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公园失踪悲剧后发现遗体

白金汉宫反击戴安娜之兄

斯宾塞伯爵称国王在王妃去世后曾说“我们很快就会忘记她”

作者：India McTaggart

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在斯宾塞伯爵声称国王在戴安娜王妃去世后的几天内发表了贬损言论后，白金汉宫指责其“推理模糊”。

在一本新书中，伯爵指称在王妃葬礼前的一次电话通话中，当时的威尔士亲王评论道：“放心吧，我们很快就会忘记她的”。

白金汉宫采取了极不寻常的举措，迅速对这些指控做出回应。在昨晚的一份声明中，宫方表示：“虽然根据原则我们不对书籍发表评论，但陛下注意到，兄弟之情带来的悲痛可能会模糊理智，影响判断，并以他人无法察觉的方式影响记忆，即使在失去亲人多年之后依然如此。”

这些评论让人想起伊丽莎白二世在面对萨塞克斯公爵夫妇与奥普拉·温弗瑞的联合采访中提出的一系列指控时，所做出的那句著名的回应——“回忆可能有所出入”。

一名接近国王的消息人士解释说，关于王妃的所谓言论“根本不符合他的性格，尤其是在当时他深陷悲痛之中的时候，绝对不符合他的性格”。

该人士补充道，当时，当时的查尔斯王子“被悲痛击垮”，并且不顾礼节地坚持要求为王妃举行完整的国家级礼仪葬礼，并要求她的灵柩在巴黎和伦敦之间覆盖皇家旗帜。

根据斯宾塞伯爵的说法，这场所谓的争吵发生在讨论当时 15 岁和 12 岁的威廉王子和哈里王子是否应该在 1997 年 9 月 6 日的葬礼队伍中走在母亲灵柩后面时。

在由《每日邮报》连载的新书中，伯爵称当时的查尔斯王子告诉他，他在 1979 年曾参加过其叔祖父蒙巴顿勋爵的葬礼队伍。这部名为《天鹅之歌：戴安娜，我的姐妹》（Swan Song: Diana, My Sister）的回忆录指称，当斯宾塞伯爵指出他当时 30 岁时，他的前内兄“发疯了”。

伯爵写道：“查尔斯王子继续倾泻他的愤怒，我没有打断。然后他停了下来。”

“我以为这次停顿意味着他正努力控制自己，但随后他通过电话释放了我一直认为是他对戴安娜积压的轻蔑，以及他对全世界如此震惊于她的去世而感到惊恐的情绪。‘放心吧，’他嘶声说道，‘我们很快就会忘记她的！’”

这场所谓的争吵与萨塞克斯公爵在自己的回忆录《备胎》（Spare）中的描述如出一辙，他在书中称，当时幕后曾有过一场激烈的争论，关于他及其兄弟是否应该走

“兄弟之情引发的悲痛可能会遮蔽理智，影响判断，并以他人无法察觉的方式影响记忆”

在他母亲的灵柩后，斯宾塞伯爵将此描述为“一种野蛮行为”。

斯宾塞伯爵的这些指控出现在萨塞克斯公爵自其家人搬回英国后的首次公开活动之前。这位在周二庆祝了 42 岁生日的公爵，计划在未来几周参加一系列慈善活动，包括为 WellChild 和无敌勇士 (Invictus) 举办的活动。

据信，萨塞克斯公爵及其家人在 8 月 26 日返回后，也与斯宾塞伯爵共度了一段时间。

伯爵的新书涵盖了王妃的童年、她与当时的威尔士亲王之间不幸福的婚姻，以及 1997 年 8 月 31 日她在巴黎遭遇车祸去世后的后续情况。他此前表示，新书的目的旨在“从她哥哥的角度讲述关于戴安娜的真相，就像我在她葬礼上发言时尝试做的那样”。该书预计将于下周二在英国出版。

斯宾塞伯爵的一位发言人拒绝置评。

在搜寻诺亚·伍兹（Noah Woods）的过程中发现了一具尸体，这名三岁男孩于周二在萨福克郡的一个村庄失踪。该男孩被描述为患有自闭症且无法用语言交流，他在一个游乐场与祖父走散后失踪。第 5 页

海军首长：我们必须重建力量以对抗普京

海军首长表示，英国必须再次成为海军强国，以对抗弗拉基米尔·普京的舰队。

作者：Tom Cotterill

格温·詹金斯上将（Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins）表示，英国迫切需要建造更多传统军舰和无人机，以保护大西洋免受俄罗斯威胁。

在昨晚的一次重要演讲中，第一海务大臣（First Sea Lord）表示，国家必须“加强我们的作战准备状态”，并“重新发现成为一个海洋国家的意义”。

海军面临的压力日益增加，其规模处于记忆中的最低点。据信，俄罗斯正将目标锁定在英国周边的海底电缆，而近期与阿根廷就马尔维纳斯群岛（福克兰群岛）产生的紧张局势，也引发了人们对武装部队能力的质疑。

尽管军方首长呼吁，但首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）尚未承诺到2030年将国防开支提高至GDP的3%。他坚持认为，任何增加的开支都不能以牺牲福利预算为代价。

在白厅海军部大宅（Admiralty House）举行的一次私人活动上，格温上将表示：“今天对我们安全最大的威胁是俄罗斯。俄罗斯拥有先进的潜艇，且越来越难以追踪，还拥有远程精确武器以及旨在深海运行的专业系统。”

他透露，每周有两艘海军军舰被部署用于监视普京的船只，并表示：“在乌克兰的西方盟友中，俄罗斯将我们视为其最大的敌人之一。我们知道俄罗斯正在探测我们的弱点。我们正面临着自冷战以来从未有过的威胁。”

第一海务大臣认为，英国的国家生存一直依赖于其海军。他表示：“丘吉尔如此重视大西洋，是因为他明白一件重要的事：海洋对英国而言并非边缘地带，而是关乎生存……如果我们想在大西洋再次获胜，我们必须加强作战准备状态，并重新发现成为一个海洋国家的意义。”

目前，海军拥有5艘现役护卫舰、6艘驱逐舰和2艘航空母舰，以及由6艘“敏捷级”（Astute）攻击潜艇和4艘携带英国核武器的“先锋级”（Vanguard-class）潜艇组成的潜艇舰队。两艘航母——“威尔士亲王号”（HMS Prince of Wales）和“伊丽莎白女王号”（HMS Queen Elizabeth）自首航以来均报告过机械故障。

然而，海军目前正在进行大规模重建，包括4艘携带核武器的“无畏级”（Dreadnought）潜艇，以及最多12艘在计划中的Aukus核攻击潜艇。此外，海军还在建造5艘31型护卫舰和8艘26型反潜护卫舰。

格温上将坚持认为，英国必须“拒绝任何认为皇家海军唯一未来就是衰落的观点”，并补充道：“我们仍然可以成为欧洲最强大的海军力量，以及世界上最强大的海军之一。”

蝾螈可能阻碍皮丁顿移民安置点建设

作者：查尔斯·海马斯 (Charles Hymas) 内政编辑

大冠蝾螈可能会破坏在牛津郡一个村庄附近建设一个可容纳多达 1,256 名寻求庇护者的营地的计划。

皮丁顿（Piddington）的活动人士在昨天投票决定脱离英国以抗议拟建营地，他们挖掘出的记录显示，该地块及其周边生活着多种受保护的野生动物。

在一次明显的失误中，内政部作为规划申请一部分提交的该地区生态评估报告声称，没有证据表明存在受保护的蝾螈、蝙蝠或爬行动物。活动人士声称，除非内政部重新进行生态评估，并采取保护措施（可能包括迁移蝾螈），否则该计划将面临法律挑战，从而可能阻碍寻求庇护者营地的建设。这些错误构成了昨晚发起的针对该计划的高等法院挑战之基础。

发现该证据的居民、拥有动物学学位的克莱尔·布伦纳（Claire Brenner）博士表示：“如果内政大臣在信息如此严重缺失的情况下决定通过这项申请，那么这将面临法律挑战。如果他们在没有许可证的情况下在现场开展工作，那么这潜在地构成了野生动物犯罪。”

周二，皮丁顿的居民以 285 比 26 的投票结果决定“脱离英国并追求自决”，这是一场象征性的全民公投，旨在抗议将邻近的国防部驻军地转换为寻求庇护者营地的计划。

结果于昨天上午公布，基于投票率为

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NHS “必须像对待癌症一样对待痴呆症”

作者：劳拉·多内利 (Laura Donnelly) 健康编辑

卫生部门负责人表示，痴呆症患者正受到“二等服务”，应当像对待癌症患者一样紧急对待他们。

英格兰前癌症主管迈克·理查兹（Mike Richards）教授爵士表示，过去 50 年在抗击癌症方面取得的进展为治疗痴呆症提供了蓝图。

一项由国王基金会（King's Fund）和阿尔茨海默病协会（Alzheimer's Society）支持的拟议改革，呼吁引入国家等待时间目标和清晰的治疗路径，同时改善对检测、临床试验和新疗法的获取。与此同时，凯西女男爵（Baroness Casey）今天也将重申相关警告，称目前存在一个“两级”体系，痴呆症护理“停留在 20 世纪”，而癌症护理的进步自 20 世纪 70 年代初以来已使生存率几乎翻了一番。

迈克教授爵士在为《每日电讯报》撰文时表示：“我确实 believe 目前具备了在痴呆症领域引发与癌症领域相同革命的条件。”

NHS 的目标规定，疑似癌症患者应在 28 天内获得诊断或排除癌症。而痴呆症则没有相应的等待时间目标。大约三分之一的痴呆症患者没有正式诊断，而半数护理人员表示，他们的亲人等待诊断的时间超过六个月。

凯西女士将在今天晚些时候发表关于阿尔茨海默病协会年度会议的演讲，她此前已呼吁对痴呆症患者的治疗进行一次“清算”，称该国部分地区的护理质量如此之差，以至于“我们已经丧失了理智”。

迈克教授爵士回忆起 50 年前开始从事肿瘤学工作时，一位著名的教授询问他为什么想进入这个领域，并补充道：“难道他们不都

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一份新报告称，敌对国家可能会利用小型飞机的非计划航班非法进入英国。研究认为，每年有数万架涉及私人飞机、轻型飞机和直升机的航班在英国降落，其中许多在抵达时未经过审查。报告将这种情况描述为英国边境安全的一个重大盲点，“对国家安全构成了重大风险”。第 2 页

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在一次残疾支持制度的调整中，患有背痛、关节炎或轻度焦虑的福利申请人可能会面临福利削减。政府的一项审查正在考虑一项更具针对性的福利计划，这意味着患有较轻微心理健康和肌肉骨骼疾病的人员所获得的资金可能比患有脑瘫或严重学习障碍的人员少数千英镑。残疾事务大臣斯蒂芬·蒂姆斯爵士（Sir Stephen Timms）正将此次改革作为福利审查的一部分予以考虑。第 4 页

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秘密航班在英国机场降落构成安全威胁

报告称，边境管制漏洞可能被恶意国家行为体利用

作者：Rozina Sabur 国家安全编辑

一份新报告显示，敌对国家可能正利用小型飞机的非计划航班非法进入英国。

根据英国皇家联合服务研究所（Rusi）的研究，据信每年有数万架涉及私人飞机、轻型飞机和直升机的航班在英国降落，其中许多航班在抵达时未经过审查。

该报告将这种情况描述为英国边境安全的一个重大盲点，“对国家安全构成了重大风险”。

英国有 538 个经批准可接收非计划国际航班的飞机场、机场和直升机停机坪，其中许多地方缺乏常驻的边境管制人员或警察。

研究显示，去年约有 77,316 架非计划民航航班利用这些设施从国外飞抵英国。

报告作者凯西·海恩莱因（Cathy Haenlein）将此与人们对英吉利海峡“小船跨境”的高度关注进行了对比，并警告称，非计划航班代表了“英国边境安全中一个被低估的漏洞，可能会被恶意的国家或非国家行为体利用”。

该研究重点关注英国、荷兰、比利时和卢森堡的非计划航班，这些地区存在严重的有组织犯罪网络。研究发现有证据表明，飞机被用于非法将毒品、枪支、现金和人员运入英国。

记录在案的案例包括：2018 年，一架私人飞机在法恩伯勒机场降落，15 个行李箱中隐藏了半吨可卡因；以及 2016 年，一些毒品走私者伪装成飞行爱好者，乘坐租赁直升机携带价值 1200 万英镑m 的海洛因和可卡因，并在肯特郡和萨里郡的雷德希尔多次停靠。

去年，一架小型飞机试图通过北安普顿郡的迪内索普机场将四名阿尔巴尼亚移民走私进入英国。

虽然这些案例涉及有组织犯罪，但 Rusi 的报告警告称，犯罪分子利用的漏洞同样“涉及更广泛的国家安全关切”。报告称：“值得注意的是，受访者指出，现有的漏洞同样可被用于规避制裁、非法金融、敌对国家活动或其他国家安全威胁。”

该报告在政府的支持下完成，包括国家犯罪局（NCA）、外交部、学术研究以及与通用航空相关的英国机密情报评估。

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研究结果基于对 30 个匿名来源的访谈。海恩莱因女士表示，虽然研究人员没有获得国家安全关切的“具体实例”，但“各种行为体都有可能利用这一漏洞”。

她说：“在这个广泛的网络中移动物品的速度非常快，这意味着它可以被用于运营商感兴趣的任何目的。”她还表示：“利用该网络进行非法移民的例子并不多……但它同样可以被用来更隐秘地运送其他试图在不被察觉的情况下进入国家的人员。”

GUY BELLARAMYLIVE ME Frieze 框架 Frieze 雕塑展是伦敦最大的户外展览之一，昨日在摄政公园迎来第 14 届展出，吸引了许多新粉丝。该展览将持续至 11 月 1 日。

在乌克兰牺牲的情报官员身份公布

国防部在昨晚的一份声明中确认其身份为保罗·威尔克斯少校（Major Paul Wilks），现年 40 岁。这位两个孩子的父亲死于一起“道路交通意外”，据了解该事故并非由敌对行动引起。

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英国国防情报局局长马修·琼斯中将（Lt Gen Matthew Jones）称威尔克斯少校为一代人中“最有才华”的情报官员之一。

绿党领导的议会禁止汽油车广告

一个由绿党领导的议会已禁止所有关于航班、邮轮和汽油车的广告，旨在打击“高碳”行业。

布里斯托尔市议会的议员们投票决定禁止推广“污染性”产品和服务，限制范围包括航空公司、邮轮度假、非电动汽车以及快时尚产品的广告。该禁令适用于议会所有的广告牌、数字屏幕和公交候车亭。

议会副领袖希瑟·麦克（Heather Mack）表示：“这次投票对布里斯托尔人民来说是双赢的。”

然而，保守党议员约翰·古兰德里斯（John Goulandris）称这一措施“极其傲慢”。

非法倾倒垃圾者威胁刺伤目击女性

一名男子在被一名年长女性及其丈夫抓到非法倾倒垃圾后，被拍到持刀威胁要刺伤该女性，现已被判处三年以上监禁。

29 岁的杰米·艾伦（Jamie Allen）在两人目睹他在北安普顿达斯顿（Duston）家附近倾倒独轮车内的物品后大发雷霆。

他被指控两项威胁杀人罪、殴打伤害罪、在公共场所持有刀刃罪、破坏财产罪以及实施控制或强制行为罪。来自达斯顿的艾伦承认了其中五项指控，并被北安普顿刑事法院判处三年半监禁。

一名在乌克兰车祸中丧生的英国陆军情报官员被赞誉为“一位卓越的领导者”。国防部（The Ministry of

热浪削减农民马铃薯收成

要对抗这种可怕的疾病，我们必须拥有恰当的领导力

迈克·理查兹（Mike Richards）认为，耗时数年，最后仅凭一张传单就被打发回家，这绝不可接受。

“你为什么想在癌症领域工作？他们不都死掉了吗？”

50年前，当我决定从事肿瘤学事业时，一位著名的教授对我说了这句话，这完美地概括了当时的主流态度。

无论是患者、临床医生、政策制定者还是广大公众，都将癌症诊断视为死刑判决。

如今，生存率已增加了一倍多。虽然它仍然是最令人恐惧的诊断结果之一，但至少它已被视为紧急事项，并且拥有广泛的治疗方案以及引导患者使用服务的支持。

作为一名癌症患者，你会被告知患的是哪种癌症、处于哪个阶段以及预期情况如何。但痴呆症并非如此。当你最终获得诊断时，这可能

英国有100万人患有痴呆症。它是导致死亡的主要原因。目前尚无治愈方法，且三分之一的患者甚至没有获得正式诊断。研究方面正在取得显著进展，但在许多方面，它仍比其他重大健康状况落后数十年。

因此，我很荣幸能协助阿尔茨海默病协会（Alzheimer's Society）和国王基金会（King's Fund）分析过去几十年改变癌症治疗的关键驱动因素，以便我们学习如何将同样的方法应用于痴呆症。

癌症治疗的关键驱动因素之一是领导力。连续多任首相在连续三项癌症战略中将其列为重中之重，才推动了我们所见证的剧烈变革。

但建立一个完整的变革运动必须让每个人参与进来，从痴呆症患者及其护理人员、临床医生和医疗服务管理人员，到学者、慈善机构和工业界。这需要持续的政治意愿来推动持久的变革。

就在本周，我们被提醒，我们的新任首相深知痴呆症带来的毁灭性打击，因为有消息称其患有阿尔茨海默病的父亲于周一去世。他曾公开

我相信我们可以像对待癌症那样对待痴呆症——给予痴呆症患者他们长期以来应得的优先关注。

谈到他致力于推动进展，特别是在社会护理方面。

凯西女男爵（Baroness Casey）及其委员会正在研究亟需的社会护理改革，她对此也没有任何幻想，始终将痴呆症列为严重关注、长期被忽视且供应不足的领域。

正在制定中的十年计划《现代痴呆症与衰弱服务框架》（Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty），以及最近承诺设立的痴呆症特使（dementia tsar），为推动诊断、治疗、护理和研究的进展提供了真正的机会。

迈克·理查兹爵士教授（Prof Sir Mike Richards）是前国家癌症总监

痴呆症护理“停留在20世纪”

“连续几任首相在连续三项癌症战略中将其列为重中之重，才推动了我们所见证的剧烈变革，”他说道，“痴呆症同样值得拥有这种改变癌症护理的雄心。”

（）die?” 他表示，明确的诊断和治疗路径、时间目标以及国家登记制度，与持续的政治领导力共同成为了进步的核心。

在进入唐宁街后，伯纳姆先生采取行动加速推进凯西女士的社会护理委员会工作，他表示，其父亲的经历增强了他改革该制度的决心。在结束丧假返回工作岗位后，他表示，他的父亲一定会希望他“回到一线”，去推进“他一直激励我去做那些改变”。

与此同时，痴呆症患者描述称，在确诊后，他们实际上被“送回家等死”，除了拿到一份传单外，几乎没有明确的治疗或支持计划。

英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）昨日返回工作岗位，其父亲罗伊（Roy，86, 岁）近日去世，他患有阿尔茨海默病。

国王基金会（King's Fund）首席执行官莎拉·伍尔诺（Sarah Woolnough）表示，痴呆症的治疗仍然“停留在20世纪”。

阿尔茨海默病协会（Alzheimer's Society）首席执行官米歇尔·戴森（Michelle Dyson）表示：“痴呆症患者正在接受二等服务——而那些经常同时受到癌症等其他健康状况影响的家庭对此心知肚明。”

“痴呆症是我们面临的最大健康和社会护理挑战之一，对人们的生活产生了如此毁灭性的影响。”

目前有超过 150 种阿尔茨海默病药物在研发中，而血液检测技术的进步可能会改变诊断方式。

“我们不能再容忍这种两级制度了。”

这些警告出现在痴呆症研究的一个转折点，科学进步创造了甚至在五年前还不存在的机会。

行业专家警告称，在经历了一个夏季的剧烈干旱后，英国正准备迎接史上最糟糕的马铃薯收成之一。

在整个欧洲，预计今年的马铃薯产量将下降近 350 万 吨，导致该行业损失高达 5.3 亿英镑m 的收入。

能源与气候情报部门（Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit）的汤姆·兰开斯特（Tom Lancaster）表示：“随着我们进入秋季，创纪录的夏季高温和干旱对食品和农业的影响变得清晰。作为欧洲最耗水的作物之一，马铃薯收成受到沉重打击是不可避免的。”

除了产量降低，消费者还会注意到超市货架上的马铃薯个头变小。

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吞伯格告诉希兰：你不是受害者

活动人士称，在亲巴勒斯坦风波后该明星被“抵制”，表明“全球意识已经转变”

作者：Lilia Sebouai 全球健康安全记者

格蕾塔·吞伯格（Greta Thunberg）与刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）在支持巴勒斯坦的开场嘉宾退出艾德·希兰（Ed Sheeran）巡演一事上产生了分歧。

这位瑞典活动人士表示，希兰被“抵制”（cancelled）表明在支持巴勒斯坦事业方面，“全球意识已经转变”。

此次争议爆发于本月，美国说唱歌手麦克莫尔（Macklemore）在参加希兰“Loop”巡演美国站期间，在新泽西州的 MetLife 体育场舞台上呼吁“自由巴勒斯坦”。

这位原名为本杰明·哈蒙德·哈格蒂（Benjamin Hammond Haggerty）的说唱歌手在压力下被除名，压力来自罗伯特·克拉夫特（Robert Kraft），他是克拉夫特集团（Kraft Group）和吉列体育场（Gillette Stadium）的亿万富翁所有者，希兰计划于本月晚些时候在该体育场演出。

汉密尔顿在周二表达了对麦克莫尔的声援。这位一级方程式赛车手在 Instagram 上写道：“感谢你发出自己的声音，我与你同在。”

希兰否认参与了除名该说唱歌手的决定，但面临着一波批评，所有其他开场嘉宾均出于与麦克莫尔团结一致而退出了巡演。

希兰在周二的一份声明中表示，他对中东冲突有“自己的看法”，但不想公开分享。

吞伯格在周二的一篇 Instagram 联合帖子中写道：“我们正目睹世界上最伟大的艺术家之一被抵制，因为他们试图在以色列对巴勒斯坦人民实施的种族灭绝中‘采取中立’。”

“这是一个清晰且不可否认的迹象，表明全球意识已经转变。一个种族隔离国家的正常化，以及试图美化或为其行为辩护的企图，将不再被容忍。艾德，这里只有一个受害者：巴勒斯坦人民。”

9月4日和5日，麦克莫尔作为新泽西州 MetLife 体育场的特邀嘉宾，身着库非耶（keffiyeh）头巾进行了表演。

他告诉观众：“我最初想参加这次巡演很大一部分原因，就是为了能像这样站在体育场里，说出两个对我而言非常、非常珍贵的词：自由巴勒斯坦。”

随后，这位说唱歌手演唱了他的歌曲《Hind's Hall》，向五岁巴勒斯坦女孩欣德·拉贾布（Hind Rajab）致敬，该女孩被以色列火力瞄准并杀害；与此同时，大屏幕上播放着加沙被摧毁的画面。

在遭到犹太团体和以色列团体的强烈抵制后，一些场馆向主办方施压，要求将麦克莫尔从剩余的巡演中除名。

希兰在他的 Instagram 帖子中写道：“接下来的巡演日期场馆已告知，如果他继续担任嘉宾，他们将取消演出……我整个星期都在与场馆方面进行深入沟通，试图搭建桥梁。其中一个人就是罗伯特·克拉夫特。”

希兰表示：“我没有共谋。我对这场毁灭性的冲突有我个人的看法。”

“仅仅因为我选择不公开表态，并不意味着我没有

“这是一个明确的信号……一个种族隔离国家的正常化将不再被容忍”

他们，也不意味着我不关心。”这位演唱《Shape Of You》的歌手表示，他对“以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的冲突感到震惊”，并补充说他尊重麦克尔莫尔（Macklemore）“作为一名艺术家”的身份。

平克·弗洛伊德（Pink Floyd）的联合创始人兼贝斯手罗杰·沃特斯（Roger Waters）在 X 平台的一篇帖子中批评了希兰，称他因为做了“错误的事”而是一个“混蛋”，同时赞扬麦克尔莫尔做了“正确的事”。

希兰的其他助演嘉宾，包括爱尔兰歌手亚伦·罗（Aaron Rowe）、美国音乐家菲尼亚斯（Finneas，比莉·艾利什的哥哥）、丹麦歌手卢卡斯·格雷厄姆（Lukas Graham）以及他的爱尔兰民谣伴奏乐队 Beoga，全部在社交媒体上发帖表示他们已退出此次巡演。

罗表示，退出巡演的决定并非轻率做出，并补充说希兰“一直是我的一位朋友，并且改变了我的生活”。

这位歌手表示：“我不能坐视不管，允许亿万富翁利用其权力地位，来压制那些反对以色列种族灭绝并揭露残忍杀害儿童行为的正义之声。”

Beoga 在帖子中表示，麦克尔莫尔被“犹太复国主义游说团体”噤声，该团体相信“对话是改善巴勒斯坦人民困境的一种手段”。

菲尼亚斯表示：“艺术家在为受压迫者发声时，绝不能被噤声。”麦克尔莫尔在每篇帖子下都评论了一个爱心表情符号和一面巴勒斯坦国旗。

以色列-美国委员会（Israeli-American Council）声称麦克尔莫尔利用其平台来“推进单方面的政治议程”，并要求将其除名。

以色列-美国委员会的首席执行官埃兰·卡尔（Elan Carr）发起了一项要求将麦克尔莫尔从巡演中除名的请愿，他在 BBC Radio 4 的《Today》节目中称该说唱歌手的行为“令人愤慨”，声称他的言论“诽谤了以色列国和犹太人民”。

麦克尔莫尔以《Thrift Shop》和《Can't Hold Us》等热门歌曲闻名，长期以来一直是巴勒斯坦人的坚定支持者。

希兰的下一场演出定于 Sept 19 在费城的林肯金融球场（Lincoln Financial Field）举行，格雷厄姆和罗原定在该场演出中担任开场嘉宾。

他在北美和南美的巡演还剩下 17 场，最后一场演出定于 Dec 11 在墨西哥城举行。

希兰戏剧：这场争端是如何演变的

Sep 4 麦克尔莫尔在 MetLife 体育场举行了 Loop 巡演的第一场演出，他在现场告诉观众：“我想参加这次巡演很大一部分原因，就是为了能站在这样的体育场里，说出两个对我至关重要的词：自由巴勒斯坦。” Sep 6

以色列-美国委员会发布请愿书，要求将其从巡演中除名。 7

麦克尔莫尔在网上分享了一段他的演讲视频。配文称：“希望所有人类都被平等对待，永远不应该是具有争议的。” 13 麦克尔莫尔扮演“犹太人面孔”（右图）的照片在网上重新出现。他当时声称，“这套服装在刻板印象的语境下，可能会被归类为犹太人的讽刺漫画”，但他当时只是试图在人群中伪装自己。 14 麦克尔莫尔被移出 Loop 巡演。麦克尔莫尔表示，艾德·希兰被置于一个“糟糕透顶的境地”，并暗示他可能受到了吉列体育场（Gillette Stadium）所有者罗伯特·克拉夫特（Robert Kraft）的压力。克拉夫特表示，“基于麦克尔莫尔最近的行为以及其反犹太主义言论的历史，我们认定他参加吉列体育场的演唱会将越界”。 15 在希兰于社交媒体写道“实现同一个目标（和平）可以有多种途径”后，所有巡演助演嘉宾全部退出。

在美国说唱歌手麦克尔莫尔（上图，被指为“犹太讽刺漫画”）退出助演后，艾德·希兰遭到了格蕾塔·通贝里（左上）的批评。

歌手将因这场争端而深受打击，这表明在现代社会，万物皆政治

尼尔·麦考密克 (Neil McCormick) 首席音乐评论员

那么，艾德·希兰 (Ed Sheeran) 的 Loop 巡演将如何收场？这对这位歌手来说是一个足以毁掉职业生涯的时刻，还是仅仅是一场在体育场规模的“茶杯里的风暴”？坦白说，没有人会为了看开场嘉宾而去看超级巨星的演出。

从我多年来与希兰的几次接触来看，我知道他是一个真诚、尽责且体贴的人，他邀请开场嘉宾的主要原因是为了帮助他所钦佩的音乐人。对于目前正在发生的事情，他一定会感到极度沮丧。

希兰的错误（事后看来如此明显）在于邀请了他的多年好友——美国说唱歌手麦克莫尔 (Macklemore) 同行。

老实说，你可能会认为管理团队中的某个人本该预见到这一点。麦克莫尔是一位口才流畅且充满激情的说唱歌手，他的最佳作品通常包含社会和政治评论，而他近年来最受关注的发行作品是一首强而有力且有效的 2024 年抗议曲目《Hind's Hall》，该曲是以一名在加沙被以色列军队杀害的五岁巴勒斯坦女孩（Hind Rajab）的名字命名的。

希兰被置于一个尴尬的境地，但你可以想象每位艺术家在未来都可能面临这种情况。他是否应该支持其朋友表达信念的权利并坚持立场，而这可能会导致他自己的巡演被取消，数百名巡演人员失业，数十万粉丝失望，以及数百万美元的收入损失？这似乎是一个极其不成比例的结果。对于他的同行音乐人来说，退出要容易得多。他们没有那么多损失，而且他们可以预见到在社交媒体那些恶毒的论坛上，这件事在自己的粉丝看来会多么糟糕。因为这正演变成一场酝酿已久的重大文化之战。

麦克莫尔暗示，是马萨诸塞州吉列体育场 (Gillette stadium) 的亿万富翁所有者罗伯特·克拉夫特 (Robert Kraft) 游说其他演唱会推广商采取立场。希兰原定于 9 月 25 日和 26 日在那里演出……尽管目前没有乐队。克拉夫特本人的评论似乎证实了这一点，他确认自己“不会为仇恨言论提供平台”，并指责该说唱歌手有更广泛的“反犹太主义言论”历史。麦克莫尔曾卷入一场争议，他在 2014 年在舞台上穿着一套看起来像是喜剧化的犹太服装，他随后为此道歉并坚称并非有意。他对巴勒斯坦问题的公开支持导致其被指控为反犹太主义，而他一直激烈且清晰地否认这一点。为了进一步搅浑水，极具争议的说唱歌手坎耶·韦斯特 (Kanye West)（在因精神疾病而发表的激烈反犹言论后试图回归）计划在德克萨斯州阿灵顿的 AT&T 体育场演出——而该体育场据称正是反对麦克莫尔出场的场馆之一。

场馆所有者和演唱会推广商在多大程度上应该有权决定艺术家在舞台上说什么或做什么？因为不喜欢某人的政治观点而威胁取消整个巡演（或者在这种情况下，因为不喜欢开场嘉宾的政治观点而取消主演），这似乎是对权力的危险滥用。如果场馆因为艺术家说了他们不认可的话而拒绝举办演出，那么像约翰·列侬 (John Lennon)、鲍勃·马利 (Bob Marley)、布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀 (Bruce Springsteen)、冲突乐队 (the Clash) 或 U2 这样的流行政治煽动者的职业生涯会变成什么样？迪克西女孩 (The Dixie Chicks) 在 2003 年对乔治·W·布什总统和伊拉克战争发表批评言论后，面临了损害职业生涯的强烈抵制——但在她们的案例中，抵制是由愤怒的乡村音乐粉丝而非推广商主导的。

“金钱并不赋予你主导对话的权利，”卢卡斯·格雷厄姆（Lukas Graham）如此回应，对他而言，那个被取消的开场表演机会本可能改变他的职业生涯。“任何人的银行余额都不应决定谁有权发言，或者我们被允许承认什么样的苦难。”

长期以来，我一直能明显感觉到，如今的流行明星越来越谨慎地避谈政治，担心争议在社交媒体上被放大。正如希兰在自己的声明中所说：“对于这场毁灭性的冲突，我有我个人的看法。仅仅因为我选择不公开表态，并不意味着我没有看法。”

他绝非孤例。像那些拥有极高大众知名度的艺术家一样，

爱尔兰乐队 Kneecap 以其 政治 激进主义 而闻名， 约翰·列侬 亦然

Fleetwood Mac 和老鹰乐队（the Eagles）曾与我讨论过不采取政治立场的实用主义，因为他们意识到大众听众的信仰光谱非常广泛。正如多莉·帕顿（Dolly Parton）曾对我说道：“我是一个尊重所有人的人，而且我确信，当你涉及政治时，如果我对一方发表看法，另一方就会对我感到愤怒，而我会因此失去粉丝。”

那些更专注于政治的艺术家（例如近年来的 Kneecap 和 Bob Vylan）则生活在被起诉的持续威胁之下。但至少这些艺术家选择了自己的立场。看看希兰，他选择了多莉·帕顿那种不公开选边站队的做法，却依然被卷入了一场关于另一位艺术家行为的争端。这是一个没有赢家的局面。如果他继续演出，会显得软弱；而他唯一的其他选择就是表态，并面临巡演被毁灭性地抵制的风险。

那么，这是否意味着“不涉政”已不再是一个选项？当希兰最近与 U2 合作一首名为《Yours Eternally》的歌曲（灵感来自一名乌克兰士兵的信件）时，他要求对方保证不会让他“卷入政治”。“我当时可能在虚张声势，”U2 主唱博诺（Bono）后来开玩笑说。这次最新的争议表明，在现代社交媒体文化战争不断的时代，一切皆政治。

希兰周六在费城的下一场演出将会很有意思。他是历史上最有才华的“一人乐队”，他完全可以在不依赖伴奏音乐家或开场嘉宾的情况下娱乐观众。但他将不得不面对这场争议并采取立场，无论他是否愿意。如果一边弹奏着《Galway Girl》一边骑墙观望已不再安全，那么流行音乐可能即将变得极具爆炸性。

前候选人称“恢复英国党”正被种族主义者劫持

作者：丹尼尔·马丁 (Daniel Martin) 副政治编辑

一名曾担任“恢复英国党”（Restore Britain）候选人的前皇家海军陆战队员表示，该党正被种族主义者劫持。

杰兹·赫默（Jez Hermer）上个月在多佛市议会的补选中代表该右翼政党参选，他表示，他在该党的活动人士中目睹了“公开的反犹主义、种族主义和厌女症”。

他在为《电讯报》撰文时表示，该党经历了“向极右翼的快速冲刺”，而党魁鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）对此几乎没有采取任何措施。赫默先生透露，由于他表示“恢复英国党”不应认为只有白人才可以是英国人，因此被活动人士称为“叛徒”。

就在几周前，洛先生还称赞服役近三十年的赫默先生是一位“极佳的候选人”。在一段社交媒体视频中，洛先生表示：“有了像杰兹这样的人，我们可以极大地改变英国的运作方式。”

右翼内部部分人士正向“恢复英国党”施压，要求其与改革英国党（Reform UK）联合，以增加选举成功的机会。但改革英国党的高层表示，在洛先生放弃部分极右翼支持者之前，不可能讨论合并事宜。

“在我短暂参与‘恢复英国党’期间，我在与该党相关的论坛中亲眼目睹了我认为的公开反犹主义、种族主义和厌女症，”赫默先生说。“我还遇到了一种日益僵化的民族民族主义形式，其中关于种族、遗产和人口变化的合法讨论，有时会演变成对那些表达更具公民意识的英国国家认同感的人的敌意。”

与此同时，“恢复英国党”也面临更广泛的批评，该党部分成员发表了显然具有种族主义和反犹主义色彩的言论。上个月，资深活动人士查理·唐斯（Charlie Downes）被指控暗示法拉奇（Mr Farage）被犹太支持者“收买”了。

改革英国党党魁法拉奇曾在 X 上发帖称自己不能被收买，唐斯先生对此的回应是一张照片，显示法拉奇站在“改革犹太联盟”（Reform Jewish Alliance）的标志前。

该党还遭受了另一次打击：奥拉·米尼汉（Orla Minihane）在批评涉嫌种族主义后退党，她曾创立一个致力于保护女性免受移民犯罪侵害的组织。

赫默先生呼吁“恢复英国党”的领导层采取更多措施打击其极端元素。赫默先生表示：“如果想要遏制‘恢复英国党’向极右翼的快速冲刺，领导层必须明确定义该党主张什么，以及不主张什么。关于移民、种族、人口统计、文化和国家认同的合法辩论必须能够继续进行，而不能让种族主义、反犹主义或极端主义在这些辩论的掩护下变得常态化。”

杰米玛·戈德史密斯（Jemima Goldsmith），52岁，在周末与澳大利亚金融家卡梅伦·奥赖利（Cameron O'Reilly），62岁，结婚前，由小儿子卡西姆·汗（Kasim Khan）陪同走过婚礼甬道。她昨晚在 Instagram 上发布了当天的首批照片。

伯纳姆：应由改革英国党证明 7200 万英镑m 捐款是否合规

作者：Amy Gibbons 政治记者

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）表示，关于改革英国党（Reform UK）创纪录的 7200 万英镑m 捐款在工党选举改革方案下是否合法，应由该党自行证明。

政府计划禁止居住在海外的英国捐赠者每年向英国政党捐款超过 10 万英镑，旨在打击外国势力对英国政治的影响。

部长们还在考虑实施新的“强化”居住地检查，这将强制潜在捐赠者证明其在英国居住的时间具有“持续性”。这些变更将追溯至今年 3 月，这引发了外界怀疑，认为工党正试图将改革英国党收到的两笔 3600 万英镑m 捐款定为非法。

在被问及这些赠款在法律通过后是否会变得“不可接受”时，伯纳姆先生告诉记者：“嗯，这些捐款的细节由改革英国党负责，他们必须就这些捐款是如何完成的以及是否合规提供详细说明。”

向改革英国党提供的这两笔创纪录捐款来自本·德洛（Ben Delo）和克里斯托弗·哈本（Christopher Harborne），两人均为居住在海外的英国籍——

“在我们的政治活动中，维护最高标准的信任、信心和纯洁性至关重要”

加密货币亿万富翁。关于海外捐款的新上限规定在《人民代表法案》（Representation of the People Bill）中，该法案目前正在上议院审议。

据报道，此前居住在香港的德洛先生和居住在泰国的哈本先生现均已返回英国。

改革英国党领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）此前承认，其政党上周收到的 7200 万英镑m 捐款可能会触犯工党的打击行动。

他在周一告诉 BBC，他认为这两笔捐款目前“符合”法律，但暗示由于政府的改革，它们可能不再被接受。

在今年早些时候的梅克菲尔德（Makerfield）补选竞选期间，伯纳姆先生曾支持对英国个人和公司的捐款设置 50 万英镑 的初步上限。然而，他选择不支持对《人民代表法案》进行修正，即不对居住在英国的人员的单笔捐款设置上限。

在昨天访问沃金（Woking）期间，伯纳姆先生被问及是否改变了主意，以及改革英国党的捐款是否无论如何都会被定为非法。他表示：“在英国政治中维护最高标准的信任、信心和纯洁性确实非常重要，这是所有政治家和所有政党的责任。”

针对背痛和焦虑的福利金可能会被削减

审查拟考虑采取更具针对性的支持计划，以降低 PIP 支付成本

作者：Szu Ping Chan 经济编辑

在一次对残疾支持计划的调整中，患有背痛、关节炎或轻微焦虑的福利领取者可能会面临福利削减。

一项政府审查正在考虑一项更具针对性的福利计划，这意味着患有较轻微心理健康和肌肉骨骼疾病的人，所获得的资金可能比患有脑瘫或严重学习障碍的人少数千英镑。

残疾事务大臣斯蒂芬·蒂姆斯爵士（Sir Stephen Timms）正将此次改革作为一项针对个人独立支付（PIP）的里程碑式审查的一部分。

英国的主要残疾福利每年提供最高 1 万英镑 的现金，以帮助残疾人或患有长期身体或心理健康状况的人支付额外的生活成本。无论收入多少或是否有工作，人们都可以申请该福利。

斯蒂芬爵士在今年夏天称该福利“不再适用”。

保守党和改革英国党（Reform UK）也都誓言要改革该福利，其中保守党承诺进行一次“彻底的审查”。

作为 500亿英镑 削减计划的一部分，改革英国党建议废除 PIP，并将其替换为一个更严格的系统，重点关注那些患有“严重”且“持久”残疾的人。

在斯蒂芬爵士考虑的提案中，部长们可能会完全重新设计 PIP 的分配方式，向患有最严重残疾的人提供更多资金，而向需求较轻的人提供较少资金。

财政研究所（IFS）的分析显示，目前的“积分制”系统（评估一个人完成日常任务和走动的难易程度）经常导致需求程度不同的人获得相同数量的支持。

该智库表示：“目前，一个无法洗澡且需要协助穿上衣的人，在日常生活的支持水平上，与一个无法洗澡、完全无法穿衣、无法说话且无法阅读的人是相同的。”

在 IFS 概述的一种模型中，背痛患者每年的福利可能面临 £850 的削减，而关节炎患者将面临 £750 的减少。

一个基于严重程度的“每分每镑”系统将导致焦虑和抑郁症患者面临 £360 的削减，而癌症患者每年也可能被削减 £500。

然而，该智库发现，这种方法对婴儿潮一代的打击最大，50 岁以上人群面临的款项削减幅度最大。

IFS 表示：“最大的赢家

社交媒体：工党花费 170 万英镑m 聘请数字影响力人士

工党自执政以来，在影响力人士（influencers）身上花费了超过 170 万英镑m。

在保守党议员提交的一系列书面质询的部长回复中披露，尽管政府部门拥有 6,000 多名擅长使用社交媒体的新闻官，但在过去两年中仍聘请了 215 名影响力人士，以帮助传达其信息。

从保护环境到招聘监狱警员，以及使用英国税务海关总署（HMRC）应用程序等各项活动，都通过付费使用社交媒体明星进行了推广。

在 23 个部门中，只有 8 个披露了在与影响力人士数字合作方面的支出，这表明实际总额可能更高。

将会是那些主要病症为学习障碍或脑瘫等疾病的人，因为他们倾向于在 PIP 评估中获得极高分。

“主要病症为肌肉骨骼疾病的领取者损失最多，因为他们倾向于在 PIP 评估中得分不高。

“此次改革平均而言也将使年轻的领取者受益，因为年轻领取者中获得极高分数的比例更高。”

大约 11% 的 50-59 岁人群领取 PIP，60-69 岁人群中这一比例为 14%。这高于 2021 年分别对应的 8.6% 和 11.3%。相比之下，30 岁以下人群的比例为 6.1%。50 岁以上的申领者最常受关节炎和背痛的影响，而心理健康问题在年轻人中更为普遍。

财政研究所（IFS）提出的变更将使 60 岁以上的福利申领者每年损失约 £300，而十几岁和二十多岁的人平均将增加数百英镑的收益。

官方预测显示，PIP 残疾福利支出在实际价值上将从今年的 £320 亿增长到下一个十年开始时的 £414 亿，而申领人数预计将从 410 万增长到 2030 年的 540 万。

前劳工党部长艾伦·米尔本（Alan Milburn）正领导一项关于年轻人失业问题的审查。

一份中期报告显示，在英国，每在就业支持上花费 £1，就会在未接受教育、就业或培训（NEET）的年轻人福利上花费 £25。然而，部长们对 50 岁以上人群日益增长的残疾福利支出感到越来越担忧，该群体占申领者的半数以上。

蒂姆斯（Timms）审查报告预计将在 10 月 28 日预算案发布后的今年秋季公布。虽然政府实际上已经排除了对 PIP 进行资产调查的可能性，但 IFS 计算得出，如果这样做每年可节省高达 £82 亿。

市长掌控水务权力引发议员抵制

作者：Amy Gibbons 和 Tony Diver

首相因计划将水务公司交由市长管理，正面临来自其所属党派议员的抵制。

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）预计将主张，在经历了数十年的私有化之后，新的权力下放将使这些公司重新回到公共控制之下。

然而，工党议员们反而要求全面国有化。他们认为，如果英国不以超过 £100 的成本完全买断水务公司，那么这些改革将是“昂贵的”，且可能“比没用更糟糕”。

根据《电讯报》周二披露的提案，英格兰和威尔士将成立九个新的区域机构来监督水务公司。

这些董事会将包括区域市长的代表，并有权设定公司目标，就账单、短缺和污水排放问题追究管理层的责任。

然而，目前并没有将任何服务纳入公共所有权的计划——这意味着即使国家控制力度增加，这些公司仍将由私人领导。南希尔兹（South Shields）的工党议员艾玛·刘易尔（Emma Lewell）警告称，额外的官僚机构将是“昂贵的”，并敦促政府转而关注全面国有化。

她告诉《电讯报》：“想象一下这将是多么昂贵，创建新结构需要成本。公众对国有化有强烈的支持，这才是需要发生的事情。”

工党议员、著名的国有化活动人士克莱夫·刘易斯（Clive Lewis）同样认为，如果没有公共所有权的前景，这些改革将“比没用更糟糕”。

他在 X 平台的一篇帖子中质疑，既然“我们自己的中央政府甚至无法对私有化公司实施有效控制”，那么如何能指望地方领导人对水务行业产生任何影响。

这位诺里奇南区（Norwich South）的议员向政府提交了一份关于该计划的问询清单，其中包括区域机构是否拥有“决定结束私有化并将服务重新纳入公共所有权”的权力。

广告中安装太阳能电池板的 Bob the Builder

“觉醒”的建筑师鲍勃尝试推行“净零宣传”

作者：卡梅隆·亨德森（Cameron Henderson）和萨菲尔·霍普（Sapphire Hope）

由于在一部“觉醒”广告中安装太阳能电池板，“建筑师鲍勃”（Bob the Builder）被指责传播“净零宣传”。

在这部为能源公司 E.On 打造的环保重启版广告中，这个动画角色被看到将他的建筑工地转变为安装太阳能电池板和低碳供暖的场所。这是鲍勃 15 年来首次在屏幕上出现，由演员尼尔·莫里塞（Neil Morrissey）配音。他鼓励观众报名参加净零培训学院，以实现政府在 2030 年前建立脱碳电力系统的目标。

该广告引发了净零批评者的愤怒，他们指责 E.On 将鲍勃变成了“一名觉醒的气候政委”。莫里塞配音的鲍勃最后一次出现是在 2011 年，随后在 2015 年至 2018 年期间被一个重启版本所取代，后者描绘的是一名身材更高、更苗条的建筑工人。在解释自己的缺席时，鲍勃说：“我放下工具休息了一段时间。我开始练瑜伽，还养成了观鸟的习惯。然后我收拾行囊去了澳大利亚，”同时他指向一个看起来像是家用电池的设备。

他举起一份报纸标题——“英国需要更多绿色技能以实现清洁能源未来”，并说道：“当我回到家，在新闻里看到这个时，我想：‘我们能解决它吗？’”鲍勃将他的黄色安全帽换成了 E.On 品牌的红色安全帽，画面描绘了他学习安装太阳能电池板、连接家用电池以及安装低碳供暖。E.On 的广告警告称，目前缺乏实现 2030 年脱碳电力系统所需的技术工人。

改革英国党（Reform UK）主席李·安德森（Lee Anderson）表示：“建筑师鲍勃被变成了一个觉醒的气候政委，推销着同样的净零宣传，而正是这些宣传导致他曾经建造的那些房屋中的能源账单飞涨。我们不需要另一支净零专家大军，我们需要的是能保证电灯亮起的建筑工和电工。”

《每日电讯报》2026年9月17日，星期四

公众大规模搜寻失踪男孩后发现遗体

非语言三岁男孩诺亚·伍兹在与祖父前往村庄游乐场期间失踪

作者：汤姆·麦卡德尔（Tom McArdle）和威尔·博尔顿（Will Bolton）

警方已确认，在搜寻一名于萨福克郡（Suffolk）某村庄失踪的三岁男孩过程中发现了一具遗体。

诺亚·伍兹（Noah Woods）于周二下午2.37pm在布兰瑟姆（Brantham）这个规模较小且关系紧密的社区访问游乐场时，与祖父走散后失踪。

在警方专业潜水队、消防救援服务以及1,000多名志愿者进行了广泛的27小时搜寻后，昨日下午在附近的一个湖泊中发现了一具遗体。

萨福克郡警司汤姆·皮尔斯（Tom Pearse）表示，虽然遗体尚未经过正式身份确认，但诺亚的家人已被通知。

他说：“遗体的发现被视为非可疑但原因不明。”在发现遗体前数小时，来自伦敦警察厅的专业潜水队开始搜寻诱饵池（Decoy Pond），该池距离他失踪的梅里亚姆巷（Merriam Close）游乐场仅几百英尺。

搜寻该区域的志愿者被要求避开池塘周围的土地，该池塘部分区域深度接近10英尺。

随着发现遗体的新闻传到聚集在附近休闲中心的志愿者耳中，许多人公开地哭泣。

一群男女和儿童——其中许多人是直接从工作岗位赶来，或仍穿着校服——在手机通知提醒他们发现遗体时，相互拥抱并哭泣。

红发诺亚被描述为自闭症患者，非语言且伴有部分听力损失。闭路电视（CCTV）显示，在他跑向附近的小巷前往诱饵池之前，他曾在公园里玩耍。

周二整夜，包括海岸警卫队在内的应急服务部门竭力寻找这个小男孩。随着失踪消息的传播，在接下来的24小时里，约1,300名志愿者来到这个萨福克郡的小村庄帮助寻找诺亚。

他们与经过专门训练的警员和警犬队一起搜寻田野、河流和池塘。国家警察航空服务中心（National Police Air Service）和英国皇家海岸警卫队（HM Coastguard）的直升机也参与了行动，萨福克郡消防救援服务局和萨福克郡低地搜救队提供了进一步支持。

布兰瑟姆教区议会书记员莎拉·基斯（Sarah Keys）表示，这种响应是“绝对压倒性的”。

她说：“我们完全被这里如此多的人愿意志愿服务，贡献他们的时间、精力和体力而震撼。”

“有人从伯明翰赶来，有人从汉普郡赶来，有人从诺里奇赶来。我们得到了食物，得到了水，得到了我们可能需要的一切。”

诺亚的叔叔托尼·马尔科姆（Tony Malcolm）从他在伊普斯威奇（Ipswich）的家中赶来帮忙，他形容这个小男孩是“一个可爱的孩子”。

来自伊普斯威奇的44,岁女子丽莎·克拉克（Lisa Clarke）也加入了搜寻。她说：“这令人心碎。你觉得你必须做点什么。我自己也是神经多样性人群，所以我意识到[他]是多么脆弱。这让这一切变得如此真切。”

萨福克郡警察与犯罪专员蒂姆·帕斯莫尔（Tim Passmore）感谢了“不知疲倦”工作的应急服务部门，以及志愿帮忙的“萨福克郡公民大军”。

在搜寻期间，警方要求当地居民检查他们的花园、棚屋、附属建筑或任何孩子可能藏身的潜在区域。

村中拥有私人闭路电视或门铃摄像头的任何人，或驾驶车辆经过该区域并配备行车记录仪的人，都被要求查看昨日下午3点之后的录像，寻找诺亚可能出现的迹象。

然而，随着时间一分一秒过去仍无音讯，诺亚的父亲里斯·伍兹（Rhys Woods）在Facebook上发帖，感谢公众的帮助并恳求他们继续寻找。

昨日发现遗体前，警方在萨福克郡布兰瑟姆的池塘旁。右图为三岁男孩诺亚及其最后已知行踪

他写道：“想到他独自在外面，我无法再熬过一个夜晚。请大家不要放弃寻找他。

“他就在某个地方，我感激你们每一个人。”

警方表示，没有迹象表明诺亚的失踪与“任何阴险的行为或任何犯罪因素”有关。

在发现尸体后，皮尔斯警监（Supt Pearse）在布兰瑟姆休闲中心（Brantham Leisure Centre）的一个花园区域向志愿者们发表讲话，志愿者们在现场掩面哭泣。

皮尔斯警监表示，警方被“公众倾注的巨大支持所震撼”。

他补充道：“作为一名家长，我完全理解人们想要提供帮助的原因，这种反应体现了强烈的社区意识以及萨福克郡人民温暖的天性，这使得该郡成为了一个如此特别的地方。

“我相信大家能理解，该家庭现在需要时间、空间和隐私，感谢你们对此的体谅。”

“我们的心与诺亚的家人以及所有认识他的人在一起。”

新闻

女友“将城市银行家刺死并任其尸体在床上腐烂”

乔安娜·切尔普卡（Joanna Cierpka）与男友亨里克·斯洛特萨（Henrik Slotsaa）。斯洛特萨先生的面部被发现有割伤和刺伤。

鲁比·克莱恩（Ruby Cline）报道

法庭获悉，一名女子涉嫌谋杀其银行家男友，并在对方告知她自己在工作中遇到了其他人后，任其尸体腐烂。

3月15日，警方在伦敦南部象堡（Elephant and Castle）这对情侣的家中发现了52岁的亨里克·斯洛特萨（Henrik Slotsaa）已经腐烂的尸体。

此前，乔安娜·切尔普卡（Joanna Cierpka）向家人和朋友发送了一封电子邮件称她将自杀，警员随即对其进行福利检查。

南华克刑事法院（Southwark Crown Court）被告知，法医病理学家认为斯洛特萨先生在警方发现他之前大约一周就已经死亡。陪审团听取证词称，病理学家在斯洛特萨先生身上发现了14处独立的“锐器伤”，包括面部、颈部、手臂和腿部的割伤和刺伤。

检察官丹尼·罗宾逊（Danny Robinson, KC）表示：“两个膝盖背面还有不寻常的伤口，这可能代表了肢解的企图。很明显，他已经死亡一段时间了。”

51岁的切尔普卡被缴械后告诉警方：“我不想被帮助。你知道这里发生了什么吗？他告诉我我是个没用的贱货。他告诉我我应该自杀。”切尔普卡原籍波兰格丁尼亚（Gdynia），在警方冲进公寓时，她试图用一把8英寸的厨刀割喉，随后因肘部有深切口被送往医院。

检察官告诉法庭：“执法记录仪的画面显示公寓内部多么凌乱，客厅的咖啡桌上放着许多空酒瓶。”

切尔普卡否认谋杀，但承认过失杀人。朋友们表示，在杀人事件发生前的几周里，斯洛特萨先生一直与一名女性同事“调情”，并在切尔普卡的生日当天告诉她，他在工作中“遇到了其他人”。她通过视频链接从布朗兹菲尔德监狱（HMP Bronzefield）出庭，身穿一件黑色监狱配发夹克。

罗宾逊先生告诉陪审团，原籍丹麦的斯洛特萨先生在金丝雀码头（Canary Wharf）的花旗银行伦敦办事处担任银行家。切尔普卡在被裁员前曾在英美烟草公司（British American Tobacco）工作。

审判仍在继续。

仅270名惯偷导致近30,000起犯罪

查尔斯·海马斯（Charles Hymas） 内政编辑报道

数据显示，仅270名涉嫌惯常盗窃的商店窃贼就造成了近30,000起犯罪。

这些窃贼平均每人犯下105起商店盗窃罪——而这仅仅是正式向警方报告且警员已确定嫌疑人的犯罪行为。这不包括他们可能未被抓获的其他盗窃行为。

在萨塞克斯郡，一名最猖獗的窃贼被认定在六年内与247起犯罪有关，相当于每10天就有一起犯罪被举报。

BBC根据信息自由法获得的数据显示，在2020-21年度至2025-26年度期间，这270人在英格兰和威尔士共涉及28,415起商店盗窃罪。

该数据基于43个被要求提供其关联商店盗窃罪的10名嫌疑人数据的警队中，其中27个警队提供的数据。

一名窃贼杰夫·阿什曼（Jeff Ashman）估计，他每天从商店带走价值£400至£500的商品。

“这简直令人难以置信，”他在描述自己从黑斯廷斯（Hastings）的商店偷窃多少财物以支撑其海洛因和可卡因裂解物成瘾时说道。“我知道长期以来我给这些人带来了多少痛苦、悲伤和绝望。”

他说他已经将商店盗窃彻底抛在脑后，但惯犯们继续困扰着各地的社区

£500 Hastings一名惯偷承认，为了维持毒瘾，他每天盗窃的商品价值达此数额

英格兰。过去一年，商店盗窃犯罪数量仍维持在接近 500,000 起的纪录高位。据估计，10% 的盗窃者造成了 68% 的盗窃案件。

零售业高管表示，自新冠疫情以来，商店盗窃案件增加了四倍，窃贼变得“更加胆大妄为，组织性更强，且更具攻击性”。

根据零售犯罪情报机构 Auror 的研究，惯犯使用暴力或武器的可能性比其他盗窃者高出四倍。该机构致力于帮助识别并锁定惯犯。警方正越来越多地部署警力打击惯犯，因为事实证明，起诉这些人对于降低盗窃规模的效果最为显著。

警察事务大臣莎拉·琼斯（Sarah Jones）表示，商店盗窃是一种“长期以来未受惩罚的有害犯罪”。她说道：“他们需要知道自己将会受到惩罚。”

尽管警方已开始减少商店盗窃犯罪数量，并让更多罪犯受到法律制裁，但他们对法院定罪和量刑速度过慢感到沮丧。

伦敦警察厅助理专员马特·特威斯特（Matt Twist）请求部长们为惯犯实施“快速通道”司法程序，以便他们在被起诉后的几天内就能被量刑。他还呼吁通过增加使用刑事行为令（criminal behaviour orders）来实施更严厉的惩罚，以便在惯犯继续犯罪时将其关押。

特威斯特先生告诉《每日电讯报》：“我知道为什么零售商和公众会对这种无法无天的感觉感到担忧。我们决心全力打击这一现象，并处理那些惯犯——那些给零售员工带来最大困扰、让人们感到恐惧的人。”

“咆哮之村”发出响亮的反抗之声

Leaf Arbuthnot

皮丁顿的造反者们投票支持独立，他们的反抗之火可能很快就会蔓延到全国。

位于牛津郡的皮丁顿（Piddington）是一个如此安静、祥和的村庄，以至于在黎明时分，你通常能想象到的最激烈的事情，也不过是一名骑行者出发去早班，或者一名送奶工在巡回送货。

然而，昨天的情况并非如此。早上7点，村委会大厅的气氛简直可以用“触电般紧张”来形容。几乎全村的人——至少感觉是这样——都聚集在这里，等待得知周二举行的一场象征性全民公投的结果：即该村是否应该脱离英国。这次投票本身是对一项计划的反抗，该计划拟将多达1,250名男性寻求庇护者安置在村路尽头的一处前国防部驻军营地中。

没有当地人认为结果会令人惊讶，当结果在巨大的欢呼声中公布时，脱离英国的投票轻松胜出。这并非像48:52那样令人紧张的胶着局面，而是一场完胜。在近90%的投票率下，285名居民投票支持脱离英国——仅有26人投了反对票。

在响亮的掌声中，教区委员会成员苏珊娜·帕登（Susannah Parden）告诉聚集的村民，皮丁顿已经成为了“咆哮之村”。

尽管结果并不令人震惊，但皮丁顿的居民们显然感到欣喜若狂。退休马倌赫比·欧文（Herbie Owen）激动得开始擦拭眼睛。

“我很兴奋。今天的投票率真的很高，”半退休的遛狗员金（Kim）灿烂地说道。她希望这次投票最终能让政府正视并倾听。“他们很难忽视这件事，不是吗？”

这个村庄决定追求一种比喻意义上的与英国“分裂”，这种古怪且具有深厚英国特色的决定为其赢得了广泛的报道，甚至包括海外媒体。但奇怪的是，没有一名工党议员或议员选择在这个清爽的秋日早晨现身，见证公投结果出炉的时刻。“我对他们没来并不感到惊讶，而且如果他们继续保持沉默，我也不会惊讶，”教区委员会的规划顾问乔·马歇尔（Joe Marshall）说道。“工党内部似乎陷入了全党范围的沉默——除了那些关于他们正在关闭酒店的常规声明外，我们没有收到该党任何人的回应。”

然而，工党议员们最好研究一下皮丁顿发生的事情，因为即便是在牛津郡这个明显富裕且自由派的角落里被激起的愤怒，也可能预示着一种更广泛的情绪正在全国蔓延。随着皮丁顿反抗的消息传遍全国，已有数百个其他村庄和城镇联系该教区，寻求关于如何复制其运动的建议。

在公投结果公布的前一天，77岁的退休马倌欧文表示，尽管患有四期癌症，他还是努力与妻子一起来到市政厅投票。“我投票脱离英国，”他坚定地报告道。

“当你面对一个不听劝的政府时，你还能做什么？我在这个村子住了33年。今天是大不列颠的战斗。在我看来，我们所做的一切是为了整个国家。”

当地人希望政府能重新考虑在该地区安置寻求庇护者的计划。但欧文承认，即使这些人最终被安置在其他地方，像皮丁顿这样的居民团体也可能会反对。“无论他们把这些人放在哪里，都在毁掉人们的生活，”他说道。他补充说，他的父亲曾参加过第二次世界大战，如果看到政府试图强加给这个村庄的东西，他一定会“在坟墓里翻身”。

“所有这些工党议员都与寻求庇护者即将犯下的罪行共谋”

欧文尤其愤怒的是，当地人的感受没有得到认真对待。“安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）什么也没做。所有这些工党议员——他们都对[寻求庇护者]即将犯下的罪行负有共谋之责……他们将被释放到社会中，遍布我们国家的各地。这简直令人不齿。”

走一小段路——在居民约 350 人的皮丁顿（Piddington），所有地方都只需走一小段路即可到达——一名退休老人正在打理前花园里盛开的精美玫瑰。她反对那种认为该村在 2024 年大选中投票选出自由民主党议员卡勒姆·米勒（Calum Miller）后，某种程度上是“自食其果”的说法。2023 年，当时担任郡议员的米勒在社交媒体上表示，他支持一名同事议员提出的动议，旨在将牛津郡打造为“那些逃离酷刑与死亡之人的避难所”。

“我没有投给自民党。我一生都投给保守党，”这位不愿透露姓名的退休老人告诉《电讯报》。“我们在这里住了 40 多年。我丈夫就出生在这个村子里。我们不能说走就走。”她坚持认为，当地人并非彻头彻尾的“邻避主义者”（Nimbys）。附近有一座监狱，他们很乐意与监狱共存。但中心里的寻求庇护者将可以自由走动，甚至会获得零用钱。“我认为如果寻求庇护者被关起来，人们会高兴得多。但问题在于他们将是自由的。我们是一个非常小的村庄。”

在拐角处，一名 87 岁的退休医生巴查（Bacha）正在快步行走，她来自印度。她同样不反对当地的监狱，尽管有些囚犯被允许外出。“他们签到，然后签出。但让 1,200 人在我们的街道上走来走去……整个村子都吓坏了。你不能让年轻男性无所事事地四处游荡。你会高兴吗？不会。”

巴查不仅担心村民的安全会受到威胁，还担心寻求庇护者的涌入会给已经不堪重负的服务设施增加额外压力。“如果他们发生大规模斗殴且有人被捅了怎么办？救护车会将他们送往医院。牛津医院能应对吗？不能。我们甚至连普通的髋关节置换手术都排不上号。”她在 2024 年投票给了工党，但认为这是一项“愚蠢的政策，完全是膝跳反应。他们根本没有深思熟虑”。

安置寻求庇护者的场地入口距离村中心有一段路程，但该区域几乎延伸到了部分房屋的后花园。出于好奇想看看那里是什么样子，我开车前往场地入口那道令人望而生畏的金属大门。

当我靠近时，一名情绪不佳的保安用智能手机拍摄我，并且在我询问原因时拒绝回答。我请他确认这里是否就是安置寻求庇护者的场地。“无可奉告，”保安没好气地吼道，然后大步走开，开始拍摄和 photographing 《电讯报》摄影师的车辆。他本可以直接指给我们看贴在门上的那份详细说明提案的塑封纸。

沿着路走，一名 53 岁且不愿透露姓名的男子对他的 1,250 名新邻居持更乐观的态度，承认他对自己安全的担忧程度低于其他村民。“我不会被强奸，这也不会影响我的孩子，”他说，并补充道，如果移民不在皮丁顿，他们也只不过是在其他地方。

这位曾经的终身保守党支持者最近转而支持改革英国党（Reform），并表示他对这种情况更深层的

在投票率接近 90% 的情况下，285 名皮丁顿居民投票决定脱离英国

“问题在于，这些移民根本就不应该在英国。这才是错误所在”

不公平感到沮丧。“问题在于，这些移民根本就不应该在英国。这才是错误所在。”

回到村公所，提出举行全民公投想法的教区委员会主席蒂姆·麦克纳利（Tim McNally）表示，这种利用民众力量的计划是在他沿着M4高速公路开车时想到的。他注意到桥上有一个大字标牌，写着：“杰里米·克拉克森当国王”。

他希望村庄这种大胆且统一的阵线足以说服住房大臣安杰拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner），在决定内政部提交的紧急规划申请时，为皮丁顿（Piddington）选择另一条路径。但对于她未能就此事表态，他予以严厉批评。“她根本没出现过，她在做什么？如果我选你当国会议员，你代表我进入议会，我希望你能表达你的观点。但当你进入议会，突然在重大问题上——人们的安全、人们将面临的风险——保持沉默时，是谁告诉你要保持沉默的？”

麦克纳利白天是一名商业顾问，看起来完全像个体面的办公室职员：谈吐得体，雄辩，极其礼貌且有条理。他看起来不像是一个反抗运动的领导者：但也许最好的领导者向来如此。“我只是在谈论常识，”他透过眼镜疲惫地眨了眨眼说道，“常识没有错。这关乎我们的声音。我们认为我们正在遭受虐待。整个国家都是如此。”

这个“自民党”教区刚刚代表了全国发声——而且绝不会是最后一个

汤姆·哈里斯 (Tom Harris)

在感觉像是回到了英国电影“伊灵喜剧”时代的氛围中，牛津郡的皮丁顿 (Piddington) 投票决定脱离英国。

就像 1949 年的经典电影《皮姆利科护照》(Passport to Pimlico)（甚至包括早已被遗忘的 1997 年 BBC 情景喜剧《完美国家》(A Perfect State)，其中英格兰东部的一个村庄宣布独立）中那些坚定的公民一样，公众的同情心站在普通人这一边，而不是白厅那些权势人物一边。

这场争端源于政府计划在附近一座废弃的陆军军营中安置 1,200 多名男性寻求庇护者，这意味着新到来的人数将是村民人数的四倍，几乎是当地女性人数的九倍。

奇怪的是，最近几周政府分发的一份传单——要求寻求庇护者在逗留期间不要强奸英国女性——并没有像构思这一举措的公务员们想象的那样让当地人感到安心。

听着教区议员苏珊娜·帕登 (Susannah Parden) 宣布这次非正式投票的结果：投票率为 90%，支持（脱离）的票数为 285 票，反对票数为 26 票。苏格兰民族党 (SNP) 恐怕要气坏了。

这或许不是工党想要鼓励的那种公民参与。毕竟，关于将生活在英国的日益增加的无证男性寻求庇护者安置在何处，是由政府而非生活将受影响的当地人决定的。

“只要拉一下任何一名工党部长的弦，他们就会自动吐出‘统一口径’。”

该地区的国会议员、自由民主党的卡勒姆·米勒 (Calum Miller) 此时可能正紧张地审视着自己的多数席位，因为在 2023, 年担任议员期间，他支持一项动议，旨在将牛津郡打造为“那些逃离酷刑和死亡之人的避难所”。这种美德信号在今天的皮丁顿将不会受欢迎。

在某些方面，看到当地人庆祝他们仅仅想维护自己的生活方式，并且以一种非常典型的英国方式通过投票箱试图实现这一点，令人感到沮丧。因为这将毫无作用。文化大臣丽莎·南迪 (Lisa Nandy) 今天早晨在广播节目中向选民保证，虽然政府会倾听皮丁顿的意见，但政策改变的可能性为零。

只要拉一下任何一名工党部长的弦，他们就会自动吐出“统一口径”。这包括告知我们，现在住在酒店里的寻求庇护者减少了（不清楚为什么这应该让人安心），抵达我们海岸的新人数比去年下降了 40 per cent——这与整个欧洲的下降幅度完全一致——并且，既然政府已经通过将庇护申请者安置在穷人隔壁而让穷人的生活变得痛苦，那么富裕公民也得忍受这一点才公平。当然，这是我的转述。

我们应该庆幸，那些被强加了安置新外国移民负担的、体面且具有公民意识的人，将非正式投票视为最后的手段。当政府强行推行其政策时，皮丁顿不太可能出现真正的社会动荡。

政府面临的挑战将是在其他村庄和城镇开始举行类似投票，且政府意识到自己处于争论的错误一方之时。准备迎接“皮丁顿二号”，甚至“皮丁顿三号”吧。

移民安置地的野生动物可能给内政部带来“巨大麻烦”

一群被认为是移民的人员搬入东萨塞克斯郡的克罗伯勒训练营（Crowborough Training Camp）住宿区，该地点的性质与拟在皮丁顿（Piddington）开发的项目相似。

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该村庄近 90% 的居民参与了投票。虽然此次投票不具备法律或宪法效力，但村民们希望就该营地对其生活方式构成的威胁表达担忧。

他们表示，全男性的寻求庇护者人数将比 350 名村民多出近四倍，并可能通过增加犯罪率而对他们的安全构成威胁。

皮丁顿教区委员会主席蒂姆·麦克纳利（Tim McNally）表示，这次在 1940 年不列颠空战纪念日举行的投票是一场“不列颠之战”，也是“民主运作”的一个典范。他说道：“这是向政府传递的一个信号，即你们必须做出改变。你们必须适应我们的思维方式。”

首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）表示，他理解皮丁顿投票结果后人们对移民问题的“强烈情绪”，他将研究所提出的问题。

麦克纳利先生表示，该村将进入其运动的下一阶段，并可能成为全国各地类似全民公投的催化剂。

绿党潜在议员布伦纳博士（Dr Brenner）表示，内政部的生态评估“不合格”，因为其声称在场地周围及内部“没有记录”显示存在至少五种不同类型的受保护野生动物，这一说法是错误的。通过分析泰晤士河谷环境记录中心的文档，她证实该地有大冠蝾螈繁殖种群、12 种不同种类的蝙蝠、夜莺（包括牛津郡境内唯一的一对繁殖鸟）、獾和水獭的证据。她表示，内政部似乎咨询了错误的环境中心。

布伦纳博士表示，发现蝾螈（一种长达 7 英寸、腹部呈亮橙色的类龙两栖动物）的记录可能会给内政部带来“巨大麻烦”。根据英国法律，它们是欧洲受保护物种，这意味着如果任何记录或证据显示它们存在，开发商必须停止工作并进行调查。如果可能会干扰该场地，他们必须获得政府官方顾问机构——英格兰自然局（Natural England）的许可。随后，他们可能被要求将蝾螈迁移到安全的指定栖息地，并补偿任何损失的繁殖或休息区域。

尼古拉斯·布兰德拉姆（Nicholas Brandram）周二晚上被发现死在奇斯威克（Chiswick）的家中，此前他曾就 CCTV 拍到的普特尼（Putney）推搡事件接受询问，左图为相关画面。

百万富翁“帕特尼推人者”嫌疑人在家中被发现死亡

这位 44 岁的勋奖陆军军官于 6 月被捕，此前九年一名女性被推至巴士前

作者：Fiona Parker, Tom Jeffreys 和 Martin Evans

被怀疑为“帕特尼推人者”（Putney Pusher）的男子已被发现死亡。

尼古拉斯·布兰德拉姆（Nicholas Brandram），44 岁，维多利亚女王的后裔，一名获得勋奖的陆军上尉，周二被发现死于他位于伦敦西部奇斯威克（Chiswick）的家中。

他曾于 6 月被警方拘留。此前九年，即 2017 年 5 月 4 日，一名慢跑者在伦敦西南部帕特尼桥（Putney Bridge）上将一名女性推向迎面而来的巴士。

闭路电视（CCTV）画面捕捉到了这名 33 岁女性被推到 430 路巴士面前的瞬间。司机奥利弗·萨尔布里斯（Oliver Salbris）设法猛打方向盘，以几英寸之差避开了该女性的头部，而那名慢跑者则继续跑去。布兰德拉姆

警方发布了这名与推人事件相关的搜寻目标的照片

曾在汇丰银行（HSBC）担任董事。在金融领域取得成功之前，他曾在伊拉克、波斯尼亚和阿富汗服役。

这位百万富翁银行家是希腊和丹麦凯瑟琳公主的孙子。

他于 2004 年进入皇家军事学院桑赫斯特（Royal Military Academy Sandhurst），在完成正规陆军委任课程后，在苏格兰卫队（Scots Guards）服役七年。

2012 年，他因其军事服务被授予伊丽莎白二世女王钻石禧年奖章。

但一年后，他因 2013 年 3 月 6 日在海德公园角（Hyde Park Corner）与一名女性骑行者相撞而出现在伦敦市治安法院。法庭获悉，布兰德拉姆驾驶其 1948 年款哈雷戴维森摩托车撞向该女性，随后在未留下联系方式或确认对方是否受伤的情况下驾车离开。

在为自己辩护时，他告诉治安法官：“我自己也骑自行车，深知其中的风险。我是社会的一员，最近刚从英国陆军辞职，曾在伊拉克和阿富汗服役。

“我的摩托车声音非常大，所以我有可能在没意识到的情况下与她相撞。但与此同时，开这么大一辆车，我不知道自己怎么可能没感觉到碰撞。”

布兰德拉姆承认驾驶不慎以及道路事故后未停车的指控。他被扣 5 分，被罚款 £200，并被要求支付 £105 的赔偿金。

尼古拉斯·乔治·布兰德拉姆（Nicholas George Brandram）于 1982 年 4 月 23 日出生在温布尔登（Wimbledon），是已故保罗·布兰德拉姆（Paul Brandram）之子，而后者是维多利亚女王之孙女凯瑟琳公主的独子。凯瑟琳公主是已故菲利普亲王的表妹，也是君士坦丁一世国王的女儿，后者在 1913 年至 1922 年期间统治希腊。

离开军队后，布兰德拉姆加入了股票经纪公司 Killik & Co，后来成为汇丰银行私人金融部门的高级顾问。

在 2017 年的“帕特尼推人者”事件期间

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在 2017 年，一名女性在桥上向南行走，当时一名向相反方向跑的慢跑者在上午约 7.40am 将她推向马路。

事件发生约 15 分钟后，该慢跑者再次跑过这座桥，并与受害者面对面，但他无视了她并继续奔跑。

警方发布的照片显示，一名穿着灰色 T 恤、深蓝色短裤并穿着灰色运动鞋的跑步者引发了大规模搜捕。侦探审问了 50 名男子并逮捕了三名嫌疑人，但无人被起诉，调查于 2018 年结案。

今年 6 月，伦敦警察厅根据举报，以涉嫌企图造成严重身体伤害为由拘留了布兰德拉姆。一名警察厅发言人当时表示：“他还因涉嫌持有 A 类和 B 类毒品而被捕。此后他已获保释，等待进一步调查。”

尼古拉斯·布兰德拉姆因在苏格兰卫队服役而获得勋奖

9月7日，苏格兰场宣布该嫌疑人在没有任何条件的情况下被释放以接受调查，这表明该案件的进展并不紧迫。

在昨日的一份声明中，大都会警察局表示：“9月15日周二晚上7.12分，在一名男子被发现于一处房产内失去意识后，警员前往位于豪恩斯洛区奇斯威克的一个地址。其近亲已获通知。目前，其死亡被视为意外，但被认为不具有可疑之处。”

科学家通过脑组织移植创造出人鼠杂交生物

作者：Sarah Knapton 科学编辑

人类脑组织首次被移植到小鼠体内，创造出了一种全新的杂交动物。

斯坦福大学的科学家通过生物工程手段，移除了小鼠大脑的大部分大脑皮层——该部分负责认知、语言、注意力和决策，约占大脑体积的一半。随后，他们用人类脑细胞填充颅腔，这些细胞“存活、繁衍并生长”，并嵌入到小鼠的血管、脑细胞和脊髓中。

三个月后，小鼠大脑中超过 90% 的皮层组织为人类组织。到六个月时，这些小鼠的功能运行正常。

科学家希望利用这种人鼠杂交生物来研究神经发育障碍的生物学原因，例如精神分裂症、癫痫、重度自闭症、脑瘫和痴呆症。

由于大脑比任何其他器官都复杂，且活的人类脑组织几乎无法获取，因此在分子和细胞层面研究此类疾病极其困难。

斯坦福大学精神病学与行为科学教授 Sergiu Pasca 博士表示：“数以亿计的人深受神经系统疾病之苦，这些疾病在今天无法治愈，但明天可能会从我们利用该模型发现的治疗方法中获益。”

几十年来，科学家一直在实验室中创造和研究脑细胞，近年来已成功创造出被称为“组装体”（assembloids）的复杂微型大脑，使不同的脑区能够进行通信。

培养皿中的大脑有助于进一步了解简单的脑功能，但无法在培养皿中研究行为。

科学家此前曾尝试将人类组织移植到小鼠大脑中，但发现由于人类脑细胞的发育速度慢 20 倍，它们在竞争中败给了发育更快、连接更迅速的啮齿类脑细胞。为了解决这个问题，科学家转而对小鼠进行了基因工程改造。科学家发现，尽管缺失了部分脑细胞，这些小鼠的功能相对正常，仅在步态上略显谨慎，且更容易遗忘。

纳菲尔德生物伦理委员会（Nuffield Council on Bioethics）主任 Danielle Hamm 补充道：“这项研究在深化我们对神经发育的理解以及治疗疾病方面具有巨大的潜力。”

该研究结果发表在《自然》（Nature）杂志上。

父子内斗削弱 Winkworth 房产中介利润 / 哦，我的上帝！根据威斯敏斯特新着装规范，贵族可不再佩戴领带

作者：Pui-Guan Man 房产记者

英国最古老的房产中介公司之一，其背后的家族正陷入一场激烈的董事会内斗，预计这将影响该公司今年的底线利润。

专注于伦敦及其周边房产的 Winkworth 公司已向股东发出警告，在承担了数十万英镑的法律费用后，其 2026 年的利润将“大幅低于目前的市场预期”。

该公司由 46, 岁的首席执行官多米尼克·阿盖斯（Dominic Agace）经营，他目前正在高等法院起诉 83 岁的董事长、也是其父亲的西蒙·阿盖斯（Simon Agace），以阻止后者罢免其他董事会成员。

在截至今年 6 月底的六个月中，该公司产生了一笔 10.5 万英镑 的法律账单，而在 7 月 1 和 9 月 15. 期间又欠下 37.6 万英镑。这导致今年上半年的利润下降了 5.%。

该公司昨日表示：“董事会目前预计，这些持续的法律和咨询费用将导致 2026 财年的报告税前利润大幅低于目前的市场预期。最终影响仍不确定，将取决于目前诉讼程序及相关讨论的进展情况。”

Winkworth 的股价在周三交易期间下跌了 5.9%。

西蒙·阿盖斯因涉嫌违反合同和保密协议而被起诉。他尚未回应置评请求。

据报道，多米尼克·阿盖斯在 8 月份告诉员工，他的父亲

多米尼克·阿盖斯经营着 Winkworth 公司，目前正与父亲、该公司董事长西蒙陷入董事会内斗

建议更换部分公司董事会成员，并表示如果建议未被采纳，他将利用股东大会将其罢免。

多米尼克认为，这样做不符合公司的最佳利益。

父子双方已同意在 10 月 5, 前达成临时停火协议，根据该协议，西蒙同意在 9 月 10. 之前不采取任何步骤撤换或任命董事。此外，他必须提前七天发出书面通知。作为回报，Winkworth 将其法律诉讼搁置至 10 月。Winkworth 在昨日的交易更新中表示，目前仍在讨论解决争议的方法。高等法院尚未对相关指控做出任何裁决。

这家房产中介公司成立于 1835, 年，在英国全境拥有约 100 家特许经营分店，其中大部分位于首都。该公司于 1974 年被西蒙收购，并通过特许经营模式进行扩张。

西蒙在 2006, 年将公司控制权移交给儿子，后者在三年后领导该公司在伦敦证券交易所上市。西蒙是公司最大的股东，持有约 41% 的股份，而其儿子持有该公司 5.7% 的股份。在业绩公布后与城市分析师交流时，多米尼克·阿盖斯表示，公司正寻求将此事化之于无形。

他表示：“正如我们所说，利润受到了与董事会和股东事务相关的异常法律成本的影响。董事会正在解决这个问题。我们正在考虑加强董事会及公司整体治理的方法，以便从中变得更加健康和强大。”

Winkworth 拒绝进一步置评。

作者：Sapphire Hope

在贵族程序与特权委员会的一份报告中提出。

贵族们被告知，作为上议院新着装规范的一部分，他们可以不再佩戴领带。

昨日获得贵族批准的更新版规则手册规定，“成员在辩论或投票时应穿着商务正装”，但可以自行决定是否佩戴领带。

尽管新指南预计将于今年晚些时候出现在《议事规则指南》（“Companion of Standing Orders”，上议院关于规则、程序和惯例的官方指南）中，但仍有几位贵族坚持表示，他们无意降低着装标准。

保守党贵族、大律师特雷德加的沃尔夫森勋爵（Lord Wolfson of Tredegar）在佩戴一条蓝色菱形图案领带时表示：“我不会在不打领带的情况下出现在高等法院。同样，我也不希望在不打领带的情况下出现在议会的高等法院（指上议院）。”

保守党贵族迈耶男爵夫人（Baroness Meyer）表示，遵守着装规范是“尊重的体现”。她补充道，在包括法国、美国和欧盟在内的其他立法机构中，“每个男人都打领带，女性则穿着套装”。

工党贵族戴维斯勋爵（Lord Davies）佩戴着一条白色波点紫色领带，他表示自己“并不反对”《指南》（Companion）中的新着装规范，“因为‘商务正装’这个词没有意义”。

他继续说道：“你不能把这里人们的穿着方式视为‘商务正装’。我认为它的意思是人们在伦敦金融城（the City）或金丝雀码头（Canary Wharf）的穿着。”

“事实上，现在出于商务目的还打领带的只有房产中介和殡葬业者——领带正在消失，如果‘商务正装’这个词有任何意义，那意味着我们不应该打领带。”

目前，《指南》并未对大多数上议院议员规定着装规范，尽管在任主教被要求“在议事厅内穿着罗切特（rochet）和奇梅尔（chimere）礼袍，除非是在王座阶梯上就座”。这项新指南是

主持该委员会的高级副议长舒尔布雷德的庞森比勋爵（Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede）表示，“由每位议员自行决定如何穿着得体”。

这位无党派贵族说道：“在这个议事厅里没有女性打领带，我还想指出一点，在我担任治安法官期间，我也遇到过完全相同的问题，即男性在治安法院就座时是否应该打领带，治安法官是否应该打领带。”

“在这种情况下，法院的规则是法院参与者应维护法院的尊严。”

“虽然没有明确提到要打领带，但我认为这一指导原则同样适用于本议事厅。”

庞森比勋爵的委员会还建议修改发言指南。目前的指南规定议员在辩论期间不应朗读演讲稿，因为这“违背了”上议院的惯例。

议员们同意澄清措辞，明确规定“本院是一个辩论厅，鼓励成员与其他发言者进行积极辩论，而非简单地朗读预先准备好的演讲稿”。

泰特慢享时光：美术馆建议“慢看”

伦敦莫奈展观众被敦促“慢下来……并沉浸在他的创作项目中”

作者：Craig Simpson

泰特美术馆（Tate）的新莫奈展览将鼓励“慢看”（slow looking），以逃离现代生活的压力。

这家伦敦美术馆将首次为这位法国印象派领军人物举办一场大规模展览。

当城市另一端的英国博物馆在紧凑的时间段内引导持票者快速经过拜约挂毯时，泰特现代美术馆（Tate Modern）则希望观众能在克劳德·莫奈（Claude Monet）的作品前徘徊和白日梦。

策展人将通过标识引导观众尝试“慢看”，即刻意在画作前长时间停留的实践。

泰特现代美术馆甚至引导持票者选择较为安静的参观时段，以便他们能悠闲地逗留，不受人群干扰。这场名为《莫奈：绘画时间》（Monet: Painting Time）的展览将聚焦于艺术家如何处理19世纪快速现代化世界中时间的流逝，以及他个人如何通过艺术逃离这一切。

该展览将于2027年开幕，将鼓励观众利用他的画作同样地逃离现代生活的喧嚣。泰特美术馆国际艺术策展人朱丽叶·宾厄姆（Juliet Bingham）表示：“我想将其视为一片绿洲。希望它能让人们慢下来，参与到‘慢看’之中。”

“我们希望人们能够花时间沉浸在他的创作项目中，而这个项目的核心就在于如何捕捉风景中的瞬间。”

展览将以莫奈具有革命性的早期作品开始，这些作品与其它印象派画作一样，描绘了现代生活不断变化的现实。其中包括展示快速变化的巴黎的作品，例如《圣拉扎尔火车站》（Gare Saint-Lazare）场景中的城市早期铁路，以及描绘伦敦工业烟雾的作品。

随后，焦点将转向莫奈本人如何通过尝试捕捉同一风景中的瞬间而逃入绘画之中，其中最著名的包括一些简单的干草堆、鲁昂大教堂的正立面，以及他位于吉维尼（Giverny）乡间寓所的水池。

宾厄姆女士表示，策展人将鼓励观众遵循莫奈作品早期观众所得到的建议，特别是针对水 lilies 或“睡莲”（Nymphneas）系列，在每幅画前长时间伫立，以便能够“完全沉浸”。

莫奈本人希望他的睡莲作品能起到抚慰作用，他写道，他希望展出这些作品的地方能成为一个让“被工作耗尽的神经得以放松”的空间，并提供一个“在开花的水族馆中心进行平静冥想的避风港”。

《莫奈：绘画时间》将在泰特现代美术馆于2027年2月至6月期间展出。

工党向学校追加 5 亿英镑m 拨款以避免罢工

电讯报记者报道

工党已向英格兰学校追加 5 亿英镑m 拨款，以避免罢工。

全国教育工会（NEU）总书记丹尼尔·凯贝德（Daniel Kebede）在关于教师 3.5 per cent 加薪资金来源的争端中宣布获胜。教育部此前表示，部分资金需要从现有预算中筹措。

然而，教育大臣露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）昨日表示，工会声称学校预算中留下的资金缺口，可以通过削减学校向地方政府养老金计划缴纳的费用来填补。

鲍威尔女士在给 NEU 的信中写道：“这部分成本的降低将不会被收回，我们有信心学校在国家层面能够承担教师加薪的费用。鉴于资金承受能力的状况发生了实质性变化，我请求 NEU 重新审视计划于 10 月进行的成员投票，并放弃罢工行动。”

NEU 一直在准备罢工行动的正式投票，原定于 10 月 3 日开始，12 月 15. 结束。该工会的全国执行委员会将于 9 月 24 日开会讨论其应对方案。

凯贝德先生表示：“终于，我们迎来了一个承认任何教师加薪方案必须获得全额资金支持的政府。填补学校预算中 4.6 亿英镑m 的缺口，标志着一个受欢迎的回归现实之举，也向整个学校社区传递了希望的信息。”

“毫无疑问，政府做出如此重大让步，是 NEU 成员愿意采取坚定立场的结果。”

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数学专家称，阻止 AI 紧急情况可能已太迟

莎拉·克纳普顿（Sarah Knapton）科学编辑报道

一组杰出的数学家发出警告，超级智能 AI 的崛起是一场必须在太迟之前解决的紧急情况。

数十名皇家学会院士写了一封联名信，警告 已经超越了他们领域内的顶尖头脑。上周，Claude 背后的 公司 Anthropic 的雅各布·考克森（Jacob Coxon）辞职，指责该公司鲁莽地推进不可控的系统，这些系统可能会超越并随后抹除人类。

Anthropic 负责人达里奥·阿莫代（Dario Amodei）也警告称， 可能在一年内接管整个互联网，而埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）则支持放缓开发速度的呼吁。在给皇家学会会长保罗·纳斯爵士（Sir Paul Nurse）的信中，这些学者表示，Open 已经解决了专家们研究了一个世纪的七个“千禧年大奖难题”之一，并呼吁该机构采取行动。

他们写道：“作为数学家，我们致信以表达对 开发速度及其对人类和文明影响的极度担忧。”

“这些模型现在的运行水平已达到顶尖人类数学家的水平。这些系统在网络安全、武器控制、生物和化学药剂开发以及虚假信息传播等其他技术领域同样强大的可能性极高。”

上周，Anthropic 研究员埃文·胡宾格（Evan Hubinger）表示， 在未来十年内抹除人类的可能性超过 10 per cent。

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格雷厄姆·约翰逊寻求支持其诋毁尼克林法官的行动，旨在为上诉铺路

作者：Camilla Turner 和 Victoria Ward

《每日电讯报》获悉，萨塞克斯公爵电话窃听指控背后的研究员正准备发起一项行动，旨在诋毁驳回该案件的高等法院法官。

格雷厄姆·约翰逊（Graham Johnson）的计划旨在削弱尼克林法官（Mr Justice Nicklin）在法律上的公信力。此前，尼克林法官在公爵及其共同原告针对《每日邮报》出版商发起的 5000 万英镑 诉讼案中做出了不利于原告的裁决。

在上个月的一项高等法院裁决中，法官驳回了公爵及其共同原告的所有主张，共同原告中包括埃尔顿·约翰爵士（Sir Elton John）、伊丽莎白·赫莉（Liz Hurley）和克拉伦登的劳伦斯男爵夫人（Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon）。

尼克林法官表示，原告未能证明其关于电话窃听、窃听设备安装和欺骗获取信息的指控，并得出结论认为，证据并不支持他们关于报道必然是通过非法手段获取的论点。

《每日电讯报》看到的一份文件表明，在公爵及其共同原告权衡是否提起上诉之际，约翰逊先生目前正在寻求支持，以发起一项削弱该法官影响力的行动。

据《每日电讯报》了解，公爵的一名助手参加了一次约翰逊先生讨论该计划的会议。

但一名接近公爵的消息人士坚称，他与拟议的行动无关。

该行动旨在削弱尼克林法官的法律权威，希望以此增加在上诉法院推翻原判的可能性。

具体操作将涉及强调该法官此前在一些案件中的裁决，在那些案件中，他判定那些声称被诽谤的人败诉。此外，该行动可能还会强调该法官此前担任王室法律顾问（QC）的经历，当时他代表镜像报业集团（Mirror Group Newspapers）参加了具有里程碑意义的古拉蒂诉 MGN 集团集体诉讼案。该案向电话窃听受害者 awarded 了巨额赔偿，为随后大量耗资数百万英镑的和解案设定了基准。公爵的律师大卫·舍本（David Sherborne）当时代表的是受害者。

这一明显的阴谋可能会引起更广泛的王室成员，尤其是国王的严重担忧，因为国王不希望与任何攻击司法独立的行为联系在一起。

据信，约翰逊先生计划接触其他曾被尼克林法官判定败诉的高知名度人物，看看他们是否愿意协助此类行动。

这些人可能包括亿万富翁电信大亨、前保守党捐赠者穆罕默德·阿默西（Mohamed Amersi），他在 2023. 的一起案件中被尼克林法官驳回。阿默西先生曾试图起诉前保守党议员夏洛特·莱斯利（Charlotte Leslie）诽谤。然而，在高等法院的裁决中，尼克林法官撤销了该案并批评了阿默西先生，称其论点部分“脱离现实”。

判决后，阿默西先生表示，尼克林法官为“那些向少数但有影响力的人群发布严重虚假信息的人提供了有效的豁免权”。

公爵的团队意识到，对判决提起上诉将是一个冒险之举。原告们目前已面临总计高达 3450 万英镑m 的赔偿支出，而公爵可能会承担超出该团体 1620 万英镑m 保险保额的大部分费用。

约翰逊先生曾领导原告的“法律研究团队”，此前曾在《星期日镜像报》和《世界新闻报》工作。他因电话窃听在 2014. 被判处缓刑。他在审判期间的行为受到了尼克林法官的严厉批评。

约翰逊先生拒绝置评。

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大学要求新生撰写关于白人特权的文章

作者：Tom McArdle

大学学生被要求完成一项种族平等课程，并撰写关于白人特权的文章。

北安普顿大学（University of Northampton）的一年级学生被要求完成该在线学习课程，将其作为新生周迎新活动的一部分。

该课程在宣传中称，参与者有必要通过此课程来“探讨特权、优势与包容性”。

在名为“白人性、特权与归属感”的一个章节中，学生被要求回答这样一个问题：“你是否意识到白人特权是如何运作的，以及它对来自黑人、亚裔及少数族裔背景的教职员工和学生产生的影响？”

该课程还要求学生写下他们可以采取哪些措施来“改善反种族主义实践”。

校方表示，该课程可以匿名完成，且不会影响学生入住宿舍。然而，言论自由联盟（Free Speech Union）的一位发言人表示：“尽管这门课程并非强制性，且

“这传递了一个信号，即北安普顿大学在许多政治争议问题上已经采取了立场”

答案不对大学公开，但这仍然传递了一个信号，即北安普顿大学在许多政治争议问题上已经采取了立场，而那些不同意该立场的学生将面临糟糕的后果。”

该课程由 Advance HE 提供，这是一个旨在分享“最佳实践”的大学会员组织。

北安普顿大学的一位发言人表示：“包容性是我们的核心价值观之一，对此我们无需道歉。然而，我们也同样致力于维护言论自由。”

“所提供的培训是一门行业标准课程，旨在鼓励新生反思自己的背景以及新同学的背景。未完成课程不会妨碍任何人开始学习或入住大学宿舍。”

Advance HE 的一位发言人表示：“该课程旨在引导人们对可能导致种族歧视或偏见的问题进行反思。”

“提供方可以根据自身的具体情况对该计划进行调整。”

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巴特西（BATTERSEA）

躺平？我们没学过这一招。

我们也不会屈服。尤其是在为每一只猫狗争取权益的时候。

我们开展活动以改善宠物及其主人的生活——例如争取让租房者被允许养宠物，这样在居住安排发生变化时，没有人会被迫放弃他们最好的朋友。

无论面对什么问题，我们将继续为那些无法发声的人发声——我们永远、绝对不会躺平。

因为我们全心全意，为了它们。

想打肉毒杆菌？健康指南称你可能患有强迫症

作者：Michael Searles 副健康编辑

NHS（英国国家医疗服务体系）的指南建议，进行美容手术可能是强迫症（OCD）的迹象。

研究显示，寻求手术、肉毒杆菌（Botox）或其他美容增强手段的人，更有可能患有强迫症或身体畸形恐惧症（BDD）。

根据提案，该行业从业的医疗专业人员现在必须对人们进行这两种心理健康状况的筛查，任何被认定为可能患有其中任何一种状况的人将被转诊至专家。

由国家医疗卓越研究所（Nice）起草的指南草案将于明年起生效。该指南还建议，医生和其他 NHS 工作人员在评估患有抑郁症、焦虑症、自闭症和 ADHD（注意缺陷多动障碍）等疾病的人员时，应考虑筛查其是否患有强迫症和身体畸形恐惧症。

这些提案旨在帮助患有 BDD 和 OCD 的患者更早地获得帮助。

强迫症患者深受强迫性的、不想要的且令人痛苦的想法之苦。这可能导致重复性行为或仪式，例如反复检查、洗涤、计数或寻求安慰。

身体畸形恐惧症（也称为 BDD）患者则花费大量时间担心自己外貌上的缺陷。

Nice 在呼吁采取更多措施来识别病例时表示，医疗专业人员“并未常规地询问或探讨人们是否对外貌有侵入性想法、图像、冲动、欲望、怀疑或担忧”。

ANDRE PATTENDENGLISINHERITAGE

英格兰遗产委员会（English Heritage）的 James Adams 留着圆寸发型，在萨默塞特平原（Somerset Levels）使用镰刀，希望回归传统技术能将尖卡德蜂（shrill carder bee，见插图）从灭绝边缘挽救回来。

价格争议后，延长寿命的乳腺癌药物现已可用

作者：Laura Donnelly 健康编辑

在健康支出监管机构撤销拒绝决定后，患有不可治愈乳腺癌的女性将在 NHS 获得一种延长寿命的药物。

Enhertu 已被证明能将女性在癌症不进展的情况下生存的时间几乎增加一倍。

每年约 1,000 名女性可能从这次反转中受益。此次反转发生在一项与美国达成的具有争议的药品协议之后，该协议改变了 NHS 的药品支出规则。

患者表示对这一决定感到“欣喜”，但活动人士表示，自 2024 年该药被拒绝以来，已有数千人错失治疗机会，部分患者在“等待获取药物的过程中死亡”。

2024, 国家医疗卓越研究所（Nice）裁定，制造商未能提供一个使其成为 NHS 资源成本效益合理的价格。

阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）对该决定提出异议，认为 Nice 的方法未能正确认识到转移性癌症的严重程度。

卫生大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）表示，NHS 患者现在将“终于”受益，并称这一决定是政府作为与美国药品协议的一部分，对 Nice 框架做出调整后的结果。她说：“这是对那些从未停止施压的活动人士和慈善机构的致敬。”

作为与唐纳德·特朗普达成协议的一部分，Nice 通常用于决定药物是否物有所值的阈值，从每提供一个质量调整生命年（QALY）2 万英镑–3 万英镑 提高到了 2.5 万英镑–3.5 万英镑。

Letby 调查负责人“不了解 NHS”

瑟尔沃尔法官关于切斯特伯爵夫人医院的报告被指“无知且傲慢”

作者：Sarah Knapton 科学编辑

一家领先的健康期刊表示，露西·莱特比（Lucy Letby）调查委员会的主席不了解国民医疗服务体系（NHS）的运作方式，且提出了“傲慢”的建议。周二，瑟尔沃尔法官（Lady Justice Thirlwall）发布了一份报告，探讨如何才能阻止莱特比在切斯特伯爵夫人医院（Countess of Chester Hospital）杀害和伤害其护理的婴儿。

该报告提出了 17 项建议，包括为所有婴儿床和保温箱安装婴儿监护仪、改进保护培训、统一计算机系统、禁止不称职的管理人员、更有效地监测死亡人数激增，以及加强护理质量委员会（CQC）对信托机构的监督。调查发现，如果管理人员在收到关于莱特比的怀疑时能更早采取行动，三个婴儿的生命本可以被挽救。

但《健康服务期刊》（Health Service Journal）编辑阿拉斯泰尔·麦克莱伦（Alastair McLellan）警告称，这些改革不可行且不切实际，且将耗资数十亿。

他指责瑟尔沃尔法官在“攻击管理层”，并批评她就 高级团队表现不佳的问题“重复陈词滥调”，同时将管理人员比作富时 100 (FTSE 100) 公司的负责人。麦克莱伦先生表示：“瑟尔沃尔调查可能对相关家庭有所帮助，但其总结性结论和建议是傲慢的、令人困惑的，而且在某些情况下纯属无知。”

“瑟尔沃尔法官一贯表现出的对 管理的无知，最典型的体现就是那句毫无根据的断言，即‘在 担任管理人员与在富时 100 (FTSE 100) 上市公司担任高级管理人员或领导者之间没有区别’。 英格兰（ England）被告知必须提供‘一条明确且有时间表的路径，以确保到 2028 年 12 月在整个 范围内实现计算机系统的统一’。”

“报告似乎在建议该服务在 15 个月内实现 IT 领域的‘圣杯’，却忽略了 英格兰将于明年 3 月被撤销的事实。”

“报告并未提及这将带来的数十亿成本以及巨大的服务中断。”麦克莱伦先生认为，即使计算机系统的整合仅限于新生儿服务，仍将耗资数千万。

瑟尔沃尔法官还建议 CQC 应当“对医院部门进行不通知的调查”，但麦克莱伦先生指出，CQC 已经在这么做了。

瑟尔沃尔调查委员会的一位发言人表示：“瑟尔沃尔法官不打算在她的结案陈词和报告本身已经阐述的内容之外增加任何内容。”

没错，这本书很棒……

但你看过 这部六集剧集了吗？

没有什么地方比得上

欧盟邀请加拿大成为准会员

英联邦国家无法成为该集团的正式成员，但与特朗普的紧张关系促使其深化关系

作者：Emily Smith

乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩宣布，加拿大已被邀请成为欧盟的首个准会员（associate member）。

在斯特拉斯堡发表年度欧盟状态报告演说时，这位欧盟委员会主席誓言将欧盟与加拿大的关系提升至“最高水平”。在欧洲议会中面对加拿大总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）时，她表示：“我们希望将与加拿大的关系提升到尽可能高的水平。亲爱的马克，我说过我们必须紧急重新构想我们的伙伴关系。因此，我想与你共同努力，为加拿大成为欧盟首个准会员打开大门。”

卡尼先生获得了起立鼓掌。他定于今日在欧洲议会发表讲话。根据欧盟条约，由于加拿大并非欧洲国家，因此不能成为欧盟的正式成员。

“准会员”并非一个法律标签，其具体包含的内容仍有待协商。然而，加强联系可能会改善加拿大与欧盟之间劳动力的流动自由、重大项目的技术协作以及资源共享。

周日，卡尼先生在多伦多电影节告诉记者：“我们拥有共同的价值观，有着相同的优先事项，并且在实力上具有很强的互补性。”

此前，欧盟在成员资格规则方面一直缺乏灵活性，但此次深化关系的举措是在欧盟和加拿大都面临与唐纳德·特朗普日益紧张的关系背景下发生的。

美国总统实施的关税以及反复提及将加拿大变为第51个州的言论，促使卡尼先生寻求与欧洲建立更紧密的经济和安全联系。在加拿大寻求减轻对美国贸易的高度依赖之际，他呼吁与欧盟建立一个“独特的联盟”。自特朗普去年重返白宫以来，美加关系因贸易争端而急剧恶化，导致数百亿美元的跨境贸易被征收关税。

冯德莱恩女士昨日在面对欧盟议员时表示，卡尼先生出席欧盟状态报告演说是“两国人民持久友谊的象征”。

她表示：“我们以同样的眼光看待世界，从人工智能到气候变化，从北极到地缘政治，我们在乌克兰问题、国防、原材料和供应链问题上始终站在一起。”

“但最重要的是，亲爱的马克，欧洲和加拿大都相信民主，相信权力不属于最强、最富、声音最大的人，而属于我们所有人。”

在演说期间，冯德莱恩女士还宣布在全欧盟范围内禁止13岁以下儿童使用社交媒体。欧盟委员会今日将提出一项《欧盟儿童法案》（EU Kids Act），该法案将禁止13岁以下儿童使用社交媒体，并限制15岁以下儿童的访问权限——此举效仿了澳大利亚。

冯德莱恩女士还宣布，为了应对来自俄罗斯日益增长的威胁，将为欧盟及志同道合的领导人建立一个新的安全论坛。在宣布推动成立一个新的欧洲安全委员会时，她表示：“考虑到目前风险的性质和规模，这件事现在变得更加紧迫，这就是为什么我们将提出构想，使欧洲安全委员会成为现实。紧迫性显而易见。而这一统一战线也推动了我们在欧洲国防方面的工作。”

加拿大、乌克兰、挪威和英国都将被邀请加入。克里姆林宫被怀疑在北约成员国境内多个地点发起的秘密袭击背后操纵，包括英国的一个仓库、爱沙尼亚的一家武器工厂和德国的一个机场。

新的安全委员会将允许任何欧盟成员国在危机发生时召集紧急会议。

布鲁塞尔虽有宏大期待，但前路艰辛

素描

By Ed Cumming

欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩在斯特拉斯堡发表她的第六次国情咨文时，以查尔斯·狄更斯的精神开篇。“那是最好的时代，那是最坏的时代，”她引用了《双城记》的开头，并补充道：“如果我看今天的欧洲，我会说我们的联盟状态是历史上最强盛的。但我们的联盟状态也可能让人感到比以往任何时候都更不稳定。”

好吧，她对了一半。欧盟很少像现在这样让人感到陈旧。她简直就像是在索姆河战役前向一支骑兵团发表讲话。欧洲议会议长罗伯塔·梅措拉在开场白中出现了一个耐人寻味的口误，她说人们期望欧盟成为“一盏带有歉意的——一盏无需道歉的——世界之光”。一盏带有歉意的世界之光：这倒是个不错的座右铭。

冯德莱恩更像的狄更斯笔下人物是哈维舍姆小姐：身着白衣，在一家腐朽的机构中隐居多年。她认真地在惯常关注的话题中缓慢推进：气候变化、乌克兰战争、边境安全，并在时机合适时切换到德语和法语。如果你不看报纸，你可能会认为这是一个在为成员国提供不懈服务的组织。但选民们正在表达他们的不满。

马克·卡尼向欧盟赠送了贴有定制标签的枫糖浆瓶

玛丽娜·勒庞是明年法国总统大选的强势热门人选。在意大利、荷兰和德国，怀疑欧盟的政党正在崛起。德国选择党（AfD）在柏林取得进展。随着世界变得更加危险，选民们渴望力量与安全，并且不确定那些步调缓慢的泛欧机构是否是提供这些保障的最佳选择。尽管如此，直到冯德莱恩在演讲中谈到人工智能（AI）的部分时，她的语气才完全像个“化学阿里”（Chemical Ali）。“我们需要留在赛道上，”她对听众说道，而听众们忍住没笑出声，这已经很不容易了。欧盟不仅没有参与 AI 竞赛，而且，正如 P.G. 伍德豪斯可能会说的那样，它正面临被下一场竞赛甩在后面的危险。

冯德莱恩的特别嘉宾是加拿大总理马克·卡尼。他随后与安迪·伯纳姆有个约会。早晨在欧盟，晚上看埃弗顿对阵狼队；这日程确实艰苦。冯德莱恩帽子里的“兔子”是邀请加拿大成为欧盟的首个“准成员国”。“我们以同样的眼光看待世界，”她深情地望着卡尼说道。在某种程度上确实如此，主席女士。自从卡尼在 18 个月前当选以来，他削减了税收，与唐纳德·特朗普发生冲突，减少了净移民人数，并积极推动数据中心和化石燃料开发。他可能代表中左翼参选，但他的政府带有保守主义色彩。他的支持率处于历史高位。欧洲会效仿吗？

尽管如此，俱乐部多样化其会员选项是明智的。也许，就像 MCC（玛丽勒本板球俱乐部）那样，我们可以期待为更活跃的国家提供欧盟的“球员会员”资格。或者为新成员提供 35 岁以下会员资格。一旦欧盟抄袭了加拿大最明智的一项政策——即由国王担任国家元首，英国就可以申请成为一名“外地会员”。

PHUL COOPER / WHA / POOL / GETTY IMAGES 马克·卡尼，加拿大总理，昨晚从斯特拉斯堡飞来，与同样是球迷的安迪·伯纳姆一起观看埃弗顿在联赛杯中 1-0 击败狼队的比赛

警惕，卡尼先生：脱欧表明欧洲将是一个难啃的硬骨头

詹姆斯·克里斯普 (James Crisp) 欧洲编辑

欧洲议会内部的起立鼓掌和欢呼声给人一种印象：欧盟与加拿大之间的协议已基本达成。

但欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩在措辞上十分谨慎。她在斯特拉斯堡表示，欧盟愿意与加拿大总理马克·卡尼合作，以“寻找途径”为获得准会员身份“打开大门”。

她应该意识到，这需要获得成员国的谈判授权，而其中一些成员国反对欧盟与加拿大的自由贸易协定。

温情的话语很容易，但欧盟委员会在讨价还价时非常强硬，且总是向有利于自身利益的方向倾斜。

英国在脱欧谈判期间意识到了这一点——以及在谈判重启关系时，为此付出了出让英国渔业水域12年准入权的沉重代价。与布鲁塞尔的谈判可能会拖延数年，且其官员始终警惕任何对其拥有4.6亿人口的单一市场的“择优挑选”（cherry-picking）行为，欧盟认为这使其在谈判中拥有几乎不可抗拒的分量。

欧盟在经历了令人心力交瘁的25年谈判后，于2024年最终敲定了与南美国家共同体（Mercosur）的贸易协定；而阿尔巴尼亚申请加入已等待十年。据了解，一些欧盟国家在向加拿大提供优惠贸易准入方面持谨慎态度。另一些国家则担心，这种新联盟可能会激怒唐纳德·特朗普，而后者已经将欧盟商品的关税提高了15%。

他们对准会员身份的想法反应冷淡，这或许可以解释冯德莱恩女士向卡尼先生提出的谨慎提议。

来自乔治亚·梅洛尼领导的意大利兄弟党的高级欧洲议会议员尼古拉·普罗卡奇尼批评了冯德莱恩女士向加拿大提出的“坦白说令人尴尬”的提议。他表示：“难道英国在准会员身份方面不具有优先权吗？”

但卡尼先生推动加拿大与欧盟之间大幅深化关系的举动，不会让脱欧派感到惊讶。

当卡尼先生担任英格兰银行行长时，他关于无协议脱欧将带来可怕后果的“恐吓故事”曾令脱欧派愤怒。许多人怀疑卡尼先生内心深处是一个留欧派。但这场外交热情的根源并不在于脱欧谈判那些充满分歧的岁月，而是在于加拿大与美国的贸易战——美国总统支持脱欧且并非欧盟粉丝——以及唐纳德·特朗普威胁要将其邻居变成美国第51个州的言论。

对于卡尼先生来说，这将感觉像是实现其愿景的第一步，即在美、中、俄强人领导者主导的残酷新地缘政治时代，建立一个“中等强国”联盟。特朗普对加拿大商品征收50%的关税，增加了卡尼先生计划中减少对美国贸易依赖并加强其他伙伴关系的紧迫性。

欧盟同样在特朗普的关税政策中吃过亏，一直在加强与其他大国的关系，试图在国防和贸易两方面减少对美国的依赖。

关于准会员身份具体包含内容的正式谈判尚未开始，但预计该协议将涉及允许加拿大在能源、AI、国防和关键矿产等战略供应链中的商品、服务和人员自由进入欧盟。

新的联合数据中心、海底电缆、云存储和卫星网络也将被讨论，以及出口加拿大能源的链路。关于免签工作和旅行的谈判也可能成为重点。

然而，冯德莱恩女士仅为探讨未来谈判的会谈开了绿灯。这仅仅是初步的尝试性步骤。

欧盟将进行极其强硬的讨价还价；其理由是，作为请求方的加拿大比欧盟更需要这项协议。

中国建造母舰以发射大型潜艇无人机

中国用于无人潜艇的“母舰”

作者：Allegra Mendelson

卫星图像显示，中国正在建造一艘能够部署潜艇无人机的母舰。

这艘在上海某造船厂被发现的船只被认为是全球首艘此类舰艇，能够携带四艘巨大的自主潜艇。

由美国国防情报公司 Vantor 拍摄的图像显示，一艘红色船只正在沪东中华造船厂建设，北京此前曾在此建造大型两栖攻击舰。

中国是已知首个开发出如此大型无人潜艇的国家。为此，人们不得不创造一个新术语：超超大型无人水下航行器（XXLUUV）。

专注于水下战争的独立国防专家 H I Sutton 告诉《海军新闻》（Naval News）：“最合理的解释是，这是一艘特殊的无人潜艇母舰。”

他推断，根据其尺寸，这艘新母舰可能至少能携带四艘中国的 XXLUUV。这些航行器与潜艇一样，可以在无需人员在舰的情况下携带武器航行数千英里。这些全尺寸无人潜艇于去年 1 月首次披露，中国已在南海对其进行了测试。

Sutton 先生表示，在新的母舰上，它们将被存储在内部机库中，而该机库的尺寸和存在使得“将其解释为民用或研究用途缺乏说服力”。

到目前为止，已观察到两种类型的 XXLUUV——一种长约 115 英尺，另一种长 148 英尺。这意味着它们比美国约 51 英尺长的“虎鲸”（Orca）超大型无人水下航行器（XLUUV）大六到八倍。

尽管关于 XXLUUV 无人机的信息很少，但根据 Sutton 先生的说法，一艘载人 XLUUV 通常可以携带八枚重型鱼雷。

因此，尺寸更大的无人潜艇应该能够在 10,000 海里的航程中携带更大的载荷。

XXLUUV 可能是作为“虎鲸”的竞争产品而开发的，后者的航程最高可达 6,500 海里。英国也在“鲸鱼计划”（Project Cetus）下开发了自己的 XLUUV，名为 XV Excalibur。XV Excalibur 比中国的 XXLUUV 小近四倍，长度仅 39 英尺，续航里程最高为 1,000 英里。预计该航行器将于 2028 年投入运行。

随着中国维持其全球最大军舰生产国的领先地位，这艘新战舰是其造船能力提升的最新体现。

专家估计，中国的造船能力至少是美国的 200 倍，估计拥有 405 艘军舰，而美国为 295 艘。一个关键原因是中国的主要国防目标在海上。

中国国家主席习近平并不掩饰其最大的野心是将台湾——一个岛屿——置于中国控制之下。任何关于台湾的突发情况（台湾强烈拒绝北京的主张）都将不可避免地演变为一场海上冲突。

中国还在迅速扩大其在南海的存在，尽管菲律宾、越南、文莱和台湾坚决反对，但中国声称对该海域几乎所有的岛屿、礁石和岩礁拥有主权。

然而，在中国继续将其国防能力扩展至前沿的同时，它也向其他试图效仿的国家传递了一个信息。

中国的年度香山论坛于周二开幕——该国国防部长董君传递了一个明确的信息。他在昨天的演讲中表示：“我们必须铭记历史教训，对一切霸权主义、军国主义和历史修正主义的潜在表现保持高度警惕。”

许多专家认为这是在含蓄地批评日本。日本自去年以来一直与中国陷入外交争端，并且一直在推动扩大其国防能力。

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美国向以色列发送 40,000 枚一吨级炸弹

唐纳德·特朗普在由纳税人资助的£2.1bn协议中，撤销对重型弹药的两年禁令

作者：梅兰妮·斯旺 (Melanie Swan)

唐纳德·特朗普已批准向以色列出售40,000枚一吨级炸弹，这是有史以来规模最大的弹药转移行动之一。

据《纽约时报》报道，这套由美国纳税人资助的价值28亿美元 (21亿英镑) 的武器方案包括20,000枚MK-84炸弹、20,000枚BLU-117s以及20,000枚I-2000钻地穿甲弹头。

以色列因在加沙使用重型炸弹而受到批评，前美国总统乔·拜登在两年前停止了这些武器的交付。

但据《纽约时报》报道，尽管据报道美国面临武器短缺，特朗普先生仍批准了此次销售，负责审查重大武器转移的国会委员会已收到通知。

该方案将通过对外军事融资支付，即以色列使用美国纳税人的加元购买武器。在加沙、黎巴嫩及整个中东地区经过数年战斗后，这将显著补充以色列的重型弹药库存。

重量为2,000lb (907kg) 的炸弹是西方军械库中最具破坏性的常规武器之一。

MK-84能够撕裂混凝土和金属并产生巨大的弹坑，而I-2000旨在穿透掩体等加固目标后再爆炸。

以色列广泛地对哈马斯和真主党使用2,000lb炸弹，理由是这些组织故意在平民区活动，并维持着需要使用重型武器才能摧毁的地下掩体和隧道网络。由于可能造成平民伤亡，这些武器的使用引起了国际社会的批评。

去年，特朗普先生在撤销拜登先生的决定后，批准了一套价值$2.04bn的弹药方案，其中包含超过35,500枚MK-84或BLU-117弹体以及4,000枚I-2000穿甲弹头。

生产和交付可能需要数月或数年时间，尽管华盛顿拥有加速转移的机制。该方案可能会面临民主党人的反对，他们对美国在军事上支持以色列的立场日益持批评态度。国会领导人可能会反对此次销售，但美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥最终可能会不顾反对地推进。要阻止一项已正式批准的销售，需要国会通过一项能够推翻总统否决权的决议。

在与伊朗进行了数月的战斗后，美国一直被指责武器储备不足。本周，美国国防部监察长的一份报告称，美国弹药存在短缺，且供应链中存在“瓶颈”。

美国国防部长皮特·海格塞斯否认了这些说法，而特朗普先生此前曾吹嘘弹药供应“几乎无限”。

美国国务院和以色列大使馆尚未对拟议的协议发表公开评论。

与此同时，美国副总统JD·万斯警告称，华盛顿不能允许其中东外交政策变得“屈从于以色列国”。

在昨天由All-In Podcast组织的一次会议上，万斯先生表示，以色列仍然是一个重要的合作伙伴，但他强调两国并不总是能达成一致。

瓦利德·阿尔-马哈杰里（Waleed Al-Mahajeri，居中），也门第五旅指挥官，在部队于阿尔-贾乌夫省与胡塞武装作战时发表讲话

胡塞武装如何成为全球最致命的非国家武装力量之一

“没有人会派遣地面部队。因此他们必须坐下来谈判”

Akhtar Makoii 驻外记者

当胡塞武装反叛分子上周向一条关键的全球航运海峡发起冲击时，很明显，他们已不再仅仅是一群衣衫褴褛的部落战士。

他们穿着人字拖，在兴奋剂的刺激下，驾驶着美制悍马车驶入被占领的港口城镇，并使用由在他们面前溃逃的沙特支持的也门军队遗弃的美制枪械开火。

这些画面捕捉到了一个山地反叛组织在二十年间的转型。如今，它已成为全球能力最强的非国家武装力量之一，其武器库可与许多国家军队相媲美，且具备封锁红海并推高伦敦能源账单的影响力。

查塔姆研究所（Chatham House）也门研究员 Farea al-Muslimi 表示：“他们正在展示力量，并拥有庞大的军事基础设施。”

“在过去两年里，胡塞武装在国内、地区和国际层面都取得了繁荣。这是其野心和权力的必然结果。”据与《每日电讯报》交谈的分析人士和也门消息人士透露，胡塞武装的武器来自四个重叠的渠道。

他们拥有在战场上缴获的武器、从伊朗走私的武器和专业技术、利用在世界商业市场上公开购买的零部件在国内生产的武器，以及在非洲之角日益增长的黑市贸易。其中许多武器是俄罗斯的，是瓦格纳雇佣兵组织在非洲行动后留下的。

也门的遗产

2014年，当胡塞武装席卷首都萨那并推翻政府时，他们获得了也门军队的库存武器。

这些武器包括苏联时代的飞剪（Scud）导弹、朝鲜的火星（Hwasong）火箭弹、俄罗斯的托奇卡（Tochka）弹道导弹，以及一个曾被前也门驻德黑兰大使形容为“充斥着中国、俄罗斯和美国制造武器”的国家军械库。

也门过去和现在依然是地球上武装最密集的社会之一。在约4000 万的人口中，估计有40 to 6000 万把枪在民众手中。

但在2015.年沙特领导的联军介入后，这些遗产硬件在向沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国开火的过程中被迅速消耗。取而代之的是来自德黑兰的补给。

来自伊朗的武器与知识 分析人士和也门官员指出，伊朗伊斯兰共和国及其在黎巴嫩的

“胡塞武装不需要别人鼓励。他们有自己的升级冲突的动力”

盟友真主党，是训练并武装胡塞反政府武装的力量。

起初，伊朗运送完整的导弹和无人机，通过在阿拉伯海和红海航行的木船走私，或通过像阿曼边境的谢欣（Sheheen）这样缺乏监管的过境点陆路运输。

但完整的武器容易被截获：美国海军和其他力量已拦截了至少十几批武器运输。于是伊朗改变了模式，改为派遣工程师。

在伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）特工的指导下，胡塞武装学会了利用走私零件组装自己的系统，这些零件包括飞行控制计算机、惯性导航系统、抗干扰GPS芯片，随后他们开始尽可能地自行制造。

在公开市场购买的组件 一名也门消息人士告诉《电讯报》，这些零件越来越多地不再以违禁品形式，而是以普通货物形式抵达，胡塞武装在伊朗的帮助下将其转化为武器。2025,年1月，亚丁的海关官员查获了180个智能伺服电机和1,760块电子电路板；几天后，又拦截了一个来自中国的集装箱，其中隐藏着发动机、无人机控制器和一架小型飞机。

这些组件分批次运抵，因此没有任何单一货物能揭示最终产出武器的身份。专家估计，胡塞武装拥有100 to 200枚远程弹道导弹，以及可能少于1,000架无人机——数量虽不算庞大，但足以威胁全球石油市场。

来自非洲的援助

随着胡塞武装的壮大，他们将其武器和海上网络转向外部，与非洲之角各地的武装组织建立联系——尤其是亚丁湾索马里一侧的基地组织分支“青年党”。一名也门政府消息人士表示：“青年党的角色一直是以走私为主。”

沙特支持的也门军队在贾乌夫省与胡塞武装交战

该消息人士称：“它充当了伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队向胡塞武装走私任何物资的中间人，中间则由索马里海盗衔接。这种合作是为了确保另一侧海岸，即红海的另一岸。”这样一来，如果胡塞武装采取行动关闭曼德海峡，他们就能在远岸获得保护。

也门消息人士称，部分供应的武器是由瓦格纳在非洲各地的行动所遗留，通过索马里沿海网络回流。

对于德黑兰而言，情况不能更好了。穆斯利米先生表示：“伊朗在中东投射权力的方式是绝对的本土化。他们创建并支持代理人，允许代理人在国内根据自身认为合适的方式做出决定，并允许一定程度的否认。因此，伊朗对胡塞武装的影响越小，对伊朗就越有利。”

有些人认为目前的攻势是由德黑兰策划的。前也门外交官马哈茂德·谢赫拉表示：“这次复苏是伊朗的一项战略——一种压力分担。”

“伊朗承担着很多负担，因此他们希望为美国人和以色列人制造一个干扰，让前线在萨那，而不是在德黑兰。这就是他们传递的信息。”

但他警告不要将胡塞武装仅仅视为德黑兰的工具。“胡塞武装不需要有人鼓励他们。他们有自己的升级动机。”

一名也门消息人士表示，面对国内的经济危机，胡塞武装希望“能被纳入任何涉及伊朗的未来协议中。他们担心伊朗会为了自身利益而牺牲他们。”

以色列和美国去年轰炸了胡塞武装的武器站点、工厂和指挥官，唐纳德·特朗普宣布胜利。然而，该组织制造、瞄准和打击的能力似乎并未减弱。

科威特大学历史教授巴德尔·穆萨·阿尔-赛义夫表示：“你需要部署地面部队——而没有人愿意在地面投入军队。因此，他们需要坐下来谈判。”

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记者在拍摄事故时遭遇电视直升机坠毁身亡

作者：Andrea Hamblin

周二晚上，美国一家电视网络的直升机在洛杉矶坠毁并起火，造成至少三人死亡。

当地时间晚上约 7 pm（英国时间凌晨3点），NBC的飞机正盘旋在一次致命车辆碰撞事故现场上方，此时其直播画面开始晃动，随后中断。随后，该直升机坠毁在一个停车场内。

资深空中记者埃莉安娜·莫雷诺（Eliana Moreno）及其飞行员乔治·马尔西尼（George Marciniw）被确认在直升机坠毁中丧生。莫雷诺女士自 2010 年起便在新闻直升机上飞行，并于去年订婚。第三名死者是一名尚未确认身份的行人。

“我们失去了与人员的联系，”NBC主播科琳·威廉姆斯（Colleen Williams）在直播报道该消息时流泪说道，“我们刚刚收到确认，事实上，News-Chopper4在接近 7 点时于查茨沃思（Chatsworth）坠毁……我们将花几分钟时间思考这件事，进行消化并重新整顿。”

记者们此前被派往查茨沃思郊区，报道一起SUV与洛杉矶地铁巴士之间的碰撞事故，该事故在周二晚上早些时候造成两人死亡。NBC洛杉矶是多家在空中记录现场的网络之一，当时他们的直播画面显示其直升机开始缓慢下降。

“没有直升机会那样掉下来。然后两秒钟后冒烟。它就那样笔直地掉下来了”

在录像的音频中，可以听到一名女性在信号中断前询问：“你不能拉升吗？”

目击者告诉NBC，他们在坠毁前看到飞机冒烟。“我刚好回头看，发现……一架新闻直升机奇怪地就那样笔直地掉下来，”现场的一名男子说道，“我想‘太奇怪了——没有直升机会那样掉下来’。然后两秒钟后，冒烟了。它就那样笔直地掉下来。”

该飞机在坠毁于一家自助仓储设施附近的停车场之前，避开了几栋大型建筑。

现场照片显示，直升机残骸落在地面上，被火焰吞没。附近几辆车辆也起火。此前在现场处理车辆碰撞事故的消防员和急救人员随即赶往直升机坠毁现场。在巴士车祸中受伤的另外六人周二晚上仍留在医院。

莫雷诺女士经常在空中报道警方追捕、灌木火灾和突发新闻事件。

她在Instagram上的昵称是“直升机里的埃莉”（Eli in the Heli），她经常在上面分享自己在新闻飞机上的照片，其中一条配文写道：“我拥有世界上最好的工作。”

马尔西尼先生自 2023. 年起与她共事。这位经验丰富的飞行员在 30 年的职业生涯中，直升机飞行时长超过 14,000 小时。

飞行员乔治·马尔西尼和记者埃莉安娜·莫雷诺在乘坐NBC直升机拍摄车辆碰撞事故（左图）时在坠机中丧生。

特朗普警告：要么将我的名字刻在肯尼迪中心，要么我削减其资金

作者：美国特派员

唐纳德·特朗普威胁称，如果他的名字没有被添加到建筑上，他将退出一项价值 2.57亿美元 (1.9 亿英镑m) 的华盛顿肯尼迪中心翻新工程。

由于一名联邦法官阻止该机构在建筑外部添加特朗普先生的名字，该场馆的董事会于周二投票决定关闭大部分剧院。

特朗普先生的名字此前曾被添加到这座美国首都的建筑上，随后又被移除。

根据新计划，在约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的标志下方将增加“由唐纳德·J·特朗普翻新”的铭文。但在周二的最新裁决中，美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀表示：“未经国会批准，被告不得在肯尼迪中心为特朗普总统或任何其他人或任何事物设立纪念标志。”

特朗普在 Truth Social 平台上写道，关闭剧院是为了进行对建筑安全至关重要的维修，并威胁称，除非在中心添加带有他名字的标志，否则他将阻止国会拨给该中心的 2.57亿美元 资金。

他表示：“关闭将立即执行；然而，翻新与重建是一项规模巨大且复杂的工程，在华盛顿特区巡回法院对董事会批准的名称做出裁决之前，工程无法开始。”

1.9 亿英镑m

美国国会为华盛顿特区肯尼迪中心翻新工程拨付的金额

特朗普先生去年被董事会中的忠实支持者任命为肯尼迪中心主席。他参加了讨论关闭事宜的虚拟董事会会议，会上美国总统与众议员乔伊斯·比蒂（Joyce Beatty）之间发生了激烈的争执。比蒂是来自俄亥俄州的民主党人，一直领导着阻止在肯尼迪中心为总统设立纪念标志的运动。

特朗普称比蒂女士“无能”且“阻碍了一切”。一名要求匿名的会议参与者表示，比蒂女士回应道：“是你阻碍了整个国家。”

肯尼迪中心是美国最著名的文化机构之一，几十年来，各种政治意识形态的总统、政治家和名人都聚集于此，认可并庆祝美国艺术与文化的最高成就。

本月早些时候，该建筑主走廊部分天花板的坍塌加剧了人们对翻新的呼吁。

特朗普政府还可能寻求拆除肯尼迪中心。

在上个月的一份文件中，特朗普政府的律师告诉法院，如果总统得不到认可，肯尼迪中心将难以筹集翻新资金。

他们暗示，如果没有这笔资金，该建筑可能需要被拆除。

范斯称《艾米丽在巴黎》就像莎士比亚

美国副总统赞誉被评论家斥为“愚蠢”的 Netflix 剧集为“美国电视杰作”

作者：Nick Squires 罗马特派记者

一名年轻女子来到一片陌生而遥远的土地。

她被当地的习俗所吸引，陷入了一个服装和社会阶级由隐藏规则主导的世界中的混乱三角恋。

这并非《第十二夜》的剧情，而是 Netflix 的华丽剧集《艾米丽在巴黎》（Emily in Paris）。美国副总统 JD Vance 将其誉为“我们时代的莎士比亚”。

Vance 先生宣称这部流媒体热门剧集是“美国电视的杰作”，而评论家则将其斥为“胡言乱语的旋涡”和“卑劣地愚蠢”。在他所谓的“元分析”中，他表示这部融合了绝美时尚、英俊追求者以及没完没了的法式白眼翻动的剧集，简直就是“天才之作”。

尽管遭到评论家的无情抨击，但该剧深受数百万观众喜爱。剧集讲述了由 Lily Collins 饰演的艾米丽的冒险故事，她是一名时尚界的初级营销主管。

该剧于 2020 年首播，记录了她复杂的感情生活、活泼的举止、无数次的服装更换以及无法学会一句法语的情况。

“《艾米丽在巴黎》讲述的是这样一个活泼的女孩，她去巴黎，拥有一份很酷的工作，拥有绝佳的体验，喝着上好的葡萄酒，做所有你在巴黎会做的事情，”Vance 先生说道。

“但它实际上是对千禧一代决策方式的一次巨大的文化批判。她去了巴黎，而且对于所有观看的人来说，这很明显

“这是对千禧一代决策方式的文化批判……是我们时代的莎士比亚”

表明她最终应该和那位法国主厨[由卢卡斯·布拉沃饰演的角色加布里埃尔]在一起。她应该嫁给这个男人。他们应该组建家庭。无论是在巴黎还是美国，他们都应该共同生活。这才是他们应该做的事。”

万斯先生可能是在指某些研究，这些研究表明，千禧一代——即 1981 年至 1996 年之间出生的人——有时在做出人生决定时会感到吃力，这是因为选择过多、信息过载、新冠疫情的遗留影响以及财务压力。

万斯先生表示，英俊的主厨加布里埃尔“显然应该最终和（莉莉）在一起，而不是和那些在他生命中进进出出的各种最疯狂的人在一起”。

相反，“他们两人所做的是一系列荒诞的、有时令人捧腹、有时则不那么可信的错误，导致她最终和一群随机的人在一起，或者专注于她的工作。”我认为，他们不断做出糟糕决定的这一事实，某种程度上是最好的文化评论，或者说是对我这一代人——千禧一代——的文化批判。冒着夸大其词的风险，我想说，它是我们时代的莎士比亚。”

由莉莉·柯林斯饰演的艾米莉

这种对《艾米莉在巴黎》不同寻常的评价，或许是万斯先生在 2028 年美国大选前试图与年轻女性选民建立联系的一种尝试，预计他将在该届大选中竞选共和党提名。

作为 Netflix 的一部大热剧集，《艾米莉在巴黎》将于今年晚些时候在第六季完结。

在剧集中，艾米莉不仅住在巴黎，还住在罗马，在那里她不出所料地爱上了一位高大、肤色深沉的当地花花公子。

在这两个首都，当地人都抱怨他们的城市被描绘得不真实且过于甜腻，街道上没有涂鸦、狗屎和垃圾。该剧的创作者达伦·斯塔表示，他从未打算以残酷的现实主义来描绘这些地方。他说，这部剧旨在成为“一封写给巴黎的情书”。

然而，评论家的评价则十分刻薄。一名评论员表示，“没有一个陈词滥调被放过”，并评论道巴黎被描绘成了一个由“可可·香奈儿、红磨坊和法棍面包”组成的城市。

一名英国评论家将《艾米莉在巴黎》描述为“一场愚蠢、像肥皂剧一样混乱的胡言乱语”，以及“为那些不会演戏的人提供的就业计划”。

《Bazaar》杂志称该剧“不真实、荒唐且完全可笑”。

但万斯先生可能会补充道，莎士比亚在当时也被同辈人斥为“暴发户乌鸦”。

日本百岁老人人数突破 100,000 人

作者：Alexandra Snow

日本 100 岁或以上的人口数量已突破 100,000 人的历史纪录。

根据该国卫生部的资料，这个以长寿著称的国家目前有 107,677 人至少 100 岁。

最年长的女性是来自京都的 Fuyo Kishimoto，现年 114. 岁。最年长的男性是来自熊本的 Hikaru Kato，现年 112 岁。

女性在百岁老人中占据绝大多数，比例高达 88%。这通常被归因于男性在第二次世界大战期间死亡或采取不健康的生活方式。

日本卫生部长上野健一郎（Kenichiro Ueno）在周二对这一消息表示欢迎，并称他“非常高兴看到许多人过着长寿、健康且活跃的生活”。

他还承诺将建立一个强大的社会保障体系以支持老年人。

在日本，当有人年满 100 岁时，他们会收到一封来自首相的贺信和一只纪念银色酒杯。

1963

在今年首次开展百岁老人调查时，日本年满 100 岁或以上的人数仅为 153 人。

这些酒杯过去是由纯银制成的，但在 2016 年不得不降级为镀银版本，因为百岁老人数量激增，制作酒杯正迅速成为一项昂贵的传统。

根据卫生福利部的数据，当 1963, 年开始进行百岁老人调查时，日本年满 100 岁或以上的人数为 153 人。

大多数科学家将日本的长寿归功于健康的饮食、活跃的生活方式以及负担得起的医疗体系。

在日本最南端的冲绳——这里历史上拥有全球最高密度的百岁老人群体之一——当地人口的长寿部分被归功于他们的传统日本饮食，这种饮食低热量、低饱和脂肪且营养丰富。

专家还提到一个名为“meiwaku”（迷惑）的概念，即从小就根植于日本人心中的一种担心成为社会负担的心理，专家表示这有助于解释为什么他们退休较晚。

尽管日本女性的平均预期寿命为 87.2 岁，男性为 81.7 岁，且一直位居世界前列，但日本的人口正在萎缩。

日本首相高市早苗（Sanae Takaichi）将骤降的出生率称为一场“无声的紧急状态”。

在过去十多年里，该国成人纸尿裤的销量已超过了婴儿纸尿裤。

根据政府预测，日本人口在 2008, 年达到 1.28 亿 的峰值，预计到 2070, 年将下降至 8700 万。

富士山登山者将被收取救援费

作者：Alexandra Snow

在非高峰季节尝试攀登富士山的登山者，如果陷入困境，将不得不支付紧急直升机救援费用。

日本山梨县当局宣布了一系列措施，以威慑鲁莽且准备不足的登山者。据日本公共广播机构 NHK 报道，费用将基于直升机运行成本计算，每五分钟约为 8,000 日元（£38）。

据称，官员们正在考虑在费用中增加其他开支。

在天气晴朗的日子里，海拔 12,389 英尺的富士山从首都东京清晰可见，其地位使得许多游客将其视为必须打卡的景点。

富士山的官方登山季从 7 月持续到 9 月初，每年约有 200,000 名登山者尝试登顶。然而，官方强烈不建议在非高峰季节登山，因为山上的设施已关闭，且天气条件变得更加恶劣。

根据警察厅的数据，去年日本记录到了一个全国最高纪录：3,623 人获救，299 人死亡，33 人失踪。

根据新措施，在非登山季期间，任何前往吉田路径上第六站（海拔 7,800 英尺）以上的登山者必须提前提交登山计划。

未能提交计划或偏离约定计划而需要灾难响应直升机救援的登山者将被收费。

山梨县知事长崎幸太郎（Kotaro Nagasaki）表示：“我强烈敦促人们不要在（非登山季）攀登富士山。我希望人们能考虑到那些必须前往救援他们的人。这是一个常识问题。”

“请体谅那些冒着生命危险被召集执行救援任务的人，以及这给他们的家人带来的担忧。”

管理富士山四条登顶路径中三条的邻近静冈县也将实施处罚，并加强努力防止登山者进入禁区。不过，该县并未宣布收取直升机救援费。

这些措施计划于明年 9 月生效。

静冈县政府官员小林直树（Naoki Kobayashi）表示，山上事故的主要原因是“缺乏基础的登山知识或未能做好充分准备”。

在近期发生一系列非登山季事故后，富士宫市（富士山的主要门户城镇之一，负责运营并资助当地救援队）市长须藤秀忠（Hidetada Sudo）呼吁在公认的夏季窗口期之外全面禁止登山。

须藤先生随后放弃了要求全面禁令的诉求，但呼吁强制登山者支付紧急撤离费用。

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Trader Joe's 购物袋是伦敦最令人悲哀的身分象征

伊莫金·伍德伯里 (IMOGEN WOODBERRY)

如果在 20 世纪 80 年代后期的俄罗斯你想表达赞同，你可以感叹一声“adidasovsky”——这是一个由运动品牌阿迪达斯（Adidas）衍生出的形容词，意为极好的或卓越的。共产主义的最后几年充满了对西方、尤其是美国文化新释放的痴迷。

在莫斯科，亚历山大·普希金的雕像被一个巨大的可口可乐标志遮蔽。年轻人渴望李维斯（Levi's）和锐步（Reebok）运动鞋，在麦当劳前排队，并录制美国流行音乐的广播。披萨、迪斯科音乐和好莱坞电影涌入了一个数十年来一直试图将它们拒之门外的社会。它对一种似乎象征着自由与财富的文化表达出一种不带讽刺的狂热。

快进近 40 年，另一种形式的美国风情在美国境外——在伦敦的街道上——出现了一种耐人寻味的现象。在哈克尼（Hackney）和佩卡姆（Peckham）等地区，年轻的专业人士开始携带 Trader Joe's 的购物袋。

乍一看，这是一个相当晦涩的时尚宣言。Trader Joe's 是一家美国机构，是一家在美经营的德资超市连锁店，在英国没有分店。它的购物袋既不奢华，也不特别美观。Trader Joe's 由 Aldi 全资拥有——更准确地说是 Aldi Nord。两位创始人阿尔布雷希特兄弟在 1966 年将他们的业务分成了两部分，他们先是瓜分了德国市场，然后瓜分了世界（Nord 获得了北美，Süd 获得了英国）。

从 1946 年德国埃森这座并不光鲜的城市里的一家单角店起步，两兄弟都让他们的家族成为了百亿富翁。Aldi Nord 仍由家族拥有（Süd 亦然），但其美国子公司与德国原店的社会象征意义却截然不同。

那么，为什么 Trader Joe's 的购物袋会变成一种时尚配饰？我想知道其中是否潜藏着某种忧郁的情绪。

在我童年的大部分时间里，虽然美国文化在英国无处不在，但它并没有带来太多的声望。在 20 世纪 90 年代和 21 世纪初，英国的文化精英可以沉溺于美国的音乐、电视和电影，同时心安理得地认为美国文化在某种程度上相当粗俗。

这种优越感正变得越来越难以维持。自金融危机以来，英国的人均 GDP 已降至与美国最贫穷的州相当的水平。这种相对衰落，在英国和美国薪资之间日益增长的差距中尤为明显。而那些携带购物袋的城市薪资阶层正是英国经济下滑的主要承受者。他们可能生活在世界上名义上最富有的社会之一的首都，但工资停滞、学生贷款偿还以及日益沉重的税收负担，意味着他们中的许多人几乎感受不到那种财富。

美国消费文化正变得像苏联末期的俄罗斯青年眼中那样具有异域风情。它承诺社会流动性和乐观主义，而这对于年轻的英国工人来说，正变得日益离奇。当然，讽刺的是，这个特定的象征实际上来自德国鲁尔工业区那灰蒙蒙的背景，而非万花筒般绚丽的加利福尼亚。

Trader Joe's 的购物袋是一个借来的 90 年代自信幻想，而它正相当悲哀地被年轻的都市人挂在他们不稳定的手臂上。

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真正的“特殊关系”存在于英国与加拿大之间

在欧盟释放出与卡尼（Carney）建立更紧密联系的信号之际，我们必须记住那个与我们共享价值观的国家

DANIEL HANNAN

大西洋联盟曾是一个令人安心的恒量。我最早的政治记忆之一，就是关于美国在欧洲部署导弹的争论。我感到自豪，因为在玛格丽特·撒切尔的领导下，英国站在了自由的一边。

在我 14 岁时，我在学校辩论社发表讲话，支持美国轰炸利比亚——这次行动是从英国基地发起的，而法国和西班牙则向其名义上的盟友关闭了领空。

据我回忆，我的论点是，这是一场两种生活方式之间的战斗。你是支持自由与民主，还是支持由卡扎菲及其苏联盟友代表的专制统治？我当时断言，法国人可能会含糊其辞，但我们英国人坚定地支持自由。

这种论点，或其变体，在我成长并进入政坛的过程中一直激励着我。我喜欢并钦佩美国，但这并不是我觉得我们站在同一阵营的原因。像许多英国人一样，我有美国表亲，但这很难成为在选择美国而非欧洲国防采购时，支持撒切尔而非赫塞尔廷（Heseltine）的理由。

我认同约翰·亚当斯在向乔治三世递交国书时所表达的精辟观点，即我们的两个国家，“尽管被大洋分隔，且处于不同的政府统治之下，但拥有相同的语言、相似的宗教和亲近的血缘”。然而，这种血缘关系并未能阻止美国革命。

不，我的大西洋主义基于这样一种信念：我们的国家在大多数时候是正确的。多党民主优于独裁；言论自由优于审查；陪审团审判优于波拿巴主义法律；私有财产和自由契约优于社会主义；个人责任优于血亲复仇；个人主义优于集体主义。

我认同温斯顿·丘吉尔的观点，即“《独立宣言》继《大宪章》和《权利法案》之后，成为英语民族自由基石的第三份伟大契据”。

作为一名欧洲议会议员（MEP），我有时会被欧洲大陆的同事嘲笑英国所谓的从属于美国。他们会问，为什么我们从未追求独立的外交政策？难道我们除了成为美国的航空母舰之外，没有更高的抱负吗？

我会尽可能耐心地回答，我们的制度教会了我们以相似的方式思考，因此我们倾向于以相同的方式应对国际危机。

有时我们会出错，但我很高兴我的国家会对不公正感到愤怒，会对霸凌感到愤慨，并准备捍卫友好国家的自由，无论是 1914 年的比利时，1939 年的波兰，还是 2022 年的乌克兰。

这就引出了我目前的困境。乌克兰在没有任何威胁的情况下，遭到了邻国的无端攻击。但美国似乎主要对攫取乌克兰的矿产资源感兴趣——这与它在委内瑞拉表现出的掠夺态度如出一辙，为了石油，美国在支撑委内瑞拉的独裁政权。在言论上，唐纳德·特朗普强烈支持俄罗斯。

他从未像经常侮辱从丹麦到韩国的美国传统盟友那样，侮辱过弗拉基米尔·普京。他从未建议将几个俄罗斯州移交给邻国，就像他建议将北爱尔兰交给爱尔兰共和国那样——这算是对我们两次国事访问的回报。

诚然，那些只是言辞，并非字面意思，诸如此类。但他的关税政策却是非常真实的。尽管英国受到的对待比欧盟轻，但我们面临的贸易条件仍然比特朗普时代之前更糟糕。

加拿大是一个真正与我们共享价值观的国家，而现在它正遭受着一场事实上的封锁。这无关贸易，而是因为该国礼貌地拒绝了特朗普要求其成为美国第51个州的要求，从而引起了他的不满。

我们无需怀疑自己支持谁。这不仅仅是因为加拿大是受害者，也不仅仅是因为美国正在撕毁一项由特朗普本人谈判并将其描述为“我们签署成法以来最公平、最平衡且最有利的协议”的贸易协定。

不，是因为加拿大而非美国，才是那个共享我在1986年曾赞颂过的价值观的国家。

人们有时说，美国真正的“特殊关系”在于爱尔兰和以色列。或许如此，尽管很难想象即便这些关系也能在特朗普残酷的交易主义中幸存。

然而，英国真正的特殊关系又在哪里？在这个我们似乎同时与以色列和伊朗、与美国和中国、与欧盟和俄罗斯闹翻的世界里，

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Canzuk将使英国的实际经济和军事资产增加一倍多，使我们作为一个整体，成为欧盟或美国眼中更有价值的合作伙伴

谁才是我们的朋友？肯定是在每一次危机和冲突中都毫不犹豫地支持我们的国家，即另外三个大型领域国家，即澳大利亚、加拿大和新西兰。这些国家依然秉持着那些在1945年后让世界变得更自由、更和平、更民主的价值观。

现在有传闻称加拿大拥有某种初步的欧盟“准会员”身份。英国应当希望布鲁塞尔与渥太华之间建立尽可能紧密的关系。事实上，如果戴文·卡梅伦当年能为我们谈判到准会员身份——即参与市场但不参与政治机构——那么就不会有脱欧，也不会有全民公投。

不过，更紧迫的是支持Canzuk的理由——即在四个伟大的英语圈君主制国家（加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和英国）之间建立更紧密的经济、外交和军事关系。

直到现在，Canzuk往往在四个国家的保守派中最受欢迎，尤其是在英国，许多原本可能支持这一想法的左翼人士被其怀疑欧盟的氛围所排斥。但特朗普的领土野心和商业战争，使得这一主张对于堪培拉和渥太华——以及可能的伦敦——在任的中左翼领导人来说，变得极具吸引力。

Canzuk将使英国的实际经济和军事资产增加一倍多，使我们作为一个整体，成为欧盟或美国眼中更有价值的合作伙伴。

更关键的是，Canzuk将成为反威权主义的极点，成为将那些准备为了捍卫自由而部署适度武力的国家聚集在一起的纽带。欧洲人不能，美国人不会。必须有人站出来。

儿童游戏对于在AI时代生存至关重要

机器人解决谜题的效率更高，但还原魔方或精通国际象棋本身蕴含着快乐

朱迪特·波尔加（JUDIT POLGAR） 与 埃尔诺·鲁比克（ERNO RUBIK）

我们已经进入了一个人类大脑不再是地球上最快处理器的时代。随着人工智能成为我们数字景观的构建者——建议我们的选择，预测我们的需求，并起草我们的想法——我们面临着一项关键挑战。这不在于如何与机器竞争，而在于如何保护人类精神的自然基础：我们那混乱的、直觉的且具有创造力的智能。

突然之间，我们都有了新的家庭成员：克劳德叔叔（Uncle Claude）、双子座阿姨（Aunt Gemini）、ChatGPT。他们成了房间里新的成年人。他们似乎无所不知。他们高效得惊人，给予鼓励且提供支持，尽管略带傲慢。他们温柔地赞美我们的洞察力。他们随时待命，并且能保守秘密。

像孩子一样，我们钦佩他们的全知，并将我们的智慧外包。我们请求他们帮我们写论文。有时，我们要求他们解决一个困难的谜题，或在数字棋盘上寻找制胜之招。

相比之下，人类的行为显得缺陷明显。我们是情感生物。我们渴望获胜，并会对困难的挑战感到沮丧。在等待一个紧迫问题的答案或面对压力巨大的困境时，我们会感到剧烈的焦虑。

然而，我们共享着一个很少大声说出的安静秘密：房间里的这个数字成年人有点无聊。这些全知的叔叔和克制的阿姨令人印象深刻，有时甚至到了令人不安的地步。但他们完全缺乏快乐。而这一点比人们想象的要重要得多。

在一个困难的问题与一个正确答案之间，存在着一个至关重要的认知空间。那个空间被称为“思考”。将思考从人类体验中剔除并非效率的提升，而是一场灾难性的赌博。

当魔方的第一个原型被弄乱时，将其恢复到整洁的原始状态花费了一个多月痛苦的试错时间。如今，一名天才少年可以在四秒钟内解决那 43 穷（quintillion）种可能性，而机器人只需在极短的一瞬即可完成。

对于一名布达佩斯的女孩来说，与世界上最伟大的国际象棋特级大师对弈需要巨大的勇气、毅力以及数年高度专注的练习。而对于 AlphaZero 来说，将这款游戏精通到超人类的程度不过是一个平凡的周二。

计算机的效率无可比拟。但它们忽略了重点。解决谜题或精通国际象棋是一种极具回报的、沉浸式的学习体验。答案或将死并非目标本身，而仅仅是对一段奇妙旅程的验证。

这段旅程正是人类“常识”锻造之地。常识不是一个事实数据库，而是一种对世界运作方式的具身化、直觉化的理解，它完全建立在物理摩擦、认知低效以及在次优选择中摸索的混乱过程之上。

你无法下载常识，因为你无法下载失败的体验。知识是有重量的。当知识由 AI 呈现在银盘之上递给我们时，它可能会成为压垮好奇心的沉重负担。如果我们被不断告知什么是数学上的最优解，我们就会停止尝试那些可能性较低的选择。

游戏是常识的终极育婴室。对于玩耍的孩子来说，没有什么是不言而喻的。好奇心

朱迪特·波尔加（Judit Polgar）是匈牙利国际象棋特级大师，现任剑桥大学基督学院（Christ's College, Cambridge）的客座研究员。埃尔诺·鲁比克（Erno Rubik）是一名建筑师，也是魔方的发明者，他是欧洲科学院（Academia Europaea）成员。

是内在驱动力的燃料。它本身就是一种奖励。给一个正在钻研文字谜题的人提供正确答案并不是在提供帮助，而是在破坏游戏。

谜题或游戏并非消遣，而是灵魂与心智的熔炉。在学习的语境下，玩具不是一个被动的客体，而是认知和情感发育中的一个积极媒介。

游戏的创造者必须意识到其深远的影响。玩具行业应当优先开发那些能激发想象力、并培养超越算法效率的内在驱动力的工具。

与此同时，教育政策必须将内在驱动力重新置于核心位置。我们必须投资研究，以更好地理解儿童如何通过游戏自然地习得常识，并设计出奖励“探索之旅”而非仅仅奖励最终优化答案的教学方法。家长和教师都必须促进开放式、想象性的游戏，给孩子们实验、失败以及让自己感到惊喜的空间。

现代教育的目标应该是人工智能潜力与人类潜能的和谐共生。孩子们必须学会将 AI 作为一种强大的工具并熟练运用，但他们也必须意识到自身心智中不可替代的独特性。

ESTABLISHED 1855

政客们不能忽视皮丁顿

牛津郡皮丁顿（Piddington）居民决定脱离英国，这一决定让人想起了电影《皮姆利科通行证》（Passport to Pimlico）。在 1949 年的这部伊灵喜剧中，伦敦的一个地区在发现根据一项从未废除的条约，该地在历史上仍属于勃艮第公国后宣布独立。这使其能够脱离英国法律的管辖，尤其是战后的配给限制和许可规定。

皮丁顿居民在一次全民公投中以压倒性多数投票决定离开英国，他们已宣布自己的村庄为一个公国，并将在边界处竖立一块以此为准的告示牌。他们的目的是迫使政府放弃在附近一个废弃军营中安置 1,200 名移民的计划。

皮丁顿仅有 385 名居民，且不具备处理如此多可以自由出入军营的人员的设施。

他们全部来自文化和传统不同的国家的年轻男性，声称是寻求庇护者，但大多是经济移民。父母们对此感到担忧是可以理解的。

几周前，内政部发布了一份不同寻常的文件，警告移民不要强奸、骚扰或以其他方式虐待女性，这加剧了他们的焦虑。

皮丁顿这次具有象征意义的公投是一次出色的宣传手段，旨在引起全国关注一个事实：政府认为他们可以就这样粗暴地无视当地民众的意愿。

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部长们表示，照顾移民的负担需要共同分担。然而，他们未能制定出能够从源头上威慑此类人口流动的政策。

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许多人会觉得奇怪，营地里的移民被允许自由出入，而不是被关起来，后者至少可以缓解一些当地人的担忧。但根据国际法，由于他们没有犯罪，因此不能被拘留。那么，政府为什么不找一个偏远的岛屿来建立移民营地呢？

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如果政府继续这样做，那么唯一能得出的结论就是，部长们根本不在乎，也没有认真对待这些选民——以及纳税人。也许皮丁顿居民剩下的唯一希望，就是在庇护营地现场发现一群受保护的大冠新螈。

在《皮姆利科通行证》中，政府试图孤立这个自封的公国，但发现公众舆论站在了脱离派一边，就像今天的皮丁顿一样。那些继续忽视这种愤怒的政客将在选票上付出沉重代价。

效率低下

居家办公在新冠疫情期间被宣传为一项临时措施。但此后，它已演变成许多人现在认为的一项权利。这一点在公共部门表现得最为明显，那里的生产力至今仍未恢复到疫情前的水平。上个月，当英国税务海关总署（HMRC）要求员工每周至少回办公室工作四天时，遭到了工会的激烈反对，导致该提议被撤回。

令人费解的是，路易丝·海格（Louise Haigh）不仅不想扭转这一局面，反而希望将其进一步制度化。在布赖顿举行的工会大会上，这位第一国务大臣宣布，企业在拒绝员工的居家办公请求之前，将被强制要求证明其已“妥善”考虑了该请求。

海格女士所说的“妥善”具体指什么尚不明确。员工已经拥有请求灵活工作的权利，而雇主必须以“合理的方式”考虑该请求。或许海格女士设想的是由工会代表或法庭来做出决定？看来政府打算进一步削弱企业决定自身最佳运作方式的能力。

曾经，人们在接受一份工作前会权衡家庭情况，并围绕岗位的要求来规划生活。而现在，这种假设正日益反转：员工决定什么适合自己，并期望雇主据此进行调整，同时仍全额支付工资。

如果增长经济要成为一项不仅仅是政府口号的目标，这种有害的文化必须改变。遗憾的是，工党似乎打算让情况变得更糟。

特权生存

北安普顿大学的一年级学生被要求完成一项“种族平等导论”课程，其中的一个问题是：“你是否意识到白人特权是如何运作的？”与其进行这种走形式的勾选练习，他们或许更应该思考北安普顿郡最著名的诗人约翰·克莱尔（John Clare）的一生。童年时期的营养不良可能解释了他发育迟缓。他哀悼家乡农村环境被圈地围垦，并寻求出版作品以防止父母被驱逐。情况随后由坏转至更坏。他无法养活妻子和六个孩子，酗酒和疯狂随之而来。他最著名的诗作之一写于北安普顿综合精神病院：“我存在！但我是谁，谁在乎，或谁知晓？”在他所知的任何特权之前，他首先面对的是生存本身。

市长真的有能力改善这个国家的供水服务吗？

先生——贵报（9月16日）报道了赋予市长控制水务公司权力的计划。

增加那些薪酬过高的文职人员开会，无法解决这些公司在运营及其他方面的缺陷。

我们需要强有力的商业领导者——那些不介意触怒他人、敢于采取强硬手段的人。

然而，如果目前这种公共部门式的管理态度依然盛行，那么招募到这样的人才根本没有可能。 西蒙·麦克罗伊（Simon McIlroy） 萨里郡，克罗伊登

先生——提议赋予市长监督水务公司的权力，是对本届政府以及之前许多届政府在行使此类控制权方面彻底失败的承认。

虽然最初将这些公司私有化是一个错误，但政治家们一直难以约束它们

关于增加居家办公

先生——第一国务秘书露易丝·海格（Louise Haigh）承诺将加强员工居家办公的“权利”（见9月15日报道）。

她是否审视过证明居家办公效率低下的证据，尤其是在公共部门？是否考虑过这种缺乏人际互动的孤立状态对人们心理健康的影响？她是否观察过这如何限制了年轻人的培训和前景？她是否试图将工作岗位外包给海外更廉价的劳动力？为什么工党总是认为自己比市场更懂？ 迈克尔·斯塔普尔斯（Michael Staples） 东萨塞克斯郡，西福德

先生——在支持居家办公时，露易丝·海格表示：“有孩子需要接送，有父母需要照顾，有家庭在紧急情况下依赖我们。”

追究责任，而由于投资不足，公众承受着日益增长的成本。

很难想象一个地区委员会将比政府拥有更多的权力。 斯蒂芬·琼斯（Stephen Jones） 威尔特郡，索尔兹伯里

先生——与其创建又一层官僚机构，为什么不直接让水务监管机构履行其应尽的职责？ 诺丁汉郡，纽马克

先生——长期投资的任何前景就此破灭。相反，我们将看到为了在市长选举前压低水费而进行的周期性削减成本。

跨区域合作的可能性可能很小，因此基础设施现代化将被搁置。 约翰·罗杰斯（John Rogers） 兰开夏郡，克利瑟罗

粗鲁的服务

先生——任何记得私有化之前我们的水务和污水服务有多糟糕的人都会知道，将水务公司的控制权交给市长只会降低消费者的服务质量，同时增加成本。

国家运营的地区当局主导了多年基础设施的投资不足。结果，我们忍受了更多的泄漏，海滩经常被污染。禁用水管也成了家常便饭。

自1989年私营公司接管以来，该行业得到了大量投资，在我看来，服务质量有了显著提高。

那些持有相反观点的批评者是在不公平地将现状与一种在现实中从未实现的完美水平进行比较。 罗杰·厄普（Roger Earp） 东萨塞克斯郡，贝克斯希尔

一种深受英国人喜爱的鸟类所面临的威胁

许多工人——例如医疗专业人员、快递司机以及在交通、工厂、建筑工地和商店工作的人——无法居家办公。掌权者似乎假设每个人都能这样做，也许是因为他们一直以来都只是在舒适的办公楼里从事周一至周五、早九晚五的工作。那些在艰苦条件下轮班工作的人，只能对这样的安排心向往之。 基思·奥格登（Keith Ougden） 本乔斯·塞维斯（Benchos Cervus）

濒危：极端天气正使梅岛（Isle of May）的大西洋海鹦面临风险

先生——你们关于梅岛海鹦种群的报道令人深感不安（“极端风暴后海鹦种群数量骤减30%”，9月7日）。

在短短两年内，被占用的洞穴数量已从52,000个下降到36,500个。

这些标志性的鸟类正遭受气候变化的打击，海洋热浪导致它们的食物——沙鳗减少，而剧烈的风暴在冬季导致大量死亡。

在从早期的下降中恢复之后，它们现在面临着日益恶化的环境；专家警告说，极端天气将更频繁地袭来。

仅靠监测无法拯救它们。我们必须更快地采取行动保护海洋，减少排放并保障它们的食物来源。

海鹦的生存反映了我们对自然世界的关怀。我们绝不能让这些海鸟从我们的海岸线上消失。

克雷格·麦康纳基（Craig McConnachie） 兰开夏郡，索尔福德

村民们采取立场

先生——牛津郡皮丁顿（Piddington）村民们的投票可能只是一场 publicity stunt（见“皮丁顿因移民营计划投票脱离英国”，telegraph.co.uk，9月16日），但希望这能让这个无能的政府感到难堪。

先生——托马顿（Tormarton）梅杰退隐处（Major's Retreat）已故的店主因粗鲁且对客人大吼大叫而臭名昭著（见读者来信，9月16日）。该酒吧位于科茨沃尔德小径（Cotswold Way）上，徒步旅行者经常进来讨水喝，而这总是会激起他的愤怒。

工党正在忽视人们真正的恐惧，并且似乎准备将移民的需求置于本土人口的需求之上。

显然，这个村庄不会脱离英国，但居民们已经表达了他们的感受。其他地方也应该这样做。

下一届大选越快到来越好。 乔纳森·凯恩斯（Jonathan Cairns） 诺福克郡，霍普顿-翁-希（Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk）

AI 实用主义

先生——人工智能将成为 21 世纪的定义性特征之一（见“全球 AI 竞赛”，读者来信，9月15日）。铁、蒸汽、电力、印刷机、电子通信以及许多其他技术在各自的时代都处于类似的位置，并改变了人类生活、思考和互动的方式。它们丰富并增强了人们的生活。

它们并非没有受到挑战。教会、政府、卢德分子以及各种倾向的既得利益者都曾反对它们，但预测的问题在很大程度上并未发生，或者得到了有效的处理。

当然， 将带来风险和挑战，但与此同时，它也使我们具备了克服这些挑战的能力。没有什么能改变这一点；唯一的问题是谁将引领方向并主导这一进程。泛欧洲的本能一如既往地倾向于监管和减速，这使得中国和美国能够决定这项新技术的形态。他们将全速开发，然后控制其访问权限。

如果我们排除自己在 领域的积极参与，将导致我们无法对其产生影响或从中获利，从而使我们受制于那些积极参与的国家。 理查德·梅考克（Richard Maycock） 伦敦 SW1

先生—— 的发展和对超智能的追求，似乎是对那句格言最新且或许最严重的诠释：仅仅因为你能做到，并不意味着你应该去做（见“专家称：在 杀死我们之前，我们的时间不多了”，报道，9月16日）。

尽管科学带来了诸多奇迹和发现，但它也造成了许多可怕的事情——而 有风险成为其中最后一项。 玛格丽特·罗宾逊（Margaret Robinson） 伦敦 SE9

显著被忽视

关于向改革英国党捐款的喧嚣

一个周日午餐时间，所有的火警警报都响了。一位女士起身准备离开，却被告知：“女士，请立即坐下。只是火警警报在响。”

他还喜欢玩金汤力（G&T）的小把戏，将金酒“漂浮”在汤力水之上，营造出一种酒精度极高的假象。

我们深切怀念他。 克雷格·希利（Craig Heeley） 格洛斯特郡，巴德明顿

先生——莱斯利·汤普森（Lesley Thompson）的来信（9月15日）让我想起了我在20世纪80年代在伍斯特郡担任酒吧服务员时的老板。他是一个来自黑乡（Black Country）的矮小且缺乏耐心的男人，每天喝半品脱的淡啤酒，抽80支Park Drives香烟。在夜晚结束时，他会用这样的话打发常客：“你们的钱我已经拿到了——现在赶紧喝完滚回家吧。”

格雷厄姆·阿申（Graham Ashen） 西萨塞克斯郡，霍舍姆

先生——安娜贝尔·登汉（Annabel Denham）对工党针对改革英国党（Reform UK）巨额捐款之回应的精彩剖析（“雷纳在捐款问题上的虚伪令人作呕”，评论，9月16日），反驳了该党关于其在捍卫民主的说法。

其他政党的措辞则不那么委婉。自由民主党内阁办公室发言人丽莎·斯马特（Lisa Smart）表示，工党的居住要求“还不够好”，并且“我们必须紧急采取进一步行动，引入统一的捐款上限，以防止特朗普的美国变成法拉奇的英国”。

这表明人们更担心谁在接收捐款，而不是捐款来自哪里。理查德·斯科特·柯克布赖德（Richard Scott Kirkbride），坎布里亚郡

先生——针对人们对改革英国党（Reform UK）巨额捐款提出的正当质疑，奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）再次犯了严重的判断错误。法拉奇先生似乎认为进攻是最好的防御，这不可避免地让许多人得出结论，认为他有事情要隐瞒。

此外，通过威胁要阻止工会资助工党（报道，9月15日），法拉奇先生冒着开启政党国家资助之门的风险，这意味着纳税人将不得不支持像Restore、绿党和 Sinn Fein 这样的组织。

我们已经习惯了法拉奇先生这种鲁莽行事随后又反悔的做法，但他应该记得，如果金钱能决定选举结果，希拉里·克林顿和罗斯·佩罗在 الولايات المتحدة就当选了。 菲利普·杜利（Philip Duly） 萨里郡，海莫尔

先生——盖尔斯·伍德（Giles Wood）提醒人们关注哈弗加尔·布赖恩（Havergal Brian）被忽视的情况是正确的（“被逍遥音乐节忽视的一位英国作曲家”，来信，9月15日）。布赖恩并非唯一遭受此类待遇的著名英国作曲家。

曾支持布赖恩的罗伯特·辛普森（Robert Simpson）在其实践百年之年（2021年）几乎没有得到BBC的认可，且自1967年以来，他的11部交响曲中仅有一部在逍遥音乐节（Proms）上演（1990年的第五交响曲）。埃德蒙·鲁布拉（Edmund Rubbra，1901-1986）同样被忽视。在71年里，他的交响曲仅在逍遥音乐节出现过两次。

这些作曲家创作的并非缺乏目的性的短剧片段。两人都是高水准的交响曲作曲家，可以说自沃恩·威廉姆斯以来最优秀的作曲家，如果BBC在规划未来的逍遥音乐节时能认可这一点，将是非常受欢迎的。 大卫·琼斯（David Jones） 剑桥

胡塞武装揭露了工党的破产

伯纳姆与米利班德优先考虑其左翼支持者，而非捍卫我们的国家利益

康·考夫林 (CON COUGHLIN)

又一周过去了，另一场全球危机再次暴露了劳工党在捍卫我们国家利益方面的极度无能。

最新的英国通胀数据显示，8月份通胀率升至 3.1%，到明年可能会达到 4.5%。这表明伊朗冲突通过推高汽油、柴油和机票价格，正对英国经济产生影响。

由于伊朗支持的胡塞叛军在过去几天内于也门南部取得了快速进展，夺取了红海的几个战略岛屿，实际上控制了曼德海峡，这些价格上涨将被进一步加剧。而霍尔木兹海峡已经处于德黑兰的事实控制之下。

除了限制进入苏伊士运河外，胡塞武装的举动进一步限制了沙特阿拉伯维持向外界出口石油的能力。在经历了上周末针对其横跨阿拉伯半岛、从波斯湾延伸至红海的 745 英里东西管道的无人机袭击后，沙特人已经面临严峻挑战。该管道使利雅得能够通过避开霍尔木兹海峡来维持石油出口水平，因为来自海湾国家的商船在霍尔木兹海峡一直遭到伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队 (IRGC) 的攻击。

与胡塞武装在也门南部的推进一样，这次石油管道袭击具有所有 IRGC 参与的特征。

伊朗在阿拉伯半岛日益增长的影响力将不可避免地对英国经济产生直接影响，在下个月的预算案中，安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 正面临着平衡账目以及增加国防开支的巨大压力，而此时冲突将进一步推高通胀。

然而，伯纳姆政府并没有采取坚定立场来保护英国利益免受一群乌合之众的胡塞恐怖分子的干扰，而是选择重复基尔·斯塔默爵士 (Sir Keir Starmer) 在处理国际危机时偏好的那种犹豫不决的做法。

斯塔默对伊朗冲突的态度实际上是：这不是我们的战争，我们不想卷入其中。不幸的是，正如伯纳姆即将发现的那样，冲突并非如此运作。正如列夫·托洛茨基 (Leon Trotsky) 所言：“你可能对战争不感兴趣，但战争对你感兴趣。”

斯塔默在 2 月份伊朗冲突爆发时的反应——最初拒绝部署英国军舰以保护英国在中东的利益，并禁止美国军队使用英国基地攻击伊朗目标——使他成为了全球的笑柄，尤其是在华盛顿。

伯纳姆对红海危机深化的反应预计也将同样无效。唐宁街的首要任务似乎是不惜一切代价避免卷入。尽管沙特阿拉伯作为英国长期的军事和情报共享盟友已请求英国援助，但伯纳姆那令人失望的反应仅仅是考虑派遣一支军事顾问团队来协助该王国的军事行动。

伯纳姆迄今为止提供的帮助，远少于英国在 2023 年 10 月 7 日针对以色列的袭击之后，上一次参与打击胡塞武装时的军事反应。当时，在胡塞武装试图通过攻击红海航运来表达对哈马斯恐怖分子的支持后，英国皇家空军 (RAF) 战机和皇家海军的“钻石号” (HMS Diamond) 驱逐舰被部署用于摧毁胡塞目标。

与此同时，外交大臣埃德·米利班德对中东正在展开的军事和经济危机缺乏兴趣，这与他近期对以色列计划扩大约旦河西岸定居点活动的歇斯底里反应形成了鲜明对比，他将此举比作“种族清洗”。他的干预导致英以关系出现了数十年来最深刻的裂痕，这一结果可能会对我们自身的国家安全利益产生深远影响。

由于以色列自身在针对胡塞武装的事实上战争中参与了近三年，其军事和安全机构必然已经掌握了关于该组织行动的关键情报。然而，以色列此前与英国享有密切的情报共享安排，但在米利班德发表幼稚的言论之后，以色列人是否还愿意与英国同行分享这些资料，这一点是非常值得怀疑的。

米利班德的反以行径对我们的国家安全构成了非常明确的威胁，而伯纳姆模棱两可的态度同样如此。如果唐宁街10号认真考虑支持沙特阿拉伯以及我们在中东的其他盟友，那么它可以实施与英国在2024年胡塞武装首次出现威胁时所采取的相同的军事应对措施，即部署空中和海军资产以保护红海航运。它还可以效仿我们的“五眼联盟”情报共享盟友——美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰——将胡塞武装列为恐怖组织，这一认定将限制他们获取武器和资金的能力。

伯纳姆和米利班德不愿直接参与冲突的原因是，他们的真实优先级是安抚工党左翼的支持者。他们认为，与以色列和沙特阿拉伯等英国长期盟友保持距离，比在对抗共同敌人的战斗中支持他们更为权宜。

Killer Sudoku（杀手数独）

数独填字 (KAKURO)

要解开数独填字，您必须在空格中填入 1 到 9 之间的数字，且数字不能重复。线索是黑色方格中的数字，它们是解题数字的总和。线索指针指示了答案的方向。一个带有线索 3 的两个方格块的解为 2,1，而线索 5 的解则为 4,1 或 2,3。线索 4 只能是 1,3，绝不能是 2,2。答案将于明日公布。

杀手数独 (KILLER SUDOKU)

您的线索是区域内的数字，它们代表该区域内所有数字的总和。与标准数独一样，每个 3 x 3 方格、每行和每列必须包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。答案将于明日公布。

困难

为了解开这个谜题，3 x 3 方格、行以及列必须包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。有许多策略可以帮助您解决数独。答案将于明日公布。

字母拼图 (ANAGRAMS)

以下字母拼图的答案拼写出一种树的名字。答案将于明日公布。

DONA WAS OLD SILAGE HONK CRIB SHRIVEL

密码字 (CODEWORDS)

在这个填字格中，数字被用来替代字母。在较小的密钥格中，部分字母已解出，请将它们作为线索来完成您的第一个单词。这将解出更多字母，随后您可以将它们填入格中。答案将于明日公布。

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数独 (SUDOKU)

常规 7446 号

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数独答案：如需获取今日困难数独的答案，请致电 0905 757 0136。通话费用为每分钟 £1，另加网络接入费。您必须年满 18 岁并获得账单支付人的许可。服务时间：周一至周五。SP: Spoké - 0333 202 3390。

心智健身房 (MIND GYM)

NO 4932

从左侧给定的数字开始，按照每个单元格中的指令向右操作。目标时间：30 秒。答案见下方。

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简单。

ASA 确保英国广告遵守规则。

铁轨 (TRAIN TRACKS)

铺设轨道使火车能从 A 点行驶到 B 点。仅限使用直线和曲线轨道，且轨道不能交叉。数字表示每列和每行中有多少段轨道。答案明天公布。

4 4 7 6 4 5 7 5

微型数独 (MINI SUDOKU)

填充网格，使每行、每列以及每个 2 x 3 的方格都包含数字 1-6。答案明天公布。

中等难度 NO 4701

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NO 3759 DJANGO

横向

纵向

全字母词谜 (PANAGRAM)

1 罢工延迟导致在混乱局面中被追究责任 (6) 4 对书籍的强力支撑？ (8) 9 士兵再次射击后适当 (6) 10 偶尔承认对潮湿的热情 (8) 12 美国人将胶水涂在一种手表上 (8) 13 诅咒疯狂的拳击手可能回归 (6) 15 公司车辆启动更快 - 适合骑行 (13) 18 这可能暗示油嘴滑舌 - 它有优缺点 (5,8) 20 来自巨大采石场的飞行员 (6) 22 之前戴着皇冠工作 (8) 24 她的风扇，因嫉妒而扭曲 - 忽略新闻 - 导致投诉 (3,5) 25 问答主持人剔除惯例，在手机上阅读的一篇？ (1,1,4) 26 导致净值变化 (8) 27 学校学期的重点是英国艺术家 (6)

创建四个字母或更多字母的单词，必须始终使用中心字母，不允许使用专有名词和复数，且每个字母在每个单词中只能使用一次。你能找到那个九字母的全字母词（Panagram）吗？答案必须出自《牛津英语词典》，答案明天公布。

最多 6 个单词 - 单词寻找者 (Word Finder)，7 - 词艺家 (Wordsmith)，14 - 单词向导 (Word Wizard)，21 - 单词大师 ( Master)，28 - 单词天才 ( Genius)，36 - 单词完美 ( Perfect)

难题 No 3758

加法词谜 (PLUSWORD)

1 听到男朋友说你在办公室里 (6) 2 鞭打小姐也许在棚屋里抓着客户的臀部 - 这涉及大头针 (3,6) 3 赞扬革命性的巧克力制造商，假设查理在工作中遇到了传奇人物 (15) 5 像杰克一样，巨人古怪地跳过了 (4) 6 谨慎的警察拘留了右翼大使馆工作人员 (10,5) 7 拆开包装的包裹带有免费的苦味 (5) 8 跑步伙伴访问苏格兰教会寻求批准印章 (8) 11 在法国电影中，谁经常弹钢琴？ (7) 14 本质上，好男人使用这个城镇进行娱乐 (3,4) 16 来自 LAX 的飞机更紧张 - 在船上大部分时间在醉酒 (5,4) 17 饮料 - 即使那样也是... (8) 19... 绝对不是由当地库存制成的 (2,4) 21 受益人的投票以填补空缺 (5) 23 骑行业务规模巨大 (4)

NO 1579

线索帮助 单项线索 0905 757 0126。 所有横向 / 纵向线索 0905 757 0127。 通话费用为 £1 / 分钟，另加网络接入费。您必须年满 18 岁或以上并获得账单支付者的许可，服务时间为周一至周五。 SP: Spoke Ltd - 帮助热线 0333 2023290。

解开纵横字谜，然后使用阴影方格中的字母来完成额外的加法词谜 (PlusWord)。绿色方格中的字母在加法词谜中与在纵横字谜中处于同一列；黄色方格中的字母出现在加法词谜中，但与在纵横字谜中的列不同。加法词谜只有一个可能的答案；加法词谜中可能包含纵横字谜中未出现的字母，但始终可以通过逻辑推导得出而无需猜测。答案明天公布。 横向 1 天秤座 6 注册 7 谚语 8 切断 9 应用，例如，一种力量

纵向 1 画架 (anag.) 2 书中的列表 3 勇敢的 4 快乐的 ____，海上不受欢迎的景象 5 机敏的

单词阶梯 ( LADDER)

只需更改一个字母，即可从顶端单词变为底端单词。每一步必须是一个有效的单词，且不能更改字母的顺序。下方为每级阶梯的线索，但顺序不一定一致。 答案明天公布。 GROAT, ROAM, MIDDLE, BAY, 足部投诉, 下颚部分

电讯报谜题 (The Telegraph PUZZLES)

仅需 £1 即可享受 1 年的谜题。立即访问 telegraph.co.uk / puzzles。

昨天的答案

答案

词梯：Doom, loom, look, lock, lick, ice, lime, time。 字母拼图：1. Chimera 2. Bandersnatch 3. Count Dracula。

全字母拼图：Enjoyment, necteny, etymon, jennet, tanemo, yeomen, enemy, enjoy, jenny, monta, money, monte, nomen, nonet, teeny, temne, tenne, tenan, tonne, jeon, memo, neem, nene, neon, nome, none, note, omen, teen, tone, tony。

Plus / Word 第 1578 号

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愤怒的特朗普抨击美联储加息

总统在由其亲手选定的主席支持加息后，坚持认为央行应“快速”降低利率

作者：Louis Goss 和 Melissa Lawford

在美联储时隔三年首次提高利率后，唐纳德·特朗普对美国联邦储备委员会（Fed）发起了攻击。

在 Truth Social 上的一篇帖子中，特朗普呼吁在联邦公开市场委员会（FOMC）宣布将利率从 3.75% 上调 0.25 个百分点至 4%——并暗示未来将有更多加息——之后，应“快速”降低利率。

特朗普表示：“美国的利率应该是 1% 或更低，因为我们拥有全球——且远超其他国家——最好的信用。降低美利坚合众国的利率，而且要快！”

这是美联储自 2023 年 7 月以来首次提高利率。

美国总统的评论明显没有单独点名批评沃什先生。沃什先生于 5 月接替杰罗姆·鲍威尔担任主席，是在特朗普此前对鲍威尔发动战争之后由其任命的。

特朗普曾称他为“笨蛋”，并威胁要解雇他，此举震惊了全球的央行行长。本周早些时候，特朗普还表示美国“应该支付全球最低的利率”。

昨天，当记者问及他是否想向总统传达信息时，沃什先生表示：“关于与总统的讨论，我没有什么要告诉你们的。”

大多数 FOMC 官员目前预计在今年年底前至少还会加息一次，部分官员预计还会额外加息两次。

该决定公布后，华尔街股市下跌，而美国借贷成本上升。美元也随之走强。

这一决定将对英格兰银行产生重大影响，其货币政策委员会（MPC）今天将开会做出自己的利率决定。

加息将给首相安迪·伯纳姆带来进一步压力，他将不得不面对影响英国经济的更高借贷成本。分析人士警告称，如果 MPC 未能跟随美联储等其他央行并违背市场预期，可能会引发英镑下跌，从而进一步推高通货膨胀。

美联储的决定是在欧洲央行上周提高利率之后做出的——欧洲央行行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德表示，针对中东战争采取这一举措是“无需多虑的决定”。

沃什先生表示，他知道央行的决定将“波及世界其他地区”。

在提到他最近与包括英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利在内的央行行长们的会面时，沃什先生说：“他们同样承受着价格压力。”

“他们正在根据自己的职责范围做出选择。这告诉我几件事。1. 当美联储做出政策选择时，它不仅对美国经济至关重要，还会波及世界其他地区。”

加息后，美国政府的借贷成本上升，10 年期国债收益率上涨 0.01 个百分点，突破 5%。本周早些时候，由于中东局势升级引发对通胀的担忧，利率已触及 2007 年以来的最高水平。

美国股市下跌，基准标普 500 指数下跌 0.67%，而道琼斯工业平均指数暴跌 1.4%。美元兑一篮子货币也升至一个月来的最高水平。

委员会成员目前预计，今年的美国通胀率平均将为 3.7%，高于 6 月预测的 3.6%。

他们还下调了失业率预测，但提高了对经济增长的预期。

FOMC 成员表示，他们预计今年美国 GDP 将增长 2.3%，高于 6 月预测的 2.2% 的增长率。

希利任命工会负责人进入英格兰银行董事会

作者：Szu Ping Chan

约翰·希利（John Healey）已任命英国最有权势的工会负责人进入英格兰银行董事会。

财政大臣昨日宣布，工会大会（TUC）总书记保罗·诺瓦克（Paul Nowak）将在未来四年担任英格兰银行董事会（Court of Directors）成员。

由于诺瓦克近期呼吁安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）对银行发起税收突袭，此次任命可能会引起金融城的警觉。

诺瓦克先生表示：“银行是时候为其巨额利润支付公平的税款了。筹集到的资金将降低大多数家庭的能源账单，并将现金还给工人。”

为了证明财富税的合理性，他驳斥了关于重复的税收突袭会抑制投资或导致亿万富翁离开英国的担忧。

在克里斯·罗科斯（Chris Rokos）——英国最大的纳税人之一——被曝将离开英国前往希腊仅几天后，他表示：“我认为这一点并没有证据支持。”

他于2000年加入工会大会，并于2022年成为其领导人。

曾在20世纪90年代担任工会大会竞选主任的希利先生表示，此次任命将有助于为英格兰银行带来“深厚且多样化的经验”。

作为任命的一部分，诺瓦克先生将不会影响英格兰银行的关键政策，如利率和银行监管。

他将与包括行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）在内的十多名其他成员一起，参与人事任命等运营决策。

影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯（Andrew Griffith）表示：“我们的国家最不需要的就是一名工会领导人协助管理英格兰银行。”

“如果之前还不清楚是谁在推动这个工党政府的议程，那么这件事应该能让你有个大概的了解。”

奥格雷迪男爵夫人（Baroness O'Grady）曾任工会大会负责人，自2013年起在董事会任职十年。Power rangers 爱丁堡公爵夫人（The Duchess of Edinburgh）在参观保护下赞比西（Conservation Lower Zambezi）基地营期间会见了Kufusza游骑兵队的成员。该组织是一家致力于保护赞比亚野生动物和自然资源的非营利组织。盗猎每年给赞比亚经济造成数百万加元的损失。

雷诺兹警告：对中国汽车征收关税将面临报复风险

作者：Christopher Jasper

商业大臣警告称，英国不能冒险对中国电动汽车（EV）征收关税，因为北京方面在报复时会对英国经济造成破坏。

乔纳森·雷诺兹（Jonathan Reynolds）表示，任何试图保护英国汽车制造商免受廉价中国汽车涌入影响的尝试，都将遭到以牙还牙的措施，并最终损害出口。由于中国对捷豹路虎（JLR）、宾利、劳斯莱斯、阿斯顿·马丁和迈凯伦的重要性，这可能会构成比进口激增更大的威胁。

雷诺兹先生表示：“从根本上说，我们希望向中国销售车辆，因此我必须保护这个出口市场。英国汽车行业与整个欧洲的情况不同，因为我们是一个出口导向型行业。捷豹路虎在对美和对华销售方面就是一个很好的例子。如果你建立贸易保护壁垒，你必须明白，对方可能会采取对等措施，而你将因此蒙受损失。”雷诺兹先生建议，工党将寻求吸收来自北京的工程师的汽车技术诀窍，而不是为中国汽车制造商设置障碍。他表示，政府可以鼓励中国电动汽车制造商将英国视为潜在的欧洲桥头堡，就像日产、本田和丰田在 20 世纪 80 年代被说服在英国建立工厂一样。他表示，比亚迪（BYD）和吉利（Geely）等中国公司可以提供市场领先的技术，这些技术比英国现有的更为先进。

他说：“这不仅仅是关于成本方面的中国生产模式。他们拥有一些你必须承认是世界上最具创新力的公司。”

在萨里郡沃金的迈凯伦工厂发表讲话时，雷诺兹先生还表示，在捷豹路虎计划在未来两年削减 4,000 个工作岗位之际，他没有收到该公司要求救助的请求。他说：“捷豹路虎表示，他们需要将业务调整到合适的规模以保持竞争力。这并非特定问题，在该方面也没有向政府提出任何请求。”

艾希利女婿被任命为雨果博斯董事长

作者：Tom Haynes

雨果博斯（HUGO BOSS）任命 Frasers 首席执行官迈克尔·默里（Michael Murray）为新任董事长，此举加强了迈克·艾希利（Mike Ashley）对这个德国时尚品牌的掌控。

默里先生是艾希利先生的女婿，他于周二上午被选为监事会负责人，就在斯特凡·斯图姆（Stephan Sturm）在 Frasers 的压力下辞职 24 小时之后。

这次任命标志着艾希利先生旗下的零售巨头的胜利。在今年早些时候发起收购尝试后，该公司已在雨果博斯建立了约 48% 的持股。 表示，其意图将持股比例提高到 50% 以上。

默里先生自 2025 年 5 月起一直担任雨果博斯监事会成员。他将继续经营 ，该公司旗下拥有 Sports Direct、House of Fraser 和 Flannels。

雨果博斯还表示，艾希利先生的高级团队成员之一罗伯特·帕尔默（Robert Palmer）将加入其监事会，但需经当地法院任命。

斯图姆先生担任董事长仅 16 个月，他同样是在 2025 年 5 月当选的。 本月早些时候表示，在将持股比例提高到 48% 后，公司正在审查是否继续支持斯图姆先生。

在 表示意图将持股比例提高到 50% 以上后，雨果博斯在本月早些时候终止了其股票回购计划。

在艾希利先生寻求深化其在高端时尚领域的影响力之际，此次任命使默里先生成为了雨果博斯监事会的负责人。他的集团还持有 Burberry 和 Mulberry 的股份，并于近期从破产管理中收购了 Harvey Nichols。

柴油价格预计在圣诞节前将达到每升 £2.30

作者：Melissa Lawford

分析人士警告称，如果伊朗战争继续肆虐，英国驾驶员在今年年底前可能需要支付每升 £2.30 的柴油费用。

根据 Wood Mackenzie 的数据，中东冲突导致的全球供应限制意味着，柴油泵价可能会在当前水平基础上再飙升 19%——这将超过 2022 年创下的此前纪录，每升高出 31p。Wood Mackenzie 的 Alan Gelder 表示，如果伊朗战争持续且乌克兰继续攻击俄罗斯炼油厂，出厂柴油价格将飙升至每桶 $285，比 8 月份 $173. 的平均水平高出 65%。

他表示：“这意味着英国零售柴油价格将超过每升 £2.30。这远高于此前每升 £1.99 的纪录。”

“这两场冲突目前似乎都没有看到明确的解决迹象，这仅仅意味着价格将被进一步推高。”

来自 AA 的数据显示，自战争开始以来，泵价已飙升 35%，从 2 月底的每升 142.p 攀升至 192.p。随着批发燃料价格暴涨，英国境内多家加油站的柴油售价已超过每升 £2。

在沙特阿拉伯因伊朗无人机袭击而被迫关闭其至关重要的东西管道后，原油价格已飙升至每桶 $106，较 8 月底上涨了五分之一。

在伊朗封锁其通过霍尔木兹海峡的传统出口路线后，该管道已成为沙特阿拉伯通过红海延布港出口石油的生命线。

这对财政大臣来说已是最好的局面

财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）近日访问位于滕比（Tenby）的基尔恩公园度假中心（Kiln Park Holiday Centre），与今年冬天面临生活成本飙升的人们进行交流。

“我们认为有充分理由要求央行不再推迟加息”

埃尔·诺尔索（Eir Nolsøe）写道，受油价上涨影响，预计明年年初通胀率将升至 4.5%

在油价飙升且全球债券市场抛售之际就任财政大臣，这绝不是约翰·希利所希望的开局。

然而，他应该庆幸情况没有变得更糟。在希利就任 11, 号唐宁街（财政部）的第一个月里，英国经济在 7 月份出现了一个不寻常的现象：实现了 0.4% 的稳健增长。

与此同时，国家统计局（ONS）昨日公布的 8 月份最新通胀数据并未像财政大臣担心的那样糟糕。诚然，通胀率如分析师预测的那样有所上升，从 7 月的 2.9% 升至 8 月年度同比 3.1%。但在数据中仍隐藏着一些亮点。

不过，最好的建议是希利在这种情况持续期间尽情享受。大多数经济学家一致认为，这可能已经是能达到的最好局面了。

“通胀在未来六个月将进一步加速，”Item Club 的首席经济顾问马特·斯旺内尔（Matt Swannell）表示，“油价上涨将继续传导至加油站的零售价格。”

该预测机构使用与财政部相同的模型，预计能源价格上涨将把明年年初的通胀率推高至 4.5%，远高于英格兰银行 2. 目标值。

对于一位将减轻生活成本作为对选民核心承诺的首相来说，这是一个坏消息。唐纳德·特朗普在伊朗发动的战争——他自 2 月开始轰炸以来多次声称已经获胜——正给驾驶员带来沉重打击。

交通价格的飙升是推动 8 月年度同比最新通胀率上升的最大力量。

截至 8 月的一年内，汽车燃料价格跳涨了 23%。国家统计局表示，上个月每升汽油的平均价格为 £1.61，为 2022 年 11 月以来的最高水平。

与此同时，在航空公司警告伊朗战争将推高航空燃料价格并带来短缺风险后，机票价格在 7 月至 8 月期间也上涨了 6.2%。

更高的能源成本同样推高了整体通胀，电费、燃气费和其他燃料成本在截至 8 月的一年内上涨了 6.%。取暖油是最大的推手。

在昨日通胀数据公布后，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）警告称，下个月的预算案将面临挑战。

然而，最大的问题尚未到来。能源价格上限意味着家庭将在 1 月份感受到账单飙升带来的最大冲击。斯旺内尔警告称：“批发天然气价格上涨的影响将继续传导。我们已经知道能源价格上限将在 10 月上涨 4.%。基于目前的批发价格，1 月份可能会再次上涨 20% 以上。”

能源与气候情报部门（Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit）的杰斯·拉尔斯顿（Jess Ralston）表示：“天然气价格已触及四年高点，汽油和柴油成本已经在攀升。这有力地提醒人们，数千英里外的冲突仍然会冲击这里的家庭。”

对于将于今日宣布是否加息决定的英格兰银行来说，关键在于英国企业是否开始通过提高价格来应对危机。

到目前为止，情况似乎并非如此。尽管在夏季关于食品价格飙升的警告声日益高涨，

但到目前为止，食品价格仅显示出小幅增长，截至 8 月的一年内仅上涨 1.3%。

尽管如此，食品和饮料联合会（Food and Drink Federation）已发出警告，由于干旱和热浪打击农民，明年食品价格将上涨 6.4%。

在另一个令伯纳姆先生担忧的进展中，英国国家统计局（ONS）的数据还显示，租金上涨开始加速，截至8月的一年内上涨了4.2%。

Panmure Liberum的首席经济学家西蒙·弗伦奇（Simon French）表示：“此前已有大量警告称，新的租金改革法律将限制供应并导致租金激增。”

他表示，由于长期租约的续签，租金上涨通常比核心通胀滞后约18个月。“因此，现在的上涨——加上明年可能会出现更多通胀——可能会使其成为一个巨大的政治问题。”所有这些因素意味着英格兰银行的利率制定者们面对的是一个混乱的局面。

一方面，几乎没有迹象表明伊朗战争带来的能源冲击正在立即冲击经济。

就业市场状况也很糟糕，职位空缺正在减少。这限制了如果通胀飙升，企业会像在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之后那样急于提高工资的风险。

但英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）会记得非常清楚，在上次通胀危机期间，利率制定者被批评为“在驾驶位上打瞌睡”。

普华永道英国（PwC UK）经济学家亚当·迪西（Adam Deasy）表示：“银行面临一项艰巨的任务，即在日益恶化的外部价格冲击与发出矛盾信号的国内经济之间取得平衡。货币政策无法改变能源市场，也无法改变全球地缘政治的操纵，但它可以防止通胀在工资和价格中根深蒂固。”

预计英格兰银行货币政策委员会今天将把利率维持在3.75%，然后在未来一年内最多加息 4. 次。

然而，摩根大通（JP Morgan）英国首席经济学家艾伦·蒙克斯（Allan Monks）警告称：“我们认为，银行不应再推迟加息，理由非常充分。”

在市场等待今天的利率决定之际，英国各家庭再次面临能源账单上涨和抵押贷款利率提高的前景——以及另一个充满不满的冬天。

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美国借贷成本已飙升

AI热潮导致你的房贷利率上升

美国科技巨头建设数据中心的冲动给英国郊区带来了坏消息。Chris Price 和 Eir Nolsøe 报道

今年，数百万房主在办理房贷续约时受到了沉重的打击。

五年期固定利率贷款已飙升至 5.17%，而 2 月份仅为 4.95%，这使得家庭每年的还款额增加了数千英镑。

原因之一是伊朗战争，这引发了对更高通胀的担忧，从而推高了全球的借贷成本。

但虽然唐纳德·特朗普引发的中东冲突起到了一定作用，而发生在距离中东数千英里之外、加利福尼亚州硅谷街道上的事件，也在增加负担。

在亿万富翁的游乐场里——一个远离房贷利率攀升的英国郊区的地方——全球科技巨头正陷入一场属于他们自己的冲突。

他们正奋力争取在 AI 竞赛中获胜，并发行数万亿加元的债务来资助这场攻势。但在此过程中，他们造成了贷款过剩，从而推高了全面的借贷成本。

凯投宏观（Capital Economics）的市场经济学家 Joe Maher 表示：“AI 超大规模云服务商激增的企业债发行，是近几个月推高全球（包括英国在内）政府债券收益率，进而推高房贷利率的因素之一。”

“这些公司债券供应的巨大规模，正在与全球的主权发行者竞争投资者的资本。”

摩根士丹利估计，随着英伟达（Nvidia）、微软（Microsoft）、亚马逊（Amazon）和 Meta 等科技巨头竞争主导地位，到 2028 年， 数据中心的建设支出将达到约 $2.9tn (£2.2tn)。

摩根大通预测，从现在到 2030 年，更广泛的 相关基础设施支出可能接近 $5.3tn。

简单来说， 基础设施的建设需要巨额资金。

起初，这些美国科技巨头通过自身的资产负债表来支付增加的支出。然而，现在这部分资金已耗尽，他们开始寻求其他筹集资金的方式，其中之一就是企业债券市场。

在美国，预计仅本月就有公司将通过此类债券筹集 2000亿美元 的资金。

房贷借款人面临的问题是，这些 巨头如此渴望借款，以至于他们几乎不在意需要支付多少利息。

如果 发行方承诺支付远高于正常水平的利率，这将推高政府的借贷利率，因为政府需要支付更多利息才能吸引这些基金经理进行投资。

加拿大皇家银行资本市场（RBC Capital Markets）分析师 Peter Schaffrik 表示：“如果你认为这项全新的技术，特别是 ，将是未来 25 到 50 年的基础技术，你就会希望现在就建设基础设施。”

“如果你现在不建，别人就会建，那么你就会变成手机制造领域的诺基亚。你会成为一家过时的公司。”

“因此，这些人可能并不在乎收益率是 5pc, 5.5pc, 6pc, 还是 7pc。”

“我们将迎来大量的企业债券发行，尤其是来自超大规模云服务商等科技领域。他们基本上是对收益率不敏感的。”

美国财政部长 Scott Bessent 上个月也将借贷成本上升归咎于 超大规模云服务商。

他表示，美国政府一直试图通过债券回购计划“使市场保持平衡”，但最终未能奏效。

他表示，考虑到他们预期的回报， 巨头们似乎“几乎对收益率不敏感”。

“他们并不真正关心自己支付多少，”Bessent 说道。

这对美国财政部长和房贷借款人来说都是一个问题，因为公司在信贷市场支付的利率会渗透到金融市场的其他部门。

由于全球政治人物无法削减开支，政府债务市场已经承受了巨大压力。而现在， 债券的过剩又加剧了它们的困境。

“各国政府很少像现在这样需要如此多的资金。问题在于，其他所有人也同样需要，”管理着 $1.4tn 客户资金的 Nuveen 宏观信贷主管劳拉·库珀（Laura Cooper）表示。

“经济学 101 基础在于供给与需求——当供给超过需求时，价格就会下跌。”

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AI 基础设施将投入巨额资金 来源：彭博社

“各国政府很少像现在这样需要如此多的资金。问题在于，其他所有人也同样需要”

长期债券中尤为明显，政府和 AI 超大规模企业都在发行大量债务，“由于投资者要求更高的补偿以吸收这些债务，这有助于推高收益率”。

令抵押贷款借款人担忧的迹象是，AI 和政府支出没有放缓的迹象。

投资者警告称，在某个时间点，AI 公司发行的巨额债务可能会被投资者拒绝，从而将借贷成本推得更高。

来自 Mirabaud 资产管理公司的阿尔·卡特莫尔（Al Cattermole）表示：“债券市场可能会出现某些阶段，我们将英伟达（Nvidia）、甲骨文（Oracle）、谷歌（Google）、Meta 的融资成本推高，导致利差变得如此之大，以至于债券市场拒绝参与。但这是否会改变他们实际支出资金的决定，或者他们必须通过股权或其他替代方案来融资？”

抵押贷款借款人的希望之光在于，伊朗战争的结束将在缓解借贷成本方面发挥重要作用。

欧洲中央银行行长克里斯蒂娜·拉加德（Christine Lagarde）暗示，战争的结束将是利率再次下降的关键。

上周，在银行将利率从 2.25% 上调至 2.5% 时，她表示：“如果持续的地缘政治冲突能够得到可持续的解决，通胀可能会降低。”

卡特莫尔表示，AI 公司发行的巨额债务是“推高收益率的诸多因素之一”。他继续说道：“它增加了 ，我不认为它导致了 。你们的主要 是油价，是伊朗冲突带来的能源价格。”

Neuberger 伦敦交易主管罗伯特·迪什纳（Robert Dishner）补充道：“如果没有 AI 的供给，利率会更低吗？答案是不一定。

“因为利率市场还发生了其他事情，包括对财政的担忧、对通胀的担忧以及这类问题。”

目前看来，抵押贷款借款人可能会继续承受压力，而 AI 债务繁荣也看不到结束的迹象。

上议院要求禁止赌博广告以削弱博彩业

作者：Tom Haynes 和 Eir Nolsoe

上议院议员要求禁止赌博广告、营销和赞助，声称英国应缩小博彩业规模以应对其带来的危害。

上议院联络委员会表示，无论会造成怎样的经济损失，部长们必须追求全面禁令，并声称他们应当放弃扩大博彩业的努力。委员会表示，英国应禁止电视和网络上的博彩广告，同时取消体育赛事中的赌博赞助。

这些提案立即引发了博彩公司的强烈反弹，该公司警告称，切断主要的广告和赞助收入来源将导致失业并打击体育组织。多年来一直关注赌博问题的巴斯福斯特勋爵（Lord Foster of Bath）表示：“这种削减将会发生。没有人会否认这一点。

“事实上，这正是我们希望看到的。我希望博彩公司赚的钱能少一些。”

委员会承认，禁令将对博彩公司、体育机构和其他企业产生“直接的经济影响”，但强调赌博应该是“被容忍而非被推广”的。

报告中引用的模型估计，拟议的禁令将使博彩公司遭受 8.12 亿英镑m 的损失，给英国经济造成 1.34 亿英镑m 的损失。然而，上议院议员认为，大部分赌博支出将流向经济的其他领域。安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在 2022, 年担任大曼彻斯特市市长期间支持禁止赌博赞助，称“我们可以共同将体育赛事的赌博赞助留在历史书中”，并且“为了孩子和年轻人的利益，现在是时候采取立场了”。

这一建议是在 2020 年上议院的一份报告之后提出的，该报告呼吁采取公共卫生方法对待赌博，但委员会表示，其关于广告、营销和赞助的建议“在很大程度上未得到解决”。

虽然 2020 年的报告称博彩广告与问题赌博之间没有明确的联系，但上议院最新的提案称，目前已有“强有力的证据”表明广告、参与度与危害之间存在联系。报告得出结论，“全面禁令代表了最有效的长期政策选择”，并建议部长们“在可行的情况下尽快”实施禁令。

“这就是我们希望看到的结果。我希望博彩公司赚得更少”

博彩公司警告称，限制合法运营商可能会将客户推向黑市博彩。委员会表示，此类担忧“缺乏充分证据”，且委员会“并不认为”对持牌运营商的限制会导致博彩支出转向非法市场。

博彩与游戏委员会（Betting and Gaming Council）首席执行官格雷恩·赫斯特（Grainne Hurst）表示：“全面禁止广告将消除持牌并受监管的核心竞争优势，而对于阻止非法运营商针对英国消费者则毫无作用。”

拥有 Sky Bet 和 Paddy Power 的 Flutter 公司表示，禁令还将剥夺体育项目和慈善机构的资金支持。

一名发言人表示：“我们认为，广告权是作为一家合法、持牌且受监管企业的一项重要权益。它有助于客户将负责任的运营商与非法运营商区分开来，因为后者不提供任何相同的保护措施。”

该报告出台之际，博彩公司正面临税收的剧增。Ladbrokes 和 Coral 背后的博彩巨头 Entain 在今年已经裁员 500 人后，目前正在就削减约 400 个客户服务岗位（主要在英国）进行磋商。

该公司警告称，进一步的加税可能会使 1,000 多家投注站面临风险。

Entain 首席执行官斯特拉·戴维（Stella David）上周在给伯纳姆先生（Mr Burnham）的一封公开信中写道：“您谈到了‘梅克菲尔德测试’（Makerfield Test）——即国家政策应当为那些经常被威斯敏斯特（Westminster）忽视的地区和人民提供保障的原则。”

“机器游戏税（MGD）的大幅增加将直接影响到‘梅克菲尔德测试’旨在支持的许多人员和地区。”

国会议员称“不公平”的净零转型不值得支持

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作者：Melissa Lawford

国会议员警告称，英国不公平的净零转型“不值得”公众支持。

一个跨党派小组——能源安全与净零排放部遴选委员会表示，选民不会支持工党的能源目标，因为最贫困的家庭在成本方面承受了不成比例的打击，而从该政策中获益最少。

议员们表示：“如果一项转型的前期成本由最无力支付的人承担，而其收益首先流向那些买得起热泵或电动汽车的人，那么它将无法获得公众支持，而且也不值得获得支持。”

“目前的转型成本分配并不公平。通过电费回收的政策成本具有累退性，占用了贫困家庭更高比例的收入。

“那些住在绝缘性能差或私人租赁房屋中的人最缺乏采取行动的能力，且最容易受到高电价的影响，然而他们才是那些能够获益

该报告呼吁能源大臣 Miatta Fahn-bulleh 保护低收入家庭免受脱碳成本的影响。

报告警告称，由于生活成本危机，转向清洁能源的政治共识已经“破裂”。

遴选委员会发出警告之际，英国天然气公司（British Gas）母公司的负责人表示，电网连接缓慢已成为英国投资和经济增长的主要拖累。

一份由 Centrica 和能源技术公司 Ceres 今日发布的行业白皮书称，长达十年的电网连接等待时间正威胁着英国制造业、基础设施以及对 AI 部署至关重要的数据中心的投资。

白皮书呼吁开发固体氧化物燃料电池，这种电池可直接在现场供电，且在 12 个月内即可部署。

Centrica 首席执行官 Chris O'Shea 表示：“英国不能承受因电力连接问题而导致投资流向其他地方。”

“电网升级、可再生能源和核能都至关重要，但这些都需要时间。如今做出投资决策的企业需要确信，在他们需要时会有可靠的电力供应。”

能源安全与净零排放部已收到置评请求。

Reach 指责 BBC “扩张主义”，裁员 220 人

岗位，它将创造约 60 个新岗位。

作者：Tom Saunders

Reach 出版社在裁员 220 人并砍掉三个地方在线新闻网站时，将此归咎于“扩张主义的 BBC”。

该媒体集团拥有《镜报》（The Mirror）、《快报》（The Express）以及包括《曼彻斯特晚报》（Manchester Evening News）和《赫尔每日邮报》（Hull Daily Mail）在内的数百家区域性刊物。该集团周二告知员工，将对其新闻编辑室进行裁员，并关闭 Kent Live、Aberdeen Live 和 Galway Beo 等新闻网站。

Reach 首席内容官大卫·希格森（David Higgerson）在给员工的电子邮件中表示，这家由公共资金资助的机构（指 BBC）正使公司承受压力。

希格森先生表示：“在地方层面，我们继续受到一个扩张主义 BBC 的挑战，其地方产出在高达 70% 的时间里与出版商已经创建的内容如出一辙。”

“这些逆风以及影响整个行业的其他因素意味着，我们需要在做出这些改变的同时降低整体成本。”

希格森先生在邮件中补充道，决定关闭这三个新闻网站是因为在肯特（Kent）、阿伯丁（Aberdeen）和戈尔韦（Galway）面临来自竞争对手报纸的激烈竞争。

Reach 今年早些时候宣布，将远离所谓的“量产”新闻——这是广告驱动的点击诱饵内容的代称——转而专注于原创、高质量的产出。

独特且高质量的素材。

这家原名为 Trinity Mirror 的公司已经开始在部分网站部署付费墙，目前拥有约 50,000 名付费订阅者。公司坚持将重新专注于此。

Facebook 和 Google 等科技巨头的算法变更（这些巨头在为 Reach 网站引导流量方面发挥着至关重要作用）也打击了该公司的财务状况。

AI 概览（AI overviews）的推出进一步加剧了这一情况，使读者进一步远离新闻网站。

希格森先生在给员工的邮件中承认，页面浏览量的下降主要是因为 Google 推荐流量的减少。

几个月前，该出版社表示，今年上半年 Google 推荐流量骤降 55%，导致读者人数下降 40%。在公布半年业绩后，Reach 的股价暴跌近 25%。

该公司在过去三年中裁员超过 1,000 人。其目前市值约为 1.27 亿英镑m，低于 2005 年 50亿英镑 的峰值。此次裁员最早由 Prolific North 新闻网站报道。

Reach 和 BBC 已被联系以寻求评论。

尼罗河的永恒瑰宝

乘坐可容纳 44 人的 SS Misr 号，开启一段从阿斯旺到开罗的 14 晚尼罗河之旅 2028年2月11日至25日，2月25日至3月10日*，10月20日至11月3日以及11月3日至17日*

加入我们的 SS Misr 号航程，在这段往返于阿斯旺与开罗之间的 14 晚旅程中，探索尼罗河沿岸的诸多古代奇迹。19 世纪末，英国游客率先将乘坐尼罗河蒸汽船作为一种休闲活动，旨在寻找一种舒适的方式来参观埃及迷人的遗迹；我们很高兴能够租用经过精心修复的 SS Misr 号，让大家有机会在极高舒适度的情况下，探索这片古老土地上的非凡奇迹。我们将随行优秀的当地导游，船上还将邀请一位客座演讲者，这将极大地丰富我们的知识。

我们沿着尼罗河 600 英里河段的航行是一次穿越古文明的旅程，这场无与伦比的河流之旅将让法老们的伟大纪念碑栩栩如生。我们精心设计了独特的两周行程，在参观埃及一些最著名景点的同时，还能探索一些较少为人知的考古遗址和神庙。我们将参观贝尼哈桑（Beni Hassan）的私人坟墓，那里精美的壁画展现了四千年前埃及日常生活的全景。我们还将参观阿比多斯（Abydos）和丹德拉（Dendera）神庙，以及埃尔-阿玛纳（Tel El Amarna），在那里您可以俯瞰阿肯那顿国王和内芙蒂蒂王后的神庙与宫殿遗址。除了这些名气较小但具有重要历史意义的地点，我们当然还会探索一些最负盛名的地点，包括大金字塔、帝王谷和壮丽的卡纳克神庙。

行程概览

第 1 天 伦敦希思罗机场至埃及阿斯旺。搭乘定期航班经开罗飞往阿斯旺。抵达后转乘至“埃及号”蒸汽船（SS Misr）并登船。

第 2 天 阿斯旺。今天上午我们将参观阿斯旺的高坝，该大坝在 20 世纪 60 年代建成时被认为是工程奇迹，对埃及的经济和文化产生了巨大影响。如今，它为整个埃及提供电力和灌溉。随后我们前往菲莱神庙，该神庙供奉的是伊西斯女神（奥西里斯之妻，荷鲁斯之母）。神庙原位于菲莱岛，但由于水位升高，于 1977 年被拆除并重建在附近一个名为阿吉尔基亚（Agilkia）的较高岛屿上。我们的行程将以参观努比亚博物馆结束，这是一个占地 50,000 平方米的综合体，四周由围墙环绕，旨在唤起传统努比亚村庄的建筑风格。返回船上享用午餐，下午悠闲休息。

第 3 天 阿斯旺与科姆翁波。在船上享受悠闲的早晨，或者选择参加前往阿布辛贝神庙的可选远足（单程车程约 4 小时），这里毫无疑问是所有努比亚古迹中最令人印象深刻的。我们不仅可以欣赏到约 3300 年前在砂岩悬崖上凿出的、装饰在拉美西斯大帝和内芙塔丽王后神庙中的卓越雕塑、文化和浮雕，还可以赞赏 20 世纪考古学家、建筑师和工程师的成就，他们组织将这些古迹迁移到了纳赛尔湖上方的新址。今天下午我们启航前往科姆翁波，在甲板上放松并欣赏尼罗河景色。

第 4 天 科姆翁波与埃德富。今天上午我们参观科姆翁波神庙，该神庙主要建于托勒密王朝，并在罗马皇帝统治时期完工。这座神庙因其“双重”设计而独一无二，这意味着这里的庭院、大厅、圣所和房间都是为在这里崇拜的两位神灵而重复设计的。神庙的南半部分供奉鳄鱼神索贝克，北半部分则供奉隼神哈罗埃里斯。我们返回船上享用午餐，随后航行至埃德富，我们将参观埃德富神庙。这是一座位于尼罗河西岸的古埃及神庙，被认为是埃及保存最完好的神庙之一。该神庙供奉隼神荷鲁斯，建于公元前 237 年至 57 年的托勒密时期。今晚，我们航行至卢克索并在那里过夜停泊。

第 5 天 卢克索。我们将拥有整整两天的奢侈时间来探索卢克索，今天将致力于参观西岸，这是世界上最著名且最重要的考古遗址之一。参观帝王谷，这里是 500 年间法老们的埋葬地。墓室生动地描绘了太阳神和法老穿越阴间危险的旅程。我们在门农巨像前停留，见证两座高达 18 米的宏伟石英岩坐像，它们曾是法老阿蒙霍特普三世纪念神庙的入口，而该神庙现已消失，其统治时期是埃及历史上最奢华的时期之一。我们还将参观霍华德·卡特故居，这位英国考古学家在寻找图坦卡蒙墓期间曾居住于此，现在这里是一座博物馆，展出他在卢克索期间的原始文物。

第 6 天 卢克索。我们在卢克索的第二天将留在东岸，首先参观宏伟的卡纳克神庙。在这里，您将见证供奉众神之王阿蒙-拉、其妻子穆特及其儿子孔苏的规模惊人的古迹群。我们将看到的亮点包括拥有 130 多根、部分高达 22 米的柱子的巨型多柱厅，以及强大的女法老哈特谢普苏特的方尖碑。我们的行程将以参观 1975 年落成的卢克索博物馆结束。返回船上享用午餐，今天下午我们将参观卢克索神庙。

第 7 天 丹德拉神庙。今天清晨我们启航前往盖纳（Qena），早餐后，上午的行程将致力于探索哈托尔女神（Hathor），我们将参观丹德拉神庙，该神庙也被称为“西斯特鲁姆之堡”（castle of the Sistrum）。哈托尔是爱、欢乐与美的女神。丹德拉神庙与治愈相关，前往那里寻求治疗的患者可以住在专门的建筑中，以便休息、睡眠并在梦中与神灵沟通。下午在前往纳加哈马迪（Naga Hammadi）的航行中悠闲放松，我们将在那里过夜停泊。

第 8 天 阿比多斯神庙。今天上午我们启航前往埃尔巴利亚纳（El Balyana），参观位于阿比多斯（Abydos）的被希腊人称为“孟农神庙”（Memnonium）的神庙，该神庙供奉塞特一世、奥西里斯、伊西斯、普塔、普塔-索卡尔、内弗尔图姆、拉-哈拉赫提、阿蒙和荷鲁斯。其建筑由白色石灰岩建成，是埃及最令人印象深刻的宗教建筑之一。返回船上享用午餐，下午向北航行至索哈格（Sohag），并在那里过夜停泊。

第 9 天 巡航。享受一整天沿着尼罗河巡航的时光。在甲板上放松，或者参加一两场讲座。

第 10 天 图纳-埃尔-盖贝尔与埃尔-阿玛纳。今天上午，我们首先参观图纳-埃尔-盖贝尔（Tuna El Gebel），那里最古老的纪念碑是阿肯那顿（Akhenaten）和内芙蒂蒂（Nefertiti）的边界碑。该遗址以其动物墓地而闻名，那里存放着数千具供奉托特神（Thoth）的狒狒和朱鹭木乃伊。随后我们前往阿玛纳（Amarna）的阿肯那顿皇家城市、陵墓和宫殿。返回船上享用午餐，下午在前往明亚（Minya）的航行中在船上放松休息。

第 11 天 贝尼哈桑。今天上午我们参观贝尼哈桑（Beni Hassan）的中王国时期陵墓，这是一个古埃及墓地遗址。贝尼哈桑的墓地反映了地方统治者与法老国王之间的政治分歧。由于布局和装饰更为复杂，这些陵墓标志着陵墓风格从古王国时期向新王国时期的过渡阶段。在明亚过夜停泊。

第 12 天 巡航。在向开罗进发的过程中，享受又一个在尼罗河上巡航的放松之日。

SS MISR 号最初由英国皇家海军于 1918 年在普雷斯顿（Preston）建造，随后被购得并改造为供法鲁克国王（King Farouk）使用的豪华尼罗河蒸汽船。如今，这艘船已全面修复为五星级豪华螺旋桨蒸汽船，SS Misr 号仅容纳 44 名乘客，设有宽敞的空调客舱和套房，并配备 63 名船员以确保最高水平的服务。“Misr”意为“埃及王国”，其装饰反映了当时的时尚，每间客舱都有独特的风格。所有客舱和套房均设有私人阳台、独立卫浴、吹风机、迷你吧和电视。船头两间全景套房可提供令人惊叹的全景视野。Marasem 餐厅、Saraya 休息室和 Dahabia 酒吧位于较高甲板，可欣赏尼罗河的绝佳美景。此外，还有一个设有舒适座椅的低层日光甲板，以及一个带有泳池和日光浴床供放松使用的高层日光甲板。

第 13 天 迈杜姆与开罗。今天上午我们转移至迈杜姆（Meidum）金字塔，该金字塔供奉第四王朝的斯奈夫鲁国王（King Snefru）。返回 SS Misr 号享用午餐，随后继续前往开罗，并在那里过夜停泊。

第 14 天 开罗。我们以参观令人震撼的吉萨金字塔和狮身人面像开始这一天，它是古代世界七大奇迹中唯一幸存的建筑，以及伟大的法老及其王后的陵墓。在参观大埃及博物馆之前，先在金字塔的景观中享用午餐。该综合体是一个文化中心，包括世界上规模最大的博物馆之一，展示了单一文明的遗产。博物馆藏有超过 50,000 件文物，反映了埃及从史前时代到希腊和罗马时期的过去，其中包括来自黄金法老图坦卡蒙（Tutankhamun）陵墓的 5000 多件文物。

第 15 天 开罗至伦敦希思罗机场。下船并前往开罗机场，搭乘预定的航班返回伦敦希思罗机场。

• 这些出发日期与从开罗到阿斯旺的行程方向相反，完整详情可在我们的网站上查看。

价格与包含项目

基于双人入住的每人特惠价格，4类船舱起价为 £8595。

包含项目：

经济舱定期航班 • 在 5S Mir 号上全包式入住 14 晚 • 午餐和晚餐提供葡萄酒或啤酒及无限量软饮 • 由当地英语导游陪同的岸上观光 • Noble Caledonia 巡游经理 • 特邀演讲嘉宾 • 小费 • 接送服务 • 机场税。

注：港口和行程可能会有所变动。旅行保险、埃及签证以及前往阿布辛贝的自选观光项目不包含在价格内。所有特惠价格视供应情况而定。所有预订均适用我们当前的预订条款。

财政部在阻碍增长方面“荣获金牌”

海伦·麦克纳马拉 (HELEN MACNAMARA)

福利账单因房屋建设失败而膨胀——公共资金必须得到更好的利用

2003年，我在文化、媒体和体育部工作，参与申办 2012 伦敦奥运会。我的工作是为如果我们获胜而制定计划。当时，普遍观点认为这只是一个渺茫的可能性。

公务员系统的潜在倾向是希望我们能提交一份比巴黎更好的申办书，但在最终结果中输给法国人，这可能是因为人们假设他们会作弊。这样一来，大家都能获得成功，而无需承担实际举办奥运会的头痛之事。但我真的很想赢。在成立奥运交付局和组委会（这是一个巨大的胜利）的同时，我还负责制定早期的预算之一。

而这部分就不那么成功了。我们最初估计成本约为 £4.5，但最终几乎是这个数字的两倍。

部分超支是由于复杂性造成的。土地污染如此严重，仅清洗土壤就花费了近 2.5 亿英镑。而更不可原谅的事实是，建筑成本中没有包含增值税（VAT）。为自己辩护的话，当时我进入公务员系统才两年，还没有接受过政府财务秘诀的培训。对我来说，在向公众说明公共资金成本时，由财政部支付给财政部的税款应该被计入账单的一部分，这一点并不明显。于是我参加了一个培训课程。

我了解到，在计算政府支出时将税收纳入其中，并让财政部在没有乐观的年轻官僚帮助的情况下自行平衡账目，会简单得多。简单并不总是答案，但在政府支出的某些领域，采取常识性的方法会让我们受益得多。

财政部将其支出分为四类。一是部门支出限额（Department Expenditure Limit），即政府部门在一次支出周期中被分配的可用资金额度。二是年度管理支出（Annual Managed Expenditure），即年度内难以预测和控制的支出，如福利账单或养老金支付。三是资源支出（Resource）——用于工资等日常运行成本的支出。四是资本支出（Capital）——对具有长期价值的实物资产的投资。

这些界限并不总是清晰的。例如，未来数十年的公共部门养老金承诺被隐藏在日常的工资支出中。

我一直将年度管理支出视为政府财务中的“宠坏的孩子”：支出，更多的支出，然后回来要求更多。相比之下，资本分配则是经过深思熟虑，考虑长期利益而做出的。可以称之为两级会计制度。这种差异是当前住房混乱局面的一大关键原因。

纳税人一直在建设

“对公共部门养老金的数十年承诺被隐藏在日常支出之中”

房屋，并为那些数世纪以来无法负担费用的人补贴住宿。我的周末跑步路线经过一些漂亮的伊丽莎白时代救济院。假设我们没有被人工智能抹除，我们的高曾孙辈仍将通过缴纳税款来补贴那些需要住房的人。但希望到那时，他们能处理得更聪明一些。

去年，政府在住房补贴上花费了 373亿英镑。即便按照我们公共财政的标准来看，这也是最没有成效的支出之一。随着租金上涨，这笔账单也在随之增长。而租金上涨是因为供应过于稀缺。

财政部应当公开住房不足的实际成本，并透明地披露建设失败在多大程度上推高了补贴账单。从任何意义上讲，这都让我们所有人付出了代价。

作为无家可归者慈善机构 Shelter 的主席，你可能会预期我会说，必须为那些被挤出住房市场的人提供可租的房屋。你可能会预期我会主张，即便我们没有建造足够的房屋，那些脆弱且需要帮助的人也应该有一个安全的遮风挡雨之所。

然而，即便不谈论这种道德论据，政府建房的经济理由也已经成立。建造体面的房屋，比继续为“不足”而支付过高费用具有更高的价值。房屋建设将支持建筑业，并为 177,000 名没有住房的儿童提供体面的住所，从而避免该风险带来的社会、经济和人性后果。

公共资金可以被更高效地利用。在刺激私人投资方面也有更多工作要做。法律通用集团（Legal and General）已经证明，经济适用房可以提供稳定的长期回报。解锁更多资本的关键在于，财政部应将其挥霍的日常支出与能产生回报的投资进行更公平的比较。

最终，伦敦奥运会耗费了 89亿英镑 的公共补贴。即便最保守的估计，其给英国经济带来的回报也至少是该数额的两倍。

这就是投资与支出的区别。

贝类担忧 无化石燃料伦敦（Fossil Free London）的抗议者在白厅的能源安全与净零排放部外集会。该团体暗示公众就像是“所有被邪恶的壳牌（Shell）油腻厨师烹煮的龙虾！”该团体是在回应联合国关于全球变暖已突破 1.5℃ 临界点的新闻。

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收益率高于5%时依然有好事发生……只需更努力地寻找

一只优质的股息增长型ETF。

汤姆·史蒂文森 (TOM STEVENSON)

“收益率高于5%时不会有好事发生。”这是我的一位同事最近对股市风险的描述，前提是债券收益率维持在这个分水岭水平之上。

这是一个对当今股市挑战的精辟总结，因为大西洋两岸的债券收益率都已进入这个危险区域，但这过于简化了。它无法解释为什么股票价格依然接近历史高点，并成功翻越了债券市场的“忧虑之墙”。

持续高企的债券收益率对股票不利。它们通过提高借贷成本侵蚀公司利润，并降低消费者的购买力。

它们为投资者提供了比股票波动性更小的替代方案。对于那些承诺长期盈利增长的公司来说，这尤其是个问题，因为高收益率会更激进地对这些未来利润进行折现，从而降低其现值。

陷入这种估值陷阱的高增长公司规模庞大且至关重要。这就是为什么“科技七巨头”在过去近一年时间里表现低迷的原因。但这些公司并不能代表整个股市。股票市场中的其他替代方案在收益率不那么友好的环境下能生存得更轻松。诀窍在于将我们投资组合中的股票部分向这些公司倾斜。

为此，我关注五个特征，所有这些特征都指向同一个方向——远离遥远且不确定的收益流，转向规模大、可见且可分配的现金流。你可以将其称为“现成的实惠”。

因此，我的首选是现在拥有大量自由现金流，而非明天盈利增长的承诺。这与购买看起来便宜的股票不同。像微软（Microsoft）这样的公司提供增长且并不特别便宜，但它现在和未来都能产生现金。分水岭不在于增长与价值之间，而在于今天产生的利润与价值取决于多年后情况的利润之间。

幸运的是，许多因子驱动的交易所交易基金（ETFs）明确地对现金流和

“像微软这样的公司提供增长且并不特别便宜，但它现在和未来都能产生现金”

以及其他估值指标进行筛选。iShares就有一只名为“世界价值因子ETF”（World Value Factor ETF）的产品，它从MSCI世界指数中挑选约400家相对于一系列基本面指标看起来被低估的公司。

其交易价格约为收益的17倍，明显低于市场其他部分。

它提供了全球股票敞口，且不含在当今高收益环境下风险最高的高价高增长股。

其次，我预计在债券收益率具有竞争力的新世界中，股息和股票回购将变得更加受重视。当利率接近于零时，投资者更倾向于将现金重新投资而非分配。在未来，许多此类潜在投资将不再划算。日益重要将是股东收益率——即股息加上股票回购的效果。

挑战在于避免“高股息陷阱”，即一家停滞不前且高杠杆的公司支付不可持续的收益。我更倾向于较低但可靠且能随时间增长的股息。同样，主动管理基金和被动ETF都专注于提供这种增长的收益。Wisdom Tree拥有

在更高通胀环境下，我寻找的第三个特征是定价权。我们需要那些能够使其收入重新定价的速度快于成本上升速度的公司。

这很难通过定量分析来发现。它不是一个会计比率。而这可能正是主动股票挑选者相对于被动基金能够体现价值的地方。

摩根士丹利以及——在此公开披露——我的雇主富达（Fidelity），都拥有明确关注知识产权和定价权的全球品牌基金。

另一个需要避免的重要陷阱是：定价能力通常与质量投资风格联系在一起，而这很容易演变成“不计代价追求质量”。目标应该是具备定价能力、能产生现金流且估值合理的公司。

在高收益率环境下，公司资产负债表的质量至关重要。持续的高收益率会揭露那些在资金廉价时可以轻松融资，但在资本成本再次上升时却陷入困境的公司。对于一家公司来说，将 2% 的债券以 6% 的利率进行再融资，其痛苦程度与房主面临的情况一样。而且这种痛苦具有滞后性。那些在五或 10 年前低成本借款的公司此前得到了保护，但每一次再融资都会重置其资本成本。最理想的情况是公司收取利息而非支付利息。

这就引出了最后的考量因素——地理位置。美国的估值更多地基于“明日之果”（jam-tomorrow）式的利润。其价值很大程度上依赖于技术和预期增长。而这些恰恰是我倾向于避开的特征。

“那些在五或 10 年前低成本借款的公司此前得到了保护，但每一次再融资都会重置其资本成本”

英国的情况几乎截然相反。由于在金融、能源、大宗商品相关业务以及高股息支付者方面有较高敞口，尽管国内经济面临明显挑战，但我们的本土市场可能正处于价值投资的黄金地带。

欧洲和日本也拥有许多成熟的、能产生现金流的工业、金融以及专注于股东回报的公司。尤其是日本，在一个地方就集成了这种“今日之果”（jam-today）投资法的多个要素：合理的估值、资金充裕的资产负债表、不断改善的资本配置，以及增长的股票回购和股息。日本公司正自觉地将资产负债表上的冗余现金返还给股东。

重新调整投资组合中的股票份额，有助于在保持对表现最佳资产类别长期敞口的同时，降低因资本成本上升而导致这个成熟牛市突然终结的可能性。

在一个资本再次具有显著成本的世界里，意识到尽早而非延迟获得投资回报是审慎之举。在 5% 以上的收益率环境下，依然可能发生一些好事，但你必须更努力地去寻找它们。

汤姆·史蒂文森（Tom Stevenson）是富达国际（Fidelity International）的投资总监。上述观点仅代表其个人。

全球经济正被现代版的“梅林”绑架

伊莎贝拉·卡明斯卡 (IZABELLA KAMINSKA)

这听起来像是托尔金小说里的情节。三位全球最具影响力的人工智能高管——我们时代的“巫师”们——得出了一个惊人的结论：他们正在构建的魔法系统可能很快就会变得过于危险，以至于无法按目前的速度继续开发。在的一篇随笔中，Anthropic 的达里奥·阿莫代 (Dario Amodei) 呼吁 AI 行业应“放慢前沿速度”。这种担忧主要分为两个方面。

首先，日益强大的模型如果落入企图将其用于黑客攻击、生物武器或其他破坏性目的的人之手，将面临动摇世界的风险。

其次，这是硅谷一个更具幻想色彩但出人意料地被广泛认可的可能性：魔法本身变得足够强大，以至于脱离了创造者的控制。这不再像梅林，而更像索伦。

阿莫代希望在 AI 公司内部嵌入独立评估员。他呼吁领先的实验室建立统一的安全标准，并达成限制技术开发速度的国际协议。他声称，政府最终也必然得发挥作用。

最后阶段将是说服中国参与一项全球公约。这是一个宏大的叙事，但这并不一定意味着它是真实的。

影响这一切的一个因素是，培养强大的“魔法能力”极其昂贵。穆迪估计，到 2027.，相关支出将达到 $1tn。直到最近，大型科技公司还是一个极其强大的现金生成机器，但 使其部分业务变得更加资本密集。今年年初，仅五家超大规模云服务商就占到了美国投资级债券发行量的 15% 以上。

巴克莱估计，今年超大规模云服务商的 2400亿美元 投资需求可能需要通过投资级信用发行来融资。而美国六大银行每年发行的金额约为 1500亿美元-1700亿美元。

这一点至关重要，因为 热潮不再发生在某个密封的硅谷生态系统中。这些“巫师”正在与政府及其他所有人竞争全球的储蓄。而且没有人知道这项投资最终能否实现自负盈亏。铁路狂热产生了一些有史以来最具经济变革性的基础设施，但它也毁掉了许多为其融资的人。 可能会证明情况类似。

如果 的经济影响能赶上投资速度，问题在很大程度上将迎刃而解。公司将变得极具生产力，收入增加，基础设施得以自给自足。鉴于 的战略重要性，很难想象如果支撑国家技术霸权的基础设施突然陷入财务困境，政府会完全袖手旁观。这或许就是风险外溢到政府债券收益率的原因：市场感觉到，该行业在成功之前就已经变得“大到不能倒”。这就是“放慢速度”计划核心的矛盾所在。为了使其奏效，这些“巫师”不仅需要克制自己，最终还需要他们的竞争对手——无论是商业上的还是地缘政治上的——也同样克制。

加速主义者认为这纯属幻想。

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医疗保健 -0.06% 电力 +2.41%

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<>< colspan="3">12周< / >< rowspan="2" colspan="2">价格 (p) - / -< / >< rowspan="2">收益率< / >< rowspan="2">市盈率< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>最低 (p)< / ><>股票< / >< / ><><>358< / ><>220< / ><>Liontrust< / ><>294< / ><>-6< / ><>6.7< / ><>10.4< / >< / ><><>10540< / ><>1654< / ><>Lan Stack Ex< / ><>8107< / ><>-60< / ><>1.9< / ><>14.2< / >< / ><><>367%< / ><>248%< / ><>M&G< / ><>3361%< / ><>-9%< / ><>6.1< / ><>26.7< / >< / ><><>327%< / ><>158%< / ><>Man Group •< / ><>3361%< / ><>+8< / ><>4.0< / ><>27.7< / >< / ><><>209< / ><>158%< / ><>Quilter •< / ><>1825%< / ><>+6< / ><>3.5< / ><>20.6< / >< / ><><>2458%< / ><>1633< / ><>S & U< / ><>1995< / ><>-< / ><>5.8< / ><>10.2< / >< / ><><>508%< / ><>365%< / ><>Schraders< / ><>587%< / ><>+4< / ><>3.7< / ><>17.2< / >< / ><><>132< / ><>72%< / ><>Varonis Banking Gp< / ><>77%< / ><>+5< / ><>-< / ><>24.2< / >< / table>

家用商品 -0.13%

<><>907%< / ><>601< / ><>Omn Group▲< / ><>859%< / ><>+37%< / ><>3.7< / ><>39.6< / >< / ><><>1428%< / ><>1025< / ><>Next Genel< / ><>1134< / ><>+24< / ><>4.3< / ><>17.3< / >< / ><><>2507%< / ><>1650%< / ><>SME< / ><>2402°< / ><>+68< / ><>2.9< / ><>22.8< / >< / table>

工程 / 工业 +1.30%

燃气与水 •2.08% 综合金融 $\cdot 0.10\%$

<><>96%< / ><>73%< / ><>Costs Group< / ><>36%< / ><>45%< / ><>3.1< / ><>17.9< / >< / ><><>600< / ><>250< / ><>Copper J< / ><>640< / ><>10< / ><>-< / ><>20.8< / >< / ><><>30000< / ><>30000< / ><>Goodwin< / ><>14400< / ><>340< / ><>2.3< / ><>55.5< / >< / ><><>3364< / ><>2229< / ><>MHI< / ><>30487< / ><>482< / ><>1.2< / ><>24.5< / >< / ><><>3058< / ><>660< / ><>Wheat< / ><>838*< / ><>456< / ><>1.5< / ><>26.1< / >< / ><><>40< / ><>254< / ><>Sweetfield< / ><>374< / ><>44< / ><>-< / ><>-0.1< / >< / ><><>2754%< / ><>2088< / ><>Smiths Gp< / ><>2557< / ><>408< / ><>1.8< / ><>25.8< / >< / ><><>8050< / ><>5850< / ><>Sprouts< / >< / table>

Gp< / td> 6856< / ><>478< / ><>2.5< / ><>38.9< / >< / tr> <>3560< / ><>2254< / ><>Wear< / ><>2628< / ><>440< / ><>1.8< / ><>27.8< / >< / table>

<><>48%< / ><>24%< / ><>Haleon< / ><>-385°< / ><>-5< / ><>2.1< / ><>18.3< / >< / ><><>1426%< / ><>3006%< / ><>Smith & Rep< / ><>1042< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.8< / ><>18.4< / >< / table>

<><>2318< / ><>1725%< / ><>Aon Brift Fds.< / ><>1839< / ><>-2< / ><>1.4< / ><>13.0< / >< / ><><>1695< / ><>3270< / ><>Coca-Cola HBC< / ><>4584< / ><>-22< / ><>2.2< / ><>20.6< / >< / ><><>5800< / ><>4775< / ><>Cronswick •< / ><>5070< / ><>-39< / ><>2.2< / ><>17.1< / >< / ><><>738< / ><>4415< / ><>Hilton Food •< / ><>891< / ><>-13< / ><>5.1< / ><>7.9< / >< / ><><>138< / ><>92< / ><>REA Hldgs< / ><>121< / ><>-1< / ><>—< / ><>-232.6< / >< / ><><>5542%< / ><>3644< / ><>Under< / ><>4940*< / ><>-16< / ><>3.6< / ><>12.5< / >< / table>

涨跌幅 (pc)

<><>250%< / ><>140%< / ><>Centrica< / ><>152%*< / ><>-8%< / ><>3.7< / ><>-931.6< / >< / ><><>606< / ><>439%< / ><>Pennon Cp •< / ><>449%< / ><>-7%< / ><>6.5< / ><>23.2< / >< / ><><>3205< / ><>2381< / ><>Severn Trent< / ><>3888< / ><>-58< / ><>4.2< / ><>26.4< / >< / ><><>1457< / ><>1099< / ><>Util Utilities< / ><>1362< / ><>-29< / ><>3.8< / ><>15.8< / >< / table>

<><>128%< / ><>95.5%< / ><>Barberry< / ><>3009< / ><>-31%< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>214%< / ><>100%< / ><>Methode< / ><>194< / ><>4%< / ><>1.6< / ><>11.0< / >< / ><><>114< / ><>85%< / ><>P2 Cansara< / ><>97%< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.8< / ><>30.6< / >< / ><><>9325%< / ><>3064< / ><>Rocklift Benck< / ><>5058< / ><>-68< / ><>4.3< / ><>10.8< / >< / table>

信息技术 ·0.65%

<><>270%< / ><>31%< / ><>Auburne< / ><>21%< / ><>-2< / ><>8.0< / ><>12.5< / >< / ><><>316%< / ><>212< / ><>Bridgepoint Corp< / ><>286< / ><>4%< / ><>3.3< / ><>57.2< / >< / ><><>100%< / ><>1240< / ><>BrookfieldMachwabl< / ><>1000< / ><>-60< / ><>5.2< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>1050< / ><>1036< / ><>MD Group< / ><>1200*< / ><>-7< / ><>3.2< / ><>9.1< / >< / ><><>2540< / ><>1436%< / ><>KDB< / ><>1072< / ><>-60< / ><>4.6< / ><>11.7< / >< / ><><>600< / ><>495%< / ><>Investec< / ><>600< / ><>46%< / ><>5.8< / ><>8.8< / >< / ><><>75< / ><>40< / ><>IP Group< / ><>88%< / ><>45%< / ><>-< / ><>9.5< / >< / table>

<><>307< / ><>195< / ><>Aptitude 50mm< / ><>250< / ><>-36< / ><>2.2< / ><>34.2< / >< / ><><>1181< / ><>771%< / ><>The Stage Grp< / ><>1811%< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.2< / ><>26.8< / >< / table>

<><>290< / ><>179%< / ><>Abberdeen Group< / ><>230%< / ><>-6%< / ><>6.1< / ><>11.1< / >< / ><><>4128< / ><>262%< / ><>Admiral< / ><>3862< / ><>-58< / ><>3.7< / ><>15.7< / >< / ><><>740%< / ><>100%< / ><>Asien< / ><>7345< / ><>-22%< / ><>5.6< / ><>26.6< / >< / ><><>1305%< / ><>750< / ><>Buenzy< / ><>1304< / ><>—< / ><>11.5< / >< / ><><>1904< / ><>1250< / ><>Hiscox< / ><>1894< / ><>+6< / ><>2.1< / ><>14.1< / >< / ><><>700< / ><>540< / ><>Lancashire Hldg •< / ><>638< / ><>+4< / ><>2.6< / ><>7.1< / >< / ><><>318%< / ><>217%< / ><>法律通用集团< / ><>1000%< / ><>+4%< / ><>7.3< / ><>30.1< / >< / ><><>1210< / ><>910%< / ><>Prudential< / ><>581< / ><>+7%< / ><>2.1< / ><>8.6< / >< / ><><>960< / ><>820%< / ><>Standard Life< / ><>943< / ><>+13< / ><>5.9< / ><>1000.2< / >< / ><><>1575%< / ><>8330%< / ><>St James's Place< / ><>1045*< / ><>-28< / ><>1.7< / ><>10.0< / >< / table>

投资信托 •1.15%

富时100指数 (FTSE 100) 主要价格变动

建筑业< / td><>5.83< / >< / tr><><>交通运输< / ><>2.53< / >< / ><><>电力< / ><>2.41< / >< / ><><>燃气与水务< / ><>2.09< / >< / ><><>AIM（替代投资市场）< / ><>1.85< / >< / ><><>旅游与休闲< / ><>1.57< / >< / ><><>房地产< / ><>1.50< / >< / ><><>电子产品< / ><>1.40< / >< / ><><>航空航天与国防< / ><>1.32< / >< / ><><>工程 / 工业< / ><>1.30< / >< / ><><>投资信托< / ><>1.15< / >< / ><><>采矿业< / ><>1.08< / >< / ><><>支持服务< / ><>-0.04< / >< / ><><>医疗保健< / ><>-0.06< / >< / ><><>食品生产商< / ><>-0.10< / >< / ><><>零售商< / ><>-0.37< / >< / ><><>烟草< / ><>-0.81< / >< / ><><>石油与天然气< / ><>-2.17< / >< / table>

<><>4407< / ><>1025< / ><>36< / ><>2988< / ><>+0< / ><>3.2< / ><>2002< / >< / ><><>390%< / ><>325< / ><>3 Infrastructure •< / ><>302< / ><>-2< / ><>3.4< / ><>405< / >< / ><><>820< / ><>606< / ><>Abdheim New India< / ><>700< / ><>-2< / ><>—< / ><>778< / >< / ><><>1304< / ><>1178< / ><>Alliance Wilton< / ><>1347*< / ><>+0< / ><>2.2< / ><>1457< / >< / ><><>764< / ><>477%< / ><>Alliance Tech Trust •< / ><>706< / ><>-0< / ><>—< / ><>767< / >< / ><><>331< / ><>284< / ><>Bakille Giff China< / ><>252< / ><>-2< / ><>0.9< / ><>324< / >< / ><><>131< / ><>91%< / ><>Bakille Giff Euro Growth< / ><>122%< / ><>-1< / ><>0.6< / ><>133< / >< / ><><>154%< / ><>125%< / ><>Bankers Invest. Tst •< / ><>148%< / ><>+1%< / ><>1.9< / ><>163< / >< / ><><>1706< / ><>912< / ><>Biotech Growth< / ><>1654< / ><>+0< / ><>—< / ><>1789< / >< / ><><>200%< / ><>205< / ><>BlackRockAmerica< / ><>281< / ><>-1< / ><>5.3< / ><>275< / >< / ><><>205< / ><>127< / ><>BlackRockEnergyAres< / ><>178< / ><>-6< / ><>3.5< / ><>188< / >< / ><><>208< / ><>164%< / ><>BlackRock Prolove< / ><>331< / ><>-6< / ><>4.0< / ><>194< / >< / ><><>625< / ><>507< / ><>BlackRock Grit Euro •< / ><>576< / ><>-7< / ><>1.2< / ><>614< / >< / ><><>340< / ><>200< / ><>BlackRock Inc&Grth< / ><>233< / ><>—< / ><>3.3< / ><>256< / >< / ><><>298%< / ><>230%< / ><>BlackRock Small •< / ><>290< / ><>+3%< / ><>3.0< / ><>296< / >< / ><><>1076< / ><>605< / ><>BlackRock Wnt M •< / ><>976< / ><>+0< / ><>2.5< / ><>1003< / >< / table>

<><>Rivers SB< / ><>成交量< / ><>收盘价< / ><>涨跌< / >< / ><><>Barratt Redrow< / ><>12,02m< / ><>308%< / ><>11.72pc< / >< / ><><>Persimmon< / ><>1,97m< / ><>1852< / ><>5.76pc< / >< / ><><>Barberry< / ><>3,51m< / ><>1009< / ><>3.21pc< / >< / ><><>SSE< / ><>1,99m< / ><>2401< / ><>2.90pc< / >< / ><><>Babcock Intl< / ><>3,25m< / ><>1021%< / ><>2.41pc< / >< / ><><>Antofagasta< / ><>0,93m< / ><>3594< / ><>2.66pc< / >< / ><><>3i< / ><>1,84m< / ><>2968< / ><>2.65pc< / >< / ><><>Tritax Big Box< / ><>8,13m< / ><>147%< / ><>2.64pc< / >< / ><><>Centrica< / ><>10,73m< / ><>152%< / ><>2.50pc< / >< / ><><>Intl Cons Air< / ><>10,04m< / ><>418%< / ><>2.50pc< / >< / ><><>Howden< / >

Joinery< / td> 1,32m< / ><>759%< / ><>2.43pc< / >< / tr> <>Kingfisher< / ><>4,51m< / ><>300%< / ><>2.42pc< / >< / ><><>Fresnillo< / ><>0,50m< / ><>2905< / ><>2.24pc< / >< / ><><>Melrose Ind< / ><>2,48m< / ><>479%< / ><>2.22pc< / >< / ><><>Utd. Utilities< / ><>1,39m< / ><>1362< / ><>2.18pc< / >< / ><><>Natl Grid< / ><>19,81m< / ><>1134< / ><>2.16pc< / >< / ><><>Lloyds Bk Gp< / ><>322,76m< / ><>111%< / ><>2.16pc< / >< / ><><>Legal&Gen< / ><>22,69m< / ><>300%< / ><>2.14pc< / >< / ><><>Severn Trent< / ><>0,56m< / ><>3008< / ><>1.93pc< / >< / ><><>NatWest Group< / ><>30,90m< / ><>702%< / ><>1.89pc< / >< / ><><>Brit Land< / ><>3,62m< / ><>402%< / ><>1.77pc< / >< / ><><>Land Secs< / ><>2,33m< / ><>636< / ><>1.76pc< / >< / table>

<><>下跌前27名< / ><>成交量< / ><>收盘价< / ><>涨跌幅< / >< / ><><>St James's Place< / ><>2.44m< / ><>1085< / ><>-2.52pc< / >< / ><><>BP< / ><>32.71m< / ><>566%< / ><>-2.33pc< / >< / ><><>Shell< / ><>8.22m< / ><>3576%< / ><>-2.08pc< / >< / ><><>Motion Energy< / ><>0.11m< / ><>3922%< / ><>-1.84pc< / >< / ><><>Compass< / ><>2.61m< / ><>2297%< / ><>-1.27pc< / >< / ><><>Marks & Spen< / ><>12.53m< / ><>371%< / ><>-1.20pc< / >< / ><><>Convatec< / ><>5.29m< / ><>236%< / ><>-1.01pc< / >< / ><><>Airtel Africa< / ><>1.70m< / ><>346%< / ><>-0.92pc< / >< / ><><>Glencore< / ><>29.37m< / ><>570%< / ><>-0.89pc< / >< / ><><>Next< / ><>0.32m< / ><>14560< / ><>-0.83pc< / >< / ><><>Pershing Square< / ><>0.11m< / ><>3738< / ><>-0.80pc< / >< / ><><>Brit Amer

Tob< / ><>2.70m< / ><>4191< / ><>-0.76pc< / >< / ><><>Aberdeen Group< / ><>3.95m< / ><>23914< / ><>-0.75pc< / >< / ><><>Informa< / ><>6.10m< / ><>886%< / ><>-0.74pc< / >< / ><><>Tesco< / ><>32.63m< / ><>476%< / ><>-0.63pc< / >< / ><><>Admiral< / ><>0.34m< / ><>3882< / ><>-0.67pc< / >< / ><><>Lon Stock Ex< / ><>1.24m< / ><>8150< / ><>-0.63pc< / >< / ><><>JD Sports Fash< / ><>33.37m< / ><>76%< / ><>-0.57pc< / >< / ><><>Experian< / ><>2.95m< / ><>2784< / ><>-0.57pc< / >< / ><><>Coca-Cola HBC< / ><>0.59m< / ><>4584< / ><>-0.48pc< / >< / ><><>Sainsbury< / ><>7.26m< / ><>335%< / ><>-0.45pc< / >< / ><><>Haleon< / ><>13.49m< / ><>339%< / ><>-0.25pc< / >< / table>

业绩汇总

<><>公司< / ><>营业额(£)< / ><>税前利润(£)< / ><>每股收益(p)< / ><>股息(p)< / ><>派息日< / ><>除息日< / >< / ><><>Advanced Medical Solutions Group< / ><>中期 115.5m (110.8m)< / ><>3354 (6.5m)< / ><>-0.030 (2.890)< / ><>0.000 (0.000)< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Aptitude Software Group< / ><>中期 28.6m (32.8m)< / ><>840k (1.6m)< / ><>1.100 (2.500)< / ><>1.800 (1.800)< / ><>10月16日< / ><>9月24日< / >< / ><><>Barratt Redrow< / ><>年度 6.3m (5.66m)< / ><>363.5m (273.7m)< / ><>17.300 (13.600)< / ><>1.000 (12.100)< / ><>11月13日< / ><>10月08日< / >< / ><><>City Of London Inv Trust< / ><>年度 - (-)< / ><>114.2m (207.3m)< / ><>22.520 (21.570)< / ><>5.700 (5.400)< / ><>11月30日< / ><>10月22日< / >< / ><><>London Security< / ><>中期 127.6m (136.9m)< / ><>14.3m (12.3m)< / ><>80.400 (70.800)< / ><>0.000

(0.000)< / td> < / ><>< / >< / tr> <>Nippon Active Value Fund< / ><>Int - (-)< / ><>5.4m (5.2m)< / ><>2.450 (2.430)< / ><>0.000 (0.000)< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Pan African Resources $< / ><>Fin 12亿 (540.0m)< / ><>534.4m (196.6m)< / ><>17.600 (7.160)< / ><>2.986p (1.638)< / ><>Dec 15< / ><>Dec 03< / >< / ><><>Schroders Cap Gibkiew Trust< / ><>Int - (-)< / ><>-747k (-504k)< / ><>-0.120 (-0.120)< / ><>n / a (n / a)< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Supermarket Income Belt< / ><>Fin - (-)< / ><>84.5m (60.7m)< / ><>6.900 (4.900)< / ><>1.545 (1.530)< / ><>Aug 21< / ><>Jul 23< / >< / ><><>Volvoire< / ><>Int 22.2m (23.8m)< / ><>693k (2.9m)< / ><>21.860 (80.300)< / ><>0.000 (0.000)< / ><>< / >< / table>

d>391%< / ><>Rightmove●< / ><>505%< / ><>-9%< / ><>2.1< / ><>17.8< / >< / ><><>612%< / ><>258%< / ><>WPP●< / ><>381%< / ><>-2%< / ><>3.9< / ><>7.6< / >< / table>

采矿 -1.08%

<><>4348< / ><>3906< / ><>Anglo Amar< / ><>3922< / ><>+50< / ><>0.7< / ><>15.9< / >< / ><><>4475< / ><>2254< / ><>Antofagasta< / ><>3994< / ><>+82< / ><>1.6< / ><>35.9< / >< / ><><>3002< / ><>1808< / ><>BHP Group< / ><>3176< / ><>+48< / ><>4.0< / ><>22.1< / >< / ><><>81< / ><>81< / ><>Enzo R< / ><>81< / ><>-< / ><>0.5< / >< / ><><>4472< / ><>3000< / ><>Fresnillo< / ><>2903< / ><>+64< / ><>3.8< / ><>20.9< / >< / ><><>7074< / ><>3044< / ><>Glencore< / ><>5701< / ><>+54< / ><>2.2< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>858< / ><>2924< / ><>Weichschild Weg< / ><>5841< / ><>+91< / ><>1.1< / ><>20.2< / >< / ><><>3254< / ><>3714< / ><>Kannam Fos< / ><>180< / ><>-< / ><>-0.7< / >< / ><><>9117< / ><>45554< / ><>Rio

Tinto< / ><>7202*< / ><>+69< / ><>4.8< / ><>15.6< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="3">52 周< / >< rowspan="2" colspan="4">价格 (p) + / - 收益率< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>最低 (p)< / ><>股票< / >< / ><><>276%< / ><>123%< / ><>Halfords •< / ><>248< / ><>-2%< / ><>3.6< / ><>16.3< / >< / ><><>881< / ><>713< / ><>Howden Joinery< / ><>758%< / ><>+18< / ><>2.9< / ><>15.4< / >< / ><><>106%< / ><>64< / ><>JD Sports Fash< / ><>76%< / ><>-%< / ><>1.0< / ><>8.8< / >< / ><><>327%< / ><>242%< / ><>Kingfisher< / ><>300%< / ><>+7%< / ><>4.1< / ><>21.5< / >< / ><><>438%< / ><>301%< / ><>Marks &

Speo< / ><>371%< / ><>-6%< / ><>1.1< / ><>29.7< / >< / ><><>2%< / ><>%< / ><>Methercare< / ><>%< / ><>—< / ><>-1.0< / >< / ><><>15000< / ><>112500< / ><>Next< / ><>14540< / ><>+330< / ><>1.8< / ><>19.2< / >< / ><><>250%< / ><>140%< / ><>Grades •< / ><>212%< / ><>+5%< / ><>—< / ><>4.5< / >< / ><><>563< / ><>300< / ><>Pioneerwood Tech< / ><>450%< / ><>-%< / ><>—< / ><>93.9< / >< / ><><>747< / ><>202< / ><>Saga •< / ><>600< / ><>+10< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>380%< / ><>290%< / ><>Sainsbury J< / ><>335%< / ><>-5%< / ><>4.1< / ><>19.4< / >< / ><><>712< / ><>345%< / ><>Smith WH •< / ><>384%< / ><>+5%< / ><>—< / ><>-3.3< / >< / ><><>500%< / ><>415%< / ><>Tenice< / ><>476%< / ><>-3%< / ><>3.0< / ><>17.3< / >< / table>

支持服务 -0.04%

石油与天然气 -2.17%

<><>600%< / ><>200%< / ><>BP< / ><>56817< / ><>-32%< / ><>4.4< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>28< / ><>9%< / ><>EnQuest< / ><>26%< / ><>-6%< / ><>3.0< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>550< / ><>300< / ><>Hunting •< / ><>300< / ><>-2< / ><>2.6< / ><>20.5< / >< / ><><>3750%< / ><>2550%< / ><>Shell< / ><>357617< / ><>-76%< / ><>3.2< / ><>15.0< / >< / table>

制药 +0.30%

房地产 -1.50%

15702< / td><>8801< / ><>AstroZaneca< / ><>12136< / ><><10< / ><>2.0< / ><>24.7< / >< / tr><><>3720< / ><>1943< / ><>Genus .< / ><>2110< / ><>-< / ><>1.6< / ><>5.0< / >< / ><><>2202< / ><>1455< / ><>GSM< / ><>188514< / ><><10< / ><>3.8< / ><>13.7< / >< / ><><>1803< / ><>1287< / ><>Mkma .< / ><>1560< / ><><8< / ><>4.1< / ><>11.6< / >< / table>

<><><>2008< / ><>1981< / ><>Bund< / ><>2600< / ><>+10< / ><>2.9< / ><>18.4< / >< / ><><>438< / ><>215< / ><>Capita< / ><>240< / ><>-< / ><>-1.7< / >< / ><><>6740< / ><>4080< / ><>DCC Energy< / ><>6200< / ><>-5< / ><>3.4< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>1154< / ><>78%< / ><>Essentra< / ><>100< / ><>-3%< / ><>1.0< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>3083< / ><>2500< / ><>Expansar< / ><>2704< / ><>-68< / ><>1.9< / ><>22.8< / >< / ><><>5000< / ><>3109%< / ><>Interlink Group< / ><>5000< / ><>+10< / ><>2.0< / ><>37.0< / >< / ><><>250%< / ><>163%< / ><>Int'l Workplace< / ><>170< / ><>-1%< / ><>0.6< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>172%< / ><>123%< / ><>Johnson Serv< / ><>134%< / ><>+5%< / ><>3.7< / ><>14.5< / >< / ><><>234< / ><>134%< / ><>WTE Gp< / ><>210%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.1< / ><>31.8< / >< / ><><>507< / ><>321%< / ><>Rentokil< / ><>308< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.9< / ><>23.7< / >< / ><><>325%< / ><>212%< / ><>Sierra Group< / ><>258%*< / ><>+4%< / ><>1.8< / ><>18.0< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>6%< / ><>SIG< / ><>9%< / ><>+1%< / ><>-< / ><>-1.7< / >< / ><><>723%< / ><>493%< / ><>Trane P< / ><>600%< / ><>+10< / ><>1.9< / ><>-2.5< / >< / >

电信 -0.51%

零售商 -0.37%

<><><>342%< / ><>173< / ><>BT Group< / ><>205%< / ><>-2%< / ><>4.8< / ><>18.7< / >< / ><><>1500< / ><>638< / ><>Tobacco Plus< / ><>82%< / ><>-9< / ><>6.1< / ><>8.2< / >< / ><><>121%< / ><>81%< / ><>Vodafone< / ><>121%< / ><>-4%< / ><>3.0< / ><>-82.9< / >< / >

<><><>30< / ><>51%< / ><>Atlas Hldgs< / ><>9< / ><>—< / ><>17< / >< / ><><>12508< / ><>8001%< / ><>Big Yellow Grp ▲< / ><>8300%< / ><>+9< / ><>5.7< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>451%< / ><>3331%< / ><>Britt Land< / ><>4021%< / ><>-7< / ><>5.7< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>2196< / ><>1460%< / ><>Denwent Ldn ▲< / ><>1830°< / ><>+29< / ><>4.5< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>377< / ><>370< / ><>St Portland Est ▲< / ><>3601%< / ><>+8%< / ><>2.7< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>3021%< / ><>3491%< / ><>Stratgen ▲< / ><>1671%< / ><>+1%< / ><>5.0< / ><>8.1< / >< / ><><>3001%< / ><>2801%< / ><>Hammerson ▲< / ><>3451°< / ><>+88< / ><>5.3< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>9997%< / ><>620< / ><>Segro< / ><>942°< / ><>+7< / ><>3.3< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>555%< / ><>124%< / ><>Shaftensbury Capital ▲< / ><>1401°< / ><>+2< / ><>3.1< / ><>15< / >< / ><><>230< / ><>104< / ><>Town Centre< / ><>126< / ><>+6%< / ><>4.0< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>175< / ><>139%< / ><>Triton Big Box< / ><>147%< / ><>+2%< / ><>5.6< / ><>104< / >< / >

<><><>5225< / ><>3671< / ><>Britt Ave Tub< / ><>4101< / ><>-58< / ><>5.8< / ><>21.9< / >< / ><><>3632< / ><>3637< / ><>Imp Brands< / ><>3490*< / ><>-58< / ><>6.7< / ><>9.9< / >< / ><>< colspan="7">交通 •2.53%< / >< / >

<><><>400< / ><>294% 2030P.< / ><>450°< / ><>-68% 6.3< / ><>12.6< / >< / >

旅游与休闲 •1.57%

88%< / td><>106%< / ><>Curys●< / ><>148%< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.8< / ><>9.7< / >< / tr><><>124< / ><>707< / ><>Dunelm●< / ><>754%< / ><>-4%< / ><>9.3< / ><>9.8< / >< / ><><>945< / ><>500< / ><>Frees Group●< / ><>763< / ><>0%< / ><>—< / ><>8.8< / >< / ><><>2046< / ><>1407%< / ><>Greggs●< / ><>1750< / ><>-6< / ><>2.9< / ><>14.6< / >< / table>

<><>683%< / ><>232%< / ><>enaport. ▲< / ><>668< / ><>-< / ><>2.0< / ><>10.2< / >< / ><><>955%< / ><>487< / ><>Entrain< / ><>400%< / ><><1%< / ><>4.0< / ><>-4.8< / >< / ><><>225%< / ><>532%< / ><>FirstGroup ▲< / ><>372%< / ><><2%< / ><>4.2< / ><>8.1< / >< / ><><>780< / ><>550< / ><>Fulius X< / ><>692< / ><>4< / ><>3.1< / ><>17.6< / >< / ><><>492%< / ><>232%< / ><>M&G Indl Cabs Air< / ><>418%< / ><><10%< / ><>1.6< / ><>6.8< / >< / ><><>12305< / ><>8618< / ><>Intercord Markets< / ><>13413%< / ><><40%< / ><>1.2< / ><>31.3< / >< / ><><>300%< / ><>223%< / ><>MitchellsBdtd ▲< / ><>278%< / ><><2< / ><>-< / ><>9.1< / >< / ><><>32%< / ><>17< / ><>Mobico Group< / ><>23%< / ><>-1⁄2< / ><>-< / ><>-1.1< / >< / ><><>442%< / ><>250< / ><>Playtech ▲< / ><>441%< / ><><22%< / ><>-< / ><>1.1< / >< / ><><>143< / ><>82%< / ><>Rank Group ▲< / ><>88< / ><><2%< / ><>4.0< / ><>12.8< / >< / ><><>865< / ><>530%< / ><>Netherlands ▲< / ><>387%< / ><><17< / ><>1.5< / ><>13.1< / >< / table>

世界市场指数 替代投资市场（Alternative Investment Market）面向年轻且成长中的公司。其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。

<>< colspan="7">02 周< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>最低 (p)< / ><>股票< / ><>价格 (p)< / ><>+ / -< / ><>收益率< / ><>市盈率< / >< / ><><>2302< / ><>2098< / ><>Whitbread< / ><>2340< / ><>+68< / ><>4.1< / ><>16.0< / >< / ><>< colspan="7">AIM -1.85%< / >< / table>

<><>85%< / ><>36%< / ><>Ameria< / ><>77< / ><>-3%< / ><>-< / ><>-4.0< / >< / ><><>1000< / ><>700< / ><>Arabindat< / ><>700< / ><>-10< / ><>1.1< / ><>7.1< / >< / ><><>34< / ><>125%< / ><>Central Asia Met< / ><>163%< / ><>-9%< / ><>8.5< / ><>-5.2< / >< / ><><>872%< / ><>99%< / ><>Ceres Power< / ><>376%< / ><>-47%< / ><>-< / ><>-15.4< / >< / ><><>460< / ><>273< / ><>Churchill China< / ><>570< / ><>-< / ><>5.7< / ><>9.3< / >< / ><><>380< / ><>194< / ><>CM Micro< / ><>282%< / ><>-< / ><>3.9< / ><>-856.1< / >< / ><><>2530< / ><>883%< / ><>Cohort< / ><>1170< / ><>-34< / ><>1.5< / ><>22.6< / >< / ><><>230%< / ><>100< / ><>Elicis< / ><>229%< / ><>-6%< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>%< / ><>Futura Medical< / ><>%< / ><>-< / ><>-0.1< / >< / ><><>163%< / ><>112< / ><>James Holland< / ><>127%< / ><>-47%< / ><>3.0< / ><>13.1< / >< / ><><>425< / ><>200< / ><>Wpac Group< / ><>330< / ><>-< / ><>-10.4< / >< / ><><>1000< / ><>1120< / ><>MS and< / ><>1350*< / ><>-40< / ><>1.7< / ><>23.0< / >< / ><><>84%< / ><>34%< / ><>Premier Moon< / ><>36%< / ><>-< / ><>8.2< / ><>67.1< / >< / ><><>84%< / ><>46< / ><>Trital Op< / ><>82%< / ><>-6%< / ><>-< / ><>19.3< / >< / ><><>5%< / ><>5%< / ><>Htract Resources< / ><>1< / ><>-< / ><>-4.2< / >< / table>

84%< / td><>30%< / ><>Alcoa $< / ><>47%< / ><>+5%< / ><>0.8< / >< / tr><><>387%< / ><>29%< / ><>Amer Express $< / ><>316%< / ><>-7%< / ><>1.2< / ><>4.1< / >< / ><><>65%< / ><>46%< / ><>BankAmerica $< / ><>58%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.2< / ><>3.4< / >< / ><><>254%< / ><>176%< / ><>Boeing $< / ><>210%< / ><>+1%< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>8375%< / ><>434%< / ><>Caterpillar $< / ><>790< / ><>-4%< / ><>0.8< / ><>3.6< / >< / ><><>217%< / ><>340%< / ><>Chevron $< / ><>212%< / ><>-4%< / ><>3.3< / ><>1.5< / >< / ><><>513%< / ><>84%< / ><>Cisco-Cola Euro $< / ><>103%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.3< / ><>0.8< / >< / ><><>89%< / ><>34%< / ><>Colgate-Palmi $< / ><>87%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.4< / ><>1.2< / >< / ><><>309%< / ><>136< / ><>Econix Global Hldgs $< / ><>164%< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.5< / ><>1.9< / >< / ><><>268%< / ><>268%< / ><>Gao Electric $< / ><>317%< / ><>-100%< / ><>0.8< / ><>4.5< / >< / ><><>426%< / ><>289%< / ><>Home Depot $< / ><>307%< / ><>-2%< / ><>3.0< / ><>1.9< / >< / ><><>358< / ><>300< / ><>Honeywell $< / ><>208%< / ><>-5%< / ><>1.3< / ><>5.0< / >< / ><><>26%< / ><>17%< / ><>HP $< / ><>33%< / ><>-%< / ><>1.8< / ><>2.2< / >< / ><><>332%< / ><>339%< / ><>IBM $< / ><>240%< / ><>-7%< / ><>2.8< / ><>1.7< / >< / ><><>142%< / ><>24%< / ><>Intel $< / ><>102%< / ><>-6%< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>53%< / ><>23%< / ><>Intel Paper $< / ><>34%< / ><>+1%< / ><>5.4< / ><>2.9< / >< / ><><>366%< / ><>279%< / ><>JP Morgan Ch $< / ><>356%< / ><>-2%< / ><>1.9< / ><>3.3< / >< / ><><>292%< / ><>173%< / ><>Johnson&John $< / ><>267%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.0< / ><>1.6< / >< / ><><>33%< / ><>24%< / ><>Nanjing Dr Pop $< / ><>31%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.9< / ><>1.7< / >< / ><><>63%< / ><>25%< / ><>Morgpower $< / ><>57%< / ><>-%< / ><>2.5< / ><>1.5< / >< / ><><>343%< / ><>252%< / ><>McDonalds $< / ><>256%< / ><>-%< / ><>3.0< / ><>1.7< / >< / ><><>156%< / ><>17%< / ><>Merck $< / ><>144%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.4< / ><>0.4< / >< / ><><>553%< / ><>349%< / ><>Microsoft $< / ><>493%< / ><>-2%< / ><>0.7< / ><>4.9< / >< / ><><>29%< / ><>23%< / ><>Pfizer $< / ><>31%< / ><>—< / ><>6.2< / ><>0.4< / >< / ><><>167%< / ><>137%< / ><>Procter & Gamble $< / ><>147%< / ><>+1%< / ><>2.9< / ><>1.6< / >< / ><><>226%< / ><>150%< / ><>Raytheon Tech $< / ><>197%< / ><>-1%< / ><>1.5< / ><>2.0< / >< / ><><>497%< / ><>332%< / ><>Rockwell $< / ><>425%< / ><>-6%< / ><>1.3< / ><>1.9< / >< / ><><>506%< / ><>348< / ><>Toro Tech $< / ><>426%< / ><>-3%< / ><>1.0< / ><>3.1< / >< / ><><>136%< / ><>96%< / ><>Wal-Mart Strs $< / ><>108%< / ><>+1%< / ><>0.9< / ><>2.8< / >< / ><><>117%< / ><>82%< / ><>Walt Disney $< / ><>107%< / ><>-1%< / ><>1.4< / ><>3.2< / >< / table>

汇率

<>< colspan="2">52周< / >< rowspan="2">股票< / >< rowspan="2">价格< / >< rowspan="2">+ / -< / >< rowspan="2">增长相关< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / ><><>4%< / ><>3%< / ><>Russ Hldgs $< / ><>3%< / ><>-4%< / ><>2.8< / >< / ><>< colspan="6">欧洲 +0.10%< / >< / table>

< / td><>指数< / >< colspan="2">涨跌< / >< / tr><><>澳大利亚< / ><>全普通股指数< / ><>8874.50< / ><>+25.20< / ><>+0.28pc< / >< / ><><>巴西< / ><>博维斯帕指数< / ><>183547.66< / ><>-954.98< / ><>-0.51pc< / >< / ><><>中国< / ><>上证综合指数< / ><>3891.60< / ><>+27.32< / ><>+0.71pc< / >< / ><><>法国< / ><>CAC综合指数< / ><>8149.59< / ><>+50.31< / ><>+0.82pc< / >< / ><><>德国< / ><>DAX指数< / ><>25537.75< / ><>+135.47< / ><>+0.53pc< / >< / ><><>香港< / ><>恒生指数< / ><>24713.78< / ><>-46.54< / ><>+0.19pc< / >< / ><><>印度< / ><>BSE S&P SENSEX指数< / ><>74338.45< / ><>+332.63< / ><>+0.45pc< / >< / ><><>日本< / ><>日经指数< / ><>83923.00< / ><>+438.90< / ><>+0.69pc< / >< / ><><>新加坡< / ><>海峡时报指数< / ><>5635.41< / ><>-3.23< / ><>-0.06pc< / >< / ><><>西班牙< / ><>马德里证券交易所< / ><>1956.50< / ><>+7.20< / ><>+0.37pc< / >< / ><><>瑞士< / ><>SMI指数< / ><>13868.66< / ><>+59.79< / ><>+0.43pc< / >< / ><><>美国< / ><>道琼斯指数< / ><>51481.90< / ><>-631.21< / ><>-1.21pc< / >< / ><><>美国< / ><>纳斯达克指数< / ><>25978.42< / ><>-3.14< / ><>-0.01pc< / >< / table>

<><>67%< / ><>46%< / ><>Akumfeld €< / ><>57%< / ><>-1%< / ><>3.4< / ><>2.3< / >< / ><><>60%< / ><>56%< / ><>BMW €< / ><>62%< / ><>-1%< / ><>7.1< / ><>2.7< / >< / ><><>17%< / ><>12< / ><>Cannaval €< / ><>16%< / ><>...< / ><>7.0< / ><>1.8< / >< / ><><>77%< / ><>53%< / ><>Continental AG €< / ><>69%< / ><>-1%< / ><>3.9< / ><>0.3< / >< / ><><>62%< / ><>42%< / ><>Daimler €< / ><>45%< / ><>-1%< / ><>7.7< / ><>2.9< / >< / ><><>80%< / ><>60%< / ><>Dionne €< / ><>80%< / ><>-1%< / ><>3.7< / ><>1.2< / >< / ><><>56%< / ><>37< / ><>Deutsche Post €< / ><>55%< / ><>...< / ><>5.4< / ><>1.6< / >< / ><><>54%< / ><>23%< / ><>Deutsche Tele €< / ><>26%< / ><>...< / ><>3.5< / ><>2.9< / >< / ><><>80%< / ><>63%< / ><>Heineken €< / ><>71%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.7< / ><>2.4< / >< / ><><>854%< / ><>454%< / ><>LVMH €< / ><>41%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.2< / ><>1.7< / >< / ><><>82%< / ><>63%< / ><>Laufargehiscien SFr< / ><>68%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.5< / ><>1.9< / >< / ><><>10%< / ><>6%< / ><>Lufthansa €< / ><>7%< / ><>...< / ><>4.3< / ><>9.0< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>3%< / ><>Nokia CPU €< / ><>8%< / ><>-1%< / ><>1.6< / ><>0.9< / >< / ><><>25%< / ><>25%< / ><>Michelin €< / ><>23%< / ><>-1%< / ><>4.2< / ><>1.7< / >< / ><><>90%< / ><>58%< / ><>Penned Ricard €< / ><>88%< / ><>-1%< / ><>7.8< / ><>1.4< / >< / ><><>27%< / ><>25%< / ><>Philips (Kone) €< / ><>25%< / ><>-1%< / ><>3.9< / ><>0.6< / >< / ><><>290%< / ><>198< / ><>Siemens €< / ><>260%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.1< / ><>2.0< / >< / ><><>84%< / ><>52< / ><>Societe Genc €< / ><>72%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.4< / ><>2.9< / >< / ><><>10%< / ><>4%< / ><>Stellantis €< / ><>4%< / ><>-1%< / ><>15.7< / ><>1.1< / >< / ><><>278%< / ><>212%< / ><>Thales €< / ><>240%< / ><>-1%< / ><>1.8< / ><>2.1< / >< / ><><>85%< / ><>48%< / ><>Total €< / ><>80< / ><>-1%< / ><>6.4< / ><>2.0< / >< / ><><>45< / ><>26%< / ><>UBS AG SFr< / ><>40%< / ><>-1%< / ><>2.1< / ><>2.3< / >< / ><><>37%< / ><>27%< / ><>Vermis Environ €< / ><>35%< / ><>-1%< / ><>4.7< / ><>0.3< / >< / ><><>100%< / ><>71< / ><>Volkswagen €< / ><>79%< / ><>-1%< / ><>6.6< / ><>2.6< / >< / table>

最高< / td><>最低 (μ)< / ><>股票< / ><>价格 (μ)< / ><>+< / ><>收益率< / ><>市盈率< / >< / tr><><>100< / ><>340< / ><>Brown Solutions< / ><>902%< / ><>-< / ><>8.2< / ><>12.3< / >< / ><><>300< / ><>125< / ><>Coastal Africa Group< / ><>300< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>3%< / ><>Mondel India< / ><>5< / ><>-< / ><>1.5< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="2">富时300指数 (FTSE300) 重点股票< / ><>富时250指数 (FTSE 250) 股票< / >< / ><><>^ E+股息< / ><>^ E+综合< / ><>^ E+石油< / >< / ><><>$ E+权利< / ><>$ 暂停交易< / ><>< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">覆盖范围涉及上一年度的股息。< / >< / ><>< ="3">收益率为扣除基准利率税后的净值。< / >< / ><>< ="3">数据仅供参考，不旨在用于交易目的。在利用任何数据进行交易前，请咨询财务顾问。< / >< / table>

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<>< ="2">< / ><>旅游 £1< / ><>英镑 £1< / ><>1 欧元< / ><>1 美元< / >< / ><><>澳大利亚< / ><>澳元 $< / ><>1.8385< / ><>1.8864< / ><>1.6179< / ><>1.4022< / >< / ><><>加拿大< / ><>加元 $< / ><>1.8173< / ><>1.8749< / ><>1.6079< / ><>1.3836< / >< / ><><>丹麦< / ><>克朗< / ><>8.1888< / ><>8.7165< / ><>7.4755< / ><>6.4700< / >< / ><><>欧元区< / ><>€< / ><>1.1391< / ><>1.1660< / ><>...< / ><>0.8667< / >< / ><><>香港< / ><>港元 $< / ><>10.0246< / ><>10.5538< / ><>9.0511< / ><>7.8446< / >< / ><><>印度< / ><>卢比< / ><>97.41< / ><>129.0973< / ><>130.7165< / ><>95.9582< / >< / ><><>以色列< / ><>谢克尔b< / ><>3.7764< / ><>4.0732< / ><>3.4933< / ><>3.0276< / >< / ><><>日本< / ><>日元< / ><>202.1136< / ><>208.6840< / ><>178.9717< / ><>155.1150< / >< / ><><>科威特< / ><>第纳尔< / ><>...< / ><>0.4149< / ><>0.3558< / ><>0.3064< / >< / ><><>新西兰< / ><>新西兰元 $< / ><>2.2531< / ><>2.3354< / ><>2.0029< / ><>1.7360< / >< / ><><>挪威< / ><>克朗< / ><>12.0470< / ><>12.5772< / ><>10.7865< / ><>9.3407< / >< / ><><>巴基斯坦< / ><>卢比< / ><>340.39< / ><>372.8974< / ><>319.8046< / ><>277.1750< / >< / ><><>沙特阿拉伯< / ><>里亚尔< / ><>4.8050< / ><>5.0533< / ><>4.3338< / ><>3.7561< / >< / ><><>新加坡< / ><>$< / ><>1.6264< / ><>1.7130< / ><>1.4691< / ><>1.2733< / >< / ><><>南非< / ><>兰特< / ><>20.9197< / ><>21.8835< / ><>18.7694< / ><>16.2675< / >< / ><><>瑞典< / ><>克朗< / ><>12.5450< / ><>13.1562< / ><>11.2830< / ><>9.7790< / >< / ><><>瑞士< / ><>法郎< / ><>1.0636< / ><>1.1038< / ><>0.9449< / ><>0.8389< / >< / ><><>泰国< / ><>铢< / ><>43.0409< / ><>44.7800< / ><>38.4042< / ><>33.2850< / >< / ><><>阿联酋< / ><>迪拉姆< / ><>4.7725< / ><>4.9482< / ><>4.2377< / ><>3.6728< / >< / ><><>英国< / ><>£< / ><>...< / ><>0.8577< / ><>0.7433< / >< / ><><>美国< / ><>$< / ><>1.3157< / ><>1.3454< / ><>1.1538< / ><>...< / >< / table>

< / td><>价格< / >< colspan="2">涨跌< / >< / tr><><>黄金< / ><>每金衡盎司< / ><>$4260.28< / ><>-35.42< / ><>-0.62pc< / >< / ><><>白银< / ><>每金衡盎司< / ><>£46.76< / ><>-0.36< / ><>-0.77pc< / >< / ><><>克鲁格金币< / ><>< / ><>£318.99< / ><>-34.70< / ><>-1.10pc< / >< / ><><>新主权金币< / ><>< / ><>£728.41< / ><>-14.89< / ><>-2.00pc< / >< / ><><>枫叶金币< / ><>< / ><>£333.64< / ><>-28.71< / ><>-0.95pc< / >< / ><><>铂金< / ><>每盎司< / ><>£1302.88< / ><>-12.39< / ><>-0.94pc< / >< / ><><>钯金< / ><>每盎司< / ><>£947.18< / ><>-16.51< / ><>-1.71pc< / >< / ><><>铜†< / ><>A级< / ><>£10591.65< / ><>+131.81< / ><>+1.26pc< / >< / ><><>锡†< / ><>高纯度< / ><>£39170.51< / ><>+660.06< / ><>+1.71pc< / >< / ><><>铅†< / ><>< / ><>£1398.84< / ><>+8.96< / ><>+0.64pc< / >< / ><><>锌†< / ><>特高纯度< / ><>£2832.24< / ><>-7.57< / ><>-0.25pc< / >< / ><><>铝†< / ><>高纯度< / ><>£2434.96< / ><>-24.63< / ><>+1.02pc< / >< / ><><>镍†< / ><>< / ><>£12003.87< / ><>+181.21< / ><>+1.67pc< / >< / ><><>波罗的海干散货指数*< / ><>< / ><>3327.00< / ><>-33.00< / ><>-0.98pc< / >< / ><><>小麦< / ><>每吨< / ><>£209.75< / ><>+0.75< / ><>+0.36pc< / >< / ><><>布伦特原油< / ><>新结算价< / ><>$165.83< / ><>-2.92< / ><>-2.69pc< / >< / table>

货币与利率 *版权所有 Traffic Exchange Information Services Ltd。数据由伦敦金属交易所提供。

<><>RPI (1987-100)< / ><>8月 421.60< / ><>+0.6pc< / ><>+3.4pc< / >< / ><><>RPIX (目标 2.5pc)< / ><>7月 414.60< / ><>-2.4< / ><>+3.3pc< / >< / ><><>CPI (2015-100 目标 2pc)< / ><>8月 143.60< / ><>+0.5pc< / ><>3.1pc< / >< / ><><>劳埃兹房价指数< / ><>8月 514.70< / ><>-0.2pc< / ><>-0.4pc< / >< / ><><>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< / ><>< / ><>3.34pc< / >< / ><><>欧洲基准利率< / ><>< / ><>2.40pc< / >< / table>

<><>名称< / ><>国际变动< / ><>卖出价< / ><>中间买入价< / ><>当日变动< / >< / table>

安盛投资管理 (AxA Investment Managers)

22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 48Q www.axa-im.co.uk 客户服务：0345 777 5511

AXA P&L & Planet Equity H GDP< / td><>-< / ><>395.5< / ><>-6.00< / >< / tr><><>Amer Smith Acc< / ><>-< / ><>1727< / ><>-8.00< / >< / ><><>Biotech Acc< / ><>-< / ><>320< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>Global Trust Mega R < / ><>-< / ><>806.4< / ><>-4.00< / >< / ><><>Global Tech< / ><>-< / ><>396.3< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>Global Therapeutics H GDP < / ><>-< / ><>2907< / ><>-7.00< / >< / ><><>Health < / ><>-< / ><>3388< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>Japan H GDP < / ><>-< / ><>968.8< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>Managed Income H Gross < / ><>-< / ><>222.1< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>Managed Income H Gross Dis< / ><>-< / ><>92.55< / ><>-6.00< / >< / ><><>UK Select Opps R < / ><>-< / ><>4040< / ><>-68.00< / >< / ><><>UK Select Opps R Inc< / ><>-< / ><>2008< / ><>-63.00< / >< / ><><>UK Select Cos < / ><>-< / ><>342.2< / ><>-2.00< / >< / ><><>UK Select Equity R < / ><>-< / ><>367.3< / ><>-6.00< / >< / table>

蓝鲸增长基金 (BLUE WHALE GROWTH FUND)

<><>名称< / ><>初始变更< / ><>卖出< / ><>中间买入< / ><>当日变更< / >< / table>

蓝鲸资本 (Blue Whale Capital) 0345 307 3439 www.bluewhale.co.uk

纽约梅隆银行 (BNY MELLON)

纽约梅隆银行基金管理公司 (BNY Mellon Fund Managers) 投资者电话：0800 614330 经纪人电话：08085 660000 www.bnymellosim.co.uk, clientservices@bnymellot.com 纽约梅隆投资资金 (ICVC) 英镑收益份额

全球收益 (Global Income)< / td><>0%< / ><>204.54< / ><>-0.02< / >< / tr><><>公司债券 (Corporate Bond)< / ><>0%< / ><>81.01< / ><>-0.24< / >< / ><><>股票收益 (Equity Inc)< / ><>0%< / ><>142.69< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>股票收益主基金 (Equity Inc. Master)< / ><>0%< / ><>98.37< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>全球亚洲净值 (Glob Asia Net)< / ><>0%< / ><>309.35< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>全球多策略 (Glob Multi-Strat)< / ><>0%< / ><>128.54< / ><>-0.06< / >< / ><><>通胀限制公司债券 (Inflation-Limited Corp Bld)< / ><>0%< / ><>106.67< / ><>-0.32< / >< / ><><>长期全球股票 (Long-Term Global Equity)< / ><>0%< / ><>482.97< / ><>-0.05< / >< / ><><>亚洲收益 (Asian Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>335.34< / ><>-0.33< / >< / ><><>欧洲机遇 (European Opps)< / ><>0%< / ><>464.73< / ><>-0.62< / >< / ><><>全球动态债券 (Global Dynamic Bld)< / ><>0%< / ><>84.38< / ><>-0.05< / >< / ><><>全球高收益债券 (Global High Yield Bld)< / ><>0%< / ><>46.78< / ><>-0.04< / >< / ><><>国际债券 (International Bld)< / ><>0%< / ><>388.85< / ><>-0.06< / >< / ><><>多资产债券 (Multi-Asset Bld)< / ><>0%< / ><>383.32< / ><>-0.04< / >< / ><><>多资产股息回报 (Multi Asset Div Return)< / ><>0%< / ><>388.38< / ><>-0.23< / >< / ><><>多资产增长 (Multi-Asset Growers)< / ><>0%< / ><>3025.88< / ><>-0.05< / >< / ><><>翡翠基金 (Emerald)< / ><>0%< / ><>1226.86< / ><>-0.06< / >< / ><><>实际回报 A (Real Return A)< / ><>0%< / ><>137.49< / ><>-0.4< / >< / ><><>英国股票基金 (UK Equity Fund)< / ><>0%< / ><>1225.63< / ><>-0.48< / >< / ><><>英国收益 (UK Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>104.22< / ><>-0.28< / >< / ><><>英国机遇 (UK Opportunities)< / ><>0%< / ><>438.76< / ><>-0.09< / >< / ><>< colspan="4"># 份额< / >< / ><><>全球收益 (Global Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>269.63< / ><>-0.02< / >< / ><><>公司债券 (Corporate Bond)< / ><>0%< / ><>98.34< / ><>-0.53< / >< / ><><>股票收益 (Equity Inc)< / ><>0%< / ><>107.1< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>股票收益主基金 (Equity Inc. Master)< / ><>0%< / ><>71.38< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>全球亚洲租金 (Glob Asia Rent)< / ><>0%< / ><>157.38< / ><>-0.06< / >< / table>

<><>名称< / ><>单位变动< / ><>卖出< / ><>市场买入< / ><>当日变动< / >< / ><><>全球多增长 (Global Multi Growth)< / ><>0%< / ><>140.42< / ><>< / ><>-0.89< / >< / ><><>通胀挂钩公司债券 (Inflation Linked Corp Bt)< / ><>0%< / ><>106.77< / ><>< / ><>-0.13< / >< / ><><>长期全球股票 (Long-Term Global Equity)< / ><>0%< / ><>379.32< / ><>< / ><>-0.59< / >< / ><><>亚洲收益 (Asian Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>108.21< / ><>< / ><>-0.23< / >< / ><><>大陆公司 (Continental Company)< / ><>0%< / ><>307.15< / ><>< / ><>-0.42< / >< / ><><>全球动态债券 (Global Dynamic Bt)< / ><>0%< / ><>82.73< / ><>< / ><>-0.34< / >< / ><><>全球高收益债券 (Global High Yield Bt)< / ><>0%< / ><>75.24< / ><>< / ><>-0.05< / >< / ><><>国际债券 (International Bt)< / ><>0%< / ><>86.56< / ><>< / ><>-0.06< / >< / ><><>多资产债券 (Multi-Asset Bt)< / ><>0%< / ><>204.98< / ><>< / ><>-0.04< / >< / ><><>多资产股息回报 (Multi-Asset Div Return)< / ><>0%< / ><>103.68< / ><>< / ><>-0.23< / >< / ><><>多资产增长 (Multi Asset Growth)< / ><>0%< / ><>208.82< / ><>< / ><>-0.09< / >< / ><><>Divestal< / ><>0%< / ><>201.21< / ><>< / ><>-0.08< / >< / ><><>实际回报 A (Real Return A)< / ><>0%< / ><>124.5< / ><>< / ><>-0.4< / >< / ><><>英国股票基金 (UK Equity Fund)< / ><>0%< / ><>200.97< / ><>< / ><>-0.49< / >< / ><><>英国收益 (UK Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>212.42< / ><>< / ><>-0.26< / >< / ><><>英国机遇 (UK Opportunities)< / ><>0%< / ><>228.79< / ><>< / ><>-0.09< / >< / ><><>新兴收益 (Emerging Income)< / ><>0%< / ><>128.5< / ><>< / ><>-0.21< / >< / ><><>全球新兴市场 (Global Emerging Mkts)< / ><>0%< / ><>204.74< / ><>< / ><>-0.15< / >< / ><><>全球股票基金 (Global Equity Fund)< / ><>0%< / ><>381.96< / ><>< / ><>-0.24< / >< / ><><>多资产收益 (Multi Asset Inc)< / ><>0%< / ><>141.21< / ><>< / ><>-0.15< / >< / table>

全权委托单位基金 (Discretionary Unit Fund) 4< / td>< / tr><>< colspan="4">No 1, Poultry, London EC298 BJRL 020 7415 4130< / >< / ><><>Wardland Discretionary Inc:< / ><>3.00< / ><>2941.50< / ><>+15.46< / >< / table>

Fundsmith

Fundsmith LLP PO Box 10846, Cheimsford, Essex, CM99 2BW. 0330 123 1815 www.fundsmith.co.uk.enquiries@fundsmith.co.uk

Fundwidth Equity 7 Acc< / td><>-< / ><>832.39< / ><><1.00< / >< / tr><><>Fundwidth Equity Time< / ><>-< / ><>824.93< / ><><1.75< / >< / table>

<><><>名称< / ><>利息变更< / ><>卖出< / ><>中间买入< / ><>当日变更< / >< / >

GUINNESS GLOBAL INVESTORS

Guinness Global Investors 18 Smith Square, London, SWSP 3H2

+44(5)20 7222 5703

<><><>Sustainable Energy Acc< / ><>-< / ><>24.0513< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Investors Acc< / ><>-< / ><>46.6236< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Equity Income Inc< / ><>-< / ><>24.2225< / ><>-< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">可用作 USA< / >< / >

Janus Henderson

Janus Henderson Investors PO Box 9023 Chelmsford, CM99 2W6 查询电话：0000-832-832 网站：www.janushenderson.com

<><><>Cautious Managed A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>353.8< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>Cautious Managed A Inc< / ><>5.00< / ><>160.9< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>China Opps A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>1267< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>Emerg Mths Opps A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>296.4< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>European Sel Opps A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>2035< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>Fixed Int Mthsly A < / ><>4.25< / ><>16.77< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Care Growth A < / ><>4.50< / ><>697.6< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Equity A < / ><>5.25< / ><>86.59< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Select Acc< / ><>4.25< / ><>6373< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Strategic Cap Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>435.6< / ><>-< / >< / ><><> Technology A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>6472< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>Ind ODR Opp

< / ><>-< / ><>179.4882< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>James Asian Dividend to UIt< / ><>5.00< / ><>181.8< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>James Inner Mths Asia A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>1780< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>James Multi-Mgr Ins&Growth A< / ><>5.25< / ><>150.4< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>Multi-Mgr Abs Ret A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>108.8< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>- Active A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>122.6< / ><>+< / >< / ><><>- Distrib A < / ><>5.25< / ><>125.2< / ><>-< / >< / ><><>- Dividend A Acc< / ><>-< / ><>124.8< / ><>-< / >< / >

<><><>名称< / ><>投资变更< / ><>Well< / ><>买入< / ><>当日变更< / >< / ><><>-Myr bond / Earth A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>229.8< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><>-Myr Mungal A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>400.6< / ><>< / ><><1.2< / >< / ><><>-Myr Mungal A < / ><>5.00< / ><>300.5< / ><>< / ><><1.2< / >< / ><><>Sterling Bond Acc< / ><>4.25< / ><>226.4< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><>Sterling Bond < / ><>4.25< / ><>54.68< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><>Strategic Bond A < / ><>4.00< / ><>94.26< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><> Absolute Return A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>206.7< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><> Alpha A Acc< / ><>5.25< / ><>105.4< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><> Smaller Cos A ACC< / ><>5.00< / ><>912.4< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><> Equity

Income A < / ><>5.00< / ><>688.7< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><> Index Opps Tot A Acc< / ><>...< / ><>171,173< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / ><><>US Growth A Acc< / ><>5.00< / ><>2000< / ><>< / ><>...< / >< / >

摩根大通 (J.P.Morgan)

资产管理

名称< / td><>净值变动< / ><>卖出价< / ><>中间价 买入价< / ><>当日变动< / >< / tr>< / table>

摩根大通资产管理 (J.P. Morgan Asset Management) 60 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y GJP 客户服务电话：0800 204020 经纪人热线：0800 727770

<><>JPM 欧元 C 净分红< / ><>-< / ><>573,000.00< / ><>-6,700.00< / >< / ><><>JPM 日本 C 净累积< / ><>-< / ><>482,000.00< / ><>-6,000.00< / >< / ><><> 自然资源 C 净累积< / ><>-< / ><>1807,000.00< / ><>-25,800.00< / >< / ><><> 英国股票核心 E 累积< / ><>-< / ><>704,300.00< / ><>-3,450.00< / >< / ><><> 英国股票核心 E 收益< / ><>-< / ><>92,200.00< / ><>-6,440.00< / >< / ><><> 美国股票收益 C 净值< / ><>-< / ><>582,300.00< / ><>-2,000.00< / >< / ><><> 美国股票收益 C 净分红< / ><>-< / ><>580,000.00< / ><>-2,000.00< / >< / ><><> 美国精选 C 净累积< / ><>-< / ><>1236,000.00< / ><>-6,000.00< / >< / ><><> 美国证券现金增长 C 净累积< / ><>-< / ><>1200< / ><>-65< / >< / table>

JUPITER

Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Ltd The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London, SWIE 650 020 3817 1000

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发明了自己货币的小镇

Joe Crampton 是西约克郡普德西（Pudsey）Seven Steps 餐厅的共同所有者，他正在清点待回收的“普德西镑”。

在成本上涨导致当地企业遭受重创后，所谓的“普德西镑”一直在助力当地商业的复苏。

作者：Linus Uhlig，财经记者

您想用银行卡、现金还是普德西镑支付？在西约克郡的集镇普德西，听到这样的问题并不罕见。在这里，大多数当地商店都接受纸质的“普德西镑”来兑换商品或服务。

与其他随着现金使用量减少而逐渐消失的英国地方货币不同，普德西镑的流通量正在上升。

这项普德西彩票计划于 2020 年中期启动，旨在鼓励居民支持当地企业并回归商业街，而不是在网上浏览。

该计划并非简单地将 £1 兑换为 1 普德西镑，而是采用了彩票机制。参与者以每张 £1 的价格购买彩票参加每月一次的抽奖，每月选出五名赢家，分别获得当月彩票奖池中不同份额的奖金。

在 Facebook 的直播抽奖中被抽中，可以让您获得当月总奖池的 5%、10%、15%、20% 或 30%，剩下的 20% 则用于支付少量成本和社区项目。

赢家随后以普德西镑的形式领取奖金，这些货币可以在附近参与计划的商店、餐厅和企业中使用，涵盖了从酒吧、俱乐部到宠物美容店和律师事务所的各类业态。企业无需承担任何成本，并且可以随时向当地议员、该计划的策划者特里什·史密斯（Trish Smith）兑换收到的普德西镑。

“除了几英镑的银行手续费，每一分钱都回流到了普德西本地企业中，”59 岁的史密斯解释道。她在疫情爆发前就构思了地方货币的想法。随着限制措施开始取消，普德西镑正式进入商业街。据估计，目前流通量约为 100,000 镑。

“这对企业来说没有任何成本。绝对没有任何成本，”史密斯解释说。

“他们没有任何风险，也没有任何费用。如果他们给我 15 普德西镑，财务主管就会将 15 英镑转入他们的银行账户。”

“商业街正陷入困境，随着互联网的兴起，他们很难竞争，”史密斯说。“企业有大量的经常性开支。他们在税收方面遭受重创，在最低工资方面遭受重创，在国民保险（NI）增加 2% 的支出方面也遭受重创。能源成本飙升，所以他们确实需要我们的支持，”她补充道。

周五下午，普德西的街道上生意兴隆。在 7 Steps 酒吧餐厅，28 岁的调酒师 Joe Crampton 正在兑换一沓价值超过 £700 的普德西镑。“询问这件事的人越来越多了，我们注意到人们看到别人用它支付，然后会问这是什么，所以它肯定在普及。”Crampton 说。

史密斯解释说，对于一些赢家来说，这有助于他们维持一个月的家庭开支。“而另一些人可能有更多的可支配收入，所以他们可能会去旅行社预订假期，”她补充道。

史密斯说，一名赢家甚至用她的普德西镑在当地律师事务所支付了遗嘱办理费用，如果没有普德西镑的奖金，他们本无法支付这笔预付款。

在路边稍远处，45岁的米歇尔·巴特尔（Michelle Buttle）坐下来喝咖啡，将手机、钥匙和多余的普德西磅（Pudsey pounds）放在桌上。“我真的赢了。我得了第三名，镇上有这么多地方接受这种货币，”巴特尔说。除了每月尝试赢取普德西磅的荣耀外，巴特尔还经营着一家接受这种当地货币的宠物美容店。“六年来我一直接受普德西磅。在8月底，我将为我的70位客户举办一场派对，并在那里发放普德西磅的抽奖券，”她说。

普德西磅已成为圣诞集市上礼篮的常见替代品，或者替代塞在信封里的十英镑钞票。

巴特尔的生意从普德西磅的热潮中获益。“我有一位客户赢了几百英镑，于是她把母亲和姐妹的狗都带来了进行护理。大约有五位客户在这里使用了奖金，”她解释道。

当史密斯就当地货币的计划接触利兹市议会时，最初遭到了质疑。一个围绕着购买每月抽奖券且没有保证回报的方案引起了议员们的关注。

但史密斯的运作非常严谨。她聘请了一名志愿者财务主管来管理普德西磅的库存并监督电子表格。普德西彩票随时可以接受审计。

史密斯认为参加普德西彩票类似于在乡村节日中玩抽奖游戏，所得款项将回馈给社区。参与者每月投入的金额通常不超过£5，而用餐者或酒吧顾客经常会通过凑整账单或给小费的方式，为服务人员提供几张抽奖券。“有时他们运气好，有时不好。没关系。就几英镑而已。这比一杯啤酒的价格还低，这让我自己在面对良心拷问时能心安理得，”史密斯说。

在每月抽奖前的准备期间以及随后的几天里，人们会互相提醒检查号码，议论纷纷。随着该货币的持续增长，过去几个月的奖金池已累计超过1,000 英镑。“我们永远无法回到我们成长时的那种商业街，但商业街必须进化，我们也必须适应。关键在于珍惜我们所拥有的，”史密斯说。

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Morrisons 将销售额增长归功于高温与世界杯

随着集团转型步伐的加快，Morrisons 披露了其一年多以来最强劲的销售增长。

这家负债累累的零售商表示，在最近一个季度中，高温天气和世界杯对其起到了推动作用。

负责人拉米·拜提耶（Rami Baitieh）表示，在投入资金改善定价后，该集团的贸易表现“强劲”，并超过了英国更广泛的杂货市场。

这家总部位于布拉德福德的公司披露，在截至 7 月 26 日的 13 周内，集团同店销售额增长了 3.2%，与去年同期相比有所增长。

亚马逊投资英国一线员工

亚马逊宣布将其在英国一线员工的薪资提高 5.2% 至 5.6%。

全职年薪将从 31,408 英镑 起步，在某些地区将升至 33,488 英镑。亚马逊表示，一线运营员工的最低起薪将根据地点不同，每小时最高上涨 5.6% 至 £15.10，或上涨 5.2% 至 £16.10。

此次加薪将于 9 月 27 日生效，影响 70,000 名员工，包括配送站员工和履行中心员工。

Unison 敦促大企业解决性别薪酬差距

一家工会敦促，应要求大型雇主每 3 年检查一次其薪酬结构，以确保女性获得公平对待。

Unison 表示，其研究表明目前的同工同酬体系并不适用，因为它过于依赖工人针对涉嫌违法的雇主采取漫长且复杂的法律行动。

Unison 总书记安德里亚·伊根（Andrea Egan）表示：“女性不应该花费数年时间在法庭上为她们很久以前就应得的钱而奋斗。现在是结束这种不公正的时候了。”

WH Smith 表示利润可能降至 7500 万英镑m

零售商 WH Smith 披露利润压力进一步增加。在进行一次 1 亿英镑m 的投资者融资仅数月后，该公司表示，在近期的一系列下调之后，业绩将处于预测值的底端。

该集团表示，截至 8 月 31 日的年度潜在税前利润目前预计将降至约 7500 万英镑m，低于 6 月份给出的 7500 万英镑m 至 9000 万英镑m 之间的修正预测。

这将较 2024-25 年度报告的 1.08 亿英镑m 潜在利润大幅下降。

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DP World 如何赢得竞争优势

随着 DP World Tour 旗舰赛事的开幕， 英国港口与码头首席执行官克里斯·亚当斯（Kris Adams）向马克·索斯特（Mark Souster）讲述了为何此次合作伙伴关系是绝佳的契合。

边际收益（Marginal gains）如今被认为是任何体育运动不可或缺的一部分，但对于任何在全球竞争市场中运营的企业来说，这一点同样重要。

因此，当一家规模和地位如 这样（其年贸易量占全球贸易的 10%）的公司处于这两者的交汇点时，结果只有一个：一次成功的跨界，并将其转化为至关重要的竞争优势。

五年来， 一直是世界高尔夫球运动的核心，此前它成为了当时欧洲巡回赛（European Tour）的冠名赞助商。该合作伙伴关系现已延长十年。

of UK ports and terminals。“在伦敦门户港（London Gateway）和南安普顿港，这种心态转化为对运营每个环节边际收益的不懈追求：更快的船舶周转、更流畅的堆场移动、更好的泊位规划以及为客户提供更可靠的后续连接。”

对于任何企业而言，关键在于能够拥有灵活敏捷的思维，并且像任何高尔夫球手一样，能够在强劲的逆风中适应突然的变化。

极高的准确性、精密性和完美的执行力，对于顶尖高尔夫球手而言至关重要，对于一家旨在构建更智能、更具韧性供应链的公司来说亦然。

本周在温特沃斯（Wentworth）举行的旗舰赛事且星光熠熠的宝马 PGA 锦标赛（BMW PGA Championship）中，一场出色的比赛是由众多元素组合而成的。对于 来说也是如此。“在幕后，数以千计的个体动作经过精心协调，以确保一切无缝运行，”亚当斯解释道。

技术和人工智能（AI）至关重要。“自动化支持我们的团队提高效率和安全性，而 AI、预测性规划和实时可见性使我们能够更早地发现潜在问题，”亚当斯补充道。

数以千计不可见的个体动作在幕后经过精心协调 Aris Adams

准确性与执行力 与巡回赛的合作伙伴关系使其在精湛技艺、精准度和高性能等共同价值观上保持一致。通过寻找竞争优势，该公司证明了其在变革时期维持全球贸易运转的韧性与卓越。

但技术并非全部。一名球员可能拥有最新的发球杆

运气之笔 与高尔夫球一样，物流需要专注、奉献以及对卓越的追求

为什么伦敦门户港对物流业至关重要

DP World 在全球贸易和物流领域拥有悠久的记录，并致力于推动行业向前发展，其在英国两大关键港口——南安普顿港和伦敦门户港（London Gateway）的投资规模便证明了这一点；后者预计到 2030 年将成为英国最大的集装箱港口。

DP World 首席执行官克里斯·亚当斯（Kris Adams）表示：“在大型枢纽港口，微小的改进会产生巨大的累积影响。”

就像一名在球场上应对无数挑战的顶尖球员一样， 持续寻找解决方案，重塑贸易及其可能性，并不断适应与交付，确保企业能够无缝地向前推进。

当 成为该巡回赛的冠名赞助商时，这项交易强调了双方在全球贸易、互联互通和创新方面的共同关注。此次合作反映了 旨在与全球关键受众接触，将高尔夫球作为社交、品牌定位和客户参与的平台。

克里斯·亚当斯（左）表示，精通细节可以带来获胜优势，这绝非小事。

马克·苏斯特（Mark Souster）写道，“位置，位置，还是位置”是房地产界的一句流行语，而这在价值方面起到了决定性作用。

在商业领域，当人们追求成功时，地理位置发挥的作用日益重要。

对于 而言，在深水集装箱港口旁边拥有一个高容量的物流园区，可以提供更快、更直接的市场准入；它缩短了供应链，并赋予了他们获胜的优势。

伦敦门户物流园区首席执行官艾伦·霍兰德（Alan Holland，插图）表示：“它让企业能够获得航运、仓储以及公路和铁路的互联互通。”

“这在两个方面提供了获胜优势：一是运行正常时的更高效率，二是运行异常时的更高灵活性。”

对于那些客户期待速度的零售商来说，物流基础设施至关重要，而企业本身则必须仔细管理库存和成本。平衡这三者是成功的关键。

正在英国大力投资建设最先进的可持续物流园区，以提供合适的地理位置、灵活性和互联互通。

该公司正在向伦敦门户港投资 10亿英镑，将把港口、物流园区、铁路和公路互联互通整合为一个单一枢纽。

霍兰德表示：“我们建设的这些基础设施必须支持客户数十年的需求，”这解释了该公司的长远规划。

随着 印度冠军赛和 巡回赛冠军赛的举办， 在高尔夫球领域的影响力不断增长。但温特沃斯（Wentworth）的宝马 PGA 锦标赛是 巡回赛的巅峰，霍兰德表示，顶尖体育运动和顶尖基础设施的共同点在于，最终结果看起来毫不费力。霍兰德说：“卓越是持续地将许多细节处理正确的累积效果。这就是获胜的优势。”

精准物流 恰到好处

在他们的装备包里，但如果没有经验或专业知识来充分发挥其功能，它就无法像设计的那样发挥作用。高性能来自于两者的结合，并加入一种持续改进的文化。

为不确定性做准备

近年来，现代全球贸易面临着前所未有的中断，需要进行战略转型。这促使 DP World 从追求纯粹的效率转向构建一个旨在增强韧性的组织，使其能够在环境变化时提供替代路线。这是企业在竞争中获得领先优势的另一个案例。

“你无法完全消除全球贸易中的不确定性，但你可以构建一个能够更好地预测中断并在中断发生时做出反应的运营体系，”亚当斯（Adams）继续说道。

可持续性也是一个主要考量因素，因为 DP World 正在构建一个其称之为“适应未来”的运营体系，这意味着在维持或提高生产水平的同时，寻找减少排放的方法。

宝马 PGA 锦标赛（BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP）

电气化和可再生能源可以帮助提高英国港口的效率，而通过铁路运输货物也对此有所帮助。

在宝马 PGA 锦标赛上， 的物流专业知识得到了发挥，不仅帮助展示了高尔夫球如何影响社区，还支持了球场上的顶尖表现。

顶尖高尔夫球手同样依赖于其背后的专业团队，就像企业中的首席执行官一样。“高绩效组织需要与高绩效团队相同的特质，”亚当斯说，“对目标的清晰认知、对人员专业能力的信任，以及在压力下快速做出正确决策的能力。”

巡回赛（ TOUR）

欲了解更多关于 如何保持领先优势的信息，请访问 dpworld.com

宫廷通报

巴尔莫勒尔城堡 9月16日

国王今早访问了 An Lochan Uaine，并由英弗内斯（Inverness）的国王代表（詹姆斯·沃瑟斯普恩先生）和凯恩戈姆国家公园管理局（Cairngorms National Park Authority）首席执行官（格兰特·莫尔先生）接待。

国王会见了消防员、急救人员、土地所有者、志愿者以及当地社区成员，他们曾在 7 月和 8 月致力于控制格伦莫尔（Glenmore）和阿伯内西（Abernethy）的山火。

随后，国王揭幕了配套的花岗岩纪念石，标志着凯恩戈姆国家公园与美国弗吉尼亚州谢南多尔国家公园（Shenandoah National Park）结为姐妹公园，该倡议在国王 4 月的国事访问期间宣布。

国王会见了谢南多尔国家公园和英国国家公园的代表。

国王（作为国王基金会的皇家创始主席）今天下午在艾尔郡卡姆诺克（Cumnock, Ayrshire）的邓弗里斯庄园（Dumfries House）出席了“食品与农业和谐峰会”。

爱尔兰总统在邓弗里斯庄园拜访了国王。

国王今晚在邓弗里斯庄园举行了晚宴。

肯辛顿宫 9月16日 威尔士王妃、康沃尔公爵夫人（共同赞助人）今早在温莎城堡与康沃尔公国以及威尔士亲王与王妃皇家基金会的代表举行了会议。

圣詹姆斯宫 9月16日

爱丁堡公爵（爱丁堡公爵奖信托人）今晨访问了位于曼彻斯特 Cheetham Hill 路 425 号的 Khizra 清真寺，并由迈克尔·沃尔姆斯利先生（大曼彻斯特郡副副代表）接待。

其殿下（爱丁堡公爵奖信托人）今日访问了位于莱斯特 Birstall, Wanlip Lane 的 Cedars 学院，并由理查德·赫伍德上校（莱斯特郡副代表）接待。

爱丁堡公爵今后在莱斯特 Enderby, St Johns 的莱斯特郡警察局总部正式主持了纪念与健康花园的开幕仪式，并由伊恩·马蒂奥利先生（莱斯特郡副代表）接待。

爱丁堡公爵夫人由英国驻赞比亚共和国高级专员（丽贝卡·特泽昂阁下）陪同，今日在赞比亚下赞比西地区开展了以下活动。

其殿下今晨访问了下赞比西保护区（Conservation Lower Zambezi）的保护区下基地营（Conservation Lower Base Camp）及下国家公园。

爱丁堡公爵夫人今后在下河地区的皇家旅馆（Royal Lodge）出席了野生动物圆桌会议。

其殿下随后参加了下河地区的保护区考察之旅。

爱丁堡公爵夫人今晚出席了在

下赞比西保护区举行的旨在减少重新犯罪的晚宴。

安妮公主（英国皇家职业治疗师学院赞助人）今晨访问了位于贝尔法斯特 Stockmans Lane 20 号 Musgrave Park 医院区域性获得性脑损伤单位的贝尔法斯特健康与社会护理信托机构，并由迈克尔·麦克布莱德爵士教授（贝尔法斯特郡自治市副代表）接待。

其殿下（皇家助产士学院赞助人）今后访问了位于贝尔法斯特 Lisburn 路 97 号医学生物中心的贝尔法斯特女王大学护理与助产学院，并由伊恩·格里尔爵士教授（贝尔法斯特郡自治市副代表）接待。

安妮公主（游骑兵团第一营皇家上校）随后访问了位于唐郡 Holywood, Palace Barracks 的该营地。

肯辛顿宫 9月16日

格洛斯特公爵（泰晤士景观战略共同赞助人）今后在金斯顿-upon-Thames, Lower Ham Road 的 Canbury Gardens 正式主持了新修复河岸的开幕仪式，并由马丁·希斯洛普神父（大伦敦地区副代表）接待。

其殿下（泰晤士景观战略共同赞助人）随后访问了位于萨里郡里士满 Douglas House Meadow Close 的 Petersham 和 Ham 海上童军队。

格洛斯特公爵（泰晤士景观战略共同赞助人）随后在里士满 Old Palace Yard 的 Trumpeter's House 出席了年度夏季花园派对。

今日生日

皇家空军元帅拉德利之克雷格勋爵（Lord Craig of Radley），1988-91年国防参谋长，97岁；蒂莫西·巴文（Timothy Bavin）右敬主教，波茨茅斯主教，1985-95年，91岁；布罗尔斯勋爵（Lord Broers）教授，2001-06年皇家工程院院长；1996-2003年剑桥大学副校长，88岁；唐·克鲁克香克（Don Cruickshank）爵士，2000-03年伦敦证券交易所主席，84岁；德斯蒙德·莱纳姆（Desmond Lynam）先生，体育广播员，84岁；杰里米·沙利文（Jeremy Sullivan）爵士，前上诉法院法官；2012-15年法庭高级总裁，81岁；迈克尔·杰克（Michael Jack）先生，前保守党国会议员，80岁；莫拉·布坎南（Maura Buchanan）女士，2006-10年皇家护理学院院长，78岁；纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）先生，印度总理，76岁；约翰·克劳顿（John Claughton）先生，2006-16年伯明翰爱德华国王学校校长，70岁；大卫·宾特利（David Bintley）爵士，编舞家，1995-2019年伯明翰皇家芭蕾舞团艺术总监，69岁；麦克辛·考德里（Maxine Cowdrey）夫人，前骑师，68岁；达蒙·希尔（Damon Hill）先生，前赛车手，现为评论员和分析师；1996年一级方程式赛车世界冠军，66岁；巴兹·鲁曼（Baz Luhrmann）先生，电影导演，64岁；西姆勒（Simler）女士，最高法院法官，63岁；沃伦·加特兰（Warren Gatland）先生，前新西兰国家橄榄球队队员；2007-19年威尔士队主教练；2013-21年英狮队主教练，63岁；摩根（Morgan）法官，62岁；肯·多尔蒂（Ken Doherty）先生，退役斯诺克选手；评论员；1997年世界冠军，57岁；迈克·卡特（Mike Catt）先生，前英格兰队及英狮队橄榄球国际队员，55岁；以及菲尔斯·吉利弗（Fiers Gilliver）先生，轮椅击剑运动员；东京2020年残奥会男子个人 épée 金牌得主，32岁。

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个人动态

今日经文

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纪念：其名永存

HORNSBY.—约翰·弗雷德里克·L.（John Frederick L.） 新西兰远征军（NZEF）第一惠灵顿团， 1966年9月17日。在索姆河畔弗莱尔（Flers, Somme）因伤去世。由曾侄孙 R.G.H.C. 及其家人自豪地缅怀。 在线参考号：WOO52673

生日

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即将结婚

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圣职新闻

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宣布订婚：来自诺福克郡汤普森（Thompson, Norfolk）的邓肯·格雷戈里（Duncan Gregory）先生和夫人之长子杰米（Jamie），与来自东萨塞克斯郡 Herons Ghyll 的彼得·扬（Peter Young）先生和夫人之女爱丽丝（Alice）订婚。 在线参考号：W0052703

普通人事变动

格雷厄姆·波特（Graham Potter），米德尔斯堡（约克郡）助理牧师，将兼任马顿-因-克利夫兰（Marton-in-Cleveland）助理牧师（SSM），以及东侧（Easterside）（同教区）；安德鲁·布鲁姆（Andrew Bloom），东约克郡助理牧师，将任职于豪登（Howden）（同教区）；莎娜·马洛尼（Shana Maloney），克拉普顿圣詹姆斯（伦敦）主任牧师，将兼任斯蒂芬尼（Stepney）（同教区）种族正义院长；西蒙·沃尔什（Simon Walsh），伦敦教区牧师，将任职于斯特劳德格林圣三一教堂（Stroud Green Holy Trinity）（同教区）副牧师；杰斯·斯威夫特（Jess Swift），托特纳姆圣安教堂（伦敦）副牧师，将兼任西格林基督教堂（West Green Christ Church）（同教区）主任牧师；安德鲁·威肯斯（Andrew Wickens），米尔希尔约翰·基布尔教堂（Mill Hill John Keble）主任牧师及A5走廊（伦敦）传教推动者，将任职于米尔希尔（Mill Hill）副牧师及A5走廊传教推动者（同教区）；德博拉·马奇（Deborah March），奥勒姆团队事工（伦敦）训练副牧师，将任职于海德公园新月街圣约翰教堂（Hyde Park Crescent St John）（同教区）助理牧师（HfD）；约书亚·波拉德（Joshua Pollard），南诺伍德圣阿尔班教堂（南华克）司祭，将任职于金斯伯里圣安德鲁教堂（伦敦）副牧师；邓肯·海根（Duncan Hegan），霍本圣阿尔班殉道者教堂（伦敦）司祭，将任职于诺埃尔公园圣马克教堂（Noel Park St Mark）（同教区）临时主任牧师；莱达·库克（Lyida Cook），奥特韦尔传教社区（埃克塞特）训练员，将任职于切尔西圣卢克与基督教堂（Chelsea St Luke and Christ Church）牧师；斯蒂芬·伯斯顿（Stephen Burston），克劳利圣约翰教堂（奇切斯特）SDF项目负责人，将任职于布朗普顿圣三一教堂（伦敦）助理副牧师；安杰洛·莱布拉托（Angelo Lebrato），西埃林圣约翰与圣詹姆斯教堂（伦敦）司祭（SSM），将任职于西埃林圣约翰与圣詹姆斯教堂（同教区）助理副牧师。

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桥牌通讯员朱利安·波塔格（Julian Pottage）写道，上周 EBU 早间轻松赛的最高分数为 75.00%。

EBU 晚间轻松赛的最高分数为 76.81%，由亚当·伯克（Adam Burke）与 Won-Kyong Reilly 在周四搭档获得。

时尚历史

有两组搭档获得了这一分数，且其中一名球员在两组中均在场：科林·西布里奇（Colin Seabridge）在周五与丹佛·戈曼（Denver Gorman）搭档，随后在周日与温妮·吉福德（Wynne Gifford）搭档。

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苏格兰一座城堡发生火灾。7 万英镑 损失。

十三小时工作制。

侧翼与礼拜堂被毁。

建筑的两翼以及私人礼拜堂被毁，估计损失为 7 万英镑。城堡的主正面部分得以幸存，据报道没有人员严重受伤。损失由保险公司承担。

本报阿伯丁特派记者周四报道。经过 13 小时艰苦卓绝的努力，阿伯丁消防队和城堡消防队今日成功抢救了位于亚伯丁郡的克吕尼城堡（Cluny Castle）的主体部分，使其免于被大火吞噬。该城堡是英国最宏伟的花岗岩府邸。尽管如此，美丽的私人礼拜堂和两个巨大的侧翼仍被摧毁，估计损失约为 7 万英镑。当时卧病在床的卡思卡特夫人（Lady Cathcart）被从起火的建筑中转移到了管家的住所。就在去年，女王曾在克吕尼城堡做客。

在全国各地报道的一系列灾难性火灾中，包括一起发生在亚伯丁郡克吕尼城堡的火灾。这座宏伟的灰色花岗岩堡垒式建筑是在 15 世纪的要塞原址上于上世纪重建的，是雷金纳德·卡思卡特爵士（Sir Reginald Cathcart, Bt.）的遗孀卡思卡特夫人的苏格兰寓所。女王去年曾在该城堡做客。

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火灾发生在周三晚上六点，到八点之前，一台涡轮发动机从 16 英里外的阿伯丁抵达。人们认为起火原因是通风口缺陷或电线熔断。当发现两个侧翼和礼拜堂无法挽救时，消防员将精力集中在抢救城堡的主体部分。

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一旦被点燃，礼拜堂的侧翼便剧烈燃烧，屋顶很快在雷鸣般的巨响中坍塌。天空被照亮，周围数英里都能看到火光。人们从四面八方赶来，帮忙搬运贵重的家具、画作、银器和其他物品，并将它们堆放在起火建筑前的草坪上。大火猛烈地燃烧了数小时，消防员在将火焰限制在侧翼（侧翼已被完全烧毁）及相邻礼拜堂的过程中任务艰巨。

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在火灾期间，主楼的安全曾两次受到威胁，火势通过三楼从侧翼通往东侧客厅和西侧餐厅的走廊蔓延。前客厅与走廊之间门扉的焦黑残骸表明，整座城堡在多大程度上险些遇难。如果火焰在那里站稳脚跟，整排建筑都将被摧毁。在上方30英尺处，一扇塔楼窗户起火，可能是由燃烧的礼拜堂飘来的火星引起，一名前往处理该特定危险的消防员被发现深受烟雾之苦，烟雾当时已完全充满了塔楼以及主楼的其他部分。

西翼也发出了性质类似的警报，火势沿着走廊的屋顶向连接塔蔓延，但通过切割和喷水最终取得了成功，尽管这需要付出极大的努力。在这一侧翼，一名城市消防员搭建了一把从地面延伸至带雉堞护栏的女儿墙的梯子，在他那个几乎被烟雾和火星云团持续包围的危险位置上，他不断地操作水带，直到被燃烧的屋顶逼离该点。

首先在屋顶使用水带的是男仆阿尔伯特·埃文斯先生（Mr. Albert Evans）和南 Lodge 的 A. 格雷先生（Mr. A. Gray）。他们发现自己处于厨房区域一个极其危险的角落，就在他们被农场经理查尔斯·克伦比先生（Mr. Charles Crombie）和其他工人拖出来时，屋顶坍塌了。克伦比先生是唯一遭遇意外的人。当他在一扇厨房窗户前准备操作水带时，玻璃被喷射水的力量震碎并向他飞溅，导致他的右眼严重受伤。他流了很多血，但仍与其他人一起继续工作。

克吕尼城堡（Cluny Castle）于 1845-72 年在 15 世纪亨特利-戈登（Huntly-Gordon）堡垒的原址上重建。这是一座由灰色花岗岩建成的宏伟庄严的城堡建筑，拥有中央四合院、高护栏和角塔，它耸立在树梢之上，方圆数英里内清晰可见。

插入内容或出现在各自杂志中的文章仅与在英国分发的《电讯报》副本相关。

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本局来自切尔西青年秋季超级联赛，该联赛每隔一周的周三晚上在哈默史密斯的伦敦心智运动中心（London Mindsports Centre）举行。2026年春季赛的冠军是 Tim Leslie 的队伍。本局的北-南方分别为本专栏作者和 Thor Erik Hoftaniska。东-西方为 Graham Osborne 和 Frances Hinden。

在选择首攻 ♣10 还是 ♥A 之间犹豫不决后，Hinden 对 4♣ 定约首攻了她的单张梅花。在顶级组中，有 5 名玩家首攻 ♥A，4 名首攻 ♣10，1 名（略显奇怪地）首攻 ♦4. 在第二组中，西家玩家以 7-5 的比例倾向于首攻 ♥A。若将 ♣K 设为一张小黑桃，那么西家就没有机会获得自然将牌胜局，此时首攻梅花将是常规操作。

Hoftaniska 在明手（dummy）中用 A 吃了 ♣10 lead，随后打出 ♠J 直至打光 ♠K。Frances 兑现了 ♥A，使宣告者的单张 ♥K 掉落，并继续打出 ♥Q。Graham 弃掉了一张梅花。

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通过在手中吃掉两张红心并反转明手，南家组织好了他的五张将牌胜局，且手中仍有一张长梅花待打。这张小牌是赢得比赛的关键。

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这位挪威专业选手出♣K，并要求出♣7。这给东家带来了挤压。如果出梅花，该花色将失去控制，因此奥斯本露出了他的方块高牌。随后索尔出A和另一张方块，插入♦7，并拿下了最后两张。达成局势。

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邦妮·格里尔（Bonnie Greer）：她可能具有攻击性；下方照片中，她与伦敦市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）一同参加 2017 年在特拉法加广场举行的反对唐纳德·特朗普总统的女性大游行

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邦妮·格里尔（BONNIE GREER）去世，享年 77 岁。她是一位在 20 世纪 80 年代定居英国的美国剧作家，后来成为了一个无处不在且直言不讳的文化与政治评论员，以及英国艺术界的权威人物。

在千禧之交，她成为了电视观众熟悉的脸孔。作为 BBC Two 频道《新闻之夜评论》（Newsnight Review）的常驻评论员之一，她穿着时尚，以致命的雄辩抨击那些水准低下的书籍和电影。从 2001 年起，她作为 BBC One 频道《问题时间》（Question Time）的频繁嘉宾，证明了自己同样是任何她认为思维散漫之物的可怕克星。

在去年最后一次亮相中，她猛烈抨击特朗普总统的移民政策，赢得了观众的掌声：“（美国）存在于法治之上……而唐纳德·特朗普实际上已经摧毁了这一点。”

然而，她在《问题时间》中最令人瞩目的亮相是在 2009 年，当时她坐在英国国民党（British National Party）主席尼克·格里芬（Nick Griffin）旁边。这是极右翼政治人物首次在 BBC 的旗舰讨论节目中获得平台，而在节目播出前，其入选已遭到广泛谴责。

但在节目期间，邦妮·格里尔在捍卫格里芬发声权利的同时，也声称他通过出现在电视上而赢得新信徒的风险很小，因为“英国人民拥有太多的常识”。她举了她白人英国岳母的例子，她称岳母在介绍给未来的儿媳之前从未见过黑人，但她表现出了典型的英国式宽容与热情。

在辩论当下的议题时，格里芬证明了自己完全力不从心，并一举葬送了被严肃对待的野心。邦妮·格里尔在《每日电讯报》中写道：“我们都意识到格里芬是一个‘没穿衣服的皇帝’。在节目开始前，赛义达·瓦尔西（Sayeeda Warsi）跑过来问我是否介意坐在格里芬旁边。我告诉她我来自芝加哥，并不害怕这家伙。事实上，坐在他旁边就像坐在一个滔滔不绝说陈词滥调的酒吧无赖身边，他需要有人往他头上倒一品脱啤酒。”

“我不后悔参加……我的父亲本·格里尔（Ben Greer）是密西西比州的一名黑人佃农，在隔离社会中长大，无法畅所欲言。他在第二次世界大战期间来到这里，并参与了诺曼底登陆的第二波进攻。后来他总是谈到英国白人工薪阶层对他多么友好——而这些人正是今天被认为转向英国国民党的人。我父亲总是说，阳光是最好的消毒剂。周四晚上的结果是，我们在讨论，我们在分享。我们必须坚持下去。”

这成为了《问题时间》历史上观看人数最多的一集，观众超过 800 万 人。邦妮·格里尔在当年晚些时候表示：“这像一场旋风。这对人们意义重大。我感到非常谦卑。”

这次经历促使她写了一部名为《Yes》的歌剧，演绎了她同意参加该节目时与自己进行的伦理辩论。这部由埃罗琳·瓦伦（Errollyn Wallen）作曲的作品于 2011 年在皇家歌剧院上演；然而，《电讯报》的鲁珀特·克里斯蒂安森（Rupert Christiansen）评价其为“一次相当平庸且略带自我感觉良好的练习”。

尽管作为一名广播员和高产的推特用户，邦妮·格里尔让人们对其在几乎所有话题上的观点毫无疑问，但她不同寻常之处在于，她真正致力于给对手一个公平的倾听机会。

当演员兼极右翼活动人士劳伦斯·福克斯（Laurence Fox）邀请他的网络批评者与他共进咖啡时，邦妮·格里尔（Bonnie Greer）是唯一接受邀请的人，这不可避免地引发了一阵批评，她被指责对“英国黑人艺术界表现出不尊重”。

在近年来的《问题时间》（Question Time）节目中，她是少数几位强调言论自由重要性的左翼常客。针对简·莫尔（Jan Moir）在《每日邮报》上发表的一篇关于流行歌手斯蒂芬·盖特利（Stephen Gately）去世的文章，她宣称：“我认为这篇文章很残酷，我认为它不准确……但她有权写这篇文章。这就是所谓的民主；它并不美好，但它是我们人类能创造出的最小的恶。”

邦妮·格里尔是七个孩子中的一个，于16 1948年11月出生在芝加哥的一个黑人天主教家庭。她的父亲直言不讳且充满激情；在私刑依然盛行的时代，他的母亲曾敦促他从密西西比州向北迁移，因为他那张“大嘴”很可能会给他带来麻烦。她的母亲梅（Mae）非常崇拜英国王室，并且很高兴邦妮出生在查尔斯王子之后两天内。

格里尔一家住在一名女性邻居隔壁，这位邻居经常邀请马迪·沃特斯（Muddy Waters）作为追求者来访，邦妮在听他练习蓝调音乐的环境中长大。直到青少年时期，她一直是个“虔诚的天主教女孩”，但在思考当地教堂里“黑人圣徒在哪里”之后，她开始逐渐远离信仰。

邦妮在芝加哥的德保大学（DePaul University）开始学习法律，同时在一家银行工作以维持生计；在一些资金丢失后，她不得不接受谎言检测测试，并承认自己曾（短暂地）服用过药物，随后她失去了工作。

她放弃了大学学业，在一家脱衣酒吧工作，之后成为一名政治活动人士；她的母亲对此感到绝望，担心“那些摧毁所有自由、狂野的黑人女性的力量也会摧毁她的长女”。她承认自己曾从黑人权力运动（Black Power movement）中一名与她共事的白人女性那里偷钱，认为数百年的种族压迫使这次偷窃行为具有正当性。

邦妮·格里尔随后在芝加哥跟随大卫·马梅特（David Mamet）学习剧作，之后在纽约的演员工作室（Actors Studio）跟随伊利亚·卡赞（Elia Kazan）学习。她的第一部剧作《1919》探讨了大战后芝加哥的种族骚乱。

1986年，她前往爱丁堡参加艺术节，并认定英国为剧作家提供了更友好的环境。1993年，她与大卫·哈钦斯（David Hutchins）结婚，并观察到：“尽管他与我截然不同——他是一个白人、英国郊区的前公立学校学生——但从我们相遇的那一刻起，他就清楚地知道我是谁，而且现在依然如此。”

她在1997年成为入籍英国公民，一度以来，文化委员会和其他显赫机构为她提供席位似乎几乎成了一种法律要求。她曾担任大英博物馆信托基金会副主席，并从2013年起直到去世前担任金斯顿大学（Kingston University）校长。

邦妮·格里尔有时具有好斗的一面。2014年，在大量名人涌入后，她得出结论认为“该计划正变成全方位娱乐产业的又一个分支”，随即辞去了英国遗产委员会（English Heritage）蓝色牌匾委员会的职务。2015年，在被指责其伦敦信托成员已与哈沃斯（Haworth）的“当地社区脱节”之际，她辞去了勃朗特学会（Brontë Society）主席一职；此前，她通过用一只Jimmy Choo鞋敲击桌面以宣布年度股东大会开始，这一举动并未让她赢得成员的好感。

她的其他舞台剧包括《玛丽莲与艾拉》（Marilyn and Ella，斯特拉特福德东区皇家剧院，2008年），讲述的是玛丽莲·梦露与艾拉·费兹洁之间的友谊；以及《樱桃酒店》（The Hotel Cerise，斯特拉特福德东区，2016年），这是对《樱桃园》的现代改编，聚焦于悼念奥巴马总统离任的美国黑人群体。在无数次出席电视和广播节目的间隙，她还抽时间出版了两部小说、一部朗斯顿·休斯传记（2011年）以及一部自传《平行人生》（A Parallel Life，2014年）。

邦妮·格里尔于2010年被授予大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE）。她的丈夫在世。

邦妮·格里尔，出生于1948年11月16日，逝世于2026年9月15日。

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ITV里程碑式《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》系列剧制作人，及其古怪主演杰里米·布雷特的“保姆”

琼·温德姆·戴维斯与主演爱德华·哈德威克（饰演华生）及杰里米·布雷特（饰演福尔摩斯）

制作人兼导演琼·温德姆·戴维斯（June Wyndham Davies）逝世，享年97岁。她曾给予年轻的迈克尔·凯恩（Michael Caine）其首个舞台剧主角机会，随后将杰里米·布雷特（Jeremy Brett）饰演的夏洛克·福尔摩斯带到了电视荧幕上。

20世纪80年代初，当一部新的《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》系列剧被提议时，她正担任格拉纳达电视公司（Granada Television）的戏剧制作人。最初是琼·温德姆·戴维斯建议由杰里米·布雷特来饰演这位脾气古怪、毫无性欲的侦探，这与他此前为人熟知的白昼偶像类角色截然不同；而对于许多观众来说，他的演绎成为了该角色的定义之作。

她选择不参与《夏洛克·福尔摩斯历险记》（The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1984-85）的第一季制作，认为这部本质上具有男性色彩的剧集需要一名男性制作人；然而，她后来被说服接替迈克尔·考克斯（Michael Cox），负责制作《夏洛克·福尔摩斯回归》（The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1986-88）。她的首项任务是寻找一名新的华生医生来接替希望回归舞台的大卫·伯克（David Burke），而她选定爱德华·哈德威克（Edward Hardwicke）的决定得到了该剧粉丝的一致认可。

随后，她制作了《夏洛克·福尔摩斯案例簿》（The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1991）和《夏洛克·福尔摩斯回忆录》（The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1994），以及五部电视电影。她最喜欢的剧集之一是《顶级敲诈者》（The Master Blackmailer, 1992），由罗伯特·哈迪（Robert Hardy）客串饰演邪恶的查尔斯·奥古斯都·米尔弗顿（Charles Augustus Milverton）；剧情讲述了福尔摩斯伪装成一名水管工，强迫自己去追求米尔弗顿的一名仆人（索菲·汤普森 饰），以便从她那里套取信息。

琼·温德姆·戴维斯回忆道，这个故事情节导致她收到了一些信件，写信者是“在与他人建立亲密接触方面遇到困难的人，他们能将福尔摩斯显而易见的抗拒感与自己的情况联系起来。他们都说，观看这一场景帮助他们面对了自己的问题。”

随着剧集的推进，团队不得不尝试改编一些亚瑟·柯南·道尔爵士原著中较为平淡的福尔摩斯故事。琼·温德姆·戴维斯负责与作者年迈且令人敬畏的女儿——空军指挥官珍·柯南·道尔（Dame Jean Conan Doyle）协商，以对情节进行修改以提升效果。其中一项改动是琼·温德姆·戴维斯应警方要求而实施的，警方询问是否可以让福尔摩斯被展现出戒掉毒瘾的过程。于是，《恶魔之足》（The Devil's Foot）中出现了一个非原著场景，讲述福尔摩斯将他的可卡因注射器埋在康沃尔的一处海滩上。

琼·温德姆·戴维斯面临的最大挑战是其男主角古怪的行为：“我扮演‘保姆’的时间比扮演制作人的时间还多，”她在2023年的《杰里米·布雷特夏洛克·福尔摩斯播客》中说道。布雷特在片场经常表现得反复无常：“他是个令人愉悦的人，真的是，但会突然转变出一种阴暗的人格——让人认不出来。”

有一次，布雷特邀请他的制作人去他公寓共进晚餐；他穿着脏衣服，在厨房待了几个小时后，端给她的盘子里只有一颗豌豆。她那时意识到他病得很重，于是安排他住院，他在那里接受了双相情感障碍的治疗。

他继续从事《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》的工作，但经常感到崩溃，琼·温德姆·戴维斯不得不花费大量时间说服他“不要收拾行李离开。有些时候我也想逃跑，但我没有收拾行李。”她在爱德华·哈德威克那里找到了一个强大的盟友：“每当杰里米状态糟糕时，爱德华总能让那天变得美好。他是一个非常特别的人。”

令她遗憾的是，该系列剧在1994年“渐渐熄火”，布雷特在后期身体状况极差，以至于查尔斯·格雷（Charles Gray）不得不被临时起用，接替他饰演福尔摩斯的哥哥迈克罗夫特的戏份。布雷特于次年去世；琼·温德姆·戴维斯拒绝考虑重新选角。

她于1929年6月27日出生在卡迪夫，是默文·戴维斯（Mervyn Davies）及其妻子德斯皮娜（Despina，原姓温德姆）的女儿。她的母亲曾是一名芭蕾舞演员，而她的父亲在伍尔沃斯（Woolworths）担任副经理；他曾因与一名电梯女服务员搭档赢得舞蹈比赛而登上报纸，导致公司撤回了对他担任董事的邀请。正如其女儿所言：“他因为过度沉迷于社交舞而毁了自己的事业。”

琼的演艺生涯始于在皇家戏剧艺术学院（Rada）接受培训，随后进入由亚瑟·布鲁（Arthur Brough，晚年因在《您在被服务吗？》中饰演格雷格先生而闻名）在布里斯托尔经营的一家剧团，布鲁鼓励她在表演的同时尝试导演话剧。

随后，她成为了位于西萨塞克斯郡霍舍姆皇家剧院的威斯敏斯特剧团（Westminster Theatre Company）的女主角兼联合导演。1952年，她招聘一名助理舞台经理，并决定录用一名叫莫里斯·米克尔怀特（Maurice Micklewhite）的年轻人，“部分原因是由于他积极且薪资要求低”。

除了承担繁琐的杂活和泡茶外，米克尔怀特——他在后来成为迈克尔·凯恩（Michael Caine）之前，采用了迈克尔·斯科特（Michael Scott）这个更悦耳的艺名——还出演了一些小角色。琼·温德姆·戴维斯被他的表演打动，在一部由她担任女主角的惊悚剧中，将他选为她的恋人。凯恩的传记作者迈克尔·弗里德兰（Michael Freedland）记录道，他当时非常高兴能与这位“极具吸引力的女演员”完成他人生中的第一次舞台之吻。

然而，在第一次排练时，他穿着一件平时帮他在比林斯盖特（Billingsgate）担任鱼类搬运工的父亲干活时穿的外套。“那件衣服闻起来有一股鱼腥味——难闻到……让我不得不后退，”她回忆道。

首演之夜被一个插曲搞砸了：凯恩无法打开一瓶威士忌的软木塞，而按照剧本，他本应用这瓶酒来诱惑她。凯恩回忆道：“[她]看着那些空杯子，变得越来越醉了。观众立刻就对此哄堂大笑。”

但这成了他走向星途的第一步，他与琼·温德姆·戴维斯一直保持着良好的友谊。她在2000年观察到：“迈克尔这人，无论那时还是现在，始终没变。”

20世纪60年代，她离开剧院进入BBC工作，在“30分钟剧场”（30 Minute Theatre）和“周日下午剧场”（Sunday Afternoon Theatre）栏目中导演话剧；她还导演了《波莉安娜》（Pollyanna，1973年，由伊莱恩·斯特里奇饰演波莉姑姑）和《海蒂》（Heidi，1974年，由弗洛拉·罗布森和尼古拉斯·林德赫斯特主演）的剧集化改编，后者获得了艾美奖提名。随后她进入格拉纳达（Granada）工作，导演了50多集《加冕街》（Coronation Street）以及几季《皇冠法院》（Crown Court）。

作为电视界首批成功的女性导演之一，她决定转向制作。她的首次成功之作是《克里布》（Cribb，1980-81年），由艾伦·多比（Alan Dobie）饰演一名维多利亚时代的侦探；该剧在国际上大获成功，多年来一直是格拉纳达最赚钱的出口产品，这促使该特许经营权的执行人员同意拍摄一部新的高端《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》系列剧。

她后期的制作作品包括超自然选集剧《黑暗之影》（Shades of Darkness，1983-86年），以及根据伊丽莎白·鲍恩（Elizabeth Bowen）小说改编的星光熠熠的电视电影《心之死》（The Death of the Heart，1985年）和《白昼之热》（The Heat of the Day，1989年）。她还制作了安东尼·霍普金斯执导的首部故事片《奥古斯特》（August，1996年），该片将《万尼亚舅舅》的背景搬到了北威尔士。

然而，《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》依然是她最高成就的巅峰。福尔摩斯学者彼得·海宁（Peter Haining）在评价琼·温德姆·戴维斯时——借用了柯南·道尔对反派女角色艾琳·艾德勒的描述——称对于该剧的数百万粉丝来说，“她就是‘那个’女人”。

琼·温德姆·戴维斯，出生于1929年6月27日，逝世于2026年9月9日。

艾伦·奈特：为球队出战801场的朴茨茅斯门将

艾伦·奈特（Alan Knight）逝世，享年65岁。他曾是一名门将，其职业生涯最能用数字来衡量。他在四个不同的年代里为朴茨茅斯足球俱乐部的一线队出战，涵盖了足球联赛的所有级别。到2000年退役时，奈特已为朴茨茅斯出战801场比赛——其中683场为联赛比赛，这无疑是任何一名门将在单一俱乐部出战次数最多的纪录。在弗拉顿公园球场，他被誉为“传奇”，并于2025年被授予朴茨茅斯市荣誉市民（Freeman of the City of Portsmouth）称号。

尽管奈特后来与这座城市及其足球俱乐部紧密地融合在一起，但他回忆起14岁时从南伦敦来到朴茨茅斯参加试训时，曾感到强烈的思乡之情。但除了短暂地在达拉斯足球俱乐部（FC Dallas）担任教练外，他再也没有离开。

艾伦·爱德华·奈特于1961年7月3日出生在巴勒姆，就读于图廷的欧内斯特·贝文学校。尽管对离开伦敦有所顾虑，但他接受了朴茨茅斯的学徒邀请，并于1978年4月首次亮相。虽然他在一场2-0战胜罗瑟勒姆的比赛中零封对手，但这意义不大，因为朴茨茅斯当时已被降级至第四级别联赛。当时的“庞贝”（Pompey，朴茨茅斯的昵称）主教练是吉米·迪金森，他作为一名中场球员，在1946-65年间为俱乐部出场845次。

然而，迪金森的大部分球员生涯都在顶级联赛度过，而奈特加入的俱乐部在他度过的22年里一直深受财务问题困扰。尽管如此，球队在1983年以冠军身份升级至第二级别联赛，随后艾伦·鲍尔的到来带领朴茨茅斯在缺席28年后，于1987年重返顶级联赛。鲍尔认为奈特是“一个你可以托付生命的人”，但在私下里，他容易陷入抑郁且有严重的吸烟习惯。

接下来的那个赛季是奈特在第一级别联赛的唯一一个赛季。朴茨茅斯被英国税务海关总署（Inland Revenue）提交了强制清盘申请并被降级，在最后13场比赛中仅赢了一场。

奈特认为，这比1992年足总杯半决赛的失望程度要轻。当时排名第二级别联赛第九的朴茨茅斯距离进入温布利球场仅剩四分钟，但利物浦扳平了比分。在次回战中，庞贝再次将利物浦拖入加时赛，随后进入点球大战——这是该赛事在该阶段首次采用点球决胜。但朴茨茅斯的四次点球中有三次未能命中，奈特认为在维拉公园球场（次回战举办地）的赛后更衣室是他职业生涯中最凄凉的时刻。

“传奇”：奈特被评价为一名“不可思议的扑救者”

12个月后，痛苦再次袭来。朴茨茅斯在进球数上输给西汉姆联，错失了直接升级英超的机会；在季后赛半决赛中，他们又输给了莱斯特城。当时切尔西曾提出邀请，但交易最终告吹，奈特留在弗拉顿公园球场，于2000年1月3日在对阵诺维奇的比赛中完成了为俱乐部出战的第801场也是最后一场比赛。他的队友基特·赛蒙斯在评价奈特时说：“他是庞贝的传奇……但人们没有意识到他作为门将的质量。在扑救方面，他是不可思议的。”

朴茨茅斯为奈特提供了一份教练工作，但退役后的生活十分艰辛。他陷入了酗酒之苦，且在针对南安普顿的致敬赛中筹集到的3 万英镑被债务吞噬，最终导致他住在车里，甚至思考“把水管插进车里是否是更简单的解脱方式”。

2001年，他因对足球的贡献被授予大英帝国成员勋章（MBE），在2008年于Sporting Chance诊所治疗一段时间后，他戒掉了酒精。两年后，他在前岳母的葬礼上遇到了他的第二任妻子海瑟。

朴茨茅斯为他提供了一份俱乐部大使的工作，使他在疫情期间能够分发食品包裹。2024年，他透露自己患有前列腺癌。他的妻子海瑟以及他第一段婚姻所生的女儿们在世。

艾伦·奈特（Alan Knight），出生于1961年7月3日，逝世于2026年9月1日

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这部出色的惊悚兼浪漫喜剧达到了扣人心弦的高潮——它绝对值得再次播出。贝拉（Saffron Hosking 饰）追踪迪伦（Moe Bar-El 饰）来到一座偏僻的棚屋，希望就其犯罪活动与他对质。GT

彼得·奥图尔被完美地选为大卫·林作品中 T.E. 劳伦斯的扮演者

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) BBC Four, 晚上8点 *****

大卫·林这部沙漠壮剧赋予了 T.E. 劳伦斯的故事以生命，并凭借其庄重的视觉效果和数以千计的群众演员，为史诗级大片树立了标杆。无可挑剔的演员阵容（极具天赋的彼得·奥图尔击败了阿尔伯特·芬尼和马龙·白兰度夺得主角），以及对主题智能（尽管在历史细节上有所欠缺）的处理，使这部电影值得珍藏。该片荣获七项奥斯卡奖，包括最佳影片和最佳导演。

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BBC One

6.00 am Breakfast (S) 9.30 Morning Live (S) 10.45 Rip Off Britain (S) 11.30 Homes Under the Hammer (AD) (R) (S)

12.15 pm Bargain Hunt (AD) (R) (S) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S) 1.35 Regional News: Weather (S)

1.45 BBC at One; (S) 2.00 Money for Nothing (S)

2.45 Escape to the Country (R) (S) 3.45 Garden Rescue (R) (S)

3.45 Garden Rescue (R) (S)

4.30 Antiques Road Trip () (S) 5.15 Pointless (S)

6.00 BBC at Six; (S)

6.30 Regional ; (S)

EastEnders

7.00 The One Show With Alex Jones and Roman Kemp (S)

7.30 EastEnders Kat makes a discovery, and Oscar is torn between his head and his heart () (S)

8.00 Dragons' Den Hopeful businesses include a spelt pasta company and an inflatable pub venture () (S)

9.00 Ludwig An unlikely witness to a new crime helps John in unexpected ways () (S)

10.00 BBC at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional ; (S) 10.40 Question Time Topical debate from Salisbury (S)

11.40 Newscast 12.10am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.15 - 6.00am

BBC Two

6.30 am Bargain Hunt () (R) (S) 7.15 Money for Nothing (R) (S) 8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners' World () (R) (S) (SL) 9.00 (S)

12.15 pm Politics Live (S)

1.45 The Edge (R) (S)

2.30 Unbeatable (R) (S)

3.00 Great British Railway Journeys () (R) (S)

3.30 Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico () (R) (S)

4.15 Wild China () (R) (S)

4.15 Wild China () (R) (S) 5.15 Flog It! (R) (S)

6.00 House of Games (R) (S)

6.30 Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure (R) (S)

Escape to the Country

7.00 Escape to the Country A health-conscious couple seeks a detached property in Surrey () (R) (S)

8.00 The Big Deal with Steph McGovern The finalists compete for 5 万英镑 of British art. Last in the series () (S)

9.00 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam New series. True crime documentary featuring women who fall in love with the same man () (S)

9.45 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam A man discovers he has been the face of a scam he never knew existed () (S)

10.30 Newsnight (S)

11.05 T20 Cricket 11.35 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam 12.20am Sign Zone: Vigil 1.20 Sign Zone: Vigil 2.20 - 6.30am This Is BBC Two

ITVI

6.00 am Good Morning Britain (S) 9.30 Lorraine (S) 10.00 This Morning (S) 12.30 pm Loose Women (S) 1.30 News (S) 1.55 ITV News London; Weather (S) 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) (S) 3.00 Lingo (R) (S) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) (S) 5.00 The Chase (S) 6.00 ITV News London; Weather (S) 6.30 News (S)

Long Lost Family

7.30 热浪与食品价格：如何在超市购物中省钱？——今晚 Kate Quilton 将评估近期热浪对农民和食品价格的影响 (S)

8.00 Emmerdale Charles 试图安慰 Nicola (AD) (S)

8.30 Coronation Street Shona 的反常行为引起关注 (AD) (S)

9.00 Long Lost Family Pat 和 Jake 分别寻找亲人 (AD) (S)

10.00 News (S)

10.30 ITV News London; Weather (S) 10.45 电影：《红色》(2010) 动作惊悚片 主演：布鲁斯·威利斯 (S)

12.35 am Shop on TV 3.00 The Chase Around the World 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 - 6.00am Dickinson's Real Deal

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电台选择

Bear Hunt 所有主流平台

一部来自该团队（特别是共同创作者 Joel Emery 和 Adam）的紧张且具有强烈时效性的地缘政治惊悚片

RADIO 1

6.58am Newsbeat 7.00 1 Breakfast with Greg James 10.30 Newsbeat 10.33 Charlie and Jerry 12.45pm 1.00 The GK Barry Show on 1 1 3.00 1 Pop Anthems GK Barry 3.30 3.33 Going Home Vick, Katie and Jamie on 1 1 5.45 6.00 1's New Music Show Jack Saunders 8.00 1's Rave-Up Arielle Free 10.00 BBC Introducing on 1 Dance Jaguar 11.00 The Residency on 1 Dance 1.00am 1's Workout Anthems 2.00 1 Pop Anthems 3.00 1 Pop Anthems 4.00 - 6.58am 1 Early Breakfast Mylo and Rosie

2 FM 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am The 2 Breakfast Show 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00 Jeremy Vine. 时事聊天 2.00pm DJ Spoony. 代替 Trevor Nelson 主持 4.00 Drivetime. 与 Gary Davies 一起分享新闻、观点和音乐 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist. Jo 将播放她在 2 台上很少听到的最喜欢的专辑曲目和音乐瑰宝 2 7.30 Jo Whiley. Gillian Anderson 和 Billy Crudup 聊聊他们的新舞台剧 9.00 The Country Show Darius Rucker. Darius 将与歌手 Riley Green 和 Drew Baldridge 一起主持 10.00 The Good Groove Melvin Odoom. 代替 DJ Spoony 主持 12.00 DJ Borg 3.00am Dance Sounds of the 90s Vernon Kay 4.00 - 6.30am Owain Wyn Evans

第三电台 (RADIO 3) FM 90.2-92.4MHz

6.30am 《早餐》(Breakfast) 9.30 《经典精选》(Essential Classics) 1.00pm 《古典现场》(Classical Live) 4.00 《本周作曲家》：舒伯特——晚年时期 (Composer of the Week: Schubert – The Final Years) 5.00 《协调》(In Tune) 7.00

（Jarrell）参与制作了 Goalhanger 公司极受欢迎的《夏洛克与公司》(Sherlock & Co.)。这个波恩风格的故事通过 10 集扣人心弦的剧集展开，讲述了一支秘密特种作战小队执行刺杀俄罗斯总统的任务，此前一架英国客机从空中坠落导致 350 人死亡——这显然是俄罗斯破坏的结果。

虽然是虚构故事，但研究充分且具有一定的……

《古典混音带》(Classical Mixtape)。一段音乐序列 7.30 《第三电台音乐会》(Radio 3 in Concert)。温顿·马萨利斯 (Wynton Marsalis) 的《全体起立》(All Rise) 9.45 《论文》：声音。男高音尼基·斯彭斯 (Nicky Spence) 探讨声音的脆弱性 10.00 《深夜轨道》(Night Tracks) 11.30 《午夜时分》('Round Midnight) 12.30 - 6.30am 《彻夜》(Through the Night)

第四电台 (RADIO 4) FM 92.4-94.6MHz; LW 106kHz

6.00am 《今日》(Today) 9.00 《在我们的时代》(In Our Time) 9.45 《强力信息》(Strong Message Here) 10.00 《女性时间》(Woman's Hour) 11.00 《文化生活》(This Cultural Life) 11.45 《本周之书》：红木 (Redwood) 12.00 新闻 12.04pm 《骗局秘密》(Scam Secrets)。Shari Vahl 提供的消费者建议。本系列最后一集 12.32 《面团》(Dough)。揭秘日常盈利产品背后的企业 12.57 天气 1.00 《一点钟的世界》(The World at One)。由 Sarah Montague 主持 1.45 《希特勒日记丑闻》(The Hitler Diaries Scandal)。Andrew Hunter Murray 探讨 1983 年的这场骗局 2.00 《弓箭手》(The Archers)。Fallon 对一项有争议的举措感到震惊 2.15 广播剧：《河之南》(South of the River)。作者 Stephen Keyworth 3.00 《开放乡村》(Open Country)。Kate Stables 探索温彻斯特 (Winchester) 3.27 第四电台募捐。代表 Lifebox 基金会 3.30 2026 年 BBC 国家短篇小说奖 4.00 《重新思考》(Rethink) 4.30 《BBC 内部科学》(BBC Inside Science) 5.00 PM 5.57 天气 6.00 六点新闻 6.30 Omid Djali：《合十礼》(Namaste)。这位喜剧演员探讨伊朗、冲突与身份 7.00 《弓箭手》(The Archers)。Lynda 进入行动状态 7.15 《前排》(Front Row) 8.00 《当事情失控时》(When It Hits the Fan) 8.15 《媒体秀》(The Media Show) 9.00 《松散的末端》(Loose Ends) 9.45 《强力信息》(Strong Message Here) 9.59 天气 10.00 《今夜世界》(The World Tonight) 10.45 《睡前之书》：展览 (Exhibition) 11.00 《激进》(Radical) 11.30 《自然爆炸》(NatureBang) 11.45 《议会今日》(Today in Parliament) 12.00 新闻与天气 12.30am 《本周之书》：红木 (Redwood) 12.48 航运预报 1.00 世界服务 (World Service) 5.00 新闻摘要 5.04 《重新思考》(Rethink) 5.32 天气 5.34 航运预报 5.43 今日祷告 5.45 - 6.00am 《今日农业》(Farming Today)

第五电台直播 (RADIO 5 LIVE) MW 683 & 009KHZ

6.00am 5 Live 早餐 9.00 Nicky Campbell 11.00 Adrian Chiles 2.00pm Matt Chorley 4.00 5 Live 驾驶 7.00 5 Live 体育。Eleanor Oldroyd 播报当日体育新闻 7.30 足球。曼城对阵诺维奇 (Manchester City v Norwich City)（开球时间 7.30pm） 10.00 Qasa Alom 1.00am Kathryn Stanczyszyn 5.00 - 6.00am 《金钱觉醒》(Wake Up to Money)

经典 FM (CLASSIC FM) FM 99.0-101.9MHz

6.30am Dan Walker 主持的经典 FM 早餐 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《放松之夜》(Relaxing Evenings)。Zeb 为您带来一个最放松的音乐之夜 10.00 《宁静经典》(Calm Classics) 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00 - 6.30am 早起早餐

全球服务 (WORLD SERVICE) 数字频道

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 新闻室 (The Newsroom) 9.30 纪录片：新丝绸之路故事：“亦敌亦友” (The 'Frenemy') 10.00 新闻 10.06 媒体秀 (The Media Show) 10.30 移交给您 (Over to You) 11.00 新闻室 11.30 全球故事 (The Global Story) 12.00 新闻 12.06pm 展望 (Outlook) 12.50 见证历史 1.00 新闻室 1.30 食物链 (The Food Chain) 2.00 新闻小时 (Newshour) 3.00 新闻 3.06 调查 3.30 商业日报 3.50 世界商业快线 (World Business Express) 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 新闻 6.06 展望 6.50 见证历史 7.00 新闻室 7.30 今日体育 (Sport Today) 8.00 新闻 8.06 纪录片：新丝绸之路故事：“亦敌亦友” 8.30 BBC 内部科学 (BBC Inside Science) 9.00 新闻小时 10.00 新闻 10.06 调查 10.30 食物链 11.00 新闻室 拥有令人印象深刻的军事顾问随行。有时它也显得难以令人信服。

上周以双集形式首播，之后每周四继续播出。

杰拉德·奥多诺万 (Gerard O'Donovan)

11.30 世界商业报告 (World Business Report) 12.00 新闻 12.06am 媒体秀 12.30 约翰·辛普森解析世界 (Unspun World with John Simpson) 1.00 新闻室 1.30 全球故事 2.00 新闻室 2.30 科技生活 (Tech Life) 3.00 新闻 3.06 展望 3.50 见证历史 4.00 新闻室 4.30 心灵与灵魂 (Heart and Soul) 5.00 - 8.00am 新闻日 (Newsday)

RADIO 4 EXTRA 数字频道

6.00am 考尔维尔与索姆斯 (Colvil and Soames) 6.30 死亡说着另一种语言 (Death Speaks Another Language) 7.00 合法、体面、诚实且真实 (Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful) 7.30 伯基斯之路 (The Burkiss Way) 8.00 轮回内森 (ReincarNathan) 8.30 土地法则 (The Rule of the Land) 8.45 拜约挂毯 (The Bayeux Tapestry) 9.00 奥米德·贾利勒：合十礼 (Omid Djalil: Namaste) 9.30 草药：纯粹与简单 (Herbs: Pure and Simple) 9.45 日常礼拜 (Daily Service) 10.00 伟大人生 (Great Lives) 10.30 然后只剩下修女 (And Then There Were Nun) 11.00 考尔维尔与索姆斯 11.30 死亡说着另一种语言 12.00 合法、体面、诚实且真实 12.30pm 伯基斯之路 1.00 轮回内森 1.30 土地法则 1.45 拜约挂毯 2.00 困境 (Dilemma) 2.30 两门之隔 (Two Doors Down) 3.00 针 (Needle) 3.45 短篇作品 (Short Works) 4.00 伟大人生 4.30 然后只剩下修女 5.00 考尔维尔与索姆斯 5.30 死亡说着另一种语言 6.00 合法、体面、诚实且真实 6.30 伯基斯之路 7.00 轮回内森 7.30 土地法则 7.45 拜约挂毯 8.00 困境 8.30 两门之隔 9.00 针 9.45 短篇作品 10.00 奥米德·贾利勒：合十礼 10.30 莱门·西赛的起源故事 (Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories) 11.00 与海格利一起聆听 (Hearing with Hegley) 11.15 爱尔兰米克斯与传奇 (Irish Micks and Legends) 11.30 尸僵 (Rigor Mortis) 12.00 伟大人生 12.30am 然后只剩下修女 1.00 考尔维尔与索姆斯 1.30 死亡说着另一种语言 2.00 合法、体面、诚实且真实 2.30 伯基斯之路 3.00 轮回内森 3.30 土地法则 3.45 拜约挂毯 4.00 困境 4.30 两门之隔 5.00 针 5.45 - 6.00am 短篇作品

FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) 音频描述 (R) 重播 (S) 字幕 (SL) 视觉手语翻译

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Channel 4

6.30 am 《女王之王》(The King of Queens) (AD) (R) (S) 6.55 《女王之王》(The King of Queens) (AD) (R) (S) 7.20 《女王之王》(The King of Queens) () (R) (S) 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (R) (S) 8.10 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (R) (S) 8.40 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (R) (S) 9.10 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) () (R) (S) 9.40 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) () (R) (S) 10.10 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) () (R) (S) 10.40 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) () (R) (S) 11.10 《美国拾荒者》(American Pickers) () (R) (S)

12.05 pm Channel 4 新闻 (S)

12.10 《寻找、修复、出售》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It) () (R) (S)

1.10 《豪宅赠送》(The Great House Giveaway) (R) (S)

2.10 《倒计时》(Countdown) (S)

3.00 《阳光之所》(A Place in the Sun) (R) (S)

4.00 《救命！我们买了个村庄》(Help! We Bought a Village) (S)

5.00 《四人一床》(Four in a Bed) (S)

5.30 《来我家吃饭》(Come Dine with Me) (R) (S)

6.00 《阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？》(A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now?) (S)

Taskmaster

7.00 Channel 4 新闻 (S)

8.00 《单车上的两个男人》(Two Men on a Bike) David Baddiel 和 Hugh Dennis 骑行穿越法国 () (R) (S)

9.00 《任务大师》(Taskmaster) Matt Lucas 尝试克服恐高症 () (S)

10.00 《启示录》(Apocalypse) 两组普通人必须在模拟的后末日世界中生存 () (R) (S)

11.20 《沙发评论员》(Gogglebox) 12.20am 《拉姆齐的厨房噩梦：美国篇》(Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA) 1.05 《百万富翁囤积者》(Millionaire Hoarders) 2.00 电影：《纯真》(The Innocents) (2021) 挪威恐怖片，由 Rakel Lenora Flottum 主演 4.00 《位置，位置，位置》(Location, Location, Location) 4.55 《情侣来我家吃饭》(Couples Come Dine with Me) 5.50 - 6.30am 《倒计时》(Countdown)

Channel 5

6.00 am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) 11.30 Storm & Alexis (S) 12.45 pm 5 News 午间新闻 (S) 12.50 Matt Allwright (S) 2.20 电影：《嫁给陌生人》(Married to a Stranger) (2025, TVM) 惊悚片，由 Emma Johnson 主演 (S) 4.00 《古堡》(Castle) (R) (S) 4.55 《热爱自然》(Love Nature) (R) (S) 5.00 5 News (Dan Walker 主持) (S) 6.00 《与 Nick Knowles 一起进行惊人的铁路冒险》(Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles) (R) (S) 6.55 5 News 更新 (S)

约克郡兽医 (The Yorkshire Vet)

7.00 《蜜蜂的秘密生活》(The Secret Life of Bees) 两集之第一部分。Steve Backshall 探讨英国蜜蜂物种的各个方面 (R) (S)

7.55 5 News 更新 (S)

8.00 《约克郡兽医》(The Yorkshire Vet) Peter Wright 护理一只受伤的长耳鸮并治疗一只小牛的颈部肿块 () (S)

9.00 《万物生灵》(All Creatures Great and Small) 新剧集。随着战争终于结束，镇上新来的兽医威胁到了原有的现状 () (S)

10.05 《儿童绑架者：谁带走了 Lynda 和 Dawn？》(Child Snatcher: Who Took Lynda & Dawn?) 首次使用 DNA 分析来识别凶手 (R) (S) 11.00 《儿童绑架者：谁带走了 Lynda 和 Dawn？》(Child Snatcher: Who Took Lynda & Dawn?) 12.05am 《致命初次约会》(Fatal First Dates) 1.10 5 频道娱乐新闻 on 5.1.15 《与 LoveitBookit 一起看邮轮电视》(Cruise TV with LoveitBookit) 2.15 《与 Nick Knowles 一起进行惊人的铁路冒险》(Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles) 3.05 《古堡》(Castle) 3.50 《高地兽医》(The Highland Vet) 4.35 《高地兽医》(The Highland Vet) 5.25 Mixmups 5.35 Mixmups 5.50 - 6.00am Mixmups

Sky Arts

6.00 am 太阳马戏团：《Varekai》(Cirque du Soleil: Varekai) (S) 8.00 《绘画之乐》(The Joy of Painting) () (S) 8.30 《绘画之乐》(The Joy of Painting) () (S) 9.00 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S) 9.30 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S) 10.00 《希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents) (S) 10.30 《希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents) (S) 11.00 《发现：杰夫·布里吉斯》(Discovering: Jeff Bridges) () (S) 12.00 《经典专辑》(Classic Albums) (S)

1.00 pm 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S)

1.30 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S) 2.00 《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克·海斯》(The Alfred Hitchcock Hays) (S)

2.00 《希区柯克时间》(The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) (S) 3.00 《与 Jim 和 Nancy Moir 一起画鸟》(Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir) () (S)

4.00 《发现：肖恩·康纳利》(Discovering: Sean Connery) () (S)

5.00 《2024年度最佳肖像画家》(Best of Portrait Artist of the Year 2024) () (S)

6.00 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S) 6.30 《出人意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected) () (S)

法令谋杀 (Murder by Decree)

7.00 《希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents) 一个男人的未婚妻在一起肇事逃逸事故中被杀 (S)

7.30 《希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents) 一位王子对一名家庭主妇产生浪漫兴趣 (S)

8.00 《发现：凯特·温斯莱特》(Discovering: Kate Winslet) 这位获得奥斯卡奖的英国女演员的生平与职业生涯 (S)

9.00 电影：《法令谋杀》(Murder by Decree) (1978) 由 Christopher Plummer 主演的夏洛克·福尔摩斯谜案 (S)

11.20 《导演们》(The Directors) 12.20am 《彼得·塞勒斯精选》(The Very Best of Peter Sellers) 1.40 / Am Richard Pryor 3.40 《国民信托：花园瑰宝》(National Trust: Garden Treasures) 5.00 · 6.00am 《与 Jim 和 Nancy Moir 一起画鸟》(Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir)

U&Drama

FV 20 FS 158 SKY 143 VIRGIN 116

6.00 am 电视购物 7.30 《比尔》(The Bill) (S) 8.25 《医生》(Doctors) (S) 9.00 《医生》(Doctors) (S) 9.40 经典《霍比城市》(Holby City) (S) 11.00 经典《伤亡》(Casualty) (AD) (S) 12.00 《比尔》(The Bill) (S) 1.00 pm 《东区东街》(EastEnders) (S) 1.40 《东区东街》(EastEnders) (S) 2.15 《邻居》(Neighbours) (S) 2.50 《邻居》(Neighbours) (S) 3.20 《波尼法斯修女谜案》(Sister Boniface Mysteries) (AD) (S) 4.20 《布朗神父》(Father Brown) () (S) 5.20 《岁月如歌》(As Time Goes By) (S) 6.00 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine) () (S) 6.40 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine) () (S)

一个绝佳的死亡之地

7.20 《夏日之末》Foggy 对摄像机产生了兴趣 () (S)

8.00 《切尔西侦探》(The Chelsea Detective) Max 和团队深入调查一名已故管家的案件 () (S)

9.00 《一个绝佳的死亡之地》(A Remarkable Place to Die) Anais 发现证据表明她的姐姐在去世前服用过 A 类禁药 () (S)

10.00 《新线索》(New Tricks) 团队重启对一名恐怖分子死亡事件的调查 () (S)

11.00 《铜警》(Copper) 12.00 《洛夫乔伊》(Lovejoy) 1.00am 《切尔西侦探》(The Chelsea Detective) 2.00 《波尼法斯修女谜案》(Sister Boniface Mysteries) 3.05 《与布雷斯韦特一家同住》(At Home with the Braithwaites) 4.00 - 6.00am 电视购物

Talking Pictures TV

6.00 am 电影：《我们搞砸的那一夜》(The Night We Dropped a Clanger) (1959, 黑白) 由 Brian Rix 主演的二战喜剧 (S) 7.45 电影：《孤独之地》(In a Lonely Place) (1950, 黑白) 由 Humphrey Bogart 主演的惊悚片 (S) 9.35 电影：《斗牛犬品种》(The Bulldog Breed) (1960, 黑白) 由 Norman Wisdom 主演的海军喜剧 (S) 11.35 电影：《夜之冲突》(Clash by Night) (1963) (S) 1.00 pm 《兰斯洛特爵士历险记》(The Adventures of Sir Lancelot) 1.30 《杜克街公爵夫人》(The Duchess of Duke Street) (S) 2.35 电影：《刺客巷的灯》(The Lamp in Assassin Mews) (1962, 黑白) 由 Francis Matthews 主演的喜剧 (S) 3.55 Cinebox 回忆录 4.00 《那就是我的儿子》(That's My Boy) (S) 4.35 Julius Hagen 季 (S) 4.45 电影：《镜中人》(The Man in the Mirror) (1936, 黑白) 由 Edward Everett Horton 主演的奇幻喜剧 (S) 6.20 《离奇但真实》(Strange But True) (S) 6.55 《兄弟》(The Brothers) (S)

离奇但真实

8.00 Mark Saber 一个认为自己快要死去的人雇佣了一名杀手来杀死他 (S)

8.30 《轮转工与调度员社交俱乐部》(The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club) 特邀 Karl Denver Trio (S)

9.20 电影：《蓝宝石》(Sapphire) (1959) 由 Nigel Patrick 主演的谋杀谜案 (S)

11.05 电影：《奥德萨档案》(The Odessa File) (1974) 由 Jon Voight 主演的惊悚片 1.40am 电影：《该死的反抗者！》(Damn the Defiant!) (1962) 由 Alec Guinness 主演的海洋剧 3.45 《审视生活》(Look at Life) 4.00 《伯克法》(Burke's Law) 5.00 - 6.00am 《联合国特工》(The Man from UNCLE)

Film4

FV 14 FS 300 SKY 855 VIRGIN 428 11.00 am 电影：《弗吉尼亚人》(The Virginian) (1946) 由 Joel McCrea 主演的西部片翻拍版 (S) 12.45 pm 电影：《枪火之怒》(Gun Fury) (1953) 由 Rock Hudson 主演的西部片 (S) 2.25 电影：《战斧》(Tomahawk) (1951) 由 Van Heflin 主演的西部片 (S) 4.05 《万物理论》访谈特辑 4.15 电影：《罗宾与玛丽安》(Robin and Marian) (1976) 由 Sean Connery 和 Audrey Hepburn 主演的中世纪冒险片 (S)

美丽的游戏

6.25 电影：《美丽的游戏》(The Beautiful Game) (2024) 一名足球球探说服一名陷入困境的前前锋在罗马举行的无家可归者世界杯中代表英格兰队出战。由 Bill Nighy 和 Micheal Ward 主演的体育喜剧剧 () (S)

8.50 《万物理论》访谈特辑 嘉宾包括 Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones 以及导演 James Marsh

9.00 电影：《万物理论》(The Theory of Everything) (2014) 斯蒂芬·霍金的传记片，探讨他在健康状况恶化的情况下与妻子 Jane 的关系以及开创性的工作。由 Eddie Redmayne 和 Felicity Jones 主演 () (S)

11.25 电影：《我，船长》(Io Capitano) (2023) 由 Seydou Sarr 和 Moustapha Fall 主演的剧情片 1.45 - 3.55am 电影：《薄荷》(Peppermint) (2018) 由 Jennifer Garner 主演的复仇惊悚片

中东战争如何重塑我们的世界

更多频道

FV 9 FS 173 SKY 115 VIRGIN 108 7.00 pm 《运河：一个国家的塑造》(Canals: The Making of a Nation)

7.30 《酒吧、池塘与权力：村庄的故事》(Pubs, Ponds and Power; The Story of the Village)

BBC Four

8.00 电影：《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》(1962) 由彼得·奥图尔主演的奥斯卡获奖史诗剧

11.30 大卫·林：谈论影像 12.10 am 高级定制的秘密世界

1.10 鲨鱼：水面之下 2.10 酒馆、池塘与权力：村庄的故事

YouTube

2.40 - 3.10am 运河：国家的塑造

Telegraph 伊朗： 最新动态

ITV2

每日观看或聆听

11.30 am 心跳 (Heartbeat) 12.30 pm 心跳 (Heartbeat) 1.35 皇家 (The Royal) 2.40 衷心之爱 (Wild at Heart) 3.40 经典艾默代尔 (Classic Emmerdale) 4.40 经典街道冠冕 (Classic Coronation Street) 5.15 经典街道冠冕 (Classic Coronation Street) 5.50 心跳 (Heartbeat) 6.55 心跳 (Heartbeat) 8.00 薇拉 (Vera) 10.00 唐顿庄园 (Downton Abbey) 11.10 斯科特与贝莉 (Scott & Bailey) 12.00 斯科特与贝莉 (Scott & Bailey) 1.00 am 皇家 (The Royal) 2.00 乔治与米尔德里德 (George and Mildred) 2.30 - 6.00am 电视购物

11.20am 瑞克·斯坦的长周末 12.20pm Top Gear 2.20 莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓 3.00 英国如何运作 4.00 毛发骑手之英国精选 5.00 瑞克·斯坦的长周末 7.00 莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓 7.40 我会骗你吗？ 9.00 命中点 (Hit Point) 10.00 我是不是又为你带来了一些新闻 11.00 任务大师 (Taskmaster) 12.00 嘲讽本周 (Mock the Week) 12.40am 我会骗你吗？ 2.00 命中点 (Hit Point) 3.00-4.00am 戴夫·戈曼：现代生活还算不错

11.10am 魔法禁咒 (Charmed) 12.10pm 成交或不成交 1.10 超市大扫货 2.10 幸运轮盘 3.10 埃塞克斯的唯一方式 4.10 波托马克真实主妇 5.00 比弗利山真实主妇 6.00 名人猜词 7.00 幸运轮盘 8.00 1%俱乐部 9.00 老大哥 10.00 老大哥：群聊 11.05 盖亚一家 (Family Guy) 12.05am 美国爸爸！ 1.05 鲍勃的汉堡 1.55 成交或不成交 2.45 与ITV一起放松 3.00-6.00am 电视购物

Apple Podcasts

Challenge

U&Dave

1.00 现金陷阱 2.00 谎言之桥 3.00 追击 (The Chase) 4.00 名人古董公路旅行 5.15 全星家庭财富 6.00 现金陷阱 7.00 击败追击者 8.00 追击 (The Chase) 10.00 名人特别篇 11.00 牛眼 (Bullseye) 12.00 谎言之桥 1.00am The 2.00 名人特别篇 3.00-4.00am The

Discovery

正午 澳洲内陆欧泊猎人 1.00pm 修复铺 (The Repair Shop) 2.00 掩埋之棚 3.00 掩埋之棚：经典联合收割机 4.00 寻找、修复、出售 5.00 约克郡拍卖行 7.00 古董公路旅行 8.00 澳洲内陆卡车司机 9.00 澳洲黄金猎人 10.00 修复铺 (The Repair Shop) 11.00 他们是怎么做到的？ 1.00am 抢救猎人 3.00-4.00am 抢救猎人：修复者

ITV3

Quest

11.00am 名人古董公路旅行 12.15pm 莉莉·萨维奇的空白填空

正午 脱离电网建筑 1.00pm 动物园：圣地亚哥 3.00 行李大战 5.00 阿拉斯加：家园救援 7.00 轮转交易员 (Wheeler Dealers) 9.00 边境管制：欧洲。在罗马，一对夫妇因在体内走私毒品被送往医院 10.00 抓获！ 12.00 最致命的渔获 2.00am 抓获！ 3.00-4.00am 黄金潜水员

FY 26 FS 117 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 11.40 am 专业人士 (The Professionals) 12.40 pm 冠军 (The Champions) 1.50 美国拾荒者 (American Pickers) 2.50 美国拾荒者 (American Pickers) 3.50 斯威尼 (The Sweeney) 4.55 专业人士 (The Professionals) 6.00 飞镖：世界系列赛决赛。第一晚报道 10.00 贝尼多姆 (Benidorm) 11.00 法甲联赛集锦 11.35 黑帆 (Black Sails) 12.35 am 地狱厨房 (Hell's Kitchen) 1.30 战斗机器人 (BattleBots) 2.30 世界汽车 (Auto Mundial) 3.00 - 6.00am 电视购物

Spotify

ITV4

Sky History

Sky Documentaries

正午 The Last Hunt for Nazi Gold 1.00pm Alone 2.00 Junk & Disorderly 4.00 Junk & Disorderly: Henry's Wreck-trospective 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire Tournament of Champions 8.00 Outback Wreckers 9.00 Alone 10.00 Flipping Bangers 12.00 Storage Wars 12.55am Pawn Stars 1.50 Alone 2.50 Flipping Bangers 3.40-4.25am Junk & Disorderly

11.50am Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 1.00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 1.40 The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power 2.35 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 3.40 Symbols of Evil 4.50 Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 5.55 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 6.35 The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power 7.30 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 8.35 Symbols of Evil 9.45 Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 10.55 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 12.00 Symbols of Evil 1.10am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 2.00-6.00am Teleshopping

FV 18 FS 124 SKY 130 VIRGIN 147 11.35 am Come Dine with Me 12.05 pm Come Dine with Me 12.35 1.05 1.40 2.15 Four in a Bed 4.50 Car S.O.S 5.50 Car S.O.S 6.50 Grand Designs 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 Sandi Toksvig's Great Riviera Rail Trip 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 2.20 24 Hours in A&E 3.25 - 3.50am Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Freezer Aisle

正午 Barbie Uncovered: A Dreamhouse Divided 1.50pm My Icon: Michael Holding 2.00 I Am Joe Frazier

More4

Telegraph app

PBS America

FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) Audio description (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) In-vision signing

U&Gold

SKY 110 VIRGIN 124

Great! Mystery

2.00 pm Dad's Army 2.40 The Green Green Grass 3.20 Are You Being Served? 4.00 Ever Decreasing Circles 4.40 Dad's Army 5.20 Last of the Summer Wine 6.40 The Vicar of Dibley 7.20 Dad's Army 8.00 The Vicar of Dibley 9.35 The Royle Family 10.15 The Fast Show 10.55 Not Going Out 11.30 The Vicar of Dibley 12.05 am The Vicar of Dibley 1.00 The Royle Family 1.40 Not Going Out 2.25 Don't Wait Up 2.55 Black Ops 3.25 - 4.00am The Royle Family

Sky One

3.00 - 6.10am Teleshopping

3.45 My Icon: Duke McKenzie 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Disasters from Space 6.00 电影：I Am Jackie O (2020) 杰基·肯尼迪·奥纳西的人物传记 7.45 My Icon: Denise Lewis 8.00 The Mortician 11.10 电影：Bowling for Columbine (2002) 迈克尔·摩尔执导的奥斯卡获奖纪录片 1.30-4.30am Liverpool Narcos

FV 27 FS 158 SKY 150 VIRGIN 129 正午 Antiques Roadshow 1.00 pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 & Cash 3.00 & Cash 4.00 Adolf Hitler's War 5.00 The World at War 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Planet Earth II 8.00 & 9.00 Dream Car Fixers 10.00 & 11.00 & 12.00 & 1.00 am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00 The Architecture the Railways Built

U&Yesterday

正午 Deep Dive North America 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Superstore 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Hip Hop 9.00 The Paper 10.00 Gemma Collins: Everything. All at Once 12.10am Grimm 1.05 Evil 2.00 The Walking Dead: Dead City 3.00-4.00am Hawaii Five-0

正午 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 电影：《Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Keys to the Castle》(2024) 由 Tamera Mowry-Housley 主演的超自然悬疑片 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 电影：《Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Keys to the Castle》(2024) 由 Tamera Mowry-Housley 主演的超自然悬疑片 11.55 电影：《Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction》

11.20 am Mussolini: Son of the Century 12.30 pm Homicide: Life on the Street 1.30 Homicide: Life on the Street 2.30 Billions 3.40 Billions 4.50 Heated Rivalry 5.55 Heated Rivalry 7.00 The Gilded Age 8.00 The Gilded Age 9.00 Fightland 10.00 Dune: Prophecy 11.15 Succession 12.30 am Succession 1.45 Succession 3.00 - 4.10am Heated Rivalry

Murder (2020) 犯罪悬疑片 Taylor Cole 12.51am Good News on GREAT! 12.56 电影：《Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction Murder》(2020) 1.50 电影：《Cheer Squad Secrets》(2021) 3.25-4.50am 电影：《The Black Widow Killer》(2018)

Sky Cinema Premiere

10.25am Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe (2026) 成龙主演的动作喜剧片 12.25pm Supergirl (2026) Milly Alcock 主演的奇幻冒险片 2.25 The History of Sound (2025) Paul Mescal 主演的剧情片 4.40 Rabbit Trap (2025) Dev Patel 主演的恐怖片 6.15 Hungry (2026) Madison Davenport 主演的恐怖惊悚片 8.00 Supergirl (2026) Milly Alcock 主演的奇幻冒险片 10.00 The History of Sound (2025) Paul Mescal 主演的剧情片 12.10am Five Nights At Freddy's 2 (2025) Josh Hutcherson 主演的恐怖续集 2.00 Rabbit Trap (2025) 3.35-5.20am Twinless (2025)

7.30am DP World Tour 高尔夫球赛直播。宝马PGA锦标赛 6.00pm 国际T20板球赛直播，英格兰对阵斯里兰卡 10.30 Paper Talk 11.00 Sky Sports 12.00-5.15am NFL直播。布法罗比尔对阵底特律狮子（开球时间 1.15am）

Sky Sports Main Event

Sky Atlantic

Sky Sports Premier League

正午 Premier League Stories 12.30pm Netbusters 1.00 Review 2.00 Years 4.00 Stories 4.30 Netbusters 5.00 The Show 7.00 The Big Interview 7.30 Stories 8.00 Match Officials Mic'd Up 8.30 Review 9.30 The Big Interview 10.00 Stories 10.30 Netbusters 11.00 Years 1.00am PL Retro 3.00- 4.00am PL Greatest Games

TNT Sports 1

正午 TNT Sports Reload 12.15pm The Gruppetto 12.30 直播：自行车赛 – 男子。2026年阿布鲁佐之旅 2.30 TNT Sports Reload 2.45 CPL 集锦 3.15 直播：男子自行车职业系列赛。2026年斯柯达卢森堡之旅 6.00 – The Big Interview 6.30 No Filter Football 7.00 欧足联欧罗巴联赛直播。水晶宫对阵波兹南莱赫（开球时间 8.00pm） 10.30 – The Big Interview 11.00 Reload 11.15 Sign Up – Into Football 12.00 MLB集锦 1.00am MLB直播。德州游骑兵对阵波士顿红袜（开始时间 1.05am） 3.45-5.45am 男子自行车职业系列赛

正午 BBC Now 2.00pm BBC Now 2.30 Business Today 2.45 Now 3.00 Verified Live 4.30 Business Today 4.45 Verified Live 5.30 6.30 The World 8.00 The Context USA 9.00 Question Time 10.00 at Ten 10.30 Newsnight 11.00 World America 12.00 12.30am Newscast 1.00 1.30 Tech Now 2.00 Newsday 2.30 Business 2.45 Sport 3.00 Newsday 3.30 Business 3.45- 4.00am Sport

GB News

正午 Good Afternoon Britain 3.00pm Martin Daubney 6.00 Dewbs & Co 7.00 Farage 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

Sky News

正午 Sky Today 5.00pm The Hour with Mark Austin 7.00 The Cathy Newman Show 8.00 UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee 9.00 The World with Yalda Hakim 10.00 The Wrap with Anna Botting 12.00-6.00am Sky

节目变动

北爱尔兰

BBC One: 10.40pm The View 11.20 - 12.20am Question Time 12.50am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.50 - 6.00am BBC

Two: 无变动 UTV: 10.45pm Up Close 11.15 Millionaire Hot Seat 11.40 Prescription for Murder: True Crime Presents 12.25 - 12.35am Hidden Northern Ireland

苏格兰

One: 2.00pm Politics Scotland 3.00 - 3.45 Money for Nothing 11.40 - 12.10am Scotcast 12.40am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.45 - 6.00am

Scotland: 7.00pm Reporting Scotland: at Seven 7.30 Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 8.00 Beechgrove Garden 8.30 Landward 9.00 Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling 9.30 Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling 10.00 Stevens & McCarthy 10.30 Scot Squad 11.00 Scotcast 11.30 The Scotts midnight Close

STV: 7.30 - 8.00pm What's on Scotland 10.45 Heatwaves & Food Prices: Saving on Your Supermarket Shop? - Tonight 11.10 电影：《尖峰时刻 3》(2007) 12.40 - 3.00am Shop on TV 3.50 - 5.05am Unwind with STV

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ITVI 地区

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S4℃

6.00am Cyw 12.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd 12.05pm Dim Byd I'w Wisgo 12.30 Heno 1.00 Codi Hwy! 1.30 Gwalia Alnighcia 2.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd 2.05 Pryenhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd 3.05 Am Oro! 4.00 Awr Fawr: Y Trabalas 4.05 Awr Fawr: Bhwli 4.15 : Wawl! 4.35 : Ger a Gu 4.50 : Annibendod 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Rialo+ 6.30 Clwb Rygbii 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd 8.00 Ptolol y Cwm 8.25 Rownd a Rownd 8.55 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd 9.00 Pawb a'i Farn 10.00 Taclo'r Ty 10.30 - 11.35pm Radio Fa'ima

天气预报

总体情况

今日英国全境有风。英格兰南部和威尔士早晨有雨，随后天气转晴且干燥。苏格兰、英格兰北部和北爱尔兰有晴间阵雨。

伦敦、中部南部、海峡群岛、西南部、东部、东南部、东英吉利、中英格兰：今日有风，早晨有雨，下午晴朗干燥。最高气温 62-70F (17-21℃)。西风至西北风，风力轻至中等。今晚有零星云层。最低气温 45-57F (7-14℃)。

◆ 西北部、湖区、马恩岛、中部北部、东北部：今日有晴间阵雨。最高气温 48-66F (9-19℃)。西风，风力轻至中等。今晚有晴朗时段。最低气温 41-57F (5-14℃)。 ◆ 威尔士：

今日早晨有雨。最高气温 52-62F (11-17℃)。西风，风力轻至中等。

全球读数

今晚有晴朗时段。最低气温 42-55F (6-13℃)。 ◆ 北爱尔兰：今日有阵雨。最高气温 45-62F (7-17℃)。中等西风。今晚多云。最低气温 41-54F (5-12℃)。 ◆ 苏格兰西南部、苏格兰西北部、格拉斯哥、中部高地、阿盖尔、西群岛、苏格兰东南部、苏格兰东北部、爱丁堡、邓迪、阿伯丁、莫雷湾、奥克尼、设得兰：今日有风并伴有分散阵雨。最高气温 40-60F (4-16℃)。中等至强西风。今晚偶有阵雨。最低气温 36-55F (2-13℃)。

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英国气象读数 昨晚报告（截至下午6点的24小时数据）· *预估读数

专家观点、权威评论及旅行规划建议 • telegraph.co.uk / travel

< / td><>日照小时数< / ><>降雨量(英寸)< / ><>最高 / 最低 °C< / ><>白天天气< / >< / tr><><>阿伯丁< / ><>4,4< / ><>0,02< / ><>15 / 10< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>阿伯里斯特威斯< / ><>2,7< / ><>0,16< / ><>18 / 13< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>安特里姆< / ><>3,0< / ><>0,13< / ><>16 / 12< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>艾文茅尔< / ><>2,6< / ><>0,10< / ><>14 / 9< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>巴恩斯泰普尔< / ><>2,2< / ><>0,07< / ><>19 / 12< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>巴罗-因-弗纳斯< / ><>2,6< / ><>0,21< / ><>17 / 13< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>贝辛斯托克< / ><>8,7< / ><>0,00< / ><>21 / 11< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>贝德福德< / ><>6,0< / ><>0,00< / ><>21 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>1,1< / ><>0,16< / ><>17 / 13< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>贝里克< / ><>7,4< / ><>0,00< / ><>17 / 10< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>伯明翰< / ><>8,6< / ><>0,02< / ><>19 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>博德明< / ><>3,1< / ><>0,18< / ><>17 / 12< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>伯恩茅斯< / ><>2,8< / ><>0,00< / ><>20 / 10< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>布雷特里< / ><>5,8< / ><>0,00< / ><>22 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>布雷肯< / ><>3,4< / ><>0,02< / ><>17 / 11< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>布里德灵顿< / ><>3,9< / ><>0,03< / ><>19 / 13< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>布赖顿< / ><>6,8< / ><>0,00< / ><>21 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>布里斯托< / ><>7,0< / ><>0,00< / ><>19 / 11< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>坎伯恩< / ><>4,4< / ><>0,10< / ><>17 / 13< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>卡迪夫< / ><>7,5< / ><>0,00< / ><>18 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>卡莱尔< / ><>6,9< / ><>0,00< / ><>17 / 9< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>卡特里克< / ><>6,9< / ><>0,00< / ><>19 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>切普纳姆< / ><>7,5< / ><>0,00< / ><>20 / 11< / ><>局部多云< / >< / table>

每日电讯报 • 旅行

<><>< / ><>日照小时数< / ><>降雨量(英寸)< / ><>最高 / 最低 °C< / ><>白天天气< / >< / ><><>切斯特< / ><>0,6< / ><>0,41< / ><>17 / 13< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>考文垂< / ><>6,5< / ><>0,00< / ><>20 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>唐卡斯特< / ><>6,0< / ><>0,00< / ><>19 / 12< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>多佛< / ><>7,8< / ><>0,00< / ><>20 / 14< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>邓迪< / ><>8,3< / ><>0,03< / ><>17 / 10< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>东本< / ><>4,2< / ><>0,07< / ><>21 / 13< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>爱丁堡< / ><>8,8< / ><>0,00< / ><>18 / 9< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>埃普瑟姆< / ><>6,3< / ><>0,00< / ><>21 / 12< / >

p / cloudy< / td>< / tr> 法尔茅斯 (Falmouth)< / ><>3,2"< / ><>0,14< / ><>17"< / ><>13" 雨< / >< / ><><>法恩伯勒 (Farnborough)< / ><>6,4"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21"< / ><>11" 多云< / >< / ><><>威廉堡 (Fort William)< / ><>3,0"< / ><>0,28< / ><>16"< / ><>11" 雨< / >< / ><><>格拉斯哥 (Glasgow)< / ><>6,1"< / ><>0,02< / ><>16"< / ><>8" 多云< / >< / ><><>格雷特马尔文 (Great Malvern)< / ><>6,5"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19"< / ><>12" 多云< / >< / ><><>格里姆斯比 (Grimsby)< / ><>7,5"< / ><>0,00< / ><>20"< / ><>12" 多云< / >< / ><><>根西岛 (Guernsey)< / ><>6,2"< / ><>0,00< / ><>18"< / ><>14" 多云< / >< / ><><>赫里福德 (Hereford)< / ><>5,3"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19"< / ><>12" 多云< / >< / ><><>海威科姆 (High Wycombe)< / ><>6,2"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21"< / ><>10" 多云< / >< / ><><>霍利黑德 (Holyhead)< / ><>3,2"< / ><>0,03< / ><>17"< / ><>13" 阵雨< / >< / ><><>哈德斯菲尔德 (Huddersfield)< / ><>3,3"< / ><>0,08< / ><>16"< / ><>11" 阵雨< / >< / ><><>伊普斯威奇 (Ipswich)< / ><>8,7"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21"< / ><>12" 多云< / >< / ><><>马恩岛 (Isle of Man)< / ><>3,4"< / ><>0,00< / ><>17"< / ><>13" 阴< / >< / ><><>斯凯岛 (Isle of Skye)< / ><>3,5"< / ><>0,09< / ><>13"< / ><>11" 阵雨< / >< / ><><>怀特岛 (Isle of Wight)< / ><>8,2"< / ><>0,00< / ><>20"< / ><>11" 多云< / >< / table>

<><>< / ><>日照小时< / ><>降雨量< / ><>最高 / 最低 °C< / ><>白天天气< / >< / ><><>锡利群岛 (Isles of Scilly)< / ><>6,5"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 10"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>泽西岛 (Jersey)< / ><>5,7"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 15"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>凯斯威克 (Keswick)< / ><>3,9"< / ><>0,04< / ><>17" 11"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>邱园 (Kew Gardens)< / ><>6,5"< / ><>0,00< / ><>22" 13"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>金斯林 (King's Lynn)< / ><>7,3"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21" 11"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>利兹 (Leeds)< / ><>4,0"< / ><>0,03< / ><>17" 12"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>洛伊克 (Loek)< / ><>3,7"< / ><>0,27< / ><>17" 12"< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>莱明斯特 (Leominster)< / ><>5,6"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 12"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>林肯 (Lincoln)< / ><>4,1"< / ><>0,03< / ><>19" 11"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>利物浦 (Liverpool)< / ><>0,8"< / ><>0,32< / ><>16" 13"< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>伦敦 (London)< / ><>5,9"< / ><>0,00< / ><>22" 12"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>曼彻斯特 (Manchester)< / ><>2,1"< / ><>0,35< / ><>17" 13"< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>米德尔斯堡 (Middlesbrough)< / ><>6,0"< / ><>0,00< / ><>18" 11"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>纽卡斯尔 (Newcastle)< / ><>8,4"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 9"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>纽基 (Newquay)< / ><>2,8"< / ><>0,15< / ><>18" 14"< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>诺丁汉 (Nottingham)< / ><>3,2"< / ><>0,05< / ><>19" 11"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>奥克尼群岛 (Orkney)< / ><>2,7"< / ><>0,04< / ><>13" 10"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>牛津 (Oxford)< / ><>7,9"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21" 10"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>珀斯 (Perth)< / ><>8,2"< / ><>0,03< / ><>17" 10"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>彼得伯勒 (Peterborough)< / ><>7,7"< / ><>0,00< / ><>21" 11"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>普利茅斯 (Plymouth)< / ><>5,2"< / ><>0,00< / ><>18" 13"< / ><>多云< / >< / ><><>朴次茅斯 (Portsmouth)*< / ><>7,2"< / ><>0,00' 21" 11"< / ><>多云< / ><>< / >< / ><><>普雷斯特威克 (Prestwick)< / ><>2,3"< / ><>0,00< / ><>16" 13"< / ><>阴< / >< / table>

大西洋锋面 今日正午：匈牙利、意大利北部和西班牙东部有雷阵雨。锋面将给英国和西北欧带来一些降雨。

太阳与月亮（格林威治） 高潮

日出< / td><>0640< / >< / tr><><>日落< / ><>1912< / >< / ><><>月出< / ><>1428< / >< / ><><>月落< / ><>2117< / >< / ><><>上弦月< / ><>Sep 18< / >< / table>

昨日

<><><>最高温< / ><>伦敦 / 希思罗 21℃ (70F)< / >< / ><><>最低温< / ><>阿伯丁 10℃ (F)< / >< / ><><>最高降水量< / ><>Time 0.53 英寸< / >< / ><><>最长日照< / ><>Kiriness 10.8 小时< / >< / >

照明时间

<><><>阿伯丁< / ><>1922 至 0646< / >< / ><><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>1937 至 0703< / >< / ><><>伯明翰< / ><>1918 至 0647< / >< / ><><>伦敦< / ><>1912 至 0641< / >< / ><><>曼彻斯特< / ><>1928 至 0648< / >< / ><><>彭赞斯< / ><>1932 至 0702< / >< / >

<><><>阿伯丁< / ><>0444< / ><>3,8m< / ><>1701< / ><>3,6m< / >< / ><><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>0237< / ><>3,3m< / ><>1459< / ><>3,2m< / >< / ><><>卡迪夫< / ><>1001< / ><>10,5m< / ><>2214< / ><>10,3m< / >< / ><><>多佛< / ><>0220< / ><>6,1m< / ><>1435< / ><>6,0m< / >< / ><><>法尔茅斯< / ><>0830< / ><>4,7m< / ><>2042< / ><>4,4m< / >< / ><><>哈罗维奇< / ><>0255< / ><>3,7m< / ><>1513< / ><>3,7m< / >< / ><><>霍利黑德< / ><>0130< / ><>4,0m< / ><>1349< / ><>4,8m< / >< / ><><>Hall< / ><>0931< / ><>6,7m< / ><>2147< / ><>6,4m< / >< / ><><>利物浦< / ><>0212< / ><>8,4m< / ><>1431< / ><>8,2m< / >< / ><><>伦敦< / ><>0506< / ><>6,4m< / ><>1725< / ><>6,5m< / >< / ><><>朴次茅斯< / ><>0247< / ><>4,3m< / ><>1504< / ><>4,3m< / >< / ><><>南安普顿< / ><>0217< / ><>4,1m< / ><>0747< / ><>1,5m< / >< / >

<><><>< / ><>日照小时< / ><>降雨量(英寸)< / ><>最高 / 最低 °C< / ><>白天天气< / >< / ><><>兰姆盖特< / ><>7,4"< / ><>0,00< / ><>20" 14&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>Rhyi< / ><>6,4&;< / ><>0,42< / ><>17&; 13&;< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>鲁格比< / ><>6,7&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>20&; 11&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>索尔兹伯里< / ><>6,6&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>20&; 10&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>斯坎索普< / ><>6,5&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>19&; 12&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>谢菲尔德< / ><>4,0< / ><>0,03< / ><>19 12< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>Sherland< / ><>2,7&;< / ><>0,04< / ><>12&; 10&;< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>什鲁斯伯里< / ><>2,0&;< / ><>0,13< / ><>17&; 11&;< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>斯凯格内斯< / ><>7,2&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>20&; 13&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>南安普顿< / ><>9,4&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>21&; 11&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>绍森德-翁-希< / ><>6,5&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>22&; 13&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>斯托克波特< / ><>6,9&;< / ><>0,27< / ><>17&; 13&;< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>Storroway< / ><>1,0&;< / ><>0,13< / ><>14&; 9&;< / ><>雨< / >< / ><><>斯旺西< / ><>5,6&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>18&; 12&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>Swinden< / ><>9,0&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>19&; 11&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>瑟斯克< / ><>6,2&;< / ><>0,00< / ><>18&; 10&;< / ><>部分多云< / >< / ><><>Tree< / ><>3,3&;< / ><>0,53< / ><>14&;

10"< / td> 雨< / >< / tr> <>韦茅斯 (Weymouth)< / ><>7,5"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 11"< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>怀特黑文 (Whitehaven)< / ><>5,0"< / ><>0,04< / ><>17" 12"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>温德米尔 (Windermere)< / ><>2,6"< / ><>0,07< / ><>16" 12"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / ><><>伍斯特 (Worcester)< / ><>7,0"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 12"< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>叶维尔 (Yeovil)< / ><>7,3"< / ><>0,00< / ><>19" 8"< / ><>局部多云< / >< / ><><>约克 (York)< / ><>4,0"< / ><>0,03< / ><>18" 12"< / ><>阵雨< / >< / table>

花粉计数

下表提供了英文信息：

真菌孢子含量较高。杂草花粉含量中等。树木和草类花粉含量较低。

海上预报

5 北海：今日西西南风，风力轻至清劲。海况中等，能见度尚可。

多佛海峡、英吉利海峡：今日西南风，风力中等至强。东部海况中等，西部海况轻微。能见度尚可。

圣乔治海峡：今日西风，风力中等至强。海况中等。能见度尚可。

爱尔兰海：今日西风，风力清劲至近大风。海况中等。能见度差。

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蝴蝶面临“种群崩溃”

自然笔记

炎热干燥的天气在今年给蝴蝶带来了助力——但消费主义者警告称，这可能使它们陷入“种群崩溃”的轨道。

虽然充足的阳光和缺乏的降雨使得许多成年蝴蝶物种在飞行、觅食和繁殖方面迎来了一个好年头，但高温和干旱导致许多毛虫赖以生存的植物枯死或过早萎蔫，这可能会导致它们面临饥饿。

蝴蝶保护协会（Butterfly Conservation）表示，这可能会对种群产生严重影响，且直到 2027 年才会显现——并且可能需要数年时间才能恢复。

这家野生动物慈善机构在公布年度“大蝴蝶计数”（Big Butterfly Count）的结果时发出了这一警告。这是一个公民科学项目，公众成员记录他们看到的常见蝴蝶和日行蛾，以帮助专家了解物种的生存状况。

Sujiko® 中等难度 NO 5484

在 Sujiko 游戏中，请在空格中填入数字 1 到 9，使得每个圆圈内的总数等于周围四个方格数字之和。今日答案将于明日公布。

Suguru NO 2572

Suguru 的目标是填充网格，使得相同的数字不相邻。两个单元格组成的轮廓块包含数字 1 和 2；三个单元格的块包含 1, 2, 3，依此类推。相同的数字不得出现在相邻的单元格中，即使是对角线也不行。

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历史 创造者

Saffie Osborne 有机会成为伟大人物之一

Osborne 放弃学业的豪赌

开创性的胜利与“强悍”的心态，让这位骑师有望在体育运动中达到新高度，作者：马库斯·阿米塔奇 (Marcus Armytage)

在一次体育界的巧合中，上周六在唐卡斯特（Doncaster），就在赫尔城队在英超联赛中攻破切尔西队大门的那一刻，萨菲·奥斯本（Saffie Osborne）创造了赛马历史。如果不是奥斯本的两个哥哥当时在斯坦福桥球场，这次巧合可能不会被注意到。

“他们是切尔西的忠实球迷，显然坐在切尔西球迷区，”奥斯本的父亲杰米（Jamie）解释道，“就在她赢得圣莱格赛（St Leger）时，恰好赫尔城队进球了，他们跳起来欢呼，差点被周围的人踢到头。他们试图解释：‘不，不，是我妹妹刚赢了圣莱格赛’，结果自然地，每个人都在问：‘什么是圣莱格赛？’”

圣莱格赛是英国五大经典赛之一，这些历史悠久的平地赛还包括 2,000 几尼赛（2,000 Guineas）和德比赛（Derby）。在女性首次被允许作为职业骑师出赛半个世纪后的这个周末，男性主导的最后几个堡垒之一终于失守。奥斯本为了追求梦想而“逃离”学校，在第 250 届圣莱格赛中骑乘 Highwayman 成为首位赢得国内经典赛的女性骑师。

为了让人们了解奥斯本成就的意义，自圣莱格赛（五大赛事中最古老的一场）于 1776. 年创办以来，已经举行了 1,150 场以上的经典赛。她的胜利表明，这位 24 岁的骑师有潜力成为英国平地赛中的蕾切尔·布莱克莫尔（Rachael Blackmore）。她的职业生涯正处于这样一个阶段：经验与野心、心态以及青春的无畏相结合，使她成为一名主要竞争者，尤其是如果她能远离伤病地畅快发挥。她风格优雅，力量强劲，战术敏锐，而且在许多男性同行难以将体重控制在 8st 9lb（约 54.4 公斤）时，她能够以 8st 2lb（约 51.7 公斤）的体重骑乘，这是一个显著的优势。

她的家人都没有在唐卡斯特见证她创造历史。前顶尖障碍赛骑师杰米当时在巴斯（Bath）赛马场；她的母亲、马类艺术家凯蒂·奥沙利文（Katie O'Sullivan）在康伯里庄园马术赛（Cornbury House Horse Trials）；她的两个哥哥沃尔菲（Wolfie）和休比（Hubie）在看足球赛。然而，正是她的家人在奥斯本的职业生涯中起到了至关重要的作用，马术从出生起就是她生活的一部分。在她学会走路之前，她就已经在骑小马了。她的父亲说：“她赢了基因彩票。她的哥哥们分别身高 6英尺4英寸、6英尺3英寸和6英尺2英寸，而她是个小矮子。我认为在三个哥哥的陪伴下长大，加上她有点爱顶嘴且自信，他们并没有对她宽容。”

这种环境确保了奥斯本即使在年幼时也能培养出强悍的心态和应对压力的能力。杰米将萨菲描述为“强悍”，而她自己认为这源于她青少年时期从事综合马术（eventing）的经历：“（综合马术）在任何方面都不能直接转化为骑赛马，但它能转化为你的心理强度。从事这项运动，如果你是场地障碍赛的最后一个出场者，你必须能够承受压力，并且知道如果你掉了一根杆，你和团队的金牌就没了。从小我就接触高压环境。这让我现在的生活变得更容易，因为我毫不怀疑自己能够应对。”

奥斯本本可以追求综合马术事业，但在青少年后期决定转向赛马。她在 17, 岁时在没有告知母亲的情况下辍学，从此再未回头。

“这是一个重大的决定，”杰米解释道，“她曾是一名优秀的综合马术运动员，潜力足以让她走得很远。她在布拉德菲尔德学校（Bradfield School）读 A-level 第一年，就在她通过驾驶考试后的一个周末，她宣布不再回学校了。

“我说：‘你什么意思？’她说：‘在我走之前别告诉妈妈，但我已经在巴利多伊（Ballydoyle）找到工作了。’这跟我完全没关系。她在学校期间联系了艾丹·奥布莱恩（Aidan O'Brien），得到了工作，然后趁深夜偷偷溜到了费萨德（Fethard）。第二天凯蒂问：‘萨菲的车去哪了？’我说：‘啊，你得坐下来听。’”

这次举动可能让她的父母感到惊讶，但奥斯本的动力意味着她已全身心地投入到成为一名骑师的事业中，即便这意味着要搬到世界的另一端。在爱尔兰的经历之后，她又前往澳大利亚，与顶尖练马师希伦·马赫（Ciaron Maher）合作。谈到那段时间，奥斯本说：“在那儿的一切都是按时间计量的，所以你能学到很多关于配速的知识。我当时只有17岁，在爱尔兰待了四个月，又在地球另一端待了四个月，所以我成长得很快。”

“从小我就接触高压环境。我知道自己能应对。”

“就在她通过驾驶考试后不久，她宣布不再回学校就读”

骑行之票 女性骑师的 里程碑

赛马梦想终获回报

席位之争：萨菲·奥斯本（Saffie Osborne）上周末赢得圣莱格赛（St Leger）的途中（左）；2020年在兰本（Lambourn）其父亲的马厩中（右）；早年骑小马时的样子（下）

梅里尔·图夫内尔（Meriel Tufnell）是首位赢得平地赛（Flat race）的女骑师。她于 1972. 年在肯普顿（Kempton）骑乘 Scorched Earth 夺冠。戴安娜·亨德森（Diana Henderson）则是首位赢得障碍赛的女骑师，于 1976 年骑乘 Ben Ruler 夺冠。

朱莉·克罗恩（Julie Krone）拥有创纪录的 3,704 场胜绩，她于 1993 年骑乘 Colonial Affair 在贝尔蒙特锦标赛（Belmont Stakes）中获胜，成为首位——也是迄今为止唯一一位——赢得美国三冠赛（US Triple Crown）的女骑师。

RACINGFOTO S.COM / STEVEN CARGILL; JOHN LAWRENCE; INSTAGRAM— 在 2008, 年创下一年赢得 100 场胜利的历史壮举后，海莉·特纳（Hayley Turner）于 2011 年的七月杯（July Cup）中骑乘 Dream Ahead 夺冠，成为首位赢得英国一级赛（Group One race）的女性。

蕾切尔·布莱克摩尔（Rachael Blackmore）在 2021 年骑乘 Minella Times 赢得大国家赛（Grand National），为女性在赛马界开辟了新局面。她还曾两次骑乘 Honeysuckle 赢得冠军障碍赛（Champion Hurdle）。

她告诉父亲，那些经历比完成 A-level 考试要好得多。随后，在 18, 岁时，她在伍尔弗汉普顿（Wolverhampton）完成了首次骑乘。杰米（Jamie）说：“我唯一记得的是，她看起来好像并没有在全力冲刺。她第五名过线，凯蒂（Katie）转向我对我说：‘也许这不仅仅是她的问题。’”

接下来的六年证明了奥斯本的母亲在这一点上错了。她是 2022 年赛马联盟（Racing League）的领先骑师，并曾率领两支队伍在舍加杯（Shergar Cup）中获得成功。直到上周六，她唯一缺失的就是一座一级赛冠军和一座经典赛（Classic）冠军；

‘这些是人们永远无法夺走的头衔，拥有属于自己的头衔真的很特别’

霍莉·多伊尔（Hollie Doyle）是首位赢得欧洲一级经典赛的女性，她在 2022. 年骑乘 Nashwa 赢得了法国雌马经典赛（French Oaks）。她目前名下已有超过 1,000 场胜绩。

Highwayman 的胜利让她一次性同时获得了这两项荣誉。

在男性主导的运动中，奥斯本从未关注自己的性别，并提到被评价“骑马像个男孩”是她收到的最好的赞美。不过，成为首位赢得经典赛的女骑师显然是她的骄傲之源。

“海莉 [特纳] 是第一个赢得一级赛的人，霍莉 [多伊尔] 是第一个赢得欧洲经典赛的人，这些是人们永远无法从她们身上夺走的头衔，能拥有自己的头衔真的很特别且令人惊叹，”她本周表示。“每个人都梦想着能骑乘经典赛冠军马。那是少数几天里，我完全让自己感受每一种情绪的日子之一。”

期间也曾有过伤病，尤其是 2020 年在温莎（Windsor）的一次严重摔马，导致她手臂骨折、手腕和肘部脱臼、五根肋骨骨裂、肺部穿孔以及严重脑震荡。然而，她展现出了回归并继续骑乘的钢铁般意志。

当然，有一个经历过这一切的父亲在背后支持是非常有帮助的。他的关键建议是？“骑乘良马是你生命中一段特权的时光，所以不要让别人的行为破坏你的乐趣。这几乎成了我的超能力。我给人的印象是我比实际情况更无忧无虑，但我不想在回顾时思考‘为什么你当时没有享受其中’？所以我享受了它。”

“我对她说：‘你以后可能想要孩子，与他人相比，你的职业生涯可能会相对较短，所以尽管去享受吧。’她确实说过，在我对她说过的所有话中，这句话最令她铭记。”

就像任何父女关系一样，人们猜测他们之间也会有矛盾时刻，但在勒热（Leger）比赛后，奥斯本回忆起父亲打来的一通令人感动的电话：“他只说，‘这是我这辈子最自豪的一天。’”

《女性体育月刊》（Women's Sport Monthly）

索耶斯在粉色毯子的微小助力下强势回归

在从足以威胁职业生涯的伤病中恢复后，这位英国跳远运动员获得了她职业生涯最高额的奖金。杰里米·威尔逊报道

“那条毯子绝对是个超级明星，”贾兹明·索耶斯（Jazmin Sawyers）笑着说道，她对自己那条带有星星图案的粉色绒毯在今年夏天意外走红感到惊讶。“我完全不知道有人在关注。现在回想起来，这看起来有点荒诞且有趣，但它并非为了制造爆点而设计。”

“我一直会准备一条毛巾或毯子来给腿部保暖，但后来这演变成了‘摘眼镜，除毯子，出发’。这确实变成了一套很酷的惯例。”

“它增强了戏剧感，但我并非有意为之。我当时只是想尽可能快地奔跑，尽可能远地跳跃。我很喜欢回看那个视频，其中一些模仿视频让我大笑不止。”

对于那些错过这一幕的人来说，索耶斯谈论的是她的跳远赛前惯例：她带着一条毛巾或毯子包裹住双腿以保持温暖进入助跑道，然后在最后一秒将其解开并扔到地上。在伯明翰渐渐暗下来的夜色中，摘掉太阳镜也成了这套惯例的一部分。

这一切显然起到了作用。在2024年奥运会前遭遇跟腱断裂后，32岁的索耶斯在今年夏天重返各大赛事的领奖台。英联邦运动会金牌以及随后的欧洲锦标赛银牌，确认了她在英国最伟大跳远运动员之列的地位。而周五在布达佩斯举行的世界终极锦标赛（World Ultimate Championship）上，她凭借最后一跳6.78米的关键表现，从第四名跃升至第二名，这可以说是她的巅峰之作，

使她的奖金从约 50,000 美元增加到了 75,000 美元。

这无疑是索耶斯职业生涯中最高的一笔奖金，并将确保她在未来两年内能够追求在世界锦标赛和奥运会上赢得奖牌的梦想。“想到这一点其实很疯狂，”她说。“这并不是‘太棒了，现在我可以买一个我想要的昂贵手袋’，而是意味着‘好了，我现在可以确定能成为一名全职运动员进行训练了’。在比赛瞬间，赢得更多钱并不能激励我，这没有任何作用。但它将给我带来巨大的改变。”

“我不知道外界如何看待运动员的收入 [但]，当你的合同到期时，你不知道明年会发生什么。像这样的奖金意味着可以深深地松一口气。但是，

贾兹明·索耶斯在今年欧洲锦标赛上创下的室外个人最好成绩

我会给自己买件东西；我要升级我的缝纫机。除此之外，我非常兴奋地意识到，我不再需要为了确保能按自己的意愿训练而四处奔波。”

提到缝纫机，这揭示了她赛场外多样化的兴趣爱好，

包括通过缝纫和制作自己的服装来放松，

在《好声音》（The Voice）中作为歌手亮相，在布里斯托大学获得法学学位，并在2012年冬季青年奥运会上赢得雪车银牌。索耶斯还拥有从青少年时期开始的播音经验，包括一部精彩的影片，内容涉及拜访并采访伟大的罗杰·班尼斯特爵士（Sir Roger Bannister）。

将她的田径职业生涯延长至至少2028年洛杉矶奥运会是

立即行动：贾兹明·索耶斯在世界终极锦标赛上的表现，以及（下方）与她可靠的毯子在一起的样子

在经历了职业生涯最好的一年之后，这是索耶斯（Sawyers）的优先目标。随着艾米·亨特（Amy Hunt）、乔治亚·亨特·贝尔（Georgia Hunter Bell）和基莉·霍奇金森（Keely Hodgkinson）在2026年同样赢得了多枚重大赛事奖牌，索耶斯在英国女性运动员之间也感受到了一种极具感染力的势头。“我想伯明翰是我经历过最快乐的一次，”她说。“乔治亚披着国旗在进行荣誉绕场时走过来跟我打招呼，她说：‘去赢下它’。你会觉得自己是成功的一部分。当你的伙伴们都在成功时，你不想成为那个错过的人……你想成为这场狂欢的一员。”

“在我受伤时，我就一直将这个夏天视为目标。我认为在英国观众面前回归将是一个绝佳的方式，而事实证明这确实像梦想成真一样。”

这次跟腱伤势发生在她的右侧起跳腿上，这确实威胁到了她的职业生涯，索耶斯在社交媒体上记录了她艰辛的回归之路。“我一直努力成为那种我想去了解的运动员，”她说。“我以前会搜寻杂志上的采访，试图寻找关于我最喜欢的运动员的信息。我觉得我现在有能力将这些信息分享给年轻的运动员。”

“我尽量分享我能分享的一切；包括好的和坏的。当你受伤时，自然会倾向于封闭自己，不再分享，但这些恰恰是人们不了解的部分，如果其他人也在经历类似的事情，这些信息可能会真正帮到他们。”

那么，她希望年轻运动员能从这样一个令人振奋的回归故事中获得什么？

“这极其艰难，但我想要传达的持久信息是，这一切绝对值得，”她说。“我认为我是‘坚持下去’的一个很好的例子。只要你有一个前进的计划，并且目标依然隐约可见，那就继续走下去。我觉得很多人在到达终点之前就放弃了。”

“我认为当重大伤病来袭时，如果我没有回归，没有人会责怪我。有些时候，人们会认为职业生涯已经结束了。”

“当你失败时，继续走下去会变得非常困难。然后你再次尝试。然后再次失败。我在很多次锦标赛中离开时都感到非常失望。但我一直认为自己还能做得更多。这真的很艰难。但放弃职业生涯同样非常艰难。你想要哪一种‘艰难’？我宁愿选择这一种。”

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撼动田径界的哈佛毕业生

灯光，摄像机，开始拍摄：盖比·托马斯在去年纽约的 Athlos 赛事上

盖比·托马斯向菲奥娜·托马斯讲述她对 Athlos 的愿景，这项仅限女性参加的田径赛事将于明晚在伦敦举行

明晚，萨拉森队的 StoneX 体育场将化身为田径界的“ Met Gala”。在这个承诺将流行文化、时尚和高端娱乐融为一体的夜晚，世界上速度最快的一些女性将现身红毯。欢迎来到光彩夺目的 Athlos 世界。

这项全女性田径联赛由 Reddit 联合创始人、网球巨星塞雷娜·威廉姆斯的丈夫亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安发起，目前已经在撼动田径界。在纽约启动三年后，该赛事正准备首次进军美国以外的地区。

现任 200 米奥运冠军盖比·托马斯将是那些希望在北伦敦惊艳亮相的人员之一。作为女子短跑领域最具统治力的力量之一，当托马斯在 2024 年首届 Athlos 赛事前被极具远见的奥哈尼安接触时，她热情地接受了三个运动员顾问角色之一。

令她感到有趣的是，奥哈尼安对田径的了解相当匮乏，但他用强烈的好奇心弥补了这一点。“他对田径一窍不通，”托马斯说，“他知道目标是从 A 点尽可能快地到达 B 点，但以 200 米为例，他问我：‘我们能不能反过来，让运动员向另一个方向跑？’而我的反应是：‘不行，我们不能这么做！我们为了往这个方向跑训练得非常辛苦！’他提出了很多极好的问题，并且愿意学习。”

虽然迈克尔·约翰逊的 Grand Slam Track 联赛失败了，但奥哈尼安的全女性系列赛为赛历注入了新鲜活力。至关重要的是，它展示了当一项赛事由运动员亲自塑造并由一种替代商业模式驱动时可以取得怎样的成就。该赛事由他的风险投资公司资助，该公司资产达 9亿美元 (6.7 亿英镑m)，参赛者被视为拥有联赛股权的商业合作伙伴，对于一项传统上依赖微薄奖金支撑的运动来说，这种模式显得极其前卫。世界田联上周末通过首届 Ultimate Championship 采取行动，旨在提高给运动员的财务回报，而 Athlos 的伦敦站将提供 100万美元 的丰厚奖金池。

“Athlos 是一个根据运动员想要看到的内容而设计的联赛，”托马斯说，“我们比任何人都更了解这项运动，因为我们每天都身处其中。我们参加比赛，同时也是这项运动的粉丝，所以我们拥有独特的视角——我们不仅是参与者，而且关注这项运动；我们在观察，并且知道什么是有趣的。”

托马斯、三届短跑世界冠军沙卡里·理查德森以及现任奥运跳远冠军塔拉·戴维斯-伍德霍尔是该赛事的三个运动员所有者。他们三人合计在 Instagram 上拥有近 700 万粉丝，这是一个精明的营销举措。“田径运动中真正有趣的一点是，女性拥有如此强大的社交媒体影响力，我们在网上分享自己的故事和个性。你几乎随处可见我们的身影，”托马斯说道。去年，她利用自己的平台揭露了这项运动中更阴暗的一面，她公开讲述了自己在全美各地的机场被一群男人跟踪的经历。幸好，这种情况后来停止了。

“我想这确实吓到了他们，”她说，“我收到很多评论问我为什么要去社交媒体上发声，为什么不私下处理。原因就在这里——因为一旦你利用自己的平台，真正的改变确实会发生。从那以后我就没见过他们了。他们没有出现在我的航班上。他们知道我在哪些城市，这让我感到害怕，但我非常感激这件事引起了关注，并感谢所有支持我的人。”

在经历了因跟腱受伤而受阻的 2025 赛季后，托马斯在今年实现了惊人的稳定性。她在 4 月跑出了职业生涯首个 11 秒内的 100 米成绩，并在今年夏天成为了历史上最稳定的 22 秒内 200 米跑者，在 6 月的伦敦钻石联赛分站赛上创下了她职业生涯第 20 次 22 秒内的短跑成绩。

她表示，在艾米·亨特被加冕为英国短跑新女王的充实夏天之后，将 Athlos 赛事带到伦敦是一个“天才”般的想法。BBC 将在明晚直播赛事，基利·霍奇金森和乔治亚·亨特-贝尔也将参赛。组织者还做出了一个大胆的决定，取消了原定于 10 月举行的两城系列赛中的纽约站，以便专注于从 2027 年起与全球田径赛历保持一致。

在奥运会之间让这项运动对粉丝而言更易接触，仍然是托马斯最大的热情所在。作为一名拥有神经生物学学位的哈佛大学毕业生，她在牙买加占据主导地位的时期进入女子短跑领域，并很快对这项运动非线性的广播呈现方式感到沮丧。“如果一个在哈佛跑步的人都不能完全理解如何关注这项运动，我可以想象对于一名粉丝或普通观众来说会有多困难，”托马斯说道。

“那里有很大的改进空间，而 Athlos 在提高可见度并将其推向大众方面做得非常好。它融入了大量运动员的建议。我们知道如何展示自己并提高这项运动的可见度。田径赛场的女性运动员在这方面做得非常好，这也是为什么塔拉、沙·卡里和我担任运动员顾问的深意。我们如何才能将这项运动推向前沿？如何才能让人们更容易地关注它？”

明晚的每位获胜者还将获得一顶蒂芙尼（Tiffany & Co）定制的冠冕。“这是对我们热爱这项运动的一切的庆祝：时尚、音乐、个性，以及顶尖的竞争，”托马斯说。“来支持我们吧——我们选择伦敦是有原因的！”

战斗精神：这位爱尔兰女性的职业生涯亮点

2006：球类运动 凯蒂·泰勒代表爱尔兰共和国足球队对阵美国队。这是她在成年队出场的 11 次比赛之一（2006-09）。

2012：金牌入场券 随着女子拳击在伦敦奥运会上首次亮相，泰勒在击败俄罗斯选手索菲亚·奥奇加娃后，赢得了爱尔兰在该届奥运会上的唯一一枚金牌。

2016：职业起步 在里约奥运会四分之一决赛失利后，泰勒决定转为职业选手，并在 11 月以技术击倒击败了卡里娜·科平斯卡。

2017：世界冠军 泰勒冲击世界冠军头衔，并在卡迪夫的王子球场击败安娜希·埃斯特·桑切斯，顺利夺得 WBA 轻量级腰带。

加雷斯·A·戴维斯 (Gareth A Davies)

泰勒永远改变了拳击运动，并获得了她应得的告别礼

“一个梦想般职业生涯的梦想结局”，凯蒂·泰勒（Katie Taylor）如此描述她长达数十年且荣誉满载的职业生涯的最后一场比赛。毫无疑问，这位来自布雷（Bray）的拳手是“史上最伟大的女性”，是职业拳击和女性拳击运动中的 GWOAT（史上最伟大女性）。这位爱尔兰体育传奇永远改变了女子拳击。

现年 40 岁的泰勒将这项运动带到了女性的新高度，她在多个层面上都是一名开拓者和纪录创造者：无论是在业余时期还是职业时期，她的风范和奉献精神皆是如此。

同时，在战斗的方式和风格上，她也是一名在拳击场上气势汹汹的佳人。这吸引了许多目光关注这项运动。

泰勒的长期推广人埃迪·赫恩（Eddie Hearn）曾多次表示她是其“最喜爱的拳手”，同时必须提到她的经纪人布赖恩·彼得斯（Brian Peters），他一直是她所有成功背后默默支持的倡导者。

9月5日在克罗克公园（Croke Park）举行的告别赛由赫恩和彼得斯精心策划，在 83,000 名崇拜她的粉丝面前，她对阵法国的弗洛拉·皮利（Flora Pili）。“气氛太特别了，”她说，“这超出了我最狂野的梦想——多么特别的一夜。”

泰勒远强于皮利，轻松地以点数获胜，但如果不考虑任何不尊重的言论，对方简直就像是米妮老鼠在对面站着。

爱尔兰人永远会支持这位将一生奉献给拳击的女性。有一种观点认为，她是爱尔兰岛历史上最伟大的运动员——超越了罗伊·基恩（Roy Keane）、AP·麦考伊（AP McCoy）、肖恩·凯利（Sean Kelly）、罗里·麦克罗伊（Rory McIlroy）、斯蒂芬·罗奇（Stephen Roche）、巴里·麦吉根（Barry McGuigan）、布赖恩·奥德里斯科尔（Brian O'Driscoll）和乔治·贝斯特（George Best）。

至少，考虑到她的体育成就，泰勒足以与这八位男性同胞齐名。在 2006 年至 2009 年间，泰勒为爱尔兰成年国家足球队出场 11 次并打入两球。她还曾被红牌罚下一次。

而且，尽管这场比赛是作为杰克·保罗（Jake Paul）对阵迈克·泰森（Mike Tyson）的陪赛，但在 2024 年 11 月观看泰勒击败三度对手阿曼达·塞拉诺（Amanda Serrano）的 6500 万 名 Netflix 观众数量，可能永远不会被超越。

泰勒还曾在麦迪逊广场花园担任主赛拳手，这是女子拳击在这一神圣场馆的“首次”，对手同样是塞拉诺。

这场比赛在 DAZN 上吸引了 100 万观众，并在座无虚席的场馆中吸引了星光熠熠的观众，包括网球巨星兼活动家比利·简·金（Billie-Jean King）、已故的穆罕默德·阿里之女莱拉（Laila），以及赞扬这一里程碑的美国政治家们的支持。泰勒

在父亲的指导下，她曾与男孩们一起练拳，而她作为女孩的身份一直被保密。

她以 26 场胜利和 1 场失败的职业记录退役，她是无可争议的轻量级和双量级世界冠军，她唯一的败绩已在对阵英国顶尖选手钱特尔·卡梅伦（Chantelle Cameron）时得以雪耻。

凭借安静而深沉的目标，以及仅有 6 次击倒的近乎鲁莽的战斗风格，她一次又一次在脆弱但令人难忘的比赛中带来震撼。

在她的职业生涯更早阶段，在进入职业赛前，还有其他里程碑。

泰勒曾五次获得轻量级世界业余冠军，并且在 2012 年伦敦奥运会上成为女子拳击史上首位轻量级冠军。

甚至与利物浦的娜塔莎·乔纳斯（Natasha Jonas）进行的四分之一决赛也是一场每秒都令人心跳加速的比赛，据报道，当时观众的分贝量相当于一架波音巨型客机起飞。

还应当记得，泰勒在促使国际奥委会将女子拳击纳入奥运会方面发挥了不可或缺的作用，或者用彼得斯的话说，她“单枪匹马”地实现了这一点。

泰勒的业余生涯始于10岁。在不同阶段，在父亲彼得的指导下，她曾与男孩进行拳击比赛，且其女孩身份被保密（爱尔兰直到2001年才批准女子拳击）。泰勒共参加了189场业余比赛，其中12场因点数判定而落败。她从未被击停。

在个人层面，能够报道泰勒的整个职业生涯是一项巨大的荣幸。

凯蒂从未改变。有一次夜晚，当我们一起坐在纽约的场边时，我有幸将她介绍给弗洛伊德·梅威瑟。泰勒在与这位美国拳击手握手时脸红了。

2010年一个寒冷的冬日早晨，就在黎明之前，我遇到一名身穿黑色运动服的年轻女性，她正沿着家乡布雷（位于威克洛郡，一座风景如画的沿海小镇）的海滨奋力奔跑。

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震撼登场：凯蒂·泰勒在克罗克公园球场 83,000 名观众面前出场，（左图）在最后一场比赛后放下拳击手套

当时在接受《电讯报》采访时，泰勒告诉我，女子拳击对大多数体育迷来说还是个谜，但奥运会将使她成为家喻户晓的人物。

“人们会对2012年伦敦奥运会上这项运动的水准感到震惊，”她说，“直到现在我们一直处于隐形状态。我认为如果我

2019年：无可争议的冠军。泰勒持有WBA、IBF和WBO冠军头衔，随后击败了持有WBC和Ring头衔的德尔芬·佩尔松，成为无可争议的世界冠军。

2022年：历史之夜 泰勒参与了首场在纽约麦迪逊广场花园担任主赛的女子拳击赛。她面对波多黎各的阿曼达·塞拉诺，并以分歧判定获胜。

2023年：品尝失败 泰勒在对阵英国选手钱特尔·卡梅伦的比赛中遭遇了职业生涯首次失利。在次回合比赛中，她获胜并成为两个量级的无可争议冠军。

2025年：三部曲 在2024年泰森与保罗的那场闹剧之前，泰勒再次展现了大师级水准。随后在次年7月，泰勒与塞拉诺在麦迪逊广场花园完成了她们的三部曲。泰勒在这两场比赛中均获胜。

荣誉榜 职业生涯及各量级成就

业余 (132磅) - 奥运会：一枚金牌 (2012年伦敦) - 世界锦标赛：五金一铜 (2006-16年) - 欧洲锦标赛：六金 (2005-14年) • 欧盟锦标赛：五金 (2008-13年) • 欧洲运动会：一金 (2015年)

职业战绩 26-1 (6次KO) 轻量级头衔 (135磅) • WBA • IBF • WBO • WBC • The Ring

超轻量级头衔 (140磅) • WBA • IBF • WBO (两次) • WBC (两次) • IBO (两次) • The Ring

取得了现在的成就且我是一个男人，我会获得更多的认可。希望随着奥运会的到来，能获得更多认可。”

事实证明确实如此。泰勒当时23岁，此后她扭转了许多认为女性不应参加这项最残酷、本质上具有危险性的运动的观点。大多数负面评论中隐含的观点是，参赛者不具备被视为拳击手所必需的心理和身体韧性。

当泰勒开始漫长的职业生涯时，她告诉我：“女子拳击的职业端水准确实不高。”泰勒——以及其他几位杰出运动员——改变了这一点，而且改变之大远超预期。

女性在这项运动中拥有真正的职业生涯，而现在成长起来的一代有很多要感谢她。尽管考虑到她的谦逊，泰勒永远不会将其归功于自己。

“我从事拳击运动是因为我热爱它，”这位在完美时机选择退役的冠军解释道。希望在未来的几年里，她的专业知识能够被这项运动所利用。

国际足联失职导致 U20 世界杯缺失顶尖球员

其中包括在 NWSL 联赛效力的 Bay FC，

国际赛程 滞后于 足球运动的 职业化进程，因为俱乐部拒绝 释放球员。 凯瑟琳·巴特（Kathryn Batte）报道

长期以来，欧足联（Uefa）对国际足联（Fifa）赛事的抵制似乎是对 U20 女子世界杯球员参与度最大的威胁。

在国际足联放弃出售世界杯股份的提议，并保证不会重复吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）的计划后，这次抵制得以避免。但仍有几名顶尖球员没有参加此次赛事。

英格兰队缺少了埃里卡·梅格·帕金森（Erica Meg Parkinson）、莱克西·波特（Lexi Potter）和莱拉·哈伯特（Laila Harbert），她们未被所属俱乐部释放。这三人都是重大损失，但与美国队相比，英格兰队的情况还算轻微。美国队 21 名球员中仅有 8 人是职业球员，其余则在大学足球队效力。U20 主教练维基·杰普森（Vicky Jepson）将这些缺席描述为“令人沮丧”，成年队主教练艾玛·海耶斯（Emma Hayes）也提出了批评。

几名顶尖球员被阻止加入国家队的原因是，该赛事与国内赛季时间冲突。由于赛事在国际足联官方比赛日窗口之外举行，球员是否被释放由其所属俱乐部决定。

虽然女子超级联赛（WSL）本月才开始，但美国的国家女子足球联赛（NWSL）正处于赛季的关键阶段。凯·科辛顿（Kay Cossington）是 Bay Collective 的首席执行官，这是一个多俱乐部所有权组织，

以及 WSL 2 球队桑德兰（Sunderland）。这两家俱乐部都受到了世界杯时间安排的影响。桑德兰队缺少了莉莉·登特（Lily Dent），她在英格兰队 5-1 战胜坦桑尼亚的比赛中担任队长；而 Bay 队则失去了一名关键球员肯尼迪·富勒（Kennedy Fuller），她是美国队的队长。

科辛顿深知青年赛事的价值，因为她在英格兰足球协会工作了 20 年，但她认为与国内赛程的冲突需要得到纠正。

“现实是，这件事中没有人是赢家，这很艰难，”科辛顿说。“我在另一方

‘赛程的演进速度没有达到所需的水平。我担心受苦的是球员们’

工作了 20 年，试图说服俱乐部释放球员，但现实是当时的世界截然不同。那时，赛事在球员的成长路径中至关重要，因为职业俱乐部内部还没有相应的基础设施。”

“足球运动以最积极的方式演进，许多俱乐部投入资金建设青年队和晋升路径，我们现在看到年轻球员获得了参加成年队比赛的机会。我们正处于增长与职业化的交汇点，必须做出决定，因为否则我们年复一年都会处于同样的位置，而球员们正处于矛盾的中心。”

俱乐部关注点：亚历克斯·普法伊费尔（Alex Pfeiffer）和克莱尔·哈顿（Claire Hutton），以及（主图）埃里卡·梅格·帕金森（Erica Meg Parkinson）

比赛赛程的演进速度没有跟上足球运动增长所需的步伐。我担心最终受苦的是球员。”

Bay FC 释放了富勒，但留下了克莱尔·哈顿和亚历克斯·普法伊费尔，两人本都会被美国队选中。科辛顿表示，他们是根据球员的个人需求做出决定的。富勒是球队首发名单上的首选之一，但此前从未参加过 U20 世界杯，且尚未获得成年队国家队出场记录。哈顿参加了 2024 年的赛事，并拥有 20 次成年队国家队出场记录。

由于 U20 世界杯每两年举办一次，科辛顿认为解决方案是在夏季举行。“我认为每个年龄段的国际青年赛事都有巨大价值。我只是认为从赛程

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“从赛程的角度来看，这确实需要得到解决，”她说。“我支持将其安排在夏季。这样人才储备会更强、更广，能让更多球员获得曝光机会。我认为这将是一个自然的契合点，也是正确的时间。”

男子20岁以下世界杯同样在联赛赛季期间举行。2025年赛事于10月进行，而2023年赛事则始于5月，结束于6月。2023年赛事曾引发争议，当时多名球员被禁止参赛，另一些球员仅在淘汰赛阶段才加入国家队。缺席的知名球员包括亚历杭德罗·加纳乔、里科·刘易斯和刘易斯·霍尔。

帕金森和哈伯特分别在NWSL的北卡罗来纳勇气队和圣迭戈波浪队获得了常规出场时间。虽然她们不在名单中，但阿斯顿维拉允许瑞秋·马尔特比参加此次赛事，且她成为了英格兰队的 standout 球员，在今天对阵尼日利亚的16强赛之前的三场比赛中打入了四个球。马尔特比是队内少数在上赛季常规参加WSL比赛的球员之一，但维拉主教练纳塔利娅·阿罗约认为，加入国家队符合她的最佳利益。

“对我来说这是一个简单的决定，”阿罗约说。“遗憾的是，作为一家俱乐部，你无法给球员提供世界杯的经验，而这在未来的某个时刻对我（指球员）是有益的。我坚信这绝对是对球员最好的选择。我们知道我们会想念她，但从她的成长和这次经历中，我将获得很多积极的反馈。”

虽然很容易将此描绘成俱乐部与国家队之间的争端，但显然双方都很难找到一个让所有人满意的解决方案。然而，如果国际足联（Fifa）想要举办一场汇集全球顶尖球员的赛事，就必须将其安排在一个不会干扰她们俱乐部职业生涯的时间。

《女性体育月刊》（Women's Sport Monthly）

采访：我仅用一只手就闯入了 MasterChef 总决赛

残奥运动员劳伦·斯特德曼（Lauren Steadman）证明了在名人电视节目的巅峰冲刺阶段，适应能力是关键。菲奥娜·托马斯（Fiona Tomas）对此进行了深入了解。

如何仅用一只功能完好的手来削土豆或卷寿司？英国三届残奥会铁人三项运动员劳伦·斯特德曼在进入《名人主厨》（Celebrity MasterChef）厨房后，向人们展示了具体操作。

“我不知道除此之外还有什么方式，”斯特德曼告诉《电讯报》体育版。“在我年轻的时候，我们尝试过侧面带有刀刃的叉子。有些事情确实很难，比如任何圆形物体，切洋葱或者削土豆时——那真的非常困难。我必须用残肢顶在土豆上面平衡，但如果压力太大，土豆可能会飞出去。这就是一个适应的问题。我不喜欢被困难击败。能够展示这并非一种限制，而是一种适应，感觉很棒。”

她参加了另一届奥运会，在巴黎残奥会上赢得了一枚出色的铜牌并集齐了奖牌，但赛后心情复杂。“对我来说，这是一届相当艰难的赛事，”她说。“我无法想象自己参加残奥会的样子，我无法想象自己站在起跑线上，或走在香榭丽舍大街上。”

正是这种竞争精神，让天生缺失右前臂的斯特德曼登上了她所在运动项目的顶峰。作为一名在参加的所有三届残奥会中均获得奖牌（并在 2020 年东京残奥会上夺金）的运动员，她将《主厨》视为另一个证明自己的机会。她曾参加 2018 年的《舞动奇迹》（Strictly Come Dancing）系列节目，并与专业舞伴 AJ Pritchard 一起闯入半决赛，因此她非常擅长将铁人三项运动员所需的时间管理技巧应用于电视节目中。

“对我来说，烹饪是为了放松，缓解一天的压力，”她说。“有些人不喜欢它——认为它很麻烦或是一项家务——但我热爱挑选食材，热爱烹饪，尤其是为他人烹饪。这就是让房子变成家的原因，大家围坐在桌旁，在美食中讨论各自的一天。我记得我看过”

多才多艺：劳伦·斯特德曼在《主厨》厨房中；（插图）在 2024 年巴黎残奥会赢得铜牌

“我带着金牌和狗站在那里，心想：‘噢，我现在该做什么？’这太出乎意料了，”斯特德曼说，她还在 2016 年里约残奥会上获得过银牌。“我真的在那个过渡期中挣扎：另一枚奖牌是我想要的吗？如果没有运动员这个身份，劳伦是谁？”

斯特德曼是今年该系列节目中出现的两名女性运动员之一，另一位是英国历史上最成功的举重运动员艾米莉·坎贝尔（Emily Campbell），两人都进入了本周的决赛。作为一名自认的爱狗人士，她在 BBC 节目中的高光时刻是为今年在伯明翰举行的克鲁夫茨狗展（Crufts）上的 50 位 VIP 客人烹饪了三道菜的正餐。

“我从小就看《主厨》，心想：‘用食物能做出这么多东西，真是太酷了。’我们每天都在烹饪，但我一直很钦佩人们在食物上能达到的高度。”

斯特德曼在《主厨》中的经历，恰恰是她过去一年在泳池之外探索其他计划、感到“充实”的缩影。

“我们玩得很开心，”斯特德曼说。“我们离开时脸上都带着笑容——虽然我们并没有完全完美地完成任务——但我们完成了克鲁夫茨的任务。在开始烹饪之前，我们身处巨大的展厅，周围全是狗，我简直欣喜若狂。然后我想：‘我们要给狗做饭吗？怎么回事？’我们设计了一套受狗粮启发而成的菜单，所以非常有创意且与众不同。我在任务中与苏（Sue Cleaver）在一起，简直太开心了。”

这一次，斯特德曼（Steadman）的感觉有所不同，她已经将目标锁定在 2028 年的洛杉矶奥运会。到了 12 月，她将投入到艰苦的日常训练中，在开始为期 18 个月的奥运备战训练周期之际，准备充分接纳自己作为运动员的身份。“我期待重新回到那种节奏中。对身体的要求，尤其是涉及三项运动时，是非常之高的，你必须尊重这项运动。如果你想赢得金牌，就必须去那些并非每个人都愿意尝试的极限之地。”

斯特德曼与《Loose Women》节目嘉宾兼演员克利弗（Cleaver）共同制作了一道名为“给狗一根骨头”（Give A Dog a Bone）的甜点，其特点是巧克力慕斯骨头、巧克力碎屑和枫糖燕麦片。

自行车和公路。 她计划与伴侣共同开设一家健身房，并且即将完成一项关于奥运选手和残奥选手心理健康叙事的博士学位研究，这是一个受她自身生活经历启发而开展的热爱项目。“在东京获得金牌后，我经历了一段艰难时期；我花了 17 年时间追逐这枚金牌，我得到了它，然后回到家，我们举行了家庭烧烤，庆祝了一番，但第二天每个人都回到了工作岗位，而我却坐在

斯特德曼必须在她的 5 公里个人最好成绩中缩短整整一分钟，才能进入

斯特德曼 英国队 混合 落在 顶端

领奖台，但这个挑战让她感到兴奋。“我必须找到一个方法让双腿获得速度，让肺部能够支撑，当你因为知道这会很痛苦而产生那么一点兴奋感，但你已经准备好面对它时，你就知道自己准备好前进了，”下周将在西班牙参加世界残疾人铁人三项锦标赛的斯特德曼说道。“我非常鼓励人们拥抱成长并挑战自我。这是一个陡峭的学习曲线，但大多数日子里，我在遛狗时都会想：‘我真的很感激’。”

《准备，预备，开炒》（Ready, steady, cook）铁人三项运动员美食牛肉堡（两人份）

配料 甜辣酱 - 1 个红辣椒，粗切 - $\frac{1}{2}$ 个红椒，粗切 - 75g 잼糖（jam sugar） - 50ml 苹果醋 - $\frac{1}{2}$ 茶匙玉米淀粉，混合 1 茶匙水

味噌花生酱 - 100g 无盐花生 - 1 白味噌酱 - ½ 烘烤芝麻油 - 1 汤匙米醋 - ½ 淡酱油 - ¼ 姜泥 - 1 汤匙甜辣酱 - 2-3 汤匙水

汉堡肉饼 - 320g 牛肉末（20% 脂肪） - 盐和现磨黑胡椒 - 1 伍斯特酱 - 2 个布里欧修面包卷 - 2 片烟熏培根 - 2 个干葱头，薄片 - 2 普通面粉 - 2 英式芥末 - 小把欧芹碎，切碎 - 食用油，用于烹饪

步骤 准备甜辣酱 将辣椒和红椒搅拌至顺滑。 加热苹果醋和잼糖，直到糖溶解。 加入搅拌好的红椒和辣椒；炖煮 10-15 分钟直到液体略微浓缩。 搅拌入玉米淀粉水

并炖煮 1 分钟直到轻微变稠。

制作味噌花生酱 将花生搅拌至顺滑。 加入味噌、芝麻油、米醋、酱油、姜泥和甜辣酱。再次搅拌，加入水直到质地顺滑且可涂抹。

准备并烹饪肉饼 将牛肉末与伍斯特酱、盐和胡椒混合。

将其塑造成两个 160g 的肉饼，然后放入冰箱冷藏直至准备烹饪。将培根煎至酥脆。在煎锅中加热少量油，每面煎 3-4 分钟，或直到达到您喜欢的熟度。组装前静置 3-4 分钟。

组装 烤布里欧修面包卷。在底部涂上味噌花生酱和英式芥末。 依次铺上生菜、肉饼、培根、腌洋葱和酥脆干葱。 淋上甜辣酱，撒上欧芹，最后盖上面包顶盖。

《女性体育月刊》（Women's Sport Monthly）

我现在是地球上最强壮的女性——这就是我的成功之道

成为全球 CrossFit 冠军并非易事。正如艾米·克林格尔（Aimee Cringle）所解释的，这是一项考验方方面面的运动。

我并非出身于体育世家，考虑到我最近被评为“地球上最强壮的女性”，这可能令人惊讶。

我在马恩岛长大，小时候练过体操，五岁时加入了一个田径俱乐部。我坚持了 15 年，随着年龄增长，重点转向跳远以及 100 米、200 米和 400 米跑；我甚至在 2019 年的岛屿运动会上赢得了两枚金牌。

我也涉猎过越野跑和骑行，但在 14 岁时，我第一次走进了一家 CrossFit 健身房。

我认为之前接触的所有运动在进入 时都对我有所帮助，而且我热爱它。它是关于体能的运动；它考验一切：耐力、力量、敏捷性、体操、体能训练、举重……它将所有这些融为一体。

我喜欢的是每次训练都不同，总有需要改进的地方。如果你在某一天举起了某个重量，下次你就会增加 5kg。它极大地挑战你，而且我也热爱那种被挫败后的谦卑感！如果你失败了，就继续尝试。

这里的社区氛围也非常好；通过 我结识了一些最好的朋友，并因此搬过家，甚至移居到了另一个国家。

我最初接受的是护士培训，但在 22 岁完成课程后，我全职投入到 中，所以实际上我从未作为护士值过班。在取得护士资格期间，我有几个赞助商，一旦我转为全职 运动员，我又得到了更多赞助。

随后我找了经纪人，搬到了英国，现在我能够依靠赞助费和奖金维持生活——全球各地都有比赛。

我每周训练五天，每天两次，周四训练一次，周日则是完整的休息日。每次训练持续两到三小时，但在健身房的时间并非一直在训练，还包括热身、拉伸、

繁忙的日程表 训练周示例

周一 上午：体操 下午：举重

周二 上午：体能训练 下午：

周三 上午：最大摄氧量（VO2 max） 间歇训练 下午：杠铃循环 （杠铃不落地 的连续动作）

周四 积极恢复/ 灵活性训练

周五 上午：体操 下午：举重， 杠铃耐力训练 （疲劳状态下的 动作）

周六 上午：功率设备（划船机 / 滑雪机 / 单车） 下午：比赛风格的间歇训练

周日 休息 / 恢复

以及活动关节……实际的训练时间可能只有 20 分钟。每天的训练都不同，因此具有多样性，但它同样是有结构的，每六周我会和我的教练弗雷泽·麦肯齐（Fraser McKenzie）一起开展一个新的训练模块。这是一个复杂的训练计划，每一天都有其特定的目的；每件事背后都有原因。

这还关乎寻找平衡，既要保证足够的训练以应对比赛，又不能训练过度而导致受伤。

体重也是如此：你不能太轻，否则会被沉重的重量压垮；但你也不能太重，因为在做体操时需要灵活地摆动身体。

我不必担心食物摄入不足。我每天吃三餐，但中间也会吃很多零食。我热爱食物，并尝试遵循 70:30 原则，即 70 per cent 的时间我饮食健康，而剩下的 30 per cent……我对可颂或糕点绝不会说不。我还吃很多酸奶和燕麦脆片，多到我将在 10 月推出一个燕麦脆片品牌：Cringle Crunch。大颗粒是关键。

说到比赛，你需要参加 20 个不同的项目，但在到达现场之前，你不知道具体会出现哪些项目。你可能为了某项内容训练了一整年，

结果它根本没有出现。话虽如此，以我现在的水平，我不希望寄希望于某个特定项目的出现，因为我应该能够竞争性地完成所有项目。

CrossFit Games 是这项运动中规模最大的赛事。在 7 月前往加利福尼亚参加该活动时，我并不认为自己能赢，但我觉得我有机会进入前五名，因为在前两年的比赛中，我的成绩分别是第八名和第 13 名。结果比我想象的要好。

这是一个为期五天的活动，不过其中包含了一天休息日，期间有很多我喜欢的项目。我最擅长的是较长距离的耐力型项目以及包含体操动作的项目。其中一个项目是骑山地自行车 20 圈，而我非常热爱骑行。其他项目还包括波比跳、倒立行走、爬绳、深蹲翻、划船机和滑雪机计时赛。

直到周六晚上，我才觉得我可能真的能赢，因为周日的项目都是我喜欢的。

能够做到这一点并成为“地球上最强健的人”（Fittest on Earth）感觉太棒了，但并没有疯狂的庆祝活动。我回到了房间，吃掉了剩下的燕麦片和酸奶，然后吃了一个 Five Guys [汉堡]。

现在感觉仍然有些不真实。这是我努力了这么长时间的目标，所以现在能真正说自己是“地球上最强健的人”，这太疯狂了。这让我更有动力，因为我知道自己仍有许多可以改进的地方。

-INSTAGRAM / AIMEE CRINGLE: R.A.D-

我正努力确保自己能够真正感激并享受所取得的成就，因为我确实有这种毛病：总是想着下一步要做什么，而不是沉浸在刚刚完成的事情中。

在那之后的几周，我参加了在印第安纳波利斯举行的世界健身项目（World Fitness Project）并获得了第三名，但

力量展示：艾米·克林格（Aimee Cringle）今年早些时候参加比赛，以及（左图）她在赢得 CrossFit Games 途中的样子

当时我的竞技状态可能只有 50%。我在墨西哥度了一个短暂的假期，但我将在 10 月回到赛场，参加在阿伯丁举行的 Rogue Invitational 邀请赛。我确实更加意识到，现在我的背上可能背负着更大的目标（成为被针对的对象），但我尽量不过多地去想这件事。

拥有这个头衔并没有真正改变我对待比赛的方式。我仍然会紧张，我仍然有弱点，我仍然有想要提高的地方。

如果我开始觉得每次比赛都必须证明自己是地球上最强健的人，我会给自己施加太大的压力。所以我尽量专注于在比赛当天发挥出最佳水平并享受竞争。这个头衔是我极其自豪的事情，但我不想让它变成一种负担。

对于对 CrossFit 感兴趣的人，我会给什么样的建议？要有耐心——我刚开始的时候并不太擅长，学习需要很多年时间。要持之以恒，并利用教练和社区的帮助。

《女性体育月刊》（Women's Sport Monthly）

内部追踪：莉莉·艾夫斯·坎皮恩 (Lilli Ives Campion)

英格兰女子橄榄球队 (Red Roses) 的第二排球员在 WXV 全球系列赛期间抽出时间，聊聊踢踏舞、时间旅行和治愈系电视剧。

用三个词描述你自己？一个讨厌鬼、勤奋且是个名媛。

无论生死，你最想见的人是谁？我一直想见塞雷娜·威廉姆斯。

你梦想的三道菜正餐是什么？我喜欢用浓汤或蒜蓉虾作为前菜，主菜是牛排派配粗切薯条，并淋上浓郁的肉汁。最后甜点是布朗尼，配上冰淇淋，冰淇淋要放在旁边，而不是放在上面。

你最想改变运动中的哪项规则？我个人认为通过密集进攻（maul）得分的试球应该分值更高，因为那太辛苦了！这话听起来像个真正的前锋。

你最珍视的财产是什么？我最近买了一张橡木咖啡桌。它太棒了，所以目前是我最珍视的财产。

你最喜欢的 WhatsApp 群组是什么？我不能透露名字，但那是和几个非橄榄球圈朋友在一起的群。

如果你能拥有任何超能力，会是什么？瞬间移动，因为有时我觉得旅途太没必要，我想瞬间到达这里、那里和任何地方。

你买过最荒谬的东西是什么？那张橡木咖啡桌。我在 Facebook Marketplace 上寻找其他东西，然后找了个家伙帮我定制了这张桌子。我还喜欢在 TikTok 商店大批量下单。我曾经一次买了 20 双白袜子。

你最喜欢的电视剧是什么？《生活大爆炸》。这是我的治愈系剧集，我看了很多遍。

你有恐惧症吗？针头。我真的很不喜欢它们。虽然我有纹身，也会抽血，但我依然不喜欢。

如果你不是一名运动员，你会做什么？我目前在拉夫堡大学攻读国际商务学位 [这位 22 岁的球员同时效力于拉夫堡闪电队]，所以我可能会在商业领域工作，但我不确定具体做什么。我想成为一名领导者，或者公司里拥有权力的女性。

如果你能参加任何真人秀节目，会是什么？我很喜欢室内设计类节目。我会参加艾伦·卡尔主持的《室内设计大师》。

你在体育之外最大的成就是什么？我想说是我的学位，但我还没完成。我预感它将会是我的最大成就。

我即将进入最后一年，但我把最后一年分成了两个阶段。

你最坏的习惯是什么？我总是把事情做一半。这让我快疯了。

你有卡拉 OK 指定曲吗？我以前常唱索菲·艾利斯-贝克斯托的《Murder on the Dancefloor》，但我好久没去唱卡拉 OK 了，我很想念它。我热爱卡拉 OK。

你最美好的童年回忆是什么？童年假期在德文郡的海滩上奔跑。

你有隐藏天赋或派对绝活吗？ 我以前是踢踏舞舞者，所以我能跳踢踏舞。我考过了几个等级，并参加了几场演出。 这都发生在接触橄榄球之前。

我会潜入未来，只为了确认我在追求的目标上取得了成功，这样我回来后就可以对自己说：“我知道一切都会好起来的。”

莉莉·艾夫斯·坎皮恩接受了菲奥娜·托马斯的采访。

冉冉升起：莉莉·艾夫斯·坎皮恩在安联体育场代表英格兰队对阵爱尔兰队时赢得了一次边线球，她是英格兰女子橄榄球队 (Red Roses) 体系中最具潜力的苗子之一。

未来几周值得做的三件事

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田径赛季将于明晚落下帷幕，众多世界顶尖选手将前往伦敦北部的 StoneX 体育场参加 Athlos 赛事。英国的基利·霍奇金森（Keely Hodgkinson）、乔治亚·亨特-贝尔（Georgia Hunter Bell）、达里尔·内塔（Daryll Neita）和伊马尼-拉拉·兰西库特（Imani-Lara Lansiquot）将参加这项由亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安（Alexis Ohanian）策划的仅限女性参加的赛事。该赛事包含七个项目——100米、200米、400米、800米、100米栏、一英里跑和跳远——其他参与的大牌选手还包括沙卡里·理查德森（Sha'Carri Richardson）、加比·托马斯（Gabby Thomas）和杰西卡·赫尔（Jessica Hull）。比赛将于晚上 7 点开始，并在 BBC iPlayer 平台直播。

收听 《The Good, The Scaz and The Rugby》 随着英格兰女子橄榄球队 (Red Roses) 本月回归 WXV 全球系列赛赛场——她们将在周六对阵加拿大，随后在接下来的周末于安联体育场对阵新西兰——可以通过该播客获取英格兰队内部的深度见解。

该播客由埃尔玛·斯米特（Elma Smit）主持，邀请了两届橄榄球世界杯冠军埃米莉·斯卡拉特（Emily Scarratt，现为教练组成员）和娜塔莎·亨特（Natasha Hunt）讨论女子橄榄球的一切，从比赛分析到诸如卵子冷冻和绰号等热门话题。由于英格兰队的其他球员（如队长梅格·琼斯和汉娜·博特曼）也经常参与，因此其中包含大量关于橄榄球场外生活的细节。

支持英格兰女子足球队 (Lionesses)

英格兰队将在几周后重启明年世界杯的预选赛征程。她们将于 10 月 9 日周五在希腊进行首回合第一轮附加赛，随后在接下来的周二于莱斯特的金格权力体育场（King Power Stadium）迎战同一对手。门票可通过 englandfootball.com 购买。

如果萨里娜·维格曼（Sarina Wiegman）的球队如预期般战胜希腊，她们将在另一场两回合附加赛中面对斯洛伐克与乌克兰对决的胜者。若能获胜，她们将锁定明年在巴西举行的锦标赛席位。

结尾快照

上周末在纽约举行的美国网球公开赛决赛中，莱诺娜·里巴金娜在击败阿里娜·萨巴伦卡夺冠时回球。这位出生于莫斯科的哈萨克斯坦选手以 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 获胜，夺得今年她的第二座大满贯冠军，此前她已在 1 月捧起澳大利亚公开赛奖杯。这对里巴金娜来说是辉煌的一周，她还取代萨巴伦卡成为世界第一，首次获得该排名。

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Palace hits back at Diana's brother

Earl Spencer claims King said 'we'll forget her soon enough' after Princess's death

By India McTaggart

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE has accused Earl Spencer of "clouded reasoning" after he claimed the King made disparaging comments about Diana, Princess of Wales, in the days after her death.

In a new book, the Earl alleges that during a phone call before the Princess's funeral, the then Prince of Wales remarked, "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough".

In a highly unusual move, Buckingham Palace swiftly responded to the allegations. In a statement last night, it said: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss."

The comments echo Elizabeth II's infamous "recollections may vary" response to a series of allegations made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in their joint interview with Oprah Winfrey.

A source close to the King explained that the alleged comment about the Princess was "just not in his nature and it certainly wasn't in his nature at that time when he was absolutely grief-stricken".

They added that, at the time, the then-Prince Charles was “paralysed with grief” and defied protocol by insisting that the Princess was afforded a full state-style ceremonial funeral, and that her coffin was draped in the Royal Standard between Paris and London.

According to Earl Spencer, the alleged row took place while debating whether Princes William and Harry, then 15 and 12, should walk behind their mother's coffin during the funeral procession on Sep 6, 1997.

In his new book, serialised by the Daily Mail, the Earl claims the then-Prince Charles told him he had walked in the funeral procession of his great uncle, Lord Mountbatten, in 1979. The memoir, called Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, alleges that when Earl Spencer pointed out that he had been 30 at the time, his former brother-in-law "went nuts".

The Earl writes: "Prince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped.

"I assumed the pause signalled an effort to bring himself under control, but then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death. 'Rest assured,' he hissed, 'we'll forget her soon enough!"

The alleged row mirrors the Duke of Sussex's own memoir, Spare, in which he claimed that there was a heated behind-the-scenes debate about whether he and his brother should walk

'Fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise'

behind his mother's coffin, with Earl Spencer describing it as "a barbarity".

The Earl's claims come ahead of the Duke's first public engagements since his family moved back to the UK. The Duke, who celebrated his 42nd birthday on Tuesday, is set to attend a series of charitable events in the coming weeks, including for WellChild and Invictus.

The Duke and his family are also thought to have spent time with Earl Spencer since they returned on Aug 26.

The Earl's new book covers the Princess's childhood, her unhappy marriage to the then Prince of Wales and the aftermath of her death in a car crash in Paris on Aug 31, 1997. He previously said the aim of his new book was "to tell the truth about Diana from her brother's perspective, just as I attempted to do when speaking at her funeral". It is due to be published in the UK next Tuesday.

A spokesman for Earl Spencer declined to comment.

A body has been found in the search for Noah Woods, a three-year-old who went missing in a Suffolk village on Tuesday. The boy, who was described as autistic and non-verbal, disappeared after he became separated from his grandfather at a playground. Page 5

Navy chief: We must rebuild to fight Putin

BRITAIN must once again become a naval superpower to counter Vladimir Putin's fleet, the head of the Navy has said.

By Tom Cotterill

Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the UK urgently needed to build more traditional warships and drones to protect the Atlantic from Russia.

In a major speech last night, the First Sea Lord said the country must "strengthen our warfighting readiness" and "rediscover what it means to be a maritime nation".

There is increasing pressure on the Navy, which is at its smallest in living memory. Russia is believed to be targeting undersea cables around the UK, while recent tensions with Argentina over the Falklands have raised questions about the capability of the Armed Forces.

Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, has not committed to spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, despite calls to do so from military chiefs. He has insisted that any increase must not come at the expense of the welfare budget.

Speaking at a private event in Admiralty House, Whitehall, Gen Sir Gwyn said: "The greatest threat to our security today is Russia. Russia retains advanced submarines that are increasingly difficult to track, long-range precision weapons, and specialist systems designed to operate deep underwater."

Revealing that two Navy warships were deployed every week to monitor Putin's vessels, he said: "Among Ukraine's Western allies, Russia considers us to be one of its greatest foes. We know that Russia is probing us for weakness. And we are facing threats in a way we have not been since the Cold War."

The First Sea Lord argued that Britain's national survival had always depended on its Navy. He said: "Churchill attached such significance to the Atlantic because he understood something important: the sea is not peripheral to Britain – it is existential... If we are to prevail in the Atlantic again, we must strengthen our warfighting readiness and rediscover what it means to be a maritime nation."

The Navy currently has five active frigates, six destroyers and two aircraft carriers, alongside a submarine fleet of six Astute attack boats and four Vanguard-class subs, which carry the UK's nuclear weapons. Both carriers, HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth, have reported mechanical problems since their maiden voyages.

It is, however, undergoing a huge rebuild, with four Dreadnought submarines carrying nuclear weapons and up to 12 additional Aukus nuclear attack submarines in the pipeline. It is also building five Type 3I frigates and eight Type 26 submarine-hunting frigates.

Gen Sir Gwyn insisted that Britain must “reject any idea that the only future for the Royal Navy is one of decline”, adding: “We can still be the greatest naval power in Europe, and one of the world’s most powerful navies.”

Newts may thwart Piddington migrant site

By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR

GREAT crested newts could scupper plans to build a camp to house as many as 1,256 asylum seekers near an Oxfordshire village.

Campaigners in Piddington, which voted to leave the UK yesterday in protest against the proposed camp, have unearthed records showing a number of protected wildlife species live next to and on its site.

In an apparent blunder, the Home Office's ecological assessment of the area, submitted as part of its planning application, claimed that there was no evidence of protected newts, bats or reptiles. Campaigners are claiming that unless the Home Office redoes its ecological assessment, and introduces protective measures possibly including moving the newts, it will be open to a legal challenge that could thwart the asylum camp. The errors form the basis of a high court challenge to the plans that was launched last night.

Dr Claire Brenner, a resident with a zoology degree, who uncovered the evidence, said: "If the Secretary of State determines this application with this materially incomplete information, that's open to legal challenge. If they proceed to work on the site without a licence, then potentially it's a wildlife crime."

On Tuesday, the residents of Piddington voted 285 to 26 to "secede from the UK and pursue self-determination" in a symbolic referendum to protest against plans to convert a neighbouring Ministry of Defence garrison into the asylum camp.

The result was declared yesterday morning, based on a turnout of Continued on Page 6

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NHS 'must treat dementia like cancer'

By Laura Donnelly HEALTH EDITOR

DEMENTIA patients are being given a "second-class service" and should be treated with the same urgency as those with cancer, health chiefs have said.

Prof Sir Mike Richards, England's former cancer tsar, said the progress made against cancer in the past 50 years offered a blueprint for dementia.

A proposed overhaul, backed by the King's Fund and the Alzheimer's Society, calls for the introduction of national waiting-time targets and clear treatment pathways, alongside better access to tests, trials and new treatments. It comes amid warnings, to be echoed today by Baroness Casey, of a "two-tier" system, with dementia care "stuck in the 20th century" while advances in cancer care have almost doubled survival rates since the early 1970s.

Writing for The Telegraph, Prof Sir Mike said: "I do believe that the conditions are right for the same revolution in dementia that we have seen for cancer."

NHS targets say patients with suspected cancer should receive a diagnosis or have cancer ruled out within 28 days. There is no equivalent waiting-time target for dementia. About one in three people living with dementia does not have a formal diagnosis, while half of carers say their loved one waited more than six months to be diagnosed.

Lady Casey, who will address the Alzheimer's Society's annual conference later today, has already called for "a moment of reckoning" over the treatment of people with dementia, saying care in some parts of the country is so poor that "we've lost our minds".

Prof Sir Mike recalled starting work in oncology 50 years ago when an eminent professor asked why he wanted to enter the field, adding: "Don't they all Continued on Page 2

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Hostile states could be using unscheduled flights on small aircraft to illegally enter Britain, according to a new report. Tens of thousands of flights involving private jets, light aircraft and helicopters are believed to land in the UK each year, many of which are not scrutinised on arrival, according to research. The report described the situation as a major blind spot in Britain's border security, "posing a significant risk to national security". Page 2

Plan to cut benefits for back pain and arthritis

Welfare claimants with back pain, arthritis or mild anxiety could see their benefits cut under a shake-up of disability support. A Government review is considering a more tailored benefits programme that could mean people with milder mental health and musculoskeletal conditions receive thousands of pounds less than those with cerebral palsy or severe learning disabilities. Sir Stephen Timms, the disabilities minister, is considering the overhaul as part of a benefits review. Page 4

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Angry Trump attacks Fed's US rate raise

Donald Trump attacked the US Federal Reserve after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Mr Trump called for interest rates to be lowered "fast" after the Federal Open Markets Committee announced a 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates to 4 per cent – and signalled more hikes to come. Mr Trump said: "Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less." Page 17

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Vulnerability in border control could be exploited by malicious state actors, claims report

By Rozina Sabur NATIONAL SECURITY EDITOR

HOSTILE states could be using unscheduled flights on small aircraft to illegally enter Britain, according to a new report.

Tens of thousands of flights involving private jets, light aircraft and helicopters are believed to land in the UK each year, many of which are not scrutinised on arrival, according to research by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi).

The report described the situation as a major blind spot in Britain's border security, "posing a significant risk to national security".

Britain has 538 aerodromes, airfields and helipads approved to accept unscheduled international flights, many of which lack a permanent border control or police presence.

Last year, some 77,316 non-scheduled civil flights used these to land in the UK from abroad, according to the research.

The report's author, Cathy Haenlein, contrasted the significant “attention trained on small-boat crossings” from the Channel, warning that unscheduled flights represent “an underreported vulnerability in UK border security, which could be exploited by malicious state or non-state actors”.

The research focused on non-scheduled flights across the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, where there are significant organised crime networks, and found evidence that aircraft were being used to illegally move drugs, firearms, cash and people into the UK.

Documented cases include a private jet which landed at Farnborough airport with half a ton of cocaine hidden in 15 suitcases in 2018 and drug smugglers who posed as flying enthusiasts who carried £12m-worth of heroin and cocaine in a rented helicopter which made stops in Kent and Redhill in Surrey in 2016.

Last year, a small plane attempted to smuggle four Albanian migrants into Britain from Deenethorpe airfield in Northamptonshire.

While those cases involved organised crime, the Rusi report warns that the loopholes criminals exploit are also "of wider national security concern". "Notably, interviewees flagged that existing gaps could equally be exploited for sanctions evasion, illicit finance, hostile state activity or other national security threats," it said.

The report was produced with sup-

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Number of aerodromes, airfields and helipads in the UK, approved to accept unscheduled international flights

port from the Government, including the National Crime Agency, the Foreign Office, academic research and classified UK intelligence assessments relating to general aviation.

The findings were based on 30 anonymised interviews with sources. Ms Haenlein said that while researchers were not provided with “tangible examples” of the national security concerns, “there is scope for the vulnerability to be exploited by a range of actors”.

"The speed with which you can move things across that wide network means it could be used for whatever purpose an operator might be interested in," she said. "There aren't a lot of examples of its use for irregular migration... but it could equally be used to move other types of people more discreetly who are trying to enter a country undetected," she said.

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Frieze framed Frieze Sculpture, one of London's largest outdoor exhibitions, attracted new fans yesterday as it returned to Regent's Park for its 14th edition. It runs until Nov 1.

Intelligence officer who died in Ukraine named

Defence identified him as Major Paul Wilks, 40, in a statement yesterday evening. The father of two died in a "road traffic incident" understood not to have resulted from hostile action.

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Lt Gen Matthew Jones, chief of defence intelligence in the UK, described Major Wilks as one of the "most talented" intelligence officers in a generation.

Green council bans adverts for petrol cars

A Green-led council has banned all advertisements for flights, cruises and petrol cars in a crackdown on "high-carbon" sectors.

Councillors at Bristol city council voted to prohibit the promotion of "polluting" products and services, with restrictions on adverts for airlines, cruise holidays, non-electric cars and fast-fashion products. The ban applies to council-owned billboards, digital screens and bus shelters.

Heather Mack, the deputy leader of the council, said: "This vote is a win-win for the people of Bristol."

However, John Goulandris, a Conservative councillor, called the measure "grossly patronising".

Fly-tipper threatens to stab woman who caught him

A knife-wielding man who was filmed threatening to stab an elderly woman after she and her husband caught him fly-tipping has been jailed for more than three years.

Jamie Allen, 29, became enraged after the pair saw him dump the contents of a wheelbarrow near their home in Duston, Northampton.

He was charged with two counts of threats to kill, assault by beating, possession of a knife blade in a public place, criminal damage to property and engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour. Allen, of Duston, admitted five of the charges and was jailed for three and a half years at Northampton Crown Court.

A British Army intelligence officer who died in a crash in Ukraine has been hailed as "an exceptional leader". The Ministry of

Heatwave chips away at farmers' potato harvests

To fight this frightening disease we must have proper leadership

Mike Richards take years, being sent home with a leaflet and little else isn't good enough.

"WHY do you want to work in cancer? Don't they all die?"

These words, uttered to me by an eminent professor when I made the decision 50 years ago to pursue a career in oncology, perfectly summed up the prevailing attitude of the time.

A cancer diagnosis was regarded as a death sentence by patients, clinicians, policy makers and the wider public.

Today, survival rates have more than doubled and, while it's still one of the most frightening diagnoses to receive, it is at least treated as a matter of urgency and there is a wide range of treatment options, together with support to navigate services.

As a cancer patient, you will be told what type of cancer you have, the stage it is at, and what to expect. The same cannot be said for dementia. When you finally receive a diagnosis, which can

A million people in the UK have dementia. It is a major cause of death. There is no cure and one in three living with it don't even have a formal diagnosis. Significant progress is being made on the research front. Yet in so many ways it lags decades behind other major health conditions.

I am pleased, then, to be helping the Alzheimer's Society and the King's Fund analyse the key drivers for transforming cancer over the last few decades - so we can learn how to do the same for dementia.

One of the key drivers for cancer was leadership. It took successive Prime Ministers making it a top priority across three consecutive cancer strategies to drive the seismic change we have witnessed.

But building a whole movement for change must involve everyone, from people living with dementia and their carers, clinicians and health service managers, to academics, charities and industry. It will need ongoing political will behind it to drive lasting change.

Just this week we have been reminded that our new Prime Minister knows first-hand the devastation caused by dementia, with the news his father, who had Alzheimer's disease, died on Monday. He has spoken openly

I believe we can do for dementia what we have done for cancer – and give people living with dementia the priority they have long deserved.

about his commitment to driving progress, particularly in social care.

Baroness Casey, whose Commission is looking at much-needed reform of social care, is under no illusions either, consistently raising dementia as an area of serious concern, historical neglect and inadequate provision.

The Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty, a 10-year plan in development, alongside the recently-promised dementia tsar, presents a real chance to drive progress in diagnosis, treatments, care and research.

Prof Sir Mike Richards is the former National Cancer Director

Dementia care ‘stuck in the 20th century’

"It took successive prime ministers making it a top priority across three consecutive cancer strategies to drive the seismic change we have witnessed," he said. "Dementia deserves the same ambition that has transformed cancer care."

Continued from Page 1 die?" He said that clear diagnosis and treatment pathways, timed targets and a national registry had been central to progress, alongside sustained political leadership.

Mr Burnham, who moved to accelerate Lady Casey's social care commission after entering Downing Street, has said that his father's experiences strengthened his determination to reform the system. Returning from compassionate

Dementia patients, meanwhile, described being effectively "sent home to die" after diagnosis, with little more than a leaflet and no clear plan for treatment or support.

Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, returned to work yesterday following the death of his father, Roy, 86, who had Alzheimer's disease.

leave, he said his father would have wanted him "back out there" to bring forward "the changes that he always pushed me to make".

Sarah Woolnough, the chief executive of the King's Fund, said that dementia treatment remained "stuck in the 20th century".

Michelle Dyson, the chief executive of Alzheimer's Society, said: "People living with dementia are getting a second-class service – and families, so often touched also by other health conditions like cancer, know it.

“Dementia is one of the biggest health and social care challenges we face, and has such a devastating impact on people's lives.

More than 150 Alzheimer's drugs are in development, while advances in blood tests could transform diagnosis.

"We cannot put up with a two-tier system any longer."

The warnings come at a turning point in dementia research, with scientific advances creating opportunities that did not exist even five years ago.

Britain is bracing for one of its worst potato harvests ever after a summer of intense drought, industry experts have warned.

Across Europe, this year's potato harvest is projected to drop by nearly 3.5 million tons, costing the industry up to £530m in lost revenue.

Tom Lancaster, of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, said: "As we move into autumn, the impact of the record-breaking summer heat and drought on food and farming becomes clear. As one of Europe's thirstiest crops, it was inevitable that the potato harvest would be hit hard."

Beyond lower yields, consumers will also notice smaller potatoes on supermarket shelves.

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You're not a victim, Thunberg tells Sheeran

Activist says cancelling star after pro-Palestine furore shows that 'global consciousness has shifted'

By Lilia Sebouai

GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY REPORTER

GRETA THUNBERG and Lewis Hamilton have rowed in behind the pro-Palestine support acts that have dropped out of Ed Sheeran's tour.

The Swedish activist said Sheeran being “cancelled” showed that “global consciousness has shifted” in support of Palestinian causes.

The controversy erupted after Macklemore, a US rapper, called for a "free Palestine" on stage at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this month while supporting the American leg of Sheeran's Loop tour.

The rapper, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, was dropped after pressure from Robert

Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Kraft Group and Gillette Stadium, where Sheeran is due to play later this month.

Hamilton expressed his solidarity with Macklemore on Tuesday. The Formula One driver wrote on Instagram: "Thank you for using your voice, standing with you."

Sheeran has denied being involved in the decision to remove the rapper but has faced a wave of criticism, with all other support acts quitting the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.

In a statement on Tuesday, Sheeran said he had his "own views" on the conflict in the Middle East, which he did not want to share publicly.

Ms Thunberg said in a joint Instagram post on Tuesday: "We are witnessing one of the biggest artists in the world being cancelled because they tried to 'both sides' Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people.

"This is a clear and undeniable sign that the global consciousness has shifted. The normalisation of an apartheid state, and the attempts to sanitise or justify its actions, will no longer be tolerated. Ed, there is only one victim here: the Palestinian people."

On Sept 4 and 5, Macklemore was a special guest at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he performed in a keffiyeh.

He told the crowd: "A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so that I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very, very dear to my heart: Free Palestine."

The rapper then performed his song Hind's Hall, which pays tribute to Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was targeted and killed by Israeli fire, while footage of Gaza devastation played on the big screen.

After a backlash from Jewish and Israeli groups, a number of venues pressured promoters to drop Macklemore from the rest of the tour.

Sheeran said in his Instagram post: "Upcoming tour dates had communicated that they would pull the shows if he was still supporting... I spoke with the venues at length all week to try to build a bridge. One of those people was Robert Kraft."

Sheeran said: "I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict.

"Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have

‘This is a clear sign... the normalisation of an apartheid state will no longer be tolerated’

them, and it doesn't mean I don't care." The Shape Of You singer said he was "appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine", adding that he respected Macklemore "as an artist".

Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd co-founder and bassist, criticised Sheeran in a post on X, calling him a "p---k" for doing "the wrong thing", while praising Macklemore for doing "the right thing".

Sheeran's other support acts, including Irish singer Aaron Rowe, American musician Finneas, who is Billie Eilish's brother, and Danish singer Lukas Graham, as well as his Irish folk backing band Beoga, all posted on social media that they had withdrawn from the tour.

Rowe said he did not take the decision to quit the tour lightly, adding that Sheeran “has been a friend to me and has changed my life”.

The singer said: "I cannot stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children."

In their post, Beoga said that Macklemore had been silenced by "Zionist lobbies" and that the group believed in "dialogue as a means of progressing the plight of the Palestinian people".

Finneas said: "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed." Macklemore commented on each of the posts with a love heart emoji and the Palestinian flag.

The Israeli-American Council claimed Macklemore had used his platform to “advance a one-sided political agenda” and called for his removal.

Elan Carr, the chief executive of the Israeli-American Council, which started a petition to have Macklemore removed from the tour, called the rapper's actions "outrageous" on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, claiming his words "slander the State of Israel and the Jewish people".

Macklemore, known for hits including Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us, has long been an outspoken advocate for Palestinians.

Sheeran's next performance is scheduled for Sept 19 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where Graham and Rowe were supposed to open.

He has 17 dates still left on the tour across North and South America, with the final show scheduled for Dec 11 in Mexico City.

Sheer drama How the row has unfolded

Sep 4 Macklemore plays his first show of the Loop Tour at MetLife Stadium where he tells the crowd: "A big part why I wanted to do this tour is so I could stand in stadiums like this and say two words dear to my heart: Free Palestine." Sep 6

Israeli-American Council publishes a petition calling for him to be removed from the tour. Sep 7

Macklemore shares a video of one of his speeches online. The caption states: "Wanting all humans to be

treated equal should never be controversial." Sep 13 Images of Macklemore in 'Jewface' (right) resurface online. He claimed at the time that "the costume could, within a context of stereotyping, be ascribed to a Jewish caricature", but he was simply trying to disguise himself in a crowd. Sep 14 Macklemore is dropped from the Loop Tour. Macklemore says Ed Sheeran had been put in "f---ed up situation" and suggests he may have been pressured by Robert Kraft, the owner of Gillette Stadium. Kraft says "based on Macklemore's recent actions and a history of anti-Semitic rhetoric, we determined his participation in the concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line". Sep 15 All the tour support acts quit after Sheeran writes on social media: "There is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace."

Ed Sheeran has attracted criticism from Greta Thunberg, top left, after the US rapper Macklemore, above as a 'Jewish caricature', quit as his support act

Singer will be reeling from row that shows, in modern age, everything is political

Neil McCormick CHIEF MUSIC CRITIC

SO how is Ed Sheeran's Loop tour going to end? Is it a career-wrecking moment for the singer, or a storm in a stadium-sized teacup? Let's be honest here, no one goes to a superstar show to see the support act.

From my own interactions with Sheeran, whom I have met a few times over the years, I know him to be a sincere, conscientious and thoughtful individual, whose main reason for bringing along support acts is to help out musicians he admires. He will be utterly dismayed by what is unfolding.

Sheeran's mistake (so obvious in retrospect) was to invite the US rapper Macklemore, a long-time friend, along for the ride.

Honestly, you might have thought someone in management could have seen this coming. Macklemore is an articulate and passionate rapper whose best work often includes social and political commentary, and whose most notable release in recent years was a punchy and effective 2024 protest track, Hind's Hall, named in honour of a five-year-old Palestinian girl (Hind Rajab) killed in Gaza by Israeli forces.

Sheeran has been put in an impossible position, but it's one that you can imagine every artist facing in the future. Should he have stood up for his friend's right to air his convictions and stood his ground, potentially leading to the cancellation of his own tour, job losses for hundreds of tour personnel, disappointment for hundreds of thousands of fans, and a financial loss of millions in revenue? That seems an absurdly disproportionate outcome. It is far easier for his fellow musicians to pull out. They don't have so much to lose, and they can anticipate how bad this would look to their own fans in the vicious forums of social media. Because it is shaping up to be a monumental cultural battle that has been a long time coming.

Macklemore has suggested that it was the billionaire owner of the Gillette stadium in Massachusetts, Robert Kraft, who lobbied other concert promoters to take a stand. Sheeran is due to play there on September 25 and 26... albeit currently without a band. Kraft's own comments seem to bear this out, confirming he would "not provide a platform for hate

speech" and accusing the rapper of a broader history of "anti-Semitic rhetoric". Macklemore was involved in a controversy over wearing what appeared to be a comedic Jewish costume onstage in 2014, for which he subsequently apologised and insisted was unintentional. His vocal support for Palestinian issues has led to accusations of anti-Semitism, which he has always vociferously and articulately denied. To muddy the waters further, highly controversial rapper Kanye West (making a comeback from virulently anti-Semitic remarks which he blamed on mental illness) is scheduled to appear at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas - one of the stadiums that allegedly objected to Macklemore's appearance.

To what extent should venue owners and concert promoters have the power to dictate what an artist says or does on stage? The threat to cancel an entire tour because you don't like someone's politics (or, in this case, cancel a headline act because you don't like the support act's politics) seems a dangerous misuse of power. What might have happened to the careers of such pop political agitators as John Lennon, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash or U2 if venues refused to stage shows if they said something they didn't approve of? The Dixie Chicks faced a career

damaging backlash in 2003 after making critical comments about President George W Bush and the Iraq war – but in their case the boycotts were led by outraged country music fans rather than promoters.

"Money doesn't give you the right to own the conversation," was the response of Lukas Graham, whose abandoned support slot could have been career-changing for him. "Nobody's bank balance should decide who gets to speak or which suffering we're allowed to acknowledge."

It has been evident to me for a long time that today's pop stars are increasingly wary of politics, in fear of controversies blowing up on social media. As Sheeran said in his own statement: "I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have them."

He is far from alone in this. Such universally popular artists as

Irish band Kneecap is known for its political activism, as was John Lennon

Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles have talked to me about the pragmatism of not taking political positions out of recognition for the wide spectrum of beliefs in their mass audiences. As Dolly Parton once put it to me: "I am a person that respects everybody and I know for a fact that when you're political, if I said something about one side, the other side's going to be pissed off at me, and I'm gonna lose fans."

More politically focused artists (such as Kneecap and Bob Vylan in recent years) live under a constant threat of court action. But at least those are artists who have chosen a position. Look at Sheeran, who opted for the Dolly Parton approach of not publicly taking sides yet has been dragged into a fight over another artist's actions. It's a no-win situation. He is going to look weak if he plays on, but his only other option is to take a stand and face the ruinous cancellation of his tour.

So does that mean being apolitical is no longer an option? When Sheeran recently collaborated with U2 on a song called Yours Eternally, inspired by a letter from a soldier in Ukraine, he asked for assurances that they would not get him "involved in politics". "I may have been bluffing there," U2 frontman Bono later joked. This latest controversy shows that in the modern age of constant social media culture wars, everything is political.

Sheeran's next show, in Philadelphia on Saturday, is going to be interesting. He is the most talented one-man band in history, and he can certainly entertain audiences without relying on backing musicians or supporting acts. But he is going to have to address the controversy and take a position, whether he wants to

or not. If it is no longer safe to sit on a fence strumming Galway Girl, then pop might be about to get a whole lot more combustible.

Restore is being hijacked by racists, says ex-candidate

By Daniel Martin DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR

RESTORE BRITAIN is being hijacked by racists, according to a former Royal Marine who stood as one of its candidates.

Jez Hermer, who stood in a by-election for the Right-wing party on Dover council last month, said he had witnessed "overt anti-Semitism, racism and misogyny" among its activists.

Writing for The Telegraph, he said the party had gone through a “rapid charge to the hard-Right” which the leader, Rupert Lowe, was doing little to address. Mr Hermer revealed he had been called a “traitor” by activists because he said Restore did not believe only white people could be British.

Just weeks ago Mr Lowe praised Mr Hermer, who served in the military for nearly three decades, as a “fantastic candidate”. In a video on social media, Mr Lowe said: “With people like Jez, we can make a huge difference to the way in which Britain operates.”

There is pressure from some on the Right for Restore to join forces with the Reform party to increase their chances of electoral success. But senior Reform figures have said there can be no talk of a merger until Mr Lowe ditches some of his more hard-Right supporters.

“During my brief involvement with Restore Britain, I personally witnessed what I regarded as overt anti-Semitism, racism and misogyny in forums associated with the party,” Mr Hermer said. “I also encountered an increasingly rigid form of ethno-nationalism in which legitimate discussion about ethnicity, heritage and demographic change sometimes gave way to hostility towards those expressing a more civic conception of British nationhood.”

It comes amid wider criticism of Restore about apparently racist and anti-Semitic comments by some of the party's members. Last month, the senior activist Charlie Downes was accused of suggesting Mr Farage had been "bought" by Jewish supporters.

Mr Downes had responded to a post on X by the Reform leader, in which Mr Farage had said he could not be bought, with an image showing him in front of signs for the Reform Jewish Alliance.

The party also suffered a blow when Orla Minihane, who founded a group dedicated to protecting women against crimes by migrants, quit the party after criticising alleged racism.

Mr Hermer called on Restore's leadership to do more to tackle its extremist elements. "If Restore Britain's rapid charge to the hard Right is to be arrested, the leadership must define clearly what the Party stands for, and what it does not," said Mr Hermer. "Legitimate debate about immigration, ethnicity, demographics, culture and national identity must remain possible without racism, anti-Semitism or extremism becoming normalised under their cover."

Bridal march Jemima Goldsmith, 52, is walked down the aisle by younger son Kasim Khan, ahead of her wedding to Australian financier Cameron O'Reilly, 62, at the weekend. She posted the first pictures of the day on Instagram last night.

Burnham: Up to Reform to prove £72m donations are permissible

By Amy Gibbons POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

ANDY BURNHAM has said it will be up to Reform UK to prove whether its record £72m donations are legal under Labour's election reforms.

The Government is set to bar British donors based overseas from giving more than £100,000 a year to UK parties in an attempt to crack down on foreign influence in British politics.

Ministers are also considering new “enhanced” residency checks that would force potential donors to prove they have lived in the UK for an “ongoing” period. The changes would be backdated to March this year, raising suspicions that Labour is attempting to outlaw two £36m donations that Reform received.

Asked whether those gifts would become “impermissible” once the new laws were passed, Mr Burnham told reporters: “Well, the details of those donations are a matter for Reform, and they will have to account for the detail of how those donations have been made and whether they are permissible.”

The two record-breaking donations to Reform came from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, both British-

'It's important we uphold the highest standards of trust, confidence and cleanliness in our politics'

born cryptocurrency billionaires who have been based abroad. The new cap on overseas donations is in the Representation of the People Bill, which is going through the House of Lords.

Mr Delo, who was based in Hong Kong, and Mr Harborne, who has been based in Thailand, have both reportedly since returned to the UK.

Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, has previously acknowledged that the £72m received by his party last week could fall foul of the Labour crackdown.

He told the BBC on Monday he believed the two donations were currently “compliant” with the law, but suggested they may not be acceptable as a result of the Government’s reforms.

Mr Burnham backed a further initial cap of £500,000 on donations from UK individuals and companies during his Makerfield by-election campaign earlier this year. However, he chose not to support amendments to the Representation of the People Bill that would place an upper limit on single donations from people living in the UK.

During a visit to Woking yesterday, Mr Burnham was asked whether he had changed his mind, and whether Reform's donations would be outlawed anyway. He said: "It's really important that we uphold the highest standards of trust, confidence, cleanliness in British politics, and that is incumbent on all politicians and all political parties."

Benefits for back pain and anxiety may be cut

Review to consider more tailored programme of support in move to reduce costs of PIP payouts

By Szu Ping Chan ECONOMICS EDITOR

WELFARE claimants with back pain, arthritis or mild anxiety could see their benefits cut under a shake-up of disability support.

A Government review is considering a more tailored benefits programme that could mean people with milder mental health and musculoskeletal conditions receive thousands of pounds less than those with cerebral palsy or severe learning disabilities.

Sir Stephen Timms, the disabilities minister, is considering the overhaul as part of a landmark review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Britain's main disability benefit offers up to £10,000 per year in cash to help people with the extra costs of living with a disability or long-term physical or mental health condition. People can claim the benefit regardless of their income or whether they have a job.

Sir Stephen branded the benefit "not fit for purpose" this summer.

Both the Tories and Reform UK have also vowed to revamp the benefit, with the Conservatives promising a “root and branch review”.

Reform UK has proposed abolishing PIP and replacing it with a more restrictive system focused on people who are suffering from “severe” and “enduring” disabilities as part of £50bn in cuts.

Under proposals being considered by Sir Stephen, ministers could completely redesign how PIP is allocated, giving more money to people living with the most severe disabilities and less to those with milder needs.

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows that the current "points-based" system, which assesses how easily someone can complete daily tasks and get around, often results in people with different levels of need receiving the same amount of support.

“Someone who cannot wash themselves and needs assistance dressing their upper body would currently get the same level of support for daily living as someone who cannot wash themselves, cannot dress themselves at all, cannot talk and cannot read,” said the think-tank.

Under one model outlined by the IFS, people with back pain could face an £850 cut to their benefits per year, while someone with arthritis would see a £750 reduction.

A pounds-per-points system based on severity would result in someone with anxiety and depression facing a £360 cut, while cancer sufferers could also receive a £500-a-year cut.

However, the think-tank found that such an approach would hit Baby Boomers hardest, with over-50s facing the biggest cuts to payments.

The IFS said: "The biggest winners

Social media Labour spends £1.7m hiring digital influencers

LABOUR has spent more than £1.7m on influencers since it came to power.

Despite having more than 6,000 press officers adept at using social media, government departments have hired 215 influencers over in past two years to help get their message across, it was revealed in a series of ministerial answers to written questions tabled by Tory MPs.

Campaigns on everything from protecting the environment to recruiting prison officers and using the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) app have been promoted through the paid use of social media stars.

Only eight of 23 departments have revealed their spending on digital collaborations with influencers, suggesting the actual total may be even higher.

would be those whose main condition is a learning disability or a condition such as cerebral palsy, who tend to have very high PIP assessment scores.

“Claimants whose main condition is musculoskeletal would lose the most, since they do not tend to score very highly on the PIP assessment.

"The reform would also benefit younger claimants on average, since a higher share of young claimants receive very high point scores."

Roughly 11 per cent of 50-59 year-olds are on PIP and 14 per cent of 60-69 year-olds. That is up from 8.6 per cent and 11.3 per cent respectively in 2021. This compares with 6.1 per cent of under-30s. Over-50s claimants are also most commonly affected by arthritis and back pain, while mental health conditions are more common among young people.

The changes proposed by the IFS would leave benefit claims aged over-60 roughly £300 worse off a year, while teenagers and those in their twenties would be on average hundreds of pounds better off.

Official forecasts show that the PIP disability bill is set to rise from £32bn this year to £41.4bn in real terms by the start of the next decade, while the number of claimants is expected to grow from 4.1 million to 5.4 million by 2030.

Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister, is leading a review into worklessness among young people.

An interim report revealed that the UK spends £25 on benefits for young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) for every £1 spent on employment support. However, ministers have become increasingly alarmed about the rising disability benefits bill among the over-50s, who account for more than half of claimants.

The Timms review is expected to be published this autumn after the Budget on October 28. While the Government has effectively ruled out means-testing PIP, the IFS calculated that doing so could save up to £8.2bn a year.

Backlash from MPs over water powers for mayors

By Amy Gibbons and Tony Diver

THE Prime Minister is facing a backlash from his own MPs over his plan to put mayors in charge of water companies.

Andy Burnham is set to argue that the new devolved powers will bring firms back into public control after decades of private ownership.

However, Labour MPs have instead demanded full nationalisation, arguing the reforms would be “costly” and potentially “worse than useless” if Britain does not buy out water companies entirely at a cost of more than £100bn.

Under the proposals, revealed by The Telegraph on Tuesday, nine new regional bodies will be established to oversee water firms in England and Wales.

The boards, which will include representation from regional mayors, will have the power to set company objectives and hold bosses to account over bills, shortages and sewage discharges.

However, there are no plans to bring any services into public ownership - meaning the firms will remain privately led even with the increased state controls. Emma Lewell, the Labour MP for South Shields, warned the extra bureaucracy would be “costly” and urged the Government to focus on full nationalisation instead.

She told The Telegraph: "Imagine this will be costly, creating new structures costs. There is strong public support to nationalise, that's what needs to happen."

Clive Lewis, a Labour MP and prominent campaigner for nationalisation, also argued the reforms would be "worse than useless" without any prospect of public ownership.

In a post on X, he questioned how local leaders could be expected to exert any influence over the water industry when "our own national government can't even exercise effective control over privatised companies".

The MP for Norwich South presented the Government with a list of questions about the plan, including whether regional bodies will have the power “to decide to end privatisation and take the service back into public ownership”.

Bob the Builder fitting solar panels in the advert

Woke Bob the Builder tries hand at 'net zero propaganda'

By Cameron Henderson and Sapphire Hope

BOB THE BUILDER has been accused of spreading "net zero propaganda" after installing solar panels in a "woke" advert.

The animated character is seen trading in his construction yard for fitting solar panels and low-carbon

heating in an eco-friendly reboot for energy company E.On. In a first screen appearance in 15 years, Bob, voiced by actor Neil Morrissey, encourages viewers to sign up for a net zero training academy to meet the Government's target of a decarbonised electricity system by 2030.

The advertisement sparked anger from net zero critics, who accused E.On of turning Bob into "a woke commissar of climate". Morrissey's Bob, last seen in 2011, was replaced by a rebooted version depicting a taller, slimmed down builder from 2015 to 2018. Addressing his absence, Bob says: "I downed tools for a while. I got into yoga. Took up bird-watching. Then I packed my bags and went to Australia," while pointing at what appears to be a home battery.

Holding up a newspaper headline: "UK needs more green skills for clean energy future", he says: "When I arrived back home, I saw this in the news and thought: 'Can we fix it?'" Swapping his yellow hard hat for a red E.On branded one, Bob is depicted learning to fit solar panels, connecting home batteries and installing low-carbon heating. E.On's advert warns there is a lack of skilled workers needed to deliver a decarbonised electricity system by 2030.

Lee Anderson, the Reform UK chairman, said: "Bob the Builder's been turned into a woke commissar of climate, flogging the same net zero propaganda that's sent energy bills through the roof in the homes he used to build. We don't need another army of net zero specialists. It needs builders and sparkies who can keep the lights on."

The Daily Telegraph Thursday 17 September 2026

Body found in hunt for missing boy after huge search by public

Non-verbal three-year-old Noah Woods vanished on trip to village playground with his grandfather

By Tom McArdle and Will Bolton

A BODY has been found in the search for a three-year-old boy who went missing in a Suffolk village, police have confirmed.

Noah Woods disappeared after becoming separated from his grandfather during a visit to the playground in the small, close-knit community of Brantham at 2.37pm on Tuesday.

Following an extensive 27-hour search by specialist police dive teams, fire and rescue services, and more than 1,000 volunteers, a body was found in a nearby lake yesterday afternoon.

Supt Tom Pearse of Suffolk police said that while the body had not been formally identified, Noah's family had been informed.

"The discovery of the body is being treated as not suspicious but unexplained," he said. Hours before the discovery of the body, specialist dive teams

from the Metropolitan Police began searching Decoy Pond, a few hundred feet from Merriam Close playground where he went missing.

Volunteers scouring the area were asked to avoid the land around the pond which is almost 10ft deep in some places.

As news of the discovery filtered through to volunteers gathered in a nearby leisure centre, many wept openly.

Groups of men, women and children - many of whom had come straight from work or were still in their school uniform - hugged and cried as notifications on their phones alerted them to the discovery of the body.

Red-haired Noah, who was described as autistic, non-verbal and having partial hearing loss, was seen on CCTV playing in the park moments before he ran down a nearby alley heading towards Decoy Pond.

Throughout Tuesday night emergency services, including the coast-guard, worked desperately to find the little boy. Over the next 24 hours, about 1,300 volunteers arrived in the small Suffolk village to help look for Noah as news of his disappearance spread.

They scoured fields, rivers and ponds along with specially-trained police officers and dog units. Helicopters from the National Police Air Service and HM Coastguard also attended, with further support provided by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue.

Sarah Keys, Brantham parish council clerk, said the response had been "absolutely overwhelming".

She said: "We've been absolutely blown away by how many people have been here to volunteer and to give up their time and their energy and their feet to do it.

"We've had people come from Birmingham. We've had people come from Hampshire. We've had people come from Norwich. We've had food. We've had water. We've had everything that we could possibly need."

Tony Malcolm, Noah's uncle, who travelled from his home in Ipswich to help, described the young boy as "a lovely little kid".

Lisa Clarke, 44, of Ipswich, had also joined the search. She said: "It's heartbreaking. You just feel you have got to do something. I am neuro-diverse myself, and I realise how vulnerable [he] is. It just brings it all home."

Suffolk police and crime commissioner Tim Passmore thanked emergency services for working "tirelessly", and "the army of Suffolk citizens" who volunteered to help.

During the search, police asked local residents to check their gardens, sheds and outbuildings or any potential areas where a child might hide.

Anyone with private CCTV or doorbell cameras in the village, or who was driving through the area with a dashcam, was asked to review the footage from 3pm yesterday afternoon onwards for any possible sightings of Noah.

As the hours dragged on with no sign however, Noah's father, Rhys Woods, posted on Facebook, thanking the public for their help and begging them to keep looking.

Police at the pond in Brantham, Suffolk, yesterday before a body was found. Right, three-year-old Noah and his last known movements

He wrote: "I cannot go another night knowing he's out there alone. Please don't give up on him, guys.

"He is out there somewhere, and I appreciate every single one of you."

Police said that there was nothing to suggest Noah's disappearance was linked to "anything sinister or any element of criminality".

Volunteers wept in a garden area at Brantham Leisure Centre as Supt Pearse addressed them after the body was found.

Supt Pearse said the force had been "overwhelmed by the outpouring of public support".

He added: "As a parent myself, I completely understand why people would want to help and such a response is one that typifies the strong sense of community and the heartwarming nature of Suffolk people that make the county such a special place.

"I'm sure you appreciate that the family now needs time, space and privacy and I thank you for your understanding of this."

"Our thoughts are with Noah's family and all those who knew him."

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Girlfriend ‘stabbed City banker to death and left body to rot in bed’

Joanna Cierpka with her boyfriend Henrik Slotsaa. Slash and stab wounds were found to Mr Slotsaa's face

By Ruby Cline

A WOMAN allegedly murdered her banker boyfriend and left him to decompose after he told her he had met someone else at work, a court has heard.

Police found the decomposing body of Henrik Slotsaa, 52, at the couple's home in Elephant and Castle, south London, on Mar 15.

Officers were carrying out a welfare check on Joanna Cierpka after she sent an email to family and friends saying she was going to commit suicide.

The forensic pathologist believed Mr Slotsaa died about a week before police found him, Southwark Crown Court was told. Jurors heard pathologists found 14 separate “sharp force injuries” on Mr Slotsaa, including slash and stab wounds to the face, neck, arms and legs.

The prosecutor Danny Robinson, KC, said: "There were also unusual wounds to the backs of both knees that may have represented an attempt at dismemberment. It was clear he had been dead for some time."

Cierpka, 51, was disarmed and told police: "I don't want to be helped. You know what happened here? He told me I'm a useless s---. He told me I should kill myself." Cierpka, originally from Gdynia, Poland, was taken to hospital from the house with a deep cut in her elbow after she tried to cut her own throat with an eight-inch kitchen knife as police officers stormed the flat.

The prosecutor told the court: "The bodyworn footage shows how untidy the flat was, with many empty bottles of wine on the coffee table in the lounge."

Cierpka denies murder but has admitted manslaughter. In the weeks leading to the killing, friends said Mr Slotsaa had been "flirting" with a female work colleague and had told Cierpka on her birthday that he had "met someone else" at work. She appeared in the dock via videolink from HMP Bronzefield wearing a black prison-issue jacket.

Mr Robinson told jurors Mr Slotsaa, originally from Denmark, worked as a banker at Citibank's London office in Canary Wharf. Cierpka had worked for British American Tobacco before she was made redundant.

The trial continues.

Just 270 shoplifters to blame for almost 30,000 offences

By Charles Hymas HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR

JUST 270 suspected prolific shoplifters accounted for nearly 30,000 offences, data have revealed.

The thieves averaged 105 shoplifting offences each - and these were just the crimes that were formally reported to the police where officers had identified a suspect. This does not include other thefts for which they may not have been caught.

One of the most prolific shoplifters was identified in Sussex as being linked to 247 offences in the course of six years, equivalent to a crime being reported every 10 days.

The data, obtained under freedom of information laws by the BBC, showed that overall, the 270 were linked to 28,415 shoplifting offences in England and Wales between 2020-21 and 2025-26.

It was based on figures from 27 of the 43 forces asked to provide data on the 10 suspects they had linked to shoplifting offences.

One shoplifter, Jeff Ashman, estimated that he walked out of shops with goods worth £400 to £500 daily.

"It's mind-boggling," he said, describing how much he had stolen from stores in Hastings to fuel his addiction to heroin and crack cocaine. "I know the misery and grief and despair that I have caused these people for a long period of time."

He says he has put shoplifting firmly behind him, but prolific offenders continue to plague communities across

£500 The value of goods that one prolific shoplifter in Hastings has admitted stealing every day to fund his drug habit

England. The number of shoplifting offences remains at close to record levels of 500,000 in the past year. It is estimated that 10 per cent of shoplifters are responsible for 68 per cent of all thefts.

Retail chiefs say thieves have become "more brazen, more organised and more aggressive" following a four-fold increase in shoplifting since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Repeat offenders are estimated to be four times more likely to be violent or use a weapon than other shoplifters, according to research by Auror, a retail crime intelligence agency that helps to identify and target prolific thieves. Police forces are increasingly deploying their officers against prolific offenders, based on the fact that prosecuting them will have the biggest effect in reducing the scale of the thefts.

Sarah Jones, the policing minister, said shoplifting was a "pernicious crime that for too long has gone unpunished". She said: "They need to know that they are going to be punished."

Although police have started to reduce the number of shoplifting crimes and are bringing more offenders to justice, they are frustrated that courts are too slow to convict and sentence them.

Matt Twist, the Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner, requested that ministers implement "fast-track" justice for prolific shoplifters so that they can be sentenced within days of a charge. He also called for stricter punishments by increasing the use of criminal behaviour orders to lock up more offenders if they continued to offend.

"I know why retailers and the public are concerned about a sense of lawlessness," Mr Twist told The Telegraph. "We are determined to bear down on this and to deal with the repeat offenders, those that cause retail staff the most concern, those that put people in fear."

Full-throated defiance from ‘the village that roars’

Leaf Arbuthnot

Piddington's rebels have voted for independence and their revolt may soon spread across the country

PIDDINGTON in Oxfordshire is such a quiet, tranquil village that at the crack of dawn, the most you could ordinarily imagine happening would be a cyclist setting off for an early shift, or a milkman on his round.

No such tranquillity yesterday, however. At 7am, the atmosphere at the village hall is nothing short of electric. Nearly all the village, or so it feels, have turned out to learn the result of the symbolic referendum that was held on Tuesday on whether the village should secede from the United Kingdom. The vote itself was a rebellion against plans to move up to 1,250 male asylum seekers into a former Ministry of Defence garrison down the road.

No local is seriously expecting to be surprised by the result, and when it is announced to a loud cheer, the vote to leave easily carries the day. This is no 48:52 nail-biter, but a clean win. On a turnout of nearly 90 per cent, 285 residents have voted to secede from the UK – just 26 have voted no.

To loud applause, Susannah Parden, a member of the parish council, tells gathered villagers that Piddington has become “the village that roars”.

Even if the result comes as no great shock, Piddington's residents are palpably delighted. Herbie Owen, a retired horsekeeper, is so overcome he starts wiping his eyes.

"I'm excited. It's been a really good turnout today," beams Kim, a semi-retired dog walker. She is hopeful that the vote will finally make the Government sit up and listen. "They can hardly miss this, can they?"

The village's eccentric and deeply English decision to gun for a figurative "split" from the UK has won it extensive coverage, even from media outlets overseas. But oddly, no Labour MP or councillor has chosen to turn out on this crisp autumnal morning to witness the moment the referendum result lands. "I'm not surprised they're not here, and it wouldn't surprise me if they continue to be silent," says Joe Marshall, a planning consultant who is on the parish council. "There seems to be a party-wide silence from the Labour Party – we've had no response from anyone in the party, other than the usual statements saying they're closing hotels."

Yet Labour MPs would do well to study what has happened in Piddington, as the anger that has been stirred in even this conspicuously well-to-do and liberal corner of Oxfordshire could augur a broader mood taking hold across the country. As word of the Piddington rebellion has spread across the country, the parish has been approached by hundreds of other villages and towns for advice on replicating their campaign.

The day before the referendum result, Owen, the 77-year-old retired horsekeeper, says he has made the effort to come to the town hall with his wife to cast his vote, despite having stage-four cancer, "I voted to leave the United Kingdom," he stoutly reports.

"When you've got a government that doesn't listen, what else can you do? I've been in the village for 33 years. Today is the battle of Great Britain. In my opinion, what we're doing is for the whole of the country."

Locals are hoping that the Government will rethink its plans to house asylum seekers in the area. But even if the men end up elsewhere, Owen acknowledges, groups of residents like those in Piddington are likely to object. "Wherever they put them, it's ruining people's lives," he

'All these Labour MPs are complicit in the crimes the asylum seekers are going to commit'

says. His father, who fought in the Second World War, would be “turning in his grave” to see what the Government is attempting to foist on the village, he adds.

Owen is particularly infuriated that local feeling is not being considered seriously. "Andy Burnham's done nothing. All these Labour MPs – they're all complicit in the crimes [the asylum seekers] are going to commit... They're going to be let loose into society, all over our country. It's absolutely disgraceful."

A short walk away – everything in Piddington, which has about 350 residents, is a short walk away – a

pensioner is tending the fine roses growing in her front garden. She objects to the narrative that the village has somehow got what it deserved, after voting in Calum Miller, a Lib Dem MP, in the 2024 general election. In 2023, Miller, then a county councillor, said on social media that he supported a fellow councillor's motion to make Oxfordshire "a place of sanctuary for those fleeing torture and death".

"I didn't vote Lib Dem. I've voted Conservative all my life," the pensioner, who says she'd rather not be named, tells The Telegraph. "We've lived here 40-odd years. My husband was born in the village. We can't up and leave." Locals aren't out-and-out Nimbys, she insists. There is a prison nearby, which they are happy to live alongside. But the asylum seekers at the centre will be free to roam, and even given pocket money. "I think if the asylum seekers were locked up, people would be a lot happier about it. But it's because they'll be free. We're a very small village."

Around the corner, Bacha, an 87-year-old retired doctor originally from India, is on a brisk walk. She too has no objection to the local prison, even though some prisoners are allowed out. "They sign in, they sign out. But having 1,200 people walking around our streets... The village is petrified. You can't have young males wandering around with nothing to do. Would you be happy? No."

Bacha isn't just concerned that villagers' safety will be compromised, but that the influx of asylum seekers will add extra stress to services that are already stretched to breaking point. "What happens if they have a big fight and someone is stabbed? A blue light will take them to hospital. Can Oxford hospital cope with that? No. We can't even go in for ordinary hip replacements." She voted Labour in 2024 but regards this as a "silly policy, which is absolutely knee-jerk. They haven't thought it through".

The entrance to the site where the asylum seekers will be held is a bit of a walk from the heart of the village, but the territory extends almost to some of the houses' back gardens. Curious to see what it's like, I drive to the site entrance's forbidding metal gates.

As I approach, a moody security guard films me with his smartphone, and refuses to answer when I ask why he's doing it. I ask him to confirm this is where the site will house the asylum seekers. "No comment," the security guard barks crossly, and stomps away to film and photograph The Telegraph photographer's car. He might simply have pointed us to a laminated paper detailing the proposal, which is attached to the gate.

Down the road, a 53-year-old man who says he doesn't want to give his name is more sanguine about his 1,250 new neighbours, admitting he is less concerned about his safety than other villagers might be. "I'm not going to be raped, and it also won't affect my children," he says, adding that if the migrants weren't in Piddington, they would simply be elsewhere.

The former lifelong Tory has recently switched to Reform, and says he is dismayed by the deeper

On a turnout of nearly 90 per cent, 285 Piddington residents have voted to secede from the UK

'The thing is, the migrants shouldn't be in the UK in the first place. That's what's wrong'

unfairness of the situation. "The thing is, the migrants shouldn't be in the UK in the first place. That's what's wrong."

Back in the village hall, Tim McNally, the parish council chairman who came up with the idea for the referendum, says the plan to harness people power in this way occurred to him when he was driving down the M4. He noticed a sign on a bridge that read, in large writing: "Jeremy Clarkson for King".

He is hoping that the village's bold and united front will be sufficient to persuade Angela Rayner, the Housing Secretary, to choose a different path for Piddington when she decides on the urgent planning application submitted by the Home Office. But he is scathing about her failure to weigh in on the matter. "She hasn't been anywhere, What's she doing? If I elect you as an MP and you represent me and go to Parliament, I expect you to express your opinion. But when you go into Parliament and suddenly go silent on issues of significance – the security of people, the risks that people are going to be under – who is telling you to remain silent?"

McNally is a business consultant by day, and looks every inch the respectable office worker: well-spoken, eloquent, exceedingly polite and methodical. He is an unlikely leader of a rebellion: but perhaps the best ones always are. "I'm just talking common sense," he says, blinking tiredly through his spectacles. "Common sense is not wrong. It's about our voice. We believe we are being abused. The whole country is."

This ‘Lib Dem’ parish just spoke for the nation – it won’t be the last

Tom Harris

IN WHAT feels like a return to the Ealing comedy era of British film-making, Piddington in Oxfordshire has voted to secede from the United Kingdom.

And like the determined citizens in the 1949 classic, Passport to Pimlico (and even the long-forgotten 1997 BBC sitcom A Perfect State, in which a village in the east of England declares its independence), public sympathy is on the side of the ordinary people, not the powerful men and women in Whitehall.

The dispute is over government plans to house more than 1,200 male asylum seekers in a nearby disused army barracks, meaning that the new arrivals would outnumber villagers by four to one, and local women by nearly nine to one.

Oddly enough, the distribution in recent weeks of a government leaflet asking asylum seekers not to rape British women while they're here has not been as reassuring to locals as the civil servants who dreamed up that initiative might have thought.

to hear parish councillor Susannah Parden announce the result of the unofficial vote: a 90 per cent turnout and a Yes vote (for secession) of 285 to 26 for the No side. SNP, eat your heart out.

Perhaps this is not the kind of civic engagement that Labour would want to encourage. After all, the decision about where to house the growing battalions of undocumented, male asylum seekers living in Britain is one for the Government, not the locals whose lives will be impacted. The

'Pull a piece of string on any Labour minister and they will automatically spout the Line To Take'

area's MP, the Liberal Democrat Calum Miller, might well be looking nervously at his own majority, since, as a councillor in 2023, he supported a motion to make Oxfordshire "a place of sanctuary for those fleeing torture and death". Such virtue signalling will not go down well in Piddington today.

In some ways it is depressing to see the celebration of locals who simply want to preserve their way of life and who, in a very typically British way, resorted to the ballot box to try to do so. Because it will be to no avail. Lisa

Nandy, the Culture Secretary, was on the broadcast round this morning to reassure voters that while the Government would listen to what Piddington had to say, there was zero chance of policy being changed.

Pull a piece of string on any Labour minister and they will automatically spout the Line To Take. This includes informing us that there are fewer asylum seekers now living in hotels (it is unclear why this is supposed to be reassuring), that new arrivals on our shores are down 40 per cent on last year - mirroring exactly the same reductions across Europe - and that, having made poor people's lives a misery by housing asylum applicants next door to them, it's only fair that wealthier citizens suck it up too. I paraphrase, of course,

We should be thankful that the kind of respectable, civic-minded people on whom the burden of new, foreign arrivals is being forced see an unofficial vote as their last resort. There is unlikely to be real civil unrest in Piddington when the Government bulldozes its policy through.

The challenge for the Government will be when other villages and towns start to hold similar votes and the Government realises it is on the wrong side of the argument. Prepare for Piddington Two, and even Piddington Three.

Wildlife on migrant site could be 'huge problem' for Home Office

A group of people thought to be migrants move into accommodation at Crowborough Training Camp, East Sussex, a site similar to the proposed development in Piddington

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nearly 90 per cent in the village. It carries no legal or constitutional weight, but villagers wanted to register their concerns about the threat that the camp represented to their way of life.

They say the all-male asylum seekers will outnumber the 350 villagers by nearly four to one - and potentially pose a threat to their safety by increasing crime.

Tim McNally, the chairman of Piddington parish council, said the vote - held on the anniversary of the 1940 Battle of Britain - was a "battle for Britain" and an example of "democracy in operation". He said: "It is a message to the Government that you are going to have to change. You are going to have to grow into our way of thinking."

Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, said he understood the "strength of feeling" about migration in the wake of the Piddington result, and that he would look at the issues being raised.

Mr McNally said the village would move on to the next phase of its campaign and could become a catalyst for similar referendums around the country.

Dr Brenner, a prospective Green Party councillor, said the Home Office ecological assessment was “not fit for purpose” as its claim that there were “no records” of at least five different types of protected wildlife around and on the site was wrong. By analysing documents at Thames Valley environment records centre, she established there was evidence of a breeding population of great crested newts on the site, 12 different species of bats, nightingales (including the only breeding pair in Oxfordshire), badgers and an otter. She said the Home Office appeared to have consulted the wrong environment centre.

The discovery of records of newts – dragon-like amphibians as long as 7in long with bright orange bellies – could pose a "huge problem" for the Home Office, Dr Brenner said. They are a European protected species under British law, which means any developer must halt work and conduct surveys if there is any record or evidence of their presence. They must get a licence from Natural England – the official government adviser – if they are likely to disturb the site. They could then be required to relocate them to a safe, designated habitat and to replace any lost breeding or resting areas.

Nicholas Brandram was found dead at home in Chiswick on Tuesday night, after being questioned about the Putney pushing, captured by CCTV, left

Millionaire 'Putney Pusher' suspect found dead at home

Decorated Army officer, 44, was arrested in June, nine years after woman was shoved in front of bus

By Fiona Parker, Tom Jeffreys and Martin Evans

THE man suspected of being the "Putney Pusher" has been found dead.

Nicholas Brandram, 44, a descendant of Queen Victoria and a decorated Army captain, was discovered at his home in Chiswick, west London, on Tuesday.

He had been detained by police in June, nine years after a jogger shoved a woman into the path of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge, in south-west London, on May 4, 2017.

CCTV footage captured the moment a 33-year-old woman was pushed in front of the Number 430 bus. Oliver Salbris, the driver, managed to swerve and miss the woman's head by inches, while the jogger ran on. Brandram

Police released this image of the man sought in connection with the pushing

worked as a director at HSBC. Before a successful career in finance, he had served with the Army in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan.

The millionaire banker was the grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark.

He enrolled in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2004, and, after completing its Regular Army Commissioning Course, had a seven-year military career with the Scots Guards.

In 2012, he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his military service.

But a year later, he appeared at City of London magistrates' court after colliding with a female cyclist on Hyde Park Corner on March 6, 2013. Brandram crashed his 1948 Harley-Davidson into the woman and then drove off without leaving his details or checking whether she was hurt, the court heard.

Representing himself, he told magistrates: "I ride a bicycle myself and realise the risks. I'm an upstanding member of society and have recently resigned as a member of the British Army, and have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I have a very loud bike, so it's not impossible I collided with her without me realising it. At the same time, with such a big bike I don't know how I didn't feel the collision."

Brandram pleaded guilty to charges of driving without due care and attention and of failing to stop after a road accident. He received five penalty points, a £200 fine and was told to pay £105 compensation.

Born on April 23, 1982 in Wimbledon, Nicholas George Brandram was the son of the late Paul Brandram, who was the only son of Princess Katherine, Queen Victoria's granddaughter. She was a cousin of the late Prince Philip and daughter of King Constantine I, who ruled Greece from 1913 to 1922.

After leaving the Army, Brandram joined the stockbroker Killik & Co, and later became a senior adviser in HSBC's private finance branch.

During the "Putney Pusher" incident

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in 2017, a woman was walking south on the bridge when a jogger running in the opposite direction appeared to push her into the road at about 7.40am.

About 15 minutes after the incident, the jogger came back across the bridge and was confronted by the victim, but ignored her and carried on running.

Images released by the police of a runner wearing a grey T-shirt and dark blue shorts with grey trainers prompted a widespread manhunt. Detectives interviewed 50 men and arrested three suspects, but no one was charged, and the investigation was closed in 2018.

In June this year, acting on a tip-off, Metropolitan Police detained Brandram on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. A Met spokesman said at the time: "He was also arrested on suspicion of possession of Class A and Class B drugs. He has since been bailed pending further investigation."

Nicholas Brandram was decorated for service with Scots Guards

On Sept 7, Scotland Yard announced the suspect had been released under investigation without any conditions, suggesting the case was not progressing with any urgency.

In a statement yesterday the Met said: "At 7.12pm on Tuesday, Sept 15, officers attended an address in Chiswick, Hounslow, after a man was found unresponsive inside a property. His next of kin have been informed. At this time, his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious."

Scientists create human-mouse hybrid with brain tissue transplant

By Sarah Knapton SCIENCE EDITOR

HUMAN brain tissue has been transplanted into a mouse for the first time, creating a completely new hybrid animal.

Stanford University scientists bioengineered mice to remove most of the cerebral cortex - the part of the brain that handles cognition, language, attention and decision-making - and accounts for around half of brain volume. They then re-populated the skull cavity with human brain cells, which "survived, thrived, and grew", embedding into the mouse's blood vessels, brain cells and spinal cord.

Three months later, more than 90 per cent of the cortical tissue in the mouse brain was human. By six months, the mice were functioning normally.

Scientists want to use the human-mouse hybrids to study the biological causes of neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, profound autism, cerebral palsy and dementia.

Such conditions are exceedingly difficult to study at the molecular and cellular level because the brain is more complex than any other organ and because living human brain tissue is nearly always inaccessible.

Dr Sergiu Pasca, professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford, said: "Hundreds of millions of people afflicted with neurological disorders that today are incurable but tomorrow could benefit from treatments we discover by using this model."

Scientists have been creating and studying brain cells in the lab for decades, and in recent years have managed to create complex mini-brains, known as “assembloids”, which allow different brain regions to communicate.

The petri-dish brains are useful for learning more about simple brain functions, but it is impossible to study behaviour in a dish.

Scientists had previously tried transplanting human tissue into mouse brains but found that because human brain cells develop 20 times slower, they were outcompeted by the rodent brain cells, which connected to each other more quickly. To get around the problem, scientists genetically engineered the mouse instead. Scientists found the mice functioned relatively normally despite the missing brain cells and were only distinguishable by a slightly more cautious gait, and a tendency to be more forgetful.

Danielle Hamm, director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, added: "This research offers huge potential to deepen our understanding of neurological development and treat disease."

The research was published in the journal Nature.

Father-and-son feud eats into profits at Winkworth estate agent Oh Lord! Peers can ditch their ties under new Westminster dress code

By Pui-Guan Man

PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT

A BITTER boardroom feud ripping apart the family behind one of Britain's oldest estate agents is expected to hit the company's bottom line this year.

Winkworth, which specialises in properties in and around London, has warned shareholders its profit will fall "materially below current market expectations" for 2026 after incurring hundreds of thousands of pounds of legal costs.

The estate agent, run by Dominic Agace, 46, the chief executive, is suing Simon Agace, its 83-year-old chairman and Dominic's father, in the High Court to stop him from ousting other board members.

It incurred a £105,000 legal bill during the six months to the end of June this year, with a further £376,000 owed between July 1 and Sept 15. This led to a 5pc decline in profit during the first half of the year.

The company said yesterday: "The board now expects these ongoing legal and advisory costs to result in reported profit before tax for FY 2026 being materially below current market expectations. The final impact remains uncertain and will depend on how the ongoing proceedings and related discussions progress."

Shares in Winkworth dropped by 5.9pc during Wednesday trading.

Simon Agace is being sued over alleged breaches of contract and confidentiality. He has not responded to requests for comment.

Dominic Agace reportedly told employees in August that his father had

Dominic Agace, who runs Winkworth, is embroiled in a boardroom feud with his father Simon, the estate agent's chairman

suggested replacing some of the company's board members and that he would use a shareholder meeting to oust them if this was not followed.

Dominic argued this would not be in the best interests of the business.

Both father and son have agreed a temporary ceasefire until Oct 5, under which Simon has agreed not to take steps to remove or appoint directors before Sept 10. He must also first give seven days' written notice. In return, Winkworth has put its legal claim on hold until October. Winkworth is still in discussions to resolve the dispute, it said in its trading update yesterday. The High Court has not made any decision on the allegations.

Founded in 1835, the estate agent has roughly 100 franchised branches across the UK, most of which are in the capital. It was bought by Simon in 1974 and expanded through a franchising model.

Simon handed control of the company to his son in 2006, who led the estate agent's listing on London's stock exchange three years later. He is the company's biggest shareholder, owning a stake of around 41pc, while his son owns 5.7pc of the business. Speaking to City analysts after the results, Dominic Agace said that the company was seeking to put the matter behind it.

He said: "Profits, as we said, were impacted by exceptional legal costs relating to the Board and shareholder matters. The board is in the process of resolving that. We are considering ways to strengthen the board and the company's wider governance to come out a fitter and stronger from it all."

Winkworth declined to comment further.

By Sapphire Hope

posed in a report by the Lords Procedure and Privileges Committee.

PEERS have been told they can ditch ties as part of a new House of Lords dress code.

An updated rule book, approved by peers yesterday, states that “members are expected to wear business attire” when they are debating or voting but can decide whether to wear a neck tie or not.

Several peers insisted they had no intention of dressing down despite the new guidelines which are expected to appear in the “Companion of Standing Orders”, the official guide to rules procedures and practices in the Upper Chamber, later this year.

Conservative peer Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, a barrister, said while wearing a blue tie with a diamond pattern: "I wouldn't appear in the High Court without a tie. And I wouldn't want to appear in the High Court of Parliament without a tie either."

Conservative peer Baroness Meyer said adhering to a dress code was a "sign of respect". She added "every man wears a tie, women dress in suits" in other legislatures, including in France, the US and the European Union.

Labour peer Lord Davies, wearing a purple tie with white spots, said he was "not against" the new dress code in the Companion "because the term 'business attire' is meaningless".

He continued: "You cannot take the way people dress here as being 'business attire'. I take it to mean what people wear in the City, what people wear in Canary Wharf.

"In truth, the only people now wearing ties for business purposes are estate

Lord Ponsonby says it is for each individual member of the House of Lords 'to dress appropriately'

agents and funeral directors – the tie is disappearing, and if the term 'business attire' means anything, it means we wouldn't be wearing ties."

The Companion does not currently feature a dress code for most House of Lords members, although sitting bishops are expected to "wear robes of rochet and chimere in the Chamber, except if sitting on the steps of the Throne". The new guideline was pro-

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, the senior deputy speaker who chaired the committee, said "it's for each individual member to dress appropriately".

The non-affiliated peer said: "No women wear ties in this chamber and I'd also make another point that, while I was a magistrate, I did go through this exact issue about whether men should wear ties, whether magistrates should wear ties, when they sit in magistrates' court.

"In that context, the rule of the court is that court participants should uphold the dignity of the court.

"There's no explicit reference to wearing a tie but I think that guidance is appropriate for this chamber as well."

Lord Ponsonby's committee also recommended a change to speaking guidelines, which currently set out peers should not read speeches during debates, because it is "alien to the custom" of the House.

Peers agreed to clarify the wording, to set out that “the House is a debating chamber and members are encouraged to engage in active debate with other speakers, rather than simply reading speeches prepared beforehand”.

Tate your time: Gallery advises 'slow looking'

Visitors to Monet show in London urged to 'slow down... and become immersed in his project'

By Craig Simpson

THE Tate's new Monet exhibition will encourage "slow looking" to escape the stress of modern life.

For the first time, the London gallery is staging a full-scale exhibition on the leading French Impressionist.

While across town the British Museum is guiding ticket-holders rapidly past the Bayeux Tapestry in tight timeslots, Tate Modern hopes visitors will dawdle and daydream in front of Claude Monet's artworks.

Curators will use signage to encourage visitors to try “slow looking”, the practice of intentionally dwelling for a long time in front of a painting.

Tate Modern even steers ticket·holders to quieter visiting hours where they can linger at leisure, undisturbed by crowds. The exhibition titled Monet: Painting Time will focus on the artist's treatment of time passing in the rapidly modernising world of the 19th century, and how he personally escaped this through his art.

The show, opening in 2027, will encourage visitors to use his paintings to similarly escape the bustle of modern life. Juliet Bingham, Curator, International Art at Tate, said: "I would like to think of it as an oasis. Hopefully it will allow people to slow down and engage in slow looking.

"We hope that people will be able to spend the time immersed in his project, which is all about how to seize a moment in a landscape."

The exhibition will begin with Monet's revolutionary early work which, along with other Impressionists, depicted the changing realities of modern life. These will include works showing a rapidly-changing Paris, like the city's early railways in scenes from Gare Saint-Lazare, and works depicting the industrial smog of London.

The focus will then shift to how Monet himself escaped into paintings, through trying to capture moments from the same landscapes, most famously some simple haystacks, the front of Rouen cathedral, and the waterlily pond at his bucolic home in Giverny.

Ms Bingham said that curators will encourage visitors to follow the advice given to early viewers of Monet's work, particularly the waterlilies or "Nymphneas", and to stand for long periods in front of each painting in order to be "fully immersed".

Monet himself wanted his waterlilies to be soothing, writing that he wanted to where they were displayed to be a place where "nerves exhausted by work would relax", and to provide "a refuge of peaceful meditation in the middle of a flowering aquarium".

Monet: Painting Time, at Tate Modern runs from February to June 2027.

Labour hands schools extra £500m to avert strikes

By Telegraph Reporter

LABOUR has given schools in England an extra £500m to avert strikes.

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), claimed victory in a row over how a 3.5 per cent pay rise for teachers would be funded. The Department for Education had said some of the money needed to be found from existing budgets.

However, Lucy Powell, the Education Secretary, said yesterday a black hole the union claimed was left in school budgets could be financed from savings in schools' contributions to the local government pension scheme.

A letter from Ms Powell to the NEU said: "This reduction in costs will not be clawed back and we are confident schools will be able to cover the costs of the teacher pay award, at a national level. Given the material change to the affordability position, I would ask that the NEU revisits its proposed ballot of members planned for October and moves away from strike action."

The NEU has been preparing a formal ballot for strike action, which was due to begin on Oct 3 and close on Dec 15. The union's national executive will meet on Sept 24 to discuss its response..

Mr Kebede said: “Finally, we have a Government that accepts the reality that any teacher pay award must be fully funded. Plugging the £460m black hole in school budgets signals a welcome return to reality, and a message of hope for the entire school community.

“Be in no doubt that the significant ground conceded by Government is a consequence of NEU members’ willingness to take a stand.”

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Deer as mud A red deer stag gives himself a vigorous shake after charging through a wallow in Richmond Park, south-west London, sending mud flying in all directions. More than 600 red and fallow deer roam the park's 2,500 acres.

It may be too late to stop AI emergency, say maths experts

By Sarah Knapton SCIENCE EDITOR

THE rise of superintelligent AI is an emergency that must be tackled before it is too late, a group of eminent mathematicians has warned.

Dozens of fellows of the Royal Society have written a joint letter warning that AI is already eclipsing the leading minds in their field. Last week, Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, accusing the firm of recklessly pushing ahead with uncontrollable systems that could surpass, and then wipe out, humans.

Dario Amodei, head of Anthropic, has also warned AI could take over the entire internet within a year, while Elon Musk has backed calls to slow down development. In a letter to Sir Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, the academics said that Open AI had already solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems which experts had been working on for a century, and called on the institution to act.

“We, as mathematicians, write to express our extreme concern about the pace of development of AI and the implications of this for humanity and civilisation,” they wrote.

"These models are now operating at the level of the top human mathematicians. It is highly likely these systems are comparably strong in other technical domains such as cybersecurity, weapon control, development of biological and chemical agents and the spread of misinformation."

Last week, Evan Hubinger, an Anthropic researcher, said the odds AI could wipe out humanity in the next decade were greater than 10 per cent.

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Harry hacking researcher tries to smear top judge

Graham Johnson seeks support for his campaign to discredit Justice Nicklin with view for an appeal

By Camilla Turner and Victoria Ward

THE researcher behind the Duke of Sussex's phone hacking claim is preparing a campaign to discredit the High Court judge who threw out the case, The Telegraph can reveal.

Graham Johnson's plan seeks to undermine the legal credibility of Mr Justice Nicklin, who ruled against the Duke and his fellow claimants in their £50m case against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

In a High Court ruling last month, the judge dismissed all claims made by the Duke and his fellow claimants, who included Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon.

Mr Justice Nicklin said the claimants had failed to prove their allegations of phone hacking, bugging and blagging, and concluded that the evidence did not support their arguments that the stories must have been obtained unlawfully.

The Telegraph has seen a document that suggests that Mr Johnson is now soliciting support for a campaign to undermine the judge as the Duke and his fellow claimants weigh up whether to launch an appeal.

One of the Duke's aides attended a meeting where Mr Johnson discussed the plans, The Telegraph understands.

But a source close to the Duke insisted that he had nothing to do with the proposed campaign.

The campaign is aimed at weakening Mr Justice Nicklin's legal authority in the hope that this would boost the chances of getting the judgment overturned in the Court of Appeal.

It would involve highlighting the judge's previous rulings in cases in which he found against those claiming to have been libelled. It would also probably highlight the judge's previous life as a QC, when he represented Mirror Group Newspapers in the landmark Gulati v MGN group action, which awarded substantial damages to phone hacking victims, setting the bar for a huge number of settlements costing millions. The Duke's barrister, David Sherborne, represented the victims.

The apparent plot is likely to cause severe concern among the wider Royal family and particularly the King, who would not want to be associated with any attack on the judiciary's independence.

Mr Johnson is believed to be planning to approach other high-profile figures whom Mr Justice Nicklin has ruled against in cases to see if they would be willing to assist in such a campaign.

They could include Mohamed Amersi, a billionaire telecoms tycoon and former Conservative Party donor, who had a case thrown out by Mr Justice Nicklin in 2023. Mr Amersi had attempted to sue Charlotte Leslie, a former Conservative MP, for libel. However, in his High Court ruling, Mr Justice Nicklin struck the case out and criticised Mr Amersi, saying parts of his argument were “devoid of reality”.

After the judgment, Mr Amersi said Mr Justice Nicklin had provided “effective immunity to those who publish serious falsehoods to small but influential groups of people”.

The Duke's team is conscious that appealing the judgment would be a risky move. The claimants are already in line to pay up to £34.5m between them, with the Duke likely to foot a substantial amount of any bill that exceeds the group's £16.2m insurance policy.

Mr Johnson, who headed the claimants' "legal research team", previously worked for the Sunday Mirror and the News of the World. He was given a suspended prison sentence for phone hacking in 2014. He was severely criticised for his conduct during the trial by Mr Justice Nicklin.

Mr Johnson declined to comment.

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University asks freshers to write about white privilege

By Tom McArdle

UNIVERSITY students are being asked to complete a race equality course and write about white privilege.

First-year students at the University of Northampton have been asked to complete the e-learning course as part of their induction for freshers' week.

The course advertises itself as necessary for participants to "explore privilege, advantage and inclusion".

In one section, called “Whiteness, Privilege and Belonging”, students are told to answer the question: “Were you aware of how white privilege operates and the impact it has on staff and students from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds?”

The course also asks students to write down things they can do to "improve anti-racist practice".

The university said the course could be completed anonymously and would not impact students being able to move into halls. However, a spokesman for the Free Speech Union said: "Even though this course isn't mandatory and

'It sends a message that Northampton has taken a position on a number of politically contested issues'

the answers aren't accessible to the university, it still sends a message that Northampton has taken a position on a number of politically contested issues and woe betide the student who disagrees with that position."

The course is sourced by Advance HE, a university membership organisation that aims to share "best practice".

A University of Northampton spokesman said: "Inclusivity is one of our core values, and we make no apologies for that. However, we also share a commitment to freedom of speech.

"The training offered is an industry standard course that encourages new students to reflect on both their own background and that of their new peers, non-completion would not prevent anyone starting their studies or moving into their university accommodation."

An Advance HE spokesman said: "The course invites reflections on issues that can give rise to race discrimination or bias.

"Providers may adapt the programme for use in their own context."

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We campaign to improve the lives of pets and their owners – like fighting for renters to be allowed to have pets, so that no-one is forced to give up their best friend if their living arrangements change.

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Want Botox? You may have OCD, health guidance says

By Michael Searles DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR

HAVING cosmetic procedures could be a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder, NHS guidance suggests.

Those seeking out surgery, Botox or other cosmetic enhancements are more likely to suffer from OCD or body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), research shows.

Under proposals, healthcare professionals working in the industry will now have to screen people for the two mental health conditions, with anyone identified as likely to have either condition then being referred to a specialist.

The draft guidance drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) will come into effect from next year. It also advises that doctors and other NHS staff should consider assessing people with conditions such as depression, anxiety, autism and ADHD for OCD and BDD.

The proposals are designed to assist patients with BDD and OCD obtain help sooner.

Those with OCD suffer from obsessive, unwanted and distressing thoughts. It can lead to repetitive behaviours or rituals such as repeatedly checking, washing, counting or seeking reassurance.

Sufferers of BDD, also known as body dysmorphia, spend a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.

Calling for more to be done to identify cases, Nice said that healthcare professionals "do not routinely ask about or explore whether people have intrusive thoughts, images, urges, impulses, doubts, or worries about appearance".

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Buzz cut James Adams, of English Heritage, uses a scythe on the Somerset Levels in the hope that a return to traditional techniques may save the shrill carder bee (inset) from extinction.

Life-extending breast cancer drug available after price row

By Laura Donnelly HEALTH EDITOR

WOMEN with incurable breast cancer will be given a life-extending drug on the NHS after health spending watchdogs reversed a decision to reject it.

Enhertu has been shown to almost double the time women can live without their cancer progressing.

About 1,000 women a year could benefit from the U-turn, which follows a controversial pharmaceuticals deal with the United States that changed NHS drug spending rules.

Patients said they were "thrilled" by the decision, but campaigners said thousands had missed out on the treatment since it was rejected in 2024 and some had "died waiting" for access.

In 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) ruled that manufacturers had failed to offer a price which made it a cost-effective use of NHS resources.

AstraZeneca disputed the decision, arguing that Nice's methods failed properly to recognise the severity of metastatic cancer.

Yvette Cooper, the Health Secretary, said NHS patients would now “finally” benefit, saying the decision followed changes the Government made to the Nice framework as part of its US pharmaceuticals deal. “It is a tribute to the campaigners and charities who never stopped pressing for this,” she said.

As part of the agreement struck with Donald Trump, the threshold normally used by Nice to decide whether a medicine represents value for money rose from £20,000–£30,000 to £25,000–£35,000 for each quality-adjusted year of life a treatment provides.

Letby inquiry chief 'doesn't understand NHS'

Lady Justice Thirlwall's report on Countess of Chester Hospital labelled 'ignorant and patronising'

By Sarah Knapton SCIENCE EDITOR

THE chairman of the Lucy Letby inquiry does not understand how the NHS works and has made "patronising" recommendations, a leading health journal has said. On Tuesday, Lady Justice Thirlwall published a report on how Letby could have been stopped from killing and harming babies in her care at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

It made 17 recommendations, including fitting all cots and incubators with baby monitors, improving safeguarding training, harmonising computer systems, barring incompetent managers, monitoring death spikes more effectively, and increasing the oversight of trusts by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The inquiry found that the lives of three babies could have been saved if managers had acted sooner when they were told of the suspicions about Letby.

But Alastair McLellan, the editor of the Health Service Journal, warned that the reforms were unfeasible and impractical, and would cost billions.

He accused Lady Justice Thirlwall of "manager bashing" and criticised her for "regurgitating vague claims" about the poor performance of senior NHS teams while likening managers to heads of FTSE 100 companies. "The Thirlwall inquiry may be of some use to the families involved, but its summary findings and recommendations are patronising, confusing and in some cases plain ignorant," said Mr McLellan.

"The ignorance of NHS management that Lady Thirlwall consistently displays is best encapsulated in the deathless assertion that there is 'no difference between being a manager in the NHS and a senior manager or leader of a company listed on the FTSE 100'. NHS

England is told it must provide 'a clear and timed route to ensuring that computer systems are harmonised across the NHS by December 2028'.

"Ignoring the fact that NHS England is due to be abolished in March next year, the report appears to be proposing the service achieves the holy grail of IT within 15 months.

"The cost – which would run into billions – and the massive service disruption it would cause is not addressed." Even if computer system integration were restricted to neonatal services, it would still cost tens of millions, Mr McLellan argued.

Lady Justice Thirlwall also recommended that the CQC should “conduct without notice investigations of hospital departments”, but Mr McLellan pointed out that it already does.

A spokesman for the Thirlwall inquiry said: "Lady Justice Thirlwall does not intend to add anything to what has already been said in her closing remarks and in the report itself."

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EU invites Canada to be associate member

Commonwealth country cannot be full part of bloc but Trump tensions have pushed it to deepen ties

By Emily Smith

CANADA has been invited to become the first associate member of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen has announced.

Delivering her annual state of the European Union speech, in Strasbourg, the European Commission president vowed to take the EU's relationship with Canada to "the highest level". Addressing Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister in the European Parliament, she said: "We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. And, dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships. So I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the European Union."

Mr Carney received a standing ovation. He is set to address the European Parliament today. As Canada is not a European state, it cannot become a full member of the EU, according to its treaties.

"Associate member" is not a legal label, and what it entails has still to be negotiated. However, strengthened ties are likely to improve freedom of movement for workers between Canada and the bloc, technology collaboration for major projects and resource sharing.

On Sunday, Mr Carney told reporters at the Toronto Film Festival: "We share the same values, we have the same priorities, and we have very complementary strengths."

Previously, the EU has not been flexible about membership rules, but the move to deepen ties has happened as both the EU and Canada confront growing tensions with Donald Trump.

The US president's tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st state have pushed Mr Carney to seek closer economic and security ties with

Europe. He has called for a “unique alliance” with the EU as Canada seeks to reduce its heavy dependence on US trade. Relations between the US and Canada have deteriorated sharply since Mr Trump returned to the White House last year over trade disputes that have led to tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border trade.

Addressing EU parliamentarians yesterday, Ms von der Leyen said Mr Carney's presence at the state of the EU speech was a "symbol of the enduring friendship between our people".

She said: "We see the world with the same eyes, from AI to climate change, from the Arctic to geopolitics, and we have stood together on Ukraine, on defence, on raw materials and supply chains.

"But above all, dear Mark, Europe and Canada believe in democracy, that power does not belong to the strongest, richest, and loudest, but to all of us."

During the address, Ms von der Leyen also announced an EU-wide social media ban for under-13s. The commission is proposing an EU Kids Act today, which will ban social media for under-13s, and restrict access for under-15s - following Australia.

Ms von der Leyen also announced the formation of a new security forum for EU and like-minded leaders in response to growing threats from Russia. Announcing the push for a new European Security Council, she said: "This is even more urgent now, given the nature and scale of the risks at play, and this is why we will set out our ideas to make a European Security Council a reality. The urgency is clear. And this united front also drives our work on European defence."

Canada, Ukraine, Norway, and the UK will all be invited to join. The Kremlin is suspected of being behind covert attacks on several sites in Nato countries, including a warehouse in Britain, a weapons factory in Estonia and an airport in Germany.

The new security council would allow any EU member state to convene urgent talks in case of crisis.

Hard times ahead despite Brussels having great expectations

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By Ed Cumming

THE president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, began her sixth State of the Union address in Strasbourg by invoking the spirit of Charles Dickens. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," she quoted from the start of A Tale of Two Cities, adding: "If I look at Europe today, I would say the state of our union is the strongest it has ever been. The state of our union can also feel as precarious as it has ever been."

Well, she was half-right. Rarely has the EU felt so antiquated. She might as well have been addressing a cavalry regiment before the Somme. Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, made a telling slip of the tongue in her introduction, when she said people expect the EU to be “an apologetic – an unapologetic – light in the world.” An apologetic light in the world: not a bad motto.

The Dickens character Von der Leyen more closely resembled was Miss Havisham, dressed in white and secluded for years in a decaying institution. She trundled earnestly through the usual topics of concern: climate change, the war in Ukraine, border security, switching to German and French when the moment called for it. If you didn't read the papers, you might think this was an organisation doing tireless work in service of its member states. But voters are expressing their displeasure.

Mark Carney presented custom-labelled bottles of maple syrup to the EU

Marine Le Pen is the strong favourite in the French presidential elections next year. In Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany Eurosceptic parties are in the ascendant. The AfD is making gains in Berlin. As the world gets more dangerous, voters want strength and security and are unsure that glacial pan-European bodies are the best people to provide it. Still, it was not until Von der Leyen reached the section of her speech about AI that she sounded full Chemical Ali. "We need to stay in the race," she said, to an audience who did well not to burst into laughter. Not only is the EU not in the AI race, but, as PG Wodehouse might have said, it's in danger of getting caught up in the next one.

Von der Leyen's special guest was Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister. He had a date with Andy Burnham later. The EU in the morning and Everton v Wolves in the evening; truly a punishing schedule. The rabbit in Von der Leyen's hat was to invite Canada to become the first "associate member" of the EU. "We see the world with the same eyes," she said, gazing longingly at Carney. To an extent, Madame President. Since Carney was elected 18 months ago he has cut taxes, beefed with Donald Trump, reduced net immigration and aggressively pushed for data centres and fossil fuel development. He might have run on the centre-Left, but there is a conservative feeling to his government. His approval ratings are at record highs. Will Europe follow suit?

All the same, it is shrewd for clubs to diversify their membership options. Perhaps, as with the MCC, we can look forward to playing membership of the EU for the more active countries. Or under-35 memberships for new ones. The UK could apply to have an out-of-town membership, once the EU has copied the most sensible Canadian policy of all: having the King as its head of state.

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Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, flew in from Strasbourg last night to see Everton beat Wolves 1-0 in the Carabao Cup alongside fellow fan Andy Burnham

Beware, Mr Carney: Brexit shows Europe will be tough nut to crack

James Crisp EUROPE EDITOR

THE standing ovations and applause inside the European Parliament gave the impression that a deal between the EU and Canada was as good as done.

But Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, chose her words carefully. The EU is willing to work with Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, to "find ways" to "open the door" to associate membership, she said in Strasbourg.

She will have been conscious of the need for a negotiating mandate from member states, some of whom oppose the bloc's free trade deal with Canada.

Warm words are easy, but the European Commission drives a hard bargain that is weighted in its interest.

Britain found that out during the Brexit talks – and when negotiating the reset, which was bought at the steep price of 12 years' access to UK fishing waters. Negotiations with Brussels can drag on for years, and its officials remain on guard against any "cherry-picking" of its 460-million-strong single market, which it believes gives it almost irresistible heft in negotiations.

The EU finalised its trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries in 2024, after a numbing 25 years of negotiations, Albania has been waiting to join for a decade. Some EU capitals are understood to be

cautious about offering Canada preferential trade access. Others fear the new alliance risks enraging Donald Trump, who has already increased tariffs on EU goods by 15 per cent.

They have given the associate membership idea a cool reception, which may explain Mrs Von der Leyen's cautious offer to Mr Carney.

Nicola Procaccini, a senior MEP from Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, criticised Mrs von der Leyen's "frankly embarrassing" offer to Canada. "Is it possible that Britain does not take precedence as an associate member?" he said.

But Mr Carney's push to deepen ties dramatically between Canada and the EU will not surprise Brexiteers.

They were infuriated by Mr Carney's "scare stories" of the dire consequences of a no-deal Brexit when he was the governor of the Bank of

England. Many suspected Mr Carney was, at heart, a Remainer. But the roots of this diplomatic love-in are not in the divisive years of the Brexit negotiations. They lie instead in Canada's trade war with the United States – whose president backed Brexit and is no EU fan – and in Donald Trump's threats to turn his next-door neighbours into the 51st US state.

For Mr Carney, this will feel like a first step towards realising his vision of an alliance of “middle powers” in the harsh new geopolitical era of strongman leaders in the US, China and Russia. Mr Trump’s imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods added urgency to Mr Carney’s plans to lessen dependence on US trade and to boost other partnerships.

The EU has also had its fingers burnt by Mr Trump's tariffs and has been bolstering relations with other powers in a bid to lessen its dependence on the US, in both defence and trade.

Formal negotiations on what associate membership entails have not begun but the pact is expected to involve ways of allowing Canadian goods, services and workers in strategic supply chains in energy, AI, defence and critical minerals to move freely into the bloc.

New joint data centres, underwater cables, cloud storage and satellite networks will also be discussed, as well as links to export Canadian energy. Talks over visa-free work and travel may also feature.

However, Mrs Von Der Leyen has only given the green light for talks to explore future negotiations. This is only a first tentative step.

The EU will drive a ruthlessly hard bargain; reasoning that a supplicant Canada needs a deal more than it does.

China builds mothership to launch massive submarine drones

China's 'mothership' for unmanned submarines

By Allegra Mendelson

CHINA is building a mothership capable of deploying submarine drones, satellite images have revealed.

The vessel – seen at a shipyard in Shanghai – is believed to be the first of its kind in the world and able to carry four huge autonomous submarines.

Images captured by Vantor, a US defence intelligence company, show a red ship under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, where Beijing has previously built large amphibious assault warships.

China is the first known country to have developed an uncrewed submarine this large. A new term has had to be coined: extra-extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle (XXLUUV).

"The most plausible explanation is that it is a special drone submarine mothership," H I Sutton, an independent defence expert focused on underwater warfare, told Naval News.

He deduced that, based on its size, the new mothership could probably carry at least four of China's XXLUUVs, which - like submarines - can carry weapons over thousands of miles, but without anyone onboard. First revealed in January last year, these are full-size uncrewed submarines that China has already tested in the South China Sea.

On the new mothership, they would be stored in an internal hangar, the size and presence of which “make a civilian or research explanation unconvincing”, said Mr Sutton.

So far, two types of XXLUUVs have been observed - one is approximately 115ft, while the other is 148ft. This means they are six and eight times larger than the American Orca extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV), which is about 51ft.

While little is known about the XXLUUV drones, a crewed XLUUV can typically carry eight heavyweight torpedoes, according to Mr Sutton.

Therefore, an uncrewed submarine of an even larger size should be able to carry an even greater payload over 10,000 nautical miles.

The XXLUUV was probably developed as a competitor to the Orca, which has a range of up to 6,500 nautical miles. Britain has also developed its own XLUUV, known as the XV Excalibur, under Project Cetus. Almost four times smaller than China's XXLUUV, the XV Excalibur measures only 39ft and has an endurance of up to 1,000 miles. It is expected to be operational by 2028.

The new warship is the latest notch in China's shipbuilding belt as it maintains its lead as the world's largest producer of warships.

Experts estimate that its shipbuilding capacity is at least 200 times greater than the US, with an estimated 405 warships to America's 295. A key reason for this is that China's major defence goals are at sea.

Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has made no secret that his greatest ambition is to bring Taiwan - an island - under Chinese control. Any contingency over Taiwan, which strongly rejects Beijing's claims, would inevitably become a maritime conflict.

China has also been rapidly expanding its presence in the South China Sea, where it claims sovereignty over nearly all of the waters' islands, reefs and rocks, despite staunch opposition from the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan.

Yet, while China continues to expand its defence capabilities to the cutting edge, it has a message for other countries seeking to do the same.

China's annual Xiangshan Forum kicked off on Tuesday – and Dong Jun, the country's defence minister, had a clear message. "We must bear in mind the lessons of history and remain highly vigilant against all latent manifestations of hegemony, militarism and historical revisionism," he said in a speech yesterday.

Many experts took this as a veiled criticism of Japan, which has been embroiled in a diplomatic spat with China since last year and which has also been pushing for the expansion of its defence capabilities.

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US sends 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel

Donald Trump reverses two-year ban on heavy munitions in £2.1bn deal funded by taxpayers

By Melanie Swan

DONALD TRUMP has approved the sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel in one of the largest ever transfers of the munitions.

The \$2.8bn (£2.1bn) weapons package, funded by American taxpayers, includes 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000

BLU-117s, and 20,000 bunker-busting I-2000 penetrator warheads, according to The New York Times.

Israel has been criticised for its use of heavy bombs in Gaza, and Joe Biden, the former US president, halted their delivery two years ago.

But Mr Trump has approved the sale, despite the US's reported arms shortage, The New York Times reported, with congressional committees responsible for reviewing major arms transfers notified.

The package will be paid for with foreign military financing, where Israel buys the weapons with US taxpayer dollars. It would significantly replenish Israel's stocks of heavy munitions after years of fighting across Gaza, Lebanon and the Middle East.

Bombs weighing 2,000lb (907kg) are among the most destructive conventional weapons in Western arsenals.

The MK-84 can tear through concrete and metal and produce a large crater, while the I-2000 is designed to penetrate hardened targets such as bunkers before exploding.

Israel has used 2,000lb bombs extensively against Hamas and Hezbollah, arguing that the groups deliberately operate from civilian areas and maintain underground bunkers and tunnel networks that can require heavy weapons to destroy. Their use has attracted international criticism because of the potential for civilian casualties.

Last year, Mr Trump approved a \$2.04bn munitions package containing more than 35,500 MK-84 or BLU-117 bomb bodies and 4,000 I-2000 penetrator warheads after reversing Mr Biden's decision.

Production and delivery could take months or years, although Washington has mechanisms for accelerating transfers. The package is likely to face opposition from Democrats increasingly critical of US military support for Israel. Congressional leaders could object to the sale, but Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, could ultimately move ahead regardless. Blocking a formally approved sale would require Congress to pass a resolution capable of overcoming a presidential veto.

The US has been dogged by accusations that it is running low on arms after months of fighting against Iran. This week, a report by the US defence department's inspector general said there was a shortfall of US munitions and "bottlenecks" in supply chains.

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, denied the claims, while Mr Trump previously boasted of "virtually unlimited" supplies of ammunition.

The state department and Israeli embassy have not publicly commented on the proposed deal.

Meanwhile, JD Vance, the US vice-president, warned that Washington could not allow its Middle East foreign policy to become "subservient to the State of Israel".

Speaking at a conference organised by the All-In Podcast yesterday, Mr Vance said Israel remained an important partner but stressed that the countries would not always agree.

Waleed Al-Mahajeri, centre, commander of the Yemeni Fifth Brigade speaks as his forces battle Houthis in the Al-Jawf province

How insurgent Houthis became one of the world's most lethal non-state forces

'No one is going to commit armies on the ground. So they need to sit and negotiate'

Akhtar Makoii FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

WHEN Houthi rebels stormed towards a key global shipping strait last week, it was clear that they were no longer just a group of ragged tribal fighters.

Wearing flip-flops and high on stimulants, they drove into the captured port towns aboard American Humvees and fired American guns that were abandoned by the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces who fled before them.

The images captured the two-decade transformation of a mountain insurgency that has become one of the world's most capable non-state forces, with an arsenal rivalling many national armies and the reach to choke the Red Sea and raise energy bills in London.

“They’re projecting power, and have a huge military infrastructure,” said Farea al-Muslimi, a Yemen research fellow at Chatham House.

"The Houthis only thrived in the last two years, domestically, regionally and internationally. It's a very natural consequence of their ambition and power." The Houthis get their arms from four overlapping streams, according to analysts and Yemeni sources who spoke with The Telegraph.

They have weapons captured on the battlefield, arms and expertise smuggled from Iran, domestically produced weapons from components bought openly on the world's commercial markets, and a growing black-market trade across the Horn of Africa. Many of these weapons are Russian, left over from the Wagner mercenary group's African operations.

Yemen's leftovers

When they swept into the capital, Sanaa, in 2014 and toppled the government, the Houthis got access to the stockpiles of the Yemeni army.

Those included Soviet-era Scud missiles, North Korean Hwasong rockets, Russian Tochka ballistic missiles, and the arsenal of a state that a former Yemeni ambassador in Tehran once said was “full of weapons made in China, Russia and America”.

Yemen was and still is among the most heavily armed societies on earth. With a population of around 40 million, an estimated 40 to 60 million guns are in the people's hands.

But that legacy hardware was rapidly expended firing at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015. What replaced it came from Tehran.

Weapons and knowledge from Iran Analysts and Yemeni officials point to the Islamic Republic, and its Lebanese

'Houthis don't need someone to encourage them. They have their own motivation to escalate'

ally Hezbollah, as the forces that have trained and armed the Houthi rebels.

At first Iran shipped complete missiles and drones, smuggled aboard wooden vessels that sailed the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, and overland through unpoliced crossings such as Sheheen on the Omani border.

But complete weapons were vulnerable to seizure: the US navy and others have intercepted at least a dozen arms shipments. Iran changed its model and sent engineers instead.

With the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operatives, Houthis learned to assemble their own systems from smuggled parts that include flight-control computers, inertial navigation systems, jam-resistant GPS chips, and then to manufacture what they could.

Components bought on open market Increasingly, those parts arrive not as contraband but as ordinary cargo the Houthis can turn into weapons thanks to Iran, a Yemeni source told The Telegraph. In January 2025, customs officers in Aden seized 180 smart servo motors and 1,760 electronic boards and, days later, intercepted engines, drone controllers and a small aircraft hidden in a container from China.

The components arrive split across shipments, so no single cargo reveals the identity of the end-product

weapon. Experts estimate the Houthis have between 100 and 200 long-range ballistic missiles and probably fewer than 1,000 drones – not vast, but enough to threaten global oil markets.

Aid from Africa

As the Houthis have grown, they have turned their weapons and maritime networks outwards, building ties with armed groups across the Horn of Africa – above all al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate on the Somali side of the Gulf of Aden. “Al-Shabab’s role has always been smuggling,” a Yemeni government source said.

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces engage with Houthis in Al-Jawf province

"It acts as the middleman for any IRGC smuggling to the Houthis, with Somali piracy in between. The cooperation is about securing the other coast, the other bank of the Red Sea," they said. So that if the Houthis move to close the Bab el-Mandeb strait, they are protected from the far shore.

Yemeni sources say some weaponry supplied was left behind by Wagner operations across Africa, flowing back through Somali coastal networks.

For Tehran, it cannot get better than this. "The way the Iranians projected power in the Middle East is the absolute level of localisation," Mr al-Muslimi said. "They created and supported proxies, allowing them to make decisions as they see fit domestically, and allowing a certain level of deniability. So the less influence Iran has on the Houthis, the better it is for Iran."

Some see the current offensive as being engineered in Tehran. "The resurgence is a strategy from Iran – a load distribution," said Mahmoud Shehrah, a former Yemeni diplomat.

"Iran has a lot of burdens, so they want a distraction for the Americans and Israelis, that the front line is in Sanaa, not Tehran. That's the message."

But he warned against seeing the Houthis as just instruments for Tehran. "The Houthis don't need someone to encourage them. They have their own motivation to escalate."

A Yemeni source said the Houthis, facing economic crisis at home want "to be included in any future deal involving Iran. They are afraid Iran will throw them under the bus."

Israel and the US bombed Houthi weapons sites, factories and commanders last year, and Donald Trump declared victory. Yet the group's ability to build, target and strike appears undiminished.

Bader Mousa al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University said: "You need to be on the ground – and no one is going to commit armies on the ground. So they need to sit and negotiate."

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Reporter dies in TV helicopter crash while filming accident

By Andrea Hamblin

A US television network's helicopter crashed and burst into flames in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, killing at least three people.

NBC's aircraft was hovering above the scene of a fatal vehicle collision about 7pm local time (3am UK) when its live-feed footage began wobbling before cutting out. The helicopter then crashed in a car park.

Veteran aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and her pilot George Marciniw were named as the two people who died on board the helicopter. Ms Moreno had been flying in news helicopters since 2010 and had become engaged last year. The third fatality was a pedestrian who is yet to be identified.

“We have lost contact with our people,” Colleen Williams, an anchor at NBC, said while crying as she reported the news on air. “We’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, News-Chopper4 went down just before 7 o’clock in Chatsworth... We’re going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, to process and to regroup.”

Reporters had been dispatched to the suburb of Chatsworth to report on the collision between an SUV and a Los Angeles Metro bus, which had left two people dead earlier on Tuesday evening. NBC Los Angeles was one of multiple networks recording the scene from the

'No helicopter comes down like that. Then two seconds later smoke. It just came straight down'

air when their live stream showed their helicopter began slowly descending.

In audio from the footage, a woman can be heard asking: "You can't pull up?", before the feed stops.

Witnesses told NBC they saw smoke coming from the aircraft before the crash. "I happened to look over my shoulder and I saw... a certain news helicopter oddly just coming straight down," said one man at the scene. "I go 'That's weird - no helicopter comes down like that.' Then two seconds later, the smoke. It came just straight down."

The aircraft avoided several large buildings before crashing in a car park near a self-storage facility.

Photographs from the scene showed the helicopter wreckage on the ground, engulfed in flames. Several nearby vehicles were also alight. Firefighters and paramedics who had been in the area to attend the vehicle collision attended the scene of the helicopter crash. Another six people hurt in the bus crash remained in hospital on Tuesday night.

Ms Moreno had regularly covered police pursuits, brush fires and breaking news events from the sky.

She went by "Eli in the Heli" on Instagram, where she often shared pictures of herself in news aircraft, with one caption reading: "I have the best job in the world."

Mr Marciniw had been working with her since 2023. The experienced pilot had logged more than 14,000 hours in the helicopter over a 30-year career.

Pilot George Marciniw and reporter Eliana Moreno died in the crash while filming a vehicle collision, left, in the NBC helicopter

Put my name on Kennedy Centre or I'll cut its cash, warns Trump

By US Staff

DONALD TRUMP has threatened to pull out of a \$257m (£190m) renovation of the Kennedy Centre in Washington if his name is not added to the building.

The venue's board voted on Tuesday to close most of the theatre after a federal judge blocked the institution from adding Mr Trump's name to the building's exterior.

Mr Trump has already had his name once added – and removed – from the building in the US capital.

Under new plans, the inscription "renovated by Donald J Trump" was to be added beneath signage for the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. But in the latest ruling on Tuesday, Christopher Cooper, a US district judge, said "Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Centre without Congress's blessing."

Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the closure was needed for repairs vital to the building's safety and threatened to block the Congress-allocated \$257m unless signage with his name on was added to the centre.

"The closing will take place immediately; however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board's approved name," he said.

£190m

Amount US Congress has allocated for renovation of the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC

Mr Trump, named the Kennedy Centre's chairman last year by loyalists on the board, participated in the virtual board meeting to discuss its closure, which included testy exchanges between the US president and Representative Joyce Beatty - an Ohio Democrat who has led the campaign to block efforts to memorialise the president at the Kennedy Centre.

Mr Trump said Ms Beatty was "incompetent" and "holding up everything". A participant in the meeting, who asked to remain anonymous, said Ms Beatty responded: "You're holding up the whole country."

The Kennedy Centre is one of the nation's most prominent cultural institutions, a place where presidents, politicians and celebrities of all political ideologies have gathered for decades to recognise and celebrate the best in American arts and culture.

A partial ceiling collapse in the building's main hallway earlier this month intensified the calls for renovations.

The Trump administration may also seek to demolish the Kennedy Centre.

In a filing last month, Trump administration lawyers told the court that absent recognition of the president, the Kennedy Centre would struggle to raise money for renovations.

Without that money, they suggested, the building may need to be demolished.

Emily in Paris is like Shakespeare, says Vance

US vice-president hails Netflix show – labelled moronic by critics – as 'masterwork of US TV'

By Nick Squires ROME CORRESPONDENT

A YOUNG woman comes ashore on a strange and distant land.

Bewitched by the locals' customs, she falls into a messy love triangle in a world in which clothing and social class are governed by hidden rules.

This is not the plot of Twelfth Night, but rather the glossy Netflix series Emily in Paris, which has been hailed by JD Vance, the US vice-president, as the “Shakespeare of our time”.

Mr Vance proclaimed the streaming hit, which has been dismissed by critics as "a whirlwind of nonsense" and "contemptibly moronic", as "the masterwork of American television". In what he called a "meta-analysis", he said the series, a mix of fabulous fashion, dishy suitors and no end of Gallic eye-rolling, was nothing less than "genius".

Panned mercilessly by critics but adored by millions of viewers, the series follows the adventures of Emily, played by Lily Collins, a junior marketing executive in the world of fashion.

Debuting in 2020, the show documents her complicated love life, perky demeanour, myriad outfit changes and inability to learn a word of French.

"Emily in Paris is about this sort of bubbly girl who goes to Paris and has a cool job and has great experiences and drinks fine wine and does all the things you would do in Paris," Mr Vance said.

"But what it actually is, is a massive cultural criticism of millennial decision-making. She goes to Paris, and it's obvious to everybody watching the

'It is a cultural criticism of millennial decision-making ... the Shakespeare of our time'

show that she should end up with the French chef [the character Gabriel, played by Lucas Bravo]. She should marry this guy. They should start a family. Whether in Paris or America, they should build a life together. That's what they should be doing."

Mr Vance may have been referring to studies which suggest that millennials - people born between 1981 and 1996 - sometimes struggle with making life decisions because of an abundance of choice, information overload, the legacy of the Covid pandemic and financial stress.

Gabriel, the handsome chef, should "obviously end up with (Lily), not the various craziest people that bump in and out of his life," Mr Vance said.

Instead, "what both of them do is they make a series of absurd, sometimes hilarious, sometimes not particularly believable, mistakes where she ends up with a bunch of random people or focuses on her job." The fact that they keep on making atrocious decisions is kind of like the best bit of cultural commentary, I would say cultural criticism of my generation, the millennials. It is, at the risk of overstating it, the Shakespeare of our time."

Emily, played by Lily Collins

The unusual critique of Emily in Paris could perhaps be an attempt by Mr Vance to connect with younger, female voters before the US election in 2028, in which he is expected to run for the Republican nomination.

A huge hit for Netflix, Emily in Paris will wrap up later this year with its sixth season.

The series has seen Emily live not just in Paris but also in Rome, where she predictably fell for a tall and dark local lothario.

In both capitals, locals complained that their cities were portrayed in an unrealistic, saccharine manner, with the streets free of graffiti, dog poo and rubbish. Darren Star, the creator of the series, has said that he never intended to portray places with gritty realism. The show was intended as “a love letter to Paris”, he said.

Critics, however, have been brutal. "No cliché is spared," said one reviewer, remarking that Paris was depicted as a city of "Coco Chanel, Moulin Rouge and baguettes".

A British critic described Emily in Paris as "a silly, soapy whirl-

wind of nonsense" and "a work scheme for people who can't act".

Bazaar magazine called the series "unrealistic, ludicrous and completely ridiculous".

But Shakespeare too was dismissed as an "upstart crow" by his contemporaries, Mr Vance may well have added.

More than 100,000 in Japan are over 100

By Alexandra Snow

THE number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000.

The country known for its longevity has 107,677 people at least 100 years old, according to its health ministry.

The oldest woman, Fuyo Kishimoto, from Kyoto, is 114. The oldest man, Hikaru Kato, from Kumamoto, is 112.

Women make up the vast majority of the centenarians, at 88 per cent. This is generally attributed to men dying during the Second World War or adopting unhealthy lifestyles.

Kenichiro Ueno, the Japanese health minister, welcomed the news on Tuesday, and said he was “very pleased that many people are living long, healthy and active lives”.

He also pledged to build a strong social security system to support the elderly.

When someone turns 100 in Japan, they receive a letter of congratulations

1963

In this year when the first centenarian surveys began there were just 153 people aged 100 or older in Japan

from the prime minister and a commemorative silver sake cup.

The cups used to be made of sterling silver, but in 2016 had to be downgraded to a silver-plated version because the number of centenarians was soaring and the sake cups were rapidly becoming an expensive tradition.

When centenarian surveys began in 1963, there were 153 people aged 100 or older in Japan, according to the health and welfare ministry.

Most scientists put the Japanese longevity down to healthy diets, active lifestyles and an affordable health system.

In Okinawa, in southernmost Japan – which has historically had one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world – the longevity of the population has been partly attributed to their traditional Japanese diet, which is low in calories and saturated fat yet high in nutrients.

Experts also cite a concept called meiwaku, a fear of being a burden on society, that is imbued in Japanese people from an early age, which experts say helps explain why they retire later.

Despite its average life expectancy standing at 87.2 for women and 81.7 for men, which consistently ranks among the highest in the world, Japan has a shrinking population.

Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, has called the plummeting birth rate a "quiet emergency".

Sales of adult nappies have outpaced those for infants in the country for more than a decade.

Japan's population peaked at 128 million in 2008, and is projected to drop to 87 million by 2070, according to government projections.

Mount Fuji hikers to be charged rescue fee

By Alexandra Snow

HIKERS attempting to climb Mount Fuji during off-peak seasons will have to pay for emergency helicopter rescues if they get into trouble.

Authorities in Japan's Yamanashi district have announced a number of measures to deter reckless and poorly-prepared climbers. The fees will be based on fuel costs of about 8,000 yen (£38) for every five minutes of helicopter operation, according to reports from NHK, Japan's public broadcaster.

Officials are said to be considering adding expenses to the fee.

On a clear day, Mount Fuji, which rises to 12,389ft, is visible from Tokyo, the capital, and its status means many visitors treat it as a must-see to tick off.

Mount Fuji's official climbing season runs from July to early September, with around 200,000 hikers attempting the summit each year. However, climbing during the off-peak season is highly discouraged because facilities on the mountain are closed and weather conditions become a lot more severe.

Last year, Japan recorded a national record as 3,623 people were rescued, 299 died and 33 are missing, according to National Police Agency data.

Under new measures, any climber going above the sixth station - 7,800ft above sea level on the Yoshida Trail - during the off-season must file a climbing plan beforehand.

Climbers who require rescue by a disaster-response helicopter after failing to submit a plan or deviating from an agreed plan will be charged.

Kotaro Nagasaki, Yamanashi governor, said: I strongly urge people not to climb Mount Fuji [during the off-season] "I want people to think about those who have to go and rescue them. This is a matter of common sense.

“Please spare a thought for those who are called out to carry out rescues at the risk of their own lives, and for the worry that this causes their families.”

The neighbouring Shizuoka prefecture, which manages three of the four paths to the top of Mount Fuji, will also impose penalties and strengthen efforts to keep climbers out of restricted areas. However, it did not announce a helicopter rescue fee.

The measures are scheduled to take effect in September next year.

Naoki Kobayashi, an official with the Shizuoka prefectural government, said that the main cause of accidents on the mountain was “a lack of basic knowledge of the climb or a failure to properly prepare”.

After a series of recent off-season incidents, Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of Fujinomiya - one of the main gateway towns to Mount Fuji, which operates and funds local rescue teams called for a blanket ban on climbing the mountain outside of the recognised summer window.

Mr Sudo later backed away from demanding an outright ban, but called for hikers to be forced to pay for emergency evacuations.

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Trader Joe's tote bags are London's saddest status symbols

IMOGEN WOODBERRY

If you wanted to express approval in Russia in the late 1980s, you could do worse than exclaiming "adidasovsky", an adjective coined from the sportswear brand Adidas to mean terrific or excellent. The final years of communism were filled with a newly liberated fascination with Western, and particularly American, culture.

In Moscow, the statue of Alexander Pushkin found itself overshadowed by a giant Coca-Cola sign. Young people coveted Levi's and Reebok trainers, queued for McDonald's, and taped broadcasts of American pop music. Pizza, disco music and Hollywood films flooded into a society that had spent decades trying to keep them out. It expressed an unironic enthusiasm for a culture that seemed to signify freedom and wealth.

Move forward nearly 40 years and another form of Americana has made an intriguing appearance outside the borders of the United States - on the streets of London. In locales such as Hackney and Peckham, young professionals have taken to carrying Trader Joe's tote bags.

It is, at first sight, a rather cryptic fashion statement. Trader Joe's is an American institution, a State-side German-owned supermarket chain with no British branches. Its bags are neither luxurious nor especially beautiful. Trader Joe's is wholly owned by Aldi - or rather Aldi Nord, the two founding Albrecht brothers split their business in two in 1966, with them divvying up the German market and then the world (Nord got North America, Süd the UK).

From a single corner shop in the unglamorous German city of Essen in 1946, both brothers left their families decabillionaires. Aldi Nord is still family owned (as is Süd), but the social signifier of its US subsidiary and the German original could not be more different.

So why have Trader Joe's shopping bags become a fashion accessory? I wonder whether something melancholic is at play.

For much of my childhood, while US culture was everywhere in Britain, it did not confer much prestige. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the British cultural elite could indulge in US music, television and films while maintaining the comfortable assumption that American culture was somehow rather vulgar.

That assumption of superiority is becoming harder to sustain. Since the financial crash, Britain's per capita GDP has come to hover around that of America's poorest states. That relative decline is particularly striking in the growing contrast between British and American salaries. And it is those tote-carrying salaried urbanites who have borne the brunt of Britain's slump. They may be living in the capital of one of the world's nominally richest societies, but wage stagnation, student loan repayments and a growing tax burden mean that many of them have little sense of that wealth.

American consumer culture is on its way to becoming as exotic as it was to a young Russian in the dying years of the Soviet Union. It promises social mobility and optimism, increasingly outlandish prospects for the young British worker. Except, of course, this particular signifier is in fact brought to you from the greyness of Germany's Ruhr valley rather than from kaleidoscopic Cailifornia.

The Trader Joe's bag is a borrowed fantasy of 1990s confidence carried, rather sadly, on the precarious arm of the young metropolitan.

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The true ‘special relationship’ is between Britain and Canada

As the EU signals closer ties with Carney, we must remember the nation whose values we share

DANIEL HANNAN

The Atlantic Alliance used to be a reassuring constant. One of my earliest political memories is of

the row over the deployment of US missiles to Europe. I felt proud that Britain, under Margaret Thatcher, was on the side of freedom.

When I was 14, I spoke at my school debating society in favour of the US bombing of Libya – an operation launched from British bases while France and Spain closed their airspace to their notional ally.

My argument, as I recall, was that it was a battle between two ways of life. Were you for liberty and democracy, or were you for the arbitrary rule represented by Gaddafi and his Soviet allies? The French might equivocate, I averred, but we Brits stood firm for freedom.

That argument, or variants of it, continued to animate me as I grew up and went into politics. I liked and admired America, but that was not why I felt we were on the same side. I have American cousins, as many Brits have, but that was hardly an argument for backing Thatcher rather than Heseltine when it came to preferring US over European defence procurement.

I shared the view, beautifully expressed by John Adams when he presented his credentials to George III, that our two nations, "tho' separated by an Ocean and under different Governments, have the same Language, a similar religion & kindred Blood". Yet that consanguinity had not prevented the American Revolution.

No, my Atlanticism rested on my conviction that our countries were, more often than not, in the right. Multi-party democracy was preferable to dictatorship; free speech to censorship; jury trials to Bonapartist law; private property and free contract to socialism; personal responsibility to vendetta; individualism to collectivism.

I shared Winston Churchill's view that "the Declaration of Independence follows on the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights as the third great title-deed on which the liberties of the English-speaking peoples are founded".

As an MEP, I was sometimes teased by Continental colleagues about Britain's supposed subordination to the US. Why, they would ask, did we never pursue an independent foreign policy? Did we have no higher ambition than to be an American aircraft carrier?

I would reply, as patiently as I could, that our institutions had taught us to think similarly, so that we tended to respond in the same way to international crises.

Sometimes we got things wrong, but I was glad that my country bridled at injustice, became indignant at bullying, and was prepared to defend the freedom of friendly countries, whether Belgium in 1914, Poland in 1939 or Ukraine in 2022.

Which brings me to my current dilemma. Ukraine was attacked without provocation by a neighbour to whom it offered no threat. But the US seems mainly interested in grabbing Ukrainian mineral reserves – the same predatory attitude it displays in Venezuela, whose dictatorship it is propping up in exchange for oil. Rhetorically, Donald Trump is strongly pro-Russian.

Never once has he insulted Vladimir Putin in the way that he regularly insults traditional US allies, from Denmark to South Korea. Never once has he proposed transferring a couple of Russian oblasts to a neighbouring state, as he suggests giving Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland – some payback for our two state visits.

True, they were just words, seriously not literally and all that. But his tariff policies are very real. Although Britain was less harshly treated than the EU, we none the less face worse terms of trade than in pre-Trump days.

Canada, a country which truly does share our values, is being subjected to an effective blockade. This is not about trade, but about pique at the nation's polite rejection of Trump's demand that it become his 51st state.

We can be in no doubt as to whom we back. It is not just that Canada is the wronged party, nor that the US is tearing up a trade deal which Trump himself negotiated and described as "the fairest, most balanced and beneficial deal we have ever signed into law".

No, it is that Canada, not the US, is the country that shares those values that I eulogised back in 1986.

It is sometimes said that America's real "special relationships" are with Ireland and Israel. Perhaps so, though it is hard to see even these surviving Trump's brutal transactionalism.

Where, though, are Britain's real special relationships? In a world where we seem simultaneously to have fallen out with Israel and Iran, with the US and China, with the EU and Russia,

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Canzuk would more than double Britain's effective economy and military assets, making us collectively a more valuable partner to the EU or the US

who are our friends? Surely the countries that have stood by us unhesitatingly in every crisis and conflict, the other three large Realms, namely Australia, Canada and New Zealand. These countries still uphold the values that made the world freer, more peaceful and more democratic after 1945.

There is talk now of Canada having some inchoate “associate membership” of the EU. Britain should want the closest possible relationship between Brussels and Ottawa. Indeed, had David Cameron negotiated associate membership for us – participation in the market but not the political institutions – there would have been no Brexit, no referendum.

More immediate, though, is the case for Canzuk - a closer economic, diplomatic and military relationship between the four great Anglosphere monarchies: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Until now, Canzuk has tended to be most popular with conservatives in all four countries, especially in Britain, where many Leftists who might otherwise back the idea are put off by its Eurosceptic vibes. But Trump's territorial ambitions and commercial wars have made it a much more attractive proposition for the centre-Left leaders in office in Canberra and Ottawa – and possibly London.

Canzuk would more than double Britain's effective economy and military assets, making us collectively a far more valuable partner to either the EU or the US.

More to the point, though, Canzuk would be the anti-authoritarian pole, the nexus that brings together countries that are prepared to deploy proportionate force in defence of liberty. The Europeans can't, and the Americans won't. Someone has to.

Child's play is crucial to surviving the age of AI

Robots solve puzzles more efficiently, but there's joy in unscrambling a Rubik's cube or mastering chess

JUDIT POLGAR AND ERNO RUBIK

We have entered an era where the human brain is no longer the fastest processor on the planet. As AI becomes the architect of our digital landscapes - suggesting our choices, predicting our needs, and drafting our thoughts - we face a critical challenge. It's not how to compete with machines, but how to protect the natural foundations of the human spirit: our messy, intuitive and creative intelligence.

Suddenly, we all have new family members: Uncle Claude, Aunt Gemini, ChatGPT. They are the new adults in the room. They appear to know everything. They are hyper-efficient, encouraging, and supportive, if mildly condescending. They gently praise us for our insights. They are always

available, and they can keep a secret.

Like children, we admire their omniscience and outsource our wisdom. We ask for their help in writing our essays. Sometimes, we ask them to solve a difficult puzzle or find the winning move on a digital board.

By comparison, human behaviour looks painfully flawed. We are emotional creatures. We want to win, and we become frustrated by a difficult challenge. We feel acute anxiety while waiting for the answer to a pressing question or a stressful predicament.

Yet we share a quiet secret that we rarely say out loud: the digital adult in the room is a bit boring. These omniscient uncles and measured aunts are impressive, sometimes eerily so. But they are entirely devoid of joy. And that matters far more than one might think.

There is a vital cognitive space that exists between a difficult question and a correct answer. That space is called thinking. Cutting it out of the human experience is not an efficiency gain; it is a catastrophic gamble.

When the very first prototype of the Rubik's Cube was scrambled, returning it to its neat, original order took well over a month of agonising trial and error. Today, a talented teenager can resolve those 43 quintillion possibilities in under four seconds, and a robot can do it in a fraction of a single tick.

For a young girl in Budapest, playing the world's greatest chess grandmasters took immense courage, perseverance, and years of razor-focused practice. For AlphaZero, mastering the game to a superhuman degree is just a regular Tuesday.

Computers are incomparably efficient. But they miss the point. Solving a puzzle or mastering chess is a deeply rewarding, immersive learning experience. The solution or the checkmate is not a goal in itself; it is merely the validation of a wondrous journey.

This journey is where human “common sense” is forged. Common sense is not a database of facts; it is an embodied, intuitive understanding of how the world works, built entirely out of physical friction, cognitive inefficiencies, and the messy process of navigating sub-optimal choices.

You cannot download common sense because you cannot download the experience of failure. Knowledge is heavy. When handed to us on a silver platter by an AI, knowledge can act as a crushing weight on playful curiosity. If we are constantly told what is mathematically optimal, we stop experimenting with the unlikely.

Play is the ultimate nursery for common sense. For children at play, nothing is taken for granted. Curiosity

Judit Polgar is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is a Bye-Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge. Erno Rubik is an architect and the inventor of the Rubik's Cube. He is a member of Academia Europaea

is the fuel of intrinsic motivation. It is its own reward. Giving the right answer to someone currently working through a word puzzle is not being helpful; it is spoiling the game.

A puzzle or a game is not a diversion; it is a crucible for the soul and the mind. In the context of learning, a toy is not a passive object, but an active agent in cognitive and emotional development.

Creators of play must recognise their profound impact. The toy industry should prioritise tools that prompt imagination and foster an intrinsic motivation that transcends algorithmic efficiency.

Simultaneously, educational policy must recentre intrinsic motivation. We must invest in research to better understand how children acquire common sense naturally through play, and design teaching methodologies that reward the “journey of discovery” rather than just the final, optimised answer. Parents and teachers alike must facilitate open-ended, imaginative play, giving children the grace to experiment, fail, and surprise themselves.

The goal of modern education should be a harmonious co-development of artificial and human potential. Children must learn to excel at using AI as a powerful tool, but they must also appreciate the irreplaceable distinctiveness of their own minds.

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Politicians cannot ignore Piddington

There are echoes of the film Passport to Pimlico in the decision by the residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, to secede from the United

Oxfordshire, to secede from the United Kingdom. In the 1949 Ealing comedy, the London district declared independence after discovering it was historically still part of the Duchy of Burgundy under a never-rescinded treaty. This allowed it to operate outside British law, not least post-war rationing restrictions and licensing rules.

Piddingtonians, who voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to leave the UK, have declared their village a principality and will erect a sign to that effect at the boundary. Their aim is to force the Government to abandon plans to house 1,200 migrants in a disused military camp nearby.

There are just 385 residents of Piddington and it does not have the facilities to deal with so many who will be free to come and go from the camp.

They are all young men from countries with different cultures and traditions, claiming to be asylum seekers but who are mostly economic migrants. Parents are understandably concerned.

Their anxieties were exacerbated when the Home Office issued an extraordinary document a few weeks ago warning migrants against raping, harassing or otherwise mistreating women.

The symbolic Piddington referendum was a brilliant publicity coup to attract national attention to the fact that governments think they can just ride roughshod over the wishes of local people.

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Ministers say that the burden of looking after migrants needs to be shared. Yet they have failed to put in place the sort of policies that might deter the traffic in the first place.

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Many will find it odd that the migrants in camps are allowed to go where they wish rather than be locked in, which might at least assuage some local concerns. But under international law they cannot be detained since they have committed no crime. So why does the Government not find a remote island to set up migrant camps?

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If the Government carries on with this then the only conclusion to be drawn is that ministers just do not care nor take these voters – and taxpayers – seriously. Perhaps the only hope left for Piddingtonians is the discovery on the asylum camp site of a colony of protected great crested newts.

In Passport to Pimlico, the government tried to isolate the self-declared duchy but found public opinion was on the side of the secessionists, just as it is with Piddington today. Politicians who continue to ignore this anger will pay a heavy price at the polls.

Not working

Working from home was sold as a temporary measure during Covid-19. It has since morphed into something many now regard as an entitlement. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the public sector, where productivity has still not recovered to its pre-pandemic level. When last month HMRC requested employees come into the office for at least four days a week, it was met with such fierce opposition from the unions that the proposal was dropped.

Bafflingly, instead of unwinding this, Louise Haigh wants to see it further entrenched. Speaking to the Trades Unions Congress in Brighton, the First Secretary of State declared that businesses would be forced to demonstrate that they had “properly” considered an employee’s request to work from home before rejecting it.

What Ms Haigh means by “properly” is unclear. Employees already have a right to request flexible working, while employers must consider the request in a “reasonable manner”. Perhaps Ms Haigh envisages a trade union representative or a tribunal making the decision instead? It appears the Government intends to further degrade the ability of firms to decide what is best for them.

Once, people weighed up their family circumstances before accepting a job, and shaped their lives around the demands of the role. Increasingly, the presumption has been reversed: employees decide what suits them, and expect employers to rearrange themselves accordingly, while still paying their wages in full.

If growing the economy is going to be anything more than a Government slogan, this deleterious culture has to change. Sadly, Labour seem intent on making it worse.

Privileged existence

First-year students at Northampton University have been asked to complete an “introduction to race equity” course, in which one of the questions is: “Were you aware of how white privilege operates?” In place of this box-ticking exercise they might do well to consider the life of John Clare, Northamptonshire’s most renowned poet. Malnutrition in childhood probably explained his restricted growth. He mourned the enclosure of his rural surroundings and sought publication to prevent the eviction of his parents. Things went from bad to worse. He couldn’t support his wife and six children, and drink and madness edged in. One of his most celebrated poems was written in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum: “I am! yet what I am who cares, or knows?” His own existence came before any other privilege he knew.

Are mayors really capable of improving this country's water services?

SIR – You report (September 16) on plans to give mayors powers to control water companies.

More meetings of overpaid pen-pushers will not solve the operational and other shortcomings of these companies.

Strong commercial leaders are required – people who will not mind ruffling feathers and banging a few heads together.

However, there is no chance of such people being recruited if current public sector-type attitudes to management prevail. Simon McIlroy Croydon, Surrey

sIR - The proposals to give mayors oversight of water companies are an admission of the abject failure of this Government - along with many previous ones - to exercise such control.

While it was a mistake to privatise these companies in the first place, politicians have struggled to hold them

More home working

SIR – Louise Haigh, the First Secretary of State, has promised to strengthen employees' "right" to work from home (report, September 15).

Has she reviewed the evidence that shows that working from home is unproductive, especially in the public sector, or considered its effect on the mental health of people isolated without personal interactions? Has she looked at how it limits young people's training and prospects? Is she trying to export jobs to cheaper workers overseas? Why does Labour always think it knows better than the market? Michael Staples Seaford, East Sussex

SIR – In support of home working, Louise Haigh said: "There's kids to pick up. Parents to look after. Families who rely on us at short notice."

to account, and the public has suffered ever-increasing costs amid inadequate investment.

It is difficult to see how a regional board will have any more authority than the Government. Stephen Jones Salisbury, Wiltshire

SIR - Instead of creating yet another level of bureaucracy, why not just make the water regulator do what it is supposed to do?

Newark, Nottinghamshire

SIR – There goes any prospect of long-term investment. Instead, we will get cyclic cost-cutting to keep water bills down just before mayoral elections.

There is likely to be little appetite for cross-border co-operation, so infrastructure modernisation will be kicked into the long grass. John Rogers Clitheroe, Lancashire

Surly service

SIR - Anybody who remembers just how bad our water and sewage services were before privatisation took place will know that handing control over water companies to mayors will only reduce the quality of provision to consumers, while increasing the cost.

The state-run regional authorities presided over years of under-investment in infrastructure. As a result, we endured more leakages, with beaches routinely polluted. Hosepipe bans were a familiar occurrence, too.

Since 1989, when the private companies took over, there has been significant investment in the industry, and in my view service has improved considerably.

Critics who argue otherwise are unfairly judging the current circumstances against a level of perfection that, in reality, was never achieved. Roger Earp Bexhill, East Sussex

The threat to a much-loved British bird

Many workers – such as medical professionals, delivery drivers and people employed in transport, factories, on construction sites and in shops – cannot do their jobs from home. Those in power seem to assume that everyone can, perhaps because they’ve only ever worked nine to five, Monday to Friday, inside a cosy building. People who work shifts, in difficult conditions, can only aspire to such arrangements. Keith Ougden Benchos Cervus

Endangered: extreme weather is putting Atlantic puffins on the Isle of May at risk

SIR - Your report on the Isle of May's puffin population is deeply alarming ("Puffin population plummets by 30pc after extreme storms", September 7).

In just two years, the number of occupied burrows has fallen from 52,000 to 36,500.

These iconic birds are being battered by climate change, with marine heatwaves depleting their sand-eel food and intense storms killing many through the winter.

Having recovered from earlier declines, they now face worsening conditions; experts warn that extreme weather will strike more often.

Monitoring alone cannot save them. We must act faster to protect our seas, cut emissions and safeguard their food sources.

The puffin's survival reflects our care for the natural world. We must not let these seabirds vanish from our shores.

Craig McConnachie Salford, Lancashire

Villagers take a stand

SIR – The vote by the villagers of Piddington in Oxfordshire may have been a publicity stunt (“Piddington votes to leave UK over plans for migrant camp”, telegraph.co.uk September 16) but hopefully it will have embarrassed this inept Government.

SIR – The late landlord of the Major's Retreat at Tormarton was notorious for being rude and yelling at guests (Letters, September 16). The pub was on the Cotswold Way, and walkers would often call in to ask for water, which always provoked anger.

Labour is ignoring people's genuine fears, and appears prepared to prioritise the needs of immigrants over those of the indigenous population.

Clearly this village will not be leaving the UK, but residents have made their feelings known. Other places should do the same.

The next general election cannot come soon enough. Jonathan Cairns Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk

AI pragmatism

sIR - Artificial intelligence will be one of the defining features of the 21st century ("The global AI race", Letters, September 15). Iron, steam, electricity, the printing press, electronic communications and many other technologies have stood in a similar position in their time, and have transformed the way human beings live, think and interact. They have enriched and empowered lives.

They were not unchallenged. The church, governments, Luddites and vested interests of all persuasions opposed them, but the problems predicted largely failed to materialise or were dealt with effectively.

AI will, of course, present risks and challenges, but at the same time it does equip us to overcome them. Nothing is going to change this; the only question is who is going lead the way and direct the process. The pan-European instinct, as ever, is to regulate and decelerate, which leaves China and America to determine the shape of this new technology. They will develop it at full speed, then control access to it.

To exclude ourselves from enthusiastic engagement in AI would result in our failure to affect it or profit from it, leaving us at the mercy of those countries that do. Richard Maycock London SW1

sIR - The development of AI and the race to superintelligence appear to be the latest - and perhaps most serious - illustration of the maxim that just because you can, doesn't mean you should ("We're running out of time before AI kills us," says expert", report, September 16).

For all its wonders and discoveries, science has also been responsible for many awful things – of which AI risks being the final one. Margaret Robinson London SE9

Notably neglected

Sound and fury over donations to Reform

One Sunday lunchtime all the fire alarms went off. A lady rose to leave and was told: "Madam, sit down at once. It is just the fire alarms."

He also enjoyed the G&T trick of "floating" the gin on top of the tonic water, giving the illusion of an exceptionally strong drink.

He is sadly missed. Craig Heeley Badminton, Gloucestershire

SIR - Lesley Thompson's letter (September 15) reminded me of my boss when I was a barman in Worcestershire in the 1980s. He was a small, impatient man from the Black Country, who drank half pints of mild and smoked 80 Park Drives a day. At the end of the evening, he dismissed regulars with the words: "I have had yow money - now sup up and sod off home."

Graham Ashen Horsham, West Sussex

SIR – Annabel Denham's excellent dissection of Labour's response to the large donations to Reform UK ("Rayner's hypocrisy on donations is sickening", Comment, September 16) counters the party's claim that it is defending democracy.

Other parties have been less subtle. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrats' Cabinet Office spokeswoman, said that Labour's residency requirements "aren't good enough" and "we must urgently go further and introduce a universal donation cap to stop Trump's America becoming Farage's Britain".

This indicates a greater concern about who is receiving the donations than where they came from. Richard Scott Kirkbride, Cumbria

sIR – Nigel Farage has made another serious error of judgment in relation to the legitimate questions being asked about the large donations to Reform UK. Mr Farage appears to believe that attack is the best method of defence, which inevitably leads many to conclude that he has something to hide.

Moreover, by threatening to prevent trade union funding of the Labour Party (report, September 15), Mr Farage risks opening the door to state funding of political parties, meaning taxpayers supporting the likes of Restore, the Greens and Sinn Fein.

We have come to expect Mr Farage to shoot from the hip and row back later, but he should also remember that, if money determined election outcomes, Hillary Clinton and Ross Perot would have been elected in the United States. Philip Duly Hackemore, Surrey

SIR - Giles Wood does well to draw attention to the neglect of Havergal Brian ("An English composer overlooked by the Proms", Letters, September 15). Brian is not the only British composer of note to suffer this treatment.

Robert Simpson, who championed Brian, was barely acknowledged by the BBC in his centenary year (2021), and since 1967 has had only one of his 11 symphonies performed at the Proms (the Fifth, in 1990). Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) has been similarly ignored. His symphonies have appeared at the Proms just twice in 71 years.

These were not composers of short pieces of aimless drama. Both were symphonists of a high order, arguably the best since Vaughan Williams, and it would be very welcome if the BBC recognised this in the planning of future Proms. David Jones Cambridge

The Houthis expose the bankruptcy of Labour

Burnham and Miliband prioritise their Left-wing supporters over defence of our national interests

CON COUGHLIN

Another week, and another global crisis exposes the utter inadequacy of Labour's defence of our national interests.

The latest UK inflation figures, which saw the rate rise to 3.1 per cent in August and potentially hit 4.5 per cent by next year, shows the impact the Iran conflict is having on the British economy by causing higher prices for petrol, diesel and air fares.

These increases will be exacerbated by the rapid gains Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have achieved in southern Yemen during the past few days, where their capture of several strategic islands in the Red Sea has effectively given them control over the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The Strait of Hormuz is already under Tehran's de facto command.

Apart from limiting access to the Suez Canal, the Houthis' move has further limited Saudi Arabia's ability to maintain oil exports to the outside world. The Saudis were already facing severe challenges following last

weekend's drone attack on its 745-mile East-West pipeline running through the Arabian peninsula from the Gulf to the Red Sea. The pipeline enabled Riyadh to maintain oil export levels by avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, where merchant shipping from Gulf states has been attacked by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

As with the Houthi advance in southern Yemen, the oil pipeline attack bears all the hallmarks of IRGC involvement.

Iran's growing reach across the Arabian peninsula will inevitably have a direct impact on the British economy, stoking higher inflation at a time when Andy Burnham finds himself under considerable pressure to balance the books - as well as increasing defence spending - in next month's Budget.

Yet, rather than adopting a firm position to defend British interests from the antics of a rag-tag bunch of Houthi terrorists, Burnham's Government has opted to reprise the same dithering approach Sir Keir Starmer preferred to adopt when tackling an international crisis.

Starmer's attitude to the Iran conflict was, in effect, this was not our war and we don't want anything to do with it. Unfortunately, as Burnham is about to discover, that is not how conflicts work. As Leon Trotsky is said to have remarked: "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."

Starmer's response to the outbreak of the Iran conflict in February, when he declined – initially – to deploy British warships to protect British

interests in the Middle East, and banned the US military from using British bases to attack Iranian targets, made him a global laughing stock, especially in Washington.

Burnham's response to the deepening crisis in the Red Sea promises to be equally ineffectual. Downing Street's overriding priority appears to be to avoid involvement at all costs. While Saudi Arabia, a long-standing military and intelligence-sharing ally of the UK, has asked for British assistance, Burnham's underwhelming response has been to consider sending a team of military advisers to assist with the Kingdom's military operations.

Burnham's offer to date is considerably less than the UK's military response the last time it became involved in action against the Houthis in the wake of the October 7 attacks against Israel in 2023. Back then, RAF warplanes and the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond were deployed to destroy Houthi targets after the group tried to demonstrate their solidarity with Hamas terrorists by attacking Red Sea shipping.

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband's lack of interest in the military and economic crisis unfolding in the Middle East stands in stark contrast to his recent hysterical response to Israel's plans to expand its settlement activity in the West Bank, which he likened to "ethnic cleansing". His intervention has caused the deepest rift in Anglo-Israeli relations for many decades, an outcome that

could have profound implications for our own national security interests.

Having been involved in its own de facto war against the Houthis for nearly three years, Israel's military and security establishment will have acquired vital intelligence on the organisation's operations. It is highly questionable, though, whether the Israelis, who have previously enjoyed a close intelligence-sharing arrangement with the UK, will be prepared to share this material with their British counterparts in the wake of Miliband's puerile outburst.

While Miliband's anti-Israel antics pose a very clear threat to our national security, so does Burnham's non-committal approach. If No 10 were serious about supporting the Saudis and our other allies in the Middle East, then it could implement the same military response the UK mounted in 2024 when the Houthis first emerged as a threat, deploying air and naval assets to protect Red Sea shipping. It could also follow the example of our Five Eyes intelligence-sharing allies - the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - by proscribing the Houthis as terrorists, a designation that would limit their ability to acquire weapons and funds.

The reason that Burnham and Miliband are reluctant to become directly involved in the conflict is that their real priority is to appease their Left-wing Labour supporters. They find it more expedient to keep their distance from long-standing UK allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia than support them in a fight against a common enemy.

Killer Sudoku

KAKURO

To solve kakuro you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares without repeating a digit. The clues are the numbers on the black squares and are the sum of the solution numbers. The clue pointers indicate the direction of the answers, A block of two squares with a clue of 3 will solve as 2,1 and a 5 will produce 4,1 or 2,3. A 4 can only be 1,3, never 2,2. Solution tomorrow.

KILLER SUDOKU

Your clues are the caged numbers that represent the sum of the numbers within the cage. As in standard sudoku, each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column must contain all the numbers 1 to 9. Solution tomorrow.

TOUGH

To solve this puzzle each 3 x 3 box, each row and also each column must contain all the numbers from 1 to 9. There are numerous strategies to help you solve sudoku. Solutions tomorrow.

ANAGRAMS

Each of the anagrams below spells out the name of a tree. Solution tomorrow.

DONA WAS OLD SILAGE HONK CRIB SHRIVEL

CODEWORDS

Numbers are substituted for letters in this crossword grid. In the smaller key grid some letters are solved, Use these as clues to complete your first word. This will solve more letters that you can then enter in the grids. Solutions tomorrow.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14M	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15V	16	17X	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

SUDOKU

REGULAR NO 7446

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

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NO 4932

Start on the left with the given number and work your way across following the instructions in each cell Target time: 30 seconds. Solution below.

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

DESCRIPTION		TRIPLE IT	-42	HALVE IT	4/7 OF THIS	x2.75	-75	÷3	X BY ITSELF	ANSWER
4	x14
INTERMEDIATE		x4.75	TRIPLE IT	-84	√	x13	HALVE IT	-27	2/3 OF THIS	ANSWER
96	÷6
ADVANCED		TRIPLE IT	-119	HALVE IT	÷13	X BY ITSELF	225% OF THIS	-254	÷11	ANSWER
184	7/8 OF THIS

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TRAIN TRACKS

Lay down tracks to allow a train to travel from A to B. Only use straight and curved rails and the track cannot cross itself. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each column and row. Solution tomorrow.

4 4 7 6 4 5 7 5

MINI SUDOKU

Fill in the grid in such a way that every row and column and every 2 x 3 box contains the numbers 1-6. Solution tomorrow.

MODERATE NO 4701

—TELEGRAPH— —TOUGHIE—

NO 3759 DJANGO

Across

Down

PANAGRAM

1 Held accountable after strike's delayed in chaotic situation (6)
4 Strong support for book? (8)
9 Appropriate after soldiers shoot again (6)
10 Occasionally admit enthusiasm for damp (8)
12 American spreading glue on a type of watch (8)
13 Cursed crazy boxer potentially making comeback (6)
15 Company car starts quicker - fine to go for ride (13)
18 This might suggest glibness - it has pros and cons (5,8)
20 Flier from very big quarry (6)
22 Previously wearing crown to work (8)
24 Her fan, contorted with envy - ignoring news - leads to complaint (3,5)
25 Quizmaster eviscerated convention, one read on a mobile phone? (1,1,4)
26 Resulting in change to net value (8)
27 School term's focus on English artist (6)

Create words of four letters or more, always using the centre letter, Proper nouns and plurals are not allowed, and you can only use each letter once per word. Can you find the nine-letter Panagram? Answers must be in the Oxford Dictionary of English, Solution tomorrow.

Up to 6 words - Word Finder, 7 - Wordsmith, 14 - Word Wizard, 21 - Word Master, 28 - Word Genius, 36 - Word Perfect

Toughie No 3758

PLUSWORD

1 Boyfriend heard you are inside office (6) 2 Miss Whiplash maybe in shed gripping client's backside - it involves pins (3,6) 3 Praise revolutionary chocolatier assuming Charlie met legend at work (15) 5 Like Jack, giant skipped oddly (4) 6 Discreet police detaining right embassy staff (10,5) 7 Unwrapped pack with free bitter (5) 8 Running mate visits Church of Scotland seeking stamp of approval (8) 11 Who, in French film, regularly plays piano? (7) 14 Essentially nice men use the town for entertainment (3,4) 16 Plane from LAX more tense - on board mostly drunk (5,4) 17 Drink - even that is ... (8) 19... definitely not made from local stocks (2,4) 21 Beneficiary's vote to fill empty place (5) 23 Cycling business is huge (4)

NO 1579

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Solve the crossword, then use letters in the shaded squares to complete the additional PlusWord. A letter in a green square appears in the same column in the PlusWord as it does in the crossword; a letter in a yellow square appears in the PlusWord, but in a different column than it does in the crossword. There is only one possible answer for the PlusWord; it may be that the PlusWord contains letters that aren't found in the crossword, but it can always be worked out logically without guessing. Solution tomorrow.
Across 1 The Balance constellation 6 Sign up 7 Proverb 8 Cut off 9 Apply, e.g., a force

Down
1 Easel (anag.)
2 List in a book
3 Intrepid
4 Jolly ____, unwelcome sight at sea
5 On the ball

WORD LADDER

Change just one letter to go from the top word to the bottom word. Each step must be a valid word and you cannot change the order of the letters. There are clues below for each rung, but they are not necessarily in order. Solution tomorrow. GROAT, ROAM, MIDDLE, BAY, FOOT COMPLAINT, JAW PART

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THE SOLUTIONS

Word Ladder: Doom, loom, look, lock, lick, ice, lime, time. Anagrams: 1. Chimera 2. Bandersnatch 3. Count Dracula.

Panagram: Enjoyment, necteny, etymon, jennet, tanemo, yeomen, enemy, enjoy, jenny, monta, money, monte, nomen, nonet, teeny, temne, tenne, tenan, tonne, jeon, memo, neem, nene, neon, nome, none, note, omen, teen, tone, tony.

Plus/Word No 1578

J	A	F	F	A
O	R	I	E	L
K	E	N	D	O
E	N	D	U	E
R	A	S	P	S

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Angry Trump hits out at Fed's US rate hike

President insists central bank should lower rates 'fast' after his hand-picked chairman backs the rise

By Louis Goss and Melissa Lawford

DONALD TRUMP attacked the US Federal Reserve after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years.

In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump called for interest rates to be lowered "fast" after the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) announced a 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates from 3.75pc to 4pc - and signalled more hikes to come.

Mr Trump said: "Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World — BY FAR. LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!"

It is the first time the Fed has raised interest rates since July 2023.

The US president's comments noticeably failed to single out Mr Warsh for criticism. Mr Warsh, who replaced Jerome Powell as chair in May, was appointed by Mr Trump after he previously waged war against Mr Powell.

Mr Trump called him a "numbskull" and threatened to sack him in a move that shocked central bankers around the world. Earlier this week, Mr Trump also said the US “should be paying the lowest interest rate in the world”.

Asked by reporters yesterday if he had a message for the president, Mr Warsh said: "I've got nothing for you on a discussion with the president."

Most FOMC officials now expect to raise interest rates at least once more by the end of this year, with some anticipating two additional hikes.

Stocks on Wall Street fell after the decision while US borrowing costs rose. The dollar also strengthened.

The decision will have significant implications for the Bank of England, whose Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meet today to make its own interest rate decision.

A hike will put further pressure on Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, who would have to confront higher borrowing costs impacting the UK economy. Analysts have warned if the MPC fails to follow other central banks like the Fed and defies market expectations, it could trigger a fall in the pound that would drive up inflation further.

The Fed's decision comes after the European Central Bank raised interest rates last week - in a move that president Christine Lagarde said was a "no brainer" in response to the war in the Middle East.

Mr Warsh said he knew the central banks' decisions would "spill over to the rest of the world".

Referring to his recent meetings with central bankers, who included Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Warsh said: "They're suffering from price pressures, too.

"They're making their own choices consistent with their remit. It tells me a couple things. One is when the Federal Reserve makes a policy choice, it matters not just to the US economy, but it spills over to the rest of the world."

US government borrowing costs rose after the rate hike, with yields on 10-year treasuries rising by 0.01 percentage points to surpass 5pc. Rates had hit their highest level since 2007 earlier in the week after fresh escalations in the Middle East fuelled fears of inflation.

American stocks fell, with the benchmark S&P 500 dropping by 0.67pc while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped by 1.4pc. The dollar also rose to its highest level in a month against a basket currencies.

Committee members now expect US inflation will average 3.7pc this year, up from 3.6pc in their June forecast.

They also cut their unemployment forecasts but raised their expectations for economic growth.

FOMC members said they anticipated US GDP will rise by 2.3pc this year, up from the 2.2pc growth they had forecast in June.

Healey appoints union chief to sit on Bank of England board

By Szu Ping Chan

JOHN HEALEY has appointed Britain's most powerful union boss to the board of the Bank of England.

The Chancellor announced yesterday that Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), would serve on the Bank's Court of Directors for the next four years.

His appointment is likely to raise alarm bells in the City after he recently called on Andy Burnham to launch a tax raid on banks.

Mr Nowak said: "It's time the banks paid their fair share of tax on their mega profits. The money raised would cut energy bills for the majority of households - and put cash back into workers' pockets."

In a bid to justify a wealth tax, he has dismissed concerns that repeated tax raids discourage investment or drive billionaires out of Britain.

"I just don't think that's borne out by the evidence," he said just days after it emerged that Chris Rokos, one of Britain's biggest taxpayers, was leaving the UK for Greece.

He joined the TUC in 2000 and became its leader in 2022.

Mr Healey, who worked as the TUC's campaign director in the 1990s, said the appointment would help to bring "deep and varied experience" to the Bank.

Mr Nowak will not influence key Bank of England policies such as interest rates and bank regulation as part of his appointment.

He will be involved in operational decisions such as appointments alongside more than a dozen other members, including Andrew Bailey, the Governor.

Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, said: "The last thing our country needs is a trade union leader helping to run the Bank of England.

"If it wasn't obvious who is driving this Labour Government's agenda, this should give you a good idea."

Baroness O'Grady, the former TUC boss, served on the Court for a decade from 2013. Power rangers The Duchess of Edinburgh meets members of the Kufusza Rangers Team during a tour of the base camp at Conservation Lower Zambezi, a non-profit organisation committed to the protection of wildlife and natural resources in Zambia. Poaching costs Zambia's economy millions of dollars a year.

Tariffs on Chinese cars would risk retaliation, Reynolds warns

By Christopher Jasper

BRITAIN cannot risk tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) because of the damage that Beijing would wreak on the UK economy in retaliation, the Business Secretary has warned.

Jonathan Reynolds said any attempt to defend UK carmakers from an influx of cheap Chinese cars would be met with tit-for-tat measures that would ultimately harm exports. That could pose a bigger threat than the flood of imports because of China's importance to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin and McLaren.

Mr Reynolds said: "Fundamentally we want to sell vehicles to China, so I've

got to protect that export market. The UK automotive sector is in a different position to Europe as a whole because we are an export-led sector. JLR is a good example for US and Chinese sales. If you put trade protections up, you've got to understand that they'll probably be reciprocated and you'll lose out." Mr Reynolds suggested that rather than erect barriers to Chinese carmakers, Labour would seek to embrace the automotive know-how of engineers from Beijing. He said the Government could encourage Chinese EV makers to view Britain as a potential European bridgehead, just as Nissan, Honda and Toyota were persuaded to establish plants in the UK in the 1980s. He said

Chinese firms such as BYD and Geely could offer access to market-leading technology, more advanced than what is available in Britain.

"It's not just about the Chinese model of production in terms of costs. They have got some companies that you have to say are some of the most innovative in the world," he said.

Speaking at the McLaren plant in Woking, Surrey, Mr Reynolds also said he'd had no request from JLR for a bailout, as it cuts 4,000 jobs in the next two years. He said: "JLR has said they need to make that business the right size to be competitive. It's not a specific problem or any request to Government in that regard."

Ashley son-in-law made Hugo Boss chairman

By Tom Haynes

HUGO BOSS has appointed Michael Murray, the Frasers' chief executive, as its new chairman, in a move that tightens Mike Ashley's grip on the German fashion brand.

Mr Murray, who is Mr Ashley's son-in-law, was elected head of its supervisory board on Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after Stephan Sturm stepped down amid pressure from Frasers.

The appointment marks a victory for Mr Ashley's retail giant, which has built a stake of about 48pc in Hugo Boss after launching a takeover attempt earlier this year. Frasers has said it intends to increase its holding beyond 50pc.

Mr Murray has been on the Hugo Boss supervisory board since May 2025. He will continue to run Frasers, which owns Sports Direct, House of Fraser and Flannels.

Hugo Boss also said Robert Palmer, one of Mr Ashley's senior team, would join its supervisory board, subject to appointment by the local court.

Mr Sturm had been chairman for just 16 months, having also been elected in May 2025. Frasers said earlier this month that it was reviewing whether to continue its support for Mr Sturm after increasing its stake in Hugo Boss to 48pc.

Hugo Boss terminated its share buyback programme earlier this month after Frasers said it intended to take its stake above 50pc.

The appointment puts Mr Murray at the head of Hugo Boss's supervisory board as Mr Ashley seeks to deepen his presence in high-end fashion. His group also owns stakes in Burberry and Mulberry and recently bought Harvey Nichols out of administration.

Diesel set to hit £2.30 a litre by Christmas

By Melissa Lawford

UK drivers face paying £2.30 per litre for diesel by the end of the year if the Iran war continues to rage, analysts have warned.

Global supply constraints from the Middle East conflict mean diesel pump prices could surge by another 19pc compared with current levels - surpassing the previous record set in 2022 by a margin of 31p per litre, according to Wood Mackenzie. Alan Gelder, from Wood Mackenzie, said that if the war in Iran continues and Ukraine maintains attacks on Russian refineries, factory-gate diesel prices will surge to \$285 per barrel, 65pc above their August average of \$173.

He said: "This would imply UK retail diesel prices over £2.30 per litre. This is considerably higher than the prior record of £1.99 per litre.

"There doesn't seem to be any particular resolution to either of these conflicts in sight, which just means it's just going to drive prices higher."

Data from the AA show pump prices have soared by 35pc since the war began, climbing from 142.4p per litre at the end of February to 192.7p. Several petrol forecourts across the UK are charging more than £2 per litre for diesel as wholesale fuel prices shot up.

The price of crude oil has surged to \$106 per barrel, up by a fifth since the end of August, after Saudi Arabia was forced to close its vital East-West pipeline following an Iranian drone strike.

The pipeline had become a lifeline that allowed Saudi Arabia to export oil from its Red Sea Yanbu port, after Iran blocked its traditional export route through the Strait of Hormuz.

This will be as good as it gets for the Chancellor

Chancellor John Healey, on a recent visit to Kiln Park Holiday Centre in Tenby, meets people facing soaring living costs this winter

‘We see a clear argument for the Bank not delaying a hike in interest rates any longer’

Inflation is forecast to rise to 4.5pc at the start of next year thanks to higher oil prices, writes Eir Nolsøe

BECOMING Chancellor as oil prices surge and the global bond market sells off would not have been the start John Healey was hoping for.

Yet he will be grateful things are not even worse. During Healey's first month in No 11, the British economy did something unusual for July: it grew by a healthy 0.4pc.

Meanwhile, new inflation figures for August, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday, were not as grim as the Chancellor might have feared. To be sure, inflation is up as analysts predicted, rising to 3.1pc in the year to August from 2.9pc in July. But there were a few bright spots hiding in the data.

Healey would be best advised to enjoy it while it lasts, however. Most economists agree this is probably as good as it's going to get.

"Inflation will accelerate further over the next six months," says Matt Swannell, the chief economic adviser to the Item Club. "Rising oil prices are continuing to feed through to prices at the petrol pump."

The forecaster, which uses the same model as the Treasury, expects rising energy prices to push inflation to 4.5pc at the start of next year, well over the Bank of England's 2pc target.

Bad news for a Prime Minister who has made easing the cost of living his central pledge to voters. Donald Trump's war in Iran – which he has repeatedly claimed to have won since he started bombing in February – is hitting motorists hard.

Surging transport prices were the biggest force pushing up the latest inflation in the year to August.

Motor fuel prices jumped 23pc in the year to August. The ONS said a litre of petrol on average cost £1.61 last month, the highest since November 2022.

Meanwhile, plane ticket prices also increased by 6.2pc from July to August, after warnings from airlines that the war in Iran would push up jet fuel prices and risk shortages.

Higher energy costs also pushed up overall inflation, with electricity, gas and other fuel costs rising by 6pc in the year to August. Heating oil was the biggest culprit.

Following the publication of the inflation figures yesterday, Andy Burnham warned of a challenging Budget next month.

The biggest problems are yet to come, however. The energy price cap means households will feel the biggest hit from surging bills in January. Swannell warns: "The impact of higher wholesale gas prices will continue to pass through. We already know that the energy price cap will rise by 4pc in October. Based on current wholesale prices, there's likely to be another increase of more than 20pc in January."

Jess Ralston, of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, says: "Gas prices have hit a four-year high, with petrol and diesel costs already climbing. It's a stark reminder that conflicts thousands of miles away can still hit households here."

For the Bank of England, which will announce its decision on whether to raise interest rates today, what matters are signs that British businesses are starting to raise prices to cope with the crisis.

So far, that does not seem to be the case. Despite warnings of surging food prices growing louder over the

summer, they are so far showing only modest increases, up just 1.3pc in the year to August.

Still, the Food and Drink Federation has warned that food prices will rise by 6.4pc next year, as droughts and heatwaves hammer farmers.

In another development that should worry Mr Burnham, the ONS figures also showed that rent increases are starting to pick up pace, rising 4.2pc in the year to August.

Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Liberum, says: "There were plenty of warnings that new rent reform laws would constrain supply and cause a surge in rents."

Rent rises typically lag core inflation by about 18 months, due to longer-term lease renewals, he says. "So the pick coming now – with more inflation likely in the new year – risks making this a big political problem." All of these factors mean rate-setters at the Bank of England are looking at a muddled picture.

On the one hand, there is little to suggest the energy shock from the war in Iran is immediately ripping through the economy.

The job market is also in a poor state, with vacancies falling. This limits the risk that businesses will rush to raise wages, as they did in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, if inflation soars.

But Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, will remember all too well the criticism that rate-setters were asleep at the wheel during the last inflation crisis.

"The Bank has a difficult task, balancing a worsening external price shock against a domestic economy sending mixed signals," says Adam

Deasy, an economist at PwC UK. "Monetary policy won't shift the energy markets, nor the machinations of global geopolitics, but it may prevent inflation becoming embedded in wages and prices."

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee is expected to keep interest rates at 3.75pc today, before raising them as many as four times over the coming year.

However, Allan Monks, who is the chief UK economist at JP Morgan, warns: "We see a clear argument for the Bank not delaying a hike any longer."

While the market awaits today's call on interest rates, British families are once again facing up to the prospect of rising energy bills and higher mortgage rates - and another winter marked by discontent.

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US borrowing costs have surged

The AI boom is to blame for your higher mortgage

The American tech giants' drive to build data centres is bad news for British suburbia. Chris Price and Eir Nolsøe report

MILLIONS of homeowners have received a nasty shock this year when they've come to renew their mortgage.

Rates for five-year fixed deals have soared to 5.17pc, compared with 4.95pc in February, adding thousands of pounds to annual repayments for households.

One reason is the Iran war, which has raised fears of higher inflation, driving up borrowing costs around the world.

But while Donald Trump's Middle East conflicts have played a part, events thousands of miles from the Middle East, in the Californian streets of Silicon Valley, are also adding to the burden.

In the billionaires' playground, a world away from the British suburbs where mortgage rates are climbing, the world's tech giants are engulfed in a conflict of their own.

They are battling to win the AI race and issuing trillions of dollars of debt to fund their assault. But in doing so, they are causing a glut of loans that are driving up the cost of borrowing across the board.

“Surging corporate debt issuance by the AI hyperscalers is one factor that has pushed up government bond yields globally in recent months, including in the UK, and therefore mortgage rates,” says Joe Maher, a markets economist at Capital Economics.

"The sheer volume of bond supply from these firms is competing with sovereign issuers around the world for investors' capital."

Morgan Stanley has estimated that about \$2.9tn (£2.2tn) will be spent on the construction of AI data centres up to 2028 as tech giants, such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta, compete for dominance.

JP Morgan projected that broader AI-related infrastructure spending could approach \$5.3tn between now and 2030.

Put simply, the construction of AI infrastructure is going to require huge amounts of money.

At first, these US tech giants paid for their increased spending from their

own balance sheets. However, now that has been depleted, they have sought other ways to raise capital, one of which is the corporate bond market.

In the US, companies are expected to raise \$200bn of financing through such bonds this month alone.

The issue for mortgage borrowers is that these AI giants are so keen to borrow that they have little regard for how much interest they pay.

If AI issuers promise to pay interest rates far above normal level, this drives up the rate of borrowing for governments because they need to pay more interest to lure these fund managers to invest.

Peter Schaffrik, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, says: "If you believe that this whole new technology, AI in particular, is a base technology for the next 25 to 50 years, you want to build the infrastructure now.

"If you don't build it now, somebody else will, and you will be the Nokia of phone-making. You will be a company from yesteryear.

"Therefore, these guys probably don't care whether that's 5pc, 5.5pc, 6pc, or even 7pc of yield.

"We have a huge amount of corporate issuance coming, particularly out of hyperscalers, the tech sphere. They are more or less yield-agnostic."

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, also blamed AI hyperscalers last month for rising borrowing costs.

He said the US government had been “trying to keep the market in equilibrium” through a programme of bond buybacks, which ultimately fell flat.

He said the AI giants seemed “almost yield-agnostic”, given the returns they anticipated.

"They don't really care what they are paying." Bessent said.

That is a problem for both the US treasury secretary and mortgage borrowers, because the rates paid by companies in credit markets filter through to other sections of the financial market.

Government debt markets were already under significant pressure from the inability of politicians around the world to cut spending. But now the glut of AI bonds has added to their woes.

"Governments have rarely needed so much capital. The problem is that everyone else needs it too," says Laura Cooper, the head of macro credit at Nuveen, which manages \$1.4tn of client money.

"Economics 101 hinges on supply and demand – when supply exceeds demand, prices fall."

She said this was visible with

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Vast sums to be spent on AI infrastructure
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‘States have rarely needed so much capital. The problem is that everyone else needs it too’

longer-term bonds particularly, where both governments and AI hyperscalers were issuing large amounts of debt "helping to push yields higher as investors demand greater compensation to absorb it".

The worrying sign for mortgage borrowers is that AI and government spending show no sign of easing.

Investors warned that at some point, the huge amounts of debt being issued by AI companies could be rejected by investors, pushing borrowing costs even higher.

Al Cattermole, from Mirabaud Asset Management, says: "The bond market can have episodes where we push up the funding cost for Nvidia, Oracle, Google, Meta, so that the spread goes so wide that the bond market refuses to take part. But does it change their decision to actually spend the money or do they have to fund it with equity or alternatives?"

The glimmer of hope for mortgage borrowers is that an end to the war in Iran would play a significant part in easing the cost of borrowing.

Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, signalled that an end to the war would be key to interest rates coming down again.

"Inflation could turn out to be lower if ongoing geopolitical conflicts were resolved sustainably," she said last week as the Bank put up interest rates from 2.25pc to 2.5pc.

Cattermole says the substantial debt issued by AI companies is "one of a

'AI adds to the problem, I don't think it's causing the problem. Your main problem is the oil price'

number of factors driving yields higher". He continued: "It adds to the problem, I don't think it's causing the problem. Your main problem is the oil price, the energy price from the conflict in Iran."

Robert Dishner, the London head of trading at Neuberger, adds: "If you didn't have that AI supply, would rates be lower? The answer is not necessarily.

“Because there have been other things going on in the rates market, including concerns about fiscal, concerns about inflation and those type of things.”

For now, mortgage borrowers look likely to remain under pressure, and there is no end in sight for the AI debt boom.

Ban gambling adverts to weaken betting industry, Lords demand

By Tom Haynes and Eir Nolsoe

PEERS have demanded a ban on gambling advertising, marketing and sponsorship, claiming that Britain should shrink the betting industry to tackle harm.

The House of Lords liaison committee said ministers must pursue a total ban regardless of the economic damage it would cause, claiming they should abandon efforts to grow the gambling industry. They said the UK should outlaw betting adverts on both television and online, while also scrapping gambling sponsorship in sport.

The proposals triggered an immediate backlash from betting firms, which warned that cutting off a major source of advertising and sponsorship income would cost jobs and hit sports organisations. Lord Foster of Bath, who has addressed the issue of gambling for years, said: "There will be that reduction. Nobody is remotely denying it.

"Indeed, that's what we want to happen. I want the gambling companies to be making less money."

The committee acknowledged that a ban would have “immediate economic impacts” on gambling companies, sports bodies and other businesses but stressed that gambling should be “tolerated but not promoted”.

Modelling cited in the report estimated that gambling companies would suffer a £812m hit from the proposed ban, costing the UK economy £134m. However, the Lords argued that most gambling spending would find its way into other parts of the economy. Andy Burnham backed a ban on gambling sponsorship while mayor of Greater Manchester in 2022, saying “together we can relegate gambling sponsorship of sport to the history books” and that “for the sake of children and young people, [it’s] time to take a stand”.

The suggestion follows a 2020 Lords report which called for a public health approach to gambling but the committee said its recommendations on advertising, marketing and sponsorship had been “largely unaddressed”.

While the 2020 report said there was no definitive link between betting advertising and problem gambling, the latest Lords' proposal said there was now "strong evidence" of a link between advertising, participation and harm. It concluded that “a comprehensive ban represents the most effective long-term policy option” and recommended that ministers implement one “as soon as practicable”.

‘That’s what we want to happen. I want the gambling companies to be making less money

Betting companies warned that restricting legal operators could drive customers towards black-market gambling. The committee said such concerns were "not well-evidenced" and that it was "not convinced" restrictions on licensed operators would lead to gambling spending moving to the illegal market.

Grainne Hurst, the chief executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, said: "A blanket advertising ban would remove a key competitive advantage of being licensed and regulated while doing nothing to stop illegal operators targeting British consumers."

Flutter, which owns Sky Bet and Paddy Power, said a ban would also strip funding from sports and charities.

A spokesman said: "We believe the right to advertise is an important benefit of being a legal, licensed and regulated business. It helps customers distinguish responsible operators from illegal ones, who offer none of the same protections."

The report comes as gambling companies are already facing a sharp rise in tax. Entain, the gambling giant behind Ladbrokes and Coral, is consulting on cutting about 400 customer-service jobs, mainly in Britain, after already axing 500 jobs this year.

It has warned that further tax rises could put more than 1,000 betting shops at risk.

Stella David, Entain's chief executive, said in an open letter to Mr Burnham last week: "You have spoken about the Makerfield Test - the principle that national policy should deliver for places and people that have too often been overlooked by Westminster.

"A substantial increase in machine games duty (MGD) would bear directly on many of the people and places the Makerfield Test is intended to support."

'Unfair' net zero transition does not deserve support, MPs say

most from cheaper clean power and warmer homes."

By Melissa Lawford

BRITAIN'S unfair net zero transition "does not deserve" public support, MPs have warned.

The Energy Security and Net Zero select committee, a cross-party group, said that voters would not back Labour's energy goals because the poorest households have been disproportionately hit by the costs while standing to gain the least from the policy.

“A transition whose upfront costs fall on those least able to pay, while its benefits accrue first to those who can afford a heat pump or an electric vehicle, will not command public support and does not deserve to,” the MPs said.

"The costs of the transition are not currently falling fairly. Policy costs recovered through electricity bills are regressive, taking a larger share of income from poorer households.

“Those in poorly insulated or privately rented homes are least able to act and most exposed to high prices, yet they are the people who stand to gain

The report called on Miatta Fahn-bulleh, the Energy Secretary, to shield low-income households from the costs of decarbonisation.

It warned the political consensus to transition to clean energy has been "broken" by the cost of living crisis.

The select committee's warning came as the boss of British Gas's parent company said that slow grid connections have become a major drag on UK investment and economic growth.

A new industry whitepaper, published today by Centrica and energy technology company Ceres, said grid connection wait times of

Chris O'Shea says the grid is affecting growth up to a decade are threatening investment in UK manufacturing, infrastructure and the data centres that are essential for the AI rollout.

It called for the development of solid oxide fuel cells, which deliver power directly on site and can be rolled out in less than 12 months.

Chris O'Shea, the Centrica chief executive, said: "The UK cannot afford for power connections to become the reason investment goes elsewhere.

"Grid upgrades, renewables and nuclear are all essential, but they will take time and businesses making investment decisions today need confidence that reliable power will be there when they need it."

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was contacted for comment.

Reach points the finger at BBC 'expansionism' as it cuts 220 jobs

jobs, it will create around 60 new ones.

By Tom Saunders

REACH blamed an “expansionist BBC” as the publisher cut 220 jobs and axed three local online news sites.

The media group – which owns The Mirror, The Express and hundreds of regional titles such as the Manchester Evening News and the Hull Daily Mail – told staff on Tuesday that it was making the cuts across its newsrooms and closing news sites Kent Live, Aberdeen Live and Galway Beo.

David Higgerson, the chief content officer of Reach, told staff in an email that the publicly-funded corporation was putting the company under strain.

“Locally, we continue to be challenged by an expansionist BBC, whose local output mirrors what is already being created by publishers up to 70pc of the time,” Mr Higgerson said.

"These headwinds and others which also affect the whole industry mean that we need to make these changes while also reducing our overall costs."

The decision to close the three news sites was because of strong competition from rival newspapers in Kent, Aberdeen and Galway, Mr Higgerson added in the email.

Reach announced earlier this year that it would be moving away from so-called "volume" journalism - a code-

word for ad-driven clickbait content – to focus on original, high-quality output.

distinctive, quality material.

The company, formerly known as Trinity Mirror, has already begun rolling out paywalls across some of its sites and now has around 50,000 paid subscribers. It has insisted it will refocus on

Algorithm changes by tech giants such as Facebook and Google, which play an essential role in driving traffic to Reach websites, have also hit the company's financial position.

This has been exacerbated by the rollout of AI overviews that further divert readers away from news sites.

In his email to staff, Mr Higgerson acknowledged that page views had fallen primarily because of a decline in Google referrals.

Several months ago, the publisher said that Google referrals plunged by 55pc in the first half of the year, contributing to a 40pc decline in readership. After its half-year results, shares in Reach plunged by nearly 25pc.

The company has cut more than 1,000 jobs in the past three years. It is now worth roughly £127m, down from a peak of £5bn in 2005. The cuts were first reported by the Prolific North news site.

Reach and the BBC were contacted for comment.

TIMELESS TREASURES OF THE NILE

A 14-night river journey along the Nile between Aswan & Cairo aboard the 44-passenger SS Misr 11th to 25th February, 25th February to 10th March*, 20th October to 3rd November & 3rd to 17th November* 2028

Join us aboard the SS Misr and discover the many ancient wonders along the banks of the Nile on this 14-night journey between Aswan and Cairo. A cruise on a Nile steamer as a leisure pursuit was pioneered by British tourists in the late 19th century looking for a comfortable way to visit Egypt's fascinating sites and we are delighted to have chartered the lovingly restored SS Misr to offer the opportunity to discover the remarkable wonders of this ancient land in a high degree of comfort. We will travel with excellent local guides and will be joined on board by a Guest Speaker who will add immeasurably to our knowledge.

Our cruise along a 600 mile stretch of the Nile is a passage through antiquity, an incomparable river voyage which brings to life the great monuments of the pharaohs. We have devised our unique, two week itinerary to allow for the opportunity to visit some of Egypt's most famous sites in addition to discovering some of the lesser known archaeological sites and temples. We will visit the private tombs at Beni Hassan, which, through superb wall paintings, provide a panorama of daily life in Egypt four thousand years ago. We also visit Abydos and Dendera temples and Tel El Amarna where you can survey the ruins of the temples and palaces of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. In addition to these less famous but historically important sites, we will of course explore some of the most renowned locations including the Great Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings and magnificent Karnak.

THE ITINERARY IN BRIEF

Day 1 London Heathrow to Aswan, Egypt. Fly by scheduled flight to Aswan via Cairo. Upon arrival transfer to the SS Misr and embark.

Day 2 Aswan. This morning we will visit the High Dam at Aswan, considered an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s having had a huge impact on the economy and culture in Egypt. Today it provides electricity and irrigation for the whole of Egypt. We continue to the temple of Philae which is dedicated to the goddess Isis, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. The temple was originally on Philae Island but due to high water levels was dismantled in 1977 and reconstructed on a nearby higher island called Agilkia. We end our tour with a visit to the Nubian Museum, a complex of 50,000 square metres which is enclosed by walls to evoke the traditional Nubian village architecture. Return to the ship for lunch and a leisurely afternoon.

Day 3 Aswan & Kom Ombo. Enjoy a leisurely morning on board or alternatively take the optional excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel (by road approximately four hours each way) which is without a doubt the most impressive of all Nubian antiquities. Not only can we admire the outstanding sculptures, culture and reliefs which embellished the temples of Ramesses the Great and Queen Nefertari, cut out of the sandstone cliff around 3300 years ago, we can also applaud the achievement of archaeologists, architects and engineers in the 20th century AD who organised the rescue of the monuments to their new site above Lake Nasser. This afternoon we set sail for Kom Ombo, relax on deck and admire the Nile views.

Day 4 Kom Ombo & Edfu. This morning we visit the temple of Kom Ombo which was mainly built during the Ptolemaic dynasty and completed under the Roman Emperors. The temple is unique due to its 'double' design which meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for the two gods that worshipped here. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris. We return to the ship for lunch on board and sail to Edfu where we will visit Edfu Temple, an ancient Egyptian temple which is set on the West Bank of the Nile and said to be one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. The temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus and was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. This evening, we sail to Luxor where we moor overnight.

Day 5 Luxor. We will have the luxury of two full days to explore Luxor and today will be devoted to visiting the West Bank, one of the most famous and important archaeological sites in the world. See the Valley of the Kings, the burial ground of the pharaohs for a period of 500 years. The tombs vividly depict the journey of the sun god and pharaoh through the dangers of the underworld. We stop at the Colossi of Memnon to witness the two imposing 18-metre-high quartzite seated statues which marked the entrance to the now vanished memorial temple of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III whose reign was one of the most opulent in Egyptian history. We will also visit Howard Carter House, the original home where the British archaeologist lived during his search for Tutankhamun's tomb which is now a museum featuring original artefacts from his time in Luxor.

Day 6 Luxor. Our second day in Luxor will be spent on the East Bank, where we will start with a visit to the magnificent temples of Karnak. Here you will witness the unbelievably vast array of monuments dedicated to Amun-Ra, king of the gods, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. Just two of the highlights we will see are the great hypostyle hall with over 130 columns, some 22 metres high, and the obelisk of the powerful Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Our tour will conclude with a visit to the Luxor Museum, an archaeological museum which was inaugurated in 1975. Return to the ship for lunch and this afternoon we will visit Luxor Temple.

Day 7 Dendera Temple. Early this morning we sail to Qena and after breakfast our morning tour will be

dedicated to the goddess Hathor as we visit the Dendera Temple, also known as the 'castle of the Sistrum'. Hathor was the goddess of love, joy and beauty. The Dendera Temple was associated with healing and patients who travelled there for cures could stay in special buildings so they could rest, sleep and commune with the gods in their dreams. Enjoy a leisurely afternoon sailing to Naga Hammadi where we will moor overnight.

Day 8 Abydos Temple. This morning we sail to El Balyana where we visit the temple that the Greeks called the Memnonium in Abydos, dedicated to Seti, Osiris, Isis, Ptah, Ptah-Sokar, Nefertem, Re-Horakhty, Amun and Horus. Its structure, built of white limestone, is one of the most impressive religious structures in Egypt. Return to the ship for lunch and enjoy the afternoon sailing north to Sohag where we will moor overnight.

Day 9 Cruising. Enjoy a day cruising along the Nile. Relax on deck and perhaps attend a lecture or two.

Day 10 Tuna El Gebel & Tel El Amarna. This morning, we start by visiting Tuna El Gebel where the oldest monument is a boundary stela of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The site is best known for its animal necropolis housing thousands of mummified baboons and Ibis sacred to Thoth. We then continue to Akhenaten's royal city, tomb and palace at Amarna. Return to the ship for lunch and enjoy the rest of the afternoon relaxing on board as we sail to Minya.

Day 11 Beni Hassan. This morning we visit the Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hassan, an ancient Egyptian cemetery site. The necropolis of Beni Hassan reflects the political differences between the provincial rulers and the pharaoh kings. Due to the layout and more complex decorations, the tombs mark a transition stage in the style of the tombs from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom. Moor overnight in Minya.

Day 12 Cruising. Enjoy another relaxing day cruising along the Nile as we make our way towards Cairo.

SS MISR was originally constructed in Preston by the Royal Navy in 1918 before being purchased and later converted into a luxury Nile steamer for King Farouk. Now fully restored to a five-star deluxe propeller steam vessel, the SS Misr accommodates just 44 passengers in spacious, air-conditioned cabins and suites and there is a crew of 63 to ensure the highest level of service. Misr means 'the Kingdom of Egypt' and the décor reflects the fashion of the period, each cabin with its own individual style. All cabins and suites have a private balcony, en-suite bathroom, hairdryer, mini-bar and television. The two Panorama suites at the front of the vessel offer impressive panoramic views. The Marasem Restaurant, Saraya Lounge and Dahabia Bar are located on the higher decks offering wonderful views of the Nile. There is also a lower sun deck with comfortable seating and an upper sun deck with a pool and sun loungers for relaxation.

Day 13 Meidum & Cairo. We transfer this morning to the Meidum pyramid which is dedicated to the King Snefru of the 4th dynasty. Return to the SS Misr for lunch as we continue to Cairo where we will moor overnight.

Day 14 Cairo. We start the day by visiting the impressive Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, the only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the tombs of the great Pharaohs and their queens. Enjoy lunch with a view of the Pyramids before we visit the Grand Egyptian Museum. This complex is a cultural hub and includes one of the largest museums in the world displaying the heritage of a single civilisation. The museum contains over 50,000 artefacts, reflecting Egypt's past from prehistory until the Greek and Roman periods including over 5000 artefacts from the tomb of the golden pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Day 15 Cairo to London Heathrow. Disembark and transfer to Cairo Airport for your return scheduled flight to London Heathrow.

• These departure dates operate in the reverse direction to that shown from Cairo to Aswan and the full details can be viewed on our website.

PRICES & INCLUSIONS

Special offer prices per person based on double occupancy start from £8595 for a Category 4 cabin.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

Economy class scheduled air travel • 14 nights aboard the 5S Mir on a full board basis • Wine or beer & unlimited soft drinks with lunch & dinner • Shore excursions with local English speaking guides • Noble Caledonia Tour Manager • Guest Speaker • Gratuities • Transfers • Airport taxes.

NB: Ports and itinerary are subject to change. Travel insurance, Egyptian visa and optional excursion to Abu Simbel are not included in the price. All special offers are subject to availability. Our current booking conditions apply to all reservations.

Treasury wins the medal for holding back growth

HELEN MACNAMARA

The benefits bill is being inflated by a failure to build houses – public cash must be put to better use

IN 2003 I was working in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the bid for the 2012 London Olympics. My job was to do the planning for if we won. At the time conventional wisdom said this was a remote possibility.

The Civil Service's revealed preference was for us to produce a better bid than Paris but lose out to the French in the final reckoning, probably because it was assumed they would cheat. Success all round without the headache of actually having to host the

Games. I really wanted us to win. Alongside setting up the Olympic Delivery Authority and the Organising Committee - a great triumph - I was also responsible for putting together one of the early budgets.

Less of a success. We originally estimated the costs would come in at around £4.5bn and it was nearly twice that in the end.

Some of the over-run was due to complexity. The land was so polluted it cost nearly £250m just to wash the soil. Less forgivable was the fact that VAT wasn't included in the construction costs. In my defence, I'd only been in the civil service for a couple of years by this point and hadn't been trained in the mysteries of government finances. It wasn't obvious to me that when setting out the cost to the public purse, the tax to be paid by the Treasury, to the Treasury, should be included as part of the bill. I went on a training course.

I learned that it is less complicated to include the tax take in calculations of government spending and let the Treasury balance its own books without the help of optimistic young bureaucrats. Simplicity is not always the answer, but there are areas of government spending where a common-sense approach would serve us so much better.

The Treasury classifies the money it spends in four ways. There is Department Expenditure Limit, which is the amount of money a government department is allocated to spend in a Spending Round. And then there is Annual Managed Expenditure, which is the spending in-year that is harder to predict and control, like the welfare bill or pension payments. There is Resource - day to day spending on running costs like salaries. And there is Capital - investment in physical assets that have long-term value.

The dividing lines are not always clean. For example, decades-ahead commitments to public sector pensions are hidden within everyday spending on salaries.

I always thought of Annual Managed Expenditure as the spoiled child of government finances: spending and more spending, and then coming back for even more. Capital allocations were in contrast made with care and thought for the long-term benefits. Call it two-tier accounting. This disparity is a key reason for the current housing mess.

The taxpayer has been building

‘Decades-ahead commitments to public sector pensions are hidden within everyday spending’

houses and subsidising accommodation for people who can't afford to pay for it for centuries. My weekend run goes past handsome Elizabethan alms houses. Assuming that we're not wiped out by AI, our great great grandchildren will still be paying taxes to subsidise housing for those who need it. But hopefully they will be smarter about it.

Last year the Government spent £37.3bn on housing benefits. This is some of the most unproductive spending even by the standards of our public finances. The bill grows as the cost of renting rises. The cost of renting grows because the supply is so scarce.

The Treasury should make public the actual cost of there not being enough homes and be transparent about how much the failure to build inflates the benefits bill. It costs us all in every sense.

As the chairman of the homelessness charity Shelter you'd expect me to say there must be homes to rent for people who have been priced out of the housing market. You would expect me to argue that people who are vulnerable and need help should have a secure roof over their heads, even though we haven't built enough houses.

Even without that moral argument, however, the economic case for the government building houses is made. It is just better value to build decent homes than to continue to pay too much for not enough. Housebuilding would support construction and provide decent homes for the 177,000 children who don't have one and avoid the social, economic and human consequences that risks.

Public money can be spent so much more productively. There's more to be done to stimulate private investment too. Legal and General has shown that affordable housing can provide a stable long-term returns. The key to unlocking more capital is for the Treasury to more fairly compare its profligate day-to-day spending with investment that pays back.

In the end the London Olympic Games cost £8.9bn of public subsidy. Even the most conservative estimates put the return to the UK economy as at least twice that.

It's the difference between investing and spending.

Shellfish concerns Fossil Free London protesters outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in Whitehall. The group suggests the public are 'all lobsters being cooked by the evil oily Shell chefs!' The group was responding to the news from the United Nations that we have passed the point of 1.5C for global warming.

GUY BELL/SHUTTERSTOCK

Good things really do still happen above 5pc...just search harder to find them

a Quality Dividend Growth ETF.

TOM STEVENSON

Nothing good happens above 5pc. This is how one of my colleagues recently framed the risks for the equity market if bond yields stay above this watershed level.

It's a catchy summary of today's challenge for stock markets, as bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic have moved into this danger zone, but it is a simplification. And it does not explain why shares remain close to their record high, successfully scaling the bond market wall of worry.

Persistently high bond yields are bad for shares. They eat into company profits via higher borrowing costs. They reduce consumers' spending power.

They offer investors a less volatile alternative to equities. They are a particular problem for companies promising a long pipeline of earnings, because they discount these future profits more aggressively, reducing their present-day value.

The high-growth companies caught in this valuation trap are big and important. It is why the “magnificent seven” have drifted for the best part of a year. But these companies do not tell the whole stock market story. Alternatives in the equity market can live more easily in a less yield-friendly environment. The trick is to balance the equity portion of our portfolios towards them.

To do this, I am focused on five characteristics, all of which point in the same direction – away from distant, uncertain earnings streams and towards cash flows that are large, visible and distributable. What you might call jam today.

My first preference, then, is for lots of free cash flow today rather than the promise of earnings growth tomorrow. This is not the same as buying shares that look cheap. A company such as Microsoft offers growth and is not particularly cheap, but it throws off cash now as well as in the future. The dividing line isn't between growth and value, but between profits generated today and profits whose value depends on what happens many years from now.

Fortunately, plenty of factor-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) explicitly screen on cash flow and

'A company such as Microsoft offers growth and is not particularly cheap, but it throws off cash now as well as in the future'

other valuation measures. iShares has one, the World Value Factor ETF, which picks about 400 companies from the MSCI World index that look undervalued relative to a range of fundamental measures.

It trades at about 17 times earnings, meaningfully cheaper than the rest of the market.

It offers global equity exposure without the expensive, high-growth shares most at risk in today's high-yield environment.

Second, I expect dividends and buybacks to become more highly prized in the new world of competitive bond yields. When interest rates were close to zero, investors preferred to reinvest cash rather than distribute it. In the future, many of those potential investments will not stack up. What will matter increasingly is shareholder yield - dividends plus the effect of share buybacks.

The challenge is avoiding the high-dividend trap, where a stagnant, leveraged company pays unsustainable income. I prefer a lower but reliable dividend that can grow with time. Again, both actively managed funds and passive ETFs focus on delivering this growing income. Wisdom Tree has

The third characteristic I am looking for in a higher-inflation environment is pricing power. We need companies that can reprice their revenues faster than their costs rise.

This is hard to spot quantitatively. It is not an accounting ratio. And it may be where an active stock picker earns their keep over a passive fund.

Morgan Stanley and – full disclosure – my employer, Fidelity, have Global Brands funds that explicitly focus on intellectual property and pricing power.

Another important trap to avoid is this. Pricing power is often associated with the quality-investing style, and that can too easily become “quality at any price”. The goal is pricing power with cash generation and a reasonable valuation.

In a high-yield environment, quality matters most in a company's balance sheet. Persistently high yields expose companies that could easily refinance when money was cheap but struggle when capital costs rise again. Refinancing a 2pc bond at 6pc is as painful for a company as it is for a homeowner. And the pain comes with a lag. Companies that borrowed cheaply for five or 10 years have been insulated, but every refinancing resets their cost of capital. The ideal is a company that receives interest rather than pays it.

Which leads to the final consideration - geography. The US is more heavily valued on jam-tomorrow profits. Much of its value rests on

technology and anticipated growth. Exactly the characteristics I am leaning away from.

'Companies that borrowed cheaply for five or 10 years have been insulated, but every refinancing resets their cost of capital'

The UK is almost the opposite. With exposure to financials, energy, commodity-related businesses, and high-dividend payers, our home market is potentially in the value sweet spot, despite the obvious challenges facing the domestic economy.

Europe and Japan also contain many mature, cash-generative industrial, financial and shareholder-return-focused companies. Japan, in particular, offers several elements of this jam-today investment approach in one place. Reasonable valuations, cash-rich balance sheets, improving capital allocation and growing buybacks and dividends. Japanese companies are consciously moving excess balance-sheet cash back to shareholders.

Reshaping the equity share of a portfolio helps maintain long-term exposure to the best-performing asset class while reducing vulnerability to the possibility that a rising cost of capital could bring this mature bull market to an abrupt end.

In a world where capital once again has a meaningful cost, it recognises the prudence of receiving our investment return sooner rather than later. Some good things can still happen above 5pc. But you have to look harder to find them.

Tom Stevenson is an investment director at Fidelity International. These views are his own

The global economy is being held hostage by modern-day Merlins

IZABELLA KAMINSKA

It could be the plot of a Tolkien novel. Three of the world's most powerful artificial intelligence executives - the wizards of our time - have reached an extraordinary conclusion: the magical systems they are building may soon become too dangerous to develop at their current speed. In an essay, Anthropic's Dario Amodei called for the AI industry to "pace the frontier". The concern is essentially twofold.

First, increasingly powerful models risk destabilising the world if they fall into the hands of people wishing to use them for hacking, biological weapons or other destructive purposes.

Second, the more fantastical but surprisingly commonly held possibility in Silicon Valley; that the magic itself becomes sufficiently powerful to escape the control of its creators. Less Merlin, more Sauron.

Amodei wants independent evaluators embedded inside AI companies. He has called for common safety standards at leading labs and international agreements constraining the speed at which the technology develops. Governments, he claims, will inevitably have to play a role too.

The final stage would be persuading China to participate in a global convention. It is a grand narrative. But it doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

One factor influencing everything is that cultivating powerful magical capabilities is extremely expensive. Moody's estimates spending will reach \$1tn by 2027. Until recently, Big Tech was an extraordinary cash-generating machine, but AI has made parts of it much more capital intensive. Just five hyperscalers accounted for more than 15pc of US investment-grade debt issuance in the early part of this year.

Barclays estimates that \$240bn of hyperscaler investment needs could be financed through investment-grade credit issuance this year. Roughly \$150bn-\$170bn is issued annually by America's six largest banks.

This matters because the AI boom is no longer happening in some hermetically sealed Silicon Valley ecosystem. The wizards are competing with governments and everybody else for the world's savings. And nobody knows whether this investment will ultimately pay for itself. Railway mania produced some of the most economically transformative infrastructure ever seen. It also ruined plenty of people who financed it. AI may prove similar.

If AI's economic impact catches up with the investment, the problem largely solves itself. Companies become vastly more productive, revenues rise and the infrastructure pays its own way. Given AI's strategic importance, it is difficult to imagine governments standing entirely aside if the infrastructure underpinning national technological supremacy suddenly found itself in financial distress. Hence possibly why the risk is spilling over into government bond yields: markets sense the sector has become too big to fail even before it's succeeded. This is the central contradiction at the heart of the pacing project. To work, the wizards need not merely to restrain themselves. They ultimately need their competitors — commercial and geopolitical — to restrain themselves too.

The accelerationists think that is fantasy.

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100%	1295%	Dogs	1633	-48	1.1	28.0
Chemicals	+0.19%

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Food producers -0.10%

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Government securities
52 week			Flat Ration
High	Low (C)	Stock	Price (C) +/-	Yield Yield
107.07	102.43	Trans 6% 28	102.97	+0.29 5.83 4.57
102.33	0.01	Trans 4% 5.32	96.87	+0.55 4.39 4.88
90.39	91.67	Trans 4% 5.36	92.62	+0.82 4.59 5.25
102.00	92.67	Trans 4% 5.38	93.80	+0.71 5.06 5.45

Index Linked Securities
349.15	338.50	Treas 4% to 6.30	341.76	+1.23	1.21	-0.97
248.27	237.14	Treas 2% to 3.35	240.25	+1.38	0.83	1.81

10-year Government Bonds

	Yield%	Spread Vs Bunds	Spread Vs T-Bonds
France	4.37	-0.89	-0.59
Germany	3.51	-	-1.45
Japan	2.95	-0.56	-0.81
Great Britain	5.23	-1.72	-0.27
United States	4.06	-1.43	-

The share prices, price-marnings ratios and dividend yields below are supplied by Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. The yields are calculated using historic dividend payments divided by the closing share price multiplied by 100%.

Aerospace & defence •1.32%

52 week
High	Low (p)	Stock	Price (p)	+/-	Yld	P/E
1527	902%	Babcock Intl	80234*	-67%	0.7	34.3
2360	1529	BAE Systems	2029	-23	1.9	28.5
576%	308%	Qwestl●	487%	-8	2.2	34.8
1560	990	Rolls-Royce	14437%	-29%	0.6	20.8
318%	181	Senior●	295	-	0.7	589.2

Banks +0.88%

3244%	350%	Barclays	675%	-5	2.4	10.9
308%	318%	China Shou●	302	—	—	-5.9
1610	958%	HSBC	1507%	-4	3.7	16.8
157%	81	Lloyds Bk Cp	131%	-7%	3.8	15.9
736	504	NatWest Group	702%	-63	5.0	13.1
1122	709	Santander	8080	-68	1.5	14.0
2332	1364%	Standard Ch	2367%	-29	2.2	15.7

Electricals •1.40%

3120%	2488	Codu Inti	3150*	-5	3.5	70.9
3245%	2182	Johnson Mat •	2286	+10	4.5	-30.0
1024	505	Victrex •	953	+11	6.2	29.8

52-week
High	Low (p)	Stock	Price (p)	+/-	Yld	P/E
4442	2796	Berkeley Grp.	3588	-134	—	10.2
230	133%	Boat H	139%	-8	5.6	7.9
250	137%	Custate	246%	+21	2.1	17.7
1063	788%	Grafton Grp.	9751*	+24%	3.8	11.9
5730	3038	Morgan Sindall	4140	+54	3.8	11.1
1592	947%	Persimmon	1182	+51%	5.2	13.0
185%	74%	Taylor Wimpey	80%	+4%	5.1	28.9

973	614%	Bathar Realty *	802	+60%	1.6	17.0
431%	235%	Barnett Redrow	308%	+32%	1.9	22.7

Healthcare -0.06%
Electricity +2.41%

626	206	Slight	558	-8	—	—
840	505	discreift Goy	771	-4	1.7	25.5
4932	3215%	Madena	3480	-38	0.7	25.1
5490	3110	Remishaw	5070	-112	1.5	44.0
3560	843	XP Power	1848	-74	—	-44.0

12 week			Price (p) -/-		Yld	P/E
High	Low (p)	Stock
358	220	Liontrust	294	-6	6.7	10.4
10540	1654	Lan Stack Ex	8107	-60	1.9	14.2
367%	248%	M&G	3361%	-9%	6.1	26.7
327%	158%	Man Group •	3361%	+8	4.0	27.7
209	158%	Quilter •	1825%	+6	3.5	20.6
2458%	1633	S & U	1995	-	5.8	10.2
508%	365%	Schraders	587%	+4	3.7	17.2
132	72%	Varonis Banking Gp	77%	+5	-	24.2

Household goods -0.13%

52 week			Price (p) +/- YM NAV
High	Low (p)	Stock
1588	1336	Brunner	1550*	+4	1.7	1724
402	312	Caledonia	378	-	2.0	585
598	485	City of Lux	579	+5	3.9	571
457	208%	COS Net Rev G & I	423	-	6.7	408
330	272%	CT Global Mgt G	325	-	-	329
135	134	CT Global Mgt I	130*	-	6.2	139
582	436%	CT Priv Eq Ind	467	+2	6.1	684
373	329	CT UK Cap & Inc	1491*	+2	3.8	361
126	97	CT UK Highland Tot	112	-3	5.3	118
480%	460	Durham Ext. #	475	-	4.8	-
867	737%	Edinburgh Inv Tr	835	+6	3.8	899
264%	182%	Edin Worldwide	264	+6	-	279
1322	325%	F&C Inv Trust	338%	+5	1.2	370
672	548	Fidelity Asian V	603	+2	3.3	638
338	238%	Fidelity China Sp Sits	243%	+2%	3.7	259
447%	367%	Fidelity Euro Tst	420	+3	2.4	439
470%	378	Fidelity Sp Y	464	+4	2.2	462
875	706%	Finsbury Grwth	708	-2	2.6	847
198%	162%	Gbl Small Co Trust	1881*	+3	1.7	197
254	173%	Hend High Inc	202*	-	5.5	211
908	709	Hend Smaller Co	950	+53	3.1	1037
3296%	228%	Herald Inv	3835	+25	-	3255
512	338%	HgCapital	404	+15	1.2	532
141	837%	HCI Infrastructure	134*	+1	6.3	800
1621%	1388%	ICG Enterprise Tot	1404	+2	3.0	2000
968	800	JPM Conservative	946	+2	3.9	972
153	124%	JPM Eur G&I	1425%	+14	3.8	145
867	663	JPM Japanese	809	+9	1.1	872
129	525	Land Secs	638	+11	6.5	-
180%	146%	Lockland Inv	1851%	+25%	3.7	202
290%	234%	Mercantile Inv P	373	+4	2.3	300
831	536	Murchouts Tot	802	+4	4.5	694
1684	1368	Marks	1598	+8	0.1	1631
1036	854%	Murray Income	977	+6	4.2	1045
376	296%	Murray Intl	367	+14	3.5	301
58%	47	Northern 2 VCT	53	-	5.7	55
86%	78%	Northern 3 VCT	82	-	5.5	88
10%	10	Mother Ventures	56	-	5.5	59
437	349	Pacific Assets	412*	-	-	435
409	330%	Pantheon	378	-8%	-	521
2645	1963%	WT Cap Prom	2520	-9	1.8	3221
319	281%	Ruffer Inv Pref	296%	-5	2.1	302
738	518	Schneider Axton TR	700	+26	1.6	725
572	480%	Sant American	548*	+4	3.0	582
1563	1015%	Scott Mortgage	1479	+20	0.3	1563
247	255%	STS Global Income	222	+4	3.8	225
352	211	Tripleta Ex Mt	322	+26	1.6	345
364%	282%	TR Property	288	+15	5.6	317
158%	138	UL Fin ZDP 2026	156%	-	-	151
302	243	UKRsc Energy	282*	+2	3.4	321
405%	329	Monday Health Str	376%	+2	0.6	403

907%	601	Omn Group▲	859%	+37%	3.7	39.6
1428%	1025	Next Genel	1134	+24	4.3	17.3
2507%	1650%	SME	2402°	+68	2.9	22.8

Engineering / Industrial +1.30%

Gas & Water •2.08%
General financial $\cdot 0.10\%$

96%	73%	Costs Group	36%	45%	3.1	17.9
600	250	Copper J	640	10	-	20.8
30000	30000	Goodwin	14400	340	2.3	55.5
3364	2229	MHI	30487	482	1.2	24.5
3058	660	Wheat	838*	456	1.5	26.1
40	254	Sweetfield	374	44	-	-0.1
2754%	2088	Smiths Gp	2557	408	1.8	25.8
8050	5850	Sprouts Gp	6856	478	2.5	38.9
3560	2254	Wear	2628	440	1.8	27.8

48%	24%	Haleon	-385°	-5	2.1	18.3
1426%	3006%	Smith & Rep	1042	-4%	2.8	18.4

2318	1725%	Aon Brift Fds.	1839	-2	1.4	13.0
1695	3270	Coca-Cola HBC	4584	-22	2.2	20.6
5800	4775	Cronswick •	5070	-39	2.2	17.1
738	4415	Hilton Food •	891	-13	5.1	7.9
138	92	REA Hldgs	121	-1	—	-232.6
5542%	3644	Under	4940*	-16	3.6	12.5

Winners and losers (pc)

250%	140%	Centrica	152%*	-8%	3.7	-931.6
606	439%	Pennon Cp •	449%	-7%	6.5	23.2
3205	2381	Severn Trent	3888	-58	4.2	26.4
1457	1099	Util Utilities	1362	-29	3.8	15.8

128%	95.5%	Barberry	3009	-31%	-	-
214%	100%	Methode	194	4%	1.6	11.0
114	85%	P2 Cansara	97%*	-4%	2.8	30.6
9325%	3064	Rocklift Benck	5058*	-68	4.3	10.8

Information technology ·0.65%

270%	31%	Auburne	21%	-2	8.0	12.5
316%	212	Bridgepoint Corp	286	4%	3.3	57.2
100%	1240	BrookfieldMachwabl	1000	-60	5.2	-
1050	1036	MD Group	1200*	-7	3.2	9.1
2540	1436%	KDB	1072	-60	4.6	11.7
600	495%	Investec	600	46%	5.8	8.8
75	40	IP Group	88%	45%	-	9.5

307	195	Aptitude 50mm	250	-36	2.2	34.2
1181	771%	The Stage Grp	1811%	-4%	2.2	26.8

290	179%	Abberdeen Group	230%*	-6%	6.1	11.1
4128	262%	Admiral	3862*	-58	3.7	15.7
740%	100%	Asien	7345*	-22%	5.6	26.6
1305%	750	Buenzy	1304	—	—	11.5
1904	1250	Hiscox	1894*	+6	2.1	14.1
700	540	Lancashire Hldg •	638	+4	2.6	7.1
318%	217%	Legal & General	1000%*	+4%	7.3	30.1
1210	910%	Prudential	581*	+7%	2.1	8.6
960	820%	Standard Life	943	+13	5.9	1000.2
1575%	8330%	St James's Place	1045*	-28	1.7	10.0

investment trusts •1.15%

Major price changes FTSE 100

Construction	5.83
Transport	2.53
Electricity	2.41
Gas & Water	2.09
AIM	1.85
Travel & Leisure	1.57
Property	1.50
Electricals	1.40
Aerospace & defence	1.32
Engineering / Industrial	1.30
Investment trusts	1.15
Mining	1.08
Support services	-0.04
Healthcare	-0.06
Food producers	-0.10
Retailers	-0.37
Tobacco	-0.81
Oil & Gas	-2.17

4407	1025	36	2988	+0	3.2	2002
390%	325	3 Infrastructure •	302	-2	3.4	405
820	606	Abdheim New India	700	-2	—	778
1304	1178	Alliance Wilton	1347*	+0	2.2	1457
764	477%	Alliance Tech Trust •	706	-0	—	767
331	284	Bakille Giff China	252	-2	0.9	324
131	91%	Bakille Giff Euro Growth	122%	-1	0.6	133
154%	125%	Bankers Invest. Tst •	148%	+1%	1.9	163
1706	912	Biotech Growth	1654	+0	—	1789
200%	205	BlackRockAmerica	281	-1	5.3	275
205	127	BlackRockEnergyAres	178	-6	3.5	188
208	164%	BlackRock Prolove	331	-6	4.0	194
625	507	BlackRock Grit Euro •	576	-7	1.2	614
340	200	BlackRock Inc&Grth	233	—	3.3	256
298%	230%	BlackRock Small •	290	+3%	3.0	296
1076	605	BlackRock Wnt M •	976	+0	2.5	1003

Rivers SB	Volume	Close	Change
Barratt Redrow	12,02m	308%	11.72pc
Persimmon	1,97m	1852	5.76pc
Barberry	3,51m	1009	3.21pc
SSE	1,99m	2401	2.90pc
Babcock Intl	3,25m	1021%	2.41pc
Antofagasta	0,93m	3594	2.66pc
3i	1,84m	2968	2.65pc
Tritax Big Box	8,13m	147%	2.64pc
Centrica	10,73m	152%	2.50pc
Intl Cons Air	10,04m	418%	2.50pc
Howden Joinery	1,32m	759%	2.43pc
Kingfisher	4,51m	300%	2.42pc
Fresnillo	0,50m	2905	2.24pc
Melrose Ind	2,48m	479%	2.22pc
Utd. Utilities	1,39m	1362	2.18pc
Natl Grid	19,81m	1134	2.16pc
Lloyds Bk Gp	322,76m	111%	2.16pc
Legal&Gen	22,69m	300%	2.14pc
Severn Trent	0,56m	3008	1.93pc
NatWest Group	30,90m	702%	1.89pc
Brit Land	3,62m	402%	1.77pc
Land Secs	2,33m	636	1.76pc

Fallers 27	Volume	Close	Change
St James's Place	2.44m	1085	-2.52pc
BP	32.71m	566%	-2.33pc
Shell	8.22m	3576%	-2.08pc
Motion Energy	0.11m	3922%	-1.84pc
Compass	2.61m	2297%	-1.27pc
Marks & Spen	12.53m	371%	-1.20pc
Convatec	5.29m	236%	-1.01pc
Airtel Africa	1.70m	346%	-0.92pc
Glencore	29.37m	570%	-0.89pc
Next	0.32m	14560	-0.83pc
Pershing Square	0.11m	3738	-0.80pc
Brit Amer Tob	2.70m	4191	-0.76pc
Aberdeen Group	3.95m	23914	-0.75pc
Informa	6.10m	886%	-0.74pc
Tesco	32.63m	476%	-0.63pc
Admiral	0.34m	3882	-0.67pc
Lon Stock Ex	1.24m	8150	-0.63pc
JD Sports Fash	33.37m	76%	-0.57pc
Experian	2.95m	2784	-0.57pc
Coca-Cola HBC	0.59m	4584	-0.48pc
Sainsbury	7.26m	335%	-0.45pc
Haleon	13.49m	339%	-0.25pc

Results Roundup

Company	Turnover(£)	Pre-tax(£)	EPS(p)	DIV(p)	Pay Day	XD
Advanced Medical Solutions Group	Int 115.5m (110.8m)	3354 (6.5m)	-0.030 (2.890)	0.000 (0.000)
Aptitude Software Group	Int 28.6m (32.8m)	840k (1.6m)	1.100 (2.500)	1.800 (1.800)	Oct 16	Sep 24
Barratt Redrow	Fin 6.3m (5.66m)	363.5m (273.7m)	17.300 (13.600)	1.000 (12.100)	Nov 13	Oct 08
City Of London Inv Trust	Fin - (-)	114.2m (207.3m)	22.520 (21.570)	5.700 (5.400)	Nov 30	Oct 22
London Security	Int 127.6m (136.9m)	14.3m (12.3m)	80.400 (70.800)	0.000 (0.000)
Nippon Active Value Fund	Int - (-)	5.4m (5.2m)	2.450 (2.430)	0.000 (0.000)
Pan African Resources $	Fin 1.2bn (540.0m)	534.4m (196.6m)	17.600 (7.160)	2.986p (1.638)	Dec 15	Dec 03
Schroders Cap Gibkiew Trust	Int - (-)	-747k (-504k)	-0.120 (-0.120)	n/a (n/a)
Supermarket Income Belt	Fin - (-)	84.5m (60.7m)	6.900 (4.900)	1.545 (1.530)	Aug 21	Jul 23
Volvoire	Int 22.2m (23.8m)	693k (2.9m)	21.860 (80.300)	0.000 (0.000)

Media +0.13%
52 week
High	Low (p)	Stock	Price (p)	+/-	Yld	P/E
828%	438%	Auto Trader	4987*	+4%	2.3	14.6
698	435	Bloomsbury●	612	-8	2.6	18.5
1000	759	Interna	8967*	-6%	2.5
87%	65%	ITV●	68%	+4	7.2	11.8
1337	874%	Pearson	1388	-0	2.2	23.1
73%	39	Reach	40	-5	14.8	-1.0
3575	1988	RELX	2543	-7	2.7	22.6
735%	391%	Rightmove●	505%	-9%	2.1	17.8
612%	258%	WPP●	381%	-2%	3.9	7.6

Mining -1.08%

4348	3906	Anglo Amar	3922*	+50	0.7	15.9
4475	2254	Antofagasta	3994*	+82	1.6	35.9
3002	1808	BHP Group	3176*	+48	4.0	22.1
81	81	Enzo R	81	-	-	0.5
4472	3000	Fresnillo	2903*	+64	3.8	20.9
7074	3044	Glencore	5701*	+54	2.2	-
858	2924	Weichschild Weg	5841*	+91	1.1	20.2
3254	3714	Kannam Fos	180	-	-	-0.7
9117	45554	Rio Tinto	7202*	+69	4.8	15.6

52 week			Price (p) +/- Yld
High	Low (p)	Stock
276%	123%	Halfords •	248	-2%	3.6	16.3
881	713	Howden Joinery	758%	+18	2.9	15.4
106%	64	JD Sports Fash	76%	-%	1.0	8.8
327%	242%	Kingfisher	300%	+7%	4.1	21.5
438%	301%	Marks & Speo	371%	-6%	1.1	29.7
2%	%	Methercare	%	—	—	-1.0
15000	112500	Next	14540	+330	1.8	19.2
250%	140%	Grades •	212%	+5%	—	4.5
563	300	Pioneerwood Tech	450%	-%	—	93.9
747	202	Saga •	600	+10	—	—
380%	290%	Sainsbury J	335%	-5%	4.1	19.4
712	345%	Smith WH •	384%	+5%	—	-3.3
500%	415%	Tenice	476%	-3%	3.0	17.3

Support services -0.04%

Oil & Gas -2.17%

600%	200%	BP	56817	-32%	4.4	-
28	9%	EnQuest	26%	-6%	3.0	-
550	300	Hunting •	300	-2	2.6	20.5
3750%	2550%	Shell	357617	-76%	3.2	15.0

Pharmaceuticals +0.30%

Property -1.50%

15702	8801	AstroZaneca	12136	<10	2.0	24.7
3720	1943	Genus .	2110	-	1.6	5.0
2202	1455	GSM	188514*	<10	3.8	13.7
1803	1287	Mkma .	1560*	<8	4.1	11.6

2008	1981	Bund	2600	+10	2.9	18.4
438	215	Capita	240	-	-	-1.7
6740	4080	DCC Energy	6200	-5	3.4	-
1154	78%	Essentra	100	-3%	1.0	-
3083	2500	Expansar	2704	-68	1.9	22.8
5000	3109%	Interlink Group	5000	+10	2.0	37.0
250%	163%	Int'l Workplace	170*	-1%	0.6	-
172%	123%	Johnson Serv	134%	+5%	3.7	14.5
234	134%	WTE Gp	210%	+1%	2.1	31.8
507	321%	Rentokil	308*	-4%	2.9	23.7
325%	212%	Sierra Group	258%*	+4%	1.8	18.0
11	6%	SIG	9%	+1%	-	-1.7
723%	493%	Trane P	600%	+10	1.9	-2.5

Telecommunications -0.51%

Retailers -0.37%

342%	173	BT Group	205%	-2%	4.8	18.7
1500	638	Tobacco Plus	82%	-9	6.1	8.2
121%	81%	Vodafone	121%	-4%	3.0	-82.9

30	51%	Atlas Hldgs	9	—	—	17
12508	8001%	Big Yellow Grp ▲	8300%	+9	5.7	—
451%	3331%	Britt Land	4021%	-7	5.7	—
2196	1460%	Denwent Ldn ▲	1830°	+29	4.5	—
377	370	St Portland Est ▲	3601%	+8%	2.7	—
3021%	3491%	Stratgen ▲	1671%	+1%	5.0	8.1
3001%	2801%	Hammerson ▲	3451°	+88	5.3	—
9997%	620	Segro	942°	+7	3.3	—
555%	124%	Shaftensbury Capital ▲	1401°	+2	3.1	15
230	104	Town Centre	126	+6%	4.0	—
175	139%	Triton Big Box	147%	+2%	5.6	104

5225	3671	Britt Ave Tub	4101	-58	5.8	21.9
3632	3637	Imp Brands	3490*	-58	6.7	9.9
Transport •2.53%

400

294% 2030P.

450°

-68% 6.3

12.6

Travel & Leisure •1.57%

88%	106%	Curys●	148%*	-4%	2.8	9.7
124	707	Dunelm●	754%	-4%	9.3	9.8
945	500	Frees Group●	763	0%	—	8.8
2046	1407%	Greggs●	1750*	-6	2.9	14.6

683%	232%	enaport. ▲	668	-	2.0	10.2
955%	487	Entrain	400%*	<1%	4.0	-4.8
225%	532%	FirstGroup ▲	372%	<2%	4.2	8.1
780	550	Fulius X	692	4	3.1	17.6
492%	232%	M&G Indl Cabs Air	418%	<10%	1.6	6.8
12305	8618	Intercord Markets	13413%*	<40%	1.2	31.3
300%	223%	MitchellsBdtd ▲	278%	<2	-	9.1
32%	17	Mobico Group	23%	-1⁄2	-	-1.1
442%	250	Playtech ▲	441%	<22%	-	1.1
143	82%	Rank Group ▲	88	<2%	4.0	12.8
865	530%	Netherlands ▲	387%	<17	1.5	13.1

World market indices
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.

02 week
High	Low (p)	Stock	Price (p)	+/-	Yld	P/E
2302	2098	Whitbread	2340	+68	4.1	16.0
AIM -1.85%

85%	36%	Ameria	77	-3%	-	-4.0
1000	700	Arabindat	700*	-10	1.1	7.1
34	125%	Central Asia Met	163%	-9%	8.5	-5.2
872%	99%	Ceres Power	376%	-47%	-	-15.4
460	273	Churchill China	570	-	5.7	9.3
380	194	CM Micro	282%	-	3.9	-856.1
2530	883%	Cohort	1170*	-34	1.5	22.6
230%	100	Elicis	229%	-6%	-	-
10	%	Futura Medical	%	-	-	-0.1
163%	112	James Holland	127%	-47%	3.0	13.1
425	200	Wpac Group	330	-	-	-10.4
1000	1120	MS and	1350*	-40	1.7	23.0
84%	34%	Premier Moon	36%	-	8.2	67.1
84%	46	Trital Op	82%	-6%	-	19.3
5%	5%	Htract Resources	1	-	-	-4.2

84%	30%	Alcoa $	47%	+5%	0.8	0.8
387%	29%	Amer Express $	316%	-7%	1.2	4.1
65%	46%	BankAmerica $	58%	+1%	2.2	3.4
254%	176%	Boeing $	210%	+1%	—	—
8375%	434%	Caterpillar $	790	-4%	0.8	3.6
217%	340%	Chevron $	212%	-4%	3.3	1.5
513%	84%	Cisco-Cola Euro $	103%	+1%	2.3	0.8
89%	34%	Colgate-Palmi $	87%	+1%	2.4	1.2
309%	136	Econix Global Hldgs $	164%	-4%	2.5	1.9
268%	268%	Gao Electric $	317%	-100%	0.8	4.5
426%	289%	Home Depot $	307%	-2%	3.0	1.9
358	300	Honeywell $	208%	-5%	1.3	5.0
26%	17%	HP $	33%	-%	1.8	2.2
332%	339%	IBM $	240%	-7%	2.8	1.7
142%	24%	Intel $	102%	-6%	—	—
53%	23%	Intel Paper $	34%	+1%	5.4	2.9
366%	279%	JP Morgan Ch $	356%	-2%	1.9	3.3
292%	173%	Johnson&John $	267%	+1%	2.0	1.6
33%	24%	Nanjing Dr Pop $	31%	+1%	2.9	1.7
63%	25%	Morgpower $	57%	-%	2.5	1.5
343%	252%	McDonalds $	256%	-%	3.0	1.7
156%	17%	Merck $	144%	+1%	2.4	0.4
553%	349%	Microsoft $	493%	-2%	0.7	4.9
29%	23%	Pfizer $	31%	—	6.2	0.4
167%	137%	Procter & Gamble $	147%	+1%	2.9	1.6
226%	150%	Raytheon Tech $	197%	-1%	1.5	2.0
497%	332%	Rockwell $	425%	-6%	1.3	1.9
506%	348	Toro Tech $	426%	-3%	1.0	3.1
136%	96%	Wal-Mart Strs $	108%	+1%	0.9	2.8
117%	82%	Walt Disney $	107%	-1%	1.4	3.2

Exchange rates

52 week		Stock	Price	+/-	Grwtd Corr
High	Low
4%	3%	Russ Hldgs $	3%	-4%	2.8
Europeans +0.10%

		Index	Change
Australia	All Ordinaries	8874.50	+25.20	+0.28pc
Brazil	Bovespa	183547.66	-954.98	-0.51pc
China	Shanghai Composite	3891.60	+27.32	+0.71pc
France	CAC General	8149.59	+50.31	+0.82pc
Germany	DAX	25537.75	+135.47	+0.53pc
Hong Kong	Hang Seng	24713.78	-46.54	+0.19pc
India	BSE S&P SENSEX	74338.45	+332.63	+0.45pc
Japan	Nikkei	83923.00	+438.90	+0.69pc
Singapore	Straits Times	5635.41	-3.23	-0.06pc
Spain	Madrid SE	1956.50	+7.20	+0.37pc
Switzerland	SMI Index	13868.66	+59.79	+0.43pc
USA	Dow Jones	51481.90	-631.21	-1.21pc
USA	Nandaq	25978.42	-3.14	-0.01pc

67%	46%	Akumfeld €	57%	-1%	3.4	2.3
60%	56%	BMW €	62%	-1%	7.1	2.7
17%	12	Cannaval €	16%	...	7.0	1.8
77%	53%	Continental AG €	69%	-1%	3.9	0.3
62%	42%	Daimler €	45%	-1%	7.7	2.9
80%	60%	Dionne €	80%	-1%	3.7	1.2
56%	37	Deutsche Post €	55%	...	5.4	1.6
54%	23%	Deutsche Tele €	26%	...	3.5	2.9
80%	63%	Heineken €	71%	-1%	2.7	2.4
854%	454%	LVMH €	41%	-1%	2.2	1.7
82%	63%	Laufargehiscien SFr	68%	-1%	2.5	1.9
10%	6%	Lufthansa €	7%	...	4.3	9.0
13	3%	Nokia CPU €	8%	-1%	1.6	0.9
25%	25%	Michelin €	23%	-1%	4.2	1.7
90%	58%	Penned Ricard €	88%	-1%	7.8	1.4
27%	25%	Philips (Kone) €	25%	-1%	3.9	0.6
290%	198	Siemens €	260%	-1%	2.1	2.0
84%	52	Societe Genc €	72%	-1%	2.4	2.9
10%	4%	Stellantis €	4%	-1%	15.7	1.1
278%	212%	Thales €	240%	-1%	1.8	2.1
85%	48%	Total €	80	-1%	6.4	2.0
45	26%	UBS AG SFr	40%	-1%	2.1	2.3
37%	27%	Vermis Environ €	35%	-1%	4.7	0.3
100%	71	Volkswagen €	79%	-1%	6.6	2.6

High	Low (μ)	Stock	Price (μ)	+	Yld	P/E
100	340	Brown Solutions	902%	-	8.2	12.3
300	125	Coastal Africa Group	300	-	-	-
6	3%	Mondel India	5	-	-	1.5

Bold FTSE300 Stocks		FTSE 250 Stocks
^ E+dividend	^ E+comp	^ E+oil
$ E+rights	$ Suspended
Cover relates to the previous year's dividend.
Yields are net of basis rate tax.
Data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Speak with a Financial adviser before using any data to make transactions.

Commodities summary
Tourist rates for indication use only. www.btavelux.co.uk

		Tourist £1	Sterling £1	1 Euro	1 Dollar
Australia	Aus $	1.8385	1.8864	1.6179	1.4022
Canada	Can $	1.8173	1.8749	1.6079	1.3836
Denmark	Know	8.1888	8.7165	7.4755	6.4700
Euro	€	1.1391	1.1660	...	0.8667
Hong Kong	HK $	10.0246	10.5538	9.0511	7.8446
India	Rupee	97.41	129.0973	130.7165	95.9582
Israel	Shekelb	3.7764	4.0732	3.4933	3.0276
Japan	Yen	202.1136	208.6840	178.9717	155.1150
Kuwait	Dinar	...	0.4149	0.3558	0.3064
New Zealand	NZ $	2.2531	2.3354	2.0029	1.7360
Norway	Know	12.0470	12.5772	10.7865	9.3407
Pakistan	Rupee	340.39	372.8974	319.8046	277.1750
Saudi Arabia	Riyal	4.8050	5.0533	4.3338	3.7561
Singapore	$	1.6264	1.7130	1.4691	1.2733
South Africa	Rand	20.9197	21.8835	18.7694	16.2675
Sweden	Korea	12.5450	13.1562	11.2830	9.7790
Switzerland	Franc	1.0636	1.1038	0.9449	0.8389
Thailand	Balt	43.0409	44.7800	38.4042	33.2850
UAE	Urban	4.7725	4.9482	4.2377	3.6728
UK	£	...	...	0.8577	0.7433
USA	$	1.3157	1.3454	1.1538	...

		Price	Change
Gold	per troy oz	$4260.28	-35.42	-0.62pc
Silver	per troy oz	£46.76	-0.36	-0.77pc
Krugerrand		£318.99	-34.70	-1.10pc
New Sovereign		£728.41	-14.89	-2.00pc
Maples		£333.64	-28.71	-0.95pc
Platinum	per oz	£1302.88	-12.39	-0.94pc
Palladium	per oz	£947.18	-16.51	-1.71pc
Copper†	grade A	£10591.65	+131.81	+1.26pc
Tin†	high grade	£39170.51	+660.06	+1.71pc
Lead†		£1398.84	+8.96	+0.64pc
Zinc†	special high grade	£2832.24	-7.57	-0.25pc
Aluminium†	high grade	£2434.96	-24.63	+1.02pc
Nickel†		£12003.87	+181.21	+1.67pc
Baltic Dry Index*		3327.00	-33.00	-0.98pc
Wheat	per tonne	£209.75	+0.75	+0.36pc
Brent Crude	New settlement	$165.83	-2.92	-2.69pc

Money & Rates
*Copyright Traffic Exchange Information Services Ltd. YData provided by the London Metal Exchange.

RPI (1987-100)	Aug 421.60	+0.6pc	+3.4pc
RPIX (Target 2.5pc)	Jul 414.60	-2.4	+3.3pc
CPI (2015-100 target 2pc)	Aug 143.60	+0.5pc	3.1pc
Lloyds house price index	Aug 514.70	-0.2pc	-0.4pc
Bank Rate			3.75pc
Nationwide Base Mortgage Rate			5.75pc
US Fed Funds			3.5-3.75pc
US Long Bonds Yld			3.34pc
European base rate			2.40pc

Name

Int chge

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Mid Buy

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AxA Investment Managers

22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 48Q www.axa-im.co.uk Cart Svs: 0345 777 5511

AXA P&L & Planet Equity H GDP	-	395.5	-6.00
Amer Smith Acc	-	1727	-8.00
Biotech Acc	-	320	-6.00
Global Trust Mega R Acc	-	806.4	-4.00
Global Tech	-	396.3	-6.00
Global Therapeutics H GDP Acc	-	2907	-7.00
Health Acc	-	3388	-6.00
Japan H GDP Acc	-	968.8	-6.00
Managed Income H Gross Acc	-	222.1	-6.00
Managed Income H Gross Dis	-	92.55	-6.00
UK Select Opps R Acc	-	4040	-68.00
UK Select Opps R Inc	-	2008	-63.00
UK Select Cos Acc	-	342.2	-2.00
UK Select Equity R Acc	-	367.3	-6.00

BLUE WHALE GROWTH FUND

Name

init chge

Sell

Mid Buy

Change on day

Blue Whale Capital 0345 307 3439 www.bluewhale.co.uk

BNY MELLON

BNY Mellon Fund Managers Investors: 0800 614330 Brokers: 08085 660000 www.bnymellosim.co.uk, clientservices@bnymellot.com BNY Mellon Investment Funds (ICVC) Sterling Income Shares

Global Income	0%	204.54	-0.02
Corporate Bond	0%	81.01	-0.24
Equity Inc	0%	142.69	-
Equity Inc. Master	0%	98.37	-
Glob Asia Net	0%	309.35	-
Glob Multi-Strat	0%	128.54	-0.06
Inflation-Limited Corp Bld	0%	106.67	-0.32
Long-Term Global Equity	0%	482.97	-0.05
Asian Income	0%	335.34	-0.33
European Opps	0%	464.73	-0.62
Global Dynamic Bld	0%	84.38	-0.05
Global High Yield Bld	0%	46.78	-0.04
International Bld	0%	388.85	-0.06
Multi-Asset Bld	0%	383.32	-0.04
Multi Asset Div Return	0%	388.38	-0.23
Multi-Asset Growers	0%	3025.88	-0.05
Emerald	0%	1226.86	-0.06
Real Return A	0%	137.49	-0.4
UK Equity Fund	0%	1225.63	-0.48
UK Income	0%	104.22	-0.28
UK Opportunities	0%	438.76	-0.09
# Shares
Global Income	0%	269.63	-0.02
Corporate Bond	0%	98.34	-0.53
Equity Inc	0%	107.1	-
Equity Inc. Master	0%	71.38	-
Glob Asia Rent	0%	157.38	-0.06

Name	Unit change	Sell	Mkt Buy	Change on day
Global Multi Growth	0%	140.42		-0.89
Inflation Linked Corp Bt	0%	106.77		-0.13
Long-Term Global Equity	0%	379.32		-0.59
Asian Income	0%	108.21		-0.23
Continental Company	0%	307.15		-0.42
Global Dynamic Bt	0%	82.73		-0.34
Global High Yield Bt	0%	75.24		-0.05
International Bt	0%	86.56		-0.06
Multi-Asset Bt	0%	204.98		-0.04
Multi-Asset Div Return	0%	103.68		-0.23
Multi Asset Growth	0%	208.82		-0.09
Divestal	0%	201.21		-0.08
Real Return A	0%	124.5		-0.4
UK Equity Fund	0%	200.97		-0.49
UK Income	0%	212.42		-0.26
UK Opportunities	0%	228.79		-0.09
Emerging Income	0%	128.5		-0.21
Global Emerging Mkts	0%	204.74		-0.15
Global Equity Fund	0%	381.96		-0.24
Multi Asset Inc	0%	141.21		-0.15

Discretionary Unit Fund
No 1, Poultry, London EC298 BJRL 020 7415 4130
Wardland Discretionary Inc:	3.00	2941.50	+15.46

Fundsmith

Fundsmith LLP PO Box 10846, Cheimsford, Essex, CM99 2BW. 0330 123 1815 www.fundsmith.co.uk.enquiries@fundsmith.co.uk

Fundwidth Equity 7 Acc	-	832.39	<1.00
Fundwidth Equity Time	-	824.93	<1.75

Name

Int chge

Sell

Mid Buy

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GUINNESS GLOBAL INVESTORS

Guinness Global Investors 18 Smith Square, London, SWSP 3H2 www.guinnessgl.com +44(5)20 7222 5703

Sustainable Energy Acc	-	24.0513	-
Global Investors Acc	-	46.6236	-
Global Equity Income Inc	-	24.2225	-
Available as an USA

Janus Henderson

Janus Henderson Investors PO Box 9023 Chelmsford, CM99 2W6 Enquiries: 0000-832-832 Website: www.janushenderson.com

Cautious Managed A Acc	5.00	353.8	-
Cautious Managed A Inc	5.00	160.9	-
China Opps A Acc	5.00	1267	-
Emerg Mths Opps A Acc	5.00	296.4	-
European Sel Opps A Acc	5.00	2035	-
Fixed Int Mthsly Inc A Inc	4.25	16.77	-
Global Care Growth A Inc	4.50	697.6	-
Global Equity Inc A Inc	5.25	86.59	-
Global Select Acc	4.25	6373	-
Global Strategic Cap Acc	5.00	435.6	-
Global Technology A Acc	5.00	6472	-
Ind UK ODR Opp Tr	-	179.4882	-
James Asian Dividend to UIt	5.00	181.8	-
James Inner Mths Asia A Acc	5.00	1780	-
James Multi-Mgr Ins&Growth A	5.25	150.4	-
Multi-Mgr Abs Ret A Acc	5.00	108.8	-
Multi-Mgr Active A Acc	5.00	122.6	+
Multi-Mgr Distrib A Inc	5.25	125.2	-
Multi-Mgr Dividend A Acc	-	124.8	-

Name	Invt chge	Well	Buy	Change on day
Multi-Myr bond/Earth A Acc	5.00	229.8		...
Multi-Myr Mungal A Acc	5.00	400.6		<1.2
Multi-Myr Mungal A Inc	5.00	300.5		<1.2
Sterling Bond Acc	4.25	226.4		...
Sterling Bond Inc	4.25	54.68		...
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The town that invented its own currency

Joe Crampton, joint owner of the Seven Steps restaurant in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, counts up the Pudsey Pounds before collection

So-called Pudsey pounds have been boosting local businesses after they were hammered by rising costs

By Linus Uhlig MONEY REPORTER

WOULD you like to pay with card, cash or Pudsey pounds? That's not an uncommon question to overhear in the West Yorkshire market town of Pudsey, where the majority of local shops accept paper "Pudsey pounds" in exchange for goods or services.

Unlike other UK local currencies, which faded into the abyss as the use of cash dwindled, the Pudsey pound's circulation is on the rise.

Launched in mid-2020, the Pudsey lottery initiative encourages residents to support local businesses and return to the high street, not browse online.

Rather than simply substituting £1 for one Pudsey pound, the initiative is structured like a lottery. Tickets are sold for £1 each to enter a monthly draw and five winners are picked each month to receive varying chunks of that month's total lottery pot.

Having your name drawn from the raffle drum on a Facebook live stream could earn you 5pc, 10pc, 15pc, 20pc or 30pc of the total pot for that month, with the remaining 20pc set aside for minor costs and community projects.

Winners are then paid out in Pudsey pounds, which can be spent in nearby participating shops, restaurants and businesses, which range from pubs and clubs to a dog groomer and a solicitor's practice. Businesses incur no cost at all and can cash in any Pudsey pounds they receive at a moment's notice with Trish Smith, a local councillor and the brains behind the initiative.

"Other than a few quid in bank charges, every penny goes back into a Pudsey-owned business," Smith, 59, explains. She concocted the idea for a local currency before the pandemic. As restrictions began to lift, the Pudsey pounds hit the high street. It's estimated that there are now around 100,000 in circulation.

"It costs the businesses nothing. Absolutely nothing," Smith explains.

"There isn't any risk to them. There is no cost to them. If they give me 15 Pudsey pounds, the treasurer will transfer 15 sterling pounds into their bank account."

"The high streets are struggling and with the onset of online it's very difficult for them to compete," Smith says. "Businesses have got a lot of overheads. They're getting hammered for tax, they're getting hammered for minimum wage, they're getting hammered for an extra L2pc on NI. Energy costs are through the roof so they really do need our support," she adds.

Out on the streets of Pudsey on a Friday afternoon, business is booming. At 7 Steps, a pub and restaurant, Joe Crampton, 28, a barman, is cashing in a wad of Pudsey pounds worth more than £700. "People are asking about it more and we've noticed that people see others pay with them and then ask what they are, so it's definitely growing." Crampton says.

For some winners, it helps them to support their families for the month, Smith explains. "Other people might have a bit more disposable income so they might go to the travel agents and book a holiday," she adds.

One winner even used her Pudsey pounds to pay for a will at the local solicitors, Smith says, an upfront cost that they would not have been able to pay without their Pudsey pound winnings.

Further down the road, Michelle Buttle, 45, sits down for a coffee and plonks her phone, keys and spare Pudsey pounds on the table. "I actually won. I came third place and there are so many places in town that accept them," says Buttle. As well as her monthly punts on Pudsey pound glory, Buttle runs a dog grooming business that accepts the local currency. "For six years I've accepted Pudsey pounds. At the end of August, I'm hosting a party for 70 of my customers and I'm giving out raffle tickets for Pudsey pounds there," she says.

Pudsey pounds have become a common substitute for a hamper at the Christmas fair, or a tenner slipped inside an envelope.

Buttle's business has benefited from the Pudsey pound boom. "I had a customer who won a couple [of] hundred pounds, and she brought her mother's and sister's dogs in to treat them. I've had about five customers use winnings here," she explains.

When Smith approached Leeds City Council about her plans for a local currency, she was initially met with scepticism. A premise built around buying tickets for a monthly draw with no guaranteed return raised eyebrows among councillors.

But Smith runs a tight operation. A volunteer treasurer has been employed to manage the Pudsey pound inventory and oversee the

spreadsheets. The Pudsey lottery could be audited at any time.

Smith views entering the Pudsey lottery as akin to a tombola at a village fête, with the proceeds pumped back into the community. Participants also rarely stake more than £5 each month and diners or pub-goers will often round up a bill or tip to provide hospitality staff with a few ticket entries. "Sometimes they're lucky, sometimes they're not. That's fine. It's a couple of quid. It's less than the price of a pint, and that's good for me in terms of wrestling with my conscience," Smith says.

During the build-up to the monthly draw and throughout the days after, there's chatter as people nudge each other to check their numbers. The last couple of months have amassed prize pots of more than £1,000 as the currency continues to grow. "We're not ever going to get back to the high streets that we grew up with, but high streets have to evolve and we have to adapt. It's about celebrating what we've got," Smith says.

BUSINESS BULLETIN

Morrisons thanks heat and World Cup for sales

Morrisons has revealed its strongest sales growth for more than a year as the group's turnaround gathers pace.

The debt-laden retailer said it has been boosted by hot weather and the World Cup over the latest quarter.

Boss Rami Baitieh said the group's trading was "robust" and surpassed the wider UK grocery market after investment into improving its pricing.

The Bradford-based firm revealed that group like-for-like sales grew by 3.2pc over the 13 weeks to July 26, compared with the same period a year earlier.

Amazon investing in British frontline staff

Amazon has announced a pay increase for its frontline staff in the UK, ranging from 5.2pc to 5.6pc.

Full-time annual salaries will start at £31,408, rising to £33,488 in some locations. Amazon said the minimum starting pay for frontline operations employees will rise by up to 5.6pc an hour to £15.10, and by 5.2pc to £16.10, depending on location.

The pay rises will come into effect from Sept 27, affecting 70,000 employees including staff at delivery stations and those based in fulfilment centres.

Unison urges big firms to fix gender pay gap

Large employers should be required to check their pay structures every three years to ensure women are being treated fairly, a union is urging.

Unison said its research suggested that the current equal pay system was not fit for purpose as it relied too heavily on workers taking lengthy and complex legal action against employers suspected of breaking the law.

Unison general secretary Andrea Egan said: "Women shouldn't be spending years fighting through the courts for money they were due long ago. It's time to end this injustice."

WH Smith says profits may drop to £75m

Retailer WH Smith has revealed more pressure on profits as it said results would be at the bottom of forecasts following a series of recent downgrades just months after a £100m investor cash call.

The group said annual underlying pre-tax profits are now expected to drop to around £75m for the year to Aug 31, down from the revised forecast given in June for between £75m to £90m.

It is set to mark a sharp fall on the £108m in underlying profits reported for 2024-25.

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How DP World gains the winning edge

As DP World Tour's flagship event starts, Kris Adams, its chief executive, UK ports and terminals, tells Mark Souster why the partnership is a perfect fit

Marginal gains are now accepted as an integral part of any sport, but they are equally important to any business which operates in a competitive global market.

So when a company of the size and stature of DP World (it moves 10 per cent of world trade annually) sits at the interface of the two, then there can really be only one outcome: a successful crossover that translates into that all-important winning edge.

DP World has been a beating heart of world golf for five years, since it became the title sponsor of what was then the European Tour. That partnership has been extended for another decade.

of UK ports and terminals. "At London Gateway and Southampton that mindset translates into a relentless focus on marginal gains across every part of the operation: faster vessel turnarounds, smoother yard movements, better berth planning and more reliable onward connections for customers."

For any business, the key is being able to be flexible and agile in thinking, and like any golfer, be able to adjust to sudden change amid buffeting headwinds.

Extreme accuracy, precision and flawless execution are as vital to a leading golfer as they are to a company whose aim is always to build smarter, more resilient supply chains.

At Wentworth, which hosts the flagship and star-studded BMW PGA Championship this week, a great round is compiled by pulling together numerous elements. For DP World it is the same. "Thousands of individual movements are carefully coordinated behind the scenes to make everything work seamlessly." Adams explains.

Technology and AI are vital. "Automation supports our teams to deliver efficiency and safety, while AI, predictive planning and real-time visibility allows us to identify potential issues earlier." Adams adds.

Thousands of unseen individual movements are carefully coordinated behind the scenes Aris Adams

Accuracy and execution DP World's partnership with the Tour aligns its shared values of mastery, precision and high performance. By finding the winning edge, the business proves its resilience and excellence that goes into keeping global trade moving amidst times of change.

But technology isn't everything. A player might have the latest driver

Stroke of luck Like golf, logistics requires focus, dedication and a commitment to excellence

Why London Gateway is so vital to the logistics business

DP World has a long-standing track record in global trade and logistics, with an ambition to keep driving the industry forward, as shown by the scale of investment at its two key UK ports, Southampton and London Gateway; the latter is due to become Britain's largest container port by 2030.

"In high-volume hub ports, small improvements have a major cumulative impact," says Kris Adams, DP World's chief executive

Much like an elite player facing myriad challenges on the course, DP World continues to find solutions, reshapes trade and what is possible, and adapts and delivers, ensuring businesses can keep moving forward seamlessly.

When DP World became the title sponsor of the Tour it was a deal that emphasised a shared focus on global trade, connectivity and innovation. The partnership reflects DP World's aim to

engage with key audiences globally, using golf as a platform for networking, brand positioning and client engagement.

No small thing Kris Adams, left, says mastering the details can give the winning edge

Location, location, location is a popular phrase in property, and one which makes all the difference in terms of value, writes Mark Souster.

In business, location has increasingly important part to play when striving for success.

For DP World, having a high-capacity logistics park located next to a deep-sea container port provides a faster and more direct to market; it shortens the supply chain and gives them the winning edge.

Alan Holland (inset), chief executive of London Gateway Logistics Park, DP World, says: "It gives business access to shipping, warehousing and road and rail connectivity.

*This gives the winning edge in two ways: greater efficiency when everything is running normally and greater flexibility

when it is not."

The infrastructure of logistics is vital for retailers whose customers expect speed, while the business itself has

to carefully manage inventory and costs. Balancing all three is vital to success.

DP World is investing heavily in state-of-the-art sustainable logistics parks in the UK which provide the right location, flexibility and connectivity.

It is investing £1bn in London

Gateway, which will link the port, logistics parks, rail and road connectivity into a single hub.

"This infrastructure we build has to support customers' requirements for decades," says Holland, which explains the company's long game.

With the DP World India Championship and DP World Tour championship, DP World's influence on golf grows. But the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth is the pinnacle of golf's DP World Tour, and Holland says elite sport and elite infrastructure share the fact that the end result looks effortless. "Excellence is the cumulative effect of getting many details right consistently," Holland says. "That's the winning edge."

SMART LOGISTICS TO A TEE

in their bag, but without the experience or know-how to make the most of its capabilities, it won't do the job as well as it is designed to. High performance comes from mixing the two and adding a culture of continuous improvement.

Preparing for uncertainty

Modern global trade has faced unprecedented disruption in recent years, requiring strategic pivots. This has led to DP World moving from a drive for pure efficiency to an organisation designed for resilience, one that can provide alternative routes when circumstances change. This is another example of a business having a winning edge over its competitors.

"You cannot fully remove uncertainty from global trade, but you can build operations better equipped to anticipate and respond to disruption when it happens." Adams continues.

Sustainability is also a major consideration, as DP World builds an operation that it says is fit for the future, which means finding ways to reduce emissions while maintaining or improving productivity levels.

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Electrification and renewable energy can help to make the ports in the UK more efficient while the movement of freight by rail also helps.

At the BMW PGA Championship, DP World's logistics expertise comes into play by helping to showcase how golf can impact communities as well as supporting elite performance on the course.

Top golfers also rely on dedicated teams behind them, much as a chief executive does in business. "High-performing organisations need the same qualities as high-performing teams." Adams says, "Clarity about the goal, trust in people's expertise and the ability to make good decisions quickly under pressure."

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BALMORAL CASTLE September 16th

The King this morning visited An Lochan Uaine and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness (Mr James Wotherspoon) and the Chief Executive Officer of Cairngorms National Park Authority (Mr Grant Moir).

His Majesty met firefighters and first responders, landowners, volunteers and members of the local community who worked to contain the Glenmore and Abernethy wildfire in July and August.

The King afterwards unveiled the companion granite stone which marks the twinning as sister parks of the Cairngorms National Park and Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, United States of America, an initiative which was announced during His Majesty's State Visit in April.

The King met representatives of Shenandoah and United Kingdom National Parks.

His Majesty, Royal Founding President, The King's Foundation, this afternoon attended a Harmony in Food and Farming Summit at Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

The President of Ireland visited The King at Dumfries House.

His Majesty this evening held a Dinner at Dumfries House.

KENSINGTON PALACE September 16th The Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Joint Patron, this

morning held a Meeting at Windsor Castle with representatives from the Duchy of Cornwall and the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales.

ST JAMES'S PALACE September 16th

The Duke of Edinburgh, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, this morning visited Khizra Mosque, 425 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, and was received by Mr Michael Walmsley (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester).

His Royal Highness, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, today visited the Cedars Academy, Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, and was received by Colonel Richard Hurwood (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire).

The Duke of Edinburgh this afternoon officially opened the Memorial and Wellbeing Garden at Leicestershire Police Force Headquarters, St Johns, Enderby, Leicester, and was received by Mr Ian Mattioli (Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire).

The Duchess of Edinburgh, accompanied by the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia (Her Excellency Ms Rebecca Terzeon) today undertook the following engagements in Lower Zambezi, Zambia.

Her Royal Highness this morning visited Conservation Lower Zambezi, Conservation Lower Zambezi Base Camp, Lower Zambezi National Park.

The Duchess of Edinburgh this afternoon attended a Wildlife Roundtable Meeting at the Royal Zambezi Lodge, Lower Zambezi River.

Her Royal Highness later participated in a conservation tour on the Lower Zambezi River.

The Duchess of Edinburgh this evening attended a Dinner at

Conservation Lower Zambezi in support of reducing reoffending.

ST JAMES'S PALACE September 16th

The Princess Royal, Patron, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, this morning visited Belfast Health and Social Care Trust at the Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, 20 Stockmans Lane, Belfast, and was received by Professor Sir Michael McBride (Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast).

Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Royal College of Midwives, this afternoon visited Queen's University Belfast School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, and was received by Professor Sir Ian Greer (Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast).

The Princess Royal, Royal Colonel, 1st Battalion The Ranger Regiment, later visited the Battalion at Palace Barracks, Holywood, County Down.

KENSINGTON PALACE September 16th

The Duke of Gloucester, Joint Patron, Thames Landscape Strategy, this afternoon officially opened the newly restored riverbank at Canbury Gardens, Lower Ham Road, Kingston upon Thames, and was received by Father Martin Hislop (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

His Royal Highness, Joint Patron, Thames Landscape Strategy, afterwards visited Petersham and Ham Sea Scouts, Douglas House Meadow Close, Richmond, Surrey.

The Duke of Gloucester, Joint Patron, Thames Landscape Strategy, later attended the Annual Summer Garden Party at Trumpeter's House, Old Palace Yard, Richmond.

Today's birthdays

Marshal of the RAF Lord Craig of Radley, Chief of the Defence Staff, 1988-91, is 97; the Rt Rev Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth, 1985-95, 91; Prof Lord Broers, President, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2001-06; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1996-2003, 88; Sir Don Cruickshank, Chairman, London Stock Exchange, 2000-03, 84; Mr Desmond Lynam, sports broadcaster, 84; Sir Jeremy Sullivan, a former Lord Justice of Appeal; Senior President of Tribunals, 2012-15, 81; Mr Michael Jack, former Conservative MP, 80; Ms Maura Buchanan, President, Royal College of Nursing, 2006-10, 78; Mr Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, 76; Mr John Claughton, Chief Master, King Edward's School, Birmingham, 2006-16, 70; Sir David Bintley, choreographer, Artistic Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet, 1995-2019, 69; the Hon Mrs Maxine Cowdrey, former Jockey, 68; Mr Damon Hill, former racing driver, now commentator and analyst; Formula One World Champion, 1996, 66; Mr Baz Luhrmann, film director, 64; Lady Simler, Justice of the Supreme Court, 63; Mr Warren Gatland, former New Zealand rugby international; head coach, Wales, 2007-19; Lions, 2013-21, 63; Mrs Justice Morgan, 62; Mr Ken Doherty, retired snooker player; commentator; World Champion, 1997, 57; Mr Mike Catt, former England and Lions rugby international, 55; and Mr Fiers Gilliver, wheelchair fencer; Paralympic gold medallist men's individual épée, Tokyo 2020, 32.

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LONDON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1926

FIRE OUTBREAK AT A SCOTTISH CASTLE. £70,000 DAMAGE.

THIRTEEN HOURS' WORK.

WINGS AND CHAPEL DESTROYED.

Two wings of the building, together with the private chapel, were destroyed, and damage estimated at £70,000 was done. The main front part of the castle was saved, and no serious injuries are reported. The damage is covered by insurance.

From Our Own Correspondent, Aberdeen. Thursday. After thirteen hours' strenuous work the Aberdeen fire brigade and the castle brigade to-day saved the main part of Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire, the most stately granite mansion in this country, from being destroyed by fire. As it was, the beautiful private chapel and two large wings were destroyed, the damage being estimated at about £70,000. Lady Cathcart, who was confined to bed, was carried from the burning building to the factor's residence. Only last year the Queen was entertained at Cluny Castle.

Among a number of disastrous fires reported in various parts of the country is an outbreak at Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire, a stately castellated structure of grey granite, which was rebuilt last century on the site of a fifteenth-century stronghold, and is the Scottish seat of Lady Cathcart, the widow of Sir Reginald Cathcart, Bt. The Queen was entertained at the castle last year.

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The fire broke out at six o'clock on Wednesday night, and before eight o'clock a turbine engine arrived from Aberdeen, a distance of sixteen miles. A defective vent, or the fusing of electric wires, is thought to have been the cause of the outbreak. When it was seen that the two wings and chapel were doomed the firemen devoted their energies to saving the main portion of the castle.

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Once well alight, the wings of the chapel burned furiously, and the roofs soon fell in with a thunderous crash. The sky was lit up, and the reflection was seen for many miles around. People hurried from all quarters to help in removing valuable furniture, pictures, plate, and other goods, which were heaped on the lawn in front of the burning building. The fire raged furiously for several hours, and the firemen had a strenuous task in confining the flames to the wings, which were completely burned out, as well as the adjoining chapel.

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Cluny Castle was rebuilt in 1845-72 on the site of the fifteenth-century stronghold of a Huntly-Gordon. A massive stately castellated pile of grey granite, with central quadrangle, high parapets and corner turrets, it towers above the tree tops, visible for many miles around.

main portion threatened, through the passages on the third floor leading from the wings towards the drawing-room on the east side and the dining-room on the west. The charred remains of the door between the ante-drawing-room and the passage show how narrowly the castle as a whole escaped. If the flames had obtained a hold there the whole range of buildings would have been destroyed. Thirty feet overhead a turret window caught fire, possibly from sparks carried from the burning chapel, and the fireman who went off to deal with that particular danger was found suffering considerably from the smoke, which completely filled the tower, as well as the rest of the main building.

From the western wing there was an alarm of a somewhat similar nature, the fire working its way along the roof of the passage towards the connecting tower, but there also cutting and the application of water proved successful, though only after the utmost exertion. At this wing one of the city firemen constructed a ladder from the ground to the battlemented parapet, and from his precarious perch, almost continuously enveloped in clouds of smoke and sparks, plied his hose until driven from the point by the blazing roof.

First on the roof with the hose was Mr. Albert Evans, the valet, with Mr. A. Gray, of the South Lodge. They found themselves in one particularly perilous corner in the kitchen block, the roof falling in just as they were dragged out by Mr. Charles Crombie, the farm manager, and other workers. Mr. Crombie was the only one who suffered any mishap. While he was at a kitchen window, where he intended to operate a hose, the glass was blown in upon him by the force of the jet, and his right eye was severely cut. He lost a good deal of blood, but continued working with the rest.

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BONNIE GREER, who has died aged 77, was an American playwright who settled in Britain in the 1980s and became a ubiquitous and outspoken cultural and political pundit and a panjandrum of the British arts scene.

She became familiar to television viewers at the turn of the millennium, stylishly dressed and laying into substandard books and films with lethal eloquence as one of the regular critics on BBC Two's Newsnight Review. From 2001 she proved an equally formidable scourge of anything she regarded as sloppy thinking as a frequent panellist on BBC One's Question Time.

She drew applause from the audience in her final appearance last year, when she tore into President Trump's immigration policies: "[The US] exists on the rule of law... Donald Trump has effectively destroyed that."

Her most notable appearance on Question Time, however, came in 2009, when she sat next to Nick Griffin, the chairman of the British National Party. It was the first time a far-Right politician had been given a platform on the BBC's flagship discussion show, and the broadcast was preceded by widespread condemnation of his inclusion.

During the programme, however, Bonnie Greer defended Griffin's right to be heard while also claiming that there was little risk of him winning over new converts by appearing on television, because "the British people have too much commonsense". She cited the example of her white British mother-in-law, who, she claimed, had never met a black person until she was introduced to her future daughter-in-law, but had been typically British in being tolerant and welcoming.

Griffin proved hopelessly out of his depth debating the issues of the day and killed his ambitions to be taken seriously at a stroke. "We all learnt that Griffin is an emperor with no clothes," Bonnie Greer wrote in The Daily Telegraph. "Before the show started, Sayeeda Warsi ran over to me and asked if I minded sitting next to Griffin. I told her I was from Chicago and wasn't scared of this guy. In fact, it was like sitting next to a pub bore rolling out platitudes who needed a pint dumped over his head.

"I don't regret taking part... My dad, Ben Greer, a black sharecropper from Mississippi, grew up not being able to speak his mind in a segregated society. He came here during the Second World War and was involved in the second wave of D-Day landings. Later he always spoke about how well the white working-class Brits had treated him – the very people who today are said to be turning to the BNP. My daddy always said that sunlight is the best form of disinfectant. As a result of Thursday night, we're talking, we're sharing. We have to keep it up."

It proved to be the most-watched edition in Question Time's history, with more than 8 million viewers. "It's been a whirlwind," Bonnie Greer said later that year. "It meant so much to people. I feel so humble."

She was prompted by the experience to write an opera called Yes, enacting the ethical debates she had with herself agreeing to appear on the programme. With music by Errollyn Wallen, it was staged at the Royal Opera House in 2011; the Telegraph's Rupert Christiansen judged it "a pretty banal and

faintly self-congratulatory exercise", however.

Although as a broadcaster and prolific tweeter Bonnie Greer left nobody in doubt over her opinions on seemingly every topic under the sun, she was unusual in her genuine commitment to giving her opponents a fair hearing.

When the actor and alt-Right activist Laurence Fox invited his online critics to meet him for coffee, Bonnie Greer was the only one to take him up on the offer, leading inevitably to a barrage of criticism that saw her accused of showing “disrespect [to] the black British arts community”.

She was one of the few Left-wing regulars on Question Time in recent years to emphasise the importance of freedom of speech, declaring of a Daily Mail article by Jan Moir about the death of the pop star Stephen Gately: "I thought it was cruel, I thought it was inaccurate... But she had the right to write it. That's called democracy; it ain't pretty, but it's the least evil we human beings can make."

One of seven children, Bonnie Greer was born into a black Catholic family in Chicago on November 16 1948. Her father was outspoken and passionate; he had been urged by his mother to head north from Mississippi because his big mouth was likely to get him into trouble at a time when lynching was still practised. Her mother, Mae, was a keen admirer of the British Royal family and was delighted that Bonnie was born within two days of Prince Charles.

The Greers lived next door to a woman who regularly entertained Muddy Waters as a gentleman caller, and Bonnie grew up listening to him practising the blues. She was "a good Catholic girl" until she was a teenager, but began to drift away from the faith after wondering "where the black saints were" in her local church.

Bonnie began to study law at DePaul University in Chicago, while working in a bank to make ends meet; she lost her job when she had to take a lie-detector test after some money went missing and admitted that she had once (briefly) taken drugs.

She abandoned university and worked in a topless bar before becoming a political activist; her mother despaired, fearing that "the forces that crushed all free, wild black women would crush her eldest child". She admitted that she once stole money from a white woman working alongside her in the Black Power movement, feeling the theft to be justified by centuries of racial oppression.

Bonnie Greer went on to study playwrighting with David Mamet in Chicago and later with Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York. Her first play, 1919, dealt with the Chicago race riots after the Great War.

In 1986 she went to Edinburgh for the festival and decided that Britain offered a more hospitable climate for a dramatist. In 1993 she married David Hutchins, observing: "Even though he is as different from me as he could possibly be - he is a white, English, suburban ex-public schoolboy - from the moment we met he knew exactly who I was and he still does."

She became a naturalised British citizen in 1997, and at one time it seemed almost a legal requirement for cultural committees and other august bodies to provide a seat for her. She was deputy chair of the trustees of the British Museum for a time, and Chancellor of Kingston University from 2013 until her death.

Bonnie Greer could be combative, resigning from the Blue Plaque committee of English Heritage in 2014 after an influx of celebrities led her to conclude that “the scheme [was] becoming yet another branch of the all-encompassing entertainment industry.” In 2015 she resigned as president of the Brontë Society, amid accusations that its London-based trustees had “become divorced from the local community” in Haworth; she had not endeared herself to members by banging one of her Jimmy Choo shoes on the table to call the AGM to order.

Her other stage plays included Marilyn and Ella (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 2008), about the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald, and The Hotel Cerise (Stratford East, 2016), an update of The Cherry Orchard focused on black Americans mourning the departure of President Obama. She also found time amid innumerable appearances on television and radio programmes to publish two novels, a biography of Langston Hughes (2011), and an autobiography, A Parallel Life (2014).

Bonnie Greer was appointed OBE in 2010. Her husband survives her.

Bonnie Greer, born November 16 1948, died September 15 2026

June Wyndham Davies

Producer of ITV's landmark Sherlock Holmes series and 'nanny' to its mercurial star Jeremy Brett

June Wyndham Davies with her stars Edward Hardwicke (Watson) and Jeremy Brett (Holmes)

JUNE WYNDHAM DAVIES, the producer and director, who has died aged 97, gave the young Michael Caine his first leading role on stage, and later brought Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes to television.

She was working as a drama producer at Granada Television in the early 1980s when a new Sherlock Holmes series was mooted. It was June Wyndham Davies who initially suggested that Jeremy Brett should play the rebarbative, sexless detective, a very different part from the matinée idol roles he was known for: to many viewers, he proved definitive.

She chose not to work on the first run of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-85), taking the view that a male producer was required for what was an essentially masculine series; however, she was persuaded to take over from Michael Cox to produce The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986-88). Her first task was to find a new Dr Watson to replace David Burke, who wanted to return to the stage, and her casting of Edward Hardwicke was universally approved by the show's fans.

She went on to produce The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) as well as five feature-length television films. One of her favourite episodes was "The Master Blackmailer" (1992), guest-starring Robert Hardy as the evil Charles Augustus Milverton; the plot saw Holmes, disguised as a plumber, forcing himself to woo one of Milverton's servants (Sophie Thompson) in order to pump her for information.

The storyline led, June Wyndham Davies recalled, to the arrival of several letters "from people having trouble in making intimate contact with others, and they could relate Holmes's evident reluctance to their own. They all said that watching the scene had helped them in facing up to their own problems."

As the series wore on the team had to resort to adapting some of the less thrilling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original Holmes tales. It was June Wyndham Davies's task to negotiate with Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle, the author's elderly and formidable daughter, over alterations to improve the plots. One change was instituted by June Wyndham Davies at the request of the police, who asked whether it would be possible for Holmes to be shown kicking his drug habit. "The Devil's Foot" duly featured a non-canonical scene in which Holmes buried his cocaine syringe on a Cornish beach.

The greatest challenge June Wyndham Davies faced was the mercurial behaviour of her leading man: "I had to be a nanny more than a producer," she told the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast in 2023. Brett often behaved erratically on set: "He was a joy, he really was, but could suddenly change to a dark personality – unrecognisable."

On one occasion Brett invited his producer to dinner at his flat; he was dressed in dirty clothes and, after spending hours in the kitchen, served her with a single pea on a plate. She realised then that he was seriously ill and arranged for him to go to hospital, where he was treated for bipolar disorder.

He continued to work on Sherlock Holmes but was often overwhelmed, and June Wyndham Davies had to devote much of her time to persuading him "not to pack his bag and leave. There were times when I could have run away too but I didn't pack my bag." She had a great ally in Edward Hardwicke: "Whenever Jeremy was on a bad day, Edward made it a good day. He was a very special person."

To her regret the series "sputtered out" in 1994 with Brett so incapacitated towards the end that Charles Gray had to be drafted in to take over his scenes in the role of Sherlock's brother Mycroft. Brett died the following year; June Wyndham Davies refused to countenance recasting the role.

She was born in Cardiff on June 27 1929, the daughter of Mervyn Davies and his wife Despina, née Wyndham. Her mother had been a ballerina, and her father, who worked as an under-manager at Woolworths, had once had the offer of a company directorship withdrawn when he featured in the newspapers for winning a dancing competition with a lift girl as his partner: "He ruined his career by excessive ballroom dancing," as his daughter put it.

June began her career as an actress, training at Rada before going into a repertory company in Bristol run by Arthur Brough (later to find fame in old age as Mr Grainger in Are You Being Served?), who encouraged her to direct plays as well as act in them.

She went on to be leading lady and co-director of the Westminster Theatre Company, based at the Theatre Royal in Horsham, West Sussex. In 1952 she advertised for an assistant stage manager and decided on a young man called Maurice Micklewhite, "partly because he was keen and cheap".

In addition to doing donkey work and making tea, Micklewhite – who took Michael Scott as a more palatable stage name, before later becoming Michael Caine – played small parts; impressed by his performances, June Wyndham Davies cast him as her love interest in a thriller she was playing the lead in. Caine's biographer

Michael Freedland records that he was delighted to share his first ever stage kiss with this "stunningly attractive actress".

At the first rehearsal, however, he was sporting the jacket he usually wore to help out his fish porter father at Billingsgate. "It stunk of fish - so bad that... I had to reel back," she remembered.

The first night was marred by Caine being unable to remove the cork from the bottle of whisky with which he was meant to be plying her in an effort to seduce her: "[She] was getting more and more pissed on all those empty glasses," Caine recalled. "The audience started to laugh at that right away."

But it was his first step on the road to stardom, and he and June Wyndham Davies remained good friends. "The thing about Michael is that then and now he has always remained the same," she observed in 2000.

In the 1960s she left the theatre behind for a job at the BBC, directing plays in the 30 Minute Theatre and Sunday Afternoon Theatre strands; she also directed serialisations of Pollyanna (1973), with Elaine Stritch as Aunt Polly, and Heidi (1974), which featured Flora Robson and Nicholas Lyndhurst, and was nominated for an Emmy award. She went on to work for Granada, directing more than 50 episodes of Coronation Street and several editions of Crown Court.

Established as one of television's first successful woman directors, she decided to move into production. Her first success was Cribb (1980-81), starring Alan Dobie as a Victorian detective; it was an international hit and for many years Granada's most profitable export, encouraging the franchise's executives to agree to a new high-end Sherlock Holmes series.

Her later work as producer included the supernatural anthology series Shades of Darkness (1983-86) and star-studded television films of Elizabeth Bowen's novels The Death of the Heart (1985) and The Heat of the Day (1989). She also produced Anthony Hopkins's first feature film as director, August (1996), which transplanted Uncle Vanya to North Wales.

Sherlock Holmes remained her crowning achievement, however. The Holmesian scholar Peter Haining observed of June Wyndham Davies - in an allusion to Conan Doyle's description of the villainess Irene Adler - that to the programme's millions of fans, "she is 'the' woman".

June Wyndham Davies, born June 27 1929, died September 9 2026

Alan Knight Portsmouth goalkeeper who played 801 games for his team

A LAN KNIGHT, who has died aged 65, was a goalkeeper whose career was best measured in numbers. He played first-team football for Portsmouth in four separate decades in every division of the Football League. By the time he retired in 2000, Knight had played 801 games for Portsmouth - 683 of them in the league, comfortably the most by any keeper at a single club. At Fratton Park he was known as "The Legend" and was made a Freeman of the City of Portsmouth in 2025.

Although Knight was to become woven into the fabric of the city and its football club, he recalled feeling intensely homesick when arriving in Portsmouth from south London for a trial aged 14. But except for a brief spell coaching FC Dallas, he would never leave.

Alan Edward Knight was born in Balham on July 3 1961 and attended Ernest Bevin School, Tooting. Despite misgivings about leaving London, he accepted Portsmouth's offer of an apprenticeship and made his first appearance in April 1978. Although he kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over Rotherham, it counted for little as Portsmouth had already been relegated to the Fourth Division. Pompey's manager was Jimmy Dickinson, who as a midfielder had made 845 appearances for the club in 1946-65.

But while Dickinson spent most of his playing career in the top flight, Knight had joined a club that would be plagued by money troubles throughout his 22 years there. Nevertheless, they were promoted to the Second Division as champions in 1983, and the arrival of Alan Ball as manager propelled Portsmouth into the top flight in 1987 after an absence of 28 years. Ball thought Knight “a man you could trust with your life”, though behind the scenes he was prone to depression and had a heavy cigarette habit.

The season that followed would be Knight's only one in the First Division. Portsmouth had been issued with a winding-up petition by the Inland Revenue and were relegated, winning just one of their final 13 games.

Knight rated that as less of a disappointment than the semi-finals of the 1992 FA Cup. Portsmouth, ninth in the Second Division, were four minutes away from Wembley when Liverpool equalised. In the replay, Pompey once more took Liverpool to extra time, and then penalties – the first time they had been employed at this stage of the competition. But three of Portsmouth's four spot-kicks were not converted, and Knight reckoned the post-match dressing room at Villa Park (where the replay was held) the most desolate of his career.

'The Legend': Knight was rated an 'incredible shot-stopper'

There was to be further pain 12 months later, when Portsmouth missed out on automatic promotion to the Premier League to West Ham United on goals scored; the play-off semi-final was lost to Leicester City. There was an offer to join Chelsea, but the deal fell through and Knight remained at Fratton Park, making his 801st and final appearance for the club at Norwich on January 3 2000. His team-mate Kit Symons said of Knight: "He is a Pompey legend... but people do not realise the quality of keeper he was. As a shot-stopper, he was incredible."

Portsmouth gave Knight a coaching job, but life after goalkeeping was harsh. He was gripped by alcoholism and debts swallowed the £30,000 raised by a testimonial against Southampton, culminating with him living in his car, contemplating “whether putting a hosepipe into it would be the easier way”.

In 2001 he was appointed MBE for services to football, and after a spell at the Sporting Chance clinic in 2008 he give up alcohol. Two years later, he met his second wife Heather at the funeral of his former mother-in-law.

Portsmouth offered him a job as a club ambassador which saw him deliver food parcels during the pandemic. In 2024 he revealed he had prostate cancer. He is survived by Heather and by his daughters from his first marriage.

Alan Knight, born July 3 1961, died September 1 2026

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Explore pre-revolutionary Versailles with portraitist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, drop into 19th-century Provence with Van Gogh or visit Picasso on the French Riviera. With 12 chapters, each devoted to an artist or group of artists, and accompanying itineraries, you can immerse yourself in their world.

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James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) and Helen (Rachel Shenton) are back, but in post-war Britain

Once again providing the perfect retreat from a chaotic and worrying world, Darrowby welcomes us back to a seventh series and a postwar Britain where almost all is comfortably familiar. The dash of drama comes through new vet Granville Bennett (Caolan McCarthy), whose noisy arrival in a flash red sports car and apparent attempts to poach clients spark instant resentment and suspicion among some of the gang,

Monster: the Lizzie Borden Story Netflix

The impossibly prolific Ryan Murphy once again joins Ian Brennan to churn out another bloodily lurid true-crime thriller with a quality cast gleefully slumming it. Ella Beatty takes the lead as the woman believed by many to have hacked her father (Charlie Hunnam) and stepmother (Rebecca Hall) to death with an axe in 1892. Vicky Krieps plays her partner-in-crime, Bridget Sullivan.

The Big Deal with Steph McGovern BBC Two, 8pm The climax of this not especially gripping contest and a grudging admiration from Tristan (Callum Woodhouse).

However, when the local sweetshop owner's cat's rapid weight loss leaves James (Nicholas Ralph) and company baffled, could they be forced to fraternise with the enemy?

All this comes after a brief sojourn to London – just in case there's any doubt for international viewers, a red double-decker is immediately followed by a

arrives, with the three remaining pairs of would-be art dealers thrown into the vortex of Frieze London and a week of frantic sales and occasional humbug: their task is to compete against their established rivals,

black cab - where James is lecturing at the Royal Veterinary College. And while his personal affairs are settled and Siegfried's (Samuel West) romance with Dorothy (Maimie McCoy) continues to blossom, there may be trouble ahead for Tristan and Charlotte (Gaia Wise). There are few series on television so sure of what they need to do, and fewer still that get on and do it; All Creatures is, as ever, a treat. Gabriel Tate

Gaby, left, is one of the three scammed women whose stories are told in a BBC documentary

before pitching a pricey sculpture to experts.

Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam BBC Two, 9pm Mostly skirting prurience in favour of salutary insights, this fascinating and alarming three-part documentary hears from three women who have been scammed by an online lover represented by the image of one unsuspecting man in California.

Ludwig

Stephen Merchant takes his cue to play John "Ludwig" Taylor's (David Mitchell) latest adversary, the arrogant snooker champion Danny Sloane - but can our sleuthing imposter keep his mind on the job when his sister-in-law's (Anna Maxwell Martin) life is set for a dramatic turn?

Hit Point U&Dave, 9pm

This excellent thriller-cum-romcom reaches a gripping climax - surely it merits a second run? Bella (Saffron Hosking) tracks Dylan (Moe Bar-El) to a remote shed, hoping to confront him over his criminal activities. GT

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FILM

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) BBC Four, 8pm *****

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1.45 BBC News at One; Weather (S) 2.00 Money for Nothing (S)

2.45 Escape to the Country (R) (S) 3.45 Garden Rescue (R) (S)

3.45 Garden Rescue (R) (S)

4.30 Antiques Road Trip (AD) (S) 5.15 Pointless (S)

6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (S)

6.30 Regional News; Weather (S)

EastEnders

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7.30 EastEnders Kat makes a discovery, and Oscar is torn between his head and his heart (AD) (S)

8.00 Dragons' Den Hopeful businesses include a spelt pasta company and an inflatable pub venture (AD) (S)

9.00 Ludwig An unlikely witness to a new crime helps John in unexpected ways (AD) (S)

10.00 BBC News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News; Weather (S) 10.40 Question Time Topical debate from Salisbury (S)

11.40 Newscast 12.10am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.15 - 6.00am News

BBC Two

6.30 am Bargain Hunt (AD) (R) (S) 7.15 Money for Nothing (R) (S) 8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners' World (AD) (R) (S) (SL) 9.00 News (S)

12.15 pm Politics Live (S)

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3.00 Great British Railway Journeys (AD) (R) (S)

3.30 Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico (AD) (R) (S)

4.15 Wild China (AD) (R) (S)

4.15 Wild China (AD) (R) (S) 5.15 Flog It! (R) (S)

6.00 House of Games (R) (S)

6.30 Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure (R) (S)

Escape to the Country

7.00 Escape to the Country A health-conscious couple seeks a detached property in Surrey (AD) (R) (S)

8.00 The Big Deal with Steph McGovern The finalists compete for £50,000 of British art. Last in the series (AD) (S)

9.00 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam New series. True crime documentary featuring women who fall in love with the same man (AD) (S)

9.45 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam A man discovers he has been the face of a scam he never knew existed (AD) (S)

10.30 Newsnight (S)

11.05 T20 Cricket 11.35 Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam 12.20am Sign Zone: Vigil 1.20 Sign Zone: Vigil 2.20 - 6.30am This Is BBC Two

ITVI

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Long Lost Family

7.30 Heatwaves & Food Prices: Saving on Your Supermarket Shop? – Tonight Kate Quilton assesses the recent heatwaves' impact on farmers and food prices (S)

8.00 Emmerdale Charles attempts to comfort Nicola (AD) (S)

8.30 Coronation Street Shona's erratic behaviour arouses concern (AD) (S)

9.00 Long Lost Family Pat and Jake seek respective relatives (AD) (S)

10.00 News (S)

10.30 ITV News London; Weather (S) 10.45 FILM: Red (2010) Action thriller starring Bruce Willis (S)

12.35 am Shop on TV 3.00 The Chase Around the World 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 - 6.00am Dickinson's Real Deal

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RADIO 1

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RADIO 2 FM 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am The Radio 2 Breakfast Show 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00 Jeremy Vine. Current affairs chat 2.00pm DJ Spoony. Sitting in for Trevor Nelson 4.00 Drivetime. News, views and music with Gary Davies 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist. Jo plays her favourite album tracks and musical gems rarely heard on Radio 2 7.30 Jo Whiley. Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup chat about their new stage play 9.00 The Country Show with Darius Rucker. Darius is joined by singers Riley Green and Drew Baldridge 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. Sitting in for DJ Spoony 12.00 DJ Borg 3.00am Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay 4.00 - 6.30am Owain Wyn Evans

RADIO 3 FM 90.2-92.4MH2

6.30am Breakfast 9.30 Essential Classics 1.00pm Classical Live 4.00 Composer of the Week: Schubert – The Final Years 5.00 In Tune 7.00

Jarrell) behind Goalhanger's hugely popular Sherlock & Co. Told over 10 nail-biting episodes, the Bourne-style story follows a secret special ops team's mission to assassinate the president of

Classical Mixtape. A sequence of music 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. Wynton Marsalis's All Rise 9.45 The Essay: In Voice. Tenor Nicky Spence confronts the fragility of the voice 10.00 Night Tracks 11.30 'Round Midnight 12.30 - 6.30am Through the Night

RADIO 4 FM 92.4-94.6MHz; LW 106kHz

6.00am Today 9.00 In Our Time 9.45 Strong Message Here 10.00 Woman's Hour 11.00 This Cultural Life 11.45 Book of the Week: Redwood 12.00 News 12.04pm Scam Secrets. Consumer advice with Shari Vahl. Last in the series 12.32 Dough. The businesses behind profitable everyday products 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One. Presented by Sarah Montague 1.45 The Hitler Diaries Scandal. Andrew Hunter Murray examines the 1983 hoax 2.00 The Archers. Fallon is shocked by a controversial move 2.15 Drama: South of the River. By Stephen Keyworth 3.00 Open Country. Kate Stables explores Winchester 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal. On behalf of the Lifebox Foundation 3.30 BBC National Short Story Award 2026 4.00 Rethink 4.30 BBC Inside Science 5.00 PM 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O'Clock News 6.30 Omid Djali: Namaste. The comedian explores Iran, conflict and identity 7.00 The Archers. It's action stations for Lynda 7.15 Front Row 8.00 When It Hits the Fan 8.15 The Media Show 9.00 Loose Ends 9.45 Strong Message Here 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Exhibition 11.00 Radical 11.30 NatureBang 11.45 Today in Parliament 12.00 News and Weather 12.30am Book of the Week: Redwood 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As World Service 5.00 News Summary 5.04 Rethink 5.32 Weather 5.34 Shipping Forecast 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 - 6.00am Farming Today

Russia, after 350 people are killed when a British passenger plane falls from the sky – apparently the result of Russian sabotage.

It's fiction but well researched and has some

RADIO 5 LIVE MW 683 & 009KHZ

6.00am 5 Live Breakfast 9.00 Nicky Campbell 11.00 Adrian Chiles 2.00pm Matt Chorley 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport. Eleanor Oldroyd presents the day's sports news 7.30 Football. Manchester City v Norwich City (kick-off 7.30pm) 10.00 Qasa Alom 1.00am Kathryn Stanczyszyn 5.00 - 6.00am Wake Up to Money

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6.30am Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour with Dan Walker 10.00 Aled Jones 1.00pm Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00 Margherita Taylor 7.00 Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes. Zeb hosts an evening of the most relaxing music 10.00 Calm Classics 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00 - 6.30am Early Breakfast

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8.00am News 8.06 The Inquiry 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 The Documentary: Stories from the New Silk Road: The 'Frenemy' 10.00 News 10.06 The Media Show 10.30 Over to You 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.06pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Food Chain 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.06 The Inquiry 3.30 Business Daily 3.50 World Business Express 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.06 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.06 The Documentary: Stories from the New Silk Road: The 'Frenemy' 8.30 BBC Inside Science 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.06 The Inquiry 10.30 The Food Chain 11.00 The Newsroom impressive military advisors on board. It is also scarcely credible at times.

Launched last week with a double episode, it continues every Thursday.

Gerard O'Donovan

11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.06am The Media Show 12.30 Unspun World with John Simpson 1.00 The 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

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6.00am Colvil and Soames 6.30 Death Speaks Another Language 7.00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 7.30 The Burkiss Way 8.00 ReincarNathan 8.30 The Rule of the Land 8.45 The Bayeux Tapestry 9.00 Omid Djalil: Namaste 9.30 Herbs: Pure and Simple 9.45 Daily Service 10.00 Great Lives 10.30 And Then There Were Nun 11.00 Colvil and Soames 11.30 Death Speaks Another Language 12.00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 12.30pm The Burkiss Way 1.00 ReincarNathan 1.30 The Rule of the Land 1.45 The Bayeux Tapestry 2.00 Dilemma 2.30 Two Doors Down 3.00 Needle 3.45 Short Works 4.00 Great Lives 4.30 And Then There Were Nun 5.00 Colvil and Soames 5.30 Death Speaks Another Language 6.00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 6.30 The Burkiss Way 7.00 ReincarNathan 7.30 The Rule of the Land 7.45 The Bayeux Tapestry 8.00 Dilemma 8.30 Two Doors Down 9.00 Needle 9.45 Short Works 10.00 Omid Djalil: Namaste 10.30 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories 11.00 Hearing with Hegley 11.15 Irish Micks and Legends 11.30 Rigor Mortis 12.00 Great Lives 12.30am And Then There Were Nun 1.00 Colvil and Soames 1.30 Death Speaks Another Language 2.00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful 2.30 The Burkiss Way 3.00 ReincarNathan 3.30 The Rule of the Land 3.45 The Bayeux Tapestry 4.00 Dilemma 4.30 Two Doors Down 5.00 Needle 5.45 - 6.00am Short Works

FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) Audio description (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) In-vision signing

Channel 4

6.30 am The King of Queens (AD) (R) (S) 6.55 The King of Queens (AD) (R) (S) 7.20 The King of Queens (AD) (R) (S) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 8.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) 9.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 9.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.10 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 10.40 Frasier (AD) (R) (S) 11.10 American Pickers (AD) (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 Help! We Bought a Village (S)

5.00 Four in a Bed (S)

5.30 Come Dine with Me (R) (S)

6.00 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? (S)

Taskmaster

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

8.00 Two Men on a Bike David Baddiel and Hugh Dennis pedal through France (AD) (R) (S)

9.00 Taskmaster Matt Lucas attempts to conquer his vertigo (AD) (S)

10.00 Apocalypse Two groups of ordinary people must survive in a mock-up post-apocalypse (AD) (R) (S)

11.20 Gogglebox 12.20am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1.05 Millionaire Hoarders 2.00 FILM: The Innocents (2021) Norwegian horror starring Rakel Lenora Flottum 4.00 Location, Location, Location 4.55 Couples Come Dine with Me 5.50 - 6.30am Countdown

Channel 5

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: Married to a Stranger (2025, TVM) Thriller starring Emma Johnson (S)
4.00 Castle (R) (S)
4.55 Love Nature (R) (S)
5.00 5 News with Dan Walker (S)
6.00 Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles (R) (S)
6.55 5 News Update (S)

The Yorkshire Vet

7.00 The Secret Life of Bees Part one of two. Steve Backshall looks at aspects of bee species in the UK (R) (S)

7.55 5 News Update (S)

8.00 The Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright nurses an injured tawny owl and treats a calf's neck lump (AD) (S)

9.00 All Creatures Great and Small New series. With the war finally over, a new vet in town threatens the status quo (AD) (S)

10.05 Child Snatcher: Who Took Lynda & Dawn? The first use of DNA profiling to identify a murderer (R) (S) 11.00 Child Snatcher: Who Took Lynda & Dawn? 12.05am Fatal First Dates 1.10 Entertainment News on 5.1.15 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 2.15 Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles 3.05 Castle 3.50 The Highland Vet 4.35 The Highland Vet 5.25 Mixmups 5.35 Mixmups 5.50 - 6.00am Mixmups

Sky Arts

6.00 am Cirque du Soleil: Varekai (S) 8.00 The Joy of Painting (AD) (S) 8.30 The Joy of Painting (AD) (S) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 9.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 10.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S) 11.00 Discovering: Jeff Bridges (AD) (S) 12.00 Classic Albums (S)

1.00 pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)

1.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hays (S)

2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (S) 3.00 Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (AD) (S)

4.00 Discovering: Sean Connery (AD) (S)

5.00 Best of Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 (AD) (S)

6.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S) 6.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) (S)

Murder by Decree

7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Aman's fiancee is killed in a hit-and-run (S)

7.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A prince takes a romantic interest in a housewife (S)

8.00 Discovering: Kate Winslet The life and career of the Oscar-winning English actress (S)

9.00 FILM: Murder by Decree (1978) Sherlock Holmes mystery starring Christopher Plummer (S)

11.20 The Directors 12.20am The Very Best of Peter Sellers 1.40 | Am Richard Pryor 3.40 National Trust: Garden Treasures 5.00 · 6.00am Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir

U&Drama

FV 20 FS 158 SKY 143 VIRGIN 116

6.00 am Teleshopping 7.30 The Bill (S) 8.25 Doctors (S) 9.00 Doctors (S) 9.40 Classic Holby City (S) 11.00 Classic Casualty (AD) (S) 12.00 The Bill (S) 1.00 pm Classic EastEnders (S) 1.40 Classic EastEnders (S) 2.15 Classic Neighbours (S) 2.50 Classic Neighbours (S) 3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries (AD) (S) 4.20 Father Brown (AD) (S) 5.20 As Time Goes By (S) 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine (AD) (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine (AD) (S)

A Remarkable Place to Die

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Foggy finds an interest in camcorders (AD) (S)

8.00 The Chelsea Detective Max and the team dig deeper into the case of the deceased butler (AD) (S)

9.00 A Remarkable Place to Die Anais finds evidence that her sister had been taking a Class A drug before she died (AD) (S)

10.00 New Tricks The team reopens the investigation into a terrorist's death (AD) (S)

11.00 Copper 12.00 Lovejoy 1.00am The Chelsea Detective 2.00 Sister Boniface Mysteries 3.05 At Home with the Braithwaites 4.00 - 6.00am Teleshopping

Talking Pictures TV

6.00 am FILM: The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959, b/w) Second World War comedy starring Brian Rix (S) 7.45 FILM: In a Lonely Place (1950, b/w) Thriller starring Humphrey Bogart (S) 9.35 FILM: The Bulldog Breed (1960, b/w) Navy comedy starring Norman Wisdom (S) 11.35 FILM: Clash by Night (1963) (S) 1.00 pm The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1.30 The Duchess of Duke Street (S) 2.35 FILM: The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962, b/w) Comedy starring Francis Matthews (S) 3.55 Cinebox Memories 4.00 That's My Boy (S) 4.35 Julius Hagen Season (S) 4.45 FILM: The Man in the Mirror (1936, b/w) Fantasy comedy starring Edward Everett Horton (S) 6.20 Strange But True (S) 6.55 The Brothers (S)

Strange But True

8.00 Mark Saber A man who thinks he is dying hires a hitman to kill him (S)

8.30 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Featuring the Karl Denver Trio (S)

9.20 FILM: Sapphire (1959) Murder mystery starring Nigel Patrick (S)

11.05 FILM: The Odessa File (1974) Thriller starring Jon Voight 1.40am FILM: Damn the Defiant! (1962) Maritime drama starring Alec Guinness 3.45 Look at Life 4.00 Burke's Law 5.00 - 6.00am The Man from UNCLE

Film4

FV 14 FS 300 SKY 855 VIRGIN 428 11.00 am FILM: The Virginian (1946) Western remake starring Joel McCrea (S) 12.45 pm FILM: Gun Fury (1953) Western starring Rock Hudson (S) 2.25 FILM: Tomahawk (1951) Western starring Van Heflin (S) 4.05 The Theory of Everything Interview Special 4.15 FILM: Robin and Marian (1976) Medieval adventure starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (S)

The Beautiful Game

6.25 FILM: The Beautiful Game (2024) A football scout persuades a troubled former striker to play for England in the Homeless World Cup in Rome. Sporting comedy drama starring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward (AD) (S)

8.50 The Theory of Everything Interview Special With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and director James Marsh

9.00 FILM: The Theory of Everything (2014) Biopic of Stephen Hawking, exploring his relationship with wife Jane and groundbreaking work in the face of deteriorating health. With Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones (AD) (S)

11.25 FILM: Io Capitano (2023) Drama starring Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall 1.45 - 3.55am FILM: Peppermint (2018) Revenge thriller starring Jennifer Garner

How the war in the Middle East is reshaping our world

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7.30 Pubs, Ponds and Power; The Story of the Village

BBC Four

8.00 FILM: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Oscar-winning epic drama starring Peter O'Toole

11.30 David Lean: Talking Pictures 12.10 am The Secret World of Haute Couture

1.10 Shark: Beneath the Surface 2.10 Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

YouTube

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ITV2

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11.30 am Heartbeat 12.30 pm Heartbeat 1.35 The Royal 2.40 Wild at Heart 3.40 Classic Emmerdale 4.40 Classic Coronation Street 5.15 Classic Coronation Street 5.50 Heartbeat 6.55 Heartbeat 8.00 Vera 10.00 Downton Abbey 11.10 Scott & Bailey 12.00 Scott & Bailey 1.00 am The Royal 2.00 George and Mildred 2.30 - 6.00am Teleshopping

11.20am Rick Stein's Long Weekends 12.20pm Top Gear 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 3.00 How Britain Worked 4.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British 5.00 Rick Stein's Long Weekends 7.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 7.40 Would I Lie to You? 9.00 Hit Point 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 Hit Point 3.00-4.00am Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

11.10am Charmed 12.10pm Deal or No Deal 1.10 Supermarket Sweep 2.10 Wheel of Fortune 3.10 The Only Way is Essex 4.10 The Real Housewives of Potomac 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase 7.00 Wheel of Fortune 8.00 The 1% Club 9.00 Big Brother 10.00 Big Brother: The Group Chat 11.05 Family Guy 12.05am American Dad! 1.05 Bob's Burgers 1.55 Deal or No Deal 2.45 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping

Apple Podcasts

Challenge

U&Dave

1.00 Cash Trapped 2.00 Bridge of Lies 3.00 The Chase 4.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 5.15 All Star Family Fortunes 6.00 Cash Trapped 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

Discovery

Noon Outback Opal Hunters 1.00pm The Repair Shop 2.00 Shed and Buried 3.00 Shed and Buried: Classic Combine 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 Aussie Gold Hunters 10.00 The Repair Shop 11.00 How Do They Do It? 1.00am Salvage Hunters 3.00-4.00am Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

ITV3

Quest

11.00am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12.15pm Lily Savage's Blankety Blank

Noon Building Off the Grid 1.00pm The Zoo: San Diego 3.00 Baggage Battles 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 7.00 Wheeler Dealers 9.00 Border Control: Europe. In Rome, a couple is sent to hospital after smuggling drugs inside their bodies 10.00 Caught! 12.00 Deadliest Catch 2.00am Caught! 3.00-4.00am Gold Divers

FY 26 FS 117 SKY 120 VIRGIN 118 11.40 am The Professionals 12.40 pm The Champions 1.50 American Pickers 2.50 American Pickers 3.50 The Sweeney 4.55 The Professionals 6.00 Darts: World Series Finals. Coverage of night one 10.00 Benidorm 11.00 Ligue 1 Highlights 11.35 Black Sails 12.35 am Hell's Kitchen 1.30 BattleBots 2.30 Auto Mundial 3.00 - 6.00am Teleshopping

Spotify

ITV4

Sky History

Sky Documentaries

Noon The Last Hunt for Nazi Gold 1.00pm Alone 2.00 Junk & Disorderly 4.00 Junk & Disorderly: Henry's Wreck-trospective 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire Tournament of Champions 8.00 Outback Wreckers 9.00 Alone 10.00 Flipping Bangers 12.00 Storage Wars 12.55am Pawn Stars 1.50 Alone 2.50 Flipping Bangers 3.40-4.25am Junk & Disorderly

11.50am Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 1.00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 1.40 The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power 2.35 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 3.40 Symbols of Evil 4.50 Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 5.55 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 6.35 The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power 7.30 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 8.35 Symbols of Evil 9.45 Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles 10.55 Türkiye's Astonishing Antiquities 12.00 Symbols of Evil 1.10am Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 2.00-6.00am Teleshopping

FV 18 FS 124 SKY 130 VIRGIN 147 11.35 am Come Dine with Me 12.05 pm Come Dine with Me 12.35 Come Dine with Me 1.05 Come Dine with Me 1.40 Come Dine with Me 2.15 Four in a Bed 4.50 Car S.O.S 5.50 Car S.O.S 6.50 Grand Designs 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 Sandi Toksvig's Great Riviera Rail Trip 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 2.20 24 Hours in A&E 3.25 - 3.50am Supermarkets Unwrapped: The Freezer Aisle

Noon Barbie Uncovered: A Dreamhouse Divided 1.50pm My Icon: Michael Holding 2.00 I Am Joe Frazier

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PBS America

FV Freeview FS Freesat (AD) Audio description (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) In-vision signing

U&Gold

SKY 110 VIRGIN 124

Great! Mystery

2.00 pm Dad's Army
2.40 The Green Green Grass
3.20 Are You Being Served?
4.00 Ever Decreasing Circles
4.40 Dad's Army
5.20 Last of the Summer Wine
6.40 The Vicar of Dibley
7.20 Dad's Army
8.00 The Vicar of Dibley
9.35 The Royle Family
10.15 The Fast Show
10.55 Not Going Out
11.30 The Vicar of Dibley
12.05 am The Vicar of Dibley
1.00 The Royle Family
1.40 Not Going Out
2.25 Don't Wait Up
2.55 Black Ops
3.25 - 4.00am The Royle Family

Sky One

3.00 - 6.10am Teleshopping

3.45 My Icon: Duke McKenzie 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Disasters from Space 6.00 FILM: I Am Jackie O (2020) Profile of Jackie Kennedy Onassis 7.45 My Icon: Denise Lewis 8.00 The Mortician 11.10 FILM: Bowling for Columbine (2002) Oscar-winning documentary by Michael Moore 1.30-4.30am Liverpool Narcos

FV 27 FS 158 SKY 150 VIRGIN 129 Noon Antiques Roadshow 1.00 pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash 3.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 Adolf Hitler's War 5.00 The World at War 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Planet Earth II 8.00 Bangers & Cash 9.00 Dream Car Fixers 10.00 Bangers & Cash 11.00 Bangers & Cash 12.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00 am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00 The Architecture the Railways Built

U&Yesterday

Noon Deep Dive North America 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Superstore 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Hip Hop 9.00 The Paper 10.00 Gemma Collins: Everything. All at Once 12.10am Grimm 1.05 Evil 2.00 The Walking Dead: Dead City 3.00-4.00am Hawaii Five-0

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: Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Keys to the Castle (2024) Supernatural mystery starring Tamera Mowry-Housley 10.56 Good News on GREAT! 11.01 FILM: Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Keys to the Castle (2024) Supernatural mystery starring Tamera Mowry-Housley 11.55 FILM: Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction

11.20 am Mussolini: Son of the Century 12.30 pm Homicide: Life on the Street 1.30 Homicide: Life on the Street 2.30 Billions 3.40 Billions 4.50 Heated Rivalry 5.55 Heated Rivalry 7.00 The Gilded Age 8.00 The Gilded Age 9.00 Fightland 10.00 Dune: Prophecy 11.15 Succession 12.30 am Succession 1.45 Succession 3.00 - 4.10am Heated Rivalry

Murder (2020) Crime mystery starring Taylor Cole 12.51am Good News on GREAT! 12.56 FILM: Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction Murder (2020) 1.50 FILM: Cheer Squad Secrets (2021) 3.25-4.50am FILM: The Black Widow Killer (2018)

Sky Cinema Premiere

10.25am Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe (2026) Action comedy starring Jackie Chan 12.25pm Supergirl (2026) Fantasy adventure starring Milly Alcock 2.25 The History of Sound (2025) Drama starring Paul Mescal 4.40 Rabbit Trap (2025) Horror starring Dev Patel 6.15 Hungry (2026) Horror thriller starring Madison Davenport 8.00 Supergirl (2026) Fantasy adventure starring Milly Alcock 10.00 The History of Sound (2025) Drama starring Paul Mescal 12.10am Five Nights At Freddy's 2 (2025) Horror sequel, starring Josh Hutcherson 2.00 Rabbit Trap (2025) 3.35-5.20am Twinless (2025)

7.30am Live DP World Tour Golf. The BMW PGA Championship 6.00pm Live International T20 Cricket, England v Sri Lanka 10.30 Paper Talk 11.00 Sky Sports News 12.00-5.15am Live NFL. Buffalo Bills v Detroit Lions (kick-off 1.15am)

Sky Sports Main Event

Sky Atlantic

Sky Sports Premier League

Noon Premier League Stories 12.30pm Netbusters 1.00 Premier League Review 2.00 Premier League Years 4.00 Premier League Stories 4.30 Netbusters 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 The Big Interview 7.30 Premier League Stories 8.00 Match Officials Mic'd Up 8.30 Premier League Review 9.30 The Big Interview 10.00 Premier League Stories 10.30 Netbusters 11.00 Premier League Years 1.00am PL Retro 3.00- 4.00am PL Greatest Games

TNT Sports 1

Noon TNT Sports Reload 12.15pm The Gruppetto 12.30 Live: Cycling – Men. The 2026 Tour of Abruzzo 2.30 TNT Sports Reload 2.45 CPL Highlights 3.15 Live: Men's Cycling Pro Series. The 2026 Skoda Tour of Luxembourg 6.00 Premier League – The Big Interview 6.30 No Filter Football 7.00 Live Uefa Europa League. Crystal Palace v Lech Poznan (kick-off 8.00pm) 10.30 Premier League – The Big Interview 11.00 Premier League Reload 11.15 Sign Up – Into Football 12.00 MLB Highlights 1.00am Live MLB. Texas Rangers v Boston Red Sox (Start-time 1.05am) 3.45-5.45am Men's Cycling Pro Series

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 Question Time 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 Tech Now 2.00 Newsday 2.30 Business Today 2.45 BBC Sport 3.00 Newsday 3.30 Business Today 3.45- 4.00am BBC Sport

BBC News

GB News

Noon Good Afternoon Britain 3.00pm
Martin Daubney 6.00 Dewbs & Co
7.00 Farage 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

Sky News

Noon Sky News Today 5.00pm The News Hour with Mark Austin 7.00 The Cathy Newman Show 8.00 UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee 9.00 The World with Yalda Hakim 10.00 The Wrap with Anna Botting 12.00-6.00am Sky News

Variations

Northern Ireland

BBC One: 10.40pm The View 11.20 - 12.20am Question Time 12.50am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.50 - 6.00am BBC News

BBC Two: No variations UTV: 10.45pm Up Close 11.15 Millionaire Hot Seat 11.40 Prescription for Murder: True Crime Presents 12.25 - 12.35am Hidden Northern Ireland

Scotland

BBC One: 2.00pm Politics Scotland 3.00 - 3.45 Money for Nothing 11.40 - 12.10am Scotcast 12.40am The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn 1.45 - 6.00am BBC News

BBC Scotland: 7.00pm Reporting Scotland: News at Seven 7.30 Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 8.00 Beechgrove Garden 8.30 Landward 9.00 Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling 9.30 Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling 10.00 Stevens & McCarthy 10.30 Scot Squad 11.00 Scotcast 11.30 The Scotts midnight Close

STV: 7.30 - 8.00pm What's on Scotland 10.45 Heatwaves & Food Prices: Saving on Your Supermarket Shop? - Tonight 11.10 FILM: Rush Hour 3 (2007) 12.40 - 3.00am Shop on TV 3.50 - 5.05am Unwind with STV

No variations

Wales

ITVI Regions

No variations

S4C

6.00am Cyw 12.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 12.05pm Dim Byd I'w Wisgo 12.30 Heno 1.00 Codi Hwy! 1.30 Gwalia Alnighcia 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 2.05 Pryenhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 3.05 Am Oro! 4.00 Awr Fawr: Y Trabalas 4.05 Awr Fawr: Bhwli 4.15 Awr Fawr: Wawl! 4.35 Awr Fawr: Ger a Gu 4.50 Awr Fawr: Annibendod 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Rialo+ 6.30 Clwb Rygbii 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 8.00 Ptolol y Cwm 8.25 Rownd a Rownd 8.55 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 9.00 Pawb a'i Farn 10.00 Taclo'r Ty 10.30 - 11.35pm Radio Fa'ima

Forecast

General situation

Breezy across the U.K. today. Morning rain in southern England and Wales, then sunny spells and dry later in the day. Bright intervals and showery spells in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland.

London, Cent S England, Channel Is, SW England, E England, SE England, E Anglia, Midlands: Breezy today with morning rain, then sunny spells and dry in the afternoon. Max 62-70F (17-21C). A gentle to moderate W to NW wind. Patchy cloud tonight. Min 45-57F (7-14C).

◆ NW England, Lake Dist, IoM, Cent N England, NE England: Sunny periods and showers today. Max 48-66F (9-19C). A gentle to moderate W wind. Clear spells tonight. Min 41-57F (5-14C). ◆ Wales:

Rain early today. Max 52-62F (II-17C). A gentle to moderate W wind.

World readings

Clear periods tonight. Min 42-55F (6-13C). ◆ N Ireland: Showery spells today. Max 45-62F (7-17C). A moderate W wind. Broken cloud tonight. Min 41-54F (5-12C). ◆ SW Scotland, NW Scotland, Glasgow, Cent Highlands, Argyll, W Isles, SE Scotland, NE Scotland, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Moray Firth, Orkney, Shetland: Windy today with scattered showers. Max 40-60F (4-16C). A moderate to strong W wind. The odd shower tonight. Min 36-55F (2-13C).

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British readings Last night's report for 24 hours to 6pm · *estimated readings

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	Sun hrs	Rain in	Max/Min °C	Daytime weather
Aberdeen	4,4"	0,02	15" 10"	showers
Aberystwyth	2,7"	0,16	18" 13"	rain
Antrim	3,0"	0,13	16" 12"	rain
Aviemore	2,6"	0,10	14" 9"	rain
Barnstaple	2,2"	0,07	19" 12"	showers
Barrow-in-Furns	2,6"	0,21	17" 13"	rain
Basingstoke	8,7"	0,00	21" 11"	p/cloudy
Bedford	6,0"	0,00	21" 12"	p/cloudy
Belfast	1,1"	0,16	17" 13"	rain
Berwick	7,4"	0,00	17" 10"	p/cloudy
Birmingham	8,6"	0,02	19" 12"	p/cloudy
Bodmin	3,1"	0,18	17" 12"	rain
Bournemouth	2,8"	0,00	20" 10"	p/cloudy
Braintree	5,8"	0,00	22" 12"	p/cloudy
Brecon	3,4"	0,02	17" 11"	cloudy
Bridlington	3,9"	0,03	19" 13"	showers
Brighton	6,8"	0,00	21" 12"	p/cloudy
Bristol	7,0"	0,00	19" 11"	p/cloudy
Camborne	4,4"	0,10	17" 13"	rain
Cardiff	7,5"	0,00	18" 12"	p/cloudy
Carlisle	6,9"	0,00	17" 9"	p/cloudy
Catterick	6,9"	0,00	19" 12"	p/cloudy
Cheptenham	7,5"	0,00	20" 11"	p/cloudy

The Telegraph • TRAVEL

	Sun hrs	Rain in	Max/Min °C	Daytime weather
Chester	0,6"	0,41	17"	13" rain
Coventry	6,5"	0,00	20"	12" p/cloudy
Doncaster	6,0"	0,00	19"	12" p/cloudy
Dover	7,8"	0,00	20"	14" p/cloudy
Dundee	8,3"	0,03	17"	10" p/cloudy
Eastbourne	4,2"	0,07	21"	13" showers
Edinburgh	8,8"	0,00	18"	9" p/cloudy
Epsom	6,3"	0,00	21"	12" p/cloudy
Falmouth	3,2"	0,14	17"	13" rain
Farnborough	6,4"	0,00	21"	11" p/cloudy
Fort William	3,0"	0,28	16"	11" rain
Glasgow	6,1"	0,02	16"	8" p/cloudy
Great Malvern	6,5"	0,00	19"	12" p/cloudy
Grimsby	7,5"	0,00	20"	12" p/cloudy
Guernsey	6,2"	0,00	18"	14" p/cloudy
Hereford	5,3"	0,00	19"	12" p/cloudy
High Wycombe	6,2"	0,00	21"	10" p/cloudy
Holyhead	3,2"	0,03	17"	13" showers
Huddersfield	3,3"	0,08	16"	11" showers
Ipswich	8,7"	0,00	21"	12" p/cloudy
Isle of Man	3,4"	0,00	17"	13" cloudy
Isle of Skye	3,5"	0,09	13"	11" showers
Isle of Wight	8,2"	0,00	20"	11" p/cloudy

	Son hrs	Rain in	Max/Min °C	Daytime weather
Isles of Scilly	6,5"	0,00	19" 10"	p/cloudy
Jersey	5,7"	0,00	19" 15"	p/cloudy
Keswick	3,9"	0,04	17" 11"	showers
Kew Gardens	6,5"	0,00	22" 13"	p/cloudy
King's Lynn	7,3"	0,00	21" 11"	p/cloudy
Leeds	4,0"	0,03	17" 12"	showers
Loek	3,7"	0,27	17" 12"	rain
Leominster	5,6"	0,00	19" 12"	p/cloudy
Lincoln	4,1"	0,03	19" 11"	showers
Liverpool	0,8"	0,32	16" 13"	rain
London	5,9"	0,00	22" 12"	p/cloudy
Manchester	2,1"	0,35	17" 13"	rain
Middlesbrough	6,0"	0,00	18" 11"	p/cloudy
Newcastle	8,4"	0,00	19" 9"	p/cloudy
Newquay	2,8"	0,15	18" 14"	rain
Nottingham	3,2"	0,05	19" 11"	showers
Orkney	2,7"	0,04	13" 10"	showers
Oxford	7,9"	0,00	21" 10"	p/cloudy
Perth	8,2"	0,03	17" 10"	p/cloudy
Peterborough	7,7"	0,00	21" 11"	p/cloudy
Plymouth	5,2"	0,00	18" 13"	p/cloudy
Portsmouth*	7,2"	0,00' 21" 11"	p/cloudy
Prestwick	2,3"	0,00	16" 13"	cloudy

Atlantic front
Noon today: Thundery showers in Hungary, northern Italy and eastern Spain. A front will bring some rain to the U.K., and northwest Europe.

Sun & moon (Greenwich)
High water

Sun rises	0640
Sun sets	1912
Moon rises	1428
Moon sets	2117
First quarter	Sep 18

Yesterday

Warmest	London/Heathrow 21C (70F)
Coldest	Aberdeen 10°C (F)
Wettest	Time 0.53 in.
Sunniest	Kiriness 10.8 hr.

Lighting up

Aberdeen	1922 to 0646
Belfast	1937 to 0703
Birmingham	1918 to 0647
London	1912 to 0641
Manchester	1928 to 0648
Penzance	1932 to 0702

Aberdeen	0444	3,8m	1701	3,6m
Belfast	0237	3,3m	1459	3,2m
Cardiff	1001	10,5m	2214	10,3m
Dover	0220	6,1m	1435	6,0m
Fulmeouth	0830	4,7m	2042	4,4m
Harwich	0255	3,7m	1513	3,7m
Holyhead	0130	4,0m	1349	4,8m
Hall	0931	6,7m	2147	6,4m
Liverpool	0212	8,4m	1431	8,2m
London	0506	6,4m	1725	6,5m
Portsmouth	0247	4,3m	1504	4,3m
Southampton	0217	4,1m	0747	1,5m

	Sun hrs	Rain in	Max/Min °C	Daytime weather
Ramsgate	7,4"	0,00	20" 14"	p/cloudy
Rhyi	6,4"	0,42	17" 13"	rain
Rugby	6,7"	0,00	20" 11"	p/cloudy
Salisbury	6,6"	0,00	20" 10"	p/cloudy
Scunthorpe	6,5"	0,00	19" 12"	p/cloudy
Sheffield	4,0	0,03	19 12	showers
Sherland	2,7"	0,04	12" 10"	showers
Shrewsbury	2,0"	0,13	17" 11"	rain
Skegness	7,2"	0,00	20" 13"	p/cloudy
Southampton	9,4"	0,00	21" 11"	p/cloudy
Southend-on-Sea	6,5"	0,00	22" 13"	p/cloudy
Stockport	6,9"	0,27	17" 13"	rain
Storroway	1,0"	0,13	14" 9"	rain
Swansea	5,6"	0,00	18" 12"	p/cloudy
Swinden	9,0"	0,00	19" 11"	p/cloudy
Thirsk	6,2"	0,00	18" 10"	p/cloudy
Tree	3,3"	0,53	14" 10"	rain
Weymouth	7,5"	0,00	19" 11"	p/cloudy
Whitehaven	5,0"	0,04	17" 12"	showers
Windermere	2,6"	0,07	16" 12"	showers
Worcester	7,0"	0,00	19" 12"	p/cloudy
Yeovil	7,3"	0,00	19" 8"	p/cloudy
York	4,0"	0,03	18" 12"	showers

Pollen count

The following table provides the information in English:

Fungal spores are high. Weed pollen is moderate. Tree and grass pollen are low.

Sea forecast

5 North Sea: A gentle to fresh west-southwesterly wind today. Seas will be moderate, Visibility will be fair.

Dover Strait, English Channel: A moderate to strong southwesterly wind today. Seas will be moderate on the east and will be slight on the west. Visibility will be fair.

St. George's Channel: A moderate to strong westerly wind today. Seas will be moderate. Visibility will be fair.

Irish Sea: A fresh to near gale westerly wind today. Seas will be moderate. Visibility will be poor.

	Max°C	Min°C	Daytimeweather
Akrotiri	31	24	sunny
Alicante	30	21	p/cldy
Amsterdam	19	14	showers
Athens	26	21	windy
Barcelona	28	20	p/cldy
Bari	27	19	sunny
Belgrade	28	14	haze
Benidorm	29	20	sunny
Bergen	12	10	rain
Berlin	20	17	storms
Biarritz	22	18	p/cldy
Bedrum	27	19	showers
Berdeaux	24	15	sunny
Brest	19	12	p/cldy
Brussels	20	15	p/cldy
Bucharest	27	14	sunny
Budapest	27	9	sunny
Cagliari	31	19	sunny
Chamonix	19	14	storms
Copenhagen	18	14	p/cldy
Corlu	30	18	p/cldy
Cork	17	11	showers
Corsica	29	18	sunny
Crete	26	20	storms
Dublin	16	11	cloudy
Dubrovnik	31	18	sunny
Faro	28	21	windy
Florence	30	16	sunny

European readings Last night's report for 24 hours to 6pm

	Max °C	Min °C	Daytime weather
Accra	31	25	rain
Addis Ababa	23	13	p/cldy
Adelaide	16	9	p/cldy
Alexandria	34	21	sunny
Algiers	30	17	p/cldy
Amman	36	22	sunny
Anchorage	13	10	windy
Ankara	23	13	p/cldy
Ascension Is,	28	23	p/cldy
Auckland	16	9	cloudy
Baghdad	43	27	sunny
Bahamas	31	26	storms
Bahrain	38	33	haze
Bamako	36	23	storms
Bangkok	35	25	rain
Beijing	32	15	haze
Beirut	36	22	sunny
Bermuda	30	26	p/cldy
Bogeta	19	11	cloudy
Bridgetown	29	25	rain
Brisbane	24	14	p/cldy
Buenos Aires	12	7	p/cldy
Cairo	36	24	haze
Canberra	15	-1	windy
Cape Town	18	11	windy
Casablanca	28	17	sunny
Chicago	24	18	showers
Christchurch	18	7	p/cldy
Colombo	30	26	rain

	Max°C	Min°C	Daytimeweather
Frankfurt	23	15	showers
Funchal	27	23	haze
Gdansk	20	13	showers
Geneva	23	17	p/cldy
Gibraltar	28	18	sunny
Hamburg	18	14	showers
Helsinki	16	12	showers
Innsbruck	26	12	showers
Istanbul	21	18	showers
Kyiv	23	10	sunny
La Rochelle	21	14	sunny
Lisbon	24	18	windy
Locarno	25	17	rain
Luxembourg	21	16	p/cldy
Madrid	28	19	sunny
Majorca	29	18	p/cldy
Malaga	26	18	sunny
Malta	28	22	sunny
Marseille	31	19	sunny
Menorca	29	20	windy
Milan	28	20	p/cldy
Monaco	28	21	sunny
Moscow	17	4	sunny
Munich	27	12	storms
Naples	28	21	sunny
Nice	27	22	sunny
Nicosia	34	18	sunny
Oporto	26	16	sunny

	Max°C	Min°C	Daytime weather
Damascus	37	16	sunny
Dar es Salaam	31	23	p/cldy
Dhaka	35	27	rain
Dubai	40	31	haze
Falkland Is.	7	3	showers
Harare	29	12	sunny
Havana	32	22	rain
Hong Kong	33	27	sunny
Honolulu	27	25	showers
Jakarta	35	25	p/cldy
Jeddah	39	30	haze
Jerusalem	31	20	sunny
Johannesburg	26	7	haze
Kabu	25	16	haze
Karachi	35	29	p/cldy
Kolkata	35	27	p/cldy
Kuala Lumpur	33	26	p/cldy
La Paz	14	1	rain
Lahore	35	26	storms
Lima	24	20	sunny
Los Angeles	22	20	p/cldy
Maldives	31	27	rain
Manila	32	25	storms
Marrakesh	36	22	sunny
Meijbourne	15	5	cbudy
Miami	33	26	storms
Montego Bay	32	26	rain
Mumbai	31	25	p/cldy
Nairobi	23	14	showers

	Max°C	Min°C	Daytimeweather
Oslo	17	11	showers
Palermo	28	23	p/cldy
Paris	23	13	sunny
Perpignan	26	19	windy
Prague	25	13	p/cldy
Roykjavik	12	9	rain
Rhodes	28	24	showers
Riga	20	11	p/cldy
Rome	29	18	sunny
Saint Male	20	13	p/cldy
Salzburg	27	15	showers
Santander	21	18	rain
Santiago/Comp.	21	13	p/cldy
Sofia	26	11	p/cldy
St. Petersburg	18	8	p/cldy
Stockholm	16	13	showers
Strasbourg	22	18	showers
Toerife	32	26	windy
Tirana	30	15	sunny
Toulouse	22	18	p/cldy
Valencia	29	20	p/cldy
Venice	25	16	sunny
Vienna	28	11	sunny
Vigo	24	14	sunny
Vikingus	20	8	p/cldy
Warsaw	24	11	sunny
Zagreb	27	10	sunny
Zurich	24	16	showers

	Max °C	Min °C	Daytime weather
New Orleans	32	26	storms
New Delhi	36	26	storms
New York	23	14	p/cldy
Ottawa	23	16	p/cldy
Perth	30	16	sunny
Port-of-Spain	32	25	showers
Rio de Janeiro	23	19	cloudy
Riyadh	41	25	sunny
San Francisco	17	15	p/cldy
Santiago	22	7	sunny
Seattle	18	12	sunny
Seoul	29	13	sunny
Seychelles	30	27	showers
Singapore	34	27	p/cldy
Sydney	19	8	windy
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The hot, dry weather has provided a boost for butterflies this year – but may have put them on course for a “population crash”, consumptionists have warned

While the abundance of sunshine and lack of rain made it a good year for many adult butterfly species to fly, feed and breed, the heat and drought led to many of the plants on which their caterpillars depend dying off or wilt early, potentially leaving them starving.

That could have a severe impact on populations that will not be seen until 2027 – and could take years to recover from, Butterfly Conservation said.

The wildlife charity issued the warning as it revealed the results from its annual Big Butterfly Count, a citizen science project in which members of the public record the common butterflies and day-flying moths they see, to help experts understand how species are faring.

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History maker

Saffie Osborne can become one of greats

Osborne's gamble to ditch school

Trailblazing triumph and 'tough' mentality puts jockey on track to reach new heights in the sport, writes Marcus Armytage

In a sporting quirk, Saffie Osborne made racing history at Doncaster last Saturday moments after Hull scored against Chelsea in the Premier League. The happenstance would have gone unnoticed but for the fact two of Osborne's brothers were at Stamford Bridge.

"They are avid Chelsea fans and were obviously in the Chelsea bit," Osborne's father, Jamie, explains. "As she won the Leger, it coincided with Hull scoring a goal and they jumped up and cheered and nearly got their heads kicked in. They tried to explain, 'No, no, my sister just won the St Leger', and, naturally, everyone was asking: 'What's the St Leger?"

The St Leger is one of the five British Classics, historic Flat races that also include the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. At the weekend, half a century after women were first allowed to ride as professionals, one of the last great redoubts of male domination fell. Osborne, who “ran away” from school to follow her dream, became the first female jockey to win a domestic Classic in the 250th St Leger on Highwayman.

To put Osborne's achievement into context, more than 1,150 Classics have been run since the Leger, the oldest of the five races, was inaugurated in 1776. Her win shows that the 24-year-old has the potential to become the Rachael Blackmore of British Flat racing. She is at that point in her career where her experience, combined with her ambition, mentality and the fearlessness of youth, make her a major player, particularly if she gets a clear run with injuries. She is stylish, strong, tactically astute and her ability to ride at 8st 2lb when a lot of her male counterparts struggle to make 8st 9lb is a significant advantage.

None of her family were at Doncaster to witness her making history. Jamie, the former top jump jockey, was at Bath races; her mother, the equine artist Katie O'Sullivan, was at Cornbury House Horse Trials; two of her brothers, Wolfie and Hubie, were at the football. Yet it is her family who have been integral to Osborne's career, and equestrianism was part of her life from birth. She was riding ponies before she could walk. Her father says: "She won the genetic lottery. Her brothers are 6ft 4in, 6ft 3in and 6ft 2in, and she's a midget. And I think growing up with three older brothers and being a bit gobby and confident, they didn't spare her."

That environment ensured Osborne developed a strong mentality and ability to handle pressure, even as a youngster. Jamie describes Saffie as "tough" and she herself believes that

comes from her teenage years in eventing: "It [eventing] doesn't translate in any way to your riding a racehorse but it does translate to your mental strength. To do that sport you have to be able to cope under pressure if you're last to go in the showjumping and know if you have a fence down that's the gold gone for you and the team. From a young age, I was exposed to high-pressure situations. It makes my life easier now because I have no doubt I can handle it."

Osborne could have pursued a career in eventing but in her late teens decided to switch to racing. She ditched school at 17, without telling her mother, and has not looked back since.

"It was a big decision," Jamie explains. "She was a good eventer, potentially could have gone all the way. She was at Bradfield School in her first year of A-levels and one weekend, just after she passed her driving test, she announced that she wasn't going back to school.

"I said: 'What do you mean?' She said: 'Don't tell Mum until I've gone but I've got a job at Ballydoyle.' It was nothing to do with me. She'd been at school, contacted Aidan O'Brien, got a job and did the midnight flit to Fethard. The next day Katie said, 'Where's Saffie's car gone?'. I said: 'Ah, you need to sit down.'"

The move may have come as a surprise for her parents, but Osborne's drive meant she was fully committed to being a jockey, even when it meant moving to the other side of the world. She followed her stint in Ireland with another in Australia, working with leading trainer Ciaron Maher. "Everything out there is done on the clock so you learn so much about pace," Osborne has said of that time. "I was only 17 and had spent four months in Ireland and four months halfway round the world so I grew up pretty quickly."

'From a young age I was exposed to high-pressure situations. I know I can handle it'

'Just after she passed her driving test, she announced she wasn't going back to school'

Ticket to ride Milestones for female jockeys

for racing dream is paying off

Seat at the table: Saffie Osborne en route to winning the St Leger last weekend (left); at her father's stables in Lambourn in 2020 (right); her early days on a pony (below)

Meriel Tufnell was the first female jockey to win a Flat race. She rode Scorched Earth at Kempton in 1972. Diana Henderson was the first over jumps, on Ben Ruler in 1976.

Julie Krone, who has a record 3,704 wins, became the first – and so far only – woman to win a US Triple Crown race with Colonial Affair's triumph in the Belmont Stakes in 1993.

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After a historic feat of riding 100 winners in a year in 2008, Hayley Turner became the first woman to win a British Group One race, on Dream Ahead in the July Cup in 2011.

Rachael Blackmore's Grand National triumph in 2021 on Minella Times broke new ground for women in racing. She also twice won the Champion Hurdle on Honeysuckle.

She told her father that those experiences were far better than completing her A-levels. Next, at age 18, came a first ride at Wolverhampton. Jamie says: "All I can remember was that she kind of looked like she wasn't really pushing it. She went past the line in fifth and Katie turned to me and said: 'Maybe it's not just for her.'"

The ensuing six years have proved Osborne's mother wrong on that front. She was the leading jockey in the Racing League in 2022 and has captained two teams to success in the Shergar Cup. Until last Saturday, all she lacked was a Group One and a Classic;

‘Those are titles people can never take away and it’s really special to have my own’

Hollie Doyle was the first woman to win a European Group One Classic, the French Oaks on Nashwa in 2022. She now has more than 1,000 winners to her name.

Highwayman's victory gave her both in one hit.

Osborne has never been one to focus on her gender in a male-dominated sport and cites being told that she “rides like a boy” as the best compliment she has received. Becoming the first female Classic winner, though, is a clear source of pride.

"Hayley [Turner] was the first to win a Group One, Hollie [Doyle] was the first to win a European Classic, those are titles people can never take away from them, and it's really special and amazing to have my own," she said this week. "Everyone dreams of riding a

Classic winner. It was one of the first days that I fully let myself feel every emotion."

There have been injuries, too, notably a horrible fall at Windsor in 2020 that left her with a broken arm, dislocated wrist and elbow, five cracked ribs, a punctured lung and a severe concussion. However, she has shown a steely resolve to come back and keep riding.

It is, of course, handy to have a father in the background who has done it. His key piece of advice? "This is a privileged time of your life riding good horses, so don't let what other people do wreck your enjoyment. It almost became my superpower. I gave the impression that I was a bit more carefree than I was but I didn't want to look back on it thinking why didn't you enjoy that? So I enjoyed it.

"I said to her: 'You might want to have children one day, you might have a relatively short career compared to others, just go and enjoy it.' And she did say, of all the things I've said to her, that has stuck with her the most."

Like any father-daughter relationship, one suspects they have their moments but after the Leger, Osborne recalled a touching call from her dad: "He just said, 'It's my proudest day on earth.'"

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Sawyers bounced back with little help from pink blanket

After recovering from career-threatening injury, the British long jumper achieved her biggest payday. Jeremy Wilson reports

"The blanket is a superstar for sure," Jazmin Sawyers says, smiling at how her pink and star-spangled fluffy blanket went unexpectedly viral this summer. "I had no idea anyone was paying attention. Now I look back, it looks kind of ridiculous and funny but it wasn't designed as a viral moment.

"I've always got a towel or blanket to keep my legs warm but then it became glasses off, blanket off, go. It did turn into quite a cool routine.

"It heightened the drama, but I didn't mean for it. I was just trying to run as fast as possible, and jump as far as possible. I enjoyed watching the video back and some of the parodies made me laugh a lot."

For those who missed it, Sawyers is talking about her pre-long jump routine, which involves arriving on the runway with a towel or blanket around her legs to keep them warm and then, at the final second, unwrapping and flinging it to the floor. In the fading night-time light of Birmingham, removing her sunglasses became part of the routine too.

It certainly all seemed to work, with Sawyers returning this summer to the podiums of major competitions at the age of 32 after rupturing her Achilles tendon before the 2024 Olympic Games. Commonwealth Games gold and then European Championships silver confirmed her status among Britain's greatest long jumpers. She arguably then topped that at the World Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Friday with a clutch final leap of 6.78 metres that took her from fourth to second,

upgrading her prize fund by some \$50,000 (£37,000) to \$75,000.

It was comfortably the biggest payday of Sawyers's career and will ensure that she can pursue her dream of World Championships and Olympic Games medals over the next two years. "It's actually crazy to think about," she says. "It is not, 'This is amazing and now I can buy a really expensive handbag that I want'. It means, 'OK, I am sure now that I can train as a full-time athlete'. I can't motivate myself in the moment with winning more money. It just doesn't do anything. But it will make a huge difference to me.

"I don't know how the wider world views it in terms of what athletes make [but], when your contracts are up, you don't know what is going to happen the following year. Prize money like this means a big sigh of relief. But

Jazmin Sawyers' outdoor personal best, set at this year's European Championships

I will buy myself something; I'm going to upgrade my sewing machine. Aside from that, I'm just so excited to know there won't be a scramble to make sure I can train the way I want to train."

The reference to the sewing machine is a window into an eclectic set of off-track

which include sewing and making her own outfits for relaxation,

appearing on The Voice as a singer, completing a law degree at Bristol University and winning a bobsleigh silver medal at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Sawyers also has broadcaster experience spanning back to her teenage years, including a wonderful film that involved visiting and interviewing the great Sir Roger Bannister.

Extending her athletics career to at least the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is

Jump to it: Jazmin Sawyers at the World Ultimate Championship and (below) with her trusty blanket

Sawyers's priority after what has been the best year of her career. With Amy Hunt, Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely Hodgkinson also winning multiple major medals in 2026, Sawyers also senses an infectious momentum among the British women. "Birmingham was the most fun I think I have ever had," she said. "Georgia came over doing her lap of honour with a flag around her to say 'hi' and she was, 'Go and get it'. You feel part of something successful. You don't want to be the one missing out when your mates are doing it... you want to be part of the party.

"I always had this summer in my sights when I did my injury. I thought that would be a great way to come back, in front of British crowds, and it has been a dream come true with that."

The Achilles' tendon injury was to her right take-off leg, making it genuinely career-threatening, with Sawyers documenting her painstaking return on social media. "I have tried to be the sort of athlete I would have wanted to learn about," she says. "I would be scouring interviews in magazines, trying to find information about my favourite athletes. I feel like I'm not in a position to share that information with younger athletes.

"I try to share all I can; the good and the bad. When you have an injury, it is natural to shut down and not share any more but they are actually the bits people don't know about and might really help if anyone else is going through something similar."

And what does she hope that young athletes will take from such a stirring comeback story?

"It was incredibly hard but the lasting message from me is that it was incredibly worth it," she says. "I think I am a good example of 'keep going'. As long as you have a plan to move forward and a goal that is still even vaguely visible then keep going. I feel a lot of people quit before they end up getting there.

"I don't think anyone would have blamed me for not returning when the big injury came. There were times when it would have been assumed it was career over.

"It is then very hard to continue when you fail. And then you go again. And then fail again. I have come away really disappointed from a lot of championships. But I have always thought there was more in there. It was really hard. It's also really hard to give up your career. Which version of hard do you want? I'd rather have this one."

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The Harvard graduate shaking up athletics

Lights, camera, action: Gabby Thomas at last year's Athlos meet in New York

Gabby Thomas tells Fiona Tomas about her vision for Athlos, the female-only track event hitting London tomorrow evening

Saracens' StoneX Stadium will be transformed into athletics' version of the Met Gala tomorrow night. Some of the fastest women in the world will make red-carpet appearances on a night that promises to fuse pop culture, fashion and high-end entertainment. Welcome to the glitzy world of Athlos.

Pioneered by Alexis Ohanian, the Reddit co-founder and husband of tennis great Serena Williams, the all-female track league is already shaking up athletics. Three years since launching in New York, the event is gearing up for its first venture outside of the United States.

Gabby Thomas, the reigning 200 metres Olympic champion, will be among those hoping to make a statement entrance in north London. As one of the most dominant forces in women's sprinting, Thomas enthusiastically stepped into one of three athlete adviser roles when she was approached by the big-thinking Ohanian before the inaugural Athlos edition in 2024.

Much to her amusement, Ohanian's knowledge of track and field was somewhat lacking, but he more than made up for it with his burning curiosity. "He didn't know the first thing about track," Thomas says. "He knew the objective was to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, but with the 200m, for example, he asked me, 'Can we flip it so athletes run in the other direction?' And I was like, 'No, we can't! We train really hard to run in this direction!' He had such great questions and was willing to learn."

While Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track league flopped, Ohanian's all-female series has breathed fresh life into the calendar. Crucially, it has shown what can be achieved when an event is shaped by athletes themselves and fuelled by an alternative business model. Financed by his venture capital firm, which has assets of \$900m (£670m), competitors are treated like business partners with equity in the league, a model that feels outrageously progressive for a sport traditionally propped up by small prize purses. World Athletics moved to enhance the financial offering to athletes with its inaugural Ultimate Championship last weekend while the London leg of Athlos will have a generous pot of \$1m up for grabs.

"Athlos is a league designed about what athletes want to see," Thomas says. "We know the sport better than anyone because we're in it every day. We show up to the competitions, we're also fans of the sport, so we have that unique perspective where we're not only participating but we also follow the sport; we're watching and we know what's entertaining."

Thomas, three-time sprint world champion Sha'Carri Richardson and Tara Davis-Woodhall, the reigning Olympic long-jump champion, are the three athlete-owners of the event. With a combined following of almost seven million Instagram followers between them, it is a savvy marketing move. "One of the really fun things about track and field is that the women have such a strong social media presence and we share our stories and personalities online. You kind of see us everywhere," says Thomas, who used her platform last year to highlight a more sinister side of her sport when she spoke up about being stalked by groups of men at airports across the US. Thankfully, it has since stopped.

"I think it did spook them," she says. "I got so many comments asking why I was going to social media, why I wasn't handling it privately. This is why - because once you use your platform, change really does happen. I haven't seen them since. They haven't come to my flights. They knew the cities I was in and that was scaring me but I'm really grateful it got traction and for all the people who supported me."

After a disrupted 2025 season in which she was hampered by an Achilles injury, Thomas has achieved remarkable consistency this year. She ran her first sub-11-second 100m in April and became the most consistent sub-22 200m runner in history this summer, marking the 20th sub-22 sprint of her career at June's London

Diamond League meeting. Bringing Athlos to London off the back of an action-packed summer which crowned Amy Hunt as the new queen of British sprinting, she says, is a “genius” idea. The BBC is broadcasting tomorrow night’s action, which features Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell, too. Organisers also took the bold decision to cancel a New York meet scheduled as part of a two-city series in October to focus on aligning with the global athletics calendar from 2027.

Making the sport more accessible to fans in between Olympic Games remains one of Thomas's biggest passions. A Harvard graduate with a degree in neurobiology, she entered women's sprinting at a time of Jamaican dominance and quickly grew frustrated by her sport's non-linear broadcast offering. "If someone running at Harvard couldn't quite understand how to follow the sport, I can imagine how hard it might be for a fan or a casual viewer," Thomas says.

"There's a lot of room for improvement there and Athlos does a great job of bringing that visibility and putting it in people's faces. It has a lot of athlete input. We know how to present ourselves and bring visibility to the sport. The women athletes in track and field do that so well and it's very intentional of why Tara, Sha'Carri and I are athlete advisers. How can we bring this sport to the forefront? How can we make it easy for people to follow?"

Each winner tomorrow night will also be crowned with a bespoke Tiffany & Co tiara. "It's a celebration of everything we love about our sport: fashion, music, personalities, with elite competition," Thomas says. "Come out and support – we chose London for a reason!"

Fighting spirit Irishwoman's career highlights

2006: Ball games Katie Taylor plays for the Republic of Ireland football team against the United States. It is one of 11 appearances she makes for the seniors (2006-09).

2012: Golden ticket As women's boxing makes its Olympics debut in London, Taylor wins Ireland's only gold medal of the Games after beating Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

2016: Pro bow Following a last-eight defeat at the Olympics in Rio, Taylor decides to turn professional and beats Karina Kopinska by technical knockout in November.

2017: World champion Taylor has a shot at a world title and duly claims the WBA lightweight belt by beating Anahi Ester Sanchez at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

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Taylor changed boxing for ever and received send-off she deserved

"A dream ending to a dream career" is how Katie Taylor described the final fight of her decades-long and decorated career. There is no question that the fighter from Bray is the "Greatest Woman Of All Time", the GWOAT of prizefighting and female pugilism. The Irish sporting legend has changed women's boxing for ever.

Now 40, Taylor has carried the sport to new heights for women, a pathfinder and a record-setter on so many levels: both as an amateur and as a professional with her comportment and dedication.

But also in the manner and style of fighting, a raging belle in the ring. It has brought many eyes to the sport.

Eddie Hearn, Taylor's long-time promoter, has said on numerous occasions that she is his "favourite fighter" while mention must go to Brian Peters, her manager, who has been a quiet background advocate for all of her successes.

It was a fitting send-off at Croke Park on September 5, orchestrated by Hearn and Peters, in front of 83,000 adoring fans, against France's Flora Pili. "The atmosphere was so special," she said. "It was beyond my wildest dreams – what a special night."

Taylor was too good for Pili, comfortably winning on points, but without sounding the bells of any disrespect, it could have been Minnie Mouse standing opposite.

The Irish will always turn out for the woman who has dedicated her life to boxing. There is an argument that she is the island of Ireland's greatest sportsperson ever – ahead of Roy Keane, AP McCoy, Sean Kelly, Rory McIlroy, Stephen Roche, Barry McGuigan, Brian O'Driscoll and George Best.

At the very least, Taylor belongs in the same breath as that octet of male compatriots given her sporting achievements. Between 2006 and 2009, Taylor made 11 appearances and scored two goals for the senior Ireland football team. She was also sent off once.

And, although the fight was on the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson undercard, the 65 million viewers on Netflix who watched Taylor defeat three-time opponent Amanda Serrano in November 2024 will likely never be matched.

Taylor also headlined Madison Square Garden, a "first" for women's boxing in the hallowed venue, also against Serrano.

It attracted an audience of one million on DAZN, drew a star-studded audience in a sold-out arena, including tennis great and activist Billie-Jean King, the late Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila and the support of US politicians lauding the milestone. Taylor

Under the coaching of her father, she used to box against boys, with her identity as a girl kept secret

retires with a professional record of 26 victories and one defeat as an undisputed lightweight and two-weight world champion, her sole loss avenged against British standout Chantelle Cameron.

With a quiet, deep purpose and almost reckless fighting style with just six knockouts, time and again she has thrilled in vulnerable yet memorable contests.

Further back in her career, before entering the paid ranks, there are other landmarks.

Taylor was the world amateur champion five times at lightweight, and was the first-ever Olympic lightweight champion of women's boxing at London 2012.

Even the quarter-final against Liverpool's Natasha Jonas was a thrill-a-second bout at which, it was reported, the fans reached a volume in decibels equivalent to a jumbo jet taking off.

It should also be remembered that Taylor played an integral role in getting the International Olympic Committee to include women's boxing in the Games, or, as Peters puts it, she "single-handedly" achieved it.

Taylor's amateur career began aged 10, and at various stages, under the coaching of her father, Peter, she boxed against boys, with her identity as a girl kept secret (women's boxing was unsanctioned in Ireland until 2001). Taylor had 189 amateur bouts, losing 12 by points decision. She was never stopped.

On a personal level, to have covered Taylor's entire career has been an enormous privilege.

Katie has never changed. I had the good fortune to introduce her to Floyd Mayweather one night when we were sitting together ringside in New York. Taylor blushed as she shook hands with the American boxer.

In 2010, on a chilly winter morning, just before dawn, I met a young woman dressed in a black tracksuit running hard along the

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Making an entrance: Katie Taylor walks out in front of 83,000 at Croke Park and (left) lays down her gloves after her final fight

seafront of her home town of Bray, the picturesque coastal town in Co Wicklow. Taylor told me then, in an interview for The Telegraph, that women's boxing was a mystery to the majority of sports fans but the Olympics was about to make her a household name.

"People will be shocked by the standard of the sport at London 2012," she said. "We've been invisible up until now. I think if I

2019: Undisputed Taylor holds the WBA, IBF and WBO titles, then beats Delfine Persoon, who has the WBC and Ring titles, to become undisputed world champion.

2022: Historic night Taylor is part of the first female fight to headline Madison Square Garden in New York. She faces Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano and wins by split decision.

2023: Taste of defeat Taylor suffers the first loss of her professional career against Britain's Chantelle Cameron. In a rematch, she wins to become a two-weight undisputed champion.

2025: The trilogy After serving up another masterclass before the 2024 Tyson-Paul farce, Taylor and Serrano complete their trilogy at MSG the following July. Taylor wins both bouts.

Honours board Fighter's feats across careers and weights

Amateur (132lb)
- Olympics: One gold medal (London 2012)
- World Championships: Five golds, one bronze (2006-16)
- European

Championships: Six golds (2005-14)
• European Union Championships: Five golds (2008-13)
• European Games: One gold (2015)

Professional Record 26-1 (6 by KO) Lightweight titles (135lb) • WBA • IBF • WBO • WBC • The Ring

Super lightweight titles (140lb) • WBA • IBF • WBO (twice) • WBC (twice) • IBO (twice) • The Ring

had achieved what I've achieved and I was a man, I'd have got much more recognition. Hopefully, more recognition will come with the Olympics."

And so it has proved. Taylor was 23 then and has since reversed many views that women should not be taking part in this most brutal, inherently dangerous sport. Implicit in most of the negative comments was the idea that the participants did not have the necessary mental and physical toughness to be taken seriously as fighters.

When Taylor began her long professional career, she told me: "The professional side of women's boxing really isn't a great standard." Taylor – along with several other standout athletes – has changed that and then some.

women to have a genuine career in the sport, and the generation coming through now has much to thank her for. Although Taylor will never, given her modesty, take credit for it.

"I've done this in boxing because I love it," explained the champ, who called time at the perfect moment. Let's hope her expertise is utilised in the sport in the years ahead.

U20 World Cup missing top players in Fifa fail

which includes Bay FC, who play in the NWSL,

International calendar is lagging behind professionalisation of game as clubs refuse to release players. Kathryn Batte reports

For a long time Uefa's boycott of Fifa competitions seemed the biggest threat to player participation at the Under 20 Women's World Cup.

The boycott was averted after Fifa abandoned its proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup and gave assurances there would be no repeat of Gianni Infantino's plan. But several top players are still not taking part in the tournament.

England are without Erica Meg Parkinson, Lexi Potter and Laila Harbert, who were not released by their clubs. All three are big misses but, in comparison to the United States, they have been let off lightly. Only eight of 21 players in the US squad are professional; the rest play college football. Under-20 manager Vicky Jepson described the absences as “upsetting” and senior team manager Emma Hayes has also been critical.

The reason why several top players have been blocked from joining up with their national team is because the tournament clashes with the domestic season. As the tournament takes place outside an official Fifa window, player release is at the discretion of their clubs.

While the Women's Super League only began this month, the National Women's Soccer League in the US is at a crucial stage of its campaign. Kay Cossington is chief executive of Bay Collective, the multi-club ownership group

and WSL 2 side Sunderland. Both clubs have been affected by the timing of the World Cup. Sunderland are without Lily Dent, who led England in their 5-1 victory over Tanzania, while Bay have lost a key player in Kennedy Fuller, who captains the US.

Cossington appreciates the importance of youth tournaments because she worked at the Football Association for 20 years, but believes the clash with domestic calendars needs to be rectified.

"The reality is nobody wins in this, which is hard," Cossington says. "I spent 20 years on the other

'The calendar hasn't evolved at the rate of pace it needs to. My concern is the people who suffer are the players'

side of it, trying to convince clubs to release players, but the reality is the world looked very different then. The tournaments were fundamental in a player's journey because the infrastructure within professional clubs wasn't there.

"The game has evolved in the most positive way, a lot of clubs have spent money investing in youth and pathway, and we're seeing young players now who are getting the opportunity to play senior football. We're at this intersection of growth and professionalisation where decisions need to be made because we're going to be in this same position year in, year out, and the players are right at the middle of it.

Club focus: Alex Pfeiffer and Claire Hutton, and (main) Erica Meg Parkinson

match calendar hasn't evolved and moved on with the growth of the game at the rate of pace that it needs to. My concern is the people who will suffer are the players."

Bay FC released Fuller but kept hold of Claire Hutton and Alex Pfeiffer, both of whom would have been selected by the US. Cossington says they made decisions based on individual player needs. Fuller was one of the first names on their team sheet but has not played in an Under-20 World Cup before and is yet to be capped by the senior team. Hutton played in the 2024 edition and has 20 caps for the senior team.

Since the Under-20 World Cup is biennial, Cossington believes the solution is to hold it during the summer. "I see great value in international youth tournaments at every age group. I just think from a calendar

perspective, it really needs to be resolved," she says. "I would be in favour of it being in the summer. The pipeline would be stronger and broader, so it's giving exposure to more players. I think that would be a natural fit and the right time"

Men's Under-20 World Cups also take place during the domestic season. The 2025 edition was played in October while the 2023 tournament began in May and finished in June. There was controversy around the 2023 edition when a number of players were blocked from taking part and others only joined up with their nations for the knockout stages. Among the notable names missing were Alejandro Garnacho, Rico Lewis and Lewis Hall.

Parkinson and Harbert have been getting regular game minutes in the NWSL with North Carolina Courage and San Diego Wave respectively. While they are not part of the squad, Aston Villa have permitted Rachel Maltby to take part in the tournament and she has been a standout player for England, scoring four goals across the three games leading up to today's round-of-16 fixture against Nigeria. Maltby is one of the few players in the squad who played regularly in the WSL last season, but Villa manager Natalia Arroyo believed it was in her best interests to join the national team.

"It was an easy decision for me," Arroyo said. "Unfortunately, as a club, you cannot give a World Cup experience for a player, and it will be beneficial for me at some point. It's definitely what I believe is the best for the player. We know we will miss her, but I will get a lot of positives from her growing and having this experience."

While it would be easy to paint this as a club-v-country row, it is clearly difficult for both parties to find a solution that works for everyone. Yet, if Fifa wants a tournament that features the best players from all over the world, it needs to hold it at a time that does not disrupt their club careers.

Women's Sport Monthly

Interview I've made MasterChef final cooking with only one hand

Paralympian Lauren Steadman has shown adapting is key on run to climax of celebrity TV show. Fiona Tomas finds out more

How do you peel a potato or roll sushi with only one functioning hand? Lauren Steadman, the British three-time Paralympic triathlete, has demonstrated exactly that since stepping into the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen.

"I don't know any different," Steadman tells Telegraph Sport. "When I was younger, we experimented with forks that have a knife on the side. Some things are difficult, like any round objects, onions when you're slicing or when you're peeling a potato - that's a really hard one. I have to balance my stump on top of the potato but if I put too much pressure on it, it can fling off. It's a case of adapting. I don't like it when things get the better of me. It was great to be able to show how it wasn't a limitation, but an adaptation."

She navigated another Olympiad to add a brilliant bronze at the Paris Paralympics and complete the set, but had mixed emotions afterwards. "It was quite a hard Games for me," she says. "I wasn't able to visualise myself attending the Paralympics, I couldn't see myself on the startline or up the Champs-Élysées."

It is the sort of competitive spirit that has carried Steadman, who was born without her lower right forearm, to the top of her sport. As someone who has medalled at all three of the Paralympics she has participated in, winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 edition, she eyed MasterChef as another opportunity to prove herself. Having competed on the 2018 series of Strictly Come Dancing, where she reached the semi-finals with her professional partner AJ Pritchard, she was well-versed in applying the time-navigating skills needed as a triathlete to a TV show.

"Cooking for me is to relax, unwind from the day," she says. "Some people don't like it – it's a faff or a chore – but I love getting the ingredients and I love cooking, especially when I cook for others. It's what makes a house a home, sitting around a table where you're all discussing your days over good food. I can remember watching

Multi-talented: Lauren Steadman in the MasterChef kitchen; (inset) winning bronze at Paris 2024

there with a gold medal and the dog thinking, 'Oh, what do I do now?' It was a curveball," says Steadman, who also won silver at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. "I really struggled with that transition of, is another medal something that I want? Who's Lauren without being an athlete?"

Steadman is one of two female athletes who have appeared on this year's series, alongside Emily Campbell, Britain's most successful weightlifter of all time, and both made this week's final. A self-confessed dog lover, her highlight from the BBC show was when she cooked a three-course meal for 50 VIP guests at this year's Crufts in Birmingham.

MasterChef from a really young age thinking, 'How cool is it that you can do so much with food.' We all cook day-to-day, but I've always admired the levels you can go to with food."

Steadman's stint on MasterChef is an apt snapshot of her "fulfilling" past year exploring other initiatives beyond the pool,

"We had so much fun," Steadman says. "We left with smiles on our faces – we didn't nail the tasks per se – but we did Crufts. Before we started any cooking, we were in these massive halls with all these dogs and I was beside myself. Then I thought, 'Are we cooking for dogs? What is going on?' We did a dog-food inspired menu, so it was really creative and different. I was with Sue [Cleaver] on the task and just had a blast."

This time round Steadman feels differently and she has already set her sights on the LA Games in 2028. Come December, she will knuckle down into a routine of arduous training days, ready to fully embrace her identity as an athlete as she begins an 18-month training block towards the Games. "I'm looking forward to getting back into that rhythm. The demand on your body, especially with three sports, is incredibly high and you have to respect the sport. If you want to win the gold, you have to go to places that not everybody is willing to go to."

Steadman and Cleaver, the Loose Women panellist and actress, produced a dessert named "Give A Dog a Bone", which featured a chocolate mousse bone, chocolate crumble and maple granola.

bike and road. She is planning on opening a gym with her partner and is nearing the end of a PhD in mental health narratives among Olympians and Paralympians, a passion project which was inspired by her own lived experience. "I had a tough time after getting my gold medal in Tokyo; I'd spent 17 years hunting this gold medal, I got it, then I got home, we had a family BBQ, we celebrated and the next day everyone went to work and I'm sat

Steadman will have to knock a whole minute off her 5km personal best to be within the

STEADMAN GBR mix of landing on top of the

podium, but it is a challenge that excites her. "I have to find a way to get speed in my legs, for my lungs to hold out and when you get that little bit of excitement from knowing it's going to hurt but I'm ready for it, that's when you know you're ready to go forwards," says Steadman, who will compete at the World Para Triathlon Championships in Spain next week. "I'm a big one for encouraging people to embrace growth and challenge yourself. It's a steep learning curve but most days I'm walking the dogs and I think, 'I'm really grateful'."

Ready, steady, cook Triathlete's gourmet beef burger (serves two)

Ingredients Sweet chilli drizzle -1 red chilli, roughly chopped - $\frac{1}{2}$ red pepper, roughly chopped -75g jam sugar -50ml cider vinegar - $\frac{1}{2}$ tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tsp water

Miso peanut butter -100g unsalted peanuts

-1 tsp white miso paste -½ tsp toasted sesame oil -1 tbsp rice vinegar -½ tsp light soy sauce ¼ tsp ginger paste -1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce -2-3 tbsp water

Burgers -320g beef mince (20% fat) -Salt and freshly ground black pepper -1 tsp Worcestershire sauce -2 brioche buns 2 rashers streaky bacon -2 shallots, thinly sliced -2 tsp plain flour -2 tsp English mustard -Small handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped -Oil, for cooking

Method Prepare the sweet chilli drizzle Blend the chilli and red pepper until smooth. Heat the cider vinegar and jam sugar until the sugar dissolves. Add the blended peppers and chilli; simmer for 10-15mins until slightly reduced. Stir in the cornflour slurry

and simmer for 1min until lightly thickened.

Make the miso peanut butter Blend the

peanuts until smooth. Add the miso, sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger paste and sweet chilli sauce. Blend again, adding the water until it is smooth and spreadable.

Prepare and cook the burgers Mix the beef mince with the Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.

Shape into two 160g patties and then chill in the fridge until ready to cook. Cook the bacon until crisp. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and cook the burgers for 3-4mins on each side, or until cooked to your liking. Rest for 3-4mins before assembling.

Assemble Toast the brioche buns. Spread the base with the miso peanut butter and English mustard. Top with lettuce, burger, bacon, pickled onion and crispy shallots. Drizzle with the sweet chilli, sprinkle with parsley and finish with the bun lid.

Women's Sport Monthly

I am now the Fittest Woman on Earth – this is how I did it

Becoming a global CrossFit champion is no easy undertaking. As Aimee Cringle explains, it is a sport that tests everything

I am not from a sporty family, which may seem surprising given I was recently named the "Fittest Woman on Earth".

Growing up on the Isle of Man, I did gymnastics when I was little and then at five I joined an athletics club. I did that for 15 years, focusing on the long jump and 100 metres, 200m and 400m as I got older; I even won two gold medals at the 2019 Island Games.

I also dabbled in cross country and cycling, but it was when I was 14 that I first stepped into a CrossFit gym.

I think all the other sports I had done helped me when it came to CrossFit and I loved it. It is the sport of fitness; it tests everything: endurance, strength, agility, gymnastics, conditioning, weight lifting... it is everything in one.

What I like is that every session is different and there is always something to work on. If you lift a certain number one day, you go 5kg heavier next time. It

challenges you so much and I also love feeling humbled! If you fail, you keep trying. The

community is great, too; I've made some of my best friends doing CrossFit and moved location, moved country through it.

I originally trained as a nurse but I went full-time with CrossFit at 22 when I finished my course, so I've never actually done a shift as a nurse. I had a couple of sponsors when I was qualifying as a nurse and once I transitioned to CrossFit full-time I got a few more.

Then I got an agent, moved to the UK and now I'm able to earn a living from my sponsors and prize money – there are competitions all over the world.

I train two times a day, five days a week, once on Thursdays and then have one full rest day on Sundays. Each session is two to three hours but that time in the gym is not constant training, it's warming up, stretching,

Busy diary An example training week

Monday AM: Gymnastics PM: Weight lifting

Tuesday AM: Conditioning PM: CrossFit

Wednesday AM: VO2 max intervals PM: Barbell cycling (continuos movements without dropping the bar)

Thursday Active recovery/ mobility

Friday AM: Gymnastics PM: Weight lifting, barbell battery (movements under fatigue)

Saturday AM: Erg (rower/skier/bike) PM: Competition-style intervals

Sunday Rest/recovery

mobilising... the workout time is probably only 20 minutes. Every day is different so there is variety, but it is also structured and every six weeks I work on a new block of training with my coach, Fraser McKenzie. It is a complex training programme and every day has its own purpose; there is a reason behind everything.

It is also about finding a balance so you're doing enough training to be prepared for competitions, but not so much that you get injured.

It is the same with weight: you do not want to be too light because you will be crushed by the heavy weights, but you do not want to be too heavy because you need to throw yourself around doing gymnastics.

I don't have to worry about getting enough food in. I eat three meals a day, but I also do a lot of snacking in between. I love food and I try to follow the 70:30 rule, so 70 per cent of the time I do eat well, then 30 per cent... I will not say no to a croissant or pastry. I also eat a lot of yogurt and granola, so much so that I'm launching a granola brand in October: Cringle Crunch. Big clusters are key.

When it comes to competitions, you take part in 20 different events but you do not know which ones will feature until you get there. You could train all year for

something and it

just does not come up. Having said that, with the level I'm at now, I don't want to hope a particular

event comes up because I should be able to do everything competitively.

The CrossFit Games is the biggest competition in the sport and going to the event in California in July, I didn't think I would win but I thought I had

a chance of the top five, having finished eighth and 13th in the two previous years. Things went better than I expected.

It was a five-day event, although that included a rest day, and there were events throughout that I like. I'm best at longer, endurance-style events and those with gymnastics movements in them. One of the events was 20 laps on a mountain bike and I love riding a bike. Other events included burpees, a handstand walk, rope climbs, squat cleans, timed sessions on the rower and ski erg.

It was only on the Saturday night that I thought I might actually win because the Sunday events were ones I liked.

To do it and become the Fittest on Earth was amazing, but there were no crazy celebrations. I went back to my room, ate my leftover granola and yogurt, and had a Five Guys [burger].

It still feels a bit surreal. It's something I've worked towards for such a long time, so actually being able to say I'm the "Fittest on Earth" is pretty crazy. It's made me more motivated because I know there are still so many things I can improve on.

-INSTAGRAM/AIMEE CRINGLE: R.A.D-

I'm trying to make sure I actually appreciate it and enjoy what I've achieved, because I'm definitely guilty of always thinking about what's next, rather than taking in what I've just done.

A few weeks after that I did the World Fitness Project in Indianapolis and came third, but

Show of strength: Aimee Cringle competing earlier this year and (left) on her way to winning the CrossFit Games

I was probably competing at only 50 per cent. I've had a short holiday in Mexico, but I'll be back competing in October at the Rogue Invitational in Aberdeen. I'm definitely more aware that there's probably more of a target on my back now, but I try not to think about it too much.

Having the title doesn't really change how I approach competing. I still get nervous, I still have weaknesses and I still have things I want to get better at.

If I started feeling like I had to prove that I'm the fittest on Earth every single time I compete, I'd put way too much pressure on myself. So I try to focus on doing my best on the day and enjoying competing. The title is something I'm incredibly proud of, but I don't want it to become something that weighs me down.

What advice would I give to someone interested in doing CrossFit? Be patient – I wasn't very good at the start and it takes years to learn. Be consistent, and make use of the coaches and the community to help you.

Women's Sport Monthly

Inside Track Lilli Ives Campion

The Red Roses second row takes a break from the WXV Global Series to talk tap dancing, time travel and comfort TV

How would you describe yourself in three words? A nause, hard-working and a diva.

Who is the one person you would like to meet, dead or alive? I've always wanted to meet Serena Williams.

What is your dream three-course meal? I love a chunky soup for starters or garlic prawns, followed by steak pie with thick-cut chips and drowned in gravy. Then it would be a brownie for dessert, with ice cream on the side, not on top.

What rule would you like to change in your sport? I personally believe a maul try should be worth more because it's hard work! Spoken like a true forward.

What is your most prized possession? I recently bought an oak coffee table. It's amazing, so that's currently my prized possession.

What is your favourite WhatsApp group? I can't say the name but it's one with a couple of non-rugby friends.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Teleportation because sometimes I find travelling so unnecessary and I like to be here, there and everywhere.

What's the most ridiculous thing you have ever bought? That oak coffee table. I looked for something else on Facebook Marketplace and got this guy to make it for me. I also love a bulk

order from a TikTok shop. I once bought 20 pairs of white socks.

What is your favourite TV show? The Big Bang Theory. It's a big comfort show of mine and I watch it so many times.

Do you have any phobias? Needles. I really don't like them. I have got tattoos and I do get my bloods done, but I don't like them.

If you were not a sportsperson, what would you be doing? I'm currently studying for a degree in international business at Loughborough University [the

22-year-old also plays for Loughborough Lightning], so I'd probably be in the business sector, but I'm not sure what I'd be doing. I'd love to be a leader, or a woman in power at a company.

If you could go on any reality-TV show, what could it be? I'm really into interior-design shows. I'd go on the one with Alan Carr, Interior Design Masters.

What is your biggest

non-sporting achievement? I would love to say my degree, but I haven't finished it yet. I'm pre-empting that it's going to be.

I'm going into my final year, but I've split my final year into two.

What is your worst habit? I always half finish something. It drives me insane.

Do you have a karaoke song? I used to sing Murder on the Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis-Bextor but I haven't been to karaoke in a while and I miss it. I love karaoke.

What is your favourite childhood memory? Running around on the beach in Devon on one of my childhood holidays.

Do you have any hidden talents or party tricks? I used to be a tap dancer, so I can tap-dance. I did a couple of grades and performed in a few shows. This was all before rugby.

I'd dive into the future just to know that I've been successful in what I want so I can come back and be like, 'I know it's going to be OK.'

Lilli Ives Campion was speaking to Fiona Tomas.

On the rise: Lilli Ives Campion, here winning a line-out for England against Ireland at Allianz Stadium, is one of the brightest prospects in the Red Roses set-up

Three things to do in the weeks ahead

Watch Athlos

The curtain falls on the athletics season tomorrow night, with a host of the world's best heading to StoneX Stadium in north London for Athlos. Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, Georgia Hunter Bell, Daryll Neita and Imani-Lara Lansiquot are among those competing in the female-only event masterminded by Alexis Ohanian. It features seven events - 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, mile and long jump – and other big names involved are Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas and Jessica Hull. The action gets underway at 7pm and it will be live on BBC iPlayer.

Listen The Good, The Scaz and The Rugby With the Red Roses back on the pitch this month in the WXV

Global Series – they play Canada on Saturday before taking on New Zealand at Allianz Stadium the following weekend – get insight from inside the England camp with this podcast.

Hosted by Elma Smit, it features double Rugby World Cup winners Emily Scarratt (who is now part of the coaching team) and Natasha Hunt discussing all things women's rugby, from analysis of matches to hot topics like

egg-freezing to nicknames. With other players from the England set-up, like captain Meg Jones and Hannah Botterman, often involved, too, there is plenty of detail about what goes on away from the rugby pitch too.

Support Lionesses

England resume their campaign to qualify for next year's World Cup in a few weeks. They play away in

Greece on Friday, Oct 9 in the first leg of the round-one play-offs before facing the same opponents at Leicester's King Power Stadium the following Tuesday. Tickets are available via englandfootball.com.

If Sarina Wiegman's team win against Greece, as expected, they will then face the winners of the Slovakia-Ukraine tie in another two-legged play-off. Win that and they will book their place at the tournament in Brazil next year.

Closing shot

Elena Rybakina plays a return during her US Open triumph over Aryna Sabalenka in New York last weekend. The Moscow-born Kazakhstani won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her second major of the year, having lifted the Australian Open trophy in January. It capped a brilliant week for Rybakina, who also replaced Sabalenka as world No1, earning the ranking for the first time.