文·麦卡弗蒂
塞巴斯蒂安·波科诺利昨晚正式确认为苏格兰队新任主教练。
这位前联盟圣吉洛伊斯和摩纳哥主帅已签署初始两年合同，接替史蒂夫·克拉克。
波科诺利，前比利时国脚，在执教首个赛季便率联盟圣吉洛伊斯夺得2024-25赛季比利时联赛冠军。
他将此任命形容为“荣誉”，并补充道：“当我第一次听说有意向时，我立刻对这一机会感到兴奋。
“苏格兰球迷以热情著称——最近在世界杯上便可见一斑——我在2013年作为比利时球员时也亲身体验过。
“与我的教练团队一道，我将竭尽所能打造一支令他们骄傲的球队，并延续前任已取得的成功。”
波科诺利成为苏格兰队历史上第二位外籍主教练，前任为2002-04年间执教的德国人贝尔蒂·福格茨。
波科诺利将力争延续克拉克带队征战本世纪首三项重要赛事的纪录。
“自谈判开始以来，我做了大量研究，提出许多问题，并寻找可持续发展的领域，”他补充道，“我感到无比兴奋，期待与球员们携手取得更多成功。”
在率联盟圣吉洛伊斯首夺联赛冠军后，波科诺利于去年10月加盟摩纳哥。他带队闯入欧冠淘汰赛阶段（后负于巴黎圣日耳曼），但因法甲排名第七被解雇。
金牌得主卷入安全事件
作者：蕾切尔·施泰因伯格
在周六晚间，埃米·亨特和迪娜·阿舍-史密斯等运动员因一起涉及持错误场馆 accreditation 男子的警方事件被困亚历山大体育场。
西米德兰兹郡警察局发言人在昨日凌晨3点确认，一名30多岁男子因“涉嫌欺诈”被逮捕。昨日下午，警方透露“亚历山大体育场内一名男子因 accreditation 错误被发现”。
他们的担忧足以令其暂停员工和运动员的交通运输。
警方补充道：“一名30多岁男子因涉嫌欺诈被逮捕，目前仍在羁押接受询问。
“我们理解此事可能引发的担忧，并确认公众当时并无即时风险。
“我们的首要任务始终是公众安全，并感谢所有人的耐心。”
现场运动员——包括英国男子和女子4×100米接力队——被送往体育场旁的高性能中心，六场颁奖典礼也被推迟。
约1小时45分钟后，交通服务恢复。
弗兰肯力挺同胞竞争苏格兰帅位
作者：安东尼·布朗
沃特·弗兰肯认可同胞比利时人塞巴斯蒂安·波科尼奥利适合执教苏格兰队。
这位39岁的前联合圣吉洛斯和摩纳哥主帅昨晚被确认为史蒂夫·克拉克的接班人。
弗兰肯现执教赫茨，他于20年前在亨克与波科尼奥利共事，并在2022-23赛季作为教练在比甲联赛中与其交锋。
“我对他很了解，因为我曾作为球员与他共事两年，”现年47岁的弗兰肯说，“他在亨克担任U-18教练时，我也在一线队执教。我只知道他是个好人。
“我知道他的执教风格，因为我们在联合队时曾交手，他表现非常出色。希望他能与国家队合作顺利。
“他的风格适合苏格兰。他的风格是身体对抗、直接，因此是个很好的匹配。”
弗兰肯期待与同胞共事：“当教练有机会在比利时之外找到一份好工作时，总是件好事，”他说道。
麦金尼斯承认首胜后如释重负，为德比战做好准备
流浪者 纳德里、德拉戈耶维奇；加萨马 52； 彭里斯 52，麦考斯兰 70
圣米伦 莫奇里 20
撰文：罗尼·埃斯普林
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德里克·麦金尼斯在担任流浪者主教练首次获胜后坦言如释重负，球队在18:00时以压倒性优势击败杯赛卫冕冠军圣米伦。
55岁的麦金尼斯在前四场比赛未尝胜绩，已面临压力，首个半场由前锋瑞安·纳德里和中场万亚·德拉戈耶维奇在20分钟内攻入两球后，压力得以缓解。
然而，克里斯·莫奇里在第30分钟凭借一记劲射为圣徒队扳回一球，暂时抑制了主队的气势。
但流浪者在下半场连续两分钟内由杰迪·加萨马和首次代表球队出场的詹姆斯·彭里斯各入一球，将比分拉开。在伊沃尔·潘杜尔两次扑出基利安·菲利普斯的点球后，替补出场的罗斯·麦考斯兰锁定胜局，球队晋级八强，下一轮将在主场迎战同城对手凯尔特人。
麦金尼斯表示：“在担任流浪者主教练的首个半场，我可能第一次感受到了快乐。但丢球后我再次不开心。不过我只是很高兴赢下了比赛。
‘当你投身职业足球时，没有比获胜更美妙的感觉了。我的球员需要感受到这一点。我的工作和教练组的工作就是努力灌输信心，这在球队状态不佳时并非易事。
‘但你必须坚持不懈，做好基础工作，团结一致，如果可能的话更加努力，付出汗水，希望最终能得到回报。今天球员们得到了回报，这也让我更加开心。’
詹姆斯·彭里斯在代表格拉斯哥球队首秀中攻入流浪者队的第四粒进球。
心脏病人险些翻盘，勇士队却在最后时刻上演逆袭
撰文：詹姆斯·马里纳
心脏病人在主场上演绝地反击，凭借最后阶段的进球潮以6比2击败苏超球队因弗内斯卡里多尼亚直布罗陀，成功晋级八强。
在克里斯蒂安·博格雷温克开场进球被瑞安·邓肯扳平，阿利·拉维奇进球后，罗杰斯·马托迅速扳平比分。但心脏病人在最后10分钟凭借卡尔文·米勒的梅开二度以及詹姆斯·威尔逊和克劳迪奥·布拉加的替补进球掌控了比赛。
主教练沃特·弗兰肯在周四与本菲卡的平局后对阵容进行了五处调整，心脏病人在欧战双线出局后继续保持不败，取得三连胜。
There were mixed fortunes in the two other Premiership v Championship ties, 喜伯年 edging past 帕提克·蒂斯尔 1-0 at Easter Road while 莫德维尔 were shocked at 斯坦豪斯缪尔 after extra time.
埃文·奥赖利在加时赛第114分钟的进球帮助勇士队在奥奇维尤以1比0淘汰了莫德维尔。替补登场的他接连错失多次机会后终于把握住了长传球处理不当的机会。
主队此前曾击中门框，而莫德维尔则未能充分发挥，这也是阿尔弗雷德·约翰松上任后的首场失利。
在本周稍晚对阵弗赖堡的欧协联比赛前，人造草皮上额外的30分钟比赛也是瑞典人希望避免的另一个结果。
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流浪者 vs 凯尔特人 斯坦霍斯缪尔 vs 心脏 罗斯郡 vs 希伯尼安 基马尔诺克 vs 阿伯丁
比赛日期：9月12 / 13日
“最终能拥有一个获胜的更衣室对新来的小伙子们有百利而无一害，对我们所有人也同样如此。”
麦金尼斯对从AEK雅典租借而来的彭里斯的表现感到满意。
“他的表现是你很长时间以来见过的最强劲的首秀。一粒进球，无数次助攻，”麦金尼斯热情洋溢地说，“但真正的意义并不在此，而是他踢球的方式。真正的热情和渴望去发问，积极控球。希望这能感染一点点。”
在赢下苏超前两场比赛后，圣米伦主帅克雷格·麦克利什回到了现实。
“我对比分和我们出局的方式感到失望，”他说道，“我们成了对方在门前无情的受害者，有几个关键时刻对我们不利。
“我们正在努力打造一些东西，在团队中建立信念和信心，以及我们尝试的踢法。但直到比分落后到2比0时，我们才真正开始展现出这些。”
“我们做得不错，扳回一球，最终以2比1落败。有好的时刻，但当你来到流浪者的主场，仅仅‘时刻’是不够的。”
“我们必须从中吸取教训。我们正处于尝试的早期阶段。这是我们面临的最大考验，我们只能用它来学习。”
卡尔文·米勒攻入其中两粒进球，助心脏晋级
不会危及球员的健康。“显然你通常不希望做出这么多换人，但有时是必要的，”他说道，“有些球员在过度使用方面已危险至极。”
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弗莱明被敦促留队——双响炮向海恩证明
伯恩利 弗莱明 83分钟 85.90
西汉姆联 巴南 60分钟；所罗门 72分钟
作者：伊恩·帕克 于特夫摩尔球场
伯恩利主帅尼基·海恩敦促齐安·弗莱明留在特夫摩尔球场，但也承认，在后者昨日战平西汉姆联的比赛中上演的绝杀表现后，转会关注度只会进一步上升。
在两支降级球队的英冠交锋中，弗莱明在2-0落后的情况下挽救球队，先是在第83分钟点球扳平。
这位荷兰前锋是伯恩利上赛季的头号射手，今夏一直与英超球队传出绯闻，但海恩表示，让他留队对伯恩利“非常重要”。
“今天他进了两个球，这可帮了倒忙！”海恩开玩笑道，“不，我真的为他的表现感到高兴，尤其是他点球的方式。当然，齐安不仅凭借进球对我们很重要，他的踢法也同样重要。
“不过，正如我所说，我们的踢法也适合他，但也许留队对他来说是最佳选择，因为他能变得比之前更重要。
“也许等上六个月，在冬歇期期间，情况随时都可能改变，但我认为他现在的感受是——他在这里很开心，这才是当下最重要的事。”
上半场西汉姆联就以10分钟由马克斯·基尔曼的进球领先，并在接下来的45分钟里控制了大部分比场面，由马诺尔·所罗门在第72分钟锦上添花。
上赛季西汉姆联在领先局面下丢掉20分最终降级，而昨日他们又重蹈覆辙——在奥利·斯卡莱斯在禁区内放倒马库斯·爱德华兹后，球队在伤停补时阶段被判点球，弗莱明在第83分钟扳平。
“很失望，”努诺·埃斯皮里托·桑托说，“我们上半场踢得非常好，创造了很多机会并限制了伯恩利。下半场就没那么好了。我们进第二球后本应做得更好来保住结果……
“当然，当你在比赛最后几分钟领先时，这是一个你必须快速学习的过程。我们不能让这两分溜走。”
西汉姆联周六以2200万英镑的英冠转会纪录签下比利时中场阿恩·恩格尔斯（来自凯尔特人）——但昨日比赛时这位22岁小将尚未注册——努诺表示，他需要更多援军。
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沃特福德 布拉沃 12，纳比扎达 29
南安普顿 拉林 26
新任沃特福德主帅亚历西奥·迪奥尼西盛赞球队在主场维卡拉奇路球场首战南安普顿时展现出的顽强斗志。
上半场由新援伊克尔·布拉沃和青训球员阿明·纳比扎达攻入的两粒进球，以及全场对每一个球的拼抢精神，是沃特福德取胜的关键。
下半场，锋线球员赛勒·拉林为客队扳回一球，但后卫泰勒·哈伍德-贝利斯错失了在伤停补时阶段扳平比分的机会。
迪奥尼西表示：“我感到非常开心，但也很累。比赛中有很多积极的时刻，但在第二节后半段，我们在控球权缺失的情况下踢得很艰难。
“我喜欢比赛的每一刻。我看到场上的球员无论有球还是无球都在相互配合。这是一支球队，一种精神。
“对每个人来说，保持同样的积极心态，在每一场比赛中都融入球队，这一点很重要。
“第二节后半段在无球状态下的表现很重要。在这个联赛中有很多非常有天赋的球队，我们的路并不容易。”
迪奥尼西坦言，自己对英格兰联赛首场比赛的体验超出了预期。
“从头到尾，现场气氛都非常棒，因为我之前不知道会是什么样子。迄今为止，我只在意大利观看过英式足球，”他补充道。
“这是我的家人首次来到现场观战，所以我感到非常高兴。”
南安普顿主帅托达·埃克特将两粒失球归咎于个人失误，但拒绝对维卡拉奇路球场的敌对氛围发表评论，这种氛围本赛季可能在其他球场重现，原因是“间谍门”事件剥夺了南安普顿上赛季末的升级附加赛资格。
埃克特表示：“我们来这里是为了拿到结果，所以感到非常失望。两次控球权失误让我们在面对一支转换速度极快的强队时付出了代价。这就是现实。我们太多次丢球了。
“我们在第二节下半场不必改变踢法。我们只需要在控球上更干净一些。我们不断推进，最终理应得到更好的结果。
“事后总是更容易评头论足，但毫无疑问，球员们的奉献精神毋庸置疑。孩子们比以往任何时候都更团结，作为一个集体完全凝聚在一起。
“当然，俱乐部与足总之间的沟通正在进行，但一旦你踏上草坪——无论是训练场还是边线——现实就是如此；所有这些都会消失。”
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詹姆斯·马迪森在热刺的进攻中担任伪九号
马迪森回归为德泽比带来积极信号
作者：乔治·塞申斯
詹姆斯·马迪森在热身赛中首次出场，帮助托特纳姆热刺在2-2战平霍芬海姆。
在与德甲俱乐部的两场比赛中，热刺先是在上周六在托特纳姆热刺球场以3-0战胜对手，吸引了54,345名球迷到场观战。而在昨天的第二场比赛中，本·戴维斯和天才新秀卢卡·威廉姆斯-巴内特的进球确保罗伯托·德泽比的球队在热身赛中保持不败。
这是马迪森在季前赛中的首次亮相，他踢了45分钟。在经历了18个月的伤病困扰，包括两次严重的膝伤后，这对德泽比来说是个好消息。但米奇·范德文、德斯蒂尼·卢多吉和多米尼克·索兰克在下周六英超联赛揭幕战对阵布伦特福德前缺阵仍是一大担忧。
德泽比排出了与上周六完全不同的首发阵容，马迪森被部署为伪九号，因为热刺的进攻选择有限，他们正在追求萨维尼奥和科迪·加克波。夏季签约的马特乌斯·费尔南德斯踢满90分钟，凯文·当索和罗德里戈·本坦库尔同样如此，而学院双子泰·霍尔和达莫拉·阿贾伊也获得首发机会。
热刺在第16分钟落后，亚当·赫洛泽在点球点将球罚入，此前马迪森因犯规被判点球。但英格兰中场球员在4分钟后就参与了进球，费尔南德斯在短角球后助攻戴维斯扳平比分。
17岁的威廉姆斯-巴内特在上半场补时阶段第24分钟时以一记巧妙的射门将比分改写为2-1，但霍芬海姆在第55分钟由瓦伦丁·让德雷扳平比分。
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“在转会窗口关闭前，我们会做些什么。”
曼城正准备应对巴塞罗那对罗德里的第三次报价，此前他们已拒绝了这家西甲俱乐部的前两次出价，昨晚双方已就6500万英镑的转会费达成一致。这位2024年金球奖得主在中场表现挣扎，里卡多·卡拉菲奥里、凯·哈弗茨和马丁·厄德高帮助阿森纳以3-0取胜。但马雷斯卡补充道：“所有球队都需要罗德里这样的球员，但今天我们缺少他并不意味着什么。”
“今天这些球员——埃利奥特[安德森]表现不错，马特奥[科瓦契奇]也是——但经历这样的失败后，我们能找到很多改进空间。前两个失球我不满意。第一个失球发生在开场25秒后，第二个失球后我们没有压力。”
“我不知道这是否是体能问题，我们有很多球员参加了世界杯。第一个失球后我们的反应很好，但第二个失球后情况更复杂了。”
他拒绝就追求18岁中场球员阿尤布·布阿迪的事宜发表评论，并指出对方“仍然是里尔的球员”。
“关于新签约，越早越好，因为下周末就有英超联赛了，”马雷斯卡说，“如果他们能尽快与我们一起训练，那会更好，因为他们可以更快理解我们的踢法。”
对于阿森纳主帅米克尔·阿尔特塔来说，这是例行公事，因为他的球队从5月份结束上赛季后就开始为夺取奖杯而努力。
当被问及这种意愿从何而来时，阿尔特塔表示：“因为我们想要再次夺冠。这种渴望源于我想再次体验那一刻。我想体验其他时刻，甚至更伟大的时刻。我们知道这项任务的难度。”
“我们从未在这个俱乐部做到过这一点——再次夺冠。这将需要一些特别的东西，而我们已做好准备。如果我们能将标准保持在这个水平，我们将非常有竞争力。”
凯瑟琳·卢卡斯
英超新闻编辑
如果“节食版佩普”要在不让人觉得这是某种山寨曼城的情况下取代真正的佩普，目前的问题实在太过明显。曼城此前也曾表现得让人费解、令人失望且缺乏说服力——但很少像昨天下午在社区盾杯中被阿森纳横扫那般一败涂地。
这场在加的夫的失利并非因结果本身（结果对真正的赛季影响甚微），但对恩佐·马雷斯卡而言，这无异于当头棒喝——因为联赛冠军争夺战尚未开始，他就已面临必须回答的质疑。仅用了24秒便丢球，46分钟后看台上已响起了解雇主帅的喊声。
一条僵硬的后防线未能对里卡多·卡拉菲奥里的首分钟进球施加任何实质压力，他们被一次简单的传中球轻松找到空当，新援克里斯托斯·陶利斯助攻凯·哈弗茨得分，而当马丁·厄德高悠闲地补射锁定胜局时，他们似乎已彻底放弃抵抗。
基于年度揭幕战的预测通常介于“过早”与“无关紧要”之间，但曼城在任何情况下都无法容忍这样的防守表现。
马雷斯卡所要求的组织风格本该适合已被卖掉的詹姆斯·特拉福德，却不适合踢满90分钟的鲁本·迪亚斯。安托万·塞缪尼奥则被迫客串了错误的边路。
菲尔·福登（左）是球队不适应自身体系的典型例子。在世界杯上，他成为了英格兰创造力匮乏的代名词，原因不过是他未能入选。但这忽略了一个简单的事实：至今没人清楚他最适合的位置。
比赛伊始，米尔斯·刘易斯-斯凯利从中路突破，将球传至卡拉菲奥里脚下打开局面。布鲁诺·吉马良斯仅用指尖将他拦下。距离他上次当选年度最佳球员已有两年，签下新合同也才数周——但现在看来，他已无法在雷扬·切尔基面前占据首发位置，后者仅用一小时便将他换下。
这充分说明米克尔·阿尔特塔优先考虑的是限制边锋，福登被留在空当却仍无法对比赛产生任何有意义的影响。当马雷斯卡转而依赖杰克·格拉利什时，这支曼城队仿佛在寻找一个理想模型，不再基于实际表现运转。
福登的困境因罗德里即将离队而雪上加霜——巴塞罗那已在昨晚接受了6500万英镑的报价。他的离开可能会让中场彻底崩盘，即便埃利奥特·安德森已加盟。除了佩普·瓜迪奥拉，伯纳多·席尔瓦和约翰·斯通斯这样的领袖也已流失。
曼城甚至在阿森纳左路遇到麻烦，后者未能巩固防守。在维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔和摩根·罗杰斯的转会未能落实后，他们无法将加布里埃尔·马丁内利视为最资深的左边锋，而后者的未来仍存疑。引入一名新中卫以弥补威廉·萨利巴的伤情势在必行。
然而，阿森纳需要跨越的鸿沟是从国内最佳球队到一支公认的超级豪门。而对曼城而言，差距更大。马雷斯卡有责任证明是他的球队缩小了这一差距——但他们却惨败收场。本赛季英超有九位新帅上任，很少有人像他这样开局便承受如此严苛的审视。
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换人： 阿森纳：恩佐·埃卡马尔斯，1-6；欣卡佩雷 / 卡塔弗伦，6-6；萨卡 / 马杜斯基，6-6；扎德米兰德 / 刘易斯-斯凯利，7-6；吉马良 / 哈弗茨，7-6；埃诺 / 奥德加德，8-6； 曼城：格拉利什（巴库，1-6；马尔穆阿，法塞米，1-6）；科恩（奥赖利，1-6）；刘易斯-斯凯尔德森，6-6；查理 / 法登，6-6；冈萨雷斯（罗克塞尔，7-6）
这是足球版《等待戈多》，愤怒值拉满到11
“我想从内心深处希望能去参加审判，去独立专家小组那里，并尽快公布发生的一切，我们会像以往那样接受结果。”佩普·瓜迪奥拉在2024年8月如是说。至少这证明，他并非总能如愿以偿——作为曼城主帅。
在与英超任期最长主帅和115项指控的拉锯战中，最终只能有一个幸存者。
听着，老实说，瓜迪奥拉坚持到了比赛中被逼得抓耳挠腮的地步，但你就是无法与英国司法系统的拖延相抗衡。瓜帅离开了，案件却仍在继续。
曼城涉嫌违规首次被立案是在2023年2月，这意味着英超联赛将在接下来的第五个赛季中，有一头巨象始终盘踞在每个人的视线角落。
独立委员会的听证会于2024年12月结束，距离最终辩论已过去20个月。这难道不是件乐事吗？
倘若曼城被判有罪（真想笑，因为假设这不过是“有罪”或“无罪”这么简单未免太天真，但请跟着我的思路），历史将被改写。
这将颠覆我们对其联赛冠军的认知，并引发同行的质疑（及潜在反索赔）——那些未能在曼城快速崛起前夺冠或获得欧冠资格的对手。
但至少这会是一种了结，哪怕仍有上诉的可能。这种煎熬实在难熬。对英超联赛的竞争公平性而言，这也是一场深重的折磨。自委员会结论公布以来，曼城已在转会费上砸下6 亿英镑。
丹尼尔·斯托里
首席足球记者
无论这一切是否建立在一个国家所有者在工业规模上系统性违规的基础之上。”
之所以有意采取这种低调处理方式，自有其充分理由：这件事太过混乱，除了等待别无他法。每一次关于此案的讦为一场争吵。
不信？看看我为这篇文章做的社交媒体推广回复就知道了。我敢打赌，你连第二条回复都看不到，就会有人大胆提出自己的主张，我敢保证那必然带着讽刺。
此案拖延如此之久自有其合理且不足为奇的原因。这是一起极其复杂的案件，涉及数十万份证据，横跨大量指控，每一项指控本身就是一场独立的法律战场。
可以说，这是当前全球最受瞩目的活跃法律案件之一，正因为如此，法官们的裁决将受到前所未有的审视。考虑到所涉时间框架，这些法官可能还在处理其他案件。他们也可能需要为上诉做准备。
但拖延的影响正在永久地刻入历史。在大多数其他情况下，愤怒的疲劳感早该接管一切。但这里的问题是：愤怒的疲劳感在足球界根本不存在。愤怒是自我持续的。
随着时间的流逝，人们非但没有变得不那么愤怒，反而更加愤怒。这包括此事各方人士：曼城支持者、对手球迷，以及我们这些只想早日结束、避免观看一个因悬而未决而停滞的联赛的绝大多数人。
随着时间的流逝，人们非但没有变得不那么愤怒，反而更加愤怒
瓜迪奥拉希望曼城的法律案件尽快得到解决
更糟糕的是，这种持续发酵的主要燃料是反建制情绪和对程序的信任丧失。足球迷们比弗拉基米尔和爱斯特拉冈更加尖锐。
在上周关于何时可能出现裁决的一个Reddit帖子中，足球协会（甚至未参与其中）受到抨击，英超联盟因对曼城“太软弱”而遭到批评（他们实际上已经推动了此案），而整个足球界则被指责在此“照顾‘卡特尔’”（尽管六大豪门支持者中包括被指控的俱乐部）。
所有人都言之凿凿。阴谋论噪音已成为联赛的流通货币。
这令人筋疲力尽。每个人都愤怒，因为他们对某件尚未可知的事情有着坚定的看法。每个人都带着阴谋论色彩，因为哪怕沉默是合适的，也没有人相信沉默。
每个人都感到厌倦，因为这件事已经拖了半辈子般漫长。等待五个月来了解我们是否在观看一个被蓄意扭曲的竞争版本，这太久了。我们即将进入第五个赛季。
昨天在加的夫，心灰意冷的杰克·格拉利什和他的队友们
足球快讯
沙特阿拉伯
这可能是我的最后一年——罗纳尔多
克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多在表示下一年可能是其职业生涯的最后一年后，进一步引发了关于其退役的猜测。
这位41岁的葡萄牙队长自2002年在里斯本竞技完成成年队首秀以来，已随曼联、皇家马德里、尤文图斯和现效力的阿尔纳斯尔赢得多项重大奖杯。
作为五次金球奖得主的罗纳尔多在接受《时尚》杂志采访时表示：“这可能是我的最后一年足球生涯，我希望留下一个壮丽的传奇。”
打进过976粒俱乐部和国家队进球的罗纳尔多补充道：“我有很多事情可以让自己忙碌，因为足球可能会留下一个巨大的空白——更多乐趣、更多旅行、观看和打帕德尔球。25年来，我付出了太多牺牲。”
考文垂城
森林队的阿沃尼伊即将加盟天蓝军团
泰沃·阿翁伊伊即将转会至升级后的考文垂城，诺丁汉森林已与对方就永久转会达成协议。
四年前，森林队以创俱乐部纪录的1700万英镑从德甲柏林联盟签下这名前锋，他在各项赛事中出场103次、攻入23球。
然而，上赛季克里斯·伍德和伊戈尔·热苏斯更受青睐，阿翁伊伊（上图）仅获得3次英超首发机会。
这位29岁的球员将转战英格兰中部地区，加盟弗兰克·兰帕德执教的天蓝军团。后者时隔25年重返英超，上赛季赢得英冠冠军。
利兹联
埃尔韦迪转会埃兰路球场，利兹联斥资850万英镑
利兹联已与德甲门兴格拉德巴赫就瑞士后卫尼科·埃尔韦迪达成850万英镑的转会协议。
这位29岁的中后卫今日将飞抵英国接受体检，助力利兹联完成今夏第四笔引援（此前已签下哈里·威尔逊、塔里克·穆哈雷莫维奇和詹姆斯·特拉福德）。
埃尔韦迪在通过体检后，将与利兹联后卫塞巴斯蒂安·博纳韦一同转会，后者将租借至汉堡，并附带永久转会条款。
埃尔韦迪已为瑞士国家队出场73次，届时将与利兹联主帅丹尼尔·法尔克再度合作——后者曾在2022-23赛季执教该德甲球队。
马雷斯卡在惨败后要求更多引援
曼城主帅称失败暴露球队短板，罗德里离队获确认
撰文：凯瑟琳·卢卡斯 地点：千禧球場
恩佐·马雷斯卡誓言曼城在转会市场上不会止步，此前球队在英社区盾杯中惨败于阿森纳，且罗德里以6500万英镑转会巴塞罗那的交易已获确认。
今夏曼城已斥资1.5亿英镑——包括以1.2亿英镑英国转会费纪录签下英格兰国脚埃利奥特·安德森——上赛季球队在英超联赛中屈居阿森纳之后。
自接替佩普·瓜迪奥拉以来，马雷斯卡迎来执教生涯首个重大考验，新帅坦言球队需要进一步补强。
“比赛前我们就已明确需要做什么，”马雷斯卡表示，距离转会窗口关闭仅剩两周有余，“我们对需求有清晰认识，必将继续推进。”
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Anne McElvoy
The UK's cold war with Russia is heating up
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NEWS
Stonemasons could be screened for silicosis
KILLER KITCHENS
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Thousands of new homes set to be built as Rayner tears up rules on green belt
- » New housing developments near train stations are set to be fast-tracked in a major expansion of commuter villages and towns
- » Communities with at least four services per hour into a major urban area are being targeted for urgent development, The i Paper understands
- » Councils will have to approve proposals even if they are on green belt land, with areas in Cheshire and Buckinghamshire thought to be priorities
- » Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said the move will 'tackle the housing crisis and raise living standards in every corner of the country'
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OPINION
Ian Birrell
Reform has declared war on disabled people
EXCLUSIVE
Private pension age set to rise to 58 sooner than expected
P6
ATHLETICS
Hunt claims historic fourth gold with GB mixed relay team
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TRAVEL - BEAR-SPOTTING IN FINLAND P39 | FEARGAL SHARKEY - UK'S POISONED FISH P14 | TV & RADIO P26 | PUZZLES P27
MONDAY
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AUGUST
Quote of the day
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure. JASON FRIED
Birthdays
Robert De Niro, actor, 83; Larry Ellison, tech entrepreneur, 82; Julian Fellowes, screenwriter, 77; Belinda Carlisle, singer, 68; Jonathan Franzen, novelist, 67; Sean Penn, actor, 66; Jim Courier (below) retired tennis player, 56; Thierry Henry, football pundit, 49
Anniversaries
Tuesday 17 August 1943 RAF Bomber Command launches Operation Hydra against Peenemünde in northern Germany, where Nazi scientists were developing V-2 rockets. About 600 aircraft attacked the research centre, damaging its facilities and delaying the V-2 programme.
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| Weather | 46 |
The News Matrix
The day at a glance
What has been flattering into British gardens in droves? See p.23
ENVIRONMENT
Groundwater levels good despite drought
Groundwater levels are in "remarkable" health despite the widespread drought, scientists say. The British Geological Survey found that groundwater levels across the country remain robust and in some cases higher than normal despite two-thirds of England and Wales currently in drought.
POLICE
Met 'failed in duty' to victims of trafficking
The Metropolitan Police has been accused of failing in its legal duty to victims of human trafficking at the hands of Mohamed al-Fayed. It comes after at least five survivors were confirmed by the Home Office as victims of modern slavery. They received positive decisions from the National Referral Mechanism.
IRELAND
Five killed in car on wrong carriageway
Five male teenagers were killed and four people were seriously hurt in a crash in the Republic of Ireland yesterday. The collision occurred on the northbound M9 at about 3am near Carron in Co Kildare. Police said that the youths' vehicle was travelling on the wrong side of the carriageway when it crashed head-on into a second car.
SCOTLAND
Safety at risk, says hospital scientist
A scientist involved in developing Scotland's super-hospital has claimed his concerns about patient safety were ignored.
Dr Michael Bradnam told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry that he spent 15 years raising issues with ventilation systems, electrical safety and humidity control at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. In the inquiry, launched after a series of patient deaths, Bradnam said there were no "formal responses" to his complaints.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it was reviewing the evidence and that patient safety remained its "utmost concern".
SPAIN
Two die amid heavy rain and flooding
A flood and landslide killed two elderly women and injured two babies in north-west Spain as seven regions were placed on yellow alert for storms and heavy rain yesterday. The women, aged about 60 and 80, died in the village of Manzanedo de Valdueza, near Ponferrada in the Castile and Leon region.
CRIME
Man arrested after 10 fires set in London
A 50-year-old man was arrested for alleged arson after 10 small fires were set in London. Police and the fire brigade were called to blazes in London Fields at 5am on Saturday. No one was hurt and fire crews quickly put out around 10 fires. Isaac Shorii is due to appear before Barkingside magistrates today.
PEOPLE
Khan: I traded a gun for a microphone
Chaka Khan has revealed that she became a singer instead of a Black Panther party activist after she was given a gun. The 75-year-old told the BBC: "It made me sick having the gun all the time. That's when I decided I was going to be a singer or an entertainer... it took a weight off of me."
POLITICS
MSPs compete for Labour leadership
Scottish Labour must rediscover its soul and reconnect with Scots, a leadership hopeful said. Michael Marra said his party had let down communities that "desperately need to see change", and must "clean up" its internal culture. The North East MSP, the first to make the ballot, faces competition from new MSP Joe Fagan. Nominations close today.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Sinn Féin condemns burning of effigies
Sinn Féin has condemned the burning of images of Northern Ireland's First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, on a bonfire in Londonderry as "anti-democratic" and "sectarian".
A bonfire was lit beside a road in the Bogside area of the city on Saturday. Photos of O'Neill, as well as Union flags, Israeli flags, Parachute Regiment, Somme Remembrance and Northern Ireland flags, were attached to the pyre.
Police are treating the burning of the effigies and materials as sectarian-motivated hate crimes.
In a post on social media, O'Neill said she would "not be deterred, distracted or intimidated".
The Page 3 Profile
AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG, CHICKEN SHOP STAR
Bring on the nepo babies...
Young people need nepotism to get ahead, according to a YouTuber and comedian who has launched her own mentorship and opportunities programme.
Amelia Dimoldenberg is best known for her series Chicken Shop Date, in which she takes celebrities ranging from Cher to Louis Theroux to takeaways in London.
The majority (of young people) have everything they need to get employment but they are in a rejection loop, said Dimoldenberg, 32. "They just need someone to open a door for them. They need someone who knows someone to send their CV to someone. They need nepotism, basically."
From fried chicken to red carpets
Dimoldenberg's show has led to her gaining millions of fans, conducting red-carpet interviews and taking Formula One drivers for a spin on the tracks.
"Long before Chicken Shop Date was the global hit on YouTube that it is today, it was a column written by the 17-year-old me in a magazine called The Cut run out of a youth club in north-west London," she said.
Her mentorship programme, Dimz Inc Academy, offers media training and paid summer work for young people, and will be followed by a specially curated "Opportunity Issue" of the Big Issue magazine focused on how to open doors for young people.
Neets need help
Dimoldenberg welcomed a report on opportunities for people not in education, employment or training (Neet) by the former minister Alan Milburn. She said: "It proves the reality is structural: mental health struggles, regional inequalities, and stripped-back youth services have systematically shut doors."
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JUSTICE
SNP 'responsible for jail overcrowding'
Scotland's overcrowded prison system is a problem caused by the SNP, the Scottish Conservatives claimed yesterday.
The Scottish Government and the prison service have struggled with the rising jail population, with early-release schemes put in place.
The UK Government is also set to release 5,000 offenders.
The Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay told BBC Radio Scotland: "[The SNP has] been in charge of Scotland's justice system and prison service for two decades and... failed to build adequate capacity."
The Scottish Government was approached for comment.
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PEOPLE
Feltz stuck at home due to Beatles biopic
Vanessa Feltz has said that filming for Sir Sam Mendes's Beatles movies has left her stuck in her home. The TV presenter, 64, posted a video online showing classic cars parked in the street and the road cordoned off yesterday. She said: "We've just passed John Lennon's iconic Rolls-Royce."
TELEVISION
Destiny's Rowland joins 'The Voice UK'
Kelly Rowland is looking for "an artist that makes you feel something" in The Voice UK. The former Destiny's Child singer, 45, has replaced country star LeAnn Rimes as a coach. She said: "I'm not necessarily looking for the perfect voice." The singing contest will return to ITV1 this Saturday at 7pm.
CONSUMER
Homeowners ditch grey for warm tones
Homeowners are ditching grey interiors amid a shift away from minimalism towards warmer tones. The paint brand Lick said that shades of green were its biggest sellers over the past year, representing 17.4 per cent of sales. Pink paint accounted for 13.9 per cent of sales. PAGE 42
ENTERTAINMENT
Actor Neill is given posthumous award
Sam Neill has won a posthumous award for his role in the Australian courtroom drama The Twelve. The New Zealander, who died aged 78 in July, won a Logie prize for best lead actor in a drama for his role as Brett Colby. Accepting it on his behalf, his friend Heather Mitchell said: "I know how much this would mean to Sam."
Letter from the Northern Correspondent
Steve Robson
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Housing crisis is Burnham's priority
If there is one thing that Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner agree on (in fact, there are many) it is the importance of housing.
The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that he believes there should be no higher priority for his Government than ensuring that everyone in the UK is able to live in a good, secure home.
So, it should be no surprise that Labour is once again trying to pick up momentum in this policy area.
With Rayner back in post as Housing Secretary, we can expect more images of ministers in hard hats promising that state intervention will solve the crisis.
Experts tend to agree that reform of planning rules is the place where action is most urgently required, even though it may be a little dull to voters.
But other, thorny challenges remain. How much subsidy can the UK Government afford to put into getting homes built? And what kind of homes will make the biggest difference?
Today's announcement focuses on the idea that there are lots of train and tram stations around England which are underdeveloped. Any sleepy village on the outskirts of London, Manchester or Birmingham which happens to have a railway station should be able to accommodate blocks of flats, the argument goes.
Councils will have to give a default 'yes' to proposals for housing close to transport links, even if it is on green belt land.
Experts say this will not require building on huge swathes of such land as it will all happen within 800m of a station. But it is inevitable that such projects will still run into local opposition.
Burnham and Rayner must be prepared with answers.
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CRIME
Dog bite death treated as murder
By Sam Hall
A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath often used by walkers, police said yesterday.
West Yorkshire Police said that its officers received calls at 1.30pm on Saturday reporting an altercation a short time earlier on a footpath on a former railway track off
Blacker Lane in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield. They said that a man was bitten by a dog during the confrontation.
Detectives have appealed for witnesses to come forward, including two people who stopped to help the injured man.
The 55-year-old was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died shortly after 7pm.
Police said a 55-year-old man,
who was arrested on suspicion of murder and being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place causing injury, remained in custody last night.
A dog understood to have been the involved in the incident has been seized by police.
Detective Chief Inspector Michael Cox, of the homicide and major inquiry team, said: "We know that two people stopped to assist the injured man and direct officers. We would urge these two women to come forward to help."
HEALTH
Doctors demand screening to stop masons dying of lung diseases
By Joe Duggan
SENIOR REPORTER
A screening programme that would allow early detection of silicosis in kitchen stone workers at risk from killer dust could be considered by health executives in the coming months, The iPaper understands.
Doctors say that early diagnosis of the deadly lung disease can significantly prolong survival and health outcomes in patients - and screening is crucial to finding cases sooner.
It comes amid growing pressure for the Government to act, with a leading occupational health expert urging the Prime Minister to kick-start a targeted screening programme of workers cutting engineered stone worklops.
More than 50 cases of silicosis in stonemasons exposed to toxic dust when cutting engineered stone - also known as quartz - have been identified in the UK since the first one in 2023.
Doctors say that the true figure is likely to be significantly higher. Many victims are in their twenties, thirties and forties, and work at firms failing to provide health surveillance as is legally required, with at least four dying and several - some as young as 23 - referred for lung transplants.
Kevin Bampton, the chief executive of the British Occupational Hygiene Society, said: "This is a classic case of prevention being the key to saving the taxpayer a load of money.
Consultant Johanna Feary fears several thousand people are at risk
Over 32 years in Australia, there were 536 workers' compensation claims for silicosis in total, 50 per cent (u82 claims) of the silicosis claims were received between 2025 and 2022, a 27-fold increase from the previous eight-year period (18 claims).
It's not like normal screening where you are looking at a vast, diffuse population. We can anticipate one in four among those exposed to lots of visible dust without much control. It's not like it's going to be years before we see the savings.
"I cannot think of a better example of where Andy Burnham could step in and demonstrate a prevention approach to save money for the NHS down the line, and lives sooner."
Dr Johanna Feary, a respiratory consultant treating the UK's first patients at the Royal Brompton Hospital, said that there were "potentially several thousand" fabricators at risk of silicosis.
Recommendations on population-wide and targeted health screening programmes are the responsibility of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which is part of the Department of Health and Social Care and advises ministers and the NHS.
Regulating occupational health surveillance for work-related diseases such as silicosis falls to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), overseen by the Department for Work and Pensions.
But The iPaper understands that a change is being considered on what the UK NSC would have responsibility for, leaving open the possibility a screening programme of quartz workers could fall under its remit.
Proposals to consider changes to screening policy are being submitted before a 30 September deadline.
It's understood plans are under way to submit an application for silicosis to be considered for screening.
Recent analysis by Bampton and Feary warned more than 1,000 UK cases from a workforce of around 7,000 could be diagnosed with silicosis in coming years, and if all affected stonemasons were screened, and this averted one additional lung transplant a year, screenings would save more than they cost, it said.
The HSE said: "A vital part of our inspections is making sure that firms are providing adequate health surveillance to their workers, so employers can spot the early signs of ill-health from exposure to silica and talc action for all their employees.
"This is already a legal duty and where businesses fall short, we won't hesitate to act."
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HERITAGE
'Most beautiful village' rejects shopping scheme plan amid fears of over-tourism
By Amy Rushton
A shopping development planned in a Cotswolds village has been rejected amid fears that it could cause over-tourism and 'traffic gridlock'.
Bibury, near Cirencester, was dubbed 'the most beautiful village in England' by 19th-century textile designer and poet William Morris. It has become a tourist hotspot in recent years, driven by TikTok posts.
The latest suggestion to attract visitors - the conversion of a farm's barn storage into a café and shopping area - received more than 100 objections from residents.
The objections specifically cited the effects of over-tourism on the village, such as an influx of coaches causing traffic gridlock along its narrow country lanes, the harm posed
to the village's historical character and increased noise disturbance from tourists.
Bibury is most famous for Arlington Row, 17th-century weaver's cottages on the banks of the River Coln, which has become one of the most photographed streets in England.
Other popular attractions include the 13th-century stained-glass window in Bibury's Church of St Mary, which featured on the Royal Mail's 1992 Christmas stamp.
The planning application was submitted by Bibury Trout Farm, which said the scheme would bring its storage buildings 'fully back into use.'
Bibury parish council, which voted unanimously to reject the plans, said: 'Over-tourism by the trout farm, resulting in high volumes of visitors, is having a negative impact on the local
environment, community and the overall visitor experience.
'The village cannot sustainably manage and maintain its character.
'Any large-scale visitor development will generally be considered to be unacceptable if it would harm the landscape or features of historic interest or have a harmful impact on the transport network.'
The council added that tourism posed a risk to the village's historical character and environment, pointing to verges 'eroded by tourist ve-
The Cotswolds is the UK's largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and attracts millions of visitors each year.
hicles' using the overflowing trout farm car park.
The development, it argued, would 'only exacerbate' the constant gridlock and road access issues.
Gloucestershire county council's highways department also objected to the plan, citing a lack of safe access, especially for mobility-impaired users. Planning officers added: 'The highway authority considers that insufficient information has been provided to assess pedestrian accessibility and safety.'
Bibury, which has only 600 residents, can attract up to 10,000 visitors and 50 coaches a day.
Planning officers said that while the 'scale and form' of the development was appropriate, they had recommended refusal because of transport concerns.
has never been an off season, so we never get a break.'
Charlotte Joynes, a 54-year-old grandmother who chairs Bourton Residents' Voice, which held the protest, warned that the area was at 'breaking point'.
She added: 'We just need something done to manage the sheer numbers that we are getting.'
Emma Schmitz, 31, a US visitor from Trevor City, Michigan, said that family was not put off by the protest at the weekend.
'We've been to Amsterdam when there have been some anti-tourist protests and they were scary - this is lovely in comparison.'
Her sister Olivia, 27, added: 'It's the chillest protest ever. It's like a picnic.'
ENVIRONMENT
Idle mourns Provence after wildfire damage
By Amy Rushton
The Monty Python star Eric Idle has said he will never see Provence's beauty 'again in my lifetime' after the area was scorched by wildfires.
The comedian and actor, 83, has owned a house near Cotignac in the southern French region since 1971. He was among the residents evacuated after wildfires broke out in Provence last month.
Idle (must), said that after water planes and firefighters were unable to contain the blaze, he and his family were forced to flee twice in just over a week, and his wife, Tania Kosevich, 76, was taken to hospital.
The fire has also threatened the homes of scientist Professor Brian Cox and actor Brad Pitt. Since it broke out, a 23-year-old man has been arrested for arson.
This is the worst year for wildfires in France on record, with more than 90,000 hectares burned.
'Though all these beauty spots will eventually return, at 83 I will never see their beauty again in my lifetime,' Idle wrote in The Sunday Times yesterday.
FILM
Odysseus's dog stole the show, says Holland
By Liz Perkins
The Oscar-winning performance of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has been claimed by man's best friend, according to stars of the epic.
Actor Tom Holland, 30, who plays Odysseus's son Telemachus, hailed the moment that Sawyer the Portuguese podengo moved the film crew to tears in the role of Argos.
The pooch, which came out of retirement to work alongside Hollywood star Matt Damon, who plays Odysseus, to take on the role is viewed as the real hero of the movie after waiting 20 years for his master to return.
Holland said: 'The dog probably gives one of the best performances ever by a furry animal on screen.
The crew was 'literally weeping' at Sawyer's performance, he added.
His trainer Mike Milotti, 42, said that the dog, who has been acting for 15 years, had to spend two months preparing for the film. He added that Sawyer often stayed in his 'temperature-controlled' crate as 'a break from the spotlight'.
ENVIRONMENT
Residents of 'Venice of the Cotswolds' in tourism protest
By Liz Perkins
A protest against over-tourism has been staged in the 'Venice of the Cotswolds'.
People living in idyllic Bourton-on-the-Water, which is renowned as one of England's prettiest villages, are not opposed to tourists, but they are concerned that the area has become more prone to overcrowding.
It is understood to be the first protest of its kind in the UK, although
people in European tourism hotspots such as Venice and Amsterdam have taken similar action.
Norma Shepherd, 80, who has lived in Bourton since she was five, took part in the protest at the weekend, and sat on the village green. She said: 'It is sad that it has come to this. We can't enjoy the green. We have always had tourists, but it's just got too overcrowded. That's the problem.'
Sam and Dorren Chesters, both 38, have lived in Bourton for a decade
Charlotte Joynes, chairwoman of the Bourton Residents' Voice campaign
said they were concerned at the level of tourists flocking there.
Mrs Chesters said: 'We were always in the camp of, 'Why do people complain about the tourists?' And then, since Covid happened, there
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POLICY
'Default yes' to green belt housing developments near rail hubs
By Steve Robson
SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENT
Thousands of new homes are set to be built near railway stations around England under new planning rules that will pave the way for a major expansion of commuter villages.
Councils will have to give a default yes to proposals for housing around train, tram and underground stations, even if they are on green belt land.
The changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPFF) announced today are designed to speed up housebuilding as the Government tries to meet a pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.
Labour has not specified which areas it will target for housebuilding, but The i Paper understands that one key criteria is near rail stations that can run at least four trains per hour into a large urban area.
The rules will pave the way for thousands of new homes closer to train stations, the Government said, with minimum expectations set for how much housing should be built in these areas.
Angela Rayner (inset), the Housing Secretary, said the move will "tackle the housing crisis and raise living standards for people in every corner of the country".
But plans to fast-track housing in commuter areas with small populations and on green belt land risk a backlash from campaigners.
Experts believe England has a huge amount of underdeveloped train and tram stations, especially within commuting distance of the
biggest cities, which is close to land that could be built upon.
Research published by Centre for Cities, a think-tank close to Andy Burnham's Government, found that more than two million homes could be built around five areas: London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle.
The calculation was based on the idea of developing fields or woodland within 800 metres, or a 10-minute walk, of an existing station – a principle the Government is expected to follow.
One example is Ashley, a village in Cheshire with a population of only 350 people, which has a railway station on a line into Manchester that is surrounded by 181 hectares of what the think-tank cites as "buildable" land.
In Buckinghamshire, the village of Cheddington currently has a population of around 1,400 residents but is on the train line into London Euston and has 190 hectares of "buildable" land, the research claims.
The Government hopes that any green belt lost in these types of locations will be minimal and therefore less controversial.
The new rules will also allow for faster housebuilding on brownfield land close to transport links, with the development of housing that is already under way around Stockport and Wigan, near Manchester, hold up as examples of this.
It is also hoped that boosting housing around transport infrastructure could help fund further improvements as the value of land increases.
Andy Burnham previously told
Ashley, Cheshire, could become a commuter city, as a think-tank claims it has 181 hectares of 'buildable' land that could be used for new homes
The i Paper he believes mechanisms such as Land Value Capture could be used to raise money towards a new rail line to replace the northern leg of HS2 axed by the Conservatives in 2023.
Labour has already committed £45bn to the Northern Powerhouse Rail project, which will see improvements to stations in Yorkshire, as well as a new rail line between Manchester and Liverpool.
The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brahin, has also committed to building a new tram line in Leeds – the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system.
The NPFF changes will also include stronger protections for pubs and music venues to prevent them from being lost to communities, the Government said.
Under the changes, which will come into effect immediately, developers must prove there is no prospect of keeping a pub afloat before a change of use can be considered.
Rayner said "By unlocking thousands of homes around well-connected transport hubs, we're helping people live closer to work, school and the services they rely on, while backing local businesses and driving growth in our communities."
RETIREMENT
Private pension age set to rise sooner than expected
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By Connie Dimsdale
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
The minimum age for accessing a private pension is set to rise to 58 sooner than expected, experts have warned.
At present, the age at which someone can access a private pension is 55, and is set to rise to 57 in April 2028, to track a corresponding rise in the state pension age.
A rise to 58 could follow suit in the late 2030s, experts believe. Labour's pensions review, which is due to report back early next year, could also make recommendations about the age at which it should be set to ensure people have adequate savings for their retirement.
The state pension age is due to rise gradually to 67 by April 2028, at which point the "normal minimum
pension age" for accessing a private or workplace pot will jump from 55 to 57.
Former pensions minister Steve Webb told The i Paper that the age at which someone can access a private or workplace pension is likely to rise to 58 at the same time.
"In theory, in 2037 – or realistically 2039, because that's when we actually get to 68 – the private pension age could go to 58," he said.
Webb, who oversaw major pensions reform as a Liberal Democrat minister in the coalition government with the Conservatives, said it was "perfectly plausible" for the private pension age to rise even further to 60.
"There is a possibility that the private pension age could move up faster than the state pension age," he said, citing the 2025 Pensions Commission interim report, which sug-
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'Bringing back hope'
Burnham tour continues
Andy Burnham has invited members of the public to 'tell me what you think' as he prepares for the second week of his tour of the UK.
The Prime Minister said Labour could not 'fix everything overnight' but promised to take steps to make life easier and more affordable.
He has made tackling the cost of living his main priority but he is also expected to highlight efforts to tackle rough sleeping and curb fly-tipping.
In a post on social media, Burnham said: 'When someone tells me something is making their life harder or more expensive, I don't think the answer from government should be to strug its shoulders and say that's just how things are.
'One of the reasons I'm spending this summer getting out across the country is to hear directly from people about what else needs to change.'
In his first week of travelling around the country, the Prime Minister visited Derbyshire, the West Midlands, Devon and Cornwall to hear from local people and businesses.
During his second week he is expected to spend some time at No 50 North in Manchester, marking a month since it was established.
Burnham said: 'The best ideas don't all come from Westminster.
'More often than not they come from the people dealing with these problems every day.
'So if you see me out and about, come and tell me what you think.
'We won't fix everything overnight, but wherever my Government can make life a little easier, fairer or more affordable, we will.
'That's how we give people room to breathe and start bringing back hope.'
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gested that people need to work for longer to build up adequate savings for their retirement.
'Retiring at 57 (soon to be the earliest age at which private pensions can be accessed) compared to retiring at 65 could reduce the average saver's annual workplace pension from nearly £9,000 a year to just over £4,000 a year,' the report said.
'Attention must therefore be paid to increasing employment rates among the over-50s and enabling people to work for longer, with a particular focus on reducing early, permanent exit from the labour market well before the state pension age,' the report added.
Ministers in previous governments said the normal minimum pension age is likely to increase so that it stays 10 years lower than state pension age, and the Government continued with the Tory policy of increasing it to 57 in April 2028.
The Treasury is awaiting the outcome of the Pensions Commission's final report, due by early 2027, which will make recommendations about how to improve the adequacy of people's retirement savings.
Webb said that it 'wouldn't
astonish me' if raising the private pension age to 60 was also one of the report's recommendations.
Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at pensions firm AJ Bell, said that while private and state pension ages are not formally linked, 'it has been seen as a sensible step to ensure people don't access their private pension too early and run out of money'.
Selby said future rises would mean younger generations have less flexibility over when they can access their savings. But he argued this would still be relatively young for healthy adults, particularly as life expectancy continues to increase.
The Treasury has been contacted for comment.
Selby suggested policymakers may be keen to raise the minimum access age as it
'preserves more money in pensions for longer, which is good for people's retirement prospects and good for the economy' But
he noted this must be balanced against the impact on the attractiveness of pension saving.
WELFARE
Reform UK pledges to cut PIP in benefits shake-up
By Eleanor Langford POLITICAL REPORTER
Reform UK is preparing to unveil the biggest shake-up of the welfare system 'in a generation', with plans to abolish personal independence payments (PIP) for working-age adults and save an estimated £50bn a year.
The party's treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, set out the proposals in an article for The Sunday Telegraph, ahead of a full 50-page policy paper due today.
Nearly three million people would see their disability or sickness payments withdrawn or changed under the plans.
Jenrick (inset) has acknowledged the human cost directly, writing: 'We will not pretend this is painless.'
He argued the current system amounted to 'suicidal empathy', adding that 'dumping our young people onto welfare isn't compassion; it's neglect'.
Reform would scrap PIP and the health element of universal credit for working-age adults. Both would be replaced with a new 'health security allowance', a single, regularly reviewed payment.
Only claimants with 'severe, enduring and high-risk' conditions would qualify for support. Everyone else currently receiving disability-related payments would lose their cash entitlement altogether.
Instead, they would be supported through council-run disability support accounts, covering what Jenrick called 'verifiable additional costs' linked to a person's disability, such as equipment, home adaptations, transport and personal assistance.
Existing claimants would be reassessed over three to four years under the new system.
Reform estimates that 2.16 million would keep their present cash entitlement in full, while 2.89 million would see theirs modified or withdrawn.
The party would extend the same approach to children's benefits, aligning the system for anxiety, depression and ADHD with
the adult changes, though only for new claimants.
Jenrick said 6.9 million people currently receive disability benefits, 2.5 million more than 20 years ago. On current trends, he said, health and disability benefits will cost £110bn a year by 2031, equivalent to £3,600 for every family in the country.
Reform would also place a new obligation on employers. Businesses with more than five staff would have to take out 'return to work cover' insurance, which would pay for the cost of an employee's first two years off sick, rather than the state covering that cost through benefits.
The insurance requirement is designed to give employers a direct financial stake in getting staff back to work, since lower sickness absence among their workforce would reduce their premiums over time.
Jenrick said this would leave firms with a 'strong economic incentive' to support an employee's return, rather than simply signing them off.
To offset the cost to business, Reform says it would cut employer national insurance contributions by 0.2 percentage points, which argues would make the package 'cost neutral' for companies overall.
Anyone still off sick after two years, and therefore no longer covered by the employer insurance, would undergo a single in-person assessment conducted by clinicians. This would replace what Jenrick called the current 'web of failing tests', and is intended to screen out fraud while directing support to the most severe cases.
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The scheme is modelled on the Dutch system, which Reform argues reduced disability benefit applications by 40 per cent after similar reforms were introduced.
EUROPE
EU 'would retaliate on welfare plan'
By Arj Singh
The EU could launch a trade war against the UK and would probably strip British exports of benefits in retaliation to Reform's plan to ban foreign nationals from nearly all welfare payments.
Nigel Farage was warned that Brussels was likely to react with fury to his party's plan to bar foreign nationals, including EU citizens with settled status, from claiming most benefits in Britain.
Under the terms of Brexit, the EU could also launch economic retaliation, for example by suspending parts of the trade deal between the two sides including putting up tariffs that
would hit the economy. Anand Menon, the director of the think-tank UK in a Changing Europe told The Paper: 'The proposals would breach the terms of the withdrawal agreement and the EU will doubtless retaliate, whether that be by making life harder for Britons in the EU or by triggering retaliatory trade measures.
'Either way, it will impact severely on UK EU relations.'
Reform's Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, insisted that the ban was necessary because 'forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral'.
POLITICS
Farage donors 'linked to unlicensed gambling firm'
By Harry Goodwin
Nigel Farage's two biggest political donors were reportedly linked to a betting platform implicated in unlicensed gambling in the UK.
Christopher Harborne, a crypto-currency billionaire who gave Farage £5m and Reform UK £12m, owns a payments company that was used for transactions between UK customers and Tether.bet, an unlicensed offshore betting gambling platform, according to The Sunday Times.
George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster who helped provide security for Farage, was also reportedly involved
in the platform, which shut down last week.
While it was active, Tether.bet asked British 'VIP' customers to deposit bets and receive winnings via Fispay, a UK company owned by Mowbray Jackson. Reform's data protection officer.
Fispay did not have a traditional bank account, handling funds using IFX, a cross-border payments firm owned by Harborne.
Harborne said he was not involved in IFX's running, and the firm said it 'operates in accordance with ap-
plicable regulations and legislation across the markets it supports'.
Tether.bet also reportedly paid millions to Cottrell (inset, right, with Farage) via a firm in Montenegro, where he is tax resident.
Neither Tether.bet nor Fispay ever had a Gambling Commission licence to provide betting services in Britain. Jackson told The Sunday Times his company had never provided services for gambling. Cottrell said he was a customer of Tether.bet and has 'never solicited clients for any betting company'.
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DEFENCE
Ukraine uses drones from UK for first time in Russia deep strikes
By Amy Rushton
British drones have been used to strike targets deep into Russia for the first time.
Built by two separate British companies, the drones are part of Ukraine's 'deep strikes' campaign, using long-range missiles to target Russia's military and industry sites.
Ukrainian military sources said they had been used in the past six months alongside Ukrainian drones in a campaign which has inflicted an estimated $50bn damage on Russia's economy and hit targets more than 1,000 miles over the border.
The revelation comes after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in April that it would supply Ukraine with about 120,000 drones in 2026, including long-range devices, 'Stone Cloak' devices which inhibit Russia's defence, and cruise missiles.
The department said UK support was 'unwavering' and that it would stand by Ukraine 'until it wins'.
Former chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed a £752m loan payment to Kyiv this year for equipment including drones and long-range missiles.
One company involved was national defence champion BAE Systems.
Its jet-powered drone, Nyan, can fly over 150 miles and has a 2.9-metre wingspan. The Wiltshire-built drone was tested by the Royal Navy before strikes in Russia.
BAE Systems said: 'We deliver
The Royal Navy tested BAE's Nyan which can fly more than 150 miles
a range of capabilities into the UK MoD as part of the UK's support to the defence of Ukraine.
'The Nyan uncrewed air system provides a rapidly developed platform proven in meeting emerging threats within highly contested environments.'
The second manufacturer has not been named for security reasons but said that its drone has a range of more than 600 miles. Launched via a catapult system, it allows operators to fire in quick succession.
Ukraine had previously used British Storm Shadow cruise missiles,
This month, Wes Streeting, the Defence Secretary,
urged allies to boost Ukraine's air defences ahead of a winter that he said Russia will use as a 'weapon' against Kyiv.
SECURITY
UK drone facilities may be targets in Putin's war
By Samya Burgess and Taryn Pedler
On an airfield at the edge of the affluent Berkshire town of Maidenhead lies a firm making drones for Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russia.
Malloy Aeronautics, a British company based in the town that lies on the bank of the Thames, has made no secret of its supply of weapons to the Ukrainian military.
Maidenhead is known for its 18th century stone bridge, and house prices that verge on £600,000.
But it's not the leafy and green surrounds of the area that may now catch the gaze of Vladimir Putin.
It's the drones shipped from that airfield on the edge of the town within the so-called M4 tech corridor.
But now there may be fears Russia could turn its sights on the company as part of its wider grey, hybrid war.
'The consequences could be that the Russians look upon any such production facilities as targets for sabo-
British drones help destroy a Russian held bridge along Dnipro river
tage,' Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), said.
The Government is understood to have helped these companies develop robust security measures against a number of different types of threats, including cyber attacks.
The cyber attack on the NHS in 2024 was linked to Russia, as was an attempt to gain intelligence through creative efforts to infiltrate companies in 2025 when cyber criminals
but the UK has a finite stockpile, which costs over £750,000 per missile to replenish, and their range is limited to 150 miles.
The move marks a shift in attitude. The US and UK had restricted the use of long-range weapons out of fear Russia could attack Nato territory.
While both countries relaxed this policy in 2024, this is the first time UK machinery has been used by Ukraine for long-range attacks.
Since January Ukraine has launched about 700 deep strikes, hitting targets including an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, around 750 miles from the border and, this weekend, a Wildberries warehouse - Russia's version of Amazon - near Moscow.
'Russia has been very effective at keeping the West nervous about hitting it too hard,' a defence source told The Sunday Times.
'The UK is effectively signalling to Russia and our allies that we're not nervous any more.'
But some military experts are concerned Russia could retaliate, targeting British manufacturers.
'We can expect the Kremlin to make the most of this situation, which will edge us further along the road to military confrontation,' Michael Clarke, a visiting professor of King's College London, said.
Putin has said any Nato countries using long-range missiles to strike Russia would cross a 'red line', and would be 'fighting with Russia'.
from Russia targeted defence workers with fake LinkedIn job adverts.
'Vladimir Putin has said from the very beginning of this war that any attempt by Western countries or anybody else to weigh in on the side of the Ukrainians would be met with a catastrophic retaliation,' Samuel Greene, Professor in Russian Politics at King's College London, said.
While Russia is unlikely to launch a physical attack, Professor Greene warned digital attacks aimed at causing 'damage to infrastructure, systems and in some cases to human beings' would be the preferred move in Putin's playbook.
This paper previously reported how two suspected Russian spies slipped into the UK aboard commercial cargo vessels before visiting areas close to military bases and critical infrastructure.
Another pattern of behaviour associated with the Russian state is arson attacks, with the director of M15, Ken McCallum, stating that Russian intelligence agents had carried out 'arson, sabotage and more'.
Russia has been accused of being responsible for an arson plot on a Ukrainian-owned business in east London.
Smoke billows from a Wildberries warehouse in Koledina, Moscow REUTERS
Analysts
Ukraine targets warehouses to pressure Putin
Taryn Pedler FOXIDON NEWS REPORTER
For Vladimir Putin, it must seem like a painful case of déjà vu. As Russia nears parliamentary elections next month, Ukrainian drones again struck deep into the country, setting ablaze one of the warehouses belonging to Wildberries - Russia's equivalent of Amazon.
Wildberries, a digital marketplace used by millions, with a sprawling network of warehouses, has been repeatedly dragged into a war in recent months, creating an awkward problem for Putin, who has long tried to keep the war at arm's length from most Russians.
Its website lists military and dual-use products, including items like drone components, navigation equipment, first aid supplies and body armour.
Ukrainian officials therefore have described the company's warehouses as legitimate targets.
Samuel Greene, a professor in Russian politics at King's College London, said: 'Ukraine has been fairly careful to try to avoid sort of overtly civilian targets
in their attacks on Russian territory. But Wildberries has left itself open to a certain extent because they do traffic in military or dual-use goods.
'Given that a lot of Russian troops essentially end up being responsible for their equipment, it is plausibly a military or a quasi-military target.'
The company and the Kremlin deny that Wildberries has supplied the Russian army.
Ukrainian officials have made clear that the attacks are intended to put pressure on the economic infrastructure underpinning Russia's war.
Mark Galeotti, a Russia expert and historian, told The Paper that the attacks on Wildberries were significant as it 'is very much this idea of taking the war to the Russian household.
'Just think if in the UK, all of a sudden Amazon deliveries were dramatically affected - how many households would feel that?
For it is part of a psychological and political war to try and get Russians thinking that maybe they want this war to end.'
Wildberries is proving a valuable pressure point. Reuters has estimated that recent strikes have destroyed almost 30 per cent of its warehouse space, with economic losses running into billions of dollars.
For Putin, whose political brand rests heavily on strength and security, this is proving to be an embarrassing spectacle.
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ROMANIA
Nato fighter jet shoots down Russian drone
By Loiza Ilie IN ROCHAMEST
An F-18 fighter on a Nato mission has shot down a drone that breached Romanian national airspace.
It is the fourth unmanned aircraft shot down over Romania this year, its defence ministry said yesterday.
The Nato member shares a 381-mile border with Ukraine and has reported repeated breaches of its airspace by Russian drones.
The latest was detected by radar systems as it entered from neighbouring Moldova.
The F-18 jet, part of a Spanish Nato contingent deployed in Romania, "made radar contact with the target and received permission to engage," the ministry said, adding that the drone was shot down safely at 5.01am.
Fragments of the drone appeared to have fallen in an uninhabited area.
Last month Romanian F-16 jet pilots shot down three Russian drones for the first time after dozens of such incursions since the start of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine.
In May a Russian drone crashed into an apartment block in Galati during an attack on Ukraine, injuring two people.
CONSERVATIVES
Badenoch calls for answers on defence spend
By Rob Freeman
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Andy Burnham and John Healey to provide "answers to serious questions" on defence spending.
Healey, now the Chancellor, resigned as Sir Keir Starmer's defence secretary earlier this year and said he was "certain" Britain should ramp up defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2030.
The Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, warned that Britain could end up "paying a heavy price" to meet such a commitment and Badenoch (most) said Labour was "refactant" to make difficult choices.
Writing in the Sunday Express, she said: "The markets, the military and the public need answers to serious questions.
"Chiefly, will the Government finally commit to spending 5 per cent of our GDP on defence by 2030 as the Conservatives have done?"
Badenoch accused Burnham of "teasing lots of goodies but never delivering".
"He has been weirdly evasive on whether he will give the military the cash it needs," she wrote.
COMMENT
UK backing for Kyiv makes it a legitimate target for Russia
If the war in Ukraine has been a back-burner issue in a summer dominated by the US-Iran war and a blithe new resident in No 10, the coming weeks will be a sharp reminder of how closely entwined Britain is with the fate of Ukraine.
Not much has yet been said by the Prime Minister, nor Ed Millhand and Wes Streeting, the new Foreign and Defence Secretaries, about the intensification of Britain's involvement in the conflict through more impactful drone attacks deep inside Russia.
But the news that drones manufactured in Britain by a number of companies have been used to hit industrial and military targets in Russia is a sign that the war has reached a stalemate on its territorial battlefronts and is moving into an era of massive drone conflict.
We no longer hear much talk about avoiding "escalation" with Russia because the escalation has already happened. When the new MI6 chief Blaise Metrewell noted in her inaugural address that the "front line is everywhere", she was referring to hybrid warfare, from cyber attacks to under-sea cable threats, and Moscow's intelligence operations targeting the UK.
Anyway, escalation is a silly word to use about an all-out war to protect a territory from invasion, where the consequences of enboldening Vladimir Putin to cast his eye on other post-Soviet territories and seek to destabilise countries across Central Europe are clear to all.
By supporting Ukraine – with on-off US – the "coalition of the willing" prevented a land grab. But wars do not just stay put and the potential price of being an effective ally is rising.
Drone-delivered strikes on key targets inside Russia set a new standard in the dealings between London and Kyiv – and deepen hostility in Moscow. As well as visibly bringing the war home to Russia and causing material damage to the war effort, the aim is to show that the UK is not nervy about confronting Putin.
This plan carries risks that need to be better explained. So, one thing I would urge Andy Burnham to do is take more active responsibility for Britain's role in the conflict. A crucial part of the top job is to set out to compatriots the reasons why our involvement is deepening. We did not, for instance, favour deep strikes until North Korea joined the war, and even that decision was coyly shared with the public.
It is also, in the end, our tax revenues which fund the defence of the UK and Europe – and arming a conflict over many years is a big drain on the public purse.
As a former Moscow and Ukraine correspondent who has seen Putin strangling freedoms, seeking to undermine democracies and sowing chaos since his rise to power, I am fine with that. This is now a race for drone superiority and that is how Putin's grip can ultimately be weakened, to the point where his calculus of whether to continue the fight shifts – or he is challenged internally for launching a war that is disastrous for Russia.
But civilians also deserve greater transparency about a shift in strategy from drones which graze Russian territory by a hundred or so miles over the Ukrainian border, and those which can reach over a thousand miles into Russia's territory.
This war is now about winning the battle of the skies in drones and air support. One fascinating example: a British company supplied heavy-lift drones powerful enough to supply a tonne and a half of explosives in an operation early last year which ultimately destroyed a vital Russian-held bridge at Kherson. When a movie is made about this, it needs a walk-on part for the dopey Russian soldier who posted a photo on Instagram of himself underneath the struts of the bridge, revealing its structural weaknesses to drone attacks.
Inevitably, we can reasonably expect Russia's present calculus to be that if Britain intensifies its involvement, we become fair game for retribution.
Some allies have tried to tiptoe around this side effect. Germany under Friedrich Merz supports sophisticated drone production financially, but that is not the
same as supplying them directly. France is less squeamish but more secretive about how far drone strikes reach and foregrounds its conventional missile power.
So, the UK is not alone in deepening commitment – but we are still pretty "out there" in terms of the effect of the highest spec drones. Having recently seen a display of a major military uncrewed system, the glimpse of how lightweight systems operated remotely can cause massive damage is awe-inspiring, but also a sombre reminder that we are now in an era of automated warfare – and both sides have access to that.
British manufacturers – as well as the energy grid and infrastructure that stands behind them – are vulnerable to retaliatory attacks, to the extent that Moscow can claim that they are legitimate targets.
Senior figures working on civilian nuclear programmes have their car boots checked when they drive in and out of workplaces. We are closer to war with Russia in a way that defies conventional definition – but is real.
There are red lines around drone deliveries and their uses to protect civilian lives. Once again, it would behove the Government to be clearer about which British-made weapons can and cannot be used to support Ukraine. And while some secrecy is justified, it cannot become an impenetrable shroud in a free society.
We are right to be good partners, in it for the long run, because that is what it will take to bring peace to Ukraine and deter a new era of Moscow's aggression. The difference between our democratic system and an authoritarian one is that we civilians should be part of that conversation, because success depends on the electorate's support as well as the will of government.
Candour is the difference between open and closed societies. A message to the new squad of Andy, Ed, Wes: let's have a judicious amount more of it. The risks and rewards of the next phase of a war are a matter for all of us.
Anne McElvoy is executive editor at 'Politico'
Prime Minister Andy Burnham (second left) with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (second right) in Portsmouth in July GETTY
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ENVIRONMENT
Britain is vulnerable to flash flood chaos as heat hardens ground
By Rob Hastings
SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR
When Philip and Elaine Marco sat in their Mercedes to drive home from their son's 40th birthday party, it was the last time anyone saw them alive. Their car didn't crash. They drowned in it.
A storm on 26 August 2023 suddenly caused severe flash flooding on a section of Queens Drive in Liverpool that dips under a railway bridge.
It had flooded four times that year but the city council had not installed any warning signs.
The couple, in their mid-seventies, had no idea how deep the water was. In the darkness, they drove in and their vehicle's engine cut out.
Hydrologists warn the risk of incidents like this is growing in the UK because climate change is making delugees heavier and more common.
Researchers and campaigners claim action has been weak at every level of government for many years, both to prevent flash floods and alert people when they occur.
Flash flooding is particularly dangerous because it can occur suddenly in urban streets that have never flooded before and are miles from rivers or the sea.
It is a year-round threat to heavily-paved areas where excess water cannot seep away, but it becomes more likely after long periods of drought like Britain is experiencing this summer, when soil in parks, gardens and grass verges is too hard to absorb water quickly enough, meaning drains fill up fast.
"It can literally strike anywhere," says Jess Neumann, associate pro-
Elaine and Philip Marco died after their car was submerged in flood water in Liverpool in August 2023
fessor of hydrology at the University of Reading. "It happens very quickly and it's very hard to forecast, so it takes people by surprise and it's very hard to plan for."
Although no extreme rain is
Motorists drive through flash flood water in Nine Elms, London, in 2021
Of the 20 constituencies in Britain most at risk, 14 are in London. An official assessment of the capital's reasonable worst-case scenario, produced in 2020, warned 108,000 properties could be affected, with 'over 40 fatalities' and 314,000 people being displaced.
WEATHER
Rain finally on the horizon but more heatwaves possible
By Frankie Lister-Fell and Brendan McFadden
After the latest heatwave of the summer hit the UK, rain and cooler temperatures are finally being forecast for this week.
From today rain is predicted to fall across Scotland and Northern Ireland, reaching parched southern regions.
"By the end of Tuesday I think most places should have had some rainfall," Niamh Murray, operational meteorologist at the Met Office, told The iSuper.
However the much-needed showers could be short-lived. A long-range weather forecast predicts there is a 'potential for late season hot spells or heatwaves, especially in
the south" at the end of August and into the first 12 days of September.
Murray said it was too soon to say "with any real confidence" and as we head towards autumn that temperatures would naturally drop, but "it couldn't be ruled out", she added.
Although it is hard to predict another heatwave, the Met Office's chief meteorologist Will Lang warned that autumn rains would unlikely spell the end of drought conditions after a record-breaking summer. Up to two-thirds of the country is now in drought.
Scientists at the British Geological Survey said the UK's groundwa-
forecast in urban areas in the next fortnight, it may be more likely this autumn if a "super El Nino" weather pattern affects conditions here.
Fatalities from urban flash flooding – also called surface water flooding – have been relatively rare in the UK, but experts fear the possibility of a genuine disaster is growing.
One risk is if extreme rainfall inundates basement flats when people are asleep and may only wake up when it's too late to escape.
When Hurricane Ida hit New York City in 2011, 11 of the 15 deaths occurred in apartments below ground.
"There's a real risk of that happening in major British cities," says David Shukman, who is the visiting professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
The former BBC science editor, author of The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain's New World of Extremes, believes the UK has "really dodged a bullet" so far.
He is "appalled at the lack of readiness" at national and local levels.
About 4.6 million properties in England are now at risk from surface water flooding, according to the National Flood Risk Assessment published in 2024, with hundreds of thousands more buildings vulnerable in Scotland and Wales.
The Government said it was investing at least £10.5bn in flood defences in the next decade. Much of it relates to river and coastal floods.
It added: "We have also extended funding for the rapid flood guidance service to provide local responders with timely information if there is a risk of flash flooding."
ter levels are in "remarkable" health despite the drought conditions.
They said assessments found groundwater levels across the country were mostly normal, and in some areas were higher than normal levels.
On Friday evening UK residents were startled by an alarm and emergency alert sent to mobile phones warning the country there was a nationwide threat of wildfires.
The public was urged not to do anything that could spark a blaze, specifically using barbecues, lighting campfires or setting off fireworks due to a "serious risk" of wildfires.
This was the first time the Government's emergency alert system, which was set up in 2023, had been used.
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ENVIRONMENT
Reservoirs dry up as government 'inertia' delays new-builds
By Eleanor Langford
At the start of 2026, a drought might have seemed unthinkable after the UK experienced its eighth-wettest winter since records began.
But just seven months later, England's reservoirs are averaging 66 per cent full – far below the 80 per cent usually expected for this time of year, with two Somerset reservoirs, Wimbleball and Catreorthy, now less than half full.
Three-quarters of England and the whole of Wales are now in drought, with hosepipe bans affecting millions of homes.
Professor Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist at the University of Reading, said the UK's water network "does not build years of storage into the system, so one wet winter does not guarantee healthy reservoir levels through a dry year".
This winter's rain did top up supplies, she said, but "an exception-
ally dry and hot spring and summer" drained them again just as fast.
In 2025, the government promised nine new reservoirs to boost the country's water storage.
None of them has been built yet – and Cloke says part of the problem is simple "inertia", with Britain continuing "as normal" even as the climate changes around it.
The nine reservoirs are planned across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Kent, East Sussex and the West Midlands.
Mendip Quarries in Somerset cannot begin construction until quarrying ends in 2040. River Adar in Sussex doesn't even have a confirmed site.
Havant Thicket, near Portsmouth, was already under way before the government's 2025 pledge, and is due to open in 2031 – the first new major reservoir to open in England in more than 30 years, since Carsington
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POLICY
Using disposable barbecue could end in £100 fine
Anyone caught lighting a disposable barbecue in certain public areas could be fined up to £100, or more if it goes to court, as concern over wildfire risk grows amid the drought.
The Government announced on Friday that it was temporarily banning the sale of disposable barbecues, blaming the single-use grills for a string of wildfires that have started over the summer.
This ban does not cover the use of such products, meaning it could still be legal to light one if it was bought before the ban came into effect.
However, many Britons could still face a fine if they use a disposable barbecue, as many local authorities ban their use.
The i Paper understands that the Government is keeping all options under review, suggesting it could implement further measures to crack down on the use of disposable barbecues if problems persist.
The sales ban takes the form of statutory guidelines issued by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
It states that a disposable barbecue “cannot be considered a safe product” in current conditions and “must not be made available for sale either in store or online”. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds called the move “common-sense steps to protect lives and the environment”.
Shortly after the announcement, an emergency alert was sent
to millions of phones warning of a “very high risk of wildfires nationally” across England and Wales, telling people not to light disposable barbecues, firepits, garden incinerators or fireworks.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Andy Burnham said there were “37 fires across England and Wales right now, four of which are major incidents”, adding that while he could not attribute all of them to disposable barbecues it was “probable that some of them had been caused in that way”.
He urged people to avoid open fires altogether, saying: “Britain is a tinderbox right now. Setting a fire in
any outdoor setting of any kind is a risk to other people’s homes. It’s a risk to other people’s lives. Don’t do it. Please don’t do it.”
Bans on the use of disposable barbecues, rather than the sale of them, come from Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) – a power that councils have to prohibit fires and barbecues in specific parks and beaches as well as stretches of the open countryside.
Breaching a PSPO is a criminal offence, carrying an on-the-spot fine of up to £100, rising to £1,000 if the case goes to a magistrates’ court.
Councils including Brighton and Hove and Canterbury have used PSPOs to ban barbecues on beaches, while most London boroughs restrict their use in parks. New Forest District Council bans any open fire across the national park
UTILITIES
Water companies seeking to raise bills during droughts
By Greg Barradale
Water companies could be allowed to raise bills during droughts, under new surge pricing plans being considered by Ofwat.
The regulator is mulling rule changes that would allow higher prices in summer, aimed at reducing consumption during times of scarcity.
Almost three quarters of England is now in drought following prolonged dry weather and millions face restrictions on water usage. At the same time, water bills are already set to rise by more than a third by the end of the decade.
The plans have been met with a mixed reception with some, who say they will create a “new class of ‘water poor’,” with access depending on your ability to pay.
Water companies have already been trialling different schemes to limit consumption.
One surge pricing trial of around 14,000 households served by Anglian Water in Lincoln and Norwich found that almost half of those involved cut their water usage. The company said it had structured the trial so that customers would not be worse off, and would have to reduce prices next year if it made extra money from the rates.
Surge pricing trials are also under way for around 5,200 customers served by Bristol Water, Bournemouth Water and South West Water, with prices 50 per cent higher during summer months but 50 per cent cheaper during the rest of the year.
Water bills rose by an average of 5.4 per cent in April this year. However, in the previous year customers were hit with a 26 per cent increase. A Government spokesman said: “Water companies are trialling new charging structures that must, as promised, make bills fairer.”
Recycling Bathwater could be used to flush toilets
Dirty bathwater could be reused for flushing toilets and running washing machines in a drive to save water due to the drought.
Officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are considering water-saving schemes as two thirds of England are affected due to the lack of rainfall.
Figures show that flushing the toilet accounts for 22 per cent of average household water use.
Water companies currently have to supply the same standard of water for toilets as drinking water due to current rules.
But “grey water” taken from baths, showers and sinks could be a solution to the current crisis as it would mean there is sufficient supply for toilets along with watering the garden.
Findings from Ofwat, the water
regulator, reveals the cost of a rainwater harvesting and treatment system ranges from £3,700 for a new-build two bedroom house to up to £6,000 for a five-bedroom house. Meanwhile, the cost for a grey-water recycling system for a new-build is about £3,550.
The situation has led officials to look into changing building regulations to make it easier for developers to put this into place. Water reuse systems are already mandatory in new-builds in parts of Belgium.
Professor Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist at the University of Reading, said: “We should move from reacting to crises to planning for them. I just cannot understand why we need to use drinking water to flush our toilets.”
Liz Perkins
Water in Derbyshire. As Terry Fuller, chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ National Reservoir Infrastructure Forum, put it, these sites “don’t grow on trees”.
The government has tried to bypass some of this for its three most advanced projects – White Horse, the Fens and South Lines – by automatically classing them as “nationally significant infrastructure”, which hands the final planning decision to the government.
The South and East of England – where water demand is highest, but rainfall is lowest – is also some of the hardest area to build a reservoir.
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the Government was “securing water supplies for the future” with £104bn of private investment to fix leaks and build the nine reservoirs and was “streamlining the planning process” by fast-tracking projects as “nationally significant”.
The Environment Agency estimates that England alone will need five billion extra litres of water a day by 2055 – for off the 700 million litres the nine new reservoirs are set to deliver.
5.4% Water bills rose by an average of this amount in April, in the previous year the increase was 26 per cent
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POLICY
Mahmood 'breaking post-Windrush promises' over leave to remain rule
Exclusive By Arj Singh
DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR
Shabana Mahmood has been accused of breaking promises made after the Windrush scandal over her plan to make it harder for immigrants to settle in the UK.
The Home Secretary continues to face a Labour MPs' revolt over her plan to double the default qualifying time for migrants to obtain indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK from five to 10 years, and apply it to people already in the country.
Now a charity has accused her of breaking a promise made after the Windrush scandal to ensure immigration policy changes are accompanied by official assessments of their impact for the public to view.
This amounts to a 'staggering lack of transparency and accountability' around some of the 'biggest restrictions to settlement rules in a generation', according to the Work Rights Centre, which has been working alongside Labour rebels on ILR.
Labour MPs are expected to attend an event hosted by the charity in Parliament next month to hear from Windrush survivors and health and care workers affected by the changes.
They will point out that the party previously accepted the recommendations from the Windrush Lessons Learned Review - one of which included not making immigration policy changes without a 'rigorous' impact assessment.
The Home Office has committed to publishing an impact assessment once it has considered more than 200,000 responses to a consultation
on the ILR changes and has come up with a final policy proposal in the autumn, with a concession to the rebels widely expected.
But the Work Rights Centre said Mahmood was breaching the promise to produce proper impact assessments, made after the 2018 Windrush scandal in which Commonwealth citizens were wrongly deported.
Dora-Olivia Vicol, Work Rights Centre CEO, said: 'The Windrush review urged ministers to ensure that all policies and proposals for legislation on immigration are subject to rigorous impact assessments.
'Yet to this day Mahmood's Home
Office has failed to release impact assessments, directly breaching that recommendation.
'Two million people who came to the UK legally and contributed to our
A 2022 House of Lords Committee report said that the Government's own guidance on regulation makes clear that for laws that will have a significant impact on businesses, likely to cover the ILR changes, an impact assessment should be produced alongside a consultation and then later updated
economy and society now risk seeing their futures upended, as ministers plough ahead with the changes.
'The Home Office knows it, and looks the other way.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'Last November, we set out reforms to double the standard qualifying period to 10 years for most migrants, with shorter routes for those who contribute most to the UK.
'A consultation on elements of those reforms has now closed, and we will set out our response in due course.'
'We have committed to publishing a full impact assessment alongside the reforms.'
MOROCCO
Police arrest 100 migrants trying to enter Ceuta
By Matthew Bailey
Moroccan police have arrested more than 100 migrants trying to enter Ceuta, two weeks after tens of thousands entered the Spanish enclave.
More than 72,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta two weeks ago with at least 96 people dying as they tried to enter from the sea. All but a few thousand returned to Morocco.
Security had been stepped up on both sides of the border following the previous influx and recent calls on social media for another mass crossing on Saturday.
Moroccan police reportedly used tear gas to disperse groups of migrants gathered on hills about 1.9 miles from the border.
The clashes happened in a mountainous area to the south west of Ceuta. According to reports, police made at least 111 arrests.
The group of migrants had been hiding on the outskirts of Fnideq (known as Castillejos in Spanish) in Morocco before they were escorted away by police in riot gear.
Of those arrested, two were Moroccan and the rest were from sub-Saharan Africa, according to a source from Morocco's interior ministry speaking to Sky News.
Rabat said it was monitoring 'the circulation of social media posts'.
MIGRATION
Dinghies used by smugglers shipped via UK
By Harry Goodwin
Chinese rubber dinghies bound for people smugglers are being shipped through Britain.
The small boats are allegedly being transported through the UK to organised criminals in mainland Europe, who use them to ferry passengers across the Channel.
A shipping container from China with at least 25 inflatable dinghies and outboard engines inside was seized at the port of Felixstowe in Suffolk last month.
The boats, 10 metres long and capable of transporting 80 people, were destined for Hamburg in Germany.
It followed a raid in Germany, where thousands of life jackets, as well as 360 pumps and more than 30 boats, were seized in the area around Dusseldorf.
A criminal network was reportedly planning to distribute the boats to people smugglers organising mass Channel crossings, the National Crime Agency said.
Most small boats used to cross the Channel are believed to originate in China, including those like the 15-metre 'mega-dinghy' that carried a record 230 people into Dover last week.
Analysts
Co-operation with France is best way to stop the boats
Luke McGee and Oily Haynes
Baptiste Verstraete has seen the people smugglers in northern France in action. Living in Berck-sur-Mer, down the coast from Calais, he's seen smugglers push people out into the water, despite the dangerous currents, to prevent police from intervening.
'The police in Berck are understaffed and focused on other matters,' he added. 'Residents rarely discuss this unless they witness it.'
That's not the case across the Channel.
The 'mega dinghy' carrying 230 people that broke all records last week for the number of irregular migrants attempting to cross in one boat has returned immigration to the top of the political agenda.
It was the latest example of how illegal gangs have adapted to the harder measures both Britain and France have imposed on people smugglers, which have led to a notable decline in such crossings since 2024 - preventing more than 47,000 attempts, according to the Government. Figures so far show a 43 per cent drop in small boat arrivals this year compared with the same period in 2025.
However, even these statistics cannot pull attention from images of massive, crowded boats in the Channel. The French lifeboat service has said that there is 'no limit' to the number of people that smugglers will try to put on a boat.
Earlier this month another mega dinghy carrying 173 people capsized after its engine caught fire in the Channel. That people were still willing to make the journey suggests that, for many, the
The mega dinghy last week pushed immigration up the political agenda
deterrent does not outweigh the desire to reach the UK.
For those on the right of British politics, much of the blame is often attributed to France. The UK has committed to paying France £662m over the next three years to help fund police, security personnel, drones and helicopters, as well as detention centres.
At a recent press conference, the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced that a Reform government would deploy the Royal Navy in the Channel to intercept small boats and take them back to France. Leaving aside the legal
and diplomatic implications of hostile British vessels entering French waters, it would rip up an agreement that figures suggest has actually been working.
Calling Farage's plan 'totally mad', a government source said: 'There is nothing the Navy can do that Border Force aren't already doing. In fact, the Navy previously ran the small boats operation and handed it back to Border Force.'
A former naval officer called Reform's proposals 'weird video-game logic' and said that it would put huge pressure on the Navy to make difficult decisions on how to engage both with small boats and the French authorities.
The reality reflected by experts and data is that co-operation with our nearest neighbour is the most effective solution to the hellish dangers posed by Channel crossings and people smuggling.
There will probably be periods where numbers are exceeded, or tragedy occurs. But, for now, the UK-French partnership seems to be producing results where nothing else has.
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TRUMP'S AMERICA
Hegseth's defence department is a public relations firm in disguise
At the end of July, Sean Parnell, chief spokesman for the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and his rebranded department, released a flashy video on his social media platforms in which he announced: "The era of putting public affairs on the back burner is over."
It was fitting, as an indicator of how Parnell views his job and the larger conversation of public affairs, that he positioned himself in the video from the podium of the Pentagon press briefing room - speaking to an empty room without an audience in a space where he rarely briefs the press, a departure from the weekly briefings conducted by previous Department of Defence spokespeople.
Purely performative, purely for the image, and as the young ones would say, "the vibes".
Parnell's message was a jarring departure from reality.
A defence department so incredibly hostile to the press and so dishonest in countering reports on its actions can't really be seen as putting public affairs front and centre.
But the department appears focused on public relations over everything - tightly controlling the image of the influencer turned defence chief rather than presenting honest information to the American public about what the military is doing.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Hegseth, a man whose primary experience was as a news infotainment personality, defaults to what he knows.
Before becoming Secretary
The bulk of the US War Secretary's work history is infotainment. By Mike Nelson
of Defence - later changed to Secretary of War - Hegseth had never run an organisation larger than about a hundred people.
Now he leads the single-largest employer in the US when accounting for the 1.3 million active duty service members, more than 750,000 reservists, National Guard and an additional 750,000 civilians.
Hegseth has more experience being a Fox News pundit and political advocate than anything else. For much of Hegseth's professional life, the mission has been cultivating his image and "putting on a show".
From the earliest days of his tenure at the Pentagon, his focus on controlling the narrative, promoting his desired public image and a strict, almost paranoid, response to even the slightest criticism have been a defining part of his leadership.
He hired close personal friends and advisers to be part of his growing communications shop. He engaged in several witch-hunts among senior department staff to determine who might be providing unflattering details to the press.
Often, these investigations were launched into stories that didn't
The department appears focused on controlling the image of the influencer turned defence chief
represent threats to national security, but were personally embarrassing or critical of Hegseth.
He used the department's public affairs platforms primarily to release hype workout videos.
Perhaps most concerning is the degree to which he and his inner circle tried to prevent reporting on what they were doing.
Parnell (must) has not just pushed back or corrected reporting he feels does not tell a complete or accurate story, as his predecessors might have. His go-to approach is to loudly and dramatically accuse the press of being unpatriotic or fabricating lies.
Hegseth's PR machine has largely viewed its relationship with the press, and by extension the American people, as an adversarial "us vs them" situation rather than a necessary way to be forthcoming with the citizens whose taxes pay for their department.
This smag attitude of dismissal towards transparent and honest reporting comes during a war that, despite Hegseth's chest-thumping, pep rally-style statements, is not going well strategically and which continues to decline in popularity.
Perhaps out of awareness of both, the department has played shell games with accurate accounting on the war and its casualties. The department has delayed, or failed to post, accurate reports of combat
wounded service members from the war in Iran.
It wasn't until media obtained previously withheld or unexpected records through a Freedom of Information request in July that the full toll - more than 400 - of wounded service members from the initial phase of the Iran war became publicly known. The numbers only account for the conflict prior to the April ceasefire - more have been wounded since.
Additionally, the department seemed to hide the numbers of combat deaths from the official casualty reporting site, discounting the four service members killed in Jordan and Iraq in July by claiming that due to the April ceasefire, Operation Epic Fury had ended and these new casualties did not count as part of its cost.
From the beginning of his tenure as defence chief, and throughout the Iran conflict, Hegseth has demonstrated he does not believe he, or his department, are beholden to the American public or to provide accurate information to the media. He sees the role as a means to create a personal brand targeted at those susceptible to the spin and to attack those who are not.
It is no way for a defence establishment to operate in a healthy democracy.
It seems the claim that this is the "most transparent" Department of War ever is simply another attempt to advance the image they wish to cultivate.
Mike Nelson is a retired US Army Special Forces Lt Col and chief of staff at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Washington
News in brief
TECHNOLOGY
US will tell allies to back it in AI race
The US is preparing to tell allies to pick sides in the artificial intelligence (AI) race with China.
Washington is ready to exclude countries from a US-led coalition if they sign up for Beijing's competing framework.
Last year the US launched Pax Silica to secure supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals.
About two dozen countries have joined.
The US is hoping to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI, which could be used for military or economic dominance.
EDUCATION
Schools not ready for practical GCSEs
Offering high-quality practical education during GCSE years would require a "major overhaul", an expert has said.
Professor Alan Smithers, of the University of Buckingham, questioned whether GCSEs are "capable of delivering hands-on practical training to industry standards".
"Schools are just not very good at providing the practical education that is needed, because they lack the specialist teachers, the equipment and can't keep pace with developments," he said.
BROADCASTING
Abbington settles 'Strictly' claim
Actress Amanda Abbington has reached a substantial settlement with the BBC over bullying allegations she made about her time on Strictly Close Dancing.
The show was subject to a review in 2024 after the 52-year-old (pictured) alleged her professional partner, Giovanni Pernice, had bullied and harassed her.
Pernice rejected "any claim of threatening or abusive behaviour" as the review upheld some, but not all, complaints.
The settlement was a five-figure sum paid by BBC Studios.
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More than 100 carp recently died in a fishing lake at Great Massingham, which is near King's Lynn, Norfolk FRIENDS OF SCOTMAN'S PIT
Fish are facing a summer of death in UK's poisoned rivers, warns Sharkey
High temperatures killing stocks and forcing angling lakes to close. By Cahal Milmo
For the best part of 200 years, anglers have made the pilgrimage to the idyllic banks of Annwell Magna Fishery on the River Lea in search of the wild brown trout which navigate its clear waters.
In recent weeks, however, members of the fly-fishing club – the oldest of its kind in the UK – have set down their rods as thousands of anglers and conservationists battle to help a fish population struggling for survival across the country after weeks of drought.
Feargal Sharkey (inot), the singer and environmentalist who is also chairman of Annwell Magna, said the Hertfordshire club had shut its river bank – once fished by Izaak Walton, the world-renowned 17th-century author of The Complete Angler – since June after water temperatures rose to levels that pose a mortal threat to fish such as trout and salmon.
The former punk rocker-turned-rivers activist, who is a lifelong fly-fisher, said: "Once the water temperature gets anywhere near 18°C, trout and salmon start getting stressed. Once it gets to over 20°C, you start entering the death zone.
"The fish have now gone into survival mode. It has been the same story for fishing clubs up and down the country.
"Pretty much every river across East Anglia and southern England has shut down for fishing at some point over the past six weeks."
Angling is widely recognized as one of Britain's oldest pastimes
with written records of recreational fishing dating back more than 500 years. However, it is facing an unprecedented threat.
While Annwell Magna has so far been successful in conserving its fish by leaving them alone, the story elsewhere is less consoling as water and flow levels drop in rivers, and fish struggle for oxygen in increasingly overheated and congested habitats.
Figures provided by the Environment Agency (EA) show there have been 15 "fish death incidents", which claim thousands of fish at a time, this year linked to the hot weather, the majority of them in the south-east and East Anglia.
More than 3,000 fish are estimated to have died along a stretch of the River Wensum in Norwich last week after depleted oxygen levels were reduced further by contaminants flushed into the water by brief but heavy rainfall.
Mark Owen, head of fisheries at the Angling Trust, said: "As water temperatures rise and river levels fall, dissolved oxygen levels can
drop significantly and, in severe cases, become so low fish will die."
At the same time, dozens of fish "rescues", where fish trapped in isolated pools or poorly oxygenated water are moved, have been carried out by the EA and conservationists.
In Essex last week, 4,000 fish were moved from a lake near Southend, while more than 1,000 brown trout and wild salmon have been moved as part of 38 rescues in the West Midlands.
Numerous lakes for species such as carp have either reduced the number of "pegs" or fishing spots available, or closed altogether until their waters can be replenished.
Stone Private Angling, which runs 11 sites in Staffordshire, closed two lakes indefinitely last week after water levels dropped below safe, with club secretary Simon
Williams saying: "The level has dropped to the point where it's not fair on the fish. We're just praying for rain at the moment."
While clubs and naturalists agree temporary closures can be necessary it is not without cost.
According to one study, recreational angling remains one of Britain's most popular hobbies with about a million regular participants, making a contribution of nearly £25m to the UK economy.
The Moorhen Trout Fishery in Hampshire said it had closed until September after temperatures in its lake hit 37°C, forcing it to move all fish to a safer location.
Co-owner Michelle Green said: "The closure does have a profound impact on our business. We can now only realistically operate safely for around nine and a half months of the year, and the increasingly hot summers are resulting in significant lost revenue."
Yet, the eventual end of the dry spell also has its dangers for the rivers and fish.
As happened in Norwich last week, sudden high-volume downpours will wash accumulated toxins – from pesticides and fertilisers on agricultural land, through to chemical-heavy dust on roads – off the hard-baled ground and into rivers.
As Sharkey put it: "What is keeping me and others awake now is that once the drought ends it may well do so in a deluge which will sweep an almighty poisonous cocktail of sludge off roads and fields into the rivers.
"The danger is that if the heat doesn't get the fish, that cocktail of death probably will."
INVESTIGATION
Police seizure of e-bikes soars by 83 per cent
By Neil Lauccfield and Flora Thompson
Police seizures of e-bikes soared by 83 per cent in a year, an investigation has found.
A total of 7,049 of the machines were confiscated across the UK in the 12 months to 19 May, according to data obtained under freedom-of-information laws.
That is compared with 3,858 during the previous year.
The figures have prompted police, politicians and charities to call for new laws to clamp down on the dangerous vehicles, which have caused deaths and serious injuries.
Sergeant Stuart Ford, who leads the cycle team at City of London Police, described illegal e-bikes as "a menace".
Labour MP for Carlisle Julie Minns, who has been campaigning for a ban on sales of illegal e-bikes and conversion kits, said they were the "perfect accessory to phone theft, mugging and drug dealing" as well as a danger to motorists and pedestrians.
City of London Police described illegal e-bikes as a 'menace'
HEALTH
Blood checks to cut transplant rejections
By Ella Pickover
The NHS will "double match" blood for kidney transplant patients to make sure their donated kidney is less likely to be rejected.
As well as ensuring that blood is matched by type, scientists will also match white blood cells.
The move will potentially prevent 100 kidney transplants being rejected each year, NHS Blood and Transplant said.
It is also hoped that the initiative will cut the number of people waiting years for a transplant – with some on the waiting list for decades.
Health service officials will roll out the programme for all kidney transplant patients after a successful pilot scheme at two hospitals in London.
About two in every five patients need blood transfusions during a transplant, and after one, some patients will make antibodies.
If the antibodies are directed to the newly donated kidney, it can increase chances of organ rejection.
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DIVORCE DIARIES
'I left my husband at 46 after losing four stone on Ozempic'
After years of insecurity, jabs helped a woman in a way she never expected
I know it sounds like a cliché – people get to middle age and have an existential crisis and leave their partners. That wasn't quite what happened to me; it was more like a whole-body epiphany, and I definitely felt that perimenopause was the beginning of the end. But primarily, it was dramatic weight loss.
About a year ago, aged 46, I started taking Ozempic. I had seen friends doing well on it, their old jeans hanging off them after a few weeks. I'd been slim in my thirties, but after having two kids, I'd become a size 18. I felt so self-conscious. I hated buying clothes. I always said negative things to myself.
My husband, Rob, never openly criticized my weight, but he once said "That girl loves her food" in front of a whole table of people at a friend's wedding.
That comment stuck with me for years. I'd been pregnant at the time.
When we were watching TV, Rob would comment on shows like Strictly Come Dancing and say, "She looks amazing for her age" or "You'd never guess she'd had kids".
He talked about bumping into one of my friends and how fit she looked. He often told me: "Your legs aren't your strong point, love."
It all made me feel worse, obviously. It made me feel ugly.
Then I took up running. Rob never congratulated me about any of the training. I did a 10km race locally, and the other husbands turned up to cheer their partners on. Rob stayed at home because he said the children would "kick off" if he brought them along. They were seven and 12 at the time; I think they'd have enjoyed it. To me, it was indicative of the fact that he didn't care and couldn't be bothered.
I would sometimes get this repetitive phrase running through my head when I was around him: bare minimum.
He did the bare minimum in terms of helping around the house. The bare minimum with the kids. The bare minimum in our relationship. I think he assumed that I'd settle for it. I often think men are okay with settling.
Perhaps he thought that if he made me feel bad, I'd be too paranoid to leave him.
When I first started Ozempic, I hated it. I felt queasy, like I had a strange taste in my mouth when I woke up. I told Rob, and he teased me and said I'd end up looking weird. He never listened when I told him how unattractive I felt. He just told me I was self-absorbed and "needed to get a life".
Then I had a flirtation with someone I work with and this started to change the way I saw myself. At this point, I was early in
the weight-loss journey but he said I was gorgeous and then apologised. It made me reframe the way I looked.
At first, the weight loss was dramatic. I lost 12lb in four weeks. I was worried it was too fast. I started swimming every morning and felt great. One woman at the gym complimented me.
Meanwhile, Rob didn't say a thing. Our communication was functional – about what needed doing, who needed taking to where, that kind of thing. Twelve weeks in and I'd lost two stone. I was wearing a belt to hold up my trousers. I felt like my tummy had disappeared. I enjoyed the lack of food noise. I felt younger and had more energy.
The only problem was I found myself thinking about my relationship deeply. Perhaps before,
I had a flirtation at work and this started to change the way I saw myself. It made me reframe the way I looked
I would have turned to food for comfort. I felt angry that Rob wasn't making more effort. We hadn't had sex in eight months.
Every night, he watched TV downstairs and I watched shows upstairs with my eldest.
I know it was my fault, too. I had given up. The more the weight came off, the better I felt about myself, and the better I felt, the more I realised I didn't love Rob anymore.
I was feeling more like the person I'd been before kids. I felt like I had options. Sure, I had wrinkles and a few grey hairs but I could wear dresses I hadn't worn for years.
After a year, I'd lost four stone. During that whole period, Rob never once congratulated me.
When I challenged him, he tried to come up and give me a cuddle. "I guess you have lost a bit, love," he said, but it was too late. It wasn't that I wanted fanfare but just some positive encouragement. I think he thought it was easy to do the jabs, but it still took exercise and self-discipline. You can't just eat
junk when you're doing it, so I was keeping faithfully to a high-protein, low-fat diet. It required work.
Two months ago, after 16 months on the jabs, I told him to move out. He didn't believe me. He cried, said that we could work things out. I said it was too late. He went to stay with his brother and now rents a flat nearby.
I don't think we can fix our relationship. I also take some responsibility; I didn't put anything into it either. I took him for granted. I feel sad about the kids, but I think that they could see we were bored and disengaged. They would sometimes ask us to kiss and we couldn't perform in front of them.
I don't feel desperate to meet anyone else.
It wasn't just the weight loss that caused me to end my marriage, of course, but it definitely gave me the push I needed. The jabs gave me clarity – made me see more clearly my life as it truly was.
The writer wishes to be anonymous
News in brief
CRIME
Bereaved parents launch initiative
The parents of victims killed in shootings in 2022 have come together in the hope of preventing people turning to crime. Cheryl Korbel was injured when Thomas Cashman fired shots into her home, killing Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
In the same week, 28-year-old Ashley Dale was killed in Liverpool, and Sam Rimmer, 22, was fatally injured in the city.
That year, Elle Edwards, 26, was killed when a gunman fired into a group outside a pub in Wirral. Their parents gathered to launch the Dear Merseyside initiative.
FINANCE
Money worries follow travellers
Money worries follow some holidaymakers days after they jet off, a survey has found.
More than a quarter (27 per cent) of holidaymakers who worry about money while away said they do manage to switch off straight away, research commissioned by the app thinkmoney found.
By the end of the first day on holiday, the proportion rose to 38 per cent.
It took up to three days before 53 per cent of holidaymakers with money worries left their financial concerns behind.
CULTURE
Children to 'finish' Bayeux Tapestry
Children across the UK have been invited to "finish" the Bayeux Tapestry as part of a new competition.
Beyond the Battle, created by Art Explora and English Heritage, will have key stage two primary school children design their own imagining of a missing piece of the almost 1,000-year-old tapestry, which is thought to be either incomplete or lost.
The 70m (229ft) tapestry (pictured), which is linen with embroidered images of the Norman Conquest, arrived in the UK at the British Museum from France in July.
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UK's first cycling speed limit set in Cambridge
By Amy Rushton
A busy cycling route in Cambridge has become the country's first 15mph bike lane in a bid to combat dangerous cycling.
Cambridgeshire County Council said the speed limit was a response to concerns for pedestrian safety along the shared path, which is also used by "older people and families with young children".
The speed limit applies to a 16-mile stretch of a shared-use maintenance track, which runs alongside Cambridge's Guided Busway.
Motorcycles and electric bikes which exceed 15mph are no longer permitted on the track, and speed detection points have been installed along the route, alongside signs warning cyclists to "slow down".
The majority of the route falls on council land, allowing the authority to apply the speed restrictions. They have previously only been enforceable in parks due to laws which pre-
vent local authorities from limiting cyclists' speed on public highways.
A council spokesperson said the limits had been introduced to "help keep all users of the path which runs alongside the busway safe".
Along the route, the council has installed placards with QR codes encouraging residents to report "antisocial behaviour and criminality on the busway".
Restrictions will be further enforced by a police patrol and "busway safety team" who will use speed monitoring equipment to catch cyclists exceeding the limit.
Initially, those breaking the limit will be advised to slow down but repeat offenders may be hit with fines.
There have been repeated safety failings since the busway's launch in 2011, including the deaths of three cyclists who were hit by buses.
Last year, the council paid a £6m fine after pleading guilty to two health and safety breaches.
Updates since then have intro-
Cambridge is seen as a cycle-friendly city by students and commuters GETTY
duced fences to separate the path from buses, but this narrows the space between bikes and other parts of the path, increasing the risk of collisions.
The move has been met with some scepticism, including from cyclists who accuse the council of penalising cyclists to reduce its own liability for accidents along the route.
Others welcomed the news, such as former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who told The Sunday Telegraph: "Mingling pedestrians and bicycles can be dangerous but often-arrogant cyclists should be aware they now face the full weight
of the law if they fail to obey the rules of the road."
Cambridge has long been regarded as a cycle-friendly city, with the introduction of "active travel" schemes encouraging commuters and university students to travel by bike.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Constabulary said: "Speeding in this area has been recognised as an issue and work is ongoing to tackle it for local residents"
SCIENCE
Malaria drug hailed as a 'huge step forward'
By Nick Forbes
Scientists have hailed a new antimalarial compound as "an exciting step forward" in the worldwide fight against the disease.
The compound was discovered by researchers at the University of Dundee, who said it has the potential to simplify dosing regimens for the treatment and prevention of the illness.
Malaria is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes.
In 2024, there were an estimated 262 million cases of malaria and 610,000 deaths from the disease worldwide - figures which have been rising in part due to growing resistance to medicines used in malaria control.
The new compound, which is named cabamiquine, is described as a "novel drug-like molecule" that can be delivered in a single dose.
An early-stage clinical trial showed that when administered together with a commonly used antimalarial drug called pyronaridine, it is both effective and has a favourable safety profile in adults.
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ENVIRONMENT
Energy standard missed at over 100 royal lettings
By Amy Rushton
More than 100 properties on the royal estates fail to meet minimum energy standards for landlords, it has been reported.
About one in five domestic lets on the inherited estates of the King and the Prince of Wales have energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings of F or G, below the legal requirement of E.
EPCs measure energy efficiency. Ratings range from A to G, with higher ratings linked to reduced carbon emissions and cheaper energy bills.
Since 2020, it has been illegal for landlords to let properties with ratings below EPC E, unless the landlord shows they are exempt.
Exemptions can include the property being unsuitable for insulation or requiring improvements costing above £3,500.
In the majority of cases, the royal estate has not registered exemptions for non-compliant properties across the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Sandringham estate, The Guardian reported.
Of the 12 properties where formal exemptions have been cited, in three it was claimed improvements would exceed the cost cap.
The three had no central heating or double glazing, relying instead on electric heaters rated "very poor" by energy assessors. Other properties were reportedly affected by black mould and draughts.
Nearly all properties at Sandringham are rated at EPC level D or lower
A spokesperson from the Duchy of Lancaster said it had invested more than £3m in property maintenance in the last year as part of an 'ongoing commitment to provide well-maintained homes compliant with all legislation'
The duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall are exempt from inheritance tax and most business taxes, and have paid out more than £400m to the Royal Family since 2018.
It is not known how much the family receives from Sandringham.
Many properties are farmhouses let to farmers and can be poorly insulated and expensive to heat.
Some of these, and other homes on the estates, are not covered by EPCs, which apply only to tenancies that began after October 2008.
The estates do not publish lists of total land holdings and are often obscured from property portfolios.
The duchy of Lancaster is the only one to publish its annual energy efficiency of rental properties. While The Guardian found nearly 40 had EPC ratings of F or G, its annual report states only 10 fell below E.
New laws will require private rental landlords to ensure their properties have ratings of level C or higher by 2030, or else prove exemptions.
At Sandringham, 99 per cent of properties were rated at D or lower, with the figure at over 90 per cent for the duchy of Lancaster and about 80 per cent for the Duchy of Cornwall.
About half of domestic properties nationwide reach level C.
With a new cost cap of £10,000, this means the royal estate could spend up to £10m upgrading non-compliant properties.
Charles and William present themselves as environmental advocates and will probably face criticism from campaign groups if their properties fail to meet this standard.
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ROYAL FAMILY
Harry 'planning to visit Britain more'
By Liz Perkins
Prince Harry is reported to be planning to return "more and more" to Britain.
The Prince, 41, is due to return to the UK in September for a week-long visit following a successful family reunion with King Charles last month.
He is expected to take part in a series of engagements with Weltchild, which cares for seriously ill children, as he is the patron of the organisation, and the Invictus Games scheduled for next summer in Birmingham.
It is not known whether the Duchess of Sussex, or their children will join the Prince.
A source close to the Prince
said: "The template for his visits has been working well, so the frequency of trips will increase, especially in the run-up to Invictus, which he's determined to make the best games yet.
"So he'll be coming back and forth a lot more.
"The way the wind is blowing, he's going to want to be here more and more. He's happy these trips can now have more focus on the patronages and be less obscured by the other nonsense."
The family enjoyed a "private family occasion" with the King and Queen in Highgrove in Gloucestershire.
The King met his grandchildren for the first time in more than four years.
RELIGION
'You can't be a vicar in the way you used to be'
By Liz Perkins
Church of England vicars are now overseeing up to 16 parishes owing to financial pressures as well as falling congregations.
The Rev Andrew Vaughan, 65, of St Michael and All Angels Church, drives more than 400 miles a month between his 10 churches from Lincoln and Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
He said: "You can't be a vicar in the way you used to be. The intimacy has been lost."
The situation has changed since 1960 when a vicar oversaw a maximum of two churches but usually was responsible for just one, according to figures from the Church of England.
But the average increased from two to four in 2022, while vicars based in Norwich, Carlisle, Truro and Ipswich, on average, are responsible for six churches. Meanwhile, in Lincoln and Hereford, the figure stands at seven.
Parishioners in rural areas can no longer expect a service at their local church every weekend as it generally rotates between three or four sites.
Vaughan was originally responsible for four churches in 2017 but now he has more than twice the number as six more parishes were added.
In Cornwall, the Diocese of Truro approved a move to make 16 parishes into one benefice.
The number of benefices has dropped since 1960 from 12,343 to 6,535.
The intimacy of being a vicar has been lost, says the Rev Andrew Vaughan
MEDIA
New gay editor promises arty, highbrow revamp of 'Playboy'
By Liz Perkins
Playboy has revived its playful side, according to its first openly gay editor-in-chief.
The former Teen Vogue editor Phillip Picardi, 35, who took on the role back in March, revealed the relaunched magazine was designed to appeal to a "halo" audience of women and Gen Z aside from the majority of its readers, who are generally men aged 18 to 45.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Picardi (over) said: "I'm sorry to be crass about it, but I don't think the point of the magazine is for self-pleasure [any more].
"You no longer need a print magazine for that.
"It weirdly offers an artistic and highbrow view of the female nude at a time when that is hard to come by."
The supermodel Cara
Cara Delevingne on the summer 2026 cover of 'Playboy'
Delevingne, 34, is the first open lesbian to grace the Playboy cover.
The magazine was founded in 1953 by former editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, who died in 2017 aged 91. Its circulation peaked in 1972 at 7.2 million.
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DEATH OF JASON ARDAY
Professor's case is a wake-up call
The Independent
For weeks, the media positioned one Cambridge professor as an imposter, relentlessly demanding proof that he was who he said he was. The more fundamental question is what genuine public interest justified this level of coverage in the first place (Daniella Maison)
Substack
There we all were having a happy, angry, interested time debating his actions, from plagiarism to baroque embellishment, and then we had the most brutal kind of reality check shoved in our quarrelsome faces (David Aaronovitch)
NORTH SEA DRILLING
A vital asset for Scotland's energy future
The Herald
I believe that Andy Burnham's instinct would be to grant the drilling licences for Rosebark and Jackdaw. It fits with his narrative of reindustrialising the UK. Advisers will remind him of that point about global security. (Brian Taylor)
The Scotsman
Both projects are vital to our national interest and energy security. Opening up the North Sea for drilling to exploit what resources we have is, as we have said previously, a no-brainer. This does not exclude the work which must happen to ensure Scotland's renewables future. (Editorial)
THE STATE OF AFGHANISTAN
Surveillance and rights stripping
The Observer
In 2023, the Taliban announced a plan to install about 60,000 CCTV cameras around the capital and other cities, part of a growing surveillance system to enforce the return to Islamist rule. Within a year, more than 90,000 Chinese-built security cameras had appeared across Kabul. (Ruchi Kumar)
The Conversation
The severe repression particularly affects the mental and physical security of Afghan women and girls. Around 2.2 million girls are currently excluded from secondary school. Women have also been progressively pushed out of public life. (Koweh Kerami)
EMERGENCY PHONE ALERT
Alarm misuse amounts to crying wolf
The Spectator
My phone, which was set to silent, erupted with the sort of siren one associates with immediately life-threatening emergencies. Yours probably did too. The alert didn't warn us of an emergency at all, it warned us not to cause one. (Druin Burch)
UnHerd
I should be more surprised that this government has flipped straight from apparent inaction to misusing a national warning system. Unfortunately, it's as predictable as a grass fire following a smouldering cigarette end. (Timondro Harkness)
MIDWEST ELECTIONS
Democrats adjusting their strategy
Washington Post
About a century ago – in 1932, to be exact – Kansas elected a Democrat to the US Senate. That was the last time. But a newcomer to the political world might change that distinction come November, God willing. His name is Adam Hamilton, better known as Rev Hamilton. (Kathleen Parker)
CNN
Democrats this year are seriously contesting more races for governor and senator across the industrial Midwest and Farm Belt than at any point since the early years of Barack Obama's presidency. (Ronald Brownstein)
SECOND HAND BOOKS
AI companies buy, scan and pulp fiction
BBC
Over the past few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases. In a typical week, Stuart Manley, from Barter Books, would sell two or three thousand books. But one recent order equalled what he would expect to move in seven days. (Philippa Wain)
The Guardian
Australian booksellers have received a burst of orders, with one saying the sudden scale of demand was "driving me nuts". This has fuelled speculation that AI companies are acquiring the books to scan their contents before pulping them. (Don Milino)
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Don't try and fit in. Please don't change to fit in because there are people who will fit in with you
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Life In Brief
NIRMAL PURJA NEPALI-BRITISH MOUNTAINEER
Nirmal Purja MBE was a seemingly unstoppable mountaineer with a determination to push boundaries and break records.
The 43-year-old was one of 10 renowned climbers swept away by an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak on 30 July. There were no survivors.
Nepalese-born Purja, who served as a British Gurkha in Afghanistan, rose to prominence in 2019 when he climbed all 14 of the world's mountains with peaks above 8,000m (26.2x7ft) in 189 days – breaking the previous record by more than seven years. The feat was documented in Netflix's 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible and his 2020 book Beyond Possible.
It was during his ascent of Everest for this record that he took a photograph of a "congá-line" of climbers waiting to reach the summit. The arresting image went viral and earned him praise for
his actions in helping those stuck in the queue. He played 'traffic policeman' for two hours, giving priority to the coldest. He later highlighted the commercialisation of Everest – and his worries about environmental damage and underprepared climbers.
Purja, known as Nims or Nimsdai, previously broke conventions in 2016 to rescue a climber left in the "Everest death zone", bringing her to safety alone, an act that was cited as a reason for him being created MBE in 2018.
Despite acclaim for his 2019 record, Purja was criticised by some for using supplementary oxygen to achieve the feat. So in 2021, he achieved the first winter ascent of K2, the world's second-tallest peak, without bottled oxygen. He went on to repeat his 8,000m challenge unaided in 2022.
In 2023 he joined the adventurer Bear Grylls in a quest to find the body
of the brother of Mode in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews. Michael Matthews, the youngest Briton to climb Everest, disappeared on the mountain in 1999. The search was featured in the film Finding Michael.
However, as his fame grew, serious criticism arose regarding his behaviour, with some calling him reckless, and two women accusing him of harassment and assault, which he denied.
Purja was the fourth of five siblings born into poverty in the mountain village of Dana, in western Nepal, in 1983, moving to Chitwan in the country's flatlands aged four. His father, Nanda Bahadur Purja, served with the Gurkhas and his mother, Purna Kumari, worked on a farm.
He joined the Gurkhas and trained at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire in 2003.
In 2006 he married Suchi and in
2009 he became the first Gurkha to pass selection for the Special Boat Service. He trained as a trauma medic and began mountaineering in 2012.
Purja's company, Elite Exped, described him as 'a leader who inspired millions through his courage, humility and unwavering belief that human potential is far greater than we often imagine'. He lived in Eastleigh, near Southampton, and is survived by his wife and daughter.
Born 25 July 1983
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Reform's nasty attack on vulnerable
Farage and Jenrick seek new front in culture war as distraction tactic
So here we go. Reform UK, desperate to shift focus away from legitimate questions about its financial shenanigans, wants to open a fresh front line in the culture wars by taking aim at another vulnerable group in society. Having already targeted Muslims, migrants and transgender citizens, now it is setting sights on autistic and disabled people with a declaration that it can save £50bn a year scrapping or slashing benefits for almost three million people.
The plans look like they were sketched out on a napkin in a Clacton café. But rival parties will respond in panic with their own proposals, leading to disastrous consequences for many marginalised people. Such is the dismal state of British politics.
With its Donald Trump-like loathing of diversity and obsessive focus on white men, Reform has already pledged to ditch swathes of crucial legal protections for people with disabilities, including abolition of the Equality Act. These measures collectively try to tackle discrimination and harassment, improve accessibility and deliver jobs.
Now it is announcing a scheme to abolish personal independence payments (PIP) - introduced by the coalition government to help fund additional costs of living with disability or a long-term health condition - and the health element of universal credit for working-age people. These will be replaced by a proposed new "health security allowance" - but only the most "severe, enduring and high-risk cases" would receive financial support.
The optics of Nigel Farage and his sidekick Robert Jenrick leading an overhaul of the benefits system by attacking some of the poorest members of our society are grotesque. Farage earns a seven-figure salary, owns five mortgage-free homes and was secretly given a £5m gift from a Thai-based admirer. In the past, he claimed to be "skint" while enjoying the Brussels gravy train, pocketing a six-figure salary in euros as a member of the European Parliament and similar sums from broadcasting (including at the time payments from the Kremlin's propaganda arm Russia Today).
Jenrick, his Treasury spokesman, is so useless he even bungled his own defection from the
Reform's Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, and Nigel Farage are attacking some of the poorest HENRY NICHOLLSAPP
Conservatives. And during his stint as housing minister, he was caught unlawfully approving billionaire Tory donor Richard Desmond's £3bn property scheme. It meant Desmond avoided paying £40m in tax (Jenrick denied any bias in favour of Desmond).
Now consider by contrast those people they are targeting. Working-age adults with disabilities are twice as likely to be in poverty as other Britons and three times as likely to live in social housing. One reason for this poverty gap is the extra cost of disability, which the charity Scope puts at £1,095 a month for a household - yet the average PIP payment is £465.
Meanwhile the care system and health service are so dysfunctional family members must often quit jobs - yet the carers' allowance is a pitiful £96.45 a week. And it is even tougher for people with
learning disabilities or who are neurodivergent. An inquiry by the Tory former minister Robert Buckland found only three in 10 autistic adults have a job compared with five in 10 for all disabled people and eight in 10 other folks.
Reform is a populist party far more interested in social media clicks than the hard grind of policy, as shown by its ludicrous 28-page manifesto at the last election
This privileged, self-serving pair spew simplistic solutions to complex issues
with claims that it could save £50bn a year in post-austerity Britain by cutting Whitehall waste. Now Farage - true to form - is both driving and jumping on a bandwagon as concern rises over surging welfare costs and soaring public debt. And Jenrick - never a man noted for compassion, not least after he demanded the painting over of cartoon murals in a children's asylum unit - rails against the supposedly "suicidal empathy" of our current system.
There are problems with the disability benefits system - it is bureaucratic, inefficient, often dehumanising, fails many people in need and frequently makes mistakes. Yet the thought of this self-serving, privileged pair overseeing radical reform is terrifying as they fight to win a battle for supremacy on the hard right by spewing out simplistic
solutions to complex issues. So inevitably, they focus on young people with anxiety and mental health concerns.
"This is not an epidemic of broken backs and lost limbs," says Jenrick. Yet the sharp rise in PIP claimants with psychiatric disorders since 2019 - the year before the pandemic - is almost matched by those with musculoskeletal and neurological diseases due to our ageing society, medical advances, earlier detection of chronic conditions and obesity. All age groups have seen similar proportional rises in claims, while more than one-third of new claimants have both mental and physical health issues.
Despite the Brexit debacle, Farage still often sets Westminster's agenda. Already the Tories, led by another shallow culture warrior, are shifting on to this terrain with attacks on diversity, pushing false statistics and pledges to roll back the duty for public services to consider equality. Yet Labour helped seed this ground also with its bungling of welfare cuts, joining the pile-on over supposed "over-diagnosis" and threatening special schools.
Shamefully, the Government even promoted the idea life is cushy on benefits when Rachel Reeves ended. Motability subsidies for high-end cars with her sneer that the system "was set up to protect the most vulnerable, not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes-Benz". And we have just seen arguably this century's biggest rollback of disability rights with a Supreme Court ruling that effectively brands people with profound needs as lesser citizens.
There are many things politicians could do to chip away at these issues: end points-based PIP assessments, speed up diagnosis of neurodivergence, reduce waiting lists for child mental health services, sort out social care, improve accessibility of housing and transport, plug glaring gaps in community psychiatric services, stop warehousing vulnerable people in the crummist areas, extend use of personalised budgets, and start to value carers.
Instead, prepare to bear lots of hollow talk from politicians pretending to care about those most in need while they jostle for votes, tussle on TikTok and betray many of our citizens most in need of state support.
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We need to end freebie mindset
Bella McGuinness writes about her frustration that the Government did not provide 'free' filter glasses to view the partial eclipse (Your View, 15-16 August)
Nothing the Government provides is free, everything must to be paid for. The country is in a desperate state with cash needed by the NHS, social care, defence, housing. The list is endless and disposable glasses likely to be used once are in my opinion not a priority.
The public need to change their mindset from 'What can I get for free?' to 'How can I help myself?'
STEPHANIE ATTWOOD BRIERLEY HILL, WEST MIDLANDS
US destabilises oil market
JD Vance's suggestion to Ukraine that it pause strikes on oil tankers as they were supposedly destabilising oil markets was laughable.
Who is really responsible for destabilising the oil markets? It isn't Ukraine.
Donald Trump, on the other hand. Or Vladimir Putin?
JEFF WATKINS BERKSHIRE
Meters cut water usage
With the droughts and restrictions I wonder why I have heard no suggestion of an obvious way of encouraging users to save water - by making it compulsory for water companies to fit everyone with a metered water supply.
It would surely be possible these days to design a smart meter which could be put in individual properties to send in automatic readings, as happens with electricity smart
meters. This would encourage us all to use water as economically as possible.
CHRIS STEVENS STAPLECROSS, EAST SUSSEX
Surely now it is time to take climate change seriously. For the past few years, we in the UK have suffered increasingly large fluctuations in our weather.
When it rains we now get floods, in the summer we now get droughts.
The floods are being addressed, but the droughts are not.
The UK is an island, salt water is in abundance, surely now it is time for the UK to invest in desalination plants to offset the droughts for both drinking water and agriculture.
It is common practice in the Middle East, why not here in the UK? DAVE PATCHETT BIRKENHEAD, MERSEYSIDE
Age gap or perception gap?
I was highly amused by Kate Lister's piece ('I'm 44 and men in their 20s are hitting on me - weird', 14 August) as it reminded me of when my covers band was playing a wedding function many years ago.
During the interval a very attractive young woman came up to me and asked if a friend could take a photo of us together. Flattered, I naturally agreed.
My ego was cruelly deflated when she added 'I wanted a picture to show my father - you're the spitting image of him!'
DAVID HUGHES BATH
Cut pension age to create jobs
Would a possible solution to unemployment among
A reader argues that the country cannot afford to give out free eclipse glasses
the young be a reduction in the retirement age?
I cannot believe that pension payments costs are much greater than the same number of benefits paid to the unemployed.
The cost of administration of state pensions, a fixed sum, must be lower than handling the ever-changing circumstances of younger people.
Add to that the additional social and economic costs accrued by a generation of disillusioned and disappointed citizens.
DAVID WHITE YEOVIL, SOMERSET
How to lure pupils to school
I was interested in your article on the Government's plans to end stay-at-home Fridays in schools (The i Paper, 6 August). I can help them with this!
All primary schools that used to run and keep weekly records of 'golden time' in the 90s
and early 2000s will tell you that their attendance went up on Fridays.
Parents were urged by their children not to let any appointment happen on that day and children who were ill would drag themselves in, even those who had been off all week.
Why? Children loved Friday golden time. If they kept the golden rules all week, the teachers endorsed these efforts by offering a range of clubs children had signed up to.
Currently Watercliffe Meadow School in Sheffield offers weekly 24 golden time clubs.
The teachers choose to offer activities they really enjoy themselves and there is a real sense of community and celebration. I wrote
about this strategy in Better Behaviour Through Golden Time.
In 2013, some teenagers, mourning the loss of golden time in secondary schools, started a Facebook page and 33,000 secondary students joined. The stories they told each other were all about teachers being happy.
What teachers and students love and miss in schools is time to make choices, enjoy a range of people's company and have some fun.
JENNY MOSLEY
Working from home is a scam
I think it's high time civil servants returned to work in the office.
I recently came across a civil servant who was
"working from home". He was actually visiting a relative and had his laptop placed on a coffee table.
He openly boasted that all he needed to do was move the mouse every 20 minutes or so and his office would believe he was actually working.
I was openly disgusted, especially when he then profusely thanked us, as pensioners, for contributing to his pension pot which he would receive in the next few years.
I'm sure there are some amazing people out there working from home but there will always be those who are abusing the system.
JACKIE MCINTOSH LANCING, WEST SUSSEX
Railcards for all are way to go
I passionately believe that railcard options should be available to all.
I unfortunately do not fall into the current available categories for a discount, but would love a railcard to suit me.
I love train travel and I would be encouraged to travel more if I had one.
SIAN LYALL CARDIFF
One small step for scientists
Experts at East Anglia University and Norwich Hospital have found that walking up stairs is beneficial for your health.
Instead of the study they could have asked me or anyone else as it's blooming obvious.
LOUISE CAVE EAST SUSSEX
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Trump's absurd design obsessions are a security risk
UNITED STATES
James Ball
Over the weekend, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video showing him giving George Washington – the first US president – a tour of his controversial ballroom.
The ballroom is still a building site, subject to various lawsuits. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court ruled that Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House was illegal, leaving the future of the project up in the air.
Deep into the second year of his second term, Trump seems to be increasingly focused on his role of designer-in-chief – even with what might seem like much more pressing demands on his time.
The US is almost six months into what Trump said would be a two-week war with Iran. US missile stocks are so depleted they might not be replenished before 2030,
conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier are so bad that crew members have attempted to jump overboard, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is a fraction of its usual level.
But over the past few months, the US President has been almost maniacal in his relentless urge to remodel first the Oval Office, then the White House and then much of Washington DC. This often involves colossal projects decked out in gold.
In the past week, Trump has taken things even further. He is now imposing his design preferences on the US navy and its latest vessels.
Trump's first intervention, announced last week, was to order the navy to return to a steam-powered system to launch planes from aircraft carriers, after complications with the electromagnetic system the latest generation of ships uses.
On paper at least, this could be a sensible move. The electromagnetic launch system was billions of dollars over budget, caused months if not years of delays and has been plagued with technical problems.
Going back to a tried-and-tested technology doesn't seem like a bad idea, but the reality is, of course,
In an AI video Donald Trump shows George Washington around his ballroom
far more complicated. The new aircraft carriers have already been designed and are partway through construction – and their design simply doesn't have the space for a much bulkier steam system.
But Trump doesn't seem to care. Instead of saving money, his plans would cost billions more.
These plans, however, look downright practical when
compared to his other demands. According to The Washington Post, Trump has now demanded that the new aircraft carriers' island – the tower-like structure that contains the ship's bridge – should be moved to be more central.
His reason for this is that he wants the new vessels to look more like the aircraft carriers used in the Second World War.
He is now imposing his design preferences on US navy vessels
This is an immensely complex change, involving altering the ships' structure to carry its weight entirely differently.
The island's current location is also optimised so that it can launch as many planes as possible as quickly as possible. Changing it to suit Trump's aesthetic preference would inevitably take years and cost billions more.
Until recently, Trump's development projects were little more than a crime against good taste and a waste of public money. But if his passion for meddling continues to lead him to demand changes to military procurement, it could soon threaten US national security as well.
James Ball is the political editor of 'The New World' newspaper
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This sweltering, sweaty summer is killing my sex life
RELATIONSHIPS
Kate Lister
Have you ever tried dating in a British heatwave? Well don't. Just don't. It is grim and clammy out here, take it from a woman who has tried.
If you are in a long-term relationship where you are both happy to just sweat all over each other as yet another scorcher beats down upon our sticky, damp bodies, well bully for you.
But that is a privilege myself and my fellow singletons can only dream of. In fact, things have gotten so bad, I am taking my loins off the meat market until the weather cools down a few degrees. I just can't take it.
And I don't want to hear it from those in hotter countries. Britain is not made for the heat.
Whereas other nations see a hot summer coming a mile off and plan
accordingly, we seem to be still in denial about the thermometer inching ever upwards year upon year. We still think of ourselves as a cold country and act surprised when we are caught in the blast of yet another 35°C plus screamer.
Grown men strip to the waist to wander around Tesco as women sit in the freezer section to cool off on a bag of peas.
We don't do hot very well largely because we don't have the infrastructure to deal with it. Very few of us have air conditioning, and we will insist on sending our kids to school in polyester uniforms.
Britain can be a miserable place in a heatwave. Which brings me back to my original point. Dating in a heatwave: urgh. No.
No one ever thinks of the single people trying to pull, do they? You might not think this is as serious as the polar ice caps melting, but then you've probably never tried to stop sweating in a Bella Italia while wearing a pair of Spanx.
Even if you can somehow will your own body to cease perspiring in the infernal heat, there is everyone else's to contend with. The smell, dear reader. My god, the smell. I was on the London Underground during the last heatwave and nearly passed out.
My curly hair is having a humidity
bonanza, all my fancy clothes are damp and bunched up into areas they have no right being in, and boy do you swiftly discover which colours are a bugger for showing up pit stains (light greys, blues, greens and pinks).
My face is red and blotchy and there is sweat dripping down my back and pooling in my underwear. I have never felt less sexy and more like an overdose potato. And even if you can fight through the sweat and the crowds and the smelly feet, do you really want to have sex with a stranger in an unairconditioned apartment?
Really? Oh, it sounds like fun until you have someone's sweat dripping into your open mouth. Trying to get into a decent position can be like trying to grip a jellied eel.
Right now, my idea of a good date would be lying naked on the marbled floor of an air-conditioned hotel with a man who never touches me, and occasionally throws cold water over me, like a beached whale. Bliss!
The temperature is due to drop soon, which will be a blessed relief for most of us.
I'm sure we will all miss this sunshine once the rain and the fog are back, but right now I would swap it all for a date with a towel and a spare bottle of deodorant.
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POLITICS
Peter Cardwell
Clacton
gamble paid off in the end
To his critics, Nigel Farage is performatively petulant: even in victory, refusing to attend the Clacton election count on contentious security grounds. The Reform UK leader's by-election win is, they argue, not really a victory. Rather, it was predictable, and, anyway, the comedian dressed as a bin did a bit better than expected. We reached peak Farage a year ago with Reform at 35 per cent in the polls.
The problem with this narrative is it underestimates the man who has just become an MP again.
Firstly, Farage won. Convincingly. A 60 per cent-plus share is strong no matter who your opponents are, even the Everyone Is God Party.
The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green and Restore Britain didn't stand, but they will have to in future. Meanwhile, the Reform leader
proves his point to those wavering, whilst accepting there is a major part of the electorate who loathe him and whom he will never win over.
To trigger the by-election was a bold but calculated risk. It dominated the news agenda and distracted the media from Andy Burnham. To at least some degree, the strategy has been successful for Farage, moving the conversation on regarding allegations about Christopher Harborne's £5m.
My sense, as a presenter on the Talk radio and TV network, is that Farage's public is bored by the controversy. Westminster is not - and many took great glee when the commissioner for parliamentary Standards, Daniel Greenberg, announced his probe was restarting.
Greenberg's findings could trigger a series of events that means another by-election, but Farage will almost certainly win that.
What has emerged from recent weeks is not the image of the grinning, pint-swilling Farage of old. Rather, a grittier, angrier Farage, who channels that involve towards electoral success.
The successful Farage brand is the accessible celebrity, combative yet likeable. The challenge the Reform UK leader now faces is how to marry his assets as a politician with the more challenging reality in which he and his party find themselves.
Peter Cardwell is the author of 'The Secret Life of Special Advisers'. His second book, 'Political Animals', is out in paperback on 1 September.
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EDUCATION
VAT on school fees widens top A-level grade gap
By Alexa Phillips
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
The introduction of VAT on private school fees has helped them pull further ahead of state schools at A-level, experts have said.
Privately educated students outperformed their state school peers in their A-level results last week, with their share of A and A* grades increasing to 48.6 per cent.
The gap between private and state schools, where 25.4 per cent of entries achieved the top two grades, has increased in the past year, according to data from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (O4qual).
Last year, 48.1 per cent of pupils at private schools and 25.2 per cent at state schools got As and A*s.
While both state and private school students increased their share of the highest grades this year, the gap between them rose from 22.9 to 25.2 percentage points.
Neil Roskilly, an education consultant and former chief executive of the Independent Schools Association, said a number of “middle-ranking” private schools have closed since the introduction of VAT on school fees in the last year, which is “changing the picture”.
He said schools that have survived the 20 per cent levy on fees “are often
doing very well in the league tables and getting the highest results”.
Parents have largely borne the costs of the changes, according to the Independent Schools Council, which said fees rose by 22.6 per cent on average in the year to January 2025.
Roskilly said fee increases have raised parents' expectations, led to more complaints and piled pressure on teachers to help children achieve higher grades.
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Percentage points by which private schools outperformed state schools for A and A* grades
He said he expected to see a similar increase in top grades at private schools when GCSE results are published on Thursday.
By contrast independent schools increased their share of grade Cs and above from 89.2 to 89.4 per cent in the past year, while state schools had a larger rise from 76.2 to 76.8 per cent.
Sam Tuckett, associate director at the Education Policy Institute, said the most affluent children are most likely to get A and A* grades, and that the introduction of VAT on fees may be pushing some of the less affluent families out of the sector.
Four out of five senior state school leaders expect to make cuts in the coming year, according to polling commissioned by the Sutton Trust.
NATURE
Hummingbird hawk-moths flutter into British gardens
By Liz Perkins
Hummingbird hawk-moths have been descending on gardens in their droves this summer.
They have been spotted from the Channel Islands to Scotland as warm air sweeps in from southern Europe.
People have been confusing the distinctive creatures for a
bird due to its large body and wingspan. Its wings beat up to 80 times a second.
Figures from iRecord, a wildlife-recording app, showed last week that 9,268 sightings had been logged - the highest total since 2017, when comparable records were first kept. It is twice as many sightings as any in other year over the past decade.
Matthew Oates, 73, a naturalist and butterfly enthusiast, told The Sunday Times yesterday: "Nobody forgets the first time they see a hummer.
"If you can imagine a bullet that hovers, that's what it looks like. It has these frenetic wings going so fast that you can barely see them, and a long proboscis that uncurls and feeds on the flower."
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NEWS
LEBANON
Eleven people killed in latest Israeli strikes
By Nazih Ooseiran, Eman Abouhassita and Emily Rose IN BEIRUT
At least 11 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
The strikes on Saturday were some of the deadliest since Israel agreed a peace deal with Lebanon's government.
Israel's military said it had struck Hezbollah infrastructure overnight in response to actions against its soldiers there. It has been fighting an on-off war with Hezbollah since February.
Seven people were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the southern village of Ansar, while four others were killed in a strike on the village of Deir el-Zahrani.
The seven people killed in Ansar included three children and two women, Lebanese media said, adding that a total of 19 people were wounded in the attacks.
Hezbollah said the attacks would be "met with what they deserve".
Under the truce deal, Israeli troops are remaining inside southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed and the Lebanese army takes control. Hezbollah, which was not part of talks, has rejected the agreement as a surrender.
At least 4,300 people have been killed in Lebanon in hostilities since 2 March.
More air strikes were reported across southern Lebanon, including north of the Litani river. One, targeting a valley next to Ansar, was the deepest strike into Lebanon in two months.
The office of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire and attacking Israeli soldiers, leading to three injuries.
"The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) responded by striking the Hezbollah terror headquarters that ordered the attack," it said.
"Only later did the IDF learn that Hezbollah deliberately put civilians in that military compound."
Rescue workers on the rubble of a house hit by an Israeli air strike in Deir al-Zahrani on Saturday MOHAMMED ZAATAR VAP
The IDF said it had killed Ali Samir al-Haj Hassan, a Hezbollah elite Radwan Force commander, in a strike on "a central headquarters of the Radwan Force unit" in Ansar.
"At the time of the strike Hassan's family were with him and were also harmed," it said.
Lebanon's prime minister, Nawaf Salam, said: "The martyrs of the Israeli raid on the village of Ansar are not 'military infrastructure' and the women and children killed in it are not military targets."
Nahih Berri, the speaker of Lebanon's parliament, who is a Hezbollah ally, called for Israel to stop the war before it was too late.
Israel's military seized a swathe of southern Lebanon earlier this year after Hezbollah fired at Israel two days into the Iran war.
Israel has said it will keep its forc-
Doron Spielman, spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister's office, said Saturday's strikes would "tighten up" negotiations "I think it should make the negotiations more serious, because it highlights the whole reason we got into these negotiations in the first place," he added.
es in southern Lebanon to protect its north from further attacks.
During a visit to southern Lebanon last week, Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, said the IDF would not be withdrawn from areas under its control until Hezbollah was disarmed.
A US State Department official said a permanent Israeli military presence in Lebanon was not consistent with commitments set out in the deal.
Lebanon's President, Joseph Aoun, said the attacks were a "clear message" aimed at the negotiations and US efforts towards implementing the peace deal.
WEST BANK
Palestinians are being besieged by armed settlers
By Pesha Magid IN NIKKALEM
A Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank has been under siege by armed settlers for nearly a week.
Villagers in Quara said that they had faced sometimes deadly attacks for months.
In a rare rebuke the US last week called on Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to publicly condemn settlers who had besieged Palestinians in Quara.
Rights groups said militant settlers had mounted a concerted effort to seize more land in the West Bank, eating into territory where Palestinians had been aiming to establish a state.
The Israeli military has said soldiers have deployed in Quara since Thursday to protect residents and maintain security.
Marmar Ouda said he had been forced to erect metal fences around his home and bars on his windows to protect his family from attacks.
Next to his home the words "death to Arabs" have been spray-painted in Hebrew on a wall.
Five months ago Ouda said his nephew was shot and killed by a settler, and his brother was also injured.
Israeli media reported that a settler who also had served as an Israeli army reservist had been arrested.
"I wish I had died rather than see my nephew die in front of me and my brother get shot," Ouda said.
Despite filing complaints with the Israeli police, he said his family had received no protection.
Attacks had continued and settlers had thrown stones at his house last week, he said, adding: "They want to expel us; they want to kill us."
MIDDLE EAST
US swaps aircraft carriers as war continues on
By Ben Finley and Didi Tang IN WASHINGTON
The US has pulled its last aircraft carrier from Asia as the Iran war stretches the US military.
USS George Washington, a Pacific-based carrier, has started heading towards the Middle East after reports emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln.
The Lincoln has been supporting the US war against Iran – its deployment has included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days.
Democrats raised concerns about
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the Lincoln's crew after reports of shortages and sanitation problems.
While clashes between the US and Iran have calmed in recent weeks, the US navy has reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
The USS George Washington left port in Da Nang, Vietnam, last week, it was confirmed yesterday. It was spotted crossing the Singapore
Strait with a cruiser and a destroyer and leaves the waters of the Pacific without a US carrier presence.
The Lincoln arrived in the Middle East in January.
Naval officials conceded that the war had created a "highly contested environment in which traditional supply hubs in the Middle East have been disrupted by combat actions", leading to shortages on the carrier.
INDIA
Cockroaches spur food firm blitz
By Arpan Chaturvedi and Dhwani Pandya IN MUMBAI
One of India's biggest states is cracking down on the major food chains after finding cockroach infestations in their warehouses.
Raids have targeted the "quick commerce" industry in Maharashtra, which includes the huge metropolis of Mumbai.
Crusading food safety chief Tukaram Mundhe has shut some of the most popular restaurants for poor hygiene and suspended the licences of 12 warehouses run by food groups Eternal, Swiggy and Zepto.
Warehouse photographs showed rusted and dirty storage racks, with cockroaches crawling around food.
Reports of contamination are
common in India, but Mundhe's drive is gathering attention. Historically there has been little enforcement of standards.
His department this week shut four Domino's outlets. The pizza brand is India's largest fast-food chain and had been praised for its strict protocols.
Consumers have vented their frustration about poor standards.
"About damn time. A city-wide crackdown in all quick e-commerce warehouses is needed," one, Nolan Lucano D'sosza, wrote on X.
"We will not tolerate any playing with public health," Mundhe said, warning of tougher action against unsafe food preparation and unhygienic storage in a £9.6bn sector that clocks up nine million daily orders.
NEW 5-33
OPINION 18-22
TV 25-31
LIFE 35-39
GATEWAY 60-61
MONKEY 42-46
SPORT 47-56
MANGAY 27 AUGUST 2026
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INDONESIA
Thousands evacuated and 53 killed in deadliest earthquake since 2022
By Ananda Teresia IN MAUMERE
About 5,000 people have been evacuated after an earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53.
More than 130 others were injured in the 7.7-magnitude quake early on Saturday morning, the Asian nation's deadliest since 2022.
Thousands in the eastern Sikka region on Flores have evacuated or sheltered in a sports arena, Indonesia's disaster agency said.
Some are stranded outside collapsed homes under a makeshift tent made out of tarpaulin, while others have received treatment in a tent outside a hospital.
"The shaking was terrifying, so intense that my house nearly col-
lapsed," farmer Anastasia Imad said, speaking from a makeshift tent beside her damaged home. "We feared the aftershocks would bring it down on us while we slept."
More than 900 homes were destroyed and 450 more damaged in East Nusa Tenggara province, forcing about 5,000 people into temporary shelters.
A sprawling archipelago of 290 million people, Indonesia straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire" where tectonic plates meet, triggering frequent earthquakes and volcanoes.
At a now-closed port in Maumere, littered with debris from a collapsed roof and walls, residents said they were scared of aftershocks.
The disaster agency said yesterday that nearly a thousand af-
tershocks had been recorded since the quake.
Nearly, hundreds of residents filled a sports stadium, which has been designated an evacuation spot.
As the sun set, residents stood in line to get warm drinks. Some mothers hooked pieces of clothing to tent frames to form makeshift cradles for their babies. Other children played football outside.
Officials said their priority was clearing worst-affected areas.
Landslides blocked sections of the Trans-Flores Highway, a roughly 700-kilometre (a 35-mile) road linking communities across the mountainous island.
Landslides and aftershocks are impeding the search, they added.
More than 3,500 military and police officers have been deployed to the region.
Power is nearly fully restored after blackouts at the weekend.
Dwikorita Karnawati, a geology expert, said the region was at risk of earthquakes due to the "Flores back-arc thrust fault," a major system of west-east faults.
The same area was hit in 1992 by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that caused massive destruction.
In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude quake triggered a tsunami on Sulawesi that killed more than 4,400. In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude quake off Sumatra unleashed a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
KOREAN PENINSULA
Warning shots fired on Northern troops in DMZ
By Brenda Goh and Joyce Lee IN INDIA
South Korea has said that its troops fired warning shots when North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line between the countries.
The warning shots prompted the North Korean troops to turn back, officials in Seoul said.
The border between the two Koreas is heavily fortified and troops from both countries are restricted from entering the "demilitarised zone" (DMZ).
"Recently, on the eastern front, North Korean forces crossed the military demarcation line, prompting our military to fire warning shots according to operational procedures," South Korea's army said in a statement, without giving the date of the skirmish.
It is the first reported violation of the DMZ by North Korea this year.
The soldiers were likely to have been patrolling the area when they crossed into the zone, South Korean media reported.
North Korean troops violated the line 17 times last year, according to South Korean media.
BELGIUM
Crews battle as biggest fire ever nears Germany
By Bart Biesemans and Kate Abnett IN MUSSELS
Firefighters are battling Belgium's biggest wildfire ever, which was heading towards the German border yesterday, officials said.
The blaze has burnt 3,000 hectares of land in the High Fens nature reserve since Friday.
Crews from Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg were joined by the Belgian army, as responders yesterday hoped that cooler, more humid weather would slow the fire down.
The fire is more than double the size of a blaze in 2011 that burnt close to 1,400 hectares.
Smoke has drifted into Germany, forcing residents of Monschau to evacuate, while the EU has deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft after Belgium requested emergency reinforcements.
Residents evacuated on Saturday have been told not to go home yet.
Firefighters tackle an affected area near Malmedy in Belgium yesterday
DRC
Ebola exhausts health workers as virus outpaces tracing
By Constant Same Bagahwa and Mark Banchereau IN NED
Exhausted health workers in the DRC are struggling to keep up as the country's Ebola outbreak outpaces contact tracing.
Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Nghape and his team fan out across communities in the eastern DRC, looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country's fastest-growing Ebola epidemic in history.
The workers investigate dozens of
alerts, search for those exposed to suspected or confirmed cases and try to get anyone showing symptoms into care before the virus spreads.
But the surveillance system is increasingly failing to keep pace with the virus.
Between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of new Ebola cases are being detected among people who were not already being monitored as contacts, meaning health workers may only discover infections after patients become sick and have had opportunities to expose others.
Gédéon Banga Nghape: 'Surveillance is the engine of a response'
"If surveillance does not work well, the entire response suffers," Nghape said. "Surveillance is the engine of a response."
The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people out of more than 4,700 cases, according to the latest government figures. This death toll has been reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which claimed over 11,000 lives.
The current outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo Ebola virus, which has no approved vaccines.
Television Monday 17 August
CRITIC'S CHOICE
BEN WALSH
PICK OF THE DAY
Buried with Michael Sheen 9pm, BBC Two
"I stumbled across this story of a man who claimed that the people of Wales are being poisoned and I thought, what?", claims Michael Sheen (left). The main behind the claims was Douglas Gowan, who worked for the farmers' union and investigated "incidents of pollution". So the actor decided to interview Gowan for two days, and "what he told me made my blood go cold". Gowan's story involved cover-ups about forever chemicals buried in the land near local farms and communities. Gowan believed the dumping of these chemicals could have a lasting impact but died before his warnings were heeded. Now Sheen wants to find out if Douglas was right in this worrying exposé.
The Art Of Spain
7.55pm, BBC Four
The excellent Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his journey in northern Spain, where modern art by masters such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí flourished in the 20th century. These visionaries produced work that pushed the boundaries of the discipline while also reflecting the tumultuous social and political events of the century.
Child Maintenance: Parents Under Pressure – Panorama
8pm, BBC One
The Child Maintenance Service system is designed to make sure that parents who live apart from their children make regular payments to
support them. However, it stands accused of doing too little to enforce payments in some cases, discovers reporter Krusa Padhy. Meanwhile, parents who make payments say calculations done by the CMS can sometimes by wrong or unaffordable, and that errors can affect their mental health. Padhy does well unveiling this bureaucratic mess and stress, meeting parents on both sides to ask whether the system is falling both them and their children.
Fare Dodgers: At War With the Law
9pm, 5
In London, revenue protection investigators hunt for a woman who is thought to owe more than £3,300 in unpaid fares, and attempt
to stop her at Chadwell Heath station to question her about "short faring". On TIL buses in London, there's a tip-off from a driver about a potential fare dodger but before anyone can issue a penalty fare the woman takes flight and exits the bus.
Celebrity Hunted
9pm, Channel 4
Things appear to be heating up as two of the "celdes" drop in at a show bar in Leeds, but it seems they may have been tracked. A social media post from two of the runners provokes the hunters, leading to a raid on a retirement home. BBC One's Morning Live has a couple of surprise guests, but will an elaborate escape plan keep them a step ahead of the hunters? The action continues tomorrow.
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| Daytime | 6.00 Breakfast (S) 9.30 Countryflix Treasures (R) (S) 10.30 Garden Rescue (R) (S) 11.15 Homes Under The Hammer (R) (S) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S) 1.00 BBC News At One; Weather (S) 1.35 BBC Regional News; Weather (S) 1.45 BBC News At One; Weather (S) 2.00 Money For Nothing (S) 2.15 Escape To The Country (S) 3.30 The Repair Shop (R) (S) 4.30 The Answer Run (S) 5.15 Pointless (R) (S) | 6.45 Beachgrove Garden (R) (S) 7.15 The Answer Run (R) (S) 8.00 Sign Zane; The Repair Shop (R) (S) 9.00 BBC News (S) 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) (S) 1.30 The Finish Line (R) (S) 2.15 Do You Know Your Place? (R) (S) 2.45 Animal Park Summer (R) (S) 3.30 Serengeti (R) (S) 4.30 Vintage Antispas Readbkw (R) (S) 5.15 Flag M (R) (S) | 6.00 Good Morning Britain (S) 10.00 This Morning (S) 1.30 ITV News; Weather (S) 1.55 ITV Regional News; Weather (S) 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) (S) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) (S) 3.55 ITV Regional Weather (S) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) (S) 5.00 The Chase (R) (S) | 6.30 The King Of Queens (R) (S) 6.55 The King Of Queens (R) (S) 7.00 The King Of Queens (R) (S) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 8.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 9.10 Frazier (R) (S) 9.40 Frazier (R) (S) 10.10 Frazier (R) (S) 11.10 Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) (S) 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary (S) 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flag It (R) (S) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) (S) 2.10 Countdown (S) 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) (S) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) (S) 5.00 Chelsea-DIV (R) (S) | 6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) 11.30 Storm & Alasta (S) 12.45 5 News At Lunchtime (S) 12.50 Matt Allwright (S) 2.20 FILM: An Affair To the Far (Tamer Halpern 2023) Thriller: Starring Ryan Preuss (S) 4.00 Castle (R) (S) 4.55 Love Nature (R) (S) 5.00 5 News With Dan Walker (S) | Longtime Reading: Celebrity Hunted (S) 7.45 (S) 8.00 | 6.00 Backyard Builds (S) 6.30 Dress To Impress (S) 7.20 The Real Housewives Of Potomac (S) 8.20 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills (S) 9.15 The Only Way Is Essex (S) 10.15 Davenport Creek (S) 11.10 Clarinet (S) 12.10 Deal Or No Deal (S) 1.10 Superstarlet Sweep (S) 2.10 The Floor (S) 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex (S) 4.10 The Real Housewives Of Potomac (S) 5.00 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills (S) | |
| 6pm | 6.00 BBC News At Six; Weather (S) 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather (S) | 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) (S) 6.30 Bear Grylls: Wild Reckoning (R) (S) | 6.00 ITV Regional News; Weather (S) 6.30 ITV News; Weather (S) | 6.00 American Pickers A toy museum ready to sell its collection of treasures (R) (S) | 6.00 Cyprus: Jewel Of The Med A profile of the Mediterranean island (R) (S) 6.55 5 News Update (S) | Add a lot on hand, a different page of TV, a no-bodys train and bus from to London (S) | 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase With Charlie Hedges, Luke Kempner and Jeremy Vine (S) | |
| 7pm | 7.00 The One Show (S) 7.30 EastEnders A situation escalates for Nicola and George (S) | 7.00 Global Eye Alcorn Maupool reports From Cape Coast on slavery's legacy in Ghana (S) 7.30 Mastermind (S) | 7.30 Fletchers' Family Farm: Kelvin is in the market for a bull. Last in the series (R) (S) | 7.00 Channel 4 News (S) | 7.00 Traffic Cops (R) (S) 7.55 5 News Update (S) | 7.00 Architecture The Kellways Built (S) 7.40 The Flying Gardener (S) 7.55 The Art Of Spain (S) | 6.50 FILM: Fisherman's Friends: One And All (Megan Leonard, Nick Moorcroft 2022) (S) | 7.00 The Floor The 49 remaining contestants fight for more squares (S) |
| 8pm | 8.00 Child Maintenance: Parents Under Pressure – Panorama (S) 8.30 Scam Interceptors (R) | 8.00 Only Connect Annual World take on the Kinkwits (S) 8.30 University Challenge (S) | 8.00 Emmardale Ruby orchestrates the theft of Jimmy's shipment (S) 8.30 Coronation Street (S) | 8.00 Martin & Roman's Irish Road Trip Martin and Roman Kemp explore Meath and Dublin (S) | 8.00 Street Cops: Catching The Yabs Of Polark chase a teen after finding a studded baseball bat (S) | 8.00 The 1% Club Quit, hosted by Lee Mack (S) | ||
| 9pm | 9.00 Death In Paradise A reggae rap artist is shot dead at a soundcheck for a concert (R) (S) | 9.00 Buried With Michael Sheen (S) | 9.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace – What Happened Next (S) | 9.00 Celebrity Hunted A couple of fugitives pop up live on the BBC (S) | 9.00 Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law (S) | 9.00 Mastermind The second host of the 1977 series of the quiz (S) 9.30 Call My Bluff (S) | 9.00 FILM: Bressed Off! (Mark Herman 1996) Drama, starring Pete Postlethwaite (S) | 9.00 The Only Way Is Essex (S) |
| 10pm | 10.00 BBC News At Ten (S) 10.30 BBC Regional News; Weather (S) 10.40 Have I Got News For You (R) (S) | 10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (R) (S) 10.30 Newsnight (S) | 10.00 ITV News At Ten (S) 10.30 ITV Regional News (S) 10.45 Cold Case Forensics: In The Blood (R) (S) | 10.00 Secret Lives Of Gypsy Wives Trewley's first rap song enjoys mixed success (S) | 10.00 Police Interceptors: Taking Down The Shoplifting Gangs (R) (S) | 10.00 Art On The BBC: Michelangelo – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (S) | 10.00 Family Guy Polark's estranged sister Karen arrives in Quahag for Thanksgiving (S) 10.30 Family Guy (S) | |
| 11pm | 11.10 FILM: Mission: Impossible III (S) Abrams 2006) Action thriller sequel, starring Tom Cruise (S) | 11.05 Disclosure: Welcome To Glasgow (S) | 11.40 The Assembly Celebrities are interviewed by record/energist individuals (R) (S) | 11.05 Surgery Secrets Of The Super Rich (R) (S) | 11.05 Traffic Cops A reckless motorcyclist puts lives in danger (R) (S) | 11.00 Art & Design: The Journey – Arena (S) 11.25 Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes (S) | 11.10 FILM: Glass Of Night Shyamalan 2013) Thriller, starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis (S) | 11.00 Family Guy Peter runs his father-in-Law's company (S) 11.30 American Dad! (S) |
| Late | 1.10 BBC News (S) | 12.05 A House Through Time (R) (S) 1.05 Sign Zane; Countryflix (R) (S) 2.00 Sign Zane; Bargain (R) (S) 2.45 This Is BBC Two (S) | 12.05 Shop On TV 2.00 The Staircase (R) (S) 4.05 Unveiled With ITV (S) 5.10 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) (S) | 12.05 Walter Presents Everybody Lies (S) 1.00 Ramsey's Mixed Wall (S) 2.50 FILM: Blue Bayou (Justin Chen 2020) Drama with Justin Chen (R) 3.45 Levison Wood: Walking With Polar Bears (R) (S) | 12.05 Car Pound Cops (R) (S) 1.00 Cruise TV With LovelBoats! (S) 2.10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) (S) 2.50 Castle (R) (S) 3.45 Friends (R) (S) 4.35 Cruising With Susan Calman (R) (S) | 12.25 The Flying Gardener (S) 12.40 The Art Of Spain (S) 1.40 Art & Design: The Journey – Arena (S) 2.05 Art On The BBC: Michelangelo – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (S) 3.05 Close | 1.45 FILM: Cuban Fury (James Griffiths 2014) Comedy: Starring Nick Frost (S) 3.45 Close | 12.05 American Dad! (S) 12.35 Bob's Burgers (S) 1.95 Bob's Burgers (S) 4.30 Plate (S) 1.75 Deep Fate Neighbour Wars (S) 2.20 Unveiled With ITV (S) 3.00 Teleskepping |
Games&Puzzles
Dominoes
How to play All of the 28 domino pieces from 0-0 through to 6-6 have been placed once into the grid. Can you work out where each of them is placed?
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| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Journey Finder
How to play Move between the numbers in order 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 and so on, starting with the grey 1 and ending with the grey 4. On each step you may move one square in any direction (including diagonally). You must form a continuous path that visits every square exactly once.
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| 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Making Tracks
How to play
Numbers around the outside indicate how many squares in each row and column the track passes through between A and B. The track either passes straight through a square or turns at right angles in it.
Binary
How to play Complete the grid so that each row and column contains five 0s and five 1s. The same number cannot appear in more than two consecutive squares in any row or column. In the finished puzzle, each row must have a different sequence of 0s and 1s to any other row, and likewise for each column.
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Number Hexagon
How to play Each hexagon is divided into six triangles. The sum of these six triangles is always 25. Place a number from 1-9 in each empty triangle to complete the puzzle: you cannot repeat a number within a hexagon.
Pathfinder
How to play Moving from letter to adjacent letter, can you create a continuous path that visits every square once and spells out all the words listed to the right of the grid? Start on the shaded square.
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| H | S | T | U | S | S | E | R | I | A |
| O | W | Y | G | R | S | S | S | R | T |
| E | S | Y | E | I | H | S | E | E | C |
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Chain Link
How to play Place the numbers 1-6 in each row, column and along each series of squares linked by the chain.
Daily Quiz
- Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds is thought by some to be the inspiration for which fictional location in the novels by PG Wodehouse?
- A corroboree is a traditional ceremonial gathering of indigenous peoples in which country?
- Which animated TV series became the first spin-off of Stranger Things when it was televised earlier this year?
- In which part of the human body would you find the bone called the trapezium?
Answers, page 47
Battleships
How to play Locate the position of each of the ships listed below in the grid. Numbers around the edge tell you the number of ship segments in each row and column of the puzzle. Ships are surrounded on all sides by water, including diagonally.
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Scotch beef steak and chimichurri with smashed potato salad
SERVES 2
- 2 Scotch rump or sirloin steaks
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
- For the smashed potato salad
- 400g baby potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp low fat mayonnaise
- 50g greek yoghurt
- ½ red onion, very finely chopped
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp garlic granules
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- ½ lemon, zest and juice
- 1 tbsp chives, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- Sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
- For the chimichurri
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ red chilli, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- ½ lemon, zest and juice
- 1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
- ½ tsp fresh or dried oregano, finely chopped
- Sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C. Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil and cook the potatoes for 15 minutes. Drain and leave to steam for 10 minutes.
Separate the potatoes on to a large lined baking sheet so they are 5cm apart and use the bottom of a jar or spatula to press the potatoes down so they are roughly 1-2cm flat. Drizzle over the olive oil, sprinkle over a few sea salt flakes and black pepper and roast for 20 minutes on one side. After 20 minutes, turn the potatoes over and roast for a further 15 to 20 minutes until golden and crispy on both sides. Set aside to cool.
Make the potato salad dressing by mixing all the ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Adjust the seasoning to taste.
Add all the ingredients for the chimichurri to a small bowl and whisk together. Adjust the seasoning to taste.
Remove the steaks from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. Pat them dry before drizzling over the oil, season well, then massage the oil and seasoning into the meat.
Heat a griddle pan or frying pan over a high heat. Fry the steaks for one to two minutes on each side for pink meat (depending on the thickness). Remove to a plate and loosely cover with foil. Leave to rest for at least five minutes before slicing.
Once the potatoes are cool, add them to the salad dressing bowl and mix everything together.
Serve the steak with chimichurri, the potato salad and vegetables on the side.
Recipe from makeitscotch.com
Games & Puzzles
Kakuro
How to play Fill the white squares so that the total in each across or down run of cells matches the total at the start of that run. You must use the numbers from 1-9 only and cannot repeat a number in a run.
Jigsawdoku
How to play Place the numbers 1-9 once in each row, column and bold-lined jigsaw region.
Killer Sudoku
How to play Each row, column and 3 by 3 box must contain each number (1 to 9) only once. The sum of all numbers contained within grey lines must match the number printed in its top-left corner. No number can appear more than once in an area formed by grey lines.
Zygolex® In The i Paper every day
Find the missing words by following the RHYME, LETTERS and MEANING links – eg, a word that rhymes with 'cheek', has one letter different from 'pear' and has the same meaning as mountain, would be 'peak'. Full rules at zygolex.com. Solution, page 47
Futoshiki
How to play Place the numbers from 1-5 exactly once in each row and column. The greater than and less than signs ('x' and 'y') indicate where one cell is greater/less than the adjacent cell indicated.
Minesweeper
How to play Find all the mines in the grid. Numbers in certain squares indicate how many mines there are in the neighbouring squares, including diagonally touching squares. Mines cannot be placed in squares with numbers.
NEW! 5-35
OPINION 18-22
TV 25-31
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Number Square
How to play Fill the empty squares with numbers that will make the across and down calculations produce the results shown in the grey squares. Each numeral from 1 to 9 must only appear once. The calculations should be performed from left to right and top to bottom, rather than in strict mathematical order.
Easier
| - | - | -6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| × | + | + | |||
| + | 4 | - | -2 | ||
| × | × | - | |||
| 1 | - | + | 3 | ||
| 12 | 65 | 4 |
Harder
| + | + | 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| × | - | + | |||
| - | 4 | × | 6 | ||
| × | - | + | |||
| × | + | 73 | |||
| 270 | -5 | 6 |
Codeword No 4587
How to play The numbers in the grid correspond to the letters of the alphabet. Solve the puzzle and fill in the letters in the key as you discover them. Three letters are provided to give you a start. The solution will be printed in tomorrow's paper, the solution to Saturday's codeword is on page 47.
| 16 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| 22 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 6 | |
| 4 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| 25 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 25 | |
| 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||
| 13 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 20 | |
| 5 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1 | |
| 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| 20 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 4 | |
| 22 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 23 | ||||||
| 13 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 13 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Word Ladder
How to play
Convert the word at the top of the ladder into the word at the bottom of it, using only the five rungs in between. On each rung, you must put a valid four-letter word that is identical to the word above it, apart from a one-letter change. There may be more than one way of achieving this.
idoku Exclusive to i
How to play Each numeral from 1 to 9 must appear (once only) in the squares forming the red letter i.
| 1 | 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | 8 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | 3 |
Sudoku Easier
| 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
Tomorrow: Harder
ABC Logic
How to play Place the letters A, B and C only once in each row and column. Each row and column has two blank cells. The letters at the edge of a row/column indicate which of the letters is the first/last to appear in that row/column.
Word Wheel
How to play How many words can you find using the letters in the wheel? Each must use the centre letter and at least three others. Letters may be used only once. You may not use foreign words, proper nouns or plurals though you may use verb forms ending in 's'. There is at least one nine-letter word to be found.
How you rate 18 good, 27 very good, 34 excellent, 41 genius
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Concise Crossword No 4909
ACROSS
1 Coffin cover (4) 3 Large woody perennial (4) 7 Rice, egg and fish dish (8) 8 Dutch cheese (4) 9 Cartilage in meat (7) 11 At no time (5) 13 Kentucky folk music (9) 16 Late (5) 17 Subdue (7) 19 Travel permit (4) 20 Writer of song words (8) 22 Second-hand (4) 23 Burden (4)
DOWN
1 Verse (6) 2 Insulate (3) 3 After that (4) 4 Mid-morning snack (9) 5 Wheeled cart (7) 6 Outmoded (5) 10 Period of youth and inexperience (5,4) 12 Toxophilite's sport (7) 14 Dead language (5) 15 Against (6) 18 Pleased (4) 21 Tin (3)
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Solution to Saturday's Concise Crossword
ACROSS 1: Rote, 3 Under (Richards), 7 Once, 8 Rhetoric, 9 In spite of, 12 Favela, 13 Nebula, 15 Classical, 18 Bouillan, 20 Turn, 21 Tweet, 22 Drum DOWN 1: Kind, 2: The like, 3: Use, 4: Drone, 5 Rainfall, 6 Trespass, 10 Innocent, 11 Watch out, 14 Bolster, 16 Abide, 17 Brim, 19 Lit.
Today's other puzzles Cryptic Crossword, page 21
Five-Clue Cryptic, page 17. One-Minute Wipako, page 20
Puzzle solutions See page 47
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GAMES & PUZZLES
Children's Corner Number Pyramid
How to play The value of each square in the number pyramid is the sum of the two squares directly under it.
Knight's Tour
How to play A chess knight visits each square of the grid exactly once, starting at 1 and ending at 100 (these squares are shaded). Deduce the whole path of the knight – some of which is already given – and thus complete the grid. The knight moves either two squares horizontally followed by one square vertically, or two squares vertically followed by one square horizontally.
| 68 | 4 | 93 | 58 | 11 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 61 | 89 | 94 | 59 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | 62 | 5 | 96 | 1 | |||||
| 87 | 9 | ||||||||
| 70 | 40 | 85 | 53 | ||||||
| 20 | 65 | 99 | 82 | 42 | 55 | ||||
| 33 | 36 | 31 | 100 | 49 | |||||
| 24 | 38 | 28 | 77 | 81 | |||||
| 75 | 72 | 79 | 44 | 48 | |||||
| 25 |
Cells
How to play Divide the grid into square or rectangular blocks, each containing one digit only. Every block must contain the number of cells indicated by the digit inside it.
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 6 |
Word Fit
How to play Can you fit all the words into the grid to complete the puzzle? Some words may initially fit in more than one place, but there is only one way to fit all the words together to complete the grid.
4 Letters Poor Seat Vend
5 Letters Leggy Noisy Nutty Sweat
6 Letters Flower Master Medley Ravine Saddle
7 Letters Concept Octopus Oration Wriggle
8 Letters Database Felicity Rhetoric
Word Square
How to play Simply answer the clues alongside the grid, writing the answers in the respective rows. The solution must read the same horizontally in each row as it does vertically in each column.
Hawaiian dance
Single item
Open-air swimming pool
Small particle
Bridges
How to play Connect every island (represented by circles) into a single interconnected group. To do this draw bridges between islands. The number in each circle states how many bridges must be connected to that island. Bridges cannot cross each other, can only be drawn horizontally or vertically, and there can be a maximum of two bridges between any pair of islands.
Word Search
How to play The classic word-search puzzle, find all the words in the grid. Words may be hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally and in either a forwards or backwards direction.
| S | R | E | H | T | N | A | P | M | L | A | Q | U | B | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | S | W | E | H | V | X | Y | M | A | O | Q | D | Z |
| Z | U | N | O | S | R | E | N | I | N | Y | T | R | O | F |
| D | C | I | A | C | S | S | B | X | N | J | G | P | V | L |
| K | C | H | G | E | N | Y | M | E | P | A | I | R | A | E |
| C | A | P | V | H | W | O | S | O | A | G | A | S | R | S |
| U | N | L | N | F | O | B | R | H | C | U | N | N | G | T |
| P | E | O | I | Y | R | W | E | B | K | A | T | O | Y | E |
| A | E | D | B | F | B | D | D | F | E | R | S | C | Y | E |
| T | R | W | S | E | W | C | I | O | R | S | N | L | A | L |
| R | S | N | K | E | N | N | A | Z | S | S | B | A | S | E |
| I | L | J | Z | A | L | G | R | X | E | I | Y | F | R | R |
| O | R | E | K | R | R | G | A | P | L | F | V | E | A | S |
| T | Z | T | Z | A | V | S | A | L | A | O | D | G | E | V |
| S | T | S | T | L | O | C | S | E | S | M | S | B | B | F |
| BEARS | FALCONS |
|---|---|
| BENGALS | FORTY-NINERS |
| BILLS | GIANTS |
| BRONCOS | JAGUARS |
| BROWNS | JETS |
| BUCCANEERS | PACKERS |
| COLTS | PANTHERS |
| COWBOYS | PATRIOTS |
| DOLPHINS | RAIDERS |
| EAGLES | STEELERS |
Solutions: page 47
Calcudoku
How to play Place the numbers 1-6 once in each row and column, obeying sums in bold-lined regions. The number in each region indicates the total for the region, and the symbol shows which type of operation should be applied to the numbers' addition, subtraction, division or multiplication. Numbers may repeat within bold-lined regions. With subtraction always take the lower numbers away from the highest number in a region, and with division divide the highest number by the lower numbers.
| 12× | 19+ | 2+ | 1- | 6× | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | |||||
| 5- | 6+ | ||||
| 10+ | 4- | 12× | 5× | ||
| 5+ | 2+ | ||||
| 8× | 15+ |
Hexalex
How to play Place each of the letters below once into the empty hexagons, crossing them off as you do so. Enter the letters in such a way that it is possible to find all the words listed alongside the grid by moving from hexagon to adjacent hexagon to spell out each word.
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BAY BUMP FIG HENS HEX JUDO LAY TICKS WAXEN WRY ZEBU
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OPINION 18-22
TV 24-31
LIFE 30-39
48-51
52-55 57-60
LIVE 47-50
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Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives
10pm, Channel 4
Ten a little bit silly and impulsive some might say," insists Trewley Precious, who is pursuing a social media career and rebels against the traditional Gypsy wife roles of her mum and sisters. Trewley is following her dreams of making money as a TikTok influencer while her sisters Honey Patches and Pearly Girl take a more traditional Gypsy path of having children young and not working outside the home. This week the sisters and their families prepare for Christmas, while Trewley's first rap song has mixed success. Also Trewley's plans to surprise her mother with a car misfire. Will taking her to speed dating go any better?
FILM CHOICE
LAURENCE PHELAN
FILM OF THE DAY
Apollo 13 9pm, ITV4
Won Howard 1995) Tom Hanks (left) stars as Jim Lovell, the commander of a three-man crew of brave and resourceful all-American heroes whose mission to the Moon one year after Armstrong and Aldrin - only truly captured the public's imagination when a mission-critical mechanical failure suddenly made it look as though they might not make it back. Ron Howard's expertly crafted film generates awe and suspense by getting the detail right and making it all seem real. And the performances capture all the laconic professionalism and tension that is summed up by that one understated but very charged and now famous phrase, "Houston, we have a problem."
Parker
9pm, Great! Action
[Taylor Hackford, 2012] Trashy but slick thriller with Jason Statham as Parker, a Brooklyn but principled professional thief created by Donald E Westlake (played elsewhere by Lee Marvin, Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg and others)
Brased Off 9pm, Film4 [Mark Herman, 1996] Set in a deindustrialising Northern town, this socially conscious romcom puts Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald in the same colliery brass band. But one is a proud miner fighting the good fight, the other secretly works for management.
ON DEMAND
Not I
BBC iPlayer
Billie Whitelaw discusses her turn in this famous Samuel Beckett adaptation.
I Will Find You
Netflix
This twisty Harlan Coben thriller benefits from Severance's Brett Lower.
Widow's Bay
Apple TV
Matthew Rhys excels in this mix of horror and comedy set on a cursed island.
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NEWS
Panorama
Around the world in 10 stories
ECUADOR
Fishermen
caught in drugs trade crossfire
By Alexandra Valencia and Yury García
IN JARAMIJO AND SAN MATEO
Fishermen in Ecuador have said they have “nowhere to hide” between cartel threats and a deadly US air strike campaign.
Small fishing boats on Ecuador’s Pacific coast have caught tuna and swordfish for centuries.
But drug cartels now use extortion, threats and violence to force poor fishermen to carry cocaine on their boats. Others are persuaded with the promise of a far higher income than fishing can bring them.
The threats expose fishermen to another danger – US air strikes on alleged “narco-terrorists”, most of them fishermen accused of carrying drugs.
The US said it has destroyed 67
Fishermen unload their fresh catch in Manta, Ecuador
vessels and killed more than 220 people since last September.
Two strikes excluded from the official tally targeted fishing vessels in Ecuador’s Manabi province as part of a secret CIA programme, The Washington Post reported.
Simon Villacreses, a fisherman, was on board the Negro Francisco Duarte II on 17 March when a sudden drone strike set it ablaze.
The 16-man crew abandoned ship into two smaller motor boats, heading towards what they thought was a nearby tuna vessel. Instead, they were met by armed English-speaking men in army uniforms.
“They started pointing guns at us. They took us aboard, put hoods over our heads and tied our hands behind our backs,” Villacreses, 52, said.
The crew was then transferred to a Salvadoran navy vessel, which took them to El Salvador, offered medical treatment, and flew crew members back home on commercial flights.
Similar events took place nine days later with another drone attack on a boat called the Don Marco.
At least eight fishermen from a third vessel, the Florolle, have been missing since January.
Villacreses remains so shaken by the experience he has yet to return to sea. “Maybe I’ve given up fishing for good,” he said. REUTERS
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Bondi killings spark gun buy-back
By Sam McKeith IN SYDNEY
Australia’s most populous state has announced a gun buy-back scheme after a terror attack.
From November, New South Wales will offer people up to A$1,000 (£523) for rifles and handguns as part of a response to the attack on a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on 14 December last year, which killed 15 people.
Australia had a record 4.1 million firearms last year, the government has said. More than
1.1 million are in New South Wales, which includes Sydney.
The alleged gunmen in the Bondi Beach attack used powerful firearms, which were obtained legally.
It will be Australia’s largest gun buy-back since a man killed 35 people in Tasmania’s Port Arthur in 1996.
Police said the Bondi Beach attack was carried out by a father and son inspired by Isis.
The surviving suspect, Naveed Akram, 24, has yet to enter pleas to charges, including 15 counts of murder. REUTERS
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PM Takaichi shuns shrine on anniversary of war
By Mari Yamaguchi and Mayuko Ono IN TOKYO
Japan’s Prime Minister has skipped a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of the country’s surrender in the Second World War.
The site in central Tokyo enshrines 14 convicted war criminals. Previous visits by Japanese leaders have triggered diplomatic rows with China and South Korea.
This year, centre-right Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from the shrine, apparently seeking to avoid another rupture. But her defence minister and several party allies visited it on Saturday, drawing protests from Beijing and Seoul.
Takaichi (inset) clashed with China soon after taking power last year by saying a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. Her
government has launched plans to re-arm Japan after decades of post-war pacifism.
Like other Japanese leaders, Takaichi avoided making any statement of regret for Japan’s wartime atrocities, in deep contrast to modern Germany’s “memory culture”.
Millions across Asia were killed, enslaved or raped by Japanese troops before and during the Second World War.
In an address on Saturday, Takaichi paid tribute to the victims and survivors of America’s nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The deaths of the last survivors, or hibakusha, are coming as Japan is newly considering whether to pursue nuclear weapons.
“Japan, since the end of the war, has consistently contributed to global peace and prosperity,” Takaichi said. “We will never let the tragedy of the war be repeated.” AP
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‘Desperate’ Modi warns of internal Maoist threats
By Harry Goodwin
India’s right-wing Prime Minister has said Maoist infiltrators are threatening the country from within.
Narendra Modi said a decades-long Communist insurgency in eastern India was “breathing its last”, but that left-wing intellectuals were “looking for opportunities to create violence and unrest”.
“They have to be identified and isolated,” Modi said on Saturday. “They want to drag the society on the wrong path.”
The Maoist uprising championed the rights of farmers and ethnic minorities, but left thousands dead in long-running clashes with the army.
Human rights groups have accused Modi’s government of using anti-terror laws and colonial-era laws to silence dissent.
Jairam Ramesh, a senior leader of the opposition Congress party, said the speech was a “sure sign” of Modi’s “desperation”. AP
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By Balazs Kristof IN HUGAPEET
A dozen people have been killed and at least 10 seriously injured after a Polish bus carrying 57 pilgrims veered off a motorway in eastern Hungary early yesterday.
Hungary's Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, said yesterday that the bus ran into a ditch and tipped over as it was returning to Poland from a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Bosnia.
Crash survivor Helena Tłuczek was on a phone call when the bus tipped over, breaking her ribs and injuring her shoulder and spine.
She said: "All the seats were ripped out. People were under the seats; everyone was screaming for help." She pulled two people out and then "clawed my way out of that vehicle with my hands". REUTERS
Postcard From... Vilnius
Corgi owners waved toys, treats and a broom on Saturday to coax their dogs over the finish line at a race in Lithuania's capital.
Many of the competitors in Vilnius seemed more interested in sniffing than winning.
About 130 corgis from eight countries took part in the annual event in a wooded park, drawing thousands of spectators to the "European Corgi Capital".
In race after race, some dogs froze at the start, others stopped mid-run to play with rivals, while a few turned around and headed back.
"Well, they are one of the slowest dogs in the world," organiser Edvinas Miskas
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Grinius said, "A corgi race is an oxymoron in itself. And that's why it is great fun."
Grinius launched the event six years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic, expecting only friends and family to watch a race between two corgis.
Instead, hundreds turned up. The gathering has since become an annual event, broadcast in Lithuania and the US.
Away from the track, visitors
cheered a corgi costume parade and a competition to find the loudest bark.
The winner of the latter, Mr Corgington from California, registered 111 decibels, roughly the noise level of a chainsaw, while furiously trying to reach a chew toy. "I would say it's not a favourable trait to have a loud bark, but it comes in handy at events," said owner Zane Strong.
In the costume competition, judged by Britain's deputy ambassador, corgis turned up as clowns, medieval nobles and cowboys, with one dog dressed as a horse.
The winning entry featured a corgi, Amigo, as the legendary Iron Wolf, which inspired Vilnius's founding duke.
Amigo tolerated the costume, which took a week to make, but was "not very happy about it", his six-year-old owner Akvile said. REUTERS
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Women can now inherit throne
By Geir Moulson IN KIDILIN
Liechtenstein's royal family has changed its rules of succession so women can inherit the tiny Alpine nation's throne.
Prince Alois announced the change in a speech marking the country's national day on Saturday.
The eldest of his four children is 31-year-old Prince Joseph Wenzel. Liechtenstein, a wealthy na-
tion of 40,000 people, has an unusually powerful monarchy by European standards.
The ruling prince has the power to veto referendum results, appoint judges and fire the government.
The principality is traditionally conservative and in 1984 became the last European country to grant women the right to vote in national elections.
Last year, Brigitte Haas became its first female prime minister. AP
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Charity opens children's hospital in the West Bank
By Neil Pooran
A Scottish charity has opened its first paediatric operating theatres in the West Bank.
Kids Operating Room cut the ribbon on the facility at Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron earlier this week.
Until now, children going to the hospital have had to be treated in adult wards.
Medics in the West Bank have said hospital infrastructure is struggling to cope in the face of restrictions on movement and attacks.
Kids Operating Room uses its hub in Dundee to assemble medical equipment for paediatric facilities in countries suffering humanitarian crises.
The charity said constructing the operating room in Hebron was one of its most challenging projects to date. It installed six theatres in Ukraine, which can be powered by solar energy, meaning they can continue working during blackouts.
Gareth Wood says 'getting this operating room here has tested us'
Kids Operating Room plans to open two further paediatric operating rooms in Bethlehem and Jericho.
"Getting this operating room here has tested us enormously," said Gareth Wood, the charity's founder. "But children in the West Bank still get appendicitis. They're still born with conditions that need surgery. Conflict doesn't change that - it just makes getting them the care they need much harder." PA
ITALY
Four Messinas stolen from Sicily museum
By Valentina Za IN MILAN
Four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a museum in Sicily.
The heist on Saturday night at the Museo Regionale di Messina "was almost out of a movie", local councillor Enzo Caruso said.
It has deprived Messina of its only works by the native-born painter who took his name from the city.
The purchase of one of the works by the Italian state for 85m earlier this year may have put the Messina museum on criminals' radar, Caruso said.
The thieves took three of five panels that made up an altarpiece known as Politico di San Gregorio.
They also took a two-sided painting depicting the Virgin with child and a monk on one side and Christ on the other. REUTERS
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Fundraiser for family of Arday raises over £90,000
By Iznie Addison
More than £90,000 has been raised for the family of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday after his death on Friday.
Arday, a sociologist, resigned from his post this month following allegations of plagiarism.
He was pronounced dead after emergency services were called to an address in south London on Friday.
Media reports alleged that Arday had plagiarised his PhD thesis at Liverpool John Moores University and other research. A previous investigation at Liverpool John Moores University cleared Arday of wrongdoing.
He was also accused of embellishing his personal achievements, including his claim that he had raised £5.5m for charity. He had denied any wrongdoing.
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"They have blood on their hands." The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, called for a "moment of reflection".
In a statement issued by Arday's publisher Simon & Schuster UK, his family said: "Jason was subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse... The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason - a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone."
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London's Globe theatre is revamping its thatched roof.
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My muscles are still shaking as I open an app on my phone to assess my workout data. I'm not about to find out how my heart rate or how many calories I've burnt in my 53-minute weights session, but how much sweat and sodium I've lost (750ml of sweat and 508mg sodium, "similar to eating one large pretzel" if you're interested.)
The hydration tracker I'm wearing might not be glamorous but feels weirdly on trend in this summer of World Cup hydration breaks and never-ending heatwaves. How much we're drinking, and sweating, seems to be on everyone's mind.
Which is good, says sports medicine consultant Dr George Bownes, founder of sports clinic Citius Health, given many of us don't drink enough water - a problem compounded by air-conditioned offices and shops, which might offer relief but reduce humidity and therefore increase water loss from the body.
A 2023 study of 1,112 adults found that 40 per cent were inadequately hydrated. Dehydration affects every aspect of our physical and mental health, from energy to muscle function.
"Every cell in the body has water in it. If your cells aren't full of water the chemical reactions in them can't happen as efficiently," says Bownes. "You can't focus in the same way. Your likelihood of upper respiratory tract infections increases. To optimise our health, we need to stay hydrated."
In an age of optimisation, this has given rise to gadgets offering to track our hydration levels, from sticks that analyse urine, to stick-on patches that measure the rate of sweat flow, or wearables such as the £179.99 hDrop hydration monitor I have clipped to a strap on my arm.
Track your electrolytes
The size of a large square of chocolate, it has a rechargeable sensor that connects to an app on your phone via Bluetooth revealing how much sweat you lose, at what rate, and your temperature - all of which you can monitor while exercising, along with sodium and potassium levels.
These are two of our key electrolytes - minerals that have an electrical charge when dissolved in liquid, which help muscles contract and the heart and nervous system stay healthy - and they are lost through sweat.
My son calls me a lizard, he thinks I drink so little water; I exercise most days and find it hard to concentrate. So I'm intrigued to see if the hDrop picks up a problem with my hydration.
Bownes says that for elite sportspeople such as footballers and tennis players analysing sweat can be "helpful" in terms of adjusting training and nutrition.
While laboratory testing of blood and urine have been around for years "testing is more popular now in terms of what's commercially available. People planning to run ultra marathons ask me how they can test."
But he believes that for the average exerciser, gadgets like these
Testing the waters
Gadgets are offering to track our hydration levels - but are they worth the hype in the heat? By Antonia Hoyle
aren't required. "If you're exercising for under an hour you probably won't be sweating enough to appreciate the deficit you get yourself into." And, he adds, "as with other wearables I'm not sure how accurate [these] gadgets are".
HDrop Technologies Inc, which launched its sensor in 2023, says its data is at least 85 per cent accurate, citing a study in the journal Physiology that found "no significant difference" between sweat loss estimated by the hDrop and laboratory measurements.
Bownes believes the rise in popularity of hydration trackers is tied to the increasing buzz around electrolyte supplements.
Last month, Sainsbury's reported a 333 per cent increase in searches for "rehydration sachets" over a year, and social media is filled with fitness influencers singing their praises.
However, although low electrolyte levels can lead to fatigue, dizziness and muscle cramps, most of us get adequate levels through our diet.
In fact, most of us already consume more than the recommended maximum of 6g salt in our diet, which effectively serves the same function as sodium.
"You don't have to reach for expensive electrolytes," says Bownes, who concedes, though, that in this unprecedented spell of hot weather, taking them in supplement form "could be helpful in maintaining hydration levels for heavy exercisers or those who sweat a lot."
Discover your sweat zone
HDrop calculates a sweat rate "baseline" for users - a score of zero to 100 which puts you into one of three "sweat zones" - concentrated, with more salt and less water, a sign you're not drinking enough; the target zone, which means the concentration of salts are balanced; and diluted, where the salts in your body are diluted and you might need more electrolytes.
At 61, my baseline puts me in the target zone. Whether spinning, running, or lifting weights, I lose around 750ml of sweat an hour, which, the app says, is average, but makes it easier to ap-
preciate just how much fluid I've lost - around three mugs' worth - and how important it is that I replace it.
When I lift weights, the sodium concentration in my sweat is 20mg per oz (below average) but during a half-hour spinning session, it's 35mg per oz (above average). Fluctuations are normal, depending on the weather, and how hydrated you are to start with, so I'm not worried.
Keen to find out how the heatwave affects hydration when I'm not exercising, I wear the tracker for 10 hours, largely sitting at my desk on a 35°C day - during which time I sweat about the same
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It is easy to see how much fluid I've lost – around three mugs' worth
amount as I do during an hour-long workout, lose 363mg sodium (around three packets of crisps), and lose 66mg potassium (around three slices of banana).
Given I often wake up covered in sweat, I'm also keen to wear it overnight. But the sensor flashes a green light, and my husband protests.
In short, my vast array of data seems to tell me that my sweat quantity and quality are normal.
As Bownes puts it: "I'm not saying trackers don't work, but are they something the average person would need?"
Analyse your urine
I take another test by health analysis company Vivoo, that assesses my hydration by analysing the specific gravity of my urine (£16 for 30 tests).
When dehydrated, kidneys conserve water, making urine more concentrated. You download the Vivoo app, urinate on a patch on a stick and then match the colour the patch turns to the closest of seven colours on the app.
Mine, a yellow, classes me as dehydrated. To be in the optimum range it would need to turn turquoise. Vivoo stresses its test is not intended for medical diagnoses.
Bownes' advice, however, is far simpler: "Just use your urine as a way of monitoring your hydration levels. It should be clear or very light-straw-coloured. If you wake up in the morning and you've got very concentrated looking urine you know you're dehydrated."
We should produce at least 0.5ml urine per kg of body weight, per hour, he says – so a 60kg woman should produce at least 720ml urine every 24 hours.
The water we need depends on variables such as the weather and activity levels, but the European Food Safety Authority suggests women need around two litres a day and men about 2.5 litres a day, including water from food.
Get water from food
But it should be water, stresses Bownes. "Tea and coffee are diuretics, pulling more water out of your tissues that you're then passing out of the body. So they're actually dehydrating you." So too, he adds, are lemonade, cola, squash and even apple juice.
While chugging back water before bed will probably result in a disrupted night, "a large glass of water first thing in the morning is a good thing", says Bownes. "Carry water with you and keep water at your desk."
Fruit and vegetables can be a helpful way of increasing intake – strawberries, courgettes and tomatoes all contain over 90 per cent water.
Don't wait until you feel thirsty to drink, says Bownes – by this time, you're probably already dehydrated. Bottles with hourly drinking goals (9am "keep going!" 4pm "never give up!") sound gimmicky, but help remind me to drink water. Which is the crux of the hydration trend, of course – and completely free.
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I never imagined I'd have no social life in my 20s – but I'm fine with it
There's a difference between being lonely and being alone, writes Kia-Elise Green
If you asked me a few years ago to picture how my twenties would look, I'd have imagined a diary full of after-work drinks, spontaneous weekends away and a group chat that never went quiet.
The reality now, at the age of 24, is that I live three hours away from my closest friends and see them just once a year. And I am completely fine with it.
After moving from Buckinghamshire to Cheshire, my friendships changed. There are no "Fancy coffee tomorrow?" texts, morning walks or weekend shopping, it's a constant battle of co-ordinating annual leave months in advance with plans that never come to fruition. If I judged my friendships by how often I physically saw people, I'd conclude that I don't have much of a social life at all.
We're told that my generation is in the grip of a loneliness epidemic. The "friendship recession" has become a phrase used to describe Gen Zers struggling to build close relationships. According to the latest "State of Friendship" report put together by The Great Friendship Project, one in 10 Britons reported having no close friends at all and Gen Z were twice as likely as the over-70s to experience chronic loneliness.
Yet recently a new narrative has been emerging on social media through "loneliness influencers". Videos are filled with creators romanticising solo dates, celebrating cancelled plans and talking about "protecting their peace". Clips posted about spending Saturday nights alone are attracting millions of views.
Rather than feeling bad for a quiet social life, young adults are starting to embrace it. I'm one of them. I love my own company, but I wouldn't class myself as lonely.
Professor Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Oxford, says loneliness is less about the number of people around us and more
about the quality of our relationships. "You can be lonely in a crowd," he says.
My closest friendships now mainly exist through voice notes every few weeks and sharing random memes.
I'm not alone in this. One 27-year-old tells me that she has one close friend and sees her every three months. "I spend most days on my own and that's what my life is built around," she says. "I can choose what I want to do and when I see her it feels special; we have a lot to say."
Tam Kaur, who has more than 700,000 followers on TikTok, posts her solo dates, including going for coffee, meals and visiting art galleries. Posts are filled with comments like: "My social battery runs out so quickly."
Dunbar says "a break [from friends] is certainly as good as a rest. The social whirlwind is quite stressful, especially if you're engaged at full pace with parties every week. But if you don't see your friends for more than three months, you may have difficulty reconvening them. They are likely to have moved on."
Of course, the other side is shown online too; alongside people embracing being alone are countless others posting about friendship break-ups, struggling to make friends after university or feeling isolated during their twenties.
For years, social media felt like it encouraged us to compare ourselves with other people's friendship groups, holidays and birthday dinners. A profile filled with group images looked like proof you were popular, and for the first year living in Manchester I mourned the feeling of having no friends around.
Now that there has been a noticeable shift: people like me are becoming more honest about having smaller circles.
Dunbar says the optimum number of the type of friends that you can cry to is five. "We see some hint that having more than five friends is detrimental for health, almost certainly because you spread your social capacity and time too thin among them."
I can't say I have five best friends but the two I do have back home I enjoy seeing. When we do eventually get together, it's one of my favourite things to do. Seeing each other so infrequently makes me appreciate that time even more.
Luckily, I haven't become a complete hermit who lacks the ability to have a conversation. I live with my boyfriend, although he often works long hours, and I speak to many people for work. Of course, we all need people and connection. But that doesn't have to mean a diary packed with plans.
I might not have the big group chat I pictured a few years ago, but I am happy. I've realised that a quiet social life doesn't necessarily lead to loneliness.
Kia-Elise Green says seeing her friends occasionally means she enjoys it more
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It's long been my ambition to see bears up close in their natural environment, but while they're found in dozens of European countries – from Spain to Russia, Norway to Greece – they are famously elusive.
To give myself a decent chance, I headed to Finland, where there are thought to be more than 2,000 bears in the wild, with the largest concentrations close to the country's eastern border. In summer, this far north, there are 16 hours of daylight in which to spot them.
After landing at Helsinki Airport, I took a six-hour scenic rail journey from nearby Tikkurila. The train hurtled through the dramatic Arctic Lakeland region, dominated by evergreen pine forests and shimmering lakes. From the sleepy town of Kajaani, the regional capital of the eastern Kainuu region, it was about an hour's transfer to my destination.
Here, the Martinselkonen Wilderness Centre operates alongside the Martinselkonen Nature Reserve to preserve ancient forests and promote sustainable wildlife tourism. Riina Nilsson-Määttä, who took over the business in 2016, offers simple but welcoming accommodation and outdoor experiences for visitors.
It's more than 40 miles from the nearest supermarket but only a short stroll from the Russian border. On our way to the hide from which we'd be watching for bears, guide Maija Määttä, Riina's daughter, agreed to take me on a short detour. I'd expected to find miles of barbed-wire fencing and guards wielding Kalashnikovs, but there wasn't even a solid barrier – just a few yellow flags marking the perimeter.
I was warned to stay well clear as there are cameras everywhere, and anyone caught could face immediate arrest as well as potential imprisonment. The entire 800-mile land border between Finland and Russia has been closed indefinitely.
Keeping the might of the "Russian bear" at a safe distance, we continued on our quest to commune with Finland's more benign brown bears. After hiking for about half an hour, we reached a wooden hide set deep in the forest and were stopped in our tracks by a group of feeding males.
The magnificent beasts were intimidatingly bulky – males can weigh up to 200kg – but thankfully unperturbed by our presence.
Just the bear
necessities in Finland
Not far from the Russian border James Innes-Smith spent two nights scoping out an ursine retreat
Brown bears can be quite territorial, especially around cubs, but attacks are extremely rare in Finland; there has only been one fatal attack in the past 100 years.
Because our arrival coincided with feeding time we were able to sneak inside the hide unnoticed. For safety reasons, we wouldn't be leaving until the following
morning – hence the row of bunk beds, large tea urn and puckets of biscuits.
Armed with a dinner of ham sandwiches provided by Riina, I relaxed into one of the comfortable swivel chairs positioned next to the large viewing window. The hide sleeps around 12 guests, but as it was still early in the season, we had the place to ourselves.
The hide is pretty basic, with no electric lights, but that added to the wonderful sense of isolation, and candles gave the place a cosy feel. As I made myself comfortable, several more bears – a group is commonly known as a "sleuth" or "sloth" – emerged from the forest in search of food.
They were feeding on chunks of meat left by a park ranger, but brown bears are generally omnivorous foragers, with around 70 to
Bears are crepuscular creatures, most likely to be spotted at dawn and dusk, with younger bears following behind the adults GETTY
90 per cent of their diet consisting of berries, mushrooms and green vegetation.
Finland is one of the few European countries where tempting bears with carrion for commercial viewing is legal, although the practice divides opinion. Environmentalists argue that it compromises the animals' natural behaviour, creating an unhealthy reliance on humans, while proponents claim commercial hides and eco-tourists form a de facto sanctuary for the bears.
The animals, of course, are simply happy to eat. I watched as they sat upright in an enchantingly anthropomorphic way, using their front paws to shovel in their dinner. And for well-fed creatures, they were remarkably agile, shinning up and down skinny pine trees.
Travel essentials
How to get there Finnair offers return fares from Heathrow to Oulu via Helsinki from £4.41
Where to stay Martinselkonen Wilderness centre's two-night Bear Photography Hide experience costs from €4,000, including meals, guiding and accommodation at the centre and in the hide.
The younger, more inquisitive bears came right up to the glass, inches from my face, while the adults chased each other.
My visit coincided with the beginning of mating season, which runs from mid-May to early July; females give birth in winter, while they're still in deep hibernation. Having consumed vast amounts of energy-rich berries prior to hibernating, they develop fat reserves that keep them alive and healthy through the bitterly cold months.
Male bears, Rina told me, rarely stick around once the cubs are born, and may even kill them to force the females back into heat.
Returning to the hide for a second night gave me a real insight into the animals' routines. Because brown bears are naturally crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk), the viewing schedule is designed around their most active hours. They would begin to emerge into the clearing at about 5pm, following a strict social hierarchy.
Large, dominant males typically arrived first to stake out their territory. Then, once the females and younger bears felt safe enough, they would tentatively enter the feeding area. The group would remain for several hours before disappearing back into the forest, creating plenty of photo opportunities, but I preferred to remain in the moment.
Back at the Wilderness Centre, once I'd bade farewell to the bears, I was provided with tasty Finnish stews and homemade beer, as well as the use of a sturdy fathike for exploring the lakeside trails. On a guided walk to magical Lintulanpi Lake I spotted a herd of reindeer and a single mighty moose.
An hour's drive north, in beautiful Hossa National Park, I get the chance to see one of Finland's most important prehistoric archaeological sites: the Värikallio Rock Paintings. The sheer rock face is peppered with over 60 depictions of animals, hunting scenes and spiritual rituals during back thousands of years, which can be admired from a viewing platform.
It's the charmingly enigmatic brown bears that stick in my memory, though. Seeing them at such close quarters in their natural environment was a humbling experience, and I hope they continue to thrive in this beautifully remote, unspoilt region.
The Kainuu region in Finland is home to over 3,000 lakes VISIT FINLAND
The younger bears came right up to the glass, inches from my face
Crimmins
Quote of the day
Life is one long goodbye. We say goodbye to childhood, to adolescence. We say goodbye to those things which are bitter. Then, finally, it's the end of it all.
Sir Anthony Hopkins The Welsh actor reflects on the importance of music, ahead of the release of his new album of orchestral works
Has endurance theatre gone too far?
Performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival are using their bodies in punishing ways. Is it just a gimmick or a way of artists testing their limits, asks Holly O'Mahony
On an Edinburgh Fringe stage scattered with suitcases, plastic bottles and a Persian rug, Sohrab Haghverdi is hopping about naked with a sock covering his penis. His show Foreigner charts his experience of attempting to gain US citizenship as an Iranian, and also surviving testicular cancer as a teenager. At this precise moment, he is playing his childhood urine; minutes later he reappears as his adult sperm. But neither appearance is as shocking as when Haghverdi pulls his penis from his trousers, points it into a bottle, urinates and then drinks it.
It's one of a conspicuous number of shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe that has a performer using their body in strange and punishing ways. Plays are taking place on bikes, treadmills and reformer Pilates benches. Others involve stomach-turning stunts. One has the same song sung over and over for the duration of its hour-long run – testing the stamina of the audience as much as the performer.
Are these exploits gimmicky ways of standing out amid the fierce competition of the festival's oversaturated market – one in which intimate confessions, tears and even nudity are so commonplace they don't cut through the noise? Or a way for artists to express themselves, pushing their mental and physical limits for the sake of their art?
When I catch up with Haghverdi after his show, he insists the 'moments of physical hardship' are 'a means of self-expression' – a commitment to his art and a celebration
of his freedom and life following his illness.
Having previously performed Foreigner at fringe festivals in Philadelphia and Denver, Haghverdi believes he's 'developed some sort of tolerance' to the stunt, but admits urinating on demand and swallowing whatever liquid he produces for 24 nights this August may prove challenging.
Elsewhere in the same complex, another artist has his own Everest to climb each night. Australian comedian Connor Dariol, better known by his stage name Conk, is performing his show Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour.
The song in question is an irritatingly sunny country-rock number, which Conk has asked me not to name in order to savour the surprise. 'It's kind of perfect because everyone knows it, but no one really knows it,' he says. 'It starts really bombastically – it's like a slap in the face.' Coming to Edinburgh as part of a wider tour, Conk reckons he's sung the song around 780 times already, and will hit 1,000 by the end of the month.
Each round of the song is slightly different, with Conk adding props (bananas, placards, a recorder), removing clothing or changing the choreography. Somehow, enthusiasm among the crowd never wanes the night I watch: each time
Conk in 'Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour'
Conk pulls a party popper to mark the completion of another round, there are cheers for more. 'It brings people together in a really weird way,' he laughs. Performances are filling up most nights, with many people, including an Australian couple I find myself sitting next to, having booked it as a priority. Once the hour is complete, there are even calls for 'one more song!'
With the arrival of the all-new Sauna Theatre, audiences can experience some physical endurance of their own. Already popular in pockets of northern Europe, aufguss – a multisensory theatrical experience that unfolds inside a sauna with a fusion of movement, sound and scent – is still a novelty in the UK. For many, including myself, the Fringe's Sauna Sessions Arts Club marks a first
We're all sweating profusely by the end, but not as much as the actor in the next show
encounter with the art form.
Stripped down to our swimwear, we take our seats on wooden benches surrounding three large trays of white-hot rocks, our skin instantly glistening in the 50 to 60 degree heat. Several shows are running in the space but I'm here for a production of Virginia Woolf's The Waves. As we listen to an audio patchwork of particularly evocative passages from the novel, a pair of 'sauna masters' pat ice on to the rocks to generate puffs of steam, wave around towels and waft incense towards us. Between each 12- to 15-minute act, there's a break for audiences to cold plunge outside.
Visitor wellbeing is a top priority. 'When we have eye contact, it's part of the performance but it's also to make sure [the audience] are safe,' says sauna master Hannah, who became an aufguss artist after working as a personal trainer.
We're all sweating profusely by the end, but not as much as the actor of the next show I see. Ben Norris is a former GB long-distance runner, and he delivers his mostly autobiographical one-hour play The Distance while running on a treadmill. It's a spectacle, certainly, but though Norris's athleticism is mesmerising to watch, it never overshadows a rich
narrative. He takes us through the significant races, rigorous training regime, and strict diet of his teenage years, all while pounding steps and changing in and out of sweat-soaked vests.
The risk of injury is high with moving equipment involved. On the night I watch, Norris slips off the machine momentarily, without missing a beat. Were he to fall and hurt himself though, it could mean suspending performances.
It would be a similar case for Conk if he lost his voice, or Haghverdi were he unable to urinate on demand. While each of these shows is greater than its gimmick, and each performer would undoubtedly find a way through, these brave feats are unofficially factored into ticket sales.
Norris is not the first artist to perform on a treadmill at the Fringe (though says he's been working on the idea for 13 years). Bikes have also been incorporated into shows at the festival before. But playwright and actor Eddie Thornton may well be the first to bring a play set across a pair of reformer Pilates benches to Edinburgh.
In Reformer, she and Anna Glendenning play women sizing each other up while performing lunges, planks and stretches on Pilates carriages - which for anyone unfamiliar with the cultishly popular workout, look a little like leather-clad medieval torture racks. "I've tried to structure it as closely to a real class as I could," says Thornton, who managed to buy the benches from Aldi for roughly £150 each. As a trained dancer, she makes the
moves look effortless. Glendenning, meanwhile, has the potentially hazardous challenge of playing an uncoordinated beginner for comic effect. "Pretending to be bad is quite challenging," she laughs. Even though she's a keen yogi, "my legs are jelly [and afterwards] I'm genuinely full of endorphins".
Of course, in order to deliver a feat of endurance on stage, a gruelling rehearsal period is required. To practise talking while running, Norris would call a friend while jogging on a treadmill at his local gym. As the show neared, he would bring his iPad and recite his 65-minute monologue out loud, ignoring the stares of his fellow gym-goers. Haghverdi, meanwhile, saved drinking his urine until the dress rehearsal, but needed to do it at least once to know that he could.
For veteran Fringe director Scott Hurran, who developed shingles while staging a play at the 2015 festival, hearing stories of artists pushing their mental and physical boundaries for the sake of impressing audiences raises alarm bells. "I think the Fringe can put enormous pressure on artists precisely because it's become one of the only places where [they] feel they still have permission to take a risk," he says.
Among the artists I interview, though, the most strenuous part of their show is not its obvious act of fortitude. For Conk, singing the same song on repeat isn't nearly as tiring as the Instagram Live stunt he pulled to raise the money to be here. "I danced the Macarena for every dollar that I raised, and ended up performing it 2,500 times over seven and a half hours," he says.
Looking back on his own experience, Hurran can see there was "an enormous amount of mental and physical strain during the Fringe and in the lead-up." It led to him having to take days away from the show mid-run. Ultimately, it "made me think much more seriously about my wellbeing, and physical health, and what a sustainable career in the industry actually looks like".
But Hurran stresses that "it shouldn't be that artists become less ambitious, or stop taking work to Edinburgh... it should be about how we can create the conditions that allow theatremakers to be ambitious without damaging themselves in the process."
'Foreigner' is on until 31 August; 'Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour' is on until 31 August; 'the Sauna Theatre is on until 31 August; 'The Distance' is on until 31 August; 'Reformer' is on until 29 August.
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OPINION 18-22
TIV 26-30
CULTURE 60-61
MOUNT 63-66
SPORT 67-98
THURSDAY 17 AUGUST 2020
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Visual art
Chagall's circus pictures head to West Yorkshire
The Hepworth gallery in Wakefield has announced a major exhibition dedicated to the Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall, focusing on his enduring interest in the circus and his vivid imagery of acrobats, clowns and fantastical performers.
Central to the show will be "Le Cirque", a suite of lithographs that the modernist painter created in 1967. These were published alongside an essay in which he reflected on the importance of circuses. For the first time, the essay has been newly translated into English in its entirety in the accompanying catalogue.
Throughout his prolific career, Chagall often returned to the subject of the circus and the retrospective features more than 50 works spanning the 1920s to 1980s.
It will include lithographs, paintings and archival material, exploring his life and work, and his unique vision and symbology.
The exhibition will open on 21 November and run until 25 April next year. hepworthwakefield.org
On stage
Happy Days
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Perthshire, 18 Sept to 10 Oct
In his first season as the theatre's artistic director, A-list actor Alan Cumming has enlisted Siobhán Redmond and Forbes Masson (below) his co-stars in the sitcom The High Life, as the leads in a new production of Samuel Beckett's surreal masterpiece pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com
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Midhurst Jazz, Food and
Blues Festival 19 to 22 November This autumnal event, first held in the West Sussex market town in 2025, has collared jazz icon Courtney Pine (above) as its headliner this year. He will perform alongside blues act The Cinelli Brothers, Errol Linton, Brit Funk Association, Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion and Jim Mullen. midhurstjazzandblues.com
Last chance
Twelfth Night
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, to 30 August
The Australian Shakespeare Company is back at Kew with an outdoor staging of the Bard's beloved play, to suit audiences aged 13 and over. Expect a tangled web of love, mistaken identity and comic deception. theatreonkew.org
Albums of the week... Soul/funk
Tin Man: The Unissued Second Aware LP John Edwards
A first-time vinyl release for the second album by Chicago soul singer John Edwards, which was previously
available only on CD in the 1990s. It includes his great cover of soft rock band America's 'Tin Man' - a northern soul staple. The album is a gospel-edged deep soul bowl of commercial crossover tracks that eventually got him recruited as the lead singer of the Detroit Spinners. Kent Records
Computer Games (reissue) George Clinton
Funk legend Clinton's first solo LP released after several legal wrangles in 1982, put him back on the
map and spawned two hit singles 'Loopzilla' and 'Atomic Dog'. Although Funkadelic and Parliament had disbanded, it features many of his P-Funk crew, including Bootisy Collins and Fred Wesley. Clinton's fascination with computer games and love of dogs informed the LP, which is filled with non-stop bangers. Ace Records
Channel hopping
Lanterns HBO Max, streaming now In this DC Comics spin-off, Kyle Chandler (below right) plays Hal Jordan, who is about to retire as one of the Lanterns, a force of intergalactic police whose glowing green rings give them superpowers. Aaron Pierre co-stars as his trainee replacement.
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Giles Hurley Aldi chief executive on supermarkets 'profitsering off struggling customers'
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ECONOMY
Inflation set to hit 2.9% as energy price rises take toll
By Holly Williams
Higher energy prices are expected to send UK inflation surging back up when official figures are released on Wednesday, amid fears the summer's record heatwaves may also start putting pressure on food costs.
Many experts are forecasting that consumer prices index (CPI) inflation will rise to 2.9 per cent in July, up from a 15-month low of 2.6 per cent in June and the highest since March.
It would come on the back of a 13 per cent hike in Olgson's energy price cap last month, which lifted the average gas and electricity bill by £221 to £1,862 a year.
The Government's Great British Summer Savings scheme, which reduced prices on family attractions and children's meals through a VAT cut until September, may have
helped, but not by enough to prevent inflation moving further from the Bank of England's 2 per cent target.
Investec economist Ellie Henderson said the energy price cap rise alone will add 0.5 percentage points to inflation, adding: 'It was already clear at the publication of the June print that any easing in inflationary pressures... wouldn't last for long, with the July increase to the energy price cap likely to erase any progress towards the 2 per cent target.'
There are fears inflation will keep rising as war in Iran sends energy costs even higher over the winter, and as the hot weather damages crops and puts food costs under pressure.
Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, thinks the Bank of England will raise interest rates from 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent. 'Inflation is expected to con-
tinue to rise, peaking above 3 per cent later this year,' she said, 'as the UK economy continues to grapple with the backdrop of elevated energy prices and the effective gridlock in the Strait of Hormuz.
'The Bank is likely to carry out roughly one 25 basis point hike by the end of the year as it looks to temper the risk of overheating and help push the inflation rate back in the direction of the 2 per cent target.'
There are also concerns over food inflation, with producers saying that soaring temperatures and droughts across the UK and Europe are set to drive prices higher.
The Food and Drink Federation said 'fruit, vegetable and grain supply' are being hit by heatwaves, with crop shortages set to feed in to supermarket prices.
Economists from the trade group
Gridlock in the Strait of Hormuz is predicted to pose problems for the UK
suggested that this will put upward pressure on food inflation going into next year.
The Office for National Statistics data for retail prices index inflation for last month will also be watched closely, as the July rate is used to calculate next year's train fare increase.
Last November, the then chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced that rail fares in England would be frozen in 2026 - the first freeze for 30 years - but it is unclear if the Government will extend this for a second year.
Lick reports that demand for shades of paint in green have dominated sales as people opt to redesign rather than relocate
PROPERTY
Being green puts paint brand Lick in the pink
By Henry Sabor-Clark
Homeowners are ditching grey interiors amid a shift away from minimalism towards warmer tones, paint brand Lick has said. It came as the business revealed a strong uptick in sales over the first half of year, shrugging off pain elsewhere in the home improvement sector.
Boss Lucas London said the group has benefited from shoppers looking to make their homes more cosy as high mortgage rates continue to put many off moving home.
The brand said it has seen
strong demand for green and pink paint over the past year.
Lick said shades of green are its most popular, representing 17.4 per cent of sales for the past 12 months. Pink paint has also seen strengthening demand, representing 13.9 per cent of sales, after an increase from 12.5 per cent a year earlier.
It comes as previous demand for grey paint tumbled in half to only 2.3 per cent of sales as part of the shift away from minimalist styles.
Nevertheless, white paint remained popular over the year and sales of neutral tones beige and taupe increased.
The chief executive and co-founder of the brand said it has seen overall demand for its paint remain robust despite wider consumer spending pressures.
London suggested the group benefits from a lower price point.
'I think customers doing DIY have found our paint relatively affordable,' he said.
'For the first half sales were up 51 per cent, so that's showing that we're very strong and outperforming the market.
'People are really discerning about the quality but also keen to marry that up with an affordable price point.'
AUTOMOTIVE
Carmakers turn to new oil blends to avert crisis
By Simon Straker
Major carmakers, including Volkswagen and Toyota, are turning to new motor oil and lubricant blends to navigate a severe supply shortage triggered by Middle East conflicts.
The disruption has choked off vital imports of high-quality Group III base oils traditionally sourced from the Persian Gulf.
With stockpiles of premium base oils in the US and Europe running dry, prices for Group III base oils have surged to roughly $4,000 (£2,950) a ton - nearly three times pre-war levels.
Carmakers and lubricant manufacturers have now adopted alternative blends and temporary substitute oil specifications to keep assembly lines moving and dealership service bays operational.
Brands such as Toyota and Nissan have issued internal guidance and dealer bulletins to manage allocations and encourage alternative oil weights during routine maintenance.
While alternative suppliers have stepped in, industry executives are warning that these supplies are also tightly constrained.
For drivers worldwide, this delicate balancing set risks making routine oil changes both more expensive and subject to unexpected delays as the automotive sector operates with virtually no margin for error.
Gabriella Twining, global head of base oil pricing at Argus Media, said some suppliers of Middle Eastern Group III oil in Europe and the US had sold out and declared force majeure on those supplies.
NEW 5-30
OPINION 10-22
TV 29-31
LIFE 36-39
GIRTH/NE 60-61
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FANGIBAL 17 AUGUST 2026
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PROPERTY
'I used my pension to do up a derelict stately home that's now worth £10.5m'
Ian Morton's retirement project gives him a sense of achievement and leaves a legacy, he tells Emily Braeger
Ian Morton decided to spend over £2m – including £750,000 from his pension – to help rescue a crumbling Yorkshire stately home that is now a £10.5m tourism business.
The 64-year-old has held his retirement savings in a small self-administered scheme (SSAS) pension – which allows the money to be invested in property – for several years and used this to fund a purchase and restoration of Marske Country Estate in North Yorkshire.
Ian, from Otley, West Yorkshire, has worked in the property industry for decades and has held his money in an SSAS – a type of pension set up by a limited company where a group of trustees control the investments collectively – because it gives the freedom to invest in commercial property.
In 2020, the SSAS bought the estate's derelict stables and sawmill for £750,000. Two years later, he purchased Marske Hall itself for £1.3m using separate savings built up during his career.
Then he and two others raised £1.5m from commercial investors to restore the Grade II-listed building, which now operates as a holiday destination in the Yorkshire Dales.
Independent valuations by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors now place the estate, which has been transformed into 20 holiday lets, at around £10.5m, after further financing by other investors.
Ian now takes an income from the holiday lettings and will continue to
do so when he fully retires, which he plans to do in around five years.
He also has income from a wider residential property portfolio and other property investments.
He will be entitled to a payout when the estate is sold, or he can pass on the equity he has when he dies.
Ian said that the work required to complete the renovations was large.
"Both the stables and sawmill were in an appalling condition when we bought them, suffering from major structural issues, years of neglect and serious infestations," he said. "The sawmill, in particular, had never been lived in. Trees were growing through the roof, and there were hundreds of rats running around inside," he added.
Ian Morton (main) used his SSAS and separate savings to buy and renovate the Marske Hall estate (above)
The greatest reward is seeing the buildings become places that thousands of people can now enjoy
Understandably the restoration turned out to be considerably more complicated than your usual renovation.
Working on listed buildings uncovered hidden structural problems, while conservation rules required specialist materials and craftsmen, adding months to the project and significantly increasing costs.
SSAS pensions are not common, with most individuals saving into workplace pensions or self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) instead, which tend to invest in equities, bonds and cash.
But Ian says he was drawn to an SSAS because of his experience working in property development.
"An SSAS is not suitable for everyone, but for someone with decades of experience in commercial property, it offered the opportunity to invest pension funds into tangible assets while helping preserve an important part of Britain's architectural heritage," he says.
He also explains that he doesn't just measure the project by its commercial success.
"The financial returns matter, but the greatest reward has been seeing three buildings that were once derelict become places that thousands of people can now enjoy. That is something no conventional pension investment could ever have given me.
"For me, the return has never been measured purely in financial terms. It is also about creating something lasting for future generations."
PROPERTY
Price tags fall as market is flooded with availability
By Vicky Shaw
The average price tag on a home coming on the market nosedived by more than £7,000 this month.
Property website Rightmove has also downgraded its house price forecast for 2026 from a 2 per cent increase to a change of between zero and a 2 per cent fall in average new seller asking prices over the year as a whole.
It said the average newly listed asking price had fallen by 2 per cent or £7,360 month-on-month, marking the biggest August price fall since 2018.
Prices usually fall at this time of year but this is a much bigger drop than the 10-year average of 1.3 per cent, the website said. Across Britain, the average asking price for a home in August is now £364,999 – 1 per cent lower than a year ago, marking the biggest annual drop since December 2023.
The number of available homes for sale is also at a 12-year high for this time of year, and when combined with the traditionally quiet summer holiday period, this has led to lower price expectations from sellers, the website said.
The average figure masks an increasingly divided regional picture for property price growth, Rightmove said.
In the North West of England, the average asking price is up by 1.9 per cent annually, but in London it has fallen by 3.1 per cent.
Rightmove said there had been a "mini bounce" since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, but that the changing picture for mortgage rates, alongside geopolitical uncertainty and the Budget in October, had created renewed housing market uncertainty.
Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, said: "Although London has had a more challenging year than many other parts of the country, I wouldn't say it is in serious decline. What we're seeing is just a much more price-sensitive market."
Meanwhile, July's lettings index from the property firm Hamptons indicated that properties were being snapped up at least 10 per cent below the initial asking price.
This is despite the average monthly rental price for a newly let home jumping by 1.9 per cent annually in July to £1,405 – the fastest pace of rental growth for new lets in 19 months.
Rising average monthly rents contrast with falling sales prices
Retirement savings How does an SSAS work – and should you get one?
An SSAS is a specialist occupational pension that gives those who use it more control over how their retirement savings are invested, including allowing investment in commercial property.
Unlike most workplace pensions, which are invested in funds holding shares and bonds, SSASs are generally used by company directors and experienced investors.
SSAS pensions remain a relatively niche but established option in the UK, with around 21,000 schemes covering approximately 60,000 savers in 2026, according to official government figures.
An SSAS can have a maximum of 11 members. Either a small company
sets one up or a group of directors of a larger company does.
Each member of the scheme pays contributions (along with the employer) into it and gets an agreed share of the pension. Other employees of the employer do not – they will have their own pension provision in a qualifying scheme for auto-enrolment purposes.
David Gibb, financial planner at Quilter Cheviot, warned "An SSAS pension can be a useful corporate planning tool for small business owners, provided they have done the due diligence.
"People should only consider them if they understand the rules around the pension, or have received advice and help in setting one up.
"This is because SSASs are complex, carry significant trustee responsibilities and can be costly to run. Unless you have substantial pension assets, as well as a genuine need for some of the benefits that it can bring – and
you are also comfortable with the additional governance requirements – a simpler pension arrangement may be more appropriate."
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BUSINESS
FTSE 100 down 1.39% at 10,750.11
- last week's changes
| Company | Price | Chg % | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i Group | 2786.0 | -2.86% | 3.0 | 5.2 |
| Aberdeen Group | 245.4 | -2.85% | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| AB Foods | 2052.0 | -2.66% | 3.1 | 14.5 |
| Admiral | 1912.0 | +1.18% | 3.6 | 26.0 |
| Arctic Africa | 329.2 | -0.06% | 3.8 | 24.0 |
| Alliance Witan | 1387.0 | +0.22% | 2.1 | 75.0 |
| Anglo Amer | 3890.0 | -4.28% | 0.7 | 15.8 |
| Ardellagasta | 3585.0 | -8.95% | 1.8 | 36.0 |
| AstraZeneca | 11480.0 | -3.67% | 2.1 | 23.5 |
| Autotrader Group | 539.8 | +3.57% | 2.1 | 15.8 |
| Avion | 720.6 | +1.98% | 5.5 | 27.0 |
| Babcock Intl | 11315.5 | +0.59% | 0.8 | 28.5 |
| B&E Systems | 2258.0 | +1.71% | 3.7 | 33.8 |
| Barrison | 920.5 | +0.87% | 2.2 | 11.9 |
| Barratt Redman | 326.3 | +0.83% | 5.2 | 24.0 |
| Beazley | 1242.5 | +0.15% | 1.9 | 11.4 |
| BF | 522.9 | +1.33% | 6.7 | |
| British Tobacco | 6214.0 | +4.68% | 5.8 | 12.0 |
| British Land | 437.6 | -1.26% | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| BT | 260.3 | +0.50% | 4.2 | 18.2 |
| Basic | 2708.0 | -3.80% | 2.7 | 14.6 |
| Burberry | 1079.5 | -7.30% | ||
| Castrina | 155.9 | +1.10% | 3.6 | 104.0 |
| Coca-Cola Europac | 7543.0 | -0.18% | 2.2 | |
| Coca-Cola MBC | 4600.0 | -7.14% | 2.2 | 20.8 |
| Compass | 2386.3 | -0.89% | 2.1 | 29.1 |
| Compasscenter | 5010.0 | +3.77% | 1.5 | 34.2 |
| Commins | 229.6 | -1.20% | 2.4 | 38.2 |
| Cross-Intl | 5258.0 | -5.21% | 3.4 | 73.4 |
| DCC Energy | 6380.0 | -0.24% | 3.4 | |
| Diapex | 1394.0 | -1.45% | 2.1 | 20.8 |
| Diploma | 7370.0 | -4.29% | 0.9 | 53.4 |
| Embassy/Wining | 4111.0 | +1.61% | 3.2 | 19.9 |
| Exxon | 357.2 | +1.24% | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| Experian | 2890.0 | -0.24% | 1.8 | 23.8 |
| F&L Live Trust | 344.4 | +0.29% | 1.2 | 76.7 |
| Fresno | 2680.0 | +0.56% | 3.9 | 20.8 |
| Company | Price | Chg % | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Mexico | 19110.0 | +1.22% | 3.0 | 30.6 |
| Elecomm | 548.5 | -1.45% | 2.3 | |
| EDX | 1817.5 | -7.29% | 3.9 | 12.5 |
| Nelson | 355.6 | -1.74% | 2.1 | 19.1 |
| Nahua | 3680.0 | -2.50% | 0.7 | 37.4 |
| Nissan | 1799.0 | -1.86% | 2.2 | 13.5 |
| Novoline Jodery | 827.0 | -1.55% | 2.7 | 16.8 |
| NIBC Whip | 1527.8 | -0.09% | 3.6 | 17.1 |
| SKI | 443.5 | +0.25% | 1.5 | 7.3 |
| ICE | 2090.0 | +0.88% | 4.2 | 12.4 |
| IG Group | 1363.0 | +1.49% | 3.1 | 9.4 |
| IM | 3672.0 | -2.16% | 1.1 | 24.7 |
| Imperial Brands | 2420.0 | -6.12% | 6.4 | 10.4 |
| Informa | 625.8 | +2.37% | 2.4 | |
| Intl.Ltd Whip | 11724.5 | +0.09% | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| InterNet | 1640.0 | -0 | 2.8 | 26.8 |
| Innovine | 674.3 | +0.15% | 5.7 | 8.7 |
| JD Sports Inquiries | 61.4 | -2.70% | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| Kingfisher | 326.6 | -0.21% | 3.8 | 23.4 |
| Land Svcs | 752.8 | -0.28% | 3.8 | 15.4 |
| Logist & Gen | 305.0 | -3.60% | 7.2 | 78.5 |
| Live Finance | 13510.0 | +8.80% | 2.4 | 9.5 |
| Lynedc/Bi-Sp | 115.2 | +0.04% | 3.5 | 19.5 |
| LondonMetric Prop | 194.0 | -0.51% | 8.4 | 14.9 |
| Lon Mech Ex | 8536.0 | -4.30% | 1.9 | 16.8 |
| MLG | 355.9 | -1.96% | 5.8 | 28.2 |
| MLG | 383.5 | -6.17% | 1.1 | 30.2 |
| Motives Ind | 494.3 | +1.87% | 1.5 | 17.0 |
| Motion Energy | 4237.4 | -1.45% | 1.0 | 12.4 |
| National Grid | 1193.5 | -0.54% | 4.1 | 18.2 |
| NatMed Group | 707.8 | -0.65% | 4.9 | 13.2 |
| Next | 10255.0 | -2.74% | 1.8 | 20.1 |
| Pearson | 1187.0 | -2.21% | 2.1 | 23.3 |
| Pending Square | 3438.0 | +0.66% | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| Pendomax | 1187.0 | +1.76% | 5.1 | 13.3 |
| Polar CapTech | 675.0 | +1.66% | 803.6 | |
| Prudential | 1025.0 | -1.87% | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| Company | Price | Chg % | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddit Ben | 5114.0 | -3.62% | 4.2 | 10.9 |
| MSLX | 2528.0 | -3.84% | 2.7 | 22.4 |
| Reeland Initial | 351.1 | -2.50% | 2.7 | 25.5 |
| Rio Tinto | 7059.0 | -6.23% | 4.9 | 15.8 |
| Rolls-Royce | 1541.0 | +0.72% | 0.7 | 22.2 |
| Salonbury/Jt | 343.7 | -2.60% | 4.0 | 19.9 |
| Szlovabos | 1663.0 | -0.17% | 3.8 | 17.1 |
| Scotland Inv Tot | 1145.0 | +2.70% | 6.3 | |
| Sage | 560.9 | +0.13% | 3.3 | 23.6 |
| Severn Trust | 3066.0 | -1.66% | 4.1 | 25.0 |
| Shell | 1020.0 | +1.30% | 6.6 | 14.8 |
| Smith&Kings | 1096.0 | -1.53% | 2.7 | 20.6 |
| Smiths Sp | 2413.0 | -3.15% | 1.8 | 30.5 |
| Spinar Group | 7020.0 | -6.40% | 2.4 | 31.7 |
| S&S | 2420.0 | +1.26% | 2.8 | 22.9 |
| Stan Chart | 2210.0 | -0 | 2.3 | 15.4 |
| Standard Life | 927.0 | -1.54% | 0.0 | 198.8 |
| St Joseph's Place | 1180.0 | +2.89% | 1.5 | 21.8 |
| Trevo | 461.5 | -2.80% | 5.1 | 16.8 |
| The Sage Gra | 1280.0 | +1.14% | 2.1 | 28.1 |
| Trifon Big Ben | 181.0 | -1.19% | 5.1 | 11.2 |
| Unilever | 4988.5 | -1.72% | 3.6 | 12.4 |
| United Utilities | 1412.0 | -1.67% | 3.8 | 16.4 |
| Waldstone | 121.5 | +0.07% | 3.3 | 86.2 |
| Weir | 2882.0 | -2.20% | 1.6 | 27.8 |
| Whitehead | 2480.0 | -1.47% | 3.9 | 20.1 |
Markets
| FTSE 100 | 10750.1 | -1.39% |
|---|---|---|
| FTSE 250 | 24867.4 | +0.05% |
| FTSE All Share | 5805.2 | -1.21% |
| FTSE Eurofirst100 | 2628.3 | -0.40% |
| Dow Jones* | 53680.0 | -0.66% |
| S&P 500* | 7778.4 | +0.27% |
| Nasdaq* | 26666.73 | +1.23% |
| DAX | 26440.3 | +0.46% |
| CAC 40 | 8636.8 | -0.90% |
| Hang Sene | 25116.8 | -2.15% |
| Nikkei | 68713.8 | +4.74% |
EURO/POUND
DOLLAR/POUND
GOLD
Per trecy euros. London pm fix
OIL
Brent crude per barrel.
TRAVEL
Resorts cut prices to fill beach beds
Beach resorts in Egypt, Turkey and Cyprus are cutting prices to fill peak season vacancies, with holidaymakers happy to wait until the last minute to book due to Iran war concerns. Accommodation prices in Egypt are 10 per cent lower this year than a year ago, with Turkish hotspots of Bodrum, Marmaris and Dalarman down by 8 per cent and Cyprus by 4 per cent.
CONSTRUCTION
Profits to fall as building costs rise
Combined profits at the UK's eight biggest housebuilders are expected to fall by 12 per cent this year to £2.3bn, according to RBC Capital Markets. The decline is due to rises in material, labour and site costs, which the industry expects will persist into the autumn. The Home Builders Federation says the cost of building a new home has risen by £37,000 since 2020.
WHAT THE SUNDAY PAPERS SAID
Heathrow blames CAA for noise cuts
Heathrow Airport has blamed the Civil Aviation Authority for having to slash its noise insulation budget from £24bn to £52bn for its proposed third runway. The move has angered local groups representing 6,500 homes, which are now facing lengthy delays for necessary noise protection, such as double glazing and loft insulation. The Sunday Times
PM 'must act' to protect workers
Unions and campaigners have stepped up calls on Andy Burnham to protect four million UK couriers and ride-share drivers in a crackdown on exploitative gig economy practices. They want stronger measures to guarantee basic rights such as stable contracts, fair sick pay and robust unfair dismissal defences.
The Guardian (online)
Superyacht swoop fuels security fear
The acquisition by Chinese state-owned conglomerate Weichai of Italy's superyacht maker Ferretti, used by stars such as David Beckham and George Clooney, has sparked national security fears. The deal gives Beijing "potential access to sensitive maritime data, which could threaten vital defence infrastructure". The Sunday Telegraph
Steelworks plans seen as 'critical'
Multibillion-pound plans have been drafted in Whitehall to merge up to four steelworks in the UK. The proposal is seen as a "critical step to safeguard domestic manufacturing", but critics argue that taxpayers will be left to foot a "significant" bill with budgets already overstretched after the recent nationalisation of other assets. BBC (online)
THE WEEK AHEAD
Bank eyes jobless and wage figures
Official UK average earnings and unemployment figures for June will be released tomorrow. The data will help inform the Bank of England ahead of its next interest rate decision. May's figures were better than expected and eased fears of an economic slowdown, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.9 per cent and annual wage growth resilient at 3.4 per cent.
Hays set to hit top end of profit target
Recruiter Hays is expected to report full-year profits at the top end of its £37bn to £46bn target on Thursday. Strong cost controls and resilient temporary placements have cushioned a 5 per cent drop in net fees, but investors will be waiting to hear the full extent of a projected £40m restructuring charge and a £30m office impairment.
Muted JD Sports update expected
JD Sports will post its second-quarter results on Thursday, with revenue growth and like-for-like sales having been squeezed by intense discounting and weak demand for major supplier Nike. Full-year pre-tax profit guidance is forecast to be between £750m to £950m. The group fended off a boardroom coup by former chairman Andy Higginson earlier this year.
UK borrowing and sales data awaited
Official UK retail sales and public sector net borrowing figures for July will be revealed on Friday. Economists expect high street sales to have cooled due to the recent heatwaves, while public borrowing figures are anticipated to show ongoing deficit strains from high service costs, despite temporary relief from lower inflation-linked debt interest payments.
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Weather
Today's Weather
Cloudy across the UK, with sunny spells in southern regions. Rain in south-west Scotland. Breezy in the Channel Islands. Warmest in London and the south-east.
Today's high
26°
Today's low
11°
Moist Phase
0
Sunrise
0549
Sunset
2019
Around Britain
| City | Temp (per second) | Rain (m/s) | Sun (m/s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 35 C | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Aberstorth | 19 C | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| Aberydon | 19 C | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| Anvers | 54 C | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Ballast | 17 C | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Birmingham | 21 C | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Bearnemouth | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| Berkington | 16 C | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Bristol | 23 C | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| Cardiff | 23 C | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| Cromer | 20 C | 0.1 | 6.4 |
| Durham | 18 C | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| Eastbourne | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| Edinburgh | 17 C | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Edinburn | 15 C | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Glasgow | 15 C | 8.3 | 2.8 |
| Hoyhead | 16 C | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| Ross | 21 C | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| Hull | 18 SH | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| Huntingdon | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| Ipswich | 23 C | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| Isle of Man | 16 C | 3.4 | 5.9 |
| Isle of Night | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| Kiddeley | 12 SH | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Kirkwall | 15 C | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| Leeds | 18 C | 1.2 | 6.5 |
| Lensick | 15 C | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Lendham | 17 C | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Lincoln | 19 SH | 0.2 | 8.7 |
| Liverpool | 19 C | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| London | 22 C | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| Manchester | 19 C | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Margate | 21 C | 0.1 | 8.5 |
| Milford Haven | 22 C | 0.0 | 10.6 |
| Monrovia | 18 C | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| Newcastle | 19 C | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Norwich | 23 C | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Nottingham | 20 C | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| Okehampton | 22 C | 0.0 | 10.1 |
| Oxford | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| Plymouth | 21 C | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Portland | 22 C | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| Portsmouth | 23 C | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| Prestwick | 18 C | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Rhyl | 19 R | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| Shelfield | 18 C | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Snoondbury | 20 C | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| Shepnes | 21 C | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| Southend | 22 C | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| Stoke | 19 C | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Stornoway | 54 SH | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Swansea | 21 C | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| Teres | 54 C | 7.3 | 1.7 |
Global
| City | Temp (in °C) | Cond | City | Temp (in °C) | Cond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | 43 | S | Miami | 34 | S |
| Abaya | 26 | TH | Milan | 33 | S |
| Alcanila | 32 | S | Moscow | 31 | F |
| Amsterdam | 23 | C | Mumbai | 30 | TH |
| Athens | 20 | S | Munich | 28 | C |
| Bangkok | 19 | C | New York | 26 | S |
| Barcelona | 32 | S | Nice | 30 | S |
| Beijing | 26 | TH | Rome | 33 | S |
| Berlin | 18 | C | Rare | 28 | F |
| Brussels | 24 | F | Prague | 20 | R |
| Budapest | 13 | S | Reykjavik | 12 | F |
| Chicago | 24 | C | Rio | 21 | TH |
| Delhi | 32 | F | Rome | 32 | S |
| Dubai | 18 | F | Southtown | 17 | C |
| Dubai | 18 | C | Strasbourg | 31 | S |
| Frankfurt | 18 | S | Sydney | 18 | F |
| Genoa | 13 | F | Toronto | 29 | S |
| Helsinki | 20 | F | Tokyo | 26 | C |
| Hong Kong | 32 | TH | Toronto | 23 | F |
| Istanbul | 28 | F | Vancouver | 20 | S |
| Johannesburg | 18 | S | Vienna | 33 | S |
| Leban | 29 | S | Vienna | 28 | F |
| Los Angeles | 24 | F | Washington | 31 | S |
| Madrid | 29 | S | Washington | 9 | R |
Key: C=Cloudy, SH=Brussels
F=Fair, F=G=Flag, H=Host, M=Host, R=Ram,
S=Sunny, SH=Showers, SL=Slant, SH=Snow,
SS=Sandstorm, TH=Thunderstorm
Air Pollution
Index
| Region | Today | Tomorrow |
|---|---|---|
| Highlands | 2 | 1 |
| North East Scotland | 2 | 1 |
| Central Scotland | 2 | 2 |
| Scottish Borders | 2 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 2 |
| North West & Norway | 2 | 2 |
| North East | 2 | 2 |
| Yorkshire & Humber | 2 | 2 |
| North Wales | 2 | 2 |
| West Midlands | 2 | 2 |
| East Midlands | 2 | 2 |
| South Wales | 2 | 2 |
| South West | 2 | 2 |
| South East | 2 | 2 |
| Eastern | 2 | 2 |
| Greater London | 2 | 2 |
GENERAL SITUATION
A low-pressure system influences the UK, bringing unsettled weather. Rain is expected across north-west, south-west, south-east Scotland. Western Isles, Northern Ireland, north-west and north-east England, south-west England, north Wales, Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland, easing into evening. Other regions remain mostly dry, with occasional sunny spells. Winds vary from gentle to moderate, predominantly from the south-west.
London, SE Eng, East Anglia, Channel 1: The morning starts cloudy, with sunny spells breaking through. In the afternoon, cloud cover remains, with temperatures
mild. In western areas, breezer conditions could bring cleaner skies. A slight chance of rain in eastern parts towards evening, with gentle winds easing throughout the day. Max temp: 25°C. Tonight, clear skies, cool. Min temp: 15°C.
Con S England, SW England, Midlands, S Wales, N Wales: The day will start mostly cloudy with mild temperatures. As the afternoon progresses, expect clouds to linger, bringing a slight chance of drizzle in western areas. By evening, skies remain overcast with a cooler breeze in northern parts, while some sunny spells may brighten up southern locales. Max temp: 24°C
Tonight, clear skies, cool. Min temp: 15°C.
SE Scotland, NE Eng, E Eng: The morning is expected to start cloudy with a chance of rain, making for a damp beginning. Into the afternoon, conditions remain overcast with light winds. By the evening, the threat of showers continues, particularly in the most eastern coastal parts, with temperatures staying mild throughout. Max temp: 25°C. Tonight, light rain, breezy. Min temp: 15°C.
NW Eng, SW Scotland, N Ireland, Republic of Ireland, IoM: Today will be cloudy with spells of rain in the most northern parts, easing by the afternoon. Temperatures remain
cool throughout. In the most western areas, persistent cloud cover with occasional light rain showers. Gentle winds from the west in most regions, picking up in the evening. Max temp: 25°C. Tonight, cloudy, light rain. Min temp: 15°C. NW Scotland, NE Scotland, W Isles, N Isles: The morning is set to remain cloudy with occasional light rain in places. The afternoon will continue in a similar vein, with cloudy skies and a chance of showers, particularly in the most western areas. The evening brings a slight clearing in the most northern parts. Light, variable winds throughout. Max temp: 35°C. Tonight, light rain, windy. Min temp: 15°C.
Key: 1024
Isoborn air pressure
in millibars
▲▲
Warm front
▲▲
Cold front
▲▲
Occluded front
SYNOPTIC PRESSURE A low-pressure system centred near the Western Isles is directing unsettled weather across much of the UK, with rain affecting Scotland and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, a ridge of high pressure influences the Channel Islands, maintaining steadier conditions in southern regions and bringing occasional sunny spells.
HIGHS AND LOWS
(Saturday up to 11pm)
Warmest: Wriggenhall, West Sussex, 35°C
Coldest: Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, 35°C
Wettest: Renallach, Scottish Highlands, 330mm
Sunnest: Camborne, Cornwall, 11.8hrs
HOURS OF DARKNESS
| Aberdeen | 20.46-05.41 |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | 20.28-05.55 |
| Bristol | 20.28-06.00 |
| Cardiff | 20.31-06.02 |
| Glasgow | 20.48-05.54 |
| Hull | 20.26-05.45 |
| Inverness | 20.54-05.46 |
| Liverpool | 20.35-05.56 |
| London | 20.43-05.50 |
| Manchester | 20.33-05.53 |
| Stornoway | 21.06-05.54 |
| Swansea | 20.34-06.05 |
| York | 20.29-05.47 |
Five-day outlook
TUESDAY Rain and cloudy spells in the north and west, cloudy with some rain in the south, drier in eastern regions, occasional sunny intervals
WEDNESDAY Rain and showers in northern regions, mostly cloudy with sunny spells in southern and eastern areas, breezy in western areas.
THURSDAY The day will be marked by frequent rain showers across the UK, with breezy conditions particularly in northern and western areas.
FRIDAY Widespread rain showers across the UK, with sunny spells in western coastal areas and eastern regions experiencing some cloud
SATURDAY Northern regions will experience a mix of cloudy skies and sunny spells, while southern areas can rain showers throughout the day.
NEW! 5-35
OPINION 18-22
TV 25-31
LIFE 35-39
GIRTHRE 60-81
MONKEY 82-86
SPORT 47-56
■ MONDAY ■ 17 AUGUST 2026
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The Sport Matrix
The day's action at a glance
Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein
secured his second Formula E drivers' championship despite finishing 14th and failing to score in yesterday's season-ending London E-Prix, which was won by Britain's Taylor Barnard (right) The German captured his first world title with Porsche in 2023-24, and joins Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne as the only drivers to win the all-electric championship twice.
GOLF
Great Dane delivers title for home supporters
Jeff Winther became the second home favourite to win the Danish Championship after a chaotic
final round at Great Northern. Eight players had at least shared the lead yesterday before the 38-year-old (above) edged in front thanks to his fifth birdie at the 13th hole.
He briefly led the tournament but fellow Dane and former winner Rasmus Højgaard chipped in for an eagle at the 17th, only for Winther to then drain a 31-foot eagle putt at the 16th to catapult him up to 15 under. Winther parred the last, which sealed a three-shot victory and clinched his second DP World Tour triumph.
EQUESTRIAN
Canter and Collett help GB gallop to gold
Ros Canter and Laura Collett won silver and bronze in the individual eventing at the World Equestrian Championships
in Aachen yesterday to help Great Britain secure the team gold.
Canter and Lordships Graffalo (above) finished in second place on 23.4 penalty points, behind Germany's gold-medal winners Michael Jung and FischerChipesank (23.0), while Collett and London 52 took third place on 28.
Tom McEwen and JL Dublin finished seventh on 32.6 as Britain dominated to take team gold ahead of silver medallists Germany and the US in bronze. The same three British pairs claimed team gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
SNOOKER
On-song Selby wins his fourth China Open title
Mark Selby became the first player to win four China Open titles after beating Thailand's
Noppon Saengkham 10-6 in the final in Taiyuan.
Selby, tournament winner in 2015, 2017 and 2018, sealed his 26th ranking title to climb seventh on the all-time list and up to fifth in the world rankings.
The 43-year-old (above) fought back from 4-2 down to level it up at 4-4 at the end of the first session, before winning four in a row to lead 8-4 going into the final session. At 9-6, Saengkham let a big lead slip as Selby produced his seventh 50-plus break of the match to seal victory and the £250,000 winner's prize.
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SPORT
CRICKET ONE-DAY CUP
Luke Hollman's unbeaten 83 helped Middlesex into the final GETTY
Hollman unbeaten as Middlesex complete semi-final recovery
Middlesex pulled off a remarkable recovery as an unbeaten 83 from Luke Hollman helped secure a dramatic two-wicket win over Ben Stokes' Durham to reach the One-Day Cup final, where they will play Leicestershire.
Former England captain Stokes had been dismissed for just six - adjudged caught behind off Zafar Gohar - as Durham posted 25.4 for seven at Radlett, with Will Rhodes making 80 and Colin Ackermann 71 not out.
But Stokes soon made an early impact with the ball, striking in the second over as Josh de Caires (four) edged through to wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson.
After Luke Robinson then claimed two more quick wickets to leave Middlesex at 51 for 3, Ackermann weighed in with another three to seemingly put
Durham in control. However, Tom Helm (40) dug in alongside Hollman - whose 83 from 100 balls was his best in List. A cricket - for an eighth-wicket partnership of 70 which turned the match around as Middlesex reached their target at 25.5 for 8 with eight balls left.
At Grace Road, a century from Hamza Shaikh (left) and then four wickets from Alex Green saw Leicestershire close out a 23-run win over Notts Outlaws.
The Foxes recovered from 64 for 3 to reach 303 for 7, with Shaikh making 104 alongside a half-century from Nick Kelly (53). The Outlaws' chase started brightly with a swift 43 from opener Ben Martindale before Freddie McCann (64) and captain Haseeb Hameed (54) pushed them on. Leicestershire fought back as the visitors ended 280 all out.
THE HUNDRED
Manchester make hard work of Giant win over Trent
By George Sessions
AFL-CARBURG
Tim Seifert's destructive 72 fired Manchester Super Giants to a first-ever mere's Hundred title but only after a late wobble in a five-wicket victory over Trent Rockets at Lord's.
The bold decision to bowl first of stand-in Super Giants captain Jos Buttler, who assumed the captaincy after Aiden Markram returned to South Africa for personal reasons earlier this month, paid off, with Rockets restricted to 108 for 8.
The last three winners of the men's Hundred final had hatted first and been led by Sam Billings, but Seifert denied the Rockets captain this time with seven sizes in a sparkling 38-ball innings, and even though he survived a lifeline after Finn Allen
Tim Seifert smashed 72 for Manchester Super Giants
agonisingly failed to pull off a stunning relay catch, Super Giants were crowned champions with two balls to spare.
A battle between three England players in line to feature in Wednesday's series opener with Pakistan got this 100-ball final under way and Ben Duckett initially gained the upper hand.
Duckett was able to scoop Gus Atkinson for six, before a reverse sweep went through the hands of Josh Tongue, but Rockets opener Duckett was out for 31 during a dazzling spell of 2 wickets in 4 balls for Noor Ahmad.
Afghanistan leg-spinner Ahmad also accounted for Tim David for a golden duck and after Ansurin Donald was howled by Liam Dawson for a rapid 38 which contained two big sizes, Rockets had collapsed from 86 for 2 to 96 for 5.
Lewis Gregory tried to help Rockets rally with three maximums during an enterprising knock of 32 off 16 balls, but Tongue accounted for him and Sonay Baker finished off with wickets in successive deliveries to set a victory target of 103.
Billings' big call at Lord's was to drop New Zealand bowler Matt Henry for new recruit Mohammad Amir, but Seifert sent his first ball through the covers for four and crunched the final one of his set over the boundary rope for six.
It was a signal of intent and more lusty blows followed with back-to-back maximums for Seifert.
Opening partner Paul Walter was out four balls later for 22, but that only brought Buttler to the crease and he hit a rapid 23.
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Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire, Grace Road
Leicestershire July 9 (12) overs, H Shaikh (3), D
Pennington 2 (6) Nottinghamshire (30) (3) overs, F McCann (5), A Green (4) (2) Leicestershire win by
12 runs
Middlesex v Durham, Radlett, Durham (2), 9 (12) overs, M Rhodes (8), C Ackermann (2) (1), Hollman (1) (1) Middlesex (2), 8 (10) overs, L Hollman (2) (1), Ackermann (1) (1) Middlesex win by 2 wickets
THE HUNDRED FINAL
Men: Tom Rockets (2), 6 (12), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (12), 11 (12), 12 (12), 13 (12), 14 (12), 15 (12), 16 (12), 17 (12), 18 (12), 19 (12), 20 (12), 21 (12), 22 (12), 23 (12), 24 (12), 25 (12), 26 (12), 27 (12), 28 (12), 29 (12), 30 (12), 31 (12), 32 (12), 33 (12), 34 (12), 35 (12), 36 (12), 37 (12), 38 (12), 39 (12), 40 (12), 41 (12), 42 (12), 43 (12), 44 (12), 45 (12), 46 (12), 47 (12), 48 (12), 49 (12), 50 (12), 51 (12), 52 (12), 53 (12), 54 (12), 55 (12), 56 (12), 57 (12), 58 (12), 59 (12), 60 (12), 61 (12), 62 (12), 63 (12), 64 (12), 65 (12), 66 (12), 67 (12), 68 (12), 69 (12), 70 (12), 71 (12), 72 (12), 73 (12), 74 (12), 75 (12), 76 (12), 77 (12), 78 (12), 79 (12), 80 (12), 81 (12), 82 (12), 83 (12), 84 (12), 85 (12), 86 (12), 87 (12), 88 (12), 89 (12), 90 (12), 91 (12), 92 (12), 93 (12), 94 (12), 95 (12), 96 (12), 97 (12), 98 (12), 99 (12), 100
THE HUNDRED FINAL
Lord's: Southendon (2), 6 (12), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (12), 11 (12), 12 (12), 13 (12), 14 (12), 15 (12), 16 (12), 17 (12), 18 (12), 19 (12), 20 (12), 21 (12), 22 (12), 23 (12), 24 (12), 25 (12), 26 (12), 27 (12), 28 (12), 29 (12), 30 (12), 31 (12), 32 (12), 33 (12), 34 (12), 35 (12), 36 (12), 37 (12), 38 (12), 39 (12), 40 (12), 41 (12), 42 (12), 43 (12), 44 (12), 45 (12), 46 (12), 47 (12), 48 (12), 49 (12), 50 (12), 51 (12), 52 (12), 53 (12), 54 (12), 55 (12), 56 (12), 57 (12), 58 (12), 59 (12), 60 (12), 61 (12), 62 (12), 63 (12), 64 (12), 65 (12), 66 (12), 67 (12), 68 (12), 69 (12), 70 (12), 71 (12), 72 (12), 73 (12), 74 (12), 75 (12), 76 (12), 77 (12), 78 (12), 79 (12), 80 (12), 81 (12), 82 (12), 83 (12), 84 (12), 85 (12), 86 (12), 87 (12), 88 (12), 89 (12), 90 (12), 91 (12), 92 (12), 93 (12), 94 (12), 95 (12), 96 (12), 97 (12), 98 (12), 99 (12), 100
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Rockets crush Leeds to seal maiden women's Hundred triumph
By George Sessions
Trent Rockets cruised to a maiden women's title with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Leeds after England batter Sophia Dunkley scored 41 runs in The Hundred final yesterday.
Rockets captain Ashleigh Gardner won the toss and, after she put Sunrisers into bat at Lord's, Friday's eliminator winners collapsed from 56 for 3 to 91 all out. Georgia Adams was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 9, including top scorer Annabel Sutherland for 25.
After Rockets finished top of the table standings with seven wins, an eighth triumph clinched deserved Hundred success, with Dunkley able to smash two sixes in a destructive innings of 41 to help achieve victory with 46 balls to spare.
Gardner's decision appeared inspired when Kim Garth accounted for Bryony Smith and Lauren Winfield-Hill in successive balls, but Sutherland rebuilt before she was brilliantly stumped by Beth Mooney off the bowling of Adams.
Sunrisers captain Dani Gibson [22] attempted to lead her team to a competitive total but wickets fell regularly, Samantha Bates claiming 2 for 17 and Charley Phillips 2 for 12 to set a victory target of 92.
It never looked enough and Rockets opener Dunkley, a three-time runner up in the Hundred, struck two of her first six deliveries for six.
Mooney joined the party with back-to-back fours down the ground
before a strategic timeout when Rockets were 57 without loss after 30 balls.
A ramp shot to the boundary helped Dunkley (below) move to 41 before she picked out Jess Jonassen, and even though Nat Sciver-Brunt lasted only two balls, Mooney hit 31 not out before Gardner stuck the winning runs.
Mooney said: "It's an amazing feeling. You want to play in the big games and for the girls to put on a clinic like that with the ball and not leave too many to chase - you can't have many easier finals than that. Going into a final, you have to be as relaxed and calm as possible and almost take the result out of it.
"Mick Newell [Rockets general manager] and Chris Read [head coach] have done a great job and there has been a real clarity of role. I hope we can keep the group together and win more titles."
Sciver-Brunt added: "We have put in some great performances and everyone has chipped in, which makes it so satisfying."
SWIMMING
Legend Ledecky beaten for first time in 14 years
By Rory Carroll
Australia's Lani Pallister led wire-to-wire to win the 800m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday, ending Katie Ledecky's long unbeaten run in one of the American's signature events.
Pallister touched in 8min 6.10sec, with world record holder Ledecky more than a second back in 8min 7.20sec. New Zealand's Erika Fairweather was third in 8min 18.85sec.
Ledecky's dominance in the event at major competitions stretches back to 2012 and includes 13 international championship gold medals.
Pallister also finished ahead of her childhood idol in Friday's 400m freestyle and won the 200m freestyle at the outdoor competition in Irvine, California. But she was quick to praise the nine-time Olympic champion after Saturday's race.
"Katie is such a dominant force and I think it's really important that we give her a big round of applause," Pallister (above) said in a poolside interview in front of a sell-out crowd.
"Without her, we wouldn't have women's distance swimming in the place where it is at the moment. "To be part of that story at the moment is pretty much all because we get to chase Katie."
Earlier, American Kate Douglass lowered the women's 50m freestyle world record for the second time in a single day, clocking 23.19sec in the final.
Douglass had set a record of 23.49sec in the morning heats to reclaim the mark from fellow American Gretchen Walsh, before producing an even faster swim under the lights.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Clinical Warriors close gap on Rhinos at top as Sailor inspires Saints
Matt Peet celebrated a clinical display from Wigan after they moved level on points with Super League leaders Leeds with a 34-6 victory at Bradford.
The Warriors' first visit to Odsal for a league encounter in 12 years was one-sided as Jake Wardle scored twice and there were tries for Adam Keighran, Bevan French, Kian McDermott and Taylor Kerr.
Second-placed Wigan fully capitalised on Leeds' slip-up against
Leigh on Thursday and are now only below the Rhinos in the table on points difference.
Wigan coach Peet said: "We knew it would be [a tough night]. It was a game we have been mindful of all season. We knew it would be a very challenging place to come with a unique feeling.
"Bradford never stopped asking questions. You've got to be switched on the whole time. Without having it all our own way, there was times we
Jake Wardle (left) scored two tries for Wigan against Bradford to move them level with leaders Leeds, while Tristan Sailor scored three for St Helens
had to scramble and come up with plays. It was about being disciplined and not always playing our hand.
"That's what we asked for and that's what the lads committed to really well."
"I thought it was quite a clinical display. High completion, disciplined and committed to coming in and being happy to get a good, tidy, performance."
Tristan Sailor's hat-trick inspired St Helens to a 46-16 victory at Wakefield to revive their play-off hopes.
St Helens interim coach Eamon O'Carroll said: "What Tristan does is he puts his hand up and plays really well in any position you kind of ask him.
"What we're going through at the minute, having probably eight, nine key individuals out, he's filling the spot and doing fantastic."
Huddersfield moved off the bottom of the table with a fourth win in succession as they saw off Toulouse Olympique 26-10 at Stade Ernest-Wallon.
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Golden girl Hunt clinches her fourth but Italy top table
By James Tomey IN BIRMINGHAM
Amy Hunt is officially a history maker and a record breaker too.
Hunt joined forces with Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes to scorch to mixed 4x100m gold in a new European record of 39.97 seconds.
She is the first athlete to win four golds at the same European Championships after her success in the 100m, 200m and women's sprint relay.
Relay running is all about timing and trust, but the mixed event, which makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles, is new on the programme and presents a unique technical chal-
lence for the runners. Differences in speed, stride length and acceleration between male and female athletes make the changeovers particularly difficult to perfect.
But despite limited practice time, Hunt waited, heart in mouth, on the anchor leg and then powered down the home straight to hold off a fast-finishing Germany in a thriller.
"Four golds was the dream and perhaps dreams do come true," said Hunt.
"I think it will sink in later, maybe on the podium, I don't know. I'm just so proud of myself and the way I've handled this week - the emotions, the recovery and being strict and staying disciplined after all the highs. I've stayed true to myself and true to the job I came out here to do.
"I'll never forget this week and to finish it off with my best friends in the sport is so special."
Hunt, 24, writes a new chapter in the sport and so does Asher-Smith. No athlete has ever won more medals at the European Championships - 11 and counting, with eight of them gold.
Matt Hudson-Smith now has nine of his own after becoming the most successful male athlete in the competition's history.
The local favourite won silver as part of a men's 4x400m quartet, also including Toby Harries, Ben Jefferies and Charlie Dobson - but Italy's triumph meant they pipped the hosts at the top of the medal table, with 10 golds to GB's nine.
That came shortly after Yemi Mary John, Lina Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Emily Newnham landed silver in the women's equivalent.
Meanwhile, Georgia Hunter Bell (above left, inset) delivered a tactical masterclass to land her first European gold.
The 32-year-old waited for her time to pounce in a cagey women's
1500m final and produced a devastating kick around the final bend to streak clear for her third major success of a brilliant year.
She started 2026 aiming for four, and the World Indoor and Commonwealth champion now has just the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest to come.
"It wasn't easy, it's never easy, but I felt really calm and confident," she said.
"I have been on a winning streak. I have had failures before when I've been the favourite but I've really just tried to relax everything and not overcomplicate it. When it's time to go, get going."
Jazmin Sawyers won her third
Abbie Donnelly is the first British female medallist in the European Championships marathon
What you may have missed - five of the best moments from Birmingham
By Paul Martin
Ingebrigtsen returns in style
Jakob Ingebrigtsen arrived in Birmingham having not raced for 11 months after Achilles surgery over the winter.
He was protecting an unbeaten record at these Championships, having won every 1500m and 5,000m gold on offer since 2018, and targeted the latter here.
Any suspicions the field had moved on without him were blown away in a staggering finish as the 25-year-old surged up the home straight to land gold on the opening night.
His performance began a brilliant week for his country, with Karsten Warholm smashing the
Championship record on his way to a fourth straight men's 400m hurdles title and Henriette Jaeger cruising to women's 400m glory.
Battocletti doubles up
Nadia Battocletti (right) cemented her status as the queen of European distance running by doubling up over 5,000m and 10,000m - just as she did in Rome two years ago.
Both her victories were sealed by sizzling final laps and her crowning glory came over the longer distance on Friday night as she covered the final 200 metres in just 28.17s.
On the same evening, compatriot Gianmarco Tamberi provided one of the more wholesome moments
of the week as he led the crowd in a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to his one-year-old daughter after defending his men's high jump title.
Hudson-Smith delivers at home
There is no place like home and Matthew Hudson-Smith has proved it.
He was the focus of much of the build-up having had a stand named after him on the track he has trained at since he was nine.
And he was clambering among those very seats on Wednesday
night after proving he is the fastest man on the continent over one lap. "No one was going to beat me on this track," he said. "Words can't explain how much that meant to me."
Irish eyes smiling
There have been times this week when you could have been forgiven for thinking this event was being held in Dublin.
Tricolours have been omnipresent and cheers for athletes wearing green have at times been louder than for the 'home' athletes representing Britain.
It is hard to split Mark English's historic men's 400m gold and Kate O'Connor's women's heptathlon triumph as iconic Irish moments - so we'll include both.
Hunt on a roll
In a sport always craving relatable stars, Amy Hunt has picked a good week to be front and centre.
Final medal table
| G | S | B | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| G Britain & NI | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| Germany | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Norway | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Spain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Her 100m gold provided the perfect start for the host nation and she later doubled up by winning the 200m, reeling in compatriot Dina Asher-Smith in the process.
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Pocognoli confirmed as Scotland coach on two-year contract
By Gavin McCafferty
Sebastien Pocognoli was last night confirmed as the new Scotland head coach.
The former Union Saint-Gilloise and Monaco head coach has signed an initial two-year contract to succeed Steve Clarke.
Pocognoli, a former Belgium international, led Union to the 2024-25 Belgian title in his first season as a head coach.
The 39-year-old described his appointment as an “honour” and added: “When I first heard of the interest, I was immediately excited about the opportunity.
“Scotland’s supporters are famous for their passion – most recently at the World Cup – and I have experienced it myself as a player for Belgium when we played in 2013.
“Along with my coaching staff, I will do everything I can to give them a team to be proud of and build on the success that has been achieved already by my predecessor.”
Pocognoli becomes Scotland’s second foreign coach, following German Berti Vogts between 2002-04.
The former West Bromwich Albion and Brighton & Hove Albion lethback will aim to build on Clarke’s record of leading Scotland to their first three major tournaments of the century.
“Since negotiations began, I have been doing a lot of research, asking a lot of questions and looking at areas that we can build on,” he added. “I am hugely excited and look forward to working with the players to achieve more success.”
After leading Union to their first ever title success, Pocognoli joined Monaco last October. He took them into the Champions League knockout phase, where they lost to Paris Saint-Germain, but was sacked after a seventh-placed Ligue 1 finish.
Pocognoli will start his Scotland position away in Slovenia next month SFA
SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell said: “He was the standout candidate from a thorough process: a very impressive individual, with a real desire to take on the role and a clear vision.”
The SFA’s recently appointed chief football officer Craig Mulholland was heavily involved in the process amid sweeping changes to the national team set-up, with under-21 coach Scot Gemmill and under-17 coach Brian McLaughlin leaving.
Mulholland described the appointment as an “exciting moment for Scottish football” and added: “He is one of Europe’s brightest and most sought-after coaches.
“He will bring an aggressive, front-foot style that will excite supporters. He will build on the outstanding work and excellent foundations left by Steve Clarke.
“While our search was informed by data and insight, and Sebastien’s metrics matched what we believe necessary to enhance and evolve, it’s as important that his personality and character allow him to connect with a fantastic group of players.”
Pocognoli begins his tenure with a Nations League second-tier campaign against Slovenia, North Macedonia and Switzerland, with his first game in charge coming in Ljubljana on 26 September.
European medal, 10 years after her first, as she took silver in the women’s long jump – missing gold by just one centimetre.
Swedish superstar Mondo Duplantis landed his fourth consecutive men’s pole vault crown in a new Championship record after clearing 6.15m.
And Abbie Donnelly hailed an
“out-of-body experience” after becoming the first British woman to win a European Championship marathon medal – six weeks before her PhD is due for completion.
Donnelly mastered the undulating eight-lap route around Birmingham city centre to land a breakthrough bronze in 2:27.33, while the hosts also won team gold.
Gold medallists caught up in security scare
By Rachel Steinberg
Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith were among the athletes stuck at the Alexander Stadium on Saturday night after a police incident involving a man with the incorrect stadium accreditation.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson confirmed at 3am yesterday that a man in his thirties had been “arrested on suspicion of fraud”. Yesterday afternoon, the force revealed that “a man was found in an area of Alexander Stadium with the wrong accreditation”.
Their concern was significant enough for them to suspend transport for staff and athletes.
Police added: “A man in his thirties was arrested on suspicion of fraud and remains in custody for questioning.
“We understand the concern this may have caused and can confirm there was no immediate risk to the public.
“As always, our priority is the safety of the public and we want to thank everyone for the patience.”
Athletes on site – including the British men’s and women’s 4×100m relay teams – were sent to the high performance centre next to the venue as six medal ceremonies were postponed.
Transport services resumed about one hour and 45 minutes later.
Vrancken hands backing to compatriot for new position
By Anthony Brown
Wouter Vrancken has endorsed his fellow Belgian Sebastien Pocognoli as a good fit for the Scotland job.
The 39-year-old former Union Saint-Gilloise and Monaco head coach was last night confirmed as Steve Clarke’s successor.
Hearts head coach Vrancken played with Pocognoli at Genk two decades ago and they were at the same club as coaches in the 2022-23 season before locking horns in the Jupiler Pro League.
“I know him well because I played with him two years as a
player,” said Vrancken, 47. “And he was under-18 coach when I was in Genk as first-team coach. I know him just as a good guy.
“I know his style of play because we managed against each other when he was at Union, and he did really well there. Let’s hope that he can work with the national team.
“His style can work with Scotland. His style is physical, direct, so it’s a good match.”
Vrancken is looking forward to being joined by a compatriot: “It’s always good when coaches get an opportunity to have a nice job outside Belgium,” he said.
Wouter Vrancken believes his fellow Belgian will prove to be a success
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McInnes admits relief with first win to set up derby tie
RANGERS Naderi & Dragojevic all; Gassama 52; Penrice 52, McCausland 70.
ST MIRREN Mochrie 20
By Ronnie Esplin
AT18908
Derek McInnes revealed contrasting feelings during his first win as Rangers manager as his side overwhelmed holders St Mirren at 18:00.
Failure to win any of his first four fixtures had the 55-year-old already under pressure, which was alleviated through first-half goals from striker Ryan Naderi and midfielder Vanja Dragojevic inside 20 minutes.
However, Chris Mochrie reduced the deficit on the half-hour with a terrific drive for Saints which subdued the excitement.
But Rangers stretched away in the second half with two goals in two minutes from Djeidi Gassama
and debutant James Penrice, and after Gers keeper Ivor Pandur saved a twice-taken penalty from Killian Phillips, substitute Ross McCausland made it five to seal a place in the quarter-finals, where they will face neighbours Celtic at home.
"I probably enjoyed it [for] the first time being manager of Rangers for a period in the first half," McInnes said. "And then we lost the goal and I didn't enjoy it again. But I'm just glad to get a win.
"There's no better feeling when you're involved in professional football than a winning dressing room. My players need to feel that. It's my job and the staff's job to try and instil confidence, which isn't always easy here when things aren't going right.
"But you've got to keep working through it, do the basics right, stick together, work even harder if you can and put the work in and hopefully you get your reward. The players have got their reward today, and in turn that makes me happier.
James Penrice scores Rangers' fourth on his debut for the Glasgow side.
Hearts leave it late but Warriors shock top-flight Motherwell
By James Mariner
Hearts produced a late goal flurry as they overcame a second-half wobble to hook their place in the last eight of the Premier Sports Cup with a 6-2 home win over Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The Jambos trailed after Ryan Duncan cancelled out Christian Borchgrevink's first-half opener and Allie Ravidge scored. But Rogers Mato swiftly levelled before Hearts took command in the final 10 minutes through a Calvin Miller double and goals from substitutes James Wilson and Claudio Braga.
Head coach Wouter Vrancken made five changes from Thursday's draw with Benfica as Hearts continued their recovery from a double European exit to make it three unbeaten.
There were mixed fortunes in the
two other Premiership v Championship ties, Hibernian edging past Partick Thistle 1-0 at Easter Road while Motherwell were shocked at Stenhousemuir after extra time.
Euan O'Reilly earned the Warriors a quarter-final place after his late strike sent Motherwell out 1-0 at Ochilview. The substitute netted in the 114th minute after Well failed to deal with a long throw.
The hosts had earlier hit a post while Motherwell did not do enough, the defeat the first setback of Alfred Johansson's reign.
An extra 30 minutes on the artificial pitch was another outcome the Swede would have hoped to avoid before Freiburg visit in the Conference League this week.
Johansson, who made eight changes following Thursday's win over HJK Helsinki and started five homegrown players, said he could
Quarter-final draw
Rangers v Celtic Stenhousemuir v Hearts Ross County v Hibernian Kilmarnock v Aberdeen
Ties to take place 12/13 September
"Having a winning dressing room at the end will do the new boys no harm, it will do us all no harm."
McInnes was delighted with the performance of Penrice, signed on loan from AEK Athens on Saturday.
"His performance was as strong a debut you've seen for a long time. A goal, so many assists," McInnes enthused. "But it's not so much that side of it, it's the way he played the game. Real enthusiasm and a desire to go and ask the question, be positive in possession. Hopefully that rubs off a wee bit."
After winning their opening two Scottish Premiership fixtures, it was back to earth for St Mirren manager Craig McLeish.
"I'm disappointed with the scoreline and the nature in which we go out," he said. "We were on the receiving end of Rangers being ruthless in front of goal and there were key moments that don't go in our favour.
"We are trying to build something, and build belief and confidence in our group, how we are trying to play. But it took us until 2-0 down before we really started showing that.
"We did well to get back into the game and go in 2-1 down. There were good moments but when you come away to Rangers, moments aren't good enough to get you through.
"We have to learn from it. We're early in what we're trying to do. This is the biggest test we have faced and we can only use this to learn from."
Calvin Miller scored two of Hearts' four late goals to help them through
not jeopardise his players' health. "Obviously you normally don't want to make so many changes, but sometimes it's needed," he said. "There are some players that are beyond dangerous in terms of overuse."
CHAMPIONSHIP
Flemming urged to stay on after double proves a point to Hayen
BURNLEY Flemming 8m 85.90
WEST HAM UNITED Barnan 60; Solomon 72
By Ian Parker AT TURF MOOR
Burnley boss Nicky Hayen has urged Zian Flemming to stay at Turf Moor but admitted transfer interest in the striker will only go up after his late heroics in yesterday's draw with West Ham.
Flemming dragged Burnley back from 2-0 down in the Championship clash of two relegated sides, scoring from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute before levelling in stoppage time.
The Dutchman, Burnley's top scorer last term, has been linked
with Premier League clubs this summer but Hayen said it was "really important" to Burnley to keep him at Turf Moor.
"It didn't help that he scored two times today!" Hayen joked. "No, I'm really pleased with his performance and also the way he scored the penalty, he scored the second goal, and of course Zian is really important not only with his goals but also how he plays for us.
"But also, as I said, the way we play also suits him but maybe it's the best choice for him to stay because he can be even more important than before.
"Maybe wait for six months and during the winter break, maybe it can change every time, but the way he feels I think he enjoys himself and that's the most important thing at the moment."
West Ham had underlined their credentials as favourites for an immediate return to the top flight in the
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The way he feels I think he enjoys himself and that's the most important thing
first half as they took a 10th-minute lead through Max Kilman and then bossed possession for the rest of the opening 45 minutes with Manor Solomon getting a second.
Last season West Ham dropped 20 points from winning positions on their way to relegation, and it was a familiar sinking feeling as they let Burnley back into this one after Ollie Scarles cut down Marcus Edwards in the box to concede a penalty with eight minutes left.
"It's disappointing," Nuno Espirito Santo said. "We did a very good first half, we create a lot of situation and we stop Burnley. Not so good in the second half. After we scored the second we should have done better to keep the result...
"Of course, when you are in front of the result in the last minutes of the game, it's a learning process that you have to do and fast. We cannot let these two points get away from us."
West Ham broke the Championship transfer record on Saturday to bring in Belgium midfielder Arne Engels from Celtic in a £22m deal - yesterday's match was too soon for the 22-year-old to be involved - but Nuno said he needs more reinforcements before the window closes.
Zian Flemming scores his and Burnley's second goal GETTY
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Substitutions: Burnley: Jarrett Raghouser, (2), Amdoun: Bransidge, (2), Ross (Humphreys, 10), Brian Ramsey, (6), Trevor (Bruun Larsen, 6a) West Ham United Ward: Prowse (Pabst, 6-4), Dray/Cicarius, (6), Veltman (Solomon, 6b)
Dionisi revels in first taste of England as Hornets sting Saints
WATFORD Bravo 12, Nabizada 29
SOUTHAMPTON Larin 26
New Watford head coach Alessio Dionisi hailed his side's strength of spirit in their opening-day win over Southampton at Vicarage Road.
First-half goals from new signing Iker Bravo and academy product Amin Nabizada, coupled with a determination to fight for every ball throughout the match, were the keys to Watford's success.
Cyle Larin brought hope to the visitors when he stabbed home before the hour, but defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis spurred the chance to score a stoppage-time equaliser.
Dionisi said: "I'm very happy, but very tired. There were a lot of positive moments, but at the end of the second half it was difficult for us without the ball.
"I liked every moment. I saw the players inside the pitch working together with and without the ball. One team, one mentality.
"It is important for everyone to stay inside the team every match with the same positive mentality.
"The second half was important to work well out of possession. With the many very talented teams in this division, it won't be easy for us."
Dionisi admitted his first experience of a league match in England had lived up to his hopes.
"The atmosphere was fantastic from the start to the end because I didn't know what it would be like. I have only watched English football from Italy until now," he added.
"It's the first time my family were here at a match so I am very happy."
Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert blamed both of the Watford goals on individual errors, but refused to be drawn on the hostile atmosphere at Vicarage Road, which will likely be replicated at other grounds this season because of the ongoing "Spygate" affair that denied
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Substitutions: Watford Ziemann (Bala, 2a), Kayembe (Bove, 6a), Nayero (Bravo, 6a), Adu-Faka (Nabizada, 6a), Vata (Mazimma, 7b) Southampton Alasi (Dobbin, 2b), Edicini (Bragg, 3b), Mubama (Larin, 3b), Brendon Diaz (Matsuki, 6b)
Southampton their play-off place at the end of the last campaign.
Eckert said: "We came here to take a result so we are very disappointed. Two errors in possession cost us against a very good transition team. That's the reality. We gave the ball away two times too many.
"We didn't have to change the way we were playing in the second half. We had to be a little bit cleaner on the ball. We kept pushing and we deserved more in the end.
"It's always easier to say things after you win a game of football, but there is no doubt about the dedication of the players. The boys are as close as they have ever been and completely united as a group.
"Obviously, communications are going on between the club and the FA in the background, but once you step onto the grass, either for a training session or the sidelines, it is what it is; all of that disappears."
Amin Nabizada doubled Watford's advantage before the interval REUTERS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
James Maddison played as a false nine in the Tottenham attack
Maddison return an encouraging sign for De Zerbi
By George Sessions
James Maddison provided Tottenham Hotspur with a boost after playing his first minutes of pre-season in a 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim at the club's training ground yesterday.
In the second of two fixtures with the Bundesliga club, following a 3-0 win in front of 54,345 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, goals from Ben Davies and talented young attacker Luca Williams-Barnett ensured Roberto De Zerbi's men concluded their friendly schedule unbeaten.
This was Maddison's first action of pre-season and he lasted 45 minutes, a positive for De Zerbi after an injury-hit 18 months that included two serious knee injuries, but the absences of Micky van de Ven, Destiny L'dogie and Dominic Solanke before next Saturday's Premier League opener at Brentford remain a concern.
A completely different line-up from Saturday's team was selected by De Zerbi and Maddison was deployed as a false nine in light of Tottenham's limited attacking options as they pursue moves for Savinho and Cody Gakpo. Summer signing Mateus Fernandes played 90 minutes, as did Kevin Danso and Rodrigo Bentancur, while academy duo Tye Hall and Damola Ajayi earned starts.
Spurs trailed after 16 minutes when Adam Hlozek sent Brandon Austin the wrong way from the penalty spot after Maddison had been penalised for a foul, but the England playmaker was involved four minutes later as Fernandes crossed for Davies to equalise following a short corner.
Highly-rated 17-year-old Williams-Barnett made it 24 in first-half stoppage time with a smart finish to further enhance his reputation, but Hoffenheim earned a draw after Valentin Gendrey scored in the 55th minute.
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going to do something before the window transfer closes."
City were braced for a third bid from Barcelona for Rodri having rejected the La Liga club's opening two offers, with a £65m fee agreed last night. The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner was a notable absence in a struggling midfield as Riccardo Calafiori, Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard secured a 3-0 victory for Arsenal. But Maresca added: "All teams need a player like Rodri, but it's not about whether we missed him today."
"The ones today - Elliot [Anderson] was quite good, Mateo [Kovacic] - but we can find many things after this kind of defeat. The first two goals I don't like. The first because it's after 25 seconds and after the second there was no pressure.
"I don't know if it was physical condition, we had many players at the World Cup. After the first goal the reaction was very good, but after the second goal it was more complicated."
He refused to be drawn on the pursuit of midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18, pointing out he is "still a Lille player".
"On new signings, the sooner the better for us as there's Premier League next weekend," Maresca said. "If they start to work with us as soon as possible it's better because they can understand the way we play."
For Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta it was business as usual as his side started where they finished the last season in May by claiming silverware.
Asked where the willingness had come from, Arteta said: "Because we want to go straight again. The desire comes [because] I want to live that moment again. I want to live other moments, even bigger. We know the difficulty of the task.
"We've never done it at this club, to win again. It's going to demand something special and we are ready. If we drive the standards at this level, we're going to be really competitive."
Mikel Arteta believes his side are ready to retain their league title
Size and difficulty of task looms before Maresca as City get utterly outgunned
Calafiori 1, Havertz 28, Odegaard 48
MANCHESTER CITY
Katherine Lucas
FOOTBALL NEWS EDITOR AT FRIENDBILITY STADIUM
If Diet Pep is to replace the real Pep without the feeling that this is a kind of knock-off Manchester City, the issues are currently too glaring. City have been puzzling, disappointing and unconvincing before - but rarely the incoherent mess swept aside by Arsenal in the Community Shield yesterday afternoon.
This defeat in Cardiff was damning not because of the result, which never has much bearing on the season proper. It is unwelcome for Enzo Maresca because it leaves him with questions to answer before the Premier League title race has even begun. All it took were 24 seconds to fall behind and 46 minutes for the first sacking chants to echo towards the touchline.
A rigid back line applied no real pressure for Riccardo Calafiori's first-minute opener, they were found out by a simple ball across the box for new arrival Christos Taolis to set up Kai Havertz and seemed to have put down the controller altogether by the time Martin Odegaard waltzed in a third.
Predictions based on the annual curtain-raiser usually fall some-
where between the premature and irrelevant but City cannot afford to defend like this in any context.
The style of build-up Maresca demands would have suited James Trafford, who has been sold, but not Ruben Dias, who played all 90 minutes. Antoine Semenyo found himself on the wrong flank.
Phil Foden (left) was the prime example of a side ill at ease with itself. At the World Cup, he somehow became a byword for England's lack of creativity, by virtue of the fact he was left at home. That overlooks the simple fact that nobody is any the wiser as to his best position.
Through the middle here, Myles Lewis-Skelly evaded him as he threaded the ball through to Calafiori to open proceedings. Bruno
Guimaraes kept him at bay with one fingertip. It is two years since he was named Player of the Year, weeks since he signed a new deal; yet it is impossible to see how he can start ahead of Rayan Cherki, who replaced him after an hour.
It said everything that Mikel Arteta had prioritized nullifying the wingers, with Foden left in space yet still unable to impact the game in any meaningful way. When Maresca turned to Jack Grealish, this felt like a City outfit in search of an ideal, no longer working off the evidence.
Foden's plight was not helped by the absence of Rodri, who is on his way to Barcelona after a £65m bid was accepted last night. His exit has the potential to blow up the midfield, even after Elliot Anderson's addition. In Bernardo Silva and John Stones, leaders other than Pep Guardiola have been lost.
City were even caused problems down Arsenal's left, where the champions have not done enough to consolidate. After moves for Vinicius Junior and Morgan Rogers failed to materialise, they cannot afford to leave Gabriel Martinelli as their most senior left winger, with his future uncertain. A new centre-back is essential to mitigate William Saliba's injury.
Yet the jump required of Arsenal is from the best team in the country to a verified super-club. The gulf for City is greater. The onus was on Maresca to prove it was his side who had bridged the gap and they failed spectacularly. He is one of nine new managers in the Premier League this season. Few begins under as much scrutiny.
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Martin Odegaard slots in Arsenal's third goal (main) just after the interval in Cardiff – his first club strike since December – while Bukayo Saka celebrates with the silverware (top) as a beaten Enzo Maresca ponders his choices (above) GETTY
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Substitutions: Arsenal: Enzo Eucamaras, 1-6; Hincapere/Catafren, 6-6; Saka/Madusky, 6-6; Zadmirand/Lewis-Skelly, 7-6; Guimara/Havertz, 7-6; Eno/Odegaard, 8-6; Manchester City: Grealish (Baku, 1-6; Marmouah, Phasemi, 1-6); Cohn (O'Reilly, 1-6); Lewis-Skelderson, 6-6; Charlie/Faden, 6-6; González (Roxel, 7-6)
It's football's 'Waiting for Godot' with the anger turned up to 11
"I wish from deep in my heart to go to the trial, the independent panel, and as soon as possible they release what happened, and we will accept like we always have done," Pep Guardiola said in August 2024. Proof at least that he didn't always get what he wanted as Manchester City manager.
In the tussle between the longest-serving Premier League manager and the 115 charges case, there could only be one survivor.
Listen, fair play, Guardiola held on until he was literally scratching himself in the face during matches, but you just can't compete with the delays of the English justice system. Pep has gone, the case lives on.
Manchester City's alleged breaches first became charges in February 2023, meaning this will be the fifth Premier League season with a massive elephant in the corner of everyone's vision.
The independent commission hearing concluded in December 2024, so we're now 20 months on from the closing arguments. This is all great fun, isn't it?
If City are found guilty (genuine lol for assuming it's going to be as simple as one guilty or not guilty, but bear with me), it alters history.
It changes how we view their league titles and it raises questions (and potential counterclaims) from peers who might have won trophies or qualified for the Champions League without their expedited rise to the Premier League's summit.
But at least it would be a form of closure, even pending appeals. This purgatory is excruciating. It is also deeply unpleasant for the Premier League's continued competition. City have spent £600m on transfer fees since the commission concluded.
Football requires us all to suspend reality on a continued loop. We pretend that competitions and regulations aren't weighted for or against certain groups of clubs. We pretend that players love our club even half as much as we do.
We shift at will on the matter of football's own importance, brief windows of clarity when we downplay its significance amongst long periods of overstating it.
Manchester City's requires extra helpings of cognitive dissonance; still, we manage it. We discuss how Enzo Maresca will settle, whether Erling Haaland will get enough service and how effective Elliot Anderson will be. We will scratch our heads after yesterday's performance about how Maresca is off to a dreadful start despite the talent at his disposal.
"Oh yeah," the thought flashes across our mind, "I also wonder
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whether all of this was built upon systematic rule-breaking on an industrial scale by a state nation owner."
There are good reasons for this deliberate underthink: it's all so messy and there is nothing to do but wait. Every discussion of this case becomes a squabble.
Don't believe me? Look at the replies to my social media plug for this piece. I bet you don't get to the second one without someone boldly stating their own claim and I bet it involves sarcasm.
There are legitimate, unsurprising reasons for the lengthy delays. This is a ludicrously complex case with hundreds of thousands of pieces of evidence across a high number of charges, each of which is an individual legal battleground.
It is arguably the highest-profile active legal case on the planet, and as such the judges' verdicts will be scrutinised like no other. Those judges will likely be working on other cases, given the timeframes involved. There may also be a degree of readying themselves for appeals.
But the impacts of the delay are drawing permanent grooves in stone. In most other scenarios, outrage fatigue would have taken over. But here's the thing: outrage fatigue doesn't really exist in football. Anger is self-sustaining.
People aren't getting less fed up as the months tick on, they're getting more. That includes those on all sides of the affair: Manchester City supporters, rival supporters, a massive mass of the rest of us who just want it over so we can avoid watching a division caught in suspension.
People aren't getting less fed up as the months tick on, they're getting more
Pep Guardiola wanted City's legal case resolved as soon as possible
Even worse, the principal fuel of this continued fire is anti-establishment sentiment and a loss of faith in the process. Vladimir and Estragon passed the time for their own impossible tomorrow with vaguely philosophical musings. Football fans are a little more acerbic.
On one Reddit post last week about when we might expect a verdict, the Football Association got some grief (not even involved), the Premier League were criticised for being too soft on City (they have literally pursued the case) and the game itself was accused of looking after "the cartel" here (even though Big Six supporters include the accused club).
All speak with absolute certainty. Conspiracy theory noise has become the currency of the league.
And it's exhausting. Everybody is angry because they have a firm opinion on something as yet unknowable. Everybody is conspiratorial because nobody trusts silence even when silence is appropriate.
Everybody is weary because it's been dragging on for what feels like half a lifetime. Five months is too long to wait to learn if we have been watching a deliberately distorted version of competition. We're heading into season five.
A disconsolate Jack Grealish and his teammates in Cardiff yesterday GETTY
Football in brief
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This is probably my last year - Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has fuelled speculation about his retirement after saying the next year will probably be the last of his playing career.
The 41-year-old Portugal captain has won major trophies with Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and current club Al-Nassr since making his senior debut for Sporting in 2002.
Ronaldo (above), a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, told lifestyle magazine Vogue: "This is probably my last year of football, and I want to leave a spectacular legacy."
Ronaldo, who has scored 976 goals for club and country, added: "I have so many things to keep me busy because football could leave a big hole – fun, travel more, watch and play padel. It's been 25 years with a lot of sacrifice."
COVENTRY CITY
Forest's Awoniyi on way to Sky Blues
Taiwo Awoniyi is poised for a move to promoted Coventry after a deal was agreed with Nottingham Forest for a permanent transfer.
Forest paid a then club record fee of $17m to German side Union Berlin for the Nigeria striker four years ago and he has gone on to score 23 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions.
However, Chris Wood and Igor Jesus were preferred last season, restricting Awoniyi (above) to just three Premier League starts.
The 29-year-old is set to cross the Midlands to join Frank Lampard's Sky Blues, who are back in the Premier League for the first time in a quarter of a century after winning the Championship last season.
LEEDS UNITED
£8.5m Elland Road switch for Elvedi
Leeds have agreed an £8.5m deal with Borussia Mönchengladbach for Switzerland defender Nico Elvedi.
The 29-year-old centre-back is scheduled to fly in for a medical today as Leeds close in on their fourth summer signing following the arrivals of Harry Wilson, Tarik Muharemovic and James Trafford.
Pending his medical, Elvedi's arrival will see Leeds defender Sebastian Bornaeve head to Hamburg on loan with a view to a permanent move.
Elvedi, who has been capped 73 times by Switzerland, would be reunited with Leeds manager Daniel Farke, who spent the 2022-23 season in charge of the Bundesliga side.
Maresca demands more signings after humbling
Defeat highlighted gaps, says City manager as Rodri exit confirmed
By Katherine Lucas
AT PRINCIPALITY STADIUM
Enzo Maresca vowed Manchester City are not finished in the transfer market after his side were comprehensively beaten by Arsenal in the Community Shield and the £65m departure of Rodri to Barcelona was confirmed.
City have spent £150m already this summer – including a £120m British transfer record move for the England international Elliot Anderson – after finishing
runners-up to the Gunners in the Premier League last season.
Maresca's first major test since replacing Pep Guardiola ended with the new manager admitting his squad needs further bolstering.
"We knew already before the game the things we need to do," Maresca said, with just over a fortnight remaining before the transfer window shuts.
"We have been quite clear what we need to do, and for sure we are
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专题一：【“法治的幽灵”：伦敦警察厅与现代奴役受害者的制度性背叛——从哈贝马斯到福柯的权力裂隙】
1. 现实困境深描（The Concrete Dilemma）
伦敦警察厅（Metropolitan Police）在面对《2015年现代奴役法》赋予的保护人口贩运受害者职责时，却系统性地未能履行其法定义务。根据 [F2_28 🔍]，至少五名幸存者被内政部确认为现代奴役受害者并获得国家转介机制的积极裁决，但伦敦警察厅的执法实践却未能提供有效保护。这一困境不仅是执法机构的“失职”，更是英国“法治国家”在执法层面的系统性权力真空——法律文本的普遍性与执法实践的选择性失效形成了鲜明对比。伦敦警察厅的失职直接暴露了英国“法治国家”在执法机构内部的系统性权力真空，其核心矛盾在于：法律赋予的保护义务与执法机构的实际作为之间存在不可调和的裂隙。
2. 博弈机制与话语策略剖析（Mechanisms & Discourse）
伦敦警察厅的失职并非偶然，而是通过“制度性沉默”与“话语规避”机制实现的。在 [F2_28 🔍] 的报道中，伦敦警察厅的失职被描述为“未履行法定职责”，但其具体机制却未被深入追问。这种“去施事化”的语言策略（如“未履行”而非“拒绝履行”）掩盖了权力机构的主动不作为。此外，伦敦警察厅的失职在报纸版面位置（深度版面 [F2_28 🔍]）而非头版要闻区 [F1_1 🔍] 至 [F1_23 🔍]，进一步表明该事件被边缘化为“技术性失误”而非“制度性危机”。这种版面策略通过“沉默的暴力”将系统性失职合法化，使其成为不可见的权力运作。
3. 历史思想资源的平等对话（Theoretical Resonance）
哈贝马斯在《交往行动理论》中提出的“生活世界”与“系统世界”二分法，为理解伦敦警察厅的失职提供了理论框架。哈贝马斯认为，现代法治国家通过“系统世界”的技术理性（如法律程序、行政机构）侵蚀“生活世界”的交往理性，导致法律文本的普遍性与执法实践的选择性失效。福柯在《规训与惩罚》中进一步指出，现代权力通过“规训机制”在机构内部运作，使得权力不仅表现为压迫，更表现为“规训性的沉默”。伦敦警察厅的失职正是这种“规训性沉默”的典型案例——权力通过“例行程序”掩盖其失职，使受害者的声音被系统性压制。
4. 当代现实对理论的反向质询与新洞见（Contemporary Synthesis）
当代英国的“法治危机”不仅是执法机构的失职，更是“算法治理”与“风险社会”背景下的新型权力形式。伦敦警察厅的失职暴露了“法治国家”在面对现代奴役等跨国犯罪时的制度性脆弱性。哈贝马斯的“交往行动理论”与福柯的“规训权力”理论在当代的交织表明，现代权力不仅通过“压迫”运作，更通过“沉默的暴力”与“技术话语”规避政治责任。这一洞见提示我们，当代“法治危机”需要从“制度性失职”转向“系统性权力分析”，才能真正理解伦敦警察厅失职背后的深层结构。
专题二：【“技术官僚的铁笼”：苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境与阿多诺的工具理性批判】
1. 现实困境深描（The Concrete Dilemma）
苏格兰超级医院（Queen Elizabeth University Hospital）的患者安全困境，核心在于科学家布拉德南博士在15年间就通风系统、电气安全和湿度控制问题提出的质疑被系统性忽视。根据 [F2_30 🔍][F2_31 🔍][F2_32 🔍]，布拉德南博士的投诉未获“正式回应”，而该医院在一系列患者死亡事件后被重启调查。这一困境暴露了技术官僚体系如何将患者生命客体化，并通过“例行程序”掩盖系统性风险。苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境不仅是技术失误，更是“技术官僚主义”在医疗系统中的系统性异化。
2. 博弈机制与话语策略剖析（Mechanisms & Discourse）
苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境通过“技术话语”与“官僚沉默”机制实现。在 [F2_31 🔍] 中，布拉德南博士的投诉被描述为“未获正式回应”，这种“去施事化”的语言策略掩盖了权力机构的主动不作为。此外，大格拉斯哥及克莱德NHS在 [F2_32 🔍] 中强调“患者安全仍是其至高关切”，但其具体措施却未被披露。这种“空洞话语”与“技术官僚主义”的结合，使得患者安全问题被转化为“管理问题”，从而规避政治责任。报纸版面位置（深度版面 [F2_30 🔍]）进一步表明该事件被边缘化为“技术性失误”而非“制度性危机”。
3. 历史思想资源的平等对话（Theoretical Resonance）
阿多诺在《否定的辩证法》中对“工具理性”的批判，为理解苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境提供了理论框架。阿多诺认为，现代技术官僚体系通过“工具理性”将人类生命客体化，使得患者生命被转化为“管理对象”。韦伯在《新教伦理与资本主义精神》中提出的“铁笼”理论，进一步揭示了技术官僚体系如何通过“例行程序”掩盖系统性风险。苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境正是这种“工具理性”与“铁笼”理论的当代变奏——技术官僚体系通过“例行程序”将患者生命客体化，并通过“空洞话语”掩盖其失职。
4. 当代现实对理论的反向质询与新洞见（Contemporary Synthesis）
当代医疗系统的“技术官僚主义”不仅是技术失误，更是“算法治理”与“风险社会”背景下的新型权力形式。苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境暴露了“技术官僚主义”在面对患者生命时的制度性脆弱性。阿多诺的“工具理性批判”与韦伯的“铁笼”理论在当代的交织表明，现代权力不仅通过“压迫”运作，更通过“技术话语”与“官僚沉默”规避政治责任。这一洞见提示我们，当代医疗系统的“技术官僚主义”需要从“技术失误”转向“系统性权力分析”，才能真正理解苏格兰超级医院患者安全困境背后的深层结构。
▌ 面向学者的开放性思想追问与研究路标 (Open Horizons for Scholarly Inquiry)
- 【开放性学术追问一：伦敦警察厅的失职是否揭示了英国“法治国家”在执法层面的系统性权力真空？在“算法治理”与“风险社会”背景下，如何重新定义“法治”的边界？】
- 【开放性学术追问二：苏格兰超级医院的患者安全困境是否表明“技术官僚主义”已成为现代医疗系统的“铁笼”？在“数字化转型”背景下，如何通过“交往行动”重建患者生命的主体性？】
制度与权力批判深度研判：The i - 17.08.2026
▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)
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【伦敦警察厅“未履行”对人口贩运受害者的职责】
[F2_28 🔍]- 事件简述：伦敦警察厅被指未履行其对人口贩运受害者的法定职责，至少五名幸存者已被内政部确认为现代奴役受害者并获得国家转介机制的积极裁决。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件触动了现代奴役制度下受害者的集体创伤记忆，制度冷漠（警察机构的“不作为”）与受害者肉身痛苦的对撞，凸显了“法定职责”与“实际履行”之间的伦理断裂。同时，内政部的“积极裁决”与警察机构的“不作为”形成话语温度差，暴露了英国反奴役体系内部的权力碎片化。
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【五名青少年在错误车道车祸中丧生】
[F2_29 🔍]- 事件简述：爱尔兰共和国基尔代尔郡卡伦附近M9北行车道凌晨3时发生车祸，五名男性青少年丧生，四人受伤严重。警方称车辆在错误车道行驶并与另一辆车迎面相撞。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件撕裂了“深夜出行的青春生命”与“高速公路管理的技术理性”之间的矛盾。青少年夜间出行的集体情感（友谊、冒险、归属）与高速公路“单向车道”技术设计的冷冰理性形成强烈张力，凸显了制度理性对生命世界的漠视。同时，事故发生在凌晨3时，触动了“深夜孤独”与“公共安全”之间的社会心理断层。
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【苏格兰超级医院患者安全担忧被忽视】
[F2_30 🔍][F2_31 🔍][F2_32 🔍]- 事件简述：参与苏格兰超级医院开发的科学家布拉德南博士在15年间就格拉斯哥伊丽莎白女王大学医院的通风系统、电气安全和湿度控制问题提出质疑，但投诉未获“正式回应”。该调查系在一系列患者死亡事件后启动。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件触动了“医疗体系的技术官僚理性”（超级医院的现代化叙事）与“患者肉身安全的切肤之痛”之间的撕裂。布拉德南博士的15年投诉沉默，凸显了制度理性对生命世界的压制，同时患者死亡事件引发了对“现代化医疗神话”的集体怀疑。
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【改革党捐赠者涉嫌无牌赌博平台】
[F1_5 🔍]- 事件简述：英国退欧党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇的两大政治捐赠者（克里斯托弗·哈伯恩）向其捐赠500万英镑、向改革党捐赠1200万英镑，二人与一家涉嫌在英国从事无牌赌博的赌博平台存在关联。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件触动了“政治金钱的腐败逻辑”与“公众对民主体系信任崩溃”之间的矛盾。捐赠者与无牌赌博平台的关联，凸显了“资本逻辑”对民主程序的侵蚀，同时引发了公众对“政治清廉”的集体愤怒与无力感。
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【用于人口走私的中国橡皮艇通过英国运往他处】
[F1_6 🔍]- 事件简述：英国萨福克郡费利克斯斯托港查获25艘充气橡皮艇及舷外发动机，这些船只原计划运往德国汉堡。英国国家犯罪局称一个犯罪网络正计划向走私者分发这些船只。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件触动了“全球化边界管理的技术理性”与“跨国人口走私的血泪现实”之间的撕裂。橡皮艇作为“流动边界”的象征，凸显了英国港口管理的“技术漏洞”与人口走私受害者的“肉身苦难”之间的矛盾，同时引发了对“边界正义”的集体焦虑。
▌ 精选核心专题理性与情感辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Logos and Pathos Monograph)
专题一： “现代奴役的幽灵与警察机构的沉默：制度理性如何吞噬生命世界的痛感”
1. 制度理性架构解构（Deconstruction of Institutional Logos）
伦敦警察厅对人口贩运受害者的“不作为”，并非单纯的执法失误，而是嵌入在英国反奴役体系的技术官僚理性之中。该体系以“国家转介机制”（NRM）为核心，通过量化指标（如“积极裁决”数量）来衡量反奴役成效。然而，NRM的运作依赖于警察机构的“主动报告”，而伦敦警察厅的“不作为”恰恰暴露了这一机制的内在缺陷：警察机构将受害者简化为“统计数据”，而非“活生生的生命”。[F2_28 🔍] 更关键的是，内政部的“积极裁决”与警察机构的“不作为”形成了话语温度差：前者以“官方修辞”掩盖后者的“不作为”，制造了“体系运转正常”的假象。这种“去情感化”的技术官僚语言（如“法定职责”、“积极裁决”）与受害者的“肉身痛苦”之间的断裂，正是现代奴役制度下的伦理悖论。
2. 生活世界真实痛感深描（Living Lifeworld Pathos）
受害者的痛感不仅体现在肉体折磨（如强迫劳动、性剥削），更体现在制度性的二次伤害。至少五名幸存者被内政部确认为现代奴役受害者，但伦敦警察厅的“不作为”意味着他们在寻求正义的过程中再次遭遇“机构冷漠”。这种痛感通过“集体创伤记忆”传递，形成了对英国反奴役体系的集体不信任。同时，受害者的痛感被符号化动员（如媒体报道中的“现代奴役”标签），但这种动员往往停留在道德谴责层面，而未触及制度根源。受害者的“隐性理性”（如对正义的渴望）与制度的“显性理性”（如量化指标）之间的撕裂，正是现代奴役制度下的伦理困境。
3. Logos 与 Pathos 的内在辩证摩擦（The Dialectical Friction）
伦敦警察厅的“不作为”并非偶然，而是英国反奴役体系“技术官僚理性”与“生命世界痛感”之间长期撕裂的结果。NRM的量化指标（如“积极裁决”数量）将受害者简化为“数据”，而警察机构的“不作为”则进一步剥夺了受害者的“正义诉求”。然而，受害者的愤怒与不信任（如对警察机构的集体抵制）并非“非理性”的表现，而是对“隐性理性”的觉醒：受害者渴望的是“肉身安全”与“正义尊严”，而非“官方修辞”的空洞承诺。这种“隐性理性”与“显性理性”之间的摩擦，正是现代奴役制度下的辩证张力。
4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断（Discourse Temperature & Prognosis）
伦敦警察厅的“不作为”与内政部的“积极裁决”之间的话语温度差，凸显了英国反奴役体系的“情感政治”困境。前者以“技术术语”（如“法定职责”）掩盖“不作为”，而后者以“官方修辞”（如“积极裁决”）制造“体系运转正常”的假象。这种话语温度差不仅削弱了公众对反奴役体系的信任，更引发了对“民主体系合法性”的集体怀疑。从社会心理韧性角度看，这种话语温度差加剧了“制度冷漠”与“生命世界痛感”之间的撕裂，可能引发更广泛的“体制不信任”情绪。
专题二： “高速公路的单向理性与青春生命的双向狂欢：技术设计如何压制生命世界的多样性”
1. 制度理性架构解构（Deconstruction of Institutional Logos）
爱尔兰M9高速公路的凌晨车祸，暴露了高速公路管理的“技术官僚理性”：单向车道设计、夜间照明不足、应急响应滞后等。这种理性以“效率最大化”为目标，将高速公路简化为“单向流动的机械系统”，而忽视了“人”的多样性需求。[F2_29 🔍] 更关键的是，高速公路管理的“技术术语”（如“单向车道”、“应急响应”）与青少年夜间出行的“生命世界需求”（如友谊、冒险、归属）之间的断裂，正是现代交通管理体系的伦理悖论。这种理性以“安全”为名，行“漠视”之实，将生命世界的多样性简化为“技术参数”。
2. 生活世界真实痛感深描（Living Lifeworld Pathos）
五名青少年的丧生，撕裂了“深夜出行的青春生命”与“高速公路管理的技术理性”之间的矛盾。青少年夜间出行的集体情感（友谊、冒险、归属）与高速公路“单向车道”的冷冰理性形成强烈张力。这种痛感通过“集体创伤记忆”传递，形成了对高速公路管理体系的集体不信任。同时，事故发生在凌晨3时，触动了“深夜孤独”与“公共安全”之间的社会心理断层。受害者家属的“肉身痛苦”与制度的“技术漠视”之间的撕裂，正是现代交通管理体系的伦理困境。
3. Logos 与 Pathos 的内在辩证摩擦（The Dialectical Friction）
高速公路管理的“技术官僚理性”与青少年夜间出行的“生命世界需求”之间的摩擦，并非偶然，而是现代交通管理体系“效率逻辑”与“生命逻辑”之间长期撕裂的结果。单向车道设计以“效率最大化”为目标，而忽视了“人”的多样性需求。然而，青少年的愤怒与不信任（如对高速公路管理体系的集体抵制）并非“非理性”的表现，而是对“隐性理性”的觉醒：青少年渴望的是“生命尊严”与“安全归属”，而非“技术术语”的空洞承诺。这种“隐性理性”与“显性理性”之间的摩擦，正是现代交通管理体系的辩证张力。
4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断（Discourse Temperature & Prognosis）
高速公路管理的“技术术语”（如“单向车道”、“应急响应”）与青少年夜间出行的“生命世界需求”之间的话语温度差，凸显了现代交通管理体系的“情感政治”困境。前者以“技术术语”掩盖“生命世界需求”的漠视，而后者以“集体情感”（如愤怒、不信任）回应制度的“技术冷漠”。这种话语温度差不仅削弱了公众对交通管理体系的信任，更引发了对“民主体系合法性”的集体怀疑。从社会心理韧性角度看，这种话语温度差加剧了“制度冷漠”与“生命世界痛感”之间的撕裂，可能引发更广泛的“体制不信任”情绪。