互联网上最令人讨厌的女性 特写
抵制 世界杯 的声音日益高涨
作者：Tom Morgan 和 Sam Dean
由于关于£15bn tournament sell-out的指控，英格兰足球协会 (FA) 面临着日益增加的抵制世界杯的压力。英格兰的管理机构与首相以及其他三个协会一起，批评了国际足联 (Fifa) 主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺 (Gianni Infantino) 将世界杯股份出售给私人投资者（包括唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 家族的一员）的计划。该方案在世界杯结束九天后公布，将导致一组投资者控制国际足联最高级别的男足和女足赛事的商业利益。在组成欧足联 (Uefa) 这一欧洲管理机构的 55 个国家今天举行紧急会谈时，将讨论一次前所未有的对国际足联的抵制。足坛资深人士认为他们必须迅速采取行动。前英格兰足球协会 (FA) 主席大卫·伯恩斯坦 (David Bernstein) 表示，因凡蒂诺先生的计划“令人作呕”，并且“我们必须有勇气”抵制世界杯。
他说，欧洲应该效仿并退出未来的赛事。“英格兰足球协会 (FA) 必须支持这一点，并且我们要付诸行动，”伯恩斯坦先生说。抵制这个足球全球管理机构将意味着欧洲将退出明年夏天的女足世界杯、2029 年世俱杯和 2030 年男足世界杯。“坦诚地表明我们的立场是正确的事情，并且会受到这个国家足球迷的赞赏，但我认为我们的主要推动力应该与欧足联 (Uefa) 保持一致，”伯恩斯坦先生告诉《电报》报。前英格兰足球协会 (FA) 首席执行官马克·帕利奥斯 (Mark Palios) 同意共同抵制可能是有效的。“欧足联 (Uefa) 掌握着一张真正的王牌，那就是如果他们不参加下一届世界杯，对于国际足联 (Fifa) 来说将是一场绝对的财务灾难，因为你将无法获得赞助、关注度等等，”他说。“如果没有
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作者：Michael Searles 副健康编辑
在针对空调设备的净零排放 (Net Zero) 限制下，英国国家医疗服务体系 (NHS) 在夏季热浪期间被迫取消血液检测。 全国部分地区正在经历今年的第四次热浪，记录性的高温导致一些全科医生 (GP) 诊所的设备无法使用。 血液样本在高温中更容易降解，医生们被警告存在假阳性的风险
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“这是他们能打出的王牌，我希望他们能这么做。”国会议员们呼吁欧足联对国际足联“按下核按钮”。自由民主党文化、媒体和体育发言人安娜·萨宾（Anna Sabine）议员补充道：“欧足联应该退出国际足联，并与其他各大洲足联合作，建立一个世界足球所应得的公正且负责的全球管理机构。”由于詹尼·因凡蒂诺先生告知国际足联的 211 个成员国只有 53 天的时间签署他的提案，人们对此计划的愤怒在昨日进一步加剧。他警告称，如果各国支持他，将提供 $10bn (£7.5bn) 的资金方案，每个协会将获得 $40m。然而，如果他们拒绝该协议，资金将只有 $2.7bn，减少了近 75%。一名欧洲足球资深高管表示：“这是令人作呕的明目张胆的贿赂。”欧足联补充道：“今天我们获悉，国际足联要求各协会在截止日期前支持其提案，否则将撤回一次性付款方案。这足以说明该计划的一切。”由于捷克共和国足协主席似乎欢迎该计划，欧足联在今天的虚拟会议中仍需努力以确保获得一致支持。英格兰足球协会陷入了尴尬的境地，因为英格兰预计将在 11 月被正式确认为 2035 年女子世界杯的东道主。昨日，英格兰足球协会公开表达了其担忧，这与亚洲足联以及北美及中美洲足联所表现出的沮丧相呼应。该协会表示：“我们完全不知道这个提案，也没有实质性的细节，包括该提案具体是什么，以及附带什么条件。我们对缺乏程序和治理，以及涉及的明显实质和原则深表担忧。当国际足联按照目前承诺的全面且透明的方式分享该提案时，我们将阐明我们的观点。”
或出现假阴性结果。然而，作为气候韧性工作的一部分，英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）建筑的负责人被鼓励使用自然通风而非空调来降低温度。这意味着一些诊所难以将室温维持在 25 摄氏度以下，而这是安全储存样本和试管所需的温度。NHS 消息人士表示，许多全科医生（GP）诊所和病理供应商受到了破纪录高温的影响。一些诊所被迫取消预约，因为血检试管如果长时间处于极端高温下，则必须丢弃。
在某些情况下，患者被要求重复进行血液检查，因为他们的样本已经降解。 2023, 年发布的《NHS 净零排放建筑标准》规定，“应尽可能减少机械冷却，以满足热舒适标准并降低能源需求”。许多全科医生诊所位于 20 世纪的混凝土建筑中，无法加装空调设备，原因要么是不兼容，要么没有提供资金，或者它们无法满足
伯纳姆暗示将提高税收 以资助社会护理
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极端高温时间过长。
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碳减排目标。指南指出，他们应首先探索降低温度的所有其他途径，例如改善绝缘和窗户。 针对社区健康中心的指南称，空调“仅应在无法仅通过被动措施充分减轻过热风险，且临床上需要其支持安全护理交付的情况下引入”。 去年，《电讯报》披露，NHS 在没有减少其碳足迹的情况下，已在净零排放计划上花费了至少 £1.4bn 的纳税人资金。
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皇家全科医生学院副院长 Munro Stewart 博士表示，许多全科医生诊所“并非为了应对”极端天气而设计。 他表示：“可靠的诊断依赖于临床样本在正确的条件下存储并及时检测。全科医生及我们的团队将尽最大努力，通过使用冰箱和空调房确保样本保持低温，但这对于某些诊所来说将更具挑战性。” 官方指南要求血样保持在 15°C 至 25°C 之间的室温，并理想情况下在
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对伊朗 发起突袭后 给予“痛击”
作者：Daniel Bates 和 Connor Stringer
唐纳德·特朗普 承诺，将对伊朗 对中东地区美国基地发起突击袭击的行为给予“痛击”。 这位美国总统表示，在伊朗向 约旦 的美国军队发射弹道导弹后，他将“强力”打击伊朗。 美国中央司令部 (Centcom) 表示，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队 (IRGC) 发射了“多枚弹道导弹，试图对美国军队发起突击袭击”。 这是来自德黑兰的一次前所未有的举动，此前该市仅发起报复性打击。 美国中央司令部称，作为回应，美国和 沙特阿拉伯 打击了“伊拉克东部多个属于名为 什叶派民兵组织（人民动员部队）(PMF) 的恐怖主义物流和武器地点”。 这是自周五以来美国首次采取重大军事行动，当时在收到该战略已达到目的的建议后，特朗普先生在 13 天后突然暂停了密集的轰炸行动。 什叶派民兵组织（人民动员部队）表示，将在目前进行的 Arbaeen 朝圣活动结束后对沙特-美国打击做出回应，在此活动中，什叶派穆斯林在伊拉克城市 卡尔巴拉 表达敬意。
揍一遍。 我们会猛烈打击他们。 他们将被击败”
“我们对美国敌人的回应是不可避免的，如果情况需要，我们可能会将其在沙特阿拉伯的工具作为目标，”该声明称。 在昨天上午的一次采访中，谈到伊朗时，特朗普先生说： “我们要把他们狠狠地揍一遍。我们会猛烈打击他们。他们将被击败。” 在特朗普先生发表评论后，油价上涨，布伦特原油上涨 5.8 per cent，至每桶 $86.82。 昨天，一架无人机击中了埃及达米埃塔港的一艘美国所有天然气储罐船，引发爆炸。火势在被控制之前蔓延到了另外 3 艘天然气船。 令该地区局势更加紧张的是，据称也门胡塞武装正在考虑对通过红海的船只收取费用。消息人士告诉路透社，这个由伊朗支持的组织正在制定控制计划，效仿伊朗在霍尔姆兹海峡实施的收费。 以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周二在华盛顿会见了特朗普先生。一名以色列高级官员告诉《电讯报》，内塔尼亚胡在与特朗普先生会面期间，对与伊朗达成和平协议的可能性表示怀疑。他们讨论了冲突的下一步行动，包括达成协议、继续封锁以及恢复袭击。
由实验室在 24 小时内完成。如果需要，可以将它们在冰箱中存放一夜。 影子能源大臣克莱尔·库廷霍（Claire Coutinho）表示：“因为官僚们认为空调耗能太高，就有效地禁止在新住宅和医院中使用空调，这简直荒谬。保守党将结束这种事实上的空调禁令，让英国再次变得凉爽。” 一名 NHS 发言人表示：“NHS 指导原则并不限制在为了提供安全护理而需要的地方使用空调。”
极端天气“使 粮食供应面临风险”
为首相提供救命稻草
预期，可能为防止 最恶劣罪犯提前释放 提供“周旋空间”
作者：Charles Hymas 和 Danny Shaw
安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY BURNHAM）可支配的监狱空间可能比预期更多，这增加了部长们可能扩大规模的希望。
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【图片：Buck Moon 升起。夏季的第三个满月，因雄鹿（bucks）此时鹿角已长成而得名，正在剑桥郡的伊利大教堂上空升起。】
作者：Nick Gutteridge 首席政治记者
安迪·伯纳姆未能承诺在 2030 年前将国防支出达到 GDP 的 3 per cent。 在昨天早晨回答《电讯报》提问时，首相不愿承诺在十年结束前达成该目标。 相反，他表示他将履行一项更长期的北约目标，即到 2035 年将核心国防预算增加到国家财富的 3.5 per cent。 然而，国防专家和前军方负责人表示，2035 年的承诺是“无关紧要的”，并警告俄罗斯可能会在 2030 年前攻击一个北约国家。这将触发英国履行北约承诺为其提供防御。 伯纳姆先生不愿承诺 3 per cent 这一数字，使他与财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）产生了分歧，后者认为 2030 年的目标对于确保英国免受俄罗斯重新产生的威胁至关重要。
官方数据表明，这支持了提前释放杀人犯和强奸犯的做法。 目前英格兰和威尔士的男性监狱仅有 2,100 多个空余名额——多于最初的预测。监狱专家认为，这可能给首相提供一定的“回旋余地”，以便将某些类别的更严重的暴力和性犯罪者排除在工党的提前释放计划之外。 约 6,000 名囚犯，包括杀人犯、强奸犯和暴力犯罪者，计划在 9 月 2 日起 10 个月内提前释放，以应对监狱过度拥挤并避免监狱空间耗尽。
Burnham 先生在上周暂停了该计划，此前《电报》披露，在杀死警察 Andrew Harper 的凶手中，有两人在被判处 13 年过失杀人罪的刑期过半（而非三分之二）后即符合提前释放条件，这一消息引发了强烈抗议。 他已下令进行审查以确定
当他上个月辞去 Sir Keir Starmer 的国防大臣一职时，Healey 先生警告称，英国面临落后于欧洲盟友的风险。 在北伦敦的一家犹太关怀中心，当被《电报》问及是否支持 2030 年目标时，Burnham 先生反而承诺遵守北约 2035 年的目标。 “在国防方面，显然这些承诺与下次议会之后的北约承诺相关，”他说。“我一直非常明确，我们将履行这些承诺。” 前英国陆军军官、国防专家 Hamish de Bretton-Gordon 上校表示，如果俄罗斯在十年内对北约国家采取行动，北约 2035 年的目标将是“太少且太晚”。 “获得这笔资金比几乎所有其他事情都重要，包括社会福利。 下一个关键里程碑是 2030 年——到那时我们可能已经处于战争状态。所以 2035 年毫无意义，”他说。“底线是
Burnham 尚未完成从一个大城市的市长到一个拥有 70 百万人口大国的首相的转变。 “在曼彻斯特设立办事处的所有这些把戏可能看起来不错，但实际上，伙计，首要任务是国家的国防。他需要将全部精力集中在这一点上”
投入资源加强 国防，将会诱使 敌人攻击你”
是否可以修改该方案，将某些类别的囚犯从提前释放名单中删除，以及可以为受害者采取哪些进一步的保护措施。 在遭到强烈抵制后，工党正面临来自国会议员、受害者、活动人士以及监狱官员协会（POA）的压力，要求停止释放最严重的性犯罪和暴力犯罪者。 然而，据了解，司法部官员坚称几乎没有操作空间，且如果放弃目前形式的提前释放方案，英格兰和威尔士的监狱将在 11 月出现空间不足的情况。 POA 主席马克·费尔赫斯特（Mark Fairhurst）表示：“回顾历史，预测总是错误的。它们并非基于人口统计、未来的犯罪模式和刑期。” “我倾向于对性犯罪者、暴力犯罪者以及那些
在伯纳姆（Burnham）领导下的工党依然维持原样，他们夸夸其谈，但实际行动极少……伯纳姆没有将国防视为高优先级。” “现实情况是，如果你不准备将资源投入到加强自身防御中，那将会诱使你的敌人攻击你。” 英国军事情报局前官员菲尔·英格拉姆（Phil Ingram）上校指责首相“非常短视”。 他补充道：“伯纳姆正在向我们的对手和盟友传递一个非常危险的信号。” “他在与俄罗斯的关系上行走在一条非常危险的线上，这将使英国被视为软弱且缺乏决心。” “而我们在欧洲和北约的盟友会说我们没有履行承诺……他需要宣布将在 2030 年前将支出提高到 3 per cent，否则英国将为此付出代价。” 伯纳姆先生在昨天的讲话中发出了迄今为止最强烈的信号，表明他计划通过削减
被判犯有家庭虐待以及过失杀人等严重罪行的人员。” 夏季的预测表明，如果不计算政府 2026 年《量刑法案》中的提前释放方案，11 月的监狱人口将达到 91,800,，远高于目前 88,895 的最大可用容量。 事实上，目前的囚犯总数为 86,267,，这意味着为男性、女性和青少年囚犯提供了 2,628 个空余名额的“缓冲空间”。 5 月的实际监狱人口为 85,992,，也远低于预测的 89,700。这意味着监狱空间比最初预测的多出近 4,000 个。 “你可以看到，我们略低于两项人口预测：大约有 3,000 个空间，其中 2,500 个在男性监狱中，”政府研究所（Institute for Government）副主任卡西亚·罗兰（Cassia Rowland）说道。
福利开支。他表示，太多 20 多岁的人在领取救济金，英国需要开始“投资于人们的成功，而不是为失败买单”。 “我认为目前作为一个国家，我们正在做后者——我们为失败买单，而且实际上支付了相当高的代价，”他补充道。“如果我们改变这些情况，我们将为履行国防承诺开辟道路。” 预计伯纳姆先生将面临来自唐纳德·特朗普的压力，要求增加国防开支，后者曾多次在国防问题上攻击基尔爵士（Sir Keir）和其他西方盟友。 外界广泛预计，希利先生（Mr Healey）出人意料地被提升至首相内阁的财政部，将为国防释放更多资金。 新任国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）上周暗示，伯纳姆先生将为军队寻找更多资金，但并未承诺到 2030 年达到 3 per cent。
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《暮光之城》式痴迷被禁教
一名在给学生的 Instagram 消息中承认拥有“爱德华·卡伦式的爱情”的教师已被禁止从事教学职业。 Rafi qul Islam，34 岁，在 2022 年于北伦敦 Friern Barnet 学校担任教师期间，向一名仅被称为“学生 A”的学生提及了《暮光之城》电影和系列书籍中的吸血鬼恋人。 教师监管局（Teaching Regulation Agency）的一个听证会发现他发送了该消息，并指出他至少在一次场合中表达了爱她。他否认其行为是出于性动机，但评审小组认定其行为确实如此，并判定他存在不可接受的专业行为失当。 在 Instagram 消息中，Islam 先生告诉该孩子：“我对你产生了迷恋。在学年结束时，我已经爱上了你。” Islam 先生已被无限期禁止从事教学工作。
家庭第三名成员去世
一名七岁男孩在其姨妈和表妹于埃塞克斯郡（Essex）海滩溺水几天后去世。 7 月 22 日，Musa Ahmed 与表妹 Sameeha Rahman（15 岁）、其母 Shelina Rahman（41 岁）以及其他三名家庭成员在 West Mersea 海域时陷入困境。来自东伦敦 Ilford 的 Sameeha 和 Shelina 在现场死亡，而 Musa 被空运至医院，接受危及生命的伤情治疗。埃塞克斯警方已确认他已去世。 领导此次调查的侦查总督 Al Pitcher 表示：“自上周事件发生以来，我们的心始终与相关人员的家人和朋友在一起。我们正在继续还原当时情况的完整全貌。”
标牌噱头引发愤怒
皮克区（Peak District）在与斯柯达（Skoda）达成合作伙伴关系后被指责为“出卖自己”。 临时竖起的广告牌宣传这家捷克汽车公司的 Peaq 新车型，并将该地区临时更名为“Peaq District”，这引起了居民的愤怒。游客们还看到了写着“国家公园出售”和“需要现金”的海报。 国家公园活动人士 Tom Laws 表示：“如果国家公园准备将自己的名称卖给出价最高者，那么我们已经走上了对最受保护景观进行工业化开采的道路。” 皮克区国家公园首席执行官 Phil Mulligan 表示，由于政府削减开支，他们需要这笔资金，而与斯柯达的交易将“提供极大的帮助”。
澄清
一篇名为《首相将打击青少年福利》（7 月 27 日）的文章将焦虑症、自闭症和 ADHD（注意力缺陷多动障碍）描述为“心理健康状况”。这是不准确的。 自闭症和 ADHD 属于神经发育状况，而非心理健康状况。我们很高兴对此记录进行更正。
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作者：Ruby Cline
从智斗犯罪企鹅到飞向月球，Wallace 和 Gromit 经历过许多精彩的冒险。 但一对现实生活中的人犬组合在开启自己的探险之旅时，希望能拥有更简单的一生。 Daniele Longo，45 岁，正骑着摩托车从英国前往尼泊尔，行程 10,000 英里，他的爱犬 Haku 戴着护目镜坐在侧车里。他们从肯特郡（Kent）出发。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 罗马 Daniele Longo，45 岁，正骑着摩托车从英国前往尼泊尔，行程 10,000 英里，他的爱犬 Haku（上图）坐在侧车里。 AARDMAN ANIMATIONS/PA
10,000 英里摩托车旅程 英国（UK） 英国（UK） 500 英里
作者：Tom Haynes 高级商业记者
在被出售给一家西班牙啤酒巨头数周后，各大酒吧正面临 Old Speckled Hen 的供应短缺。
在 Estrella Damm 本月初从 Greene King 接手该业务后，这款真实艾尔（real ale）的交付出现了延迟。
这家西班牙公司的发言人表示，该啤酒仍在酿造，但由于所有权变更相关的临时问题导致了配送困难。
Estrella Damm 表示，炎热的天气以及英格兰队在世界杯中的深入挺进，“给一个本就繁忙的过渡期供应链增加了压力”。
虽然该酿酒商坚持认为供应正在路上，但公司承认，对于酒吧老板来说，“这感觉就像是短缺”。
Estrella Damm 表示，目前正与 Greene King 合作，以“尽可能地减少影响”。
Old Speckled Hen 最初由 Abingdon 的 Morland 酿酒厂在 1979 年酿造，旨在纪念 MG 汽车公司搬迁至这座牛津郡小镇 50 周年。
这款啤酒的名字源于一辆
昨天早晨，两人骑着一辆由 SWM Motorcycles 捐赠的复古 SWM Urban 525 摩托车出现在肯特郡。
两人都戴着护目镜，Longo 先生表示，整个行程都是为了照顾他 12 岁爱犬的舒适度。“无论去哪里，我总是带着一个枕头，那是给 Haku 准备的，”他说道，“如果我小憩一下，也许我们可以在路边的草地上一起睡。”
在接受 BBC Kent 广播电台采访时，Longo 先生补充道：“我是定制的边车，我希望在路上能保护好它。所以我焊接了一个框架并安装了挡风玻璃。”
当这对组合被比作在《近在咫尺》（A Close Shave）中骑摩托车和边车的 Wallace 和 Gromit 时，Longo 先生说：“嗯，这比那个好
哈萨克斯坦 哈萨克斯坦 哈萨克斯坦 斯洛文尼亚 斯洛文尼亚
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克罗地亚 克罗地亚
意大利 意大利 吉尔吉斯斯坦 吉尔吉斯斯坦
希腊 希腊
一辆沾满油漆的 MG 工厂通勤车，被工人们亲切地称为“Owld Speckl’d Un”。
尽管最初被构想为一次性产品，但需求如此强烈，以至于 Morland 不得不放弃拉格啤酒的生产并扩大产能以跟上进度。
Greene King 在 1999, 收购 Morland 时获得了 Old Speckled Hen，并在随后的 25 年里将其打造成为英国最畅销的高端艾尔啤酒之一。
在 2009 年签署了一项重大赞助协议后，这款啤酒成为了面向男性的电视频道 Dave 的代名词。
它于 5 月被出售给 Estrella Damm，交易于 7 月 1 日完成。
这家总部位于巴塞罗那的公司收购了 Old Speckled Hen 以及金艾尔 Old Golden Hen，以及相关的无酒精替代产品。
这些短缺情况最早
Old Speckled Hen 最初由 Abingdon 的 Morland 酿酒厂酿造的年份。 Greene King 在 1999 收购该品牌
就是给他一次 终身难忘的 冒险”
阿塞拜疆 AZERBAIJAN 阿塞拜疆
据酒吧行业权威杂志《早报广告员》（The Morning Advertiser）报道，此举发生在啤酒被转入 Estrella Damm 自身的供应网络之后。 该酿酒商表示，过渡目前已“大致完成”，全国各地的客户已开始接收库存。 Old Speckled Hen 的出售是英国啤酒被外资收购的一长串名单中的最新一例。 Boddington’s、Bass 和 Camden Town 均已被百威的比利时所有者 AB InBev 收购；而 Fuller, Smith & Turner 则在 2019 年将其包括 London Pride 艾尔啤酒在内的饮料业务出售给了日本的朝日啤酒（Asahi）。 这一波交易引发了人们对传统原装桶装艾尔啤酒（cask ales）未来的担忧，这种啤酒在英国拥有忠实追随者，但在海外难以销售。 今年 2 月，生产 Doom Bar 的 Sharp’s Brewery 的美国所有者宣布，计划在今年年底关闭这家英国桶装艾尔啤酒生产商，称其已不再具有“财务可持续性”。 Estrella Damm 表示，它仍致力于确保 Old Speckled Hen 在英国各地的酒吧中占据一席之地。
——那是丹尼尔（Daniele）和哈库（Haku）。隆戈先生（Mr Longo）在居住于新西兰时收养了哈库，他此前曾两次尝试带着爱犬环游世界，但都未能成功。 家庭问题阻碍了他的第一次航海之旅；第二次尝试乘坐房车旅行，则被新冠疫情中断。如今，由于行动不便，哈库无法再进行长距离行走。 隆戈先生在行程的筹款页面上写道：“意识到我们在一起的时间非常宝贵且日益缩短，我做出了一个激进的决定：我们要完成 12 年前开始的冒险。 在超过 10,000 英里的变换地形、不可预测的边境和开阔的道路上，我想在太迟之前，让我的好朋友看看这个世界——按照他的步调，坐在他专属的定制侧车里。 每当我陷入困境时，哈库总是在我身边，所以我能做的最起码的事，就是给他一次终身难忘的冒险。他帮我度过了那些我无法独自面对的风暴。现在，他的腿不行了。轮到我来背他了。” 隆戈先生将首先前往他的家乡罗马，在那里他们将为下一阶段的行程筹款。 他们将穿过 斯洛文尼亚、克罗地亚， 然后向南前往希腊。 由于 伊朗 的战争，他们将穿过阿塞拜-
中国 CHINA 中国
尼泊尔 NEPAL 尼泊尔
作者：Simon Johnson
苏格兰民族党（SNP）旗下的自然机构表示，苏格兰群岛一项传统的捕猎幼年塘鹅（guga）活动应在今年被禁止，这将是数世纪以来的首次。 NatureScot 建议，应首次拒绝在外赫布里底群岛（Outer Hebrides）年度 guga 猎杀活动中申请许可的请求。这一举动受到了动物福利活动人士的欢迎，这些人一直将该活动视为目标，并呼吁该机构永久禁止此项活动。 本月早些时候披露，在 NatureScot 的因弗内斯（Inverness）办公室遭到反 guga 抗议者的破坏后，政府已花费超过 £110,000 的纳税人资金用于修复损坏并改善安保。 但当地人批评抗议者的“卑劣且具有攻击性的活动”，称此举“深深地伤害了许多在这里生活和工作的普通人”。
他们在写给苏格兰民族党（SNP）部长们的信中表示，这一传统的批评者“完全不顾其在这一脆弱的苏格兰群岛社区中，有助于保护的数世纪之久的文化遗产和社会纽带”。 每年，来自内斯（Ness）地区的男子会前往刘易斯岛（Isle of Lewis）以北 40 英里的苏拉斯盖尔（Sula Sgeir）岩礁小岛，去捕杀塘鹅雏鸟。 根据一项可追溯至 15 世纪的惯例，这些鸟类随后被保存起来并在全年食用。这是英国最后一项获得授权的海鸟狩猎活动。 幼年塘鹅经过盐腌，在岛上作为佳肴出售，部分产品通过真空包装寄给世界各地的侨民。 此前，苏格兰自然保护局（NatureScot）曾表示，该狩猎活动的文化意义已在《Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,》（野生动物与乡村法案 1981）下获得认可，不过猎手每年必须申请许可。 但该机构的官员已建议董事会成员拒绝授予今年的狩猎许可，理由是这可能对塘鹅种群产生影响。他们还表示，已考虑到动物福利问题。他们的报告向机构董事会否决了另外两个选项，即允许捕杀 2,000 或 500 只鸟。 尽管他们表示，较小的数量“不太可能”危及种群，但他们称“幅度很小”，且可能会损害塘鹅的保护工作。 董事会将于下周一开会，决定是否批准这项建议的禁令。苏格兰自然保护局在一份声明中表示：“我们理解人们对古加（guga）狩猎持有强烈的感情。” “这项狩猎活动在法律上受到《野生动物与乡村法案》的认可，该法案针对苏拉斯盖尔岛上的塘鹅，在为了提供人类食用之目的而授予许可方面做出了具体规定。我们的职责是基于最新的科学证据和相关法律框架做出许可决定。”
[此处文本在原件中可能存在断层/乱序，以下为关于 Haku 的内容]
……（在）里安（jan），跨越里海，经过哈萨克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦，经过中国，直到尼泊尔。 隆戈（Longo）先生筹集了近 £600，用于支付 Haku 的兽医护理费用以及整个旅程的专项旅行保险。 亲友们纷纷祝愿这对搭档旅途顺利。隆戈先生的前妻、Haku 的共同所有者玛丽·布里奇（Mary Bridge）在公开帖文中写道：“向我的前夫丹尼尔（Daniele）和我们美丽的 12 岁爱犬致意，他们刚刚一起开启了一场不可思议的冒险。” “他们正骑着摩托车和边车从意大利前往尼泊尔。祝愿他们拥有最精彩的冒险之旅！”
暗示将通过 加税来资助 社会护理
他已准备好面对民众的不认可
作者：Dominic Penna 和 Daniel Martin
安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY BURNHAM）暗示将通过加税来为其旗舰级的护理改革提供资金。首相表示，他准备好被公众厌恶，并利用“我所拥有的政治资本”来资助一项每年成本约为 £18bn 的新国家护理服务。他在昨天宣布其旗舰改革方案时还宣称，护理人员应该是社会中“薪酬最高”的劳动者，而“非最低”。自上周入主唐宁街以来，伯纳姆先生将解决英国的社会护理危机作为其最大的政治优先级。《电讯报》此前披露，官员们起草的筹资方案中包括一项针对收入的新税以及所谓的“遗产税”（death tax）。在 2009, 担任卫生大臣期间，伯纳姆先生曾建议实施一项强制保险计划，由人们支付 £17,000 到 £20,000，以保证在老年时获得免费社会护理。当《电讯报》询问他是否坚持过去的想法时，伯纳姆先生表示：“我之前说过，我的观点已有记录，但生活在 2010 年我初次研究社会护理时已经发生了变化。”“从财务角度来看，我们处于一个困难的世界中。”在被问及是否会通过增加税收来资助社会护理时，首相回应道：“我将遵守竞选宣言，这一点很重要。宣言中已经有了，那里有关于税收的承诺，我将遵守这些承诺。”工党 2024 年大选宣言排除了任何提高所得税、国民保险或增值税的可能性。然而，它并未排除任何其他形式的增税。一项针对收入的新征费可设定为 1.8 per cent 收入在 £6,240, 以上的部分，由 34. 岁以上的工人支付。该基金将由较富裕的老年人补充，他们在支付征费之外，还将根据其资产价值，自行承担 10 到 45 per cent 的费用。在北伦敦犹太护理慈善机构的一场演讲中，首相表示：
作者：Tim Stanley
“我是首相，”我们的安迪对一名养老院居民说，后者一直在纳闷这个好心人什么时候才端上来午餐。 “啥？” “他是首相！”他的护理员大喊道。 “又换一个？！他们每五分钟就换一个！” 基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）可能会把这当作……
并非重启 辅助死亡法案的正确时机
作者：Dominic Penna 资深政治记者
安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY BURNHAM）表示，现在不是讨论辅助死亡（assisted dying）的时机。他表示，关于患绝症的成年人能否结束自己生命的问题，需要等到社会护理和姑息治疗（palliative care）问题解决之后再讨论。 首相的这番言论实际上将政府在辅助死亡问题上采取任何行动的可能性推迟到了下次大选之后，届时他希望社会护理的重大变革已经开始实施。 去年，国会议员投票支持金·利德比特（Kim Leadbeater）的辅助死亡法案，但随后被议会上议院议员阻挠，导致该立法议程时间耗尽。 在昨天于北伦敦发表关于社会护理的重大政策演讲后，伯纳姆先生被问及他对辅助死亡的看法。 他回应道：“我认为那场辩论——我并不是说在某个时间点不应该讨论这些问题——就个人而言，我认为有些事情需要先完成，那就是解决姑息治疗和社会护理的资金问题。” “我认为在人们无法获得此类护理且无法因此获得心安的情况下，引入这种更广泛的辩论是非常具有挑战性的，这就是我的看法。这也是我将坚持的立场。”
承认为了修复社会护理体系，需要做出“艰难的决定”。 他说：“我知道这将需要我把手中的政治资本全部投入其中，而且在某些方面，这可能会损耗我的政治资本。” “但我准备这么做，因为这种情况持续太久了。不采取行动的风险实在太大了。” 伯纳姆先生讲述了自己在护理方面的亲身经历，并赞扬了照顾他患有阿尔茨海默症父亲的员工。 他说：“当你的家人在接受护理时，你会用全新的眼光来看待一切，不是吗？你会注意到以前可能没注意到的事情，因为你会如此密切且仔细地观察。” “我被他们的照顾、他们的专业技能和专业精神深深震撼了。看到他们照顾别人的父亲、别人的母亲，这真的很令人惊叹，也让我心生敬畏。” 他继续说道：“对我来说，他们应该是社会中薪酬最高的人，而不是最低的人，我正是基于这种感受开始思考的。”
可靠且有资金支持的计划。 到目前为止，我们得到的 只是概括性的信息”
针对伯纳姆先生的言论，影子卫生大臣斯图尔特·安德鲁（Stuart Andrew）表示，任何社会护理改革都必须在不增加税收的情况下实现。 他说：“我们欢迎各党派共同承认社会护理部门存在的问题，但修复体系需要一个可靠且有资金支持的计划。到目前为止，我们从政府那里得到的只是非常概括性的信息。” “保守党准备与工党在改革社会护理的严肃提案上展开合作。但伯纳姆需要提供细节，并承诺不会通过加税或增加借款来为变革买单。” 白厅资深问题解决专家布莱克斯托克凯西男爵夫人（Baroness Casey of Blackstock）将加快一项独立审查，研究国家护理服务的结构和资金筹措方式。 她的完整报告原定于 2028 年发布，但现已提前至 2027 年夏季。
[[IMG_XXXX]] （左图）菲奥娜·菲利普斯（Fiona Phillips）昨天在由其丈夫马丁·弗里泽尔（Martin Frizell）发布的一张照片中微笑；（右图）她在担任电视节目主持人期间的样子。
说出那样的话简直像是老古董——但我们的安迪（Our Andy）只是一笑而过，标志着其风格发生了令人欢迎的转变，从“达沃斯”风格转向了“日间电视”风格。他面对着半圆形的普通选民，在没有任何笔记的情况下发表了一次重要演讲，采取了基尔罗伊式（Kilroy）那种经过打磨的真实语气（“你必须发自内心地交谈”）。安杰拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）也在场（不清楚为什么：免费午餐？），她正打量着这家护理院，看看是否适合作为她的第二居所。出于显而易见的原因，她被禁止靠近麦克风。 主题？社会护理。细节？模糊不清。将要设立一名“痴呆症沙皇”并开展一场“大对话”，后者的声音大到足以盖过远处《诊断谋杀案》（Diagnosis Murder）的低语。凯西男爵夫人在介绍首相时，或许是被迪克·范·戴克（Dick Van Dyke）揭穿投毒者的声音分散了注意力，承认她忘记了原计划要说什么（观众同情地颔首），但她说她想听听公众对于如何度过晚年的看法。我的答案会是“嗨到极致，由一名巴西比基尼模特为我洗澡”——但我不敢确定财政部是否负担得起。 啊，钱。别提到钱。那样太没品了。 安迪动情地谈到了他父亲的阿尔茨海默症以及他解决护理危机的决心。他这样做了（斯塔默，请注意）。
仅在权力下放到他手中时才适用
奈杰尔·法拉奇 (Nigel Farage)
安迪·伯纳姆 (ANDY BURNHAM) 仅用了九天时间就背叛了他上台时所捍卫的原则。他现在提议的不再是地方主义，而是一个巨大的新中央政府官僚机构，这将提高您的税收，扩张国家权力，甚至可能撕裂家庭。
7月20日，他站在唐宁街外，承诺要“将权力从这里移走，将其带到全国的每一个邮编区”。四天后，在启用“北方10号”时，他再次谈到要“将权力交给每一个邮编区”，以便各地区能够为自己做更多事情。然而，到了7月29日，他已经将一个与 NHS (英国国家医疗服务体系) 整合的国家护理服务 (NCS) 纳入个人掌控。即便以西敏寺的标准来看，这也是一个相当大的转变。
“国家护理服务”这个词早于伯纳姆就任首相，但他选择加速凯西委员会 (Casey Commission) 的进程，将该问题作为对其领导能力的考验，并将该项目置于他新政府的核心位置。他现在成了这一矛盾的持有者，而其中的伪善之处显而易见。
这个来到 SW1 谴责权力囤积的人，立即采取了左翼最古老且最集权化的方案之一：又一个庞大的国家官僚机构。
他的辩护者将坚持认为，一项服务可以在由国家出资的同时保持地方交付。这是典型的白厅障眼法。中央政府将制定规则、控制资金、设定标准并“衡量结果”，而地方议会则被迫执行其决定并承担责任。
SW1 谴责囤积 权力的人，却采取了 另一个庞大的官僚机构”
社会护理需要改革，但伯纳姆认为政府最大限度的扩张就是答案，这是错误的。社会护理在本质上是个人化的且具有地方性的。坎布里亚郡农村地区一名老年人的需求，与住在曼彻斯特市中心的人是不一样的。住房、交通、劳动力市场、家庭网络、慈善机构以及现有的供应情况各不相同。
一个明智的系统应该允许不同地区采取不同的应对方式，
而一次都没有提到工具——对于那些习惯了听取（像）被挤出的香肠般陈词滥调的记者来说，修辞质量的突然飞跃就像护士雷纳 (Rayner) 帮人擦澡一样令人精神一振（“亲爱的，我用了点伏特加，因为它能起到消毒作用”）。
但通常情况下，首相会发明一项政策，计算成本并提交议会，而伯纳姆显然打算通过道德绑架让我们签署一张空白支票，通过让“主要政党”参与谈判（但排除了改革党）来营造一种共识的假象。考虑到改革党在 85 岁以上选民中的垄断地位，这极其不公正。毫无疑问，养老院里的一半居民会选择法拉奇作为首相，而玛格丽特·撒切尔 (Maggie Thatcher)
以及科伦波（Columbo）略微落后。 随后，一封带有情感勒索意味的信件被投递到了门垫上。“我不会被……尖叫式的头条新闻所干扰”：他建议媒体不要猜测成本与税收。 至此，他邀请媒体——这是数月来的第一次——进行提问。天空新闻（Sky）的萨姆·科茨（Sam Coates）衬衫纽扣解开了许多，几乎像没穿上衣一样，他询问了首相对辅助死亡的看法。观众向他投来愤怒的目光。 首相表示，在确定姑息治疗之前讨论安乐死是错误的，这比斯塔默（Starmer）曾给出的任何答案都要好。我开始认为伯纳姆（Burnham）在任上的时间或许能撑六分钟——甚至 10 分钟。
尝试不同的安排并相互学习。地方政府协会（Local Government Association）主张，改革应由国家支持，但由地方主导，使议会保持核心地位，人们能够与他们熟悉的人生活在他们熟悉的地方。这比在白厅（Whitehall）建立另一台机器更具人性化的原则。 伯纳姆说他的服务将把公民的需求放在首位，但真正的考验在于当一个家庭的需求与系统的“效率”发生冲突时。 规模更大的政府何时解决过问题？通常情况下，它反而会使问题恶化。 更深层的问题是，这告诉了我们关于伯纳姆的什么。作为大曼彻斯特市市长，他通过论证白厅过于遥远、僵化且无法理解地方需求来建立名声。而现在他入驻唐宁街，他已变得习以为常。 英国需要社会护理改革，但不需要另一个庞大的国家机构来对人们的父母和祖父母做出亲密的决定。伯纳姆承诺要放宽白厅的掌控。他的第一个重大国内项目表明，他的地方主义仅在权力下放到安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）本人时才适用。
为菲奥娜而做 丈夫向伯纳姆呼吁
前早餐电视节目主持人菲奥娜·菲利普斯（Fiona Phillips）的丈夫呼吁安迪·伯纳姆兑现其照顾阿尔茨海默病患者的承诺。 马丁·弗里泽尔（Martin Frizell）在昨天上午分享了一张菲利普斯微笑的照片，同时敦促首相专注于“为像菲奥娜这样的患者带来改变”。 伯纳姆先生在进入唐宁街后，将解决英国的社会护理危机作为其最大的政治优先级。 65 岁的菲利普斯因主持早餐节目《GMTV Today》而闻名，她在 2023 年透露自己患有最常导致痴呆症的神经退行性脑疾病。 弗里泽尔先生表示，伯纳姆先生昨天关于彻底改革社会护理的言论“让我们早晨的心情变得愉快”。 伯纳姆先生还表示，护理人员应该是社会中“薪酬最高”的工人。
作者：尼克·古特里奇（Nick Gutteridge） 首席政治记者
凯米·巴德诺赫（KEMI BADENOCH）为其废除净零排放目标的誓言辩护，坚称这是降低能源价格和增长经济的唯一途径。 这位托利党领导人表示，虽然“气候变化是真实的”，但到 2050 年实现碳中和的计划是“一个使国家破产的政治虚构”。 在给《电讯报》的一封信中，她警告说，工党禁止北海新钻探的行为，通过使英国变得更加……，正在“摧毁英国工业并反常地增加碳排放”。
泳者在彼得伯勒露天泳池（Peterborough Lido）中畅游，周围是干枯的草地，此时英国进入了今年的第四次热浪
保罗·马里奥特（PAUL MARRIOTT）
作者：Tom McArdle
在经历了一段打破记录的高温天气后，英格兰一半地区已被宣布进入干旱状态。
环境署 (EA) 表示，由于降雨量创历史新低且温度高企，英格兰中部、东部和南部共七个地区处于干旱状态。
受影响地区包括赫特福德郡 (Hertfordshire) 和整个伦敦、东英吉利 (East Anglia)、泰晤士河谷 (Thames Valley)、汉普郡 (Hampshire) 及怀特岛 (Isle of Wight)、德文郡 (Devon) 和康沃尔郡 (Cornwall)、西米德兰兹 (West Midlands) 以及涵盖多塞特 (Dorset)、萨默塞特 (Somerset)、威尔特郡 (Wiltshire) 和格洛斯特郡南部 (south Gloucestershire) 的威塞克斯 (Wessex)。
东米德兰兹、英格兰东部、东南部和伦敦地区直到今天仍处于高温橙色健康警报中，预计昨日温度最高将达到 35. C。今年夏天已经打破了温度记录，5 月最高气温为 35.1C (95F)，6 月最高气温为 37C。
目前的干旱意味着在过去五年中已经出现了三次干旱——2022, 2025 以及现在的 2026。
2022, 年 8 月，环境署采取了类似措施，宣布英格兰八个地区进入干旱状态。
环境署水资源主管兼国家干旱小组主席海伦·韦克汉姆 (Helen Wakeham) 表示：“炎热干燥的天气意味着我们目前用水的速度快于大自然的补充速度。”
她指出，连续的夏季干旱代表了一种“极其严重的局面”。去年是自维多利亚时代晚期 (era.) 以来最干燥的春季。今年英国经历了第四次
依赖全球化石燃料进口。她的这些言论是针对《电报》世界经济编辑安布罗斯·埃文斯-普里查德 (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard) 昨日发表的一篇专栏文章而作出的回应。
在该文中，他认为在欧洲大陆山火肆虐之时，巴德诺赫女士“选择了一个极其糟糕的政治时机去轻视气候虚无主义”。巴德诺赫女士决定清除支持净零排放的保守党候选人，而这距离山火蹂躏法国和西班牙仅几周之遥，这促使人们呼吁她重新思考其环境政策。
环境署昨日宣布，在经历三次热浪之后，英格兰目前有一半地区处于干旱状态。
巴德诺赫女士在信中写道：“气候变化是真实的。但净零排放计划不是。它们是政治幻想，在令国家破产，摧毁英国工业，并反过来
可达 35. C。
作者：Luke Barr 助理商业编辑
WAITROSE 准备推出可承受高达 48C 温度的地中海式冰箱。
这家由 John Lewis 所有的食品杂货商正在开发更先进的冷却技术，将制冷与热泵相结合。
这将使设备能够在高达 48C 的室外温度下继续运行，这是欧洲有记录以来的最高温度。
Waitrose 还重新设计了现有的冷藏柜，使其能更高效地保留冷空气。
在公司开发更先进技术的同时，已有 100 多家 Waitrose 分店安装了能更好地应对高温的新冰箱。
此次投资是在一系列导致全国门店冰箱损坏的夏季热浪之后进行的。
今年夏天气温经常跳升至 30C 以上，6 月峰值达到 37C。预计未来几年热浪将变得更加普遍且剧烈。Waitrose 零售主管蒂娜·米切尔 (Tina Mitchell) 表示：“今年夏天表明我们最新的制冷技术比旧设备更具韧性，我们将继续加速在所有门店的投资。”
“随着炎热的夏天变得更加普遍，我们将继续投资技术，以保持产品的最高新鲜度，帮助我们的门店可靠运行并提高能源效率。”
整个欧洲的热浪已经
我们继续投资技术 以保持产品的最佳新鲜度”
促使企业采取行动。Greggs 的首席执行官 Roisin Currie 昨天表示，随着气温上升，这家烘焙巨头将“不得不考虑”升级其冰箱。 她表示：“在整个行业中，您可能已经看到了许多制冷设备故障的情况——这对我们来说并不是一个关键因素，我们的韧性更强。话虽如此，制冷行业正在开发更多在温度远高于 34°C 时仍能保持韧性的设备。随着我们面对更多极端天气，这将是我们未来都必须考虑的事情。” 冰箱的工作原理是从空气中提取热量并将其排放到周围区域。然而，这些系统可能会不堪重负。 其他技术在高温下也会受到影响。欧洲之星（Eurostar）本月早些时候透露，该公司升级了一项 50 辆双层列车的订单，以确保车载设备能够承受高达 55°C 的温度。 欧洲之星首席执行官 Gwendoline Cazenave 表示，这项被称为“撒哈拉选项”的新系统将具备改进的空调以及能够在更高温度下运行的高等级组件和微处理器。最初的订单规定空调需能在 45°C 时为乘客降温。 Waitrose 的最新投资是该超市一项更广泛的 £1 bn 计划的一部分，因为 John Lewis 的主席 Jason Tarry 旨在将业务重心重新聚焦于零售。这项投资将资助 28 家门店的开业和翻新。
增加碳排放。禁止在碳足迹较低的阿伯丁进行油气钻探，转而从那些钻探方式不环保的地方进口油气，这完全没有道理。保守党关心环境、清洁能源和保护我们的自然景观。但这需要常识。” Badenoch 夫人推翻了保守党近十年来对净零排放目标的支撑，该目标是在 Theresa May 首相任期末期写入法律的。她宣布
据气象局（Met Office）称，这是有记录以来最晴朗的春季。全国大片地区被宣布进入干旱状态。 今年 7 月将成为有记录以来最干燥的月份，英格兰的降水量仅为预期值的 7 per cent，英格兰南部仅为 1 per cent。根据气象局的初步数据，7 月的平均气温比常年高出 3°C。 全国许多地区正经历一次“闪电干旱”，尽管冬季非常湿润，但干旱来势迅猛。全国数百万家庭生活在禁止使用软管的限制下，因此被禁止使用软管填充充气泳池、浇灌花园和洗车。Thames Water、South East Water、Southern Water 和 Cambridge 等公司均实施了此类限制。
[[IMG_XXXX]] Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 促使 Kemi Badenoch 回应的文章
该党将通过取消能源上的绿色税收来降低家庭和企业的账单，而这笔资金将通过削减许多净零排放补贴来支付。 这位保守党领导人还誓言要尽可能多地从北海开采油气，效仿挪威创造财富的方式。在她的信中，Badenoch 夫人为她决定阻止任何不认同其净零排放政策的候选人在下次选举中参选的行为进行了辩护。上周有消息透露，前内阁大臣 Grant Shapps……
[[IMG_XXXX]] 英格兰干旱地区
干旱 长期 干燥天气 正常
来源：环境署（ENVIRONMENT AGENCY）
作者：Tony Diver 政治编辑
英国国防部在工党通过的威尔士政府规定下，被迫花费近 £600,000 来保护蜜蜂、鸟类及其他野生动物。
该部门被要求动用公共资金，在其位于威尔士的基地内“维护并增强生物多样性”，这些基地包括 SAS（特种空勤团）使用的布雷肯比肯峰训练区。
国防部发布的一份报告显示，根据前威尔士工党政府的一项指令，该部门在过去三年中，在其位于威尔士的 23,400 公顷土地上保护自然环境共花费了 £600,000。
威尔士议会（Senedd）在 2016 年通过的环境法规意味着，公共机构必须将生物多样性视为“政策和决策中自然且不可或缺的一部分”。
最新报告显示，国防部在彭布罗克郡的卡斯尔马丁（Castlemartin）花费公共资金进行草地马赛克维护，以帮助保护common guillemots（细嘴海鸦）群——这是一种未被列为濒危的海鸟。
另一项计划包括一项调查以
ister，是他被告知不会被考虑获得席位的人员之一。据了解，格兰特爵士并不反对党内关于净零排放的新立场。
巴德诺赫女士表示，对于她对待候选人的方式，她“不会道歉”，并补充说，她被选为领导者是获得了“更新我党并实现我们需要的经济革命，以让英国重新运转的授权”。
她补充道：“如果我们想要增长经济，并在制造业和人工智能领域确保优质就业机会，我们必须解决英国的工业能源价格问题，这些价格在发达国家中是最高的，这意味着必须诚实地面对 2050 年实现净零排放是不可能的。”
埃文斯-普里查德先生在他的专栏中写道，“反绿色的反弹已经达到顶峰，电子技术正在迅速赢得全球经济争论”。他表示，巴德诺赫女士关于北海油气资源的态度是“一项可辩护的政策”，但“市场保守主义者的正确做法应该是通过拥抱更便宜、更好的技术来在竞争中击败化石燃料”。
他写道：“如果巴德诺赫的论点是僵化的气候法律让我们陷入困境、歪曲政策并煽动法律战，那么我会同意。如果她的目标是动员资本主义来加速我们的清洁技术成功，那么我会鼓掌。”
“但这并不是她的信息。她的愤怒指向的是风能、太阳能、电池和电动汽车。”
“当你不得不得出结论，即保守党在当今时代最关键的生存问题上已经‘特朗普化’，在与奈杰尔·法拉奇的加密政党竞争化石燃料资金和反弹选票时，就到了一个临界点。”
Water, Affinity Water, Anglian Water 和 South West Water。Severn Trent, Essex and Suffolk Water, Wessex Water 和 Portsmouth Water 告诉客户要节约用水，但尚未采取禁止措施。
专家警告称，随着英国经历第四次热浪，可能会出现异常严重的野火。
消防部门负责人表示，火灾风险“在英国全境依然处于高位”，国家消防酋长委员会 (NFCC) 补充说，“目前有八起活跃的野火事件正在被监测”。英格兰和威尔士的救援服务在 2026 年至今已应对了 706 起野火，仅在 7 月 16 日至 28 日期间就记录了 208 起事件。
NFCC 主席菲尔·加里根说：“仅在 12 天内就发生了 200 多起野火，表明风险升级的速度有多快。欧洲部分地区的景象深刻提醒了我们，气候变化对于消防和救援服务意味着什么。”
“我们今天在英国还没有看到那种规模的火灾，但科学告诉我们，未来应该预期更大、更频繁且更复杂的野火。这就是为什么我们需要持续投资于专业的野火应对能力，以便为未来的风险做好准备。”
加里根先生表示，“预防仍然是我们防御火灾的最强手段”，并补充道：“大多数野火是可以避免的。”
水资源部长艾玛·哈迪说：“我们的气候正在发生变化，干旱正变得越来越普遍，我们需要为这种‘新常态’做好准备。”
评估尖卡德蜂（一种在花卉丰富草原上发现的稀有大黄蜂）的种群数量。
该部门还资助了一名博士生对莫德（MoD）阿伯波思附近瓶鼻海豚的行为进行研究，该地是威尔士海岸卡迪根附近的一个军事演习场。
国防部在威尔士运行七个“保护小组”，据称这些小组提供
国防部在威尔士拥有的土地公顷数，在那里它必须“维持生物多样性”
“一个重要的监测、志愿者参与和当地专业知识机制”。英格兰的类似计划包括修复池塘，以帮助女性尖顶蟾蜍在国防部设有训练营的伍尔默森林中繁殖。
威尔士的环境立法因未能强迫公共机构致力于自然恢复而受到批评。
ery，尽管每年都有数百万英镑被用于满足其要求。独立监督机构威尔士审计署（Audit Wales）去年的一份报告发现，公共机构经常忽视环境要求，其中甚至包括威尔士政府本身。
“自然紧急情况在公共部门中尚未获得足够高的优先级，许多部门未能遵守该职责的关键规划和/或报告要求，”该报告称。
“威尔士政府未能遵守其自身的规划要求，未能有效监督公共部门的执行情况，且目前无法评估该职责对生物多样性下降的整体影响。”
英国政府继续面临关于将如何填补国防投资计划（DIP）中 £15 短缺资金的问题。
一名国防部（MoD）发言人表示：“我们致力于以一种既能维持作战能力，又能加强生物多样性和生态系统韧性的方式来管理我们的地产。”
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在与奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）就其社交媒体内容的持续争端中，扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）点赞了暗示其右翼对手支持阿道夫·希特勒的在线帖子。
这位绿党党魁拒绝就向其 700,000 名 Instagram 粉丝分享的一篇似乎在威胁法拉奇先生的社交媒体帖子道歉。该帖子展示了一名绿党支持者在布里斯托尔（Bristol）一次活动中的照片，此人穿着一件印有断头台图案的 T 恤，配文为：“我们只是在为奈杰尔制定计划。”
法拉奇先生表示，分享该帖子“令人难以置信”，并将此事提交给大都会警察局。警方昨天确认，将不会对波兰斯基先生采取任何行动。
在周二接受英国广播公司（BBC）采访时，这位绿党党魁多次拒绝向法拉奇先生道歉。
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作者：Charles Hymas 内政编辑
作者：Charles Hymas
法国警方承认，他们接到的指令是不阻止移民登上船只并出发前往英国。
影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）在面对警员时，其支持团队拍下了数十名移民爬上橡皮艇的画面，当时他们身处水中，水深已至腰间。
这一事件发生时，当天最多有 700 名移民乘坐小船穿越海峡；如果该数字得到确认，将成为今年抵达人数最多的日子之一。今年迄今为止最高纪录是 6 月中旬的 710 人穿越。
菲尔普先生站在布洛涅（Boulogne）南部的阿尔德洛（Hardelot）海滩上，询问一名警员为何允许移民进入水中而没有阻止他们。
该警员回答道：“我们的指令是让他们走。我们只需要对他们说：‘不要这样做，很危险’。”随后菲尔普先生
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问道：“所以你们的指令是不干预，”警察回答道：“我们必须保护他们。”
由于法国声称存在危及移民生命风险，他们极少在海滩的浅水区域进行干预。在极少数情况下，一些警员判定情况安全，从而用刀划破橡皮艇。
法国还成立了一个新的精锐警察部门，在“出租船”接走海滩上的移民之前拦截这些偷渡组织者。
菲尔普先生表示，警员在浅水区域不进行干预的行为“完全荒谬”且“令人瞠目结舌”。
在拍摄早前一次穿越时，他注意到法国宪兵就站在海滩上，看着移民在齐膝深的水中将船推向海面。
他说：“法国人说干预是不安全的，因为人们可能会淹死。这简直只有膝盖深，在我看来这完全荒谬。”
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分歧与恐吓。我已经收到许多居民的反馈，他们对这些旗帜的存在表示担忧。 “我收到的信息将这些旗帜描述为令人不安、令人恐惧且具有排他性的。” 萨克曼女士（Ms Sackman）称“升旗行动”（Operation Raise the Colours）为一个“极右翼组织”。她表示：“这个极右翼组织在‘英国优先’（Britain First）和斯蒂芬·亚克斯利-伦农（Stephen Yaxley-Lennon，以汤米·罗宾逊（Tommy Robinson）之名活动）的支持下，发起了一场种族主义且具有攻击性的活动，在英国各地的商业街上竖起旗帜。” 反种族主义组织“希望而非仇恨”（Hope not Hate）声称，“升旗行动”的组织者是“资深且极端的极右翼活动分子”。 周二，居民杰克和德博拉·米勒（Jack and Deborah Miller）表示，他们在巴内特（Barnet）升起了这些旗帜，并对萨克曼女士提出了批评。米勒夫人说：“我认为这种言论本身实际上在制造分歧，它是具有分裂性的。” “我们是自豪的犹太人。这面旗帜有什么问题？” 一名巴内特议会发言人表示，地方当局“自豪地庆祝”国旗，并且每天在办公楼和亨登（Hendon）市政厅上方悬挂联合旗。
萨克曼称“现在是”撤下旗帜的时候了
多米尼克·彭纳（Dominic Penna） 高级政治记者
他坚持称，在转发该图片之前，他并未仔细查看这张由另一位用户发布的图片。波兰斯基先生还强调，他在意识到图片内容后立即将其删除。他告诉BBC：“如果我是故意这么做的，我会道歉。”
他说他将“致力于改进自己的社交媒体使用方式”。然而，昨天他在Bluesky上点赞了一些批评BBC并为他转发该冒犯性帖子辩护的帖子。
Bluesky上的一位支持者写道：“左翼政治家必须在各方面都完美无缺，不能犯任何小错误，而右翼政治家则可以随意号召种族暴乱和大屠杀，驱逐数百万非白人，赞美希特勒，在校园里踢正步并行纳粹礼等。”
波兰斯基先生点赞了这条帖子。
他还点赞了另一条帖子，该帖称波兰斯基先生“并没有号召杀死他的对手”，并且“显然没有注意到”那件T-shirt，并补充道：“来自改革党的虚假愤怒。”
第三条帖子写道：“主流媒体/ #ReformUK 拼命试图寻找任何‘证据’碎片来抹黑 #Greens，这一点非常有启发性。”
[[IMG_XXXX]] GARETH FULLER/PA 克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）拍摄了数十名移民在布洛涅（Boulogne）南部的哈德洛特（Hardelot）海岸攀上橡皮艇的画面；这位内政部影子大臣表示，法国官员告诉他，他们接到的命令是‘让移民通过’，正确
Zack Polanski 以及，右侧，一名布里斯托绿党支持者穿着的争议性T恤
昨天傍晚，大都市警察局表示，由于波兰斯基先生转发该图片的行为“不大可能”构成刑事犯罪，因此将不对其采取进一步行动。
警方补充说，波兰斯基先生此前并未看到涉事图片，任何刑事调查将适用于同样转发该图片的130个人和组织。不过，大都市警察局已将穿着该T恤的人员移交给埃文和萨默塞特郡警方，认为应当对其“记录”一项犯罪。任何进一步的行动将由西国家政警方处理。
大都市警察局的一位发言人表示：“我们完全理解人们对这张图片在网上被分享的反应，特别是在针对政治家的威胁日益增加的背景下。”
“我们非常严肃地对待公众生活人士（包括政治家）的安全和保障。当我们发现威胁时，我们会采取适当行动；当有犯罪证据时，我们会进行调查。虽然会有”
他的批评是在他声称受到法国军方“恐吓”的一天后发表的。当时，在克里斯·菲尔普监控移民跨境的渔船仅900ft处，一艘海军舰艇开始进行实弹射击。
根据内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）与法国签署的价值£650m的三年协议，包括新型精锐暴动和公共秩序小队的警力增加了40%，同时采取了诸如海上拦截等新战术，以应对“出租船”战术。
已有超过900名移民
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说道：“既然 2026 世界杯 已经吹响终场哨，我也要让这些旗帜‘全场结束’了。”
这位部长表示，在这个夏天的足球赛期间，她很“自豪地在办公室悬挂我们的国旗”。
然而，她继续说道： “那些住在坦普尔财富（Temple Fortune）和戈尔德斯格林（Golders Green）并在此生活的人们知道，早在世界杯之前，圣乔治旗（St George’s）和英国国旗（Union Jacks）就在未经许可的情况下被挂在了公共路灯柱上。”
“现在是把它们撤下来的时候了。自九月份以来，大量旗帜被挂在了我们巴尼特（Barnet）的公共财产上。”
“对于我们社区的许多成员来说，这些旗帜感觉起来不像国家自豪感的象征，而是一个来源”
尽管西方国家整体呈下降趋势
一份新报告发现，尽管其他西方国家的此类事件有所减少，但英国的反犹太仇恨犯罪却在上升。
根据反犹太主义J7工作组（一个代表拥有 seven largest Jewish communities 的 7, 个国家的组织团体）的一份文件，去年英国的犯罪数量增长了 5%，达到 3,700 起。
在 2025, 年，英国是仅有的三个报告事件增加的国家之一，另外两个是阿根廷（增长 4%）和德国（增长不足 1%）。其余四个国家则记录到下降。
该报告研究了澳大利亚、阿根廷、加拿大、法国、德国、英国和美国的反犹太主义情况，这些国家共同拥有以色列以外全球 90% 以上的犹太人口。
自 2022 年（即 10 月 7 日以色列遇袭及加沙战争爆发的前一年）以来，这七个国家报告的反犹太事件增加了 136%，而暴力事件增加了 97%。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 反犹太仇恨上升 2024 至 2025 的百分比变化 澳大利亚 −33% 加拿大 −16% 德国 −16% 阿根廷 来源：反犹太主义 J7 工作组
安杰拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner），住房与社区秘书，表示她对“英国反犹太主义的恐怖上升感到震惊”。
“这是不可容忍的，”她说。“在整个政府范围内，我们也在与包括 J7 在内的国际合作伙伴共同努力，加强全球反犹太主义斗争，并为在任何地方面临歧视、虐待或暴力的犹太社区提供支持。”
背道而驰：议会与以色列城市在合作 60 年后切断关系
哈克尼（Hackney）议会已投票决定切断与以色列海法市（Haifa）的关系，结束了与该市近 60 年的结好关系。
海法是以色列最进步的城市之一，但由绿党控制的哈克尼区在周二晚上投票决定结束其关系，以抗议加沙局势。
议会还批准了一项关于该提案的公众咨询，咨询结束日期定在 10 月 7 日，即哈马斯袭击三周年纪念日。该当局在 2024 年的当地选举中由绿党接管。
在被指责为“令人震惊”且“不敏感”后，该当局被迫发出道歉并更改咨询日期。
代表会议主席菲尔·罗森伯格（Phil Rosenberg）指责哈克尼绿党表现出“无知”。
“海法是一座多元化的城市，被广泛视为种族和宗教共存的典范，”他说道。“如果哈克尼绿党对和平有任何真正的兴趣，他们应该庆祝海法，而不是谴责它。”
（注：此处文本片段似乎跳跃，以下为关于跨海入境的内容）
……在过去一周中穿过英吉利海峡，因为走私者利用了良好的天气、低风速和平静的海面。
首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）为工党在应对此类入境事件方面所做的努力辩护，称：“内政大臣已经就此提出了一项非常强有力的计划。”
“而且请记住……数字可能会波动。但总体而言，乘船入境的数量在下降，且同比下降相当明显，这表明该计划正在发挥作用。”
但菲尔普（Mr Philp）先生表示：“莎巴娜·马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）已经支付了 5 亿英镑……”
那些认为在这次 Instagram 帖子中分享该图片的人应该受到刑事起诉的人们，我们的审查结论是，在这种情况下，并未达到起诉门槛。我们已与受影响的人员沟通，解释该决定，并就我们对其安全的持续承诺以及可提供的额外支持给予保证。” 这场争论是在本月早些时候，前保守党议员兼改革党发言人安·威德科姆（Ann Widdecombe）在德文郡家中被残忍杀害后爆发的。 一名 28 岁的男子已被指控谋杀，审判初步定于 2027 年 6 月。 法拉奇先生此前表示，在收到死亡威胁后，他支付费用雇佣全天候安保，并声称他使用了一笔来自一名泰国加密货币亿万富翁的具有争议的 £5m 捐款来支付此费用。该捐款引发了议会调查，促使法拉奇先生辞去议员席位，以便在 8 月 13 日在克拉克顿（Clacton）举行补选，让选民能够“评判”他的行为。 在接受 BBC Newsnight 采访时，波兰斯基先生表示，他是在无意中分享了该帖子的。绿党和改革党已被要求发表评论。
无条件地消耗我们的资金——然而我今天看到宪兵们无所事事，他们告诉我，他们接到的指令是不采取任何肢体行动，只需与移民交谈。今年唯一保护我们边境的是海峡中恶劣的天气。 “安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）刚刚说没有任何问题。我今天亲眼看到了他与现实多么脱节。” 内政部发言人表示：“本届政府正在全力打击小船跨境活动，遣返小船移民的人数处于历史最高水平，寻求庇护的申请减少了 12%。”
尽管与 2024, 年相比，去年美国、澳大利亚、加拿大和法国报告的事件有所减少，但每个国家的水平仍显著高于 Oct 7 2023 之前。 报告称，去年也是 30 多年来以色列境外犹太人数最惨烈的一年，在上述七个国家中，有 20 人在反犹太主义袭击中丧生。 记录的死亡人数是自 1994, 年阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯的一家犹太社区中心遭炸弹袭击（造成 85 人死亡）以来最高的年度死亡人数。 在英国，66 岁的梅尔文·克拉维茨（Melvin Cravitz）在赎罪日（犹太历中最神圣的一天）期间，在曼彻斯特希顿公园犹太会堂遭到袭击被刺身亡。53 岁的艾德里安·道尔比（Adrian Daulby）在阻止袭击者进入大楼的过程中，被警察的一颗走火子弹击毙。 英国政府反犹太主义独立顾问曼勋爵（Lord Mann）呼吁采取一种“清晰、冷静且有条理”的方法来解决反犹恨意，并警告称，逃避责任的政府助长了这一问题。
特写记者 报道
特写记者 报道
特写记者 报道
艾米·Winehouse 的父亲在声称两名女儿的朋友通过出售她的衣服牟利后，现在必须向其支付近 £1m。 Mitch Winehouse 声称，Naomi Parry 和 Christina Gourlay 通过在美国的拍卖会上出售已故歌手的数十件物品而获利。
维多利亚·沃德 (Victoria Ward) 副皇家编辑
萨塞克斯公爵及其共同原告在他们针对《每日邮报》出版商提出的“投机性”高等法院隐私权主张被完全驳回后，面临超过 £18m 的潜在法律账单。 Associated Newspapers Limited 已要求初步支付 £10m 用于抵扣其成本，但已申请追回更多费用，理由是这 7 位高知名度原告的行为“令人震惊”且“不合理”，他们在缺乏证据的情况下，对该出版商的记者提出了关于电话监听、窃听和欺诈获取信息的“严重指控”。
哈里王子是试图起诉 Associated Newspapers 侵犯隐私的名人之一。
该出版商共产生了 £34.5m 的法律成本，但原告的保险仅覆盖 £16.2m，造成了 £18.3m 的潜在缺口。 萨塞克斯公爵、埃尔顿·约翰爵士 (Sir Elton John)、伊丽莎白·赫莉 (Liz Hurley) 和多琳·劳伦斯男爵夫人 (Baroness Doreen Lawrence) 均在起诉 Associated Newspapers Limited 侵犯隐私的人员之列。然而，在本月早些时候下达的一项严厉的高等法院裁决中，尼克林法官 (Mr Justice Nicklin) 驳回了针对该出版商的所有 97 项指控，并表示没有证据。 该公爵随后发表声明攻击法官，称这份 426 页的裁决是“彻头彻尾且显而易见的掩盖”。出版商声称，该声明暗示他“比法官更懂”。 Associated Newspapers 目前正寻求追回在四年诉讼期间积累的成本。该公司已要求预付 £9,950,624.37。原告方提供了近 £8m，并将其描述为“慷慨的报价”。然而，出版商在周三申请了
迈克尔·西尔斯 (Michael Searles) 副健康编辑
据这家软件公司的英国负责人称，那些想要阻止 Palantir 进入 NHS 的 MPs 是“嘈杂的少数派”。 路易斯·莫斯利 (Louis Mosley) 表示，那些批评这家美国科技巨头的人来自“政治光谱的某一端”。 该公司拥有 £600m 的公共部门合同，其中包括与...
消防员进入一座燃烧中的 160 年历史教堂，取出了一名计划于次日下葬的教堂执事的灵柩。
周二晚上 11.17 分，莱斯特的圣安德鲁教堂发生火灾，应急服务部门随即接到出警通知。
消防队花费了整个夜晚试图控制火势。
这座由乔治·吉尔伯特·斯科特爵士（Sir George Gilbert Scott）设计的教堂屋顶受损严重，但莱斯特郡消防救援服务局表示没有人员伤亡。
该服务局的一位发言人补充说，灭火队员成功救出了一名教堂执事的灵柩，其葬礼原定于昨天举行。灵柩在准备礼拜期间被安置在高祭坛下方过夜。
莱斯特教区表示，葬礼将转移地点，并补充道：
2021 和 2023，指责他们“故意隐瞒”了出售事宜。
但莎拉·克拉克（Sarah Clarke）KC 法官在今年早些时候驳回了他的高等法院诉讼，认定他“一直都知道”拟议的出售计划，并且是在之后才以一种“激进且令人不快的方式”向他们索要钱财。
温豪斯先生在这次失败的诉讼中还累积了 £950,000 的法律费用。
赔偿令将取消可追回成本的上限。高等法院获悉，每位原告都获得了一份价值 £2.7m 的事后（ATE）保险单，这些保单将共同覆盖 Associated 公司的成本，总额达 £16.2m。原告代表尼古拉斯·培根（Nicholas Bacon）KC 在书面陈述中承认：“如果原告被要求在赔偿基础上支付 Associated 的成本……目前的承保水平将不足以覆盖其总成本风险，金额可能高达数百万英镑。”Associated 公司辩称，原告的行为以及该诉讼从一开始就采取的“极不寻常”的情况，使得本案“完全超出了常规”。在一场为期两天的成本听证会开始时，该公司告诉尼克林（Nicklin）法官，如果法院裁定其有权获得赔偿成本，该公司保留寻求进一步金额的权利。它认为，这样的命令将部分反映出该公司及其 77 名记者、律师和高管所承受的“不愉快且令人痛苦”的经历，其中许多人被迫出庭捍卫自己的名誉。出版商表示，双方均已同意原告应承担其成本。然而，这些成本如何评估——是基于标准基础还是赔偿基础——以及支付利息和时间表仍存在争议。代表出版商的安东尼·怀特（Antony White）KC 在书面陈述中说，在审理过程中，原告以一种“混乱且缺乏纪律”的方式追求“博眼球”的指控，这给证人们造成了混乱。怀特先生补充说，原告通过故意扣押文件且未能遵守法官的指令，“剧烈地”增加了出版商的成本。培根先生表示，关于该诉讼是“不真诚地”发起的说法与事实相去甚远。他表示，既然法院已接受原告的证据，如果通过赔偿成本令谴责其行为，将是“显然不公平”的。不过他承认，双方的要求之间存在巨大差距，可能存在折衷方案。听证会仍在继续。
与 NHS 和国防部相关的[项目]，在与美国移民当局和以色列军队合作方面，面临着来自左翼日益增加的批评。
医疗服务体系内部也一直在讨论该软件是否改善了候诊名单，健康基金会（Health Foundation）智库对该软件将面临延迟出院的患者人数减少 15% 的说法提出了质疑。
莫斯利先生表示，这取决于英...
“在这种困难时刻，我们感谢社区的支持与理解。”
起火原因尚不清楚，但消防部门表示，持续的热浪条件意味着火灾很容易发生并迅速蔓延。
消防局发言人表示，来自多个消防站的救援人员利用云梯车和旋转式登高平台，“彻夜扑灭了这场大火”。
发言人补充道：“没有人员伤亡，所有人员均已安全转移。
“一具存放遗体的棺材昨晚留在教堂内，准备用于今早的葬礼服务，消防员在佩戴呼吸设备的情况下将其取出并转移至安全地带。
“教堂的屋顶被大火严重损坏。火灾调查已经完成，目前相关事项已移交给莱斯特郡警察局的同事。”
主张。亨利·莱格（Henry Legge）KC 律师代表 Winehouse 先生在 12 月的书面提交材料中表示，这些物品包括 Winehouse 在塞尔维亚贝尔格莱德最后一次演出时穿着的一件丝绸迷你连衣裙，Parry 女士在 2021 年将其拍卖得 $243,200 (£182,000)。
该大律师表示，在 2014 年 Winehouse 去世后，她的父亲受到了来自 Julien’s 的 Darren Julien 的接触。
英政府”以决定是否以及如何使用 Palantir 软件，因为他驳回了关于其员工访问患者数据的担忧。
在接受 Times Radio 采访时，他表示：“关于我们的议论很多。我认为，这些声音来自少数群体。这是政治光谱中的一个特定端点。是一个喧闹的少数派。比如像 Zack Polanski 这样的人。
“他们对我们的软件被数千次使用的方式持有很大异议”
它能够 被重建， 因为它 是一座如此 美丽的 建筑”
洛杉矶的拍卖行，暗示将对其财物进行拍卖。Winehouse 先生最初拒绝了。随后 Julien 先生联系了 Parry 女士，Legge 先生表示，Parry 女士暗示她愿意在 2018 年出售“我的收藏”，而 Gourlay 女士则暗示她愿意在 2019 年出售相关物品。 在昨天的判决中，法官表示：“原告选择就一项
[[IMG_XXXX]] 精彩的一局：蕾哈娜昨日在巴巴多斯向已故的西印度群岛板球运动员加里·索伯斯爵士表达哀悼，他享年 89 岁。
在其他国家，特别是美国和以色列，相隔数英里。 “我的观点是——顺便说一下，我很乐意对此进行辩论，我会为其辩护。但涉及到 NHS 时，我的观点是，关键在于，NHS 在使用 Palantir 时能否控制数据？如果使用 Palantir，患者数据是否安全？其次，Palantir 的工具是否有效？这两个问题的答案都是肯定的。” 他表示，任何人都不应对 Palantir 员工访问 NHS 数据感到担心。 “你可以把 Palantir 想象成一个由 NHS 部署的管道系统，用于管理医院内部及医院之间的数据流动。 “我们对数据没有经济利益。我们没有从中获取任何价值。这不是一种商业模式。 “而且这在法律上也是禁止的。这个国家的法律运作方式是”
“我们的工作人员将于今天下午返回，重新检查是否有热点。” 居住在教堂附近的居民被敦促关闭门窗，因为烟雾正弥漫在整个城市。该教堂位于市中心南侧，靠近德蒙福特大学和市立皇家医院。 一名居民在社交媒体上评论道：“简直令人心碎，多年来这里一直是社区的中心，损毁情况看起来触目惊心。 “我只祈祷它能够被重建，因为它是一座如此美丽的建筑。” 另一人补充道：“这对我们的教区社区来说是毁灭性的。如果它不能被挽救或重建，将是一个巨大的损失。” 圣安得烈教堂由 Scott 在 19 世纪 60 年代设计，其最著名的作品包括伦敦的圣潘克拉斯米德兰酒店、阿尔伯特纪念碑以及外交和联邦事务部。
本质上漏洞百出的主张，并将其激进且不依不饶地推进到底，且对被告做出严重且毫无根据的指控，严重损害了他们的名誉、职业前景、财务安全和健康。” 法官表示，截至 4 月，Parry 女士的费用估计为 £715,361，而 Gourlay 女士的费用为
£487,132。她命令 Winehouse 先生在接下来的两周内向两名女性分别支付中期款项——向 Parry 女士支付 £569,330，向 Gourlay 女士支付 £394,521。 他还必须按赔偿标准支付这些女性的法律费用，这意味着她们可能会收到更高的金额。这种情况通常发生在其中一方的行为特别不合理时。
因戒烟产生 反应而死
法庭在一次死因研讯中获悉，一名烟民在戒烟后因产生致命反应而死亡。
杰克·伯顿（Jack Burton），29 岁，当时正在服用抗精神病药物治疗精神分裂症，但由于他是“重度烟民”，需要更高的剂量。然而，对于非烟民来说本已危险的剂量，在戒烟三天后对他而言变得具有“毒性”。
吸烟的患者通常需要较高剂量的某些药物，因为香烟烟雾会导致肝脏更快地代谢药物。
伯顿每晚服用 525 毫克氯氮平，他在去年 10 月于北约克郡度假期间决定戒烟。
然而，由于他在停止吸烟时没有减少药物剂量，他平时的剂量变得过高，导致其体内的氯氮平水平出现“致命增加”。
在发现“医生在这一问题上没有任何可用指南”后，一名法医现在就服药期间戒烟的影响发出了警告。居住在伍斯特的伯顿被诊断为偏执型精神分裂症，并由其社区精神科医生开具了
杰克·伯顿在戒烟时 没有减少抗精神病 药物的剂量—— 导致了致命反应
抗精神病药物氯氮平。
死因研讯获悉，如果他计划戒烟，他“应当通知其精神科医生以减少氯氮平的服用量”，因为剂量过高“可能会引起癫痫发作”。
这名年轻人的突然死亡以及该问题指南的缺失，促使伍斯特郡助理法医德博拉·拉金（Deborah Lakin）撰写了一份预防未来死亡报告。
在整个研讯过程中，目前尚不清楚伯顿是否询问过关于药物的问题，以及是否提供了正确的信息。
在提到伯顿的死因研讯时，拉金女士表示：“两名顾问精神科医生向我提供关于减少吸烟（而非完全戒烟）之相关性的说法不一致，这归因于医生在这一问题上没有可参考的指南。”
她继续说道：“证据显示，在从业者询问问题以及记录讨论药物可能产生的副作用症状的回答时，没有任何关于标准化操作的指南可用。”
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如果它在数据控制者和数据处理者之间做区分。在这种情况下，数据控制者是 NHS。这意味着那是你的数据。你拥有它。我们是处理者。”
政府的健康与社会护理委员会已建议 NHS 提前终止与 Palantir 的协议。在明年 3 月到期的价值 £330m 的七年合同中有一个终止条款，该条款需要在今年年底前行使。
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喜盈盈 两位赛马观众在奇切斯特的古德伍德赛马场身着盛装参加卡塔尔古德伍德节的第二天，该活动将持续到周六。
警察局长的 赔偿与道歉
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作者：Charles Hymas 内政编辑
《电报》记者 ALLISON PEARSON 在起诉埃塞克斯郡警察与犯罪专员诽谤后，已收到对方的道歉及五位数的赔偿金。
负责监督埃塞克斯郡警务的民选官员 Roger Hirst 已就其发表的言论公开道歉。此前，警员因 Pearson 在 X 上发布的一篇被警方指控为煽动种族仇恨的帖文而对其进行了访问。
随后该调查被撤销，未采取进一步行动。
Hirst 先生表示，他对所造成的损害和伤害深感抱歉，并同意向她支付巨额赔偿金，据了解该金额为五位数。
在高等法院法官 Chamberlain 先生判定 Hirst 先生的言论可能被视为诽谤之后，后者发表了道歉。
Pearson 还针对埃塞克斯警方提起了一项单独的诽谤诉讼，该诉讼也经过了 Chamberlain 先生的审理，目前仍在进行中。
她的律师，来自 Patron Law 的 Mark Lewis 表示：“令人非常遗憾的是，这位本应代表选民监督警方的民选 PCC（警察与犯罪专员），竟然选择保护警方而非投票给他的人民。我希望他不要指望公众为他的行为买单。”
2024 年 11 月，两名警员因 Pearson 在 X 上的帖文前往其家中访问，这一事件引发了全国关于警方如何处理社交媒体上涉嫌仇恨犯罪及非犯罪事件的辩论。工党在受到“将警员分流到‘监管推文而非监管街道’”的批评后，已废除了目前形式的非犯罪仇恨事件记录。
在被指控煽动种族
同胞因社交媒体帖文 而成为目标，这令人遗憾”
仇恨后，Pearson 在阵亡将士纪念日当天在家中接受了警员访问。她表示，这次事件让她震惊得说不出话来，随后警方在网上发布了一系列新闻稿，阐述其版本的事件经过。
Chamberlain 先生判定，其中的两份声明以及 Hirst 先生随后关于调查的言论可能诽谤了 Pearson。
该 PCC 在 LBC 电台表示：“我们不能仅仅因为政治敏感就到处无视犯罪。”法官判定，Hirst 先生所说的词句在所谓的 “Chase Level 3” 层面构成了对 Pearson 的“诽谤”，这意味着有理由调查一个人的行为。Hirst 先生在他的声明中表示
这个国家 到底怎么了？
我是一个保守派人士。我从小被教导要尊重并重视我们的制度。如果你在 20 年前让我列一份我生命中可能做的不可思议之事清单，起诉警察诽谤绝不会在其中。那是不可想象的。天哪，我可是《电讯报》的专栏作家。而我决定对埃塞克斯郡警察与犯罪专员罗杰·赫斯特（Roger Hirst）以及埃塞克斯警方采取此类行动，这说明了我们所生活的时代以及一个我曾经信任和钦佩的制度的现状。显然，我对赢得诉讼感到宽慰和欣喜。让我感到惊讶的是，赫斯特——一个由保守党选民选出的人——在我因为一些显然荒谬的指控而接受刑事调查期间，竟然出现在 LBC 电台，并暗示警方无需承担任何责任。公众并不认同这一点。许多人发现
我案件的事实令人深感震惊。在 2024 年纪念日星期日（Remembrance Sunday）的早晨，两名年轻的警察敲响了我的门。我正准备前往战争纪念碑，刚刚铺好我的黑色衣服和珐琅罂粟花，那是我在一家杂货店淘到的心爱之物。我以为警察来是因为他们为了纪念游行关闭了我们的道路。但事实并非如此。一名警官解释说，有人对我一年前发布并删除的一条推文提出了投诉。“抱歉，什么推文？”“女士，我不能告诉您。”“好吧，那么谁是我的指控者？”“这个也不能告诉您，女士。但这不是‘指控者’。他们被称为‘受害者’。”于是，一段超现实的、卡夫卡式的剧集开始了。弗兰茨·卡夫卡《审判》的开篇第一句是多么具有预见性：“一定有人对约瑟夫·K 进行了诬陷，因为他在某个早晨在没有任何过错的情况下被逮捕了。”我没有
做任何错事，至少没有发生任何值得警察到访的事，但不知怎么地，我竟然有了“一名受害者”。“你知道
说道：“我想向《每日电讯报》的记者艾莉森·皮尔森（Allison Pearson）道歉，因为我在 2024 年 11 月 17 日接受 LBC 的刘易斯·古德尔（Lewis Goodall）采访以及我在《保守派之家》（Conservative Home）撰写（随后发布在个人网站上）的一篇文章中对她提出了指控。
“我的意图是探讨关于仇恨犯罪和警务的更广泛问题，而非对她个人提出指控……我不应该对她做出那些指控。对于我给她造成的伤害和痛苦，我深感抱歉。”
埃塞克斯郡警方此前曾向新闻监管机构 IPSO 投诉皮尔森关于警方到其家中访问的报道。警方表示，她声称警员将此事描述为“非犯罪仇恨事件”是错误的，并提供了一份当时警员拍摄的视频记录。但 IPSO 驳回了该投诉，称《电讯报》在出版前已尽到足够的审慎以核实事实。
皮尔森表示，她对获胜感到“高兴且宽慰”，并补充说，她发现赫斯特先生（Mr Hirst）的言论“令人深感痛苦”。
她补充道：“这种情况绝不应该发生。令人遗憾的是，[在非犯罪仇恨事件被废除之前]，每年有超过 12,000 名同胞因社交媒体帖子而成为目标，而这往往仅仅是因为某些匿名人士声称自己感受到了冒犯或仇恨。很难想象有什么比这更不符合英国特质的了。双轨制的政治化警务影响着任何持有不同观点的人。”
“那么我们今天纪念的是什么？”我问那些警员。
“成千上万的年轻人，正处于你们现在的年纪，他们跨过英吉利海峡，牺牲生命，这样我们才不必生活在暴政之下。那些勇敢的士兵会对你们今天来到这里怎么想？”
他们无法回答。他们几乎不知道自己在指控我什么。我不责怪他们。他们已经陷入了 DEI（多样性、公平和包容）的崇拜之中，这种观念教导警方将种族主义指控视为与谋杀一样严重、有时甚至比谋杀更严重的事件。看看亨利·诺瓦克（Henry Nowak）那个令人震惊的案例就知道了。是否有双轨制、政治化系统的证据？我相信是有的。我的推文——实际上是一张警察在政治活动中与两名男子合影的照片的转发——指责大都会警察局的警员与“犹太人仇视者”过于亲近。（当被告知照片中的警察和抗议者来自大曼彻斯特地区而非大都会警察局时，我删除了该帖。但我坚持我的批评，以及我进行此类批评的权利。在过去的 20 个月里，反犹主义令人作呕的蔓延证明了我的担忧并非毫无根据。）
在我发布推文的同时，一位犹太裔的《电讯报》读者向埃塞克斯郡警方投诉了一条极其反犹的推文，与那条推文相比，我的推文简直温和得像白开水。一名警员回复道，对她的不安表示遗憾，但该推文仅是关于加沙战争观点交流的一部分。
敢于揭露伊斯兰主义者，警察就会打击你。煽动对犹太人的仇恨——直到不久前，他们根本不在乎。
在非犯罪仇恨事件被废除之前，英国每年有超过 12,000 人因社交媒体帖子而成为目标。我惊恐地发现，这 12,000 人可能会因为某些匿名人士声称感受到了冒犯或仇恨而成为目标。他们到底对我们的国家——这个以《大宪章》和《权利法案》为傲的家园——做了什么？
教授杰森·阿德（Jason Arday）称 其成就仅有顶尖运动员 才能完成
作者：戈登·雷纳（Gordon Rayner） 副主编
处于剽窃争议中心的这位剑桥大学教授，目前正面临对其运动能力和慈善募捐主张的质疑。 杰森·阿德教授称，他曾为了慈善在六天内跑了 600 英里，在三天内跑了 300 英里，并在 35 天内跑了 30 场马拉松，其中部分时间是在腿部骨折的情况下完成的。 但超长距离跑步专家对他这些说法表示怀疑，并对他在拥有足以使其跻身世界顶尖运动员行列的成就之余，在超长距离跑步社区中却并不出名感到惊讶。 阿德教授还声称自己曾是一名职业足球运动员和斯诺克选手。
争议导致板球 俱乐部停赛 “啪嗒庞廷”
作者：威尔·麦克弗森（Will Macpherson） 副板球特派记者
布莱恩·德文（BRIAN DEVINE）因通过打响指欺骗裁判而被戏称为“啪嗒庞廷”（Clicky Ponting），他已被其声名狼藉的萨尔特本（Saltburn）俱乐部无限期停赛。 本周，在 Play Cricket 网站上出现的一段视频引发了社交媒体的狂热讨论。视频似乎显示，萨尔特本二队球员德文在球经过击球手球拍飞向接球手手套时，在接球位置打响了手指。裁判被这一诡计蒙蔽，判定击球手出局。 随后，更多涉及萨尔特本二队类似事件的视频和证词相继出现。 板球界对此表示广泛谴责，北约克郡和南达勒姆联赛（North Yorkshire and South Durham League）随即展开调查。萨尔特本在周六的比赛中以 159 跑的优势获胜，目前在该联赛中排名首位。
投诉和调查情况后 立即采取了果断行动”
其接球手乔什·鲍斯（Josh Bowes）是一名高效的接球手。 萨尔特本起初未发表评论，但昨日确认他们正在“以最严肃的态度对待这一指控”，并已将德文停赛。 萨尔特本已经放弃了原定于昨日傍晚对阵马顿（Marton）的二队比赛。 俱乐部在一份声明中表示：“本声明旨在回应针对萨尔特本板球俱乐部一名成员，以及随之而来的针对本俱乐部的广泛公开投诉。 “我们正以最严肃的态度对待这一指控。作为一个以家庭为中心的俱乐部，我们正全力配合 NYSD 联赛的调查。 “我们认为，俱乐部在得知投诉和调查情况后立即采取了果断行动。”
作者：电报记者
一名女性警察虚构了自己遭到性侵，以此作为上班迟到的理由。 35 岁的劳伦·埃文斯（Lauren Evans）声称，2023 年 3 月 22 日，她在南伦敦开车前往工作地点时被一名便衣警察拦下并进行了私密搜身。 她提供了对方的姓氏“沃森”（Watson）以及其无标志警车的描述，导致一名警员被逮捕。
维姆·霍夫（Wim Hof）的呼吸练习 导致耳鸣
作者：蒂姆·西格沃思（Tim Sigsworth） 新闻记者
荷兰“冰人”维姆·霍夫（Wim Hof）的公司因其呼吸练习可能导致耳鸣而面临高达 £250,000 的起诉。
维姆·霍夫法（Wim Hof Method）承诺通过接触寒冷和深呼吸帮助参与者“发挥你的全部潜能”。
但 36, 岁的里基·孔（Ricky Kon）声称，在 2020. 参加了霍夫先生价值 £76 10-week 在线视频课程后，他的耳中出现了鸣响。来自伦敦的孔先生已对霍夫先生的公司 Innerfire BV 提起法律诉讼，该案于周三在伦敦中央郡法院审理。他声称该公司未就产生耳鸣的风险提供“适当”的警告。
霍夫先生是一位作家和励志演讲家，以在低温环境下进行耐力挑战而闻名，他将其健康技术宣传为有益于睡眠、能量水平、意志力、专注力、压力水平和免疫系统。他的网站称
球员，并为 70 多个慈善机构筹集了 £5.5m。
在《电报》上周报道了 Arday 教授的博士论文与另一名学生的论文之间存在惊人相似之处后，该国一些最受尊敬的学者现在要求对围绕 Arday 教授的剽窃指控进行独立调查。
剑桥大学坚持认为没有理由对其进行指控，且他是一场“旨在破坏其信誉的卑劣活动”的受害者。授予其博士学位的利物浦约翰摩尔大学也表示，他的作品已经过检查并获通过。
2023, Arday 教授在 37. 岁时成为了剑桥大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授。他的回忆录名为《伟大且不幸之事》（Great and Unfortunate Things），将于下月出版，他在书中讲述了自己在 12 岁生日前不久之前一直无法用语言交流，直到 18. 岁才学会读写。但关于 Arday 教授
的自传细节在学术界已经流传多年，而且在目前的剽窃争议期间，这些疑问进一步加强。
他曾多次描述自己为了慈善，在六天内从爱丁堡跑向伦敦，行程 600 英里，但在一次描述中，他称距离为 500 英里。
然而，超长距离赛跑专家指出，六日赛的世界纪录是 650 英里，且该纪录是在拥有大型支持团队和医疗救助待命的平坦环形赛道上创造的，而不是在几乎没有后援的起伏路线上。
Arday 教授还表示，在他挑战 30-马拉松赛的第 21 天时，他遭受了发丝骨折，导致腿部肿胀至正常尺寸的两倍，但他随后又跑完了另外九场马拉松。
曾多次持有英国超长距离跑纪录并代表英国出赛的达米安·霍尔（Damian Hall）表示：“我以前没听说过杰森。在 35 天内跑 30 场马拉松是完全
监狱，因此在裁决时被送回。
马丁·格里菲斯（Martin Griffith）法官此前告诉该警员：“这非常遗憾——你失去了工作，他的妻子也放弃了工作，而这一切仅仅是因为在一个肯定与迟到有关的情况下说了一个简单的谎言。你试图通过告诉陪审团你是清白的来欺骗他们。”
警员沃森（Pc Watson）在牢房中被关押了 23 小时，随后被无罪释放。30 名警察调查-
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今日之获 少年钓鱼者亨利·拉尔夫（Henry Ralph）, 14, 在苏格兰西部的欧班（Oban）附近钓到了一条比他身大两倍的鳐鱼。亨利在岸边第一次抛竿时就钩住了这条扁鱼，起初他以为钩到了一大团海藻，但随后鱼儿突然发力，几乎将他拉入水中。
亚历克斯·沃森（Alex Watson），一名当时恰好开着一辆无标志车辆在该地区巡逻的清白警员。
埃文斯（Evans）隶属于大都会警察局南区基础指挥单位，于 3 月在南华克刑事法院被判处 12 个月监禁并被开除警籍。
然而，在根据“过于轻微判决”计划提交至上诉法院后，她因妨碍司法公正而被加刑至两年。
她当时已经从
荷兰“冰人” Wim Hof 因倡导冷水疗法和 呼吸练习而闻名
……可能，且有几名跑者（不一定是精英跑者）做过类似尝试。在 24 小时内跑 100 英里也是完全可能的，但如果缺乏良好的睡眠休息，很难在接下来的两天内维持这种状态。并非不可能，但相当不大可能。“六天跑 600 英里的情况，同样并非不可能，但将
Jason Arday 教授 卷入了剑桥大学 的一起独立剽窃 争议
会非常惊人，这与顶尖的破纪录超长距离跑者相当。奇怪的是，目前似乎没有相关证据。 通常跑者非常热衷于在 Strava 等平台分享此类跑步记录。如果你声称……
……调查了 Evans 的指控，浪费了超过 1,500 小时的警力时间。 Watson 警员在一份声明中回忆道，他当时刚刚参加完一场家庭婚礼，就在孩子们面前被戴上了手铐。他的房屋被搜查，导致他的孩子们现在在那里感到不安全。“这次逮捕造成的影响是灾难性的。我是一名自豪在职的警察，我与妻子的警察服务年限共计 30 年，”他说道。“我们感到被组织背叛并被辜负了。我被对待……
披头士录音即将发行
作者：India McTaggart 娱乐记者
披头士乐队歌曲的未公开录音将在该乐队专辑《Rubber Soul》的新版本中发行。 这部 1965 年录音室专辑的特别版将于 10 月初发行，还将包含一份约翰·列侬的新歌曲大纲。 此次重新混音的发行版本将包含该乐队此前未公开的录音室录音和家庭 Demo。该版本由披头士制作人乔治之子 Giles Martin 制作，并由 Sam Okell 担任工程师。 披头士的媒体机构称，《Rubber Soul》标志着该团体演进过程中的“一个关键时刻”。 它在他们的首张专辑《Please Please Me》发行两年多后推出，包含的热门曲目有获得格莱美奖的《Michelle》、《Nowhere Man》以及《Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)》。 这段时期被定义为“披头士狂热”时代，由保罗·麦卡特尼、列侬、乔治·哈里森和林戈·斯塔尔组成的组合在 1963 年《Please Please Me》取得成功后享有了全球声誉。 根据该乐队的代理机构 Apple Corps 的说法，《Rubber Soul》的新特别版还将附带一份“从未发行或被传出过的未公开约翰·列侬歌曲大纲”，题为《Little Girl》。据了解，歌曲大纲是一份书面计划，用于组织歌曲的段落、故事情节以及和弦进程。这通常包括前奏、主歌和副歌。 该专辑的超豪华特别版将附带一本 88 页的精装书，其中包含保罗爵士撰写的新序言，以及一份由列侬一生中对《Rubber Soul》的反思（包括乐队解散后）所汇编的前言。 该机构写道：“这两篇文章为该专辑的创作及其深远影响提供了独特的视角，同时还配有稀有照片、深入的专辑背景和曲目”
如果有人完成了如此令人印象深刻的跑量，你应该提供证据，而通过 GPS 运动手表可以非常容易地实现这一点。” 另一位曾帮助组织过多场 100 英里以上赛事的超长距离专家表示：“六日世界跑道男子纪录是 650 英里。考虑到后勤、地形，再加上所需的支撑和睡眠，这简直是个奇迹。”近几个月来，两所向 Arday 教授授予荣誉学位的大学在他们的在线传记中删除或淡化了关于 300 英里和 600 英里跑的描述。 Arday 教授的回忆录中没有提到 300 英里或 600 英里的跑量。 安格利亚鲁斯金大学最近将“六天内 600 英里”的描述改为“12 天内 600 英里”。 2023 年，在一次为了纪念国际消除种族主义日而接受巴斯大学采访的活动中，Arday 教授表示：“小时候，我很幸运地擅长踢足球，所以我进入了青训体系，然后成为了职业”
像罪犯一样被对待，并像暴力罪犯一样被戴上手铐。” 他表示，在被捕后，一些邻居不再和他说话。“捏造此类指控，我认为是可耻的，”他说道。 在他的妻子 Kerry Watson 的声明中，她表示她的丈夫已经变成了“以前那个自己的躯壳”。 “我现在不再为大都会警察局工作了……我无法在一个不断提醒我那个夜晚，以及某人如何撒谎并”
“……专业地。我在 10 岁时开始打斯诺克，并加入了职业巡回赛。” 足球数据库中没有任何关于 Arday 教授曾是职业球员的记录。在线斯诺克数据库 CueTracker 显示，在 2002, 年，他在英格兰业余锦标赛中参加了一场比赛，以 4-0 告负，但从未转为职业选手。 该教授还声称他为慈善事业筹集了 £5.5m，但他的回忆录中并未提及该数字。Arday 教授的在线传记称，他筹集的资金“最显著的是用于 Shooting Star 儿童临终关怀医院和 Shelter”。 Shooting Star 的一名发言人告诉《电报》，Arday 教授筹集了 £10,800. Shelter 拒绝透露他为其筹集的总额，不过一个关于他三天行走 300 英里壮举的 JustGiving 页面显示筹集金额为 £380。 《电报》要求 Arday 教授提供其体育成就的证据以及筹款明细，但未收到回复。
“……改变了我丈夫和我们孩子们的一生，”她说。“我永远无法理解为什么。” 此前，来自大都会警察局反虐待与反腐败指挥部的首席督察 Mark Cutler 表示：“警员在任何时候都应保持诚信，就如此严重的指控撒谎是完全不可接受的。 “这破坏了大都会警察局每天为支持性犯罪受害者而开展的工作，对此我们将不予容忍。”
……笔记。”在概述《Rubber Soul》的影响时，该机构继续道：“这张专辑出现在一个卓越之年的年末，在那一年里，约翰·列侬、保罗·麦卡特尼、乔治·哈里森和林戈·斯塔尔在艺术和商业上都达到了顶峰。这张专辑揭示了一个正在突破流行音乐常规、并在 songwriting 和录制方面采取更具冒险精神方法的乐队。” 该专辑在 1965, 年 10 月和 11 月期间历时四周录制，此前该乐队在纽约谢伊体育场为超过 55,000 名粉丝举行了打破纪录的演唱会。这部录音室专辑被描述为“捕捉到了披头士乐队在创意十字路口的时刻”。 该机构表示，这张专辑面世之时，正值乐队远离演唱会、广播或电影事务的一段时间，此时他们的“音乐、想法和无拘无束的创意野心开始真正地绽放”。 所有新版本的《Rubber Soul》格式均采用专辑全新的立体声混音，直接源自原始四轨母带。
使用 Snapchat 在英国策划谋杀
由一名 16 岁学生指使前往英国 该学生背后有伊朗关联的毒品帮派支持
作者：Max Stephens 国际犯罪记者
《电报》可披露，一名被雇佣在英国执行暗杀任务的挪威少年是由一名 16 岁的杀手招募的。 Johannes Kongsnes Natland，一名 19 岁、向往成为足球运动员的青年，父母均为两名大报记者。他被与伊朗关联的毒品帮派 Foxtrot 承诺给予 €25,000 (£21,500)，要求他在英格兰枪杀一名目标。 反恐警察于去年 3 月 19 日在西约克郡哈德斯菲尔德的一家三星级酒店逮捕了 Natland，在他执行任务之前将其截获。警员在他的房间里发现了两把手枪、18 轮弹药、£2,000 现金和三双工作手套。 警方之所以能及时阻止 Natland，是因为他的招募者——一名网名为“Generalen”（英语意为“将军”）的挪威学生——早在三天前就被逮捕，原因是该学生策划暗杀挪威西南海岸斯塔万格的一名警察局长的儿子。 侦探从该青少年的手机信息中得知，Natland 已从斯塔万格飞往曼彻斯特，并已就位准备杀死目标。目前尚不清楚 Natland 被命令暗杀的对象是谁。 Foxtrot 是瑞典最强大且最危险的犯罪辛迪加，帮派头目 Rawa “Kurdish Fox” Majid 在伊朗境内接受德黑兰的保护并下达指令。 该组织因策划针对欧洲犹太人的袭击而受到英国和美国当局的制裁。 该帮派利用脆弱的青少年代表其执行杀戮，警方将这种方法称为“暴力服务”。从表面上看，Natland——一个来自挪威小城市的中产阶级少年——并不符合条件。但在因吸毒进入护理之家后，他成为了理想的招募对象。 一名消息人士表示，挪威和英国侦探正在调查 Natland 是被雇佣来解决与毒品相关的恩怨，还是为 Foxtrot 在德黑兰的出资人暗杀某人。 据挪威检察官 John Ivar Johansen 称，另外三名未成年被告也因与此案相关而被起诉。
不当行为听证会 开始前数小时辞职
作者：Martin Evans 犯罪编辑
一名警察局长在关于其行为指控的严重不当行为听证会开始前数小时辞职。 斯塔福德郡警察局局长 Chris Noble 在去年 8 月被停职，此前警察监督机构在收到关于其工作外活动严重担忧的报告后启动了调查。 独立警察行为办公室 (IOPC) 还在考虑一项投诉，指称他在没有警务目的的情况下分享了机密信息。 Noble 先生随后被指控在三个方面违反了警察标准：缺乏诚信、缺乏勤勉以及行为不检。 他原定于昨天在斯塔福德郡出席严重不当行为听证会，但在到场前数小时辞职。
Johannes Natland 在被警察逮捕时做出射击动作，右图。 下方，Rawa Majid（左）与 Ali Shehab Ahmed（又名 Agent 47）。
杀掉任何人， 尤其是 一个 我从未 见过的人”
听证会在其缺席的情况下开始，但小组指示不得报道任何关于其涉嫌行为的信息。 一名 IOPC 发言人在最近的一份声明中表示：“我们正在继续调查与 Noble 先生相关的其他指控。鉴于这些事项的敏感性，出于操作原因，目前无法提供进一步信息。” Noble 先生此前曾在汉伯赛德警察局服役，于 2021. 年加入斯塔福德郡担任警察局长。在此之前，他是汉伯赛德警察局的助理局长。 他在给斯塔福德郡警察与犯罪专员 Ben Adams 的信中确认了其辞职。 Adams 先生在声明中表示：“我可以确认，在昨天 [July 28]，我收到了警察局长 Chris Noble 的辞职信，我已立即接受。” 听证会随即休庭。
有组织犯罪特别工作组 Kripos。Johansen 先生表示，该帮派试图杀掉谁的问题应由英国警方处理，且 Kripos 尚未收到英国方面关于拟定被害人的情报。就在预定杀戮发生前仅数小时，挪威警方向英国同行发出了紧急警告，后者随即派遣反恐响应部队并在酒店逮捕了 Natland。在伦敦老贝利法院为期三周的审理过程中，Natland 试图说服陪审员，称他前往英国是因为担心如果反对，会遭到帮派的报复。“我想，‘你们能做什么？给自己开枪打脚趾吗？’我并不打算杀掉任何人，尤其是一个我从未见过的人，”他向法庭以及每天出席审理的父母说道。Natland 的父母曾多次请求让其在挪威受审，理由是英国监狱过度拥挤，且他不懂英语会带来困难。然而，在周三，Natland 被裁定共谋谋杀罪名成立，此前他已承认两项非法持有枪支指控和一项持有弹药指控。老贝利法院的陪审团经过 17 小时 6 分钟的审议后判定其有罪。Natland 是三兄妹中最年长的一个，父母均是该市日报《斯塔万格晚报》（Stavanger Aftenblad）的记者，他在一座价值 £723,000 的四卧独立屋中长大。在被告席上，Natland 将自己的成长经历描述为枯燥，除了每周七天为当地俱乐部踢足球外，几乎没有什么事情可做。他曾是一名成绩优异的学生，但在 13. 岁时开始“尝试”大麻。随后他开始使用更强效的药物，包括可卡因、摇头丸和安非他命。他经常逃学，并在一家披萨外卖店工作以偿还毒债。Natland 的药物滥用程度极其严重，以至于他开始出现精神病发作。有一次，他“丧失理智”，持一把厨房刀将自己锁在弟弟的房间里，因为他认为父母想杀他。他的家人报了警并将 Natland 送往精神科病房。Natland 的行为被证明过于艰-
特使记者报道
三重杀手詹姆斯·德斯伯罗 (James Desborough) 可能还杀害了另外四名受害者。 德文郡和康沃尔郡警方表示，他们正在审查另外四人的不明死因，这些人与德斯伯罗在同一时间居住在纽基 (Newquay) 的一家无家可归者收容所。 这名 40 岁的男子已被判处终身监禁。此前他被裁定谋杀克劳迪奥·阿奎利诺 (Claudio Aquilino, 57 岁) 和丹尼尔·科尔曼 (Daniel Coleman, 43 岁) 有罪，并在去年将他们的尸体分尸后隐藏在康沃尔郡的一片林地中。 他还被裁定谋杀他在埃克塞特 HMP 监狱的狱友史蒂文·肯普斯特 (Steven Kempster) 有罪，当时他正处于等待审判的羁押状态，因对方打呼噜而感到愤怒。 2024 年 12 月至 2025 年 4 月期间，德斯伯罗住在纽基的桑迪洛奇酒店 (Sandy Lodge Hotel)，该酒店为遭受无家可归或成瘾问题的人群提供住宿，期间有两名男子和两名女子意外死亡。 在周二德斯伯罗被判谋杀罪名成立后，侦查警司雷切尔·本特利 (Rachael Bentley) 告诉记者，针对这四起死亡事件的调查“仍在进行中”。 她表示：“我们认为目前并非在搜寻受害者，但我想强调调查仍在继续。在审判结束后，这些事件将被重新审查。” 阿奎利诺和科尔曼都患有长期成瘾问题，他们最后一次被看到还活着时是在与德斯伯罗在一起。他们的尸体被分尸在圣奥斯特尔 (St Austell) 附近的斯蒂克森林 (Sticker Woods) 区域，德斯伯罗当时住在那里的一座木屋里。 德斯伯罗告诉一名在林中搜寻科尔曼尸体的法医生物学家，他“特别喜欢”电视剧《德克斯特》(Dexter) 中的分尸场景。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 詹姆斯·德斯伯罗称他喜欢《德克斯特》（上图）中的分尸场景
（此处接续文本） ……对他的父母来说难以应对，10 天后，他们安排他搬进了一家护理院。在那里，他成了 Foxtrot 网络的轻易猎物。 纳特兰 (Natland) 与另一名青少年居民结交，有一天，他收到该帮派发来的一条在线消息，询问是否有“想来英国枪杀某人的人”。 纳特兰后来因吸毒被精神科病房出院，他接受了这份“招聘广告”。 在与该帮派两名成员（名为“Generalen”和“Agent 47”）的 Snapchat 群聊中，他问道：“枪杀谁？” 这两人监督纳特兰在英国的行动。 Agent 47 为纳特兰预订了机票，并指示他如何欺骗边境部队官员关于其旅行目的，以及在哪里领取武器。 《电报》在下方复制了这些短信内容。Agent 47 背后的人被认为是 21 岁的阿里·谢哈布·艾哈迈德 (Ali Shehab Ahmed)。他是 Foxtrot 网络的二号人物，此前曾是欧洲最被通缉的罪犯之一。 艾哈迈德先生去年 12 月在伊拉克库尔德 {Kurdistan} 地区被捕，瑞典警方指控他利用青少年进行暗杀。 《电报》可以透露，目前 17 岁的 Generalen 正在挪威服 14 年监禁，原因是他在瑞典策划了两起帮派处决，并在英国和斯塔万格 (Stavanger) 策划谋杀未遂。 Generalen 在兰达贝格 (Randaberg) 长大，这是一个被昵称为“绿色村庄”的小村落，因为那里供应了挪威 80% 的欧芹。 他从小就脾气暴躁，经常与同学打架。他梦想……
致命意图——策划暗杀的短信
Agent 47 兄弟，在国外找个杀手。紧急。 欧洲。资金池里有 25,00 欧元。
Generalen 实际的暗杀地点在哪里？
Agent 47 大不列颠。极其简单。
未知操盘手 (Unknown Hustler) 哟。在英国搞定 [Jappning] 27万。已准备好出境交通。将把 [kilvare] 走私出境。 警方会被收买而视而不见。绝不会出差错。
（图片文字） 兄弟，当你顺道经过时，我们会为你买票。
（图片说明） 约翰内斯·纳特兰 (Johannes Natland) 持有的其中一支枪
发布在暗网
作者：Albert Tait 教育编辑
在一次重大的网络攻击中，黑客从教育部 (DfE) 窃取了超过 50 万份记录。政府官员、高级学校领导和大学员工的姓名及电子邮件地址属于被窃并于上周发布在暗网的记录之列。
据《泰晤士报》首次报道，此次攻击据称针对的是该部门的帮助台，这是一个教育机构用来追踪和管理在海外学习的英国学生的数据库。
该报称，一个名为 Exfi lSquad 的网络犯罪团伙已宣布对此负责，其中校长们的姓名和电子邮件地址就包含在暗网可获取的数据中。
教育部表示，已采取“迅速行动”控制事态，并正与国家犯罪调查局 (NCA) 和国家网络安全中心 (NCSC) 合作。据报道，该部门已向信息专员报告。
据信共有约 607,000 份记录被窃。
该部门补充称，个人面临的数据保护风险被认为不高，且被泄露的帮助台数据包含不同的信息集，无法相互关联。
警察或军队的职业。但到 Generalen 11 岁时，他已卷入低级别的帮派暴力。
2022 年 10 月，当时 13 岁的他被罗加兰郡委员会安置在儿童之家，并在那里生活直到三年后被捕。
在 14 岁时，他已完全沉溺于有组织犯罪的世界，并决心在 Foxtrot 的等级制度中晋升。
他对金钱毫无兴趣，只在乎帮派头目的认可。
去年 1 月 28 日，30 岁的 Ahmad Zamzam（疑似竞争对手有组织犯罪帮派 Rumba 的成员）在瑞典隆德的一个火车站被枪杀。
一个月后，即 2 月 24 日，在斯德哥尔摩郊区 Alby，20 岁的麦当劳员工 Murad Ahmed Abdelkader 在从工作地点步行回家的途中，因身份被误认而被枪杀。
这两起击杀均由 Generalen 策划，当时他年仅 15 岁。
在庆祝 16 岁生日后，他接下了最后一项任务：谋杀一名斯塔万格警察局长的 14 岁儿子。去年 3 月 13 日，就在英国发生袭击案的四天前，他招募了两名当时 15 岁和 17 岁的青少年杀手，计划将该男孩的“腹部深处”刺穿。
这起攻击直到一名 15 岁少年在行动前惊慌失措并向警方坦白后才被挫败。
警方逮捕了那名 17 岁的刺客，他当时正拿着一把大刀在房子外等待目标从学校返回。
Generalen 本人在三天后被捕。6 月 1 日，他被判处 14 年监禁，其中必须服刑至少 9 年。
Natland 将在稍后日期被量刑。
两个门户网站均已切换至电话联系，直到修复工作完成。
欧洲领先的网络安全公司 ESET 的全球网络安全顾问杰克·摩尔（Jake Moore）表示，此次黑客攻击表明政府并未真正从去年外交部遭受的攻击中“吸取教训”，当时数千份机密文件和数据被泄露。
他说：“政府机构往往缺乏充足的资金，因此其系统可能没有最好的保护，这使它们成为了网络犯罪分子的软目标。这并非个例，英国政府应该从错误中学习。”
由国家网络安全中心（NCSC）处理且被归类为“国家级重大”的网络攻击数量从 2022 年的 63 次增加到去年的 204 次。在同一时期，“高度重大”的攻击次数从 1 次增加到 18 次。黑客经常将教育机构作为目标，因为这些机构持有大量敏感的个人数据。
教育部（DfE）表示：“我们拥有强大的流程来保护信息，并采取了迅速行动来控制此次事件。涉及的信息仅限于与个人和组织相关的客户服务联系详情。没有其他数据被访问。”
未能告知 亲属 已去世
作者：Laura Donnelly 健康编辑
一项监管报告揭露了英格兰社会护理系统的失效，其中一名养老院居民在去世后被埋葬，而其家人竟未收到通知。
另有数据显示，老年人最容易在医院走廊面临长时间等待，80 岁以上的人群中，有五分之二等待床位的时间超过 12 小时。
活动人士表示，这些报告描绘了一幅老年人被辜负的凄惨景象——从因缺乏社会护理而难以出院，直到生命的最后日子。
当地政府和社会护理监察员（The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman）发现了临终关怀中反复出现的失效情况，并警告称，财务压力和人员短缺不能成为缺乏对临终者及其家属同情心的借口。
在其中一个案例中，一名女性及其女儿定期前往养老院探望一位年迈的亲属，赠送礼物，并被列为家庭联系人。然而，在該居民于疫情期间去世后，两人均未收到通知。
一年多以后，他们赠送的一件礼物被退回，促使他们进行调查。随后他们得知，其亲属已经在不知情的情况下去世并被埋葬。
监察员表示，他们发现她的坟墓“没有标记且杂草丛生”。
定义临终关怀的 唯一词汇应该是 ‘同情’（compassion）”
在另一个案例中，一个悲痛的家庭被过度收取护理费，并由于资金拨付问题混乱而不得不艰苦地寻求答案。
这份名为《没有第二次机会》（No Second Chances）的报告指出了重复出现的失效问题，包括与家属沟通不良、医疗与护理服务之间协调不足、记录保存糟糕，以及在患者去世后就护理费用产生的不体面的纠纷。
监察员 Amerdeep Clarke 表示：“在每一次互动中，定义临终关怀的唯一词汇应该是‘同情’。当这种同情心缺失时，造成的伤害深远，难以衡量，但绝不可忽视。”
首相 Andy Burnham 已承诺对社会护理进行全面改革，并由 Dame Louise Casey 领导成立一个委员会。
Nuffield Trust 的分析发现，去年通过急诊（A&E）入院的 80 岁以上患者中，有 43% 的人等待医院床位的时间超过 12 小时，而 21 至 30 岁人群中的这一比例为 19%。
Nuffield Trust 研究副主任 Sarah Scobie 表示：“极其令人震惊的是，在进入急诊的最年长患者中，有五分之二的人被困在等待中超过 12 小时，且通常处于不安全的环境中，而他们当时已经病得很重且非常脆弱。”
“每一个‘走廊护理’案例的背后，都是一个人正在经历恐惧和创伤性的体验。”
在冲突年代 限制糖分摄入 提升了晚年的大脑健康
作者：Sarah Knapton 科学编辑
研究表明，在第二次世界大战期间糖分配给时期受孕的英国人，患痴呆症的可能性较低。
研究显示，在早年限制摄入糖分的退休人员，其患痴呆症的风险比限制解除后出生的人低 23%。
特拉法加记者 报道
特拉法加记者 报道
一名商人因在国家公园内的一栋二级保护（Grade II-listed）小屋上擅自建造一座“极其糟糕”的温室而遭到猛烈抨击。
人们抱怨称，55 岁的阿什金·米塔尔（Ashkin Mittal）在其乡村 Airbnb 出租小屋上建造的这座大型箱形温室是一个“触目惊心”的视觉污染。当地居民表示，这与威尔特郡兰福德（Landford）这个位于新森林国家公园内的乡村村庄的特质完全不符，极其不恰当。
米塔尔先生是一位总部位于伦敦的房地产开发商，同时拥有附近的一家高尔夫俱乐部。他将这座茅草屋改造成了一间每晚房价 £500 的 Airbnb 房源，并在未获得规划许可的情况下加建了一座温室。
但他被指责通过在屋上建造这座玻璃材质、淡绿色外观的“丑陋赘物”（carbuncle）破坏了建筑原貌。
米塔尔先生当时并未申请规划许可，而现在他的追溯性许可申请也已被驳回——这意味着他可能不得不将其拆除。
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由于战争期间进口量下降以及欧洲产量降低，英国在 1940 年至 1953 年期间实行糖类配给制。糖果在 1942 年起也受到限制。专家认为，胎儿在子宫内及生命早期摄入过多的糖分可能会影响婴儿接收营养的方式以及关键代谢过程的发育；而早期限制糖分摄入可能会给大脑带来长期益处。
研究还发现，在糖类配给时期出生的婴儿中，那些后来患上认知障碍症的人，发病时间平均晚了 2.6 年。
这项研究的作者、来自广州香港科技大学的郑嘉珍（Jiazhen Zheng）博士表示：“我们的研究结果表明，在生命的最早阶段限制糖分摄入，可能对大脑健康产生持久的影响。这些结果强调了早期营养在降低数十年后认知障碍症风险方面的潜在重要性。在怀孕和婴儿期限制添加糖，可能是家庭和社区可以采取的一项有益措施。”
第二次世界大战期间，成年人每周仅被允许使用 8 盎司糖（大约每天 7 茶匙），每两个月 1 磅果酱，每四周 12 盎司糖果或巧克力。但糖的供应量波动较大，实际供应量有时更低。
营养学家长期以来一直认为，战争时期的配给制提供了英国历史上最健康的饮食：人们被鼓励多吃鸡蛋、牛奶、水果、蔬菜和鱼类。战争期间，英格兰和威尔士大部分地区的儿童身高有所增加，而人均预期寿命在 1946 年后戏剧性地增长。
近期研究显示，糖类配给组的人群患心脏病、高血压、心力衰竭和中风等疾病的可能性也较低。
这项新研究分析了注册在英国生物样本库（UK Biobank）中的 65,000 名退休人员的健康记录，这些人出生于糖类配给时期，且在婴儿期经历了该制度。
研究发现，在出生前经历过糖类配给的人，以及
[[IMG_XXXX]] 克里斯蒂安·坎迪（Christian Candy）与其妻子艾米莉·克朗普顿（Emily Crompton），右；坎迪先生在 2012 年以 £75 的价格购买了普罗维登斯大宅（Providence House）。
包括《名人大师赛》（Celebrity Mastermind）
这栋位于新森林（New Forest）、每晚房价 £500 的 Airbnb 乡村小屋中的淡绿色温室被当地议员称为“丑陋的赘疣”
BBC 在最新一轮削减开支中取消了《Blankety Blank》、《名人大师赛》（Celebrity Mastermind）以及《Live at the Apollo》。该机构表示，决定停播这些电视节目的“艰难”决定，是其计划在未来三年内节省 £500m 第一阶段的一部分。
BBC 表示：“我们为这三档深受喜爱的节目感到无比自豪，并感谢所有参与其中的人员，无论是在镜头前还是镜头后，感谢他们将这些节目搬上荧屏，并在多年中使其取得如此成功。”
“遗憾的是，鉴于我们的资金挑战，我们必须做出一些非常艰难的选择，而这些节省项是从娱乐类节目中确定的。”
该机构强调，它将继续委约娱乐节目，投资制作公司的英国内容，并优先考虑数字化创新。
包括旗舰晚间新闻广播节目《今夜世界》（The World Tonight）在内的多档 Radio 4 节目，已包含在上月宣布的全面预算削减之列。
听众在未来一年还将失去《午夜新闻》（Midnight News）、《钱箱直播》（Money Box Live）、《AntiSocial》、《法律秀》（The Law Show）和《跨越大陆》（Crossing Continents）。
未来三年还将有 2,000 个职位被裁减。
BBC 计划在未来三年内节省的金额，预算削减的第一阶段是砍掉热门节目
在一岁之前的糖分摄入较低者，其患痴呆症的风险比出生在糖分配给制之后的人低 21%。如果糖分限制持续到两岁，下降幅度则更大，达到 23%。
一小组参与者还进行了脑部扫描，结果发现糖分摄入较少的人具有更高的保护性灰质体积，且白质“高信号”水平较低，而后者是脑组织损伤的标志。
英国阿尔茨海默病研究中心（Alzheimer’s Research UK）高级研究经理 Sara Rodrigues 博士表示，还需要进一步研究。
“此类研究有助于我们更好地理解痴呆症风险在整个生命周期中是如何发展的，并可能提供帮助”
赢得 £2.3m 税务海关总署印花税 退款
作者：Madeleine Ross 金融记者
亿万富翁克里斯蒂安·坎迪（Christian Candy）将从税务海关总署（HMRC）获得 £2.3m 的款项，此前他与其兄弟、改革党捐赠者尼克·坎迪（Nick Candy）在关于购买一座切尔西豪宅的法庭诉讼中获胜。
当坎迪先生在 2012 年以约 £75m 的价格购买二级保护建筑普罗维登斯大厦（Providence House）时——该住宅除白金汉宫外，拥有伦敦中心城区最大的花园——他支付了 £1.92m 的印花税。
2014 年，坎迪先生将该房产转让给了他的哥哥尼克（Nick），现年 53 岁，后者同样支付了 £1.92m 的印花税。随后，基于两兄弟对同一笔交易都支付了税款这一事实，他向税务海关总署申请退还他最初支付的印花税。
但税务部门表示，他已超过了申请退款的时间期限。坎迪先生在 18 个月后申请退税，而税务海关总署主张这超过了 12 个月的期限。
去年，一名初级税务法庭法官表示，坎迪先生申请退款的时间是在期限内的，并且他有四年（而非一年）的时间来追回这笔钱。
周二，税务海关总署针对该决定的上诉被驳回，
仅税务海关总署向坎迪先生偿还的利息（在印花税之外）
这意味着它将向坎迪先生偿还最初的 £1.92m，此外还需支付约 £345,000 的利息。
印花税规则要求房屋所有者在 12 个月内申请退款，但给予买家四年的时间请求“多缴款救济”（overpayment relief），该救济可用于纠正错误。
今年早些时候，尼克·坎迪将这座此前被称为戈登大厦（Gordon House）、位于切尔西皇家医院 grounds 范围内的豪宅，以据报 £275m 的价格出售给了金融家及前工党捐赠者苏内尔·塞蒂亚（Suneil Setiya），创下了英国最昂贵的房产交易记录。
据报道，该房产拥有一座私人电影院、一个 60 英尺的地下游泳池以及一个安全屋。
该房产曾是英国首任首相罗伯特·沃尔波尔爵士（Sir Robert Walpole）的住所。
改革英国党（Reform UK）财务主管尼克·坎迪曾与他的妻子、澳大利亚女演员兼歌手霍莉·瓦兰斯（Holly Valance）居住在这栋房子里。这对夫妇于 2025 年宣布离婚。
他在海德公园一号（One Hyde Park）的五卧室顶层公寓仍在市面上出售，由苏富比（Sotheby’s）挂牌价为 £175m。
在全球金融危机之后，这对房地产开发商兄弟在骑士桥（Knightsbridge）的四栋 13 层建筑中投资了近 £1bn（每栋价值约 £1）。
一名税务海关总署发言人表示：“我们注意到这一决定，并正在仔细考虑下一步行动。”
坎迪兄弟拒绝发表评论。
“（这）将塑造未来保护大脑健康的方案，”她补充道。“然而，重要的是要记住这是一项观察性研究。这意味着它可以确定饮食与痴呆症风险之间的联系，但不能证明减少糖分摄入能直接预防痴呆症。”
对痴呆症环境风险进行广泛审查的《柳叶刀》委员会（The Lancet Commission）目前并未将糖分摄入列为一项独立的风险因素。
英国阿尔茨海默病研究组织（Alzheimer’s Research UK）表示，它不会专门建议女性为了预防痴呆症而削减糖分。
该研究发表在《神经病学》（Neurology）杂志上。
在接替蒂姆·戴维（Tim Davie）之后做出的重大决定。戴维此前在因《电讯报》揭露关于《全景》（Panorama）节目对唐纳德·特朗普演讲内容的剪辑争议而辞职。
布里顿先生还称，BBC 目前以电视执照费为主的资金模式是一件“束缚衣”，他在本月初告诉国会议员，必须对此进行改革，以扭转愿意付费人数稳步下降的局面。
政府已排除通过税收为 BBC 提供资金的可能性，但正在考虑的其他选项包括广告和订阅制。
《阿波罗现场》（Live at the Apollo）已经播出了 22 年，被认为助力了迈克尔·麦金泰尔（Michael McIntyre）、罗素·霍华德（Russell Howard）和杰森·曼福德（Jason Manford）等喜剧演员的电视事业起步。该节目还剩一季待播。
《名人脑力大挑战》（Celebrity Mastermind）是一档热门竞猜节目，由明星们相互竞争以筹集慈善资金，该节目同样还有一季待播。
这档由克莱夫·迈里（Clive Myrie）主持的节目于 2002 年推出。
在指责“精神失常”的共和党人 对他过于痴迷后， 在听证会上保持沉默
By Daniel Bates and Sarah Knapton
在新冠肺炎（Covid-19）大流行期间，美国顶级的传染病专家在国会听证会上拒绝回答任何问题。 安东尼·费奥奇（Anthony Fauci）博士在参议院国土安全委员会出席时，针对所有问题援引了第五修正案，并指责该委员会主席、共和党参议员兰德·保罗（Rand Paul）对他有着“精神失常般的痴迷”。 在美国，第五修正案允许个人在接受质询时保持沉默，以防止自我指证。 费奥奇博士表示，保罗先生企图诱使其犯下伪证罪，希望他最终被“关进监狱”。这场听证会原预计将成为保罗先生与
终于加入了 对抗伊朗的战争
Memphis Barker 高级外交记者
沙特阿拉伯迄今为止一直避开直接参与唐纳德·特朗普的战争，对其之前袭击伊朗目标的行动保密。但周二晚上，该王国加入了美国军队，对伊拉克的伊朗代理组织发起了一系列空袭。根据美国中央司令部的说法，此次联合袭击是在 30 架无人机在 72 小时内向“美国军队和沙特能源基础设施”发起攻击之后进行的。然而，显然计算方式正在发生变化。7 月 20 日，也门的胡塞武装宣布封锁穿越曼德海峡的沙特船只。此举符合胡塞武装的主要赞助国伊朗的议程。这也符合该组织自身希望在面对这个海湾国家时获得筹码的愿望——在经历了七年战争后，双方于 2022 年达成了一项不稳定的休战协议。利雅得曾试图通过一条横跨全国并从红海颜巴港口出海的旁路管道，使其免受霍尔姆兹海峡关闭的影响。
现在，这些供应也部分被困。周二，胡塞武装向一艘试图穿越也门西南端 14 英里狭窄水域的沙特油轮发射了弹道导弹，这是近期多次袭击之一。部分沙特石油出口被允许通过，由中国、印度或巴基斯坦拥有的船只承运。其他船只则在关闭位置信标的情况下冒险通过。然而，这仅提供了部分缓解，且容易受到胡塞武装袭击升级以及保险公司潜在撤资的影响，后者被已经在沙特船只上爆炸的高速导弹所惊吓。另一个威胁于昨日出现，有报道称胡塞武装正考虑对寻求穿越曼德海峡的船只征收通行费。据路透社报道，在 7 月下旬举行的最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）的葬礼上，与伊朗官员讨论了建立一个“德黑兰收费站”副本的问题。如果没有预期的石油收入，沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（Mohammed Bin Salman，简称 MBS）可能不得不削减的不仅是高尔夫锦标赛和那些不切实际的玻璃城市。彭博社的哈维尔·布拉斯（Javier Blas）指出，离开红海还有另一种方法。船只可以向北前往埃及。然而，那里的基础设施无法处理在颜巴港卸载的所有供应，且以此方式重新路由将增加 25 天前往亚洲市场的航程。如果利雅得能忍受接受帮助，以色列可能会伸出援手——这个犹太国家在其领土上运营着一条通往地中海的管道。所有
作者：James Badcock（马德里）及 Vivian Song（巴黎）
一名被指控使用非法挖掘机引发西班牙历史上最大规模山火的建筑工人可能面临最高 10 年的监禁。
该男子（未公开姓名）在 7 月 22 日于马德里以西 65 英里的纳瓦卢恩加（Navaluenga）附近爆发毁灭性大火后被逮捕。
据《世界报》（El Mundo）报道，西班牙消防员声称，他使用机器的液压锤击碎岩石，导致火花飞溅到干燥的土地上。在热浪期间，禁止使用此类机器。
该工人否认使用了该车辆，并告诉国民卫队（Guardia Civil）警员，他前往工地仅仅是为了将其取回。但该部队指控他
以及在公共科学领域工作 50 年后，于 2022 年退休的国家过敏和传染病研究所所长的福奇博士（Dr Fauci）。
保罗先生（Mr Paul）长期以来一直批评福奇博士，并成为他在国会中的首席对手。这位退休科学家出现在保罗先生 2023 年出版的图书《欺骗：伟大的新冠掩盖行动》（Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up）的封面上。
福奇博士获得了前美国总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）的预先赦免，因此他在任期间的行为将免于起诉。但在听证会之前，保罗先生警告福奇博士，如果他在国会面前撒谎，可能会因伪证罪入狱。
然而，福奇博士表示，根据法律顾问的建议，他将不回答任何问题。
福奇博士说：“鉴于保罗参议员显然执迷于要求起诉我，以及他对我的反复诽谤……我能得出的唯一结论是，他召我来到这个委员会的唯一原因，就是为了让我说出任何能够证明他多次公开承诺‘我会入狱’是正确的话。”
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这些复杂因素或许解释了为什么沙特阿拉伯对胡塞武装封锁的反应到目前为止规模相对较小。
昨天上午，沙特阿拉伯外交部在袭击发生后表示，其“不寻求升级”。
目标包括什叶派民兵组织（人民动员部队）（PMF）使用的基地，这是一个隶属于伊拉克国家的准军事组织。该部称有 20 名战斗员死亡。
伊拉克伊斯兰抵抗组织（Islamic Resistance in Iraq）是一个经常在 PMF 旗下活动的伊朗代理人，它声称最初发射无人机攻击沙特基础设施的是胡塞武装，而非他们。
华盛顿和利雅得似乎都不热衷于直接与胡塞武装对抗。正如伊朗所证明的，你只需要几架无人机就能关停海上咽喉要道的交通——而挑衅拥有数百架无人机的组织，极少能导致自由通行权的恢复。
美国实际上已简化为恳请胡塞武装克制。此类恳求反映出特朗普先生对该也门组织进行的大规模轰炸所带来的令人失望的结果，该轰炸持续了 52 天，直到去年 5 月 5 日。华盛顿发射了价值 $1bn 的弹药，包括珍贵的远程 Tomahawk
你只需要几架 无人机就能关闭 一个海上战略要冲”
在针对胡塞武装目标的 1,100 次袭击中使用了导弹。美国情报部门报告称有“一定程度的削弱”，但其结论认为，这个什叶派武装组织可以轻易修复损失。 利雅得已经吸取了这一教训。MBS 在 2015 年发起的空中轰炸旨在防止一个伊朗代理组织控制沙特阿拉伯的邻国之一，但这次行动未能成功，且代价高昂——由于导致了大范围饥荒，损害了该王国的国际声誉。 通过封锁，胡塞武装希望迫使利雅得做出让步。该组织要求沙特阿拉伯支付其控制地区内政府工作人员的工资，该地区居住着整个人口的 70 %。他们还要求首都萨那的机场向所有国际航班开放。 自从特朗普先生在 2025 年将胡塞武装列为恐怖组织后，利雅得在不违反美国制裁的情况下，无法满足其支付政府工资的要求。美国总统可能不得不做出昂贵的让步，以重新开放霍尔姆兹海峡。没有任何军事方案能达到预期结果。 现在，由于特朗普先生的战争，沙特阿拉伯在西边几百英里外的另一条关键水道上面临同样的难题。
安东尼·福西在 出席参议院 国土安全委员会 时，对所有问题 均援引第五修正案 拒绝回答
允许他对我产生的不理智痴迷，将很容易得出相同的结论。”在开场陈述中，保罗先生表示，福西博士公开声称新冠肺炎（Covid-19）是自然发生的，但在私下里却拥有“大量证据”表明它可能始于中国武汉的一个实验室。 在本周末，保罗先生发布了
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为了在班加罗尔的国际虎日宣传“拯救老虎”活动，印度小学生们穿着服装并涂抹面漆，以此展现勇气。该国拥有全球 70 % 的老虎。
峡谷，但火势变得无法控制。这场大火连同另一场较小的山火共摧毁了 193 平方英里，迫使 90,000 名居民逃离家园。 如果罪名成立，他因过失引发危及生命的火灾，将面临 5 到 10 年的监禁。 “这场火灾是由过失引起的。卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂政府将作为私人原告，起诉纵火者，”该地区主席阿尔方索·费尔南德斯·马纽埃科（Alfonso Fernández Mañueco）表示。 与此同时在法国，警方逮捕了 11 人，其中包括一名儿童，他们涉嫌与法国西南部的山火有关。 在波尔多以西的索莫斯（Saumos）村首次发生火灾一周后，警方指控两人犯有纵火罪。
协议支持德黑兰，提供 400 个火箭发射器
作者：艾米丽·史密斯（Emily Smith）和 阿莱格拉·门德尔森（Allegra Mendelson）
根据一项强调双方军事联系日益增强的新协议，中国正向伊朗发送 400 个火箭发射器。 德黑兰将收到这批中国制造的肩扛式防空导弹发射器，该协议可能会威胁到美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与中国国家主席习近平之间的关系。 这份价值 $70m (£53m) 的合同涵盖了便携式防空系统（Manpads）。这些是由单人携带的防空导弹，协议中包括中国制造的 QW-12 和 FN-16 导弹。 此次采购是德黑兰在……之后，为加强其短程防空能力而采取的最具规模的已知努力之一。
超过 1,000 页的福西博士在疫情期间的个人日记。 日记透露，在 2020 年 1 月，福西博士并不认为新冠肺炎（Covid-19）起源于中国的“湿货市场”，但公开表示该疾病是自然发生的。 保罗先生指责福西博士“协助和教唆”新冠肺炎封锁措施这一“罪行”，声称如果没有他的参与，这些措施绝不会被实施。 在 45 分钟的反复拒绝后，保罗先生警告福西博士，由于他未能出庭作证，将会产生“后果”。 保罗先生表示，委员会将于下周就判定福西先生蔑视议会进行投票。 如果投票通过，该事项可能会被移交给司法部进行刑事起诉。 “因为你拒绝回答，且引用了一个没有依据的特权，由于你的特赦，并且在被拒绝之后，本委员会计划于下周对一项认定你蔑视议会的决议进行投票，”保罗先生说道。 当福西博士的一名律师
战争的突破。该协议是一系列秘密交易中的最新一项，这些交易在伊朗与美国的战争期间一直支撑着伊朗的武器供应。 该合同由中青宝尚国际投资公司签署，这是一家总部位于香港的公司，据消息人士告诉路透社，该公司在伊朗和中国供应商之间充当中间人。中国称这些报道“完全毫无根据”，其外交部坚称中国“一直发挥着促进和平、结束冲突的作用”。 数百套便携式防空导弹系统（Manpads）的交付将显著扩大伊朗的短程防空武器库存。4 月，美国情报部门指出中国正准备向伊朗出售这些系统。 北京方面否认了这些指控，但
福西，他 从 1980 年代 就在那里， 但随着 日子一天天 过去， 对他 的依赖 越来越少”
试图发言时，保罗先生表示不允许，并命令安保人员将其扔出去，这引发了议会大厅内的掌声。 保罗先生此前还公布了福西博士在 2020 年发送的电子邮件，他在信中告诉时任美国国立卫生研究院院长的弗朗西斯·柯林斯博士：“读完这封邮件后请将其删除。” 在昨天的听证会上，保罗先生表示，福西博士告诉同事删除邮件，是因为他的“首要考虑是逃避责任”。 唐纳德·特朗普也针对福西博士，称他在疫情期间的想法是“疯狂的”。 “我从一开始就说，病毒来自中国的武汉实验室。福西强烈反对，总是试图保护中国。 “我接手了福西，他从 1980 年代就在那里，但随着日子一天天过去，对他的依赖越来越少，”特朗普先生昨天在 Truth Social 上写道。 他声称自己在第一任期内将福西博士边缘化，但指责他的继任者拜登先生将这位医生捧成了“国王”。
特朗普曾威胁称，如果中国坚持出售，将面临“大麻烦”。当时，中国外交部表示此类指控“完全是捏造的”。 据称，北京还向德黑兰发送了用于生产弹道导弹火箭燃料的化学品。与此同时，海运交通数据显示，自战争开始以来，中国继续从伊朗购买石油，将资金直接注入德黑兰的国库。 Kpler 的资深原油分析师徐沐雨此前告诉《电报》，自战争以来，伊朗“绝对在赚更多的钱”。 “我们的数据显示，中国 3 月份的伊朗原油进口量约为每日 1.6 million 桶，这与 2 月份的水平相似，当时为每日 1.57 million 桶。
使委内瑞拉不受欢迎的 政府陷入危机边缘
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作者：Eva Hartog 发自委内瑞拉，拉瓜伊拉（La Guaira）
克里斯蒂安（CRISTIAN）知道他的母亲就躺在废墟之下，毫无生命迹象。唯一的问题是具体在何处。这个稚气未脱的 22 岁年轻人用双手演示了他在其中生活的 12 层建筑是如何在 6 月下旬委内瑞拉遭遇双重地震时坍塌的。首先，建筑向侧面倾斜。随后，他蜷缩手指说，它向内折叠，“像一朵闭合的花”。地震发生时，他正在距离现场不到一小时车程的加拉加斯。当他在清晨抵达现场时，建筑和他的母亲都已经消失了。在看不到任何救援人员的情况下，他开始挖掘。在委内瑞拉一个多世纪以来最致命的一次地震发生一个月后，个人悲剧——加上许多人认为德尔西·罗德里格斯（Delcy Rodríguez）临时政府的应对极其糟糕——加深了政治紧张局势。对许多人来说，这场灾难是一个具象化的时刻，提醒他们，尽管美国抓获了尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolás Maduro），但他们依然生活在那个被指责导致数十年衰落的政权之下。委内瑞拉中央大学的社会学教授特里诺·马尔克斯（Trino Márquez）表示，这次灾难标志着一个“分水岭”，并补充道：“从现在起，遏制公众不满将变得更加困难。人们已经不再恐惧了。”他表示，6 月 24 日的地震可能是罗德里格斯政府的“马尔维纳斯时刻”——这是指 1982 年的马尔维纳斯群岛战争（福克兰群岛战争）如何通过在民众面前暴露其无能，从而加速了阿根廷军政府的崩溃。根据官方数据，地震导致 5,500 多人死亡，16,700 人受伤，尽管这些被认为是保守估计。美国国家航空航天局（Nasa）的卫星数据表明，约 58,000 栋建筑被损坏或摧毁。世界银行的一份报告估计，实物资产的直接损失高达 $19.6bn (£14.7bn)，使其成为自 1812 年加拉加斯地震以来委内瑞拉最致命且经济损失最严重的灾难。受灾最严重的是拉瓜伊拉州。这里社会住宅密集，曾在 1999 年遭受灾难性的泥石流，使该地区成为该大陆历史上最致命灾难之一的代名词。在双震发生四周后，一名居民用“战争地带”来形容这个沿海地区。粉碎的混凝土尘埃在空中弥漫；被困在残骸中腐烂的尸体吸引了成群的苍蝇。景观中点缀着像巨型鼹鼠丘一样的东西，每个土丘都是混凝土、钢筋、个人物品和人体遗骸的混合物。数十名志愿者（大多为男性）在残骸中搜寻，许多人除了手套和铲子之外几乎没有任何装备——如果他们有的话。偶然发现一具尸体也被视为一项突破。24 岁的洛雷娜·拉亚（Lorena Laya）成功从碎片中找回了她的继母和妹妹，但仍在寻找她的父亲和 15 岁的弟弟。她说：“即便他们不再陪伴我们，他们也应该从那里被移出来。我看到一些‘专业人员’随意丢弃尸体，或者在处理时不给予妥当的照顾。他们虽然死了，但应该受到尊重。幸存者同样如此。”这次地震是临时政府迄今为止面临的最大挑战。其应对措施分为两个方面。一方面，它向数十个援助组织、美国军队和外国记者开放了国门。罗德里格斯女士向国际救援犬颁发奖章，这种对访问者的礼遇标志着其与数十年来对外界猜忌心态的彻底决裂。另一方面，它偶尔会回归到一名西方外交官开玩笑称之为“帝国反击战”的习惯中。
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标志着一个 分水岭…… 遏制 公众 不满将 变得 更加困难。 人们 已经 不再 恐惧”
当一名西班牙记者敦促总统应对援助抵达缓慢的指控时，显然被激怒的罗德里格斯（Ms Rodríguez）女士批评那些试图将这场悲剧“政治化”的人，称其为“可耻的”。内政部长迪奥斯达多·卡韦略（Diosdado Cabello）在另一处表态，谴责那些批评政府地震响应的记者是传播“虚假信息”的“拿钱办事的宣传员”。但在拉盖拉（La Guaira）和其他地方，对政府的强烈愤恨情绪十分普遍。一名请假参与搜救工作的志愿者表示：“仅在这个地区，就有数千名警察和其他安全机关人员。如果他们每个人能花两小时在这里帮忙，我们就不会陷入这种局面。”
近几周来，出现了多次公众向官员表达愤怒的场景。一段在网上分享的视频显示，在6月下旬访问一个受灾地区期间，居民们向罗德里格斯女士大喊“滚出去！”。
然而，美国似乎打算让她在危机中苦苦支撑。在1月袭击加拉加斯（Caracas）之后，唐纳德·特朗普表示，美国将“管理这个国家”，直到新政府成立。自那时起，他多次暗示委内瑞拉将成为“第51个州”。
白宫对委内瑞拉控制的具体程度和机制仍然不透明。但显而易见的是，这种控制程度之深。
自从马杜罗被抓捕以来，委内瑞拉石油出口的收入在分配给委内瑞拉政府之前，大部分流向了美国财政部。《金融时报》报道称，特朗普政府仅在石油收入一项就地收集了 $13bn。
《纽约时报》最近写道，美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）已成为“委内瑞拉的事实上的副王”，干预政治任命和逮捕行动，控制财务，甚至校对社交媒体帖子。
大多数接受《电讯报》采访的普通委内瑞拉人，只要能产生切实的变化，要么对此不感兴趣，要么支持美国进一步控制该国。
事实上，许多人抱怨华盛顿在接管后施加的压力太小，称自1月份以来他们的日常生活基本没有改变，掌权者仍是马杜罗被抓前的一批面孔，且飙升的通货膨胀率依然处于世界最高水平之列。
35, 岁的理发师赫克托·佩雷斯（Héctor Pérez）说：“赚到的所有钱都去哪儿了？没有给到普通的委内瑞拉人。你早上去商店是一个价格，下午又是另一个，到了晚上又是另一个。”
26, 岁的拉盖拉居民胡安·卡洛斯·巴埃纳（Juan Carlos Baena）说：“我没问题让委内瑞拉成为第51个州。即便他们（美国人）也偷，至少他们会做点事。而我们的人纯粹是腐败。”
虽然许多委内瑞拉人表示，他们欢迎向自由选举迈出的任何一步，但他们也对美国对民主和真实变革的承诺表示担忧。
在加拉加斯由政治犯自由联盟（Alliance for the Freedom of Political Prisoners）人权组织组织的一场集会上，一名女性……
受损 建筑
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卡拉瓦列达（Caravalleda） 马库托（Macuto）
高置信度受损 可能受损
一名志愿者救援人员站在 委内瑞拉卡拉瓦列达 一座坍塌建筑的碎片上。 左侧为卫星图像的 前后对比，显示了 地震造成的破坏
说道：“一月之后，我们曾抱有希望，但七个月后，一切都变成了关于石油谈判，除此之外别无他物。” 美国试图将注意力转向计划于 8 月在政府与具有反对派倾向的前立法者之间举行的会谈，这是长期承诺的民主过渡的一部分。 值得注意的是，这些会谈将不包括委内瑞拉的反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多 (María Corina Machado)；根据多份报道，白宫阻碍了她返回委内瑞拉的努力。到目前为止，她仍然是委内瑞拉最受欢迎的政治家，支持率达 53 per cent，其次是特朗普先生。只有 23 per cent 的人对罗德里格斯女士持有积极看法。 在 AtlasIntel 6 月为彭博社 (Bloomberg) 开展的这项调查中，受访者将腐败和民主侵蚀列为他们对委内瑞拉最担心的两个问题。 自从政府在今年早些时候通过一项新的特赦法后，约有 700 名囚犯获释，但仍有数百人被关在狱中。 一名丈夫被监禁的抗议者说：“美国外交官正与那些将我们亲人扣为人质的同一拨人坐在一起……我们正在被嘲弄。” 马尔克斯先生说：“人们原本期待马杜罗的离任将开启快速的民主过渡。但这件事没有发生，因为这不在特朗普的计划之中。” 随着日子一天天过去，尸体在酷热中腐烂，搜寻者偶然发现任何稍微像他们曾经认识的人的遗骸的机会变得越来越小。“在这一切结束后，某个时候，我得去看心理医生或类似的地方，”克里斯蒂安 (Cristian) 说道。 前一天，他在碎片中认出一张床垫，感到一阵希望。这意味着他离找到母亲更近了。
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对我与纽森的 情事保持沉默
揭露与 2028 年 总统候选人的私情 并指称其在回忆录中撒谎
作者：Daniel Bates
一名女性声称，卡玛拉·哈里斯曾建议加文·纽森的一名助手，不要公开谈论她与老板的情事。 鲁比·里佩表示，这位前副总统告诉她，对于 2005 年与纽森先生的私情要“先暂停”，当时的纽森先生是旧金山市长，现任加利福尼亚州州长。 里佩女士在《名利场》杂志上首次公开谈论这段情事，她写道，她欢迎这一建议。
在发生情事期间，里佩女士当时嫁给了一名同样为纽森先生工作的男子。 她指责州长在自传中撒谎，称其向她的丈夫坦白了事实，而事实上是她自己坦白的。 这段与里佩女士的情事几乎结束了 58 岁的纽森先生的公众生涯。外界广泛预计他将在 2028 年竞选民主党总统提名。当时他尚未完成与第一任妻子金伯利·吉尔福伊尔（现任美国驻希腊大使）的离婚手续，并且他不得不公开承认自己的错误。 54 岁的里佩女士曾是纽森先生的预约秘书，而她的丈夫亚历克斯·图尔克则是纽森先生的首席助手。 在她的第一人称文章中，里佩女士表示，在 2004 年她首先注意到纽森先生在“看着我”，并且
作者：Max Stephens 国际 犯罪记者
一名英国女性被发现死于雅典的一个行李箱内。 据报道，一名无家可归者于 7 月 18 日在基普塞利中心区的一栋废弃建筑中发现了死者的遗骸。 这名 38 岁女性被认为是在两周半前从美国经塞浦路斯转机抵达希腊的。但其他报道称她是从爱丁堡飞抵。希腊方面公布了她的姓名。
加纳巨人去世，身高 7 英尺 4 英寸
作者：Ben Farmer 非洲记者
加纳最高的一名男子因身高过度生长导致的并发症去世，享年 33 岁。 苏莱曼·阿卜杜勒·萨梅德在最后一次测量时身高为 7 英尺 4 英寸。 据 BBC 报道，他于周一死于腿部感染性溃疡。他在该国已成为当地名人，人们纷纷对他表示哀悼。 亲属苏莱曼·阿卜杜勒·库杜斯表示：“每个人都知道他是多么慷慨和善良。从他去世到现在，仍有很多人来到家里，想了解具体发生了什么。” 萨梅德在加纳以绰号“Awuche”更为人熟知，在豪萨语中意为“我们走吧”。他的家人表示，他让他们的家乡甘巴加村名声大噪。 库杜斯先生说：“无论他在国内哪里，只要有人问起，他都会说他来自甘巴加，人们就知道最高的人就来自那里。这给社区带来了认同感，而且他很受欢迎。” 他的名气之大，以至于加纳总统约翰·马哈马的兄弟在萨梅德因健康状况不佳难以获得治疗后，同意支付其医疗费用。 萨梅德患有马凡综合征（Marfan syndrome），这是一种影响身体结缔组织的遗传性疾病。英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）表示，这种综合征影响约 5,000 分之一的人口。
卡玛拉·哈里斯（下图与加文·纽森合影）据称曾告诉鲁比·里佩，对其与州长的情事保持沉默
不会 说任何话， 露比。先 停下来。给 更多时间 会让你 有更好的 视角’
昨晚在媒体中饰演伊丽莎白-简·罗斯。 一名官员告诉《泰晤士报》：“她是苏格兰人，我们怀疑她可能与这里的一名无家可归者接洽，对方将她诱骗至特定地点，并将其遗弃在被发现时的那种状态。”苏格兰警方确认正在与希腊当局保持联系。她被发现的建筑是废弃的，由无家可归者占用。 然而，当地警方发言人康斯坦蒂娜·迪莫格利多（Konstantina Dimoglidou）否认无家可归者是嫌疑人。 她补充道：“这名女性一直住在
英国，通常身材高大，四肢、手指和脚趾异常长且细。该疾病还可能导致心脏缺陷。 萨梅德（Samed）在北部城市塔马莱（Tamale）的一家医院去世，他因腿部溃疡感染而入院。亲属表示，溃疡并非由其综合征直接引起，而可能是并发症。 萨梅德身高的真实程度在 2023 年引起争议，当时有人声称他有望竞争世界最高男子的头衔。 当地医院的一次检查记录他的身高为 9英尺6英寸，这将使他成为有记录历史上最高的人。 《吉尼斯世界纪录》称，世界最高的人是来自土耳其的兼职农民苏丹·库森（Sultan Kosen），测得身高为 8英尺3英寸。 然而后来得知，由于医院没有足够高的测量设备，因此仅对萨梅德的身高进行了估算。 随后访问他家中的记者测得他身高为 7英尺4英寸。然而，他从未停止生长，因此在去世时可能更高。 记录中最高的男性是美国人罗伯特·瓦德洛（Robert Wadlow），他在 1940 年 22 岁去世前达到了 8英尺11英寸。 萨梅德先生曾表示，直到 20 多岁之前，他的身高并不反常。当时他在首都阿克拉（Accra）的一家肉铺工作，存钱准备去驾驶学校学习，直到有一天早晨醒来，发现自己的舌头肿胀，无法正常呼吸。
有一次他告诉她“你看起来很美”。为了更多地吸引他的目光，她开始在去办公室时穿着香奈儿化妆品、黄色丝绸连衣裙和粉色漆皮高跟鞋。次年七月，在一名市政厅工作人员的婚礼上，两人的关系升级为肢体接触。里佩（Rippey）女士说，纽森（Newsom）先生的关注对她来说就像“氧气”一样，她写道：“有性，但这并不是重点。重点是接近——接近权力……这不是爱。这不是浪漫。这是沉醉。”里佩女士说，在 2007, 她向丈夫坦白，随后丈夫离开了她。在她辞职后，纽森先生举行了新闻发布会承认这段婚外情，丑闻由此爆发。此时，里佩女士接到了哈里斯（Harris）女士的电话，哈里斯女士当时是旧金山的地区检察官。里佩女士写道：“她倾听，然后简单地说，‘我现在不会说任何话，露比。先停下来。更多时间会让你有更好的视角’。”“事实证明这是我收到的最好的建议。我刚刚戒酒，仍处于废墟之中——无法理解任何事情，更不用说清晰地阐述它了。”今年早些时候，里佩女士收到了一位来自旧金山市长办公室的前同事的联系，该同事现在为纽森先生工作。他们想告诉她，这段婚外情将出现在州长即将出版的回忆录中。当里佩女士询问纽森先生是否说了实话时，助手说：“嗯，我们对事情的记忆各不相同，不是吗，露比？”里佩女士写道，她反对纽森先生在书中称自己向图克（Tourk）先生“坦白”。她写道：“这读起来像是一个版本的故事，将我已经做过的事情归功于他。从技术上讲也许说得通，但它留下的明确印象是，是他而非我告诉了亚历克斯（Alex）真相”。在 2008, 纽森先生与他的
第二任妻子詹妮弗·西贝尔·纽森 (Jennifer Siebel Newsom)，两人育有四个孩子。纽森先生的发言人伊齐·加登 (Izzy Gardon) 表示：“州长承认自己的责任，并就近二十年前担任市长期间的行为公开道歉。‘在此之后，他遇到了妻子，组建了家庭，并专注于为加州人民服务。’”《电报》已联系哈里斯女士的办公室以寻求评论。
希腊媒体 将该女性 命名为来自 苏格兰的 伊丽莎白-简 罗斯 (Elisabeth-Jane Ross)
与一对希腊夫妇在一起，两人目前都在接受审讯，以获取有关其行踪的详细信息。” 一名希腊警察告诉《每日邮报》，她的手机被用来试图掩盖她的死亡。 他们表示：“手机一直被使用。甚至发送了短信，显然是为了让人们相信她还活着。我们将该建筑视为犯罪现场。” 警方未透露该女性的姓名，但称她 1988 年 2 月出生于苏格兰，身高 5 英尺 4 英寸，棕色头发。美国当局和
国际刑警组织通过希腊侦查员提供的指纹详情确认了该女性的身份。据称，她被发现时被包裹在一个袋子里，在被发现前已死亡八天。 尸检报告的初步结果尚未确定死亡原因。 调查人员正致力于还原该女性最后的行动轨迹，以及她在死前是独自旅行还是与他人见面。 警方正在审查监控录像、证人陈述以及其他
作者：Emily Smith 驻外突发新闻记者
贾里德·莱托（JARED LETO）被指控强奸并性侵青少年女孩。 曾参演《搏击俱乐部》和《美国精神病人》的莱托据称虐待了四名年龄在 16 到 19 岁之间的青少年。他尚未对这些指控做出回应。 一名女性表示，在她 17 岁时，她在一家汽车旅馆的浴室里遭到性侵；另一名女性表示，在两人单独留在酒店房间后，她在 19 岁时遭到他的性侵威胁。第三名女性表示，她在 17 岁时在加利福尼亚州与这位奥斯卡获奖演员发生了性关系。该州的法定同意年龄为 18 岁，这意味着该事件将被归类为法定强奸。 另一名女性指控她被现年 54 岁的莱托诱导，他在她 16 岁时给她打了一些含有露骨性内容的电话。至少有一次，他建议两人应该发生性关系，随后给她发了一份保密协议，但她拒绝签署。 在一部名为《贾里德·莱托：好莱坞的黑暗秘密》（Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret）的BBC新纪录片中，共有 10 名女性指控该演员在 2002 年至 2016 年期间有不当行为。莱托当时处于 30 多岁和 40 多岁。其中一名
证据，旨在识别可能与她接触过的人，并提供有关其死亡情况的线索，据希腊报纸《Ekathimerini》报道。 该报报道称，她于 6 月 26 日抵达希腊，被认为是从爱丁堡飞抵。她的尸体于 7 月 18 日被发现。 该女性的父亲和英国驻雅典大使馆均已收到通知。 外交部表示：“在这段艰难的时间里，我们的心与伊丽莎白（Elisabeth）的家人在一起。”
受访女性表示，在她 14 岁时，该演员指示一名安保人员将其带到音乐节的后台。该女性声称，在一次签名会上，莱托对她的胸部发表了评论，随后她的母亲与其对质。 另外四名女性也声称，她们在青少年时期收到过来自莱托的奇怪且通常带有性意味的电话。 “这是 25 年前的事了……他逃脱了惩罚，”其中一名所谓的受害者说道。 两名曾与莱托乐队共事的人员也谈到了工作人员对于他与青少年女孩互动方式的不安，他经常邀请她们去他的后台化妆间或他录音的住所。 “我认为每个人都觉得年龄差距太大了，”其中一人说道。 一名女性指控，她在 17 岁、他 34 岁时，在他位于加利福尼亚州的家中首次与莱托发生性关系。 “他告诉我：‘我希望你叫我爸爸’。要么是‘假装成小女孩’，要么是‘我的小女孩’，”她告诉BBC。该女性表示，她当时“如此天真和脆弱”，且完全不知道这种行为在成年人的关系中是否“正常”。 《电讯报》已联系莱托寻求评论。
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现在人们普遍接受，我们在大流行期间都变得有点失控。我指的不是像笛福在《瘟疫纪年》中描写的那种赤身裸体、狂叫的伦敦人那样彻底疯掉。不过，我们确实有点“疯癫”——这里的“疯癫”是一个精神医学术语，涵盖了囤积厕纸、互不相让的香蕉面包竞争，以及强迫性地重复“注意安全”这句话。
与此同时，每个人以及他们的狗——尤其是他们的狗——都幻想必须搬到绿色地带或沿海地区才能“拥有生活”。于是，正如荷兰人曾经历过郁金香狂热一样，我们英国人陷入了海边小屋狂热。难道这样一个坚固、如此具有英国特色、如此像活泼的“水手杰克”般俏皮的东西，不应该是治愈人类疾苦的良药吗？
根据房地产中介 Yopa 的分析，在新冠疫情之后，“沿海小屋”的价格飙升，2024 年平均达到 £45,800。今年，理智（至少在一定程度上）正在回归：尽管海滩依然拥挤，但平均成本已降至 £33,300 且仍在下跌。
西萨塞克斯郡记录了最剧烈的跌幅：仅在过去一年中，小屋价格就下降了 35%。不过，如果你执意要挥霍资金，在埃塞克斯郡仍有价格在 £70,000 至 £100,000 之间的沙滩小屋可供购买。
此时，唯一的理智反应是：“一百千英镑——就为了个棚子？”我承认，我以一种深不可测的、“水边猿类”的方式热爱大海，这指的是一种光辉的幻想，即我们的祖先是在海边演化的：变成了长着脂肪、毛发稀疏的双足涉水者。作为一个圆滚滚的、秃顶的、依海而居的人，我最快乐的时候莫过于凝视波涛，收集石头，让自己沉浸在空气中——即便没有真正浸入盐水中。
正如约翰·梅斯菲尔德 (John Masefield) 的
《海上热》(Sea-Fever) 中那令人心焦的祈使句所坚持的：“我必须再次前往大海，因为奔腾潮汐的召唤 / 是一种狂野而清晰的召唤，不可拒绝”。德里克·贾曼 (Derek Jarman) 曾在他的邓内内斯 (Dungeness) 避风港中著名的听到了这种召唤：梅斯菲尔德笔下“海鸥之途与鲸鱼之途，风如利刃”。
我在我那勉强能称之为灵魂的深处感受到了它。当我在治疗期间接受催眠时，我为自己构思的快乐想象之境，是一个孤独的、被风肆虐的十月海滩。
尽管如此，为了一个存放雨靴和几千个负离子的地方，五万英镑还是太多了。富人们宁愿占据附近某个豪华的住处，而我们其他人则太穷，承担不起这种“破旧立新”的愚蠢之举。虽然海边小屋可能代表了某种“水桶与铲子”的怀旧情结，但现实情况却远不如其破碎的组成部分之和那么美好。
我对此深有体会。在整个童年都在渴望一个色彩鲜艳、条纹相间的海边基地后，贝茨家族终于在我 12 岁那年的夏天，达到了通过分租一个小屋而带来的眩晕快感。在经历了极度自得的泡茶时光和充满了沙粒的炸鱼薯条之后，新鲜感很快就消失了。父母离得太远无法监督孩子，氛围阴暗且充斥着霉味，而且其实根本看不见大海。如今，可能会有一些色调忧郁的 Instagram 照片，加上在晚餐派对上的一定程度的吹嘘，然后一个人的小屋将继续锁在那儿。
Z 世代可能会购买它们以在房地产阶梯上站稳脚跟；安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 毫无疑问计划将它们国有化，并赢得热烈的、伴随轮椅出行的掌声。然而，我们其余的人可以用这样一个事实来安慰自己：那种在进出泳衣时露出屁股的“毛巾挪步”舞，仍然是一个更为坚韧的英国传统。
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ALLISTER HEATH
气候变化是真实的，但英国对此几乎无能为力。对抗全球变暖的战争已经失败，留下的只有严重的附带损害。我们削弱了英国工业，重创了消费者，并将电网推向了停电的边缘，而这一切对全球排放和气候没有任何显著影响。
现在是时候接受这个冷酷的现实，及时止损，停止向风车挑战（并建造风车），抛弃名为“净零排放”的卑劣骗局，并学会应对——如果可能的话，甚至享受——一种更温暖、更干燥、更多变的地中海气候，如果这确实是我们的命运。
傲慢毁掉了我们，一个在可燃燃料全球二氧化碳排放量中仅占 0.8 % 的微小国家。我们被愚弄，相信自己能单枪匹马地引领拯救世界的道路——如果这世界上真有徒劳的赌局，这就是其中之一。根据国际能源署的数据，英国在 2000 到 2023 年之间将自身的排放量削减了 44 %，但这带来了什么好处？英格兰正面临干旱，法国和西班牙的田野与森林在燃烧，而热浪（canicule）正使欧洲大片地区陷入瘫痪。
英国对集体主义的重新拥抱、对能源配给的推崇，以及我们严重的自杀式同理心，除了让我们听天由命之外，几乎没有取得任何成就。
故事在去年赚了 £20m ——但它们并非传统的“谁是凶手”推理小说， 而恰恰相反
A N WILSON
在英国人看来，成功总是带有一种令人不安的特质，尤其是对于作家而言。我们倾向于忽视莎士比亚在当年就极其出名这一事实。他的剧作享有巨大的普及度，且积累了巨额财富，使他能够在斯特拉特福兴建新住宅（New Place）。 19世纪最畅销的小说家恰好也是最优秀的：查尔斯·狄更斯。因此，我不认为阿加莎·克里斯蒂那令人惊叹的名声和普及度，意味着她作为一名作家不值得被严肃对待。 无论如何，即使在去世 50 年后，她依然在持续敛财。由该作者的曾孙詹姆斯·普里查德领导的阿加莎·克里斯蒂有限公司（Agatha Christie Limited），在截至12月底的年度中实现了 £20m 的税前利润，高于前一年的 £13.7m。 该公司由其家族与总部位于美国的 RLJ Entertainment 电影公司共同持有，支付了 £9.25m 的股息，而前一年为 £5.3m。 与此同时，在伦敦西区，克里斯蒂的杰出剧作《捕鼠器》（The Mousetrap）打破了所有剧院记录。自 1952 年以来，该剧一直为着迷的观众演出。我去看过两次，每次都是带着一名九岁的人。那是观看此剧的理想年龄。 当我曾在另一家报社担任文学编辑时，我很幸运地邀请到了伟大的犯罪小说迷朱利安·赛蒙斯为我评述犯罪小说。他始终不明白克里斯蒂的价值所在，我认为这是因为他在她的作品中寻找某些她从未尝试过的东西。 他喜欢那些恰好关于犯罪及其内在心理机制的小说。因此，对他而言，最伟大的犯罪故事是费多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》。 但克里斯蒂的“谁是凶手”推理小说则完全不同。一旦你意识到这一点，你就能理解它们的吸引力。 所谓的“犯罪小说黄金时代”的拥趸喜欢告诉你，约瑟芬·泰是一位“更好”的作家，或者玛杰里·奥林厄姆更有才情。
中国的。这个共产主义国家贡献了 32.1 per cent 的排放量，排放的 CO2 比 2000 年时高出 262 per cent，并且正利用英国和欧洲的净零排放政策来增强其自身工业及其对关键商品的掌控。 我们所有减少碳排放的努力（以及欧盟的努力）已被中国排放量的增加抵消了许多倍；即使英国退回到石器时代并将 GDP 削减至零，也只会产生微不足道的影响。 即使是一个全球政府也不会强制执行净零排放。忘掉那些毫无价值的条约吧：这样一个机构将不会由西方的生态战士控制，而会被一群渴望增长的中国、俄罗斯、印度、非洲和南美大国联盟所控制。 我们的“挂绳阶层”（lanyard classes）本应清楚，他们不能妄想从怀特霍尔（Whitehall），甚至是从 10 号唐宁街（No 10 North）重新设计世界。净零排放代表了傲慢的顶峰，是一个关于“掌控幻觉”的案例研究，是人类虚荣心的里程碑；而在英国的情况下，考虑到英国在 2026 年微不足道的经济和环境足迹，这暴露了一种对自己重要性极其荒谬的夸大看法。 当然，许多人会不同意我的观点。他们争辩道：无论全球发生什么都无关紧要，英国无论如何都应该做正确的事。 在我们这个后基督教社会中，许多人将净零排放视为一种新宗教，一套用来取代传统个人道德观念的行为准则。削减碳排放本身就是一件好事，是一次道德行为，一种伦理必然，无论这种清教徒般的狂热是否真的取得了任何成效。 沿着这条路走下去就是疯狂。我们必须纯粹根据现实世界的后果来评判政策。以此衡量，净零排放必须被废除。
是的，气候变化将给英国带来许多早已预料到的成本，且将会出现大量受害者，但试图阻止不可避免之事是毫无意义的。同样地，也会有收益和获益者。我们需要帮助前者，但重点应放在最大化后者的规模和收益上。面对不可阻挡的气候变化，理性的解决方案是适应，而非无用的减缓。我们需要普及空调和灌溉系统。我们必须停止建造那些在夏天会变成熔炉的糟糕公寓，并建设更多泳池。我们可能不得不种植更多地中海植被。我们需要维护农田和森林以降低火灾风险，并采购灭火飞机——法国人也承诺将更加认真地吸取这些教训。我们需要蓄水池、管道和海水淡化厂；为此，充足且廉价的电力将是必需的。最重要的是，
根据繁荣研究所（Prosperity Institute）的数据，我们需要摆脱到 2030-31, 年每年将超过 £40 的绿色能源补贴和电网整合成本，以及从气候变化委员会到强制性碳预算、北海限制以及其他强制性二氧化碳减排或行为改变目标在内的整套净零排放机制。我们需要停止阻碍私家车、飞机、锅炉和肉类消费的使用。我们需要相信自由市场会在清洁能源和零碳交通方面提供产品，但前提是它们必须比现有替代方案更好且更便宜。电动汽车已经快实现了：我正在开第二辆，而且我很喜欢。它比任何汽油替代品都要好，但不应为采用“清洁”技术设定强制性目标。当时间成熟且关键的价格合适时，推动减排的将是资本主义，而非指令与控制。让我提出一个更具争议的观点。
或温暖，多萝西·L·塞耶斯（Dorothy L Sayers）创作的那些圆润的小说才是真正的文学作品。（顺便说一句，关于最后一点我非常不认同。我觉得塞耶斯简直荒谬，并刻意远离所有关于彼得·温子勋勋爵的冒险故事）。 有三点使阿加莎·克里斯蒂脱颖而出，并将其置于与同时代作者截然不同的高度。 第一是情节纯粹的精妙。我最近第一次阅读了《闪烁的氰化物》（Sparkling Cyanide）。作为一个克里斯蒂迷，在故事进行到一半左右时，我已经猜到了大概，但为了照顾没读过的人，我不会透露。（顺便一提，这部杰作中既没有波洛也没有马普尔在进行调查）。 我的同名显赫人物、伟大的美国评论家埃德蒙·威尔逊（Edmund Wilson）写过一篇名为《谁在乎是谁杀了罗杰·艾克罗伊德？》（Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?）的文章。然而，神奇的是，你确实在乎。 这一点强调了我认为克里斯蒂持久受欢迎的第二个原因。我们在乎部分是因为，与奥林厄姆（Allingham）和泰（Tey）一样——但与自命不凡、趾高气扬的塞耶斯不同——克里斯蒂描绘了一个基本的体面世界，而这个世界被恶意所扰乱。有时，这种“体面”会变得过于矫揉造作，比如汤米和图彭斯（Tommy and Tuppence）的情况，我对他们过敏。 我也不会去读那些……
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具备适当的 应对能力， 这个国家 许多人将 会喜欢 更温暖的 气候
A N Wilson 著有 30 余本书籍，曾任《伦敦晚标准报》(London Evening Standard) 文学编辑
在不掩盖全球变暖所带来的严重负面影响（尤其是对一些贫困国家的影响）的情况下，如果（以及当局）具备适当的应对能力，英国许多人将会喜欢模型预测的那种更温暖的气候。数百万人前往阳光充足的地方度假或养老。在空调、制冷、温室和反渗透技术的时代，从迪拜、佛罗里达，到东南亚和以色列，世界的南部地区在经济和地缘政治上都在蓬勃发展。
在美国，“阳光地带”(Sun Belt) 几十年来一直处于繁荣状态，而“雪带”(Snow Belt) 则在衰落，数百万人从东北部和中西部迁往德克萨斯州、佛罗里达州和卡罗莱纳州。在法国，奥克西塔尼、新阿基坦和普罗旺斯-阿尔卑斯-蓝色海岸地区的人口增长强劲，而像上法兰西这样北部地区则遭受了损失。在德国，自统一以来，巴伐利亚和巴登-符腾堡等南部州记录了强劲的人口增长，而许多北部和东部州则在衰落。抵制向南迁移是没有意义的。
然而，在一种新维多利亚时代的道德复兴主义的推动下，英国的跨党派精英们在失去了帝国并寻找作为国际中央规划者的角色后，说服自己应当以身作则、通过自我牺牲来领导，并将全部赌注押在了净零排放上。普通民众正在为这种妄想付出代价。
我们应当赞扬在 Kemi Badenoch 和 Claire Coutinho 领导下的保守党，因为他们意识到了真相并拥护一个远为理性的能源政策；同时赞扬在 Nigel Farage 和 Richard Tice 领导下的改革党，因为他们有勇气打破净零排放的禁忌。右翼现在达成的这一新的广泛共识，是在阴郁的“伯纳姆式”(Burnhamite) 英国中罕见的希望迹象之一。
当代作家试图复制旧时的克里斯蒂魔力。Sophie Hannah 是一位卓越的诗人，本身也是一名优秀的犯罪小说作家，但在读了她写波洛小说的一个章节后，我只能钦佩其努力，而非结果。
Lucy Foley 刚刚向出版商提交了一部新的马普尔小姐小说。在我看来，克里斯蒂的遗产管理机构应当对通过正宗的阿加莎·克里斯蒂素材所赚取的数百万英镑感到满足，而不应鼓励现代作者试图模仿她。
这就带到了她成功的第三个要素。她没有在故事中宣传宗教元素（尽管波洛对他天主教信仰表现得相当公开——在我读的最后一本《美索不达米亚的谋杀案》中，他在尸体上画了十字架——顺便说一句，那是另一个天才的情节）。但克里斯蒂的小说是在一种绝对的确定性基础上写成的，即宇宙是由道德原则统治的。这就是为什么这么多书与其说是试图找出“是谁干的”，不如说是通过马普尔小姐或波洛耐心地证明“谁没干”。
至少有一半的故事是关于确立被诬陷者的清白，而黄金时代的几乎所有其他作家都在缓慢地向确立有罪方向推进。
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沙特阿拉伯与美国的联盟可以追溯到 1945 年 2 月，富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统在“昆西号”战列舰上与阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·本-沙特国王的会晤。然而，自 1991 年第一次海湾战争以来，沙特阿拉伯还未曾如此在与美国空军并肩作战的情况下，承认对一个阿拉伯兄弟国家的目标进行轰炸。沙特王国感到不得不采取如此激进的手段，打击伊拉克境内由伊朗支持的什叶派民兵，这揭示了威胁的严重程度以及进一步升级的危险。周一和周二，由伊朗在伊拉克的盟友发射的无人机袭击了东西管道，该管道将沙特石油从波斯湾跨越酷热的内陆地区运往红海。由于伊朗再次封锁霍尔姆兹海峡，这条 750 英里长的管道是沙特阿拉伯绕过德黑兰扼制、每天通过红海出口约 4.6 million 桶石油的唯一途径。
伊朗目前正将其民兵组织作为一种残酷战略的工具，旨在摧毁任何替代霍尔姆兹海峡的方案。如果这一计划成功，我们都将承受油价飙升的后果。面对伊朗对其石油工业精心策划的袭击，沙特阿拉伯完全有权进行反击，因为石油不仅是其经济生命线，更是该王国的生存之本。如果伊朗未被震慑，且其冷酷的领导层命令他们在伊拉克的伙伴开展更多袭击，那么沙特阿拉伯的王储及实际统治者穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼可能不得不升级行动，或许会直接打击伊朗本土。据信，在本次战争的前期，沙特皇家空军曾对伊朗境内目标实施了直接报复性袭击，尽管并未公开承认。沙特阿拉伯目前面临双线威胁，也由伊朗武装的也门胡塞武装正威胁着通过曼德海峡进入红海的航运。伊朗正试图从四面八方窒息该王国，造成波斯湾和红海双重封锁的危险。在还击之后，穆罕默德王储不得不看着伊朗政权公开享受沙特阿拉伯轰炸伊拉克阿拉伯同胞的这一奇观，包括对方愤世嫉俗地宣布与伊拉克政府和人民“完全团结”。沙特阿拉伯并非这场战争的策划者。该王国或许不是民主与法治的堡垒，但在当前的冲突中，它正在捍卫其至关重要的利益——以及我们的利益。
如果还需要进一步的证据来证明国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺不适合管理世界足球，那么本周就有了。
因凡蒂诺先生为了狭隘的财务利益，一再损害世界杯的体育诚信，无论是在坚持安排浮夸的中场秀和补水休息时间，还是在唐纳德·特朗普的要求下撤销美国明星前锋福拉林·巴洛根（Folarin Balogun）的红卡。他的最新提案将使国际足联拆分世界杯，并将其出售给一个由特朗普女婿的兄弟领导的私人投资者团体。
这可能导致该赛事失去其独特性，以及球迷们每四年期待一次的特质。为了追求收入最大化，赛事的规模可能会扩大，并且在更少数量的国家（尤其是美国）更频繁地举办。今年赛事中低廉的噱头和高昂的门票仅仅是一个开始。
然而，因凡蒂诺先生可能通过这些安排赚到数百万美元。为了粉饰太平，国际足联 211 个成员协会中的每一个都将被给予一份据信价值约 $20m 的股份。毫无疑问，有些人将此称为“纯粹的贿赂”。
英格兰足球协会和管理欧洲足球的机构欧足联正确地谴责了这一提案。但他们应该采取行动，而不仅仅是发布新闻稿。欧足联拥有其他任何大洲都无法比拟的影响力。在今年的世界杯中，八强中有六支来自欧洲，而过去六届冠军中有五届来自欧洲。如果没有他们的参与，就无法举办一场名副其实的世界杯。
如果因凡蒂诺先生不醒悟，欧足联和英格兰足球协会应该退出他的组织。世界杯不属于国际足联，他不有权将其出售。
大概自从纳尔逊在胜利号（HMS Victory）的后甲板被一名卑劣的狙击手击中以来，还没有英国人处于法国船只的火力线之下了。本周早些时候，保守党影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）在英吉利海峡监测移民流量。他当时正在接受 BBC 电视团队的采访，这时听到距离约 900 英尺外的一艘法国巡逻艇传来了枪声。法国当局称这只是常规的手枪训练，但并不信服的菲尔普先生认为这是为了“阻止我们报道移民跨境”而进行的恐吓。对于一次成功的手枪射击来说，这意味着距离过远，暗示菲尔普先生从未处于任何危险之中——这与纳尔逊不同，当时在“可怖号”（Redoubtable）上的精准射手距离他仅 50 英尺。而且那个射手知道纳尔逊是谁。
先生——首相和财政大臣花几分钟时间喝杯饮料、进行一些无关紧要的闲聊是一回事，但如果这样做是为了向全国展示他们有多么“亲民”，那就是另一回事了——正如安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）和约翰·希利（John Healey）在 TikTok 上关于酒吧小吃讨论时所做的那样。
正如艾莉森·皮尔逊（Allison Pearson）所言（见 7 月 29 日专题），任何严肃的公职人员都不会“在如此琐碎的流行文化上浪费时间”。
我们生活在一个时代，除（可能的）军队外，这个国家最高端职位的就职者似乎对自己应当代表的形象毫无顾忌。
皮尔逊女士引用了一位对伯纳姆先生持批评态度的军事人士的话，此人对他出现在皇家海军基地迎接弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基，却没表现出任何努力去意识到场合的严肃性，或海军人员为了筹备此次活动所投入的数小时准备工作而感到愤怒。
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先生 —— 安布罗斯·埃文斯-普里查德 完全误解了我对待环境的 方法（“巴登诺克必须在摧毁保守党之前扭转净零排放的路线”，telegraph.co.uk，7月28日）。 气候变化是真实的。但净零排放 计划并非如此。它们是一个政治 虚构，在使国家破产， 摧毁英国工业，并 反常地增加碳 排放。禁止在碳足迹较低的 阿伯丁进行油气钻探，而转而 从那些钻探方式肮脏的地方 进口油气，这完全没有意义。 保守党关心 环境、清洁能源和 保护我们的自然景观。但 这需要常识。 至于要求候选人同意党内政策，我无需道歉。我被选为保守党领袖，其授权是更新我的政党，并实现我们为了让英国重新运转而需要的经济革命。如果我们想要增长经济并确保制造业和人工智能领域的优质就业机会，我们必须解决英国的工业能源价格问题，该价格在发达国家中最高，这意味着必须诚实地承认，到2050年实现净零排放是不可能的。 凯米·巴登诺克议员 (保守党) 伦敦 SW1
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先生 —— 戴维·弗罗斯主张对气候变化做出理性的反应（“摧毁我们的经济无法拯救地球”，评论，7月28日）。在《化石燃料的道德案例》中，亚历克斯·艾普斯坦解释了保持合理财富水平的益处，而不是为了微小的收益而让自己破产。 洛里默·伯恩 萨里郡，吉尔福德
先生 —— 在21世纪初，我组织了一次高中六年级前往巴黎的旅行（读者来信，7月29日）。预订在凌晨5点接我们去机场的大巴没有到达，于是我们坐我的车去了，随行的还有另一位老师的车，以及一名最近通过驾驶考试的学生开的车。每辆车坐5个人，我们在截止时间前几分钟办理了登机手续。我把车门没锁，以一个轻快的角度停在那里快一周的时间。幸运的是，没有人想偷一辆雪铁龙 Berlingo。 约翰·拉蒂根 德比郡，多夫里奇
先生 —— 在我就读的萨福克郡寄宿学校的一次前往剑桥的合唱团出游中——距离为60英里——一个朋友打赌，通过搭便车，他会在我们的大巴到达之前抵达。他赢了这场赌局。当然，这发生在20世纪50年代。 比尔·佩恩 西萨塞克斯郡，费林
将他的国内议程置于 我们至关重要的安全利益之上
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当安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）本周在英国皇家海军“伊丽莎白女王号”航母上欢迎弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）时，他在身着礼服的皇家海军水兵面前穿着邋遢的休闲装，这看起来并不体面。这难道不表明伯纳姆对我们的武装力量及其投射权力能力不屑一顾吗？这与他整个职业生涯中似乎对外交事务和安全问题缺乏兴趣的情况相吻合。
他的一些内阁任命展现出这一倾向，且迹象更为令人不安。他的外交大臣曾臭名昭著地反对对一名残暴的独裁者采取军事行动，而他的总检察长则乐于与伊斯兰恐怖分子混在一起。伯纳姆的任期尚早，但显而易见的是，在保护英国利益方面，我们的新政府将比前任政府更像是一个累赘。
尽管基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）热爱国际镁光灯，但他的根本问题在于他——
这足以说明一切。他是英国的首相。他最起码应该像个首相那样行事。 Philip J Ashe 西约克郡，利兹
先生 —— 新首相有一些不错的主意，包括他显然决心解决社会护理危机并改革高等教育。然而，他是否具备实现这些目标的素质，还是会像他的前任们那样，简单地采取开办更多调查和审查的便捷途径，仍有待观察。 Peter Munro 萨默塞特郡，温坎顿
先生 —— 安迪·伯纳姆说他将倾尽全力地修复社会护理。他的意思是，倾尽所有能从英国劳动人民这个“无底现金自动取款机”中榨取的东西。 Alison Levinson 东萨塞克斯郡，黑斯廷斯
[[IMG_XXXX]] 怀俄明州大提顿国家公园的孩子们观看 2017 年的日全食
先生 —— 你们报道（7月 27 日）称，英国卫生安全局建议通过专用眼镜或使用漏勺来观看即将到来的日食。 我曾在父亲（出生于 1910 年）传给我的一把金属漏勺的帮助下，非常成功地观看了 1999 年的日食。这把漏勺现在在我女儿家中使用。 Penny Keens 白金汉郡，米尔顿凯恩斯
先生 —— 1999 年 8 月 11 日，我在莱斯特的格伦菲尔德医院（Glenfield Hospital）接受重症监护。 我们当时都被发了一块X光片，用来观看日食。 Alan Smith 莱斯特郡，基沃斯哈考特
先生 —— 奥利弗·布朗（体育版，7月29日）要求针对国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺将世界杯股份出售给私人投资者的计划采取行动，这是正确的。自1966年以来，我观看了每一届世界杯，而今年的这一届毫无疑问是最糟糕的 —— 不仅是因为足球比赛水平之低（从糟糕到平庸），还因为整个赛事中弥漫的猖獗牟利以及普遍的贪婪与腐败气息。再加上一些非常奇怪的裁判决定，这看起来更像是《教父》中的一个章节，而不是一场足球赛的故事。 我们需要一场革命。 克里斯·南科拉斯 格洛斯特郡，约克利
在处理全球安全问题时完全力不从心。斯塔默最初提出了建立一个“自愿联盟”以确保乌克兰战后独立的想法，随后他将实现这一目标的责任外包给了法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙。在伊朗问题上，他在是否允许美国使用英国基地的犹豫不决，终结了他可能仍抱有的与唐纳德·特朗普政府维持友好关系的任何希望。 对于斯塔默那些判断失误的外交干预，最好的评价至少是他尝试过了。 相比之下，伯纳姆似乎对恢复英国作为世界最具影响力大国之一的地位没有真正的兴趣。考虑到他新内阁中关键人物的政治倾向，这一点显而易见。 伯纳姆本人已尽力表明他认真对待其维护国家安全的职责。例如，本周与乌克兰总统的拍照机会，旨在展示英国对乌克兰事业的持续承诺。尽管我们的新首相与他的前任一样，无法就他打算如何为军队提供充足资金提供具体方案，而如果没有资金，任何对乌克兰的支持声明都毫无意义。 伯纳姆声称如果他认为正确，他准备在必要时公开指责特朗普，这一点对于修复定义了斯塔默任期最后几周的英美关系之冷淡（froideur）也没有帮助。
先生 —— 首相说他希望在解决社会护理危机方面达成跨党派共识。 他建议，为了找到解决方案，我们必须停止政治操弄，摒弃得分心态。然而，他却拒绝在讨论该问题的会谈中接纳英国改革党（Reform UK）。 安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）不过是另一个残酷且伪善的政客。 弗朗西斯·鲍恩 (Francis Bown) 伦敦 E3
先生 —— 尽管安迪·伯纳姆可以说是一代人中最左翼的首相，但由于他提出的削减不可持续的福利开支的方案，已经遭到了他党内后座议员的反对威胁（据7月 29 日报道，“如果首相削减福利，我们将反抗”，工党议员警告道）。 这种无政府状态无疑表明，举行大选比以往任何时候都更加必要。 马丁·亨利 (Martin Henry) 埃塞克斯郡，古德伊斯特 (Good Easter, Essex)
先生 —— 感谢理查德·斯塔瑟姆 (Richard Statham)（7月 28 日来信）提醒我关于康沃尔郡日食的事。 在听说大量人群即将涌向该郡后，我本不打算前往，但得知我的父亲在梅瓦吉西 (Mevagissey) 临终时，我急忙赶去见他。他在晚上11点去世，正好在日食发生前 12 小时。 第二天早上，家人步行前往梅瓦吉西附近的教堂角 (Chapel Point)。当阴云密布的黑暗缓缓掠过天空，鸟儿停止鸣唱时，我觉得那是优雅地将父亲带到了另一个地方。我仍然认为那是一次极好的送行。 约翰·贝基特 (John Beckett) 萨里郡，法纳姆 (Farnham, Surrey)
先生 —— 在过去的 74 年里，我一直是一名足球支持者，但由于国际足联腐蚀足球的方式，我没有观看过去两届世界杯的一分钟。该管理机构在最近一届世界杯中的行为及其目前的方案，尤其支持我的观点。 欧足联现在应该采取积极行动，让成员国退出下一届世界杯。它有充足的时间组织自己的赛事。这不应仅限于欧洲国家，任何选择退出国际足联会员资格的国家也应参与其中。 伯纳德·洛夫威尔 (Bernard Lovewell) 赫特福德郡，希钦 (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)
首相之职。正面硬刚唐纳德·特朗普可能会产生反作用，正如泽连斯基和本雅明·内塔尼亚胡等资深世界领导人所经历的沉重代价那样。 伯纳姆新内阁关键人物的政治心态应该是另一个令人严重担忧的原因，尤其是埃德·米利班德 (Ed Miliband) 被擢升为外交大臣。 在伯纳姆寻求实施其自身经济议程之际，任命米利班德领导外交部在政治上可能是有道理的。但是，在经历了斯塔默 (Starmer) 时代的犹豫不决之后，若要提升英国在世界舞台上的形象，米利班德的任命很可能是一场彻头彻尾的灾难。 这不仅仅是因为米利班德被广泛认为——特别是在华盛顿——在 2013. 年对叙利亚危机的致命干预后，已成了“受损货品”。米利班德最初在担任反对党领袖期间表示，在叙利亚独裁者巴沙尔·-阿萨德 (Bashar al-Assad) 政权对其人民发动化学武器袭击后，他将支持戴维·卡梅伦 (David Cameron) 发起军事行动的计划；但出于政治投机主义的原因，米利班德随后改变了主意。卡梅伦在议会投票中失败，阿萨德继续掌权，而在 18 个月内，俄罗斯军队便开始对叙利亚平民发动残酷袭击。 米利班德在整个可悲事件中的令人震惊的行为明确证明，他完全不具备一名真正政治家所需要的任何素质。
先生 —— 在阅读了肯尼斯·贝克（Kenneth Baker）的文章（《伯纳姆可能是自 20 世纪 80 年代以来最出色的教育首相》，评论版，7 月 29 日）后，我想起了我父亲关于教育性质和必要长度的看法。他曾是默西赛德郡布特尔一家现代中学（secondary modern school）的教师。他对他所厌恶的 1972 年 Rosla 计划（提高离校年龄）深感不满，该计划要求孩子必须在全日制教育中学习直到 16 岁。他指出，这强迫那些不擅长学术的学生违心地留在学校，而不是让他们离开去寻找一份可能更适合他们的工作。
随后，更多出于好意的干预将离校年龄提高到了 18 岁。对于一些年轻人来说，他们极有可能已经在学校内部感到脱节，或者通过逃学或被开除的方式而退出。在这种背景下，那些不在学、不在职且未接受培训的人数也就不足为奇了。许多人可能在获得第一个机会时就实际上选择了放弃一切。 理查德·莱西 (Richard Lacey) 威腊尔，普伦顿
先生 —— 我是一名退休的特许工程师。我的工作是学术性的还是技术性的？这种区分是伪命题，且往往受到那些似乎没怎么“实操”过的人的青睐。现在存在一种严重的危险，即孩子们会认为学校学习无关紧要，因为他们是要从事“技术”工作的。实际上，木匠、管道工、电工和机械师（除了相关的实践技能外）都需要良好地掌握数学并理解基础物理定律 —— 飞行员、农民和医疗专业人员也是如此。就我个人而言，我发现这些及类似职业的人通常比许多律师、会计师和政治家的消息更灵通，逻辑思维能力更强。 大卫·麦克唐纳 (David MacDonald) 埃塞克斯，曼宁树
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先生 —— 哈克尼议会提议终止与海法的友好城市关系（报道，7 月 25 日）是一个巨大的错误。我在海法有亲戚，我对这座城市非常熟悉。那里是一个犹太人、穆斯林、基督徒、德鲁兹人和巴哈伊社区共同生活和工作的地方。在分歧主导新闻的当下，这种共存的精神显得尤为重要。
我也看到了这种联系带来的益处。例如，一位朋友的女儿最近在以色列理工学院（Technion）学习，那是世界领先的大学之一。这类机构产生了卓越的进步，从帕金森病治疗到先驱性的癌症检测，展示了跨社区协作能取得怎样的成就。
城市结好就是为了建立这样的联系。教育、文化和科学方面的交流使两地共同受益，正如在疫情之前，医疗代表团分享医疗专业知识和医疗保健实践，并建立了专业友谊一样。哈克尼是一个以多样性为荣的区。维持这种紧密的伙伴关系将体现这些价值观并加强理解。 希拉·劳布 (Sheila Laub) 伦敦 E5
先生——为了防止长鞋带松开（7月 29 日读者来信），我采用了 Berluti 结（可观看在线视频）。这种结绝不会自行松开，但只需轻轻拉动鞋带即可解开。我希望在我的跑步年代就能知道这个方法。 Rick Auty 什鲁斯伯里
伯纳姆（Burnham）内阁成员中隐含的亲伊斯兰主义倾向也将受到严密审查。本周披露，新任总检察长安迪·斯劳特（Andy Slaughter）在陪同前工党领袖杰里米·科尔宾（Jeremy Corbyn）访问中东期间，曾会见过哈马斯恐怖组织领导层的关键成员。 除了执行对被认为直接威胁我们国家安全的伊斯兰恐怖组织（如哈马斯和伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队）的禁令外，斯劳特还可能参与起诉英国军方人员涉嫌战争罪行的争议性尝试。 由于伯纳姆明确表示，他作为首相的首要任务将集中在关键国内问题上，例如修复社会护理和应对飙升的福利账单，因此其内阁其他关键成员在关键全球问题上的观点将变得更为重要。 将会出现新的挑战。阿根廷在马尔维纳斯群岛（福克兰群岛）问题上不断的武力威胁没有减弱的迹象，而关于查戈斯群岛未来的持续争端也不太可能得到解决，因为大多数工党部长的同情心倾向于毛里求斯的主权主张，而非他们声称代表的国家。 当然，鉴于伯纳姆一些关键部长的过往行为，很难相信面对未来的任何挑战，我们的新政府能被信任去捍卫我们的利益。
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在安全风险与极端天气担忧中 制定具有约束力的英国食品目标
作者：Emma Taggart
英国最大超市的负责人发出警告，山火和极端天气正使英国的食品供应面临风险。Tesco、Waitrose、Sainsbury’s、Aldi 和 Co-op 的首席执行官致信首相，呼吁采取紧急行动保护粮食安全，并减轻英国对进口的依赖。超市负责人呼吁 Andy Burnham 设定具有法律约束力的目标，到 2040 年增加在英国种植的水果和蔬菜比例。此次呼吁是在担忧极端天气事件增加将削弱那些协助填满英国货架国家的农作物产量的背景下提出的。这些负责人及其信中警告称，目前该国至少有一半的进口水果和蔬菜来自面临极端缺水的国家，如果现在不采取行动，未来几年将引发短缺担忧。
Ken Murphy 在《电报》中写道，Tesco 的首席执行官表示：“近年来，欧洲和英国经历了极端天气——从山火和干旱到异常潮湿的冬季和异常干燥的春季——干扰了收获、供应链和国内食品生产。”
“结合家庭预算持续承受的压力，这些趋势进一步增强了对一个既有韧性能且能提供健康饮食的食品系统的需求。”此次干预正值法国和西班牙的山火烧毁大片土地，导致作物无法收获并威胁农民生计之时。在创纪录的低降雨量和高温导致英格兰一半地区宣布干旱后，英国的农业部门也面临压力。Sainsbury’s 的首席执行官 Simon Roberts 表示：“最近几周表明了我们的食品系统承受着多么巨大的压力。我们
需要一个更
作者：Christopher Jasper
印度首富可能正准备夺取英国最大港口公司的控制权，这将使这个南亚国家在英国关键基础设施上拥有更大的影响力。
据信，Gautam Adani 正在研究对 Associated British Ports (ABP) 的收购报价，因为两名加拿大投资者寻求出售其股份。
此次收购将使 21 个港口落入印度控制之下，反映出这个新兴经济强国的崛起以及外国对英国资产所有权的增加。
这些港口包括林肯郡的 Immingham 和邮轮
作者：James Warrington
微软因被指控欺骗用户支付更昂贵的 AI 订阅费用而面临调查。
竞争与市场管理局 (CMA) 正在审查这家美国科技巨头在将包括其 AI 助手 Copilot 在的新功能添加到现有方案时，是否未能提供清晰的信息。
其调查涉及 Microsoft 365，这是一个包含 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook 和
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一个能够吸引投资、支持英国农民并帮助全国各地的餐桌上保持可负担且营养丰富的食品的韧性食品系统。” 伯纳姆先生正被敦促引入一项《优质食品法案》（Good Food Bill），该法案将围绕国内食品生产设定法律目标，并要求地方当局制定计划，以确保在极端天气袭击时食品供应得以持续。 该法案还将要求部长在做出涵盖医疗、教育、农业、规划、环境和贸易的决定时考虑粮食安全，并围绕削减儿童肥胖率设定具有法律约束力的目标。 这封信由慈善机构食品基金会（Food Foundation）起草，已有 100 多个组织的负责人签署，其中包括达能（Danone）等主要食品供应商以及三明治制造商 Greencore。 除了极端天气的威胁外，签署者还警告说，日益增加的地缘政治不稳定也在威胁食品供应。由于伊朗的战争扰乱了供应，化肥
都落在 吸收能力 更低的食品系统上”
价格自去年以来上涨了 40%。 “每一次新的冲击都落在吸收能力更低的食品系统上。自 2015, 年以来，英国的水果和蔬菜产量下降了 16%，我们目前的供应量有 78% 依赖进口。下一次粮食冲击不是‘是否’会发生的问题，而是‘何时’发生的问题，”信中警告道。 “为了做好准备，食品不能再成为政府事后才考虑的问题：我们需要机制将食品放在优先级名单的高位。” 政府发言人表示：“我们将始终保护本国的粮食安全，以确保人们能够获得营养且可负担的食品。” “为了帮助实现这一目标，我们专注于加强国家粮食安全，在可持续且盈利的农业方面投资了创纪录的 £11.7bn，并在开发新技术和气候韧性作物以提高产量方面投入了数十亿英镑。”
枢纽南安普敦（Southampton），处理全国约四分之一的海运贸易，年价值约 £150bn。 ABP 还在为离岸风电场的维护提供港口基地，这是工党推动净零排放的关键支柱。 对于一家对英国经济福祉如此至关重要的公司来说，阿达尼（Mr Adani）将是一个充满争议的买家，因为他的阿达尼集团在 2023 年的一份关于涉嫌操纵股价的报告中被指控为“公司历史上最大的骗局”。 印度《经济时报》昨天报道称，阿达尼先生正在衡量由加拿大养老金计划投资委员会持有的 ABP 34% 股份以及一个由
Copilot 控制的 30% 持股。这些计划可以每月以 £8.49 或每年以 £84.99 的价格购买。 在 2025, 年 1 月，微软自动向现有客户提供了新功能（包括 Copilot）的访问权限，在订阅剩余期限内无需额外付费。然而，当订阅结束时，除非客户选择更便宜的计划或取消订阅，否则将自动转入一个具有附加功能且价格更高的新计划。 对于使用 Microsoft 365 个人版和家庭版计划的客户，新的订阅 4. 方案。
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新领域 外交大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）在巴黎的奥赛凯岸（Quai d’Orsay）与法国外交部长让-诺埃尔·巴罗（Jean-Noel Barrot）举行会谈，讨论英国与欧洲的关系及共同安全。
安大略省市政雇员退休金计划（Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System）。 作为亚洲最富有的人，财产估计为 $112bn (£84bn)，阿达尼先生（Mr Adani）对于收购一家处理英国四分之一海运贸易（价值 £150bn）且在提供离岸风电场建设和维护基地方面发挥关键作用的企业来说，将是一个充满争议的买家。 阿达尼先生出身于纺织工人之家，在将 PVC 进口到印度后积累了财富，随后将其业务扩展至港口、能源、水泥、机场和媒体领域。然而，这位 64 岁的商人近年来一直受到贿赂和欺诈指控的困扰。 最近的一起案件在上个月被美国联邦检察官撤销，就在他同意支付 $275m 以达成一项关于涉嫌违反 伊朗 制裁的独立调查协议后数小时。
第三起关于阿达尼先生涉嫌未能披露印度贿赂指控的美国案件也已达成和解，《纽约时报》报道称，这一决定是在他承诺投资 $10bn 并创造 15,000 个美国就业岗位后做出的。 2023, 年，阿达尼先生及其公司在 Hindenburg Research 一份名为《阿达尼集团：世界第三富豪如何操纵公司历史上最大的骗局》的报告中被指控操纵股票。阿达尼集团称这些指控为“恶意”，并发布了一份 400 页的反驳报告。 这位大亨的环境记录也受到了审查，他在澳大利亚的 Carmichael 煤矿十多年来一直因影响当地水路和大堡礁而成为抗议目标。这导致了所谓的“洗绿”指控，当时内阁办公室
订阅费用比经典选项贵 £25。 CMA 表示，将调查微软是否在客户续订订阅前误导了客户。它将考虑客户在做出决定前是否获得了关于不同方案及其价格的关键信息。 一名微软发言人表示：“我们正在详细审查 CMA 的指控。随着调查的进行，我们仍致力于与监管机构进行建设性的合作。”
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对于书迷来说，这听起来可能像个虚构故事。但政府顾问现在建议读者将传统书籍换成 Kindle，以帮助英国实现 净零排放。 一项由前能源大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）委任的新研究昨日表示，印刷和装订消耗过多能源，读者应转而使用数字化设备阅读书籍以减少排放。研究
发现，在电子阅读器（如亚马逊 Kindle）上下载并阅读一本 90,000 字的书，其能耗比生产实体书低 1,500 倍。研究称：“我们的结果提供了初步证据，表明数字化可以通过降低英国的电力消耗，为实现 净零排放 做出贡献。” 该报告是由能源安全与净零排放部（Desnz）委托咨询公司 Europe Economics 开展的，旨在评估数据中心和 AI 如何在其中节省能源。
曾是商业街的主力， Debenhams 如今已成为一个 被评论家称为“高价版 Temu”的 在线市场
乔德雷尔班克天文台（Jodrell Bank） 体现了工党对我们的航天、 国防及量子产业缺乏支持 朱莉娅·洛佩兹 (Julia Lopez)
套房屋方能 达成工党目标
作者：文佩君 (Pui-Guan Man)
研究显示，为了达成工党的建房目标，每天需要建造 1,000 套以上的房屋。根据土地价值计算器（LVC）的数据，目前的日均建房量仅为 547 套，这意味着房屋建筑商需要将目前的建设速度提高一倍。工党已承诺在本届议会结束前建造 1.5 million 套房屋。但即便是在创纪录的最佳年份 2020, 年，日均建房量也仅为 679 套。数据表明，建筑商每天需要多完成数百套房屋，并在接下来的三年中维持该速度才能实现目标。 LVC 的研究人员表示，政府的建房速度已落后于要求，缺口达 200,000 套房屋。一名 LVC 发言人表示：“没有一个独立分析师认为政府能够按计划达成目标。” “新开工项目自 2024 年中期的低谷以来增长了 43%，这是交付速度将从现在开始加快的最有力论据。但即便如此，年开工量 130,170 套仍比 2023 年低四分之一，且低于目前的竣工率。” “首相的更迭改变不了数学计算。无论谁在唐宁街 10 号，都必须履行承诺。” 为了让安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 实现工党的选举宣言承诺，年建房速度需要提升至 367,700 套。被重新任命为住房部长的安杰拉·雷纳 (Angela Rayner) 最近承认，1.5 million 套房屋的宏愿设定了一个“极其困难的挑战性目标”。然而，她表示自己“不会放弃”。她上周末表示，该目标“在我进入政府之前就已经非常具有挑战性了”。雷纳女士补充道：“现在的挑战确实更大了，我们看到建筑成本上涨，这产生了实质性的负面影响。” 伯纳姆先生还承诺将发起数十年来最大规模的市政住宅建设行动。然而，由于买家需求疲软，以及税收增加、建筑成本飙升和政治不确定性，房屋建筑商正陷入困境。在“购房帮扶”（Help to Buy）计划调整和更高印花税附加费的压力下，英国的潜在买家群体已经萎缩。由疫情以及乌克兰和 伊朗 战争接连引发的三次通胀冲击导致抵押贷款利率持续高企，这也削弱了购房能力。在伯纳姆先生暗示他将考虑改革业主房产税后，不确定性进一步增加。住房、社区与地方政府部已收到置评请求。
文件披露，阿达尼先生曾支付 £4 赞助科学博物馆的绿色能源部门。 阿达尼先生是印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪 (Narendra Modi) 的亲密盟友。 《金融时报》在 2 月份报道称，共同持有 ABP 的加拿大养老基金正寻求出售其股份，并已任命摩根士丹利 (Morgan Stanley) 探索方案。ABP 的估值超过 £10。 ABP 表示，任何出售进程都是“由股东评论的事项”。总部位于印度西部的 Apsez 未回复寻求评论的电子邮件，而加拿大基金在营业时间之外无法联系。
房屋和工作场所。报告称，生产一本实体书可能消耗高达 5.2 千瓦时的能量，而电子阅读器仅消耗 0.003kWh。 影子能源大臣克莱尔·库蒂尼奥 (Claire Coutinho) 表示：“能源部应该别管我们的书，而应该做好自己的工作，计算出他们灾难性的‘2030 清洁电力’计划将给账单带来怎样的影响。” Desnz 表示，该报告并非主张用电子书取代书籍，而是探讨了如果未来发生这种情况，对电力需求将产生的影响。 0.
项目面临 整治以 释放电网
希望开发商支付 押金以阻止 “投机性”项目
作者：Chris Price
作者：Chris Price
能源监管机构已针对数据中心展开打击行动，原因是担心它们正堵塞英国的电网。 Ofgem 准备向开发商收取电网连接槽位费用，以努力阻止投机性项目。 这项新的“数据中心承诺费”（Data Centre Commitment Fee）将根据项目规模计算，拟议的收费范围为每兆瓦 £237,500 至 £712,500。 这实际上将强制公司支付押金，费用在开发商接受连接
Ofgem 对开发商将其拟建数据中心连接至电网收取的每兆瓦最高费用
邀约时支付，并在项目上线时退还。 然而，这笔押金（预计相当于建设数据中心典型成本的 2. 5pc 至 7. 5pc）将在项目提前退出队列时被没收。 能源部长 Michael Shanks 表示，此次改革将“有助于确保可行且准备好连接的项目能够启动，而不会被投机性申请所阻碍”。 这标志着 Ofgem 在解决英国电网连接长期积压问题上的最新努力，而这些积压被指导致了住房开发放缓并阻碍了投资。 对数据中心开发的打击行动，也发生在当地对这些项目的抵制情绪日益增长之际，人们担心噪音、光污染以及破坏性开发等问题。
此外，人们担心一些投机者在申请到宝贵的电网连接后，将其转售给潜在开发商，而非寻求建设。由于追求“净零排放”引发的可再生能源项目激增，电网此前已面临类似问题。Octopus Energy 的首席执行官 Greg Jackson 在 2024 年警告称，电网连接延迟可能会迫使该公司将投资转移到海外。Ofgem 能源系统设计与开发总监 Eleanor Warburton 表示：“消费者不应承担由投机性项目占用系统空间而产生的风险。”“连接系统必须为消费者以及准备好投资、建设和连接的项目服务。”“当投机性项目占用队列空间时，它们可能会延迟其他方案，并对未来的网络需求产生不确定性。”
Ofgem 在 2 月份表示，已有超过 140 个数据中心项目申请电网连接，其中一些请求的容量超过 50 吉瓦。如果所有方案全部实施，它们将消耗比全国其他地区总和更多的电量。目前，数据中心在连接队列的需求中占很大比例，约有 73 吉瓦在筹备中。随着科技公司竞相建设人工智能所需的基建，全球建设正处于繁荣期。亚马逊、谷歌、Meta 和微软已概述计划仅在今年就投入 $725bn (£542bn) 用于全球人工智能基础设施，而 2025. 年这一数字为 $410bn。基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）在担任首相期间，将吸引人工智能数据中心投资作为其增长计划的基石。然而，这一推动举措在相当一部分公众中并不受欢迎。本月早些时候，近 5,000 人签署了反对在诺里奇附近建设数据中心的请愿书，而本周早些时候，在北艾尔郡的亨特斯顿（Hunterston）举行了为期三天的抗议活动，反对一项拟建的 500 兆瓦方案。Ofgem 已就征收新数据中心费用启动咨询。
交易员在纽约证券交易所交易大厅工作，在对人工智能泡沫的担忧引发科技股抛售之后，该交易所经历了沉重损失
昨日，由于投资者担心人工智能（AI）泡沫，纷纷逃离美国和亚洲股市，富时 100 指数创下历史新高。
这一新高出现在科技巨头 Meta 警告销售额放缓，未能有效平息市场对 AI 支出增加的担忧之际。
英国的旗舰指数最高攀升 0.7pc，达到 10,951.06 点，这是自 1984, 年启动以来的最高水平，在横扫全球股市的下跌趋势中逆势而上。
对 AI 繁荣放缓的担忧已引发华尔街以及日本和韩国半导体股票的抛售。
相比之下，富时 100 指数对 AI 的风险敞口很小，这意味着在出现科技泡沫恐慌时，它反而能从中获益。
昨日，Meta 在警告未来三个月的销售额将略低于华尔街预期后，股价下跌。
在盘后交易中，股价下跌 6pc。该业绩公布不久，美联储投票决定尽管通胀高企，仍将利率维持在 3.75pc。该蓝筹股指数上一次创历史新高是在 2 月下旬，即 唐纳德·特朗普 开始与 伊朗 战争的前一天。
在战争初期的几周内，该指数下跌了 9pc 以上，但此后稳步攀升。在下午的交易中，它从历史高点有所回落，但全天仍上涨 0.3pc。
Premier Miton 的首席投资官 Neil Birrell 表示：“英国可能不是最吸引人的股票市场，但它确实有其魅力。”
“所有领域都有高质量的公司，其估值与全球同行相比具有优势。‘乏味’有时确实有其吸引力。”
富时 100 指数由传统行业主导，拥有壳牌（Shell）和 BP 等石油巨头，罗尔斯-罗伊斯（Rolls-Royce）和 BAE 系统公司等工业企业，以及力拓（Rio Tinto）和嘉能可（Glencore）等矿业公司。
...‘乏味’有时确实有其 吸引力”
Wealth Club 的首席投资策略师 Susannah Streeter 表示：
“富时 100 指数充满了在实体经济中持有大量权益的公司，而不是依赖于一个由 AI 技术主导的未来的前景，而现在，正是更多投资者寻求避风港的地方。”
在 沙特阿拉伯 加入美国对 伊朗 发起袭击后，布伦特原油价格上涨 6pc 至每桶 $89 以上，壳牌成为推动英国指数上涨的最大力量。
作为该指数第二大公司的壳牌，昨日最高上涨 2.6pc，而 BP 最高攀升 3.7pc。
本周迄今，富时 100 指数上涨了 1.2pc，与华尔街和亚洲形成鲜明对比，后者的指数在科技股抛售中遭受了沉重损失。
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多次面临审查，此次错误 为其带来的最新问题
Linus Uhlig 报道
英国最大的财富管理公司被迫向数百名被重复收费的客户办理退款。
St James’s Place (SJP) 的客户被收取了高于应付的费用，在某些情况下，其财富和投资被收取了双倍费用。据了解，该问题集中在国际债券上。
SJP 网络内的一批顾问在今年早些时候被通知，其客户已被
在年龄歧视诉讼中 败诉
作者：Pui-Guan Man
作者：Pui-Guan Man
英国最大的房产中介公司在一宗由其前首席执行官发起的关于不公正解雇的索赔案中败诉，该高管在 64 岁时离开了其职位。一家雇佣法庭认定，大卫·利夫西（David Livesey）在 2023 年被总部位于贝德福德郡、由斯基普顿建筑协会（Skipton Building Society）持有的 Connells 房产中介公司不公正解雇，并遭受了年龄歧视。现年 67 岁的利夫西先生在 Connells 工作了 33 年，于 2008 年成为首席执行官。在被归类为“劣质离职者”（bad leaver）并被拒绝支付“彻底了断”（clean break）结算金后，他离开公司时收到了一张 46 便士的支票，而他之前在相关股份中投入了 £420,000。一名处于类似职位的更年轻的同事根据公司长期股份计划中的“彻底了断”条款获得了 £1.6m 的款项。利夫西先生起诉于 2010 年收购 Connells 的斯基普顿公司，索赔 £7m，指称老板们逼迫他辞职，且他遭到了斯基普顿首席执行官斯图尔特·海尔（Stuart Haire）的“霸凌行为”对待，海尔对此予以否认。在本周公布的裁决中，法庭驳回了利夫西先生关于霸凌的指控，但维持了其被不公正解雇且基于年龄受到歧视的认定。在的一封内部电子邮件中，海尔先生将利夫西先生描述为处于“脆弱的精神状态”，并警告称“教他新技巧已经太晚了”。法庭认为，这些言论可以被解读为对利夫西先生年龄的间接指涉。针对该裁决，利夫西先生表示，此案“揭露了斯基普顿董事会决策的缺陷”。斯基普顿的一位发言人表示，对法庭的决定感到“失望”，并将“仔细”审查下一步行动。他们补充道：“我们很高兴所有关于霸凌的指控都被法庭果断驳回。我们非常严肃地对待我们的职场文化，并拥有严格的政策和程序来规范工作行为。”决定利夫西先生应获得多少赔偿金的听证会将于 10 月举行。
作者：Hans van Leeuwen
一家领先的智库警告称，到本世纪中叶，三分之一的养老金领取者可能是租房者。 养老金政策研究所（PPI）表示，到 2044 年，租房的养老金领取者家庭可能会增加近 200 万户，增加幅度达三倍。 这种转变将发生是因为越来越多的人在退休前从未能够负担得起买房。在过去的 30 年里，45 到 54 岁人群的住房拥有率从 81% 下降到 66%，而 30 岁以下的人群则
唐纳德·特朗普已禁止进口中国制造的人形机器人，警告称这些机器人对美国国家安全构成了“不可接受的风险”。
美国监管机构周二禁止进口中国先进机器人产品，包括双足机器人和四足设备，理由是这些设备可能被用于监视美国公民或被远程控制。
联邦通信委员会（FCC）的官员表示：“外国生产的先进机器人设备带来了不可接受的网络安全和安全风险。先进机器人设备收集的数据可能会被恶意行为者利用，用于监视美国人，增强外国情报机构的能力，或远程接管这些机器人。”
该监管机构还禁止进口中国的功率逆变器，此类设备用于将可再生能源系统、电池和数据中心连接到电网。
该监管机构主席布伦丹·卡尔（Brendan Carr）表示，这些举措旨在“确保美国的关键供应链”。这些措施适用于
根据《金融新闻》（Financial News）最初报道，该情况被双倍计费。
《电报》获悉，大多数受影响的客户已获得赔偿，其余客户将在几个月内收到退款。
SJP（圣詹姆斯金融）的一位发言人表示：“部分客户收到了重复费用。我们已经解决了该问题，并预计所有受影响的客户将在9月底前获得赔偿。”
按照行业标准，SJP 长期以来被认为价格昂贵，前 £250,000 的咨询费收取 3% 的前期费用，外加 0.8% 的持续费用。其主要竞争对手之一 Hargreaves Lansdown 对高达 £1m 的投资收取 1.5% 的费用。SJP 针对 ISA 账户、基金、单位信托、投资债券和养老金还设有额外的产品费用。
综合计算，一名 SJP 顾问的成本
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感受到热浪：气候变化活动人士在伦敦南部兰贝斯的壳牌（Shell）总部外进行示威。Fossil Free London 正在抗议他们所谓的石油使用、全球变暖与席卷欧洲大陆的森林火灾之间的联系。壳牌将于今日公布其第二季度业绩。
他们拥有住房的可能性仅为本世纪初时的 0. 一半。
PPI（养老金政策研究所）表示：“临近退休的年轻群体发现进入住房所有权阶段要困难得多，且呈现出更高比例的租房特征。”
该机构预测，这意味着租房而非拥有住房的退休家庭比例将从目前的 22% 上升到 2044, 年的 36%。
该智库警告称，这将对公共财政产生重大影响，预计住房福利账单将增加 £3.4。
随着更多的人，成本预计将上升。
仅限于尚未进入市场的机器人和逆变器型号，不过官员们仍有权禁止已经在美国销售的产品。中国科技公司去年销售了大约 12,000 台人形机器人，这些机器人被推向市场用于工厂工作或作为家用助手，约占全球销售额的 90%。在美国，特斯拉一直致力于设计一种名为
Optimus 的人形机器人，但到目前为止仅开发了少量原型机。美国官员提到外国机器人销售给美国客户存在安全问题，包括今年早些时候发现的一个漏洞，该漏洞允许远程访问家用机器人上的摄像头画面和麦克风。中国驻华盛顿大使馆呼吁美国“停止抹黑中国人工智能公司”。
EngineAI 的 T800 人形机器人在中国河南省郑州高新区接受测试 VCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGES
根据 Boring Money 的 Holly Mackay 的估计，每年的持续费用大约为 1.67pc。 Lang Cat 的咨询总监 Mike Barrett 表示：“成本是投资者可以控制的少数领域之一。一个更昂贵的公司总是会更多地侵蚀你的投资。” SJP 去年将其管理资金增加至 £220bn，是英国最大的财务咨询公司，在其近 5,000 名顾问的网络中监管着超过一百万名客户。 昨天，该公司报告称，截至 6 月 30 日的六个月内，净流入量下降了 28.4pc。SJP 在今年前六个月吸引了 £2.7bn，而去年同期为 £3.8bn。 这一错误代表了这家富时 100 (FTSE 100) 公司的诸多问题中的最新一项。去年，SJP 在取消了针对部分客户的争议性退出费后，引入了新的收费结构。 这项被 SJP 称为“提前提取费”的退出费，根据客户希望提取资金的快慢，向储蓄者和投资者收取最高达总提取金额 6pc 的费用，导致部分客户无法在不支付巨额账单的情况下离开。 作为改革的一部分，该公司将费用分为咨询费、产品费和基金费。此前，其
预计到 2044, 年住房福利支出将增加，因为拥有住房的退休人员减少，转而寻求租赁住房
更多的退休人员依赖住房福利。如果没有增加可负担住房，大多数人将在私人市场上租赁，而许多人已经在那里挣扎。 尽管生活在贫困中的退休人员比前几十年少，但在私人市场租赁的退休人员中，贫困率仍为 37pc。 根据第二届养老金委员会的说法，到 2050, 年，租赁者将占所有贫困退休人员的一半，尽管他们仅占退休人口总数的约四分之一。 PPI 表示，在 20 年的退休期内，租赁一套两居室房产的成本可能在
£200,000 到 £400,000 之间，这远远超过了大多数退休人员在任何私人养老金中节省的金额。 结果，退休人员的住房福利预计将从目前的每年 £6.3bn 增加到 18 年后的 £9.7bn。这将产生一个新的头-
以打破霍尔姆兹海峡封锁
作者：Jonathan Leake
一名德克萨斯州的石油大亨正计划投资 $5bn (£3.76) 建设一座石油炼油厂，以绕过伊朗对 霍尔姆兹海峡的封锁。 MWG Enterprises 的创始人 马克·冈德森（Marc Gunderson）已与两家中东 投资基金联手开发这座新码头，此举 可能会削弱伊朗对波斯湾出口的控制力。 目前在阿曼湾选择了三个潜在地点， 使用该设施的油轮将无需通过海峡。 自 2 月美国和以色列开始轰炸袭击以来， 伊朗实际上已关闭了这一至关重要的贸易路线， 导致油气价格飙升。 随着美国和沙特阿拉伯对伊拉克境内亲伊朗 民兵进行打击，以及一次针对美国军队的 伊朗导弹袭击被拦截，中东局势升级， 昨日油价上涨 4%，达到每桶 $88。 这项新的炼油厂计划由 Mera Oil 开发， 这是一家由冈德森先生的 MWG 与沙特阿拉伯的 AHQ 及 Patel Family Office 共同组成的美沙合资企业。 该公司尚未正式公布候选地点，但据认为
费用被捆绑在一起，导致客户难以算出 每项元素的具体支付金额。 在 2024, 马克·菲茨帕特里克（Mark FitzPatrick）， 公司首席执行官，因在客户未获得相关咨询 的情况下过度收取年度费用而被迫道歉。 SJP 为被认为支付过多的数千名客户拨备了 £426， 随后该金额减少至 £320。此案导致 SJP 股价暴跌 31%。 当时，在监管机构金融行为监管局（FCA） 于 2023 发布新的“消费者责任”规则， 并对付费客户是否在持续咨询中获得物有所值 的服务提出质疑后，该财富管理公司受到了 更严格的审查。 近期，前顾问们已
这对财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）来说 是一个难题，他目前面临的福利支出每年 增长 4%。 在今年 £333 时，福利支出已占政府 所有支出的四分之一，其中养老金支出 约占该数额的一半。 与此同时，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham） 正在苦心思考如何为老年人社会护理系统 提供资金，该系统每年可能耗资高达 £18。 伯纳姆先生希望建设更多负担得起住房， 部分是为了解决这些问题。然而，他的前任 基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）在实现其 雄心勃勃的住房目标方面曾陷入苦战。
考虑将地点设在阿拉伯联合酋长国的富查伊拉（Fujairah） 或阿曼的苏哈尔（Sohar）。 这两个国家都是海湾阿拉伯国家合作委员会（GCC） 的成员，该委员会是由六个毗邻波斯湾的阿拉伯国家 组成的区域政治和经济联盟，沙特阿拉伯也是其中一员。 它的运作方式类似于欧盟，是一个单一市场和关税同盟。 该设施将被设计为整个 GCC 的出口枢纽，这意味着
其其他成员国——科威特、巴林和卡塔尔也将能够使用它。其炼油能力将约为每天 200,000 桶——与海湾阿拉伯国家合作委员会（GCC）成员国在 2024 年每天出口的 11.5 million 桶原油相比规模较小。然而，它也很可能充当原油出口终端，确保向亚洲和欧洲买家的供应线。 冈德森先生（Mr Gunderson）表示：“合伙关系已经组建，开发理念和资本策略已经确定，我们现在正在选择东道主。在未来几个月内能与我们果断行动的司法管辖区，将有望获得一个主要的下游、存储及能源出口平台。” 昨日的袭击发生在美军表示已化解伊朗对其该地区部队发起的突袭后数小时。 与此同时，伊朗表示已向霍尔姆兹海峡的船只以及位于约旦的美军基地开火。 “中东地区再次爆发军事袭击，且在海峡原油流量下降的情况下，伊朗官员重申他们希望控制通过霍尔姆兹海峡的航运活动，这正再次推高油价，”USB 分析师乔瓦尼·斯汤诺沃（Giovanni Staunovo）告诉路透社。 一名伊朗高级官员昨日告诉路透社，德黑兰方面已否决了阿曼关于区域共同管理霍尔姆兹海峡的提议，这使得人们希望通过该方案解决已导致贸易瘫痪数月的僵局而落空。
由于有指控称 SJP 在涉嫌在未给予足够补偿的情况下接管业务后未能支付赔偿金，相关方面已开始准备法律行动。 在昨天的中期业绩报告中，SJP 表示已进一步降低了针对被收取不存在之咨询费客户的赔偿拨备。 该准备金已从去年 6 月的 £320m 削减至 12 月底的 £272.3m，目前降至 £110m。结果，SJP 回收了 £110.4m，并表示将使用这笔资金资助一项 £82.8m 的股份回购。 SJP 表示：“由于拨备的创建是降低股东回报的关键因素，董事会决定将 £82.8m 的税后释放资金通过股份回购计划全额返还给股东。”
即使是在伦敦以外地区私租一套一居室公寓，对于目前年龄在 45 到 64 岁之间、收入处于中位数水平的夫妇来说，要维持退休生活，其资产需要增加一倍以上。 私人养老金协会（PPI）警告称，福利制度阻碍了低收入工人积累私人养老金。 住房补贴的资产调查将任何私人养老金计入收入，这形成了 PPI 所称的“储蓄抑制”。 约 230,000 名养老金领取者的住房补贴因拥有私人养老金而减少，另有 100,000 人完全无法获得住房补贴。
肯·墨菲 (KEN MURPHY) 与 安娜·泰勒 (ANNA TAYLOR) 提供健康的饮食将助力英国繁荣
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关于投资，一个最令人恼火的误区就是认为它仅仅是另一种形式的赌博。如果你在寻找理由来证明持有现金是正确的，那么这种信念很有用。但它是错误的。最优秀的投资者与赌徒截然相反。他们寻求的是管理唯一真正重要的风险——资本的永久性损失。 当我阅读最新的季度报告时，我想起了这一点。
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为了标志着与阴郁的斯塔默过去彻底决裂，安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 一直在用一连串令人愉快的公告向选民们示好。随着新任首相敏捷地在公交车、酒吧和北区10号府之间穿梭，威斯敏斯特一直对其伴随的社交媒体动态关注不已。 无论政策变化的深度如何，传递出的核心信息很明确——在“安迪之国”，只要首相之笔轻轻一挥，好事就能发生。那么回到现实世界，那里正在发生各种糟糕的事情，如果伯纳姆先生愿意，他现在可以将其阻止。本周早些时候，有消息宣布，乔德雷尔银行天文台 (Jodrell Bank Observatory) 已经……
差距；它反映了根深蒂固的障碍，使得太多家庭在健康饮食方面比本应的情况更加困难。 这同样是一个粮食安全挑战。 人们在讨论粮食安全时，往往仅从供应链、生产和抗击冲击的韧性方面入手。这些因素确实至关重要。但如果一个食物系统不能为下一代提供健康成长所需的营养，那么它就无法真正实现安全。粮食安全始于健康饮食。 这就是为什么特易购 (Tesco) 加入了一个日益壮大的由企业、慈善机构、卫生组织和公民社会团体组成的联盟——由食品基金会 (Food Foundation)、可持续发展组织 (Sustain) 和绿色联盟 (Green Alliance) 领导——共同支持《良好食物法案》(Good Food Bill)。 该法案将创建一个框架，以改善获得健康、实惠且可持续食物的机会，同时帮助构建一个能够抵御气候变化、地缘政治不稳定以及价格上涨等压力的食物系统。 《良好食物法案》应包括 10
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个人资产信托（Personal Assets Trust，简称 PAT）是一家投资公司，它将其目标简洁地概括为：“在长期内保护并增加（按此顺序）每股股东资金的价值。” 这句话中蕴含了大量信息。资本保值优先于增长。关注不稀释现有股东资产。对短期损益不感兴趣。 我不是 PAT 的股东。但在金融危机后的牛市持续了 17 年，且市场面临人工智能（AI）和石油驱动的通货膨胀这两大重大不确定性之际，我在想自己是否应该成为一名股东。 对于一家以优先保护资本、其次增长资本为荣的投资信托公司来说，PAT 的投资组合集中度出乎意料地高。截至 6 月底，其 £1.7bn 的资本被分配在黄金（8%）以及仅仅 18
70 年来一直安置着英国最大望远镜的 [此处缺失/断句] 将要关闭。乔德尔（Jodrell）受到科学技术设施委员会（STFC）被迫做出艰难决定影响，该委员会负责运营国家的巨型激光器、粒子加速器和巨型显微镜。 工党向 STFC 提供了由资金机构英国研究与创新署（UKRI）确定的持平支出结算方案，与此同时，能源成本、工资单和国际会员费大幅上涨。大幅削减国内项目是使账目相抵的唯一办法——这对英国科学及其支撑的前沿衍生企业来说是一个沉重打击。 上周我去了牛津郡的哈韦尔（Harwell）——那确实是一个能让国家感到自豪的地方。太少有人意识到，在哈韦尔我们拥有一个世界领先的科学设施超级园区，支持着 7,500 名从事能源、航天、健康和量子计算的工程师、科学家和企业家。
具有法律约束力的目标，旨在减少儿童肥胖、增加儿童水果和蔬菜的摄入量，并减少家庭食品不安全的情况。它还将要求公共机构有责任提高获得健康且可负担食品的机会，并就进展情况向议会提交独立报告。 采取行动的理由很充分。 英国不能在忽视未来劳动力的营养状况的同时，还希望提高生产力。我们投入了巨大的精力关注基础设施、技能和投资，但对塑造下一代的饮食质量关注太少。投资于儿童营养不仅是一项健康干预，更是对国家未来繁荣的投资。 变革的需求已超出公共卫生的范畴。气候变化已经在影响食品的生产、供应和可负担性。近年来，欧洲和英国各地出现了极端天气——从
精心选择的股票（37%）、各类债券（54%）以及少量现金。 在最新的季度报告中，PAT 的经理们提到了最近的两笔收购，我对这两笔收购均不知情，且两者都体现了这种“安全至上”的投资方法。 第一家是加拿大国家铁路公司（Canadian National），一家拥有诸多竞争优势的北美铁路运营商。它类似于伯灵顿北方圣菲铁路（Burlington Northern Santa Fe），这是沃伦·巴菲特在十五年前收购的一家非常相似的美国公司。 投资加拿大国家铁路公司是一场赌注，即即便在人工智能赋能的数字化世界中，我们仍然需要运输大量的实物。无论这些实物是谷物、木材、汽车、能源产品还是消费品，它都能从中获益。该公司的多元化程度极高。它拥有定价权，
科学技术设施委员会（STFC）在哈威尔（Harwell）运营的资产包括钻石光源（Diamond Light Source），这是一个体育场规模的同步加速器，其功率比普通显微镜强 10,000 倍。 钻石光源允许人们研究从病毒到喷气发动机部件内部应力的所有内容，这就是为什么从疫苗制造商到国防公司和卫星制造商的高科技企业都聚集在它周围的原因。哈威尔的国家投资已被证明取得了巨大成功。园区内企业的生存率为 95%，出口产品和服务价值 £650m，并提供 20 倍的投资回报——如果这就是增长战略，那么它正是如此。 巧合的是，在我访问哈威尔的那天，我们的新任首相正准备削减科学、创新和技术部的预算。该部门的前国务大臣利兹·肯德尔（Liz Kendall）已悄悄离职
从山火和干旱到异常潮湿的冬季以及异常干燥的春季——这些现象破坏了收成、供应链和国内粮食生产。 结合家庭预算持续面临的压力，这些趋势进一步强化了建立一个既有韧性又能够提供健康饮食的粮食系统的必要性。
作为英国最大的零售商和私营部门雇主，特易可（Tesco）亲身体会到了该系统的优势和脆弱之处。食品基金会（Food Foundation）则在系统无法为每个人提供健康饮食时看到了其后果。尽管我们来自不同的视角，但我们共同认为英国需要一个
因为它仅是横跨北美大陆的六大铁路公司之一，这些公司共同存在而非竞争，形成了有效的局部垄断。而且在一个油价长期处于高位的世界里，它比公路运输更具竞争力。 第二家公司是另一家
在于知道承担哪些风险以及何时承担”
这种“铲子与锄头”式的业务。Hubbell 制造用于美国电网电力传输和分配的小型但至关重要的电气设备。它生产电缆连接器、避雷器和绝缘体。这些小部件的价格可能不超过几个
由于未能解决工党交给 STFC 的巨大资金挑战，该机构现在必须在 2029-30 年前节省 £162m。 被大科技公司的承诺所吸引，Kendall 将全部精力投入到 AI 增长区，而这些区域目前尚未交付一个投入运营的数据中心。 与此同时，由于 UKRI 现在隶属于商务部，STFC 的资金危机必须与工会大亨、公共事业的重新国有化以及英国钢铁业面临的持续挑战共同竞争关注度。 这类资金挑战能揭示政府的优先事项。Jodrell 的关闭源于每年 £2.8m 的预算缺口。 与此同时，UKRI 正在资助关于气候殖民性（成本为 £1.3m）、去殖民化正义（£1.1m）以及转型 LGBTIQ-plus 庇护政策（£1.5m）的实时研究项目。政府将
更协调的食品政策方案。我们双方都呼吁政府要求食品公司强制报告销售产品的健康状况，这件事可以立即执行。在本届议会引入的《优质食品法案》（Good Food Bill）将设定连续几届政府任期内的长期目标——从而创造一个更一致且稳定的政策环境。 食品处于国家一些最大挑战的交汇点。它影响公共健康和 NHS 成本、教育成就和劳动力生产率、环境结果以及农村社区的韧性。然而，相关责任仍然分散在各个政府部门之间。《优质食品法案》提供了一个协调这些目标的框架。 没有任何一家公司、慈善机构或政府部门能够单独解决这些挑战。如果我们想要更健康的饮食，减少食品
英镑，但可以帮助防止数百万英镑的损失。 因此，在合理范围内，Hubbell 的客户并不真正关心这些部件的价格。它们是执行关键任务所需的，且仅占电力线路成本的一小部分。这是一个绝佳的组合。使 Hubbell 作为一项投资更具吸引力的是，它在某个几乎肯定会在未来数年甚至数十年持续增长的市场中占据强势地位。 这两项投资的相似之处不在于它们是乏味的旧经济公司，尽管确实如此。其联系在于，无论技术或地缘政治方面发生什么，它们都能提供可持续的、抗通胀且增长的回报。这也是该信托基金第二大股权持有公司 Alphabet 所共有的特点，尽管 Alphabet 既非旧经济也并不乏味。 Alphabet 是对 AI 革命产生积极结果的一次押注，而且它在这种场景下有多种获胜方式。它拥有全球领先的搜索引擎，这是一个产生现金且在增长的业务。它拥有全球领先的大语言模型之一。它运行着全球领先的云运营业务之一。如果您希望在保持对 AI 故事敞口的同时
吹嘘它向英国研究与创新局（UKRI）提供了创纪录的资金结算，却不承认其灾难性的工业能源政策和国民保险抢劫行为所带来的负面影响，早已抵消了任何积极进展。
作为执政时的保守党人，我们在大幅提升国家研发预算的同时，成立了 UKRI 和科学、创新与技术部（DSIT）。在反对党期间，我们已经阐明了将如何重新调整研发预算的优先级，使其远离“觉醒文化”（woke）和 净零排放 项目，转而投入一个最终将支持核心科学和双用途技术的主权国防基金。我们还计划通过诸如“廉价电力计划”等政策来解决成本上涨的驱动因素。但目前，我们要求对科学技术设施委员会（STFC）的削减资金进行逐项设施分析，并评估其对英国经济、科学和国防能力的影响。我们深信，此类审查将使人们清晰地认识到，STFC 的困境远非 UKRI 与学术科学之间一个狭小的资金纠纷。我们正面临的是一场针对部分增长最快、真正具备世界领先水平的工业能力的灾难。我们那位“感觉良好”的首相将作何反应？如果伯纳姆先生希望公众相信他既有权力又有决心地带来变革，那么选民很快就会根据他选择“不改变”什么，以及他“改变”了什么，来对他做出评价。
在 18 个月后，如果乔德尔班克望远镜被关闭，且英国的航天、量子和国防工业被允许衰落，这将是一次失败，它将像抹黑前任首相一样，抹黑我们新任首相的记录。
为了应对不安全感并建立一个能够抵御未来冲击的食品系统，整个系统都需要采取行动。
政府发挥着至关重要的作用，但工业界同样如此。整个食品领域的企业已多次证明其创新和适应能力。同样的创造力可以帮助人们更轻松、更实惠地做出更健康、更可持续的选择。
《优质食品法案》（The Good Food Bill）提供了实现这一目标的机遇。
英国拥有构建一个适应未来的食品系统的专业知识、创新能力和雄心。现在需要的是一个与此雄心相匹配的大胆计划。因为衡量一个安全食品系统的标准，不仅仅是食品是否摆在货架上，而是它能否提供孩子们茁壮成长所需的健康饮食。
肯·墨菲（Ken Murphy）是特易快消（Tesco）的首席执行官。 安娜·泰勒（Anna Taylor）是食品基金会（Food Foundation）的执行董事。
为了在保护既有收益的同时，Alphabet 正是你可能希望将其纳入投资组合的股票。Alphabet 与加拿大国家铁路（Canadian National）以及 Hubbell 共同出现，说明了管理风险并不等同于将其最小化。保护并增长资本（记住，顺序是这样）的诀窍在于知道承担哪些风险以及何时承担。
Personal Assets Trust 与我们所有投资组合的一个关键共同特征，就是能够灵活调整这些精心挑选的股票在信托整体资产配置中的权重。在新冠肺炎（Covid-19）市场崩盘期间，股票权重从 35% 增加到 45%。在解放日关税导致股价骤跌后，权重从 30% 增加到 40%。
至关重要的是，这些风险偏好的增加，发生在实施起来让人感到极不舒服的时候。因此，管理风险并不等同于避免或减少风险。保护和增长资本在于知道什么是恰当的以及何时恰当。事实上，这与赌博几乎完全相反。
汤姆·史蒂文森（Tom Stevenson）是富达国际（Fidelity International）的投资总监。观点仅代表其个人。
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政府证券
52周 最高价 最低价 (£) 股票 现价 (£) +/- 收益率 收益率 高点 低点
107.53 103.38 国债 6% 28 103.67 -0.22 5.79 4.34
102.33 97.08 国债 4¼% 32 98.02 -0.41 4.34 4.64
99.39 92.65 国债 4¼% 36 94.02 -0.48 4.52 5.04
102.00 93.84 国债 4¾% 38 95.40 -0.60 4.98 5.26
指数挂钩证券
349.35 338.41 国债 4⅛% IL 30 340.48 -0.26 1.21 0.97
248.27 236.46 国债 2% IL 35 239.93 -0.68 0.83 1.78
10年期政府债券
利差 对比利差 对比 收益率% 德国国债 (Bunds) 美国国债 (T-Bonds)
法国 3.85 +0.70 -0.80
德国 3.15 - -1.50
日本 2.75 -0.40 -1.90
英国 5.03 +1.88 +0.38
美国 4.65 +1.50 -
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航空航天与国防 -1.89%
È 航空航天与国防 -1.89
52周 最高价 最低价 (p) 股票 现价 (p) +/- 收益率 市盈率 (P/E) 高点 低点
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1527 902⅜ Babcock Intl 1140 -20 0.7 27.1
2360 1529 BAE Systems 2020 -5 1.8 29.4
551½ 398½ QinetiQ ● 503½* +2 2.2 25.0
1532⅝ 981⅜ Rolls–Royce 1380 -39⅜ 0.7 19.9
318⅛ 161 Senior ● 290½ — 1.0 -284.8
银行 -0.54%
È 银行 -0.54
554⅛ 352⅝ Barclays 492½ -12½ 2.3 11.2
563½ 318⅜ Close Bros ● 418⅝ -11⅜ — -6.3
1590 908¾ HSBC 1547¾ -⅝ 3.6 17.0
116 74⅜ Lloyds Bk Gp 111⅜ -1¾ 3.3 15.9
705⅜ 500¼ NatWest Group 665 +¼ 4.9 12.4
1080 613 Santander 1026 -14 1.6 13.2
2278 1285 Standard Ch 2157 +60 2.4 14.7
饮料 -0.24%
2142 1295½ Diageo 1668 -4 3.8 20.9
化学品 +1.07%
Ç 化学品 1.07
3312 2426¾ Croda Intl 3220 +60 3.4 72.5
2434 1730¾ Johnson Mat ● 1970* +11 3.9 -34.4
819 515 Victrex ● 782 -14 7.6 24.4
建筑 -0.65%
È 建筑 -0.65
900 519 Balfour Beatty ● 848 -10 1.7 16.1
410¼ 235⅜ Barratt Redrow 293¾ -⅞ 5.8 21.6
上涨与下跌 (百分比) 汇率
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Ç 信息技术 8.66
信息技术 +8.66%
Ç 家用商品 4.31
家用商品 +4.31%
Ç 石油与天然气 2.93
石油与天然气 +2.93%
Ç 支持服务 1.72
支持服务 +1.72%
Ç 烟草 1.43
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Ç 零售商 1.36
零售商 +1.36%
Ç 媒体 1.19
Ç 制药 0.75
制药 +0.75%
È 燃气与水务 -0.54
燃气与水务 -0.54%
È 旅游与休闲 -1.08
旅游与休闲 -1.08%
È AIM (替代投资市场) -1.23
AIM -1.23%
È 房地产 -1.27
房地产 -1.27%
È 电力 -1.72
电力 -1.72%
È 电器 -3.77
电器 -3.77%
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52 周 高点 低点 股票 价格 +/- 总收益率 覆盖率
237 133½ Boot H 152 — 5.2 8.6
220½ 124⅜ Costain ● 208 -3½ 2.0 15.0
1009¾ 788⅝ Grafton Gp ● 967⅞ -5½ 3.9 13.8
5730 3915 Morgan Sindall ● 4366 +32 3.7 11.7
1552 947⅜ Persimmon 1102½ -7 5.4 12.3
116⅞ 74⅛ Taylor Wimpey ● 82⅞ -1½ 9.2 29.6
510 171 Dialight 481 -19 — —
800 505 discoverIE Grp ● 773* -19 1.7 25.6
4902 3191⅜ Halma 3410* -120 0.7 34.6
5490 2860 Renishaw ● 4780 -285 1.6 41.5
2060 809⅞ XP Power ● 1570 -32 — -37.4
937½ 613⅞ Drax Group ● 759½ +10 3.8 36.7
1428½ 1000 Nat Grid 1193 -25 4.1 18.2
2767½ 1597 SSE 2322* -30 3.0 22.0
工程 / 工业 +0.05%
98⅛ 71 Coats Group ● 81⅜ -3¼ 3.1 18.3
414½ 230 Cropper J 357 -3 — 11.6
28500 7220 Goodwin ● 16340 -820 1.7 49.9
3076 2138 IMI 2860 -114 1.2 23.0
1192 660 Mondi ● 789⅜ +7¼ 3.1 24.6
38⅝ 21¼ Severfield 37¾ +1 — -3.1
2746¼ 2088 Smiths Gp 2599 -47 1.8 30.3
8050 5950 Spirax Gp 6925 -75 2.5 31.2
3580 2254 Weir 2744 +220 1.5 28.7
食品生产商 -0.01%
2359 1729½ Ass Brit Fds 2100 +44 3.0 14.8
5195 3270 Coca–Cola HBC 5065 -20 2.0 22.8
5810 4775 Cranswick ● 5430* +20 2.1 18.4
861 447⅞ Hilton Food ● 565 +1 6.2 6.4
138 87 REA Hldgs 109 — — -206.9
5542⅛ 3644 Unilever 4986 -12 3.2 13.4
220¼ 153⅝ Centrica 155⅜ +⅛ 3.6 -103.6
606 439⅜ Pennon Gp ● 463⅜* -7⅜ 6.3 23.9
3335 2381 Severn Trent 3032 -28 4.2 24.6
1497 1072 Utd Utilities 1379* -6 3.9 16.0
通用金融 -0.08%
276½ 145⅞ Ashmore ● 205 -⅝ 8.2 16.8
363⅜ 212 Bridgepoint Grp ● 310¾ -9¾ 3.1 62.2
1880 1240 BrooksMacdonald 1420 +20 5.8 10.9
1956 1016 IG Group 1689 -9 3.6 11.6
2340 1424⅞ ICG 1908* -22 4.6 11.4
690 499⅜ Investec 629 -17½ 6.1 8.2
72 48 IP Group ● 63⅝ -¾ 2.0 8.8
上涨股票 36 成交量 收盘价 变动
Ç The Sage Grp 4.77m 1022 8.75pc
Ç Weir Group 3.12m 2744 8.72pc
Ç Burberry 2.49m 1193 4.65pc
Ç Reckitt Benck 2.47m 5400 4.33pc
Ç BP 30.98m 543½ 3.39pc
Ç Experian 5.16m 3077 3.22pc
Ç Rentokil Initial 6.81m 443¼ 2.95pc
Ç Standard Chart 11.91m 2157 2.86pc
Ç Glencore 26.32m 520¾ 2.80pc
Ç Shell 14.16m 3323½ 2.75pc
Ç Ass Brit Fds 0.62m 2100 2.14pc
Ç Tesco 26.08m 501¾ 2.14pc
Ç Croda Intl 0.52m 3220 1.90pc
Ç Prudential 8.91m 1096½ 1.86pc
Ç Metlen Energy 0.18m 3888½ 1.64pc
Ç Rio Tinto 2.40m 6977 1.63pc
Ç Brit Amer Tob 4.42m 4740 1.52pc
Ç AstraZeneca 5.21m 13134 1.50pc
Ç RELX 5.52m 2874 1.48pc
Ç Marks & Spen 13.01m 405⅜ 1.35pc
Ç Sainsbury 7.54m 358⅜ 1.27pc
Ç Pearson 1.26m 1326 1.22pc
业绩汇总
| 公司 | 营业额(£) | 税前利润(£) | 每股收益(p) | 股息(p) | 付款日 | 除息日 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Group | 国际 643.0m (628.0m) | 276.0m (271.0m) | 13.400 (13.800) | 7.300 (7.300) | 9月 22 | 待定 |
| Greggs | 国际 101.5bn (1.0bn) | 76.0m (63.5m) | 55.100 (45.600) | 19.000 (19.000) | 10月 09 | 9月 10 |
| Lancashire Holdings $ | 国际 930.0m (930.1m) | 151.0m (118.6m) | 58.000 (45.000) | 7.500 (7.500) | 9月 04 | 8月 06 |
| Rathbones Group | 国际 487.5m (449.1m) | 72.1m (62.3m) | 50.400 (42.600) | 32.000 (31.000) | 9月 30 | 9月 03 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 国际 6.4bn (7.0bn) | 981.0m (1.3bn) | 100.900 (140.300) | 88.600 (84.400) | 9月 18 | 8月 06 |
| Rio Tinto $ | 国际 31.0bn (26.9bn) | 9.3bn (6.7bn) | 409.900 (278.800) | 211.000 (148.000) | 9月 24 | 8月 13 |
| Shaftesbury Capital | 国际 122.7m (117.6m) | 228.1m (173.0m) | 10.600 (8.300) | 2.200 (1.900) | 9月 23 | 8月 27 |
| St James’s Place | 国际 9.6m (10.2m) | 968.2m (505.4m) | 60.000 (52.000) | 6.000 (6.000) | 9月 18 | 8月 06 |
| Standard Chartered $ | 国际 11.6bn (10.9bn) | 4.8bn (4.4bn) | 151.600 (129.100) | 20.400 (12.300) | 9月 29 | 8月 06 |
| Weir Group | 国际 1.3bn (1.2bn) | 174.9m (163.8m) | 49.800 (43.200) | 20.000 (19.600) | 11月 03 | 10月 01 |
BNY Mellon 基金经理 投资者：0800 614330 经纪人：08085 660000 www.bnymellonim.co.uk, clientservices@bnymellon.com BNY Mellon 投资资金 (ICVC) 英镑收益份额
| 基金名称 | 费用 | 价格 | 变动 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Income | 0% | 339 | +0.87 |
| Corporate Bond | 0% | 81.8 | -0.09 |
| Equity Inc | 0% | 142.69 | … |
| Equity Inc Booster | 0% | 90.37 | … |
| Glob Abs Ret‡ | 0% | 109.35 | … |
| Glob Multi-Strat | 0% | 139.72 | +0.16 |
| Inflation-Linked Corp Bd | 0% | 116.19 | +0.07 |
| Long-Term Global Equity | 0% | 498.22 | +1.12 |
| Asian Income | 0% | 307.21 | -0.36 |
| European Opps | 0% | 472.71 | -0.6 |
| Global Dynamic Bd | 0% | 84.52 | +0.08 |
| Global High Yield Bd | 0% | 47.4 | -0.29 |
| International Bd | 0% | 191.34 | +0.08 |
| Multi-Asset Bal | 0% | 307.84 | +0.14 |
| Mult-Asset Div Return | 0% | 197.8 | +0.09 |
| Mult-Asset Growth | 0% | 1633.13 | -0.01 |
| Oriental | 0% | 1201.67 | -0.23 |
| Real Return A | 0% | 135.2 | -0.12 |
| UK Equity Fund | 0% | 1218.3 | +0.43 |
| UK Income | 0% | 102.78 | +0.61 |
| UK Opportunities | 0% | 466.09 | +0.47 |
B 份额
| 代码 | 价格 | 公司 | 现价 | 变动 | 收益率 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10290 | 6684 Lon Stock Ex | 9198 | +48 1.6 | 38.6 | |
| 359¼ | 247 M&G | 352¼ | -¾ 5.8 | 28.0 | |
| 327¼ | 154¼ Man Group ● | 310 | +3⅝ 4.2 | 26.7 | |
| 209 | 150¾ Quilter ● | 193¾ | -1¾ 3.3 | 21.8 | |
| 2458½ | 1620 S & U | 1940 | -10 5.9 | 9.9 | |
| 599½ | 358⅝ Schroders | 588½ | — | 3.7 | 17.3 |
| 132 | 91¼ Vanquis Banking Gp | 115¼ | — | — | 36.0 |
医疗保健 +0.04%
| 代码 | 价格 | 公司 | 现价 | 变动 | 收益率 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 416⅛ | 274⅜ Haleon | 379¾ | -1¼ 1.9 | 20.4 | |
| 1441½ | 1050 Smith & Nep | 1214½ | +14½ 2.4 | 22.4 | |
| 1376½ | 976 Burberry | 1193 | +53 — | — | |
| 170 | 106¼ McBride | 159 | +¼ 1.9 | 8.2 | |
| 112¼ | 65⅛ PZ Cussons | 110¾ | +2⅝ 3.2 | -80.3 | |
| 6522⅞ | 3664 Reckitt Benck | 5400 | +224 4.0 | 11.5 | |
| 315 | 196 Aptitude Sftwre | 199 | +3 2.7 | 27.3 | |
| 1335 | 771⅝ The Sage Grp | 1022 | +82¼ 2.2 | 27.1 |
保险 -0.18%
| 代码 | 价格 | 公司 | 现价 | 变动 | 收益率 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 177½ Aberdeen Group | 238 | -10⅝ 6.1 | 11.0 | |
| 3798 | 2624 Admiral | 3798 | +32 5.4 | 15.4 | |
| 700¾ | 590⅝ Aviva | 686⅝ | -5⅝ 5.7 | 25.5 | |
| 1296 | 750 Beazley | 1290½ | -2 1.9 | 11.4 | |
| 1904 | 1246 Hiscox | 1818 | -1 2.1 | 13.4 | |
| 700 | 549 Lancashire Hldg ● | 616½ | -43½ 2.7 | 6.8 | |
| 310 | 217¼ Legal & General | 296 | -1½ 7.4 | 29.6 | |
| 1238 | 910¼ Prudential | 1096½ | +20 1.8 | 9.4 | |
| 922 | 615 Standard Life | 905 | -12½ 6.1 | -192.1 | |
| 1575½ | 1038¾ St James’s Place | 1064 | -21 1.7 | 10.7 |
投资信托 -0.17%
| 代码 | 价格 | 公司 | 现价 | 变动 | 收益率 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4497 | 1825 3i | 2897 | -16 2.9 | 3090 | |
| 394½ | 325 3i Infrastructure ● | 388½ | +3 3.5 | 403 | |
| 822 | 606 Aberdeen New India | 724 | +4 — | 810 | |
| 1356 | 1178 Alliance Witan | 1342 | -4 2.2 | 1415 | |
| 764 | 439½ Allianz Tech Trust ● | 650 | -4 — | 705 | |
| 331 | 260 Baillie Giff China | 310 | +6½ 0.8 | 338 | |
| 116½ | 91⅜ Baillie Giff Euro Gwth | 115½ | — 0.6 | 127 | |
| 153⅜ | 120⅝ Bankers Invstmt Tst ● | 146* | -1 1.9 | 160 | |
| 1684 | 804 Biotech Growth | 1626 | -16 — | 1751 | |
| 284 | 197 BlckRckAmInc | 281½ | +1½ 5.0 | 276 | |
| 205 | 116½ BlackRockEnrgy&Res | 171½ | -1½ 3.4 | 180 | |
| 208 | 159½ BlckRock FroInv | 187½ | -1 4.1 | 187 | |
| 625 | 507 BlckRck Grt Euro ● | 583 | -8 1.2 | 636 | |
| 238 | 198 BlckRck Inc&Grth | 236* | +6 3.3 | 261 | |
| 288⅜ | 230¾ BlackRock Small ● | 271 | +½ 2.9 | 309 | |
| 1072⅞ | 543⅛ BlackRock Wld M ● | 867 | -9 2.8 | 889 |
下跌榜 62 | 公司 | 成交量 | 收盘价 | 变动 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | È Aberdeen Group | 15.25m | 238 | -4.26pc | | È Diploma | 0.41m | 7110 | -4.18pc | | È IMI | 0.99m | 2860 | -3.83pc | | È Halma | 1.20m | 3410 | -3.40pc | | È Fresnillo | 0.58m | 2481 | -3.20pc | | È Intl Cons Air | 16.63m | 432½ | -2.94pc | | È Endeavour Mng | 0.61m | 3487 | -2.81pc | | È Rolls-Royce | 29.92m | 1380 | -2.78pc | | È Segro | 5.46m | 970 | -2.75pc |
È Investec 2.90m 629 -2.71pc
È Lion Finance 0.08m 11140 -2.62pc
È Barclays 62.60m 492½ -2.48pc
È Airtel Africa 4.95m 347⅜ -2.36pc
È Entain 7.92m 560⅝ -2.30pc
È Polar CapTech 4.43m 597½ -2.13pc
È Natl Grid 9.99m 1193 -2.05pc
È St James’s Place 3.88m 1064 -1.94pc
È Smiths Gp 1.18m 2599 -1.78pc
È Babcock Intl 1.28m 1140 -1.72pc
È Lloyds Bk Gp 82.99m 111⅜ -1.50pc
È Standard Life 1.53m 905 -1.36pc
È Coca-Cola Euro 0.13m 8330 -1.30pc
Glob Multi-Strat 0% 140.46 +0.15
Inflation-Linked Corp Bd 0% 116.26 +0.07
Long-Term Global Equity 0% 382.97 +1.12
Asian Income 0% 193.06 -0.36
Continental European 0% 312.15 -0.6
Global Dynamic Bd 0% 82.8 +0.07
Global High Yield Bd 0% 76.18 -0.3
International Bd 0% 87.75 +0.08
Multi-Asset Bal 0% 207.72 +0.14
Mult-Asset Div Return 0% 153.11 +0.09
Mult-Asset Growth 0% 327.14 -0.01
Oriental 0% 244.32 -0.22
Real Return A 0% 122.34 -0.11
UK Equity Fund 0% 210.38 +0.43
UK Income 0% 209.33 +0.62
UK Opportunities 0% 232.24 +0.48
Emerging Income 0% 135.12 -0.44
Global Emerging Mkts 0% 272.98 -0.67
Global Equity Fund 0% 396.35 +0.36
Multi Asset Inc 0% 141.42 -0.08
Discretionary Unit Fund No 1, Poultry, London EC2R 8JR. 020 7415 4130
Maitland Discretionary Inc 3.00 2243.07 -4.32
Fundsmith LLP PO Box 10846, Chelmsford, Essex, CM99 2BW. 0330 123 1815 www.fundsmith.co.uk enquiries@fundsmith.co.uk
Fundsmith Equity T Acc – 696.96 +9.16
395 312 Caledonia ● 385* -½ 2.0 594
595 486 City of Lon ● 595* +4 3.7 582
467 207 CQS Nat Res G & I 350* -4 8.1 355
330 268¼ CT Glbl Mgd G 320 — — 324
135 114 CT Glbl Mgd I 131½ — 6.1 131
592 439⅞ CT Priv Eq Ord 500* — 5.6 695
373 320 CT UK Cap & Inc 363 +4½ 3.7 377
126 97 CT UKHighIncTst 117½* +3½ 5.1 119
480¼ 460 Dunedin Ent # 475 — 4.8 —
860 737⅝ Edinburgh Inv Tr ● 860 +9 3.7 928
294½ 185¾ Edin Worldwide ● 234 -6 — 256
1332 325¾ F&C Inv Trust 332* -1⅜ 1.3 366
672 546 Fidelity Asian V 584 — 3.5 601
339 241 Fidlty Chna Sp Sits ● 265 +8 3.4 281
442 367½ Fidelity Euro Tst ● 422½ -3½ 2.3 449
468½ 372 Fidelity Sp V ● 465 +3½ 2.2 463
937 706¼ Finsbury Gwth ● 830 +12 2.4 885
198⅜ 162⅜ Glbl Small Co Trust ● 193 — 1.6 203
212¼ 173¼ Hend High Inc 207 -1 5.4 217
966 769 Hend Smaller Co ● 950 +3 2.9 1036
3290¾ 2285 Herald Inv ● 2935 -30 — 3202
524⅜ 318⅝ HgCapital ● 390 +4 1.3 530
138 107¼ HICL Infrastructure ● 136 +¾ 6.2 161
1611⅜ 1288¼ ICG Enterprise Tst ● 1440 +36 2.9 2034
976 782½ JPM Claverh’se ● 974* +12 3.7 985
153 121½ JPM Eur G&I ● 145* -¼ 3.8 147
849 633 JPM Japanese ● 773 -4 1.1 826
713 522½ Land Secs 709½ +2½ 5.8 —
186½ 141½ Lowland Inv 182¼* +¾ 3.7 200
282 234¼ Mercantile InvTr ● 278½* -2 3.0 311
671 536 Merchants Tst ● 666* +3 4.5 702
1664 1322 Monks ● 1584 -2 0.1 1672
1034 854⅝ Murray Income ● 1024 +4 3.9 1099
371 283¼ Murray Intl ● 370* +1½ 3.4 367
57 47 Northern 2 VCT 52 — 5.8 55
86½ 79½ Northern 3 VCT 81 — 5.6 85
59½ 53 Nthn Venture 55 — 5.6 58
437 345 Pacific Assets 399 -2 1.4 426
409 319½ Pantheon ● 393½ — — 526
2610 1906⅛ RIT Cap Ptnrs ● 2510 +50 1.8 3159
319 281¼ Ruffer Inv Pref ● 297 +3½ 2.1 306
738 488¾ Schroder Asian TR ● 660 +10 1.7 665
560 480⅛ Scot American ● 558 -1 2.9 600
1563 1015¾ Scot Mortgage 1314 -11½ 0.3 1451
253 215⅞ STS Global Income 236 +1 3.6 239
352 196¼ Tmpletn Em Mt ● 292* -6 1.8 311
364½ 291 TR Property ● 317½* -1 5.1 353
150¼ 137 UIL Fin ZDP 2026 150 — — 150
302 239⅞ Utilico Emerg ● 286* +2 3.4 317
398 306½ Worldw HealthTr ● 391½ +2 0.6 414
Net Asset Values © 2026 Morningstar Estimated at previous day’s close see www.Morningstar.co.uk.
Guinness Global Investors 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ www.guinnessgi.com +44(0)20 7222 5703
Sustainable Energy Acc – 25.0267 …
Global Innovators Acc – 45.8023 …
Global Equity Income Inc – 25.0208 …
Available as an ISA
Available as an ISA
Janus Henderson Investors PO Box 9023 Chelmsford, CM99 2WB Enquiries: 0800 832 832 Website: www.janushenderson.com
Cautious Managed A Acc 5.00 357.1 …
Cautious Managed A Inc 5.00 154.7 …
China Opps A Acc 5.00 *1327 +17
Emerg Mkts Opps A Acc 5.00 281.1 …
European Sel Opps A Acc 5.00 *3182 -3
Fixed Int Mthly Inc A Inc 4.25 17.11 …
Global Care Growth A Inc 4.50 701.2 …
Global Equity Inc A Inc 5.25 *86.65 +0.51
Global Select Acc 4.25 6292 …
Global Strategic Cap Acc 5.00 429.7 …
Global Technology A Acc 5.00 6599 …
Inst UK IDX Opp Tr – 181.1834 …
Janus Asian Dividend In Ut 5.00 97.32 …
844⅜ 418⅝ Autotrader 531⅝ +2¾ 2.2 15.6
690 435 Bloomsbury ● 638* +8 2.5 19.3
1000 719 Informa 905 -1 2.4 —
87⅜ 65¾ ITV ● 75⅞ +¼ 6.6 12.9
1337 874¾ Pearson 1326 +16 1.9 25.8
75⅜ 40⅛ Reach 45⅞ +½ 12.9 -1.1
3976 1991 RELX 2874 +42 2.4 25.5
827 391⅜ Rightmove ● 487⅞ +13¾ 2.2 17.4
423⅜ 218½ WPP ● 322 +3½ 4.7 6.4
Mining 矿业 +0.30%
4239 2042 Anglo Amer (英美资源) 3602 -20 0.5 -14.5
4475 1850½ Antofagasta (安托法加斯塔) 3549 -12 1.4 35.0
3495 1873½ BHP Group (必和必拓集团) 3117 -17 3.3 23.3
81 81 Evraz # (艾夫拉兹) 81 — — 0.5
4472 1371 Fresnillo (弗雷斯尼略) 2481 -82 3.8 17.6
707¼ 275¼ Glencore (嘉能可) 520¾ +14¼ 2.5 —
858 246¼ Hochschild Mng ● (霍希希尔德矿业) 436⅜ -8¼ 1.0 14.9
345 178⅜ Kenmare Res (肯马尔资源) 194⅜ +6⅜ — -0.7
9117 4344½ Rio Tinto (力拓) 6977 +112 5.0 15.1
609⅜ 397⅛ BP (英国石油) 543½ +17¾ 4.6 —
28 9¾ EnQuest (英奎斯特) 24 +⅜ 3.3 —
553 288½ Hunting ● (亨廷顿) 431 -17 2.2 21.9
3758½ 2553¾ Shell (壳牌) 3323½ +89 3.3 14.6
15732 9892 AstraZeneca (阿斯特捷 {旭基}) 13134 +194 1.8 26.4
3228¾ 1943 Genus ● (金尼斯) 2226 +8 1.5 76.0
2282 1288⅝ GSK (葛兰素史克) 2007 -22 3.5 14.2
2004 1187 Hikma ● (希克玛) 1630 +17 3.9 11.9
16 5⅞ Alina Hldgs (阿里娜控股) 10 — — 17
1208 800½ Big Yellow Gp ● (大黄集团) 897½ +7 5.3 —
445⅝ 318⅝ Brit Land (英国地产) 439¾ -3⅜ 5.3 —
2102 1469⅜ Derwent Ldn ● (德温特伦敦) 2102 +42 3.9 —
377 270 Gt Portland Est ● (大波特兰地产) 349 +1 2.3 —
213 149½ Grainger ● (格雷格) 174⅝ -1⅜ 4.8 6.4
377 263⅜ Hammerson ● (哈默森) 369 +6¾ 4.5 —
997⅜ 603 Segro (赛格罗) 970 -27⅜ 3.2 —
162⅞ 124⅛ Shaftesbury Capital ● (沙夫茨伯里资本) 143¼ -2¾ 3.3 7.7
140 104 Town Centre (市中心) 132 +3 3.8 —
175 132¼ Tritax Big Box (特里塔克斯大盒子) 170¾ -2½ 4.8 183
169⅜ 106 Currys ● (库里斯) 168 +3 1.8 10.8
1249 707 Dunelm ● (杜内尔姆) 894 +6 7.8 11.6
819½ 598 Frasers Group ● (弗雷泽集团) 815½ +16½ — 9.4
2002 1407¼ Greggs ● (格雷格斯) 2002 +312 3.4 16.7
Ç 澳大利亚 全指 (All Ordinaries) 9199.70 +87.70 +0.96%
È 巴西 博维斯帕指数 (Bovespa) 173885.34 -2679.41 -1.52%
Ç 中国 上证综合指数 3828.47 +15.15 +0.40%
È 法国 CAC综合指数 8408.27 -50.51 -0.60%
È 德国 DAX指数 25460.48 -3.53 -0.01%
Ç 香港 恒生指数 25807.92 +497.07 +1.96%
Ç 印度 BSE S&P SENSEX指数 77654.60 +888.68 +1.16%
È 日本 日经指数 61434.19 -930.73 -1.49%
Ç 新加坡 海峡时报指数 5713.19 +97.08 +1.73%
È 西班牙 马德里证券交易所 (Madrid SE) 1921.80 -29.90 -1.53%
È 瑞士 SMI指数 14486.10 -85.23 -0.58%
È 美国 道琼斯指数 51594.14 -1153.18 -2.19%
È 美国 纳斯达克指数 24442.94 -433.97 -1.74%
0. 1. 2.
Ç 黄金 每特洛伊盎司 $4054.65 +27.41 +0.68pc
Ç 白银 每特洛伊盎司 £43.09 +0.12 +0.29pc
Ç 克鲁格金币
£3003.39 +23.69 +0.79pc
Ç 新主权金币
£711.87 +5.10 +0.72pc
Ç 枫叶金币
£3020.54 +12.11 +0.40pc
Ç 铂金 每盎司 £1211.68 +5.36 +0.44pc
È 钯金 每盎司 £948.89 -0.98 -0.10pc
È 铜† A级 £10250.58 -8.44 -0.08pc
Ç 锡† 高级 £40522.24 +368.10 +0.92pc
Ç 铅†
£1427.50 +9.83 +0.69pc
Ç 锌† 特高等级 £2688.69 +6.36 +0.24pc
Ç 铝† 高级 £2390.32 +23.03 +0.97pc
Ç 镍†
£12897.89 +157.28 +1.23pc
È 波罗的海干散货指数*
2632.00 -32.00 -1.20pc
È 小麦 每吨 £198.75 -0.25 -0.13pc
Ç 布伦特原油 9月交割 $90.74 +6.65 +7.91pc
*版权所有：波罗的海交易所信息服务有限公司。†数据由伦敦金属交易所提供。
Multi-Mgr Inc&Gwth A Acc 5.00 229.6 …
Multi-Mgr Mangd A Acc 5.00 397.9 +0.2
Multi-Mgr Mangd A Inc 5.00 367 +0.1
Sterling Bond Acc 4.25 228.8 …
Sterling Bond Inc 4.25 55.26 …
Strategic Bond A Inc 4.00 95.34 …
UK Absolute Return A Acc 5.00 *207 …
UK Alpha A Acc 5.25 196.7 +0.5
UK Smaller Cos A ACC 5.00 913.9 …
UK Equity Income A Inc 5.00 702.2 …
UK Index Opps Tst A Acc – 178.9024 …
US Growth A Acc 5.00 *2869 -22
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (摩根资产管理) 60 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0JP 客户热线：0800 204020。经纪人热线：0800 727770
JPM Ems C Net Dis – 258.5000 -3.9000
JPM Japan C Net Acc – 460.7000 -3.8000
JPM Natural Res C Net ACC – 1601.0000 -10.0000
JPM UK Equity Core E Acc – *710.0000 +2.8000
JPM UK Equity Core E Inc – *93.0900 +0.3600
JPM US Eq Inc C Net – *600.4000 +2.3000
JPM US Eq Inc C Net Dis – *590.5000 +2.4000
JPM US Select C Net Acc – 1237.0000 -2.0000
JPM US Sm Cos Gwth C Net Ac – 1263 -11
981 713 Howden Joinery 786½ -1½ 2.8 16.0
106⅛ 64 JD Sports Fash 94¾* -⅛ 1.3 11.0
372¼ 240¼ Kingfisher 311⅛ -½ 4.0 22.2
411¾ 301⅛ Marks & Spen 405⅜ +5⅜ 1.0 31.9
4 ⅝ Mothercare ¾ -¼ — 0.6
15280 11200 Next 15180* -60 1.8 20.0
397⅞ 140¼ Ocado ● 195 +6½ — 4.1
575 200 Pinewood Tech 430 -5 — 89.6
685 172½ Saga ● 661 -2 — —
370¾ 291¼ Sainsbury J 358⅜ +4½ 3.8 20.7
1120 378⅝ Smith WH ● 445 -1 — -4.0
510⅜ 406⅞ Tesco 501¾ +10½ 2.9 18.2
2832 1981 Bunzl 2814 -2 2.6 20.0
416 215 Capita 274½ +20 — -1.9
6740 4188 DCC Energy 6350 +20 3.4 —
114⅝ 78⅜ Essentra 107¼ -1 2.0 —
4054 2203 Experian 3077 +96 1.7 24.9
5845 3519⅜ Intertek Group 5830 -5 2.8 26.7
250¾ 163½ Int’l Workplace ● 202 -¾ 0.5 —
172⅛ 123¾ Johnson Serv ● 153¾ +1¼ 3.1 16.5
214 134¾ MITIE Gp ● 208¾* +⅝ 2.2 31.6
507 342½ Rentokil 443¼ +12¾ 2.1 31.6
325¾ 203 Serco Group ● 244¼ +⅜ 1.8 17.0
15¼ 6¾ SIG 8¼ -¼ — -1.5
723½ 493⅜ Travis P ● 569½ +2 2.1 -6.8
电信业 -0.33%
242⅛ 173 BT Group 205½ +1⅛ 4.0 18.7
1936 638 Telecom Plus ● 861 +2 5.8 8.5
131⅛ 80⅝ Vodafone 122* -1¼ 3.2 -86.4
5326 3677 Brit Am Tob 4740* +71 5.2 13.5
3632 2626 Imp Brands 2929 +29 5.7 11.7
交通运输 +0.22%
490 294½ ZIGUP ● 465 +1 5.8 13.8
683¾ 332⅝ easyJet ● 611⅝ -⅜ 2.2 9.3
1031½ 500⅜ Entain 560⅝ -13¼ 3.5 -5.4
240⅜ 152⅛ FirstGroup ● 181½* +1 4.0 8.5
23610 6722 Flutter Entrtmt 8212 -42 — -52.0
776 544 Fullers ‘A’ 742 +6 2.9 18.9
492⅞ 332¾ IAG Intl Cons Air 432½ -13⅛ 1.6 7.1
13305 8458 Intercont Hotels 12096⅞ -34⅞ 1.1 32.7
301½ 223½ Mitchells&But ● 275½ — — 9.3
38¼ 17 Mobico Group 29⅝ +1⅞ — -0.6
447 210 Playtech ● 389¾ -6⅜ — 0.9
164⅝ 86 Rank Group ● 98¾ -2¼ 3.0 10.4
指数 变动
Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Ltd The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SQ 020 3817 1000
Jupiter Asian Inc L Acc – 335.87 +0.2607
Jupiter Asian Inc L Inc – 226.35 +0.2607
Jupiter China L Acc – 119.62 +1.3140
Jupiter China L Inc – 109.51 +1.3140
Jupiter Corp Bond L Inc – 51.01 -0.2426
Jupiter Eco L Inc – 692.73 +0.2019
Jupiter European L Inc – 3859.87 -0.5189
Jupiter Euro Inc L Acc – 85.01629 …
Jupiter Euro Inc L Inc – 49.78698 …
Jupiter Euro Special Sits L Acc – 580.17 -0.5110
Jupiter Fin Opp L Inc – 1308.56 -0.7985
Jupiter Fund Of Inv Tsts L Inc – 393.23 +0.1407
Jupiter Global Emg Mkts L Acc – 98.02 -0.6020
Jupiter Global Finl Innov L Acc – 217.99 -0.9406
Jupiter Income Trust L Inc – *701.67 +0.2477
Jupiter India L Acc – 216.09 +1.2050
Jupiter Japan Inc L Acc – 216.47 +1.3534
Jupiter Japan Inc L Inc – 140.8 +1.3534
Jupiter Merlin Bal Prtfo L Acc – 341.19 +0.5471
Jupiter Merlin Bal Prtfo L Inc – 195.61 +0.5475
Jupiter Merlin Grth Prtfo L Acc – 820.68 +0.6412
Jupiter Merlin Grth Prtfo L Inc – 792.89 +0.6412
3302 2098 Whitbread 2526 +10 3.8 20.5
89⅜ 36¾ Afentra 62 +2⅜ — -58.8
1130 799 Arbuthnot 830 — 6.6 7.6
244 125¼ Central Asia Met 147 -¾ 8.2 -4.6
872½ 98 Ceres Power ● 306⅝ -10¼ — -12.5
460 271 Churchill China 390 — 5.4 9.8
380 194 CML Micro 275 — 4.0 -833.3
1538 881⅛ Cohort 1242 -46 1.4 23.8
177 101 Eleco 133½ +3 0.9 83.4
13½ ¼ Futura Medical ⅜ — — -0.1
161½ 112 James Halstead 120⅝ +¼ 7.4 12.4
405 200 Mpac Group 314 -11 — -9.9
1800 1100 MS Intl 1455 -15 1.8 21.6
68 34½ Premier Miton 37½* — 8.0 48.1
74 46 Tribal Gp 63¼ +1¼ 2.1 15.0
1½ ½ Xtract Resources 1 — — -4.3
替代投资市场（Alternative Investment Market）面向年轻且成长中的公司。股票可能比全额报价股票具有更高的风险，且可能难以出售。
美国股票 -0.66%
84⅜ 28⅛ Alcoa $ 42¾ -1⅝ 0.9 9.8
387½ 288⅜ Amer Express $ 334 -2¾ 1.1 4.1
63 44¾ BankAmerica $ 61¾ -⅞ 2.1 3.2
254⅜ 176¾ Boeing $ 211⅛ -10½ — —
1073½ 405½ Caterpillar $ 781¼ -59⅝ 0.8 3.1
214¾ 146½ Chevron $ 192¼ +4⅝ 3.7 0.8
113⅝ 84⅝ Coca–Cola Euro $ 110⅞ -⅝ 2.2 0.8
99⅜ 74½ Colgate Palm $ 92⅞ +⅛ 2.3 1.2
ExxonMobil Hldgs $ 157¼ — 2.6 1.4
383 261¾ Gen Electric $ 351 -12⅝ 0.5 4.5
426¾ 289⅛ Home Depot $ 341¾ -2⅝ 2.7 1.5
Honeywell $ 241⅜ — 1.2 5.0
29⅝ 17½ HP $ 28⅝ +¼ 4.2 2.3
332½ 199¼ IBM $ 227⅜ -⅛ 3.0 1.7
142⅜ 19 Intel $ 83¼ -3 — —
56⅛ 29¼ Intl Paper $ 42¾ -1⅜ 4.3 2.8
359¼ 279⅛ JP Morgan Ch $ 348¼ -9 1.7 3.5
274⅞ 164¼ Johnson&John $ 267⅜ +⅝ 2.0 1.6
36 24⅞ Keurig Dr Pep $ 31¼ +⅛ 2.9 1.7
56½ 25⅛ Manpower $ 56½ +1⅛ 2.5 0.2
341¾ 261 McDonalds $ 272⅛ -⅞ 2.7 1.6
135 76⅝ Merck $ 131½ -⅜ 2.6 1.1
555½ 349¼ Microsoft $ 395½ +2¼ 0.9 4.6
28¾ 23⅛ Pfizer $ 25¼ … 6.8 0.8
167¼ 137⅝ Procter & Gamble $ 145¼ -3⅝ 3.0 1.6
221⅜ 150⅝ Raytheon Tech $ 215⅝ -3 1.4 2.0
497⅜ 305½ Rockwell $ 453 -18⅛ 1.2 1.8
505⅞ 348 Trane Tech $ 446 -24 0.9 3.1
135⅛ 95⅜ Wal Mart Strs $ 113⅞ +¾ 0.9 2.9
£ > Eur 汇率 1.1676 变动 +0.02¢ £ > $ 汇率 1.3289 变动 -0.03¢
| Tourist 旅游汇率 £1 = | Sterling 商业汇率 £1 = | 1 Euro = | 1 Dollar = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia 澳大利亚 Aus $ | 1.8667 | 1.9190 | 1.6437 |
| Canada 加拿大 Can $ | 1.8186 | 1.8724 | 1.6037 |
| Denmark 丹麦 Krone | 8.3337 | 8.7279 | 7.4753 |
| Euro 欧元 € | 1.1417 | 1.1676 | … |
| Hong Kong 香港 HK $ | 9.9533 | 10.4221 | 8.9265 |
| India 印度 Rupee | 97.41 | 127.1045 | 108.8641 |
| Israel 以色列 Shekels | 3.8134 | 4.0892 | 3.5025 |
| Japan 日本 Yen | 212.43 | 217.7786 | 186.5257 |
| Kuwait 科威特 Dinar | … | 0.4130 | 0.3538 |
| New Zealand 新西兰 NZ $ | 2.2197 | 2.3022 | 1.9719 |
| Norway 挪威 Krone | 12.3383 | 12.8367 | 10.9945 |
| Pakistan 巴基斯坦 Rupee | 340.39 | 369.0549 | 316.0928 |
| Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯 Riyal | 4.7545 | 4.9890 | 4.2730 |
| Singapore 新加坡 $ | 1.6374 | 1.7182 | 1.4716 |
| South Africa 南非 Rand | 21.3408 | 22.3213 | 19.1181 |
| Sweden 瑞典 Krona | 12.2797 | 12.9235 | 11.0689 |
| Switzerland 瑞士 Franc | 1.0577 | 1.0901 | 0.9337 |
| Thailand 泰国 Baht | 43.0458 | 44.6095 | 38.2077 |
| UAE 阿联酋 Dirham | 4.7224 | 4.8806 | 4.1802 |
| UK 英国 £ | … | … | 0.8565 |
| USA 美国 $ | 1.3011 | 1.3289 | 1.1381 |
RPI (1987=100) 6月 416.50 +0.3pc +3.0pc
RPIX (目标 2.5pc) 6月 409.70 +1.1 +2.9pc
CPI (2015=100 目标 2pc) 6月 142.50 +0.1pc +2.6pc
Lloyds 劳埃德房价指数 6月 516.20 +0.2pc +0.6pc
银行利率 3.75pc
Nationwide 基础抵押贷款利率 5.75pc
美国联邦基金利率 3.5-3.75pc
美国长期债券收益率 5.12pc
欧洲基准利率 2.40pc
Jupiter Merlin Select L Acc – 125.42 +0.1740
Jupiter Merlin Select L Dis – 55.63 +0.1740
Jupiter Responsible Inc L Acc – 172.06 +0.4759
Jupiter Responsible Inc L Inc – 79.06 +0.4759
Jupiter Global Strat Bond L Acc – 110.08 +0.0418
Jupiter Global Strat Bond L Inc – 53.51 +0.0418
Jupiter UK Growth L Inc – 287.27 +1.2184
Jupiter UK Dynamic Eq L DIS – 292.12 +1.0493
Jupiter Unitstd Van F 3.50 427.65 +0.3356
Jupiter US Sml Cos Inst I Acc – 80.99 …
Jupiter US Sml Cos Ret Acc – 74.46 …
Marks & Spencer Unit Trust Management Ltd Kings Meadow, Chester, CH99 9UT 0870 333 1835
High Income Inc – 88.07 88.07 …
High Income Acc – 296.1 296.1 …
UK Select Port Inc – *480.8 480.8 …
UK Selection Port – *1099.9 1099.9 …
UK 100 Co's Fund Inc – 323.9 323.9 …
UK 100 Co's Fund Acc – 720.1 720.1 …
W'wide Man Inc – *734.2 …
W'wide Man Acc – *1319 …
M&G Securities Ltd PO Box 9039, Chelmsford, CM99 2XG Enq: 0800 390 390. UT Deal: 0800 328 3196
6 1¼ Xerox Hldgs $ 2¾ … 3.7 83.4
Europeans +0.02%
67⅝ 46⅛ AkzoNobel € 60¾ … 3.3 2.3
97⅞ 56⅜ BMW € 60¼ +¾ 7.3 2.7
17½ 12 Carrefour € 15¾ -⅜ 7.5 1.6
77½ 53⅛ Continental AG € 70¾ -1⅜ 3.8 0.3
62⅜ 42⅝ Daimler € 46⅞ +¼ 7.5 2.9
80⅛ 60⅝ Danone € 70⅝ -1⅝ 3.2 1.2
57⅞ 37 Deutsche Post € 57⅛ -¼ 3.3 1.6
34⅜ 23½ Deutsche Tele € 27½ -⅛ 3.6 2.0
80¼ 63⅞ Heineken € 80 +⅜ 2.4 2.5
654¾ 440 LVMH € 468 -2⅜ 2.8 1.7
82½ 60⅛ LafargeHolcim SFr 73⅝ -⅝ 2.3 1.9
10¼ 6¾ Lufthansa € 8⅞ -⅛ 3.7 9.0
15 3⅜ Nokia OYJ € 7½ -¼ 1.9 0.9
35¾ 25½ Michelin € 34⅜ -⅛ 4.0 1.7
107½ 58⅝ Pernod Ricard € 68¼ +½ 6.9 1.4
27¾ 20⅞ Philips (Kon) € 22¾ +⅜ 3.7 0.6
284⅝ 198 Siemens € 271¼ -½ 2.0 2.0
79⅛ 50⅞ Societe Gen € 76¾ -¼ 2.1 4.2
10½ 4⅝ Stellantis € 5¼ +¼ 12.9 1.1
279¼ 212⅝ Thales € 245⅜ -3⅞ 1.6 2.1
81⅜ 49¼ Total € 75⅞ +2 4.6 2.0
44½ 28¼ UBS AG SFr 42⅞ +⅜ 2.0 2.3
37⅝ 27⅜ Veolia Environ € 35⅛ -½ 4.3 0.3
110¼ 71 Volkswagen € 76½ +1⅛ 6.8 2.6
近期发行 (Recent issues)
Bravura Solutions 134 — — —
300 125 Coastal Africa Group 200 — — —
5¼ 3⅝ Mendell Helium 3⅞ … — -1.2
Bold FTSE100 Stocks —— 粗体为富时100指数股票 ● FTSE250 Stocks —— ● 为富时250指数股票 * Ex-dividend —— * 除息 † Ex-scrip —— † 除权 ‡ Ex-all —— ‡ 全除 § Ex-rights —— § 除权
封面涉及上一年度的股息。 收益率为扣除基本税率后的净值。
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Eqty Inv Chrties GBP Acc – 46225.28 +109.36
Eqty Inv Chrties GBP Dis – 1916.75 +4.53
CAR - 净收益再投资。
Natwest Investment Funds (RBS Collective Investment Funds Ltd) PO Box 249, York YO90 1ZY 0117 940 3848
Global Bond Fund Inc – 86.46 …
Mangd Eqty Grwth Fnd Acc – 186.39 …
Mangd Grwth Fund Inc – 156.35 …
Mangd Grwth Fund Acc – 170.49 …
UK Eqty Fund Acc – 181.53 …
UK Eqty Fund Inc – 142.72 …
Yealand Fund Services Limited 行政地址：Stuart House, St John's St, Peterborough PE1 5DD 交易与查询：0345 850 0255
Generation Fd 5.00 *1100.09 …
FENIX Balanced Fund Dis 5.00 *216.67 …
到高价 Temu 的 坠落
改造遭到购物者 抵制，Lora Jones 报道
在零售业中，很少有名字能像 Debenhams 这样具有影响力。几十年来，它构成了英国商业街的主干。从伦敦市中心威格莫尔街（Wigmore Street）一家向上流社会女性出售手套和遮阳伞的简陋布料店起步，Debenhams 最终成为了英国最大的百货连锁店。它将 Jasper Conran 等设计师的作品推向大众，并充当了终极的“一站式购物店”。
但不断增加的债务和来自在线零售商的竞争压力，使其难以跟上步伐。疫情袭来，Debenhams 陷入破产管理。实体店关闭，但品牌幸存了下来。
如今，在 Kamani 家族的掌舵下，它将自己重塑为一个数字“平台”（marketplace），拥有超过 25,000 个合作伙伴品牌，其中大多数是第三方卖家。迈克·艾希利（Mike Ashley）的 Frasers Group 也持有大量股份。
但这一转型让顾客纷纷质疑，这家曾经深受喜爱的百货公司变成了什么样子。一名专业股东表示，它已经变成了一个“在线杂货铺”。《电报》的分析发现，Debenhams 网站上现在充斥着购物者在低成本中国零售商 Temu 上也能找到的商品——但价格更高。
我们收集了这两个网站的公开数据，将 1,500 个 Debenhams 的商品清单与 Temu 上的 900 个进行了对比。每一个匹配的产品都经过人工检查，尽可能对比产品描述、照片、尺寸和单品代码。分析发现有 56 个完全匹配的产品，即同一件商品在两个平台上均由第三方销售。其中，45 个是以相同的品牌名称销售的，显然出自同一供应商。另有 11 个似乎是同一件商品但在不同的品牌名称下进行营销。
价格差异通常非常显著。一款来自中国“Vasagle”品牌的乡村风格边柜在两个平台上都出现了。在 Debenhams 上，它的售价为 £117.03，而在 Temu 上仅为 £72.51。“Berkfield Home”品牌在两个平台上的出现频率最高。其一款橡木纹理橱柜在 Debenhams 网站上的标价为 £193.80，但在 Temu 上的价格低了 £38.48。这些产品经常使用相同的描述。顾客被告知，一款“采用斯堪的纳维亚设计的经典木制边柜”在两个网站上均有销售，但在 Debenhams 购买需多花 £42.96。
更大的 Debenhams 集团首席执行官丹·芬利（Dan Finley）被委以重任，领导其数字化转型。在最近的一次采访中，他表示希望 Debenhams 在零售业中的地位就像“Spotify 之于音乐”，为购物者提供“个性化”的选择。但他面临着与包括 Temu 和 Shein 在内的中国零售巨头的竞争。他说，一个挑战是所谓的“微量”（de minimis）税收豁免，该政策允许低价值包裹无需缴纳进口关税即可进入英国。尽管英国政府正在堵住这个漏洞，但这直到 2028 年才会完成。
平台战略在财务上似乎取得了成效。截至 2 月 28 日的一年里，Debenhams 品牌的商品交易总额增长了 11.6%，达到 £730m，表现优于整个集团。但是，第三方提供的产品质量和服务水平引发了质疑。在 Debenhams 网站上，某些商品被描述为“商业街”品牌。然而，在《电报》分析中识别出的这些商品中，不少顾客留下了星级最低的一星评价。一名购物者表示，一个边柜“与描述完全不符”，且是“最糟糕的商品之一”。投资者杰米·阿德拉姆（Jamie Adlam）认为，该网站现在类似于一个“杂货铺”。
并质疑它是否已经 “变得过于饱和，以至于 客户购物时效率低下”。 在社交媒体上，其他人则 描述了处理退货的困难，因为第三方卖家 利用 Debenhams 品牌来抢占先机。 “直到现在我想寄回 一件商品时，我才意识到这是一个”
构建值得信赖的市场 则难得多”
一名用户写道：“我想要退回的这件 £50 泳衣来自一家仅成立一年的小公司。” Debenhams 平台上的第三方卖家也因在定价上误导消费者而受到批评。5 月，广告标准管理局（ASA）发现，Debenhams 卖家的两则黑色星期五广告并非基于该产品相对于常规价格的任何“真实节省”证据。
前 Debenhams 董事长 Mark Gifford 表示，市场模式“可能是成功的”。他表示，他个人更倾向于像 John Lewis 或 Next 那样的方法，即产品直接从品牌商处购买，或由品牌商直接发送给客户，而不是由大量第三方卖家列出。“这并不意味着 Debenhams 不能成为一家成功的企业并提供良好的客户方案，”他补充道。
零售分析师 Kate Hardcastle 表示，Debenhams 的全面改革是对传统零售商面临的压力所做出的“高度理性”反应。但她认为，未来的任何成功都取决于能否提供除海量选择之外的更多价值。
“构建市场相对容易。构建值得信赖的市场则难得多，”她说道。作为一个市场，
Debenhams 并不设定或控制其第三方“合作伙伴”所销售产品的价格。 一名 Debenhams 发言人表示，这符合英国的竞争规则。“我们在与合作伙伴的协议中设定了明确的预期，以确保他们公平且透明地为产品定价，然而我们的品牌合作伙伴对其设定的价格拥有完全的自主权。”
关于提交给 ASA 的举报，他们补充道：“在品牌合作伙伴未能满足我们条款和条件的罕见情况下，我们会采取行动，其中可能包括修改或删除合作伙伴的商品列表。
“我们的多年转型计划已经进行了将近 18 个月，进展显而易见。Debenhams 市场战略的成功现在正作为蓝图在整个集团中推广。”
所有价格均截至 7 月 23. 正确。由 Irving Huerta 提供的额外数据分析。
高于预期
阿斯顿·马丁（Aston Martin Lagonda）在记录了高于预期的亏损后，揭示了其扭转局面所面临的挑战规模。 这家豪华车制造商第二季度的税前亏损从一年前的 £61.2m 扩大至 £88.7m，导致上半年整体亏损 £154.2m。 该公司坚持认为其上半年业绩已“大幅改善”，并对 220 辆新型 Valhalla 插电式混合动力超级跑车的销售表示乐观。上半年营收增长 38%，达到 £628.6m。
丽洁 Benckiser 将提高价格
家用消费品巨头 Reckitt Benckiser 表示，面对伊朗战争背景下不断上升的成本，公司正在提高价格。 首席执行官 Kris Licht 表示，公司正在大多数市场（包括英国）推行“温和”的价格上涨。 这家 Dettol 到 Durex 的制造商报告称，其核心品牌在第二季度的同口径销售额增长了 4.2%。 截至 6 月 30 日的六个月内，基础营业利润下降 14.3% 至 £1.47bn。Reckitt 还宣布了一项价值高达 £500m 的新股份回购计划。
助力 Greggs 销售额增长
冰拿铁、野餐食品和更丰富的沙拉品种帮助 Greggs 应对了今年的热浪，其老板承认，当气温飙升时，人们“吃得更少”。 Greggs 首席执行官 Roisin Currie 表示：“你会发现，当气温超过 30 度时，人们开始少吃。” 这家烘焙连锁店表示，截至 6 月 27 日的 26 周内，总销售额超过 £1.1bn，比去年同期增长 7.2%。该零售商上半年的税前利润增长五分之一，达到 £76m。
$1bn 股票回购
渣打银行在公布利润增长数月后，通过 $1bn (£750) 的股票回购来增加股东回报，此前该行已公布了裁员约 7,800 人的计划。 这家总部位于伦敦的银行巨头表示，其在 2026 年上半年取得了“纪录级”的财务表现。 六个月的税前利润达到 $4.8bn，创历史新高，且与去年同期相比增长了 9%。首席执行官比尔·温特斯（Bill Winters）表示，新的股东回报“反映了我们对业务的信心”。
通报
巴尔莫勒尔城堡 7月29日 国王今早访问了位于哈尔基克（Halkirk）辛克莱街（Sinclair Street）的哈尔基克遗产与汽车协会博物馆及哈尔基克遗产与古董车中心，并由凯斯内斯郡（Caithness）的国王代表（瑟索子爵）和博物馆主席（洛林·艾尔夫人）接待。 国王在主席的陪同下参观了博物馆，并与信托员和志愿者会面。 国王今午访问了位于凯斯内斯郡卡斯尔敦（Castletown）卡斯尔敦磨坊的斯坦纳吉尔威士忌酿造厂（Stannergill Whisky Distillery），并由马丁·默里夫妇（所有者）和斯特鲁安·麦基先生（瑟索市长）接待。 国王在所有者的陪同下参观了修复后的磨坊，视察了厨房和餐厅，并与员工会面。 随后，国王进入酿造厂，视察了铜制蒸馏器，并与员工以及参与建筑修复的人员会面，随后正式宣布斯坦纳吉尔威士忌酿造厂开业。
圣詹姆斯宫 7月29日 爱丁堡公爵（爱德华王子岛团名誉团长）今午通过视频会议与加拿大的克里斯托弗·米肖中校（指挥官）举行了会议。
约翰·德·沙斯特兰将军（Gen John de Chastelain），北爱尔兰独立国际除役委员会主席，1997-2011, 是 89 岁；马修·索普爵士（Sir Mathew Thorpe），退休上诉法院法官，88 岁；格拉斯哥伯爵（Patrick Boyle 先生），电视导演及制片人，87 岁；彼得·波特利爵士（Sir Peter Bottomley），国会议员，1975-2024, 82 岁；特蕾莎·卡希尔小姐（Miss Teresa Cahill），女高音；歌剧与音乐会歌手，82 岁；弗朗西丝·德·拉·图尔小姐（Miss Frances de la Tour），女演员，82 岁；理查德·亨廷先生（Mr Richard Hunting），Hunting plc 主席，1991-2017, 80 岁；菲利普·梅尔爵士（Sir Philip Mawer），英格兰教会总议会秘书长，1990-2002, 79 岁；哈曼男爵夫人（Baroness Harman），KC，工党主席，2007-15, 76 岁；凯特·布什小姐（Miss Kate Bush），歌手兼词曲作家，68 岁；戴利·汤普森先生（Mr Daley Thompson），前十项全能运动员；1980 年莫斯科和 1984, 68 年洛杉矶奥运会金牌得主，68 岁；科特法官（Mr Justice Cotter），63 岁；艾伦·凯恩斯先生（Mr Alun Cairns），威尔士事务大臣，2016-19, 55 岁；杰森·鲁宾逊先生（Mr Jason Robinson），双码国际橄榄球联盟与橄榄球联盟球员，52 岁；布莱丝·梅特雷韦利女士（Ms Blaise Metreweli），秘密情报局（MI6）局长，49 岁；格雷厄姆·麦克道尔先生（Mr Graeme McDowell），高尔夫球运动员；2010, 47 年美国公开赛冠军，47 岁；贾斯汀·罗尔森先生（Mr Justin Rose），高尔夫球运动员；2013, 奥运会金牌得主，Rio 2016, 46 岁；詹姆斯·安德森爵士（Sir James Anderson），前英格兰板球运动员，44 岁；汉娜·考克罗夫特小姐（Miss Hannah Cockroft），轮椅运动员；2016 年里约残奥会三届金牌得主，以及两届金牌得主，London 2012, 34 岁；以及汤姆·皮德科克先生（Mr Tom Pidcock），自行车运动员；2020 年东京和 2024, 27 年巴黎奥运会山地车越野赛金牌得主，27 岁。
今日亦是亨利·福特于 1863, 出生的纪念日，以及英格兰在 1966 年于温布利球场以 4-2 击败西德赢得世界杯的纪念日。
Herefordshire 和 Gloucestershire 桥牌协会共同举办了一个周末的一日绿点赛，桥牌记者朱利安·波塔格（Julian Pottage）报道。 获胜者如下： 瑞士双人赛 第一名 Kay Preddy 和 Norman Selway 98 VPs 第二名 Richard Samter 和 Andrew Parkes 87 VPs 第三名（并列） Helen Houston 和 Steve Webb 79 VPs 第三名（并列） Gwynn Davis 和 Susan Ingham 76 VPs 瑞士团体赛 第一名 Eric Cummings, Ceri Pierce, Alan and Jette Bailey 84 VPs 第二名 Mia Deschepper, Mark Roderick, Tony Ratcliff 和 Ian Walsh 83 VPs 第三名 Steve Webb, Helen Houston, Norman Selway 和 Kay Preddy 82 VPs
尸体被发现。
一名巡警在巡逻时的警觉，导致周三晚上在伦敦贝兹沃特（Bayswater）一起谋杀案被揭发。警员瓦茨（Watts）在十点半左右经过莱斯特露台（Leinster-terrace）的一家商店时，注意到门上惯用的挂锁不见了。虽然这并没有立即引起他的怀疑，但由于挂锁此前从未失踪过，这让他觉得奇怪并激起了他的好奇心。这家店是一家转角店，侧墙下方有一个穿孔的铁格栅，他通过格栅向内照射手电筒，随即看到了一个男人的腿。他迅速请求另一名警员的协助，并向一名路过的司机借了一把轮胎撬杠，两人共同撬开了由弹簧锁锁上的大门。在店内，他们发现了埃德温·奥斯汀·克里德（Edwin Austin Creed）先生的尸体，其头部受创严重。分局外科医生鲍威尔（Powell）医生被召来，确认死者已无生命体征。他的意见是，死者头部被钝器多次击打导致死亡，死亡时间至少在1小时前，甚至可能是2小时前。
这起悲剧发生的场所是一家挂着“劳瑞公司”（Lowry and Company）招牌的闭锁商店，包含地面层和地下室。这是一家历史悠久的公司，经营奶酪、家禽和杂货贸易，从外观上看，这家店保留了许多旧世界的氛围。克里德先生今年 45 岁，多年来一直担任经理。他周三晚上留下很晚的原因是常规出纳员在休假，在其他员工离开后，他留下来核算账目。克里德先生住在离商店不远的贝兹沃特登比露台（Denbigh-terrace），由于妻子知道出纳员休假，因此他没有在平时时间回家并未让妻子感到惊慌。由于在该社区居住多年，他为人熟知，社交圈广泛。他曾加入特别警察队，军衔为警长。
目前看来，作案动机几乎毫无疑问是抢劫。警方进入时发现保险箱是开着的，但并未被强行撬开，因此推测要么是在袭击者进入时保险箱就是开着的，要么是在谋杀克里德先生后抢走了钥匙。据信缺失的金额约为 £60 至 £70。地下室的一个煤气喷头被打开了。
在整个白天，苏格兰场（Scotland Yard）的首席警员韦纳利（Wenaley）以及尼科尔斯（Nicholls）、阿什利（Ashley）和布朗（Brown）警司，以及分局侦探督察亨特（Hunt）一直在进行调查。昨天上午，警方与内政部病理学家 H. 威尔（H. Weir）医生进行了磋商，后者对尸体进行了检查。警方掌握的线索中有一双手套，经确认不属于死者。一名跑腿男孩提供证词称，他看到两个男人在附近徘徊，其中一人身材高挑且跛行明显。警方正努力追踪这两个人。此外，警方还收到一名女性的证词，据称她在周三晚上看到两个男人在商店附近。苏格兰场声明。
令当局感到困惑的一点是，天窗被打破了。由于进入现场必然是在光天化日之下进行的，很难想象这些人会通过一层楼上的天窗破窗而入，而且此时还完全处于邻近房屋的视线范围内。目前的推测是，这些人敲了门，而克里德先生（Mr. Creed）在响应召唤后打开了门。入口处有血迹这一事实似乎表明，袭击者是在那里发动的攻击，并在实施抢劫离开后将门拉上，弹簧锁无需钥匙即可操作。
昨晚苏格兰场发布了以下官方声明： “周三，7月 28日晚上大约 10.30，在位于 Bayswater 地区 Leinster-terrace 36, 号的 Lowry and Co. Ltd. 锁闭式杂货店通往地下室的楼梯上，发现了爱德华·奥斯汀·克里德（Edward Austin Creed）的尸体。死者担任该店经理已有数年，由 7. 名员工协助工作。看来，死者的习惯是最后一个离开现场，时间通常在 7.30p.m. 左右，周四和周六除外。在出事当晚，一名男员工和一名女员工在 7.10 p.m. 左右离开，留下死者一人。”
一百年前
伦敦，周五 7月 30, 1926年
“据查明，死者原定于 7.30 p.m. 与一名邻近的商人会面，但未能赴约。他显然准备在离开前洗漱，当时穿着短袖衬衫；看来他一定是响应敲门声走到店门前，随即遭到一名或多名人员的袭击。他的头部受到一次或多次打击，导致其倒地，并可能陷入昏迷。随后，他显然被从受袭地点通过店内拖到了被发现的地点。地下室的三盏煤气灯被打开了。一个被搜刮过的保险柜被用经理的钥匙打开，据目前能查明的情况，约有 £60 或 £70 被盗，其中包括 £1 和 10先令的财政部票据、银币以及一张 £5 钞票。死者的伤势可能是在 7.10 p.m. 至晚上八点之间造成的。店内发现了两只尚未确认身份的旧软麂皮手套。”
“仍在现场的警方正向所有可能的方向进行调查，并急于确认是否有人看到在出事当晚或近期任何其他夜晚，有任何人员在现场或现场附近徘徊，或任何其他可能导致袭击者身份被发现的信息。”
“任何信息应提交给新苏格兰场的帕丁顿格林警察局（Paddington-green Police Station）的肖特警司（Superintendent Short），或任何其他警察局。”
听到从内部锁门
店内的助手们在七点后几分钟一起离开。他们看到克里德先生手臂上搭着一条毛巾，并且端了一盆水。他陪同员工走到门口，在他们离开后，听到他从内部将门锁上。
克里德先生的店面隔壁是另一家商店，那里的一名助手（她是周三晚上最后一个离开的人）告诉一名中央新闻社（Central News）记者，她至少在现场停留到了七点四十五分。“这太奇怪了，”她说，“我什么也没听到，因为隔壁发生的一切，无论是在店里还是在地下室，在这里都能听得非常清楚。我经常被隔壁传来的噪音惊吓，后来才发现原因仅仅是一个小盒子从店里掉到了地下室台阶上。”
铅漆中毒法案
由内政部推动，旨在更好地为从事建筑绘画工作的人员提供防止铅中毒的保护，《铅漆（防止中毒）法案》昨日在下议院常设委员会进行审议。
在讨论关于“防止使用铅漆所产生之危险”的监管条例的第一项条款时，沃尔黑德先生（Wallhead，工党-社，梅瑟尔选区）表示，他拥有二十年作为油漆工（包括熟练工和雇主）的经验。他声称，该法案仅触及了危险的边缘，除非日内瓦国际劳工组织公约中禁止使用铅的条款生效，否则铅中毒问题将无法得到解决。
里斯·戴维斯先生（Rhys Davies，工党-社，韦斯特劳顿选区）对政府拒绝相关修正案的行为表示抗议，而这些修正案本可以确保全面禁止使用铅白。他指责政府的行为违背了雇主和雇员双方的意愿，并表示其中一些人希望该法案不久后能被英国政府作为签约方的《日内瓦公约》条款所取代。他提出了一个新的条款，禁止在建筑内部绘画中使用铅漆。他表示，因铅中毒而死亡的人数已出现令人震惊的增长。
桑登子爵（Viscount Sandon，联盟党，什鲁斯伯里选区）表示，应当记住内政大臣在下议院中所说，这项立法具有实验性质，如果被发现无法有效消除这一弊端，他将考虑采取所建议的那类立法措施。
拟议的新条款被否决，该法案被要求提交议院报告。
HARRIS.—Ian Kenneth Henderson。 奥克姆学校（Oakham School）前舍监、数学及高尔夫球教师（1976-2002），于 2026 年 7 月 9 日平静离世，享年 83 岁。所有查询请联系 J. Stamp & Sons 殡葬服务公司。电话：01858 462524。 在线参考编号：W0051286
MAYS-SMITH.—Eliza。我们深切地宣布 Eliza Mays-Smith 夫人于 7 月 24 日星期五逝世。她是一位深受爱戴的母亲、祖母、曾祖母、继母，也是许多人的挚友。葬礼将于 8 月 19 日星期三下午 2 点在 Chaddleworth 的 St Andrew’s 教堂举行。请勿送花，捐款请通过 Camp Hopson 殡葬服务公司捐至受伤骑师基金（Injured Jockeys Fund）。电话：01635 522210。 在线参考编号：W0051238
NEWNHAM.—Rosemary Jane，于 2026 年 6 月 30 日逝世。葬礼服务将于 2026 年 8 月 17 日星期一下午 2 点在 Dunwich 的 St James’ 教堂举行。www.susanwhymark.co.uk 在线参考编号：W0051288
SHARP.—Jill Treharne（原姓 Morgan）MBE，在长期患病后，于 2026 年 6 月 27 日星期六在家中平静离世，享年 83 岁。她将被深深地怀念。她是 Anthony 深爱的妻子，Antoinette 和 Fiona 的母亲，以及 William, Olivia, Amelia, Tabitha 和 Cordelia 的祖母。将举行私人家庭葬礼。感恩礼拜将于 9 月 8 日中午 12 点在 Wivelsfield 的 St Peter and St John the Baptist 教堂举行。请勿送花，但可通过以下网站向阿尔茨海默病协会（Alzheimer’s Society）捐款：https://jilltreharne-sharp.muchloved.com 在线参考编号：W0051264
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SUGDEN.—Paul Ralph，在长期患病后，于 7 月 28 日在睡眠中平静离世。遗孀 Janet 及子女 Caroline, Thomas 和 Christopher，以及 6 个孙辈和 1 个曾孙辈在世。葬礼为私人形式，捐款请捐至英国帕金森协会（Parkinson’s UK）。 在线参考编号：W0051270
THOMSON.—Ross (Melrose) 中校（退役）。Ross Thomson 中校 (KOSB) 于 2026 年 7 月 23 日在 Borders General 医院平静离世。他是已故 Paulina 深爱的丈夫，Mark 和 Joanna 亲爱的父亲，Kate 和 Myles 的岳父/公公，以及 Chris, Paddy, Nancy, Robyn 和 Myles 骄傲且慈爱的祖父。葬礼服务将于 8 月 11 日星期二上午 11 点在 Melrose 的 Holy Trinity 教堂举行，随后在 Holy Trinity 教堂墓地安葬，诚邀所有朋友参加。请仅限家庭送花。向 SSAFA 捐款的链接及直播请访问：https://www.thomasbrownandsons.co.uk/funeral-notices/ 在线参考编号：W0051262
WILLIAMS.—John（来自 Chepstow 的 Howick）。于 7 月 15 日在家中平静离世。他是 Sally 62 年来的忠实丈夫，Esther, Philippa, Alexandra 和 Tim 的父亲，以及 12 个孙辈的祖父。庆祝仪式将于 8 月 12 日下午 2 点在 Itton 的 St Deiniol’s 教堂举行。着装要求：无需穿黑色。请勿送花。如愿捐款给 Waverley 浆轮船（Paddle Steamer Waverley）和 St David’s 临终关怀中心，请将款项抬头写为 Philip Blatchly & Son Donations A/C，并寄至 5 Station Road, Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5PB。 在线参考编号：W0051287
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与我一同颂赞耶和华，我们一同高举他的名。我寻求耶和华，他便应允我，救我脱离一切的恐惧。 诗篇 34.3-4 (AV)
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2002 年离岸化学品法规（修订版）
Adura Operations Limited 已向能源安全与净零排放国务大臣申请许可，以便在位于 30/02 和 30/03 区块的 Jackdaw 油田开发相关活动中使用和排放化学品。Jackdaw 井口平台的地理坐标如下：北纬 56º 54’ 01.37” 和 东经 02º 22’ 45.45”，符合 2002 年离岸化学品法规（“OCR”）的要求。Jackdaw 油田位于中北海 (CNS)，大约在阿伯丁以东 250 公里处，毗邻英国/挪威中线。
该 OCR 申请涉及拟使用和排放以下化学品：Castrol Brayco Micronic SV/4 和 SV/3；MEG（所有等级）；单乙二醇 (1,2 ETHANEDIOL)；甲醇（所有等级）；PARA12193B；SCAL16662A；SOBO S GOLD 08 和 SOBO S GOLD 40。
许可证申请副本可在工作日上午 10 点至下午 4 点之间，在 Adura Operations Limited, The Silver Fin Building, 455 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DB 查阅，直至 31/08/2026 营业结束。
申请副本也可从 Jackdaw Project, Adura Operations Limited, The Silver Fin Building, 455 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DB 获得，或通过电话 01224 882000 或电子邮件 communications@adura.com 获取，直至 31/08/2026 营业结束。
可申请通过邮寄或电子邮件提供副本。许可证申请也可通过互联网访问：https://adura.com/projects/jackdaw/。
相关方可在 31/08/2026 之前就该许可证申请向国务大臣提出陈述。所有陈述应引用部门参考编号 PRA/357，并可通过信函或电子邮件发送至：
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AVID POTTER 逝世，享年 82 岁。这位出生于南非的科学家后转变为电子企业家，是Psion Organiser的幕后推手，该设备是1980年代便携式计算领域的一项先驱性进展。Psion设备于 1984 年推出，体积小到可以放在衬衫口袋中，但功能强大到足以处理广泛的商务任务，是那个 era 的高管生活的标志，远早于1990年代后期普及的Blackberry以及如今已被遗忘的PalmPilot“个人数字助理”。Organiser对EPROM（可擦写可编程只读存储器）芯片的使用，是当今数字相机中微型存储卡的先驱。Potter本人在深思熟虑、温文尔雅的外表下隐藏着强大的才智；同时，他也被强烈的社会良知所驱动。尽管Psion让他变得富有，但一位观察者写道，“让他早起起床的目的‘是创造一些人们需要且有用的东西’”，而非榨取利润。在电子领域之外，作为一名白手起家的企业家，他拥有极罕见的资历，即在 2003 到 2009 年期间在英格兰银行的理事会（即担任非执行董事）任职——并在该 vantage point 观察到了 2008 年危机的起源，因此他毫不掩饰对金融界低效过剩现象的蔑视。这一观点在他 2012 年的一次采访结语中得到了体现，他引用了富兰克林·D·罗斯福 1936 年的一次演讲，攻击金融界准垄断权力：“让我们欢迎银行家的敌意。”David Edwin Potter 于 July 4 1943 出生在南非的东伦敦，父母是Paul Potter及其妻子Mary（原姓Snape）。Paul在David还是幼儿时就去世了；他在开普敦早年童年时期的学术影响来自他的祖父（一名土木工程教授）和他的祖母（南非首批女性古典学毕业生之一）。当David 10 岁且其母亲再婚时，他们搬到了罗德西亚的萨利斯伯里（现为津巴布韦首都哈拉雷），他在爱德华王子学校接受教育。 19 岁时，在开普敦大学就读一年后，David获得Beit奖学金来到英国，在剑桥大学三一学院学习自然科学，随后作为英联邦学者在伦敦帝国学院完成了数学物理博士学位。
约翰·克罗夫特（JOHN CROFT）去世，享寿 103 岁。 他的职业生涯十分多样：第二次世界大战期间担任破译员；随后成为一名公务员，并晋升为内政部研究部门主管（1972-83）；同时还是一位创作“源自风景的非具象、极简主义作品”的画家。
他 1923 年 1 月 6 日出生于北伦敦的布隆德斯伯里，原名伊沃·约翰·科恩（Ivor John Cohen），父母为犹太人——奥斯瓦尔德·科恩（Oswald Cohen，家族起源于荷兰）和多丽丝（Doris，原姓菲利普斯）。该家族在 20 世纪 30 年代改姓为克罗夫特。
在威斯敏斯特学校就读后，约翰在牛津大学基督教会学院学习历史。在那里的 1942 年春季，他的导师询问他是否对情报工作感兴趣。他随后接受了贝利奥尔学院院长 A.D. 林赛（AD Lindsay）以及约翰·蒂尔特曼（John Tiltman）上校的面试，后者当时（尽管克罗夫特并不知情）是布莱切利园军事部门的负责人。
五月底，他被告知被选中参加一项特殊情报课程，并被派往贝德福德的一所政府代码与密码学校，在那里接受了基础密码学和强化德语课程，随后被分配到布莱切利园的 15 A 号小屋。这里是“测试组”（Testery）的所在地，在拉尔夫·特斯特（Ralph Tester）少校的领导下，该组的任务是破译德国最高统帅部的顶级加密系统 Tunny（这是给洛伦兹密码系统起的绰号），此前比尔·图特（Bill Tutte）在 1942 年春季推导出了洛伦兹机器的内部机制。
为了加快进程，小屋的一端安装了一台被称为“希思·罗宾逊”（Heath Robinson）的机器，但该机器速度缓慢且不可靠。在克罗夫特在布莱切利度过的 6 个月里，密码分析员们使用了极其繁琐的手动方法来破译
约翰·里帕德（JOHN RIPARD）逝世，享年 97 岁。 他是马耳他帆船运动的领军人物之一：一名奥运帆船运动员、国际裁判、航运企业家，以及中海赛（Middle Sea Race）的创始人之一。 1960 年，他代表马耳他在罗马奥运会上参加比赛，与他的兄弟保罗（Paul）共同参加星级帆船组（Star class）的竞争。随后在 1960 年代后期，在与皇家马耳他游艇俱乐部（RMYC）的海外会员交流后，他与保罗构思了中海赛的想法，该赛事后来成为了地中海最顶尖的远洋挑战赛。 该赛事旨在沿时针方向环绕西西里岛，包括兰佩杜萨岛、潘特莱里亚岛以及埃加迪群岛和埃奥利群岛，全长 606 海里，起点和终点均在马耳他，路线长度仅比皇家海洋赛船俱乐部的著名远洋赛事——快网赛（Fastnet Race）略长。 里帕德在 1968 年的首次比赛中驾驶 Swan 36 Josian 号夺冠，并在 1970 年驾驶 Swan 43 Tikka II 号再次获胜，确保了他的名字不仅作为一名组织者，而且作为一名卓越的参赛者被载入该赛事的早期历史。
Potter 在 1998 年持有 Psion 5MX：相比于追求利润，他更热衷于“创造有用的东西”
对混沌理论和“非线性现象”（延伸至星系结构）的兴趣使他进入了计算物理领域，并于 1972 年出版了一本书。整个 1970 年代，他在帝国学院任教，期间曾被派遣至加利福尼亚州的加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）担任助理教授——在那里，他的想象力被“芯片的开端”所激发。 在 20 世纪 70 年代中期股市复苏期间的精明投资（包括在英国首批羽绒被制造商之一中持有的一笔出人意料的股份），使波特（Potter）在 1980 年拥有了足够的资金，以发挥其天生的商业直觉并创立了他的第一家公司：波特科学仪器公司（Potter Scientific Instruments）。该公司随后演变为 Psion——“Psi”这个缩写对他很有吸引力，因为它是希腊字母，同时也是量子力学中波函数的符号。 与他的首位同事查尔斯·戴维斯（Charles Davies）一起，波特开始开发“非常有趣的软件片段”。成功
金枪鱼船队（Tunny traffic）的通信。有一次，克罗夫特（Croft）的小组截获了一封来自希特勒的消息，要求逮捕南斯拉夫切特尼克游击队领袖德拉沙·米哈伊洛维奇（Draža Mihailović），对此的奖励将是“大量黄金”。 然而，大多数通信内容都十分平淡。1943 年，克罗夫特获得调职，前往位于伦敦中心的政府通信局（MI6）。在那里，尽管苏联名义上是对抗纳粹德国的盟友，但克罗夫特加入了一个专门小组，负责拦截并分析整个欧洲境内苏联和共产国际的加密通信。 据记载，苏联情报网曾试图破坏这一行动。后来，在金·菲尔比（Kim Philby）被揭露为
以通过 Acorn 和 Sinclair Research（英国个人电脑硬件的早期领导者）销售的电脑游戏形式实现。Psion 很快获得了丰厚的利润，但对于一个热衷于“在更广泛的社会意义上增加价值”的团队来说，编写游戏软件是一个不足的目标。 波特和戴维斯将目光转向构建一种真正的便携式计算设备，并向他们的设计人员提出了四个挑战：尺寸、重量、电池寿命，以及“当你关机时，它必须能够保留记忆”。结果诞生了第一款 Organiser，售价 £99，拥有 6 kilobytes 内存。随后推出了功能更强大的 Organiser II 的多种版本，其中在马莎得森（Marks & Spencer）商店的经理中找到了商业用途。 Psion 于 1988 年在证券交易所上市，估值为 £17 百万。 波特在 1998 年创立的另一个重大创业项目是 Symbian 财团——这是 Psion、芬兰诺基亚（Nokia）、瑞典爱立信（Ericsson）之间的合作。
克罗夫特的绘画作品， 灵感源自 抽象 表现主义， （右图）被 几所大学 收藏
俄罗斯间谍克罗夫特（Croft）回忆起一名同事在进入办公室时，发现有人翻动了他的文件。克罗夫特推测，当时身为高级情报官员的菲尔比（Philby）是这次潜入行动的幕后之手。
1945 年，克罗夫特回到牛津完成学位。毕业后，他在伦敦大学教育学院获得了教师资格，从 1949 年起在伦敦的地方当局学校任教，直到 1951 年加入公务员体系，在内政部儿童部门担任督察。在那里，他开始对犯罪学产生兴趣，并于 1953 年在伦敦大学获得硕士学位，论文主题为青少年犯罪。1966 年，他调至内政部研究部门担任高级研究员，并在 1972 年成为该部门负责人。
对水域及其参赛者的深刻理解。
对于皇家马耳他游艇俱乐部（Royal Malta Yacht Club）的几代水手来说，里帕德（Ripard）——他后来成为了该俱乐部的名誉主席——与其说是一名官员，不如说是一个标志性的人物。他将赛手的直觉与管理者的毅力结合在了一起。
在宣布其逝世的消息中，皇家马耳他游艇俱乐部赞扬他是一位“有远见的水手、一名奥运选手，以及劳力士地中海赛（Rolex Middle Sea Race）的创始人之一”，他对海洋的热爱和慷慨的精神激励了年轻水手们投身水上运动。
约翰·查尔斯·里帕德（John Charles Ripard）于 7 1929 年 3 月出生在斯利马（Sliema），其家庭与马耳他的航海生活有着深厚的渊源。他的祖父同样名叫约翰·里帕德，于 1901 年在瓦莱塔（Valletta）创立了“约翰·里帕德父子”（John Ripard & Son）船运代理公司，服务于穿梭地中海的客运和货运航线。该公司后来与马耳他航运服务的发展紧密相关。
约翰的父亲在家族航运业务中担任高级职务，维持了里帕德之名与马耳他商业航海生活之间的联系。这种商业航运的结合，
美国摩托罗拉（Motorola）及其他合作伙伴共同将“数字助手”技术开发为第一代智能手机的操作系统。Symbian 最终被诺基亚（Nokia）收购，在业内被公认为是一个大胆的概念，但被苹果 iPhone 和谷歌 Android 产品的竞争实力所击败。波特（Potter）因健康原因于 1999 年辞去 Psion 首席执行官一职，但一直担任主席直至 2009. 在 2000, 互联网泡沫顶峰时期，《福布斯》杂志将其列为十亿美元富豪；后来的财富评估值较低，但依然丰厚，资助了包括支持教育研究的私人慈善信托以及在伦敦商学院设立创业教授席位在内的慈善事业。在 21 世纪初，他也是工党的一位重要捐赠者。Psion 本身后来专门从事工业用途的“坚固型”移动设备，于 2012. 以 $200 million 的价格出售给摩托罗拉。2016 年，在思考为什么他那一辈的英国数字创业者很大程度上无法建立世界规模的企业时，波特观察到：“回顾过去，我们的‘美国味’不够……他们拥有的是一种非常专注于承担巨大风险的文化和基础设施。”波特对公共利益的递进承诺体现在其担任的其他一系列职务中——如新闻协会（Press Association）副主席、调查新闻局（Bureau of Investigative Journalism）的创始信托人以及 OpenDemocracy 媒体平台的资助者。作为高等教育迪灵委员会（Dearing Committee on Higher Education）成员、内阁办公厅科学技术委员会成员以及伦敦商学院理事，他获得了十几所大学的荣誉。他于 1994 年被授予因对电子工业做出杰出贡献而设立的蒙巴顿奖章（Mountbatten Medal），并于 1997. 年被任命为 CBE（大英帝国司令勋章）。在那些对他十分熟悉的小圈子里，波特是一位受人爱戴且慷慨的朋友。在放松之余，他喜欢网球、高尔夫、吹笛子以及在波特兰俱乐部（Portland Club）打桥牌。他于 1969 年与记者伊莱恩·戈德堡（Elaine Goldberg）结婚；她与他们的三个儿子在世。
大卫·莱文森（DAVID LEVENSON）
戴维·波特（David Potter），出生于 4 1943 年 7 月，逝世于 28 2026 年 6 月
并发表了大量关于刑事司法问题的文章。 到 20 世纪 70 年代末，警方记录的犯罪统计数据的不准确性引起了关注。1982 年，克罗夫特（Croft）主导启动了首届英国犯罪调查（British Crime Survey，现为英格兰和威尔士犯罪调查，CSEW），这是一种平行的统计衡量方法，旨在解决官方统计数据中公认的这场“危机”。CSEW 目前被普遍认为是衡量犯罪长期趋势最可靠的来源。 克罗夫特参与了犯罪学国际论坛，包括担任欧洲委员会犯罪学科学委员会（Criminological Scientific Council of the Council of Europe）主席（1981-83 年），以及 1988 年国际犯罪学大会的共同主席。 在整个职业生涯中，他一直坚持油画爱好，并受到抽象表现主义的启发。尽管是自学成才，但他的水平足以让作品在团体展和个展中展出。1967 年，他是卡姆登艺术中心（Camden Arts Centre）“Survey ’67”展览中展出的 15 位艺术家之一；20 世纪 70 年代初，他在萨塞克斯大学和华威大学举办了个人展览。他的朋友布莱恩·塞威尔（Brian Sewell）在自传《局外人》（Outsider）中将克罗夫特描述为“一位对硬边抽象画把握得极其精准的画家”。 1983 年从内政部退休后，他迁至马恩岛，随后迁至巴斯，期间继续绘画并参展。从 2016 年到 2026 年，他由 David Simon Contemporary 画廊代理，其作品被收藏于包括牛津大学、剑桥大学以及伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）在内的机构中。 克罗夫特于 1982 年被授予 CBE（大英帝国司令勋章），他的伴侣雷·凯利（Ray Kelly）先于他去世。
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约翰·克罗夫特（John Croft），出生于 6 1923 年 1 月，逝世于 12 2026 年 7 月
包括集装箱货运操作、竞技帆船赛以及俱乐部服务，这些经历使约翰·里帕德（John Ripard）成为一个极其全面的海事人物。 他在俯瞰大港的圣爱德华学院（St Edward’s College）就读，直到第二次世界大战期间，由于意大利和德国军队围攻马耳他，学校从海滨地带撤离。 他的四个儿子之一（也叫约翰）将父亲描述为一个“个性鲜明的人”，他在运动员、商人、旅行者和冒险家的身份上都取得了很大成就。他一直航海到 80 多岁，并且在进入 90 多岁后，几乎每天都在岛北海岸的卡莱特-马尔库（Qalet Marku）游泳。 他拥有顽皮、开拓的精神以及对生活的热爱。每年夏天，他会和家人花好几个月的时间在地中海航行，他的儿子说，在那里，“他教会了我们如何生活、欢笑和去爱。” 他于 1956 年与罗泽特·卡米莱里（Rosette Camilleri）结婚，后者比他早去世两个月。他留下了四个孩子。
从《神秘博士》到《权力的游戏》，一名可靠的演员
TOM CHADBON 逝世，享年 80 岁。他是一位多才多艺的性格演员，拥有浑厚且有共鸣的声音，观众在数十部经典电视剧中都能见到他的身影，包括《警察局》（The Bill）、《霍比市》（Holby City）、《塔加特》（Taggart）、《轻声细语》（Softly, Softly）、《沉默的证人》（Silent Witness）、《布朗神父》（Father Brown）、《心跳》（Heartbeat）、《福伊尔的战争》（Foyle’s War）以及《谜案集》（Midsomer Murders）。或许，他最著名的角色是在《神秘博士》中饰演身穿风衣的杜根（Duggan）——一名好斗的私家侦探，在 1979 年汤姆·贝克主演的经典故事《死亡之城》中被雇佣去调查一起窃取《蒙娜丽莎》的阴谋。杜根最终通过与博士一起穿越回 400 million 年前，击晕了贾加罗斯人的最后一个幸存者反派斯卡罗斯（Scaroth），从而阻止了历史被篡改。他阻止了斯卡罗斯干扰其过去自我的行为，使其无法在受损的飞船中起飞，而那次爆炸恰恰启动了地球上的生命。“汤姆·查德邦非常幽默，”汤姆·贝克在 2009 年回忆道。1986 年，查德邦在《时间领主的审判》的第一部分《神秘星球》中回归，饰演拉沃洛克斯星球（原地球）的首席卫兵默丁（Merdeen），他是邪恶机器人德拉索（Drathro）的仆人，后来他帮助第六任博士（科林·贝克）推翻了德拉索，防止其引发一场威胁整个宇宙的爆炸。虽然他的角色很少引起骚乱，但在 BBC 剧集《皇家检察官》（Crown Prosecutor, 1995）中，他饰演的高级皇家检察官伦尼·蒙克（Lenny Monk）曾因一集剧情而遭受抨击，在该集中蒙克被看到在指导证人——一名 CPS 发言人坚称，这种情况在现实生活中绝不会发生。“蒙克有点特立独行，”查德邦说。“他讨厌罪犯逍遥法外。这么说可能不符合政治正确，但有时法律的技术细节会导致正义未能伸张。”2008 年，他在《警察局》的三集特辑《移动目标》（Moving Targets）中的角色，导致他面临来自 Respect 党国会议员乔治·加洛韦（George Galloway）的诽谤诉讼威胁，据报道加洛韦反对查德邦饰演的腐败议员保罗·萨格（Paul Sagger）是以他为原型的。“观众会看到一个饰演东伦敦议员的人，此人与伊拉克及‘摇滚反对种族主义’运动有联系，且被指控走私，”一名接近加洛韦的消息人士在《蕾贝卡》（Rebecca, 1997）中反对道。“结论相当显而易见。”
Thomas Richard Chadbon 出生于卢顿，日期为 February 27 1946，父亲是银行家 Thomas Chadbon，母亲是 Josie（原姓 Cook）。在皇家艺术戏剧学院（Rada）接受培训后，他于 1967 年在莱斯特凤凰剧院演出的《伽利略》中饰演一名哲学家，完成了舞台首秀，随后在布里斯托旧维克剧院、国家剧院以及西区主要担任配角。
在电视领域，他在包括《利物浦之鸟》（The Liver Birds）、《血染之线》（Wire in the Blood）、《心之所在》（Where the Heart Is）和《急诊中心》（Casualty）在内的系列剧中多次出演。他深受同行演员喜爱，尤其享受在 2008 年第四频道cult喜剧《窥视秀》（Peep Show）的一集中饰演马丁（Martin），他是杰里米“妈咪”的伴侣。他最后一次在电视上露面是在 2017 年，饰演《权力的游戏》中的大 the High Septon Maynard。
查德邦的电影作品包括《阿尔夫·加内特传奇》（The Alf Garnett Saga）、《巨轮》（Juggernaut）、《射鱼》（Shooting Fish）和《苔丝》（Tess）。2006 年，他在詹姆斯·邦德电影《皇家赌场》中饰演一名股票经纪人的小角色。作为一名配音演员，查德邦参与了《神秘博士》的衍生音频作品，并在 2015 年为第五频道的《凯蒂·普莱斯：在治疗中》（Katie Price: In Therapy）提供了令人捧腹的冷面旁白。“凯蒂用数字概括的人生耐人寻味，”他语气平淡地说道。“8 次隆胸手术，数千次性感写真拍摄，10 位名流男友，3 位丈夫，5 个孩子，5 本揭秘自传，20 部真人秀，数百次 Twitter 争吵，关于她的报道篇幅比凯特·米德尔顿还要多。”
1966 年，汤姆·查德邦与第二代莱瑟斯子爵（Viscount Leathers）之女德博拉（Deborah）结婚。这段婚姻于 1970 年解体，1977 年他与设计师简·亨内西（Jane Hennessy）结婚。他育有两个儿子和两个女儿。
Tom Chadbon, 出生于 February 27 1946，死讯公布于 July 27 2026
观看指南
《贝尼多姆谋杀案》（BENIDORM IS MURDER） Channel 5, 晚上9点
约翰·汉娜饰演一名住在贝尼多姆的退休警察，不情愿地被卷入另一桩案件中
Channel 5 在重新利用他人创意方面所展现出的胆量依然令人惊叹，但当这种行为带着如此大的恶作剧色彩和快感时，谁又在乎呢？这部由偶尔为《天堂岛谋杀案》（Death in Paradise）撰稿的伊恩·贾维斯（Ian Jarvis）创作的《贝尼多姆谋杀案》，最初看起来像是低配版的《天堂岛谋杀案》（在某些表演中带有《黄金之城》Eldorado 的影子），剧中由约翰·汉娜饰演的退休警察兼房东丹尼斯·克朗与
《真伪之辨》（Fake or Fortune） BBC One, 晚上8点 菲奥娜·布鲁斯和菲利普·莫尔德今晚试图驯服一只“野兽”——一件被认为由野兽派画家安德烈·德兰（André Derain）创作、且曾由一名“儿童运输计划”（Kindertransport）儿童拥有的作品。如果经过验证，其销售所得可为慈善机构筹集数十万英镑。长期以来，伪造者一直盯着德兰的作品，且关键文件缺失——结果充满了紧张感。
《狩猎小队》（The Hunting Party） U&Alibi, 晚上9点 这部不经意间产生幽默感的惊悚剧，讲述了同名顶尖警察小队如何追踪
卡罗琳娜·贝克（Carolina Bécquer）笔下那位心向演员且痴迷于“谁是凶手”推理剧的罗莎。而效果极佳的是：汉娜口中的那个“心软的老古董”与罗莎热切的元评论相互碰撞，两人一起探讨从“异常现象”到“尤里卡时刻”的犯罪剧套路。案件涉及一个 Take That 模仿团，当“罗比”愤而离席时，成员间相互厌恶的情绪爆发，随后罗比被发现面朝下死在酒店游泳池中。头号嫌疑人？“加里”。在当地警察采取显而易见选择的同时，这对动态二人组展开了自己的调查，并在的一小时内解决了整件事。该剧在不挑战观众耐心的前提下掌握了恰到好处的信息量，巧妙地运用演员，并最大限度地利用了极具感染力的场景，是极佳的愚蠢逃避主义作品。 —— Gabriel Tate
[[IMG_XXXX]] Sara Garcia 饰演《狩猎派对》（The Hunting Party）中的 Jennifer Morales
从绝密设施逃脱的囚犯回来了。埃里克·麦考马克（Eric McCormack）饰演的“波盖曼杀手”（Boogeyman Killer）是第一个猎物。
房屋翻新救援 (Renovation Rescue) Channel 4, 8pm Vogue Williams 和 Luke Mabbott 回归，带来第二季关于快速修复失败房屋装修的节目；他们的第一个项目涉及一对北安普顿郡夫妇，其糟糕的车库改造迫使他们取消了婚礼，并耗尽了积蓄以完成工程。
你认为你是谁？ (Who Do You Think You Are?) BBC One, 9pm 哈丽特·沃尔特（Harriet Walter）家族的父系方面创立了《泰晤士报》——那里几乎没有什么秘密可寻。因此，她将时间花在了母系方面，在另一场不可预测且引人入胜的历史搜寻中，这次通过一段关于歌剧和情报工作的精彩故事，将主演带到了意大利和澳大利亚。
不要与布兰登约会 (Don’t Date Brandon) Channel 4, 10pm起 这是最新一部从播客跨越到电视端的真实犯罪剧，这部引人入胜的三集剧（今晚完整播出）开篇讲述了安伯·拉斯穆森（Amber Rasmussen）通过在线约会结识了布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）。这个她梦中的男人结果却截然相反。 —— GT
电影
柏林葬礼 (Funeral in Berlin) (1966) BBC Four, 10.50pm；亦可在 Paramount+ 观看
间谍哈里·帕尔默（Harry Palmer）最新的任务是通过柏林墙将一名叛逃到西方的俄罗斯特工走私回英国——就装在棺材里。然而，哈里（迈克尔·凯恩饰）很快发现，这名俄罗斯特工可能并非表面那样。这是凯恩饰演帕尔默的三部 1960 年代间谍电影中的第二部，介于《伊普克雷斯档案》(1965) 和《十亿美元大脑》(1967) 之间。凯恩在饰演这个“反邦德”角色时光芒四射。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 迈克尔·凯恩在 his Harry Palmer 系列电影的第二部中
渔夫之友 (Fisherman’s Friends) (2019) Film4, 6.45pm
2010 年，一个来自康沃尔的纯男性民谣组合发行了一张海员号子专辑，在英国排行榜上达到了第九名。就古怪的励志故事而言，它很难与《日历女孩》（Calendar Girls）相媲美，但它仍然被加工成了双倍份量的温情软泥。
6.00 am 早餐 (S) 9.30 动物公园 (AD) (R) (S) 10.15 追踪、寻回我的车 (R) (S) 10.45 专家证人 (R) (S) 11.15 锤下之屋 (S) 12.15 pm 寻宝猎人 (R) (S) 1.00 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 (S) 1.35 地区新闻；天气预报 (S) 1.45 BBC 一点钟新闻；天气预报 (S) 2.00 免费之财 (S) 2.45 逃往乡村 (R) (S) 3.45 拍卖室 (R) (S) 4.30 旅行拍卖师 (AD) (R) (S) 5.15 无点之赛 (R) (S) 6.00 BBC 六点钟新闻；天气预报 (S) 6.30 地区新闻；天气预报 (S)
东区东区 (EastEnders) 家中的魔鬼 (The Devil in the Family) 艾默代尔 (Emmerdale)
7.00 《综合节目》(The One Show)，由 Alex Jones 和 Clara Amfo 主持 (S)
7.30 《东区东区》莎朗试图寻找关于她错过之事的答案 (AD) (S)
8.00 《真伪之辨？》(Fake or Fortune?) 调查一幅被认为出自安德烈·德雷因之手的画作 (AD) (S)
9.00 《你认为你是谁？》哈丽特·沃尔特追溯她的母系祖先 (AD) (S)
10.00 BBC 十点新闻 (S) 10.30 地区新闻；天气预报 (S) 10.40 《谋杀 24/7》什鲁斯伯里的一名 DPD 司机被杀案 (AD) (R) (S)
11.40 《谋杀 24/7》 7 12. 12.35am 艾伦·卡尔的图片大赏 (Alan Carr’s Picture Slam) 1.25 - 6.00am 新闻
Vernon Kay： 钢琴室特辑 Radio 2, 9.30am
RADIO 2
为那些怀念 80 年代的人准备，一场一次性的钢琴室特辑将带我们进入那个时代。
RADIO 1
FM 97.6-99.8MHZ
6.58am Newsbeat 7.00 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James 10.30 Newsbeat 11.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Matt and Mollie 3.00 Radio 1 Pop Anthems 3.30 Newsbeat 3.33 Going Home with Vick, Katie and Jamie on Radio 1 5.45 Newsbeat 6.00 Radio 1 Dance Weekend 8.00 Radio 1’s Rave-Up with Charlie Tee 10.00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 Dance with Jaguar 11.00 The Residency on Radio 1 Dance 1.00am Radio 1’s Dance Anthems 4.00 Radio 1’s Workout Anthems 5.00 - 6.58am Radio 1 Dance Weekend
FM 88-90.2MHZ
6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show 9.30 Vernon Kay 11.25 Radio 2’s Piano Room 12.00 Jeremy Vine 2.00pm DJ Spoony 4.00 Angela Scanlon 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Jo Whiley. Leon Bridges joins Jo for a chat about his new album 8.45 Radio 2’s Piano Room. Christopher Cross performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra 9.00 The Country Show with Darius Rucker. Darius presents music from across the generations 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. Sitting in for Spoony 12.00 Richie Anderson 3.00am Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O’Leary 4.00 - 6.30am Owain Wyn Evans
RADIO 3
FM 90.2-92.4MHZ
6.30 am Money for Nothing (R) (S) 7.15 The Bidding Room (R) (S) 8.00 手语区：花园世界 (AD) (R) (S) (SL) 9.00 新闻 (S) 1.00 pm Richard Osman 的游戏之屋 (R) (S) 1.30 终点线 (R) (S) 2.15 闪电 (R) (S) 2.45 毛发骑士的烘焙之旅 (AD) (R) (S) 3.45 农民乡村对决 (R) (S) 4.15 太空看地球 (AD) (R) (S) 5.15 把它卖了！ (R) (S) 6.00 Richard Osman 的游戏之屋 (R) (S) 6.30 仅此一事 (AD) (R) (S)
7.00 逃往乡村：一对希望将家庭搬迁至诺福克乡村的夫妇 (R) (S)
8.00 挖掘英国：Alice Roberts 与考古学家一起探索英格兰中部的过去 (AD) (R) (S)
9.00 家庭中的恶魔：Ruby Franke 的陨落：Ruby 和 Jodi 的合作关系深化 (AD) (S)
9.50 北约克穆尔：狂野之年 (AD) (S)
10.00 走私生意：卧底：对在法国活动的偷渡团伙的调查 (S) 10.30 新闻之夜 (S) 11.05 高尔夫：2026年女子公开赛集锦 12.05am 电影：《黑化》(The Blackening, 2023) 由 Grace Byers 和 Jermaine Fowler 主演的喜剧恐怖片 1.35 手语区：救护车 2.35 手语区：进化 3.35 - 6.30am 这是 BBC Two
伴随着 Christopher Cross 的现场表演（约在 11.25am），将人们带向美国西海岸阳光明媚、海浪拍岸的沙滩愿景，他的“游艇摇滚”经典曲目 《Sailing》 和 《Ride Like the Wind》 在 20 世纪 80 年代风靡全球。 在更严肃的基调上，《Natalie Haynes 为古典文学发声》(Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics) (Radio 4, 9am) 将看到这位古典学者
沉浸式原声带，适合深夜聆听 11.30 午夜时分 ('Round Midnight) 12.30 - 6.30am 穿夜而行 (Through the Night)
RADIO 4
FM 92.4-94.6MHZ; LW 198KHZ
6.00am 今日 (Today) 9.00 Natalie Haynes 为古典文学发声 9.30 征服世界的艺术 10.00 女性时间 11.00 儿童的三段时代 11.45 本周之书：《表演性男性的忏悔》 12.00 新闻 12.04pm 骗局秘闻：新系列，由 Shari Vahl 提供的消费者建议 12.32 切片面包 12.57 天气 1.00 一点钟的世界 1.45 死兔子 2.00 耕作者 (The Archers) 2.15 剧集：《年潮》(Yeartides)，由 Ben Lewis 创作 3.00 这种自然生活 3.27 Radio 4 呼吁 3.30 反馈 4.00 简报室 4.30 BBC 内部科学 5.00 PM 5.57 天气 6.00 六点新闻 6.30 Icklewick FM：听众致电讨论城镇郊区一个可疑的高个子男人 7.00 耕作者：Carter 家族的情绪变得激动 7.15 前排：艺术节目 8.00 风险自担 8.15 媒体秀 9.00 松散端点 (Loose Ends) 9.45 牛群发疯 9.59 天气 10.00 今晚的世界 10.45 野蛮暗岸 11.00 激进 11.30 佳作推荐 12.00 新闻与天气 12.30am 本周之书：《表演性男性的忏悔》 12.48 航运预报 1.00 接管世界服务 5.00 新闻摘要 5.04 简报室 5.32 天气 5.34 航运预报 5.43 今日祷告 5.45 - 6.00am 今日农情
世界服务 (WORLD SERVICE)
RADIO 5 LIVE
Oldroyd 及嘉宾预览今年的赛事 8.30 5 Live 体育：Eilidh Barbour 及嘉宾预览苏格兰超级联赛赛季 9.30 2026年格拉斯哥：Eleanor Oldroyd 为英联邦运动会第七日提供评论 10.00 Qasa Alom 1.00am Edward Adoo 5.00 - 6.00am 财经唤醒 (Wake Up to Money)
经典 FM (CLASSIC FM)
FM 99.9-101.9MHZ
6.30am Dan Walker 主持的经典 FM 早餐节目 9.00 Dan Walker 主持的经典 FM 名人堂时间 10.00 Aled Jones 1.00pm Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00 Margherita Taylor 7.00 Zeb Soanes 主持的轻松之夜 9.00 Zeb Soanes 主持的经典 FM 作曲家轮播。今日焦点是彼得·伊里奇·柴可夫斯基 (Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky) 10.00 宁静经典 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00 - 6.30am 早早早餐
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8.00am 新闻 8.06 调查 (The Inquiry) 8.30 商业日报 (Business Daily) 8.50 见证历史 (Witness History) 9.00 新闻编辑室 (The Newsroom) 9.30 纪录片：改变爱尔兰的战斗 (The Documentary: The Battle That Changed Ireland) 10.00 新闻 10.06 媒体秀 (The Media Show) 10.30 好的坏亿万富翁 (Good Bad Billionaire) 11.00 新闻编辑室 (The Newsroom) 11.30 全球故事 (The Global Story) 12.00 新闻 12.06pm 前景 (Outlook) 12.50 见证历史 (Witness History) 1.00 新闻编辑室 (The Newsroom) 1.30 食物链 (The Food Chain) 2.00 新闻小时 (Newshour) 3.00 新闻 3.06 调查 (The Inquiry) 3.30 商业日报 (Business Daily) 3.50 世界商业快线 (World Business Express) 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 新闻 6.06 前景 (Outlook) 6.50 见证历史 (Witness History) 7.00 新闻编辑室 (The Newsroom) 7.30 今日体育 (Sport Today) 8.00 新闻 8.06 纪录片：改变爱尔兰的战斗 (The Documentary: The Battle That Changed Ireland) 8.30 BBC 内部科学 (BBC Inside Science) 9.00 新闻小时 (Newshour) 10.00 新闻 10.06 调查 (The Inquiry) 10.30 食物链 (The Food Chain) 11.00 新闻编辑室 (The Newsroom) 11.30 世界商业报告 (World Business Report) 12.00 新闻 12.06am 媒体秀 (The Media Show) 12.30 快乐新闻 (Happy News) 1.00 The
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上午 6.00 英国早安 (S) 10.00 这是一个早晨 (S) 下午 1.00 新闻 (S) 1.20 ITV 伦敦新闻；天气 (S) 1.30 ITV 赛马：光辉古德伍德 报道该赛事的第三天， 包括纳骚锦标赛 (S) 4.30 关键时刻：史上最强决赛 (R) (S) 5.00 追击 (R) (S) 6.00 ITV 伦敦新闻；天气 (S) 6.30 新闻 (S)
7.30 Tom Kerridge 烹饪意大利——Tom 在翁布里亚寻找松露 (AD) (S)
8.00 艾默代尔：Claudette 达成协议 (AD) (S)
8.30 Coronation Street：Cassie 与 Ross 共同回顾她的精彩瞬间，Ross 成为了她的新目标 (AD) (S)
9.00 全球追击：团队抵达里斯本，挑战“黑暗摧毁者”和“罪人” (AD) (S)
10.00 新闻 (S) 10.30 ITV 伦敦新闻；天气 (S) 10.45 电影：《坏伙计 2》(2003) 动作喜剧续集，由威尔·史密斯和马丁·劳伦斯主演 (S)
凌晨 1.25 电视购物 3.00 巅峰 4.00 与 ITV 一起放松 5.05 - 6.00am 交易或不交易：名人特辑
转而从事单口喜剧表演，带来了第 12 季具有娱乐性和启发性的现场演出，探讨古典世界能告诉我们关于今天的什么。 Gerard O’Donovan
新闻室 1.30 全球故事 2.00 新闻室 2.30 科技生活 3.00 新闻 3.06 展望 3.50 历史见证 4.00 新闻室 4.30 心灵之声 5.00 - 8.00am 新闻日
RADIO 4 EXTRA (广播 4 扩展频道)
上午 6.00 拉夫尔斯 6.30 查尔斯·帕里斯：致命习惯 7.00 资本收益 7.30 伯基斯之路 8.00 相信它！ 8.30 伦敦之声：首都黑人音乐百年 8.45 小岛 9.00 P.O.V 9.30 我的人生时光 9.45 每日礼拜 10.00 伟大人生 10.30 英国雷鬼革命 11.00 拉夫尔斯 11.30 查尔斯·帕里斯：致命习惯 12.00 资本收益 下午 12.30 伯基斯之路 1.00 相信它！ 1.30 伦敦之声：首都黑人音乐百年 1.45 小岛 2.00 我们以前来过这里 2.30 变革 3.00 第一名女士侦探社 3.45 凤凰与地毯 4.00 伟大人生 4.30 英国雷鬼革命 5.00 拉夫尔斯 5.30 查尔斯·帕里斯：致命习惯 6.00 资本收益 6.30 伯基斯之路 7.00 相信它！ 7.30 伦敦之声：首都黑人音乐百年 7.45 小岛 8.00 我们以前来过这里 8.30 变革 9.00 第一名女士侦探社 9.45 凤凰与地毯 10.00 P.O.V 10.30 1966 及其它 10.55 喜剧俱乐部访谈 11.00 Max 和 Ivan 的案件簿 11.30 微小场景 12.00 伟大人生 凌晨 12.30 英国雷鬼革命 1.00 拉夫尔斯 1.30 查尔斯·帕里斯：致命习惯 2.00 资本收益 2.30 伯基斯之路 3.00 相信它！ 3.30 伦敦之声：首都黑人音乐百年 3.45 小岛 4.00 我们以前来过这里 4.30 变革 5.00 第一名女士侦探社 5.45 - 6.00am 凤凰与地毯
6.25 am Cheers (R) (S) 6.50 Cheers (R) (S) 7.15 Cheers (R) (S) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 8.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 9.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 9.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) (S) 12.05 pm Channel 4 News (S) 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) (R) (S) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) (S) 2.10 Countdown (S) 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) (S) 4.00 Narrow Escapes (AD) (R) (S) 5.00 Chateau DIY (AD) (R) (S) 6.00 American Pickers (AD) (R) (S)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee The Marlow Murder Club The Naked Truth Beast A Place in the Sun Around the World in First Class
7.00 Channel 4 News (S)
8.00 Renovation Rescue 新剧集。 Vogue Williams 和 Luke Mabbott 为房主提供实用的 DIY 和设计建议 (AD) (S)
9.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives 2022年9月在汉普郡的一起女性谋杀案 (AD) (S)
10.00 Don’t Date Brandon 新剧集。 两名女性试图警告他人远离一名惯犯出轨者 (AD) (S) 11.00 Don’t Date Brandon 12.05am Don’t Date Brandon 1.05 Crime Scene Cleaners 1.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2.40 The Undeclared War 3.35 The Undeclared War 4.30 Couples Come Dine with Me 5.20 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds 5.45 - 6.25am Countdown
更多频道 变体 FV Freeview 免费数字电视 FS Freesat 免费卫星电视 (AD) 音频描述 (R) 重播 (S) 字幕 (SL) 画面签名
FV Freeview 免费数字电视 FS Freesat 免费卫星电视 (AD) 音频描述 (R) 重播 (S) 字幕 (SL) 画面签名
FV 9 FS 173 SKY 116 VIRGIN 108
7.00 pm Great British Railway Journeys 7.30 Walking with Steph McGovern 8.00 Talking Pictures: Seventies Legends Part II 9.00 电影：Taxi Driver (1976) 由 Robert De Niro 主演的剧情片 10.50 电影：Funeral in Berlin (1966) 由 Michael Caine 主演的冷战惊悚片 12.30 am Talking Pictures: Seventies Legends Part II 1.30 Becoming Frida Kahlo 2.30 Great British Railway Journeys 3.00 - 3.30am Walking with Steph McGovern
U&Dave
11.20am Yukon Gold 12.20pm Top Gear 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 3.00 Martin Clunes: Islands of America 4.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spanish Christmas 6.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 7.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 7.40 Would I Lie to You? 9.00 QI XL 10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 11.00 Taskmaster 12.00 Mock the Week 12.40am Would I Lie to You? 2.00 QI XL 3.00-4.00am Taskmaster
ITV2
11.20am The Real Housewives of Orange County 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 7.00 The Floor USA 8.00 The 1% Club 9.00 The Princess Diaries 10.00 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad! 12.35am Bob’s Burgers 1.30 Deal or No Deal 2.25 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am 电视购物
6.00 am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) 11.30 Storm & Alexis (S) 12.45 pm 5 News at Lunchtime (S) 12.50 Matt Allwright (S) 2.20 电影：《被偷的孩子：海蒂·布劳萨德谋杀案》(2023, TVM) 由 Anna Hopkins 和 Emily Osment 主演的基于事实的剧集 (S) 4.00 Castle (R) (S) 4.55 Love Nature (AD) (R) (S) 5.00 5 News with Dan Walker (S) 6.00 马耳他：地中海之珠 (R) (S) 6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.00 与 Josie Gibson 乘坐头等舱环游世界，Josie Gibson 探索头等舱旅行的世界 (R) (S)
7.55 5 News Update (S)
8.00 康沃尔：海边的一年。在圣艾夫斯，艺术家 Iona 主持一场风景画大师班 (S)
9.00 Benidorm Is Murder 新剧集。由 John Hannah 主演的犯罪剧 (AD) (S)
10.00 Commonwealth Games 2026 第七天的精彩回顾 (S) 11.05 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law 12.05am Street Cops: Catching the Yobs 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 2.00 Shoplifters: Catch Me If You Can 2.50 马耳他：地中海之珠 3.45 Friends 4.10 Friends 4.35 The Highland Vet 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5 5.35 Milo 5.45 - 6.00am The Adventures of Paddington
FV 10 FS 115 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117
11.20 am Heartbeat 12.25 pm Heartbeat 1.30 Midsomer Murders 3.35 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.15 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat 6.55 Heartbeat 8.00 Vera 10.00 Grantchester 11.00 Grantchester 11.50 Trial & Retribution 1.25 am Wycliffe 2.25 Unwind with ITV 2.30 - 6.00am 电视购物
Chase 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special 5.00 The Bidding Room 6.00 Tenable 7.00 Beat the Chasers 8.00 The Chase 10.00 The Chase Celebrity Special 11.00 Bullseye 12.00 Bridge of Lies 1.00am The Chase 2.00 The Chase Celebrity Special 3.00-4.00am The Chase
Quest
Noon Gem Hunters Down Under 1.00pm Mike Brewer: Born Dealer 2.00 Shed and Buried 3.00 Shed and Buried: Classic Cars 4.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 5.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 7.00 Antiques Road Trip 8.00 Outback Truckers 9.00 Outback Opal Hunters. Opalton Boulder Crew 发现了一个新的欧泊矿源 10.00 The Repair Shop 11.00 How Do They Do It? 1.00am Salvage Hunters 3.00- 4.00am Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
Discovery
Noon Building Off the Grid 1.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 3.00 How It’s Made 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 7.00 Last Chance Garage 9.00 Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown. 转移到新的生存区域扰乱了挑战 11.00 The Alaska Triangle. 荒野中一个秘密的政府设施可能隐藏着一座外星金字塔 12.00
FV 26 FS 117 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118
11.30 am Magnum, PI 12.30 pm Magnum, PI 1.35 Dempsey and Makepeace 3.45 Boon 4.50 The Professionals 5.55 Minder 7.00 River Monsters 7.30 River Monsters 8.00 Sharpe 10.15 The Motorbike Show 11.15 Black Sails 12.20 am Hell’s Kitchen 1.10 The Champions 2.05 Minder 3.00 电视购物 3.30 - 4.00am Auto Mundial
Deadliest Catch 1.00am Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown 3.00- 4.00am Gold Divers
PBS America
11.50am A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.50 Everest: The South-West Face 3.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends 4.00 Maps of Power 5.15 A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 6.25 Everest: The South- West Face 7.40 Pirates: Behind the Legends 8.40 Maps of Power 9.50 A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends 12.00 Maps of Power 1.15am America the Bountiful 2.00-6.00am 电视购物
Sky History
Noon How Disney Built America 2.00pm Pawn Stars 6.00 History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Britain’s Lost Battlefields with Rob Bell 9.00 Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood 12.00 Secrets in the Jungle 1.50-5.10am Pawn Stars
FV 36 FS 143 SKY 822 VIRGIN 123
6.00 am Cirque du Soleil: Volta (S) 8.10 The Joy of Painting (S) 8.40 The Joy of Painting (S) 9.10 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 9.35 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 10.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 11.00 Discovering: Shirley MacLaine (AD) (S) 12.00 The Movies (S) 1.00 pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 1.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (S) 3.00 The Seventies (AD) (S) 4.00 Discovering: Charles Bronson (AD) (S) 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 (AD) (S) 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 6.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)
7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S)
7.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A private detective falls in love with the wife of a client (S)
8.00 Discovering: Gary Oldman A look at the life and career of the Oscar- winning English actor (AD) (S)
9.00 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee A look at the life and career of the English actor (AD) (S)
11.10 Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters 1.05am National Theatre Live: Dr Strangelove 3.00 Van Gogh by Vincent 4.00 The Art of the Garden 5.00 - 6.00am The Movies
FV 18 FS 124 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147
11.35 am Four in a Bed 12.10 pm Four in a Bed 12.40 Come Dine with Me 3.20 Four in a Bed 3.50 Four in a Bed 4.20 Four in a Bed 4.50 Four in a Bed 5.20 Four in a Bed 5.50 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 6.55 Location, Location, Location 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The Reclaimers: Made in Suffolk 10.00 24 Hours in A&E 11.05 24 Hours in A&E 12.10 am 999: On the Front Line 1.15 24 Hours in A&E 3.20 - 3.55am A Place in the Sun
Henry 9.00 David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue 11.00 FILM: Belushi (2020) Documentary about John Belushi 1.00-4.00am Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning
Sky One
Noon Big Cat Country 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Romesh vs UFC 9.00 The Dyers’ Caravan Park 10.00 Katie Price: Nothing to Hide 11.10 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12.10am Animal Control 1.10 Grimm 2.00 Grimsburg 3.00-4.00am Hawaii Five-0
Great! Mystery
Noon Unforgettable 1.00pm 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 FILM: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder (2019) Mystery drama starring Holly Robinson Peete 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 FILM: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder (2019) 11.55 FILM: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Julius House (2016) Thriller starring Candace Cameron Bure 12.51am Good News on GREAT! 12.56 FILM: An Aurora
Teagarden Mystery: The Julius House (2016) Thriller starring Candace Cameron Bure 1.45 FILM: Secrets That Kill (2020) Thriller starring Jillian Murray 3.15 Good News on GREAT! Extra 3.25-4.50am FILM: Death By Friendship (2020) Thriller starring Natalie Brown
FV 20 FS 158 SKY 143 VIRGIN 116
6.00 am Teleshopping 7.20 The Bill (S) 8.15 Doctors (S) 8.50 Doctors (S) 9.25 Classic Holby City (S) 10.45 Casualty (AD) (S) 11.45 The Bill (S) 12.50 pm Classic EastEnders (S) 1.25 Classic EastEnders (S) 2.00 Neighbours (S) 2.30 Neighbours (S) 3.00 Pie in the Sky (S) 4.05 Lovejoy (S) 5.20 As Time Goes By (S) 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine (S)
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Howard is aghast when Pearl kisses Hobbo (S)
8.00 The Marlow Murder Club A man with no ID and no connection to Marlow is found dead in the middle of a suburban road (AD) (S)
9.00 The Marlow Murder Club A surprising link to a past missing persons case shines a new light on the residents of Linnet Close (AD) (S)
10.00 New Tricks A conspiracy theory implicates the American government in a journalist’s death (AD) (S)
11.05 Silent Witness 1.35am Lovejoy 2.40 As Time Goes By 3.10 Darby and Joan 4.00 - 6.00am Teleshopping
SKY 110 VIRGIN 124
11.40 am Dad 12.20 pm 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 7.35 Dad’s Army 8.20 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Porridge 9.40 The Office 10.20 Not Going Out 11.00 Colin’s Sandwich 11.40 Porridge 12.20 -1.00am The Office
Sky Cinema Premiere
Noon Wicked: For Good (2025) 由 Cynthia Erivo 和 Ariana Grande 主演的奇幻续集 2.25pm Eleanor the Great (2025) 由 June Squibb 主演的剧情片 4.10 Bugonia (2025) 由 Emma Stone 主演的喜剧片 6.15 Lurker (2025) 由 Théodore Pellerin 主演的犯罪剧 8.00 Mortal Kombat II (2026) 由 Karl Urban 主演的奇幻冒险片 10.00 Anaconda (2025) 由 Jack Black 和 Paul Rudd 主演的喜剧冒险片 11.45 Primate (2025) 由 Johnny Sequoyah 主演的恐怖片 1.20am Eleanor the Great (2025) 由 June Squibb 主演的剧情片 3.05-4.45am In Cold Light (2025) 由 Maika Monroe 主演的犯罪惊悚片
FV 82 FS 306 SKY 324 VIRGIN 445
6.00 am 电影：《谋杀事件》(FILM: A Matter of Murder) (1949, 黑白) (S) 7.10 Glimpses: Just for Fun 7.35 电影：《49号警员的冒险：调查守护天使案》(FILM: The Adventures of PC 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel) (1949, 黑白) (S) 8.50 电影：《曲折的一英里》(FILM: Walk a Crooked Mile) (1948, 黑白) 由 Louis Hayward 主演的犯罪剧 (S) 10.40 电影：《铃铛的奇迹》(FILM: The Miracle of the Bells) (1948, 黑白) 由 Fred MacMurray 和 Frank Sinatra 主演的剧情片 (S) 1.00 pm 兰斯洛特爵士的冒险 (The Adventures of Sir Lancelot) (S) 1.30 电影：《黑骑士》(FILM: The Black Rider) (1954, 黑白) 由 Jimmy Hanley 出演的犯罪剧 (S) 2.50 电影：《已故的埃德温娜·布莱克》(FILM: The Late Edwina Black) (1951, 黑白) 由 Roland Culver 主演的维多利亚时代谋杀谜团 (S) 4.25 电影：《赤裸的真相》(FILM: The Naked Truth) (1957, 黑白) 由 Peter Sellers 主演的喜剧片 (S) 6.15 Cinebox Memories 6.20 Strange But True (S) 6.55 The Brothers (S)
8.00 Mark Saber 一名男子杀害了他的妻子，然后雇佣 Saber 来寻找凶手 (S)
8.30 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Winifred Atwell 演唱 Bumble Boogie, Spinning Wheel 和 Darktown Strutters Ball (S)
9.20 Scotland Yard 一名盲人是唯一能认出凶手的人
苏格兰
9.55 电影：《城中二人》(FILM: Deux Hommes dans la Ville) (1973) 由 Alain Delon 主演的法国犯罪剧
11.55 电影：《菲兹猫》(FILM: Fritz the Cat) (1972) 由 Skip Hinnant 配音的动画黑色喜剧 1.35am Doomwatch 2.35 电影：《法兰绒脚》(FILM: Flannelfoot) (1953, 黑白) 由 Ronald Howard 主演的犯罪惊悚片 4.00 Burke’s Law 5.00 - 6.00am 电影：《发生在索霍》(FILM: It Happened In Soho) (1948, 黑白) 由 Richard Murdoch 主演的犯罪剧
FV 27 FS 159 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129
正午 Antiques Roadshow 1.00 pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 4.00 Secret Nazi Bases 5.00 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Asia 8.00 Bangers & Cash 9.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 12.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00 am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00 Great British Railway Journeys 2.25 Great British Railway Journeys 3.00 - 6.10am 电视购物
网球。华盛顿特区公开赛 2.00am 现场网球。WTA 和/或 ATP 巡回赛报道 3.30- 6.00am Sky Sports News
Sky Sports Premier League 正午 英超回顾 7.00pm 英超故事 7.30 纽卡斯尔——表演者 8.00 英超回顾 10.00 英超故事 10.30 纽卡斯尔——表演者 11.00 英超岁月 1.00am PL Retro 3.00- 4.00am PL Greatest Games
TNT Sports 1
8.15am 现场：击剑世锦赛。赛事第六日报道 12.45pm 环法女子赛 1.15 原创纪录片 1.30 现场：男子公路自行车职业系列赛。2026年安省巡回赛 3.15 现场：男子公路自行车职业系列赛。2026年丹麦巡回赛 4.45 环法女子赛 5.15 LIV Golf 6.15 MLB 亮点 7.15 现场 MLB。圣路易红基队对阵芝加哥小熊队（开始时间 7.15pm） 10.00 MLB 本周精彩瞬间 10.30 MLB 经典 11.00 TNT Sports Reload 11.15 MLB 亮点 12.15am 现场 MLB。亚特兰大勇士队对阵华盛顿国民队（开始时间 12.15am） 3.00 MLB 本周精彩瞬间 3.30-4.00am TNT Sports Reload
FV 14 FS 300 SKY 855 VIRGIN 428
11.00 am 电影：《莫霍克河沿岸的鼓声》(1939) 约翰·福特执导的历史剧，亨利·方达主演 (S) 1.10 pm 电影：《红河之围》(1954) 范·约翰逊主演的西部片 (S) 2.55 电影：《直到圣诞》(1996) 阿诺德·施瓦辛格主演的喜剧 (AD) (S) 4.40 电影：《机器人之梦》(2023) 动画冒险片，由 Ivan Labanda 配音 (S)
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10.50 电影：《最后的决斗》(2021) 查理六世国王宣布，骑士让·德·卡鲁日通过向其侍从发起决斗来解决争端。马特·达蒙和亚当·德赖弗主演的剧情片 (AD) (S)
1.50 - 3.50am 电影：《发生》(2021) 安娜玛丽亚·瓦托洛梅主演的剧情片
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查尔斯三世国王英格兰海岸路径（King Charles III England Coast Path）的一段新路段现已开放，使萨福克郡（Suffolk）及周边地区的徒步旅行者能够进入超过 13 英里的河口海岸线。
该路线从卡塔韦德（Cattawade）的白桥（White Bridge）出发，经过布兰瑟姆（Brantham）、斯图顿（Stutton）、下霍尔布鲁克（Lower Holbrook）和哈克斯特德（Harkstead），到达肖特利门（Shotley Gate），在那里它与通往南沃尔德（Southwold）的开放海岸路径相连。
该路径位于萨福克与埃塞克斯海岸与原野国家景观区（Suffolk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape）内，该地区因其越冬水鸟（包括黑尾神鹬和黑腹 brent geese）而获得国际认可。
Natural England 诺福克与萨福克地区副主任 Hannah Thacker 表示：“这条新步道将许可路线正式化，并在 4.5 英里的路段上创建了一些全新的准入区域，使人们能够沿着该郡最美丽的河口之一行走。”
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for England to boycott World Cup
Burnham attacks Infantino’s £15bn sell-off
By Tom Morgan and Sam Dean
THE Football Association is under mounting pressure to boycott the World Cup over claims of a £15bn tournament sell-out. England’s governing body joined the Prime Minister and three other federations in criticising the plan by Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, including a member of Donald Trump’s family. The scheme, announced nine days after the World Cup finished, would result in a group of investors control- ling the commercial interests of Fifa’s top men’s and women’s competitions. An unprecedented rejection of Fifa will now be discussed when the 55 nations that make up the European governing body, Uefa, hold emergency talks today. Senior fi gures in the game believe they must act quickly . David Bernstein, the former FA chairman, said Mr Infantino’s scheme “stinks” and “we have to have the guts” to boycott the World Cup. Europe, he said, should follow and withdraw from future tournaments. “The FA have to back that and we have to walk the walk,” Mr Bernstein said. Boycotting the game’s global govern- ing body would mean a European with- drawal from next summer’s Women’s World Cup, the 2029 Club World Cup and the 2030 men’s World Cup. “Stating our position quite honestly is a proper thing to do, and will be appreciated by football fans in this country, but I think our main thrust should be alongside Uefa,” Mr Bernstein told The Telegraph. Mark Palios, the former chief execu- tive of the FA, agreed that a joint boy- cott could be eff ective. “Uefa have a real card to play, and that is if they don’t turn up at the next World Cup that’s going to be an absolute fi nancial disaster for Fifa, in the sense that you’re not going to get the sponsorships, the eyeballs, and so forth,” he said. “If you don’t have Spain, France, England, Germany there, then it’s not going to be anything like the spectacle that it normally is. T hat’s
By Michael Searles DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR
THE NHS has been forced to cancel blood tests during the summer heat- waves amid net zero restrictions on air-conditioning units. Parts of the country are experiencing the fourth heatwave of the year, and record temperatures have caused equipment in some GP practices to become unusable. Blood samples are more likely to degrade in the heat, with doctors warned about the risk of false-positive
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the major card they have to play and
I hope they do play that.”
MPs added to calls for Uefa to “press
the nuclear button” on Fifa. Anna
Sabine MP, the Lib Dem culture, media
and sport spokesman, added: “Uefa
should withdraw from Fifa and work
with other confederations to build the
fair and accountable global governing
body that world football deserves.”
Anger over Mr Infantino’s plans
intensifi ed yesterday after he told Fifa’s
211 member nations they had only
53 days to sign up to his proposals. He
warned that a funding package of $10bn
(£7.5bn) would become available if
countries backed him, with each associ-
ation receiving $40m. However if they
rejected the deal, the funding would be
$2.7bn, almost 75 per cent less.
“It’s sickening plain-sight bribery,”
said one established executive in Euro-
pean football. Uefa added: “Today we
have learnt of Fifa’s deadline to associa-
tions to support their proposals or have
the one-off payout offer withdrawn.
This says everything you need to know
about this plan.”
With the president of the Czech
Republic FA appearing to welcome the
scheme, Uefa has work to do to secure
unanimous backing in a virtual meeting
today . The FA has been left in an awk-
ward position , as England is expected to
be confi rmed as hosts of the 2035 Wom-
en’s World Cup in November.
Yesterday, the FA went public with its
concerns , mirroring the dismay shown
by the confederations of Asia and North
and Central America.
“We were completely unaware of this
proposal and have no substantive
details , including what the proposition
actually is, and what conditions are
attached ,” it said. “ We are deeply con-
cerned about the lack of process and
governance , and the apparent sub-
stance and principles involved . When
the proposal is shared in the full and
transparent way Fifa has now promised ,
we will make our views clear .”
or false-negative results. However, as part of climate resilience eff orts, those responsible for NHS buildings are encouraged to use natural ventilation instead of air conditioning to keep temperatures down. It means some surgeries struggle to keep room tem- peratures below the 25C required to safely store samples and test tubes. NHS sources suggest a number of GP surgeries and pathology providers have been affected by the record-breaking temperatures. Some have been forced to cancel appointments, as blood test tubes need to be discarded if they have
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been subjected to extreme heat for too long. In some cases, patients have been asked to repeat blood tests, because their samples have degraded. The NHS Net Zero Building Standard, published in 2023, states that “mechanical cooling should be minimised as far as possible to meet thermal comfort criteria, as well as reduce energy demands”. Many GP surgeries are based in 20th-century concrete buildings and are unable to retrofit air-conditioning units, either because they are incompatible, funding is not provided or they would not meet
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carbon-reduction goals. Guidance says they should explore every other avenue to reduce temperatures first, such as improving insulation and windows. Guidance for neighbourhood health centres says air conditioning “should only be introduced where the risk of overheating cannot be adequately miti- gated through passive measures alone and where they are clinically required to support safe care delivery”. Last year, The Telegraph revealed that the NHS had spent at least £1.4bn of taxpayers’ money on net zero schemes without reducing its carbon footprint.
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Dr Munro Stewart, the vice-president of the Royal College of GPs, said many GP practices “weren’t designed to cope” with extreme weather. He said: “Reliable diagnostics rely on clinical samples being stored in the right conditions and tested in a timely manner. GPs and our teams will do our best to ensure samples are kept cool through use of fridges and air-condi- tioned rooms, but this will be more challenging for some surgeries .” Offi cial guidance is for blood samples to be kept at room temperature, between 15C and 25C, and ideally tested
Harry faces £18m bill after Mail court battle
to give Iran ‘a beating’ for surprise attack
By Daniel Bates and Connor Stringer
DONALD TRUMP has promised to give
Iran “a beating” for launching a
surprise attack on US bases in the
Middle East.
The US president said he would hit
Iran “hard” after its ballistic missiles
were fi red at American troops in Jordan.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) launched “multiple ballis-
tic missiles in an attempted surprise
attack on US forces”, US Central Com-
mand (Centcom) said.
It was an unprecedented move from
Tehran, which previously launched
only retaliatory strikes.
In response, the US and Saudi Arabia
struck “multiple terrorist logistics and
weapons sites across eastern Iraq”
belonging to a militia known as the
Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF),
US Centcom said.
The strikes were the first major
US military action since Friday, when
Mr Trump abruptly suspended an
intensive bombing campaign after
13 days, having been advised that the
strategy had run its course.
The PMF said it would respond to the
Saudi-America strikes but only after
the conclusion of the ongoing Arbaeen
pilgrimage, where Shi’ite Muslims pay
respects at the Iraqi city of Karbala.
f---ing s---” out of them. We’ll be hitting them hard. They’ll get a beating’
“Our response to the American enemy is inevitable , and we may target its tools in Saudi Arabia if the situation demands it,” the statement said. In an interview yesterday morning referring to Iran, Mr Trump said: “We’re going to beat the f---ing s---” out of them. We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating.” Oil prices jumped after Mr Trump’s comments, with Brent crude rising 5.8 per cent to $86.82 a barrel. Yesterday, a drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker in the Egyptian port of Damietta causing an explosion. The fire spread to three other gas tankers before it was brought under control. Adding to the tension in the region, Houthi rebels in Yemen are said to be considering putting fees on ships pass- ing through the Red Sea. Sources told Reuters that the Iran-backed group was making plans for controls mirroring the toll Iran put on the Strait of Hormuz. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met Mr Trump in Wash- ington on Tuesday . He expressed scepti- cism during his meeting with Mr Trump about the chance of a peace deal with Iran, a senior Israeli offi cial told The Tel- egraph. T hey discussed the next steps in the confl ict, including a deal, continuing the blockade and resuming strikes.
by a lab within 24 hours. They can be put in a fridge overnight if needed. Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, said: “To eff ectively ban air con in new homes and hospitals because bureaucrats think it uses too much energy is absurd. The Conserva- tives would end the de-facto air con ban and make Britain cool again.” An NHS spokesman said: “NHS guid- ance does not restrict the use of air con- ditioning where it’s needed to deliver safe care.”
Extreme weather ‘puts food supplies at risk’
throw PM lifeline
thought could offer ‘wiggle room’ to prevent early release of worst offenders
By Charles Hymas and Danny Shaw
ANDY BURNHAM may have more prison spaces to spare than anticipated, raising hopes that ministers could scale
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By Nick Gutteridge CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
ANDY BURNHAM has failed to commit to spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030. When asked by The Telegraph yester- day morning, the Prime Minister would not pledge to meet the target by the end of the decade. Instead, he said he would honour a longer-term Nato target to increase the core defence budget to 3.5 per cent of national wealth by 2035. However, defence experts and for- mer military bosses said the 2035 pledge was “irrelevant” and warned Russia was likely to attack a Nato coun- try by 2030. This would trigger Britain’s Nato commitment to come to its defence. Mr Burnham’s reluctance to commit to the 3 per cent fi gure puts him at odds with John Healey, the Chancellor, who has argued that the 2030 target is vital to keep Britain safe from renewed threats from Russia.
back the early releases of killers and rapists, offi cial data suggest. There are currently just over 2,100 spare places in men’s prisons in England and Wales – more than originally fore- cast. Prison experts suggest this could give the Prime Minister the “wriggle room” to exempt some categories of the more serious violent and sexual off end- ers from Labour’s early release scheme. Some 6,000 prisoners, including kill- ers, rapists and violent offenders, are
When he resigned as Sir Keir Starm- er’s defence secretary last month, Mr Healey warned that the UK risked fall- ing behind European allies. Asked by The Telegraph at a Jewish Care centre in north London to back the 2030 target, Mr Burnham instead com- mitted to the 2035 Nato target. “When it comes to defence, obvi- ously those commitments relate to the Parliament after this one in terms of our Nato commitments,” he said. “I have been very clear that we will honour those commitments.” Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a for- mer British Army officer and defence expert, said the Nato 2035 target would be “too little, too late” if Russia moved against a Nato country by the end of the decade. “Getting this money is more impor- tant than almost everything else, including welfare. The next key milestone is 2030 – we could be at war by then. So 2035 is irrel- evant,” he said. “The bottom line is
due to be released early over the 10 months from Sept 2 in order to combat prison overcrowding and avoid running out of jail spaces. Mr Burnham paused the scheme last week after an outcry sparked by The Telegraph’s revelation that two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers are eligible for early release halfway through their 13 year sentences for manslaughter rather than two thirds. He has ordered a review to establish
Burnham hasn’t made the transition from being a mayor of a big city to the Prime Minister of a large country of 70 million people. “All this charade of setting up a shop in Manchester might be all well and good, but actually, chum, the number one priority is the defence of the coun- try. He needs to put all his focus on that
put resources into building up defence, it will provoke enemies to attack you’
whether the scheme can be amended to remove some categories of prisoner from the early release list and what fur- ther protective measures can be put in place for victims. Labour is under pressure from MPs, victims, campaigners and the Prison Offi cers’ Association (POA) to halt the release of the most serious sexual and violent off enders after the backlash. However, Ministry of Justice offi cials are understood to be adamant there is little room for manoeuvre and that pris- ons in England and Wales are on course to run out of spaces in November if the early release scheme in its current form is abandoned. Mark Fairhurst, the chairman of the POA, said: “If you look back in history, projections are always wrong. They are not based on demographics, future crime patterns and length of sentences. “I would favour exemptions for sex- ual off enders, violent off enders, those
business as usual with Labour under Burnham, with them talking big and then doing very little… Burnham doesn’t place defence as a high priority. “The reality is if you’re not prepared to put your resources into building up your own defences, that will provoke your enemies to attack you.” Col Phil Ingram, a former offi cer in British military intelligence, accused the PM of being “very short-sighted”. He added: “Burnham is sending a very dangerous message out to our adversar- ies and allies. “He is treading a very dangerous line with Russia, which will see the UK as being weak and having a lack of resolve. “And our allies in Europe and Nato will say we’re not living up to our com- mitment…He needs to say he will spend 3 per cent by 2030 otherwise the United Kingdom will pay the price.” Speaking yesterday, Mr Burnham gave his strongest indication yet that he planned to fi nd the money for longer- term defence spending by cutting the
convicted of domestic abuse and seri- ous crimes like manslaughter.” Projections in the summer suggested the prison population in November, excluding the early release schemes in the Government’s 2026 Sentencing Act, will be 91,800, well above the current maximum usable capacity of 88,895. In fact, the current total number of prisoners stands at 86,267, giving a “headroom” of 2,628 spare places for male, female and youth prisoners. The actual prison population in May, which stood at 85,992, was also well below the 89,700 it had been forecast to be in the projections. It meant there were nearly 4,000 more prison spaces than initially forecast. “You can see that we are slightly below both population projections: about 3,000 spaces, 2,500 of which are in men’s prisons,” said Cassia Row- land, an associate director at the Insti- tute for Government.
welfare bill. He said too many people in their 20s were on benefi ts and that Britain needed to start “investing in people’s success rather than paying for failure”. “I think as a country at the moment we’re doing the latter – we’re paying for failure and we’re paying quite a lot actu- ally for failure,” he added. “If we change those things then we will open up the way of meeting our commitments on defence.” Mr Burnham is expected to come under pressure to boost defence spend- ing from Donald Trump, who repeat- edly attacked Sir Keir and other Western allies on defence. It was widely expected that Mr Hea- ley’s surprise elevation to the Treasury in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet would unlock more money for defence. Wes Streeting, the new Defence Sec- retary, last week suggested that Mr Burnham would fi nd more money for the military, but stopped short of com- mitting to 3 per cent by 2030.
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Twilight pupil obsession
A teacher who confessed to an “Edward Cullen type of love” in an Instagram message to a pupil has been banned from the profession. Rafi qul Islam, 34, made the reference to the vampire love interest in the Twilight fi lm and book series to the student, known only as Pupil A, while working as a teacher at Friern Barnet School, north London, in 2022. A Teaching Regulation Agency tribunal found he sent the message, and said that he loved her on at least one occasion. He denied his actions were sexually motivated but the panel found they were and that he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. In his Instagram message, Mr Islam told the child: “I developed a crush on you. By the end of the school year I have fallen in love with you.” Mr Islam has been banned indefi nitely from teaching.
dies after beach tragedy
A seven-year-old boy has died days after his aunt and cousin drowned off a beach in Essex. Musa Ahmed was in the water with his cousin Sameeha Rahman, 15, and her mother Shelina Rahman, 41, as well as three other family members when they ran into diffi culty in West Mersea on July 22. Sameeha and Shelina, from Ilford, east London, died at the scene as Musa was fl own to hospital, where he was treated for life-threatening injuries. Essex Police has confi rmed that he died. Det Ch Insp Al Pitcher, who is leading the investigation, said: “All our thoughts are with the family and friends of those involved – as has been the case since this incident took place last week. We continue to build a complete picture of the circumstances.”
stunt in Peak District
The Peak District has been accused of “selling out” after going into partnership with Skoda. Temporary signs advertising the Czech Republic car fi rm’s new Peaq model and temporarily renaming the area “The Peaq District” have outraged residents. Visitors are also faced with posters reading “National park for sale” and “Cash needed”. Tom Laws, a national parks campaigner, said: “If national parks are prepared to sell their name to the highest bidder, then we’re already on the path to industrial extraction of the most protected landscapes.” Phil Mulligan, chief executive of the Peak District National Park, said the money was needed because of government cuts and the Skoda deal would “greatly help”.
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autism and ADHD as “mental health
conditions”. This was inaccurate.
Autism and ADHD are
neurodevelopmental conditions, not
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adventurer hoping to treat his dog who can no longer walk to a trip across globe
By Ruby Cline
FROM outwitting a criminal penguin to fl ying to the moon, Wallace and Gromit have had their fair share of cracking adventures. But a real-life man and dog duo will be hoping for a simpler life as they set off on an escapade of their own. Daniele Longo, 45, is riding his motorbike 10,000 miles from England to Nepal with Haku, his goggle-wearing dog, in the sidecar. They set off from
Rome
Daniele Longo, 45, is riding his motorbike 10,000 miles from England to Nepal with his dog Haku (above) in the sidecar
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10,000 mile motorcycle journey
Kent
UK UK
500 miles
short after sale to Spanish brewer
By Tom Haynes SENIOR BUSINESS REPORTER
PUBS are facing shortages of Old Speckled Hen, weeks after it was sold to a Spanish beer giant. Deliveries of the real ale have been delayed after Estrella Damm took over the business from Greene King at the start of the month. A spokesman for the Spanish company said the beer was still being brewed but said temporary issues related to the change in ownership had created problems with distribution. Hot weather and England’s deep run in the World Cup “added to the pressure on an already busy transitioning supply chain”, Estrella Damm said. While the brewer insisted supplies were coming, the company admitted that “this can feel the same as a short- age” for pub landlords. Estrella Damm said it was working with Greene King to “minimise the impact as much as it can”. Old Speckled Hen was fi rst brewed in 1979 by Morland Brewery in Abingdon to mark the 50th anniversary of MG Motor’s move to the Oxfordshire town. The beer takes its name from a
Kent yesterday morning in a retro SWM Urban 525 motorcycle, donated to them by SWM Motorcycles. With both of them wearing goggles, Mr Longo said the entire trip had been catered for his 12-year-old dog’s comfort. “I always travel with a pillow, no matter where I go, it’s for Haku,” he said. “If I have a nap, maybe we can share somewhere on the grass on the way.” Speaking to BBC Radio Kent, Mr Longo added: “I’ve custom-built the sidecar, I wanted protection for him on the road. So I’ve welded a frame and put in a windshield.” When the duo were compared to Wallace and Gromit, who ride a motor- bike and sidecar in A Close Shave, Mr Longo said: “Well, it’s better than that
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paint-spattered MG factory runabout, aff ectionately known by workers as the “Owld Speckl’d Un”. Though initially conceived as a one- off , demand became so strong that Mor- land had to ditch lager production and expand capacity to keep up. Greene King acquired Old Speck- led Hen when it bought Morland in 1999, turning it into one of Brit- ain’s best-selling premium ales during
Year Old Speckled Hen was first brewed by Morland Brewery in Abingdon. Greene King acquired the brand in 1999
the following 25 years. The beer became synonymous with the male-fo- cused TV channel Dave after signing a major sponsorship deal in 2009. It was sold to Estrella Damm in May, with the deal completing on July 1. The Barcelona-based company acquired both Old Speckled Hen and Old Golden Hen, a golden ale, as well as the non-alcoholic alternatives. The shortages, which were first
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reported by pub industry bible The Morning Advertiser, came after beers were transferred into Estrella Damm’s own supply network. The brewer said the transition was now “broadly complete”, with custom- ers across the country beginning to receive stock. Old Speckled Hen’s sale is the latest in a long line of foreign takeovers of British beers. Boddington’s, Bass and Camden Town have all been bought by AB InBev, the Belgian owner of Budweiser, while Fuller, Smith & Turner sold its drinks business, which included Lon- don Pride ale, to Japan’s Asahi in 2019. The wave of deals has raised con- cerns about the future of traditional cask ales, which have a devoted follow- ing in Britain but struggle to sell over- seas. In February, the American owners of Sharp’s Brewery – which makes Doom Bar – announced plans to shut the Brit- ish cask ale producer by the end of this year, claiming it was no longer “fi nan- cially sustainable”. Estrella Damm said it remained committed to ensuring Old Speckled Hen retains its place in pubs across Britain.
– it’s Daniele and Haku.” Mr Longo, who adopted Haku as a pup when he was living in New Zealand, has had to abandon two previous attempts at trav- elling the world with his dog. Family problems stopped his first trip, by yacht, and his second attempt, by RV, was halted by the Covid pan- demic. Now, because of mobility prob- lems, Haku can no longer go for long walks. Writing on his fundraising page for the trip, Mr Longo said: “Realising our time together is precious and running short, I made a radical decision: we are going to finish the adventure we started 12 years ago. “Over 10,000 miles of changing terrain, unpredictable borders, and open roads, I want to show my best
friend the world – at his pace, in his very own customised sidecar – before it’s too late. “Haku has always been there for me when times were tough, so the least I can do is give him the adventure of a lifetime. He helped me navigate the storms I couldn’t face alone. Now, his legs are failing him. And it is my turn to carry him.” Mr Longo will fi rst travel to his hometown of Rome, where they will raise money for the next leg. They will go through Slovenia, Croatia then head south for Greece. Because of the war in Iran, they will go through Azerbai-
CHINA CHINA
NEPAL NEPAL
for the first time in centuries
By Simon Johnson
A TRADITIONAL hunt of baby gannets in Scotland’s islands should be banned this year for the fi rst time in centuries, the SNP’s nature agency has said. NatureScot has recommended that an application for a licence for the annual guga hunt in the Outer Hebrides should be refused for the fi rst time in its history. The move was welcomed by animal welfare campaigners, who have targeted the event and called for the agency to ban it permanently. It emerged earlier this month that more than £110,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent repairing dam- age and improving security at NatureScot’s Inverness offi ces after they were vandalised by anti-guga protesters. But locals have criticised the pro- testers’ “nasty, abusive campaign”, saying it had “deeply upset many of the ordinary people who live and work here”.
In a letter to SNP ministers, they had said the tradition’s critics “pay no regard to the centuries-old cultural heritage and societal bonds it helps preserve in this fragile Scottish island community.” Men from the Ness district travel to the rocky islet of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of the Isle of Lewis, every year to cull the gannet chicks. In a practice dating back to the 15th century, the birds are then pre- served and eaten throughout the year. It is Britain’s last author- ised seabird hunt. The young gannets are pick- led in salt and sold as a delicacy on the islands, with some sent in vacuum packs to expatriates around the world. Previously NatureS- cot has said the cul- tural significance of the hunt was rec- ognised under the Wild- life
jan, across the Caspian Sea, through Kazakhstan and Kyr- gyzstan, through China and on to Nepal. Mr Longo has raised almost £600 to help pay for Haku’s veterinary care and specialised travel insurance throughout the trip. Friends and loved ones have wished the pair well. Mary Bridge, Mr Longo’s ex-wife, who co-owns Haku, wrote in a public post: “A little shout- out to my ex-husband Daniele and our beautiful 12-year-old dog, who have just started an incredible adventure together. “They’re travelling by motorcycle and sidecar from Italy to Nepal. Wishing them both the most amazing adventure!”
and Countryside Act 1981, although hunters must apply for permission every year. But the agency’s offi cials have recom- mended board members refuse grant- ing a licence for this year’s hunt due to the potential impact on the gannet pop- ulation. They also said they had consid- ered animal welfare concerns. Their report rejected the agency’s board two other options, to allow a hunt of either 2,000 or 500 birds. Although they said that the smaller number would be “unlikely” to com- promise the population, they said “the margins are slim” and it could damage gannet conservation eff orts. The board will meet next Monday to decide whether to rubber-stamp the recommended ban. In a statement, NatureScot said: “We understand there are strong feelings about the guga hunt. “The hunt is recognised in law under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which makes specifi c provision for the grant- ing of a licence for the purpose of pro- viding food for human consumption in relation to the gannets on the island of Sula Sgeir. Our role is to make licensing decisions based on the most recent sci- entifi c evidence and the relevant legal frameworks.”
hints at tax rises to fund social care
is prepared to be unpopular when it comes to raising the £18bn required
By Dominic Penna and Daniel Martin
ANDY BURNHAM has hinted at tax rises to fund his fl agship care reforms. The Prime Minister suggested he was ready to be unpopular and use “what political capital I have” to fund a new national care service that would cost about £18bn a year. He also declared that carers should be the “best-paid” workers in society, “not the worst”, as he announced his fl agship reforms yesterday. Mr Burnham has made tackling Brit- ain’s social care crisis his biggest politi- cal priority since entering Downing Street last week. The Telegraph previously revealed that a new tax on income and a so-called “death tax” were among the options drafted by offi cials to fund social care. During his time as health secretary in 2009, Mr Burnham suggested a com- pulsory insurance scheme, with people paying £17,000 to £20,000 to guaran- tee free social care in old age. Asked by The Telegraph whether he stood by his past thinking, Mr Burnham said: “I said before that I have views that are on the record but life has moved on from when I was first looking at social care in 2010. “We are in a difficult world from a fi nancial point of view.” Challenged on whether he would increase taxes to fund social care, the Prime Minister responded: “I will stick to the manifesto, that is important. There is a manifesto, there are commit- ments there on tax, and I will stick to those commitments.” The Labour 2024 general election manifesto ruled out any rise in income tax, National Insurance or VAT. How- ever, it did not rule out any other forms of tax increase. A new levy on income could be set at 1.8 per cent of earnings above £6,240, paid by workers over the age of 34. The fund would be supplemented by wealthier elderly people, who on top of paying the levy, would pay for between 10 and 45 per cent of their own costs, depending on the value of their assets. In a speech at the Jewish Care charity in north London, the Prime Minister
By Tim Stanley
“I’M THE prime minister,” said Our Andy to a care home resident who’d been wondering when this nice man was going to serve lunch. “Wot?” “HE’S THE PRIME MINISTER,” shouted his carer. “A new one?! They keep changing every fi ve minutes!” Keir Starmer would’ve arrested the
time to resurrect assisted dying bill, No10 insists
By Dominic Penna SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
ANDY BURNHAM has said now is not the time for the assisted dying debate. He said the question of terminally ill adults being able to end their own lives needed to wait until social and palliative care were fi xed. The Prime Minister’s remarks eff ec- tively delay the prospect of the Govern- ment taking any action on assisted dying until after the next election, when he hopes major changes to social care will have started to take place. Last year, MPs voted in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, only for peers to hold up the legislation, which ran out of parliamentary time. Mr Burnham was asked for his view on assisted dying after a major policy speech on social care in north London yesterday. He responded: “I take the view that that debate – and I don’t say there shouldn’t be a debate at some point about those issues – personally, I think there’s something that needs to happen fi rst, and that’s the fi xing of the funding of palliative care and social care. “I think it is very challenging to intro- duce that wider debate in the context of people not receiving that care and hav- ing the peace of mind about that care, and that’s the way I kind of see this. And that’s the position that I will stick to.”
admitted that “difficult decisions”
would be needed to fi x social care.
He said: “I know that this will require
me to put what political capital I have
on the table, and it could sort of wear
down that political capital in some
ways.
“But I’m prepared to do it, because
this has gone on for too long. The risks
of failing to act have been too great.”
Mr Burnham spoke about his own
experiences of care and praised the staff
looking after his father, who has
Alzheimer’s.
He said: “When someone in your
family is receiving care, you look at
everything through new eyes, don’t
you? You notice things you maybe
didn’t notice before because you watch
it so closely and so carefully.
“And I’ve just been really over-
whelmed by their care, the skill in what
they do, the professionalism. It really is
incredible and it’s humbling to watch
them caring for someone else’s dad,
someone else’s mum.”
He continued: “To me, they should
be the best-paid people in society, not
the worst, and I just start with that feel-
ing.”
a credible, funded plan. So far we have had only broad-brush information’
Responding to Mr Burnham’s com- ments, Stuart Andrew, the shadow health secretary, said any social care reforms must be achieved without increased tax. He said: “We welcome cross-party recognition of the problems in the social care sector, but fi xing the system requires a credible, funded plan. So far, we have only had very broad-brush information from the Government. “The Conservatives are ready to work with Labour on serious proposals to reform social care. But Burnham needs to produce the detail, and pledge not to raise taxes or increase borrowing to pay for change.” Baroness Casey of Blackstock, the veteran Whitehall troubleshooter, will speed up an independent review of how a national care service can be struc- tured and funded. Her full report was set to be pub- lished in 2028 but has been brought for- ward to summer 2027.
old boy for saying something like that – but Our Andy just laughed it off , signalling a welcome switch in style from “Davos” to “daytime TV”. He gave a Big Speech sans notes to a semi-circle of ordinary voters, adopting the Kilroy tone of polished authenticity (“you gotta talk from the heart”). Angela Rayner was there (not sure why: free lunch?), eyeing up the care home to see if it might make a good secondary residence. She wasn’t allowed near the microphone, for obvious reasons. The subject? Social care. The details? Vague. There is to be a “dementia tsar” and a “Big Conversation”, the latter loud enough to be heard over the distant mumble of Diagnosis Murder. Baroness
Fiona Phillips smiling yesterday in a picture released by her husband, Martin Frizell, and right, in her former role as a TV presenter
I like to spend my final years? Being sponged by a Brazilian swimwear model’
Casey, introducing the PM and perhaps distracted by the sound of Dick Van Dyke unmasking a poisoner, admitted she’d forgotten what she’d planned to say (the audience nodded sympathetically) but said she wanted to hear the public’s views on how they’d like to spend their fi nal years. My answer would be “high as a kite, being sponged by a Brazilian swimwear model” – but I’m not sure the Treasury can aff ord it. Ah, the money. Don’t mention the money. Very poor taste. Andy spoke movingly about his father’s Alzheimer’s and his determination to fi x the crisis in care. He did this (Starmer, take note)
only applies when devolved to him
Nigel Farage
ANDY BURNHAM has taken just nine days to betray the principle he came to power championing. Instead of localism, he’s now proposing a giant new central government bureaucracy, which would raise your taxes, expand the state, and even potentially rip apart families. On July 20, standing outside Downing Street, he promised to “take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land”. Four days later, opening “No 10 North”, he spoke again of “putting power in every postcode” so that places could do more for themselves. By July 29, however, he was taking personal ownership of a National Care Service (NCS) integrated with the NHS. Even by Westminster standards, that is quite a turnaround. The phrase “National Care Service” predates Burnham’s premiership, but he has chosen to accelerate the Casey Commission, make the issue a test of his leadership, and place the project at the centre of his new Government. He now owns the contradiction, and the hypocrisy is impossible to miss. The man who arrived in offi ce denouncing the hoarding of power in
without once mentioning tools – and for journalists raised on a diet of released sausages, the sudden leap in rhetorical quality is as refreshing as a bed bath by nurse Rayner (“I’ve used a bit of vodka, love, cos it works as an antiseptic”). But whereas a PM normally invents a policy, costs it and puts it to Parliament, Burnham obviously intends to guilt us into signing a blank cheque, giving the facade of a consensus by involving the “main parties” in talks, minus Reform. Given Reform’s monopoly on the over-85 vote, this is deeply unjust. No doubt half the home’s residents would pick Farage for PM, with Maggie Thatcher
SW1 has immediately reached for one of the Left’s oldest and most centralising answers: another vast national bureaucracy. His defenders will insist that a service can be nationally funded while remaining locally delivered. This is the usual Whitehall sleight of hand. Central government will write the rules, control the money, set the standards, and “measure the outcomes”, while local councils are forced to administer its decisions and absorb the blame.
SW1 denouncing hoarding power has reached for another vast bureacracy’
Social care needs reform, but Burnham is wrong to assume the largest possible expansion of government is the answer. Social care is, by its nature, personal and local. The needs of an elderly person in rural Cumbria are not the same as those of somebody living in central Manchester. Housing, transport, labour markets, family networks, charities, and existing provision all vary. A sensible system would allow diff erent places to respond diff erently,
care home’s residents would pick Farage for PM, with Thatcher slightly behind’
and Columbo slightly behind. Then the emotional blackmail letter landed on the mat. “I’m not going to be defl ected by… screaming headlines”: he advised the media not to speculate on costs ’n’ taxes. With that, he invited the press – for the fi rst time in months – to ask questions. Sam Coates of Sky, so many shirt buttons undone he was practically topless, asked his opinion on assisted dying. The audience shot him daggers. It is wrong, said the PM, to discuss euthanasia before fi xing palliative care, which is a better answer than Starmer ever gave. I’m beginning to think Burnham might last six minutes in offi ce – or even 10.
trying diff erent arrangements and learning from one another. The Local Government Association has argued that reform should be nationally supported but locally led, with councils remaining central and people able to live among those they know, in the places they know. That is a more humane principle than building another machine in Whitehall. Burnham says his service will put citizens’ needs fi rst, but the real test comes when the needs of a family collide with the “effi ciencies” of the system. When has bigger government ever solved a problem? More often than not, it worsens the issue. The deeper issue is what this tells us about Burnham. As Mayor of Greater Manchester, he built his reputation by arguing Whitehall was remote, rigid, and incapable of understanding local needs. Now that he occupies Downing Street, he has gone native. Britain needs social care reform, but it does not need another vast state apparatus making intimate decisions about people’s parents and grandparents. Burnham promised to loosen Whitehall’s grip. His fi rst great domestic project suggests that his localism only applies when the power is being devolved to Andy Burnham.
Do it for Fiona Husband’s plea to Burnham
The husband of Fiona Phillips, the former breakfast television presenter, has called on Andy Burnham to follow through on his pledge to care for Alzheimer’s suff erers. Martin Frizell shared a picture of Phillips smiling yesterday morning as he urged the Prime Minister to focus on “making a diff erence to suff erers like Fiona”. Mr Burnham has made tackling Britain’s social care crisis his biggest political priority after entering Downing Street. Phillips, 65, known for hosting breakfast show GMTV Today, revealed that she had the neuro- degenerative brain disorder which most commonly causes dementia in 2023. Mr Frizell said that Mr Burnham’s comments about overhauling social care yesterday had “cheered up our morning”. Mr Burnham also said carers should be the “best-paid” workers in society.
change is real but ‘green plans are bankrupting UK and destroying industry’
By Nick Gutteridge CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
KEMI BADENOCH has defended her vow to scrap the net zero target, insist- ing it is the only way to bring down energy prices and grow the economy. The Tory leader said that while “cli- mate change is real” the plan to go car- bon neutral by 2050 was “a political fi ction bankrupting the country”. In a letter to The Telegraph, she warned that Labour’s ban on new North Sea drilling was “destroying British industry and perversely increasing car- bon emissions” by making the UK more
Swimmers enjoy a dip in Peterborough Lido surrounded by parched grass as Britain enters its fourth heatwave of the year
PAUL MARRIOTT
By Tom McArdle
DROUGHT has been declared across half of England after a spell of record-breaking heat. The Environment Agency (EA) said seven areas of central, eastern and southern England were in drought following record-low rainfall and high temperatures. The aff ected areas are Hertfordshire and the whole of London, East Anglia, Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Devon and Cornwall, the West Midlands and Wessex, which covers Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, and south Gloucestershire. Amber health warnings for heat are in place for the East Midlands, the East of England, the South East and London until today, with temperatures expected
fridges that can beat the heat
By Luke Barr ASSISTANT BUSINESS EDITOR
WAITROSE is preparing to roll out Mediterranean-style fridges that can withstand temperatures of up to 48C. The grocer, owned by John Lewis, is developing more advanced cooling technology that combines refrigeration with heat pumps. This will enable equipment to con- tinue operating in outdoor tempera- tures of up to 48C, the highest-ever temperature recorded in Europe. Waitrose has also redesigned its existing refrigerated cabinets so that they can retain cold air more effi ciently. More than 100 Waitrose branches have already installed new fridges that can better cope with hotter tempera- tures while the business develops the more advanced technology. The investment comes after a succes- sion of summer heatwaves that have broken store fridges nationwide. Temperatures have often jumped above 30C this summer, peaking at 37C in June. Heatwaves are forecast to become more common and intense in the years ahead. Tina Mitchell, the retail
reliant on fossil fuel imports from across the globe. Her remarks came in response to a column by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph’s World Economy Editor, published yesterday. In it he argued that Mrs Badenoch had “chosen an abominable political moment to fl irt with climate nihilism” as wildfires raged on continental Europe. Ms Badenoch’s decision to purge Conservative candidates who back net zero came weeks before wild- fi res ravaged France and Spain, prompt- ing calls for her to rethink her environmental policies, The Environment Agency declared yesterday that half of England is now in drought following three heatwaves. In her letter, Mrs Badenoch wrote: “Climate change is real. The net zero plans are not. They are a political fic- tion, bankrupting the country, destroy- ing British industry and perversely
to reach as high as 35C yesterday. This summer has already broken tempera- ture records with highs of 35.1C (95F) in May and 37C in June. The current drought means there have been three droughts in the past fi ve years – 2022, 2025 and now 2026. In August 2022, the EA took similar measures and declared a drought in eight regions of England. Helen Wakeham, the director of water at the EA and chairman of the National Drought Group, said: “The hot and dry weather means we are currently using water faster than nature can replenish it.” She said the consecutive summer droughts represent an “exceptionally serious situation”. Last year was the dri- est spring since the late Victorian era. This year the UK had the fourth
director of Waitrose, said: “This sum- mer shows our latest refrigeration tech- nology is more resilient than older equipment, and we’re continuing to accelerate investment across our estate. “As hotter summers become more common, we’re continuing to invest in technology to keep products at peak freshness, help our stores perform reliably and improve energy effi ciency.” Heatwaves across Europe have
we continue to invest in technology to keep products at peak freshness’
prompted businesses to act. Roisin Currie, the chief executive of Greggs, said yesterday the bakery giant would “have to look at” upgrading its fridges as temperatures rise. She said: “Across the industry you may well have seen lots of refrigeration breakdowns – that has not been a key factor for us, we have been much more resilient. In saying that, the refrigera- tion industry is developing more pieces
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard’s article that prompted Kemi Badenoch’s response
increasing carbon emissions. Banning oil and gas drilling from Aberdeen, which has a low carbon footprint, only to import oil and gas from places that drill in a dirty fashion makes no sense whatsoever. Conservatives care about the environment, clean energy and pro- tecting our natural landscape. But that needs common sense.” Mrs Badenoch has reversed almost a decade of Tory support for the net zero target, which was written into law by Theresa May in the dying days of her premiership. She has announced that
sunniest spring since records began according to the Met Offi ce. A drought was declared across swathes of the country. This July is set to be the driest month on record, with England hav- ing just 7 per cent of expected rainfall, and southern England seeing just 1 per cent. July has been 3C above average, according to provisional Met Office data. So much of the country is experienc- ing a fl ash drought, one that has come on quickly despite a very wet winter. Millions of households across the country are living under hosepipe bans, so they are prohibited from using them to fi ll paddling pools, water gardens and wash cars. Restrictions have been imposed by Thames Water, South East Water, Southern Water, Cambridge
of kit that become resilient at tempera- tures well above 34C. That’s something we’ll all have to look at as we go for- ward, as we get more extreme weather.” Fridges work by extracting heat from the air and expelling it into the surrounding area. However, these systems can become overwhelmed. Other technology can also suff er in high temperatures. Eurostar revealed earlier this month that it had upgraded an order for 50 double-decker trains to ensure the onboard kit could withstand temperatures of up to 55C. Gwendoline Cazenave, the chief executive of Eurostar, said the new systems, called the Sahara option, would feature improved air condition- ing as well as higher-grade components and microprocessors able to operate at higher temperatures. The original order had stipulated air conditioners that could cool passengers at 45C. Waitrose’s latest investment forms part of a broader £1bn programme across the supermarket, as Jason Tarry, the chairman of John Lewis, aims to refocus the business on retail. This investment will fund openings and refurbishments across 28 stores.
the party would cut bills for families and businesses by scrapping green lev- ies on energy, to be paid for by axing many net zero subsidies. The Tory leader has also vowed to extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, emulating the wealth-creating approach taken by Norway. In her letter, Mrs Badenoch defended her decision to block any can- didate who does not sign up to her net zero policy from standing at the next election. Last week it emerged that Grant Shapps, the former Cabinet min-
England’s drought areas
Drought Prolonged dry weather Normal
SOURCE: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
protecting bees and seabirds
By Tony Diver POLITICAL EDITOR
THE Ministry of Defence has been forced to spend almost £600,000 on protecting bees, birds and other wildlife under Welsh government rules passed by Labour. The department has been ordered to spend public money to “maintain and enhance biodiversity” on its sites in Wales, which include the Brecon Bea- cons training area used by the SAS. A report published by the MoD shows that it spent £600,000 in the past three years on protecting nature on its 23,400 hectares of land in Wales, under a directive from the previous Welsh Labour government. Environmental rules passed by the Senedd in 2016 mean that public bodies must consider biodiversity as a “natural and integral part of policy and decision making”. The latest report shows that the MoD spent public money on grassland mosaic maintenance at Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, to help protect fl ocks of common guillemots – a sea bird that is not classifi ed as endangered. Another scheme included a survey to
ister, is among those who has been told he will not be considered for a seat. It is understood that Sir Grant does not disagree with the party’s new net zero stance. Mrs Badenoch said she would “make no apology” for her approach to candi- dates, adding that she was elected leader “on a mandate to renew my party and deliver the economic revolution we need to get Britain working again”. “If we are to grow our economy and secure good jobs in manufacturing and AI, we must tackle Britain industrial energy prices which are the highest in the developed world and that means being honest that net zero by 2050 is impossible,” she added. In his column, Mr Evans-Pritchard wrote that “the anti-green backlash has already peaked and electrotech is fast winning the global economic argu- ment”. He said Mrs Badenoch’s stance
Water, Affinity Water, Anglian Water and South West Water. Severn Trent, Essex and Suff olk Water, Wessex Water and Portsmouth Water have told cus- tomers to use water wisely but have stopped short of a ban. Experts have warned that Britain could see exceptionally severe wildfi res as it endures a fourth heatwave. Fire chiefs said the risk of blazes “remains elevated across the UK”, with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) adding that there were “currently eight live wildfire incidents being monitored”. Services in England and Wales have responded to 706 wildfi res so far in 2026, with 208 incidents recorded from July 16 to 28 alone. Phil Garrigan, the NFCC chairman, said: “More than 200 wildfi res in just 12 days shows how quickly the risk can
assess populations of the shrill carder bee, a rare form of bumblebee found on fl ower-rich grasslands. The department also funded a PhD student to conduct research into the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins near MoD Aberporth, a military range on the Welsh coast near Cardigan. The MoD runs seven “conservation groups” in Wales, which it says provide
Hectares of land that the Ministry of Defence owns in Wales, where it must ‘maintain biodiversity’
“an important mechanism for monitor- ing, volunteer engagement and local expertise”. Similar schemes in England have included the restoration of ponds to help female natterjack toads breed in Woolmer Forest, where the MoD has a training camp. The Welsh environmental legislation has been criticised for its failure to force public bodies to work on nature recov-
on North Sea oil and gas was “a defensi- ble policy” but that “the proper course for market conservatives is to outcompete fossil fuels by embracing cheaper and better technologies”. “If Badenoch’s argument were that rigid climate laws are tying us in knots, perverting policy and fuelling lawfare, then I would agree,” he wrote. “If her aim were to mobilise capitalism to tur- bo-charge our clean-tech successes, then I would applaud. “But that is not her message. Her out- rage is directed at wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles. “There comes a point when you have to conclude that the Tories have gone Trumpian on the existential issue of our time, competing with Nigel Farage’s crypto party for fossil funding and the backlash vote.”
escalate. The scenes across parts of Europe are a stark reminder of what a changing climate means for fire and rescue services. “We are not seeing fires of that scale in the UK today, but the science tells us we should expect larger, more frequent and more complex wildfires in future. That’s why we need contin- ued investment in specialist wildfire capabilities so we’re prepared for risks ahead.” Mr Garrigan said that “prevention remains our strongest defence” from the fires, adding: “Most wildfires are avoidable.” Emma Hardy, the water minister, said: “Our climate is changing, droughts are becoming increasingly common and we need to be prepared for this new normal.”
ery, although millions of pounds are spent each year meeting its require- ments. A report by Audit Wales, an independent scrutiny body, found last year that the environmental require- ments on public institutions had often been ignored, including by the Welsh Government itself. “The nature emergency has not been a high enough priority for public authorities, and many have failed to comply with the duty’s key planning and/or reporting requirements,” the report said. “The Welsh Government has not complied with its own planning requirement, is not eff ectively monitor- ing public authorities’ compliance, and is currently unable to assess the overall impact of the duty on biodiversity decline.” The UK Government continues to face questions about how it will fund the £15bn shortfall in the defence investment plan (DIP). An MoD spokesman said: “We are committed to managing our estate in a way that maintains operational capabil- ity while strengthening biodiversity and ecosystem resilience.”
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approval for social media content suggesting Right wingers ‘Sieg Heil’
By Tony Diver POLITICAL EDITOR
ZACK POLANSKI has liked online posts suggesting his Right-wing rivals support Adolf Hitler, amid an ongoing dispute with Nigel Farage over his social media content. The Green Party leader refused to apologise for sharing a social media post with his 700,000 Instagram followers that appeared to threaten Mr Farage. It showed a photo of a Green party supporter at an event in Bristol wearing a T-shirt with a guillotine graphic and the caption: “We’re only making plans for Nigel.” Mr Farage said sharing the post was “beyond belief ” and referred the mat- ter to the Metropolitan Police. The police confirmed yesterday it would not be taking any action against Mr Polanski. In an interview with the BBC on Tuesday, the Green party leader repeat- edly refused to apologise to Mr Farage.
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admit: We’re told not to stop migrants in Channel
By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR
By Charles Hymas
FRENCH police have admitted that
they have orders not to stop migrants
from getting into boats and setting off
for Britain.
Chris Philp, the shadow home secre-
tary, confronted the offi cers as his sup-
port team filmed dozens of migrants
clambering onto a dinghy, up to their
waists in water.
It came on a day when up to 700
migrants crossed the Channel in small
boats which, if confi rmed, would be one
of the biggest numbers of arrivals this
year. The highest to date this year was
710 crossing in mid-June.
Standing on Hardelot beach, south of
Boulogne, Mr Philp asked an officer
why he had allowed the migrants into
the water and not stopped them.
He replied: “Our order is to let them
go. We just have to say to them, ‘Don’t
do that. It’s dangerous’.” Mr Philp then
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to intervene because people might drown... that is completely ridiculous’
asks: “So your orders are not to inter- vene,” to which the police officers replies: “We have to protect them.” France has rarely intervened in shal- low water on the beaches because of what it claims is a risk to the migrants’ lives. On a handful of occasions, some offi cers have judged it safe to slash the dinghies with knives. The French have also set up a new elite police unit, which has intercepted people-smugglers on “taxi boats” before they pick up migrants from the beaches. Mr Philp said that the actions of the officers in not intervening in shallow water were “completely ridiculous” and “jaw-dropping”. Filming an earlier crossing, he noted that the French gendarmes were stand- ing on the beach watching as the migrants pushed their boat off in knee- deep water. “The French say it’s unsafe to inter- vene because people might drown. It’s literally knee-deep, and in my view that is completely ridiculous,” he said.
France
down ‘intimidating’ Union flags
division and intimidation. I have heard from many residents concerned about the presence of these fl ags. “Messages I’ve received describe them as unsettling, intimidating and othering.” Ms Sackman called Operation Raise the Colours a “far-Right group”. She said: “This far-Right group, with sup- port from Britain First and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (who goes by the name of Tommy Robinson), has led a racist and aggressive campaign, putting up fl ags on high streets across Britain.” Hope not Hate, the anti-racism group, has claimed that Raise the Colours organisers were “hardened and extreme far-Right activists”. On Tuesday, residents Jack and Deb- orah Miller said that they had hoisted the flags in Barnet and criticised Ms Sackman. Mrs Miller said: “I think that comment itself is actually causing divi- sion, and it’s divisive. “We’re proud Jews. What’s wrong with the fl ag?” A Barnet council spokesman said that the local authority “celebrates with pride” the national fl ag, and that it fl ew the Union fl ag above its offi ces and Hen- don town hall every day. Sackman says ‘now is time’ to remove flags
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He insisted he had not looked properly at the image, which was posted by another user, before sharing it. Mr Polanski also emphasised that he took the post down immediately after becoming aware of the image. He told the BBC: “If I had done it deliberately, I would be apologising.” He said he would “make a commit- ment to be better on my social media”. However, yesterday he liked posts on Bluesky criticising the BBC and defend- ing him for sharing the off ensive post. One supporter on Bluesky wrote: “Left-wing politicians must be perfect in every way, and can’t make minor mis- takes, while Right-wing politicians are free to call for race riots and pogroms, expelling millions of people because they’re not white, praising Hitler, goose-stepping and Sieg Heiling around the quad, etc.” Mr Polanski liked the post. He also liked another that said Mr Polanski “didn’t call for his opponents to be killed” and “clearly hadn’t noticed” the T-shirt, adding: “Faux outrage from Reform”. A third said: “IT IS EXTREMELY TELLING that MSM/#ReformUK are desperately trying to fi nd ANY scrap of ‘evidence’ to sully the #Greens.”
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Chris Philp films dozens of migrants clambering on to a dinghy off the coast of Hardelot, south of Boulogne,; the shadow home secretary said that French officers told him they had orders to ‘let migrants go’, right
said: “Now that the final whistle has blown on the 2026 World Cup, I’m call- ing full time on the fl ags.” The minister said that she was “proud to fly our flag” in her office during this summer’s football tournament. However, she continued: “Those who live and spend time in Temple Fortune and Golders Green will know that St George’s and Union Jacks were hoisted on public lamp posts, without permission, long before the World Cup. “It is now time for them to come down. Since September, huge numbers of fl ags have been put up on our public property in Barnet. “For many mem- bers of our commu- nity, these flags do not feel like a symbol of national pride, they are a source of
Zack Polanski and, right, the controversial T-shirt worn by a Green Party supporter in Bristol
Yesterday evening the Metropolitan Police said it would take no further action against Mr Polanski for sharing the image, since it was “unlikely” to constitute a criminal off ence. The force added that Mr Polanski had not seen the image in question, and that any criminal investigation would apply to 130 people and organisations that also shared it. However, the Met has referred the person wearing the T-shirt to Avon and Somerset Police, arguing that a crime “should be recorded”
against them. Any further action would be a matter for the West Country force. A Met Police spokesperson said:“We absolutely understand the reaction to this image being shared online, particu- larly in the context of increasing threats towards politicians. “We take the safety and security of those in public life, including politi- cians, very seriously. Where we identify threats we take appropriate action and where there is evidence of off ences we will investigate. While there will be
His criticism comes a day after he claimed that he was “intimidated” by the French military, when it began live firing from a naval vessel just 900ft from the fishing boat where he was monitoring migrants crossing. Under the £650m three-year deal signed with France by Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, offi cers including new elite riot and public order squads have been increased by 40 per cent alongside new tactics such as the interceptions at sea to counter the “taxi-boat” tactics. More than 900 migrants have
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ANTI-SEMITIC hate crimes in Britain have risen despite a fall in incidents in other Western countries, a new report has found. The number of crimes in the UK rose by 5 per cent last year to 3,700 inci- dents, according to a paper by the J7 taskforce against anti-Semitism, a group of organisations representing the countries with the seven largest Jewish communities. Britain was one of only three coun- tries where reported incidents increased in 2025, alongside Argentina (up by 4 per cent) and Germany (up by less than 1 per cent). The other four nations recorded decreases. The report looked at anti-Semitism in Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the US, which together are home to more than 90 per cent of the world’s Jewish population outside Israel. Reported anti-Semitic incidents across the seven countries have increased by 136 per cent since 2022, the year before the Oct 7 attack on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, while violent incidents have increased by 97
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Turning its back Council cuts ties with Israeli city after 60 years
May, was forced to issue an apology and change the consultation date after it was branded “shocking” and “insensitive”. Phil Rosenberg, the president of the Board of Deputies, accused the Hackney Green Party of displaying “ignorance”. “Haifa is a diverse city, widely seen as a model of ethnic and religious coexistence,” he said. “If the Hackney Greens had any genuine interest in peace they would celebrate Haifa, not censure it.”
Hackney council has voted to cut ties with the Israeli city of Haifa, ending almost 60 years of twinning with the city. Haifa is one of Israel’s most progressive cities but the Green- controlled Hackney borough voted on Tuesday night to end its relationship in protest over Gaza. The council also approved a public consultation on its proposal to end on October 7, the third anniversary of the Hamas attack. The authority, which was taken over by the Greens at the local elections in
crossed the Channel in the past week as smugglers have taken advantage of good weather, low winds and calm seas. Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, has defended Labour’s eff orts to tackle the crossings, saying: “The Home Secretary has brought forward a very vigorous plan in relation to this. “And let’s remember... the numbers can fl uctuate. But overall boat crossings are down, down quite significantly year-on-year, so that does suggest that the plan is working.” But Mr Philp said: “Shabana Mahmood has paid half a billion pounds
Anti-Semitic hate rises
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per cent. Angela Rayner, the Housing and Communities Secretary, said she was “appalled by the horrific rise of anti-Semitism in the UK”. “It is intolerable,” she said. “Across government, we’re also working with international partners, including the J7, to strengthen the global fight against anti-Semitism and stand up for Jewish communities wherever they face dis- crimination, abuse or violence.”
people who will argue that those who shared the image in this Instagram post should be subject to criminal action, our review has concluded that on this occasion, the threshold is not met. We have spoken with those impacted to explain that decision-making and to provide reassurance around our ongo- ing commitment to their security and the additional support available.” The row erupted after the brutal death earlier this month of former Con- servative MP and Reform spokes- woman Ann Widdecombe, who was killed in her Devon home. A 28-year-old man has been charged with her murder, pending a trial provisionally set for June 2027. Mr Farage has previously said that he pays for round-the-clock security after death threats against him, and claimed he was using a controversial £5m dona- tion from a Thai-based crypto billion- aire to do so. The donation led to a parliamentary investigation which prompted Mr Farage to resign his seat to call a by-election in Clacton on Aug 13 so voters could “judge” his actions. In his interview on BBC Newsnight, Mr Polanski said that he had shared the post inadvertently. The Green Party and Reform have been asked for comment.
of our money unconditionally – yet I saw gendarmes doing nothing today and they told me they had orders to take no physical action but just talk to the migrants. The only thing protecting our borders has been the rough weather in the channel this year. “Andy Burnham just said there was no problem. I saw with my own eyes today how out of touch he is. A Home Offi ce spokesman said: “This Government is bearing down on small boat crossings, with removals of small boat migrants at record levels and asy- lum claims down by 12 per cent.”
Although reported incidents decreased last year in the US, Australia, Canada and France compared with 2024, every country remained signifi cantly above the levels before Oct 7 2023. Last year was also the deadliest year for Jewish people living outside Israel in more than three decades, with 20 people killed in anti-Semitic attacks in the seven countries, according to the report. The number of deaths recorded was the highest annual death toll since the bombing of a Jewish community centre in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, in 1994, which killed 85 people. In the UK, Melvin Cravitz, 66, was stabbed to death in an attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Adrian Daulby, 53, who was among those preventing the attacker from entering the building, was killed by a stray police bullet. Lord Mann, the UK Government’s independent adviser on anti-Semitism, called for a “clear, calm and methodical” approach to tackling anti-Jewish hatred, warning that governments which avoided their responsibilities contributed to the problem.
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AMY WINEHOUSE’S father must pay just under £1m to two of his daughter’s friends after claiming that they had profi ted from selling her clothes. Mitch Winehouse claimed that Naomi Parry and Christina Gourlay had gained from selling dozens of the late singer’s items at auctions in the US in
faces £18m bill after Mail judgment
costs from Duke of Sussex and other celebrity claimants after court battle
By Victoria Ward DEPUTY ROYAL EDITOR
THE DUKE OF SUSSEX and his fellow claimants face a potential legal bill of more than £18m after their “specula- tive” High Court privacy claim against the Daily Mail publisher was wholly dis- missed. Associated Newspapers Limited has demanded an initial payment of £10m towards its costs but has applied to recover more, pointing to the “outra- geous” and “unreasonable” conduct of the seven high-profile claimants who pursued “grave allegations” of phone hacking, bugging and blagging against its journalists despite a lack of evidence. The publisher incurred total legal
Prince Harry was among the celebrities who tried to sue Associated Newspapers for breach of privacy
costs of £34.5m but the claimants’ insurance covers just £16.2m, creating a potential shortfall of £18.3m. The Duke, Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence were among those who sued Associated Newspapers Limited for breach of pri- vacy. However, in an excoriating High Court ruling handed down earlier this month, Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed in full all 97 claims against the publisher, stating there was no evidence. The Duke later issued a statement attacking the judge and calling the 426- page ruling a “complete and obvious whitewash”. The statement suggested that he “knew better than the judge”, the publisher claimed. Associated Newspapers is now seek- ing to recoup costs amassed during the four years of litigation. It has asked for an initial payment of £9,950,624.37 on account. The claimants have offered almost £8m, which they described as “a generous offer”. However, the pub- lisher on Wednesday applied for an
By Michael Searles DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR
MPs who want to block Palantir from the NHS are a “noisy minority”, according to the software company’s UK boss. Louis Mosley said those who were critical of the US tech giant were from “a certain end of the political spectrum”. The fi rm, which has £600m of pub- lic-sector contracts, including with the
from burning church hours before funeral
FIREFIGHTERS entered a blazing 160-year-old church to retrieve the coffi n of a church warden who was to be buried the next day. Emergency services were called to St Andrew’s Church in Leicester after a fire broke out at 11.17pm on Tuesday. Fire crews spent the night trying to con- tain the blaze. The roof of the church, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, was severely damaged, but the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said there had been no casualties. A spokesman for the service added that the crews fi ghting the fl ames had been able to rescue a coffi n of a church warden whose funeral was to take place yesterday. It had been placed under the high altar overnight in preparation for the service. The Diocese of Leicester said that the funeral would be relocated, adding:
2021 and 2023, accusing them of having “deliberately concealed” their sale. But Judge Sarah Clarke KC threw out his High Court claim earlier this year, fi nding that he “knew all along” about the intended sale and began to pursue them for money in an “aggressive and unpleasant way” only afterwards. Mr Winehouse has also racked up £950,000 of legal costs in the failed
indemnity order, which would lift a cap on the costs that can be recovered. The High Court heard that each of the claimants had secured an individual after the event (ATE) insurance policy worth £2.7m that would collectively cover Associated’s costs to the tune of £16.2m. Nicholas Bacon KC, for the claimants, admitted in written submis- sions: “If the claimants were required to pay Associated’s costs on the indemnity basis… the current level of cover would be insuffi cient to meet their total costs exposure, possibly to the tune of many millions of pounds.” Associated argued that the conduct of the claimants, as well as the “highly unusual” circumstances in how the claim was pursued from the outset, had taken the case “well outside of the norm”. The group told Mr Justice Nicklin at the start of a two-day costs hearing that it reserved the right to seek further sums if the court ruled that it was enti- tled to indemnity costs. It argued that such an order would in part reflect the “unpleasant and dis- tressing” experience the company and 77 of its journalists, lawyers and execu- tives had endured, many of whom had been forced to go to court to defend their reputations. The publisher said both parties had agreed that the claimants should cover its costs. However, how those costs are assessed – whether on a standard or indemnity basis – the interest and the timeframe for covering the costs remain in dispute. In written submissions, Antony White KC, representing the publisher, said that at trial the claimants had pur- sued “headline-grabbing” allegations in a “chaotic and ill-disciplined” manner, which caused confusion for witnesses. Mr White added that by deliberately withholding documents and failing to comply with the judge’s orders, the claimants had “dramatically” increased the publisher’s costs. Mr Bacon said the suggestion that the claim was brought “disingenuously” could not be further from the truth. He said that as the court had accepted the claimants’ evidence it would be “mani- festly unfair” if their conduct was con- demned via an indemnity costs order. He acknowledged however, that there was a gulf between the demands from each side and that there might be a middle ground. The hearing continues.
NHS and the Ministry of Defence, has faced growing criticism from the Left regarding its work with US immigration authorities and the Israeli military. There has also been debate within the health service about whether the software has improved waiting lists, with the Health Foundation think tank disputing claims it had cut the number of patients facing delayed discharge by 15 per cent. Mr Mosley said it was “up to the Brit-
“We appreciate the support and under- standing of the community at this diffi - cult time.” The cause of the fi re is not yet known, but the fire service said the ongoing heatwave conditions meant fi res could start and spread easily. The fire service spokesman said crews from a number of fire stations, using aerial ladder and turntable ladder platforms, “tackled this large blaze throughout the night”. The spokesman added: “There have been no casualties and all persons have been accounted for. “A coffi n containing a body, left in the church overnight ready for a funeral service this morning, was retrieved and moved to safety by firefighters using breathing apparatus. “The roof of the church was severely damaged by the fi re. A fi re investigation has taken place, and the matter has been handed to Leicestershire Police colleagues.
claim. Henry Legge KC, for Mr Wine- house, said in written submissions in December that the items included a silk mini-dress worn by Winehouse in her fi nal performance in Belgrade, Serbia, which Ms Parry auctioned for $243,200 (£182,000) in 2021. The barrister said that in 2014, after Winehouse’s death, her father was approached by Darren Julien, of Julien’s
ish Government” to decide whether and how to use Palantir software, as he dismissed concerns about its staff accessing patient data. Speaking to Times Radio, he said: “There is a lot of noise about us. It does come from, I would say, a minority. It’s a specifi c end of the political spectrum. It’s a noisy minority. It’s people like Zack Polanski. “They have a big issue with the way in which our software is used thousands
it can be rebuilt because it is such a beautiful building’
Auctions in Los Angeles, suggesting an auction of her belongings. Mr Wine- house initially declined. Mr Julien then contacted Ms Parry, who indicated that she would be willing to sell “my collec- tion” in 2018, while Ms Gourlay indi- cated she would be willing to sell items in 2019, Mr Legge said. In a judgment yesterday, the judge said: “The claimant chose to bring an
Good innings Rihanna paid her respects to Sir Gary Sobers, the West Indies cricketer who died aged 89, in Barbados yesterday.
of miles away in other countries, specif- ically America and Israel. “My view, and by the way, I’m very happy to debate that. I will defend it. But when it comes to the NHS, my view is what matters is, can the NHS control the data when it’s using Palantir? Is patient data safe if it’s using Palantir? And secondly, are the Palantir tools working? The answer to both those questions is a categoric yes.” He said that no one should be wor-
“Our crews will return this afternoon to reinspect for hot spots.” Residents living near the church, which is south of the city centre and near De Montfort University and the city’s Royal Infirmary, were urged to keep their windows and doors closed as smoke spread across the city. One resident commented on social media: “Absolutely heartbreaking, it has been at the centre of the community for years and the damage looks horrendous. “I only pray it can be rebuilt because it is such a beautiful building.” Another added: “This is devastating for our parish community. This will be a huge loss if it cannot be saved or rebuilt.” St Andrew’s was designed by Scott, whose best-known works include the Midland Hotel at St Pancras, the Albert Memorial and the Foreign and Com- monwealth Office in London, in the 1860s.
inherently weak claim, pursue it aggres- sively and relentlessly to the end, and make serious and unfounded allega- tions against the defendants which sig- nificantly damaged their reputations, career prospects, fi nancial security and health.” The judge said that, as of April, Ms Parry’s costs were estimated to be £715,361 while Ms Gourlay’s were
ried about Palantir staff accessing NHS data. “You could think of Palantir a bit like a plumbing system that the NHS has deployed to manage the flow of data around hospitals and between hospi- tals. “We don’t have an economic interest in the data. We’re not deriving any value. It’s not a business model. “And it’s also against the law. The way in which the law works in this country
£487,132. She ordered Mr Winehouse to pay interim payments to each of the women – £569,330 to Ms Parry and £394,521 to Ms Gourlay – within the next two weeks. He must also pay the women’s legal costs on an indemnity basis, meaning they will probably receive a higher fi g- ure. It is often awarded when one side has behaved particularly unreasonably.
killed by reaction to giving up cigarettes
A SMOKER died after a fatal reaction caused by quitting cigarettes, an inquest heard. Jack Burton, 29, was on anti- psychotic medication to treat schizo- phrenia, but he needed a higher dose because he was a “heavy smoker”. However, his dosage, which would have been dangerous for a non-smoker, became “toxic” for him after three days without cigarettes. Patients who smoke often require higher doses of some medication as cig- arette smoke causes the liver to process medicine more quickly. Burton, who took 525mg of clozapine every night, decided to give up smoking while on holiday in North Yorkshire in October last year. However, when he did not reduce his medication dosage when he stopped smoking, his usual dosage became too high, leading to a “fatal increase” in his clozapine levels. A coroner has now warned of the effects of quitting smoking while on medication after it was found that there is “no guidance available to doctors on this issue”. Burton, who lived in Worces- ter, was diagnosed with paranoid schiz- ophrenia and had been prescribed the
Jack Burton did not reduce his anti-psychotic medication when he gave up cigarettes – leading to a fatal reaction
anti-psychotic clozapine by his commu- nity psychiatrist. The inquest heard that if he had planned to quit smoking, he “should have informed his psychiatrist to reduce the amount of clozapine he was taking” because too high a dose “could cause seizures”. The young man’s sudden death and the lack of guidance on the issue has led Deborah Lakin, the assistant coroner for Worcestershire, to write a preven- tion of future deaths report. Throughout the inquest, it remained unclear whether Burton had asked questions about his medication and whether the correct information had been provided. Referring to Burton’s inquest, Ms Lakin said: “There were inconsistent accounts provided to me by two con- sultant psychiatrists, about the rele- vance of reduction in smoking, rather than cessation of smoking, attributable to there being no guidance available to doctors on this issue.” She continued: “The evidence revealed that there is no guidance on any standardised practice available to practitioners relating to asking ques- tions and recording answers given when discussing possible symptoms of side eff ects of the medication.”
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is it makes a distinction between data controllers and data processors. Data controllers in this case are the NHS. That means it’s your data. You own it. We’re the processor.” The government’s health and social care committee has recommended that the NHS cut short its deal with Palantir. There is a break clause in the £330m seven-year contract next March, which would need to be exercised by the end of this year.
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Brimming with joy Two racegoers are in all their finery for day two of the Qatar Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse, in Chichester, which runs until Saturday.
and apology from police commissioner
officers visited Telegraph columnist over social media post in 2024
By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR
ALLISON PEARSON, The Telegraph journalist, has received an apology and fi ve-fi gure payout from Essex’s police and crime commissioner after suing him for defamation. Roger Hirst, the elected offi cial who oversees policing in Essex, has issued a public apology for comments he made after police offi cers visited Pearson over a post on X that the police alleged incited racial hatred. The investigation was subsequently dropped, with no further action taken. Mr Hirst said he was very sorry for the damage and hurt he had caused and agreed to pay her substantial damages, understood to be a fi ve-fi gure sum. His apology comes after Mr Justice Chamberlain, a High Court judge, found that Mr Hirst’s comments were capable of being seen as defamatory. Pearson has lodged a separate defa- mation action against Essex Police, which has also been considered by Mr Justice Chamberlain and is ongoing. Her solicitor, Mark Lewis, of Patron Law, said: “It is very regrettable that the elected PCC who is meant to hold the police to account on behalf of the people who elected him chose to
Allison Pearson
protect the police rather than the public who voted for him. I hope he does not expect the public to pay for his actions.” The incident in November 2024 when two offi cers visited Pearson at her home over her post on X sparked a national debate over how police handled alleged hate crime and non-crime incidents on social media. Labour has since scrapped non-crime hate incidents in their cur- rent form after criticism that they were diverting offi cers into “policing tweets rather than the streets”. Pearson was visited by offi cers at her home on Remembrance Sunday after it was alleged she had incited racial
12,000 fellow citizens are targeted each year for social media posts’
hatred. She said she was left dumb- struck by the incident, which led the force to publish a series of press releases online with its version of events. Mr Justice Chamberlain found that two of those statements, as well as later comments by Mr Hirst about the investi- gation, may have defamed Pearson. The PCC said on LBC: “We can’t go around ignoring crimes just because it’s politically sensitive.” The judge found the words spoken by Mr Hirst were “defamatory” of Pearson at what is known as “Chase Level 3”, which means there are grounds to investigate a per- son’s conduct. In his statement, Mr Hirst
what the hell has happened to our country?
I AM a conservative sort of person. I was brought up to respect and value our institutions. If you’d asked me 20 years ago for a list of implausible things I might do in my life, suing the police for libel would not have been on it. It would have been unthinkable. I am a Telegraph columnist, for goodness’ sake. That I decided to take such action against Roger Hirst, the police and crime commissioner for Essex, as well as against Essex Police, says something about the times we live in and the state of an institution I once trusted and admired. Clearly, I am relieved and delighted that I have won my case. It was astonishing to me that Hirst, a man elected by Conservative voters, would appear on LBC radio while I was under criminal investigation for some clearly absurd charge and suggest that the police had nothing to be held accountable for. Members of the public did not agree. Many found the facts of my case to be deeply shocking. On the morning of Remembrance Sunday in 2024, two young police offi cers knocked on my door. I was getting ready to go to the war memorial, and had just laid out my black clothes and enamel poppy, a beloved junk-shop fi nd. I assumed the police were there because they had closed our road for the memorial parade. But no. One offi cer explained that someone had made a complaint about a tweet I had posted and deleted a year earlier. “Sorry, what tweet?” “I can’t tell you that, Madam.” “All right, so who is my accuser?” “Can’t tell you that either, Madam. But it’s not ‘the accuser’. They’re called ‘the victim’.” So began a surreal, Kaf aesque episode. How prescient was the opening sentence of Franz Kaf a’s The Trial: “Someone must have made a false accusation against Josef K, for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.” I hadn’t done anything wrong, at least nothing that was worthy of a police visit, yet I had somehow acquired “a victim”. “Do you know
Kafaesque episode – how prescient was The Trial’
said: “I wish to apologise to Allison Pear- son, the Daily Telegraph journalist, for accusations I made about her in an inter- view I gave to Lewis Goodall of LBC on 17 November 2024, and in an article I wrote for Conservative Home, which I later published on my own website. “I intended to address wider issues about hate crimes and policing rather than to make accusations against her personally… I should not have made those allegations against her. I am very sorry for the damage and hurt I have caused to her.” Essex Police previously complained to IPSO, the press regulator, about Pearson’s own reporting of the police visit at her home. The force said she was wrong to claim that offi cers described the matter as a “non-crime hate inci- dent” and provided a transcript of video fi lmed by offi cers at the time. But IPSO rejected the complaint, saying The Tele- graph had taken suffi cient care to estab- lish the facts ahead of publication. Pearson said she was “delighted and relieved” that she had won, adding that she had found the statements by Mr Hirst “deeply distressing”. She added: “This should never have happened. It is deplorable that over 12,000 of our fellow citizens were tar- geted each year for social media posts [before NCHIs were abolished], often on the say-so of unknown individuals who need only claim to have experi- enced offence or hatred. It’s hard to think of anything less British. Two-tier political policing aff ects anyone with a diff erent viewpoint.”
what we’re commemorating today?” I asked the offi cers. “Hundreds of thousands of young men, the age you are now, crossed the Channel and sacrifi ced their lives so we wouldn’t have to live under tyranny. What would those brave soldiers think of you coming here today?” They had no answer. They barely knew what it was they were accusing me of. I don’t blame them. They had been inducted into the DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) cult, which teaches the police to treat allegations of racism as seriously, sometimes more seriously, than murder. See the horrifying case of Henry Nowak. Was there evidence of a two-tier, politicised system? I believe that there was. My tweet – actually a re-tweet of a photograph of police offi cers posing with two men at a political event – rebuked offi cers of the Met Police for cosying up to “the Jew haters”. (I took it down when I was told the police and protesters in the photo were from Greater Manchester, not The Met. But I stand by my criticism
and by my right to make that criticism. The revolting spread of anti-Semitism over the past 20 months proves my fears were well-founded.) At the same time as I posted my tweet, a Jewish Telegraph reader complained to Essex Police about a grotesquely anti-Semitic tweet that made mine look anodyne. An offi cer replied, saying they were sorry she was upset, but the tweet was just part of an exchange of views about the war in Gaza. Dare to call out the Islamists and the police will crack down on you. Incite hatred against the Jews – until very recently, they didn’t give a damn. The UK was targeting over 12,000 people a year for social media posts before non-crime hate incidents were abolished. I was appalled to discover that those 12,000 people could be targeted on the say-so of unknown individuals who needed only to claim to have experienced off ence or hatred. What the hell had they done to our country, the proud home of Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights?
boy Prof Jason Arday says he achieved feat only ever completed by elite athletes
By Gordon Rayner AssoCiAte eDitor
THE Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row is facing questions over claims he has made about his ath- letic prowess and charity fundraising. Prof Jason Arday says he once ran 600 miles in six days for charity, 300 miles in three days, and 30 marathons in 35 days, partly with a broken leg. But experts in ultra-distance running have cast doubt on his claims, express- ing surprise that he is not known in the ultra-distance community despite achievements that would put him among the world’s top athletes. Prof Arday also claims to have been a professional footballer and snooker
row cricket
club suspends
‘Clicky Ponting’
By Will Macpherson
Deputy CriCket CorresponDent
BRIAN DEVINE, the cricketer dubbed “Clicky Ponting” for clicking his fingers to deceive umpires, has been sus- pended indefinitely by his disgraced club Saltburn. A social media frenzy erupted this week after footage, from the Play Cricket website, appeared to show Saltburn’s second team player Devine clicking his fingers at slip as the ball passed a batsman’s bat on the way to the wicketkeeper’s gloves. The umpire fell for the ruse and gave the batsman out. From there, further footage and testi- mony of similar incidents involving the Saltburn second XI emerged. Widespread condemnation from the cricket community and a North York- shire and South Durham League inves- tigation followed. Saltburn won Saturday’s match by 159 runs and sit top
as soon as the complaint and investigation were made known to us’
of the league, with their wicketkeeper Josh Bowes a prolific taker of catches. Saltburn made no comment initially, but confirmed yesterday they were “treating this allegation with the utmost seriousness” and had suspended Devine. Saltburn had already conceded the second team fixture they had scheduled for yesterday evening against Marton. A club statement said: “This is issued in response to the widely publicised complaint made against a Saltburn Cricket Club member and, as a consequence, against the club more generally. “We are treating this allegation with the utmost seriousness and, as a family-centric club, we are fully cooperating with the NYSD League’s investigation. “We believe that the club acted deci- sively as soon as the complaint and investigation were made known to us.”
By Telegraph Reporter
A FEMALE police officer falsely claimed that she had been sexually assaulted - as a reason for being late for work. Lauren Evans, 35, claimed a plain- clothes officer carried out an intimate search after stopping her as she drove to work in south London on March 22 2023. She provided the surname Watson and a description of his unmarked police car, prompting the arrest of Pc
cause tinnitus, court hears
By Tim Sigsworth news reporter
DUTCH “iceman” Wim Hof’s company is being sued for up to £250,000 over claims that his breathing exercises can cause tinnitus. The Wim Hof Method promises to help participants “realise your full potential” through exposure to the cold and breathing deeply. But Ricky Kon, 36, claims he was left with ringing in his ears after using Mr Hof’s £76 10-week online video course in 2020. Mr Kon, from London, has launched a legal claim against Mr Hof’s company, Innerfire BV, which came before London Central County Court on Wednesday. He claims the company did not give “appropriate” warning of the risk of developing tinnitus. Mr Hof, an author and motivational speaker known for performing feats of endurance in cold temperatures, has marketed his wellness techniques as good for sleep, energy levels, will- power, focus, stress levels and the immune system. His website says
player, and to have raised £5.5m for more than 70 charities. Some of the country’s most respected academics have now called for an inde- pendent investigation into allegations of plagiarism surrounding Prof Arday after The Telegraph reported last week on striking similarities between his PhD thesis and another student’s. The University of Cambridge insists there is no case to answer, and he is the victim of a “vile campaign to undermine his credibility”. Liverpool John Moores University, which awarded his doctor- ate, has also said his work had been checked and cleared. In 2023, Prof Arday became the youngest black professor in Cam- bridge’s history at the age of 37. His memoir, titled Great and Unfortunate Things, will be published next month, in which he recounts being non-verbal until shortly before his 12th birthday and only learning to read and write at the age of 18. But questions about Prof
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Catch of the day Schoolboy angler Henry Ralph, 14, has caught a skate that was twice the size of him, near Oban, in the west of Scotland. Henry hooked the flat fish on his first cast from the shore and thought he had caught a mass of seaweed but then the fish took off and almost pulled him into the water.
Alex Watson, an innocent officer, who just happened to have been driving an unmarked car in the area. Evans, attached to the Met’s South Area Basic Command Unit, was jailed for 12 months at Southwark Crown Court in March and dismissed from the police. However, her sentence for pervert- ing the course of justice was increased to two years after it was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Leni- ent Sentence scheme. She had already been released from
Arday’s autobiographical details have been swirling in the academic world for years, and those questions have intensi- fied during the ongoing plagiarism row. On several occasions, he has described running 600 miles in six days from Edinburgh to London for charity, but on one occasion, he said the dis- tance was 500 miles. However, experts in ultra-distance pointed out the world record for a six- day run is 650 miles, achieved on a flat circuit with a large support team and medical help on standby, not on an undu- lating road route with little or no backup. Prof Arday has also said he suffered a hairline fracture on the 21st day of his 30-marathon challenge, causing his leg to swell to twice its normal size, but he went on to run another nine marathons. Damian Hall, who has held several British records for ultra-distance runs and represented Great Britain, said: “I haven’t heard of Jason before. Running 30 marathons in 35 days is perfectly
prison at the time of the decision so was sent back. Judge Martin Griffith previously told the officer: “It’s a great shame – you have lost your job, his wife has given up her job, all through a simple lie told in circumstances which must have had something to do with being late. You tried to fool a jury by telling them you were innocent.” Pc Watson was held in a cell for 23 hours, before being released without charge. Thirty police officers investi-
Dutch Iceman Wim Hof made his name by advocating cold water therapy and breathing exercises
possible and several runners, not neces- sarily elite, have done similar. Running 100 miles in 24 hours is also perfectly possible, but it’s very hard to keep that going for two more days, without good breaks for sleep. Not impossible but pretty unlikely. “The 600 miles in six days is, again, not impossible, but would
Prof Jason Arday
is involved in a
separate plagiarism
row at Cambridge
University
be remarkable, akin to the very best
record-breaking ultra-runners. It seems
odd that there appears to be no evi-
dence of that.
Usually runners are very keen to
share news of runs like that on places
such as Strava. If you’re claiming to
gated Evans’s allegations, with more than 1,500 hours of police time wasted. In a statement Pc Watson recalled how he had just returned from a family wedding when he was handcuffed in front of his children. His house was searched, leading to his children now feeling unsafe there. “The effect of the arrest was catastrophic. I’m a proud serving police officer and my wife and I have combined police service of 30 years,” he said. “We felt betrayed and let down by the organisation. I was treated
Beatles recordings to be released
By India McTaggart
entertAinment CorresponDent
UNHEARD recordings of Beatles songs will be released in a new edition of the band’s album Rubber Soul. The special edition of the 1965 studio album, being released in early October, will also feature a new John Lennon song outline. Previously unheard session recordings and home demos by the band will feature on the newly mixed release, produced by Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George, and engi- neered by Sam Okell. Rubber Soul has been credited by The Beatles media agency as “marking a piv- otal moment” in the group’s evolution. It was released more than two years after their debut album, Please Please Me, and featured hits including Grammy-winning Michelle, Nowhere Man and Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). The period was marked as the Beatlemania era as the group, compris-
have done runs as impressive as those, you should provide evidence, which is very easy via GPS sports watches.” Another ultra-distance expert who has helped to stage many 100-mile-plus races said: “The six-day world track men’s record is 650 miles. Given the logistics and terrain, plus the support and sleep required, it would be a mira- cle.” In recent months, two universities that gave honorary degrees to Prof Arday have removed or watered down refer- ences to the 300-mile and 600-mile runs from their online biographies of him. Prof Arday’s memoir contains no men- tion of the 300-mile or 600-mile runs. Anglia Ruskin University recently changed the reference to 600 miles in six days to 600 miles in 12 days. In 2023, during an interview with the University of Bath to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racism, Prof Arday said: “As a child, I was fortunate to play football well, so I was in the academy system and then played pro-
like a criminal and handcuffed like a violent criminal.” He said some neighbours no longer spoke to him after his arrest. “To make up an allegation of this nature I find dis- graceful,” he said. In her statement Kerry Watson, his wife, said her husband had become “a shell of his former self”. “I now don’t work for the Met Police...I could not work in a place which continually reminded me of that night and how someone could lie and
ing Paul McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, enjoyed global fame following the success of Please Please Me in 1963. The new special edition of Rubber Soul will also be accompanied by “an unheard John Lennon song outline never before released or rumoured” titled Little Girl, according to Apple Corps, the band’s agency. A song outline is understood to be a written plan organising a song’s sections, story as well as chord progression. Often this includes the intro, verse and chorus. The super deluxe special edition of the album will be accompanied by an 88-page hardbound book featuring a new written introduction by Sir Paul as well as a foreword compiled from Lennon’s own reflections on Rubber Soul from across his life, including after the band had broken up. The agency wrote: “The two pieces offer a unique perspective on the making and enduring impact of the album, alongside rare photographs, in-depth album background and track
fessionally. I also took up snooker when I was 10 and joined a professional tour.” Football databases contain no record of Prof Arday being a professional. The online snooker database CueTracker shows that in 2002, he played one match in the English Ama- teur Championship, losing 4-0, but never turned professional. The professor has also said he has raised £5.5m for charity, but his memoir contains no mention of the figure. Prof Arday’s online biographies say he raised money “most notably for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and Shelter”. A spokesman for Shooting Star told The Telegraph Prof Arday had raised £10,800. Shelter refused to divulge the total he had raised for them, though a JustGiving page for his 300-mile-in- three-days feat shows £380 raised. The Telegraph asked Prof Arday for evidence of his sporting achievements and a breakdown of his fundraising, but received no reply.
change my husband and our children’s lives forever,” she said. “I will never understand why.” Previously, Det Ch Insp Mark Cutler, from the Met’s anti-abuse and corrup- tion command, said: “Officers should act with integrity at all times and lying about such a serious allegation is com- pletely unacceptable. “It undermines the work that takes place across the Met every day to sup- port victims of sexual offences and it will not be tolerated.”
notes.” Outlining the impact of Rubber Soul, the agency continued: “Arriving at the end of a remarkable year that saw John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr reach artistic and commercial heights, the album revealed a band pushing beyond the conventions of pop music and embrac- ing a more adventurous approach to song-writing and recording.” Recorded over four weeks during October and November 1965, following the band’s record-breaking concert to more than 55,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, the studio album has been described as “capturing The Beatles at a creative crossroads”. The album came at a time when the band had a period away from concert, radio or film commitments, and their “music, ideas and unbridled creative ambitions began to truly flourish” said the agency. All of the new Rubber Soul formats feature the album’s new stereo mix, sourced directly from the original four- track master tapes.
teenagers using Snapchat to set up murders in UK
to Britain by 16-year-old schoolboy who is backed by Iran-affiliated drug gang
By Max Stephens INTERNATIONAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT
A NORWEGIAN teenager hired for an assassination in the UK was recruited by a 16-year-old hitman, The Telegraph can disclose. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, a 19-year-old aspiring footballer and the son of two broadsheet journalists, was promised €25,000 (£21,500) by the Iran-affiliated drugs gang Foxtrot to shoot a target in England. Counter-terror police arrested Nat- land at a three-star hotel in Hudders- fi eld, West Yorkshire, on March 19 last year before he could carry out his
assignment. Officers found a pair of handguns, 18 rounds of ammunition, £2,000 in cash and three pairs of work- man’s gloves in his room. Police only stopped Natland in time because his recruiter, a Norwegian schoolboy with the online moniker “Generalen” (which means general in English), had been arrested three days earlier for arranging a hit on the son of a police chief in Stavanger, on Norway’s south-western coast. Detectives learnt from messages on the teenager’s phone that Natland had flown from Stavanger to Manchester and had been positioned to kill his tar- get. It is not yet known whom Natland was ordered to assassinate. Foxtrot is Sweden’s most powerful and dangerous crime syndicate, with Rawa “Kurdish Fox” Majid, the gang’s leader, issuing his orders from Iran under Tehran’s protection. The group has been sanctioned by UK and US authorities for orchestrating attacks on Jewish people in Europe. The gang uses vulnerable teenagers to carry out killings on its behalf, a method police refer to as “violence as a service”. On the face of it, Natland – a middle-class teenager from a small Nor- wegian city – would not fi t the bill. But after entering a care home for his drug use, he became an ideal candidate for recruitment. Norwegian and British detectives are working to determine whether Natland was hired to settle a drugs-related score or to assassinate someone for Foxtrot’s paymasters in Tehran, a source said. Three other underage defendants have also been charged in connection with this case, according to John Ivar Johansen, a prosecutor from Norway’s
before misconduct hearing
By Martin Evans CRIME EDITOR
A POLICE chief has resigned hours before a gross misconduct hearing was due to consider allegations about his behaviour. Chris Noble, the Staff ordshire Police chief constable, was suspended last August after the police watchdog launched an investigation following serious concerns being raised about his activities outside work. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) was also considering a complaint that he had shared confi dential informa- tion without a policing purpose. Mr Noble was subse- quently accused of breaching police stand- ards in three areas: a lack of integrity, a lack of diligence and dis- creditable conduct. He had been due to attend a gross mis- conduct hearing in Staffordshire yester- day, but resigned hours before he was due to appear. The
Johannes Natland made a shooting motion towards police as they arrested him, right. Below, Rawa Majid, left, with Ali Shehab Ahmed (also known as Agent 47)
going to kill anyone, especially not someone that I had never met’
hearing began in his absence, but the panel directed that no information about his alleged behaviour could be reported. An IOPC spokesman said in a recent statement: “We are continuing to inves- tigate other allegations relating to Mr Noble. Given the sensitivity of those matters, for operational reasons, no further information can be provided at this time.” Mr Noble, who previously served with Humberside Police, joined Staff ordshire as the chief constable in 2021. Before this, he was assistant chief constable of Humberside Police. He confirmed his resignation in a letter to Ben Adams, the police and crime commissioner for Staff ordshire. In a statement, Mr Adams said: “I can confirm that yesterday [July 28], I received Chief Constable Chris Noble’s resignation, which I have accepted with immediate eff ect.” The hearing was adjourned.
organised crime taskforce Kripos. Mr Johansen said the question of whom the gang had sought to kill was a matter for UK police and that Kripos had received no intelligence from the UK regarding the intended victim. Only hours before the killing was due to take place, Norwegian police sent an urgent warning to their counterparts in England, who scrambled a counter-ter- ror response unit and detained Natland at the hotel. During his three-week trial at the Old Bailey in London, Natland attempted to convince jurors that he had travelled to the UK out of fear of reprisals from the gang if he objected. “I thought, ‘What are you going to do? Shoot yourself in the foot?’ I wasn’t going to kill anyone, especially not someone that I had never met,” he told the court and his parents, who attended every day of the trial. Natland’s parents had repeatedly begged for their son to be tried in Nor- way, citing Britain’s overcrowded pris- ons and the diffi culties arising from his not understanding English. However, on Wednesday, Natland was found guilty of conspiracy to mur- der, having previously admitted two charges of unlawfully possessing guns and one of possession of ammunition. The jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for 17 hours and six minutes before fi nd- ing him guilty. Natland, the eldest of three, is the son of two journalists from the city’s daily newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad and grew up in a £723,000 four-bedroom detached house. From the dock, Natland described his upbringing as boring, with little to occupy him apart from playing football for his local club seven days a week. Once a high-achieving student, he began “experimenting” with cannabis at the age of 13. He then graduated to more powerful drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines. He regularly skipped school and found work in a pizza takeaway to help pay for his drug debts. Natland’s drug use became so acute that he started having psychotic epi- sodes. On one occasion, he “lost his mind” and, armed with a kitchen knife, locked himself in his brother’s room because he thought his parents wanted to kill him. His family called the police and took Natland to a psychiatric unit. Natland’s behaviour proved too diffi -
have killed four more victims
By Telegraph Reporter
THE triple murderer James Desbor- ough may have killed four more victims. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were reviewing the unexplained deaths of four others who were living at a homeless shelter in Newquay at the same time as Desborough. The 40-year-old has been jailed for life after previously being found guilty of the murders of Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, before dis- membering and hiding their bodies in a Cornish woodland last year. He was also found guilty of murder- ing Steven Kempster, his cellmate at HMP Exeter, while on remand awaiting trial, having become irritated by his snoring. Desborough lived at Sandy Lodge Hotel in Newquay, which provided accommodation for people suffering from homelessness or addictions, between December 2024 and April 2025, during which time two men and two women died unexpectedly. Det Supt Rachael Bentley told journalists following Desborough’s murder conviction on Tuesday that the investigation into the four deaths was “ongoing”. She said: “We don’t believe we’re
cult for his parents to handle, and 10
days later, they arranged for him to be
moved into a care home. There, he was
easy pickings for the Foxtrot network.
Natland befriended another teenage
resident and one day, was sent an online
message from the gang asking whether
there was “anyone who wants to come
to England and shoot someone”.
Natland, who was later discharged
from the psychiatric unit for taking
drugs, took up the job advert.
In a group chat on Snapchat with two
of the gang’s members, named “Gener-
alen” and “Agent 47”, he asked: “Who’s
to be shot?” The pair oversaw Natland’s
operation in the UK. Agent 47 booked
Natland’s flight and gave instructions
on how to fool Border Force officers
about his reasons for travelling and
where to pick up the weapons.
The Telegraph has reproduced the
text messages below. The man behind
Agent 47 is believed to be Ali Shehab
Ahmed, 21. The second-in-command of
the Foxtrot network and formerly one
of Europe’s most wanted criminals.
Mr Ahmed was arrested in Iraq’s
Kurdistan region last December and is
accused by Swedish police of using
teenagers for assassinations.
The Telegraph can reveal that Gener-
alen, who is now 17 years old, is serving
a 14-year prison sentence in Norway for
arranging two gangland executions in
Sweden and the attempted murders in
England and Stavanger.
Generalen grew up in Randaberg, a
small hamlet nicknamed the “green vil-
lage” for producing 80 per cent of Nor-
way’s parsley supply.
From a young age, he had an explo-
sive temper and repeatedly picked
fi ghts with other pupils. He dreamt of a
James Desborough said he enjoyed dismemberment scenes in Dexter (above)
looking for any victims, but I do want to stress that the investigations are ongo- ing. They are going to be reviewed again now the trial has concluded.” The last time Aquilino and Coleman, who both suffered from long-term addictions, were both seen alive was in Desborough’s company. Their bodies were dismembered in an area of Sticker Woods, near St Austell, where Desbor- ough lived in a wooden cabin. Desborough told a forensic biologist who was searching the woods for Coleman’s body that he “particularly enjoyed the dismemberment scenes” in the television series Dexter.
Deadly intent Text messages organising the hit
Agent 47 Brother, sort an assassin abroad. Urgent. Europe. 25,00 Euros “in the pot
Generalen Where is the actual assassination?
Agent 47 Great Britain. As easy as can be.
Unknown Hustler Yo. Jappning in England 270k. Have transport ready out of the country. Will smuggle kilvare out of the country. The police will be paid to look the other way. Nothing can go wrong
We’ll buy you ticket when you stop by, brother.
One of the guns in Johannes Natland’s possession
stolen from DfE on dark web
By Albert Tait EDUCATION EDITOR
HACKERS stole more than half a million records from the Department for Edu- cation (DfE) in a major cyber attack. The names and email addresses of government officials, senior school leaders and university staff were among the records taken and published on the dark web last week. The hack, fi rst reported by The Times, is said to have targeted the department’s help desk, which is a database used by education institutes to track and manage British students studying abroad. A cybercriminal group called Exfi lSquad has claimed responsibility, and the names and email addresses of headteachers are among the data avail- able on the dark web, the newspaper said. The DfE said it took “swift action” to contain the incident and was working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It has reportedly referred itself to the Information Commissioner. It is believed that about 607,000 records were taken. The department added that the data protection risk to individuals was not considered high and the breached help desk data included diff erent informa- tion sets that could not be connected.
career in the police or the army. But by the time Generalen was 11, he was embroiled in low-level gang violence. In October 2022, then 13, he was placed into a children’s home by Rogaland county board and lived there until his arrest three years later. At the age of 14, he had immersed himself in the world of organised crime and was determined to work his way up the Foxtrot hierarchy. Money was of no interest to him, only the approval of his gangland bosses. On Jan 28 last year, 30-year-old Ahmad Zamzam, a suspected member of rival organised crime gang Rumba, was shot and killed at a railway station in Lund, Sweden. A month later, on Feb 24 in the Stock- holm suburb of Alby, Murad Ahmed Abdelkader, a McDonald’s worker, 20, was shot dead while walking home from work in a case of mistaken identity. Both hits had been arranged by Gen- eralen, who was 15 years old at the time. After his 16th birthday, he undertook his final mission: the murder of the 14-year-old son of a Stavanger police chief. On March 13 last year, four days before the hit in the UK, he recruited two teenage hitmen, then aged 15 and 17, to stab the boy “deep in the stomach”. The attack was foiled only when the 15-year-old panicked and confessed to the police before it could take place. Officers arrested the 17-year-old assassin who had been waiting with a large knife outside the house for the tar- get’s return from school. Generalen himself was arrested three days later. On June 1 he was jailed for 14 years, to serve a minimum of nine years. Natland will be sentenced at a later date.
Both portals have switched to tele- phone contact while work to fi x them is completed. Jake Moore, a global cyber-security adviser at ESET, a leading European cyber security company, said the hack showed the Government had “not really learnt” from an attack on the Foreign Offi ce last year, when thousands of con- fi dential documents and data were com- promised. “Government agencies often lack proper funding and consequently may not have the best protection for their systems, making them soft targets for cyber criminals,” he said. “This isn’t a one-off and the UK Government should be learning from its mistakes.” The number of cyber attacks man- aged by the NCSC and classed as “nationally signifi cant” rose from 63 in 2022 to 204 last year. Those “highly sig- nifi cant” increased in the same period from one to 18. Hackers frequently tar- get education institutions because they hold large amounts of sensitive per- sonal data. The DfE said: “We have robust pro- cesses in place to protect information and took swift action to contain this inci- dent. The information involved is lim- ited to customer service contact details relating to individuals and organisations. No other data was accessed.”
failed to tell family relative had died
By Laura Donnelly HEALTH EDITOR
A CARE HOME resident was buried without her family being told that she had died, a watchdog has revealed in a report exposing failures in England’s social care system. Separate figures show that older people are the most likely to face long waits on hospital corridors, with two in fi ve of those aged over 80 waiting more than 12 hours for a bed. Campaigners said the reports painted a bleak picture of the way older people were being failed, from struggling to leave hospital because of a lack of social care to the fi nal days of their lives. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman uncovered repeated failings in end-of-life care, warning that fi nancial pressures and staff shortages could not excuse a lack of compassion for dying people and their families. In one case, a woman and her daugh- ter regularly visited an elderly relative in a care home, sent gifts and were listed as family contacts. Yet neither was informed after the resident died during the pandemic. More than a year later, one of their gifts was returned, prompting them to investigate. They learnt their relative had died and been buried without their knowledge. The ombudsman said they found her grave “unmarked and overgrown”.
should define end-of-life care in every interaction is compassion’
In another case, a grieving family was overcharged for care and had to battle for answers because of confusion over funding. The report, entitled No Second Chances, identifies recurring failures including poor communication with families, inadequate coordination between health and care services, poor record-keeping and insensitive disputes over care costs after someone has died. Amerdeep Clarke, the ombudsman, said: “The one word that should defi ne end-of-life care in every interaction is compassion. When that is absent, the harm runs deep in ways that are diffi cult to measure but impossible to ignore.” Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, has pledged sweeping reforms to social care, bringing forward a commission led by Dame Louise Casey. Analysis by the Nuffi eld Trust found that 43 per cent of patients aged over 80 admitted through A&E last year waited more than 12 hours for a hospital bed, compared with 19 per cent of those aged 21 to 30. Sarah Scobie, the deputy director of research at the Nuffi eld Trust, said: “It’s absolutely shocking that two-fi fths of the most elderly patients going into A&E are stuck waiting for over 12 hours, often in unsafe conditions, when they are already extremely unwell and vulnerable. “Behind every case of corridor care is a person going through a frightening and traumatic experience.”
during years of conflict has boosted brain health later in life, research shows
By Sarah Knapton SCIENCE EDITOR
BRITONS conceived during sugar rationing in the Second World War were less likely to develop dementia, research has shown. Research has shown pensioners who ate limited sugar in their early years had a 23 per cent lower risk of demen- tia than those born after the restric- tions were lifted.
centre of New Forest planning row
By Telegraph Reporter
By Telegraph Reporter
A BUSINESSMAN has been slammed for building an “abominable” conserva- tory on a Grade II-listed cottage without planning permission in a national park. People have complained that the large, box-shaped conservatory built by Ashkin Mittal, 55, on his Airbnb cottage in the countryside is an “appalling” eyesore. Locals said it is completely inappropriate and against the character of Landford, a rural village in Wiltshire, which is in the New Forest National Park. Mr Mittal, a London-based property developer who also owns the nearby golf club, turned the thatched roof cottage into a £500-a-night Airbnb and added a conservatory without planning permission. But he has been accused of ruining it by building the glass and pale green “carbuncle” on it. Mr Mittal did not seek planning permission and has now lost his bid for retrospective permission – which means he might have to tear it down.
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Sugar was rationed in Britain from 1940 until 1953, as imports fell during the war and production in Europe dropped. Sweets were also restricted from 1942. Experts believe too much sugar in the womb and early life may affect how a baby receives nutrients and develops crucial metabolic pro- cesses, and that capping sugar early could bring long-term brain benefi ts. Sugar-rationed babies who did develop dementia acquired the illness an average of 2.6 years later, the research also found. Dr Jiazhen Zheng, the study’s author from the Hong Kong University of Sci- ence and Technology in Guangzhou, said: “Our fi ndings suggest that limiting
sugar during the earliest stages of life may have lasting benefits for brain health. These results highlight the potential importance of early-life nutri- tion in reducing the risk of dementia decades later. Limiting added sugars during pregnancy and infancy may be one beneficial step that families and communities can take.” During the Second World War, adults were allowed just eight ounces of sugar per week – about seven teaspoons a day – 1lb of jam every two months and 12oz of sweets or chocolates every four weeks. But sugar availability fl uctuated lowering the amounts further. Dietitians have long argued that wartime rationing provided the health-
Christian Candy with his wife Emily Crompton, right; Mr Candy bought Providence House for £75m in 2012
iest diet the UK has ever eaten: people encouraged to eat more eggs, milk, fruit, vegetables and fish. Child height increased in most regions in England and Wales during the war, while life expectancy increased dramat- ically after 1946. More recently, studies have shown that the sugar rationing group was also less likely to suff er conditions such as heart attack, high blood pressure, heart failure and stroke. The new study looked at the health records of 65,000 pensioners enrolled in the UK Biobank, who were born and were babies during sugar rationing. It found that people who experi- enced sugar rationing before birth, and
including Celebrity Mastermind
The pale green conservatory on the £500-a-night Airbnb cottage in the New Forest was called a ‘carbuncle’ by local councillors
THE BBC has cancelled Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo in its latest round of cuts. The corporation said the “difficult” decision to decommission the TV shows was part of the fi rst phase of its plan to save £500m over the next three years. The BBC said: “We are incredibly proud of all three of these much-loved shows and would like to thank every- one involved, both in front of and behind the camera, for bringing them to screen and making them such a success over many years. “Unfortunately, we have to make some really tough choices in light of our funding challenges and these savings have been identifi ed from the entertain- ment genre.” The corporation emphasised that it would continue to commission enter- tainment shows, invest in UK content from production companies and prioritise digital innovation. Several Radio 4 programmes, including the flagship evening news
up to the age of one, had a 21 per cent lower risk of dementia compared with people born after sugar rationing. If sugar were restricted up to the age of two, the drop was bigger at 23 per cent. A smaller group of participants also had brain scans, and those who con- sumed less sugar were found to have higher protective grey matter volume and lower levels of white matter “hyper- intensities”, a marker of brain tissue damage. Dr Sara Rodrigues, senior research manager at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said more research was needed. “Research like this helps us better understand how dementia risk devel- ops across our lifetime and could help
broadcast, The World Tonight, were already included in sweeping budget cuts announced last month. Listeners will also lose Midnight News, Money Box Live, AntiSocial, The Law Show and Crossing Continents in the next year. There will also be 2,000 job losses to come over the next three years.
What the BBC plans to save over the next three years, with the first phase of budget cuts being the axing of popular shows
wins £2.3m HMRC stamp duty payout
By Madeleine Ross MONEY REPORTER
BILLIONAIRE Christian Candy will receive a £2.3m payout from HMRC after he and his brother, Reform donor Nick Candy, won a court battle over the purchase of a Chelsea mansion. When Mr Candy bought the Grade II-listed Providence House, which, other than Buckingham Palace, boasts the biggest garden in central London, for around £75m in 2012, he paid a stamp duty bill of £1.92m. In 2014, Mr Candy transferred the home to his older brother Nick, 53, who also paid a stamp duty bill of £1.92m. He then claimed a refund from HMRC for the stamp duty he had originally paid, based on the fact that the brothers had both paid tax on the same deal. But the taxman said he was out of time to claim a refund. Mr Candy claimed the rebate after 18 months, and HMRC argued that this exceeded a 12-month limit. Last year, a judge at a first-tier tax tribunal said that Mr Candy had been in time to claim a refund, and that he had four years, not one, to claim the money back. On Tuesday, HMRC lost an appeal against the decision,
The interest bill alone HMRC is paying back to Mr Candy on top of the stamp duty
meaning it will repay Mr Candy the original £1.92m with approximately £345,000 in interest on top. Stamp duty rules require homeowners to claim a refund within 12 months, but grant buy- ers four years to request “overpay- ment relief ”, which can be used to correct mistakes. Earlier this year, Nick Candy sold the mansion, previously known as Gordon House and located on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, for a reported £275m to Suneil Setiya, a fi nancier and former Labour donor, in Britain’s most expensive property deal. It is reported to have a private cin- ema, a 60ft underground swimming pool, as well as a panic room. The property was once home to Sir Robert Walpole, the fi rst British prime minister. Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK, had lived in the house with his wife, Holly Valance, an Australian actress and singer. The couple announced their divorce in 2025. His fi ve-bedroom penthouse apart- ment at One Hyde Park is still on the market, listed with Sotheby’s for £175m. The property developer brothers invested close to £1bn in the four 13-sto- rey blocks in Knightsbridge in the wake of the global fi nancial crisis. An HMRC spokesman said: “We note the decision and are carefully consider- ing our next steps.” The Candy brothers declined to com- ment.
shape future approaches to protecting brain health,” she added. “However, it’s important to remember this was an observational study. This means it can identify links between diet and demen- tia risk, but it cannot prove that eating less sugar directly prevents dementia.” The Lancet Commission, which has carried out widespread reviews on the environmental risks for dementia, does not currently list sugar intake as a stan- dalone risk factor. Alzheimer’s Research UK said it would not be specifically advising women to cut sugar to ward off dementia. The research was published in the journal Neurology.
major decisions since replacing Tim Davie, who stepped down in the wake of a controversy, revealed by The Tele- graph, about the Panorama editing of a Donald Trump speech. Mr Brittin also called the BBC’s current funding model of the licence fee a “straitjacket”, telling MPs earlier this month that it needed to be reformed to reverse a steady decline in the number of people willing to pay. The Government has ruled out fund- ing the BBC through taxation, but other options under consideration include advertising and subscriptions. Live at the Apollo has run for 22 years and is credited with helping to launch the TV careers of comedians such as Michael McIntyre, Russell Howard and Jason Manford. It has one more series to be broadcast. Celebrity Mastermind, a popular quiz show which sees stars compete against each other to raise money for charity, also has one additional series to be broadcast. The programme, hosted by Clive Myrie, was launched in 2002.
sits in silence after accusing ‘unhinged’ Republicans of being obsessed with him
By Daniel Bates and Sarah Knapton
THE United States’s top infectious dis- eases expert during the Covid-19 pan- demic refused to answer any questions in a hearing before Congress. Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all ques- tions while appearing before the Senate homeland security committee and accused its chair, Republican Senator Rand Paul, of having an “unhinged obsession” with him. The Fifth Amendment allows individ- uals to remain silent under questioning to protect against self-incrimination in the United States. Dr Fauci said that Mr Paul was attempting to make him commit per- jury in the hope that he would end up “behind bars”. The hearing was expected to be a clash between Mr Paul
has fi nally joined the war against Iran
Memphis Barker SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
SAUDI ARABIA has so far shunned direct participation in Donald Trump’s war, keeping previous strikes on Iranian targets secret. But on Tuesday night, the kingdom joined US forces in carrying out a series of air strikes on Iranian proxy groups in Iraq. The joint attack came after 30 drones were fi red on “US forces and Saudi energy infrastructure” within 72 hours, according to US central command. Yet clearly the calculus is shifting. On July 20, Yemen’s Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi ships crossing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. The move suits the agenda of Iran, the Houthis’ chief sponsor. It also aligns with the group’s own desire to gain leverage over the Gulf nation with which it agreed a shaky truce in 2022, following seven years of war. Riyadh had managed to insulate itself from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz through a bypass pipeline that runs across the width of the country and exits in the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Now those supplies are partly trapped, too. On Tuesday, the Houthis fi red ballistic missiles at a Saudi oil tanker attempting to cross the 14-mile chokepoint off Yemen’s south-western tip, in one of several recent attacks. Some of the kingdom’s oil exports have been allowed through, on board ships owned and operated by China, India or Pakistan. Other vessels have run the gauntlet with their location beacons switched off . Yet this provides only partial relief, and is vulnerable both to an escalation in the Houthi attacks and the potential retrenchment of insurers spooked by the high-speed missiles already detonating on Saudi craft. Another threat emerged yesterday amid reports that the Houthis were considering imposing tolls on ships seeking to cross Bab-el-Mandeb. The replica of the “Tehran toll booth” was discussed with Iranian offi cials at the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late July, Reuters reported. Without his expected oil revenues, Mohammed Bin Salman, known as MBS, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, may have to cut back on more than just golf tournaments and improbable glass cities. There is another way out of the Red Sea, points out Javier Blas of Bloomberg. Vessels can head north towards Egypt. However, the infrastructure there cannot handle all the supplies disgorged at Yanbu, and re-routing this way adds 25 days to the journey out to Asian markets. Israel could off er a hand if Riyadh could bear to take it – the Jewish state operates a pipeline through its territory out to the Mediterranean. All
Spanish wildfires faces prison
By James Badcock in Madrid and Vivian Song in Paris
A CONSTRUCTION worker accused of starting the largest wildfire in Spain’s history by using an illegal digger could face up to 10 years in jail. The man – who has not been named – was arrested after the devastating blaze broke out near Navaluenga, 65 miles west of Madrid, on July 22. Firefi ghters in Spain claimed he used his machine’s hydraulic hammer to smash through rocks, sending sparks flying into the dry terrain, El Mundo reported. Use of such machines is banned during heatwaves. The worker has denied using the vehicle, and told Guardia Civil offi cers he had only gone to the work site to retrieve it. But the force has alleged he
and Dr Fauci, who retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2022 after a 50-year career in public science. Mr Paul has long criticised Dr Fauci, becoming his chief antagonist in Con- gress. The retired scientist featured on the cover of Mr Paul’s 2023 book: Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up. Dr Fauci received a pre-emptive par- don from Joe Biden, the former US pres- ident, so he would be immune from prosecution for actions he took while in offi ce. But before the hearing, Mr Paul warned Dr Fauci he could go to prison for perjury if he lied before Congress. Instead, Dr Fauci said that, on the advice of counsel, he would not be answering any questions. Dr Fauci said: “Given Senator Paul’s obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me... the only conclu- sion I can reach is the sole reason he’s calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public pledge I could end up ‘behind bars’. “Any reasonable person who has fol-
these complications perhaps explain why Saudi Arabia’s response to the Houthi blockade has, so far, remained relatively low volume. Yesterday morning, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said it was “not seeking escalation” after the strikes. Among the targets were bases used by Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a Shia paramilitary group attached to the Iraqi state. It said 20 fi ghters died. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian proxy that often fi ghts under the PMF’s umbrella, claimed it was the Houthis that had fi red the drones targeting Saudi infrastructure in the fi rst place, not them. Neither Washington nor Riyadh appears eager to confront the Houthis directly. As Iran has proved, you only need a few drones to shut down traffi c through a maritime chokepoint – and provoking groups in possession of hundreds rarely leads to the resumption of free passage. The US has practically been reduced to pleading with the Houthis to exercise restraint. Such entreaties refl ect the disappointing results of Mr Trump’s heavy bombardment of the Yemeni group, which lasted 52 days until May 5 last year. Washington fi red $1bn worth of munitions, including precious long-range Tomahawk
you only need a few drones to shut down a maritime chokepoint’
missiles, in more than 1,100 strikes on Houthi targets. US intelligence reported “some degradation”, but the Shia militant group could easily repair the damage, it concluded. Riyadh has already learnt this lesson. The aerial bombardment launched by MBS in 2015 to prevent an Iranian proxy group taking control of one of Saudi Arabia’s neighbours was unsuccessful, costly and – by causing widespread famine – damaging to the kingdom’s international reputation. Through their blockade, the Houthis hope to force Riyadh into concessions. The group wants Saudi Arabia to pay the salaries of government workers in the territory it controls, home to 70 per cent of the entire population. They also want the airport in Sanaa, the capital, opened to all international fl ights. Since Mr Trump labelled the Houthis a terrorist group in 2025, Riyadh cannot fulfi l their demand to pay government salaries without falling foul of US sanctions. The US president will probably have to make expensive concessions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. No military option can deliver the desired result. Now, thanks to Mr Trump’s war, Saudi Arabia faces the same conundrum in another critical waterway a few hundred miles to the west.
Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment to all questions while appearing before the Senate homeland security committee
lowed his unhinged obsession with me would readily come to the same conclu- sion.” During his opening statement, Mr Paul said that Dr Fauci publicly claimed that Covid-19 occurred natu- rally but in private had a “mountain of evidence” that it could have begun in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. At the weekend, Mr Paul released
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Earning their stripes Indian schoolchildren wear costumes and face paint for a Save the Tiger awareness campaign on International Tiger Day in Bangalore. The country is home to 70 per cent of the world’s tigers.
ravine, but the blaze became uncontrol- lable. The inferno ravaged 193 square miles alongside a smaller wildfi re, forc- ing 90,000 residents to fl ee their homes. If guilty, he faces between fi ve and 10 years in prison for causing a life-endan- gering fi re through negligence. “This fi re was caused by negligence. The Castilla y León government will act as a private prosecutor against the per- son who started this fi re,” said Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, the regional pres- ident. Meanwhile in France, police have arrested 11 people, including a child, in connection with wildfires in south-western France. A week after fires first broke out in the village of Saumos, west of Bordeaux, police have charged two people with arson.
deal for 400 rocket launchers
By Emily Smith and Allegra Mendelson
CHINA is sending 400 rocket launchers to Iran under a new deal underscoring their increasing military ties. Tehran is set to receive the Chi- nese-made shoulder-fi red air-defence missile launchers in a deal that could threaten the relationship between Don- ald Trump, the US president, and Xi Jin- ping, his Chinese counterpart. The $70m (£53m) contract covers man-portable air defence systems (Manpads). These are anti-aircraft mis- siles that a single person can carry and the agreement includes Chinese-made QW-12 and FN-16 missiles. The purchase is one of Tehran’s larg- est known efforts to strengthen its short-range air defences since the out-
more than 1,000 pages of Dr Fauci’s per- sonal diaries from the pandemic. The diaries revealed that in January 2020 Dr Fauci did not believe that Covid-19 originated in a “wet market” in China, but publicly said the disease occurred naturally. Mr Paul accused Dr Fauci of “aiding and abetting the crime” of Covid-19 lockdowns, claiming the measures would have never been implemented without his input. After 45 minutes of repeated refusals, Mr Paul warned Dr Fauci that there would be “repercussions” for his failure to testify. Mr Paul said that the committee would vote next week on holding Mr Fauci in contempt. If the vote is successful, the matter could be turned over to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. “Because you refuse to answer, citing a privilege that is unsupported, because of your pardon, and after being denied to do so, this committee is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution certify- ing your contempt,” Mr Paul said. When one of Dr Fauci’s lawyers
break of the war. The agreement is the latest in a series of secret deals that has propped up Iran’s weapons supplies throughout its war with the US. The contract was signed by Zhong- qing Baoshang International Invest- ment, a Hong Kong-based company that sources told Reuters was acting as an intermediary between Iran and the Chi- nese supplier. China called the reports “completely groundless”, with its for- eign ministry insisting it “has consist- ently played a role in promoting peace and ending the confl ict”. The delivery of hundreds of Manpads would signifi cantly expand Iran’s inven- tory of short-range air-defence weap- ons. In April, US intelligence indicated that China was preparing to sell the sys- tems to Iran. Beijing rejected the claims but Mr
Fauci, who was there since the 1980’s, but with each day, relied less and less on him’
tried to speak, Mr Paul said he was not allowed and ordered security to throw him out, prompting applause in the chamber. Mr Paul also previously released emails from Dr Fauci in 2020 in which he told Dr Francis Collins, then the director of the National Institutes of Health: “Please delete this email after you read it.” During the hearing yesterday, Mr Paul said Dr Fauci told his colleagues to delete emails because his “primary con- cern was avoiding culpability”. Donald Trump also took aim at Dr Fauci, saying his ideas during the pan- demic were “crazy”. “I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China. “I inherited Fauci, who was there since the 1980’s, but with each passing day, relied less and less on him,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social yesterday. He claimed that he sidelined Dr Fauci during his first term but accused his successor, Mr Biden, of making the doc- tor a “king”.
Trump had threatened that China would face “big problems” if it went through with the sale. At the time, Chi- na’s foreign ministry said such allega- tions were “completely made up”. Beijing has also allegedly sent Tehran chemicals used in the production of rocket fuel for ballistic missiles. Mean- while, maritime traffic data suggest China has continued to purchase oil from Iran since the war, putting money directly in Tehran’s coff ers. Muyu Xu, a senior crude oil analyst at Kpler, previously told The Telegraph that Iran was “absolutely bringing in more money” since the war. “Our data shows that China’s March imports of Iranian crude stood at about 1.6 million barrels per day, which is a similar level to February, which was 1.57 million barrels a day.
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By Eva Hartog in La Guaira, Venezuela
CRISTIAN knows that his mother lies lifeless beneath the rubble. The only question is where. Using his hands, the boyish 22-year- old shows how the 12-storey building in which he used to live collapsed when a double earthquake struck Venezuela in late June. First, it tipped sideways. Then, he says, curling his fingers inward, it folded in on itself “like a flower closing”. He was less than an hour’s drive away in Caracas when it happened. By the time he had arrived on the scene in the early morning, both the building and his mother were gone. With no rescuers in sight, that’s when he started to dig. A month after the deadliest earthquake to hit Venezuela in more than a century, personal tragedies – compounded by what many see as a bungled response from Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government – have deepened political tensions. For many, the disaster has been a crystallising moment, reminding them that, despite the US’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, they are living under the same regime that they blame for decades of decline. The disaster marked out a “before and after”, said Trino Márquez, a sociology professor at the Central University of Venezuela, adding: “From here on out, it’ll be much harder to contain public discontent. People have lost their fear.” He said the earthquakes on June 24 could mark the Rodríguez government’s “Malvinas moment” – referring to how the 1982 Falklands war accelerated the collapse of Argentina’s military junta by exposing it as incompetent in the eyes of its own population. According to official figures, more than 5,500 people were killed and 16,700 more were injured in the earthquakes, although those are thought to be conservative estimates. Nasa satellite data suggest about 58,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. A World Bank report estimated that the direct damage to physical assets amounted to $19.6bn (£14.7bn), making it the deadliest and most economically damaging disaster in Venezuela since the 1812 Caracas earthquake. Hardest hit was the state of La Guaira. Dense with social housing, it had suffered catastrophic mudslides in 1999 that made the region synonymous with one of the deadliest disasters in the continent’s history. Four weeks after the twin quakes, the coastal area still resembles “a war zone” in the words of one resident. The dust of pulverised concrete hangs in the air; the decomposing bodies trapped in the wreckages have drawn swarms of flies. The landscape is punctuated by what look like giant molehills, each mound a composite of concrete, rebar, personal belongings and human remains. Scores of volunteers, mostly men, pick through the wreckage, many equipped with little more than gloves and shovels – if that. Stumbling upon a corpse is considered a breakthrough. Lorena Laya, 24, managed to retrieve her stepmother and younger sister from the debris, but is still searching for her father and 15-year- old brother. She said: “Even though they’re no longer with us, they deserve to come out of there. I’ve seen some ‘professionals’ toss the bodies around or handle them without proper care. They may be dead, but they deserve to be treated with respect. And so do those who survived.” The quake is the biggest challenge yet for the interim government. Its response has been twofold. On the one hand, it has opened the country to scores of aid organisations, US troops and foreign journalists. The deference shown to the visitors – with Ms Rodríguez issuing medals to international rescue dogs – marks a sharp break from decades of suspicion towards the outside world. On the other, it has occasionally reverted to what one western diplomat jokingly called its “empire-strikes- back” habits.
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When a Spanish journalist pushed the president to address accusations that help had been slow to arrive, a visibly irritated Ms Rodríguez criticised those trying to “politicise” the tragedy, calling it “disgraceful”. Diosdado Cabello, the interior minister, separately denounced journalists critical of the government’s earthquake response as “paid propagandists” spreading “disinformation”. But in La Guaira and elsewhere, bitter resentment towards the government is widespread. One volunteer, who had took leave to join the search effort, said: “In this area alone, there are thousands of police and other security organs. If each of them spent even two hours helping out here, we wouldn’t be in this situation.” There have been several displays of public anger toward officials in recent weeks. A video shared online shows residents shouting “Get out!” at Ms Rodríguez during a visit to one of the affected areas in late June. The US, however, appears set on dragging her through the crisis. In the aftermath of the January raid on Caracas, Donald Trump said the US would “run the country” until a new government was in place. Since then, he has repeatedly alluded to Venezuela becoming a “51st state”. The precise extent and mechanisms
of White House control over Venezuela remain opaque. But what is clear is that it runs deep. Since the snatching of Maduro, revenue from Venezuela’s oil exports has mostly flowed through the US treasury before being allocated to the Venezuelan government. The Trump administration had collected $13bn in oil revenues alone, the Financial Times reported. Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, had become the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela”, weighing in on political appointments and arrests, controlling finances, and even proofreading social media posts, the New York Times recently wrote. Most regular Venezuelans interviewed by The Telegraph appeared either indifferent to or supportive of further US control over the country, provided it produced tangible change. In fact, many complained that Washington had exerted too little pressure since taking over, describing their day-to-day lives as largely unaltered since January, with the same faces in power as before Maduro’s snatching, and soaring inflation still among the highest in the world. Héctor Pérez, 35, a hair stylist, said: “Where does all the money that is being made go? Not to the ordinary Venezuelan. You go to the shop in the
morning it has one price, by afternoon it’s another and by evening yet another.” Juan Carlos Baena, 26, a resident of La Guaira, said: “I’d be OK with Venezuela becoming a 51st state. Even if they [the Americans] also steal, at least they’ll do something. Ours are just corrupt.” While many Venezuelans said they welcomed any step towards free elections, they also voiced concerns about the US commitment to democracy and real change. At a rally organised by the Alliance for the Freedom of Political Prisoners rights group in Caracas, one woman
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said: “After January, we were hopeful, but seven months later it’s all about oil negotiations and nothing else.” The US has sought to shift attention to planned talks in August between the government and opposition-minded former legislators as part of a long- promised democratic transition. Notably, the talks will not include Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who, according to multiple reports, was thwarted in her efforts to return to Venezuela by the White House. She remains by far the most popular politician in Venezuela, with a 53 per cent approval rating, followed by Mr Trump. Only 23 per cent have a positive view of Ms Rodríguez. In the survey, conducted for Bloomberg by AtlasIntel in June, respondents ranked corruption and democratic erosion as their two biggest concerns for Venezuela. Since the government passed a new amnesty law earlier this year, around 700 prisoners have been released, but hundreds more remain behind bars. One protester, whose husband is incarcerated, said: “US diplomats are sitting down with the exact same people that are keeping our loved ones hostage ... we’re being mocked.” Mr Márquez said: “People expected that Maduro’s departure would usher in a quick democratic transition. It didn’t happen because it wasn’t part of Trump’s plans.” With every passing day, as bodies decompose in the sweltering heat, the searchers’ chances of stumbling upon anything remotely resembling the person they once knew become smaller. “At some point, after all this, I’ll have to see a psychologist or something,” said Cristian. A day earlier, he had recognised a mattress among the debris and felt a surge of hope. It meant he was getting closer to finding his mother.
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keep quiet about my affair with Newsom, says aide
about fling with 2028 presidential hopeful and claims he lied in memoir
By Daniel Bates
KAMALA HARRIS advised one of Gavin Newsom’s aides not to speak publicly about an affair with her boss, the woman claimed. Ruby Rippey said that the former vice-president told her to “just pause” about the 2005 fl ing with Mr Newsom, the California governor, who was mayor of San Francisco at the time. Speaking publicly about her aff air for the fi rst time, Ms Rippey wrote in Van- ity Fair that she welcomed the advice.
When she had the aff air, Ms Rippey was married to a man who also worked for Mr Newsom. She has accused the governor of lying in his biography about coming clean to her husband, stating that it was in fact she who confessed. The affair with Ms Rippey nearly ended public life for Mr Newsom, 58, who is widely expected to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. At the time he had yet to fi nalise his divorce from Kimberly Guilfoyle, his first wife, now the US ambassador to Greece, and he had to publicly admit his wrongdoing. Ms Rippey, 54, was Mr Newsom’s appointments secretary and was mar- ried to Alex Tourk, his top aide. In her fi rst-person essay, Ms Rippey said that in 2004 she first began to notice Mr Newsom “looking at me” and
By Max Stephens INTERNATIONAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT
A BRITISH woman has been found dead in a suitcase in Athens. The victim’s remains were reportedly discovered in an abandoned building by a homeless man in the central district of Kypseli on July 18. The 38-year-old is believed to have arrived in Greece two-and-a- half weeks earlier from the United States via a connecting flight from Cyprus. But other reports say she fl ew in from Edin- burgh. She was named in the Greek
Ghana’s giant dies at 7ft 4in
By Ben Farmer AFRICA CORRESPONDENT
THE tallest man in Ghana has died aged 33 after complications from growing too high. Sulemana Abdul Samed was 7ft 4in tall when he was last measured. He died on Monday from infected sores on his legs, prompting tributes in the country where he had become a local celebrity, the BBC reported. Sulemana Abdul Kudus, a relative, said: “Everyone knew how generous and kind he was. From when he died until now, a lot of people are still com- ing to the house to fi nd out what exactly happened.” Samed was better known in Ghana by his nickname Awuche, which means “let’s go” in the Hausa language and his family said he had put their home village of Gambaga on the map. ‘‘Anywhere he found himself in the country and they asked him, he would say he is from Gambaga and people knew that was where the tallest man was from. It gave the community iden- tity, and he was popular as well,” Mr Kudus said. His fame was such that the brother of John Mahama, Ghana’s president, had agreed to pay his medical bills after he struggled to get treatment for his poor health. Samed suffered from Marfan syn- drome, a genetic condition aff ecting the body’s connective tissue. Those with the syndrome, which the NHS says aff ects about one in 5,000 people in the
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media last night as Elisabeth-Jane Ross. “She is Scottish, and we suspect she may have linked up with a homeless person here who lured her to the spe- cifi c location and left her in the state she was found,” an offi cial told The Times. Police Scotland confirmed it was liaising with the Greek authorities. The building where she was found was abandoned and occupied by home- less people. However, Konstantina Dimoglidou, a local police spokeswoman, denied that a homeless person was a suspect. She added: “The woman was staying
UK, are often tall, with abnormally long and slender limbs, fi ngers and toes. The disorder can also cause heart defects. Samed died in hospital in the north- ern city of Tamale, having been admit- ted because sores on his legs became infected. Relatives said the sores were not directly caused by his syndrome, but were probably a complication. The true extent of Samed’s height was contested in 2023 when it was claimed he could be a contender for the title of world’s tallest man. A check-up at a local hospital recorded his height as 9ft 6in, which would have made him the tallest person in recorded history. The Guinness Book of Records says the world’s tallest person is Sultan Kosen, a part-time farmer from Turkey, who has been measured at 8ft 3in. However it later emerged the hospi- tal had only estimated Samed’s height because it did not have measuring equipment tall enough. Reporters who visited his home later measured him at 7ft 4in. However, he never stopped growing, so may have been even taller at the time of his death. The tallest man on record is Robert Wadlow, an American, who reached 8ft 11in before dying at the age of 22 in 1940. Mr Samed had said his height had not been unusual until he was in his early 20s. He was working at a butcher’s shop in the capital Accra, saving money to take lessons at a driving school, when one morning he woke up to find his tongue had swollen and he could not breathe properly.
one time he told her that “you look really good”. To catch his eye more often, she began to wear Chanel makeup, a yellow silk dress and pink patent leather heels to the office. The following July, at a wedding for a City Hall staff er, things became physical. Ms Rippey said that Mr Newsom’s attention was like “oxy- gen” for her, writing: “There is sex, but it isn’t the point. The point is proximity – to power… it isn’t love. It isn’t romance. It’s intoxication.” Ms Rippey said that in 2007, she con- fessed to her husband, who left her. After she quit her job, Mr Newsom held a press conference admitting the aff air and the scandal began. At that point, Ms Rippey got the call from Ms Harris, who was San Francis- co’s district attorney at the time. Ms Rippey writes: “She listens, then says simply, ‘I wouldn’t say anything right now, Ruby. Just pause. More time will give you a better perspective’. “It turns out to be the best advice I receive. I am newly sober and still inside the wreckage – unable to make sense of anything, let alone speak clearly about it.” Earlier this year Ms Rippey was con- tacted by an old colleague from the San Francisco mayor’s offi ce, who works for Mr Newsom. They wanted to tell her that the aff air would be appearing in the governor’s forthcoming memoir. When Ms Rippey asked if Mr New- som told the truth, the aide said: “Well, we all remember things differently, don’t we, Ruby?” Ms Rippey writes that she objects to Mr Newsom saying in his book that he “came clean” to Mr Tourk. She wrote: “It reads as a version of events that gives him credit for some- thing I had already done. Technically defensible, perhaps, but one that leaves the unmistakable impression that he, not I, was the one who told Alex the truth”. In 2008, Mr Newsom married his second wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, with whom he has four children. Izzy Gardon, a spokesman for Mr Newsom, said: “The governor acknowl- edged his role and publicly apologised for his conduct nearly two decades ago when he was still mayor. “In the time since, he met his wife, started a family and has focused on serving Californians.” The Telegraph has contacted Ms Har- ris’s offi ce for comment.
Greek media have named the woman as Elisabeth-Jane Ross from Scotland
with a Greek couple, and they are both being questioned to obtain details about her movements.” A Greek police offi cer told the Daily Mail that her phone was used in attempts to cover up her death. They said: “The phone was being used. Text messages were even sent obviously with a view to making people believe she was still alive. We are treating the building as a crime scene.’ Police did not disclose the woman’s name but said she was born in Scotland in February 1988 and was 5ft 4in tall with brown hair. US authorities and
Interpol have identified the woman through the details of her fi ngerprints that were provided by Greek detectives. She was allegedly found wrapped in a bag and had died eight days before she was discovered. Preliminary findings from a post mortem examination report have not identifi ed the cause of death. Investigators are working to recon- struct the woman’s final movements and whether she had travelled alone or met anyone before her death. Police are reviewing security camera footage, witness statements and other
assaulted teenage girls’
By Emily Smith FOREIGN BREAKING NEWS REPORTER
JARED LETO has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting teenage girls. Leto, who starred in Fight Club and American Psycho, allegedly abused four teenagers aged 16 to 19. He has not responded to the claims. One woman said she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17, while another said he threat- ened her with sexual assault when she was 19 after they were left alone in a hotel room. A third woman said she had sex with the Oscar-winning actor in California when she was 17. The age of consent in the state is 18, meaning the incident would be classified as statu- tory rape. Another woman alleged she was groomed by Leto, now 54, who made sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. On at least one occasion he suggested they should have sex and later sent her a non-disclosure agreement which she refused to sign. A total of 10 women alleged inappropriate behaviour by the actor between 2002 and 2016 in a new BBC documen- tary Jared Leto: Holly- wood’s Dark Secret. Leto was in his 30s and 40s at the time. One of the
messages were sent with a view to making people believe she was still alive’
evidence in an eff ort to identify people who may have interacted with her and provide clues about the circumstances surrounding her death, according to Ekathimerini, the Greek newspaper. The newspaper reported that she arrived in Greece on June 26 and was believed to have fl own from Edinburgh. Her body was discovered on July 18. The woman’s father and the British embassy in Athens have both been informed. The Foreign Office said: “Our thoughts are with Elisabeth’s family during this diffi cult time.”
women interviewed said the actor instructed a security guard to take her backstage at a musical festival when she was 14. The woman claimed Leto com- mented on her chest during an auto- graph signing before her mother confronted him. Four other women also claimed they received strange and often sexual phone calls from Leto as teenagers. “This was 25 years ago… he has got- ten away with it,” one of his alleged vic- tims said. Two men who worked with Leto’s band have also spoken about how uncomfortable staff felt about the way he would interact with teenage girls, often inviting them backstage to his dressing room or to the house where he was recording. “I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big,” one said. One woman alleged that she fi rst had sex with Leto when she was 17 and he was 34 at his house in California. “He told me, ‘I would like you to call me daddy.’ And it was either ‘pretend to be a little girl’ or ‘my little girl’,” she told the BBC. The woman said she was “so naive and vulnerable” at that time and had no sense of how “normal” the behaviour was in an adult rela- tionship. The Telegraph has contacted Leto for comment.
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t is now universally accepted that we all went a bit unhinged during the pandemic. I’m not talking about going stark, staring mad à la Defoe’s naked, raving Londoners in A Journal of the Plague Year. However, we were a tad nutjob – nutjob being a psychiatric term to encompass the hoarding of lavatory paper, internecine banana-bread rivalry, and obsessive reiteration of the phrase “stay safe”. Meanwhile, everyone and their dog – especially their dog – imagined they must move to somewhere green or coastal in order to Have A Life. And so it came to pass that, where the Dutch once experienced tulip mania, we Britons were hit by beach- hut hysteria. Surely something so sturdy, so British, so jauntily Jolly Jack Tar must be the answer to humanity’s ills? Prices for “coastal cabins” skyrocketed in the Covid aftermath, hitting an average of £45,800 in 2024, according to analysis by the estate agency Yopa. This summer, sanity is being (at least partly) restored: the average cost has dropped to £33,300 and falling, despite beaches being packed. West Sussex has recorded the punchiest plunge: hut prices dropping 35 per cent in the past year alone. Although, if you are determined to splash your cash, there are sandy shacks available for between £70,000 and £100,000 in Essex. At this point, the only sane reaction is: “A hundred grand – for a shed?” I confess, I adore the sea in a fathomless, waterside-ape kind of way, referring to that glorious fantasy that our ancestors evolved by the sea: becoming fatty, sparsely- haired, bipedal waders. Being a chubby, bald, shore-hugger, I am never happier than when gazing at the waves, gathering up stones and immersing myself in the air – if not the actual brine. As John Masefi eld’s
“Sea-Fever” insists with its febrile imperative: “I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied”. Derek Jarman famously heard this call at his Dungeness sanctuary: Masefi eld’s “gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife”. I feel it deep in what passes for my soul. When I underwent hypnosis during therapy, the happy imaginative realm I conjured for myself was a lonely, wind-wracked, October beach. Still, fi fty grand is a lot of money for somewhere to store your wellies and a few thousand negative ions. The rich would rather occupy some swanky nearby pad, while the rest of us are too broke for such a shabby-chic folly. While beach huts may epitomise a certain kind of buckets-and-spades nostalgia, the reality is less than the sum of its splintering parts. I know of what I speak. After an entire childhood spent pining for a gaudily- striped beach base, the Betts clan fi nally reached the dizzy heights of sub-letting one in the summer I was 12. Following some extremely smug tea brewing and grit-fi lled fi sh and chip action, the novelty very much wore off . Parents were too far removed to supervise children, the atmosphere was one of gloom pervaded by mould, with the sea not actually in view. These days, there will be some moodily lit Instagram images, plus a certain amount of bragging at dinner parties, after which one’s hut will remain locked. Gen Z might purchase them to get a foot on the property ladder; Andy Burnham doubtless has plans to nationalise them to rapturous, wheeled-on applause. However, the rest of us can console ourselves with the fact that the backside-revealing, getting in or out of swimming togs towel-shuffl e is a still more stalwart British tradition.
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global warming – so we should ditch net zero and learn to handle hot weather
ALLISTER HEATH
limate change is real, but Britain can do almost nothing about it. The war against global warming has been lost, with only grievous collateral damage to show for it. We have crippled British industry, hammered consumers and pushed the grid to the brink of blackouts, all with no discernible impact on global emissions and the climate. It’s time to accept this sobering reality, cut our losses, cease tilting at (and building) windmills, ditch the despicable con that is net zero, and learn to cope with, and whenever possible, even enjoy, a warmer, drier, more volatile Mediterranean climate, if that is indeed to be our fate. Hubris has ruined us, a tiny nation accounting for 0.8 per cent of global CO2 emissions from combustible fuels. We were fooled into believing that we could single-handedly lead the way in saving the world – a futile gambit if there ever were one. Britain slashed its own discharges by 44 per cent between 2000 and 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, yet what good has it done? England is facing a drought, the fi elds and forests of France and Spain are burning, and a canicule is crippling swathes of Europe. Britain’s re-embrace of collectivism, of energy rationing, our advanced case of suicidal empathy, have achieved little other than putting us at the mercy
stories made £20m last year – but they’re not whodunnits, they are quite the opposite
A N WILSON
n British eyes, there is always something fi shy about success, particularly in a writer. We like to overlook the fact that Shakespeare was extremely famous in his day. The huge popularity of his plays, and the vast wealth he accumulated, allowed him to build New Place in Stratford. The best-selling novelist of the 19th century also happened to be the best: Charles Dickens. So, I am not persuaded that Agatha Christie’s quite stupendous fame and popularity are signs that she was not worth taking seriously as a writer. Regardless, she continues to coin it in, even 50 years after her death. Agatha Christie Limited, led by the author’s great-grandson James Prichard, made pre-tax profi ts of £20m in the year to
of China. The Communist state accounts for 32.1 per cent of emissions, pumps out 262 per cent more CO2 than it did in 2000 and is making the most of net zero in Britain and Europe to bolster its own industry and its grip over crucial commodities. All of our eff orts at carbon reduction (and those of the European Union) have been off set many times over by the increase in Chinese emissions; Britain could return to the Stone Age and cut our GDP to zero, and it would still make only a trivial diff erence. Even a global government would not have enforced net zero. Forget worthless treaties: such a body would have been controlled not by Western eco-warriors but by a coalition of Chinese, Russian, Indian, African and South American powers desperate for growth. Our lanyard classes should have known better than to believe they could re-engineer the world from Whitehall, or even No 10 North. Net zero represents the pinnacle of arrogance, a case study in the illusion of control, a landmark in human vanity and, in Britain’s case, exposes a ludicrously exaggerated view of our own importance given the UK’s negligible economic and environmental footprint in 2026. Many will disagree with me, of course. It doesn’t matter what is happening globally, they argue: Britain should do what is right regardless. Many in our post-Christian society adopted net zero as a new religion, a code of conduct to replace traditional notions of personal morality. Cutting carbon emissions was good in and of itself, a moral act, an ethical imperative, irrespective of whether this puritanical zeal actually achieved anything. Down that road lies madness. We must judge policy purely by real-world consequences. On that metric, net zero must be scrapped.
the end of December, up from £13.7m the year before. The company, whose ownership is split between her family and the US-based fi lm company RLJ Entertainment, paid out a dividend of £9.25m, compared with £5.3m the year before. Meanwhile, in London’s West End, The Mousetrap, Christie’s brilliant play, has broken all theatre records. Since 1952, it has been performed to enraptured audiences. I have been twice, on each occasion with someone aged nine. That’s the ideal age for it. When I was a literary editor on another newspaper, I was lucky enough to get the great crime afi cionado, Julian Symons, to review crime fi ction for me. He could never see the point of Christie, and I think it was because he was looking for something in her work which she never even attempted. He liked fi ction which happened to be about crime, its inner psychological workings. To him, therefore, the greatest crime story was Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. But Christie’s whodunnits are a quite diff erent order. Once you recognise this, you understand their appeal. Devotees of the so-called “Golden Age of Crime” like to tell you that Josephine Tey was a “better” writer, that Margery Allingham had more wit
Yes, climate change will infl ict many well-rehearsed costs on Britain, and there will be plenty of losers, but it is pointless seeking to prevent the inevitable. There will also be benefi ts and winners. We need to help the former group, but focus on maximising the size and gains of the latter. Adaptation, not useless mitigation, is the rational solution to unstoppable climate change. We need universal air-conditioning and irrigation. We must stop building horrible fl ats that turn into furnaces in the summer, and construct more pools. We may have to plant more Mediterranean vegetation. We need to maintain our fi elds and forests to reduce the risk of fi res, and purchase fi refi ghting planes – lessons that the French are also promising to take more seriously. We will require water reservoirs, pipelines and desalination plants; for that, abundant, cheap electricity will be a must. Above all, we need to rid ourselves of the green energy subsidies and grid integration costs that will exceed £40bn a year by 2030-31, according to the Prosperity Institute, as well as the entire apparatus of net zero, from the Climate Change Committee to binding carbon budgets, restrictions on the North Sea and other compulsory targets to cut CO2 or change behaviour. We need to stop discouraging the use of private cars, of planes, of boilers, of meat. We need to trust that the free market will deliver the goods on clean energy and zero-carbon transportation, but only when they are better and cheaper than existing alternatives. We are almost there with electric cars: I’m on my second one, and I love it. It is better than any petrol alternative, but there should be no compulsory targets for the adoption of “clean” tech. Capitalism, not command and control, will drive down emissions, when the time and, crucially, price are right. Let me be even more controversial.
or warmth, that Dorothy L Sayers created fully rounded novels which were real works of literature. (I so disagree about the last, by the way. I fi nd Sayers preposterous and give the widest of berths to all the adventures of Lord Peter Wimsey). There are three things which distinguish Agatha Christie and place her way above her coevals. One is the sheer ingenuity of the plots. I have recently read Sparkling Cyanide for the fi rst time. Being a Christie addict, I half-guessed what was going on about halfway through the story but, in case you have not read it, I won’t disclose. (Incidentally, this masterpiece has neither Poirot nor Marple investigating.) My distinguished namesake Edmund Wilson, the great American critic, wrote an essay entitled Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?. Yet, mysteriously, you DO care. This point emphasises my second reason for Christie’s enduring popularity. We care partly because, like Allingham and Tey – though unlike the snobbish, strutting Sayers – Christie depicts a world of fundamental decency, which is disturbed by malice. Sometimes, the “decency” becomes twee, as in the case of Tommy and Tuppence, to whom I am allergic. Nor do I read the eff orts of
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country would enjoy the warmer climate, if we were properly equipped to cope
A N Wilson is the author of more than 30 books and former literary editor of the London Evening Standard
Without minimising the severe downsides of global warming, especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers, if we (and the authorities) were properly equipped to cope. Millions head to the sun on holiday or to retire. In the era of air conditioning, refrigeration, greenhouses and reverse osmosis, southern regions of the world are blossoming economically and geopolitically, from Dubai to Florida to South-East Asia to Israel. In the US, the Sun Belt has boomed for decades, with the Snow Belt in decline and millions moving to Texas, Florida and the Carolinas, from the North-East and Mid-West. In France, the population has grown strongly in Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, while northern regions such as Hauts-de- France have suff ered. In Germany, southern states such as Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have recorded strong population gains since reunifi cation, while many northern and eastern states have declined. There is no point resisting the shift to the south. Yet fuelled by a neo-Victorian moral revivalism, the UK’s cross-party elites, having lost an empire and searching for a role as international central planners, convinced themselves that we should lead by example and through self- sacrifi ce, and bet the house on net zero. Ordinary people are paying the price for this delusion. We should commend the Tories under Kemi Badenoch and Claire Coutinho for seeing the light and embracing a far more rational energy policy, and Reform under Nigel Farage and Richard Tice for having the courage to smash the net zero taboo. This new, broad consensus on the Right is one of the rare hopeful signs in an otherwise bleak Burnhamite Britain.
contemporary writers to reproduce the old Christie magic. Sophie Hannah is a superb poet and a good crime writer in her own right, but after only a chapter of her Poirot novel, I could admire the eff ort, but not the result. Lucy Foley has just delivered a new Miss Marple novel to the publisher. In my view the Christie estate should be happy with the millions it is making from genuine Agatha Christie material and not encourage modern authors to try to imitate her. That brings me to the third element in her success. She does not advertise the religious element to her stories (though Poirot is quite open about his Catholicism – he made the sign of the cross over the corpse in the last one I read – Murder in Mesopotamia – another brilliant plot by the way). But the Christie novels were written from the utter certainty that the universe is governed by moral principles. That is why so many of the books are not so much attempts to identify “whodunnit” as patient proofs, by Miss Marple or Poirot, of who didn’t do it. At least half the stories are about establishing the innocence of the falsely accused, whereas nearly all the other writers in the Golden Age were plodding towards the establishment of guilt.
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audi Arabia’s alliance with the United States goes back to President Franklin D Roosevelt’s meeting with King Abdulaziz ibn Saud on board the USS Quincy in February 1945. Yet not since the fi rst Gulf War in 1991 has Saudi Arabia acknowledged bombing targets in a fellow Arab country wingtip-to-wingtip with the US Air Force. The fact that the kingdom felt compelled to go to such lengths and strike Iranian-backed Shia militias in Iraq betrays the extent of the threat and the danger of further escalation. On Monday and Tuesday, drones fi red by Iran’s allies in Iraq targeted the East-West pipeline carrying Saudi oil across the blistering interior of the country from the Gulf to the Red Sea. With Iran once again blockading the Strait of Hormuz, that 750-mile pipeline is Saudi Arabia’s only way of bypassing Tehran’s stranglehold and exporting about 4.6 million barrels of oil via the Red Sea every day. Iran is now using its militias as instruments of a ruthless strategy to destroy any alternative to the Strait. If this succeeds, we would all suff er the consequences of soaring oil prices. Saudi Arabia has every right to retaliate for a calculated Iranian assault on its oil industry, which is not just a fi nancial lifeline but the basis of the kingdom’s viability. If Iran is not deterred and its ruthless leaders order their Iraqi friends to carry out more attacks, then Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, might have to escalate, perhaps by striking Iran itself. Earlier in this war, the Royal Saudi Air Force is believed to have carried out direct retaliatory raids against targets in Iran, though without any public avowal. Saudi Arabia is now threatened on two fronts, with Houthi rebels in Yemen – also armed by Iran – menacing shipping entering the Red Sea via the Bab el-Mandeb strait. Iran is striving to suff ocate the kingdom from all directions, creating the danger of a double blockade of both the Gulf and the Red Sea. After hitting back, Crown Prince Mohammed had to watch Iran’s regime publicly revelling in the spectacle of Saudi Arabia bombing fellow Arabs in Iraq, including by cynically declaring “full solidarity” with the Iraqi government and people. Saudi Arabia is not an architect of this war. The kingdom may not be a bastion of democracy and the rule of law, but in the current confl ict it is defending its vital interests – and ours.
f any further proof were needed that Gianni Infantino, the president of Fifa, is unfi t to run world football, it came this week. Mr Infantino has repeatedly undermined the sporting integrity of the World Cup for narrow fi nancial interests, whether by insisting on gaudy half-time shows and hydration breaks, or overturning the red card of America’s star striker, Folarin Balogun, at the behest of Donald Trump. His latest proposal would see Fifa carve up the World Cup and sell it to a group of private investors, headed by the brother of Mr Trump’s son-in-law. This could lead to the tournament losing what makes it unique and something fans await every four years. It would likely be enlarged, and staged more frequently in a smaller range of countries – most notably the United States – in order to maximise income. The cheap gimmicks and extortionate tickets at this year’s tournament would be just the start. Mr Infantino, though, could potentially stand to earn millions from the arrangements. To sugarcoat matters, each of Fifa’s 211 member associations would be given a stake believed to be worth about $20m. It is no surprise that some have labelled this “pure bribery”. The English FA and Uefa, the body governing European football, have rightly condemned this proposal. But they should act, rather than putting out press releases. Uefa has clout no other continent can match. Europe provided six of the eight quarter- fi nalists at this year’s World Cup, and fi ve of the last six winners. Without their involvement, there could be no world cup worthy of the name. If Mr Infantino does not come to his senses, Uefa and the FA should withdraw from his organisation. The World Cup is not Fifa’s to sell.
onceivably not since Nelson was shot on the quarterdeck of HMS Victory by a dastardly sniper has an Englishman been in the line of fi re from a French ship. Earlier this week, Chris Philp, the Conservative shadow home secretary, was in the Channel monitoring the traffi c of migrants. He was being interviewed by a BBC television crew when gunshots were heard from a French patrol boat some 900 feet away. The French authorities said they had been part of routine handgun training but an unconvinced Mr Philp believed it to be intimidation to “stop us covering migrant crossings”. The great distance involved for a successful pistol shot suggests Mr Philp was never in any danger – unlike Nelson, whose sharp-shooting assailant on the Redoubtable was just 50 feet away. He also knew who Nelson was.
SIR – It is one thing for the Prime Minister and Chancellor to take a few minutes out for a drink and some inconsequential banter, but quite another to do so with the aim of revealing to the nation how “relatable” they are – as Andy Burnham and John Healey did in their TikTok discussion about bar snacks. As Allison Pearson says (Features, July 29), no serious holders of these offi ces would “waste their time on such pop-culture trivia”. We live in an age in which – with (possibly) the exception of the military – the occupants of the country’s most august positions appear to have little regard for what it is they are supposed to represent. Ms Pearson quotes a military critic of Mr Burnham, who was incensed that he turned up at a Royal Navy base to welcome Volodymyr Zelensky without making any apparent eff ort to recognise either the gravity of the occasion or of the hours of preparation put in by Navy personnel to stage it.
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SIR – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
completely misunderstands my
approach on the environment
(“Badenoch must reverse course on net
zero before she destroys the Tories”,
telegraph.co.uk, July 28).
Climate change is real. The net zero
plans are not. They are a political
fi ction, bankrupting the country,
destroying British industry and
perversely increasing carbon
emissions. Banning oil and gas drilling
from Aberdeen, which has a low carbon
footprint, only to import oil and gas
from places that drill in a dirty fashion
makes no sense whatsoever.
Conservatives care about the
environment, clean energy and
protecting our natural landscape. But
that needs common sense.
As to requiring candidates to agree
with party policy, I make no apology. I
was elected Conservative leader on a
mandate to renew my party and deliver
the economic revolution we need to get
Britain working again. If we are to grow
our economy and secure good jobs in
manufacturing and AI, we must tackle
Britain’s industrial energy prices,
which are the highest in the developed
world, and that means being honest
that net zero by 2050 is impossible.
Kemi Badenoch MP (Con)
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SIR – David Frost argues for a sensible response to climate change (“Trashing our economy won’t save the planet”, Comment, July 28). In The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Alex Epstein explains the benefi ts of remaining reasonably wealthy, rather than bankrupting ourselves for minuscule gain. Lorimer Burn Guildford, Surrey
SIR – In the early 2000s, I organised a sixth-form trip to Paris (Letters, July 29). The coach booked for 5 am to take us to the airport didn’t arrive, so we went in my car, along with those of another teacher and a student who had recently passed his test. With fi ve in each vehicle, we checked in with minutes to spare. I left my car unlocked and parked at a jaunty angle for the best part of a week. Luckily, no one wanted to steal a Citroën Berlingo. John Rattigan Doveridge, Derbyshire
SIR – On a choir outing to Cambridge from my Suff olk boarding school – a distance of 60 miles – a friend bet that, by hitch-hiking, he would arrive before our coach. He won the bet. This was, of course, in the 1950s. Bill Payne Ferring, West Sussex
to be prioritising his domestic agenda over our vital security interests
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t does not look good to have a Prime Minister who thinks it acceptable to wear scruff y casual clothing in front of Royal Navy sailors on parade in their dress uniforms, as Andy Burnham did this week while welcoming Volodymyr Zelensky aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Does it not show that Burnham has a disregard for our Armed Forces and their ability to project power? It fi ts with his seeming career-long lack of interest in foreign aff airs and security matters. A rather more alarming sign of this tendency was exhibited with some of his Cabinet appointments. His Foreign Secretary infamously opposed taking military action against a brutal dictator and his Solicitor General happily consorts with Islamist terrorists. It is early days in Burnham’s tenure, but it is already evident that, in terms of protecting British interests, our new Government is going to be even more of a liability than its predecessor. For all his love of the international limelight, Sir Keir Starmer’s fundamental problem was that he was
This says it all. He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The very least he can do is act the part. Philip J Ashe Leeds, West Yorkshire
SIR – The new Prime Minister has some good ideas, including his apparent determination to resolve the social care crisis and overhaul tertiary education. It remains to be seen, however, whether he has what it takes to achieve these things – or will simply, in the way of his predecessors, take the easy route of commissioning yet more inquiries and reviews. Peter Munro Wincanton, Somerset
SIR – Andy Burnham says that he will put everything he’s got into fi xing social care. What he means is everything that can be obtained from the bottomless cash machine that is British working people. Alison Levinson Hastings, East Sussex
Children in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, watch the total eclipse of 2017
SIR – You report (July 27) that the UK Health Security Agency advises watching the forthcoming solar eclipse through special glasses or using a colander. I watched the 1999 eclipse very successfully with the aid of a metal colander inherited from my father (born in 1910). It is now in use in my daughter’s home. Penny Keens Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
SIR – On August 11 1999 I was in intensive care at the Glenfi eld Hospital, Leicester. We were all given an X-ray plate through which to watch the eclipse. Alan Smith Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire
SIR – Oliver Brown (Sport, July 29) is right to call for action over the plan by Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. I have watched every World Cup since 1966, and this year’s has been comfortably the worst of the lot – not just for the football, which was poor to mediocre, but also the rampant profi teering and general air of greed and corruption that hung around the contest. Add in some very strange refereeing decisions, and it seemed more like a chapter in The Godfather than the story of a football tournament. We need a revolution. Chris Nancollas Yorkley, Gloucestershire
completely out of his depth when it came to tackling global security issues . Having initially fl oated the idea of a “coalition of the willing” to secure Ukraine’s post-war independence, Starmer then outsourced responsibility for making it work to the French president, Emmanuel Macron. On Iran, his dithering over allowing the US access to British bases ended any hope he may still have entertained of maintaining cordial ties with Donald Trump’s administration. The best that can be said of Starmer’s ill-judged foreign interventions is that, at least he tried. Burnham, by contrast, appears to have no genuine interest in reclaiming Britain’s status as one of the world’s most infl uential powers. This seems evident given the political sympathies of key fi gures in his new Cabinet. Burnham himself has done his best to show that he takes his defence-of-the- realm role seriously. This week’s photo op with Ukraine’s president, for example, was designed to demonstrate the UK’s continuing commitment to the Ukrainian cause. This is despite our new Prime Minister being unable, like his predecessor, to provide concrete proposals on how he intends to provide adequate funding for the military, without which any declarations of support for Ukraine amount to very little. Nor is Burnham’s claim that he would be prepared to call out Trump if he believed that it was the right thing to do helpful in terms of repairing the froideur in US-UK relations that defi ned the fi nal weeks of Starmer’s
SIR – The Prime Minister says he wants a cross-party consensus on tackling the crisis in social care. In order to fi nd a solution, he suggests, we must stop playing politics and put point-scoring aside. Then he refuses to include Reform UK in his talks about addressing the problem. Andy Burnham is just another ruthless and hypocritical politician. Francis Bown London E3
SIR – Even though Andy Burnham is arguably the most Left-wing Prime Minister in a generation, his proposals to reduce the unsustainable welfare bill have already been met with threats of opposition from his backbenchers (“If Prime Minister cuts welfare then we will rebel, warn Labour MPs”, report, July 29). This anarchy surely indicates that a general election is more necessary than ever. Martin Henry Good Easter, Essex
SIR – Thanks to Richard Statham (Letters, July 28) for reminding me about the eclipse in Cornwall. I wasn’t going to visit after hearing that huge numbers of people were about to descend on the county, but once I knew that my father was on his deathbed in Mevagissey I rushed to see him. He died at 11pm, exactly 12 hours before the eclipse. The following morning the family walked to Chapel Point, near Mevagissey. When the cloudy darkness moved slowly across the sky and the birds stopped singing, I felt that it was gracefully taking Dad away to another place. I still think that was a wonderful send-off . John Beckett Farnham, Surrey
SIR – I have been a football supporter for the past 74 years but have not watched one minute of the last two World Cups, owing to the way Fifa corrupts football. The governing body’s actions in the recent World Cup and its current proposals particularly support my view. Uefa should now take positive action and withdraw member countries from the next World Cup. There is plenty of time for it to organise its own tournament. This should not just be for European countries, but any others that choose to withdraw their membrship from Fifa too. Bernard Lovewell Hitchin, Hertfordshire
premiership. Tackling Trump head on can be counter-productive, as experienced world leaders such as Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu have found to their cost. The political mindset of key fi gures in Burnham’s new Cabinet should be another serious cause for concern, not least Ed Miliband’s elevation as Foreign Secretary. Miliband’s appointment to lead the Foreign Offi ce might make good political sense as Burnham seeks to implement his own economic agenda. But, in terms of raising Britain’s profi le on the world stage after the dithering of the Starmer years, Miliband’s appointment is likely to be an unmitigated disaster. It is not just the fact that Miliband is widely regarded, especially in Washington, as damaged goods after his fateful intervention in the Syrian crisis in 2013. Having initially indicated, as opposition leader, that he would support David Cameron’s plan to launch military action against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad after his regime launched a chemical weapons attack against its own people, Miliband, for reasons of political opportunism, then changed his mind. Cameron lost the vote in Parliament, Assad remained in power and within 18 months the Russian military was launching murderous attacks against Syrian civilians. Miliband’s egregious conduct during that whole sorry saga demonstrated unequivocally that he does not possess any of the qualities required of a true statesman.
SIR – Having read Kenneth Baker’s article (“Burnham may be the best PM for education since 1980s”, Comment, July 29), I recall my father’s opinion on the nature and necessary length of education. He was a teacher in a secondary modern school in Bootle, Merseyside. He bemoaned the 1972 initiative Rosla (Raising of the School Leaving Age), which required children to stay in full-time education until the age of 16. He pointed out that this forced pupils who were not academically inclined to remain against their wishes, rather than leaving to get a job to which they might be better suited. Further well-meaning interventions have raised the age for leaving to 18. In the cases of some young adults, there is every likelihood they will have disconnected either within the school or through withdrawing by way of truanting or exclusion. In that context, the numbers of those not in education, employment or training can be no surprise. Many will have eff ectively opted out of everything at the fi rst opportunity. Richard Lacey Prenton, Wirral
SIR – I am a retired chartered engineer. Was my work academic or technical? The distinction is spurious, and favoured by those who don’t seem to have “done” much. There is a serious danger that children will think school study does not matter because they are to be “technical”. In reality, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and mechanics require (in addition to the relevant practical skills) a good grasp of mathematics and an understanding of the basic laws of physics – as do pilots, farmers and medical professionals. Personally, I have found people of these and similar professions to be generally better informed and more capable of logical thought than many lawyers, accountants and politicians. David MacDonald Manningtree, Essex
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SIR – Hackney Council’s proposed termination of its twinning with Haifa (report, July 25) is a huge mistake. I have cousins living in Haifa, a city I know well. It is a place where Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze and Bahá’í communities live and work side by side. That spirit of coexistence feels especially important at a time when division is dominating the news. I have also seen the benefi ts of this connection. A friend’s daughter, for example, recently studied at the Technion, one of the world’s leading universities. Institutions like this produce remarkable advances, from Parkinson’s disease treatments to pioneering cancer detection, showing what collaboration across communities can achieve. Town twinning exists to build such connections. Exchanges in education, culture and science benefi t both places, just as medical delegations shared medical expertise and healthcare practices, and created professional friendships prior to the pandemic. Hackney is a proudly diverse borough. Maintaining this close partnership would refl ect those values and strengthen understanding. Sheila Laub London E5
SIR – To stop long shoelaces from coming undone (Letters, July 29), I have used the Berluti knot (videos online). This will never come undone by itself, but a simple pull on the lace unties it. I wish I had known of it during my running days. Rick Auty Shrewsbury
The implicitly pro-Islamist sympathies of members of Burnham’s Cabinet will also come under intense scrutiny. This week it was revealed that Andy Slaughter, the new Solicitor General, met key members of Hamas’s terrorist leadership when he accompanied former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on a trip to the Middle East. Apart from enforcing the proscription of Islamist terror groups such as Hamas and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which are deemed to pose a direct threat to our national security, Slaughter is likely to be involved in controversial attempts to prosecute British military personnel for alleged war crimes. With Burnham making it abundantly clear that his main priority as PM will be to focus on key domestic issues, such as fi xing social care and tackling the soaring welfare bill, the views of other key members of his Cabinet on key global issues assume greater importance. There will be fresh challenges. Argentina’s constant sabre-rattling over the Falklands shows no sign of abating, while the ongoing row over the future of the Chagos Islands is unlikely to be resolved so long as the sympathies of most Labour ministers lie with the sovereignty claims of Mauritius rather than the country they claim to represent. Certainly, given the past antics of some of Burnham’s key ministers, it is hard to believe that, faced with any future challenge, our new Government can be trusted to defend our interests.
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binding UK food targets amid fears over security risks and extreme weather
By Emma Taggart
WILDFIRES and extreme weather are putting Britain’s food supplies at risk, the bosses of Britain’s biggest super- markets have warned. The chief executives of Tesco, Wait- rose, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and the Co-op have written to the Prime Minister call- ing for urgent action to protect food security and lessen Britain’s depend- ence on imports. Supermarket bosses are calling for Andy Burnham to set legally binding tar- gets to increase the proportion of fruit and vegetables grown in Britain by 2040. The call comes amid fears that increas- ing incidents of extreme weather will cripple crop production in countries that help stock Britain’s shelves. At least half of the nation’s imported fruit and vegetables currently come from countries facing extreme water scarcity, the bosses warned in their letter, fuelling concerns of shortages in the coming years unless action is taken now. Writing in The Telegraph, Ken Mur- phy, the Tesco chief executive, said: “Recent years have brought extreme weather across Europe and the UK – from wildfi res and droughts to excep- tionally wet winters and unusually dry springs – disrupting harvests, supply chains and domestic food production. “Combined with continuing pressure on household budgets, these trends reinforce the need for a food system that is both resilient and capable of delivering healthy diets.” The intervention comes as wildfi res in France and Spain scorch vast swathes of land, leaving crops unharvestable and threatening farmers’ livelihoods. Britain’s agriculture sector is also under pressure after drought was declared across half of England following record-low rainfall and high temperatures. Simon Roberts, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, said: “Recent weeks have shown just how much pressure our food system is under. We need a more
By Christopher Jasper
INDIA’S richest man could be poised to seize control of Britain’s biggest ports company, giving the south Asian country greater saw over vital UK infra- structure. Gautam Adani is believed to be exam- ining an offer for Associated British Ports (ABP) as two Canadian investors seek to sell their stakes. A takeover would see 21 ports come under Indian control, refl ecting the rise of the emerging economic powerhouse and increasing foreign ownership of UK assets. Those ports, which include Imming- ham in Lincolnshire and cruise ship
By James Warrington
MICROSOFT is facing an investigation over claims it tricked users into paying for more expensive AI subscriptions. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is examining whether the US tech giant failed to give clear information when it added new fea- tures, including its AI assistant Copilot, to existing plans. Its investigation concerns Microsoft 365, a bundle of products that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and
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resilient food system that attracts investment, backs British farmers and helps keep aff ordable, nutritious food on tables across the nation.” Mr Burnham is being urged to intro- duce a Good Food Bill, which would set legal targets around domestic food pro- duction and require local authorities to draw up plans to ensure continued food supplies when extreme weather hits. It would also require ministers to consider food security when making decisions across health, education, farming, planning, environment and trade, as well as set legally binding tar- gets around cutting childhood obesity. The letter was drafted by the Food Foundation, a charity, and has been signed by executives from more than 100 organisations, including major food supplies such as Danone and the sand- wich manufacturer Greencore. As well as the threat of extreme weather, signatories warned that increasing geopolitical instability was also threatening food supplies. Fertiliser
lands on a food system with less capacity to absorb it’
prices have risen by 40pc since last year after the war in Iran disrupted supplies. “Each new shock lands on a food sys- tem with less capacity to absorb it. Brit- ish production of fruit and vegetables has fallen 16pc since 2015, and we now import 78pc of our supply. The next food shock is not a question of if, but when,” the letter warned. “To meet it prepared, food has to stop being an afterthought for the Govern- ment: we need mechanisms to put food high on the priority list.” A government spokesman said: “We will always protect the food security of this country to ensure that people have access to nutritious, aff ordable food. “To help deliver this, we focused on strengthening national food security, investing a record £11.7bn in sustainable and profitable farming and billions more in the development of new tech- nology and climate resilient crops to increase yields.”
hub Southampton, handle a quarter of the country’s seaborne trade worth some £150bn a year. ABP also plays a key role in providing harbourside bases for the upkeep of off - shore wind farms, a key plank of Labour’s drive for net zero. Mr Adani would be a controversial buyer for a fi rm so central to Britain’s economic wellbeing, with his Adani Group accused of “the largest con in corporate history” in a 2023 report into alleged stock price manipulation. India’s Economic Times reported yesterday that Mr Adani was weighing off ers for the 34pc stake in ABP held by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and a 30pc holding controlled by
Copilot. These plans can be purchased monthly for £8.49 or annually for £84.99. In January 2025, Microsoft automati- cally gave existing customers access to new features, including Copilot, at no extra cost for the remainder of their subscription. However, when their sub- scriptions ended, customers were auto- matically rolled on to a new plan with added features at a higher price, unless they chose a cheaper plan or cancelled. For customers on Microsoft 365 per- sonal and family plans, the new sub-
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the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Asia’s richest man, with a fortune estimated at $112bn (£84bn), Mr Adani would be a controversial buyer for a business that handles a quarter of Britain’s seaborne trade worth £150bn and plays a key role in providing bases for the construction and upkeep of off shore wind farms. The son of a textile worker, Mr Adani made his fortune importing PVC into India before expanding into ports, energy, cement, airports and the media. However, the 64-year-old has been beset by allegations of bribery and fraud in recent years. The most recent case was dropped
scription was £25 more expensive than the classic option. The CMA said it will investigate whether Microsoft misled customers before they renewed their subscrip- tions. It will consider whether they were given key information about the diff erent plans and their prices before making a decision. A Microsoft spokesman said: “We are reviewing the CMA’s claims in detail. We remain committed to working con- structively with the regulator as their inquiry progresses.”
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by federal prosecutors in the US last month, hours after he agreed to pay $275m to settle a separate investigation into alleged violations of Iran sanctions.
Associated British Ports is a matter for shareholders to comment on’
A third US case concerning Mr Adani’s alleged failure to disclose bribery allegations in India was also settled, with The New York Times reporting that the decision came after
By Jonathan Leake and James Warrington
FOR BOOK lovers it may sound like a work of fi ction. But government advis- ers have now suggested readers swap traditional books for Kindles to help Britain hit net zero. A new study, commissioned under former energy secretary Ed Miliband, yesterday said printing and binding consumes too much energy and readers should instead enjoy books on digital devices to cut emissions. The research
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he pledged to invest $10bn and create 15,000 American jobs. In 2023, Mr Adani and his companies were accused of stock manipulation by Hindenburg Research in a report titled Adani Group: How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History. Adani Group called the claims “malicious” and issued a 400-page rebuttal. The tycoon’s environmental record has also come under scrutiny, with his Carmichael coal mine in Australia the subject of protests for more than a decade over how it has affected local watercourses and the Great Barrier Reef. That led to claims of so-called green-washing when Cabinet Office
found downloading and reading a single 90,000 word book on an e-reader such as Amazon’s Kindle uses 1,500 times less energy than production of the physical copy. The study said: “Our results provide initial evidence that digitalisation can contribute to achieve- ment of net zero, by reducing electric- ity consumption in the UK.” The report was commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) from consultancy Europe Economics, to assess how data centres and AI might save energy in
Once a high street staple, Debenhams is now an online marketplace critics call Temu with high prices
Jodrell Bank exemplifies Labour’s lack of support for our space, defence and quantum industries Julia Lopez
homes a day needed to hit Labour targets
By Pui-Guan Man
MORE than 1,000 homes need to be built each day to hit Labour’s house- building targets, research shows. Housebuilders would need to double their current pace of construction, with just 547 homes being built every day, according to figures from Land Value Calculator (LVC). Labour has pledged to build 1.5 mil- lion homes before the end of the current parliament. But even in the best year on record, 2020, only 679 homes a day were built on average. The figures suggest that builders need to complete hundreds more homes each day and sustain that rate for the next three years to hit the target. Researchers at LVC said the Govern- ment had fallen behind its required building rate by 200,000 homes. A spokesman for LVC said: “No inde- pendent analyst thinks that the Govern- ment is on track to hit its target. “New-build starts have risen 43pc from their mid-2024 trough, which is the strongest argument that delivery accel- erates from here. But at 130,170 a year, they remain a quarter below 2023 and below the current rate of completions. “A change of prime minister does not change the arithmetic. The clock holds whoever is in No 10 to the promise.” For Andy Burnham to meet Labour’s election manifesto pledge, the pace of building will need to increase to 367,700 homes a year. Angela Rayner, who has been reap- pointed as the Housing Secretary, recently admitted that the 1.5 mil- lion-home ambition set “a really diffi- cult stretch target”. However, she said she was “not dropping it”. She said last weekend the target was “very challenging before, when I came into government”. Ms Rayner added: “It’s certainly got more challenging, and we’ve seen things like construction costs go up, which has had a real negative impact.” Mr Burnham has also promised to launch the biggest council house-build- ing drive in decades. However, housebuilders are strug- gling with weak buyer demand as well as tax increases, surging construction costs and political uncertainty. Britain’s pool of prospective buyers has shrunk under the weight of changes to Help to Buy and higher stamp duty surcharges. Persistently high mortgage rates – caused by three successive inflation shocks triggered by the pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Iran – have also eroded aff ordability. Uncertainty has risen after Mr Burn- ham hinted that he would look at reforming council tax for homeowners. The Ministry of Housing, Communi- ties and Local Government has been contacted for comment.
documents revealed that Mr Adani had paid £4m to sponsor the green energy wing of the Science Museum. Mr Adani is a close ally of Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister . The Financial Times said in February that the Canadian pension funds that co-own ABP were seeking to offload their stakes and had appointed Morgan Stanley to explore options. ABP is valued at more than £10bn. Any sale process was “a matter for shareholders to comment on”, ABP said. Apsez, based in western India, did not respond to emails seeking com- ment, while the Canadian funds could not be reached outside business hours.
homes and workplaces. Producing a physical book can consume up to 5.2 kilowatt hours of energy, the report said, while an e-reader uses 0.003kWh. Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, said: “The Depart- ment of Energy should leave our books alone and do their job by working out the impact that their disastrous Clean Power 2030 plan will have on bills.” Desnz said the report did not advo- cate replacing books with ebooks but looked at the implications for electricity demand if it were to happen in future.
projects face crackdown to free up grid
wants developers to pay deposits in order to block ‘speculative’ projects
By Chris Price
By Chris Price
THE energy regulator has launched a crackdown on data centres over con- cerns they are clogging up Britain’s electricity grid. Ofgem is preparing to charge devel- opers a fee to get a connection slot on the grid in an effort to block speculative projects. The new Data Centre Commitment Fee would be calculated based on the size of the project, with proposed charges ranging from £237,500 to £712,500 per megawatt. It would effectively force companies to make a deposit, with the fee paid when developers accept a connection
Maximum per megawatt charge for developers from Ofgem for connecting their proposed data centres to the grid
offer and refunded when the project comes online. However, the deposit – expected to be worth 2.5pc to 7.5pc of the typical costs of building a data centre – would be forfeited if the project exits the queue early. Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said the reforms would “help ensure that viable, connection-ready projects can get going and not be held up by speculative applications”. It marks the latest effort by Ofgem to tackle the long backlogs in getting con- nected to Britain’s electricity grid, which have been blamed for slowing down housing developments and deter- ring investment. The crackdown on data centre devel- opment also comes amid growing local backlashes against the projects over concerns about noise, light pollution and disruptive development, among
other issues. There are concerns that some speculators are lodging applica- tions for valuable grid connections before selling the offer on to a potential developer, rather than seeking to build. The grid was already facing similar problems with a flood of renewable energy projects triggered by the race to net zero. Greg Jackson, the chief execu- tive of Octopus Energy, warned in 2024 that grid connection delays could force it to move investment overseas. Eleanor Warburton, director for energy system design and development at Ofgem, said: “Consumers should not bear the risks created by speculative projects taking up space in the system. “The connections system must work for consumers and for the projects that are ready to invest, build and connect. “Where speculative projects take up space in the queue, they can delay other schemes and create uncertainty about future network needs.” Ofgem said in February that more than 140 data centre projects had come forward seeking grid connections, with some requesting more than 50 giga- watts of capacity. If all the schemes went ahead, they would use more elec- tricity than the rest of the country put together. Data centres currently account for a significant proportion of demand in the connections queue, with around 73 gigawatts in the pipeline. Construction is booming worldwide as tech companies race to build the infrastructure needed for AI. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have out- lined plans to spend $725bn (£542bn) on global AI infrastructure this year alone, compared with $410bn in 2025. Sir Keir Starmer made attracting investments into AI data centres a cor- nerstone of his growth plans while prime minister. However, the push proved unpopular with a significant minority of the public. Earlier this month, nearly 5,000 peo- ple signed a petition against plans for a data centre near Norwich, while a three-day protest was held earlier this week in opposition to a proposed 500-megawatt scheme in Hunterston, North Ayreshire. Ofgem has launched a consultation on charging the new data centre fees.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange which has experienced heavy losses after concerns over an AI bubble triggered a sell-off of tech stocks
THE FTSE 100 hit a record high yes- terday after investors fled American and Asian stock markets over fears of an AI bubble. The new high came as tech giant Meta did little to appease fears over higher AI spending after warning of slower sales. The UK’s flagship index climbed as much as 0.7pc to reach 10,951.06 points, the highest level since its launch in 1984, as it defied a downturn sweeping global stocks. Concerns over a slowdown in the AI boom have triggered a sell-off in semi- conductor stocks on Wall Street as well as Japan and South Korea. The FTSE 100, in contrast, has little exposure to AI, meaning that it
benefits when there is panic over a tech bubble. Yesterday, Meta saw shares decline after warning that sales in the coming three months would be slightly lower than Wall Street expected. Shares fell 6pc in after hours trad- ing. The results came shortly after the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates on hold at 3.75pc despite high inflation. The blue-chip index last reached a record high in late February, the day before Donald Trump began his war with Iran. It fell more than 9pc in the early weeks of the war, but has steadily climbed since. It eased off its record high in afternoon trading, but remained up 0.3pc on the day. Neil Birrell, the chief investment officer at Premier Miton, said: “The UK
might not be the sexiest of equity mar- kets, but it does have its attractions. “There are high quality companies in all sectors that compare favourably on valuation to global peers. Boring does have its attractions sometimes.” The FTSE 100 is dominated by tradi-
companies in all sectors ...Boring does have its attractions sometimes’
tional sectors, boasting oil giants such as Shell and BP, industrials including Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems as well as miners Rio Tinto and Glencore. Susannah Streeter, the chief invest- ment strategist at Wealth Club, said:
“The FTSE 100 is packed with com- panies with a big stake in the real economy, rather than the future pros- pects of a world dominated by AI technologies, and right now that’s where more investors are seeking shelter.” Shell was the biggest force lifting the UK index after Brent crude rose 6pc to more than $89 a barrel after Saudi Arabia joined the US in launch- ing strikes against Iran. Shell, which is the index’s second largest company, rose as much as 2.6pc yesterday while BP climbed as much as 3.7pc. The FTSE 100 has increased 1.2pc so far this week, in stark contrast to Wall Street and Asia, where indexes have taken heavy losses in a tech sell-off.
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wealth manager which has faced repeated scrutiny over its charges
By Linus Uhlig
BRITAIN’S biggest wealth manager has been forced to refund hundreds of cli- ents who were charged twice. Customers of St James’s Place (SJP) were charged more than they should have been, and in some cases incurred double fees on their wealth and invest- ments. The issue is understood to have been centred on international bonds. A number of advisers within the SJP network were informed earlier this year that their clients had been
agency loses battle over age discrimination
By Pui-Guan Man
By Pui-Guan Man
BRITAIN’S biggest estate agency has lost an unfair dismissal claim brought by its former chief executive after he left his role at 64. An employment tribunal found that David Livesey had been unfairly dis- missed and discriminated against over his age by Connells, a Bedford- shire-based estate agency owned by Skipton Building Society, in 2023. Mr Livesey, now 67, had worked at Connells for 33 years, becoming its chief executive in 2008. He left the busi- ness with a cheque for 46p, on shares that he had put £420,000 into, after he was classed as a “bad leaver” and denied a “clean break” payout. A younger colleague in a similar posi- tion was paid £1.6m under a “clean break” clause in the company’s long- term share scheme. Mr Livesey sued Skipton, which bought Connells in 2010, for £7m, alleg- ing that bosses had driven him to resign and that he was subjected to a “cam- paign of bullying behaviour” by Stuart Haire, Skipton’s chief executive, who denied the claims. In a ruling published this week, the tribunal dismissed Mr Livesey’s accusa- tions of bullying, but upheld that he was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the grounds of age. In one internal email, Mr Haire described Mr Livesey as having a “brit- tle mental state” and warned it was “too late to teach him new tricks”. The tribu- nal found these remarks could read as indirect references to Mr Livesey’s age. In response to the ruling, Mr Livesey said the case had “exposed the Skipton board’s flawed decision-making”. A spokesman for Skipton said it was “disappointed” by the tribunal’s deci- sion and that it will review its next steps “carefully”. They added: “We are pleased that all bullying claims were decisively rejected by the tribunal. We take our workplace culture very seri- ously and have strict policies and proce- dures that govern behaviours at work.” A hearing to decide how much com- pensation Mr Livesey is owed will be held in October.
By Hans van Leeuwen
ONE IN THREE pensioners could be renters by the middle of this century, a leading think tank has warned. Almost two million more pensioner households are likely to be renting by 2044, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has said, a threefold increase. The shift will happen because more and more people will hit retirement without ever having been able to afford to buy a house. Home ownership rates among 45 to 54-year-olds have dropped from 81pc to 66pc in the past three decades, while those aged under 30 are
over ‘unacceptable risks’ to US security
DONALD TRUMP has banned imports of humanoid robots made in China, warning they posed “unacceptable risks” to US national security. US regulators barred imports of advanced Chinese robotics on Tuesday, including bipedal robots and four - legged devices, arguing they could be used to spy on American citizens or controlled remotely. Officials at the Federal Communica- tions Commission said: “Foreign - produced advanced robotics devices present an unacceptable cybersecurity and safety risk. Advanced robotic devices collect data that could be leveraged by malign actors to surveil Americans, enhance the capabilities of foreign intelligence services, or to remotely commandeer the robots.” The regulator also banned imports of Chinese power inverters, which link renewable energy systems, batteries and data centres to the electricity grid. Brendan Carr, the chairman of the watchdog, said the moves were designed “to secure America’s critical supply chains”. The measures apply
double-charged, according to Financial News, which first reported the story. The Telegraph understands that most of the affected customers have been reimbursed, with the remainder set to receive refunds within months. A spokesman for SJP said: “A number of clients received a duplicate charge. We have resolved the issue and expect all impacted clients to be reimbursed by the end of September.” SJP has long been considered expen- sive by industry standards, charging 3pc upfront as an advice fee on the first £250,000 plus 0.8pc ongoing. One of its main competitors, Hargreaves Lans- down, charges 1.5pc on investments up to £1m. SJP also has additional product fees for Isas, funds, unit trusts, invest- ment bonds and pensions. All-in, the average SJP adviser costs
received a duplicate charge. We have resolved the issue’
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Feeling the heat Climate change activists demonstrate outside Shell’s headquarters in Lambeth, south London. Fossil Free London are protesting over what they say is a link between oil use, global warming and the wildfires sweeping mainland Europe. Shell will report its second-quarter results today.
half as likely to own a home as they were at the start of this century. The PPI said: “Younger cohorts approaching retirement are finding it much more difficult to get into home ownership and are characterised by much higher levels of renting.” This means the proportion of pen- sioner households who rent rather than own will climb from 22pc now to 36pc in 2044, it predicted. The think tank warned that this would have a significant effect on public finances, with the housing benefits bill expected to rise by £3.4bn. Costs are poised to rise as more and
only to robot and inverter models that have not yet reached the market, although officials still have the power to ban products already on sale in the US. Chinese technology companies sold around 12,000 humanoid robots last year, which are being marketed for work in factories or as domestic helpers, representing about 90pc of global sales. In the US, Tesla has been working to design a humanoid robot, known as
roughly 1.67pc in ongoing charges each year, according to estimates from Holly Mackay, of Boring Money. Mike Barrett, consulting director at the Lang Cat, said: “Costs are one of the few areas investors can control. A more expensive firm will always eat away more at your investments.” SJP, which increased its funds under management to £220bn last year, is the largest financial advice firm in the UK, overseeing more than one million cus- tomers across its network of almost 5,000 advisers. Yesterday, it reported that net inflows fell 28.4pc in the six months to June 30. SJP pulled in £2.7bn in the first six months of this year, compared with £3.8bn for the same period last year. The error represents the latest in a raft of issues at the FTSE 100 firm. Last
more pensioners rely on housing bene- fit. Without an increase in affordable housing, most will rent on the private market where many already struggle. Although fewer pensioners live in poverty than in previous decades, the poverty rate is still 37pc among pen- sioners who rent in the private market. By 2050, renters will make up half of all pensioners in poverty, according to the second Pensions Commission, despite only being around a quarter of the total pensioner population. The PPI said the cost of renting a two-bedroom property through a 20-year retirement could range from
EngineAI’s T800 humanoid robots are tested at the Zhengzhou hi-tech zone in Henan province, China
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Optimus, but has so far only developed a small number of prototypes. US officials cited security problems with foreign robots being sold to Amer- ican customers, including one bug found earlier this year that allowed remote access to camera feeds and microphones on household robots. China’s embassy in Washington called on the US to “stop smearing Chi- nese artificial intelligence companies”.
year, SJP introduced a new charging structure after scrapping its controver- sial exit charge for some customers. This exit fee, which SJP termed the “early withdrawal charge”, charged sav- ers and investors up to 6pc of the total withdrawal amount depending on how
soon they wanted to withdraw their funds, preventing some clients from leaving without paying a hefty bill. As part of the overhaul, the firm sep- arated its charges into advice fees, prod- uct fees and fund fees. Previously, its
Expected rise in the housing benefits bill by 2044, as fewer pensioners own their home and turn to rented accommodation
£200,000 to £400,000, which far exceeds what most retirees have saved in any private pension. Pensioner housing benefits are expected to rise from £6.3bn a year today to £9.7bn in 18 years’ time as a result. This would create a fresh head-
to break Strait of Hormuz blockade
By Jonathan Leake
A TEXAS oil tycoon is plotting a $5bn (£3.76bn) oil refinery to bypass Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Marc Gunderson, the founder of MWG Enterprises, has joined forces with two Middle East investment funds to develop the new terminal, which could reduce Iran’s grip on exports from the Persian Gulf. Three potential sites have been chosen in the Gulf of Oman, where tankers using it would not have to pass through the straits. Iran has effectively closed the vital trade route since US and Israel bombing raids started in February, sending oil and gas prices surging. Oil prices rose 4pc to $88 a barrel yes- terday as tensions in the Middle East escalated following US and Saudi strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and an intercepted Iranian missile attack on US forces. The new refinery plan is being devel- oped by Mera Oil, a US-Saudi joint ven- ture between Mr Gunderson’s MWG and Saudi Arabia’s AHQ and Patel Family Office. The company has not officially named the candidate sites, but they are
charges were bundled, making it diffi- cult for clients to work out how much they were paying for each element. In 2024, Mark FitzPatrick, the com- pany’s chief executive, was forced to apologise for overcharging annual fees for advice that clients were not receiving. SJP earmarked £426m for the thou- sands of clients who were believed to have paid too much, which was subse- quently reduced to £320m. The case saw SJP shares collapse by 31pc. At the time, the wealth manager had come under increased scrutiny after the Financial Conduct Authority, the regu- lator, published new “consumer duty” rules in 2023 and raised concerns that paying clients were not receiving value for money for ongoing advice. More recently, former advisers have
ache for John Healey, the Chancellor, who already faces a welfare bill that is rising by 4pc a year. At £333bn this year, welfare already eats up a quarter of all government expenditure, with spending on pen- sioners accounting for about half that. It also comes as Andy Burnham grapples with how to fund a social care system for the elderly, which could cost up to £18bn a year. Mr Burnham is hoping to build more affordable houses, in part to address these problems. However, Sir Keir Starmer, his predecessor, struggled to meet the ambitious housing targets he
thought to include Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, or Sohar in Oman. Both countries are part of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), a regional political and economic alliance of six Arab nations bordering the Persian Gulf, which also includes Saudi Arabia. It functions as a single market and cus- toms union, similar to the EU. The facility would be designed as an export hub for the whole GCC, meaning
moves decisively with us stands to secure a major energy-export platform’
its other members, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, would also be able to use it. Its refining capacity would be about 200,000 barrels a day – small compared to the 11.5 million barrels of crude oil exported daily by GCC states in 2024. However, it would also be likely to serve as a crude oil export terminal, guaranteeing supply lines to Asian and European buyers. Mr Gunderson said: “The sponsor
begun preparing legal action over claims that SJP failed to pay compensa- tion after they allegedly took their busi- ness without adequate compensation. In its interim results yesterday, SJP said that it had further reduced its compensation provision for clients that were charged for non- existant advice. That reserve has been cut from £320m last June to £272.3m at the end of December and now to £110m. As a result, SJP has clawed back £110.4m and it said that it will use the money to fund a £82.8m share buyback. “As the creation of the provision was a key driver in reducing returns to shareholders, the board has decided the post-tax release of £82.8m will be returned to shareholders in full via a share buy-back programme,” SJP said.
set himself. To privately rent even a one-bedroom flat outside London through their retirement, a couple aged 45 to 64 today on median income would need to more than double their assets. The PPI warned that the benefit system deters lower-income workers from amassing a private pension. The means test for the housing bene- fit counts any private pension as income, creating what the PPI calls “a disincentive to save”. About 230,000 pensioners have their housing benefit reduced because they have a private pension and another 100,000 get no housing benefit at all.
partnership is assembled, the develop- ment concept and capital strategy are defined, and we are now choosing our host. The jurisdiction that moves decisively with us in the coming months stands to secure a major new downstream, storage and energy-ex- port platform.” Yesterday’s strikes came hours after the US military said it had averted a surprise Iranian attack on its troops in the region. Meanwhile, Iran said it had fired on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and at US bases in Jordan. “Renewed military strikes in the Mid- dle East and Iranian officials reiterating that they want to control shipping activity through the Strait of Hormuz amid depressed oil flows through the Strait are lifting oil prices again,” Giovanni Staunovo, an analyst at USB, told Reuters. Tehran has ruled out Oman’s pro- posal for regional joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian official told Reuters yesterday, scuppering hopes for a resolution to the impasse that has choked off trade for months.
KEN MURPHY & ANNA TAYLOR Serving up a healthy diet will help Britain thrive
food system that improves children’s nutrition and boosts productivity
BRITAIN faces many pressing challenges, but few are as far-reaching, or as preventable as poor diet. The food we eat shapes our health, our children’s ability to learn and thrive, the productivity of our workforce and the sustainability of our NHS. Yet too many people fi nd healthy food harder to access and aff ord than it should be. Fewer than one in 10 children aged 11 to 18 eats the recommended fi ve portions of fruit and vegetables a day. That is not a marginal
Stage fright Juliet the Segnosaurus, from Dinosaur World Live at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, The Tiger Who Came To Tea and The Gruffalo in Leicester Square to promote London Theatre Kids Week. A child aged 17 and under goes free when accompanied by an adult paying full price.
like gambling, it embraces and manages risk
TOM STEVENSON
capital is about knowing what is an appropriate action to take and when
ONE of the more exasperating myths about investing is that it is just another form of gambling. This is a useful belief if you are looking for reasons to justify hiding in cash. But it is wrong. The best investors are the opposite of gamblers. They are seeking to manage the only risk that really matters – permanent loss of capital. I was reminded of this when reading the latest quarterly report from
JULIA LOPEZ
TO SIGNAL a clean break from the gloomy Starmer past, Andy Burnham has been slapping voters round the chops with a barrage of cheery announcements. Westminster has been agog at the accompanying social media as the new Prime Minister hops nimbly from bus to pub to No 10 North. No matter the depth or otherwise of policy change, the take home message is clear – in Andyland, good things can happen at the fl ick of his prime ministerial pen. So to the real world, where all kinds of bad stuff is happening that Mr Burnham could now stop if he so chooses. Earlier this week, it was announced that the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which for
gap; it refl ects deep-rooted barriers that make healthy eating harder than it should be for too many families. It is also a food security challenge. Too often, food security is discussed solely in terms of supply chains, production and resilience to shocks. Those things matter enormously. But a food system cannot truly be secure if it fails to provide the next generation with the nutrition they need to grow up healthy. Food security starts with healthy diets. That is why Tesco has joined a growing coalition of businesses, charities, health organisations and civil society groups – led by the Food Foundation, Sustain and the Green Alliance – backing the Good Food Bill. The bill would create a framework to improve access to healthy, aff ordable and sustainable food while helping build a food system that can withstand pressures from climate change and geopolitical instability to rising prices. The Good Food Bill should include
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Personal Assets Trust (PAT), an investment company that neatly summarises its purpose as follows: “To protect and increase (in that order) the value of shareholders’ funds per share over the long term.” There is a lot packed into that short sentence. The preference for capital preservation over growth. The focus on not diluting existing shareholders’ assets. The lack of interest in short- term gains or losses. I’m not a PAT shareholder. But 17 years into the post-fi nancial-crisis bull market, and with two signifi cant uncertainties hanging over markets – AI and oil-fuelled infl ation – I wonder whether I should be. For an investment trust that prides itself on protecting capital fi rst and growing it second, PAT has an unexpectedly concentrated portfolio. Its £1.7bn of capital was divided at the end of June between gold (8pc), just 18
70 years has housed the UK’s largest telescope, is to close. Jodrell is aff ected by tough decisions being forced on the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which runs the nation’s mega lasers, particle accelerators and giant microscopes. Labour has served the STFC a fl at spending settlement from funding body UKRI, alongside huge jumps in energy costs, wage bills and international subs. Major cuts to domestic projects are the only way to make the sums add up – a body blow to UK science and the cutting-edge spin-out businesses it underpins. Last week I was at Harwell in Oxfordshire – truly a place in which the nation can feel pride. Too few are aware that in Harwell we have a super campus of world-leading scientifi c facilities that support 7,500 engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs in energy, space, health and quantum computing.
legally binding targets to reduce childhood obesity, increase children’s fruit and vegetable consumption and reduce household food insecurity. It would also place a duty on public bodies to improve access to healthy and aff ordable food, and establish independent reporting on progress to Parliament. The case for action is clear. Britain cannot hope to raise productivity while neglecting the nutrition of its future workforce. We devote enormous attention to infrastructure, skills and investment, yet too little to the quality of the diets shaping the next generation. Investing in children’s nutrition is not simply a health intervention; it is an investment in the country’s future prosperity. The need for change extends beyond public health. Climate change is already aff ecting food production, availability and aff ordability. Recent years have brought extreme weather across Europe and the UK—from
raise productivity while neglecting the nutrition of its future workforce’
carefully chosen shares (37pc), various types of bonds (54pc) and a small amount of cash. In the latest quarterly report, PAT’s managers referred to two recent purchases, neither of which I knew anything about and both of which exemplify this safety-fi rst investment approach. The fi rst is Canadian National, a North American railway operator, with a long list of competitive advantages. It resembles Burlington Northern Santa Fe, a very similar company in the US that Warren Buff ett acquired a decade and a half ago . Canadian National is a bet that, even in an AI-enabled, digital world, we will continue to need to move large amounts of physical stuff around. It benefi ts whether that stuff is grain, timber, cars, energy products or consumer goods. It is supremely well-diversifi ed. It has pricing power
It is at Harwell that the STFC operates assets including the Diamond Light Source, a stadium-sized synchrotron 10,000 times more powerful than an ordinary microscope. Diamond Light allows the study of everything from viruses to the internal stress of a jet engine part, which is why hi-tech businesses from vaccine manufacturers to defence fi rms and satellite makers have clustered around it. National investment at Harwell has proven a major success. The fi rms on campus have a 95pc survival rate, export £650m of products and services and provide 20 times return on investment – a growth strategy if ever there was one. Coincidentally, I visited Harwell on the day our new Prime Minister was taking an axe to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Liz Kendall, its former secretary of state, has slinked away from offi ce
wildfi res and droughts to exceptionally wet winters and unusually dry springs—disrupting harvests, supply chains and domestic food production. Combined with continuing pressure on household budgets, these trends reinforce the need for a food system that is both resilient and capable of delivering healthy diets.
As the UK’s largest retailer and private-sector employer, Tesco sees fi rst-hand the strengths and vulnerabilities of that system. The Food Foundation sees the consequences when it fails to deliver healthy diets for everyone. Although we come from diff erent perspectives, we share a belief that Britain needs a
because it is one of just six major railroads running across the North American continent, which co-exist, not compete, as eff ective local monopolies. And in a world with higher-for-longer oil prices, it is competitive with road transport. The second company is another
and growing capital... is knowing which risks to take and when’
picks-and-shovels business . Hubbell makes small but essential pieces of electrical equipment for the transmission and distribution of electricity across the US grid. It makes cable connectors, lightning arresters and insulators. These are small bits of kit that might cost no more than a few
having failed to resolve the huge funding challenge Labour gifted the STFC, which must now fi nd savings of £162m by 2029-30. Dazzled by Big Tech promises, Kendall put all her eff ort into AI growth zones that have yet to deliver a single operational data centre. Meanwhile, with UKRI now inside the Business Department, the STFC’s funding crisis must compete for attention with union barons, the renationalisation of public utilities and the ongoing challenge of British steel. Funding challenges of this nature can reveal a lot about a government’s priorities. The Jodrell closure derives from a £2.8m annual budget shortfall. At the same time, UKRI is funding live research studies into climate coloniality (at a cost of £1.3m), decolonising justice (£1.1m) and transforming LGBTIQ-plus asylum policy (£1.5m). The Government will
more joined-up approach to food policy. We have both called on the Government to introduce mandatory reporting by food companies on the healthiness of sales, something that can be done straight away. A Good Food Bill, introduced in this parliament, would set the long-term ambition over successive government terms – creating a more consistent and stable policy context. Food sits at the intersection of some of the country’s biggest challenges. It aff ects public health and NHS costs, educational attainment and workforce productivity, environmental outcomes and the resilience of rural communities. Yet responsibility remains fragmented across government departments. The Good Food Bill off ers a framework for aligning these objectives. No single company, charity or government department can solve these challenges alone. If we want healthier diets, reduced food
pounds but can help prevent millions of pounds in damage. For that reason, Hubbell’s customers don’t really care, within reason, how much they cost. They are mission- critical and a small part of the cost of a power line. A great combination. What makes Hubbell even more interesting as an investment is that it has a strong position in a market that is almost certain to keep growing for years, if not decades, to come. The point of similarity between these two investments is not that they are boring old-economy companies, although they are. The link is that they can deliver sustainable, infl ation- resistant and growing returns more or less whatever happens technologically or geopolitically. It is a characteristic shared by the trust’s second-largest equity holding, Alphabet, despite being neither old economy nor boring. Alphabet is a bet on a positive outcome for the AI revolution, but it has many ways to win in that scenario. It owns the world’s leading search engine, a cash-generative and growing business. It has one of the world’s leading large language models. It runs one of the world’s leading cloud operations. If you are looking to remain exposed to the AI story while
crow that it has off ered a record funding settlement to UKRI without also admitting that its disastrous industrial energy policies and National Insurance raid are more than wiping out any positives. As Conservatives in government, we set up UKRI and DSIT while delivering a major uplift to the national R&D budget. In Opposition, we have set out how we would reprioritise the R&D budget away from woke and net zero projects and into a sovereign defence fund that would ultimately support core science and dual-use technologies. We also have plans to address the drivers of cost infl ation through policies like our Cheap Power Plan. For now, however, we are demanding a facility-by-facility analysis of the STFC’s cuts and their impact on the UK’s economic, scientifi c and defence capabilities. We are confi dent such a review will make
insecurity and a food system capable of withstanding future shocks, action is needed across the whole system. Government has a critical role to play, but so does industry. Businesses across the food sector have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to innovate and adapt. That same ingenuity can help make healthier and more sustainable choices easier and more aff ordable. The Good Food Bill provides the opportunity to do so. Britain has the expertise, innovation and ambition to build a food system fi t for the future. What’s needed now is a bold plan that matches that ambition. Because the measure of a secure food system is not simply whether food reaches our shelves. It is whether it delivers the healthy diets our children need to thrive.
Ken Murphy is chief executive of Tesco. Anna Taylor is executive director of the Food Foundation
protecting the gains you’ve already made, Alphabet is precisely the kind of stock you might want in your portfolio. The presence of Alphabet alongside Canadian National and Hubbell illustrates that managing risk is not the same as minimising it. The trick to protecting and growing capital (in that order, remember) is knowing which risks to take and when. One of the key characteristics that Personal Assets Trust shares with all of our own portfolios is the ability to fl ex the weighting of those carefully chosen equities within the trust’s overall asset allocation. During the Covid-19 market crash, the equity weighting went from 35pc to 45pc. As shares plunged in the wake of the Liberation Day tariff s, it increased from 30pc to 40pc. Crucially, those increases in risk appetite took place when it felt deeply uncomfortable to implement them. So, managing risk is not the same as avoiding or reducing, it. Protecting and growing capital is about knowing what is appropriate and when. Pretty much the exact opposite of gambling, in fact.
Tom Stevenson is an investment director at Fidelity International. The views are his own.
crystal clear that the STFC’s predicament goes well beyond a niche funding dispute between UKRI and academic science. What we have in the making is a disaster for some of our fastest growing, truly world-beating industrial capabilities. What will the response be of our good-vibes Prime Minister? If Mr Burnham wants the public to believe he has both the power and the determination to deliver change, voters will soon judge him as much for what he chooses not to change as for what he does. In 18 months’ time, if the Jodrell Bank telescope has been closed down and Britain’s space, quantum and defence industries have been allowed to decline, it will be a failure that stains our new Prime Minister’s record just as much as it does our former’s.
** Thursday 30 July 2026 The Daily Telegraph
Government securities
52 week Flat Rdm High Low (£) Stock Price (£) +/- Yield Yield
107.53 103.38 Treas 6% 28 103.67 -0.22 5.79 4.34
102.33 97.08 Treas 4¼% 32 98.02 -0.41 4.34 4.64
99.39 92.65 Treas 4¼% 36 94.02 -0.48 4.52 5.04
102.00 93.84 Treas 4¾% 38 95.40 -0.60 4.98 5.26
Index Linked Securities
349.35 338.41 Treas 4⅛% IL 30 340.48 -0.26 1.21 0.97
248.27 236.46 Treas 2% IL 35 239.93 -0.68 0.83 1.78
10-year Government Bonds
Spread Vs Spread Vs Yield% Bunds T-Bonds
France 3.85 +0.70 -0.80
Germany 3.15 - -1.50
Japan 2.75 -0.40 -1.90
Great Britain 5.03 +1.88 +0.38
United States 4.65 +1.50 -
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Aerospace & defence -1.89%
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Price (p) +/- Yld NAV
52 week High Low (p) Stock Price (p) +/- Yld P/E
1527 902⅜ Babcock Intl 1140 -20 0.7 27.1
2360 1529 BAE Systems 2020 -5 1.8 29.4
551½ 398½ QinetiQ ● 503½* +2 2.2 25.0
1532⅝ 981⅜ Rolls–Royce 1380 -39⅜ 0.7 19.9
318⅛ 161 Senior ● 290½ — 1.0 -284.8
Banks -0.54%
È Banks -0.54
554⅛ 352⅝ Barclays 492½ -12½ 2.3 11.2
563½ 318⅜ Close Bros ● 418⅝ -11⅜ — -6.3
1590 908¾ HSBC 1547¾ -⅝ 3.6 17.0
116 74⅜ Lloyds Bk Gp 111⅜ -1¾ 3.3 15.9
705⅜ 500¼ NatWest Group 665 +¼ 4.9 12.4
1080 613 Santander 1026 -14 1.6 13.2
2278 1285 Standard Ch 2157 +60 2.4 14.7
Beverages -0.24%
2142 1295½ Diageo 1668 -4 3.8 20.9
Chemicals +1.07%
Ç Chemicals 1.07
3312 2426¾ Croda Intl 3220 +60 3.4 72.5
2434 1730¾ Johnson Mat ● 1970* +11 3.9 -34.4
819 515 Victrex ● 782 -14 7.6 24.4
Construction -0.65%
È Construction -0.65
900 519 Balfour Beatty ● 848 -10 1.7 16.1
410¼ 235⅜ Barratt Redrow 293¾ -⅞ 5.8 21.6
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Ç Household goods 4.31
Household goods +4.31%
Ç Oil & Gas 2.93
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Ç Support services 1.72
Support services +1.72%
Ç Tobaccos 1.43
Tobaccos +1.43%
Ç Retailers 1.36
Retailers +1.36%
Ç Media 1.19
Ç Pharmaceuticals 0.75
Pharmaceuticals +0.75%
È Gas & Water -0.54
Gas & Water -0.54%
È Travel & Leisure -1.08
Travel & Leisure -1.08%
È AIM -1.23
AIM -1.23%
È Property -1.27
Property -1.27%
È Electricity -1.72
Electricity -1.72%
È Electricals -3.77
Electricals -3.77%
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Global Tech – 370.5 -11.40
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Health Acc – 3366 +68.00
Japan R GBP Acc – 921.4 +2.10
Managed Income R Gross Acc – 224.6 +0.10
Managed Income R Gross Dis – 94.71 +0.02
UK Select Opps R Acc – 4287 +34.00
UK Select Opps R Inc – 2150 +16.00
UK Smllr Cos Acc – 341.1 -1.70
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52 week High Low Stock Price +/- GrsYd Cvr
237 133½ Boot H 152 — 5.2 8.6
220½ 124⅜ Costain ● 208 -3½ 2.0 15.0
1009¾ 788⅝ Grafton Gp ● 967⅞ -5½ 3.9 13.8
5730 3915 Morgan Sindall ● 4366 +32 3.7 11.7
1552 947⅜ Persimmon 1102½ -7 5.4 12.3
116⅞ 74⅛ Taylor Wimpey ● 82⅞ -1½ 9.2 29.6
510 171 Dialight 481 -19 — —
800 505 discoverIE Grp ● 773* -19 1.7 25.6
4902 3191⅜ Halma 3410* -120 0.7 34.6
5490 2860 Renishaw ● 4780 -285 1.6 41.5
2060 809⅞ XP Power ● 1570 -32 — -37.4
937½ 613⅞ Drax Group ● 759½ +10 3.8 36.7
1428½ 1000 Nat Grid 1193 -25 4.1 18.2
2767½ 1597 SSE 2322* -30 3.0 22.0
Engineering / Industrial +0.05%
98⅛ 71 Coats Group ● 81⅜ -3¼ 3.1 18.3
414½ 230 Cropper J 357 -3 — 11.6
28500 7220 Goodwin ● 16340 -820 1.7 49.9
3076 2138 IMI 2860 -114 1.2 23.0
1192 660 Mondi ● 789⅜ +7¼ 3.1 24.6
38⅝ 21¼ Severfield 37¾ +1 — -3.1
2746¼ 2088 Smiths Gp 2599 -47 1.8 30.3
8050 5950 Spirax Gp 6925 -75 2.5 31.2
3580 2254 Weir 2744 +220 1.5 28.7
Food producers -0.01%
2359 1729½ Ass Brit Fds 2100 +44 3.0 14.8
5195 3270 Coca–Cola HBC 5065 -20 2.0 22.8
5810 4775 Cranswick ● 5430* +20 2.1 18.4
861 447⅞ Hilton Food ● 565 +1 6.2 6.4
138 87 REA Hldgs 109 — — -206.9
5542⅛ 3644 Unilever 4986 -12 3.2 13.4
220¼ 153⅝ Centrica 155⅜ +⅛ 3.6 -103.6
606 439⅜ Pennon Gp ● 463⅜* -7⅜ 6.3 23.9
3335 2381 Severn Trent 3032 -28 4.2 24.6
1497 1072 Utd Utilities 1379* -6 3.9 16.0
General financial -0.08%
276½ 145⅞ Ashmore ● 205 -⅝ 8.2 16.8
363⅜ 212 Bridgepoint Grp ● 310¾ -9¾ 3.1 62.2
1880 1240 BrooksMacdonald 1420 +20 5.8 10.9
1956 1016 IG Group 1689 -9 3.6 11.6
2340 1424⅞ ICG 1908* -22 4.6 11.4
690 499⅜ Investec 629 -17½ 6.1 8.2
72 48 IP Group ● 63⅝ -¾ 2.0 8.8
Risers 36 Volume Close Change
Ç The Sage Grp 4.77m 1022 8.75pc
Ç Weir Group 3.12m 2744 8.72pc
Ç Burberry 2.49m 1193 4.65pc
Ç Reckitt Benck 2.47m 5400 4.33pc
Ç BP 30.98m 543½ 3.39pc
Ç Experian 5.16m 3077 3.22pc
Ç Rentokil Initial 6.81m 443¼ 2.95pc
Ç Standard Chart 11.91m 2157 2.86pc
Ç Glencore 26.32m 520¾ 2.80pc
Ç Shell 14.16m 3323½ 2.75pc
Ç Ass Brit Fds 0.62m 2100 2.14pc
Ç Tesco 26.08m 501¾ 2.14pc
Ç Croda Intl 0.52m 3220 1.90pc
Ç Prudential 8.91m 1096½ 1.86pc
Ç Metlen Energy 0.18m 3888½ 1.64pc
Ç Rio Tinto 2.40m 6977 1.63pc
Ç Brit Amer Tob 4.42m 4740 1.52pc
Ç AstraZeneca 5.21m 13134 1.50pc
Ç RELX 5.52m 2874 1.48pc
Ç Marks & Spen 13.01m 405⅜ 1.35pc
Ç Sainsbury 7.54m 358⅜ 1.27pc
Ç Pearson 1.26m 1326 1.22pc
Results Roundup
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Aberdeen Group Int 643.0m (628.0m) 276.0m (271.0m) 13.400 (13.800) 7.300 (7.300) Sep 22 tba
Greggs Int 101.5bn (1.0bn) 76.0m (63.5m) 55.100 (45.600) 19.000 (19.000) Oct 09 Sep 10
Lancashire Holdings $ Int 930.0m (930.1m) 151.0m (118.6m) 58.000 (45.000) 7.500 (7.500) Sep 04 Aug 06
Rathbones Group Int 487.5m (449.1m) 72.1m (62.3m) 50.400 (42.600) 32.000 (31.000) Sep 30 Sep 03
Reckitt Benckiser Group Int 6.4bn (7.0bn) 981.0m (1.3bn) 100.900 (140.300) 88.600 (84.400) Sep 18 Aug 06
Rio Tinto $ Int 31.0bn (26.9bn) 9.3bn (6.7bn) 409.900 (278.800) 211.000 (148.000) Sep 24 Aug 13
Shaftesbury Capital Int 122.7m (117.6m) 228.1m (173.0m) 10.600 (8.300) 2.200 (1.900) Sep 23 Aug 27
St James’s Place Int 9.6m (10.2m) 968.2m (505.4m) 60.000 (52.000) 6.000 (6.000) Sep 18 Aug 06
Standard Chartered $ Int 11.6bn (10.9bn) 4.8bn (4.4bn) 151.600 (129.100) 20.400 (12.300) Sep 29 Aug 06
Weir Group Int 1.3bn (1.2bn) 174.9m (163.8m) 49.800 (43.200) 20.000 (19.600) Nov 03 Oct 01
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Oriental 0% 1201.67 -0.23
Real Return A 0% 135.2 -0.12
UK Equity Fund 0% 1218.3 +0.43
UK Income 0% 102.78 +0.61
UK Opportunities 0% 466.09 +0.47 B Shares
10290 6684 Lon Stock Ex 9198 +48 1.6 38.6
359¼ 247 M&G 352¼ -¾ 5.8 28.0
327¼ 154¼ Man Group ● 310 +3⅝ 4.2 26.7
209 150¾ Quilter ● 193¾ -1¾ 3.3 21.8
2458½ 1620 S & U 1940 -10 5.9 9.9
599½ 358⅝ Schroders 588½ — 3.7 17.3
132 91¼ Vanquis Banking Gp 115¼ — — 36.0
Healthcare +0.04%
416⅛ 274⅜ Haleon 379¾ -1¼ 1.9 20.4
1441½ 1050 Smith & Nep 1214½ +14½ 2.4 22.4
1376½ 976 Burberry 1193 +53 — —
170 106¼ McBride 159 +¼ 1.9 8.2
112¼ 65⅛ PZ Cussons 110¾ +2⅝ 3.2 -80.3
6522⅞ 3664 Reckitt Benck 5400 +224 4.0 11.5
315 196 Aptitude Sftwre 199 +3 2.7 27.3
1335 771⅝ The Sage Grp 1022 +82¼ 2.2 27.1
Insurance -0.18%
265 177½ Aberdeen Group 238 -10⅝ 6.1 11.0
3798 2624 Admiral 3798 +32 5.4 15.4
700¾ 590⅝ Aviva 686⅝ -5⅝ 5.7 25.5
1296 750 Beazley 1290½ -2 1.9 11.4
1904 1246 Hiscox 1818 -1 2.1 13.4
700 549 Lancashire Hldg ● 616½ -43½ 2.7 6.8
310 217¼ Legal & General 296 -1½ 7.4 29.6
1238 910¼ Prudential 1096½ +20 1.8 9.4
922 615 Standard Life 905 -12½ 6.1 -192.1
1575½ 1038¾ St James’s Place 1064 -21 1.7 10.7
Investment trusts -0.17%
4497 1825 3i 2897 -16 2.9 3090
394½ 325 3i Infrastructure ● 388½ +3 3.5 403
822 606 Aberdeen New India 724 +4 — 810
1356 1178 Alliance Witan 1342 -4 2.2 1415
764 439½ Allianz Tech Trust ● 650 -4 — 705
331 260 Baillie Giff China 310 +6½ 0.8 338
116½ 91⅜ Baillie Giff Euro Gwth 115½ — 0.6 127
153⅜ 120⅝ Bankers Invstmt Tst ● 146* -1 1.9 160
1684 804 Biotech Growth 1626 -16 — 1751
284 197 BlckRckAmInc 281½ +1½ 5.0 276
205 116½ BlackRockEnrgy&Res 171½ -1½ 3.4 180
208 159½ BlckRock FroInv 187½ -1 4.1 187
625 507 BlckRck Grt Euro ● 583 -8 1.2 636
238 198 BlckRck Inc&Grth 236* +6 3.3 261
288⅜ 230¾ BlackRock Small ● 271 +½ 2.9 309
1072⅞ 543⅛ BlackRock Wld M ● 867 -9 2.8 889
Fallers 62 Volume Close Change
È Aberdeen Group 15.25m 238 -4.26pc
È Diploma 0.41m 7110 -4.18pc
È IMI 0.99m 2860 -3.83pc
È Halma 1.20m 3410 -3.40pc
È Fresnillo 0.58m 2481 -3.20pc
È Intl Cons Air 16.63m 432½ -2.94pc
È Endeavour Mng 0.61m 3487 -2.81pc
È Rolls-Royce 29.92m 1380 -2.78pc
È Segro 5.46m 970 -2.75pc
È Investec 2.90m 629 -2.71pc
È Lion Finance 0.08m 11140 -2.62pc
È Barclays 62.60m 492½ -2.48pc
È Airtel Africa 4.95m 347⅜ -2.36pc
È Entain 7.92m 560⅝ -2.30pc
È Polar CapTech 4.43m 597½ -2.13pc
È Natl Grid 9.99m 1193 -2.05pc
È St James’s Place 3.88m 1064 -1.94pc
È Smiths Gp 1.18m 2599 -1.78pc
È Babcock Intl 1.28m 1140 -1.72pc
È Lloyds Bk Gp 82.99m 111⅜ -1.50pc
È Standard Life 1.53m 905 -1.36pc
È Coca-Cola Euro 0.13m 8330 -1.30pc
Glob Multi-Strat 0% 140.46 +0.15
Inflation-Linked Corp Bd 0% 116.26 +0.07
Long-Term Global Equity 0% 382.97 +1.12
Asian Income 0% 193.06 -0.36
Continental European 0% 312.15 -0.6
Global Dynamic Bd 0% 82.8 +0.07
Global High Yield Bd 0% 76.18 -0.3
International Bd 0% 87.75 +0.08
Multi-Asset Bal 0% 207.72 +0.14
Mult-Asset Div Return 0% 153.11 +0.09
Mult-Asset Growth 0% 327.14 -0.01
Oriental 0% 244.32 -0.22
Real Return A 0% 122.34 -0.11
UK Equity Fund 0% 210.38 +0.43
UK Income 0% 209.33 +0.62
UK Opportunities 0% 232.24 +0.48
Emerging Income 0% 135.12 -0.44
Global Emerging Mkts 0% 272.98 -0.67
Global Equity Fund 0% 396.35 +0.36
Multi Asset Inc 0% 141.42 -0.08
Discretionary Unit Fund No 1, Poultry, London EC2R 8JR. 020 7415 4130
Maitland Discretionary Inc 3.00 2243.07 -4.32
Fundsmith LLP
PO Box 10846, Chelmsford, Essex, CM99 2BW.
0330 123 1815
www.fundsmith.co.uk enquiries@fundsmith.co.uk
Fundsmith Equity T Acc – 696.96 +9.16
395 312 Caledonia ● 385* -½ 2.0 594
595 486 City of Lon ● 595* +4 3.7 582
467 207 CQS Nat Res G & I 350* -4 8.1 355
330 268¼ CT Glbl Mgd G 320 — — 324
135 114 CT Glbl Mgd I 131½ — 6.1 131
592 439⅞ CT Priv Eq Ord 500* — 5.6 695
373 320 CT UK Cap & Inc 363 +4½ 3.7 377
126 97 CT UKHighIncTst 117½* +3½ 5.1 119
480¼ 460 Dunedin Ent # 475 — 4.8 —
860 737⅝ Edinburgh Inv Tr ● 860 +9 3.7 928
294½ 185¾ Edin Worldwide ● 234 -6 — 256
1332 325¾ F&C Inv Trust 332* -1⅜ 1.3 366
672 546 Fidelity Asian V 584 — 3.5 601
339 241 Fidlty Chna Sp Sits ● 265 +8 3.4 281
442 367½ Fidelity Euro Tst ● 422½ -3½ 2.3 449
468½ 372 Fidelity Sp V ● 465 +3½ 2.2 463
937 706¼ Finsbury Gwth ● 830 +12 2.4 885
198⅜ 162⅜ Glbl Small Co Trust ● 193 — 1.6 203
212¼ 173¼ Hend High Inc 207 -1 5.4 217
966 769 Hend Smaller Co ● 950 +3 2.9 1036
3290¾ 2285 Herald Inv ● 2935 -30 — 3202
524⅜ 318⅝ HgCapital ● 390 +4 1.3 530
138 107¼ HICL Infrastructure ● 136 +¾ 6.2 161
1611⅜ 1288¼ ICG Enterprise Tst ● 1440 +36 2.9 2034
976 782½ JPM Claverh’se ● 974* +12 3.7 985
153 121½ JPM Eur G&I ● 145* -¼ 3.8 147
849 633 JPM Japanese ● 773 -4 1.1 826
713 522½ Land Secs 709½ +2½ 5.8 —
186½ 141½ Lowland Inv 182¼* +¾ 3.7 200
282 234¼ Mercantile InvTr ● 278½* -2 3.0 311
671 536 Merchants Tst ● 666* +3 4.5 702
1664 1322 Monks ● 1584 -2 0.1 1672
1034 854⅝ Murray Income ● 1024 +4 3.9 1099
371 283¼ Murray Intl ● 370* +1½ 3.4 367
57 47 Northern 2 VCT 52 — 5.8 55
86½ 79½ Northern 3 VCT 81 — 5.6 85
59½ 53 Nthn Venture 55 — 5.6 58
437 345 Pacific Assets 399 -2 1.4 426
409 319½ Pantheon ● 393½ — — 526
2610 1906⅛ RIT Cap Ptnrs ● 2510 +50 1.8 3159
319 281¼ Ruffer Inv Pref ● 297 +3½ 2.1 306
738 488¾ Schroder Asian TR ● 660 +10 1.7 665
560 480⅛ Scot American ● 558 -1 2.9 600
1563 1015¾ Scot Mortgage 1314 -11½ 0.3 1451
253 215⅞ STS Global Income 236 +1 3.6 239
352 196¼ Tmpletn Em Mt ● 292* -6 1.8 311
364½ 291 TR Property ● 317½* -1 5.1 353
150¼ 137 UIL Fin ZDP 2026 150 — — 150
302 239⅞ Utilico Emerg ● 286* +2 3.4 317
398 306½ Worldw HealthTr ● 391½ +2 0.6 414
Net Asset Values © 2026 Morningstar Estimated at previous day’s close see www.Morningstar.co.uk.
Guinness Global Investors 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ www.guinnessgi.com +44(0)20 7222 5703
Sustainable Energy Acc – 25.0267 …
Global Innovators Acc – 45.8023 …
Global Equity Income Inc – 25.0208 …
Available as an ISA
Available as an ISA
Janus Henderson Investors PO Box 9023 Chelmsford, CM99 2WB Enquiries: 0800 832 832 Website: www.janushenderson.com
Cautious Managed A Acc 5.00 357.1 …
Cautious Managed A Inc 5.00 154.7 …
China Opps A Acc 5.00 *1327 +17
Emerg Mkts Opps A Acc 5.00 281.1 …
European Sel Opps A Acc 5.00 *3182 -3
Fixed Int Mthly Inc A Inc 4.25 17.11 …
Global Care Growth A Inc 4.50 701.2 …
Global Equity Inc A Inc 5.25 *86.65 +0.51
Global Select Acc 4.25 6292 …
Global Strategic Cap Acc 5.00 429.7 …
Global Technology A Acc 5.00 6599 …
Inst UK IDX Opp Tr – 181.1834 …
Janus Asian Dividend In Ut 5.00 97.32 …
844⅜ 418⅝ Autotrader 531⅝ +2¾ 2.2 15.6
690 435 Bloomsbury ● 638* +8 2.5 19.3
1000 719 Informa 905 -1 2.4 —
87⅜ 65¾ ITV ● 75⅞ +¼ 6.6 12.9
1337 874¾ Pearson 1326 +16 1.9 25.8
75⅜ 40⅛ Reach 45⅞ +½ 12.9 -1.1
3976 1991 RELX 2874 +42 2.4 25.5
827 391⅜ Rightmove ● 487⅞ +13¾ 2.2 17.4
423⅜ 218½ WPP ● 322 +3½ 4.7 6.4
Mining +0.30%
4239 2042 Anglo Amer 3602 -20 0.5 -14.5
4475 1850½ Antofagasta 3549 -12 1.4 35.0
3495 1873½ BHP Group 3117 -17 3.3 23.3
81 81 Evraz # 81 — — 0.5
4472 1371 Fresnillo 2481 -82 3.8 17.6
707¼ 275¼ Glencore 520¾ +14¼ 2.5 —
858 246¼ Hochschild Mng ● 436⅜ -8¼ 1.0 14.9
345 178⅜ Kenmare Res 194⅜ +6⅜ — -0.7
9117 4344½ Rio Tinto 6977 +112 5.0 15.1
609⅜ 397⅛ BP 543½ +17¾ 4.6 —
28 9¾ EnQuest 24 +⅜ 3.3 —
553 288½ Hunting ● 431 -17 2.2 21.9
3758½ 2553¾ Shell 3323½ +89 3.3 14.6
15732 9892 AstraZeneca 13134 +194 1.8 26.4
3228¾ 1943 Genus ● 2226 +8 1.5 76.0
2282 1288⅝ GSK 2007 -22 3.5 14.2
2004 1187 Hikma ● 1630 +17 3.9 11.9
16 5⅞ Alina Hldgs 10 — — 17
1208 800½ Big Yellow Gp ● 897½ +7 5.3 —
445⅝ 318⅝ Brit Land 439¾ -3⅜ 5.3 —
2102 1469⅜ Derwent Ldn ● 2102 +42 3.9 —
377 270 Gt Portland Est ● 349 +1 2.3 —
213 149½ Grainger ● 174⅝ -1⅜ 4.8 6.4
377 263⅜ Hammerson ● 369 +6¾ 4.5 —
997⅜ 603 Segro 970 -27⅜ 3.2 —
162⅞ 124⅛ Shaftesbury Capital ● 143¼ -2¾ 3.3 7.7
140 104 Town Centre 132 +3 3.8 —
175 132¼ Tritax Big Box 170¾ -2½ 4.8 183
169⅜ 106 Currys ● 168 +3 1.8 10.8
1249 707 Dunelm ● 894 +6 7.8 11.6
819½ 598 Frasers Group ● 815½ +16½ — 9.4
2002 1407¼ Greggs ● 2002 +312 3.4 16.7
Ç Australia All Ordinaries 9199.70 +87.70 +0.96pc
È Brazil Bovespa 173885.34 -2679.41 -1.52pc
Ç China Shanghai Composite 3828.47 +15.15 +0.40pc
È France CAC General 8408.27 -50.51 -0.60pc
È Germany DAX 25460.48 -3.53 -0.01pc
Ç Hong Kong Hang Seng 25807.92 +497.07 +1.96pc
Ç India BSE S&P SENSEX 77654.60 +888.68 +1.16pc
È Japan Nikkei 61434.19 -930.73 -1.49pc
Ç Singapore Straits Times 5713.19 +97.08 +1.73pc
È Spain Madrid SE 1921.80 -29.90 -1.53pc
È Switzerland SMI Index 14486.10 -85.23 -0.58pc
È USA Dow Jones 51594.14 -1153.18 -2.19pc
È USA Nasdaq 24442.94 -433.97 -1.74pc
Ç Gold per troy oz $4054.65 +27.41 +0.68pc
Ç Silver per troy oz £43.09 +0.12 +0.29pc
Ç Krugerrand
£3003.39 +23.69 +0.79pc
Ç New Sovereign
£711.87 +5.10 +0.72pc
Ç Maples
£3020.54 +12.11 +0.40pc
Ç Platinum per oz £1211.68 +5.36 +0.44pc
È Palladium per oz £948.89 -0.98 -0.10pc
È Copper† grade A £10250.58 -8.44 -0.08pc
Ç Tin† high grade £40522.24 +368.10 +0.92pc
Ç Lead†
£1427.50 +9.83 +0.69pc
Ç Zinc† special high grade £2688.69 +6.36 +0.24pc
Ç Aluminium† high grade £2390.32 +23.03 +0.97pc
Ç Nickel†
£12897.89 +157.28 +1.23pc
È Baltic Dry Index*
2632.00 -32.00 -1.20pc
È Wheat per tonne £198.75 -0.25 -0.13pc
Ç Brent Crude Sep settlement $90.74 +6.65 +7.91pc
*Copyright Baltic Exchange Information Services Ltd. †Data provided by the London Metal Exchange.
Multi-Mgr Inc&Gwth A Acc 5.00 229.6 …
Multi-Mgr Mangd A Acc 5.00 397.9 +0.2
Multi-Mgr Mangd A Inc 5.00 367 +0.1
Sterling Bond Acc 4.25 228.8 …
Sterling Bond Inc 4.25 55.26 …
Strategic Bond A Inc 4.00 95.34 …
UK Absolute Return A Acc 5.00 *207 …
UK Alpha A Acc 5.25 196.7 +0.5
UK Smaller Cos A ACC 5.00 913.9 …
UK Equity Income A Inc 5.00 702.2 …
UK Index Opps Tst A Acc – 178.9024 …
US Growth A Acc 5.00 *2869 -22
J.P. Morgan Asset Management 60 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0JP Clients:0800 204020.Brokerline 0800 727770
JPM Ems C Net Dis – 258.5000 -3.9000
JPM Japan C Net Acc – 460.7000 -3.8000
JPM Natural Res C Net ACC – 1601.0000 -10.0000
JPM UK Equity Core E Acc – *710.0000 +2.8000
JPM UK Equity Core E Inc – *93.0900 +0.3600
JPM US Eq Inc C Net – *600.4000 +2.3000
JPM US Eq Inc C Net Dis – *590.5000 +2.4000
JPM US Select C Net Acc – 1237.0000 -2.0000
JPM US Sm Cos Gwth C Net Ac – 1263 -11
981 713 Howden Joinery 786½ -1½ 2.8 16.0
106⅛ 64 JD Sports Fash 94¾* -⅛ 1.3 11.0
372¼ 240¼ Kingfisher 311⅛ -½ 4.0 22.2
411¾ 301⅛ Marks & Spen 405⅜ +5⅜ 1.0 31.9
4 ⅝ Mothercare ¾ -¼ — 0.6
15280 11200 Next 15180* -60 1.8 20.0
397⅞ 140¼ Ocado ● 195 +6½ — 4.1
575 200 Pinewood Tech 430 -5 — 89.6
685 172½ Saga ● 661 -2 — —
370¾ 291¼ Sainsbury J 358⅜ +4½ 3.8 20.7
1120 378⅝ Smith WH ● 445 -1 — -4.0
510⅜ 406⅞ Tesco 501¾ +10½ 2.9 18.2
2832 1981 Bunzl 2814 -2 2.6 20.0
416 215 Capita 274½ +20 — -1.9
6740 4188 DCC Energy 6350 +20 3.4 —
114⅝ 78⅜ Essentra 107¼ -1 2.0 —
4054 2203 Experian 3077 +96 1.7 24.9
5845 3519⅜ Intertek Group 5830 -5 2.8 26.7
250¾ 163½ Int’l Workplace ● 202 -¾ 0.5 —
172⅛ 123¾ Johnson Serv ● 153¾ +1¼ 3.1 16.5
214 134¾ MITIE Gp ● 208¾* +⅝ 2.2 31.6
507 342½ Rentokil 443¼ +12¾ 2.1 31.6
325¾ 203 Serco Group ● 244¼ +⅜ 1.8 17.0
15¼ 6¾ SIG 8¼ -¼ — -1.5
723½ 493⅜ Travis P ● 569½ +2 2.1 -6.8
Telecommunications -0.33%
242⅛ 173 BT Group 205½ +1⅛ 4.0 18.7
1936 638 Telecom Plus ● 861 +2 5.8 8.5
131⅛ 80⅝ Vodafone 122* -1¼ 3.2 -86.4
5326 3677 Brit Am Tob 4740* +71 5.2 13.5
3632 2626 Imp Brands 2929 +29 5.7 11.7
Transport +0.22%
490 294½ ZIGUP ● 465 +1 5.8 13.8
683¾ 332⅝ easyJet ● 611⅝ -⅜ 2.2 9.3
1031½ 500⅜ Entain 560⅝ -13¼ 3.5 -5.4
240⅜ 152⅛ FirstGroup ● 181½* +1 4.0 8.5
23610 6722 Flutter Entrtmt 8212 -42 — -52.0
776 544 Fullers ‘A’ 742 +6 2.9 18.9
492⅞ 332¾ IAG Intl Cons Air 432½ -13⅛ 1.6 7.1
13305 8458 Intercont Hotels 12096⅞ -34⅞ 1.1 32.7
301½ 223½ Mitchells&But ● 275½ — — 9.3
38¼ 17 Mobico Group 29⅝ +1⅞ — -0.6
447 210 Playtech ● 389¾ -6⅜ — 0.9
164⅝ 86 Rank Group ● 98¾ -2¼ 3.0 10.4
Index
Change
Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Ltd The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SQ 020 3817 1000
Jupiter Asian Inc L Acc – 335.87 +0.2607
Jupiter Asian Inc L Inc – 226.35 +0.2607
Jupiter China L Acc – 119.62 +1.3140
Jupiter China L Inc – 109.51 +1.3140
Jupiter Corp Bond L Inc – 51.01 -0.2426
Jupiter Eco L Inc – 692.73 +0.2019
Jupiter European L Inc – 3859.87 -0.5189
Jupiter Euro Inc L Acc – 85.01629 …
Jupiter Euro Inc L Inc – 49.78698 …
Jupiter Euro Special Sits L Acc – 580.17 -0.5110
Jupiter Fin Opp L Inc – 1308.56 -0.7985
Jupiter Fund Of Inv Tsts L Inc – 393.23 +0.1407
Jupiter Global Emg Mkts L Acc – 98.02 -0.6020
Jupiter Global Finl Innov L Acc – 217.99 -0.9406
Jupiter Income Trust L Inc – *701.67 +0.2477
Jupiter India L Acc – 216.09 +1.2050
Jupiter Japan Inc L Acc – 216.47 +1.3534
Jupiter Japan Inc L Inc – 140.8 +1.3534
Jupiter Merlin Bal Prtfo L Acc – 341.19 +0.5471
Jupiter Merlin Bal Prtfo L Inc – 195.61 +0.5475
Jupiter Merlin Grth Prtfo L Acc – 820.68 +0.6412
Jupiter Merlin Grth Prtfo L Inc – 792.89 +0.6412
3302 2098 Whitbread 2526 +10 3.8 20.5
89⅜ 36¾ Afentra 62 +2⅜ — -58.8
1130 799 Arbuthnot 830 — 6.6 7.6
244 125¼ Central Asia Met 147 -¾ 8.2 -4.6
872½ 98 Ceres Power ● 306⅝ -10¼ — -12.5
460 271 Churchill China 390 — 5.4 9.8
380 194 CML Micro 275 — 4.0 -833.3
1538 881⅛ Cohort 1242 -46 1.4 23.8
177 101 Eleco 133½ +3 0.9 83.4
13½ ¼ Futura Medical ⅜ — — -0.1
161½ 112 James Halstead 120⅝ +¼ 7.4 12.4
405 200 Mpac Group 314 -11 — -9.9
1800 1100 MS Intl 1455 -15 1.8 21.6
68 34½ Premier Miton 37½* — 8.0 48.1
74 46 Tribal Gp 63¼ +1¼ 2.1 15.0
1½ ½ Xtract Resources 1 — — -4.3
The Alternative Investment Market is for young and growing companies. Shares may carry higher risks than those with a full quotation, and may be difficult to sell.
Americans -0.66%
84⅜ 28⅛ Alcoa $ 42¾ -1⅝ 0.9 9.8
387½ 288⅜ Amer Express $ 334 -2¾ 1.1 4.1
63 44¾ BankAmerica $ 61¾ -⅞ 2.1 3.2
254⅜ 176¾ Boeing $ 211⅛ -10½ — —
1073½ 405½ Caterpillar $ 781¼ -59⅝ 0.8 3.1
214¾ 146½ Chevron $ 192¼ +4⅝ 3.7 0.8
113⅝ 84⅝ Coca–Cola Euro $ 110⅞ -⅝ 2.2 0.8
99⅜ 74½ Colgate Palm $ 92⅞ +⅛ 2.3 1.2
ExxonMobil Hldgs $ 157¼ — 2.6 1.4
383 261¾ Gen Electric $ 351 -12⅝ 0.5 4.5
426¾ 289⅛ Home Depot $ 341¾ -2⅝ 2.7 1.5
Honeywell $ 241⅜ — 1.2 5.0
29⅝ 17½ HP $ 28⅝ +¼ 4.2 2.3
332½ 199¼ IBM $ 227⅜ -⅛ 3.0 1.7
142⅜ 19 Intel $ 83¼ -3 — —
56⅛ 29¼ Intl Paper $ 42¾ -1⅜ 4.3 2.8
359¼ 279⅛ JP Morgan Ch $ 348¼ -9 1.7 3.5
274⅞ 164¼ Johnson&John $ 267⅜ +⅝ 2.0 1.6
36 24⅞ Keurig Dr Pep $ 31¼ +⅛ 2.9 1.7
56½ 25⅛ Manpower $ 56½ +1⅛ 2.5 0.2
341¾ 261 McDonalds $ 272⅛ -⅞ 2.7 1.6
135 76⅝ Merck $ 131½ -⅜ 2.6 1.1
555½ 349¼ Microsoft $ 395½ +2¼ 0.9 4.6
28¾ 23⅛ Pfizer $ 25¼ … 6.8 0.8
167¼ 137⅝ Procter & Gamble $ 145¼ -3⅝ 3.0 1.6
221⅜ 150⅝ Raytheon Tech $ 215⅝ -3 1.4 2.0
497⅜ 305½ Rockwell $ 453 -18⅛ 1.2 1.8
505⅞ 348 Trane Tech $ 446 -24 0.9 3.1
135⅛ 95⅜ Wal Mart Strs $ 113⅞ +¾ 0.9 2.9
£ > Eur Rate 1.1676 Change +0.02¢ £ > $ Rate 1.3289 Change -0.03¢
Tourist £1 = Sterling £1 = 1 Euro = 1 Dollar = Australia Aus $ 1.8667 1.9190 1.6437 1.4442
Canada Can $ 1.8186 1.8724 1.6037 1.4090
Denmark Krone 8.3337 8.7279 7.4753 6.5680
Euro € 1.1417 1.1676 … 0.8786
Hong Kong HK $ 9.9533 10.4221 8.9265 7.8430
India Rupee 97.41 127.1045 108.8641 95.6500
Israel Shekels 3.8134 4.0892 3.5025 3.0773
Japan Yen 212.43 217.7786 186.5257 163.8850
Kuwait Dinar … 0.4130 0.3538 0.3108
New Zealand NZ $ 2.2197 2.3022 1.9719 1.7325
Norway Krone 12.3383 12.8367 10.9945 9.6600
Pakistan Rupee 340.39 369.0549 316.0928 277.7250
Saudi Arabia Riyal 4.7545 4.9890 4.2730 3.7544
Singapore $ 1.6374 1.7182 1.4716 1.2930
South Africa Rand 21.3408 22.3213 19.1181 16.7975
Sweden Krona 12.2797 12.9235 11.0689 9.7254
Switzerland Franc 1.0577 1.0901 0.9337 0.8204
Thailand Baht 43.0458 44.6095 38.2077 33.5700
UAE Dirham 4.7224 4.8806 4.1802 3.6728
UK £ … … 0.8565 0.7525
USA $ 1.3011 1.3289 1.1381 …
RPI (1987=100) Jun 416.50 +0.3pc +3.0pc
RPIX (Target 2.5pc) Jun 409.70 +1.1 +2.9pc
CPI (2015=100 target 2pc) Jun 142.50 +0.1pc +2.6pc
Lloyds house price index Jun 516.20 +0.2pc +0.6pc
Bank Rate 3.75pc
Nationwide Base Mortgage Rate 5.75pc
US Fed Funds 3.5-3.75pc
US Long Bonds Yld 5.12pc
European base rate 2.40pc
Jupiter Merlin Select L Acc – 125.42 +0.1740
Jupiter Merlin Select L Dis – 55.63 +0.1740
Jupiter Responsible Inc L Acc – 172.06 +0.4759
Jupiter Responsible Inc L Inc – 79.06 +0.4759
Jupiter Global Strat Bond L Acc – 110.08 +0.0418
Jupiter Global Strat Bond L Inc – 53.51 +0.0418
Jupiter UK Growth L Inc – 287.27 +1.2184
Jupiter UK Dynamic Eq L DIS – 292.12 +1.0493
Jupiter Unitstd Van F 3.50 427.65 +0.3356
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fall from retail favourite to high price Temu
store faces backlash from shoppers over its marketplace makeover, reports Lora Jones
FEW NAMES in retail carry the weight of Debenhams. For decades, it formed the backbone of the British high street. From its humble beginnings as a single draper’s shop in Wigmore Street in central London, selling gloves and parasols to high-society women, Debenhams eventually became the largest department store chain in the UK. It brought designers such as Jasper Conran to the masses and served as the ultimate “one-stop shop”. But mounting debts and rising competition from online retailers left it struggling to keep up. The pandemic hit and Debenhams collapsed into administration. Brick-and-mortar shops shut, but the brand survived. Today, under the Kamani family, it has reinvented itself as a digital “marketplace”, home to more than 25,000 partner brands, most of them third-party sellers. Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group also holds a major stake. But the transformation has left customers asking what has become of the once-loved department store, with one professional shareholder saying it had turned into an “online jumble sale”. Analysis by The Telegraph found the Debenhams website is now populated with items that shoppers can also find on the low-cost Chinese retailer Temu – but at higher prices. We collected publicly available data from both sites, comparing 1,500 Debenhams listings with 900 on Temu. Every match for a product was manually checked, comparing product descriptions, photographs, dimensions and individual item codes where possible. The analysis found 56 exact product matches, with the same item being sold by third parties on both platforms. Of those, 45 were sold under
the same brand name, seemingly by the same suppliers. A further 11 appeared to be the same item marketed under different brand names. The difference in price was often stark. One rustic sideboard under the “Vasagle” brand, which is based in China, popped up on both platforms. On Debenhams, it appeared for sale for £117.03, whereas on Temu, it cost just £72.51. The “Berkfield Home” brand appeared across both platforms most frequently. One of its oak-look cabinets was advertised on the Debenhams website for £193.80, but was listed on Temu for £38.48 less. The products frequently featured the same description. Customers were told of one “classic wooden sideboard featuring a Scandinavian design” for sale on both websites, at a cost of £42.96 more at Debenhams. Dan Finley, the chief executive of the wider Debenhams Group, has been trusted with leading its digital transformation. In a recent interview, he said that he wanted Debenhams to be to retail “what Spotify is to music”, offering a “personalised” choice for shoppers. But he faces a fight with China’s retail giants, including Temu and Shein. A challenge, he says, is compounded by what is known as the “de minimis” tax exemption, which allows low-value parcels to enter the UK without import duties. Although this loophole is being closed by the UK Government, it will not be done until 2028. The marketplace strategy appears to be paying off financially. Gross merchandise value for the Debenhams brand grew by 11.6pc, reaching £730m in the year to Feb 28, outperforming the group as a whole. But, questions have been raised about the quality of products and service on offer from third parties. On the Debenhams website, some items are described as “high street” brands. Yet customers left one-star reviews for a number of those identified in The Telegraph’s analysis. One shopper suggested that a sideboard was “nothing like it was described” and it was “one of the worst products sold”. Jamie Adlam, an investor, suggested the site was now akin to a “jumble sale”
and questioned whether it had “become too saturated and therefore inefficient for customers to shop”. On social media, others have described difficulties sorting out returns, with third-party sellers using the Debenhams brand to get ahead. “Only now when I try to send something back do I realise it’s an
relatively easy to build. Trusted marketplaces are much harder’
online marketplace,” one wrote.
“The £50 swimsuit I want to send
back is from a tiny, year-old company.”
Third-party sellers on the
Debenhams platform have also come
under fire for misleading shoppers over
pricing. In May, the Advertising
Standards Authority (ASA) found two
Black Friday adverts by Debenhams
sellers were not based on any evidence of a “genuine saving” against the usual price of the product. Mark Gifford, the former Debenhams chairman, said that marketplace models “could be successful”. He said that he personally preferred the approach taken by the likes of John Lewis or Next, where products are bought directly from brands or sent directly to customers by those brands, rather than being listed by a wide range of third- party sellers. “This does not mean that Debenhams cannot be a successful business and provide a good customer proposition,” he added. Kate Hardcastle, a retail analyst, said that the Debenhams overhaul was a “highly rational” response to the pressures facing traditional retailers. But she said any future success depended on offering more than simply a mass of choice. “Marketplaces are relatively easy to build. Trusted marketplaces are much harder,” she said. As a marketplace,
Debenhams does not set or control the prices of products sold by its third-party “partners”. A Debenhams spokesman said this was in compliance with competition rules in the UK. “We set clear expectations in our agreements with partners to ensure they price products fairly and transparently, however our brand partners have full autonomy over the prices they set.” On the referral to the ASA, they added: “In the rare instance that a brand partner does not meet our terms and conditions, we take action, which can include amending or removing a partner’s listing. “We are nearly 18 months into our multi-year transformation, and the progress is clear. The success of the Debenhams marketplace strategy is now acting as the blueprint and being rolled out across the group.”
All prices correct July 23. Additional data analysis by Irving Huerta
worse than expected
Aston Martin Lagonda has laid bare the scale of its challenge to turn around its fortunes as it recorded worse than expected losses. The luxury carmaker’s pre-tax losses widened to £88.7m in its second quarter from £61.2m a year ago, leaving it £154.2m in the red overall in the first half. The company insisted it had a “materially improved” first-half performance and cheered the sale of 220 of its new Valhalla plug-in hybrid supercars. Revenues in the first half jumped 38pc to £628.6m.
prices amid Iran war
Household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has said it is increasing prices in the face of rising costs amid the Iran war. Kris Licht, the chief executive, said the company was pushing through “moderate” price increases in most of its markets, including the UK. The Dettol-to-Durex maker reported a 4.2pc rise in like-for-like sales of its core brands in the second quarter. Underlying operating profits fell 14.3pc to £1.47bn in the six months to June 30. Reckitt also announced a new share buyback worth up to £500m.
boost Greggs’ sales
Iced lattes, picnic food and a bigger range of salads helped Greggs battle the heatwaves this year as its boss admitted people “eat less” when temperatures soar. Roisin Currie, Greggs’ chief executive, said: “You do see that when temperatures get above 30 degrees that people start to eat less.” The bakery chain said that total sales topped £1.1bn for the 26 weeks to June 27, which was 7.2pc higher than the same period a year ago. The retailer’s pre-tax profit jumped by a fifth to £76m for the half year.
$1bn share buyback
Standard Chartered is boosting returns to shareholders with $1bn (£750m) of share buybacks as it posted higher profits, months after unveiling plans to cut about 7,800 jobs at the bank. The London-based banking giant said it had a “record” financial performance over the first half of 2026. Pre-tax profits reached $4.8bn for the six months, an all-time high and up 9pc compared with the same period a year ago. Bill Winters, the chief executive, said the new shareholder returns “reflect our confidence in the business”.
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BALMORAL CASTLE July 29th The King this morning visited Halkirk Heritage and Motor Society Museum, Halkirk Heritage and Vintage Motor Centre, Sinclair Street, Halkirk, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness (the Viscount Thurso) and the Chairman of the Museum (Mrs Lorraine Eyre). His Majesty toured the Museum, escorted by the Chairman, meeting trustees and volunteers. The King this afternoon visited Stannergill Whisky Distillery, Castletown Mill, Castletown, Caithness, and was received by Mr and Mrs Martin Murray (Owners) and Mr Struan Mackie (Provost of Thurso). His Majesty toured the restored Mill, escorted by the Owners, visiting the kitchen and restaurant, and meeting members of staff. The King afterwards moved into the Distillery, viewing the copper stills and meeting members of staff and those connected with the restoration of the building, before officially opening Stannergill Whisky Distillery.
ST JAMES’S PALACE July 29th The Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel-in-Chief, The Prince Edward Island Regiment, this afternoon held a Meeting via video link with Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Michaud (Commanding Officer) in Canada.
Gen John de Chastelain, Chairman, Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, Northern Ireland, 1997-2011, is 89; Sir Mathew Thorpe, a retired Lord Justice of Appeal, 88; the Earl of Glasgow (Mr Patrick Boyle), television director and producer, 87; Sir Peter Bottomley, MP, 1975-2024, 82; Miss Teresa Cahill, soprano; opera and concert singer, 82; Miss Frances de la Tour, actress, 82; Mr Richard Hunting, Chairman, Hunting plc, 1991-2017, 80; Sir Philip Mawer, Secretary- General, General Synod of the Church of England, 1990-2002, 79; Baroness Harman, KC, Chair of the Labour Party, 2007-15, 76; Miss Kate Bush, singer and songwriter, 68; Mr Daley Thompson, former decathlete; Olympic gold medallist, Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, 68; Mr Justice Cotter, 63; Mr Alun Cairns, Welsh Secretary, 2016-19, 55; Mr Jason Robinson, dual code international rugby league and union player, 52; Ms Blaise Metreweli, Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), 49; Mr Graeme McDowell, golfer; US Open Champion 2010, 47; Mr Justin Rose, golfer; US Open Champion 2013, Olympic gold medallist, Rio 2016, 46; Sir James Anderson, former England cricketer, 44; Miss Hannah Cockroft, wheelchair athlete; three-times Paralympic gold medallist, Rio 2016, and two-times gold medallist, London 2012, 34; and Mr Tom Pidcock, cyclist; Olympic gold medallist, cross-country mountain biking, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, 27.
It is also the anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford in 1863, and of England winning the World Cup in 1966 at Wembley, with a 4-2 win over West Germany.
The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Bridge Associations have jointly held a weekend of One-Day Green Pointed events, writes Julian Pottage, Bridge Correspondent. Winners are as follows: Swiss Pairs 1st Kay Preddy and Norman Selway 98 VPs 2nd Richard Samter and Andrew Parkes 87 VPs 3rd= Helen Houston and Steve Webb 79 VPs 3rd= Gwynn Davis and Susan Ingham 76 VPs Swiss Teams 1st Eric Cummings, Ceri Pierce, Alan and Jette Bailey 84 VPs 2nd Mia Deschepper, Mark Roderick, Tony Ratcliff and Ian Walsh 83 VPs 3rd Steve Webb, Helen Houston, Norman Selway and Kay Preddy 82 VPs
BAYSWATER.
BODY FOUND.
CLUES.
The vigilance of a police-constable upon his beat led to the discovery of a murder committed in Bayswater, London on Wednesday night. Police-constable Watts, as he was passing a shop in Leinster-terrace at about half-past ten, noticed that the customary padlock was missing from the door. While this did not exactly arouse his suspi- cions, it struck him as strange and awakened his curiosity, for the padlock had never been missing before. Low down in the side wall – this being a corner shop – there is a perforated iron grating, and through this he flashed his light, and was able to see the legs of a man. He promptly obtained the assistance of another police-constable, and, bor- rowing a tyre lever from a passing motor-driver, together they forced the door, which was secured by a spring lock. In the premises they found the body of Mr. Edwin Austin Creed, with very severe injuries to the head. Dr. Powell, the divisional sur- geon, was summoned and found that life was extinct. His opinion was that death, caused by several blows on the head with a blunt instru- ment, had occurred at least an hour, and, possi- bly, two hours previously. The premises where the tragedy occurred are a lock-up shop displaying the name of Lowry and Company, and consist of the- ground floor and basement. It is an old-established firm, carrying on the busi- ness of cheesemongers, poulterers, and pro- vision merchants, and outwardly the shop has retained much of its old-world air. Mr. Creed, who was 45 years of age, had for many years been manager, and the reason why he was late on Wednesday evening was because the regular cashier was on holiday, and after the rest of the staff had left, he remained behind to make up the accounts. Mr. Creed lived not far from the shop, in Denbigh-ter- race, Bayswater, and the fact that he did not return home at his usual hour did not alarm his wife, for she was aware of the absence on holiday of the cashier. Having resided for several years in the neighbourhood, he was well known, and enjoyed the friendship of a wide circle, He was in the Special Constabu- lary, and held the rank of sergeant. There seems little doubt that the motive for the crime was robbery, When the police entered they found the safe open, but it had not been forced, and the supposition is that either it was open when the assailants entered or else they took the keys from Mr. Creed after murdering him. It is believed that a sum of about £60 to £70 is missing. A gas jet in the basement had been turned on. Throughout the day investigations were pursued by Chief-Con- stable Wenaley, and Superintendents Nicholls, Ashley, and Brown, of Scotland Yard, and Divi- sional Detective-Inspector Hunt. During yester- day morning the police were in consultation with Dr. H. Weir, the Home Office pathologist, who made an examination of the body. Amongst the clues in the possession of the police are a pair of gloves which, it has been established, did not belong to the murdered man. A statement has been made by an errand boy who saw two men loitering in the neighbourhood. One of them was tall and had a pronounced limp. These men the police are endeavouring to trace. They have also received a statement from a woman who is understood to have seen two men near the shop on Wednesday evening. SCOTLAND YARD STATEMENT.
A point that is puzzling the authorities is the fact that the skylight was broken. As entrance to the premises must have been effected in broad day- light it is hardly conceivable that the men would break in by means of a skylight over the ground floor and in full view of the neighbouring houses. The supposition is that the men knocked and, in response to their summons, Mr. Creed opened the door. The fact that there are blood stains at the entrance seems to indicate that the assailants made their attack there and, on leaving after committing the robbery, pulled the door to after them, the spring lock operating without a key. The following official statement was circulated from Scotland Yard last evening: “At about 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28, the dead body of Edward Austin Creed was found on the staircase leading to the cellar in the lockup provision shop of Messrs. Lowry
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
LONDON, FRIDAY JULY 30, 1926
and Co. Ltd., of 36, Leinster-terrace, Bayswa- ter. Deceased had been manager of the shop for some years. He was assisted by a staff of seven persons. It would appear that it was the deceased’s practice to be the last to leave the premises, usually about 7.30p.m., except on Thursdays and Saturdays. On the night in question one of the male employees and a female employee left about 7.10 p.m., leaving deceased alone. “It has transpired that deceased had an appoint- ment with a neighbouring tradesman at 7.30 p.m., and this he failed to keep. He had evidently pre- pared to wash himself before leaving, and was in his shirt-sleeves, and it would appear that he must have gone to the shop door in response to a knocks and was forthwith assailed by some person or per- sons. He received a blow or blows on the head which felled him and probably rendered him unconscious. He was then apparently dragged through the shop from the place where he was assailed to the spot where he was found. Three gas jets were turned on in the cellar. A safe which had been ransacked had been opened with the manag- er’s keys and, as far as it could be ascertained, something like £60 or £70, consisting of £1 and 10s Treasury notes and silver and one £5 note, had been taken. The deceased’s injuries were probably inflicted between 7.10 p.m. and eight p.m. Two old, soft chamois leather gloves which have not yet been identified have been found in the shop. “The police, who are still on the premises, are pursuing inquiries in all likely directions, and are anxious to ascertain if any person or per- sons have been seen loitering in or near the premises on the night in question or on any other night of recent date, or any other infor- mation that will be likely to lead to the identity of the assailant or assailants being discovered. “Any information should be given to Superinten- dent Short, Paddington-green Police Station, New Scotland Yard, or any other police station.” HEARD TO FASTEN DOOR ON INSIDE.
The assistants employed in the shop left together a few minutes after seven o’clock. Mr. Creed was seen by them with a towel over his arm, and he had drawn a bowl of water. He accompanied the members of the staff to the door and was heard to fasten it on the inside after they left. Next door to Mr. Creed’s premises is another shop, and one of the assistants employed there who was the last to leave on Wednesday evening told a Central News reporter that she was on the premises until a quarter to eight at least. “It is a most extraordinary thing,” she said, “that I heard nothing, because everything that goes on next door, either in the shop or in the cellar, can be heard here quite plainly. Often I am startled by a noise coming from next door, and I have afterwards discovered that the cause was merely the fact that a small box had been thrown from the shop down the cellar steps.” LEAD PAINT POISONING BILL.
Promoted by the Home Office to make better pro- vision for the protection against lead poisoning of persons employed in painting buildings, the Lead Paint (Protection against Poisoning) Bill was con- sidered in standing committee at the House of Commons yesterday. Speaking on the first clause, framing regula- tions “for preventing danger from the use of lead paint”, Mr. Wallhead (Lab.-Soc., Mer- thyr), who said he had twenty years’ experi- ence as a painter, both as a journeyman and as an employer, declared that the Bill would only touch the fringe of the danger, and that lead poisoning would not be stopped until the articles of the Convention of the Interna- tional Labour Office at Geneva, which pre- vented the use of lead, were put into force. Mr. Rhys Davies (Lab.-Soc., Westhoughton) pro- tested against the action of the Government in rejecting amendments which would have secured the total prohibition of the use of white lead. He alleged that the Government were acting contrary to the wishes of both employers and employed, and some of them hoped, he said, that before long the Bill would be superseded by the provisions of the Geneva Convention, to which the British Government was a party. He moved a new clause prohibiting the use of lead paint in painting interiors of buildings. There had been, he said, an alarming increase in deaths from lead poisoning. Viscount Sandon (U., Shrewsbury) said it should be remembered that the Home Secre- tary said in the House of Commons that this legislation was of an experimental character, and that if it was not found effective in end- ing the evil he would consider legislation of the kind suggested. The proposed new clause was rejected, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to the House.
HARRIS.—Ian Kenneth Henderson. Former Housemaster, mathematics and golf teacher at Oakham School (1976-2002), passed away peacefully on 9th July 2026, aged 83 years. All enquiries to J. Stamp & Sons Funeral Directors. Tel: 01858 462524. Online Ref: W0051286
MAYS-SMITH.—Eliza. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lady Eliza Mays-Smith on Friday 24th July. A much loved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, stepmother and dear friend to many. Funeral at St Andrew’s Church, Chaddleworth on Wednesday 19th August at 2 p.m. No flowers, donations to the Injured Jockeys Fund via Camp Hopson Funeral Directors. Tel: 01635 522210. Online Ref: W0051238
NEWNHAM.—Rosemary Jane, on 30th June 2026. Funeral Service to be held at St James’ Church, Dunwich, on Monday 17th August 2026 at 2 p.m. www.susanwhymark.co.uk Online Ref: W0051288
SHARP.—Jill Treharne (née Morgan) MBE died peacefully at home aged 83 on Saturday 27th June 2026 after a long illness. She will be greatly missed. Much loved wife of Anthony, mother of Antoinette and Fiona and grandmother of William, Olivia, Amelia, Tabitha and Cordelia. Private family funeral. Thanksgiving Service on 8th September at 12 noon at St Peter and St John the Baptist Church, Wivelsfield. No flowers please, but donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Society via the website: https://jilltreharne-sharp.muchloved. com Online Ref: W0051264
STONE.—Major-General Anthony Stone, CB, late Royal Regiment of Artillery, died suddenly but peacefully on 23rd July 2026, aged 87. Devoted husband of Mary for 59 years, and loving father and father-in-law of Guy, Mark, Kate and Millie, and PaPa to grandsons Oliver, Caspar, Milo and Jacko, and granddaughter, Emilia. Family only funeral, followed by a celebration of his life later this year. Online Ref: W0051226
SUGDEN.—Paul Ralph, peacefully in his sleep on 28th July after a long illness. Survived by his wife Janet and children Caroline, Thomas and Christopher, 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Funeral private, donations to Parkinson’s UK. Online Ref: W0051270
THOMSON.—Lt Col (Retd) Ross (Melrose). Peacefully at Borders General Hospital on 23rd July 2026, Lt Col (Retd) Ross Thomson KOSB, dearly beloved husband of the late Paulina, loving father of Mark and Joanna, father-in-law of Kate and Myles and proud and loving grandfather of Chris, Paddy, Nancy, Robyn and Myles. Funeral Service at Holy Trinity Church, Melrose on Tuesday 11th August at 11 a.m. followed by interment in Holy Trinity Churchyard to which all friends are respectfully invited. Family flowers only please. Link for donations to SSAFA and livestream available at https://www. thomasbrownandsons.co.uk/funeral- notices/ Online Ref: W0051262
WILLIAMS.—John (of Howick, Chepstow). Peacefully passed away at home on 15th July. A devoted husband to Sally for 62 years and father of Esther, Philippa, Alexandra and Tim and grandfather of 12. Service of Celebration at 2 p.m. on 12th August at St Deiniol’s Church, Itton. Dress: no black. No flowers. Donations, if desired, for Paddle Steamer Waverley and St David’s Hospice, may be made payable to Philip Blatchly & Son Donations A/C and sent to 5 Station Road, Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5PB. Online Ref: W0051287
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O MAGNIFY the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34.3-4 (AV)
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CR-2026-003946 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES COMPANIES COURT (ChD) IN THE MATTER OF THE BEAUTY TECH GROUP PLC and IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Order of the High Court of Justice (Business and Property Court) dated 14 July 2026 confirming the cancellation of the share premium account of the above-named Company and approving a statement of capital were registered by the Registrar of Companies on 16 July 2026.
Dated 30 July 2026 Addleshaw Goddard LLP One St Peter’s Square Manchester M2 3DE Reference 410779-4 Solicitors for the Claimant
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THE OFFSHORE CHEMICALS REGULATIONS 2002 (AS AMENDED)
Adura Operations Limited has applied to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero for a permit to use and discharge chemicals in connection with the Jackdaw Field Development located in Blocks 30/02 and 30/03, the Jackdaw wellhead platform has the following geographical co-ordinates: Latitude 56º 54’ 01.37” N and Longitude 02º 22’ 45.45” E, as required under the Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002 (“OCR”). The Jackdaw field is located in the Central North Sea (CNS), approximately 250 km east of Aberdeen adjacent to the UK/Norway median line.
The OCR application relates to the proposed use and discharge of the following chemicals: Castrol Brayco Micronic SV/4 and SV/3; MEG (all grades); Monoethylene Glycol (1,2 ETHANEDIOL); Methanol (all grades); PARA12193B; SCAL16662A; SOBO S GOLD 08 and SOBO S GOLD 40.
Copies of the permit application may be inspected between 10am and 4pm on business days at Adura Operations Limited, The Silver Fin Building, 455 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DB until the close of business on 31/08/2026.
Copies of the application may also be obtained from the Jackdaw Project, Adura Operations Limited, The Silver Fin Building, 455 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DB or by telephone 01224 882000 or e-mail communications@adura.com until the close of business on 31/08/2026.
Copies can be requested to be provided by post or by e-mail. The permit applications may also be accessed via the internet at https://adura.com/projects/ jackdaw/.
Interested parties have until 31/08/2026 to make representations in relation to the permit application to the Secretary of State. All representations should quote the Department’s reference number PRA/357 and may be made by letter or e-mail to:
Business Support Team Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning AB1 Building Crimon Place Aberdeen AB10 1BJ Email: OPRED@energysecurity.gov.uk
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AVID POTTER, who has died aged 82, was the South Africa-born scientist turned electronics entrepreneur behind the Psion Organiser, a pioneering 1980s advance in portable computing. Small enough to be carried in a shirt pocket but sufficiently powerful for a wide range of business tasks, the Psion device launched in 1984 was an icon of executive life in its era, far ahead of the ubiquitous Blackberry and now-forgotten PalmPilot “personal digital assistants” of the late 1990s. The Organiser’s use of EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) chips was the forerunner of the miniaturised memory card in today’s digital cameras. Potter himself disguised a formidable intellect behind a thoughtful, soft-spoken manner; he was also driven by a strong social conscience. Though Psion made him wealthy, “the purpose that got him up in the morning,” wrote one observer, “was to create something useful that people needed” rather than the extraction of profit. Beyond electronics, he had the rare distinction for a self-made entrepreneur of serving from 2003 to 2009 on the Court (that is, as a non-executive director) of the Bank of England – and having observed the origins of the 2008 crisis from that vantage point, he made no secret of his contempt for the unproductive excesses of the financial world. That view was captured in the punchline of an interview he gave in 2012, quoting a 1936 speech by Franklin D Roosevelt attacking quasi-monopoly power in finance: “Let’s welcome the enmity of bankers.” David Edwin Potter was born on July 4 1943 in East London, South Africa, to Paul Potter and his wife Mary, née Snape. Paul died when David was a toddler; the academic influences in his early Cape Town childhood were his grandfather, a professor of civil engineering, and his grandmother, one of South Africa’s first female classics graduates. When David was 10 and his mother remarried, they moved to Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, capital of Zimbabwe), where he was educated at Prince Edward School. At 19, after a year at the university of Cape Town, David came to England on a Beit scholarship to study natural sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, going on as a Commonwealth scholar to complete a doctorate in mathematical physics at Imperial College London.
OHN CROFT, who has died aged 103,
had a varied career as a codebreaker
during the Second World War, as a civil
servant who rose to be head of the Home
Office Research Unit (1972-83), and as a
painter of “non-figurative, minimalist, work
derived from landscape”.
He was born Ivor John Cohen in
Brondesbury, north London, on January 6
1923 to Jewish parents, Oswald Cohen,
whose family were of Dutch origin, and
Doris, née Phillips. The family changed its
name to Croft in the 1930s.
From Westminster School, John read
history at Christ Church, Oxford. There, in
the spring of 1942, he was asked by his tutor
whether he would be interested in
intelligence work. He was interviewed by
AD Lindsay, the Master of Balliol, and by
Colonel John Tiltman, then (though Croft
did not know it) head of the military section
at Bletchley Park.
At the end of May he was told that he had
been selected for a special intelligence
course and sent to a Government Code and
Cypher School in Bedford, where he
undertook courses in basic cryptography
and intensive German before being
assigned to Hut 15 A at Bletchley Park.
This was home to the “Testery” which,
under Major Ralph Tester, was tasked with
breaking the German High Command’s
top-level cypher system, Tunny (the
nickname given to the Lorenz cypher
system), after Bill Tutte deduced the
internal mechanics of the Lorenz machine
in the spring of 1942.
A machine known as the Heath Robinson
had been installed at one end of the hut to
help speed up the process, but it was slow
and unreliable, and during Croft’s six
months at Bletchley the cryptographers
used laborious manual methods to break
OHN RIPARD, who has died aged 97, was one of the commanding figures of Maltese yachting: an Olympic sailor, international judge, shipping entrepreneur, and one of the founders of the Middle Sea Race. In 1960 he represented Malta at the Rome Olympic Games, competing in the Star class alongside his brother Paul. Then in the late 1960s he and Paul, after conversations with expatriate members of the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC), conceived the idea of the Middle Sea Race, which would become the Mediterranean’s foremost offshore challenge. It was intended to be a clockwise circumnavigation of Sicily including Lampedusa, Pantelleria and the Egadi and Aeolian islands, a 606-nautical-mile route starting and finishing in Malta, just a little longer than the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s own famous offshore event, the Fastnet Race. Ripard won the inaugural race in 1968 in a Swan 36 Josian and triumphed again in 1970 in a Swan 43 Tikka II, ensuring that his name would be written into the event’s early history not only as an organiser but also as a competitor of distinction.
Potter in 1998 with a Psion 5MX: he was keener ‘to create something useful’ than to pursue profit
An interest in chaos theory and “non- linear phenomenon”, extending to the structure of galaxies, drew him into computational physics, on which he published a book in 1972. He lectured at Imperial throughout the 1970s, with a secondment as an assistant professor at UCLA in California – where his imagination was fired by “the beginning of the chip”. Shrewd investment in the recovering stock market of the mid-1970s, including an unlikely stake in one of the UK’s first duvet manufacturers, provided Potter with sufficient capital by 1980 to exercise an innate commercial instinct and found his first business: Potter Scientific Instruments, which in due course became Psion – the “Psi” acronym appealing to him as the Greek letter which is also a symbol for the wave function in quantum mechanics. With his first colleague, Charles Davies, Potter began developing “really quite interesting bits of software”. Success
Tunny traffic. On one occasion Croft’s team broke a message from Hitler demanding the arrest of the Yugoslav Chetnik partisan Draža Mihailović, for which the reward would be “a large quantity of gold”. Most of the traffic was humdrum, however, and in 1943 Croft secured a transfer to the Government Communications Bureau (MI6) in central London. There, though the Soviet Union was nominally an ally against Nazi Germany, Croft joined a specialised group tasked with intercepting and analysing Soviet and Comintern cryptographic communications across Europe. Soviet intelligence rings are known to have tried to compromise this operation. Later, after Kim Philby was unmasked as a
followed in the form of computer games sold via Acorn and Sinclair Research, the early leaders in UK personal computer hardware. Psion was soon making handsome profits, but writing games software was an insufficient goal for a team keen to “add value in a wider social sense”. Potter and Davies turned their minds to building a truly portable computing device, setting their designers four challenges: size, weight, battery life and “when you turn the machine off it’s got to keep its memory.” The result was the first Organiser, marketed at £99 with six kilobytes of memory. The more powerful Organiser II followed in various versions, finding commercial use inter alia for managers of Marks & Spencer stores. Psion launched on the stock exchange in 1988 with a valuation of £17 million. Potter’s other major entrepreneurial venture, created in 1998, was the Symbian consortium – a collaboration between Psion, Nokia of Finland, Ericsson of Sweden,
Croft’s paintings, inspired by abstract expressionism, right, are held in the collections of several universities
Russian spy, Croft recalled how a colleague had arrived in the office to find that someone had broken into his files. Croft speculated that Philby, then a senior intelligence officer, had been behind the break-in. In 1945 Croft returned to Oxford to finish his degree. After graduation he qualified as a teacher at London University’s Institute of Education and from 1949 taught at local authority schools in London before joining the Civil Service as an inspector in the Home Office children’s department in 1951. There he became interested in criminology, and in 1953 took an MA at London University with a thesis on juvenile delinquency. In 1966 he moved to the Home Office research unit as a senior research officer, becoming head of the unit in 1972
deep understanding of the water and those who raced upon it. To generations of sailors at the Royal Malta Yacht Club, of which he became honorary president, Ripard was less an officeholder than an institution. He combined the instincts of a racer with the perseverance of an administrator. Announcing his death, the RMYC praised “a visionary sailor, an Olympian, and one of the founding figures of the Rolex Middle Sea Race”, whose passion for the sea and generous spirit had inspired younger sailors to take to the water. John Charles Ripard was born in Sliema on March 7 1929 into a family already deeply connected with Malta’s maritime life. His grandfather, also John Ripard, had founded John Ripard & Son in Valletta in 1901 as a shipping agency, serving passenger and cargo routes through the Mediterranean. The firm would later become closely associated with the development of Malta’s shipping services. John’s father held senior roles in the family shipping business, maintaining the connection between the Ripard name and Malta’s commercial seafaring life. The combination of merchant shipping,
Motorola of the US and other partners to develop “digital assistant” technology into operating systems for first-generation smartphones. Eventually acquired by Nokia, Symbian was recognised in its industry as a bold concept that was overwhelmed by the competitive might of Apple iPhone and Google Android products. Potter stood down as chief executive of Psion in 1999 for health reasons but remained chairman until 2009. At the peak of the dotcom boom in 2000, Forbes magazine listed him as a dollar billionaire; later estimates of his fortune were smaller but still substantial, funding philanthropy that included a private charitable trust to support education and research and an endowment to the London Business School for a chair in entrepreneurship. In the early 2000s he was also a prominent Labour Party donor. Psion itself, latterly specialising in “rugged” mobile devices for industrial uses, was sold to Motorola for $200 million in 2012. Pondering in 2016 as to why British digital entrepreneurs of his generation were largely unable to build world-scale businesses, Potter observed that “in hindsight, we weren’t American enough… What they have is a culture and infrastructure which is very focused on taking enormous risks.” Potter’s progressive commitment to the public good was reflected in a portfolio of other roles – as vice-chairman of the Press Association, a founder trustee of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and a benefactor of the OpenDemocracy media platform. A member of the Dearing Committee on Higher Education and the Cabinet Office council for science and technology, and a governor of the London Business School, he was honoured by a dozen universities. He was awarded the Mountbatten Medal for Outstanding Services to the Electronics Industry in 1994 and was appointed CBE in 1997. Potter was a treasured and generous friend in the small circle of those who knew him well. For relaxation he enjoyed tennis, golf, playing the flute and playing bridge at the Portland Club. He married a journalist, Elaine Goldberg, in 1969; she survives him with their three sons.
DAVID LEVENSON
David Potter, born July 4 1943, died
June 28 2026
and publishing numerous articles on criminal justice issues. By the late 1970s the unreliability of police-recorded crime statistics was causing concern, and in 1982 Croft oversaw the launch of the first British Crime Survey (now the Crime Survey for England and Wales, CSEW), a parallel statistical measure aimed at addressing this acknowledged “crisis” in official statistics. The CSEW is now generally regarded as the most reliable source of long-term trends in crime. Croft was involved in international forums on criminology, including serving as chairman of the Criminological Scientific Council of the Council of Europe (1981-83) and joint chairman of the International Congress on Criminology in 1988. Throughout his career he pursued a hobby of oil painting, inspired by abstract expressionism. Though self-taught, he was proficient enough to have his work exhibited in group and solo exhibitions. In 1967 he was one of 15 artists featured in the Survey ’67 exhibition at Camden Arts Centre and in the early 1970s he had solo exhibitions at the universities of Sussex and Warwick. His friend Brian Sewell described Croft as “a painter of exquisitely judged hard-edged abstracts” in his autobiography, Outsider. He continued to paint and exhibit after his retirement in 1983 from the Home Office, when he moved to the Isle of Man, and later to Bath. He was represented by David Simon Contemporary from 2016 to 2026 and his work can be found in collections including those of Oxford and Cambridge universities and the LSE. Croft was appointed CBE in 1982 and was predeceased by his partner, Ray Kelly.
COURTESY OF DAVID SIMON CONTEMPORARY
John Croft, born January 6 1923, died July 12 2026
including containerised cargo operations, competitive sailing and club service made John Ripard an unusually complete maritime figure. He was educated at St Edward’s College, overlooking the Grand Harbour, until the school was evacuated from the waterfront during the siege of Malta by the Italians and Germans during the Second World War. One of his four sons, also called John, described his father as “a large character” who achieved much in his life as sportsman, businessman, traveller and an adventurer who continued to sail well into his eighties, and swam almost daily at Qalet Marku, on the north coast of the island, well into his nineties. He had a mischievous and pioneering spirit and a zest for life, and with his family he would spend many months each summer sailing the Mediterranean, where, his son said, “he taught us how to live, laugh and love.” He married, in 1956, Rosette Camilleri, who predeceased him by two months. He is survived by four children.
Reliable actor who ranged from Doctor Who to Game of Thrones
OM CHADBON, who
has died aged 80, was a
versatile character
actor with a strong, resonant
voice, familiar to viewers
from dozens of classic TV
shows, including The Bill,
Holby City, Taggart, Softly,
Softly, Silent Witness, Father
Brown, Heartbeat, Foyle’s
War and Midsomer Murders.
He was, perhaps, best
known for his role in Doctor
Who as the trench coat-
wearing Duggan, a
pugnacious private
detective hired to
investigate a plot to steal the
Mona Lisa, in the classic
1979 Tom Baker story “City
of Death”.
Duggan ends up
preventing the alteration of
history by travelling back
400 million years with the
Doctor and knocking out the
villain, Scaroth, last of the
Jagaroth, preventing him
from stopping his past self
from taking off in a damaged
spaceship, the explosion of
which kickstarted life on
Earth. “Tom Chadbon was
terribly funny,” Tom Baker
recalled in 2009.
In 1986 Chadbon returned
in “The Mysterious Planet”,
the first segment of The
Trial of a Time Lord, as
Merdeen, Chief Guard on
the planet Ravolox (formerly
Earth) and a servant of the
evil robot Drathro, who
helps the sixth Doctor (Colin
Baker) overthrow Drathro,
preventing him from
causing an explosion that
would threaten the entire
universe.
While his roles rarely
caused ructions, Chadbon’s
portrayal of the senior
Crown Prosecutor Lenny
Monk in the BBC series
Crown Prosecutor (1995)
came in for flak for an
episode in which Monk was
seen coaching witnesses –
something, a CPS
spokesman insisted, that
would never happen in real
life. “Monk is a bit of a
maverick,” Chadbon said.
“He hates the idea of the
guilty going free. It is
probably not politically
correct to say so, but
sometimes the technicalities
of the law are such that
justice isn’t done.”
In 2008 his role in
“Moving Targets”, a
three-part special of The
Bill, brought the threat of a
libel writ from the Respect
MP George Galloway, who
reportedly objected that
Chadbon’s character,
corrupt MP Paul Sagger, was
based on him. “Viewers will
have seen a man playing an
East London MP with links
to Iraq and Rock Against
Racism being charged with
smuggling,” a source close to
Chadbon in Rebecca (1997)
Galloway objected. “The conclusions are fairly obvious.” Thomas Richard Chadbon was born in Luton on February 27 1946 to Thomas Chadbon, a banker, and Josie, née Cook. After training at Rada he made his stage debut as a philosopher in a 1967 production of Galileo at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, and went on to take mainly supporting roles at the Bristol Old Vic and National Theatre, and in the West End. On television he had recurring roles in series including The Liver Birds, Wire in the Blood, Where the Heart Is and Casualty. He was popular with fellow actors and particularly enjoyed playing Martin, the partner of Jeremy’s “Mummy”, in a 2008 episode of the Channel 4 cult comedy Peep Show. His last television appearance was in 2017 as High Septon Maynard in Game of Thrones. Chadbon’s film credits included The Alf Garnett Saga, Juggernaut, Shooting Fish and Tess. In 2006 he had a minor role as a stockbroker in the James Bond picture Casino Royale. As a voice actor, Chadbon contributed to spin-off audio productions of Doctor Who, and in 2015 provided a hilarious deadpan narration to Channel 5’s Katie Price: In Therapy. “Katie’s life in numbers is revealing,“ he intoned. “Eight boob jobs, thousands of glamour shoots, 10 celebrity boyfriends, three husbands, five kids, five kiss-and-tell autobiographies, 20 reality shows, hundreds of Twitter spats and more column inches written about her than Kate Middleton.” In 1966 Tom Chadbon married Deborah, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Leathers. The marriage was dissolved in 1970 and in 1977 he married the designer Jane Hennessy. He had two sons and two daughters.
Tom Chadbon, born February 27 1946, death announced July 27 2026
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BENIDORM IS MURDER Channel 5, 9pm
John Hannah is a retired police officer living in Benidorm, reluctantly drawn into another case
T he chutzpah of Channel 5 when it comes to repurposing other people’s ideas remains a thing of wonder, but when it is done with such mischief and joy, who cares? Initially resembling Death in Paradise on a budget (with shades of Eldorado in one or two performances), Benidorm is Murder (from occasional DIP scribe Ian Jarvis) pairs John Hannah’s retired copper-turned- landlord Dennis Crown with
Fake or Fortune
BBC One, 8pm
Fiona Bruce and Philip
Mould attempt to tame a
“wild beast” tonight with
a work believed to be
painted by Fauvist André
Derain and once owned
by a Kindertransport child.
If verified, its sale could
raise hundreds of thousands
of pounds for charity.
Forgers have long circled
Derain and crucial
documents are missing – the
outcome is freighted with
tension.
The Hunting Party U&Alibi, 9pm The unwittingly hilarious thriller, in which the eponymous team of crack cops are tracking down
Carolina Bécquer’s aspiring actress and whodunnit obsessive Rosa. And to great effect: Hannah’s old fart with a heart strikes sparks with Rosa’s eager meta- commentary as they work their way through crime tropes from “the anomaly” to “the eureka moment”. The case involves a Take That tribute act whose mutual loathing boils over when “Robbie” storms out, later to be found face down
Sara Garci a as Jennifer Morales in The Hunting Party
convicts who have escaped from a top-secret facility, returns. Eric McCormack’s Boogeyman Killer is the first quarry.
Renovation Rescue Channel 4, 8pm Vogue Williams and Luke Mabbott return for a
in a hotel swimming pool.
The prime suspect?
“Gary”. With the local cops
taking the obvious option,
the dynamic duo conduct
their own enquiries and the
whole thing is wrapped up
inside the hour. Just
knowing enough without
trying the patience,
deploying its cast cleverly
and making the absolute
most of its evocative
location, this is silly
escapism in excelsis.
Gabriel Tate
second series of rapid
reparative work on botched
house renovations;
their first project
features a
Northamptonshire
couple whose disastrous
garage conversion has
forced them to cancel
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plunder their savings to
complete.
Who Do You Think You Are? BBC One, 9pm The paternal side of Harriet Walter’s family founded The Times – there are few secrets to be found there. Hence her maternal side is where she spends her time in another unpredictable, absorbing rummage through history,
this one taking its star to Italy and Australia via a ripping yarn of opera and intelligence work.
Don’t Date Brandon
Channel 4, from 10pm
The latest true-crime
podcast to make the leap to
television, this engrossing
three-parter (showing in its
entirety tonight) opens with
Amber Rasmussen meeting
one Brandon Johnson
through online dating. The
man of her dreams turns out
to be anything but.
GT
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Funeral in Berlin (1966) BBC Four, 10.50pm; also available on Paramount+
Spy Harry Palmer’s latest assignment is to smuggle a Russian agent who is defecting to the West across the Berlin Wall and back to England – in a coffin. Soon,
Michael Caine in the second
of his Harry Palmer movies
however, Harry (Michael Caine) discovers that the Russian agent may not be all he appears. This is the second of three 1960s espionage films starring Caine as Palmer, coming between The Ipcress File (1965) and Billion Dollar Brain (1967). Caine shines as the anti-Bond.
Fisherman’s Friends (2019) Film4, 6.45pm
In 2010, a Cornish all-male
folk ensemble released an
album of sea shanties that
reached number nine on the
UK chart. As quirky
inspirational stories go, it’s
hardly up there with
Calendar Girls, but it was
nonetheless puréed into
a double helping of feel-
good mush.
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Newsroom 1.30 The Global Story 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 Tech Life 3.00 News 3.06 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 Heart and Soul 5.00 - 8.00am Newsday
RADIO 4 EXTRA
6.00am Raffles 6.30 Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit 7.00 Capital Gains 7.30 The Burkiss Way 8.00 Believe It! 8.30 Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital 8.45 Small Island 9.00 P.O.V 9.30 The Time of My Life 9.45 Daily Service 10.00 Great Lives 10.30 The British Reggae Revolution 11.00 Raffles 11.30 Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit 12.00 Capital Gains 12.30pm The Burkiss Way 1.00 Believe It! 1.30 Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital 1.45 Small Island 2.00 We’ve Been Here Before 2.30 The Change 3.00 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 3.45 The Phoenix and the Carpet 4.00 Great Lives 4.30 The British Reggae Revolution 5.00 Raffles 5.30 Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit 6.00 Capital Gains 6.30 The Burkiss Way 7.00 Believe It! 7.30 Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital 7.45 Small Island 8.00 We’ve Been Here Before 8.30 The Change 9.00 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 9.45 The Phoenix and the Carpet 10.00 P.O.V 10.30 1966 and All That 10.55 The Comedy Club Interview 11.00 The Casebook of Max and Ivan 11.30 Small Scenes 12.00 Great Lives 12.30am The British Reggae Revolution 1.00 Raffles 1.30 Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit 2.00 Capital Gains 2.30 The Burkiss Way 3.00 Believe It! 3.30 Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital 3.45 Small Island 4.00 We’ve Been Here Before 4.30 The Change 5.00 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 5.45 - 6.00am The Phoenix and the Carpet
6.25 am Cheers (R) (S) 6.50 Cheers (R) (S) 7.15 Cheers (R) (S) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 8.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD) (R) (S) 9.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 9.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) (S) 12.05 pm Channel 4 News (S) 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) (R) (S) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) (S) 2.10 Countdown (S) 3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) (S) 4.00 Narrow Escapes (AD) (R) (S) 5.00 Chateau DIY (AD) (R) (S) 6.00 American Pickers (AD) (R) (S)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee The Marlow Murder Club The Naked Truth Beast A Place in the Sun Around the World in First Class
7.00 Channel 4 News (S)
8.00 Renovation Rescue New series. Vogue Williams and Luke Mabbott offer practical DIY and design advice to homeowners (AD) (S)
9.00 Murder Case: The Digital Detectives The killing of a woman in Hampshire in September 2022 (AD) (S)
10.00 Don’t Date Brandon New series. Two women’s attempts to warn others away from a serial cheater (AD) (S) 11.00 Don’t Date Brandon 12.05am Don’t Date Brandon 1.05 Crime Scene Cleaners 1.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2.40 The Undeclared War 3.35 The Undeclared War 4.30 Couples Come Dine with Me 5.20 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds 5.45 - 6.25am Countdown
More channels Variations FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) Audio description (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) In-vision signing
FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) Audio description (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) In-vision signing
FV 9 FS 173 SKY 116 VIRGIN 108
7.00 pm Great British Railway Journeys 7.30 Walking with Steph McGovern 8.00 Talking Pictures: Seventies Legends Part II 9.00 FILM: Taxi Driver (1976) Drama starring Robert De Niro 10.50 FILM: Funeral in Berlin (1966) Cold War thriller starring Michael Caine 12.30 am Talking Pictures: Seventies Legends Part II 1.30 Becoming Frida Kahlo 2.30 Great British Railway Journeys 3.00 - 3.30am Walking with Steph McGovern
U&Dave
11.20am Yukon Gold 12.20pm Top Gear 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 3.00 Martin Clunes: Islands of America 4.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spanish Christmas 6.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 7.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 7.40 Would I Lie to You? 9.00 QI XL 10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 11.00 Taskmaster 12.00 Mock the Week 12.40am Would I Lie to You? 2.00 QI XL 3.00-4.00am Taskmaster
ITV2
11.20am The Real Housewives of Orange County 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 7.00 The Floor USA 8.00 The 1% Club 9.00 The Princess Diaries 10.00 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad! 12.35am Bob’s Burgers 1.30 Deal or No Deal 2.25 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
6.00 am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S)
11.30 Storm & Alexis (S)
12.45 pm 5 News at Lunchtime (S)
12.50 Matt Allwright (S)
2.20 FILM: Stolen Baby: The Murder
of Heidi Broussard (2023, TVM)
Fact-based drama starring Anna
Hopkins and Emily Osment (S)
4.00 Castle (R) (S)
4.55 Love Nature (AD) (R) (S)
5.00 5 News with Dan Walker (S)
6.00 Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R) (S)
6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.00 Around the World in First Class with Josie Gibson Josie Gibson explores the world of first-class travel (R) (S)
7.55 5 News Update (S)
8.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea In St Ives, artist Iona leads a landscape painting masterclass (S)
9.00 Benidorm Is Murder New series. Crime drama starring John Hannah (AD) (S)
10.00 Commonwealth Games 2026 Highlights from the seventh day (S) 11.05 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law 12.05am Street Cops: Catching the Yobs 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 2.00 Shoplifters: Catch Me If You Can 2.50 Malta: The Jewel of the Med 3.45 Friends 4.10 Friends 4.35 The Highland Vet 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Milo 5.45 - 6.00am The Adventures of Paddington
FV 10 FS 115 SKY 119 VIRGIN 117
11.20 am Heartbeat 12.25 pm Heartbeat 1.30 Midsomer Murders 3.35 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.15 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat 6.55 Heartbeat 8.00 Vera 10.00 Grantchester 11.00 Grantchester 11.50 Trial & Retribution 1.25 am Wycliffe 2.25 Unwind with ITV 2.30 - 6.00am Teleshopping
Chase 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special 5.00 The Bidding Room 6.00 Tenable 7.00 Beat the Chasers 8.00 The Chase 10.00 The Chase Celebrity Special 11.00 Bullseye 12.00 Bridge of Lies 1.00am The Chase 2.00 The Chase Celebrity Special 3.00-4.00am The Chase
Quest
Noon Gem Hunters Down Under 1.00pm Mike Brewer: Born Dealer 2.00 Shed and Buried 3.00 Shed and Buried: Classic Cars 4.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 5.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 7.00 Antiques Road Trip 8.00 Outback Truckers 9.00 Outback Opal Hunters. Opalton Boulder Crew have found a new source of opal 10.00 The Repair Shop 11.00 How Do They Do It? 1.00am Salvage Hunters 3.00- 4.00am Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
Discovery
Noon Building Off the Grid 1.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 3.00 How It’s Made 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 7.00 Last Chance Garage 9.00 Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown. A move to a new survival zone upends the challenge 11.00 The Alaska Triangle. A secret government facility in the wilderness may be hiding an extra-terrestrial pyramid 12.00
FV 26 FS 117 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118
11.30 am Magnum, PI 12.30 pm Magnum, PI 1.35 Dempsey and Makepeace 3.45 Boon 4.50 The Professionals 5.55 Minder 7.00 River Monsters 7.30 River Monsters 8.00 Sharpe 10.15 The Motorbike Show 11.15 Black Sails 12.20 am Hell’s Kitchen 1.10 The Champions 2.05 Minder 3.00 Teleshopping 3.30 - 4.00am Auto Mundial
Deadliest Catch 1.00am Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown 3.00- 4.00am Gold Divers
PBS America
11.50am A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.50 Everest: The South-West Face 3.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends 4.00 Maps of Power 5.15 A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 6.25 Everest: The South- West Face 7.40 Pirates: Behind the Legends 8.40 Maps of Power 9.50 A Final Landing on Iwo Jima 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends 12.00 Maps of Power 1.15am America the Bountiful 2.00-6.00am Teleshopping
Sky History
Noon How Disney Built America 2.00pm Pawn Stars 6.00 History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Britain’s Lost Battlefields with Rob Bell 9.00 Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood 12.00 Secrets in the Jungle 1.50-5.10am Pawn Stars
FV 36 FS 143 SKY 822 VIRGIN 123
6.00 am Cirque du Soleil: Volta (S) 8.10
The Joy of Painting (S) 8.40 The Joy
of Painting (S) 9.10 Tales of the
Unexpected (AD) (S) 9.35 Tales of
the Unexpected (AD) (S) 10.00
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 10.30
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 11.00
Discovering: Shirley MacLaine (AD)
(S)
12.00 The Movies (S)
1.00 pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD)
(S)
1.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)
2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (S)
3.00 The Seventies (AD) (S)
4.00 Discovering: Charles Bronson
(AD) (S)
5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021
(AD) (S)
6.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)
6.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)
7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S)
7.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A private detective falls in love
with the wife of a client (S)
8.00 Discovering: Gary Oldman A look at the life and career of the Oscar- winning English actor (AD) (S)
9.00 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee A look at the life and career of the English actor (AD) (S)
11.10 Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters 1.05am National Theatre Live: Dr Strangelove 3.00 Van Gogh by Vincent 4.00 The Art of the Garden 5.00 - 6.00am The Movies
FV 18 FS 124 SKY 136 VIRGIN 147
11.35 am Four in a Bed 12.10 pm Four in a Bed 12.40 Come Dine with Me 3.20 Four in a Bed 3.50 Four in a Bed 4.20 Four in a Bed 4.50 Four in a Bed 5.20 Four in a Bed 5.50 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 6.55 Location, Location, Location 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The Reclaimers: Made in Suffolk 10.00 24 Hours in A&E 11.05 24 Hours in A&E 12.10 am 999: On the Front Line 1.15 24 Hours in A&E 3.20 - 3.55am A Place in the Sun
Henry 9.00 David Fuller: Monster in the Morgue 11.00 FILM: Belushi (2020) Documentary about John Belushi 1.00-4.00am Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning
Sky One
Noon Big Cat Country 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Animal Control 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Romesh vs UFC 9.00 The Dyers’ Caravan Park 10.00 Katie Price: Nothing to Hide 11.10 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12.10am Animal Control 1.10 Grimm 2.00 Grimsburg 3.00-4.00am Hawaii Five-0
Great! Mystery
Noon Unforgettable 1.00pm 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 FILM: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder (2019) Mystery drama starring Holly Robinson Peete 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 FILM: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder (2019) 11.55 FILM: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Julius House (2016) Thriller starring Candace Cameron Bure 12.51am Good News on GREAT! 12.56 FILM: An Aurora
Teagarden Mystery: The Julius House (2016) Thriller starring Candace Cameron Bure 1.45 FILM: Secrets That Kill (2020) Thriller starring Jillian Murray 3.15 Good News on GREAT! Extra 3.25-4.50am FILM: Death By Friendship (2020) Thriller starring Natalie Brown
FV 20 FS 158 SKY 143 VIRGIN 116
6.00 am Teleshopping 7.20 The Bill (S) 8.15 Doctors (S) 8.50 Doctors (S) 9.25 Classic Holby City (S) 10.45 Casualty (AD) (S) 11.45 The Bill (S) 12.50 pm Classic EastEnders (S) 1.25 Classic EastEnders (S) 2.00 Neighbours (S) 2.30 Neighbours (S) 3.00 Pie in the Sky (S) 4.05 Lovejoy (S) 5.20 As Time Goes By (S) 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine (S)
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Howard is aghast when Pearl kisses Hobbo (S)
8.00 The Marlow Murder Club
A man with no ID and no connection
to Marlow is found dead in the middle
of a suburban road (AD) (S)
9.00 The Marlow Murder Club
A surprising link to a past missing
persons case shines a new light on the
residents of Linnet Close (AD) (S)
10.00 New Tricks A conspiracy theory implicates the American government in a journalist’s death (AD) (S)
11.05 Silent Witness 1.35am Lovejoy 2.40 As Time Goes By 3.10 Darby and Joan 4.00 - 6.00am Teleshopping
SKY 110 VIRGIN 124
11.40 am Dad 12.20 pm 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 7.35 Dad’s Army 8.20 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Porridge 9.40 The Office 10.20 Not Going Out 11.00 Colin’s Sandwich 11.40 Porridge 12.20 -1.00am The Office
Sky Cinema Premiere
Noon Wicked: For Good (2025) Fantasy sequel starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande 2.25pm Eleanor the Great (2025) Drama starring June Squibb 4.10 Bugonia (2025) Comedy starring Emma Stone 6.15 Lurker (2025) Crime drama starring Théodore Pellerin 8.00 Mortal Kombat II (2026) Fantasy adventure starring Karl Urban 10.00 Anaconda (2025) Comedy adventure starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd 11.45 Primate (2025) Horror starring Johnny Sequoyah 1.20am Eleanor the Great (2025) Drama starring June Squibb 3.05-4.45am In Cold Light (2025) Crime thriller starring Maika Monroe
FV 82 FS 306 SKY 324 VIRGIN 445
6.00 am FILM: A Matter of Murder (1949, b/w) (S) 7.10 Glimpses: Just for Fun 7.35 FILM: The Adventures of PC 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949, b/w) (S) 8.50 FILM: Walk a Crooked Mile (1948, b/w) Crime drama starring Louis Hayward (S) 10.40 FILM: The Miracle of the Bells (1948, b/w) Drama starring Fred MacMurray and Frank Sinatra (S) 1.00 pm The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (S) 1.30 FILM: The Black Rider (1954, b/w) Crime drama with Jimmy Hanley (S) 2.50 FILM: The Late Edwina Black (1951, b/w) Victorian murder mystery starring Roland Culver (S) 4.25 FILM: The Naked Truth (1957, b/w) Comedy starring Peter Sellers (S) 6.15 Cinebox Memories 6.20 Strange But True (S) 6.55 The Brothers (S)
8.00 Mark Saber A man murders his wife, then hires Saber to find the killer (S)
8.30 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Winifred Atwell sings Bumble Boogie, Spinning Wheel and Darktown Strutters Ball (S)
9.20 Scotland Yard A blind man is the only person able to identify a killer
Scotland
9.55 FILM: Deux Hommes dans la Ville (1973) French crime drama starring Alain Delon
11.55 FILM: Fritz the Cat (1972) Animated black comedy with the voice of Skip Hinnant 1.35am Doomwatch 2.35 FILM: Flannelfoot (1953, b/w) Crime thriller starring Ronald Howard 4.00 Burke’s Law 5.00 - 6.00am FILM: It Happened In Soho (1948, b/w) Crime drama starring Richard Murdoch
FV 27 FS 159 SKY 155 VIRGIN 129
Noon Antiques Roadshow 1.00 pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 4.00 Secret Nazi Bases 5.00 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Asia 8.00 Bangers & Cash 9.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics 12.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00 am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00 Great British Railway Journeys 2.25 Great British Railway Journeys 3.00 - 6.10am Teleshopping
Tennis. The Washington DC Open 2.00am Live Tennis. Coverage from the WTA and/or ATP Tours 3.30- 6.00am Sky Sports News
Sky Sports Premier League Noon Premier League Review 7.00pm Premier League Stories 7.30 Newcastle – The Entertainers 8.00 Premier League Review 10.00 Premier League Stories 10.30 Newcastle – The Entertainers 11.00 Premier League Years 1.00am PL Retro 3.00- 4.00am PL Greatest Games
TNT Sports 1
8.15am Live: Fencing World Championship. Coverage from the sixth day of the event 12.45pm Tour de France Women 1.15 Original Documentary 1.30 Live: Men’s Cycling Pro Series. The 2026 Tour of Ain 3.15 Live: Men’s Cycling Pro Series. The 2026 Tour of Denmark 4.45 Tour de France Women 5.15 LIV Golf 6.15 MLB Highlights 7.15 Live MLB. St Louis Cardinals v Chicago Cubs (Start-time 7.15pm) 10.00 MLB Plays of the Week 10.30 MLB Classic 11.00 TNT Sports Reload 11.15 MLB Highlights 12.15am Live MLB. Atlanta Braves v Washington Nationals (Start-time 12.15am) 3.00 MLB Plays of the Week 3.30-4.00am TNT Sports Reload
FV 14 FS 300 SKY 855 VIRGIN 428
11.00 am FILM: Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) John Ford’s historical drama starring Henry Fonda (S) 1.10 pm FILM: Siege at Red River (1954) Western starring Van Johnson (S) 2.55 FILM: Jingle All the Way (1996) Comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (AD) (S) 4.40 FILM: Robot Dreams (2023) Animated adventure, featuring the voice of Ivan Labanda (S)
6.45 FILM: Fisherman’s Friends (2019) A music executive heads out to a Cornish fishing village to recruit the local fishermen to record an album of sea shanties. Comedy starring James Purefoy and Daniel Mays (AD) (S)
9.00 FILM: Beast (2022) A man and his teenage daughters are hunted by a huge rogue lion in the savanna. Action thriller starring Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley (AD) (S)
10.50 FILM: The Last Duel (2021) King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel. Drama starring Matt Damon and Adam Driver (AD) (S)
1.50 - 3.50am FILM: Happening (2021) Drama starring Anamaria Vartolomei
SKY 108
11.25 am Task 12.35 pm Homicide: Life on the Street 1.30 Homicide: Life on the Street 2.25 Billions 3.30 Billions 4.30 Task 5.40 Task 6.45 The Gilded Age 7.55 True Detective: Night Country 9.00 The Five-Star Weekend 9.50 The Five-Star Weekend 10.30 Euphoria: A Look Back 11.40 All Her Fault 12.40 am Task 1.55 Task 3.00 - 4.05am Task
BBC News
Noon BBC News Now 2.00pm BBC News Now 2.30 Business Today 2.45 BBC News Now 3.00 Verified Live 4.30 Business Today 4.45 Verified Live 5.30 BBC News 6.30 The World Today 8.00 The Context USA 9.00 The Context 10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.30 Newsnight 11.00 BBC World News America 12.00 BBC News 12.30am Newscast 1.00 BBC News 1.30 The Media Show 2.00 Newsday 2.30 Business Today 2.45 BBC Sport 3.00 Newsday 3.30 Business Today 3.45-4.00am BBC Sport
GB News
Noon Good Afternoon Britain
3.00pm Martin Daubney 6.00
Dewbs & Co 7.00 GBN Tonight 8.00
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State Of The
Nation 9.00 Patrick Christys Tonight
11.00 Patrick Christys Tonight Late
Edition 12.00 The Late Show Live
3.00-5.00am Patrick Christys
Tonight Replay
Northern Ireland
BBC One: 10.40pm Watched By MI5 – Spotlight 11.10 Murder 24/7 12.10am Murder 24/7 1.10 Alan Carr’s Picture Slam 1.55 - 6.00am BBC News BBC Two: No variations UTV: No variations
No variations
No variations
BBC One: 7.00 - 7.30pm River City 12.35am Scotcast 1.05 Alan Carr’s Picture Slam 1.55 - 6.00am BBC News BBC Scotland: 7.00pm Reporting Scotland: News at Seven 7.30 Hidden Lives 8.00 Beechgrove Garden 8.30 Scotland’s Greatest Escape 9.00 Granite Harbour 10.00 Scot Squad 10.30 Cumming to the Cabaret! 10.50 Cumming to the Cabaret! 11.15 Scotcast 11.45 Tune midnight Close STV: 1.30 - 4.29pm STV Racing: Glorious Goodwood 4.00 - 5.05am Unwind with STV
Wales
ITV1 Regions
S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 12.05pm Cais Quinnell 12.30 Heno 1.00 Gwlad Moc 1.30 Sgwrs Dan y Lloer 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 3.05 Cyfres Triathlon Cymru 2026 4.00 Awr Fawr: Caban Banana Gareth 4.05 Awr Fawr: Chwedlau Tinga Tinga 4.20 Awr Fawr: Help Llaw 4.35 Awr Fawr: Mojo Swoptops 4.50 Awr Fawr: Annibendod 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Gwlad y Basg: Gwilym Bowen Rhys 6.30 Pobol y Cwm 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 8.00 Gemau’r Gymanwlad 2026 10.30 - 11.35pm Yr Afon
King’s Coast Path
A new section of the King Charles III England Coast Path has opened, giving walkers across Suff olk, and beyond, access to more than 13 miles of estuary coastline. The route runs from the White Bridge at Cattawade through Brantham, Stutton, Lower Holbrook and Harkstead to Shotley Gate, where it connects with the open section of the coast path to Southwold. The path sits within the Suff olk and Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape, which is internationally recognised for its wintering waterbirds, including black-tailed godwits and dark-bellied brent geese. Hannah Thacker, Natural England deputy director for Norfolk and Suff olk, said: “This new trail formalises permissive routes and creates some brand new sections of access on 4.5 miles, enabling people to walk along one of the county’s most beautiful estuaries.”
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本次翻译在主体文本的流畅度上表现良好，但在忠实度和完整性方面存在严重缺陷。出现了严重的幻觉（Hallucinations），即翻译件中包含大量原件中完全不存在的虚构新闻内容。同时，部分关键段落被遗漏或未翻译。
翻译件中出现了大量原件中不存在的文本，属于严重的交付缺陷： * 虚构新闻内容：在 Page 1 之后，翻译件凭空创造了关于“赞达亚 (Zendaya) 参加首映礼”、“特朗普与伊朗的冲突（具体到导弹袭击、油价上涨、内塔尼亚胡会面）”以及“安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 的国防支出目标”等大量段落。这些内容在提供的 SOURCE PREVIEW 中完全没有出现。 * 虚构细节：例如“2035 年女子世界杯东道主”、“11 月正式确认”等细节，均非源自原文。
£15bn tournament sell-out 直接保留英文，未进行翻译。black-tailed godwits 翻译了，但 dark-bellied brent geese 仅部分翻译为 黑腹 brent geese。(Anchor Checklist: 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 12. 1)，属于典型的内部清理标签，应被视为交付缺陷。结论：Blocking Issue (严重阻塞) 该翻译版本不可用。其最致命的问题在于大规模的虚构内容（幻觉），将原本的报纸片段篡改为完全不同的新闻报道，且遗漏了整篇文学评论文章。建议全篇重新翻译并严格审查对照关系。