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Call for Church ban over Green Zionism vote Pressure on Archbishop to act
EXCLUSIVE
BY AARON NEWBURY Political Correspondent
THE Archbishop of Canterbury faces calls to bar clergy from joining the Green Party after it passed a motion declaring Zionism racist.
Dame Sarah Mullally is under pressure to act as critics claim the vote tells Jews they must disown a belief in Jewish self-determination to be welcome in the Greens.
Aides at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop's central office, have not reacted.
The CofE bans clergy from joining parties it sees at odds with its teaching on race but despite repeat approaches from the Express, it refused to say if it would impose a ban.
In 2014 it ruled the British National Party and National Front were “incompatible with the teaching of the Church of England” on the “equality of persons or groups of different races”.
Clerics who join or back either party face disciplinary action and could be defrocked.
The Greens' motion says Zionism will be "treated as any other form of racism" and dealt with by their anti-racism procedures.
Jewish Greens, a group within the main party, warned the motion, passed at conference in Brighton, could force Jewish members to choose between membership and being part of their community.
The Rev Marcus Walker called the policy "shockingly antisemitic", adding: "The House of Bishops have rightly placed the
BNP and the National Front on the list of parties which clergy may not support; they have an obligation to add the Greens."
The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Philip North, said: "Doubtless I am one of many Christian leaders who...will be reflecting on the compatibility of this decision with the Gospel."
Israel's ministry of foreign affairs said the party "gives legitimacy to terrorism".
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: "Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct. Under my leadership, no one will be made unwelcome."
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Take a gander at Emma now!
NO ruffled feathers for Emma Corrin as the star strikes a demure pose surrounded by geese for a Pride and Prejudice-inspired shoot.
The actor, 30, who is non-binary and shot to fame playing Princess Diana in The Crown, is happy to have become more comfortable about things while getting older.
Emma also reflected on gender identity, after being met with a backlash from critics and online trolls.
The star said: "People always want answers because they feel there is security in certainty. So they want to put you in a box."
Emma plays Elizabeth Bennet in the new Pride and Prejudice adaptation airing on Netflix later this year, alongside Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy and Olivia Colman as Mrs Bennet.
Emma said: "Lizzy's not afraid to face the world and to laugh at
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herself – I share that with her. I'm very interested in people and very ready to laugh at stuff."
Emma was clearly unfazed by the cover shoot for Harper's
Bazaar magazine and posed with a flock of geese, one honking from a stool.
In another image Emma tenderly cradles a bird and, on the cover, lies on a bed surrounded by the notoriously chatty waterfowl.
Reflecting on turning 30, Emma said: "You're figuring out who you are in your 20s, charging through and making
mistakes, but up for the chaos and the ride. Now I've landed in my 30s, I feel much more certain about who I want to be, who I am. Not that it's done."
● November's issue of Harper's Bazaar UK is on sale tomorrow.
Traitors? One's family traditionally sends them all to the Tower
BY EMILY FERGUSON Royal Editor
CELEBRITY Traitors star Ross Kemp was delighted to learn that the Prince and Princess of Wales are huge fans of the show - but even royalty could not persuade him to reveal how it ends.
Determined to keep it a secret, the former EastEnders star, 62, simply smiled and said: "I'm a faithful."
Ross said taking part in The Celebrity Traitors was more stressful than dodging bullets from the Taliban during one of the 127 survival documentaries he has presented.
And posing alongside William he put on an exaggeratedly frightened look as the prince tapped his shoulder, in a joke relating to the actor's paranoia in the first couple of episodes of the BBC One show which aired last week.
He said: "You need to be paranoid in an emergency, it means you are ready for what's coming."
William met Ross at the unveiling of an emergency kit to protect residents of Ilminster, Somerset, from winter floods.
The kits are supplied by the National Emergencies Trust, of which the prince is royal patron and Ross is an ambassador.
William chatted to locals at a cafe in the town, and also met members of Ilminster Under-16s football club to discuss the actions they can take to protect themselves and their community the next time the River Isle bursts its banks.
But due to Ross's involvement, the conversation soon returned to The Celebrity Traitors and discussion on who will be the eventual winner. The prince told the teenagers: "I'll get Ross to tell me the answer about what happens. Spoiler alert!"
On hearing the royals were fans of the show, Ross joked: "That's great - them and the rest of the country. I've been on the TV for 43 years but I've never known anything like this."
William teases Ross Kemp with a tap on the shoulder, left, at the unveiling of an emergency kit in Ilminster
source said. The royal insider added: "They both know they're hot-headed and realise they took things too far, and they should have kept quiet."
The controversial comment was made to US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey during the couple's bombshell TV interview in 2021.
After they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to the United States, Meghan claimed that there had been “concerns and conversations” from a Royal Family member before Archie’s birth about how dark his skin might be.
That sparked a family feud as the Sussexes refused to reveal who had made the remark, forcing Prince William to issue a public denial.
Today the Daily Express can reveal the couple now want to apologise to Harry's family for Meghan's claims and the hurt they caused.
The source close to the Sussexes said: "Harry and Meghan have always known since they decided to return to the UK that they would need to eat humble pie.
"Their one big regret about leaving the Royal Family for the US was their interview with Oprah, and Meghan knows her biggest mistake was her claim that a Royal Family member had discussed Archie's skin colour.
“Harry was angry with his family at the time and backed Meghan up, but they now realise what a low blow it was. They want to focus on the future and are hoping that will include a reconciliation. They really want a sit-down with his family so they can address what they said and Meghan will apologise.”
The source added that the couple are “feeling optimistic about being back in the UK” and hope their children Archie and Lilibet will eventually connect with their cousins George, Charlotte and Louis, and become friends.
Harry, 42, and Meghan, 45, visited the King at Highgrove this year so he could meet their children – but it is thought that Harry and William have not spoken since 2022.
The brothers have been seen at the same family occasions – including Charles's coronation in 2023 and the funeral of their uncle Lord Robert Fellowes in 2024 – but are said not to have acknowledged each other.
It was originally thought Meghan and Harry were considering a public apology on television, but a representative has confirmed there will not be a TV interview. The insider also revealed they are keeping cameras away as they settle into the Cotswolds, and have no intention of filming their life in the UK.
The source said: "Meghan is making a real effort to lay low and inte-
grate herself with locals. Their priority is making sure they stay out of the spotlight, and they don't want any cameras ruining any chance of smoothing things
Oprah
Winfrey and
the King
over with his family." The Sussexes are hoping the presence of their children will help them make amends and return to the Royal Family.
The couple are believed to be staying close to the King's Highgrove estate in Tetbury, Glos, as Archie and Lilibet attend a nearby school. With Charles and his sons all now living in the same country, Harry is said to be hopeful that there may be a reconciliation with his brother William later down the line.
The source said: "Harry hopes that William recognises that, for the
monarchy to survive when he becomes King, their families need to be aligned. It won't be about them anymore but about the next generation, and he doesn't want them to be at odds.
"A reconciliation is a long way off for
now, but the pair are remaining optimistic and are happy to be back in the UK."
Harry and Meghan visited the King at Highgrove in July, before their official return to the UK. Charles had not met Archie and Lilibet in more than four years, and it was the first time he had seen Meghan since 2022.
While the King's relationship with his younger son seems to be improving, there was a setback when he clarified that Meghan and Harry remain non-working royals.
A statement added: "Any specific questions from official and state organisations about the courtesies which should be extended to the Duke and Duchess...should be directed to Buckingham Palace."
Harry and Meghan shared their “surprise” at the lack of notice they received of this. It is unknown if they have seen the King since. A spokesman for the Sussexes declined to comment on private relationships but added: “The family are very much enjoying being back.”
POLICE have urged people not to join a controversial pro-Palestine march through London today on the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attacks.
Students calling themselves the University of London Coalition have been given a set of “robust” conditions by the Met Police.
These include requiring the group to form up at Lincoln's Inn Fields by 12.30pm, take a prescribed route to Russell Square, and complete the rally by 2pm, at which point participants must disperse.
Demonstrators must not wear face coverings.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said the day will be one of “mourning and reflection for many”, and acknowledged the “serious concerns that this event has caused Jewish communities in particular”. He added: “I would like to call on anyone intending to join this march to reflect on the impact and distress it will cause.”
A FORENSICS student obsessed with TV drama Dexter has pleaded guilty to murdering a sex worker who he lured to a plastic-lined "kill room" in an Airbnb property.
University of Worcester
undergraduate Benjamin Day inflicted 78 knife wounds on Maria Saceanu, 24, and started to dismember her body, a murder trial was told.
He spent hours preparing the room at rented premises
in the Tividale area of the West Midlands, around 20 miles from his home in Redditch, Worcs.
Day, 20, changed his plea to guilty after talks with his barrister on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton crown court. He will be sentenced on December 4.
THREE men and a boy originally from Afghanistan have been sentenced for raping a girl of 17.
Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai and Salman Habibkheil, both 19, and a boy of 17 who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.
The three men fled to France but were returned to the UK by French authorities.
Safi was jailed for 15 years at Bristol crown court after being convicted of two counts of rape and one of human trafficking.
Habibkheil got nine years in detention for one count of rape and one of human trafficking. Ahmadzai got the same sentence for one count of rape and one of sexual assault.
The 17-year-old got three years in detention for one count of rape.
Judge Michael Cullum told the defendants the fact they had suffered trauma fleeing Afghanistan did not excuse their actions.
BY MARTYN BROWN Political Editor
KEMI Badenoch will today vow to battle for the “soul of this nation” as she continues her push for a Tory revival.
The Conservative leader will pledge to restore confidence in the public finances and ready her party for the next general election.
The annual conference in Birmingham has already seen a blizzard of fresh policies, including a promise to build 50,000 extra prison places and an iron domestic style air defence system.
Many are expecting the Tory chief to use her keynote speech to announce a major pledge to change Inheritance Tax if she becomes Prime Minister.
Mrs Badenoch has also confirmed that she is committed to keeping the pension triple lock.
The moves are designed to create major dividing lines between her party and Labour, and show voters that the Tories have a broader range of policies than Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
Speculation continues that Andy Burnham will call an early general election – in 2027 or 2028 – and Mrs Badenoch is expected to say that “there is a fight coming in British politics”.
"It will be a battle for the soul of this nation. A battle of ideas," she will tell the Tory faithful.
"A battle that goes to the very core of who we are and what kind of country we want to be."
Mrs Badenoch will also accuse Labour of wanting to “wind back the clock to failed ideas of the past” and pushing up taxes, insisting that only the Conservatives can fight against this. And she will warn that Britain is facing a critical moment as Western economies become more fragile.
"We are running out of money and running out of time to put it right," she is expected to say.
"We have a fight on our hands and we need to be ready."
Pitching her party as the only one that can revive the country's economic malaise, she will add: "The fundamental problem we have right now is that our country is running out of money. Almost everything else flows from this.
"Our national debt currently stands at nearly £3trillion and we are adding more than £100billion every year.
"Last year, four in every five pounds borrowed by the government was spent on debt interest alone. That's like taking out a second mortgage just to pay the interest on your first mortgage.
"This is crazy. That is why growing the economy will be the central organising principle of the next Conservative government."
She will add: "Restoring confidence in the public finances is the foundation of economic growth."
The Tories are currently sitting in third place in the polls on 20%, with Reform UK on 22% and Labour on 27%.
Yesterday, the party pledged that if they win the next election employer national insurance will be halved on jobs employing young people. The flat rate for businesses would be slashed from 15% to 7.5% for workers aged 21 to 24 – a switch that would cost an estimated £2.3bn. It is hoped the
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move would put tens of thousands of young people in jobs, meaning that many claiming out-of-work benefits would instead contribute taxes to the Exchequer.
An estimated 981,000 young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK were not in education, employment, or training between April and June this year, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Under party proposals for a "tough love" approach to unemployed under-25s announced last week, young people would be barred from going straight from school on to benefits if the Tories returned to power.
People aged 16-24 who have not worked continuously for six months would be unable to claim universal credit, the Conservatives said.
Despite the largely positive response to the conference, Mrs Badenoch batted away criticism about empty seats in the main hall.
The Opposition leader said she had "absolutely no idea what you're talking about" when questioned over jokes about the turnout at the ICC made by political opponents and commentators including Jeremy Clarkson.
Appearing onstage as a surprise guest at the conference in Birmingham on Monday, the outspoken farmer and TV personality had quipped that “a lot of people have come dressed as seats”.
Asked whether Clarkson's observation had been embarrassing, Mrs Badenoch told Channel 5 News: "This conference is buzzing.
"We have many more people than last year. I saw Jeremy Clarkson, I saw Jeremy Clarkson's
Kemi Badenoch works on her speech at her hotel in Birmingham yesterday
event – people were standing up, you could barely see him.”
In a rally speech on Sunday, Mrs Badenoch insisted that the Conservatives “will win” the next general election as she seeks to reverse the party’s fortunes after its worst-ever electoral defeat in 2024.
With Labour leading recent opinion polls despite an increase in her personal approval ratings, the Tory leader yesterday said she is “working on fixing the brand – and that means going back to our core principles”.
'Only Conservatives have a plan...and it's not for a coalition'
BY KATIE HARRIS
Senior Political Correspondent
KEMI Badenoch has said she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Reform UK in a hung parliament.
The Tory leader insisted party members at their annual conference felt "happy because we know who we are" despite lagging behind Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
Asked if the party's mood means it is in denial, Mrs Badenoch said: "We are feeling chipper because we are going back to first principles."
She acknowledged that the Conservatives are “not out of the woods yet” after the 2024 general election defeat, with polling showing the party’s popularity is even lower now than it was at the time.
But she added: "We're hap because we know who we are. We're not afraid to say what we think, and we're prepared to fight for what we believe. And that's the message that we're taking out to the country. And when people see that we're a different Conservative Party, they will vote for us."
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Left in. "And this has become more of a challenge because Andy Burnham and Zack Polanski are between them reuniting the Left. Andy Burnham because he's more appealing than Starmer, and Zack Polanski because he seems a complete lunatic... he's just
Mrs Badenoch insisted her party is "the only credible alternative to Labour, the only ones with a plan".
Asked if she would consider a coalition with Reform in a hung parliament, she appeared to rule it out, telling the BBC: "I have said that we would have another election if there was no overall majority."
But former Tory leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg, inset, warned that the Tories and Reform UK will "destroy each other" unless the two parties unite.
Sir Jacob raised fears that the Left could win an “even bigger majority” at the next election due to splits on the Right of British politics.
Speaking at a Daily Express event at the Tory conference, Sir Jacob said: "We do need everybody on the Right to realise that when we are dividing up the vote in the first-past-the-post system, we just destroy each other and we allow people of the hard-
a bit odd and he's putting people off. So, we have a double challenge, a bigger challenge than we did six months ago, that we are disunited and the Left is united. And that faces us with an election where the Left could win an even bigger majority than it's currently got, and it could use it for the hard Left policies that Burnham has proposed."
Sir Jacob said voters on the Right can work out who is best placed to win in their constituency while Reform leader Nigel Farage and Mrs Badenoch continue to rule out a more formal pact. But he said it would be "bonkers" not to support the two parties forming a coalition after the next election if it prevents a left-wing government.
The latest YouGov poll puts Labour ahead on 27%, Reform UK second on 22% and the Conservatives in third place on 20%.
Mahmood's safe migrant routes will be closed down by Tories EXCLUSIVE
BY MICHAEL KNOWLES Home Affairs Editor
CHRIS Philp will vow to "immediately" close Labour's new safe and legal routes while "illegal migration is rife".
In his speech to Tory members today, the Shadow Home Secretary will warn that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is “opening our borders even more” by re-establishing the UK Resettlement Scheme and creating three community sponsorship routes.
Under a Conservative government, illegal migration will have to fall to near-zero before similar schemes are considered.
Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive under Labour's new schemes every year. Charities, faith groups and businesses will be able to apply to host people from next year.
And Mr Philp warned “those coming will have the right to bring in their whole extended families too”.
He is expected to say: “Labour now also wants to bring more people here directly from Afghanistan and Gaza – where the October 7 massacre was openly celebrated on the streets.
"While illegal migration is rife, the government should not be opening our borders even more – and we would close this scheme down immediately."
Addressing the Channel migrant crisis, the senior Tory is expected to say: "Girls as young as 12 have been raped by illegal small boat migrants.
"Afghan men are 22 times more likely to commit sex offences than average. This is not just a borders crisis – it is a public safety crisis, especially for women and girls. And we must end it."
Mr Philp, speaking to the Daily Express, said the party will detect, detain and deport illegal migrants. A new Removals Force will boot out 150,000 failed asylum seekers, foreign criminals and visa overstayers a year.
Burka like 'a ball and chain' says shadow minister
A SENIOR Tory MP declared "I hate the niqab and the burka" as he branded it a "deliberate choice to cut women off from society".
Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy said it is "really bad for social trust" if "lots of people are covering their faces".
Mr Timothy, speaking at a fringe event at his party's conference, said:
"When I see a woman wearing that, I see a human being with a ball and chain around her ankle".
Mr Timothy told the Spectator gathering: "It is a deliberate choice to cut women off from society, and the harm caused by that is not just to the women involved - considerable as that may be. It's harmful to all of us. Because it's really bad for social trust if you live in a community where lots of people are covering their faces. You're living among people who are cutting themselves off from you. And that deliberate manifestation of difference and a refusal to engage is damaging."
Earlier this year, Kemi Badenoch had to defend Mr Timothy after he claimed that public Islamic prayers are an "act of domination".
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Iranians 'spied on UK journalists'
THREE alleged Iranian spies carried out surveillance and reconnaissance to target journalists in the UK as part of a plan to commit “serious violence”, a court has heard.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, face trial at Woolwich crown court charged with offences under the National Security Act.
They trailed Mojtaba Pourmohsen and Kambiz Hosseini, who are journalists for London-based Persian broadcaster Iran International, as well as a founder member of UK
BY ELLIE NG and MEENA IYER
Lawyers for Israel, Jonathan Turner, the court was told.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, Farhad Manesh, 46, and Shapoor Noori, 57, at Woolwich crown court yesterday
The defendants are said to have visited addresses linked to targets, taken photos and videos, and researched them online between August 2024 and March last year.
Prosecutors allege Sepahvand intended to carry out a “violent attack” against at least one of the targets, while Manesh and Noori assisted in planning.
Sepahvand was told in one message shown to jurors: "You are
expected to hit or kill the journalist." In a voice note, in which he moaned about how little he had been paid for surveillance, Sepahvand said: "They pay the £150,000, and I'll finish them off." He claims he was threatened into conducting surveillance against his will. But the prosecution described this as an "entirely bogus claim".
There is no dispute the three defendants conducted the surveillance and reconnaissance.
Sepahvand accepts he was doing so for the benefit of the Iranian regime but claims he was threatened or bullied into doing it.
Manesh and Noori claim they did not know they were carrying out the surveillance to assist Iran.
The defendants are charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service.
The three, who deny all the charges, were assisted by interpreters. The trial continues.
POLICE clashed with protesters, firing stun grenades and tear gas on another day of violence as student demos raged across France.
Thick smoked choked parts of Paris as masked protesters set fires, threw rocks and launched fireworks at riot officers who responded with pepper spray and tear gas.
Tens of thousands of students, parents and trade unionists marched yesterday over conditions and funding in schools.
More than 1,800 schools were shut or partially closed on the biggest day of protests so far, with more than 250,000 taking to the streets nationwide.
Clashes had already escalated on Monday, when a 15-year-old pupil lost his hand to an explosion in Lens.
And there were flashpoint Marseilles, Lyon, Strasbourg and Lille. Prime minister Sebastien Lecornu blamed the left-wing France Unbowed party for "fomenting violence", something the
party denied. President Emmanuel Macron announced a crisis meeting with senior ministers, as students called for him to go.
The demonstrations that began at a high school in the Paris region in mid-September have grown into a nationwide movement, with more than 6,000 arrests - mostly minors.
Teen protesters have struck a chord amid general discontent over high fuel prices and concerns about rising poverty and wealth inequality.
Meanwhile, Spain's government yesterday approved measures to tackle its housing crisis after violence the day before in Barcelona saw tens of thousands on streets.
It followed nationwide protests triggered by the eviction of an
7-year-old woman from her Madrid home last month. Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez has
called a snap
election after
right-wing
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emergency
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Seventh man is held over RAF base plot
BY ALICE SCARSI
A SEVENTH man has been arrested by police investigating a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairfield.
The Briton, 22, was held in Westminster, Central London, yesterday on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, police said.
Six suspects have already been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious vans were stopped near the air base in Gloucestershire on September 27.
Senior national co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, Vicki Evans, said: "Our specialist teams continue to pursue multiple lines of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding events near RAF Fairfield.
"Once again, I'd like to thank the public for their continued support and patience whilst we work through this highly complex investigation.
"We're acutely aware of the public interest in this and are working around the clock to identify the motivation behind events in Gloucestershire."
B-1 bomber leaving RAF Fairfield at the weekend. Below, Nigel Farage criticised state of UK's defences
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BRITAIN'S defences are in a "terrible state" and the Trump administration looks at the country as a "basket case", Nigel Farage has warned, as concern mounts about the US removal of its B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairfield air base.
The Reform UK leader told the Express: "I have no doubt why the Americans have pulled out of Fairfield – they fear the Iranian cells in Britain. It's very bad."
Mr Farage gave a scathing account of how the UK is now viewed by those around the US president.
He said: "Americans think we're a basket case, London is crime-ridden and, sadly, their respect for us is dwindling and diminishing.
"Whatever we think of Trump, the fact is our relationship with America is much more important than our relationship with Europe – security, intelligence, everything else."
Mr Farage fears that terrorists may be able to enter the country by hiding among migrants crossing the Channel. "I have warned for years about terrorists coming into Britain via the small boats," he said. Mr
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Trump confirmed this week that the US bombers had been moved because “there might be a threat”.
Mr Farage is also concerned about the size of the armed forces. The Regular Army had just 73,790 soldiers at the start of the year.
The Reform leader is also worried about the threat of prosecution hanging over veteran service per-
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sonnel and the impact that could have on the armed forces.
He said: "We're in real, real trouble. But it isn't just about money.
"It's about attitude, it's about thought, it's about legislation that means servicemen can be prosecuted... This is serious." His comments come as the October 28 Budget looms and Labour comes under pressure to boost military funding. Chancellor John Healey helped to end Sir Keir Starmer's time as PM when he quit as Defence Secretary in protest at armed forces under-funding.
Mr Farage is unequivocal that Reform would deliver on the Nato commitment to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035. "Absolutely," he said. "And we have to."
In the latest sign that defence is rising up the political agenda, the Conservatives this week committed to investing in a £10billion “iron dome” defence system to defeat missiles and drone attacks.
The Ministry of Defence said: "We are transforming our armed forces following the Strategic Defence Review, which sets out our path to warfighting readiness.
"Backed by £298billion over the next four years, we are equipping our forces with the capabilities they need to meet growing threats, ensuring they stand ready to fight and operate across air, land and sea."
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ANDY Burnham's "weakness" on defence will embolden Britain's enemies, Conservatives claimed.
Tory shadow ministers accused the PM of failing to take an interest in defending the country, as it was reported he could delay the long-awaited review of defence spending.
Chancellor John Healey's spending review may now take place in the autumn of 2027, rather than spring as expected.
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This is when the government will set out spending plans up to 2030, and explain how the UK intends to meet the Nato target of allocating 3.5% of GDP to defence.
Speaking at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, shadow defence minister Mark Francois called Mr Burnham "an extremely inexperienced prime minister with no track record at all
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of ever having had any kind of interest in defence."
He said: "You're not going to deter the likes of Vladimir Putin with a £2 bus cap. So that's a problem. Labour have a real weakness in this area, and our opponents know this."
Delaying the spending review until later in 2027 would allow it to be held alongside the Budget, opening up the possibility of announcing tax increases to pay for extra spending. However, it would also highlight the long delay in making any decision.
British intelligence believes there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030, ex-PM Sir Keir Starmer revealed earlier this year.
A Treasury spokesperson said: "The date of the spending review has not been set.
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ALMOST two million unlicensed cannabis products have been issued on private prescriptions in the past year, figures show.
England's patient safety commissioner Professor Henrietta Hughes said there was a need for urgent action to protect the public when they buy medical cannabis online. She said: "The growth of medicinal cannabis prescribing has outpaced the systems needed to ensure patient safety."
NHS statistics show from June 2025 to May this year there were 1,967,268 unlicensed cannabis items issued on private prescription – up from 659,293 in 2024, and 282,920 the year before.
A 2018 change in the law made it legal to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the UK.
While a small number of patients can obtain the drug on the NHS, most products dispensed are unlicensed and prescribed by private clinics.
Medical cannabis is marketed as being able to treat a range of conditions, from anxiety, depression and ADHD, through to chronic pain, migraines and Crohn's disease.
The drugs can be prescribed only by or under the direction of a doctor who is on the specialist register of the General Medical Council.
Oliver Robinson, 34, from Bury, Greater Manchester, took his life in 2023 after developing a psychological dependence on cannabis, a coroner's report said. He was obtaining it both illegally and through prescription from a private clinic.
Catherine McKenna, area coroner for Manchester North, said: "The continuation of prescriptions for medicinal cannabis acted as an obstacle to Oliver receiving appropriate psychiatric and addictions care."
Mr Robinson's brother, Alexander, is calling for "Oliver's Law" to tighten up regulation on prescribing medicinal cannabis, particularly to mental health patients. He said the "market was growing far faster than the safeguards meant to protect patients".
He added: "Clinics are promoted on television, on the Underground and through social media influencers.
"Products are catalogued online like consumer goods. Oliver was prescribed high-strength cannabis after a single video consultation.
"I am not against access for patients who benefit. I am asking for the basic safeguards Oliver didn't have – proper specialist assessment, contact with a patient's existing doctors, monitoring for dependency, scrutiny of the highest-volume prescribers and clear rules on advertising."
Alexander added: "No other family should have to go through what we have." Prof Hughes said: "We shouldn't wait for more people to experience avoidable harm to put stronger safeguards in place."
PEOPLE in the 25 to 34 age group are now the most likely to vape, overtaking those aged 16 to 24.
Data from the Office for National Statistics on people aged 16 and over shows 25-34 was the only age group to see a rise in e-cigarette use, increasing from 12.9% in 2024 to 16.4% last year.
The data also shows daily or occasional vaping remains higher than the proportion of people smoking cigarettes - 5.4 million, or 9.9%, versus 4.8 million
(8.7%). Almost three-quarters (74.1%) of people who had ever smoked regularly said they had quit the habit, the data shows.
David Mais, from the ONS, said: "Fewer than one in 10 adults now smoke. E-cigarette use remains more common than smoking and has been
on an uptrend since 2020.
"Vapers are also getting older, with those aged 25 to 34 now passing 16 to 24-year-olds."
BY MARK JEFFERIES
MICHAEL Douglas was smitten with Catherine Zeta-Jones from the moment he saw her, but she refused to date him until he ditched his other lovers.
The Fatal Attraction star, 82, says he got drunk the first time they met and it then took around nine months for their relationship to get going.
He reveals in his new memoir that he was at a friend's house watching an advance screening of 1998 movie The Mask Of Zorro when he first saw the Welsh actress and said out loud "Wow, who is this girl? She's incredible."
He continued to praise her acting skills and beauty even after the credits rolled. And that might have been that with the 25-year age gap between them, had he not read an interview days later where she mentioned she liked older men. "I said to myself, Hey, I've got a shot!" he writes.
Michael was off to the Deauville American Film Festival in France in August 1998, to promote his movie A Perfect Murder, and managed to get his agent to find out if Catherine would be there.
Sure enough their schedules collided and he was able to arrange a drink with her.
The pair ended up drinking with Melanie Griffith, whom Michael knew, and her husband Antonio Banderas, Catherine's Mask of Zorro co-star.
The Basic Instinct star says he was "enchanted" by Catherine and learned she was a big name in Britain already thanks to TV show The Darling Buds of May.
They went on to dinner as a foursome and then Michael left for the premiere.
However, he then "got smashed" at the hotel bar, only for Catherine to reappear a couple of hours later. They had a drink and Michael held himself together until they went to say goodnight by the elevator.
As is now well known, he blurted out: "I'm going to be the father of your children."
But rather than being impressed or charmed, Catherine replied: "You know, I've seen a lot about you, read a lot about you, and heard a lot about you. And I guess it's all true. I think it's time I say good night."
Michael insists it wasn't a "cheap pick-up line" but what he felt in his heart after time in her company, describing her as "magic".
Looking back he adds: "If I had had a little less to drink that night, I would have said it a little more eloquently."
But there was no way to turn back the clock and so Michael tried to pile on the charm. He arranged for a big bouquet to be delivered to Catherine's hotel room when she landed in Scotland the next day to begin work on the film Entrapment with Sean Connery.
The note with them read: "I hope I didn't scare you too much, but it was wonderful meeting you."
Catherine wasn't completely won over, only choosing to call him a few weeks later on September 25 – the day they share a birthday – to wish him many happy returns and also admit he had been on her mind.
Over the next few months the pair would occasionally have dinner in New York or Los Angeles where they were living. But Catherine would often head home early and always get her brother or her dad to come pick her up.
Michael writes: "It finally dawned on me. She wanted to take it slow." He goes on to say there was "nothing physical" between them for nine months.
Slowly but surely things became more serious. After going to watch a boxing match Catherine sent him a note that said "you had me at round one". But she remained cautious because she didn't want to "become just an ex-girlfriend" on his list. One weekend in June 1999 Catherine agreed to visit Michael at his Spanish second home in Mallorca.
There, she told him she would only be his
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girlfriend if the relationship was monogamous. In the book he recalls Catherine said: "I'm not interested in dating you if you're dating other people. You can either continue with them or end it and be with me."
In response, Michael said: "Wait here, I have to make five quick calls."
Catherine was shocked he had to make five calls, but he did and their love affair began. Explaining what happened, Michael writes: "Just after my [first] marriage, I had been seeing five other women. I made sure they all lived in different cities, which felt a respectful way to be non-monogamous."
The relationship blossomed and they married at the Plaza Hotel in New York at a reputed cost of £1.2million. They went on to have two children, Dylan, 26, and daughter, Carys, 23, who were brought up in Bermuda.
The couple briefly separated in 2013 but Michael writes: I never gave up hope that we would reconcile. I love Catherine in a way that I have never loved any other woman. She's my wife, my best friend, and my life partner.
"Taking time away helped reignite the spark that had brought us together. Catherine and I reconciled the following year. Thank God we found our way back."
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SORRY is often the hardest word to say, but could be one the Duchess of Sussex is about to utter. Six years after quitting royal life alongside her husband Harry, Meghan is poised to offer an olive branch which could finally end the War of the Windsors.
The long-running feud is bitter and has caused a constitutional crisis. After they fled Britain, Meghan claimed there had been “concerns and conversations” from a member of the Royal Family about how dark their son Archie’s skin would be before he was born.
To make matters worse, the sensational allegation was made to chat show queen Oprah Winfrey during their 2021 bombshell interview, ensuring it was seen globally.
It sparked a rift that saw the chasm between the Sussexes and The Firm grow wider.
But now they are back in the UK it is claimed the couple want to apologise, not only for the incendiary claim, but the inevitable hurt it caused. If true, it will see the Sussexes eat an enormous helping of humble pie but, potentially, draw a line under a quarrel that has spiralled out of control.
While Harry and Meghan have seen King Charles recently, he remains a distant grandfather to their children, while Harry and William are thought to have not spoken in some four years.
Could we be about to witness another sensational (albeit happy) twist in this long-running royal soap opera?
TODAY'S speech by Kemi Badenoch could be one of the most important in decades. Britain currently resembles a banana republic as an unelected leader forces a radical socialist agenda down the throats of a population he is hellbent on bleeding dry to pay for it.
Andy Burnham has elbowed his way into Downing Street and with arrogance (and a few crocodile tears) laid out a left-wing vision that would take Britain hurtling back to the 1970s.
In Mrs Badenoch, the Tories have a leader with clarity, nous and the brains to realise that only by unleashing an entrepreneurial spirit can growth ever be restored.
The small state, low tax society that she champions is the direct opposite to life under Labour, which has hoisted the white flag as it rules over a country with no get up and go and a historically high reliance on welfare.
Today, Britain will hear her make the case for common sense. And we sincerely hope it listens.
The future of Britain under Burnham is a one-way ticket to bankruptcy.
EVEN Jeffrey Archer would have struggled to write the final chapter of his colourful life. The day before his 50th and final book was published he took an afternoon nap and never woke up.
Archer, ennobled and then imprisoned for perjury, was not everyone's cup of tea.
But he will surely be looking down and smiling that everyone is talking about him and his work.
Will the Right unite with a coalition to kick out Burnham?
Kemi Badenoch visits the Express stand at the Conservative Party Conference
K EMI Badenoch has been enjoying a successful party conference but there has been one major question hanging over it –
should the Right unite? Both the Conservative Party leader and Reform opposite number Nigel Farage are adamant that will not happen. Three years out from the next expected general election that is absolutely sensible for both to say.
The Express hosted a panel to discuss the issues on the conference fringe and it is clear that in some form or other the Tories and Reform will end up dealing with each other if the poll ratings continue as they are.
Our guest speaker, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, explained how mathematical reality will ultimately decide what happens. Both of the parties can only realistically do a deal with each other if there is a hung parliament. If there is a chance they could form a government, voters would not forgive them for backing away. At our event, the audience was asked if they would support a post-election coalition between the two parties if it meant keeping out a socialist government led by Andy Burnham. Almost every hand went up.
Rees-Mogg responded that anyone who had kept their hand down was "bonkers".
HE leader of the party with the largest number of seats out of the two would be the one that then became Prime Minister, he explained.
Although Badenoch said she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Reform in a hung parliament, Rees-Mogg said he believed she would deal with the reality of whatever voters put before her.
When it comes to voters on the Right deciding what to do before the general election, it would be difficult for the parties to work out how to avoid splitting the vote because there is not enough data. But he pointed to the recent by-elections in Makerfield, won by the Prime Minister, and Aberdeen South, which was picked up by the Conservatives.
"So, how do we work it out?" he said. "Well, initially, I think we have to let voters work it out for themselves as they did in Makerfield and in Aberdeen – where in Aberdeen the Reform vote practically disappeared, in Makerfield our vote disappeared completely.
"I think that voters are intelligent and can work these things out. And as the two leaders don't wish to do any form of pact, that is as far as we can go at the moment."
What Badenoch wants is to avoid having to be forced into a
coalition, and with the polls so split it means there is all to play for. The Conservative leader was in a buoyant mood when she visited our stand in the conference centre in Birmingham and the party is united behind her.
After years of internal warfare it is a much calmer atmosphere and Badenoch is making clear, considered policy announcements as well as keeping the party faithful gee'd up.
Her personal approval ratings are good but the party is generally polling third. The Tory leader said last night that she was trying to fix the Tories' tarnished brand.
"What we've seen is that we're in an era of multi-party politics. We had a government that came in with a landslide and the Prime Minister is out,"
she told Channel 5. "Politics is volatile. What I'm showing is that this Conservative Party is different from the one people said no thanks to in 2024.
"I know that people are warming towards me. I now need to show them that the Conservative Party is a different party. I'm working on fixing the brand and that means going back to our core principles."
the Tory leader has time to rebuild her party. A snap poll, however, would mean a very split electorate is likely to return a hung parliament and that would mean some very hard questions would have to be addressed.
But as the very sensible attendees of our panel discussion demonstrated, the real enemy of those on the Right is the increasingly radical socialist government of Andy Burnham.
Handing the Labour leader another five years must focus the minds of everyone who sees him for the dangerous premier that he is.
'Badenoch is now trying to fix the Tories' tarnished brand'
THE ROYALS appear to have got a taste for litigation: and following Harry's extended, expensive and totally unsuccessful recent attempt to stifle free speech, now his uncle Andrew is taking the police to court - I wonder if this is at all wise?
Amid questions both about his friendship with sick pervert Jeffrey Epstein and his conduct as a trade ambassador, the public now rightly regards him as the personification of boorish arrogance.
This is not definitely not going to help.
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WHAT do Sarah Jessica Parker, Melinda Messenger and Olivia Colman have in common? They have all just recently revealed their grey hair. And they are lucky to be in a position to do so; for many it would spell the end of their career
Margaret Thatcher's hair was totally white in old age, but she still kept that golden pelmet that had been her defining feature.
She knew the power of appearance. Life is hard enough for ladies of a certain age - don't make it even worse.
WE ALL know the government is extremely keen on wasting our money but the news that the taxpayer has paid for nearly 1,000 hijabs for women arriving on small boat landings is shocking.
I see the hijab as a symbol of slavery. Frankly, you might as well hand out manacles to people arriving from some of the less prosperous areas of the world.
FOR SOME reason there's been a lot of nostalgia recently about the 1990s: Cool Britannia, Oasis, New Labour, Kate Moss, Princess Diana, you name it, it's all over the place. But as the Tories convene this week to plot out the future, it's the previous
I came of age in that decade, went to university, moved to London and (eventually) became a journalist. And it was a thrilling time to be alive.
The 1970s, that era so beloved of Andy Burnham, was a nightmare. The unions were running amok, there were three-day weeks, strikes, litter lying uncollected in the streets, no one had heard of an avocado – all right, that last wasn't exactly a tragedy, but the world had yet to open up.
My memory of that decade is mainly black and white, with the exception of Abba and their brilliantly coloured costumes, but back then even Abba weren't that popular. They were considered naff, not the pop music sensation they are regarded as today.
When the 1980s dawned and you-know-who was in charge, the country seemed to shift up a gear. The great romance of the 1980s was not Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, as revealed to no one's surprise in his new memoire, but Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The two of them swept the fusty old past out of the door and the public loved it.
It's difficult to say which was the greatest of Mrs T's triumphs – there were so many of them – but a combination of the Falklands and beating the miners' unions must be up there. The majority of the public loved it.
She gave us pride back in ourselves.
Now we have a government that far from defending sovereign territory, actually attempts to give it away. However, if Kemi Badenoch can harness that energy that revolutionised the country more than 40 years ago, then she'll be on her way to No.10. Never forget that it was not Labour that won the last election; it was the Tories, who had so badly stumbled in power, that lost it.
Most of the country is watching in slack-jawed horror at what Labour is up to – we now have an unelected prime minister threatening to seize private property. The time really has come for a change.
SHOULD we be surprised that the Green Party has now declared itself the official party for antisemitism? Adolf Hitler was a teetotal vegetarian animal lover. He'd have fitted right in.
Women are always put on the backfoot
OFFICE romances are tricky, even if the workplace is a dancefloor, and when it comes to light it's usually the woman who pays.
Shirley Ballas, left, must be thinking about that one amid reports of her "close bond" with Giuseppe Nonnis; some are calling on her to stand down as a judge of an international dance festival in which he'll be competing.
At the beginning of the film Rick refuses point-blank to side with anything at all; by the end (spoiler alert) of course, he is prepared to make a huge personal sacrifice for the greater good.
IF I HAD been a passenger on the FlyDubai jet that was nearly hijacked by its own co-pilot, I would be suing the airline. He had already been banned from flying by Oman, had extremist materials on his devices, talked about killing Jews on social media, was found with plans to target
FOR ONCE, there was an interesting programme on Radio 4, talking about one of the best films ever made, Casablanca.
Apparently, a lot of people working on the movie were themselves European refugees and so had skin in the game, so to speak, and that also puts a new take on the famous last line.
I already knew it operated on so many different levels – love story, thriller, war film, fight for freedom, film noir, evocation of exotic parts – but it had never occurred to me that Rick Blaine could be thought of as a symbol of the United States itself, as attempts to draw the country into the war intensified.
Absolutely marvellous, from start to finish.
Israeli planes three years ago and also spent time in ISIS-controlled Syria.
Short of tattooing "I am a terrorist" on his forehead, how more obvious to the authorities could he have been?
And this man was put in the cockpit of a plane flying to Israel. What on earth was the airline thinking? Was there any thought at all?
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SHAME should be reframed as a virtue rather than an emotion to be avoided. There is nothing wrong with feeling ashamed once in a while. It's good for you.
Keeps you on the straight and narrow. A few years ago I was about to meet a friend's new boyfriend, Paul, for the first time. So I gathered as much intel on him as I could, and when he arrived I introduced myself: "Hello, I'm Paul." The memory still makes my jaw clench until I resemble an Aardman character, but I'm grateful as I'm a better person for it. Or, at least, more skilled at concealing my flaws.
If Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were capable of experiencing even a homeopathic dose of shame, how different his life might be today. He could still be trotting around Windsor, enjoying the comforts of Royal Lodge and Balmoral and staff would still address him as “your Highness”. Instead, he has condemned himself to go down in history as the grubby little commoner whose loyalty to a paedophile and his money was more important than his duty, his family and his country.
It has cost him almost everything. Titles, reputation, family and home, and still he goes on. He's like the last brainwashed member of a cult still insisting his actions are "too honourable" for normal people to understand.
HAS THE entirety of Westminster lost its mind during conference season? Too much complimentary wine? Too many late nights? Too many lanyards? Britain's two main parties have taken to sparring with each other through the unusual medium of spoof Bayeux Tapestries.
The Conservatives unveiled an 88ft-long version at their Birmingham conference, chronicling Labour's rocky two years in power in the style of the 11th-century embroidery, with ye olde English captions. It features Angela Rayner vaping on a pedalo, Sir Keir Starmer's rise and fall and The King of the North's return.
Labour returned fire on X, with: "Anyone can make an AI slop Bayeux Tapestry", before producing its own mock-up.
It featured Liz Truss charging into battle on horseback beneath the words, she "crasheth the economy".
All good fun but if it carries on it is going to really slow down Prime Minister's Questions.
Tomorrow he will get his day in court,
but not in the dock. He is suing the police force that arrested him and riffled through his drawers.
The battle that will inevitably drag on for months and run up a lawyer's bill in the hundreds of thousands, which I'm assuming he will have to go cap-in-hand to his brother for, because we all know he is skint.
Most people who've endured the kind of spectacular public battering Andrew has would want to crawl under a rock at the bottom of the Mariana Trench never to resurface. Not our Andy. When he was arrested in February, who can forget the look on his face. That dazed expression. The horror in his eyes, one flared red, like the cover of some Eighties video nasty, with the tag line: No sweat. No problem. No escape.
We stupidly assumed that was the ending. Roll credits. Surely, after everything, no one could come back from that? But nothing can extinguish that extraordinary sense of entitlement. Out of the wreckage he has emerged, not a reformed character racked with shame, but the final boss baddie, bristling with grievance and spoiling for a fight.
And so, here comes the sequel: Andrew: A Nightmare in Sandringham, the latest pathetic instalment in the horror franchise nobody wants to watch.
THIS week's award for most pointless scientific research goes to the University of Glasgow, where a team of boffins are planning to send whisky into space to see if it tastes different. In 2028, a satellite carrying a few very wee drams will be blasted into orbit for five years to discover how whisky ages in space and whether extreme temperature changes make it taste better or worse. Meanwhile, we're still waiting for a cure for Alzheimer's, still no reliable wi-fi on trains, AI is plotting to kill us and how much longer are we expected to wait for teleportation? Can we crack on with that first please?
Bulgaria warns of 'global war' as Black Sea ships are hit
BY REBECCA ROBINSON
BULGARIA'S prime minister Rumen Radev has warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could spiral into something on a global scale if it is not brought to a halt.
His warning came after two Turkish-owned commercial ships were targeted in drone strikes while sailing in the Black Sea within the Nato ally's economic zone.
Cargo vessel Alfa Watan was sunk and its crew remained missing last night. The other ship, the Able, was carrying grain. It was also hit and its 18-member crew were rescued.
They were 80 nautical miles off Bulgaria's coast, east of Cape St Atanas, when they sent out distress signals at around 3am local time yesterday. Then, at around 9am, one disappeared from border police radar.
Last night it remained unclear where the drones came from but it marks the first time vessels have been attacked in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone and comes as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black
Sea. Bulgarian PM Mr Radev, 63, convened an emergency meeting with defence, interior and security officials, condemned the attacks and suggested they were a consequence of the escalating Russia-Ukraine war.
He said: "The attack within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone is absolutely unacceptable. It constitutes a serious breach of maritime and international law, and will further jeopardise safe navigation in the Black Sea. I have long warned that unless this war is brought to an end in time, it will
continue to expand geographically, intensify and increase the risk of an even wider conflict, potentially on a global scale."
Able's crew of 18 - 11 Turkish and seven Indian - reportedly abandoned the ship after a fire broke out and were taken aboard the Bulgarian ferry Dioscuria. One Indian and one Turkish crew member were hospitalised, the governor of Varna, Mario Smrkov, confirmed.
One suffered severe burns and was taken to the Military Medical Academy in Varna, while the other had a serious head injury.
Dioscuria, which was in the area at the time, headed to Alfa Watan after crew noticed the explosion. They found three life rafts and life jackets, but no people.
Able's other 16 crew members, travelling from the Romanian port of Galati to Istanbul in Turkey, were transported to safety by a border police patrol boat.
Alfa Watan was sailing under the flag of Togo and headed from Kartal port in Turkey to Sulina port in Romania, according to ship-tracking website Vessel Finder.
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DONALD Trump says he has offered Vladimir Putin help following reports that a laboratory technician in Russia may have died of pneumonic plague.
Trump offers Putin help over 'death from pneumonic plague'
The US president said he was watching the situation closely, while appearing to confuse the possible cause of Daria Shipilova's death.
Ms Shipilova, 28, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died last week at a nearby hospital, a local state television station reported on Monday.
Unconfirmed media reports suggested she might have died of pneumonic plague, a less common but more severe form of the disease than bubonic plague.
Local mayor Maxim Modin said the hospital has been placed under quarantine.
Mr Trump told reporters outside the White House: "It's a rough disease.
"You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter.
"They're like an army.
"Even with great advancement, the germs have really become relatively stronger than they were, and things that used to work on pneumonia don't work as well anymore."
Pneumonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and considered to be the most dangerous form of the infection.
It is spread when an infected patient coughs or sneezes.
It is not to be confused with pneumonia, which is inflammation of the lungs normally caused by an infection, with most patients recovering in two to four weeks.
Asked on Monday to comment on the case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the public and media should follow official statements from Russia's consumer and welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, rather than "rumours or speculation".
Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova flew to Irkutsk and met with governor Igor Kobzev and other officials on Friday.
Mr Kobzev said all those who came into contact with Ms Shipilova
were under medical supervision. He did not identify the infection but said it was a suspected case of “a particularly dangerous infection”.
He added that Rospotrebnadzor was “implementing “a full range of anti-epidemic measures”.
On Sunday, Rospot-
rebnadzor initially said the woman had been diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown aetiology", or origin, and said
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“extensive” testing found “no micro-organisms associated with the patient’s professional activities”.
The agency said it did not uncover any incidents at the institute “involving pathogenic micro-organisms”, but two people who were in contact with Ms Shipilova tested positive for a virus that causes the common cold and two others for Covid-19.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Monday that he did not think there was cause for alarm.
But he added the United States was
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THE risk to people in the UK from plague is minimal, officials have said as Russia studies the death of a woman linked to the disease.
Moscow said it had quarantined a hospital and was monitoring contacts of the employee from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
They say they have found no evidence her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with.
But media reports suggest she may have died
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of pneumonic plague. Plague is usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is no longer found in the UK, but occurs in several countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Chris Lewis, of the UKHSA, said: "We are seeking information through the International Health Regulations channels to further understand the circumstances. The public health risk from plague to the wider UK population currently remains very low."
A MAN has been charged with murder after a GP was found dead while hosting a children's sleepover.
The woman, named locally as mum-of-three Dr Hannah Terry, 45 – also known as Hannah Cain – was said to have welcomed friends of her children into her home before she died.
Police were called by the ambulance service shortly after 2.20am on Sunday and arrested a man on suspicion of murder after she was pronounced dead.
The man, named as Mark Cain, 45, was charged with Hannah's murder. It is believed that children sleeping over at the house were taken back to their parents' homes by officers in the early hours of Sunday.
A Norfolk Constabulary statement yesterday read: "This afternoon 45-year old Mark Cain, of Fern Hill, Dersingham, was charged with Hannah's murder."
1974 年,他被迫辞去议员职务,为了抚养年幼的家庭(此时他和玛丽已有两个儿子,威廉和詹姆斯,两人均在世),他转向了小说创作。《不多一便士,不少一便士》(Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less)在经历多次被拒后于 1976 年出版,该书并非巧合地讲述了四个在股票诈骗中受骗的普通男人联手向骗子复仇的故事。
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tody to appear before Norwich magistrates court today.
Specialist officers are continuing to support Hannah's family, who have asked for privacy.
White-suited forensic officers were continuing to search the detached house where Dr Terry lived in Fern Hill, Dersingham, about a mile from the King's Sandringham House.
One neighbour said of Dr Terry: "She was just a lovely human being with
three gorgeous young children. I'm just out of words, we all are."
Bouquets were left on a verge, with one note saying: "Such a tragic loss. A lovely, kind, caring neighbour and friend, but above all a devoted mum. God bless you, Hannah and your precious boys."
Police could be heard yesterday cutting back the garden.
Potential evidence from the house was also seen being loaded up into a car.
Police have not yet revealed the results of a post-mortem.
Dr Terry had worked part time at Grimston Medical Centre since last year, according to its web-
year, according to its web-site. The surgery remained closed with the website stating: "We apologise for the disruption and appreciate your patience and understanding at a very difficult time for our colleagues."
A patient posted: "Fly high and sleep well, Dr Terry... you never deserved this to happen, heaven has gained an angel."
Dr Terry was also a director of Norfolk Sky Aesthetics, and had previously worked for nine years at the Heacham Group Practice in Norfolk until last June when she left “to allow her to spend more time with her young family”.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: "It is unbelievable what has happened. I am very upset about it. They are a lovely, lovely family. I'd see her and the boys heading to the village playing fields with backpacks and tennis rackets."
A 95-year-old neighbour said: "I never heard anything and woke up to see police cars everywhere."
Dr Terry's parents, Stephen and Kathleen, also live in Dersingham.
随后,他接连发表了《凯恩与亚伯》(Kane and Abel)、《浪子之女》(The Prodigal Daughter)、《首屈一指》(First Among Equals)、《荣誉问题》(A Matter of Honour)、《盗贼之荣》(Honour Among Thieves)以及许多其他作品,每部作品的预付款都更高,并赢得了更多读者。
Not without flaw... but an irrepressible force nonetheless
By Matt Nixson
T IS somehow fitting that the great literary and political showman Jeffrey Archer died in the midst of a marketing campaign the day before his final novel was published – thus assuring his passing, and his newly posthumous book, maximum publicity.
As Queen Camilla joins the tributes to Jeffrey Archer, why his sudden death at 86 has robbed us of a larger-than-life figure whose extraordinary story was well suited to his bestselling novels
His sudden death aged 86 on Monday – in between writing sessions, needless to say – provided the ultimate twist in the tale for an author who left the critics cold yet sold more than 300 million copies of 32 novels in 119 countries and 49 languages.
Having spent a staggering 14 years and five months on the Sunday Times bestseller lists, and five and a half years occupying the New York Times charts, there are few writers who could match his sales let alone his prolific output. The same could be said about his political sway and sense of mischief, which saw him pinball between Westminster and Belmarsh Prison.
Yet he remained, even revelled in being, one of the most Marmite characters in modern public life – adored and admired by friends for his boundless energy, generosity and good cheer, as evidenced by the tributes, while derided as a scoundrel by his enemies. Even Queen Camilla expressed her sadness yesterday, describing him as “not without flaw” but an “irrepressible life force through all the many differing chapters of his life”.
Three political careers as MP, Tory deputy chairman and prospective Mayor of London ended in calamity. But every time he got up, dusted himself off and carried on.
In person he was great fun – endlessly interested in people and an avid collector of stories and experts whose knowledge helped him craft his plots. His boyish enthusiasm was on display in September 2023 as he barrelled around the Tower of London with the Daily Express on the eve of publication of Traitors Gate – the sixth in his ambitious eight-book William Warwick series, begun when he was 79 – which featured the theft of the Crown Jewels. When we had first met, he admitted: “I’m not a believer, though I do have a tendency to ask, ‘Can I do another book, please?’”
Despite such self-confessed atheism, he must have charmed someone because he completed the series last year with End Game before going on to write Adam and Eve. Though he told me then: "I'm 83 and I've lost 35 people in the last year... It makes you think about it." By "it", I assumed he meant his own mortality? "Don't put sentences in my mouth, Matt," he barked. "You're a wicked man."
His very first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, appeared in 1976 and it's fittingly Archer-like that his final book, Adam and Eve, published yesterday, marked his 50th anniversary as a writer and bookended his career so aptly.
It shares a premise with one of his most popular works, 1979's Kane and Abel, which has reputedly sold more than 34 million copies around the world.
Both feature two children born within hours of each other who enter a world divided by everything except their date of birth – a theme common to Archer's work being the gap between where people come from and where they end up. This interest almost certainly reflected his own life which, with its succession of improbable highs and crushing lows, soaring success and calamitous disasters, was as extraordinary as anything he dreamed up in fiction.
Not that it stopped him trying. His own story took him from a modest birth in 1940 in London – his mother Lola by then living apart from her confidence trickster husband William Archer – to the West Country shortly thereafter, first Bristol and then to the shabbily genteel seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare, where he grew up in straightened circumstances. In 1951, aged 11, he won a scholarship to Wellington School near Taunton, later declining to correct the mistaken assumption he had been at the famous Berkshire public school, Wellington College, although last Friday he returned to his alma mater to be interviewed in the library which he credited as a source of early inspiration.
Having left school in 1958 he spent a few months at Sandhurst Military Academy, embarking on short-lived careers as a police constable in the Met Police and as a PE teacher, before three years at Oxford studying for a diploma in education.
While he never graduated, Oxford set him on the path to fame and fortune when he threw himself into athletics, running for the university, and fundraising – famously being photographed with The Beatles while championing Oxfam. It was also at Oxford that he met his future wife, Mary Weeden, an undergraduate reading chemistry at St Anne's. They married in 1966 and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier this year at the family home, The Old Vicarage in Grantchester. "Life with Jeffrey is never dull," she once admitted, as well she might.
Pursuing a career in politics, Archer was elected to the Greater London Council as a Conservative member for Havering in April 1967 and, two years later in December 1969, won a by-election for the safe Tory constituency of Louth in Lincolnshire.
He was in the Commons for less than five years but earned his spurs as an articulate and confident speaker with a streak of independence. At this point, had things worked out differently, he might have enjoyed a long and possibly distinguished political career and now be long-retired and all but forgotten. Instead, as so often happened in his books, hubris and the need for ready cash preceded a dramatic fall from grace when he found himself £250,000 in debt, after pursuing a get-rich-quick share tip that turned out to be fraudulent.
Forced to stand down from Parliament in 1974, and with a young family to support (by now he and Mary had two sons, William and James, all of whom survive him), he turned to fiction. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, featuring not by chance four ordinary men stung in a share fraud who team up to get revenge on the conman, was published in 1976 after several rejections
THE flames of Lord Archer's creativity remained undimmed at the time of his death. Full of boundless energy, driving ambition and ideas for new projects, he still had a phenomenal capacity for work, as indicated by his habit of rising at 5am.
Typically, he was working right to the end. What gave added poignancy to this final burst of dynamism was its focus on the imminent launch of his new book, Adam and Eve, a love story set in the build-up to the Second World War, with a gripping climax that centres on Hitler's plans to invade Britain in September 1940.
The book has all his trademark verve and will inevitably become a bestselling monument to his genius as a storyteller.
Even before his death, he had decided this would be his final novel because he believed that he could never produce such a compelling tale again. His claim fills me with a sense of pride because I was lucky enough to be involved in the development of the manuscript, for Jeffrey was amazingly generous in declaring that my own non-fiction book on Operation Sealion, published more than a decade earlier, had been one of the primary inspirations behind Adam and Eve.
I had met Jeffrey a few times over the years but I cannot say I knew him well. Then one afternoon last year I was sitting in my office at home when the phone
'His own life, with its highs and lows, was as extraordinary as anything he dreamed up in fiction'
and became a huge hit – today having sold some 30 million copies worldwide – and he was up and running as a writer.
It was followed in short order by Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter, First Among Equals, A Matter of Honour, Honour Among Thieves, and many others, each commanding a greater advance and winning new readers.
He was newly rich, the proceeds funding the purchase of not only his Grantchester home but a luxurious two-storey Thameside penthouse apartment overlooking Parliament which housed an incredible art collection. Visitors might look up while washing their hands to find themselves face-to-face with a Hockney.
rang. "Jeffrey Archer here," he barked in that inimitable Sergeant Major style. He explained that he wanted me, supposedly the expert on Operation Sealion, to give my verdict as a historian on the early draft of his novel. It seemed absurd that I should be advising one of the world's best authors, but as soon as I started to read the manuscript I was mesmerised.
Subsequently, he and I had several meetings to discuss the draft in his famous penthouse at Westminster where he also displayed his magnificent French art collection. He was charming, warm and humorous, full of stories about politics and history, though neither could resist talking about our favourite subject: cricket, with a focus on his beloved Somerset. As it turned out, there was not much advice I could give him since the draft was already superb, though he lavished praise on my contribution, which was characteristic of his spirit. The great sadness is that he will not be here to see the final crowning glory of his career.
The literary world has lost one of the shining stars.
But it was an honour to know him.
turned out quite differently had Archer settled on the life of an author. But he hankered after a return to politics and, in 1985, despite warnings from confidants, Margaret Thatcher made him deputy chairman of the Conservative Party where his oratory made him a huge hit on the fundraising circuit.
Once again, he crashed calamitously when, in October 1986, the News of the World accused him of paying off prostitute Monica Coghlan.
A libel action against the Daily Star, which followed the story less carefully, saw Archer triumph, winning £500,000 in damages after the judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, improbably suggested no man married to the “fragrant” Mary Archer could ever cheat. It laid the foundation for his most damning fall from grace.
AVING befriended John Major, he was knighted as Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in 1992 and
plunged once more into politics. He shrugged off another shares scandal involving Anglia TV to win the Tory nomination for the newly created post of elected mayor of London. But by now he had fallen out with a former friend, Ted Francis, who had provided a false alibi during the Monica Coghlan case, and he was caught on tape by the News of the World admitting deceit. This time there was no escape and in 2001 he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice and jailed for four years.
As ever with Archer, tragedy begat triumph with three volumes of prison memoirs, all bestselling, before once more picking up his career as a novelist.
There was sadness and some disbelief in January when he revealed Adam and Eve would be his last novel, even while admitting: "I can't quite imagine putting my pen down for good."
But as it turned out, it was his last. No doubt another nailed-on bestseller for the master storyteller. He remarked memorably of his 2023 heist book, Traitor's Gate: "It's the one type of thriller where we almost want the baddies to get away with it... and in this case, they do." Perhaps they weren't alone. RIP Jeffrey Archer.
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THE UK's "wonkiest road" could face a permanent heavy goods vehicle ban after new cracks appeared.
Damage made it look like it had been hit by an earthquake when the carriageway collapsed during storms in 2022.
A landslip left sections of the B4069 near Lyneham in Wiltshire so damaged skateboarders began using it.
It was closed ahead of a £5million project to install a retaining structure designed to stabilise the hillside.
Following months of reconstruction work, the road reopened in 2025.
Despite this, new cracks have appeared – leading the council to launch a consultation on plans to introduce a permanent 7.5-ton weight restriction on some routes.
While engineers stressed the road is still safe, the discovery has sparked new fears about the long-term durability of the slope.
Wiltshire Council has been approached for comment.
Weather means sightings of fungus will be humongous...
THERE will be record sightings of mushrooms across the UK this autumn, the Royal Horticultural Society predicts.
The organisation said inquiries sent to its advice team from people who have spotted species in gardens and green spaces could exceed last year's record.
Following the drought in 2025, the team saw a $43\%$ increase in garden fungi inquiries compared with 2024.
Having experienced a record hot summer and prolonged drought in 2026 the RHS said this year's conditions could trigger an even greater abundance - provided there is sufficient autumn
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rainfall. RHS experts said sightings of large rooting boletes as well as giant funnel mushrooms in its garden at Wisley, Surrey, suggest that many species are poised to fruit prolifically.
RHS plant pathologist Jassy Drakulic said: "Gardeners may notice a remarkable variety of mushrooms and toadstools this autumn.
"Their presence is mostly a sign of a healthy ecosystem and they play vital roles in recycling organic matter and supporting plant health."
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Hotel tragedy boy, 2, 'fell before dad had a chance to grab him'
Joshua Foster arriving at court in Paphos, Cyprus
BY GEORGIA BATES
A TODDLER fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hotel in Cyprus after his father placed him on a windowsill to show him the view – not realising it was open.
Joshua Foster, 37, thought the window was closed when he "lost control" of his two-year-old son, a court was told.
The boy fell nearly 40ft from the fourth floor of the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday.
Foster, who wept as the facts of the case were read out, previously admitted causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act.
The auditor, from Essex, had arrived in Cyprus with his wife, two children and in-laws in the early hours, according to a translation of proceedings at Paphos district court.
They enjoyed activities during the following day, including visiting the pool. In the afternoon they went to their rooms to get ready to go out for dinner.
King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas
Foster, his father-in-law and son walked towards an elevator.
Alexandros Alexandrou, defending, told the court Foster, who had an alcohol concentration of 124mg in his blood, was in a “good mood”, as he held his son and played with him. Mr Alexandrou said as they approached the lift, the boy noticed a waterpark outside.
Foster placed his son on the windowsill, the boy looked out, and the "inconceivable" unfolded before he had a chance to react.
Mr Alexandrou said: "From that moment the man's life changed forever." He said Foster had not realised the section of the window was open, adding: "He was focused on entertaining his child on holiday."
Chryso Pergandi, prosecuting, said the toddler was later pronounced dead at Paphos General Hospital.
Mr Alexandrou urged the judge to consider a sentence that recognises the severity but takes into account the weight of the circumstances.
He added: "This will not end with two, three years of prison. This is a punishment he and his family will bear for the rest of their lives."
Foster will be sentenced on October 16.
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独立警察行为监察局(IOPC)发现,警员 Stephen Smith 和 Rachel Comotto 对 Donald Burgess 使用了“过度武力”。
'Excessive force' used on man holding cutlery knife
BY ELLIE CRABBE
TWO police officers who used a Taser, synthetic pepper spray and a baton on a 92-year-old amputee have been sacked for gross misconduct.
PCs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto used "excessive force" on
Donald Burgess, the Independent Office for Police Conduct found.
The officers arrived at a care home in St Leonards, East Sussex, on June 21, 2022, after responding to a report that a resident had a knife and was threatening to stab staff.
Police bodyworn footage showed that the officers entered a room where Mr Burgess, who was a wheelchair user with an amputated leg, had been isolated. He was holding a cutlery knife.
Within 90 seconds, both officers used force on Mr Burgess, the IOPC said. PC Smith discharged Pava spray in the man's face and struck the arm holding the knife with a baton. PC Comotto then discharged her Taser.
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force. PC Comotto was also found to have made inappropriate comments on Facebook about it hours later.
The misconduct hearing was told she replied to a Facebook comment to someone else which read: "Happy birthday, the care home is getting closer and closer" with wink and laugh emojis. PC Comotto replied to
this: "We all know what happens in care homes", ending with a lightning bolt emoji.
The commenter then responded: "I think you'll be banned from going to any care homes in future, all he wanted to do was butter his bread" followed by two laughing emojis.
After the incident, Mr Burgess was taken to hospital and later contracted Covid. He died 22 days later, aged 93.
Sussex Police said the evidence did not indicate that the officers' actions caused or contributed to the death.
PC Smith and PC Comotto were cleared of assault after a Southwark crown court trial in May 2025, but were dismissed without notice yesterday. They will also be put
They will also be put on the College of
Policing's barred list.
Paul Court, Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable, said: "Like many, I was appalled by the officers' actions and I would like to apologise to Mr Burgess's family for their conduct."
Corporate manslaughter rap after wheelchair users drown
BY CLAIRE HAYHURST
A CARE home and a charitable trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter after two people using wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day trip.
Six people entered the water when a wheelchair-accessible boat carrying a group from Burdon Grange Care Home in Beaworthy, Devon, capsized at Roadford Lake near Okehampton.
Wheelchair users Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63, died while a woman in her 50s was seriously hurt.
Devon and Cornwall Police said
Burdon Grange Care Home and South West Lakes Trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter as well as offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Malcolm McHaffie, of the Crown Prosecution Service's special crime division, said the charges follow "the capsize of a boat on June 8, 2022, with six people on board" and the two deaths. The case is due before Bristol magistrates on November 11.
'We spent £20k to move across the world...and we love its 90s friendly vibe'
BY EMILY PHILLIPS
A COUPLE who spent £20,000 moving their family to New Zealand say it was worth the cost – because it reminds them of how Britain was in the 1990s.
Sean and Tania Purdy say their work-life balance is better now, and their children's state school is "like a Montessori".
They also enjoy more of an outdoor lifestyle, with both the beach and the mountains nearby for family adventures.
Teacher Tania, 40, applied for a job in New Zealand while the family was travelling around South America for nine months last year – and was offered an interview the day after they returned to the UK.
Sean, 36, from Nether Heage, Derbyshire, said: "Things happened quick. We realised that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and we decided to make it happen."
The couple put their home on the market but struggled to sell it, even at auction. So instead they rented it out and raised money for the move with a £15,000 loan and a further £5,000 from family.
The funds went on straight-to-residence visas at £3,000, health checks at £800, police checks costing £300, flights at another £3,000 and other sundry expenses.
They flew out last month to settle in Katikati, on the North Island, where they now live in a three-bed rental annexe home. Tania, who is also a designer, teaches at a secondary school while Sean, who worked in marketing in the UK, has taken on labouring work after struggling to get a similar role in New Zealand.
Despite the initial costs, Sean said the move was "100% worth it".
He said: "Initially, the reason we wanted to move out of Britain was the cost of living but in New Zealand it's pretty much on par with back home. For us, it's the work-life balance. We still work in New Zealand but everything is a bit slower and not so much like the nine-to-five rat race the UK seems to have. For us, the UK lacked culture and connectivity with big friend groups, and here it's more about being outside and being part of communities. There's a freedom and connection. We can walk to the beach or get mountain bikes and go to the mountain – it's a five-minute drive.
"We've got that outdoors lifestyle which is the big benefit, and the community element. The trade-off at the moment is the first one to two years things will be harder, as we're in a new country.
"It's still about having an outdoors lifestyle, community and a bit more freedom. That's what we're happy with."
Children Atticus, eight, and Aurelia, seven, have enrolled at a local school which Sean described as "like a Montessori equivalent that you'd have to pay for in the UK".
He added: "There is an outdoor forest play area and it's super-chilled. Some of the classrooms are joined together and going barefoot is encouraged.
"They're settling in and it matches our kids and the way they are."
Sean also praises the friendliness of the people in his community.
He said: "It reminds me of how the UK was in the 1990s, or the very rural countryside where people just seem to want to help complete strangers.
"Kiwis seem to be more out of their selves and happy to help strangers at a whim. My wife and her new school, for example... I've never been invited to anything school-wise in the UK and three days in they invited me and the children to a mihi whakatau welcoming ceremony.
"We were full-on greeted and sang and got a hongi – where you put your head on their nose and do a deep breath, a traditional Maori greeting."
Sean said their two-year plan is to get a mortgage and own their own bit of land with the aim of settling there long term. He added: "We have moved with the intention of staying here for the rest of our lives."
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Time conkers all as King, 84, steps down after controversy
A FORMER World Conker
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Conker mascot David Jakins
Championships winner has stepped down from his role as “King Conker” two years after he was embroiled in a cheating scandal.
David Jakins, 84, is retiring after 20 years as the official mascot of the competition, which was rocked by allegations that he cheated his way to his first title.
Mr Jakins was caught with a steel conker in his pocket and was accused of swapping his real conker for the metal replacement in order to take his first title in 40 years of trying. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Mr Jakins, who is suffering from arthritis, says he is stepping down “with great sadness” due to reduced mobility.
The crown will be passed on to his daughter Fee Aylmore and to chairman Jim Packer, who become the new King and Queen Conker.
Organiser StJohn Burkett said: "I don't think the cheating scandal weighed that heavily on his decision – he feels he has cleared his name regarding that matter."
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LOINCLOTHED sumo wrestlers Joe Andrews and Vincent Chow know how to throw their weight around, writes Anders Anglesey.
They competed at Uxbridge, West London, in the Japanese sport, which has seen the number of sumo clubs in England expand from one to 12 since 2024.
Scotland hosted this year's European Sumo Championships, where its women's team took bronze. Ex-rugby player England's Manjinder Nagra finished fifth and London Sumo Club founder Sonny Bell 13th.
Last October, London's Royal Albert Hall staged sumo wrestling and sold out all five days. More than 25,000 attended the event, 1.2 million more saw it on TV.
THE Eagles have landed the top spot in a list of the greatest driving songs of all time.
More than one in four motorists polled said 1977 hit Hotel California is the song they most want blasting from the speakers on the open road.
Just behind in the survey of 2,000 drivers was Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA, followed by Flowers by Miley Cyrus.
The poll also found that the perfect playlist for a long drive must not be played quietly.
Four in 10 of those polled say they love nothing more than belting out their favourite tunes at the top of their lungs behind the wheel, singing an average of seven times a week in the car.
A third admitted they have frightened or startled their passengers with their enthusiastic singing.
Given a choice, four in 10 say they prefer to sing with their partner in the
Rihanna was at number 10, and Bruce took second spot
汽车音乐前 10 名
1 《加州旅馆》(Hotel California)
老鹰乐队 27%
2 《在美国出生》(Born In The USA)
布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀 24%
3 《花》(Flowers)
迈莉·赛勒斯 22%
4 《夏日男孩》(Boys Of Summer)
唐·亨利 21%
5 《祈祷生活》(Livin' On A Prayer)
邦·乔维 18%
6 《走你自己的路》(Go Your Own Way)
舰队之麦 18%
7 《今夜空气中》(In The Air Tonight)
菲尔·柯林斯 17%
8 《地狱之途》(Highway To Hell)
ACDC 17%
9 《西瓜糖》(Watermelon Sugar)
哈里·斯泰尔斯 16%
10 《闭嘴开车》(Shut Up And Drive)
蕾哈娜 16%
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Music also has the power to transport us back in time, with three in 10 saying certain songs bring back fond childhood memories of family holidays and day trips.
More than half say nothing beats listening to music on the road, while a similar proportion have at least one road trip playlist, containing 44 songs on average.
And while many drivers say they listen to music on the go for the sheer enjoyment, 48% believe it helps them stay alert during longer journeys.
George Wallis of Isuzu UK pick-up trucks, which commissioned the poll, said: "Music has always been part of the joy of the open road. The right song can lift the mood."
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Youngsters in a spin when it comes to doing the washing
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A FIFTH of young adults do not know how to use a washing machine when they leave home.
And 69% avoid doing the laundry after flying the nest, a poll of 1,000 18 to 30-year-olds found.
A third did no washing at all in the first few weeks or months, with 16% wearing their entire wardrobe before attempting to clean anything.
Nearly one in five has attempted to freshen up clothes with body spray, and one tenth avoided social plans because they had nothing clean to wear. Chloe Bake, from the laundry expert firm Dr Beckmann, which commissioned the research by OnePoll. com, said: "Putting off washing can lead to stains setting in and smells brewing, which are harder to shift. With the right tools, you can take the worry out of washing."
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HEN Sue Cleaver quit Coronation Street 18 months ago, she had one plan – to get back to her first love of theatre.
But little did she know one of the first stage roles she would land would involve the TV show that made her name in the first place.
The actress, 63, is to star with Les Dennis in a touring production of Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies,
and Sue could not be happier.
"When they asked me, I just thought, 'I can't not do this'," she laughs, revealing she will take on the role of Jean, formerly played by Anne Reid.
"I love Anne, and I've always loved the character of Jean. It felt a very natural fit for me – I'm really looking forward to it. She's got some of the best, most deadpan lines, hasn't she? As an aggressive depressive who knows it all."
Sue previously played Glenda and is the only actor in the new
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production to have been in the original show, which ran from 1998-2000 on BBC One.
She is sure that Victoria, who died of cancer aged 62 in 2016, would be happy to know her work was still entertaining fans both old and new.
"I'm going to have a sense of Vic looking down on it – I just want to do her proud," Sue says, revealing
she will wear a wig worn by
Julie Walters, who played Petula, the awful mother of Victoria's character, Brenda.
"Vic changed our careers for a lot of us. She really had an impact on getting us out there," Sue says.
Asked what Victoria was
like to work with, she says: "Vic didn't take prisoners! She was an incredible force of nature and a perfectionist, who demanded a lot.
"We'd do the show live on a Friday and a Saturday. And after Friday night, we'd come in on the Saturday, and she'd have endless notes. It'd be like, 'Right, that's
Andrew Dunn as Tony the manager, Duncan Preston as Stan, the DIY man, Maxine Peake as Twinkle, Anne Reid as Jean, Victoria Wood as Bren, Thelma Barlow as Dolly and Shobna Gulati as Anita
gone. That didn't work. Do this here. Don't say that there.' You know. It was a lot. She cared hugely. That's what you got.
"She was phenomenal - a national treasure."
Both Les and Sue have dipped their toes into the reality TV world in recent years – with differing results. Les signed up for Strictly in 2023 but was voted out first. "Not my finest hour!" he chuckles.
But Sue lasted 16 days in the jungle when she took part in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2022.
"I'd always planned to leave Corrie, that's why I went and did the jungle," she says. "I just thought I needed to start putting myself out there so I wasn't just associated with Eileen [Grimshaw, the character she had played on Corrie since 2000].
"I wanted to go back to my first love of theatre before I was too old to do it. So I introduced Sue, which was a hard one for me because I'd always been very, very private. I wasn't a big one for being out there."
Of I'm a Celeb, she says: "I wouldn't do it again! It's really, really hard, but it really pushes you. I was in a great group, with Boy George, Mike Tindall and Jill Scott, but you are starving, with things crawling around."
Two years later she wrote a book aimed at persuading women of a certain age that they needed to push themselves – and took her own advice by leaving the ITV soap. “I wrote my book about living fearlessly and it seemed like the perfect time just to jump off. It’s been great. I mean, I haven’t stopped since.”
ES, 72, agrees that Victoria would be chuffed to see her TV series becoming a live
theatre show, which kicks off in Manchester on January 26.
"What's lovely is it is with the approval of her family," he says. "I think she would be happy because it's her legacy. Dinnerladies was one of her greatest shows." The pair of them met when they
Sue Cleaver, who played Glenda, inset, in Corrie
competed on New Faces in 1973.
"We got through to the Winners' Show. She said to me, 'I think you're going to win'. And I said, 'I think you're going to win'. And we both lost."
Les was the first to be cast in the stage adaptation of Dinnerladies and will take on maintenance man Stan, formerly played by Duncan Preston. "I called him the other week to tell him I'd be doing Stan. He was like, 'Well done, good, enjoy it'. We'll be faithful to its spirit, but I think we all have to find a version that is ours.
"I've worked for this company before – I was Grandad in Only Fools And Horses – so when they said, 'Would you like to play
Corrie's Sue Cleaver takes TV Dinnerladies on tour
Stan?', I said absolutely," he says. "I loved Dinnerladies, it was such a beautiful ensemble." Les is looking forward to working again with Sue, who he knows from his two-year stint on Corrie from 2014 as Michael Rodwell.
"My character married Gail, but before that, he had a fling with Eileen, so we had some nice scenes together and Sue and I have kept in touch."
The new version has been written by Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, is directed by double Olivier Awardwinner Sean Foley and produced by Phil McIntyre Live – whose hit shows have included Only Fools And Horses The Musical.
In the original Dinnerladies, Victoria took the main role of kind-hearted deputy canteen manager Bren, with other stars including Maxine Peake as Twinkle and Shobna Gulati as Anita.
Bren will be played by relative newcomer Amy Drake, which Sue feels is a good move. "They've been very clever in not putting a well-known person in," she says. "They are big shoes to fill. So the casting decisions have been great." The original scripts have inspired the storyline. "It's Victoria's writing, and a lot of scenes from Dinnerladies are incorporated," Les says.
"I'm looking forward to the laughter, to the down-to-earthness of a really good British sitcom on stage."
He may be wearing a boiler suit and clutching a spanner but Les is anything but handy. "I'm hopeless," he admits. "So that will be proper acting."
To prepare, he has been watching old episodes of the TV show, which is set in the late 90s, before smartphones.
"It's before social media, but it still stands up as a beautiful comedy about working class, warm, northern women," Les says.
Stan will also be wearing a hairpiece. "When he gets dressed up,
he puts a toupee on. It looks ridiculous, but he thinks it looks nice."
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Going, going...Johnny! Shining's axe for sale
BY SEAN O'GRADY
THE axe used by Jack Nicholson as he delivered the iconic line "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining could fetch £50,000 at auction.
It is among items being sold from the archive of legendary US director Stanley Kubrick.
He is also known for a string of leading films including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
In 1980 horror The Shining, Jack Torrance (Nicholson) smashes the hatchet through a bathroom door as he tries to murder his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) after losing his mind at The Overlook Hotel.
Highlights from Kubrick's movie archive will be exhibited by auction house Bonhams in New York, Los Angeles and Paris until the collection is reunited and put on show at London's New Bond Street from
January 18 for the February 3 and 4 sale.
The glowing foetus Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey is tipped to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000.
While Kubrick's annotated copy of the story treatment of Journey Beyond the Stars, the film's original working title, may go for £30,000 to £50,000.
His script for Lolita (1962) is tipped to make up to £60,000, while the "Born To Kill" helmet from Full Metal Jacket (1987) could fetch £10,000 to £15,000.
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A METAL detectorist has been applauded by experts for finding two Bronze Age hoards two years apart that are now believed to be linked.
Archaeologists from the National Museums Collection Centre in Edinburgh are examining the latest of Mariusz Stepien's 3,000-year-old hauls discovered in the Scottish Borders.
The detectorist found a complete copper ingot, two bronze axe heads and a mould, dubbed the Blyth Hoard, in 2022 at a spot just seven miles from where he discovered the Peebles Hoard in 2020. Further excavation by archaeologists
also revealed an ancient stone cairn.
Experts hope that analysis of the ingot might point towards the geographical source
Dr Matthew Knight with mould, left, that made object on right
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of the metals used in the making of the bronze objects in both finds.
Dr Matthew Knight, curator of pre-history, Bronze Age collections at National Museums Scotland, said: "This is one of those classic finds that initially doesn't look like much, but is actually incredible.
"It's really rare for mould materials to survive at all, so it's a special find in its own right, but the proximity and relationship to the Peebles Hoard makes it all the more extraordinary."
Marusz, who reported both finds to the Treasure Trove Unit, said: "I'm looking forward to seeing what further research and conservation can reveal about both hoards and, ultimately, about the people behind them."
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RETIREMENT is undergoing a radical change as even more people expect to continue working beyond state pension age. As a result, the concept of the “hard stop” retirement is slowly being consigned to the past, as
growing numbers plan to work part-time or pursue side hustles to make ends meet.
Just one in six now expects to stop work completely and enter full retirement, while almost one in three expects to continue working well into later life.
This isn't just about money. For many, this is a positive choice rather than a financial necessity, allowing them to maintain a better work-life balance. Worryingly, though, almost a quarter need to continue working because they haven't saved enough.
The findings came from Aegon UK's The Second 50 campaign, and the insurer's head of pensions Kate Smith said later life now involves moving into uncharted territory. "Retirement is no longer viewed as a single moment in time. Instead, people are thinking about how work can fit alongside other priorities and aspirations."
Many people are considering reducing their hours, changing roles or finding ways to work for longer. And the financial benefits of working beyond state pension age can be significant. Continuing to earn means you may be able to delay drawing your pension,
build up further savings and give investments longer to grow.
Smith said people should start by considering whether to stop work completely, phase down, change role or continue working in some way..
That should give you a starting point for working out what you'll need financially. "Create a simple snapshot of your workplace pensions, personal pensions, savings, investments and any other assets, so you can see what you have at a glance," Smith said.
Check your state pension forecast so you understand what you may receive and when. "Seeing everything clearly in one place can help make retirement feel less uncertain," she added.
Think about how changes to work, health, caring responsibilities, relationships or housing could affect your plans.
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Chancellor John Healey's first Budget is just three weeks away on October 28, and fears of a third big Labour tax raid are growing. Healey's predecessor Rachel Reeves hit Britons with an extra £66billion of tax hikes, with pensioners, savers, property owners and investors all in the firing line. Under Andy Burnham, Labour is coming back for a third attempt.
The UK's financial situation is even more perilous today, as rising gilt yields drive up the cost of servicing our debts and squeeze Healey's fiscal headroom. With Labour MPs likely to rebel at spending cuts, his only option may be to hike taxes.
Rates on pensions, ISAs, inheritances, gifting and wealth taxes are causing huge concern, as two-thirds of wealthier savers fear Labour will strike, according to research from wealth management firm Saltus.
Partner Mike Simpson said a raid on pensions, ISAs, inheritances, capital gains and potentially a wealth tax are major worries: "Five years ago, some of these policies barely featured. Today, they are shaping how people think about their financial futures."
In the run-up to the last Budget, many took their 25% pension tax-free cash early, fearing a Reeves raid that ultimately didn't happen. This highlights the danger of acting on pre-Budget speculation, as that money will have lost its pension tax benefits.
Today, there is evidence that many investors are selling stocks and shares as pressure grows on Healey to hike capital gains tax (CGT) rates. Today, CGT is charged at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher earners. Many in Labour would like to see them brought into line with income tax, which would lift them to 20%, 40% and 45%.
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XTB, said the number of his clients closing stock positions hit record rates in September: "When you tell people you might tax their gains harder, don't be surprised when they rush to bank them while they still can."
Raymond urged Healey to end the speculation and rule out a CGT rise now, otherwise more will be tempted to sell, even if it's not in their interests.
Previous CGT hikes have come into force with immediate effect, so after the Budget it could be too late. You must still tread carefully.
Faye Church, chartered financial planner at Rathbones, said that if you hold assets outside an ISA or pension that have risen significantly in value, consider whether crystallising gains at current CGT rates aligns with your long-term plans.
If they do, married couples and civil partners should use both tax allowances, for example by transferring assets into the name of a partner who pays less tax before disposing of them.
Anyone who holds shares outside an ISA might consider selling at least some of them, using the £3,000 annual CGT exemption, then shifting them into an ISA to ensure future returns are tax-free. The process is known as Bed & ISA.
Church said there had been less speculation this year about a potential pensions tax raid, so avoid panicking: "Anyone considering accessing their pension before the Budget should ask whether it would still be the right decision if there were no Budget at all."
If the answer is yes, consider going ahead. Otherwise, think twice. Church said don't ignore previously announced Labour tax changes when planning, such as bringing unused pensions into the inheritance tax net from April 2027.
Time is short, but don't panic into making rushed pre-Budget decisions that you may regret later.
The hugely popular tax-free ISA is facing a major overhaul next year, but millions of savers have no idea what's going on and could make costly mistakes as a result.
In her Budget last November, former chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the biggest shake-up of ISAs for years, with changes coming into force from April 6, 2027.
The headline change is to cut the annual Cash ISA allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 for under 65s, in a bid to encourage younger savers to invest through Stocks and Shares ISAs instead.
Yet research from investment platform eToro found that just 2% of savers understood at least six of seven key changes, while two thirds believe the ISA system is becoming too complicated.
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Dan Moczulski, MD at eToro, said: "Too many don't understand what the rules will mean for their money."
So here's what you need to know. Under-65s will be limited to £12,000 of new Cash ISA subscriptions each tax year, although their overall ISA allowance remains £20,000. Existing Cash ISA savings won't be affected.
Savers 65 and over retain the £20,000 limit, which they can spread between Cash ISAs and Stocks and Shares ISAs. To deter younger savers
getting around rules by leaving funds as cash inside a Stocks and Shares ISA, cash balances will face a new 22% charge.
This means under-65s will no longer be able to transfer money from a Stocks and Shares ISA into a Cash ISA, although transfers the other way are acceptable. Reeves also wanted to deter savers from using "money market funds", which work in a similar way to cash. To this effect, a Stocks and Shares ISA made up entirely of money market funds will no longer qualify, although diversified portfolios can still hold some cash-like investments.
The point of this reform was to turn Britain into a nation of investors, but many will be too confused to take advantage.
Couples – have your honest conversations now over finances
Pensioner couples are being urged to discuss all of their financial plans carefully, as the sudden or unexpected death of a partner can spring all sorts of surprises.
Skipton Building Society is highlighting the case of a customer who was shocked to discover her husband had left a £500,000 pension and death-in-service benefit, which she hadn't known about at all.
The money was a welcome surprise, but for many couples the surprise may be less pleasant. This highlights problems that can arise when one partner doesn't know where all the pensions are held or what they're worth.
Sharon, 68, said her husband had taken the lead on their financial planning, leaving her facing unfamiliar paperwork and difficult decisions after he died: "When all of a sudden you have two lots of finances, it's quite overwhelming. I felt a little bit scared."
Marc Stewart, head of financial advice distribution at Skipton Building Society, urged couples not to leave these conversations too late. Many are surprised by how many pensions they've accumulated through their working lives, he said: "The key question is whether your partner or loved ones would know where to find them if something happened to them."
He said couples should make a list of all workplace and personal pensions, including where they're held and how to access them.
This is important as many providers now communicate online, meaning vital paperwork may not arrive through the post.
Beneficiary nominations should also be checked regularly. These tell pension providers who you want to receive benefits after your death and should be updated when circumstances change.
Stewart said couples should also discuss what they expect their retirement income to look like and what they want to achieve.
Finally, couples should review their plans regularly and consider financial advice if they're unsure what to do.
ARD times for the residential construction industry are not deterring Bradfords, the merchant group and sector cornerstone that's now investing in more branches and services. Based in Yeovil, Somerset,
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"We're here to empower the building trade by offering the right solutions and right advice when, where and how our customers need it," says managing director David Young who oversees a team of 850 staff across 47 branches.
"We're predominantly a heavy-side merchant providing all the products needed to build and renovate a home," he explains. "More recently we have moved into plumbing, heating and renewables, allowing us to sell
more to our existing clients and attract new ones. Tool and plant hire have also become a large part of what we do."
Forecasting a £236million turnover for 2026/27 and a growth aim of 2%, Bradfords is confronting a challenging landscape shaped by weather extremes, housebuilding stalls and rising costs due to supply chain pressures. "This is the most difficult period we've seen in 30 years," says Young.
A £6.5m capital spend is now going into new lorries, the tool hire fleet and branch expansion.
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system with its ERP – software that unites different departments providing a single source of accurate, real time data – is kept scrupulously up to date while its omnichannel approach “has moved us from nice to have to essential,” Young adds.
The company's Sustainable Building Hub is also focused on making a material difference and offers practical solutions to support energy-efficient, low carbon, compliant construction backed by expert advice and installer training. An extra customer incentive is its in-house rewards scheme offering exclusive deals and prizes.
Partnerships play a key role with the company working with housing associations through its social housing team and valuable collaborations with national trade body the Builders Merchants Federation, a key resource for keeping the trade in touch and aiding recruitment. "New starters with us have the benefit of a wide range of development opportunities from apprenticeships to senior management programmes," says Young.
Once the building of waterways drove demand, then the railways and now water is back as a major concern. Conservation-centred inquiries are surging about smart waterless urinals, rainwater harvesting and bore hole building, all creating sales and installation opportunities for Bradfords in the bigger tanks and reed beds markets.
"You only regret what you don't do," says Young, as Bradfords pursues plans for nine new plumbing and heating branches and three merchant stores, followed by regional expansion in the north and east and acquisitions.
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f you're hunting for a new home, be prepared to pay extra for a room with a splendid view. Whether buying a new home or an old one, what you can see out of the window is just as important when deciding the price as what's
when deciding the price as what's inside. Buyers can expect to pay a huge price premium for homes with a stunning outlook, whether it's idyllic countryside, a dramatic city skyline or a sought-after sea view. Especially for newly built homes, where good views are so much rarer.
New research shows that new-build homes marketed as offering a “good view” command an average price premium of more than 80%, rising to 110% in London.
UK Property Development analysed the estimated average asking price of new-build homes in England marketed as offering a "good view", then compared them with the wider new-build market.
It found the average new-build price is £380,536, compared with £690,475 for one with a good view. That's a difference of £309,939, or 81%. In London, the average new-build price is £494,002, rising to more than £1 million for a new-build with a good view, a premium of 109%. New homes with good views in the South East, West Midlands and East of England had among the biggest premiums.
Buyers in the North East get the most affordable good-view properties. The average new-build price is £289,439, rising to £313,921 for one with a good view, a premium of 8.5%.
UKPD director Andy Morrison said: "There are a limited number of beauty spots that can also facilitate a new-build development."
That scarcity may explain why the premium for new-builds with a good view is so much higher than the figure found in separate research by Yopa. It found that those with a standout view command an average asking price premium of 28% compared with comparable properties in the same areas
without a notable outlook. Yopa's research covered all types of homes and compared properties of similar size in the same postcodes, while UKPD focuses on new-builds marketed on the strength of their views.
Yopa chief executive Verona Frankish said: "Whether it's coastline, skyline, or countryside, buyers are clearly willing to pay a substantial premium for a home that offers something special beyond its four walls."
Rightmove research also found that the price tag of a sea view property has climbed by more than a quarter in the past seven years.
Average asking prices climbed from £235,635 in 2019 to £298,810, an increase of 27%. Colleen Babcock, property expert at Rightmove, said: "A sea view has long been one of the most desirable features a home can offer, and our latest analysis shows buyers are willing to pay a significant premium for one."
Sandbanks in Poole remains Britain's most expensive seaside location, with an average asking price of £1,119,945, while Peterlee in County Durham is the cheapest at £120,657.
If you're lucky enough to find a home with a stunning view, be prepared to pay extra. But check for any future development that could block it, as you could lose more than your view.
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后者目前居住在兰开夏郡,他们想要一套带有车道、厨房、餐厅和起居区、两个接待室、一个大卧室、一个套内浴室、一个 Jan 可以挂衣服的地方以及一个漂亮花园的房子。
Phil 还补充道,“他们经常因工作而旅行,因此靠近国际机场至关重要……” Jan 和 Jon 经营着一家气候变化咨询公司。
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The latter, who are currently based in Lancashire, would like a house with a driveway, a kitchen, dining and living area, two reception rooms, a big bedroom, an ensuite, somewhere for Jan to hang her clothes, and a nice garden.
Also, adds Phil, "they travel a lot for work, so being close to an international airport is essential..." Jan and Jon run a climate change consultancy.
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STEPHEN Mangan returns with series 13 (yes, it's really been going that long) of the competition to discover "the UK's most talented portrait artist". Which is fine, of course, except it must be rather annoying each year for whoever's won that title a year earlier. Who's to say the new champion is necessarily more talented than they are? Me, I'd be kicking up a right old stink.
Anyway, the three famous people about to be painted in this opening episode are Lennie James, Sheridan Smith and Vanessa Williams. Since the programme only lasts one hour, there's no time to sand them down or apply undercoat.
OWE you an apology. Well, actually, no, not you, but the makers of this Repair Shop spin-off. When I first wrote about it, I referred to it as yet another of those catch-up programmes we see so many of
these days, where they show us a load of old footage and then just bung 10 minutes of new stuff on the end.
This, I've since become aware, is not what it is at all.
No, each repair job featured on Beyond The Barn, I now appreciate (tonight it's a model fairground, a portrait of a woman's great-great-grandfather, a mantel clock and a battle-scarred wheelchair), is entirely new. To us, I mean. It's still done by a regular (this time we have David Burville, Mark Stuckey,
Lucia Scalisi... you don't need the whole list) but it's never been on the main show.
In my defence, when I mistook Beyond The Barn for yet another catch-up thing, I wasn't mean about it. "I do enjoy a catch-up show," were my actual words.
On the Northumberland coast, a 999 call comes in from a woman whose husband is drifting out to sea on a paddleboard – the Seahouses crew race out to locate him.
Having said that, I did go on to say such shows were “cheap and lazy”, which possibly weakens my case somewhat.
Anyway, the programme's nice publicists (that's not me being sarcastic, they really are lovely) got in touch to gently put me straight.
"Hi, Mike, you moron," is how their email didn't begin. "You really are a blithering idiot, aren't you?" is how it didn't continue.
No, what they really did was thank me for my coverage (my pleasure, guys; whenever you need someone to spout nonsense about another of your shows, you only have to ask) and then calmly, politely correct my error.
"I hope that makes sense for any future previews," their message concluded. I even got a kiss at the end. As in the letter X, that is.
So, yes, Beyond The Barn is a full-blown bona-fide Repair Shop spin-off, nothing less. Now that I'm aware of that, I have nothing but respect for it.
So I'm wondering if now's a good time to email them with some Repair Shop spin-off ideas I've had myself.
The Repair Shop: Jeopardy, for example. And Repair Shop Bloopers. And my particular favourite, Repair Shop On Ice.
Too soon, you're saying? Fair enough.
DI Lauren Bell requires Dr Ethan Winter's (Richard Armitage, above) expertise when a 50-something man with catastrophic head injuries is discovered at a demolition site.
BEST LIFESTYLE
GRAND DESIGNS C4, 9PM
A former driving test centre in Edinburgh is home to artists Jana and Rory, above, but they have lofty ambitions to transform the space into something warm and cosy.
Actor Martin Compston, above, is a part-time resident of Las Vegas, and tonight he dives into the city's entertainment scene, epitomised by the bright lights of the strip.
TODAY'S PREVIEWS ARE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE
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6.00am Backyard Builds 6.30 Dinner Date 7.30 The Real Housewives of Potomac 8.20 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 9.15 The Only Way Is Essex 10.15 Dawson's Creek 11.10 Charmed 12.05pm Deal or No Deal 1.05 Supermarket Sweep 2.05 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win 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 主持人:Charlie Hedges, Luke Kempner 和 Jeremy Vine。
7.00 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Joe 和他的嫂子 Jo 挑战阶梯赛。
8.00 The 1% Club 问答节目。
9.00 Big Brother 参赛者在 24 小时监控下生活,试图避免被驱逐出 Big Brother 住宅。
10.00 Big Brother: The Group Chat 11.05 Family Guy 双集连播。
12.05am American Dad! 1.05 Bob's Burgers 1.55 G'wed 2.25 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am 电视购物
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6.00am Breakfast News headlines.
9.30 Morning Live Magazine.
FILM
RATINGS
10.45 Crimewatch Live The investigation into a 21-year-old's murder in April 2026.
11.30 Homes Under the Hammer Properties in Merseyside, London and Rotherham. (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt The teams search for the best buys at Uttoxeter Racecourse. (R)
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
2.00 Clean It, Fix It Mark
Wright and his team help a single mum transform her busy one-bedroom flat. (R)
(R) REPEAT
2.30 Shift the Thrift Friends Joy and Thembi hunt for bargains in Carmarthen. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country Steve Brown helps a couple find a home in Devon. (R)
3.45 Garden Rescue Transforming a garden in Tunbridge Wells.
4.30 Bridge of Lies Friends
Tamara, George, Nabeelah
and Roy take on the bridge.
ALL PROGRAMMES ARE LISTED IN BRITISH SUMMER TIME (BST).
5.15 Pointless Quiz show.
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30 Regional News; Weather
9pm, WHO DO YOU THINK
YOU ARE?: Joe Lycett
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6.00am 电视购物 7.10 Top Gear 8.00 Border Force: America's Gatekeepers 10.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall:四集 12.00noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries 2.00 Top Gear 3.00 Our Guy in Latvia 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall:四集
6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British Si King 和 Dave Myers 探索与婚礼相关的饮食习俗。
9.00 QI XL 主持人:Rob Brydon, Sandi Toksvig 和 Fred MacAulay。
10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You
11.00 8 Out of 10 Cats 嘉宾:Ant Middleton, Kerry Howard 和 Ola。
11.50 Mock the Week 时事喜剧。
12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.50 QI XL
2.45 House of Games 3.30 Judge
Romesh 4.00-6.00am 电视购物
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BBC Two
6.15am Homes Under the Hammer Auctions. (R)
7.15 Escape to the Country (R)
8.00 Sign Zone: The Reluctant Vampire With Lenny Rush. (R)
8.30 Sign Zone: The Best of Weatherman Walking
9.00 BBC News Headlines.
10.45 Politics Live Political news.
12.30pm BBC News
1.00 Impossible Quiz. (R)
1.45 Unbeatable Quiz. (R)
2.30 The Boss Quiz show. (R)
3.15 Beechgrove Repotted (R)
3.30 The Great British Sewing
Bee The winner is crowned. (R)
4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow
Treasures are examined at the
RHS gardens at Wisley. (R)
5.05 Flog It! Valuing antiques at Wallasey Town Hall on the Wirral Peninsula. (R)
6.00 House of Games With Shona McGarty, Stephen Mangan, Andi Peters and Nina Wadia.
6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two Ellie Taylor guides viewers through all the backstage ballroom action with the Pro Panel.
6.30pm, STRICTLY: IT TAKES
TWO: Ellie Taylor
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E4
6.00am Hollyoaks 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Couples Come Dine with Me 8.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 10.00 Below Deck Down Under 11.00 Modern Family 12.00noon The Simpsons 2.00 The Goldbergs 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons
6.00 The Simpsons 双集连播。
7.00 Hollyoaks Imran 拒绝离开在医院的 Leah 床边。
7.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Peralta 与一名辩护律师一拍即合。
8.00 Below Deck Down Under
9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA
10.00 Gogglebox 电视评论。
11.00 First Dates: Be My Valentine
12.00m't Naked Attraction 1.05
Gogglebox 2.10 Below Deck Down
Under 3.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell
and Back 3.50 The Simpsons 4.15 The
Goldbergs 5.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5.30-6.00am Modern Family
威尔士地区 与 BBC1 相同,但以下时段除外:1.35-1.45pm BBC Wales Today;天气预报 6.30 BBC Wales Today;天气预报 6.55-7.00 政党政治广播 10.30-10.40pm BBC Wales Today;天气预报
威尔士地区 与 BBC2 相同,但以下时段除外:7.00pm Eva Longoria: Searching for France 7.40-8.00 Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 10.00-10.30pm QI
梅里迪安地区 与 ITV1 相同,但以下时段除外:1.55-2.00pm
ITV News Meridian;天气预报 6.00-6.30
Meridian。头条报道;天气预报
10.30-10.45pm Meridian;天气预报
中部地区 与 ITV1 相同,但以下时段除外:1.55-2.00pm
Central;天气预报 6.00-6.30 Central。头条报道;天气预报
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6.00am Good Morning Britain
A lively mix of news, current affairs and lifestyle features.
9.30 Lorraine Entertainment and the latest fashion news.
10.00 This Morning Topical daily magazine, featuring a mix of celebrity chat, showbusiness news, advice and discussion.
12.30pm Loose Women Celebrity interviews and topical debate.
1.30 ITV News; Weather
1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal
David Dickinson presents from Aintree Racecourse. (R)
3.00 Lingo Tom, Arun, Nikhil, Billy and Lillie take part. (R)
3.59 Regional Weather
4.00 Deal or No Deal Tina tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. (R)
Tom from Dartford, Rebecca from Swansea, Clive from Loughborough and Pauline from Radlett hope they can beat a Chaser together. (R)
6.00 Regional News; Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather
4pm, DEAL OR NO DEAL: Stephen Mulhern
7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond Triple bill of the comedy. (R)
9.10 Frasier Four episodes. (R)
11.10 American Pickers (R)
12.05pm Channel 4 News
12.10 Renovation Nation (R)
1.10 The Great House Giveaway
Naomi and Terri-Anne tackle a dated property in Royton. (R)
2.10 Countdown Maggie Aderin is in Dictionary Corner.
3.00 A Place in the Sun A property on the island of Lanzarote. (R)
4.00 Help! We Bought a Village Wedding bells chime for Lolly and Sean in France.
5.00 Four in a Bed The third visit of the week takes the B&Bers to Narberth in Pembrokeshire, where Donna and Mike host at their micropub The Star.
5.30 Come Dine with Me Barber Natalia has high hopes for her Nineties-themed evening. (R)
6.00 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? Graeme and Marianne convert their Almerian home into holiday apartments. (R)
9pm, GRAND DESIGNS: Rory, Jana and Kevin
6.00am Milkshake! Children's TV.
9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussion.
11.30 Storm & Alexis With Storm
Huntley and Alexis Conran.
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9.00am Deal or No Deal 10.00 Tipping Point 1.00pm Lingo 2.00 Tenable 3.00 Millionaire Hot Seat 4.00 Riddiculous 5.00 Deal or No Deal。游戏节目。
6.00 Lingo 三集连播。今日对阵双方为来自赫特福德郡和埃塞克斯郡的姐妹 Denice 和 Lisa-Marie,来自伦敦的好友 Kai 和 Dan,以及来自庞特弗拉克特(Pontefract)的 Maxi 和她的孙子 Dan;兄弟 Laurence 和 Ben,朋友 Karen 和 Helene,以及同事 Oliver 和 Franklyn参与游戏竞争;Rebecca 和 Rachel,Kaz 和 Rich,以及 Deb 和 Emily参加节目。
WEST 除 ITV1 外,还包括:1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country;天气 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country;天气 10.30-10.45pm West Country。头条新闻;
10.30-10.45pm Central;
WALES 除 ITV1 外,还包括:1.55-2.00pm Cymru Wales;6.00 Cymru Wales;6.25-6.30 政党政治广播 7.30-8.00 Backstage 10.30-10.45pm Cymru Wales;
9.00 Beat the Chasers The Beast, The Governess, The Vixen, The Sinnerman, The Dark Destroyer 和 The Menace……他们是有史以来最强的问答团队,但有人能击败这些追击者(Beat the Chasers)吗?
10.00 Tipping Point 两集连播。由 Ben Shephard 主持的问答节目。
12.00m't Tipping Point。问答。12.55
Tenable 1.50 Riddiculous 2.40 Unwind with 3.00-9.00am 电视购物
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the day's biggest stories, and consumer advice to help viewers save money.
4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Benidorm-based entertainer Dean is hoping to wow crowds with his turn as Liam Gallagher in an Oasis tribute. (R)
2.20 FILM A Baby at Any Cost (2022, 12) A couple hire their surrogate as a nanny, but when the sister-in-law becomes jealous, it leads to devastating repercussions. Thriller, starring Christy Tate and Brianna Cohen. ★★
6.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea It is autumn and Matt is training his young sheepdog Moose, while the pregnant ewes are being scanned to see how many lambs they can expect next year. (R); 5 News
9pm, CAUSE OF DEATH: Dr Richard Shepherd
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7.00 The One Show Presented by Alex Jones and Vernon Kay.
7.30 EastEnders Ian returns to Walford, but it's clear he's shaken by his time in prison, and Penny sticks up for Vinny when Suki tries to question their parenting skills.
8.00 The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn David Burville and Mark Stuckey restore a miniature fairground, Lucia Scalisi uncovers a portrait's secrets, and Dominic Chinea rescues a wheelchair that was used in the Invictus Games.
9.00 Who Do You Think You Are?
Joe Lycett researches his family history, learning his great-grandad was a boy chimney sweep in the 1850s – and his ancestor's story turns darker when he joins the Royal Marines. (R)
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 Regional News; Weather
10.40 FILM Borderlands (2024, 12)
Premiere. An infamous bounty hunter returns to her childhood home, the chaotic planet Pandora, and forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe. Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Edgar Ramirez star in this sci-fi comedy, based on the best-selling video game. ★★★
12.10am The Celebrity Inner Circle. Amanda Holden hosts the quiz show, with Will Best, Alex Gray, Samia Longchambon, Ashley Storrie and Fatiha El-Ghorri assisting the contestants. (R) 12.55 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.00-6.00am BBC News. The latest news headlines.
7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip In Northumberland, godfathers of alternative comedy Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer face off in the world of antiquities. They're joined by experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and James Braxton. (R)
8.00 Saving Lives at Sea On the Northumberland coast, a 999 call comes in from a distressed woman whose husband is drifting out to sea on a paddleboard. Out on the English Channel, a French vessel makes a distress call.
9.00 Secrets and Spies: A Nuclear Game Documentary featuring archive interviews exploring the tensions between East and West, which led to a spying game and an arms race that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. (R)
10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing In the Monsal Valley in Derbyshire, Paul tries to teach Bob how to fly fish for wild rainbow trout, and the pair reflect on their careers and comedy contemporaries. (R)
10.30 Newsnight; Weather
11.00 Unspun World with John Simpson The BBC's world affairs editor reflects on the week's major news stories.
11.30 Damilola: The Untold Story
Factual crime documentary looking at the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor. (R)
12.45am Sign Zone: The Split Up.
Aria struggles to convince Dhruv to
come clean as she grapples with guilt
over her own betrayal, and an urgent
abduction case with a surprising
client needs all hands on deck. (R)
1.45 Sign Zone: Emergency 24/7 (R)
2.45-6.30am This Is BBC Two
7.30 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals Footballer Stuart Pearce hopes to win £20,000 for his chosen charity, and contestant Zoe delivers a trade decision to remember. Host Ben Shephard asks the questions on the quiz show.
8.00 Emmerdale Charity is shocked to be going home, while Gabby collapses, and Sadie is on a mission.
8.30 Coronation Street
Christina struggles to let go of the past, and Sam eyes up a new source of funds.
9.00 Winter Dr Ethan Winter is called to a gruesome crime scene at a Bristol demolition site. The victim, a man in his fifties, at first appears to be a construction worker – with catastrophic injuries. Crime drama, with Richard Armitage.
10.45 Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine stressed city dwellers arrive at a secluded retreat run by the mysterious wellness guru, Masha. She is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine strangers have no idea what is about to hit them. Drama, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon and Luke Evans. (R)
7.00 Channel 4 News
A round-up of all the latest headlines, in-depth interviews and analysis of political developments and current affairs. Plus, the day's leading sports stories and up-to-the-minute weather reports.
11.35 Gallagher PREM Unleashed
12.00m't Shop on TV 3.00 Driving: How Old Is Too Old? Tonight. Ginny Buckley asks whether enough is being done to ensure Britain's growing number of older drivers remain safe and fit. (R) 3.25 Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad (R) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00am Deal or No Deal (R)
8.00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer search around Warwickshire with Isla and Luke, who need more space for themselves and their 18-month-old, and Jan and Jon, who want a forever home.
9.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets artists Jana and Rory, who live in a former driving test centre in the east of Edinburgh but have ambitions for something bigger and much warmer to live in every winter.
10.00 Martin Compston: Living Las Vegas The actor explores the many sides of the current Las Vegas entertainment scene, revealing how sport, theatre and cuisine have become the new pillars of the business. Last in series.
11.05 Gogglebox The critics share their opinions on shows including Gladiators, The White Lotus, The Apprentice, Celebrity Bear Hunt, Batch from Scratch: Cooking for Less and Alan Titchmarsh's Underdog to Superdog. (R)
12.05am The Great British Bake Off (R) 1.30 Taskmaster (R) 2.25 FILM Mikka Bannada Hakki (2024) Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Jayashri. In Kannada. ★★★★ 3.50 Sunday Brunch (R) 4.00 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It (R) 4.55 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
7.00 Will You Get Dementia?
Dr Claire Taylor learns more about the disease, as she speaks to patients living with dementia, discovers how tests can reveal early signs, and asks what can be done to prevent it. (R); 5 News Update
8.00 Murder Scene: The Incident Room The murder investigation sparked by the discovery of partial human remains inside a bag in Greater Manchester woodland. The race to identify the victim becomes very complicated.
9.00 Cause of Death Examining 16-year-old Danny Nicholls' death, who was discovered lying dead on the living-room floor by his sister. There was no sign of a break-in, no evidence of assault, and nothing to suggest self-harm.
10.00 Jeremy Bamber: Proof of Innocence – The Missing Phone Call Documentary raising questions about the conviction for the White House Farm murders, and whether crucial details could finally change everything. (R)
11.35 Ambulance: Code Red
In Buckinghamshire, Dr Manjit Riyat and critical care paramedic Barry Walsh race to the aid of 10-year-old Riley, who has a broken femur after coming off his motocross bike. (R)
12.35am Cops (R) 1.00 Cruise TV (R) 2.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea (R) 2.50 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) 3.40 Sandringham: A Royal Residence with Nigel Havers (R) 4.25 Wonderful World of Chocolate (R) 5.15 Entertainment News 5.25-6.00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R)
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6.00am 电视购物 7.35 The Bill 8.35
Doctors 9.55 Classic Holby City 10.55
Casualty 11.55 The Bill 12.55pm Classic
EastEnders 2.15 Classic Neighbours
3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries 4.20
Father Brown 5.20 As Time Goes By
6.00 Last of the Summer Wine 三集连播。
8.00 The Chelsea Detective 一位著名的建筑师从酒店阳台被推下摔死。Adrian Scarborough 主演。
9.00 Father Brown 当肯布尔福德(Kembleford)最神圣的房子与一名放荡女子的死亡产生联系时,引起了怀疑。
10.00 New Tricks UCOS 调查一名私家侦探的谋杀案。
12.20am Lovejoy。Tinker 向 Lovejoy 讲课。
1.30 The Chelsea Detective 2.35
Sister Boniface Mysteries 3.20 As Time Goes By 4.00-6.00am 电视购物
11.20 Father Brown 牧师希望折断的腿不会妨碍他解开肯布尔福德(Kembleford)妇女协会(WI)一名成员死亡之谜。
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6.00am Backyard Builds 6.30 Dinner Date 7.30 The Real Housewives of Potomac 8.20 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 9.15 The Only Way Is Essex 10.15 Dawson's Creek 11.10 Charmed 12.05pm Deal or No Deal 1.05 Supermarket Sweep 2.05 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win 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 With Charlie Hedges, Luke Kempner and Jeremy Vine.
7.00 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Joe and sister-in-law Jo take on the Ladder.
8.00 The 1% Club Quiz show.
9.00 Big Brother Housemates live under 24-hour surveillance as they attempt to avoid eviction from the Big Brother house.
10.00 Big Brother: The Group Chat 11.05 Family Guy Double bill.
12.05am American Dad! 1.05 Bob's Burgers 1.55 G'wed 2.25 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
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6.50 The Dog House 两集连播。胆小的幼犬 Harry 和脾气暴躁的西高地白梗 Hamish 寻找新家;一只美国斗牛犬在勇敢的曼彻斯特夫妇 Katie 和 James 面前大显威风。与此同时,12 岁的梗类犬 Tiddles 在美容师那里享受美容。
8.55am Four in a Bed:五集 11.35 Come Dine with Me 2.15pm Four in a Bed:五集 4.50 Car S.O.S
9.00 Scotland's Golden Coast 梅岛(Isle of May)上的海鹦幼鸟进行了首次出海飞行,乘客在加里东铁路(Caledonian Railway)上享用下午茶,一名桨板教练在亚伯丁(Aberdeen)的水域执教。
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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Top Gear 8.00 Border Force: America's Gatekeepers 10.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall: four episodes 12.00noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries 2.00 Top Gear 3.00 Our Guy in Latvia 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall: four episodes
6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British Si King and Dave Myers explore food-related customs associated with weddings.
7.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing The duo fish the wild lakes of Essex in search of carp.
7.40 Would I Lie to You? Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With Rob Brydon, Sandi Toksvig and Fred MacAulay.
10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You
11.00 8 Out of 10 Cats With guests Ant Middleton, Kerry Howard and Ola.
11.50 Mock the Week Topical comedy.
12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.50 QI XL
2.45 House of Games 3.30 Judge
Romesh 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
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10.00 24 《急诊 24 小时》(24 Hours in A&E) 双片连播。一名女性因脚踝开放性骨折被紧急送往圣乔治医院;一名医生分享了他在封锁期间为了家人安全而离开他们的故事。
S4C 6.00am Cyw 11.00 Camau Bach 11.00 Pentre Papur Pop 11.10 Yr Whws 11.20 Cymylaubychain 11.30 Sion y Chef 11.45 Sigldigwt 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 12.05pm Dim Cwsg i Quinnell 12.30 Heno 1.00 Cymry ar Gynfas 1.30 Ralio+ 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 2.05 Prynawn Da 3.00 S4C a'r Tywydd 3.05 Gwesty Aduniad 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Trysorau Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau 6.25 Darllediad Gwleidyddol 6.30 Rownd a Rownd. Lea 对 Mathew 感到恼火,因为他想让她找一门课程。 6.59 S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 S4C a'r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Gwalia Aleighcia 8.55 S4C a'r Tywydd 9.00 Athrawon 10.00 Chwedl Jan Morris 11.00-11.35pm Y Sin
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E4
6.00am Hollyoaks 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Couples Come Dine with Me 8.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 10.00 Below Deck Down Under 11.00 Modern Family 12.00noon The Simpsons 2.00 The Goldbergs 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons
6.00 The Simpsons Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Imran refuses to leave Leah's bedside in the hospital.
7.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Peralta hits it off with a defence attorney.
8.00 Below Deck Down Under
9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA
10.00 Gogglebox TV opinions.
11.00 First Dates: Be My Valentine
12.00m't Naked Attraction 1.05
Gogglebox 2.10 Below Deck Down
Under 3.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell
and Back 3.50 The Simpsons 4.15 The
Goldbergs 5.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5.30-6.00am Modern Family
WALES As BBC1 except: 1.35-1.45pm BBC Wales Today; Weather 6.30 BBC Wales Today; Weather 6.55-7.00 Party Political Broadcast 10.30-10.40pm BBC Wales Today; Weather
WALES As BBC2 except: 7.00pm Eva Longoria: Searching for France 7.40-8.00 Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 10.00-10.30pm QI
10.30 电影 《惠特尼·休斯顿:我想和某人共舞》(Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody) (2022, 12) 传记片,由 Naomi Ackie 和 Nafessa Williams 主演。 ★★★★
12.45am 《泰国:天堂的阴暗面》(Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise) 3.00-4.00am 《顶级跑车》(Top Gear)
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9.00am Deal or No Deal 10.00 Tipping Point 1.00pm Lingo 2.00 Tenable 3.00 Millionaire Hot Seat 4.00 Riddiculous 5.00 Deal or No Deal. Gameshow.
6.00 Lingo Triple bill. Facing off today are sisters Denice and Lisa-Marie from Herts and Essex, mates Kai and Dan from London, plus Maxi with her grandson Dan from Pontefract; brothers Laurence and Ben, friends Karen and Helene, and workmates Oliver and Franklyn compete in the game; Rebecca and Rachel, Kaz and Rich, and Deb and Emily take part.
WEST As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country. Headlines; Weather
10.30-10.45pm ITV News Central; Weather
ITV WALES As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather 6.00 ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather 6.25-6.30 Party Political Broadcast 7.30-8.00 Backstage 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather
9.00 Beat the Chasers The Beast, The Governess, The Vixen, The Sinnerman, The Dark Destroyer and The Menace... they're the greatest quiz team ever, but can anyone Beat the Chasers?
10.00 Tipping Point Double bill. Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard.
12.00m't Tipping Point. Quiz. 12.55
Tenable 1.50 Riddiculous 2.40 Unwind with ITV 3.00-9.00am Teleshopping
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BBC4 FREEVIEW 9
7.00pm 《骨骼之秘》(Secrets of Bones) 生物学家 Ben Garrod 探索骨架。
7.30 《蒂莫西·斯波尔重返大海》(Timothy Spall Back at Sea) 驳船访问了怀特黑文、马恩岛、贝尔法斯特和波特帕特里克。
8.00 《来自地下的回响:探索英国洞穴》(Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain's Caves)
9.00 《人体:揭秘你的生命》(The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed) 系列最后一集。
10.00 《Schmoedipus》:《今日剧场》(Play for Today)
一名陌生人出现在一名女性门前,声称自己是她的儿子。
11.10 《与爱丽丝·罗伯茨一起野泳》(Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts) 爱丽丝·罗伯茨在自然环境中游泳。
12.10am 《子弹、靴子与绷带:如何真正赢得战争》(Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War) 1.10 《骨骼之秘》(Secrets of Bones) 1.40 《蒂莫西·斯波尔重返大海》(Timothy Spall Back at Sea) 2.10-3.10am 《我屋里的章鱼》(The Octopus in My House)
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U&Drama FREEVIEW 20
6.00am Teleshopping 7.35 The Bill 8.35
Doctors 9.55 Classic Holby City 10.55
Casualty 11.55 The Bill 12.55pm Classic
EastEnders 2.15 Classic Neighbours
3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries 4.20
Father Brown 5.20 As Time Goes By
6.00 Last of the Summer Wine Triple bill.
8.00 The Chelsea Detective A celebrated architect is thrown to his death from a hotel balcony. Adrian Scarborough stars.
9.00 Father Brown Suspicions are aroused when the holiest house in Kembleford is linked to the death of a wanton woman.
10.00 New Tricks UCOS looks into the murder of a private investigator.
12.20am Lovejoy. Tinker lectures Lovejoy.
1.30 The Chelsea Detective 2.35
Sister Boniface Mysteries 3.20 As Time Goes By 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
11.20 Father Brown The priest hopes that a broken leg will not prevent him from solving the mystery surrounding the death of a member of Kembleford's WI.
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6.00am 《与 Eamonn 和 Ellie 共进早餐》(Breakfast with Eamonn and Ellie) 9.30 《英国新闻室》(Britain's Newsroom) 12.00noon 《英国下午好》(Good Afternoon Britain)。最新报道。 3.00 Martin Daubney。最新更新。
7.00 《法拉奇》(Farage) 奈杰尔·法拉奇的黄金时段节目,包含讨论与辩论。
8.00 《雅各布·里斯-莫格的国家状态》(Jacob Rees-Mogg's State Of The Nation) 雅各布·里斯-莫格就当日新闻发表见解。
11.00 《帕特里克·克里斯蒂斯今夜》深夜版 (Patrick Christys Tonight Late Edition) 帕特里克·克里斯蒂斯带来所有登上头版的主要新闻,以及国内外所有突发新闻的全方位报道。
12.00m't 《深夜秀》(The Late Show) 直播
3.00 《帕特里克·克里斯蒂斯今夜》(Patrick Christys Tonight)
重播 5.00-6.00am 《帕特里克·克里斯蒂斯今夜》深夜版 (Patrick Christys Tonight Late Edition)
快报旅行 (EXPRESS TRAVEL)
just go.holidays
买一送一酒吧 (2 FOR 1 BAR)
伯恩茅斯与新森林 (BOURNEMOUTH & THE NEW FOREST)
火鸡与闪亮装饰 (TURKEY & TINSEL)
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More4
6.50 The Dog House Double bill. Timid puppy Harry and grumpy Westie Hamish seek new homes; an American bulldog throws his weight around with intrepid Manchester couple Katie and James. Meanwhile, 12-year-old terrier Tiddles enjoys a makeover at the groomers.
8.55am Four in a Bed: five episodes 11.35 Come Dine with Me 2.15pm Four in a Bed: five episodes 4.50 Car S.O.S
9.00 Scotland's Golden Coast Pufflings on the Isle of May take their first flight out to sea, passengers enjoy tea on the Caledonian Railway, and a paddleboard instructor takes to Aberdeen's waters.
10.00 24 Hours in A&E Double bill. A woman is rushed to St George's with an open ankle fracture; a doctor shares his story of leaving his family during lockdown to keep them safe.
12.05am 999: On the Front Line
1.10 24 Hours in A&E: double bill
3.20-4.00am A Place in the Sun
ANGLIA As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Anglia; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News Anglia. The headline reports; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Anglia; Weather
WESTCOUNTRY As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country
S4C 6.00am Cyw 11.00 Camau Bach 11.00 Pentre Papur Pop 11.10 Yr Whws 11.20 Cymylaubychain 11.30 Sion y Chef 11.45 Sigldigwt 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 12.05pm Dim Cwsg i Quinnell 12.30 Heno 1.00 Cymry ar Gynfas 1.30 Ralio+ 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 2.05 Prynawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 3.05 Gwesty Aduniad 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Trysorau Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau 6.25 Darllediad Gwleidyddol 6.30 Rownd a Rownd. Lea is annoyed with Mathew as he wants her to find a course. 6.59 Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Gwalia Aleighcia 8.55 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 9.00 Athrawon 10.00 Chwedl Jan Morris 11.00-11.35pm Y Sin
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BBC3
7.00pm The Catch Up The day's news.
7.05 Horrible Histories Double bill.
8.00 DIY SOS The team are in Southampton where they come to the aid of deaf couple Ahmed and Rifat, transforming their house from a building site into a safe space, with help from the community.
9.00 Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley Exploring claims about anti-ageing IV drips popularised by celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, with treatments now being administered by private doctors.
9.30 Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson drives the Jaguar F-Type sports car on some of Britain's finest roads.
10.30 FILM Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022, 12) Biopic, starring Naomi Ackie and Nafessa Williams. ★★★★
12.45am Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise 3.00-4.00am Top Gear
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SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am 直播 网球 ATP 上海大师赛和 WTA 中国公开赛。报道各自的 ATP Masters 和 WTA 1000 赛事。
12.00noon 直播 网球 上海大师赛和 WTA 中国公开赛。报道 Masters 和 WTA 1000 赛事。
4.00 Desk。实时分析与评论。
5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Centre 8.00 Centre 9.00 Centre 9.30 Lost Grounds 10.00 Sky News 10.30 Paper Talk 11.00 Sky News
2.00am 直播 WNBA Golden State Valkyries v Las Vegas Aces(开球时间 2.30am)。报道在 Chase Center 举行的季后赛半决赛第二场比赛。
5.00-6.00am 直播 PGA Tour Golf The Baycurrent Classic。报道在横滨乡村俱乐部举行的赛事第一天。
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BBC4 FREEVIEW 9
7.00pm Secrets of Bones Biologist Ben Garrod explores skeletons.
7.30 Timothy Spall Back at Sea The barge visits Whitehaven, the Isle of Man, Belfast and Portpatrick.
8.00 Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain's Caves
8.50 Building Sights Artist Derek Jarman returns to his former art master's house in Wimborne, Dorset.
9.00 The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed Last in series.
10.00 Schmoedipus: Play for Today
A stranger appears at the door of a woman, claiming to be her son.
11.10 Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts Alice Roberts goes swimming in natural surroundings.
12.10am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 1.10 Secrets of Bones 1.40 Timothy Spall Back at Sea 2.10-3.10am The Octopus in My House
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SKY CRICKET
6.00am 国际 T20 板球 10.30 The Hundred Bitesize 10.45 The Hundred Bitesize 11.00 Jimmy Anderson's Final Farewell
12.15pm The 12.30 国际 T20 1.00 SA20 5.00 The 5.15 The 5.30 国际 T20 6.00 Test 11.00 国际女子一日赛
11.00 国际女子一日赛 12.00m't Women's Big Bash League 1.00 国际 T20 5.30 The 5.45-6.00am The
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GB News
6.00am Breakfast with Eamonn and Ellie 9.30 Britain's Newsroom 12.00noon Good Afternoon Britain. The latest news stories. 3.00 Martin Daubney. The latest updates.
7.00 Farage Nigel Farage's prime-time show, with discussion and debate.
8.00 Jacob Rees-Mogg's State Of The Nation Jacob Rees-Mogg presents his take on the day's stories.
9.00 Patrick Christys Tonight The latest topical discussion and debate.
11.00 Patrick Christys Tonight Late Edition All the major stories making the front pages and full coverage of all the breaking news at home and abroad with Patrick Christys.
12.00m't The Late Show Live
3.00 Patrick Christys Tonight
Replay 5.00-6.00am Patrick
Christys Tonight Late Edition
EXPRESS TRAVEL
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TURKEY & TINSEL
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SKY FOOTBALL
6.00am Retro League One 8.45 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 EFL 10.00 Cup Highlights 11.00 SPFL Highlights 11.30 12.00 Super-Duplexion
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英国超级摩托车赛回顾 7.00 It's A Numbers Game 7.30 MLB 精选 8.30 MLB Lead Off
9.00 直播 芝加哥白袜队 v 克利夫兰守护者队(开始时间 9.00pm)。国家联盟分赛区系列赛第三场,在 Rate Field 举行。
12.30am The Gallagher PREM – The Wrap Up。第二轮。 12.45 The Gruppetto
1.00 直播 纽约洋基队 v 坦帕湾光芒队(开始时间 1.00am)。国家联盟分赛区系列赛第三场,在洋基体育场举行。
4.30 Closer 5.00-6.00am WRC 回顾
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SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA China Open. Coverage from the respective ATP Masters and WTA 1000 events.
10.00 LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters. Coverage of day one of the ATP Masters event, a tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena.
12.00noon LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA China Open. Coverage from the ATP Masters and WTA 1000 events.
4.00 Sports Desk. Live analysis and comments.
5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Sports Centre 8.00 Sports Centre 9.00 Sports Centre 9.30 Lost Grounds 10.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Paper Talk 11.00 Sky Sports News
2.00am LIVE WNBA Golden State Valkyries v Las Vegas Aces (Tip-off 2.30am). Coverage of game two of the play-off semi-final, at Chase Center.
5.00-6.00am LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Baycurrent Classic. Coverage of day one of the tournament, which takes place at Yokohama Country Club.
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TNT SPORTS 2
6.00am MotoGP 9.30 英国超级摩托车赛精选
10.30 世界越野摩托车锦标赛 12.45pm
TNT Sports 板球 Reload 1.00 精选
2.00 欧冠联赛 - 经典赛
4.30 国际T20板球精选 5.30
Ultimate Pool 7.00 MotoGP 深度解析秀
8.00 MotoGP 精选 9.00 英国超级摩托车赛
精选 10.00 英超故事
10.30 欧冠联赛杂志
11.00 直播 亚特兰大勇士队 v 洛杉矶道奇队(开始时间 11.00pm)。报道美国联盟分赛区系列赛第四场。
2.30am TNT Sports Reload。精彩片段。
3.00-6.30am 直播 圣迭戈教士队 v 密尔沃基酿酒师队(开始时间 3.00am)。
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SKY SPORTS CRICKET
6.00am International T20 Cricket 10.30 The Hundred Bitesize 10.45 The Hundred Bitesize 11.00 Jimmy Anderson's Final Farewell
12.15pm The Hundred Bitesize 12.30 International T20 Cricket 1.00 SA20 5.00 The Hundred Bitesize 5.15 The Hundred Bitesize 5.30 International T20 Cricket 6.00 Test Cricket 11.00 Women's International One-Day Cricket
11.00 Women's International One-Day Cricket 12.00m't Women's Big Bash League 1.00 International T20 Cricket 5.30 The Hundred Bitesize 5.45-6.00am The Hundred Bitesize
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SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL
6.00am Retro League One 8.45 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 EFL Greatest Games 10.00 EFL Cup Highlights 11.00 SPFL Highlights 11.30 EFL Greatest Games 12.00 Super-Duplexion Highlights
Street 5.50 Heartbeat 8.00 谜案集 (Midsomer Murders) 10.00 唐顿庄园 11.05 DCI Banks 12.55am The Royal 2.00 George and Mildred 2.25-2.30am Unwind with ITV
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SKY SPORTS GOLF
6.00am LPGA Tour Golf 9.00 Women's Golf 10.00 Ladies European Tour Golf 1.00pm Solheim Cup Golf 3.00 LPGA Tour Golf
6.00 PGA Tour Champions 7.00 PGA Tour: The Cut 7.30 HotelPlanner Tour Golf Highlights 8.00 PGA Tour Golf 9.00 DP World Tour Golf 10.00 HotelPlanner Tour Golf Highlights 10.30 PGA Tour Champions 11.30 PGA Tour: The Cut
12.00m't PGA Tour Golf 1.00 Ladies European Tour Golf 2.00 PGA Tour Golf 3.00 DP World Tour Golf 3.30 PGA Tour: The Cut
4.00-6.00am LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Baycurrent Classic. Coverage of day one of the tournament, which takes place at Yokohama Country Club.
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6.00am The Protectors 6.35 美国拾荒者 8.25 Minder 9.35 The Champions 10.40 水下大渔猎
11.45 河中怪兽 12.15pm The Professionals 1.15 The Champions 2.25 美国拾荒者 4.20 冰路卡车司机 6.20 Gallagher PREM Unleashed 6.50
6.00am UEFA Champions League Magazine 6.30 Groundbreaking 7.01 Sign Up - Into Football 7.45 International T20 Cricket Highlights 8.45 It's A Numbers Game 9.15 Women's Cycling Pro Series 10.15 Men's Cycling Pro Series
12.15pm Cycling European Championship
1.15 LIVE Cycling European Championship Coverage from the women's elite individual time trial event, which takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Switzerland's Marlen Reusser won gold in this event last year which was held in Guilherand-Granges in France.
3.00 LIVE Cycling European Championship
Coverage from the men's elite individual time trial event, which takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
4.45 The Gruppetto 5.00 Premier League Stories
5.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 6.00
TNT Sports Reload 6.30 MotoGP Rewind 6.45
British Superbikes Rewind 7.00 It's A Numbers Game 7.30 MLB Highlights 8.30 MLB Lead Off
9.00 LIVE MLB Chicago White Sox v Cleveland Guardians (Start time 9.00pm). Game three of the National League Division Series, held at Rate Field.
12.30am The Gallagher PREM – The Wrap Up. The second round. 12.45 The Gruppetto
1.00 LIVE MLB New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays (Start time 1.00am). Game three of the National League Division Series, at Yankee Stadium.
4.30 MLB Closer 5.00-6.00am WRC Review
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8.00am 阳光下的省钱英国人 (Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun)
10.00 逃票者:与法律的战争 (Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law)
11.00 LIVE MLB Atlanta Braves v Los Angeles Dodgers (Start time 11.00pm). Coverage of game four of the American League Division Series.
2.30am TNT Sports Reload. The best bits.
3.00-6.30am LIVE MLB San Diego Padres v Milwaukee Brewers (Start time 3.00am).
REALLY
6.00am 海边幻想之家 (Fantasy Homes by the Sea) 7.00 与 LoveitBookit 一起游轮电视 (Cruise TV with LoveitBookit) 8.00 逃往乡村 (Escape to the Country) 9.00 搜寻猎人 (Salvage Hunters) 12.00noon 约克郡拍卖行 (The Yorkshire Auction House) 2.00 修理铺 (The Repair Shop) 3.00 搜寻猎人:修复者 (Salvage Hunters: The Restorers) 5.00 寻找失散亲人:无迹可寻 (Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace) 6.00 修理铺 (The Repair Shop) 7.00 名人约克郡拍卖行 (Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House) 8.00 古董公路旅行 (Antiques Road Trip) 9.00 寻找失散亲人:古董公路旅行 (Antiques Road Trip) 9.00 寻找失散亲人:之后发生了什么 (Long Lost Family: What Happened Next) 10.00 你认为你是谁? (Who Do You Think You Are?) 11.00 名人求助!我的房子闹鬼 (Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted) 2.00am 电视购物 (Teleshopping) 4.00-6.00am 搜寻猎人:修复者 (Salvage Hunters: The Restorers)
12.05am Skin A&E 1.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders 2.00 Police Interceptors 3.35-4.00am Home and Away
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88-91MHz 6.30am Sara Cox 早餐秀 (The Sara Cox Breakfast Show) 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Trevor Nelson 4.00 驾驶时间 (Drivetime) 7.00 Jo Whiley 的闪亮快乐播放列表 (Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist) 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 与 Mark Radcliffe 一起民谣秀 (The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe) 10.00 与 DJ Spoony 一起好律动 (The Good Groove with DJ Spoony) 12.00m't OJ Borg 3.00 与 Vernon Kay 一起 90 年代舞曲 (Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay) 4.00-6.30am Owain Wyn Evans
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REALLY
6.00am Fantasy Homes by the Sea 7.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 Salvage Hunters 12.00noon The Yorkshire Auction House 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Salvage Hunters: The
Restorers 5.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace 6.00 The Repair Shop 7.00 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House 8.00 Antiques Road Trip 9.00 Long Lost Family:
Antiques Road Trip 9.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next 10.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted 2.00am Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
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BBC 3
90.2-92.4MHz 6.30am 早餐 (Breakfast) 9.30 核心经典 (Essential Classics) 1.00pm 古典现场 (Classical Live) 3.00 合唱晚祷 (Choral Evensong) 4.00 本周作曲家:威尼斯学派 (Composer of the Week: The Venetian School) 5.00 协调 (In Tune) 7.00 古典混音带 (Classical Mixtape) 7.30 3 音乐会 ( 3 in Concert) 9.45 论文:走向晚祷 (The Essay: Towards Evensong) 10.00 夜间曲目 (Night Tracks) 11.30 午夜时分 ('Round Midnight) 12.30-6.30am 彻夜 (Through the Night)
3.00 Bill Bailey 的大师工匠:下一代 (Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation) 4.00 探索:理查德·基尔 (Discovering: Richard Gere)
5.00 年度风景艺术家 2015 6.00 (Landscape Artist of the Year 2015) 6.00 出人意料的故事 (Tales of the Unexpected) 7.00 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克时间 (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) 8.00 年度肖像艺术家 2026 9.00 (Portrait Artist of the Year 2026) 9.00 探索电影中的浪漫 (Discovering Romance on Film) 10.30 九十年代 (The Nineties) 11.30 最撒旦的艺术 (Art's Most Satanic) 12.30am 艾未未:艺术活动家 (Ai Weiwei: The Artivist) 1.45
理查德·哈里斯的幽灵 (The Ghost of Richard Harris) 4.00 艺术走私者:从坟墓中窃取的宝藏 (Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs) 5.00-6.00am Bill Bailey 的大师工匠:下一代 (Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation)
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5ACTION
9.00am Entertainment News on 5 9.05 Trucking Hell 10.05 Police Interceptors 12.05pm FILM The Westerner (1940/PG)
Britain's Speeders. An officer responds to a 999 call about a woman drinking wine while driving. 9.00 Police Interceptors 10.00 Police: Night Shift 999 11.00 The X-Files
12.00m't Soldier: For King and Country 1.00 Ice Road Truckers 2.00 Trucking Hell 3.50-4.00am Entertainment News on 5
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U&GOLD
7.10am dinnerladies 7.55 The Good Life 8.30 Only Fools and Horses 9.10 The Green Green Grass 9.50 Are You Being Served? 10.30 Last of the Summer Wine 11.50 The Good Life 12.30pm Only Fools and Horses
1.45 Keeping Up Appearances 2.25 Dad's Army 3.00 The Green Green Grass 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.20 The Good Life 5.00 Dad's Army 5.40 Last of the Summer Wine 7.00 Faces and Faces 7.40 Dad's Army
8.20 and 9.00 and Christmas Special 9.35 The Fast Show 10.15 Not Going Out 10.55 and 11.35 and Christmas Special 12.15am The Fast Show 12.55 Not Going Out 1.30 Keeping Up Appearances 2.20 dinnerladies 2.50 The Good Life 3.25-4.00am The Fast Show
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SKY ARTS
6.00am Opera North's Resonance 6.15
Andre Rieu: Live in Dublin 8.00 Artist of the Year: Masterclass 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock
Presents 11.00 Discovering: Julia Roberts 12.00noon Classic Albums 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27
6.10am Great Canal Journeys: Asian Odyssey 7.10 Great Canal Journeys 8.00 Bangers & Cash 10.00 The Battle of Britain
11.00 D-Day: Last Words 12.00noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 The Battle of Britain 5.00 D-Day: Last Words 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Turkey with Simon Reeve 8.00 Guy Martin: Proper Jobs 9.00 Saving Lives at Sea 10.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00-3.00am Great Canal Journeys
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BBC RADIO 1
97.6-99.8MHz 6.58am Newsbeat 7.00 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James
10.30 Newsbeat 10.33 Charlie and Jerry
12.00noon Radio 1 Live Lounge 12.45
Newsbeat 1.00 Matt and Mollie 3.30
Newsbeat 3.33 Going Home with Vick,
Katie and Jamie on Radio 1.5.45 Newsbe
Mollie King 10.00 Radio 1's Power Down
Playlist with Sian Eleri 11.00 Benji B 1.00am
Danny Howard's Club Mix 2.00 Radio 1
Anthems 4.00-6.58am Radio 1 Early
Breakfast with Mylo and Rosie
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U&ALIBI
7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown 10.00 The Coroner 11.00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 12.00noon Miss Fisher's Murder 1.00 Death in Paradise 2.00 Murdoch 4.00 The Doctor Blake 5.00 Miss Fisher's Murder 6.00 The Coroner
Hathaway. Private Investigators 5.00 Return to Paradise 10.20 Father Brown. 犯罪剧. 12.20am Death in Paradise 1.20 CSI: Vegas 2.10-4.00am Murdoch
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BBC RADIO 2
88-91MHz 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Trevor Nelson 4.00 Drivetime 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe 10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony 12.00m't OJ Borg 3.00 Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay 4.00-6.30am Owain Wyn Evans
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BBC RADIO 3
90.2-92.4MHz 6.30am Breakfast 9.30 Essential Classics 1.00pm Classical Live 3.00 Choral Evensong 4.00 Composer of the Week: The Venetian School 5.00 In
Tune 7.00 Classical Mixtape 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert 9.45 The Essay: Towards Evensong 10.00 Night Tracks 11.30 'Round Midnight 12.30-6.30am Through the Night
Fire Country
Sky Witness,
9pm
A routine response to a fire turns
dangerous and the Station 42 team discover the threat
dispatch indicated. Meanwhile, Bode (Max Thieriot, left) tries to help Tyler rebuild his life.
3.00 Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation 4.00 Discovering: Richard Gere
5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2015 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected 7.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 8.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2026 9.00 Discovering Romance on Film 10.30 The Nineties 11.30 Art's Most
Satanic 12.30am Ai Weiwei: The Artivist 1.45
The Ghost of Richard Harris 4.00 Art
Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs 5.00-6.00am Bill Bailey's Master
Crafters: The Next Generation
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U&GOLD
7.10am dinnerladies 7.55 The Good Life 8.30 Only Fools and Horses 9.10 The Green Green Grass 9.50 Are You Being Served? 10.30 Last of the Summer Wine 11.50 The Good Life 12.30pm Only Fools and Horses
1.45 Keeping Up Appearances 2.25 Dad's Army 3.00 The Green Green Grass 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.20 The Good Life 5.00 Dad's Army 5.40 Last of the Summer Wine 7.00 Only Faces and Faces 7.40 Dad's Army
8.20 Only Fools and Horses 9.00 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special 9.35 The Fast Show 10.15 Not Going Out 10.55 Only Fools and Horses 11.35 Only Fools and
Horses Christmas Special 12.15am The Fast Show 12.55 Not Going Out 1.30 Keeping Up Appearances 2.20 dinnerladies 2.50 The Good Life 3.25-4.00am The Fast Show
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Radio 4, 11pm
这是一个全新的五部分系列节目,喜剧演员兼农民之女 Kiri Pritchard-McLean 将分享她在安格尔西岛(Angelsey)小农场生活的见解。第一集将跟随她和她的哥哥 Alistair 参观一个永续农业节,他们希望在那里获得经营纯素农场的建议。
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U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27
6.10am Great Canal Journeys: Asian Odyssey 7.10 Great Canal Journeys 8.00 Bangers & Cash 10.00 The Battle of Britain
11.00 D-Day: Last Words 12.00noon
Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash
4.00 The Battle of Britain 5.00 D-Day: Last
Words 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Turkey with Simon Reeve 8.00 Guy Martin: Proper Jobs 9.00 Saving Lives at Sea 10.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00-3.00am Great Canal Journeys
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BBC RADIO 4
FM 92.4-94.6MHz 6.00am Today 9.00 More or Less 9.30 Where Is Austin Tice? 10.00 Woman's Hour 11.00 File on 4 Investigates
11.40 This Week in History 11.45 To Go or Not to Go 12.00noon News 12.04 You and Yours 1.00 The World at One 1.45 The Turning Point 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Drama: The Artificial Human 4.00 When It Hits the Fan 4.15 The Media Show 5.00 PM 5.57 Weather 6.00 News 6.30 Glenn Moore's Almanac 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row
8.00 Here for the History 8.30 Top Comment 9.00 The Life Scientific 9.30 All in the Mind 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Stations 11.00 Kiri's Farm
12.00m't News 12.30 To Go or Not to Go 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.00 News Summary 5.04 More or Less 5.32 Weather
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U&ALIBI
7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown 10.00 The Coroner 11.00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 12.00noon Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1.00 Death in
Paradise 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00
The Doctor Blake Mysteries 5.00 Miss
Fisher's Murder Mysteries 6.00 The Coroner
Hathaway. Private Investigators 5.00 Return to Paradise 10.20 Father Brown. Crime drama. 12.20am Death in Paradise 1.20 CSI: Vegas 2.10-4.00am Murdoch Mysteries
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SKY ONE
6.00am Mornings 6.30 Mornings 7.00 Mornings with Ridge and Frost 7.30 Mornings with Ridge and Frost 8.00 Stargate SG-1 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles
11.00 The Simpsons 12.00hon Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit 1.00 Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Superstore 7.00 The
11.15 James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome 12.45am Grimm 1.40 Evil 2.35 Road Wars 3.05 Hawaii Five-0 4.00-6.00am S.W.A.T
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SKY ATLANTIC
6.00am Urban Secrets 8.00 Billions 10.15 Deadwood 12.25pm Gomorrah 1.30 Homicide: Life on the Street 3.30 Billions
5.45 Station Eleven 8.00 Fargo 9.00 War 10.05 The Terror 12.05am Station Eleven 2.30 Gomorrah 3.35 The Guest Wing 4.30 Sort Of 5.00-6.00am The Guest Wing
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SKY WITNESS
6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00 Border Patrol 8.00 Border Security: Canada's Front Line 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder 10.00 Caught on Dashcam 11.00 Police 24 / 7
12.00noon FBI💡 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Blue Bloods 4.00 Nothing to Declare 8.00 Caught on Dashcam 9.00 Fire Country 10.00 FBI: International 11.00 The Rookie 12.00m't FBI 2.00 CIA 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00-6.00am Brit Cops: Law & Disorder
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Radio 4, 11pm
New five-part series in which comedian and farmer's daughter Kiri Pritchard-McLean offers insights into life on her smallholding on Angelsey. The first episode follows her and her brother Alistair as they visit a permaculture festival where they hope to receive advice on running a vegan farm.
《Last Week Tonight with John Oliver》 9.45 《Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game》 11.25 《Hacks》 12.55am 《Resident Alien》 1.55 《Breeders》 3.15 《Community》 4.30-5.00am 《Sort Of》
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BBC RADIO 4
FM 92.4-94.6MHz 6.00am Today 9.00 More or Less 9.30 Where Is Austin Tice? 10.00 Woman's Hour 11.00 File on 4 Investigates
11.40 This Week in History 11.45 To Go or Not to Go 12.00noon News 12.04 You and Yours 1.00 The World at One 1.45 The Turning Point 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Drama:
The Artificial Human 4.00 When It Hits the Fan 4.15 The Media Show 5.00 PM 5.57 Weather 6.00 News 6.30 Glenn Moore's Almanac 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row
8.00 Here for the History 8.30 Top Comment 9.00 The Life Scientific 9.30 All in the Mind 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Stations 11.00 Kiri's Farm
12.00m't News 12.30 To Go or Not to Go
12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC
World Service 5.00 News Summary
5.04 More or Less 5.32 Weather
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DISCOVERY
6.00am 《Deadliest Catch》 7.00 《Tanked》
8.00 《Tanked: Unfiltered》 9.00 《America's Backyard Gold》 11.00 《Building Off the Grid》 1.00pm 《Animal Cops Houston》 3.00 《How Do They Do It?》 5.00 《Undercover Billionaire》
7.00 《Wheeler Dealers》 9.00 《Wheeler Dealers World Tour》 10.00 《Kindig Customs》 11.00 《In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers》 12.00m't
2.00 《Hitler's Last Stand》 3.00 《Drain the Great Lakes》 4.00 《Lost Treasures of Egypt》 5.00 《Ice Road Rescue》 6.00 《Seconds from Disaster》 7.00 《Air Crash Investigation》 8.00 《Decoding History's Prophecies》 9.00 《How the Tudors Lost Their Heads》 10.00 《Draining Loch Ness: In Search of the Monster》 11.00 《Air Crash Investigation》 12.00mV / ton Resour 1.00
《Investigation》 12.00m't 《Yukon Rescue》 1.00 《Alaska: The Next Generation》 2.00 《Abandoned》 2.30 《Lords of War》 3.20 《Food Factory》 4.10-5.00am 《When Sharks Attack and Why》
5.34 航运预报 5.43 今日祷告 5.45-6.00am 今日农业
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SKY ATLANTIC
6.00am Urban Secrets 8.00 Billions 10.15
Deadwood 12.25pm Gomorrah 1.30
Homicide: Life on the Street 3.30 Billions
5.45 Station Eleven 8.00 Fargo 9.00 War
10.05 The Terror 12.05am Station Eleven
2.30 Gomorrah 3.35 The Guest Wing 4.30
Sort Of 5.00-6.00am The Guest Wing
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
693 / 909kHz 6.00am Breakfast 9.00 Rima Ahmed 11.00 Naga Munchetty 2.00pm Matt Chorley 4.00 Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.30 5 Sport 9.00 5 Sport: The Euro Leagues Podcast 10.00 5 Sport: 72+ 10.30 Laura McGhie 1.00am Dotun Adebayo 5.00-6.00am Wake Up to Money
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SKY WITNESS
6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00 Border Patrol 8.00 Border Security: Canada's Front Line 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder 10.00 Caught on Dashcam 11.00 Police 24/7
12.00noon FBI 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Blue Bloods 4.00 Nothing to Declare 8.00 Caught on Dashcam 9.00 Fire Country 10.00 FBI: International 11.00 The Rookie 12.00m't FBI 2.00 CIA 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00-6.00am Brit Cops: Law & Disorder
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BBC RADIO WALES
FM: 94.6MHz 6.00am 威尔士新闻更新 6.05 Wake Up with 6.31 The Idea 7.00 Breakfast 9.00 Bronwen Lewis 12.00noon The Phone In 2.00 Behnaz Akhgar 5.00 Drive 6.30 Country Focus 7.00 Welsh Music Prize 2026 10.00 Eleri Sion 12.00m't Relax with 1.00 James Dean Bradfield 1.56-6.00am As 5
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SKY COMEDY
8.00am Will & Grace 9.00 Sort Of 10.00 | Love LA 10.40 The Chair Company 11.20 Will & Grace 12.20pm Hacks 1.40 | Love LA 2.20 The Chair Company 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 Breeders 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 9.45 Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game 11.25 Hacks 12.55am Resident Alien 1.55 Breeders 3.15 Community 4.30-5.00am Sort Of
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CLASSIC FM
100-102MHz 6.30am Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour with Dan Walker 10.00 Tim Lihoreau 1.00pm Hannah Scott-Joynt 4.00 Margherita Taylor 7.00 Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes 10.00 Calm Classics 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00-6.30am Early Breakfast
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DISCOVERY
6.00am Deadliest Catch 7.00 Tanked
8.00 Tanked: Unfiltered 9.00 America's Backyard Gold 11.00 Building Off the Grid 1.00pm Animal Cops Houston 3.00 How Do They Do It? 5.00 Undercover Billionaire
7.00 Wheeler Dealers 9.00 Wheeler Dealers World Tour 10.00 Kindig Customs 11.00 In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers 12.00m't
Deadliest Catch 1.00 Wheeler Dealers World Tour 2.00 Kindig Customs 3.00-5.00am Alaska: Homestead Rescue
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ABSOLUTE
DAB 6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Hometime with Bush & Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00-6.00am Ben Sheppard
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
8.00am Air Crash Investigation 10.00 Disaster Autopsy 11.00 Car S.O.S 12.00noon Inside Sydney Airport 1.00 Air Crash Investigation
2.00 Hitler's Last Stand 3.00 Drain the Great Lakes 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt 5.00 Ice Road Rescue 6.00 Seconds from Disaster 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Decoding
History's Prophecies 9.00 How the Tudors Lost Their Heads 10.00 Draining Loch Ness: In Search of the Monster 11.00 Air Crash Investigation 12.00mV/ton Resour 1.00
Investigation 12.00m't Yukon Rescue 1.00 Alaska: The Next Generation 2.00 Abandoned 2.30 Lords of War 3.20 Food Factory 4.10-5.00am When Sharks Attack and Why
5.34 Shipping Forecast 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45-6.00am Farming Today
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
693/909kHz 6.00am Breakfast 9.00 Rima Ahmed 11.00 Naga Munchetty 2.00pm Matt Chorley 4.00 Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.30 5 Live Sport 9.00 5 Live Sport: The Euro Leagues Podcast 10.00 5 Live Sport: 72+ 10.30 Laura McGhie 1.00am Dotun Adebayo 5.00-6.00am Wake Up to Money
FM: 94.6MHz 6.00am Radio Wales News Update 6.05 Wake Up with Radio Wales 6.31 The Idea 7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast 9.00 Bronwen Lewis 12.00noon The Phone In 2.00 Behnaz Akhgar 5.00 Radio Wales Drive 6.30 Country Focus 7.00 Welsh Music Prize 2026 10.00 Eleri Sion 12.00m't Relax with Radio Wales 1.00 James Dean Bradfield 1.56-6.00am As Radio 5 Live
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SKY CINEMA PREMIERE(天空电影首映频道)
6.05am 《The Deb》(2024 / 15) 音乐喜剧,由 Natalie Abbott 主演。★★★
8.20 《Cold Storage》(2026 / 15)
见 3.55pm。★★★
10.05 《One Last Shot》(2026 / 15)
见 8.00pm。★★★
11.45 《The Fix》(2026 / 15) 惊悚片,由 Zachary Levi 和 Liam Neeson 主演。★★★
100-102MHz 6.30am Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour with Dan Walker 10.00 Tim Lihoreau 1.00pm Hannah Scott-Joynt 4.00 Margherita Taylor 7.00 Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes 10.00 Calm Classics 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00-6.30am Early Breakfast
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SKY CINEMA DRAMA(天空电影剧情频道)
4.35pm 《The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas》(2008 / 12) 剧情片,由 David Thewlis 出演。★★★★
6.15 《Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight》(2025 / 15) 剧情片,由 Lexi Venter 出演。★★★★
10.10 《A League of Their Own》(1992 / PG) 剧情片,由 Geena Davis 出演。★★★
DAB 6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Hometime with Bush & Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00-6.00am Ben Sheppard
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SKY CINEMA FAMILY(天空电影家庭频道)
6.00pm 《Casper》(1995 / PG) 超自然家庭喜剧,由 Christina Ricci 主演。★★★★
7.45 《How to Train Your Dragon》(2025 / PG) 奇幻冒险片,由 Mason Thames 和 Nico Parker 主演。★★★★
9.55 《Hook》(1991 / U) 彼得潘冒险片,由 Robin Williams 和 Dustin Hoffman 出演。★★★
12.20am 《Matilda》(1996 / PG) 儿童奇幻喜剧,由 Mara Wilson 主演。★★★★
HOME Secretary Shabana Mahmood is failing. While there were protests in Gosport over processing illegal migrants, she admitted she cannot or will not stop the influx.
Worryingly, Mahmood acknowledges rapists are among the arrivals – alongside murderers, thieves and drug dealers.
This lack of protection is turning law-abiding citizens against the police under Labour. With two Iranian nationals charged with terror offences, claims of importing professionals are shattered. The PM must fix this or resign.
ACCORDING to our protector Shabana Mahmood most of the women in the camps of northern France have been raped before crossing on the small boats. The men are checked by our NHS on arrival to make sure they are strong and fit before being released unsupervised into our villages. What can go wrong?
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削减资金后,乌克兰人面临无家可归的风险
2026年9月下旬,英国削减了70%的“乌克兰之家”(Homes For Ukraine)资金。目前的每月“感谢金”为£100,比之前减少了三倍半。结果是,大多数乌克兰难民面临无家可归的风险,因为如此低廉的国家补贴将迫使英国房东收取租金。
HOW many times have we heard this intellectual mumbo-jumbo from Shabana Mahmood about the illegal migrants and that there are rapists among Channel migrants?
Tell us something we don't already know, because people are afraid for their lives on our streets ("Mahmood 'admits rapists are among Channel migrants"', October 5).
ON THIS DAY
She now wants to start return hubs and talks about creating innovative solutions in respect of sending them to a third country. What planet is she on? We already had an oven-ready plan from the Tories for that but Keir Starmer scrapped it.
Peter Rushton,
Chorley, Lancs
This Government is going in circles and migrants are draining the coffers.
Deport foreign prisoners to free space in our jails
ALEX Norris crowed on our TV screens that the released violent offenders were “facing the most stringent security measures ever”. Now we learn that 700 have refused to be tagged (“Justice Secretary’s tag team are lagging behind”, October 6).
Many women will be frantic that former partners will be knocking on their door. Will we have to wait for the first one to be maimed or killed before Norris admits failure?
The remedy is simple; there are 10,772 foreign prisoners in our jails. The majority are Albanian – an EU candidate country, Polish, Romanian and Irish – all friendly EU countries. Deport them.
Britain has already paid the price for evil slavery
WITH the King visiting the Caribbean, slavery reparations will be high on the woke agenda once again (“‘No apology’ over slavery during tour”, October 3).
With the slave trade being morally repugnant and eradicated by Great Britain, there are no grounds for compensation. But if it was, it has been paid. Upon independence, plaintiffs received Caribbean islands free of charge, worth tens of trillions in real estate values. How else would they have acquired them? Case dismissed.
IN LATE September 2026, the UK cut 70% of Homes For Ukraine funding. Monthly “thank you” payments are now £100, three-anda-half times less than before. As a result, most Ukrainian refugees risk being left homeless because such poor state pay-offs will force British hosts to charge rent.
Jasper Mills,
Sheffield
This decision is ruthless toward people we promised to protect. Commercial renting will make refugees homeless. This scheme must continue until Ukraine is safe.
67 years ago (1959)
Around 500 people had to be rescued from Southend Pier after a fire cut them off. The blaze caused £100,000 of damage to the world's longest pleasure pier and its pavilion. It didn't reopen until 1962.
IT IS beyond belief that Martin Hewitt, hired as Border Security Commander by Labour, received a pay-off of more than £50,000 alongside a £47,000 pension increase, bringing his final-year package to £310,000 (“Labour’s border boss got a £50k payout to go early”, July 17).
Driving tuition no justice for the innocent victims
Jo Howarth,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent motoring offences. Tuition works for minor incidents with vehicle damage only. But if a driver seriously injures someone, the only appropriate answer is a lengthy driving ban.
If the victim suffers life-changing injuries from which they never recover, then surely the only correct punishment must be a lifetime ban from driving.
LABOUR and Andy Burnham consider the pension triple lock unsustainable while leaving welfare benefits untouched (“Labour under Burnham ‘is going after elderly’”, October 5).
Burnham's 2030 adjustment funds his social care plan, but how much will it actually cover? Downing Street claims it saves £15billion annually by 2040, but it excludes care home costs and offers a measly $5\%$ cut only to electricity.
MPs easily restrict the masses' pensions because their own are gold-plated. Let's not forget Keir Starmer benefits from a super-pension from heading the CPS.
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Come on Northern Ireland sing when you're winning
HAVING watched all Northern Ireland's Nations League matches recently, what surprises me greatly is that while all their opponents heartily sing their own national anthems, the Northern Ireland team (apart from one or two) cannot be bothered to sing our own national anthem ("O'Neill has big faith in young guns", October 5).
A far cry from the England team, which enthusiastically gets us in the mood.
Stephen Llowarch,
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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Dame Penny will be best Tory leader this century
NOW that Dame Penny Mordaunt is cleared for parliamentary duties, she should be parachuted into the next by-election (“Mordaunt in bid to return to Parliament”, October 5). A woman of her talent and charisma was let down by Portsmouth North voters at the last election but she is now in a strong position to be the next Tory leader.
David Hardman,
If that happens, I see her as potentially the best Prime Minister this century.
HEROISM RUNS IN THE SINFIELD FAMILY ON A DAY OF PRIDE
SIR Kevin Sinfield had the icing on the cake watching his son Jack lift the Super League trophy for Wakefield Trinity at Old Trafford last weekend after his own immense achievements, with his 7 in 7 marathon challenge for motor neurone disease causes in memory of his friend
and Leeds Rhinos teammate Rob Burrow, who died in 2024 (“Jack inherits family silver”, October 5).
How proud father and son can both be of their dedication to their wonderful display of glory. Well done to them both.
Annette Hale,
Aldridge, W Mids
TODAY'S GIGGLE
What do you call a sad coffee? Despresso.
77 years ago (1949) The communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) was formed following the Russian occupation of East Germany at the end of the Second World War.
Its territory surrounded West Berlin but the former capital remained outside of its jurisdiction for the duration of the Cold War.
As a part of the Eastern Bloc of Soviet-allied communist countries, GDR was ruled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
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BIRTHDAYS
Music mogul Simon Cowell is 67. He created the hit global franchise The X Factor. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is 58. His band recorded the landmark album OK Computer. Un-Break My Heart singer Toni Braxton is 59. She won seven Grammys. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 71. He has recorded more than 90 studio albums.
ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 20 A relationship could shift aft
revealing conversation. Don't fear the change; it may be making room for something more honest. Daily routines also need adjusting if they've become joyless. Follow what excites you in love or work, but keep practical sense nearby. Your instincts are strong enough to know which changes are worth making.
relationships needs speaking out about. Say what has been bothering you and let the response give you something real to work with. Collaboration at work could bring fresh insight. Creativity is strong too. An exchange may reveal a problem is smaller than your imagination suggested.
Home provides plenty to think about and a heartfelt conversation could reveal what has been missing. Friends could surprise you with an unconventional idea that deserves consideration. Stay open. You don't need to agree immediately, but you do need to listen. Clarity comes faster when pride isn't standing guard at every entrance.
Career creativity is blazing, making this an excellent time to pitch an idea. Home and friendships still need attention, so don't vanish into work. Relationships may feel electric and a frank conversation could change the tone. Ambition gets you moving, but emotional intelligence helps you choose which opportunities are actually worth the leap.
Creativity and confidence give your relationships a warmer glow. Romance benefits from thoughtful conversation. Money could be less predictable, so don't commit to a purchase because it feels exciting. Home and ambition need better balance too. Take a little time to reflect. Instincts will be much easier to follow once practical details stop wobbling.
Romance and creativity feel deliciously alive, so enjoy them. A casual conversation with a friend could also illuminate a path you hadn't considered. Your instincts are sharp around what nourishes you. Express yourself without apologising. Joy isn't frivolous. Sometimes it's the clearest signal that you're moving towards something that suits you.
Communication flows well around love, creativity or something close to your heart. An unexpected development could still ruffle a few feathers, though. Reflection will help. Share your thoughts, but keep practical steps in view. You'll make far better progress by combining imagination with the steady judgment that usually serves you so well.
Career ambitions sharpen, but support from friends could be just as valuable as your determination. Ask for perspective instead of assuming you must solve everything alone. A revealing conversation may also expose a truth in a relationship. Don't dodge it. Reflection helps you sort what matters from what merely looks impressive.
Relationships and values come under review. Strong feelings could lead to an enlightening conversation. Social connections also bring fresh ideas. Balance solitude with company. You need both. Trust your instincts about who deserves greater access to your inner world and who is better kept at a cheerful arm's length.
Emotions run deep but words come easily too. Use that combination to address something important. A little tension may arise, yet it can help reshape an arrangement that no longer feels authentic. Don't cling to the old version simply for peace. Honest change could bring far more understanding and considerably more joy.
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在客户收到黑客通知称这家在线时尚零售商的系统已被“全面攻破”后,Asos 的股价于昨日大跌。
应用程序的用户收到了一条标题为“ HACKED”( 被黑)的通知,攻击者显然试图以此联系该公司的数据保护和 IT 团队。
昨日表示,个人信息可能已被访问。这家在伦敦上市的零售商股价一度下跌约 15%,至 426.50p。
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Users of the app received a notification titled "ASOS HACKED", in an apparent attempt by the attackers to contact the company's data protection and IT teams.
Asos yesterday said personal information may have been accessed. At one stage shares in the London-listed retailer fell by around 15%, to 426.50p.
The hackers' message read: "Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance. Engage with us, or we will leak it." The
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The Snowflake cloud platform is used to process data such as clothing sizes and body measurements. It also allows the user to send notifications to clients' phones. It is not yet clear how the attackers were able to send a notification through the Asos app, whether its Snowflake systems were compromised as claimed, or how many customers may have been affected. Reports of the notification emerged from users in several countries, including the UK, US, Germany and Australia. The incident could require Asos to notify the Information Commissioner's Office and customers if personal data is compromised.
Marijus Briedis, of online services provider Nord VPN, said the message sent by the apparent hackers was "unusually threatening".
He added: "The attackers aren't simply claiming to have breached ASOS – they're
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Asos has around 17 million active customers globally and operates across more than 150 countries.
It said it is investigating “unauthorised activity involving third-party platforms” used to communicate with its customers, whose basic personal details may have been accessed, adding: “We do not believe that payment card information or account passwords were impacted.”
Ikea customers can now buy used products at cheaper prices
IKEA has launched a second-hand marketplace for its own furniture and homeware as it takes on eBay and Vinted.
The Swedish giant said prices would be an average of 60% lower than buying new.
Sellers scan an eligible item, with the platform automatically providing recommended pricing, product photography, accurate measurements, product descriptions, instructions and care information.
Greg Lucas, sustainability manager at Ikea UK and Ireland, said: "More customers are considering pre-owned furniture alongside new and are actively searching for items that can help create a home that feels personal to them."
THE construction sector declined at its slowest pace since January last month as it edged closer to recovery, according to new figures.
The S&P Global UK construction PMI showed a reading of 46.1 in September, improving from 44.3 in August.
It marked the strongest industry performance for eight months. Any reading above the 50.0 threshold indicates activity is increasing. And while the latest figures show the industry still firmly in contraction territory – having been declining since January 2025 – it is at a slower pace than in recent months.
Carly Thorpe, of commercial law firm
Walker Morris, said: "The modest improvement reflects a combination of stronger civil engineering activity and favourable operating conditions. The figures also reinforce the shift away from residential development and towards infrastructure-led sectors, including transport, energy and data centres."
STREAMING customers are almost certain to face large price rises after Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery completed their £82billion merger yesterday.
The Hollywood giants have combined under a new parent company called Skydance, bringing Paramount+, HBO Max and valuable film and TV franchises under one roof.
But Mike Proulx, of research firm Forrester, warned the huge £60bn debt used to finance the takeover will feed through to subscribers.
He said: "With such debt, it's hard to imagine streaming price hikes aren't in Skydance's future."
The enlarged company will take on Netflix and the tech giants with a catalogue including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, DC, Mission: Impossible and Top Gun, alongside TV networks such as CBS and CNN. |
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BALDING ALL FIRED UP Play can seize the day at Worcester
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TABLE-TOPPER Andrew Balding has the "beautifully bred" Forbidden Fire heading his sizeable squad for Newmarket's Dubai Future Champions Festival.
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The final three fixtures of the 2025-6 season were cancelled following the discovery of a hole in the turf on Festival Trials Day.
2,41-LADY OF HAY (Jason Watson, 22-1) ; Blue Sign (16-1) 2; Goodwood Meteor (6-1) lt 2nd fav) 3. H'cap 13 ran. II, nk. (A Balding: 4-1 fav Ma Fille De Reve). Totr: £25.20; pl £5.30, £4.20, £2.30. exacta: £460.30. tricast: £1845.24. trifecta: £3474.40. CSF: £293.34. Non-runners: Blue Fox, Secret Rival.Secret Rival Rule 4 applies to All Bets, deduct 10p in the pound
PLAY ON COURT (4.05, nap) can hit an ace on his return from a 155-day break in Worcester's PJ Nicholls KGM Korea Genuinely Made Novices' Handicap Hurdle.
The five-year-old gelding ran well at a huge price when fourth behind three rivals rated between 110 and 115 at Exeter in March.
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2 L16-242 SNipe (15) D Skelton 9 11-10____H Skelton 133
3 L-P2912 KING ROLY (37) C&D M Bowen 7 11-9____J Bowen 132
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5 21L / P7P- ● AWAYTHELAD (266) B Pauling 9 10-13____.B R Jones 128
赛道详情:场地状况:良好。左手赛道。顶尖赛道骑师 (2021-26):Sean Bowen 25% 胜率。顶尖赛道练马师 (2021-26):O Murphy 25% 胜率。首次佩戴:1.05 Dartan (呼吸道手术),2.05 Royalty Row'd (呼吸道手术),2.35 Talka (舌带,呼吸道手术),Miss Malone To You (舌带),3.05 Lexington Wood (头罩),3.35 Equi Libre (头罩),Taranis Dubh (舌带),Mr Maximillian (舌带,呼吸道手术),4.35 Not At That Price (舌带),Fighting Falcon (呼吸道手术),Gasmani (呼吸道手术),Roe And Co (眼罩),Maximum Benefit (颊带,舌带)。失利的热门马:1.05 King Roly(让磅赛 ch),1.35 Kelijoe(让磅赛 ch),Le Soleil Reve(让磅赛 hdl)。2.05 Crystalate。3.05 Lexington Wood,3.35 Taranis Dubh,4.35 Brookside La(让磅赛 hdl),Fighting Falcon(让磅赛 hdl)。最远行程马匹:We're Out Of Aces (2.35) 爱尔兰;King Roly (1.05)。Royalty Row'd (2.05)。Cowboy
Casanova (3.05), Tottie's Moon (3.35) 176 英里。马房转移:2.05 Dundee Law 从爱尔兰的 S Crawford 转至 D Skelton,Lower De Couely 从爱尔兰的 Patrick Turley 转至 O Greenall & J Guerriero,Whiteoak Duffy 从 D McCain 转至 Simon Edwards。2.35 Guildhall Graduate 从爱尔兰的 G Cromwell 转至 Katy Price,Song Of The Stars 从 J Ferguson 转至 Harry Derham。3.05 Northern Olympian 从德国的 A Wohler 转至 D Skelton,One More Chrome 从 B Brookhouse 转至 D Skelton,Spanish Darling 从 T R George 转至 A Hales。3.35 Equi Libre 从 T H Weston 转至 D Skelton,Funny Hunny 从爱尔兰的 S Doyle 转至 D Skelton,King's Affinity 从 C R Barber 转至 Harry Derham。4.35 Roe And Co 从 J Snowden 转至 S Lycett
SP 预测赔率:5-2 Twelve Bars, 11-4 Byzantine, 5 Lancaster Tower, 8 Oldbullyoungbull, 10 Palladino, 12 Fenaroli, 14 Work Like Hell, 16 Odell, 20 其他。2025: Fort Rock 9-4, James Doyle 2-1 热门 (C Appleby), 抽签 (10), 12 匹参赛。
● BYZANTINE (132) (D) G Boughey 9-11 .B Loughnane 78
2 (3)
FENAROLI Harry Charlton 9-4....L Edmunds -
3 (8) 6
KABOOM (62) R Hannon 9-4....S M Levey 49
4 (9) 38
LANCASTER TOWER (47) J & T Gosden 9-4....W Buick 83
5 (4) 6
ODELL (38) D Menuisier 9-4....R Havlin 76
6 (1) 4
OLDBULLYOUNGBULL (29) A King 9-4....C Fallon 80
7 (7)
PALLADINO E Walker 9-4....G Downing -
8 (10) 9
RED WIZARD (19) Harry Charlton 9-4....G Wood 50
9 (5) 2
TWELVE BARS (12) H Palmer 9-4....O Murphy ★88
10(6) 3
WORK LIKE HELL (54) J Tate 9-4....L Morris 75
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伍斯特 (WORCESTER)
赛道详情:场地状况:标准。右手赛道。顶尖赛道骑师 (2021-26):Oisin Murphy 23% 胜率。顶尖赛道练马师 (2021-26):A Balding 16% 胜率。首次佩戴:5.00 Caragio (眼罩),5.30 Lancaster Tower (头罩),7.00 Barbuda Bay (遮光罩),Mojito (眼罩)。Black Endeavour (颊带,舌带),7.30 Perfect Location (遮光罩),Up The Agenda (眼罩)。失利的热门马:5.00 Caragio(让磅赛),7.00 Barbuda Bay, Royal County Glory(让磅赛)。抽签:无优势。最远行程马匹:Surgeon Commander (7.00) 222 英里。马房转移:7.00 Senor Campanaro 从 E Walker 转至 D Killahena & G McPherson。
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HOOD: No. 4.
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Sean Bowen 25% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): O Murphy 25% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.05 Dartan (wind surgery), 2.05 Royalty Row'd (wind surgery), 2.35 Talka (tongue strap, wind surgery), Miss Malone To You (tongue strap), 3.05 Lexington Wood (hood), 3.35 Equi Libre (hood), Taranis Dubh (tongue strap), Mr Maximillian (tongue strap, wind surgery), 4.35 Not At That Price (tongue strap), Fighting Falcon (wind surgery), Gasmani (wind surgery), Roe And Co (blinkers), Maximum Benefit (cheek pieces, tongue strap). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 1.05 King Roly(hcp ch), 1.35 Kelijoe(hcp ch), Le Soleil Reve(hcp hdl). 2.05 Crystalate. 3.05 Lexington Wood, 3.35 Taranis Dubh, 4.35 Brookside La(hcp hdl), Fighting Falcon(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: We're Out Of Aces (2.35) Ireland; King Roly (1.05). Royalty Row'd (2.05). Cowboy Casanova (3.05), Tottie's Moon (3.35) 176 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 2.05 Dundee Law from S Crawford in Ireland to D Skelton, Lower De Couely from Patrick Turley in Ireland to O Greenall & J Guerriero, Whiteoak Duffy from D McCain to Simon Edwards. 2.35 Guildhall Graduate from G Cromwell in Ireland to Katy Price, Song Of The Stars from J Ferguson to Harry Derham. 3.05 Northern Olympian from A Wohler in Germany to D Skelton, One More Chrome from B Brookhouse to D Skelton, Spanish Darling from T R George to A Hales. 3.35 Equi Libre from T H Weston to D Skelton, Funny Hunny from S Doyle in Ireland to D Skelton, King's Affinity from C R Barber to Harry Derham. 4.35 Roe And Co from J Snowden to S Lycett
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Twelve Bars, 11-4 Byzantine, 5 Lancaster Tower, 8 Oldbullyoungbull, 10 Palladino, 12 Fenaroli, 14 Work Like Hell, 16 Odell, 20 Others. 2025: Fort Rock 9-4, James Doyle 2-1 Fav (C Appleby), drawn (10), 12 ran.
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侦察员 (THE SCOUT)
1.05 Awaythelad 3.05 Lexington Wood
1.35 KELIJOE (nb) 3.35 Sheezer Dancer
2.05 Dundee Law 4.05 PLAY ON COURT (nap)
2.35 Sainte Colombe 4.35 Fighting Falcon
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WORCESTER
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Right Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Oisin Murphy 23% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): A Balding 16% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 5.00 Caragio (eye shields), 5.30 Lancaster Tower (hood), 7.00 Barbuda Bay (visor), Mojito (blinkers). Black Endeavour (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 7.30 Perfect Location (visor), Up The Agenda (blinkers). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 5.00 Caragio(hcp), 7.00 Barbuda Bay, Royal County Glory(hcp). DRAW: No advantage. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Surgeon Commander (7.00) 222 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 7.00 Senor Campanaro from E Walker to D Killahena & G McPherson.
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2.35 3岁雌马青少年初次跨栏赛 3岁马 55 446 (A) 2英里
1 L AFFECTION (F13) D Pipe 10-12\_\_\_\_D Noonan 72
SP 预测:5 Royal County Glory, 7 Senior Campanaro, Cixi, 8 Seeing Stars, Upsomdowns, 10 Surgeon Commander, Oddjob, Barbuda Bay, 12 其他。2025:Dandy G Boy 9-7, Silvestre De Sousa 5-2 热门 (W Greatrex), 抽签 (6), 11匹参赛。
SP 预测:9-4 Jollie Dame, 5-2 Estate Planning, 4 Calibos, 8 I Heard A Rumour, Thesoldiersminit, 16 Monark Wood, 25 Play On Court, Famous Shoes, Finjimk, Billy Butcher, 200 Delta Legend。
8 (8) 3L3L44 GOLDWORK (2) (D) E J-Houghton 3 9-9... C Hutchinson 79
9 (2) 278156 PERFECT LOCATION (37) (D) T Ward 3 9-7.... R Hornby 80
10 (5) 405467 BLUE ORBIT (4) T Ward 3 9-7.... L Morris 81
11 (12) 178L49 UP THE AGENDA (35) (C&D) Jack Morland 3 9-6... G Wood 80
12 (11) 361016 ELVETHAM (13) (C&D) C Allen 4 9-4.... C Fallon 81
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425 HANDICAP HURDLE | 1 | 43/L12-L | GASMANI (138) David Dennis 7 12-1....J J Burke | 110 | 2 | 554133- | BROOKSIDE LA (186) (D) D Skelton 6 12-0....H Skelton | 107 | 3 | 4LSP4/4- | VICKI VALE (184) (D) Deborah Cole 9 11-13....J Bowen | 110 | 4 | 5P33-IP | ● FIGHTING FALCON (120) (D) S Edmunds 5 11-9...C Hammond | 109 | 5 | 44/263-2 | NOT AT THAT PRICE (158) C Longsdon 6 11-9....G Sheehan | 106 | 6 | 3-18256 | OCTOBER HILL (22) (D) D Pipe 6 11-5..Rian Corcoran(5) | ★113 | 7 | 31/243-P | CONSTANTINIAN (155) O Signy 6 11-5...J A Anderson(3) | 111 | 8 | 3111PP- | ROE AND CO (171) S Lycett 8 11-2....K Woods | — | 9 | 56045L- | MAXIMUM BENEFIT (182) Miss J Davis 5 11-2F Lambert(3) | 99 | 10 | 1445-7L | GETAWAY WITH YOU (15) (D) D Killahena & G McPherson 8 | 10-10 | N Slatter(3)....108 | BLINKERS: No. 8 TONGUE: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 CHEEK: Nos. 4, 6, 9.
SP FORECAST: 6-4 Brookside La, 9-2 Not At That Price, 10 Fighting Falcon, Vicki Vale, Gasmani, Roe And Co, 12 Constantinian, 14 October Hill, 16 Others.
A FINAL decision on whether dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Daryz will be retired is expected to be made later this week.
Francis-Henri Graffard's four-year-old showed his brilliant acceleration to become the ninth dual winner of the Longchamp showpiece on Sunday, and the first colt to go back-to-back since Vincent O'Brien's Alleged in 1977 and 1978.
1 231- ARMS PARK (197) (T) Mrs C Williams 5 11-4.... A Wedge -
2 61-F25 DUNSTALL STAR (98) (T) T R George 5 11-4.... J Hogan 112
3 35-65 POPALOT (132) P Niven 5 11-4.... B Hughes 88
4 SPEECHMAN (F8) P Kirby 6 11-4.... J Williamson -
5 53 IMPERIAL TROOPER (F74) J Candlish 4 11-3.... Ian Power 106
6 3 JOHN GALT (30) (T) F O'Brien 4 11-3.... L Harrison ★113
7 2 MILITARY CROSS (133) S England 4 11-3.... J England 107
8 7-P PALAVAR (151) D Bourke 4 11-3.... C Bewley 66
9 4 MIA SUNSHINE (23) (T) M Bowen 4 10-10.... S Fenelon(5) 107
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SEDGEFIELD SKYSPORTSRACING
1.50 Military Cross 3.20 William Yeats
2.20 Flashy Boy 3.50 Clean Getaway
2.50 Lady Kara 4.20 Moyanna
three times, but while the Aga Khan Studs' French racing manager and director Nemone Routh feels Daryz, left, has the ability to complete the feat, it appears more likely he will be taking up stallion duties in 2027. | Newmarket: | Cotswolds: | QUEEN OF SCOTLAND(6.30 Kempton) | MOYANNA(4.20 Sedgefield) | Lambourn: | Midlands: | CASTLEROCK GIRL(1.29 Nottingham) | BROOKSIDE LA(4.35 Worcester) | "I think we're going to try and discuss it on Thursday and we'll probably release something by the end of the day," she said.
IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) N & W Twiston-Davies 67% (6 wins and 2 places from 12 runners), O Murphy 60% (2/4/10), M Herrington 57% (3/1/7), J & T Gosden 52% (10/3/25), B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 50% (2/4/12), J Snowden 50% (2/2/8), J Tate 50% (3/2/10), R Beckett 50% (10/12/44), W Greatrex 50% (3/3/12).
SP FORECAST: 9-4 John Galt, 3 Military Cross, 4 Arms Park, 5 Mia Sunshine, 13-2 Dunstall Star,
赛道概况:场地状况:良好。左手赛道。最佳赛道骑师 (2021-26):Brian Hughes,胜率 25%。最佳赛道练马师 (2021-26):O McCain,胜率 22%。首次参赛:2.20 Flashy Boy(佩戴颊带、舌带)、3.50 Clean Getaway(佩戴遮光罩)。落败热门马:2.20 Flashy Boy (hcp ch)、Present Fair (hcp hdl)、3.20 William Yeats (hcp hdl)。最远行程马匹:Mia Sunshine (1.50) 和 Whatsgoingonmarvin (3.20),行程 408 英里。马房变动:3.50 The Poet's Way 从爱尔兰的 T G McCourt 转至 M Hammond & B Smith;4.20 Starlet Du Brizais 从爱尔兰的 Cormac Doyle 转至 P Kirby。
3.45 2岁马初赛 €10.800
3.45 | €10,800< / > 1英里 40码< / > (11)< / > | 1< / > (1)< / > 3< / > AACHEN (53) A P O'Brien 9-7< / > J Cleary(5)< / >< / > 2< / > (2)< / > < / > BLUE GLORY Aengus King 9-7< / > L F Roche< / >< / > 3< / > (8)< / > < / > CHOCTAW NATION A P O'Brien 9-7< / > W M Lordan< / >< / > 4< / > (6)< / > < / > EAGLE OF TYRONE A Oliver 9-7< / > C D Hayes< / >< / > 5< / > (10)< / > 22< / > JESUS GREEN (25) J P O'Brien 9-7< / > J M Sheridan< / >< / > 6< / > (4)< / > 0< / > MAGNA CUM LAUDE (53) A P O'Brien 9-7< / > D McDonogh< / >< / > 7< / > (5)< / > < / > PAYTHEBELIEVERS J P Murtagh 9-7< / > B M Coen< / >< / > 8< / > (7)< / > 0< / > PROFESSOR FINNEGAN (16) J P Murtagh 9-7< / > J A Heffernan< / >< / > 9< / > (3)< / > 5< / > SELOSSE (46) J Harrington 9-7< / > S T McCullagh< / >< / > 10< / > (11)< / > 4< / > SOLDAT (20) G M Lyons 9-7< / > G F Carroll< / >< / > 11< / > (9)< / > < / > THE BOOGEYMAN Daniel McLoughlin 9-7< / > N M Crosse< / >< / > | SP 预测赔率:2 Jesus Green, 7-2 Choctaw Nation, 4 Aachen, 6 Selosse, 8 Soldat, 12 Magna< / > |
2025: Sugar Goodson 9-7, Chris Hayes 33-1 (G Elliott), 抽签 (12), 13 匹参赛。
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VITAL STATISTICS | 1 | 5L/ | ACE ARTIST (549) (T) H Morrison 5 11-2______T Cannon | — | 2 | 3 | LADY SCARPHIA (21) M Hammond & B Smith 5 11-2______Sean Quinlan | 90 | 3 | 3- | ● MOYANNA (214) (T) T R George 5 11-2______B Hughes ★100 | 4 | 3 | YOULOOKLIKEOURMUM (40) (F) Justin Landy 5 11-2______W Maggs(3) | 95 | 5 | BONNIE BEACON H Daly 4 11-1______D Bass | — | 6 | 2 | CUMNOCK (40) (T) R L Llewellyn 4 11-1______Charlie Price | 96 | 7 | 4-3 | STARLET DU BRIZAIS (152) P Kirby 4 11-1______J Williamson | — | SP FORECAST: 15-8 Moyanna, 5-2 Cumnock, 5 Youlooklikeyourmum, 6 Bonnie Beacon, 8 Lady Scarnbia, 20 Age Artist, 25 Starlet Du Brizais.
2025: Opale De Maine 4-11-1, Gavin Sheehan 2-5 Fav (J Snowden), 5 ran.
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4.15 爱尔兰种马场 EBF 雌马让赛 €12 300 1英里 40码
1< / > (8)< / > 562566< / > PINK OXALIS (25) (D) Stephen Thorne 5 10-0< / > Reese Holohan(5)< / >< / > 2< / > (5)< / > 3-33712< / > EXPERT DANCER (72) A Slattery 3 9-8< / > A J Slattery< / >< / > 3< / > (3)< / > 341741< / > SANCTIJUDE (22) (D) W McCreery 3 9-8< / > D McDonogh< / >< / > 4< / > (7)< / > 11P320< / > THRIFTY OF DIGBY (25) (D) J Harrington 5 9-6< / > S T McCullagh< / >< / > 5< / > (9)< / > 81< / > LADY IN GOLD (229) (D) J P O'Brien 3 9-4< / > J M Sheridan< / >< / > 6< / > (6)< / > 5-74221< / > DIVINE LEGEND (16) J P Murtagh 3 9-3< / > B M Coen< / >< / > 7< / > (2)< / > L2L-447< / > RED AUTUMN (86) (D) D K Weld 3 9-0< / > C D Hayes< / >< / > 8< / > (4)< / > 5-22949< / > BANG BANG (35) N Meade 3 8-7< / > Siobhan Rutledge< / >< / > 9< / > (1)< / > 3L6003< / > THRU AND THRU (9) Rory Devine 4 8-7< / > Rory Mulligan(5)< / > |
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BEST OF NAVAN RACINGTV
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Brian Hughes 25% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): O McCain 22% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 2.20 Flashy Boy (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 3.50 Clean Getaway (visor). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.20 Flashy Boy(hcp ch), Present Fair(hcp hdl), 3.20 William Yeats(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Mia Sunshine (1.50) & Whatsgoingonmarvin (3.20) 408 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 3.50 The Poet's Way from T G McCourt in Ireland to M Hammond & B Smith, 4.20 Starlet Du Brizais from Cormac Doyle in Ireland to P Kirby.
3.45 MAIDEN 2Y0 €10.800 |
3.45 | €10,800 | 1m 40yds | (11) | 1 | (1) | 3 | AACHEN (53) A P O'Brien 9-7 | J Cleary(5) | 2 | (2) | BLUE GLORY Aengus King 9-7 | L F Roche | 3 | (8) | CHOCTAW NATION A P O'Brien 9-7 | W M Lordan | 4 | (6) | EAGLE OF TYRONE A Oliver 9-7 | C D Hayes | 5 | (10) | 22 | JESUS GREEN (25) J P O'Brien 9-7 | J M Sheridan | 6 | (4) | 0 | MAGNA CUM LAUDE (53) A P O'Brien 9-7 | D McDonogh | 7 | (5) | PAYTHEBELIEVERS J P Murtagh 9-7 | B M Coen | 8 | (7) | 0 | PROFESSOR FINNEGAN (16) J P Murtagh 9-7 | J A Heffernan | 9 | (3) | 5 | SELOSSE (46) J Harrington 9-7 | S T McCullagh | 10 | (11) | 4 | SOLDAT (20) G M Lyons 9-7 | G F Carroll | 11 | (9) | THE BOOGEYMAN Daniel McLoughlin 9-7 | N M Crosse |
SP FORECAST: 2 Jesus Green, 7-2 Choctaw Nation, 4 Aachen, 6 Selosse, 8 Soldat, 12 Magna | 2025: Sugar Goodson 9-7, Chris Hayes 33-1 (G Elliott), drawn (12), 13 ran.
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眨眼遮罩:No. 1 遮光罩:No. 7 颊带:No. 4.
SP FORECAST: 3 Sanctijude, 4 Lady In Gold, 5 Divine Legend, 11-2 Expert Dancer, 8 Thru And Thru, 10 Thrifty Of Digby, Pink Oxalis, 12 Bang Bang, 14 Red Autumn.
2025: Gloriously Glam 3-9-2, Adam Caffrey 14-1 (A McGuinness), 抽签 (7), 9 匹参赛。
赛道详情:场地状况:Yielding, 左手赛道。顶尖赛道骑师 (2021-26):Ben Coen 19% 胜率。顶尖赛道练马师 (2021-26):A P O'Brien 31% 胜率。首次佩戴:1.45 Violet Dove (头罩), Better Yet (头罩), 2.15 Tribal Belle (舌带), 2.45 Mickian Thomas (颊带), 3.15 The Cosy Corner (颊带), Coincidental Glory (遮光罩), Cash On Black (颊带), 4.48 Captain Ciano (舌带), 5.18 Morning Approach (颊带), Chloe's Boy (眨眼遮罩)。落败热门:2.45 Santo Parvenue(hcp), 3.15 Four Blondes(hcp), Hooves Your Daddy(), Rosato(), The Love Machine(), 4.48 Nephin Mountain(), Reponse Finale(), 5.18 Prom Queen(), Searcog(). 抽签:低号最佳。最远行程:My Cubby Bear (2.15), Carrigans Grove (3.15), Nottooshabby (5.18) 爱尔兰;God Knows (4.48) & Roderick (5.18) 119 英里。马房调换:无符合条件者。
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4.15 IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF FILLIES HANDICAP €12 300 1m 40vds | 1 | (8) | 562566 | PINK OXALIS (25) (D) Stephen Thorne 5 10-0 | Reese Holohan(5) | 2 | (5) | 3-33712 | EXPERT DANCER (72) A Slattery 3 9-8 | A J Slattery | 3 | (3) | 341741 | SANCTIJUDE (22) (D) W McCreery 3 9-8 | D McDonogh | 4 | (7) | 11P320 | THRIFTY OF DIGBY (25) (D) J Harrington 5 9-6 | S T McCullagh | 5 | (9) | 81 | LADY IN GOLD (229) (D) J P O'Brien 3 9-4 | J M Sheridan | 6 | (6) | 5-74221 | DIVINE LEGEND (16) J P Murtagh 3 9-3 | B M Coen | 7 | (2) | L2L-447 | RED AUTUMN (86) (D) D K Weld 3 9-0 | C D Hayes | 8 | (4) | 5-22949 | BANG BANG (35) N Meade 3 8-7 | Siobhan Rutledge | 9 | (1) | 3L6003 | THRU AND THRU (9) Rory Devine 4 8-7 | Rory Mulligan(5) | ---
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BLINKERS: No. 1 VISOR: No. 7 CHEEK PIECES: No. 4.
SP FORECAST: 3 Sanctijude, 4 Lady In Gold, 5 Divine Legend, 11-2 Expert Dancer, 8 Thru And Thru, 10 Thrifty Of Digby, Pink Oxalis, 12 Bang Bang, 14 Red Autumn.
2025: Gloriously Glam 3-9-2, Adam Caffrey 14-1 (A McGuinness), drawn (7), 9 ran.
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Yielding, Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKY (2021-26): Ben Coen 19% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): A P O'Brien 31% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.45 Violet Dove (hood), Better Yet (hood), 2.15 Tribal Belle (tongue strap), 2.45 Mickian Thomas (cheek pieces), 3.15 The Cosy Corner (cheek pieces), Coincidental Glory (visor), Cash On Black (cheek pieces), 4.48 Captain Ciano (tongue strap), 5.18 Morning Approach (cheek pieces), Chloe's Boy (blinkers). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.45 Santo Parvenue(hcp), 3.15 Four Blondes(hcp), Hooves Your Daddy(hcp), Rosato(hcp), The Love Machine(hcp), 4.48 Nephin Mountain(hcp), Reponse Finale(hcp), 5.18 Prom Queen(hcp), Searcog(hcp). DRAW: Low numbers Best. LONGEST TRAVELLER: My Cubby Bear (2.15), Carrigans Grove (3.15), Nottooshabby (5.18) Ireland; God Knows (4.48) & Roderick (5.18) 119 miles. STABLE SWITCH: No Qualifiers.
Djokovic bags 102nd career title with victory in Beijing
BY ELEANOR CROOKS
NOVAK DJOKOVIC says he had to conquer a "challenging year" as he claimed his first title for nearly 12 months.
The 39-year-old profited from the retirement of final opponent Alex De Minaur after only one game of the second set to win a seventh China Open title and maintain his record of never having lost at the tournament.
The 7-6 0-1 victory means Djokovic has won at least one title in each of the past 21 years, while he now has 102 tour level trophies overall.
The Serbian lost in the opening round of the US Open amid ongoing physical struggles, but his triumph in Beijing has shown once again that writing him off would be premature.
Djokovic, who also defeated top seed Alexander Zverev during his run, said: "It's been 11 years since I played here last. I always have high expectations for myself and always want to visualise myself with the trophy, but particularly here in Beijing, the place where I've never lost.
"I was also quite aware that reality's a little bit different these days. This year has been quite challenging for me, lots of ups
and downs and physical and health issues, so I was just trying to find a good feeling on the court.
'When I'm feeling well and striking the ball well I can still compete at the highest level'
"I know that when I'm feeling
well and striking the ball well I can still compete at the highest level. This week has been evidence for that. I'm very proud.
"This trophy means much more than one trophy, one tournament." Both men reached the final without having to finish their matches on Monday – Djokovic thanks to the much-publicised disqualification of Daniil Medvedev, while Hubert Hurkacz pulled the plug against De Minaur because of injury.
Djokovic edged a very tight first set on a tie-break, before the two men each took a medical time-out, but it came as a big surprise when De Minaur abruptly shook hands after winning the opening game of the second set.
The Australian, who returned to court with strapping on his left thigh, said: "I want to say sorry to all the amazing fans that came to watch this match. I didn't want to finish like this." Earlier, Carlos Alcaraz defeated
Jiri Lehecka in the final of the Japan Open to win his first individual title since February.
Playing just his third tournament since returning from four-and-a-half months out with a wrist injury, Alcaraz recovered from a shaky start to defeat Czech Lehecka 7-6 6-4.
It is a second title in a row in Tokyo for Alcaraz, who showed patchy form but finished with a strong performance.
The Spaniard said: "I'm really happy to be able to lift a trophy again. It's been a while and it's extra special after my injury.
"It was a tough week that I didn't find my best tennis, my best level, but I did find the good solutions and I think that's what matters.
"I would say today was the best match of the week, or at least more consistent the level that I played, so I'm really happy."
JOSH KERR has been shortlisted for World Athlete of the Year - after an amazing few months which saw him smash the mile world record.
The British star stunned the 60,000 crowd at the London Grand Prix in July when he broke the 27-year-old record by half a second.
At the time he said: "If I'm to leave my mark on this sport as a British legend, with the legends behind me and following in their footsteps, I have to put in those performances."
Kerr, 28, began 2026 by winning the World
Indoor 3,000m prize in
March, then
March, then triumphed over the mile at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, before ending the season with
glory in the 1500m at the World Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
The awards ceremony will be held in Monaco on November 29.
Russell's power unit failure in the closing stages of last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia left him 84 points adrift of team-mate Kimi Antonelli with just seven rounds remaining.
The Mercedes racer conceded that hopes of a maiden title are now "exceptionally unlikely".
It is understood that the 28-year-old Brit will need to take a new power unit this weekend - with the penalty likely to leave him starting from the rear of the pack around the streets of Singapore.
Antonelli, 20, won the Italian Grand Prix last month having taken a similar forfeit and Russell will need something similarly impressive.
1. For which Gallagher Prem club did Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke sign for ahead of this season?
2. Who took 6-80 for Surrey in August's County Championship draw with Essex in Chelmsford?
3. Which British pair won 2026 World Modern Pentathlon Championships men's relay gold?
4. At which ground did Rotherham United play from 1907 to 2008?
5. Which American city has an NFL team known as the Dolphins?
6. Which African country's athletes won the men's 800m, 1500m and 5000m at the 1988 Olympics?
7. Which sport's World Cup was first competed for in Gothenburg in 1960 when it was won by Sweden?
8. Who became the first Englishman to win the WPA World Nine-ball Pool Championship in 2007?
9. In what non-Olympic sport are Robert Fulford and Reg Bamford notable players?
10. Which duo earned nine 6.0 scores for artistic impression at the 1984 Winter Olympics?
ANSWER: 1 Hararquins 2 Rahul Chach 3 Ross Charlton and Sebastian Forest 4 Millimoor 5 Maimi 6 Kenya 7 Speedway 8 Dayr. Reach 9 Couquel, 10 Jayne Torwill and Christopher Dean.
HENRY POLLOCK has confirmed he wants to follow in Antoine Dupont's footsteps by going for gold in the Olympic Sevens.
The England back-row is aiming to emulate French legend Dupont, 29, who switched to the short-form game and topped the podium in Paris in 2024.
Dupont became even more of a national hero in France by grabbing gold two years ago - and Pollock wants in on the act.
Northampton star
Pollock said: "Seeing what
Antoine Dupont did in the
last Olympics, it's definitely
given me some sort of
motivation to play.
"I just need to take it step by step and hopefully it all fits in place and it naturally happens. But definitely it's something I'm aspiring to do."
England trio Tommy Freeman, Noah Caluori and Marcus Smith are other 15-a-side players earmarked as sevens possibles.
But GB Sevens are in a mess and there is no guarantee they will make Los Angeles in 2028 - they have to go through a qualification to make the States after being relegated from the top tier of the World SVNS series.
And 21-year-old Pollock also has next year's World Cup in Australia to worry about first.
Pollock, who has just extended his contract at Saints, added: "I don't know yet how it will work. But it's definitely something I want to do in my career.
"We've got the World Cup next year, so that's going to be big.
"After that, see how it goes, see how my career goes and just keep enjoying my rugby. That's the main thing for me, I love playing this game, I love playing this sport."
☐BATH have confirmed flanker Sam Underhill is sidelined until December and will miss England's Nations Championship Tests in November.
The 30-year-old ruptured his bicep in Bath's opening day 33-17 win at Harlequins.
BY DARREN WELLS
LUKE DONALD warned Team Europe there can be "zero complacency" as opposing Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk ordered the Americans to end 34 years of hurt on away soil.
Despite frequently having the majority of the world's highest-ranked players, the Americans have been dominated on this side of the Atlantic, losing seven in a row since their 1993 win at The Belfry.
But Donald, who is seeking to be the first captain to win three in a row, insisted he will be taking nothing for granted at Adare Manor next year.
"I have zero complacency about how strong the United States are going to be," Donald said. "They always are. On paper, they tend to be stronger than us through the world rankings.
"We have a great record at home but again, zero complacency. I've seen what Jim [Furyk] has been doing behind the scenes, changing the stats, changing the qualification system. He is very, very motivated to come here and put up a good fight.
"I'm just as motivated to keep finding those edges for my team as well, but you know and I know that the US will be very strong."
Donald hosted a get-together at Adare Manor last month, with potential debutants Alex Fitzpatrick, Eugenio Chacarra, Kristoffer Reitan and Angel Ayora in attendance.
And having made just one change to his team between the wins in Rome and at Bethpage, he expects a different approach on home soil in Ireland next
September. "I think decisions for this one will change," he said. "We'll get a good idea of what this course demands and whether some of those players that are on the fringe of playing well will have those abilities that might suit Adare Manor."
Furyk oversaw one of USA's defeats on the continent, in 2018 in Paris, and said he would draw from that experience and others in team events – he has also been captain and vice-captain in the past two editions of the Presidents Cup – to make changes within their set-up.
"I'm going to ask this team to do more than any other United States team has in the past," said Furyk.
"I changed a few things immediately upon taking the captaincy. You're always coming up with new, creative ways to create that team atmosphere and that bond, but we've got a lot to work on.
"It's us against the world at this point, or us against Europe. There's going to be 50,000 people, making a lot of noise. The Ryder Cup is such a great atmosphere, such a great arena, but we know what we're up against.
"We also know that it's been 34 years since we won in Europe. There's no secret.
"America always seem to be the favourites. This year there's no chance that could happen.
"We're the underdogs. We understand that. We've got a lot of work ahead of us and I'm excited about that process. But it's going to be difficult.
"I need 12 guys that love that atmosphere, love walking into that type of arena. It takes a certain type of mentality. Those are the guys I'll be looking for."
Drink and drugs made me biggest wasted talent of Prem era 'GOODISON GAZZA' TELLS ALL IN NEW BOOK
'I only enjoyed it when I was younger. When you get in the first team, there's a lot of pressure'
BY CHRIS BEESLEY
BY CHRIS BEESLEY
BILLY KENNY is arguably football's biggest wasted talent of the Premier League era.
But while the Evertonian's desperate descent into a world of drink and drugs reads like a modern Dante's Inferno, he has decided to tell his story.
A decade before Wayne Rooney came along at Goodison Park, Kenny made his debut in the Premier League's first season and midway through it came the moment that should have heralded a great career.
The teenager was named man-of-the-match as the Blues beat Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, and having been handed a new contract, he seemingly had the world at his feet. Then came the vices, a tale of personal abuse that saw him sacked by Everton in 1994 after a mere 23 games.
Comeback attempts at Oldham and Barrow proved short-lived and he was out of the game by his early 20s. With his addiction issues and turmoil in his personal life, Kenny had spells inside prison.
Citing the death of his beloved mother Bella as the watershed moment which prompted him to turn his life around and achieve sobriety again, Kenny, now 53, is opening up with his book, The Goodison Gazza, after the nicknamed bestowed on Kenny by team-mate Peter Beardsley.
It was meant as a positive because of the youngster's similarities to England's Italia '90 hero but both have suffered badly with off-field demons.
But before that, he had caught the eye of Kenny Dalglish and Alex Ferguson, who had designs on him for Liverpool and Manchester United respectively.
Kenny said: "I'd be playing and my dad would be with a different scout every Saturday.
"I loved it at United and Liverpool because they treated me and my family so well – Kenny Dalglish was great with me and Alex Ferguson. [But] I was nuts about Everton." A testament to Kenny's potential is that he would regularly hold his own against a player destined to become a United legend.
He said: "I had some cracking games against Ryan Giggs. Salford and Liverpool [schoolboys], we'd always face each other.
"I only enjoyed it when I was younger. When you get in the first team, there's a lot of pressure on your football. I can only imagine what it's like in today's game."
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MERSEY MISSION
Kenny today and (below, centre) on his Everton debut
HOURS earlier, Billy Kenny had been with Everton manager Howard Kendall, signing his first proper-money contract.
Drinks with pals followed and before he knew it, he had made his first foray into the world of cocaine, at a friend's house, as he takes up the story in 'The Goodison Gazza'...
Sitting there off my barnet, still wearing the suit I'd put on after signing the new contract, my coked-up confidence took a massive jolt as the lad's wife walked in.
It must have been seven in the morning. She glared at him, glanced at the table. At the rolled-up notes. The racked-up lines. The saucers in our eyes.
The highs of the last 12 hours - on and off the pitch - evaporated. I felt a crushing sense of shame. The lad ordered me a taxi. The taxi offered no respite.
"All right lad, did you go the game?"
"Naaa... never went, mate."
The paranoia kicks in. He's on to me. He hears only one-word answers. I shrink deeper into the corner of the cab.
"That young Kenny, he done well, didn't he?" Silence. I never found out whether he did recognise me. He didn't say.
One thing became absolutely certain, though. I didn't recognise myself one little bit.
My daa answered the door and I scooted past, mumbling a pack of lies. He just told me to get some kip.
I lay there, tossing and turning. I had no idea quite what cocaine had in store for me.
LIVERPOOL are facing a full-blown injury crisis ahead of Sunday's crunch clash with Manchester City after Jeremy Jacquet became their latest casualty.
The £60m centre-back has returned to Merseyside for scans on a hamstring injury, with boss Andoni Iraola already sweating on the fitness of Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo.
Jacquet missed France's 4-1 Nations League win over Belgium on Monday after suffering a left hamstring strain.
The 21-year-old had started France's previous two games after earning his first senior call-up from new boss Zinedine Zidane.
However, his return to the Reds for further assessment leaves Iraola now anxiously awaiting news on three key players ahead of one of the biggest games of the season.
Jacquet has been in excellent form since his summer move from Rennes.
CHELSEA'S Romeo Lavia believes he is experiencing a "rebirth" after working to put his injury frustrations behind him.
The midfielder, 22, has endured plenty of time on the sidelines since arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2023, but is finally putting those setbacks behind him.
Lavia has featured in five games under new manager Xabi Alonso this term and will report for Blues duty on the back of four straight appearances for Belgium.
He started both games against France, playing 85 and 87 minutes, and came off the bench against Italy and Turkey.
Speaking after Monday's 4-1 defeat by Les Bleus, Lavia said: "It's been a very long time since I've felt this good physically and mentally. I'm delighted. There's a lot of hard work behind it. It's a rebirth."
KRYSTIAN BIELIK has been banned for two matches and fined £10,000 following an altercation with a Portsmouth fan during Cardiff's 2-0 defeat at Fratton Park last month.
Bluebirds defender Bielik
Bluebirds defender, Bill (right) was alleged to have grappled with a teenage boy as he went to retrieve the ball from the crowd. Hampshire Police launched an
investigation but took no further action.
The FA said: "It was alleged that the player acted in an improper manner around the 71st minute of the fixture.
"Krystian Bielik subsequently admitted the charge."
Gyokeres scored against Romania (left & below right), Bosnia & Poland (below left)
BY RYAN TAYLOR
BY RYAN TAYLOR
THERE is something about international breaks that seems to ignite the fire within the belly of Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres.
In March, the 28-year-old carried the weight of a hopeful nation on his shoulders during Sweden's World Cup play-offs.
He stepped up to the plate admirably and struck four goals, including a hat-trick to beat Ukraine, to fire Graham Potter's men to North America.
It's precisely why Mikel Arteta indicated before the shock 3-0 defeat to Brighton that a change of environment might just do out-
of-favour Gyokeres the world of good.
The Spaniard stated: "He scored a few goals [last time]. That's what a striker needs, they need minutes and goals."
minutes and goals to boost their energy."
While it's been a disastrous break for the Premier League champions in some respects - Kai Havertz (inset, top) and Christos Tzolis (inset, bottom) both picked up - hamstring, issue hamstring issues with Germany and Greece, respectively - Gyokeres returns to the capital in blistering form.
He scored in all four of Sweden's matches, catapulting them to the top of Nations League Group B4 and in doing so, he also became the first player in the competition to net in seven consecutive games.
With three of his four last four goals coming from inside the six-yard box, Arsenal – who already look just a few injuries away from being incredibly light on the ground in attack – will be hoping he can reproduce those predatory instincts over the coming weeks with games coming thick and fast.
Gyokeres continues to divide opinion among fans and critics and while his long-term future with the Gunners feels somewhat inconclusive amid interest in Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez and Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi, he was a signing for the here and now.
With a tough test against Leeds United, an opponent he bagged three goals against last season, on the horizon this Saturday lunchtime, there is no time like the present for the bullish centre-forward finally to make his mark on the Gunners' season.
He may not boast the tactical intelligence and link-play that Havertz has within his repertoire but Gyokeres, who has yet to start in the top-flight this term, certainly knows how to occupy defenders.
Speaking after Sweden's 1-0 triumph over Romania in Bucharest, former Arsenal midfielder Kim Kallstrom paid tribute to his compatriot during a TV broadcast, explaining: "Viktor has an incredibly physical playing style and physical attributes that
probably
very difficult for defenders to work against. It's always a physical battle up there, because his playing style is based a lot on that. So he's going to get beat up quite a bit, unfortunately."
Gyokeres sported blood-stained socks after the 3-1 victory over Poland and later claimed he slept on an ice pack instead of a pillow after sustaining an elbow to the head against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now he's ready to give his all for Arsenal at a time when Arteta arguably needs him more than ever.
赛果与赛程
欧足联欧国联 A 组 - 第 3 组
英格兰 (2) .... 3 捷克共和国 (0) ..... 0
库法尔 27 (乌龙球)
凯恩 40, 57
P / W / D / L / F / A / Pts
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西班牙 / 4 / 0 / 12 / 5 / 12
英格兰 / 4 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 14 / 3 / 9
克罗地亚 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 4 / 14 / 3
捷克共和国 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 2 / 10 / 0
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A balancing act for doubting Thomas to fully back now
BY ANDY DUNN
IF you wanted a reminder of the folly of reading too much into Nations League football, it came when Harry Kane sent over a routine cross to no one in particular during the first half of a relatively enjoyable game against the Czech Republic.
Perhaps as a gesture of respect for the England captain's record-equalling cap, Vladimir Coufal smashed it past his own goalkeeper with absurd gusto.
It was bizarre. For the most part, these Nations League games are competitive but they can also be knockabout.
There was an element of knockabout in this latest England victory but Thomas Tuchel (right) will still consider the four-game series – two victories over the Czech
Republic sandwiching a hammering of Croatia after the opening defeat to Spain – to be reasonably instructive.
Of course, he did not need three wins on the spin against under-performing opposition to tell him that Jude Bellingham is frighteningly good, a supreme footballer and athlete.
He did not need a hat-trick of bloodless successes to tell him that Kane remains untouchable and peerless in front of goal.
He probably did not need the win treble to tell him Elliot Anderson is the best option in that midfield position, even when he has a club crisis on his mind.
But he might have needed one or two of these past four games to convince himself that Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lewis Hall (above, right) could be the full-back future of this England team.
Look, you still have to wonder about Tuchel's faith in Alexander-Arnold. Jarell Qaunsah was preferred to the Real Madrid player for the games against Spain and
Croatia. And in both contests against the Czechs, Alexander-Arnold had precious little in the way of defensive obligations to fulfil.
But it was not his fault that all he could do was showcase his ball-striking, his attacking adventure and his eye for a show-stopping pass.
That is what he did to an extent that should have eased Tuchel's doubts.
And with Hall at left-back, England had a natural balance.
Tuchel did not take either Hall or Alexander-Arnold to the World Cup. Even without hindsight, that was an odd decision.
There is surely little chance of the pair being frozen out again.
Hall was making his third England start in succession and was pretty much immaculate. He is such a tidy player. His assist for Kane's second goal of the night was fairly standard – a routine corner-kick that should have been dealt with before it reached the skipper's head.
But having Hall delivering with his left and Alexander-Arnold with his right is a nice blend for Tuchel to have.
Again, this was a match – and these are matches – that come with a caveat when it comes to making meaningful judgements.
And considering neither featured in the loss to Spain, it would be interesting to see the two line up for England in Madrid next month.
But in this unusual international break, they have done their causes no harm at all. Maybe Tuchel will finally trust them.
Group 1: Cyprus 2 San Marino 0, Kosovo 4 Finland 4, Spain 7 Romania 1. Group 2: Azerbaijan 3 Gibraltar 0, Bulgaria 0 Scotland 2, Portugal 2 Czech Rep 0. Group 3: Faroe Islands 0 Iceland 2, France 7 Switzerland 1, Luxembourg 3 Estonia 0. Group 6: Germany 2 Georgia 0, Latvia 2 Malta 0, N Ireland 0 Greece 1. Group 7: Netherlands 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0, Norway 1 Israel 1. Group 8: Lithuania 0 Croatia 1, Turkey 0 Hungary 0. Group 9: Denmark 0 Belgium 0, Wales 1 Austria 7.
JERSEY MIKE'S EFL TROPHY
NORTHERN—Group A: Accrington Stanley 1 Salford City 1 (Accrington Stanley win 5-4 on penalties), Sheff Wed 2 Sunderland U21 0. Group B: Blackpool 2 Crewe 2 (Blackpool win 4-2 on penalties). Group C: Rotherham 0 Bradford 4. Group D: Port Vale 2 Mansfield 0. Group E: Shrewsbury 0 Stockport County 2. Group F: Grimsby 0 Burton Albion 0 (Burton Albion win 4-2 on penalties). Group G: Fleetwood Town 4 Barnsley 1. Group H: Doncaster 1 Liverpool U21 0, Huddersfield 5 Rochdale 0. SOUTHERN—Group A: Exeter 2 Oxford Utd 2 (Exeter win 4-3 on penalties). Group B: Stevenage 2 Leicester 1. Group C: Wycombe 4 Bristol Rovers 1. Group D: Peterborough 4 Ipswich U21 1. Group E: Newport County 2 Plymouth 2 (Plymouth win 5-4 on penalties). Group F: AFC Wimbledon 0 Barnet 0 (Barnet win 8-7 on penalties). Group G: Cambridge Utd 2 Northampton 1. Group H: Crawley Town 4 Bromley 0, Milton Keynes Dons 7 Brentford U21 1.
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ATP 中国公开赛(北京)——决赛:N 德约科维奇(塞尔维亚)击败 A 德米纳尔(澳大利亚)7-6 (7-3) 0-1 退赛。
ATP 日本公开赛(东京)——决赛:C 阿尔卡拉斯(西班牙)击败 J 莱赫卡(捷克)7-6 (7-4) 6-4。
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FIRST TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL—India v West Indies (Lucknow): West Indies 171 (19.1 overs; N Dhir 3-31); India 172-2 (14.4 overs; S S Iyer 102no). India win by 8 wickets.
SCOTLAND will have it all to do when the Nations League resumes after a disappointing night at Hampden Park.
Ryan Christie had put them ahead in the first half but Danijel Sturm scored a second-half winner for Slovenia which puts them second in the group.
It was an emotional start to the evening as Scotland captain Andy Robertson was honoured for reaching the milestone of his 100th cap in the win against North Macedonia on Saturday.
Along with Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli (inset), previous bosses Steve Clarke, Alex McLeish and Gordon Strachan presented him with a framed 'Andy Robertson' shirt with the number 100 on it.
Scotland were looking to build on their 2-0 triumph at the weekend - and the home side broke the deadlock just past the half hour mark. Ben Gannon-Doak broke down the right, crossing to the far post where Jack Hendry saw his header bounce off the left-hand post.
Oli McBurnie tried to head it in but it rebounded off of Ryan Christie who flicked the ball into the net.
But Slovenia were level eleven minutes into the second half with the most straightforward of goals as Aljosa Matko was sent clear and from the edge of the penalty box, he fired the ball past keeper
Angus Gunn.
It looked as
though the night
might have
become worse for
Scotland as Matko
seized on a header to beat Gunn again but he was ruled offside.
Yet it was a warning Scotland did not head because in the 71st minute, Slovenia went ahead, with Matko involved once again.
He broke away down the right and into the box, crossing low for Sturm to drive the ball home.
Second-place in League B Group 1 was up for grabs for Scotland if they won but it was more frustration for Pocognoli who is still seeking his first home win.
Rep Ireland U21 3 England U21 1 TOMMY LONERGAN'S double helped Republic of Ireland's Under-21s sink England in Cork.
Lee Carsley's U21 side had already qualified for next year's European Championship as Group D winners - but Ireland were competing for a play-off place, which they secured at Turner's Cross.
It was the Young Lions' only defeat of their campaign but they took the lead in the eighth minute when Divin Mubama's deflected shot fell to Tyler Dibling (above) to fire in.
The Irish levelled when Sydie Peck was caught in possession and Rory Finneran found Lonergan, who picked his spot.
Ireland went ahead when Conor McManus tucked the ball home before the break, and Lonergan added his second on 63 minutes.
The hosts clinched second place at the expense of Slovakia.
CZECH MATE KING KANE It had to be Harry as he celebrates record-equalling game by leading England to another victory
ENGLAND
Coufal 27 og, Kane 40, 57
CZECH REP
BY JOHN CROSS
HARRY KANE has clearly started writing his own scripts, as he produced another glorious chapter at Wembley.
This night was always going to belong to Kane, as he equalled Peter Shilton's record of 125 caps – and yet he still managed to do it in his own unforgettable style. Kane scored two goals – taking him to 91, which is an astonishing ratio of goals at the highest level – and even played a part in the own goal which opened the scoring.
England's Captain Marvel was sensational on his big night to almost guarantee Thomas Tuchel's side a place in the Nations League knock-out phase.
These days Kane often has to put up with second billing behind Jude Bellingham in the popularity stakes with England supporters.
The Wembley crowd gave the Real Madrid star's name a huge cheer when it was read out before kick-off – but this time Kane got an even louder reception from the fans. They had come to pay homage to an England great who loves pulling on the shirt, representing his country and takes such pride in being captain.
Incredibly, it was 4,211 days – March 27, 2015 – since Kane made his debut against Lithuania. Of course, he scored that night – just 79 seconds after coming on as a sub – and has been doing so ever since.
This night was always going to belong to Kane because, quite understandably, he made it all about himself.
That has been the story of his England career. Kane is 33 but as hungry as ever and he just leads by example.
When the team needs a lift, he provides it.
Kane is England's greatest goalscorer and he was determined to enjoy his big night, which also as good as clinched qualification for the Nations League knock-out stages next March.
The top two qualify and the groups are decided on points, then head-to-head - and it would be hard to see Croatia bettering England's 7-0 score line in Rijeka last weekend.
It was also going to be impossible to emulate that
result and the early stages against the Czechs felt a bit after the Lord Mayor's show.
Tuchel (left) made four changes - Trent Alexander-Arnold, Myles Lewis-Skelly,
Morgan Rogers and Eberechi Eze – to the starting line-up and it felt a bit disjointed.
Alexander-Arnold went close with a free-kick and
Rogers tried to tee-up Kane when he should have gone for goal himself.
But that is when Kane came into his own, changing the game on 27 minutes.
Kane put over a cross from the right and, inexplicably, Czech captain Vladimir Coufal slid in and smashed the ball into his own net.
What a bizarre goal. It was a striker's finish from close range rather than a defender's clearance. Surely Kane deserved an assist.
But we should have known Kane would mark his big night with a goal. Of course he did.
MAN OF THE MOMENT
Kane calmly slots home his opener before heading in a second (inset)
Rogers – who really grew into the game – did well down the right, sent over a low cross and there was Kane galloping in to steer home.
That took him to 90 goals for the Three Lions. And his 91st came soon enough.
Lewis Hall sent over a deep corner and there was the Bayern Munich striker lurking at the back post to head home.
What a way to finish his night.
After two goals, and playing a part in the other, Kane's record-equalling night will live long in the memory for another milestone and an unforgettable performance. No wonder he went off to a standing ovation when he was eventually substituted, with his job well and truly done.
England (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Guehi (Branthwaite 63), Hall (Gibbs-White 72), Anderson (Garner 63), Lewis-Skelly, Rogers, Bellingham (Ngumoha 73), Eze, Kane (Calvert-Lewin 82).
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Kane equals Shilton's record and adds to Lions goals haul
BY ANDY DUNN
HARRY KANE marked his record-equalling England appearance with another two goals to finish his international break in style.
Kane's 125th game for his country means that he is now level with goalkeeper Peter Shilton on the all-time caps list, and he celebrated the occasion by scoring his 90th and 91st goals in a Three Lions jersey.
His double means that Kane has now scored six
goals in his last four England matches as Thomas Tuchel's side cruised to a third Nations League victory in just over a week.
Kane said: "It was a perfect night for me, and for the team. An extremely proud evening.
"You saw some fantastic football out there, the way we're moving the ball, one-touch football, as a striker you're just licking your lips and waiting for the right opportunities."
TOTAL LEGEND
Kane celebrates his first goal and (below) his 125th cap is acknowledged on big screen
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小型填字游戏 (SMALL CROSSWORD)
纵向 (DOWN)
1 很快 (9)
2 建筑扩建 (6)
3 地表最上层 (4)
4 我很真诚 (anag. 字母易位词) (9)
5 皇家公主 (4)
6 佛罗里达州的一座城市 (5)
7 无辜的 (9)
1 经过高度调味且烟熏的牛肉 (8)
8 愉快且友好的 (6)
9\_Blyton,作家 (4)
10\_de Armas,女演员 (3)
11 照片类型 (6)
13 昂贵的 (9)
15 火器 (6)
17 Father\_,情景喜剧 (3)
18 步骤 (4)
19 歌曲歌词 (6)
20 优势 (8)
12 长腿涉禽 (6)
14 军中牧师 (5)
15 痛苦 (4)
16 租赁车辆 (4)
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Can you make two common five-letter words from the nine letters given, using each letter only once? You can - but only if one letter features in both words in the squares on the right. There's at least one way to do it, and you have to have the right letter at the crossover - but which one is it?
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Fill each sequence of blank squares using the numbers 1-9. Each sequence - across and down - must total the number in the shaded box at the beginning or top of each line. A number may be repeated in each line but NOT in a sequence.
Arrow-words are like crosswords, but the clues are printed inside squares on the grid. Write your answers in the blank squares in the direction indicated by the arrows.
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Find all the terms listed below in the grid.
Solution tomorrow
BECKY FALLS ● BICTON PARK
BUCKFAST ABBEY ● CASTLE DROGO
DARTMOOR ● EXMOOR ● FUR TOR
GREENWAY ● HANGMAN CLIFFS ● HOE PARK
JURASSIC COAST ● LADRAM BAY ● LUNDY
SALTRAM ● SLAPTON SANDS
TARKA TRAIL ● THE BOX ● VERITY | Arm or legSwimming costume | Grain store | Car safety device | International Monetary Fund (abbr.) | Thick oilElderly | Divulge |
| Inspector_TV series | Soak up | Weep noisily | Gun fired from the shoulder | Fabric type | Jodie , pictured | Grohl, pictured | Trade ban | Adult males | Within an _of, very close to | Perform | _dog or_ lionCot | Prison room | Picture within another | Chop Chinese-style dish | Yellowish-brown | Spoil | Spanish sparkling wine | Doctor, informallyBird's beak | Employ-ment | Axe-like tool | Uncondit-ional | Frozen inPossess | Austrian capital | Someone much admired | Gymnastic featsBird's home | By way of | Make a mistake | _surgeon, Job title | Lifting device | Night beforeApart from | Hair colourant | Feeler | Reverend (abbr.) | Japanese monetary unit | Opening to insert coins | Prophet | In The Stream, 1980s song | Brave | Code for X (1-3) | Cause for complaint | Cardinal number |
| Spoken not written | Penn, US actor | LevelMain artery | Jump across | Maori war chant | Tarn (anag.) | Examine carefully | US actress, MacGraw | Different | April (abbr.) | Gardner, classic Hollywood actress | Unfortu-nately | Loud noise | Voucher | towel, kitchen item | Social insect | # YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS
14 Examine scheme that includes this third brave flier (4,5)
15 An extensive team is together (9)
16 Preserve island, getting river to shine (9)
17 Game succeeded after travesty (8)
19 Hate getting notes on trial (6)
21 About to cherish some garlic (5)
22 Noticed I raced round (5)
24 Award points for being overweight (5)
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EXCLUSIVE Duchess of Sussex keen to say sorry for remark in Oprah interview
BY SASHA MORRIS Head of Showbusiness
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to apologise for "low blow"
remarks in their Oprah interview. They realise Meghan's claim a Royal Family member had queried son Archie's skin colour was "her biggest mistake", a TURN TO PAGE 5
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North West: Wet start, turning bright. Later, wet spells return. Breezy with mild temperatures. High 14C (57F).
Northern Ireland: Sunny to start, turning wet by afternoon. Breezy with mild air, clearing by nightfall. High 13C (55F).
Wales: Overcast with drizzle early, clearing to bright spells. Breezy westerlies, cooler later. High 16C (61F).
Midlands: Cloudy with drizzle initially. Clearing to fair skies later. Breezy and cooler conditions. High 14C (57F).
North East/Yorks: Morning drizzle clears to sunny spells. Breezy, cooler evening. Light to moderate winds. High 14C (57F).
Scotland: Sunny intervals early, clear later. Gentle breeze throughout. Cool in the evening. High 13C (55F).
East Anglia: Cloudy with rain. Clearing late with breezy winds. Becoming cooler as night falls. High 16C (61F).
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Call for Church ban over Green Zionism vote Pressure on Archbishop to act
EXCLUSIVE
BY AARON NEWBURY Political Correspondent
THE Archbishop of Canterbury faces calls to bar clergy from joining the Green Party after it passed a motion declaring Zionism racist.
Dame Sarah Mullally is under pressure to act as critics claim the vote tells Jews they must disown a belief in Jewish self-determination to be welcome in the Greens.
Aides at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop's central office, have not reacted.
The CofE bans clergy from joining parties it sees at odds with its teaching on race but despite repeat approaches from the Express, it refused to say if it would impose a ban.
In 2014 it ruled the British National Party and National Front were “incompatible with the teaching of the Church of England” on the “equality of persons or groups of different races”.
Clerics who join or back either party face disciplinary action and could be defrocked.
The Greens' motion says Zionism will be "treated as any other form of racism" and dealt with by their anti-racism procedures.
Jewish Greens, a group within the main party, warned the motion, passed at conference in Brighton, could force Jewish members to choose between membership and being part of their community.
The Rev Marcus Walker called the policy "shockingly antisemitic", adding: "The House of Bishops have rightly placed the
BNP and the National Front on the list of parties which clergy may not support; they have an obligation to add the Greens."
The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Philip North, said: "Doubtless I am one of many Christian leaders who...will be reflecting on the compatibility of this decision with the Gospel."
Israel's ministry of foreign affairs said the party "gives legitimacy to terrorism".
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: "Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct. Under my leadership, no one will be made unwelcome."
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NS&I raises its savings bond rates
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BY VICKY SHAW
NS&I has put new issues of its one, two, three and five-year fixed-term British Savings Bonds on sale with higher rates.
The state-backed savings bank said the increases reflect changes in the wider market and will help it to meet its net financing target.
British Savings Bonds are fixed-term issues of NS&I's Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds.
The new interest rate on the one-year option is 4.99% AER (annual equivalent rate), up from 4.82% AER.
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On the two-year, it is 5.07%, up from 4.81%. The three-year is 5.10%, up from 4.83% and the five-year is 5.17%, up from 4.85%.
Andrew Westhead, NS&I's retail director, said: "Alongside these improved rates, customers continue to benefit from the reassurance that all money invested is 100% secure and backed by HM Treasury."
Rachel Springall, at Moneyfactscompare. co.uk, said: "This is a welcome boost but savers will find rates higher elsewhere."
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Take a gander at Emma now!
NO ruffled feathers for Emma Corrin as the star strikes a demure pose surrounded by geese for a Pride and Prejudice-inspired shoot.
The actor, 30, who is non-binary and shot to fame playing Princess Diana in The Crown, is happy to have become more comfortable about things while getting older.
Emma also reflected on gender identity, after being met with a backlash from critics and online trolls.
The star said: "People always want answers because they feel there is security in certainty. So they want to put you in a box."
Emma plays Elizabeth Bennet in the new Pride and Prejudice adaptation airing on Netflix later this year, alongside Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy and Olivia Colman as Mrs Bennet.
Emma said: "Lizzy's not afraid to face the world and to laugh at
BY JESS PHILLIPS
In The Crown with Josh O'Connor
herself – I share that with her. I'm very interested in people and very ready to laugh at stuff."
Emma was clearly unfazed by the cover shoot for Harper's
Bazaar magazine and posed with a flock of geese, one honking from a stool.
In another image Emma tenderly cradles a bird and, on the cover, lies on a bed surrounded by the notoriously chatty waterfowl.
Reflecting on turning 30, Emma said: "You're figuring out who you are in your 20s, charging through and making
mistakes, but up for the chaos and the ride. Now I've landed in my 30s, I feel much more certain about who I want to be, who I am. Not that it's done."
● November's issue of Harper's Bazaar UK is on sale tomorrow.
COUPLE'S REGRETS
Harry and Meghan Royal Family over
Traitors? One's family traditionally sends them all to the Tower
BY EMILY FERGUSON Royal Editor
CELEBRITY Traitors star Ross Kemp was delighted to learn that the Prince and Princess of Wales are huge fans of the show - but even royalty could not persuade him to reveal how it ends.
Determined to keep it a secret, the former EastEnders star, 62, simply smiled and said: "I'm a faithful."
Ross said taking part in The Celebrity Traitors was more stressful than dodging bullets from the Taliban during one of the 127 survival documentaries he has presented.
And posing alongside William he put on an exaggeratedly frightened look as the prince tapped his shoulder, in a joke relating to the actor's paranoia in the first couple of episodes of the BBC One show which aired last week.
He said: "You need to be paranoid in an emergency, it means you are ready for what's coming."
William met Ross at the unveiling of an emergency kit to protect residents of Ilminster, Somerset, from winter floods.
The kits are supplied by the National Emergencies Trust, of which the prince is royal patron and Ross is an ambassador.
William chatted to locals at a cafe in the town, and also met members of Ilminster Under-16s football club to discuss the actions they can take to protect themselves and their community the next time the River Isle bursts its banks.
But due to Ross's involvement, the conversation soon returned to The Celebrity Traitors and discussion on who will be the eventual winner. The prince told the teenagers: "I'll get Ross to tell me the answer about what happens. Spoiler alert!"
On hearing the royals were fans of the show, Ross joked: "That's great - them and the rest of the country. I've been on the TV for 43 years but I've never known anything like this."
William teases Ross Kemp with a tap on the shoulder, left, at the unveiling of an emergency kit in Ilminster
OVER 'LOW BLOW'
set to apologise to Oprah interview
FROM PAGE ONE
source said. The royal insider added: "They both know they're hot-headed and realise they took things too far, and they should have kept quiet."
The controversial comment was made to US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey during the couple's bombshell TV interview in 2021.
After they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to the United States, Meghan claimed that there had been “concerns and conversations” from a Royal Family member before Archie’s birth about how dark his skin might be.
That sparked a family feud as the Sussexes refused to reveal who had made the remark, forcing Prince William to issue a public denial.
Today the Daily Express can reveal the couple now want to apologise to Harry's family for Meghan's claims and the hurt they caused.
The source close to the Sussexes said: "Harry and Meghan have always known since they decided to return to the UK that they would need to eat humble pie.
"Their one big regret about leaving the Royal Family for the US was their interview with Oprah, and Meghan knows her biggest mistake was her claim that a Royal Family member had discussed Archie's skin colour.
“Harry was angry with his family at the time and backed Meghan up, but they now realise what a low blow it was. They want to focus on the future and are hoping that will include a reconciliation. They really want a sit-down with his family so they can address what they said and Meghan will apologise.”
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The source added that the couple are “feeling optimistic about being back in the UK” and hope their children Archie and Lilibet will eventually connect with their cousins George, Charlotte and Louis, and become friends.
Harry, 42, and Meghan, 45, visited the King at Highgrove this year so he could meet their children – but it is thought that Harry and William have not spoken since 2022.
The brothers have been seen at the same family occasions – including Charles's coronation in 2023 and the funeral of their uncle Lord Robert Fellowes in 2024 – but are said not to have acknowledged each other.
It was originally thought Meghan and Harry were considering a public apology on television, but a representative has confirmed there will not be a TV interview. The insider also revealed they are keeping cameras away as they settle into the Cotswolds, and have no intention of filming their life in the UK.
The source said: "Meghan is making a real effort to lay low and inte-
grate herself with locals. Their priority is making sure they stay out of the spotlight, and they don't want any cameras ruining any chance of smoothing things
Oprah
Winfrey and
the King
over with his family." The Sussexes are hoping the presence of their children will help them make amends and return to the Royal Family.
The couple are believed to be staying close to the King's Highgrove estate in Tetbury, Glos, as Archie and Lilibet attend a nearby school. With Charles and his sons all now living in the same country, Harry is said to be hopeful that there may be a reconciliation with his brother William later down the line.
The source said: "Harry hopes that William recognises that, for the
monarchy to survive when he becomes King, their families need to be aligned. It won't be about them anymore but about the next generation, and he doesn't want them to be at odds.
"A reconciliation is a long way off for
now, but the pair are remaining optimistic and are happy to be back in the UK."
Harry and Meghan visited the King at Highgrove in July, before their official return to the UK. Charles had not met Archie and Lilibet in more than four years, and it was the first time he had seen Meghan since 2022.
While the King's relationship with his younger son seems to be improving, there was a setback when he clarified that Meghan and Harry remain non-working royals.
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A statement added: "Any specific questions from official and state organisations about the courtesies which should be extended to the Duke and Duchess...should be directed to Buckingham Palace."
Harry and Meghan shared their “surprise” at the lack of notice they received of this. It is unknown if they have seen the King since. A spokesman for the Sussexes declined to comment on private relationships but added: “The family are very much enjoying being back.”
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Police warn over Palestine march
POLICE have urged people not to join a controversial pro-Palestine march through London today on the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attacks.
Students calling themselves the University of London Coalition have been given a set of “robust” conditions by the Met Police.
These include requiring the group to form up at Lincoln's Inn Fields by 12.30pm, take a prescribed route to Russell Square, and complete the rally by 2pm, at which point participants must disperse.
Demonstrators must not wear face coverings.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said the day will be one of “mourning and reflection for many”, and acknowledged the “serious concerns that this event has caused Jewish communities in particular”. He added: “I would like to call on anyone intending to join this march to reflect on the impact and distress it will cause.”
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Dexter fan set up 'kill room' murder
A FORENSICS student obsessed with TV drama Dexter has pleaded guilty to murdering a sex worker who he lured to a plastic-lined "kill room" in an Airbnb property.
University of Worcester
undergraduate Benjamin Day inflicted 78 knife wounds on Maria Saceanu, 24, and started to dismember her body, a murder trial was told.
He spent hours preparing the room at rented premises
in the Tividale area of the West Midlands, around 20 miles from his home in Redditch, Worcs.
Day, 20, changed his plea to guilty after talks with his barrister on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton crown court. He will be sentenced on December 4.
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Afghans locked up for raping girl of 17
THREE men and a boy originally from Afghanistan have been sentenced for raping a girl of 17.
Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai and Salman Habibkheil, both 19, and a boy of 17 who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.
The three men fled to France but were returned to the UK by French authorities.
Safi was jailed for 15 years at Bristol crown court after being convicted of two counts of rape and one of human trafficking.
Habibkheil got nine years in detention for one count of rape and one of human trafficking. Ahmadzai got the same sentence for one count of rape and one of sexual assault.
The 17-year-old got three years in detention for one count of rape.
Judge Michael Cullum told the defendants the fact they had suffered trauma fleeing Afghanistan did not excuse their actions.
BY MARTYN BROWN Political Editor
KEMI Badenoch will today vow to battle for the “soul of this nation” as she continues her push for a Tory revival.
The Conservative leader will pledge to restore confidence in the public finances and ready her party for the next general election.
The annual conference in Birmingham has already seen a blizzard of fresh policies, including a promise to build 50,000 extra prison places and an iron domestic style air defence system.
Many are expecting the Tory chief to use her keynote speech to announce a major pledge to change Inheritance Tax if she becomes Prime Minister.
Mrs Badenoch has also confirmed that she is committed to keeping the pension triple lock.
The moves are designed to create major dividing lines between her party and Labour, and show voters that the Tories have a broader range of policies than Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
Speculation continues that Andy Burnham will call an early general election – in 2027 or 2028 – and Mrs Badenoch is expected to say that “there is a fight coming in British politics”.
"It will be a battle for the soul of this nation. A battle of ideas," she will tell the Tory faithful.
"A battle that goes to the very core of who we are and what kind of country we want to be."
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Mrs Badenoch will also accuse Labour of wanting to “wind back the clock to failed ideas of the past” and pushing up taxes, insisting that only the Conservatives can fight against this. And she will warn that Britain is facing a critical moment as Western economies become more fragile.
"We are running out of money and running out of time to put it right," she is expected to say.
"We have a fight on our hands and we need to be ready."
Pitching her party as the only one that can revive the country's economic malaise, she will add: "The fundamental problem we have right now is that our country is running out of money. Almost everything else flows from this.
"Our national debt currently stands at nearly £3trillion and we are adding more than £100billion every year.
"Last year, four in every five pounds borrowed by the government was spent on debt interest alone. That's like taking out a second mortgage just to pay the interest on your first mortgage.
"This is crazy. That is why growing the economy will be the central organising principle of the next Conservative government."
She will add: "Restoring confidence in the public finances is the foundation of economic growth."
The Tories are currently sitting in third place in the polls on 20%, with Reform UK on 22% and Labour on 27%.
Yesterday, the party pledged that if they win the next election employer national insurance will be halved on jobs employing young people. The flat rate for businesses would be slashed from 15% to 7.5% for workers aged 21 to 24 – a switch that would cost an estimated £2.3bn. It is hoped the
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battle that
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who we are
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move would put tens of thousands of young people in jobs, meaning that many claiming out-of-work benefits would instead contribute taxes to the Exchequer.
An estimated 981,000 young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK were not in education, employment, or training between April and June this year, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Under party proposals for a "tough love" approach to unemployed under-25s announced last week, young people would be barred from going straight from school on to benefits if the Tories returned to power.
People aged 16-24 who have not worked continuously for six months would be unable to claim universal credit, the Conservatives said.
Despite the largely positive response to the conference, Mrs Badenoch batted away criticism about empty seats in the main hall.
The Opposition leader said she had "absolutely no idea what you're talking about" when questioned over jokes about the turnout at the ICC made by political opponents and commentators including Jeremy Clarkson.
Appearing onstage as a surprise guest at the conference in Birmingham on Monday, the outspoken farmer and TV personality had quipped that “a lot of people have come dressed as seats”.
Asked whether Clarkson's observation had been embarrassing, Mrs Badenoch told Channel 5 News: "This conference is buzzing.
"We have many more people than last year. I saw Jeremy Clarkson, I saw Jeremy Clarkson's
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Kemi Badenoch works on her speech at her hotel in Birmingham yesterday
event – people were standing up, you could barely see him.”
In a rally speech on Sunday, Mrs Badenoch insisted that the Conservatives “will win” the next general election as she seeks to reverse the party’s fortunes after its worst-ever electoral defeat in 2024.
With Labour leading recent opinion polls despite an increase in her personal approval ratings, the Tory leader yesterday said she is “working on fixing the brand – and that means going back to our core principles”.
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OPINION: PAGE 12
Senior Tory Nick Timothy
'Only Conservatives have a plan...and it's not for a coalition'
BY KATIE HARRIS
Senior Political Correspondent
KEMI Badenoch has said she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Reform UK in a hung parliament.
The Tory leader insisted party members at their annual conference felt "happy because we know who we are" despite lagging behind Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
Asked if the party's mood means it is in denial, Mrs Badenoch said: "We are feeling chipper because we are going back to first principles."
She acknowledged that the Conservatives are “not out of the woods yet” after the 2024 general election defeat, with polling showing the party’s popularity is even lower now than it was at the time.
But she added: "We're hap because we know who we are. We're not afraid to say what we think, and we're prepared to fight for what we believe. And that's the message that we're taking out to the country. And when people see that we're a different Conservative Party, they will vote for us."
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Left in. "And this has become more of a challenge because Andy Burnham and Zack Polanski are between them reuniting the Left. Andy Burnham because he's more appealing than Starmer, and Zack Polanski because he seems a complete lunatic... he's just
Mrs Badenoch insisted her party is "the only credible alternative to Labour, the only ones with a plan".
Asked if she would consider a coalition with Reform in a hung parliament, she appeared to rule it out, telling the BBC: "I have said that we would have another election if there was no overall majority."
But former Tory leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg, inset, warned that the Tories and Reform UK will "destroy each other" unless the two parties unite.
Sir Jacob raised fears that the Left could win an “even bigger majority” at the next election due to splits on the Right of British politics.
Speaking at a Daily Express event at the Tory conference, Sir Jacob said: "We do need everybody on the Right to realise that when we are dividing up the vote in the first-past-the-post system, we just destroy each other and we allow people of the hard-
a bit odd and he's putting people off. So, we have a double challenge, a bigger challenge than we did six months ago, that we are disunited and the Left is united. And that faces us with an election where the Left could win an even bigger majority than it's currently got, and it could use it for the hard Left policies that Burnham has proposed."
Sir Jacob said voters on the Right can work out who is best placed to win in their constituency while Reform leader Nigel Farage and Mrs Badenoch continue to rule out a more formal pact. But he said it would be "bonkers" not to support the two parties forming a coalition after the next election if it prevents a left-wing government.
The latest YouGov poll puts Labour ahead on 27%, Reform UK second on 22% and the Conservatives in third place on 20%.
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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp
Mahmood's safe migrant routes will be closed down by Tories EXCLUSIVE
BY MICHAEL KNOWLES Home Affairs Editor
CHRIS Philp will vow to "immediately" close Labour's new safe and legal routes while "illegal migration is rife".
In his speech to Tory members today, the Shadow Home Secretary will warn that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is “opening our borders even more” by re-establishing the UK Resettlement Scheme and creating three community sponsorship routes.
Under a Conservative government, illegal migration will have to fall to near-zero before similar schemes are considered.
Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive under Labour's new schemes every year. Charities, faith groups and businesses will be able to apply to host people from next year.
And Mr Philp warned “those coming will have the right to bring in their whole extended families too”.
He is expected to say: “Labour now also wants to bring more people here directly from Afghanistan and Gaza – where the October 7 massacre was openly celebrated on the streets.
"While illegal migration is rife, the government should not be opening our borders even more – and we would close this scheme down immediately."
Addressing the Channel migrant crisis, the senior Tory is expected to say: "Girls as young as 12 have been raped by illegal small boat migrants.
"Afghan men are 22 times more likely to commit sex offences than average. This is not just a borders crisis – it is a public safety crisis, especially for women and girls. And we must end it."
Mr Philp, speaking to the Daily Express, said the party will detect, detain and deport illegal migrants. A new Removals Force will boot out 150,000 failed asylum seekers, foreign criminals and visa overstayers a year.
Burka like 'a ball and chain' says shadow minister
A SENIOR Tory MP declared "I hate the niqab and the burka" as he branded it a "deliberate choice to cut women off from society".
Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy said it is "really bad for social trust" if "lots of people are covering their faces".
Mr Timothy, speaking at a fringe event at his party's conference, said:
"When I see a woman wearing that, I see a human being with a ball and chain around her ankle".
Mr Timothy told the Spectator gathering: "It is a deliberate choice to cut women off from society, and the harm caused by that is not just to the women involved - considerable as that may be. It's harmful to all of us. Because it's really bad for social trust if you live in a community where lots of people are covering their faces. You're living among people who are cutting themselves off from you. And that deliberate manifestation of difference and a refusal to engage is damaging."
Earlier this year, Kemi Badenoch had to defend Mr Timothy after he claimed that public Islamic prayers are an "act of domination".
Iranians 'spied on UK journalists'
THREE alleged Iranian spies carried out surveillance and reconnaissance to target journalists in the UK as part of a plan to commit “serious violence”, a court has heard.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 57, face trial at Woolwich crown court charged with offences under the National Security Act.
They trailed Mojtaba Pourmohsen and Kambiz Hosseini, who are journalists for London-based Persian broadcaster Iran International, as well as a founder member of UK
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Lawyers for Israel, Jonathan Turner, the court was told.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, Farhad Manesh, 46, and Shapoor Noori, 57, at Woolwich crown court yesterday
The defendants are said to have visited addresses linked to targets, taken photos and videos, and researched them online between August 2024 and March last year.
Prosecutors allege Sepahvand intended to carry out a “violent attack” against at least one of the targets, while Manesh and Noori assisted in planning.
Sepahvand was told in one message shown to jurors: "You are
expected to hit or kill the journalist." In a voice note, in which he moaned about how little he had been paid for surveillance, Sepahvand said: "They pay the £150,000, and I'll finish them off." He claims he was threatened into conducting surveillance against his will. But the prosecution described this as an "entirely bogus claim".
There is no dispute the three defendants conducted the surveillance and reconnaissance.
Sepahvand accepts he was doing so for the benefit of the Iranian regime but claims he was threatened or bullied into doing it.
Manesh and Noori claim they did not know they were carrying out the surveillance to assist Iran.
The defendants are charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service.
The three, who deny all the charges, were assisted by interpreters. The trial continues.
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More than 1,800 schools were shut or partially closed on the biggest day of protests so far, with more than 250,000 taking to the streets nationwide.
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Seventh man is held over RAF base plot
BY ALICE SCARSI
A SEVENTH man has been arrested by police investigating a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairfield.
The Briton, 22, was held in Westminster, Central London, yesterday on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, police said.
Six suspects have already been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious vans were stopped near the air base in Gloucestershire on September 27.
Senior national co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, Vicki Evans, said: "Our specialist teams continue to pursue multiple lines of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding events near RAF Fairfield.
"Once again, I'd like to thank the public for their continued support and patience whilst we work through this highly complex investigation.
"We're acutely aware of the public interest in this and are working around the clock to identify the motivation behind events in Gloucestershire."
B-1 bomber leaving RAF Fairfield at the weekend. Below, Nigel Farage criticised state of UK's defences
'Trump looks at UK as basket case over our defence'
'No doubt' US withdrew B-1s over Iran cells
TORIES: WEAK BURNHAM'S £2 BUS CAP WON'T DETER PUTIN AGGRESSION
BRITAIN'S defences are in a "terrible state" and the Trump administration looks at the country as a "basket case", Nigel Farage has warned, as concern mounts about the US removal of its B-1 bombers from the RAF Fairfield air base.
The Reform UK leader told the Express: "I have no doubt why the Americans have pulled out of Fairfield – they fear the Iranian cells in Britain. It's very bad."
Mr Farage gave a scathing account of how the UK is now viewed by those around the US president.
He said: "Americans think we're a basket case, London is crime-ridden and, sadly, their respect for us is dwindling and diminishing.
"Whatever we think of Trump, the fact is our relationship with America is much more important than our relationship with Europe – security, intelligence, everything else."
Mr Farage fears that terrorists may be able to enter the country by hiding among migrants crossing the Channel. "I have warned for years about terrorists coming into Britain via the small boats," he said. Mr
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Trump confirmed this week that the US bombers had been moved because “there might be a threat”.
Mr Farage is also concerned about the size of the armed forces. The Regular Army had just 73,790 soldiers at the start of the year.
The Reform leader is also worried about the threat of prosecution hanging over veteran service per-
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'I have warned for years about terrorists coming via small boats'
sonnel and the impact that could have on the armed forces.
He said: "We're in real, real trouble. But it isn't just about money.
"It's about attitude, it's about thought, it's about legislation that means servicemen can be prosecuted... This is serious." His comments come as the October 28 Budget looms and Labour comes under pressure to boost military funding. Chancellor John Healey helped to end Sir Keir Starmer's time as PM when he quit as Defence Secretary in protest at armed forces under-funding.
Mr Farage is unequivocal that Reform would deliver on the Nato commitment to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035. "Absolutely," he said. "And we have to."
In the latest sign that defence is rising up the political agenda, the Conservatives this week committed to investing in a £10billion “iron dome” defence system to defeat missiles and drone attacks.
The Ministry of Defence said: "We are transforming our armed forces following the Strategic Defence Review, which sets out our path to warfighting readiness.
"Backed by £298billion over the next four years, we are equipping our forces with the capabilities they need to meet growing threats, ensuring they stand ready to fight and operate across air, land and sea."
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ANDY Burnham's "weakness" on defence will embolden Britain's enemies, Conservatives claimed.
Tory shadow ministers accused the PM of failing to take an interest in defending the country, as it was reported he could delay the long-awaited review of defence spending.
Chancellor John Healey's spending review may now take place in the autumn of 2027, rather than spring as expected.
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This is when the government will set out spending plans up to 2030, and explain how the UK intends to meet the Nato target of allocating 3.5% of GDP to defence.
Speaking at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, shadow defence minister Mark Francois called Mr Burnham "an extremely inexperienced prime minister with no track record at all
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of ever having had any kind of interest in defence."
He said: "You're not going to deter the likes of Vladimir Putin with a £2 bus cap. So that's a problem. Labour have a real weakness in this area, and our opponents know this."
Delaying the spending review until later in 2027 would allow it to be held alongside the Budget, opening up the possibility of announcing tax increases to pay for extra spending. However, it would also highlight the long delay in making any decision.
British intelligence believes there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030, ex-PM Sir Keir Starmer revealed earlier this year.
A Treasury spokesperson said: "The date of the spending review has not been set.
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BY JANE KIRBY
ALMOST two million unlicensed cannabis products have been issued on private prescriptions in the past year, figures show.
England's patient safety commissioner Professor Henrietta Hughes said there was a need for urgent action to protect the public when they buy medical cannabis online. She said: "The growth of medicinal cannabis prescribing has outpaced the systems needed to ensure patient safety."
NHS statistics show from June 2025 to May this year there were 1,967,268 unlicensed cannabis items issued on private prescription – up from 659,293 in 2024, and 282,920 the year before.
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A 2018 change in the law made it legal to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the UK.
While a small number of patients can obtain the drug on the NHS, most products dispensed are unlicensed and prescribed by private clinics.
Medical cannabis is marketed as being able to treat a range of conditions, from anxiety, depression and ADHD, through to chronic pain, migraines and Crohn's disease.
The drugs can be prescribed only by or under the direction of a doctor who is on the specialist register of the General Medical Council.
Oliver Robinson, 34, from Bury, Greater Manchester, took his life in 2023 after developing a psychological dependence on cannabis, a coroner's report said. He was obtaining it both illegally and through prescription from a private clinic.
Catherine McKenna, area coroner for Manchester North, said: "The continuation of prescriptions for medicinal cannabis acted as an obstacle to Oliver receiving appropriate psychiatric and addictions care."
Mr Robinson's brother, Alexander, is calling for "Oliver's Law" to tighten up regulation on prescribing medicinal cannabis, particularly to mental health patients. He said the "market was growing far faster than the safeguards meant to protect patients".
He added: "Clinics are promoted on television, on the Underground and through social media influencers.
"Products are catalogued online like consumer goods. Oliver was prescribed high-strength cannabis after a single video consultation.
"I am not against access for patients who benefit. I am asking for the basic safeguards Oliver didn't have – proper specialist assessment, contact with a patient's existing doctors, monitoring for dependency, scrutiny of the highest-volume prescribers and clear rules on advertising."
Alexander added: "No other family should have to go through what we have." Prof Hughes said: "We shouldn't wait for more people to experience avoidable harm to put stronger safeguards in place."
Older group now the biggest vapers
BY JANE KIRBY
PEOPLE in the 25 to 34 age group are now the most likely to vape, overtaking those aged 16 to 24.
Data from the Office for National Statistics on people aged 16 and over shows 25-34 was the only age group to see a rise in e-cigarette use, increasing from 12.9% in 2024 to 16.4% last year.
The data also shows daily or occasional vaping remains higher than the proportion of people smoking cigarettes - 5.4 million, or 9.9%, versus 4.8 million
(8.7%). Almost three-quarters (74.1%) of people who had ever smoked regularly said they had quit the habit, the data shows.
David Mais, from the ONS, said: "Fewer than one in 10 adults now smoke. E-cigarette use remains more common than smoking and has been
on an uptrend since 2020.
"Vapers are also getting older, with those aged 25 to 34 now passing 16 to 24-year-olds."
BY MARK JEFFERIES
MICHAEL Douglas was smitten with Catherine Zeta-Jones from the moment he saw her, but she refused to date him until he ditched his other lovers.
The Fatal Attraction star, 82, says he got drunk the first time they met and it then took around nine months for their relationship to get going.
He reveals in his new memoir that he was at a friend's house watching an advance screening of 1998 movie The Mask Of Zorro when he first saw the Welsh actress and said out loud "Wow, who is this girl? She's incredible."
He continued to praise her acting skills and beauty even after the credits rolled. And that might have been that with the 25-year age gap between them, had he not read an interview days later where she mentioned she liked older men. "I said to myself, Hey, I've got a shot!" he writes.
Michael was off to the Deauville American Film Festival in France in August 1998, to promote his movie A Perfect Murder, and managed to get his agent to find out if Catherine would be there.
Sure enough their schedules collided and he was able to arrange a drink with her.
The pair ended up drinking with Melanie Griffith, whom Michael knew, and her husband Antonio Banderas, Catherine's Mask of Zorro co-star.
The Basic Instinct star says he was "enchanted" by Catherine and learned she was a big name in Britain already thanks to TV show The Darling Buds of May.
They went on to dinner as a foursome and then Michael left for the premiere.
However, he then "got smashed" at the hotel bar, only for Catherine to reappear a couple of hours later. They had a drink and Michael held himself together until they went to say goodnight by the elevator.
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As is now well known, he blurted out: "I'm going to be the father of your children."
But rather than being impressed or charmed, Catherine replied: "You know, I've seen a lot about you, read a lot about you, and heard a lot about you. And I guess it's all true. I think it's time I say good night."
Michael insists it wasn't a "cheap pick-up line" but what he felt in his heart after time in her company, describing her as "magic".
Looking back he adds: "If I had had a little less to drink that night, I would have said it a little more eloquently."
But there was no way to turn back the clock and so Michael tried to pile on the charm. He arranged for a big bouquet to be delivered to Catherine's hotel room when she landed in Scotland the next day to begin work on the film Entrapment with Sean Connery.
The note with them read: "I hope I didn't scare you too much, but it was wonderful meeting you."
Catherine wasn't completely won over, only choosing to call him a few weeks later on September 25 – the day they share a birthday – to wish him many happy returns and also admit he had been on her mind.
Over the next few months the pair would occasionally have dinner in New York or Los Angeles where they were living. But Catherine would often head home early and always get her brother or her dad to come pick her up.
Michael writes: "It finally dawned on me. She wanted to take it slow." He goes on to say there was "nothing physical" between them for nine months.
Slowly but surely things became more serious. After going to watch a boxing match Catherine sent him a note that said "you had me at round one". But she remained cautious because she didn't want to "become just an ex-girlfriend" on his list. One weekend in June 1999 Catherine agreed to visit Michael at his Spanish second home in Mallorca.
There, she told him she would only be his
Michael and Catherine at their joint birthday party in 1999
Michael: I had to wait nine months...and ditch my five lovers
The couple at the Monaco Grand Prix in June
girlfriend if the relationship was monogamous. In the book he recalls Catherine said: "I'm not interested in dating you if you're dating other people. You can either continue with them or end it and be with me."
In response, Michael said: "Wait here, I have to make five quick calls."
Catherine was shocked he had to make five calls, but he did and their love affair began. Explaining what happened, Michael writes: "Just after my [first] marriage, I had been seeing five other women. I made sure they all lived in different cities, which felt a respectful way to be non-monogamous."
The relationship blossomed and they married at the Plaza Hotel in New York at a reputed cost of £1.2million. They went on to have two children, Dylan, 26, and daughter, Carys, 23, who were brought up in Bermuda.
The couple briefly separated in 2013 but Michael writes: I never gave up hope that we would reconcile. I love Catherine in a way that I have never loved any other woman. She's my wife, my best friend, and my life partner.
"Taking time away helped reignite the spark that had brought us together. Catherine and I reconciled the following year. Thank God we found our way back."
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Here's hoping royal soap opera has happy ending
SORRY is often the hardest word to say, but could be one the Duchess of Sussex is about to utter. Six years after quitting royal life alongside her husband Harry, Meghan is poised to offer an olive branch which could finally end the War of the Windsors.
The long-running feud is bitter and has caused a constitutional crisis. After they fled Britain, Meghan claimed there had been “concerns and conversations” from a member of the Royal Family about how dark their son Archie’s skin would be before he was born.
To make matters worse, the sensational allegation was made to chat show queen Oprah Winfrey during their 2021 bombshell interview, ensuring it was seen globally.
It sparked a rift that saw the chasm between the Sussexes and The Firm grow wider.
But now they are back in the UK it is claimed the couple want to apologise, not only for the incendiary claim, but the inevitable hurt it caused. If true, it will see the Sussexes eat an enormous helping of humble pie but, potentially, draw a line under a quarrel that has spiralled out of control.
While Harry and Meghan have seen King Charles recently, he remains a distant grandfather to their children, while Harry and William are thought to have not spoken in some four years.
Could we be about to witness another sensational (albeit happy) twist in this long-running royal soap opera?
This time we sincerely hope so.
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Kemi is talking sense
TODAY'S speech by Kemi Badenoch could be one of the most important in decades. Britain currently resembles a banana republic as an unelected leader forces a radical socialist agenda down the throats of a population he is hellbent on bleeding dry to pay for it.
Andy Burnham has elbowed his way into Downing Street and with arrogance (and a few crocodile tears) laid out a left-wing vision that would take Britain hurtling back to the 1970s.
In Mrs Badenoch, the Tories have a leader with clarity, nous and the brains to realise that only by unleashing an entrepreneurial spirit can growth ever be restored.
The small state, low tax society that she champions is the direct opposite to life under Labour, which has hoisted the white flag as it rules over a country with no get up and go and a historically high reliance on welfare.
Today, Britain will hear her make the case for common sense. And we sincerely hope it listens.
The future of Britain under Burnham is a one-way ticket to bankruptcy.
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Archer really hit the spot
EVEN Jeffrey Archer would have struggled to write the final chapter of his colourful life. The day before his 50th and final book was published he took an afternoon nap and never woke up.
Archer, ennobled and then imprisoned for perjury, was not everyone's cup of tea.
But he will surely be looking down and smiling that everyone is talking about him and his work.
Will the Right unite with a coalition to kick out Burnham?
Kemi Badenoch visits the Express stand at the Conservative Party Conference
K EMI Badenoch has been enjoying a successful party conference but there has been one major question hanging over it –
should the Right unite? Both the Conservative Party leader and Reform opposite number Nigel Farage are adamant that will not happen. Three years out from the next expected general election that is absolutely sensible for both to say.
The Express hosted a panel to discuss the issues on the conference fringe and it is clear that in some form or other the Tories and Reform will end up dealing with each other if the poll ratings continue as they are.
Our guest speaker, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, explained how mathematical reality will ultimately decide what happens. Both of the parties can only realistically do a deal with each other if there is a hung parliament. If there is a chance they could form a government, voters would not forgive them for backing away. At our event, the audience was asked if they would support a post-election coalition between the two parties if it meant keeping out a socialist government led by Andy Burnham. Almost every hand went up.
Rees-Mogg responded that anyone who had kept their hand down was "bonkers".
HE leader of the party with the largest number of seats out of the two would be the one that then became Prime Minister, he explained.
Although Badenoch said she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Reform in a hung parliament, Rees-Mogg said he believed she would deal with the reality of whatever voters put before her.
When it comes to voters on the Right deciding what to do before the general election, it would be difficult for the parties to work out how to avoid splitting the vote because there is not enough data. But he pointed to the recent by-elections in Makerfield, won by the Prime Minister, and Aberdeen South, which was picked up by the Conservatives.
"So, how do we work it out?" he said. "Well, initially, I think we have to let voters work it out for themselves as they did in Makerfield and in Aberdeen – where in Aberdeen the Reform vote practically disappeared, in Makerfield our vote disappeared completely.
"I think that voters are intelligent and can work these things out. And as the two leaders don't wish to do any form of pact, that is as far as we can go at the moment."
What Badenoch wants is to avoid having to be forced into a
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coalition, and with the polls so split it means there is all to play for. The Conservative leader was in a buoyant mood when she visited our stand in the conference centre in Birmingham and the party is united behind her.
After years of internal warfare it is a much calmer atmosphere and Badenoch is making clear, considered policy announcements as well as keeping the party faithful gee'd up.
Her personal approval ratings are good but the party is generally polling third. The Tory leader said last night that she was trying to fix the Tories' tarnished brand.
"What we've seen is that we're in an era of multi-party politics. We had a government that came in with a landslide and the Prime Minister is out,"
she told Channel 5. "Politics is volatile. What I'm showing is that this Conservative Party is different from the one people said no thanks to in 2024.
"I know that people are warming towards me. I now need to show them that the Conservative Party is a different party. I'm working on fixing the brand and that means going back to our core principles."
the Tory leader has time to rebuild her party. A snap poll, however, would mean a very split electorate is likely to return a hung parliament and that would mean some very hard questions would have to be addressed.
But as the very sensible attendees of our panel discussion demonstrated, the real enemy of those on the Right is the increasingly radical socialist government of Andy Burnham.
Handing the Labour leader another five years must focus the minds of everyone who sees him for the dangerous premier that he is.
'Badenoch is now trying to fix the Tories' tarnished brand'
Andy should quit while he's behind
THE ROYALS appear to have got a taste for litigation: and following Harry's extended, expensive and totally unsuccessful recent attempt to stifle free speech, now his uncle Andrew is taking the police to court - I wonder if this is at all wise?
Amid questions both about his friendship with sick pervert Jeffrey Epstein and his conduct as a trade ambassador, the public now rightly regards him as the personification of boorish arrogance.
This is not definitely not going to help.
— MY CHAMPAGNE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL
WHAT do Sarah Jessica Parker, Melinda Messenger and Olivia Colman have in common? They have all just recently revealed their grey hair. And they are lucky to be in a position to do so; for many it would spell the end of their career
Margaret Thatcher's hair was totally white in old age, but she still kept that golden pelmet that had been her defining feature.
She knew the power of appearance. Life is hard enough for ladies of a certain age - don't make it even worse.
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We are in way over our heads
WE ALL know the government is extremely keen on wasting our money but the news that the taxpayer has paid for nearly 1,000 hijabs for women arriving on small boat landings is shocking.
I see the hijab as a symbol of slavery. Frankly, you might as well hand out manacles to people arriving from some of the less prosperous areas of the world.
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Kemi revival can take us back to the future
FOR SOME reason there's been a lot of nostalgia recently about the 1990s: Cool Britannia, Oasis, New Labour, Kate Moss, Princess Diana, you name it, it's all over the place. But as the Tories convene this week to plot out the future, it's the previous
I came of age in that decade, went to university, moved to London and (eventually) became a journalist. And it was a thrilling time to be alive.
The 1970s, that era so beloved of Andy Burnham, was a nightmare. The unions were running amok, there were three-day weeks, strikes, litter lying uncollected in the streets, no one had heard of an avocado – all right, that last wasn't exactly a tragedy, but the world had yet to open up.
My memory of that decade is mainly black and white, with the exception of Abba and their brilliantly coloured costumes, but back then even Abba weren't that popular. They were considered naff, not the pop music sensation they are regarded as today.
When the 1980s dawned and you-know-who was in charge, the country seemed to shift up a gear. The great romance of the 1980s was not Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, as revealed to no one's surprise in his new memoire, but Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The two of them swept the fusty old past out of the door and the public loved it.
It's difficult to say which was the greatest of Mrs T's triumphs – there were so many of them – but a combination of the Falklands and beating the miners' unions must be up there. The majority of the public loved it.
She gave us pride back in ourselves.
Now we have a government that far from defending sovereign territory, actually attempts to give it away. However, if Kemi Badenoch can harness that energy that revolutionised the country more than 40 years ago, then she'll be on her way to No.10. Never forget that it was not Labour that won the last election; it was the Tories, who had so badly stumbled in power, that lost it.
Most of the country is watching in slack-jawed horror at what Labour is up to – we now have an unelected prime minister threatening to seize private property. The time really has come for a change.
SHOULD we be surprised that the Green Party has now declared itself the official party for antisemitism? Adolf Hitler was a teetotal vegetarian animal lover. He'd have fitted right in.
Women are always put on the backfoot
OFFICE romances are tricky, even if the workplace is a dancefloor, and when it comes to light it's usually the woman who pays.
Shirley Ballas, left, must be thinking about that one amid reports of her "close bond" with Giuseppe Nonnis; some are calling on her to stand down as a judge of an international dance festival in which he'll be competing.
No calls, of course, on him not to take part.
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CAPTIVATED BY CASABLANCA'S CODED CALL TO ARMS
At the beginning of the film Rick refuses point-blank to side with anything at all; by the end (spoiler alert) of course, he is prepared to make a huge personal sacrifice for the greater good.
IF I HAD been a passenger on the FlyDubai jet that was nearly hijacked by its own co-pilot, I would be suing the airline. He had already been banned from flying by Oman, had extremist materials on his devices, talked about killing Jews on social media, was found with plans to target
FOR ONCE, there was an interesting programme on Radio 4, talking about one of the best films ever made, Casablanca.
Apparently, a lot of people working on the movie were themselves European refugees and so had skin in the game, so to speak, and that also puts a new take on the famous last line.
I already knew it operated on so many different levels – love story, thriller, war film, fight for freedom, film noir, evocation of exotic parts – but it had never occurred to me that Rick Blaine could be thought of as a symbol of the United States itself, as attempts to draw the country into the war intensified.
Absolutely marvellous, from start to finish.
Israeli planes three years ago and also spent time in ISIS-controlled Syria.
Short of tattooing "I am a terrorist" on his forehead, how more obvious to the authorities could he have been?
And this man was put in the cockpit of a plane flying to Israel. What on earth was the airline thinking? Was there any thought at all?
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Frances Millar To be frank
To be frank...
SHAME should be reframed as a virtue rather than an emotion to be avoided. There is nothing wrong with feeling ashamed once in a while. It's good for you.
Keeps you on the straight and narrow. A few years ago I was about to meet a friend's new boyfriend, Paul, for the first time. So I gathered as much intel on him as I could, and when he arrived I introduced myself: "Hello, I'm Paul." The memory still makes my jaw clench until I resemble an Aardman character, but I'm grateful as I'm a better person for it. Or, at least, more skilled at concealing my flaws.
If Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were capable of experiencing even a homeopathic dose of shame, how different his life might be today. He could still be trotting around Windsor, enjoying the comforts of Royal Lodge and Balmoral and staff would still address him as “your Highness”. Instead, he has condemned himself to go down in history as the grubby little commoner whose loyalty to a paedophile and his money was more important than his duty, his family and his country.
It has cost him almost everything. Titles, reputation, family and home, and still he goes on. He's like the last brainwashed member of a cult still insisting his actions are "too honourable" for normal people to understand.
HAS THE entirety of Westminster lost its mind during conference season? Too much complimentary wine? Too many late nights? Too many lanyards? Britain's two main parties have taken to sparring with each other through the unusual medium of spoof Bayeux Tapestries.
The Conservatives unveiled an 88ft-long version at their Birmingham conference, chronicling Labour's rocky two years in power in the style of the 11th-century embroidery, with ye olde English captions. It features Angela Rayner vaping on a pedalo, Sir Keir Starmer's rise and fall and The King of the North's return.
Labour returned fire on X, with: "Anyone can make an AI slop Bayeux Tapestry", before producing its own mock-up.
It featured Liz Truss charging into battle on horseback beneath the words, she "crasheth the economy".
All good fun but if it carries on it is going to really slow down Prime Minister's Questions.
Tomorrow he will get his day in court,
but not in the dock. He is suing the police force that arrested him and riffled through his drawers.
The battle that will inevitably drag on for months and run up a lawyer's bill in the hundreds of thousands, which I'm assuming he will have to go cap-in-hand to his brother for, because we all know he is skint.
Most people who've endured the kind of spectacular public battering Andrew has would want to crawl under a rock at the bottom of the Mariana Trench never to resurface. Not our Andy. When he was arrested in February, who can forget the look on his face. That dazed expression. The horror in his eyes, one flared red, like the cover of some Eighties video nasty, with the tag line: No sweat. No problem. No escape.
We stupidly assumed that was the ending. Roll credits. Surely, after everything, no one could come back from that? But nothing can extinguish that extraordinary sense of entitlement. Out of the wreckage he has emerged, not a reformed character racked with shame, but the final boss baddie, bristling with grievance and spoiling for a fight.
And so, here comes the sequel: Andrew: A Nightmare in Sandringham, the latest pathetic instalment in the horror franchise nobody wants to watch.
THIS week's award for most pointless scientific research goes to the University of Glasgow, where a team of boffins are planning to send whisky into space to see if it tastes different. In 2028, a satellite carrying a few very wee drams will be blasted into orbit for five years to discover how whisky ages in space and whether extreme temperature changes make it taste better or worse. Meanwhile, we're still waiting for a cure for Alzheimer's, still no reliable wi-fi on trains, AI is plotting to kill us and how much longer are we expected to wait for teleportation? Can we crack on with that first please?
Bulgaria warns of 'global war' as Black Sea ships are hit
BY REBECCA ROBINSON
BULGARIA'S prime minister Rumen Radev has warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could spiral into something on a global scale if it is not brought to a halt.
His warning came after two Turkish-owned commercial ships were targeted in drone strikes while sailing in the Black Sea within the Nato ally's economic zone.
Cargo vessel Alfa Watan was sunk and its crew remained missing last night. The other ship, the Able, was carrying grain. It was also hit and its 18-member crew were rescued.
They were 80 nautical miles off Bulgaria's coast, east of Cape St Atanas, when they sent out distress signals at around 3am local time yesterday. Then, at around 9am, one disappeared from border police radar.
Last night it remained unclear where the drones came from but it marks the first time vessels have been attacked in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone and comes as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black
Sea. Bulgarian PM Mr Radev, 63, convened an emergency meeting with defence, interior and security officials, condemned the attacks and suggested they were a consequence of the escalating Russia-Ukraine war.
He said: "The attack within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone is absolutely unacceptable. It constitutes a serious breach of maritime and international law, and will further jeopardise safe navigation in the Black Sea. I have long warned that unless this war is brought to an end in time, it will
continue to expand geographically, intensify and increase the risk of an even wider conflict, potentially on a global scale."
Able's crew of 18 - 11 Turkish and seven Indian - reportedly abandoned the ship after a fire broke out and were taken aboard the Bulgarian ferry Dioscuria. One Indian and one Turkish crew member were hospitalised, the governor of Varna, Mario Smrkov, confirmed.
One suffered severe burns and was taken to the Military Medical Academy in Varna, while the other had a serious head injury.
Dioscuria, which was in the area at the time, headed to Alfa Watan after crew noticed the explosion. They found three life rafts and life jackets, but no people.
Able's other 16 crew members, travelling from the Romanian port of Galati to Istanbul in Turkey, were transported to safety by a border police patrol boat.
Alfa Watan was sailing under the flag of Togo and headed from Kartal port in Turkey to Sulina port in Romania, according to ship-tracking website Vessel Finder.
BY JON KING
DONALD Trump says he has offered Vladimir Putin help following reports that a laboratory technician in Russia may have died of pneumonic plague.
Trump offers Putin help over 'death from pneumonic plague'
The US president said he was watching the situation closely, while appearing to confuse the possible cause of Daria Shipilova's death.
Ms Shipilova, 28, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died last week at a nearby hospital, a local state television station reported on Monday.
Unconfirmed media reports suggested she might have died of pneumonic plague, a less common but more severe form of the disease than bubonic plague.
Local mayor Maxim Modin said the hospital has been placed under quarantine.
Mr Trump told reporters outside the White House: "It's a rough disease.
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"You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter.
"They're like an army.
"Even with great advancement, the germs have really become relatively stronger than they were, and things that used to work on pneumonia don't work as well anymore."
Pneumonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and considered to be the most dangerous form of the infection.
It is spread when an infected patient coughs or sneezes.
It is not to be confused with pneumonia, which is inflammation of the lungs normally caused by an infection, with most patients recovering in two to four weeks.
Asked on Monday to comment on the case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the public and media should follow official statements from Russia's consumer and welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, rather than "rumours or speculation".
Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova flew to Irkutsk and met with governor Igor Kobzev and other officials on Friday.
Mr Kobzev said all those who came into contact with Ms Shipilova
were under medical supervision. He did not identify the infection but said it was a suspected case of “a particularly dangerous infection”.
He added that Rospotrebnadzor was “implementing “a full range of anti-epidemic measures”.
On Sunday, Rospot-
rebnadzor initially said the woman had been diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown aetiology", or origin, and said
Trump has offered to help Putin
“extensive” testing found “no micro-organisms associated with the patient’s professional activities”.
The agency said it did not uncover any incidents at the institute “involving pathogenic micro-organisms”, but two people who were in contact with Ms Shipilova tested positive for a virus that causes the common cold and two others for Covid-19.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Monday that he did not think there was cause for alarm.
But he added the United States was
watching the case closely, aware that "it could spread quickly" despite the quarantine and other public
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DISEASE RISK IS LOW SAY HEALTH BOSSES FOLLOWING RUSSIAN SCARE
THE risk to people in the UK from plague is minimal, officials have said as Russia studies the death of a woman linked to the disease.
Moscow said it had quarantined a hospital and was monitoring contacts of the employee from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
They say they have found no evidence her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with.
But media reports suggest she may have died
BY JANE KIRBY
of pneumonic plague. Plague is usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is no longer found in the UK, but occurs in several countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Chris Lewis, of the UKHSA, said: "We are seeking information through the International Health Regulations channels to further understand the circumstances. The public health risk from plague to the wider UK population currently remains very low."
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David Barraclough guilty plea
Man admits murder of wife found in freezer
BY JAMES CONNOLLY
A MAN faces life in jail after changing his plea to admit killing his wife and hiding her body in a freezer at home.
David Barraclough pleaded guilty at Leeds crown court yesterday to murdering Carolann Barraclough, 37.
The mother of three's body was discovered at home in Wakefield, West Yorks, almost two weeks after she suffered blunt force head trauma.
Barraclough, 45, had previously denied her murder and had been due to stand trial.
When the case came before Judge Andrew Stubbs KC yesterday, Barraclough pleaded guilty to murdering Carolann between February 19 and 21.
Her body was not
Carolann was found at home
discovered until March 5, when police went to the property on Ken Churchill Drive after concerns had been raised for her welfare.
An inquest into Carolann's death had previously been informed that her body had been found inside a freezer at her home.
A postmortem examination recorded her cause of death as blunt force head trauma, pending further investigation.
Barraclough had entered a not guilty plea at a court hearing in July, when a report from a psychiatrist declared him fit to stand trial.
But instead of his case getting under way, Barraclough entered a guilty plea to murder.
He will remain in custody ahead of his sentencing.
A date for that hearing has yet to be set.
Man charged with murder of GP mother
Villager had been hosting sleepover
A MAN has been charged with murder after a GP was found dead while hosting a children's sleepover.
The woman, named locally as mum-of-three Dr Hannah Terry, 45 – also known as Hannah Cain – was said to have welcomed friends of her children into her home before she died.
Police were called by the ambulance service shortly after 2.20am on Sunday and arrested a man on suspicion of murder after she was pronounced dead.
The man, named as Mark Cain, 45, was charged with Hannah's murder. It is believed that children sleeping over at the house were taken back to their parents' homes by officers in the early hours of Sunday.
A Norfolk Constabulary statement yesterday read: "This afternoon 45-year old Mark Cain, of Fern Hill, Dersingham, was charged with Hannah's murder."
He has been remanded in cus-
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tody to appear before Norwich magistrates court today.
Specialist officers are continuing to support Hannah's family, who have asked for privacy.
White-suited forensic officers were continuing to search the detached house where Dr Terry lived in Fern Hill, Dersingham, about a mile from the King's Sandringham House.
One neighbour said of Dr Terry: "She was just a lovely human being with
three gorgeous young children. I'm just out of words, we all are."
Bouquets were left on a verge, with one note saying: "Such a tragic loss. A lovely, kind, caring neighbour and friend, but above all a devoted mum. God bless you, Hannah and your precious boys."
Police could be heard yesterday cutting back the garden.
Potential evidence from the house was also seen being loaded up into a car.
Police have not yet revealed the results of a post-mortem.
Dr Terry had worked part time at Grimston Medical Centre since last year, according to its web-
year, according to its web-site. The surgery remained closed with the website stating: "We apologise for the disruption and appreciate your patience and understanding at a very difficult time for our colleagues."
A patient posted: "Fly high and sleep well, Dr Terry... you never deserved this to happen, heaven has gained an angel."
Dr Terry was also a director of Norfolk Sky Aesthetics, and had previously worked for nine years at the Heacham Group Practice in Norfolk until last June when she left “to allow her to spend more time with her young family”.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: "It is unbelievable what has happened. I am very upset about it. They are a lovely, lovely family. I'd see her and the boys heading to the village playing fields with backpacks and tennis rackets."
A 95-year-old neighbour said: "I never heard anything and woke up to see police cars everywhere."
Dr Terry's parents, Stephen and Kathleen, also live in Dersingham.
Not without flaw... but an irrepressible force nonetheless
By Matt Nixson
T IS somehow fitting that the great literary and political showman Jeffrey Archer died in the midst of a marketing campaign the day before his final novel was published – thus assuring his passing, and his newly posthumous book, maximum publicity.
As Queen Camilla joins the tributes to Jeffrey Archer, why his sudden death at 86 has robbed us of a larger-than-life figure whose extraordinary story was well suited to his bestselling novels
His sudden death aged 86 on Monday – in between writing sessions, needless to say – provided the ultimate twist in the tale for an author who left the critics cold yet sold more than 300 million copies of 32 novels in 119 countries and 49 languages.
Having spent a staggering 14 years and five months on the Sunday Times bestseller lists, and five and a half years occupying the New York Times charts, there are few writers who could match his sales let alone his prolific output. The same could be said about his political sway and sense of mischief, which saw him pinball between Westminster and Belmarsh Prison.
Yet he remained, even revelled in being, one of the most Marmite characters in modern public life – adored and admired by friends for his boundless energy, generosity and good cheer, as evidenced by the tributes, while derided as a scoundrel by his enemies. Even Queen Camilla expressed her sadness yesterday, describing him as “not without flaw” but an “irrepressible life force through all the many differing chapters of his life”.
Three political careers as MP, Tory deputy chairman and prospective Mayor of London ended in calamity. But every time he got up, dusted himself off and carried on.
In person he was great fun – endlessly interested in people and an avid collector of stories and experts whose knowledge helped him craft his plots. His boyish enthusiasm was on display in September 2023 as he barrelled around the Tower of London with the Daily Express on the eve of publication of Traitors Gate – the sixth in his ambitious eight-book William Warwick series, begun when he was 79 – which featured the theft of the Crown Jewels. When we had first met, he admitted: “I’m not a believer, though I do have a tendency to ask, ‘Can I do another book, please?’”
Despite such self-confessed atheism, he must have charmed someone because he completed the series last year with End Game before going on to write Adam and Eve. Though he told me then: "I'm 83 and I've lost 35 people in the last year... It makes you think about it." By "it", I assumed he meant his own mortality? "Don't put sentences in my mouth, Matt," he barked. "You're a wicked man."
His very first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, appeared in 1976 and it's fittingly Archer-like that his final book, Adam and Eve, published yesterday, marked his 50th anniversary as a writer and bookended his career so aptly.
It shares a premise with one of his most popular works, 1979's Kane and Abel, which has reputedly sold more than 34 million copies around the world.
Both feature two children born within hours of each other who enter a world divided by everything except their date of birth – a theme common to Archer's work being the gap between where people come from and where they end up. This interest almost certainly reflected his own life which, with its succession of improbable highs and crushing lows, soaring success and calamitous disasters, was as extraordinary as anything he dreamed up in fiction.
Not that it stopped him trying. His own story took him from a modest birth in 1940 in London – his mother Lola by then living apart from her confidence trickster husband William Archer – to the West Country shortly thereafter, first Bristol and then to the shabbily genteel seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare, where he grew up in straightened circumstances. In 1951, aged 11, he won a scholarship to Wellington School near Taunton, later declining to correct the mistaken assumption he had been at the famous Berkshire public school, Wellington College, although last Friday he returned to his alma mater to be interviewed in the library which he credited as a source of early inspiration.
Having left school in 1958 he spent a few months at Sandhurst Military Academy, embarking on short-lived careers as a police constable in the Met Police and as a PE teacher, before three years at Oxford studying for a diploma in education.
While he never graduated, Oxford set him on the path to fame and fortune when he threw himself into athletics, running for the university, and fundraising – famously being photographed with The Beatles while championing Oxfam. It was also at Oxford that he met his future wife, Mary Weeden, an undergraduate reading chemistry at St Anne's. They married in 1966 and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier this year at the family home, The Old Vicarage in Grantchester. "Life with Jeffrey is never dull," she once admitted, as well she might.
Pursuing a career in politics, Archer was elected to the Greater London Council as a Conservative member for Havering in April 1967 and, two years later in December 1969, won a by-election for the safe Tory constituency of Louth in Lincolnshire.
He was in the Commons for less than five years but earned his spurs as an articulate and confident speaker with a streak of independence. At this point, had things worked out differently, he might have enjoyed a long and possibly distinguished political career and now be long-retired and all but forgotten. Instead, as so often happened in his books, hubris and the need for ready cash preceded a dramatic fall from grace when he found himself £250,000 in debt, after pursuing a get-rich-quick share tip that turned out to be fraudulent.
Forced to stand down from Parliament in 1974, and with a young family to support (by now he and Mary had two sons, William and James, all of whom survive him), he turned to fiction. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, featuring not by chance four ordinary men stung in a share fraud who team up to get revenge on the conman, was published in 1976 after several rejections
HE WAS CHARMING, WARM AND HUMOROUS
THE flames of Lord Archer's creativity remained undimmed at the time of his death. Full of boundless energy, driving ambition and ideas for new projects, he still had a phenomenal capacity for work, as indicated by his habit of rising at 5am.
Typically, he was working right to the end. What gave added poignancy to this final burst of dynamism was its focus on the imminent launch of his new book, Adam and Eve, a love story set in the build-up to the Second World War, with a gripping climax that centres on Hitler's plans to invade Britain in September 1940.
The book has all his trademark verve and will inevitably become a bestselling monument to his genius as a storyteller.
Even before his death, he had decided this would be his final novel because he believed that he could never produce such a compelling tale again. His claim fills me with a sense of pride because I was lucky enough to be involved in the development of the manuscript, for Jeffrey was amazingly generous in declaring that my own non-fiction book on Operation Sealion, published more than a decade earlier, had been one of the primary inspirations behind Adam and Eve.
I had met Jeffrey a few times over the years but I cannot say I knew him well. Then one afternoon last year I was sitting in my office at home when the phone
'His own life, with its highs and lows, was as extraordinary as anything he dreamed up in fiction'
and became a huge hit – today having sold some 30 million copies worldwide – and he was up and running as a writer.
It was followed in short order by Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter, First Among Equals, A Matter of Honour, Honour Among Thieves, and many others, each commanding a greater advance and winning new readers.
He was newly rich, the proceeds funding the purchase of not only his Grantchester home but a luxurious two-storey Thameside penthouse apartment overlooking Parliament which housed an incredible art collection. Visitors might look up while washing their hands to find themselves face-to-face with a Hockney.
His own story would undoubtedly have
By Leo McKinstry
rang. "Jeffrey Archer here," he barked in that inimitable Sergeant Major style. He explained that he wanted me, supposedly the expert on Operation Sealion, to give my verdict as a historian on the early draft of his novel. It seemed absurd that I should be advising one of the world's best authors, but as soon as I started to read the manuscript I was mesmerised.
Subsequently, he and I had several meetings to discuss the draft in his famous penthouse at Westminster where he also displayed his magnificent French art collection. He was charming, warm and humorous, full of stories about politics and history, though neither could resist talking about our favourite subject: cricket, with a focus on his beloved Somerset. As it turned out, there was not much advice I could give him since the draft was already superb, though he lavished praise on my contribution, which was characteristic of his spirit. The great sadness is that he will not be here to see the final crowning glory of his career.
The literary world has lost one of the shining stars.
But it was an honour to know him.
turned out quite differently had Archer settled on the life of an author. But he hankered after a return to politics and, in 1985, despite warnings from confidants, Margaret Thatcher made him deputy chairman of the Conservative Party where his oratory made him a huge hit on the fundraising circuit.
Once again, he crashed calamitously when, in October 1986, the News of the World accused him of paying off prostitute Monica Coghlan.
A libel action against the Daily Star, which followed the story less carefully, saw Archer triumph, winning £500,000 in damages after the judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, improbably suggested no man married to the “fragrant” Mary Archer could ever cheat. It laid the foundation for his most damning fall from grace.
AVING befriended John Major, he was knighted as Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in 1992 and
plunged once more into politics. He shrugged off another shares scandal involving Anglia TV to win the Tory nomination for the newly created post of elected mayor of London. But by now he had fallen out with a former friend, Ted Francis, who had provided a false alibi during the Monica Coghlan case, and he was caught on tape by the News of the World admitting deceit. This time there was no escape and in 2001 he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice and jailed for four years.
As ever with Archer, tragedy begat triumph with three volumes of prison memoirs, all bestselling, before once more picking up his career as a novelist.
There was sadness and some disbelief in January when he revealed Adam and Eve would be his last novel, even while admitting: "I can't quite imagine putting my pen down for good."
But as it turned out, it was his last. No doubt another nailed-on bestseller for the master storyteller. He remarked memorably of his 2023 heist book, Traitor's Gate: "It's the one type of thriller where we almost want the baddies to get away with it... and in this case, they do." Perhaps they weren't alone. RIP Jeffrey Archer.
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Thieves strip vineyard of top grapes
BY FAYE MAYERN
THE owner of an award-winning vineyard has been left "disheartened" after thieves stole 500kg of premium grapes.
Lee Dyer, from Winbirri Vineyard, in Surlingham, Norfolk, said the massive theft from the family-run firm would amount to around 400 bottles of wine.
The raid was discovered on September 28 when workers found two 120m-long rows of vines had been stripped.
Award-winning Winbirri Vineyard produces Bacchus wine and sells it at £114 for six bottles.
Mr Dyer, who took over the venture from his father in 2010, said: "The only use of the
"The only use of the crop would be for a group to make wine in a garage. You couldn't sell it to another vineyard."
He is beefing up security at the 33-acre site and believes that the thieves may have posed as visitors prior to the raid.
Norfolk Police is investigating.
'Skateboard' road shows new cracks
BY LAUREN BEAVIS
THE UK's "wonkiest road" could face a permanent heavy goods vehicle ban after new cracks appeared.
Damage made it look like it had been hit by an earthquake when the carriageway collapsed during storms in 2022.
A landslip left sections of the B4069 near Lyneham in Wiltshire so damaged skateboarders began using it.
It was closed ahead of a £5million project to install a retaining structure designed to stabilise the hillside.
Following months of reconstruction work, the road reopened in 2025.
Despite this, new cracks have appeared – leading the council to launch a consultation on plans to introduce a permanent 7.5-ton weight restriction on some routes.
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THERE will be record sightings of mushrooms across the UK this autumn, the Royal Horticultural Society predicts.
The organisation said inquiries sent to its advice team from people who have spotted species in gardens and green spaces could exceed last year's record.
Following the drought in 2025, the team saw a $43\%$ increase in garden fungi inquiries compared with 2024.
Having experienced a record hot summer and prolonged drought in 2026 the RHS said this year's conditions could trigger an even greater abundance - provided there is sufficient autumn
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rainfall. RHS experts said sightings of large rooting boletes as well as giant funnel mushrooms in its garden at Wisley, Surrey, suggest that many species are poised to fruit prolifically.
RHS plant pathologist Jassy Drakulic said: "Gardeners may notice a remarkable variety of mushrooms and toadstools this autumn.
"Their presence is mostly a sign of a healthy ecosystem and they play vital roles in recycling organic matter and supporting plant health."
Hotel tragedy boy, 2, 'fell before dad had a chance to grab him'
Joshua Foster arriving at court in Paphos, Cyprus
BY GEORGIA BATES
A TODDLER fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hotel in Cyprus after his father placed him on a windowsill to show him the view – not realising it was open.
Joshua Foster, 37, thought the window was closed when he "lost control" of his two-year-old son, a court was told.
The boy fell nearly 40ft from the fourth floor of the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on July 12, the first day of the family's holiday.
Foster, who wept as the facts of the case were read out, previously admitted causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act.
The auditor, from Essex, had arrived in Cyprus with his wife, two children and in-laws in the early hours, according to a translation of proceedings at Paphos district court.
They enjoyed activities during the following day, including visiting the pool. In the afternoon they went to their rooms to get ready to go out for dinner.
King Evelthon Beach Hotel in Chlorakas
Foster, his father-in-law and son walked towards an elevator.
Alexandros Alexandrou, defending, told the court Foster, who had an alcohol concentration of 124mg in his blood, was in a “good mood”, as he held his son and played with him. Mr Alexandrou said as they approached the lift, the boy noticed a waterpark outside.
Foster placed his son on the windowsill, the boy looked out, and the "inconceivable" unfolded before he had a chance to react.
Mr Alexandrou said: "From that moment the man's life changed forever." He said Foster had not realised the section of the window was open, adding: "He was focused on entertaining his child on holiday."
Chryso Pergandi, prosecuting, said the toddler was later pronounced dead at Paphos General Hospital.
Mr Alexandrou urged the judge to consider a sentence that recognises the severity but takes into account the weight of the circumstances.
He added: "This will not end with two, three years of prison. This is a punishment he and his family will bear for the rest of their lives."
Foster will be sentenced on October 16.
PCs sacked for using a Taser and a baton on amputee of 92
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BY ELLIE CRABBE
TWO police officers who used a Taser, synthetic pepper spray and a baton on a 92-year-old amputee have been sacked for gross misconduct.
PCs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto used "excessive force" on
Donald Burgess, the Independent Office for Police Conduct found.
The officers arrived at a care home in St Leonards, East Sussex, on June 21, 2022, after responding to a report that a resident had a knife and was threatening to stab staff.
Police bodyworn footage showed that the officers entered a room where Mr Burgess, who was a wheelchair user with an amputated leg, had been isolated. He was holding a cutlery knife.
Within 90 seconds, both officers used force on Mr Burgess, the IOPC said. PC Smith discharged Pava spray in the man's face and struck the arm holding the knife with a baton. PC Comotto then discharged her Taser.
A police misconduct hearing found the pair had used "inappropriate"
Axed PCs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto
force. PC Comotto was also found to have made inappropriate comments on Facebook about it hours later.
The misconduct hearing was told she replied to a Facebook comment to someone else which read: "Happy birthday, the care home is getting closer and closer" with wink and laugh emojis. PC Comotto replied to
this: "We all know what happens in care homes", ending with a lightning bolt emoji.
The commenter then responded: "I think you'll be banned from going to any care homes in future, all he wanted to do was butter his bread" followed by two laughing emojis.
After the incident, Mr Burgess was taken to hospital and later contracted Covid. He died 22 days later, aged 93.
Sussex Police said the evidence did not indicate that the officers' actions caused or contributed to the death.
PC Smith and PC Comotto were cleared of assault after a Southwark crown court trial in May 2025, but were dismissed without notice yesterday. They will also be put
They will also be put on the College of
Policing's barred list.
Paul Court, Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable, said: "Like many, I was appalled by the officers' actions and I would like to apologise to Mr Burgess's family for their conduct."
Corporate manslaughter rap after wheelchair users drown
BY CLAIRE HAYHURST
A CARE home and a charitable trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter after two people using wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day trip.
Six people entered the water when a wheelchair-accessible boat carrying a group from Burdon Grange Care Home in Beaworthy, Devon, capsized at Roadford Lake near Okehampton.
Wheelchair users Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63, died while a woman in her 50s was seriously hurt.
Devon and Cornwall Police said
Burdon Grange Care Home and South West Lakes Trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter as well as offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Malcolm McHaffie, of the Crown Prosecution Service's special crime division, said the charges follow "the capsize of a boat on June 8, 2022, with six people on board" and the two deaths. The case is due before Bristol magistrates on November 11.
'We spent £20k to move across the world...and we love its 90s friendly vibe'
BY EMILY PHILLIPS
A COUPLE who spent £20,000 moving their family to New Zealand say it was worth the cost – because it reminds them of how Britain was in the 1990s.
Sean and Tania Purdy say their work-life balance is better now, and their children's state school is "like a Montessori".
They also enjoy more of an outdoor lifestyle, with both the beach and the mountains nearby for family adventures.
Teacher Tania, 40, applied for a job in New Zealand while the family was travelling around South America for nine months last year – and was offered an interview the day after they returned to the UK.
Sean, 36, from Nether Heage, Derbyshire, said: "Things happened quick. We realised that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and we decided to make it happen."
The couple put their home on the market but struggled to sell it, even at auction. So instead they rented it out and raised money for the move with a £15,000 loan and a further £5,000 from family.
The funds went on straight-to-residence visas at £3,000, health checks at £800, police checks costing £300, flights at another £3,000 and other sundry expenses.
They flew out last month to settle in Katikati, on the North Island, where they now live in a three-bed rental annexe home. Tania, who is also a designer, teaches at a secondary school while Sean, who worked in marketing in the UK, has taken on labouring work after struggling to get a similar role in New Zealand.
Despite the initial costs, Sean said the move was "100% worth it".
He said: "Initially, the reason we wanted to move out of Britain was the cost of living but in New Zealand it's pretty much on par with back home. For us, it's the work-life balance. We still work in New Zealand but everything is a bit slower and not so much like the nine-to-five rat race the UK seems to have. For us, the UK lacked culture and connectivity with big friend groups, and here it's more about being outside and being part of communities. There's a freedom and connection. We can walk to the beach or get mountain bikes and go to the mountain – it's a five-minute drive.
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"It's still about having an outdoors lifestyle, community and a bit more freedom. That's what we're happy with."
Children Atticus, eight, and Aurelia, seven, have enrolled at a local school which Sean described as "like a Montessori equivalent that you'd have to pay for in the UK".
He added: "There is an outdoor forest play area and it's super-chilled. Some of the classrooms are joined together and going barefoot is encouraged.
"They're settling in and it matches our kids and the way they are."
Sean also praises the friendliness of the people in his community.
He said: "It reminds me of how the UK was in the 1990s, or the very rural countryside where people just seem to want to help complete strangers.
"Kiwis seem to be more out of their selves and happy to help strangers at a whim. My wife and her new school, for example... I've never been invited to anything school-wise in the UK and three days in they invited me and the children to a mihi whakatau welcoming ceremony.
"We were full-on greeted and sang and got a hongi – where you put your head on their nose and do a deep breath, a traditional Maori greeting."
Sean said their two-year plan is to get a mortgage and own their own bit of land with the aim of settling there long term. He added: "We have moved with the intention of staying here for the rest of our lives."
Time conkers all as King, 84, steps down after controversy
A FORMER World Conker
BY ED CHATTERTON
Conker mascot David Jakins
Championships winner has stepped down from his role as “King Conker” two years after he was embroiled in a cheating scandal.
David Jakins, 84, is retiring after 20 years as the official mascot of the competition, which was rocked by allegations that he cheated his way to his first title.
Mr Jakins was caught with a steel conker in his pocket and was accused of swapping his real conker for the metal replacement in order to take his first title in 40 years of trying. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Mr Jakins, who is suffering from arthritis, says he is stepping down “with great sadness” due to reduced mobility.
The crown will be passed on to his daughter Fee Aylmore and to chairman Jim Packer, who become the new King and Queen Conker.
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They competed at Uxbridge, West London, in the Japanese sport, which has seen the number of sumo clubs in England expand from one to 12 since 2024.
Scotland hosted this year's European Sumo Championships, where its women's team took bronze. Ex-rugby player England's Manjinder Nagra finished fifth and London Sumo Club founder Sonny Bell 13th.
Last October, London's Royal Albert Hall staged sumo wrestling and sold out all five days. More than 25,000 attended the event, 1.2 million more saw it on TV.
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BY GRAHAM HISCOTT
THE Eagles have landed the top spot in a list of the greatest driving songs of all time.
More than one in four motorists polled said 1977 hit Hotel California is the song they most want blasting from the speakers on the open road.
Just behind in the survey of 2,000 drivers was Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA, followed by Flowers by Miley Cyrus.
The poll also found that the perfect playlist for a long drive must not be played quietly.
Four in 10 of those polled say they love nothing more than belting out their favourite tunes at the top of their lungs behind the wheel, singing an average of seven times a week in the car.
A third admitted they have frightened or startled their passengers with their enthusiastic singing.
Given a choice, four in 10 say they prefer to sing with their partner in the
Rihanna was at number 10, and Bruce took second spot
a bit of drive
car, although 35% reckon children make the most tuneful travelling partners.
Music also has the power to transport us back in time, with three in 10 saying certain songs bring back fond childhood memories of family holidays and day trips.
More than half say nothing beats listening to music on the road, while a similar proportion have at least one road trip playlist, containing 44 songs on average.
And while many drivers say they listen to music on the go for the sheer enjoyment, 48% believe it helps them stay alert during longer journeys.
George Wallis of Isuzu UK pick-up trucks, which commissioned the poll, said: "Music has always been part of the joy of the open road. The right song can lift the mood."
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Youngsters in a spin when it comes to doing the washing
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A FIFTH of young adults do not know how to use a washing machine when they leave home.
And 69% avoid doing the laundry after flying the nest, a poll of 1,000 18 to 30-year-olds found.
A third did no washing at all in the first few weeks or months, with 16% wearing their entire wardrobe before attempting to clean anything.
Nearly one in five has attempted to freshen up clothes with body spray, and one tenth avoided social plans because they had nothing clean to wear. Chloe Bake, from the laundry expert firm Dr Beckmann, which commissioned the research by OnePoll. com, said: "Putting off washing can lead to stains setting in and smells brewing, which are harder to shift. With the right tools, you can take the worry out of washing."
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HEN Sue Cleaver quit Coronation Street 18 months ago, she had one plan – to get back to her first love of theatre.
But little did she know one of the first stage roles she would land would involve the TV show that made her name in the first place.
The actress, 63, is to star with Les Dennis in a touring production of Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies,
and Sue could not be happier.
"When they asked me, I just thought, 'I can't not do this'," she laughs, revealing she will take on the role of Jean, formerly played by Anne Reid.
"I love Anne, and I've always loved the character of Jean. It felt a very natural fit for me – I'm really looking forward to it. She's got some of the best, most deadpan lines, hasn't she? As an aggressive depressive who knows it all."
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production to have been in the original show, which ran from 1998-2000 on BBC One.
She is sure that Victoria, who died of cancer aged 62 in 2016, would be happy to know her work was still entertaining fans both old and new.
"I'm going to have a sense of Vic looking down on it – I just want to do her proud," Sue says, revealing
she will wear a wig worn by
Julie Walters, who played Petula, the awful mother of Victoria's character, Brenda.
"Vic changed our careers for a lot of us. She really had an impact on getting us out there," Sue says.
Asked what Victoria was
like to work with, she says: "Vic didn't take prisoners! She was an incredible force of nature and a perfectionist, who demanded a lot.
"We'd do the show live on a Friday and a Saturday. And after Friday night, we'd come in on the Saturday, and she'd have endless notes. It'd be like, 'Right, that's
Andrew Dunn as Tony the manager, Duncan Preston as Stan, the DIY man, Maxine Peake as Twinkle, Anne Reid as Jean, Victoria Wood as Bren, Thelma Barlow as Dolly and Shobna Gulati as Anita
gone. That didn't work. Do this here. Don't say that there.' You know. It was a lot. She cared hugely. That's what you got.
"She was phenomenal - a national treasure."
Both Les and Sue have dipped their toes into the reality TV world in recent years – with differing results. Les signed up for Strictly in 2023 but was voted out first. "Not my finest hour!" he chuckles.
But Sue lasted 16 days in the jungle when she took part in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2022.
"I'd always planned to leave Corrie, that's why I went and did the jungle," she says. "I just thought I needed to start putting myself out there so I wasn't just associated with Eileen [Grimshaw, the character she had played on Corrie since 2000].
"I wanted to go back to my first love of theatre before I was too old to do it. So I introduced Sue, which was a hard one for me because I'd always been very, very private. I wasn't a big one for being out there."
Of I'm a Celeb, she says: "I wouldn't do it again! It's really, really hard, but it really pushes you. I was in a great group, with Boy George, Mike Tindall and Jill Scott, but you are starving, with things crawling around."
Two years later she wrote a book aimed at persuading women of a certain age that they needed to push themselves – and took her own advice by leaving the ITV soap. “I wrote my book about living fearlessly and it seemed like the perfect time just to jump off. It’s been great. I mean, I haven’t stopped since.”
ES, 72, agrees that Victoria would be chuffed to see her TV series becoming a live
theatre show, which kicks off in Manchester on January 26.
"What's lovely is it is with the approval of her family," he says. "I think she would be happy because it's her legacy. Dinnerladies was one of her greatest shows." The pair of them met when they
Sue Cleaver, who played Glenda, inset, in Corrie
competed on New Faces in 1973.
"We got through to the Winners' Show. She said to me, 'I think you're going to win'. And I said, 'I think you're going to win'. And we both lost."
Les was the first to be cast in the stage adaptation of Dinnerladies and will take on maintenance man Stan, formerly played by Duncan Preston. "I called him the other week to tell him I'd be doing Stan. He was like, 'Well done, good, enjoy it'. We'll be faithful to its spirit, but I think we all have to find a version that is ours.
"I've worked for this company before – I was Grandad in Only Fools And Horses – so when they said, 'Would you like to play
Victoria will be looking down...I want to do her proud Corrie's Sue Cleaver takes
Corrie's Sue Cleaver takes TV Dinnerladies on tour
Stan?', I said absolutely," he says. "I loved Dinnerladies, it was such a beautiful ensemble." Les is looking forward to working again with Sue, who he knows from his two-year stint on Corrie from 2014 as Michael Rodwell.
"My character married Gail, but before that, he had a fling with Eileen, so we had some nice scenes together and Sue and I have kept in touch."
The new version has been written by Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, is directed by double Olivier Awardwinner Sean Foley and produced by Phil McIntyre Live – whose hit shows have included Only Fools And Horses The Musical.
In the original Dinnerladies, Victoria took the main role of kind-hearted deputy canteen manager Bren, with other stars including Maxine Peake as Twinkle and Shobna Gulati as Anita.
Bren will be played by relative newcomer Amy Drake, which Sue feels is a good move. "They've been very clever in not putting a well-known person in," she says. "They are big shoes to fill. So the casting decisions have been great." The original scripts have inspired the storyline. "It's Victoria's writing, and a lot of scenes from Dinnerladies are incorporated," Les says.
"I'm looking forward to the laughter, to the down-to-earthness of a really good British sitcom on stage."
He may be wearing a boiler suit and clutching a spanner but Les is anything but handy. "I'm hopeless," he admits. "So that will be proper acting."
To prepare, he has been watching old episodes of the TV show, which is set in the late 90s, before smartphones.
"It's before social media, but it still stands up as a beautiful comedy about working class, warm, northern women," Les says.
Stan will also be wearing a hairpiece. "When he gets dressed up,
he puts a toupee on. It looks ridiculous, but he thinks it looks nice."
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THE axe used by Jack Nicholson as he delivered the iconic line "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining could fetch £50,000 at auction.
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He is also known for a string of leading films including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
In 1980 horror The Shining, Jack Torrance (Nicholson) smashes the hatchet through a bathroom door as he tries to murder his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) after losing his mind at The Overlook Hotel.
Highlights from Kubrick's movie archive will be exhibited by auction house Bonhams in New York, Los Angeles and Paris until the collection is reunited and put on show at London's New Bond Street from
January 18 for the February 3 and 4 sale.
The glowing foetus Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey is tipped to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000.
While Kubrick's annotated copy of the story treatment of Journey Beyond the Stars, the film's original working title, may go for £30,000 to £50,000.
His script for Lolita (1962) is tipped to make up to £60,000, while the "Born To Kill" helmet from Full Metal Jacket (1987) could fetch £10,000 to £15,000.
Claire Tole-Moir, Bonhams' head of popular culture, said: "This is a landmark moment to get closer to some of the most iconic films."
Kubrick died from a heart attack at his Hertfordshire home in 1999, aged 70.
Detectorist is a treasure after linking hoards
A METAL detectorist has been applauded by experts for finding two Bronze Age hoards two years apart that are now believed to be linked.
Archaeologists from the National Museums Collection Centre in Edinburgh are examining the latest of Mariusz Stepien's 3,000-year-old hauls discovered in the Scottish Borders.
The detectorist found a complete copper ingot, two bronze axe heads and a mould, dubbed the Blyth Hoard, in 2022 at a spot just seven miles from where he discovered the Peebles Hoard in 2020. Further excavation by archaeologists
also revealed an ancient stone cairn.
Experts hope that analysis of the ingot might point towards the geographical source
Dr Matthew Knight with mould, left, that made object on right
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of the metals used in the making of the bronze objects in both finds.
Dr Matthew Knight, curator of pre-history, Bronze Age collections at National Museums Scotland, said: "This is one of those classic finds that initially doesn't look like much, but is actually incredible.
"It's really rare for mould materials to survive at all, so it's a special find in its own right, but the proximity and relationship to the Peebles Hoard makes it all the more extraordinary."
Marusz, who reported both finds to the Treasure Trove Unit, said: "I'm looking forward to seeing what further research and conservation can reveal about both hoards and, ultimately, about the people behind them."
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RETIREMENT is undergoing a radical change as even more people expect to continue working beyond state pension age. As a result, the concept of the “hard stop” retirement is slowly being consigned to the past, as
growing numbers plan to work part-time or pursue side hustles to make ends meet.
Just one in six now expects to stop work completely and enter full retirement, while almost one in three expects to continue working well into later life.
This isn't just about money. For many, this is a positive choice rather than a financial necessity, allowing them to maintain a better work-life balance. Worryingly, though, almost a quarter need to continue working because they haven't saved enough.
The findings came from Aegon UK's The Second 50 campaign, and the insurer's head of pensions Kate Smith said later life now involves moving into uncharted territory. "Retirement is no longer viewed as a single moment in time. Instead, people are thinking about how work can fit alongside other priorities and aspirations."
Many people are considering reducing their hours, changing roles or finding ways to work for longer. And the financial benefits of working beyond state pension age can be significant. Continuing to earn means you may be able to delay drawing your pension,
build up further savings and give investments longer to grow.
Smith said people should start by considering whether to stop work completely, phase down, change role or continue working in some way..
That should give you a starting point for working out what you'll need financially. "Create a simple snapshot of your workplace pensions, personal pensions, savings, investments and any other assets, so you can see what you have at a glance," Smith said.
Check your state pension forecast so you understand what you may receive and when. "Seeing everything clearly in one place can help make retirement feel less uncertain," she added.
Think about how changes to work, health, caring responsibilities, relationships or housing could affect your plans.
"Review your plans regularly rather than treating retirement as a one-off decision as your circumstances may change."
Don't plan in isolation, either.
"Talk to your partner, family or anyone who may depend on you financially or practically. Make sure joint plans reflect everyone's needs."
Finally, take small steps early. Increase pension contributions where you can and look for ways to fill gaps created by career breaks, part-time work or periods of lower saving. "Working later can make a positive difference to your retirement plans," Smith said.
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Chancellor John Healey's first Budget is just three weeks away on October 28, and fears of a third big Labour tax raid are growing. Healey's predecessor Rachel Reeves hit Britons with an extra £66billion of tax hikes, with pensioners, savers, property owners and investors all in the firing line. Under Andy Burnham, Labour is coming back for a third attempt.
The UK's financial situation is even more perilous today, as rising gilt yields drive up the cost of servicing our debts and squeeze Healey's fiscal headroom. With Labour MPs likely to rebel at spending cuts, his only option may be to hike taxes.
Rates on pensions, ISAs, inheritances, gifting and wealth taxes are causing huge concern, as two-thirds of wealthier savers fear Labour will strike, according to research from wealth management firm Saltus.
Partner Mike Simpson said a raid on pensions, ISAs, inheritances, capital gains and potentially a wealth tax are major worries: "Five years ago, some of these policies barely featured. Today, they are shaping how people think about their financial futures."
In the run-up to the last Budget, many took their 25% pension tax-free cash early, fearing a Reeves raid that ultimately didn't happen. This highlights the danger of acting on pre-Budget speculation, as that money will have lost its pension tax benefits.
Today, there is evidence that many investors are selling stocks and shares as pressure grows on Healey to hike capital gains tax (CGT) rates. Today, CGT is charged at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher earners. Many in Labour would like to see them brought into line with income tax, which would lift them to 20%, 40% and 45%.
Joshua Raymond, managing director UK at
XTB, said the number of his clients closing stock positions hit record rates in September: "When you tell people you might tax their gains harder, don't be surprised when they rush to bank them while they still can."
Raymond urged Healey to end the speculation and rule out a CGT rise now, otherwise more will be tempted to sell, even if it's not in their interests.
Previous CGT hikes have come into force with immediate effect, so after the Budget it could be too late. You must still tread carefully.
Faye Church, chartered financial planner at Rathbones, said that if you hold assets outside an ISA or pension that have risen significantly in value, consider whether crystallising gains at current CGT rates aligns with your long-term plans.
If they do, married couples and civil partners should use both tax allowances, for example by transferring assets into the name of a partner who pays less tax before disposing of them.
Anyone who holds shares outside an ISA might consider selling at least some of them, using the £3,000 annual CGT exemption, then shifting them into an ISA to ensure future returns are tax-free. The process is known as Bed & ISA.
Church said there had been less speculation this year about a potential pensions tax raid, so avoid panicking: "Anyone considering accessing their pension before the Budget should ask whether it would still be the right decision if there were no Budget at all."
If the answer is yes, consider going ahead. Otherwise, think twice. Church said don't ignore previously announced Labour tax changes when planning, such as bringing unused pensions into the inheritance tax net from April 2027.
Time is short, but don't panic into making rushed pre-Budget decisions that you may regret later.
The hugely popular tax-free ISA is facing a major overhaul next year, but millions of savers have no idea what's going on and could make costly mistakes as a result.
In her Budget last November, former chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the biggest shake-up of ISAs for years, with changes coming into force from April 6, 2027.
The headline change is to cut the annual Cash ISA allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 for under 65s, in a bid to encourage younger savers to invest through Stocks and Shares ISAs instead.
Yet research from investment platform eToro found that just 2% of savers understood at least six of seven key changes, while two thirds believe the ISA system is becoming too complicated.
Head-scratching ISA change fails to inspire
Dan Moczulski, MD at eToro, said: "Too many don't understand what the rules will mean for their money."
So here's what you need to know. Under-65s will be limited to £12,000 of new Cash ISA subscriptions each tax year, although their overall ISA allowance remains £20,000. Existing Cash ISA savings won't be affected.
Savers 65 and over retain the £20,000 limit, which they can spread between Cash ISAs and Stocks and Shares ISAs. To deter younger savers
getting around rules by leaving funds as cash inside a Stocks and Shares ISA, cash balances will face a new 22% charge.
This means under-65s will no longer be able to transfer money from a Stocks and Shares ISA into a Cash ISA, although transfers the other way are acceptable. Reeves also wanted to deter savers from using "money market funds", which work in a similar way to cash. To this effect, a Stocks and Shares ISA made up entirely of money market funds will no longer qualify, although diversified portfolios can still hold some cash-like investments.
The point of this reform was to turn Britain into a nation of investors, but many will be too confused to take advantage.
Couples – have your honest conversations now over finances
Pensioner couples are being urged to discuss all of their financial plans carefully, as the sudden or unexpected death of a partner can spring all sorts of surprises.
Skipton Building Society is highlighting the case of a customer who was shocked to discover her husband had left a £500,000 pension and death-in-service benefit, which she hadn't known about at all.
The money was a welcome surprise, but for many couples the surprise may be less pleasant. This highlights problems that can arise when one partner doesn't know where all the pensions are held or what they're worth.
Sharon, 68, said her husband had taken the lead on their financial planning, leaving her facing unfamiliar paperwork and difficult decisions after he died: "When all of a sudden you have two lots of finances, it's quite overwhelming. I felt a little bit scared."
Marc Stewart, head of financial advice distribution at Skipton Building Society, urged couples not to leave these conversations too late. Many are surprised by how many pensions they've accumulated through their working lives, he said: "The key question is whether your partner or loved ones would know where to find them if something happened to them."
He said couples should make a list of all workplace and personal pensions, including where they're held and how to access them.
This is important as many providers now communicate online, meaning vital paperwork may not arrive through the post.
Beneficiary nominations should also be checked regularly. These tell pension providers who you want to receive benefits after your death and should be updated when circumstances change.
Stewart said couples should also discuss what they expect their retirement income to look like and what they want to achieve.
Finally, couples should review their plans regularly and consider financial advice if they're unsure what to do.
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"We're here to empower the building trade by offering the right solutions and right advice when, where and how our customers need it," says managing director David Young who oversees a team of 850 staff across 47 branches.
"We're predominantly a heavy-side merchant providing all the products needed to build and renovate a home," he explains. "More recently we have moved into plumbing, heating and renewables, allowing us to sell
more to our existing clients and attract new ones. Tool and plant hire have also become a large part of what we do."
Forecasting a £236million turnover for 2026/27 and a growth aim of 2%, Bradfords is confronting a challenging landscape shaped by weather extremes, housebuilding stalls and rising costs due to supply chain pressures. "This is the most difficult period we've seen in 30 years," says Young.
A £6.5m capital spend is now going into new lorries, the tool hire fleet and branch expansion.
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system with its ERP – software that unites different departments providing a single source of accurate, real time data – is kept scrupulously up to date while its omnichannel approach “has moved us from nice to have to essential,” Young adds.
The company's Sustainable Building Hub is also focused on making a material difference and offers practical solutions to support energy-efficient, low carbon, compliant construction backed by expert advice and installer training. An extra customer incentive is its in-house rewards scheme offering exclusive deals and prizes.
Partnerships play a key role with the company working with housing associations through its social housing team and valuable collaborations with national trade body the Builders Merchants Federation, a key resource for keeping the trade in touch and aiding recruitment. "New starters with us have the benefit of a wide range of development opportunities from apprenticeships to senior management programmes," says Young.
Once the building of waterways drove demand, then the railways and now water is back as a major concern. Conservation-centred inquiries are surging about smart waterless urinals, rainwater harvesting and bore hole building, all creating sales and installation opportunities for Bradfords in the bigger tanks and reed beds markets.
"You only regret what you don't do," says Young, as Bradfords pursues plans for nine new plumbing and heating branches and three merchant stores, followed by regional expansion in the north and east and acquisitions.
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when deciding the price as what's inside. Buyers can expect to pay a huge price premium for homes with a stunning outlook, whether it's idyllic countryside, a dramatic city skyline or a sought-after sea view. Especially for newly built homes, where good views are so much rarer.
New research shows that new-build homes marketed as offering a “good view” command an average price premium of more than 80%, rising to 110% in London.
UK Property Development analysed the estimated average asking price of new-build homes in England marketed as offering a "good view", then compared them with the wider new-build market.
It found the average new-build price is £380,536, compared with £690,475 for one with a good view. That's a difference of £309,939, or 81%. In London, the average new-build price is £494,002, rising to more than £1 million for a new-build with a good view, a premium of 109%. New homes with good views in the South East, West Midlands and East of England had among the biggest premiums.
Buyers in the North East get the most affordable good-view properties. The average new-build price is £289,439, rising to £313,921 for one with a good view, a premium of 8.5%.
UKPD director Andy Morrison said: "There are a limited number of beauty spots that can also facilitate a new-build development."
That scarcity may explain why the premium for new-builds with a good view is so much higher than the figure found in separate research by Yopa. It found that those with a standout view command an average asking price premium of 28% compared with comparable properties in the same areas
without a notable outlook. Yopa's research covered all types of homes and compared properties of similar size in the same postcodes, while UKPD focuses on new-builds marketed on the strength of their views.
Yopa chief executive Verona Frankish said: "Whether it's coastline, skyline, or countryside, buyers are clearly willing to pay a substantial premium for a home that offers something special beyond its four walls."
Rightmove research also found that the price tag of a sea view property has climbed by more than a quarter in the past seven years.
Average asking prices climbed from £235,635 in 2019 to £298,810, an increase of 27%. Colleen Babcock, property expert at Rightmove, said: "A sea view has long been one of the most desirable features a home can offer, and our latest analysis shows buyers are willing to pay a significant premium for one."
Sandbanks in Poole remains Britain's most expensive seaside location, with an average asking price of £1,119,945, while Peterlee in County Durham is the cheapest at £120,657.
If you're lucky enough to find a home with a stunning view, be prepared to pay extra. But check for any future development that could block it, as you could lose more than your view.
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IN THE COURT OF SHRI R. R. THORAT, JUDGE, COURT NO 5, FAMILY COURT, MUMBAI AT BANDRA. PETITION NO A-1322 OF 2021 Bhushan B. Bankar - Petitioner Vs. Mr. Harz Shandhu (Harry) Van-Porth mouth Gold Hall, Gvid Hall, Square, Prats Mouth Pol, 2AB United Kingdom. Respondent No 2 To, Respondent No 2 Mr. Harz Shandhu (Harry) TAKE NOTICE THAT the Petitioner above named has filed a petition of Section 13(1)(i) And (ia) of Hindu Marriage Act. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT the petition is fixed for on 30th of October, 2026 at 10.30 a.m. sharp in Family Court No. 5, at Bandra, Mumbai or before any other Honble Judge, presiding in the Family Court, Mumbai at Bandra, assigned charge of the said Court No. 5 when you are required to appear in person and file your Writing Statement and default of your doing so, the Honble Judge, Family Court will proceed to hear the said petition, against you Ex-parte and pronounce Judgment there on. THIS NOTICE IS ORDERED by Honble Judge, presiding in Court No.5, on 28th August, 2026 (Exh 32). Given under my hand and Seal of this Court, Dated this 09th day of September, 2026. SEAL SD-(FAMILY COURT BOMBAY) Dy. Registrar, Family Court, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051. BOMBAY
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TODAY'S TV ONES TO WATCH
by MIKE WARD TV critic
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, 8PM, C4
KIRSTIE and Phil are in Warwickshire, hoping to find homes for young parents Isla and Luke and for older pair Jan and Jon (whom Phil describes, in a cringe-inducing fashion, as “mature in years but 100% young at heart”.)
The latter, who are currently based in Lancashire, would like a house with a driveway, a kitchen, dining and living area, two reception rooms, a big bedroom, an ensuite, somewhere for Jan to hang her clothes, and a nice garden.
Also, adds Phil, "they travel a lot for work, so being close to an international airport is essential..." Jan and Jon run a climate change consultancy.
Pick of the day
THE REPAIR SHOP:
BEYOND THE BARN
BBC1, 8PM
A UNIQUE FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION
PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2026 8PM, SKY ARTS
STEPHEN Mangan returns with series 13 (yes, it's really been going that long) of the competition to discover "the UK's most talented portrait artist". Which is fine, of course, except it must be rather annoying each year for whoever's won that title a year earlier. Who's to say the new champion is necessarily more talented than they are? Me, I'd be kicking up a right old stink.
Anyway, the three famous people about to be painted in this opening episode are Lennie James, Sheridan Smith and Vanessa Williams. Since the programme only lasts one hour, there's no time to sand them down or apply undercoat.
OWE you an apology. Well, actually, no, not you, but the makers of this Repair Shop spin-off. When I first wrote about it, I referred to it as yet another of those catch-up programmes we see so many of
these days, where they show us a load of old footage and then just bung 10 minutes of new stuff on the end.
This, I've since become aware, is not what it is at all.
No, each repair job featured on Beyond The Barn, I now appreciate (tonight it's a model fairground, a portrait of a woman's great-great-grandfather, a mantel clock and a battle-scarred wheelchair), is entirely new. To us, I mean. It's still done by a regular (this time we have David Burville, Mark Stuckey,
Lucia Scalisi... you don't need the whole list) but it's never been on the main show.
In my defence, when I mistook Beyond The Barn for yet another catch-up thing, I wasn't mean about it. "I do enjoy a catch-up show," were my actual words.
On the Northumberland coast, a 999 call comes in from a woman whose husband is drifting out to sea on a paddleboard – the Seahouses crew race out to locate him.
Having said that, I did go on to say such shows were “cheap and lazy”, which possibly weakens my case somewhat.
Anyway, the programme's nice publicists (that's not me being sarcastic, they really are lovely) got in touch to gently put me straight.
"Hi, Mike, you moron," is how their email didn't begin. "You really are a blithering idiot, aren't you?" is how it didn't continue.
No, what they really did was thank me for my coverage (my pleasure, guys; whenever you need someone to spout nonsense about another of your shows, you only have to ask) and then calmly, politely correct my error.
"I hope that makes sense for any future previews," their message concluded. I even got a kiss at the end. As in the letter X, that is.
So, yes, Beyond The Barn is a full-blown bona-fide Repair Shop spin-off, nothing less. Now that I'm aware of that, I have nothing but respect for it.
So I'm wondering if now's a good time to email them with some Repair Shop spin-off ideas I've had myself.
The Repair Shop: Jeopardy, for example. And Repair Shop Bloopers. And my particular favourite, Repair Shop On Ice.
Too soon, you're saying? Fair enough.
DI Lauren Bell requires Dr Ethan Winter's (Richard Armitage, above) expertise when a 50-something man with catastrophic head injuries is discovered at a demolition site.
BEST LIFESTYLE
GRAND DESIGNS C4, 9PM
A former driving test centre in Edinburgh is home to artists Jana and Rory, above, but they have lofty ambitions to transform the space into something warm and cosy.
Actor Martin Compston, above, is a part-time resident of Las Vegas, and tonight he dives into the city's entertainment scene, epitomised by the bright lights of the strip.
TODAY'S PREVIEWS ARE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE
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6.00am Breakfast News headlines.
9.30 Morning Live Magazine.
FILM
RATINGS
10.45 Crimewatch Live The investigation into a 21-year-old's murder in April 2026.
11.30 Homes Under the Hammer Properties in Merseyside, London and Rotherham. (R)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt The teams search for the best buys at Uttoxeter Racecourse. (R)
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
2.00 Clean It, Fix It Mark
Wright and his team help a single mum transform her busy one-bedroom flat. (R)
(R) REPEAT
2.30 Shift the Thrift Friends Joy and Thembi hunt for bargains in Carmarthen. (R)
3.00 Escape to the Country Steve Brown helps a couple find a home in Devon. (R)
3.45 Garden Rescue Transforming a garden in Tunbridge Wells.
4.30 Bridge of Lies Friends
Tamara, George, Nabeelah
and Roy take on the bridge.
ALL PROGRAMMES ARE LISTED IN BRITISH SUMMER TIME (BST).
5.15 Pointless Quiz show.
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30 Regional News; Weather
9pm, WHO DO YOU THINK
YOU ARE?: Joe Lycett
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BBC Two
6.15am Homes Under the Hammer Auctions. (R)
7.15 Escape to the Country (R)
8.00 Sign Zone: The Reluctant Vampire With Lenny Rush. (R)
8.30 Sign Zone: The Best of Weatherman Walking
9.00 BBC News Headlines.
10.45 Politics Live Political news.
12.30pm BBC News
1.00 Impossible Quiz. (R)
1.45 Unbeatable Quiz. (R)
2.30 The Boss Quiz show. (R)
3.15 Beechgrove Repotted (R)
3.30 The Great British Sewing
Bee The winner is crowned. (R)
4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow
Treasures are examined at the
RHS gardens at Wisley. (R)
5.05 Flog It! Valuing antiques at Wallasey Town Hall on the Wirral Peninsula. (R)
6.00 House of Games With Shona McGarty, Stephen Mangan, Andi Peters and Nina Wadia.
6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two Ellie Taylor guides viewers through all the backstage ballroom action with the Pro Panel.
6.30pm, STRICTLY: IT TAKES
TWO: Ellie Taylor
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ITV1
6.00am Good Morning Britain
A lively mix of news, current affairs and lifestyle features.
9.30 Lorraine Entertainment and the latest fashion news.
10.00 This Morning Topical daily magazine, featuring a mix of celebrity chat, showbusiness news, advice and discussion.
12.30pm Loose Women Celebrity interviews and topical debate.
1.30 ITV News; Weather
1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal
David Dickinson presents from Aintree Racecourse. (R)
3.00 Lingo Tom, Arun, Nikhil, Billy and Lillie take part. (R)
3.59 Regional Weather
4.00 Deal or No Deal Tina tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. (R)
Tom from Dartford, Rebecca from Swansea, Clive from Loughborough and Pauline from Radlett hope they can beat a Chaser together. (R)
6.00 Regional News; Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather
4pm, DEAL OR NO DEAL: Stephen Mulhern
7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond Triple bill of the comedy. (R)
9.10 Frasier Four episodes. (R)
11.10 American Pickers (R)
12.05pm Channel 4 News
12.10 Renovation Nation (R)
1.10 The Great House Giveaway
Naomi and Terri-Anne tackle a dated property in Royton. (R)
2.10 Countdown Maggie Aderin is in Dictionary Corner.
3.00 A Place in the Sun A property on the island of Lanzarote. (R)
4.00 Help! We Bought a Village Wedding bells chime for Lolly and Sean in France.
5.00 Four in a Bed The third visit of the week takes the B&Bers to Narberth in Pembrokeshire, where Donna and Mike host at their micropub The Star.
5.30 Come Dine with Me Barber Natalia has high hopes for her Nineties-themed evening. (R)
6.00 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? Graeme and Marianne convert their Almerian home into holiday apartments. (R)
9pm, GRAND DESIGNS: Rory, Jana and Kevin
6.00am Milkshake! Children's TV.
9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussion.
11.30 Storm & Alexis With Storm
Huntley and Alexis Conran.
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the day's biggest stories, and consumer advice to help viewers save money.
4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Benidorm-based entertainer Dean is hoping to wow crowds with his turn as Liam Gallagher in an Oasis tribute. (R)
2.20 FILM A Baby at Any Cost (2022, 12) A couple hire their surrogate as a nanny, but when the sister-in-law becomes jealous, it leads to devastating repercussions. Thriller, starring Christy Tate and Brianna Cohen. ★★
6.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea It is autumn and Matt is training his young sheepdog Moose, while the pregnant ewes are being scanned to see how many lambs they can expect next year. (R); 5 News
9pm, CAUSE OF DEATH: Dr Richard Shepherd
11
7.00 The One Show Presented by Alex Jones and Vernon Kay.
7.30 EastEnders Ian returns to Walford, but it's clear he's shaken by his time in prison, and Penny sticks up for Vinny when Suki tries to question their parenting skills.
8.00 The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn David Burville and Mark Stuckey restore a miniature fairground, Lucia Scalisi uncovers a portrait's secrets, and Dominic Chinea rescues a wheelchair that was used in the Invictus Games.
9.00 Who Do You Think You Are?
Joe Lycett researches his family history, learning his great-grandad was a boy chimney sweep in the 1850s – and his ancestor's story turns darker when he joins the Royal Marines. (R)
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 Regional News; Weather
10.40 FILM Borderlands (2024, 12)
Premiere. An infamous bounty hunter returns to her childhood home, the chaotic planet Pandora, and forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe. Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Edgar Ramirez star in this sci-fi comedy, based on the best-selling video game. ★★★
12.10am The Celebrity Inner Circle. Amanda Holden hosts the quiz show, with Will Best, Alex Gray, Samia Longchambon, Ashley Storrie and Fatiha El-Ghorri assisting the contestants. (R) 12.55 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.00-6.00am BBC News. The latest news headlines.
7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip In Northumberland, godfathers of alternative comedy Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer face off in the world of antiquities. They're joined by experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and James Braxton. (R)
8.00 Saving Lives at Sea On the Northumberland coast, a 999 call comes in from a distressed woman whose husband is drifting out to sea on a paddleboard. Out on the English Channel, a French vessel makes a distress call.
9.00 Secrets and Spies: A Nuclear Game Documentary featuring archive interviews exploring the tensions between East and West, which led to a spying game and an arms race that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. (R)
10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing In the Monsal Valley in Derbyshire, Paul tries to teach Bob how to fly fish for wild rainbow trout, and the pair reflect on their careers and comedy contemporaries. (R)
10.30 Newsnight; Weather
11.00 Unspun World with John Simpson The BBC's world affairs editor reflects on the week's major news stories.
11.30 Damilola: The Untold Story
Factual crime documentary looking at the murder of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor. (R)
12.45am Sign Zone: The Split Up.
Aria struggles to convince Dhruv to
come clean as she grapples with guilt
over her own betrayal, and an urgent
abduction case with a surprising
client needs all hands on deck. (R)
1.45 Sign Zone: Emergency 24/7 (R)
2.45-6.30am This Is BBC Two
7.30 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals Footballer Stuart Pearce hopes to win £20,000 for his chosen charity, and contestant Zoe delivers a trade decision to remember. Host Ben Shephard asks the questions on the quiz show.
8.00 Emmerdale Charity is shocked to be going home, while Gabby collapses, and Sadie is on a mission.
8.30 Coronation Street
Christina struggles to let go of the past, and Sam eyes up a new source of funds.
9.00 Winter Dr Ethan Winter is called to a gruesome crime scene at a Bristol demolition site. The victim, a man in his fifties, at first appears to be a construction worker – with catastrophic injuries. Crime drama, with Richard Armitage.
10.45 Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine stressed city dwellers arrive at a secluded retreat run by the mysterious wellness guru, Masha. She is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine strangers have no idea what is about to hit them. Drama, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon and Luke Evans. (R)
7.00 Channel 4 News
A round-up of all the latest headlines, in-depth interviews and analysis of political developments and current affairs. Plus, the day's leading sports stories and up-to-the-minute weather reports.
11.35 Gallagher PREM Unleashed
12.00m't Shop on TV 3.00 Driving: How Old Is Too Old? Tonight. Ginny Buckley asks whether enough is being done to ensure Britain's growing number of older drivers remain safe and fit. (R) 3.25 Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad (R) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00am Deal or No Deal (R)
8.00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer search around Warwickshire with Isla and Luke, who need more space for themselves and their 18-month-old, and Jan and Jon, who want a forever home.
9.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets artists Jana and Rory, who live in a former driving test centre in the east of Edinburgh but have ambitions for something bigger and much warmer to live in every winter.
10.00 Martin Compston: Living Las Vegas The actor explores the many sides of the current Las Vegas entertainment scene, revealing how sport, theatre and cuisine have become the new pillars of the business. Last in series.
11.05 Gogglebox The critics share their opinions on shows including Gladiators, The White Lotus, The Apprentice, Celebrity Bear Hunt, Batch from Scratch: Cooking for Less and Alan Titchmarsh's Underdog to Superdog. (R)
12.05am The Great British Bake Off (R) 1.30 Taskmaster (R) 2.25 FILM Mikka Bannada Hakki (2024) Premiere. Comedy drama, starring Jayashri. In Kannada. ★★★★ 3.50 Sunday Brunch (R) 4.00 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It (R) 4.55 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 5.50-6.30am Countdown (R)
7.00 Will You Get Dementia?
Dr Claire Taylor learns more about the disease, as she speaks to patients living with dementia, discovers how tests can reveal early signs, and asks what can be done to prevent it. (R); 5 News Update
8.00 Murder Scene: The Incident Room The murder investigation sparked by the discovery of partial human remains inside a bag in Greater Manchester woodland. The race to identify the victim becomes very complicated.
9.00 Cause of Death Examining 16-year-old Danny Nicholls' death, who was discovered lying dead on the living-room floor by his sister. There was no sign of a break-in, no evidence of assault, and nothing to suggest self-harm.
10.00 Jeremy Bamber: Proof of Innocence – The Missing Phone Call Documentary raising questions about the conviction for the White House Farm murders, and whether crucial details could finally change everything. (R)
11.35 Ambulance: Code Red
In Buckinghamshire, Dr Manjit Riyat and critical care paramedic Barry Walsh race to the aid of 10-year-old Riley, who has a broken femur after coming off his motocross bike. (R)
12.35am Cops (R) 1.00 Cruise TV (R) 2.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea (R) 2.50 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) 3.40 Sandringham: A Royal Residence with Nigel Havers (R) 4.25 Wonderful World of Chocolate (R) 5.15 Entertainment News 5.25-6.00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R)
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ITV2
6.00am Backyard Builds 6.30 Dinner Date 7.30 The Real Housewives of Potomac 8.20 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 9.15 The Only Way Is Essex 10.15 Dawson's Creek 11.10 Charmed 12.05pm Deal or No Deal 1.05 Supermarket Sweep 2.05 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win 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 With Charlie Hedges, Luke Kempner and Jeremy Vine.
7.00 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Joe and sister-in-law Jo take on the Ladder.
8.00 The 1% Club Quiz show.
9.00 Big Brother Housemates live under 24-hour surveillance as they attempt to avoid eviction from the Big Brother house.
10.00 Big Brother: The Group Chat 11.05 Family Guy Double bill.
12.05am American Dad! 1.05 Bob's Burgers 1.55 G'wed 2.25 Unwind with ITV 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping
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U&Dave
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Top Gear 8.00 Border Force: America's Gatekeepers 10.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall: four episodes 12.00noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries 2.00 Top Gear 3.00 Our Guy in Latvia 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall: four episodes
6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British Si King and Dave Myers explore food-related customs associated with weddings.
7.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing The duo fish the wild lakes of Essex in search of carp.
7.40 Would I Lie to You? Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With Rob Brydon, Sandi Toksvig and Fred MacAulay.
10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You
11.00 8 Out of 10 Cats With guests Ant Middleton, Kerry Howard and Ola.
11.50 Mock the Week Topical comedy.
12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.50 QI XL
2.45 House of Games 3.30 Judge
Romesh 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
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E4
6.00am Hollyoaks 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Couples Come Dine with Me 8.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 10.00 Below Deck Down Under 11.00 Modern Family 12.00noon The Simpsons 2.00 The Goldbergs 3.00 Modern Family 5.00 The Simpsons
6.00 The Simpsons Double bill.
7.00 Hollyoaks Imran refuses to leave Leah's bedside in the hospital.
7.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Peralta hits it off with a defence attorney.
8.00 Below Deck Down Under
9.00 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA
10.00 Gogglebox TV opinions.
11.00 First Dates: Be My Valentine
12.00m't Naked Attraction 1.05
Gogglebox 2.10 Below Deck Down
Under 3.00 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell
and Back 3.50 The Simpsons 4.15 The
Goldbergs 5.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5.30-6.00am Modern Family
WALES As BBC1 except: 1.35-1.45pm BBC Wales Today; Weather 6.30 BBC Wales Today; Weather 6.55-7.00 Party Political Broadcast 10.30-10.40pm BBC Wales Today; Weather
WALES As BBC2 except: 7.00pm Eva Longoria: Searching for France 7.40-8.00 Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 10.00-10.30pm QI
9.00am Deal or No Deal 10.00 Tipping Point 1.00pm Lingo 2.00 Tenable 3.00 Millionaire Hot Seat 4.00 Riddiculous 5.00 Deal or No Deal. Gameshow.
6.00 Lingo Triple bill. Facing off today are sisters Denice and Lisa-Marie from Herts and Essex, mates Kai and Dan from London, plus Maxi with her grandson Dan from Pontefract; brothers Laurence and Ben, friends Karen and Helene, and workmates Oliver and Franklyn compete in the game; Rebecca and Rachel, Kaz and Rich, and Deb and Emily take part.
WEST As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country. Headlines; Weather
10.30-10.45pm ITV News Central; Weather
ITV WALES As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather 6.00 ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather 6.25-6.30 Party Political Broadcast 7.30-8.00 Backstage 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Cymru Wales; Weather
9.00 Beat the Chasers The Beast, The Governess, The Vixen, The Sinnerman, The Dark Destroyer and The Menace... they're the greatest quiz team ever, but can anyone Beat the Chasers?
10.00 Tipping Point Double bill. Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard.
12.00m't Tipping Point. Quiz. 12.55
Tenable 1.50 Riddiculous 2.40 Unwind with ITV 3.00-9.00am Teleshopping
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U&Drama FREEVIEW 20
6.00am Teleshopping 7.35 The Bill 8.35
Doctors 9.55 Classic Holby City 10.55
Casualty 11.55 The Bill 12.55pm Classic
EastEnders 2.15 Classic Neighbours
3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries 4.20
Father Brown 5.20 As Time Goes By
6.00 Last of the Summer Wine Triple bill.
8.00 The Chelsea Detective A celebrated architect is thrown to his death from a hotel balcony. Adrian Scarborough stars.
9.00 Father Brown Suspicions are aroused when the holiest house in Kembleford is linked to the death of a wanton woman.
10.00 New Tricks UCOS looks into the murder of a private investigator.
12.20am Lovejoy. Tinker lectures Lovejoy.
1.30 The Chelsea Detective 2.35
Sister Boniface Mysteries 3.20 As Time Goes By 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping
11.20 Father Brown The priest hopes that a broken leg will not prevent him from solving the mystery surrounding the death of a member of Kembleford's WI.
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More4
6.50 The Dog House Double bill. Timid puppy Harry and grumpy Westie Hamish seek new homes; an American bulldog throws his weight around with intrepid Manchester couple Katie and James. Meanwhile, 12-year-old terrier Tiddles enjoys a makeover at the groomers.
8.55am Four in a Bed: five episodes 11.35 Come Dine with Me 2.15pm Four in a Bed: five episodes 4.50 Car S.O.S
9.00 Scotland's Golden Coast Pufflings on the Isle of May take their first flight out to sea, passengers enjoy tea on the Caledonian Railway, and a paddleboard instructor takes to Aberdeen's waters.
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Variations & S4C
10.00 24 Hours in A&E Double bill. A woman is rushed to St George's with an open ankle fracture; a doctor shares his story of leaving his family during lockdown to keep them safe.
12.05am 999: On the Front Line
1.10 24 Hours in A&E: double bill
3.20-4.00am A Place in the Sun
ANGLIA As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Anglia; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News Anglia. The headline reports; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Anglia; Weather
WESTCOUNTRY As ITV1 except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country
S4C 6.00am Cyw 11.00 Camau Bach 11.00 Pentre Papur Pop 11.10 Yr Whws 11.20 Cymylaubychain 11.30 Sion y Chef 11.45 Sigldigwt 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 12.05pm Dim Cwsg i Quinnell 12.30 Heno 1.00 Cymry ar Gynfas 1.30 Ralio+ 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 2.05 Prynawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 3.05 Gwesty Aduniad 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Trysorau Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau 6.25 Darllediad Gwleidyddol 6.30 Rownd a Rownd. Lea is annoyed with Mathew as he wants her to find a course. 6.59 Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Gwalia Aleighcia 8.55 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd 9.00 Athrawon 10.00 Chwedl Jan Morris 11.00-11.35pm Y Sin
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BBC3
7.00pm The Catch Up The day's news.
7.05 Horrible Histories Double bill.
8.00 DIY SOS The team are in Southampton where they come to the aid of deaf couple Ahmed and Rifat, transforming their house from a building site into a safe space, with help from the community.
9.00 Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley Exploring claims about anti-ageing IV drips popularised by celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, with treatments now being administered by private doctors.
9.30 Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson drives the Jaguar F-Type sports car on some of Britain's finest roads.
10.30 FILM Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022, 12) Biopic, starring Naomi Ackie and Nafessa Williams. ★★★★
12.45am Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise 3.00-4.00am Top Gear
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BBC4 FREEVIEW 9
7.00pm Secrets of Bones Biologist Ben Garrod explores skeletons.
7.30 Timothy Spall Back at Sea The barge visits Whitehaven, the Isle of Man, Belfast and Portpatrick.
8.00 Echoes from Below: Exploring Britain's Caves
8.50 Building Sights Artist Derek Jarman returns to his former art master's house in Wimborne, Dorset.
9.00 The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed Last in series.
10.00 Schmoedipus: Play for Today
A stranger appears at the door of a woman, claiming to be her son.
11.10 Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts Alice Roberts goes swimming in natural surroundings.
12.10am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 1.10 Secrets of Bones 1.40 Timothy Spall Back at Sea 2.10-3.10am The Octopus in My House
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GB News
6.00am Breakfast with Eamonn and Ellie 9.30 Britain's Newsroom 12.00noon Good Afternoon Britain. The latest news stories. 3.00 Martin Daubney. The latest updates.
7.00 Farage Nigel Farage's prime-time show, with discussion and debate.
8.00 Jacob Rees-Mogg's State Of The Nation Jacob Rees-Mogg presents his take on the day's stories.
9.00 Patrick Christys Tonight The latest topical discussion and debate.
11.00 Patrick Christys Tonight Late Edition All the major stories making the front pages and full coverage of all the breaking news at home and abroad with Patrick Christys.
12.00m't The Late Show Live
3.00 Patrick Christys Tonight
Replay 5.00-6.00am Patrick
Christys Tonight Late Edition
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Departs Nov & Dec 2026
Let's get excited about Christmas! If you love the festive period as much as we do, then what better way to look forward to celebrating its arrival than a Christmas-themed break in Bournemouth? We are treated to a seasonal dinner menu, a fantastic bar offer and entertainment every night at our hotel! From our base in Bournemouth, we also get to explore neighbouring Poole with its nautical atmosphere and the timeless scenery of the New Forest. The perfect start to the yuletide season.
So much included...
\- Return coach travel
4 nights at a selected 2★hotel with dinner & breakfast (includes traditional 'Christmas' dinner)
2 for 1 bar (6pm-9pm) on selected drinks
After-dinner tea & coffee
Light entertainment every evening
Excursions to the New Forest (Lyndhurst & Lymington) & Poole
5 days from only £279pp
Optional excursion to Dorchester Market & Weymouth (£15pp)
All coach package holidays are operated by and subject to Just Go! Holidays terms & conditions (available at justgoholidays.com). Your booking is protected by BCH and ABTOT. Prices are per person, based on 2 adults sharing and subject to availability. Pick-up & room supplements may apply. Prices correct at time of print, valid for 7 days.
Sport
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SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT
6.00am LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA China Open. Coverage from the respective ATP Masters and WTA 1000 events.
10.00 LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters. Coverage of day one of the ATP Masters event, a tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena.
12.00noon LIVE Tennis The ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA China Open. Coverage from the ATP Masters and WTA 1000 events.
4.00 Sports Desk. Live analysis and comments.
5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Sports Centre 8.00 Sports Centre 9.00 Sports Centre 9.30 Lost Grounds 10.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Paper Talk 11.00 Sky Sports News
2.00am LIVE WNBA Golden State Valkyries v Las Vegas Aces (Tip-off 2.30am). Coverage of game two of the play-off semi-final, at Chase Center.
5.00-6.00am LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Baycurrent Classic. Coverage of day one of the tournament, which takes place at Yokohama Country Club.
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SKY SPORTS CRICKET
6.00am International T20 Cricket 10.30 The Hundred Bitesize 10.45 The Hundred Bitesize 11.00 Jimmy Anderson's Final Farewell
12.15pm The Hundred Bitesize 12.30 International T20 Cricket 1.00 SA20 5.00 The Hundred Bitesize 5.15 The Hundred Bitesize 5.30 International T20 Cricket 6.00 Test Cricket 11.00 Women's International One-Day Cricket
11.00 Women's International One-Day Cricket 12.00m't Women's Big Bash League 1.00 International T20 Cricket 5.30 The Hundred Bitesize 5.45-6.00am The Hundred Bitesize
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SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL
6.00am Retro League One 8.45 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 EFL Greatest Games 10.00 EFL Cup Highlights 11.00 SPFL Highlights 11.30 EFL Greatest Games 12.00 Super-Duplexion Highlights
6.00am LPGA Tour Golf 9.00 Women's Golf 10.00 Ladies European Tour Golf 1.00pm Solheim Cup Golf 3.00 LPGA Tour Golf
6.00 PGA Tour Champions 7.00 PGA Tour: The Cut 7.30 HotelPlanner Tour Golf Highlights 8.00 PGA Tour Golf 9.00 DP World Tour Golf 10.00 HotelPlanner Tour Golf Highlights 10.30 PGA Tour Champions 11.30 PGA Tour: The Cut
12.00m't PGA Tour Golf 1.00 Ladies European Tour Golf 2.00 PGA Tour Golf 3.00 DP World Tour Golf 3.30 PGA Tour: The Cut
4.00-6.00am LIVE PGA Tour Golf The Baycurrent Classic. Coverage of day one of the tournament, which takes place at Yokohama Country Club.
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TNT SPORTS 1
6.00am UEFA Champions League Magazine 6.30 Groundbreaking 7.01 Sign Up - Into Football 7.45 International T20 Cricket Highlights 8.45 It's A Numbers Game 9.15 Women's Cycling Pro Series 10.15 Men's Cycling Pro Series
12.15pm Cycling European Championship
1.15 LIVE Cycling European Championship Coverage from the women's elite individual time trial event, which takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Switzerland's Marlen Reusser won gold in this event last year which was held in Guilherand-Granges in France.
3.00 LIVE Cycling European Championship
Coverage from the men's elite individual time trial event, which takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
4.45 The Gruppetto 5.00 Premier League Stories
5.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 6.00
TNT Sports Reload 6.30 MotoGP Rewind 6.45
British Superbikes Rewind 7.00 It's A Numbers Game 7.30 MLB Highlights 8.30 MLB Lead Off
9.00 LIVE MLB Chicago White Sox v Cleveland Guardians (Start time 9.00pm). Game three of the National League Division Series, held at Rate Field.
12.30am The Gallagher PREM – The Wrap Up. The second round. 12.45 The Gruppetto
1.00 LIVE MLB New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays (Start time 1.00am). Game three of the National League Division Series, at Yankee Stadium.
4.30 MLB Closer 5.00-6.00am WRC Review
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TNT SPORTS 2
6.00am MotoGP 9.30 British Superbikes Highlights
10.30 Motocross World Championship 12.45pm
TNT Sports Cricket Reload 1.00 MLB Highlights
2.00 UEFA Champions League - Classics
4.30 International T20 Cricket Highlights 5.30
Ultimate Pool 7.00 MotoGP Breakdown Show
8.00 MotoGP Highlights 9.00 British Superbikes
Highlights 10.00 Premier League Stories
10.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine
11.00 LIVE MLB Atlanta Braves v Los Angeles Dodgers (Start time 11.00pm). Coverage of game four of the American League Division Series.
2.30am TNT Sports Reload. The best bits.
3.00-6.30am LIVE MLB San Diego Padres v Milwaukee Brewers (Start time 3.00am).
Entertainment & Factual
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ITV3
6.00am Wild at Heart 7.05 Classic
Emmerdale 8.05 Classic Coronation Street
9.15 Inspector Morse 11.30 Heartbeat
1.35pm The Royal 2.40 Wild at Heart 3.40
Street 5.50 Heartbeat 8.00 Midsomer Murders 10.00 Downton Abbey 11.05 DCI Banks 12.55am The Royal 2.00 George and Mildred 2.25-2.30am Unwind with ITV
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ITV4
6.00am The Protectors 6.35 American Pickers 8.25 Minder 9.35 The Champions 10.40 Underwater Grand Fishing Adventure
11.45 River Monsters 12.15pm The Professionals 1.15 The Champions 2.25 American Pickers 4.20 Ice Road Truckers 6.20 Gallagher PREM Unleashed 6.50
Sharpe 9.00 FILM RoboCop 2 (1990/18) ★★★ 11.20 All Elite Wrestling: Collision 1.10am Minder 2.05-3.00am BattleBots
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5STAR
8.00am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
10.00 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law
11.00 Traffic Cops 2.00pm Police
Interceptors 5.00 Rogue Claimers 6.00 Home and Away 7.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts 9.00 FILM Fifty Shades Freed
12.05am Skin A&E 1.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders 2.00 Police Interceptors 3.35-4.00am Home and Away
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REALLY
6.00am Fantasy Homes by the Sea 7.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 Salvage Hunters 12.00noon The Yorkshire Auction House 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Salvage Hunters: The
Restorers 5.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace 6.00 The Repair Shop 7.00 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House 8.00 Antiques Road Trip 9.00 Long Lost Family:
Antiques Road Trip 9.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next 10.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted 2.00am Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
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5ACTION
9.00am Entertainment News on 5 9.05 Trucking Hell 10.05 Police Interceptors 12.05pm FILM The Westerner (1940/PG)
Britain's Speeders. An officer responds to a 999 call about a woman drinking wine while driving. 9.00 Police Interceptors 10.00 Police: Night Shift 999 11.00 The X-Files
12.00m't Soldier: For King and Country 1.00 Ice Road Truckers 2.00 Trucking Hell 3.50-4.00am Entertainment News on 5
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SKY ARTS
6.00am Opera North's Resonance 6.15
Andre Rieu: Live in Dublin 8.00 Artist of the Year: Masterclass 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock
Presents 11.00 Discovering: Julia Roberts 12.00noon Classic Albums 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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BBC RADIO 1
97.6-99.8MHz 6.58am Newsbeat 7.00 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James
10.30 Newsbeat 10.33 Charlie and Jerry
12.00noon Radio 1 Live Lounge 12.45
Newsbeat 1.00 Matt and Mollie 3.30
Newsbeat 3.33 Going Home with Vick,
Katie and Jamie on Radio 1.5.45 Newsbe
Mollie King 10.00 Radio 1's Power Down
Playlist with Sian Eleri 11.00 Benji B 1.00am
Danny Howard's Club Mix 2.00 Radio 1
Anthems 4.00-6.58am Radio 1 Early
Breakfast with Mylo and Rosie
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BBC RADIO 2
88-91MHz 6.30am The Sara Cox Breakfast Show 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Trevor Nelson 4.00 Drivetime 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe 10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony 12.00m't OJ Borg 3.00 Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay 4.00-6.30am Owain Wyn Evans
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BBC RADIO 3
90.2-92.4MHz 6.30am Breakfast 9.30 Essential Classics 1.00pm Classical Live 3.00 Choral Evensong 4.00 Composer of the Week: The Venetian School 5.00 In
Tune 7.00 Classical Mixtape 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert 9.45 The Essay: Towards Evensong 10.00 Night Tracks 11.30 'Round Midnight 12.30-6.30am Through the Night
Fire Country
Sky Witness,
9pm
A routine response to a fire turns
dangerous and the Station 42 team discover the threat
dispatch indicated. Meanwhile, Bode (Max Thieriot, left) tries to help Tyler rebuild his life.
3.00 Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation 4.00 Discovering: Richard Gere
5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2015 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected 7.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 8.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2026 9.00 Discovering Romance on Film 10.30 The Nineties 11.30 Art's Most
Satanic 12.30am Ai Weiwei: The Artivist 1.45
The Ghost of Richard Harris 4.00 Art
Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs 5.00-6.00am Bill Bailey's Master
Crafters: The Next Generation
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U&GOLD
7.10am dinnerladies 7.55 The Good Life 8.30 Only Fools and Horses 9.10 The Green Green Grass 9.50 Are You Being Served? 10.30 Last of the Summer Wine 11.50 The Good Life 12.30pm Only Fools and Horses
1.45 Keeping Up Appearances 2.25 Dad's Army 3.00 The Green Green Grass 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.20 The Good Life 5.00 Dad's Army 5.40 Last of the Summer Wine 7.00 Only Faces and Faces 7.40 Dad's Army
8.20 Only Fools and Horses 9.00 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special 9.35 The Fast Show 10.15 Not Going Out 10.55 Only Fools and Horses 11.35 Only Fools and
Horses Christmas Special 12.15am The Fast Show 12.55 Not Going Out 1.30 Keeping Up Appearances 2.20 dinnerladies 2.50 The Good Life 3.25-4.00am The Fast Show
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U&YESTERDAY Freeview 27
6.10am Great Canal Journeys: Asian Odyssey 7.10 Great Canal Journeys 8.00 Bangers & Cash 10.00 The Battle of Britain
11.00 D-Day: Last Words 12.00noon
Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash
4.00 The Battle of Britain 5.00 D-Day: Last
Words 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Turkey with Simon Reeve 8.00 Guy Martin: Proper Jobs 9.00 Saving Lives at Sea 10.00 Bangers & Cash 1.00am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2.00-3.00am Great Canal Journeys
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U&ALIBI
7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown 10.00 The Coroner 11.00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 12.00noon Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1.00 Death in
Paradise 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00
The Doctor Blake Mysteries 5.00 Miss
Fisher's Murder Mysteries 6.00 The Coroner
Hathaway. Private Investigators 5.00 Return to Paradise 10.20 Father Brown. Crime drama. 12.20am Death in Paradise 1.20 CSI: Vegas 2.10-4.00am Murdoch Mysteries
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Radio
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CHOICE
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Radio 4, 11pm
New five-part series in which comedian and farmer's daughter Kiri Pritchard-McLean offers insights into life on her smallholding on Angelsey. The first episode follows her and her brother Alistair as they visit a permaculture festival where they hope to receive advice on running a vegan farm.
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BBC RADIO 4
FM 92.4-94.6MHz 6.00am Today 9.00 More or Less 9.30 Where Is Austin Tice? 10.00 Woman's Hour 11.00 File on 4 Investigates
11.40 This Week in History 11.45 To Go or Not to Go 12.00noon News 12.04 You and Yours 1.00 The World at One 1.45 The Turning Point 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Drama:
The Artificial Human 4.00 When It Hits the Fan 4.15 The Media Show 5.00 PM 5.57 Weather 6.00 News 6.30 Glenn Moore's Almanac 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row
8.00 Here for the History 8.30 Top Comment 9.00 The Life Scientific 9.30 All in the Mind 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Stations 11.00 Kiri's Farm
12.00m't News 12.30 To Go or Not to Go
12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC
World Service 5.00 News Summary
5.04 More or Less 5.32 Weather
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SKY ONE
6.00am Mornings 6.30 Mornings 7.00
Mornings with Ridge and Frost 7.30
Mornings with Ridge and Frost 8.00
Stargate SG-1 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles
11.00 The Simpsons 12.00hon Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit 1.00 Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 Superstore 7.00 The
11.15 James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome 12.45am Grimm 1.40 Evil 2.35 Road Wars 3.05 Hawaii Five-0 4.00-6.00am S.W.A.T
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SKY ATLANTIC
6.00am Urban Secrets 8.00 Billions 10.15
Deadwood 12.25pm Gomorrah 1.30
Homicide: Life on the Street 3.30 Billions
5.45 Station Eleven 8.00 Fargo 9.00 War
10.05 The Terror 12.05am Station Eleven
2.30 Gomorrah 3.35 The Guest Wing 4.30
Sort Of 5.00-6.00am The Guest Wing
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SKY WITNESS
6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00 Border Patrol 8.00 Border Security: Canada's Front Line 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder 10.00 Caught on Dashcam 11.00 Police 24/7
12.00noon FBI 2.00 The Rookie 3.00 Blue Bloods 4.00 Nothing to Declare 8.00 Caught on Dashcam 9.00 Fire Country 10.00 FBI: International 11.00 The Rookie 12.00m't FBI 2.00 CIA 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00-6.00am Brit Cops: Law & Disorder
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SKY COMEDY
8.00am Will & Grace 9.00 Sort Of 10.00 | Love LA 10.40 The Chair Company 11.20 Will & Grace 12.20pm Hacks 1.40 | Love LA 2.20 The Chair Company 3.00 Will & Grace 4.00 Breeders 5.00 Community 6.00 Will & Grace
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 9.45 Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game 11.25 Hacks 12.55am Resident Alien 1.55 Breeders 3.15 Community 4.30-5.00am Sort Of
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DISCOVERY
6.00am Deadliest Catch 7.00 Tanked
8.00 Tanked: Unfiltered 9.00 America's Backyard Gold 11.00 Building Off the Grid 1.00pm Animal Cops Houston 3.00 How Do They Do It? 5.00 Undercover Billionaire
7.00 Wheeler Dealers 9.00 Wheeler Dealers World Tour 10.00 Kindig Customs 11.00 In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers 12.00m't
Deadliest Catch 1.00 Wheeler Dealers World Tour 2.00 Kindig Customs 3.00-5.00am Alaska: Homestead Rescue
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
8.00am Air Crash Investigation 10.00 Disaster Autopsy 11.00 Car S.O.S 12.00noon Inside Sydney Airport 1.00 Air Crash Investigation
2.00 Hitler's Last Stand 3.00 Drain the Great Lakes 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt 5.00 Ice Road Rescue 6.00 Seconds from Disaster 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Decoding
History's Prophecies 9.00 How the Tudors Lost Their Heads 10.00 Draining Loch Ness: In Search of the Monster 11.00 Air Crash Investigation 12.00mV/ton Resour 1.00
Investigation 12.00m't Yukon Rescue 1.00 Alaska: The Next Generation 2.00 Abandoned 2.30 Lords of War 3.20 Food Factory 4.10-5.00am When Sharks Attack and Why
5.34 Shipping Forecast 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45-6.00am Farming Today
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
693/909kHz 6.00am Breakfast 9.00 Rima Ahmed 11.00 Naga Munchetty 2.00pm Matt Chorley 4.00 Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.30 5 Live Sport 9.00 5 Live Sport: The Euro Leagues Podcast 10.00 5 Live Sport: 72+ 10.30 Laura McGhie 1.00am Dotun Adebayo 5.00-6.00am Wake Up to Money
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BBC RADIO WALES
FM: 94.6MHz 6.00am Radio Wales News Update 6.05 Wake Up with Radio Wales 6.31 The Idea 7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast 9.00 Bronwen Lewis 12.00noon The Phone In 2.00 Behnaz Akhgar 5.00 Radio Wales Drive 6.30 Country Focus 7.00 Welsh Music Prize 2026 10.00 Eleri Sion 12.00m't Relax with Radio Wales 1.00 James Dean Bradfield 1.56-6.00am As Radio 5 Live
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CLASSIC FM
100-102MHz 6.30am Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour with Dan Walker 10.00 Tim Lihoreau 1.00pm Hannah Scott-Joynt 4.00 Margherita Taylor 7.00 Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes 10.00 Calm Classics 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00-6.30am Early Breakfast
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ABSOLUTE RADIO
DAB 6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Hometime with Bush & Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00-6.00am Ben Sheppard
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Movies
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FILM4
11.00am Anastasia (1956/U) Historical drama, starring Ingrid Bergman. ★★★★★
1.10pm Santa Fe (1951/U) Western, starring Randolph Scott and Jerome Courtland. ★★★
2.55 Lifeboat (1944/PG) Second World War drama, starring Tallulah Bankhead. ★★★★
4.50 D-Day: The Sixth of June (1956/PG) Second World War drama, starring Robert Taylor and Richard Todd. ★★★★
7.00 Next Goal Wins (2023/12) Premiere.
Comedy, starring Michael Fassbender. ★★★
9.00 Gran Turismo (2023/12) Fact-based drama, starring David Harbour. ★★★
11.40 Underwater (2020/15) Sci-fi thriller, starring Kristen Stewart. ★★★
1.30-3.55am Skin (2018/15) Drama, starring Jamie Bell and Danielle Macdonald. ★★★★
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SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
6.05am The Deb (2024/15) Comedy musical, starring Natalie Abbott. ★★★
8.20 Cold Storage (2026/15)
See 3.55pm. ★★★
10.05 One Last Shot (2026/15)
See 8.00pm. ★★★
11.45 The Fix (2026/15) Thriller, starring Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson. ★★★
2.00pm Supergirl (2026/12) Fantasy adventure, starring Milly Alcock. ★★★
3.55 Cold Storage (2026/15) Comedy thriller, starring Joe Keery. ★★★
5.35 Better Man (2024/15) Robbie Williams biopic, starring Jonno Davies. ★★★★
8.00 One Last Shot (2026/15) Action thriller, starring Scott Adkins. ★★★
9.45 The Crow (2024/18) Dark fantasy, starring Bill Skarsgard and FKA twigs. ★★
11.45 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026/18) Horror sequel, starring Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell. ★★★★
1.35am The Moment (2026/15)
Mockumentary, starring Charli XCX. ★★★
3.25 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025/15) Fantasy comedy, starring Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol. ★★★
2.50 Moneyball (2011/12) Drama, with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. ★★★★
5.10 Sky Cinema Preview-Oct 2026
5.45-8.00am Terms of Endearment (1983/15)
Drama, with Shirley MacLaine. ★★★★★
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SKY CINEMA FAMILY
6.00pm Casper (1995/PG) Supernatural family comedy, starring Christina Ricci. ★★★★
7.45 How to Train Your Dragon (2025/PG) Fantasy adventure, starring Mason Thames and Nico Parker. ★★★★
9.55 Hook (1991/U) Peter Pan adventure, with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. ★★★
12.20am Matilda (1996/PG) Children's fantasy comedy, starring Mara Wilson. ★★★★
2.00 Look Who's Talking (1989/12) Comedy, starring Kirstie Alley and John Travolta. ★★★
3.40 Look Who's Talking 100 (1990/12)
Comedy sequel, starring John Travolta. ★★★
5.05-6.45am Look Who's Talking Now
(1993/12) Comedy sequel. ★★★
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TALKING PICTURES TV
4.00pm The Card (1952/U) Period comedy, starring Alec Guinness. ★★★
6.00 Rooms Double bill.
7.00 Out of Town Rural life.
7.30 Dick Turpin Drama series.
8.05 Von der Volk Polino drama
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9.05 Sherlock Holmes: The Eligible Bachelor 11.10 A Game of Murder
12.15am Suddenly (1954/PG) Thriller, starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden. ★★★
1.50 Murder in Eden (1961/U) Drama, starring Ray McAnally and Catherine Feller. ★★★
3.10 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club A special New Year's edition from 1975. 4.00 Stagecoach West Western.
5.00-6.00am The Man from UNCLE
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GREAT! MYSTERY
4.00pm Diagnosis Murder Detective drama.
5.00 Murder, She Wrote Double bill.
7.00 Castle American crime drama.
8.00 Unforgettable Poppy Montgomery stars.
9.00 In Plain Sight Mary McCormack stars.
10.00 Matchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance (2020/PG) Murder mystery, starring Danica McKellar and Victor Webster. ★★ 11.55pm Hailey Dean Mysteries
1.45am Nanny Beware (2023/15) Thriller, starring Lesa Wilson and Emily Miceli. ★★
3.25-6.00am A Murderer Upstairs (2017/PG)
Thriller, starring Josie Davis. ★★
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Mahmood leaves Britain at the mercy of rapists
HOME Secretary Shabana Mahmood is failing. While there were protests in Gosport over processing illegal migrants, she admitted she cannot or will not stop the influx.
Worryingly, Mahmood acknowledges rapists are among the arrivals – alongside murderers, thieves and drug dealers.
This lack of protection is turning law-abiding citizens against the police under Labour. With two Iranian nationals charged with terror offences, claims of importing professionals are shattered. The PM must fix this or resign.
Dick Bedford,
Cullompton, Devon
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Ticking time bomb on our streets thanks to Labour
ACCORDING to our protector Shabana Mahmood most of the women in the camps of northern France have been raped before crossing on the small boats. The men are checked by our NHS on arrival to make sure they are strong and fit before being released unsupervised into our villages. What can go wrong?
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LETTER OF THE DAY
Migrants scramble aboard a boat headed for the UK
Why didn't we send illegals to Rwanda?
HOW many times have we heard this intellectual mumbo-jumbo from Shabana Mahmood about the illegal migrants and that there are rapists among Channel migrants?
Tell us something we don't already know, because people are afraid for their lives on our streets ("Mahmood 'admits rapists are among Channel migrants"', October 5).
ON THIS DAY
She now wants to start return hubs and talks about creating innovative solutions in respect of sending them to a third country. What planet is she on? We already had an oven-ready plan from the Tories for that but Keir Starmer scrapped it.
Peter Rushton,
Chorley, Lancs
This Government is going in circles and migrants are draining the coffers.
45 years ago (1981)
We reported on the
assassination of Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat
during a military parade in
Cairo. He was gunned down
by Islamic militants as he
celebrated the anniversary of
the war against Israel in
1973. Hailed by the West as a
man of peace, he had
powerful enemies in the Arab
world who resented him
signing the Camp David
Accords with Israeli Prime
Minister Menachem Begin.
Malcolm Charnock,
Kidderminster, Worcs
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Deport foreign prisoners to free space in our jails
ALEX Norris crowed on our TV screens that the released violent offenders were “facing the most stringent security measures ever”. Now we learn that 700 have refused to be tagged (“Justice Secretary’s tag team are lagging behind”, October 6).
Many women will be frantic that former partners will be knocking on their door. Will we have to wait for the first one to be maimed or killed before Norris admits failure?
The remedy is simple; there are 10,772 foreign prisoners in our jails. The majority are Albanian – an EU candidate country, Polish, Romanian and Irish – all friendly EU countries. Deport them.
Jim Sokol,
Minehead, Somerset
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Britain has already paid the price for evil slavery
WITH the King visiting the Caribbean, slavery reparations will be high on the woke agenda once again (“‘No apology’ over slavery during tour”, October 3).
With the slave trade being morally repugnant and eradicated by Great Britain, there are no grounds for compensation. But if it was, it has been paid. Upon independence, plaintiffs received Caribbean islands free of charge, worth tens of trillions in real estate values. How else would they have acquired them? Case dismissed.
Andrew Dear,
Solihull, W Mids
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Ukrainians are at risk of homelessness after cuts
IN LATE September 2026, the UK cut 70% of Homes For Ukraine funding. Monthly “thank you” payments are now £100, three-anda-half times less than before. As a result, most Ukrainian refugees risk being left homeless because such poor state pay-offs will force British hosts to charge rent.
Jasper Mills,
Sheffield
This decision is ruthless toward people we promised to protect. Commercial renting will make refugees homeless. This scheme must continue until Ukraine is safe.
67 years ago (1959)
Around 500 people had to be rescued from Southend Pier after a fire cut them off. The blaze caused £100,000 of damage to the world's longest pleasure pier and its pavilion. It didn't reopen until 1962.
IT IS beyond belief that Martin Hewitt, hired as Border Security Commander by Labour, received a pay-off of more than £50,000 alongside a £47,000 pension increase, bringing his final-year package to £310,000 (“Labour’s border boss got a £50k payout to go early”, July 17).
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Ex-Border Force chief's huge reward for failure
He left after 18 months during which he was totally unsuccessful in reducing illegal migration. In fact, the total was even higher.
Jean Harker, Sidcup, Kent
I AGREE that the punishment should fit the crime, but driving tuition is not the answer for major
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Driving tuition no justice for the innocent victims
Jo Howarth,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent motoring offences. Tuition works for minor incidents with vehicle damage only. But if a driver seriously injures someone, the only appropriate answer is a lengthy driving ban.
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Fatcat MPs' gold-plated pensions as OAPs suffer
If the victim suffers life-changing injuries from which they never recover, then surely the only correct punishment must be a lifetime ban from driving.
LABOUR and Andy Burnham consider the pension triple lock unsustainable while leaving welfare benefits untouched (“Labour under Burnham ‘is going after elderly’”, October 5).
Burnham's 2030 adjustment funds his social care plan, but how much will it actually cover? Downing Street claims it saves £15billion annually by 2040, but it excludes care home costs and offers a measly $5\%$ cut only to electricity.
MPs easily restrict the masses' pensions because their own are gold-plated. Let's not forget Keir Starmer benefits from a super-pension from heading the CPS.
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Come on Northern Ireland sing when you're winning
HAVING watched all Northern Ireland's Nations League matches recently, what surprises me greatly is that while all their opponents heartily sing their own national anthems, the Northern Ireland team (apart from one or two) cannot be bothered to sing our own national anthem ("O'Neill has big faith in young guns", October 5).
A far cry from the England team, which enthusiastically gets us in the mood.
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Dame Penny will be best Tory leader this century
NOW that Dame Penny Mordaunt is cleared for parliamentary duties, she should be parachuted into the next by-election (“Mordaunt in bid to return to Parliament”, October 5). A woman of her talent and charisma was let down by Portsmouth North voters at the last election but she is now in a strong position to be the next Tory leader.
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HEROISM RUNS IN THE SINFIELD FAMILY ON A DAY OF PRIDE
SIR Kevin Sinfield had the icing on the cake watching his son Jack lift the Super League trophy for Wakefield Trinity at Old Trafford last weekend after his own immense achievements, with his 7 in 7 marathon challenge for motor neurone disease causes in memory of his friend
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ASOS shares tumbled yesterday after customers were told by hackers that the online fashion seller's systems had been "fully compromised".
Users of the app received a notification titled "ASOS HACKED", in an apparent attempt by the attackers to contact the company's data protection and IT teams.
Asos yesterday said personal information may have been accessed. At one stage shares in the London-listed retailer fell by around 15%, to 426.50p.
The hackers' message read: "Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance. Engage with us, or we will leak it." The
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The Snowflake cloud platform is used to process data such as clothing sizes and body measurements. It also allows the user to send notifications to clients' phones. It is not yet clear how the attackers were able to send a notification through the Asos app, whether its Snowflake systems were compromised as claimed, or how many customers may have been affected. Reports of the notification emerged from users in several countries, including the UK, US, Germany and Australia. The incident could require Asos to notify the Information Commissioner's Office and customers if personal data is compromised.
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Asos has around 17 million active customers globally and operates across more than 150 countries.
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Hopes build as decline in construction slows
Building still under pressure
THE construction sector declined at its slowest pace since January last month as it edged closer to recovery, according to new figures.
The S&P Global UK construction PMI showed a reading of 46.1 in September, improving from 44.3 in August.
It marked the strongest industry performance for eight months. Any reading above the 50.0 threshold indicates activity is increasing. And while the latest figures show the industry still firmly in contraction territory – having been declining since January 2025 – it is at a slower pace than in recent months.
Carly Thorpe, of commercial law firm
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STREAMING customers are almost certain to face large price rises after Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery completed their £82billion merger yesterday.
The Hollywood giants have combined under a new parent company called Skydance, bringing Paramount+, HBO Max and valuable film and TV franchises under one roof.
But Mike Proulx, of research firm Forrester, warned the huge £60bn debt used to finance the takeover will feed through to subscribers.
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BALDING ALL FIRED UP Play can seize the day at Worcester
BY MELISSA JONES
TABLE-TOPPER Andrew Balding has the "beautifully bred" Forbidden Fire heading his sizeable squad for Newmarket's Dubai Future Champions Festival.
The daughter of owner Jeff Smith's 2015 Juddmonte International
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With a first prize of £283,550 on offer, the Group One is hugely valuable to Balding's title hopes, after he leapfrogged Aidan O'Brien to reach the trainers' championship summit last Saturday and now holds a lead of around £75,000.
"I think Forbidden Fire will be very competitive," said Balding, below, whose young star is a half-sister to stable stalwart See The Fire.
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find out if she stays the distance."
Scommessa Sicura, part-owned by Chelsea and England footballer Reece James, is also an intended runner, while thrice-raced Gentle Hurricane pursues the same six-figure top prize in Saturday's Darley
Dewhurst Stakes. Balding plans to be triple-handed in Saturday's £175,000 Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap, with Tactician, Shrimp Shady and Berkshire Sundance guaranteed a run in a maximum field of 32.
"We'll try to pick up as much prize money as we can," said Balding. "It's nice to be leading the championship, we have had a great season so far. If it works out it will be great."
The Jockey Club says Cheltenham is ready to restart racing on October 23 after work to replace more than 1,000 metres of drainage was completed.
The final three fixtures of the 2025-6 season were cancelled following the discovery of a hole in the turf on Festival Trials Day.
2,41-LADY OF HAY (Jason Watson, 22-1) ; Blue Sign (16-1) 2; Goodwood Meteor (6-1) lt 2nd fav) 3. H'cap 13 ran. II, nk. (A Balding: 4-1 fav Ma Fille De Reve). Totr: £25.20; pl £5.30, £4.20, £2.30. exacta: £460.30. tricast: £1845.24. trifecta: £3474.40. CSF: £293.34. Non-runners: Blue Fox, Secret Rival.Secret Rival Rule 4 applies to All Bets, deduct 10p in the pound
PLAY ON COURT (4.05, nap) can hit an ace on his return from a 155-day break in Worcester's PJ Nicholls KGM Korea Genuinely Made Novices' Handicap Hurdle.
The five-year-old gelding ran well at a huge price when fourth behind three rivals rated between 110 and 115 at Exeter in March.
Play On Court (94) was in the mix on the home turn but paid for his exertions late, while he also threatened to get involved over 2m 4f at Ffos Las two months later until his stamina appeared to ebb away.
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Seventeen lengths ahead when he parted company with Charlie Hammond on his debut over fences, KELIJOE (1.35, nb) gets another chance in the CopyBet For Premier League Profit Boosts Novices' Handicap Chase.
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2 L16-242 SNipe (15) D Skelton 9 11-10\_\_\_\_H Skelton 133
3 L-P2912 KING ROLY (37) C&D M Bowen 7 11-9\_\_\_\_J Bowen 132
4 3163L6 KARNAVAL POINT (12) (C.D) D Pipe 6 11-6
5 21L/P7P- ● AWAYTHELAD (266) B Pauling 9 10-13\_\_\_\_.B R Jones 128
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LANCASTER TOWER (47) J & T Gosden 9-4....W Buick 83
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ODELL (38) D Menuisier 9-4....R Havlin 76
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HOOD: No. 4.
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Sean Bowen 25% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): O Murphy 25% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.05 Dartan (wind surgery), 2.05 Royalty Row'd (wind surgery), 2.35 Talka (tongue strap, wind surgery), Miss Malone To You (tongue strap), 3.05 Lexington Wood (hood), 3.35 Equi Libre (hood), Taranis Dubh (tongue strap), Mr Maximillian (tongue strap, wind surgery), 4.35 Not At That Price (tongue strap), Fighting Falcon (wind surgery), Gasmani (wind surgery), Roe And Co (blinkers), Maximum Benefit (cheek pieces, tongue strap). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 1.05 King Roly(hcp ch), 1.35 Kelijoe(hcp ch), Le Soleil Reve(hcp hdl). 2.05 Crystalate. 3.05 Lexington Wood, 3.35 Taranis Dubh, 4.35 Brookside La(hcp hdl), Fighting Falcon(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: We're Out Of Aces (2.35) Ireland; King Roly (1.05). Royalty Row'd (2.05). Cowboy Casanova (3.05), Tottie's Moon (3.35) 176 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 2.05 Dundee Law from S Crawford in Ireland to D Skelton, Lower De Couely from Patrick Turley in Ireland to O Greenall & J Guerriero, Whiteoak Duffy from D McCain to Simon Edwards. 2.35 Guildhall Graduate from G Cromwell in Ireland to Katy Price, Song Of The Stars from J Ferguson to Harry Derham. 3.05 Northern Olympian from A Wohler in Germany to D Skelton, One More Chrome from B Brookhouse to D Skelton, Spanish Darling from T R George to A Hales. 3.35 Equi Libre from T H Weston to D Skelton, Funny Hunny from S Doyle in Ireland to D Skelton, King's Affinity from C R Barber to Harry Derham. 4.35 Roe And Co from J Snowden to S Lycett
SP FORECAST: 5-2 Twelve Bars, 11-4 Byzantine, 5 Lancaster Tower, 8 Oldbullyoungbull, 10 Palladino, 12 Fenaroli, 14 Work Like Hell, 16 Odell, 20 Others. 2025: Fort Rock 9-4, James Doyle 2-1 Fav (C Appleby), drawn (10), 12 ran.
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WORCESTER
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Right Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Oisin Murphy 23% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): A Balding 16% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 5.00 Caragio (eye shields), 5.30 Lancaster Tower (hood), 7.00 Barbuda Bay (visor), Mojito (blinkers). Black Endeavour (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 7.30 Perfect Location (visor), Up The Agenda (blinkers). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 5.00 Caragio(hcp), 7.00 Barbuda Bay, Royal County Glory(hcp). DRAW: No advantage. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Surgeon Commander (7.00) 222 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 7.00 Senor Campanaro from E Walker to D Killahena & G McPherson.
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THE SCOUT
1.05 Awaythelad 3.05 Lexington Wood
1.35 KELIJOE (nb) 3.35 Sheezer Dancer
2.05 Dundee Law 4.05 PLAY ON COURT (nap)
2.35 Sainte Colombe 4.35 Fighting Falcon
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2.35 FILLIES' JUVENILE MAIDEN HURDLE 3YO 55 446 (A) 2m
1 L AFFECTION (F13) D Pipe 10-12\_\_\_\_D Noonan 72
SP FORECAST: 9-4 Jollie Dame, 5-2 Estate Planning, 4 Calibos, 8 I Heard A Rumour, Thesoldiersminit, 16 Monark Wood, 25 Play On Court, Famous Shoes, Finjimk, Billy Butcher, 200 Delta Legend.
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425 HANDICAP HURDLE | 1 | 43/L12-L | GASMANI (138) David Dennis 7 12-1....J J Burke | 110 | 2 | 554133- | BROOKSIDE LA (186) (D) D Skelton 6 12-0....H Skelton | 107 | 3 | 4LSP4/4- | VICKI VALE (184) (D) Deborah Cole 9 11-13....J Bowen | 110 | 4 | 5P33-IP | ● FIGHTING FALCON (120) (D) S Edmunds 5 11-9...C Hammond | 109 | 5 | 44/263-2 | NOT AT THAT PRICE (158) C Longsdon 6 11-9....G Sheehan | 106 | 6 | 3-18256 | OCTOBER HILL (22) (D) D Pipe 6 11-5..Rian Corcoran(5) | ★113 | 7 | 31/243-P | CONSTANTINIAN (155) O Signy 6 11-5...J A Anderson(3) | 111 | 8 | 3111PP- | ROE AND CO (171) S Lycett 8 11-2....K Woods | — | 9 | 56045L- | MAXIMUM BENEFIT (182) Miss J Davis 5 11-2F Lambert(3) | 99 | 10 | 1445-7L | GETAWAY WITH YOU (15) (D) D Killahena & G McPherson 8 | 10-10 | N Slatter(3)....108 | BLINKERS: No. 8 TONGUE: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 CHEEK: Nos. 4, 6, 9.
SP FORECAST: 6-4 Brookside La, 9-2 Not At That Price, 10 Fighting Falcon, Vicki Vale, Gasmani, Roe And Co, 12 Constantinian, 14 October Hill, 16 Others.
7 (9) 46-6787 ● BLUE SAMUNA (55) (F) James Owen 3 9-6\_R Havlin 64
8 (2) 44-B220 MAKES ME WONDER (20) (D) D M Simcock 4 9-6 | 9 (1) | 5-47356 | CHICO DULCE (25) (D) M Madgwick 6 9-4.... J Dace(5) | 65 | 10 (10) | 077LB | BRAVE NEW WORLD (28) E Walker 3 9-4.... G Downing | 63 | 11 (3) | 67657L | MBAPPE (23) (C&D) M Loughnane 5 9-4.... B Loughnane | 61 | 12 (8) | 443755 | JACKSON STREET (16) M Altwater 5 9-1.... W Carson | 66 | 13 (4) | 440672 | CELTIC JOHN (23) (D) P Phelan 5 8-12.... P Bradley | 66 | ---
CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 5, 8 HOOD: No. 2.
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Snooker McCrew, 6 Violet Goldsmith, Celtic John, 7 Pitney, 10 Chico Dulce, 12 Brave New World, Blue Samuna, 14 Makes Me Wonder, 16 Others. 2025: Double Time 7-9-8, Callum Hutchinson 17-2 (M Hunt & T Vaughan), drawn (5), 12 ran.
D-day looms for deadly Daryz
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BY JASON HEAVEY
A FINAL decision on whether dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Daryz will be retired is expected to be made later this week.
Francis-Henri Graffard's four-year-old showed his brilliant acceleration to become the ninth dual winner of the Longchamp showpiece on Sunday, and the first colt to go back-to-back since Vincent O'Brien's Alleged in 1977 and 1978.
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THE SCOUT
No horse has ever won the Arc
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SEDGEFIELD SKYSPORTSRACING
1.50 Military Cross 3.20 William Yeats
2.20 Flashy Boy 3.50 Clean Getaway
2.50 Lady Kara 4.20 Moyanna
three times, but while the Aga Khan Studs' French racing manager and director Nemone Routh feels Daryz, left, has the ability to complete the feat, it appears more likely he will be taking up stallion duties in 2027. | Newmarket: | Cotswolds: | QUEEN OF SCOTLAND(6.30 Kempton) | MOYANNA(4.20 Sedgefield) | Lambourn: | Midlands: | CASTLEROCK GIRL(1.29 Nottingham) | BROOKSIDE LA(4.35 Worcester) | "I think we're going to try and discuss it on Thursday and we'll probably release something by the end of the day," she said.
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150 MOWDEN PARK RFC MAIDEN HURDLE (GBB RACE)
"It would be great to think he could win a third Arc. But it is difficult because he's so valuable."
1.50 £5,446 (Class 4) 2m 178yds (9 declared)
1 231- ARMS PARK (197) (T) Mrs C Williams 5 11-4.... A Wedge -
2 61-F25 DUNSTALL STAR (98) (T) T R George 5 11-4.... J Hogan 112
3 35-65 POPALOT (132) P Niven 5 11-4.... B Hughes 88
4 SPEECHMAN (F8) P Kirby 6 11-4.... J Williamson -
5 53 IMPERIAL TROOPER (F74) J Candlish 4 11-3.... Ian Power 106
6 3 JOHN GALT (30) (T) F O'Brien 4 11-3.... L Harrison ★113
7 2 MILITARY CROSS (133) S England 4 11-3.... J England 107
8 7-P PALAVAR (151) D Bourke 4 11-3.... C Bewley 66
9 4 MIA SUNSHINE (23) (T) M Bowen 4 10-10.... S Fenelon(5) 107
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TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 6, 7.
IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) N & W Twiston-Davies 67% (6 wins and 2 places from 12 runners), O Murphy 60% (2/4/10), M Herrington 57% (3/1/7), J & T Gosden 52% (10/3/25), B J Llewellyn & Robert Williams 50% (2/4/12), J Snowden 50% (2/2/8), J Tate 50% (3/2/10), R Beckett 50% (10/12/44), W Greatrex 50% (3/3/12).
SP FORECAST: 9-4 John Galt, 3 Military Cross, 4 Arms Park, 5 Mia Sunshine, 13-2 Dunstall Star,
VITAL STATISTICS | 1 | 5L/ | ACE ARTIST (549) (T) H Morrison 5 11-2______T Cannon | — | 2 | 3 | LADY SCARPHIA (21) M Hammond & B Smith 5 11-2______Sean Quinlan | 90 | 3 | 3- | ● MOYANNA (214) (T) T R George 5 11-2______B Hughes ★100 | 4 | 3 | YOULOOKLIKEOURMUM (40) (F) Justin Landy 5 11-2______W Maggs(3) | 95 | 5 | BONNIE BEACON H Daly 4 11-1______D Bass | — | 6 | 2 | CUMNOCK (40) (T) R L Llewellyn 4 11-1______Charlie Price | 96 | 7 | 4-3 | STARLET DU BRIZAIS (152) P Kirby 4 11-1______J Williamson | — | SP FORECAST: 15-8 Moyanna, 5-2 Cumnock, 5 Youlooklikeyourmum, 6 Bonnie Beacon, 8 Lady Scarnbia, 20 Age Artist, 25 Starlet Du Brizais.
2025: Opale De Maine 4-11-1, Gavin Sheehan 2-5 Fav (J Snowden), 5 ran.
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BEST OF NAVAN RACINGTV
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2021-26): Brian Hughes 25% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): O McCain 22% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 2.20 Flashy Boy (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 3.50 Clean Getaway (visor). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.20 Flashy Boy(hcp ch), Present Fair(hcp hdl), 3.20 William Yeats(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Mia Sunshine (1.50) & Whatsgoingonmarvin (3.20) 408 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 3.50 The Poet's Way from T G McCourt in Ireland to M Hammond & B Smith, 4.20 Starlet Du Brizais from Cormac Doyle in Ireland to P Kirby.
3.45 MAIDEN 2Y0 €10.800 |
3.45 | €10,800 | 1m 40yds | (11) | 1 | (1) | 3 | AACHEN (53) A P O'Brien 9-7 | J Cleary(5) | 2 | (2) | BLUE GLORY Aengus King 9-7 | L F Roche | 3 | (8) | CHOCTAW NATION A P O'Brien 9-7 | W M Lordan | 4 | (6) | EAGLE OF TYRONE A Oliver 9-7 | C D Hayes | 5 | (10) | 22 | JESUS GREEN (25) J P O'Brien 9-7 | J M Sheridan | 6 | (4) | 0 | MAGNA CUM LAUDE (53) A P O'Brien 9-7 | D McDonogh | 7 | (5) | PAYTHEBELIEVERS J P Murtagh 9-7 | B M Coen | 8 | (7) | 0 | PROFESSOR FINNEGAN (16) J P Murtagh 9-7 | J A Heffernan | 9 | (3) | 5 | SELOSSE (46) J Harrington 9-7 | S T McCullagh | 10 | (11) | 4 | SOLDAT (20) G M Lyons 9-7 | G F Carroll | 11 | (9) | THE BOOGEYMAN Daniel McLoughlin 9-7 | N M Crosse |
SP FORECAST: 2 Jesus Green, 7-2 Choctaw Nation, 4 Aachen, 6 Selosse, 8 Soldat, 12 Magna | 2025: Sugar Goodson 9-7, Chris Hayes 33-1 (G Elliott), drawn (12), 13 ran.
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4.15 IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF FILLIES HANDICAP €12 300 1m 40vds | 1 | (8) | 562566 | PINK OXALIS (25) (D) Stephen Thorne 5 10-0 | Reese Holohan(5) | 2 | (5) | 3-33712 | EXPERT DANCER (72) A Slattery 3 9-8 | A J Slattery | 3 | (3) | 341741 | SANCTIJUDE (22) (D) W McCreery 3 9-8 | D McDonogh | 4 | (7) | 11P320 | THRIFTY OF DIGBY (25) (D) J Harrington 5 9-6 | S T McCullagh | 5 | (9) | 81 | LADY IN GOLD (229) (D) J P O'Brien 3 9-4 | J M Sheridan | 6 | (6) | 5-74221 | DIVINE LEGEND (16) J P Murtagh 3 9-3 | B M Coen | 7 | (2) | L2L-447 | RED AUTUMN (86) (D) D K Weld 3 9-0 | C D Hayes | 8 | (4) | 5-22949 | BANG BANG (35) N Meade 3 8-7 | Siobhan Rutledge | 9 | (1) | 3L6003 | THRU AND THRU (9) Rory Devine 4 8-7 | Rory Mulligan(5) | ---
BLINKERS: No. 1 VISOR: No. 7 CHEEK PIECES: No. 4.
SP FORECAST: 3 Sanctijude, 4 Lady In Gold, 5 Divine Legend, 11-2 Expert Dancer, 8 Thru And Thru, 10 Thrifty Of Digby, Pink Oxalis, 12 Bang Bang, 14 Red Autumn.
2025: Gloriously Glam 3-9-2, Adam Caffrey 14-1 (A McGuinness), drawn (7), 9 ran.
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Yielding, Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKY (2021-26): Ben Coen 19% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2021-26): A P O'Brien 31% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.45 Violet Dove (hood), Better Yet (hood), 2.15 Tribal Belle (tongue strap), 2.45 Mickian Thomas (cheek pieces), 3.15 The Cosy Corner (cheek pieces), Coincidental Glory (visor), Cash On Black (cheek pieces), 4.48 Captain Ciano (tongue strap), 5.18 Morning Approach (cheek pieces), Chloe's Boy (blinkers). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.45 Santo Parvenue(hcp), 3.15 Four Blondes(hcp), Hooves Your Daddy(hcp), Rosato(hcp), The Love Machine(hcp), 4.48 Nephin Mountain(hcp), Reponse Finale(hcp), 5.18 Prom Queen(hcp), Searcog(hcp). DRAW: Low numbers Best. LONGEST TRAVELLER: My Cubby Bear (2.15), Carrigans Grove (3.15), Nottooshabby (5.18) Ireland; God Knows (4.48) & Roderick (5.18) 119 miles. STABLE SWITCH: No Qualifiers.
BACK IN MY HAPPY PLACE
Djokovic bags 102nd career title with victory in Beijing
BY ELEANOR CROOKS
NOVAK DJOKOVIC says he had to conquer a "challenging year" as he claimed his first title for nearly 12 months.
The 39-year-old profited from the retirement of final opponent Alex De Minaur after only one game of the second set to win a seventh China Open title and maintain his record of never having lost at the tournament.
The 7-6 0-1 victory means Djokovic has won at least one title in each of the past 21 years, while he now has 102 tour level trophies overall.
The Serbian lost in the opening round of the US Open amid ongoing physical struggles, but his triumph in Beijing has shown once again that writing him off would be premature.
Djokovic, who also defeated top seed Alexander Zverev during his run, said: "It's been 11 years since I played here last. I always have high expectations for myself and always want to visualise myself with the trophy, but particularly here in Beijing, the place where I've never lost.
"I was also quite aware that reality's a little bit different these days. This year has been quite challenging for me, lots of ups
and downs and physical and health issues, so I was just trying to find a good feeling on the court.
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'When I'm feeling well and striking the ball well I can still compete at the highest level'
"I know that when I'm feeling
well and striking the ball well I can still compete at the highest level. This week has been evidence for that. I'm very proud.
"This trophy means much more than one trophy, one tournament." Both men reached the final without having to finish their matches on Monday – Djokovic thanks to the much-publicised disqualification of Daniil Medvedev, while Hubert Hurkacz pulled the plug against De Minaur because of injury.
Djokovic edged a very tight first set on a tie-break, before the two men each took a medical time-out, but it came as a big surprise when De Minaur abruptly shook hands after winning the opening game of the second set.
The Australian, who returned to court with strapping on his left thigh, said: "I want to say sorry to all the amazing fans that came to watch this match. I didn't want to finish like this." Earlier, Carlos Alcaraz defeated
Jiri Lehecka in the final of the Japan Open to win his first individual title since February.
Playing just his third tournament since returning from four-and-a-half months out with a wrist injury, Alcaraz recovered from a shaky start to defeat Czech Lehecka 7-6 6-4.
It is a second title in a row in Tokyo for Alcaraz, who showed patchy form but finished with a strong performance.
The Spaniard said: "I'm really happy to be able to lift a trophy again. It's been a while and it's extra special after my injury.
"It was a tough week that I didn't find my best tennis, my best level, but I did find the good solutions and I think that's what matters.
"I would say today was the best match of the week, or at least more consistent the level that I played, so I'm really happy."
WORLD OF SPORT
Mile hero Kerr in the running for world title
ATHLETICS
BY RICHARD LEWIS
JOSH KERR has been shortlisted for World Athlete of the Year - after an amazing few months which saw him smash the mile world record.
The British star stunned the 60,000 crowd at the London Grand Prix in July when he broke the 27-year-old record by half a second.
At the time he said: "If I'm to leave my mark on this sport as a British legend, with the legends behind me and following in their footsteps, I have to put in those performances."
Kerr, 28, began 2026 by winning the World
Indoor 3,000m prize in
March, then
March, then triumphed over the mile at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, before ending the season with
glory in the 1500m at the World Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
The awards ceremony will be held in Monaco on November 29.
BY SCOTT HUNT
GEORGE RUSSELL'S
dwindling championship
hopes have been dealt a
further blow as he is set
to start Sunday's
Singapore Grand Prix
from the back of the grid.
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FORMULA ONE
Russell's power unit failure in the closing stages of last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia left him 84 points adrift of team-mate Kimi Antonelli with just seven rounds remaining.
The Mercedes racer conceded that hopes of a maiden title are now "exceptionally unlikely".
It is understood that the 28-year-old Brit will need to take a new power unit this weekend - with the penalty likely to leave him starting from the rear of the pack around the streets of Singapore.
Antonelli, 20, won the Italian Grand Prix last month having taken a similar forfeit and Russell will need something similarly impressive.
1. For which Gallagher Prem club did Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke sign for ahead of this season?
2. Who took 6-80 for Surrey in August's County Championship draw with Essex in Chelmsford?
3. Which British pair won 2026 World Modern Pentathlon Championships men's relay gold?
4. At which ground did Rotherham United play from 1907 to 2008?
5. Which American city has an NFL team known as the Dolphins?
6. Which African country's athletes won the men's 800m, 1500m and 5000m at the 1988 Olympics?
7. Which sport's World Cup was first competed for in Gothenburg in 1960 when it was won by Sweden?
8. Who became the first Englishman to win the WPA World Nine-ball Pool Championship in 2007?
9. In what non-Olympic sport are Robert Fulford and Reg Bamford notable players?
10. Which duo earned nine 6.0 scores for artistic impression at the 1984 Winter Olympics?
ANSWER: 1 Hararquins 2 Rahul Chach 3 Ross Charlton and Sebastian Forest 4 Millimoor 5 Maimi 6 Kenya 7 Speedway 8 Dayr. Reach 9 Couquel, 10 Jayne Torwill and Christopher Dean.
RUGBY UNION
GOLD RUSH Henry Pollock
Pollock is California dreaming
BY ADAM HATHAWAY
HENRY POLLOCK has confirmed he wants to follow in Antoine Dupont's footsteps by going for gold in the Olympic Sevens.
The England back-row is aiming to emulate French legend Dupont, 29, who switched to the short-form game and topped the podium in Paris in 2024.
Dupont became even more of a national hero in France by grabbing gold two years ago - and Pollock wants in on the act.
Northampton star
Pollock said: "Seeing what
Antoine Dupont did in the
last Olympics, it's definitely
given me some sort of
motivation to play.
"I just need to take it step by step and hopefully it all fits in place and it naturally happens. But definitely it's something I'm aspiring to do."
England trio Tommy Freeman, Noah Caluori and Marcus Smith are other 15-a-side players earmarked as sevens possibles.
But GB Sevens are in a mess and there is no guarantee they will make Los Angeles in 2028 - they have to go through a qualification to make the States after being relegated from the top tier of the World SVNS series.
And 21-year-old Pollock also has next year's World Cup in Australia to worry about first.
Pollock, who has just extended his contract at Saints, added: "I don't know yet how it will work. But it's definitely something I want to do in my career.
"We've got the World Cup next year, so that's going to be big.
"After that, see how it goes, see how my career goes and just keep enjoying my rugby. That's the main thing for me, I love playing this game, I love playing this sport."
☐BATH have confirmed flanker Sam Underhill is sidelined until December and will miss England's Nations Championship Tests in November.
The 30-year-old ruptured his bicep in Bath's opening day 33-17 win at Harlequins.
BY DARREN WELLS
LUKE DONALD warned Team Europe there can be "zero complacency" as opposing Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk ordered the Americans to end 34 years of hurt on away soil.
Despite frequently having the majority of the world's highest-ranked players, the Americans have been dominated on this side of the Atlantic, losing seven in a row since their 1993 win at The Belfry.
But Donald, who is seeking to be the first captain to win three in a row, insisted he will be taking nothing for granted at Adare Manor next year.
"I have zero complacency about how strong the United States are going to be," Donald said. "They always are. On paper, they tend to be stronger than us through the world rankings.
"We have a great record at home but again, zero complacency. I've seen what Jim [Furyk] has been doing behind the scenes, changing the stats, changing the qualification system. He is very, very motivated to come here and put up a good fight.
"I'm just as motivated to keep finding those edges for my team as well, but you know and I know that the US will be very strong."
Donald hosted a get-together at Adare Manor last month, with potential debutants Alex Fitzpatrick, Eugenio Chacarra, Kristoffer Reitan and Angel Ayora in attendance.
And having made just one change to his team between the wins in Rome and at Bethpage, he expects a different approach on home soil in Ireland next
September. "I think decisions for this one will change," he said. "We'll get a good idea of what this course demands and whether some of those players that are on the fringe of playing well will have those abilities that might suit Adare Manor."
Furyk oversaw one of USA's defeats on the continent, in 2018 in Paris, and said he would draw from that experience and others in team events – he has also been captain and vice-captain in the past two editions of the Presidents Cup – to make changes within their set-up.
"I'm going to ask this team to do more than any other United States team has in the past," said Furyk.
"I changed a few things immediately upon taking the captaincy. You're always coming up with new, creative ways to create that team atmosphere and that bond, but we've got a lot to work on.
"It's us against the world at this point, or us against Europe. There's going to be 50,000 people, making a lot of noise. The Ryder Cup is such a great atmosphere, such a great arena, but we know what we're up against.
"We also know that it's been 34 years since we won in Europe. There's no secret.
"America always seem to be the favourites. This year there's no chance that could happen.
"We're the underdogs. We understand that. We've got a lot of work ahead of us and I'm excited about that process. But it's going to be difficult.
"I need 12 guys that love that atmosphere, love walking into that type of arena. It takes a certain type of mentality. Those are the guys I'll be looking for."
Donald eyes shake-up in
bid to match Furyk's fire
as Europe aim to stretch
home run in their Manor
Drink and drugs made me biggest wasted talent of Prem era 'GOODISON GAZZA' TELLS ALL IN NEW BOOK
'I only enjoyed it when I was younger. When you get in the first team, there's a lot of pressure'
BY CHRIS BEESLEY
BY CHRIS BEESLEY
BILLY KENNY is arguably football's biggest wasted talent of the Premier League era.
But while the Evertonian's desperate descent into a world of drink and drugs reads like a modern Dante's Inferno, he has decided to tell his story.
A decade before Wayne Rooney came along at Goodison Park, Kenny made his debut in the Premier League's first season and midway through it came the moment that should have heralded a great career.
The teenager was named man-of-the-match as the Blues beat Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, and having been handed a new contract, he seemingly had the world at his feet. Then came the vices, a tale of personal abuse that saw him sacked by Everton in 1994 after a mere 23 games.
Comeback attempts at Oldham and Barrow proved short-lived and he was out of the game by his early 20s. With his addiction issues and turmoil in his personal life, Kenny had spells inside prison.
Citing the death of his beloved mother Bella as the watershed moment which prompted him to turn his life around and achieve sobriety again, Kenny, now 53, is opening up with his book, The Goodison Gazza, after the nicknamed bestowed on Kenny by team-mate Peter Beardsley.
It was meant as a positive because of the youngster's similarities to England's Italia '90 hero but both have suffered badly with off-field demons.
But before that, he had caught the eye of Kenny Dalglish and Alex Ferguson, who had designs on him for Liverpool and Manchester United respectively.
Kenny said: "I'd be playing and my dad would be with a different scout every Saturday.
"I loved it at United and Liverpool because they treated me and my family so well – Kenny Dalglish was great with me and Alex Ferguson. [But] I was nuts about Everton." A testament to Kenny's potential is that he would regularly hold his own against a player destined to become a United legend.
He said: "I had some cracking games against Ryan Giggs. Salford and Liverpool [schoolboys], we'd always face each other.
"I only enjoyed it when I was younger. When you get in the first team, there's a lot of pressure on your football. I can only imagine what it's like in today's game."
● The Goodison Gazza by Billy Kenny (published by Reach Sport, £16.99) is on sale tomorrow. Save 25 percent at reachsportshop.com
MERSEY MISSION
Kenny today and (below, centre) on his Everton debut
COCAINE LED TO SHAME AND PARANOIA
HOURS earlier, Billy Kenny had been with Everton manager Howard Kendall, signing his first proper-money contract.
Drinks with pals followed and before he knew it, he had made his first foray into the world of cocaine, at a friend's house, as he takes up the story in 'The Goodison Gazza'...
Sitting there off my barnet, still wearing the suit I'd put on after signing the new contract, my coked-up confidence took a massive jolt as the lad's wife walked in.
It must have been seven in the morning. She glared at him, glanced at the table. At the rolled-up notes. The racked-up lines. The saucers in our eyes.
The highs of the last 12 hours - on and off the pitch - evaporated. I felt a crushing sense of shame. The lad ordered me a taxi. The taxi offered no respite.
"All right lad, did you go the game?"
"Naaa... never went, mate."
The paranoia kicks in. He's on to me. He hears only one-word answers. I shrink deeper into the corner of the cab.
"That young Kenny, he done well, didn't he?" Silence. I never found out whether he did recognise me. He didn't say.
One thing became absolutely certain, though. I didn't recognise myself one little bit.
My daa answered the door and I scooted past, mumbling a pack of lies. He just told me to get some kip.
I lay there, tossing and turning. I had no idea quite what cocaine had in store for me.
DEBUT Jacquet and Zidane
Jacquet a worry for Reds
BY IAN DOYLE
LIVERPOOL are facing a full-blown injury crisis ahead of Sunday's crunch clash with Manchester City after Jeremy Jacquet became their latest casualty.
The £60m centre-back has returned to Merseyside for scans on a hamstring injury, with boss Andoni Iraola already sweating on the fitness of Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo.
Jacquet missed France's 4-1 Nations League win over Belgium on Monday after suffering a left hamstring strain.
The 21-year-old had started France's previous two games after earning his first senior call-up from new boss Zinedine Zidane.
However, his return to the Reds for further assessment leaves Iraola now anxiously awaiting news on three key players ahead of one of the biggest games of the season.
Jacquet has been in excellent form since his summer move from Rennes.
It's Lav-ely to be back
BY RORY DOLLARD
CHELSEA'S Romeo Lavia believes he is experiencing a "rebirth" after working to put his injury frustrations behind him.
The midfielder, 22, has endured plenty of time on the sidelines since arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2023, but is finally putting those setbacks behind him.
Lavia has featured in five games under new manager Xabi Alonso this term and will report for Blues duty on the back of four straight appearances for Belgium.
He started both games against France, playing 85 and 87 minutes, and came off the bench against Italy and Turkey.
Speaking after Monday's 4-1 defeat by Les Bleus, Lavia said: "It's been a very long time since I've felt this good physically and mentally. I'm delighted. There's a lot of hard work behind it. It's a rebirth."
SON SHINES IN RECORD GOAL TALLY
BY RYAN TAYLOR
TOTTENHAM legend Son Heung-min fought back the tears after becoming South Korea's all-time record goalscorer yesterday.
The 34-year-old's crowning moment came just six minutes into Korea's 2-0 friendly win over Uzbekistan after his low free-kick squirmed into the net.
The winger (above) bagged his 59th goal in 151 outings, and he's also South Korea's most-capped player.
Son, now at Los Angeles FC, said: "I feel a bit overwhelmed with emotion.
"Since I was young, I never took this position for granted, and I still don't."
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BIELIK BANNED FOR POMPEY FAN CLASH
KRYSTIAN BIELIK has been banned for two matches and fined £10,000 following an altercation with a Portsmouth fan during Cardiff's 2-0 defeat at Fratton Park last month.
Bluebirds defender Bielik
Bluebirds defender, Bill (right) was alleged to have grappled with a teenage boy as he went to retrieve the ball from the crowd. Hampshire Police launched an
investigation but took no further action.
The FA said: "It was alleged that the player acted in an improper manner around the 71st minute of the fixture.
"Krystian Bielik subsequently admitted the charge."
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RON CLAIMS BOSS JESUS BROKE WORD
BY DARREN WELLS
CRISTIANO RONALDO says boss Jorge Jesus 'broke his word' over the Nations League snub which led to his exit from Portugal's training camp.
Ronaldo was an unused sub against Norway and said Jesus promised he would play for 30 minutes.
In a statement, Ronaldo (above) added: "I warmed up from half-time and was not called. The coach had broken his word to me."
Ronaldo apologised for not going over to greet the Portugal fans after the match and accepted he should be punished for leaving the camp.
NEW UNITED JOB TO STAMP OUT TOUTS
BY DANIEL ORME
MANCHESTER UNITED are hiring a specialist as part of their bid to stop ticket touts at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils are clamping down on people hoovering up tickets.
and selling them at inflated prices, and have advertised the role of a Supporter Escalations Executive, who will be tasked with leading a
number of investigations when it comes to ticket distribution.
Based at Old Trafford, the new executive will act as a "primary point of contact for supporters" whenever instances of touting are reported.
GYOK IN A SWEDE RUN OF FORM
Viktor ready to fire for
Gunners after four in
four for his country
NATIONS' GOAL HERO
Gyokeres scored against Romania (left & below right), Bosnia & Poland (below left)
BY RYAN TAYLOR
BY RYAN TAYLOR
THERE is something about international breaks that seems to ignite the fire within the belly of Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres.
In March, the 28-year-old carried the weight of a hopeful nation on his shoulders during Sweden's World Cup play-offs.
He stepped up to the plate admirably and struck four goals, including a hat-trick to beat Ukraine, to fire Graham Potter's men to North America.
It's precisely why Mikel Arteta indicated before the shock 3-0 defeat to Brighton that a change of environment might just do out-
of-favour Gyokeres the world of good.
The Spaniard stated: "He scored a few goals [last time]. That's what a striker needs, they need minutes and goals."
minutes and goals to boost their energy."
While it's been a disastrous break for the Premier League champions in some respects - Kai Havertz (inset, top) and Christos Tzolis (inset, bottom) both picked up - hamstring, issue hamstring issues with Germany and Greece, respectively - Gyokeres returns to the capital in blistering form.
He scored in all four of Sweden's matches, catapulting them to the top of Nations League Group B4 and in doing so, he also became the first player in the competition to net in seven consecutive games.
With three of his four last four goals coming from inside the six-yard box, Arsenal – who already look just a few injuries away from being incredibly light on the ground in attack – will be hoping he can reproduce those predatory instincts over the coming weeks with games coming thick and fast.
Gyokeres continues to divide opinion among fans and critics and while his long-term future with the Gunners feels somewhat inconclusive amid interest in Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez and Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi, he was a signing for the here and now.
With a tough test against Leeds United, an opponent he bagged three goals against last season, on the horizon this Saturday lunchtime, there is no time like the present for the bullish centre-forward finally to make his mark on the Gunners' season.
He may not boast the tactical intelligence and link-play that Havertz has within his repertoire but Gyokeres, who has yet to start in the top-flight this term, certainly knows how to occupy defenders.
Speaking after Sweden's 1-0 triumph over Romania in Bucharest, former Arsenal midfielder Kim Kallstrom paid tribute to his compatriot during a TV broadcast, explaining: "Viktor has an incredibly physical playing style and physical attributes that
probably
very difficult for defenders to work against. It's always a physical battle up there, because his playing style is based a lot on that. So he's going to get beat up quite a bit, unfortunately."
Gyokeres sported blood-stained socks after the 3-1 victory over Poland and later claimed he slept on an ice pack instead of a pillow after sustaining an elbow to the head against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now he's ready to give his all for Arsenal at a time when Arteta arguably needs him more than ever.
A balancing act for doubting Thomas to fully back now
BY ANDY DUNN
IF you wanted a reminder of the folly of reading too much into Nations League football, it came when Harry Kane sent over a routine cross to no one in particular during the first half of a relatively enjoyable game against the Czech Republic.
Perhaps as a gesture of respect for the England captain's record-equalling cap, Vladimir Coufal smashed it past his own goalkeeper with absurd gusto.
It was bizarre. For the most part, these Nations League games are competitive but they can also be knockabout.
There was an element of knockabout in this latest England victory but Thomas Tuchel (right) will still consider the four-game series – two victories over the Czech
Republic sandwiching a hammering of Croatia after the opening defeat to Spain – to be reasonably instructive.
Of course, he did not need three wins on the spin against under-performing opposition to tell him that Jude Bellingham is frighteningly good, a supreme footballer and athlete.
He did not need a hat-trick of bloodless successes to tell him that Kane remains untouchable and peerless in front of goal.
He probably did not need the win treble to tell him Elliot Anderson is the best option in that midfield position, even when he has a club crisis on his mind.
But he might have needed one or two of these past four games to convince himself that Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lewis Hall (above, right) could be the full-back future of this England team.
Look, you still have to wonder about Tuchel's faith in Alexander-Arnold. Jarell Qaunsah was preferred to the Real Madrid player for the games against Spain and
Croatia. And in both contests against the Czechs, Alexander-Arnold had precious little in the way of defensive obligations to fulfil.
But it was not his fault that all he could do was showcase his ball-striking, his attacking adventure and his eye for a show-stopping pass.
That is what he did to an extent that should have eased Tuchel's doubts.
And with Hall at left-back, England had a natural balance.
Tuchel did not take either Hall or Alexander-Arnold to the World Cup. Even without hindsight, that was an odd decision.
There is surely little chance of the pair being frozen out again.
Hall was making his third England start in succession and was pretty much immaculate. He is such a tidy player. His assist for Kane's second goal of the night was fairly standard – a routine corner-kick that should have been dealt with before it reached the skipper's head.
But having Hall delivering with his left and Alexander-Arnold with his right is a nice blend for Tuchel to have.
Again, this was a match – and these are matches – that come with a caveat when it comes to making meaningful judgements.
And considering neither featured in the loss to Spain, it would be interesting to see the two line up for England in Madrid next month.
But in this unusual international break, they have done their causes no harm at all. Maybe Tuchel will finally trust them.
Group 1: Cyprus 2 San Marino 0, Kosovo 4 Finland 4, Spain 7 Romania 1. Group 2: Azerbaijan 3 Gibraltar 0, Bulgaria 0 Scotland 2, Portugal 2 Czech Rep 0. Group 3: Faroe Islands 0 Iceland 2, France 7 Switzerland 1, Luxembourg 3 Estonia 0. Group 6: Germany 2 Georgia 0, Latvia 2 Malta 0, N Ireland 0 Greece 1. Group 7: Netherlands 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0, Norway 1 Israel 1. Group 8: Lithuania 0 Croatia 1, Turkey 0 Hungary 0. Group 9: Denmark 0 Belgium 0, Wales 1 Austria 7.
JERSEY MIKE'S EFL TROPHY
NORTHERN—Group A: Accrington Stanley 1 Salford City 1 (Accrington Stanley win 5-4 on penalties), Sheff Wed 2 Sunderland U21 0. Group B: Blackpool 2 Crewe 2 (Blackpool win 4-2 on penalties). Group C: Rotherham 0 Bradford 4. Group D: Port Vale 2 Mansfield 0. Group E: Shrewsbury 0 Stockport County 2. Group F: Grimsby 0 Burton Albion 0 (Burton Albion win 4-2 on penalties). Group G: Fleetwood Town 4 Barnsley 1. Group H: Doncaster 1 Liverpool U21 0, Huddersfield 5 Rochdale 0. SOUTHERN—Group A: Exeter 2 Oxford Utd 2 (Exeter win 4-3 on penalties). Group B: Stevenage 2 Leicester 1. Group C: Wycombe 4 Bristol Rovers 1. Group D: Peterborough 4 Ipswich U21 1. Group E: Newport County 2 Plymouth 2 (Plymouth win 5-4 on penalties). Group F: AFC Wimbledon 0 Barnet 0 (Barnet win 8-7 on penalties). Group G: Cambridge Utd 2 Northampton 1. Group H: Crawley Town 4 Bromley 0, Milton Keynes Dons 7 Brentford U21 1.
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CRICKET
FIRST TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL—India v West Indies (Lucknow): West Indies 171 (19.1 overs; N Dhir 3-31); India 172-2 (14.4 overs; S S Iyer 102no). India win by 8 wickets.
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TENNIS
ATP CHINA OPEN (Beijing)—Final: N Djokovic (Ser) bt A De Minaur (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 0-1 ret.
ATP JAPAN OPEN (Tokyo)—Final: C Alcaraz (Spa) bt J Lehecka (Cze) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.
IT'S ALL DAN Sturm scores the winning goal at Hampden
SCOTS IN EYE OF THE STURM
SCOTLAND 1
Christie 31
SLOVENIA 2
Matko 56, Sturm 71
SCOTLAND will have it all to do when the Nations League resumes after a disappointing night at Hampden Park.
Ryan Christie had put them ahead in the first half but Danijel Sturm scored a second-half winner for Slovenia which puts them second in the group.
It was an emotional start to the evening as Scotland captain Andy Robertson was honoured for reaching the milestone of his 100th cap in the win against North Macedonia on Saturday.
Along with Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli (inset), previous bosses Steve Clarke, Alex McLeish and Gordon Strachan presented him with a framed 'Andy Robertson' shirt with the number 100 on it.
Scotland were looking to build on their 2-0 triumph at the weekend - and the home side broke the deadlock just past the half hour mark. Ben Gannon-Doak broke down the right, crossing to the far post where Jack Hendry saw his header bounce off the left-hand post.
Oli McBurnie tried to head it in but it rebounded off of Ryan Christie who flicked the ball into the net.
But Slovenia were level eleven minutes into the second half with the most straightforward of goals as Aljosa Matko was sent clear and from the edge of the penalty box, he fired the ball past keeper
Angus Gunn.
It looked as
though the night
might have
become worse for
Scotland as Matko
seized on a header to beat Gunn again but he was ruled offside.
Yet it was a warning Scotland did not head because in the 71st minute, Slovenia went ahead, with Matko involved once again.
He broke away down the right and into the box, crossing low for Sturm to drive the ball home.
Second-place in League B Group 1 was up for grabs for Scotland if they won but it was more frustration for Pocognoli who is still seeking his first home win.
First Euro loss for Lee's Lions
Rep Ireland U21 3 England U21 1 TOMMY LONERGAN'S double helped Republic of Ireland's Under-21s sink England in Cork.
Lee Carsley's U21 side had already qualified for next year's European Championship as Group D winners - but Ireland were competing for a play-off place, which they secured at Turner's Cross.
It was the Young Lions' only defeat of their campaign but they took the lead in the eighth minute when Divin Mubama's deflected shot fell to Tyler Dibling (above) to fire in.
The Irish levelled when Sydie Peck was caught in possession and Rory Finneran found Lonergan, who picked his spot.
Ireland went ahead when Conor McManus tucked the ball home before the break, and Lonergan added his second on 63 minutes.
The hosts clinched second place at the expense of Slovakia.
CZECH MATE KING KANE It had to be Harry as he celebrates record-equalling game by leading England to another victory
ENGLAND
Coufal 27 og, Kane 40, 57
CZECH REP
BY JOHN CROSS
HARRY KANE has clearly started writing his own scripts, as he produced another glorious chapter at Wembley.
This night was always going to belong to Kane, as he equalled Peter Shilton's record of 125 caps – and yet he still managed to do it in his own unforgettable style. Kane scored two goals – taking him to 91, which is an astonishing ratio of goals at the highest level – and even played a part in the own goal which opened the scoring.
England's Captain Marvel was sensational on his big night to almost guarantee Thomas Tuchel's side a place in the Nations League knock-out phase.
These days Kane often has to put up with second billing behind Jude Bellingham in the popularity stakes with England supporters.
The Wembley crowd gave the Real Madrid star's name a huge cheer when it was read out before kick-off – but this time Kane got an even louder reception from the fans. They had come to pay homage to an England great who loves pulling on the shirt, representing his country and takes such pride in being captain.
Incredibly, it was 4,211 days – March 27, 2015 – since Kane made his debut against Lithuania. Of course, he scored that night – just 79 seconds after coming on as a sub – and has been doing so ever since.
This night was always going to belong to Kane because, quite understandably, he made it all about himself.
That has been the story of his England career. Kane is 33 but as hungry as ever and he just leads by example.
When the team needs a lift, he provides it.
Kane is England's greatest goalscorer and he was determined to enjoy his big night, which also as good as clinched qualification for the Nations League knock-out stages next March.
The top two qualify and the groups are decided on points, then head-to-head - and it would be hard to see Croatia bettering England's 7-0 score line in Rijeka last weekend.
It was also going to be impossible to emulate that
result and the early stages against the Czechs felt a bit after the Lord Mayor's show.
Tuchel (left) made four changes - Trent Alexander-Arnold, Myles Lewis-Skelly,
Morgan Rogers and Eberechi Eze – to the starting line-up and it felt a bit disjointed.
Alexander-Arnold went close with a free-kick and
Rogers tried to tee-up Kane when he should have gone for goal himself.
But that is when Kane came into his own, changing the game on 27 minutes.
Kane put over a cross from the right and, inexplicably, Czech captain Vladimir Coufal slid in and smashed the ball into his own net.
What a bizarre goal. It was a striker's finish from close range rather than a defender's clearance. Surely Kane deserved an assist.
But we should have known Kane would mark his big night with a goal. Of course he did.
MAN OF THE MOMENT
Kane calmly slots home his opener before heading in a second (inset)
Rogers – who really grew into the game – did well down the right, sent over a low cross and there was Kane galloping in to steer home.
That took him to 90 goals for the Three Lions. And his 91st came soon enough.
Lewis Hall sent over a deep corner and there was the Bayern Munich striker lurking at the back post to head home.
What a way to finish his night.
After two goals, and playing a part in the other, Kane's record-equalling night will live long in the memory for another milestone and an unforgettable performance. No wonder he went off to a standing ovation when he was eventually substituted, with his job well and truly done.
England (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Guehi (Branthwaite 63), Hall (Gibbs-White 72), Anderson (Garner 63), Lewis-Skelly, Rogers, Bellingham (Ngumoha 73), Eze, Kane (Calvert-Lewin 82).
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Kane equals Shilton's record and adds to Lions goals haul
BY ANDY DUNN
HARRY KANE marked his record-equalling England appearance with another two goals to finish his international break in style.
Kane's 125th game for his country means that he is now level with goalkeeper Peter Shilton on the all-time caps list, and he celebrated the occasion by scoring his 90th and 91st goals in a Three Lions jersey.
His double means that Kane has now scored six
goals in his last four England matches as Thomas Tuchel's side cruised to a third Nations League victory in just over a week.
Kane said: "It was a perfect night for me, and for the team. An extremely proud evening.
"You saw some fantastic football out there, the way we're moving the ball, one-touch football, as a striker you're just licking your lips and waiting for the right opportunities."
TOTAL LEGEND
Kane celebrates his first goal and (below) his 125th cap is acknowledged on big screen
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QUICK CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Found out (11)
9 Large (3)
10 Get rid of (9)
11 Coil (5)
13 Sea lavender (7)
14 Disordered (6)
16 Mend (6)
18 Flood (7)
19 Bulge (5)
20 Bow (9)
21 Wit (3)
22 Food (11)
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2 Droop (3)
3 Upright (5)
4 Craving (6)
5 Copy (7)
6 Root out (9)
7 Obstacle (11)
8 Weather science (11)
12 Meddle (9)
15 Sideboard (7)
17 Endures (6)
19 Vapour (5)
21 Pale (3)
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SMALL CROSSWORD
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1 Soon (9)
2 Building extension (6)
3 Top layer of earth (4)
4 I'm sincere (anag.) (9)
5 The Princess Royal (4)
6 City in Florida (5)
7 Innocent (9)
1 Highly-seasoned smoked beef (8)
8 Cheerful and friendly (6)
9\_Blyton, writer (4)
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11 Type of photograph (6)
13 Costly (9)
15 Firearm (6)
17 Father\_, sitcom (3)
18 Step (4)
19 Words to a song (6)
20 Advantages (8)
12 Long-legged shore bird (6)
14 Military chaplain (5)
15 Agony (4)
16 Vehicle for hire (4)
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KAKURO
Fill each sequence of blank squares using the numbers 1-9. Each sequence - across and down - must total the number in the shaded box at the beginning or top of each line. A number may be repeated in each line but NOT in a sequence.
Solution tomorrow
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QUIZWORD
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ACROSS
1 'The ---', 1944 novel by Joyce Cary (6,5)
9 John, author of the thriller novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2,5)
10 1866 poetic drama by Henrik Ibsen (5)
11 Synthetic textile fibre made from wood pulp or other forms of cellulose (5)
12 Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity (7)
13 Janet, 2012 Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for Albert Nobbs (6)
15 City in Hungary near the Austrian border which was the site of the coronation of King Ferdinand III (6)
18 A --- biscuit is a small macaroon flavoured with almonds (7)
20 Edible marine gastropod mollusc also called a sea-ear (5)
22 Person skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu (5)
23 Jules, French acrobat after whom a tight-fitting garment is named (7)
24 Calm area of the North Atlantic between the Azores and the Caribbean Sea (8,3)
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2 Baroness Emmuska, author of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (5)
3 Curtis, 1989 US Open golf champion (7)
4 & 17 1937 King Vidor film which starred Barbara Stanwyck in the title role (6,6)
5 Rifat, Turkish-born fashion designer who was British Designer of the Year in 1992 (5)
6 Brian, 1980 Australian Open men's singles tennis champion (7)
7 Blue pigment obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli (11)
8 2025 Best Actor Oscar winner for The Brutalist (6,5)
14 Queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (7)
16 Full-bodied golden-coloured sweet sherry (7)
17 See 4
19 Fannie, author of the novel Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe (5)
Arrow-words are like crosswords, but the clues are printed inside squares on the grid. Write your answers in the blank squares in the direction indicated by the arrows.
Solution tomorrow
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Find all the terms listed below in the grid.
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BECKY FALLS ● BICTON PARK
BUCKFAST ABBEY ● CASTLE DROGO
DARTMOOR ● EXMOOR ● FUR TOR
GREENWAY ● HANGMAN CLIFFS ● HOE PARK
JURASSIC COAST ● LADRAM BAY ● LUNDY
SALTRAM ● SLAPTON SANDS
TARKA TRAIL ● THE BOX ● VERITY | Arm or legSwimming costume | Grain store | Car safety device | International Monetary Fund (abbr.) | Thick oilElderly | Divulge |
| Inspector_TV series | Soak up | Weep noisily | Gun fired from the shoulder | Fabric type | Jodie , pictured | Grohl, pictured | Trade ban | Adult males | Within an _of, very close to | Perform | _dog or_ lionCot | Prison room | Picture within another | Chop Chinese-style dish | Yellowish-brown | Spoil | Spanish sparkling wine | Doctor, informallyBird's beak | Employ-ment | Axe-like tool | Uncondit-ional | Frozen inPossess | Austrian capital | Someone much admired | Gymnastic featsBird's home | By way of | Make a mistake | _surgeon, Job title | Lifting device | Night beforeApart from | Hair colourant | Feeler | Reverend (abbr.) | Japanese monetary unit | Opening to insert coins | Prophet | In The Stream, 1980s song | Brave | Code for X (1-3) | Cause for complaint | Cardinal number |
| Spoken not written | Penn, US actor | LevelMain artery | Jump across | Maori war chant | Tarn (anag.) | Examine carefully | US actress, MacGraw | Different | April (abbr.) | Gardner, classic Hollywood actress | Unfortu-nately | Loud noise | Voucher | towel, kitchen item | Social insect | # YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS
1 Diplomatic deed after the first flu treatment (7)
5 Scared, drunk, having one cocktail (7)
9 Mary ordered edition given to soldiers (4-5)
10 Magic formula takes some time (5)
11 Steward finds dog by a hill (7)
12 Poet, explosive, twists the old form (7)
13 Calculator gets graduate in a thematic muddle (13)
18 Good-looking, leaving, with hesitation, a generous bargain (8,5)
20 Adjusted price has bearings on formulae (7)
23 Northerner is in haulage or diesel (7)
25 Attractive girl has right to be amusing (5)
26 Can English get angry about travel? (9)
27 Aromatic setting has time to develop, initially (7)
28 Always set out to reach the highest point (7)
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1 Canter off in a daze (6)
2 Shooter arrived to knock article (9)
3 Deception is barely detectable in report (5)
4 Earls managed to smile in the light (5,4)
5 Details on small glasses (5)
6 I feel bids are affected by scepticism (9)
7 Caught spool in a basket (5)
8 Gathering it involves driving modified cars (8)
14 Examine scheme that includes this third brave flier (4,5)
15 An extensive team is together (9)
16 Preserve island, getting river to shine (9)
17 Game succeeded after travesty (8)
19 Hate getting notes on trial (6)
21 About to cherish some garlic (5)
22 Noticed I raced round (5)
24 Award points for being overweight (5)
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● The Target uses words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (1999 edition)
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HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here?
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BATTLESHIPS
In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. No plurals. Verb forms ending in S permitted.
THE ALPHABEATER
CAN you crack the Alphabeater? Each grid number represents a letter - or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! Use the given letters and black squares below the grid to start. The grid is 'rotationally symmetrical' - in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down.
Solution tomorrow
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Call 0907 181 2585 for today's Target solution
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TODAY'S TARGET
Good 23; very good 34; excellent 45 (or more). Solution tomorrow
FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.
Solution tomorrow
TARGET TIME: 30 minutes
Extra letter clues 0907 181 2560 (Deduct three minutes for each extra clue letter heard) Full solution 0907 181 2558 \*Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company's network access charge.
● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile, text DXBEAT to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus standard network rate.
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KEIJO
Place the tiles into the grid so that four different numbers and four different shapes appear in each row and column.
Solution tomorrow
THE ALPHAPUZZLE®
Alphapuzzle® tests logic and word power. Each grid number stands for a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter or letters – below the main grid – to start. Solution tomorrow DIFFICULTY: 8/10; TARGET: 26 mins; CLUE: Soft drink mix for a backside.
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EXTRA LETTER CLUES: 0907 181 2568\*
Hear up to six Extra Letters, deduct two minutes for each clue letter heard. If you have an old newspaper and would like to hear six extra letters from the last seven days, call 0905 789 0020\* FULL SOLUTION: 0907 181 2565\* ACROSS ONLY: 0907 181 2561\* / DOWN ONLY: 0907 181 2562\* \*Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company's network access charge.
Alternatively, for six extra letter clues direct to your mobile, text DXALPHA to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus standard network rate.