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比基尼身材的 今年夏日 巧妙计划
新照片 她在四十年前的 今天失踪
第 20-21 页 纳丁·多里斯
180亿英镑的 “死亡税” 噩梦
安迪·伯纳姆昨晚收到警告，反对他重启通过“死亡税”来支付社会护理费用的“噩梦”计划。 首相长期以来
作者：Jason Groves 政治编辑
倾向于对所有遗产征收 10% 的税费，并于昨日表示他希望在解决护理危机问题上达成跨党派协议。 凯米·巴德诺克表示她愿意
就此问题与伯纳姆先生合作，但这位保守党领袖警告称，任何解决方案必须通过削减开支来筹资，而非依赖成本高昂的新税收。 英国改革党的财政部发言人罗伯特·詹里克表示，所谓的“社会护理税/征费”将导致
5 天天气预报
英国今日：早间以阴云为主，伴有来自西南方向的温和微风。下午转为温暖，伴有阳光间歇。入夜后，气温略微下降，天空多云。最高气温 29c。
今日天气
| 9am | 12noon | 3pm | 6pm | 9pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伦敦 | 21c | 26c | 29c | 29c | 24c |
| 普利茅斯 | 20c | 22c | 23c | 22c | 19c |
| 加地夫 | 20c | 21c | 23c | 22c | 20c |
| 伯明翰 | 19c | 24c | 26c | 27c | 24c |
| 曼彻斯特 | 20c | 23c | 25c | 25c | 22c |
| 纽卡斯尔 | 20c | 22c | 24c | 23c | 20c |
| 格拉斯哥 | 17c | 18c | 20c | 19c | 18c |
| 亚伯丁 | 15c | 18c | 22c | 21c | 19c |
| 贝尔法斯特 | 18c | 20c | 21c | 21c | 19c |
| 周三 | 周四 | 周五 | 周六 | 周日 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伦敦 | 33c | 28c | 26c | 27c | 29c |
| 普利茅斯 | 24c | 23c | 23c | 23c | 24c |
| 加地夫 | 26c | 23c | 23c | 24c | 26c |
| 伯明翰 | 30c | 24c | 23c | 24c | 27c |
| 曼彻斯特 | 26c | 21c | 20c | 21c | 24c |
| 纽卡斯尔 | 25c | 22c | 20c | 21c | 20c |
| 格拉斯哥 | 18c | 17c | 17c | 18c | 18c |
| 亚伯丁 | 20c | 17c | 17c | 18c | 17c |
| 贝尔法斯特 | 18c | 18c | 18c | 19c | 18c |
今日 c f 明日 c f 欧洲预报
今日 c f 明日 c f
| 阿姆斯特丹 | 晴朗 26 79 | 阳光 30 86 |
| 布鲁塞尔 | 阳光 30 86 | 阳光 31 88 |
| 法兰克福 | 阳光 30 86 | 阳光 35 95 |
| 阳光 36 97 |
当地时间正午 昨日全球天气
天气 c f 天气 c f 天气 c f
阿尔及尔 晴朗 31 88 阿姆斯特丹 阵雨 19 66 雅典 阳光 31 88 奥克兰 阳光 12 54 巴林 阳光 42 108 巴塞罗那 阳光 29 84 巴士拉 阳光 43 109 北京 阳光 32 90 贝鲁特 阳光 29 84 贝尔法斯特 多云 18 64 贝尔格莱德 晴朗 30 86 柏林 晴朗 21 70 比亚里茨 多云 22 72 布里斯班 阳光 20 68 布鲁塞尔 多云 21 70 布加勒斯特 晴朗 29 84 布达佩斯 晴朗 30 86 开罗 阳光 33 91 开普敦 毛毛雨 16 61 卡萨布兰卡 阳光 28 82 哥本哈根 晴朗 18 64 科孚 晴朗 30 86 迪拜 阳光 42 108 都柏林 多云 19 66 杜布罗夫尼克 晴朗 27 81 法鲁 阳光 32 90
佛罗伦萨 阳光 31 88 日内瓦 晴朗 24 75 直布罗陀 晴朗 24 75 根西岛 晴朗 20 68 赫尔辛基 雷阵雨 19 66 香港 雷阵雨 28 82 因斯布鲁克 雷阵雨 22 72 伊斯坦布尔 阳光 27 81 泽西岛 晴朗 21 70 拉纳卡 阳光 34 93 拉斯帕尔马斯 阳光 27 81 里斯本 阳光 31 88 伦敦 晴朗 24 75 洛杉矶 多云 26 79 卢克索 阳光 38 100 马德里 阳光 30 86 马拉加 阳光 29 84 马耳他 晴朗 31 88 墨尔本 阳光 15 59 墨西哥城 阳光 22 72 迈阿密 雷阵雨 34 93 米兰 阳光 30 86 蒙特利尔 阳光 27 81 莫斯科 晴朗 22 72 孟买 雷阵雨 30 86 内罗毕 多云 18 64
月亮与太阳
月出：8.46pm，月落：3.29am 伦敦日出：5.18am，日落：8.55pm 曼彻斯特日出：5.18am，日落：9.12pm
伦敦桥高潮位：2.16pm 利物浦：11.43pm
日内瓦 阳光 32 90 里斯本 阳光 33 91 马德里 阳光 39 102 巴黎 阳光 32 90 罗马 阳光 34 93
阳光 35 95 阳光 31 88 阳光 40 104 阳光 38 100 阳光 35 95
新德里 晴朗 35 95 纽约 阳光 26 79 尼斯 阳光 29 84 奥斯陆 晴朗 21 70 帕尔马 晴朗 30 86 巴黎 晴朗 24 75 珀斯 晴朗 18 64 布拉格 阵雨 15 59 罗德岛 阳光 28 82 里加 多云 21 70 罗马 阳光 30 86 新加坡 雷阵雨 31 88 斯德哥尔摩 毛毛雨 18 64 斯特拉斯堡 多云 25 77 悉尼 阳光 17 63 丹吉尔 阳光 32 90 特拉维夫 阳光 32 90 特内里费 阳光 27 81 东京 多云 28 82 多伦多 多云 26 79 突尼斯 晴朗 34 93 温哥华 下雨 17 63 威尼斯 阳光 26 79 维也纳 毛毛雨 20 68 华沙 雷阵雨 21 70 惠灵顿 晴朗 10 50
极端数值（至周日晚上11点的24小时内）
最高温：邱园 (Kew Gardens)，28c。 最低温：Craibstone No 2，7c。 最高降水量：Chillingham Barns No 2，48.00mm。 最长日照：St Athan，9.9hrs。
作者：Sophie Church
由于选民对安迪·伯纳姆担任首相的反应良好，工党在全国民调中首次在一年多时间内领先于英国改革党。
研究机构 More in Common 发现，目前仅有超过四分之一的英国人会投票给工党。
在曼彻斯特前市长就任首相的第一周，该党的领先率上升了四个百分点，达到 28% ，而英国改革党则下降至 24% 。
伯纳姆先生本周末表示，他将“排除”提前举行大选的可能性，并认为选民在 2024 年是“为一份竞选宣言而投票”的。
他表示：“我们处于议会民主制之下，这就是人们投票支持的，而我也将履行那份宣言。”
但此次民调将向新首相施压，要求其举行闪电大选，以巩固其在 No 10 的合法性。
尽管伯纳姆先生坚持将遵守工党当选时所依据的 2024 年竞选宣言，但他对于如何支付
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资金提供了极少细节，导致支付遗产税的家庭数量增加 20 倍。他在《每日邮报》中写道，该计划每年将“抢劫”数十万退休人员。
他表示：“这种普遍征费对小单层房屋和前市政房屋的打击，与对一座宏伟的乡村庄园一样沉重。这是每个退休人员最可怕的噩梦。”
詹里克先生表示，工党并没有该想法的授权——该想法并未出现在该党的竞选宣言中——并警告称，如果首相想要强行通过，他有责任举行大选。
但伯纳姆先生昨天表示，他认为自己可以在下一次大选（必须在 2029 年 8 月前举行）之前推动“重大变革”。
他表示，除非社会护理问题得到解决，否则英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）可能会“崩溃”。首相在谈到社会护理时非常动情，描述了他的父亲在患上阿尔茨海默症后如何被送入养老院。
他将在明天的演讲中承诺，将加快对其描述为“破碎”的护理系统的改革。他将表示，由凯西女男爵领导的审查将加速进行，以便在十年结束前开始变革。
周末，伯纳姆先生表示，他决心“直面”那些他人多年来一直回避的问题。
他告诉英国广播公司（BBC）：“无论我拥有多少政治资本，我都将用于修复破碎的社会护理，我不希望在没有带来实质性变革的情况下离开职场。”
但明天他将不会透露预计 £18.5billion 的成本将如何筹集。昨天，他回避了关于是否会重启对所有遗产征税计划的问题。
首相表示，一个持久的解决方案必须是“跨党派且国家能够支持的”。
他说：“在这个问题上，没有哪个政党处于占据高地的位置。几十年来，我们在这个问题上全部失败了，而这种失败给 NHS 带来的压力现在是巨大的。”
但巴德诺克女士警告说，她不愿意给首相开一张空白支票。
保守党领袖在给伯纳姆先生的一封信中表示，她“很乐意就该问题与你及其他政党合作”。但她表示，任何计划都绝不能惩罚那些为了晚年护理而储蓄的人。
她并警告不要开征任何新税，称：“必须通过削减开支来筹集资金。你必须排除任何最终将由下一代承担的加税或增加借款。”她补充道：“英国最不需要的就是进一步增税。”
唐宁街拒绝透露社会护理改革将如何筹资。
澄清与修正 我们所有的记者均遵守《编辑实务守则》，且本报是独立新闻标准组织（IPSO）的成员。我们的目标是尽快纠正任何错误。
被抛弃了吗？奈杰尔·法拉奇
应与乡村豪宅一样沉重”
伯纳姆建议，他希望将社会护理纳入英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS），作为一项在接诊点免费的国家护理服务的一部分。 并且，他一直呼吁引入一项社会护理税/征费。在上一届工党政府担任卫生大臣期间，他提出对所有遗产征收 10 per cent 的统一税率。这将取代遗产税。这一想法被政治对手贴上了“死亡税”的标签。 但伯纳姆先生坚持这一想法。在 5 月的梅克菲尔德补选竞选期间，他表示：“我知道人们对遗产税有很大的反感，所以也许可以直接取消它，然后考虑一项护理税/征费。 ‘这不是要求人们支付更多，而是因为目前人们支付的方式是最不公平的，我认为有更好的方式’
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10-11 伯纳姆呼吁 学校大改革
他上周宣布的一系列政策变动：降低餐饮业的商业税率，结束英格兰的露宿街头问题，削减电费中的增值税，以及创建新的“10 号北区”办公室。 提前举行大选还将使工党能够利用英国改革党在受到调查时人气下降的机会。 在上次选举期间，英国改革党的银行账户被冻结，因为该党收到了来自费奥娜·科特雷尔的潜在非法捐款——她是“时髦乔治”的母亲，后者是一名被定罪的罪犯，秘密为其 亲密盟友奈杰尔·法拉奇提供资金支持。这次民调标志着自去年 4 月以来，英国改革党首次在投票意向中未处于领先地位。 More in Common（民调机构）的卢克·特里尔表示：“工党现在自去年 3 月以来首次领先……随着英国改革党和绿党在数月内得票率均跌至最低，看来早期对生活成本的关注吸引了选民。” 与此同时，YouGov 为《泰晤士报》进行的一项民调显示，工党与英国改革党持平，均为 22 per cent，而保守党略后，为 21 per cent。
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作者：基亚拉·巴雷尔
通常只需一点阳光，就能引发人们涌向海边。 但现在的年轻人似乎并不太热衷于享受这个国家壮丽的海滩， 因为那里沙子太多了。 除了讨厌沙子被吹到脸上、鞋里和野餐垫上之外，Z 世代对缺乏 wifi 和手机充电器的现状也感到失望。 对于年轻一代来说，因为户外光线太强而无法看清屏幕，这可能有点太过分了。 由生态科技公司 Hive 委托对 2,000 名英国成年人进行的一项调查显示，约 70 per cent 的
针对没有无线网络的海滩之日
Z世代海滩游客中，有一定比例的人表示，手机电量低会毁掉在海岸边的一天，而许多人承认，由于设备电量不足，他们甚至缩短了行程。 研究发现，传统的海滩烦恼依然名列前茅，其中公共厕所脏乱（43%）和停车问题（30%）被英国年轻人列为最常见的抱怨。 在受访者中，大约四分之一的人反感鞋子里进沙子（26%）以及海鸥袭击（25%），而 19% 的人抱怨海水寒冷。 研究还发现，84% 的 Z 世代受访者担心在海滩上损坏手机，同样比例的人对不稳定的移动信号感到沮丧。 Hive 的太阳能总监 Susan Wells 表示：“当天气变热时，英国人会前往海岸，但海滩很少提供电源。手机没电且没有充电点已成为一种常见的挫败感，尤其是当人们依赖设备使用电子票、地图、消息传递和移动支付时。” 尽管有这些令人恼火的事，英国人对海边之爱的热情依然强烈，压倒性的 90% 的人表示，海滩之日是他们最快乐的夏季回忆之一。
因发布“策划将其处决”的 T 恤帖子
英国改革党（REFORM UK）已就一条嘲讽针对奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）死亡“计划”的帖子将扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）举报至警方。 昨晚，他们在该绿党（Green Party）领导者分享了一张暗示法拉奇先生被斩首的照片后，将其移交给大都会警察局，指控其煽动谋杀。
作者：Sophie Church 政治记者
这张照片是在英国改革党的安·威德科姆（Ann Widdecombe）被谋杀几周后发布的，画面中的一名男子穿着一件 T 恤，上面画着一个卡通断头台，并写着：“我们只是在为奈杰尔制定计划”（We’re only making plans for Nigel），这是英国摇滚乐队 XTC 在 1979 年的一首歌曲中的歌词。 该帖子被分享到了这位绿党领导者的官方 Instagram 账户，他拥有超过 700,000 名粉丝，但该帖子现已被删除。 然而，法拉奇先生在自己的 X 账户上分享了这张图片并写道： “这就是扎克·波兰斯基刚刚在他的 Instagram 上发布的。 ‘如果我发布任何具有如此煽动性的内容，我预期自己会被逮捕，波兰斯基也应当如此。’” 英国改革党的内政发言人 Zia Yusuf 表示：“扎克·波兰斯基向他 71.3 万名 Instagram 粉丝发布了一张一名男子穿着 T 恤的照片，上面描绘了奈杰尔·法拉奇被斩首的情景。 ‘在我们的朋友安被谋杀仅两周后就这样做，令人震惊。这是煽动谋杀。’”
“这是煽动谋杀”
“这是煽动谋杀。警方应当将其视为谋杀煽动来处理。” 政府前政治暴力顾问 Walney 勋爵表示：“扎克·波兰斯基在分享了暗示暗杀另一位政治家的材料后，必须承担严重的后果。 ‘无论在任何时候，这种行为都令人作呕且不可接受，但在目前一名英国改革党高级成员被杀的环境下，情况更为严重。 ‘如果绿党不对其领导人采取行动，就必须禁止其与主流政党共同参与。’” 大都会警察局昨晚确认，警员正在对一份“关于在社交媒体上分享图片的第三方报告”进行“调查”，并补充说他们“极其严肃地对待此类报告”。 自从一名英国改革党发言人威德科姆女士被谋杀以来
起诉人使用人工智能
由于一名涉嫌受害的女性使用 AI 聊天机器人为法庭交叉质询做准备，一起强奸案的审理已宣告崩溃。
这名被指称为 C 的女性声称，被告（被称为 R）在她受酒精和药物影响且无法表达同意的情况下与她发生了性关系。
但该案件在东萨塞克斯郡的刘易斯刑事法院（Lewes Crown Court）审理时被驳回，原因是她在提供证据前承认使用了 AI。C 之前与 R 有过一段恋爱关系，她曾询问聊天机器人如何构建关于当晚事件的叙述，以及关于同意、身体证据以及她“在 [涉嫌强奸] 后的行为”。
代表 R 的大律师表示，无法衡量 C 的证词在多大程度上受到了 AI 的影响，这意味着无法进行公正的审判。
上诉法院裁定，以这种方式使用 AI 为审判做准备可能等同于“证人操纵”（witness coaching），这在英国是被严格禁止的。法院补充称，应在“最早可行的时间”内重新审理。
作者：Francine Wolfisz
有争议的：扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）分享的 T 恤照片（见下文）
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（在提及）其家中被杀害的情况下，法拉奇先生一直推动在未来的任何审判前，报道更多关于谋杀嫌疑人政治派系细节的信息。
波兰斯基先生在周日于布里斯托尔举行的“绿党派对”（Green Party Party）活动的一系列照片中被标记，当时他穿着一件印有《每日邮报》口号“警惕绿色威胁”（Beware the Green Menace）的 T 恤。
波兰斯基先生在向人群发表讲话时表示，分裂与仇恨“永远不会获胜”。
绿党表示：“扎克接受了一个协作发布包含多张图片帖子的请求。一旦这张照片引起他的注意，他立即取消了该帖子的分享。”
记者 Glen Keogh 特派记者
一名秘密囤积尸体并将陌生人的骨灰交给遇难者家属的殡仪馆负责人，在昨日的法庭审理中被指控“几乎是以工业规模”地违背信任。 罗伯特·布什（Robert Bush），47 岁，在承认 67 项罪名后正等待判决。这些罪名涉及妨碍 30 具尸体获得合法且体面的葬礼，以及欺诈那些信任他处理亲人后事的悲痛家属。 由于其犯罪规模巨大，听证会预计将持续到周五。法庭已开始听取布什 226 名已知受害者的部分陈述。 在令人心碎的细节描述中（有时引起家属的惊呼或泪水），检察官 Chris Paxton KC 描述了警察在 2024 年 3 月突袭位于赫尔（Hull）的 Legacy Independent Funeral Directors 殡仪馆时所见到的场景。 家属捐赠的具有纪念意义的物品（如结婚戒指和泰迪熊），原计划与亲人一同埋葬或火化，却被随意丢弃在该场所的地板上，且有“人体腐烂”的证据。 赫尔刑事法院被告知，警员发现尸体被“存储在架子上……未加覆盖且处于不同程度的分解状态”。此外，还有一具裸体尸体躺在地上的担架上。 令人震惊的是，一名警员在一个棕色“信封”中发现了一个人类胎儿的尸体，该警员称该信封看起来像一个“警方证据袋”。
“拦下一辆路过的警车”
法庭获悉，布什“在社区核心地带经营了大约 14 年，在数百个悲痛家属最需要帮助的时候，被委以信任，要求体面地对待他们的亲人。然而，在其中的近 12 年里，布什以无数种方式，几乎是以工业规模地违背了这种信任”。 Paxton 先生表示，布什在未经授权的情况下销售殡葬计划，未能将死者埋葬或火化，并且“提高了预期，做出虚假承诺，并窃取了原本捐给当地和国家慈善机构的现金捐款”。在 2017 年 3 月至 2024 年 4 月期间，有超过 £3million 被汇入布什的商业和个人账户，但这与他向英国税务海关总署（HMRC）报告的营业额不符。 此外还存在“挥霍个人消费”的情况，约 £900,000 被支付给了他的妻子 Vikki，而布什则在享受前往美国观看摩托车赛事的假期。 Paxton 先生表示，该企业的财务状况“并非糟糕，但很可能是管理不善”。 布什向警方声称，他一直在与“现金流问题”作斗争，并计划在三个月内“清理火化积压”。 布什受害者的真实人数可能永远无法知晓，因为涉及妨碍合法葬礼的指控仅涵盖了 2023 年至 2024 年警方突袭期间，而他实际上经营了 15 年。 这一丑闻是在他的员工帕特里克·摩尔（Patrick Moore）告知另一家殡仪馆的两名工作人员，场所内有 29 具尸体，且部分尸体“已经在那里放了数年”之后被揭露的。 他将殡仪馆的冷藏室比作一个“恐怖场景”。
掩盖：位于赫尔的 Legacy 殡仪馆，布什的罪行发生地
耻辱：昨日法庭速写中情绪激动的布什
摩尔先生由于担心布什的“报复”而犹豫不决，但在布什在美度假期间，他还是让那些人进入了殡仪馆。尽管他的老板曾告诉他“不要把任何人带回 Legacy，也不要帮助将尸体放入冷藏区”。 他们被发现的情况震惊到极点，随即拦下一辆路过的警车。 随后，一支专业的灾难现场小组被派去回收尸体。Paxton 先生表示：“这...
该区域肮脏且无人维护。地板上有许多物品，似乎是被掉落或扫到后面的。这些物品包括花朵、戒指、泰迪熊和写有信息的卡片。 “这些物品显然是个人财物，亲人们希望它们能陪伴在去世的家人身边。” 布什在从亚利桑那州飞抵希思罗机场时被逮捕。他告诉警员：“我把一切都搞砸了，全部，我的整个世界。” 在后来的采访中，当被问及是否将人类骨灰提供给了那些尚未火化者的家属时，他回答道：“无可奉告。” 昨天，布什犯罪行为的受害者们在宣读声明，概述他们受到的影响，其他家庭则提供纸巾并给予安慰，表达支持。 马克·霍瑟姆于 September 2023, 享年 87. 他去世时体重 19 stone，但法庭获悉，在该月的葬礼上，灵车司机独自地将棺材抬上了推车。 他的护理员黛比·基廷称他为“爷爷”，她认为他不在棺材里，要求查看内部，但最终被亲属安抚。 三个月后，他的遗体在 Legacy 被发现。 穆丽尔·温宁于 July 22, 2023. 去世，享年 61 岁。次月，她的儿子拜伦·利尔前往 Legacy 取回他认为是他母亲的骨灰。
“监禁之刑 不可避免”
她的遗体于 March 2024, 从 Legacy 被找回，距离她去世已过去 76 个月。 在声明中，利尔先生说：“我在海斯尔路（Hessle Road）靠近 Legacy 营业场所的地方工作，每天开车经过那里。” “现在知道妈妈在里面躺了快 87 个月，这让我心碎。我身体上离她如此之近。当布什微笑着递给我一个盒子，说那是她的骨灰时，她其实离我只有几英尺远，这种事实我无法接受。” 格雷厄姆·芬恩于 December 9, 2023 在赫尔皇家医院去世，享年 76 岁。 该月晚些时候，人们为他的葬礼组织了一次慈善募捐，所得款项将捐给医院的 5 号病房。 他的女儿特蕾西询问布什是否应该由她亲自将捐款交给医院，但布什说他的妻子负责业务的财务方面，由她来安排。 医院确认从未收到过捐款，布什将现金私吞了。 法官希利亚德先生定于周五对布什进行量刑。布什于昨天被还押候审，他已被告知监禁之刑是“不可避免”的。 听证会继续进行。
被遗忘：祖父大卫·伯顿
遗体被留在桌上：托尼·门罗
葬礼诈骗犯罗伯特·布什的受害者们心碎地讲述了他的行为如何造成无法言说的痛苦，并给丧亲家庭带来了第二波悲痛。 在赫尔刑事法院（Hull Crown Court）的情绪化场景中，死者的亲属在描述得知他们收到的骨灰不属于亲人那一刻时流下了眼泪。 有些人将遗骸放入首饰中，甚至将其用于纹身以示纪念。 作为对赫尔 Legacy 独立葬礼承办机构所有者为期 5 天的量刑听证会的一部分，数十名受害者向法庭讲述了他们的悲痛。 布什在被告席上，面色通红，身穿黑色西装，打着深色领带，显得毫无感情。
被遗忘一年：诺曼·布里杰 勤勉工作：马克·霍瑟姆去世时 87 被遗弃数月：玛丽·罗兹，80
亲属讲述他们的 震惊与厌恶……而 殡葬业头目诈骗犯 面色涨红，保持沉默
作者：Glen Keogh 特派记者
DAVID BURTON 逝世，享年 75 岁， 2023年10月21日。遗体于 2024 年 3 月从 Legacy 追回。 他的孙女 Rea Burton 表示：“失去我们的父亲和祖父是我们人生中最艰难、最令人心碎的时刻之一。 ‘在他去世之前，我们从未组织过葬礼。Rob Bush 让我们感到安心，我们相信他是善良且细心的。Rob 引导我们度过了一个极其艰难的过程。他向我们保证，我们的挚爱将获得任何人类都应得的爱与照顾。 ‘我们感到很幸运，能在没有他的第一个圣诞节前拿回他的骨灰。 ‘我们用那些骨灰制作了项链，这样他将永远陪伴在我们身边。 ‘在葬礼四个月后，当我们收到消息，得知 Robert Bush 从未将我们心爱的父亲和祖父安葬时，我们的世界崩塌了。 ‘我们原本在慢慢适应的悲伤，再次将我们吞噬。 ‘我们错误地信任了 Rob。他没有给予祖父应有的尊严和尊重。 ‘事实上，Rob 欺骗了我们。他将我们的挚爱遗弃并隐藏了数月，却面带微笑地给了我们一个陌生人的骨灰。’ NORMAN BRIDGER 逝世，享年 94 岁， 2023年4月20日。遗体于 2024 年 3 月从 Legacy 追回。 女儿 Karen King 表示：“父亲去世时，我刚刚被诊断出患有乳腺癌。当我第一次进入 Legacy 场所与 Robert Bush 交谈时，这件事一直萦绕在我的心头。 ‘我很感激父亲，因为他安排了葬礼计划，所以我们不必担心费用。Bush 只是利用了他，将钱据为己有。我可爱的父亲在纸板棺材里躺了将近 11 个月。 ‘这简直令人难以置信。我永远不会知道原因。感觉他就像被遗忘了一样。当警察敲开我的门，告诉我父亲可能还在殡仪馆的消息时，我的情绪崩溃了。我泣不成声。怎么会有人如此残忍？他为什么就这样把他留在那里？’ MARK HOTHAM 逝世于 2023 年 12 月，享年 87 岁。遗体于 2024 年 3 月从 Legacy 追回。 他的护理员 Debbie Keeting 将 Hotham 先生视为祖父，她表示：“他 [Hotham 先生] 是一个极其诚实、勤奋且自豪的人，生活在安静的力量与体面之中。 ‘照顾他是我的职责，也是我的荣幸。 ‘当他在 87 岁去世时，我决心以尊重和细心的方式完成他所有关于葬礼的愿望。 ‘在葬礼当天，我开始注意到事情不对劲。当时我无法解释，但我知道有些事情出错了。 ‘后来，不可思议的真相大白了：他的遗体并没有像我们被告知的那样安葬。他没有被火化。 ‘他没有得到应有的尊严对待。相反，他腐烂的遗体后来通过 DNA 鉴定才被确认。无法用语言表达当你发现一个你如此深爱的人在死后被这样对待时的感受
最后愿望被否决：苏珊·戈巴特 (Susan Gorbutt)
骨灰错误：特伦斯·巴克 (Terence Buck)
死亡。我每天都在哭泣。自那时起，我的生活就陷入了停滞。我悉心守护着交给我的那些骨灰。我把骨灰瓮随身携带。我会对它们说话，甚至在圣诞晚餐桌上给它们戴上节日纸帽。我觉得他依然陪伴在我身边，这支撑着我走下去。 “而与此同时，我的祖父却在那个地方腐烂。” 基廷女士还透露，尽管霍瑟姆先生去世时体重达 19 斯通（约 120 公斤），但在他的葬礼上，灵车司机竟神秘地凭一己之力将他的棺材抬上了推车。
玛丽·罗兹 (MARY RHODES) 享年 80, November 16, 2023. 遗体于 March 2024 从 Legacy 追回。 她的女儿莎拉·赫普尔 (Sarah Hepple) 表示：“当警方联系我，告知我在 Legacy 发生的事情时，我觉得一场噩梦开始了。怎么会有人做出如此恐怖的事情？我对布什 (Bush) 产生了强烈的仇恨和蔑视之情。他一直占据着我的脑海，直到最近依然挥之不去。 “对我而言，我的生活最像是一颗有根的花球。根是我的丈夫、女儿和儿子，但布什所做的一切影响了我生活的每一个部分，一直触及根基。 “每个人都告诉我说，妈妈的灵魂已经离去并离开了她的身体，但妈妈的身体在我们不知情的情况下，与陌生人一起在那里被放置了数月。 “我用我认为是我母亲的骨灰制作了珠宝，那是 Legacy 最初交给我的骨灰。几个月来，我们一直随身带着我母亲的一小部分，结果却发现我们拥有的是一个完全的陌生人。”
苏珊·戈巴特 (SUSAN GORBUTT) 享年 78, September 8, 2023. 遗体于 March 2024 从 Legacy 追回。 苏珊·戈巴特的遗体在死后六个月才从 Legacy 追回。 当她的丈夫大卫·戈巴特 (David Gorbutt) 在 September 2023, 领取他认为的她的骨灰时，他收到的是一个普通的纸袋，里面有一个写着苏珊名字的小纸盒。他说：“我希望这些是正确的。” 布什回答道：“是的，绝对是正确的。” 在受害者影响陈述书中，戈巴特先生说：“我感到悲伤和失望，但更多的是愧疚，因为我没能实现妻子的最后请求，即在她的要求下快速处理她的后事并尽快安排火化，因为正如苏珊会说的那样，‘你知道我不喜欢冷’。发生在她身上的事情将是她最可怕的噩梦，她无法接受像那样躺在那里或被保留在场所内。 “我在发表这段陈述时情绪很激动，想到这些让我心烦意乱。”
托尼·蒙罗 (TONY MUNRO) 享年 65, November 8, 2023. 遗体于 March 2024 从 Legacy 追回。 在托尼·蒙罗的葬礼前一周，他的双胞胎兄弟去见他，发现他躺在覆盖着白单子的桌子上，而不是在棺材里。 蒙罗先生的女儿杰德·蒙罗 (Jade Munro) 告诉法庭：“葬礼行业没有监管地让我感到愤怒。支付葬礼费用如此昂贵。 “很明显，这样一个利润丰厚的行业应该有制衡机制，我简直不能理解为什么没有这种机制，且允许这种情况发生。”
特伦斯·巴克 (TERENCE BUCK) 享年 75, October 20, 2023. 遗体于 March 2024 从 Legacy 追回。 在 November 2023, 巴克先生的葬礼后大约一周，一名不具名的男性员工将骨灰交付给他的女儿莎拉·格雷 (Sarah Gray)，骨灰装在由家人购买的利物浦足球俱乐部定制酒红色盒子里。 她坚信这是她父亲的骨灰，将其保存在家中，直到警方造访告知她，他的遗体仍然在殡仪馆内。 格雷女士的陈述写道：“得知我们在家中悉心守护的骨灰不是我父亲的，这令人心碎。 “我同情那些骨灰真正所属的人及其家人，因为他们同样没有能与挚爱在一起。”
凯米·巴德诺克（KEMI Badenoch）正向安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）发起挑战，要求其证明自己在停止囚犯提前释放的问题上是认真的。这位保守党领袖将在今天要求首相引入紧急立法，以防止
By Claire Ellicott Whitehall Editor
强奸犯、恋童癖以及其他严重罪犯被释放。据报道，为了缓解监狱过度拥挤，约有 6,000 名囚犯预计将于 9 月根据提前释放计划被释放，其中就包括杀人犯、强奸犯和性犯罪者。
在上周被曝出杀害警察安德鲁·哈珀（PC Andrew Harper）的凶手正被考虑提前释放后，伯纳姆先生暂停了该计划。
首相现已下令对该政策进行审查，并表示在政府“尽一切努力将公众风险降至最低”之前，不会释放任何囚犯。
在今天与受害者家属举行的新闻发布会上，巴德诺克女士将要求新任首相永久停止该计划。她呼吁在 9 月 2 日之前采取行动——那是工党的《量刑法案》生效的日期。
但司法部表示，没有必要制定紧急立法，因为司法大臣有权停止该计划。
巴德诺克女士将表示：“安迪·伯纳姆必须证明他是认真的，
停止这一计划”
通过立即行动来停止工党的提前释放计划。相反，他效仿斯塔默，宣布了又一次政府审查。这远远不够。如果没有紧急立法，危险的暴力和性犯罪者将在 9 月初被释放。
“保守党从第一天起就一直在反对这个危险的计划。削减账单和巴士票价固然很好，但当恋童癖和强奸犯即将被释放到我们的街道上时，这些就显得微不足道了。伯纳姆需要向我们证明他准备好做出强硬决定。”
一名工党发言人表示：“该”
更快乐且行为更规范
作者：Eleanor Harding 教育编辑
伦敦一个行政区的校长们表示，在学校禁用智能手机一年后，学生们变得更快乐，行为也更加规范。
巴内特（Barnet）于去年 9 月在 103 所小学和 23 所中学启动了禁用智能手机计划。
政府在全英范围内的禁令于上月生效，并引发了部分家长的愤慨。但巴内特区的学校表示，禁用手机意味着课堂上的干扰减少了，网络欺凌减少了，孩子们之间的面对面互动增多了。
这项“无智能手机童年”巴内特倡议得到了当地议会和活动团体的支持。
东芬奇利（East Finchley）毕晓普·道格拉斯（Bishop Douglass）学校的校长米歇尔·亨德森（Michelle Henderson）表示，在全区禁令实施之前，她的学校就已经禁止学生携带手机。
她表示，工作人员观察到“分心、在线冲突、欺凌、未经同意拍摄、盗窃以及学生为了保持持续在线而承受的压力”有所减少。
亨德森女士还表示，由于“注意力集中度提高”，学生们目前的学业成绩也更好。附近的克莱恩学校（Clarion School）自 2022 年起便要求
挑战：凯米·巴德诺克
保守党还真是厚颜无耻。在他们执政的 14 年里，他们关闭了 23 座监狱，仅增加了 482 个狱位，并允许 10,000 名囚犯提前获释，
导致刑事司法系统处于崩溃边缘。”
在哈珀警官（PC Harper）的家人对两名凶手有资格提前获释的消息感到愤怒后，首相下令进行审查。
这名 28 岁的警官在 2019 年被车辆拖行后死亡，当时三名青少年在伯克希尔（Berkshire）实施四轮摩托车盗窃后正逃离现场。
当时均为 17 岁的车内乘客杰西·科尔（Jessie Cole）和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯（Albert Bowers）因过失致死被判处 13 年监禁。
这意味着在服刑期过半后，他们根据新的《量刑法》可能有资格提前获释。
今天，巴德诺克女士将表示，保守党自该计划 2024 年推出以来就一直对其进行反对运动。她表示，她的政党将支持快速通过紧急立法以阻止该计划。
7 月，保守党在议会投票中赢得支持，将性犯罪者排除在提前获释范围之外。
“快把手机藏起来！ 老师来了！”
将设备保存在锁定袋中。
校长克里斯·亨特（Chris Hunt）告诉《泰晤士报》：“这对学生的福祉和学校的社交氛围产生了巨大的益处。”
在巴内特区业绩优异的伊丽莎白女王女子中学（Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School），智能手机被禁止，但学生可以携带不能连接互联网的简易“砖块”手机。
校长薇奥莱特·沃克（Violet Walker）表示：“我们发现通过社交媒体产生的网络欺凌事件显著下降。”
《每日邮报》，2026年7月28日，星期二
卡莉·西蒙：我患上了帕金森病和癌症
歌手卡莉·西蒙（Carly Simon）昨日透露，她患有帕金森病和皮肤癌。但她补充说，她不会让这些疾病阻碍自己——并以此宣布她 17 年来首张录音室专辑，以此证明这一点。
这位 83 岁的歌手多年来一直淡出公众视野，她透露自己此前为了处理健康并发症而选择了退居幕后。然而，这位两个孩子的母亲坚持认为自己并没有“停止生活，也没有停止工作”，并举了她的新专辑《Comes in Waves》为例。这位演唱过《You’re So Vain》的歌手表示，她一直在“学习如何与帕金森病共存”。
她的健康问题始于膝盖和一只髋关节的关节炎，这些部位后来都进行了更换。但当她仍然无法恢复行动能力时，她被诊断出患有这种进行性脑部疾病。
在治疗期间，她还发现自己的脸上患有基底细胞癌，这是一种皮肤癌。在首先发布给
记者 James Fielding（发自波尔多）与 Andy Jehring 报道
在另一场预计于明天袭击的 40 摄氏度热浪到来之前，法国正与时间赛跑，以控制规模是巴黎四倍的肆虐山火。
埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）昨日举行了危机内阁会议，当地领导人警告称“战争尚未结束”。
波尔多仍处于准备疏散其 270,000 名居民的状态，昨晚山火距离该市仅 9 英里，并卷入成危险的“火云”。
极端的地面高温引发了充满烟雾和灰烬的热空气快速上升，这种上升气流被称为“火积雨云”（pyrocumulonimbus）。这种云通常在火山爆发期间形成，它能产生自身的风和闪电，使得火势更加难以预测。
波尔多南部的塞斯塔斯（Cestas）市长热罗姆·斯特夫（Jerome Steffe）告诉英国广播公司（BBC），这是“世纪之火”。
西班牙同样面临 24 小时的“关键期”，以在气温再次飙升前控制地狱般的火势。
两国已有约 360,000 人被疏散。卫星照片显示，数公顷曾经郁郁葱葱的森林被夷为平地。
《每日邮报》一直处于前线，亲眼目睹了法国西南部吉伦德省（Gironde）遭受的破坏。
“天气意味着 火势将再次起来”
在卡普费雷特（Cap Ferret）半岛与波尔多之间的 D106 公路两旁，到处是被烧毁的汽车和房屋。
布拉贡（Blagon）镇附近的一栋别墅已经坍塌，花园里散落着石块和烧焦的金属，车道上停着一辆丰田车的残骸。
随着该国正严阵以待明天可能再次卷起的烈焰，周围弥漫着一种怪异的平静。
威廉王子昨日表示，他与凯特王妃的牵挂“与所有受这场毁灭性山火影响的人在一起”。他在社交媒体上写道，这些大火是“一个严峻的提醒，揭示了日益极端的气候所带来的挑战”。
法国军队昨晚向该地区部署了 10 辆“半人马”（Centaure）装甲危机响应车。
每辆车重 14.5 吨，能够在极端高温环境下行驶以清理道路。欧盟委员哈贾·拉赫比卜（Hadja Lahbib）表示：“这是我们的团队与法国方面在地面上进行的一场与时间的赛跑。”
截至目前，大火已在西班牙烧毁 150,000 公顷，在法国烧毁 116,085 公顷。仅在吉伦德省就有约 88 名消防员受伤，240 栋房屋被毁。西班牙至少有 13 人死亡。法国预报机构 La Chaine Meteo 表示，新的
演艺圈记者 Dolly Busby
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灰烬：法国吉伦特省的绝望
炼狱：西班牙军队在距离马德里 34 英里处的纳瓦斯-德尔-雷附近应对一场巨大的山火
焦土：波尔多附近一座被焚毁的别墅和游泳池
这次热浪是“非常糟糕的消息”，而火势可能只会进一步恶化。 Lege-Cap-Ferret 村的村长 Philippe de Gonneville 表示：“战争尚未结束。
所有导致火灾再次发生的条件都已经具备。” 一支由农民、葡萄种植者和商人组成的志愿者队伍正在奋力阻止山火
在《People》杂志中，这位流行歌星表示，尽管癌症被切除，但它改变了她的外貌。 “我一直以来对自己的外貌比任何人能想象到的都要挑剔（想想写下《You’re So Vain》时的讽刺），这给了我内心深处的批评者相当多新素材，”她说道。 “如今我的行动慢了，比以前更多地依赖他人，并且我已经学会接受每一天都会看起来有些不同。但我依然在这里。”
图片：T M CLARKE
“他终于不再没完没了地唠叨 76 年的夏天了”
蔓延至波尔多，游客被敦促远离。 52, 岁的 Florent Debroucker 通常在 Eysines 经营一家景观美化公司，但在过去的 48 小时里
奋斗不息：卡莉·西蒙（Carly Simon）
他一直与其他四名志愿者一起扑灭小规模火点。 他们正使用皮卡车水罐车提供的软管，在 D106 公路旁冲刷灌木丛。 Debroucker 先生表示：“我们只是在尽一份力。我们最晚可以工作到凌晨 3 点，但如果我们能止住火势，那就是值得的。” 西班牙内政部长 Fernando Grande-Marlaska 昨天表示：“今天和明天绝对是决定性的，因为从周三起，天气预报对灭火工作将变得非常不利。” 与此同时，英国从今天起将面临第四波热波。由于担心发生山火，英格兰南部部分地区明天的气温预计将达到 33C (91.4F)。 东米德兰兹、英格兰东部和伦敦在周五上午 9 点之前处于琥珀色健康预警状态，而米德兰兹、约克郡和亨伯地区仍维持黄色预警。
敦促学校让学生为就业做好准备 ……而不仅仅是大学
作者：Jason Groves 政治编辑
首相今天将命令学校将重点转向技术教育，他将放弃新工党（New Labour）推动将半数青少年送入大学的政策。 安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）将表示，社会应当“像重视学位帽一样重视安全帽”。 他将要求学校调整课程，以满足当地雇主的需求。 从 14, 岁起，学生将有机会在学习数学和英语等“核心”科目的同时，专注于技术教育，而不是追求更偏向学术的路径。这可能包括在校期间在当地雇主处进行实习。 教育标准局（Ofsted）的督学也将被告知改变学校评分方式，以更加强调为年轻人进入职场做准备。 伯纳姆先生将认为，重点的转移有助于解决飙升的青年失业问题，目前有超过 100 万年轻人不就业、不上学也不接受培训——即所谓的 Neets。 这代表了与托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）那个极具争议的“将 50% 的年轻人送入大学”目标的一次重大决裂。该目标在上一届保守党政府执政期间实际上已被摒弃。 而曾在剑桥大学学习英语的伯纳姆先生，今天将建议
就在他飞往曼彻斯特开设唐宁街 10 号北区（No 10 North）的 38 分钟飞行之后几天，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）昨天再次乘机，进行了一次 37 分钟的短途飞行，以会见弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基。
飞行记录显示，一架政府飞机于 10.49am 从曼彻斯特机场起飞，并于 11.26am 在南安普顿降落。
随后，首相与外交大臣埃德·米利班德一同在附近的朴次茅斯海军基地会见了乌克兰总统。
伯纳姆先生因周五乘坐政府飞机从格拉斯哥前往曼彻斯特而引发了关于伪善的指责——此前工党曾就保守党使用国内航班一事对其进行批评。
而且，看来他与到访的同行在着装上并未进行商议，
住宿：首相与阿克塞尔 首相之猫：拉里
目标是一个错误，这一错误“辜负”了许多非学术类青年，并加剧了英国的技能短缺。
首相将告诉年轻人：“无论你选择建筑、编程还是古典学，你都将获得所需的技能，并得到你应有的尊重。”
伯纳姆先生将把该计划描述为一项“重大调整”的一部分，旨在解决“青年失业危机”。他将论证，该计划在未来的某一天可能有助于降低福利开支。
在短期内，他在警告英国“必须真正严肃地”限制福利后，冒了与工党议员发生冲突的风险。首相暗示，他的改革计划可能会使支付更加
自 2011 年 2月 进入唐宁街以来，拉里猫已经经历了六任首相，在巨大的变迁中始终屹立不倒。 正因如此，安迪·伯纳姆表示，他的比熊-贵宾混血犬 Axel 必须留在北方，因为它与这只家猫“合不来”。在谈到这个“重大决定”时，首相告诉英国广播公司的劳拉·昆斯伯格（Laura Kuenssberg）：“它身上有一种那种愤怒小男人的气质。它和拉里合不来，我就这么说吧。”
“取决于人们是否抓住摆在面前的机会”。 在英格兰和威尔士，申请个人独立付款（PIP，主要残疾福利金）的人数首次突破 400 万，预计到本十年末，相关支出将增加至 £41billion 以上。 据披露，因焦虑等症状申请 PIP 的青少年每周领取的金额比领取最低工资的兼职工作者多出 £100。 基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）试图收紧 PIP 规则的努力在去年因后座议员的反弹而受挫。但伯纳姆先生暗示，他准备再次提出该主张。 预计他本周还将针对 100 万名 NEETS（不对业、不就学或不培训的青年）采取干预措施。首相在接受英国广播公司采访时表示：“我认为作为一个国家，我们必须非常严肃地对待降低福利账单的问题。” 当被问及是否有不需要福利却在领取福利的人时，伯纳姆先生说： “我不会直接去责怪这些人。我想说的是，福利体系中有些人，比如 20 多岁的年轻人，在应该获得支持的时候没有得到支持，这让他们在很大程度上被辜负了。 “所以我所说的是一个未能为有特殊教育需求或残疾的年轻人提供正确支持的学校体系。 “我所说的是一个长期以来执迷于大学路线，但对想要获得技术资格的年轻人做得不够……且在很多方面将他们视为二等生的教育体系。”
作者：格雷格·赫弗（Greg Heffer）
两人均身着全黑服装。首相表示，乌克兰可以指望英国“无论需要多久”。他还告诉记者，他打算“很快”访问该国，但未透露具体时间。 他说：“弗拉基米尔，你是我就职以来亲自迎接的第一位领导人，这并非巧合。此举旨在传递一个非常明确的信号：我们 100 per cent 支持乌克兰，我个人 100 per cent 支持你，我将全面履行这个国家对乌克兰做出的每一项承诺。” 泽连斯基先生表示，两国关系“比以往任何时候都更强大”，并感谢伯纳姆先生的承诺。
就像安迪·伯纳姆一样，我也知道照顾年迈亲人的感受。 在我成长期间，我的祖母多萝西被诊断出患有肺气肿晚期。 在极低概率的情况下，她又生存了九年，在那段时间里，多萝西奶奶一直与我的父母、姐姐和我住在一起。 那并不是轻松的岁月。有氧气瓶要管，有处方药要领，还有医院的预约要开车送她去。基本上，我的母亲是奶奶的全职护理员，而我的父亲、姐姐和我则尽力提供帮助。 但许多老年人可能没有那么幸运，能拥有一个
没有哪个亲人能像我母亲那样充满爱心或细心照顾。 因此，我不怀疑安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）——他的父亲患有阿尔茨海默症并住在护理院——在确保所有老年人都能获得适当水平的护理方面是真诚的。 但他的方案在实践中行不通，而且会伤害到他想要帮助的人。 简而言之，这位尚未赢得大选的总理，希望威斯敏斯特（Westminster）能从地方议会手中夺取提供社会护理的职能。随后他将大规模扩张该领域，而为了支付这笔费用，他将引入一项新的遗产税。 许多老年人远非富有。就拿我的祖母来说，她在利物浦长大，13 岁就离开了学校，并在圣保罗大教堂周围遭遇大轰炸期间担任志愿者消防员。在她去世时，她的遗产将达不到 £325,000 的遗产税起征点。尽管她的条件平平，
她依然尽可能地存钱。不是为了她自己，而是为了完成她认为的职责：给家人留下一点东西。 在安迪·伯纳姆的方案下，她遗产的所有组成部分——她的储蓄账户、她房间里装硬币的罐子、她的珠宝——都将被征收 10% 的税。 目前，不到 20 分之一的遗产需要缴纳遗产税，但伯纳姆这种累退性质的征费将由每个人承担。 根据英国改革党（Reform UK）的计算，每年约有 650,000 个家庭会在房主去世时被拖入缴税范围。这项措施——伯纳姆的“人头税”——对小型平房和前议会房的影响将与豪华乡村庄园一样沉重。 这 是 每 个 领 取 养 老 金 者 最 深 的 噩 梦。 当然，不难看出伯纳姆为什么选择这个手段：工党（Labour）议员们已多次证明他们无法削减浪费性的开支。 英国改革党（Reform UK）已经阐明了我们如何通过削减不断攀升的福利账单、终止荒唐的净零排放补贴、大幅削减给富国的外国援助以及解决非法移民危机，来实现 £45 billion 的节省。 但伯纳姆知道，如果他试图实施任何这些显而易见的节省措施，他的后座议员会反对他。就像他们对待斯塔默（Starmer）那样。 所以他陷入了困境。由于利息支出飙升，无法借更多钱；由于他自己的议员，无法削减开支。阻力最小的路径就是再次加税。 护理预算目前约为 £34.5 billion。健康基金会（Health Foundation）估计，他提议的普及社会护理将到 2035 年增加 £18 billion。 没有钱来支付这项费用。倾向于工党的智库——决议基金会（Resolution Foundation）认为，总理就职第一周的承诺已将政府的财政空间——即财政大臣在违反支出规定之前的缓冲额度——从 £23.6 billion 削减至 £8 billion。 我不责怪伯纳姆试图改善社会护理。这是一个崇高的目标。但在没有经过选举就搬进唐宁街之后，他没有权利随意占用我的祖母以及数百万人用一生省下来的养老金。 对我奶奶来说，没有什么比家庭更重要。她拥有的一切都给了我们。随着她健康状况恶化，想到她的孙辈能继承一些东西——无论多么微小——都让她感到巨大的快乐。 但这项税收将剥夺她的这份慰藉。正如它每年将剥夺数十万领取养老金者的慰藉一样。 也许这就是为什么每当这个想法——通过遗产税来支付社会护理费用——被提交给全国民众时，都会被否决。 作为卫生大臣，伯纳姆在 2010 年就曾对遗产提出过同样的征费建议：结果工党输掉了选举。他再次推进该计划
开支，因为 受限于他自己的国会议员
在 2015 年大选之前， 工党败选。 特蕾莎·梅提出了她自己的 版本，即所谓的 2017, 年的 “失智税”，尽管 在四天后撤回了该方案，她 仍然失去了多数席位。 工党在 2019 年第三次尝试 提出建立国家护理服务的 方案；结果遭遇了自 1935 年以来 最惨重的失败。 这一构想已经四次呈交给 英国人民。四次都被否定了。 如果伯纳姆认为他们改变了主意， 他应该去问问。宣布大选， 让国家第五次回答这个问题。 n 罗伯特·詹里克是英国改革党 的财政部发言人。
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伦敦在 1986. 年的夏天正处于繁荣的巅峰。权力穿搭（Power dressing）盛行，酒吧客满，房价在一年内上涨了近 20 %。因此，当曾任 QE2 邮轮美容师的 25, 岁女子苏齐·兰普卢（Suzy Lamplugh）申请房地产经纪人工作时，听说她被“当场录取”也就不足为奇了。苏齐出身中产，长相出众，性格活泼，她的老板很快就利用了这些特质。“公司把我安排在窗边的办公桌前，因为我是最吸引人的女性，”她后来在日记中写道。“事实就是这样，最吸引人的女性被摆在窗前，供任何男人观看。”事实证明，这是一个令人心酸且具有预见性的观察。因为在 28, 1986 40 年前的今天，苏齐离开她在富勒姆（Fulham）高档区域的办公室，准备在 12.45 点去查看一套空房子，客户仅被称为“基珀先生”（Mr Kipper），随后她再也没有出现过。
那天晚上，她的白色福特 Fiesta 汽车在距离此处一英里的安静街道上被发现，该街道经过富勒姆足球俱乐部的主场克拉文山球场（Craven Cottage），苏齐装有 £15 的钱包仍留在车门储物格中。但关于这个年轻女性本身则没有任何迹象。从各方面来看，她已从地球上消失了。这位出生于切尔滕纳姆（Cheltenham）、在伦敦长大且父亲是律师的女性失踪案立即引起了公众的极大关注，当地警方指派了 40 名警员进行调查。由于苏齐的母亲戴安娜（Diana）成为了一个为失踪女儿不懈奋斗的活动家，媒体对此进行了全方位报道。在随后的几年里，图书出版商和电视纪录片制作者竞相制作关于此案最震撼的揭秘报道。为了解释为什么这件事引起如此大的轰动，一名评论员观察到：“苏齐·兰普卢的失踪让每个年轻女性都感到背脊发凉，因为人们在想：‘那可能是我’。”
然而，尽管采访了数十名证人，警方的调查依然毫无结果。而今天，他们将最终关闭这份关于英国最大……
在排行榜中。苏齐在普特尼（Putney）与一名男性朋友合租公寓，她性格外向，热爱游泳、风帆冲浪、滑雪、派对、餐厅、夜总会和酒吧。 她经常出没于时尚的场所，例如距离她的雇主 Sturgis 房地产中介公司（位于富勒姆路 654 号）仅三家店之遥的 Crocodile Tears 酒吧，以及皮卡迪利（Piccadilly）的 Tokyo Joe’s 夜总会。 在失踪当天早晨，她担心自己弄丢了支票簿、随身日记本和一张明信片，于是打电话给银行取消了支票。 不久之后，银行回电告知她，这些物品在普特尼她公寓转角处一家名为“威尔士亲王”（Prince of Wales）的酒吧里被找到了，她与一名工作人员沟通，约定在当天傍晚 6. 点去取。 下午 12.40，她身穿灰色裙子、深色外套，穿着低跟鞋离开办公室，去履行她在日记中记录的一次预约：“12.45 基珀先生 37 Shorrolds Road O/S”。 随后接受采访的证人报告称，他们看到她在一栋位于 Shorrolds Road 的房子外与一名男子争吵。其他人看到他们在几分钟后离开该物业。 在苏齐未能出席另一场预约后，她的老板打电话给她的母亲，询问她是否回家吃午饭。在得知她没有回家后，经理在 6.40 点报案称苏齐失踪。 晚上 10 点，她的汽车在 Stevenage Road 被发现被遗弃，车门未锁且手刹未拉。现场没有不明指纹，也没有挣扎迹象。 由于未能产生任何线索，关于苏齐失踪的调查在 1987 年结案，且尽管没有发现尸体，她在 1993 年被正式宣布死亡。 B
但这并不是这段悲剧的终点。在 2002 年，警方指认被定罪的杀手约翰·坎南（John Cannan）为头号嫌疑人，他拥有长期实施暴力和性犯罪的记录，且当时在狱中。这是一个极不寻常的举动，因为警方很少在起诉前指名嫌疑人，这清楚地表明大都会警察局的侦查员希望起诉坎南，这位曾就读于布里斯托私立学校的旧学生。坎南确实与一名男子的电子画像相似，该男子被认为是神秘的“基珀先生”（Mr Kipper），苏齐·兰普卢 在失踪当天被看到在与此人交谈，且他能接触到基珀先生被认为驾驶的那种宝马车。
还有报道称，他在早前一次服刑期间被起绰号为“基珀”，因为他有经常打盹的习惯；而在 苏齐·兰普卢 失踪时，坎南因强奸罪服刑七年后，正处于富勒姆一家保释旅馆的日间释放期。当谋杀案侦查员首次就苏齐的失踪对他进行审问时，他吹嘘说有“一两件事是我没被抓到的”。此外，苏齐的母亲戴安娜记得女儿曾被一名与布里斯托有联系的追求者纠缠，对方经常给她寄花束。
但皇家检控署认为，这类间接证据不足以支持进行审判。
2023 年 10 月，假释委员会在听取情况后裁定坎南过于危险而不能获释。尽管这名 A 类囚犯仍坚称自己无辜，但他并未参加任何经认证的监狱计划以降低再次犯罪的风险。在 2023 年由其律师公布的一封信中，坎南坚称在 苏齐·兰普卢 失踪当天，他一直在伯明翰“请母亲吃顿午饭”。
2024 年 11 月，坎南在狱中因自然原因去世，享年 70 岁。他因 1987 年强奸并谋杀新婚妻子雪莉·班克斯（Shirley Banks）而被判终身监禁，那是那个 era 的另一个臭名昭著的案例。这名 29 岁的工厂经理在布里斯托外出购物后被绑架，六个多月后，她的尸体在萨默塞特郡的一条浅溪中被发现。
在坎南去世后，一位名叫梅兰妮·格雷格里（Melanie Gregory）的两个孩子的母亲站出来声称，她在九岁时曾被该杀手绑架、强奸并几乎被掐死。格雷格里女士描述了坎南如何在街上将她抓走，把她塞进一家废弃的洗衣店，并在她逃脱前“欣喜地实现了每一个病态的性幻想”。
2018 年，搜寻 苏齐·兰普卢 遗骸的积案侦查员挖掘了西米德兰兹郡萨顿科德菲尔德的一栋半独立房子的车库，该房屋曾由坎南的母亲所有。此次搜寻是对一项线索的响应。
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定罪杀手：已故的约翰·坎南（John Cannan），其外貌与“基珀先生”（Mr Kipper）的电子合成画像高度相似。
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一名囚犯称，坎南可能将苏齐·兰普卢（Suzy Lamplugh）女士埋在了花园露台下。 警方曾在伍斯特郡（Worcestershire）的两处地点进行过两次挖掘——第一次是在 2000 年的诺顿军营（Norton Barracks）附近，第二次是在 2010 年的德雷克斯·布罗顿（Drakes Broughton）村附近。他们还在索默塞特郡（Somerset）的昆托克山（Quantock Hills）开展了为期一周的搜寻，该地区是坎南熟悉的地方，且希尔利·班克斯（Shirley Banks）的尸体曾在此被发现。但所有努力均未获得成功。 据已知，坎南在狱中一直在写书，而苏齐·兰普卢女士的哥哥理查德（Richard）曾经
推测这些物品中可能包含关于他姐姐遭遇的“隐藏信息或便条”。在发现前管家和前美容师曾在QE2号邮轮上共事后，警方还调查了“萨福克绞杀者”史蒂夫·赖特（Steve Wright）与苏齐·兰普卢之间的联系。赖特的前妻戴安娜·科尔（Diane Cole）表示两人互相认识，但警方表示赖特的参与“并非强有力的调查方向”。今年早些时候，赖特因在 1999 年谋杀 17 岁少女维多利亚·霍尔（Victoria Hall）而被判终身监禁，最低刑期为 40 年。维多利亚在离开萨福克郡费利克斯托的一家夜总会后失踪。
就此而言，苏齐的家人似乎认可卡南就是谋杀她的凶手。“当警方决定公布约翰·卡南的名字时，我们都觉得这就是最终结果，凶手就是他，”她的姐姐利齐（Lizzie）说道。“作为家人，我们接受了这一点。他们投入的人力资源之多——他们绝对尝试了所有可能的手段，并且现在仍在继续。你依然能感受到那种支持。”塔姆辛（Tamsin）坚称，在“有这么多失踪人口”的情况下，警方所投入的精力和资源让她“始终感到惊讶”。
她说：“作为家人，我们要感谢他们给了我们这么多时间。你总是会想苏齐发生了什么。”
兰普卢一家确实尽力提高了人们对现代社会中年轻女性所面临危险的认识。苏齐已故的父母保罗和戴安娜（他们有七个孙辈）创立了苏齐·兰普卢信托基金会（Suzy Lamplugh Trust），该基金会现已成为英国领先的个人安全慈善机构，特别关注针对女性和女孩的暴力行为。自 2010 年起，该基金会运营国家跟踪骚扰帮助热线，自成立以来已帮助超过 100,000 名受害者。
苏齐 56 岁的姐姐利齐有三个孩子，她说当孩子们离开家去上大学时，她唯一能做的就是“让他们意识到”危险，并补充道：“我们在他们身上看到了苏齐，她的存在感一直都在。当我们这样说 [解释安全担忧] 时，是因为我们了解并能更现实地看待外界的状况。我们非常坦诚。”
塔姆辛表示同意：“所有的孙辈都知道苏齐的事，我们到处都贴着她的照片。我们一直聊起她。粉饰太平是没有意义的，坦诚且现实要好得多。”
苏齐心碎的母亲戴安娜， 75 岁，曾是一家健身俱乐部的经理，在与阿尔茨海默病抗争后，于 2011 年 8 月因中风去世。她的父亲保罗于 2018 年 6 月去世，享年 87 岁。
苏齐·兰普卢信托基金会临时首席执行官艾玛·林格利-克拉克（Emma Lingley-Clark）表示，在四十年后，该慈善机构仍在努力消除社会中的虐待、攻击和暴力，这是一个“悲哀的时刻”。他们的运动提高了人们对跟踪骚扰问题的认识，这类行为可能导致男性杀害女性。该信托基金会还影响了公共政策，并要求对小型出租车和私人预约车辆驾驶员实施许可管理。
林格利-克拉克女士补充道：“戴安娜随着对跟踪骚扰了解的深入，相信这就是苏齐的遭遇。戴安娜和保罗发起的事业源于一场悲剧，但他们真正地承担起责任，确保苏齐的遭遇不再发生在任何人身上。四十年本应足够了，但我们仍然在工作场所、街道和家中面对暴力、虐待和攻击。”
深切缅怀：苏齐·兰普卢（左侧圆圈及上方），与她的兄弟姐妹合影，从左至右依次为：理查德、塔姆辛和利齐
R O U N D 6 0 o f 兰普卢女士最亲近的挚爱们于五月聚集在塔姆辛的家中，在原本应该是苏齐·兰普卢 65 岁生日的日子里庆祝她的一生，并举杯畅饮了几杯香槟。 现场泪水与笑声交织，屏幕上播放着一段“令人振奋”的幻灯片，展示了从她出生到失踪期间的照片和电影胶片。利齐和理查德（现年 66 岁）发表了感人的演讲。今天，家人将在下午静静地沉思，并在 12.40pm 举行一分钟的默哀，那是她离开公司去与基珀先生会面的时间。 由于兰普卢女士的遗体从未被找回——尽管警方对 800 具符合她体貌特征的无名尸体和骸骨进行了 DNA 检测——他们悲痛中唯一的实体寄托是东希恩（East Sheen）全圣教堂的一扇彩色玻璃窗，该窗由该教堂会众成员戴安娜和保罗委托制作。 “对我们来说，每一年都是一样的，我们经历了十年、20 年、30 年，现在是 40 年，”利齐说道。 “比起回顾过去，我们更开心的是，苏齐曾在我们的生命中陪伴了 25 年。” “对我们而言，苏齐的一生没有被浪费。现在可能仅仅是她的名字在[通过信托基金]帮助他人，但这是一件了不起的事情。” “爸爸妈妈希望提高人们对一件大多数人不相信会发生的事情的意识：即你会在自己的工作日期间失踪。”
那些痴迷于巴勒斯坦问题的LGBT活动人士，是时候脱掉他们的 库菲耶（Keffiyeh）头巾，正面应对那种 想要置他们于死地的伊斯兰主义 意识形态了
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正迅速变成 一名强盗男爵
如果你是一个有抱负的人，拥有房产， 审慎地为养老金存了钱， 并希望在去世后能给孩子们留下一点东西……请感到恐惧。 如果你恰好住在英格兰南部，请感到非常恐惧。安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）正盯着你。
虽然我们还不清楚这位自封的“北方之王”将构思或提高哪些税收来资助他的“新经济模式”，但他已经提出了几种可能性——每一项都令人担忧。
在一次备受关注的英国广播公司（BBC）采访中，他强烈暗示，南部的房主应当比全国其他地区支付更多的市政税，因为他们住在更昂贵的房产中。
他没有提到的是，这些房主的抵押贷款也更高，且支付的所得税更多。如果他们通勤前往首都，就必须支付令人瞠目的公共交通费用，或者如果他们开车，则必须支付惩罚性的超低排放区（ULEZ）、拥堵费和停车费。
伦敦和东南部已经贡献了英国所得税总额的 45 per cent，其中大部分流向了较贫穷的地区。（顺便提一下，包括曼彻斯特和利物浦在内的西北部贡献率低于 8 per cent。）
他应该为此感到自豪——南部地区在为英国如此努力地工作。然而，他如此执迷于“嫉妒政治”，以至于冒着扼杀金鹅的风险。
他也许该考虑这样一种可能性：许多保守党（Conservative Party）控制的议会之所以收取较低的市政税，是因为他们比工党（Labour）在开支方面更加谨慎，且在虚假的多元化、外展和公共关系岗位上雇佣的人员更少。
此外，尽管南部的中产阶级住户可能住在相对值钱的房产中，但他们并非全部现金充裕。更高的税收很可能会迫使一些人离开自己的家。这就是伯纳姆先生所谓的公平吗？接下来是新任首相计划在需求点提供免费的社会护理服务。这是一个值得赞赏的构想，但同样的问题是，钱从哪里来？
他已透露自己倾向于对所有遗产征收一项“国家护理征费（national care levy）”——也就是众所周知的死亡税。10 per cent 这个数字已被提及，但这将替代现有的遗产税（Inheritance Tax），还是在遗产税之外额外征收？
瑞秋·里夫斯已经像个发疯的剪羊毛工一样，在掠夺私人养老金领取者的财富。根据现行规则，去世后留在养老基金中的任何资金可以免遗产税留给子女或孙辈。
但从四月起，如果你在去世时超过 75 岁，任何剩余的养老金将首先被征收 40 per cent 的遗产税，然后在提取时再缴纳所得税。
如果再增加 10 per cent 的征费，这意味着这笔钱将被征税三次。遗产税是所有税种中最令人厌恶的之一。而这将使其成为最不公正的税收。
当然，这确实只是预言中的阴影。我们不知道伯纳姆先生究竟会怎么做，因为他是在一场党内政变中而非通过选举成为首相的。
他甚至没有在 2024, 年竞选国会议员，因此，尽管他在口头上承诺尊重工党（Labour）的竞选宣言，但很明显他有巨大的增税计划。如果他对民主有任何尊重，他会将这些计划在总选举中交给人民决定。
但他没有，也不会这么做。
他可能自认为地是北方之王，但在唐宁街仅度过一周后，他看起来更像一名强盗男爵。
在大多数穆斯林世界中，身为同性恋绝非一件轻松的事。在阿富汗，塔利班对任何被判定从事同性关系的人处以死刑，包括公开石刑。沙特阿拉伯和伊朗近年来也处决了大量同性恋者，其中也包括公开石刑——而其他几个国家，包括埃及、卡塔尔和阿拉伯联合酋长国等热门旅游目的地，其法律中均保留了对同性恋的死刑处罚。在 2010 年代伊斯兰国（Isis）控制伊拉克和叙利亚部分地区期间，当局通过将男同性恋者从高楼上扔下而将其杀害。在如今的加沙，哈马斯以“违反道德”为由折磨并处决同性恋者。（然而，被许多左翼人士视为眼中钉的以色列，却举办着世界上规模最大且最安全的同性恋骄傲游行。）可以预见地，许多现居欧洲的穆斯林依然坚决反对同性恋。一项 2016 年针对英国穆斯林的民调发现，52% 的人认为同性恋在英国应该是违法的。此类偏见可能会演变为谋杀。2022, 在挪威奥斯陆的一次骄傲活动中，一名大喊“真主至大”的伊斯兰国恐怖分子在一次大规模枪击事件中杀死了 2 人，并造成 21 人受伤。当然，在刚过去的周末，一名叫作阿卜杜勒·巴卢特（Abdul Ballout）的伊斯兰激进分子在柏林骄傲游行中发动了残暴袭击，他驾驶面包车冲进人群，随后下车挥舞一把据认为是砍刀的刀刃。一名女性被杀，至少 29 人受伤。巴卢特在周日被警方追捕后被击毙，他自称是一名伊斯兰主义者，曾试图加入伊斯兰国伪造的哈里发国。当地政府费力地称他为一名“德国公民”，尽管他的背景是黎巴嫩人。虽然世界上有数以百万计宽容且体面的穆斯林，但激进的伊斯兰教憎恨同性恋，并在极端时刻希望看到同性恋者被杀死。
因此，近年来大量“LGBT”活动人士变得古怪地痴迷于伊斯兰教，这似乎显得很奇怪。在巴卢特于柏林发动杀戮袭击的同一天，我作为记者参加了特拉法加广场的一次“跨性别权利”集会，数千名活动人士聚集于此。在听到“死于 Terfs”（像我这样相信生物学性别真实存在的女性）的叫喊声，以及要求“斩首”卡米拉王后和女权主义者、哈利·波特作者 J.K. 罗琳（两人曾合影）的呼声之余，我看到了成千上万的库非亚（keffiyehs）。这种带流苏的黑白围巾曾是已故巴勒斯坦解放组织领导人亚西尔·阿拉法特等恐怖分子的标志，而现在却像时尚的羊绒披肩一样被人们佩戴，用以传递信号
一个人的左翼政治倾向。（现在库法亚围巾在骄傲游行中如此普遍，以至于如果它的图案最终被添加到那个日益臃肿的彩虹旗上，我也不会感到惊讶。）
在这次丑陋且不宽容的游行中，我看到了“莎拉·简·贝克”（Sarah Jane Baker），一名认同为跨性别的男性且自定义为“反资本主义者”。贝克是英国服刑时间最长的跨性别囚犯，目前因企图谋杀另一名囚犯而获准假释出狱。
在接受了各种医疗处理后，此人现在拥有乳房，并选择在游行中将其展露，以显示一句用红色毡头笔潦草写下的口号：“自由加沙”。
好了，这恰恰总结了这一切，不是吗？你不需要费心想象，如果一些“获得自由的加沙人”抓住了像莎拉·简·贝克这样的人，他们会对其做些什么。
受压迫者
在绿党内部，情况也大抵相同。该党领袖、民粹主义煽动者扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）是公开的同性恋，他曾在特拉法加广场的（又一次）“反极右”集会上，与一名只穿着皮护腿（leather chaps）、没穿其他多少衣服的男子一同起舞。
然而，在极左翼与政治伊斯兰之间奇异联盟的一个近乎完美的例证中，绿党副党首莫辛·阿里（Mothin Ali）是一名严格的穆斯林，他穿着传统的伊斯兰服装以及库法亚围巾，而他的妻子则从头到脚包裹在面纱（niqab）之中。
最后，“支持巴勒斯坦的酷儿”（Queers for Palestine），这个由极左翼活动人士组成的规模惊人之大的运动——其中并非所有人都是同性恋——他们支持什么
他们将自己视为另一个“受压迫”的少数群体。正如其他人所指出的，“支持巴勒斯坦的酷儿 (Queers for Palestine)”简直就像是“圣诞节火鸡 (Turkeys for Christmas)”的姐妹组织。
但这不再是一个笑话了。上周末在柏林发生的暴行应当成为“LGBTQ”游说团体以及更广泛的左翼势力认清其真正敌人的时刻：激进伊斯兰主义，以及西方在输入了数百万来自遥远地区的人口后，现在面临的问题——委婉地说，这些人对性自由主义持有不同的看法。
相反，许多相同的活动人士正积极与激进伊斯兰主义结盟，在很多情况下将他们面临的日益增加的危险归咎于一个虚构的“极右翼”。
令人难以置信的是，身为同性恋者的工党部长克里斯·布赖恩特 (Chris Bryant) 在柏林事件后在网上写道：“这次恐怖事件表明了为什么我们仍然需要‘骄傲月’。”一名网友直接询问布赖恩特：“是什么意识形态犯下了这起罪行？请诚实回答。”他不诚实地回答道：“是仇恨。”
国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷 (Wes Streeting) 表达了类似的观点，而提供的安慰仅限于他的“想法与祈祷”。
令人蒙羞的是，工党议员凯特·奥斯本 (Kate Osbourne) 走得更远，她声称从奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage) 的英国改革党以及（用她的话说）“GB News 散布的废话”到柏林的伊斯兰主义袭击之间存在直接联系。
“我们看到这些模式在全欧洲出现，”奥斯本声称，“网络上仇恨和言语攻击的升级充当了现实世界肢体暴力的催化剂。”他们中没有一个人愿意坦率地说明问题的实质究竟是什么。你可以说，激进伊斯兰主义就是那种不敢被点名地称呼的“仇恨”。
作为一名 20 世纪 80 年代的年轻女性，我曾为同性恋权利游行。我曾被吐唾沫，被男人为了让我“变”回异性恋而性侵，并且被殴打不止一次。
但在 20 世纪 90 年代到 21 世纪 10 年代期间，由工党和保守党政府颁布的一系列法律之后，这些权利现在得到了保障。英国社会发生了不可估量的积极变化。
暴政
所以现在我们需要的是别的东西。不是像布赖恩特和斯特里廷所声称的更多的“骄傲”，而是一种无畏的意愿，首先是点名，其次是解决由于大规模输入那些憎恨英国体面与宽容价值观的极端宗教群体而产生的问题。
有迹象表明，有些人终于意识到了这一点。在很多事情上我与资深活动人士彼得·塔切尔 (Peter Tatchell) 持不同意见。但他昨天说得对：“柏林骄傲游行恐怖分子是一个极右翼伊斯兰主义者。伊斯兰主义是宗教法西斯主义。它威胁着犹太人、女性、LGBT群组和自由派穆斯林。可耻的是，西方左翼的大多数人从未对抗伊斯兰主义和沙里亚法的暴政。”
同样，今年 3 月的一项民调发现，英国改革党——仍被视为最支持英国、反对移民的主要政党——在英国男同性恋者中的受欢迎程度远超工党、绿党和保守党，至今仍是最受欢迎的政党。
但无论你的政治倾向如何，现在是时候让那些 LGBT 活动人士放下他们的库菲亚围巾 (keffiyehs)，反对那个想要他们死地的激进意识形态了。如果他们不这样做，柏林那些可怕的场景将预示着离家更近的地方会出现更严重的暴行。
n 朱莉·宾德尔 (Julie Bindel) 是一位记者和女性主义活动人士。
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Fryer
从前，在 20 世纪 70 年代，如果没有一份菠萝反转蛋糕、一份黑森林蛋糕，以及——没错！——那个压轴大戏：一个巨大的、令人心惊肉跳的三层甜点（trifle），家庭庆祝活动就不算完整。层层叠叠的用雪莉酒浸泡的店购手指饼干、水果、粉色果冻和卡仕达酱，最上方至少覆盖了一公斤的打发鲜奶油，并根据口味点缀以巧克力碎、杏仁片（那时我们还没有这么多过敏原）、Angel Delight 甜点，或者干脆再多加点奶油，以求稳妥。理想情况下，它被盛在一个高边玻璃碗里，这样我们就能欣赏到其中投入的全部心血。
每个人都有自己最喜欢的版本。有些人家里可能不需要太讲究，但即便是在 20 世纪 70 年代，每个人都会做。有些人会撒上脆脆的银色糖球，以及成百上千颗埋在奶油里的装饰。有些人用马德拉蛋糕或果酱瑞士卷代替手指饼干。有些人用冷冻水果、罐装梨，或者干脆舀一大勺树莓酱。偶尔也会有人大胆地加入一层粉色杏白果冻。但大多数人都会用那种渐变色的果冻，通常凝固得非常结实，以至于你用勺子挖的时候，整个甜点都会发出挤压声。
考虑到这一切，再加上如此大量奶油和卡仕达酱带来的健康风险，以及我们国家对减肥的痴迷，以及我们中相当一部分人（包括食品历史学家 Annie Gray，她将其描述为“软塌塌的蛋糕，像在吃湿漉漉的布料”）似乎已经不再喜欢这种奶油般的享受，如果三层甜点已经随着 Angel Delight、西米露和西米 pudding 一起进入了天堂的甜点车，那也不足为奇。
但不对！事实证明，我们再次陷入了三层甜点的狂热之中，因为它无处不在！它重新出现在全国各地的晚餐桌上。但它也回到了某些高级餐厅的菜单中。梅费尔区的康诺特酒店（The Connaught）提供一款由雪莉果冻、香草香缇奶油和草莓雪葩组成的三层甜点，价格为 £22；皮普森（Pipsons）在斯特兰德区提供一份 £13.75 的版本；而约翰·威廉姆斯（John Williams）在 Ritz 酒店标志性的香草三层甜点售价仍为 £25.25，但在晚餐客群中极受欢迎。据主厨威廉姆斯称，三层甜点之美在于其简单之处：“新鲜的树莓清汤带来活力，香草卡仕达酱增加浓郁感，而海绵蛋糕吸收了树莓果冻，从而创造出丰富的风味与口感，”他说道。（尽管看了他的食谱，他不仅从零开始制作树莓清汤，还制作了果冻、香草卡仕达酱、海绵蛋糕和香草香缇奶油，这听起来并不那么简单。）
而且它无处不在。在我们重新爱上三层甜点之时，顶级厨师们正在地尝试自己的创新——有人尝试西瓜和茴香吗？苦巧克力配干邑白兰地？或者也许是桃子意式奶冻，或是苹果崩塌蛋糕，或者一碗美味的柠檬瑞士卷与阿马雷蒂饼干三层甜点——这是来自南港的 Jemma Melvin 在 Fortnum & Mason 组织的比赛中为已故女王制作的三层甜点。
它们的热量高得滑稽，而且充满了那些绝不应该被放在一起食用（如果根本不该吃的话）的食材。然而，从超市到顶级餐厅，其销量正一路飙升。
这种出人意料的 复兴
三色果冻（Trifle）在 2022 年重新成为官方认可的英伦产品。一些餐厅，比如梅费尔区宝蒙特酒店（Beaumont）的 Rosi，甚至推出了季节性版本。在冬季，它是 l'T urie（注：原文乱码，指某种口味）；在夏季，则是草莓和开心果版本；而到秋季，则由黑莓和李子组成。
三色果冻的销量在超级市场中同样在上升。Waitrose 的 £3.95, 600 毫升草莓三色果冻销量比去年同期翻了一番。巧克力三色果冻的销量增长了近 40%。而海绵手指饼干（sponge fingers）不仅依然存在，其销量更是激增。
在网上，关于三色果冻食谱的搜索量已经“疯涨”——但请记住，千万、千万不要在三色果冻里放香蕉。与此同时，社交媒体上充斥着在 TikTok 和 Instagram 上分享的各种浓郁奶油组合，使用了巴滕堡蛋糕（Battenberg cake）以及
……迪尔蒂（Dearletty），或者说是加布里（Gabri）的巧克力迷你卷，以及贝利的爱尔兰奶油、椰子和马里布朗朗姆酒。
那么，现在的情况是这样的——为什么三色果冻突然又变得这么流行了？
根据美食专家 Tom Marker Bottles 的说法，这完全是为了唤起人们对怀旧感和简单生活的向往——这在动荡的时代极具吸引力。
“这东西有什么不招人爱的！它是用勺子就能吃的食物。它让我们想起童年和美好的时光。它甜美、浓郁且美味。无论是在国宴、丽兹酒店还是在奶奶家，都可以端上桌。”
但最重要的是，他说，任何人都能做。 “它不像法式甜点那样花哨，不需要精湛的糕点技巧或冷冻黄油。”——只需要一些奶油和酥饼。而且，他非常坚定地主张，必须有果冻。
“关于三色果冻是否应该放果冻，总是有没完没了的争论，但当然，果冻在其中占有一席之地！这可以追溯到几百年前。果冻是一个至关重要的组成部分。”
他是对的。最早记载的“Trifle”（原意为“无足轻重之物”）出现在 1585. 年 Thomas Dawson 所著的《好主妇的珠宝》（The Good Huswifes Jewell）中，当时是指一种加了奶油的甜点。但 60 年后，人们加入了酒精和海绵手指饼曲，不久后又加入了蛋白蛋糕。
这种美感是传统口味与更具欧陆风格口味的醉人结合。是的，有老掉牙的海绵蛋糕，但也有柠檬恰当酒（limoncello）、马斯卡彭奶酪、黑莓以及——绝对不能没有果冻。Adela 也不认为果冻是多余的。在她的圣诞三色果冻中，她会将其装运并加入两根香蕉。（好吧，没关系！）但在夏季，她会去掉香蕉（见下文）。这让一些人感到震惊，但正如 Marker Bottles 指出的那样，这正是三色果冻的魅力所在。“随你怎么装饰，按你的方式来，”他说。重点是你根据自己的口味来制作。你的选择，你的口味。 (国王显然有自己的加冕三色果冻，由 Adam Andeling 在 2023, 年创作，使用了 parkin 姜饼、姜味卡仕达酱，以及，没错，草莓果冻。)
那么问题来了：做三色果冻有任何限制吗？《葡萄酒辞典》（The Wine Dictionary）的作者、也是最顶尖的厨师之一 Victoria Moore，至今仍无法摆脱她已故奶奶的三色果冻食谱，而这个食谱绝对不适合心脏不好的人：商店购买的海绵蛋糕（显然不是来自 Tesco 的），大量浓郁的雪莉奶油酒，果酱（树莓），一层粉色白曼洁（blanc-mange），鸟巢酥饼（Bird's Custard）和打发奶油。Victoria 向我保证，虽然这东西听起来和看起来（我见过照片）很惊人，但它极其令人上瘾。只要你在雪莉酒上毫不吝啬即可。
大家似乎达成一致的一点是：加入的酒精越多，三色果冻的味道就越好。“乳制品和雪莉奶油酒，或是 Amontillado 或 Oloroso 雪莉酒，简直是天作之合；柔软浓郁的褶皱配上酒精的冲击力，是一个非常迷人的组合，” Siciliora 说道。
所以，无论你的口味如何，尝试一下吧。按照你的层级铺设，然后用酒精浸透，记住 Marker Bottles 的睿智之词：“三色果冻绝对没有什么‘琐碎’之处，”他坚持道，“它是优雅的，适合每一个人，并且以最完美的方式展现了英伦风格。”
LITTLEJOHN 休假中
,Q 1760, 当时精确地，当 安娜·波拉斯（Anna Pavessa）的《甜点》（The Confectioner）出版时。它 包含了她的招牌食谱： 一种奢华的三色甜点（trifle），需要一层 由煮沸的牛小腿肉制成的厚明胶果冻，然后用蛋清 澄清浓汤，并加入 葡萄酒、糖和柑橘调味。 然后，在凝固之前，将 碎饼干和马卡龙 插入果冻中，在顶部覆盖一层 “浓稠的甜奶油”， 并用牛小腿肉果冻碎片、树莓酱、 栗子果冻和马卡龙进行装饰。 苏格兰人有一种类似的甜点， 称为“醉领主”（Tipsy Laird），是用 威士忌或白兰地制成的。 意大利的“Zuppa Inglese”——将海绵 蛋糕手指饼干浸在酒中， 并与蛋奶羹和 柠檬皮分层铺设——很可能基于 三色甜点。根据安妮·德雷（Annie Gray）的说法， 19世纪后期是 三色甜点的“黄金时代”。 但到了20世纪80年代末，三色甜点 除了在最传统的布丁 菜单上，已开始消失。它们并未彻底消失， 而是失去了青睐：太奶油化，太老派，太浓郁， 而被香蕉太妃派（Banoffee pies）和 纽卡斯尔奶酪蛋糕所取代。 直到 2002 年，也就是说，当尼格拉（Nigella） 劳森在她的书《尼格拉的夏天》（Nigella Summer）中加入了一个 英意式三色甜点的食谱，她 将其称为“终结所有三色甜点的甜点”，并瞬间让所有 三色甜点重新流行起来。 T
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大混乱
警察向 25,000 人的集会开射橡胶子弹
作者：Perkin Amalaraj
反旅游活动人士与防暴警察发生冲突，25,000 名抗议者走上马略卡岛的街道。在针对大量游客涌入而举行的示威活动中，首府帕尔马（Palma）爆发冲突，导致 8 人受伤。其中 2 人被送往医院，另有 1 人头部受伤出血。他们声称，这座在夏季高峰期接待 600 万名游客的西班牙岛屿已经“达到了极限”。
“被迫 离开我们的岛屿”
一段来自周末冲突的视频显示，一名抗议者被警棍击中，随后另一人向一名警察扑去。当警察封锁 Ses Voltes（市大教堂附近的一个广场，游行组织者原定在此宣读其“宣言”）时，紧张局势开始升级。在暴徒向警员投掷瓶子后，警方向人群发射了橡胶子弹。示威者
闪点：随着骚乱升级，防暴警察举起警棍
持有包括“旅游 = 破坏”、“游客回家”、“拯救马略卡”以及“少点旅游，多点生活”在内的标语。一块标牌上画着一把枪，并写着：“被迫在挣扎中生活。”他们正推动结束大众旅游，声称这使他们的生活变得无法忍受，并要求为当地居民提供更好的住房。尽管警方将人数定为 25,000, 人，但组织者称有 70,000 人参加，并补充道：“没有空间……容纳更多汽车，没有空间容纳更多酒店，没有空间容纳更多旅游租赁房、咖啡连锁店、快餐店或芝士蛋糕店，也没有空间容纳更多游客。”
他们表示，马略卡岛约有 100,000 处房产用于合法或非法的旅游租赁，并补充道：“无法过上体面的生活迫使我们离开自己的岛屿，越来越多的人被推向离开。”
参与游行：活动人士走上帕尔马的街道
这是该岛连续第三个夏天出现大规模反旅游抗议活动，巴塞罗那、格拉纳达和圣塞巴斯蒂安周日也举行了示威活动。
本月，在活动团体 Arran Majorca 和 Menys Turisme, Mes Vida（少点旅游，多点生活）鼓励抗议者针对企业后，引发了反弹。一份《反旅游化行动手册》详细介绍了如何确定“非暴力直接行动”的目标地点，其中房地产经纪公司和酒店位列榜首。活动组织者鼓励拍摄任何抗议行为的照片，以便在社交媒体上分享。
马略卡岛酒店业联合会、房地产经纪人学院以及巴利阿里商业协会联合会均谴责此次行动，称其已超出分歧范围，演变为“蓄意破坏和蓄意破坏”，并“煽动了对抗氛围”。
可能帮助 过敏儿童 正常进食
作者：Zoe Hardy
一种用于治疗哮喘的药物可能允许数十万名过敏儿童食用此前不安全的食物。一项研究发现，奥马珠单抗（omalizumab）不仅能防止意外接触引起的反应，还能使三分之一的患者在食用完整份的“诱发”食物后不会产生反应。
患者通常被建议避免食用他们过敏的食物——即使他们正在接受治疗以帮助更好地耐受少量接触。但即使是少量的交叉污染，也足以引发被称为“过敏性休克”的致命反应。这种反应会导致喉咙和舌头肿胀，
“发生反应的可能性较低”
阻塞气道，导致意识丧失和窒息。其他人则可能出现心脏骤停。
但来自斯坦福医学中心（Stanford Medicine）的美国研究人员现在发现了一种降低过敏性休克、住院治疗甚至死亡可能性的方法。这项发表在《美国儿科学杂志》（JAMA Pediatrics）上的研究追踪了 117 名参与者，平均年龄为七岁。所有人都对花生以及至少另外两种食物过敏，包括牛奶、鸡蛋、小麦、腰果、榛子和核桃。
他们发现，服用奥马珠单抗的参与者发生过敏反应的可能性显著低于接受免疫疗法治疗的人。研究人员表示：“这非常令人鼓舞，因为它表明我们的患者有了治疗选择。”
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家庭写真：鲁尼夫妇最小的儿子 Cass（左）与母亲一起为其新推出的童装系列首次亮相
她是 Primark 广告宣传活动的代言人，该系列销售 £6 的 T 恤和 £15. 的鞋子。
但说到自己的衣橱，考琳·鲁尼（Coleen Rooney）则选择了更高端的单品和价格。她在切希尔郡价值 £20million 的豪宅附近的威尔姆斯洛（Wilmslow）被拍到，身穿一件 £1,420 的 Miu Miu 粉色 Polo 衫，搭配一双价值 £850. 的 Alaia 网眼泵鞋。
这位前曼联及英格兰球星韦恩·鲁尼（Wayne Rooney）的妻子在走回车上时正在打手机。
在 40, 岁的鲁尼夫人于今年早些时候签署了一份数百万英镑的合同后，第二波“By Coleen”系列于今日起发售。她的幼子、八岁的 Cass 模-
由于工党的税收政策正将财富创造者驱离，英国的百万富翁人数已跌至二十年来的最低水平。
自由市场智库亚当·斯密研究所（ASI）的数据显示，英国目前有 442,000 名百万富翁，较 2024 年下降了 7%。研究结论认为，这是自 2008 年金融危机以来人数最少的一次，这表明要求 安迪·伯纳姆 引入财富税的呼声是“极其误导性的”。
报告称，人数下降的原因包括“当前的高税收水平、进一步加税的威胁（包括财富税）、非居民纳税制度（non-dom regime）的取消，以及一种敌视财富创造者的文化”。
此外，资产价格下跌和家庭储蓄率降低也是原因之 1。
报告强调了人口流失所造成的损害，最高 1% 的收入者支付了 29% 的所得税。
该分析对比了拥有至少 £1 百万资产（包括养老金和房产）的英国成年居民人数。
关于财富税，报告称：“法国、奥地利和荷兰在看到百万富翁大规模外流或其他避税行为后，都放弃了相关税制。鉴于英国已经在流失财富，我们可以预见这里也会出现类似的结果。每离开一名百万富翁，对国家来说都是一种损失。”
保守党商业事务发言人安德鲁·格里菲斯（Andrew Griffith）表示：“每个人都应该关注英国百万富翁数量减少的问题，因为他们为税收之池做出贡献，并在国内创造就业机会和企业。这是一个竞争激烈的世界，当年轻人和有抱负的人用脚投票离开你的国家时，这是一个可耻的信号。”报告称，扭转这一趋势的措施应包括取消 遗产税 和降低资本利得税。
ASI 的米切尔·帕尔默（Mitchell Palmer）表示：“百万富翁人数的下降可能会被一些左翼人士视为成功，但实际上应该被视为一个警告信号。每离开一名百万富翁，就意味着英国企业的资本减少、国际联系减少以及经济中企业家精神的削弱。”
而法律事务所 Stephenson Harwood 的合伙人詹姆斯·夸姆比（James Quarmby）表示，这些发现“应当引起高度关注”，并补充道：“正是这个群体对于私营部门企业，以及随之而来的我们的税基至关重要。”
[[IMG_XXXX]] 设计师：科琳·鲁尼（Coleen Rooney）在她位于柴郡的家中附近。她的 Primark 系列产品于今日上市。
作者：多莉·布斯比（Dolly Busby） 演艺报道记者
……宣传活动中的环节。在谈到与 Primark 的合作时，鲁尼夫人热情地表达了她的观点。 “作为四个孩子的母亲，我希望这个系列在时尚的同时兼具实用性。与像 Primark 这样许多粉丝都光顾的品牌合作，对我来说非常重要，”她解释道。 她继续说道：“我的朋友们都非常喜欢第一个 By Coleen 系列，所以我等不及让他们看到下一个系列了。” “我的家人为这次合作感到非常自豪，让卡斯（Cass）参与童装照片拍摄是一个非常特别的时刻。”
作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯（John-Paul Ford Rojas） 副商业编辑
“用脚投票”
Hardcastle
在英联邦运动会开幕式上，当国王和王后从《神秘博士》的塔底斯（Tardis）中现身时，BBC 感到尴尬得面红耳赤。最初，BBC 对查尔斯和卡米拉为该节目提供的皇家认可感到欣喜若狂。此举本应与公布接替 Ncuti Gatwa 的新任“博士”身份同步，同时揭晓自 2024 年以来首个圣诞特辑，并预告明年将推出新剧集。遗憾的是，目前尚未找到新博士，圣诞特辑已被放弃，迪士尼也未与 BBC 续签《神秘博士》的协议，该节目的未来悬而未决。与此同时，由于 BBC 将运动会的现场转播权输给了 TNT，大多数 BBC 的忠实观众无论如何都会错过这次塔底斯的皇家邂逅。
已故的《好东西》（Goodies）明星比尔·奥迪（Bill Oddie）曾自豪地指出，这部喜剧系列剧是查尔斯国王最喜欢的节目之一，他还补充道：“我们知道查尔斯曾自愿参加该节目，他曾见过在节目中饰演他的 Tim Brooke-Taylor。”比尔俏皮地补充道：“有可能他的母亲对他如此自贬身份感到非常愤怒，以至于她说：‘我再也不想看到那个节目播出了’。”比尔直到去世都坚信 BBC 确实照做了。
凯特·汉布尔（Kate Humble，如图）俏皮地将她 25 年前开启度假节目主持生涯的功劳归于琼·柯林斯女爵（Dame Joan Collins），当时她突然在诺曼底获得了一个节目机会。她解释道：“琼·柯林斯以前经常拍度假电影，我可以想象她的经纪人当时说：‘你想在法国的一艘船上拍电影吗？’她可能想象的是圣特罗佩的一艘游艇，结果当她发现那是诺曼底的一艘驳船时，她突然就‘没空’了。”
盲人喜剧演员克里斯·麦考斯兰（Chris McCausland）在接受《广播时报》（Radio Times）采访时谈到了人工智能的乐趣。他说：“我甚至可以举起一件衬衫问 AI：‘这件衣服干净吗？’它会回答：‘很干净，但建议熨烫一下’，然后我会说：‘我不介意有褶皱’，然后就把衬衫穿上。”还要多久，挑剔的 AI 才会把克里斯软禁在家里，防止他穿着一件皱巴巴的衬衫出门？
面对 20 世纪 70 年代的邦德女郎特里娜·帕克斯（Trina Parks）建议下一任 007 应该是单配偶制以“反映现代世界”的观点，作家兼电影迷佩特罗内拉·怀亚特（Petronella Wyatt）不屑地总结道：“那样的话，他还有什么意义？为什么不直接让邦德禁酒、吃素，并且还成为一名工党 投票者呢？”下一部 007 冒险剧难道不应该包含一个叫 Petsy Galore 的、抽着高档 Woodbine 香烟、饮着鸡尾酒的诱惑女性吗？
艾伦·卡尔（Alan Carr）拒绝透露那位评价他童年圆滚滚外貌的母亲好友的名字。“‘艾伦，你脸上没有皱纹’，然后她接着说，‘气球上也不会有褶皱’。”他在播客中回忆道：“我说‘谢谢你这么说’。直到我走到半路才反应过来：‘你这个贱人’。”
先驱：该联合国教科文组织世界遗产地面临破产
乔德雷尔班克天文台（Jodrell Bank Observatory）——英国最大望远镜的所在地——可能因支出削减而被强制关闭。
这一联合国教科文组织世界遗产地在近 70 年间一直是著名的洛弗尔（Lovell）望远镜的所在地，目前已失去资金并面临破产。
包括布莱恩·考克斯（Brian Cox）教授在内的科学家们将这一决定描述为“令人心碎”且“在科学上被误导的”。
除非能找到新资金，否则位于柴郡麦克尔斯菲尔德（Macclesfield）附近的该基地的观测活动将于 2028 年 4 月 1 日结束。
作为该天文台背后的管理机构，英国研究与创新局（UKRI）表示，必须优先向能够产生“最大长期影响”的项目提供投资。
‘匆忙且欠考虑’
关闭该基地将使 28 个工作岗位面临风险，并可能影响近 3,000 名将该天文台用于研究的科学家。
乔德雷尔班克创立于 1945 年，开创了通过无线电天文学研究星系的先河。在冷战期间，它还被用于监测苏联导弹。
据英国广播公司（BBC）报道，英国研究与创新局（UKRI）表示，由于研究和运行成本上涨，必须削减该基地 £2.8 百万英镑的预算。
考克斯教授是英国广播公司（BBC）第四电台（Radio 4）节目《无限猴子笼》（The Infinite Monkey Cage）的主持人，同时也是曼彻斯特大学的粒子物理学教授——该大学拥有并运营乔德雷尔班克天文台。他对此次削减……
工作 —— 它将提升工作效率
一位大型制药公司老板声称，AI 不会取代人类，但能帮助他们更好地完成工作。 作为英国最大公司之一的阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）首席执行官，帕斯卡尔·索里奥（Pascal Soriot）并不认为该技术会导致职位的“大幅削减”。 相反，他表示人工智能将增强人类已有的工作能力，并帮助“让人变得更聪明、更高效”。 索里奥先生补充道：“我个人认为，关于 AI 取代工作的说法在某种程度上是个伪命题。” 他的这番言论是在几家大型雇主宣布将某些岗位替换为 AI 之后发表的。上周，英国天然气（British Gas）
作者：Joshua Haining
将其描述为“匆促且考虑不周”。他补充道：“英国科学基础所受到的损害已经非常严重。令我惊讶的是，英国研究与创新署（UKRI）仍然在强行推进。” UKRI 科学与技术部门执行主席米歇尔·多尔蒂（Michele Dougherty）教授表示，削减资金“从未是件容易的事”。 “这种情况确实需要做出一些艰难但必要的决定。” “这些选择从未简单，但我们已经做出了我们认为正确的决定。” 这一公告是在未来四年内，针对天文学、核物理和粒子物理研究削减 2.7% 的资金背景下发布的。 此外，英国参与智利维拉·鲁宾（Vera Rubin）望远镜项目的资金也将削减 20%，该望远镜正致力于拍摄第一部宇宙电影。 来自曼彻斯特大学的莎拉·夏普尔斯（Sarah Sharples）教授表示： “我们正努力从政府、工业界、慈善组织和公益事业中寻找替代资金来源。” “但是，如果我们找不到这些替代资金，那么洛弗尔（Lovell）望远镜就有可能无法作为一个积极运行的科学设施而存在。” 多年来，洛弗尔望远镜经过持续升级，使其始终处于天文研究的前沿。 作为全球第三大可转向射电望远镜，它自 1957 年起就屹立在乔德雷尔班克（Jodrell Bank），随后作为 e-Merlin 网络的一部分，与英格兰境内另外六台望远镜相连，得到了进一步增强。 该网络由曼彻斯特大学运营，包含分布在全国各地的望远镜。
作者：Emily Hawkins
所有者 Centrica 公司表示，作为“有针对性地部署 AI 工具”之重组计划的一部分，将在未来两年内裁减 1,300 个工作岗位。 英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）也曾表达过他担心 AI 可能会“摧毁工作”的恐惧。 但索里奥先生——他在全球 130,000 名员工中负责英国 10,000 名员工的管理——表示，使用 AI 正在“进一步驱动生产力，提高我们员工的效率并减少官僚作风”。 不过，索里奥先生也表示，由于 AI 的影响，某些领域和任务“将受到冲击，且人员数量可能会减少”。
很少有人比比尔·奥迪 (Bill Oddie) 更有才多面。他曾是《好伙计》(The Goodies) 剧组中一名极其幽默的肢体喜剧演员和犀利的讽刺作家，在转型成为电视圈最受喜爱的观鸟专家之前，他还创作了一系列新颖的畅销金曲。然而，在 85 岁去世的比尔并不总能从他的成功中获得多少快乐。他一生都被抑郁症折磨，随着年龄增长，这种情绪进一步恶化为自杀倾向的低谷，他也经常对周围的人发脾气，无论是朋友、粉丝还是家人。他厌恶这种倾向并与之抗争，但他始终无法真正接受自己是多么受欢迎。除了他的妻子和三个心爱的女儿，唯一能让他从悲伤浪潮中获得喘息的是他对鸟类的热爱。在观察鸟类时，他能忘却自我。造访他位于汉普斯特德荒野 (Hampstead Heath) 边缘住所的客人会被引导至屋后他的私人密室，那里在鼓组、电吉他、堆积如山的书籍以及电视生涯中杂乱的器材之间挤进了两把椅子。门上的牌子警告屋内有一名“脾气暴躁的老头”。每当我采访他时，都能感觉到一种潜藏的烦躁——比尔不耐烦对待愚蠢的人，但更明显的是他需要通过外界事物来转移对自己意识的注意力。他的注意力不断被窗外吸引，每当有一只知更鸟落在窗台上，他都会感到激动，兴奋之情溢于言表。他告诉我，他最深刻的记忆之一是身为剑桥大学学生时的一段经历：“1961 年的一个夜晚，我正走回彭布罗克学院 (Pembroke College) 的房间，这时我意识到空气中充满了鸟鸣。”“我凝视着夜空，意识到头顶的天空充满了来自斯堪的纳维亚迁徙鸟类的鸣叫——红腹鸫、金斑潜雁、 the lapwings (麦鸡)、雪鹖以及更多鸟类，它们乘着东风而至。我被震撼得伫立了至少两个小时。”
剑桥是这段混乱而辉煌的喜剧生涯的起点。他与脚灯社 (Footlights Society) 的同学（包括蒂姆·布鲁克-泰勒 Tim Brooke-Taylor、格雷姆·加登 Graeme Garden 和约翰·克利斯 John Cleese）共同创作并出演了一档名为《对不起，我再读一遍》(I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again) 的英国广播公司 (BBC) 广播节目。他为电视节目《家中的医生》(Doctor In The House) 和《这就是那一周》(That Was The Week That Was) 撰稿，并与布鲁克-泰勒和加登在 BBC2 的素描喜剧节目《拓展你的思维》(Broaden Your Mind) 中共同出演，该节目还邀请了迈克尔·帕林 (Michael Palin) 和特里·琼斯 (Terry Jones)。后两者加入了蒙提·派森 (Monty Python) 剧组，而比尔和其他人则组成了《好伙计》(The Goodies)，该剧立即证明其受欢迎程度要高得多。
三人分别扮演了自身的漫画版本。该剧的部分成功在于它对儿童的吸引力。
《好伙计》几乎就像一个传统的 20 世纪 70 年代核心家庭：格雷姆是极其聪明但略显冷漠的父亲，蒂姆是穿着英国国旗围裙、爱发牢骚且爱哭的母亲，而比尔则是穿着喇叭裤背带裤、留着嬉皮发型的、要求多且倔强的幼儿。
他们的标志是一辆三人自行车。当蒂姆和格雷姆拼命蹬车时，比尔则在后面悠闲地把脚搭在把手上。他们在克里克尔伍德 (Cricklewood) 的办公室里经营着一家代理公司，承诺“在任何时间、任何地点做任何事情”，从守护皇冠珠宝到经营野生动物园，甚至尝试（但未能成功）阻止世界末日。
该剧成为 20 世纪 70 年代 BBC1 最成功的情景喜剧，其圣诞特辑的观看人数几乎涵盖了全国的一半。他们两次在蒙特勒轻娱乐节 (Montreux Light Entertainment Festival) 上获得银玫瑰奖：第一次是因为创造了 BBC 喜剧史上最令人难忘的半小时节目之一——《小猫金刚》(Kitten Kong)，在剧中他们不小心释放了一只巨大的白色毛茸茸的……
[[IMG_XXXX]] 伦敦的一只小猫。受巴斯特·基顿（Buster Keaton）等默片喜剧大师的启发，“好伙计们”（The Goodies）沉溺于极其喧闹的闹剧喜剧，以至于他们的一位粉丝真的被笑死了。
在 1975 年播出的名为《功夫大作战》（Kung Fu Kapers）的一集中，他们介绍了一种来自约克郡、将黑布丁（black puddings）当作警棍的名为“艾基·森普”（Ecky Thump）的武术。一名住在金斯林（King’s Lynn）的女性写信给 英国广播公司 (BBC)，告诉他们她的丈夫因为笑得太厉害，导致致命的心脏病发作。她说，他最后的时刻是非常快乐的。
他们的第一首新颖单曲《中间人》（The Inbetweenies）在 1974, 排名第 7，一年后又推出了《时髦的吉本》（The Funky Gibbon）。这让他们登上了《最强流行榜》（Top Of The Pops），号召演播室里的一群青少年抓自己的腋下并在想象中的树枝上荡秋千。他们齐声喊道：“给我来个 Ooo, Ooo, Ooo，”整个国家都跟着做。
他们还凭借模仿奥斯蒙德家族（Osmonds）的歌曲《尿布之爱》（Nappy Love）以及几首圣诞歌曲获得了成功。但比尔在面对流行明星身份带来的关注时感到很挣扎，在公共场合被搭话时，有时会拒绝承认自己的身份。
他在 30 年后写于自嘲的自传中写道：“这不是个好主意。我会显得古怪、多疑或敌对。”
他的第一段婚姻——与演员珍·哈特（Jean Hart）的婚姻——在他频繁地发生一夜情压力下破裂。他说：“我知道我们不是真正的流行明星，但我们绝对被当作流行明星对待。我试图弥补早年缺乏‘挥霍青春’时期的遗憾（我直到 18 岁还是处男）。”
他感情生活的迟到并非其青年时期最糟糕的方面。他出生于 1941, 是独生子，尽管他的母亲此前曾经历过一次晚期流产，随后又失去了一个仅 5 天大的女婴。
他在罗奇代尔（Rochdale）长大，住在没有花园的排屋里，他尽可能地远离家门。他对鸟类的痴迷始于他第一次看到云雀的时候。大约 7 岁时，他带回一个鸟巢给父母哈里（Harry）和莉莉安（Lilian）看，结果发现现场一片狼藉：家具被砸毁，餐具破碎，墙上血迹斑斑。
他的母亲在精神疾病发作期间袭击了他的父亲。她在精神病院度过了多年，比尔从未与她完全和解。当她在 1990, 去世时，他支付了葬礼费用，但没有参加仪式。
到那时，他正将自己重新塑造为 英国广播公司 (BBC) 的“鸟类狂人”野生动物专家——一个胖乎乎、爱发牢骚的泰迪熊，但在看到一巢雏鸟时会变得极其温柔。
2005, 他成为了《春季观察》（Springwatch）的第一位主持人，但由于其言语刻薄、爱咒骂且难以管理而获得了一定的名声。在经历了一系列激烈的争吵（包括与共同主持人凯特·汉布尔 Kate Humble 的争论）后，他被该节目除名。
这次解雇对他打击很大。他说：“这引发了一场可怕的衰退，是我人生中最糟糕的一年。”他的妻子劳拉（Laura）和女儿罗ซี（Rosie），以及他第一段婚姻的女儿凯特（Kate）和邦妮（Bonnie），见证了他退缩进一个痛苦的壳中。
他在被诊断出患有双相情感障碍之前，曾尝试过自杀。锂药物有所帮助，但他的心理健康在余生中一直处于脆弱状态。真正对他有帮助的是他的花园和他热爱观察的鸟类。他告诉我说：“它们给我带来快乐。我们家那只非常温驯的乌鸫在下午 5 点左右开始唱歌，我通常会走到外面，站在它的树下，对着它学鸟叫。”
“我可以模仿它的音符，但我根本没希望模仿它优美的音色。在许多夜晚，你会发现我就在外面……与乌鸫对唱。”
《每日邮报》 (Daily Mail), 星期二, 28, 2026
一年之中有两个时间段 会威胁到我 通过 Mounjaro 打造的比基尼身材—— 而现在就是其中之一。 这就是我为了 防止体重反弹 而制定的巧妙计划...
自从去年我通过注射流行的减肥药蒙路山（Mounjaro）减掉超过 35 磅（两石半）后，几乎每天都会有人告诉我我看起来状态真好。
我不掩饰，我很喜欢这种感觉。去年夏天，当我在 68 岁时身着比基尼在酒店游泳池边漫步时，我的自信心达到了顶峰。我不再尴尬地将毛巾裹在身上，以确保在从日光浴躺椅上起身前遮住所有赘肉。那些为了掩盖全身每一寸肌肤而穿的、像帐篷一样的长袍也消失了。
你可能认为 35 磅（两石半）没什么大不了的，但当你只有 5 英尺高时，这简直是改变生活的。我相信，个子越矮，越容易长胖，也越难减肥。多余的体重简直无处隐藏。
我也为自己在去年 10 月停止注射后能够如此良好地维持体重而感到自豪。每周至少有一次，还是有人评论我的体重并问道：“你还在打针吗？”而我的回答始终是坚决且诚实的“没有”，因为在大多数时候，凭借我这副新获得纤细身材的激励，我发现保持健康饮食、偶尔锻炼以及始终亲自遛狗并不特别困难。
但一年之中有两次是个挑战：圣诞节（谁不觉得那很难？）和暑假期间。
圣诞节可能与丰盛、高热量的食物联系更紧密，但我发现夏天要困难得多，主要是因为意志力需要维持更长的时间。
邀请函增加了，车库里的冰箱塞满了桃红葡萄酒、啤酒和风味汤力水，为我热爱举办的常规周五晚间饮酒派对做准备。然后还有旅行，诱人的美食当然也是体验的一部分。
当我停止注射时，我为自己设定了一个目标：一年后——到即将到来的 2026 年 10 月——我的体重将维持在 8 石 12 磅。而且我将仅凭意志力来实现。这仍然是我的目标，但实际上，我想做得更好一些，减到 8 石 7 磅。
然而，随着第一波热浪袭来，我对眼下的任务变得相当紧张。在六周内，我的日程表里包括一场婚礼、一个大型周年庆典派对、与女儿、孙女、家庭朋友及许多孩子的康沃尔家庭度假、我自己的假期（在塞维利亚度过的一个长周末），外加几次饮酒派对。
更何况，当阳光普照，而你的密友之一又是传奇社交名媛尼基·哈斯拉姆（Nicky Haslam）时，周五晚上的饮酒活动通常会在周日上午重复一次，尽管是在他家里。
说实话？我几乎没有休息日。
更糟糕的是，我一直在翻新我的新小屋，这意味着我四个月没有厨房可用，可以说我的生活处于轻微的混乱状态。
几周来，我的家里住进了园丁、水管工、电工、装修工和一名出色的建筑工人。感觉他们在这里待了太久，我应该在我的年度个人所得税申报表中将他们列为被扶养人。
饮食计划完全不复存在。我的厨房冰箱通过一根超长延长线连接，被放置在一个棚子里，但我几乎没怎么用它。相反，它被征用作存放各种令人厌恶的能量饮料、工人们喝不完的茶用的牛奶，以及 Greggs 的香肠卷。
我的超级食物坚果沙拉在那个空间里呆不舒服。因此，这成了我在咖啡店和餐厅花更多时间的完美借口，而我也乐在其中。
事实上，我几乎就住在那里。我最近当地小镇上最好的咖啡店知道我复杂的咖啡点单要求，在我从停车场走到柜台的时间里，咖啡就已经准备好了，而此时饼干罐正挑衅地在我面前排成一排。
你吃过那种燕麦味、黄油味的安扎克饼干（Anzac cookie）吗？如果没有，你就没体验过生活。而我，则完整地体验了这一切。
你每天早餐吃一个，整整持续了两周，直到我开始自我反省。然后我改吃杏仁可颂，直到我的一个女儿也决定对我“说两句”。
“法国人每天都吃可颂，而且他们都很苗条，”我告诉她。
她坚持认为法国人只在周末吃可颂，但这绝不可能，因为他们每天烘焙那么多样。
尽管如此，她显然很担心我正在体重反弹，以及随之而来的、曾在过去困扰我的健康风险，包括糖尿病前期、高胆固醇和脂肪肝。
不仅仅是咖啡馆。当地的酒吧对我太熟悉了，以至于我在线预订时会自动被分配到我专属的桌位。服务员不需要询问就知道我想喝什么、吃什么。在过去的三个月里，我吃的牛排配薯条比我这辈子吃过的总和还要多。
经常陪我一起去的朋友罗伯特注意到了这一点。“你经常在这里吃，不是吗？”他前几天说道。“你是想让我饿死吗？”我回答道。但“挨饿”正是我一直没有做的一件事。
突然间，我的牛仔裤变紧了。简直是在一夜之间。
那时我知道自己已经陷入了失控状态，而房屋装修只是一个借口。
我站上体重秤，不可避免的结果出现了，指针向着错误的方向移动。我的体重比9英石（约57公斤）重了好几磅。我检查了我的BMI：它已经回到了超重类别。
我觉得自己是个彻头彻尾的失败者。是的，装修是一个大工程，这让我对自己以及周围的所有人都感到心烦意乱。
好几周以来，我不知道东西都放在哪里，甚至连护照都找不到了。我被混乱的环境所压力，每天被要求做出十几个决定，而且深知一个错误的决定会让我损失一大笔钱。
但我必须对自己负责。当我面对体重秤上的现实时，我的心情很糟糕，我的状态也同样糟糕。
于是我再次查看了我的日程表。即使我现在立即掌控局面，我如何才能享受夏季旅行而又不加剧体重增加？丰盛的自助早餐，晚上的品鉴菜单，泳池边的俱乐部三明治？我十月份的目标在地平线上闪烁了一下，然后就在一阵糖粉的烟雾中消失了。
那是在一次与三个
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在使用减肥针之前：这是她在使用蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）之前的样子
在一个酷热的周日，我与朋友们在一起时，有人给了我一个解决方案。 坦白说，我们四个人都经历过使用蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）减肥的阶段，但其中一位朋友的效果格外显著。 那天她宣布，自从她减掉 4st（约 25 公斤）后，没有回升过一盎司的体重。 “你到底是怎么做到的？”我问她。毕竟，大多数人在停药后体重都会反弹几磅。 接着，她抛出了那个“M炸弹”（我指的是 M-代表蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）的维持剂量）。我的朋友每周注射 1.5mg 的蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）——低于最低常规剂量——以抑制“食物噪音”并维持减重效果。 “医生告诉我应该用 2.5mg，但我没有，因为 1.5mg 的剂量对我来说就足够了，”她告诉我。“这样可以把成本 [每月可能高达 £200] 降到最低，而且有效。”她接着解释说，她仍然一日三餐，但在注射后的三天里，她的餐食是用侧盘盛装的，因为她只想吃那么多。 而在下次注射前的四天，她会吃正常的分量。 “为什么我不继续用呢？”她地论道。“我有心脏病，医生认为这对我是最好的。但即使我没有心脏病，我也会这么做。” 这时我意识到，这就是在夏季社交、假期以及我缺失厨房的情况下生存的答案。蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）的微剂量疗法。 我的医生很愿意给我开这种药，因为在 BMI 指数上，我又回到了超重类别。 我在家庭度假出发的那个早晨打的第一针。我们前往康沃尔，在那里，药物剔除了所有常见的诱惑，并向我证明了，今后无论面对什么样的生活常规紊乱——无论是装修、度假还是圣诞节——我都可以这样生存。
如果蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）有效，为什么我们这些想要在短期内控制体重的人不能利用它？我宁愿在问题萌芽时就将其解决，使用低剂量药物几周时间减掉半个 stone（约 3.2 公斤），也不愿在日后面对更大的问题和健康危机。 我想保持苗条，因为我很虚荣，而且身材纤细时比圆润时更有自信。 凯特·莫斯曾说过：“没有什么味道能比得上苗条的感觉。”这话绝对是真理。 承认为了达到这一点而需要维持剂量，是对自己以及自己与食物之间关系的完全坦诚。 但这种承认是最困难的部分。我不得不面对这样一个事实：对我而言，任何生活规律的稳定性被打破，以及整体的忙碌，都会让我进入一种脆弱状态，在这种状态下我很难维持自律。繁忙的日子和假期带来的诱惑，是我缺乏韧性去抵抗的。 我在生活中美好的事物面前很软弱，其中就包括美食。我认为这在大多数人身上都很普遍。 在我看来，这就是处方指南的不足之处。任何觉得需要减掉半个 stone 并直接应对体重增加的人，都应该可以使用蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）。他们不应该因为没有被诊断为超重或肥胖，就不得不采取绝望的策略或寻求未经授权的供应商。 我觉得很不可思议，男性可以在柜台上直接购买伟哥，而女性在能够使用蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）或其他减肥针之前，必须在体重秤上反反复复地跳，还要经历重重考验，以证明自己的体重和需求。 重新开始使用小剂量的“苗条针”后，我现在深信自己能实现 10 月份设定的目标。意识到我可以做到这一点，消除了一种我之前甚至没察觉到的压力。 而且，从现在起，每个夏天都将是“蒙路山（减肥药/替泽帕肽）之夏”。
关键词：Allan Grimson 失踪案：Simon Parkes
一名 40 年前失踪的水手之母呼吁警方重启对其失踪案的调查，此前一名被怀疑参与谋杀的…… (Page 22)
是否杀害了失踪 40 年的水手？
作者：克莱尔·达芬（Claire Duffin）
杀害他的凶手被判定在一系列性袭击案中有罪。前皇家海军下士艾伦·格里姆森（Allan Grimson）因谋杀尼古拉斯·赖特（Nicholas Wright，18 岁，来自莱斯特的海军士兵）和西恩·詹金斯（Sion Jenkins，20 岁，来自纽伯里的酒吧服务员，也曾在海军服役）而被判处 2001 年终身监禁。他曾邀请这两个男人到他的公寓，在对方拒绝他的性要求后，他用棒球棍将他们杀害，并在 1990 年代将他们的尸体丢弃，两次时间间隔几乎正好一年。他后来吹嘘夺走生命比“性爱更美好”。
昨天，他被判定性侵三名海军青年和一名 14 岁的少年——其中两人在他实施谋杀前后曾被他考虑杀害。这些袭击包括强奸一名青少年海军士兵。
格里姆森在因谋杀被捕后曾承认过这些袭击，但直到去年他被起诉时才采取行动，当时披露他正被考虑予以假释。
警方长期以来认为，这个“极其危险”的杀手可能对多达 20 名其他男性的死亡负责，其中包括西蒙·帕克斯（Simon Parkes），一名在 1986 年于直布罗陀失踪的 18 岁皇家海军水手，当时格里姆森被派驻在该地。
“毫无疑问，他 杀害了我们的儿子”
曾参加马岛战争的格里姆森现年 66 岁，他承认在 1997 年 12 月 11 日至 1999 年 12 月 17 日之间的某个时间杀害了赖特先生，并在 1998 年 11 月 1 日至 1999 年 12 月 18 日之间的某个时间杀害了詹金斯先生——尽管据认为他是在每年的 12 月 12 日这一天实施的每起谋杀。
1999 年 12 月发现尸体后，引发了在全球范围内对多达 20 名更多受害者的搜寻。警方走访了格里姆森在“光辉号”（HMS Illustrious）航空母舰和“爱丁堡号”（HMS Edinburgh）驱逐舰服役期间去过的每一个港口。
帕克斯先生最后一次出现是在 1986 年 12 月 12 日，当时他去直布罗陀的一家酒吧。
昨天，在温彻斯特刑事法院对格里姆森定罪后，帕克斯先生 80 岁的母亲玛格丽特（Margaret）对裁决表示欢迎，并表示她希望这将促使对其儿子进行新的调查。
一名飞镖迷在与一群身穿龙虾装的人发生争执后被击晕。在一名 20 岁男子于世界飞镖锦标赛期间遭到袭击七个月后，警方正呼吁人们协助追踪这名穿着奇装异服的嫌疑人。
据警员称，受害者于 12 月 13 日前往北伦敦的亚历山德拉宫参加该赛事的第三天。他在下午 4.30 分离开场馆，当时遇到了这群穿着龙虾服装的人。双方爆发争执，随后被现场安保人员分开。
但不久后，该球迷在沿着场馆通道行走时再次与该群体相遇，其中一人将其击晕。
据大都会警察局称，他被送往医院治疗严重伤势，目前仍在受此影响。
侦查警员利齐·科斯特（Lizzie Coster）表示：“这次袭击发生在重大体育赛事外的场所，且嫌疑人穿着极具辨识度的服装。”
“我们正在公布嫌疑人的闭路电视（CCTV）图像，希望这能唤醒参会者或当时在现场任何人的记忆。”
她补充道：“我们的心与本案受害者在一起，希望他能尽快康复。”
活动：帕克斯先生父母寻找失踪者。帕克斯夫人多年来一直与丈夫大卫共同奔走，试图寻找杀死儿子的凶手，她表示：“我记得当 Grimson 这个名字第一次与西蒙的案件联系起来时，一切对我们来说开始变得合理了。”
“我毫不怀疑 Grimson 杀了我们的儿子。对他来说，12 月 12 日这个日子有些特别。”
“我希望现在以此为契机，西蒙的案件能再次受到关注并被重启。”
来自布里斯托的帕克斯先生当时在服役于 HMS Illustrious，该舰当时停泊在直布罗陀。这名无线电操作员在一次夜出后未能返回，船只在没有他的情况下回到了朴次茅斯。
去年，汉普郡警方的侦探表示该行动已正式“归档”，此案实际上已结案。
他的母亲说，她曾一度考虑与 Grimson 见面，试图让他认罪。“我们被告知，从心理学角度来看，他会操纵局面。他是一个心理变态，”她说。
Grimson 在谈到谋杀赖特先生时说：“我觉得非常畅快。我感到兴奋。那是一种权力感，一种美妙的感觉。这比性爱更好。”
他在 2025. 2 月因性犯罪被起诉。陪审团认定他 13 项指控全部成立。他将于 11 月被量刑。
作者：卡梅隆·查特斯（Cameron Charters）
最亲近的助手：被圈出的克莱夫·奥尔德顿爵士（Sir Clive Alderton）被哈里王子指责阻碍了他的和解尝试。
他
是那个让国王——以及，就此而言，王后——进入新角色，并策划将一名特别棘手的亲属放逐，同时巧妙地约束另一名的男人。
简而言之，查尔斯国王的主任私人秘书克莱夫·奥尔登顿爵士（Sir Clive Alderton），可以说是现代 era 最令人生畏且最具影响力的宫廷随从。尽管在许多《每日邮报》的读者心中，他更简单地被称为“黄蜂”。
那是萨塞克斯公爵（或者更恰当地说，他的代笔作者）在他那部充满复仇意味的回忆录《Spare》中给他起的、极其冒犯的绰号，但在目前的情况下，这无疑应该被视为一枚荣誉勋章？
当蒙特西托的人们得知克莱夫爵士在担任查尔斯国王的“守门人” 20 年后即将卸任时，今天那里肯定会响起欢呼声，但遗憾的是，这一消息将使白金汉宫失去一位“重量级人物”。
克莱夫爵士已宣布他将于明年5月离开王室家庭，这一举动恰逢他60岁生日（这一披露促使一些粉丝询问，他在阁楼里是否有一幅多里安·格雷风格的画像）。
人们认为，现在是他享受应得休息的绝佳时机：首先，他帮助实现了相对没有问题的权力交接（撇开漏墨笔不谈）以及一次成功的加冕礼。
国王也刚刚完成了他“首次系列”的最后一项（从就任君主后的首次公开活动和对国内各地的访问，到目前为止他统治时期的重大考验——今年对美国的国事访问，以及他首次访问英国海外领地百慕大）。
他还引导国王度过了 2024 年君主被诊断出癌症的黑暗日子。据我所知，就目前而言，查尔斯在健康方面处于“良好状态”。
他决定卸任的另一个原因是家庭：他自己的家庭。没有人能低估为国家元首（或其继承人）工作所带来的压力。
这是一个一周七天全天候的工作岗位，“高光时刻”和“假期”完全是误称。而这正是克莱夫爵士一直承担的负担——尽管他是心甘情愿的。
国王那位被哈里称为 “黄蜂”的圆滑心腹
并为这两个从未冷场 的十年感到自豪。 朋友们说，他从未失去 幽默感，而这种特质加上 他的洞察力和前瞻三步的 严谨思维能力，使他成为 记忆中最成功的君主 心腹之一。 虽然王室圈子之外的人 可能会问，一名宫廷官员的 离职为何如此重要，但 回顾往事便能明白。
当职业外交官 奥尔德顿先生（Mr Alderton， 当时的称呼）于 2006 年 加入威尔士亲王府担任 副私人秘书时，查尔斯的 公众形象处于一个截然 不同的阶段。 由于内部人际竞争激烈， 亲王府被戏称为“狼厅” （Wolf Hall），且亲王 当时的公众形象糟糕， 有许多工作需要改进。 虽然没有任何人，即便 是他最热烈的崇拜者， 会声称克莱夫爵士（Sir Clive） 及其团队总是正确无误， 但毫无疑问，他在扭转 局面中起到了绝对的关键作用。
2009 年，他被晋升为 亲王与康沃尔公爵夫人的 外交及联邦事务私人秘书 （并在 2013 年被授予 皇家维多利亚勋章副司令， 这标志着获得了王室的青睐）。 他在 2012 年短暂离开， 出任驻摩洛哥大使，随后 在 2015 年被诱回担任 这对夫妇的 PPS（私人秘书） ——这是一个专门为他 设立的头衔。 外界会认为，他最大的 成就之一是将这位以干涉 事务著称的继承人“去政治化” ——“爵士，您不能再写‘黑蜘蛛备忘录’了！”—— 使其在登基前完成转变，同时 确保他在担任威尔士亲王期间 留下了变革的遗产。
畅销犯罪小说作家彼得·詹姆斯（Peter James） 的一部以王室为背景的小说 将国王虚构的长期助手 佩雷格林·格里夫斯爵士（Sir Peregrine Greaves） 描述得如此圆滑，以至于 显得像是在“装轮子滑动”； 公平地说，作者在寻找灵感时 并不需要看太远。
说哈里王子讨厌他父亲的 心腹可能还说轻了。 他在《Spare》中 毫不掩饰，将当时统领 三个王室府邸（白金汉宫、 克拉伦斯宫和肯辛顿宫）的 三位权势心腹形容为 “蜜蜂、苍蝇和黄蜂”。 克莱夫爵士因此招来愤怒， 因为他“非常擅长伪装成 礼貌，甚至卑躬屈膝”，但 会“把你列入他的黑名单”， 并“用他巨大的毒刺狠狠地 蜇你，让你在困惑中尖叫”。
哈里指责这名宫廷官员 在他试图与父亲和解时 成了绊脚石。 毫无疑问，许多人会 将此重新定义为他的“加分项”。 朋友们也对这一说法嗤之以鼻， 认为没有哪个助手会如此 傲慢，以至于阻碍父子关系。 但他们补充道，当然， 如果亲子的行为方式 会让他的父亲陷入潜在的 宪法困境，那么他的 PPS 如果不保护君主，就 没有尽到自己的职责。 我也恰巧知道，克莱夫爵士 对这种非常私人的讽刺 感到相当受伤。
安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor） 也是如此，他可能不会 为克莱夫的离职感到惋惜。 因为毫无疑问，这名官员 在寻找方法将前约克公爵 驱逐出王室生活、剥夺其 头衔以及将其有效地 从温莎的皇家小屋（Royal Lodge） 中驱逐出去的过程中 起到了关键作用。 虽然那个问题还远未解决， 但目前已经打下了基础。
寻找继任者的工作将 很快开始，希望在经过 交接期后，明年春季 能有一位接任者就职。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 明智的建议：克莱夫爵士与国王
宫廷助手们对他向克莱夫爵士在支持陛下夫妇方面所发挥的“巨大且关键”的作用表示了致敬，特别是在国王继位和加冕期间，以及在处理新任职期最初几年中“所有在国家、国际以及家庭内部的亮点与复杂情况”时的管理工作。
在昨天给员工的一封信中，他表示：“在这样一个历史性的时刻，能以我目前的身份为国王和王后服务，并在这一过程中经历了令人难忘的幽默，是我能想象到的最高荣誉。这种支持将在我余生中以一种非正式的身份继续下去。”
据称，陛下夫妇对克莱夫爵士多年来“不懈的支持和睿智的建议”以及他的“持久忠诚”表示“深表感激”。
南伦敦的克拉珀姆交汇处（Clapham Junction）气温 32°C (90°F)，大汗淋漓的罪犯们正接二连三地被抓获。每隔几分钟，就有这样一个因抢劫被通缉的人，或另一个因跟踪或盗窃被通缉的人，被警察包围并戴上手铐。他们被押走，面临额外的刑期，或者必须出席他们原以为可以逃避的法庭聆讯。甚至有人试图逃跑，但没跑多远就被截住。“这是一种非常高效的抓捕通缉犯的方式，”警长凯文·布朗（Kevin Brown）说道。他是伦敦警察厅一个小型团队的监督员，该团队利用最先进的“实时人脸识别”技术（LFR）在首都范围内搜捕数百名不法分子。LFR 利用车载移动监控摄像头和人工智能，将路人的生物识别特征（在这种情况下是他们独特面部特征）与一份通缉名单进行比对。名单涵盖了因犯罪而被通缉的人员、未能出席法庭聆讯的人员，以及违反旨在遏制跟踪、性犯罪以及针对妇女和女孩的暴力行为相关命令的人员。“当我们于 2024 年首次开始使用这项技术时，它使我们逮捕了 574 名通缉犯，”布朗警长说。“去年，这个数字是 1,135，而今年已经达到了 900 左右。LFR 是帮助我们维护公众安全的非常有用的工具。” LFR 于 2015 年首次在英国警方进行试点，随后于 2017 年由南威尔士警方在卡迪夫举行的欧冠决赛中正式使用，主要目的是识别被通缉的足球流氓。自那时起，已有十几个警政部门部署了该技术，这被视为一场警务革命。其中包括大曼彻斯特、剑桥郡、汉普郡、诺福克郡、南威尔士和泰晤士河谷。今年早些时候，该技术的坚定支持者、内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）公布了计划，拟将全国范围内的 LFR 移动车数量增加到 50 辆。然而，尽管执法部门将 LFR 宣传为一种寻找他们所谓的“搜寻目标”的绝佳方式，但公民自由活动人士担心这可能会侵蚀我们的隐私权和匿名权，尤其是因为该技术的引入速度如此之快，以至于目前还没有具体的立法来监管其使用方式。“隐私是一项重要且来之不易的权利，”自由协会（Liberty）的政策与活动官员查理·惠尔顿（Charlie Whelton）表示。“走过一个面部识别摄像头，就像是在检查站出示身份证件——为了去商店购物、看足球赛或参加音乐会，我们大多数人并不想这样做。”
一周六七次，伦敦警察厅的 LFR 车辆会被部署在首都的繁忙地段。今天，它被部署在克拉珀姆圣约翰山（St John’s Hill）的 Shopstop 购物中心附近。车辆及其周边张贴了告示，提醒公众正在使用该技术，尽管究竟有多少人能真正理解这是什么，对此仍有争议。在车内，操作员查看两个分为四个区域的屏幕，屏幕上行走在街上的路人面部被红色方框圈出。这些人并不知道自己正被拍摄，并且被拿来与一份包含 18,000 人的通缉名单进行比对。这些人被通缉的原因从商店偷窃、抢劫到性犯罪，或因未能出席法庭聆讯，或违反法院命令或传票。如果方框中的人不在名单上，他们的信息将立即被删除。如果他们在名单上，且 AI 系统匹配了其生物识别特征
当确信度超过 64 per cent 时，警报将发送至布朗警官及部署在街道上的当地警员所持的专用手持设备。目前，该地区共有十名警员。
警员会接近并盘问嫌疑人，同时操作员会核查他们被通缉的原因。如果涉及的罪行可能导致一年以上的监禁，他们将被当场逮捕。同样，如果他们违反了与跟踪骚扰、性犯罪或暴力相关的法院命令，也将被拘留。
在我与摄影师默里·桑德斯（Murray Sanders）在场期间，大多数人面带震惊且无奈地顺从。有几个人被戴上了手铐。一名年轻人试图逃跑，但很快被警员抓获。
到这一天结束时，共有十人被拦截盘问，其中七人因抢劫、盗窃到跟踪骚扰等各种罪名被逮捕。
我同意将我的图像放入监视名单，然后戴着一副我认为可能能干扰系统的太阳镜走在街上。但效果并不理想，我立刻被发现了，确信率超过 80 per cent。
“我们运行的是一套经过独立……的算法”
布朗警佐表示：“（该系统）经过国家物理实验室（英国负责检查测量和技术可靠性的官方机构）专家的测试。我们知道系统在何时运行良好，并且我们拥有该领域的专家工程师，确保我们所做的一切都符合政策并被妥善执行。”
这确实如此。然而，内政部去年 12 月发布的一项研究（同样引用了国家物理实验室的数据）对“回顾性”AI面部识别系统的准确性提出了质疑——这类系统将已发生犯罪的图像与犯罪数据库进行比对（而非在街头进行实时检查）。
研究发现，AI面部识别针对黑人和棕色人种可能会产生大量的误报。
在黑人女性中，9.9 百分比的结果是错误的——其失败率比白人女性高出 100 倍。
这仅仅是隐私活动人士提出的担忧之一。伦敦警察厅和其他警力部门表示，他们已实施严格的政策，以确保该技术被比例适当地使用，并且采集的无辜路人数据会被立即删除。
但活动人士质疑，未来的政权会如何？这种工具落在独裁者手中会产生多么强大的威力？他们的政治敌人将无处可藏。你所做的一切，以及你去过的任何地方，都可能被政权监视和评判。
即便已故的教宗方济各也对此表示担忧。在 2020, 年，他与微软总裁布拉德·史密斯（Brad Smith）和 IBM 执行副总裁约翰·凯利（John Kelly）发表了一份联合声明，警告将 AI 生物识别技术用于提取数据以达成政治目的的危险性。
然而在实际操作中，很容易理解为什么基层警员和执法部门高层如此热衷于推广这项技术——很简单，因为它有效。
去年 1 月 10 日，布朗警佐及其团队在伦敦东南部丹麦山（Denmark Hill）执行任务时，系统标记了一名走在街上、牵着一名六岁女孩手的男子。
“我们在手持设备上收到警报，匹配对象为大卫·切内勒（David Cheneler），[74] 岁，一名登记在册的性犯罪者。他受到了一项性犯罪预防令的限制，不允许在没有陪同的情况下与 14 岁以下的人在一起，”布朗警佐说。
切内勒与小女孩的母亲交好，并赢得了她的信任，以至于她允许他去学校接女孩。
警方执法记录仪拍摄的切内勒被捕视频显示，他承认自己携带了一把刀。他随后因违反性犯罪预防令被判处两年监禁。
“他已经结识了母亲，并且在几个月里一直给这对母女买礼物——基本上是在对她们两人进行诱导（grooming），”他说道。
布朗警长（Sergeant Brown）表示：“在那之后，我们与经过专门培训的警员和社会服务机构共同，为那位母亲和孩子提供了大量的保护措施。‘如果当时我们没有介入，我不敢想象那个小女孩会遭遇什么。但这正是我们每天工作的原因，为了尝试改变现状。‘如果完成这样一项成功的工作——有可能救了那个小女孩——不能给你带来某种形式的满足感或回报，那么我认为警察这份工作不适合你。这些设备帮助我们更好地完成工作。’ 伦敦警察厅能够列举出许多其他成功案例。
自 2024 年初以来，已有超过 2,100 起逮捕是因为 LFR 而实现的，其中 24 ％与针对女性和女孩的暴力行为有某种关联。这导致了 1,400 多人被起诉或受到警告。其中，有 100 多人是性犯罪者。
该系统最大的成功案例之一发生在去年的诺丁山狂欢节（Notting Hill Carnival），当时 LFR 摄像头导致 61 名在逃人员被捕。它还实现了对 30 名登记在册的性犯罪者的核查——其中三人被发现违反了旨在防止其再次犯罪的强制命令。
在南伦敦克罗伊登（Croydon）的主要购物商业街开展的一项项目中，人们可以窥见警方希望将 LFR 引导向何方。该项目从 2025 年 10 月持续到 2026 年 3 月，期间在灯柱和其他建筑物上安装了固定摄像头，而非使用移动巡逻车。
无处可逃：在伦敦，监视车锁定嫌疑人后，警方迅速出击将其逮捕
在 24 次行动中，警员逮捕了 173 名涉嫌犯罪人员或“寻找”人员——包括一些因强奸、绑架和性侵而被通缉的人，以及一名 20 年前因袭击指控未能出庭的女性。
伦敦警察厅表示，这相当于每 35 分钟抓获一名在逃人员。它声称，在当地，该行动导致整体犯罪率降低了 10.5 ％，而在针对女性和女孩的暴力犯罪方面，降低了 21 ％。
伦敦警察厅和另外几支警力还试行了一套名为“操作员启动面部识别”（Operator-Initiated Facial Recognition, OIFR）的系统，该系统甚至不需要监控摄像头——只需警员持有的智能手机，其摄像头可与监视名单链接。隐私活动人士认为，在缺乏相关法律的情况下，这种做法是对隐私不合理的侵犯。
然而，预计将纳入新《警察改革法案》的相关立法进展缓慢。
一个允许相关方登记观察意见的咨询期于去年 12 月开启，并于 2 月 12 日结束，但此后未有进一步进展。这
月，马哈茂德女士被上议院司法与内政事务委员会问及为何立法进程如此之久。她表示，她的办公室“仍在敲定政策细节”，并补充道：“技术发展非常迅速，许多咨询回复都集中在确保我们拥有能够经得起时间考验的稳健规则上。肯定需要一个机构来提供独立的监督。”
目前最符合这一要求的人选是威廉·韦伯斯特教授（Professor William Webster），他是英国独立的生物识别和监控摄像头专员。在我三月份对他进行的一次采访中，他解释说，在缺乏立法的情况下，警方正根据两起关于活体面部识别（LFR）使用权挑战的法院判决结果来采取行动——其中一起是在 2020, 年针对南威尔士警方的诉讼，警方败诉；另一起是在今年早些时候针对大都会警察局的诉讼，警方胜诉。
“目前，除非在法院被质疑并被证明非法，否则警方可以使用任何技术，”他说。“因此，并没有一项具体的立法允许他们使用，但也没有禁止他们使用。”
他补充道：“这项技术始终会与人权产生冲突，我们需要立法来确保该技术的使用方式能够保障这些权利。”
“所以我认为政府的立场值得赞赏。立法落实得越早越好。”
内政部确认，“政府打算提出一个新的定制法律框架，以确保全国所有警察部队都能更自信地使用面部识别技术，并确保其用途和限制对公众透明”，但并未说明具体时间。
目前，我们面对的是一项几乎没有监管的技术，它在将罪犯清除出街道的能力上令人惊叹，但在其潜在风险方面则令人恐惧——引用教皇方济各的话，它将给“民主社会带来严重风险”。
诸如“老大哥观察”（Big Brother Watch）之类的活动团体并不主张永远不使用这项技术，但他们希望建立起保障机制，以确保我们的隐私得到保障，且该技术在未来不会被滥用。
“没有什么可隐瞒的，并不意味着你想被监视，”老大哥观察的高级法律与政策官员贾斯林·查格尔（Jasleen Chaggar）表示。“大规模监视基础设施一旦建成，很少会被拆除，这意味着任何未来的独裁倾向政府都将直接继承这套现成的系统。”
当议员们制定这部期待已久、用于监管面部识别技术使用的法律时，必须认真对待这一观点——正如他们必须记住，这项技术曾在某一天将一名六岁小女孩从一名性变态者的魔掌中救出一样。
图片：MURRAY SANDERS
刑事犯：Shpresim Koka 原定被驱逐出境
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一名阿尔巴尼亚毒贩 因其女儿尿床， 逃脱了驱逐出境 一年多。 38 岁的 Shpresim Koka 在一次 移民听证会上称，该女孩 需要“治疗干预”以解决 她的意外情况——而这些情况 在他入狱期间有所恶化， 随后他获得了暂缓执行。
作者：Noor Qurashi
Koka 在 2001 年 14 岁时 抵达英国，当时声称自己 是来自科索沃的难民。 十六年后，他因在一个 洗钱毒品团伙中担任角色 而被判处 21 个月监禁。 据《太阳报》报道，他在 西伦敦 Park Royal 交付了 超过 £300,000 的资金后， 被国家犯罪调查局（NCA）抓获。 Koka 原定在服刑结束后 被驱逐出境。 然而，他留在英国， 并因贩卖可卡因被监禁 三年。 2025 年 2 月，一家移民 法院裁定允许他留在 国内，称：“这对[他的女儿] 将产生不公正的严苛影响。” 然而，内政部对该裁决 提出了上诉，上周一名法官 发现该决定“理由不足”且 “存在法律错误”， 随之撤销了该决定。 迁移控制中心（Centre for Migration Control） 的 Robert Bates 表示： “绝不能允许这个罪犯 继续在英国街道上滋事。 或者，他的女儿可以 随他一起返回阿尔巴尼亚。”
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7月28, 1953 苏联总理马连科夫先生和外交部长莫洛托夫先生昨日声称，签署朝鲜停战协定是红军的一次伟大胜利。首批英国战俘预计将在未来两周内回国。
7月 28, 1992 前任及现任首相昨晚齐聚，共同纪念女王登基 40 周年。梅杰先生、撒切尔夫人、卡拉汉勋爵、爱德华·希思爵士和威尔逊勋爵在一次特别晚宴上款待了女王和菲利普亲王。唯一缺席的是 89 岁的霍姆勋爵，因身体不适未能出席。
生日快乐 哈里·凯恩，33. 这位英格兰队队长在上个月打破了加里·莱因克尔的十个世界杯进球纪录。他目前还位列全球世界杯射手榜前五名（今年超越了贝利）。孩童时期，他曾因“有点 chubby（圆润）”而被阿森纳青训营拒绝。
凯利·霍彭，67. 这位出生于南非的英国室内设计师、前《龙穴》（Dragons' Den）明星，在 M&S 拥有自己的产品线，并为贝克汉姆夫妇和乔治·男孩（Boy George）设计过住宅。她表示：“我一直知道自己会成功，就是知道。这不仅仅是因为自大，而是因为我相信自己。”
出生于今日 塔珀尔伯爵 (1907-1983)。这位美国商人发明了特百惠（Tupperware），并凭借其具有专利“排气密封”功能的“神奇碗”赢得了设计奖。这些产品在特百惠派对上的演示获得了巨大成功。在他去世的前一年，销售额超过了 $800 million。
鲁迪·瓦利 (1901-1986)。这位以对着扩音筒唱歌而闻名的美国情歌歌手，买了一栋自带电影院的房子，并将其改造成了自己的纪念品博物馆。他曾承诺：“直到我死之日，我都会是头版新闻。”
在 7月 28. . . 1750, 德国作曲家约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫去世，享年 65. 1914, 奥匈帝国向塞尔维亚宣战，标志着第一次世界大战的开始。
词汇魔术 猜测定义：Quakebuttock（创造于 1616） A) 胆小鬼 B) 稻草人 C) 怪物 答案见下方
短语详解： Sacred cow（神牛/不可触及的禁忌）：一个贬义词，指任何被普遍认为神圣不可侵犯，但批评者认为毫无用处且应当被废除的制度或习俗；该词源于印度教认为牛是神圣的，即使在饥荒时期也不应被宰杀的信仰。
今日金句 随着年龄的增长，你并没有变得更睿智。你只是变得更易怒了。 —— 多丽丝·莱辛，英国小说家 (1919-2013)
今日笑话 汉堡包怎么介绍他的妻子？ “认识一下，帕蒂（Patty/肉饼）。”
猜测定义答案：A
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作者：Jake Holden
一名在跑道上俯冲坠毁的业余特技飞行员，在将坠机归咎于一个“有问题的螺母”后，起诉索赔£2million。
特雷弗·戴维斯（Trevor Davis），64, 岁，在汉普郡波普汉机场（Popham Airfield）起飞15 分钟后坠机，导致脑损伤。
这位建筑商声称，由于一个螺母松动或缺失引起的机械问题，导致他无法正确操纵双翼飞机。
他目前正在起诉负责监督飞机适航性的轻型飞机协会（LAA），声称这架 Pitts Special 双翼飞机根本不应该被授权为安全。
这架1966 年的特技飞机由戴维斯先生于2011 年购买。2018 年，他委托一名工程师进行一项为期三年的“重建与改装”项目，包括
[[IMG_XXXX]] 飞行员：建筑商特雷弗·戴维斯委托工程师重建并改装这架1966 年的特技双翼飞机
拆卸机翼、断开所有飞行控制机制以及检修机身。
在他于 March 22, 起飞前，一名 LAA 检查员签署了该飞机安全可飞的确认书，但戴维斯先生表示，飞行15 分钟后，他发现自己无法通过操纵杆控制升降舵。
他表示，由于一个螺母松动或缺失，尾部升降舵（负责引导飞机机头向上或向下）与操纵杆之间的连接失效。但 LAA 辩称，在重建和检查 Pitts Special（该机型以机动性著称，但以难以着陆而闻名）的工程师团队中，
“如果在检查期间该螺母/开口销缺失，（工程师）本应能检测出来”。
LAA 声称，由于飞行员操纵飞机的方式，他应对此次坠机承担部分责任。其律师表示，他可以通过增加油门以“提供一次发动机动力爆发”来防止事故。辩方律师克里斯托弗·洛克斯顿（Christopher Loxton）主张：“他也可以选择附近一个挑战性低得多的机场着陆，例如 Thruxton。”
戴维斯先生表示，“尽管他尽了最大努力”，这架特技飞机最终还是机头栽入跑道并翻覆。
在撞击中，他的头部撞在驾驶舱边缘，导致脑损伤和颅骨骨折，同时牙齿破碎，颈部、手臂和肩膀受伤。
戴维斯先生的法律顾问 Patrick Vincent KC 表示：“由于这次事故，戴维斯先生无法继续从事自雇建筑商的工作。”除非达成庭外和解，否则此案将于日后回到伦敦高等法院审理。
当本·奥福埃杜（Ben Ofoedu）与电视节目主持人凡妮莎·费尔茨（Vanessa Feltz）长达16 年的关系在2023, 结束时，他失去了他最渴望的两样东西——一位妻子和一个自己的家庭。
现在，在与美容企业家凡妮莎·布朗（Vanessa Brown）相爱之后（他亲切地称她为“Vanessa 2.0”），并在去年于坎布里亚郡的玫瑰城堡（Rose Castle）举行了一场耗资£100,000的奢华婚礼，这位54 岁 the Phats & Small 歌手表示，现在只剩下最后一个梦想需要实现——成为一名父亲。
为了在周末庆祝两人的结婚一周年，本采取了积极措施，看看成为父亲是否仍在他的能力范围之内。
奥福埃杜前往伦敦的 Bridge Clinic 进行了检查。
他告诉我：“我比我的伴侣大 23 岁，我决定应该去检查一下，因为目前还没有（孩子）。我想组建一个家庭，很多男性不去检查，以确保一切运转正常。”
这位唱过热门单曲《Turn Around》的歌手补充道：“有时男性只是简单地认为问题在女性身上——‘噢，她不能怀孕’，但其实问题可能出在他自己身上。”
吃完就跑团 袭击海滨名人胜地
这里风景如画的海滩吸引了从杰克·怀特霍尔到温斯顿·丘吉尔，从披头士乐队到阿加莎·克里斯蒂女爵的所有人。 然而，周六晚上，一些不受欢迎的人物造访了德文郡的比格伯里海边（Bigbury-on-Sea），当地热门的牡蛎棚（Oyster Shack）餐厅的员工成为了一个“吃完就跑”团的受害者，导致店主损失了 £600。 该餐厅的一位发言人表示：“这对我们的员工来说极其令人沮丧，他们努力工作以提供热情的欢迎和优质的服务，结果信任却被辜负。” 牡蛎棚的所有者基伦·范斯通（Kieron Vanstone）试图联系这组通过电话预订桌位的六人组。 心碎的基伦透露：“他们接了第一个电话并说，‘我们现在在教堂，稍后会回电给你。’”
检查：本·奥福埃杜在诊所
“所以对于像我这样的人，我主张去接受检查。” 本的坦诚赢得了他妻子的支持，他承认：“我认为她没问题，因为她比我年轻得多。所以我觉得能否受孕就取决于我了。” 对于本来说，这是个焦虑的时刻，因为他本周将收到检查结果。“我觉得在我人生中，有一次我在掌控自己的命运。我被告知如果出现问题，有很多可以通过干预而逆转的诱发因素。” 他承认，整个过程中最困难的部分是在测试之前：“我必须禁欲五天，这非常困难。”
÷ 佩内洛佩·基思女爵（DAME Penelope Keith）今天在吉尔福德大教堂举行的葬礼可能会重新引发一场旷日持久的争端。据称，这位明星在演员慈善基金会（Actors’ Benevolent Fund）的前同僚们并不打算让
祝贺：凯瑟琳·帕金森和英格兰马球明星内德·海恩。右图：吉莉女爵去年
她 2022 年卸任该慈善机构主席而引发的争议就此淡出。一名内部人士告诉我： “（这场葬礼）正将这种情况中一些一直在悄悄进行的问题推向高潮。”
n 他们还说这段关系维持不了多久！当我透露 63 岁的罗素·T·戴维斯（Russell T Davies）正在与澳大利亚服务员兼模特新人奥利弗·科尔（Oliver Cole）约会时，引起了轰动，后者 27 岁，比他小 36 岁。 但也许对于这对伴侣来说，年龄真的只是一个数字，因为这位前《神秘博士》（Doctor Who）编剧在网上分享了一张两人在周末于伦敦索荷区的山顶餐厅（Mountain Restaurant）庆祝一周年纪念的照片。
《产婆》(CALL The Midwife) 剧星海伦·乔治（Helen George）表示，主演《上流社会》（High Society）被证明是治疗心碎的完美良药。 这位 42 岁、最近与地产高管丹·因内斯（Dan Innes）分手的女星正随这部音乐剧在英国巡演，并表示她的剧组伙伴们帮助缓解了她的痛楚。
在马球赛上向 吉莉爵士致敬
在温莎的近卫马球俱乐部（Guards Polo Club），这是一个充满苦乐参半氛围的国际日。去年，情色小说女王吉莉·库珀（Jilly Cooper）爵士曾在此颁发加冕杯（Coronation Cup）。
吉莉爵士于去年10月突然去世，享年 88 岁。由她的小说改编的Disney+热门剧集《竞争者》（Rivals）的演员们（包括艾米莉·艾塔克）于本周末出席了这场马球盛会，以纪念她的遗产。
加冕杯由《竞争者》明星凯瑟琳·帕金森（Katherine Parkinson）颁发给了获胜的英格兰队。
“在我们缅怀吉莉爵士的时候，这是一个非常令人动容的日子，”马球运动管理机构赫林汉马球协会（Hurlingham Polo Association）首席执行官安娜·霍尔（Anna Hall）表示，“是她将我们这么多的人聚集在一起。”
分手。饰演特蕾西·洛德（Tracy Lord）的乔治表示：“这个角色真的很有趣。她在台上喝醉了，而且傻傻的。我很幸运，因为剧组的成员们都太有趣了。我们经常逗彼此笑。”
“当你经历分手时，演一部音乐剧是最好的选择。”
÷ 浪漫时代剧《马尔科姆先生的名单》（Mr Malcolm’s List）登陆英国广播公司（BBC）iPlayer令粉丝们欣喜，但这也促使该剧主演扎韦·阿什顿（Zawe Ashton）公开指责电视行业在这一类型中长期排斥棕色和黑色皮肤演员。这位 42 岁的演员拥有乌干达和英国血统，她表示，“通过将我们排除在时代剧的‘沙盒’之外，他们剥夺了我们展现温柔与柔情的权利”。
与汤姆·希德勒斯顿（Tom Hiddleston）订婚的扎韦补充道：“我们应当拥有表演、谈情说爱、穿着那些异想天开的服装和遮阳帽，以及以一种愉快且高贵的方式搞砸或获得成功地权利。门已经打开了，我们不能让它再次关上。”
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斯托达特（WILL STODDART）
在七月一个炎热的日子里，梅尔·比米什（Mel Beamish）决定去布拉塞河（River Brathay）游泳，这里位于湖区朗代尔谷（Langdale Valley）的高处——是一个远离最近城镇数英里的偏远美景之地。梅尔和她的朋友们在前一天跑了一场 36 英里的超级马拉松，随后他们来到一片草地旁的流行游泳点进行凉爽的浸泡。当时该国正经历干旱，河流水位较低，但当时 38 岁的切尔希郡警察侦探梅尔并不清楚这意味着什么。她告诉《健康指南》（Good Health），她当时也不知道自己正游在的一根淹没的污水管下方，该管正向水中排放污水。到那天下午，她感到恶心、眩晕，并被剧烈的腹痛袭击。起初，她将其归结为比赛导致，但一夜之间病情恶化，“极度恶心、腹泻、出汗”，她回忆道。到第二天早晨，她陷入了谵妄状态。她的朋友们拨打了救护车，在医院里，
她被注射了大量的止吐药物。梅尔在当天晚上出院，当时她虚弱得无法站立，必须被人抬进她的面包车，平躺在后座上被开车送回家。这次急性疾病持续了大约十天。随后出现了扁桃腺炎——她后来得知，“这可能是污水引起的”。那个夏天的绝大部分时间梅尔都处于患病状态，直到九月为止一直伴有“频繁的胃部不适”。医院医生怀疑她感染了弯曲杆菌（Campylobacter），这是一种存在于污水中的细菌，但当梅尔在四天后就诊于全科医生（GP）时，细菌已在体内清除，无法确认。为了追查导致她生病的原因，梅尔将她游泳地点的精确坐标发送给了负责监测全英游泳水质的环境局（Environment Agency）。然而，水样测试比她所在的时间晚了一周，结果无法可靠地反映她当时所处的水质情况。梅尔
还联系了负责西北地区水务和污水处理的联合事业公司（United Utilities）。“我提交了我的
“我当时戴上了最好的侦探帽子（试图寻找答案），但这并没有对我起到太大帮助，”她在四年后说道。
梅尔之前曾带着她的孩子和狗进入同一条河。“谢天谢地，那天他们不在我身边，”她说。
随着估计有 5.5 million 英国民众在今年夏天前往湖区呼吸新鲜空气，并在这个联合国教科文组织世界遗产地的传奇水域中游泳，这篇《健康指南》（Good Health）报告就英国淡水浴中细菌带来的潜在健康风险提出了冷静的警告。
每年，仅温德米尔湖（Windermere）就有数百万升未经处理的污水被排放——
这里是英格兰最大且最受欢迎的湖泊——随之而来的还有大肠杆菌（E.coli）和肠球菌等细菌。
这些细菌会导致呕吐、腹泻以及耳朵和皮肤感染；对于年幼者和老年人来说风险尤其高，因为他们最容易陷入重病。（这些并不是水中潜在的唯一有害病菌，稍后将详细讨论。）
去年 8 月，奥运游泳选手赫克托·帕多（Hector Pardoe）带着一个污染传感器游完了整个湖，传感器显示大肠杆菌的含量
[[IMG_XXXX]] 风景如画：威尔·斯托达特（Will Stoddart）带着年幼的女儿们在格拉斯米尔（Grasmere）涉水——但这风险究竟有多大？
游泳有多安全
随着数百万人前往深受喜爱的湖区度假，我们的调查就水中的细菌含量提出了令人不安的问题。
是安全水质评级阈值的八倍多。
但看来，你并不需要游泳才会生病。
七岁的雷克斯·厄利（Rex Earley）在去年夏天于温德米尔湖划皮划艇后，在医院住了六周——期间需要进行两次紧急手术——他的家人表示，他是在那里感染了大肠杆菌。
在看到关于温德米尔湖的新闻报道后，去年夏天我带着当时七岁和五岁的女儿们改在格拉斯米尔（Grasmere）和德文特沃特（Derwentwater）涉水，并在阿尔斯沃特（Ullswater）乘船。但那里的水是否更安全？
为了查明真相，我回到了
环境微生物学家安妮·伦纳德（Anne Leonard）建议采取以下措施：
÷ 出发前检查：使用环境署（Environment Agency）的 Swimfo 网站来识别指定的游泳水域及其最新评级。免费的“更安全的海洋与河流服务”（Safer Seas And Rivers Service）应用程序可提供包括污水泄漏在内的指定游泳地点实时警报。如需查看联合事业公司（United Utilities）的雨水溢流图，请访问 unitedutilities.com。
÷ 在下水前覆盖伤口和擦伤，并在事后洗手（或使用抗菌洗手液）。
÷ 避免在非指定游泳区域游泳。
÷ 即使是在官方游泳地点，在大雨后的 48 小时内也要避免游泳，因为此时雨水溢流最容易发生泄漏。
÷ 避开明显的入水口——管道、排水沟和溪流口——以及任何浑浊、起泡或有恶臭的地方。
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十周前在同样的地方，但这次携带了来自 Simplex Health 的无菌水采样瓶，该公司是一家经英国认证服务机构（United Kingdom Accreditation Service）认可的实验室，该机构是认证实验室达到与环境署（EA）相同标准的官方机构。 环境署会对游泳水域进行两种细菌（大肠杆菌 E.coli 和肠球菌）的检测；从 5 月到 9 月底（游泳季），每隔一到两周会对水样进行一次采样。 该机构检测官方指定的游泳地点，但整个湖区（Lake District）只有 8 个此类地点：温德米尔湖（Windermere）4 个，康尼斯顿湖（Coniston）3 个，德文特湖（Derwentwater）1 个。 而且许多游客并不只在这些地点游泳。 兰卡斯特大学环境科学高级讲师本·萨里奇（Ben Surridge）表示：“有些人会在格拉斯米尔（Grasmere）以及湖区许多其他未被官方指定为游泳水域的湖泊和河流中游泳。” “因此，这些地方不会有官方监测。” 他说，如果没有这些检测，你将无法知道水质是否安全。 而且很多人可能没有意识到，湖区的几乎每个湖泊都有来自附近城镇排放废水的污水处理厂。 你不太可能发现它们，因为它们很少位于湖岸边。 有些通过喂养湖泊的溪流和河流排放，有时在数英里上游。其他则通过铺设在水下的出水口管道分散排放。 淡水生物协会（Freshwater Biological Association）慈善机构的科学主管路易丝·拉维克托尔（Louise Lavictoire）表示，湖区的每个湖泊都带有某种形式的污染。 她解释说，这不仅仅来自水务公司的排放： “有无数的私人排放点，范围从定期清空的化粪池到渗坑和小型的集成处理设施。” 事实上，根据联合事业公司（United Utilities）的数据，仅在温德米尔湖就有 1,800 个来自家庭、酒店和露营地的私人渗坑在向湖中排放。动物学家兼“拯救温德米尔”（Save Windermere）运动创始人马特·斯塔尼克（Matt Staniek）表示，问题在于这些私人渗坑“不具备杀死大肠杆菌（E.coli）等细菌的技术”。 一个主要问题是雨水溢流。 污水是指那些...
来自我们家中的排水，包括 马桶、洗手池、浴缸、淋浴间和 洗衣机。 它携带人类的尿液和 粪便，以及随排水口流掉的 肥皂、清洁剂和油脂。下水道管道 还承载来自道路和屋顶的雨水，在暴雨期间 这两者会共同涌入处理厂。 当到达的水量超过 处理厂的设计处理能力时，雨水 溢流口——一种闸门——会打开 并将未经处理的污水和 雨水排入河流和湖泊。 即使是“经过处理”的废物也并非不含 细菌。污水处理厂清除 固体并分解 废物，但除非安装了紫外线 (UV) 灯，否则无法杀死细菌——而大多数湖区 处理厂并不具备此设备。 环境署 (EA) 表示，只有在附近湖泊拥有 指定的洗浴水域地点时才要求安装， 而且即便如此，也仅在该机构 认为污染风险足够高的情况下才要求。 例如在康尼斯顿 (Coniston)， 该村庄的污水处理厂没有紫外线 杀菌阶段：它将污水排放到彻奇溪 (Church Beck)， 该溪流在 50 米远处直接流入 湖泊上的一个指定 游泳区（在孩子们整个夏天都在此游泳的 划船中心）。该地点在 2024 年被评为“差”，并在 2025 年才勉强提升至“合格”。 即便那些拥有紫外线设备的污水处理厂 也不是万无一失的。 马特·斯坦尼克 (Matt Staniek) 表示，他拥有湖区 的操作员日志，“其中操作员称 由于流速过快，紫外线剂量失效”（在 雨天，污水流经紫外线灯的速度会加快）。 紫外线灯只有在灯管保持清洁且定期更换时 才有效，
意味着 稀释细菌的水量减少
他补充道。否则，“灯管上就会积一层干涸的 排泄物，导致它们 失效”。（联合事业公司 [United Utilities] 表示，该系统设计为可根据需要调整流速。） 许多游客可能不知道的是，细菌水平在 夏季月份达到顶峰——根据
受害者：上方为梅尔·比马什 (Mel Beamish)，以及在格拉斯米尔 (Grasmere) 采集水样的威尔·斯托达特 (Will Stoddart)
溢流记录
看起来可能很干净，但事实真是这样吗？ 仅在去年，以下四座湖泊就经历了超过 3,200 小时的原始污水排放，其中部分发生在游泳季节。一次“溢流”（spill）是指一次暴雨溢流口的排放。 康尼斯顿湖（CONISTON）（污水处理厂排放至 Church Beck，随后经由划船中心流入湖中）：共 131 次溢流，总计 1,765 小时。 格拉斯米尔湖（GRASMERE）（直接排放至湖中）：53 次溢流，408 小时。 阿尔斯沃特湖（ULLSWATER）（排放至 Glenridding Beck，随后流入湖中）：82 次溢流，144 小时。 德温特湖（DERWENTWATER）（克斯威克污水处理厂通过德温特河排放）：77 次溢流，907 小时。 来源：环境局（Environment Agency）事件持续时间监测数据。
……关于“温德米尔大调查”（The Big Windermere Survey），这是一项由淡水生物协会和兰卡斯特大学开展的为期两年半的研究，于 2025 年发表，指出这会导致“如果误食水，胃肠道疾病的风险会增加”。 在温暖干燥的天气里，河流水位通常较低，这意味着稀释处理后污水的水量较少——今年早些时候，首席医疗官克里斯·惠蒂（Chris Whitty）教授爵士强调了这一问题。他表示，虽然暴雨溢流是一个众所周知的问题，但公众对那些在许可水平内运行、但由于水位低而产生的排放风险缺乏认识。 他说，这种情况发生在一年之中“绝大多数儿童和成年人倾向于使用水环境”的时间段。 而这正是梅尔·比米什（Mel Beamish）在布拉塞河（River Brathay）游泳的时候。 此外，夏季对污水系统的需求更高——任何去过那里的人都知道，湖区在这段时间极其繁忙，污水处理厂承受的压力最大。路易丝·拉维克图尔（Louise Lavictoire）表示，额外的游客带来了“巨大的挑战”，所有人都在冲厕所、洗澡，大量涌入原本为当地少数人口建设的处理厂。以风景如画的格拉斯米尔为例，马特·斯坦尼克（Matt Staniek）说，该污水处理厂现在的抽水量远远超过了其设计初衷。联合事业公司（United Utilities）报告称，格拉斯米尔夏季最高人口约为 2,700 人。水务行业的计算基础是每人每天产生约 150 升废水，因此处理厂在繁忙的夏季日子里应处理约 405,000 升水。但根据环保组织“Windrush Against Sewage Pollution”对该公司数据的分析，夏季进入处理厂的平均流量高出约九倍，在 2024 和 2025 年，离开处理厂的处理后污水量经常突破每日 600 万升。虽然在某些特定情况下将未经处理的污水排入水中是完全合法的，但这种情况发生的频率令人深感不安，正如《健康生活》（Good Health）通过结合信息自由申请和对环境局（EA）公开记录的分析所发现的那样。 利用环境局去年的记录，我们发现康尼斯顿湖、格拉斯米尔湖、阿尔斯沃特湖和德温特湖的暴雨溢流口（即“溢流”）开启了 340 次以上，将含有原始污水的废水排入湖泊和溪流中，总时长超过 3,200 小时。在分析的五年期间，Glenridding 污水处理厂（排放至流入阿尔斯沃特湖的溪流中）的年度数据最为糟糕，从 2024 年的 38 次溢流（持续 43 小时）增加到去年的 82 次溢流（持续 144 小时）。在直接排入湖中的格拉斯米尔污水处理厂，溢流持续了 408 小时（见左侧方框）。部分暴雨溢流包括夏季游泳期间的数百小时。在康尼斯顿，Church Beck 溢流口（流入指定的游泳……
（地点）在 5 月 15 日至 9 月 30 日期间开放了 489 小时（全年溢流总时长为 1,765 小时）。凯斯威克（Keswick）污水处理厂的洗浴季溢流持续了 183 小时，该厂向德文特河（River Derwent，流入德文特湖）排放。使用雨水溢流口是合法的，但应作为最后手段且仅在潮湿天气下使用。然而，在洗浴季的排放中，有数量令人担忧的疑似“干燥日”溢流，即在几乎没有或无显著降雨的情况下排放未经处理的污水（这意味着稀释细菌的水量更少）。这些通常是不被允许的。例如，去年科尼斯顿（Coniston）在洗浴季期间发生了 6 次“干燥日”溢流，总时长近 56 小时。在格拉斯米尔（Grasmere），污水处理厂在 2024 年 1 月 9 日至今年 1 月 7 日之间，在干燥日排放了 71 小时 50 分钟。尽管洗浴地的水质会检测大肠杆菌（E.coli）和肠球菌，但埃克塞特大学（Exeter University）的环境微生物学家威廉·盖兹（William Gaze）教授告诉《良好健康》（Good Health），这些指标“不能说明全部情况”。他表示，同样的污水可能携带诺如病毒、肝炎病毒以及贾第鞭毛虫（giardia）等寄生虫，后者会导致数周之久的虚弱性腹泻。
可能还存在另一种潜在风险。埃克塞特大学的研究人员此前发现，冲浪者携带耐药菌的可能性是普通人的三倍，目前他们正在对淡水游泳者进行调查。埃克塞特大学的环境微生物学家安妮·伦纳德（Anne Leonard）表示，耐药性感染可能更难治疗。她补充道：“在水质分级良好的指定洗浴水域，我们可以预期大多数人的风险相对较低。”
“但儿童面临的风险可能更高，因为他们在水中的停留时间更长，洗浴时倾向于吞下更多水，且免疫系统可能发育不全。”
那么，当我对我家人去年夏天使用的三个湖泊的水质进行采样时，发生了什么？水看起来确实非常清澈。格拉斯米尔是较小的湖泊之一，并非指定洗浴点，但这个因华兹沃斯（Wordsworth）而闻名的田园诗般湖泊拥有一个深受家庭欢迎的砾石海滩。
马特·斯坦尼克（Matt Staniek）表示，自 2020 年以来，污水处理厂已向这个“微小水体”排放了超过 12 billion 升处理过的污水。你实际上看不出污水进入的位置，因为出水口位于湖底中央。我抽取的样本化验结果显示
简单归咎于食物中毒
从水边采集的样本显示其含有大肠杆菌。 在看似纯净的乌尔斯沃特湖（Ullswater），虽然这里并非指定的游泳场所，但我仍看到人们在水中嬉戏。我涉水走进迷人的格伦里丁溪（Glenridding Beck），将一个瓶子直接放在我于岸边树丛后发现的一座小型污水处理厂排出的管道下方。 样本显示含有大肠杆菌和肠球菌。 在德温特湖（Derwent Water）的克劳公园（Crow Park），这是一个指定的游泳场所，结果显示含有大肠杆菌和肠球菌。 我在格拉斯米尔（Grasmere）和克劳公园采集的样本数值低得令人安心（每 100ml 仅含 1 个大肠杆菌和肠球菌的“菌落形成单位”）。 在乌尔斯沃特湖，大肠杆菌为 57 per 1 0 0 m l 且 3 6 intestinal enterococci per 100ml，而游泳限值是 500 per 100ml。 样本还检测了大肠菌群（另一种生活在人类、动物和鸟类肠道中的细菌）——乌尔斯沃特湖的数值为 1,986 per 100ml。 环境署（EA）在 2024 和 2025 年均将克劳公园评为“差”，并给出官方建议禁止游泳；而 2025 年 7 月 30 日的一次样本记录显示，每 100ml 含有 1,300 个大肠杆菌和 750 个肠球菌，表明严重污染。 那么，我的实验是否意味着我不必担心格拉斯米尔和克劳公园？ 本·萨里奇（Ben Surridge）认为并非如此。他领导了“大温德米尔调查”（Big Windermere Survey，由志愿者在湖区各处采集水样），他指出水质“变化非常迅速”。 例如，一场暴雨可以在数小时内将污染物冲入湖中，因此在一个干燥的早晨测得的数据，无法告诉你下雨后的下午情况。 在他们出行之前，雷克斯·厄利（Rex Earley）的
《每日邮报》, 星期二, 2026 年 7 月 28 日 健康指南 为了治疗阳痿，您是否愿意将私密部位放入这个设备中？
一款向阴茎发射无线电波以增强组织的设备，可能有助于治疗勃起功能障碍的男性。 这款名为 VerticaPro 的设备看起来像一个中间带孔的手持游戏机，连接着一个移动电源单元。 在涂抹导电凝胶后，将阴茎...
将设备置于孔洞中并按下按钮，即可将低频无线电波透过皮肤发射到内部柔软且海绵状的组织中，即勃起时血液聚集的地方。
这项技术此前已用于紧致松弛的皮肤，被认为能增强阴茎内部的胶原蛋白纤维，从而实现更坚挺的勃起。该设备的微型版名为 Vertica（见右图），可在居家使用，价格约为 £1,200，自 2023 年起在英国上市。
如今，该技术的背后的公司 Ohh-Med Medical 推出了一款“涡轮增压”版本，其特点是采用先进的能量传输技术，能更精准、强力地针对组织。
VerticaPro 将在接下来的几周内，在英国部分选定的私人诊所推出。
该产品针对的是患有轻至中度勃起功能障碍，且对抗阳痿药物（如西地那非/品牌名万艾可，或他达拉非/犀力士）无反应或拒绝用药的男性。
英国约有五分之一的男性——总计约 4.3million 人——患有勃起功能障碍。
衰老是一个关键因素，但由于 2 型糖尿病、心脏病以及肥胖影响而导致的生殖器血流量减少，同样会破坏男性的性欲。
一些研究表明，这可能是心血管疾病的早期预警信号。
尽管万艾可及类似药物在过去 20 年中改变了治疗方式，但仍有高达五分之一的患者在使用这些药物后没有改善。这些药物还具有潜在的副作用，从头痛和面部潮红到眩晕和鼻塞不等。
根据 VerticaPro 制造商的说法，低能无线电频率通过轻轻加热海绵体（即在刺激期间扩张以使阴茎充血并产生坚挺勃起的胶原蛋白海绵床）来发挥作用。
该公司声称，这种加热能促进胶原蛋白的生长和弹性，从而使血液一旦流入该器官，就能被周围的胶原蛋白保留在其中——从而维持勃起。一项初步研究
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家人在 EA 网站上查询过，显示温德米尔湖的水质为“极佳”（虽然该处并非官方游泳点，但他们是从一个热门的皮划艇中心出发的）。
即使在低水平污染下，部分人群也可能生病。世界卫生组织（其研究是洗浴水标准的基础）表示，被归类为“良好”的水质带有 3 至 5% 的胃肠炎风险，潜在线性风险可能高达每 20 次接触水就出现一例病例。
正如安妮·伦纳德（Anne Leonard）所指出的，儿童可能更加脆弱。她补充道：“真实的伤亡人数未知，因为大多数人从未将疾病与水联系起来。”
“他们回家后，几天后生病，并将症状归咎于一系列其他可能的来源，例如食物、家庭接触或与动物接触。”
事实上，当彼得·森普尔（Peter Semple）
在 2023 年的一项研究中，40 名男性中有超过 85% 的人在经过 8 周内 12 次治疗后，勃起功能出现了统计学上的显著改善，且没有严重的副作用，据《阳痿研究杂志》（Journal of Impotence Research）报道。
然而，该研究由制造商资助。一项规模更大的 200 人临床试验正在美国进行。但这不是一个便宜的选择。英国诊所提供为期 4 周的 12 次治疗，费用约为 £1,500。患者可能还需要定期进行 DIY 居家治疗以维持效果。
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大学学院伦敦医院（University College London Hospitals）的泌尿科及男科学教授 David Ralph 表示，VerticaPro 设备可以帮助许多男性，因为它针对的是勃起功能障碍的“底层生理机制”，而不仅仅是症状。 他表示：“通过使用受控的射频能量轻轻加热组织，被认为可以改善血流，增强血管反应能力，并刺激与勃起功能相关的长期组织变化。” “它的目标是随着时间的推移增强身体自身的勃起机制，而不是产生短期的药理效果。” 大学学院伦敦医院 NHS 基金会信托（University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust）的泌尿外科顾问医师 Wai Gin Lee 补充道：“这是一种新颖的、非侵入性的方法。它针对的是勃起功能障碍的结构性原因，而不是像口服药物那样仅仅提供临时的对症效果。” “对于选定的轻至中度勃起功能障碍患者，它提供了一个由令人鼓舞的早期临床数据支持的无药治疗方案。”
一名来自利兹的医院麻醉师在 2022 年于温德米尔湖（Windermere）游泳后因吞咽湖水而感染了弯曲杆菌（Campylobacter）（他是该组中唯一吞下水的成员，也是唯一病重的人），但他的医生却将其归咎于食用未煮熟的鸡肉——直到 Peter 指出他是一名素食主义者。 Matt Staniek 表示，湖区游泳是否安全是一个根本不应该被讨论的话题。“那里应该是绝对纯净的地方。” 联合事业公司（United Utilities）的一位发言人表示：“我们理解人们对雨水溢流的担忧，这就是为什么我们将在 2030 年前在坎布里亚郡（Cumbria）投资 £1 billion 以改善河流和湖泊。” 该公司补充说，意识到气候变化日益增加的影响，它正与一系列专家合作“评估仅允许雨水进入温德米尔湖的方案”。
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健康生活
在将近八个月的时间里，Suzie Brown 简单地认为她胸口剧烈的心悸与压力有关。 “我父亲被诊断出患有癌症晚期，所以我承受着巨大的压力——而且我当时只有 40, 岁，我不认为会是什么严重的问题，”住在兰开夏郡海舍姆（Heysham）的保险理赔经理 Suzie 回忆道。 尽管如此，反复出现的随机心跳剧烈和轻微胸痛仍让她感到恐惧。 “我可能是在接 [八岁] 的女儿放学，或者躺在床上——似乎没有任何规律，”现年 42, 岁的 Suzie 说道，她的丈夫 Ashley 现年 38, 岁，同样从事保险行业。 但随后，在 2024 年 12 月的一个周末（在她症状首次出现四个月后），Suzie 的心跳开始持续地在耳边“大声”搏动，剧烈的胸痛让她夜不能寐。 “我深信自己一定是在心脏病发作，”她说。 到了周二，家人非常担心，Suzie 的父亲开车将她送到了医院。 心电图（ECG，用于测量心率）和血液检查排除了心脏病发作，因此 Suzie 被允许出院。 但她的症状仍在持续。Suzie 还开始感到燥热和出汗，因此怀疑这是否与围绝经期有关，尽管她还很年轻。 她的全科医生（GP）让她填写了一份在线症状自查表，但没有发现任何异常。 在接下来的几个月里，随着心悸的持续，Suzie 体重减轻了 1.5 stone，且睡眠出现问题。“易怒且紧张”，她还注意到自己的头发变稀疏了，眼睛感觉“干燥且有沙粒感”。
终于，在 2025 年 4 月的一天慢跑时，她无意中瞥了一眼健身手表，发现她的心率达到了每分钟 180 次（一个 40 岁健康成年人的运动心率为 90 到 153 次）。 她联系了全科医生，医生告诉她直接去急诊科（A&E）。
这一次，所有的检查结果依然正常——但这一次 Suzie 坚持己见。“我说我不满意，而且我知道出问题了，”她说。在一名护士多问了几个问题后，建议 Suzie 可能患有甲状腺功能亢进（hyperthyroidism），并安排了血液检查。 在甲亢状态下，甲状腺会产生过多的甲状腺素，而这种激素负责控制新陈代谢。 高水平的甲状腺素会导致身体功能加速，从而引起快速且不规律的心跳、心率加快、尽管食欲增加但体重突然减轻，以及焦虑和睡眠困难、不耐热和大量出汗。 其他症状包括瘙痒、排尿量大（较高的代谢率导致肾脏过滤血液的速度加快）、口渴、甲状腺肿大（甲状腺肿）或甲状腺眼病（当免疫系统攻击眼后组织，产生典型的“凸眼”外观时）。它还可能导致男性勃起功能障碍。 据估计，英国约有 800,000 到 100 万人患有甲状腺功能亢进，女性受影响的可能性是男性的十倍。 最常见的原因是格雷夫斯病（Graves’ disease），这是一种自身免疫性疾病，由抗体过度刺激甲状腺产生过多甲状腺激素引起。（目前尚不清楚
心悸是由于压力 引起的，医生们 也是这么认为的。 但问题不在于 她的心脏，而在于 她的甲状腺…… 焦虑的数月：Suzie Brown
是什么触发了格雷夫斯病（Graves'），但吸烟可能会增加风险。） 过量的甲状腺激素会过度刺激心脏。伯明翰大学内分泌学教授、英国甲状腺基金会（British Thyroid Foundation）慈善机构顾问 Kristien Boelaert 解释说，心脏与神经和肠道一样，具有极高浓度的甲状腺激素受体。这会导致新陈代谢加快，并可能引发心悸。 “它还可能导致肠道传输加快、体重减轻、震颤和不耐热（感觉燥热出汗），以及一系列其他症状，”她告诉《健康指南》（Good Health）。 但 Boeleart 教授表示，心悸、出汗和睡眠困难等症状可能与其他常见问题重叠，包括压力和心脏病，这使得诊断变得复杂，尤其是对于女性而言，因为这些症状也模仿了典型的更年期症状。 这往往会导致诊断延迟，然而尽早发现甲状腺功能亢进至关重要。如果不及时治疗，心脏持续承受压力可能会导致心房颤动（心跳不规律）并增加中风风险。 在极少数情况下，不受控制的甲状腺功能亢进可能会发展为
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危及生命的“甲状腺风暴”， 即大量甲状腺激素突然释放 进入血液，导致新陈代谢 过度亢进。 症状包括高血压、发烧、出汗、 颤抖、呕吐和躁动：这是一种 医疗紧急情况，在高达 30 的 病例中可能导致死亡。 然而，尽管出现了典型的 甲状腺功能亢进症状，但在 提及该病况之前，Suzie 竟然等待了八个多月。随后 她又等待了四个月才见到 内分泌专家（激素专家）。 她的经历很普遍。亚伯丁大学 一项 2023 年针对 1,200 名 甲状腺疾病患者的调查发现， 他们获得诊断的平均等待时间 为四年半。 有时，患有心悸的女性可能会 被误诊为其他疾病， 包括恐慌症。 其他人可能会在未先进行 甲状腺功能检测的情况下， 接受不必要的心脏检查。 Boelaert 教授表示，对于 反复出现严重心悸的中年女性， 应首先进行甲状腺功能测试。 但 42 岁的 Michelle Smythe 并非如此，她接受了两次 不必要的心脏手术，因为 医生诊断为心脏问题，而实际上 她患有甲状腺功能亢进。只有在 两次手术均告失败后，这位 两个孩子的母亲最终才接受了 检查甲状腺功能的血液测试， 真相才得以揭晓——尽管她 有甲状腺问题的家族史。 Michelle 的症状始于 15 年前 怀孕期间，当时她的心率 飙升至 209 bpm。 “我呼吸短促且颤抖， 真的非常恐怖，” Michelle 回忆道。她一名 管理人员，由于仍在接受 医疗治疗，她要求使用化名。
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她被诊断为 室上性心动过速 ——由心脏电信号异常 引起的心跳异常快速发作 ——并被告知需要进行心脏消融术， 即利用热量破坏触发 错误信号的组织。这次时长 五小时的手术是在局部麻醉下 进行的。 “我觉得极其痛苦，因为 吗啡对我不起作用，” 来自肯特郡梅德斯通的 Michelle 说道。 当手术被证明无效后，医生 在三个月后重复了该手术。 “结果还是没有效果，我的 心悸发作仍在继续，” Michelle 说。 直到计划进行第三次消融术时， 她的主治医生终于进行了 甲状腺功能测试，Michelle 被诊断为甲状腺功能亢进。
由格雷夫斯病（Graves’ disease）引起。“我经历了 17 个月的噩梦，接受了完全没有必要的心脏手术，”她告诉《健康生活》（Good Health）。“我不明白为什么在我最初出现心悸时，他们没有做甲状腺血液检查。”
在她被诊断出疾病时，她的甲状腺已严重受损，不得不通过手术切除。
米歇尔（Michelle）现在余生都需要服用人工合成的甲状腺激素。
随后，她获得了医院支付的 £6,000 赔偿金。
“如果能在正确的时间进行正确的检查，所有这些创伤本都可以避免，”她说。
苏齐（Suzie）也表达了同样的挫败感。在被诊断出患有甲亢后，她开始服用卡比马唑（carbimazole）来控制甲状腺水平——尽管在医生尝试为她寻找正确剂量期间，她的心悸又花了另外四个月的时间才逐渐缓解。
现在她的心悸症状改善了 70 ％。但她补充道：
“延迟诊断非常关键，因为我的症状一直在恶化——这给我的心脏带来了压力，并使我面临严重的长期症状风险。”
米德兰大都会大学医院（Midland Metropolitan University Hospital）的顾问心脏病专家德里克·康诺利（Derek Connolly）教授表示，心悸通常由心房颤动、高血压和冠状动脉疾病引起。
但他补充道：“对于每一个因心悸就诊的人，绝对应该通过血液检查筛查其中一项，那就是甲状腺疾病。”
“这是一项标准检查，尽管这是一种相对罕见的原因。在患有心悸的年轻女性中，我会重点排查甲状腺疾病。”
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随着英国热浪持续，寻找一款可靠的止汗剂变得迫在眉睫。但随着许多新产品提出日益惊人的主张，最好的选择是什么？我们邀请了伦敦卡多根诊所（Cadogan Clinic）的皮肤科顾问蒂姆·丘吉尔博士（Dr Tim Churchill）对一些最新产品进行评估，随后我们对其进行了评级。
预算之选 AMPLEX Active Antiperspirant Roll On（走珠止汗剂），50ml 售价 99p，Superdrug 销售 主张：“含无刺激成分，提供 24 小时保护。” 每日使用。 专家判定：这里的关键活性成分是氯化铝，这是一种成熟的止汗剂——它能暂时在汗腺中形成栓塞，从而显著减少出汗。持久度更高的止汗剂通常含有更高浓度的铝盐，且/或采用了不易被洗掉的配方。 其中的尿素和芦荟可帮助滋润皮肤。对于大多数人来说，该配方应能提供有效的日常保护。 9/10
全身适用 DOVE Lavender & Chamomile Whole Body Deodorant Cream（多芬薰衣草与洋甘菊全身除臭霜），75ml 售价 £3.15，Boots 销售 主张：“全方位气味保护以...
让你感觉清新。' 每天涂抹于腋下、大腿或胸前。 专家评语：全身性产品是一项增长趋势，但对大多数人而言，除臭剂仅在产生体味 l的区域（主要是腋下）才必要。如果你经历过度出汗或影响身体多个部位的异味，请咨询你的医生，因为可能有更合适的治疗方案。 像这款一样的无铝除臭剂正变得日益流行，这是由于人们担心铝与乳腺癌或痴呆症之间存在联系。但科学研究显示并没有令人信服的证据支持这一点。 该产品含有新癸酸锌——一种具有抗菌特性的锌盐，有助于抑制将汗液分解为异味化合物的细菌活动。 但将像这样浓稠的乳霜配方用于易长粉刺的皮肤可能会堵塞毛孔并导致爆发。 7/10
THE Deodorant Balm SC.00 无香型与敏感肌适用， £17.85 / 50ml, aktlondon.com 宣称：‘无香且无铝，提供全天候保护。' 每天可用在任何部位，包括脚部、前额和胸部。 专家评语：这款产品结合使用了箭根粉、二氧化硅和黏土来吸收多余水分，而其中的氧化镁和碳酸氢钠在科学上已被证明可以通过改变皮肤 pH 值，使其不利于产生异味的细菌生长，从而中和异味。 对于某些人来说，这是一个不错的选择，因为它是无香型的，因此对敏感肌肤的刺激较小，但这些成分在控制大量出汗方面的效果远不如铝盐。 6/10
SURE 女性 Rio 椰子 72hr 全身除臭喷雾, £5.25 / 150ml, Tesco 宣称：‘可用于任何部位，包括腋下、胸部、脚部、私处及其他部位。' 根据需要涂抹。 专家评语：另一款使用新癸酸锌来控制异味的除臭剂，但 72 小时的除臭宣称应谨慎解读。 虽然抗菌成分和香料在受控测试条件下可能在较长时间内减轻异味，但在现实世界中的表现将取决于体力活动、室外温度、洗澡和衣着等因素。此外请注意，“全身”除臭剂应仅限外用。虽然宣称可用于“私处”，但此类产品不应涂抹在内部生殖组织上或其附近，例如，因为这可能会破坏细菌正常的保护平衡。而且像这样的香氛喷雾会增加刺激和过敏性接触性皮炎的风险，尤其是对于易患湿疹或皮肤敏感的人群。 4/10
LONG-LASTING PERSPIREX 强效止汗走珠液, £9.99 / 20ml, Boots 宣称：‘为严重出汗提供五天保护。' 睡前涂抹于干燥皮肤，早晨洗掉。 专家评语：这款产品使用了氯化铝，这是最常用的止汗剂。此前，含有此成分的产品声称可提供长达 48 小时的保护，因此这次的时间显著延长。这在科学上是可行的，因为阻塞汗腺的效果可以持续到皮肤自然脱落最上层细胞且汗栓被洗掉为止（持续时间因人而异）。在这种情况下，氯化铝的浓度比平时更高，且制造商采用了更难洗掉的配方，从而创造了更持久的屏障。由于该产品设计为在夜间使用（此时汗腺较不活跃），它有充足的 8 小时时间渗透并在这类腺体中形成栓塞。这是多汗症（过度出汗）的一个良好的一线治疗方法，而且重要的是，它不会干扰身体调节温度的能力，因为腋下仅占全身汗腺的一小部分。主要缺点是氯化铝可能会导致
刺激。9/10 VICHY 7-Day Antiperspirant Cream For Sensitive Skin（薇希敏感肌7日止汗霜），30ml售价£8.25，Boots销售。声称：“提供七天强效止汗保护。”连续四天涂抹于腋下，随后一周每隔一天使用一次。此后每周使用两次。专家结论：这种递减的涂抹时间表允许汗腺栓随时间逐渐累积。该面霜含有氯化铝水合物，其止汗效果比
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氯化铝略温和。制造商声称，通过使用更小的铝微粒，它可以更深地渗透到汗腺中，提供更长时间的保护。但这缺乏足够的独立证据支持。尽管是为敏感肌配方，它仍含有铝盐和香精，可能会引起刺激，尤其是在剃毛后或涂抹在受损皮肤上。6/10 ‘GOOD’ BACTERIA FUSSY Natural Refillable Deodorant（“好”细菌 FUSSY 天然可替换除臭剂），40g售价£9.99，Superdrug销售。声称：“一种基于科学的益生菌配方，补充‘好’细菌，提供24小时保护。”洗澡后每日涂抹。专家结论：益生菌除臭剂是一个有趣的新兴趋势。汗液本身几乎没有气味，只有在皮肤细菌将其分解时才会产生异味。其中最糟糕的元凶之一是葡萄球菌，它们可以将原本无味的汗液化合物转化为具有刺激性且闻起来像洋葱的
含硫化学物质。该配方包含氢氧化镁和碳酸氢钠以帮助中和异味，同时用木薯淀粉吸收水分。其有效性可能源于这些成分的组合。但请注意：作为一款除臭剂（而非止汗剂），它不能停止出汗，只能减轻气味。7/10 ROLLR Rose Quartz Gemstone Deodorant（ROLLR 蔷薇水晶宝石除臭剂），£45，rollr.co.uk销售。声称：“通过自然收缩毛孔而非堵塞毛孔来减少出汗。”含有后生元和前生元。每日使用。专家结论：米淀粉和箭头根淀粉等成分可吸收水分，而具有抗菌效果的明矾（potassium alum）可提供轻微的异味控制。但“收缩毛孔”的说法在科学上并不被认可。它还含有前生元和后生元（细菌副产物），据说可以滋养“好”
细菌并降低皮肤pH值以抑制异味细菌，但支持这一说法的证据非常有限。单价£45且每两个月需花费£12购买替换装，这极其昂贵。其价格大部分体现在豪华的设计上，而非经证明的卓越性能。4/10
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LAIRE Bergstrom Johnson 清晰地记得她的童年从此改变的那个时刻。在她七岁时，她的非同卵双胞胎姐妹 Maegan 突然在学校操场上晕倒。“我记得当铃声响起，准备从课间休息时间回到室内时，我跑过去发现她躺在沙坑的地上，无法站起来，”现年 30 岁的 Claire 回忆道。“Maegan 一直尝试重新站起来，但就是不行。我以为她在开玩笑。”当 Maegan 被抱进室内时，老师起初怀疑她是反常的捣蛋行为，直到这个小女孩解释说她根本无法站立。那天晚些时候她勉强站了起来，但走路踉踉跄跄，不停地撞到东西。回想起来，她的母亲（一名兽医）在之前的几个月里已经注意到一些令人担忧的迹象。正如 Claire 所解释的：“Maegan 变得笨手笨脚，经常撞到东西，然后痛得尖叫。‘当她下楼时，她开始紧紧抓着扶手，一步一步地走，在尝试下一步之前会先站稳双脚。’”因此，在她晕倒后，父母带 Maegan 去了家庭医生那里，医生要求进行一些血液检测。当这些检测未能揭示问题所在时，Maegan 被转诊到当地的一家儿童医院，在那里她被误诊为 Charcot-Marie-Tooth 病（腓总神经病），这是一组损害周围神经的遗传性疾病。但她的情况继续恶化。“在这次就诊后的一周内，Maegan 的情况明显恶化，”Claire 说。“她能走路，但对事物非常敏感。例如，温暖的洗澡水与周围较凉空气之间的温差会让她的痛得尖叫；即使是简单的碰撞或轻推也会非常痛苦。她还经历了突然的肌肉无力且经常跌倒。”医生们对此感到困惑，经常对家属的担忧不予理会，她的母亲甚至被一些临床医生贴上了“歇斯底里的直升机家长”的标签。随后，Maegan 被转诊到距离其位于美国密歇根州荷兰市（Holland, Michigan）家中约 500 英里外的梅奥诊所（Mayo Clinic）进行更专业的评估。
在经过多轮调查（例如测量通过神经传输的电信号速度和强度的神经传导测试）后，她再次被误诊为格林-巴利综合征（GBS），这是一种免疫系统攻击周围神经的自身免疫性疾病。
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AEGAN 住院两周并接受了 GBS 的治疗。出院时，她感觉好了一些，但几乎无法行走。Claire 记得这段时间以及对她家庭产生的影响。她的父亲 Steve 是一名临床心理学家，开始疯狂地研究 Maegan 的症状。她们的大姐 Rachael 当时九岁，已经足够成熟到能够意识到情况有多严重且令人担忧。但她的父母不知怎么地设法维持了家庭的运转，附近的亲戚在需要时也提供帮助。尽管如此，压力依然真实存在。“我觉得作为‘健康的那个双胞胎’承受着巨大的愧疚感，”Claire 反思道。“在某种程度上，我的童年也被夺走了——我陪着 Maegan 在医院进出度过了那么长时间，看着她几近死亡。”在出院一个月内，Maegan
为她的双胞胎姐妹 找到治疗这种罕见疾病 的方法 —— 而现在 她即将获得成功
恶化 她当时坐在轮椅上，双腿完全瘫痪，手臂虚弱到无法支撑自己的身体。 克莱尔说道：“我记得当她虚弱到需要父母帮她在床上翻身时，她会在深夜里尖叫和哭泣。到那个阶段，我知道出大事了。 ‘那是真正的低谷。梅根看起来形销骨立，双腿明显在萎缩。她看起来就像快要死去一样。’ 然后有一天晚上 —— 在她在学校晕倒后的两个月内 —— 医生称她的肺部有衰竭风险，她的父母不得不紧急将梅根送往梅奥医学中心（Mayo Clinic）。就在那时，梅根的家人终于发现了她的病因： 慢性炎症性脱髓鞘性多发性神经病（CIDP）。 这 是 一组 自身免疫性 神经系统疾病 —— 或 炎症性 神经病变 —— 其中 免疫系统-
开拓者： 克莱尔拥有 神经研究 博士学位
[免疫系统] 错误地攻击了神经系统。 Maegan 的白细胞和抗体一直在剥离外周神经周围的保护层（称为髓鞘），而外周神经负责控制肌肉并传导感觉。 这损害了它们向大脑和脊髓传输信号的能力，也解释了为什么她同时经历了肌肉无力和剧烈疼痛。 CIDP（慢性炎症性脱髓鞘性多发性神经病）影响英国约 5,000 人，每年有多达 650 人被诊断出患病，且目前无法治愈。 “症状通常是逐渐开始的，但典型特征是在数周到数月内持续恶化，”世界领先的专家、牛津大学神经学教授西蒙·里纳尔迪（Simon Rinaldi）表示。 “人们可能会注意到手脚持续有针刺感或麻木感，手臂或腿部无力，平衡出现问题，或者行走难度增加。” 他补充道：“刺痛和麻木是常见症状，通常是由没那么严重的因素引起的。让我们担忧的是当多种症状同时出现、且在恶化并干扰日常活动（如爬楼梯、行走或拎购物袋）时。” 他解释说，如果不进行治疗，持续的炎症会导致永久性神经损伤和持久的残疾，但 CIDP 是可以治疗的。 “主要治疗方案包括类固醇、静脉注射免疫球蛋白（一种从数千名献血者的血液中纯化出的抗体输注）以及血浆置换（过滤患者血液以去除有害抗体和其他致病因素）。” “许多患者恢复了力量，改善了活动能力，并能够继续独立生活，”里纳尔迪教授说。 但虽然目前的治疗方法有所帮助，但它们并非治愈手段，且并非对所有人有效——有些人可以完全康复，而另一些人则需要长期治疗且仍然处于严重残疾状态。 在接受每周一次的静脉注射免疫球蛋白后，Maegan 最终得以回家。 但恢复体力需要时间——她用了三年时间才离开轮椅，并能够在助行器的辅助下行走。 妹妹的痛苦经历让克莱尔（Claire）决心成为一名科学家，以便能以某种方式提供帮助。 而现在，在一次非凡的进展中，克莱尔成功做到了这一点——她发现了一种被称为 IgM 的抗体，这种抗体似乎在 CIDP 中发挥作用，并可能成为新疗法的目标。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 亲密纽带：右侧的克莱尔·贝格斯特罗姆·约翰逊（Claire Bergstrom Johnson）与 Maegan
2024 年 9 月的一个周五晚上，她在实验室独立工作时，将这些新发现的抗体应用于细胞培养并观察显微镜。她所看到的景象改变了一切。 那是她在一次深感激动的情况下，偶然拍摄下来的视频瞬间。 “多年来，CIDP 患者接受的是同一套治疗方案，但有些人的反应不佳或完全没有反应，”同时也是克莱尔研究导师的里纳尔迪教授解释道。 “关于有害的 IgG 抗体驱动某些 CIDP 患者疾病的发现，彻底改变了治疗方法，促成了靶向疗法的出现，改变了全球的诊疗实践。” “现在，克莱尔在一种密切相关的神经疾病中，鉴定出了另一种抗体 IgM 的作用。” “她正在研究 IgM 是否在 CIDP 患者中也发挥作用；这最终可能会改善这些罕见神经疾病的诊断和治疗方式。” 对于克莱尔来说，这条路并不容易。 在学习神经科学后，她申请攻读博士学位，但被她申请的所有 11 个美国项目拒绝了（基本上是因为她不知道该系统的运作方式）。 在新冠疫情期间从事了一段时间的生物技术研究后，她再次申请美国项目。但她再次被拒绝了。 H
然而，克莱尔拒绝放弃，她在 2021 年申请了牛津大学和剑桥大学，并两校均获得了奖学金录取通知书。选择牛津大学后，她开始攻读博士学位，研究一种表现出类 CIDP 症状的罕见神经疾病。
她花费了近三年时间埋头于实验室，寻找一种名为 IgG 的抗体（CIDP 的诱发因素），但一无所获。
“我觉得自己是个失败者，觉得我做错了什么，”克莱尔说。
但她没有放弃，而是转向测试一个此前无人考虑的不同嫌疑对象——IgM 抗体。这是一种不同且体型更大的抗体类群，已知可诱发其他炎症性神经病。
就在那时，她的发现时刻到来了。
“当我看向显微镜时，IgM 抗体正以惊人的亮度‘发光’——这表明它们正锁定在神经靶点上，而且其强度远超我之前研究过的任何东西，”她解释道。
“这一发现表明，这些抗体可能是导致疾病的原因，而 CIDP 的情况可能也是如此。”
“那也是一个非常激动人心的时刻。我直接瘫在地上——双手和膝盖撑着——因为我简直不敢相信，”她回忆道。
“那种情绪在很大程度上源于我寻找阳性结果的时间之长。这让我感到了认可，我迫不及待地想告诉梅根（Maegan）。”
“我立刻给她发了短信。她回复道：‘我简直太太太太太太为你感到兴奋了！’。”既然
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暴露且敏感。我怀疑您的专家建议使用加热眼贴是为了解决干眼症的根本原因。热力可以“软化”油脂以帮助其释放。 虽然您可以在任何药房买到特殊的眼贴，但热敷（例如使用法兰绒布）或
我们现在有了一位新的卫生大臣，伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）——这是自我成为医生以来的第 26 位。我勉强能想起几个正确的决定，但大多数人引入的变革都损害了患者护理。 肯尼思·克拉克（Kenneth Clarke，1988-1990 年在任）是最糟糕的，他的行为影响至今。 在医院中，传统“团队”（firm）制度的消失——即由一名顾问医生带领一组初级同事——是医疗保健领域最大的灾难，破坏了培训体系。 引入“内部市场”紧随其后：全科医生（GP）被赋予预算，通过与医院签订合同来购买护理服务，据称是为了选择性价比更高且
可微波加热的种子填充眼罩也是不错的选择。每天一次或两次，每次使用 10 分钟即可有所帮助。 至于叶黄质补充剂，它们并非用于治疗干眼症，而是可以帮助保护黄斑，即眼睛后方负责清晰、细致视觉的区域。 我 77 岁，最近在看电视时感到一种奇怪的、从胃部涌向头部的“激增”感。医院检查
省钱，因为医院必须竞争。这并没有像承诺那样增加选择——只有在您的诊所与某家医院有合同时，您才能转诊到该医院。因此，您的决定并非基于顾问医生是否拥有正确的经验和智慧，而是基于资金和经济因素。 我们最终还建立了一套庞大的基础设施来创建和监督合同，从而将资金从患者护理中分流。 在内部市场解散后，这些行政人员依然在职，形成了一支管理人员大军，最终夺走了医生和护士的医疗决定权。这是一场灾难。
发现我的血压升高——但其他一切正常。这是什么原因造成的？ 安妮·斯科特（Anne Scott），通过电子邮件。 这一定很令人恐惧，而且您的长信中包含了几个关于可能原因的重要线索。 您提到在 2014 年和 2018 年曾发生过两次短暂性脑缺血发作（TIA），即“小中风”。TIA 是大脑血流的暂时性中断，会导致类似中风的症状，但不会造成持久性损伤。
然而，这确实表明日后发生全面中风的风险增加。 当时，检查显示您患有高胆固醇血症，因此您被开以他汀类药物和氯吡格雷（clopidogrel）——一种血液稀释剂，用以降低中风风险。 在最近这次发作后，您进行了头部 CT 扫描和心电图（ECG）检查，后者用于检查心脏的电活动以寻找异常心律。这两项检查结果均正常。 即便如此，尽管急诊室（A&E）的医生给了您保证，我认为很难排除再次发生 TIA 的可能性，
尤其是当时您的血压升高。 另一种可能的解释是心律问题。我建议咨询您的全科医生，请求转诊进行更长时间的心电图监测——理想情况下为 7 天。 这将涉及在家里佩戴监测设备，更有可能检测到在急诊室随机检查中可能被遗漏的任何间歇性心律问题。
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你体脂过高——而且你真的需要减肥。大多数医生害怕说出这些话。我们担心被指责为有偏见、粗鲁或在进行“身材羞辱”。然而，我们却完全准备好告诉患者，吸烟是有危险的，或者饮酒正在损害他们的健康。为什么肥胖应该被区别对待？沉默并非善良。我们应该在某人刚开始超重时就进行这次对话，而不是在多年之后，当他们已经病态肥胖、气喘吁吁且已经承受破坏性后果时才开口。
但任何说“你必须减肥”的医生，都应该立即补充一句同样重要的话：“超重并不是你的错。”
事实是，食品工业用旨在让人吃得更多的食物毒害了人们。而医生们在过去几十年里一直在给出错误的建议。为此，我代表我们所有人道歉。
几十年来，我们对肥胖的认识一直有误。我们将一种复杂的病症简化为一个自鸣得意的微小等式：摄入热量减去消耗热量。
如果你超重，你唯一需要做的就是少吃多动。如果这样做失败了，其隐含的意思就是你失败了，因为你懒惰或缺乏意志力。
但事实是，失败的是医生。
这个等式在技术上是正确的，但完全没用。它既不能解释肥胖为什么会发生，也不能解释我们应该对此采取什么措施。
但 Wegovy 改变了一切。这种注射剂（以及现在的新口服版本）含有司美格鲁肽（semaglutide），它模仿 GLP-1，这是一种在进食后释放的激素，它告诉大脑我们已经饱了，并减缓胃部的排空速度。
我曾经担心这些药物仅仅是一种带有未知风险的简单药物捷径。我现在认为它们是近年来最重要的医学进步之一。
它们的成功告诉了我们一个根本性的事实：肥胖并非性格缺陷。
超加工食品凭借其令人上瘾的化学成分和令人垂涎的口感，压倒了进化数千年而形成的食欲信号。一旦肥胖状态形成，身体就会努力试图恢复到其最高体重，这就是为什么节食如此经常失败的原因。
Wegovy 奏效是因为它对抗了这种生物学机制。它并不创造意志力，但它确实减轻了那种残酷的饥饿感——而医生们在多年来一直告诉患者只需将其忽视即可。
医疗体系对肥胖的错误认识，最早开始瓦解于一项突破性研究，而该研究并非由医生完成，而是由进化人类学家赫尔曼·庞策尔（Herman Pontzer）完成的。
2012 年，他的团队研究了 30 名生活在坦桑尼亚北部的哈扎（Hadza）狩猎采集者。尽管哈扎人...
克莱尔（Claire）在去年 6 月完成了博士学位。她创立了牛剑录取俱乐部（Oxbridge Admissions Club），帮助各行各业的人进入英国顶尖大学——她目前在牛津大学担任一名神经科学家，继续她的研究。
就在几个月前，利用相同的抗体筛选方法，她发现 IgM 抗体不仅存在于细胞中，也存在于一些 CIDP 患者体内。
克莱尔说：“我的工作与我妹妹的疾病之间的联系是真实且活跃的；对我而言，这就是整个研究的方向。”
告诉患者 他们太胖了 ...然后我们必须解释，为什么他们变成这样是 我们的错
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每天行走数英里且比西方成年人活跃得多，但他们的卡路里消耗量并没有显著增加。 这一发现表明，我们的身体会通过减少其他地方的能量支出，来补偿持续的活动。 运动确实能燃烧卡路里，但每日总支出的增幅通常比预期的要小得多，并且最终会进入平台期。这解释了为什么你无法通过运动来“抵消”糟糕的饮食。 这并不是说运动没有意义。恰恰相反。它是医学中最强大的治疗手段之一，能够保护心脏、肌肉、骨骼和大脑。 此外，增加肌肉量可能是维持减重的最有效方法之一，因为它能提高你的基础代谢率 (BMR)，即你的身体在静止状态下执行基本维持生命功能（如呼吸）所需的卡路里数量。这反过来能帮助你燃烧摄入的能量，而不是让其转化为多余的脂肪。 医生犯的第二个错误是将人体视为实验室熔炉，并假装每一卡路里对我们的影响完全相同。 事实是，200 卡路里的鸡蛋、豆类或鸡肉对胃口的影响，与 200 卡路里的含糖早餐麦片截然不同。而后者的结果会让我们想要吃更多。研究表明，我们
计划。”如今，Maegan 处于缓解期，不再需要任何治疗。 她能够独立行走，并担任软件工程师——“她极其聪明”，克莱尔说——并在 2024, 年秋天结婚。 但疾病造成了影响。Maegan 偶尔会遭受剧烈的胃痛，有时需要前往急诊室 (A&E)；还患有足下垂，这使得行走或跑步更加困难；以及疲劳。 “对他来说，每件事都比对我难五倍，”克莱尔解释道。“这是因为疾病没有被足够早地发现。”诸如罕见疾病
倾向于在饱腹感信号做出反应之前，更快地食用超加工食品，这使得在脑部告诉我们停止之前，极其容易吃得过多。 超加工食品通过驱使我们吃得更多，从而促进脂肪堆积，尤其是在肝脏和腹腔器官周围。 这使得身体对胰岛素的反应降低，迫使胰腺产生更多胰岛素，直到最终血糖升高并发展为 2 型糖尿病。 关于肥胖，我们犯的第三个错误是没有意识到进食时间的 важно性。 人类进化至今，是在可以猎到食物时进食，在无法猎到时禁食。 从早餐到就寝时间不停地吃零食是一种极其现代的现象，并使我们面临代谢性疾病的风险。 禁食已被证明可以改善代谢健康，并减少卡路里摄入。 伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校在 2020 年进行的一项试验发现，与那些可以随心所欲进食的人相比，将每日进食时间限制在 4 或 6 小时窗口内的肥胖成年人，摄入卡路里大约减少了 550，在八周内减轻了约 3% 的体重，并改善了胰岛素抵抗。 我们犯的第四个错误是忽视了睡眠的重要性。 睡眠不足会增加饥饿感，使人更难抵御垃圾食品，并留出更多清醒时间来进食。它还会产生更严重的危害：降低细胞对胰岛素的敏感性。 身体通过产生更多胰岛素来控制血糖以进行补偿，而这反过来又促进了脂肪储存。 难怪我这么多在 英国国家医疗服务体系 (NHS) 工作、上夜班且睡眠质量差的同事都深受体重困扰。在我彻底改变饮食之前，我也曾是其中之一。也许医学
在开发新疗法时，CIDP（慢性炎症性脱髓鞘性多发性神经病）经常被忽视，因为医疗体系的构建是围绕影响人数较多的疾病展开的——事实上，克莱尔的研究得到了英国炎症性神经病协会（Inflammatory Neuropathies UK）和国际GBS-CIDP基金会的资助。
里纳尔迪教授表示，未来令人鼓舞：“三十年来，CIDP的治疗方案几乎没有变化，但最近一种针对被认为导致该病的免疫通路的新疗法已获得批准。我们还在进一步学习关于CIDP为何产生以及不同患者对治疗反应为何不同的原因。”
“研究人员开始将相关的自身免疫性神经疾病联系起来，对一种疾病的发现有助于我们更好地理解另一种疾病。”
克莱尔依然专注于她的目标：“我进入研究领域是为了坚定地帮助找到治疗我姐姐所患疾病的方法，这确实驱动着我。”
n 欲实时观看克莱尔取得突破性发现的经过，请访问：instagram.com/reel/DAgtaM1IVIe/
该专业最大的错误在于允许BMI（身体质量指数）阈值成为肥胖的定义。
BMI是衡量人群趋势的一种廉价且有用的工具，因此我们不应放弃它，但它无法将一名肌肉发达、健康的橄榄球运动员与一名BMI同样高但身体不健康且携带危险脂肪量的人区分开来。
脂肪分布的位置也很重要。皮下脂肪位于皮肤下方，通常比包裹在肝脏、胰腺和其他器官周围的内脏脂肪危害小，后者会分泌出与心脏病、2型糖尿病、癌症和痴呆症相关的毒性化合物。
市面上和网上都能买到阻抗秤，它可以估算你的体脂率，这比体重更能准确预判你的整体健康状况。同时测量腰围，并争取将其保持在身高的二分之一以下。
最后，医学界必须承认我们是如何走到这一步的；医生们在很大程度上受到了食品和药物行业的干扰。
在一次分析中，美国 2020 年饮食指南委员会的 20 名成员中，有 19 名有记录在案的涉及食品或制药公司的利益冲突。仅凭这一事实，我们就应当作为专业人士感到羞愧。
公司有权追求利润。但如果一种商业模式通过工程手段让食物具有成瘾性，并将其虚假营销为健康食品，同时又将过量饮食和运动不足归咎于消费者，那么这种模式理应受到曾经针对烟草公司的那种蔑视。
所以，是的，如果你肥胖，你的医生应该能告诉你，但他们还需要明确地告知你，这不是你的错，而且它现在作为一种可预防的疾病是可以治疗的。 @drrobgalloway
缝纫时间 《英国缝纫大赛》(The Great British Sewing Bee)，晚上8点，BBC1 本周是“减量、重复利用、回收”周，十位剩余的参赛者首先面临一项版型挑战：用二手T恤制作三套配套的内裤。内裤的缝制远比想象中复杂，这让大多数参赛者感到恐慌和慌乱。在“改造”环节中，Esme Young和Patrick Grant（图中与主持人Sophie Willan合影）搜集并抢救了一些原本将被填埋的布料和杂物，他们希望将其改造为一件“背面具有戏剧感”的服装。最后，“量身定制”环节给缝纫者们一个机会，创作一套带有环保信息的服装。谁会陷入混乱？谁的环保信息能引起共鸣？
6.00 早餐节目 (Breakfast) 9.30 动物公园 (Animal Park) (AD,R) 10.15 追踪、寻回我的车 (Trace, Track, Get My Car Back) (R) 10.45 专家证人 (Expert Witness) (R) 11.15 房屋拍卖 (Homes Under the Hammer) 多塞特郡、西伦敦和约克郡房产的进展情况。 12.15 淘货猎手 (Bargain Hunt) (AD,R) 1.00 BBC 1点新闻；天气预报 1.35 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报 1.45 BBC 1点新闻；天气预报 2.00 废物利用 (Money for Nothing) Jacqui Joseph邀请Ollie一起翻新一张咖啡桌，她还为一组旧画框增添了创意。 2.45 逃往乡村 (Escape to the Country) (R) Briony May Williams帮助一名想在北约克郡购买小屋的伦敦买家。 3.45 竞拍室 (The Bidding Room) (R) 拍品包括一件19世纪的家用电击套装和一套银制茶具。 4.30 巡回拍卖师 (The Travelling Auctioneers) (AD,R) Robin Johnson和James Broad帮助一名爱丁堡的寡妇。 5.15 毫无意义 (Pointless) (R) 由Alexander Armstrong和Gyles Brandreth主持。 6.00 BBC 6点新闻；天气预报 6.30 BBC 地区新闻；天气预报
7.00 The One Show 由Alex Jones和Vernon Kay主持。 7.30 东区往事 (EastEnders) (AD) Sheila在与Gray会面后深受震撼。
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8.00 英国缝纫大赛 (The Great British Sewing Bee) (AD) 参赛者面临“减量、重复利用、回收”周，将旧T恤改为内衣，利用废弃物品装饰他们的改造作品，并制作带有环保信息的服装。
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9.00 24/7 谋杀案 (Murder 24/7) (AD) 五名男子如何被裁定谋杀23岁的Aurman Singh，他是一名在什鲁斯伯里被杀的DPD司机。
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10.00 BBC 10点新闻 10.30 BBC 地区新闻 （随后是天气预报） 10.40 盲目之光 (Blinded by the Light) (2019) (12)
◆ 一名青少年通过布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀的音乐，学习如何生活，理解自己的家庭并寻找自己的声音。 青春成长剧，由Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir和Meera Ganatra主演。
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HOTEL CHOCOLAT UNWRAPPED，晚上8点，CH4
HOTEL Chocolat 是一家英国的成功企业，自 1993. 年在网上启动以来，一直满足着我们对巧克力一切事物的痴迷。该品牌在 2024 年以超过 £500 million 的价格出售给了一家全球大型糖果制造商，但其两位英国创始人之一的安格斯·瑟尔韦尔（Angus Thirlwell）仍然在负责管理。这部回归
6.30 Bargain Hunt (R) 7.15 Animal Park (AD,R) 8.00 The Great British Sewing Bee (AD,BSL,R) 缝纫者们将迎接以颜色为主题的挑战。 9.00 BBC News 1.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games (R) Yasmine Akram, Cariad Lloyd, Geoff Norcott 和 Dennis Taylor 将面对面地测试他们的常识技能。 1.30 The Finish Line (R) 问答节目。 2.15 Lightning (R) Zoe Lyons 主持。 2.45 The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation (AD,R) 来自荷兰的食谱。 3.45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown (R) Kai 和 Neil 在 Abergavenny 食品节上推出他们的新款辣椒冰淇淋。 4.15 Earth from Space (AD,R) 地球上最显著的图案和形状背后的故事。 5.15 Flog It! (R) 拍摄地在 Lulworth 城堡。 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games (R) Karen Hauer, Storm Huntley, Joe Marler 和 Tom Read Wilson 测试他们的通用知识技能。 6.30 Just One Thing (AD,R) 阳光如何改善心脏健康。
7.00 Rick Stein’s Food Stories (AD,R) Rick 在湖区遇到了一位采集食材的厨师和一位著名的养羊农，然后前往约克郡参观英国最大的豆腐工厂。
8.00 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (AD,R) Rob Rinder 和 Monica Galetti 在伊比萨岛的一家豪华酒店工作，那里提供“生物黑客”疗法以及可可仪式。
9.00 The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire (AD) 新剧集。Lestat 讲述了导致一场残酷酒店冲突的经过。 9.45 Live at the Apollo (R) Jamali Maddix 邀请 Fern Brady 和 Sindhu Vee 上台。
10.30 Newsnight 对当日事件的分析，由 Victoria Derbyshire 主持。（随后是天气预报）
11.05 The New Boy (2023) (12) ◆ 首播。澳大利亚剧情片，讲述一名原住民孤儿男孩到达一座偏远修道院的故事。由 Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman 和 Wayne Blair 主演。
12.35 Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together (AD,BSL,R) 这位女演员了解痴呆症护理。 1.05 Bergerac (AD,BSL,R) 警方急于寻找一名被绑架的婴儿。 1.55 Do You Know Your Place? (BSL,R) 关于诺森伯兰郡 Bamburgh 的问题。 2.25 This Is BBC2
剧集跟随幕后员工，讲述他们如何致力于推出新产品，并在企业持续增长以及试图在 美国 站稳脚跟的过程中，应对经营中的日常挑战。今晚的一集讲述了大洋彼岸芝加哥一家新店的开业——但随着紧迫的截止日期临近，施工延误是他们最不希望看到的事情。与此同时，在英国，巧克力师 Rhona（如图）正在测试新食谱，而 Chocmobile 巧克力车正装满热巧克力、冰淇淋和其他巧克力甜点，准备投入夏季节庆巡演。太美味了！
6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 名人访谈、生活特写、建议和竞赛的综合节目。 1.00 News; Weather 1.20 Regional News; Weather 1.30 ITV Racing: Glorious Goodwood Ed Chamberlin 和 Francesca Cumani 带来赛事首日的报道，包括重点赛事 Goodwood Cup 和另外四场支持赛。由 Jason Weaver 和 Hayley Turner 提供分析，Rishi Persad, Sally Ann Grassick 和 Luke Harvey 报道，Richard Hoiles 评论；区域天气预报 4.30 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals (R) 这档以街机为主题的竞猜节目的戏剧性终局。 5.00 The Chase (R) 来自 Blackburn 的 Jo, 来自 Norwich 的 David, 来自 Canterbury 的 Rebecca 和来自 Sale 的 Andrew 希望他们能作为一支队伍赢得数千英镑。Bradley Walsh 负责提问。 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 News; Weather
7.30 《走进朗廷酒店：英国首家豪华酒店》(AD) 婚礼策划师 Meri 为一场极其高端的仪式竭尽全力，而总经理 Stefan 则召集员工宣布一些重大消息。
8.00 《艾默代尔》(AD) Vinny 的嫉妒可能会引发问题，而 Graham 则在四处窥探。 8.30 《加冕街》(AD) David 和 Shona 就首饰盒的内容与 Jodie 对质。
9.00 《冷案法医：上帝银行家的之死》(AD) 新剧集。探讨意大利银行家 Roberto Calvi 的死亡，其尸体被发现悬挂在黑修士大桥（Blackfriars Bridge）下。
10.00 新闻（后接天气预报） 10.30 地区新闻（后接天气预报） 10.45 《坏男孩》(1995) (15) ◆ (AD) 两名侦探在追捕被毒枭窃取的海洛因货运时，被迫交换身份。迈克尔·贝执导的动作惊悚片，由威尔·史密斯、马丁·劳伦斯、特亚·莱奥妮、切基·卡里奥和乔·潘特利亚诺主演。
1.00 电视购物 3.00 《楼梯》(AD,BSL,R) Michael 及其顶尖律师 David Rudolf 共同构建他们的辩护方案。由科林·费兹主演。 4.05 ITV 休闲时光 5.10 《迪金森的真实交易》(AD,BSL,R) David Dickinson 和交易商们来到了纽卡斯尔赛马场。
6.25 《干杯》(R) 情景喜剧三集连播。 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙德》(AD,R) 三集连播，由 Ray Romano 主演。 9.10 《弗雷泽》(AD,R) 四集连播。 11.10 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(R) Gordon 继续帮助 Iberville Cuisine 的店主们。 12.05 第 4 频道新闻摘要 12.10 《寻找、修复、转卖》(AD,R) Simon O’Brien 计划将一堆旧石板变成一盏独特的灯。 1.10 《大宅赠与》(R) 陌生人获得在北威尔士 Mold 购买房产的机会。 2.10 《倒计时》Scarlett Moffatt 在词典角。 3.00 《阳光之城》(R) Sara Damergi 帮助两位最好的朋友在西班牙的 Roquetas de Mar 寻找住所。 4.00 《惊险逃生》(AD,R) Flora、Faraz 及其家人在假期结束时启程回家。 5.00 《城堡 DIY》(AD,R) Tim 和 Rebecca 主持他们的第一次静修会。 6.00 《美国淘金者》(AD,R) Mike Wolfe 和 Frank Fritz 投入数千美元，试图与一名强硬的谈判者达成协议。
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8.00 《Hotel Chocolat 揭秘》(AD) 新剧集。走进这家巧克力制造商的幕后：公司进军烘焙业务，构思新产品，巡访英国节庆，并计划在美国开设新店。
9.00 《未宣战之战》(AD) Barbara 与前男友 Nicky Chan 产生交集——首次是在 2014 年香港的一次关键 MI6 任务中，随后在 2022 年他再次出现时。
10.00 《Gogglebox》(AD,R) 评论《名人叛徒》(The Celebrity Traitors)、《触发点》(Trigger Point)、《迈克尔·麦金泰尔的轮盘》(Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel)、《英国烘焙大赛》(The Great British Bake Off)、《恋爱盲选》(Love Is Blind) 以及《DIY SOS》。
11.05 《第一次约会》(AD,R) 来访者包括一名从未交过男朋友的女性，她与约会对象通过共同的时尚爱好建立联系，以及两名通过巧克力而产生共鸣的陌生人。
12.05 《裸体吸引力》(AD,R) 1.05 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(R) 1.55 《钢琴》(AD,BSL,R) 2.50 电影：《美国难民》(2021) (15) ◆ 反乌托邦恐怖片，由 Erika Alexander 主演。 4.25 《夫妻来我家吃饭》(R) 5.15 Kirstie 和 Phil 的《爱它还是列出它：绝妙建筑》(R) 5.45 《倒计时》(R)
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哥特传奇 《吸血鬼莱斯特》： 《吸血鬼访谈录》，晚上9点，BBC2 这部《吸血鬼访谈录》系列的续作将时间线从20世纪初的新奥尔良和战后巴黎推进到了现代美国。 当然，时间并没有让永生的莱斯特·德·利昂库尔（Lestat de Lioncourt，萨姆·里德 Sam Reid 饰）老去，他现在的样子像是伊基·波普（Iggy Pop）和迈克尔·赫钦斯（Michael Hutchence）的结合体，并且拥有一支摇滚乐队为他伴奏。丹尼尔出版了他在前一部系列中采访莱斯特的情人路易·德·波因特·杜·拉克（Louis de Pointe du Lac，雅各布·安德森 Jacob Anderson 饰，图中与里德合影）时所写的书，而莱斯特对此并不满意。他决定正本清源，在拍摄纪录片的同时，让那些痴迷于他舞台人格之戏剧化魅力的粉丝们填满音乐会场——而只有我们知道他是一个真正的吸血鬼。但这一切即将改变…… 全部三季系列均在 BBC iPlayer 上播出。
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6.00 Milkshake! 小猪佩奇 (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 托马斯和他的朋友们 (R) 6.35 消防员山姆 (R) 6.45 小猪佩奇 (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 7.00 汪汪队立大功 (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 小砾和他的工程队 (R) 7.35 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 7.45 太空中的蒂姆·雷克斯 (AD,R) 8.00 斯坦和奶奶 (R) 8.15 汪汪队立大功 8.25 帕丁顿熊的冒险 (R) 8.40 本和霍莉的小王国 (R) 8.50 袋鼠海滩 (R) 9.00 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 9.05 太空中的蒂姆·雷克斯：手工派对 9.15 杰里米·万（Jeremy Vine） 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News 午间新闻 12.50 马特·奥尔赖特（Matt Allwright） 2.20 死保姆之谜 (2022) (12) ● 惊悚片，由尼科莱特·兰利（Nicolette Langley）和马修·波尔坎普（Matthew Pohlkamp）主演。 电影
4.00 Castle (R) 贝基特和卡斯尔在一家度假村秘密潜入。 4.55 热爱自然 (R) 考察“喂鸟”，这是一个致力于对抗孤独的什罗普郡慈善机构。 5.00 5 News 丹·沃克（Dan Walker）播报 6.00 马耳他：地中海之珠 (R) 岛屿之旅，从瓦莱塔的大教堂开始。 6.55 5 News 最新消息
7.00 约克郡兽医：与格林一家同在 (R) 纪录片，跟随英国两位最年长的在职农民史蒂夫和珍·格林（Steve and Jean Green）的生活。 7.55 5 News 最新消息
8.00 朗利特内幕 在历史悠久的秘密花园中，团队将全球摇滚之星罗尼·伍德（Ronnie Wood）的一件青铜雕塑安置在最佳位置。
9.00 乌鸦女孩 (AD) 随着珍妮特（Jeanette）和索菲亚（Sophia）深入挖掘维多利亚的过去，她们的关系变得更加亲密，而阿马尔（Amar）与迈克（Mike）分享了重要信息。由伊芙·迈尔斯（Eve Myles）和凯瑟琳·凯利（Katherine Kelly）主演。
10.00 2026年英联邦运动会 格拉斯哥第五天的精彩回顾，包括在斯科特斯顿体育场举行的男子和女子100米决赛，以及游泳和残疾人游泳的倒数第二天比赛。
11.05 被告：有罪还是无辜？ (R) 一个嫌疑人在刑事司法系统中的心路历程。当一起十年前的陈年谋杀案重新启动时，警方锁定了一名嫌疑人。
12.05 被告：有罪还是无辜？ (R) 12.55 5频道娱乐新闻 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 与罗伯·贝尔（Rob Bell）共建不可能之作 (R) 2.50 马耳他：地中海之珠 (R) 3.45 朋友 (AD,R) 4.10 朋友 (AD,R) 4.35 高地兽医 (BSL,R) 5.25 5频道娱乐新闻
在卷发器中……这就是贝特·林奇（Bet Lynch）式的浮夸风
特鲁利·普瑞修斯（TREWLEY Precious） 在诱导顾客掏钱方面 颇有天赋。这位来自 埃塞克斯郡（Essex）的 26 岁 网红自信心爆棚且渴望成功， 她认为自己甚至能把薯条 卖给阿拉伯人。 “是沙子，”她的母亲蒂娜（Tina）说。蒂娜并不具备女儿那种自信，但脑子比她灵光一倍。她解释道，这句话其实是“把沙子卖给阿拉伯人”（意指推销毫无价值之物）。 被特鲁利习惯性称作“TP小姐”的女孩看起来一脸惊愕，仿佛蒂娜在镜头前说了什么种族主义言论。 你可以看出她的逻辑：沙子可能是外国的，但薯条绝对是英国的。 “你能那样说吗？”她质问道。蒂娜只是翻了个白眼。 虽然特鲁利的家在“PKE”（即珀西·金庄园，Percy King Estate）的一栋 1970 年代市政住宅中，但他们认为自己属于流动人群社区。他们的父亲西德（Sid）是一名流浪者：他在三年前去世，不过蒂娜认为他可能转世投胎成了一只流浪的橘猫。 无论如何，这解释了为什么
【本周崩坏品牌】： 暴力性行为、药物滥用和不停的脏话——迪士尼（Disney）正在通过名为《愤怒》（Furious）的连环杀手剧（由艾米·罗瑟姆饰演FBI特工）扩展其业务范围。要么是这样，要么就是这家“米老鼠之屋”已经不知道自己是谁，也不知道自己的受众是谁了。
他们的真人秀被命名为《吉普赛妻子的秘密生活》（Secret Lives Of The Gypsy Wives）。 当然，他们的生活没什么秘密。特鲁利·普瑞修斯·桑夏恩·特普尔·瓦斯（Trewley Precious Sunshine Temple Wass），用她的全名来说，是一个彻头彻尾的注意力寻求者，从她假睫毛的尖端到粉色穆勒鞋毛茸茸的脚趾都是如此。 而且她谁的妻子都不是，也没有男朋友的迹象——她告诉一位采访者，她从 19 岁起就一直保持独身。 这个公式化的标题告诉你，这部六集系列剧最初是由于真人秀对流浪人群（如《我的大胖吉普赛婚礼》等节目）以及在男性掌控下生活的女性（例如《摩门妻子的秘密生活》）的双重痴迷而衍生出来的。 特鲁利不受任何人的掌控。但她热爱吉普赛浮夸风，那种廉价且闪亮的坎普风格（camp）曾是《街道冠冕》（Coronation Street）中贝特·林奇的标志。她裹在假皮草中，过氧化氢染色的发髻在卷发器中扭曲盘起，
北爱尔兰电视节目变动 BBC1: 10.40pm 《年度之屋》。劳伦斯·鲁埃林·鲍恩（Laurence Llewelyn Bowen）参观一栋经过巧妙改造的半独立式住宅。 11.10 电影：《盲目之光》(2019) (12)。 1.00am BBC新闻。 BBC2: 9.45pm 《如果墙壁会说话》。贝尔法斯特电报大厦的故事。 10.00 《乐队》。巴利莫尼（Ballymoney）的大鼓手洛娜·阿奇博尔德（Lorna Archibald）前往美国参加弗吉尼亚国际军事纹身表演，加拿大风笛手罗德·克里斯蒂（Rod Christie）探索他的阿尔斯特苏格兰血统。 威尔士电视节目变动 S4C: 6.00am Cyw。 12noon S4C新闻与天气。 12.05 Codi Pac。 12.30 Heno。 1.00 Eigra。 1.30 威尔士海岸：彭布罗克郡。 2.00 S4C新闻与天气。 2.05 Prynhawn Da。 3.00 S4C新闻与天气。 3.05 Gwesty Aduniad。 4.00 Awr Fawr。 5.00 Stwnsh。 6.00 完美之犬。 6.30 Pobol y Cwm。凯莉试图让格里菲斯振作起来。 6.57 S4C新闻。 7.00 Heno。 7.30 S4C新闻与天气。 8.00 Gemau’r Gymanwlad 2026. 10.30 Y Fets。菲尔和伊万访问两个兄弟名下的两家农场，对牛群进行结核病检测。
她把嘴唇涂成看起来像红色 Formica 层压板的样子。 想要看起来如此“奢华”（boujie）是有代价的，除非你知道一两招窍门。特鲁利在商务经理的陪同下，向一家化妆品公司推销她的品牌，描述了她创建……的愿景
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《吉普赛妻子的秘密生活》（Ch4） HHIII
一系列睫毛，是给“所有那些住在市政住宅区的贱人们……你知道的，就是那些在人生中至少有一次抢劫过 Superdrug 的人”。我想她的意思是商店小偷，而不是抢劫收银台的，但无论如何，这种形式的女性赋权似乎得到了 Ch4 的支持。
制造商也很喜欢，并同意将其新系列假睫毛以 Trewley 的姐妹们命名：Ruby Ann、Honey Peaches 和 Pearly Girl。在一家铺着塑料桌布的廉价咖啡馆里对着镜头聊天时，这四个女孩在制作人的引导下似乎很乐意谈论政治。也许他们可以给克拉克顿补选候选人 奈杰尔·法拉奇 送一些美容产品。但也许不行。他可能会觉得自己在模仿“睫毛安迪”。
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY TOGETHER，YOUTUBE 在离开《This Morning》沙发三年后，Holly Willoughby 带着一个新的生活方式系列回归。该系列承诺提供从名人嘉宾、真实故事到最新时尚，以及关于食物、健康、美容等方面的建议。所以，这正是 Holly 在《This Morning》中擅长主持的那种综合内容。不同之处在于，Together 不会在每天早晨在电视上同步播出，而是在 YouTube 上免费发布，每周二和周五上午 10am 起发布两集。在一个专门建造的
朋友在旅途 Oti And Richard’s South African Odyssey，晚上 9pm，More4 OTI Mabuse 和 Richard Coles 的下一站是东部的夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省。他们将了解年轻时代的圣雄甘地的生活，探索德班的海滩，并会见一位祖鲁疗愈师。
黑帮前传 《格莫拉：起源》(Gomorrah: The Origins)，晚上 9pm，Sky Atlantic 这部由六部分组成的伟大的意大利黑帮剧《格莫拉》的前传，完全能够独立支撑其地位。它讲述了 Pietro Savastano 的崛起，到了《格莫拉》的时间点，他已经成为了一个……的头目。
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5ACTION Freeview 33 Sky 150 11.00am 《枪烟》(Gunsmoke)。 12.05pm 电影：《楚卡》(Chuka)。(1967) (PG) 2.15 电影：《红山》(Red Mountain)。(1951) (PG) 主演 Alan Ladd 和 Lizabeth Scot。 4.00 《高速公路》(The Motorway)。 5.00 《高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》(Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders)。 6.00 《警方拦截》(Police Interceptors)。 8.00 《高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》(Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders)。 9.00 《警方拦截》(Police Interceptors)。 10.00 《警察代码零：警员遇袭》(Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack)。 11.00 《X档案》(The X-Files)。 BBC THREE Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm 《追击》(The Catch Up)。 7.05 《致命60》(Deadly 60)。 8.00 《Top Gear》。 9.00 《Shabaz之问：亿万富翁是坏人吗？》(Shabaz Asks: Are Billionaires Bad?) 9.50 《好的坏亿万富翁》(Good Bad Billionaire)。 COMEDY CENTRAL
Sky 112 Virgin 132 中午 12 点 《上风口》(The Upper Hand)。 1.05 《老友记》(Friends)。 9.00 电影：《一个好丈夫》(Jerry Maguire) (1996) (15) 喜剧剧情片，主演汤姆·克鲁斯 (Tom Cruise)。 11.50 《警队》(Police Squad!)。
探索频道 (DISCOVERY) Sky 125 Virgin 177 上午 11.00 《脱离电网建筑》(Building Off the Grid)。 下午 1.00 《杰夫医生：落基山兽医》(Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet)。 3.00 《制造过程》(How It’s Made)。 5.00 《阿拉斯加：家园救援》(Alaska: Homestead Rescue)。 7.00 《最后一搏修车厂》(Last Chance Garage)。 9.00 《最危险的捕捞》(Deadliest Catch)。 10.00 《最后的伐木工》(The Last Woodsmen)。 11.00 《阿拉斯加三角区》(The Alaska Triangle)。
E4 (日间) Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 上午 11.00 《Below Deck Down Under》。 中午 12 点 《辛普森一家》(Simpsons)。 2.00 《布鲁克林九九》(Brooklyn Nine-Nine)。 3.00 《摩登家庭》(Modern Family)。 5.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。 6.30 《Hollyoaks》。
5STAR (日间) Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 上午 11.00 《交通警察》(Traffic Cops)。 下午 2.00 《警车拦截》(Police Interceptors)。 5.00 《商店窃贼：现行逮捕》(Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed)。 6.00 《归家》(Home and Away)。
5 SELECT Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 中午 12 点 《万物生长》(All Creatures Great and Small)。 1.00 《默写杀人》(Murder, She Wrote)。 3.00 《圆作品》(Columbo)。 5.00 《森林的秘密生活》(Secret Life of the Forest)。 6.00 《沉没的战舰：深海秘密》(Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep)。 7.00 《本·福格尔：荒野新生活》(Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild)。 9.00 《迈克尔·波蒂略的斯德哥尔摩》(Michael Portillo’s Stockholm)。 10.00 《布兰克夫人之谜》(The Madame Blanc Mysteries)。 11.00 《囚徒：H号牢房》(Prisoner: Cell Block H)。
（节目描述） 在一个带有厨房、用餐区和休息区的工作室里，Holly 将迎来一批专家以及拥有非凡故事的人们，围绕“共同对话”(Talk Together)、“共同烹饪”(Cook Together)、“共同美丽”(Look Good Together)、“共同进步”(Better Together) 以及“共同闲逛”(Hang Out Together) 等主题进行交流。每个主题将占据一集不同的节目，特邀嘉宾包括斯坦利·图奇 (Stanley Tucci)、凯瑟琳·瑞安 (Katherine Ryan)、妮可·艾普尔顿 (Nicole Appleton) 和艾玛·邦顿 (Emma Bunton)。第一集是“共同烹饪”，重点介绍图奇，他将指导 Holly 烹饪西葫芦面，并就生活进行一番深入地交谈。
（剧情描述） 一个犯罪帝国 —— 以及该剧主角 Gennaro 的父亲。当我们在这里遇见他时是 1977 年，此时 Pietro (Luca Lubrano 饰，见图) 是一名 16 岁的少年，渴望给当地黑帮头目 Don Angelo 留下好印象，而 Don Angelo 实际上比起他来，也仅是勉强成熟一点。
5 USA (日间) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 中午 12 点 《法律与秩序》(Law & Order)。 6.00 《海军罪案调查处》(NCIS)。
英国美食频道 (FOOD NETWORK UK) Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 上午 11.00 《英国烘焙大赛》(The Great British Bake Off)。 下午 1.00 《詹姆斯·马丁的英国大冒险》(James Martin’s Great British Adventure)。 3.00 《毛发骑士北上》(The Hairy Bikers Go North)。 4.00 《尼吉拉小食》(Nigella Bites)。 5.00 《杰米 5 成分地中海餐》(Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals)。 6.00 《赤脚女主人》(Barefoot Contessa)。 7.00 《英国烘焙大赛》(Great British Bake Off)。 9.00 《杰米 5 成分地中海餐》(Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals)。 10.00 《里克·斯坦的饮食英雄》(Rick Stein’s Food Heroes)。 11.00 《餐厅、快餐店与潜水店》(Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives)。
GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 中午 12 点 《草原上的小房子》(Little House on the Prairie)。 1.00 《沃尔顿一家》(The Waltons)。 4.00 《草原上的小房子》(Little House on the Prairie)。 6.00 《哈米什·麦克贝斯》(Hamish Macbeth)。 7.00 《MAS*H》。 9.00 《画笔》(Brush Strokes)。 11.00 《罗宾之巢》(Robin’s Nest)。
ITV2 (日间) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 下午 12.15 《晚餐约会》(Dinner Date)。 1.15 《超市大抢购》(Supermarket Sweep)。 2.15 《地板美国》(The Floor USA)。 3.10 《埃塞克斯方式》(The Only Way Is Essex)。 4.10 《盐湖城真实主妇》(The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City)。 5.00 《橙县真实主妇》(The Real Housewives of Orange County)。 6.00 《名人猜词》(Celebrity Catchphrase)。
ITV3 (日间) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 上午 9.10 《霜之触》(A Touch of Frost)。 11.20 《心跳》(Heartbeat)。 下午 1.30 《米德索默谋杀案》(Midsomer Murders)。 3.30 经典版《艾默代尔》(Classic Emmerdale)。 4.40 经典版《 Coronation Street》。 5.50 《心跳》(Heartbeat)。
ITV4 (日间) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 上午 10.15 《冠军》(The Champions)。 11.20 《舍伍德的罗宾》(Robin of Sherwood)。 下午 12.30 《马格农，私家侦探》(Magnum, PI)。 2.35 《邓普西与麦克皮斯》(Dempsey and Makepeace)。 3.45 《布恩》(Boon)。 4.50 《冠军》(The Champions)。 5.55 《监护人》(Minder)。
MORE4 (日间) Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 上午 10.00 《四人同床》(Four in a Bed)。 下午 12.40 《来我家吃饭》(Come Dine with Me)。 3.20 《四人同床》(Four in a Bed)。 5.50 《乔治·克拉克的旧屋新居》(George Clarke’s Old House, New Home)。 6.55 《选址、选址、还是选址》(Location, Location, Location)。
国家地理频道 (NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC)
金钱问题 Shabaz 提问：亿万富翁很糟糕吗？，晚上 9 点，BBC3 从教师转行为喜剧演员的 Shabaz Ali —— 他的“我很富，你很穷”系列视频在社交媒体上大获成功 —— 正致力于查明亿万富翁是否真的像他认为的那样糟糕。他会见了几位专家，包括经济学家 Faiza Shaheen，并听取了双方的观点，很快意识到你不能仅仅通过向富人征税来解决这种情况。这是一部带有浓厚喜剧色彩的纪录片，旨在比其提供的信息量稍微有趣那么一点点，但要表达金钱如何驱动世界运转这个观点，这已经是非常不错的方式了。
调查。2.00 二战天空英雄。4.00 古希腊失落的宝藏。5.00 排干海洋：失落的巨兽。6.00 解放：从 D-Day 到柏林。7.00 空难调查。8.00 巨型海洋机器。9.00 建筑失败。10.00 灾难剖析。11.00 空难调查。 PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am 奥斯威辛：内部人士。1.00pm 富饶的美国。1.35 宝藏解码。2.35 海盗：传奇背后。3.35 权力地图。4.50 奥斯威辛：内部人士。6.00 富饶的美国。6.35 宝藏解码。7.35 海盗：传奇背后。8.35 权力地图。9.50 奥斯威辛：内部人士。11.00 海盗：传奇背后。 REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon 德比郡拍卖行。2.00 修理铺。3.00 抢救猎人。5.00 寻亲之旅。6.00 修理铺。7.00 约克郡拍卖行。8.00 古董公路旅行。9.00 你认为你是谁？11.00 名人求助！我的房子闹鬼。 SKY ARTS Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 11.00am 发现：克劳迪娅·卡汀娜。12noon 电影。1.00 意外故事。2.00 艾尔弗雷德·希区柯克时间。3.00 七十年代。4.00 发现：沃尔特·马修。5.00 年度肖像画家 2021. 6.00 意外故事。7.00 艾尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现。8.00 画中世界：卡拉瓦乔的梳子。9.15 画笔之外。10.15 仙境：哥特式。11.15 道格拉斯·亚当斯：想象我们未来的男人。 SKY ATLANTIC
Sky 108 Virgin 111 10.10am 白莲花度假村。12.25pm 凶杀案：街头生活。2.15 亿万美元。4.25 白莲花度假村。6.45 镀金时代。9.00 Gomorrah：起源。11.05 囚犯。 SKY COMEDY
6 9 (Scot 24) 时间 BBC 4 E4 ITV2
RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ 5. 5.00am 新闻摘要。 5.04 动荡之镇 (Troubled Town)。 5.32 天气预报。 5.34 航运预报。 5.43 今日祷告。 5.45 今日农业。 6.00 今日 (Today)。 9.00 精选 (PICK) 隐形之手 (Invisible Hands)。新剧集。 9.30 健康内幕 (Inside Health)。 10.00 女性时间 (Woman’s Hour)。 11.00 截图 (Screenshot)。关于将动作限制在单一日期内的电影。 11.45 表演男性的自白 (Confessions of a Performative Male)。由 Darren McGarvey 创作。 12noon 新闻。 12.04 呼叫你与你的同类 (Call You and Yours)。 12.57 天气预报。 1.00 一个世界的午后 (The World at One)。 1.45 埋葬：死兔 (Buried: Dead Rabbit)。 2.00 农夫之歌 (The Archers)。 2.15 剧集：北方的朋友 (Our Friends in the North)。由 Adam Usden 创作的一集新结局。本系列最后一集。
Avenue 5. 1.30 我爱洛杉矶 (I Love LA)。2.45 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace)。 3.45 哈克斯 (Hacks)。 5.00 社区 (Community)。6.00 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace)。 7.00 办公室 (美版) (The Office (US))。8.00 杀手 (Hitmen)。 9.00 电影：比尔与泰德的优秀冒险 (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)。(1989) (PG) 10.45 哈克斯 (Hacks)。 SKY 纪录片频道
Sky 114 Virgin 121 12noon 电影：瓦尔 (Val)。(2021) (12) 2.00 威廉姆斯与曼塞尔：红色 5. 3.50 我的偶像：娜塔莎·乔纳斯 (My Icon: Natasha Jonas)。4.00 导演们 (The Directors)。 5.00 探索： 乌比·戈德堡 (Whoopi Goldberg)。6.00 我是保罗·沃克 (I Am Paul Walker)。7.50 我的偶像：凯西·斯通尼 (My Icon: Casey Stoney)。 8.00 小屋谋杀案 (Murder at the Cottage)。10.00 我是帕特里克·斯威兹 (I Am Patrick Swayze)。11.50 UFO。 SKY 历史频道
Sky 123 Virgin 131 10.10am 杂乱无章 (Junk & Disorderly)。11.05 仓库大战 (Storage Wars)。12noon 冰路卡车司机 (Ice Road Truckers)。2.00 危险历史，与亨利·温克勒同行 (Hazardous History with Henry Winkler)。6.00 历史上的最伟大之选，与迈克·沃尔夫同行 (History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe)。
大不列颠铁路之旅 (Great British Railway Journeys) 迈克尔·波蒂略 (Michael Portillo) 访问邓迪
与莫妮卡·加莱蒂同行 (Walking with Monica Galetti) 主厨访问北约克沼泽地
相貌风度 (Keeping Up Appearances) 爸爸想要加入外籍兵团
坟墓里的一只脚 (One Foot in the Grave) 维克经历了一个不眠之夜
母狼：英国早期的女王们 (She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens) 历史学家海伦·卡斯特 (Helen Castor) 探讨法国出生的两位英国女王——法兰西的伊莎贝拉和安茹的玛格丽特的生平
城堡：英国的防御历史 (Castles: Britain’s Fortified History) 历史学家山姆·威利斯 (Sam Willis) 记录了爱德华一世如何将城堡变为殖民工具
权力走廊：美国应该担任世界警察吗？(Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?) 审视 2003, 苏丹政府如何开始一场广泛的种族清洗运动 (至 12.00)
大卫·迪姆布尔比 (DAVID Dimbleby) 回归， 带来一个关于美国在国际上 重要性的新系列节目。 特朗普政府已对外表示 不再希望支撑整个世界， 但他们所反击的这种情况 最初是如何形成的，而美国 又是如何成为一个
3.00 《审判中的女性》(Lady on Trial)，由露西·沃斯利 (Lucy Worsley) 主持。首位因作为良心拒服兵役者而被送进监狱的女性。 3.30 《心与魂》(Heart and Soul)。尼克·戴维斯 (Nick Davis) 访问牙买加受飓风袭击的地区。 4.00 《西尔维娅·普拉斯的写作生活》(The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath)。 4.30 《医生怎么说？》(What’s Up Docs?) 研究我们为何听信糟糕建议的原因。
7.00 《锻造之火》(Forged in Fire)。 8.00 《希特勒的工程师》(Hitler’s Engineers)。 9.00 《第二次世界大战》(World War II)，汤姆·汉克斯 (Tom Hanks) 主持。 10.50 《英国谋杀地图》(Britain’s Murder Map)，维多利亚·麦克克卢尔 (Vicky McClure) 和乔尼·欧文 (Jonny Owen) 主持。 SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon 《大猫之国》(Big Cat Country)。 1.00 《夏威夷五勇士》(Hawaii Five-0)。 3.00 《特种部队》(S.W.A.T.)。 5.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。 6.00 《动物管制》(Animal Control)。 7.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。 8.00 《最佳医疗》(Best Medicine)。 9.00 《别管那个鼓手》(Never Mind the Buzzcocks)。 10.00 《郊区居民》(The ’Burbs)。 11.00 《动物管制》(Animal Control)。 SKY SCI-FI Sky 145 Virgin 140 11.00am 《星际迷航：企业号》(Star Trek: Enterprise)。 12noon 《星际迷航：航海家号》(Star Trek: Voyager)。 1.00 《星门之门亚特兰蒂斯》(Stargate Atlantis)。 2.00 《仓库 13》(Warehouse 13)。 4.00 《星门 SG-1》(Stargate SG-1)。 4 5.00 《星际迷航：航海家号》(Star Trek: Voyager)。 6.00 《星际迷航：企业号》(Star Trek: Enterprise)。 7.00 《星门之门亚特兰蒂斯》(Stargate Atlantis)。 8.00 《星门 SG-1》(Stargate SG-1)。 9.00
《Hollyoaks》Caleb 揭露了一个秘密
《辛普森一家》Marge 在网上发布了一张幽默 照片
《Below Deck Down Under》主厨 Tzarina 的新副厨 Anthony 在应对她独特的领导风格时感到吃力
《Gogglebox》家庭成员们对《Hunted》、《Bake Off: The Professionals》、《Made in Chelsea》、《Love in the Jungle》、《英国好声音》(Britain’s Got Talent) 以及 BBC 对“派对门”(Partygate) 报道的看法
《First Dates》自封为 alpha male 的 Josh 渴望找到他自己的卡戴珊，而脱毛创业者 Sherie 在离开数年后重新回到约会市场
11.05 《裸体吸引力》(Naked Attraction) 来自赫尔 (Hull) 的 24 岁武术教练 Ryan 天生患有囊性纤维化，他希望遇到一个同样渴望热爱生活的人（至 12.10）
超级大国？在七集节目中的第一集里，迪姆布尔比（如图）讲述了远见卓识的经济学家哈里·德克斯特·怀特 (Harry Dexter White) 的故事。他致力于将美元打造为世界上最重要的货币，但后来却被贴上国家叛徒的标签，并被指控为苏联间谍。
5.00 PM；天气预报。 6.00 六点新闻。 6.30 Meet David Sedaris. 6.30 这位幽默作家将朗读他的散文《我的新冠》(My Corona) 和《一个更好的地方》(A Better Place)。 7.00 《阿彻斯》(The Archers)。哈里森向一位朋友寻求建议。 7.15 Front Row. 7.15 艺术新闻。 8.00 PICK 《15层》(Floor 15)。 15 8.40 In Touch. 8.40 面向盲人的新闻。
《异姓居民》(Resident Alien)。 10.00 《格林》(Grimm)。 11.00 《行尸走肉》(The Walking Dead)。 SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 110 12noon 《FBI》。 2.00 《菜鸟警员》(The Rookie)。 3.00 《法律与秩序：刑事意图》(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)。 4.00 《无需申报》(Nothing to Declare)。 8.00 《行车记录仪捕捉》(Caught on Dashcam)。 9.00 《爱尔兰之血》(Irish Blood)。 10.00 《血亲》(Blue Bloods)。 11.00 《菜鸟警员》(The Rookie)。 TLC Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12 12noon 《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)。 2.00 《乔治和曼迪的第一次婚姻》(Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage)。 3.00 《少年谢尔顿》(Young Sheldon)。 5.00 《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)。 9.00 《糟糕皮肤诊所》(The Bad Skin Clinic)。 11.00 《挤痘医生》(Dr Pimple Popper)。 U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon 《难以忘怀》(Unforgettable)。 1.00 Death in Paradise. 1. 9.00 2.00 《默多克谜案》(Murdoch Mysteries)。 4.00 《心理猎手》(The Mentalist)。 5.00 11.
《The Floor USA》 罗伯·罗 (Rob Lowe) 主持这部戏剧性且快节奏的游戏节目的美国版。一名选手在没有进行决斗的情况下失去了自己的类别
《1% 俱乐部》(The 1% Club) 由李·麦克 (Lee Mack) 主持的问答游戏节目，所有问题都关于逻辑和常识
《公主日记》(The Princess Diaries) 新系列。安德烈公主回归且比以往任何时候都忙碌，她将在《早安》(This Morning) 节目中进行现场主持
《Love Island: The Debrief》 每日《Love Island》反应。本系列最后一集
《格里芬一家》(Family Guy) Stewie 干扰了 Brian 和 Jillian 的关系
《格里芬一家》(Family Guy) Stewie 陷入爱河
《美国一家》(American Dad!) Roger 试图向 Francine 证明他依然拥有优势（至 12.05） 12.05
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 Heartbeat 嬉皮士们占领了 Lawson的度假 小屋，引起了除 Vernon之外所有 当地人的强烈不满 和啧啧指责
Vera 当一名男子的 尸体从一个偏远农场的 污泥坑中被挖掘出来时， Vera必须在受害者与 一名在那里工作的 受伤非法移民之间 寻找联系
Grantchester Sidney接到了 匿名电话，并意识到 这些电话可能与社区 重要人物的谋杀案 有关
Grantchester 一场村庄板球 比赛导致了 谋杀案
11.50 Trial & Retribution 第一 部分（共两部分）。一名男子 失踪（接 1.25）
9.00 The Documentary: The Dream Makers. Anand Jagatia 调查梦境工程这个 实验性领域。 9.30 The Bottom Line. Evan Davis 主持 该节目的非官方 年度商业奖项。 本系列最后一集。 10.00 The World Tonight.
Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 一名年轻的流行星在 一家康复诊所被发现死亡。 9.00 Allegiance. Sabrina 和 Zak 被 召集去处理一起药店抢劫案。 10.00 The Hunting Party. U&DAVE (日间) Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127 11.25am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Robson Green: World’s Most Amazing Walks. 4.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 6.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best. U&DRAMA (日间)
Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.40am The Bill. 12.50pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Pie in the Sky. 4.05 Lovejoy. 5.20 Waiting for God. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.
Formula E Highlights 东京电动分站赛。 本赛季第14轮和第15轮 在东京街道赛道 举行的比赛精彩回顾
King of the Roads Skerries 100, 100 英里赛事的 精彩回顾，这是一场 在爱尔兰举行的公路赛，吸引了 全球顶尖的一批骑手
Ice Road Truckers Hugh 和 Rick 参加了 一个护送车队，将 一座新机场大楼的 预制部分运输到 曼尼托巴省
全精英摔角（All Elite Wrestling）： Collision 激烈的 动作戏，特邀星级 选手包括 FTR、Thunder Rosa、Jon Moxley 和 Jay White。由全球顶尖 摔角手带来高空飞跃、 强力冲击、夸张激烈的 动作表演。Tony Schiavone 和 Nigel McGuinness 主持（至 12.00）
÷ FLOOR 15 (8PM, 广播 4) 加入英国广播公司（BBC）的医疗 编辑 Fergus Walsh，在 伦敦盖伊医院（Guy’s Hospital） floor 15 的临床研究单元， 那里有晚期癌症患者 参加早期临床试验。他 记录了勇敢的患者及其 家属，以及临床医生和 科学家，在他们测试 可能有助于改变癌症 护理的免疫疗法。对于 部分患者来说可能已经 太晚，但他们知道自己 可以帮助他人。
10.45 《野蛮暗岸》（Wild Dark Shore）。作者 Charlotte McConaghy。 11.00 《野性内在》（Wild Inside）。猎豹的 秘密。 11.30 《好书推荐》（A Good Read）。作家 Damian Barr 和 Ben Fergusson 主持。 12midnight 新闻；天气。 12.30 《表演性男性的告白》（Confessions of a Performative Male）。 作者 Darren McGarvey。 12.48 航运预报。 1.00 BBC 全球服务（BBC World Service）。
U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 11.00am 《救护车内幕》（Inside the Ambulance）。 1.00pm 《救护车内幕：海岸与乡村》。 3.00 《救护车内幕》。 5.00 《交通博物馆的秘密》。
U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 124 11.40am 《爸爸》（Dad）。 12.20pm 《憨豆》（Only Fools and Horses）。 1.00 《维持体面》（Keeping Up Appearances）。 1.40 《爸爸军队》（Dad’s Army）。 2.20 《绿绿草地》（The Green Green Grass）。 3.00 《您需要服务吗？》（Are You Being Served?） 3.40 《爸爸》。 4.20 《爸爸军队》。 5.00 《夏日之酒》（Last of the Summer Wine）。 6.20 《维持体面》。 7.00 《监狱粥》（Porridge）。 7.40 《爸爸军队》。 8.20 《您需要服务吗？》 Slocombe 夫人 筹划一件喜事。 9.00 《福尔提酒店》（Fawlty Towers）。 9.40 《监狱粥》。 10.20 《不外出》（Not Going Out）。 11.00 《布朗少爷的儿子们》（Mrs Brown’s Boys）。 11.40 《科林的三明治》（Colin’s Sandwich）。
6.55 《地段，地段，还是地段》 在西伦敦寻找 房产
7.55 《宏伟设计》（Grand Designs） Kevin McCloud 跟踪一对夫妻的项目， 将一座 1960 年代的 林务员小屋改造为 一座独特的日式 住宅，配备 榻榻米房间和 纸拉门
Oti 和 Richard 的 南非 奥德赛 Oti 和 Richard 探索 夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省 以及海滨城市 德班
24 小时急诊室（24 Hours in A&E） 一名 12 岁的女孩 在走下楼梯后 被急救人员送入 复苏室
11.05 24 小时急诊室 金座医院（King’s College Hospital）的工作人员救治 涉及道路事故的 患者，包括一名 被车撞击的 12 岁 女孩（至 12.10）
《星际迷航：下一代》 一名 船员在获得 超人类智能后 威胁到 进取号的命运
警察 24/7 一辆犯罪 预防单元的车辆被 一辆逃逸的被盗车 撞击，一名 无家可归的女性 被警告停止 袭击他人
FBI：国际版 一名美国 游客在访问 斯德哥尔摩时被杀， 团队必须协作 将负责此事的 瑞典团体缉拿归案
FBI：国际版 在一名网络安全 专家抢劫了 瑞士最大且最神秘的 银行之一后， 团队受命追踪 这名逃犯
《星际迷航：企业号》 三部曲之三。 Archer 访问 Shran 的 冰封故土，寻找 名为 Aenar 的 物种（至 12.00）
11. 1. 12. 11.05 24 7
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Angela Scanlon. 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. 12midnight OJ Borg.
RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ 6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. 马勒第六交响曲。 4.00 本周作曲家：Alice Mary Smith。 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 BBC Proms 2026. 英国广播公司交响乐团演奏西贝柳斯的第二交响曲。 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 ’Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.
RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693/909KHZ 5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Naga Munchetty. 2.00pm Matt Chorley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 Glasgow 2026. Eleanor Oldroyd 为英联邦运动会第五日提供评论。 10.00 Sarah Mulkerrins. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo.
FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am 《不败者》(The Undefeated)。 (1969) (PG) 1.20pm 《千日之后》(Anne of the Thousand Days)。 (1969) (PG) 4.10 《十二点高空》(Twelve O’Clock High)。 (1949) (U) 6.50 《乔治国王的疯狂》(The Madness of King George)。 (1994) (PG) 9.00 《美国之星》(American Star)。 (2024) (15) 11.10 《性感野兽》(Sexy Beast)。 (2000) (18) 12.55am 《黑海》(Black Sea)。 (2014) (15)
GREAT! ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 12.50pm 《特种部队》(The Unit)。 1.50 《火线救援》(Burn Notice)。 3.50 《外籍人士》(The Expatriate)。 (2012) (15) 6.00 《特种部队》(The Unit)。 7.00 《火线救援》(Burn Notice)。 9.00 《狙击精英》(Sniper Elite)。 (2014) (15) 11.05 《逃出计划 3：救援特工》(Escape Plan 3: The Extractors)。 (2019) (15) 由西尔维斯特·史泰龙主演。
GREAT! MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425 12noon 《难忘》(Unforgettable)。 1.00 《显而易见》(In Plain Sight)。 2.00 《Castle》。 3.00 《诊断谋杀》(Diagnosis Murder)。 5.00 《穆雷莎写作谋杀案》(Murder, She Wrote)。 7.00 《Castle》。 8.00 《难忘》(Unforgettable)。 9.00 《显而易见》(In Plain Sight)。 10.00 《玛莎葡萄园之谜》(Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries)：
U&W Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 11.00am 《DIY SOS：为“儿童需要”打造百万英镑建筑》。 12noon 《DIY SOS：大建设》。 1.00 《Tipping Point》。 4.00 《兄弟对决》(Brother v Brother)。 6.00 《DIY SOS：大建设》。 7.00 《DIY SOS：为“儿童需要”打造百万英镑建筑》。 8.00 999 Rescue Squad。 9.00 《救护车内》(Inside the Ambulance)。 11.00 《传道之恶：随沃伦·杰夫斯逃亡的妻子》(Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run with Warren Jeffs)。
U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am 《俯瞰第二次世界大战》。 12noon 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。 2.00 《破车与现金：修复经典》(Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics)。 4.00 《秘密纳粹基地》。 5.00 《俯瞰第二次世界大战》。 6.00 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。 7.00 《亚洲》(Asia)。 8.00 《破车与现金：修复经典》(Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics)。 9.00 《破车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。 10.00 《破车与现金：修复经典》(Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics)。
《古董公路旅行》(Antiques Road Trip) Ochuko Ojiri 和 Charles Hanson 在奔宁山脉寻找物品，Charles 在那里用极低的价格淘到了一些东西
《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：钓鱼去》(Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing) Paul 教 Bob 如何飞钓
7.40 《我会骗你吗？》(Would I Lie to You?) 与 David O’Doherty 和 Bill Turnbull 共同主持
《安特·安斯特德：天生机械师》(Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic) Ant 发现了一辆锈迹斑斑的 1960 年款 Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite，这让他想起了自己的青年时代
8.20 《我会骗你吗？》(Would I Lie to You?) 嘉宾包括 Greg Davies, Konnie Huq, Phil Tufnell 和 Marcus Brigstocke
《强尼·维加斯的古董小店》(Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques) Johnny 在威尔士西北部搜寻可在店中出售的小型物品
《我是否为你带来更多新闻》(Have I Got a Bit More News for You) Mishal Husain, Geoff Norcott, Paul Merton 和 Ian Hislop 与客座主持人 Alexander Armstrong 共同参与这场讽刺类竞猜
《修复店》(The Repair Shop) 一个破旧的腹语偶被修复，这样它的主人就可以在生日派对上给孙辈们带来欢乐
《QI XL》 Josh Widdicombe, Sue Perkins 和 Frank Skinner 与 Alan Davies 共同参与这场竞猜节目的加长版
《他们是怎么做到的？》(How Do They Do It?) 镍是如何开采的
《任务大师》(Taskmaster) Roisin Conaty 和 Frank Skinner 等喜剧演员在 Greg Davies 的掌控之下，由他为他们设定挑战 (To 12.00)
《他们是怎么做到的？》(How Do They Do It?) 口香糖的制造 (To 12.00)
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon 午间直播 (Lunchtime Live)。2.00 体育台 (Sports Desk)。2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 The Hundred 直播。Sunrisers Leeds 女队 v Manchester Super Giants 女队 (开赛时间 3pm)。6.00 The Hundred 直播。Sunrisers Leeds 男队 v Manchester Super Giants 男队 (开赛时间 6.30pm)。海丁利 (Headingley) 现场报道。9.30 体育中心 (Sports Centre)。10.00 Sky 体育新闻十点播报。11.00 网球直播。华盛顿特区公开赛。WTA 500 和 ATP 500 赛事第二天报道。 SKY 英超联赛 (SKY PREMIER LEAGUE)
Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Netbusters。6.30 Transfer 360. 7.00 PL Stories。7.30 PL 100 俱乐部。8.00 英超回顾 (Premier League Review)。9.00 PL Stories。9.30 Transfer 360。10. 加里·内维尔的足球盒 (Gary Neville’s Soccerbox)。11.00 英超岁月 (Premier League Years)。 SKY 板球 (SKY CRICKET)
Sky 405 Virgin 505 10.00am The Hundred。2.45 The Hundred 直播。Sunrisers Leeds 女队 v Manchester Super Giants
7.20 《夏日之终》（Last of the Summer Wine）Hobbo试图寻找更多关于其父亲的信息
《你好，你好！》（’Allo ’Allo!）德国将军们计划在咖啡馆会面，并伪装成洋葱贩子
8.35 《你好，你好！》（’Allo ’Allo!）Rene出发去取回画作
9.10 《你好，你好！》（’Allo ’Allo!）上校、Gruber、Bertorelli和Leclerc被扣为人质
9.40 《新线索》（New Tricks）在Halford声称该女孩通过通灵者与其联系后，Pullman同意重新调查一名被绑架并被抛弃待死的青少年的案件
《沉默的证人》（Silent Witness）Nikki和Jack协助调查一名学校教师失踪案（至 1.30）
Women（开始时间 3pm）。来自Headingley。6. The Hundred 现场直播。Sunrisers Leeds 男队 v Manchester Super Giants 男队（开始时间 6.30pm）。9.30 The Hundred 简报。10.00 The Hundred。 SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 511 11.00am NBA 篮球。1.00pm PGA巡回赛高尔夫。2.00 PL 经典比赛。3.00 超级联赛。5.40 EFL 经典比赛。5.45 State of Origin 橄榄球联盟精选。6.00 NBA 篮球。8.00 PGA巡回赛高尔夫。9.00 一级方程式（Formula 1）。10.00 英国公开赛。11.00 PGA巡回赛高尔夫。 TNT SPORTS 1
Sky 410 Virgin 521 10.00am 击剑世界锦标赛现场直播。香港第四日赛事报道。2.30pm 测试板球现场直播。西印度群岛 v 巴基斯坦。在特立尼达和多巴哥的Brian Lara板球学院进行的第四日比赛。11.00 英超故事。11.30 足总杯：人民的故事——桑德兰。11.45 足总杯：人民的故事——埃弗顿。
《天堂之毒》（Poisoned In Paradise）。(2021) (PG) 11.55 《圣诞失踪信之谜》（Lost Letter Mysteries for Christmas）。(2014) (PG) GREAT! ROMANCE Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.15am 《冬日度假》（A Winter Getaway）。(2021) (PG) 12.10pm 《冬日公主》（A Winter Princess）。(2019) 2.00 《甜蜜山核桃之夏》（Sweet Pecan Summer）。(2021) (PG) 3.55 《展望湖之恋》（Love at Lookout Lake）。(2025) (U) 5.55 《如何赢得一位王子》（How to Win a Prince）。(2023) (U) 7.55 《姐妹约会交换》（Sister Dating Swap）。(2023) (PG) 9.55 《爱情无运》（Luckless in Love）。(2023) (PG) 11.50 《夏威夷之恋》（Romance in Hawaii）。(2023) (U) SKY DRAMA Sky 310 Virgin 410 11.15am 《另一个男人》（A Different Man）。(2024) (15) 1.10pm 《芝加哥》（Chicago）。(2002) (12) 3.10 《一个星光诞生》（A Star Is Born）。(2018) (15) 5.35 《猫鼠游戏》（Catch Me If You Can）。(2002) (12) 8.00 《保镖》（The Bodyguard）。(1992) (15) 一名前特勤局特工为一名被粉丝骚扰的名歌手担任保镖。惊悚片，凯文·科斯特纳主演。10.10 《军官与绅士》（An Officer and a Gentleman）。(1982) (15) 一名海军新兵
《海军罪案调查处》（NCIS）海军刑事调查局必须在一部威胁一名海军陆战队员生命的揭秘书出版前，查明其背后的真相
《全科医生：闭门之后》（GPs: Behind Closed Doors）Claire Taylor医生试图查明Lucy全身皮疹的原因
《海军罪案调查处》（NCIS）在得知Parker最喜欢的面包店店主被敲诈后，他们制定了一项计划将她从犯罪者手中救出
《伤急病房 24/7：分秒必争》（Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts）大量的救护车出车请求导致急救人员与病人一起在急诊科走廊排队
《法律与秩序：特殊受害者出击》（Law & Order: Special Victims Unit）一场情侣聚会以入室抢劫和袭击结束。Rollins怀疑该罪行与其对一个盗贼团伙的调查有关
《999：线上的杀手》（999: Killer on the Line）回顾一些冷酷地计划和预谋的谋杀案，而 999 报警电话将该罪行报作“意外”
《999：危急状态》（999: Critical Condition）急救医生救治一名腹部多处被刺伤的男子
《法律与秩序：特殊受害者出击》（Law & Order: Special Victims Unit）Carisi在无家可归者收容所卧底，以确定其中一名居民是否为连环强奸犯
《皮肤急诊》（Skin A&E）Dev Shah医生处理一名病人后脑勺上的神秘肿块（至 12.00）
《法律与秩序：特殊受害者出击》（Law & Order: Special Victims Unit）一名年轻模特被一名著名的时尚摄影师强奸，后者寻求其兄弟让指控消失（至 12.00）
12midnight MLB Lead Off。12.30am MLB 现场直播。圣路易红雀队 v 芝加哥小熊队（开始时间 12.45am）。 TNT SPORTS 2
Sky 411 Virgin 522 8.30am 英联邦运动会 360. 现场直播。格拉斯哥第五日的日间赛程。6.00pm 现场直播：英联邦运动会 360. 360. 10.30 英联邦运动会——每日精彩回顾。11.30 英联邦运动会——网球（Netball）。 TNT SPORTS 3
Sky 413 Virgin 523 9.45am 直播 英联邦 运动会 — 田径与残疾人田径赛。 12.45pm The Gruppetto. 1.00 环法女子自行车赛。 1.30 直播男子自行车职业系列赛。 3.15 MLB 精彩回顾。 4.15 欧洲拉力锦标赛精彩回顾。 4.45 UCI 山地车世界系列赛回顾。 5.15 SailGP 冠军赛。 6.15 A-Z：英联邦运动会。 6.30 直播英联邦运动会 — 田径与残疾人田径赛。 9.45 上海大师赛斯诺克。 11.45 冠军联赛 — 决赛故事。
与一名工厂工人的不安情缘，并在一名严厉中士的压力下被推向极限。浪漫剧，理查德·基尔主演。 SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 401 10.00am 《魔法坏女巫》：为了美好 (Wicked: For Good) (2025) (PG) 12.25pm 《格斗之王 II》 (Mortal Kombat II) (2026) (15) 2.30 《森蚺》 (Anaconda) (2025) (12) 4.15 《伟大的埃莉诺》 (Eleanor the Great) (2025) (12) 6.00 《内战》 (Civil War) (2024) (15) 8.00 《格斗之王 II》 (Mortal Kombat II) (2026) (15) 10.05 《潜伏者》 (Lurker) (2025) (15) 11.50 《冷光》 (In Cold Light) (2025) (15) TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 12noon 铁路谋杀案。 1.00 威廉·特尔历险记。 1.30 《回家与远行》(Home and Away) (1956) (U) 3.10 乔迪·福斯特：好莱坞皮相之下。 4.15 《苜蓿地里的医生》(Doctor in Clover) (1966) (PG) 6.15 Look at Life. 6.25 《激战鼓手》(Whiplash)。 6.55 《秘密特工》(The Man from UNCLE)。 7.55 《海盗》(Buccaneer)。 9.00 《鹰之夜》(Night of the Eagle) (1961) (15) 10.45 Fortean TV。 11.20 《那个逃掉的》(The One That Got Away) (1957) (U)
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我的父亲曾在一家制鞋厂担任 削皮工（皮革修剪工），但在 20世纪50年代的一年圣诞节前， 为了增加收入，他接了一份 清晨送牛奶的工作。 合作社乳业（Co-op Dairy）告诉他， 这匹马熟悉路线， 他只需按照配送名单送货即可。 一切都进展顺利，直到 配送快结束时， 那匹马突然全速冲刺， 因为它知道是要回马厩吃早饭了！ 我可怜的父亲对此刻惊心动魄的 旅程至今记忆犹新， 当时他只能拼命抓紧缰绳，死里逃生！ 斯蒂芬妮·马修斯夫人 (Mrs Stephanie Matthews)， 北安普敦郡，凯特灵 (Kettering, Northants)
【小人物】： 近日，在帕克兰斯 (Parklands) 的 新型太阳能邮筒上， 由温兹 (Widnes) 的手工艺女士们 创作了一个可爱的作品， 以庆祝国际仙女日。 汤姆·曼宁 (Tom Manning)， 柴郡，温兹 (Widnes, Cheshire)
（向蒂姆·赖斯致歉） 这并不容易，我们会觉得奇怪， 当你试图解释 你的磨难， 在事无可成之后， 你依然需要我们的爱。 我们不会相信你，我们听到 的只有你单调的嗡嗡声， 那些未获认可的 演说， 以及你再次登上飞机的身影。
我想你只能听天由命，而 一切毫无改变， 你承诺的政策反反复复， 而现在那个安迪，那个“天才少年”， 在这里， 你放弃了承诺过的“战斗”。
÷ 请将您的投稿寄至：Peterborough, Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY
至于财富，至于名声， 你追求唐纳德那淡淡的微笑， 全世界都看得很清楚， 这就是你唯一的渴望， 但那不过是幻象， 而非你所期望的拥抱， 尽管我们的国家一直就在这里， 需要你专注对待。
我们不会为你哭泣， 斯塔默先生， 事实是我们从未离开过你， 在我们依然艰苦的岁月中， 你违背了所有承诺， 所以请保持距离。 莉莉·奥克利 (Lily O’Clee)， 东萨塞克斯郡，费尔莱特 (Fairlight, East Sussex)
【童言无忌】 最近我去探望女儿时，我的两个 孙女——阿米莉亚 (Amelia) 和 杰米玛 (Jemima) 正在房间里玩。 当她们走下楼梯时，阿米莉亚说： “奶奶，我没听到您进来。” “我觉得我能闻到奶奶的味道，”杰米玛回答道。 我希望她是指我的香水。 M. A. 佩林夫人 (Mrs M. A. Perrin)， 德文郡，伊尔弗拉科姆 (Ilfracombe, Devon)
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÷ 没有计划的目标 仅仅是一个愿望。 弗雷迪·克拉克 (Freddie Clark)， 埃塞克斯郡，切姆斯福德 (Chelmsford, Essex)
÷ 当一个人说他问心无愧时， 通常意味着他的记忆力很差。 伊万·S·托马斯先生 (Mr Ivan S. Thomas)， 埃塞克斯郡，弗林顿海滨 (Frinton on Sea, Essex)
PULLING PINTAS：为了这个，你需要知道怎么给牛挤奶吗？由东巴内特（East Barnet，赫特郡）的格雷戈里·布朗（Gregory Brown）拍摄于赫特郡布鲁克曼斯公园（Brookmans Park）的兽医学院农场。
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绝望的无家可归者 安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）说他将根除无家可归现象，但在估计的三百万名领取心理和行为疾病福利的失业成年劳动力中，他很快就会发现这是一个不可能完成的任务。根据我多年管理一家大型单身男性无家可归者收容所的经验，心理健康和行为问题（后者通常由成瘾引起）经常导致人们被驱逐出住所并不得不重返街头。为了实现他的雄心，伯纳姆先生必须确保这个国家有足够的心理健康机构。对于成瘾者来说，虽然有设施，但在出院后，他们除了回到我们这里、回到成瘾的朋友身边外，别无去处。医生和护士的所有努力很快就被抵消，他们再次陷入病态，并面临失去住所的风险。伯纳姆先生，无论你还是其他任何人，无论多么努力，都永远无法根除无家可归现象。 埃里克·沃特斯（ERIC WATERS），西萨塞克斯郡，兰辛
英国之最 我的新蒸汽熨斗装在印有“Russell Hobbs：自 1952 年起成为英国偶像”字样的盒子里。但在底部，用不那么显眼的字体写着“中国制造”。 莫里斯·奥布莱恩（MAURICE O’BRIEN），伯克郡，泰尔赫斯特
年迈的捕鼠者 从最近 19 岁的唐宁街之猫拉里（Larry）的照片来看，它似乎没有被梳理毛发。随着猫年长，它们发现很难继续之前的自我梳理。请唐宁街 10 号的某位人士优先照顾拉里。 贝弗利·杜兰特（BEVERLEY DURANT），多塞特郡，波恩茅斯
加冕盛况 上周一，我打开电视观看《Car SOS》的重播，但感觉像是在进行第二次降临。低沉敬畏的语气，白金汉宫的画面，唐宁街上谄媚的记者。结果发现这只是安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在就职。有趣的是，我不记得保守党更换首相时有如此的热情。这让我怀念起那个正在被修复的雪铁龙。 西蒙·李（SIMON LEE），伍斯特郡，哈文顿
速度解决方案 我们使用了几十年的 30英里/小时限速有什么问题吗？在大多数情况下，没问题。问题在于那些开到 40 的白痴。所以，为了减缓白痴的速度，限速被降低到了 20英里/小时。现在，守法司机在努力维持 20英里/小时。这里有一个建议：保留 20英里/小时的标志，但仅起诉那些速度超过 30英里/小时的人。 匿名，谢菲尔德
注定烂掉的水果 在世界杯前一天，我妻子买了一包梨。当我们打开时，我看到了令人恐惧的字样——“阿根廷产品”。不用说，它们全烂了。 M. 斯特劳德（M. STROUD），西约克郡，韦克菲尔德
交易艺术 我推测特朗普与沙特阿拉伯关于核电站的协议，是为了让沙特花费数千亿资金请美国承包商建造，安装美国反应堆，并由美国技术人员运行。 彼得·亨利·摩根（PETER HENRY MORGAN），萨洛普郡，比克顿希斯
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与沙特人达成 30 年的核能协议。安迪·伯纳姆 降低了一英镑的公交车票价。具有政治家潜质？保罗·米切尔（PAUL MITCHELL），兰开郡，弗雷克尔顿。两人一间 解决监狱人口过剩的一个简单答案就是：一间牢房住两人。“哦，你不能那样做。他们的基本人权怎么办？”弗莱彻和戈德伯在没有电视且没有 PlayStation 的情况下也过得挺好。他们不是在度假村，而是在监狱受罚，且应当恐惧再次回去。威廉·巴特拉姆（WILLIAM BARTRAM），埃塞克斯郡，斯坦斯特德蒙菲切特。面包没了 在我们当地的 Greggs 面包店四处看时，我询问面包卷放在哪里。得到的回答是：“不卖面包。”“但这是一家面包店，”我说。“我们有比萨、饮料和冰淇淋。不卖面包，”店员回答道。我们都在抱怨商业街缺乏商店，但它们理应销售其应有的商品。也许当我去我们唯一的一家肉铺买一磅香肠时，老板会说：“对不起，不卖肉。”简·琳夫人（Mrs JANE LYNN），剑桥郡，威斯比奇。女人的工作 我的侄子买了一栋带有大花园的平房。由于是自雇人士，他请了两周假来挖掘棚屋的地基并粉刷 27 块花园围栏板。我最年轻的妹妹当时也在度假，帮了他的忙。他们几天内就完成了粉刷，而我侄子在感谢她后评价道：“阿姨，你干活像个男人。”她笑得前仰后合。迈克·摩根（MIKE MORGAN），兰开郡，米德尔顿。被禁少数群体 在如此多的人都被排除在软管禁令之外的情况下，看来在我们这条街上，只有我和 14 号的约翰没有被排除。马丁·金伯（MARTIN KIMBER），东萨塞克斯郡，布莱顿。高尔夫失误 作为一名养老金领取者，我非常有兴趣地阅读了杰夫·普雷斯特里奇（Jeff Prestridge）关于半退休的文章（载于《每日邮报》）。虽然我无法在大多数挑战上帮到他，但我可以帮他改进高尔夫球技。杰夫，在推球果岭上是不使用发球杆的。史蒂夫·索尔特（STEVE SALTER），东萨塞克斯郡，克罗博罗。哦，天哪 有一位更适合担任外交大臣的人选，那就是伯纳姆先生，他曾在 2007 到 2010 年间担任该职位，并在被其弟弟背叛后，自 2013 年起担任国际救援委员会主席。保罗·查普曼（PAUL CHAPMAN），南安普敦。
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康纳·阿克西奥特（Connor Axiotes，《每日邮报》）正确地引起了人们对前沿人工智能（frontier AI）及其对网络攻击风险潜在影响的关注。但他关于英格兰银行网络防御手段不够先进的断言完全错误、毫无根据且十分危险。出于显而易见的安全性原因，我们不会详细讨论我们的防御措施。但我可以向《每日邮报》的读者保证，本行拥有正确的投资、专业知识和能力，并与包括国家网络安全中心（NCSC）在内的专家伙伴保持极其紧密的合作。
公众应当关注的问题是前沿人工智能给金融部门及其客户带来的更广泛的风险。前沿人工智能可能会使网络攻击的实施速度更快、难度更低，使停机故障更具破坏性，并使犯罪分子的诈骗手段更具说服力。
多年来，本行一直持续警告企业必须加强其检测力度和响应能力，更快地修复漏洞，并在出现问题时能够恢复。作为监管机构，我们要求银行通过压力测试向我们证明他们能够做到这一点，并且
真正的伟大 我很高兴看到杰夫·鲍威尔（Jeff Powell，《每日邮报》）认可贝利为史上最伟大的足球运动员。 然而，我不能同意将迭戈·马拉多纳列入其中，他吸毒且用手触球骗得进球。梅西也有些可疑——在西班牙队夺冠时背对他们，简直是一种耻辱。 艾伦·伍德（ALAN WOOD），肯特郡，多佛
是编辑还是死掉 AB是不是在大显身手？在帮我们清理了斯塔默周围的一些庸才之后，他将那个“净零”疯子安置在外交大臣这个更加暴露的位置上。 这是否是为了彻底除掉他而采取的计策？ 每月出一个纰漏，这完全在他的能力范围之内，
请不要因为 BBC 为自己投放广告而抨击它（见读者来信）。许多人选择不缴纳执照费，而这笔费用相当于每天一杯咖啡的价格。考虑到我可以用这笔钱获得多少无广告的资源，这绝对是目前最划算的交易。
BBC 确实在核实其新闻公告，我不敢想象如果它被取代会发生什么。我希望不要被美国那种系统取代，在那里的报道中，你听到的任何事情都不可信。
BBC 已经在处理与特朗普先生的问题了，他声称被编辑后的言论给他留下了糟糕的印象。啧啧。我们都知道那些令人震惊的人群场面与他无关，而他仅仅是想要区区 100 亿美元。
也许 BBC 应该对人们想看的节目按次收费，并放弃其他所有节目。而且，尽管想到就心惊，但也许新闻可以由国家赞助。
所以请，放过 BBC 吧。 玛丽昂·法瑞尔（MARION FARRELL）， 西米德兰郡，萨顿科尔德（Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids）
在 AI 世界中建立韧性：英格兰银行的安德鲁·贝利
渗透测试。这也是为什么英格兰银行呼吁在更广泛部署前，就前沿 AI 模型测试建立更强有力的国际协调。没有哪个国家能将自己与这些风险隔绝。
庆幸的是，英国通过 AI 安全研究所和 NCSC 占据了有利地位，而英格兰银行正如你所预期的，正与这些机构以及我们的国际合作伙伴迅速合作，帮助加强我们监管的银行和企业的网络韧性。
AI 和网络攻击的问题正受到应有的审视，但读者可以放心，英格兰银行和英国当局正专注于这些问题并采取行动。 安德鲁·贝利（ANDREW BAILEY）， 英格兰银行行长
也许这足以让他六个月内被限制在政治上的“外赫布里底群岛”（偏远之地）。 安德里亚·克鲁克斯（ANDREA CROOKS）， 蒙茅斯郡，阿伯加文尼（Abergavenny, Mons）
最终分析 虽然我同意之前通信者表达的情绪（见读者来信），但长久的婚姻中有一个艰难的方面。我和我的妻子，年龄分别为 78 和 81 岁，即将迎来我们结婚 54 周年的纪念日。
尽管我们的婚姻非常幸福，但我非常希望在妻子之前去世，因为失去了她的生活前景是不可忍受的。但这是一种自私的立场。如果我先于她去世，她将在晚年孤身一人地生活。这是所有年长且长久结婚的夫妇面临的问题，且没有快乐的结局。 姓名和地址已提供
本周之信 赢取由 Printer Pix 赞助的“本周之信”神奇马克杯。当杯中盛有热饮时，会显示我们的《每日邮报》本周之信设计。如需创建个性化照片礼物（见右图示例），请访问 printerpix.co.uk。 读者来信编辑将于每周五公布“本周之信”。请写信至：Daily Mail, Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY 或发送电子邮件至 letters@dailymail.co.uk，并请附上您的完整邮寄地址和电话号码。
我正致力于引入一种窗户清洗许可证。这将允许房主合法地清洗窗户，每年费用为 £180。一支检查员队伍将巡视全国，检查任何窗户干净的房屋……
几周前，我差点提交了一封信，称我们人类不应该担心 AI，因为它会自我照顾。考虑到最近发生的事件，我真希望当时点了“发送”。无论国家参与者和 AI 公司如何，就新兴 AI 模型之间的内战而言，最终，引用电影《高地人》的话：“只能有一个。” D. 皮尔金顿（D. PILKINGTON），兰开斯特郡，莱瑟姆-圣安妮斯（Lytham St Annes, Lancs）
为韦斯辩护 在法恩堡航展上，国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）表示，明智地使用国防预算至关重要。我深表赞同，并建议他从审视国防部雇佣的 55,000 名文职人员开始，而正规军和廓尔喀士兵的总人数为 141,000 人。 罗伯特·毕晓普（ROBERT BISHOP），西萨塞克斯郡，比林斯赫斯特（Billingshurst, W. Sussex）
洗窗户需要执照。任何被发现没有执照就洗窗户的人将面临最高 £1,000 的罚款。这难道不就是电视执照的相同原则吗？ ROY KENNEDY, Paignton, Devon
KEMI 对保守党的领导显然引起了英国广播公司内部温和左翼官员的焦虑。任何听到尼克·罗宾逊最近对影子大臣那充满攻击性的“采访”，随后又对贸易大臣采取小心翼翼的态度的人，都会注意到英国广播公司著名的公正性是多么地“充满活力”。 R. BULLOCH, Holmfirth, W. Yorks
÷ 我在想一年后，照片中为人们斟啤酒的下一任首相会是谁。 BOB PHILLIPS, Southampton
÷ 安迪，咬指甲要小心。米洛的维纳斯就是这么开始的。 D. SMITH, Lincoln
÷ 安迪，财政大臣知道你在开这么多财政承诺吗？ M. AYLWARD, Bexhill on Sea, E. Sussex
÷ 为什么对失控的 AI 这么大惊小怪？直接拔掉电源不就行了。 MARK COHEN, Sale, Cheshire
÷ 既然里夫斯建了这么多基础（foundations），那么她成为住房部部长的选择是很自然的。 GEOFF SIMPSON, Crawley, W. Sussex
÷ 我宁愿回到 20 世纪 80 年代，那时 Maggie 把工会打得落花流水。 姓名未提供, Worcester
÷ 几周时间不用忍受韦斯·斯特雷廷的声音，真是太惬意了。 HELEN PENNEY, Longborough, Gloucs
÷ 彩票最高奖金应该是 £10 million，余额在陪跑者之间分配。 D. HERNON, Stockport, Cheshire
÷ 每当用到“笨蛋”（nincompoop）这个词时，我永远会联想到米利班德。谢谢你，昆汀。 ROB EVERITT, Leigh on Sea, Essex
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问题：19世纪中叶的“常规”婚礼庆祝活动是以什么形式进行的？ 与今天一样，19世纪中叶人们非常青睐在夏季举行婚礼，其中6月是最受欢迎的月份，因为其得名于罗马女神朱诺（Juno），而朱诺正是婚姻女神。但那时的人们更加迷信，这也延伸到了结婚日期的选择上。如今，由于周一至周五的工作周主导了我们的生活，周六成为了热门选择，但在当时，周六被认为是糟糕之选，而周三则被视为最佳日期。在教堂仪式上，只有新娘会收到戒指，新郎则没有。人们相信，如果戒指在仪式过程中掉落，会将所有邪灵震出，反而能带来好运。然而，新婚夫妇在一同走过走道时，如果看向或问候宾客，则被认为是不吉利的，因此他们在仪式结束时目光始终保持直视前方。撒纸屑的习俗源于罗马时期向幸福新人投掷坚果的传统。到英国的维多利亚时代，投掷物已变为谷物、大米或鸟食。婚礼通常从一天之始就固定下来，教堂仪式后的招待会是一顿晚早餐，因此无论该餐点在一天中的哪个时间点进行，“婚礼早餐”（wedding breakfast）这个词至今仍在使用。招待会通常在新娘家中举行，宾客通常需要站着用餐，而婚礼随行人员则坐着。宾客可能会分到三种不同蛋糕的切片：一种是为宾客准备的精致烘焙蛋糕，另一种则是为新郎新娘准备的简单作品。在其中一个较小的蛋糕里会放一枚戒指， whichever 拿到含有戒指切片的宾客，据说将在一年内结婚，这是如今抛花球传统的雏形。19世纪中叶的婚礼上没有娱乐活动或舞蹈。
问题：为什么将 malfunctioning（故障）的电子设备关掉再重新开启有时能解决问题？ Terry Harper，伦敦 E4
问题：哪个名人孩子最多？ D. Coulson，萨里郡，Farncombe
问题：谁发明了音乐记谱法，它是如何成为国际标准的？ Trevor French，布赖顿
婚礼
年轻的爱情：一对新人在证人面前结婚，约 1860 年
dings；主项活动是教堂礼拜，随后在新娘家中聚会。 德里克·柯林斯，兰卡斯特
问题 为什么有人打喷嚏时 我们会说“祝你健康（Bless you）”？ 我的已故祖母（一位虔诚的基督徒）曾告诉我，这个小传统起源于天主教会。 根据她的说法，人们广泛认为打喷嚏是灵魂试图逃离身体时发出的声音。 因此，对打喷嚏的传统回应是说“愿你的灵魂得到祝福（Bless your soul）”，以确保灵魂在短暂离开身体期间不会落入路西法的手中。经过多年，这演变成了我们更熟悉的“Bless you”。 我长期怀疑她告诉我这个是为了让我停止追问，但谁知道呢，也许其中包含某些真相！ 迈克·普林斯， 汉普郡，新米尔顿
问题 飞行员如何知道 飞机超重了？ 当乘客被要求离开航班是因为超重时，并不是因为飞行员突然发现了问题。 在起飞前很久，航空公司的运行团队就会计算飞机的确切重量，将飞机本身、乘客、行李、货物和燃料全部考虑在内。然后，这些数据会与飞机的最大允许起飞重量和平衡限制进行比对。 飞行员在配载单（load sheet）上收到这些信息，该单据显示飞机是否在安全运行限制之内。航空公司使用实际的乘客体重或监管机构批准的平均体重，以及已知的行李、货运和燃料重量。 关键点在于，并没有单一的重量限制。飞机的允许起飞重量会根据跑道长度、空气温度、风况、高度以及旅途所需燃料量等因素而变化。 因此，一架在某一天合法运行的飞机，如果在另一天条件较差，可能会因为太重而无法起飞。 如果计算显示飞机超过了允许重量，就必须减除一些重量。 航空公司通常会先尝试移除货物、行李或燃料，但偶尔也必须卸载乘客。 原因很简单：超重的飞机需要更长的跑道才能起飞，爬升效率较低，且安全余量较小。这就是为什么每次飞行前都要进行严格的重量和平衡检查。 亚历克斯·迪龙，雷丁
问题 电子产品 在充满电时 重量会增加吗？ 继之前的回答之后，我曾被演示过如何测试像助听器中使用的那种锌空电池。 只需将电池掉落在坚硬的表面上。如果电量耗尽，它会反弹；如果电量充足，它会沉闷地落下。 尼克·洛奇， 新森林，蒂普托
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今日食谱：烤樱桃番茄与茴香籽欧佐面（orzo）
简单、省事的料理。 4 人份 食材
400g 樱桃番茄 2 个干葱头，粗切片 3 瓣大蒜，不剥皮 1/2 茶匙 辣椒碎 2 茶匙 茴香籽 3 汤匙 橄榄油
做法
1 将烤箱预热至 200C/风扇模式 180C/燃气档 6. 将番茄、干葱头和大蒜放入深烤盘中，然后在上面撒上辣椒片和茴香籽，并充分调味。淋上橄榄油。烘烤 25 分钟，直到番茄起泡且干葱头轻微焦化。将烤熟的大蒜挤入其中。 2 拌入奥尔佐面（orzo），然后倒入高汤。盖紧烤 25 分钟，在出餐前拌入马斯卡彭奶酪、帕玛森干酪和欧芹。如果您愿意，可以加入蛋白质，如熟鸡肉。冷却后，可在冷藏状态下保存最多三天。 美食团队（The Good Food Team）
300g 奥尔佐面（orzo pasta） 600ml 热蔬菜高汤 4 5 汤匙 马斯卡彭奶酪 50g 帕玛森干酪或 素食替代品，细研磨 15g 平叶欧芹，粗切 自选蛋白质 （可选）
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作者：John-Paul Ford Rojas
由于美国与伊朗之间暂停交战，油价昨日暴跌至 below $90 ——但专家担心，这可能不足以阻止今年晚些时候的加息。 上周，随着中东地区敌对行动重启，布伦特原油交易价格曾高于 $100，周五收于每桶 $96.78。 但昨日油价下跌高达 $9, 或 10pc，至 $87.55. 随后价格稳定在 around $89, 下跌 2.8pc。 此次下跌有助于减轻英国的借贷成本。十年期英国国债收益率降至 4.97pc 附近，而上周曾飙升至 5.1pc。 股市也受到提振，伦敦富时 100 指数（FTSE 100）收盘上涨 0.4pc，或 45.52 点，报 10781.75，为其自 3 月初战争爆发之初以来的最高收盘水平。 这些波动发生在英格兰银行本周四即将召开的下一次利率设定会议之前。预计利率将维持不变，但官员们可能需要解释，如果这种断断续续的冲突继续下去，利率走势将受到怎样的影响。 人们担心，如果战争持续，推高通货膨胀，利率将不得不上升——这将损害数百万借款人的利益，并给安迪·伯纳姆首相解决生活成本问题的目标带来挫折。 由于油价上涨，驾驶者已经感受到了加油站价格提高的影响，同时能源账单也有所上涨，给通胀带来了上涨压力。 英格兰银行将被迫就价格压力持续时将如何应对提供线索。 曾任职于设定利率的英格兰银行货币政策委员会（MPC）的成员迈克尔·桑德斯（Michael Saunders）表示，MPC 不会对油价最近的下跌产生“太多”信心——因为油价仍然比几周前“大幅”上涨。 桑德斯（现为牛津经济研究院高级顾问）告诉了
阿斯特制药（AstraZeneca）的股价昨日上涨，该公司表示，对癌症治疗药物的需求推动了销售额增长。 上半年营收增长 6pc 至 £23bn，而利润增长 2pc 至 £5bn。 首席执行官帕斯卡尔·索里奥（Pascal Soriot）指出，像 Tagrisso 和 Imfinzi 这样蓬勃发展的癌症药物起到了关键作用。这些药物助力其肿瘤部门的销售额激增 15pc 至 £10.6bn，这意味着该部门目前约占阿斯特制药销售额的一半。 该公司表示，预计今年集团年销售额将增长约 5 to 9pc。 索里奥表示：“我们继续快速投资于我们的变革性技术和商业执行，旨在将我们的创新药物带给全球患者，并推动 2030 年之后的增长。” 在经历了本月潜在重磅药物 Wainua 临床试验遭受沉重打击（导致公司市值一日内蒸发 £23bn）之后，这次增长对该公司来说是急需的提振。此外，美国监管机构在 5 月份拒绝了一款乳腺癌药物。 昨日，该公司股价上涨 1.7pc，或 218p，至 12,888p。但今年以来，股价下跌了约 7pc。 索里奥表示，他的公司必须以“中国速度”前进，以确保跟上中国制药行业竞争对手的创新步伐。 他补充道：“我们必须确保自己不会落后。”
英国广播公司（BBC）：“他们不太可能在本周的会议上改变利率，但我认为他们会警告说，如果油价和天然气价格维持在当前水平，那么未来几个月的通货膨胀率将显著提高。在这种情况下，利率很有可能在今年年底前上涨。” 油价最近的下跌发生在唐纳德·特朗普突然暂停针对伊朗为期两周的空袭行动之后。昨日，这位美国总统表示，华盛顿正与伊朗进行“非常深入的谈话”，但他已准备好采取“强力
10781.75
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如果外交手段失败，将采取“军事行动”。与此同时，伊朗似乎在考验特朗普的转向，沙特阿拉伯、约旦和伊拉克昨日报告了无人机袭击。 AJ Bell经纪公司的Danni Hewson表示：“投资者已经习惯了油价的剧烈波动，但人们希望紧张局势能持续降温，这有助于提振全球情绪。 ‘油价下跌将有助于缓解对通胀的担忧，但冲突已经损害了今年及明年的全球增长前景。’”
沃达丰（VODAFONE）昨日透露，为了削减成本，该公司在截至6月底的三个月内，在整个欧洲裁员 1,200 人。 这家移动和宽带公司表示，此举是其简化运营并实现新效率目标计划的一部分。 因此，到本财年结束，其在欧洲的运营成本将出现“实质性”降低。 该集团由
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Margherita Della Valle（如图）领导，希望到 2030. 年将其总成本和资本支出削减 £700m。该公司未具体说明此次裁员影响了多少英国职位。 沃达丰昨日还透露，在截至6月的三个月内，拥有移动合约的英国客户数量减少了 48,000 人，其中包括商业 SIM 卡。然而，该公司增加了约 34,000 名宽带客户。 股价上涨 4.，即 5.，至 120.。
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专家警告称，由于冬季前积累的天然气储存量处于极低水平，欧洲面临能源危机。 能源咨询公司Wood Mackenzie的一份报告称，欧洲各地的储存量仅为容量的 54pc——远低于7月下旬的正常水平。 中东地区的动荡导致天然气价格飙升。在冲突中受损的卡塔尔液化天然气（LNG）设施预计在明年之前无法恢复满负荷运行。与此同时，亚洲国家正在与欧洲争夺有限的供应。 报告称，所有这些因素共同作用，使得今冬的供应安全处于“风险”之中。 即使在最乐观的情况下（即天然气供应恢复），储存量到11月 1 日可能仅达到 75pc——远低于通常为应对寒冷月份而储备的 90pc 水平。 Wood Mackenzie的一位发言人表示：“欧洲正接近能源危机地带。” 英国天然气所有者Centrica的负责人Chris O’Shea上周也警告称，由于储存水平低，未来会出现问题。
通常情况下，演艺界名人的政治干预可以被安全地忽略。 但在《卫报》上，演员Alan Cumming、Benedict Cumberbatch和Benedict Wong撰写的一篇反对Paramount Skydance以 $110bn 收购华纳兄弟（Warner Bros）的评论文章是个例外。 这三位表演者非常正确地担忧这笔主要依靠债务融资的交易对全球电影制作、新闻产出以及英国世界领先的创意部门的影响。 由于反对的明星名气大，且电视、流媒体和电影制作对观众而言非常熟悉，这意味着娱乐业的收购能获得其他交易无法吸引的媒体关注度。 今年上半年，记录性地有 $231bn 的英国公司（其中几家处于科技、人工智能和制药等英国经济关键部门）在没有人发出异议的情况下，落入了高杠杆私募股权公司和海外买家的手中。 截至撰稿时，英国领先的商业电视频道ITV（及其与ITN的新闻合同）正与美国Comcast（其所有者为...）进行合并谈判。
根据其在计划于香港上市前发布的一项更新报告，在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的打击之下，SHEIN 的季度亏损已跌至 £74m。 这家中国快时尚巨头在截至 3 月底的三个月内出现亏损，而去年同期则为 £296m 的利润。 该期间的销售额增长 1.1pc，达到 £6.8bn，与 2025 年相比有所放缓。
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这些数据揭示了特朗普决定取消“微量” (de minimis) 进口关税豁免所带来的影响，此前该政策允许 Shein 等公司将小包裹免税直接运送给美国消费者。 欧盟近期采取了类似行动，英国也正寻求堵住小包裹漏洞，但可能还需要几年时间。
以 £5.75bn 出售
DCC Energy 昨日同意以 £5.75bn 出售给美国掠夺者，而席卷伦敦市场的收购狂潮毫无放缓迹象。 这家 FTSE 100 集团的董事会正式支持了与私募股权公司 KKR 和 Energy Capital Partners 达成的每股 6,797p 的交易。 这比上个月提出的 £5.7bn 报价略有提高，此前 DCC 表示其“倾向于”支持该报价。 这家能源分销公司表示，此次交易给予股东的价格高于其在公开市场中所能实现的水平。 其声明是最新的证据，表明由于估值低，伦敦上市企业极易受到外国掠夺者的攻击。 英国上市软件公司 Pinewood Technologies 的股价昨日飙升，因为它也暗示已接受一家美国公司的收购。 与此同时，Serica 同意收购同行的油气公司 Pharos
Sky 和 Universal。英国最大的数据中心运营商 Segro 处于 AI 革命的前沿，即将被总部位于旧金山的 Prologis 吞并。 在 Pig & Whistle 酒馆以及大多数工党 (Labour) 政治家眼中，这是一个无名之辈。尽管 Segro 起源于《办公室》(The Office) 的拍摄地 Slough，但目前没有公开已知的明星会反对这笔 £14bn 的交易。这使得那些唯唯诺诺的董事们直接举起了白旗。当你国家需要你的时候，Ricky Gervais 你在哪里？ 在这些不受欢迎的交易中，最新的一起是英国的 Pinewood Technologies，该公司向汽车工业提供技术服务，现在发现自己正受到美国私募股权机构 Ridgeview 的围攻。这
看起来并不吸引人，但与每一次负债收购一样，必须有人买单，而工作岗位、控制权和英国的税收收入将会消失。 在引起文化大臣 Lisa Nandy 注意的 Paramount-Warner 交易中，面临风险的是英国创意部门的就业机会。该部门支持着 180,000 多个就业岗位（包括我自己的后代）以及约 £6.8bn 的生产支出。当交易者谈论“协同效应”时，他们指的其实是裁员。 此外，人们担心 CNN（该机构对唐纳德·特朗普的白宫持有强烈的批评态度）将被甲骨文 (Oracle) 创始人、Paramount 竞标的出资人 Larry Ellison 的 MAGA 倾向所淹没。
对于 Comcast 通过 Sky 吸收 ITV 的行为，也应持有疑虑。Comcast 的收购绝非一项没有成本的练习。 Comcast 的 Brian Roberts 支付了过高价格，并冲销了 $8.6bn（£7bn）。Sky 中那些不为人注意的部分，例如其数字化部门，被砍掉了。 我们不知道这次交易对于 Sky News（2028 年以后）或 ITN 的未来意味着什么。 然而，由于一项高达数十亿的交易，白厅 (Whitehall) 对此次交易持乐观态度。
Everyman 因电影院访客人数的激增而受到鼓舞。 但这家拥有 49 家电影院的高端连锁店警告称，它面临着一个“具有挑战性的经济环境”。 Everyman 表示，截至 7 月 2. 日的六个月内，观影人数达到了 2.6m —— 比前一年增长了 21%。 这促使销售额增长 24%，达到 £70m。
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Energy 价值 £146m。这种疯狂的交易热潮引发了人们的担忧，即在某些情况下，英国上市公司的价格被低估而被廉价收购。 今年已有五家富时 100 公司支持了收购提案，DCC 与仓库和数据中心巨头 Segro、实验室检测公司 Intertek、伦敦劳合社保险公司 Beazley 以及城市金融机构 Schroders 一样，成为了海外买家的猎物。 其他被瞄准的非顶级指数英国上市公司还包括 easyJet、Rotork、Mitie 和 Tate & Lyle。 总部位于都柏林的 DCC 此前曾拒绝了两次接洽。 第一次对该公司的估值仅为 £4.95bn。 该公司昨天表示，
投资于由康卡斯特 (Comcast) 分支机构通用 (Universal) 开发的赫特福德郡主题公园。 国家需要有人大声疾呼，反对出卖国家所有技术和创意领域的“皇冠上的明珠”。
制药业的生命线 在最近几个月，神经药物 Wainua 和乳腺癌药物 Etcamah 在美国遭遇了几次临床挫折之后，阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca) 负责人 Pascal Soriot 需要通过该集团的半年度业绩来安抚投资者。 他试图通过好于预期的第二季度收益，以及重申到 2030. 年收入将达到 $80bn 的预测来实现这一目标。该公司股价上涨 1.7pc，而今年以来已下跌约 7pc。 制药公司关注的是长期发展，而 AZ 的价值在于其新化合物的研发管线，目前约有 20 种疗法在推进，其中 several 种处于其重点关注的肿瘤领域。 AZ 的重心已转移到美国，因为 Soriot 赢得了特朗普白宫的青睐，并寻求通过在纽约上市获得更高的估值。 然而，Etcamah 已经获得了有时反应缓慢的欧洲药品管理局的批准。该药物在 AZ 位于剑桥的总部研发，证明了英国制药研发依然充满活力。
协议的达成经历了“一次强有力且冗长的谈判”。 DCC 董事长 Mark Breuer 表示，对于股东来说，这是一个“以高于 DCC Energy 历史交易价格的吸引人溢价，将价值转化为现金的极具吸引力的机会”。 他补充道：“我们坚信，该财团将成为 DCC Energy 50 年传承的强有力守护者，并在下一个增长阶段支持该业务。” 该公司的股价微涨 0.9pc，即 55p，至 6,340p。 与此同时，专门从事汽车经销商软件的 Pinewood 公司股价飙升 32.7pc，即 103p，至 418p。 此前该公司在周五晚些时候透露，它倾向于接受来自旧金山收购公司 Ridgeview 的 £545m 报价。 然而，据《泰晤士报》报道，该报价已遭到英国投资公司 Harwood Capital 的反对，后者持有 Pinewood 5.7pc 的股份。
去年为 £56.5m。一名发言人表示，交易“一直很积极”，但对全年的前景仍存在“一定程度的谨慎”。Everyman 表示，预计其 2026 年的业绩将“略高于”去年。 在股价经历长期下跌后，该公司还制定了退出伦敦初级股票市场的计划。
1.50 CORAL CHESTERFIELD CUP 障碍赛 (2) £120,000 附加奖金 (£61,848) 1英里1弗隆197码 (18) 101 (4) 41-5485 LIBERTY LANE 24 (P) (C&DD) (S) K R Burke 6-9-12 ...............C Lee 102 (16) 44559-9 BOLSTER 53 (D5) (GS) Jack Morland 6-9-8 .......................... G Wood 103 (13) 3/0L364- TORITO 209 (B) (D) (GS) J & T Gosden 6-9-7 .....................B Sayette 104 (5) 04-L944 MIDAK 10 (D) (S) I Williams 4-9-5 .....................................J P Spencer 105 (14) 2101-10 YABHER 17 (C&DD) (G) W Haggas 4-9-5 ....................... T Marquand 106 (2) 62/9L-70 HENLEIN 41 K Ryan 4-9-3 .........................................................K Stott 107 (17) 283-212 DIEGO EL QUESO 19 (D) G M Lyons (IRE) 4-9-3 ............ C T Keane 108 (15) 2312-03 WAVE RIDER 129 (D2BF) (GS) G Scott 4-9-2 .....................O Murphy 109 (12) 4631-60 QUAI DE BETHUNE 17 (D) (G) H Al Jehani (UAE) 4-9-0
James Doyle 110 (11) 034123 NIGHT BREEZE 24 (T) (GS) I Williams 6-8-12 ...................E Greatrex 111 (9) 8LLL51 KING’S CODE 18 (V) (D4) (GS) P Evans 6-8-12 ...................J F Egan 112 (1) 844/0L-0 DHAHABI 53 (G) I Williams 8-8-12 ........................................C Bishop 113 (7) 0-41193 RATHGAR 24 (P) (C2D3) (GS) J Channon 6-8-11 .............. D Probert 114 (8) 1583-71 NOBLE HORIZON 50 (D2) (G) Oli Rix 4-8-11 ...................S De Sousa 115 (18) 0920-68 TONY MONTANA 74 (D3) K P De Foy 6-8-11 ............. Toby Moore (7) 116 (3) 087551 AL AALI 11 (B) (D) (G) G Scott 4-8-10 ....................................W Buick 117 (10) 052-824 PAROLE D’ORO 19 (PT) (G) M Bell 4-8-10 ..........................H Crouch 118 (6) 21-6521 TWISTING PHYSICS 29 (T) (D) (G) Oliver Cole 5-8-8
Ashley Lewis (5) 预计起步赔率 (SP)：5 Noble Horizon, 6 Yabher, 8 Wave Rider, Midak, 10 Diego El Queso, Al Aali, 12 Torito, Rathgar, Night Breeze, Liberty Lane, 14 Tony Montana, Quai De Bethune, 16 Twisting Physics, 20 Bolster, Parole D’oro。 热门马匹：1 – 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 (W 8-13)。 年龄：5 – 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 2025：Westridge 4 8 8 (Billy Loughnane) 6-1 J & T Gosden 抽签 (8) 18 匹参赛。
这场比赛中有不少马匹都有竞争力，而 AL AALI 几乎是最具说服力的选择。这无疑比 11 天前在纽马基特（Newmarket）的比赛任务更艰巨，但当时他的表现远超获胜幅度，且根据旧赛绩来看，他在让磅幅度上仍有很大空间。鉴于 Noble Horizon 在莱斯特（Leicester）留下的印象，他无疑会大受欢迎，而 Quai de Bethune 和来自爱尔兰的挑战者 Diego El Queso 同样值得高度关注。
2.25 CORAL VINTAGE STAKES (G2组) (1) (2 岁马) £200,000 附加奖金 (£113,420) 7弗隆 (6) 201 (5) 1U11 AL HUDAIBA 17 (B) (D2) (G) C Appleby 9-6 ..........................W Buick 202 (2) 11 DR RASCAL 17 (D2) (G) Oliver Cole 9-3 .........................Kaiya Fraser 203 (3) 21 HAFFNER 17 (D) (G) A P O’Brien (IRE) 9-3 ......................R L Moore 204 (1) 253 PIKACHU 17 C Johnston 9-3 .............................................David Egan 205 (4) 14 RULER’S CONTROL 41 (T) (S) J P O’Brien (IRE) 9-3 .James Doyle 206 (6) 11 UNDISCOVERED 17 (D) (GS) R Beckett 9-3 ........................H Crouch 预计起步赔率 (SP)：5-4 Al Hudaiba, 2 Haffner, 8 Pikachu, 10 Dr Rascal, 12 Undiscovered, Ruler’s Control。 热门马匹：1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2025：Zavateri 2 9 6 (Charles Bishop) 8-1 E J-Houghton 抽签 (6) 10 匹参赛。
这条赛道对性格古怪但极具天赋的 AL HUDAIBA 来说是一个考验，但佩戴护头装置应该会对他有所帮助。既然已经在 Grade 2 级别比赛中赢得过冠军，他能够克服 3 磅的惩罚性增重。Pikachu 在上述纽马基特比赛中在选定马匹之后获得第三名，从赛绩看他是主要威胁，不过 Haffner 可能会成为一个更大的威胁。
3.00 香港赛马会世界彩池 伦诺克斯锦标赛 (GROUP 2) (1) 增加奖金 £200,000 (£113,420) 7f (8) 301 (7) 9331-63 HOLGUIN 17 (D2) (S) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6-9-6 .............James Doyle 302 (4) 22L7-15 LAKE FOREST 38 (D2) (G) W Haggas 5-9-6 .........................C Fallon 303 (1) 3310-92 MARVELMAN 31 (D2) (S) A Balding 4-9-6 ...................P J McDonald 304 (2) 22-2537 POET MASTER 31 (D5) (S) K R Burke 6-9-6 .............................C Lee 305 (5) 570-471 QIRAT 31 (T) (C&D2CD2) (S) R Beckett 5-9-6 ................... C T Keane 306 (8) 11-2571 ROGUE DIPLOMAT 41 (D5) (GS) James Owen 4-9-6 ..........H Davies 307 (3) 00-L826 WITNESS STAND 17 (PT) (C&D2D2BF) (GS)
Dr R Newland & J Insole 5-9-6 K Shoemark 308 (6) 3L-4015 LORD BRITAIN 42 (T) (D2) I Mohammed & J Santos 3-8-13
B Sayette 预测单胜赔率 (SP)：5-4 Lake Forest, 3 Qirat, 9-2 Marvelman, 8 Witness Stand, 16 Rogue Diplomat, 20 Poet Master, Holguin. 热门马匹：1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 年龄：4 7 4 5 4 4 3 6 5 4 2025：Witness Stand 4 9 6 (Hollie Doyle) 25-1 Dr R Newland & J Insole 抽签 (3) 10 匹参赛。
LAKE FOREST 在皇家雅士谷赛马会（Royal Ascot）的伊丽莎白二世纪念赛中获得令人瞩目的第五名后，回到了一个可能是其最佳的距离，他可能比赛道专家 Qirat 和 Witness Stand 表现更强。
3.35 AL SHAQAB 古德伍德杯锦标赛 (GROUP 1) (1) 增加奖金 £500,000 (£283,550) 2m (8) 401 (1) 1124-66 AMILOC 38 (C2) (G) R Beckett 4-9-12...................................H Crouch 402 (6) 150-3L2 FRENCH MASTER 38 (P) (C) (G) J & T Gosden 5-9-12 .James Doyle 403 (7) 27-3L15 ILLINOIS 9 (GS) A P O’Brien (IRE) 5-9-12 .........................S M Levey 404 (3) 1/223-31 LAZY GRIFF 25 (P) (D) (GS) C Johnston 4-9-12 .................O Murphy 405 (4) 2342-18 RAHIEBB 40 R Varian 4-9-12 ............................................... R Dawson 406 (2) 111-111 SCANDINAVIA 40 (P) (C&D) (GS) A P O’Brien (IRE) 4-9-12
R L Moore 407 (8) 51111-2 TRAWLERMAN 40 (H) (CD5) (GS) J & T Gosden 8-9-12......W Buick 408 (5) 211-325 MISS ALPILLES 40 (B) (CD) (G) E Walker 5-9-9 ............K Shoemark 预测单胜赔率 (SP)：10-11 Scandinavia, 2 Trawlerman, 10 Rahiebb, 14 Lazy Griff, 16 Amiloc, 20 French Master. 热门马匹：1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 年龄：5 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 3 2025：Scandinavia 3 8 12 (Wayne Lordan) 4-1 A P O’Brien 抽签 (5) 8 匹参赛。
SCANDINAVIA 与 Trawlerman 之间一场令人心跳加速的重赛，Aidan O’Brien 的爱驹被看好能确认其在雅士谷金杯赛中的状态，击败这匹 8 岁马，并力争连续 7 场获胜以及连续两届赢得古德伍德杯。Lazy Griff 首次佩戴耳罩，作为耐力马可能仍有潜力，是 each-way（单胜/位置）投注的选择。
赛道信息：JACKPOT & PRINCIPAL 会议。R-H 赛道。场地情况：良好-部分路段坚实。起跑架：5f, 6f, 7f 及 1m 中心；其余在内侧。抽签优势：7f 至 1m 1f 较低位。顶尖骑师：Oisin Murphy。顶尖练马师：A Balding。去年该赛入围马匹：1.50 Bolster (第 5)；3.00 Witness Stand (第 1)；Lake Forest (第 2)；3.35 Scandinavia (第 1)；Illinois (第 2)；4.10 Adrestia (第 2)；5.20 Atlantis Blue (第 2)。首次佩戴装备：1.50 Parole D’oro, Torito, 2.25 Al Hudaiba, Ruler’s Control, 3.35 Lazy Griff, Miss Alpilles, 4.10 The Man, 5.20 Electrifarhh, 5.55 Gold Digger, Hold A Dream, Zighy。长途跋涉马匹：Diego El Queso (1.50), Ruler’s Control (2.25), Haffner (2.25), Scandinavia (3.35), Illinois (3.35) 爱尔兰； Quai De Bethune (1.50), Holguin (3.00), Final Objective (4.45), Star Mirage (5.20) 阿拉伯联合酋长国；Woohoo (5.55) 464 英里。
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LAKE FOREST（湖林） (Goodwood, 3.00) WEIGHTING GAME（重量游戏） HONOUR YOUR DREAMS（尊重你的梦想） (Ffos Las, 8.30) 比上次获胜时的重量减轻了 18磅。 BURNT FINGERS（烫伤手指）
MINERS CABIN（矿工小屋） (Ffos Las, 8.00)
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SYMBOL OF HOPE (nap)（希望之象征 - 首选） (Ffos Las, 8.30) PIKACHU (nb)（皮卡丘 - 次选） (Goodwood, 2.25) GIANT DAN BURN（巨丹·本） (Beverley, 3.20)
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1.50 Wave Rider 2.25 Haffner 3.00 Witness Stand (nb) 3.35 Scandinavia 4.10 Democracy Dilemma 4.45 Final Objective 5.20 SONG N DANCE (nap) 5.55 Gold Digger
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纽马克特（NEWMARKET） – 2.25 AL HUDAIBA (nap); 3.00 Lake Forest (nb)。
4.10 CORAL REWARDS SHAKER HANDICAP (2) £75,000 附加金 (£38,655) 5f (24) 501 (1) 6-26605 JASOUR 10 (T) (D) (GS) C Cox 5-9-12 .........................P J McDonald 502 (17) 712L04 RUN BOY RUN 17 (V) (D) (GS) R Spencer 5-9-10 ..... Toby Moore (7) 503 (5) 219-313 LEXINGTON BLITZ 52 (P) (C&DD3) (G) R Cowell 4-9-6 ..E Greatrex 504 (21) 0L416-L CANDY 38 (S) R Spencer 4-9-5 ..........................................J Callan (3) 505 (7) 3-3096L DEMOCRACY DILEMMA 52 (V) (D8) (GS) R Cowell 6-9-4 ...T Eaves 506 (4) 703160 TOCA MADERA 17 (D) (G) D O’Meara 5-9-3 .....................D Tudhope 507 (24) 226-780 ADRESTIA 17 (T) (D3) (G) S & E Crisford 4-9-2..................O Murphy 508 (14) 0601-91 GERMANIC 185 (D) J Camacho 5-9-2 ..................................R Sexton 509 (8) 312178 REGAL ENVOY 17 (P) (D8) (GS) W Knight 7-9-1 ...........Taylor Fisher 510 (6) 136-141 NAANA’S SPARKLE 23 (T) (C&DD3) (GS) L Souza 4-9-0 ..K O’Neill 511 (3) 28-6660 THE MAN 32 (PT) (D2) (G) R Spencer 4-8-13 ..................David Egan 512 (19) 586121 TWILIGHT CALLS 18 (V) (D4) (G) R Spencer 8-8-12 ........S Osborne 513 (10) 3L5714 DESERT COP 27 (P) (D) (G) G Baker 6-8-12 .......................B Sayette 514 (22) 9L1902 EXCLAMATION 25 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 3-8-12 ................ R Dawson 515 (12) 913-325 GLAMOROUS BREEZE 17 (P) (C&DD9) (G) C Mason 8-8-11
G Mangan 516 (2) 529922 RAPPER’S DELIGHT 18 (V) (D) R Spencer 4-8-11................ G Wood 517 (18) 107071 ZIGGY’S TRITON 18 (P) (D6) (G) D O’Meara 4-8-11 ....... T Marquand 518 (13) 4/00-325 TATTERSTALL 18 (C&DD3) (G) M Dods 6-8-11..................C Beasley 519 (16) 3641L0 SEVEN QUESTIONS 32 (C&DD2) (GS) R Cowell 5-8-10 J P Spencer 520 (15) 272051 DYONISOS 25 (D2) (GS) I Williams 4-8-10 ..............................C Fallon 521 (9) 007023 VINTAGE CLARETS 45 (D10) (GS) R&P Fahey 7-8-8 .W Fentiman (3) 522 (23) 447432 SPRING IS SPRUNG 18 (D7) (G) P Midgley 7-8-7 ..................M Winn 523 (20) 010647 WHEELS OF FIRE 57 (D2BF2) (S) R Hannon 4-8-5 .......S De Sousa 524 (11) 204615 REIGNING PROFIT 11 (B) (D10) (GS) R Carr 7-8-3 ..............A Mullen 预计单胜赔率（Probable SP）：6 Lexington Blitz, 7 Run Boy Run, 10 Naana’s Sparkle, Rapper’s Delight, Twilight Calls, 12 Adrestia, 14 Seven Questions, Tatterstall. 热门选择（FAVOURITES）：– – – – – – – – – 0 (W 8-8). 年龄（AGES）：– – – – – – – – – 8 2025: Brazen Bolt 8 8 3 (Warren Fentiman) 28-1 R Carr 抽签 (14) 20 匹参赛。
TWILIGHT CALLS 上次在纽马克特获胜时恢复到了接近最佳状态，且目前的让磅依然具有吸引力（比去年在管家杯赛中获得第五名时低 7 磅）。他周围抽签的马匹速度都很快，他可能已准备好乘胜追击。进步中的短途赛马 Naana’s Sparkle 是次选，此外 Vintage Clarets, Lexington Blitz, Candy 和 Glamorous Breeze 均值得考虑。
4.45 英国种马站 EBF 初赛专项赛 (牡马及骟马) (2) (2 岁) £60,000 增加 (£30,924) 6 浪 (16) 601 (6) 52 AGRIPPA 10 (BF) R Hannon 9-2 ............................................P Dobbs 602 (2) 5 ARD AS A ROCK 19 P Evans 9-2 ....................................... C T Keane 603 (12) 8 BEACH NOIR 25 G & J Moore 9-2 ........................................H Crouch 604 (1) DEMONSTRATE Oliver Cole 9-2 .........................................E Greatrex 605 (5) DOES MARY KNOW E J-Houghton 9-2 ................................C Bishop 606 (8) 27 DORIGO 41 K Ryan 9-2 ..............................................................K Stott 607 (3) 27 FINAL OBJECTIVE 42 (H) H Al Jehani (UAE) 9-2 .........C Rodriguez 608 (14) GROUND FORCE James Owen 9-2........................................C Fallon 609 (13) 3 LAUNCH SEQUENCE 25 K R Burke 9-2 ........................James Doyle 610
(15) MAJOR LOOKTWICE G & J Moore 9-2 ............................... D Probert 611 (10) 4 MR RESDEV 27 M & D Easterby 9-2 ................................... B Garritty 612 (7) 20 SAVAGE MARINER 38 H Palmer 9-2 ...................................O Murphy 613 (11) 7 SEVERN COUNCILS 11 R Hughes 9-2...............................R L Moore 614 (4) 24 SHEMIYLA STAR 27 (BF) C Johnston 9-2 .......................S De Sousa 615 (9) 45 WASHINGTON ROYALE 18 M Appleby 9-2 ........................... R Havlin 616 (16) 0 WOLF BAY 19 A King 9-2 .............................................................C Lee 预计 SP：2 Final Objective, 5 Dorigo, 11-2 Savage Mariner, 6 Severn Councils, 15-2 Launch Sequence, 10 Agrippa, 16 Washington Royale。热门马匹：3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2025：Stellar Sunrise 2 9 2 (Oisin Murphy) 6-1 A Balding 抽得 (12) 15 匹参赛。5.20 BOLNEY 英国葡萄酒 雌马让赛 (3)
£50,000 增加 (£25,770) 1 英里 (15) 1 (15) L0-5540 BETTY CLOVER 41 E J-Houghton 4-9-12 ................... 未参赛 2 (4) 13L-414 NANINO NIYATI 17 (G) Owen Burrows 4-9-8 ...................C Rodriguez 3 (10) 131-170 JUST CALL ME ANGEL 39 (D2) E Dunlop 3-9-7 .................. R Havlin 4 (14) L124-15 RUMBA NUMBA 41 (D) (G) R Varian 4-9-7 ......................... J Mitchell 5 (12) 211-225 SONG N DANCE 17 (D) S Woods 4-9-3 ...........................David Egan 6 (2) L1/2-76 ELECTRIFARHH 57 (H) (D) E Walker 4-9-1.....................K Shoemark 7 (3) 4-48111 ANNASTARZY 26 (C&DD) (G) R Hannon 3-8-13 ....................J Leavy 8 (5) 1335-82 VIXEY 17 (D) (G) S G West 6-8-12 ......................................A Brookes 9 (1) 232- STAR MIRAGE 221 H Al Jehani (UAE) 3-8-8 ..................J P Spencer 10 (9) 2-12 SI GRASS 167 (D) C Johnston 3-8-7 .................................S De Sousa 11
(6) 2-52511 CRAZEE ICON 17 (D2) (S) A Balding 3-8-5 ........................ R Dawson 12 (7) 2L74-44 ATLANTIS BLUE 26 (D2) (G) G Baker 7-8-5 ..........................L Morris 13 (11) 7-21 WID 19 (D) (G) R Beckett 3-8-5 ............................................E Greatrex 14 (13) 542-14 PROPOSAL 66 (BF) (G) W Haggas 3-8-2 ..........................S Osborne 15 (8) 33-2 PERDY IN PARIS 83 (T) G Baker 3-8-2..................................K O’Neill 预计 SP：9-2 Rumba Numba, 11-2 Annastarzy, 6 Wid, 7 Crazee Icon, 8 Nanino Niyati, 10 Si Grass, Star Mirage, 12 Proposal, 14 Perdy In Paris。热门马匹：2 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 (W 9-0)。年龄：3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2025：Protest 3 9 7 (Silvestre De Sousa) 11-2 R Varian 抽得 (10) 12 匹参赛。5.55 WORLD POOL BET WITH THE TOTE EBF 雌马让赛 (3) £50,000 增加 (£25,770) 6 浪 (21) 1 (15) 144-818 CINQUE VERDE 66 (D4) (G) A Carroll 6-9-12
..................David Egan 2 (11) 932-070 HOLD A DREAM 18 (P) (D) (G) C Cox 4-9-10 ..............P J McDonald 3 (18) 826-045 STORMY IMPACT 31 (D) R & P Fahey 4-9-8 .............W Fentiman (3) 4 (2) 13-2995 CINDY LOU WHO 29 (D3) (GS) A Carroll 4-9-7 ...................W Carson 5 (8) 16-196 GOLD DIGGER 24 (PT) (D2) (G) R Spencer 3-9-4 ............S Osborne 6 (1) 0-05154 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 21 (P) (D) B Haslam 4-9-3 ..........A Mullen 7 (21) 262391 FLEETWATER 28 (D3) (G) J S Moore 4-9-0 ...................Taylor Fisher 8 (9) 6112 MACHADADORP 17 (BF) (G) A Balding 3-9-0 ....................O Murphy 9 (7) 351P-1 SING THE BLUES 11 (C&DD) (G) Martin Dunne 3-8-11 ........C Fallon 10 (12) L-21044 RUBY’S ANGEL 17 (D2) (G) H Palmer 3-8-11 ..................... D Probert 11 (14) L53064 ANGEL SHARED 11 (D3) (GS) Steph Hollinshead 5-8-10 .........C Lee 12 (10) 2332L2 SHALLOW 11 (V) (D5) (G) R
Spencer 5-8-10 ......................... G Wood 13 (3) 23-1141 SECRET HISTORY 17 (H) (D) (G) E Walker 3-8-9 ...Ashley Lewis (5) 14 (19) 21-1432 ZIGHY 29 (P) (D2BF) G Boughey 3-8-8 .............................J Callan (3) 15 (6) 21L0-L1 ROGUE ATTRACTION 19 (P) (D2) (G) E Bethell 3-8-8 .........H Davies 16 (17) 423-11 ZEN DIVA 17 (D2) (G) R Beckett 3-8-7 ..............................S De Sousa 17 (5) 2-24114 PARADISE WALK 4 (B) (D) (G) R Beckett 3-8-6 ................E Greatrex 18 (13) 5-1221 BINTARYANA 46 (D2) W Knight 3-8-5 ....................................L Morris 19 (4) 512342 DIAMONT KATIE 28 (D2) K R Burke 4-8-5 .....................J Nicholls (3) 20 (16) 431133 POLKA BLUE 17 (D) (G) C Hills 3-8-3 ...................................K O’Neill 21 (20) 927222 WOOHOO 11 (D2BF2) (G) J Goldie 5-8-2................Lauren Young (5) 预计赔率 SP: 13-2 Bintaryana, 7 Zen Diva, 8 Paradise
Walk, 10 Secret History, Gold Digger, Machadadorp, 12 Sing The Blues, 16 Zighy, Fleetwater. 热门选择：– – – – – 2 0 0 0 1 (W 9-2). 年龄：– – – – – 3 3 3 4 4 2025: Dubai Treasure 4 9 12 (Oisin Murphy) 85-40 热门 S bin Suroor 抽签 (2) 13 匹参跑。
级别下降：4.10 Jasour 比上次运行降低 2 个级别（Group 3 至 Class 2）；4.45 Final Objective (3)；Savage Mariner (3)；5.55 Hold A Dream (3)；Gold Digger (3)。呼吸道手术后首次运行：1.50 Wave Rider。
÷板球
THE HUNDRED 赛 Utilita Bowl 赛场： 男子组，Southern Brave 129 9 (100 球，J Smith 49)；MI London 130 7 (100 球，W Jacks 54)。MI London 获胜，赢在 3 wkts。女子组，Southern Brave 126 7 (100 球；H K Matthews 4 22)；MI London 125 3 (100 球；D N Wyatt Hodge 52no)。Southern Brave 以 1 分之差获胜。
÷斯诺克
上海大师赛 第一轮：C Wakelin (英) 6 0 胜 H Tang (中)；G Xiao (中) 6 5 胜 J Xu (中)；B Hawkins (英) 6 4 胜 P Lei (中)；J Ding (中) 6 2 胜 D Yao (中)；Y Zhou (中) 6 5 胜 M Selby (英)；R O’Sullivan (英) 6 1 胜 L Liu (中)。
1.50 Yabher 2.25 Haffner (nb) 3.00 Qirat 3.35 SCANDINAVIA (nap) 4.10 Twilight Calls 4.45 Final Objective 5.20 Wid 5.55 Gold Digger
÷今日赛事
(除非另有说明，均为 7.45 开始) 欧冠杯 第二轮资格赛次回合 CM Celje (3) 对阵 KF Egnatia (3) ... (7.15) Dinamo Zagreb (1) 对阵 Thun (1) ....(7.0) Hearts (0) 对阵 Sturm Graz (4) .............. Premier Sports 现场直播 Shamrock (0) 对阵 A Armenia (2) . (8.0) 友谊赛：切尔西 对阵 西悉尼游骑兵 (上午 10.45), Rizespor 对阵 赫尔城 (5.0)。 板球 一日杯 A 组：兰开夏 对阵 肯特 (普雷斯顿, 11.0am)，诺丁汉郡 对阵 莱斯特郡 (特伦特桥, 11.0am)。 The Hundred：SunRisers Leeds 对阵 Manchester Super Giants (海丁利, 女子组 3pm, 男子组 6.30pm)。
1.35 业余骑师让赛 (6) 增加奖金 £7,650 (£3,800) 1m 1f 207yds (8) 1 (8) 1-6L SANDRET 29 (D2) (G) S England 10-11-2 .Rebecca Hitchen (5) 2 (4) 122 PERFIDIA 10 (P) (BF) (G) T Easterby 4-11-1 .T Easterby (3) 3 (3) L67 STIPULATION 24 (P) (D) (G) M Loughnane 5-11-0
Jack Loughnane (7) 4 (5) 442 SUNNY ORANGE 14 (P) (C4) (GS) T Easterby 6-10-12
Miss Amy Collier 5 (7) 002 ALAZWAR 43 (D) (G) A Watson 8-10-10 .Miss B Hampson 6 (1) 853 STAR START 14 (C&D2D2) (GS) R Carr 6-10-8
Miss C Parker (5) 7 (6) 325 LITTLE SHE 28 (T) M Tregoning 4-10-2 .Miss Alice Tregoning (5) 8 (2) 3U6 THE PUG 7 (P) (D2) O Murphy 6-9-13 .....Josh Myers (7) 预计 SP 指数：5-2 Perfidia, 7-2 Sunny Orange, 5 Alazwar。 2.10 出售让赛 (6) 增加奖金 £7,650 (£4,004) 1m 4f 23yds (7) 1 (4) L59 PORTER’S SONG 50 L Bailey 4-9-12 ...............J Garritty 2 (3) 789 CHARACTER TESTING J13 (TV) M Walford 5-9-12
K S McHugh (7) 3 (1) 9-23 LA TRINITE 22 N King 4-9-6 ............................D Costello 4 (6) 760 BLACKWATER LILLY J13 (P) N King 6-9-5 .P Mulrennan 5 (2) 0L-L RULER OF THE RIVER 13 (PT) P Kirby 6-9-3 ..B McHugh 6 (5) 565 TALKING IN KODE 9 (V) E Bethell 3-9-1 ...C Horgan (5) 7 (7) 93L HEAD GIRL 27 (P) J Portman 3-8-12 ....................J Hart 预计 SP 指数：13-8 La Trinite, 4 Head Girl。 2.45 限定新马赛 (5) (2 岁马) 增加奖金 £9,000 (£4,860) 5f (14) 1 (13) L3 BLACK VELVET BOY 8 J & S Quinn 9-7 ..............J Hart 2 (11) CLASSY JAGUAR T Coyle & K Wood 9-7 ......D Costello 3 (14) 0L0 DAVE’S MATEY 9 T Easterby 9-7 .................D Fentiman 4 (1) 9 DESERT OUTLAW 27 P Midgley 9-7..................D Nolan 5 (3) 2 LEXINGTON BOOM 28 G Tuer 9-7 ............. O Stammers 6 (7) 23 MAXIMUS MERIDIUS 11 D Loughnane 9-7 ........R Scott 7 (5) LL MR DE MAGGS 13 T Culhane & S Barclay 9-7 .A
Jary (3) 8 (12) 87 ANGEL STEPS 36 P Midgley 9-2....................B McHugh 9 (9) L AVA LOUISE 36 P McBride 9-2 .....................E Tindall (5) 10 (4) 4 DOROTHEA HOPE 8 T Easterby 9-2................... D Allan 11 (8) 422 ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO 22 (BF) B Haslam 9-2 ..P Mulrennan 12 (2) MALULEE M Dods 9-2...................................S B Kirrane 13 (10) 6 NOCCALULA FALLS 27 P Midgley 9-2.............C Hardie 14 (6) PURRISTA G Tutty 9-2 ..............................Joanna Mason 预计 SP 指数：5-2 Eleven Eighty Two。 3.20 新手赛 (3) (2 岁马) 增加奖金 £12,000 (£6,480) 7f 96yds (4) 1 (3) 3 APULIA BAY 22 S & E Crisford 9-7 ..................Oisin Orr 2 (1) GIANT DAN BURN C Johnston 9-7 .....................R Scott 3 (4) 472 ROMANZA 22 C Fellowes 9-7 ..........................P Bradley 4 (2) 4 VEGA KING 15 K R Burke 9-7 ...........................S James 预计 SP 指数：13-8 Romanza, 9-4
Apulia Bay。
2.35 让磅赛 (5) 附加奖金 £8,400 (£4,397) 1m 6f 17yds (3) 1 (1) L5L EXPRESSIONLESS 15 (P) (C&DD2) (GS) D Cunha
6-9-5 S Donohoe 2 (3) 023 EDUCATOR 15 (B) (G) Miss H Knight 7-9-5..B Loughnane 3 (2) 0L6 BALTIC 23 (BT) (C) (GS) L Wadham 6-9-4 ...S D Bowen 预计单票赔率 (SP)：2-7 Educator, 5 Expressionless, 7 Baltic. 3.10 新马赛 (3) (2岁马) 附加奖金 £13,000 (£7,020) 7f 3yds (6) 1 (6) MAJESTIC JUDE W Haggas 9-7 .....................D Keenan 2 (1) 2 MITHAALY 15 G Boughey 9-7 ....................B Loughnane 3 (4) MOHEEBB J Butler 9-7 .......................................N Callan 4 (5) NOBLE PRINCE C Appleby 9-7 ........................ C Planas 5 (2) 572 NOTE TO SELF 15 J & T Gosden 9-7 ...........L Catton (3) 6 (3) ROCKET BOY M Botti 9-7 ................................. M Ghiani 预计单票赔率 (SP)：2 Mithaaly, 9-4 Note To Self, 7-2 Noble Prince. 3.45 让磅赛 (6) 附加奖金 £7,200 (£3,768) 1m 3yds (7) 1 (5) 862 LUMINOUS WARRIOR 26 (T) (D) D Cunha 4-9-9 .M Ghiani 2 (3) 071 LOVE YOU MORE 15 (H) (D) J Parr 4-9-7 .B Loughnane 3 (2) 693 CHLOE’S COURAGE 11 (P) J Ryan 4-9-5 ......D Keenan 4 (1) 5L5 TURPIN 15 (V) J Boyle 4-9-3 .........................P Cosgrave 5 (4) 625 HEER’S SADIE 20 (C&DC2) (G) J & S Birkett 8-9-0
C Howarth (3) 6 (7) 806 ROCK MASTER 6 (P) A Carroll 4-9-0 .Millie Wonnacott (5) 7 (6) L0L- EAGLE LANDED 270 J R Jenkins 5-9-0 .............J Peate 预计单票赔率 (SP)：6-4 Love You More, 9-4 Luminous Warrior. 4.20 让磅赛 (6) 附加奖金 £7,200 (£3,768) 1m 2f 23yds (6) 1 (4) 571 DIVOT 20 (C&D) (G) W Knight 4-9-9 ................. M Ghiani 2 (6) 75-0 WITHOUTFURTHERADO 83 (P)
P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck 4-9-8 Liam Wright (5) 3 (3) 414 NUPTOWN GIRL 25 (P) (G) I Williams 4-9-7 .B Loughnane 4 (5) 074 PRIDE EYE 24 (T) M Rimell 4-9-1 ............. C Howarth (3) 5 (1) 142 DINAH MYTE 24 (S) J Gallagher 4-8-12 ..........D Keenan 6 (2) 0L5 PURE THEORY 20 (P) Stephanie Cassidy 4-8-9
Rose Dawes (5) 预计单票赔率 (SP)：8-11 Divot, 11-4 Dinah Myte, 8 Nuptown Girl.
赛道情况：L-H 赛道。场地状态：好至坚硬 (Good to firm)。起跑闸门：中心直道；1m2f & 1m3f 位于内侧；1m6f 位于看台侧。闸位优势：高。
6.00 幼马赛 (6) (2岁马) 附加奖金 £6,600 (£3,454) 7f 80yds (10) 1 (4) 523 PARADING 21 R Hughes 9-9 ..............................F Marsh 2 (5) 750 CUTLASS 15 B Meehan 9-9 ......................Jason Watson 3 (3) 226 DREAM ON KENT 24 (V) P Evans 9-9...R Kavanagh (3) 4 (7) 333 JAZZY BAY 20 E J-Houghton 9-7 ............. C Hutchinson 5 (9) 554 ARIANE SKY 59 James Owen 9-4 ...... Mason Paetel (5) 6 (2) 795 TEN YEAR STRETCH 20 J Osborne 9-4 ..........W Carver 7 (10) 750 CLEAR HORIZON 19 J Portman 9-0 ............... R Hornby 8 (1) 6LL DRUM MAJOR 14 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 8-13 .L Edmunds 9 (6) 454 MAGICAL LIFE 14 J S Moore 8-8 ......................... W Cox 10 (8) LLL EMIRATES EXPRESS 33 Jack Morland 8-3 .Olivia Haines (7) 预计单票赔率 (SP)：7-2 Parading, 4 Jazzy Bay, 13-2 Cutlass. 6.30 让磅赛 (5) 附加奖金 £8,000 (£4,187) 7f 80yds (5) 1 (4) U-33 DISTINCT SPIRIT 5 (DBF) D & C Kubler 6-10-2
Ebrahim Nader 2 (2) 91L NAME THE DAY 11 (T) (D) (G) E J-Houghton 3-9-9 ..C Hutchinson 3 (1) 6-84 DECALOGUE 4 J Osborne 3-9-6 ......................W Carver 4 (5) 021 FLYTA 29 (T) (C&D) M Loughnane 3-9-4 ........ R Hornby 5 (3) 2-86 SOFIAN 28 (C&D) Mrs N Evans 4-9-2 ....R Kavanagh (3) 预计单票赔率 (SP)：11-8 Distinct Spirit, 7-4 Flyta, 11-2 Decalogue. 7.00 分类奖金赛 (6) 附加奖金 £6,600 (£3,454) 1m (8) 1 (4) 221 KNIGHTMARE 4 (B) (D) (G) P Evans 4-10-0 ..R Kavanagh (3) 2 (2) 38L CEZARRO 13 M Young 4-9-9............................ R Hornby 3 (8) 047 CREATE 12 (P) (D3) S Dixon 6-9-9 .....................T Heard 4 (7) 477 KEEPER OF SECRETS 15 (P) I Williams 5-9-9 .Jason Watson 5 (3) 52U KING OF THE DANCE 12 (P) (D) (G)
B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 7-9-9 A Egan (7) 6 (5) 094 LHEBAYEB 22 (P) (D) (S) R J Price 8-9-9 ....L Edmunds 7 (1) 727 MOORETOWN LAD 35 A Wintle 6-9-9 ...............F Marsh 8 (6) 7RL PROPHET SQUEEZE 4 (H) B J Murphy (IRE) 8-9-9
Ebrahim Nader 预计起步赔率 (Probable SP): 7-4 Knightmare, 4 King of The Dance. 7.30 纯种雌马赛 (MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES) (3) 增加 £12,000 奖金 (£6,480) 1英里 3弗隆 209码 (4) 1 (3) 0-3 CRACKING BEAUTY 20 R Teal 3-9-2 ..........L Edmunds 2 (1) L4 KHEPRI 21 K R Burke 3-9-2 ............................ P-L Jamin 3 (2) 24 SEACOLE 20 R Beckett 3-9-2 ................... R Clutterbuck 4 (4) 22 SUMMERSON 18 (H) R Varian 3-9-2 ...........R P Downey 预计起步赔率 (Probable SP): 7-4 Cracking Beauty, 5-2 Summerson.
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1.35 Alazwar 2.10 La Trinite 2.45 Maximus Meridius 3.20 Vega King 3.55 Norcross Brow 4.30 Crafty Spirit
NORTHERNER – 2.45 ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO (首选 nap); 4.30 Crafty Spirit (次选 nb).
3.55 让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (5) 增加 £8,650 奖金 (£4,527) 7弗隆 96码 (8) 1 (3) 261 CAROLUS MAGNUS 36 (D3) (G) M & D Easterby
8-9-12 Joanna Mason 2 (4) 81L NAPOLIAN 18 (G) D O’Meara 3-9-9 ...................D Nolan 3 (6) 352 MASABAN 20 (BF3) E Bethell 3-9-8 .................Oisin Orr 4 (7) 312 NORCROSS BROW 19 (DBF) (G) Charlie Clover 3-9-6
J Hart 5 (5) 6L8 LADY HORNBLOWER 67 (C&D) (G) J O’Keeffe 3-9-4
J Garritty 6 (2) 56-5 DUMFRIES 14 (C&D2D) (G) R Carr 6-9-3 .....JP Sullivan 7 (8) 505 WILLOWINGHURN 28 (D) (GS) D O’Meara 3-8-10 ..R Scott 8 (1) L52 WALK ON WALK ON 24 (P) N Wilson 3-8-5 E Tindall (5) 预计起步赔率 (Probable SP): 11-4 Carolus Magnus, 10-3 Norcross Brow. 4.30 让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (5) 增加 £8,650 奖金 (£4,527) 5弗隆 (9) 1 (6) 321 AZUINTHEJUNGLE 15 (C&DD) (GS) N Tinkler 4-9-13
A Jary (3) 2 (3) 45L LE BEAU GARCON 42 (C&DD3) (G) M & D Easterby
7-9-13 Joanna Mason 3 (4) 286 JOJO RABBIT 42 (C&DD7) (GS) R Carr 8-9-11 .JP Sullivan 4 (7) 077 SPEEDING BULLET 55 (S) P Midgley 5-9-10 ....D Nolan 5 (9) 4L6 EMPRESS OLIVIA 12 (S) M Walford 3-9-9 .......J Garritty 6 (5) 322 GOLDEN HAVANA 8 (V) (D) M Dods 3-9-6 .S B Kirrane 7 (2) L81 OPAL STORM (5lbex) 8 (PT) (C&D2D3) (G) B Rothwell
6-9-4 F McManoman 8 (1) 211 CRAFTY SPIRIT 14 (B) (C&DD) (G) J Wainwright 5-9-0
B McHugh 9 (8) 477 WITHOUT FLAW 14 (C&D2BF) (GS) Miss T Jackson
5-8-13 C Hardie 预计起步赔率 (Probable SP): 11-4 Crafty Spirit, 7-2 Azuinthejungle.
赛道详情：R-H 赛道。场地状态：好至坚实-部分地方好。起跑架：内侧。起跑位置优势：低，尤其在短距离赛中。顶级骑师：David Allan。顶级练马师：T Easterby。去年在此场次入围者：1.35 Star Start (第1名); 4.30 Jojo Rabbit (第1名)。首次佩戴装备：2.10 Character Testing, Talking In Kode。路程最远：Little She (1.35) 248 英里。级别下调：今日无。风管手术后首次参赛：3.55 Lady Hornblower。
2.35 Expressionless 3.10 Noble Prince 3.45 Heer’s Sadie 4.20 Divot 4.55 Twilight Guest 5.25 Thapa VC
4.55 分级赛 (CLASSIFIED STAKES) (6) 增加 £6,600 奖金 (£3,454) 1英里 3弗隆 104码 (7) 1 (4) 762 CHARENCEY 7 (PT) (S) I Williams 6-9-9 ..B Loughnane 2 (7) 151 NYMPHAEA 7 (P) (G) J Candlish 4-9-9 .Jude Fernandes (7) 3 (3) 432 STINTINO SUNSET 27 (BH) (D) (G) J & S Birkett 6-9-9
D E Hogan 4 (2) 644 TWILIGHT GUEST 5 (P) (GS) G Margarson 6-9-9
H Burns (3) 5 (1) 345 WRIST ART 24 (TV) (S) James Owen 9-9-9 .C Howarth (3) 6 (6) 6-43 CHURCHILL’S SPIRIT 21 (B) Tom Clover 3-8-13
Laura Pearson 7 (5) 673 FLETCHER 13 J Boyle 3-8-13 .......................P Cosgrave 预计起步赔率 (Probable SP): 5-2 Nymphaea, 11-4 Charencey. 5.25 让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (6) 增加 £7,200 奖金 (£3,768) 7弗隆 3码 (9) 1 (8) 637 NOBLE GUEST 23 (C&D2) (S) G Margarson 4-10-2
H Burns (3) 2 (5) 251 THAPA VC 10 (BT) (C&DD11) (G) M Rimell 8-10-2
B Loughnane 3 (9) 315 RUSHEEN BOY 33 (T) (C&DCD2) (GS) J & S Birkett
5-10-1 D E Hogan 4 (6) 404 WAY TO DUBAI 27 (G) M Appleby 7-10-0 ........D Keenan 5 (2) 047 METHGAL 28 (T) (D) D Cunha 4-9-9 ................ M Ghiani 6 (1) 3-5L MINSHAAR 146 (D) Stephanie Cassidy 4-9-8
Liam Wright (5) 7 (3) 623 ORANGE EMPEROR 31 J Fanshawe 3-9-8 ........J Peate 8 (7) 689 MAYFAIR MARKET 22 (T) S Woods 3-9-6 ..... D Muscutt 9 (4) LL-4 EL CARRUSEL 11 (P) J Ryan 3-8-6 ........ Alice Bond (5) 预计起步价 (SP)：2 Thapa VC, 4 Way To Dubai。
顶尖骑师：Billy Loughnane。顶尖练马师：J & T Gosden。首次佩戴头具：2.35 Baltic, 4.20 Nuptown Girl。最远旅程：Nymphaea (4.55) 225 英里。 级别下降：5.25 El Carrusel 比上次参赛下降了 2 个级别（4 级降至 6 级）。风管手术后首次参赛：今日无。
6.00 Clear Horizon 6.30 Flyta 7.00 Knightmare 7.30 Summerson 8.00 Just Adair 8.30 Symbol of Hope
8.00 让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (6) 增加奖金 £6,600 (£3,454) 1m 3f 209yds (9) 1 (2) 3-31 ZARAQUELLE (5lbex) 7 (T) James Owen 4-9-10 ..Mason Paetel (5) 2 (8) 2L3 TROJAN TRUTH 14 (B) (D3) (G) E De Giles 7-9-9 ..O Lewis (5) 3 (4) 474 NOBLE GRACE 44 W Greatrex 5-9-8 .............. R Hornby 4 (7) 211 PUREIS KING 33 (CD) (G) Faye Bramley 4-9-7 .C Hutchinson 5 (9) 137 BOBBY DASSLER 20 (H) (GS) B J Murphy (IRE) 7-9-4
Ebrahim Nader 6 (1) 8-22 JUST ADAIR 27 (T) (BF3) (G) J & A O’Nei l 4-9-2 ..Jason Watson 7 (3) 134 VIRTUAL HUG 45 (T) (D4) Mrs N Evans 8-9-1 .R Kavanagh (3) 8 (6) 713 BUCK BARROW 29 (P) (C&DC) (S) A Wintle 4-9-0 . F Marsh 9 (5) 007 MINERS CABIN 26 Kevin Coleman (IRE) 4-8-9 .P-L Jamin 预计起步价 (SP)：5-2 Zaraquelle, 7-2 Pureis King。
8.30 让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (6) 增加奖金 £6,600 (£3,454) 6f (10) 1 (4) 294 HONOUR YOUR DREAMS 21 (T) (D2) (GS) M Attwater 6-9-9 R Clutterbuck 2 (1) 213 LEGENDSOFTHELAND 45 (D2) (G) A Wintle 4-9-9 ..F Marsh 3 (6) 607 BARRY THE WORM 30 (P) (D) E Smyth-Osbourne 3-9-4 A Rawlinson 4 (7) L-80 HAWORTH STAR 32 (H) (D) M Young 6-9-3 ... R Hornby 5 (8) 768 DIAMONDSINTHESAND 43 (H) (C&D2CD) (S) A Wintle 9-9-2 Taryn Langley (5) 6 (9) 560 SMASHER 146 (PT) (D5) M Attwater 6-9-2 ............K Fox 7 (2) 875 MACARONE 31 (D2) (G) G Harris 5-9-1.............T Heard 8 (5) 685 MY MATE BEATTIE 37 (P) S Dixon 4-9-0 . Mikkel Mortensen (5) 9 (3) 843 SYMBOL OF HOPE 13 (P) (D4) (GS) G Harris 8-9-0 R Kavanagh (3) 10 (10) 0L-L APLACEINTHESUN 90 Ollie Sangster 3-8-13 P-L Jamin 预计起步价 (SP)：5-2 Legendsoftheland, 3 Symbol of Hope。
顶尖练马师：R Beckett。去年在此项赛事中名列前茅者：8.30 Diamondsinthesand (第 1 名)。首次佩戴头具：6.30 Name The Day, 8.30 Smasher。最远旅程：Prophet Squeeze (7.00) 和 Bobby Dassler (8.00) 来自爱尔兰；Miners Cabin (8.00) 来自爱尔兰；Khepri (7.30) 326 英里。级别下降：6.00 Parading 比上次参赛下降了 2 个级别（4 级降至 6 级）；Cutlass (2)；Dream On Kent (3)；Ariane Sky (2)；Ten Year Stretch (2)；Clear Horizon (2)；8.00 Noble Grace (3)。风管手术后首次参赛：今日无。
1.35 Sunny Orange 2.10 La Trinite 2.45 Lexington Boom 3.20 Giant Dan Burn 3.55 Norcross Brow 4.30 Golden Havana
2.35 Educator 3.10 Mithaaly 3.45 Love You More 4.20 Nuptown Girl 4.55 Charencey 5.25 Thapa VC
6.00 Jazzy Bay 6.30 Name The Day 7.00 Knightmare 7.30 Cracking Beauty 8.00 Zaraquelle 8.30 Legendsoftheland
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基米·安东内利（Kimi Antonelli）综合才华的广度在这一季令我略感惊讶。他的速度从未被质疑，但去年他多少有些容易犯错。 他似乎在 18 岁时就过早地接触到了一级方程式赛车（Formula One）审视的考验。事实可能确实如此。 但现在他已经站稳了脚跟，并在大多数周末的比赛中展现出极强的统治力；在没有创造惊艳表现时，他也经常能通过稳健驾驶获取限制损失的积分。 我认为，在他争冠机会发生转折的时刻是：当乔治·罗素（George Russell）在中国站的排位赛中遭遇技术问题时。安东内利夺得了杆位并赢得了比赛。 这就是一道“滑动门”（机会之窗），罗素一定会希望能在竞争对手面前将其关上的。再看看他们现在的处境。 你认为梅赛德斯（Mercedes）希望罗素获胜的程度是否与他们
车手
1 Antonelli 219
2 Hamilton 169
3 Russell 160
4 Leclerc 138
5 Norris 128
6 Verstappen 109
7 Piastri 92
8 Hadjar 68
9 Lawson 43
10 Gasly 42
车队
1 Mercedes 379
2 Ferrari 307
3 McLaren 220
4 Red Bull 177
5 Racing Bulls 66
6 Alpine 61
7 Haas 21
8 Audi 12
9 Williams 11
10 Aston Martin 1
11 Cadillac 0
下一站：荷兰大奖赛，8月23日
赛马结果 AYR（艾尔赛马场）
2.15 — BYMIDDAYTOMORROW (K Shoemark) 9-4(2ndFav) 1; Kanzi 9-1 2; Tegernsee 7-1 3. 5 跑完。(E Walker). 11/2, 11/4. Tote: 3.25; 1.40, 4.20. Ex: 20.10. Tf: 81.80. CSF: 20.70. 2.45 — MR COOL (C Beasley) 7-2(2ndFav) 1; Great Profit 17-2 2; Lanarra 12-1 3. 9 跑完。(C Johnston). 11/4, shd. Tote: 4.50; 1.70, 2.60, 3.30. Ex: 27.60. Tc: 319.86. Tf: 255.90. CSF: 33.47. 3.15 — IMPERIAL GUARD (C Beasley) 13-8F 1; Abduction 9-2 2; Carmel Valley 12-1 3. 5 跑完。 (M Dods). ns, 1l. Tote: 2.63; 1.30, 2.10. Ex: 7.20. Tf: 31.00. CSF: 8.96. NR: Roaring Ralph. 3.45 — SAMRA STAR (M Winn) 25-1 1; Runninsonofagun 8-15F 2; Union Island 12-1 3. 9 跑完。(Miss L Perratt). nk, 2l. Tote: 26.60; 3.70, 1.10, 2.50. Ex: 69.60. Tc: 218.67. Tf: 540.00. CSF: 40.64. 4.15 — EMPIRICAL (K Shoemark) 5-2 1; Colourband 2-1JtFav 2; Geo 8-1 3. 5 跑完。(E Walker). 1l, 11/4. Tote: 3.50; 1.80, 1.30. Ex: 8.80. Tf: 28.10. CSF: 8.11. NRs: Obito, Rastnet. 4.45 — SIXCOR (T Kiely- Marshall) 11-1 1; Startling 4-1F 2; Henery Hawk 7-1 3. 8 跑完。 (Miss L Perratt). 1/2, nk. Tote: 13.20; 3.60, 1.70, 2.50. Ex: 67.00. Tc: 340.86. Tf: 457.70. CSF: 56.53. NR: Supremissy. 5.20 — ROYAL BLAZE (G Fairley) 3-1F 1; Falcon Nine 4-1 2; Penelope’s Sister 7-2(2ndFav) 3. 9 跑完。(Ewan Whillans). nk, 33/4. Tote: 4.00; 1.60, 1.70, 1.50. Ex: 14.00. Tc: 44.11. Tf: 55.20. CSF: 15.72. NRs: Annandale, Lightning Galaxy, Recobella, Zebra Star. Jackpot（头奖） 未中奖， 奖金池 £2,370.04 结转。 Placepot £52.60. Q’pot £9.50. RIPON（里彭赛马场）
6.00 — RIDDIKULUS (Rhys Elliott) 5-2(2ndFav) 1; Balmoral Boy 14-1 2; Lc Tiffen 100-1 3. 7 跑完。(G Tuer). 13/4, 3l. Tote: 3.50; 1.30, 5.00. Ex: 33.50. Tf: 451.70. CSF: 35.16.
谁在支持 Antonelli？我会告诉你 他们并不支持。 上周我写道，银箭（Mercedes）的高层 稍微且微妙地，甚至可能是无意识地， 在支持这位意大利少年而非 Russell。 Kimi 是他们的重点培养项目，是 填补 Lewis Hamilton 离去前往 Ferrari 向神灵寻求命运后所留下的情感空白 的唯一个体。 梅赛德斯如何回应我七天前 做出的观察？没有一个人抗议。 如果不是因为在 Lewis 作为他们英雄的 日子里，这类评论会迅速遭到梅赛德斯 发言人通过 WhatsApp 或电话的 反驳，那么这次沉默并不会如此耐人寻味。 如果我是 Russell，我会做两件事。 第一，显而易见，是尝试在逆风环境下 夺冠。第二，我会考虑在下个赛季 更换车队的可能性，以重新开始。 如果他最终失去了冠军，Antonelli 被宠爱的地位将被钉在磐石之上。 Russell 将被永远定格为一个好用的 2号车手，就像当年的 Mika Hakkinen 身边的 David Coulthard 那样。
HAMILTON 的反弹是今年最令人瞩目的 车手转变。去年他几乎无法精准 找到正确的踏板，而现在他又一次 展现出了像马里亚纳海沟一样深沉的 坚韧储备。 没有人比他自己更公开地质疑过自己， 甚至建议 Ferrari 应该更换他。而且
6.30 — PURE MINT (H Davies) 11-10F 1; Green Bay Dream 33-1 2; Reflect On Glory 8-1 3. 7 ran. (S & E Crisford). 41/2, 1/2. Tote: 2.10; 1.40, 5.80. Ex: 23.30. Tf: 112.50. CSF: 40.36.
7.05 — PROSPERITY (C Lee) 4-6F 1; Princess Honey Bee 8-1 2; Fractional 2-1(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (K R Burke). 13/4, 33/4. Tote: 1.67; 1.30, 1.90. Ex: 5.60. Tf: 9.70. CSF: 7.05.
7.40 — PAPER VIEW (J Leavy) 5-2(2ndFav) 1; Harley 9-4F 2; Aura Of Melania 14-1 3. 6 ran. (R Hannon). 11/4, ns. Tote: 3.50; 1.90, 1.50. Ex: 7.10. Tf: 53.30. CSF: 8.62.
8.10 — NOELAN STAR (D Tudhope) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Daydreama 11-2 2; Command The Stars 9-2 3. 5 ran. (E Bethell). shd, shd. Tote: 3.75; 1.40, 2.40. Ex: 11.90. Tf: 33.50. CSF: 16.47. NR: Enchant. 在赛后裁判查询后， 获得第一名的 Command The Stars 被取消资格并改为第三名。
是否有人对他要求比某位 L 先生（Mr L Hamilton）更高的标准。情况向来如此，而这也是他能够维持成功的关键因素。 今年的法拉利赛车比 2025 年的版本更适合他，部分原因是他在团队中融入得更好，而法拉利作为一支意大利车队，其节奏与他在麦拉伦（McLaren）或梅赛德斯（Mercedes）所经历的截然不同。 这种融合并非为了套近乎，而是为了让人员——以及通过紧密延伸——让赛车，按照他的规格来运作。此外还有金·卡戴珊（Kim Kardashian）因素。人们不禁好奇，他与这位美国名人的关系是否让其疲惫的心理状态焕发了活力？ 随着这些元素的就位，包括与他处于同一波段的新比赛工程师卡洛·桑蒂（Carlo Santi），汉密尔顿成为了安东内利（Antonelli）最接近且最现实的挑战者，尽管落后 50 分。然而……刘易斯尚未
8.40 — ZUFFOLO (Rhys Elliott) 7-2 1; Doralee 15-2 2; Cheerleader 5-2(2ndFav) 3. 6 ran. (M Dods). hd, hd. Tote: 4.50; 1.20, 4.10. Ex: 30.90. Tf: 87.50. CSF: 27.89. Placepot £83.40. Q’pot £17.50.
SOUTHWELL（南威略）
2.30 — FLASH KOZO (Kaiya Fraser) 9-4(2ndFav) 1; Desert Belle 11-4 2; Glenna 2-1F 3. 9 ran. (Harry Eustace). 11/4, 3/4. Tote: 4.10; 1.40, 1.10, 1.60. Ex: 12.80. Tc: 14.01. Tf: 25.60. CSF: 9.18. NR: Victors Spirit.
3.00 — KOKBASTAU (R Dawson) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Turret 9-2 2; Humphrey 5-4F 3. 14 ran. (R Varian). nk, 31/2. Tote: 4.50; 2.00, 2.40, 1.10. Ex: 24.20. Tf: 55.90. CSF: 16.94.
3.30 — ROC DE FER (L Morris) 7-4F 1; James Choice 7-1 2; Prince Of Calypso 12-1 3. 14 ran. (Sir M Prescott). 11/2, nk. Tote: 2.75; 1.30,
百分之百地恢复到他最高峰的状态。 在过去三场比赛中，琐碎的失误让他四次被处以罚时。法拉利在策略调用上也不是始终百分之百流畅，不过是老调重弹。 向刘易斯致敬，但仍有提升空间。如果你觉得这个评估太苛刻，可以去问那个完美主义者本人。
如果卡塔尔和阿布扎比——目前仍被定为锦标赛的收官站——继巴林和沙地阿拉伯之后成为 F1 的战争牺牲品，那么伊莫拉（IMOLA）将被列为赛季最后一站的举办地。 最大的担忧是意大利的天气是否能够给力。在 11 月最后一个周末地处欧洲的决赛包含一定风险，尽管值得一试，并且将是一个合适的场地。
2.00, 5.20. Ex: 14.40. Tc: 129.40. Tf: 160.00. CSF: 15.31.
4.00 — FILLY EILISH (S De Sousa) 16-1 1; Venetian Lion 10-3(2ndFav) 2; Kiani King 9-4F 3. 13 ran. (I Furtado). 1/2, 21/4. Tote: 23.20; 5.40, 1.50, 1.80. Ex: 126.10. Tc: 183.33. Tf: 747.50. CSF: 69.35. NR: Mehmas Engine.
4.30 — ROOSIKE (H Crouch) 13-2 1; Rising Tiger 8-15F 2; Bullrider 3-1(2ndFav) 3. 12 ran. (R Hughes). nk, 13/4. Tote: 10.50; 2.40, 1.02, 1.30. Ex: 23.30. Tf: 38.50. CSF: 10.95.
5.00 — STORM FREE (H Crouch) 7-2F 1; Chalk Mountain 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Spaceman 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 3. 12 ran. (J Tate). 1/2, 1/2. Tote: 4.60; 1.40, 1.80, 2.00. Ex: 19.60. Tc: 59.91. Tf: 48.90. CSF: 17.17.
5.30 — KING OF FURY (S B Kirrane) 12-1 1; Korbut 12-1 2; Shaman Champion 13-2 3. 10 ran. (M Dods). nk, shd. Tote: 14.50; 2.90, 2.10, 2.70. Ex: 113.80. Tc: 1056.83. Tf: 1358.50. CSF:
如果意大利的 Antonelli（见上文，与车队领队 Toto Wolff 在一起）， 或是法拉利车队的 Hamilton， 要在那里争夺冠军，或者 确实将恩佐·费拉里赛道（Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari）作为荣誉圈。 关于在银石赛道庆祝 Russell 可能的
152.67. NR: Comic Hero. 6.05 — MODERN TIMES (L Morris) 2-1F 1; Pickersgill 22-1 2; Belsito 12-1 3. 12 ran. (James Owen). 1/2, 1/2. Tote: 3.00; 1.40, 5.10, 4.50. Ex: 56.90. Tc: 463.17. Tf: 1454.50. CSF: 60.25. NRs: D Flawless, Liosa. Placepot £3.60. Q’pot £3.00. WINDSOR（温莎）
5.15 — TOO DARN GOOD (Taryn Langley) 11-1 1; Moe’s Legacy 5-1 2; Merrimack 4-1(2ndFav) 3. 11 ran. (H Candy). 1/2, shd. Tote: 14.60; 1.70, 3.60, 2.40. Ex: 77.00. Tc: 271.68. Tf: 606.70. CSF: 69.19. NR: Hint Of Humour. 5.50 — ZIATA (Rossa Ryan) 9-2 1; Lucy The Wire 6-5F 2; Sweet Horizon 7-4(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (G Tutty). shd, 21/2. Tote: 5.50; 2.30, 1.20. Ex: 11.20. Tf: 14.20. CSF: 10.25. 6.20 — HARRY KNOWS (O Murphy) 4-7F 1; Down To You Kid 15-8(2ndFav) 2; Rex Regum 50-1 3. 7 ran. (R Hughes). 41/4, 3/4. Tote: 1.58; 1.10, 1.10. Ex: 2.00. Tf:
15.40. CSF: 1.93. 6.53 — MADMAN (J Callan) 11-2 1; Solar Invincible 5-1 2; Forever Glamorous 11-4(2ndFav) 3. 6 ran. (R Cook & J Bridger). 1l, 3/4. Tote: 6.50; 2.40, 2.30. Ex: 31.00. Tf: 89.30. CSF: 31.16. 7.28 — ANOTHER ABBOT (P Dobbs) 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Sudden Flight 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Regional Rock 15-2 3. 13 ran. (W Haggas). 3/4, 3/4. Tote: 5.00; 2.20, 1.90, 2.70. Ex: 24.30. Tc: 126.81. Tf: 211.70. CSF: 20.54. NR: Uncle Don. 8.00 — BERLINETTA (G Bass) 11-2 1; Eazy On The Eye 4-1(2ndFav) 2; Box Clever 10-1 3. 8 ran. (J Channon). shd, 1l. Tote: 6.50; 1.90, 1.90, 2.90. Ex: 15.50. Tc: 216.56. Tf: 119.60. CSF: 27.98. NR: Toralou. 8.30 — GIVE ME SUN (B Sayette) 6-1 1; Takeitorleaveit 9-4(2ndFav) 2; Time To Sparkle 2-1F 3. 7 ran. (P Owens). 1l, 1/2. Tote: 7.00; 2.60, 1.90. Ex: 20.80. Tc: 36.17. Tf: 53.00. CSF: 19.91. NR: My Old Mate.
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冠军加冕？ 这似乎并不在任何人的 待办事项之首。（顺便一提……） 马来西亚将接手承办 “巴林大奖赛”。这场原定于4月 举办的比赛将改在10月 4 日， 排在阿塞拜疆赛和 新加坡赛之间。 这种将一个国家的比赛 在另一个国家举行的 转移方式将走向何方？我能预见 巴林在中东地区的 邻国不愿错过这次 公关机会，因此可能会在 欧洲某地效仿这一先例。 “沙特阿拉伯大奖赛” 也许会在奥地利找到临时故乡。 以此类推。 这种在体育运动中的 迁移是否没有先例？ 2005 年在约克举行的皇家阿斯科特赛 是我能想到的最接近的类比。 顺便个人抱怨一句：如果他们没有在那个 过于庞大的看台上安装那些 极其糟糕的自动扶梯，阿斯科特赛 根本不需要搬迁。克里斯蒂安·霍纳 和我对此一致认为。
一项精湛的驾驶，兰多·诺里斯在 匈牙利站夺冠，尽管他在第二个弯道 出现了小失误。当他的队友 奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里被慢车 卡洛斯·赛恩斯莫名其妙地阻挡时， 他把握住了运气，但他在整个下午 的表现都极其迅速，驾驶着一台 升级前景良好的迈凯伦赛车。 诺里斯能将自己推入冠军争夺战吗？ 嗯，91 分是一个巨大的门槛。 但在 23 轮比赛中仅完成了 11 轮 的情况下，这仍是有可能的。 “我会花点时间陪伴 我的朋友和家人，”诺里斯在 F1 夏季假期前表示。 “打一些高尔夫和板网球， 尝试减掉一点体重。” 无论他是胖脸（哈！）还是精干， 他都可以享受作为追赶者的状态， 并陶醉于无需为了首个冠军 而拼命奋斗的自由感。 这次他可能会觉得很有趣。 现在还不要排除这位冠军的可能。
作者：SAM TURNER
辉煌的古德伍德 (GOODWOOD) 预告将再次上演一场“山丘之战”， 因为斯堪的纳维亚 (Scandinavia) 与 拖网渔船 (Trawlerman) 将在今天下午 再次展开争夺长距离赛冠军的宿敌之战。 上个月一个闷热的伯克郡下午， 他们在阿斯科特金杯赛中 展开的迷人对决被誉为 本赛季最佳赛事。但对于那些 记忆深远的人来说，这种描述 可能低估了这场扣人心弦的对抗， 因为他们将其比作 1975 年 金乔治赛中 Grundy 与 Bustino 之间的“世纪之战”。 无论用什么标签定义， 这场扣人心弦的较量将在今天的 古德伍德杯中重现。 斯堪的纳维亚试图将他的 连胜纪录延长至 辉煌的七场，而老将 拖网渔船则在寻求报仇， 以雪他在阿斯科特赛中 最后时刻被反超的耻辱。在八岁这个年纪，
拳击特派记者
在与名不见经传的克里斯蒂安·普伦加（Kristian Prenga）进行了一场诡异的、被击倒又爬起来的比赛后，安东尼·约书亚（ANTHONY JOSHUA）陷入了一个平行的困局——他被卷进了两种极端的阴谋论中。一种认为，他在一段以奥运金牌和两届世界重量级冠军为荣的职业生涯暮年，已经失去了抗击打能力。另一种则是公众的执念，认为他在周六晚上于遥远的沙特阿拉伯被一名对手在第一回合击倒两次，而该对手在第二回合几乎停止战斗直到被击倒，这其中定有蹊跷。无论如何，现在他都无法逃避与泰森·富里（Tyson Fury）那场风险更高、且公众期待了近十年的对决。尤其是在“吉普赛之王”于前一晚在泰国击败了年迈的“沙袋”马留什·瓦赫（Mariusz Wach），履行了他的约定之后。目前争议在于
约书亚对阵富里的这场“事后补救之战”应该在温布利体育场还是纽约的麦迪逊广场花园举行。无论在哪里，约书亚已经签署了合同，而由于太多的人在贪婪地索求巨额资金，他无法退出。即便许多观察家现在认为，退出对他未来的健康最为有利。其中不乏一些接近约书亚的人，他们报告称，在赛前，约书亚在更衣室里显得异常沮丧和孤独。也许，他沉浸在对朋友西纳·加米（Sina Ghami）和拉蒂夫·“拉茨”·阿约代勒（Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele）的回忆中，两人在约书亚幸存的那次尼日利亚车祸中丧生。可以肯定的是，他的心思不在比赛上，因为在第一回合铃声响起仅 20 秒后，他就被击倒了。普伦加进入拳击台时的战绩是 20 场第一或第二回合击倒，仅有一场败绩。不过，他的任何一个受害者在街上站着时可能都不会被认出来。而且，是的，我也不想成为承受……
Trawlerman 绝对是个异类。在大多数同龄马匹都已经喊累的时候，他仍能维持极高的奔跑水平。作为约翰和萨迪·戈斯登（John and Thady Gosden）2015 年德比冠军金角（Golden Horn）之子，他将在围场及前往起跑线的途中再次佩戴滑雪护目镜，因为他的眼睛对光线变得敏感。这种病症几乎让他失去了在皇家雅斯科特赛马会（Royal Ascot）参赛的名额，当时戈斯登父子……
【图片：受损：约书亚两年前被杜博伊斯击败 GETTY】
或是理智。富里将 弄清楚究竟是哪个
他的一记重拳。但无论是让约书亚倒地的上勾拳，还是在第一回合造成第二次击倒的组合拳，按照职业重量级的标准来看，都没有展现出完美的时机把握或极强的威力。 而普伦加为什么在第二回合没有扩大自己的优势？ 这个问题由曾经的足球俱乐部老板、现任脱口秀电台明星西蒙·乔丹提出了，语气中充满了暗示。 他知道什么？可能并不比我们其他人知道得更多。 那就是：这是一个古怪的、可以说是有意操纵的周末赛事。结果是，当普伦加倒地时，一名裁判与其说是在数秒，不如说是在他上方盘旋，这种姿态让他即便想站起来也会感到尴尬。
承认在诊断出病情之前，为了让他准备好参加一级赛马拉松，这是一场与时间的赛跑。 在这次巅峰对决的准备阶段，小戈斯登报道称，“拖网渔船”号（Trawlerman）“依然拥有他一贯的所有热情”，并且自阿斯科特赛马会以来“状态有所提升”，这为这场面对年龄仅为其一半的对手的重赛带来了好兆头。 虽然这并不完全等同于利昂内尔·梅西在世界杯决赛中面对拉明·亚马尔，但这两位主角处于年龄量表的截然两端，他们试图奉献一场值得媲美 2011. 年古德伍德最初那场弗兰克尔与坎福德崖之战（“高地对决”）的比赛。每个人都会有自己的支持者，“拖网渔船”号的领跑风格与斯堪的纳维亚更为耐心的方式形成对比。这场比赛还拥有深厚的实力储备，Amiloc 在萨塞克斯高地的两次亮相中保持不败，Lazy Griff 和 Rahiebb 均试图打破现状。
不过，普伦加并没有表现出效仿约书亚从拳击台垫上爬起来的那种勇气。 而且他也没有同样的动力。他的任务已经完成，奖励已到手。 但约书亚在漫长道路的尽头挽救了一场规模更大、酬劳更高的战斗。至于这对他在不在意，则另话之。 好伙计埃迪·赫恩在思考，他是否让AJ在经历丧亲之痛后太快复出了。但他并没有思考AJ在秋季面对富里时是否能做好准备。 也没有思考，究竟是下颌的问题还是心理健康问题，导致了一个 30 多岁拳击手不可避免的衰落。或者两者兼有。 富里（左）将比普伦加更彻底地检验这些可能性。 如果约书亚的抗击打能力在丹尼尔·杜博伊斯将其击倒五次、阻其成为三届世界冠军的比赛中被永久摧毁，那么“吉普赛之王”将会发现。如果他的意志力已经削弱，那么就要小心心理战大师富里了。 对于AJ来说，已经没有退路。
STEELE 纽约报道
纽约，这座由混凝土组成的丛林，是梦想起航之地，这里没有什么是不可能的。 目前尚不清楚安多尼·伊拉奥拉（Andoni Iraola）是否喜欢爱丽西亚·凯斯（Alicia Keys）和 Jay-Z 在 2009 年推出的热门单曲《Empire State Of Mind》，或者比利·乔尔（Billy Joel）的《New York State of Mind》更合他的胃口，但我们确定的是，这位利物浦的新主帅是在这座繁华大都市的严酷街道上锻造而成的。 尽管这位巴斯克人在毕尔巴鄂竞技俱乐部效力了 14 年，为一线队出场 510 次并获得 7 次西班牙国家队出战机会，但伊拉奥拉认为在纽约城足球俱乐部（New York City FC）的一年是他职业生涯中至关重要的一部分。 那是 11 年前，伊拉奥拉与妻子伊齐亚（Itziar）及他们的长女住在曼哈顿上西区一个豪华公寓里，离中央公园的顶端非常近。 在本周的谈话中，伊拉奥拉承认这段经历是他职业生涯的关键部分，也是他迈向教练之路的第一步。在主教练帕特里克·维埃拉（Patrick Vieira）麾下效力期间，他的队友名单星光熠熠，包括弗兰克·兰帕德（Frank Lampard）、安德烈亚·皮尔洛（Andrea Pirlo）和大卫·比利亚（David Villa）。 与这三人共事，对于伊拉奥拉获得对比赛更深刻的理解起到了关键作用。在职业生涯的大部分时间里他司职右后卫，但在美国期间他成为了一个后腰，他认为这让他意识到了比赛的战术层面。 在担任边后卫时，伊拉奥拉只需要盯防对方的左翼前锋；而现在，他必须掌控全局。以这种全新的视角看待比赛，对伊拉奥拉的战术风格至关重要，随后他在塞浦路斯执教，以及在西班牙执教米兰德斯（Mirandes）和巴约·巴列卡诺（Rayo Vallecano）期间进一步完善了这一风格。 “我很幸运能有维埃拉担任教练，他让我以不同的方式看待比赛，”伊拉奥拉在 2024 年告诉《每日邮报》体育版，“我们当时的打法几乎像曼彻斯特城。我开始理解位置游戏（positional game）……”
来自体育版
……澳大利亚和亚洲的季前巡回赛。切尔西一直在寻找出售或租借方案，以精简前场选择。 韦尔贝克（Welbeck）上赛季在联赛中为布莱顿打入 13 球，被认为在托马斯·图赫尔（Thomas Tuchel）率领的英格兰世界杯大名单中未能入选十分可惜。 他于 2020 年加入布莱顿，并在三月触发了一年合同续约。如果他加盟斯坦福桥，他将加入切尔西近年来从布莱顿签下的球员长名单——包括马克（Marc）……
十年前在美职联效力期间，他曾在这些艰苦的街道上塑造自己的执教风格
更好，即基于控球的足球。这些是我随后一直使用的工具。帕特里克（Patrick）强调纪律和结构，这绝对给了我很大帮助。 “在中场，你必须与每个人保持联系。这要求对比赛有良好的理解，而顶尖教练大多出身中场并非巧合。 没什么几个后卫出身的！” 尽管伊劳拉在美职联的 38 场比赛中在球场上学到了很多，但在休息日他才真正地沉浸其中。 棒球、篮球、NFL（美式橄榄球）、冰球——只要你能叫出名字的，伊劳拉都去看了。由于纽约城足球俱乐部（NYCFC）与
库库雷利亚、莫伊塞斯·凯塞多、罗伯特·桑切斯和若昂·佩德罗。 多家俱乐部对亨德森感兴趣，他目前正在从世界杯期间受到的手臂骨折中恢复，但切尔西被认为是签下这位前利物浦队长的热门球队。 在从阿贾克斯加盟后，他上赛季在布伦特福德的所有赛事中出场 34 次。 与此同时，英格兰后卫约翰·斯通斯接近与国际米兰达成一份为期两年的合同。 这位 32 岁的球员在离开曼彻斯特城后成为自由球员，切尔西、阿森纳和尤文图斯也对其感兴趣。
纽约洋基棒球队的联系，他们经常出入洋基体育场，利物浦明天晚上将在那里与雷克瑟姆进行季前赛的第二场友谊赛。 他还会去大都会体育场观看布鲁克林篮网队、巨头队和喷气机队的比赛。直到今天，伊劳拉仍然在玩一个 NFL 版本的幻想足球。他认为 NFL 在掩护、留白空间、利用球场区域以及整套方法论方面的战术层面令人大开眼界，这与定位球非常相似。 伊劳拉对球队拥有的战术手册着迷，有时甚至包含 200 套定位球方案，尽管
然而，意大利冠军国际米兰似乎将锁定他的签名，并希望让他与托特纳姆热刺的克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗搭档，后者的经纪人已在周末进行了谈判。 国米此前还考虑过切尔西的特雷沃·查洛巴，并向热刺的杰德·斯彭斯询价。 斯通斯渴望体验一种新文化，他在世界杯上证明了自己的体能，国米认为他的经验和对比赛的解读将补充他们的风格，因为他们希望在欧冠联赛中发起挑战。
÷ 利兹联正在敲定一项关于詹姆斯·特拉福德的转会协议，转会费为 £40million，外加 £5m 的附加条款以及一次出售分成条款。该交易尚未最终完成，但积极的谈判正在进行，预计很快将进入最后阶段。 这位 23 岁的球员渴望转会至利兹，并将其视为能够定期出场并确立自己作为英格兰 1 号门将机会。 由于其他顶级球队也感兴趣，双方已就违约金条款进行了讨论。
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÷ 诺丁汉森林正与费耶诺德就 £21m 的价格谈判签下 20 岁的吉瓦罗·里德。 这位荷兰 U 21 右后卫已与森林队达成一份为期五年的合同，但在周日提高报价后，他们仍需与其所属俱乐部敲定最终条款。 ÷ 曼彻斯特联确认从
斯旺西签下门将基特·马格森。 这位 20 岁的球员上赛季租借在威尔士超级联赛的康纳之岸游击者队，在 34 场出场中完成了 10 次零封。 ÷ 纽卡斯尔翼卫哈维·巴恩斯在圣詹姆斯公园球场签下了一份新的长期合同。这位 28 岁的球员于 2023, 7 月从莱斯特城加盟，在他最初的五年合同中还剩两年。 “签署这份新合同感觉很棒，”巴恩斯说。“到目前为止，这是一段奇妙的旅程。”
巨大的灯光将给你带来启发：（顺时针，从左起）伊拉奥拉在纽约城市足球俱乐部（New York City FC）参赛时的表现；与传奇队友以及 19 岁的杰克·哈里森（Jack Harrison）在一起；以及 2015 年加入俱乐部。 图片来源：GETTY IMAGES/ALAMY/SHUTTERSTOCK
他将定位球战术限制在四到五个常规套路中。 除了参加体育赛事，这位利物浦主教练在每个有空闲的下午，都会特意地访问一个不同的社区。 他和妻子会前往纽约不同的区域用餐，并享用漫长的午餐。两人会努力与陌生人攀谈，这有助于伊拉奥拉提高沟通技巧并掌握英语。 布鲁克林（Brooklyn）的威廉斯堡（Williamsburg）是他最喜欢的地方之一。 当这名球员离开纽约开始他的教练生涯时，纽约城市足球俱乐部的官方网站发布了一篇极高的评价。 文中称：“他的球员生涯留给人们的印象，是一个始终追求卓越且无私团队协作的典范。在球场之外，人们将记得他在俱乐部的每一天都展现出了谦逊与专业。” 主教练维埃拉（Vieira）表示，伊拉奥拉是“团队球员的完美形象”，且“每个人都爱他”。 俱乐部队长、前西班牙世界杯冠军比利亚（Villa）——伊拉奥拉至今仍与他保持友谊——说道：“他是一个极好的人，也是一名出色的球员，我祝愿他在未来一切顺利。” “他知道，我将是他终生的朋友。” 自离开以来，伊拉奥拉曾多次回到纽约市，包括在执教伯恩茅斯（Bournemouth）的过去两个季前赛期间。 今天，他将回到这里参加利物浦夏季巡演的第二站，在“大苹果”之城面对雷克瑟姆（Wrexham），随后将在周日于芝加哥与利兹（Leeds）交手。 对于这位新主帅而言，这将是一个回顾他走过多少路程的机会——从在威廉斯堡街道上享用的漫长午餐，到夜晚观看布鲁克林篮网队（Brooklyn Nets）和纽约巨头队（New York Giants）的比赛。 正是在这座城市，这位利物浦主教练锻造了他自己的成功法则。
尼克·西蒙（NIK SIMON） 发自格拉斯哥
达姆·拉姆齐-皮蒂（DAM Ramsay-Peaty）将头浸入水中，抬头看了看计分板，然后笑了。 他的成绩是 26.94 秒，在 50 米蛙泳中仅足以获得铜牌，但他并没有因此而自责。 在整个职业生涯中，拉姆齐-皮蒂在游泳时，其饱满的肱二头肌上纹着一只巨狮。而此时格拉斯哥的水域将见证，年龄可以驯服最凶猛的野兽。 “我的超级能力现在看起来截然不同了，”这位 31 岁的运动员说道。他在起跳时反应较慢，需要动用所有的肌肉记忆才能奋力追回第三名。 “在照顾喝奶的婴儿和面对蹒跚学步的孩子之间周旋，是另一种超级能力。作为一名职业运动员，我依然投入。我曾经是那个一直获胜的人，而这几乎让你付出了所有。我现在不会说这值得。” 杀手本能已被为人父母的责任所取代。 拉姆齐-皮蒂依然是英国最出色的蛙泳运动员，但他已不再像以前那样让对手感到恐惧。
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今日亮点 12.20 Ellis Trowbridge 出战 55kg 拳击四分之一决赛。 20.42 Filip Nowacki 出战 男子 200 米胸泳。 21.14 Jeremiah Azu 出战 男子 100 米决赛。 21.40 Amy Hunt 出战 女子 100 米决赛。
他过去那样做。时光之沙终将追上每个人。 大多数游泳运动员在 20 岁出头时达到巅峰。即便像迈克尔·菲尔普斯这样拥有 6 英尺 7 英寸臂展和 14 码脚的人，在 31 岁之后也没有再赢得过奥运奖牌。 Ariane Titmus 赢得了四枚奥运金牌，而在这里，25 岁的她站在泳池边拿着麦克风，为澳大利亚国家广播公司进行赛后采访。 Ramsay-Peaty 的完赛时间比他的世界纪录慢了近一秒。他优雅地接受了铜牌，向热爱他的格拉斯哥观众挥手，并且更感兴趣的是把那只可爱的独角兽玩偶带回家给他的儿子。 “在那段我八年未尝败绩的时间里，首先是运动员，然后才是人类，”他说。“现在首先是人类，
然后才是运动员。这是一个不错的赌注。我们不知道结果会如何。 “显然，我们在训练方面在一定程度上需要做出调整。我在新的训练基地已经待了 12 周，所以我们要客观地看待。” 在他右侧两条泳道，苏格兰的 Archie Goodburn 正带着绝症癌症在游泳。 医生在两年前发现了三个无法手术的脑肿瘤，他的出现为这个生活已变成泳池肥皂剧的男人提供了一剂认知觉醒。 在格拉斯哥比赛并没有什么光彩。
赛事结束得晚，开始得早，感觉就像是在一个装修过的休闲中心。睡眠是一种奢侈。 Ramsay-Peaty 一直与队友们乘坐双层巴士前往 Tollcross。当地 First Bus 服务的单程票价通常为 £2.45。这里没有 VIP 接送车。 由于没有道路封闭，交通往往在 Wellcross Road 的转弯处发生瓶颈，这给了人们充足的思考时间。 在周六错过 100 米金牌后，Ramsay-Peaty 质疑这种生活所需的牺牲。 “所有凌晨 5.30 起床有什么意义？每天游这么多米有什么意义？一直感到精疲力竭有什么意义？因为训练而对所有家庭活动说‘不’又有什么意义？”时间将证明他对氯水味道的渴望还剩多少。 至少 2028 年洛杉矶奥运会提供了一个更具吸引力的方案。游泳比赛将在英格尔伍德的 SoFi 体育场举行，这里曾举办过西班牙与比利时之间的世界杯四分之一决赛。这座 100,000 平方英尺的 NFL 场地将被改造为奥运历史上最大的游泳场馆。也许全家前往西海岸观看父亲最后一场比赛的想法会让这一切变得值得。 “我甚至不知道明天会是什么样子，这周学到了很多，”他说。“这是我的最后一次英共运会。我上场并享受其中，但我们速度不够快。我们必须研究原因，因为本赛季的数据一直呈上升趋势。 “我真的说不上来。有些东西没有触发，但我必须从中学习。拿到了两枚铜牌，而且还有一场接力赛，我想这就是成功。我不会对自己太苛刻了，不再那样了。” 这不是游泳赛道上速度最快的泳池。大多数
奥运游泳池的深度为三米，但在这个较浅的两米深池中，波浪可能会增加零点几秒。拉姆塞-皮蒂在周六的 100 米比赛后发表的言论引起了同行的反感。他声称自己理应获得更高的名次。他认为自己在身体和心理上的投入，值得获得比第三名更好的成绩。几位运动员指责他傲慢且理所当然。他们起床的时间一样早，训练得一样刻苦，但昨晚的感觉就像是他需要面对现实了。
当赛后肾上腺素在体内激增时，拉姆塞-皮蒂会说出令自己后悔的话。他有时说话不加过滤。他在赛前发布在 Instagram 上的帖子或许更为理智。 “我知道这个故事不会充满荣耀、胜利和金牌，”他写道。“然而，我将继续战斗、学习、适应并追求卓越，直到我无法再付出更多为止。如果你的幸福感和自我价值仅由奖牌来验证，那么体育运动就不是童话故事。但如果你能在艰苦、挣扎和困境中找到价值，而这些或许能引导你找到所追求的目标，那么它就可以成为童话。”
周日上午，他在格拉斯哥的酒店房间里涂写笔记。“我足够优秀吗？我是否不够优秀？”他脑海中的小猴子在问。他现在不仅在追赶对手，也在追赶年轻时的自己，但他依然是体育界最伟大的表演者之一。 当中国、美国、荷兰选手与他同场竞技时，这场追逐战绝不会变得轻松。
还想看更多？拉姆塞-皮蒂展示了他右手上的“Fuel”（燃料）纹身，这个纹身是为了提醒他自己在 2022 年 Commonwealth Games（英联邦运动会）100 米蛙泳中获得第四名的经历。 PA
加布里埃尔·朗顿承认，在英联邦运动会开赛首日从高杆上惨烈坠落后，他担心自己的体操生涯。 这位 19 岁的小将在男子团体赛中途从器械上滑落，导致头部和颈部受伤，在被担架抬离赛场后在医院度过了一夜。 “我知道我还能说话，很多部位还能活动，但我只是希望我能重新做体操，”朗顿在扫描结果显示仅为酸痛和肿胀而无更严重伤情后说道。 “面对其他伤病，你通常知道它们会痊愈。但颈部受伤必须严肃对待。” “当我拿到扫描结果时，我松了一大口气。我的想法很快就转变为了：‘我应该很快就能回到健身房了’。” 朗顿在周六回到了球队酒店，在那里他与英格兰队队友团聚，并补发了银牌。 “因为我们在比赛中稍微落后，我记得我当时试图尽可能追求完美，”他补充道。“我在第一次尝试时非常激进，结果出现了一点偏差。” “那个动作我做了大约 10,000 次，而这种情况只发生了一次。这纯粹是一次意外。我很有信心能将其抛之脑后，重新信任我的体操能力。”
一名兼职短跑运动员在 100 米预赛中夺冠，引发了惊喜。 28, 岁的埃利奥特·琼斯在路易·欣克利夫上周退出比赛后，被紧急征召作为英格兰队的替补。前七名短跑运动员直接晋级第一轮，琼斯的成绩为 10.07 秒——这是 10 组预赛中的并列第三快成绩。 今年 3 月，琼斯还在担任欧足联（UEFA）场馆运营团队的当地助理，负责托特纳姆热刺对阵马德里竞技的欧冠比赛。 “没有任何一个足球运动员能在赛道上赢过我！”来自威根的琼斯说道。琼斯匆忙准备参赛，因为他原计划仅参加本周末的接力赛。 “我本来应该在周二才出发，”他说。“在路易退出后，我在周四晚上接到电话，询问我对跑个人赛怎么看。” “我的反应是：‘让我考虑一下……好！’”
2030年盛会
印度联邦运动会的筹备团队相信，他们将在2030年让全球最大的体育场门票售罄。 位于古吉拉特邦艾哈迈达巴德的纳伦德拉·莫迪体育场（以该国总理命名）是下一届赛事的选定场馆之一。 该体育场可容纳132,000人，规模是本周在格拉斯哥举行田径赛事的斯科特斯顿体育场的10倍以上。 印度希望在发起2036年奥运会申办的同时，展示其承办能力。 “我们将全力以赴，”印度代表团团长罗希特·拉杰帕尔告诉《每日邮报》体育版，“你们将看到规模最大的运动会。我们拥有世界上最大的体育场。我们会售罄所有门票。印度有1.4 billion人口。” 在苏格兰举办的规模缩减后的运动会之后，赛事项目数量将回升至17项运动。
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维尼修斯 远离皇马
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切尔西正在运作一项令人惊讶的交易，旨在签下经验丰富的组合——乔丹·亨德森和丹尼·韦尔贝克。 新主帅哈维·阿隆索希望在年轻的阵容中加入一些老将，以期在经历上赛季惨淡的战绩后迅速进入状态。 前锋韦尔贝克，35岁，在英超联赛为布莱顿出战176场比赛中打入了46球，此前曾效力于曼联和阿森纳。 在错过桑德兰的格拉尼特·扎卡后，阿隆索也转而寻求自由身加盟布伦特福德的36岁球员亨德森，希望他能在场上以及至关重要的更衣室中发挥作用。 恩佐·马雷斯卡在斯坦福桥担任经理期间曾希望增加经验，但由于只能获得长期培养的球员而感到沮丧。 阿隆索断定，如果切尔西要挑战英超冠军，球队的动态必须做出改变。 蓝军阵中目前有五名前锋：被认为不可触碰的若昂·佩德罗、埃马努埃尔·埃梅加、利亚姆·德拉普、尼古拉斯·杰克逊和马克·吉尤。 若昂·佩德罗、埃梅加和德拉普都在
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8 丹尼斯 (Dennis) ________，1934 年恐怖小说《恶魔出没》(The Devil Rides Out) 的作者 (8) 9 底特律 (Detroit) ______，美国棒球队，曾四次赢得世界系列赛 (6) 10 某种行为的天然倾向 (10) 11 同一类型的套牌 (4) 12 ______ 选票，一种保证秘密性的投票 (6) 14 例如通过富裕迁入者搬入使一个地区的居住成本增加 (8) 15 具有令人愉悦的辛辣口味 (7) 17 亚伦 (Aaron) ______，1941 年出生的歌手，以与琳达·朗斯塔特 (Linda Ronstadt) 的二重唱闻名 (7) 20 妮娜 (Nina) ______，英国广播公司 (BBC) 《一点钟新闻》(News At One) 的主讲人 (8) 22 停止被称为七旬老人 (septuagenarian) 的年龄 (6) 24 ______ 顶端 (Top)，电视汽车节目，其主题曲是 The Allman Brothers Band 的《Jessica》 (4) 25 在两部《金牌特工》(Kingsman) 电影中饰演梅林 (Merlin) 的演员 (4,6) 27 ______ 艺术，具有应用目的的艺术 (6) 28 通常较便宜的零售商品牌产品 (3-5)
方格 9：洛蒂·沃德 (Lottie Woad) 是一位英国专业______运动员？ 高尔夫 (Golf) (M) 网球 (Tennis) (V) 板球 (Cricket) (E)
昨日答案： ANAS CIA (1A, 2S, 3C, 4A, 5T, 6A, 7I, 8A, 9N)
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1 盾牌上的纹章标志 (6) 2 ______ 驱动，一种虚构的太空船推进系统 (4) 3 生活在海面区域的微小动物群 (8) 4 带有针头的医疗管，例如用于抽血 (7) 5 在预定离开时间之后仍然停留 (4,2) 6 在网上搜索自己名字以查看存在什么信息的行为 (3,7) 7 多产的 (8) 13 书籍、文章、信件或演讲的初步版本 (5,5) 16 意思是“在有限程度上”的短语 (2,1,5) 18 在黄昏前后举行的传统教堂仪式 (8) 19 名人 (7) 21 ______ 在丛林中，1974 年一场穆罕默德·阿里 (Muhammad Ali) 获胜的重量级拳击比赛 (6) 23 ______ 是夜晚，F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德 (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 以法国里维埃拉为背景的小说 (6) 26 革命性的 ______，2009 年由萨姆·门德斯 (Sam Mendes) 执导的电影 (4)
铺设轨道，使火车能够从 A 村前往 B 村。 数字表示每行和每列中有多少段轨道。 只有直线轨道和曲线轨道。轨道不能自我交叉。
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所有答案沿数字顺时针阅读。提示 1 的答案从给定的字母开始。
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综合测验 (MASTERQUIZ) 1. 古希腊士兵装备中的哪一项被称为 aspis？
Maidenhair 是哪种树的另一种名称？
欧盟执法机构 Europol 的总部位于哪个城市？
Coco 正在攒钱给 George 买礼物。如果她的钱数分别是七分之五、九分之七和五分之九，她将比 £30 少 £9.26。Coco 攒的便士价值是多少？
ramp, gall 和 dorm 之间有什么联系？
在哪个南美洲国家可以 REGAIN TAN？
填充网格中的方格，使每行、每列和每个 3x3 方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的一组单元格之和必须等于左上角的数字。在每组单元格中，数字不能重复。
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邮报字谜 (MAILWORD) 横向 1 襟翼 5 轻便摩托车 11 贵族 12 涉水鸟 13 代替/位置 14 西班牙菜肴 15 重步走 17 紧张的/滤过的 18 留待以后 21 早餐食品 24 饮具 25 海，中东水域 26 讲故事的人 29 vera，舒缓植物
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艾莉·班伯 (Ellie Bamber) 在 2026 年的一部电影中饰演哪位模特，德里克·贾格尔 (Derek Jacobi) 在片中饰演画家卢西安·弗洛伊德 (Lucian Freud)？
1980 年冬季奥运会在哪里举行？
哪种生活在北极的鲸类动物上颚长有独特的长牙？
哪一个是不相关的：paper, ribbon, ball, hoop？
使用化学符号，哪些动物可能需要 calcium, nickel, neon 和 sulphur？
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纵向 1 毡状材料 2 巢穴 3 地区 4 丰满的 5 图表 6 卵细胞 7 诗人 8 蛋糕 9 欺骗
10 宣布 16 美洲狮 19 表示不赞成的声音 20 渴望激动的 21 授权 22 液体计量单位 23 抱怨 27 影射/暗示 28 滑冰场 31 涡轮部件 32 能被二整除的 33 两栖动物 35 水果 36 猪圈
仅使用数字 1 到 9 填充网格中的空白方格，且在任何一行或一列空白方格中不得重复数字。填入的数字之和必须等于每行开头或顶部阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示纵向总和；上半部分的数字表示横向总和。
1a. 从互联网获取，伴随在林间蒸馏的金酒 (11)
14a. 来自约克的首席执行官，转向美食 (7)
1d. 低且常见的数学图形？ (11)
6d. 公司债券被运走，变得自由 (3,4)
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横向 (ACROSS) 1 图片线索 5 图片线索 8 可能在水果之中 (5) 9 开放但带有秘密结局 (5) 10 诺亚未能绕道而行，制作一张玉米饼 (5)
昨日解答 — 横向 (ACROSS)： 1 Able seaman. 7 Sacra. 8 Tiara. 9 Lemon squash. 11 Toed the line. 14 Sofia. 15 Slang. 16 Investment. 纵向 (DOWN)： 1 Absolutism. 2 Locum. 3 Sea. 4 Antique. 5 Agama. 6 Sash weight. 10 No trace. 12 Elfin. 13 Inane. 15 Sat.
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5a. 非常安静的滑雪者，绕过烟熏鱼 (7)
15a. 流行乐被错误地保留，并再次被赋予工作 (11)
4d. 壁炉中的顶级伙伴，比如说，伙伴？ (5,6)
7d. 玫瑰我已重新栽种，现在正在磨损 (7)
12 预先固定葬礼词汇？ (5) 14 图片线索 15 图片线索
将你的智慧挑战 Pitcherwits —— 这是一个令人兴奋的谜题，部分答案隐藏在图片中！视觉线索的解答将填入网格中的阴影区域。
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纵向 (DOWN) 1 图片线索 2 知道一次改变可能会唤醒 (5) 3 这是一个问题的版本 (5) 4 图片线索 6 图片线索 7 图片线索
完成网格，使所有数字 1 到 46 连续连接 —— 水平、垂直或对角线方向。 提示：你不必从 1 或 46 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让你更容易开始。
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11 旧金山的饮品，海岸景色 (5) 13 秘密会面，被进入规定所掩盖 (5)
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我们的 Codeword 网格中的每个数字代表字母表中的一个不同字母。今天 11 代表 D，因此每当数字 11 出现时，请填入 D。控制网格中已给出两个字母供你开始。将它们填入主网格的相应方格中，然后利用词汇知识推断缺失方格应填入的字母。明日解答
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将数字 1-6 分别填入每行、每列、每条对角线（突出显示形成 X 形）以及每个水平 3x2 宫格（由线框标出），且不重复。明日解答
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将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格，形成六个横向和纵向的五个字母单词。
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横向 1. 一种石龙子 (4) 5. 保龄球中的球瓶 (4) 6. 1990 年之前的东德人 (4) 7. 互联网语言 (4)
纵向 1. 斯堪的纳维亚烤面包 (4) 2. 放松 (4) 3. 建筑材料 (4) 4. 狭小的孔径 (4)
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■ 右侧的盘子 显示了典型拼字游戏（Scrabble） 中的四行字母。使用每行字母 组成一个 2-7 个字母的单词， 并将其填写在提供的空白方格中。 然后计算每行的得分。不要 忘记使用双倍和三倍单词及字母分值 —— 并且每组成一个 7 个字母的单词 可获得 50 分的奖励。 空白瓷砖可代表任何字母，但没有分值。 解决方案请参阅明日报纸。
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哪种颜色有 提香色（Titian）品种？
1992 年至 1994 年 期间工党（Labour Party） 的领导人是谁？
2026 年英国广播公司（BBC）剧集 《八月两周》（Two Weeks In August） 背景设定在哪个国家，尽管 它是在马耳他拍摄的？
亨利八世的妻子中， 谁是爱德华六世的母亲？
哪位歌手在 1964 年 凭借《谁有如此心》(Anyone Who Had A Heart) 和《你是我的世界》(You’re My World) 获得了英国单曲榜冠军？
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列表中的单词都可以在网格中找到 —— 正向、反向、向上、向下 及对角线方向 —— 除非 有一个缺失。为了获得赢奖机会， 请找出缺失的单词。 今日主题：已灭绝的北美语言
MAIDU TUNICA WAPPO WIYOT YANA
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在每个方格中 填入数字 1 到 9。 水平方格之和 等于右侧的总计。 垂直方格之和 等于底部的总计。 经过中心的 对角线方格之和 等于右上角和 右下角的总计。
标准得分 (PAR SCORE) 220-230
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四架字母 总时间 限制：20 分钟
昨日解决方案： ESQUIRE 98 FOREARM 62 LECTURE 65 CHANGE 12
JUDD 总分： 237
插入字母以组成 列出的单词，在相邻 单元格之间水平、 垂直或对角线任意方向 移动。 将字母表所有 剩余字母（除 Z 外） 填入网格，使得所有 列出的单词都被拼出。
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£18BILLION ‘DEATH TAX’ NIGHTMARE
on ALL inheritances to fund social care
ANDY Burnham was last night warned against reviving his ‘nightmare’ plan for a ‘death tax’ to pay for social care. The Prime Minister has long
By Jason Groves Political Editor
favoured a 10 per cent levy on all inheritances and yesterday said he wants cross-party agreement on resolving the care crisis. Kemi Badenoch said she is willing
to work with Mr Burnham on the issue but the Tory leader warned that any solution must be funded by spending cuts, not costly new taxes. Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick said the so-called ‘social care levy’ would result in the
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leapfrog Reform in the polls
By Sophie Church
LABOUR has jumped ahead of Reform UK in national polls for the first time in more than a year as voters respond well to Andy Burnham as Prime Minister. Just over a quarter of Brit- ons would now vote for Labour, research firm More in Common found. The former Manchester mayor’s first week in office has seen the party’s lead climb by four percentage points to 28 per cent with Reform falling to 24 per cent. Mr Burnham this weekend said he would ‘rule out’ call- ing a general election, arguing the electorate had ‘voted for a manifesto’ in 2024. He said: ‘We’re in a parlia- mentary democracy and that is what people voted for and I
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number of families paying tax on inher- itances rising twentyfold. Writing in the Daily Mail, he said the plan would ‘rob’ hundreds of thousands of pensioners each year. ‘This universal levy would hit the tiny bungalow and the ex-council flat just as hard as a great country pile,’ he said. ‘It’s every pensioner’s worst nightmare.’ Mr Jenrick said Labour had no man- date for the idea which was not in the party’s election manifesto and warned the PM had a duty to call a general elec- tion if he wanted to force it through. But Mr Burnham yesterday said he believed he could push through ‘major changes’ before the next election, which must be held by August 2029. He said the NHS could ‘collapse’ unless social care is fixed. The PM has spoken movingly about social care, describing how his father has been admitted to a home after developing Alzheimer’s. He will use a speech tomorrow to com- mit to fast-tracking reform of a care sys- tem he has described as ‘broken’. He will say that a review led by Baroness Casey will be accelerated to enable changes to begin before the end of the decade. At the weekend Mr Burnham said he was determined to ‘run towards’ prob- lems others have ducked for years. He told the BBC: ‘Whatever political capital I have I will put into fixing bro- ken social care, and I would not want to leave office without having brought in substantial change.’ But tomorrow he will stop short of say- ing how the estimated £18.5billion cost will be met. Yesterday he swerved ques- tions about whether he will revive his plan for a levy on all estates. The Prime Minister said a lasting solution would have to be ‘cross-party and one the country can support’. ‘On this issue no party is in a position
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Left behind? Nigel Farage
will honour that manifesto’. But the poll will heap pres- sure on the new PM to call a snap election to shore up his legitimacy in No 10. While Mr Burnham insisted he will stick to the 2024 man- ifesto on which Labour was elected, he has provided little detail on how he will pay for
where they’ve got the high ground,’ he said. ‘We’ve all failed on this issue, over decades, and the pressure now on the NHS as a result of that failure is huge.’ But Mrs Badenoch warned she was not willing to write the PM a blank cheque. In a letter to Mr Burnham, the Conserv- ative Party leader said she was ‘happy to work with you and other parties’ on the issue. But she said any plan must not penalise those who have saved to make provisions for their own care in later life. And she warned against any new taxes, saying: ‘The money must be found by reducing spending. You must rule out any tax rises or increased borrowing that will ultimately fall on the next generation to pay for.’ She added: ‘The last thing Britain needs is further tax increases.’ Downing Street declined to say how social care reform could be funded. Mr
hard as country pile’
Burnham has suggested he wants social care incorporated into the NHS as part of a national care service which would be free at the point of use. And he has consistently called for the introduction of a social care levy. As health secretary in the last Labour gov- ernment, he proposed a 10 per cent flat levy on all estates. It would have replaced inheritance tax. The idea was branded a ‘death tax’ by political opponents. But Mr Burnham has stuck with the idea. Speaking during his Makerfield by-election campaign in May, he said: ‘I know there’s a great resentment about inheritance tax, so just take that away, perhaps, and look at a care levy. ‘It’s not about asking people to pay more, it’s just people pay in the most unfair way possible at this moment in time and I think there’s a much better
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the raft of policy changes he announced last week: cutting business rates for hospitality, ending rough sleeping in Eng- land, cutting VAT from elec- tricity bills and creating the new ‘No 10 North’ office. Calling a snap election would also let Labour capitalise on Reform’s waning popularity as the party is investigated. Reform’s bank account was frozen during the last election after it received potentially illegal donations from Fiona Cottrell the mother of ‘Posh George’, a convicted criminal who secretly bankrolled his
close ally Nigel Farage. The poll marks the first time Reform has not led in voting intention since last April. More in Common’s Luke Tryl said: ‘Labour now leads for the first time since March of last year... and with both Reform and the Green Party dropping to their lowest vote share in months, it seems that this early focus on the cost of living has appealed to voters.’ Meanwhile, a YouGov poll for The Times placed Labour level with Reform on 22 per cent, and the Tories slightly behind on 21 per cent.
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By Chiara Burrell
A HINT of sunshine is usually all it takes to spark a stampede to the seaside. But it seems young people today are not so keen to enjoy the nation’s glorious beaches
because they are too sandy. As well as hating the idea of get- ting sand blown in their face, in their shoes and across their pic- nic, Gen Z are also left cold at the lack of wifi and phone chargers. For the younger generation, not being able to see your screen due to the brightness outside might be taking things too far. A survey commissioned by eco- tech firm Hive of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that some 70 per
over beach days with no wifi
cent of Gen Z beachgoers say a low phone battery can ruin a day at the coast, while many admit they have even cut trips short because their devices were running out of power. The study found that traditional beach annoyances still top the list, with dirty public toilets (43 per cent) and parking problems (30 per cent) cited as young Britons’ most common grumbles. Around a quarter of those sur-
veyed were put off by sandy shoes (26 per cent) and seagulls attack- ing (25 per cent), while 19 per cent complained about the cold sea. It also found that 84 per cent of Gen Z respondents are concerned about damaging their phones at the beach, while the same propor- tion are frustrated by unreliable mobile signal. Susan Wells, solar director at Hive, said: ‘When the weather heats up, Britain heads to the
coast, but beaches rarely offer power. Dead phones and no charging points have become a familiar frustration, especially when people rely on their devices for digital tickets, maps, messag- ing and mobile payments.’ Despite these irritations, Britain’s love affair with the sea- side remains strong with a resounding 90 per cent saying beach days are some of their happiest summer memories.
arrest over post of T-shirt ‘planning his execution’
REFORM UK has reported Zack Polanski to the police over a post mocking ‘plans’ for Nigel Farage’s death. Last night they referred the
By Sophie Church Political Reporter
Green Party leader to the Metropolitan Police for incitement to murder after he
shared a photo implying Mr Farage’s beheading. The image posted just weeks after Reform’s Ann Widdecombe was murdered is of a man whose T-shirt depicts a cartoon
guillotine with the words: ‘We’re only making plans for Nigel’, lyrics from the 1979 song by English rock band XTC. The post was shared to the Green leader’s official Instagram account, where he has more than 700,000 followers, but has now been deleted. Sharing the image on his own X account however, Mr Farage wrote: ‘This is what Zack Polanski has just posted on his Instagram. ‘If I was to post anything as inciteful, then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski.’ And Reform’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said: ‘Zack Polanski has posted to his 713k Instagram followers a photo of a man in a T-shirt depicting the beheading of Nigel Farage. ‘To do this just two weeks after our friend Ann was murdered is staggering. This is incitement to
‘This is incitement to murder’
murder. It should be treated as such by the police.’ Lord Walney, the Government’s former adviser on political violence, said: ‘There must be serious consequences for Zack Polanski after he shared material implying the assassination of another politician. ‘This would be sickening and unacceptable at any time but it is even more serious in the present environment in which a senior Reform member has been killed. ‘The Green Party must be barred from participating alongside mainstream par- ties if it fails to take action against its leader.’ The Metropolitan Police last night confirmed that officers were ‘conducting inquiries’ into a ‘third- party report relating to an image shared on social media’, adding that they ‘take reports of this nature extremely seriously’. Since Ms Widde- combe, a Reform spokesman, was
after accuser uses AI
A RAPE trial has collapsed after the alleged victim used an AI chatbot to prepare for her cross-examination in court. Known as C, the woman claimed the defendant, known as R, had sex with her while she was under the influence of alcohol and drugs and therefore unable to consent. But the case, heard at Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex, was dismissed after she admitted using AI ahead of giving evi- dence. C, who had previously been in a relationship with R, had asked the chatbot about prepar- ing her narrative on events that
Controversial: The T-shirt image shared by Zack Polanski, below
killed in her home, Mr Farage has been pushing for more details about the murder suspect’s politi- cal affiliations to be reported ahead of any future trial. Mr Polanski was tagged in a series of images from the ‘Green Party Party’ event in Bristol on Sunday, where he wore a T-shirt bearing the Daily Mail’s slogan ‘Beware the Green Menace’. Speaking to the crowd, Mr Polanski said that division and hate ‘will never win’. The Green Party said: ‘Zack accepted a request to collab- orate on a post with sev- eral images. Oncethis image was brought to his attention he immediately unshared the post.’
By Francine Wolfisz
night, as well as consent, physical evidence and her ‘behaviour after [the alleged rape]’. The barrister representing R said it would be impossible to gauge how far C’s testimony had been influenced by AI, meaning there could not be a fair trial. The Court of Appeal ruled that using AI to prepare for trial in this way could amount to ‘witness coaching’, which is strictly pro- hibited in the UK. It added that there should be a retrial at the ‘earliest opportunity’.
By Glen Keogh Special Correspondent
THE funeral director who secretly stockpiled dead bodies and gave bereaved families the ashes of strangers breached trust ‘on an almost industrial scale’, a court heard yesterday. Robert Bush, 47, is being sentenced after admitting 67 offences related to preventing the lawful and decent burial of 30 bodies and defrauding grieving families who trusted him with the funerals of their loved ones. The hearing is scheduled to last until Friday because of the sheer scale of his criminality, as the court began to hear from some of the 226 known victims of Bush’s offending. In distressing details that at times drew gasps or tears from family members, prosecutor Chris Paxton KC described the scene that greeted police officers who raided Legacy Independ- ent Funeral Directors in March 2024. Items with sentimental value donated by families to be buried or cremated with relatives, such as wedding rings and teddies, were discarded on the floor of the premises in Hull and there was evidence of ‘human putrefaction’. Officers found bodies ‘stored on racks...uncovered and in varying states of decomposition’, Hull Crown Court was told. There was also a naked body lying on a stretcher on the floor. Appallingly, one officer discovered the body of a human foetus in a brown ‘envelope’ which they said resembled a ‘police evidence bag’. The court heard that Bush ‘operated within the heart of the community for around 14 years, entrusted by hundreds
‘Flagged down a passing police car’
of bereaved families, in their time of need, to treat their loved ones with dignity. And yet over almost 12 of those years, Mr Bush breached that trust on an almost industrial scale in a myriad of ways’. Mr Paxton said Bush also sold funeral plans when he was not authorised to do so, failed to bury or cremate loved ones and ‘raised expectations, made false promises and stole cash donations intended for local and national chari- ties’. Between March 2017 and April 2024, more than £3million was paid into Bush’s business and personal accounts, however this did not reflect the turnover reported to HMRC. There was also an element of ‘profli- gate personal spending’, with almost £900,000 paid to his wife, Vikki, while Bush enjoyed holidays in the United States to watch motorcycle racing. Mr Paxton said the financial sit- uation within the business was ‘not dire, but likely mismanaged’. Bush claimed to police that he had been struggling with ‘cash flow issues’ and planned to ‘clear the cremation backlog’ within three months. The true number of Bush’s vic- tims may never be known, as the charges relating to preventing lawful burial only spanned 2023 until the police raid in 2024 but he was in operation for 15 years. The scandal emerged when his own employee, Patrick Moore, told two workers from a separate funeral firm that there were 29 bodies at the premises and some bodies ‘have been there for years’. He likened the refrigerated room at the parlour to a ‘horror scene’. Mr Moore reluctantly fearing ‘repercussions’ from Bush then let the men into the funeral home when Bush was on holiday in America, despite having been
Cover-up: Legacy funeral directors in Hull where Bush’s crimes took place
to rot and ashes given to strangers by chamber of horrors undertaker
Shame: An emotional Bush in a court sketch from yesterday
told by his boss ‘not to bring anyone back to Legacy or help put a body in the fridge area.’ They were so shocked by what they discovered, they flagged down a passing police car. A specialist disaster zone team was later sent in to retrieve the bodies. Mr Paxton said: ‘The
area was dirty and unkept. There were a number of items on the floor which appeared to have been dropped or swept to the back. These items included flowers, rings, teddies, and cards with messages. ‘These items were clearly per- sonal possessions that loved ones would have wanted to stay with their deceased family members.’ Bush was arrested at Heathrow as his plane landed from Arizona. He told officers: ‘I’ve f* it all up, everything, my whole world.’ In a later interview, when asked if human ashes had been pro- vided to families of persons who had yet to be cremated, he answered: ‘No comment.’ As victims of Bush’s offending read statements yesterday, out- lining how they had been affected, other families lent their support, offering tissues and comfort. Mark Hotham died in Septem- ber 2023, aged 87. He weighed 19 stone at the time of his death but at his funeral that month, the driver of the hearse managed to
lift the coffin on to the trolley on his own, the court heard. His carer, Debbie Keeting, who called him ‘grandad’, believed he wasn’t in the coffin and demanded to see inside but was eventually calmed by relatives. His body was discovered in Legacy three months later. Muriel Winning died aged 61 on July 22, 2023. The following month, her son, Byron Lill, attended Legacy to retrieve what
‘A prison term is inevitable’
he thought were his mother’s ashes. Her body was recovered from Legacy in March 2024, seven months after her death. In his statement, Mr Lill said: ‘I work close to the Legacy prem- ises on Hessle Road and drive past it every day. ‘Knowing now that mum was laying inside for almost eight months destroys me. I was
Guilty: Robert Bush hides behind a mask
as he arrives at court in Hull yesterday
physically so close to her. Know- ing she was still laying there when Bush smiled and handed me a box he said were her ashes, when she was still only a matter of feet from me, I just can’t accept.’ Graham Finn died at the age of 76 on December 9, 2023 at Hull Royal Infirmary. A charitable collection was organised for his funeral later that month with the proceeds to go to Ward 5 at the hospital. His daughter, Tracy, asked Bush if she should take the dona- tions to the infirmary herself, but he said that his wife was respon- sible for the financial side of the business and she would arrange it. The hospital confirmed no donation was ever made with Bush instead pocketing the cash. The judge, Mr Justice Hilliard, is due to sentence Bush on Friday. Bush, who was remanded into custody yesterday, has already been warned that a prison term is ‘inevitable’. The hearing continues.
Hidden: Grandfather David Burton
Body left on table: Tony Munro
DEVASTATED victims of funeral fraudster Robert Bush have been telling how his actions caused untold misery and a second wave of grief for bereaved families. In emotional scenes at Hull Crown Court, relatives of the dead wept as they described the moment they learned the ashes they had been given did not belong to their loved ones. Some had placed the remains in jewellery or even used them in tattoos in tribute. Dozens of victims have been outlining their grief to the court as part of a five-day sentencing hearing for the owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors premises in Hull. Bush, red-faced and wearing a black suit and dark tie in the dock, showed little emotion.
Forgotten for a year: Norman Bridger Hard-working: Mark Hotham died at 87 Left for months: Mary Rhodes, 80
relatives tell of their shock and disgust... as funeral boss fraudster sits red-faced and silent
By Glen Keogh Special Correspondent
DAVID BURTON Died aged 75, October 21, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024. HIS granddaughter, Rea Burton, said: ‘The loss of our father and grandfather was one of the hardest and most upsetting times of our lives. ‘Until his passing we had never had to organise a funeral before. Rob Bush made us feel at ease and we believed him to be kind and caring. Rob guided us through an extremely hard pro- cess. He assured us that our loved one would be treated with as much love and care as any human being deserves. ‘We felt fortunate to have received his ashes back in time for our first Christmas without him. ‘With those ashes we made
necklaces so we would always have him with us. ‘When we received the news, four months after his funeral, that Robert Bush had never laid our beloved Dad and Grandad to rest, it shattered our world. ‘The grief we were slowly begin- ning to live with then consumed us for a second time. ‘We had mistakenly placed our trust in Rob. He did not treat Grandad with the dignity and respect he deserved. ‘In reality, Rob had deceived us. He had abandoned and hidden our loved one for months and had given us a stranger’s ashes, with a smile on his face.’ NORMAN BRIDGER Died aged 94 on April 20, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024. DAUGHTER Karen King said: ‘When Dad died, I had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. This
was very much on my mind when I first went into the Legacy prem- ises to speak with Robert Bush. ‘I felt grateful to Dad that he had arranged a funeral plan so we didn’t have to worry about pay- ment. Bush just took advantage of him, keeping the money for him- self. My lovely dad lay in a card- board coffin for almost 11 months. ‘It is beyond belief. I’ll never know why. It feels he was just for- gotten. When the police officers knocked on my door and gave me the news that Dad may still be at the funeral home, the feelings I had were overwhelming. I broke down in tears. How could some- one be so cruel? Why would he just leave him there?’ MARK HOTHAM Died December 2023, aged 87. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024. HIS carer, Debbie Keeting, who treated Mr Hotham as a grandfa-
ther, said: ‘He [Mr Hotham] was an incredibly honest, hard-work- ing, and proud man who lived with quiet strength and decency. ‘It was both my duty and my honour to care for him. ‘When he passed away at the age of 87, I was determined to fulfil all of his wishes for his funeral with respect and care. ‘On the day of his funeral, I began to notice that things didn’t feel right. I couldn’t explain it at the time but I knew that some- thing was off. ‘Later, the unthinkable truth came to light: His body had not been laid to rest as we were told. He had not been cremated. ‘He had not been treated with the dignity he deserved. Instead, his decomposing body was later identified through DNA. No words can express how it feels to find out that someone you love so deeply was treated this way after
Last wish denied: Susan Gorbutt
Wrong ashes: Terence Buck
death. I cry every day. My life has been on hold ever since. I cared for the ashes that were given to me. I took the urn out with me. I would talk to them and even set them at the Christmas dinner table with a cracker hat on them. I felt like he was still with me and it kept me going. ‘All the time my grandad was rotting in that place.’ Ms Keeting also revealed that despite Mr Hotham weighing 19st when he died, at his funeral, the driver of the hearse mysteriously managed to single-handedly lift his coffin on to a trolley. MARY RHODES Died aged 80, November 16, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy in March 2024. HER daughter, Sarah Hepple, said: ‘When I was contacted by the police to notify me about what had happened at Legacy, I felt that a nightmare had begun. How
could someone do something so horrific? I had overwhelming feel- ings of hatred and contempt for Bush. He became prevalent in my head and even recently still comes to the forefront. ‘The best I can describe my life is like a flower bulb which has roots. The roots are my husband, daughter and son, but what Bush has done has affected every one of those parts of my life down to the roots. ‘Everyone kept telling me that Mum’s soul has moved on and left her body, but Mum’s body was left there without us knowing for months, and with strangers. ‘I’d had jewellery made with what I thought were my Mum’s ashes, which were the ones first given to me by Legacy. For months we’ve all carried a little piece of my Mum round with us, only to then find out that what we had was a total stranger.’
SUSAN GORBUTT Died aged 78, September 8, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024 SUSAN Gorbutt’s body was recovered from Legacy six months after her death. When her husband, David Gorbutt, collected what he thought were her ashes in September 2023, he was handed a plain paper bag containing a small cardboard box with Susan’s name. He said: ‘I hope they’re the right ones.’ Bush replied: ‘Yes, they are definitely the right ones.’ In his victim impact statement, Mr Gorbutt said: ‘I feel sad and disappointed, but mostly guilty because I was unable to fulfil my wife’s last request, that I deal with her death quickly and arrange her cremation as quickly as possible at her request, because as Susan would say, “You
know I do not like the cold”. This would have been her worst night- mare what happened to her, she did not like the idea of lying there or being retained at the premises as she was. ‘I am emotional giving this statement, it upsets me to think about this.’ TONY MUNRO Died aged 65, November 8, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024 A WEEK before Tony Munro’s funeral, his twin brother went to see him, and found him lying on a table on a white sheet rather than in a coffin. Mr Munro’s daughter Jade Munro told the court: ‘It angers me that there are no regulations in the funeral business. It is so expensive to pay for a funeral. ‘It is clear that such a lucrative business should have checks and balances and I just don’t under-
stand why there isn’t and this sit- uation is allowed to happen.’ TERENCE BUCK Died aged 75, October 20, 2023. Body recovered from Legacy, March 2024 AROUND a week after Mr Buck’s funeral in November 2023, ashes were delivered to his daughter Sarah Gray by an unknown male employee in a personalised Liver- pool Football Club burgundy box, which the family had bought. Believing that these were her father’s ashes, she kept them at home until the police visited to tell her that his body was still at the funeral home. Ms Gray’s statement read: ‘It’s heartbreaking to know the ashes we had cared at our house for wer- en’t my dad. ‘I feel for the person whose ashes they are and the family of whoever they belong to, as they don’t have their loved one with them either.’
KEMI Badenoch is laying down the gauntlet to Andy Burnham to prove he is serious about stopping the early release of prisoners. The Conservative leader will today call for the Prime Minis- ter to introduce emergency legislation to prevent the
By Claire Ellicott Whitehall Editor
release of rapists, paedophiles and other serious offenders. Around 6,000 prisoners are due to be let out in September under the early-release scheme to ease jail overcrowding with killers, rapists and sex offenders
among those due to be freed, according to reports. Mr Burnham paused the scheme last week when it emerged the killers of PC Andrew Harper were being considered for early release. The PM has now ordered a review into the policy and said no prisoners will be let out until the Government has done
‘everything we can to minimise risk to the public’. In a press conference today with families of the victims, Mrs Badenoch will demand the new PM permanently halts the scheme. She has called for the move before September 2 the date when Labour’s Sentencing Act comes into force. But the Ministry of Justice said there is no need for emergency leg- islation as the Justice Secretary has the power to halt the scheme. Mrs Badenoch will say: ‘Andy Burnham must prove he is serious
stop this scheme’
by acting now to stop Labour’s early release scheme. Instead, in an echo of Starmer, he has announced another government review. It’s not good enough. Without emer- gency legislation, dangerous violent and sexual offenders will be released at the start of September. ‘The Conservatives have fought this dangerous scheme from day one. It’s all well and good cutting bills and bus fares, but that pales into insignificance when paedo- philes and rapists are about to be let out on our streets. Burnham needs to show us he’s ready to take the tough decisions.’ A Labour spokesman said: ‘The
ban school ‘happier and better behaved’
By Eleanor Harding Education Editor
HEAD teachers in a London
b o r o u g h
t h a t
b a n n e d
smartphones in schools say
pupils are happier and better
behaved one year on.
Barnet launched its smart-
phone-free schools scheme last
September in 103 primary and
23 secondary schools.
The Government’s England-wide
ban came into force last month
and caused outrage among some
parents. But schools in Barnet said
banning phones has meant fewer
distractions in lessons, less cyber-
bullying and more face-to-face
interaction between children.
The Smartphone Free Childhood
Barnet initiative was backed by the
local council and campaign groups.
Head teacher Michelle Henderson
said her school, Bishop Douglass in
East Finchley, had already stopped
pupils bringing phones in before
the borough-wide ban.
She said staff had seen a reduc-
tion in ‘distraction, online conflict,
bullying, filming without consent,
theft and the pressure on pupils to
remain continually connected’.
Mrs Henderson also said pupils
now do better academically due to
‘enhanced concentration’. Nearby
Clarion School has ordered
Challenge: Kemi Badenoch
Conservatives have some nerve. During their 14 years in office, they shut 23 prisons, created just 482 jail places, and granted early release to 10,000 prisoners
leaving the criminal justice system teetering on verge of collapse.’ The PM ordered a review after PC Harper’s family reacted with fury after it emerged two of his killers were eligible for early release. The 28-year-old died in 2019 after being dragged by a car as three teenagers fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, passengers in the vehicle and both 17 at the time, were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter. This meant they could be eligible for early release under the new Sentencing Act after serving half of their sentences. Today Mrs Badenoch will say the Conservatives have been cam- paigning against the scheme since its introduction in 2024. She said her party would back fast-tracked emergency legislation to halt it. In July, the Tories won a Parliamentary vote to exempt sexual offenders from early release.
‘Hide the phones! Teacher’s coming!’
children to keep their devices in locked pouches since 2022. Chris Hunt, the head teacher, told The Times: ‘The benefits to student wellbeing and the school social climate have been substantial.’ At Barnet’s high-performing Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School, smartphones are banned but pupils can bring basic ‘brick’ phones that do not connect to the internet. Head teacher Violet Walker said: ‘We found a significant drop in incidents of cyberbullying through social media.’
Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Carly Simon: I’ve got Parkinson’s and cancer
SINGER Carly Simon yesterday revealed that she has Parkinson’s disease and skin cancer. But she added that she is not letting it hold her back – and proved it by announcing her first studio album in 17 years. The 83-year-old, who has been absent from public life for years, revealed she had stepped back to deal with health complications. However, the mother of two insisted she had not ‘stopped living, and I have not stopped working’, citing her new album, Comes in Waves. The You’re So Vain singer said she had
From James Fielding in Bordeaux and Andy Jehring
FRANCE is in a race against time to control rampaging wildfires four times the size of Paris, ahead of another 40C heat- wave due to hit tomorrow. Emmanuel Macron held a crisis cabinet meeting yester- day as local leaders warned ‘the war is not over’. Bordeaux remained braced to evacuate its 270,000 residents, with wildfires just nine miles from the city last night and whipping into a dangerous ‘fire cloud’. Extreme ground heat is spark- ing an updraft of hot, fast-rising air filled with smoke and ash known as a pyrocumulonimbus. Usually formed during volcanic eruptions, it generates its own wind and lightning, making the fire even more unpredictable. Jerome Steffe, mayor of Cestas, south of Bordeaux, told the BBC this is ‘the fire of the century’. Spain also faces a ‘decisive’ 24 hours to control infernos before temperatures soar once more. Some 360,000 people have already been evacuated across the two countries. Satellite pho- tos show hectares of once-verdant forest razed to the ground. The Mail has been on the front- line witnessing first-hand the destruction wrought in Gironde,
‘Weather means it will start again’
south-west France. Gutted cars and homes lined the D106 high- way between the Cap Ferret pen- insula and Bordeaux. A villa near the town of Blagon had collapsed in on itself, while masonry and burnt metal littered a garden, as the remains of a Toyota stood on the driveway. An eerie calm pervaded as the country is bracing for the flames to whip up once more tomorrow. Prince William yesterday said his and Catherine’s thoughts ‘are with everyone affected by the devastating wildfires’. Writing on social media, he described the blazes as ‘a stark reminder of the challenges posed by an increas- ingly extreme climate’. The French army deployed ten armoured Centaure crisis- response vehicles to the region last night. Each weighing 14.5 tonnes they can navigate extreme heat to clear roads. Hadja Lahbib, a European commissioner, said: ‘It’s a race against time that our teams are conducting on the ground with the French.’ The blazes have so far ripped through 150,000 hectares in Spain and 116,085 in France. Some 88 firefighters have been injured in Gironde alone, and 240 homes destroyed. At least 13 people have died in Spain. French forecaster La Chaine Meteo said the new
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been ‘learning how to live with Parkinson’s’. Her health problems began with arthritis in her knees and one hip, all of which were replaced. But when she was still unable to recover her mobility, she was diagnosed with the progres- sive brain disease. During treatment for it, she also found she had basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer, on her face. In a statement first released to
raging ‘fire cloud’
of time to tackle blazes four times the size of Paris
Ashen: Despair in Gironde, France
Inferno: Spain’s military tackle a huge wildfire near Navas del Rey, 34 miles from Madrid
Scorched: A gutted villa and swimming pool close to Bordeaux
heatwave was ‘very bad news’ and the fires could only worsen. Philippe de Gonneville, the mayor of the village of Lege-Cap- Ferret, said: ‘The war is not over.
All the conditions are in place for the fire to start again.’ A volunteer army of farmers, wine growers and tradesmen are fighting to prevent the blaze
People magazine, the pop star said although the cancer was removed, it changed how she looked. ‘I have always been more critical of my appearance than anyone else could possibly imagine (check out the irony of having writ- ten You’re So Vain), and this gave my inner critic quite a lot of new material,’ she said. ‘These days I move more slowly, I lean on others more than I once did, and I have learned to accept that every day will look a little different. But I am still very much here.’
Pictures: T M CLARKE
‘At last he’s stopped banging on about the summer of ’76 ’
reaching Bordeaux, and tourists are urged to stay away. Florent Debroucker, 52, usually runs a landscaping business in Eysines, but for the past 48 hours
Fighting on: Carly Simon
he has been extinguishing small fires with four other volunteers. They were dousing scrubland just off the D106 with hoses sup- plied by tanks on pickup trucks. Mr Debroucker said: ‘We’re just doing our part. We can be out until as late as 3am but if we can stop the fire then it’s worth it.’ Spanish interior minister Fer- nando Grande-Marlaska said yesterday: ‘Today and tomorrow are absolutely decisive, because from Wednesday the weather forecasts become highly unfa- vourable for firefighting efforts.’ It comes as Britain faces a fourth heatwave from today. Tempera- tures are set to reach 33C (91.4F) in parts of southern England tomorrow amid fears of wildfires. Amber health alerts are in place for the East Midlands, east of England and London until 9am Friday, while yellow warnings remain for the Midlands, York- shire and the Humber.
to meet Zelensky in Portsmouth
Schools urged to get pupils ready for jobs ... not just university
By Jason Groves Political Editor
THE Prime Minister will today order schools to put a new focus on technical education as he ditches New Labour’s push to send half of youngsters to university. Andy Burnham will say society should ‘value the hard hat as much as the graduation cap’. He will tell schools to adapt their curriculum to meet the needs of local employers. From the age of 14, pupils will be offered the chance to focus on technical education along- side ‘core’ subjects such as maths and English, instead of pursuing a more academic route. This could include work placements with local employ- ers during the school day. Ofsted inspectors will also be told to change the way they rate schools to put more emphasis on preparing young people for the workplace. Mr Burnham will argue the shift in emphasis could help tackle soaring youth unem- ployment, which has left more than one million young people not in employment, education or training so-called Neets. It represents a significant break with Tony Blair’s con- troversial target of sending 50 per cent of young people to university. The target was effectively ditched by the last Conservative government. And Mr Burnham, who stud- ied English at Cambridge Uni- versity, will today suggest the
JUST days after his 38-minute flight to open his No 10 North in Manchester, Andy Burnham was back in the air yesterday for a 37-minute hop to meet Volodymyr Zelensky. Flight records show a Government plane departed Manchester airport at 10.49am, landing in Southampton at 11.26am. The Prime Minister later met the Ukrainian president at nearby Portsmouth’s naval base alongside Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband. Mr Burnham prompted accusations of hypocrisy by taking a Government plane from Glasgow to Manchester on Friday – with Labour previously criticising the Tories over their use of domestic flights. And it appears he and his visiting counter- part failed to consult over their wardrobes,
Stay: PM and Axel Premier puss: Larry
target was a mistake which has ‘let down’ many non-aca- demic youngsters and fuelled Britain’s skills shortage. The PM will tell youngsters: ‘Whether you choose construc- tion, coding or classics, you’ll get the skills you need and be given the respect you deserve.’ Mr Burnham will pitch the plan as part of a ‘major
‘Fixing youth unemployment’
shake-up’ to fix the ‘youth unemployment crisis’. He will argue that it could one day help reduce the benefits bill. In the short term, he risked a fight with Labour MPs after warning Britain ‘must get really serious’ about curbing welfare. The Prime Minister suggested his plans for reform could make payments more
the PM’s pooch
HAVING outlasted six prime ministers since arriving at Downing Street in February 2011, Larry the cat is a constant presence among much change. So much so that Andy Burnham has said his bichon frise-poodle cross Axel will have to stay up north because he ‘wouldn’t get on’ with the moggy. Addressing the ‘big decision’, the PM told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: ‘He’s kind of got that angry little man thing going on. He wouldn’t get on with Larry, let me put it that way.’
‘conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented in front of them’. The number of people in England and Wales claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the main disa- bility benefit, has passed four million for the first time, with spending on it forecast to rise to more than £41billion by the end of the decade. It has been revealed teenag- ers claiming PIP for conditions such as anxiety receive £100 a week more than part-time workers on a minimum wage. Keir Starmer’s efforts to tighten PIP rules were derailed last year by a rebellion from his backbenchers. But Mr Burn- ham suggested he is ready to make a renewed case. He is also expected this week to make an intervention on the one million Neets. ‘I think we’ve got to get really serious as a country at getting the wel-
By Greg Heffer
with both in all-black attire. The Prime Minis- ter said Ukraine could count on Britain ‘for as long as it takes’. He also told reporters that he intends to visit the country ‘soon’ – but gave no indication when that would be. He said: ‘Volodymyr, you are the first leader I have welcomed in person since taking office, and that is no accident. It is intended to send a very clear message: we are with Ukraine 100 per cent, I am personally with you 100 per cent, and I will honour every commit- ment this country has made to Ukraine in full.’ Mr Zelensky said the relationship between the two countries is ‘stronger than ever’, thanking Mr Burnham for his commitment.
fare bill down,’ the PM said in an interview with the BBC. Asked if there were people claiming benefits who don’t need them, Mr Burnham said: ‘I wouldn’t necessarily go straight to blaming those peo- ple. What I would say is that there are people in the benefit system, young people in their 20s, who have been quite seri- ously let down because the support wasn’t there for them when it should have been there. ‘So I’m talking about a school system that doesn’t have the right support for young people with special educational needs or disabilities. ‘I’m talking about an educa- tion system that for a very long time has been obsessed on the university route but hasn’t done enough... for young people who want technical qualifications and in many ways has treated them as second-class students.’
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to a death tax four times. If PM thinks they have changed their mind, he must CALL AN ELECTION
IKE Andy Burn- ham, I know what it’s like to care for an elderly loved one. When I was growing up, my grandmother Dorothy was diagnosed with a terminal case of the lung condition emphysema. Defying the odds, she lived for another nine years and, throughout that time, Nana Dorothy lived with my mum, dad, sister and me. They weren’t easy years. There was the oxygen tank, the prescriptions to collect, the hospital appointments to drive her to. Essentially, my mother was Nana’s full-time carer, and my father, my sister and I did what we could to help. But many older people won’t be lucky enough to have a
pensioner’s nightmare
relative as loving or caring as my mother. So I don’t doubt that Andy Burnham whose own father has Alzheimer’s and lives in a care home is sincere in wanting to ensure all elderly people have access to the appropriate level of care. But his proposals aren’t going to work in practice and they’re going to hurt the very people he wants to help. In short, the Prime Minister, who has not won a general elec- tion, wants Westminster to seize the job of providing social care from councils. He’ll then massively expand the sector, and to pay for this, he’ll introduce a new death tax. Plenty of older people are far from wealthy. My grandmother, for one, grew up in Liverpool, left school aged 13 and served as a volunteer fire warden dur- ing the Blitz around St Paul’s Cathedral. When she died, her estate wouldn’t have reached the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold. Despite her modest
Jenrick
means, she saved what she
could. Not for herself but so
that she could fulfil what she
saw as her duty: to pass on a
little to her family.
Under Andy Burnham’s
proposals, the sum of all the
elements of her estate her
savings account, the jar of coins
she kept in her room, her
jewellery would be taxed at
10 per cent.
Currently, less than one in 20
estates pays inheritance tax
but Burnham’s regressive levy
would be paid by everyone.
According to Reform’s calcu-
lations, some 650,000 families
per year would be dragged into
paying a tax when the
homeowner dies. This measure
Burnham’s poll tax would hit
the tiny bungalow and the
ex-council flat just as hard as a
great country pile.
I t’ s
e v e r y
p e n s i o n e r ’ s
worst nightmare.
Of course, it’s not hard to see
why Burnham is reaching for
this lever: Labour MPs
have repeatedly shown them-
selves incapable of cutting
wasteful spending.
Reform UK has set out how we
would make £45billion of savings
by cutting the spiralling benefits
bill, ending ridiculous Net Zero
subsidies, slashing foreign aid
for rich countries and tackling
the illegal migrant crisis.
But Burnham knows that if he
tries to enact any of these obvi-
ous savings, his backbenchers
will turn against him. Just as
they did with Starmer.
So he’s trapped. Unable to
borrow more because of spiral-
ling interest charges. Unable to
cut spending because of his
own MPs. The path of least
resistance is to raise tax. Again.
The care budget is already
around £34.5 billion. The Health
Foundation estimates the
universal provision of social
care he is proposing would add
another £18 billion by 2035.
There is no money to pay for
this. The Resolution Founda-
tion, a Labour-leaning think-
tank, reckons the pledges of the Prime Minister’s first week have cut the Government’s fiscal headroom the buffer the Chan- cellor has before he breaches spending rules from £23.6 bil- lion to £8 billion. I don’t fault Burnham for try- ing to improve social care. It’s a noble goal. But having moved himself into Downing Street without an election, he has no right to help himself to the nest eggs that my grandmother, and millions like her, spent a lifetime saving. Nothing was as important as family to my Nana. What she had, she gave to us. As her health failed, the thought that her grandchildren would inherit something no matter how small gave her great joy. But this tax would have robbed her of that consolation. As it would hundreds of thou- sands of pensioners each year. Perhaps that’s why every time this idea death taxes to pay for social care has been put to the country, it has been rejected. As health secretary, Burnham proposed the same levy on estates in 2010: Labour lost the election. He pressed for it again
spending due to his own MPs
before the 2015 election and Labour lost. Theresa May floated her own version, the so-called ‘dementia tax’ of 2017, and despite reversing it four days later she lost her majority. Labour had a third go with proposals for a National Care Service in 2019; it suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Four times this idea has gone before the British people. Four times they have said no. If Burnham thinks they’ve changed their mind, he should ask. Call an election and let the country answer the question for a fifth time. n Robert Jenrick is Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman.
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France
ONDON was riding the crest of a boom in the summer of 1986. Power dressing was in, wine bars were packed and house prices had risen by almost 20 per cent in a year. So, it’s no surprise to hear that when Suzy Lamplugh, 25, a former beautician on the QE2, applied for a job as an estate agent, she was ‘hired on the spot’. Suzy was middle-class, good-looking, with an effervescent personality, and her bosses weren’t slow to exploit these attributes. ‘The company puts me in the window desk, as the most attractive female,’ she later noted in her diary. ‘That’s how it is, the most attractive female on display for any man to see.’ It proved to be a distressingly prescient observation. Because on July 28, 1986 40 years ago today Suzy left her office in the upmarket area of Fulham for a 12.45pm view- ing of an empty house, with a client known only as ‘Mr Kipper’, never to be seen again. That night, her white Ford Fiesta was found a mile away in a quiet street that runs past Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham football club, with Suzy’s purse containing £15 still in the door pocket. But of the young woman herself there was no sign. To all intents and purposes, she had disap- peared off the face of the earth. The case of the Cheltenham-born, daugh- ter of a solicitor who grew up in London immediately attracted huge public interest and the local police force assigned 40 officers to its investigation. There was wall-to-wall media coverage as Suzy’s mother Diana emerged as a tireless campaigner on behalf of her missing daugh- ter and, in the years that followed, book publishers and TV documentary makers vied with each other to produce the most explosive exposes of the case. In a bid to explain why it caused such a sensation, one commentator observed: ‘The disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh sent a shiver down the spine of every young woman as people thought: “That could be me”.’ D
ESPITE interviewing dozens of witnesses, however, the police probe came to nothing. And today they will finally close their file on Britain’s biggest
in the charts. Suzy, who shared a flat with a male friend in Putney, was an outgoing type who enjoyed swimming, windsurfing, skiing, parties, restaurants, nightclubs and wine bars. She socialised at trendy hang- outs such as the Crocodile Tears Wine Bar three doors down from the office of her employer, Sturgis Estate Agents, at 654 Fulham Road and Tokyo Joe’s nightclub in Piccadilly. On the morning of her disap- pearance, she was concerned that she had mislaid her cheque book, pocket diary and a postcard, and had cancelled the cheques by phoning her bank. Shortly afterwards, the bank called back to tell her that the items had been found at a pub round the corner from her flat in Putney called the Prince of Wales and she spoke to a member of staff to arrange to pick them up at 6pm that evening. At 12.40pm, she left the office wearing a grey skirt, dark jacket and low heels, to fulfil an appoint- ment she had recorded in her diary as: ‘12.45 Mr Kipper 37 Shorrolds Road O/S’. Witnesses interviewed later reported that they has seen her arguing with a man outside a house in Shorrolds Road. Others
saw them walking away from the property a few minutes later. After Suzy failed to attend another appointment, her boss called her mother to ask if she had gone home for lunch. After hear- ing that she had not, the manager reported Suzy missing at 6.40pm. Her car was found abandoned with the doors unlocked and the handbrake off in Stevenage Road at 10pm. There were no unex- plained fingerprints and no signs of a struggle. The investigation into Suzy’s disappearance was closed in 1987 after failing to produce any leads and, despite the absence of a body, she was officially declared dead in 1993. B
UT that was not the end of the saga. In 2002, police named convicted killer John Cannan, who had a long record of violent and sexually motivated crimes and was in prison at the time, as their prime suspect. This was a highly unusual move, as the police rarely name suspects until they are charged, and a clear sign that Metropolitan Police detectives wanted to prosecute Cannan, a Bristol-based former public schoolboy. Cannan certainly
bore a resemblance to an e-fit of a man, thought to be the mysterious Mr Kipper, with whom Ms Lam- plugh was seen talking on the day she went missing, and he had access to a BMW of the type Mr Kipper is thought to have driven. There were also reports he had been nicknamed ‘Kipper’ during an earlier prison sentence because of his habit of taking frequent naps and, at the time of Ms Lamplugh’s disappearance, Cannan was on day release at a bail hostel in Fulham, having served seven years for rape. And when Cannan was first interviewed by murder detectives over Suzy’s disappearance, he bragged that there are ‘one or two things I haven’t been caught for’. What is more, Suzy’s mother Diana remembered her daughter being pestered by an unwanted suitor with links to Bristol who was sending her bouquets. But the Crown Prosecution Service considered this sort of circumstantial evidence insuffi- cient to justify a trial. In October 2023, the parole board ruled Cannan was too dangerous to release after hearing that, while the category A pris- oner still maintained his inno- cence, he had not engaged in any accredited jail programmes to
address the risk of reoffending. In a letter released by his lawyers in 2023, Cannan insisted he had been in Birmingham ‘treating my mother to a spot of lunch’ on the day Ms Lamplugh went missing. In November 2024, Cannan died in prison of natural causes aged 70, while serving life for the 1987 rape and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks, another infamous case of that era. The 29-year-old factory manager was abducted after heading out on a shopping trip in Bristol and her body was found in a shallow stream in Somerset more than six months later. Following Cannan’s death, a mother of two called Melanie Gregory came forward to claim that she had been kidnapped, raped and almost choked to death by the killer at the age of nine. Ms Gregory described how Can- nan grabbed her off the street, bundled her into an abandoned launderette and ‘gleefully fulfilled every sick sexual fantasy’ before she was able to escape. In 2018, cold case detectives searching for Ms Lamplugh’s remains excavated the garage of a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, once owned by his mother. The search was a response to a tip from an
PRIME SUSPECT
Convicted murderer: The late John Cannan, who bore a strong likeness to e-fit of ‘Mr Kipper’
inmate that Cannan may have buried Ms Lamplugh under the garden patio. Police twice carried out digs at sites in Worcestershire first near Norton Barracks in 2000 and then near the village of Drakes Broughton in 2010. They also mounted a week-long search in Quantock Hills, Somerset, an area known to Cannan and where Shirley Banks’ body was discov- ered. All without success. Cannan is known to have been writing books in prison, and Ms Lamplugh’s brother Richard once
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speculated that they might con- tain a ‘hidden message or a note’ about what happened to his sister. Officers also probed Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright’s links to Ms Lamplugh after it emerged the ex-steward and former beautician worked together on the QE2. Wright’s former wife, Diane Cole, said the pair knew each other, but police said Wright’s involvement was ‘not a strong line of inquiry’. Earlier this year, Wright was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years for the murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in 1999,
who disappeared after leaving a nightclub in Felixstowe, Suffolk. F
OR their part, Suzy’s family appear to be satisfied that Cannan was the man who murdered her. ‘When the police went forward with naming John Cannan, we all felt that was it for us and that was who it was,’ says her sister Lizzie. ‘As a family, we accepted that. ‘The amount of manpower that they’ve put into it they have
tried absolutely everything and are continuing to do so. You still feel that support.’ Tamsin insisted she had been ‘constantly amazed’ at the energy and resources deployed when ‘there are so many people that go missing’. She said: ‘We have to be grateful as a family that they have given us that time. You always wonder what happened to Suze.’ And the Lamplughs have cer- tainly done what they can to raise awareness of the dangers facing young women in modern society. Ms Lamplugh’s late parents, Paul and Diana who had seven grandchildren set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which is now the UK’s leading personal safety charity, with a particular focus on violence against women and girls. Since 2010, it has run the National Stalking Helpline, which has helped more than 100,000 victims since its inception. Suzy’s sister Lizzie, 56, who has three children, says when they left the family home for university all she could do was ‘make them aware’ of dangers, adding: ‘We see Suzy in them and her presence is always there. ‘When we are saying this [explaining safety concerns] it’s because we know and are more realistic about what’s out there. We’re very honest.’ Tamsin agrees: ‘All of the grand- children know about Suze and we have photographs everywhere. We talk about her all the time. There’s no point sugar-coating. It’s much better to be honest and realistic.’ Ms Lamplugh’s heartbroken mother Diana, 75, a fitness club manager, died in August 2011 after suffering a stroke following a battle with Alzheimer’s. Her father Paul passed away in June 2018 at the age of 87. Emma Lingley-Clark, interim CEO of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, said it was ‘a moment of sadness’ that, four decades on, the charity
Much missed: Suzy Lamplugh
(circled left, and above)
with her siblings, from left,
Richard, Tamsin and Lizzie
is still fighting to eliminate abuse, aggression and violence in society. Their campaigns raised greater awareness of stalking issues, which can lead men to kill women. The trust also influenced public policy and demanded the licens- ing of minicab and private hire vehicle drivers. Ms Lingley-Clark adds: ‘Diana believed as she found out more about stalking that that’s what happened to Suzy. Diana and Paul started something which arose out of a tragedy but really took it upon themselves to make sure what happened to Suzy didn’t happen to anyone else. ‘Forty years should have been enough, but yet we continue to have violence, abuse and aggres- sion in workplaces, the street and at home.’ A
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Lamplugh’s closest loved
ones gathered at Tamsin’s
house in May on what would
have been Suzy’s 65th birthday
for a celebration of her life, raising
a few glasses of champagne.
There were equal amounts of
tears and laughter as an ‘uplifting’
slideshow of photos and cinefilm
of her taken from birth until she
vanished were shown. Lizzie and
Richard, now 66, gave emotional
speeches. Today, the family will
spend the afternoon in quiet
reflection with a minute’s silence
at 12.40pm, the time she left work
to meet Mr Kipper.
Because Ms Lamplugh’s body
has never been recovered
despite the police testing the DNA of 800 unidentified bodies and skeletal remains that matched her description the only physical focal point of their grief is a stained glass window at All Saints Church in East Sheen, which was commissioned by Diana and Paul, who were members of its congregation. ‘Every year is the same for us in terms of we’ve had ten years, 20, 30 and now it’s 40,’ says Lizzie. ‘More than looking back, we’ve been so happy that we had Suzy in our lives for 25 years. ‘For us Suzy’s life was not wasted. It may just be her name that is helping people now [through the trust] but it’s an amazing thing. ‘Mum and Dad wanted to raise awareness of something that most didn’t believe could happen: that you’d disappear during your own work day.’
It’s time the LGBT activists obsessed with Palestine took off their keffiyehs and faced down an Islamist ideology that wants them dead
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is rapidly turning into a robber baron
IF YOU are aspirational, own a property, have saved prudently into a pension and hope to leave a little to your children after you’ve gone… be afraid. If you also happen to live in the South of England, be very afraid. Andy Burnham has you in his sights. While we have no detail of which taxes the self-styled King of the North will dream up or increase to fund his ‘new economic model’, he has floated a number of possibilities – all of them worrying. In a showcase BBC interview, he strongly hinted that southern homeowners should pay more in council tax than the rest of the country because they live in more expensive properties. What he failed to mention is that they also have bigger mortgages and pay more income tax. And if they commute into the capital, they must pay either eye-watering public transport costs or, if they drive, punitive ULEZ, congestion zone and parking charges. London and the South East already contribute 45 per cent of the UK’s total income tax bill, with much of that flowing to less affluent regions. (Incidentally, the North West, which includes Manchester and Liverpool, contributes under 8 per cent.) He should be proud that the South is working so hard for Britain. Instead, he’s so fixated on the politics of envy that he risks throttling the golden goose. He might also consider the possibility that many Tory councils charge lower council tax because they are more careful with their spending than Labour and employ fewer staff in spurious diversity, outreach and public relations roles.
In addition, though southern middle-class householders may live in relatively valuable properties, they are not all cash rich. Higher taxes could well force some out of their homes. Is that Mr Burnham’s idea of fairness? Then there is the new PM’s plan to provide a social care service free at the point of need. A laudable notion but, again, where’s the money coming from? He has let it be known he favours a ‘national care levy’ on all estates – otherwise known as a death tax. A figure of 10 per cent has been mooted, but is that to replace existing inheritance tax, or in addition to it? Rachel Reeves has already fleeced private pensioners like a demented sheep shearer. Under pre-existing rules, any money left in a pension fund after death can be left to children or grandchildren inheritance tax-free. But from April, if you are over 75 when you die, any remaining pension will be subject first to IHT at 40 per cent, then income tax when it is drawn down. A further 10 per cent levy would mean it had been taxed three times. IHT is one of the most hated of all taxes. This would make it the most iniquitous. It’s true of course that these are merely spectres of things foretold. We don’t know exactly what Mr Burnham will do because he became Prime Minister in a party coup rather than after an election. He didn’t even stand as an MP in 2024, so although he pays lip service to honouring Labour’s manifesto, it’s clear he has massive tax-raising plans. If he had any respect for democracy, he would put those plans to the people in a general election. But he hasn’t, and he won’t. He may fancy himself as the King of the North but, after just a week in Downing Street, he’s looking more like a robber baron.
CROSS most of
t h e
M u s l i m
world, being gay
is not a picnic. In
A f g h a n i s t a n ,
t h e
Taliban imposes the
death penalty on any-
one convicted of same-
sex relations, including
public stonings.
Saudi Arabia and Iran
have also executed large
numbers of gay people in
recent years, including by
public stoning – while
several other countries,
among them tourist
favourites such as Egypt,
Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates, all keep the death
penalty for homosexuality
on their statute books.
When Isis controlled parts
of Iraq and Syria during the
2010s, the authorities
murdered gay men by throw-
ing them off tall buildings. In
Gaza, today, Hamas tortures
and executes gay people for
‘moral violations’. (Yet Israel,
anathema to many Left-wing-
ers, hosts some of the largest
and safest gay pride parades
in the world.)
Predictably, many Muslims
who now live in Europe
remain implacably opposed
to homosexuality. A 2016 poll
of British Muslims found
52 per cent believed it should
be illegal in Britain.
Such prejudices can spiral
into murder. In 2022, two
people were killed and 21
wounded in a mass shooting
at a Pride event in Oslo,
Norway, by an Isis terrorist
screaming ‘Allahu akbar’.
And at the weekend, of
course, a radical Islamist
named Abdul Ballout
savagely attacked Berlin’s
Pride parade by mowing
down a crowd in his van
before getting out and
waving a blade, thought to
be a machete. One woman
was killed and at least 29
others were injured.
Rampage
Ballout, who was killed on
Sunday following a police
manhunt, was a self-
described Islamist who tried
to join the fake caliphate of
Isis. Local authorities have
been at pains to call him a
‘German citizen’, though his
background is Lebanese.
Although there are millions
of tolerant, decent Muslims
around the world, radical
Islam abhors homosexuality
and, in its extreme moments,
wants to see gays killed.
So it might seem odd that
huge numbers of ‘LGBT’
campaigners have in recent
years become bizarrely
obsessed with Islam. On the
same day as Ballout’s mur-
derous rampage in Berlin, I
attended a ‘trans rights’ rally
in Trafalgar Square as a
reporter, where thousands of
activists had gathered.
Amid the cries of ‘Death to
Terfs’ (women like me who
believe biological sex is real)
and calls to ‘behead’ Queen
Camilla and feminist Harry
Potter author J.K. Rowling
(after the two posed for a
picture), I saw thousands
upon thousands of keffiyehs.
The tasselled black-and-
white scarf, once the emblem
of terrorists such as the late
Palestinian Liberation
Organisation leader Yasser
Arafat, is now worn, like a
trendy pashmina, to signal
one’s Left-wing politics. (The keffiyeh is now so ubiquitous on Pride marches that it wouldn’t surprise me if its motif ended up being added to the increasingly unwieldy rainbow flag.) At this ugly and intolerant demo, I caught sight of ‘Sarah Jane Baker’, a trans-identified male and self-defined ‘anti-capitalist’. Baker is Britain’s longest serving trans prisoner, currently out of jail on licence for the attempted murder of another inmate. Following various medical treatments, this individual now has breasts, and had chosen to expose them on the march to display a slogan, scrawled in red felt- tip pen: ‘Free Gaza’. Well, that just sums it up, doesn’t it? You don’t have to think too hard to imagine what some ‘freed Gazans’ would do to a person like Sarah Jane Baker if they ever got hold of them. Oppressed Inside the Green Party, it’s much the same thing. The leader, populist rabble-rouser Zack Polanski, is openly gay and has danced at (yet another) ‘anti far-Right’ rally in Trafalgar Square alongside a man wearing leather chaps, and not much else. Yet in a near-perfect illus- tration of the bizarre alliance between the far-Left and political Islam, the Greens’ deputy leader, Mothin Ali, is a strict Muslim who wears traditional Islamic garb, as well the keffiyeh, and whose wife is covered from head to foot in a niqab. Finally, ‘Queers for Pales- tine’, the surprisingly large movement of far-Left activists not all of whom are gay who support what
Bindel
t h e y
s e e
a s
a n o t h e r
‘oppressed’ minority. As
others have pointed out,
‘Queers for Palestine’ might
as well be a sister group for
‘Turkeys for Christmas’.
But this isn’t a joke any
more. Last weekend’s atroc-
ity in Berlin should be the
moment the ‘LGBTQ’ lobby,
and the wider Left, recognise
their true enemy: radical
Islam, and the issues the West
now faces having imported
millions of people from dis-
tant lands who to put it
mildly hold different opin-
ions on sexual liberalism.
Instead, many of these
same campaigners are
actively allying themselves
with radical Islam, in many
cases blaming a phantom
‘far-Right’ for the mounting
dangers they face.
Incredibly, Labour minister
Chris Bryant, who is gay,
wrote online after Berlin:
‘This horrific event shows
why we still need Pride.’
Bryant was asked directly
by an online commentator:
‘What ideology committed
this crime? Be honest.’ He
replied, dishonestly: ‘Hatred.’
Defence Secretary Wes
Streeting said much the
same thing, while offering
scant comfort this
his
‘thoughts and prayers’.
To her disgrace, Labour MP
Kate Osbourne went further
still, claiming a direct line
could be drawn from Nigel
Farage’s Reform Party and,
in her own phrasing, ‘GB
News spouting nonsense’ to
the Islamist attack in Berlin.
‘We see these patterns
emerging across Europe,’
Osbourne claimed. ‘An
escalation of hate and verbal
attacks online act as a
catalyst for real-world
physical violence.’ None of
them was prepared to state
in plain terms what the issue
actually is. Radical Islamism, you might say, is the hate that dare not speak its name. As a young woman back in the 1980s, I marched for gay rights. I was spat at, sexually assaulted by men to ‘turn’ me straight and beaten up more than once. But after a raft of legisla- tion published by both Labour and Tory govern- ments from the 1990s to the 2010s, those rights are now secured. British society has changed immeasurably for the better. Tyranny So now we need something else. Not more ‘Pride’, as Bryant and Streeting claim but a fearless willingness first to name and second to address the problems wrought by the mass impor- tation of the more extreme sections of religious groups that abhor British values of decency and tolerance. There are signs that some people are belatedly realis- ing this. I disagree about many things with veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell. But he was right to say yesterday: ‘The Berlin Pride terrorist was a far-Right Islamist. Islamism is reli- gious fascism. It menaces Jews, women, LGBTs and liberal Muslims. Shamefully, much of the Western Left never fights Islamism and the tyranny of Sharia law.’ Similarly, a poll in March this year found Reform still seen as the most pro-British, anti-immigration major party is by far the most popular with gay men in Britain, way ahead of Labour, the Greens and the Tories. But whatever your politics, it’s high time those LGBT activists put down their keffiyehs and opposed a radical ideology that wants them dead. If they do not, those terrible scenes in Ber- lin will presage far worse atrocities closer to home. n Julie Bindel is a journalist and feminist campaigner.
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in Majorca
violent as police fire rubber bullets into rally of 25,000
By Perkin Amalaraj
ANTI-TOURISM activists clashed with riot police as 25,000 protesters took to the streets in Majorca. Eight people were hurt after trouble flared in the capital Palma during a demonstration over the huge numbers of holi- daymakers who flock there. Two were taken to hospital and one was left with a bleeding head wound. They claim the Spanish island, which receives six million
‘Being forced
off our island’
visitors during the peak summer months, has ‘reached its limit’. One video from the weekend clashes saw a protester being hit with a baton, before another jumped at a police officer. Tensions began to rise when police closed Ses Voltes, a square near the city’s cathedral where the march’s organisers were due to read out their ‘manifesto’. After rioters threw bottles at officers, rubber bullets were fired into the crowd. Demonstrators
Flashpoint: Riot police raise their batons as trouble escalates
held slogans including ‘tourism = destruction’, ‘tourists go home’, ‘save Majorca’ and ‘less tourism, more life’. One placard showed a picture of a gun with the words: ‘Forced to live in struggle.’ They are pushing for an end to mass tourism, claiming it has made their lives intolerable, and demanding better housing for locals. While police put the figure
at 25,000, organisers said 70,000
attended, adding: ‘There is no
room... for more cars, no room for
more hotels, no room for more
tourist rentals, coffee franchises,
fast food or cheesecake shops
and no room for more tourists.’
Some 100,000 properties are
devoted to legal or illegal tourist
rentals in Majorca, they said,
adding: ‘Not being able to have a
On the march: Campaigners take to the streets of Palma
dignified life forces us off our island, more and more of us are being pushed to leave.’ It is the third summer in a row that mass anti-tourism protests have been seen on the island, with demonstrations also taking place in Barcelona, Granada and San Sebastian on Sunday. There was a backlash this month after campaign groups Arran Majorca and Menys Turisme, Mes Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) encouraged protesters to target businesses. A Manual for Action Against Touristification detailed how to identify places for ‘non- violent direct action’, with estate agents and hotels top of the list. Photographs of any acts of pro- test are being encouraged so they can be shared on social media. The Majorca Hoteliers Federa- tion, the College of Estate Agents and the Confederation of Balearic Business Associations all con- demned the action, saying it goes beyond disagreement to ‘vandal- ism and sabotage’ and ‘fuels a climate of confrontation’.
could help children with allergies to eat normally
By Zoe Hardy
A DRUG used to treat asthma could allow hundreds of thou- sands of children with allergies to eat previously unsafe foods. A study found that omali- zumab can prevent reactions to not just accidental exposure but full portions of ‘triggering’ foods in a third of patients. Sufferers are usually advised to avoid eating foods they are allergic to – even if they are on treatment to help them better tolerate small exposures. But even a small amount of cross-contamination can be enough to trigger a fatal reac- tion, known as anaphylaxis. This reaction causes the throat and tongue to swell,
‘Less likely to suffer reaction’
blocking the airway and result- ing in loss of consciousness and suffocation. Others can go into cardiac arrest. But American researchers from Stanford Medicine have now found a way of reducing the likelihood of anaphylaxis, hospital treatment and even death. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, followed 117 participants, with an average age of seven. All were allergic to peanuts and at least two other foods, including milk, eggs, wheat, cashews, hazelnuts and walnuts. They found that participants taking omalizumab were signif- icantly less likely to suffer an allergic reaction than those treated with immunotherapy. The researchers said: ‘This is very encouraging because it shows that we have treatment choices for our patients.’
fashion for her very pricey casual look...
Family photoshoot: The Rooneys’ youngest son Cass, left, made his modelling debut alongside his mother for her new children’s range
SHE is the face of a Primark campaign selling T-shirts for £6 and shoes for £15. But when it comes to her own wardrobe, Coleen Rooney opts for more up-market pieces – and prices. She was seen in Wilmslow, near her £20million Cheshire mansion, wearing a £1,420 Miu Miu pink polo shirt and a pair of netted pumps from Alaia which cost £850. The wife of former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney chatted on the phone as she headed back to her car. The second By Coleen collection is available from today, after Mrs Rooney, 40, signed a multi- million-pound deal earlier this year. Her youngest son, Cass, eight, mod-
Britain for 2 decades
THE number of million- aires in Britain has fallen to the lowest level in two decades as Labour’s taxes drive wealth creators away. Figures from the Adam Smith Institute (ASI), a free-market think-tank, found there were 442,000 millionaires in the UK, down by 7 per cent from 2024. It was the smallest number since the 2008 financial crisis and showed that calls for Andy Burnham to introduce a wealth tax were ‘particularly mis- guided’, the study concluded. Reasons for the decline include ‘high levels of current taxation, threats of further increases (including a wealth
By Dolly Busby Showbusiness Correspondent
els in the campaign. Talking about the tie-up with Primark, Mrs Rooney was enthusiastically on message. ‘As a mum to four children, I wanted the collection to feel stylish yet practical, and working with a brand like Primark that so many of my followers shop with was really important to me,’ she explained. And she went on: ‘My friends all loved the first By Coleen collection, so I can’t wait for them to see the next one. ‘My family are very proud of me with this collaboration, and having Cass as part of the kidswear photo- shoot was such a special moment.’
By John-Paul Ford Rojas Deputy Business Editor
tax), the abolition of the non- dom regime, and a culture which is hostile to wealth-cre- ators,’ the report said. Also responsible are a fall in asset prices and a lower household savings rate. It highlighted the damage being caused by the exodus, with the highest 1 per cent of earners paying 29 per cent of income tax. The analysis compares the number of adult British resi- dents who have at least £1 mil- lion in assets, including pen- sions and property. On the wealth tax, it said: ‘France, Austria, and the Netherlands all abandoned theirs after seeing vast out-
Designer: Coleen Rooney near her Cheshire home. Her Primark collection is out today
flows of millionaires or other avoidance behaviour. Given Britain is already haemor- rhaging wealth, we could only expect similar results here. Every millionaire that leaves is a loss to the country.’ Tory business spokesman Andrew Griffith said: ‘Every- one should care about Britain
‘Voting with their feet’
having fewer millionaires to contribute to the tax pot and creating jobs and businesses here. It’s a competitive world and when young and ambi- tious people are voting with their feet and leaving your country that’s a shameful
sign.’ The report said that measures to reverse the trend, should include the abolition of inheritance tax and cuts to capital gains tax. Mitchell Palmer, of the ASI, said: ‘The decline in million- aires may be greeted as a suc- cess by some on the Left, but it should instead be viewed as a warning signal. Every mil- lionaire that leaves means less capital for British businesses, fewer international connec- tions and weaker entrepre- neurial spirit in the economy.’ And James Quarmby, a part- ner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, said the findings ‘should be a matter of great concern’, adding: ‘It is this cohort which is crucial to pri- vate sector businesses and consequently to our tax base.’
Hardcastle
EMBARRASSED blushes at the BBC as the King and Queen emerged from Doctor Who’s Tardis at the Commonwealth Games opening. Originally the Beeb had been delighted at Charles and Camilla’s royal seal of approval for the show. It was meant to dovetail with trumpeting the identity of the new doctor replacing Ncuti Gatwa, as well as unveiling the first Christmas special since 2024 and trailing a new series due next year. Alas, no new Doctor has been found, the Christmas special has been abandoned, Disney hasn’t renewed its Doctor Who deal with the BBC, and the future of the programme hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, with the BBC losing live coverage rights of the Games to TNT, most BBC loyalists will have missed the Tardis’s royal encounter anyway.
LATE Goodies star Bill Oddie proudly noted that the comedy series was among King Charles’s favourites, once adding: ‘We know that Charles volun- teered to be on the show, that he once met Tim Brooke-Taylor, who had played him on the show.’ Bill cheekily added: ‘It’s possible his mother was so angry that he would demean himself that she said, “I never want that programme to be shown again”.’ Bill went to his grave believing the BBC duly obliged.
MISCHIEVOUSLY crediting Dame Joan Collins for kick-starting her holiday-presenting career 25 years ago when she suddenly landed a show in Normandy, Kate Humble, pictured, explains: ‘Joan Collins used to do holiday films and I can imagine her agent had said, “Do you want to do a film in France on a boat?” And she’d imagined a yacht in Saint-Tropez, and then when she found out it was a barge in Normandy she was suddenly busy.’
BLIND comic Chris McCausland tells Radio Times about the joys of artificial intelligence. ‘I can even hold up a shirt and ask AI, “Is this clean?”,’ he says. ‘It’ll say, “It’s clean but it could do with iron- ing” and I’ll go, “I don’t care about creases,” and put the shirt on.’ How long before fastidious AI can put Chris under house arrest and prevent him leaving home in a crumpled blouse?
UNIMPRESSED by 1970s Bond girl Trina Parks suggesting the next 007 should be monogamous to ‘reflect the modern world’, writer and movie buff Petronella Wyatt witheringly concludes: ‘What would be the point of him then? Why not make Bond teetotal, vegan and a Labour voter as well?’ Shouldn’t the next 007 adventure include a posh Woodbine-puffing, cocktail-quaffing temptress called Petsy Galore?
ALAN Carr declines to name his mother’s friend who referred to his roly-poly childhood appearance. ‘“Alan, you hav- en’t got any wrinkles”, then she went, “you don’t get creases on a balloon”.’ He recalls in a podcast: ‘I went “thanks for that”. It was only when I was half way down the road I went “you bitch”.’
close after 70 years as its £2.8million funding is slashed
Pioneer: The Unesco World Heritage site faces insolvency
THE Jodrell Bank Observa- tory – home to the UK’s largest telescope – could be forced to close because of spending cuts. The Unesco World Heritage site, which has housed the famous Lovell telescope for nearly 70 years, has lost its fund- ing and is facing insolvency. Scientists, including Professor Brian Cox, have described the decision as ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘scientifically misguided’. Observations at the site near Macclesfield in Cheshire, will end on April 1, 2028, unless new funding can be found. The UK Research and Innova- tion agency (UKRI), the body behind the observatory, said it had to prioritise investment on pro-
‘Hasty and ill-considered’
jects that deliver ‘the greatest long term impact’. Closing the site would put 28 jobs at risk but could affect almost 3,000 scientists who use the obser- vatory as part of their research. Founded in 1945, Jodrell Bank pioneered the study of galaxies through radio astronomy. It was also used during the Cold War to monitor Soviet missiles. The UKRI said it had to cut the site’s £2.8million budget because of rising research and running costs, the BBC reported. Professor Cox, a presenter of pro- grammes such as BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, and professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester which owns and operates Jodrell Bank Observatory described the cuts
jobs – it’ll boost work
AI WON’T replace humans but can help them do their jobs bet- ter, a Big Pharma boss claimed. Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca – one of Britain’s biggest companies – does not expect a ‘big reduction’ in jobs due to the technology. Instead, he said artificial intelli- gence will enhance what humans already do and help ‘make people smarter and faster’. Mr Soriot added: ‘I personally think this story about AI killing jobs is a bit of a fake story.’ His comments come after sev- eral major employers announced they are replacing certain roles with AI. Last week British Gas
By Joshua Haining
as ‘hasty and ill-considered’. He added: ‘The damage to the UK’s science base has already been sub- stantial. I am astonished that UKRI are still ploughing ahead.’ Professor Michele Dougherty, executive chairman of the science and technology branch of UKRI, said that funding cuts ‘are never easy’. ‘The situation does require some tough, but necessary, decisions. ‘These are never easy choices, but we have made what we feel are the right decisions.’ The announcement comes amid a 2.7 per cent cut over the next four years to astronomy, nuclear and particle physics research. There will also be a 20 per cent cut to the UK’s participation in the Vera Rubin telescope in Chile, which is helping make the first film of the universe. Professor Sarah Sharples, from the University of Manchester, said: ‘We are working to find alternative sources of funding from govern- ment, from industry, from chari- ties, from philanthropy. ‘But, if we don’t find those alter- native sources of funding, then there is a risk that the Lovell telescope will not be an actively functioning scientific facility.’ Over the years, the Lovell tele- scope has received continuous upgrades, keeping it at the fore- front of astronomical research. The third largest steerable radio telescope in the world, which has stood at Jodrell Bank since 1957, was further bolstered when it was connected to six other telescopes in England, as part of the e-Merlin network. This consists of telescopes up and down the country, operated by the University of Manchester.
By Emily Hawkins
owner Centrica said it would axe 1,300 jobs over the next two years as part of a rejig with ‘targeted deployment of AI tools’. Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey has also spoken of his fears that AI could ‘destroy jobs’. But Mr Soriot, who oversees a workforce of 10,000 in the UK out of 130,000 worldwide, said AI use was ‘driving further productivity, making our people more efficient and reducing bureaucracy’. However Mr Soriot said there were areas and tasks ‘that will be impacted and where headcounts may reduce’ due to AI.
Stevens
F
EW people were ever
more multi-talented than
Bill Oddie. A ferociously
funny, slapstick comedian
and stinging satirist with The
Goodies, he also wrote their
string of novelty hits before rein-
venting himself as television’s
best-loved bird-watcher.
Yet Bill, who has died aged 85, was
not always able to take much pleas-
ure in his success. Plagued by fits of
depression throughout his life,
which escalated into suicidal lows as
he got older, he too often lashed out
at people around him, whether
friends, fans or family.
He deplored this tendency and fought
against it. But he was never quite able to
accept how well-liked he was. Apart
from his wife and three adored daugh-
ters, the one thing that gave him respite
from the waves of sadness was his love of
birds. Watching them, he lost himself.
Visitors to his home on the edge of
Hampstead Heath were ushered into
his den at the back of the house, with a
couple of chairs crammed among the
drumkit, electric guitars, heaps of
books and a clutter of paraphernalia
from his life in television.
The sign on the door warned of a
‘Grumpy Old Man’ inside. Whenever I
interviewed him, the undercurrent of
irritability was there Bill didn’t suffer
fools but more obvious was the need
to be distracted from himself.
His attention was constantly drawn
to the window and when a robin
alighted on the sill he was thrilled, bub-
bling with excitement.
He told me one of his favourite mem-
ories was as a student at Cambridge:
‘One night in 1961, I was making my
way back to my rooms at Pembroke
College when I realised the air was alive
with bird calls.
‘I stared up into the night and real-
ised that the sky over my head was full
of the calls of Scandinavian migrants
redwings, golden plover, lapwings,
snow buntings and many more, arriv-
ing on an easterly airstream. I was
transfixed for at least two hours.’
C
AMBRIDGE was the begin- ning of a chaotically brilliant comedy career. With fellow students in the Footlights Society, including Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and John Cleese, he wrote and starred in a BBC radio show called I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again. He wrote for TV’s Doctor In The House and That Was The Week That Was, and co-starred with Brooke-Taylor and Garden in a BBC2 sketch show called Broaden Your Mind with Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The latter two joined Monty Python, while Bill and the others formed The Good- ies which immediately proved far more popular. All three played cartoon versions of themselves. Part of the show’s success was down to its appeal to children. The Goodies were almost a tra- ditional nuclear 1970s family: Graeme the wildly brainy but slightly aloof father, Tim the fussy, tearful mum in a Union Jack pina- fore, and Bill a demanding, trucu- lent toddler in bell-bottom dunga- rees and hippy hairdo. Their trademark was a three- seater bicycle. While Tim and Graeme were pedalling like mad, Bill loafed at the back with his
were so funny fans literally died laughing. But Bill Oddie was cursed by a melancholy that only his love of birds could lift him out of
feet up on the handlebars. From their Cricklewood offices, they ran an agency that promised to do ‘anything, any time, any- where’, from guarding the Crown Jewels to running a safari park and, unsuccessfully, preventing the end of the world. The show became BBC1’s most successful sitcom of the 1970s, with Christmas specials watched by almost half the country. They won the Silver Rose at the Mon- treux Light Entertainment Festi- val twice: the first time for one of the most memorable half-hours of BBC comedy ever Kitten Kong, in which they accidentally let loose a gigantic white fluffy
kitten on London. Inspired by silent comedy greats such as Buster Keaton, The Goodies rev- elled in slapstick comedy so uproarious that one of their fans literally died laughing. After a 1975 episode called Kung Fu Kapers aired, featuring a martial art from Yorkshire called Ecky Thump that used black puddings as truncheons, a woman in King’s Lynn wrote to the BBC to tell them her hus- band had laughed so much, he suffered a fatal heart attack. His last moments, she said, were happy ones. Their first novelty single, The Inbetweenies, charted at No 7 in
1974, and was followed by The Funky Gibbon a year later. That saw them appearing on Top Of The Pops, urging a studioful of teens to scratch their armpits and swing from imaginary branches. ‘Give me an Ooo, Ooo, Ooo,’ they chanted, and the whole country was doing it. They had another hit with the Osmonds send-up Nappy Love, and a couple of Christmas songs. But Bill struggled with the recog- nition that came with pop star- dom, and when accosted in pub- lic would sometimes refuse to admit who he was. ‘Not a good idea,’ he said in his self-lacerating autobiography, 30
rillian : oodies Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. Above: Happy watching feathered friends
B illi t G di G
years later. ‘I would appear per- verse, paranoid or hostile.’ His first marriage, to actress Jean Hart, broke up under the pressure of his frequent one- night stands. ‘I know we weren’t real pop stars,’ he said, ‘but we were certainly treated as though we were. I applied myself to the earlier lack of a “wild oats” period (I was a virgin till I was 18).’ The slow start to his love life was far from the worst aspect of his youth. Born in 1941, he was an only child, though his mother had previously suffered a late miscar- riage and then the death of a baby girl, aged just five days. Growing up in Rochdale, in a terraced house without a garden, he stayed away from home as much as he could. A fascination with birds began when he saw his first skylark. Aged about seven, he brought home a bird’s nest to show his parents Harry and Lilian, and found a scene of devastation, with smashed furniture, broken crockery, and blood on the walls. H
IS mother, in the throes of a psychotic illness, had attacked his father. She spent years in men- tal hospitals and Bill was never fully reconciled with her. When she died in 1990, he paid for her funeral but did not attend the service. By then, he was reinventing himself as the BBC’s bird-mad wildlife expert, a tubby, grumbly teddy bear who went gooey at the sight of a nestful of fledglings. In 2005, he became the first pre- senter of Springwatch, but acquired a reputation for being abrasive, sweary and difficult to manage. After a series of stand-up rows, including an argument with co-presenter Kate Humble, he was dropped from the show. The sacking hit him hard. ‘It precipitated an awful decline, the worst year of my life,’ he said. His wife Laura and their daugh- ter Rosie, along with his daugh- ters Kate and Bonnie from his first marriage, saw him retreat into a shell of misery. He attempted to take his own life, before he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Lithium helped, but his mental health remained delicate for the rest of his life. What really helped him was his garden and the birds he loved to see. ‘They give me joy,’ he told me. ‘Our very tame blackbird starts singing at about 5pm and I tend to go out there and stand under his tree, whistling back at him. ‘I can copy his notes, but I don’t have a hope of mimicking his beautiful tone. You’ll find me out there on many evenings... dueting with the blackbird.’
Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 28, 2026
There are two times of the year that threaten my new Mounjaro bikini body – and right now is one of them. Here’s my cunning plan to keep the pounds off...
Dorries S
INCE I lost more than two and
a half stone last year by
injecting the popular fat jab
Mounjaro, hardly a day goes
by without someone telling me how
well I look.
I’m not going to lie, I love it.
Last summer, my confidence was off the
scale as I strutted around the hotel swim-
ming pool clad in a bikini at the age of 68.
No longer did I awkwardly scoop up the
towels around me to ensure that every
wobbly bit was covered before I stood up
from the sun-lounger. Gone were the
head-to-toe tent-like kaftans I wore to
conceal every inch of my body.
You may not think two and a half stone is
that big a deal, but when you are a diminu-
tive 5ft tall, it’s life-changing. I believe that
the shorter you are, the easier it is to put
weight on and the harder it is to lose. Excess
weight literally has nowhere to hide.
I’m also proud of how well I have kept the
weight off since I stopped injecting myself in
October last year. At least once a week,
someone still comments on my weight and
asks the question: ‘Are you still on the jabs?’
And the answer has always been a firm and
honest ‘no’ because, most of the time, with
my newly slender body as motivation, I’ve
not found it particularly hard to eat well,
exercise occasionally and always walk the
dogs myself.
But twice a year it is a challenge: at
Christmas (who doesn’t find that hard?) and
during the summer holidays.
Christmas may have stronger associations
with rich, fattening food, but I am finding
the summer far trickier, largely because the
willpower has to last a lot longer.
The invitations increase, and the fridge in
the garage fills with rosé, beer and flavoured
tonic water, ready for the regular Friday
evening drinks parties I love to host. Then
there’s the travelling, where of course
enticing food is all part of the experience.
W
HEN I stopped jabbing, I set myself a target: that one year later by this coming October 2026 I would be the same weight of 8st 12lb. And I would do it through willpower alone. That’s still my goal, but really, I want to do a bit better than that and get down to just 8st 7lb. However, as the first heatwave hit, I became more than a little nervous about the task in hand. Over six weeks, my diary con- tained a wedding; a big anniversary party; the family holiday in Cornwall with my daughters, granddaughter, family friends and lots of children; my own holiday, a long
weekend away in Seville; plus a handful of drinks parties. What’s more, when the sun is shining and one of your close friends is the legendary socialite Nicky Haslam, those Friday night drinks are often repeated on a Sunday morning, too, albeit at his house. Honestly? I barely have a day off. To compound it all, I’ve been renovating my new cottage, which means I haven’t had a kitchen for four months and my life has been mildly chaotic to say the least. For weeks I’ve shared my home with gardeners, plumbers, electricians, decorators and a superb builder. It feels as though they’ve been here so long, I should list them on my self-assessment tax return as dependents. Meal planning has been non- existent. My kitchen fridge has been attached to a super-long extension lead and placed in a
shed, but I’ve barely used it.
Instead it’s been commandeered
for the storage of various revolting
energy drinks, milk for the endless
cups of tea the workers consume
and Gregg’s sausage rolls.
My superfood nutty salad wasn’t
comfortable sharing that space.
Hence, it’s been the perfect
excuse to spend more time in
coffee shops and restaurants,
which I love doing.
In fact, I’ve practically lived in
them. The best coffee shop in my
nearest local town knows my
complicated coffee order and has
it ready in the time it takes me to
walk from the car park to the
counter, where the cookie jars are
provocatively lined up before me.
Have you ever had an oaty,
buttery Anzac cookie? If not, you
haven’t lived. I, meanwhile, have
lived the full experience for all of
you and ate one every day for breakfast for two whole weeks until I had a word with myself. I then moved onto almond croissants, until one of my daughters decided to have a word with me, too. ‘The French eat croissants every day and they are all skinny,’ I told her. She insisted the French only eat croissants at weekends, but that cannot possibly be true since they bake so many every day. Still, she was obviously con- cerned that I’d been putting the weight back on, with all the subse- quent health risks which have afflicted me in the past, including pre-diabetes, high cholesterol and fatty deposits on my liver. It’s not just the cafe. My local pub has got to know me so well, I have my own table automatically allocated when I book online. The
waiter knows my drinks and food
order without him asking me. I’ve
eaten more steak and frites in the
past three months than I have in
my entire life.
It’s been noticed by my friend
Robert, who often joins me. ‘You
eat here a lot, don’t you?’ he said
the other day. ‘Do you want me to
starve?’ I replied. But starving is
one thing I have not been doing.
Suddenly, my jeans became
tight. Literally overnight.
I knew then that I had been in
freefall, and the building work was
just an excuse.
I stepped on the scales and the
inevitable was there, the big needle
heading in the wrong direction. I
was quite a few pounds over 9st. I
checked my BMI: it had nudged
back into the overweight category.
I felt like a total failure. Yes the
renovation has been a big project,
which has left me out of sorts with
myself and everyone around me.
For weeks I haven’t known where
anything is, not even my passport.
I’ve been stressed by the mess and
being asked to make a dozen
decisions a day knowing that a
wrong decision would cost me a
great deal of money.
But I had to hold myself account-
able. As I contemplated the reality
of the scales, my mood wasn’t
great and nor was I.
So I looked at my diary again.
Even if I got a grip immediately,
how could I enjoy my summer
trips and not exacerbate the
weight gain? The big buffet break-
fasts, the tasting menus in the
evening, the poolside club sand-
wiches? My October goal twinkled
on the horizon and then disap-
peared in a puff of icing sugar.
It was on a spa day with three
Pictures: LEZL +ROSE
Before the weight-loss jabs: As
she was prior to using Mounjaro
friends one scorching Sunday when a
solution was presented to me.
Full disclosure, all four of us have been
on the Mounjaro weight-loss journey
but one friend has done especially well.
That day she announced that since she’d
lost 4st, she hadn’t put a single ounce
back on.
‘How on earth have you managed that?
I asked her. Everyone has a couple of
pounds bounce back when they finish,
after all.
And then she dropped the M bomb (by
which I mean M-for-Mounjaro mainte-
nance). My friend takes 1.5mg of
Mounjaro
less than the minimum
regular dose every week in order to
dampen the food noise and maintain the
weight loss.
‘The doctor has told me to take 2.5mg,
but I don’t because I manage fine on a
1.5mg dose,’ she told me. ‘It keeps the
cost [which can be upwards of £200 a
month] right down and it works.’ She
went on to explain that she still eats three meals a day, but on the three days after she injects, she eats her meals off side plates because that’s all she feels like eating. Four days before her next dose is due, she eats normal portions. ‘Why wouldn’t I continue?’ she reasoned. ‘I’ve got a heart condition and the doctor thinks it’s the best thing for me. But even if I didn’t have a heart condition, I’d do it.’ That’s when I realised here was the answer to surviving the summer socialising, the holidays and my lack of kitchen. A micro-dose of Mounjaro. My doctor was happy to prescribe the jab because I was back in the overweight category on the BMI scale. I had my first jab on the morning of the family holi- day. We were off to Cornwall where it culled all the usual temptations and confirmed that this is how I could survive any disruption to my routine in the future, whether it’s a renovation or a holiday or Christmas. I
F Mounjaro works, why
shouldn’t those of us
who want to manage our
weight in the short term
make use of it? I’d much
rather nip a problem in the
bud and use a low dose for a
few weeks to lose half a stone
than face a bigger problem
and health issues further
down the line.
I want to stay slim because
I am vain and am more
confident when I’m slender
than when podgy.
Never a truer word was
spoken than when Kate Moss
said: ‘Nothing tastes as good
as skinny feels.’
Admitting you require a
maintenance dose to achieve
that is being totally honest
about who you are and your
relationship with food.
But that admission is the
tricky bit. I’ve had to face the
fact that any disruption to
the stability in my routine,
and general busy-ness, is
what tips me into a vulner-
able state in which I struggle
to maintain discipline. High
days and holidays present
temptations that I don’t have
the resilience to resist.
I’m weak around the nicer things in life
and that includes delicious food. I don’t
think I’m unusual in that.
In my view this is where the prescrib-
ing guidelines fall down. Mounjaro
should be available to anyone who feels
they need to shift half a stone and deal
with a weight increase directly. They
shouldn’t have to use desperate tactics
or go to an unauthorised provider
because they haven’t been diagnosed as
overweight or obese.
I find it amazing that men can buy
Viagra over the counter, but women have
to jump on and off scales as well as
through hoops to prove our weight and
need before we can access Mounjaro or
other weight-loss jabs.
Back on a little dose of skinny jab, I’m
now convinced I’ll make the goal I set
myself for October. Knowing that I can
do that removes a stress I didn’t even
know I was feeling.
And every summer from now on is
going to be a Mounjaro summer.
Killer: Allan Grimson Disappearance: Simon Parkes
THE mother of a sailor who vanished 40 years ago has called for police to reopen the investigation into his disappearance after the murderer suspected of
raped teen kill sailor missing for 40 years?
By Claire Duffin
killing him was found guilty
of a string of sex attacks.
Former Royal Navy petty
officer Allan Grimson was
jailed for life in 2001 for the murders of Nicholas Wright, 18, a naval rating from Leices- ter, and Sion Jenkins, 20, a barman from Newbury, who had also served in the Navy. He had invited the two men to
his flat and killed them with a baseball bat when they rejected his sexual advances before dumping their bodies almost exactly a year apart in the 1990s. He later boasted taking a life was ‘better than sex’. Yesterday he was found guilty of sexually assaulting three young men in the Navy and a teenage boy aged 14 two of whom he had considered killing around the time of the murders. The attacks included the rape of a teenage naval rating. Grimson had confessed to the assaults after being arrested for the murders but no action was taken until he was charged last year when it emerged he was being considered for parole. Police have long believed the ‘highly dangerous’ killer could be responsible for the murders of up to 20 other men including Simon Parkes, an 18-year-old Royal Navy sailor who vanished in 1986
‘No doubt he killed our son’
in Gibraltar, where Grimson was stationed at the time. Falklands veteran Grimson, now 66, admitted killing Mr Wright some time between December 11, 1997 and December 17, 1999, and Mr Jenkins some time between November 1, 1998 and December 18, 1999 though it is thought he carried out each murder on the same date, December 12. The discovery of the bodies in December 1999 sparked a worldwide hunt for up to 20 more victims. Police visited every port Grimson had been to while serving on aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and destroyer HMS Edinburgh. Mr Parkes was last seen on December 12, 1986, having visited a bar in Gibraltar. Yesterday, after Grimson’s conviction at Winchester Crown Court, Mr Parkes’ mother Margaret, 80, welcomed the verdict saying she hoped it would lead to a new inquiry into her son’s
was dressed as lobster
A DARTS fan was punched unconscious after an argument with a group dressed as lobsters. Police are appealing for help in tracing the suspect wearing fancy dress – seven months after the 20-year-old was assaulted at the World Darts Championship. According to officers, the victim went to north London’s Alexan- dra Palace for the third day of the tournament on December 13. He left the venue at 4.30pm, when he encountered the group in lobster costumes. An argument broke out and the men were separated by site security. But a short while later the fan ran into the group again as he was walking along the venue’s
Campaign: Mr Parkes’ parents
disappearance. Mrs Parkes, who for years has campaigned with her husband David to find their son’s killer, said: ‘I remember when the name Grimson first started to be connected to Simon’s case and it started to make sense of it all for us. ‘I have no doubt Grimson killed our son. There is something about December 12 for him. ‘I hope now, on the back of this, Simon’s case can come to the fore again and that it can be re-opened.’ Mr Parkes, from Bristol, was serving on HMS Illustrious, which was docked in Gibraltar. The radio operator failed to return after a night out and the ship returned to Portsmouth without him. The case was effectively closed last year when detectives from Hampshire police said the opera- tion was officially ‘placed on file’. His mother said at one point she even considered meeting Grimson to try to get him to confess. ‘We were advised that psychologically he would manipulate the situa- tion. He is a psychopath,’ she said. Grimson said of murdering Mr Wright: ‘I just felt really good about it. I felt exhilarated. It was a feeling of power, a good feeling. It was better than sex.’ He was charged over the sex offences in February 2025. Jurors found him guilty of all 13 counts. He will be sentenced in November.
By Cameron Charters
concourse and one of the group punched him unconscious. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries from which he is still suffering, according to the Metropolitan Police. Detective Constable Lizzie Coster said: ‘This assault occurred out- side at a major sporting event, and the suspect was wearing a distinctive costume. ‘We are releasing a CCTV image of the suspect in the hope it will jog the memory of attendees, or anyone else who was in the area.’ She added: ‘Our thoughts are with the victim in this case, and we hope the best for his recovery.’
Closest aide: Sir Clive Alderton, circled, was blamed by Prince Harry for blocking his attempts at reconciliation
English
H
E’S the man who settled the King – and, for that matter, the Queen – into a new role and master- minded the banishment of one particularly problematic relative, while cunningly cor- ralling another. In short Sir Clive Alderton, prin- cipal private secretary to King Charles, is arguably the most formidable and consequential courtier of the modern era. Although to many readers of the Daily Mail he is more simply known as ‘The Wasp’. That was the ostentatiously offen- sive nickname given to him by the Duke of Sussex (or perhaps, more appropriately, his ghostwriter) in his vengeance-laden memoir, Spare although one that, in the circum- stances, must now surely be worn as a badge of honour? And while there are bound to be cheers from Montecito today when they learn that Sir Clive is set to step down after 20 years working as King Charles’ gatekeeper, the news will
sadly leave Buckingham Palace without one of its ‘big beasts’. Sir Clive has announced that he will leave the royal household next May, a move that coincides with his 60th birthday (a revelation that has prompted some fans to enquire whether he has a Dorian Gray-style portrait in the attic). The feeling is that now is as good a time as any for him to take a well-earned break: To start with he has helped to deliver a rela- tively problem-free accession (leaky pens aside) and a success- ful coronation. The King has also just com- pleted the ‘last of his firsts’ (from his inaugural public engagements and home nations visits as mon- arch, to the big test so far of his reign, this year’s State Visit to the US, and his first to a British Overseas Territory, Bermuda). He also steered the King through the dark days of the mon- arch’s cancer diagnosis in 2024. Charles, I am told, is in a ‘good place’ health-wise, as it stands. Another reason for his decision to step-down is family: His own. No one can underestimate the pressure of working for a head of state (or their heir). It is a seven-days-a-week role, with high days and holidays a misnomer. And it is a burden Sir Clive has carried albeit willingly
20 years, the King’s silken right-hand man who Harry called The Wasp
and with pride for two never remotely quiet decades. Friends say he has never lost his sense of humour, which along with his insightfulness and forensic ability to think three steps ahead, has made him one of the most successful right-hand men to a monarch in living memory. While those outside of royal cir- cles may ask why the departure of a courtier is so significant, it is worth casting your mind back. W
HEN life-long diplomat Mr Alderton, as he was then, joined the Prince of Wales’ household in 2006 as deputy private secretary, Charles’ public standing was in a very different place. With a household dubbed ‘Wolf Hall’ for its interpersonal rivalries and the prince suffering from a poor public image, there was much to work on. While no one, not even his most ardent admirers, would claim Sir Clive and his team have always got it right, there is no doubt he was absolutely instrumental in turning the tanker around. In 2009 he was promoted to pri- vate secretary for foreign and Commonwealth affairs to the
prince and the Duchess of Corn- wall (and made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, a sign of royal favour, in 2013). He briefly left in 2012 to become ambassador to Morocco, before being lured back in 2015 as the couple’s PPS a title created especially for him. Outsiders would say that one of his greatest successes was to ‘de-politicise’ the notori- ously interventionist heir ‘no more “black spider memos” for you, Sir!’ in time for him to accede to the throne, while ensuring a legacy of change as Prince of Wales. Best-selling crime writer Peter James’ novel set in the royal household described the King’s fictional long-standing aide, Sir Peregrine Greaves, as so silky-smooth it appears he is ‘gliding on wheels’ and, to be fair, he didn’t have far to look for inspiration. To say that Prince Harry hates his father’s right-hand man is an understatement. And he didn’t hold back in Spare, describing the then trium- virate of powerful royal aides at the heads of each of the three royal households (Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and
Kensington Palace) as ‘the Bee, the Fly and the Wasp’. Sir Clive earned his ire for his ability to be ‘great at pretending to be polite, even servile’, but would ‘put you on his list’ and ‘give you such a stab with his outsized stinger that you’d cry out in confusion’. Harry blamed the courtier for being a roadblock in attempts to reconcile with his father. Many would no doubt recatego- rise this as one of his ‘plus points’. Friends also pour scorn on this claim, suggesting no aide would be so arrogant to stand in the way of father and son. But, of course, they add, if the prince behaved in such a way that would place his father in potentially constitutionally tricky waters, his PPS would not be doing his job properly if he didn’t protect the monarch. I also happen to know Sir Clive was rather hurt at the very personal barb. The same went for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, another who might not mourn his departure. For there is no doubt that the courtier was instrumen- tal in finding a way to banish the former Duke of York from royal life, strip him of his titles and
Wise counsel: Sir Clive with the King
effectively evict him from Royal Lodge at Windsor. And while that problem is far from solved yet, the foundations to do so are now laid. The search for his successor will start soon, with a replacement hopefully in place by spring of next year after a handover period. F
ELLOW aides have paid trib- ute to the ‘immense and crit- ical’ role Sir Clive has played in supporting Their Majesties, particularly through the King’s accession and coronation and managing the significant first years of the new reign ‘with all their highlights and complexities, nationally, internationally and closer to home’. In a message to staff yesterday, he said: ‘It has been the greatest imaginable honour to serve The King and Queen in my present role through such historic times and with unforgettable humour along the way. That support will continue, in a less formal capac- ity, for all of my life.’ Their Majesties are said to be ‘deeply grateful’ to Sir Clive for his ‘tireless support and wise counsel’ over the years, and for his ‘enduring loyalty’.
I
T IS 32C (90F) at Clapham Junction in south London, and sweating criminals are dropping like flies. Every few minutes, this one wanted for robbery, or that one for stalking or theft, is surrounded by cops and cuffed. They are carted off to face extra jailtime or a day in court they thought they’d dodged. One even tries to run away, but he doesn’t get far. ‘This is a brilliantly efficient way to apprehend wanted people,’ says Sergeant Kevin Brown, a supervisor in a small Metropolitan Police team using cutting edge ‘Live Facial Recognition’ tech- nology (LFR) to round up hundreds of miscreants across the capital. LFR utilises mobile van-based CCTV cameras and artificial intelligence to compare the biometrics of passers-by in this case their unique facial proper- ties with a watchlist of people wanted for commit- ting crimes, for failing to turn up to court hearings, or for breaching orders to deter stalking, sexual offences and violence against women and girls. ‘When we first began using the technology in 2024, it enabled us to arrest 574 wanted people,’ says Sergeant Brown. ‘Last year, that number was 1,135, and already this year it is around 900. LFR is a very useful tool to help us keep the public safe.’ LFR was first trialled by police in the UK in 2015 before being used formally by South Wales Police at the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff in 2017, primarily to spot wanted football hooligans. Since then, it has been rolled out by more than a dozen forces in what is being seen as a policing revolution. Among those are Greater Manchester, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Norfolk, South Wales and Thames Valley. Earlier this year, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, a firm proponent of the technology, unveiled plans to increase the number of LFR mobile vans across the country to 50. But while law enforcement promotes LFR as a spectacularly good way of finding people they describe as ‘sought after’, civil liberties campaign- ers fear it could erode our rights to privacy and anonymity, not least because its introduction has happened so quickly that no specific legislation is yet in place governing how it should be used. ‘Privacy is an important and hard-won right,’ says Charlie Whelton, policy and campaigns officer at
Liberty. ‘Walking past a facial recog- nition camera is like showing your ID at a checkpoint something most of us wouldn’t want to do just to go to the shops, watch our foot- ball team, or attend a concert.’ S
IX or seven times a week, the Met’s LFR van is set up at busy locations in the capital. Today, it is deployed near the Shopstop shopping centre on St John’s Hill in Clapham. Signs are posted on and near the van alerting the public to the technology being used, though how many will understand just what it is, is a moot point. Inside, operators view two screens divided into four sections on which the faces of people being filmed as they walk down the street are framed inside red boxes. They are unaware they are being filmed and checked against a watchlist containing the names and images of 18,000 people wanted for crimes ranging from shoplifting to mugging and sexual offending, for failing to turn up to court hearings, or being in breach of a court order or summons. If the people in these boxes are not on the list, their details are deleted immediately. If they are on it, and the AI system matches their biometrics
with a level of certainty above 64 per cent, an alert will be sent to special handsets held by Sergeant Brown and local officers positioned on the street. Today, there are ten of them. The suspects are approached and questioned while the opera- tors check why they are wanted. If it is for a crime that would attract a jail sentence of more than a year, they are arrested on the spot. Similarly, if they are in breach of a court order relating to stalking, sexual offences or violence they will be taken into custody. While photographer Murray Sanders and I are here, most submit meekly with shocked resignation on their faces. Several are handcuffed. One young man tries to run away but is quickly captured by the officers. By the end of the day, ten people have been stopped and ques- tioned, and seven have been arrested for offences ranging from robbery and theft to stalking. I give permission for an image of me to be put on the watchlist and walk down the street wearing sunglasses that I think might bamboozle the system. They don’t, and I am spotted immedi- ately, with a certainty rate of more than 80 per cent. ‘We’re operating with an algo- rithm that’s been independently
tested by experts at the National Physical Laboratory (the official UK institute that checks the reliability of measurements and technology),’ says Sergeant Brown. ‘We know when the system performs well, and we have engineers who are experts in this area who make sure that everything we do is in line with policy and done properly.’ This is true. However, Home Office research published last December, and also citing the National Physical Laboratory, called into question the accuracy of ‘retrospective’ AI facial recog- nition systems where images from crimes that have already taken place are checked against criminal databases (rather than live checks in the street). It found that AI facial recogni- tion could create high numbers of false positives against black and brown people. Among black women, 9.9 per cent of results were incorrect a
failure rate of 100 times more than for white women. This is just one of the concerns raised by privacy activists. The Met, and other forces, say they have stringent policies in place to ensure the technology is used proportionately and that data collected on innocent passers-by is deleted immediately. But what about future regimes, campaigners ask? How powerful could such a tool be in the hands of a despot? Their political enemies would have nowhere to hide. Everything you did, and everywhere you went, could be seen and judged by the regime. This was something that con- cerned even the late Pope Francis. In 2020, he issued a joint state- ment with Microsoft president Brad Smith and IBM executive vice president John Kelly which warned about the dangers of AI biometric technology being used to extract data for political ends. On the ground, however, it is
easy to see why ordinary officers, and law enforcement top brass, are so keen to roll out the tech- nology quite simply, it works. Sergeant Brown and the team were on deployment in Denmark Hill, south-east London, on January 10 last year when the system flagged up a man walking down the street, holding the hand of a six-year-old girl. ‘We got an alert on our handsets with a match for a David Cheneler, [74], a registered sex offender who has a sexual offence preven- tion order that doesn’t allow him to be unaccompanied with some- body under the age of 14,’ says Sergeant Brown. C
HENELER had befriended the little girl’s mother and gained her trust to the extent that she allowed him to pick up the girl from school. Police bodycam footage of Cheneler’s arrest shows him also admitting he is carrying a knife. He was subsequently jailed for two years for being in breach of a sexual offence prevention order. ‘He had got to know mum, and for several months had been buy- ing presents for the mother and daughter he was basically grooming them both,’ says
street, free as a bird. Then suddenly you’re surrounded, being read your rights and handcuffed. That’s what happened to seven suspects when the Met set up its new Live Facial Recognition cameras in Clapham – and the Mail was there to record it
Sergeant Brown. ‘We did a lot of safeguarding of the mother and child after that, with specially trained officers and social services. ‘Had we not intervened, I dread to think what could have happened to that little girl. But that’s why we come to work every day, to try to make a difference. ‘If doing a successful job like that potentially saving that little girl doesn’t give you some form of satisfaction or reward, then I’d say policing isn’t for you. This equipment helps us to do our jobs
better.’ The Met is able to point to a host of other successes. Since the start of 2024, there have been more than 2,100 arrests because of LFR, with 24 per cent of those being related in some way to violence against women and girls. This resulted in more than 1,400 being either charged or cautioned. Of these, more than 100 were sex offenders. One of the system’s biggest successes was at last year’s Notting Hill Carnival, where LFR cameras resulted in 61 wanted
people being arrested. It also enabled checks on 30 registered sex offenders three of whom were found to be in breach of orders imposed to prevent them from reoffending. A glimpse into where the police would like to take LFR came during a project on the main shopping thoroughfare in Croydon, south London, from October 2025 to March 2026, when static cameras rather than mobile vans were positioned on lampposts and other structures.
No escape: Police swoop on suspects after surveillance van picks them out in London
During 24 operations, officers arrested 173 alleged criminals or ‘sought’ people including some wanted for rape, kidnapping and sexual assault, and a woman who had failed to appear in court on assault charges 20 years ago. The Met says this equated to the apprehension of one wanted person every 35 minutes. It claims that, locally, the operation resulted in a reduction in overall crime of 10.5 per cent, and of 21 per cent when it came to violence against women and girls. The Met and several other forces have also trialled a system called Operator- Initiated Facial Recog- nition (OIFR), which doesn’t even need CCTV cameras just a smart phone held by an officer whose camera can be linked to a watch- list, something privacy campaign- ers see as unjustifiably intrusive without relevant legislation. However, that legislation, expected to be incorporated into a new Police Reform Bill, has been slow in coming. A consultation period for inter- ested parties to register observa- tions opened last December and closed on February 12, but noth- ing has happened since. This
month, Ms Mahmood was asked by the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee why the legislation was taking so long. She said her office was ‘still nailing down the policy details’, adding: ‘The technology is moving very quickly, and a lot of the consultation responses focused on making sure that we have robust rules that can hold and stand the test of time. There defi- nitely will be a need for a body to provide independent oversight.’ The person who most closely fits that bill at the moment is Profes- sor William Webster, the UK’s independent biometrics and sur- veillance camera commissioner. In an interview I conducted with him in March, he explained that in the absence of legislation, police forces were taking their lead from the results of two court cases where the use of LFR was chal- lenged one against South Wales police in 2020, which the force lost, and the other against the Met earlier this year, which it won. ‘At the moment, the police can use any technology, unless it’s challenged in the courts and proven to be illegal,’ he said. ‘So there isn’t a specific piece of legislation that allows them to use it, but neither are they barred.’ H
E ADDED: ‘This technology is always going to butt against human rights and we need legislation to ensure that the technology is used in such a way as to safeguard those rights. ‘So I think the position of the Government is to be applauded. The sooner they have the legisla- tion in place, the better.’ The Home Office confirmed that ‘the Government intends to bring forward a new bespoke legal framework to ensure all police forces across the country can use facial recognition with greater confidence, and that their uses and limits are clear to the public’, but it did not say when. For now, we are left with a barely regulated technology that is breathtaking in its ability to take criminals off the streets, but terri- fying in its potential to quote Pope Francis to pose ‘grave risks for democratic societies’. Campaign groups such as Big Brother Watch do not argue the technology should never be used, but they would like safeguards in place to ensure our privacy is guaranteed and the technology cannot be misused in the future. ‘Having nothing to hide does not mean you want to be watched,’ says Jasleen Chaggar, Big Brother Watch’s senior legal and policy officer. ‘Mass surveillance infra- structure, once built, is rarely dismantled, meaning any future government with authoritarian instincts inherits it ready-made.’ It is an argument MPs will have to take seriously when they frame the long-awaited laws which will govern the use of facial recogni- tion technology just as they will have to remember the day when it saved a six-year-old girl from the clutches of a sexual deviant.
Pictures: MURRAY SANDERS
Criminal: Shpresim Koka was due to be deported
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deportation because daughter wet the bed
AN Albanian drug dealer dodged deportation for over a year because his daughter wets the bed. Shpresim Koka, 38, won a reprieve after he told an immi- gration hearing that the girl
By Noor Qurashi
needed ‘therapeutic interven- tion’ due to her accidents – which worsened during his time in prison. Koka had claimed to be a
Kosovan refugee when he arrived in Britain in 2001, aged 14. Sixteen years later he was jailed for 21 months for his role in a money laundering drug gang. He was caught by the National Crime Agency after handing over more than £300,000 in Park Royal, west London, The Sun reported. Koka was due to be deported after serving his sentence. However, he remained in Britain and was locked up for three years for cocaine dealing. In February 2025 an immigra- tion court ruled he was allowed
‘Would be
unduly harsh’
to remain in the country, say- ing: ‘The effect on [his daugh- ter] would be unduly harsh.’ However, the Home Office appealed against the ruling, and last week the decision was set aside after a judge found it was ‘insufficiently reasoned’ and ‘vitiated by errors of law’. Robert Bates, of the Centre for Migration Control, said: ‘This crook must not be allowed to continue plaguing Britain’s streets. Alternatively, his daughter could return with him to Albania.’
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FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
JULY 28, 1953
MR Malenkov, Soviet Premier, and
Mr Molotov, Foreign Minister, yester-
day claimed the signing of the
Korean armistice as a great victory
for the Reds. The first British prison-
ers of war are expected to be home
within the next two weeks.
JULY 28, 1992
PREMIERS past and present gath-
ered last night to mark the 40th
anniversary of the Queen’s acces-
sion. Mr Major, Lady Thatcher, Lord
Callaghan, Sir Edward Heath and
Lord Wilson entertained the Queen
and Prince Philip at a special dinner
party. The only absentee was
89-year-old Lord Home. He was not
well enough to attend.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HARRY KANE, 33.
The England captain
last month broke Gary
Lineker’s record of ten
World Cup goals. He is
also in the top five of
World Cup scorers
across all countries
(overtaking Pele this year). As a
child, he was rejected by Arsenal’s
academy for being ‘a bit chubby’.
KELLY HOPPEN, 67. The South
African-born British interior
designer, and former Dragons’ Den
star, has her own range at M&S
and has designed the homes of the
Beckhams and Boy George. She
said: ‘I always knew I was going to be
successful, I just knew. But that’s
not just from being big-headed, it’s
because I believed in myself.’
BORN ON THIS DAY
EARL TUPPER (1907-1983). The US
businessman invented Tupperware
and won design awards for his ‘won-
derbowl’, which featured a patented
‘burping seal’. The products were
demonstrated to great success at
Tupperware parties. The year before
he died, sales exceeded $800million.
RUDY VALLEE (1901-1986). The US
crooner, known for singing through a
megaphone, bought a house with its
own cinema, which he turned into a
museum of his own memorabilia. He
once promised: ‘I’ll be front page
news until the day I die.’
ON JULY 28. . .
IN 1750, German composer Johann
Sebastian Bach died, aged 65.
IN 1914, Austria-Hungary declared
war on Serbia, marking the start of
the First World War.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION:
Quakebuttock (coined 1616)
A) A coward. B) A scarecrow. C) A
monster.
Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED:
Sacred cow: A derogatory term for
any institution or custom generally
held as sacrosanct which critics say
is useless and should be abolished; it
comes from the Hindu belief that
cows are sacred and shouldn’t be
slaughtered even in times of famine.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
As you get older, you don’t
get wiser. You get irritable
Doris Lessing, British novelist
(1919-2013)
JOKE OF THE DAY
HOW does a hamburger introduce
his wife? ‘Meet Patty.’
Guess The Definition answer: A
★★✩
‘loose nut caused biplane crash’
By Jake Holden
AN AMATEUR stunt pilot
who nose - dived into
a runway is suing for
£2million after blaming a
‘dodgy nut’ for the crash.
Trevor Davis, 64, was left with
brain damage when he crashed
15 minutes after take-off at
Popham Airfield in Hampshire.
The builder claims a mechani-
cal problem caused by a loose or
missing nut left him unable to
steer his biplane properly.
He is now suing the Light
Aircraft Association (LAA)
which oversees the airworthiness
of planes claiming the Pitts
Special biplane should never
have been authorised as safe.
The 1966 stunt plane was
bought in 2011 by Mr Davis. In
2018 he commissioned an engi-
neer to ‘rebuild and modify’ it in
a three-year project, including
Pilot: Builder Trevor Davis commissioned engineers to rebuild and modify the 1966 stunt biplane
stripping the wings, disconnect- ing all flight control mechanisms and overhauling the fuselage. The aircraft was signed off as safe to fly by an LAA inspector before he took to the skies in March 22, but after 15 minutes of flying Mr Davis says he found
himself unable to control the elevator with his joystick. He says the connection between the tail elevator which plays a part in guiding the plane’s nose up or down and the joystick failed due to a nut being loose or missing. But the LAA argues one
of the team of engineers who
rebuilt and checked over the
Pitts Special renowned for its
manoeuvrability, but with a repu-
tation for being tricky to land
‘would have detected the absence
of the nut/split pin had it been
absent during the inspection’.
The LAA claims the pilot was partly to blame for the crash because of how he handled the plane. Its lawyers said he could have prevented it by increasing throttle to ‘give a burst of engine power’. ‘He could also have cho- sen a far less challenging airfield to land at in the vicinity, for exam- ple, Thruxton,’ argued defence barrister Christopher Loxton. Mr Davis says ‘despite his best efforts’ the stunt plane ended up nose-planting into the runway before flipping over. In the impact, he struck his head on the cockpit rim, resulting in brain damage and a fractured skull, alongside smashed teeth and injuries to his neck, arm and shoulder. Mr Davis’ KC, Patrick Vincent, said: ‘As a result of the accident, Mr Davis has been unable to con- tinue his work as a self-employed builder.’ The case will return to London’s High Court at a later date unless settled out of court.
Ben wants to share his most intimate secret W
HEN Ben Ofoedu’s 16-year relation- ship with TV pre- senter Vanessa Feltz ended in 2023, he walked away without the two things he longed for the most – a wife and a family of his own. Now, after finding love with beauty entrepreneur Vanessa Brown, whom he affectionately calls ‘Vanessa 2.0’ and married last year in a lavish £100,000 cere- mony at the Rose Castle in Cum- bria, the Phats & Small singer, 54, says there is just one dream to fulfil – becoming a father. To mark the couple’s first wedding anniversary at the weekend, Ben took the proactive step to see if fatherhood is still within his reach. Ofoedu visited the Bridge Clinic in London for a check-up. He tells me: ‘I am 23 years older than my partner, and I decided that I should go and get checked out as it hasn’t happened yet. I want to start a family, and a lot of males don’t go and get checked out to make sure that everything’s kind of working properly.’ The singer, whose hits include Turn Around, adds: ‘Sometimes with males they just assume it’s the female “Oh, she can’t conceive” and it could be him that’s the problem.
Dine and dash gang hit celeb seaside spot
ITS picturesque beaches have attracted everyone from Jack Whitehall to Winston Churchill, the Beatles to Dame Agatha Christie. However, it appears that less welcome characters visited Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon on Saturday night, where staff at the popular Oyster Shack restaurant fell victim to a ‘dine and dash’ gang that left owners £600 out of pocket. A spokesman for the restaurant said: ‘It’s incredibly upsetting for our staff, who worked hard to provide a warm welcome and great service, only to have their trust abused.’ The Oyster Shack’s owner Kieron Vanstone attempted to reach out to the group of six, who booked the table over the phone. Devastated Kieron reveals: ‘They answered the first call and said, “We’re in church at the moment, we’ll call you back.” ’
Check-up: Ben Ofoedu at clinic
So for a man like me, I’m an advocate for going and getting checked out.’ Ben’s openness has won the support of his wife, as he admits: ‘I think she’s fine because she’s so much younger than me. So I feel it would just be down to me on whether we can conceive.’ It’s an anxious time for Ben as he waits to receive his results this week. ‘I feel for once in my life, I’m taking charge of my destiny. I was advised that if there was a problem, there’s a lot of contributing factors that can be reversed.’ The hardest part of the process, he admits, was before the test itself: ‘I’ve had to abstain for five days, which has been very difficult.’
÷ DAME Penelope Keith’s funeral at Guildford Cathedral today may reignite a long-running row. The star’s former peers at the Actors’ Benevolent Fund are said to have no intention of letting the
Congratulations: Katherine Parkinson and polo’s England star Ned Hine. Right: Dame Jilly last year
controversy surrounding her departure as president of the charity in 2022 fade away. An insider tells me: ‘It’s [the funeral] bringing to a head some of the issues in this situation that have been quietly ongoing.’
n AND they said it wouldn’t last! Russell T Davies, 63, caused a furore when I disclosed he was dating Aus- tralian waiter and aspiring model Oliver Cole, who at 27 is 36 years his junior. But perhaps age really is just a number for the couple, as the former Doctor Who screenwriter shared a picture online of the pair celebrating their first anni- versary during the weekend at Mountain Restaurant in Soho, London.
CALL The Midwife star Helen George says starring in High Society has proved the perfect remedy for heartbreak. The 42-year- old, who recently split from property executive Dan Innes, is tour- ing the UK with the musical and says her castmates have helped ease the pain of the
honour Dame Jilly at polo
IT WAS a bittersweet Interna- tional Day at Guards Polo Club in Windsor, where bonkbuster queen Dame Jilly Cooper presented the Coronation Cup last year. Dame Jilly died suddenly last October aged 88 and cast members of Rivals, the hit Dis- ney+ series based on her novels, including Emily Atack, attended the polo event at the weekend to celebrate her legacy. The Coronation Cup was pre- sented by Rivals star Katherine Parkinson to winners England. ‘It’s a very poignant day as we remember Dame Jilly,’ said Anna Hall, chief executive of the Hurlingham Polo Association, the sport’s governing body. ‘She was the one who brought so many of us together.’
break-up. George, who plays Tracy Lord, said: ‘The charac- ter is really fun. She gets drunk and she’s silly onstage. I’m lucky because the cast are so much fun. We make each other laugh. ‘When you’re going through a break-up, do a musical, it’s the best.’
÷ THE arrival of the romantic period drama Mr Malcolm’s List to the BBC iPlayer delighted fans but it also stirred up its star Zawe Ashton to call out the TV industry’s long-standing exclusion of brown and black actors from the genre. The actress, 42, who is of Ugandan and English descent, says ‘by locking us out of the sandbox of period television, they were denying us our right to our softness, our tenderness’. Zawe, who is engaged to Tom Hiddleston, adds: ‘We deserve to play, to romance, to wear the whimsical costumes, the bonnets, to mess up or succeed delightfully, regally. The door is unlatched. We cannot let it swing again.’
O
GOOD
REPORT
STODDART
NE hot July day, Mel Beamish decided to go for a swim in the River Brathay, high in the Langdale Valley in the Lake District – it’s a remote, beautiful spot miles from the nearest town. Mel and her friends, who had run an ultra-marathon – 36 miles – the day before, visited a popular swimming spot beside a grassy bank for a cool dip. The country was experiencing drought, and the river was low though Mel, 38, a police detective from Cheshire, didn’t know the significance of this at the time. Nor did she know she was swimming below a submerged sewage pipe that was discharging into the water, she told Good Health. By that afternoon she felt sick, dizzy and gripped by stomach pains. Initially, she put it down to the race, but overnight it became far worse ‘awful sickness, diarrhoea, sweats’, she recalls. By the next morning she was delirious. Her friends called an ambulance and at hospital, she was pumped full of anti- sickness drugs. Mel was discharged the same evening too weak to stand, she had to be lifted into her van and driven home lying flat across the back seat. The acute illness lasted about ten days. Then came tonsillitis ‘you can get that from sewage’, she learned later. Mel was ill for most of that summer with ‘frequent upset stomach issues’ until September. The hospital doctors suspected she had been infected with Campylobacter, bacteria found in sewage, but by the time Mel saw her GP four days later it had cleared her system and couldn’t be confirmed. Determined to trace what had made her ill, Mel sent the exact coordinates of her swimming spot to the Environment Agency which monitors swimming water quality across England. However, the water was tested a week too late for results to be a reliable indication of what it had been like when she was there. Mel also contacted United Utilities, the company responsible for water and sewage across the North-West. ‘I put my
best detective hat on, but it didn’t really get me very far,’ she says, four years later. Mel had previously taken her children and her dog into that same river. ‘Thank goodness they weren’t with me that day,’ she says. As an estimated 5.5 million people across the UK head to the Lake District this summer for fresh air and to swim in the fabled waters of this Unesco World Heritage site, this Good Health report offers a sobering warning about the potential health risks from bacteria when bathing in UK freshwater. Annually, millions of litres of untreated sewage are discharged into Windermere alone
England’s largest and most
popular lake carrying with it
bacteria such as E.coli and
intestinal enterococci.
These can cause vomiting,
diarrhoea, and ear and skin
infections; they’re particularly
risky for the very young and old,
who are the most likely to become
seriously ill. (These aren’t the only
harmful bugs potentially in the
water, but more on this later.)
Last August, Olympic swimmer
Hector Pardoe swam the length of
the lake with a pollution sensor
which showed the level of E.coli
Picturesque: Will Stoddart took his young daughters paddling in Grasmere - but how big a risk was it?
How safe is it t
As millions head off to the much-loved Lakes on holiday, our investigation raises disturbing questions about bacterial levels in the water
was over eight times the threshold for a safe water rating. But you don’t need to swim to get ill, it seems. Seven-year-old Rex Earley spent six weeks in hospital needing two emergency operations after kayaking on Windermere last summer, where his family says he contracted E.coli. Having seen the news stories about Windermere, last summer I took my daughters, then aged seven and five, to paddle instead in Grasmere and Derwentwater, with a boat ride on Ullswater. But is the water there safer? To find out, I went back to the
ENVIRONMENTAL microbiologist Anne Leonard suggests the following:
÷ CHECK before you go: use the Environment Agency’s Swimfo site to identify designated bathing water spots and their latest rating. The free Safer Seas And Rivers Service app delivers live alerts including sewage spills, at designated bathing sites. For United Utilities’ storm overflow map go to unitedutilities.com.
÷ COVER cuts and grazes before getting in,
same spots ten weeks ago but
this time with sterile water
sampling bottles from Simplex
Health, a laboratory accredited
b y
t h e
U n i t e d
K i n g d o m
Accreditation Service, the official
body that certifies labs to the
same standard used by the
Environment Agency (EA).
The EA checks bathing water for
two bacteria, E.coli and intestinal
enterococci; it samples the water
every one to two weeks from May
to the end of September (the
bathing season).
The agency tests official
designated bathing spots, but
there are only eight such spots in
and wash hands (or use anti-bacterial hand gel) afterwards.
÷ AVOID swimming at sites not designated for bathing.
÷ EVEN at official bathing sites avoid swimming for 48 hours after heavy rain, when storm overflows are most likely to have spilled.
÷ AVOID obvious inflows – pipes, drains and the mouths of becks – and anything cloudy, foamy or foul-smelling.
the whole Lake District four on Windermere, three on Coniston and one on Derwentwater. And many visitors don’t use just these spots. ‘There are people swimming in Grasmere and many other lakes and rivers in the Lake District that are not officially designated bath- ing waters,’ says Ben Surridge, a senior lecturer in environmental science at Lancaster University. ‘So there will be no official monitoring of them.’ Without that testing, he says, you won’t know whether the water is safe or not. And what many people may not
realise is that nearly every lake in the Lake District has a sewage works discharging waste into it from nearby towns. You’re unlikely to spot them as they rarely sit on the lake shore. Some discharge into the becks and rivers that feed the lakes, sometimes miles upstream. Others disperse their contents through outfall pipes laid underwater. Every lake in the Lake District carries some form of pollution, says Louise Lavictoire, head of science at the charity the Fresh- water Biological Association. This is not just from water company discharges, she explains: ‘There are countless private discharges which range from septic tanks that are emptied regularly to cesspits and small package treatment works.’ Indeed, there are 1,800 private cesspits from homes, hotels and campsites emptying into Windermere alone, according to United Utilities. The problem is these private cesspits ‘don’t have the technology to kill bacteria like E.coli’, says Matt Staniek, a zoologist and founder of the campaign, Save Windermere. A major issue is storm overflow. Sewage is the dirty water that
drains from our homes from
loos, sinks, baths, showers and
washing machines.
It carries human urine and
faeces, along with the soaps,
detergents and grease that go
down the plughole. Sewer pipes
also carry rainwater from roads
and roofs, and in heavy rain the
two surge into the works together.
When more arrives than the
works was built to handle, a storm
overflow a type of gate opens
and lets untreated sewage and
rainwater into rivers and lakes.
Even ‘treated’ waste isn’t free of
bacteria. A sewage works removes
the solids and breaks down the
waste, but won’t kill bacteria
unless fitted with an ultraviolet
(UV) light lamp and most Lake
District works don’t have this.
The EA says these are only
required where a nearby lake has
a designated bathing water site,
and even then only if the agency
considers the risk of contamina-
tion high enough.
At Coniston, for instance, the
village sewage works has no UV
stage to kill the bacteria: and it
discharges into Church Beck
which empties 50 metres further
on, directly into a designated
swimming area on the lake (at the
boating centre where children swim all summer). This site was rated ‘poor’ in 2024 and only scraped up to ‘sufficient’ in 2025. Even the sewage works that do have UV aren’t fail-safe. Matt Staniek says he has opera- tor log books for the Lake District ‘where the operators are saying that the UV dosing is failing because of fast flow rates’ (in rainy weather the sewage flow speeds up past the UV lights). UV lights also only work if the bulbs are kept clean and replaced,
means less water to dilute bacteria
he adds. If not, ‘you just get a layer of excrement that dries on the bulbs and it makes them ineffective’. (United Utilities say the system is designed to adjust to flows as required.) What many visitors won’t know is that bacteria levels peak during the summer months according
Victim: Mel Beamish, above, and Will Stoddart sampling the water at Grasmere
OF SPILLS
IT MIGHT look clean but is it? Last year alone raw sewage was discharged into the following four lakes for over 3,200 hours, including during the bathing season. A ‘spill’ is a single discharge from a storm overflow. CONISTON (sewage works discharge into Church Beck, which feeds into the lake by the Boating Centre): 131 spills over 1,765 hours in total. GRASMERE (discharge goes straight into the lake): 53 spills, 408 hours. ULLSWATER (discharge goes into Glenridding Beck then into the lake): 82 spills, 144 hours. DERWENTWATER (Keswick sewage works discharges via River Derwent): 77 spills, 907 hours. Source: Environment Agency event duration monitoring data.
to The Big Windermere Survey, a two-and-a-half-year study by the Freshwater Biological Association and Lancaster University, published in 2025 leading to ‘an increased risk of gastro-intestinal illness if water is ingested’. During warm, dry weather, rivers are generally low, which means there is less water to dilute the treated sewage a problem highlighted earlier this year by the chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty, who said while storm overflows are a well-known issue, there’s less public aware- ness of the risks from discharge from works that are operating within their permitted levels, yet where water levels are low. This occurs at the times of year ‘when the great majority of children and adults tend to use water environments’, he said. This is when Mel Beamish swam in the River Brathay. Add to this the greater demand on the sewage system during the summer as anyone who’s been there knows, the Lake District is incredibly busy at this time, when sewage works are under most strain, says Louise Lavictoire, with ‘significant challenges’ from extra visitors, all flushing loos and run-
ning showers, pouring into works
built for small local populations.
At picture-postcard Grasmere,
for instance, the sewage works
now pumps out far more than it
was ever meant to, says Matt
Staniek. United Utilities reports a
maximum summer population of
about 2,700 for Grasmere.
The water industry works on the
basis that we each produce about
150 litres of wastewater a day, so
the works should be dealing with
around 405,000 litres on a busy
summer day.
But average flows entering the
works are around nine times
higher in the summer, according
to an analysis of the company’s
own figures, by the campaign
group Windrush Against Sewage
Pollution with the volume of
treated sewage leaving the works
regularly topping six million litres
a day in 2024 and 2025.
While it is perfectly legal to
discharge untreated sewage into
the water in certain circum-
stances, how often this happens is
deeply worrying, as Good Health
discovered using a combination of
Freedom of Information requests
and analysis of EA publicly
available records.
Using EA records for last year,
we found that the storm overflows
(known as ‘spills’) at Coniston,
Grasmere, Ullswater and
Derwentwater opened more than
340 times, releasing water
containing raw sewage into
the lakes and becks, for over
3,200 hours.
The annual figures for the
Glenridding sewage works
(which discharge into the beck
that flows into Ullswater) were
the worst in the five years
analysed, up from 38 spills
lasting 43 hours in 2024 to 82
spills lasting 144 hours last year.
At the Grasmere sewage works,
which discharges directly into the
lake, spills lasted 408 hours (see
box, left).
Some storm overflows included
hundreds of hours during the
summer bathing season.
At Coniston, the Church Beck
overflow (which feeds into a des-
ignated bathing spot) was open
for 489 hours between May 15 and
September 30 (out of a total 1,765
overflow hours for the year).
Bathing season overflows at the
Keswick sewage works, which
discharges into the River Derwent
(which feeds into Derwentwater),
lasted for 183 hours.
Using a storm overflow is legal,
but is meant to be a last resort
and only in wet weather.
Yet among those bathing-season
discharges were a worrying
number of suspected dry-day
spills, when untreated sewage was
released despite little or no signif-
icant rainfall (meaning there’s
even less water to dilute any bac-
teria). These are not generally
permitted. For instance, last year
Coniston had six ‘dry-day’ spills
that lasted in total almost 56
hours in the bathing season.
At Grasmere, the sewage works
discharged on dry days for
71 hours and 50 minutes between
January 9, 2024 and January 7
this year.
And while the water at bathing
sites is checked for E.coli and
intestinal enterococci, these ‘do
not tell the whole story’, Professor
William Gaze, an environmental
microbiologist
at
Exeter
University, told Good Health.
He says the same sewage can
carry viruses such as norovirus
and hepatitis, and parasites such
as giardia, which brings on weeks
of debilitating diarrhoea.
There may be another potential
risk. Researchers at Exeter
University, who have previously
found that surfers are three times more likely to carry bugs that are resistant to antibiotics, are now investigating freshwater swim- mers. Drug-resistant infections can be harder to treat, says Anne Leonard, an environmental microbiologist at Exeter. She adds: ‘In designated bathing waters with good water quality classifications, we can expect the risk to be relatively low for most people. ‘But children can be at a greater risk because they spend more time in the water, tend to swallow more water when bathing and may not have well-developed immune systems.’ So what happened when I sampled the water at three lakes my family used last summer? The water certainly looked perfectly clear. Grasmere, one of the smaller lakes, is not a designated bathing site but this idyllic lake made famous by Wordsworth has a shingle beach that’s popular with families. Since 2020 the sewage works have put more than 12 billion litres of treated sewage into this ‘tiny body of water’, says Matt Staniek. You can’t actually see where this goes in, as the outfall discharges on the bed in the middle of the lake. Lab results from the sample I drew
blame symptoms on food poisoning
from the water’s edge showed it
contained E.coli.
At pristine-looking Ullswater
also not a designated bathing site,
though I saw people paddling I
waded up into the stunning
Glenridding Beck and held a
bottle directly under the pipe that
emerged from a small sewage
treatment plant I’d discovered
behind some trees on the bank.
The sample showed E.coli and
intestinal enterococci.
At Crow Park on Derwent Water,
which is a designated bathing
site, the results revealed E.coli
and intestinal enterococci.
My samples at Grasmere and
Crow Park were reassuringly low
(one ‘colony forming unit’ of
viable bacteria of E.coli and
intestinal enterococci per 100ml).
At Ullswater it was 57 E.coli per
1 0 0 m l
a n d
3 6
i n t e s t i n a l
enterococci per 100ml
the
bathing limits are 500 per 100ml.
The samples were also tested for
coliforms, another type of bacte-
ria that live in the guts of humans,
animals and birds there were
1,986 per 100ml at Ullswater.
The EA rated Crow Park as
‘poor’ in both 2024 and 2025, with
official advice against bathing,
while a sample on 30 July 2025
recorded 1,300 E.coli and 750
intestinal enterococci per 100ml,
indicating heavy contamination.
So does my experiment mean I
shouldn’t have worried about
Grasmere and Crow Park?
No, suggests Ben Surridge, who
led the Big Windermere Survey
(where volunteers collected water
samples from across the lake),
as water quality ‘can change
really rapidly’.
A heavy downpour, for instance,
can send pollution surging into a
lake within hours, so a reading
taken on a dry morning tells
you nothing about the afternoon
after rain.
Before their trip, Rex Earley’s
Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 28, 2026 GOOD HEALTH Would YOU put intimate body part in this device to beat impotence?
A
DEVICE that fires radio waves at the penis to firm up tissue could help men with erectile dysfunction. Called VerticaPro, the gadget resembles a hand-held games console with a hole in the middle, attached to a mobile power unit. After conductive gel is applied, the penis is
placed in the hole and a button is pressed to beam low frequency radio waves through the skin and into the soft, spongy tissue inside where blood pools during an erection. The technology, already used to firm up saggy skin, is thought to strengthen collagen
fibres inside the penis
leading to firmer
erections. A miniature
version of the gadget,
called Vertica (right),
which can be used at
home costs around £1,200 and has
been available in the UK since 2023.
Now the company behind the technol-
ogy, Ohh-Med Medical, has launched
a ‘turbo-charged’ version featur-
ing advanced energy delivery
to target tissue more accurately
and powerfully.
VerticaPro is being rolled out to
selected private clinics across the
UK over the next few weeks.
It is targeted at men with mild to
moderate erectile dysfunction who
have not responded to or have
declined to take anti-impotence
drugs, such as sildenafil (brand
name Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis).
One in five men in the UK
around 4.3million in total suffer
with erectile dysfunction.
Ageing is a key factor, but
reduced blood flow to the genitals
due to type 2 diabetes, heart
disease and the effects of obesity
can also wreck a man’s libido.
Some research suggests it can
be an early warning sign for
cardiovascular disease.
While Viagra and similar drugs
have transformed treatment over
the past two decades, up to one in
five patients do not experience an
improvement on the drugs. They
also have potential side- effects,
from headaches and facial flushing
to dizziness and nasal congestion.
According to VerticaPro’s manu-
facturer, low-energy radiofrequency
works by gently heating the corpus
cavernosum the spongy bed of
collagen which expands during
stimulation to fill the penis with
blood and produce a firm erection.
This heating, it claims, boosts
collagen growth and elasticity so
that, once blood flows into the
organ, it can be retained there by
the surrounding collagen main-
taining the erection. A pilot study
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family had checked on the EA website which showed water quality at Windermere was ‘ excellent’ (while not at an official bathing spot, they set off from a popular kayaking centre). Some people may become ill at even low levels. The World Health Organisation, whose research was the basis of bathing-water standards, says that water classified as ‘good’ carries a 3 to 5 per cent risk of gastroenteritis, potentially as high as one case for every 20 visits to the water. And as Anne Leonard points out, children can be more vulnerable. She adds: ‘The true toll is unknown because most people never connect the illness to the water. ‘They go home, fall ill several days later, and blame their symptoms on a range of other possible sources, such as food, household contacts, or contact with animals.’ Indeed, when Peter Semple,
in 2023 of 40
men showed
over 85 per cent
experienced
statistically significant
i m p r o v e m e n t s
i n
erectile function after 12
sessions over eight weeks,
with no serious side-ef-
fects, reported the Journal
of Impotence Research.
However, the study, was spon-
sored by the manufacturer. A larger
200-patient clinical trial is under
way in the US. But this is not a
cheap option. UK clinics provide 12
sessions, over four weeks, at a cost
of around £1,500. Patients may also
require regular DIY home treat-
ments to maintain the effects.
P
ROFESSOR David Ralph, a urologist and andrologist at University College London Hospitals, says the VerticaPro device could help many men because it ‘targets the underlying physiology’ of erectile dysfunction rather than just the symptoms. He says: ‘By using controlled radiofrequency energy to gently heat tissue, it is thought to improve blood flow, support vascu- lar responsiveness, and stimulate longer-term tissue changes involved in erectile function. ‘It aims to enhance the body’s own erectile mechanism over time rather than producing a short- term pharmacological effect.’ Wai Gin Lee, a consultant urolog- ical surgeon at University College London Hospitals NHS Founda- tion Trust, adds: ‘This is a novel, non-invasive approach. It targets the structural causes of erectile dysfunction, rather than simply providing a temporary sympto- matic effect as oral drugs do. ‘For selected patients with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction, it provides a drug-free option supported by encouraging early clinical data.’
a hospital anaesthetist from
Leeds, caught Campylobacter
he says from swallowing
water after swimming in
Windermere in 2022 (he was
the only one in his group who
swa l l owe d
t h e
wa t e r,
and the only one who fell
violently ill), his doctor
blamed undercooked chicken
– until Peter pointed out he
was a vegetarian.
Whether it’s safe to swim in
the Lake District is a conversa-
tion no one should be having
at all, says Matt Staniek. ‘It
should be somewhere that is
absolutely pristine.’
A United Utilities spokesper-
son said: ‘We understand
concerns about storm over-
flows, which is why we are
investing £1 billion across
Cumbria by 2030 to improve
rivers and lakes.’
The company added that,
recognising the growing
impact of climate change, it is
working with a range of
experts ‘to evaluate options
that would result in only rain-
water entering Windermere’.
Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 28, 2026
GOOD HEALTH
F
OR nearly eight months
S u z i e
B r o w n
s i m p l y
assumed the pounding
palpitations in her chest
were stress-related.
‘My dad had been diagnosed with
terminal cancer so I was under
immense stress – and as I was only
40, I didn’t think it could be anything
serious,’ recalls Suzie, an insurance
claims manager who lives in
Heysham, Lancashire.
Nonetheless, the repeated random
episodes of thumping heartbeats and
mild chest pains, left her terrified.
‘I could be picking up my daughter
[aged eight] from school, or lying in bed
there didn’t seem to be any pattern,’
says Suzie, now 42, who is married to
Ashley, 38, who also works in insurance.
But then, one weekend in December
2024, four months after her symptoms
first began, Suzie’s heart started
pounding constantly and ‘very loudly’
in her ears excruciating chest pains
kept her awake at night.
‘I was convinced I must be having a
heart attack,’ she says.
By the Tuesday, the family was so
concerned that Suzie’s dad drove her
to hospital.
An ECG (to measure heart rate) and
blood tests ruled out a heart attack, so
Suzie was discharged.
But her symptoms continued. Suzie
also began feeling hot and sweaty, so
wondered if it might be related to the
peri-menopause, despite her young age.
Her GP got her to fill in an online
symptom-checker, but nothing was
flagged up.
Over the following months, with the
palpitations continuing, Suzie lost a
stone and a half and had trouble sleep-
ing. ‘Irritable and wired’, she also
noticed her hair thinning and her eyes
feeling ‘dry and gritty’.
Finally, out for a jog one day in April 2025, she happened to glance at her fitness watch and saw her heartbeat was 180 beats per minute (a healthy exercising rate for a 40-year-old is 90 to 153). She contacted her GP, who told her to go straight to A&E. O
NCE again, all the checks
were normal but this
time Suzie stood her
ground. ‘I said I wasn’t happy and
knew something was wrong,’ she
says. It was a nurse who after
asking a few more questions
suggested Suzie might have an
overactive thyroid gland (hyper-
thyroidism) and arranged a
blood test.
With hyperthyroidism, the
gland produces too much of the
hormone thyroxine, which
controls metabolism.
High levels can cause bodily
functions to speed up, leading to
a rapid irregular heartbeat, a
racing pulse, sudden weight loss
despite an increased appetite, as
well as anxiety and difficulty
sleeping, heat intolerance and
excessive sweating.
Other symptoms include
itchiness, passing large amounts
of urine (a higher metabolic rate
causes the kidneys to filter blood
faster), thirst, an enlarged
thyroid gland (a goitre) or
thyroid eye disease (when the
immune system attacks the tis-
sue behind the eyes, producing a
characteristic ‘bulging’ appear-
ance). It can also cause erectile
dysfunction in men.
It’s estimated that around
800,000 to a million people in the
UK have an overactive thyroid
with women ten times as likely as
men to be affected.
The most common cause is
Graves’ disease, an auto-immune
condition caused by antibodies
over-stimulating the thyroid
gland to produce too much
thyroid hormone. (It’s not clear
palpitations were due to stress and so did doctors. But it wasn’t her heart, it was her thyroid... Anxious months: Suzie Brown
what triggers Graves’, but smok- ing may increase the risk.) Excess thyroid hormone over- stimulates the heart which, along with the nerves and gut, has a particularly high concentra- tion of thyroid hormone recep- tors, explains Kristien Boelaert, a professor of endocrinology at the University of Birmingham, and adviser to the British Thyroid Foundation charity. This leads to a faster metabolism, and poten- tially heart palpitations. ‘It can also cause faster transit through the gut, weight loss, tremor and heat intolerance [feeling hot and sweaty], as well as a whole host of other symp- toms,’ she told Good Health. But symptoms, such as palpitations, sweating and trouble sleeping, can overlap with other common problems including stress and cardiac conditions, which can make diagnosis tricky, particularly for women, as they also mimic classic menopause symptoms, says Professor Boeleart. This can often lead to delays in diagnosis yet early identifica- tion of an overactive thyroid is crucial. Left untreated, the constant strain on the heart can lead to atrial fibrillation (an erratic heart beat) and an increased risk of stroke. In rare cases, uncontrolled over- active thyroid can develop into a
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life-threatening ‘thyroid storm’ where a sudden, massive release of thyroid hormones into the bloodstream tips the metabolism into overdrive. Symptoms include high blood pressure, fever, sweating, shaking, vomiting and agitation: it’s a medical emergency that can lead to death in up to 30 per cent of cases. Yet despite having classic symptoms of an overactive thy- roid, more than eight months passed before the condition was even mentioned to Suzie. She then had another four-month wait to see an endocrinologist, a hormone specialist. Her experience is common. A 2023 survey by the University of Aberdeen, of 1,200 people with thyroid disease, found they waited on average four and a half years for their diagnosis. Sometimes women with heart palpitations may be misdiag- nosed with other conditions, including panic disorder. Others may have unnecessary cardiac investigations without first being tested for thyroid function. Professor Boelaert says that a middle-aged woman with repeated bouts of significant heart palpitations should be first given a thyroid function test. But this was not the case for 42-year-old Michelle Smythe, who underwent two unnecessary cardiac procedures because doc- tors diagnosed a heart complaint when in fact she had an overac- tive thyroid. It was only after
both procedures failed that the mother-of-two was finally given a blood test to check her thyroid function and the truth was revealed in spite of a family history of thyroid problems. Michelle’s symptoms began during her pregnancy 15 years ago, when her heart rate shot up to 209 bpm. ‘I was short of breath and shaking, it was really terrifying,’ recalls Michelle, who works as a caretaker and has asked to use a pseudonym because of ongoing medical treatment. S
HE was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycar- dia episodes of abnor- mally rapid heartbeats caused by faulty electrical signalling in the heart and told she’d need a car- diac ablation, when heat is used to destroy the tissue triggering the faulty signalling. The five- hour procedure was performed under local anaesthetic. ‘I found it extremely painful as morphine doesn’t work for me,’ says Michelle, from Maidstone in Kent. When the operation proved inef- fective, doctors repeated it three months later. ‘Again, it didn’t work and my palpitation attacks continued,’ says Michelle. It was only when planning a third ablation that her consult- ant finally did a thyroid function test, and Michelle was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid
caused by Graves’ disease. ‘I went through 17 months of hell having completely unnecessary heart procedures,’ she told Good Health. ‘I don’t understand why they didn’t do a thyroid blood test when I first started with palpitations.’ By the time she was diagnosed her thyroid gland was so badly damaged it had to be surgi- cally removed. Michelle will now take an artificial form of thyroid hormone for the rest of her life. She was later awarded £6,000 in compensation by the hospital. ‘All of this trauma could have been avoided had the right test been done at the right time,’ she says. Suzie echoes this frustration. After her diagnosis with hyper- thyroidism, she was started on the drug carbimazole to control her thyroid levels although it would take another four months for her palpitations to subside while doctors tried to find the right dose for her. Now her palpitations are 70 per cent improved. But she adds: ‘The delays mattered because my symptoms were getting worse all the time putting my heart under stress and me at risk of serious long-term symptoms.’ Professor Derek Connolly, a consultant cardiologist at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, says that palpitations are often caused by atrial fibrilla- tion, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. But he adds: ‘One of the things you should absolutely screen everyone who comes in with palpitations for is thyroid disease with a blood test. ‘That is a standard test, even though it is a relatively rare cause. In younger women with palpitations, I would be looking for thyroid disease.’
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AS THE UK heatwave continues, finding a reliable antiperspirant takes on a degree of urgency. But with many new products making increasingly impressive claims, what’s the best option? We asked Dr Tim Churchill, a consultant dermatologist at Cadogan Clinic in London, to assess some of the newest products, which we than rated.
BUDGET AMPLEX Active Antiperspirant Roll On, 99p for 50ml, Superdrug CLAIM: ‘24-hour protection with non-sting ingredients.’ Apply daily. EXPERT VERDICT: The key active ingredient here is aluminium chlorohydrate, a well-established antiperspirant this temporarily forms plugs in the sweat ducts and significantly reduces sweating. Longer-lasting antiperspirants have higher concentrations of aluminium salts and/or formulations that don’t wash away as quickly. The urea and aloe vera in this will help moisturise the skin. For most people, this formula should provide effective everyday protection. 9/10
JONES
WHOLE BODY DOVE Lavender & Chamomile Whole Body Deodorant Cream, £3.15 for 75ml, Boots CLAIM: ‘All-over odour protection to
keep you feeling fresh.’ Apply daily to underarms, thighs or chest. EXPERT VERDICT: Whole-body prod- ucts are a growing trend, but for most people, deodorant is only necessary in areas where body odour develops, mainly the underarms. If you experience excessive sweat- ing or odour affecting multiple parts of the body, discuss it with your doctor, as there may be more appropriate treatments. Aluminium-free deodorants such
as this have become increas-
ingly popular, due to concerns
about the link between
aluminium and breast cancer
or dementia. But scientific
studies show no convincing
evidence of this.
This product has zinc neodeca-
noate a zinc salt that has anti-
microbial properties and helps
inhibit activity of the bacteria
responsible for breaking down
sweat into odorous compounds.
But using rich, cream formu-
lations like this on acne-prone
skin can block pores and
cause breakouts. 7/10
THE Deodorant Balm SC.00
Unfragranced & Sensitive,
£17.85 for 50ml,
aktlondon.com
CLAIM: ‘Scent and
aluminium-free for
protection that
lasts all day.’ Use
d a i l y
a n y w h e r e
including feet, fore-
head and chest.
EXPERT VERDICT: This
uses a combination
of arrowroot powder,
silica and clay
to absorb excess
moisture, while the
magnesium oxide
and sodium bicarbo-
nate in this have been scientif-
ically shown to neutralise
odour by making the skin pH
less favourable for odour-
causing bacteria to thrive on.
This may be a good option
for some people, as it’s
fragrance-free and therefore
less irritating to sensitive skin
but the ingredients are
far less effective than alumin-
ium salts for controlling
heavy perspiration. 6/10
SURE Women Rio Coconut
72hr Whole Body Deodorant
Spray, £5.25 for 150ml, Tesco
CLAIM: ‘Use anywhere including
your pits, boobs, feet, privates
and beyond.’ Apply as needed.
EXPERT VERDICT: Another
deodorant using zinc neodeca-
noate to control odour, but the
72-hour odour claim should be
interpreted carefully.
While the antibacterial ingre-
dients and fragrance may
reduce odour for an extended
period under controlled testing
conditions, its real-world per-
formance will vary depending
on factors such as physical
activity, outdoor temperature,
showering and clothing.
Also note, ‘whole-body’
deodorants should only be
used externally. While the claim
is this can be used for ‘privates’,
such products shouldn’t be
applied to, or near, internal
genital tissue, for instance, as
the normal protective balance
of bacteria could be disrupted.
And fragranced sprays like
this can increase the risk of
irritation and allergic contact
dermatitis, particularly in
people who are prone to
eczema or sensitive skin. 4/10
LONG-LASTING
PERSPIREX Strong
Antiperspirant Roll-On,
£9.99 for 20ml, Boots
CLAIM: ‘Offers five days protec-
tion for severe perspiration.’
Apply to dry skin before bed,
wash off in the morning.
EXPERT VERDICT: This uses
aluminium chloride, the most
commonly used antiperspi-
rant. Previously, products with
this ingredient have claimed
up to 48 hours of protection
so this is significantly longer.
It is scientifically plausible, as
the sweat duct-blocking effect
can persist until the skin
naturally sheds the top layer of
cells and the sweat plugs are
washed away (the duration will
vary between individuals).
In this case, the aluminium
chloride is in a higher concen-
tration than usual, and the
maker uses a formulation that’s
harder to wash off, creating a
longer-lasting barrier. Because
this is designed to be used at
night, when sweat glands are
less active, it allows a good
eight hours for it to penetrate
and form plugs in these glands.
This is a good first-line treat-
ment for hyperhidrosis (exces-
sive sweating) and importantly
it won’t interfere with the
body’s ability to regulate
temperature, as the underarms
account for only a small propor-
tion of the sweat glands in the
entire body. The main draw-
back is that aluminium chloride
can cause irritation. 9/10
VICHY 7-Day Antiperspirant
Cream For Sensitive Skin,
£8.25 for 30ml, Boots
CLAIM: ‘Seven-day protection
from intense perspiration.’
Apply to underarms for four
consecutive days, then
alternative days for one week.
Use twice weekly after that.
EXPERT VERDICT: The step-down
application schedule allows
the sweat plugs to build up
over time. This cream has
aluminium chlorohydrate,
which has a slightly milder
antiperspirant effect than
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aluminium chloride. The maker
claims that by using smaller
particles of aluminium this
penetrates deeper into the
sweat duct, offering more days of
protection. But there’s limited
independent evidence for this.
Although formulated for
sensitive skin, it still contains
aluminium salts and fragrance,
which can cause irritation,
particularly if applied after shav-
ing or to damaged skin. 6/10
‘GOOD’ BACTERIA
FUSSY Natural Refillable
Deodorant, £9.99 for
40g, Superdrug
CLAIM: ‘A science-backed
probiotic formula that replen-
ishes the “good” bacteria for
24-hour protection.’ Apply
daily after showering.
EXPERT VERDICT: Probiotic
deodorants are an interesting
emerging trend. Sweat itself is
virtually odourless it only
develops a smell when skin
bacteria break it down. One of
the worst offenders are Staph-
ylococcus bacteria which can
turn otherwise odourless sweat
compounds into pungent
sulphur-containing chemicals
which smell onion-like.
The formula includes magne-
sium hydroxide and sodium
bicarbonate to help neutralise
odour, while tapioca starch
absorbs moisture. Its effective-
ness is likely to stem from the
combination of these ingredi-
ents. But note: as a deodorant
(and not an antiperspirant)
this won’t stop sweating, it will
only reduce the smell. 7/10
ROLLR Rose Quartz
Gemstone Deodorant,
£45, rollr.co.uk
CLAIM: ‘Reduces sweat by
naturally tightening pores, not
blocking them.’ With postbiot-
ics and prebiotics. Use daily.
EXPERT VERDICT: Ingredients
such as rice starch
a n d
a r r o w r o o t
absorb moisture,
while potassium
alum, which has
an antibacterial
effect, may provide
mild odour con-
t r o l .
B u t
t h e
‘tightening pores’
claim isn’t recog-
nised scientifically.
It also contains
prebiotics and postbiotics
(bacterial byproducts), said to
feed ‘good’ bacteria and lower
skin pH to deter smelly
bacteria but there’s very lim-
ited evidence supporting this.
At £45 and £12 every two
months for refills
this is
incredibly expensive. Most of
the price reflects the luxurious
design rather than proven
superior performance. 4/10
WATERS
C
LAIRE Bergstrom Johnson vividly remembers the moment her childhood changed for ever. At the age of seven her non-identical twin, Maegan, suddenly collapsed in the school playground. ‘I remember running when the bell rang to go back inside from recess and found her on the ground in the sandpit, unable to get up,’ Claire, now 30, recalls. ‘Maegan kept trying to get back up but she just couldn’t. I thought she was joking.’ As Maegan was carried inside, teachers initially suspected uncharacteristic bad behaviour, until the little girl explained she simply couldn’t stand. She managed to do so later that day but was stumbling around, bumping into things. On reflection, her mother, a veterinarian, had noticed some worrying signs over the previous few months. As Claire explains: ‘Maegan had become clumsy, frequently running into things and then screaming in pain. ‘When she went downstairs, she had started to grip the bannister, take one step at a time and planting both feet before attempting the next.’ And so after she collapsed, her parents took Maegan to the family doctor, who ordered some blood tests. When these didn’t reveal what was wrong, Maegan was referred to a local children’s hospital where she was diag- nosed incorrectly with Charcot-Ma- rie-Tooth disease, a group of inherited con- ditions that damage the peripheral nerves. But she continued to deteriorate. ‘Within a week of that visit Maegan was visibly worse,’ says Claire. ‘She could walk but was very sensitive to things. For example, the contrast between warm bath water and the cooler air around her made her scream in pain; even a simple bump or nudge could be very painful. She also experienced sudden muscle weakness and falls.’ The doctors were baffled, often dismiss- ing the family’s concerns her mother was labelled a ‘hysterical helicopter parent’ by some clinicians. Maegan was then referred to more
specialised assessments at the
Mayo Clinic some 500 miles away
from the family home in Holland,
Michigan, in the US.
After undergoing rounds of
investigations, such as nerve
conduction tests, which measure
the speed and strength of electri-
cal signals travelling through
your nerves, she was diagnosed
incorrectly, again
with
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS),
an autoimmune disorder where
the immune system attacks the
peripheral nerves.
M
AEGAN was hospital- ised for two weeks and treated for GBS. When she was discharged, she was feel- ing better but barely able to walk. Claire remembers this time and the impact on her family. Her father Steve, a clinical psychologist, began to frantically research Maegan’s symptoms. Their elder sister Rachael, then aged nine, was old enough to grasp how serious and worrying things were. But her parents somehow managed to keep the household running, with her nearby relatives pitching in to help when needed. Still, the strain was real. ‘I felt a huge burden of guilt at being “the healthy twin”,’ reflects Claire. ‘In a way, my childhood was robbed from me, too I spent so much of it in and out of hospitals with Maegan, watching her nearly die.’ Within a month of her hospital discharge, Maegan
desperate to find a cure for her twin’s rare disease — and now she’s on the brink of success
deteriorated
she was in a
wheelchair, her legs fully para-
lysed, and her arms so weak she
couldn’t hold herself up.
Claire says: ‘I remember her
screaming and crying at night if
she needed my parents to help
her turn over in bed when she
became so weak. By this stage,
I knew something really bad
was going on.
‘That was a really low point.
Maegan looked emaciated, her
legs visibly wasting away. She
looked like she was dying.’
Then one night within two
months of her collapse at school
her parents had to make
an emergency dash with Mae-
gan to the Mayo Clinic, after
doctors said her lungs were
at risk of failing. It was
then that Maegan’s family
finally discovered what
was wrong with her:
chronic inflammatory
demyelinating polyneu-
ropathy (CIDP).
T h i s
i s
o n e
of a group of autoim-
mune neurological
conditions or
inflammatory
neuropathies
w h e r e
t h e
immune sys-
Trailblazer: Claire has a PhD in nerve research
tem mistakenly attacks the
nervous system.
Maegan’s white blood cells and
antibodies had been stripping
the protective covering (called
myelin) around the peripheral
nerves, which control muscles
and communicate sensations.
This impaired their ability to
carry signals to and from the brain
and spinal cord and explained
why she experienced both muscle
weakness and severe pain.
CIDP affects around 5,000
people in the UK, with up to 650
people diagnosed each year and
there is no cure.
‘Symptoms often begin
gradually, but characteristi-
cally continue to worsen
over weeks to months,’
s a y s
w o r l d - l e a d i n g
expert, Simon Rinaldi, a
professor of neurology at
the University of Oxford.
‘People may notice
persistent pins and
needles or numbness
in their hands or feet,
weakness in their
arms or legs, prob-
lems with balance
or increasing dif-
ficulty walking.’
He adds: ‘Tin-
g l i n g
a n d
numbness are
common
symptoms and
are usually
c a u s e d
b y
something
much less
serious. The pattern that concerns
us is when several symptoms
occur together, get worse and
interfere with everyday activities
such as climbing stairs, walking
or carrying shopping.’
Without treatment, ongoing
inflammation can lead to perma-
nent nerve damage and lasting
disability, but CIDP can be
treated, he explains.
‘The main treatments include
steroids, intravenous immuno-
globulin an infusion of antibod-
ies purified from the blood of
thousands of blood donors and
plasma exchange, filtering
the patient’s blood to remove
harmful antibodies and other
disease-causing factors.
‘Many patients regain strength,
improve their mobility and are
able to continue living inde-
pendently,’ says Professor Rinaldi.
But while current treatments
can help, they are not a cure, and
they don’t work for everyone
some people can recover fully,
whereas others will require long-
term treatment and remain
significantly disabled.
After weekly intravenous immu-
noglobulin, Maegan was eventu-
ally able to return home.
But it took time to build her
strength
it was three years
before she was out of a wheel-
chair and able to walk with the
assistance of a walking frame.
Her sister’s ordeal made Claire
determined to become a scientist
so she could help in some way.
And now, in an extraordinary
Close bond: Claire Bergstrom Johnson, right, with Maegan
development, Claire has man- aged to do just that discovering a type of antibody, known as IgM that seems to play a role in CIDP and could be a target for new treatments. Working alone in the lab on a Friday evening in September 2024, she applied these newly discovered antibodies to cell cultures and looked under the microscope. What she saw changed everything. It was a moment she’d seren- dipitously captured on video, in a deeply emotional moment. ‘For many years, patients with CIDP were treated with the same range of therapies but some responded poorly or not at all,’ explains Professor Rinaldi, who is also Claire’s research mentor. ‘The discovery that harmful IgG antibodies drive disease in some CIDP patients revolutionised treatment, leading to targeted therapies that have changed practice around the world. ‘Now Claire has identified the role of a different type of anti- body, IgM, in a closely related nerve disease. ‘She is investigating whether IgM may also play a role in patients with CIDP; this could ultimately improve the way these rare nerve diseases are diagnosed and treated.’ For Claire, the path to this has not been easy. After studying neuroscience, she applied to do a PhD, but was rejected by all 11 US programmes she had approached (essentially because she didn’t know how the system worked). After a stint in biotech research throughout the Covid pandemic, she reapplied in the US. But again she was rejected. H
OWEVER, refusing to give up, Claire applied to both Oxford and Cambridge universities in 2021 and received scholarship offers from both. Choosing Oxford, she under- took a doctorate to investigate a rare nerve disease that presents with CIDP-like symptoms. She spent nearly three years glued to a laboratory searching for an antibody called IgG, a driver of CIDP, but found nothing. ‘I felt like a failure, like there was something I was doing wrong,’ says Claire. But instead of giving up, she pivoted to testing a different suspect that no one had previously considered IgM antibodies, a different, bigger class of antibody which have been known to drive other inflammatory neuropathies. That’s when her moment of discovery occurred. ‘When I looked into the microscope the IgM antibodies were “fluorescing” with incredible brightness this indicated that they were locking on to the nerve targets and they were doing it far more strongly than anything I’d previously studied,’ she explains. ‘This finding suggests that these antibodies could be caus- ing disease, and that might also be the case in CIDP, too. ‘It was also a very emotional moment. I fell to the floor like, on my hands and knees because I just couldn’t believe it,’ she recalls. ‘A lot of what was behind that emotion was just how long I’d been looking for a positive result. It felt validating and I couldn’t wait to tell Maegan. ‘I texted her immediately. She replied “I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO PSYCHED FOR YOU”.’ Since
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exposed and reactive. I suspect your specialist’s suggestion to use heated eye pads is to tackle the underlying cause of the dry eyes. Heat can ‘soften’ the oil to help release it. While you can buy special eye pads from any chemist, a warm compress (such as a flannel) or a
SO WE have a new Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper – the 26th since I became a doctor. I can dimly recall a few good decisions, but most introduced changes that damaged patient care. Kenneth Clarke (in post 1988-1990) was the worst, his actions reverberating to this day. In hospitals, the loss of the traditional ‘firm’, where a consultant led a team of junior colleagues, was the biggest disaster in health- care, undermining training. The introduction of an ‘internal market’ comes a close second: GPs were given budgets to purchase care by entering into contracts with hospitals, supposedly choosing better value and
microwaveable seed-filled eye
mask are also good options
using one of these for ten minutes
once or twice daily can help.
As for lutein supplements, these
are not intended to treat dry eye
rather, they can help protect the
macula, the area at the back of
the eye that’s responsible for
sharp, detailed vision.
I’M 77 and recently
experienced a strange
‘surging’ feeling from my
stomach to my head while
watching TV. Hospital tests
saving money as the hospitals had to compete. This did not increase choice as promised – you could refer to a hospital only if your practice had a contract with it. So your decision was based not on the consultant having the right experience and wisdom, but on funding and economy. We also ended up with a vast infrastructure to create and monitor contracts, diverting funds away from patient care. Those same administrators remained after the dissolution of the internal market, an army of managers who ultimately took over healthcare decisions from the doctors and nurses. A disaster.
found my blood pressure was high – but everything else was normal. What caused it? Anne Scott, via email. THIS must have been frightening, and your longer letter contains several vital clues to a possible cause. You mention having had two transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs), or ‘mini strokes’, in 2014 and 2018. A TIA is a temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain that causes stroke-like symptoms but no lasting damage.
It does indicate an increased risk of a full stroke later, however. At the time, tests showed you had high cholesterol so you were prescribed a statin and clopidogrel a blood thinner to lower the risk of stroke. After this recent episode you had a CT scan of your head and an electrocardiogram (ECG), which checks the electrical activ- ity of the heart to look for abnor- mal rhythms. Both were normal. Even so, and despite the reassurance you were given by doctors in A&E, I think it’s hard to rule out another TIA
especially as your blood pressure was raised at the time. The other likely explanation is a heart-rhythm problem. I’d suggest asking your GP about being referred for longer ECG monitor- ing ideally for seven days. This would involve wearing a monitor at home and is more likely to detect any intermittent rhythm problems that may have been missed during the spot- check in A&E.
■CONTACT Dr Scurr at:
drmartin@dailymail.co.uk.
Replies should be taken
in a general context. Always
consult your own GP with any
health concerns.
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OU have too much body fat – and you really need to lose weight. Most doctors are frightened to say those words. We worry about being accused of prejudice, rudeness or fat-shaming. Yet we are perfectly prepared to tell patients that their smoking is dangerous or that their drinking is damaging their health. Why should obesity be treated differently? Silence is not kindness. And we should be having this conversation when someone first becomes overweight, not years later when they are morbidly obese, breathless and already suffering the damaging consequences. But any doctor who says, ‘You must lose weight,’ should immediately add something just as important: ‘Being overweight is not your fault.’ The fact is, the food industry has poisoned people with food designed to make them eat more. And doctors have spent decades giving the wrong advice. For this, on our behalf, I apologise. For decades we’ve got obesity wrong. We’ve reduced a complex condition to a smug little equation: calories in minus calories out. If you were overweight, all you needed to do was eat less and move more. If that failed, the implication was that you had failed because you were lazy or lacked willpower. But the truth is that it was the doctors who had failed. The equation is technically correct, but utterly useless. It explains neither why it happens nor what we should do about it. B
UT Wegovy has changed
everything. The jab and
now the new oral version
contains semaglutide, which
mimics GLP-1, a hormone
released after eating that tells the
brain we are full and slows the
emptying of the stomach.
I once worried these drugs were
simply an easy pharmaceutical
shortcut with unknown risks. I
now believe they are one of the
most important medical advances
of recent years.
Their success tells us something
fundamental: obesity is not a
failure of character.
Ultra-processed food, with its
moreish chemistry and mouth-
watering textures, has over-
whelmed appetite signals that
evolved over thousands of years.
Once obesity becomes estab-
lished, the body fights to return to
its highest weight, which is why
diets so often fail.
Wegovy works because it pushes
back against that biology. It does
not create willpower but it does
reduce the relentless hunger that
doctors had spent years telling
patients to simply ignore.
The medical establishment’s
incorrect understanding of obesity
first started to unravel with
groundbreaking studies done not
by doctors but by an evolutionary
anthropologist, Herman Pontzer.
In 2012, his team studied 30
Hadza hunter-gatherers in north-
ern Tanzania. Although the Hadza
completing her PhD in June last year, Claire has founded the Oxbridge Admis- sions Club, helping people from all walks of life access the UK’s top universities – she also now works at Oxford as a neuro- scientist continuing her research. Just months ago, using the same antibody screening approach, she discovered the IgM antibodies not just in cells but in some CIDP patients, too. Claire says: ‘The thread from my work to my sister’s disease is real and active; for me, it’s the direction of the whole
to tell our patients that they’re fat ...and then we have to explain why it’s OUR fault they’ve ended up this way
HEALTH HEADLINES
ROB GALLOWAY
walked miles every day and were far more active than Western adults, they did not burn signifi- cantly more calories. The finding suggested that our bodies compensate for sustained activity by reducing energy expenditure elsewhere. Exercise still burns calories, but the increase in total daily expend- iture is often much smaller than expected and will eventually plateau. This helps explain why you cannot ‘outrun’ a bad diet. That is not to say that exercise is pointless. Far from it. It is one of the most powerful treatments in medicine, protecting the heart, muscles, bones and brain. Plus, increasing your muscle mass can be one of the most effective ways to maintain weight loss as it raises your basal meta- bolic rate (BMR), or the number of calories your body needs to per- form essential life-sustaining functions, such as breathing, while at rest. This in turn helps you to burn the energy you eat, rather than it becoming extra fat. The second mistake doctors made was treating the human body like a laboratory furnace and pretending every calorie affects us in exactly the same way. The fact is, 200 calories of eggs, beans or chicken will affect our appetite very differently from 200 calories of sugary breakfast cereal. And the latter will leave us want- ing more. Research shows that we
project.’ Today, Maegan is in remission and no longer requires any treatment. She is able to walk unaided and works as a software engineer – ‘she is incredi- bly clever’, says Claire – and in autumn 2024, she got married. But the disease has taken its toll. Mae- gan suffers from extreme stomach pain occasionally, sometimes requiring A&E visits; foot drop, which makes walking or running more difficult; and fatigue. ‘Everything is five times harder for her than for me,’ explains Claire. ‘This is down to the disease not being caught early enough.’ Rare diseases such as
tend to eat ultra-processed foods faster than our fullness signals can respond to it, making it remarkably easy to eat too much before the brain tells us to stop. By driving us to eat more, ultra-processed food promotes fat accumulation, particularly around the liver and abdominal organs. This makes the body less respon- sive to insulin, forcing the pan- creas to produce more insulin until eventually blood sugar rises and type 2 diabetes develops. Our third mistake when it came to obesity was not realising the importance of when we eat. Humans evolved to eat when food could be hunted, and to fast when it could not. Constant grazing from breakfast until bedtime is a remarkably modern phenom- enon and puts us at risk of metabolic illnesses. Fasting has been shown to improve metabolic health and also reduce calorie intake. A 2020 trial by the University of Illinois Chicago found that adults with obesity who restricted eating to a four or six-hour window every day consumed about 550 fewer calories, lost around 3 per cent of their weight in eight weeks and improved their insulin resistance compared with those who were allowed to eat whenever they wanted to. Our fourth mistake was to neglect the importance of sleep. Poor sleep increases hunger, makes junk food harder to resist and leaves more waking hours for eating. It also does something even more harmful: it reduces our cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The body compensates by producing more insulin to control blood sugar, which in turn promotes fat storage. No wonder so many of my NHS colleagues who work night shifts and sleep poorly are troubled by their weight. I was one of them until I drastically changed my diet. Perhaps the medical
CIDP are often neglected when it comes to developing new treatments, because the medical system is structured around conditions that affect larger numbers of people – indeed, Claire’s research has been supported by the charities Inflam- matory Neuropathies UK and GBS-CIDP Foundation International. And the future is encouraging, says Professor Rinaldi: ‘For three decades, treatment options for CIDP changed very little, but a new treatment has recently been approved that targets one of the immune pathways thought to contribute to the disease. We’re also
profession’s biggest mistake was
allowing a BMI (body mass index)
threshold to become a definition
of obesity.
BMI is a cheap and useful tool for
measuring trends in the popula-
tion, so we should not abandon it
but it cannot distinguish a
muscular, healthy rugby player
from someone with the same high
BMI but who is unhealthy and
carries dangerous amounts of fat.
Where that fat sits also matters.
Subcutaneous fat lies beneath the
skin and is generally less harmful
than visceral fat packed around the
liver, pancreas and other organs
which pumps out toxic compounds
linked to heart disease, type 2
diabetes, cancer and dementia.
A
N impedance scale, available online and on the high street, can estimate your percentage of body fat, which can be a far better predictor than your weight for your overall health. Measure your waist too, and aim to keep it below half your height. Finally, medicine must acknowl- edge how we got here; doctors have been unduly influenced by the food and drug industry. In one analysis, 19 of the 20 members of the US 2020 Dietary Guidelines Committee had documented conflicts of interest involving food or pharmaceutical companies. That fact alone should make us, as a profession, hang our heads in shame. Companies have every right to make a profit. But a business model that engineers food to be addictive and falsely markets it as healthy, while blaming the consumer for over-eating and under-exercising, deserves the sort of scorn once reserved for tobacco companies. So yes, if you are fat, your doctor should be able to tell you so but they also need to make clear it’s not your fault, and it is now treata- ble as a preventable condition. @drrobgalloway
learning much more about why CIDP develops and why different patients respond differently to treatment. ‘Researchers are beginning to connect the dots between related autoimmune nerve diseases, with discoveries in one condition helping us better understand another.’ Claire remains focused on the prize: ‘I went into research determined to help find a cure for the disease my sister lives with, and that genuinely drives me.’ n To see Claire make her groundbreaking discovery in real time, go to: instagram. com/reel/DAgtaM1IVIe/
STITCHING TIME The Great British Sewing Bee, 8pm, BBC1 IT’S Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week, and the ten remaining contestants start with a pattern challenge to make three matching pairs of knickers out of second-hand T-shirts. Knickers are way more complicated to sew than you’d think, and it terrifies and flusters most of the contestants. For the transformation, Esme Young and Patrick Grant (pictured with presenter Sophie Willan) have had a rummage and rescued fabrics and sundries destined for landfill, which they want transformed into a ‘garment with drama at the back’. Finally, the made to measure gives the sewists a chance to create an outfit with an environmental message. Who gets their knickers in a twist? And whose eco-message hits home?
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Animal Park (AD,R)
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Homes Under the Hammer The
progress of properties in Dorset,
west London and Yorkshire.
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BBC News at One; Weather
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Money for Nothing Jacqui Joseph
enlists Ollie to overhaul a coffee
table, and she adds a creative
touch to a collection of old frames.
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Escape to the Country (R) Briony
May Williams helps a London buyer
wanting a North Yorkshire cottage.
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The Bidding Room (R) Items
include a 19th-century home electric
shock kit and a silver tea set.
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Robin Johnson and James Broad
help an Edinburgh widow.
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Pointless (R) Hosted by Alexander
Armstrong and Gyles Brandreth.
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7.00 The One Show Presented by Alex Jones and Vernon Kay. 7.30 EastEnders (AD) Sheila is left shaken after a visit with Gray.
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8.00 The Great British Sewing Bee (AD) The contestants face Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week, turning old T-shirts into underwear, using waste items to decorate their transformations, and making outfits with an eco-message.
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10.40 Blinded by the Light (2019) (12)
◆ A teenager learns to live his
life, understand his family and
find his own voice through the
music of Bruce Springsteen.
Coming-of-age drama, starring
Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir
and Meera Ganatra.
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HOTEL CHOCOLAT UNWRAPPED, 8PM, CH4
HOTEL Chocolat is a
British success story,
feeding our obsession
with all things
chocolatey since
it launched online
in 1993. The brand
was sold to one
of the big global
confectioners
in 2024 for more
than £500 million,
but one of its two
British founders,
Angus Thirlwell,
is still in charge.
This returning
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Bargain Hunt (R)
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Animal Park (AD,R)
8.00
The Great British Sewing Bee
(AD,BSL,R) The sewers take on
challenges themed around colours.
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BBC News
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Richard Osman’s House of Games
(R) Yasmine Akram, Cariad Lloyd,
Geoff Norcott and Dennis Taylor go
toe to toe testing their trivia skills.
1.30
The Finish Line (R) Quiz show.
2.15
Lightning (R) Zoe Lyons hosts.
2.45
The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation (AD,R)
Recipes from the Netherlands.
3.45
The Farmers’ Country
Showdown (R) Kai and Neil
launch their new chilli ice-cream
at Abergavenny Food Festival.
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Earth from Space (AD,R)
The stories behind Earth’s most
remarkable patterns and shapes.
5.15
Flog It! (R) From Lulworth Castle.
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Richard Osman’s House of Games
(R) Karen Hauer, Storm Huntley,
Joe Marler and Tom Read Wilson
test their general knowledge skills.
6.30
Just One Thing (AD,R) How
sunlight can improve heart health.
7.00 Rick Stein’s Food Stories (AD,R) Rick meets a foraging chef and a famous sheep farmer in the Lake District, then heads to Yorkshire to see the UK’s biggest tofu factory.
8.00 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (AD,R) Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at a luxury hotel on Ibiza, where ‘biohacking’ therapies are offered alongside cacao ceremonies.
9.00 The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire (AD) New series. Lestat recounts what led to a brutal hotel confrontation. 9.45 Live at the Apollo (R) Jamali Maddix introduces Fern Brady and Sindhu Vee to the stage.
10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s events, with Victoria Derbyshire. (Followed by Weather)
11.05 The New Boy (2023) (12) ◆ Premiere. Australian drama following an Aboriginal orphan boy as he arrives at a remote monastery. Starring Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair.
12.35 Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together (AD,BSL,R) The actress learns about dementia care. 1.05 Bergerac (AD,BSL,R) The police are desperate to find a kidnapped baby. 1.55 Do You Know Your Place? (BSL,R) Questions on Bamburgh in Northumberland. 2.25 This Is BBC2
series follows the staff behind the
scenes as they dedicate themselves
to launching new products, and tackle
the everyday challenges of running
the business as it continues to grow —
and attempts to get a foothold in
America. Tonight’s episode follows the
opening of a new store across the pond
in Chicago — but with a tight deadline
looming, construction delays are the
last thing they need. Meanwhile, back
in the UK, chocolatier Rhona (pictured)
is testing out new recipes, and the
Chocmobile is loading up with hot
chocolate, ice cream and more
chocolatey treats as it prepares to
hit the summer festival circuit. Yum!
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Good Morning Britain
10.00 This Morning A mix of celebrity
chat, lifestyle features, advice
and competitions.
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News; Weather
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ITV Racing: Glorious Goodwood
Ed Chamberlin and Francesca
Cumani present coverage of day
one of the meeting, including
feature race the Goodwood Cup
and four more supporting races.
With analysis from Jason Weaver
and Hayley Turner, reports by Rishi
Persad, Sally Ann Grassick, and
Luke Harvey, and commentary by
Richard Hoiles; Regional Weather
4.30
Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals (R)
Dramatic endgames from the
arcade-themed game show.
5.00
The Chase (R) Jo from Blackburn,
David from Norwich, Rebecca
from Canterbury and Andrew
from Sale hope they can win
thousands of pounds as a team.
Bradley Walsh asks the questions.
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Regional News; Weather
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7.30 Inside the Langham: Britain’s First Grand Hotel (AD) Wedding planner Meri pulls out all the stops for an ultra-exclusive ceremony, while managing director Stefan gathers staff to announce some major news.
8.00 Emmerdale (AD) Vinny’s jealousy could be causing a problem, while Graham goes snooping. 8.30 Coronation Street (AD) David and Shona confront Jodie over the contents of her trinket box.
9.00 Cold Case Forensics: The Death of God’s Banker (AD) New series. A look at the death of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, whose body was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge.
10.00 News (Followed by Weather)
10.30 Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.45 Bad Boys (1995) (15) ◆ (AD)
Two detectives are forced to
swap identities as they hunt
for a heroin consignment
stolen by a drug kingpin.
Michael Bay’s action thriller,
starring Will Smith, Martin
Lawrence, Téa Leoni, Tchéky
Karyo and Joe Pantoliano.
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Shop on TV 3.00 The Staircase
(AD,BSL,R) Michael and his high-
powered attorney David Rudolf
piece together their defence. Colin
Firth stars. 4.05 Unwind with ITV
5.10 Dickinson’s Real Deal (AD,BSL,R)
David Dickinson and the dealers
are at Newcastle Racecourse.
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Cheers (R) Triple bill of the sitcom.
7.45
Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R)
Triple bill, starring Ray Romano.
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Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes.
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Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (R) Gordon continues to help
the owners of Iberville Cuisine.
12.05 Channel 4 News Summary
12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Simon
O’Brien makes plans to turn a pile
of old slate into an unusual lamp.
1.10
The Great House Giveaway (R)
Strangers get the opportunity to
buy a property in Mold, North Wales.
2.10
Countdown With Scarlett Moffatt
in Dictionary Corner.
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A Place in the Sun (R) Sara Damergi
helps two best friends to find a
home in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar.
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Narrow Escapes (AD,R) Flora,
Faraz and their family head home
as their holiday comes to an end.
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Chateau DIY (AD,R) Tim and
Rebecca host their first retreat.
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American Pickers (AD,R)
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz put
thousands on the line to strike
a deal with a tough negotiator.
7.00 Channel 4 News
8.00 Hotel Chocolat Unwrapped
(AD) New series. Behind the
scenes at the chocolatier as
the company moves into the
bakery business, dreams up new
products, tours UK festivals and
plans a new store in the U.S.
9.00 The Undeclared War (AD) Barbara crosses paths with her ex-boyfriend Nicky Chan — first in 2014 in Hong Kong on a fated MI6 mission, and then again in 2022, when he reappears.
10.00 Gogglebox (AD,R) Reviews of
The Celebrity Traitors, Trigger
Point, Michael McIntyre’s The
Wheel, The Great British Bake
Off, Love Is Blind and DIY SOS.
11.05 First Dates (AD,R) Visitors include a woman who has never had a boyfriend, who connects with her date over a shared love of fashion, and two strangers who bond over chocolate.
12.05 Naked Attraction (AD,R) 1.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 1.55 The Piano (AD,BSL,R) 2.50 FILM: American Refugee (2021) (15) ◆ Dystopian horror, starring Erika Alexander. 4.25 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 5.15 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds (R) 5.45 Countdown (R)
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GOTHIC SAGA
The Vampire Lestat:
Interview With The
Vampire, 9pm, BBC2
THIS continuation of
the Interview With The
Vampire series moves
forward from early 20th-
century New Orleans
and postwar Paris to present-day America.
Time, of course, has not aged the immortal
Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), who now
looks like a cross between Iggy Pop and
Michael Hutchence, and has the rock band
to back him up. Daniel has published the
book that he was interviewing Lestat’s lover
Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson,
pictured with Reid) for in the earlier series,
and Lestat is not happy. He decides to set
the record straight, filming a documentary
as he fills concert venues with fans who
delight in the theatrical glamour of his
stage persona — and only we know he’s a
real vampire. But that is about to change . . .
All three series on BBC iPlayer.
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Castle (R) Beckett and Castle
go undercover at a resort.
4.55
Love Nature (R) Examining Feed
the Birds, a Shropshire charity
combating loneliness.
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5 News with Dan Walker
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Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R)
A tour of the island, beginning
with the cathedral in Valletta.
6.55
5 News Update
7.00 The Yorkshire Vet: At
Home with the Greens (R)
Documentary following two
of Britain’s oldest working
farmers, Steve and Jean Green.
7.55 5 News Update
8.00 Inside Longleat In the historic
Secret Garden, the team
manoeuvre a bronze sculpture
by global rock star Ronnie
Wood into prime position.
9.00 The Crow Girl (AD) As Jeanette
and Sophia dig deeper into
Victoria’s past, their relationship
grows closer, and Amar shares
important information with
Mike. Starring Eve Myles
and Katherine Kelly.
10.00 Commonwealth Games 2026 Highlights from the fifth day in Glasgow, which included the men’s and women’s 100m finals at Scotstoun Stadium and the penultimate day of swimming and para swimming.
11.05 Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (R) A suspect’s journey through the criminal justice system. When a ten-year old cold murder case heats back up, the police have a suspect.
12.05 Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (R)
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(R) 2.00 Building the Impossible
with Rob Bell (R) 2.50 Malta: The
Jewel of the Med (R) 3.45 Friends
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The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25
Entertainment News on 5
in curlers . . . this was Bet Lynch glam
REWLEY Precious has a talent for part- ing punters with their cash. Brim- ming with confidence and hungry for success, the 26-year-old influencer from Essex reckons she could sell chips to the Arabs. ‘Sand,’ says mum Tina, who has none of her daughter’s self-esteem but double the brains. The phrase, she explains, is, ‘Selling sand to the Arabs.’ ‘Miss TP’, as Trewley likes to call herself, looks aghast, as though Tina has come out with something racist on camera. You can see her logic: sand might be foreign, but chips are definitely British. ‘Can you say that?’ she demands. Tina just rolls her eyes. Though Trewley’s family home is on the ‘PKE’ or Percy King Estate, in a 1970s council house, they count themselves part of the travelling community. Their father Sid was a traveller: he died three years ago, though Tina thinks he may have been reincar- nated as a stray ginger cat. Anyway, that explains why
BROKEN BRAND OF THE WEEK:
Violent sex, drug abuse and
non-stop swearing — Disney
is stretching its remit with the
serial killer drama Furious,
starring Emmy Rossum as
an FBI agent. Either that
or the House of Mouse has
no idea what it is or who
its audience is any more.
their reality show is called Secret Lives Of The Gypsy Wives. There’s nothing secret about their lives, of course. Trewley Precious Sunshine Temple Wass, to use her full name, is a brass- plated attention-seeker, from the tips of her false lashes to the fluffy toes of her pink mules. She is also not anybody’s wife, and there’s no sign of a boyfriend she told one interviewer she’s been celibate since she was 19. The formulaic title tells you this six-part series began as a spin-off from reality TV’s dual obsession with travellers (in shows such as My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding) and women living under the thumb of their men- folk (Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives, for instance). Trewley is under nobody’s thumb. But she adores gypsy glam, the sort of cheap and flashy camp that was once Bet Lynch’s trademark on Coronation Street. Swathed in fake fur, with her peroxide topknot twisted up in curlers,
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BBC1: 10.40pm House of the Year. Laurence
Llewelyn Bowen visits a semi detached home
reimagined with flair. 11.10 FILM: Blinded by
the Light (2019) (12). 1.00am BBC News.
BBC2: 9.45pm If Walls Could Talk. Stories of
Belfast’s Telegraph Building. 10.00 The Band.
Ballymoney bass drummer Lorna Archibald
travels to the US to take part in the Virginia
International Tattoo, and Canadian piper Rod
Christie explores his Ulster Scots ancestry.
WELSH TV VARIATIONS
S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion S4C
a’r Tywydd. 12.05 Codi Pac. 12.30 Heno. 1.00
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Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd. 2.05 Prynhawn Da.
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Ci Perffaith. 6.30 Pobol y Cwm. Kelly tries to
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and Iwan visit two farms that belong to two
brothers to test the herds for TB.
she paints her lips in what looks like red Formica. Looking this ‘boujie’ comes at a cost, unless you know a trick or two. Pitching her brand to a make-up company, her business manager at her elbow, Trewley describes her vision of creating a
LAST NIGHT’S TV
Secret Lives Of Gypsy Wives (Ch4) HHIII
range of lashes for ‘all the council estate b*tches . . . you know, the ones that robbed up Superdrug at least one point in their lives’. I think she means shoplifters, not till-robbers, but either way this form of female empowerment appears to have Ch4’s backing.
The manufacturer loves it too, and agrees to name its new col- lection of fake lashes after Trew- ley’s sisters: Ruby Ann, Honey Peaches and Pearly Girl. Chatting to camera in a greasy spoon cafe with plastic table- cloths, all four girls seem happy to talk politics when nudged by the producers. Perhaps they could send some of their beauty products to Clacton by-election candidate Nigel Farage. But maybe not. He might feel he’s copying Eyelashes Andy.
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY TOGETHER, YOUTUBE THREE years after vacating the This Morning sofa, Holly Willoughby is back with a new lifestyle series that promises everything from celebrity guests and real- life stories to the latest fashion and advice on food, health, beauty and more. So, just the sort of mix Holly was so brilliant at presenting on This Morning. The difference here is that, instead of airing on TV at the same time every morning, Together will be released free on YouTube, with two episodes each week on Tuesday and Friday from 10am. In a purpose-built
FRIENDS ON TOUR Oti And Richard’s South African Odyssey, 9pm, More4 OTI Mabuse and Richard Coles’s next stop is the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. They learn about the life of young Mahatma Gandhi, explore Durban’s beaches, and meet a Zulu healer.
GANGSTER PREQUEL
Gomorrah: The Origins,
9pm, Sky Atlantic
THIS six-part prequel to the great
Italian gangster drama Gomorrah
more than stands on its own two
feet. It’s all about the rise of Pietro
Savastano, who, by the time of
Gomorrah, was the boss of a
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studio with a kitchen, dining space and seating areas, Holly will be joined by a host of experts and people with extraordinary stories to tell across the themes of Talk Together, Cook Together, Look Good Together, Better Together and Hang Out Together, with each theme taking up a different episode and star guests to include Stanley Tucci, Katherine Ryan, Nicole Appleton and Emma Bunton. The first episode is Cook Together and is all about Tucci, who coaches Holly to cook courgette pasta and has a good old chat about life.
criminal empire — and the father
of that show’s main character,
Gennaro. When we meet him here
it’s 1977, and Pietro (Luca Lubrano,
pictured) is a 16-year-old eager
to impress a local gangster, Don
Angelo, who, in reality, is barely
more grown up than he is.
5 USA (DAYTIME) Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS. FOOD NETWORK UK Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am The Great British Bake Off. 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Go North. 4.00 Nigella Bites. 5.00 Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals. 6.00 Barefoot Contessa. 7.00 Great British Bake Off. 9.00 Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals. 10.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes. 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. GREAT! TV Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Hamish Macbeth. 7.00 MAS*H. 9.00 Brush Strokes. 11.00 Robin’s Nest. ITV2 (DAYTIME) Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.15pm Dinner Date. 1.15 Supermarket Sweep. 2.15 The Floor USA. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase. ITV3 (DAYTIME) Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 9.10am A Touch of Frost. 11.20 Heartbeat. 1.30pm Midsomer Murders. 3.30 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat. ITV4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Champions. 11.20 Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum, PI. 2.35 Dempsey and Makepeace. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Champions. 5.55 Minder. MORE4 (DAYTIME) Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed. 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in a Bed. 5.50 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.55 Location, Location, Location. NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC
MONEY MATTERS Shabaz Asks: Are Billionaires Bad?, 9pm, BBC3 TEACHER turned comedian Shabaz Ali — whose ‘I’m Rich, You’re Poor’ videos have been a hit on social media — is on a mission to find out if billionaires really are as bad as he thinks they are. He meets a few experts, including economist Faiza Shaheen, and hears both sides of the story, quickly realising that you can’t just resolve the situation by taxing the rich. This is very much a comedy documentary, aiming to be a smidgen more entertaining than it is informative, but there are worse ways to make a point about the way money makes the world go around.
Investigation. 2.00 WW2 Heroes of the Sky. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece. 5.00 Drain the Oceans: Lost Giants. 6.00 Liberation: D-Day to Berlin. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Mega Marine Machines. 9.00 Construction Fails. 10.00 Disaster Autopsy. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation. PBS AMERICA Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am Auschwitz: The Inside Man. 1.00pm America the Bountiful. 1.35 Treasures Decoded. 2.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 3.35 Maps of Power. 4.50 Auschwitz: The Inside Man. 6.00 America the Bountiful. 6.35 Treasures Decoded. 7.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 8.35 Maps of Power. 9.50 Auschwitz: The Inside Man. 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends. REALLY Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Derbyshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted. SKY ARTS Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 11.00am Discovering: Claudia Cardinale. 12noon The Movies. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Seventies. 4.00 Discovering: Walter Matthau. 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 The World in a Painting: Caravaggio’s Comb. 9.15 Beyond the Brush. 10.15 Wonderland: Gothic. 11.15 Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future. SKY ATLANTIC
Sky 108 Virgin 111 10.10am The White Lotus. 12.25pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 2.15 Billions. 4.25 The White Lotus. 6.45 The Gilded Age. 9.00 Gomorrah: The Origins. 11.05 Prisoner. SKY COMEDY
6 9 (Scot 24) TIME BBC 4 E4 ITV2
RADIO 4
FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ
5.00am News Summary.
5.04 Troubled Town.
5.32 Weather.
5.34 Shipping Forecast.
5.43 Prayer for the Day.
5.45 Farming Today.
6.00 Today.
9.00 PICK Invisible
Hands. New series.
9.30 Inside Health.
10.00 Woman’s Hour.
11.00 Screenshot. Films
that confine their
action to a single day.
11.45 Confessions of a
Performative Male.
By Darren McGarvey.
12noon News.
12.04 Call You and Yours.
12.57 Weather.
1.00 The World at One.
1.45 Buried: Dead Rabbit.
2.00 The Archers.
2.15 Drama: Our Friends
in the North. A new
concluding episode,
by Adam Usden.
Last in series.
Avenue 5. 1.30 I Love LA. 2.45 Will & Grace. 3.45 Hacks. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 Hitmen. 9.00 FILM: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. (1989) (PG) 10.45 Hacks. SKY DOCUMENTARIES
Sky 114 Virgin 121 12noon FILM: Val. (2021) (12) 2.00 Williams & Mansell: Red 5. 3.50 My Icon: Natasha Jonas. 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: Whoopi Goldberg. 6.00 I Am Paul Walker. 7.50 My Icon: Casey Stoney. 8.00 Murder at the Cottage. 10.00 I Am Patrick Swayze. 11.50 UFO. SKY HISTORY
Sky 123 Virgin 131 10.10am Junk & Disorderly. 11.05 Storage Wars. 12noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Hazardous History with Henry Winkler. 6.00 History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe.
Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo visits Dundee
Walking with Monica Galetti The chef visits the North York Moors
Keeping Up Appearances Daddy wants to join the Foreign Legion
One Foot in the Grave Victor suffers a sleepless night
She-Wolves: England’s
Early Queens Historian
Helen Castor explores
the lives of Isabella of
France and Margaret
of Anjou, two French-
born queens of England
Castles: Britain’s Fortified History Historian Sam Willis charts how Edward I turned the castle into an instrument of colonisation
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? A look at how, in 2003, the Sudanese government began a widespread ethnic cleansing campaign (To 12.00)
DAVID Dimbleby returns
with a new series about
the international
importance of America.
Trump’s administration
has let it be known
that it no longer wants
to prop up the world,
but how did the situation
they are reacting
against come about in
the first place, and how
did the US become a
3.00 Lady on Trial with
Lucy Worsley. The
first woman to be
sent to prison as a
conscientious objector.
3.30 Heart and Soul. Nick
Davis visits hurricane-
hit areas of Jamaica.
4.00 The Writing Life
of Sylvia Plath.
4.30 What’s Up Docs?
A look at why we
follow bad advice.
7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Hitler’s Engineers. 9.00 World War II with Tom Hanks. 10.50 Britain’s Murder Map with Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen. SKY ONE Sky 106 Virgin 109 12noon Big Cat Country. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Animal Control. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 Best Medicine. 9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. 10.00 The ’Burbs. 11.00 Animal Control. SKY SCI-FI Sky 145 Virgin 140 11.00am Star Trek: Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse 13. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis. 8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00
Hollyoaks Caleb reveals a secret
The Simpsons Marge posts a humorous photo online
Below Deck Down Under Chef Tzarina’s new sous chef Anthony struggles with her unique leadership style
Gogglebox The households’ opinions on Hunted, Bake Off: The Professionals, Made in Chelsea, Love in the Jungle, Britain’s Got Talent and BBC News coverage of Partygate
First Dates Self-titled alpha male Josh is keen to find his very own Kardashian, while waxing entrepreneur Sherie is returning to the dating game after several years away
11.05 Naked Attraction
Ryan, a 24-year-old
martial arts instructor
from Hull born with
cystic fibrosis, is hoping
to meet someone
who shares his desire
to live life (To 12.10)
superpower? In the first
of seven parts, Dimbleby
(pictured) tells the
story of visionary
economist Harry Dexter
White, who set out
to make the US dollar
the most important
currency in the world,
but who would later
be branded a traitor to
his country and accused
of being a Soviet spy.
5.00 PM; Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.30 Meet David Sedaris. The humorist reads his essays My Corona and A Better Place. 7.00 The Archers. Harrison seeks the advice of a mate. 7.15 Front Row. Arts news. 8.00 PICK Floor 15. 8.40 In Touch. News for people who are blind.
Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 11.00 The Walking Dead. SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 110 12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 Irish Blood. 10.00 Blue Bloods. 11.00 The Rookie. TLC Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. 3.00 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic. 11.00 Dr Pimple Popper. U&ALIBI Sky 109 Virgin 114 12noon Unforgettable. 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00
The Floor USA
Rob Lowe hosts the
American version of
the dramatic and fast-
paced game show.
A player loses their
category without
playing a duel
The 1% Club Quiz
game show hosted
by Lee Mack in which
the questions are all
about logic and
common sense
The Princess Diaries
New series. Princess
Andre is back and
busier than ever, as
she presents live
on This Morning
Love Island: The
Debrief Daily Love
Island reactions.
Last in series
Family Guy Stewie
interferes with
Brian and Jillian’s
relationship
Family Guy
Stewie falls in love
American Dad! Roger tries to prove to Francine he still has an edge (To 12.05)
ITV4 MORE4 SKY MIX QUEST U&DAVE U&DRAMA 5STAR 5USA
6.55 Heartbeat Hippies colonise Lawson’s holiday cottages, causing much dissent and tut- tutting among all the locals except Vernon
Vera When a man’s
body is dredged up
from a slurry pit on
a remote farm,
Vera must connect
the dots between
the victim and a
wounded illegal
immigrant who has
been working there
Grantchester
Sidney receives
anonymous phone
calls and realises they
may be linked to the
murders of important
community figures
Grantchester
A village cricket
match results
in murder
11.50 Trial &
Retribution Part
one of two. A man
vanishes (To 1.25)
9.00 The Documentary:
The Dream Makers.
Anand Jagatia
investigates the
experimental field of
dream engineering.
9.30 The Bottom Line.
Evan Davis hosts
the programme’s
unofficial annual
business awards.
Last in series.
10.00 The World Tonight.
Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. A young pop star is found dead at a rehab clinic. 9.00 Allegiance. Sabrina and Zak are called to a robbery at a pharmacy. 10.00 The Hunting Party. U&DAVE (DAYTIME) Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127 11.25am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Robson Green: World’s Most Amazing Walks. 4.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 6.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best. U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)
Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11.40am The Bill. 12.50pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Pie in the Sky. 4.05 Lovejoy. 5.20 Waiting for God. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.
Formula E Highlights The Tokyo ePrix. Action from the 14th and 15th rounds of the season, which took place at Tokyo Street Circuit
King of the Roads Action from the Skerries 100, a 100-mile road race in Ireland that attracts some of the world’s best riders
Ice Road Truckers Hugh and Rick take part in a convoy transporting prefabricated sections of a new airport building to Manitoba
All Elite Wrestling: Collision Hard-hitting action, featuring stars including FTR, Thunder Rosa, Jon Moxley and Jay White. With high- flying, hard-hitting, over-the-top action from some of the best wrestlers on the planet. Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness present (To 12.00)
÷ FLOOR 15 (8PM, RADIO
4) joins the BBC’s medical
editor, Fergus Walsh, at the
Clinical Research Unit on
floor 15 of Guy’s Hospital
in London, where patients
with advanced cancer take
part in early-stage clinical
trials. He has followed
courageous patients and
their families, as well as
clinicians and scientists, as
they test immunotherapies
that could help to transform
cancer care. It may be
too late for some of the
patients but they know
they could help others.
10.45 Wild Dark Shore. By Charlotte McConaghy. 11.00 Wild Inside. The secrets of the cheetah. 11.30 A Good Read. With writers Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson. 12midnight News; Weather. 12.30 Confessions of a Performative Male. By Darren McGarvey. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.
U&EDEN Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 11.00am Inside the Ambulance. 1.00pm Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country. 3.00 Inside the Ambulance. 5.00 Secrets of the Transport Museum. U&GOLD Sky 110 Virgin 124 11.40am Dad. 12.20pm Only Fools and Horses. 1.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.40 Dad’s Army. 2.20 The Green Green Grass. 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Dad. 4.20 Dad’s Army. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.20 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Porridge. 7.40 Dad’s Army. 8.20 Are You Being Served? Mrs Slocombe plans for a happy event. 9.00 Fawlty Towers. 9.40 Porridge. 10.20 Not Going Out. 11.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 11.40 Colin’s Sandwich.
6.55 Location,
Location, Location
House-hunting in
west London
7.55 Grand Designs
Kevin McCloud follows
a couple’s project to
transform a 1960s
forester’s lodge into
a unique Japanese
home, complete with
a tatami room and
sliding paper walls
Oti and Richard’s South African Odyssey Oti and Richard explore the province of KwaZulu- Natal and the beach city of Durban
24 Hours in A&E Paramedics bring a 12-year-old girl into resus after she falls down a flight of stairs
11.05 24 Hours in A&E The staff of King’s College Hospital treat patients involved in road accidents, including a 12-year-old girl who has been hit by a car (To 12.10)
Star Trek: The Next
Generation A crew
member threatens
the fate of the
Enterprise after
gaining superhuman
intelligence
Police 24/7 A crime prevention unit’s car is rammed by a fleeing stolen vehicle and a homeless woman is warned to stop assaulting people
FBI: International
After an American
tourist is killed while
visiting Stockholm,
the team must work
together to take
down a Swedish
group responsible
FBI: International After a cybersecurity expert robs one of Switzerland’s largest and most secretive banks, the team is called to track down the fugitive
Star Trek: Enterprise Part three of three. Archer visits Shran’s icy homeland in search of a species called the Aenar (To 12.00)
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Angela Scanlon. 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. 12midnight OJ Borg. RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ 6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. Mahler’s 6th Symphony. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Alice Mary Smith. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 BBC Proms 2026. The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’s Symphony No 2. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 ’Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night. RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693/909KHZ 5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Naga Munchetty. 2.00pm Matt Chorley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 Glasgow 2026. Eleanor Oldroyd presents commentary on day five of the Commonwealth Games. 10.00 Sarah Mulkerrins. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo. FILM4 Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am The Undefeated. (1969) (PG) 1.20pm Anne of the Thousand Days. (1969) (PG) 4.10 Twelve O’Clock High. (1949) (U) 6.50 The Madness of King George. (1994) (PG) 9.00 American Star. (2024) (15) 11.10 Sexy Beast. (2000) (18) 12.55am Black Sea. (2014) (15) GREAT! ACTION Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 12.50pm The Unit. 1.50 Burn Notice. 3.50 The Expatriate. (2012) (15) 6.00 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Sniper Elite. (2014) (15) 11.05 Escape Plan 3: The Extractors. (2019) (15) Starring Sylvester Stallone. GREAT! MYSTERY Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425 12noon Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Murder, She Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. 9.00 In Plain Sight. 10.00 Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries:
U&W Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 11.00am DIY SOS: Million Pound Build for Children in Need. 12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build. 1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Brother v Brother. 6.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build. 7.00 DIY SOS: Million Pound Build for Children in Need. 8.00 999 Rescue Squad. 9.00 Inside the Ambulance. 11.00 Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run with Warren Jeffs. U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129 11.00am World War Two from Above. 12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. 4.00 Secret Nazi Bases. 5.00 World War Two from Above. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 Asia. 8.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. 9.00 Bangers & Cash. 10.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics.
Antiques Road Trip Ochuko Ojiri and Charles Hanson search for items in the Pennines, where Charles picks up something for pennies
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Paul teaches Bob how to fly fish
7.40 Would I Lie to
You? With David
O’Doherty and
Bill Turnbull
Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic Ant uncovers a rusty 1960 Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite that reminds him of his youth
8.20 Would I Lie to
You? With guests
Greg Davies, Konnie
Huq, Phil Tufnell and
Marcus Brigstocke
Johnny Vegas’ Little
Shop of Antiques
Johnny scours
northwest Wales for
smaller items to sell
at the shop
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Mishal Husain, Geoff Norcott, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop join guest host Alexander Armstrong for the satirical quiz
The Repair Shop A battered ventriloquist’s dummy is brought back to life so his owner can entertain the grandkids at a birthday party
QI XL Josh Widdicombe, Sue Perkins and Frank Skinner join Alan Davies in an extended edition of the quiz
How Do They Do It? How nickel is mined
Taskmaster Roisin Conaty and Frank Skinner are among the comedians at the mercy of Greg Davies, who sets them challenges (To 12.00)
How Do They Do It? Manufacturing chewing gum (To 12.00)
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 501 12noon Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v Manchester Super Giants Women (Start-time 3pm). 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v Manchester Super Giants Men (Start-time 6.30pm). Coverage from Headingley. 9.30 Sports Centre. 10.00 Sky Sports News at Ten. 11.00 Live Tennis. The Washington DC Open. Coverage of day two of the WTA 500 and ATP 500 event. SKY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sky 402 Virgin 502 12noon Netbusters. 6.30 Transfer 360. 7.00 PL Stories. 7.30 PL 100 Club. 8.00 Premier League Review. 9.00 PL Stories. 9.30 Transfer 360. 10.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox. 11.00 Premier League Years. SKY CRICKET
Sky 405 Virgin 505 10.00am The Hundred. 2.45 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Women v Manchester Super Giants
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Hobbo tries to find out more about his father
’Allo ’Allo! German
generals plan to meet
at the cafe disguised
as onion sellers
8.35 ’Allo ’Allo! Rene
sets out to retrieve
the paintings
9.10 ’Allo ’Allo! The Colonel, Gruber, Bertorelli and Leclerc are held ransom
9.40 New Tricks Pullman agrees to reinvestigate the case of a teenager who was abducted and left to die after Halford claims the girl contacted him through a clairvoyant
Silent Witness Nikki and Jack help in the investigation of the disappearance of a schoolteacher (To 1.30)
Women (Start-time 3pm). From Headingley. 6.00 The Hundred Live. Sunrisers Leeds Men v Manchester Super Giants Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 The Hundred Bitesize. 10.00 The Hundred. SKY MIX Sky 416 Virgin 511 11.00am NBA Basketball. 1.00pm PGA Tour Golf. 2.00 PL Greatest Games. 3.00 Super League. 5.40 EFL Greatest Games. 5.45 State of Origin Rugby League Highlights. 6.00 NBA Basketball. 8.00 PGA Tour Golf. 9.00 Formula 1. 10.00 The Open. 11.00 PGA Tour Golf. TNT SPORTS 1
Sky 410 Virgin 521 10.00am Live Fencing World Championship. Coverage of day four in Hong Kong. 2.30pm Live Test Cricket. West Indies v Pakistan. The fourth day’s play from Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. 11.00 Premier League Stories. 11.30 FA Cup: The People’s Story — Sunderland. 11.45 FA Cup: The People’s Story — Everton.
Poisoned In Paradise. (2021) (PG) 11.55 Lost Letter Mysteries for Christmas. (2014) (PG) GREAT! ROMANCE Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.15am A Winter Getaway. (2021) (PG) 12.10pm A Winter Princess. (2019) 2.00 Sweet Pecan Summer. (2021) (PG) 3.55 Love at Lookout Lake. (2025) (U) 5.55 How to Win a Prince. (2023) (U) 7.55 Sister Dating Swap. (2023) (PG) 9.55 Luckless in Love. (2023) (PG) 11.50 Romance in Hawaii. (2023) (U) SKY DRAMA Sky 310 Virgin 410 11.15am A Different Man. (2024) (15) 1.10pm Chicago. (2002) (12) 3.10 A Star Is Born. (2018) (15) 5.35 Catch Me If You Can. (2002) (12) 8.00 The Bodyguard. (1992) (15) A former secret service agent acts as a bodyguard for a famous singer who is being persecuted by a fan. Thriller, starring Kevin Costner. 10.10 An Officer and a Gentleman. (1982) (15) A Navy recruit has an
NCIS The Naval
Criminal Investigative
Service has to find
out the truth behind
a tell-all book
that threatens a
Marine’s life before
it is published
GPs: Behind Closed Doors Dr Claire Taylor tries to get to the bottom of a rash all over Lucy’s body
NCIS After NCIS learns that the owner of Parker’s favourite bakery is being blackmailed, they hatch a plan to save her from the perpetrators
Casualty 24/7: Every
Second Counts A high
number of call-outs for
ambulances results in
paramedics queuing
with patients in the
corridor of the
A&E department
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A couple’s party ends with a home invasion and assault. Rollins suspects the crime is linked to her investigation of a gang of thieves
999: Killer on the Line A look at murders that were callously planned and premeditated, with 999 calls reporting the crime as an ‘accident’
999: Critical Condition The emergency medics treat a man with multiple stab wounds to his abdomen
Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit Carisi
goes undercover in a
homeless shelter to
determine whether
one of its residents
is a serial rapist
Skin A&E Dr Dev Shah contends with a mystery lump on the back of his patient’s head (To 12.00)
Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit A young
model is raped by a
renowned fashion
photographer, who
looks to his brother
to make the charges
disappear (To 12.00)
12midnight MLB Lead Off. 12.30am Live MLB. St Louis Cardinals v Chicago Cubs (Start-time 12.45am). TNT SPORTS 2
Sky 411 Virgin 522 8.30am Live Commonwealth Games 360. The day session on day five in Glasgow. 6.00pm Live: Commonwealth Games 360. 10.30 Commonwealth Games — Daily Highlights. 11.30 Commonwealth Games — Netball. TNT SPORTS 3
Sky 413 Virgin 523 9.45am Live Commonwealth Games — Athletics & Para Athletics. 12.45pm The Gruppetto. 1.00 Tour de France Women. 1.30 Live Men’s Cycling Pro Series. 3.15 MLB Highlights. 4.15 European Rally Championship Highlights. 4.45 UCI Mountain Bike World Series Review. 5.15 SailGP Championship. 6.15 A-Z: Commonwealth Games. 6.30 Live Commonwealth Games — Athletics & Para Athletics. 9.45 Shanghai Masters Snooker. 11.45 Champions League — Stories of the Finals.
uneasy romance with a factory worker and is pushed to his limits by a tough sergeant. Romantic drama, starring Richard Gere. SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 401 10.00am Wicked: For Good. (2025) (PG) 12.25pm Mortal Kombat II. (2026) (15) 2.30 Anaconda. (2025) (12) 4.15 Eleanor the Great. (2025) (12) 6.00 Civil War. (2024) (15) 8.00 Mortal Kombat II. (2026) (15) 10.05 Lurker. (2025) (15) 11.50 In Cold Light. (2025) (15) TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 12noon Railway Murders. 1.00 The Adventures of William Tell. 1.30 Home and Away. (1956) (U) 3.10 Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin. 4.15 Doctor in Clover. (1966) (PG) 6.15 Look at Life. 6.25 Whiplash. 6.55 The Man from UNCLE. 7.55 Buccaneer. 9.00 Night of the Eagle. (1961) (15) 10.45 Fortean TV. 11.20 The One That Got Away. (1957) (U)
THE first
solution that springs to mind is not
always the most effective. You are
wonderfully decisive, but today’s skies
encourage a little extra reflection before
committing yourself. A conversation
around home, family or emotional
responsibilities may require both patience
and practicality. Once emotion settles, the
path ahead becomes surprisingly
straightforward. Expressing reality today
is an act of kindness. Life’s mysteries don’t
have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope
provide the answers call 0905 789 0301✽
TAURUS Apr 21 - May 21
THERE’S an important difference between being understood and being agreed with. The people who care about us most are sometimes the ones willing to gently challenge our perspective. Today’s astrological influences encourage thoughtful conversations where honesty proves more valuable than comfort. Practical advice lands more gently when offered with care rather than criticism – but a bumpy arrival of truth is better than allowing a misguided belief to persist. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the answers call 0905 789 0302✽
GEMINI May 22 - June 22
IDEAS, they
say, are cheap. They certainly tend
to arrive easily enough for you. The
challenge is deciding which deserve your
energy. Today’s skies encourage practical
thinking around commitments or future
priorities. Something that seemed
emotionally complicated yesterday begins
looking much more manageable once
broken into smaller pieces. You do not
have to solve everything in one inspired
moment. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be
a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the
answers call 0905 789 0303✽
CANCER June 23 - July 23
WHAT is more important – the head or the heart? Your ruler, the Moon, is supporting you to filter facts from feelings without dismissing either today. That is easier said than done when something matters deeply. Fortunately, you are beginning to recognise that acknowledging an emotion does not mean you have to act on it immediately. Give yourself permission
to adjust before reaching conclusions
today. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be a
puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the
answers call 0905 789 0304✽
LEO July 24 - Aug 23
THE strongest
leaders are willing to reconsider a
plan when fresh information appears.
Today the planets encourage reflection
rather than seeing a matter through to save
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CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan 20
RELIABLE partnerships are built upon realistic expectations, not hopeful assumptions. Today’s Moon encourages honest discussion with somebody whose role in your life has become increasingly significant. There may be practical details requiring clarification before everybody can move forwards with confidence. Resist the temptation to assume people already know what you need. Clear communication saves time and prevents disappointment. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the answers call 0905 789 0310*
AQUARIUS Jan 21 - Feb 19
MOST collaborative enterprises have lots of enthusiasm and energy at the start. Big ideas are exciting, but they still need ordinary routines if they are to become reality. Today’s skies encourage attention to the practical details supporting your wider ambitions. Somebody may offer advice that initially sounds rather conventional. Listen carefully before dismissing it. Remember to look after the fundamentals as well as the vision. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the answers call 0905 789 0311*
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EMPATHY is one of your greatest gifts. But there are moments when caring for someone means encouraging them towards practical action rather than offering endless reassurance. Your compassion remains intact even while asking sensible questions or suggesting realistic solutions. Creativity also benefits from gentle structure now. Inspiration flows more freely once it has somewhere useful to settle. Feeling deeply and thinking clearly are not competing qualities. Together they allow genuine healing to take place. Life’s mysteries don’t have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the answers call 0905 789 0312*
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became a racehorse M
Y FATHER was a skiver (leather trimmer) in a shoe factory but leading up to Christmas one year in the 1950s, he took on an early morning milk round to supplement funds. The Co-op Dairy told him the horse knew the route, and he had a list of deliveries to make. All went well until the end of the round and then the horse went at full speed, knowing it was going back to the stables for breakfast! My poor father never got over that hair-raising journey,
(With apologies to Tim Rice) It won’t be easy, we’ll think it strange, When you try to explain your ordeal, That you still need our love after nought has been done. We won’t believe you, all we will hear is the sound of your drone, The speeches you’ve made, not endorsed. And getting again on a plane.
Guess you had to let it happen, and nothing’s changed, Promised policies you flip-flopped upon And now that Andy, Boy Wonder, is here Abandoned your promised ‘fight on’.
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where he just managed to hold on for dear life! Mrs Stephanie Matthews, Kettering, Northants
LITTLE FOLK:
A lovely creation
by the Crafty
Ladies of Widnes,
on the new solar
postbox in
Parklands,
celebrating
International
Fairy Day
recently.
Tom Manning,
Widnes, Cheshire
And as for fortune and as
for fame,
You sought the Donald’s
thin smile,
It was clear to the world it
was all you desired,
They were delusions, and
not the embracing you’d
hoped they would be,
Though our country was
here all the time,
And needed your
focus upon.
We won’t cry for you
Mr Starmer,
The truth is we’d never
left you,
All through our poor days,
still in existence,
You broke all promises,
so keep your distance.
Lily O’Clee,
Fairlight, East Sussex
Out Of The Mouths
Of Babes
WHEN I was visiting my
daughter recently, my two
granddaughters Amelia and
Jemima were playing in their
room. When they came down
the stairs, Amelia said: ‘I didn’t
hear you come in, Nanna.’
‘I thought I could smell
Nanna,’ Jemima replied. I
hope she meant my perfume.
Mrs M. A. Perrin,
Ilfracombe, Devon
One-line Philosophers
÷ A GOAL without a plan is just a wish. Freddie Clark, Chelmsford, Essex
÷ WHEN a man says he has a clear conscience, it often means he has a bad memory. Mr Ivan S. Thomas, Frinton on Sea, Essex
PULLING PINTAS: Do you need to know how to milk a cow for this? Seen at the veterinary college farm at Brookmans Park, Herts, by Gregory Brown of East Barnet, Herts.
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Hopeless homeless
BURNHAM says he will eradicate
homelessness but with most of the
estimated three million unemployed
working-age adults claiming benefits
for mental and behavioural condi-
tions, he will soon find out that is an
impossible task.
As I know from many years of
e xperience managing a large hostel
for single homeless men, mental
health and behavioural problems
the latter usually brought about by
addictions often lead to people being
evicted from their accommodation
and having to return to the streets.
To achieve his ambition, Mr Burnham
will have to ensure there are enough
mental health establishments in
this country.
For those with addictions, there
were facilities but, after discharge
from them, there was nowhere for
them to return but back to us, among
their addicted friends.
It didn’t take long for all the good
work of doctors and nurses to be
negated and they were, again, unwell
and risked losing their accommoda-
tion. Mr Burnham, neither you nor
anyone else will ever eradicate
homelessness, however hard you try.
ERIC WATERS, Lancing, W. Sussex
Best of British
MY NEW steam iron came in a box
bearing the legend, ‘Russell Hobbs:
British icon since 1952’. On the
underside, in less prominent letter-
ing, are the words ‘Made in China’.
MAURICE O’BRIEN, Tilehurst, Berks
Elderly mouser
FROM recent pictures of 19-year-old
Larry the Downing Street cat, it looks
as if he is not being groomed.
As cats get older, they find it increas-
ingly difficult to continue their previous
self-grooming. Please, someone at
No10, prioritise Larry’s care.
BEVERLEY DURANT,
Bournemouth, Dorset
Coronation pomp
ON MONDAY last week, I turned on
the TV to watch a rerun of Car SOS
but it seemed the second coming was
under way. Hushed, reverent tones,
pictures of Buckingham Palace, fawn-
ing reporters in Downing Street.
Turns out it was just Andy Burnham
being installed.
Funny, I don’t recall such enthusi-
asm when the Tories replaced their
Prime Ministers. And it made me
miss a Citroen being restored.
SIMON LEE, Harvington, Worcs
Speed solution
WHAT was wrong with the 30mph
limits we had for decades? In most
cases, nothing. The problem was
idiots doing 40.
So, in an attempt to slow the idiots,
the limit was reduced to 20mph.
Now we have law-abiding drivers
struggling to stick to 20mph.
Here’s a suggestion. Keep the signs
at 20mph but only prosecute those
doing more than 30mph.
Name supplied, Sheffield
Fated fruit
THE day before the World Cup, my
wife bought a pack of pears. When we
came to open them, I saw the dreaded
words ‘Product of Argentina’.
Needless to say, they were rotten.
M. STROUD, Wakefield, W. Yorks
Art of the deal
I PRESUME Trump’s deal with Saudi
Arabia on nuclear plants is so the
Saudis spend hundreds of billions to
have US contractors build them, US
reactors installed inside them and
US technicians to run them.
PETER HENRY MORGAN,
Bicton Heath, Salop
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OF A LOVED ONE
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30-year nuclear deal with the Saudis. Andy Burnham knocks a pound off bus fares. Statesman potential? PAUL MITCHELL, Freckleton, Lancs Two’s company A SIMPLE answer to the overpopula- tion in our prisons would be, put two to a cell. ‘Oh, you can’t do that. What about their human rights?’ Fletcher and Godber managed OK with no TV and no PlayStation. They are not in a holiday camp, they are in prison to be punished and should dread ever going back. WILLIAM BARTRAM, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex Bread’s off LOOKING round in our local Greggs, I asked where they kept the bread rolls. The reply was: ‘Don’t do bread.’ ‘But it’s a baker’s,’ I said. ‘We got pizzas, drinks and ice cream. Don’t do bread,’ the assistant replied. We all bemoan the lack of shops in our High Streets but surely they should sell what they are meant to. Maybe when I visit our only butcher for a pound of sausages, he’ll say: ‘Sorry, don’t do meat.’ Mrs JANE LYNN, Wisbech, Cambs Woman’s work MY NEPHEW bought a bungalow with a large garden. Being self-employed, he took two weeks off to dig footings for a shed and paint 27 garden fence panels. My youngest sister, also on holiday, helped him. They finished the paint- ing in a few days and my nephew’s comment, after thanking her, was: ‘You worked like a man, Aunty.’ She laughed her head off. MIKE MORGAN, Middleton, Lancs Banned minority WITH so many people excluded from hosepipe bans, it would appear that in our street it’s only me and John from number 14 who aren’t. MARTIN KIMBER, Brighton, E. Sussex Golf gaffe AS A pensioner, I read Jeff Prestridge’s piece on semi-retirement (Daily Mail) with great interest. While I am unable to assist with most of his challenges, I can help with his golf. Jeff, you don’t use a driver on the putting green. STEVE SALTER, Crowborough, E. Sussex Oh brother THERE is a much more suitable candidate for the post of Foreign Secretary, Mr Burnham, who served in that role from 2007 to 2010 and has been president of the International Rescue Committee since 2013, after being stabbed in the back by his younger brother. PAUL CHAPMAN, Southampton
– we’re on the case
POINT
CONNOR AXIOTES (Daily Mail) is
right to draw attention to the
seriousness of frontier AI and its
potential impact on the risk of cyber-
attacks. But his assertion about the
Bank of England’s cyber defences
being unsophisticated is totally
wrong, unfounded and dangerous.
For obvious security reasons we do
not discuss our defences in detail. But
I can assure Daily Mail readers the
Bank has the right investment,
expertise, capabilities and works
extremely closely with expert
partners including the National Cyber
Security Centre (NCSC).
The issue that should concern the
public is the wider risk posed by
frontier AI to the financial sector
and its customers. Frontier AI may
make cyber-attacks faster and easier
to perpetrate, outages more
disruptive and scams by criminals
more convincing.
The Bank has consistently warned for
a number of years that firms must
strengthen their detection efforts and
responses, patch vulnerabilities faster,
and be able to recover when things do
go wrong. As a regulator we require
that banks prove to us they can do
this through stress tests and
True greats I WAS pleased to see that Jeff Powell (Daily Mail) recog- nised Pele as the greatest footballer of all time. However, I cannot agree with the inclusion of Diego Maradona, who took drugs and used his hand to claim a goal. Messi is also somewhat suspect turning your back on the Spanish team as they were crowned world champi- ons was a disgrace. ALAN WOOD, Dover, Kent Ed or dead IS AB playing a blinder? Having relieved us of some of the duds around Starmer, he puts the Net Zero freak into an even more exposed posi- tion as Foreign Secretary. Is this a ruse to finish him off for good? One gaffe a month, which is easily within his capabilities,
PLEASE don’t bash the BBC for running an ad for itself (Letters). Many people are choosing not to pay the licence fee, which amounts to the price of one coffee a day. When I think of what I can access for that, ad-free, it is the best bargain around. The BBC does seem to verify its news bulletins and I dread to think what might replace it. Not the US system, I hope, where you can’t believe anything you hear. The BBC is already having difficulties with Mr Trump, who claims his edited words created a bad impression of him. Tut, tut. We all know he had nothing to do
Building resilience in the AI world: The Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey
penetration testing. It is also why the Bank has called for stronger international co-ordination around testing frontier AI models before wider deployment. No country can seal itself off from these risks. Thankfully the UK is well placed through the AI Security Institute and the NCSC and the Bank is, as you would expect, working at speed with these organisations and our international partners to help strengthen the cyber resilience of the banks and firms we supervise. The issues of AI and cyber-attacks are rightly being scrutinised, but readers
might be enough to see him confined to the political equivalent of the Outer Hebrides in six months. ANDREA CROOKS, Abergavenny, Mons Final analysis WHILE I agree with the sentiments expressed by previous correspondents (Letters), there is a difficult aspect of long marriages. My wife and I, aged 78 and
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with those shocking crowd scenes, and he’s only looking for a mere ten billion dollars. Perhaps the BBC should charge per view for programmes people want to watch and give up all the others. And maybe the news, perish the thought, could be sponsored by the state. So please, spare the BBC. MARION FARRELL, Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids
I AM working on introducing a window washing licence. This will allow householders to have their windows cleaned legally, and will cost £180 a year. A team of inspectors will tour the country, checking that any house with clean
81, are very close to our 54th wedding anniversary. Happy as our marriage is, I very much wish to die before my wife, as the prospect of life without her is intolerable. Yet this is a selfish position to take. Should I die before her, she would be left, in old age, to fend for herself. This is a problem faced by all elderly, long-married couples, and there is no happy ending to it. Name and address supplied
can be assured that the Bank and the UK authorities are focused on them and taking action. ANDREW BAILEY, Governor of the Bank of England A FEW weeks ago, I almost submitted a letter stating that we humans shouldn’t be worried about AI, as it would take care of itself. I wish I’d hit ‘send’, in light of recent events. Regardless of state players and AI companies, in terms of internecine warfare between emerging AI models, in the end, to quote the film Highlander: ‘There can be only one.’ D. PILKINGTON, Lytham St Annes, Lancs
In Wes’s defence AT THE Farnborough Air Show, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said how vital it is to spend the defence budget wisely. I couldn’t agree more and would suggest he starts by looking at the 55,000 civil servants employed by the MoD, against a total force of 141,000 regulars and Gurkhas. ROBERT BISHOP, Billingshurst, W. Sussex
windows has a licence. Anyone found to have had their windows cleaned without one will face a fine of up to £1,000. Isn’t this the same principle as the TV licence? ROY KENNEDY, Paignton, Devon KEMI’S leadership of the Conservative Party is clearly causing anxiety to the soft-Left mandarins at the BBC. Anyone listening to Nick Robinson’s virulently aggressive ‘interview’ with the Shadow Chancellor recently, followed by his kid-gloves approach to the trade secretary, would notice how much the BBC’s famous impartiality is alive and kicking. R. BULLOCH, Holmfirth, W. Yorks
÷ I WONDER who’ll be the next PM pictured pulling a pint in a year’s time. BOB PHILLIPS, Southampton
÷ CAREFUL with biting those fingernails, Andy. That’s how Venus de Milo started. D. SMITH, Lincoln
÷ ANDY, does the Chancellor know you’re making all these financial promises? M. AYLWARD, Bexhill on Sea, E. Sussex
÷ WHY the fuss about rogue AI? Just unplug it. MARK COHEN, Sale, Cheshire
÷ HAVING built so many foundations, Reeves was the natural choice for Housing Minister. GEOFF SIMPSON, Crawley, W. Sussex
÷ I’D RATHER take us back to the 1980s, when Maggie wiped the floor with the unions. Name supplied, Worcester
÷ HOW lovely it was not to have to endure Wes Streeting’s voice for a few weeks. HELEN PENNEY, Longborough, Gloucs
÷ THE top Lottery prize should be £10 million, with the balance divided among runners-up. D. HERNON, Stockport, Cheshire
÷ I WILL forever visualise Miliband when the term ‘nincompoop’ is used. Thank you, Quentin. ROB EVERITT, Leigh on Sea, Essex
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QUESTION
What form
would a
‘normal’ wedding celebration
have taken back in the middle
of the 19th century?
AS WITH today, summer was much
favoured for weddings in the mid-
19th century, with June being the
most popular month thanks to its
namesake, the Roman goddess
Juno, being a goddess of marriage.
But people were more supersti-
tious in those days, which extended
to the days of the week when mar-
riages should occur. Saturday
today a favourite because of the
Monday-to-Friday working week
that so dominates our lives was
seen as the worst day, while Wednes-
day was deemed the best.
At the church ceremony, only the
bride would receive a ring, not the
groom. And it was believed to be
good luck if the ring was dropped
during the ceremony, shaking all the
evil spirits out of it.
However, it was considered bad
luck for the bride and groom to look
at or greet their guests as they made
their way down the aisle together, so
they kept their vision fixed straight
ahead at the end of the ceremony,
Confetti-throwing stems from the
Roman tradition of throwing nuts
over a happy couple. By the Victo-
rian period in Britain it had changed
to grain, rice or birdseed.
Weddings were a fixture that would
start a day, with the reception after
the church service being a late
breakfast, hence the term ‘wedding
breakfast’ still being used today
regardless of the time of day that
the meal takes place.
Receptions would be at the bride’s
family home, and guests were
expected to eat standing, while the
bridal party sat.
Guests might get to eat slices of
three different cakes: there was an
elaborate bake for the guests, and
simpler creations for the bride and
groom. Inside one of these smaller
cakes would be a ring, and which-
ever guest had the slice with it in
would be said to be married within a
year, a precursor to the tradition of
tossing the bouquet today.
There was no entertainment or
dancing at mid-19th-century wed-
Q: Why does switching a malfunctioning electronic device off and on again sometimes resolve the problem? Terry Harper, London E4 Q: Which celebrity has had the most children? D. Coulson, Farncombe, Surrey Q: Who invented musical notation and how did it become an international standard? Trevor French, Brighton
Victorian style
Young love: A couple get married in front of witnesses, circa 1860
dings; the main event was the church service, followed by the gath- ering at the bride’s family home. Derek Collins, Lancaster QUESTION Why do we say ‘Bless you’ when someone sneezes? I WAS once told by my late grand- mother (a devout Christian) that this little tradition had its origins in the Catholic Church. According to her, it was a widely held belief that a sneeze was the sound made by your soul when it was attempting to escape your body. And so the traditional response to a sneeze was to say ‘Bless your soul’ to ensure that the soul did not fall into the hands of Lucifer whilst it was briefly outside the body. Over the years this has morphed into the more familiar ‘Bless you.’ I have long suspected that she told me this in order to stop me asking further questions but you never know, there may be some truth in it! Mike Prince, New Milton, Hampshire QUESTION How do pilots know that their plane is overweight? WHEN passengers are asked to leave a flight because it is over- weight, it is not because the pilots have suddenly noticed a problem. Long before departure, the air- line’s operations team calculates exactly how much the aircraft will weigh, taking into account the plane itself, passengers, baggage, cargo and fuel. Those figures are then checked against the aircraft’s maxi- mum permitted take-off weight and balance limits. Pilots receive this information on a load sheet, which shows whether the aircraft is within safe operating limits. Airlines use either actual passenger weights or regulator-
approved average weights, together
with the known weights of luggage,
freight and fuel.
The key point is that there is no
single weight limit. An aircraft’s
allowable take-off weight can vary
depending on factors such as run-
way length, air temperature, wind
conditions, altitude and how much
fuel is needed for the journey.
Thus, a plane that is perfectly legal
to operate on one day may be too
heavy on another if conditions are
less favourable.
If the calculations show the air-
craft is above its permitted weight,
something has to come off.
Airlines will usually try to remove
cargo, baggage or fuel first, but
occasionally passengers have to be
offloaded as well.
The reason is straightforward: an
overweight aircraft needs more
runway to get airborne, climbs less
efficiently and has smaller safety
margins. That is why strict weight-
and-balance checks are carried out
before every flight.
Alex Dillon, Reading
QUESTION
Does an
electrical
item weigh more when it is
fully charged?
FURTHER to the earlier answer, I
was once shown how to test a Zinc-
Air battery like those used in
hearing aids.
Simply drop the battery onto a
hard surface. If flat it will bounce; if
fully charged it will land with a thud.
Nick Lodge,
Tiptoe, New Forest
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TODAY’S RECIPE: Roasted cherry tomato & fennel seed orzo
Easy, no-fuss dish.
Serves 4
Ingredients
400g cherry tomatoes 2 shallots, roughly sliced 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled 1/2 tsp chilli flakes 2 tsp fennel seeds 3 tbsp olive oil
Method
1 Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the tomatoes, shallots and garlic in a deep baking tray, then sprinkle the chilli flakes and fennel seeds over, and season well. Drizzle the olive oil over. Roast for 25 mins until the tomatoes are blistered and the shallots are slightly charred. Squeeze the roasted garlic over. 2 Stir the orzo through, then pour the stock over. Cover tightly and bake for 25 mins, then stir in the mascarpone, parmesan and parsley before serving. You can add a protein such as cooked chicken if you wish. Once cooled, this will keep chilled for up to three days. The Good Food Team
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OIL prices tumbled to below $90 yesterday after a pause in fighting between the US and Iran – but experts fear it is unlikely to be enough to stave off an interest rate hike later this year. Brent crude had been trading at above $100 last week following a resumption of hostilities in the Middle East, closing at $96.78 a barrel on Friday. But it was yesterday down by as much as $9, or 10pc, to $87.55. The price later settled at around $89, down 2.8pc. The slide helped ease UK borrowing costs. Yields on ten-year UK bonds fell close to 4.97pc, having soared to 5.1pc last week. Stocks were buoyed, too, with London’s FTSE 100 closing up 0.4pc, or 45.52 points, at 10781.75, its highest closing level since the ear- liest days of the war at the start of March. The moves come ahead of the Bank of Eng- land’s next interest rate-setting meeting this Thursday. Rates are expected to be left on hold but officials are likely to have to explain how the path for rates may be affected should the on-off conflict continue. There are fears that if the war rages on, push- ing up inflation, rates will need to go up hurt- ing millions of borrowers and delivering a set-
back to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s aim of addressing the cost of living. Motorists are already being affected by higher prices at the pump while energy bills have also risen, putting upward pres- sure on inflation. The Bank will be pushed to give clues about how it will respond should the squeeze on prices continue. Michael Saunders, a former member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which sets rates, said the MPC would take ‘not very much’ con- fidence from the latest fall in oil prices which are still ‘sharply
SHARES in AstraZeneca rose yesterday after it said sales have been boosted by demand for cancer treatments. Revenues for the first half of the year rose 6pc to £23bn, while profits climbed 2pc to £5bn. Chief executive Pascal Soriot pointed to booming cancer medicines such as Tagrisso and Imfinzi. These helped sales in its oncology division surge 15pc to £10.6bn, meaning the unit now makes up nearly half of AstraZeneca’s sales. The firm said it expected group annual sales to rise by about 5 to 9pc this year. Soriot said: ‘We continue to invest at pace in our transformative technologies and in our commercial execution to bring our
up from where they were a few weeks ago’. Saunders, a senior adviser at Oxford Economics, told the
innovative medicines to patients around the globe and drive growth beyond 2030.’ It was a much-needed boost for the com- pany after it suffered a bruising setback this month in a trial for potential block- buster drug Wainua, which wiped £23bn off its value in one day. US regulators also rejected a breast cancer drug in May. Shares climbed 1.7pc, or 218p, to 12,888p yesterday. But they are down by about 7pc for the year to date. Soriot said his company must move at ‘Chinese speed’ to ensure it keeps up with the innovation of its rivals in China’s phar- maceutical industry. He added: ‘We have to make sure we don’t fall behind.’
BBC: ‘It’s unlikely they will change interest rates at this week’s meeting, but I think they will warn that if oil and gas prices stay around current lev- els, then inflation will go quite markedly higher in the next few months. In that case, interest rates may well need to go up before the end of this year.’ The latest drop in oil prices came after Donald Trump abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes against Iran. Yesterday, the US Presi- dent said Washington was ‘in very deep talks with Iran’, but that he was ready for ‘strong
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military action’ if diplomacy fails. Meanwhile, Iran appeared to be putting Trump’s U-turn to the test, with Saudi Arabia, Jor- dan and Iraq reporting drone attacks yesterday. Danni Hewson, of broker AJ Bell, said: ‘Investors have got used to the massive fluctua- tions in oil prices, but what is hoped will be a sustained de- escalation in tensions has helped buoy global sentiment. ‘The fall in oil prices will help cool inflation fears, but the con- flict has already damaged global growth prospects for both this year and the next.’
VODAFONE yesterday revealed that it axed 1,200 jobs across Europe in the three months to the end of June in a bid to cut costs. The mobile and broadband company said the move formed part of its plan to simplify its operations and meet new effi- ciency targets. As a result, it will see a ‘mate- rial’ reduction in its operating costs across Europe by the end of the financial year. The group, led by
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Margherita Della Valle (pictured), wants to cut £700m from its total costs and cap- ital spending by 2030. It did not spec- ify how many UK jobs had been affected by the reductions. Vodafone also revealed yes- terday that the number of UK customers with mobile con- tracts fell by 48,000 during the three months to June, including business SIM cards. However, it gained about 34,000 broad- band customers. Shares rose 4.8pc, or 5.55p, to 120.15p.
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crisis feared this winter
EUROPE faces an energy crisis as levels of gas storage built up ahead of winter are critically low, experts have warned. A report from energy consult- ants Wood Mackenzie said storage across European sites stood at just 54pc of capacity – well below nor- mal for late July. Disruption in the Middle East has sent gas prices surging. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Qatar, damaged in the conflict, are not expected to return to full capacity until next year. Meanwhile, Asian nations are competing with Europe for limited supplies. The report said all the factors were combining to put supply security for this winter ‘at risk’. Even in a best-case scenario, where gas supplies come back online, storage is only likely to reach 75pc by November 1 – well below the level of 90pc typically stored in preparation for the chilly months. ‘Europe is approaching energy - crisis territory,’ a Wood Macken- zie spokesman said. Chris O’Shea, boss of British Gas owner Centrica, also last week warned of problems to come because of low storage levels.
N
ORMALLY, political inter-
ventions by showbiz luv-
vies can be safely ignored.
An op-ed in the Guardian
by actors Alan Cumming, Bene-
dict Cumberbatch and Benedict
Wong opposing the $110bn takeo-
ver of Warner Bros by Paramount
Skydance is an exception.
The three performers are rightly con-
cerned about the impact of the deal,
largely financed by debt, on global
film-making, news output and Britain’s
world-leading creative sector.
The names of the stars objecting and the
familiarity of TV, streaming and filmmak-
ing to audiences means entertainment
takeovers can command space in the
media which other deals fail to attract.
The first half of this year saw a record
volume of $231bn of British companies
several in sectors critical to the British
economy such as tech, AI and pharma
vanish into the hands of highly leveraged
private equity firms and overseas buyers
without voices being raised.
As of writing, Britain’s leading commer-
cial TV channel ITV (and its news contract
with ITN) is the subject of a negotiated
merger with America’s Comcast, owner of
SHEIN has slumped to a quarterly loss of £74m after a crackdown by US President Donald Trump, according to an update ahead of its planned stock market debut in Hong Kong. The Chinese fast fashion giant’s loss for the three months to the end of March com- pares to a profit of £296m a year earlier. Sales for the period were up 1.1pc to £6.8bn a slowdown compared to 2025.
Brummer CITY EDITOR
Sky and Universal. The UK’s biggest data centre operator Segro, at the forefront of the AI revolution, is about to be swallowed up by San Francisco-based Prologis. This is an anonymous name down at the Pig & Whistle and to most Labour politi- cians. There are no publicly known stars at Segro to oppose a £14bn transaction, despite its origins in Slough, home to The Office. This has allowed the nodding-dog directors to raise the white flag. Where are you, Ricky Gervais, when your country needs you? In the latest of these unwanted deals, Britain’s Pinewood Technologies, which provides tech services to the motor indus- try, finds itself under siege from American private equity outfit Ridgeview. This
The figures laid bare the impact of Trump’s decision to scrap a ‘de minimis’ import duty exemption, which had in the past allowed firms such as Shein to ship small parcels directly to American con- sumers tariff-free. The European Union has recently taken similar action, and the UK is looking to close the small parcels loophole, too, but not for some years.
to £5.75bn sale in deal frenzy
DCC Energy yesterday agreed a £5.75bn sale to US predators as the takeover frenzy gripping the London market shows no sign of slowing. The FTSE 100 group’s board for- mally backed the 6,797p-per-share deal with private equity firms KKR and Energy Capital Partners. It was a slight improvement on a £5.7bn offer put forward last month which DCC had said it would be ‘minded’ to back. The energy distribution com- pany said the deal delivered a price to shareholders above that which it had been able to achieve in the public markets. Its statement is the latest evi- dence that London-listed firms are vulnerable to foreign predators because of their low valuations. Shares in UK-listed software firm Pinewood Technologies soared yes- terday after it also indicated that it had accepted a US takeover. Meanwhile, Serica agreed to buy fellow oil and gas firm Pharos
appears unsexy, but as with every debt- laden bid, it must be paid for, and jobs, control and UK tax revenues will vanish. At stake in the Paramount-Warner deal, which has caught the eye of Culture Sec- retary Lisa Nandy, are jobs in Britain’s cre- ative sector. It supports more than 180,000 people (including my own offspring) and some £6.8bn of production spend. When dealmakers talk about synergies, they mean job losses. In addition, there is concern that CNN, which offers robust criticism of Donald Trump’s White House, will be over- whelmed by the Maga leanings of Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle and financier of the Paramount bid. T
HERE should also be misgivings about Comcast absorbing ITV through Sky. Comcast’s takeover was far from being a cost-free exercise. Brian Roberts of Comcast overpaid and wrote off $8.6bn (£7bn). Out-of-sight-and- mind bits of Sky, such as its digital arm, were axed. We have no idea what the deal is going to mean for the future of Sky News (beyond 2028) or ITN. Yet the transaction is viewed favourably in Whitehall because of a multi-billion
EVERYMAN has been buoyed by a surge in cinema visits. But the upmarket chain, which has 49 cinemas, cautioned that it faced a ‘chal- lenging economic environment’. Everyman said there had been 2.6m admissions in the six months to July 2 – a 21pc increase on the year before. This helped lift sales by 24pc to £70m,
By John-Paul Ford Rojas
Energy for £146m. The frenzy of dealmaking has raised fears that, in some cases, UK-listed firms are being snapped up on the cheap. Five FTSE 100 companies have now backed takeover bids this year, with DCC joining warehouse and data centre giant Segro, lab testing firm Intertek, Lloyd’s of London insurer Beazley and City institution Schroders as prey for
lengthy talks’
overseas buyers. Other targeted UK-listed firms from outside the top-flight index include easyJet, Rotork, Mitie and Tate & Lyle. Dublin-based DCC had previ- ously rejected two approaches. The first had valued the company at just £4.95bn. The company yesterday said the
investment in a Hertfordshire theme park by Universal, a Comcast offshoot. The nation needs voices to be raised loudly against the sell-out of all the nation’s tech and creative crown jewels.
Pharma lifeline AFTER a couple of clinical setbacks in recent months for nerve drug Wainua and breast cancer medicine Etcamah in the US AstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot needed to reassure investors with the group’s half-year results. He strove to do that with better-than- expected second quarter earnings and a reiteration of a forecast of $80bn in income by 2030. The shares rose 1.7pc, having fallen around 7pc this year. Pharma companies are all about the long-term and the value in AZ is its pipe- line of new compounds, with 20 or so treatments advancing, several of which are in its favoured oncology space. AZ’s focus has switched to the US as Soriot has curried favour with the Trump White House and sought a higher valua- tion with a New York listing. Etcamah, however, has gained approval from the sometimes-slow European Drugs Agency. Developed at AZ’s home base in Cambridge, it demonstrates that British pharma R&D is still alive and well.
agreement on a sale followed ‘a robust and lengthy negotiation’. DCC chairman Mark Breuer said it was ‘a compelling opportunity for shareholders to crystallise value in cash at an attractive pre- mium to DCC Energy’s historical trading price’. He added: ‘We are confident that the consortium will be strong stewards of DCC Energy’s 50-year heritage and support the business during its next phase of growth.’ Shares in the firm edged up 0.9pc, or 55p, to 6,340p. Shares in Pinewood, meanwhile, which specialises in software for car dealerships, surged by 32.7pc, or 103p, to 418p. That was after the company revealed late on Friday that it was minded to accept a £545m offer from San Francisco-based buyout business Ridgeview. However, the offer has already run into opposition from British investment firm Harwood Capital, which owns a 5.7pc stake in Pine- wood, The Times reported.
from £56.5m last year. Trading ‘has been positive’, a spokesman said, but there remained ‘a degree of caution’ about the outlook for the full year. Everyman said it expected its 2026 performance to be ‘marginally ahead’ of last year’s. The firm has also set out plans to quit London’s junior stock market after a prolonged decline in its share price.
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1926 710 Vodafone Gp ..................12018xd +512 12058 82
Tobacco
Br Am Tob ......................4567xd -5 4962 3733 Imperial Brands .............2818 -5 3341 2668
Travel & Leisure
Compass Gp ..................31xd +34 2665 2718 Dominos Pizza ...............19712 +314 246 16714 easyJet ..........................620 +2 680 33934 Entain ............................57438 +21 1022 521 FirstGroup ......................18114xd -58 232 158 Ho lywood Bowl .............285xd +112 30712 23412 Intercontl Htls .................159 +238 10585 12838 Intl Cons Airl ..................44034 +612 488 34214 Mitchells & Butlers .........26612 +212 301 228 PPHE Hotel Gp ..............1584 +46 2060 1286 Trainline .........................23158 +1114 300 18512 Wetherspoon (JD) ..........73112 +1412 76812 55512 Whitbread ......................2460 +23 3274 2234 Wizz Air Hldgs................1053 +13 1447 84912
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*Ex-Dividend Source: The Press Association
1.50 CORAL CHESTERFIELD CUP HANDICAP (2) £120,000 added (£61,848) 1m 1f 197yds (18) 101 (4) 41-5485 LIBERTY LANE 24 (P) (C&DD) (S) K R Burke 6-9-12 ...............C Lee 102 (16) 44559-9 BOLSTER 53 (D5) (GS) Jack Morland 6-9-8 .......................... G Wood 103 (13) 3/0L364- TORITO 209 (B) (D) (GS) J & T Gosden 6-9-7 .....................B Sayette 104 (5) 04-L944 MIDAK 10 (D) (S) I Williams 4-9-5 .....................................J P Spencer 105 (14) 2101-10 YABHER 17 (C&DD) (G) W Haggas 4-9-5 ....................... T Marquand 106 (2) 62/9L-70 HENLEIN 41 K Ryan 4-9-3 .........................................................K Stott 107 (17) 283-212 DIEGO EL QUESO 19 (D) G M Lyons (IRE) 4-9-3 ............ C T Keane 108 (15) 2312-03 WAVE RIDER 129 (D2BF) (GS) G Scott 4-9-2 .....................O Murphy 109 (12) 4631-60 QUAI DE BETHUNE 17 (D) (G) H Al Jehani (UAE) 4-9-0
James Doyle 110 (11) 034123 NIGHT BREEZE 24 (T) (GS) I Williams 6-8-12 ...................E Greatrex 111 (9) 8LLL51 KING’S CODE 18 (V) (D4) (GS) P Evans 6-8-12 ...................J F Egan 112 (1) 844/0L-0 DHAHABI 53 (G) I Williams 8-8-12 ........................................C Bishop 113 (7) 0-41193 RATHGAR 24 (P) (C2D3) (GS) J Channon 6-8-11 .............. D Probert 114 (8) 1583-71 NOBLE HORIZON 50 (D2) (G) Oli Rix 4-8-11 ...................S De Sousa 115 (18) 0920-68 TONY MONTANA 74 (D3) K P De Foy 6-8-11 ............. Toby Moore (7) 116 (3) 087551 AL AALI 11 (B) (D) (G) G Scott 4-8-10 ....................................W Buick 117 (10) 052-824 PAROLE D’ORO 19 (PT) (G) M Bell 4-8-10 ..........................H Crouch 118 (6) 21-6521 TWISTING PHYSICS 29 (T) (D) (G) Oliver Cole 5-8-8
Ashley Lewis (5) Probable SP: 5 Noble Horizon, 6 Yabher, 8 Wave Rider, Midak, 10 Diego El Queso, Al Aali, 12 Torito, Rathgar, Night Breeze, Liberty Lane, 14 Tony Montana, Quai De Bethune, 16 Twisting Physics, 20 Bolster, Parole D’oro. FAVOURITES: 1 – 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 (W 8-13). AGES: 5 – 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 2025: Westridge 4 8 8 (Billy Loughnane) 6-1 J & T Gosden drawn (8) 18 ran.
A case can be made for a fair few of these with AL AALI just about the most persuasive option. This is undoubtedly a tough- er assignment than Newmarket 11 days ago but he was value for more than the winning margin on that occasion and he retains plenty of handicapping scope on old form. Noble Horizon will doubtless be popular given the impression he created at Leicester, with Quai de Bethune and Irish raider Diego El Queso also of serious interest.
2.25
CORAL VINTAGE STAKES (GROUP 2) (1) (2 Y O)
£200,000 added (£113,420) 7f (6)
201 (5)
1U11 AL HUDAIBA 17 (B) (D2) (G) C Appleby 9-6 ..........................W Buick
202 (2)
11 DR RASCAL 17 (D2) (G) Oliver Cole 9-3 .........................Kaiya Fraser
203 (3)
21 HAFFNER 17 (D) (G) A P O’Brien (IRE) 9-3 ......................R L Moore
204 (1)
253 PIKACHU 17 C Johnston 9-3 .............................................David Egan
205 (4)
14 RULER’S CONTROL 41 (T) (S) J P O’Brien (IRE) 9-3 .James Doyle
206 (6)
11 UNDISCOVERED 17 (D) (GS) R Beckett 9-3 ........................H Crouch
Probable SP: 5-4 Al Hudaiba, 2 Haffner, 8 Pikachu, 10 Dr Rascal, 12
Undiscovered, Ruler’s Control.
FAVOURITES: 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
2025: Zavateri 2 9 6 (Charles Bishop) 8-1 E J-Houghton drawn (6) 10 ran.
This track poses a question for the quirky but seriously talent- ed AL HUDAIBA but headgear ought to help his cause and already a winner in Grade 2 company, he can defy the 3 lb penalty. Pikachu was third to the selection in the aforementioned Newmarket race and he’s the chief threat on form, though a bigger threat may emerge in the shape of Haff- ner.
3.00 HKJC WORLD POOL LENNOX STAKES (GROUP 2) (1) £200,000 added (£113,420) 7f (8) 301 (7) 9331-63 HOLGUIN 17 (D2) (S) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6-9-6 .............James Doyle 302 (4) 22L7-15 LAKE FOREST 38 (D2) (G) W Haggas 5-9-6 .........................C Fallon 303 (1) 3310-92 MARVELMAN 31 (D2) (S) A Balding 4-9-6 ...................P J McDonald 304 (2) 22-2537 POET MASTER 31 (D5) (S) K R Burke 6-9-6 .............................C Lee 305 (5) 570-471 QIRAT 31 (T) (C&D2CD2) (S) R Beckett 5-9-6 ................... C T Keane 306 (8) 11-2571 ROGUE DIPLOMAT 41 (D5) (GS) James Owen 4-9-6 ..........H Davies 307 (3) 00-L826 WITNESS STAND 17 (PT) (C&D2D2BF) (GS)
Dr R Newland & J Insole 5-9-6 K Shoemark 308 (6) 3L-4015 LORD BRITAIN 42 (T) (D2) I Mohammed & J Santos 3-8-13
B Sayette Probable SP: 5-4 Lake Forest, 3 Qirat, 9-2 Marvelman, 8 Witness Stand, 16 Rogue Diplomat, 20 Poet Master, Holguin. FAVOURITES: 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 AGES: 4 7 4 5 4 4 3 6 5 4 2025: Witness Stand 4 9 6 (Hollie Doyle) 25-1 Dr R Newland & J Insole drawn (3) 10 ran.
LAKE FOREST returns to what is probably his optimum dis- tance after his eye-catching fifth in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubi- lee at Royal Ascot and can prove too strong for course specialists Qirat and Witness Stand.
3.35 AL SHAQAB GOODWOOD CUP STAKES (GROUP 1) (1) £500,000 added (£283,550) 2m (8) 401 (1) 1124-66 AMILOC 38 (C2) (G) R Beckett 4-9-12...................................H Crouch 402 (6) 150-3L2 FRENCH MASTER 38 (P) (C) (G) J & T Gosden 5-9-12 .James Doyle 403 (7) 27-3L15 ILLINOIS 9 (GS) A P O’Brien (IRE) 5-9-12 .........................S M Levey 404 (3) 1/223-31 LAZY GRIFF 25 (P) (D) (GS) C Johnston 4-9-12 .................O Murphy 405 (4) 2342-18 RAHIEBB 40 R Varian 4-9-12 ............................................... R Dawson 406 (2) 111-111 SCANDINAVIA 40 (P) (C&D) (GS) A P O’Brien (IRE) 4-9-12
R L Moore 407 (8) 51111-2 TRAWLERMAN 40 (H) (CD5) (GS) J & T Gosden 8-9-12......W Buick 408 (5) 211-325 MISS ALPILLES 40 (B) (CD) (G) E Walker 5-9-9 ............K Shoemark Probable SP: 10-11 Scandinavia, 2 Trawlerman, 10 Rahiebb, 14 Lazy Griff, 16 Amiloc, 20 French Master. FAVOURITES: 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 AGES: 5 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 3 2025: Scandinavia 3 8 12 (Wayne Lordan) 4-1 A P O’Brien drawn (5) 8 ran.
A mouthwatering rematch between SCANDINAVIA and Trawlerman, with Aidan O’Brien’s charge fancied to confirm Ascot Gold Cup form with the 8-y-o and make it 7 wins in a row and back-to- back victories in the Goodwood Cup. Lazy Griff, who goes in first-time cheek- pieces, could have more to offer as a stayer and is the each-way selection.
TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT & PRINCIPAL MEETING. R-H course. GOING: Good-good to firm in places. STALLS: 5f, 6f, 7f & 1m centre; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low 7f to 1m 1f. Top jockey: Oisin Murphy. Top trainer: A Balding. Placed in the race last year: 1.50 Bolster (5th); 3.00 Witness Stand (1st); Lake Forest (2nd); 3.35 Scandinavia (1st); Illinois (2nd); 4.10 Adrestia (2nd); 5.20 Atlantis Blue (2nd). Headgear first time: 1.50 Parole D’oro, Torito, 2.25 Al Hudaiba, Ruler’s Control, 3.35 Lazy Griff, Miss Alpilles, 4.10 The Man, 5.20 Electrifarhh, 5.55 Gold Digger, Hold A Dream, Zighy. Longest travellers: Diego El Queso (1.50), Ruler’s Control (2.25), Haffner (2.25), Scandinavia (3.35), Illinois (3.35) Ire- land; Quai De Bethune (1.50), Holguin (3.00), Final Objective (4.45), Star Mirage (5.20) United Arab Emirates; Woohoo (5.55) 464 miles.
WORK WHISPER
LAKE FOREST (Goodwood, 3.00) WEIGHTING GAME HONOUR YOUR DREAMS (Ffos Las, 8.30) Down 18lb from last winning mark. BURNT FINGERS
MINERS CABIN (Ffos Las, 8.00)
UK/IRISH COMMENTARY AND RESULTS
09016 09 53 39
SYMBOL OF HOPE (nap) (Ffos Las, 8.30) PIKACHU (nb) (Goodwood, 2.25) GIANT DAN BURN (Beverley, 3.20)
GIMCRACK
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
GIMCRACK
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
1.50 Wave Rider 2.25 Haffner 3.00 Witness Stand (nb) 3.35 Scandinavia 4.10 Democracy Dilemma 4.45 Final Objective 5.20 SONG N DANCE (nap) 5.55 Gold Digger
ITV
ITV
ITV
ITV
ITV
NEWMARKET – 2.25 AL HUDAIBA (nap); 3.00 Lake Forest (nb).
4.10 CORAL REWARDS SHAKER HANDICAP (2) £75,000 added (£38,655) 5f (24) 501 (1) 6-26605 JASOUR 10 (T) (D) (GS) C Cox 5-9-12 .........................P J McDonald 502 (17) 712L04 RUN BOY RUN 17 (V) (D) (GS) R Spencer 5-9-10 ..... Toby Moore (7) 503 (5) 219-313 LEXINGTON BLITZ 52 (P) (C&DD3) (G) R Cowell 4-9-6 ..E Greatrex 504 (21) 0L416-L CANDY 38 (S) R Spencer 4-9-5 ..........................................J Callan (3) 505 (7) 3-3096L DEMOCRACY DILEMMA 52 (V) (D8) (GS) R Cowell 6-9-4 ...T Eaves 506 (4) 703160 TOCA MADERA 17 (D) (G) D O’Meara 5-9-3 .....................D Tudhope 507 (24) 226-780 ADRESTIA 17 (T) (D3) (G) S & E Crisford 4-9-2..................O Murphy 508 (14) 0601-91 GERMANIC 185 (D) J Camacho 5-9-2 ..................................R Sexton 509 (8) 312178 REGAL ENVOY 17 (P) (D8) (GS) W Knight 7-9-1 ...........Taylor Fisher 510 (6) 136-141 NAANA’S SPARKLE 23 (T) (C&DD3) (GS) L Souza 4-9-0 ..K O’Neill 511 (3) 28-6660 THE MAN 32 (PT) (D2) (G) R Spencer 4-8-13 ..................David Egan 512 (19) 586121 TWILIGHT CALLS 18 (V) (D4) (G) R Spencer 8-8-12 ........S Osborne 513 (10) 3L5714 DESERT COP 27 (P) (D) (G) G Baker 6-8-12 .......................B Sayette 514 (22) 9L1902 EXCLAMATION 25 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 3-8-12 ................ R Dawson 515 (12) 913-325 GLAMOROUS BREEZE 17 (P) (C&DD9) (G) C Mason 8-8-11
G Mangan 516 (2) 529922 RAPPER’S DELIGHT 18 (V) (D) R Spencer 4-8-11................ G Wood 517 (18) 107071 ZIGGY’S TRITON 18 (P) (D6) (G) D O’Meara 4-8-11 ....... T Marquand 518 (13) 4/00-325 TATTERSTALL 18 (C&DD3) (G) M Dods 6-8-11..................C Beasley 519 (16) 3641L0 SEVEN QUESTIONS 32 (C&DD2) (GS) R Cowell 5-8-10 J P Spencer 520 (15) 272051 DYONISOS 25 (D2) (GS) I Williams 4-8-10 ..............................C Fallon 521 (9) 007023 VINTAGE CLARETS 45 (D10) (GS) R&P Fahey 7-8-8 .W Fentiman (3) 522 (23) 447432 SPRING IS SPRUNG 18 (D7) (G) P Midgley 7-8-7 ..................M Winn 523 (20) 010647 WHEELS OF FIRE 57 (D2BF2) (S) R Hannon 4-8-5 .......S De Sousa 524 (11) 204615 REIGNING PROFIT 11 (B) (D10) (GS) R Carr 7-8-3 ..............A Mullen Probable SP: 6 Lexington Blitz, 7 Run Boy Run, 10 Naana’s Sparkle, Rapper’s Delight, Twilight Calls, 12 Adrestia, 14 Seven Questions, Tatterstall. FAVOURITES: – – – – – – – – – 0 (W 8-8). AGES: – – – – – – – – – 8 2025: Brazen Bolt 8 8 3 (Warren Fentiman) 28-1 R Carr drawn (14) 20 ran.
TWILIGHT CALLS was back to something like his best when successful at Newmarket last time and is still attractively handicapped (7lb lower than when fifth in last year’s Stewards’ Cup). He has plenty of pace drawn around him and could be poised to follow up. Improving sprinter Naana’s Sparkle is next best, with Vintage Clarets, Lexington Blitz, Candy and Glamorous Breeze all worthy of consideration.
4.45
BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF MAIDEN STAKES (COLTS AND
GELDINGS) (2) (2 Y O) £60,000 added (£30,924) 6f (16)
601 (6)
52 AGRIPPA 10 (BF) R Hannon 9-2 ............................................P Dobbs
602 (2)
5 ARD AS A ROCK 19 P Evans 9-2 ....................................... C T Keane
603 (12)
8 BEACH NOIR 25 G & J Moore 9-2 ........................................H Crouch
604 (1)
DEMONSTRATE Oliver Cole 9-2 .........................................E Greatrex
605 (5)
DOES MARY KNOW E J-Houghton 9-2 ................................C Bishop
606 (8)
27 DORIGO 41 K Ryan 9-2 ..............................................................K Stott
607 (3)
27 FINAL OBJECTIVE 42 (H) H Al Jehani (UAE) 9-2 .........C Rodriguez
608 (14)
GROUND FORCE James Owen 9-2........................................C Fallon
609 (13)
3 LAUNCH SEQUENCE 25 K R Burke 9-2 ........................James Doyle
610 (15)
MAJOR LOOKTWICE G & J Moore 9-2 ............................... D Probert
611 (10)
4 MR RESDEV 27 M & D Easterby 9-2 ................................... B Garritty
612 (7)
20 SAVAGE MARINER 38 H Palmer 9-2 ...................................O Murphy
613 (11)
7 SEVERN COUNCILS 11 R Hughes 9-2...............................R L Moore
614 (4)
24 SHEMIYLA STAR 27 (BF) C Johnston 9-2 .......................S De Sousa
615 (9)
45 WASHINGTON ROYALE 18 M Appleby 9-2 ........................... R Havlin
616 (16)
0 WOLF BAY 19 A King 9-2 .............................................................C Lee
Probable SP: 2 Final Objective, 5 Dorigo, 11-2 Savage Mariner, 6 Severn
Councils, 15-2 Launch Sequence, 10 Agrippa, 16 Washington Royale.
FAVOURITES: 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
2025: Stellar Sunrise 2 9 2 (Oisin Murphy) 6-1 A Balding drawn (12) 15 ran.
5.20
BOLNEY ENGLISH WINE FILLIES’ HANDICAP (3) £50,000
added (£25,770) 1m (15)
1
(15) L0-5540 BETTY CLOVER 41 E J-Houghton 4-9-12 ................... NON RUNNER
2
(4) 13L-414 NANINO NIYATI 17 (G) Owen Burrows 4-9-8 ...................C Rodriguez
3
(10) 131-170 JUST CALL ME ANGEL 39 (D2) E Dunlop 3-9-7 .................. R Havlin
4
(14) L124-15 RUMBA NUMBA 41 (D) (G) R Varian 4-9-7 ......................... J Mitchell
5
(12) 211-225 SONG N DANCE 17 (D) S Woods 4-9-3 ...........................David Egan
6
(2) L1/2-76 ELECTRIFARHH 57 (H) (D) E Walker 4-9-1.....................K Shoemark
7
(3) 4-48111 ANNASTARZY 26 (C&DD) (G) R Hannon 3-8-13 ....................J Leavy
8
(5) 1335-82 VIXEY 17 (D) (G) S G West 6-8-12 ......................................A Brookes
9
(1)
232- STAR MIRAGE 221 H Al Jehani (UAE) 3-8-8 ..................J P Spencer
10
(9)
2-12 SI GRASS 167 (D) C Johnston 3-8-7 .................................S De Sousa
11
(6) 2-52511 CRAZEE ICON 17 (D2) (S) A Balding 3-8-5 ........................ R Dawson
12
(7) 2L74-44 ATLANTIS BLUE 26 (D2) (G) G Baker 7-8-5 ..........................L Morris
13 (11)
7-21 WID 19 (D) (G) R Beckett 3-8-5 ............................................E Greatrex
14 (13) 542-14 PROPOSAL 66 (BF) (G) W Haggas 3-8-2 ..........................S Osborne
15
(8)
33-2 PERDY IN PARIS 83 (T) G Baker 3-8-2..................................K O’Neill
Probable SP: 9-2 Rumba Numba, 11-2 Annastarzy, 6 Wid, 7 Crazee Icon, 8
Nanino Niyati, 10 Si Grass, Star Mirage, 12 Proposal, 14 Perdy In Paris.
FAVOURITES: 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 (W 9-0).
AGES: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2025: Protest 3 9 7 (Silvestre De Sousa) 11-2 R Varian drawn (10) 12 ran.
5.55
WORLD POOL BET WITH THE TOTE EBF FILLIES’ HANDICAP
(3) £50,000 added (£25,770) 6f (21)
1
(15) 144-818 CINQUE VERDE 66 (D4) (G) A Carroll 6-9-12 ..................David Egan
2
(11) 932-070 HOLD A DREAM 18 (P) (D) (G) C Cox 4-9-10 ..............P J McDonald
3
(18) 826-045 STORMY IMPACT 31 (D) R & P Fahey 4-9-8 .............W Fentiman (3)
4
(2) 13-2995 CINDY LOU WHO 29 (D3) (GS) A Carroll 4-9-7 ...................W Carson
5
(8) 16-196 GOLD DIGGER 24 (PT) (D2) (G) R Spencer 3-9-4 ............S Osborne
6
(1) 0-05154 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 21 (P) (D) B Haslam 4-9-3 ..........A Mullen
7 (21) 262391 FLEETWATER 28 (D3) (G) J S Moore 4-9-0 ...................Taylor Fisher
8
(9)
6112 MACHADADORP 17 (BF) (G) A Balding 3-9-0 ....................O Murphy
9
(7) 351P-1 SING THE BLUES 11 (C&DD) (G) Martin Dunne 3-8-11 ........C Fallon
10 (12) L-21044 RUBY’S ANGEL 17 (D2) (G) H Palmer 3-8-11 ..................... D Probert
11 (14) L53064 ANGEL SHARED 11 (D3) (GS) Steph Hollinshead 5-8-10 .........C Lee
12 (10) 2332L2 SHALLOW 11 (V) (D5) (G) R Spencer 5-8-10 ......................... G Wood
13
(3) 23-1141 SECRET HISTORY 17 (H) (D) (G) E Walker 3-8-9 ...Ashley Lewis (5)
14 (19) 21-1432 ZIGHY 29 (P) (D2BF) G Boughey 3-8-8 .............................J Callan (3)
15
(6) 21L0-L1 ROGUE ATTRACTION 19 (P) (D2) (G) E Bethell 3-8-8 .........H Davies
16 (17) 423-11 ZEN DIVA 17 (D2) (G) R Beckett 3-8-7 ..............................S De Sousa
17
(5) 2-24114 PARADISE WALK 4 (B) (D) (G) R Beckett 3-8-6 ................E Greatrex
18 (13) 5-1221 BINTARYANA 46 (D2) W Knight 3-8-5 ....................................L Morris
19
(4) 512342 DIAMONT KATIE 28 (D2) K R Burke 4-8-5 .....................J Nicholls (3)
20 (16) 431133 POLKA BLUE 17 (D) (G) C Hills 3-8-3 ...................................K O’Neill
21 (20) 927222 WOOHOO 11 (D2BF2) (G) J Goldie 5-8-2................Lauren Young (5)
Probable SP: 13-2 Bintaryana, 7 Zen Diva, 8 Paradise Walk, 10 Secret
History, Gold Digger, Machadadorp, 12 Sing The Blues, 16 Zighy, Fleetwater.
FAVOURITES: – – – – – 2 0 0 0 1 (W 9-2).
AGES: – – – – – 3 3 3 4 4
2025: Dubai Treasure 4 9 12 (Oisin Murphy) 85-40 Fav S bin Suroor drawn
(2) 13 ran.
Drop in Class: 4.10 Jasour is down 2 grades on last run (Group 3 to Class 2); 4.45 Final Objective (3); Savage Mariner (3); 5.55 Hold A Dream (3); Gold Digger (3). First run since wind surgery: 1.50 Wave Rider.
÷CRICKET
THE HUNDRED Utilita Bowl: Men, Southern Brave 129 9 (100 balls, J Smith 49); MI London 130 7 (100 balls, W Jacks 54). MI London won by 3 wkts. Women, Southern Brave 126 7 (100 balls; H K Matthews 4 22); MI London 125 3 (100 balls; D N Wyatt Hodge 52no). Southern Brave win by 1 run.
÷SNOOKER
SHANGHAI MASTERS 1st rnd: C Wakelin (Eng) bt H Tang (Chn) 6 0; G Xiao (Chn) bt J Xu (Chn) 6 5; B Hawkins (Eng) bt P Lei (Chn) 6 4; J Ding (Chn) bt D Yao (Chn) 6 2; Y Zhou (Chn) bt M Selby (Eng) 6 5; R O’Sullivan (Eng) bt L Liu (Chn) 6 1 .
1.50 Yabher 2.25 Haffner (nb) 3.00 Qirat 3.35 SCANDINAVIA (nap) 4.10 Twilight Calls 4.45 Final Objective 5.20 Wid 5.55 Gold Digger
÷TODAY’S ACTION
(7.45 unless stated)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2nd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
CM Celje (3) v KF Egnatia (3) ... (7.15)
Dinamo Zagreb (1) v Thun (1) ....(7.0)
Hearts (0) v Sturm Graz (4) ..............
Live on Premier Sports
Shamrock (0) v A Armenia (2) . (8.0)
FRIENDLIES: Chelsea v Western
Sydney
Wanderers
(10.45am),
Rizespor v Hull (5.0).
CRICKET
One Day Cup
Group
A: Lancashire v Kent (Preston,
11.0am), Nottinghamshire v Leices
tershire (Trent Bridge, 11.0am).
The Hundred: SunRisers Leeds v
Manchester Super Giants (Head
ingley, Women 3pm, Men 6.30pm).
1.35 AMATEUR JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP (6) £7,650 added (£3,800) 1m 1f 207yds (8) 1 (8) 1-6L SANDRET 29 (D2) (G) S England 10-11-2 .Rebecca Hitchen (5) 2 (4) 122 PERFIDIA 10 (P) (BF) (G) T Easterby 4-11-1 .T Easterby (3) 3 (3) L67 STIPULATION 24 (P) (D) (G) M Loughnane 5-11-0
Jack Loughnane (7) 4 (5) 442 SUNNY ORANGE 14 (P) (C4) (GS) T Easterby 6-10-12
Miss Amy Collier 5 (7) 002 ALAZWAR 43 (D) (G) A Watson 8-10-10 .Miss B Hampson 6 (1) 853 STAR START 14 (C&D2D2) (GS) R Carr 6-10-8
Miss C Parker (5) 7 (6) 325 LITTLE SHE 28 (T) M Tregoning 4-10-2 .Miss Alice Tregoning (5) 8 (2) 3U6 THE PUG 7 (P) (D2) O Murphy 6-9-13 .....Josh Myers (7) Probable SP: 5-2 Perfidia, 7-2 Sunny Orange, 5 Alazwar. 2.10 SELLING HANDICAP (6) £7,650 added (£4,004) 1m 4f 23yds (7) 1 (4) L59 PORTER’S SONG 50 L Bailey 4-9-12 ...............J Garritty 2 (3) 789 CHARACTER TESTING J13 (TV) M Walford 5-9-12
K S McHugh (7)
3 (1) 9-23 LA TRINITE 22 N King 4-9-6 ............................D Costello
4 (6) 760 BLACKWATER LILLY J13 (P) N King 6-9-5 .P Mulrennan
5 (2) 0L-L RULER OF THE RIVER 13 (PT) P Kirby 6-9-3 ..B McHugh
6 (5) 565 TALKING IN KODE 9 (V) E Bethell 3-9-1 ...C Horgan (5)
7 (7) 93L HEAD GIRL 27 (P) J Portman 3-8-12 ....................J Hart
Probable SP: 13-8 La Trinite, 4 Head Girl.
2.45
RESTRICTED MAIDEN STAKES (5) (2 Y O)
£9,000 added (£4,860) 5f (14)
1 (13) L3 BLACK VELVET BOY 8 J & S Quinn 9-7 ..............J Hart
2 (11)
CLASSY JAGUAR T Coyle & K Wood 9-7 ......D Costello
3 (14) 0L0 DAVE’S MATEY 9 T Easterby 9-7 .................D Fentiman
4 (1)
9 DESERT OUTLAW 27 P Midgley 9-7..................D Nolan
5 (3)
2 LEXINGTON BOOM 28 G Tuer 9-7 ............. O Stammers
6 (7) 23 MAXIMUS MERIDIUS 11 D Loughnane 9-7 ........R Scott
7 (5) LL MR DE MAGGS 13 T Culhane & S Barclay 9-7 .A Jary (3)
8 (12) 87 ANGEL STEPS 36 P Midgley 9-2....................B McHugh
9 (9)
L AVA LOUISE 36 P McBride 9-2 .....................E Tindall (5)
10 (4)
4 DOROTHEA HOPE 8 T Easterby 9-2................... D Allan
11 (8) 422 ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO 22 (BF) B Haslam 9-2 ..P Mulrennan
12 (2)
MALULEE M Dods 9-2...................................S B Kirrane
13 (10)
6 NOCCALULA FALLS 27 P Midgley 9-2.............C Hardie
14 (6)
PURRISTA G Tutty 9-2 ..............................Joanna Mason
Probable SP: 5-2 Eleven Eighty Two.
3.20
NOVICE STAKES (3) (2 Y O) £12,000 added
(£6,480) 7f 96yds (4)
1 (3)
3 APULIA BAY 22 S & E Crisford 9-7 ..................Oisin Orr
2 (1)
GIANT DAN BURN C Johnston 9-7 .....................R Scott
3 (4) 472 ROMANZA 22 C Fellowes 9-7 ..........................P Bradley
4 (2)
4 VEGA KING 15 K R Burke 9-7 ...........................S James
Probable SP: 13-8 Romanza, 9-4 Apulia Bay.
2.35 HANDICAP (5) £8,400 added (£4,397) 1m 6f 17yds (3) 1 (1) L5L EXPRESSIONLESS 15 (P) (C&DD2) (GS) D Cunha
6-9-5 S Donohoe
2 (3) 023 EDUCATOR 15 (B) (G) Miss H Knight 7-9-5..B Loughnane
3 (2) 0L6 BALTIC 23 (BT) (C) (GS) L Wadham 6-9-4 ...S D Bowen
Probable SP: 2-7 Educator, 5 Expressionless, 7 Baltic.
3.10
NOVICE STAKES (3) (2 Y O) £13,000 added
(£7,020) 7f 3yds (6)
1 (6)
MAJESTIC JUDE W Haggas 9-7 .....................D Keenan
2 (1)
2 MITHAALY 15 G Boughey 9-7 ....................B Loughnane
3 (4)
MOHEEBB J Butler 9-7 .......................................N Callan
4 (5)
NOBLE PRINCE C Appleby 9-7 ........................ C Planas
5 (2) 572 NOTE TO SELF 15 J & T Gosden 9-7 ...........L Catton (3)
6 (3)
ROCKET BOY M Botti 9-7 ................................. M Ghiani
Probable SP: 2 Mithaaly, 9-4 Note To Self, 7-2 Noble Prince.
3.45
HANDICAP (6) £7,200 added (£3,768) 1m
3yds (7)
1 (5) 862 LUMINOUS WARRIOR 26 (T) (D) D Cunha 4-9-9 .M Ghiani
2 (3) 071 LOVE YOU MORE 15 (H) (D) J Parr 4-9-7 .B Loughnane
3 (2) 693 CHLOE’S COURAGE 11 (P) J Ryan 4-9-5 ......D Keenan
4 (1) 5L5 TURPIN 15 (V) J Boyle 4-9-3 .........................P Cosgrave
5 (4) 625 HEER’S SADIE 20 (C&DC2) (G) J & S Birkett 8-9-0
C Howarth (3) 6 (7) 806 ROCK MASTER 6 (P) A Carroll 4-9-0 .Millie Wonnacott (5) 7 (6) L0L- EAGLE LANDED 270 J R Jenkins 5-9-0 .............J Peate Probable SP: 6-4 Love You More, 9-4 Luminous Warrior. 4.20 HANDICAP (6) £7,200 added (£3,768) 1m 2f 23yds (6) 1 (4) 571 DIVOT 20 (C&D) (G) W Knight 4-9-9 ................. M Ghiani 2 (6) 75-0 WITHOUTFURTHERADO 83 (P)
P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck 4-9-8 Liam Wright (5) 3 (3) 414 NUPTOWN GIRL 25 (P) (G) I Williams 4-9-7 .B Loughnane 4 (5) 074 PRIDE EYE 24 (T) M Rimell 4-9-1 ............. C Howarth (3) 5 (1) 142 DINAH MYTE 24 (S) J Gallagher 4-8-12 ..........D Keenan 6 (2) 0L5 PURE THEORY 20 (P) Stephanie Cassidy 4-8-9
Rose Dawes (5) Probable SP: 8-11 Divot, 11-4 Dinah Myte, 8 Nuptown Girl.
TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to firm. STALLS: Straight centre; 1m2f & 1m3f inside; 1m6f stands side. DRAW ADVANTAGE: High.
6.00 NURSERY (6) (2 Y O) £6,600 added (£3,454) 7f 80yds (10) 1 (4) 523 PARADING 21 R Hughes 9-9 ..............................F Marsh 2 (5) 750 CUTLASS 15 B Meehan 9-9 ......................Jason Watson 3 (3) 226 DREAM ON KENT 24 (V) P Evans 9-9...R Kavanagh (3) 4 (7) 333 JAZZY BAY 20 E J-Houghton 9-7 ............. C Hutchinson 5 (9) 554 ARIANE SKY 59 James Owen 9-4 ...... Mason Paetel (5) 6 (2) 795 TEN YEAR STRETCH 20 J Osborne 9-4 ..........W Carver 7 (10) 750 CLEAR HORIZON 19 J Portman 9-0 ............... R Hornby 8 (1) 6LL DRUM MAJOR 14 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 8-13 .L Edmunds 9 (6) 454 MAGICAL LIFE 14 J S Moore 8-8 ......................... W Cox 10 (8) LLL EMIRATES EXPRESS 33 Jack Morland 8-3 .Olivia Haines (7) Probable SP: 7-2 Parading, 4 Jazzy Bay, 13-2 Cutlass. 6.30 HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 7f 80yds (5) 1 (4) U-33 DISTINCT SPIRIT 5 (DBF) D & C Kubler 6-10-2
Ebrahim Nader 2 (2) 91L NAME THE DAY 11 (T) (D) (G) E J-Houghton 3-9-9 ..C Hutchinson 3 (1) 6-84 DECALOGUE 4 J Osborne 3-9-6 ......................W Carver 4 (5) 021 FLYTA 29 (T) (C&D) M Loughnane 3-9-4 ........ R Hornby 5 (3) 2-86 SOFIAN 28 (C&D) Mrs N Evans 4-9-2 ....R Kavanagh (3) Probable SP: 11-8 Distinct Spirit, 7-4 Flyta, 11-2 Decalogue. 7.00 CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 1m (8) 1 (4) 221 KNIGHTMARE 4 (B) (D) (G) P Evans 4-10-0 ..R Kavanagh (3) 2 (2) 38L CEZARRO 13 M Young 4-9-9............................ R Hornby 3 (8) 047 CREATE 12 (P) (D3) S Dixon 6-9-9 .....................T Heard 4 (7) 477 KEEPER OF SECRETS 15 (P) I Williams 5-9-9 .Jason Watson 5 (3) 52U KING OF THE DANCE 12 (P) (D) (G)
B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 7-9-9 A Egan (7) 6 (5) 094 LHEBAYEB 22 (P) (D) (S) R J Price 8-9-9 ....L Edmunds 7 (1) 727 MOORETOWN LAD 35 A Wintle 6-9-9 ...............F Marsh 8 (6) 7RL PROPHET SQUEEZE 4 (H) B J Murphy (IRE) 8-9-9
Ebrahim Nader Probable SP: 7-4 Knightmare, 4 King of The Dance. 7.30 MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (3) £12,000 added (£6,480) 1m 3f 209yds (4) 1 (3) 0-3 CRACKING BEAUTY 20 R Teal 3-9-2 ..........L Edmunds 2 (1) L4 KHEPRI 21 K R Burke 3-9-2 ............................ P-L Jamin 3 (2) 24 SEACOLE 20 R Beckett 3-9-2 ................... R Clutterbuck 4 (4) 22 SUMMERSON 18 (H) R Varian 3-9-2 ...........R P Downey Probable SP: 7-4 Cracking Beauty, 5-2 Summerson.
SSR
SSR
1.35 Alazwar 2.10 La Trinite 2.45 Maximus Meridius 3.20 Vega King 3.55 Norcross Brow 4.30 Crafty Spirit
NORTHERNER – 2.45 ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO (nap); 4.30 Crafty Spirit (nb).
3.55 HANDICAP (5) £8,650 added (£4,527) 7f 96yds (8) 1 (3) 261 CAROLUS MAGNUS 36 (D3) (G) M & D Easterby
8-9-12 Joanna Mason 2 (4) 81L NAPOLIAN 18 (G) D O’Meara 3-9-9 ...................D Nolan 3 (6) 352 MASABAN 20 (BF3) E Bethell 3-9-8 .................Oisin Orr 4 (7) 312 NORCROSS BROW 19 (DBF) (G) Charlie Clover 3-9-6
J Hart 5 (5) 6L8 LADY HORNBLOWER 67 (C&D) (G) J O’Keeffe 3-9-4
J Garritty 6 (2) 56-5 DUMFRIES 14 (C&D2D) (G) R Carr 6-9-3 .....JP Sullivan 7 (8) 505 WILLOWINGHURN 28 (D) (GS) D O’Meara 3-8-10 ..R Scott 8 (1) L52 WALK ON WALK ON 24 (P) N Wilson 3-8-5 E Tindall (5) Probable SP: 11-4 Carolus Magnus, 10-3 Norcross Brow. 4.30 HANDICAP (5) £8,650 added (£4,527) 5f (9) 1 (6) 321 AZUINTHEJUNGLE 15 (C&DD) (GS) N Tinkler 4-9-13
A Jary (3) 2 (3) 45L LE BEAU GARCON 42 (C&DD3) (G) M & D Easterby
7-9-13 Joanna Mason 3 (4) 286 JOJO RABBIT 42 (C&DD7) (GS) R Carr 8-9-11 .JP Sullivan 4 (7) 077 SPEEDING BULLET 55 (S) P Midgley 5-9-10 ....D Nolan 5 (9) 4L6 EMPRESS OLIVIA 12 (S) M Walford 3-9-9 .......J Garritty 6 (5) 322 GOLDEN HAVANA 8 (V) (D) M Dods 3-9-6 .S B Kirrane 7 (2) L81 OPAL STORM (5lbex) 8 (PT) (C&D2D3) (G) B Rothwell
6-9-4 F McManoman 8 (1) 211 CRAFTY SPIRIT 14 (B) (C&DD) (G) J Wainwright 5-9-0
B McHugh 9 (8) 477 WITHOUT FLAW 14 (C&D2BF) (GS) Miss T Jackson
5-8-13 C Hardie Probable SP: 11-4 Crafty Spirit, 7-2 Azuinthejungle.
TRACK FACTS: R-H course. GOING: Good to firm-good in places. STALLS: Inside. DRAW ADVAN- TAGE: Low, particularly in sprints. Top jockey: David Allan. Top trainer: T Easterby. Placed in the race last year: 1.35 Star Start (1st); 4.30 Jojo Rabbit (1st). Headgear first time: 2.10 Character Testing, Talk- ing In Kode. Longest traveller: Little She (1.35) 248 miles. Drop in Class: None today. First run since wind surgery: 3.55 Lady Hornblower.
2.35 Expressionless 3.10 Noble Prince 3.45 Heer’s Sadie 4.20 Divot 4.55 Twilight Guest 5.25 Thapa VC
4.55 CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 1m 3f 104yds (7) 1 (4) 762 CHARENCEY 7 (PT) (S) I Williams 6-9-9 ..B Loughnane 2 (7) 151 NYMPHAEA 7 (P) (G) J Candlish 4-9-9 .Jude Fernandes (7) 3 (3) 432 STINTINO SUNSET 27 (BH) (D) (G) J & S Birkett 6-9-9
D E Hogan 4 (2) 644 TWILIGHT GUEST 5 (P) (GS) G Margarson 6-9-9
H Burns (3) 5 (1) 345 WRIST ART 24 (TV) (S) James Owen 9-9-9 .C Howarth (3) 6 (6) 6-43 CHURCHILL’S SPIRIT 21 (B) Tom Clover 3-8-13
Laura Pearson 7 (5) 673 FLETCHER 13 J Boyle 3-8-13 .......................P Cosgrave Probable SP: 5-2 Nymphaea, 11-4 Charencey. 5.25 HANDICAP (6) £7,200 added (£3,768) 7f 3yds (9) 1 (8) 637 NOBLE GUEST 23 (C&D2) (S) G Margarson 4-10-2
H Burns (3) 2 (5) 251 THAPA VC 10 (BT) (C&DD11) (G) M Rimell 8-10-2
B Loughnane 3 (9) 315 RUSHEEN BOY 33 (T) (C&DCD2) (GS) J & S Birkett
5-10-1 D E Hogan 4 (6) 404 WAY TO DUBAI 27 (G) M Appleby 7-10-0 ........D Keenan 5 (2) 047 METHGAL 28 (T) (D) D Cunha 4-9-9 ................ M Ghiani 6 (1) 3-5L MINSHAAR 146 (D) Stephanie Cassidy 4-9-8
Liam Wright (5) 7 (3) 623 ORANGE EMPEROR 31 J Fanshawe 3-9-8 ........J Peate 8 (7) 689 MAYFAIR MARKET 22 (T) S Woods 3-9-6 ..... D Muscutt 9 (4) LL-4 EL CARRUSEL 11 (P) J Ryan 3-8-6 ........ Alice Bond (5) Probable SP: 2 Thapa VC, 4 Way To Dubai.
Top jockey: Billy Loughnane. Top trainer: J & T Gos- den. Headgear first time: 2.35 Baltic, 4.20 Nuptown Girl. Longest traveller: Nymphaea (4.55) 225 miles. Drop in Class: 5.25 El Carrusel is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6). First run since wind surgery: None today.
6.00 Clear Horizon 6.30 Flyta 7.00 Knightmare 7.30 Summerson 8.00 Just Adair 8.30 Symbol of Hope
8.00 HANDICAP (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 1m 3f 209yds (9) 1 (2) 3-31 ZARAQUELLE (5lbex) 7 (T) James Owen 4-9-10 ..Mason Paetel (5) 2 (8) 2L3 TROJAN TRUTH 14 (B) (D3) (G) E De Giles 7-9-9 ..O Lewis (5) 3 (4) 474 NOBLE GRACE 44 W Greatrex 5-9-8 .............. R Hornby 4 (7) 211 PUREIS KING 33 (CD) (G) Faye Bramley 4-9-7 .C Hutchinson 5 (9) 137 BOBBY DASSLER 20 (H) (GS) B J Murphy (IRE) 7-9-4
Ebrahim Nader 6 (1) 8-22 JUST ADAIR 27 (T) (BF3) (G) J & A O’Nei l 4-9-2 ..Jason Watson 7 (3) 134 VIRTUAL HUG 45 (T) (D4) Mrs N Evans 8-9-1 .R Kavanagh (3) 8 (6) 713 BUCK BARROW 29 (P) (C&DC) (S) A Wintle 4-9-0 . F Marsh 9 (5) 007 MINERS CABIN 26 Kevin Coleman (IRE) 4-8-9 .P-L Jamin Probable SP: 5-2 Zaraquelle, 7-2 Pureis King. 8.30 HANDICAP (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 6f (10) 1 (4) 294 HONOUR YOUR DREAMS 21 (T) (D2) (GS) M Attwater
6-9-9 R Clutterbuck 2 (1) 213 LEGENDSOFTHELAND 45 (D2) (G) A Wintle 4-9-9 ..F Marsh 3 (6) 607 BARRY THE WORM 30 (P) (D) E Smyth-Osbourne
3-9-4 A Rawlinson 4 (7) L-80 HAWORTH STAR 32 (H) (D) M Young 6-9-3 ... R Hornby 5 (8) 768 DIAMONDSINTHESAND 43 (H) (C&D2CD) (S)
A Wintle 9-9-2 Taryn Langley (5) 6 (9) 560 SMASHER 146 (PT) (D5) M Attwater 6-9-2 ............K Fox 7 (2) 875 MACARONE 31 (D2) (G) G Harris 5-9-1.............T Heard 8 (5) 685 MY MATE BEATTIE 37 (P) S Dixon 4-9-0 . Mikkel Mortensen (5) 9 (3) 843 SYMBOL OF HOPE 13 (P) (D4) (GS) G Harris 8-9-0
R Kavanagh (3) 10 (10) 0L-L APLACEINTHESUN 90 Ollie Sangster 3-8-13 P-L Jamin Probable SP: 5-2 Legendsoftheland, 3 Symbol of Hope.
Top trainer: R Beckett. Placed in the race last year: 8.30 Diamondsinthesand (1st). Headgear first time: 6.30 Name The Day, 8.30 Smasher. Longest travel- lers: Prophet Squeeze (7.00) & Bobby Dassler (8.00) Ireland; Miners Cabin (8.00) Ireland; Khepri (7.30) 326 miles. Drop in Class: 6.00 Parading is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6); Cutlass (2); Dream On Kent (3); Ariane Sky (2); Ten Year Stretch (2); Clear Horizon (2); 8.00 Noble Grace (3). First run since wind surgery: None today.
1.35 Sunny Orange 2.10 La Trinite 2.45 Lexington Boom 3.20 Giant Dan Burn 3.55 Norcross Brow 4.30 Golden Havana
2.35 Educator 3.10 Mithaaly 3.45 Love You More 4.20 Nuptown Girl 4.55 Charencey 5.25 Thapa VC
6.00 Jazzy Bay 6.30 Name The Day 7.00 Knightmare 7.30 Cracking Beauty 8.00 Zaraquelle 8.30 Legendsoftheland
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HE scope of Kimi Antonelli’s rounded talent has slightly surprised me this season. His speed was never in question but he was somewhat error-prone last year. It seemed he had been exposed to the trials of Formula One scrutiny too early, aged 18. He probably was. But he has found his feet and is making statement drives most weekends, and often aggregating damage-limitation points when he is not quite sending fireworks into the sky. I point to the moment it all changed for his title chances. It was when George Russell suffered technical problems in qualifying in China. Antonelli took pole and won the race. It was the sliding door Russell would have loved to have shut in his rival’s face. And look where each stands now. You think Mercedes want Russell to win as much as they
DRIVERS
1 Antonelli 219
2 Hamilton 169
3 Russell 160
4 Leclerc 138
5 Norris 128
CONSTRUCTORS
1 Mercedes 379
2 Ferrari 307
3 McLaren 220
4 Red Bull 177
5 Racing Bulls 66
6 Alpine 61
are rooting for Antonelli? I’ll tell you how I know they do not. Last week I wrote that Silver Arrows bigwigs were slightly and subtly, perhaps even unwittingly, pulling for the teenage Italian rather than for Russell. Kimi is their pet project, the one individual who fills the emotional gap left by Lewis Hamilton decamping to Ferrari to ask of the gods his destiny. How did Mercedes respond to the observation I made seven days ago? There came not a word of protest. This would not be especially telling if it were not for the fact that in the days when Lewis was their hero, this kind of commen- tary would have been met with a swift retort by a Mercedes spokesman via WhatsApp or
RACING RESULTS AYR
2.15 — BYMIDDAYTOMORROW (K Shoemark) 9-4(2ndFav) 1; Kanzi 9-1 2; Tegernsee 7-1 3. 5 ran. (E Walker). 11/2, 11/4. Tote: 3.25; 1.40, 4.20. Ex: 20.10. Tf: 81.80. CSF: 20.70. 2.45 — MR COOL (C Beasley) 7-2(2ndFav) 1; Great Profit 17-2 2; Lanarra 12-1 3. 9 ran. (C Johnston). 11/4, shd. Tote: 4.50; 1.70, 2.60, 3.30. Ex: 27.60. Tc: 319.86. Tf: 255.90. CSF: 33.47. 3.15 — IMPERIAL GUARD (C Beasley) 13-8F 1; Abduction 9-2 2; Carmel Valley 12-1 3. 5 ran. (M Dods). ns, 1l. Tote: 2.63; 1.30, 2.10. Ex: 7.20. Tf: 31.00. CSF: 8.96. NR: Roaring Ralph. 3.45 — SAMRA STAR (M Winn) 25-1 1; Runninsonofagun 8-15F 2; Union Island 12-1 3. 9 ran. (Miss L Perratt). nk, 2l. Tote: 26.60; 3.70, 1.10, 2.50. Ex: 69.60. Tc: 218.67. Tf: 540.00. CSF: 40.64. 4.15 — EMPIRICAL (K Shoemark) 5-2 1; Colourband 2-1JtFav 2; Geo 8-1 3. 5 ran. (E Walker). 1l,
6 Verstappen 109
7 Piastri 92
8 Hadjar 68
9 Lawson 43
10 Gasly 42
7 Haas 21
8 Audi 12
9 Williams 11
10 Aston Martin 1
11 Cadillac 0
Next: Dutch GP, Aug 23
11/4. Tote: 3.50; 1.80, 1.30. Ex: 8.80. Tf: 28.10. CSF: 8.11. NRs: Obito, Rastnet. 4.45 — SIXCOR (T Kiely- Marshall) 11-1 1; Startling 4-1F 2; Henery Hawk 7-1 3. 8 ran. (Miss L Perratt). 1/2, nk. Tote: 13.20; 3.60, 1.70, 2.50. Ex: 67.00. Tc: 340.86. Tf: 457.70. CSF: 56.53. NR: Supremissy. 5.20 — ROYAL BLAZE (G Fairley) 3-1F 1; Falcon Nine 4-1 2; Penelope’s Sister 7-2(2ndFav) 3. 9 ran. (Ewan Whillans). nk, 33/4. Tote: 4.00; 1.60, 1.70, 1.50. Ex: 14.00. Tc: 44.11. Tf: 55.20. CSF: 15.72. NRs: Annandale, Lightning Galaxy, Recobella, Zebra Star. Jackpot Not won, pool of £2,370.04 carried over. Placepot £52.60. Q’pot £9.50. RIPON
6.00 — RIDDIKULUS (Rhys Elliott) 5-2(2ndFav) 1; Balmoral Boy 14-1 2; Lc Tiffen 100-1 3. 7 ran. (G Tuer). 13/4, 3l. Tote: 3.50; 1.30, 5.00. Ex: 33.50. Tf: 451.70. CSF: 35.16.
phone. The absence of this admonition tells its own story. If I were Russell, I would be doing two things. The first, obviously, is to try to win the title despite the headwind blowing against him. The second, I would look to explore the possibility of moving teams for next season to start afresh. If he does lose out on the title, Antonelli’s favoured status would be set in stone. Russell would be cast for eternity as a useful No 2, a latter-day David Coulthard to Mika Hakkinen.
HAMILTON’S turnaround has been the most remarkable driver transformation of the year. Barely able to locate the right pedal last year, he has once again demon- strated reserves of resilience as deep as the Mariana Trench. Nobody doubted him more publicly than himself, suggesting Ferrari should replace him. Nor
6.30 — PURE MINT (H Davies) 11-10F 1; Green Bay Dream 33-1 2; Reflect On Glory 8-1 3. 7 ran. (S & E Crisford). 41/2, 1/2. Tote: 2.10; 1.40, 5.80. Ex: 23.30. Tf: 112.50. CSF: 40.36. 7.05 — PROSPERITY (C Lee) 4-6F 1; Princess Honey Bee 8-1 2; Fractional 2-1(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (K R Burke). 13/4, 33/4. Tote: 1.67; 1.30, 1.90. Ex: 5.60. Tf: 9.70. CSF: 7.05. 7.40 — PAPER VIEW (J Leavy) 5-2(2ndFav) 1; Harley 9-4F 2; Aura Of Melania 14-1 3. 6 ran. (R Hannon). 11/4, ns. Tote: 3.50; 1.90, 1.50. Ex: 7.10. Tf: 53.30. CSF: 8.62. 8.10 — NOELAN STAR (D Tudhope) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Daydreama 11-2 2; Command The Stars 9-2 3. 5 ran. (E Bethell). shd, shd. Tote: 3.75; 1.40, 2.40. Ex: 11.90. Tf: 33.50. CSF: 16.47. NR: Enchant. Following a stewards’ inquiry, Command The Stars who finished 1st was disqualified and placed 3rd.
did anyone hold him to higher standards than a certain Mr L Hamilton. It was always thus and an essential ingredient of his sustained success. This year’s Ferrari suits him better than the 2025 edition, partly a product of getting himself more integrated into the team, which being Italian has a rhythm different from anything he experienced at either McLaren or Mercedes. This amalgamation is not about chumminess but getting the people and by close extension the car to work to his specifications. There is also the Kim Kardashian factor. Has his relationship with the American celebrity pepped up his fraying psyche, one wonders? With these elements lined up, including his new race engineer Carlo Santi operating with him on the same wavelength, Hamilton is Antonelli’s closest and most realistic challenger, though 50 points back. Yet… Lewis has not
8.40 — ZUFFOLO (Rhys Elliott) 7-2 1; Doralee 15-2 2; Cheerleader 5-2(2ndFav) 3. 6 ran. (M Dods). hd, hd. Tote: 4.50; 1.20, 4.10. Ex: 30.90. Tf: 87.50. CSF: 27.89. Placepot £83.40. Q’pot £17.50. SOUTHWELL
2.30 — FLASH KOZO (Kaiya Fraser) 9-4(2ndFav) 1; Desert Belle 11-4 2; Glenna 2-1F 3. 9 ran. (Harry Eustace). 11/4, 3/4. Tote: 4.10; 1.40, 1.10, 1.60. Ex: 12.80. Tc: 14.01. Tf: 25.60. CSF: 9.18. NR: Victors Spirit. 3.00 — KOKBASTAU (R Dawson) 11-4(2ndFav) 1; Turret 9-2 2; Humphrey 5-4F 3. 14 ran. (R Varian). nk, 31/2. Tote: 4.50; 2.00, 2.40, 1.10. Ex: 24.20. Tf: 55.90. CSF: 16.94. 3.30 — ROC DE FER (L Morris) 7-4F 1; James Choice 7-1 2; Prince Of Calypso 12-1 3. 14 ran. (Sir M Prescott). 11/2, nk. Tote: 2.75; 1.30,
100 per cent returned to hi
soaring best.
Niggling mistakes have cost
him penalties four times in
the last three races. Nor are
Ferrari always 100 per cent
slick in their strategy calls,
plus ça change.
Hats off to Lewis, but
there remains room for
improvement. If you think the
assessment is harsh, ask th
perfectionist himself.
IMOLA is pencilled in to st ge
the final race of the season should
Qatar and Abu Dhabi, still
scheduled as the concludin
rounds of the championship,
follow Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
as F1 casualties of war.
The biggest worry is whether
the weather will hold in Italy. A
finale in Europe on the last
weekend of November carries
some jeopardy, though it is worth
a go and would be a fitting venue
2.00, 5.20. Ex: 14.40. Tc: 129.40. Tf: 160.00. CSF: 15.31. 4.00 — FILLY EILISH (S De Sousa) 16-1 1; Venetian Lion 10-3(2ndFav) 2; Kiani King 9-4F 3. 13 ran. (I Furtado). 1/2, 21/4. Tote: 23.20; 5.40, 1.50, 1.80. Ex: 126.10. Tc: 183.33. Tf: 747.50. CSF: 69.35. NR: Mehmas Engine. 4.30 — ROOSIKE (H Crouch) 13-2 1; Rising Tiger 8-15F 2; Bullrider 3-1(2ndFav) 3. 12 ran. (R Hughes). nk, 13/4. Tote: 10.50; 2.40, 1.02, 1.30. Ex: 23.30. Tf: 38.50. CSF: 10.95. 5.00 — STORM FREE (H Crouch) 7-2F 1; Chalk Mountain 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Spaceman 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 3. 12 ran. (J Tate). 1/2, 1/2. Tote: 4.60; 1.40, 1.80, 2.00. Ex: 19.60. Tc: 59.91. Tf: 48.90. CSF: 17.17. 5.30 — KING OF FURY (S B Kirrane) 12-1 1; Korbut 12-1 2; Shaman Champion 13-2 3. 10 ran. (M Dods). nk, shd. Tote: 14.50; 2.90, 2.10, 2.70. Ex: 113.80. Tc: 1056.83. Tf: 1358.50. CSF:
if either Antonelli of Italy (above, with team principal Toto Wolff), or Hamilton of the Scuderia, were to contest the title there or indeed use the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari as a lap of honour. The notion of Silverstone to celebrate Russell’s possible
152.67. NR: Comic Hero. 6.05 — MODERN TIMES (L Morris) 2-1F 1; Pickersgill 22-1 2; Belsito 12-1 3. 12 ran. (James Owen). 1/2, 1/2. Tote: 3.00; 1.40, 5.10, 4.50. Ex: 56.90. Tc: 463.17. Tf: 1454.50. CSF: 60.25. NRs: D Flawless, Liosa. Placepot £3.60. Q’pot £3.00. WINDSOR
5.15 — TOO DARN GOOD (Taryn Langley) 11-1 1; Moe’s Legacy 5-1 2; Merrimack 4-1(2ndFav) 3. 11 ran. (H Candy). 1/2, shd. Tote: 14.60; 1.70, 3.60, 2.40. Ex: 77.00. Tc: 271.68. Tf: 606.70. CSF: 69.19. NR: Hint Of Humour. 5.50 — ZIATA (Rossa Ryan) 9-2 1; Lucy The Wire 6-5F 2; Sweet Horizon 7-4(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (G Tutty). shd, 21/2. Tote: 5.50; 2.30, 1.20. Ex: 11.20. Tf: 14.20. CSF: 10.25. 6.20 — HARRY KNOWS (O Murphy) 4-7F 1; Down To You Kid 15-8(2ndFav) 2; Rex Regum 50-1 3. 7 ran. (R Hughes). 41/4, 3/4. Tote: 1.58; 1.10, 1.10. Ex: 2.00. Tf:
15.40. CSF: 1.93. 6.53 — MADMAN (J Callan) 11-2 1; Solar Invincible 5-1 2; Forever Glamorous 11-4(2ndFav) 3. 6 ran. (R Cook & J Bridger). 1l, 3/4. Tote: 6.50; 2.40, 2.30. Ex: 31.00. Tf: 89.30. CSF: 31.16. 7.28 — ANOTHER ABBOT (P Dobbs) 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Sudden Flight 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Regional Rock 15-2 3. 13 ran. (W Haggas). 3/4, 3/4. Tote: 5.00; 2.20, 1.90, 2.70. Ex: 24.30. Tc: 126.81. Tf: 211.70. CSF: 20.54. NR: Uncle Don. 8.00 — BERLINETTA (G Bass) 11-2 1; Eazy On The Eye 4-1(2ndFav) 2; Box Clever 10-1 3. 8 ran. (J Channon). shd, 1l. Tote: 6.50; 1.90, 1.90, 2.90. Ex: 15.50. Tc: 216.56. Tf: 119.60. CSF: 27.98. NR: Toralou. 8.30 — GIVE ME SUN (B Sayette) 6-1 1; Takeitorleaveit 9-4(2ndFav) 2; Time To Sparkle 2-1F 3. 7 ran. (P Owens). 1l, 1/2. Tote: 7.00; 2.60, 1.90. Ex: 20.80. Tc: 36.17. Tf: 53.00. CSF: 19.91. NR: My Old Mate.
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championship crowning? It doesn’t appear to be at he top of anyone’s to-do list. (Passim…) Malaysia will step in to house the ‘Bahrain Grand Prix’. Held over from April, t will be on October 4, etween the Azerbaijan and Singapore races. Where will this transfer of one country’s race being he d in another country d? I could see Bahrain’s ne bours in the Middle East region not wishing to miss out on he PR and therefore following the precedent somewhere else in Europe. The ‘Saudi Arabian GP’ home from home in Austria, perhaps. And so on. Is this kind of relocation without precedent in sport? Royal Ascot at York in 2005 is the closest analogy that springs to mind. A personal moan, in passing: Ascot need never have moved had they not built those ghastly escalators in that over-
GLORIOUS GOODWOOD promises another ‘Duel on the Downs’ as Scandinavia and Trawlerman renew their rivalry for the stayers’ crown this afternoon. Their captivating battle in the Ascot Gold Cup on a sweltering Berkshire afternoon last month was billed as the race of the season. That description may have undersold the engrossing confrontation as those with long memories likened it to the ‘Race of the Century’ between Grundy
grown stand of theirs. Christian Horner and I agree on this.
A FINE drive by Lando Norris to win in Hungary, his second-corner blip excepted. He cashed in on his luck when his team-mate Oscar Piastri was bizarrely delayed by backmarker Carlos Sainz, but he was mighty quick all afternoon in a promisingly upgraded McLaren. Can Norris push his nose into the championship fight? Well, 91 points is a big hurdle to jump. But it is possible with 11 of 23 rounds completed. ‘I’ll have some time away with my friends and family,’ said Norris ahead of F1’s summer holidays. ‘And play a bit of golf and padel and try to lose a bit of weight.’ Fat-faced (ha!) or Slim Jim, he can enjoy being the pursuer and relish being freed from the need to strive desperately for his first title. He may find it fun this time. Do not rule our Champ out yet.
By SAM TURNER
and Bustino in the 1975 King George. Whatever label is used, the gripping battle is reprised today in the Goodwood Cup, as Scandinavia bids to extend his winning sequence to a magnificent seven, while the veteran Trawlerman hunts revenge for his last-gasp Ascot defeat. At the age of eight,
POWELL MBE Boxing Correspondent
ANTHONY JOSHUA is trapped in a
parallel conundrum following
his bizarre, down-and-up fight
against the obscure Kristian
Prenga — entwined as he is in
two perverse conspiracy
theories.
One is that his punch resistance
has disappeared into the
twilight of a career garlanded
by Olympic gold and two world
heavyweight championships.
The second is the public fixation
that there was something fishy
about how he could be dropped
twice in the first round by an
opponent who virtually
stopped fighting in the second
round until he was knocked out
in distant Saudi Arabia on
Saturday night.
Either way, there is now no
getting out of that far more
hazardous fight against Tyson
Fury for which the public have
been baying for the best part of
a decade. Not after the Gypsy
King fulfilled his end of the
bargain by beating up aged
punch-bag Mariusz Wach the
night before in Thailand.
There is a dispute over
whether Joshua v Fury, The
After-Thought, should take
place at Wembley Stadium or
New York’s Madison Square
Garden. Wherever, Joshua has
signed the contract in which
too many hands are grubbing
for so much money that he
cannot afford to pull out.
Not even if that would be best
for his future health, as many
observers now believe.
Not least some of those close to
Joshua who are reporting he
looked oddly disconsolate and
lonely in his dressing room
before the fight. Lost, perhaps,
in the memory of his friends,
Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’
Ayodele, who died in that car
crash in Nigeria which Joshua
was lucky to survive.
Certainly, his mind was not on
the job as he was dropped only
20 seconds after the first bell.
Prenga entered the ring with
a record of 20 first and
second-round knockouts
against only one defeat. Not
that any of his victims would be
recognised while standing
upright in the street.
And yes, I wouldn’t have
wanted to be on the receiving
Trawlerman is a complete anomaly. Capable of running to extraordinarily high levels at an age when most of his counterparts have cried enough, the son of John and Thady Gosden’s 2015 Derby winner Golden Horn will again be equipped with ski goggles in the paddock and on the way to post as his eyes have become sensitive to light. The affliction nearly cost him a place in the starting line-up at Royal Ascot, with Gosden Snr
Damaged: Joshua took a beating by Dubois two years ago GETTY
or mind. Fury will figure out which
end of one of his punches. But neither the uppercut which dropped Joshua nor the combination which inflicted a second knockdown in round one looked perfectly timed or overly powerful by professional heavyweight standards. And why did Prenga not press home his advantage in the second round? That question has been asked most insinuatingly by Simon Jordan, one-time football club owner turned talk radio star. What does he know? Probably no more than the rest of us. Which is that it was an odd, arguably manufactured weekend affair which ended with one referee not so much counting out Prenga when he went down but hovering over him in a manner which would have made it awkward for him to get up even if he
admitting it was a race against time to have him ready for the Group One marathon before the condition was diagnosed. In the build-up to this showdown, Gosden Jnr reports that Trawlerman ‘still has all the enthusiasm he has always had’ and ‘has sharpened up a little bit’ since Ascot, which augurs well for the rematch against a rival half his age. While it isn’t quite Lionel Messi facing Lamine Yamal in a World Cup final, the protagonists are at
wanted to. Not that Prenga showed any inclination to emulate Joshua’s courage in rising from the canvas. Not that he had the same incentive. His job was done. His reward banked. But Joshua had rescued the bigger and richer fight up the long road. Whether or not that is good for him. Good old Eddie Hearn pondered whether he had let AJ come back too soon after his bereavements. But not whether he will be ready for Fury in the autumn. Nor if it is his chin or his mental health which are party to the inevitable decline of a prize- fighter in his mid-30s. Or both. Fury (left) will examine those possibilities more thoroughly than Prenga did. If Joshua’s punch resistance was shattered permanently by the five knockdowns with which Daniel Dubois stopped him becoming a three-time world champion, the Gypsy King will find out. If his strength of will has been weakened, then beware Fury the master of mind games. For AJ, there is no way out.
vastly different ends of the age
scale as they try to serve up a
contest worthy of Goodwood’s
original ‘Duel on the Downs’
between Frankel and Canford
Cliffs in 2011. Each will have their
supporters, Trawlerman’s
front-running style contrasting
with Scandinavia’s more patient
approach. The race also boasts
strength in depth with Amiloc
unbeaten in two starts on the Sussex Downs Lazy Griff and Rahiebb all looking to disrupt the status quo.
STEELE in New York
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EW YORK, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do. It’s not clear whether Andoni Iraola is a fan of Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s 2009 hit single Empire State Of Mind or if Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind is more his bag but what we do know is that Liverpool’s new boss was forged on the mean streets of this bustling metropolis. Though the Basque spent 14 years playing at Athletic Club in Bilbao, playing 510 times for their first team and earning seven caps for Spain, Iraola credits his year at New York City FC as a crucial part of his journey. It was 11 years ago now and Iraola lived in a swanky Manhattan apartment in the Upper West Side neighbourhood, very close to the tip of Central Park, with his wife Itziar and their first daughter. Speaking this week, Iraola acknowledged it was a key part of his career and how it was his first step into coaching. Playing under boss Patrick Vieira, his list of team-mates was a star-studded cast including Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo and David Villa. Playing alongside that trio was instrumental in Iraola gaining a richer understanding of the game. A right back for most of his career, he became a deep-lying midfielder in the States, which he believes opened his eyes to the tactical side of the game. At full back, Iraola just had to keep tabs on the opposition left winger now he had to control everything. Seeing the game in this new light was important to Iraola’s tactical style, which he further forged while managing in Cyprus and then Spain with Mirandes and Rayo Vallecano. ‘I was lucky enough to have Vieira as a coach and he made me see the game differently,’ Iraola told Daily Mail Sport in 2024. ‘We used to play almost like Manchester City. I started to understand the positional game
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pre-season tour of
Australia and Asia. The
Blues have been looking
at sales or loans to trim
their options up front.
Welbeck scored 13 times
in the league for Brighton
last season, and was
considered unfortunate
not to make the England
World Cup squad under
Thomas Tuchel.
He joined Brighton in
2020 and triggered a
one-year contract
extension in March. If he
moves to Stamford
Bridge he would add to
the lengthy list of signings
Chelsea have made from
Brighton in recent years
— including Marc
after forging his coaching identity on these mean streets during MLS stint a decade ago
better, the possession-based football. They are tools I have used after. Patrick had discipline and structure. It definitely helped me a lot. ‘In midfield you have got to be in touch with everyone. It demands a good understanding of the game and it is not a coincidence the very big coaches
Cucurella, Moises
Caicedo, Robert Sanchez
and Joao Pedro.
A number of clubs are
interested in Henderson,
who is recovering from a
fractured arm he
suffered during the World
Cup, but Chelsea are
favourites to sign the
former Liverpool captain.
He made 34 appearances
in all competitions for
Brentford last season
after joining from Ajax.
Meanwhile, England
defender John Stones is
close to agreeing a
two-year contract with
Inter Milan.
The 32-year-old is a free
agent after leaving
Manchester City and also
had interest from
come from the midfield positions. There aren’t many full backs!’ Though Iraola learned many things on the pitch during his 38 appearances in Major League Soccer, it was on his days off that he would really thrive. Baseball, basketball, NFL, ice hockey you name it, Iraola was there. Due to NYCFC’s link with
Chelsea, Arsenal and Juventus. However, Italian champions Inter look set to clinch his signature and want to team him up with Tottenham’s Cristian Romero, whose agent held talks over the weekend. Inter had also considered Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah and sounded out Spurs’ Djed Spence. Stones, who is keen to experience a new culture, proved his fitness at the World Cup and Inter believe his experience and reading of the game will complement their style as they look to challenge in the Champions League.
÷ LEEDS UNITED are
finalising an agreement
on a £40million
transfer, plus £5m in
add-ons and a sell-on
clause, for Manchester
City goalkeeper James
Trafford. The deal is not
complete, but positive
talks are continuing
and are expected to
reach the final stages
imminently.
The 23-year-old is keen
on the move to Leeds
and sees it as a chance
to play regularly and
establish himself as
England’s No 1.
Discussions have taken
place over a release
clause, with other top
sides interested.
the New York Yankees baseball team, they would regularly frequent the Yankee Stadium, where Liverpool will play Wrexham in their second friendly of pre-season tomorrow night. He would watch the Brooklyn Nets, the Giants and Jets at the MetLife Stadium. To this day, Iraola still plays an NFL version
SHORTS
÷ NOTTINGHAM FOREST
are continuing
negotiations with
Feyenoord over a £21m
deal for Givairo Read, 20.
The Netherlands
Under 21 right back has
agreed a five-year
contract with Forest but
they have still to finalise
terms with his club after
improving their offer on
Sunday.
÷ MANCHESTER UNITED
have confirmed the
signing of goalkeeper
Kit Margetson from
of fantasy football. He believes the tactical side of NFL was eye-opening in terms of the blocks, the spaces left open, exploiting areas of the pitch and the whole methodology of it which is similar to set-pieces. Iraola was fascinated by the playbook teams have, sometimes reaching 200 set-plays though
Swansea. The
20-year-old was on
loan at Welsh Premier
League side Connah’s
Quay Nomads last
season, where he kept
10 clean sheets in 34
appearances.
÷ NEWCASTLE winger
Harvey Barnes has
signed a new long-term
contract at St James’
Park. The 28-year-old,
who joined the club
from Leicester City in
July 2023, still had two
years left on his initial
five-year contract.
‘It feels great to sign this
new contract,’ said
Barnes. ‘It has been an
amazing journey so far.’
Big lights will inspire you: (clockwise, from left) Iraola in action for New York City FC; with legendary team-mates and a 19-year-old Jack Harrison; and joining the club in 2015 GETTY IMAGES/ALAMY/SHUTTERSTOCK
he limits his set-pieces to four or
five routines.
Aside from going to sporting
events, the Liverpool head
coach would make a point
of visiting a different
neighbourhood each day he
had a free afternoon.
Alongside his wife, they
would dine in various New
York districts and have a
long lunch. The pair
would make an effort
to strike up conversa-
tions with strangers,
which helped Iraola
with his communica-
tion skills and his
command of English.
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Brooklyn was one of
his favourite spots.
When the player
departed New York
to begin his coaching
j o u r n e y,
N YC F C ’ s
official site published a
glowing reference.
‘His playing legacy will be of
someone who was the epitome
of consistent excellence and
selfless teamwork,’ it said. ‘Off
the pitch, he’ll be remembered
as a person who showed humility and professionalism every day he was at the club.’ Manager Vieira said Iraola was the ‘perfect image of a team player’ and ‘everyone loves him’. Club captain and former Spain World Cup winner Villa with whom Iraola is still friends
said: ‘He is a wonderful person and player and I wish him all the best in the future. ‘He knows he’ll have a friend for the rest of his life in me.’ Iraola has been back to New York City several times since leaving, including in the last two pre-seasons with Bournemouth. Today, he will be back for the second leg of Liverpool’s summer tour, facing Wrexham in the Big Apple before a clash with Leeds in Chicago on Sunday. For the new boss, it will be a chance to reflect on just how far he has come since those long lunches on the streets of Williamsburg and nights watching the Brooklyn Nets and New York Giants. It was in this city that the Liverpool manager forged his very own playbook for success.
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NIK SIMON in Glasgow
DAM Ramsay-Peaty
dunked his head
under the water,
looked up at the
scoreboard and smiled.
His time, 26.94 seconds, was
only enough for bronze in the 50
metres breaststroke but he did
not beat himself up about it.
T h r o u g h o u t
h i s
c a r e e r,
Ramsay-Peaty has swum with the
spirit of the giant lion tattooed
on his bulging biceps. These
Glaswegian waters will duly
confess that age can tame the
most vicious of animals.
‘My superpower looks very
different now,’ said the
31-year-old, who was slow off the
blocks and needed every dose of
muscle memory to pull his way
back into third.
‘Juggling babies with milk and
having a toddler around is a
different superpower. As a
professional athlete, I’m still
committed. I’ve been that person
that wins all the time and it costs
you pretty much everything. I
wouldn’t say it’s worth it now.’
The killer instinct has been
replaced by parenthood.
Ramsay-Peaty remains Britain’s
best breaststroker but he does
not fill opponents with fear like
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TV: LIVE on TNT Sports. Highlights on Channel 5 ‘Winning all the time costs everything. It’s not worth it any more’
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS 12.20 Ellis Trowbridge in the 55kg boxing quarter-final. 20.42 Filip Nowacki in the men’s 200m breaststroke. 21.14 Jeremiah Azu in the men’s 100m final. 21.40 Amy Hunt in the women’s 100m final.
he used to. The sands of time catch up with everyone. Most swimmers peak in their early 20s. Even Michael Phelps, with his 6ft7in wingspan and size 14 feet, did not win another Olympic medal after the age of 31. Ariane Titmus won four Olympic golds and here, aged 25, she is standing poolside with a microphone, carrying out post- race interviews for Australia’s national broadcaster. Ramsay-Peaty’s finish time was almost a second off his world record. He accepted his bronze with grace, waving to his adoring Glaswegian audience, and was more interested in taking home the cuddly unicorn for his son. ‘That period of time when I was undefeated for eight years, it was athlete first and then human,’ he said. ‘Now it’s human first and
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then athlete. That’s a good gamble. We don’t know what the outcome’s going to be. ‘We obviously need to switch up what we’re doing in training to a certain extent. I’ve been in my new training base 12 weeks so let’s keep it in perspective.’ Two lanes to his right, Scot- land’s Archie Goodburn was swimming with terminal cancer. Doctors found three inoperable brain tumours two years ago and his presence offered a dose of perspective for the man whose life has turned into a swimming pool soap opera. There is nothing glamorous about competing in Glasgow.
Events finish late and start early in what feels like a tarted-up leisure centre. Sleep is a luxury. Ramsay-Peaty has been catching the double decker bus to Tollcross with his fellow swimmers. Single fares on the local First Bus service normally cost £2.45. No VIP shuttles here. With no road closures, the traffic tends to bottleneck at the turning off Wellcross Road, allowing plenty of thinking time After missing out on gold in the 100m on Saturday, Ramsay-Peaty questioned the sacrifices required for this life. ‘What’s the point of all the 5.30ams? What’s the point of all
the metres every day? What’s the point of feeling exhausted all the time? What’s the point of saying, “No” to all the family events because of training?’ Time will tell how strong his appetite remains for mouthfuls of chlorine. The 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, at least, offer a more glamorous proposition. The swimming meets will be staged at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, which hosted the World Cup quarter-final between Spain and Belgium. The 100,000-square-foot NFL field will be transformed into the largest swimming venue in Olympic history. Perhaps the idea of a family trip to the West Coast
to watch dad’s final race will make it all worthwhile. ‘I don’t even know what tomorrow looks like, there’s been a lot of learning this week,’ he said. ‘This is my last Common- wealths. I went out there and enjoyed it but we just weren’t fast enough. We have to look at why, because the data this season has been tracking upwards. ‘I can’t really put my finger on it. Something’s not kicking but I’ve got to learn from it. To get two bronzes, with a relay to go, I’d say that’s success. I’m not going to be too hard on myself, not anymore.’ This is not the fastest pool on the swimming circuit. Most
Olympic swimming pools are three metres deep but the waves in this shallower, two-metre basin can add a few tenths of a second. Ramsay-Peaty’s comments after his 100m race on Saturday raised eyebrows among his peers. He claimed he deserved more. He felt his input physical and mental warranted more than a third-place finish. Several athletes accused him of arrogance and entitlement. They wake up just as early and train just as hard, but last night it felt like he had been away for a reality check. When the adrenaline is pumping through his body after races, Ramsay-Peaty says things he regrets. He can be unfiltered. His post on Instagram before the race was perhaps more measured. ‘I know this story won’t be filled with glory, victory and gold,’ he wrote. ‘However I’ll keep fighting, learning, adapting and striving for excellence until I can no longer give any more. Sport isn’t a fairytale if your happiness and self-worth are only validated by medals. But it can be, if you find value in the hardship, the struggle and the tough times which might lead you to what you seek.’ He spent Sunday morning scribbling notes in his hotel room in Glasgow. ‘Am I good enough? Am I not good enough?’ asked the monkey in his mind. He is now chasing the pack as well as his younger self yet he remains one of sport’s greatest showmen. When the Chinese, American, Dutch join him in the pool, the chase will not get any easier.
Hungry for more? Ramsay-Peaty shows his ‘Fuel’ tattoo on his right hand, which he got to remind him of his fourth-place finish in the 100m breaststroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games PA
after horror fall
GABRIEL LANGTON admitted he feared for his gymnastics future after his horror fall from the high bar on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games. The 19-year-old injured his head and neck after slipping off the apparatus midway through the men’s team event, and spent a night in hospital after being carried from the arena floor on a stretcher. ‘I knew I could still talk, I could move a lot of things, but I was just hoping I could do gym again,’ said Langton, after scans revealed nothing worse than soreness and swelling. ‘With other injuries, you know most of the time those things will heal. Neck injuries are to be taken seriously. ‘When I got the scans back, it was a big relief. My thought process switched quite quickly to being, “I should be back in the gym soon”.’ Langton returned to the team hotel on Saturday, where he was reunited with his England team-mates and belatedly awarded his silver medal. ‘Because we were slightly behind in the competition, I remember trying to go for as close to perfection as I could,’ he added. ‘I really went aggressively on the first go and it went slightly wrong. ‘I’ve done that skill about 10,000 times and this has happened once. It was just a freak accident. I’m pretty confident I can put it to one side and trust in my gymnastics again.’
in sprint shock
A PART-TIME sprinter sprang a surprise after winning his heat in the 100 metres. Elliot Jones, 28, was called in as a late replacement for England after Louie Hinchcliffe pulled out of the competition last week. The top seven sprinters were given a bye through round one, with Jones registering 10.07sec — the joint third-fastest time across 10 heats. Back in March, Jones was working as a local assistant for UEFA’s venue operations team at Tottenham’s Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. ‘There’s not a footballer who could touch me on the track!’ said Jones, who comes from Wigan. Jones scrambled to get ready to compete, having originally planned to feature solely in this weekend’s relay. ‘I was only supposed to be travelling up on Tuesday,’ he said. ‘After Louie pulled out, I got a call on Thursday night asking how I would feel about running the individual. ‘I was like, “Let me think about that… yes!”’
game for 2030
THE team behind the Indian Commonwealth Games believe they will sell out the world’s biggest stadium in 2030. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat named after the country’s prime minister is among the venues that have been commissioned for the next edition. With a capacity of 132,000, it is more than 10 times the size of Scotstoun, which is hosting track and field events in Glasgow this week. India want to showcase their hosting abilities as they launch a bid for the 2036 Olympics. ‘We’re going to go full hog,’ Rohit Rajpal, India’s chef de mission, told Daily Mail Sport. ‘You’re going to see the largest-scale games. We have the biggest stadium in the world. We will sell out. We have 1.4 billion people in India.’ The number of events is set to go back up to 17 sports after Scotland’s scaled-down Games.
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NIK SIMON
Vinicius stays away from Real
shock moves for Henderson, 36, and Welbeck, 35
and SIMON JONES
CHELSEA are working on
surprise deals to sign experienced
pair Jordan Henderson and
Danny Welbeck.
New boss Xabi Alonso wants some old
heads to join his young squad in a bid to
hit the ground running following a dire
campaign last season.
Striker Welbeck, 35, has scored 46 goals
in 176 games in the Premier League for
Brighton, having previously played for
Manchester United and Arsenal.
After missing out on Sunderland’s Granit
Xhaka, Alonso has also moved for
36-year-old Henderson on a free from
Brentford to fulfil a role on the pitch and,
crucially, in the dressing room.
Enzo Maresca wanted to add experience
during his stint as manager at Stamford
Bridge and grew frustrated at only being
handed players for the longer term.
Alonso has determined the squad
dynamic needs to change if Chelsea are to
challenge for the Premier League title.
The Blues have five strikers on their
books: Joao Pedro, who is considered
untouchable, Emmanuel Emegha, Liam
Delap, Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu.
Joao Pedro, Emegha and Delap are on the
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MONDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 10,477) – ACROSS: 1 Dismantle. 6 Dam. 8 Bogota.
9 Urban. 10 Lackey. 11 Scenery. 13 Clutter. 16 Uganda. 18 Ascot. 19 Blinds.
21 Ago. 22 Gardening. DOWN: 1 Duo. 2 Shock. 3 Analyse. 4 Tenure. 5 Edible.
7 Moneybags. 8 Balaclava. 12 Crumble. 14 Unclog. 15 Tether. 17 Alibi. 20 Dig.
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Vinicius is staying away while his representatives try to revive talks over an extension to his contract, which runs out at the end of the season. Madrid want Vinicius, 26, to lower his demands to be
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6 Front of the
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11 Eternal (8)
12 Sets apart (8)
15 Go without food (6)
16 Demand
something
forcefully (6)
17 Type of
footballer (6)
20 Perform again (4)
22 Put in the mouth and swallow (3) 23 Misplace (4) 24 Pushes with force (7)
DOWN 1 Water-based paint (8) 2 Explosive (8) 3 Directions for cooking a dish (6) 4 Maiden (6)
SOLUTION TOMORROW
joint top earner with Kylian Mbappe. If not, the way will be left clear for Arsenal. Daily Mail Sport understands Vinicius’s representatives will emphasise his commercial value to the club. The player shares about half of his commercial earnings with Madrid and during the
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World Cup he had lucrative deals with 15 multinational sponsors — a number topped only by his Brazil team-mate Neymar. Real Madrid are on the verge of signing Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig for £85million, adding to an already- bloated forward line.
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BOX 1: Simon Bird (pictured) played
Adam Goodman in which TV show?
Friday Night Dinner (T)
Sandylands (R)
Everyone Else Burns (B)
BOX 2: What is meant by
the Latin phrase pro tem?
In favour of (D)
In quick time (G)
For the time being (E)
BOX 3: Popular in South India
and Sri Lanka as a breakfast
food, what is idli?
A broth (Y) A rice cake (T) A flatbread (I)
BOX 4: Which country had
the third highest GDP in
2025, after the U.S. and China?
Japan (P) France (C) Germany (F)
BOX 5: Which Frida Kahlo painting
is the most expensive work by a
female artist ever auctioned?
The Dream (The Bed) (L)
The Wounded Deer (A)
Memory, The Heart (W)
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Difficulty rating HHHHH
Difficulty rating HHH✩✩
HIDDEN in the grid is the name of an actor. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW
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BOX 6: German artist Max Ernst was a pioneer of which art movement? Cubism (G) Dada (O) Impressionism (X) BOX 7: Rapper Bad B
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Earth getting really central part of
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ACROSS DOWN
8 Dennis , author of the 1934 horror novel The Devil Rides Out (8) 9 Detroit , U.S. baseball side that have won the World Series four times (6) 10 A natural tendency to behave in a certain way (10) 11 Set of playing cards of the same type (4) 12 ballot, a vote in which confidentiality is guaranteed (6) 14 To make e.g. an area more expensive to live in through wealthy incomers moving in (8) 15 Having an agreeably pungent taste (7) 17 Aaron , singer born in 1941 noted for his duets with Linda Ronstadt (7) 20 Nina , lead presenter on the BBC’s News At One (8) 22 Age in years at which one stops being a septuagenarian (6) 24 Top , TV motoring programme whose theme tune was Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band (4) 25 Actor who plays Merlin in two Kingsman films (4,6) 27 arts, those with an applied purpose (6) 28 A usually cheaper product bearing the reta ler’s brand (3-5)
BOX 9: Lottie Woad is an English professional in which sport? Golf (M) Tennis (V) Cricket (E
Yesterday’s solution:
ANAS
CIA
(1A, 2S, 3C, 4A, 5T,
6A, 7I, 8A, 9N)
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1 A heraldic device borne on a shield (6) 2 drive, a fictional spacecraft propulsion system (4) 3 Mass of tiny animals that live in the surface area of the sea (8) 4 A medical tube with a needle for e.g. extracting blood (7) 5 To remain after the expected time for departing (4,2) 6 The practice of searching for one’s own name online to see what information exists (3,7) 7 Productive (8) 13 A preliminary version of a book, essay, letter or speech (5,5) 16 Phrase meaning ‘to a limited extent’ (2,1,5) 18 A traditional church service taking place near twilight (8) 19 Celebrity (7) 21 In The Jungle, heavyweight boxing match in 1974 in which Muhammad Ali triumphed (6) 23 Is The Night, novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald set in the French Riviera (6) 26 Revolutionary , 2009 film directed by Sam Mendes (4)
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MASTERQUIZ 1. What item of an ancient Greek soldier’s equipment was called an aspis?
Maidenhair is an alternative name for which tree?
In which city are the headquarters of the EU law enforcement agency Europol?
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FILL in squares in
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Numbers can’t be
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MAILWORD ACROSS 1 Aileron 5 Lightweight motorcycles 11 Aristocrat 12 Wading bird 13 Stead 14 Spanish dish 15 Walk heavily 17 Strained 18 Save for later 21 Breakfast food 24 Drinking vessel 25 Sea, Middle Eastern body of water 26 Storyteller 29 vera, soothing plant
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Ellie Bamber plays which model in a 2026 film alongside Derek Jacobi as painter Lucian Freud?
Where did the 1980 Winter Olympics take place?
Which Arctic-dwelling cetacean has a distinctive long tusk growing from its upper jaw?
Which is the odd one out: paper, ribbon, ball, hoop?
Using the chemical symbols, which animals may need calcium, nickel, neon and sulphur?
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11 13
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17 10
13 4 15
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19 14 22 7
30 Donated 34 Deceives 37 Church part 38 Get angry, informally 39 Was aware 40 Dynamism 41 Broadcast
DOWN 1 Matted material 2 Den 3 Locality 4 Chubby 5 Chart 6 Egg cells 7 Writers of verse 8 Cake 9 Deceive
10 Declared 16 Cougar 19 Sound of disapproval 20 Eagerly excited 21 Authorise 22 Liquid measure 23 Grumble 27 Allude 28 Skating venues 31 Turbine part 32 Divisible by two 33 Amphibian 35 Fruit 36 Pig enclosure
FILL in the blank
squares of the
grid using only the
numbers 1 to 9, without
repeating any number
in any line of blank
squares. The lines
must be filled in with
numbers which add up
to the total in the
shaded box at the top
or beginning of each
line. A number in the
bottom half of a shaded
box gives a downwards
total; in the top half, it’s
a horizontal total.
1a. Taking from internet with gin distilled in woodland (11)
14a. CEO from York,
turning to cuisine (7)
1d. Low and common mathematical figure? (11)
6d. Corporate bond carted off and made free (3,4)
5 9
ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Could be among the fruit (5) 9 Open but with a covert ending (5) 10 Noah failing to go about making a tortilla (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Able seaman. 7 Sacra. 8 Tiara. 9 Lemon squash. 11 Toed the line. 14 Sofia. 15 Slang.
16 Investment. DOWN: 1 Absolutism. 2 Locum. 3 Sea. 4 Antique. 5 Agama. 6 Sash weight. 10 No trace. 12 Elfin. 13 Inane. 15 Sat.
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5a. Very quiet skier going round smoky fish (7)
15a. Pop mistakenly retained and given the job again (11)
4d. Top buddy in the fireplace, say, mate? (5,6)
7d. Rose I’ve replanted
now wearing away (7)
12 Pre-fix the
burial term? (5)
14 Picture Clue
15 Picture Clue
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2 Knew a change
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3 Edition that’s
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4 Picture Clue
6 Picture Clue
7 Picture Clue
COMPLETE the
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EACH row and
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contain 1 to 6
without repeats.
Numbers in
cages must
combine to
produce the
target number
shown at start of
that cage using,
in any order, the
mathematical
sign given.
Single-box cages
can be filled with
the number given.
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SOLUTION TOMORROW
EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different
letter of the alphabet. Today 11 represents D, so fill in D every
time the figure 11 appears. You have two letters in the control
grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the
main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which
letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW
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PUT the numbers
1-6 once in each
row, each column,
each diagonal
(highlighted to
form an X) and
each horizontal
3x2 box (ruled).
SOLUTION TOMORROW
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FIT the scrambled letters
of the given word into the
grid to form six five-letter
words across and down.
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ACROSS 1. Type of skink (4) 5. A ninepin (4) 6. Pre 1990 East German (4) 7. Internet language (4)
DOWN 1. Scandinavian toast (4) 2. Relaxation (4) 3. Building material (4) 4. Narrow aperture (4)
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Which colour has a Titian variety?
Who was the leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994?
The 2026 BBC series Two Weeks In August is set in which country, although it was filmed in Malta?
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the mother of Edward VI?
Which singer had UK No. 1 singles in 1964 with Anyone Who Had A Heart and You’re My World?
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THE listed words can all
be found in the grid —
running forwards,
backwards, up, down
and diagonally — EXCEPT
ONE. For a chance to win,
discover which word is missing.
Today’s theme: Extinct North
American languages
MAIDU TUNICA WAPPO WIYOT YANA
ATAKAPA BIDAI EYAK HUPA KARKIN
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SOLUTION TOMORROW
FILL each
square with a
number, 1 to 9.
Horizontal
squares add
up to totals on
right. Vertical
squares add
up to totals
on bottom.
Diagonal
squares
through
centre add
up to totals
in top and
bottom right.
PAR SCORE 220-230
by JUDD
FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN
Yesterday’s solution: ESQUIRE 98 FOREARM 62 LECTURE 65 CHANGE 12
JUDD’S TOTAL: 237
INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.
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PLAYING teams, you are in 4♥ from the West seat after North has opened a weak 2♦ and raised South’s 2♠ bid to 3♠. North leads the ♠3, and South wins the ♠K, cashes the ♠A and switches to the ♦3, an obvious singleton. You win the ♦A and draw trumps in two rounds. What do you do now? IN order to succeed in the contract, you will need to work out the distribution of the club suit since this will affect how you play the suit. If they are three-three, you may need to ruff the third one, since it is imperative to keep North off lead with those diamond winners. You know that North began with six diamonds, three spades and two hearts, so must have started with a 3-2-6-2 distribution. This leaves South with four clubs. If you play to ruff the third club, then cross to dummy with a trump and ruff the fourth club, your fifth club will be a winner in dummy, but you will be unable to reach it. Can you see any way to succeed given the distribution? Tomorrow we shall see the full hand.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD ACROSS: 5 Martin. 7 Fainting. 9 Japanese. 10 Tip Toe. 11 Market trader. 13 Sacred. 15 Graves. 18 Warwickshire. 21 The BFG. 22 Beverley. 23 Gaveston. 24 Alfred.
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No 17,931
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WORLD’S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Holt.
4 AE. 5 BP. 6 Plea. DOWN: 1 Harp. 2 Oe. 3 Tapa. 5 Be.
ACROSS: 1 Campaigners. 9 Lined up.
10 English. 11 Lee. 12 Ideally. 13 Nonskid.
14 Gel. 15 Capri. 17 Synod. 18 Patna.
20 Rohan. 22 Pub. 24 Ego trip.
25 Luggage. 26 Hoe. 27 Diffuse.
28 Duetted. 29 Empty-nester.
DOWN: 1 Cancellation fee. 2 Middle C.
3 Apply. 4 Greenwich. 5 Engines.
6 Sticking plaster. 7 Flying. 8 Shaded.
16 Periphery. 18 Pleads. 19 Air pump.
21 Neglect. 23 Blends. 25 Ledge.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,928
GOGEN
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MAILWORD
ACROSS: 1 Gash. 5 Eat. 8 Onto. 9 Tokyo. 11 Order. 12 Every. 13 Fireside. 15 Floret. 16 Nets. 20 Ali. 21 Sag. 23 Van. 24 Lads. 26 Locate. 28 Lay waste. 30 Opium. 33 Icier. 34 Barmy. 35 Thor. 36 Elk. 37 Hens. DOWN: 1 Gorilla. 2 Android. 3 Steer. 4 Horses. 5 Eke. 6 Ayr. 7 Toy. 9 Ted. 10 Oven. 11 Offal. 14 Italy. 17 Evasion. 18 Tatters. 19 Sneer. 22 Go with. 25 Slum. 27 Cache. 29 Amy. 30 OBE. 31 Pal. 32 Irk.
6 Making excessive
adjustment about
punishment in the U.S.? (14)
9 Gentle walk in street
before turn (6)
10 Loathe going round
messy site and dither (8)
11 Entry for continental
cruises at sea, events
attracting much
attention? (8)
13 Fierce struggles in
Brazilian city (6)
15 Sign of disgust in
U.S. city society for
amusing types (6)
17 Recall party with
some food of a quite
peculiar sort (6)
19 One seen with a line
in corner, right? (6)
20 A quiet place linked to
a treat gets positive
feedback (8)
22 Reportedly, criticise
chaps’ cover (8)
24 Rope supported
by barrier (6)
26 Ritual still on a ramble for
explanatory purposes? (14)
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4/19 OF IT ×2 1/3
LESS 25% +13
KUROSU
QUICK QUIZ:
1 Red. 2 John Smith. 3 Greece.
4 Jane Seymour. 5 Cilla Black.
MINDBENDER:
1 £6.30. 2 They all form new
words with the suffix -ant
(rampant, gallant, dormant).
3 Argentina. 4 Paper; the
others are used in Olympic
rhythmic gymnastics.
5 Canines (Ca-Ni-Ne-S).
MASTERQUIZ: 1 Shield.
2 Ginkgo. 3 The Hague.
4 Kate Moss. 5 Lake Placid
, New York. 6 Narwhal.
HONEYCOMB: 1 Raptor.
2 Pastor. 3 Roller. 4 Lovage.
5 Gannet. 6 Entire. 7 Rumple.
8 Madcap. 9 Actors. 10 Rocked.
11 Demote. 12 Rotors.
1 Small point Neil formulated referring to the recent past? (14) 2 Some types ordering foreign currency (4) 3 Reprimands son over problems in winter? (6) 4 Deliberate writer certain to feature in promotion (8) 5 Numerical information kept by past attendants (4) 7 Hears suspect Henry has old ideas presented in new form (6) 8 Incredible, like lunar astronauts? (3,2,4,5) 12 Ruthless captain’s first rule is broken (5) 14 Greek character has new area for pottery (5) 16 His part’s designed for string players (8) 18 Secretary arranged meal for woman (6) 21 Discarding last of pips, nervously inspect element in an apple (6) 23 Bitterness, it’s said, in part of the Roman empire (4) 25 Hurry over time to find undersized animal (4)
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30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 320.
Intermediate: 85.
Advanced: 99.
ANDY Burnham was last night warned against reviving his ‘nightmare’ plan... The Prime Minister has long favoured...The Prime Minister 指的是当时在职的首相（文中语境为讨论政策），而 Andy Burnham 是一个具体的政治人物。译文错误地将两者等同，导致政治逻辑完全错误，将市长篡改为首相。伯纳姆效应助力工党在民调中超越改革党 这一标题及相关段落。Mounjaro (减肥药) 的头条文章以及关于 Suzy Lamplugh 的失踪报道在译文中仅保留了标题，正文全部丢失。Herman Pontzer、Hadza 猎采集集者以及肥胖生物学研究的深度讨论部分在译文中被完全跳过。£18BILLION $\rightarrow$ 译文 180亿英镑 (正确)；但后续出现 £18.5billion $\rightarrow$ 译文 £18.5billion (未翻译单位)。Mounjaro 被译为 蒙路山 (音译不准，通常为蒙路山妥或直接用原名)。[ !WARNING ]、翻译质量评估未完全通过 以及 内部页码：Kurosu 26... 等内容。 等不可见字符/乱码。结论：FAIL (严重不通过)
该译本存在严重的内容幻觉 (Hallucination)，将特定人物身份篡改为国家首脑，并凭空创造了不存在的政治新闻段落。同时，大量核心正文（医学研究、社会新闻）被漏译/截断。此译本不可用。