Daily Mail - 08.10.2026 — 2026-10-07

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🧭 今日主编程控导读：聚焦「作者：亚历克斯·布鲁默 (Alex Brummer)」、「作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯 (John-Paul Ford Rojas)」等核心政经议题

今日《Daily Mail - 08.10.2026》全报共收录 521 篇核心报道。在政经治理、法理制度与公共政策层面，版面重心聚焦于：**作者：亚历克斯·布鲁默 (Alex Brummer)**（城市编辑）；**作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯 (John-Paul Ford Rojas)**（国际货币基金组织（IMF）负责人昨日警告称，全球经济的“凛冬将至”。）；**他以炮击庆祝 74 岁生日，一名 14岁少年在撰写关于“压迫弱者”的文章时被杀**（作者：安迪·杰林 (Andy Jehring)）。 在本土文化与城市记忆方面，今日重点关注**「哥们，借我一只刺猬，我手头紧……」**。

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🎭 本期时代思潮与社会文化雷达

🎭 当代文化观察

《Daily Mail - 08.10.2026》本期社会思潮与时代切片

本期特写报道深入探索社会结构转型与文化心态变迁，详见【📖 双语精读】各专题深度报道。

🗂️ 全版面分栏导览目录 (点击标题直达正文)

📑 政治

  • 保守党承诺购房无需缴纳印花税 Daily Mail · 2 min

    党魁凯米·巴德诺克承诺取消家庭住宅的遗产税及印花税，旨在保护中产阶级家庭资产并回归低税收传统。

  • 巴德诺克抨击投奔改革英国党的成员 Daily Mail · 2 min

    巴德诺克指责部分保守党员不忠诚，并猛烈抨击首相安迪·伯纳姆在国防和福利方面的记录，称其承诺无法兑现。

📑 商业

  • 英国皇家邮政裁员至多2,500个岗位 Daily Mail · 2 min

    因数字化通信导致信件量下降超70%，皇家邮政计划明年底前裁员以适应市场转型，此前曾因递送目标未达成被罚款2100万英镑。

📑 社会/犯罪

  • 医疗从业者汉娜·特里医生遇害案 Daily Mail · 2 min

    一名曾为王室提供服务的医生被指遭钝器伤害及颈部受压致死，英国皇家检察署已授权对丈夫马克·凯恩提起谋杀指控。

📑 评论

  • 保守党住房哲学与工党之对比 Daily Mail · 2 min

    评论指出巴德诺克通过取消豪宅税等举措强调房屋所有权，以此反击工党对财富传承的负面看法。

📑 社会

  • 埃塞克斯郡非法赛车现象 Daily Mail · 2 min

    在巴西尔登零售园区出现大量青少年聚集观看非法“漂移”赛车，现场环境危险且存在违规行为。

📑 国际

  • 以色列人Avinatan被囚禁738天经历 Daily Mail · 2 min

    Avinatan讲述被哈马斯绑架至加沙的磨难，期间被谎称女友已获释，实际经历了长达738天的囚禁。

📑 健康/生活

  • 中年身体正向与性生活建议 Daily Mail · 2 min

    专家建议中年人将身体评估从“惩罚”转向“愉悦”，并正视生理变化以重新夺回性快感。

📑 生活方式

  • 处理与困难母亲关系的个人叙述 Daily Mail · 2 min

    作者通过设定边界（如在公共场所见面）尝试恢复与母亲的关系，旨在为孩子树立健康的人际管理榜样。

📑 娱乐/电视指南

  • 电视节目预告：24小时急诊室及其他 Daily Mail · 2 min

    预告包括中风医生在复苏部门的繁忙班次、星际迷航科幻剧以及古董公路旅行等节目。

📑 读者来信

  • 读者来信：快速的追求 Daily Mail · 2 min

    一名女性分享与年下男子的快速恋爱经历，两人在相识第三天即求婚并在萨默塞特结婚。

📑 商业/服务

  • EA Mobility连续八年获Which?认证 Daily Mail · 2 min

    家族企业EA Mobility通过严格评估，在老年人及残障人士家居无障碍改造领域获得行业认可。

📑 商业/金融

  • 加拿大Weston家族收购Boots Daily Mail · 2 min

    Boots以近70亿英镑的价格被Weston家族收购，导致该公司重返伦敦股市的计划破灭。

📑 法律/金融

  • 五名前巴克莱交易员定罪被撤销 Daily Mail · 2 min

    上诉法院认定原审存在方向性偏差，撤销了五名因操纵Libor和Euribor利率而被判入狱的交易员定罪。

📑 财经

  • 股市行情快报 Daily Mail · 2 min

    列出Bloomsbury、ITV、Pearson等公司的股价波动，其中RELX上涨28点，Rightmove上涨8点。

📑 财经/退休

  • 养老金年金利率规划服务 Daily Mail · 2 min

    提供针对50岁以上人群的免费年金对比报告，涵盖通胀保护及配偶保障等选项。

📑 体育

  • 南安普顿足球俱乐部“间谍门”调查 Daily Mail · 2 min

    米德尔斯堡俱乐部捕捉到南安普顿分析师记录其训练课，引发关于非法监视对方球员状态的调查。

  • 曼城俱乐部内部动荡与人事变动 Daily Mail · 2 min

    曼城任命新CFO克莱尔·卡特林，同时因内部视频泄露导致球员对前途感到困惑，影响国家队集训氛围。

📑 娱乐/益智

  • 综合益智谜题与问答 Daily Mail · 2 min

    包含数学逻辑题、常识问答（如西班牙艺术家委拉斯开兹）及数独等益智内容。

  • 数字填字游戏与字母谜题 Daily Mail · 2 min

    提供名为“NINE TO FIVE”的数字填字游戏及相关的字母解码挑战。

综合要闻 1

MIMI YATES：特别调查

凯米的家庭住宅承诺

保守党承诺

购房时

无需缴纳印花税

作者：杰森·格罗夫斯 政治编辑

凯米·巴德诺克在昨日激励保守党成员时，誓言要保护家庭住宅免受工党的影响。

她承诺将扭转受遗产税影响的中产阶级家庭数量上升的趋势，并在党代会上表示，保守党政府将使家庭住宅免于缴纳该税项，无论其价值如何。

该党党魁表示将取消代代相传的主要住宅的遗产税，这标志着保守党回归其对低税收和房屋所有权的传统关注。

夫妇还将能够额外免税传承£100 万的资产，从而进一步减少需要缴纳遗产税的人数

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居住期间

无需缴纳豪宅税

传承之时

无需缴纳遗产税

干杯：保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克与丈夫哈米什在昨日的党代会上

天气 访问 dailymail.co.uk / weather 获取英国及全球5日预报

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概况：晴，雨

今日英国：开始时寒冷且晴朗，气温随时间推移而升高。下午云量增加，导致傍晚多云。随后出现降雨，西南风增强。最高气温15℃。

今日天气

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前英国教育标准局局长：许多学位毫无价值

超过一半。这项 £60 亿加元 的承诺将通过削减福利预算来筹集资金。

此前，在去年的党代会上，该党已承诺取消印花税，而现在又提出了取消工党“豪宅税”的新承诺。

巴德诺克女士表示，这些计划提醒人们，保守党“是且一直以来都是支持房屋所有权的政党”，并补充说，那些“努力工作并储蓄的人应该因其努力而获得回报”。

“这是我的保证：买房时无需缴纳印花税；住在自己家里时无需缴纳豪宅税；将房屋传给子女或孙辈时无需缴纳遗产税，”她在伯明翰聚集的忠实支持者的欢呼声中说道。

她补充道：“工党认为将你赚到的钱传给孩子是自私的。我们不这么认为。”

这种保护家庭住宅的重点与工党形成了鲜明对比，后者将遗产税起征点的冻结期限延长至 2031,，从而在潜移默化中将更多遗产纳入征税范围。

工党还在对高价值住宅征收“豪宅税”，部长们甚至在税项正式出台前，就在考虑将起征点从 £200 万 降低至 £150 万。

该党还公布了极具争议的计划，允许地方议会没收无人居住的私人住宅。

保守党战略家希望，减税计划结合在法律与秩序、福利和国防方面的强硬新政策，将有助于赢回流向改革英国党（Reform UK）和自由民主党的选民。他们认为安迪·伯纳姆正准备在明年春季尽快举行提前大选。

前英国教育标准局（Ofsted💡）负责人警告称，许多学位课程在没有带来“任何实际益处”的情况下，“吞噬”了年轻人的生活。

现任工作与养老金影子部长的斯皮尔曼男爵夫人警告说，太多的年轻人修读的学位并没有改善生活结果。

这位保守党终身贵族表示，虽然大多数课程确实物有所值，但有相当一部分课程没有提供“任何经济回报”。

此外，她将积累的学生债务比作“悬在年轻人头顶的一把巨大且威胁性的利剑”，并暗示许多人在大学期间“时间利用不足”。

斯皮尔曼男爵夫人在 2017 至 2023 领导该教育监管机构期间，以其对标准的务实态度而闻名。

据《高等教育时报》杂志报道，她在保守党党代会的一场边会上的言论，正值关于学生债务和青年失业率飙升的争论之中。

她告诉活动人士：“很明显，有太大部分的学位课程

作者：Eleanor Harding

教育编辑

基本上吞噬了一个年轻人三年的高效生活，却没有任何实际益处。

‘因此，我们鼓励他们修读这些[学位]，实际上是在欺骗他们。’

她提到了一份 2020 年来自财政研究所的报告，该报告发现 30% 的毕业生从其学位中获得了‘负的总回报’。

总回报是通过考察学位对个人和财政部整体收入的影响来计算的。

斯皮尔曼男爵夫人还表示，许多学位无法充分填满学生的时间，而且通常缺乏能让他们忙起来的兼职工作。

她补充道：‘显而易见的是，尤其是在人文科学领域，很多学生基本上在三年时间里，在很大程度上处于无所事事的状态，每周只参加几个小时的讲座和课程，每隔几周写一篇论文。’

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月相与日出日落

月出：4.27am，月落：5.23pm

伦敦日出：7.12am，日落：6.22pm

曼彻斯特日出：7.23am，日落：6.29pm

伦敦桥高潮位：1.03pm

利物浦高潮位：10.37pm

极端天气（截至周二晚上11点的24小时内）

最高温：查尔伍德，23℃。

最低温：格拉斯卡诺赫湖，4℃。

最高降水量：马尔汉潭，21.20mm。

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■ 直接向改革英国党（Reform UK）的选民发出呼吁，称：“他们中的许多人是我们的同类。我们

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“首相应该停止磨蹭”

让他们失望了，我们希望他们能回归”；

■ 宣布该党已准备好在任何时间点被召集时参加选举并获胜；

■ 表示保守党增加 50,000 个监狱床位的计划将使该党能够“针对最严重的犯罪引入更严厉的最低刑期”；

■ 确认她致力于将 GDP 的 3% 用于国防，并表示：“和平时代已经结束。如果我们想要和平，就必须准备战争”；

■ 将伯纳姆先生贴标签为一名“帕丁顿熊首相”，称其无法保护英国，且想要“将时钟拨回 1970 年代”；

■ 告知首相“停止磨蹭”，并批准希思罗机场的第三条跑道；

■ 确认保守党政府将从福利账单中削减 £360 亿加元。在

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演说中一段极具个人色彩的部分，巴德诺克夫人还抨击了近日暗示只有白人才能成为真正英国人的改革英国党政治人物。

她说：“我不想生活在一个由那些威胁记者、称退伍军人为叛徒、并争论我的混血孩子是否是英国人的人所统治的国家。”

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削减遗产税的方案，包括废除令人厌恶的死亡税。

巴德诺克夫人表示，她希望最终能将其废除，但她也表示，资金还需用于支付保守党建设新监狱以及创建“不列颠之盾”导弹防御系统的计划。

相反，她的遗产税改革将集中在防止家庭住宅落入税务局之手。

她表示，一项最初旨在打击“超级富豪”的征税，在经过多年的

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“工党对福利上瘾”

冻结的起征点。近年来，需缴纳遗产税的死亡人数比例约为 4%，而到 2030 年预计将上升至 9.5%。但预计到本十年末，面临该税项影响的家庭比例将达到 16.5%。这一增长是由多年来的房价上涨驱动的。根据现行规则，个人可免税留下 32.5 万英镑 的资产，如果涉及家庭住宅，则可额外增加 17.5 万英镑。夫妇两人在税务局抽成之前，总共可免税留下 £100 万。

保守党的计划将使家庭住宅完全免税。个人还将能够额外免税留下 50 万英镑 的资产，从而允许夫妇在家庭住宅之外再留下 £100 万。

巴德诺克女士表示：“我们理解为什么扎根并拥有社会权益至关重要。”

“家是我们看着孩子迈出第一步的地方。家是我们每年圣诞节聚集在一起布置同样装饰的地方。将房屋传给家人是最基本的人类本能之一。因此（我们）将立法，确保没有人需要为他们的家庭住宅缴纳遗产税。”

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巴德诺克女士猛烈抨击了工党的方法，称该党将英国锁在了一个“税收毁灭循环”中，在这种循环中，财政大臣每年都要增加税收，以弥补因企业被“税收窒息”而导致的增长损失。

她表示工党“对福利上瘾”，并指责伯纳姆先生“让我们的国家淹没在债务中，用税收窒息我们的经济，用监管扼杀每一项创新”。

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橱窗购物：里斯·威瑟斯彭在诺丁山寻找廉价好物 我们进去了：劳拉·邓跟随里斯

无论多么富有，捡便宜总是不嫌多！里斯和劳拉在诺丁山的 Oxfam 逛店

好闺蜜：劳拉·邓（左）和里斯·威瑟斯彭

她们的合计财富达 £3.5 亿，且一直由全球最奢华的时尚品牌操刀造型。

但即使是好莱坞皇室成员里斯·威瑟斯彭和劳拉·邓，在经过一家伦敦慈善商店时也无法抵御淘便宜货的诱惑。

《金发尤物》演员威瑟斯彭女士（50 岁）与《侏罗纪公园》的邓女士（59 岁）一起冲进了诺丁山的 Oxfam 店内。在一次

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“从感情生活到我的工作”

维瑟斯彭女士身穿海军蓝开襟羊毛衫、蓝色高腰牛仔裤，戴着一顶与靴子相配的棕色麂皮棒球帽，与韦斯特本格罗夫商店里那些穿着考究的当地人融为一体。

德恩女士则穿着一件由 Victoria Beckham 设计的条纹黑色皮革中长裙，搭配一件米色开襟羊毛衫和白色上衣，显得十分时髦。

在专注地透过窗户观察后，维瑟斯彭女士走进 Oxfam 商店进行近距离查看，她的朋友也随之跟进。

两人在与美国作家谢丽尔·斯特雷德（Cheryl Strayed，58岁）和英国作家尼克·霍恩比（Nick Hornby，69岁）共进午餐后，继续在伦敦这个高端社区漫步。

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作者：Alex Doyle

资深娱乐记者

维瑟斯彭女士与德恩女士长久的友谊始于 2014 年，当时她们在电影《荒野》（Wild）的片场相识，该片改编自斯特雷德女士的畅销书。三人至今仍保持着亲密关系。

这两位演员——她们还共同出演了 HBO 迷你剧《大小谎言》（Big Little Lies）——关系如此之好，以至于德恩女士此前曾表示，她在所有事情上都听从维瑟斯彭女士的意见——“从我的感情生活一直到我应该接什么样的工作”。

奥斯卡奖得主维瑟斯彭女士目前正与德国金融家奥利弗·哈曼（Oliver Haarmann）交往，她在三月份庆祝了 50 岁生日。

她透露，她收到了许多 A 级明星朋友的祝福，包括詹妮弗·安妮斯顿（Jennifer Aniston）和格温妮丝·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）。

她与第一任丈夫瑞安·菲利普（Ryan Phillippe，52岁）育有一女艾娃（Ava，27岁）和一子迪肯（Deacon，22岁）；与第二任丈夫吉姆·托斯（Jim Toth，56岁）育有一子田纳西·詹姆斯（Tennessee James，14岁）。

低调：戴着帽子的瑞丝·维瑟斯彭

<span class="cultural-gloss" tabindex="0" data-tooltip="英国广播公司（British Broadcasting Corporation），英国公共服务广播旗舰。">BBC<sup class="gloss-icon">💡</sup></span> 掌门人出现“大卫·布伦特时刻”，敦促员工要“更像埃尔维斯”

令人尴尬：情景喜剧《办公室》中由 Ricky Gervais 饰演的角色。插图为 BBC 的马特·布里廷

作者：Dolly Busby

娱乐记者

新任总干事昨日因发表了一番“令人尴尬”的、大卫·布伦特式的鼓舞演讲而受到批评，他在演讲中敦促员工要“更像埃尔维斯”。

内部人士指责马特·布里廷（Matt Brittin）的这一言论“缺乏同理心”，因为此时 正在推行裁员计划，裁员人数可能高达 2,000 人。为了节省 £5 亿， Three 和 Scotland 等频道也可能被砍掉并转为线上运营。

58 岁的布里廷先生于五月份接替蒂姆·戴维（Tim Davie），他在一次全员电话会议上表示，他希望公司能“更像一点

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“少点对话，多点行动”

埃尔维斯——少点对话，多点行动”。这位前 Google 高管补充道：“我希望我们少庆祝活动，多关注结果。并且更快地达成能给观众带来影响的结果。

‘不要[仅仅]说，“我们做了这个很棒的营销活动”，而要说，“它提高了观看时长和活跃账户数”——对吧？’”

在阐述 iPlayer 流媒体平台的计划（包括一项新的 AI 功能）时，布里廷先生还告诉员工，他希望公众能想到“iPlayer and chill”（iPlayer 刷剧放松）。

一名消息人士告诉《邮报》，将布里廷先生比作布伦特（由 Ricky Gervais 在情景喜剧《办公室》中饰演的那个倒霉经理）：“在许多人很快将失去工作的时候，使用毫无意义且极其尴尬的‘流行词’来试图为 BBC 的未来争取支持，这完全是缺乏同理心的表现。”

在美国新闻网站 Deadline 获得的一段会议录音中，可以听到多名员工指责布里廷在牺牲基层员工利益的同时，却保护了高管。

今天，主持会议的主持人安娜·福斯特（Anna Foster）被迫介入，询问道：“人们觉得或许存在不成比例的情况……其中一些裁员落在了一些资历较浅的人身上。所以您能跟我们解释一下吗？”

副总干事罗德里·塔尔凡·戴维斯（Rhodri Talfan Davies）表示，高级职位也将受到裁员影响，并补充道：“我们预计组织的所有层级都会发生变化。”

寄信量锐减，英国皇家邮政将削减至多 2,500 个岗位

作者：Emily Hawkins

英国皇家邮政（Royal Mail）昨日将至多 2,500 个岗位的流失归咎于写信人数的剧烈下降。

此次裁员预计将在明年年底前影响总部及支持岗位，正值该公司实施组织变革、进行“重大转型”之际。

这家曾是英国标志性机构、现由外资掌控的公司在宣布此举时提到要“适应快速变化的市场”，并补充道：“信件量自峰值以来已下降超过 70%，而客户对更快速、更便捷的包裹递送服务的需求则持续增长。”

寄信量在 2004年达到最高峰，当时英国人寄出了 200 亿加元 封信件。但去年这一数字已萎缩至 57 亿加元 封——因为人们开始使用数字化通信，且对飞涨的邮票价格望而却步。

英国皇家邮政今年还将二类信件的递送频率降低至每两个工作日一次，且周六不递送。但该公司表示，致力于每周六天递送一类邮件。

去年，英国通信管理局（Ofcom）因英国皇家邮政未能达成递送目标而对其处以 £2100 万 的罚款。邮政工作人员称，由于公司专注于利润更高的包裹业务，部分信件在递送局被搁置数周之久。

捷克亿万富翁所有者丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基（Daniel Kretinsky）在 3 月份告诉国会议员，他对该机构的现状感到“深表遗憾”。

此次岗位削减预计将通过员工自愿离职实现，而非从 131,000 人的员工队伍中强制裁员。首席执行官阿里斯泰尔·科克伦（Alistair Cochrane）表示他正致力于

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...美国关税冲击路特斯

超跑制造商路特斯（Lotus）在唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的关税政策打击销售后，将其英国员工人数削减了一半以上。

这个历史悠久的汽车品牌——现由中国吉利集团所有——在去年年底仅有 600 名员工，而 1,300 12 个月前为 1,300 名。该公司在 8 月份表示，去年它将削减约 550 名员工——但实际的岗位流失规模似乎要大得多。

“为我们的客户和同事打造一个更强大、更简单且面向未来的英国皇家邮政”。

但 Unite 工会的总书记莎伦·格雷厄姆（Sharon Graham）表示：“这对员工或客户都没有好处。它不会提高服务质量，员工绝不能成为公司、政府或英国通信管理局（Ofcom）错误决策的替罪羊。”此前几天，科克伦先生曾对糟糕的业绩表示“抱歉”。

通信工人联合会（CWU）敦促政府“面对英国皇家邮政崩溃的现实，并介入以拯救这一国家机构”。副总书记马丁·沃尔什（Martin Walsh）表示：“这些提案将影响大约 200 个由 CWU 代表的行政和收入保护岗位。”

他表示，岗位削减是“该公司打击员工士气且未能为客户提供服务的进一步证据”。

英国皇家邮政截至 3 月底的年度利润从前 12 个月的 £1.98 亿 骤降至 £9600 万。

以色列关闭位于耶路撒冷的英国领事馆

作者：Sam Lawley

随着两国关系恶化，以色列将于今日关闭位于耶路撒冷的英国领事馆。

英国官员一直竭力试图达成协议以维持该建筑的开放，但以色列外交部长吉迪昂·萨尔（Gideon Saar）昨晚坚持认为其国家立场坚定。

此举将导致该领事馆的外交地位被取消，并在法律上禁止约 30 名外交官在该建筑内开展工作。据认为，这是对外交大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）上个月宣布的针对约旦河西岸定居点制裁的回应。

周二，影子外交大臣汤姆·图根哈特（Tom Tugendhat）指责米利班德先生在针对以色列采取强硬立场时追求

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“个人议程”

一种“个人议程”。

英国最高国家安全顾问乔纳森·鲍威尔（Jonathan Powell）上周悄悄访问了以色列，试图维持领事馆的开放，但未能达成协议。

据《泰晤士报》报道，以色列不太可能将外交官及其家属遣返回国，而是会促使他们前往特拉维夫的英国大使馆工作。

英国已威胁称，如果其海外工作人员被遣返回国，将驱逐在伦敦的以色列外交官。

该领事馆在耶路撒冷已存在近 200 年，远在 1948 年以色列建国之前。它负责处理英国与耶路撒冷、加沙以及约旦河西岸巴勒斯坦人的关系。

罗伯特·哈德曼（Robert Hardman）- 第 15 页

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改革英国党在捐款陷阱调查后宣布其官员清白

在党内顾问被卷入一起涉嫌讨论如何掩盖潜在外国捐款的陷阱调查后，改革英国党（Reform UK）宣布其不存在违规行为。

在奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）的助手丹·朱克斯（Dan Jukes）和政策主管詹姆斯·奥尔（James Orr）被 Verbatim Investigations 的记者拍到讨论一项潜在的外国捐款后，改革英国党启动了调查。

在第四频道新闻（Channel 4 News）播放相关视频后，两人均已辞职。但改革英国党的法律秘书和总书记得出结论称，“双方未达成任何协议，未进行任何捐款，也未向党内财务团队提交任何正式立场，且未接受任何东西”。一名党内发言人补充道：“调查发现没有证据表明有任何法律被违反。”

Verbatim 的一名发言人表示：“警方调查仍在进行中。我们对自己的新闻报道充满信心，事实胜于雄辩。”

被《德克斯特》粉丝在“杀戮室”谋杀的受害者面貌曝光

24岁单身母亲被诱骗至 Airbnb 并被捅 78 刀

作者：Claire Duffin 和 Andy Dolan

一名被痴迷于美国犯罪剧《德克斯特》（Dexter）的法医学学生谋杀的年轻母亲首次被公开照片。

24 岁的玛丽亚·萨塞努（Maria Saceanu）被 20 岁的本杰明·戴（Benjamin Day）诱骗至一个“杀戮室”，在那里他捅了她 78 刀，随后试图处理她的尸体。

在他周二承认这起令人发指的谋杀案后，西米德兰兹郡警方的视频显示，他在声称手上的刀伤是由一只“野狗”造成时在冷笑。

去年 12 月，戴在杀害萨塞努女士后沿街行走时，拦下了一辆经过的警车。萨塞努女士是一名妓女，据信有一个年幼的女儿。在处理他手上的伤口时——该伤口是在分尸萨塞努女士期间造成的—。

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“细节令经验丰富的警员感到震惊”

萨切亚努的尸体——引起了怀疑。视频中的戴穿着一件卡其色长袖衬衫，与迈克尔·C·霍尔在电视剧中饰演的德克斯特所穿的衣服相同。当警方询问他究竟发生了什么时，他反应愤怒。

在随后的影像中，可以看到这名凶手在医院被捕时点头示意。

最新的照片还揭露了那间每晚 £40 的 Airbnb 内部情况，他在那里布置了他的“杀戮室”。

这栋位于西米德兰兹郡蒂维代尔（Tividale）一条住宅街道上的半独立式房屋有三间可供出租的卧室。在另一间房的房客注意到血迹后，警方接到了该房产的报案。警员在床边的房间里发现了萨切亚努女士。

地板、墙壁以及床本身都被铺上了塑料薄膜，并用订书机钉在墙上。

现场发现了一个装有多把刀的帆布刀卷，以及一把订书枪和强力胶带。戴还收集了包括围裙、塑料面罩和清洁材料在内的物品。内政部的一名病理学家表示，萨切亚努女士可能是死于颈部伤口。

她的“双手还有多处伤口，与试图保护自己的行为一致”。

在伍尔弗汉普顿刑事法院（Wolverhampton Crown Court）审理的第二天，戴承认杀害了萨切亚努女士。他被还押候审，等待精神鉴定。戴是一家公司董事的儿子，作案时年仅 19 岁。法庭获悉，这名伍斯特大学的学生以“模仿”方式布置房间，以此作为对该剧的“致敬”，该剧讲述了法医技术员德克斯特·摩根的故事。

该电视角色过着双重生活，是一名私刑连环杀手。

检察官瑞秋·布兰德（Rachel Brand）KC 表示，戴从去年 11 月起就“详细计划了这次谋杀”，并打算“在不留下犯罪迹象的情况下处理她的尸体”——但“计划出了差错”。

他在手机上列了一份所需物品的“购物清单”。其中包括刀具、剪刀、面具、围裙、一次性手套、塑料薄膜、一件 T 恤、裤子、清洁化学品以及重型黑色垃圾袋。

所有物品均在现场被发现。萨切亚努女士在 12 月 20 晚上 9. 30 左右回复了戴的一条短信，并开车前往该 Airbnb。两人之间没有发生性接触的证据，检方表示戴在她到达后不久就将其杀害。

领导此次调查的侦探督察马特·马斯顿（Matt Marston）表示：“戴具有强迫性人格。这是一次针对一名毫无防备的女性预谋已久的残暴袭击。此案的细节令经验丰富的警员感到震惊。”

哥们，借我一只刺猬，我手头紧……

现金不仅是至上的，它还是英国历史的展示窗，印有简·奥斯汀、莎士比亚和艾萨克·牛顿爵士等伟人和名人的图像。

但一项将温斯顿·丘吉尔等杰出人物替换为动物的争议性计划，可能会让资金短缺的英国人询问，他们是否可以借一只“海鹦”或一只“刺猬”，而不是一张5英镑或10英镑的钞票。

今年早些时候，近50万人参加了英格兰银行的一项咨询，旨在选择出现在

作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯 (John-Paul Ford Rojas)

副商业编辑

纸币上的动物。结果，海鹦、猫头鹰、大黄蜂和刺猬将取代 JMW 透纳和艾伦·图灵等名人在英格兰银行下一版钞票上的位置。

此举将结束自 1970 年以来使用历史人物肖像的传统。批评者称其“完全疯了”，保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克表示，这是在“抹除我们的历史”。

这四种动物是从今年的 18 个候选名单中选出的，将出现在 £5, £10, £20 和 £50 钞票上，这些钞票也将继续印有君主的肖像。

在咨询中，buff-tailed 大黄蜂以 360,399 票位居榜首，其次是欧洲刺猬，获得 256,665 票。

第三名是谷仓鸮，获得 270,596 票。大西洋海鹦以 183,137 票排名第六，但被选中是因为银行决定“加入一种海洋动物将……庆祝英国的海岸线”。这意味着获得 244,651 票的赤狐和获得 211,277 票的普通翠鸟落选了。

英格兰银行表示，设计和测试这些钞票将需要数年时间，以确保它们“高质量、耐用且易于识别”。

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斯塔默、泽连斯基和欧盟领导人今日会见特朗普——但特朗普会听他们说一个字吗？

基尔·斯塔默爵士，PV@eukis

基尔·斯塔默爵士将与欧盟和北约领导人一起，在今天与唐纳德·特朗普的关键白宫会晤中支持弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基。他们将展现统一战线，希望能够缓和特朗普对待这位乌克兰领导人的方式，

特朗普曾在二月份在椭圆形办公室让他难堪。

欧洲部长们担心泽连斯基正步入弗拉基米尔·普京设下的陷阱。

这位乌克兰领导人昨晚表示，“意愿联盟”——包括英国在内的承诺支持基辅的国家——昨天举行了一场“有益的”两小时视频会议。他透露，他们对“和平协议应该是怎样的”持有“共同观点”，并坚持认为这不包括通过武力改变国家边界。

作为欧盟领导人强硬态度的迹象，法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙随后表示：“如果我们今天不强硬，明天我们将付出沉重代价。”

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阿曼达·诺克斯的曲折故事

2007年，英国交换生梅雷迪思·克切尔在意大利佩鲁贾的公寓中被发现遇害。她的室友，美国学生阿曼达·诺克斯（格蕾丝·范·帕滕 饰）在媒体的大规模报道风暴中被判定谋杀罪名成立。这部充满争议的八集剧集聚焦于诺克斯在汹涌的公众舆论面前，为了证明自己清白而进行的16年斗争，而这种舆论

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伯明翰的保守党人

别告诉我

巴德诺克夫人痛批改革英国党“试图让英国倒退”

作者：萨姆·梅里曼和马丁·贝克福德

凯米·巴德诺克昨天宣布自己是一名“自豪的黑人英国人”，并猛烈抨击了那些认为只有白人才能成为英国人的右翼竞争对手。

在保守党党代会演讲中最激昂的部分，这位党魁指责改革英国党持有过时的种族观，企图让英国倒退。

她还将奈杰尔·法拉奇领导的组织称为怪胎和罪犯，并敦促其选民回归保守党阵营。

巴德诺克夫人发表上述言论是在其前内阁同事苏埃拉·布雷弗曼（已跳槽至改革英国党）上周表示，尽管她出生在伦敦，但她不认为自己是英国人之后。

这位前内政大臣现任改革英国党的教育发言人，她在 BBC 的《问题时间》节目中表示：“我当然不是英国人。我不是一个英国人——我是亚裔。”

布雷弗曼夫人的父母在 20 世纪 60 年代来自毛里求斯和肯尼亚，她将自己描述为“英国人，亚裔血统”。

改革英国党还被指责试图将巴德诺克夫人的个人背景武器化，通过强调她在尼日。

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“为我的国家和我们的历史感到自豪

。在演讲中予以反击的这位保守党党魁与丈夫哈米什（一名银行家）育有三个孩子，她表示：“我不希望生活在一个由那些威胁记者、称退伍军人为叛徒，并争论我的混血孩子是否是英国人的人们所治理的国家。”

“我不希望在和儿子一起观看我们优秀的英格兰队踢球时，向他解释为什么有些人认为我们的黑人球员不是英国人。”

她声称，过去没有人质疑像伊恩·赖特（Ian Wright）和约翰·巴恩斯（John Barnes）这样的黑人足球运动员是否是英国人，当时

那确实是一个平衡点。身着钴蓝色服装的凯米·巴德诺克发表了时长一小时六分钟的演讲，她时而冷峻，时而低吼，最后在一段关于她的政策如何为“每个人提供某些东西”的总结陈词中爆发。这与安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在利物浦的演讲形成了鲜明对比。

伯纳姆先生体现出的是一种拖沓、耸肩的漫不经心。而巴德诺克夫人呢？她像是一个被坚定目标掌控的母亲。与她对抗需自担风险。

上周的呜咽被一种坚定的愤慨以及某种更现代、不那么软弱的东西所取代。

她是如何闪耀的。交响音乐厅的灯光在她涂的口红和U形洁白牙齿上跳跃。她的发际线顶部开始出现灰发，但她的能量像美国国家航空航天局（Nasa）的火箭燃料一样纯净。从我所在的阳台位置看去，她显得娇小，闪烁着坚定的光芒，但嗓音却如此低沉沙哑。

当她走上舞台时，迎来了众多欢呼声中的第一波。观看电视的人可能会好奇为什么演讲进度不够快。原因在于：保守党的忠实支持者鼓掌太激烈了。

凯米是一个肩负使命的母亲。与她对抗需自担风险！

早晨的序幕不仅包括一名身着天鹅绒礼服的纹身名伶演唱的《天佑国王》，还包括影子司法大臣尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）发表的一篇坚定且振奋人心的右翼演讲。他的演讲方式带着一种特罗洛普式旅店老板的直率，就像在告诫一名放荡的客人绝不可能允许赊账一样。

事务发言人克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）则是一个更模糊的形象，裤子在飘动，

喉结上下起伏。他说话的样子总是像在忍受严重的消化不良。

当天的第一波起立鼓掌并非献给人类，而是献给了党主席凯文·霍林雷克（Kevin Hollinrake）那只两岁的黑色拉布拉多犬祖祖（Zuzu）。

她被带上舞台是为了讽刺上周那位愚蠢的工党部长，该部长称带黑拉布拉多犬去乡村酒吧是种族主义。霍林雷克先生在上午 10.15分开始在舞台上喝一品脱啤酒。“生活在梦想中，”他看着他的爱犬和啤酒说道。祖祖作为一只猎犬，对欢呼声和笑声并不在意。

此外，还有几分钟糟糕的

议会速写 作者：昆廷·莱茨 (QUENTIN LETTS)

当影子内阁就座时，场面像游戏节目一样俗气。

巴德诺克夫人的入场伴随着经过电子处理的埃尔加音乐。她的开场白是：“英国政坛即将迎来一场战斗。”这是一个她多次提及的词——“战斗”。不过，你绝不会想和这位女士在踢拳擂台上较量，除非你戴上了护齿，且旁边候着一辆救护车。

演讲中间的一段话，是我在党代会舞台上见过的最强有力的表述之一。当时她正在为自己的混血孩子辩护，反击那些指责他们不是英国人的言论。此时的她就像一只保护幼崽的狞猫。不仅如此，这段话还带着对未来的希望。在表达了强烈的反抗之后，她用轻快的语气缓和了气氛，说道：“我不知道你们是否注意到，我是黑人。我是英国人。”数百万非保守党选民在听到这句话时，可能会感到一阵悸动，起一身鸡皮疙瘩。

有些政治人物只擅长一种基调并始终坚持。而巴德诺克夫人则能驾驭多种风格。她可以在一口气中谈论传统，紧接着又使用“酷毙了的老师（bad-ass teachers）”这种表达，且毫无违和感。

她的演讲中也有几处近乎朱迪·登奇（Judi Dench）般的温柔，尤其是在谈到谋杀案受害者及其父母时。其中一位，在诺丁汉被谋杀的年轻女性格蕾丝·奥马利-库马尔（Grace O'Malley-Kumar）的父亲，当时就坐在观众席中。

现场也有惯常的相互攻击，不过对奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）和改革英国党（Reform）高层的攻击程度超出了预期，甚至可能超出了明智的范围。此外，保守党吹嘘建设了 50,000 个监狱床位，这一点目前还难以令人信服。监狱牢房的短缺是保守党记录上的一个污点。

但党魁的演讲是政策、姿态、修辞，以及最核心的个人特质的炼金术式混合体。

而关于这位身材娇小却自带强力场女性的特质，无疑是毋庸置疑的。

他们曾为国家队效力，她补充道：“我们绝不能让这些人把我们带回过去。那不是我们这个国家的样子。”

“改革英国党的议员们在公开质疑人们的身份。他们不像我们——我们也不像他们。”

她提醒代表们想起保守党在 1978 年发布的一张海报，上面写着：“工党说他是黑人，我们说他是英国人。”

她补充道：“我不知道你们是否注意到，我是黑人。我是英国人。”

“我为我的国家感到自豪，我为我们的历史感到自豪。包括我们已经在世界上所做的一切，以及我们将要做的一切。”

“我们的黄金时代并未过去，我们不会让这个国家倒退。”

巴德诺克夫人表示，这个国家值得拥有比工党更好的选择，并补充道：“你们知道还有谁值得更好的选择吗？改革英国党的选民。他们中的许多人是我们的同类。我们让他们失望了，我们希望他们回家。他们值得拥有比改革英国党政治人物更好的选择。”

她打趣道，一年前改革英国党的领导人们还在“为唐宁街10号量窗帘”，但现在有些人正面临入狱的可能性，并举例提到该党前威尔士领导人内森·吉尔（Nathan Gill），他去年因“收受俄罗斯贿赂”而被监禁。

巴德诺克夫人表示，其继任者丹·托马斯（Dan Thomas）在上个月被捕后辞职；与此同时，警方正在调查给罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick） 2024 年保守党党魁竞选活动的捐款，以及向一家由副党魁理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）控制的公司支付的款项。

她将奈杰尔·法拉奇从一名加密货币亿万富翁那里收到的 £500 万 赠款（该款项目前是议会调查的对象）描述为“可疑”，并称改革英国党的人物在一次由苏格兰场调查的卧底行动中，被抓到在吹嘘“棕色信封”（指秘密贿赂）。

法拉奇先生和改革英国党均否认有任何不当行为。

“就在你认为改革英国党不可能更古怪的时候，出现了一个自称‘精致乔治’（Posh George）并称呼奈杰尔·法拉奇为‘爸爸’的定罪诈骗犯，”巴德诺克夫人说。“这场马戏团表演在不停地继续，而且永远不会停止，因为这就是改革英国党政治人物的真面目。对于那些主张‘统一右翼’的人，我们不会与那种势力统一。”

但她的这些言论打破了人们对两党可能达成选举协议以击败工党的希望，而近日的三项民意调查显示，保守党仍处于第三位。

巴德诺克夫人承认：“我们改变了党，但仍有大量工作要做。”

“人们正在透过橱窗观察，他们喜欢所看到的，但坦白说，目前购买的人还不够多。”

她告诉活动人士，他们必须“每天走出去，阐明保守党的主张”，并指出在1997年的惨败之后，该党花了13年时间才实现“扭转局面”。

但她坚持认为保守党已准备好赢得下一次大选，与此同时，关于安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）可能会在明年春天举行全国大选的猜测日益增加。

民调专家卢克·特里尔（Luke Tryl）在X上发帖称：“这是我见过的保守党党魁在改革英国党（Reform UK）成为一股严肃的政治力量以来，对其采取的最强硬态度……她反击了一些改革英国党政治人物关于‘英格兰特性’和身份认同的主张。这感觉是方法上的重大转变。”

但法拉奇先生表示：“凯米今天的演讲证实了我们早已知道的事实——她对这个国家没有任何愿景。”

我不是英国人

准备战斗：昨日充满活力的凯米·巴德诺克

去年，当保守党似乎即将被支持率的崩塌以及向奈杰尔·法拉奇的改革英国党（Reform Party）倾斜的民调浪潮所淹没时，凯米·巴德诺克及其助手们召开了一次会议。

在他们面前是一个简单的战略选择。一位高级顾问解释说，他们可以尝试在右翼阵营中通过模仿对方日益民粹主义的言论和议程，从而在右翼方向上超越改革英国党。或者，他们可以挑战对方，开始构建一套替代性的、截然不同的信息，一套根植于传统的撒切尔主义和保守党价值观的信息。

随后展开了辩论。最后，巴德诺克插话道：“我们不像他们，”她说，“我们不会模仿他们。我们不会与他们达成任何交易。我们要与他们对抗。”

在昨天的党代会演讲中，凯米·巴德诺克不仅是与改革英国党对抗，她直接击溃了他们。

在过去的几周里，法拉奇及其心腹一直在制定一项新计划，旨在削弱保守党及其领导人。该计划的一部分是拥抱族群民族主义（Ethno-Nationalism），即认为除非你是白人，否则不可能成为英国人。该计划另一个令人反感的方面是，通过指出巴德诺克的尼日利亚血统，以此阴险地暗示她不适合领导英国。

而昨天，这个计划在他们自己面前破产了。巴德诺克用充满真实愤怒的声音宣布：“我不希望生活在一个由这样的人管理国家的地方——他们威胁记者，称退伍军人为叛徒，并争论我的混血孩子是否是英国人。”

“我不希望在和儿子一起观看我们优秀的英格兰队踢球时，向他解释为什么有些人认为我们的黑人球员不是英国人。我记得当年伊恩·赖特和约翰·巴恩斯踢球的时候，没有人质疑他们是否是英国人。我们当时绝对没有现任国会议员在质疑他们是否是英国人。”

在过去的几个月里，随着改革英国党在民调中的领先优势崩溃，巴德诺克党内外的某些人士一直敦促她与法拉奇达成某种形式的妥协。

这位保守党领导人现在给出了她的最终答复：“我们绝不能让这些人把我们带回过去。那不是我们的国家。我不知道你们是否注意到，我是黑人。我是英国人。我为我的国家感到自豪，我为我们的历史感到自豪，”她激昂地说道，“对于那些说‘统一右翼’的人……我们绝不会与那样的人统一！”

上周，安迪·伯纳姆因向其党内忠实支持者的演讲而赢得了赞誉。但他的演讲中存在一系列巨大的漏洞。关于福利。关于犯罪。关于国防。

凯米·巴德诺克在这些漏洞中填满了混凝土，然后直接开着坦克将其碾碎。她宣布，对于领取福利的人来说，现在是采取“强硬之爱”的时候了。在保守党政府领导下，他们将被发放一张只能用于购买

英国政党领导人有史以来最强有力的反种族主义信息

评论员：丹·霍奇斯 (Dan Hodges)

支票，并解释了为什么保守党现在站在他们这一边。

必需品。“没有酒精。没有香烟。没有赌博，”她责备道，并补充说：“这不是他们的钱，而是纳税人的钱！”

在经济方面，她正确地观察到，“除非我们开始增长经济，否则某些东西将会崩溃。这就是为什么增长经济将成为下一个保守党政府的核心组织原则。我们知道，一个更强大的国家建立在更强大的经济基础之上”。

她还尖锐地反击了伯纳姆在首相问答环节（PMQs）中的失言——当时他主张国家安全不能以牺牲社会保障为代价，她观察到：“没有经济安全就没有国家安全，而没有国家安全就没有经济安全。”

但巴德诺克最精明的地方在于，她识别出了她的两个主要对手在策略上所提供的重大机遇。伯纳姆几乎完全向英国左翼传递他的信息。他认为，如果他能重建自己的左翼阵线，并从扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）那个正在崩溃的绿党那里争取支持，那么他可以将自己的民调支持率推高到 30% 左右，这足以勉强获得微弱的议会多数席位。

与此同时，法拉奇现在仅在向那 5% 的选民说话，这些人告诉民调机构他们正在考虑投票给“恢复党”（Restore）。在所有实际意义上，他已经放弃了获得自身多数席位的任何希望，而是专注于尝试在下次选举后取代保守党成为正式的反对党。

这意味着，现在只有凯米·巴德诺克和保守党在尝试与整个英国人民进行对话。那些经营小企业的人。父母。警察。毕业生。农民。退伍军人。养老金领取者。在她激昂的结语中，每一个人都被点名提及。

她的这种方法显然存在风险。主要的政策“诱饵”——取消所有家庭住宅的遗产税，以及为收入超过 10 万英镑 的人提供免费托儿服务——使她容易被指责为主要关心富裕选民。她毫不掩饰地拥抱撒切尔主义，可能会与那些在 2019 年由鲍里斯·约翰逊从工党手中夺回的“红墙”选区中倾向保守党的选民产生冲突。而且，她发起了整整一代主要政党领导人中最强有力的反种族主义攻击——点名批评了潜伏在绿党和改革英国党内部的极端分子——这将令那些希望她避开国家内部潜伏的文化战争的人感到不快。

但正如我们昨天再次看到的，回避重大问题不是凯米·巴德诺克的方式。“我准备好战斗了，”她向她的政党承诺。而这一信息最终将定义她的演讲和这次党代会。

这是巴德诺克为下次选举划定战线时刻。奈杰尔·法拉奇和改革英国党已经有了他们的时刻。但正如她精彩地阐述的那样，他们未能将自己塑造为一个严肃的执政党。

国家面临的选择现在很明确。是伯纳姆那毫不掩饰的 1970 年代风格的社会主义，还是巴德诺克重新夺回并改造玛格丽特·撒切尔激进保守主义的大胆尝试。

如果他们要重返执政，巴德诺克和她的团队还有一座大山要攀登。但在昨天之后，虽然顶峰依然高耸在他们之上，但已不再遥不可及。

作者：克莱尔·埃利科特 (Claire Ellicott)、萨姆·梅里曼 (Sam Merriman) 和 THAT 克里斯蒂安·卡尔吉 (Christian Calgie)

凯米·巴德诺克昨天号召她的部队准备战斗，她宣布保守党“重新流行”并准备为“国家的灵魂”而战。

在一次充满激情且时而动情的演讲中，这位保守党领袖猛烈抨击了她的对手及其过往记录。

她在伯明翰向党内忠实支持者发表的鼓舞人心的演说时长为一小时六分钟——比安迪·伯纳姆上周的演讲多了一分钟——引发了至少十二次起立鼓掌。

巴德诺克夫人的主要主题是：

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为未来而抗争与保守党叛徒

保守党党魁警告称，下次大选将迎来一场“即将到来的战斗”，这将是一场“为了国家灵魂而战的战斗”。在一次展现出不屈姿态的发言中，这位保守党党魁表示，她不会被“抹杀”，并且将建立一个能够获胜的“焕然一新”的政党。

她引用了高街连锁店马莎百货（M&S）的转型，告诉代表们她的政党已经“重新流行”起来。

“想想看，人们曾认为我们已经出局了，”她说道，并指出基尔·斯塔默去年还在计划执政十年，但现在他甚至不再是一名国会议员了。

“让我告诉你们，我不是一个会被抹杀的人，保守党也不是。各位，我们的政党在200年后依然屹立在这里，是有原因的，”这位保守党党魁大声疾呼。

在反思过去的选举失败时，她表示保守党已经“承认”了自己的错误。

使用马莎百货的类比，她承认选民们正在通过“店窗”观察保守党，但还没有下单购买。

她说，马莎百货已经从“沉闷且固守过去”

从“沉闷且固守过去”变成了“重新流行”——这一观点是在她上个月出席首届马莎百货伦敦时装周秀场前排之后提出的。

凯米瞄准改革英国党的“戏精”和“帕丁顿熊首相”

延续党代会贯穿始终的主题，巴德诺克夫人对那些投奔改革英国党（Reform UK）的保守党人使用了严厉的措辞，其中包括被她因不忠诚而开除出党的罗伯特·詹里克。

更强大的国家

“在2024年，选民们对那些争吵、阴谋和内斗给出了裁决。还记得所有那些闹剧吗？那些都结束了，”她说道。

“保守党经历了一场出口繁荣——出口的是那些投奔改革英国党的‘戏精’。这个政党现在是一个‘无戏党’。”

她说保守党需要赢回那些流失到改革英国党的选民，并补充道：“他们中的许多人是我们的同类。我们让他们失望了，我们希望他们回家。”

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首相不过是“眨眼和炸猪皮”

在猛烈抨击首相时，巴德诺克夫人说安迪·伯纳姆不过是“不停眨动的睫毛和炸猪皮”。

她嘲讽首相称开设“北10号”是他人生中最美好的一天，并抨击他在国防、国债和福利方面的记录。

她指责他做出无法兑现的承诺，且资金数额根本对不上，警告称他“不严肃”。

“不要让这个男人用他眨动的睫毛和他的炸猪皮来愚弄你们，”她说道。

“他说开设北10号是他人生中最美好的一天。真的吗？那里有一个假的内阁会议室，一个拉里猫的纸板 cutout，而且地址甚至不是10号！这一切都是虚构的。”

她质疑伯纳姆先生在竞选期间表示不想重启全民公投，之后却决定重启脱欧战争的决定。在提到他的党代会演讲时，她批评他没有谈到国防资金、控制借贷以及阻止非法移民。

“我很震惊这位首相的优先事项中没有国防、经济、移民或犯罪。这太不严肃了。”

她还驳斥了他的“再次希望”（Hope Again）口号，告诉代表们：“希望并不是一种战略。”

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帕丁顿熊救不了我们，挡不住普京

保守党党魁嘲讽伯纳姆先生在国防方面的记录，将其贴上“帕丁顿熊首相”的标签，称其无法保护我们免受俄罗斯的威胁。

巴德诺克女士表示，伯纳姆先生在演讲中未能提及国防资金让她感到担忧，并称和平时代已经结束。她将他斥为“不严肃”，并对他曾在杰里米·科尔宾领导下的影子内阁任职的记录嗤之以鼻。

她告诉代表们：“这个国家最不需要的就是一个像帕丁顿熊一样的首相，在普京攻击我们的盟友、我们的经济停滞不前时，却寄希望于问题能自行消失。”

在嘲讽其记录时，她补充道：“让我们诚实一点，如果俄罗斯发射导弹袭击曼彻斯特，£2 的公交车票救不了我们。”

她补充说：“这个人在杰里米·科尔宾的影子内阁中任职时感到很满意。他对他那样一个人点头称是，而那个人竟然想要让英国退出北约，放弃我们的核威慑力，甚至解散我们的陆军。”

她补充说，任何政府的首要职责都是保卫国土，并表示削减福利将使国家能够为国防提供资金。保守党本周制定了“不列颠之盾”计划，旨在保护英国免受导弹和无人机的攻击。

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增长计划与重大税制改革

在昨天的经济主张中，巴德诺克女士将增长置于核心位置，向选民承诺将带来“能够真正看到和感受到”的繁荣。

她表示，她的计划将以廉价能源和削减赤字为中心，否则经济增长将是不可能的。这位保守党党魁谴责了税制令人瞠目结舌的复杂程度，打趣道，税法长达 23,000 页，比“全部七本《哈利·波特》小说、圣经以及莎士比亚全集加在一起的四倍还要长”，并补充道：“难怪我们的经济没有增长！”

她描绘了未来经济增长的愿景：在这种愿景中，养老金领取者能够完成每周的食品采购，且仍有余钱带家人去咖啡馆；毕业生有充足的工作机会可供选择；基础设施建设能够顺利推进，而不会被蝙蝠和蝾螈（的保护问题）所阻碍。

巴德诺克女士还猛烈抨击了伯纳姆先生据传计划在希思罗机场第三跑道建设问题上进行大转弯。

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让惩罚与罪行相匹配

巴德诺克女士表示，如果保守党赢得下次选举，将针对最严重的罪行引入更严厉的最低刑期。

这位保守党党魁表示，司法系统必须实现“惩罚与罪行相匹配，产生真正的后果，让罪犯入狱，让社区重新感到安全”。这一新承诺与一项承诺同步推出，即开展现代历史上规模最大的监狱建设工程，增加 50,000 个新床位。

她动情地谈到了年轻人的安全，提到了巴纳比·韦伯和格蕾丝·奥马利-库马尔，两人于 2023 年在诺丁汉被一名患有偏执型精神分裂症的人杀害。

格蕾丝的父亲桑乔伊·库马尔当时坐在观众席上，巴德诺克女士指责国家在保护人民方面存在制度性失败。库马尔先生昨天表示，他的女儿“被

慷慨激昂：昨天的凯米·巴德诺克。插图：与丈夫哈米什

辜负了”，并补充道：“我失去了我的女儿，我美丽勇敢的格蕾丝，她在与一名精神病患者搏斗时被杀——而我们没有得到任何交代。保护人民是任何政府的职责。”

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膨胀的福利体系已经崩溃

巴德诺克夫人表示，福利体系已经“崩溃”，福利领取者需要的是“强硬的爱”而非救济金，以帮助他们重返工作岗位。

为了在福利支出问题上将工党与保守党明确区分开来，这位保守党党魁表示，“最好的福利是一份高薪工作”。

巴德诺克夫人说：“我们的福利体系已经崩溃，我们在福利上的支出比我们通过所得税筹集的资金还要多。”

“而且我们正在激励低价值移民来到我国。我们需要让福利回归公平。我们需要强硬的爱。”

“告诉那些患有轻度焦虑的人他们是残疾人且无法工作，这在道德上是错误的。”

保守党已将福利改革作为党代会的核心议题，概述了削减臃肿的福利账单的新计划。

根据保守党的计划，离开学校和大学的人将被禁止直接领取通用信贷（Universal Credit），而必须接受密集的就业指导。六个月后仍未能找到或接受工作的人将被纳入一项新的生活津贴，支付额为通用信贷基本标准的 70%。

救济金将发放至一张无法用于饮酒、吸烟或赌博的卡片中。

巴德诺克夫人说：“如果你没有缴费，就不应该领取。保守党不相信‘不劳而获’的文化。”

英国人的家就是他的城堡。这句话可以追溯到 16 世纪，它所凝结的哲学亦然。我们都渴望拥有一个私人空间，一个统治者不能对我们指手画脚的空间，一个我们可以随心安排事务、畅所欲言、随心所欲行事的空间。

伟大的法学家爱德华·科克爵士（Sir Edward Coke）在将我们对普通法的理解编纂成典方面做出了巨大贡献，早在 1628 年他就这样写道：

“因为一个人的房子就是他的城堡，et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [且每个人的家都是其最安全的避风港]。”

这就是为什么我们反感政府检查员为了评估遗产税或即将出台的豪宅税而要求进入我们家中的想法。

这也是为什么凯米·巴德诺克的取消这两项税收的承诺如此受欢迎，即使是对那些本身不受影响的人来说也是如此。

英国与大多数英语国家一样，对房屋所有权有着一种特殊的偏好。例如在德国，租房者与自有房者的人数相当。而在英国，自有房者的数量是租房者的两倍。

经济学家们在争论这是否是一件好事。高水平的房屋所有权为人们提供了资产，从而成为他们筹集贷款和创业的抵押品；但与此同时，当房屋所有权较低时，劳动力的流动性往往更高。

然而，自有住房的最大优势在于心理层面。它让我们在秩序、安全和繁荣中拥有权益——简而言之，让我们在自己的国家拥有权益。

我认为，这就是为什么我们如此反感那些阻碍我们认为的负责任行为的税收——换句话说，就是那些惩罚我们加入房产所有者社会之愿望的税收。

这位保守党党魁已承诺，家庭住宅以及 £100 万 的资产将免于缴纳遗产税，并取消工党的

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拥有住房让我们在国家中拥有一份权益

豪宅税，并取消印花税。

这些承诺在有产者中很受欢迎。但更重要的是，它们将刺激有利于所有人的增长，包括那些没有住房的人。

让我们先从遗产税谈起，这是一种征收成本高且复杂的税种。包括澳大利亚、加拿大和新西兰在内的10个经合组织（OECD）国家已经完全取消了遗产税。在每一种情况下，他们都意识到，该税种对增长的负面影响超过了其带来的少量财政收入。

以最近的例子来说，瑞典在2004年取消了遗产税。立即地，家族企业开始增加投资并加快增长速度。

事实证明，在旧的税制下，家族企业的业主为了应对继承人的遗产税债务，一直在从中撤出资本。而现在，他们转而将资金重新投入到企业中，这意味着瑞典最终

削减房产税触及了我们心理中根深蒂固的东西——也将提振经济

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评论员：丹尼尔·汉南 (Daniel Hannan)

获得了更多的整体税收。保守党或许可以思考一下，既然已经走到了这一步，是否明智地完全取消遗产税，消除所有行政复杂性，并收获更多经济活动带来的利益。

我们对任何税收唯一应该问的问题是，它是否高效。它是否在不产生反向激励的情况下，带来了可观的收入？

或者，它的次生后果是否导致了收入的净损失——例如，当遗产税达到一定水平，导致人们将自己或资产转移到海外，从而最终支付更少的所得税？

通常情况下，政治家不问这个问题。相反，他们问的是什么“看起来公平”，或者谁应该支付，或者什么在民调中受欢迎。

因此，针对储蓄和投资的税收具有持久的吸引力——从增长角度来看，这些税收最具破坏性，但在选民中却最受欢迎，因为这些在很大程度上不懂经济学的选民，喜欢任何他们认为会落在他人身上的税收。

房产税的主要问题之一是它们推高了搬家的成本。那些可能想要缩小住房规模从而释放空间的人无法负担这样做。在另一个极端，试图负担首套房的人也受到了惩罚。

这在许多方面损害了我们的生活质量。我们很少停下来思考，过高的住房成本是如何导致我们的储蓄率低，以及我们的工作时间异常之长的。

这也使得英国成为一个投资吸引力较低的地方。假设你是一家决定在哪里设立主要业务中心跨国公司。英国拥有受过教育且讲英语的劳动力。但由于这里的住房成本如此高昂，你需要支付高得多的工资来补偿。

所以，是的，如果你想让英国成为一个更具竞争力和生产力的国家，降低住房成本是一个很好的起点。直到现在，所有政党都未能通过这项测试。

保守党试图通过“购房权”（right-to-buy）计划来解决这个问题，但这只是转移了问题。是的，它给一些买家提供了额外的资本，但它并没有增加房屋供应，这意味着对其他所有人来说，可用房屋更少，价格更高。

工党现在使情况变得

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工党的租金管制减少了供应

通过引入租金管制，使情况变得更糟，从而进一步减少了供应。这两项计划都依赖于更多的国家干预来解决由国家干预造成的问题——这无异于给病人开出更多让他生病的药方。

真正的解决方案是大幅放宽规划法，以便允许建造新房屋——这将不会花纳税人一分钱，并且会立即让英国成为一个更富裕的地方。

不过，与此同时，削减房产税是朝着正确方向迈出的受欢迎的一步。

这很矛盾。随着住房变得越来越昂贵，国家的干预也变得越来越深入。在 1763 年，老皮特（Pitt the Elder）或许给出了关于“英国人的家就是他的城堡”这一原则最激昂的诠释：“最贫穷的人也可以在他的小屋里向王室的所有力量发起挑战。小屋可能很破旧——屋顶在摇晃——风在穿堂——暴风雨在侵袭——雨水在渗入——但英格兰国王不能进入！”

那是曾经的时光。在 1974 年，理查德·斯蒂尔戈（Richard Stilgoe）写了一首名为《法定进入权》（Statutory Right Of Entry）的喜剧歌曲，讲述了七类可以在未经允许的情况下进入你家中的官员。

2007 年，政策研究中心（Centre for Policy Studies）的一项研究发现，目前有 266 项生效的法律允许国家代理人进入私人财产，其中主要的增长发生在 20 世纪 90 年代。

2012 年，根据《自由保护法》（Protection of Freedoms Act）进行的一项官方审查对所有定义场所（包括企业、车辆、私人土地以及住宅）进行了数据统计。审查发现了 1,237 项进入权，并将其削减至 912 项。

无论按任何定义，我们距离老皮特的时代都相去甚远。

事实上，在苏格兰，2024 年的一项法律变更意味着，如果人们在自己的餐桌旁说错了话，可能会因仇恨言论而被起诉。当乔治·奥威尔想象他的未来反乌托邦世界时，他设想的是电视屏幕在家里监视人们。

隐私和所有权是将自由社会与极权社会区分开来的标志。

仅靠取消房屋上过度且惩罚性的税收，本身并不能扭转国家权力在这里令人不安的增长。但这是一个开始。天哪，这是一个开始。

■ 钦斯克莱尔的汉南勋爵（Lord Hannan of Kingsclere）是一位独立贵族，同时也是经济事务研究所（Institute of Economic Affairs）的所长。

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贾格尔（83岁）称：抱歉哈里，你太老了不能演我

摇滚传记片：年轻的米克·贾格尔

作者：詹姆斯·德斯伯勒（James Desborough）

如果哈里·斯泰尔斯（Harry Styles）希望在传记片中饰演米克·贾格尔（Mick Jagger），那么这位摇滚明星有个坏消息要告诉他：你并不总能得到你想要的。

83 岁的贾格尔透露，他正在考虑拍摄一部关于滚石乐队（Rolling Stones）早年生活的电影，该乐队成立于 1962 年。

但当被问到谁可能饰演年轻的主唱时，米克爵士坚决表示：不能超过 30 岁。

“我想让一个演我 20 岁样子的人来演。我希望他们在 20 多岁……所以这将是一个相当无名的演员。不会是大明星，”他告诉加拿大电视台。

32 岁的斯泰尔斯长期以来因其华丽的服装、飘逸的长发，当然还有他的舞步而与贾格尔被相提并论。

但贾格尔意味深长地补充道：“如果我要拍传记片，[我]想要的是开始成名的那个阶段。

‘我当时只有 19 岁……而经常发生的情况是，他们总是找一个 32 岁的人来演 19 岁。’”

F1车队因大奖赛赛车失踪起诉车库索赔100 万英镑

失踪：由拉尔夫·舒马赫和胡安·蒙托亚驾驶的FW23赛车

作者：Matt Strudwick

由于一辆出借的历史性大奖赛赛车失踪，一级方程式（Formula One）威廉姆斯（Williams）车队正起诉一名车库业主，索赔100 万英镑00 万。

这辆FW23赛车——曾在2001年世界锦标赛期间由拉尔夫·舒马赫（Ralf Schumacher）和胡安·帕布罗·蒙托亚（Juan Pablo Montoya）驾驶——于2015年被出借给位于什罗普郡特尔福德（Telford, Shropshire）的Autotech Performance有限公司，作为该公司车库的展品。

但六年之后，当威廉姆斯要求归还这辆赛车（全球仅制造了九辆）时，未收到任何回应。

Autotech公司随后进入清算程序并被注销。

该赛车公司目前在高等法院提起诉讼，要求该车库的前业主兼股东彼得·索普（Peter Thorpe）归还赛车或支付100 万英镑00 万。

威廉姆斯的律师称，索普先生将赛车从车库中移走，并向其公司的清算人错误地声称该车由其个人所有。

但这位58岁的男子（他称目前居住在国外）正在对抗这一指控，坚称他从未告诉任何人他拥有这辆车。他还表示不知道赛车在何处，且在2018年10月中风后记忆力不佳。

索普先生表示，他不记得与清算人交谈过，且在2021年夏天（公司注销前）他最后一次前往那里时，赛车仍在现场。

威廉姆斯的出庭律师理查德·克莱格（Richard Clegg）在案件文件中阐述了诉求，称Autotech被允许保留该车直到2021, 10月，但他补充道：“这辆车是原告自身遗产车独特收藏的一部分。在Autotech开始自愿清算后的某个未知日期或前后，该车被从场所中移走。”

索普先生的辩护方认为，该车辆是一辆没有发动机的展示车，并对估值提出异议。

威廉姆斯对索普先生的起诉已提交至伦敦高等法院，但该案尚未提交法官进行全面审理。

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“那是隔壁家的狗——你能把音乐关小点吗？”

为什么你应该不要没事找事（let sleeping dogs lie）...

作者：Xantha Leatham

执行科学编辑

如果你曾在经历了一个不安的夜晚后将你的狗赶出卧室，科学家们有一些令人惊讶的消息：你的宠物可能并非罪魁祸首。

这是因为狗对主人的睡眠影响很小——而人类在夜间更有可能惊醒他们的宠物。

多伦多大学的研究人员在四周内追踪了25人及其38只狗的睡眠习惯，以查明究竟是谁在干扰谁。

研究团队为人类和狗都安装了活动监测器，以便记录整个夜晚的活动情况。

这项发表在《PLOS One》期刊上的研究显示，人类及其宠物倾向于在相似的时间醒来并活动。但研究人员发现，人类活动更有可能发生在狗之前——这意味着主人往往才是干扰宠物的一方。

作者拉瓦尼亚·纳根德兰（Lavania Nagendran）表示：“人类和狗的夜间活动通常相关，但每对组合的模式各异。总体而言，它们的活动倾向于同步，且人类活动先于狗活动的情况比相反情况更多。”

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西班牙抗议活动中一名87岁老人去世

一名西班牙退休老人昨日去世，享年87岁。此前，针对其被驱逐出住所的事件引发了大规模抗议，并触发了一场提前大选。

玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔（Maricarmen Abascal）被赶出了她位于马德里的公寓，她在那儿住了70多年。据报道，由于无法承担高达275%的租金涨幅，她被驱逐。

上个月，令人震惊的画面显示这位祖母被用担架抬走，随即引发了示威活动和政治争端。

在她被驱逐后，旨在遏制驱逐行为并限制租金的改革方案上周被议会否决，导致首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sanchez）宣布在11月29日举行提前大选。

300,000个年轻人就业岗位“面临风险”

财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）收到警告，除非在预算案中减轻国民保险（NI）负担，否则每年面向年轻人的300,000个酒店餐饮业岗位将面临风险。

行业组织英国酒店餐饮业协会（UKHospitality）表示，在其前任瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）提高雇主国民保险税后，该行业在过去两年中失去了100,000个工作岗位。该协会表示，希利先生必须立即采取行动以缓解痛苦。此前，保守党党魁凯米·巴德诺克承诺，将通过把企业雇佣25岁以下员工需缴纳的国民保险贡献金减半，来助力企业发展。

当里夫斯女士在2024年的首次预算案中宣布一项£250 亿加元国民保险税征收计划时，酒店、酒吧和餐厅感到震惊。此次征收使雇主国民保险税率从13.8%提高到15%，并且——更重要的是——将缴纳该税款的薪资门槛从 9,100 英镑 降低至 5,000 英镑。

这意味着酒店餐饮企业传统上依赖的许多低薪或兼职员工的雇佣成本变得更高。这被广泛认为是导致经济大部分领域招聘下滑的原因。

在预算案出台前的一次干预中，英国酒店餐饮业协会表示，虽然该行业每年为16至24岁的人群提供300,000个就业起点，但如果不对减轻行业税收负担采取行动，其提供能力将“被进一步削弱”。该协会呼吁政府通过在本届议会结束前将雇主国民保险的薪资门槛逐步提高到 1 万英镑，来减轻国民保险负担。

英国酒店餐饮业协会首席执行官艾伦·辛普森（Allen Simpson）表示：“酒店餐饮业一直是国家为年轻人创造就业机会最多的行业。在过去两年中，这种创造就业的‘超级能力’陷入了危机，该行业承受了超过£50 亿加元的额外成本。如果不采取行动，我们为年轻人提供就业起点的能力（本已捉襟见肘）将面临风险。”

他补充说，降低雇佣成本可以帮助解决“NEETs危机”——指的是那些被归类为不在教育、就业或培训中的16至24岁人群，人数近一百万。

财政大臣计划提供£1bn能源账单救助……但资金将流向福利领取者

作者：詹姆斯·塔普斯菲尔德（James Tapsfield）

一项£10 亿加元预算救助计划旨在帮助家庭应对飙升的能源账单，财政大臣正在考虑该计划，但其中大部分资金将流向福利领取者。

约翰·希利在10月28,制定经济计划时，一直在努力寻找减轻家庭压力的方法，尽管他面临着平衡账目的艰巨挑战。

面对激烈的中东危机，部长们对明年1月能源价格上限可能上涨超过五分之一的前景感到日益不安。

据报道，财政部中一项获得支持的提案将把目前的“温暖家居折扣”（Warm Homes Discount）从每年£150提高到每年£250。但这仅适用于领取经过资产调查的福利（如通用信贷或住房补贴）的家庭。

首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）大肆宣扬他希望帮助

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“关键决定已被推迟”

面对生活成本危机，他一直渴望帮助家庭。然而，他本月初采取的在3月前将电费增值税降低 5% 的举措，立即被上周能源价格上限的上涨所抵消。

昨晚，财政部坚称在预算案公布前三周，这些说法仅仅是猜测。

拨款：财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）

此外，将国防开支提高到 GDP 的 3% 随后增加至 3.5% 的时间表也将不复存在——这是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普长期以来一直要求的。那些关键决定已被推迟，可能会推迟到明年年底举行支出审查时。

希利先生必须阐明他将如何为国防投资计划筹集约 50 亿英镑 billion 资金，因为该计划在今年6月由时任首相基尔·斯塔默爵士首次宣布时并未获得资金支持。

教师薪资上涨 3.5% “将导致课堂削减”

工会负责人表示，学校预算将面临挤压，以支付工党承诺的 3.5% 教师薪资涨幅——尽管此前给人的印象是该项资金将得到全额支持。

教育大臣露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）面临来自全国教师联盟（NASUWT）的挑战，该联盟表示此次加薪“资金不足”，将导致课堂削减。此次争端发生在鲍威尔女士致信另一个教师工会——全国教育联盟（NEU）以阻止其罢工计划之后。

她表示，通过重新评估支持人员养老金筹集的 £5 亿 可以为此次加薪提供资金。

由于工党承诺了一系列其他高支出政策，货币市场推高了英国的借贷成本，财政大臣正面临巨大压力。

作者：埃莉诺·哈丁（Eleanor Harding）

教育编辑

她说：“我们有信心学校能够承担教师加薪的成本。”NEU总书记丹尼尔·凯贝德（Daniel Kebede）宣布获胜，并表示这意味着加薪将获得“全额资金支持”。

决议基金会（Resolution Foundation）的一项研究发现，英国遭受了相当于 13 年的

但昨天，NASUWT暗示仍需筹集 £5 亿，因为养老金节省的资金已被计入学校预算用于其他用途。

与此同时，一家智库透露，长达五年的近乎持续的生活成本危机使家庭状况比原本应有的情况几乎 3,000 英镑 更糟。

总书记马特·拉克（Matt Wrack）表示：“尽管有各种说辞，但学校并没有获得新资金。”

一名政府消息人士否认存在说辞，并强调政府已经“客观且清晰地”表明没有新资金。

尽管希利先生在之前担任国防大臣期间，曾因政府未能制定增加国防开支的路径而辞去斯塔默爵士政府的职务。

在工党试图筹集资金支持其计划之际，银行表达了担心，担心自己会成为超额利润税（windfall levy）的目标。

在短短五年内经历了“正常”通货膨胀，这要归功于大流行病的后续影响以及乌克兰和中东的战争。

该智库表示，如果这段时间的通货膨胀处于正常水平，平均每个家庭将比目前 2,900 英镑 更好。

决议基金会首席经济学家詹姆斯·史密斯（James Smith）表示：“虽然物价上涨对收入的打击在各阶层都有体现，但艰辛程度并不均衡。”

“是较贫困的家庭在取暖方面削减最多，在支付必要账单方面落后最快，而中东冲突将使能源价格保持高位。”

史密斯先生表示，正是在“公共财政提供帮助的空间比以往任何时候都小”的时候，需要生活成本援助。

但他警告不要采取利兹·特拉斯（Liz Truss）式的普惠支持方案，并补充道：“政府不能通过借贷来摆脱困境，重复 2022 年昂贵的全面支持方案并非一个选项。”

“任何新的帮助必须精准针对面临最大艰辛的贫困家庭——从他们的能源账单开始。”

沉重负担：新雕像

议会中的特朗普裸体雕像成为笑柄

作者：Isabella Machin

一座唐纳德·特朗普的金像已在欧盟欧洲议会内部展出——但由于其内容，他可能不会对此感兴趣。

这座名为《橙色瘟疫》（The Orange Plague）的雕像高 8. 英尺，描绘了身材魁梧的美国总统赤身裸体地坐在一个穿着衣服的较小男人的肩膀上。

这件并不讨喜的艺术品覆盖着 23-K 金箔，位于法国斯特拉斯堡议会两栋建筑之间的一个繁忙交叉口。雕像还展现了总统手里拿着一个小正义天平，以及一根长高尔夫球杆，球杆旁有一个看起来像地球的高尔夫球。

丹麦艺术家延斯·加尔肖特（Jens Galschiot）创作了这座雕像，该作品也被称为“不公正之王”。

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“不公正之王”

这是为了抗议特朗普对待气候变化的方式。

他将其描述为针对“美国对绿色转型的攻击”的一次“讽刺性呐喊”。底座上的文字写道：“我坐在一个人的背上。他在我的重压下下沉。我会做任何事情来帮助他。除了从他的背上走下来——不公正之王。”

此前，特朗普在去年1月重返白宫后立即撕毁了美国的气候政策，并将气候变化描述为一场“骗局”。

今年早些时候，一座22英尺高的特朗普镀金雕像在他位于迈阿密的高尔夫俱乐部揭幕，描绘了总统挥拳向上的样子——据称其灵感来自他在 2024 年幸存于一次暗杀企图后所摆出的姿势。

加尔肖特作品的下一站预计是下个月在土耳其举行的COP31联合国气候大会——美国在去年的巴西COP30峰会上未派遣代表参加。

悲剧：汉娜·凯恩于周日被发现死亡 现场：诺福克郡的凯恩夫妇家中

《每日邮报》，星期四， 8, 2026

王室医生“在儿童留宿派对期间被丈夫勒死并殴打致死”

作者：Andrew Levy 和 Gethin Hicks

法院昨日获悉，一名王室医生涉嫌在举办儿童留宿派对时被其丈夫殴打并勒死。

全科医生汉娜·凯恩（Hannah Cain）， 45岁，于周日凌晨在诺福克郡桑德灵厄姆庄园附近的家中被发现死亡。

她的丈夫马克·凯恩（Mark Cain），同样 45 岁，昨日在诺里奇治安法院出庭，被指控谋杀。

身穿黑色套衫的凯恩在五分钟的听证会上仅开口确认了自己的姓名，没有表现出任何情绪。

检察官杰奎·汉隆（Jacqui Hanlon）告诉法院，救护车服务部门在周日 2. 25am 联系警方，

称一名 45 岁的男子在德辛厄姆村的一栋房屋内疑似遭遇抢劫而受创。

她补充道：“汉娜·凯恩在楼上的卧室被发现，当时已停止呼吸且失去意识。”

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“她善良且充满爱心”

家人：马克·凯恩与妻子

“初步尸检[报告]指出，头部侧面受到了钝器伤害。此外，还有一项伤情表明可能存在颈部受压。事发时屋内有孩子在场。”

英国皇家检察署（CPS）于周二晚授权对凯恩提起谋杀指控。

据了解，凯恩夫人曾为包括卡米拉王后在内的王室成员提供医疗服务。据称，国王和王后已被告知她的死讯。

凯恩夫人执业的附近格里姆斯顿（Grimston）诊所于周一和周二关闭。她的同事表示，这是由于“影响我们医疗团队的极其困难的情况”。

一名诊所发言人补充道：“我们为带来的不便深表歉意，并感谢各位在同事们处于这个非常困难时期所给予的耐心与理解。”

凯恩夫人在专业领域被称为汉娜·特里（Hannah Terry）医生，她还为位于附近索恩汉姆（Thornham）的美容治疗公司 Norfolk Sky Aesthetics 工作。

在凯恩夫人去世后的几个小时里，法医团队和警员开始展开调查，人们在德辛汉姆（Dersingham）的现场附近留下了花束和悼词。

昨晚，她的家人表示：“我们因失去美丽的汉娜而心碎。她善良、慷慨且充满爱心。我们为她这样的人格以及她对患者的悉心照顾感到无比自豪。”村民们形容该地区通常是一个安静的地方，并表示对这场悲剧感到震惊。

一名透露凯恩夫人在该地区生活了约十年的当地人说：“她就是一个可爱的人，有三个漂亮的孩子。”

一名 90 多岁的邻居补充道：“孩子们很可爱，两个男孩和一个小女孩。”

另一位居民说：“这里是那种如果你忘了锁车并停在外面一整夜，也不会发生任何事情的地方。”一名悼念者在 Facebook 上发帖称：“高飞吧，安息吧，特里医生。你不应该遭遇这一切，天堂迎来了一位天使。你是一位倾听并帮助我们的可爱医生。‘在思念你，你的家人，你的孩子和朋友们。’”

德辛汉姆位于诺福克郡西部的桑德灵厄姆（Sandringham）王室庄园边缘，而格里姆斯顿村则位于其南部。

地区法官马修·博恩（Matthew Bone）将凯恩羁押，要求其今日在金林（King's Lynn）刑事法院出庭。

帕金森病新药带来“极大希望”

作者：肖恩·伍勒（Shaun Wooller），健康编辑

一种用于治疗帕金森病的每日口服药在后期临床试验中显示出巨大益处，使患者有望在数十年来首次迎来重大新疗法。

该药物显著缩短了患者受僵直和震颤困扰的时间，使穿衣和进食变得更加容易。

大多数使用超过半个世纪的现有药物作用于多巴胺——这是一种帮助控制运动的脑内化学信使，在患者体内会逐渐减少。但随着帕金森病的进展，患者会出现症状回归的“关”期（off periods）。基于多巴胺的治疗还可能导致运动障碍或不自主的抽动。

这种名为 solengepras 的新药针对大脑的不同部分。它能阻断一种名为 GPR6 的受体，从而释放运动的“刹车”。这项 3 期临床试验涉及 341 名患者，他们每天服用 75 毫克或 150 毫克的 solengepras，或服用安慰剂，持续 12 周。高剂量组的“关”时间减少了 94 分钟，且白天的嗜睡情况有所减轻。

来自波士顿生物技术公司 Cerevance 的该药物试验首席研究员斯图尔特·艾萨克森（Stuart Isaacson）博士表示，这“为未来带来了极大希望”。该疗法可能会在两到三年内上市。

为什么如今的水果和蔬菜可能只有 20 世纪 60 年代一半的营养价值

作者：佐伊·哈迪 (Zoe Hardy)

包括小麦、苹果和胡萝卜在内的常见作物，自 20 世纪 60 年代以来，其营养价值可能下降了高达一半。

土壤质量的下降意味着如今的成年人正缺失至关重要的维生素和矿物质。

大约 500 万人可能会陷入钾、铁、硒和锌的缺乏状态，这将对公共健康产生“巨大”影响。

专家表示，这可能导致“数百万人因疲劳或精疲力竭，以及注意力受损而增加病假天数”。

硒缺乏会削弱免疫系统，增加心脏病风险并损害甲状腺功能，其连锁反应包括不孕、抑郁和疲劳。它

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“数百万人请病假”

是一种强效抗氧化剂，有助于免疫系统对抗感染并保护细胞免受损害。科技公司 Deep Science Ventures 的研究人员表示，随着小麦营养密度的下降，女性现在可能需要吃四片全麦面包才能获得建议每日硒摄入量的一分之三。

铁和钾同样令人担忧，其缺乏与高度疲劳、心脏不规律和免疫功能受损有关。研究人员在《食品与营养科学》(Food And Nutrition Sciences) 杂志上写道，仅将作物的营养密度提高三分之一，就能显著降低缺乏率。

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租房？请支付每月 1,000 英镑

在工党实施租赁改革后，伦敦租房的平均成本已飙升至每月 1,000 英镑 以上。

根据合租网站 SpareRoom 的数据，由于房东抛售房产并退出市场，广告发布的房间数量较去年下降了 7.3%。

这意味着伦敦市中心租房的平均成本已飙升至每月 1,002 英镑 —— 仅比 2023 年的峰值低 £1。

全英国任何地方合租公寓的平均生活成本也上升到了每月 £769 的历史新高。

于 5 月起生效的工党《租客权利法案》为租客引入了一系列保护措施，包括终止“无过错”驱逐。

Spare-Room 的马特·哈钦森 (Matt Hutchinson) 表示，该法案已“赶走了房东”，并补充道：“有些人觉得投资机会已不再值得如此费力。”

普京的生日闪击战

他以炮击庆祝 74 岁生日，一名 14岁少年在撰写关于“压迫弱者”的文章时被杀

作者：安迪·杰林 (Andy Jehring)

驻基辅首席驻外记者

弗拉基米尔·普京昨天庆祝其 74 岁生日的方式是在一次超过 70 枚俄罗斯弹道导弹的闪击战中，在乌克兰造成至少 25 人死亡。

其中一枚导弹击中了一栋五层公寓楼，导致大楼坍塌，造成 9 人死亡，其中包括 3 名儿童。

在普京于凌晨部署 TU-160 战略轰炸机和无人机焚毁乌克兰全境基础设施后，在切尔尼戈夫北部地区的普里卢基 (Pryluky) 袭击中，另有数十人受伤。

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示：“今天，在普京的

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“我意识到这具有多么强的象征意义”

生日之际，俄罗斯军队向他‘赠送’了普里卢基一座住宅楼的毁灭——那是一栋普通的五层公寓楼。

与此同时，有消息传出，一名 14 岁的学生丹尼尔·乌曼斯基 (Daniel Umansky) 在做作业时被袭击基辅的无人机击杀。

在接受《每日邮报》采访时，他年届 53岁的父亲佐里克 (Zorick) 泣不成声地表示，丹尼尔刚刚写到 12 世纪的基辅统治者弗拉基米尔二世 (Volodymyr II) “不允许权贵压迫穷人和弱者”。

几秒钟后，在 9 月 25, 上午 8 点，一架 Shahed 无人机以 300 英里 / 小时的时速撞入他的公寓，在他 43 岁的母亲娜塔莉亚 (Natalia) 面前将其瞬间杀死。

当他在废墟中被发现时，他未完成的作业——沾满血迹且被撕碎——仍翻开在他当时正在编写的那一页。

25亿英镑 cost of meddling

“起初，我的状态无法接收这么多细节，”葡萄酒专家乌曼斯基先生说道，“然后我意识到这具有多么强的象征意义。”

无人机袭击时他正在熟睡，他表示他的妻子是一名酒店销售

一份昨日披露的报告显示，英国防御俄罗斯的开支每年令纳税人承担超过£25 亿加元。

这项被称为“普京税”的开支意味着英国人正面临网络攻击和其他敌对活动带来的巨大经济打击。

根据工党议员格雷姆·道尼（Graeme Downie）的报告，俄罗斯的非法网络干扰估计给英国造成了£15 亿加元的损失，而大西洋海底电缆的损坏损失高达£5 亿。

私营部门在针对捷豹路虎（Jaguar Land Rover）、皇家邮政（Royal Mail）和NHS供应商等公司的攻击中损失了£5 亿。皇家联合服务研究所（RUSI）智库的汤姆·基廷（Tom Keatinge）表示：“了解英国已经付出的代价，对于保护其未来至关重要。”

经理，无法描述发生了什么。

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无辜受害者：丹尼尔·乌曼斯基，14. 上图：昨日陷入火海的基辅

乌曼斯基先生补充道：“我们仍然害怕深入讨论所有细节。”

“我们经历的差异大概是15秒，但她经历而我没有经历的那15秒，是任何一个人生命中最艰难、最艰苦、最残酷的时刻。”

“幸运的是，她的伤势并不严重。最大的创伤是心理上的。它在我们的灵魂深处。”

这个犹太家庭从以色列搬到了乌克兰，但在2022年俄罗斯入侵时，他们回到了特拉维夫。然而，在October 7, 2023以色列遭到袭击后，他们又回到了基辅。

丹尼尔在去世前一晚与父亲进行了最后一次交谈，当时他谈到了自己想住在安全地方的梦想。“丹尼尔生活在两个生命时刻受到威胁的国家，”乌曼斯基先生说，“他的梦想是他的孩子们永远不必面对这种情况。”

“然后他就睡了，我再也没见过他活着的样子。”

他补充道：“俄罗斯人试图让基辅变得无法居住。他们进行心理恐怖袭击。但乌克兰现在不再是热点——有其他热点。我请求这些人，‘请关注俄罗斯正在做的事情’。”

工党在候诊名单问题上“脱离现实”

作者：肖恩·伍勒（Shaun Wooller）

健康编辑

一份令人震惊的报告警告称，患者等待护理的时间将是部长承诺的两倍，NHS领导层因此指责工党“脱离现实”。

政府在执政时将解决长期候诊问题作为一项旗舰政策，并誓言到July 2029, 92 per cent的患者将在转诊后18周内接受治疗。

但健康基金会（Health Foundation）的分析显示，基于过去两年的乏力进展，这一数字更有可能是35周。

该智库表示，在July 2024和July 2029, 之间，名单可能仅减少了500,000，从7.6 mil-

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“是患者在付出代价”

lion to 710 万。这意味着每天净减少仅274人。此前曾表示，名单需要减少到440 万才能实现18周的目标。

健康基金会表示，在工党执政的第一年，全科医生（GP）的转诊量增长了1.5%，而在第二年增长了3 cent。如果转诊量以该速度增长至2029, 移除名单的比例需要从2.2 cent翻倍至more than 4.5 cent一年。

代表服务领导者的NHS联盟（NHS💡 Alliance）的马修·霍普金斯（Matthew Hopkins）表示：“这不可能实现。当政策与运营现实脱节时，付出代价的是患者。”

卫生部的一位发言人表示：“我们决心继续朝着92 cent的目标推进。这就是为什么我们投入创纪录的资金，以便患者能够更快地获得诊断和治疗。”

OCTOBER 7: THREE YEARS ON

躲在雨伞后面，那些在10月7日周年纪念日为哈马斯游行的恶鬼……

我的看法

由 Robert Hardman 撰写

就在霍本（Holborn）地铁站旁边，我听到了当天最令人啼笑皆非的口号。“这是我们要告诉警察的话，”他们喊道，“去找份正经工作吧！”

在工作日的周中，一群学生（必须得说，其中有几个显然已经成年）在这里阻碍伦敦的交通，目的是为了庆祝1,200名平民被谋杀——此外还有许多人遭到强奸和绑架。

而他们竟然有胆量教训我们其他人要寻求有报酬的就业。如果未来有人在找工作时可能面临问题，那很可能就是这帮人，因为任何在这次游行中被认出的人，在一段时间内可能都无法被允许担任任何负责任的职位。

鉴于警方已禁止在本次活动中遮盖面部，且全球媒体在全程拍摄，这些游行者如此肆无忌惮地展示其根深蒂固的反犹主义，无疑是在冒险。因此，他们中的许多人躲在雨伞、太阳镜、紧紧包裹的巴勒斯坦库菲耶（keffiyehs）和医用口罩后面。

警方有充分的理由逮捕其中几人，因为他们明显违反了规定，但最终只抓获了少数几个人。他们也没有喊出那些常见的反以色列口号，如“从河流到大海 / 巴勒斯坦将获得自由”。

直到后来，警员们才真正采取行动，在哈马斯粉丝俱乐部与在罗素广场（Russell Square）出现的一场规模更大的反向示威活动之间建立起一道人体屏障。

“抗议，而他们选择在今天举起巴勒斯坦旗帜——这面旗帜在大屠杀以来最糟糕的一天被用来屠杀以色列人！”一名以色列阿拉伯人约瑟夫·哈达德（Yoseph Haddad）跳到他们面前大喊道。

“我甚至不是犹太人。我来这里是为了纪念两名在10月7日试图营救犹太以色列人而被杀的勇敢阿拉伯以色列人。我们是一体的。”他穿着一件印有二维码的T恤，链接到一些暴行现场的视频。“扫描它！扫描它！”他对着所有路人大喊，“但在观看之前千万不要吃饭。”

当游行队伍缓缓进入罗素广场时，游行者们似乎被等待他们的更大规模的人群所震惊，后者挥舞着以色列国旗和英国国旗。“恐怖分子支持者滚出我们的街道！”这群年龄较大的人群齐声高喊，他们中没有一个人遮掩自己的身份。

“这是一场充满仇恨的游行，应该被禁止，”挥舞着两面以色列小国旗的马格达·法尔卡（Magda Falka）说道，“我甚至不是犹太人。我来自波兰。但我是一名英国学生的母亲，我非常恐惧年轻一代是如何被渗透的。看看绿党，他们说犹太复国主义是种族主义。他们什么时候会开始猎杀犹太复国主义者？”

考虑到一个自称“伦敦大学联盟”的组织在昨天选择这样一个毫无必要地冒犯且具有煽动性的时间点进行游行，反对是不可避免的。无论人们对以色列轰炸加沙持有何种观点，10月7日都不是为根除犹太故土而游行的场合——政府和警方已多次恳请取消此次抗议（国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷称其为“可耻的”），这一点已表达得十分明确。

反抗议者举着“停止仇恨”的标牌，一面写着“种族灭绝谎言（Geno-Lie）”，另一面写着“真实的种族灭绝”，并列出了一份名单，从1915-17年的亚美尼亚种族灭绝，一直到大屠杀、卢旺达和达尔富尔。

大约150人的规模，他们不仅要求结束加沙的“种族灭绝”，还要求以色列国本身消失。

而这一切就发生在全世界人们纪念大屠杀以来最血腥的反犹暴行中所有遇难者的这一天。

昨日学生游行传递的信息很明确：他们罪有应得。公众可能会疑惑，警方例如在周末可以封锁汉普郡的戈斯波特镇，以防止针对移民船抵达的抗议活动，但却无法阻止一场旨在让英国犹太社区感到极大愤慨、发生在伦敦市中心的抗议活动。

伦敦警察厅此前发表声明称：“警方不能禁止抗议，只有在严重骚乱的风险极高且无法通过设定条件来管理时，才能请求内政大臣这样做。而此次情况并未达到这一高标准。”

两者的区别在于，反向示威活动是由一个名为“停止仇恨”（Stop The Hate）的组织发起的，且有一名指定的组织者，警方向其明确指示了可以抗议的地点。《公共秩序法》第11条规定，抗议活动必须有一名指定的组织者。而学生游行者很方便地没有指定任何人，但警方表示他们仍然无法阻止。这次游行被宣传为在伦敦大学的两个主要中心——国王学院和伦敦大学学院之间进行。

当我问一名男子，为什么他们选择在哈马斯杀害1,200人并引发战争的这一天支持哈马斯时，他很乐意发泄情绪。

“不，不，不！没有1,200人死亡，”他喊道，“在过去三年里，有数十万人死亡。今天，人们将继续死去。是的，今天就是游行的正确日子！”

警方预先设定了起点（林肯法学院广场）和终点（半英里外的罗素广场），并给出了90分钟的时间窗。超出该范围或遮盖面部，就有被逮捕的风险。亲巴勒斯坦者在林肯法学院广场聚集在一起，用横幅和库非耶围巾在周围围成一道防御墙，同时在人群中诵读各种誓言：“拒绝媒体！拒绝评论！拒绝警告！……”

他们在雨中出发，大部分时间里只重复着惯常的“自由巴勒斯坦”混编口号，没有进一步评论。一名

与他们并肩前行的是反向抗议者多米尼克·格莱兹布鲁克（Dominic Glazebrook，58岁），他披着一面英国国旗，身边围绕着三名警察。他说，纯粹的愤怒促使他今天早上从西米德兰兹郡乘火车赶来。

“自由巴勒斯坦——从哈马斯手中自由！”他喊道，随后改变了策略：“如果每个人都讨厌以色列，为什么在欧洲歌唱大赛中每个人都给他们投票？”随着游行的进行，反对的声音不断增加。“365天他们都必须”

“就在本周，我们经历了绿党的投票，现在又是这场庆祝10月7日的非法游行，而警方则在竭尽全力地为其提供便利，”律师兼“停止仇恨”负责人伊泰·加尔穆迪（Itai Galmudy，45岁）说道，“我想说这标志着反犹主义达到了一个新低，但亲巴勒斯坦阵营的污泥池是没有底线的。”

仇恨与希望：上方为遮面抗议者，下方为昨日的一名以色列支持者

警方共逮捕了11人，其中5人涉嫌在北伦敦英国犹太代表委员会办公室外的另一场示威活动中煽动种族仇恨。

回到罗素广场，学生游行的人群逐渐融入前往大英博物馆观看拜约挂毯的人流中。反向示威者在以色列民谣的伴奏下旋转，直到警察宣布活动结束。

就在此时，一辆货车时机精准地驶过，车上的电子广告牌写着“投票给绿党——投票给波兰斯基”。

当然，这一切恰好发生在霍本和圣潘克拉斯选区。

该选区的选民今天进行投票，绿党党魁扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）在此参选，旨在取代逃离的前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士。这辆货车在行驶过程中遭到了阵阵嘘声。

追加报道：卡梅伦·查特斯（CAMERON CHARTERS）

癌症幸存者得益于NHS人造舌头恢复说话能力

作者：Ciaran Foreman

一名癌症幸存者讲述了她在获得被认为是NHS（英国国家医疗服务体系）首个定制人造舌头后的喜悦之情。

30岁的伊莫金·布鲁克斯（Imogen Brooks）医生在三年前被诊断出患有鳞状细胞癌（最常见的头颈部癌症）后接受了手术，手术切除了她大部分的舌头，导致她出现了严重的语言障碍。

她说，当她试图发起对话时，一些朋友和同事会“恐惧地”看着她。但多亏了盖伊和圣托马斯医院（Guy’s and St Thomas’）的专家，这位来自东伦敦纽汉（Newham）的医学作家现在能再次被人们听懂了。

该假体由一个U形钴铬合金框架组成，可夹在她的下牙上，并配有一个专门为她的口腔定制的硅胶舌头。

Hello Kitty！宠物猫越多的国家越快乐

作者：Wiliam Hunter

科学家们发现了一个意想不到的幸福关键：猫。

研究人员调查了财富、猫的数量与人口规模之间的关系。

发表在《Plos One》杂志上的分析显示，人均拥有猫数量较多的国家，其幸福感水平更高。

一种解释可能是，猫提供了陪伴和情感支持，使人们整体上更加开朗。共同作者、拉脱维亚大学的因德里基斯·克拉姆斯（Indrikis Krams）博士表示：“我们的研究发现，每10,000名居民中拥有猫数量较多的国家，报告的幸福感水平往往更高……即使在考虑了其他几个变量的情况下也是如此。”

研究人员使用了来自93个国家的国家数据。英国（大约每五个人拥有一只猫）在幸福感和人均猫数量方面均排名第18位。

威德库姆谋杀案嫌疑人被指曾试图闯入法拉奇家中

作者：Rebecca Camber

犯罪与安全编辑

法院昨日获悉，一名被指控谋杀安·威德库姆（Ann Widdecombe）的男子，在一年前的一起恐怖袭击阴谋中，曾试图闯入奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）的家中。

约书亚·克里（Joshua Kerry）被指控在“准备恐怖活动”期间，携带一瓶打火机燃料，试图强行破开改革英国党（Reform UK）党魁的前门。

威斯敏斯特治安法院获悉，这名28岁的男子在2024年5月31日至2026年7月8日期间的多个日期，“对知名人士和机构进行了在线侦察”，其中包括调查法拉奇先生的住处。

检察官卡希夫·马利克（Kashif Malik）表示，被告去年4月20日在该房屋外逗留数小时后逃离，并在门廊留下了一瓶打火机燃料，随后被该国会议员的伴侣劳拉·费拉里（Laure Ferrari）发现。

他告诉法庭：“2025年4月20日，星期日，奈杰尔·法拉奇的伴侣回到

未进行答辩：左起约书亚·克里、改革英国党党魁奈杰尔·法拉奇和安·威德库姆

家中，发现主前门遭到破坏。部分木制门框脱落，门廊里有一瓶打火机燃料。

“现场经过了法医鉴定。门框上发现了一个由27毫米单刃工具留下的痕迹。

“显而易见的推论是，有人试图进入屋内。”

法庭获悉，警方随后追踪到一辆疑似属于克里的红色沃克斯豪尔 Corsa 轿车，发现该车辆从他位于罗瑟勒姆（Rotherham）的家中行驶至法拉奇先生所在的街道，并在当天停在那儿数小时，之后才返回南约克郡的小镇。马利克先生补充道：“他在多个日期对知名人士和机构进行了在线侦察……包括确定奈杰尔·法拉奇的家庭住址。”

独立警察行为监察局（IOPC）目前正在审查苏格兰场对该事件的

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“一瓶打火机燃料”

响应情况。

针对一项关于2024年5月至今年7月期间涉嫌活动的“准备恐怖活动”罪名，克里未进行答辩。

他被指控在一年后驾驶一辆红色 Corsa 轿车，对改革英国党司法发言人、前保守党部长威德库姆女士发动了致命袭击。克里于7月被指控谋杀。

威德库姆女士于1987年首次当选为肯特郡的保守党国会议员。她在20世纪90年代担任监狱部长，后来成为脱欧党的欧洲议会议员。随后，她成为了改革英国党的移民与司法发言人。

这位78岁的女性于7月8日去世，此前她在德文郡达特穆尔海托尔（Haytor）的家中头部被锤子击打21次。7月9日上午，她的园丁发现她面朝下躺在厨房地板上，随后被紧急救援服务部门宣布死亡。8月，反恐警察局重启了一项针对伦敦南部法拉奇先生家中涉嫌纵火袭击的为期一年的调查。警方表示，他们最初将该事件作为“入室盗窃未遂”进行调查，但在结案前未逮捕任何人。

在重启调查后，警员确定了一条当时“未被发现并追踪”的调查线索。

戴着眼镜的克里身穿灰色运动服，在四名看守人员的陪同下，昨日双手叠放在膝盖上，仅在确认身份时开口说话。

在明天于中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）举行审前听证会之前，他被还押候审。

官员称，道路新收费制度“荒谬”

作者：大卫·丘吉尔（David Churchill）

官员们承认，在工党执政下可能会出现的新收费制度，可能会导致驾驶员因价格过高而无法上路。

部长们计划将广泛的权力授予那些为道路建设和维护项目出资的私营公司。

根据上个月悄悄提交的拟议法律，这些公司可以开始对他们升级的道路以及新建项目收取过路费，这意味着驾驶员在目前免费行驶的高速公路上将面临收费。政府自身的评估报告已警告称，由于公司可能会在英国各地的道路、桥梁和隧道等类似达特福德跨河通道（Dartford Crossing）的瓶颈地段利用其“垄断地位”进行“剥削”，驾驶员将面临“荒谬”且“虚高”的过路费。

报告还警告称，铁路与道路办公室（Office of Rail and Road）“可能缺乏足够的监管能力”来管理这些方案。支持者则认为，这可以解锁投资，从而建设或升级公共财政无法负担的道路。

但影子交通大臣理查德·霍尔登（Richard Holden）表示：“还有什么比试图建立一个他们明知监管机构无法监管、且极易导致荒谬结果和虚高收费的收费系统，更能证明工党在向驾驶员开战的证据呢？”

驾驶员目前已支付了£340 亿加元的燃油税和道路税。

她看起来是不是很迷人？比莉与好友奥利维亚和安德鲁一同亮相红毯

拥抱：安德鲁·斯科特与比莉·派珀。右侧：奥利维亚·科尔曼

作者：夏洛特·迪恩（Charlotte Dean）

比莉·派珀（Billie Piper）昨晚在英国电影协会（BFI）伦敦电影节的开幕盛典上，穿着一件单色礼服，并搭配了及肘的皮革手套。

这位44岁的《神秘博士》（Doctor Who）女演员正在宣传她的新电影《埃尔西诺》（Elsinore），该片由她与49岁的安德鲁·斯科特（Andrew Scott）以及52岁的奥利维亚·科尔曼（Olivia Colman）共同主演。

派珀女士身着一件 Emilia Wickstead 礼服，搭配前卫的黑色手套，走在皇家节日大厅（Royal Festival Hall）的红毯上。

为了增加服装的戏剧感，她将头发盘成发髻，并选择了浓重的银色眼影。三人看起来兴致很高。

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“三人兴致很高”

他们在庆祝电影节的开幕，该电影节将持续到10月18日。

科尔曼女士最近令粉丝惊讶地放弃了近十年来的标志性短发，在一次次高调亮相中尝试长灰色头发。

与此同时，斯科特先生选择了一件棕色双排扣夹克，搭配一件洁白的衬衫和一条印花领带。

当晚标志着《埃尔西诺》的欧洲首映，该片基于苏格兰演员伊恩·查尔森（Ian Charleson）的真实故事，他因在《烈火战车》（Chariots Of Fire）中的角色而闻名。

大胆：昨晚红毯上的比莉·派珀

我在哪里？

死囚克里斯塔·派克在死里逃生后的第一句话

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死囚克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）在一次失败的执行死刑后从昏迷中醒来，她的第一句话是：“我在哪里？你们是谁？”她的律师昨日表示。

《每日邮报》披露，50岁的派克在家人被告知她已脑死亡后不久恢复了意识。

尽管在9月30日接受了两剂致命注射，这名被定罪的谋杀犯依然幸存。据称，她是唯一一名在执行“完整”死刑后幸存的人。

其法律团队成员、律师兰迪·斯派维（Randy Spivey）昨晚表示：“目前仍存在严重的认知混乱。”

“她想知道发生了什么，并询问了几个人的情况。她询问了她的团队，也询问了受害者的家属。”

“我认为她现在对一切都感到愤怒和困惑。”

“她非常清楚州政府试图处决她。”

“周一晚上，我们的理解是克里斯塔已经脑死亡，生命维持系统将在第二天被移除。”

“周二，令包括我在内、包括她的团队以及医疗团队在内的所有人感到震惊的是，克里斯塔醒了过来并开始说话。”

派克对在美国田纳西州接受了两剂致命剂量的戊巴比妥（pentobarbital）没有任何记忆。她的意外康复令她的家人感到震惊，此前家人被告知她的呼吸机将被关闭。

她的姨妈凯莉·罗斯（Carrie Ross）昨日告诉《每日邮报》：“我们收到消息说她脑死亡了，他们要让她脱离呼吸机。他们打算放手——让她死去。”

罗斯女士表示，自从派克醒来后，没有一名家属能够与她交谈。

相反，他们收到的是

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“她感到愤怒且困惑”

来自其法律团队的更新。为派克律师提供建议的麻醉师兼重症监护医生乔尔·齐沃特（Joel Zivot）表示，她在周二醒来，但对执行死刑的尝试没有记忆。她能想起自己的名字，但猜错了日期，认为现在还是九月。

派克的律师之一卢克·因亨（Luke Inhen）昨日在田纳西州诺克斯维尔的一家法院表示，她目前“说话有限”。

派克在1996年被判处死刑，当时她20岁，罪名是一年前对同学、19岁的科琳·斯莱默（Colleen Slemmer）实施酷刑并将其谋杀。

如果她死于致命注射，她将成为田纳西州200多年来被处决的第一名女性。

然而，在第二次注射40分钟后，目击者发现她还活着且在打呼噜，随后她被紧急送往医院。

震惊的康复：克里斯塔·派克

昨日，一名法官命令监狱官员保存此次失败执行过程中的证据，包括注射器和其他设备。

因亨先生表示：“州政府并未承诺派克女士未来不会再次面临执行。我们寻求保存的证据与她未来可能提出的任何挑战相关。”

他声称州政府正在隐瞒信息，并试图“掩盖真实发生的情况”。

田纳西州今年计划执行的所有死刑均已暂停。

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凯米关于住房与种族的战斗号角

任何质疑凯米·巴德诺克作为保守党党魁——或未来首相——资历的人，现在都得到了答案。

就在一年前，她首次以领导者身份在党代会上亮相，面对的则是仍处于低迷与沮丧之中的党员们，他们刚刚经历了保守党历史上最惨烈的选举溃败。

但昨天在伯明翰，当她宣布下次选举将是“一场关于国家灵魂的战斗”时，人们能切实感受到一种势头——以及一种天命将至的前景。

巴德诺克夫人的演讲核心是住房与家庭的主题。在公布取消家庭住宅遗产税的计划时，她提醒代表们，保守党“一直以来都是支持房屋所有权的政党”。

在此项公告之前，她已承诺取消主要住宅的印花税，并废除政府所谓的“豪宅税”。

这些举措中的每一项都将深深触动英国人的心理。历史表明，我们一直努力购买自己的住房，且有大量证据表明，拥有房产有助于将社区凝聚在一起。

然而，这些举措也揭示了保守党哲学与工党那种琐碎的嫉恨之间的深渊。安迪·伯纳姆政党中的许多人鄙视人们希望为家庭争取更好生活的想法。左翼中甚至有更多人认为，任何人渴望通过努力工作和储蓄搬进更好的房子，这在某种程度上是令人反感的。

正如巴德诺克夫人所指出的，工党认为“将你赚到的钱传给孩子是自私的”——而她同时评论道，对于我们大多数人来说，这却是“最人性化的本能之一”。

不出所料，分歧并未止于此。在降低国家债务、资助国防和建设监狱均为优先事项的时刻，保守党拒绝完全废除遗产税，这展现了一种左翼所厌恶的财政责任感。

巴德诺克夫人还制定了一项削减福利开支的详细计划，并表明了她以实质性方式解决移民危机的决心。

将其与伯纳姆先生在工党大会上朗读的挥霍无度的待办清单对比便可见一斑。那里充斥着各种昂贵且构思拙劣的提案，却几乎没提到如何支付这些费用。国家财政陷入如此境地也就不足为奇了。

这位保守党党魁在昨天的演讲中发出了一个强有力的信号——尽管有呼吁要求右翼统一，但她不愿与改革英国党（Reform UK）达成交易。巴德诺克夫人一直淡化自己的非洲血统，她在一次严厉的驳斥中表示，她不想生活在一个由那些“争论我的混血孩子是否是英国人”的人所治理的国家。

这或许是自2024年大选以来，战斗线第一次被如此清晰地划定。舞台似乎已为经典保守主义与20世纪70年代风格的强硬社会主义之间的正面交锋准备就绪。

没有人否认保守党在选举支持率方面有大量需要追赶的空间。尽管近期一些民意调查显示他们略领先于改革英国党，但他们仍远落后于工党。

就她而言，巴德诺克夫人选择了一个商业街的类比来描述现状。“人们正在透过橱窗观看，”她说，“他们喜欢所看到的，但坦白说，目前购买的人还不够多。”

在昨天令人信服的表现之后，看来不久之后他们就会在门口排起长队。

欧元正处于自由落体状态。法国正迅速破产。现在竟然是安迪·伯纳姆策划重新加入欧盟的时机

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在工党会议上承诺，英国“可以全力以赴”重新加入欧洲，这一表态赢得了党内忠实支持者的热烈掌声。

然而，只要看一眼欧洲大陆上正在肆虐的混乱——从陷入暴力示威动荡的法国，到住房抗议后举行提前大选的社会主义西班牙，再到汽车工业崩溃而陷入绝望的德国——就能看出安迪的欧盟粉丝团究竟有多么幻想。

与此同时，欧元正处于自由落体状态，兑加元汇率触及 17 个月低点。

在欧盟机场护照检查处排队的英国人可能会因为货币贬值使得欧陆旅行变得更便宜而感到宽慰。但这绝非开始讨论扭转脱欧进程的最佳时机。

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灾难性的

再加上人们对极右翼在欧洲主导过多议程的担忧，显而易见，如今的欧盟与伯纳姆透过玫瑰色眼镜回顾的那个欧盟截然不同。

如果法国今天举行总统选举，具有反犹太主义根源的玛丽娜·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）领导的极右翼国民联盟党将会大获全胜。在德国，右翼的德国选择党（Alternative for Germany）正威胁着弗里德里希·梅尔茨（Friedrich Merz）担任总理的前景，而且我们不应忘记，意大利总理乔治亚·梅洛尼（Giorgia Meloni）的政治根源在于墨索里尼的法西斯主义。

但在我看来，几乎比极右翼崛起更令人担忧的，是欧盟目前所处的灾难性财务状况。如果那些支持重新加入欧盟的人渴望的是经济繁荣、增长和稳定，那么可以放弃这个念头了。

如今那里发生的事情与 2009 年希腊危机爆发前的情形有着明显的相似之处，那次危机几乎导致欧元体系崩溃。

那次危机是由希腊在采用

作者：亚历克斯·布鲁默 (Alex Brummer)

城市编辑

在2008年大金融危机发生前几年，希腊加入了欧元区。由于现在处于欧元区内，无法通过货币贬值来应对，希腊不得不承受由国际货币基金组织和布鲁塞尔发起的联合救援，这意味着公共支出的巨额削减，以及失业率和贫困率的激增。

我担心，欧盟第二大经济体法国现在正步入同样的危险地带，并且已经有迹象表明，位于法兰克福的欧洲中央银行（ECB）可能会被要求介入并向巴黎提供紧急支持。

问题在于，欧洲央行一直在为欧盟中如此多的其他国家提供财务支持，以至于其信用额度实际上已经达到上限——而一个像法国这样规模的国家如果发生经济危机，可能会导致整个系统的崩溃。

我们都敏锐地意识到，由于工党的税收和支出政策，英国的债券利率（即政府在全球市场借贷支付的价格）已飙升至近三十年来的最高水平。事实上，我们的借贷成本在欧洲最高。

但是，无论英国的经济困难多么严重，法国正在酝酿的经济危机不久后就可能轻易地使我们的危机显得微不足道。

债券警觉者们已将目光牢牢锁定在马克龙总统及其法国国防部长勒科尔纽（Sebastien Lecornu）身上。

在英国，我们为国家债务而自责，国家的累计借款占国民产出（GDP）的100%。在法国，这一比例为GDP的120%。虽然还没有达到希腊曾达到的180%或更高水平，但绝对处于同一个危险区域。

在英国，我们拥有财政规则——由独立的预算责任办公室仔细监督——旨在提供一定程度的纪律。而在法国，在法国国民议会激烈的预算僵局中，存在着政策真空，没有降低政府借款和债务的正式计划，以及一场连锁危机，这暴露了影响欧元区大部分地区的预算失控问题。

对法国局势极度不安的明显迹象正在迅速增加。法国政府的借贷成本一直在飙升，目前比德国的基准利率高出1.6%。德国仍是欧洲财政公正的支柱，其债务与GDP之比仅为62%。而且，这还是在柏林自身面临工业问题、其汽车工业因中国车辆进口而崩溃的情况下。

过去，德国曾为法国的预算无能提供掩护，但由于欧洲央行目前面临的各项需求（德国也为此出资），这种“搭便车”的行为正迅速走向终结。

法国容易陷入全面崩溃的另一个迹象是一种名为信用违约掉期（credit default swaps）的深奥工具，这是一种银行和金融集团为了保护自己免受市场损失而购买的保险。在2022年利兹·特拉斯灾难性的迷你预算期间，英国政府债务违约的风险指数评级峰值为44点。

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连锁反应

在法国，衡量一个国家破产概率的指数在过去 48 小时内已飙升至令人担忧的 80 点。

此外，法国在经济和政治上的困境使人们将注意力转向整个欧盟日益恶化的预算状况，那里的借贷成本过高且仍在上升。

意大利尤其受到关注，其债务与 GDP 之比高达 139%，在欧盟对梅洛尼政府实施有效的救助后，意大利在削减借贷方面的进展已陷入停滞。

比利时也成为了关注焦点，其债券利率迅速攀升。西班牙近期一直被视为表现出色的国家，实现了强劲增长，但其借贷成本已跳升了 0.5 个百分点，交易员担心来自法国的连锁反应可能无法阻挡。

法国法国国防部长勒科尔纽在国民议会中脆弱的少数派政府正试图推动 €54 (460 亿英镑) 的财政削减，以减少不断扩大的年度赤字。

但来自极右翼和极左翼的反对团体均拒绝了这些紧缩措施（包括冻结公共部门薪资和削减养老金），导致政府处于崩溃边缘。与此同时，法国国家中央银行行长承认，该国正“被利率勒死”。

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失去理智

这场席卷欧洲的经济地震发生的时间再糟糕不过了。法兰克福正充斥着各种猜测，称欧洲央行（ECB）行长、前法国财政部长且曾领导国际货币基金组织（IMF）的克里斯蒂娜·拉加德渴望辞职。据说她的目标是领导世界经济大会——那个达沃斯精英议事厅。

欧洲央行确实在锦囊中准备了一支应急之箭——一项旨在减轻成员国利率压力的专项基金。但正如我所解释的，由于过去的经济救援行动，欧洲央行已经达到了上限——持有债券规模高达 €2.3 (£1.95)。

如果它再次介入购买更多债券，其信誉将被削弱，从而释放出恐怖的通货膨胀魔鬼。

尽管我们自身也面临经济困难，但欧元区深层的裂痕（在那里预算谨慎已被抛之脑后）使得英国决定脱离这个停滞且由债务驱动的经济集团显得愈发明智。

伯纳姆政府竟然认为回归这个乌合之众能带来更多增长，简直是失去理智——这表明他对目前危及欧元区的日益严重的经济风暴极度无知。

年度间谍惊悚片——由一名与短吻鳄摔跤、手持散弹枪的 CIA 局长主演，以及一系列《每日邮报》独家报道组成！

作者：多米尼克·米德格利 (Dominic Midgley)

今年早些时候，当我与一名文学经纪人见面讨论我正在创作的惊悚小说时，他问我

是否读过大卫·麦克洛斯基 (David McCloskey) 的《大马士革车站》(Damascus Station)。

我的回答是没有。这是一个巨大的错误。他用一种轻蔑与难以置信交织的目光看着我，说我应该立即弥补这个遗憾。于是，我前往最近的一家 Waterstones 书店买了一本。

从封面上的评价中，我立刻明白了这部作品为何如此轰动。“我读过的最好的间谍小说，” (大卫·彼得雷厄斯将军，在担任美国中央情报局局长之前，曾任美国及北约在阿富汗和伊拉克的部队指挥官)；“多年来最出色的间谍惊悚片之一” (《泰晤士报》)；“令人屏息地扣人心弦，且真正令人恐惧” (历史学家西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里)。

而书中的内容确实不负盛名。由于麦克洛斯基曾在中东各地的外勤站担任美国中央情报局分析师多年，他近距离观察了 21 世纪一些最具影响力的冲突，并培养了无与伦比的外勤技巧知识。

因此，当他描述如何制作管状炸弹或甩掉跟踪者时，他的叙述具有一种无可置疑的真实感。

他在那本书中引入的主角——一位身材娇小但充满能量的美国中央情报局站长，名叫阿特米斯·阿佛洛狄忒·普罗克特 (Artemis Aphrodite Procter，穿袜高度仅 5 英尺)——至今已出现在他的四部小说中的三部里。

而在麦克洛斯基今天出版的第五本书《伦敦车站》(London Station) 中，她第四次登场，并迎来了一位出人意料的共同主角——《每日邮报》。用作者的话说，该报的独家报道“驱动了几乎整个剧情的走向” (稍后详述)。

剧情围绕着当一名像特朗普一样的总统在华盛顿掌权，并决心

撼动英美之间的“特殊关系”时会发生什么而展开。

考虑到“美国优先”阵营目前在白宫占据主导地位，导致我们英国人在从关税到伊朗战争的所有问题上与他们经常发生争执——更不用说本周 12 架重型轰炸机突然从英国皇家空军 (RAF) 费尔菲尔德基地撤离——这部作品的时效性再恰当不过。

在《伦敦车站》中，这个特朗普式的人物是约翰·伍德 (John Wood) 总统，而英国的间谍成了他的目标。

在他看来，英国人是“扒手”，或者——正如麦克洛斯基的叙述者所描述的那样——“一群带着迷人口音的小偷，利用褪色的帝国光辉来收集情报碎片，然后将其贩卖给美国中央情报局以换取一顿丰盛的晚餐”。

为了重新平衡天平，伍德解雇了执掌美国中央情报局的资深专业人士，并任命了最大的

本报成为了美国中央情报局与军情六处 (MI6) 之间“信息战”的关键部分。正如麦克洛斯基所说：“瞧，谁抢到了独家新闻？《每日邮报》。而这篇《每日邮报》报道引发的后果确实驱动了几乎整个剧情的走向，并导致美国中央情报局局长采取了一些非常激进且具有破坏性的报复行动。”

头版头条。这个故事的重要性没有被阿特米斯·普罗克特忽略，她在经历了几个月可以被描述为“花园假期”的时期后，奇迹般地重新掌权——如果这段时间不是在佛罗里达州她表亲那个“专注于鳄鱼的旅游陷阱”里与鳄鱼搏斗的话。

(如果你觉得这听起来有点不可思议，值得记住的是，麦克洛斯基在最近一篇为《旁观者》(The Spectator) 撰写的文章中指出，就在他完成《伦敦车站》后不久，唐纳德·特朗普任命了房屋建筑巨富的继承人比尔·普尔特 (Bill Pulte) 为国家情报代理局长。)

“在我们这个狂野动荡时代的顶级间谍惊悚小说家”

西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里

这次任命并非没有反对意见。正如情报委员会的一位参议员在评价杰罗姆 (Jerome) 时所言，他“完全没有任何情报或国家安全经验”。

他补充道：“我认为关于间谍世界最大的迷思之一就是‘超级英雄间谍’：

为此，他任命他的女婿哈里·凯尔曼（Harry Kellman）为行动主管，其职责是确保情报局从盟友那里获得物有所值的回报。到目前为止，这非常具有特朗普风格。

我对我的公司所秉持的追求卓越的承诺，那么答案是肯定的。”

正如麦克洛斯基（McCloskey）本周早些时候在访问《每日邮报》办公室时告诉我的那样：“普罗克特（Procter）是那种想要了解世界上发生的一切的人，而且她也想要很多有趣的内容。因此，我想让这些信息泄露给她最喜欢的英国媒体，而我想出的答案就是《每日邮报》。”

一家美国房屋建筑公司的负责人，作为他的继任者。

但当国会议员询问杰罗姆（Jerome）是否打算像经营家族企业那样管理中央情报局（CIA）时，这位德克萨斯商人立刻反击道：“所以，议员先生，如果您是在问我是否希望以同样的……方式来管理一个臃肿、不羁的政府官僚机构……”

凯尔曼在开始工作时就展现了他的行事风格，在一次从德黑兰营救资产的生死攸关的行动关键阶段，他拒绝向英国秘密情报局（SIS）——内部人员显然从不称其为MI6——提供援助。

在被任命为伦敦站站长后，《邮报》成为了她首选的报纸。

这造成了灾难性的后果，并为两个本应是盟友的间谍机构之间的一场大混战拉开了序幕。

“《每日邮报》在《伦敦站》中就像一个角色，”麦克洛斯基说，“是这部小说中的一个主要副线情节。”

随后，《每日邮报》首次登场。“CIA抛弃MI6特工，使其在伊朗等死，”标题大声疾呼。

在他的小说中，美国人很快得出结论，认为这个故事是由一名接近MI6负责人或白厅高级官员的来源泄露给《邮报》的，杰罗姆对此愤怒不已。

但——剧透预警——这远没有他在 50 页之后，当《邮报》爆出一个更具煽动性的独家新闻时那么疯狂。

武装精良，比普通人更有吸引力，喝着马提尼，所有这些类型的陈词滥调。

“这些故事非常有趣，相当好玩，但当你真正观察间谍行业的现实以及他们日常地工作时，它与现实完全没有相似之处。”

即便如此，所有伟大的间谍惊悚小说往往都依赖于一个令人难忘的核心主角，而普罗克特——她的俄语被描述为“流利”，英语被描述为“粗俗”——已经成长为间谍小说类型中最具特色的角色之一。

麦克洛斯基的粉丝们将她视为一个酗酒的硬汉，但在《伦敦站》中，她戒了酒，取而代之的是对能量饮料和糖果的痴迷。不过，她的办公室里依然放着一把散弹枪。

麦克洛斯基独特的才华在于，他将间谍游戏的亲身经历与小说家对细节的洞察力以及剧作家对对话的敏锐度结合在一起。

你无法要求一个比他更可靠的向导，来带领你进入间谍活动的阴暗世界以及世界大国之间争夺霸权的斗争。

■ 多米尼克·米德格利（DOMINIC Midgley）是《亚伯拉莫维奇：来自无名之地的亿万富翁》的作者。

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为什么我支持安德鲁起诉警方的案件——你们也应该支持

生日被捕：安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎在2月份接受询问后被开车离开警察局

每一个热血的英国男人和女人都应该在安德鲁王子起诉泰晤士河谷警方的法庭案件中为他加油。

作者：彼得·希钦斯 (Peter Hitchens)

多年来，警方和检察官一直肆意攻击“无罪推定”原则，让尚未被定罪的人遭受极其惊人且大肆宣传的黎明突袭、逮捕和搜查。

现在是时候有人对此提出挑战了，而事实证明，安德鲁（他在马尔维纳斯群岛证明了自己拥有勇气）正是那个能做这件事的人。

由于他目前是全国最不受欢迎的人，还太少有人意识到他有理由提起诉讼。但我认为他确实有，你们也应该这么认为。

多年来，当局一直对陪审团审判制度感到沮丧。真正的独立陪审团在英语圈之外几乎不存在。而且，它们确实阻碍了轻易定罪。而这正是陪审团存在的意义——它们削弱了国家的权力。因此，政府不喜欢它们，并不断地削弱它们。甚至本周所谓的对陪审团的宽限也只是公关手段。事实上，现在能选择陪审团审判的人将更少。

在这个国家，1967年之后开始实施的多数票裁决使得定罪变得容易得多。引入青少年陪审员也是如此。现在，如果一个没有生活经验的18岁年轻人恰好认为你有罪，或者可能只是不喜欢你的长相或口音，你的生活就可能被毁掉。

这与1967年之前由体面的中年陪审员组成且必须达成一致裁决的时代截然不同——在那个时代，一个公正的人可以通过耐心的论证，引导陪审团避免草率定罪。

在美国，这种攻击采取了不同的形式。一致裁决在几乎所有50个州以及联邦法院中依然存在。因此，检察官会非常努力地避免案件进入此类陪审团的审理阶段。自从广泛引入辩诉交易以来，经过抗辩的陪审团审判数量大幅下降。

这种制度在英国虽然在官方层面不存在，但已开始在非正式地成形。

基本上，被告被告知，如果他们选择审判并被定罪，将面临极其漫长的刑期。而如果他们认罪，处罚将减轻很多。

如果被告认为自己无论如何都能脱罪，这套方案就行不通。遗憾的是，在许多情况下，他们并不这么认为。他们不能这么认为。国家已经在没有明说的情况下，将他们刻画成有罪之身。这就是为什么在大西洋两岸，这些审前“街头戏剧”变得如此普遍的原因。

被告在抵达法庭时，往往已经在公众面前被展现成了最糟糕的形象。

美国地区检察官和警方开发了一种残酷的定罪方式。这被称为“嫌犯走秀”（perp walk），即让被捕者在电视新闻中被公开展示，最好是戴着镣铐并穿着橙色囚服。

你在美国重大案件的报道中不时会看到这种情况，或许还会好奇这是否会在英国发生。

汤姆·沃尔夫在1987年的杰作小说《虚荣之火》中，对这种羞辱过程和国家赞助的偏见进行了精彩的描述。半个主角舍曼·麦考伊发现自己因为一些极其可疑的指控，成为了当日的嫌疑人，被展示在饥渴的纽约市媒体面前。

针对他的证据多么薄弱很快变得不再重要。无论如何，他的生活都被毁了。逮捕、提审、采集指纹和拘留的过程本身就是惩罚的重要组成部分。

在英国，这种行为（我认为且希望）会被根据藐视法庭规则禁止，而美国没有这类规则。但其他那些吸引眼球的审前戏剧形式又如何呢？

正如我所说，你可能认为安德鲁王子（我无法忍受国王试图剥夺自己兄弟头衔的懦弱行径）是个坏人。你可能是对的。我不知道。事实上，你也不知道。我唯一知道的是，他在法律法院中尚未被指控或被判定犯有任何实际罪行。因此，根据英国法律，他被推定为无罪。

那么，为什么他会在生日当天的早餐时间在家里被逮捕？

如果警方想要审问他，我们难道真的要相信他存在逃离国家的严重危险吗？为什么不直接要求他带着律师前往警察局，并在事后披露这件事？

为什么他会被押解走，被拘留数小时，然后在深夜被释放，以便在车后座被拍到一副恰如其分的凄惨模样？

无论如何，泰晤士河谷警方关于安德鲁与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦往来地掌握了什么信息，以至于需要花一整天时间调查？而且当他们随后搜查他现在和以前的住所时，他们期望找到什么？

问问你自己，当面色阴沉的陌生人闯入你的家中，翻遍每一个角落，在窥探你的私人生活时啧啧出声，那会是什么感觉？

这本身就是一种未经审判的惩罚。如果我是陛下任命的法官之一，如果没有非常充分的理由预期他们能发现任何东西，我会非常不情愿地批准这种行为。他们发现什么了吗？他们是否会被要求对此做出解释？

这让我想起那些出现在露西·莱特比（Lucy Letby）郊区狭小半独立式住宅花园里的警察，他们搭建帐篷并在那里挖掘。他们期望找到什么？

不知怎么地，媒体得知了这次行动，结果，这名护士的名字很快传开了，一团阴森的乌云开始围绕着它形成。

好吧，你可能认为莱特比女士有罪。但你如何看待2014年克利夫·理查德（Cliff Richard）遭受的震惊对待？当时BBC接到了关于搜查这位歌手伯克郡住宅的线报。他们直播了搜查过程，包括警察进入房产并搬走物品的直升机画面，并点名了克利夫·理查德。

他当时在国外，从未被逮捕或指控。他拥有明星的影响力和资金进行反击，并赢得了巨额赔偿。但一个贫穷且无权的人能做什么？

然后，一大队警察涌入了诺曼底登陆英雄、前元帅布拉马尔勋爵（Lord Bramall）的乡村住宅，追查由令人厌恶的谎言者卡尔·比奇（Carl Beech）提出的疯狂指控。比奇最终因其不诚实而入狱。为什么警方如此轻易地接受这种胡言乱语？

此外，戏剧性的黎明突袭也在增加（除非你认为涉事人员即将逃跑，否则这肯定是不合理的）。

许多因“不恰当”言论或不符合“觉醒”文化的网络帖子而被警方追查的人，也发现自己面对着成排的制服警察和闪烁的警车车队，而这显然只有在逮捕武装歹徒时才需要。

国王在这件事上至少应该是中立的。让外界知道他不支持他兄弟的行为，是对一个重大问题的偏见干预。如果他没有什么有用的建议，他就应该远离此事。

埃夫拉伊姆·哈德卡斯尔（Ephraim Hardcastle）

我想知道国王对于撤除前第一海务大臣本（Ben）的看法

在被解雇并因婚外情被剥夺海军上将军衔 15 个月后，Key 获得了骑士勋衔和 CBE（大英帝国司令级勋章）。此前，这从未成为没收荣誉的理由，但这可能会让担任海军上将的查尔斯（Charles, the Lord High Admiral）深思。纳尔逊海军上将（Admiral Lord Nelson）是否能在他与艾玛·汉密尔顿（Emma Hamilton）的私情后幸存？滑铁卢英雄威灵顿公爵（Duke of Wellington）是否能保留他的勋章？荣誉委员会新产生的这种对私生活的挑剔，可能也会让塞西尔·帕金森（Cecil Parkinson）、约翰·普雷斯科特（John Prescott）和戴维·布兰克特（David Blunkett）的贵族爵位，帕迪·阿什顿（Paddy Ashdown）的貂皮袍以及约翰·梅杰（John Major）的荣誉陪伴勋章（Companion of Honour）化为乌有。已故的女王显然更为宽容，在约翰·梅杰与埃德温娜·库里（Edwina Currie）的私情曝光三年后，她仍授予了梅杰由她亲自钦定的嘉德骑士勋衔。而埃德温娜至今仍未获得任何勋章。

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安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor）最厌恶的人艾米莉·梅特利斯（Emily Maitlis）正在制作一部关于杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）受害者的纪录片，她警告称，这位名誉扫地的前王子在针对其已故恋童癖好友性活动的美国调查中，仍然是一个关注对象。“我与在这个案件法律层面工作的人员进行了深入交流，”她说，“他们正与幸存者紧密合作。指向安德鲁的线索并未消失，我认为可以公平地说，这些线索可能比我们目前知道的还要多。”尽管安德鲁否认有任何不当行为，但在 2019 年对他进行了那场“车祸式”《新闻之夜》（Newsnight）采访的艾米莉在谈到他对泰晤士河谷警察局采取法律行动时补充道：“对他来说，现在走出阴影似乎是一个非常违背直觉的选择。”

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琼·柯林斯（Dame Joan Collins）亲切地回忆起 20 世纪 80 年代在伦敦的一场电影首映礼上与王太后见面的情景，她记得：“她说，‘噢，亲爱的，你在这里做什么？’我说，‘我正处于电视剧《王朝》（Dynasty）的休假期。您喜欢这部剧吗？’她说，‘是的，我们很喜欢！’”在剧中饰演反派亚历克西斯·科尔比（Alexis Colby）的乔妮（Joanie，如图所示）补充道：“我问她，‘您恨我吗？’她回答，‘噢不，亲爱的。我们爱你！’皇室生活真是太棒了！”

格雷厄姆·诺顿（Graham Norton）在反思至今尚未在自己的脱口秀节目中采访到任何温莎家族高层时评论道：“我们还没有请到像威尔士亲王或威尔士王妃这样的年轻皇室成员。我们在一千年前请过莎拉·弗格森（Sarah Ferguson）。我想那是我们接触到皇室最接近的一次，而且现在已经不那么接近了！距离正变得越来越远。”

安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯（Andrew Lloyd Webber）对他那部“可怕”的音乐剧改编电影《猫》（Cats）感到愤愤不平，他用一只名叫 Mojito 的宠物狗来安慰自己。“在美国的航空公司上，你可以携带情感支持犬，”他说，“我写信给美国航空，他们问，‘携带犬只的原因？’于是我写道，‘《猫》电影’。按理说你应该附上医生证明，但我收到回信说，‘无需医生证明！’ ”

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在一团浓烟中，一辆汽车向我疾驰而来——一次高速转弯使其侧向滑动，这种动作被称为“漂移”。车速极快，我只能看到大灯。

排气管的轰鸣声在埃塞克斯郡巴西尔登（Basildon, Essex）的一个零售园区内回荡。空气中弥漫着橡胶烧焦的味道，金属粉尘让我的眼睛感到刺痛。随后，车尾猛地甩过，在距离我脚下仅几厘米的地方打滑而过。

我向后跳开。周围人群中的其他人却没有这么做——这正是刺激所在。

当烟雾散去，我意识到这里有数百人，大多是青少年男孩和年轻男子，他们尽可能地向这些“敢死队”司机靠近，手臂高举过头顶，用手机捕捉最佳角度。

现场还有孩子，有些穿着睡衣，为了获得更好的视野而互相攀爬。人们爬上空集装箱，登上了 Primark 仓库的屋顶，双腿悬在边缘，目光紧盯着现场，另一辆车正准备开始表演。

突然，我被推到一边，三名大约二十出头的年轻男子冲到了一个本田 S2000 的行驶路径上。车辆甩尾旋转，他们接连跳过车尾，在车尾扫过时精准地把握跳跃时机。最后一个人没掐准时间，直接摔在柏油路面上。

“如果你要站在最前面，这不安全，”有人对我所在的这群人喊道。

“这是违法的，对吧？”在排气管的噼啪爆鸣声中，我对身边一个矮个子孩子大声问道。我特意穿着这里的“制服”——用一块头巾遮住半张脸，穿着连帽衫和宽松牛仔裤——但事实上，我在这里是个潜入者。

“呃，是的，”他回答道，并对我笑了笑。“第一次来？”

实际上是第三次。几个月来，我一直为《每日邮报》的“Underground:UK”系列报道调查英国“飙车少年”（boy racers）的世界，从表面上看起来适合家庭参加的车友聚会，到像这次这样在入夜后进行的非法“漂移”现场，司机在距离观众仅几英尺的地方表演高风险特技。

我发现的是一种由肾上腺素、竞争和危险驱动的文化——以及一个渴望看到更多内容的、不断增长的在线观众群体。

飙车少年并非新鲜事。在 20 世纪 90 年代初，牛津的 Blackbird Leys 社区就因青少年非法赛车、执行手刹掉头和高速特技而臭名昭著。电视摄制组将其变成了全国性的奇观；司机们用摄像机互相拍摄，而这种宣传被认为是激发模仿者的原因。

然而在今天，观众本身就是摄制组。一次仅由少数朋友目击的特技，现在可以在几分钟内被拍摄、上传并被数百万人观看。但当向朋友炫耀变得致命时，会发生什么？

最近几周，在米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough）附近的 A66 公路上，五名年轻男子和两名警察死亡，以及在一条爱尔兰高速公路上五名青少年男孩死亡的事件，让这种为了快感和点击量而进行的危险驾驶再次成为头条新闻——同时也给那些分享并赞美此类惊险行为的平台带来了采取行动的压力。

特别调查 / 记者：米米·耶茨 (Mimi Yates)

在全国各地，非法的“车友聚会”吸引了数百人参加，他们拍摄赛车手表演令人惊恐的高速特技。本报进行了卧底调查，旨在揭露这一正向公共道路蔓延且导致致命后果的亚文化……

当我最初开始研究这个无政府状态的世界时，这些聚会出人意料地容易被找到。TikTok和Instagram上的公开帖子宣传了在东伦敦和埃塞克斯海岸各地的集会。这些活动通常发生在郊区青少年的聚集地——环岛、零售园区、Nando's餐厅和麦当劳。

例如，在一个周六的晚上，在巴金（Barking），我沿着多层停车场的混凝土楼梯跑上去，追随上方传来的发动机轰鸣声。在顶层，在黄色灯光的照射下，停着一排排的“ sleeper”车——这些车外观普通，却隐藏着强大的改装发动机。人群中的大多数人看起来不到18岁，显然希望能搭上那些坐在驾驶席上的年长男孩的便车。

当另一个在达格纳姆（Dagenham）集会的消息传开时，我的摄影师和我钻进一名参与者的破旧汽车里，跟随其他人前往一个工业园区。在那里，车辆已经在环岛周围飞驰，而附近停靠的车辆中传出沉重的低音音乐。

随后，蓝色警灯出现了。警察驱散了人群，我们回家了。直到后来我们才意识到，这次聚会只是转移到了另一个地点。

几天后，在绍森德（Southend）海滨的一次聚会看起来相对健康。改装车将悬挂降低到几乎贴近路面，配备超大合金轮毂和无消音排气管，在闪烁的灯光下沿着地带缓慢行驶，而携带棉花糖和醋味薯条的家庭在车辆与游戏厅之间漫步。

但即使在这次温和的活动中，这些赛车迷也知道危险随时可能爆发。一名男子描述了当“那个白痴”出现并开始做“甜甜圈”——让汽车在狭小的圆圈内打转，轮胎冒烟——的那一刻。一旦有人被撞，警察就会出动，然后“就这样，游戏结束”。

但这里肯定不会发生那种事吧？“不，它发生在之后的派对上。”

我很快意识到，车友聚会并不只有一种形式。有适合家庭的展示，以及在城镇中缓慢巡游以展示超级增压车辆。但随后还有非法的后续派对，在人群面前表演“甜甜圈”和危险的“漂移”，或者在公共道路上赛车。

这两个世界并非完全分离。正是通过我在那些较为友好的聚会上认识的人，我第一次听说了最极端的活动。一名常客帮我潜入了两个街头赛车团队——Reckless Meetz和London Street Racers的私人Telegram群组。

我的联系人向我转发了之前London Street Racers集会的视频，我可以将其作为我以前参加过聚会的“证明”。然后，在一个周六的晚上，Telegram群组里发了一个定位——一个邮政编码。

我们出发了。有些鲁莽地，我接受了一名组织者的搭便车邀请。他猛冲向前，在双车道公路上疾速行驶，在车流中穿梭并以惊人的速度超车，而我坐在后座，紧紧抓着前方的头枕

速度与点击

卧底：《每日邮报》记者米米·耶茨（Mimi Yates）在一次集会现场

我。在我们身后，一串改装车——我猜测其中许多车的行驶速度是限速的两倍——跟随我们来到了巴希尔登（Basildon）一家B&Q零售公园外的停车场。在那里，在数百人的聚集之中，那辆本田车将穿过烟雾向我冲来。

随后，开始流传警察在路上的传闻。人们向自己的车辆飞奔，发动机启动，停车场清空的速度几乎与其填满时的速度一样快。

我们没等多久，Telegram群组里又掉落了一个定位，于是这变成了一场猫鼠游戏。那天晚上，集会在四个地方出现——绍森德（Southend）、巴希尔登、纽汉（Newham），以及另一个我和摄影师最终没能赶到的地点——车队在这些地点之间疾驰。

每个新地点似乎都吸引了更多的人。在其中一个地点，一个穿着猪装的男人站在人群中挥舞着信号弹；附近，一个戴着汉尼拔·莱克特面具的人从汽车后备箱里探出身子。这感觉就像是一场狂欢派对与流动马戏团的结合体。

每当一名司机在轮胎尖叫声中向人群缓缓靠近，车辆看起来像是失控了一般，围观者不仅没有后退，反而向前挤，欢呼并怂恿他。一名我称之为

肾上腺素驱动：在埃塞克斯（Essex）的一次非法赛车集会上，火花、信号弹和轮胎烟雾弥漫在空气中

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图片：马修·麦克劳德（MATTHEW MACLEOD）

乔尔（Joel）沉浸在处于混乱中心的快感之中。他拉起短裤的裤腿，向我展示大腿上刺着的字母“LSR”——伦敦街头赛车手（London Street Racers）。几分钟前，我看着他跳上一辆轮胎冒烟的汽车后部，然后在车子疾驰而去时跳了下来。他告诉我他被车轧过“好几次”。

“几年前你在网上看不到任何视频，”他说。“现在人们来到这里，进行直播。你会看到这些内容到处都是。我一直试图寻找一些别人没做过的新花样。还有TikTok上的挑战，人们要求我做某些事情。我做了，我获得了关注，然后我想，‘好吧，接下来做什么？’”

到凌晨4点，我已经受够了。我交谈过的一名年轻人坦率地承认：“这确实鼓励人们危险驾驶。我承认这会波及到道路上。在进入和

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他们之中也有人如此。”而当这种情况发生时，所导致的惨痛教训正在不断增加。

2022年，在西米德兰兹郡奥尔德伯里的一次非法街道赛车活动中，Dhiya Al Maamoury 失去了一辆改装日产 Skyline 的控制权，撞向了在人行道上观看的人群，导致 16 岁的 Liberty Charris 和 19 岁的 Ben Corfield 死亡。他在承认两项危险驾驶致死和两项导致严重伤害的指控后被判入狱。

这场赛车被拍摄并发布在网上，Liberty 的母亲后来描述了在发现事后视频时所感受到的额外恐惧。

事实上，在社交媒体上，危险驾驶在不断自我复制。一段超速片段引导至另一段，直到我的推送中充满了年轻男子赛车、撞车以及故意“诱饵” “猪” [警察] 的内容。

我还发现了一种被称为“乡道狂飙”（back road bashing）的趋势——驾驶员在乡村道路上超速行驶——其中一些视频吸引了数百万次观看。我反复看到标注为“AI 驾驶员”或“AI 生成”的街道漂移视频，这是一种奇怪的反转，将真实片段伪装成人工智能生成的，以逃避平台的审核。

警方正日益将地下赛车场景视为一种威胁。自去年 1 月以来，由西米德兰兹郡警方成立的专项工作组“赫拉克勒斯行动”（Operation Hercules）已定罪 137 人犯有道路违规行为，另有数十起案件正在法院审理中。

在我进行这项调查四个月后，另一起悲剧将危险驾驶推向了全国关注的焦点。

8 月 22 日凌晨 3:39，在米德尔斯堡，一辆载有五名年轻男子的大众 Passat 在 A66 公路上逆向行驶，与一辆带有标志的警车正面相撞。Passat 上的五名男子全部死亡，警员 PC Matthew Blades 和 PC Tom Clough 也一同遇难。另一辆警车在大约十秒前放弃了对该 Passat 的追击。警员随后表示，他们正在调查该事件与严重组织犯罪之间的联系。

本月的新数据显示，截至 8 月的一年里，英格兰主要道路上的逆向行驶报告增加了 25%，且在 A66 公路上丧生的年轻男子中，至少有一人此前发布过鲁莽驾驶的视频。

我通过关联账号、标签和评论发现了数十个类似的 TikTok 视频——显示年轻男子超速行驶、驶离道路，并在被警方追捕时拍摄自己。

不出所料，年轻男性在致命车祸中的占比极高：17 至 24 岁的男性驾驶员被杀死或严重受伤的可能性约为 25 岁或以上驾驶员的四倍。

在去年 3 月的一段视频中，一辆奥迪车在米德尔斯堡被拍到以约 100 英里 / 小时的速度行驶，随后冲出道路，在房屋后的路径和公园绿地中疾驰，期间一度惊险地擦过一名穿着校服的孩子。

今年 8 月，一名首相发言人将网上对危险驾驶的美化描述为“完全可耻”。在米德尔斯堡悲剧发生几天后，议会的文化、媒体和体育委员会要求 TikTok、YouTube、Meta 和 Snapchat 给出解释，而道路大臣 Justin Madders 称这种趋势令人“作呕”。

作为回应，Meta 和 TikTok 表示，他们禁止推广、主张或鼓励参与高风险病毒式挑战的内容，并在意识到此类内容时将其删除。YouTube 表示，其平台禁止极其危险的驾驶行为。而 Snapchat

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认为这可能是由于与该病症相关的多种因素导致的，例如饮食不良、睡眠问题、缺乏体育活动以及已知的记忆风险因素。

匹兹堡大学的研究人员在十年时间里追踪了187,341名老年人，其中3,026人被诊断患有ADHD。

他们发现，在患有ADHD的人群中，有6.7%的人随后出现了记忆问题（定义为被诊断为痴呆症或轻度认知障碍），而没有ADHD的人群中这一比例为3.4%。

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在《美国医学会精神病学杂志》（JAMA Psychiatry）上发表的文章中，作者认为ADHD可能与较低的“认知储备”有关——即大脑完成任务的能力，尤其是

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在衰老之后——这是由于该疾病对记忆力和注意力的影响。

作者继续写道：“第二个假设是，ADHD（注意缺陷多动障碍）增加了认知障碍累积风险因素的暴露程度”。

这些因素包括慢性压力、睡眠问题、缺乏体育活动、饮食不良、心脏问题风险以及药物滥用。

研究人员还强调，某些 ADHD 的诊断可能会

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表示其社区准则明确禁止鲁莽驾驶。

在 A66 事故发生前六天，基尔代尔郡（County Kildare）有五名青少年男孩在乘坐的宝马车——同样是逆向行驶，在 M9 公路上——撞上一辆载有三姐妹和一个七岁男孩前往都柏林机场的汽车后死亡。其中两名姐妹受重伤；第三名姐妹和该儿童受严重伤害。

很容易将这一切归结为睾酮、暴徒行为和愚蠢。在米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough），有些人看到了一个更复杂的情况。在一家社区咖啡馆，我见到了与年轻人一起工作的阿曼达（Amanda）。她对人们如此迅速地评判在 A66 事故中丧生的年轻人——以及更广泛地评判像他们这样的男孩——感到难过。

“我觉得很悲哀，我们生活在一个可以很容易陷入指责文化的社会中，”她告诉我。阿曼达谈到了年轻人必须应对她所谓的“破碎系统”：碎片化的教育、消失的青少年服务，以及在这些社区中可能几乎没有负担得起的方式来填满一天的时间。

“那里已经没有什么东西能吸引他们了。年轻人只是在寻找另一种快感时错失了机会。”

虽然许多人不同意阿曼达这种同情的解读，但我希望能听到这些年轻男人自己的想法。其中一人斯科特（Scott）承认：“我不撒谎。我就是个飙车族。可能永远都会是。”

他说，高速驾驶带给他一种“肾上腺素激增”的感觉，并坚持认为：“我开快车比开慢车开得更好。”几个小伙子都同意，当有人开始拍摄时，追求更激进驾驶的压力会更大。“只要相机一开，你就想逼自己尝试一些可能超出你驾驶能力的东西，”其中一人告诉我。“而这就是事故发生的时候。”

然而，他们的鲁莽在人性层面上代价高昂——米德尔斯堡和爱尔兰留下的那些家庭对此深有体会。德万尼（Devanney）一家也清楚地知道他人付出了多么沉重的代价。21, 2023, 10月21日，艾比·德万尼（Abbie Devanney）满 18岁。她和当时 15岁的妹妹艾米（Amy）一起花了几个小时准备在纽卡斯尔（Newcastle upon Tyne）举行的生日庆祝活动。反常的是，艾米要求拍一张她们的合影。

几个小时后，艾比死亡。她是 17岁的查理·惠特克（Charlie Whittaker）驾驶的汽车上的乘客，后者拿到驾照仅六个月。当汽车驶入积水区、撞上树木并翻滚时，她当场死亡。惠特克在一条没有照明的道路上以超过 70 英里 / 小时的速度行驶。另外三名青少年乘客遭受了改变生活的重伤。

随后，警方找回了 20 个以上的视频，显示惠特克在致命车祸前鲁莽驾驶，包括超速和危险超车。

“我想如果这只是一次偶然事件，可能会更容易接受，”当我们坐在达勒姆郡（County Durham）康塞特（Consett）的艾比纪念长椅上时，艾米告诉我。“但知道这是一种行为模式，知道这件事迟早会发生，而最终发生在我的姐姐身上。”

惠特克承认因危险驾驶导致死亡和严重伤害，但艾米说，根据工党的提前释放计划，他可能只能服完五年四个月刑期的一小部分。

“这在树立什么样的榜样？”她说，“我永远无法原谅他。”

她担心的是，对于我在这次调查过程中遇到的那种年轻司机来说，这个教训根本无法起到警示作用。

“那些男孩，他们觉得自己是不可战胜的。有些日子我醒来后会想去和艾比说话，因为我们的房间就在隔壁……”她走到门口才突然想起。

我问艾米，对于那些在网上观看、想要挑战极限并向朋友炫耀的人，她想传达什么样的信息。

“只要知道你们现在还没有出事是多么幸运就好。不要再拿运气去冒险了，因为类似的事情迟早会发生在你们或你们认识的人身上。到那时，你才会意识到自己本该停手的。”

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高性能：右侧为内维·穆尔斯及其兄弟奥利弗

坚韧的徒步旅行者梦想着能够攀登由阿尔弗雷德·温斯沃思在其著名的图解指南中绘制的所有214座湖区山峰。

作者：尼尔·西尔斯

现在，另一位冒险者成为了已知完成该挑战的最年轻徒步者——年仅三岁。

来自坎布里亚郡肯德尔的内维·穆尔斯仅用五个月时间就攀登了所有山峰。

他蹒跚行走的总里程达510英里，累计爬升高度近225,000英尺——相当于七座珠穆朗玛峰的高度。

周日，在登顶最后一座山峰——英格兰最高峰斯卡费尔峰后，他并没有用传统的肯德尔薄荷蛋糕和一品脱啤酒来庆祝。

相反，内维要求吃一块涂满能多益榛果可可酱的煎饼，骑一次自行车，并看一集关于一群救援犬的儿童动画片《汪汪队立大功》。

幸运的是，在这个幼儿的现实冒险中并不需要这样的救援犬。他的父亲丹尼尔、母亲利安·赫尔姆、14岁的姐姐杰西卡和6岁的弟弟奥利弗全程安全陪同。

商人穆尔斯先生曾攀登过真实的珠穆朗玛峰并骑行环球，在与全职母亲赫尔姆女士育有三个孩子后，他不想失去自己的冒险精神。因此，他们决定让孩子也一起参加。

起初，内维是被装在儿童背包里携带的，但很快他就渴望像哥哥奥利弗一样在地面行走。穆尔斯先生告诉《泰晤士报》：“他从迈出第一步起就对行走产生了兴趣。”

到今年5月，内维的父母决定让他尝试完成温斯沃思山峰挑战——该挑战由指南作者在1955年至1966年间通过七卷书绘制而成。

但内维可能短期内不会休息。在完成挑战的第二天，他询问父母：“我们还要再去徒步吗？”

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哈马斯将诺亚带入加沙后，他们开始对我进行私刑

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记者：娜塔莉·里斯博纳（Natalie Lisbona）

发自特拉维夫

她的恳求伴随着尖叫，这是世界所记得的一幕。诺亚·阿格马尼（Noa Argamani）被安置在摩托车后座上，正被迅速带往加沙，她的双臂伸展开来。“不要杀我，”她哭喊道。

这张照片登在了《星期日邮报》（The Mail on Sunday）的头版，并传遍全球。

在几码之外，她的男友、现年 33 岁的阿维纳坦·奥尔（Avinatan Or）正被哈马斯枪手强行押送穿过田野。

这段视频仅持续了几秒钟。但它成为了 10 月 7 日袭击事件中最具代表性的画面之一。这次袭击是自大屠杀以来最严重的犹太人大屠杀，导致 1,200 人死亡，251 人被劫持至加沙。

现在，在世界纪念那一天三周年之际，阿维纳坦首次描述了他和交往一年多的 25 岁女友诺亚在被圣战暴徒抓捕前，是如何逃离 Nova 音乐节的。

而且，他还讲述了自己在加沙深处的隔离环境中如何忍受数年，甚至在绝望的逃脱尝试中秘密挖掘了自己的隧道——结果却被绑架者抓获并遭受残酷折磨。这个令人心惊胆战的故事是他新回忆录《穿过大地》（Through The Earth）的核心，该书在以色列迅速成为畅销书冠军，很快将被翻译成英文。

“我们开车离开音乐节区域，试图前往主路，”阿维纳坦告诉《每日邮报》。“他们开始向我们射击， ADHD 然后我们掉头开车驶入田野。”

“当我们还在车里时，我想，我为诺亚感到自豪，因为她表现得非常好。她没有紧张，保持了非常冷静。于是我对她说：‘干得漂亮，我为你感到非常自豪。’”阿维纳坦的训练与

视频恐怖画面：阿维纳坦·奥尔被哈马斯枪手制服，而尖叫的诺亚·阿格马尼被摩托车载走

他女友被强行带走的画面是10月7日最具标志性的影像之一。如今，在被囚禁于恐怖分子地道738天后的首次震撼采访中，这位前以色列突击队员描述了遭受的酷刑——以及获救的过程

作为国民服役的一部分，沙漠突击队的训练已经发挥作用。

两人弃车步行逃离。他们跳进一条水沟，在沉默中躲藏了两个小时。

“当我们躲藏时，我们保持安静，没有说话，[仅用]眼神交流，”他告诉我。但在大约

10.30am，[我们听到了]令人恐惧的脚步声，以及人们说着阿拉伯语的声音。

“于是，我听到一个人向我们走来，”阿维纳坦回忆道。“我听到了脚步声。然后我们就知道会被发现。当他看到我们时，他大喊：‘这里有犹太人。’”

“突然，诺亚尖叫起来，我转身试图靠近她——我试图帮她逃走。”

但已经太晚了，他们被包围了。这对情侣被押解着穿过沙漠灌木丛，步行前往边境，持续了15分钟。

阿维纳坦不断抬头，绝望地在天空中寻找飞机，或在地平线上寻找以色列军队的任何迹象。但都没有出现。

直到他们距离边境100或200米时，摩托车才到达。

阿维纳坦被制服，双手被反绑在身后，而诺亚被强行塞到摩托车后座。绑架者拍摄的片段记录下了她向他尖叫，在被疾速带走时手臂伸向他的样子。这是一个可悲的景象。

“在这种情况下，我知道我无能为力，因为我被大约25个人包围了，”阿维纳坦说。“在视频中，你只能看到他们中的四五个。”

阿维纳坦明白，反抗意味着死亡。“尖叫和开始战斗不是一个选项，因为那将意味着终结。”

看着诺亚被带走，让他感到一种压倒性的无助感。“保护她是我的职责，”他记得当时这样想，“而我对此毫无办法。”随后，摩托车消失了。

接下来发生在阿维纳坦身上的事情没有被视频记录下来。“在他们带走她之后，他们开始对我进行私刑。”一群10到15

三年之后

幸存者：从顶部起顺时针方向，Avinatan 在返回以色列时问候支持者；与女友 Noa 重逢的亲吻；以及如今，讲述他在被囚禁 738 天期间所经磨难的书籍。

亢奋的哈马斯暴徒将他无情地打在地上。

“当我走的时候，其中一个人拿着一块大木板从后面走过来，狠狠地砸在我的头上。我的衬衫和脸上开始流血。然后他们全部开始对我挥拳踢脚。”

最终，一名枪手向空中开火，驱散了压在他身上的嗜血暴徒。在几乎失去意识的情况下，他被载上另一辆摩托车，被带过边界进入加沙。

几小时之内，他被囚禁在地下。“从第一天起，我就问[绑架者]是否知道 Noa 的情况，”他说。“我说：‘你们绑架了我的女友。你们能告诉我关于她的任何消息吗？’”

他当时并不知道，在与 ADHD 重逢之前，他将经历艰苦的 738 天。

图片来源：MENAHEM KAHANA / ; AP; 以色列国防军提供 / REUTERS; SABINE SHARON

然而，在被囚禁数周后，直到一名守卫终于回答了他的问题，他仍然不知道她是否还活着。

“其中一个人告诉我：‘ 回家了。’”

Avinatan 相信了他。

“从那天起，”他说，“对我来说，她被释放了。”

但哈马斯对他撒了谎。直到战争爆发 245 天后，她才被救出。在一次大胆的突袭中，以色列国防军的一支精锐部队发现 被囚禁在加沙中部的一个巴勒斯坦家庭家中。另外三名人质从附近的一栋房子中获救，但一场激烈的枪战导致 的救援人员之一 Arnon Zmora 死亡。

Avinatan 在 738 天的大部分时间里被囚禁在地下，处于完全隔离状态，没有阳光，没有新鲜空气，也没有像样的洗手间。

他身高 6 英尺 4 英寸，在低矮的隧道中甚至无法直立行走。

“我无法伸展身体。我尝试在隧道里锻炼。尽管我非常饥饿，非常疲惫且绝望。”

他每四天获得少量食物，由他自己定量分配。“我知道这是我应该做的一件好事。我坚持下去，慢慢地起到了作用。”他的战斗不仅是为了让身体生存，更是为了防止绑架者控制他的思想。

“尽管他们夺走了我的身体自由，但我努力奋斗，为了不让他们夺走我的精神自由，”他说。

“从进入隧道的第一天起，我就开始计算我能计算的一切。日期、时间、距离、隧道的尺寸。”

“他们第一次把我带进隧道时，我计算了我走了多少步。”

他通过倾听绑架者的话语自学阿拉伯语，并设计了自己的记录时间的方法。

在没有时钟或自然光的情况下，他观察隧道中毯子之外光线的微小变化，并尝试计算每一天是从何时开始的。

他也意识到，他的生存取决于看守他的那些人。

“大多数时候有两个守卫陪着我，我成功地与他们建立了一种关系。这是我的主要任务之一。”

“但有一名指挥官，他非常恨我。不只是我——他非常恨每一个以色列人。无论你是谁都一样。他想让我的生活尽可能艰难，将我推向极限，让我的处境变得更糟。”

在地下生活大约四个月后，Avinatan 决定他不能再等待别人来决定他的生死。

“我知道我必须做点什么。我不能就这样坐着，”他说。

在仔细检查牢房的弱点时，他注意到沙袋墙后面有一股微小的气流，意识到后面可能还有另一条通道。

在没有专业工具的情况下，他开始用收集到的塑料碎片和其他小物件秘密挖掘。后来，他使用了一把设法偷来的小镐。

每当精疲力竭威胁要将他击垮时，他都会强迫自己继续。

“人体，我们的极限远超我们的想象。所以你可以做到的，只要继续前进。”

经过数日的挖掘，他终于突破了沙袋，进入了后面漆黑的空间——一条废弃的通道。

“你能品尝到黑暗，然后闻到黑暗，”他回忆道。

他从牢房门边偷了一卷电线，利用自己在电气工程和建筑方面的经验，拆下了照亮牢房的一个LED灯泡，并将其连接到电缆上，电缆向隧道深处延伸了约60米。

他花了三个月的时间向地面挖掘，最终到达了一栋坍塌房屋的废墟。他眯起眼睛看着几个月来未曾见过的景象：湛蓝的天空。自由显得如此近在咫尺，令人心碎。

在看守每周两次带着食物来探视的间隙，他秘密地挖掘隧道。但阿维纳坦（Avinatan）没有意识到绑架者的时间表已经发生了变化。

当一名看守到达并发现牢房空无一人时，哈马斯匆忙寻找他们失踪的人质。

当他看到看守的手电筒光束照进隧道，听到他们呼喊自己名字的声音时，阿维纳坦知道计划败露了。在他们重新抓获他后，对他进行了折磨。

“他们把我的双手反绑在背后，将我吊在天花板上。我的手腕肿得厉害，手部神经受损。他们把我绑在一把塑料椅子上，让我无法睡眠，”他说。

阿维纳坦认为，他一生中积累的技能和经验为他生存提供了工具。

“我生命中的每一步都在为这次经历做准备，”他在提到自己的国民服役训练时说道。

在他被囚禁在地下的第79天，发生了一件阿维纳坦认为简直是奇迹的事情。

在七年没有“与上帝对话”之后，他感到必须祈祷。以色列的弹药正在震动隧道，他担心“下一枚炸弹”会将混凝土砸在自己头上。

“我有一种强烈的预感，我需要倾诉，”他回忆道。

他祈祷关于圣经中孝敬父母的诫命，告诉上帝他已经尽了自己的责任——现在轮到上帝行动了。

几小时后，一枚炸弹击中了隧道。当阿维纳坦试图从残骸中逃脱时，隧道坍塌，导致他身后的一名恐怖分子死亡。

被困在瓦砾中的阿维纳坦认为自己即将被活埋，这时两名绑架者伸手将他拉了出来。几秒钟后，他刚刚逃离的那一段区域彻底塌陷。

他与死亡仅差之秒厘。

当被问及是否相信上帝回应了他时，他的回答是：“绝对相信。”

在738天之后，最终的人质释放协议让他获得了自由。但阿维纳坦说，即使在地下最后的时刻，其中一名折磨他的人也给他留下了一个令人胆寒的警告。

就在他被释放前，一名叫萨利姆（Salim）的哈马斯指挥官告诉他回家，问候父母——然后离开以色列。

“搬到欧洲，搬到美国，随你便——只要离开以色列，”阿维纳坦被告知。

当他询问原因时，萨利姆向他解释说，只要以色列存在，哈马斯就会一次又一次地实施10月 7日那样的行动。

我无法形容他在两年多时间里发生了多少变化。他与诺亚（Noa）的关系——这段关系因10月 7日那些令人心碎的影像而闻名全球——最终没能挺过这次磨难。

“两年之后，人们会因为不同的事情而改变，”他说。

尽管公众表现出极大的兴趣，但阿维纳坦坚持认为，他们的故事中有些部分他们选择保密。“有些事情我们只想留在彼此之间，”他说。

绑架诺亚并骑摩托车将她带走的绑架者已于上个月被击毙，就在我们采访的前一天。萨赫尔·尼达尔·拉特菲·萨克尔（Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr）还曾向哈马斯提供武器，他在以色列的一次精准空袭中在加沙境内被炸死。

在重新观看自己的被绑架视频，并将画面暂停在那个现在我们已知是萨克尔（Sakr）的摩托车骑手脸上后，阿维纳坦（Avinatan）告诉我：“我们犹太人不庆祝他人的死亡，但我很高兴这个世界上少了一个恐怖分子。”

提前释放后实施谋杀

作者：Ryan Hooper

犯罪报道记者

刀客在根据工党监狱计划获释数日后杀害两个孩子的母亲

一名暴力罪犯在根据工党的提前释放计划出狱数日后，在其前伴侣家中将其杀害。

60岁的罗伯特·萨巴特（Robert Sabat）在出狱后搬入迪基莎·纳斯（Dickiesha Nurse）的家中，并无视她的离开请求，随后将其刺死。

他一直住在那里，直到在一次福利检查中发现了这位两个孩子的母亲血淋淋的遗体。没有固定住所的萨巴特随后向警方吹嘘，他“以前杀过人且逃脱了惩罚”。他说他计划“展开一场谋杀 spree”，并恳求回到监狱。

昨天，他在中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）被判处终身监禁，最低刑期为17年零一个月。

萨巴特与42岁的纳斯女士交往了大约四年。去年10月21日至28日期间的某个时间点，他在伦敦南部的图尔斯希尔（Tulse Hill）袭击了她。当时他处于假释状态，于10月17日从旺兹沃斯监狱（Wandsworth prison）获释。

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他自当年5月起因持刀犯罪

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“留下了毁灭的痕迹”

以及骚扰前伴侣而被还押候审。在工党旨在缓解监狱过度拥挤的改革方案下，他在服满12个月刑期的40%后获释。

在对其量刑时，莎拉·怀特豪斯（Sarah Whitehouse）法官表示，萨巴特“留下了永久且广泛的毁灭痕迹”，绝不能被释放。

保守党司法发言人尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）表示：“工党提前释放了数千名危险罪犯，这起悲剧案件表明了其后果。”

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1997年10月8日

一份报告发现，英国的自来水价格位居世界前列。在15个国家的排名表中，我们排在第五位。主要原因是干旱以及修补漏水管道的成本。

当特蕾莎·梅（Theresa May）昨天登上讲台发表会议演讲时，她那套无可挑剔的黑色西装裤套装被一双引人注目的豹纹小猫跟鞋衬托得更加出彩。这款时尚且性感的绒面革“莫卡辛鞋”鞋跟高一英寸，是罗素与布罗姆利（Russell & Bromley）的畅销产品之一，售价£110。

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生日快乐

玛莎·基尼 (MARTHA KEARNEY)，69. 这位出生于爱尔兰的广播员曾主持 Radio 4 的《女性时间》(Woman's Hour)、《今日》(Today) 和《世界一点钟》(The World at One)，目前主持《自然生活》(This Natural Life)。她说她最糟糕的一次采访对象是梅格·瑞安，对方“看起来非常不快乐”，但一周后看到这位女演员在帕金森的节目中表现得极其局促时，她对此感觉好多了。

乔什·克尔 (JOSH KERR)，29. 这位出生于爱丁堡的跑者在6月时曾说：“我每天都会写下这句话：‘我在伦敦钻石联赛跑出了 3.42。2026年7月18日’。”他确实做到了，打破了 27 年的男子一英里世界纪录。

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今日诞辰

阿尔贝·鲁 (ALBERT ROUX) (1935-2021). 这位法国厨师兼餐厅经营者与兄弟米歇尔共同创办了伦敦的 Le Gavroche 餐厅——这是英国第一家获得米其林三星的餐厅。戈登

拉姆齐称他为“将美食艺术引入英国的人”。

杰西·杰克逊 (JESSE JACKSON) (1941-2026). 这位美国民权活动家曾是马丁·路德·金的门生，被誉为“国家的良心”。他提到在 1984 和 1988 竞选民主党总统提名时：“当时有黑人学者写论文分析我为什么在浪费时间。甚至连黑人都说黑人不可能赢。”

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10月 8...

1965, 首相哈罗德·威尔逊为高620英尺的邮政塔（现称 BT 塔）揭幕。

1982, 安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯的音乐剧《猫》(Cats) 在百老汇首演，随后上演了当时创纪录的 18 年。

词汇魔术

猜测定义

Peristeronic (创造于 1855)

A) 规避。 B) 与鸽子有关。 C) 胃痛。

答案见下方

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习语详解

The grass is always greener on the other side（邻家的草总是更绿）：相信别人的生活比自己的更好；该词源于19世纪，暗指畜群在放牧时，看起来总是在向更绿的草场移动。

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今日金句

我的六项成功原则之一就是拼命工作。没有捷径。

阿诺德·施瓦辛格，美国演员及政治人物

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今日笑话

为什么坚果要去银行？

为了兑现支票（To cashew a cheque）。

猜测定义答案：B

由 ETAN SMALLMAN 和 ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD 编译

Eden

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红牛支付给杰里丈夫£3300 万赔偿金

就在一名指控他具有强制行为的女性神秘地被解除其在赛车领域的最新职务几周后，关于克里斯蒂安·霍纳（Christian Horner）离开其一级方程式赛车队的惊人细节浮出水面。

据披露，前辣妹组合成员杰里·哈利威尔（Geri Halliwell）的丈夫获得了红牛车队（Red Bull Racing）的一笔令人震惊的款项。

本周提交至公司注册处（Companies House）的文件显示，在与一名队友的短信丑闻中辞职的Horner, 52, 入账了£3350 万。

这笔款项在红牛车队最新的2025年度财务报表的细则中被披露。该款项被记录为“离职补偿金”。

他在辞职前获得的£440 万薪资在内，其总收入达到£38mil-

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mailplus.co.uk / palacenewsletter lion，相当于每周 72.9 万英镑。

《每日邮报》体育版在8月披露，涉入短信丑闻的女性高管（出于法律原因无法透露其身份）在上个月的匈牙利大奖赛之前已与雇主分道扬镳。

据了解，由于她的新上司因其“缺乏谨慎”而对其失去信心，她的最新职位被终止。

霍纳被指控对该员工采取控制行为。他一直否认这些指控，并且在红牛内部调查中两次被证明没有不当行为，尽管在2024年巴林大奖赛之前，一封发送给F1相关人士的爆炸性电子邮件中公开了两人之间据称是私密的短信往来。

Halliwell, 54, 在动荡期间公开支持霍纳，这对夫妇离开了。

这对夫妇（左图）育有三个孩子，继续在他们位于牛津郡和伦敦的住所之间往返。

伊丽莎白如何进一步扩大她的影响力

她创建了一个名为《如何失败》（How To Fail）的受欢迎播客，并写了六本小说。

现在，伊丽莎白·戴（Elizabeth Day）希望增加一项新技能。

我的前报社同事在她2017年的小说《派对》（The Party）改编剧中饰演了一个客串角色（右图），该剧本周日在ITV开播，由好莱坞演员卢克·埃文斯（Luke Evans）主演。对于一名曾经的社交日记作者来说，她饰演一名派对参与者十分恰当。

“我很想尝试更多，”Elizabeth, 47, 在伦敦英国电影协会（BFI）的一次放映会上告诉我。

“希望选角导演现在会给我打电话。”

机密

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囚徒帮：乔治亚·哈里森（Georgia Harrison，左）和维多利亚·赫维夫人（Lady Victoria Hervey）

阿彻关于梅根的最后遗言

被卡米拉王后形容为“不可遏制的生命力”的杰弗里·阿彻（JEFFREY Archer），在最后一次采访中明确表达了他认为谁应该远离王位。

这位畅销小说家曾在1996年向上议院提交了一项私人议员法案，旨在结束王位继承中男性优先的长子继承制（该法案直到2013年才正式成为法律）。

上周在接受《澳大利亚报》（The Australian）采访时，阿彻勋爵被告知，这意味着我们距离出现“梅根王后”仅剩4次跳跃之遥。他笑着回答道：“绝不可能。”

戴维夫人

在手铐中

面对现实

安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor）今日将请求高等法院法官宣布，警方在他2月份被捕后对其住所进行的搜查是非法的。

与此同时，他的老友维多利亚·赫维夫人（Lady Victoria Hervey）在手铐中度过了她的生日。

这位社交名媛正参加第四频道的真人秀节目《名人被铐》（Celebrity Handcuffed），在接下来的一个星期里，她将被锁在31岁的女性权利活动家乔治亚·哈里森（Georgia Harrison）身边。

尴尬的是，维多利亚夫人在伦敦阿德尔菲艺术之家（Adelphi Art House）举办的50岁生日派对，恰好在她被铐的第一天举行。

“我们必须一起上厕所，睡在同一张床上，”她哀叹道。

■ 作为查尔斯国王的大内大臣（Lord Great Chamberlain），他是议会开幕式等一些最古老仪式中的核心人物。然而，卡灵顿勋爵（Lord Carrington）33岁的女儿弗朗西斯卡（Francesca）则展示了她利用新技术寻找丈夫的精湛技巧。她刚刚与34岁的纽约银行家肖恩·马洛尼（Sean Maloney）结婚，两人是通过约会软件Hinge相识的。肖恩使用Hinge已有六个月，就在他“匹配”到当时在纽约担任记者的弗朗西斯卡之前，他正处于“即将放弃寻找另一半的希望”的边缘。

《布里奇特》女星拒绝再次结婚

《布里奇特·琼斯》女星萨莉·菲利普斯（Sally Phillips）表示，在丈夫为了一个俄罗斯瑜伽老师抛弃她和三个儿子后，她能再次找到爱情感到“非常幸运”。

但现在，这位在由蕾妮·齐薇格主演的电影中饰演布里奇特好友沙扎（Shazza）的56岁女演员承认，她与航运主管安德鲁·贝尔梅霍（Andrew Bermejo）长达14年的婚姻破裂，让她不再想第二次说“我愿意”。

“我不会再结婚了，因为我不知道该如何再次说出那些话，”与前陆军上尉伊恩·皮尔彻（Ian Pilcher）交往了七年的萨莉说道。

在谈到前夫安德鲁的离开时，她补充道：“最糟糕的事情发生了，也就是我最恐惧的事情……他离开我，最后我得支付所有费用并独自抚养孩子。”

伊恩随后搬进了他们在伦敦的家中。萨莉赞许地表示，他现在是一位“合格的继父”。

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2. 你对“优质性爱”的定义过于狭隘

人们普遍认为优质的性爱意味着通过插入实现同步高潮，这种观念造成了很多误区。克莱尔指出：“只有大约 18% 的女性能仅通过插入达到高潮。”

因此，研究显示异性伴侣之间存在“高潮差距”也就不足为奇了——95% 的异性恋男性在性爱中通常或总是能达到高潮，而异性恋女性仅为 65%。

“我们在女同性恋和男同性恋伴侣中没有看到高潮差距，”克莱尔说，“这表明在异性关系中，我们进行性爱的方式可能在某些方面对女性并不奏效。”

“我们需要摆脱那种认为性爱就是追求高潮、就像在登山一样尽可能快地冲向顶峰的想法——如果我们能摆脱这一点，性爱将变成一种更广阔的体验。”

提高床上的表现源于将你的整个身体都视为具有情欲的。克莱尔补充道：“当人们描述极佳的性爱时，通常涉及与自己的体验、自己的身体以及伴侣的身体完全连接，而不是试图给对方留下深刻印象。”

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例如，专注于你伴侣的手臂。“你要把它当作你见过的唯一一只手臂。你几乎是在用你的注意力与这只手臂做爱。”你们轮流去欣赏对方，并被对方宠爱。“这会产生强烈的情绪并让你慢下来，而这正是创造极佳性爱能量的关键所在。”

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3. 你把所有事情都看得太个人化

人们通常认为男人的能力取决于他在床上的持久力。但事实是，勃起可能会消退，尤其是在 40 岁以上的男性中。

虽然女性可能会将其解读为他不再觉得她有吸引力，但事实可能恰恰相反——这种情况更多时候是压力、紧张或过度兴奋的结果。

克莱尔说：“如果一个男人非常专注于他的伴侣，他很有可能会失去勃起，因为注意力在其他地方。这是做爱过程中完全正常的一部分——尤其是如果过程较长，且我们探索了不同类型的触碰时。”

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4. 你不再提出疑问

克莱尔表示，在长期关系中，忘记保持好奇心是很常见的。性生活可能会变得像“按数字填色”一样程式化。这很正常——“我们都很忙；如果我们知道某些方式有效，就会走捷径”——但这无法带来令人兴奋的性爱。

临床性学家兼生活教练玛丽·莫里斯将陷入性生活常规比作拥有最爱的一道菜：“即使你热爱海鲜面，但如果你只吃海鲜面，它也会失去吸引力。”

因此，关键在于强调“目标是增强已经很好的部分”。也就是说，“我们热爱海鲜面，那是我们的首选，但我们要不要尝试一道新菜？”

克莱尔建议，当你抚摸伴侣时，可以思考：“这次触碰是为了谁？是为了接收者的你，还是为了给予者的我？”她补充道：“在异性伴侣中，他可能会以某种特定的方式触碰你，因为那是他喜欢的，但他并没有问过：‘你喜欢那里被怎么触碰？’”

克莱尔建议，在卧室之外开始这段对话会更容易。“你可以从手部按摩开始。”

可以说这样的话：“我想用一种对我来说感觉很好的方式为你按摩手部。然后，我想用一种你喜欢的方式为你按摩手部。那会是什么样的方式？”

你的伴侣可能会说：“我非常喜欢轻柔的抚摸。”一旦你了解了其中的区别，以及“我如何才能让你感觉更好？”这种沟通语言，你就可以将其应用于更亲密的情境中。

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5. 你过于评判（或害怕被评判）

玛丽说：“在一段新关系中，人们担心做错事，因此在卧室里不能完全展现真实的自我。我在很多中年女性身上看到了这一点，尤其是当她们结束一段长期关系之后。”

但在长期关系中，我们也可能害怕被评判——或者当伴侣提出尝试新事物时，我们会产生评判心理。

许多人担心，表达我们想要尝试什么以及不再喜欢什么，会导致对方不快，让伴侣感到被冒犯并认为：“噢，所以这20年来我一直都做错了？”

如果你想尝试一些新花样，玛丽建议你（委婉地）讨论你的欲望“加速器”和“刹车”。例如，你可以说吵架或伴侣在床上穿袜子就是“刹车”。

而克莱尔说，“‘加速器’是指能让你进入性兴奋状态的事物——比如背部按摩，或者一起安静地浪漫散步，在其中你们调情，感到被需要、被选择和被渴望。或者它可以是俏皮、戏弄或伴侣出色的幽默感。加速器不一定必须是露骨的性行为。”

此外，绝经期可能会影响你在床上的喜好——例如，曾经的加速器现在可能不再起作用了。

克莱尔补充道：“长期相处的伴侣确实需要更新他们的‘性剧本’，了解现在什么能给他们带来快感。”

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6. 你从不与伴侣谈论性

在床上表现出色意味着能够良好地沟通。性是一个极其私人且敏感的话题，谈论起来可能会感到困难。

但克莱尔指出：“我们经常能与朋友进行这些聊天，但却无法与伴侣进行。”她说，这通常是因为“担心我们会被忽视或被轻视”。

她强调：“提出这个话题的地方不应该是床上——那里压力太大，而且可能会让人觉得是在指责。”

玛丽建议在周末，比如遛狗的时候切入话题。“把重点放在伴侣身上，这样听起来就不会像是在抱怨。可以说：‘如果你有一根魔法棒，有什么是你想要在床上尝试但我们还没有探索的事物？’”

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7. 你对自己的外貌感到沮丧

“无论体型如何，对自己的身体充满自信——热爱它——会传递出一种非常有吸引力的能量，”克莱尔说道。“如果你对自己的身体感到不确定并陷入自我封闭，这会对对方产生影响。

“如果你像石头一样蜷缩起来，别人很难与你产生互动。如果你的心是敞开的，它会吸引人们向我们靠近。”

她补充道：“当我想到卧室里的自信时，它是一种坦诚，以及对我们独特缺陷的接纳。”

她建议伴侣之间可以询问：“我们如何接纳现在的身体？”

那么，我们该如何提升身体自信呢？“归根结底，是要将关注点从‘外貌’转移到‘体验’上，”她说。“你可以问自己：‘我的身体允许我做些什么？什么样的动作让我感觉良好？’”

她补充道：“注意到你的内心独白和那个批判性的声音，并尝试取代它——‘谢谢，但我现在不需要你来评判我’——这一点很重要。”

减少社交媒体的使用会有所帮助，因为这能让你脱离那种比较的叙事。

“穿合身且让你感觉舒适的衣服，”她说。“花时间

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“在中年时期，人们会为青春而哀悼——错误地认为他们最好的性生活已成过去”

在镜子前待一会儿，不要去评估你的身体。相反，选择一个你喜欢的部分——‘哇，这双腿真美！’

她说，目标是从‘惩罚’转向‘愉悦’。‘这是一种练习。我们没有学过这个。我们被鼓励去不热爱自己的身体。

‘但想想卧室之外的感官享受——从风吹过发梢的快感，或者当雨终于落下时，感受到雨滴落在皮肤上的喜悦。

‘或者洗澡时真正感受水流在皮肤上的触感，以及身处这个身体中的愉悦感。如果‘身体正向’（body positivity）感觉太难，那就先尝试让自己感到平静（neutral）就好。’

8. 你认为最好的性生活已成过去

克莱尔说，如果你在床上投入且感兴趣，你就是一个优秀的伴侣——无论你是 25 或 65岁。但在中年时期，我们中的一些人坚信，美好的性生活（白天和夜晚）已经成为了过去——这种心态会扼杀热情，并让我们在床单之间变得兴致索然。

玛丽说：“人们可能会对青春产生怀旧之情，那时你

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能够进行更多自发的性行为，那时你的身体反应不同，那时没有阴道干涩或勃起功能障碍。”

假装这些挑战都不重要是没有帮助的。“这是一个哀悼过程，”她说。“感到愤怒也是正常的。但你也需要能够在中年时期重新夺回快感。”

承认你失去的东西，但要庆祝你的收获——例如，你现在拥有更多的自我认知。

玛丽说：“当我年轻的时候，我不知道自己想要什么，也无法以同样的方式引导我的爱人。”

中年绝对不意味着你‘床头剧烈摇晃’岁月的终结。“你仍然可以获得极大的快感，包括更深层的高潮，”玛丽说。但一个优秀的爱人不能是被动的。

“研究一下你可以做些什么来帮助自己，”她说。局部雌激素、润滑剂或伟哥（Viagra）是否能改变局面？或者或许可以减少对插入的关注。

克莱尔说：“确保每次做爱时都尝试一些新鲜事物——拿掉被子，把枕头放在床的另一端，增加香氛或音乐，或者改变灯光。将每一次性接触，即使是与相处 30 年的伴侣，都视为一件新鲜事。”

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9. 在床上你永远不会是“糟糕”的

“为性生活带来一种轻松感是非常重要的，”克莱尔说道。成为一个有趣、性感且能激发对方的伴侣，与心态的关系远比所谓的“金牌专业技巧”要大得多。

她说：“关键在于真正关注眼前正在发生的一切，并对伴侣的欲望做出回应，而不是执着于遵循某种常规。”

“所以，如果你的伴侣以某种方式移动，或者发出某种特定的声音，请顺应这一点，而不是重复你惯常的‘舞步’。这种自发性可以创造出一种非常强大的性体验。”

如果你在床上从未尝试过调皮，你可能没有发挥出你的情欲潜力。“很多女性觉得她们应该做一个好女孩，”玛丽说。“但在床上敢于做一个‘坏女孩’——放下你的顾虑——会很有趣。”

她承认：“在一段新关系中，这可能更容易。如果你在一起很久了，可能很难从你的其他角色以及日常的琐碎劳作中转换出来。”

解决方案是什么？“这就是关于分区管理。我们在生活的其他方面都会这样做，所以让我们在性生活中也这样做。你可以先读一本情色小说来激发欲望。允许自己‘不循规蹈矩’。”

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我和丈夫詹姆斯结婚四年后，他开始沉迷于一项要么全心投入、要么完全放弃的新爱好，而这项爱好改变了我们两个人的生活。

作为一名退役海军陆战队员，他一直坚持健身，但后来他发现了 CrossFit（综合训练）——这是一个高强度的健身“崇拜”，它将举重、有氧运动和自重训练融合进惩罚性的快节奏训练中，他们亲切地将其称为“WOD”或“每日训练”。

这种训练方案与 Hyrox 类似，后者是一种室内健身竞赛，最近因一名参赛者在出现明显失禁的情况下仍坚持比赛而登上头条。这就是硬核健身痴迷者的“执着”程度。

我认为，这种单一的“要么拼命，要么回家”的心态最初吸引了詹姆斯。

起初，他开始在下班后去健身，这意味着他晚上 10 点才到家。接着，早晨的训练也开始了——尽管这意味着他必须在凌晨 5 点起床，并破坏了我的睡眠。

很快，他开始每天两次、每周七天去健身房。可以说我们几乎没见过面——但我从未怀疑过 CrossFit 才是他的首选。

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在比赛期间他会住在她那里

詹姆斯从未邀请我和他一起锻炼。但我也不是那种在竞争氛围中茁壮成长的、极度投入的“健身狂”。然而，像詹姆斯这样的人不仅仅是去健身房——他们将其变成了自己的全部身份、朋友圈，而且通常也是社交生活的中心。

既然我不是 CrossFit 的信徒，詹姆斯就遇到了一个信徒。很快，我不仅成了一个所谓的“健身寡妇”，而且成了一个 CrossFit 离婚者，因为詹姆斯为了他那个超级健美的健身伙伴抛弃了我。

我曾是个健身寡妇，然后丈夫离开了我...

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为了一个他在CrossFit认识的女人

那天下午，他早早回家并坚持说我们需要谈谈，我心如死灰。他直到我坐在沙发上才告诉我：“我想离婚”。

我完全措手不及，随即放声大哭，在巨大的震惊中努力克制呕吐的冲动。

虽然没有关于有多少段关系因伴侣的健身习惯而破裂的官方数据，但一项针对近20,000对夫妇的大规模研究发现，健康行为（包括运动量）的差异会显著增加离婚风险。现在回想起来，我的情况确实存在线索。在之前的六个月里，詹姆斯经常在谈话中提到这个女人的名字；他们在比赛后会一起去喝酒，赛后他甚至为了“方便”住在她家。我没有反对，因为他声称其他人也住在那里。虽然她是单身，但比我们大十岁——我有什么好担心的呢？

我还相信我们建立了坚实的信任基础。毕竟，工作上的责任——以及随后的健身承诺——意味着我们经常分开。

虽然我们最初在大学相识，但在毕业两年后我们开始交往时，詹姆斯已经加入了英国皇家海军陆战队。他可能会被部署数月之久，而我们只能依赖信号不稳定的Skype通话。就在一次这样的两个月部署结束后，在我去盖特威克机场接他时，他向我求婚了。

两年后，我们在希腊的圣托里尼岛结婚。不过我们并没有享受到蜜月的奢华；仪式三天后，詹姆斯再次被部署三个月。

然而，即使在共处时间有限的情况下，詹姆斯每天总会挤出时间健身。在他看来，这是他工作不可或缺的一部分。

在海军陆战队服役五年后，他以上尉军衔退役。我非常高兴，认为这将给我们带来更多高质量的共处时间。2017年，我们在伦敦买了一套房子，他找了一份顾问工作。他没有所谓的“平民”朋友，我知道离开军队对他来说很困难，所以当他那年开始练习CrossFit时，我给予了鼓励。他说这是建立新社交圈的好方法。

当然，我很失望它开始占据他如此多的时间——他从健身房回家时，往往正是我准备上床睡觉的时候。

当他开始在早晨也去健身时，我接受了，但这种模式很快开始对我产生负面影响——而且事实证明，也影响到了我们作为伴侣的关系。

那时我正尝试启动一项教练业务，压力和被中断的睡眠——我当时患有失眠症，直到凌晨才能入睡，结果却在凌晨5点被詹姆斯吵醒——开始对我产生灾难性的影响。

2019年6月，我出现了所有职业倦怠的迹象——易怒、失眠以及一种持续的“精神亢奋但身体疲惫”的感觉。我试着和詹姆斯谈谈，反复请求他不要起那么早。但CrossFit对他来说太重要了——他果断拒绝了。

他在健身房找到的社群为他提供了与在海军陆战队时类似的稳定性与支持。虽然我不认为他当时与那个女人有浪漫关系，但我毫不怀疑他们是朋友。

当我请求他将CrossFit改为仅在晚上进行时，答案依然是否定的。

现在回想起来，这种拒绝妥协的态度是一个危险信号。

2020年3月封锁开始时，我内心暗自庆幸他不能再去健身房了，但相反，他开始进行长时间的骑行——和那个女人一起。

我是一个非常信任他人的人，但自然而然地，我开始对他们共度的时间感到嫉妒—。

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我真想为自己的天真而狠狠抽自己一耳光

在一起。每当我评论说“你们两个关系越来越近了……”詹姆斯就会安慰我说：“我们只是朋友，爱丽丝！”

但到那时，他们已经成为了彼此生活中不可或缺的一部分，以至于我们一起看电视时，他甚至会给她发短信。是的，她知道他已婚，因为我曾经在一次——你猜对了——CrossFit（交叉训练）比赛中去为他加油时见过她一次。

尽管听起来很天真，但我当时认定她不是那种能让我的丈夫心猿意马的人。

然而几个月后，他投下了一枚震撼弹——他想要离婚。果然，他离开我就是为了她。尽管听起来很奇怪，我当时仍将他视为我最好的朋友，所以在他抱着我、而我痛哭流涕时，我没有推开他。

但我真想为自己的天真而狠狠抽自己一耳光。

第二天，他承认自己可能太鲁莽了，并建议搬出去住六个月以“寻找自我”并去旅行。为了挽救婚姻，我愿意尝试任何方法，于是我同意了。我现在知道了，他其实只是搬去和她同居了。

显然，CrossFit 是一种比爱情强大得多的粘合剂，因为如今他们已经结婚，并且正在办理共同领养孩子的手续。

至于我，现在 39 岁，单身且经常旅行，在世界各地的海滩上经营我的时间管理教练业务。我很幸福，并且毫不怀疑有一天我会遇到生命中真正的真爱。

我不知道在何时何地，但有一件事是可以肯定的——我再也不会和健身成瘾者扯上关系了。

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兄弟会丑闻揭示了关于色情、年轻女性与性的什么问题

纽约，康奈尔大学，2024 年。一名 20 岁的女性参加了一个兄弟会房屋的派对。

在几个小时的时间里，她喝酒，服用氯胺酮，据称与七名同样处于醉酒或亢奋状态的男性发生了性关系。但这究竟是自愿的还是非自愿的？是纵欲还是集体强奸？

这些问题正令美国陷入动荡，引发了一场激烈的文化战争——并凸显了当今世界各地年轻女性面临的性地雷区。

派对结束 20 天后，简·多（Jane Doe，为保护匿名而使用的化名）联系了康奈尔大学警方并告诉他们：“我可以 100% 肯定我被强奸了。”

大学对这七名男子给予了相当轻微的处罚：两人被开除，两人被停学，两人被要求完成关于性骚扰的教育模块，一人被禁止进入校园。上个月，多对这“康奈尔 7 人组”提起民事诉讼，引发了一场关于同意与性解放的史诗级“他主张，她主张”的辩论。

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一场乱交的参与者。在随后的几天里，她给其中一名男子发短信，向他保证“所有性行为都不是违法的”，并建议他们再次见面，但不要带上“额外的 50 亿个男人和氯胺酮”。

在据称被强奸几天后，她很想参加在兄弟会房屋举办的万圣节派对，但随着关于群体性的传闻流传，兄弟会主席告诉她，她出席“不是个好主意”。

有人说她后悔了自己的行为，不想被贴上“荡妇”的标签，因此谎称被强奸。而相信简·多的人则坚持认为，这种观点误解了创伤在意识到被侵害之前，是如何在否认和羞耻等情绪中循环的。底线是：她当时醉得无法给出同意。

布鲁克林就是没法远离！

就在那时，她决定报警。

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我不知道是否构成了犯罪。但该案件

既然他如此公开地与维多利亚和贝克汉姆保持距离，那么他如此频繁地出现在同一个邮编区域真是奇怪。

真巧。布鲁克林·贝克汉姆在巴黎时装周被拍到——距离他母亲的时尚秀仅几分钟步行路程。

然而，该案件非常清楚地表明，具有侮辱性和危险性的性行为是如何被正常化的。

最令人不安的部分是派对当晚 50 名年轻男子之间的群聊。

简·多伊（Jane Doe）被提及的方式就像她是供任何人消费的自助餐一样。“免费 p\*\*\*y，”一个人说道。另一个说：“就像你可以直接走进去现在就把它掏出来一样。”一名担心自己错过了乐趣和游戏的年轻男子发短信问“店还开着吗？”，仿佛她的身体是一家 7 / 11 便利店。

在得知一名年轻女性赤身裸体且显然在一名同学的房间里“营业”时，这些男性的反应既不是厌恶，也不是愤怒。而是随意的幽默，仿佛这是一件完全正常的事情。

我们知道原因：因为硬核色情片的社会疾病。这些年轻男子可能从前青春期就开始刷 Pornhub 了。

他们习惯了看到女性进行三人行、四人行或五人行。窒息、扇耳光、乱交？对于色情片养大的一代来说，这些不过是常规操作。育儿专家伦纳德·萨克斯（Leonard Sax）博士在他的《漂流的男孩》（Boys Adrift）一书中写道，“Pornhub 上最受欢迎的视频中，有 45% 包含至少一项针对女性的身体攻击行为”。当他给学龄男孩做讲座并暗示现实中的女性通常不喜欢这种对待时，他们听到后感到“惊讶”。

而且，有一种特定类型的色情片在近年来极大地扭曲了年轻男性的观点。称之为“邦妮·布鲁主义”（Bonnie Blueism）：年轻女性通过一次性与尽可能多的男性发生性关系来赢得名声。她们在自我贬低方面是世界顶尖的，在甘愿将自己的身体简化为纯粹的容器方面无人能敌。

冷酷的邦妮·布鲁（Bonnie Blue）一天与 1,000 名男性发生性关系，并坚称这在情感上对自己没有丝毫伤害。

因此，像兄弟会“兄弟们”这样的年轻男性开始相信，确实有一种女性能从成为他们幻想中的纯粹道具中获得巨大的快感。

而当邦妮·布鲁这样的挑衅者向男性传递关于女性的错误信息时，“性积极女性主义”则向女性传递关于她们自身的错误信息。

这就是那种认为只要有同意，任何性行为都是可以接受的女性主义——并且认为赋权意味着像男孩一样在性方面贪婪。

如果女性解放等于接受色情片、滥交和极端的性实践，那么有多少天真的年轻女性——为了拼命显得“被赋权”——在同意那些她们最终会后悔或感到受损的性行为？

尽管听起来很过时，但这种向“无后果性行为”转变的文化趋势对女性来说并不像对男性那样有效。我们在天性上是非常不同的生物。

事实上，我认为对于大多数女性来说，“随意性行为”是一个矛盾修辞法。我们必须教会我们的女儿这一点。

年轻女性越有信心承认自己想要什么——而不是那些酷的、性积极的女性“应该”想要什么——她们就越不容易发现自己处于从纯粹恶心到恐怖危险的各种境地中。

给孩子吃超加工食品并非虐待儿童

镜子里闪过的那是什么？我的第一根白发！令我惊讶的是，我竟然如此不在意。也许是因为那些让白发看起来很时尚的名人，最近比如演员奥利维亚·科尔曼和莎拉·杰西卡·帕克。银狐？应该是银狐女。

顶尖营养学家伊恩·马伯（Ian Marber）表示，反对超加工食品（UPFs）的抵制浪潮有将女性逼回厨房的风险。谢谢您，先生。

反超加工食品人群的那种傲慢实在令人厌倦。一周给孩子吃两次鱼手指并不算虐待儿童。Fruit Shoot果汁也不是什么魔鬼之饮。

在兼顾多个孩子的需求、工作和生活琐事时，偶尔吃点超加工食品简直是救星。

迈克尔·道格拉斯和凯瑟琳·泽塔-琼斯对他们的孩子（两人均为演员）被贴上“星二代”（nepo babies）的标签感到愤怒。作为《我是斯巴达克斯》传奇人物柯克·道格拉斯之子，他认为这种说法很“势利”。他们没抓到重点。我们并不反对“星二代”本身。但如果道格拉斯是个德克萨斯州水管工的儿子，他还能在好莱坞出名吗？

几年前的一次家庭午餐会上，我姐姐走进房间，手机正开着免提通话，对方是我母亲。毫无征兆地，我母亲开始用恶毒的语言点评家庭成员。一个人被说成“懒惰”，另一个被说成“糟糕”，而我的姑姑被评价为“嗯，她还行”。

然后轮到了我。在我母亲口中，我是那个“一直恨她”的“贱人”。

这是一个令人心碎的定论，虽然并非完全出乎意料，但依然让我感到刺痛。

我母亲不知道自己开了免提。但在那一刻，我内心有些东西断了。我变得冷静而坚定。我的生活中不再需要她了。

我站起身，宣布离开并回家，随后我关闭了所有沟通渠道——电子邮件、电话、社交媒体——将她拉黑。自那以后，我们再未交谈。

周围的所有人都支持我的决定，说这是合理的，甚至早就该这么做了。

我没有向我母亲解释我的行为。她永远不会道歉，不会承担责任，也不会承认自己的所作所为，所以这看起来不像是一场值得、富有成效或愉快的对话。

据我所知，她甚至在好几个月里都没意识到自己被屏蔽了，而当她意识到时，也从未询问任何人原因。看来没有人要求她解释，所以我也没有提供解释。

近年来，家庭关系疏离成为了关注焦点——贝克汉姆家族、拉姆齐家族，当然还有英国王室，这些高知名度的例子都受到了影响。

虽然感觉这种现象在增加，但我采访过的专家表示，情况未必如此——只是这种痛苦的决裂不再是禁忌，我们开始更公开地讨论它们。

但正如我付出的代价所证明的那样，疏离并不一定是轻松的路径，而且在面对“直接见母亲会更简单”的诱惑时，维持这种隔阂可能会让人疲惫。

回想起来，我不认为我的童年是不快乐的。我们住在萨里郡里士满的一栋大房子里，我一直拥有所需的一切。圣诞节在巴巴多斯度过。我父亲参加了我每一次的篮网球

在经历了多年的刻薄嘲讽和歇斯底里后，我将我那情绪不稳定的母亲从生活中删除了。这是我做过最正确的决定

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作者：艾莉丝·多根 (Eilidh Dorgan)

我参加的每一场球赛和网球赛，我母亲都会到场；我参加的每一场戏剧演出，她也都会出席。我住的那条路上，我可以随时去朋友家串门，在房子后面的林地里玩耍。

我的父母都工作，所以请了一名保姆来帮忙照顾孩子。我母亲创办了一家咨询公司，经常四处奔波。由于在 20 世纪 90 年代，工作与生活的平衡并不被重视，她通常在我醒来时就匆匆出门，或者在我的就寝时间之后，穿着 Max Mara 的权力套装（power-suits）回家。

在我六岁时，父母分开了，不久后我们搬到了继父家。我每隔一个周末会和父亲在一起，我们会在周三一起出去吃晚餐，在 Pizza Express 吃披萨和面团球（dough balls）时聊聊近况。

我当时并没有真正质疑发生了什么，只是听话地跟着走。我年幼的大脑主要关注那些更容易处理的事情，比如被允许养一只宠物兔子时感到的兴奋。

随着年龄增长，我习惯了我母亲爆发式的尖叫。我极力想要为自己辩护，让她明白她所说的话并非事实。而当这行不通时，我会反过来辱骂她。

大多数日子都很平静，但我也经常把自己反锁在卧室里，而我母亲在门外尖叫并猛敲房门，直到我的继父把她劝走。

点燃这些怒火的导火索很少是什么大事——一件她不喜欢的衣服，一个她认定是“坏分子”的朋友的见面请求，或者任何提到我父亲的话。

我母亲另外两个孩子，也就是我的同父异母 / 同母异父兄弟姐妹，分别在我九岁和 11 岁时出生，即 1998 年和 2000 年。我的妹妹找到了逃避母亲愤怒的安静路径——总是循规蹈矩，知道何时该退缩。

然而，我的弟弟所处的境地与我相似。由于年龄差距，我没能亲眼看到是什么触发了她的愤怒，而她厌恶他的原因一直是个家庭之谜。

我们并不是唯一遭受谩骂或仇恨阴谋论攻击的人——这些攻击同样可能指向清洁工、邻居或陌生人。在我母亲眼中，任何人都有可能在冒犯、激怒或偷窃。

多年来，我一直试图拼凑我母亲的童年，以理解她的触发点是什么。但我找不到任何确切的原因。很长一段时间里，我一直执着于与母亲在一起的快乐或充满爱的时刻。她是唯一一个能让我一直笑到哭的人——而此时周围的所有人通常都一脸困惑。

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边界：艾莉丝在屏蔽她母亲后感到宽慰

我远离家乡的那些月份总是最美好的。

白天我们通过短信和电话聊大学和生活——我们甚至能有一段时间不吵架，直到她喝了酒，然后一封充满脏话的深夜邮件就会发过来。

每当这种情况发生时，我会安静地研读那些文字，试图理解我的行为是否正当到让她如此愤怒——但朋友们很快就向我证实，我母亲对我描绘的形象与他们所认识的现实相去甚远。

有时是因为我抽烟，有时是因为我决定从事时尚行业。通常最后都会在某种程度上归结为钱的问题；比如我永远无法自食其力，或者她假设我计划依靠继父生活。

吵架之后有时会收到礼物，但前提是我没有反击。一件衣服包裹、新毛巾或床单，因为她“想到了我”，这就是我在道歉方面能期待的最好结果了。

有一天晚上，在我第一份工作中几年后，我母亲住在我的纽约公寓里。她在我的卧室里发现了一包避孕套，随即大发雷霆——尖叫着骂我是个荡妇。

我把自己锁在房间里，拍下了她试图撞开房门时的尖叫声，第二天给我的同事们看。当他们听到那些撞击声、破碎声和没完没了的脏话时，他们脸上的表情让我意识到我的处境非常糟糕。

每当我飞回家看她，在登机前我都会感到恐慌。从我大约 12 岁起，每当我母亲认为我体重增加时，她总是悄悄地试图改变我的饮食。在大学期间，我经常忘记自己的尺寸，但在见到她的前一天，我总会发现自己在镜子前。我长胖了吗？瘦了吗？我的染发效果糟糕吗？头发太金了？太短了？

她总是盯着那个有问题的身体部位看足够长的时间，好让她的想法变得清晰。

在我 20 多岁的时候，每当事情变得难以承受，我就开始与她断绝联系——尽管是暂时性的。这成了作为最后手段的“断路器”。一旦恢复联系，我们就假装什么都没有发生过。2018 年我搬回伦敦，两年后在 31 岁时结婚，我的心态发生了转变。

虽然我丈夫从未见过情况能糟糕到什么程度，但他曾目睹过一次冲突：当时我赞美了一个我母亲厌恶的亲戚。她开始大喊大叫，讲述他们各种各样的“背叛”，当我离开厨房去客厅陪丈夫时，她跟了进来并继续她的谩骂。

在我们的房子里看到这种行为感觉如此陌生，凸显了这在我的新生活中是多么不协调。我们的新生女儿就在楼上，我丈夫不得不介入来安抚我母亲，以免她把孩子吵醒。她终于展露真面目，反而让我感到一种解脱，这为我告诉他的那些故事提供了证据。

有了新的家庭和新的重心，我感到更坚强了。我知道我希望我的家庭是什么样子，以及我希望我们如何对待彼此。虽然她通常表现得体，但我无法摆脱这样一个事实：我距离一场地狱般的崩溃，仅仅差一次错误的评论。

从那时起，我们每年只见面几次，每周发一两次短信。

有一天喝咖啡时，我告诉她我想创业。话刚出口，我就知道她在想什么，也确切知道在几杯红酒之后，什么样的深夜短信会回来纠缠我。我从哪里弄到钱？大概是某个上当受骗的傻瓜吧！

最糟糕的想法总是在深夜且通常在喝酒后出现——而我会恐惧地打开她那么晚发送的消息。

酒精就像一种迷幻的吐真剂，扭曲了一切和每一个人，直到情况变得无法辨认。它会助长她的阴谋论，并确认我们

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当她试图撞开房门时，我把自己锁在房间里

所有人都想害她。

在咖啡馆里，我感到一种末日将至的预感，于是转移了话题——给她看我们正在考虑的房子。到了第二套房子时，我意识到这件事在未来不知怎么地也会被用来对我不利。

就在那一刻，我意识到我永远无法与我的母亲建立一段正常的关系。我甚至无法与她进行一次正常的对话，因为我担心我的话会被重新利用，成为攻击我的弹药。

我觉得我生活中的任何事情，在她的眼中，都可能被扭曲成最恶毒的现实版本——而这一切都源于那些陈旧的观念：我心术不正、有害且阴险，企图毁掉或榨干我遇到的每一个人。

几个月后，出现了通过扬声器播放的电话评论。意识到我永远无法与母亲保持稳定且良好或正常的关系，在一定程度上促使我决定将她从我的生活中剔除。当时，主导我的感觉是解脱。虽然我长期以来都知道另一场攻击就在眼前，但突然之间，我能够屏蔽这些噪音，与之分开生活。我不再恐惧早晨翻转手机查看等待我的提醒，也感到不再那么神经紧张。

偶尔我会通过亲戚听到一些新的恩怨——比如她认为某个园丁在敲诈她，或者她为我的继父虚构的某个情妇——而远离这些事情总是让我感到宽慰。

然而两年后，我开始质疑切断与母亲的联系是否是最佳解决方案。

在与治疗师讨论家庭疏离问题后，很明显他们通常并不主张这样做。他们强调界限，并要求我考虑是否在某些时间或地点，我会觉得与母亲见面是舒适的——同时剔除那些我知道会很棘手的情境。

一位治疗师强调了

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仅仅一句错误的评论就可能引发一场地狱般的崩溃

我陪在母亲身边也能为我的孩子们树立健康的行为榜样；向他们展示管理困难关系的替代方案，而不仅仅是将人们剔除。

此时我的孩子们两岁和四岁，我的长女开始询问关于祖母的事情，注意到她在这一方面缺失。我意识到，对于孩子们来说，切断与一个可能给他们带来养育之情的人的联系似乎是没有必要的。

如果我能控制他们见她的时长以及他们之间的沟通，也许有一种方法可以保护我的孩子免受母亲某些性格的影响，同时让他们享受她更积极的特质。

作为一名祖母，我的母亲可以是投入且热情的。当孩子们向她讲述玩具车和怪兽画时，她会欣喜地倾听，并且深爱着他们。看到这一幕让我想起与她在一起的那些更快乐的时光。

我想我永远不会在手机、电子邮件或社交媒体上解除对她的屏蔽，因为我不希望随时处于可被攻击的状态，从而毁掉我的一天。而且如果涉及酒精，我不能在晚上见她。但我可以带孩子们在博物馆、公园或餐厅见她，并在场时没有愤怒。

于是我通过家人传达了这条信息。虽然我们还没有再次相遇，但我的丈夫今年确实带孩子们去看她了，通过我姐姐地安排了一次博物馆之行。

当我的四岁女儿一手拿着一个价格过高的恐龙球回来时，她兴奋地宣布：“我和奶奶在一起了！”那时我知道，我的母亲在我的家庭中应该有一个位置。

通过建立界限，我希望能在保护自己和家人免受波动影响的同时，从我母亲那里获得最好的部分。这并不理想，但就像大多数家庭一样，情况很复杂。

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我想警告所有女性，那场至今仍让我心有余悸的痛苦妇科检查

我躺在伦敦市中心一家诊所的病床上，双腿分开，等待子宫镜检查开始。

我的医生为我预约了这次检查，因为我的经期一直很痛苦，他们认为进行子宫镜检查——由专家使用一种微型内窥镜观察子宫内部——将有助于检查各项功能是否正常。

考虑到该手术不涉及切口或注射，且我没有被提供麻醉，我原以为这会轻而易举。我从未觉得抹片检查特别困难，因此假设这次检查在不适感方面大致相似。但我大错特错了。

检查开始时，我感到体内升起一阵灼烧般的疼痛。我的手心开始出汗。我礼貌地询问是否应该有这种感觉，得到的回答是有些感觉是“正常”的，于是我尽力忍受疼痛。

接着，我被告知他们将使用一个“夹子”来撑开我的子宫颈。这听起来很可怕，但我确信那不是真正的夹子——怎么可能是呢？但事实是，那确实是一个真正的夹子，被称为宫颈钳（tenaculum 或 vulsellum）。而且它很疼。非常疼。疼到我的头开始晕眩，我甚至希望自己能晕过去。但我记得有人告诉我，如果你像我这样躺着，是不可能晕过去的。事实证明他们是对的，我在整个过程中一直保持清醒。

疼痛没有停止：一种可怕的灼烧感伴随着像热刀刺入体内的感觉。我感到如此眩晕，眼前的房间变得模糊。这是我所经历过的最痛苦的事情之一。

这件事发生在大约五年前，但我依然记得每一个瞬间。当我踉踉跄跄地离开诊所时，我发誓，在没有事先询问大量问题的情况下，绝不再经历类似的事情。我现在写这篇文章的原因，就是为了告诉其他女性也这样做。

并非每个接受子宫镜检查的人都会经历我的遭遇。然而，令人震惊的是，在“缺乏足够止痛措施”的情况下，三分之一的女性报告在手术中感受到了严重的疼痛，评分在 10 分制中的 7 分或更高。在其他研究中，高达 15% 的女性声称这种疼痛难以忍受。

当然，我没有被提供任何止痛药物，而令人惊恐的是，这竟然是标准做法。请求止痛是由患者自行决定的。

事后看来，最糟糕的或许是我在手术具体内容方面获得的信息太少。我想不出医学领域还有哪个方面，是你来到医院接受一项侵入性程序，却没被详细告知即将发生什么。没有人向我解释有哪些可用的止痛方案，或者如果疼痛难以忍受时我是否可以中止手术。

一些医生——以及许多女性——现在将这种在没有止痛措施的情况下进行子宫镜检查的做法称为一场医疗丑闻。在我看来，他们的观点是正确的，他们指出，男性在进行常见的诊断性检查时，通常不需要承受极端的痛苦。

“患者应该知道可能会发生什么以及需要多长时间，”顾问产科和妇科医生潘德利斯·阿塔纳西亚斯（Pandelis Athanasias）先生表示。“他们应该被告知有哪些可用的止痛选项以及执行该程序的替代方法。”

“应该始终告知患者，如果手术过程中感到不适，他们可以要求停止。”

应该讨论疼痛阈值，如果女性报告抹片检查非常不适，或者有子宫颈狭窄（cervical stenosis）病史，或患有慢性阴道不适，那么医生需要制定详细的计划或考虑替代方案。

我保持沉默并忍受痛苦，因为我不想让自己看起来无法应对这项我认为是标准程序的操作。我的一个朋友也觉得这像我一样痛苦，她告诉我：“他们尝试在不使用麻醉药的情况下进行，然后让我觉得因为不能忍受而显得我不正常。最后，他们不得不让我全身麻醉后进行。”另一位朋友承认，由于对这种出乎意料的疼痛缺乏准备而感到极度震惊，以至于她在结束时觉得这次手术像是一次侵犯。

那么，当你不知道自己会感到多么痛苦时，最好的处理方式是什么？在伦敦西区肯辛顿的一家名为 The Medical Chambers 的私人诊所，建议是在一小时前服用对乙酰氨基酚或布洛芬等药物。

如果这不起作用，其他选择可以包括曲马多等阿片类药物、局部麻醉凝胶、子宫颈局部麻醉注射，或像 Penthrox 这样的吸入式麻醉药。您可能需要提前申请止痛药物，这可能会稍微延迟您的手术时间。

如果这些仍然不够，医生可以采取一些措施，例如使用小直径的宫腔镜。至关重要的一点是，如果仍然不够，您可以停止手术，并要求在另一次时间在镇静状态下进行。

“为自己争取权利很重要，”NHS 医生 Alicia Gonzalez-Fernandez 表示。“如果有些内容没有被涵盖，或者在解释之后您仍然有疑问，请直接说出来。通过发声，您绝不会给医疗专业人员带来不便——这反而能帮助他们更好地照顾您。您可以随时改变主意或要求停止。”

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“她胃口真好！她狼吞虎咽地吃掉了一大块牛排和薯条”

苏莱曼，29岁

杰伊，27岁

基本情况

单身两年，无子女。

目前职业

建筑行业客户服务。

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想结识的对象

一名高个子、黑发、自信且外向的男性。我崇拜的明星是瑞安·雷诺兹。

基本情况

单身四年，无子女。

，29岁

想结识的对象

一名温柔、冷静且健身的女性。大声说话或情绪失控的女性是不可能的。

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感情经历？

目前职业

体育教学助理。

我的前任有点懦弱。他其实是想要个妈妈。不过，我得感谢他，因为通过他我结识了一群很棒的朋友。现在，我尝试了所有的约会软件，但被骗了好几次（catfished）。有个男人看起来很完美，后来才承认他的头像照片是别人的。你怎么能信任这样的男人？

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约前紧张吗？

不，我不记得上次紧张是什么时候了。而且，即使我和匹配对象不合拍，我也以能和“砖墙”聊天（指极能聊）而闻名。不会出现尴尬的沉默。

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第一印象？

不好。苏莱曼慢悠悠地迟到了五分钟，并给了我一个拥抱打招呼。他相当唐突——不算粗鲁，但他身上有一种傲气。坦白说，我对他的外貌没有吸引力。我更倾向于身材健硕、有橄榄球运动员体格的男性。不过，他坐下来后说：“哇，你很漂亮。”我告诉他他的笑容很迷人，牙齿很好。

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容易沟通吗？

苏莱曼（SULEIMAN）提醒我应该用餐巾纸，并轻柔地引导我该从菜单中选择什么。对我来说，被告知该吃什么是一个危险信号。公平地说，也有一些积极信号。他对从事特殊需求儿童教育的工作充满热情。尽管如此，他随后好几次告诉我，他在一次约会中对另一个女人吃掉的食物量感到多么震惊。

他对服务员有点粗鲁。为了弥补这一点，我对他们表现得过于友善。

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尴尬时刻？

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有火花吗？

完全没有。当我喜欢某人时，我会很爱调情。但苏莱曼缺乏礼貌，这意味着我永远不会觉得他有吸引力。我想他能感觉到我不是一个可以被随意对待的女人。当我拒绝他关于点什么菜的建议时，他似乎有些慌乱。

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会再见他吗？

不会。两个小时足够让我知道不会有下一次约会了。在他评论那个女人吃太多之后，我甚至不敢点甜点。令人困惑的是，他在结束时表现得很可爱。他陪我一起等出租车，车到时我们拥抱了一下。我想他想要我的电话号码，但我只是挥手告别。

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你认为他怎么看你？

哦，他喜欢我，并且被我的活力吸引。我一直维持着对话，尽管快结束时我开始观察周围的人了。

杰伊（JAY）的评分：3 / 10

你的朋友会喜欢他吗？不会，我的朋友们真的很关心我。他们会知道他的态度对我来说太难以忍受了。

喜欢？食物。

遗憾？没有，我还是挺开心的。

咖啡还是出租车？出租车。

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约会经历？

我起步较晚，直到上大学才开始约会。我没时间玩约会软件。现在，我专注于自我提升——而且我也在学习开车。

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约会前紧张吗？

不，从来没有。说到底，她也是个普通人，不是吗？过去，当女性在约会时喝太多酒（几杯葡萄酒就算很多了）时，我会发表评论。但我吸取了教训，所以现在我更倾向于观察对方是什么样的人，然后相应地调整。

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第一印象？

杰伊是一个非常、非常漂亮的女人，有着美丽的笑容和迷人的眼睛。她很活泼，穿着一件长黄色连衣裙，凸显了她的曲线。她说我看起来很干练，我也告诉她她有多漂亮。我们有一个良好的开端。

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容易沟通吗？

关于这次约会，我记得的不是杰伊说了什么，而是她吃了什么。这么说吧，她胃口很好！她狼吞虎咽地吃掉了一份特大号的牛排和薯条。

不过，我喜欢她没有选择菜单上最贵的东西。在之前的约会中，有些女性会那样做——点一大杯红酒，点扇贝之类的——在我还没算上自己餐费之前，账单就已经达到了三位数。杰伊很谦逊，我很欣赏这一点。

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尴尬时刻？

没有。我觉得进展得相当顺利。尽管我们在约会，但我们两人的手机全程都放在桌上——但我们没有使用。不过，杰伊确实给她的食物拍了照片。

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有火花吗？

哦，有。杰伊是一个非常有吸引力的女人。我喜欢她什么？一切。我简直想抽自己一个耳光，因为没问她的电话号码，但我不敢确定是否被允许这么做。现在我对女性非常谨慎。有时候，如果你直接问女人的电话号码，她可能不喜欢。

苏莱曼（SULEIMAN）的评分：8 / 10

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会再见她吗？

喜欢？杰伊太迷人了。

遗憾？没问她的电话号码。

咖啡还是出租车？咖啡。

是的，我想见，但我没有她的联系方式。

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你认为她怎么看你？

她告诉我我看起来很干练，笑容很好。这是一个很棒的开始和积极的反馈，不是吗？

你的朋友会喜欢她吗？

是的，我的朋友们会非常喜欢杰伊。她性格阳光，有吸引力，而且能和任何人交谈。

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资深观鸟者萨姆（Sam）和新爱好者艾德（Ade）在这一系列三集节目中的第二集中前往西威尔士，看看能否发现猛禽。正值繁殖季节的高峰期，鸟类世界里发生了许多事情。萨姆将目标锁定在两种栖息地，以增加看到不同品种鸟类的机会：盐沼和林地。当两人抵达住所时，迎接他们的是一些高地牛；在艾德准备晚餐时，萨姆继续制定行程。他们的旅程始于一个红鸢喂食中心，在那里，他们被头顶盘旋的大量雄伟之鸟所震撼，随后将目标转向寻找壮观的鱼鹰。沿途，他们倾听黄锤的鸣唱，萨姆还根据关于啄木鸟巢穴的线索进行了追踪。

这部温馨且文雅的剧集中，斯凯尔代尔屋（Skeldale House）的成员们面临着一项长长的任务清单。我们的首席兽医西格弗里德（Siegfried）在罗孚车（Rover）抛锚后经历了一个糟糕的开始。在与机械师通过电话唇枪舌剑之后，他决定放下手术刀，拿起扳手自己修理。祝你好运，西格弗里德……其他消息方面，特里斯坦（Tristan，由卡勒姆·伍德豪斯饰演，如图）被派去进行一次徒劳的搜寻，任务是为一只出现在镇上的神秘狗寻找新家；与此同时，庞弗雷夫人（Mrs Pumphrey）来到斯凯尔代尔讨论妇女协会（WI）的事务。为了增加混乱程度，今天是霍尔夫人（Mrs Hall）的生日，因此在孩子们忙着制作生日卡片时，海伦（Helen）和多萝西（Dorothy）计划一场惊喜生日茶会。在其他地方，詹姆斯（James，由尼古拉斯·拉尔夫饰演）前往检查布舍尔先生（Mr Bushell）的奶牛贝拉（Bella），但当发现贝拉需要进行一项詹姆斯和西格弗里德都从未尝试过的手术时，他面临着艰难的选择。所以，对于达罗比（Darrowby）的兽医们及其同伴来说，这又是典型的一天……

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6.00 | Breakfast< / > 6.30< / > Bridge of Lies (R)< / > 6.00< / > Good Morning Britain< / > 6.30< / > The King of Queens (AD,R)< / > | 9.30< / > Morning Live 杂志节目。< / > 7.15< / > Garden Rescue (R)< / > 9.30< / > Lorraine 早间谈话节目。< / > 7.45< / > Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R) 美国喜剧三集连播。< / >< / > 10.45< / > Crimewatch Live 一位哥哥讲述他妹妹去世的事。< / > 8.00< / > The Best of Weatherman Walking (BSL,R) 威尔士的工业过去。< / > 10.00< / > This Morning 日常杂志节目，内容涵盖名人访谈、演艺圈新闻、生活方式专题、热门话题讨论、健康美容建议等。< / > 9.10< / > Frasier (AD,R) 四集。< / >< / > 11.15< / > Homes Under the Hammer (R) 介绍位于德比、克罗伊登和格雷特雅茅斯的房产。< / > 8.30< / > The Best of Weatherman Walking (BSL,R) 三条海滨步道< / > < / > 11.10< / > American Pickers (AD,R)< / >< / > 12.15< / > Bargain Hunt (AD,R)< / > 9.00< / > BBC News< / > < / > 12.05< / > Channel 4 News Summary< / >< / > 1.00< / > BBC News at One；天气预报< / > 12.15< / > Politics Live 来自威斯敏斯特及其他地区的最新报道。< / > 12.30< / > Loose Women 她们再次探讨世界事务，并邀请一位名人嘉宾聊聊近况。< / > 12.10< / > Renovation Nation (AD,R)< / >< / > 1.35< / > BBC Regional News；天气预报< / > 1.00< / > Impossible (R) 问答节目。< / > < / > 1.10< / > The Great House Giveaway (R)< / >< / > 1.45< / > BBC News at One；天气预报< / > 1.45< / > Unbeatable (R) 问答节目。< / > < / > 2.10< / > Countdown 由 Colin Murray, Rachel Riley 和 Susie Dent 主持，Maggie Aderin 在词典角。< / >< / > 2.00< / > Clean It, Fix It (R) Mark Wright 和团队帮助一位寡妇处理未完成的 DIY 项目。< / > 2.30< / > The Boss (R) 问答节目。< / > < / > 3.00< / > A Place in the Sun (R)< / >< / > < / > < / > 3.15< / > The Wonder of Animals (AD,R) 探索熊的能力。< / > 1.30< / > 新闻；天气预报< / > < / >< / > 2.30< / > Shift the Thrift (AD,R) 参赛者在兰迪德诺搜寻慈善商店。< / > 3.45< / > The Great House Revival (R) 一对夫妇在科克郡 Churchtown 翻修一座乔治亚风格的房子。< / > 1.55< / > 地区新闻；天气预报< / > < / >< / > 3.00< / > Escape to the Country (R) Ginny Buckley 帮助一对夫妇将伦敦生活换成西约克郡生活。< / > 4.35< / > Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 在 Wisley 的 RHS 花园鉴定宝物。< / > 2.00< / > Dickinson's Real Deal (AD,R) David Dickinson 和他的团队在南威尔士的巴里评估物品。< / > 5.00< / > Four in a Bed B&B 经营者们在又一家酒吧尽情饮酒，这次是位于北威尔士 Cynwyd 的由兄妹组合 Henry 和 Lucy 经营的 The Blue Lion。< / >< / > 3.45< / > Garden Rescue (R) Chris Hull 和 Charlie Dimmock 为一个热爱艺术的哈彭登家庭设计花园。< / > 5.15< / > Flog It! (R) 重访该系列节目中的一些历史场所。< / > 3.00< / > Lingo (R) 参赛者分别是来自马普尔的夫妇 Lisa 和 John，来自切德尔的室友 Connor 和 Andrew，以及来自达灵顿的宾果报号员 Michael 和他的 [...OMITTED...]< / > |

伙伴；劳拉；地区天气 | < / > < / > | 4.30< / > 《谎言之桥》合唱团好友 Naomi、Normie、Jess 和 Jan 展开竞争。< / > 6.00< / > 《游戏之家》Stephen Mangan、Shona McGarty、Andi Peters 和 Nina Wadia 参加。< / > 4.00< / > 《交易或不交易》(AD,R) Elia 尝试按正确顺序打开盒子。< / > 5.30< / > 《跟我一起用餐》(R) 客户经理 Richard 在西康特里主持第四晚的晚餐。< / >< / > 5.15< / > 《无用问答》，由 Alexander Armstrong 和 Michael Ball 主持。< / > 6.30< / > Nina Wadia 参加。< / > 5.00< / > 《追击》(R) Campbell、Pamela、Hank 和 Rosie 参加。< / > 6.00< / > 《阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？》(R) 在夏朗特省的 Montboyer，Milly 和 Alex 进展缓慢。在托雷莫利诺斯，古巴鸡尾酒酒吧老板 Morgan 和 Patrick 失去了一位投资者。< / >< / > 6.00< / > BBC 六点新闻；天气预报< / > < / > 《严格起舞：两人行》Vicky Gill 审视一些即将亮相的服装。< / > 6.00< / > 地区新闻；天气预报< / > < / >< / > 6.30< / > BBC 地区新闻；天气预报< / > < / > 6.30< / > 新闻；天气预报< / > < / >< / > 7.00< / > 《One Show》由 Roman Kemp 和 J.B. Gill 主持。< / > 7.00< / > 《逃往乡村》(R) Nicki Chapman 帮助一位来自牛津郡、热爱动物的购房者在多塞特郡寻找一处村庄房产，理想位置是靠近海岸，并参观了一家豪华游艇制造商。< / > 7.30< / > 《买家当心：退休房产》今晚 Richard Gaisford 调查租赁制的退休房产。< / > 7.00< / > 第四频道新闻< / >< / > 7.30< / > 《东区东区》(AD) Ian 继续将他的家人拒之门外。< / > < / >< / > 8.00< / > 《名人叛徒》(AD) 随着第一次驱逐展开，忠诚者们希望他们抓到了一个叛徒。< / > 8.00< / > 《蒙蒂·多恩的英国花园》(AD,R) Monty 游历英国，了解花园能揭示关于这个国家的人民、气候和历史的哪些信息，首先从那些环境恶劣的地方开始。< / > 8.00< / > 《艾默代尔》(AD) Jacob 和 Sarah 做出决定。< / > 8.00< / > 《我们的微小岛屿》(R) 多尼戈尔郡德格湖 Station Island 的守护者每年迎接超过 10,000 人进行为期三天的禁食禁鞋朝圣。< / >< / > 9.05< / > 《名人叛徒：揭秘》(AD) Ed Gamble 和嘉宾分析城堡中的最新进展。< / > < / >< / > 9.30< / > 《不打算出去》(AD) Lee 误以为他的喜剧偶像现在成了他最好的朋友。< / > 9.00< / > 《外科医生：生命边缘》(R) 随着这部医学纪录片的回归，Addenbrooke 医院和 Royal Papworth 医院的外科医生切除了一颗危及生命的肿瘤。< / > 9.00< / > 《久别重逢的家人》(AD,R) Lee Sharp 发现了一个他从未知道的兄弟姐妹，团队还帮助了 Peter MacDonald，他在 58 年后渴望再次见到他的兄弟。< / > 9.05< / > 《任务大师》(AD) 参赛者面对令人困惑的 Gregulator。Richard Ayoade 威胁要摧毁布景，Nina Conti 挥舞着铲子，Chloe Petts 经历了一天的不幸。< / >< / > 10.00< / >< rowspan="2">BBC 十点新闻 BBC 地区新闻（随后是天气预报）< / >< rowspan="2">10.00< / >< rowspan="2">现场

在阿波罗剧院 (R) 的单口喜剧，表演者为 Babatunde Aleshe、Chloe Petts 和 Lindsey Santoro。 | 10.00< / > 新闻（随后为天气预报）< / > 10.05< / > 《Break Clause》(AD) Ben 和 Lil 回到利兹参加 Ava 的洗礼仪式。Lara Ricote 主演。< / > | 10.30< / > 10.30< / > 地区新闻（随后为天气预报）< / > < / >< / > 10.40< / > 《Question Time》Fiona Bruce 主持这场时事辩论，由一组政治家组成的小组在彼得利（Peterlee）回答观众的提问。< / > 10.30< / > 《Newsnight》由 Katie Razzall 分析当日事件。（随后为天气预报）< / > 10.45< / > 《最后的武士》(2003) (15) ◆< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 电影< / > 一名训练帝国日本军队的美国内战退伍军人加入了被雇佣去对抗的叛军武士行列。< / > 10.35< / > 《Break Clause》(AD) Ben 和 Lil 以朋友身份举办一场非常成熟的感恩节晚餐派对，使用了 Ben 在垃圾桶里发现的一只火鸡。< / >< / > 11.40< / > 《Newscast》一组 BBC 记者主持来自威斯敏斯特的综述，将严肃分析与政治事件的轻松八卦相结合。< / > 11.05< / > 《Uncanny》(,R) Danny Robins 调查看似超自然的遭遇，在此他遇到了 Liam，Liam 在年轻时一直被家族农场里的一个鬼小孩吓得胆战心惊。< / > < / > 历史冒险片，由汤姆·克鲁斯和渡边谦主演。< / > 11.10< / > 《Gogglebox》(,BSL,R) 扶手椅评论员们分享他们本周观看节目的看法，摄像机捕捉他们的即时反应。< / >< / > 12.10< / > 《The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn》(,R) David Burville 和 Mark Stuckey 合作修复一个模型游乐场。1.10 未来一周天气预报 1.15 BBC 新闻< / > 12.05< / > 电影：《Medusa Deluxe》(2022) (15) ◆ 一场美发比赛在一名造型师被发现死亡后陷入混乱。惊悚片，由 Clare Perkins 和 Anita-Joy Uwajeh 主演。1.40 《The Split Up》(,BSL,R) 2.40 《Blue Lights》(,,R) 3.35 This Is BBC2< / > 1.10< / > 电视购物 3.00 《The Chase Around the World》(,,R) 队伍抵达最后一个城市雅典，在那里他们必须击败所有追逐者。3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05 《Deal or No Deal》(,,R) Stephen Mulhern 主持，Elia 打开红色盒子。< / > 12.10< / > 《Pierre》(,,R) 1.00 《Three Women》() 1.55 《Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA》(,R) 2.45 《Tempting Fortune》(,,R) 3.40 《The Great British Bake Off: Second Helpings》(,,R) 4.20 《Sunday Brunch》(R) 4.35 《A Place in the Sun》(R) 5.00 《Couples Come Die with Me》(R) 5.50 《Countdown》(R)。< / > |

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自 1888 年以来苏格兰最顶级的鞋类产品 4

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谋杀与心理游戏 《名人叛徒》(The Celebrity Traitors)，晚上8点，BBC1

我们现在真正进入正题了。上周，城堡送走了第一位谋杀受害者阿莫尔·拉詹 (Amol Rajan)，随后在第一次驱逐投票前留下了悬念。在古怪地宣布自己是“叛徒”之后，理查德·E·格兰特 (Richard E. Grant) 能坚持下来吗？而在一次引发群体怀疑和偏执的任务之后，气氛变得更加紧张。

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情景喜剧闹剧 《没出门》(Not Going Out)，晚上9.30点，BBC1

奈杰尔·普莱纳 (NIGEL Planer) 作为本周的客串明星，准备带来欢笑。李和露西前往剧院观看奈杰尔最新的戏剧——但作为额外的生日惊喜，露西安排了《年轻人们》(Young Ones) 明星的一段视频信息。然而，不出所料，奈杰尔走进了生日男孩正在享用晚餐的餐厅，李无法抗拒向他的偶像自我介绍的机会——结果却是一场灾难。

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第 5 频道

6.00 Milkshake! 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (AD,R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 《托马斯和他的朋友们》(Thomas & Friends) (R) 6.35 《消防员山姆》(Fireman Sam) (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 6.55 《帕丁顿熊的冒险》(The Adventures of Paddington) (R) 7.10 《汪汪队立大功》(Paw Patrol) (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew 7.30 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (AD,R) 7.45 《太空中的 Tim Rex》(Tim Rex in Space) (AD,R) 7.55 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 《汪汪队立大功》(Paw Patrol) (R) 8.25 Milo (R) 8.35 Story Den: Feature Your Teacher (R) 8.45 《小猪佩奇》(Peppa Pig) (AD,R) 8.55 《本和霍莉的小王国》(Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom) (R) 9.05 Pawsome Dino Rescues | 9.15< / > 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine)< / >< / > 11.30< / > Storm & Alexis< / >< / > 12.45< / > 5 News at Lunchtime< / >< / > 12.50< / > 马特·奥尔赖特 (Matt Allwright)< / >< / > 2.20< / > 《奔跑，隐藏，逃脱》(Run, Hide, Escape) (2023) (15) ●< / >< / > FILM< / > 一名年轻母亲逃离了虐待她的丈夫，在姐姐家寻求庇护。惊悚片，由 Kayla Fields 和 Mike Markoff 主演。< / >< / > 4.00< / > 《阳光下的英伦淘房客》(Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun) (R) 安迪和丽塔迎接一名潜在的店铺买家。< / >< / > 5.00< / > 丹·沃克 (Dan Walker) 主持的 5 News< / >< / > 6.00< / > 《康沃尔：海边的一年》(Cornwall: A Year by the Sea) (R) 维里安和理查德确保岬角尽可能具有节日气氛。< / >< / > 6.55< / > 5 News Update< / >< / > 7.00< / > Sam & Ade Go Birding Samuel< / >< / > PICK< / > 西和亚德里安·埃德蒙森 (Adrian Edmondson) 在繁殖季节探索西威尔士，见证鸟类世界的家庭生活。< / >< / > 7.55< / > 5 News Update< / >< / > 8.00< / > 《约克郡兽医》(The Yorkshire Vet) (AD) 彼得·赖特 (Peter Wright) 为一只侏儒刺猬治疗，马特·史密斯 (Matt Smith) 帮助一只救援猪，肖娜·西尔森 (Shona Searson) 检查一头高地牛，朱利安·诺顿 (Julian Norton) 与哈士奇一同骑行。< / >< / > 9.00< / > 《热爱自然》(Love Nature) (R)< / >< / > 9.05< / >< rowspan="2">《万物生长》(All Creatures Great and Small) (AD) 生日惊喜占据了斯凯尔代尔 (Skeldale)，而特里斯坦调查一只神秘的狗，詹姆斯和西格弗里德尝试给一头牛进行风险手术。< / >< / > PICK< / >< / > 10.05< / > 《万物生长：幕后》(All Creatures Great and Small: Behind the Scenes) 新剧集。这部兽医剧的制作过程。< / >< / > 10.10< / > 亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗在印度 (Alexander Armstrong in India) (AD,R) 主持人开启了一场横跨印度的旅程。< / > |

11.05 999: Killer on the Line (AD,R)

回顾那些经过计划和预谋的谋杀案，首先是多米尼克·伊索姆 (Dominic Isom)，他在 2015 年在多塞特郡的家中杀害了他的未婚妻。

12.05 Fatal First Dates 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea (R) 2.50 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) 3.40 The Cruise: Fun-Loving Brits at Sea (AD,R) 4.25 The Wonderful World of Chocolate (R) 5.15 Entertainment News on 5 5 5.25 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (AD,BSL,R)

▲ 特别容易引起反感

在这部对恐怖经典之作的巧妙改编中，凯莉变得更加可怕

人们告诉我们，多样性是值得自豪的事情，而我们的座右铭应该是：友善。但在实践中，人们可能从未像现在这样愤怒且具有部落主义倾向。我们或许假装在庆祝彼此的不同，但实际上，我们更希望人们能够融入集体。

这是亚马逊公司出品的《凯莉》（Carrie）的主题，讲述了一个在学校遭受欺凌的书呆子新生的故事。这就像是在看一个青少年时期的雅各布·里斯-莫格（Jacob Rees-Mogg）在学期第一天来到格兰奇山学校（Grange Hill）。

不同之处在于，雅各布没有心灵感应能力。他不能通过指点来点燃物体，也不能仅凭潜意识中的愤怒与狂怒就让东西移动。

斯蒂芬·金的第一部小说《凯莉》出版于1974年。该书曾被改编过几次，最著名的是1976年由西西·斯派塞克（Sissy Spacek）主演的版本。

这个由迈克·弗拉纳根（Mike Flanagan）编剧并制作的版本或许是最具野心的。它用了八集来讲述这个故事，但不知为何仍能保持剧情的流畅推进。

在最后一集之前，并没有太多实际的恐怖内容，而最后一集则极具戏剧张力，令人叹为观止。你根本无法将视线移开。如果你起身去烧水，你就会错过另一种精巧而恐怖的杀人方式。

原著的主要情节线索都在，但剧本经过了巧妙的现代化更新。

而这些更新所揭示的现代生活现状，并不值得我们称赞。

在入学之前，凯莉（Summer H. Howell 饰）从未出过家门。多年来，她读过的唯一一本书就是《圣经》。

她自己缝制衣服，来到学校时穿着一件看起来像是在试镜《沃尔顿一家》（The Waltons）的裙子。

她发现自己身处一个残酷的世界，那里有为了应对武装入侵者而进行的封锁演习。校门口设有机场式的扫描仪和警卫。

而且，当然，还有

DIVING IN THE DARK: 《深潜黑暗：来自地底的回响：探索英国洞穴》（BBC4）介绍了洞穴探险家戴夫·尼克松（Dave Nixon），他发现了英国最深的竖井——位于峰区（Peak District）的泰坦（Titan）。他的团队必须凿开巨石才能到达泰坦。他承认：“回想起来，我当时完全痴迷了。相信我，花七年时间在地上挖个洞是不正常的。”

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北爱尔兰电视节目变动

BBC1：晚上10.40pm The View. 11.20 Question Time. 12.20am Newscast. 12.50 The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn. 1.50 BBC News. UTV：7.30pm UTV Life. 10.45 Buyer Beware: Retirement Properties – Tonight. 11.10 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals. 11.35 Murder at the Grand Canal: True Crime Presents. 12.25am Eamonn Mallie: Face to Face With.

罗兰·怀特 昨晚电视评论

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威尔士电视节目变体

BBC2: 7.00pm Scrum V: The Warm Up. 7.30 Feast of Football. 阿尔巴尼亚对阵威尔士的赛前预告。S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion S4C. 12.05 Dim Byd i'w Wisgo. 12.30 Heno. 1.00 Bwyd Epic Chris. 1.30 Gwalia Aleighcia. 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 2.05 Pryhnawn Da. 3.00 S4C a'r Tywydd. 3.05 Am Dro! 4.00 Awr Fawr. 5.00 Stwnsh. 6.00 Ralio+. 6.30 Clwb Rygbi. 6.59 S4C. 7.00 Heno. 7.30 S4C a'r Tywydd. 8.00 Poboly Cwm. 8.25 Rownd a Rownd. 8.55 S4C. 9.00 Y Byd yn ei Le. 9.45 Chwedl Jan Morris. 10.45 Y Wal.

《Carrie》（Carrie，Amazon Prime Video） ★★★★☆

手机。如果校园霸凌者不能真的携带武器，那么手机就是次佳选择。

在第一集结尾一个令人揪心的场景中，Carrie的同学在她第一次月经来潮时拍摄她（这件事她那严厉的母亲忘记告诉她）。在随后的剧集中，霸凌行为变得愈演愈烈。

我已经很久没看过一部有这么多令人反感的角色的剧集了。Carrie试图融入集体的努力被校园霸凌者克里斯蒂娜（Christina）所挫败——克里斯蒂娜的家庭问题让她愤怒且受挫——以及Carrie的母亲玛格丽特（Margaret），一个宗教狂热者和阴谋论者。

在某个时刻，玛格丽特与校长对质。“你们这些学术人员，认为父母很软弱，但我们并不软弱，”她愤怒地喊道，“如果你虐待我们的孩子，我们将像上帝的愤怒一样降临在你们身上。”

此时，我想全国的教师们一定都躲在沙发后面发抖。

■ 克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯（CHRISTOPHER STEVENS）休假中。

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BELOW, NETFLIX

在这部来自加拿大的六集惊悚剧中，水下潜伏着某种东西——某种巨大的东西。故事设定在纽芬兰岛上一个挣扎中的小镇，这里的夜晚感觉像是在爱尔兰乡村的一次愉快出游，但白天却充满了经济绝望。当地的主要产业似乎是从海里打捞冰山碎片，因为那里已经没有鱼了。鱼都去哪了？为什么镇上的某些人会感到如此燥热，并且一直在喝水？乔什·哈特内特（图中）饰演一名冰

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绝经喜剧 Small Achievable Goals, ITVX

这部加拿大情景喜剧回到了第二季，在探讨绝经期问题时依然毫不羞怯或客气——事实上，它是完全正面冲突的。除了探讨社交和职业资本的丧失，剧中还涉及过度出汗、严重的痉挛，以及在短短一分钟内像尖叫的过山车一样起伏的情绪——所有这些都被

收割机操作员，他希望通过一个大的商业创意让家人团聚，但他的希望可能不仅会被他们截然不同的计划所阻碍。《怪奇物语》的查理·希顿饰演他那个心烦意乱的兄弟，而麦肯齐·戴维斯（Station Eleven）则饰演一名外来科学家，她在那些冰块中发现了奇怪的东西。这部剧非常容易观看，因为在一些非常真实且经常幽默的家庭剧场景之下，潜藏着一种持续的、即将来临的恐怖感，而且整部剧充满了当地色彩。

抓住了。该剧讲述了两名女性制作播客的故事，由主演 Jennifer Whalen 和 Meredith MacNeill（图中）共同编写。

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真人秀 The Kardashians, Disney+

想了解美国最著名的姐妹们在过去一年里都在做什么吗？作为真人秀皇室成员，Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall 和 Kylie 回归第八季，其中包含浪漫传闻、健康危机，以及更多关于这些处于聚光灯下女性生活的全方位洞察。与此同时，在 ITV2 频道，The Real Housewives Of Potomac (4.10pm) 也在开启新的一季，即她们的第十季，也有很多话要说。Gizelle 首先召集女士们一起讨论 Karen 的审判和判决。

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美国犯罪剧 The Hunting Party, 9pm, U&Alibi

Bex（Melissa Roxburgh 饰）本周正在追踪两名罪犯——喜剧演员兼连环杀手 Dylan（由前 Glee 明星 Kevin McHale 饰演）以及他的助手，一个腹语傀儡。

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World War II: A Timewatch Guide 关于世界上最具破坏性战争的历史。本系列最后一集

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雷马根大桥 (The Bridge at

8 雷马根大桥 (1969,PG) 美国士兵被派往夺取一座具有战略意义的莱茵河大桥，以免被敌人摧毁。二战冒险片，由乔治·塞加尔和罗伯特·沃恩主演

9.55 柳条人 (The Wicker Man) (1973,18)

一名警官在由异教社会居住的岛上寻找一名失踪女孩，他怀疑该社会在进行人体祭祀。

恐怖片，由爱德华·伍德沃德和克里斯托弗·李主演

11.25 Ex-S：柳条人 关于这部邪典电影制作过程的纪录片

11.55 冰与人 (Of Ice and Men) —— Timeshift 人类对南极洲的痴迷（至 12.55）

辛普森一家

荷马访问爱尔兰

布鲁克林九九分局

分局在感恩节期间进入封锁状态

初次约会 (First Dates) 参与者包括一名猫头鹰保护区志愿者

Gogglebox 扶手椅评论员分享他们对《英国达人秀》、《小偷、他的妻子和独木舟》、《罗密欧与二重唱》以及《与维姆·霍夫一起面对恐惧》的看法

Gogglebox 扶手椅评论员分享他们对《英国达人秀》、《一夜情》和戈登·拉姆齐的《未来美食之星》的看法。自 2022 年 5 月起

11.05 拉姆齐的 24 小时地狱之旅 戈登·拉姆齐试图拯救一家由好友布拉德和史蒂文经营的阿肯色州餐厅（至 12.00）

Ant & Dec 的无限赢 (Ant & Dec's Limitless Win) 史蒂夫和乔丹在夫妻档理查德和洛娜获得挑战“无限阶梯”的机会之前结束了他们的游戏

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1% 俱乐部 (The 1% Club)

情人节特辑

李·麦克主持本期问答节目，由情侣和单身人士参与

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老大哥 (Big Brother)

屋友们在 24 小时监控下生活，试图避免被驱逐出老大哥之家

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老大哥：群聊 (Big Brother: The Group Chat)

凯特·劳勒和 GK Barry 主持对被驱逐屋友、名人粉丝和特邀嘉宾的独家采访

11.05 盖亚一家 (Family Guy)

瑞安·雷诺兹来到夸霍格

11.35 盖亚一家 (Family Guy)

彼得在饮用煤油后患上肾衰竭（至 12.05）

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娱乐与纪实

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5ACTION

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Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.20am 电影：《萨巴塔》(Sabata). (1969) (12)

1.30pm 电影：《原谅》(The Unforgiven). (1960) (PG) 4.00 交通警察。5.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者。6.00 警察拦截者。8.00 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者。9.00 警察拦截者。10.00 木材巨头。

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BBC THREE

7.00pm 追击 (The Catch Up)。7.05 可怕的历史 (Horrible Histories)。8.00 巡航 (The Cruise)。9.00 阿曼达与艾伦的意大利任务。10.00 鲁保罗变装皇后秀（英国版）。11.05 电影：《物质》(The Substance). (2024) (18)

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COMEDY CENTRAL

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Sky 112 Virgin 132

12noon 少年女巫萨布丽娜。1.00 朋友。9.00 Mr Bean 精选。10.00 南公园。

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DISCOVERY

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Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am 脱离电网建筑。

1.00pm 休斯顿动物警察。

3.00 它们是如何做到的？ 5.00 卧底亿万富翁。 7.00 轮毂交易员 (Wheeler Dealers)。 9.00 赤裸与恐惧：遇难。 11.00 风暴之眼：追风者。

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E4 (日间)

Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106

10.00am 下层甲板：大洋洲。

11.00 摩登家庭。 12noon 辛普森一家。 2.00 戈德堡一家。 3.00 摩登家庭。 5.00 辛普森一家。

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5STAR (日间)

Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126

12noon 交通警察。 2.00 警察拦截者。 5.00 骗保者。 6.00 远离家乡 (Home and Away)。

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5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 130

12noon 本·福格尔：荒野新生活。 1.00 谋杀她写了。 3.00 电视剧《圆头圆脑》(Columbo)。 5.00 走进伦敦塔。 7.00 本·福格尔：荒野新生活。 9.00 詹姆斯·梅的伟大探险家。 10.30 与罗布森·格林进入亚马逊。

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Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120

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FOOD NETWORK UK

9.20am 海军罪案调查处 (NCIS)。12.10pm 法律与秩序。6.05 海军罪案调查处 (NCIS)。

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168

11.00am 英国烘焙大赛。12.30pm 经典玛丽·贝里。

1.00 詹姆斯·马丁的最爱盛宴。3.00 毛茸茸骑手：北方曝光。4.00 杰米·奥利弗：在一起。5.00 先锋女性。6.00 詹姆斯·马丁的最爱盛宴。7.00 英国烘焙大赛。8.30 经典玛丽·贝里。9.00 米歇尔·鲁的法国乡村烹饪。10.00 杰米·奥利弗：省钱烹饪。

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GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170

12noon 草原上的小房子。

2.00 沃尔顿一家。4.00 草原上的小房子。6.00 奎恩医生：女医生。8.00 M\*A\*S\*H。9.00 电影：《圣特里尼安学校的蓝色谋杀》(1957) (PG) 10.55 罗宾的巢。11.55 M\*A\*S\*H。

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ITV2 (日间)

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Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115

10.15am 道森之丘。11.10 魔女。12.05pm 成交或不成交。1.05 超市大扫货。2.05 安特与迪克的无限赢。3.10 埃塞克斯唯一方式。4.10 波托马克真实主妇。5.00 比弗利山真实主妇。6.00 名人猜词。

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ITV3 (日间)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117

9.15am 摩尔斯探长。11.30 心跳。1.35pm 皇家医院。

2.40 狂野之心。3.40 经典艾默代尔。4.40 经典街道冠冕。5.50 心跳。

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Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118

10.40am 水下大钓鱼冒险。11.45 专业人士。12.45pm 冠军们。1.55 美国拾荒者。3.50 冰路卡车司机。5.45 监护人。6.50 夏普。

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MORE4 (日间)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147

11.35am 来我家吃饭。

2.15pm 四人一床。4.50 汽车

S.O.S.。6.50 狗屋。

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Sky 129 Virgin 183

调查。2.00 希特勒的最后抵抗。3.00 挖掘阿尔卡特拉斯。4.00 埃及失落的宝藏。5.00 冰路救援。6.00 希特勒的最后抵抗。7.00 空难调查。8.00 空难调查：幸存灾难。9.00 走进墨尔本机场。10.00 违禁品截获。11.00 空难调查。

11.00am 汽车 S.O.S.。12noon 走进悉尼机场。1.00 空难

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PBS AMERICA

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187

11.55am 铁锈地带的兴衰。1.00pm 苏格兰群岛大巡游。1.40 被围困的堡垒，传奇之战。2.50 纳粹外交官：与魔鬼共舞。4.00 彩色二战：胜利之路。5.05 铁锈地带的兴衰。6.15 被围困的堡垒，传奇之战。7.25 纳粹外交官：与魔鬼共舞。8.35 彩色二战：胜利之路。9.45 铁锈地带的兴衰。10.50 纳粹外交官：与魔鬼共舞。

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REALLY

12noon 约克郡拍卖行。2.00 修理铺。3.00 回收猎人：修复者。5.00 寻找失散家庭：无迹而生。6.00 修理铺。7.00 名人约克郡拍卖行。8.00 古董公路旅行。9.00 Now医生的6000磅日记。10.00 糟糕皮肤诊所。11.00 名人求助！我的房子闹鬼。

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SKY ARTS

12noon 经典专辑。1.00 出人意料的故事。2.00 希区柯克呈现。3.00 比尔·贝利的工艺大师：下一代。4.00 发现：丹尼斯·霍珀。5.00 年度风景画家 2015。6.00 出人意料的故事。7.00 年度肖像画家 2026。8.00 电影：《阿加莎·克里斯蒂的闪亮氰化物》(2003) (12) 9.50 劳莱尔与哈迪：他们的生活与魔力。11.35 导演们。

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SKY ATLANTIC

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Sky 108 Virgin 111

10.15am 死木镇。12.25pm Gomorrah。1.30 谋杀：街头生活。3.30 亿万。5.45 第十一站。8.00 法戈。

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5.00am 新闻摘要。

5.04 More or Less。

5.32 天气预报。

5.34 航运预报。

5.43 今日祷告。

5.45 今日农业。

6.00 Today。

9.00 In Our Time。

9.45 Strong Message

此处。见晚上 9.45pm。

10.00 Woman's Hour。

11.00 This Cultural Life。

约翰·威尔逊（John Wilson）采访作家阮越清（Viet Thanh Nguyen）。

11.45 To Go or Not to Go。

萨拉·惠勒（Sara Wheeler）反思她自己的旅行动机。

12noon 新闻。

12.04 The Bottom Line。

埃文·戴维斯（Evan Davis）探讨德国经济出了什么问题。

12.32 Sliced Bread。

格雷格·富特（Greg Foot）调查蘑菇软糖背后的主张。

12.57 天气预报。

9.00 The Miniature Wife。 10.30 沙丘：预言（Dune: Prophecy）。

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SKY COMEDY

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Sky 113 Virgin 112

11.50am 威尔与格蕾丝（Will & Grace）。 12.20pm Hacks。 1.00 The Baby。 1.40 The Chair Company。 3.00 威尔与格蕾丝（Will & Grace）。 3.55 Breeders。 5.00 Community。 6.00 威尔与格蕾丝（Will & Grace）。 7.00 办公室（美国版）（The Office (US)）。 8.00 Resident Alien。 9.00 Larry Dean: Dafty。 10.10 Rob Beckett: Giraffe。 11.50 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver。

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SKY DOCUMENTARIES

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Sky 114 Virgin 121

12noon 电影：《史蒂夫·麦奎恩：失落的电影》（Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie）。 (2021) (12) 1.50 我的偶像：安东尼·约书亚（Anthony Joshua）。 2.00 电影：《我是马丁·路德·金》 (I Am MLK Jr.)。 (2018) (12) 4.00 The Directors。 5.00 Discovering: Richard Harris。 6.00 Stax: Soulsville USA。 7.00 珍妮·杰克逊（Janet Jackson）。 8.00 披头士如何改变了

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IN OUR TIME, 9AM, RADIO 4

米莎·格伦尼（MISHA Glenny）和一组著名的古生物学家讨论地质学家兼牧师威廉·巴克兰（William Buckland）在恐龙研究中的影响力。在“恐龙”这个词出现之前，巴克兰就已经在研究一种神秘的食肉动物的巨大化石骨骼，这种生物发现于牛津郡的一个采石场，且不像任何现存的动物。1824 年，他将这种生活在约 1.66 亿 年前中侏罗纪时期的动物命名为巨龙（Megalosaurus），即“巨大的蜥蜴”，并由此开启了恐龙科学研究。

2.15 广播剧：《一个叫家的地方》（A Place Called Home）。塞巴斯蒂安·巴茨基维奇（Sebastian Baczkiewicz）著。本系列最后一集。

3.00 Ramblings。

3.27 Radio 4 募捐。代表 PEAS。

3.30 Feedback。

4.00 The Briefing Room。

4.30 BBC Inside Science。

世界。 10.00 电影：《科特·柯本：地狱蒙太奇》（Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck）。 (2015) (15)

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SKY HISTORY

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Sky 123 Virgin 131

12noon 二战最伟大的逃脱。

1.00 Alone。 2.00 Pawn Stars。 6.00 American Pickers。 7.00 Forged in Fire。 8.00 Outback Wreckers。 9.00 Alone。 10.00 Flipping Bangers。

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SKY ONE

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Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon 澳洲捕蛇人：致命追击（Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit）。 1.00 天海珍珠（Hawaii Five-0）。 3.00 S.W.A.T.。 5.00 辛普森一家（The Simpsons）。 6.00 Superstore。 7.00 辛普森一家（The Simpsons）。 8.00 大卫·爱登堡的加拉帕戈斯（David Attenborough's Galapagos）。 9.00 电影：《左轮手枪》（Revolver）。 (2005) (15)

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SKY SCI-FI

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Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am 星际迷航：深空九号（Star Trek: Deep Space Nine）。 12noon 星际迷航：下一代（Star Trek: The Next Generation）。 1.00 星门宇宙（Stargate Universe）。 2.00 La Brea。 3.00 幻想岛（Fantasy Island）。 4.00 星门 SG-1（Stargate SG-1）。 5.00 星际迷航：下一代（Star Trek: The Next Generation）。 6.00 星际迷航：深空九号（Star Trek: Deep Space Nine）。 7.00 星门宇宙（Stargate Universe）。 8.00 星门 SG-1（Stargate SG-1）。 9.00 La Brea。 10.00 Evil。 11.00 行尸走肉（The Walking Dead）。

5.00 PM; 天气预报。

6.00 六点新闻。

6.30 Do Gooders。喜剧，由弗兰克·斯金纳（Frank Skinner）和费·里普利（Fay Ripley）出演。

7.00 The Archers。安娜偶然发现了一些令人震惊的信息，而阿里斯泰尔则陷入纠结。

7.15 Front Row。艺术新闻。

8.00 When It Hits the Fan。由法扎娜·巴杜尔（Farzana Baduel）和戴维·耶兰德（David Yelland）主持。

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SKY WITNESS

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Sky 107 Virgin 110

12noon FBI💡。 2.00 The Rookie。 3.00 Blue Bloods。 4.00 Nothing to Declare。 8.00 Caught on Dashcam。 9.00 CIA。 10.00 The Equalizer。麦考尔试图追踪一封恐怖信件的发送者。

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TLC

Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113

12noon 《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)。2.00 《中间》(The Middle)。3.30 《少年谢尔顿》(Young Sheldon)。5.00 《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)。9.00 《嘲讽周》(Mock the Week)。10.00 电影：《意大利任务》(The Italian Job) (2003) (12)

QUEST

6.55 《心跳》(Heartbeat) 被定罪的谋杀犯亨利·斯托达德 (Henry Stoddard) 出狱之时，恰逢一系列破坏活动发生

《薇拉》(Vera) 侦探必须揭开一名男子被殴打致死的谜团，该男子在原定出庭作证的前一天被杀。犯罪剧，由布伦达·布莱辛 (Brenda Blethyn)、肯尼·多蒂 (Kenny Doughty) 和乔恩·莫里森 (Jon Morrison) 主演

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唐顿庄园 (Downton Abbey)

年度板球赛激发出罗伯特 (Robert) 的竞争心，薇奥莱特 (Violet) 的侄孙女罗斯 (Rose) 到访，而托马斯 (Thomas) 的前途似乎充满了不确定性

6.50 《夏普》(Sharpe) 该军官被赋予将皇家爱尔兰连队改造为经验丰富的战斗单位的任务，但关于爱尔兰大屠杀的传闻对士兵们的士气产生了负面影响

《班克斯总警》(DCI Banks) 两部分之第一部分。一名少女被谋杀 (至 12.25)

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贝尼多姆节日特辑 (Benidorm Festive)

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MORE4

2010年节礼日 (Boxing Day) 的剧集。马奇 (Madge) 必须组织贝尼多姆宫的季节性盛演——但演出的明星 (苏·波拉德 Su Pollard) 却不见踪影

6.50 《狗狗之家》(The Dog House)

一只11岁的梗类混血犬

来到

伍德格林 (Woodgreen)

7.55 《狗狗之家》(The Dog House)

杜彻斯 (Duchess) 是一只巴塞特猎犬，她希望被像女王一样对待，而退休商人朱恩 (June) 可能正是满足她要求的人选

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桑迪·托克斯维格的里维埃拉铁路之旅 (Sandi Toksvig's Great Riviera Rail Trip)

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10.15 全精英摔角 (All Elite Wrestling)

来自巴黎的摔角动作，包括威尔·奥斯普雷 (Will Ospreay) 对阵冈田这句话 (Kazuchika Okada)、班迪多 (Bandido) 对阵科菲 (Kofi)，以及梅赛德斯·蒙 (Mercedes Mone) 对阵阿米娜女王 (Queen Aminata) (至 12.15)

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摔角：Dynamite Grand Slam Top

里维埃拉之旅，桑迪 (Sandi) 在摩纳哥结束她的法国里维埃拉大巡游，在那里她遇到了在摩纳哥山丘定居的保拉·拉德克利夫 (Paula Radcliffe)

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SKY MIX

一名橄榄球运动员在比赛中发生碰撞后接受脊髓损伤扫描，并讲述了她与心理健康问题的斗争

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24小时急诊室 (24 Hours in A&E)

11.05 《24小时急诊室》(24 Hours in A&E)

一名值班的中风医生在复苏部门经历了一个繁忙的班次 (至 12.10)

团队在一名缉毒局 (DEA) 特工死于飞机失事时展开调查

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夏威夷五勇士 (Hawaii Five-0)

《星际迷航：下一代》(Star Trek: The Next Generation) 两部分之第一部分。沃夫 (Worf) 得知了关于他父亲命运的真相。科幻剧，由迈克尔·多恩 (Michael Dorn) 主演

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英国最邪恶杀手 (Britain's Most Evil Killers)

三名受害者被谋杀，一系列抢劫案以及一名毫无顾忌的杀手——警方能否在安东尼·罗素 (Anthony Russell) 再次出手前将其抓获？

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英国最邪恶杀手 (Britain's Most Evil Killers)

劳拉·梅·阿尔·沙塔纳维 (Laura May Al Shatanawi) 的失踪案

《格林》(Grimm) 尼克 (Nick) 和朱丽叶 (Juliette) 的浪漫重逢被一群僵尸打断，这些僵尸由雷纳德 (Renard) 和萨梅迪男爵 (Baron Samedi) 释放 (至 12.00)

《古董公路旅行》(Antiques Road Trip)

路易丝·戈斯特洛 (Louise Gostelow) 和大卫·哈珀 (David Harper) 在威尔士逛古董店，路易丝增加了她的椅子收藏，而大卫则冒险尝试

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澳洲卡车司机 (Outback Truckers)

富迪 (Foody) 与气旋赛跑以赶回家。梅尔·米歇尔森 (Mel Michelsen) 在险峻的木材运输路线上行驶

《澳洲黄金猎人》(Aussie Gold Hunters)

风暴袭击了波塞冬团队 (Poseidon Crew)，他们在维多利亚州追寻巨型金块。谢恩 (Shane) 和拉斯蒂 (Rusty) 迅速行动以转让一份价值不菲的内陆租赁地

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修理铺 (The Repair Shop)

修复师们开始修复一个战俘拥有的挎包、一个酒吧时钟和一个海蛇造型的笔筒

《他们是怎么做到的？》(How Do They Do It?)

探讨

玫瑰花蕾

如何被制成

土耳其软糖

《他们是怎么做到的？》(How Do They Do It?) 世界顶级的画布是如何制作的 (至 12.00)

莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：钓鱼之旅 (Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing) 保罗 (Paul) 和鲍勃 (Bob) 在泰河 (River Tay) 钓鱼

7.40 《你会对我撒谎吗？》(Would I Lie to You?) 嘉宾为莱迪·莱舒尔 (Lady Leshurr) 和菲莉帕·佩里 (Philippa Perry)

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8.20 我在撒谎吗 (Would I Lie to)

8.20 《我在撒谎吗？》(Would I Lie to You?) 嘉宾包括维多利亚·德比希尔 (Victoria Derbyshire)、罗德·吉尔伯特 (Rhod Gilbert)、罗茜·琼斯 (Rosie Jones) 和贾马利·马迪克斯 (Jamali Maddix)

《QI XL》嘉宾克莱尔·鲍尔丁 (Clare Balding)、达拉·奥布莱恩 (Dara O Briain)、吉米·卡尔 (Jimmy Carr) 以及常驻嘉宾艾伦·戴维斯 (Alan Davies) 与主持人斯蒂芬·弗雷 (Stephen Fry) 一起，就马匹与狩猎的话题进行探讨

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我有更多新闻给你吗 维多利亚 (Have I Got a Bit More News for You Victoria)

《新闻给你》(News for You) 由维多利亚·科伦·米切尔 (Victoria Coren Mitchell) 主持的加长版节目，伊沃·格雷厄姆 (Ivo Graham) 和伊莎贝尔·哈德曼 (Isabel Hardman) 将加入队长保罗·默顿 (Paul Merton) 和伊恩·希斯洛普 (Ian Hislop) 的队伍

8 Out of 10 Cats 主持人乔尔·多梅特 (Joel Dommett)，嘉宾詹姆斯·阿卡斯特 (James Acaster)、乔·斯瓦什 (Joe Swash) 和罗伊辛·科纳蒂 (Roisin Conaty)

11.50 《嘲讽周》(Mock the Week)

嘉宾梅西·亚当 (Maisie Adam)、

埃尚·阿克巴尔 (Eshaan Akbar) 和

埃德·伯恩 (Ed Byrne)（至 12.30）

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7.20 夏日之末 (Last of the)

7.20 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine) 诺拉在山谷对面的一位备受赞誉的鳏夫那里找到了一份清洁工作，让孔波在嫉妒中痛苦挣扎

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切尔西 (The Chelsea)

侦探：在剑桥发生第二起谋杀案后，马克斯及其团队揭露了一个将两名受害者联系在一起的阴谋。本系列最后一集

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9.05 一个非凡的死亡之地 (A Remarkable Place to Die) 安娜伊斯 (Anais)

在非法栽赃证据后，安娜伊斯发现自己成为了李峰（Li Feng）的重点关注对象

10.05 《新技巧》(New Tricks)

在游泳池的地基中发现了一具骸骨

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11.25 法官约翰 (Judge John)

11.25 《法官约翰·迪德》(Judge John Deed) 这位特立独行的高等法院法官的女儿在一次示威活动中被捕。马丁·肖 (Martin Shaw) 主演（至 1.25）

《全科医生：闭门之后》(GPs: Behind Closed Doors) 患有慢性疼痛问题的患者前往布拉德福德的里奇医疗诊所 (Ridge Medical Practice) 就诊

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急诊 24 / 7：分秒必争 (Casualty 24 / 7: Every Second Counts)

一名 67 岁的女性在近期跌倒后头部剧痛，急救人员将其紧急送医

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暗夜急诊 (A&E After Dark) 急诊人员治疗一名

患有烧伤且显示出可能中风迹象的患者，以及一名在被后方撞击后被送入复苏室的摩托车骑手

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救护车：红色代码 (Ambulance: Code Red)

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皮肤急诊 (Skin A&E) 四位顶尖

急救人员响应呼叫，处理一名在酒店浴室昏倒的男子，以及两名摩托车骑手之间的正面碰撞事故

7.05 《海军罪案调查处》(NCIS) 一起抢劫未遂事件导致一名中尉死亡

皮肤科医生治疗囊肿、脂肪瘤和皮赘等皮肤病患者（至 12.00）

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《海军罪案调查处》(NCIS) 特工们

在研究一名海军陆战队员死亡事件的同时，调查一个致力于培养神童的政府组织

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《血族》(Blue Bloods) 丹尼 (Danny)

和巴埃兹 (Baez) 试图寻找袭击店主的凶手，但因社区拒绝合作而受阻

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《法律与秩序：》 (Law & Order:)

特别受害者单元 (Special Victims Unit)

一起车祸引导侦探们寻找一名救护车司机。芬 (Fin) 带布鲁诺 (Bruno) 参观了曼哈顿特别受害者单元 (SVU)

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《法律与秩序：》 (Law & Order:)

特别受害者单元 (Special Victims Unit)

一名刚被释放的囚犯寻找逮捕他的警官。

由马里斯卡·哈吉泰 (Mariska Hargitay) 主演（至 12.00）

8.15 《媒体秀》(The Media Show)。

9.00 《松散的末端》(Loose Ends)。克莱夫·安德森 (Clive Anderson) 的嘉宾包括杰西·泰勒·费格森 (Jesse Tyler Ferguson)、蒂姆·明钦 (Tim Minchin)、凯特·莫斯 (Kate Mosse) 和阿亚娜·威特-约翰逊 (Ayanna Witter-Johnson)。

9.45 《强有力的信息》(Strong Message Here)。阿曼多·伊亚努奇 (Armando Iannucci) 探讨政治语言。

10.00 《今夜世界》(The World Tonight)。由简·希尔 (Jane Hill) 主持。

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U&ALIBI

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Sky 109 Virgin 114

12noon 《费舍小姐的谋杀之谜》(Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)。1.00 《天堂岛谋杀案》(Death in Paradise)。2.00 《默多克之谜》(Murdoch Mysteries)。4.00 《布莱克医生之谜》(The Doctor Blake Mysteries)。5.00 《费舍小姐的谋杀之谜》(Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)。6.00 《验尸官》(The Coroner)。7.00 《布朗神父》(Father Brown)。8.00 《天堂岛谋杀案》(Death in Paradise)。9.00 《狩猎派对》(The Hunting Party)。10.00 《天堂岛谋杀案》(Death in Paradise)。11.00 《布朗神父》(Father Brown)。

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U&DAVE (日间)

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Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127

12noon 《毛发骑手：英国之最》(Hairy Bikers' Best of British)。1.00 《运河船日记》(Canal Boat Diaries)。2.00 《顶级跑车》(Top Gear)。3.00 《我们在日本》(Our Guy in Japan)。4.00 《里克·斯坦的康沃尔》(Rick Stein's Cornwall)。6.00 《毛发骑手：英国之最》(Hairy Bikers' Best of British)。

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■ 克莱尔·鲍尔丁 (Clare Balding)（如图）在……旁边开始新一季的《漫步》(RAMBLINGS)（下午 3 点，第四电台）

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U&DRAMA (日间)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116

10.55am 《伤急诊》(Casualty)。11.55 《比尔》(The Bill)。

12.55pm 《东区东街》(EastEnders)经典剧集。2.15

泰晤士河畔的一个城市步行俱乐部，该俱乐部旨在对抗孤独并让年轻人放下手机。这是两名心理学家的主意，其中一人拥有“正念与慈悲硕士学位”。为了鼓励人们相互交流，他们甚至在每次步行开始时分发提示卡，上面列出了可以询问的问题清单。

10.45 《睡前书》(Book at Bedtime)：《车站》(Stations)。作者：路易丝·肯尼迪 (Louise Kennedy)。朗读：艾米·莫洛伊 (Amy Molloy)。

11.00 《激进》(Radical)。定义未来的思想。

11.30 《伟大的生命》(Great Lives)。梅尔

11.30 《伟大的生命》(Great Lives)。梅尔·吉德罗伊茨 (Mel Giedroyc) 提名外科医生薇拉·格德罗伊茨 (Vera Gedroits)。

12midnight 新闻；天气。

12.30 《去还是不去》(To Go or Not to Go)。

12.48 航运预报。

1.00 BBC全球服务。

《邻居》(Neighbours)经典剧集。3.20 《博尼法斯修女谜案》(Sister Boniface Mysteries)。4.20 《布朗神父》(Father Brown)。5.20 《岁月如歌》(As Time Goes By)。6.00 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine)。

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U&EDEN

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176

9.00am 《野生中国》(Wild China)。

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U&GOLD

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Sky 110 Virgin 124

11.55am 《美好生活》(The Good Life)。12.35pm 《憨豆先生》(Only Fools and Horses)。1.10 《憨豆先生》圣诞特辑。1.50 《维持体面》(Keeping Up Appearances)。2.30 《爸爸军队》(Dad's Army)。3.05 《绿绿草地》(The Green Green Grass)。3.45 《您被服务了吗？》(Are You Being Served?)。4.20 《美好生活》(The Good Life)。5.00 《爸爸军队》(Dad's Army)。5.40 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine)。7.00 《憨豆先生》圣诞特辑。7.40 《爸爸军队》(Dad's Army)。8.20 《憨豆先生》(Only Fools and Horses)。9.40 《快秀》(The Fast Show)。10.20 《不出门》(Not Going Out)。11.00 《憨豆先生》(Only Fools and Horses)。

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RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am 萨拉·考克斯 (Sara Cox)。9.30 弗农·凯 (Vernon Kay)。12noon 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine)。2.00 克拉拉·安姆福 (Clara Amfo)。4.00 加里·戴维斯 (Gary Davies)。7.00 乔·怀利 (Jo Whiley) 的闪亮快乐播放列表。7.30 乔·怀利 (Jo Whiley)。9.00 达里厄斯·鲁克 (Darius Rucker) 主持的乡村节目。10.00 DJ Spoony 主持的良好律动 (The Good Groove)。12midnight OJ Borg。

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RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ

6.30am 早餐节目。9.30 经典精选。1.00pm 现场古典音乐。波罗的海音乐节精彩回顾。4.00 本周作曲家：威尼斯学派。5.00 协调 (In Tune)。7.00 古典混音带。7.30 Radio 3 音乐会。马勒第十交响曲。9.45 论文：走向晚祷。10.00 夜间曲目。11.30 午夜时分。12.30am 彻夜。

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RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693 / 909KHZ

5.00am 金融觉醒 (Wake Up to Money)。6.00 5 早餐。9.00 艾玛·瓦迪 (Emma Vardy)。11.00 艾德里安·柴尔斯 (Adrian Chiles)。2.00pm 马特·乔利 (Matt Chorley)。4.00 5 驾车。7.00 5 体育。7.30 5 体育。探讨关注体育运动日益增长的成本。9.00 5 一级方程式。10.00 劳拉·麦基 (Laura McGhie)。1.00am 凯瑟琳·斯坦齐辛 (Kathryn Stanczyszyn)。

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U&W

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12noon 《DIY SOS：大建设》(DIY SOS: The Big Build)。

1.00 《倾斜点》(Tipping Point)。4.00 《房产兄弟：永久之家》(Property Brothers: Forever Homes)。5.00 《 ：大建设》( : The Big Build)。7.00 《澳大利亚名厨》(MasterChef Australia)。8.00 《救护车内部：海岸与乡村》(Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country)。

9.00 《 ：退伍军人街》( : Veteran Street)。

10.00 皮特·威克斯 (Pete Wicks)：为了狗狗。皮特帮助一群紧张的尖嘴犬适应狗狗信托基金会 (Dogs Trust)。

11.00 吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦 (Ghislaine Maxwell)：怪物的诞生。

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U&YESTERDAY

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Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129

12noon 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。2.00 《破车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。4.00 《大战故事》(Great War Stories)。5.00 《D日：最后的话》(D-Day: Last Words)。6.00 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。7.00 西蒙·里夫 (Simon Reeve) 的土耳其之旅。8.00 《破车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。9.00 《梦想车修复师》(Dream Car Fixers)。10.00 《破车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。

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SPORT

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SKY MAIN EVENT

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10.00am 网球。ATP上海大师赛。12noon 网球。ATP上海大师赛和WTA中国公开赛。3.00 DP世界巡回赛高尔夫。西班牙公开赛。马德里乡村俱乐部 (Club de Campo Villa de Madrid) 第一天。6.00 《英超节目》(The Premier League Show)。7.00 体育中心。10.00 十点天空体育新闻。10.30 报纸谈话 (Paper Talk)。11.00 天空体育新闻。12midnight NFL。达拉斯牛仔队 v 坦帕湾海盗队（开始时间 1.15am）。

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SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

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12noon 加里·内维尔 (Gary Neville) 的足球盒 (Soccerbox)。1.00 神童：弗洛里安·维尔茨 (Florian Wirtz) 的故事。1.30 最伟大比赛。2.00 英超岁月。4.00 2018 / 19 最佳进球。5.00 《英超节目》(The Premier League Show)。7.00 大访谈。7.30 英超故事。8.00 邪典英雄 (Cult Heroes)。8.30 神童：弗洛里安·维尔茨 (Florian Wirtz) 的故事。9.00 大访谈。9.30 英超故事。10.00 加里·内维尔 (Gary Neville) 的足球盒 (Soccerbox)。11.00 英超岁月。

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MOVIES

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FILM4

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11.00am 《我的山谷多么青翠》(How Green Was My Valley) (1941) (U) 1.20pm 《破碎之箭》(Broken Arrow) (1950) (PG) 3.10 《阿拉莫之男》(The Man from the Alamo) (1953) (U) 4.50 《圣诞颂歌》(A Christmas Carol) (1984) (PG) 6.55 《国防军》(Dad's Army) (2016) () 9.00 《虎胆龙威 2》(Die Hard 2) (1990) (18) 动作惊悚续集，布鲁斯·威利斯主演。11.25 《最想要的男人》(A Most Wanted Man) (2014) (15) 1.50am 《我和你以及我们认识的每个人》(Me and You and Everyone We Know) (2005) (15)

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GREAT! ACTION

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1.00pm 《高地查帕拉尔》(The High Chaparral) 2.00 《火线救援》(Burn Notice) 4.00 《完美计划》(Perfect Plan) (2010) () 6.00 《特种部队》(The Unit) 7.00 《火线救援》(Burn Notice) 9.00 《惩罚者：战争地带》(Punisher: War Zone) (2008) (18) 11.10 《特种部队》(The Unit)

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GREAT! CHRISTMAS

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10.15am 《空中圣诞节》( in the Air) (2017) () 12.20pm 《圣诞浪漫风情》( Romance Al Dente) (2020) () 2.20 《乡村圣诞节》(A Very Country ) (2017) 4.15 《圣诞盛典》(The Pageant) (2011) () 6.10 《双重假期》(Double Holiday) (2019) () 8.00 《阿米什烘焙坊的圣诞节》( at the Amish Bakery) (2023) () 亚历山德拉·哈里斯主演。10.00 《圣诞钟声响起》( Bells Are Ringing) (2018) () 11.55 《圣诞舞会》(The Ball) (2020) ()

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GREAT! MYSTERY

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11.05am 《谋杀她写》(Murder, She Wrote) 12.05pm 《难忘》(Unforgettable) 1.00 《在光天化日之下》(In Plain Sight) 2.00 《Castle》 3.00 《诊断谋杀》(Diagnosis Murder) 5.00 《谋杀她写》(Murder, She Wrote) 7.00 《Castle》 8.00 《难忘》(Unforgettable) 9.00 《在光天化日之下》(In Plain Sight) 10.00 《媒婆谜案：杀戮艺术》(Matchmaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill) (2021) () 11.55 《车库拍卖谜案：金光闪闪》(Garage Sale Mysteries: All That Glitters) (2014) ()

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CRICKET

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12noon 测试赛板球 (Test Cricket) 4.00 2023年男子板球世界杯 5.30 T20板球 6.00 测试赛板球 (Test Cricket) 11.00 女子大击球联赛 (Women's Big Bash League)

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MIX

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416 Virgin 511

12.30pm 《飞镖传奇》(Legends of Darts) 1.00 NFL集锦 2.00 世界飞镖大奖赛 (World Grand Prix Darts) 5.45 NRLW 6.00 一级方程式 (Formula 1) 7.00 Zuffa拳击 8.00 锦标赛回顾 (Championship Retro) 11.00 NFL集锦

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TNT SPORTS 1

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410 Virgin 521

11.30am 欧洲自行车锦标赛 12.30pm 男子自行车职业系列赛 1.30 《Gruppetto》 1.45 男子自行车职业系列赛直播：皮埃蒙特大奖赛 (The Gran Piemonte)，报道在意大利举行的一日赛。3.45 《数字游戏》(It's A Numbers Game) 4.15 MotoGP回顾 4.30 板球重播 (Cricket Reload) 4.45 注册——进入足球 (Sign Up – Into Football) 5.30 F1H2O 6.00 英超采访 6.30 英超故事 7.00 《开创性》(Groundbreaking) 7.30 TNT体育重播 (TNT Sports Reload) 7.45 《Gruppetto》 8.00 男子自行车职业系列赛 9.00 MLB开局 10.00 MLB直播：芝加哥白袜队 对阵 克利夫兰守护者队 1.00am MLB直播：纽约洋基队 对阵 坦帕湾光芒队

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TNT SPORTS 2

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411 Virgin 522

12noon MotoGP 1.00 MLB 2.00 终极台球 (Ultimate Pool) 3.30 TNT体育重播 (TNT Sports Reload) 4.00 WRC回顾 5.00 MLB 6.00 T20板球 7.00 MotoGP 8.00 英国超级摩托车赛 (British Superbikes) 9.00 终极台球 (Ultimate Pool) 10.30 MotoGP回顾 10.45 世界越野摩托车锦标赛

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TNT SPORTS 3

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413 Virgin 523

12noon 钓鱼：在岸边 (Fishing: On the Bank) 1.00 《The PREM》 6.00 《The PREM — 总结》(The PREM — The Wrap Up) 6.15 足总杯：人民的故事 — 女子足总杯 6.30 足总杯：人民的故事 — 水晶宫 6.45 乔治建立的俱乐部 (The Club That George Built) 8.15 注册——进入足球 (Sign Up — Into Football) 9.00 UFC

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DRAMA

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11.55am 《穿条纹睡衣的男孩》(The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) (2008) (12) 1.35pm 《她们自己的联盟》(A League of Their Own) (1992) () 3.50 《哈姆内特》(Hamnet) (2025) (12) 杰西·巴克利和保罗·梅斯卡主演。6.00 《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet) (2025) (15) 8.00 《唯物主义者》(Materialists) (2025) (15) 10.10 《粗野主义者》(The Brutalist) (2025) (18)

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PREMIERE

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301 Virgin 401

11.50am 《定局》(The Fix) (2026) (15) 2.05pm 《更好的男人》(Better Man) (2024) (15) 4.30 《超级少女》(Supergirl) (2025) (12) 6.20 《冷藏》(Cold Storage) (2026) (15) 8.00 《更好的男人》(Better Man) (2024) (15) 罗比·威廉姆斯传记片，乔诺·戴维斯和史蒂夫·彭伯顿主演。10.25 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. (2026) (18)

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TALKING PICTURES TV

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11. 25am Live Now – Pay Later. (1962) (18) 1. 30pm The Duchess of Duke Street. 2.35 Talking Pictures TV with Jimmy Cricket. 3.00 Tommy the Toreador. (1959) (U)

4.45 Julius Hagen Season. 4.55 The Last Journey. (1936) (U) 6.15 Julius Hagen Season. 6.20 Strange But True. 6.55 The Brothers. 8.00 Mark Saber. 8.30 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. 9.20 The Blue Lagoon. (1980) (15) 11.30 Night of the Big Heat. (1967) (15)

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它能装进你的口袋，并拥有军用级变焦

虽然一台巨大的 £300 望远镜具有出色的功能，但它体积太大，无法随身携带。

大型望远镜和双筒望远镜的问题

我曾认为大型望远镜和双筒望远镜是获得极佳变焦效果的最佳选择。但最好的产品应该是那种你可以一直随身携带的东西。当然，你仍然可以携带双筒望远镜，但你必须一直把它挂在脖子上（这对徒步旅行来说很糟糕），或者需要一个背包或袋子来携带它。

我不知道你怎么想，但我并不总是想随身携带一个包。这就是为什么当我发现 Zoom 单筒望远镜时感到兴奋的原因。终于有一款变焦效果出色且能装进你口袋的产品了！自从拥有了我的 Zoom 单筒望远镜，我再也没有错过任何绝佳的拍摄机会。为什么？因为我的夹克口袋里一直装着 ！

– 军用级 –

单筒望远镜

告别昂贵的相机

忘记花掉你辛苦赚来的数千英镑去买一台单反相机了。要拍出专业质量的照片，你只需要你的手机摄像头和 。怎么做到的？ 有一个适用于大多数手机的配件。它将摄像头的变焦能力与望远镜相结合，可迅速放大任何图像，为你带来与一台售价 £3000 的相机相似的效果。

该配件售价为 £9.99，但使用代码 ZT4106 购买时可免费获得。

从远处拍摄清晰锐利的照片和视频非常简单。只需将 夹在手机上即可。一些用户甚至使用这套设备赢得了摄影比赛！重点是，这件产品是顶级质量的！

顶级质量：前所未有的晶莹剔透图像

我喜欢的一点是这些单筒望远镜所采用的特殊光学玻璃。我发现，正是优质的棱镜类型让图像看起来更加清晰。

这就是 单筒望远镜图像如此清晰的主要原因。

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如果 Zoom 如此出色，为什么这么便宜？

Zoom 如此出色，以至于当我看到价格时，我简直不敢相信。它怎么可能在质量如此之高的同时，价格又这么低？于是我研究了 公司。我的发现让这一切变得合理，并让我产生了信任。这家公司生产一系列双筒望远镜、夜视仪和摄影配件，他们将其深厚的专业技能应用于开发一款价格非常实惠的高端单筒望远镜。我也试用了他们的夜视仪及其他产品， 的表现完全符合他们赢得的声誉。

我什么时候应该购买 ？现在就是购买 的最佳时机。为什么？因为他们正在进行创业促销活动，以提高知名度。

只有 满足所有要求……但究竟是什么让它如此出色？

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但有一个问题……

这个优惠不会持续太久。事实上，就在我们交谈之时， 正变得越来越受欢迎。这意味着他们的创业促销活动将很快结束，随后将恢复原价。

今天 多少钱？

截至今天， 仍在促销。原价为 £69.99, 但他们将其降至 £29.99. 而且，由于目前的销售情况非常好，现在的价格甚至更低！我联系了 ，他们给了我一个极大的折扣，让我分享给读者。

今天，您只需 £29.99 即可获得 ，并附赠免费的智能手机连接器和三脚架，但请相信我，这个优惠绝对不会持续太久。

还有一个问题。

这款产品销量惊人，随时可能售罄。我建议您现在就下单购买。尤其是如果您想在原价基础上节省 £40 的话。

在哪里可以买到 ？

您只能在这里购买 。您可以访问我们的网站，或拨打免费电话 0800 472 5034，别忘了使用代码 ZT4106 来获取您的免费手机附件和三脚架。服务时间：周一至周六 7am - 9pm，周日 8am - 8pm。

基于您的反馈

这篇文章非常受欢迎。

我收到了一些问题，想在这里解答：

问： 能配合我的手机使用吗？

答：是的， 的夹具几乎适用于任何手机。

问：我可以在没有手机的情况下使用 吗？

答：是的，您可以将其用于许多其他用途。人们将其用于观光和观看活动，也用于探索和徒步旅行。

问：我可以申请 的退款吗？

答：是的， 提供 30 天退款保证。如果您决定不再需要 ，他们将为您办理退款。

立即订购您的 Zoom。仅在 pressplaydeals.co.uk / zoo 在线销售。“向任何野生动物爱好者或世界旅行者强烈推荐 Zoom。我用 单筒镜拍了这张照片……在第 10 届年度 PX3 竞赛中获得了第一名。”

它所提供的功能让整个行业感到震惊。如此小巧的产品怎么能拥有如此多的功能？而且成本如此之低？竞争品牌都想知道 是如何拥有以下顶级功能的……

  • 50 英里外清晰可见 - 重量仅 320 克 - 不到一磅

\- 精密设计 - 由 3D 建模软件打造

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\- 三脚架接口 - 使用三脚架获得稳定视野

\- 免费手机夹 - 将 连接到您的手机

\- 棱镜类型 - 被认为是最佳类型，常用于 £1000 的双筒望远镜

  • 尺寸 155x70x55mm - 非常小巧

\- 20mm 眼睛 relief - 形状设计可减轻眼睛疲劳

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\- 防滑磨砂强力抓握

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\- 全多层镀膜镜片 - 仅见于顶级品牌

“我是一个超级足球迷，经常环球旅行，但我通常坐在便宜的座位区。有了我的新 ，我看到的景象就像就在球场边一样……它真的让你觉得自己是比赛的一部分！”

JACK L.

— 已验证 —

买家

CRAIG C.

— 已验证 —

买家

关于作者：Bill Johnson。Bill 从事 IT 工作，热爱最新的技术发布、创新和突破。他通常报道关于令人兴奋的新科技产品的故事。

立即领取您的折扣\*（免责声明：仅在仍有库存的情况下有效）

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注： 仅在官方网站销售。

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读者专属优惠

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骑在那些“铁马”上的快感

在阅读安·斯威夫特 (Ann Swift) 讲述她与一匹夏尔马相遇的经历时，我想起了一段属于我自己的美好回忆——不过那是关于“铁马”而非挽马的回忆。我的母系亲属都在英国铁路公司 (British Rail) 工作，她热爱蒸汽机车，我也如此，而且是一辈子的热爱。在 20 世纪 60 年代初我还是个孩子的时候，我和父母每年两次从伦敦乘坐蒸汽火车出发，要么去约克拜访朋友，要么去苏格兰看我的“圣安德鲁斯奶奶”，那是一段长达 8 小时、纯粹令人愉悦的旅程。在东海岸主线上离开格兰瑟姆 (Grantham) 后，轨道向左急转，如果我把头尽可能地伸出左侧窗外，无视警告标志和父母的叮嘱，我就能看到整台机车（比如“乔治五世号”或类似的机车）在飞速行驶，烟囱喷出蒸汽，驱动轮溅出火花，连杆运动之快几乎不可见，我的鼻腔里充满了燃烧煤炭的迷人气味。在回程中，另一个惊喜在等待着我：当那台巨大的机车向国王十字车站的缓冲器缓缓驶来时，

Puzzler PuzzlePad

我会一旦安全就立刻跳出车厢，冲到站台尽头，看着那个巨大的黑色巨兽向我缓缓挪动。我父亲总是跟在后面，因为担心而对我大喊大叫！

对于那些机车的乘务员来说，那是极其艰苦的工作。我们住在温布利，我经常听到他们在凌晨 3 点就开始蒸汽预热，准备在早上 6 点出发。四个小时后，乘务员们精疲力竭，由接替组接手，而 Sir Nigel Gresley 体贴地为他们设计了一个乘车隔间。下周我很幸运能进行一次从约克到斯卡伯勒的往返旅行，两程都由“飞翔的苏格兰人”号牵引，没错，我还是会把头伸出窗外！

菲奥娜·克劳福德 (Fiona Crawford)，约克，富尔福德 (Fulford, York)

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手语

《小姐与流氓》：在我当地的 Morrisons 超市的这本书展上，这两个组合真是奇怪的床伴。谁才是那个捣蛋鬼，是丹尼斯还是伯爵？

帕姆·德鲁克 (Pam Druker)，北安普顿 (Northampton)

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今日诗作

《西德和他的伙伴们》

西德和他的伙伴们

正从四面八方

召集蜘蛛部落，

有的从深处爬上来，

有的从高处降下来。

他们在我们的花园棚屋集结，

但计划攻占房屋，

全都为万圣节做准备，

蜘蛛感应已被唤醒。

我没去清理去年的蛛网，

是为了给他们预留空间，

至少我现在这么借口

（我觉得那网简直是杰作！）

他们也会织出自己的大师之作，

墙壁将被装饰得绚丽多彩，

他们时间不多了，

因为万圣节很快就到。

我准备好了南瓜和糖果，

我的服装就挂在那儿，

到处都是装满骷髅

和橡胶蝙蝠的盒子。

但西德和他的伙伴们将成为主角，

成为全场的亮点，

快点到31号吧，

然后全系统启动……

琳赛·哈特格罗夫斯，康沃尔郡，兰斯顿

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词趣

PUPEYE THE SAILOR（水手波派）—— 年轻的海狗（sea dog）。

OUTBOAR MOTOR（舷外发动机）—— 为野猪（wild pig）的船提供动力。

ISLE OF WIGHT FURRY（怀特岛的毛茸茸）—— 位于文特诺的一只厚毛猫。

OCEAN DINER（海洋餐厅）—— 位于太平洋中心的一家餐厅。

戴夫·库伦，利兹

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笑话

猫王（ELVIS）还活着，身体健康，并且即将出演《音乐之声》的翻拍版。片名叫作《我在追求特拉普》（I'm Courting A Trapp）。

皮特·肯尼迪，萨里郡，雷德希尔

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想象一下！

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一行哲理

■ 永远不要以貌取人（不要根据封面判断一本书）—— 因为它可能比封面暗示的还要糟糕。

阿南德·德希潘德，兰开夏郡，韦索顿

■ 我喜欢钱，但还没喜欢到愿意为此工作。

西蒙·R·格拉迪什，斯旺西

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童言无忌

当我的孙子乔尔大约四岁时，有一天早晨他来了，我对他说：“别告诉我你买了新鞋。”

■ 请将您的来信寄至：Peterborough, Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY

E. R. 伯恩赛德，

安特里姆郡，乔丹斯敦

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如厕建议

“其实我买了两双，”他回答道，“但另一双没有屋顶。”他穿上了他的第一双凉鞋。

我的教学生涯始于六十年代，教了 40 年书，其中包括一些非常贫困的地区，不过我曾花 12 年时间抚养孩子。

比尔·霍姆斯，

德比郡，达菲尔德

在所有这段时间里，我只见过一个没经过如厕训练的孩子。校长告诉我把他送回家，并告诉他的母亲，在孩子学会如厕之前不要再送回学校。

当时人们认为，入学儿童应该能够使用刀叉，在体育课后能自己穿衣，并且经过如厕训练。

现在的这些可怜孩子一定感到很尴尬。我认为学校竟然需要向家长发送关于如厕训练的传单，这简直令人震惊。

监狱空间危机我们将破解，

快速释放数千名囚犯，

像新扫帚一样

创造大量空间

来安置这帮回流之辈！

弗朗西斯·帕金森，

威尔特郡，索尔兹伯里

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法拉奇被冷落

反思时刻：我认识你吗？

彼得·富勒拍摄于智利，

萨里郡，布克汉姆

斯蒂芬·格洛弗（《每日邮报》）推测保守党需要与改革英国党（Reform UK）联合才能击败左翼，并表示奈杰尔·法拉奇必须展现政治家风范才能达成协议。

我想礼貌地提醒他，法拉奇先生在 2019 年曾对鲍里斯·约翰逊展现过政治家风范，而得到的回报却是背叛。

一朝被咬，二次胆怯？

史蒂夫·福肖，

北安普顿郡，凯特灵

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尽情享用

《每日邮报》的罗伯特·哈德曼报道了一条拥有 33 家快餐店的“破旧西伦敦街道”。

只有 33 家？试试“食物沼泽”阿克斯布里奇（Uxbridge）吧，那里完胜谢泼兹布什（Shepherd’s Bush）的阿克斯布里奇路。而且每周还有更多店在开业。

皮特·威廉姆斯，米德尔塞克斯郡，海耶斯

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小说之逃避

在这个日益艰难的世界里，我在书中寻求慰藉。

作为一名资深读者，我每周可以读完三本平装书，让自己沉浸在精彩的情节和故事中。

安吉拉·普鲁斯，埃塞克斯郡，奇格韦尔

杰弗里·阿彻给我带来了数小时的快乐，因为他天生就是个讲故事的人。愿杰弗里安息，谢谢你。

1971 年我到达伦敦时，除了找工作，我有一份想要完成的清单。

其中包括听杰弗里·阿彻讲述关于弗兰克·辛纳屈的轶事，他是后者的超级粉丝。

1972 年夏天，在斯特兰德大街附近的一家酒店里，机会出现了，那是极其愉快的两个小时。愿杰弗里安息。

克里斯·海兰德，北安普顿

大约三年前，我有幸在皮卡迪利遇到了阿彻勋爵，当时他正走向里兹酒店。我自我介绍道：我们姓氏相同，他说我们有远亲关系。

我也是一名小说作者。他离世了我真的感到非常遗憾。

罗德里克·阿彻，

萨里郡，韦布里奇

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你的 BBC

如果 BBC 真的想省钱，就应该取消所有所谓的名人节目，重新启用普通人，他们不需要报酬且更有趣得多。

保罗·博伊斯，地址不详

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快速进展

快速的追求（读者来信）？他来自萨默塞特，我来自格拉斯哥。我们在北安普顿相遇，因为我们工作的公司要求我们在那儿。他 24 岁，我 35 岁。

来信地址：Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY 电子邮件：letters@dailymail.co.uk

虽然我们无法一一回复，但所有收到的信件都会被阅读和考虑。感谢您的来信。

我们在连续两个阳光明媚的五月夜晚去当地的酒吧约会，但我们根本吃不下东西，只是凝视着对方。第三天，下班后，他求婚了。我答应了，然后我们给家人打了电话。

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纪念挚爱之生平

九周后，一旦我们

您在近几个月是否失去了一位想要纪念其生平的亲人或朋友？我们周五的读者信件专栏讲述那些过着不平凡生活的普通人的故事。请将一篇 450 字的悼文和一张最喜欢的照片发送至：lives@dailymail.co.uk 或写信至：Extraordinary Lives, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY，并附上您的电话号码。

能够拿到许可证，我们就于一个美丽的夏日那天在萨默塞特结婚，所有的亲戚和朋友都参加了在他父母经营的村庄酒吧花园里举行的招待会。

现在，53 年过去了，我们有一个儿子，依然如此幸福地生活在一起。

多萝西·格林，切希尔郡，温斯福德

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捷途与捷豹

有建议称，我们应对涌入英国的中国汽车征收 45% 的进口税，这或许能让我们在欧盟面前讨好，但会负面影响 JLR（捷豹路虎）在中国的销售。

阻止这些模仿的、政府补贴的汽车在英国占据更大份额的最佳方法就是停止购买它们。

安德鲁·斯科特，诺丁汉郡，纳瑟尔

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追踪游戏

随着 2024 年 7 月宣布提前释放囚犯，人们本以为从那时起，已经提供了足够的电子脚镣，并建立了完善的程序以确保每位前囚犯都受到监控。

司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯无法告诉我们目前哪些罪犯被戴上了脚镣，哪些没有。正如利特尔约翰会评论的那样，“这简直不可思议”。

我们在边界南北两端都有无能的政府，且没有强大的武装部队来保护我们。无人机是未来的武器。我们现在就应该采取行动。

如果说有什么充分的理由要除掉工党和苏格兰民族党（SNP），那就是让保守党重新掌权，以构建凯米的“铁穹”。

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穹顶防御

J. M. 海恩斯，剑桥郡，斯波德威克

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安迪的耳朵

约翰·麦基尔（JOHN McGILL），邓弗里斯

当大多数读者都被安迪的眉毛吸引时，是否有人注意到他的耳垂尖端是贴在下颌线上的？

朱莉·布蒂（JULIE BOOTY），埃克塞特，德文郡

我朋友的父亲住在养老院里。有一天，他觉得电视上没什么好看的，就问一名护理助理：“另一边有什么？”

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听起来不祥

她跑向主管说：“我觉得他不能陪我们太久了。他想知道另一边有什么。”

约翰·墨菲（JOHN MURPHY），

牛顿-勒-威洛斯，兰开斯特郡

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摇滚老炮

创始成员兼主吉他手

托尼·霍恩塞尔（Tony Hounsell，见读者来信）说得好，“摇滚老炮”确实依然是最棒的。

我从1970年起就一直关注Wishbone Ash乐队，我很期待下周在科尔切斯特第无数次观看他们的现场演出。

凯米能让保守党起死回生吗？

人气领袖：凯米·巴德诺克

斯蒂芬·格洛弗（Stephen Glover，《每日邮报》）再次尝试以一定的理性常识来探讨如何防止工党再次赢得选举，这一点做得很好。争论保守党是否比改革英国党（Reform）多得了一些分数，或者反之，是没有意义的。谁在乎呢？

如果你是一个保守党 / 改革英国党支持者，且现在举行闪电选举，你会投票给谁？目前的民调显示，作为单一政党，两者都无法组建政府。然而，尽管格洛弗先生提到的那些激烈争吵依然存在，我仍然认为，这些政党共同拥有的重要政策比分歧要多。也许应该有人使用Kepner-Tregoe问题解决和决策方法来审视他们的议程，该方法旨在简单地分析所有事实上的利弊，从而得出有效的解决方案。我们将看看保守党党代会对这场人气竞赛产生什么影响。但我仍然认为，除非这些政党找到共同点，否则用普莱维特·弗雷泽（Private Frazer）那句永恒的话来说，我们注定要完蛋。

托尼·沃尔德伦（TONY WALDRON），

弗里姆利格林，萨里郡

我的结论与斯蒂芬·格洛弗以及周一《每日邮报》社论的结论相同，尽管表达出的情感截然相反。凯米·巴德诺克正带领她的政党走向灾难。她将政党剧烈地向右翼偏移，抛弃了数百万温和右翼的中产普通民众——保守党曾经非常成功地赢得了这些人的选票——转而与改革英国党竞争同一块相对狭窄的激进右翼阵地。

这样做会有什么后果？

斯蒂芬·格洛弗和其他人意识到了这种危险，并呼吁保守党与改革英国党达成选举协议。但这极不可能发生，仅仅是因为奈杰尔·法拉奇个人不会与保守党达成协议，因为他对保守党有个人积怨。即使他的支持率暴跌，他依然不会同意，因为对他来说，摧毁保守党高于几乎所有其他事情。在下次选举之后，当保守党试图重建他们破碎的群众基础时，他们不会感谢那个到时已被抛弃的凯米的。

罗杰·沙菲尔（ROGER SCHAFIR），伦敦 N21

格洛弗先生是少数能清晰预见我们走向何方的人之一。除非安迪·伯纳姆及其政党被赶下台，否则工党在可预见的未来继续执政的可能性非常大。投票制度将被改为比例代表制（PR），工党、自民党和荒谬的绿党将组成联合政府，而法拉奇先生和巴德诺克女士则只能坐视，两人各自仅获得可怜的20%选票。除非他们以某种方式团结起来，否则两人都没有获胜的机会。右翼必须团结起来对抗左翼，就这么简单。

布莱恩·克罗斯（BRIAN CROSS），海林岛，汉普郡

安迪·鲍威尔现在的状态和以往一样出色，很高兴看到更多年轻人观看，他们显然懂得欣赏真正的才华。

史蒂夫·索尔特（STEVE SALTER），

克罗伯勒，东萨塞克斯郡

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永远的希望

你们的通讯员安东尼·弗斯（Anthony Firth，见“读者来信”栏目）不必搬到美国去住在“希望”（Hope，地名）。搬到雷克瑟姆（Wrexham）附近的希望村（Hope）就行了。当地有一句俗语：“生在希望村，死在卡格尔莱村”（Caergwrlé，相邻的村庄）。

约翰·皮尔斯（JOHN PEERS），

安格尔西，梅奈桥

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不像天使的天使

周一“本周思考”栏目中关于“接待天使”的信件，将我的记忆带回了60多年前。当时我独自在家，这时门响了。站在门口的是一个在那个时代会被称为流浪汉的人，他请求喝口水。

我给他泡了一杯茶，烤了几片吐司，他对此显得非常感激。他看起来一点也不像天使，但我认为人永远无法预知。

艾伦·夏普（ALAN SHARPE），

莱斯特郡，梅尔顿莫布雷

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公平的路税

道路基金税是基于排放量计算的，但如果采用基于重量（从而衡量对道路的磨损程度）的系统，肯定会更公平。

这可以应用于所有车辆，并且将消除设立单独电动汽车税的需求。

巴里·赫塞尔伍德（BARRY HESELWOOD），

萨里郡，坎伯利

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纯粹的舞蹈

作为第一季以来的粉丝，我已经解决了是否观看《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）的纠结。

我录制节目，快进到最终得分，然后观看回顾。没有废话，没有毫无意义的幕后花絮，没有主持人。完美。

林赛·海德（LINDSEY HYDE），

诺福克郡，艾尔舍姆

本周之信

赢取由 Printer Pix 赞助的“本周之信”神奇马克杯。这些杯子在加热时会显示我们的《每日邮报》本周之信设计。如需创建个性化照片礼品（见右侧示例），请访问 printerpix.co.uk。读者来信编辑将在每周五公布本周之信。请写信至：Daily Mail, Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY，或发送电子邮件至 letters@dailymail.co.uk，并附上您的详细邮寄地址和电话号码。

市长、金钱与曼城

工党是否有一位候补首相来接替安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）？《每日邮报》的伊恩·加拉格尔（Ian Gallagher）已准备好随时发难。在过去十年中，伯纳姆与阿拉伯联合酋长国境内曼彻斯特城的所有者有过多次往来，后者的资金帮助改造了这座城市的部分地区。尽管如此，应当注意到，大曼彻斯特联合当局目前的债务为 13.4 亿英镑 billion，而伯纳姆在 2017 年就任市长时，该数额为 £9.64 亿。

阿布扎比的统治者现在甚至可能在对政府说：“对曼城宽容一点，否则我们将撤走所有资金以及在曼彻斯特和英国的未来投资计划。”

但如果曼城没有受到适当的处罚（且该处罚与对其他俱乐部的处罚一致），那么人们对我们国家体育赛事的信心就彻底破灭了。

约翰·莫蒂默（JOHN MORTIMER），白金汉郡，瓦顿

曼彻斯特城有可能被降级到英冠联赛（EFL Championship）。但如果这种情况发生，几乎肯定意味着一家已经在该联赛中并争取升级的俱乐部将失去机会，而曼城则被升级。这不公平。为什么英冠联赛的俱乐部支持者要因为英超联赛必须通过洗刷污垢来摆脱困境而受苦？

特里·科茨（TERRY COATES），伯明翰

选择非常明确。为了保障来自阿联酋的对外投资，我们是否几乎不对曼彻斯特城进行任何处罚？或者，如果他们的上诉失败，我们是否应该坚守始终遵守规则的原则并对其进行重罚？如果曼城最终被判定财务作弊，而我们没有选择后者（不管政治后果如何），我们的声誉将永远被毁掉。

菲利普·科德（PHILIP CODD），曼彻斯特

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直击要点

■ 我以前认为绿党不过是一群热爱乡村的吃豆腐的人。

——RUSS JOHNSON，什鲁斯伯里，萨洛普郡

■ BURNHAM 说话的样子就像酒馆里的失败者。

——匿名，北安普顿

■ 法国的极左翼看起来比我们的极右翼危险得多。尤其是那些黑色的拉布拉多犬（Labs）。

——BRUCE MEECHAN，博维特雷西，德文郡

■ 你上一次在 20 分钟内做出杰米·奥利弗（Jamie Oliver）的料理是什么时候？

——LEON BURTON，东莱利，汉普郡

■ 在这场柴油危机中，我们没有自己的石油，难道不可惜吗？

——LEE TUCKER，特鲁罗，康沃尔郡

■ 所以现在 Andrew 觉得自己是克利夫·理查德（Cliff Richard）了。

——ANDY SHILLAM，达切特，伯克郡

■ 我和我的朋友们很喜欢新的《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）主持人，认为他们做得非常好。

——BETTY MOONEY，林肯

■ 我不能同意 Rena Ireson（读者来信）的观点。Rigsby 比波兰斯基（Polanski）好看得多。

——ARTHUR RUSSELL，庞德伯里，多塞特郡

■ 请供应商注意：能源价格上限是一个限制，而不是一个愿景。

——IAN DARKE，赛尔穆尔，切希尔郡

■ “汽车翻转”是现在流行的新庆祝动作吗？

——MARK SAUNDERS，莱克，怀特岛

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一个惊人的生存故事

漂流：玛拉琳和莫里斯·贝利回顾他们在1974年的艰苦经历

读者问答

问题：有人在海上遇难后生存的最长时间是多少？

1973年，莫里斯和玛拉琳·贝利夫妇试图从英国航行到新西兰，但他们的梦想之旅变成了有记录以来最非凡的生存故事之一。

当他们乘坐31英尺长的游艇“奥拉琳号”（Auralyn）穿越太平洋时，一场灾难发生了：一只鲸鱼与船只相撞，在船壳上撕开了一个致命的洞。随着游艇在他们脚下迅速下沉，这对夫妇设法爬进了一个小型充气救生筏，并将其系在一艘9英尺长的舢舨上。在看着他们的家消失在波涛之中之前，他们仅抢救到了少量物资。

在广袤的太平洋中孤立无援，贝利夫妇靠雨水以及他们能捕捉到的任何食物生存，包括鱼类、海龟和海鸟。他们忍受了风暴、鲨鱼、灼人的烈日、营养不良和持续的不确定性。他们的救生筏逐渐损坏，好几艘船经过却没发现他们，随着周复一周变成月复一月，两人都变得极度虚弱。

救赎终于在1973年6月30日到来，当时一艘韩国渔船发现了这个微小的救生筏并将这对夫妇接上了船。在漂流了118天并在太平洋上漂浮了约1,500英里后，他们虽然消瘦不堪，但幸存了下来。

他们的获救成为了全球头条新闻，使他们成为了国际名人。

得益于索菲·埃尔姆赫斯特（Sophie Elmhirst）广受好评且畅销的2024年著作《莫里斯与玛拉琳》（Maurice And Maralyn），贝利夫妇的故事经历了一次非凡的复兴。该书基于日记、采访以及这对夫妇自己的叙述，不仅探讨了在海上生存的实际挑战（令人难以置信的是，玛拉琳不会游泳），还探讨了让他们能够忍受数月的孤独、恐惧和近乎饥饿的非凡婚姻。

半个多世纪之后，在他们去世多年后——玛拉琳于2002年去世，莫里斯于2018年去世——他们的航行仍然是有史以来最扣人心弦且最鼓舞人心的生存故事之一。

理查德·费迪南德，东本

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问题

问：乔治·迈克尔在他的经典单曲《Careless Whisper》中唱的是谁？

蒂姆·米克尔伯格，格里姆斯比

问：足球裁判何时以及为何停止自动穿着黑色服装，现在由谁决定穿着什么颜色？

道恩·邓肯，

兰开夏郡，利瑟姆圣安妮斯

问：为什么最后面的磨牙被称为“智慧”齿（wisdom teeth）？

M. 安德鲁斯，东萨塞克斯郡，厄克菲尔德

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问题：教皇不使用真实姓名的做法是什么时候开始的，为什么？

这一习俗始于公元533年的教皇若望二世。他原名墨丘利乌斯（Mercurius），成为了已知的第一位在当选后更改姓名的教皇。

历史学家认为他这样做是因为墨丘利乌斯是罗马神话中墨丘利神的名称，他认为基督教会的负责人使用异教徒的名字是不恰当的。

然而，这并没有立即建立起一个固定传统。在随后的几个世纪里，一些教皇继续使用他们的出生姓名，直到10世纪，采用教皇姓名的做法才成为常规。

随着时间的推移，教皇姓名演变成了一种新教皇传达其优先事项的方式。选择一个名字可以暗示与前任教皇的延续性，对某位圣人的钦佩，或者新教皇希望带领教会前进的方向。例如，教皇方济各选择他的名字是为了纪念亚西西的圣方济各，反映了他对谦卑、简单和关注穷人的强调。

如今，新当选的教皇宣布其选择的名字的那一刻，是揭示他如何看待自己未来角色的首批线索之一。

一个名叫墨丘利乌斯的人为了避免尴尬的异教名字而做出的实际决定，已经变成了一个延续数百年的传统，并成为了新教皇任期中最具象征意义的行为之一。

莉莉·尼科尔斯，坎特伯雷

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问题：关于“只有月份名称中带有字母 R 时才吃猪肉”的说法源自哪里？

这句古老的谚语是指从 9 月到次年 4 月的较冷月份。

与许多传统的饮食禁忌一样，这一说法起源于冷藏技术出现之前的很久以前。那时，安全地储存新鲜肉类是一个持续的挑战，食物中毒也远比现在普遍。

猪肉在炎热天气被认为风险较高，因为其极易变质。

在 5 月、6 月、7 月和 8 月这些较温暖的月份，肉类更难保存，尤其是在没有冰窖或其他冷却手段的家庭中。

因此，屠夫和消费者通常倾向于在寒冷的月份购买和食用猪肉，因为较低的温度能自然地减缓细菌生长。

此外还有一个实际的农业原因。传统上，猪在秋季和初冬宰杀，因为凉爽的天气使肉类更容易腌制和保存。因此，在带有字母 R 的月份里，新鲜猪肉也最为充足。

这一说法可能还受到了更古老的观念影响，即牡蛎也应在同样的月份食用。这种建议最早可追溯到 1599 年，当时亨利·巴特（Henry Buttes）写道，牡蛎在“所有名称中不含字母 R 的月份里是不合时宜且不健康的”。

幸运的是，现代冷藏技术、食品卫生标准以及如今可用的温控运输，意味着妥善储存的猪肉在全年都可以安全食用。

T. Williams，安格尔西

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今日食谱：蘑菇韭葱烤箱烩饭

风味浓郁的晚餐。2 人份 原料

2 瓣大蒜

1 个洋葱或大干葱

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做法

1 将烤箱预热至 220℃ / 风扇模式 200℃ / 燃气档 7。将大蒜和洋葱切碎。用中火在耐烤煎锅中加热油，放入大蒜和洋葱翻炒 6-8 分钟直至变软。加入大米，搅拌几分钟使其烤香。

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3 与此同时，将蘑菇切片。用中火在煎锅中融化黄油，待黄油起泡后，将蘑菇煎 8-10 分钟，直到释放的水分蒸发且蘑菇呈浅金色。将火力调低，拌入酱油均匀裹上。

4 当米饭变软且汤底被吸收后，拌入芝士；如有需要，可加入少许沸水以达到奶油般的浓稠质感。切碎韭葱，将其与蘑菇一起拌入米饭中。调味并品尝，然后加入适量醋以平衡浓郁感。

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这家成立于 1849, 的英国药店连锁店由其私募股权所有者 Sycamore Partners 以 67亿英镑 的价格出售给了 Weston 家族。

Weston 家族的控股公司 Wittington Investments 表示，此次交易包括 在英国和爱尔兰的零售业务、 验光中心（ Opticians）、No7 美容公司及其在泰国的业务和特许经营业务。

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该家族的加拿大分支通过 Wittington Investments 拥有杂货连锁店 Loblaws 和药店连锁店 Shoppers Drug Mart。该公司在 2022 年以 40亿英镑 出售了 Selfridges。

此次交易使 在缺席 19 年后重返股市的希望破灭，这对伦敦金融城来说是一个挫折。

负责人 Alex Baldock 在管理 Currys 后于上月加入，他表示“未来的机遇将更加巨大”。Sycamore Partners 在去年 8 月以 74亿英镑 收购了 Walgreens Alliance，随后将 分离为一个独立业务。

Walgreens Alliance 负责人、意大利亿万富翁 Stefano Pessina 及其妻子 Ornella Barra 继续持有 44% 的股份。

参与 业务长达二十年的 Pessina 表示，能与这家药店连锁店如此紧密地联系在一起，是“我与 Ornella 生命中的荣幸之一”。

Wittington 表示，该公司已与 Fairfax Financial Holdings 合作，后者的投资组合包括对 Simba Sleep 所有者的投资。此次交易不包括墨西哥药店 Farmacias Benavides 和德国连锁店 Alliance Healthcare Deutschland 等业务。

将出任 董事长的 Galen Weston 表示：“ 是英国最持久的企业之一，拥有深厚的传承、值得信赖的品牌，并在英国和爱尔兰的日常生活中发挥着至关重要的作用。”

“我们非常尊重 的遗产和领先的市场地位。我们看到了一个能让一家伟大企业变得更好的重大机遇。”

作为商业街的中流砥柱， 经营着约 2,000 家门店，拥有 51,000 名员工，目前正受益于强劲的美容产品销售，因为来自热门韩国品牌的“K-beauty”产品已获得市场认可。

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作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯 (John-Paul Ford Rojas)

国际货币基金组织（IMF）负责人昨日警告称，全球经济的“凛冬将至”。

克里斯塔利娜·格奥尔基耶娃（Kristalina Georgieva）发出警报之际，债券市场的动荡已将英国的借贷成本推至 28 年来的新高。

在这场措辞激烈的演讲中，该组织的常务董事警告称，能源价格上涨、政府债务激增以及人工智能（AI）的快速发展正带来威胁。

她表示，各国必须做出艰难的选择，例如通过减少公众对国家支持的依赖来削减开支，以及提高利率。

全球市场的进一步动荡导致英国 30 年期国债（gilts）的收益率攀升至 6.03% 以上，创下 1998 年以来的最高水平。

美国长期借贷成本也跃升至 2002 年以来的最高点；而正处于预算危机中的法国，其国债收益率同样大幅跳升。

与此同时，欧元汇率下跌，推动英镑兑欧元的汇率攀升至 16 个月来的高点。

油价也突破每桶 \$101，进一步加剧了全球对通货膨胀的担忧。

自今年早些时候伊朗战争爆发以来，这些担忧一直令债券市场剧烈波动，并持续波及整个经济。格奥尔基耶娃昨日在新加坡的演讲中重点强调了这一点。

她说道：“引用《权力的游戏》（Game of Thrones）中的话，凛冬将至。”

“随着北半球寒季的临近以及各国补充储备，需求增加可能会进一步推高价格压力。”

“即便海湾战争很快结束，高能源价格的问题可能仍将持续一段时间。”

“例如，布伦特原油期货目前预测油价在 2027 年前将保持高位。”

她补充道，与此同时，由 AI 驱动的数据中心建设热潮也在增加通胀压力。

她表示，全球公共债务已接近第二次世界大战以来的最高水平，且有望超过国内生产总值的 100%。

此次演讲是在下周 IMF 和世界银行在曼谷举行年度会议之前发表的，届时 IMF 将公布新的经济预测。格奥尔基耶娃表示，预测结果将反映中东和乌克兰持续战争所造成的“全球经济损害”。

她认为，各国央行需要采取“审慎且鹰派”的方法，这增加了英国央行在美联储和欧洲央行加息后，于下月提高利率的压力。

格奥尔基耶娃表示，背负债务高筑的先进经济体尚未采取必要的“果断行动”来紧缩开支——且绝不能再拖延。

她承认，这将是一项“艰巨的任务”。

格奥尔基耶娃补充道：“一些非常艰难的政治选择正摆在我们面前。”

这些言论呼应了首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的前顾问安迪·哈尔丹（Andy Haldane）在前一天发表的评论。哈尔丹警告称，英国正处于“薄冰之上”，必须对膨胀的公共开支“动刀”，以安抚市场。

汇丰银行转向 AI，财务顾问将面临裁员

作者：简·登顿 (Jane Denton)

汇丰银行（HSBC）正在削减其英国财富管理部门的职位，转而利用 AI 来服务其最高价值的客户。

预计此次裁员将影响该部门约七成（70%）的财务顾问，以及半数的经理和专家。

据了解，该行在全英范围内雇佣了数百名财富关系经理，但具体的裁员人数尚不明确。

在接受《金融时报》采访时，一名知情人士将此次裁员描述为“深层、广泛且残酷”，几乎整个团队都被裁撤。

此次裁员将加剧人们的担忧，即企业正在通过削减职位来降低成本并提高利润。

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“深远、广泛且残酷”

渣打银行（Standard Chartered）正在削减近 8,000 个工作岗位，转而利用人工智能（AI）来取代其首席执行官比尔·温特斯（Bill Winters）所描述的“低价值人力资本”——他随后为这一措辞道歉。

于 2024, 9 月接任的汇丰银行（HSBC）首席执行官乔治·埃尔赫德里（Georges Elhedery）已将 AI 作为其精简银行规模战略的核心。今年 5 月，他表示：“我们都知道生成式 AI 将摧毁某些岗位，并创造新的岗位。”

埃尔赫德里还承诺通过消除管理层级和砍掉重复的高管职位来减少银行的人员编制。

汇丰银行的一位发言人表示，该银行将继续“演进”，以支持其财富管理业务并满足客户不断变化的需求。

Boots 的私募股权之争

自从交易撮合者奈杰尔·鲁德爵士（Sir Nigel Rudd）将高街巨头 Alliance Boots 以 110亿英镑 的价格出售给亿万富翁药剂师斯特凡诺·佩西纳（Stefano Pessina）和 KKR 以来，已经过去了 20 年。

这次出售被誉为英国规模最大的私募股权收购案。那是大金融危机前夕的一个狂热时刻，自信的佩西纳大谈特谈要建立一个从欧洲延伸到美洲和远东的全球药房帝国。

这段旅程远非一帆风顺， 再次易主。佩西纳并没有建立他所设想的全球帝国，反而像是在燃烧甲板上的水手，因为另一家私募股权合作伙伴 Sycamore 已将其帝国拆分为五家不同的公司，并寻求逐一出售以偿还债务。

在二十年的历程中， 经历了规模缩减，Alliance 批发企业被抛售，而佩西纳还与美国药店连锁店 Walgreens 进行了一次灾难性的合并。

凭借其健康与美容的独特卖点以及成功的 No7 护肤和化妆品系列，能够与 Walgreens 门店中成排的垃圾食品以及（在某个阶段）香烟和谐共存，这纯属幻想。

城市编辑

欧洲零售业在尝试跨越大西洋时，有着一段在“葛底斯堡”遭遇惨败的悠久历史。

人们可能会认为，对于 这段令人不快且其税务住所被转移到瑞士的历史来说，最令人惊讶的是它竟然保持了完整。在对市中心地段优越的门店进行一些精心策划的投资后，该品牌和店铺得以幸存。

但几乎没有创造出多少价值，在皮卡迪利（Piccadilly）和肯辛顿（Kensington）光鲜亮丽的门面背后，仍然存在着大量质量低劣、投资不足的社区小店，这些店只适合开处方药和买牙膏，除此之外没什么用处。它依然是未来独立药剂师的培训学校，也是英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）供应链中的一个重要环节。

最终，这段旅程似乎结束了，韦斯顿（Weston）家族的加拿大分支通过一项 67亿英镑 的交易迅速采取行动。加拿大的韦斯顿家族极力强调，他们的 Wittington 所有权与控制着 ABF 和 Primark 的英国分支毫无关系。但他们在英国并非无名之辈，他们曾是 Selfridges 的前所有者，也是高端食品店 Fortnum & Mason 的业主。

他们还拥有在加拿大拥有 1,300 家门店的 Shoppers Drug Mart，可以声称拥有行业专业知识。但正如佩西纳在 Walgreens 发现的那样，北美是一个截然不同的市场。人们希望，在经历了一场荒诞的金融奥德赛之后， 终于找到了避风港。

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皇室级的混乱

在担任商业大臣的第一任期内，长得像乔治五世的乔纳森·雷诺兹（Jonathan Reynolds）轻描淡写地批准了捷克“斯芬克斯”丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基（Daniel Kretinsky）以高杠杆收购皇家邮政所有者国际分销服务公司（International Distribution Services），交易金额达£3.6。

将一项珍贵的英国资产出售给一名通过向普京领导的俄罗斯提供天然气管道而发财的亿万富翁，并不符合公众利益。事实上，原本可以加强对这家前政府所有公用事业公司的公共控制，结果却将其出售给了一名由海外银行支持的外国人。

在批准此次出售时，雷诺兹挥舞着一张承诺保护员工免于裁员的纸条，并向工会做出了类似的承诺。此类协议根本不值一张废纸，到2027.，预计将有2,500个工作岗位被削减。尽管近期有所改善，但服务水平依然糟糕至极。

或许首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）应该承诺将皇家邮政加入到他希望由国家掌控的水电公用事业名单中。

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永不落地

工党非常擅长做出宏伟承诺却毫无行动。

“三重锁”机制将被取消，但要等到下一届议会。关于NEET（即不在就业、教育或培训中的年轻人）的米尔本（Milburn）审查报告被推迟。泰晤士水务（Thames Water）的未来仍悬而未决。希思罗机场的第三条跑道存疑。而除非能源大臣米亚塔·法恩布勒（Miatta Fahnbulleh）最终批准在Rosebank和Jackdaw海上油气田进行钻探，否则挪威的Equinor公司可能会撤出。唉。

托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）在新成立的好莱坞巨头Skydance获得了一份顾问工作。

这位前首相（如图所示）被任命为该公司的“董事顾问”，该公司由首席执行官大卫·埃利森（David Ellison）领导。

这一职位凸显了布莱尔与大卫·埃利森之父、科技亿万富翁拉里（Larry）的友谊。

Skydance本周通过Paramount Skydance以£80收购华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros Discovery）而成立。此次交易将制作过《教父》和《壮志凌云》等电影的Paramount影业，与热门作品涵盖从《卡萨布兰卡》到《哈利·波特》系列电影的华纳兄弟合并。

科技亿万富翁拉里·埃利森在布莱尔担任首相期间就是其好友。

此后，这位大亨在布莱尔的政策研究所中投资了数亿加元。

大卫·埃利森昨天表示，他很“荣幸能邀请托尼加入我们担任顾问”。

水危机加深导致 Pennon 股价大跌

作者：Angharad Carrick

随着英国最大供应商之一的股票遭遇本世纪最大规模的单日抛售，陷入困境的水务行业危机进一步加深。

在这一行业的又一个阴郁之日，South West Water 的所有者 Pennon 削减了股息，并向投资者伸手寻求 5.5 亿英镑 的资金，以帮助升级其基础设施。

这一公告发布前几天，该公司刚因重复发生污水泄漏而被处以 £8 罚款。目前，该行业正处于舆论关注的焦点，这在很大程度上是由于负债累累的 Thames Water 所引发的危机。

首相 Andy Burnham 在上周的工党党代会上表示，他将废除禁止国家持有水务公司所有权的禁令，并补充说，公众为“海中的污水”买单这件事“令人作呕”。

的最新动态是在首席执行官 Keith Haslett 启动战略审查之后发布的，Haslett 表示公司需要为客户和社区提供更好的结果。

这将使这家同样拥有 Bristol Water 和 Bournemouth Water 的 FTSE 250 公司在已与监管机构 Ofwat 达成协议的 26亿英镑 承诺资金之外，再向其基础设施投资 10亿英镑。

与此同时， 计划将股息降低约 30%，并考虑出售其可再生能源子公司 Power 以帮助削减债务，截至 3 月底，其债务额为 45亿英镑。

的股价一度暴跌 25%，创下 1999 年以来最大的单日抛售记录，最终收盘下跌 20.1%，即下跌 90.8p，收于 361.2p，为 2009 年以来的最低水平。

于 4 月就任的 Haslett 表示：“通过我的全面审查可以清楚地看到， 具有真正的优势，但在某些领域我们需要改进，并为我们的客户和社区提供更好的结果。”

上周，一名法官在对 South West Water 2015 年至 2021 年间发生的“可怕”污水泄漏判处 790 万英镑 罚款时，将其描述为“鲁莽”。

该水务公司在普利茅斯治安法院（Plymouth Magistrates' Court）承认 18 项指控，其中 17 项涉及非法排放污水。

五名前巴克莱交易员操纵利率定罪被撤销

五名前巴克莱交易员因操纵利率而被判入狱，上诉法院在认定审判过程中存在导致不公正错误的“方向性偏差”后，撤销了他们的定罪。

乔纳森·马修（Jonathan Mathew）、杰伊·默钱特（Jay Merchant）、亚历克斯·帕邦（Alex Pabon）、菲利普·莫里尤塞夫（Philippe Moryoussef）和科林·伯明汉姆（Colin Bermingham）在 2016 年至 2019 年期间，因涉及操纵伦敦银行同业拆借利率（Libor）和欧元银行间同业拆借利率（Euribor）的罪行而被判入狱。

严重欺诈办公室（SFO）

在去年 7 月最高法院撤销交易员汤姆·海耶斯（Tom Hayes）和卡洛·帕隆博（Carlo Palombo）的定罪后，于 8 月承认该团体的定罪可能是不安全的。这五人的律师辩称，他们在审判中收到的陪审团指示与海耶斯审判中使用的指示几乎完全相同，而后者已被最高法院认定为错误。

SFO 的大律师告诉法院，该机构不反对此次上诉，并确认不会对这五人中的任何一人寻求重新审判。

“这很难接受，” 70 岁的伯明汉姆在法庭外含泪说道，“在听到这个消息之前，你简直不敢相信。”

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来源：新闻协会（The Press Association）

52周最高 / 最低 | 52-week< / > 最高< / > 最低< / > | 航空航天与国防< / >< / > 阿斯顿·马丁....36 $^{8}$ < / > +1 $^{8}$ < / > < / > 65 $^{8}$ < / > 32 $^{2}$ < / >< / > BAE系统....1826< / > -29< / > < / > 2331< / > 1609 $^{2}$ < / >< / > Chemring Gp....500< / > -8 $^{2}$ < / > < / > 638< / > 460< / >< / > QinetiQ....453< / > +3 $^{4}$ < / > < / > 571 $^{2}$ < / > 406< / >< / > 罗尔斯-罗伊斯....1404 $^{8}$ < / > -33 $^{4}$ < / > < / > 1570 $^{8}$ < / > 1029< / >< / > Senior....297 $^{2}$ < / > < / > 311< / > 164 $^{8}$ < / > | 银行< / >< / > 桑坦德银行< / > 1034< / > -24< / > 1106< / > 716< / >< / > 巴克莱< / > 432< / > -15 $\frac{1}{4}$ < / > 530 $\frac{8}{8}$ < / > 357 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > 汇丰控股< / > 1408< / > -64 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 1597 $\{8}{8}$ < / > 964 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Lion Finance< / > 12830< / > -490< / > 14600< / > 7380< / >< / > 劳埃德银行< / > 102 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -3 $\{8}{8}$ < / > 117 $\{8}{8}$ < / > 82 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Metro Bank< / > 157 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -4 $\{8}{8}$ < / > 182 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 100< / >< / > 国民西敏寺集团< / > 649 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -18 $\{8}{8}$ < / > 722 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 519 $\{8}{8}$ < / >< / > 渣打银行< / > 2151< / > -102< / > 2338< / > 1377 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > TBC Bank< / > 4960< / > -140< / > 5415< / > 3640< / > | 饮料< / >< / > Barr (AG)< / > 560< / > +2< / > 708< / > 542< / >< / > 可口可乐 HBC< / > 4248< / > +12< / > 5170< / > 3346< / >< / > 帝亚吉欧< / > 1611< / > +7 $^{1}$ 2< / > 1874< / > 1362 $^{1}$ 2< / > | 化学品< / >< / > Croda Intnal......3338< / > -9< / > 3468< / > 2518< / >< / > Elementis......180 $^{4}$ < / > $^{-8}$ < / > 187 $^{4}$ < / > 142 $^{8}$ < / >< / > Johnson Matt......2412< / > -24< / > 3199 $^{8}$ < / > 2218< / >< / > Victrex......929< / > -1< / > 1010< / > 539< / > |

建筑与材料 | Balfour Beatty< / > 874 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / > -25 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / > 945< / > 644 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Breedon< / > 304 $\{1}{2}$ < / > -4 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 361 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 273< / >< / > Genuit Group< / > 279 $\{1}{8}$ < / > -6 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 389 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 243 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Grafton Gp< / > 932 $\{1}{2}$ < / > -8 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 1050< / > 808 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Ibstock< / > 77 $\{1}{8}$ < / > -1 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 142< / > 71 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Keller Group< / > 3194< / > -64< / > 3444< / > 1466< / >< / > Kier Group< / > 292 $\{1}{8}$ < / > -8 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 313 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 190 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Volution< / > 652< / > -8< / > 712< / > 562< / > | 电力< / >< / > Drax Gp< / > 776xd< / > -4< / > 918< / > 704< / >< / > SSE< / > 2459< / > -13< / > $2757^{1 / 2}$ < / > $1807^{1 / 2}$ < / > | 电子与电气设备< / >< / > Halma......3478< / > -80< / > 4878< / > 3312< / >< / > Morgan Advanced......270< / > -6 $^{1}$ 2< / > 276 $^{1}$ 2< / > 187 $^{1}$ 8< / >< / > Oxford Instruments......3048< / > -64< / > 3302< / > 1782< / >< / > Renishaw......5765< / > -225< / > 5990< / > 3325< / > | 权益投资工具< / >< / > 3i Infrastructure......< / > 384< / > -2 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 396< / > 326< / >< / > Aberforth Smlr Cos......< / > 1802< / > -4< / > 1818< / > 1418< / >< / > AJ Bell......< / > 571< / > -6 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 643< / > 414 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Alliance Witan......< / > 1402< / > -4< / > 1406< / > 1188< / >< / > Allianz Tech......< / > 776< / > -9< / > 785< / > 488 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Ashoka India......< / > 246< / > +2< / > 285 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 217< / >< / > AVI Global Trust......< / > 255< / > -1 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 272 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 239 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Baillie Giff Japan......< / > 1082< / > -6< / > 1098< / > 834< / >< / > Baillie Giff

US......< / > 396< / > < / > 396< / > 265< / >< / > Bankers InvTst......< / > 155 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -1 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 157< / > 126 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > BH Macro......< / > 421 $\{1}{2}$ < / > +9< / > 462 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 394 $\{1}{2}$ < / > | 涨幅最高< / >< / > < / > 收盘价< / > 当日涨跌< / >< / > Avon Tech< / > 2190p< / > +14.78%< / >< / > Ocado< / > 286.6p< / > +9.22%< / >< / > Baltic Classifieds< / > 2.16p< / > +6.93%< / >< / > Bridgepoint< / > 365.4p< / > +5.36%< / >< / > B&M< / > 255.6p< / > +4.50%< / > | 52周< / > 最高< / > 最低< / > | Sequoia Econ Infra....83 $^{4}$ < / > | +1 $^{4}$ < / > 87 $^{1 / 2}$ < / > 75 $^{1 / 4}$ < / >< / > Syncona....122 $^{6}$ < / >< ="2">+8< / > 123 $^{1 / 4}$ < / > 86 $^{1 / 8}$ < / >< / > Templeton Em....336< / >< ="2">-3< / > 350< / > 220 $^{1 / 2}$ < / >< / > Twentyfour....109< / >< ="2">+8< / > 114 $^{1 / 4}$ < / > 104 $^{1 / 8}$ < / >< / > Vietnam Enter....722< / >< ="2">< / > 848< / > 684< / >< / > VinaCapital Vietna....424< / >< ="2">+3< / > 493< / > 414 $^{1 / 2}$ < / >< / > Wwide Healthcare....371 $^{1 / 2}$ < / >< ="2">+2 $^{1 / 2}$ < / > 399< / > 325 $^{1 / 2}$ < / > |

< ="5">食品生产商< / >< / > Assoc Brit Foods......< / > 1827< / > -7< / > 2315< / > 18< / >< / > Cranswick......< / > 4970< / > -10< / > 5690< / > 4840< / >< / > Greencore......< / > 248 $^{a}$ < / > +3< / > 306 $^{2}$ < / > 192< / >< / > Hilton Food Gp......< / > 708< / > -5 $^{2}$ < / > 719< / > 456< / >< / > Premier Foods......< / > 189 $^{a}$ < / > +1 $^{3}$ < / > 209 $^{4}$ < / > 167< / >< / > Princes Group......< / > 325 $^{2}$ < / > +2< / > 479< / > 297 $^{2}$ < / >< / > Tate & Lyle......< / > 560< / > -1< / > 569< / > 329 $^{3}$ < / >< / > Unilever......< / > 4623< / > +54< / > 5472< / > 4078< / > |

综合金融

3i Group< / > 2391< / > +2< / > 4459< / > 2082< / >< / > Ashmore Gp.< / > $221^{\frac{1}{4}}$ < / > +5 / 4< / > $266^{\frac{1}{4}}$ < / > $153^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / >< / > Bridgepoint Group< / >< ="2"> $365^{\text{exd}} + 18^{\text{g}}$ < / > $365^{\{g}}$ < / > $222^{\{g}}$ < / >< / > Capital Gearing< / > 513< / > -3< / > 530< / > $52^{\frac{1}{4}}$ < / >< / > CMC Markets< / > 662< / > -17< / > 785< / > 206< / >< / > Coats Group< / > 81< / > -8< / > $95^{\{g}}$ < / > $74^{\{g}}$ < / >< / > Cordiant Digital Infras< / > $117^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / > -2< / > 127< / > $117^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / >< / > Foresight Group< / > 449< / > +3 / 2< / > 503< / > 345< / >< / > Hansa Investment< / > 334< / > +2< / > 344< / > 326< / >< / > ICG< / > 1764< / > -3< / > 2184< / > 1463< / >< / > IG Gp< / > 950< / > -12< / > 1938< / > $942^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / >< / > Integrafin< / > 367< / > +2 / 2< / > $399^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / > $298^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / >< / > Intl Public Prtnships< / > $135^{\{g}}$ < / > -1< / > $144^{\{g}}$ < / > $117^{\frac{1}{4}}$ < / >< / > Investec< / > 595< / > -23< / > 682< / > 518< / >< / > IP Group< / > $69^{\{g}}$ < / > -2 / 2< / > $75^{\{g}}$ < / > $48^{\{g}}$ < / >< / > London Stock Ex< / > 8316< / > -70< / > 9992< / > 7170< / >< / > Man Group< / > 327< / > -8 / 4< / > 343< / > $187^{\{g}}$ < / >< / > Nth Atlantic< / >

Smlr / 428 / +3 / 433 / 330

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OSB Group / $485^{\text{g}}$ / -8 / 8 / $643^{\frac{1}{2}}$ / $478^{\text{g}}$

Paragon / 705 / 917 / 705

Plus500 / $3206^{\text{xd}}$ / -38 / 5070 / 2950

Quilter / $175^{\frac{1}{4}}$ / -4 / $208^{\{1}{4}}$ / $169^{\{1}{2}}$

Rathbone Grp / 1532 / +20 / 2265 / 1512

Ruffer Investment / 293 / -2 / $313^{\{1}{2}}$ / $289^{\{1}{2}}$

SDCL Efficiency / $33^{\{1}{2}}$ / +8 / 63 / 32

Seraphim Space / $192^{\text{g}}$ / -7 / 8 / $273^{\{1}{2}}$ / $75^{\{1}{8}}$

Temple Bar / $409^{\text{g}}$ / -2 / 429 / 354

TP ICAP / $323^{\text{xd}}$ / -2 / 4 / 355 / $240^{\{1}{2}}$

XPS Pensions / 301 / +2 / 362 / 283

房屋建筑商

| 医疗保健设备与服务 | :---

Convatec......216 $^{4}$ / -1 $^{8}$ / 256 $^{8}$ / 194

Oxford Biomedica......528 / -3 / 913 / 424

Smith & Neph......1019xd / +7 $^{2}$ / 1417 $^{2}$ / 982 $^{8}$

Spire Health......247 / 249 $^{4}$ / 142 $^{4}$

工业运输

Barratt Redrow....300 $^{8}$ / -9 $^{8}$ / 409 $^{8}$ / 241 $^{4}$

Bellway....2000 / -44 / 2868 / 1715

Berkeley Grp....3192 / -52 / 4434 / 3104

Crest Nicholson....59 $^{4}$ / - $^{2}$ / 175 $^{4}$ / 55 $^{8}$

Persimmon....1222 / -18 / 1543 $^{2}$ / 998 $^{8}$

Taylor Wimpey....77 $^{8}$ / -2 $^{4}$ / 116 $^{2}$ / 74 $^{8}$

Vistry Group....224 $^{8}$ / -12 / 736 $^{4}$ / 224 $^{8}$

Clarkson / 5160 / 3430

Zigup / 437 / $-2^{2}$ / 478 / 326

| 工业 | Bodycote / 9102xd / $+2$ / 9602 / 601

Globaldata / 603xd / $+4$ / 127 / 568

Goodwin / 14200xd+360 / 27600 / 11100

Hill & Smith / 3100 / -155 / 3320 / 2050

IMI / 3052 / -96 / 3150 / 2260

Melrose Ind / 450 / -11 / 6814 / 4484

RHI Magnesita / 2840 / -5 / 3345 / 1980

Rotork / 4904 / $+14$ / 4904 / 2888

Smiths Gp / 2762 / -85 / 2847 / 2118

Spirax Group / 7140 / -220 / 7960 / 6300

Vesuvius / 4544xd / $+84$ / 503 / 3574

Weir / 2560xd / -102 / 3546 / 2274

休闲商品

Games Workshop......16540 / -20 / 21940 / 14470

ME Group...... $113^{34}$ / $-1^{34}$ / $194^{38}$ / $100^{14}$

Watches of Switz......674 / $+4^{12}$ / $801^{12}$ / $359^{64}$

人寿保险

最大跌幅 | 收盘价< / > 当日涨跌< / > | Pennon< / > 361.2p< / > -20.09%< / >< / > Ceres Power< / > 384p< / > -6.71%< / >< / > Playtech< / > 358.8p< / > -6.27%< / >< / > Inchcape< / > 644p< / > -6.12%< / >< / > Vistry< / > 224.6p< / > -5.07%< / > | 人寿保险< / >< / > Aberdeen Group< / > 234 $^{8}$ < / > -3 $^{8}$ < / > 261< / > 185 $^{4}$ < / >< / > Aviva< / > 677 $^{4}$ xd< / > -11 $^{4}$ < / > 737< / > 591 $^{8}$ < / >< / > Legal & General< / > 288 $^{8}$ < / > -2 $^{4}$ < / > 316 $^{8}$ < / > 234< / >< / > Prudential< / > 881xd< / > -43 $^{4}$ < / > 1220< / > 881< / >< / > St James Place< / > 1027< / > -11 $^{2}$ < / > 1553< / > 1013 $^{4}$ < / >< / > Standard Life< / > 871 $^{2}$ xd< / > -8< / > 953< / > 649 $^{2}$ < / >< / > | 媒体< / >< / > 4imprint< / > 4320< / > -6< / > 5000< / > 3055< / >< / > Autotrader Group< / > 470 $^{4}$ < / > +6 $^{4}$ < / > 816< / > 427 $^{4}$ < / > | 采矿< / >< / > Anglo American< / > 4059< / > -93< / > 4306< / > 2710< / >< / > Antofagasta< / > 3692< / > -137< / > 4455< / > 2577< / >< / > Endeavour Mining< / > 4104xd< / > -104< / > 5290< / > 2974< / >< / > Fresnillo< / > 2688< / > -15< / > 4448< / > 2080< / >< / > Glencore< / > 5688< / > -48< / > 629< / > 335< / >< / > Hochschild Mining< / > 520< / > -22< / > 8082< / > 3168< / >< / > Pan African Resources< / > 1144< / > -44< / > 1838< / > 81< / >< / > Rio Tinto< / > 7022< / > -142< / > 8308< / > 49832< / > |

非寿险保险

< / > | 52周< / > 最高< / > 最低< / >< / > Bloomsbury......< / > 647< / > +13< / > 672< / > 438 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Informa......< / > 866 $\frac{1}{8}$ < / > -20 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 993 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 739 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > ITV......< / > 65 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -1 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 85 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 65 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Mony Group......< / > 177 $\{1}{8}$ < / > +3< / > 213< / > 144 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Pearson......< / > 1243< / > +10< / > 1326< / > 891 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > RELX......< / > 2599< / > +28< / > 3510< / > 2013< / >< / > Rightmove Group......< / > 461 $\{1}{2}$ xd< / > +8< / > 697 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 404< / >< / > WPP......< / > 385< / > +4

$\{1}{4}$ < / > 411 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 224 $\{1}{8}$ < / > |

Admiral Gp......3634< / > -16< / > 4128< / > 2644< / >< / > Hiscox......1834< / > -16< / > 1943< / > 1308< / >< / > Lancashire Hldgs......641 $^{12}$ < / > +6< / > 684< / > 565< / > |

石油与天然气生产商

BP< / > 562< / > +1 $^{8}$ < / > 606 $^{4}$ < / > 410 $^{2}$ < / >< / > Energean< / > 687< / > -9 $^{2}$ < / > 1026< / > 683< / >< / > Harbour Energy< / > 268 $^{3 / 4}$ < / > +1 $^{4}$ < / > 318 $^{4}$ < / > 185 $^{8}$ < / >< / > Hunting< / > 377 $^{2}$ xd< / > -9< / > 531< / > 311< / >< / > Ithaca Energy< / > 274 $^{8}$ < / > +8< / > 296 $^{4}$ < / > 153 $^{3 / 4}$ < / >< / > Shell< / > 3648< / > -3< / > 3654 $^{2}$ < / > 2562< / > |

石油设备与服务

制药与生物技术 | 阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca)< / > 12180< / > +222< / > 15542< / > 11460< / >< / > Genus< / > 2208< / > +94< / > 3170< / > 1966< / >< / > 葛兰素史克 (GSK)< / > 1790 $^{2}$ xd< / > +25< / > 2268< / > 1620< / >< / > Haleon< / > 342 $^{8}$ < / > +8 $^{8}$ < / > 410 $^{8}$ < / > 320 $^{8}$ < / >< / > Hikma Pharma< / > 1646< / > +26< / > 1851< / > 1191< / >< / > 牛津纳米孔 (Oxford Nanopore)< / > 220 $^{8}$ < / > -10 $^{4}$ < / > 230 $^{4}$ < / > 104 $^{2}$ < / >< / > 利洁时 (Reckitt Benckiser)< / > 5106< / > +129< / > 6681 $^{4}$ < / > 4443< / > | 房地产< / >< / > Big Yellow Gp< / > 817< / > -3< / > 1180< / > 797 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / > 英国地产 (British Land)< / > 391 $^{14}$ < / > -3 $^{8}$ < / > 448 $^{4}$ < / > 343 $^{4}$ < / >< / > Derwent London< / > 1786xd< / > -9< / > 2146< / > 1509< / >< / > Grainger< / > 163 $^{8}$ < / > -2 $^{4}$ < / > 199< / > 150 $^{8}$ < / >< / > Grt Portland Est< / > 304 $^{8}$ < / > -4< / > 374< / > 274 $^{2}$ < / > |

< / > | 52周< / > 最高< / > 最低< / >< / > Hammerson< / > $327 \times xd$ < / > $-6\frac{1}{4}$ < / > $385\{1}{8}$ < / > $288\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Harworth< / > $187 \times xd$ < / > < / > $187\{1}{8}$ < / > $120$ < / >< / > Land Securities< / > $612\{1}{2}$ < / > $-5$ < / > $722$ < / > $532$ < / >< / > LondonMetric Prop< / > $172\{1}{8}$ < / > $-1\{1}{2}$ < / > $215$ < / > $170\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Primary Hlth Prop< / > $89\{1}{4}$ < / > $-2$ < / > $108\{1}{4}$ < / > $87\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Safestore Hldgs< / > $501$ < / > $-10$ < / > $837$ < / > $495\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > 第一太平戴尔森 (Savills)< / > $953$ < / > $-20$ < / > $1108$ < / > $808$ < / >< / > SEGRO< / > $913\{1}{8}$ < / > $-6\{1}{8}$ < / > $997\{1}{8}$ < / > $639\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Shaftesbury< / > $136\{1}{8}$ < / > $-1\{1}{8}$ < / > $154\{1}{2}$ < / > $126\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Sirius Real Estate< / > $88\{1}{4}$ < / > $-\{1}{8}$ < / > $111\{1}{8}$ < / > $86\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Supermarket Inc< / > $80\{1}{8}$ < / > $-\{1}{8}$ < / > $88\{1}{8}$ < / > $77\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Target Healthcare< / > $113$ < / > $-4$ < / > $116$ < / > $92\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Property IT< / > $271$ < / > $-4$ < / > $361\{1}{2}$ < / > $271$ < / >< / > Tritax Big Box< / > $141\{1}{8}$ < / > $-\{1}{8}$ < / > $173\{1}{4}$ < / > $140\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Unite Group< / > $442 \times xd$ < / > $-7\{1}{4}$ < / > $625$ < / > $441\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Workspace Gp< / > $359\{1}{8}$ < / > $-8\{1}{4}$ < / > $430$ < / > $319\{1}{8}$ < / > |

零售商 | AO World< / > 89 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / > +2 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / > 113 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 83 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > ASOS< / > 451< / > -3< / > 508< / > 206 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > B&M< / > 255 $\{1}{8}$ < / > +11< / > 255 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 155 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Burberry Gp< / > 1016< / > -15 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 1360< / > 977 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Currys< / > 146 $\{1}{4}$ < / > +1 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 168 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 117 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Dr. Martens< / > 67 $\{1}{2}$ xd< / > +1 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 95< / > 60 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Dunelm Gp< / > 788< / > +7 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 1170< / > 715< / >< / > Frasers Group< / > 849< / > +29< / > 849< / > 618

$\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Greggs< / > 2078xd< / > +28< / > 2078< / > 1418< / >< / > Howden Joinery< / > 754 $\{1}{2}$ < / > -5< / > 970< / > 723 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Inchcape< / > 644< / > -42< / > 890< / > 636 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > JD Sports Fashion< / > 83 $\{1}{2}$ < / > +3 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 100 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 65 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Kingfisher< / > 329 $\{1}{8}$ < / > < / > 370 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 269 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Marks & Spencer< / > 393 $\{1}{4}$ < / > +8< / > 410 $\{1}{6}$ < / > 308 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Moonpig< / > 278 $\{1}{4}$ < / > +7 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 293< / > 197< / >< / > Next< / > 14575< / > -20< / > 15715< / > 12005< / >< / > Ocado Gp< / > 286

$\{1}{8}$ < / > +24 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 288 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 159 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Pets at Home Gp< / > 208< / > +24 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 224< / > 170 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Sainsbury(J)< / > 327 $\{1}{8}$ < / > +5 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 359 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 295 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > SSP Group< / > 191< / > +2 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 214 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 138 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Tesco< / > 475 $\{1}{4}$ < / > +5 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 501 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 413 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > WH Smith< / > 369 $\{1}{8}$ < / > +8 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 710< / > 360 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Wickes Group< / > 200 $\{1}{2}$ xd< / > +2 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 255< / > 170 $\{1}{4}$ < / > |

电信

| 技术硬件与设备< / >< / > discoverIE Gp......850< / > -15< / > 865< / > 514< / >< / > GB GROUP...... $142^{14}$ < / > $-2^{14}$ < / > 259< / > $142^{14}$ < / >< / > Raspberry Pi...... $660^{12}$ < / > $-13^{12}$ < / > 1051< / > $257^{14}$ < / >< / > Spirent Comms...... $198^{14}$ < / > < / > $198^{14}$ < / > $198^{18}$ < / > | 电信< / >< / > Airtel Africa< / > $312^{4}$ < / > $+2^{4}$ < / > $420^{4}$ < / > $224^{4}$ < / >< / > BT Gp< / > $198^{2}$ < / > $+3^{4}$ < / > $239^{2}$ < / > $174^{8}$ < / >< / > Gamma Comms< / > $1092$ < / > $+1$ < / > $1182$ < / > $701$ < / >< / > Helios Towers< / > $219^{8}$ < / > $+2^{8}$ < / > $245^{8}$ < / > $142^{4}$ < / >< / > Telecom Plus< / > $850$ < / > $+7$ < / > $1862$ < / > $710$ < / >< / > Vodafone Gp< / > $127^{4}$ < / > $+2^{8}$ < / > $131^{4}$ < / > $84^{8}$ < / > |

烟草 | 英美烟草 (Br Am Tob)< / > 4084xd< / > +85< / > 4962< / > 3733< / >< / > 帝国品牌 (Imperial Brands)< / > 2488< / > +21< / > 3341< / > 2424< / > |

< / > | 52周< / > 最高< / > 最低< / >< / > Experian< / > 2543< / > +40< / > 3679< / > 2375< / >< / > Hays< / > 62< / > $-\frac{1}{8}$ < / > 76 $\frac{1}{8}$ < / > 29 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Intertek Gp< / > 5900< / > +15< / > 5900< / > 3582< / >< / > Intl Workplace Gp< / > 178xd< / > $+\{1}{2}$ < / > 249 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 168 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Johnson Service Gp< / > 137 $\{1}{8}$ < / > $+1\{1}{8}$ < / > 170 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 125 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Michael Page< / > 210 $\{1}{8}$ xd< / > $-\{1}{4}$ < / > 248 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 103 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Mitie Group< / > 210 $\{1}{8}$ < / > $+\{1}{8}$ < / > 210 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 136 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Rentokil Initial< / > 297 $\{1}{8}$ < / > $-1\{1}{8}$ < / > 506 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 296 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > RS Group< / > 756 $\{1}{2}$ < / > $-7\{1}{2}$ < / > 780< / > 541 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Serco< / > 248 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -1< / > 324 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 219< / >< / > Sthree< / > 300< / > $+6\{1}{2}$ < / > 309< / > 145 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Travis Perkins< / > 563 $\{1}{2}$ xd< / > -9< / > 714< / > 507 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > W.A.G< / > 100 $\{1}{2}$ < / > < / > 100 $\{1}{2}$ < / > | 软件与计算机服务< / >< / > Alfa Financial< / > 158< / > -1 / 4< / > 233< / > 142 / 8< / >< / > Auction Tech< / > 4634< / > -2 / 8< / > 4834< / > 263< / >< / > Baltic Classifieds< / > 2exd< / > +8< / > 309< / > 2< / >< / > Bytes Technology< / > 443< / > -1 / 4< / > 457< / > 253 / 8< / >< / > Computacenter< / > 5450xd< / > +20< / > 5670< / > 2630< / >< / > Deliveroo< / > 1794< / > < / > 1794< / >< / > Kainos Gp< / > 1221xd< / > -17< / > 1294< / > 6982< / >< / > NCC Grp< / > 1494xd< / > +4< / > 1574< / > 1134< / >< / > Playtech< / > 3584< / > -24< / > 445< / > 232< / >< / > Softcat< / > 1825< / > -8< / > 2112< / > 1091< / >< / > The Sage Group< / > 1022< / > +17< / > 1175< / > 7838< / >< / > Trustpilot< / > 231< / > +4< / > 2984< / > 1294< / > | 旅游与休闲< / >< / > Compass Gp....< / > 30 $\{1}{2}$ < / > + $\{1}{2}$ < / > 2637< / > 27 $\{1}{8}$ < / >< / > Dominos Pizza....< / > 226< / > +3 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 226 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 167 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > easyJet....< / > 679 $\{1}{8}$ < / > +1 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 680 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 339 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Entain....< / > 413 $\{1}{4}$ < / > -12 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 839 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 411< / >< / > FirstGroup....< / > 186 $\{1}{8}$ < / > -1< / > 220 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 158< / >< / > Hollywood Bowl....< / > 256< / > +9 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 307 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 234 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Intercontl Htls....< / > 160 $\{1}{8}$ < / > - $\{1}{8}$

| 10585< / > 128 $\frac{1}{8}$ < / > | 国际航空租赁....< / > 432 $\frac{1}{4}$ < / > -6 $\{1}{8}$ < / > 488< / > 342 $\{1}{4}$ < / >< / > Mitchells & Butlers....< / > 287 $\{1}{2}$ < / > < / > 301< / > 228< / >< / > PPHE酒店集团....< / > 1420xd< / > -20< / > 2060< / > 1302< / >< / > Trainline....< / > 198 $\{1}{4}$ < / > +1 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 272 $\{1}{4}$ < / > 185 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Wetherspoon (JD).....< / > 989 $\{1}{2}$ < / > +27< / > 989 $\{1}{2}$ < / > 555 $\{1}{2}$ < / >< / > Whitbread....< / > 2472< / > -79< / > 3252< / > 2234< / >< / > Wizz Air控股....< / > 1030< / > -17< / > 1447< / > 849 $\{1}{2}$ < / > |

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1.45 STELLA ARTOIS 学徒让磅赛 (5) 8,000 英镑 增加 (4,187 英镑) 1m 2f (12)

预计单价 (SP)：7-2 Motawaared, 6 Vega Storm, 7 Ghost Story, 15-2 Falcon Nine, 8 Sweet Kiss, 10 Idyllic, Spanish Hustle, West Tyrone, Tap Dancer, 12 Naturalia, Royal Blaze.

热门马匹：- - - - - - 2 2 1 2 (胜 9-12)。年龄：- - - - - - 3 5 3 7

2025年：Cisco Disco 7 9 13 (Oisin McSweeney) 5-2 R M Smith 抽签 (8) 8匹参赛。

201 | (3)< / > 2< / > CATURRA ROCK 23 E Dunlop 9-7....H Crouch< / > | 202< / > (1)< / > 62L422< / > SEA MIRAGE 36 (P) K Ryan 9-7....T Eaves< / >< / > 203< / > (4)< / > < / > ALFA BLUEBURD I Furtado 9-4....J Hart< / >< / > 204< / > (7)< / > 463L< / > COUL BLUE 30 (B) M Dods 9-4....C Beasley< / >< / > 205< / > (6)< / > 53< / > MUVE ON 16 T Easterby 9-4....D Allan< / >< / > 206< / > (2)< / > 0< / > HOWARD'S HOBBY 16 T Easterby 9-2....S B Kirrane< / >< / > 207< / > (5)< / > < / > QUEEN BEE FOR YOU T Culhane & S Barclay 8-13....D Fentiman< / > |

预计单价 (SP)：11-8 Sea Mirage, 5-2 Caturra Rock, 3 Muve On, 14 Coul Blue, 16 Alfa Blueburd, 20 Queen Bee For You.

热门马匹 & 2025年：无对应赛事。

301 (6) 599LPL THEQUIETMAN 17 S Waugh 5-9-9.....Amie Waugh (3)

302 (10) L5L842 LESLEY'S BOY 17 (V) R & P Fahey 4-9-9.....Oisin Orr

303 (2) 254214 BIG APPLE JACK 12 (S) M & D Easterby 4-9-9.....B Garritty

304 (4) 931726 LAUNCH TIME 28 (B) (DBF2) Cian Hughes (IRE) 4-9-6.....H Crouch

305 (1) 526096 SAXON PRINCE 21 (T) J & S Quinn 3-9-5.....J Hart

306 (9) 494588 HEAD FOR FREEDOM 29 M & D Easterby 3-9-2.....P Mulrennan

307 (5) 5707 THUNDER RUSH 36 (P) T Coyle & K Wood 3-8-13.....T Eaves

308 (3) 251444 BOSSY PARKER 20 (D4) (S) T Culhane & S Barclay 6-8-11.....P J McDonald

309 (7) 5 / L58L0 FAIR ISLE SIOUX 35 A Nicol 6-8-9.....Rhys Elliott (5)

310 (8) L4753 LONG SHOT 16 (P) T Easterby 3-8-7.....D Fentiman

预计单价 (SP)：3 Launch Time 7-2 Big Apple Jack, 4 Lesley's Boy Long Shot

14 Saxon Prince, Thunder Rush, Bossy Parker, Head For Freedom.

热门马匹：- - - - 0 0 3 - 0 1 (胜 9-3)。年龄：- - - - 4 3 3 - 5 6

2025年：Ahamoment 6 9 11 (William Pyle) 5-4 共同热门 D & N Barron 抽签 (6) 7匹参赛。

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3.30 TENNENT'S LAGER 让磅赛 (4) 11,650 英镑 增加 (6,098 英镑) 6f (11)

预计单价 (SP)：9-2 Parisiac, 5 Topwarrior, Annie Edson Taylor, 11-2 Eye Of Dubai, 13-2 Arduis Invicta, 7 Dandy Magic, 10 Big Fun, 12 Alpha Magic, 16 Manila Scouse, 20 Stirrup Cup.

热门马匹：- - - - 3 2 3 0 0 2 (胜 9-8)。年龄：- - - - 5 6 5 7 4 9

2025年：Woven 9 9 11 (Sean Kirrane) 10-3 M Dods 抽签 (6) 11匹参赛。

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MARKET RASEN RTV

预计单价 (SP)：15-8 Knighton, 7-2 Paddys Policy, 11-2 Sun Art, 8 Ballygeary, 10 Latin.

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2.31 TRACTOR DRIVERS GO FREE 11月12日新马障碍赛 (4) 1 万英镑 已添加 (5,446 英镑) 2英里4弗隆 139vds (4)

1 732-418 WHO'S GLEN 13 (P) D McCain 5-11-7.... T Gillard

2 540-521 NIGHTFLYER 23 (P) J & A O'Neill 4-11-5.... R McLernon

4 21-4024 DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE 62 (1) O Murphy 4 10-12......B Bochen 预计SP: 11-8 Nightflyer, 9-4 Port Glen One, 4 Who's Glen, 11-2 Downtown Nashville

2025: Freshers Week 4 10 12 (Lilly Pinchin) 10-1℃ Longsdon 4匹参赛。

1 3470-P1 WHITEWINEWEDNESDAY 9 (T) D Skelton 7-12-0 ..... Mr P W Mullins

2 5L4P5B- BLUE DU NEUF 186 (T) S Corbett 6-12-0 ..... N Moscrop

3 P5398 / 2- WALK IN THE VALLEY 329 J Parkinson & S Smith 7-11-13

4 U62 / 408- CAP RICOCHET 266 John Dawson 5-11-2....B Hughes

5 831-3U5 HIERO SPORT 34 (T) A Hales 9-11-1....K Woods

6 41 PP / 99 CHANGES AT ME 10 (T) Andrew Martin 9-10-10....Chase Quider (S)

预计SP: 5-6 Whitewinewednesday, 11-4 Walk In The Valley, 10 Hiero Sport, Cap Ricochet, 12 Blue Du Neuf, 16 Glance At Me.

热门马 & 2025：无对应赛事。

赛道详情：R-H 赛道。场地状况：良好。顶尖骑师：Sean Bowen。顶尖练马师：O Murphy。首次佩戴装备：1.56 Bannister, 2.31 Downtown Nashville, 4.48 Ratemenow, Return With Gold。最远旅程：Lermoos Legend (3.41) 310 英里。级别下降：2.31 Who's Glen 比上次参赛下降 2 个级别（2 级降至 4 级）；4.16 Spit Spot (3)。今日无风管手术后首次参赛马匹。

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GIMCRACK

1.45 | Motawaared< / > 1.45< / > Idyllic< / > | 2.20< / > Caturra Rock< / > 2.20< / > Caturra Rock< / >< / > 2.55< / > Launch Time< / > 2.55< / > Big Apple Jack< / >< / > 3.30< / > Topwarrior< / > 3.30< / > Arduis Invicta< / >< / > 4.05< / > Ashen< / > 4.05< / > Empirestateofmind< / >< / > 4.38< / > Blufferonthebus< / > 4.38< / > Blufferonthebus< / >< / > 5.13< / > Alghear< / > 5.13< / > Wootton's Gal< / > |

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4.05 SAN MIGUEL HANDICAP (5) 8,000 英镑 已添加 (4,187 英镑) 7弗隆 50码 (10)

501 (6) 876531 ONE NIGHT THUNDER (5ibex) 9 (C&DD3) (S) G Tulty 6-10-1...Rhys Elliott (5)

502 (1) 174246 MONSIEUR KODI 29 (P) (CD) (GS) R & P Fahey 7-10-0...W Fentiman (3)

503 (10) 87L671 CISCO DISCO 21 (C5D3) (S) R M Smith 8-10-0... C Horgan (5)

504 (2) 45-7073 STANAGE 9 (D2) M & D Easterby 5-9-11..... B Garritty

505 (9) 500121 EMPIRESTATEOFMIND 9 (B) (C3) (S) J & S Quinn 8-9-11..... J Hart

506 (8) 111508 THE GAY BLADE 29 (C&DD5) (S) I Jardine 7-9-9..... J Nicholls (3)

507 (3) 202523 ASHEN 9 (C&D) (G) J Goldie 4-9-8..... P Mulrennan

508 (7) 426153 EMERY DOWN 21 (P) (D2BF) (S) J Ryan 4-9-5..... Oisin Orr

509 (4) 48L44L TACTICAL PLAN 21 (D2) (S) E Dunlop 4-9-4..... H Crouch

510 (5) 723352 VALENTINE CATCHER 3 (P) (GS) T Easterby 5-9-0... D Allan

热门马：---- 1 3 0 0 0 1 (W 9-5)。年龄：---- 4 5 4 3 3 4

2025: Dwindling Funds 4 9 5 (Paul Mulrennan) 15-8 热门 J Goldie 抽签 (5) 8匹参赛

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4.38 OUTCIDER HANDICAP (6) 7,000 英镑 增加 (3,664 英镑) 1英里 (14)

601 (8) 288731 RORY'S GOLD 13 S Waugh 4-9-13.....Amie Waugh (3)

602 (6) 726747 TORALOU 13 (D) M Loughnane 5-9-11.....J Nicholls (3)

603 (7) 5-5L6L GOLDEN CAVIAR 14 (B) E Dunlop 3-9-10.....H Crouch

604 (5) 329L72 BLUFFERONTHEBUS 21 (D) (GS) Craig Lidster 5-9-10.....S James

605 (13) 13348L RAVISHING BEAUTY 24 (P) (D3) (S) J O'Keeffe 5-9-9P J McDonald

606 (14) 027 / LL-0 GAINSBOURG 115 (B) (C&DCD4) (S) D Bourke 8-9-9...Shane Gray

607 (3) 0-L6LL0 EY UP ITS JAZZ 21 (C&D) (S) T Coyle & K Wood 7-9-8.....D Nolan

608 (9) 755542 KEATS HOUSE 21 (B) (D2) (GS) M & D Easterby 4-9-8.....B Garritty

609 (10) 567234 PENELOPE'S SISTER 9 (C&D3) (GS) J Goldie 6-9-6...Shay Farmer (5)

610 (4) 3-34L8L MYRRH 91 (T) (D) S D O'Meara 3-9-6.....M Winn

611 (2) L9LLL3 SCHEFFLER 36 (B) Adrian Nicholls 3-9-3.....C Beasley

612 (11) 9L6431 EVELYN'S PHOENIX 22 (PT) (D2) (GS) T Easterby 5-9-1.....D Allan

613 (12) 087136 HEAR THE DRUMS 14 (D) (S) R & P Fahey 3-9-0.....Oisin Orr

614 (1) 77-3324 FLYING MOONLIGHT 18 A M Thomson 3-8-10.....G Fairley

2025: Oilisa 3 8 1 (Rhys Elliott) 3-1 热门 M Walford 抽签 (8) 12 匹参赛。

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3.15 (3,664 英镑) 1英里 5弗隆 26码 (5)

预计 SP：5-4 Aighear, 3 Wootton's Gal, 7-2 Off Spin, 6 Furhaan, 20

热门：- - - - 0 1 0 0 2 1 (W 9-5)。年龄：- - - - 4 8 4 6 6 7

2025: Aighear 7 8 12 (Amie Waugh) 5-2 热门 J Goldie 抽签 (1) 10 匹参赛。

赛道详情：大奖赛日。L-H 赛道。场地状况：部分区域重软。起跑闸：6弗隆中心；7弗隆外侧；其余内侧。抽签优势：取决于直线赛道的起跑闸。顶尖骑师：Paul Mulrennan。顶尖练马师：J Goldie。去年该场比赛入围者：5.13 Aighear (第1名)；Vampire Slayer (第2名)。首次佩戴装备：2.20 Coul Blue, Sea Mirage, 2.55 Launch Time, Thunder Rush, 4.38 Golden Caviar, Myrrh, 5.13 Vampire Slayer。长途跋涉者：Launch Time (2.55) 爱尔兰；Topwarrior (3.30) 415 英里。级别下降：2.20 Caturra Rock 比上次参赛下降 3 个级别（第 2 级降至第 5 级）；Sea Mirage (3)；3.30 Eye Of Dubai (2)；Manila Scouse (2)。风管手术后首次参赛：4.38 Myrrh。

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GIMCRACK

1.56 | Knighton< / > 1.56< / > Sun Art< / > | 2.31< / > Port Glen One< / > 2.31< / > Nightflyer< / >< / > 3.06< / > Whitewinewednesday< / > 3.06< / > Whitewinewednesday< / >< / > 3.41< / > Thickthorn Tom< / > 3.41< / > Thickthorn Tom< / >< / > 4.16< / > Spot On Soph< / > 4.16< / > Parikarma< / >< / > 4.48< / > Ratemenow< / > 4.48< / > Ratemenow< / > |

NORTHERNER – 4.16 SPOT ON SOPH (首选)；4.48 Ratemenow (次选)。

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3 41 DINE IN ALTIOR'S RESTAURANT 障碍赛 (4) 9,750 英镑

2 / 11L6L- SHABALKO D'HERM 179 N & W Twiston-Davies 6-11-10

211122 THICKTHORN TOM 20 (BT) (D2) (G) D Skelton 6-11-7 .... H Skelton

43-2L5F COURT IN A STORM 46 (T) K Bailey & M Nicholls 7-11-6 .... C Gethings

73222F LERMOOS LEGEND 3 (PT) (CBF) (S) M Bowen 11-11-2 .... S Bowen

预计单价 (SP)：10-11 Thickthorn Tom, 7-2 Lermoos Legend, 4 Court In A Storm, 6 Shabalko D'herm.

1 2LL5-11 SPOT ON SOPH 7 (T) (C2) (S) S England 10-12-0 Rebecca Hitchen (7)

2 47P-F50 SPIT SPOT 14 (T) (S) L Russell & M Scudamore 7-11-13....P W Wadge

3 2723L1 PARIKARMA 24 (V) (S) S Drinkwater 9-11-11. Miss Imogen Mathias (7)

4 571-155 EBSELYSEES 88 (P) (S) S Corbett 7-11-11....N Moscrop

5 1LP-62 LEAVE HER TO ME 33 (S) D Killahena & G McPherson 8-11-7 N Slatter (3)

6 531607 MISTRAL BLUE 33 (D) F O'Brien 8-11-7....Fern O'Brien (5)

7 L4-6P56 MISTRAL MILLY 12 D J Jeffreys 7-11-3....K Woods

8 L-33L64 QUICK OF THE NIGHT 33 (P) Dave Roberts 9-10-3.....Lee Edwards

预计单价 (SP)：9-4 Spot On Soph, 11-4 Parikarma, 5 Ebselysees, 8 Mistral Milly, 10 Leave Her To Me, 12 Mistral Blue, Spit Spot, 14 Quick Of The Night. 热门赛马 & 2025：无对应赛事。

1 354562- RATEMENOW 208 (T) S Corbett 5-12-0.... N Moscrop

2 11 / 45LP- SLIEVEHILL 259 D J Jeffreys 9-11-10.... K Woods

3 L787- FOOTAGE DETECTIVES 167 Henry Oliver 5-11-5.... Lee Edwards

4 34-9 RETURN WITH GOLD 41 (P) O Pears 4-10-10.... B Hughes

5 404L- UPTON'S MIGHTY OAK 224 Dr R Newland 4-10-9.... L Scott (3)

预计单价 (SP)：5-4 Ratemenow, 11-4 Upton's Mighty Oak, 4 Footage Detectives, 8 Slievehill, 10 Return With Gold.

热门赛马 & 2025：无对应赛事。

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职场私语 踏步舞者 (Ayr, 1.45)

重量游戏

EMPIRESTATEOFMIND

(Ayr, 4.05)

比上次获胜标志低 16磅。

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队长希思 三重推荐 SPOT ON SOPH (nap) (Market Rasen, 4.16) RINKY TINKY TINKY (nb, Bath, 2.40) DORIGO

烫伤手指

RATEMENOW

(Market Rasen, 4.48)

(Southwell, 8.00)

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1.30 让磅赛 (6) 6,600 英镑 已增加 (3,454 英镑) 2英里 1弗隆 24码 (13)

1 (9) 18 / 9 CALSHOT SPIT 9 (C&D) Miss S West 6-10-0...C Bishop

2 (5) 364 MERRIJIG 21 (B) (D) S J Berry 8-10-0.....G Mangan

3 (7) 325- FOREST HILLS J169 (G) C J Gray 5-9-13O Carmichael (7)

4 (8) L-LL CHILLHI 26 (TV) (G) B J Murphy (IRE) 6-9-9 D Probert

5 (1) 231 FRAM CASTLE 26 (V) (C) M Wigham 5-9-9...Taryn Langley (5)

6 (2) 57L PACIFIC STORM 42 (V) D Menuisier 3-9-5.....J Dace (5)

7 (6) 472 INDIVIDUALISTE 9 B Lund 8-9-4.....Rose Dawes (3)

8 (12) 538 BUCK BARROW 25 (P) (S) A Wintle 4-9-3.....G Wood

9 (13) 353 ALS RIVER 7 (P) James Horton 3-9-2.....J Mitchell

10 (11) 338 NATURE 9 (P) Miss Celine De La Haye 8-9-1...Laura Coughlan (3)

11 (10) 864 CHERRY COLA 26 (P) (C) GS Miss S West 10-9-0...T Heard

12 (4) 2L4 STAR OF JUPITER 8 (BET) M Loughnane 5-9-0. P Bradley

13 (3) 597 SMITH 26 (V) (G) Mrs L Richards 10-9-0.....R Havlin

预计单价 (SP)：9-4 Fram Castle, 5 Merrirjo, 6 Individualiste.

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2.05 EBF 雌马新手赛 (4) (2-Y-0)

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2.05 1 万英镑 已增加 (5,400 英镑) 5弗隆 10码 (9)

1 (4) 33 BLACKBERRY BOLD 170 (H) Dr R Newland 9-2. G Mangan

2 (6) 25 BLAKE'S LASS 115 I Furtado 9-2. ...... G Wood

3 (3) 3 CASTING COACH 14 Ollie Sangster 9-2. ...... S Donohoe

4 (5) 3 CHANTER LE BLUES 157 A Watson 9-2. ...... L Morris

5 (7) L DEBUTANTE 75 (T) E Walker 9-2. ...... T Marquand

6 (9) FASTER LOVE G Kelleway 9-2. ...... J Mitchell

7 (1) 3 GO GO GIRL 24℃ Cox 9-2. ...... Rossa Ryan

8 (2) 3 KERRY GREY 31 R Hughes 9-2. ...... D Probert

9 (8) 452 URUMITA 9 R Hannon 9-2. ...... S M Levey

预计单价 (SP)：3 Chanter Le Blues, 7-2 Urumita.

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2.40 让磅赛 (6) 6,600 英镑 已增加 (3,454 英镑) 5弗隆 10码 (14)

1 (14) L27 MIDNIGHT CALL 17 (D4) A Carroll 5-9-9 .... Rossa Ryan

2 (5) 217 JOJO RABBIT (4Ibex) 3 (D9BF) (GS) R Carr 8-9-8

3 (1) 221 LITTLE JAYBEE 23 (D2) P Evans 3-9-5.....E Greatrex

4 (12) 954 SAVANNAH SMILES 9 (P) (C&DD) (GS) G Harris 6-9-5

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Mrs I G-Leveque 4-8-10 Alice Bo

14 (4) 962 BAMA LAMA 11 (D3) (GS) B Millman 8-8-4..... T Heard 预计单胜赔率 (SP): 4 Rinky Tinky Tinky, 5 Little Jaybee.

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5.15 7 万英镑 奖金增加 (39,697 英镑) 1英里6弗隆 (13)

1 (13) 243 ALLA STELLA 13 Sir M Prescott 4-9-6.....L Morris

2 (6) 313 DOJIN 21 (H) (D) (G) S Woods 4-9-6....D Probert

3 (5) 424 LADY VIVIAN 47 R Beckett 4-9-6.....James Doyle

4 (12) 8-54 LITTLE DORRIT 82 R Varian 4-9-6.....R Dawson

5 (2) 52-8 MISS DOLLY ROCKER 139 (C2) (GS) F Bramley 6-9-6...Jason Watson

6 (7) 554 ORCHARD KEEPER 14 (D) (G) R Varian 5-9-6....J Mitchell

7 (10) 253 PEACE BELLE 14 J Candlish 5-9-6.....G Wood

8 (8) 133 PERSONAL BEST 15 (D2BF) (GS) J Portman 4-9-6....H Davies

9 (11) 8L3 VENETIA 13 (P) (GS) R Beckett 3-9-3.....Rossa Ryan

10 (9) 137 ARAVALLI 24 (G) J Tickle 3-9-0.....Taylor Fisher

11 (1) 154 BRILLIANT STAR 112 (T) (G) J & T Gosden 3-9-0 R Havlin

12 (3) 213 LITTLECOTE 20 A Balding 3-9-0.....W Carver

13 (4) 401 PIERIAN 36 (C) (G) W Haqqas 3-9-0.....T Marquand

预计单胜赔率 (SP): 11-4 Brilliant Star, 5 Venetia, 6 Alla Stella.

场地状况：良好。起跑闸：短途赛及2英里1弗隆赛位于中心；其余位于内侧。抽签优势：短途赛低号占优。顶尖骑师：David Probert。顶尖练马师：A Carroll。长途运输马匹：Chillhi (1.30) 来自爱尔兰；Blake's Lass (2.05) 运输 259 英里。级别下降：1.30 Pacific Storm 较上次参赛下降 3 个级别（从 3 级降至 6 级）。风管手术后首次参赛：2.05 Blackberry Bold, Blake's Lass.

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4.25 幼马赛 (4) (2-Y-0) 1 万英镑 奖金增加 (5,234 英镑) 4弗隆 214vds (8)

1 (4) 300 LOVER GIRL 55 (D2) K P De Foy 9-9....R Scott

2 (3) 311 ROXA LOVE 31 (D2) G Boughey 9-6....David Egan

3 (1) 304 DUBAI CHARM 21 (D) R Hughes 9-6....F Marsh

4 (8) OL4 PRINCESSE D'ORANGE 33 (D) D O'Meara 9-6...D Tudhope

5 (2) 160 MINZELLE 14 (DBF2) K R Burke 9-5....C Lee

6 (7) 936 PAPER VIEW 26 R Hannon 9-3....J Leavy

7 (6) 513 NEEDIN' U 26 (H) (D) M & D Easterby 8-12. Joanna Mason

8 (5) 358 CASINO STAR 33 (T) K R Burke 8-10....P-L Jamin

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预计单胜赔率 (SP): 9-4 Roxa Love, 5 Princesse D'orange.

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5.00 让赛 (6) 6,200 英镑 奖金增加 (3,245 英镑) 1英里6弗隆 21vds (12)

1 (2) 325 TIME TURNER 9 (V) E Bethell 4-10-1. D Tudhope

2 (5) 177 SISTERANDBROTHER 62 Joey Ramsden 8-10-1. David Egan

3 (12) 517 RUBELLITE 13 (CD2BF) S Hanlon 6-10-1. D J Murphy (5)

4 (4) 3-L4 HELLION 20 D McCain 4-10-0. S De Sousa

5 (6) L23 WEDONTTELLTETRUTH 20 F O'Brien 3-9-9. S Osborne

6 (9) 131 EDWARDTHENINTH 38 (C&D) A Forbes 5-9-9. W Cox

7 (3) LL9 FLAG OF EVA 28 (P) M Appleby 3-9-7. F Marsh

8 (8) 455 STATE EXPRESS 44 S Woods 3-9-5. C Fallon

9 (11) 143 LADY OF CLOVER 16 G Scott 3-9-4. Liam Wright (3)

10 (1) L3L MINERALITY 29 (P) Dr R Newland 3-9-2. Jack Doughty

11 (7) 609 POP THE QUESTION 24 (P) Samantha

1 (6) DONTELIMURNAMEPIKE J177 Ruth Jefferson 4-9-9...O McSweeney

2 (1) 58- VELARDO 340 M Gates 4-9-9....C Lee

3 (7) 5P-5 EMTINAN 12 S C Williams 3-9-4....M Ghiani

4 (2) MASTER OF THE SKY J & T Gosden 3-9-4...B Sayette

5 (4) 4 CROWN OF CROWNS 24 W Haggas 3-8-13....C Fallon

6 (5) 8 STATEIRA BELLE 29 J Camacho 3-8-13....R Sexton

7 (3) 462 SUMMER IN PARIS 17 R & P Fahey 3-8-13....C Hardie

预计单胜赔率 (SP): 6-4 Summer In Paris, 5-2 Master Of The Sky.

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6.00 幼马赛 (第1组) (6) (2-Y-0) 6,200 英镑 奖金增加 (3,245 英镑) 1英里 13vds (12)

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ROBIN GOODFELLOW

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GIMCRACK

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NEWMARKET - 2.40 Rinky Tinky Tinky (nb)

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3.50 EBF 受限新手锦标赛 (4) (2-Y-0) 1 万英镑 奖金增加 (5,400 英镑) 1英里 (14)

3 AETHELSTAN GOLD 45 Harry Charlton 9-7 ... L Edmunds

4 CHARMED BOY 18 H Palmer 9-7 ....D Probert

DESERT MEETING C Fellowes 9-7 ....P Bradley

4 CALIMIX 17 F. Ullghten 9-7 ....Q Pishan

07 TARN HOWS 15 D & C Kubler 9-7....Ashley Lewis (3)

TIME TO SPARE J Portman 9-7....H Davies

ARKENFORCE M Appleby 9-4....R Dawson

SIDEWALKING I Williams 9-4....E Greatrex

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4.21 障碍赛 (DIV 1) (5) 8,000 英镑 增加 (4,187 英镑) 1英里 2弗隆 37码 (11)

1 (4) 114 CRIMSON ROAD 7 (D5) (G) J & R Flint 5-10-0. . . . Carson

2 (7) 651 OMAN 9 (P) (C&DD) (GS) A Carroll 8-9-12. . . . Myla Coppins (5)

3 (10) 921 PRODIGAL SON 19 (B) (C) (G) H Main 4-9-11. L Morris

4 (2) 768 AMUSED 24 (S) J Boyle 4-9-10. . . . . P Bradley

5 (6) 234 KING'S CASTLE 41 (D4) (S) D M Simcock 9-9-9. . . . Taryn Langley (5)

6 (11) 643 MATHOURA 26 J Tickle 3-9-9. . . . Taylor Fisher

7 (1) 521 CONDOTTI 13 (P) (D) (S) H Palmer 4-9-7. . . . . D Probert

8 (5) 384 SHE'S IDEAL 28 (P) (D) (G) B J Llewellyn

9 (8) 663 ALBUS ANNE 7 (H) (C&DC4) (S) J Fox 7-9-6 ..Olivia Haines (7)

10 (3) 45L DARETOBEDIFFERENT 28 D Donovan 3-9-3..K O'Neill

11 (9) 33D PANGBOURNE 9 R Teal 3-8-10 ..... O Carmichael (7)

预计起始赔率 (SP)：3 Prodigal Son, 4 Condotti, Oman.

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4.55 障碍赛 (DIV 2) (5) 8,000 英镑 增加 (4,187 英镑) 1英里 2弗隆 37码 (10)

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& Robert Williams 9-9-8 Charlie Tucker (7

预计起始赔率 (SP)：15-8 Zambezi Magic, 5 Thiscouldbefun.

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1 (11) 441 MOE'S LEGACY (5lbex) 9 (V) (C&D4D2) (G)

预计起始赔率 (SP)：4 Cameley Days, 5 Courageous Sioux.

赛道详情：主要赛事。左手赛道。

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GIMCRACK

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ROBIN GOODFELLOW

4.25 Minzelle | 4.25 Princesse D'orange< / > | 5.00 Edwardtheninth< / > 5.00 Lady Of Clover< / >< / > 5.30 Master Of The Sky< / > 5.30 Crown Of Crowns< / >< / > 6.00 Kaito< / > 6.00 Temple Court< / >< / > 6.30 Revoked< / > 6.30 Revoked< / >< / > 7.00 Lovers Leap< / > 7.00 Likeness< / >< / > 7.30 SPIRIT LEAD ME (nap)< / > 7.30 Ernie's Valentine< / >< / > 8.00 Dorigo< / > 8.00 Cool King< / >< / > 8.30 King Of Ithaca< / > 8.30 Elite Approach< / >< / > | 纽马基特 (NEWMARKET) – 4.25 ROXA LOVE (nap)< / > |

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7.00 雌马障碍赛 (5) 7,600 英镑 增加 (£3.978) 1英里 13码 (9)

1 (6) 02L STYLE OF LIFE 16 (T) (D4) H Bethell 6-10-0....S D Bowen

2 (2) 495 WONDROUS LIGHT 22 (D2) J Portman 4-9-13...R Hornby

3 (1) 4-41 POETS PRAISE 41 (D) R Beckett 3-9-11.. R Clutterbuck

4 (9) 213 LIKENESS 11 J Channon 3-9-11.....G Bass

5 (4) 156 KAMAWAY 35 (D2) E J-Houghton 4-9-10.. C Hutchinson

6 (8) 143 ROUGE CITATION 27 (T) (C) E Bethell 3-9-10...D Tudhope

7 (3) L35 SILKEN BAY 37 (H) (C&D) Dr R Newland 3-9-7..Jack Doughty

8 (5) 323 LOVERS LEAP 26 (BF3) J Chapple-Hyam 3-9-5..David Egan

9 (7) 865 JOJO'S LEGACY 158 (T) A Keatley 3-9-3....MP Sheehy

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预计起始赔率 (SP)：9-4 Poets Praise, 5 Rogue Citation, Likeness.

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7.30 障碍赛 (6) 6,200 英镑 增加 (3,245 英镑) 1英里 13码 (14)

1 (11) 434 ENPASSANT 14 (C) S Dixon 5-9-9.....C Howarth (3)

2 (9) 08L KING OF YORK 14 (B) (C) S Dixon 7-9-8... C Shepherd

3 (12) 742 ERNIE'S VALENTINE 21 (D2) R Burdon 7-9-7.....A Egan (5)

4 (6) 986 SPIRIT LEAD ME 29 (P) (C&DD) R Hughes 4-9-7..F Marsh

5 (10) L98 MOON BEGINNINGS 17 (B) D Loughnane 4-9-7... Joanna Mason

6 (3) 353 SHAW PARK 6 (P) (C) S Dixon 7-9-7. Mikkel Mortensen (5)

7 (5) 463 UNION ISLAND 73 (C&DD6) C Johnston 5-9-6. J Callan

8 (13) 122 CAPTAIN CESS 30 (BF2) D Carroll 4-9-6.....Z Wheatley

9 (1) 265 VOLTO DI MEDUSA 17 (B) (C&D2) Jack Jones 5-9-6... C Fallon

10 (2) 776 MAN OF DESERT 21 (BT) C Dwyer 5-9-5...S De Sousa

11 (8) 123 ASIAN JOURNEY 104 (T) S England 5-9-5.....J Peate

12 (14) 544 BIG ALEX WALMSLEY 12 Mrs I G-Leveque 4-8-12... B Sayette

13 (4) 240 PRETTY SPIRITED 23 (D2) L Mullaney 4-8-9... A Volkhansky

14 (7) 923 HAVE YOU A MINUTE 23 (C&D) T Tate 6-8-9... S Osborne

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8.00 EBF 限定初赛 (4) (2 增加 £10,000 (£5,400)) 6英里 16码 (11) | 1 | (2) | L47 | KAITO 77 G Boughey 9-9......J Callan | 1 | (5) | 343 | COOL KING 21 (BF) M Botti 9-7......S De Sousa | 2 | (6) | 343 | TEMPLE COURT 54 E J-Houghton 9-9......C Hutchinson | 1 | (5) | 343 | DORIGO 12 K Ryan 9-7......K Stott | 3 | (8) | 895 | ARLECCHINO'S MOON 34 M Usher 9-8......C Lee | 2 | (1) | 438 | INCHI'S MOOCH W Greatrex 9-7......R Hornby | 4 | (3) | 534 | THUNDA STRUCK 25 (B) D Loughnane 9-6......S De Sousa | 3 | (11) | 5 | (4) | 086 | SOLAR MISSION 17 G Nicholls 9-5......W Cox | 4 | (7) | 52 | CHRISTMAS IS COMIN 23 Mrs S Leech 9-4......Josephine Gordon | 6 | (5) | 37L | UNBEATABLE FAME 35 R &amp; P Fahey 9-3......C Hardie | 5 | (8) | L | DENVER SLUICE 17 Lemos Souza 9-4......F Marsh | 7 | (12) | 553 | CASABLANCA DREAM 21 M Botti 9-2......M Ghiani | 6 | (10) | L | JAYDEE'S DREAM 187 Mrs A Duffield 9-4......David Egan | 8 | (11) | 452 | COURAGE BEST 10 B Millman 9-1......D Keenan | 7 | (2) | <td colspan="2">EDGE OF DESIRE R Spencer 9-2......S Osborne | 9 | (9) | 896 | STRONG PERFORMANCE 21 W Knight 9-0......C Fallon | 8 | (6) | <td colspan="2">MAEVEONTIME D Cunha 9-2......J Callan | 10 | (1) | 905 | PURRISTA 8 G Tutty 8-9......Joanna Mason | 9 | (9) | 6 | PEACOCK'S WAY 73 J Candlish 9-2......D Keenan | 11 | (7) | 575 | LE GRAND ETOILE 45 (B) C Johnston 8-5...S D Bowen | 10 | (4) | 6R2 | DUN EIDEANN 65 T Dascombe 8-13......P-L Jamin | 12 | (10) | LL6 | UBETTANOTBLINK 12 Craig Lidster 8-4......A Mullen | 11 | (3) | 83 | EAGLE STORM 52 J Candlish 8-13......A Mullen | <td colspan="6">预计起拍价 (SP): 5-2 Casablanca Dream, 3 Courage Best. | <td colspan="2">预计起拍价 (SP): 5-6 Dorigo, 7 Cool King, Christmas Is Comin. | ---

6.30 育马赛 (DIV 2) (6) (2-Y-0) 增加 £6,200 8.30 让磅赛 (4) 增加 £10,000 (£5,234) 7f (£3,245) 1m 13yds (11) 14yds (12) | 1 | (1) | 573 | 撤销 14 C Cox 9-9......J Leavy | 1 | (6) | 521 | NOSTRUM (5ibex) 5 (CD2) M Appleby 6-10-3....K Stott | 2 | (9) | 038 | HELLO YOU TEN 10 (T) (BF) J Osborne 9-8. S Osborne | 2 | (11) | 742 | BILLYB 21 (P) (C2D2) Craig Lidster 7-10-0....D Tudhope | 3 | (10) | 736 | PEN LAN ICON 18 D Loughnane 9-7......S De Sousa | 3 | (7) | 270 | AISLING OSCAR 146 (P) (CD5) A Keatley 5-9-10...MP Sheehy | 4 | (11) | L27 | WHISKEY GALORE 21 (V) M Bell 9-5......C Shepherd | 4 | (12) | 541/ | ENACTING 650 (H) (D) J Fanshawe 4-9-9......J Peate | 5 | (6) | 977 | LADY NENAZ 16 T Ward 9-4......R Hornby | 5 | (8) | 441 | ELITE APPROACH 13 Joey Ramsden 3-9-9......F Marsh | 6 | (4) | L90 | BESTYET 10 R Hughes 9-2......F Marsh | 6 | (4) | 510 | MONTEZIN 33 (PT) (D) A Brittain 4-9-9......C Hardie | 7 | (7) | 488 | SOLDIER'S ECHO 6 H Palmer 9-1......K Stott | 7 | (5) | 800 | PRINCE OF PILLO 35 (C) R &amp; P Fahey 6-9-4 H Russell | 8 | (3) | 464 | LUNAR BLOSSOM 20 (P) W Knight 9-1......C Fallon | 8 | (3) | 842 | KING OF ITHACA 20 (H) (C&amp;D4D2) J Tate 6-9-4. R Hornby | 9 | (8) | LL6 | MOHANGEL 16 (P) M Appleby 8-13......Jude Maher (7) | 9 | (1) | 114 | SUPREME CLARETS 16 (D2) R &amp; P Fahey 3-9-3. O McSweeney | 10 | (2) | L26 | ASTRAL CALLING 15 K R Burke 8-9......P-L Jamin | 10 | (10) | 52-1 | NOT THAT GUY 23 (T) H Palmer 3-9-2......C Fallon | 11 | (5) | 698 | THE KALONJI MAN 27 (B) R Hannon 8-4......S D Bowen | 11 | (9) | 345 | JERSEY MAVERICK 29 (D) B Haslam 4-9-1.A Brookes | <td colspan="3">预计起步赔率 (SP): 9-4 撤销, 5 Whiskey Galore. | 12 | (2) | L73 | WAR HOWL 33 (D2BF) B Haslam 4-8-13......A Mullen | 赛道详情：左手 Tapeta 合成赛道。场地状况：标准。闸位：5f 中心；其余在内侧。抽签优势：无。顶尖骑师：Joanna Mason。顶尖练马师：M Appleby。

预计起步赔率 (SP): 4 Nostrum, 6 Not That Guy, 7 King Of Ithaca.

最远行程马匹：Courage Best (6.00) 216 英里。级别下降：5.00 State Express 在上次比赛中下降了 2 个级别（从 4 级降至 6 级）；6.00 Kaito (3)。

六国赛是我职业生涯的最低谷——但它给了我所需的警钟

弗雷迪·斯图尔特（FREDDIE STEWARD）在莱斯特队再次大放异彩，并将重返英格兰队的目光锁定在前方

弗雷迪·斯图尔特在最后一枚飞镖精准命中20倍区中心后，对着镜头指点庆祝，脸上洋溢着笑容。

“我撒谎了！”他在莱斯特队的欧瓦尔公园（Oval Park）训练场走向标靶时惊呼道，此前他刚刚投出了一个足以让卢克·利特勒（Luke Littler）感到自豪的三位数高分。

“我说过我不怎么玩。但其实我玩——而且玩得相当多！”

斯图尔特心情如此之好并不令人意外。就像在投镖线前一样，他在新赛季英超橄榄球（Prem Rugby）前两轮的表现同样令人印象深刻。

在失去英格兰队首发位置并被贴上“单一技巧球员”的标签后，这位25岁的球员不得不克服相当多的逆境。但在与斯图尔特共处约一小时后，很明显他已经走出了那些黑暗时光。

这是斯图尔特 2.0, 一个毫无疑问地成为俱乐部核心力量，且依然能为国家队效力的男人。

“我人生中的这个阶段是我感到最有安全感的时刻，”在接受《每日邮报》体育版采访时，陷入沉思的斯图尔特说道，“我觉得自己现在像个男人了，更成熟了。我刚刚买了属于自己的房子。”

“我肯定不觉得自己25, 那是肯定的。我觉得自己现在在橄榄球之外的生活中达到了前所未有的平静，而这种状态也很好地转化到了我的比赛方式中。”

斯图尔特在莱斯特队和英格兰队的崛起非常迅速。他在

2022年随“老虎队”（Tigers）赢得了英超冠军，并成为了国际赛事的常客，他6英尺4英寸的魁梧身材使他成为一名令人生畏的全卫。

但当世界橄榄球联合会（World Rugby）——该运动的管理机构——在2024年底做出一项重大规则调整时，斯图尔特的“超级优势”被抵消了。在踢球追击情况和空中争球中，对于阻挡对方球员的处罚变得更加严格，这使得抢球变得更像是一场随机的抽奖。

规则的改变也影响了整个英格兰队。他们的“踢球回收”战术曾让史蒂夫·博思威克（Steve Borthwick）的球队在

今年六国赛中取得12场连胜，但随后局势急转直下，英格兰队最终排名第五。

开球：明天 7. 45pm，韦尔福德路球场。电视转播：TNT Sports 1. 直播。裁判：卡尔·迪克森（Karl Dickson）。

斯图尔特在对阵威尔士、苏格兰和爱尔兰的比赛中首发，但在对阵爱尔兰的比赛中，他在半场前被替换下场。自那以后，他没有在正式测试赛中出场过一分钟，博思威克敦促他在比赛中增加更多维度，随后在15号位置上起用了埃利奥特·戴利（Elliot Daly），接着是马库斯·史密斯（Marcus Smith）。

“那很困难。那可能是我职业生涯中的最低谷之一，”斯图尔特在谈到对阵爱尔兰队被撤下时说道，“在我的朋友、家人以及80,000名观众面前走下场，对我来说很尴尬。”

“我和史蒂夫进行了一次深入的交谈。我理解他的理由。我们在那场比赛中需要改变战术，换上一名更具进攻性的全卫。但即使你能接受一个决定，这依然不容易。”

莱斯特队在联赛前两场比赛中——一场是对阵萨拉森队（Saracens）的精彩失利，一场是对阵纽卡斯尔队的胜利——表明斯图尔特已经做到了博思威克的要求。

“我需要改进我的进攻能力，这并不是秘密，”他承认道，“为了尝试进入英格兰队，这必须实现。我之前的打法稍微有点过于单一。”

“我非常努力地在比赛中增加爆发力和力量。现在，我觉得自己肩负着一种责任，尤其是在莱斯特队，要成为一个能改变局势的人，成为第二组织者并更多地参与其中。我觉得我在身体状态上处于巅峰。我觉得我可以主导比赛。”

斯图尔特对博思威克的诉求以及在英格兰队失利后遭受的社交媒体辱骂所做出的反应令人印象深刻。如果今年秋天他能重新夺回国家队的 15 号球衣，人们将不会感到惊讶。

“批评不应该是决定性因素，”他补充道，“但我不会假装它对我没有影响。你可能会听到十件好事和一件坏事，但总是那一件坏事让你思考最多。它是火上浇油的燃料。这绝对是我想要提升比赛能力的动力。”

“我极具竞争心——一直如此。但我现在不是英格兰队的 1 号，所以直到我夺回那个位置，我永远不会满足。如果我能成为一名依然能够接球且接球稳健的后卫，那绝对是一个超级优势。[规则的改变]几乎是一个警钟——一个在其他领域投入更多时间的绝佳机会。”

“放弃不在我的天性中。这部分归功于我的成长环境，但也与这家俱乐部有关。面对挫折并反击是身在莱斯特队的一部分。”

作为现在的老虎队（Tigers）副队长，斯图尔特准备在明晚面对复苏的格洛斯特队。他希望带领他儿时的主队重返英超（Prem）第一名，并明年在澳大利亚参加他的第二次世界杯。

“英格兰队对我意味着一切，”斯图尔特说，“今年的全部目标就是前往澳大利亚。我对此无比渴望。”

考虑到他克服逆境的方式，不要打赌他做不到。

肯普顿（KEMPTON）

5.00 — CARAGIO (Taryn Langley)

6-5F 1; Timely Affair 5-1 2; Lady Manzor 9-1 3. 8 匹参赛. (Adam Kirby).

2½, 1¾. Tote: 2.20; 1.40, 2.30, 1.20.

Ex: 8.90. Tc: 37.40. Tf: 37.60. CSF: 7.59. NR: Nezeeh.

5.30 — TWELVE BARS (O Murphy) 4-5F 1; Lancaster Tower 9-4(2ndFav) 2; Fenaroli 10-1 3.8 匹参赛. (H Palmer). $\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{3}{4}$ . Tote: 1.80; 1.20, 1.10, 2.60. Ex: 3.10. Tf: 16.10. CSF: 2.94. NRs: Kaboom, Work Like Hell.

6.00 — INMYOPINION (F Marsh) 16-1 1; Miss Trickster 80-1 2; Usaylah 9-2 3. 12 匹参赛. (A Perrett). nk, nk. Tote: 18.20; 3.90, 15.40, 2.00. Ex: 918.00. Tf: 4061.70. CSF: 900.23.

6.30 — QUEEN OF SCOTLAND (B Loughnane) 7-4(2ndFav) 1; Yamnah 5-1 2; Marquetry 9-2 3. 8 匹参赛. (G Boughey). $1^{1 / 2}$ , $1^{3 / 4}$ . Tote: 2.75; 1.10, 1.20, 1.60. Ex: 11.40. Tf: 35.80. CSF: 11.48. NR: Baba Ganoush.

7.00 — ROYAL COUNTY GLORY (O Murphy) 5-6F 1; Credit Forgedd It 12-1 2; Because We Can 8-1 3. 14 匹参赛. (Jack Jones). nk, nk. Tote: 1.84; 1.10, 4.50, 3.00. Ex: 20.50. Tc: 70.46. Tf: 125.20. CSF: 13.95.

7.30 — KINIRO (O Murphy) 6-5F 1; Blue Orbit 17-2 2; Goldwork 5-1(2ndFav) 3. 11 匹参赛. (Dan Horsford). $^{3 / 4}$ , $^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 2.20; 1.30, 3.10, 2.30. Ex: 16.00. Tc: 43.15. Tf: 84.20. CSF: 12.36. NR: Elvetham.

8.00 — BENVOY (R Havlin) 17-2 1; Gemmari 6-1 2; Autumn's Breeze 66-1 3. 9 匹参赛. (Miss J Davis). nk, $^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 9.50; 2.20, 2.30, 11.70. Ex: 56.90. Tc: 3157.53. Tf: 2043.90. CSF: 59.86.

8.30 — SNOOKER MCCREW (A Redman) 7-2 1; Our Dagger 3-1JtFav 2; Celtic John 8-1 3. 13 匹参赛. (M Comley). $^{1 / 4}$ , $^{2I}$ . Tote: 4.50; 1.50, 2.00, 2.80. Ex: 28.00. Tc: 87.63. Tf: 251.20. CSF: 15.31.

Placepot £15.50. Q'pot £17.00.

诺丁汉（NOTTINGHAM）

1.29 — CASTLEROCK GIRL (Rossa Ryan) 2-1(2ndFav) 1; Californian Angel 5-1 2; Cartography 50-1 3.8 匹参赛. (C Cox). 2 $^{3 / 4}$ , 2l. Tote: 3.00; 1.10, 1.20, 12.20. Ex: 7.40, Tf: 147.20, CSF: 12.84.

1.59 — NOWSHESDANCING (Kaiya Fraser) 11-2 1; Hello Friend 7-2 2; Palomezcal 22-1 3. 7 匹参赛. (Harry Eustace). 1½, nk. Tote: 6.50; 2.90, 2.20. Ex: 32.40. Tf: 308.40. CSF: 25.49.

2.29 — GAINFUL (Rossa Ryan) 5-6F 1; Caldo 11-2(Jt2ndFav) 2; Top Scholar 11-2(Jt2ndFav) 3. 5 匹参赛. (R Beckett). 3l, 1¼. Tote: 1.84; 1.20, 2.00. Ex: 6.20. Tf: 20.80. CSF: 5.76.

2.59 — FOSCARINI (C Bishop) 9-21; Northern Viola 5-1 2; Akaraka 11-10F 3. 5 匹参赛. (E J-Houghton). 1½, shd. Tote: 5.90; 2.60, 1.50. Ex: 22.70. Tf: 44.40. CSF: 25.03.

3.29 — TAMZAN (Ashley Lewis) 4-1(2ndFav) 1; Darkness 13-22; Quisana 3-1F 3. 9 匹参赛. (M Tregoning). 1I, 4I. Tote: 5.00; 1.60, 2.10, 1.70. Ex: 37.20. Tc: 88.94. Tf: 87.70. CSF: 30.38.

3.59 — SUDU (R Dawson) 9-1 1; Borjina 8-1 2; Medway Queen 8-1

3. 13 匹参赛. (R Varian). $1^{1 / 4}$ , $5^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 11.40; 3.20, 2.70, 3.40. Ex: 105.50. Tc: 620.27. Tf: 1571.20. CSF: 83.46. 4.29 — EDWIN HUBBLE (T Marquand) 9-2JtFav 1; Double Red 7-1 2; Great Blasket 11-2 3. 10 匹参赛. (B Meehan). hd, $1^{3 / 4}$ . Tote: 6.10; 2.00, 2.70, 2.40. Ex: 53.30. Tc: 179.27. Tf: 389.50. CSF: 36.74. NRs: Marhaba The Champ, Porth Eilian.

5.05 — DRISH SAMPHIRE (C Horgan) 11-1 1; Desert Master 7-1 2; Asadjumeirah 11-2 3. 14 匹参赛. (L Mullaney). nk, 1¼. Tote: 13.90; 4.20, 2.50, 2.40. Ex: 115.70. Tc: 499.85. Tf: 657.90. CSF: 88.79. NRs: Hope And Joy, The Feminine Urge.

Placepot £125.50. Q'pot £24.00.

SEDGEFIELD

1.50 — MIA SUNSHINE (S Fenelon) 22-1 1; Military Cross 10-3 2; Imperial Trooper 11-2 3. 9 匹参赛. (M Bowen). 11I, 10I. Tote: 23.00;

4.20, 1.10, 2.20. Ex: 122.80. Tf: 685.60. CSF: 97.85.

2.20 — FLASHY BOY (Charlie Price) 5-4F 1; Swingforthefence 3-1 2; Henry Box Brown 13-8(2ndFav) 3.3 匹参赛. (R L Llewellyn). 29l, 45l. Tote: 2.25; Ex: 4.60. Tf: 3.90. CSF: 4.73. NRs: Just Keeps Rolling, Present Fair.

2.50 — JET OF DREAMS (Richard Upton) 7-4(2ndFav) 1; Lady Kara 11-8F 2; Neigh Botha 11-1 3.4 匹参赛. (W Greatrex). $^{3 / 4}$ , 19l. Tote: 2.75; Ex: 5.10. Tf: 11.70. CSF: 4.75.

3.20 — AIMERIC (Sean Quinlan) 2-1(2ndFav) 1; William Yeats 6-5F 2; Cosmic Soul 5-1 3.7 匹参赛. (J Candlish). $^{1 / 2}$ , $^{3 / 2}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.40, 1.40. Ex: 4.30. Tf: 9.10. CSF: 5.07.

3.50 — CLEAN GETAWAY (J Williamson) 11-2 1; Cadillac Ranch 18-1 2; Littletown Lad 13-8F 3.10 匹参赛. (P Kirby). $^{3 / 4}$ , 4l. Tote: 6.90; 1.60, 5.00, 1.30. Ex: 80.30. Tc: 232.75. Tf: 368.40. CSF: 87.76.

4.20 — YOULOOKLIKEYOURMUM (W Maggs) 5-1 1; Lady Scarphia 14-1 2; Movanna evens F 3.7 匹参赛.

(Justin Landy). 6½, 3l. Tote: 6.00; 2.60, 4.10. Ex: 46.20. Tf: 103.00. CSF: 67.70.

Placepot £155.20. Q'pot £33.50.

WORCESTER

1.05 — KING ROLY (J Bowen)

11-8F 1; Karnaval Point

10-3(2ndFav) 2; Snipe 5-1 3. 6 匹参赛. (M Bowen). 5½, 1½. Tote: 2.38; 1.40, 1.80. Ex: 6.10. Tf: 21.40. CSF: 6.72.

1.35 — BEL OMBRE (C O'Farrell)

5-1 1; Kelijoe 9-4F 2; Livingit Du Large 12-1 3. 6 匹参赛. (N Mulholland).

11l, 20l. Tote: 6.00; 2.80, 1.70. Ex: 18.40. Tf: 98.10. CSF: 17.31.

2.05 — DUNDEE LAW (Harry Atkins) 13-8F 1; Crystalate

11-4(2ndFav) 2; Lucky Bailly 125-1 3. 10 匹参赛. (D Skelton). 11l, nk. Tote: 2.63; 1.10, 1.30, 10.20. Ex: 5.40. Tf: 150.80. CSF: 6.55.

2.35 — WE'RE OUT OF ACES (S Bowen) 4-1 1; Song Of The Stars 11-10F 2; Sainte Colombe 7-2(2ndFav) 3.8 匹参赛. (G Elliott (IRE)).

¾, 15l. Tote: 5.00; 1.10, 1.10, 1.80. Ex: 12.10. Tf: 32.70. CSF: 9.45.

NR: Affection. 3.05 — SPANISH DARLING (K Woods) 12-1 1; Cowboy Casanova 11-4(2ndFav) 2; Northern Olympian 18-1 3.12 匹参赛. (A Hales). 7l, ½. Tote: 16.90; 2.90, 1.40, 4.50. Ex: 79.60. Tf: 574.70. CSF: 49.95. NR: Wet Sail. 3.35 — TARANIS DUBH (S Bowen) 4-6F 1; Sheezer Dancer 2-1(2ndFav) 2; Mister Coko 40-1 3.12 匹参赛. (O Murphy). 3½, 5½. Tote: 1.70; 1.10, 1.10, 7.30. Ex: 3.20. Tf: 39.40. CSF: 2.27. NR: King's Affinity.

4.05 — JOLLIE DAME (H Skelton) 2-1F 1; Billy Butcher 13-2 2; Calibos 11-1 3.10 匹参赛. (D Skelton). 2¼, ¾ / 4. Tote: 3.00; 1.20, 2.10, 2.60. Ex: 16.10. Tc: 120.53. Tf: 180.50. CSF: 16.81. NR: Estate Planning.

4.35 — BROOKSIDE LA (H Skelton) 11-4F 1; October Hill 10-1 2; Roe And Co 7-1 3.10 匹参赛. (D Skelton). 9l, 4¼. Tote: 3.75; 1.20, 2.70, 2.20. Ex: 30.00. Tc: 180.37. Tf: 184.70. CSF: 30.70.

Placepot £16.80. Q'pot £4.80.

圣徒队老板埃克特在“间谍门”风波中“吸取教训”

来自体育版

经理。他想看看对方的防守阵型，因此派人去观察他们的训练。

今年4月，他同意接收伊普斯维奇在国家联赛伊斯特利（National League Eastleigh）训练的闭路电视（CCTV）画面，此前该队将与他的圣徒队进行比赛。

关于博罗（Boro），埃克特告诉小组，在一次准备会议上，他询问是否有可能查明明星中场海登·哈克尼（Hayden Hackney）是否已恢复训练。

“一名助手告知我，米德尔斯堡足球俱乐部的训练场位于一个公众可以进入的高尔夫球场，”他补充道。

“我说我们应该派人去那里看看海登·哈克尼是否在训练。没有人对此提议表示

又是“间谍门”！针对“圣徒队教练”的调查启动

独家报道

作者：克雷格·霍普（CRAIG HOPE）

米德尔斯堡捕捉到一名被认为是南安普顿一线队分析师的人员，据称其正通过一家廉价酒店记录他们的训练课，这引起了轰动

任何保留或反对意见。

这次交流仅持续了几分钟，随后我们继续开会。我确认，我没有要求拍摄米德尔斯堡足球俱乐部（Middlesborough FC [sic]）训练课的任何视频，也没有指定任何特定人员前往米德尔斯堡（Middlesborough [sic]）去确认海登·哈克尼是否在训练。

重磅消息：我们如何在5月报道“间谍门”新闻

“然而，我承认要求进行任何形式的观察是错误的。”

实习生威尔·索尔特（Will Salt）被派往该地点，并被博罗队发现——博罗队随后向英格兰足球联赛（EFL）投诉——但在那之前，埃克特已经“收到了一份视频分析报告……包括预测的阵容”。埃克特表示：“我当时已经完成了比赛准备工作，但我看了那些视频”。

小组赞扬了埃克特的“真诚悔改”。他辩称，在他于德国和意大利工作期间，监视对手的训练课是“司空见惯”的，他不知道这在英格兰违反规定。

他补充说，关于他恐吓年轻员工进行监视的说法令他“极其难过”，他绝不会强迫任何人去做任何违背其道德原则的事情，更不用说违反任何规定。

小组认为，埃克特不存在“系统性或有组织的行动”，且存在“相当大的减轻情节”，他表现出了“深刻且有意义”的悔意并“吸取了教训”。

拉姆退出，LIV再遭打击

高尔夫

乔恩·拉姆（JON RAHM）已退出LIV高尔夫，因为他认为 2.0 版本的条款“不可接受”。

在沙特资金撤出后，LIV陷入分崩离析，导致人们对其球星的未来产生疑问。据报道，由于巡回赛前景日益不明，该组织已在8月通知大多数员工其职位已被终止。

沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金（PIF）表示，将在 2026 年之后停止资助，但该联赛在申请破产后，已从BC Partners Credit获得了可能高达 £2.27 亿 的融资。

不过，拉姆将不会参与其中。他的律师约翰·贝克（John Beck）表示，这位西班牙人已“独立审查了 LIV 2.0, 的条款，并认定其不可接受”。据称，拉姆与LIV正在就“一项共识性的分离协议”进行谈判。

据BBC体育报道，球员将不需要加入LIV 2.0，即使他们此前签署了多年合同。

“PIF宣布的资金承诺将走到终点，”一名LIV发言人告诉《高尔夫文摘》（Golf Digest）。“因此，在我们向LIV高尔夫的下一个章节过渡之际，我们正在缩减运营规模。”

刘易斯·布朗宁（LEWIS BROWNING）

马克斯在没有霍纳的生活中享受惬意

一级方程式赛车（FORMULA ONE）

马克斯·维斯塔潘表示，在没有克里斯蒂安·霍纳的情况下，一级方程式赛车的围场“压力更小”，而他的前红牛老板正 eyeing 回归这项运动。

霍纳去年离开了红牛，此前他曾带领维斯塔潘赢得了全部四次车手冠军。这位 52 岁的男子最近宣布他有“未竟之业”，并谈到了领导法拉利车队的“梦想”。

尽管法拉利车队在宣布对领队弗雷德·瓦塞尔充满信心后，霍纳潜在的回归仍然是赛道上最热门的话题之一。

霍纳与梅赛德斯的同行托托·沃尔夫以及迈凯伦的扎克·布朗之间的争端塑造了过去十年大部分时间里的一级方程式赛车。但上周日在马来西亚获得本赛季首胜的维斯塔潘坚称，不需要霍纳回归。

维斯塔潘说：“我喜欢看到人们和谐相处。当你不断处于紧张状态时，感觉并不好。外界的人喜欢看这个，但在车队之间，保持友好的关系会更好。”

“虽然没那么刺激，但我相当喜欢目前的情况，包括每个人的行为，就这么说吧。压力更小了。我们都在过着压力巨大的生活，所以当你有时能减轻一点压力时，这是件好事。”

“而且这也不是我关心的事。他想回来，如果有好的机会，我相信他会这么做，但我不知道那会是在哪里。”

乔纳森·麦克沃伊（JONATHAN McEVOY）

“他们说你再也无法踢球了”

By MATT BARLOW

德扬·库卢塞夫斯基（Dejan Kulusevski）缺阵的时长揭示了其膝盖伤势的严重程度，但直到他的家人写了一封真挚的公开信，人们才意识到当时的警告是多么明确且严峻。

“他们说你可能再也无法踢球了，”这封由他的妻子埃尔迪娜（Eldina，前足球运动员）用瑞典语写成并在社交媒体上发布的信中透露。这封信发布于他回到托特纳姆热刺全面训练的那一天。

“他们显然不知道你是谁。”

这是在9月1日写下的，距离他在对阵水晶宫的一场看似平常的碰撞中导致髌骨受损已过去了477天。

一个月多以后，在克服了身体对再次进行全接触运动的剧烈反应而导致的必然小挫折后，他的个人天数计数器已超过500天。

不过，库卢塞夫斯基仍在不断进步，并接近回归比赛日大名单。

在国际比赛日期间，他一直参与一线队的完整训练计划。在第一周，他与其他未被国家队征召的热刺球员一起休息。

在第二周结束时，这位26岁的瑞典人参加了一场内部比赛，当时罗伯托·德泽尔比（Roberto De Zerbi）的一线队球员与一支由Under 18和U21梯队组成的球队进行了11对11的对抗赛。

谨慎依然是主基调，但随着英超联赛回归，而热刺目前处于垫底且急需提振，库卢塞夫斯基几乎已经准备就绪。

这是一次艰苦卓绝的努力。他妻子的公开信详细描述了“痛苦”、“怀疑”、“手术”以及“无数小时的训练与康复”，以及他的“力量”和“耐心”将如何激励他们的两个女儿。

“这是一个我会向她们讲述很多次的故事，”埃尔迪娜写道，“讲述她们的父亲如何在没有任何保证的情况下坚持下去。讲述他在无人关注、无人喝彩，且无人能向他保证这一切都值得的时候，是如何继续前行的。”

“讲述她们的父亲如何经历手术、痛苦和挫折，如何怀疑并跌倒——但每一次，每一次都重新站了起来。”

“讲述她们的父亲被告知可能再也无法踢球——但他拒绝让任何人写下他故事的结局。讲述她们的父亲向我们证明，力量并不是指永不崩溃——而是在崩溃时依然能找到继续前行的理由。”

“有一天，当生活考验我们的女儿时，我会告诉她们关于

德扬·库卢塞夫斯基

515天地狱之行的

不为人知的故事，

以及一次“碰撞”

如何演变成

灾难性的

膝盖伤势

德扬·库卢塞夫斯基因伤缺席了托特纳姆热刺最近的62场比赛。热刺在这些比赛中仅赢了19场。

这477天的事迹，好让她们永远记得血管里流淌着怎样的血液。”在他缺阵期间，热刺更换了四任主教练、三任队长、两任主席，并为他的右翼位置尝试了各种替代方案。

家庭生活也发生了变化，他去年夏天结婚，今年又迎来第二个女儿的出生。

面对这一切，库卢塞夫斯基始终保持着极高的专注度，他对足球一贯的投入在反击的决心驱动下得到了增强，他不允许这次受伤成为他的终点。他在职业生涯中时而与兹拉坦·伊布拉希莫维奇（Zlatan Ibrahimovic）和克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多（Cristiano Ronaldo）关系密切并非巧合。两人都拥有超人的个人驱动力，而这种驱动力源于拒绝被他人判定为“完蛋”的决心。

“他表现出的坚强程度令人难以置信，”布莱顿和瑞典队的中场球员亚辛·阿亚里（Yasin Ayari）上个月表示，他与库卢塞夫斯基的妹妹桑德拉（Sandra）订婚。“很少有人在经历这么多之后还能起床并继续战斗。他一边战斗一边保持快乐，这很不寻常。他的心理素质非常强大，我从中受益匪浅。”

这并非库卢塞夫斯基职业生涯中第一次面对韧性的考验。16岁离开斯德哥尔摩前往意大利加盟亚特兰大时，他在适应新生活方面遇到了困难。期间还经历了伤病以及注册手续上的障碍，导致他一年没能踢球。

“我当时住在个小房间里，里面只有一张床、一台电视和一台马桶，”库卢谢夫斯基在2024年说道。“我每天上学七个小时，但什么也听不懂，所以我就坐在那里写押韵诗和足球阵型，无聊透顶。回到家后，我会看几个小时的电视，或者和母亲聊上好几个小时。我们每天都通话。”

他的父母在马其顿出生并长大。父亲斯特凡在阿兰达机场开接驳车，经常通宵工作。母亲卡蒂卡鼓励儿子回家，但他拒绝放弃。

库卢谢夫斯基说：“当我在意大利时，她就像在说，‘回家吧！回瑞典来。’但我内心有一个声音告诉我不要。放弃是每个人都会做的事，而你不能随大流。我必须咬牙坚持下去。”

耐心和决心得到了回报，他先是在帕尔马租借成功，随后转会至尤文图斯，并在2022年1月加盟热刺。在安格·波斯特科格鲁的率领下，库卢谢夫斯基迅速成长并大放异彩。

在对阵水晶宫的比赛中他受伤了——就在欧联杯决赛战胜曼联的十天前——当时并未引起立即的警觉。波斯特科格鲁将其轻描淡写为“只是轻微碰撞”，而现在这段话已变得臭名昭著。

扫描结果显示他的膝盖受损更为严重。库卢谢夫斯基接受了手术，并拄着拐杖、右腿戴着支具出席了毕尔巴鄂的决赛。

在球队上赛季陷入保级危机之际，他的康复之路异常艰难。

在托马斯·弗兰克或伊戈尔·图多尔执教期间，库卢谢夫斯基完全没有上场。最初的预测是他将在12月回归，但当训练强度增加时，他的膝盖出现了疼痛。

热刺在1月份为他进行了一系列注射治疗，希望以此避免进一步手术；随后在3月，他接受了所谓的“小干预”以清理关节。这些并发症导致的时间损失让他失去了参加世界杯的机会。

瑞典队医生乔纳斯·维尔纳指出，软骨可能受损，而软骨的作用是让髌骨在不产生磨损的情况下在股骨末端滑动。这类软骨问题可能与髌骨脱位以及最初认为情况不严重的情况相吻合。髌骨可能会脱出后又复位，但在剧烈震动时容易损坏关节的其他部分。

这种情况充满了复杂性且令人真正担忧，正如库卢谢夫斯基在恢复训练时所透露的那样。因此，热刺方面保持了高度沉默，除了髌骨受伤的最基本细节外，从未确认过任何其他信息。

自3月手术以来，库卢谢夫斯基的进展一直处于极度谨慎之中。当热刺在8月初发布他带球奔跑和射门的视频时，随附了一项警告，提醒人们不要过于乐观。

膝盖的感觉可能已经好转，但仍需通过各项测试，恢复体能水平和竞技状态，且他的身体必须重新适应竞争激烈的足球比赛。

没有人指望巅峰时期的库卢谢夫斯基能瞬间回归，但他在缓慢地向目标靠近。现在看来，问题不再是“是否”能回归，而是“何时”回归。

对于热刺以及更多人来说，这应当是一个值得庆祝的消息。

终于等到：库卢谢夫斯基在（插图）膝盖受伤后参加训练 SHUTTERSTOCK / PA

真是场“梅西”般的告别！

作者：塔玛拉·普伦 (TAMARA PRENN)

利昂内尔·梅西在阿根廷的告别赛被指责无视一名贝宁球员，且因马尔维纳斯群岛（福克兰群岛）问题引发更多争议。这位 39 岁的球星周二晚上在布宜诺斯艾利斯迎来了英雄般的送别，在 3-0 击败贝宁的友谊赛中，他攻入一记点球并贡献两次助攻。

当他向祖国及已故父亲豪尔赫致敬时，队友、家人以及看台上的球迷们纷纷落泪。但梅西在社交媒体上因处理一张自拍请求的方式而遭到抨击。一名贝宁球员在试图拍照时将手臂搭在梅西肩上，但梅西似乎对他视而不见。随后一名队友介入，建议该球员放弃。此外，阿根廷国歌的演唱者、马尔维纳斯战争老兵法比奥·桑塔纳（Fabio Santana）也引起了关注，他站在一面旗帜旁，这面旗帜是在阿根廷于世界杯半决赛击败英格兰后从人群中扔下的。随后，桑塔纳用这面旗帜裹住自己并拥抱了梅西，展示着“马尔维纳斯”横幅。阿根廷足球协会在今年夏天因球员持有该横幅并唱反英歌曲而被罚款 23.7 万英镑。梅西对人群说：“这可能是我职业生涯中最悲伤的一天。我不想离开这里。我不想离开球场。我爱你们所有人，我会想念你们所有人。我为成为阿根廷人而感到自豪。”

被批评：梅西与马尔维纳斯战争老兵法比奥·桑塔纳，后者披着一面写着群岛属于阿根廷的旗帜 SHUTTERSTOCK

引发争议：梅西在（插图）无视自拍请求前享受这一时刻

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葡萄牙战将

国家队主帅在球星声称其“违背承诺”后对其予以痛斥

作者：迈克尔·帕维特 (MICHAEL PAVITT)

在克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多在一份惊人的 1,996 字声明中指责葡萄牙主帅若日·热苏斯违背承诺后，热苏斯对此进行了反击。

11 天前，在国家队赢下挪威的一场欧国联比赛中，罗纳尔多在作为替补未出场后，乘坐私人飞机离开了国家队训练营，并誓言要讲述他那一方的故事。

在周二的一篇重磅 Instagram 帖子中，他声称热苏斯曾同意在下一场对阵丹麦队的赛前新闻发布会上，提交一份包含八点内容的道歉书（mea culpa），解释其对这位 41 岁球星愤而离场应承担的责任。

但热苏斯并未这样做。当昨天被问及这场争端时，他简短地回应道：“我读了那份声明，现在，就像我每天做的那样，我要去足协工作，思考球队和国家队的事情。”

罗纳尔多表示，他曾与热苏斯以及利雅得胜利的体育总监西芒·科蒂尼奥举行过会议，后者在沙特阿拉伯俱乐部期间与两人都有过合作。

这位前锋声称，双方达成了一项协议，由热苏斯澄清情况，解释葡萄牙主帅最初要求他参与该场比赛，但尽管他进行了热身，最终仍将其留在替补席上。

该澄清内容被包含在罗纳尔多声明中的一份八点剧本里。在声明中，他解释说，由于在挪威赛后未能表达感激之情，他已向球迷道歉，并坚称他将接受葡萄牙足协对他离开训练营的任何处罚。但他也表示，他原本期望热苏斯这样说：

1 我本人，而非其他人，向克里斯蒂亚诺提出了他本赛季在国家队的计划。那是一次漫长且非常愉快的交谈。

2 我知道他多么热爱国家队，以及他在世界上具有的分量，更不用说他连续 24 年给国家队带来的分量和积极影响。

3 我向克里斯蒂亚诺提出的计划得到了认可。

4 他从未质疑我的选择。他是模范的，忠诚的，且专业的。

5 挪威之战并不在我为他制定的计划之中。然而，我觉得他在第一场比赛后已经恢复了体能，我也提醒过他，我可能需要启用他。克里斯蒂亚诺同意了。

6 我犯了一个错误，让一个像贝利或马拉多纳这样量级的人去热身，然后却没有让他上场。如果是在今天，我不会这么做。

7 为了结束这个话题：我希望克里斯蒂亚诺在国家队。事实上，我不是有点想要他，而是非常想要他。幸运的是，他也信任我。他在利雅得胜利信任我，在这里同样如此。

8 关于没有向球迷问候的问题。我们已经讨论过这件事了。一个为国家队出战超过 230 场比赛的人，不需要我来教他如何热爱葡萄牙。那只是一个挫败的时刻，但这抹不去任何东西。克里斯蒂亚诺是那个签最多名、拍最多自拍、对球迷表达最多关爱的球员。让我们不要在不存在问题的地方虚构问题。当我们不开心时，我们会有反应。

愤怒：罗纳尔多抨击热苏斯

热苏斯在那场新闻发布会上似乎遵循了罗纳尔多的一些要求，但并未提及所有内容。

在承认就罗纳尔多在挪威之战中的角色进行过讨论的同时，这位教练强调，最终决定权仍在他手中。

“身份并不能给球员带来特权。特权。身份是指对其职业生涯的尊重。就像我对克里斯（Cris）那样，”他说。

“我始终将问题放在首位，即与球员共同制定的计划，而由我来决定。他们都知道，甚至主席们也知道。主席在俱乐部负责，我在球队负责。”

热苏斯提到了传奇人物贝利和马拉多纳，并承认自己在处理罗纳尔多问题上犯了错误。

然而，他继续重申，他可以向球员承诺“任何我想承诺的事”，但对于基于球员地位而做出的决定，他不会改变主意。

“我告诉过克里斯，这两场比赛他不会上场，”热苏斯说道。“我在比赛过程中想，也许我会需要他，让他热身。但随后我并没有让他进入比赛。”

“任何球员，当我们热身了20或30分钟，然后却没有上场时，没有人会对此感到高兴。克里斯更是如此。至于贝利、马拉多纳，那是他们的地位。”

“比赛开始时，我在第45分钟让他热身，但我当时不知道自己会怎么做。这就是我做错的地方，我应该让他晚大约15分钟再开始热身。”

不过，热苏斯补充道：“比赛进程决定了我的行动。我以为我已经和他讨论过了，但也许直到最后几分钟我才需要他。”

“但比赛的情况决定了其他走向，所以我没有让他上场。”

“我可以承诺任何我想承诺的事。我是教练，我告诉球员他不会上场，但我会让你坐在替补席上。”

“因为我按照自己的方式看待比赛，所以他没有上场。永远不会有哪个球员能改变我的主意。永远不会，零可能。”

朱德蜕变，进攻解决……但帕尔默和福登的回归之路依然漫长

真材实料还是虚有其表？英格兰面临的重大问题

伊恩·莱迪曼 (IAN LADYMAN)

足球主编

周二，英格兰队在温布利球场以 3-0 大胜捷克队，以一场精彩且全面的胜利结束了他们的欧国联赛程。

主教练托马斯·图赫尔首次听到主场观众高喊他的名字。这位德国人赛后表示，看到英格兰队踢得如此具有冒险精神让他感到“自豪”，并认为他的球队在迎接 2028 年主场举办的欧洲杯之前，可能已经迈出了重要的一步。

那么，英格兰队是接近成为真正的强队，还是再次陷入“虚有其表”的境地？

《每日邮报》体育版在此回答关键问题。

新风格，新高度？图赫尔在世界杯期间的一个核心担忧是，他觉得球队中没有足够的球员能将训练场上的表现转化为大赛表现。对于无数在国家队压力下崩溃的英格兰球员来说，这是一个熟悉的问题。

在周二击败捷克队后，图赫尔暗示已经取得了进展。“我们曾说过，有时我们缺乏从[训练]到比赛的转化，”他说。“因此，我们对训练方式——不是大改，而是微调——以及进攻组织和防守结构做了一些调整。”

“我很开心这奏效了，而且球员们也接受了。”

一个根本性的方面是给予个人更多根据直觉发挥的自由。在对阵捷克队的比赛以及 7-0 大胜克罗地亚的比赛中，球队展现出了一种能量和节奏，而这种特质在面对较弱对手时并不总是明显。

英格兰队在面对顶级对手时能做到这一点吗？下个月在马德里对阵西班牙队，以及明年 3 月的两回合欧国联四分之一决赛时，我们将见分晓。

但图赫尔信心十足。“看到每个人都认同这个想法，以及为了突破到下一个水平而需要的细节调整，这太棒了，”他说。

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朱德的问题解决了吗？

作为队友的朱德·贝林厄姆的蜕变，以及作为球员的贝林厄姆的进步，是惊人的。

这位 23 岁的球员已从不受欢迎的人变成了英格兰队的候任队长。他现在正以顶尖水平踢国际足球，并带动了一些经验不足的队友。

就在 18 个月前，图赫尔还担心这位皇家马德里球星的位置纪律。坦率地说，这位德国人不信任贝林厄姆能在英格兰教练组设定的参数范围内胜任 No 10 角色。然而现在，他被告知可以随兴而为，遵循自己的直觉。

“他被释放出了笼子，”图赫尔的助手安东尼·巴里说道。同样，所有这些都需要在压力巨大的顶级对手面前接受压力测试。贝林厄姆依然是一个固执的人，这一点不会改变。

同样，他和教练永远不会成为最好的朋友。但只要存在正确的界限，这其实并不重要。

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前六名确定了吗？

确定了。在图赫尔的心中，由贝林厄姆、安东尼·戈登、布卡约·萨卡和哈里·凯恩组成的前四名已经尘埃落定。在他们身后，在最近四场比赛中表现出色的埃利奥特·安德森和德克兰·赖斯将提供支撑。

关于亚历克斯·斯科特的讨论很多，因为他在过去两周的表现令人印象深刻，而图赫尔对他赞赏有加。“亚历克斯将他的比赛提升到了一个新的水平，我们在对阵捷克队时确实很想念他，”他说道。

由于大腿受伤，斯科特将无法参加11月的集训，但除非再次受伤或状态大幅下滑，否则他将进入未来的每一支球队名单。

至于因伤退出本次集训的人员，赖斯、马库斯·拉什福德和蒂诺·利夫拉门托拥有一定的信任积累，很快就会回归，但像科比·梅努和科尔·帕尔默这样的人则需要等待一段时间。“必须这样，”图赫尔强调道。

“每个人都应该渴望、迫切地想要加入，因为球队已经步入正轨，那些认同这一点的球员值得赞赏。

“只能这样运作。我们只能将全部精力投入到集训中，而参与集训的球员让这次集训变得特别。这一点永远不会改变。”

那么没有帕尔默或福登？

这是一个非常敏感的话题，以至于图赫尔在周二不想提及。同样，他的肢体语言也能说明问题。或许最好的方式是简单转述一段在捷克共和国比赛后发生的对话。

记者：“科尔·帕尔默和菲尔·福登的特点能适应这种足球风格吗？”

图赫尔：“诚实的回答是，我不知道。他们不在这里。

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英格兰队接下来的赛程...

英格兰

对阵 克罗地亚

11月12. 星期四。开球时间：7.45pm，温布利球场。电视转播：ITV1 现场直播。

西班牙

对阵 英格兰

11月15. 星期日。开球时间：7.45pm，马德里大都会球场。电视转播：ITV1 现场直播。

“这支球队又向前迈进了一步，而关键始终在于目前在队的人员。”

记者：“我无法想象像福登这样的人在这支球队中踢球。他难道不会降低节奏吗？”

图赫尔：“那是你的观点。我今天不会讨论这个问题。尽管我对菲尔和科尔充满尊重，但今晚不是讨论这个话题的时机。”

帕尔默和福登可以说是英格兰足球中技术天赋最高的两名球员，但在这一系列比赛中，图赫尔的球队受益于身体素质、力量和爆发力。

他们可以作为替补成为比赛的改变者，但图赫尔需要被说服才能这样做。

特伦特是首发吗？

呃，不是。这是一个棘手的问题。特伦特·亚历山大-阿诺德的回归令人大为惊讶，但这根植于图赫尔的实用主义观点。

他选择他纯粹是因为右后卫位置上没有其他选择了。里斯·詹姆斯、本·怀特和杰德·斯彭斯全部受伤，但这位皇家马德里后卫在排队顺序上仍排在贾雷尔·宽萨之后。

图赫尔在周一表示：“我们的打法稍微更适合贾雷尔一些”，这就是为什么他选择了这位曾是在利物浦担任亚历山大-阿诺德替补的拜耳勒沃库森球员，来应对他认为最艰难的两场比赛——对阵克罗地亚和西班牙。

亚历山大-阿诺德在对阵捷克共和国的两场比赛中表现出色，这两场比赛非常适合一名喜欢创造机会的全后卫。他的绝大多数触球都发生在进攻半场。

当英格兰面临更严峻的考验时会发生什么？当他们需要保持阵型防守并顽强抵抗时会发生什么？下个月在马德里会发生什么？我们知道答案。亚历山大-阿诺德不会上场。

如果亚历山大-阿诺德不在下个月的名单中，那将是完全错误的。他仍然是一个极具价值且几乎无可替代的替补选项。图赫尔在世界杯名单中选择了太多功能重复的球员，他需要从中吸取教训。

不确定的时刻：从左至右，英格兰击败克罗地亚后安德森与格瓦迪奥尔；马雷斯卡抵达训练场；格希和奥赖利在旁倾听

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困惑且紧张的球星，仔细研读合同的经纪人，以及在街头遭受辱骂的工作人员

曼城关于“虚假”交易的有罪判决使其世界分崩离析……但另一个英超冠军仍然是目标

曼城管理层态度强硬且毫不妥协，正将其关于俱乐部“虚假”赞助合同和隐蔽资金计划的独立委员会调查结果上诉至最高级别。

他们将通过提供关于资金来源的“无可辩驳的证据”来实现这一点，由潘尼克勋爵在上诉法官面前为其辩护。

上周二下午 5.30pm，在英超联盟发布令人震惊的判决声明后不久，首席执行官费兰·索里亚诺的一段视频发送到了所有员工的收件箱中，曼城的球员们在此时被告知了此事。

随着球队今天返回训练，准备周日前往利物浦，这就是英超历史上最大的一枚重磅炸弹是如何落在曼城总部——以及球员们如何进入这片废墟的内部故事。

在他们的世界崩塌前几天，那是“奖金周”

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作者：杰克·高汉 (JACK GAUGHAN)

在城市足球学院，所有部门的员工都因球队上赛季获得国内杯赛双冠而获得了奖金。在那个命中注定的周二，五位数的金额正躺在银行账户中。

就在七天前，独立足球监管机构刚刚批准任命克莱尔·卡特林 (Claire Catlin) 为曼城的新首席财务官，她此前就职于 Moto 服务站运营商。对于她来说，足球生涯的开端十分热闹，过去几天俱乐部内竟然发布了不下八个工作机会。

索里亚诺 (Soriano) 的视频在英格兰队于布拉格对阵捷克共和国的前几小时发布。当时，曼城后卫尼科·奥赖利 (Nico O'Reilly) 和马克·古埃希 (Marc Guehi) 被拍到在听手机音频时露出困惑的表情。

英格兰队主教练托马斯·图赫尔 (Thomas Tuchel) 随后承认，包括埃利奥特·安德森 (Elliot Anderson) 在内的曼城球员在整个国家队集训期间自然感到担忧，尽管他赞扬了他们在会议和训练期间表现出的专业精神。指控和裁决几乎成了早餐桌和晚餐桌上的常谈话题，在四场欧国联比赛期间，这种议论声挥之不去。

在过去的一周半里，一些曼城球员一直与他们的经纪人保持密切联系，向他们提出许多往往无法回答的问题，显然地且可以理解地对自己的近期前途感到困惑。

上周六英格兰队 7-0 大胜克罗地亚后，当古埃希、安德森和约什科·格瓦迪奥尔 (Josko Gvardiol) 在中圈聚集时，并不难猜测他们讨论的内容。安德森将格瓦迪奥尔和马特奥·科瓦契奇 (Mateo Kovacic) —— 另一名曼城队友 —— 的球衣拿走作为纪念品。

在休赛期，他们与国内的喧嚣保持了一定距离，尤其是在集训营的保护之下。远离了网络上的派系之争，远离了关于处罚或曼城坚信能被免责之有效性的每日辩论。远离了员工给直线经理打电话担心丢掉工作，以及在街头遭受辱骂的情况。

球员们之前没有看到这些，但本周末这种情况将结束，因为他们将前往利物浦，此时他们领先积分榜三分，且需要守护 100% 的胜率记录。安菲尔德球场代表了一场巨大的考验，每当曼彻斯特的两家俱乐部到访时，这座球场都会变得极其狂热 —— 尤其是当结果至关重要的时候。

2020 年，当曼城因违反欧足联财务公平竞争规则而被禁止参加欧冠联赛时（该处罚最终被体育仲裁法院推翻），索里亚诺曾发表讲话解释情况。马雷斯卡 (Maresca) 必须敏锐地意识到，他与球员之间的互动 —— 自夏天抵达以来，所有球员都对他非常认可 —— 是他执教生涯中最重要的时刻之一。

接近球员的消息人士指出，没有两个人会对这些进展产生完全相同的消化方式，这将需要主教练进行严肃的人员管理。一些球员表现出反抗精神，他们决心赢得冠军 —— 无论到赛季结束时这一成就或积分榜状态如何 —— 并且完全没有离开的想法。

然而，其他人自然更加紧张。已有经纪人在讨论合同中的“正当理由”条款 —— 这是俱乐部和球员共同拥有的选项 —— 以及如果受到相当于降级的严厉处罚，是否可以成为撕毁合同的理由。但同样，他们在上诉之前强调要采取观望态度。

任何经纪人都将重新审视他们为客户签署的合同 —— 其中没有一份包含降级解约条款。曼城合同通常包含三个主要元素：基本工资、欧冠资格奖金，以及基于赛季内实际出场时间百分比的额外奖金。鉴于曼城的持续成功，这些实际上构成了保证薪资。

对于某些球员来说，基本工资在总薪酬中所占比例为 60%，而另一些球员则接近 75%。一份每周 30 万英镑 的合同可能相当于预付 20 万英镑。

据了解，合同中规定的出场时间奖金仅在英超联赛、欧冠联赛和国内杯赛中有效，因此，如果曼城降级，这些奖金——以及欧战资格奖金——都将失效。

在经纪人们考虑这些方面时，他们告诉客户专注于自己能影响的事情。正如吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马的经纪人恩佐·雷奥拉昨天所说：“对我们或吉吉奥来说，没有什么会改变。俱乐部已经与吉吉奥进行了沟通，每个人都很冷静。现在有对阵利物浦和巴黎圣日耳曼（下周三）的重要比赛，然后体育司法将按程序进行。但吉吉奥已经得到了曼城的保证。”

本周，了解马雷斯卡的人透露，他也采取了类似的方法，在切希尔进行日常活动时显得十分轻松。“我能做的就是足球，”他面对朋友时微笑着说道，这与周一他开车去上班时面色凝重的照片形成了鲜明对比。

在接替佩普·瓜迪奥拉时，他就知道这种冲击可能会在不久的将来到来。就像他的

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其前任，马雷斯卡得到了俱乐部的保证。相当不公平的是，在明天的新闻发布会上，将由他来面对质疑。虽然马雷斯卡此前曾担任曼城的助理教练和 Under 21s 教练，但在涉事年份期间他并不在队中。前锋安托万·塞门约在周一被要求取消一项赞助活动，且在国际比赛日期间，没有一名曼城球星在媒体面前谈论这些指控。

马雷斯卡的公开亮相给人留下了深刻印象，他带着一丝顽皮——正如在波尔图获胜、迎接曼彻斯特德比前，在亚马逊直播中看向韦恩·鲁尼时的样子——同时对自己的球队有着清晰的想法。

这位意大利人知道曼城的阵容需要一次推动，一个全新的声音，并且

交流探讨：曼城的鲁本·迪亚斯（右）和埃尔林·哈兰德

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他被一群好奇心强且渴望学习的球员所激励。训练场健身房的现代化扩建也起到了帮助作用——这深受球员欢迎，开放训练中采用了新气象，且音乐声音大到场边广播员徒劳地请求调低音量。

随着敌意上升，这种氛围是否能保持如此高昂将变得清晰，Blue Moon 播客的一位粉丝将全国各地的客场之旅比作 20 世纪 60 年代的经典电影《肮脏的十二个人》。

这些球员将如何面对愤怒的公众仍是一个未知数。这已经不再是 2023年的那支球队了，当时曼城被指控，而瓜迪奥拉率领的球队以三冠王作为回应。竞争对手们在委员会的有罪裁决中感到了一种正义感，从而更有信心地团结起来，进行震耳欲聋的诋毁。

马雷斯卡必须正视这一点，需要利用他在伊蒂哈德球场的开局来激发回应。因为虽然大多数英超观众在法律战持续期间会发誓将接下来的几周和几个月视为垃圾时间，但这对球员们以及他们的主教练来说至关重要。

佩普将出人意料地回归伊蒂哈德

佩普·瓜迪奥拉将于下周在震惊英超的重磅裁决之后，以一种非同寻常的方式首次回归曼彻斯特城。

这位曼城前主教练预计将出席周三对阵巴黎圣日耳曼的欧冠比赛，这被视为在俱乐部因违反财务规则而被判定除一项外的所有指控均成立后，向俱乐部表达的一种团结支持。在瓜迪奥拉离开球队后的首场欧战主场比赛中，包括主席哈尔多恩·穆巴拉克在内的曼城董事会成员将与他一同出现在伊蒂哈德球场。接近瓜迪奥拉的消息人士昨天曾暗示，在决定前往之前，他不确定这次行程是否可行。他的得力助手马内尔·埃斯蒂亚尔特为城市足球集团提供咨询工作，预计也将出席。曼城已针对相关调查结果提出上诉，该结果认为他们通过与一系列总部位于阿布扎比的公司签署“虚假”合同，人为地将商业收入虚增了 £830。瓜迪奥拉上周挺身而出为曼城辩护，表示：“我想让每一位曼城球迷知道，我在这里；比以往任何时候都更坚定。我一直，且永远将支持我的俱乐部。让我把话说明白：我们将共同度过这个难关。我爱你们所有人。”

杰克·高汉

沃克表示：你们无法夺走我的荣耀

因为我们经历过那些夜晚。

曼彻斯特城的前后卫凯尔·沃克（Kyle Walker）坚称，俱乐部的辉煌岁月无法从球员身上被夺走。

曼城已对上周独立委员会的一项重磅裁决提出上诉，该裁决认定曼城在2009年至2018年期间违反了英超联赛的财务规则。

沃克在2017年至2025,期间效力于曼城，期间赢得了欧冠冠军以及12项国内主要荣誉。

这位伯恩利队的右后卫表示：“情况看起来不乐观。目前处于上诉阶段，所以现在开始评论法律行动……对我自己或任何参与其中的人来说都没有好处。”

“在个人层面上，我可以说我们度过了许多伟大的年份，庆祝了许多奖杯以及类似的一切。无论发生什么，那是他们无法夺走的东西。”

“顺其自然吧。现在就看上诉的结果以及随后的进展了。”

沃克承认，这场丑闻对于前曼城球员来说不是一个容易讨论的话题，他补充道：“这是我们不想谈论的事情，因为我们希望被视为是以正确的方式赢得那些奖杯的。这非常困难，因为我们为此付出了艰辛的努力。”

“我还想到了那些在全国各地奔波，以及在我们赢得三冠王时远赴伊斯坦布尔的球迷们——他们同样值得拥有那个夜晚。”

曼城一直否认对其提出的指控，并表示有“无可辩驳的证据”支持这一立场。

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阿尔特塔在续约后旨在打造王朝

米克尔·阿尔特塔（MIKEL ARTETA）在签署了一份直到2030年的阿森纳主教练新合同后充满了自豪——这将使他的执教时间超过十年。在带领枪手队从2019年12月的英超第十名攀升至上赛季的冠军，并闯入欧冠决赛后，阿尔特塔获得了一份新合同，其年薪从£1500 万增加到2000 万英镑 — 使他成为英超联赛中薪水最高的主教练。这位西班牙人的合同原定于明年夏天到期，但这份新协议终结了关于他在北伦敦未来的猜测，他现在将有机会打造一个夺冠王朝。“能将我的未来托付给俱乐部是一种荣幸，”阿尔特塔说。“我们建立了特殊的纽带，令人兴奋的是，这仅仅是我们共同成就的开始。对我及我的家人来说，这是一个非常自豪的时刻。”共同主席斯坦·克伦克（Stan Kroenke）和乔什·克伦克（Josh Kroenke）表示：“这是一段不可思议的旅程，我们对未来充满期待。上赛季是阿森纳历史上一个不可思议的时刻。我们创造了终生难忘的回忆。我们决心创造更多这样的时刻。”

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有罪裁决重磅消息后，曼城总部内部情况

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埃克特的逃脱

南安普顿“间谍门”主帅被处以六周缓刑禁赛

作者：迈克·基根 (MIKE KEEGAN)

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南安普顿主教练汤达·埃克特 (Tonda Eckert) 在英足总 (FA) 对“间谍门”事件展开调查后免于禁赛。

这位“圣徒”主帅被处以六周禁止参与所有足球活动的处罚，但该处罚在下赛季结束前处于缓刑状态。

在《每日邮报》体育版披露南安普顿曾在5月的一场训练课上监视对手米德尔斯堡这一惊人消息后，南安普顿被踢出了上赛季的英冠升级附加赛。

随后，英格兰足球联赛 (EFL) 将该俱乐部除名出附加赛，使其失去了一个潜在的英超席位（价值高达£2 亿），且一个评审小组对其处以了4-point deduction的扣分处罚，该处罚在本赛季生效。随后，英足总启动了独立调查，引发了外界对埃克特可能面临长期禁赛的担忧。

然而，这位33岁的主教练最终被处以六周禁止参与所有足球活动的禁赛，该禁赛在下赛季结束前处于缓刑状态，此外他还被处以一笔罚款及谴责。

埃克特因在2025年12月至今年5月期间，三次违反规定监视牛津联、伊普斯维奇镇和米德尔斯堡的训练课而受到制裁。

如果这位德国人再次犯错，禁赛将立即生效。

米德尔斯堡随后在附加赛决赛中输给了升级的赫尔城。

英足总表示，埃克特是其评审小组（包括两名国王大律师）听取的唯一证人，并补充称他表现得“极其令人印象深刻”。

在解释牛津联事件时，埃克特表示对方解雇了主教练加里·罗韦特 (Gary Rowett)，并任命克雷格·肖特 (Craig Short) 为临时

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曼城在安菲尔德的“欢迎仪式”令警方进入红色警戒状态

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作者：迈克·基根 (MIKE KEEGAN)

默西赛德郡警方表示，他们已为周日利物浦与曼城之间可能爆发的激烈冲突做好准备——此前人们担心客队的球队大巴可能会遭遇一场预谋的、充满敌意的“欢迎”。此次安菲尔德之战将是曼城在被判定大规模违反英超财务规则后的首场比赛。

一个独立评审小组发现，在2009年至2018年期间，约£9 亿的资金被非法注入该俱乐部。

这一裁决引发了竞争对手球迷的愤怒，所有目光都将聚焦在安菲尔德，不仅是为了比赛，更是为了那场预料中会非常激烈的赛前氛围。一条社交媒体帖子正在宣传周日下午4.30pm开球前约两小时，在安菲尔德路举行一场“大巴迎接仪式”。

球迷被要求携带“旗帜、横幅、烟火、信号弹、Koppabergs”。在Koppaberg（一种瓶装苹果酒）之后放了一个眨眼表情。

警方已知晓该海报，并坚称他们将“制定适当的警务计划”。

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横向

1 比莉·艾利什（Billie Eilish）的一首歌，在 2024 年 8 月进入英国排行榜第 2 位 (5,2,1,7)

8 以实用方式处理问题的人 (7)

9 Dirk \_\_\_\_，演员，其参演电影包括《仆人》和《威尼斯之死》 (7)

10 \_\_\_\_夹克，一种高领的及臀剪裁夹克，以一位印度总理命名 (5)

11 Giorgio \_\_\_\_，厨师兼作家，在 2026 年成为《名人主厨》（Celebrity MasterChef）的评委 (9)

12 \_\_\_\_，由金·凯瑞（Jim Carrey）和保罗·达诺（Paul Dano）在银幕上饰演的反派 (7)

14 David \_\_\_\_，苏格兰籍教练，首份工作是在普雷斯顿北端足球俱乐部 (5)

15 Terry \_\_\_\_，撰写《可怕的历史》（Horrible Histories）系列的作家 (5)

17 Pete \_\_\_\_，美国网球运动员，曾获得七次温布尔登男子单打冠军 (7)

19 Alexander \_\_\_\_，《Pointless》节目主持人及 Classic FM 主持人 (9)

22 Faisal \_\_\_\_，BBC 新闻经济编辑及《Newsnight》节目主持人 (5)

23 连接两个较大陆地的狭长地带 (7)

24 Gerry \_\_\_\_，利物浦乐队 Gerry and the Pacemakers 的主唱 (7)

25 意为“久坐后去散散步”的短语 (7,4,4)

纵向

1 录制了《生活大爆炸》（The Big Bang Theory）主题曲的加拿大摇滚乐队 (9,6)

2 Jack \_\_\_\_，由李·查尔德（Lee Child）创作的前军事警察少校 (7)

3 BBC 在 2026 年停止播出的冬季运动节目 (3,6)

4 《A \_\_\_\_ Inversion》，芭芭拉·Vine 1987 年的小说，由杰里米·诺瑟姆（Jeremy Northam）主演改编为电视剧 (5)

5 特定群体使用的专业词汇 (5)

6 Alex \_\_\_\_，板球评论员及前球员，出生于 1993 年 (7)

7 巴松管和双簧管属于这一类别 (4,11)

9 一种平纹的硬棉布或亚麻布 (7)

13 《\_\_\_\_ In Love》，Level 42 乐队于 1986 年发行的歌曲 (7)

14 狂欢节季节的结束，在纽奥良和其他城市以街道游行庆祝 (5,4)

16 测量电路中电流的设备 (7)

18 不均匀的痕迹或污渍，通常由液体引起 (7)

20 试图说服，尤其是诱导做错事 (5)

21 19 世纪对无家可归儿童的称呼 (5)

单词轮盘

你有十分钟时间，利用轮盘中的字母尽可能多地找出单词。每个单词必须包含中心字母且至少包含其他三个字母，且字母

只能使用一次。不能使用复数形式、外来词或专有名词。以“s”结尾的动词是允许的。今日九字母单词的提示：Gareth和我曾在一家制作公司工作。评分标准：10个单词，平均；15个，良好；20个，优秀；25个或更多，卓越。明日公布答案

通过我们《早晨邮报》（Morning Mail）时事通讯中的测验，每日测试你的常识。立即扫描二维码订阅

请在这些方格中填写你的字母

方格 1：枪花乐队（Guns N' Roses）吉他手Slash（如图）的真实名是什么？

Steven (R)

Saul (B)

Severus (K)

方格 2：世界上有 14 座“八千米级高峰”——它们是指什么？

高山 (A)

热门博客 (C)

大型海滩 (V)

方格 3：在墨西哥城的艺术装置《Neo Ta Memes》中，一个奥尔梅克巨石人头像正在压碎什么？

一辆巴士 (P)

一辆汽车 (N)

一架飞机 (O)

方格 4：布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola）为哪个国家的国家队踢球？

法国 (Y)

英国 (W)

西班牙 (E)

方格 5：卢卡斯·达文波特（Lucas Davenport）和维吉尔·弗劳尔斯（Virgil Flowers）是由哪位犯罪小说作家创造的角色？

哈兰·科本 (G)

詹姆斯·帕特森 (H)

约翰·桑福德 (A)

方格 6：以下哪个术语最早是由记者赫伯·凯恩（Herb Caen）在 1958 年创造的？

Hipster (T)

Beatnik (M)

Greaser (F)

方格 7：萨塞克斯trug（Sussex trug）是什么？

一艘渔船 (B)

一个木篮 (I)

一种飞蛾 (D)

方格 8：哪个城市最近赢得了 2029 年世界田径锦标赛的举办权？

内罗比 (R)

慕尼黑 (K)

伦敦 (U)

昨日答案：DELIA SMITH (1D, 2H, 3A, 4M, 5I, 6S, 7L, 8E, 9I, 10T)

图片：PA

明日公布答案

铺轨

铺设轨道，使火车能从 A 村行驶到 B 村。数字表示每行和每列中有多少段轨道。只有直线轨道和曲线轨道。轨道不能自我交叉。

明日公布答案

7 | 7< / > 7< / > 4< / > 3< / > 4< / > 6< / > | < / > < / > < / > | ---

蜂巢

所有答案均沿数字顺时针排列。1号线索的答案从给定的字母开始。

1. 偏差

2. 错误

3. 养育

4. 白金属

5. 重启

6. 海鱼

7. 捆绑

8. 依偎

9. 使偏离轨道

10. 强迫

11. 坐着

12. 绘画

答案：见封底抽页

大师测验

1. 高安全级别的布罗德摩尔（Broadmoor）医院位于哪个郡？

2. 哪位希腊历史学家有时被称为“历史之父”？

3. 帕洛马山（Palomar Mountain）设有天文台，位于美国的哪个州？

脑筋急转弯 (MINDBENDER)

1. 丽莎和蒂姆明天结婚。十个月后，他们在一起的时间将是今天三年前两个月前在一起时间的五倍。请问他们在一起多久了？

2. 能量 (energy)、发电 (generation) 和贸易 (trade) 之间有什么共同点？

4. 在即将上映的电影《人工智能》(Artificial) 中，谁饰演 OpenAI 高管萨姆·奥特曼 (Sam Altman)？

5. 哪位西班牙艺术家绘制了名为《宫女》(Las Meninas) 的宫廷肖像画？

6. 哪些有袋类动物属于袋鼬属 (Dasyurus)？

答案：见封底插页

3. 哪首童谣可能提供“一个孙子的餐点” (ONE GRANDSON'S MEAL)？

4. 哪一个是多余的：《波希米亚》(La Boheme)、斯卡拉剧院 (La Scala)、《茶花女》(La Traviata)、《灰姑娘》(La Cenerentola)？

5. 从 A 开始，每次增加一个字母并重新排列以组成一个新单词，直到拼出 RESISTANT。

杀手数独 (KILLER SUDOKU)

在网格的方格中填入数字，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的每组单元格之和必须等于左上角的数字。每组单元格内数字不能重复。

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明日答案

答案：见封底插页

数和棋 (KAKURO)

需要提示？请致电 0901 293 6238 或发送短信 KILLER 至 65700，即可获得今日谜题的四个提示。通话和短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络资费。今日提示仅在今日 00.01 至 23.30 之间提供。

使用 1 到 9 的数字填充网格中的空白方格，且在任何空白方格行中不得重复任何数字。填入的数字之和必须等于每行顶部或开头的阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示纵向总和；上半部分的数字表示横向总和。

明日答案

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PITCHERWITS™

1a. 观察灯泡破裂，因为它过度沸腾 (7,4)

13a. 用刚玉以糟糕的方式蹂躏 (7)

1d. 喋喋不休阶层喜欢的多汁点心？ (3,2,6)

6d. 遗憾的是，故事的原材料在加热器的输出中丢失了 (4,3)

横向

1 图片线索

5 写关于一块木头 (5)

7 非洲之花的动荡统治 (5)

9 图片线索

11 从石头中挖掘堤岸 (3)

12 道路十的混合物？ (3)

9a. 未经修正，它可能倾向于不再发生 (7)

18a. 一艘方舟可以在忏悔星期二活动中带来和平 (7,4)

4d. 关于安培使用量的放松，例如不常见的 (4,7)

8d. 比如格里尔 (Greer)，正中要害 (7)

答案

明日

13 图片线索

16 擦除瑕疵后诞生的灌木 (5)

17 渗出物围绕医院的羊毛类型 (5)

18 图片线索

在 Pitcherwits 中挑战你的智慧——这是一个令人兴奋的谜题，部分答案以图片形式呈现！视觉线索的答案填入网格中的阴影区域。

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纵向

1 图片线索

2 在不规则的活动中得分缓慢 (5)

3 图标被重新绘制的声音 (5)

4 图片线索

6 图片线索

8 图片线索

10 从西杨梅树流出的河流 (3)

14 铝制支架投下的阴影 (5)

15 放荡的傻瓜丢失后的难题 (5)

昨日答案 — 横向：1 Mounted up. 5 Spa. 6 Ice. 7 Doorway. 10 Art. 11 Antigen. 12 Emu. 13 Hind leg. 16 IOU. 17 MOT. 18 Reawakens. 纵向：1 Maintain. 2 Used. 3 Ever. 4 Play truant. 5 Straighter. 8 Olive. 9 Wine gums. 14 Drew. 15 Give.

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MAILWORD

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横向

横向

1 矿泉

5 球类运动

9 让路

10 针线盒

11 喋喋不休的

12 雾

13 球

14 顽皮的

16 起绰号

17 170 亿加元 年

18 北非国家

20 顶峰

24 \_Magritte，艺术家

26 我们拥有的

27 天使生物

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纵向

29 成年男性

30 耳背的

31 死亡

33 木工工具

34 憔悴的

35 公鹿，例如

36 因此

11 加密语言

15 前事

19 选择

21 带点的游戏棋子

22 访客

23 海雕

25 轻推

27 放弃

28 朦胧

30 父亲

32 饮水容器

1 阴暗的

2 放置

3 土豚

4 时尚

5 黄道星座

6 CBBC 土豚

7 翠绿的

8 适当的

9 开襟羊毛衫

答案

明日公布

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HIDATO

完成网格，使所有数字 1 到 60 连续连接——水平、垂直或对角线。提示：你不必从 1 或 60 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让你更容易开始。

答案

明日公布

| < / > < / > < / > | 54< / > 46< / > < / > 41< / > < / >< / > 55< / > < / > 36< / > < / >< / > 56< / > < / > 49< / > 37< / > < / >< / > < / > 51< / > < / > 32< / > 29< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 60< / > < / > 31< / > < / > 14< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 3< / > < / > 16< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 1< / > 11< / > < / > 22< / >< / > < / > < / > 5< / > < / > 18< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 7< / > < / > 9< / > < / > 20< / > |

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KENKEN

每行和每列应包含 1 到 6，且不重复。笼子中的数字必须使用给定的数学符号（顺序不限）组合，以得出该笼子起始处显示的数字。单格笼子直接填入给定数字。

世界上最小、最难的十字谜题

将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格中，组成六个五个字母的横向和纵向单词。

答案 明日公布

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横向

1. 动物皮 (4)

5. 钱 (旧俚语) (3)

6. 直到此时 (3)

7. 哄骗 (俚语) (4)

纵向

2. 亚洲杜鹃 (4)

3. 极小量 (4)

4. 其首府是圣约翰市 (缩写) (2)

6. (化学) 镱的符号 (2)

答案明日公布

完成填字游戏以揭晓阴影方格中的单词。

你的用时：□ 分 □ 秒

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密码字 (CODEWORD)

可能存在多个答案

密码字网格中的每个数字代表一个不同的英文字母。今天 20 代表 C，因此每当数字 20 出现时，请填入 C。控制网格中已有两个字母供你开始。将它们填入主网格的相应方格中，然后利用你的词汇知识推导出缺失方格中应填入的字母。答案明日公布

| < / > 9< / > < / > 29< / > | < / > 4< / > < / > 23< / >< / > 4< / > < / > 10< / >< / > < / > < / > 1< / > 11< / >< / > 20< / > 18< / > 17< / > 14< / > |

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数字交叉谜题 (CROSS NUMBER)

答案

明日公布

如何提交：请致电 0901 293 6232 留下你的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CODE、你的答案以及你的姓名。短信和电话费用为 £1 另加标准网络费用。将在周一 00.01 至周六 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛者中随机抽取一名每周获胜者。答案每日 00.01. 更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

在每个方格中填入 1 到 9 的数字。水平方格之和等于右侧的总数。垂直方格之和等于底部的总数。穿过中心的对角线方格之和等于顶部和底部右侧的总数。

4 分 11 秒

$\begin{array}{c} 1 \\ / \\ O \end{array}$ < / > $\begin{}{c} 2 \\ / \\ S \end{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 3 \\ / \\ V \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 4 \\ / \\ A \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 5 \\ / \\ W \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 6 \\ / \\ C \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 7 \\ / \\ D \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 8 \\ / \\ E \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 9 \\ / \\ P \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 10 \\ / \\ L \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 11 \\ / \\ Y \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 12 \\ / \\ B \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 13 \\ / \\ R \{}$ < / >< / > $\{}{c} 14 \\ / \\ H \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 15 \\ / \\ M \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 16 \\ / \\ I \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 17 \\ / \\ T \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 18 \\ / \\ N \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 19 \\ / \\ F \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 20 \\ / \\ U \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 21 \\ / \\ X \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 22 \\ / \\ K \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 23 \\ / \\ G \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 24 \\ / \\ J \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 25 \\ / \\ Z \{}$ < / > $\{}{c} 26 \\ / \\ Q \{}$ < / > |

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拼字游戏 (SCRABBLE) $^{®}$ G $_{2}$ R $_{1}$ A $_{1}$ M $_{3}$ S $_{1}$

■右侧的棋盘显示了典型拼字游戏中的四行字母。请利用每一行字母组成一个 2-7 个字母的单词，并将其填写在提供的空白格中。然后计算每一行的得分。不要忘记使用双倍和三倍单词分以及字母分——每组成一个 7 个字母的单词可获得 50 分奖励。空白字块可用作任何字母，但没有分数。答案请见明日报纸。

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E | N< / > I< / > H< / > T< / > A< / > E< / > R< / > B< / > | V< / > P< / > B< / > V< / > R< / > Q< / > H< / > C< / > A< / >< / > K< / > P< / > R< / > O< / > B< / > L< / > E< / > M< / > J< / >< / > E< / > J< / > L< / > K< / > A< / > L< / > I< / > O< / > D< / >< / > V< / > G< / > V< / > E< / > S< / > Y< / > Q< / > N< / > T< / >< / > E< / > T< / > V< / > O< / > B< / > U< / > A< / > O< / > I< / >< / > R< / > M< / > H< / > A< / > D< / > S< / > C< / > P< / > N< / >< / > Y< / > S< / > B< / > E< / > W< / > X< / > O< / > Q< / >< / > D< / > N< / > Q< / > Y< / > W< / > F< / > R< / > L< / > F< / >< / > A< / > U< / > P< / > E< / > T< / > A< / > L< / > Y< / > T< / >< / > Y< / > S< / > B< / > D< / > G< / > E< / > Y< / > M< / > K< / > |

目标得分

140-150

作者：JUDD

四组字架

总时间

限制：20 分钟

昨日答案：DEVICES 76 PLIGHT 36 OFFENCE 65 PAINFUL 68 JUDD 总分：245

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单词搜索

除了其中一个以外，列出的单词都可以在网格中找到——方向包括正向、反向、向上、向下和对角线。为了获得获胜机会，请找出缺失的单词。

今日主题：Ariana Grande 的歌曲

BABY I

BREATHIN

EVERYDAY

FOCUS

MONOPOLY

PETAL

POPULAR

PROBLEM

THE WAY

YES, AND

如何参与：请致电 0901 293 6234 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 WORD、您的答案和姓名。短信和电话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。将从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛者中选出一名获胜者。答案每天 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。答案明日公布。

数独 X

在每一行、每一列、每一条对角线（突出显示为 X 形）以及每个水平 3x2 宫格（有线框）中各填入一次数字 1-6。答案明日公布。

< / > 5< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 1< / > < / >< / > 3< / > < / >< / > 6< / > < / >< / > < / > < / > 4< / > < / >< / > < / > 6< / > < / > |

快速问答

1. Dumbledore 是一个古英语词汇，指的是哪种昆虫？

2. 哪种非裔巴西武术的比赛被称为 jogo 并在 roda 中进行？

3. 哪部由 Michelle Visage 和 Graham Norton 等人担任评委的电视节目已被 BBC 取消？

4. 在战争中，掩蔽和视觉欺骗的艺术与实践被称为什么？

5. 《Some Gave All》是哪位美国乡村艺术家的首张专辑？

答案：见封底插页

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桥牌大师课 / 隐喻填字游戏

第 17,983 期

西家

♠ AK854

♥ J53

♦ 3

♣ KQ97

东家

♠ Q J 10 2

♥ K 10 6

♦ A 9 2

♣ 6 5 4

在比赛的所有局中，你坐在西家位置。东家作为庄家弃叫，南家开叫 3♦。你会如何叫牌？

你的选择是加倍或叫 3♠。我倾向于叫 3♠ 以展示你的五张牌花色。加倍的问题之一是，如果搭档持有弱手且两门大牌花色各四张，他们会叫较低的花色（即红心），这样你们就会进入错误的合同。在你叫 3♠ 之后，搭档加叫到 4♠，竞叫结束。

北家领出 ♦5，你用 ♦A 吃掉，并用三轮抽掉将牌，南家持有三张。你领出 ♥3 到 ♥10，输给了 ♥A，随后对方回传 ♦K，你将其将掉，北家跟出 ♦4。

你现在知道 ♣A 肯定在北家手中，因此看来你将损失两张红心和两张梅花。对此你有什么办法吗？

首先考虑南家的分布。七张方块和三张将牌意味着在另外两门花色中仅剩三张牌。

本局分析将于明日完结。

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HEATHER DHONDY

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横向

1 女人抓起揉皱的东西来存放货物？ (7,4)

9 英国作家在轮班期间被雇佣，感到困惑 (7)

10 一个翻转的游泳设备 (7)

11 溜冰场中某些特定的额外要求？ (3)

12 认证不合格的建筑俯瞰休息地之侧 (7)

13 罗茜在耗尽时，旗帜垂下并离开工作 (7)

14 对短芭蕾舞裙表示轻微不满 (3)

15 谈论中非国家 (5)

17 欧盟首都公民被原先留在越南 (5)

18 在法语闹剧中过于频繁出现的主题 (5)

20 气味在入口处最初被忽略 (5)

22 金色和黑色中的球体 (3)

24 被可怕的悲伤困扰的女人恐吓 (7)

25 热情具有合法性，但学习者已离去 (7)

26 男子定期睡眠 (3)

27 面部保护装置受限的条件 (7)

28 与轻蔑的朋友可能关于独立案件 (7)

29 面对新压力的数字，获得一名中立类型的技术人员 (3-8)

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4 证词中的暗示 (9)

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6 这个人处于绝佳位置，将一件事添加到另一件事上？ (15)

7 悲惨的毕业生带着寒意出现在飞机中 (6)

8 伸展身体的地方？ (6)

16 西班牙城市中订购的一辆出租车独行者 (9)

18 我们听到的一个服务人员，在演员团体中 (6)

19 家庭成员立即拥有快乐 (7)

21 船只包含麻烦，给海上失去领导的人员 (7)

23 我对去掉一周的渴望，属于年轻的一种 (6)

25 赛马场中的一个凯尔特人 (5)

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昨日谜题答案

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数独

5 | 7< / > 3< / > 1< / > 2< / > 6< / > 4< / > 8< / > 9< / > | 6< / > 1< / > 9< / > 8< / > 3< / > 4< / > 2< / > 5< / > 7< / >< / > 8< / > 4< / > 2< / > 9< / > 5< / > 7< / > 3< / > 6< / > 1< / >< / > 3< / > 9< / > 1< / > 4< / > 6< / > 2< / > 8< / > 7< / > 5< / >< / > 7< / > 5< / > 6< / > 3< / > 8< / > 1< / > 9< / > 2< / > 4< / >< / > 4< / > 2< / > 8< / > 5< / > 7< / > 9< / > 6< / > 1< / > 3< / >< / > 1< / > 3< / > 7< / > 2< / > 9< / > 8< / > 5< / > 4< / > 6< / >< / > 2< / > 6< / > 5< / > 7< / > 4< / > 3< / > 1< / > 9< / > 8< / >< / > 9< / > 8< / > 4< / > 6< / > 1< / > 5< / > 7< / > 3< / > 2< / > |

奖金数独

5< / > 9< / > 2< / > 4< / > 3< / > 7< / > 1< / > 6< / > 8< / >< / > 4< / > 7< / > 6< / > 1< / > 9< / > 8< / > 3< / > 5< / > 2< / >< / > 8< / > 1< / > 3< / > 5< / > 6< / > 2< / > 9< / > 4< / > 7< / >< / > 9< / > 4< / > 5< / > 2< / > 7< / > 6< / > 8< / > 1< / > 3< / >< / > 1< / > 6< / > 7< / > 8< / > 4< / > 3< / > 5< / > 2< / > 9< / >< / > 2< / > 3< / > 8< / > 9< / > 5< / > 1< / > 4< / > 7< / > 6< / >< / > 7< / > 5< / > 4< / > 6< / > 8< / > 9< / > 2< / > 3< / > 1< / >< / > 6< / > 2< / > 9< / > 3< / > 1< / > 4< / > 7< / > 8< / > 5< / >< / > 3< / > 8< / > 1< / > 7< / > 2< / > 5< / > 6< / > 9< / > 4< / > |

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24 22 20 19 51 9 8 1 62

23 21 17 18 10 52 55 56 61

15 16 12 11 54 53 60 57

14 13 59 58

NINE TO FIVE

数字填字游戏

| F< / > T< / > I< / > < / > 17< / > | F< / > L< / > I< / > N< / > G< / > 3< / > 4< / > 8< / > 6< / >< / > C< / > O< / > P< / > S< / > E< / > 1< / > 2< / > 6< / > 7< / >< / > D< / > O< / > S< / > E< / > D< / > 2< / > 1< / > 7< / > 4< / >< / > < / > D< / > Y< / > T< / > < / > 4< / > 3< / > 9< / > 8< / >< / > < / > < / > 10< / > 30< / > 25< / > |

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1< / > 9< / > 5< / > 8< / > 6< / > 3< / > 7< / > 4< / > 2< / >< / > 2< / > 6< / > 8< / > 4< / > 7< / > 1< / > 9< / > 3< / > 5< / >< / > 4< / > 3< / > 7< / > 9< / > 2< / > 5< / > 8< / > 1< / > 6< / >< / > 6< / > 1< / > 4< / > 5< / > 9< / > 2< / > 3< / > 7< / > 8< / >< / > 8< / > 5< / > 9< / > 7< / > 3< / > 6< / > 1< / > 2< / > 4< / >< / > 3< / > 7< / > 2< / > 1< / > 4< / > 8< / > 5< / > 6< / > 9< / >< / > 5< / > 8< / > 3< / > 6< / > 1< / > 4< / > 2< / > 9< / > 7< / >< / > 7< / > 2< / > 6< / > 3< / > 8< / > 9< / > 4< / > 5< / > 1< / >< / > 9< / > 4< / > 1< / > 2< / > 5< / > 7< / > 6< / > 8< / > 3< / > |

数独 (KAKURO)

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MAKING TRACKS

30秒挑战

从左侧给出的数字开始，按照指令向右进行计算。在30秒内，初级玩家需完成自己的挑战；中级玩家需完成自己的挑战以及初级挑战；高级玩家则需完成自己的挑战以及中级挑战。

通用知识填字游戏

横向：1 Roebucks。5 Bandit。10 Academy。

11 Ocarina。12 Tutor。13 Schiavone。

14 Shooting star。18 Marty Feldman。

21 Algebraic。23 Irons。24 Ucayali。

25 Matisse。26 Latino。27 Detritus。

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你的答案

初级 | 78< / > $\div 6$ < / > $\times 20$ < / > +10< / > $\div 90$ < / > 自乘< / > $\times 8$ < / > 翻倍< / > $\div 12$ < / > $\ 8$ < / > < / > | 中级< / > 36< / > 25% OF IT< / > 自乘< / > +3< / > $^{6} / _{7}$ OF IT< / > 25% OF IT< / > $\ 11$ < / > $^{5} / _{9}$ OF IT< / > $^{9} / _{10}$ OF IT< / > $\ 3$ < / > < / >< / > 高级< / > 83< / > -55< / > $\ 15$ < / > PLUS ${33}^{1} / _{3}\%$ < / > LESS 30%< / > 87 $^{1} / _{2}\%$ OF IT< / > +20< / > $^{3} / _{11}$ OF IT< / > $\ 5$ < / > $^{4} / _{9}$ OF IT< / > < / > |

KENKEN

数独 X

$\begin{array}{c} 4 \\ 4 \end{array}$ < / > $2^{\frac{1}{2}}$ < / > 3< / > 6< / > $3^{-}$ < / > 5< / > $12\$ < / >< / > $11+$ < / > 8+< / > < / >< / > 6< / > 2< / > 5< / > 1< / > 3< / > 4< / > < / >< / > 5< / > $5^{-}$ < / > 6< / > 1< / > $1^{-}$ < / > 4< / > $3^{-}$ < / >< / > $1^{-}$ < / > 6+< / > < / > $5^{-}$ < / > 1< / > 5< / >< / > 3< / > 4< / > 2< / > 6< / > 1< / > 5< / > < / >< / > 2< / > 1< / > $1^{-}$ < / > 4< / > 5< / > $108\$ < / > 3< / >< / > $9+$ < / > 1< / > 5< / > 3< / > $2^{-}$ < / > 2< / > 6< / > |

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杀手数独

5< / > 4< / > 2< / > 3< / > 1< / > 6< / >< / > 3< / > 6< / > 1< / > 4< / > 5< / > 2< / >< / > 6< / > 1< / > 3< / > 2< / > 4< / > 5< / >< / > 2< / > 5< / > 4< / > 1< / > 6< / > 3< / >< / > 4< / > 3< / > 5< / > 6< / > 2< / > 1< / >< / > 1< / > 2< / > 6< / > 5< / > 3< / > 4< / > |

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GOGEN

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G E M U H

N T B A P

R O L I J

W Y F K C

纵向：1 Rialto。2 Ecarte。

3 Unearthly。4 Kaya Scodelario。

6 Adama。7 Djibouti。8 Teaberry。

9 Josh Widdicombe。15 Gladiator。

16 Emmanuel。17 Braggart。

19 Dorset。20 Assess。22 Brain。

隐喻填字游戏 No. 17,980

横向：1 Subordinates。8 Idiotic。

9 Pompeii。11 Enterprise。12 Etna。

14 Sidestep。16 Red rag。17 Dig。

19 Offset。21 Canister。24 Ally。

25 Plagiarist。27 Yucatan。28 Twigloo。

29 Parish priest。纵向：1 Shifted。

2 Buttressed。3 Recorded。4 Impose。

5 Alms。6 Elector。7 Diversionary。

10 Inauguration。13 Derivative。

15 Pic。18 Gangster。20 Felucca。

22 Triplet。23 Flinch。26 Etui。

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MAILWORD

全球最小、最难填字游戏 — 横向：1 Ken。4 Fave。5 Skeg。6 Han。纵向：1 Kaka。2 Even。3 Neg。4 FSH。

横向：1 Semi。5 Milan。10 Mixed。

11 Alone。12 Istle。13 Slots。14 Mae。

15 SAS。17 Sot。18 Elms。20 Sirens。

22 Pacific。24 Eloped。26 Phew。29 Ayr。

30 Les。32 Aye。33 Scale。35 Owned。

37 Error。38 Bogus。39 Layby。40 Seep。

横向：1 Sisal。2 Extemporary。

3 Mel。4 Ides。5 Massif。6 Ill。7 Loose change。8 Anton。9 Nests。10 Mime。

16 Aside。19 Sap。21 Rip。23 Celery。

24 Easel。25 Lycra。27 Eye up。

28 Weds。31 Sobs。34 Lob。36 Woe.\*

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今日谜题答案

快速问答：1 大黄蜂。

2 卡波耶拉。3 鲁保罗变装皇后秀（英国版）。4 伪装。

5 比利·雷·赛勒斯。

脑筋急转弯：1 四年零两个月。2 它们都可以放在 gap 之前。3 《橙子与柠檬》。4 斯卡拉剧院，它是一家歌剧院；其他的是歌剧。5 其中一种方式是 a, an, ran, rain, train, retain, nastier, artiness, resistant。

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KUROSU

大师问答：1 伯克郡。

2 希罗多德。3 加利福尼亚。

4 安德鲁·加菲尔德。5 迭戈·委拉斯开兹。6 袋鼬。

蜂巢谜题：1 Freaks。

2 Errors。3 Raises。4 Silver。

5 Resume。6 Mullet。7 Tether。

8 Huddle。9 Derail。10 Armies。

11 Seated。12 Sketch。

30秒挑战：

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中级：297。

高级：220。

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MIMI YATES: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Kemi's family home pledge

Tories promise

NO STAMP DUTY when

you buy your house

By Jason Groves Political Editor

KEMI Badenoch vowed to protect the family home from Labour as she electrified the Conservative Party yesterday.

She promised to reverse the rise in the number of middle-class families hit by death duties, telling the party conference a Conservative government would exempt the family home from the levy, regardless of its value.

Signalling a return to the Tories' traditional focus on lower taxes and home ownership, the party leader pledged to scrap inheritance tax on main residences passed down the generations.

Couples will also be able to pass on a further £1million in assets tax-free, cutting the number who will ever pay inheritance tax by more

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NO MANSION

TAX when you

are living in it

NO INHERITANCE

TAX when the time

comes to pass it on

Cheers: Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and husband Hamish at the party conference yesterday

Weather Go to: dailymail.co.uk/weather for UK and world 5 day forecast

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Ex-Ofsted chief: Many degrees are worthless

than half. The £6billion pledge will be funded by cuts to the welfare budget.

It comes after last year's conference-topping promise to scrap stamp duty and a new pledge to ditch Labour's mansion tax.

Mrs Badenoch said the plans were a reminder that the Tories ‘are and always have been the party of home ownership’, adding that those who ‘work hard and save should be rewarded for that effort’.

‘This is my guarantee: no stamp duty when you buy your home; no mansion tax when you live in your home; and no inheritance tax on your home when you pass it to your children or grandchildren,’ she said to cheers from the faithful gathered in Birmingham.

She added: ‘The Labour Party think it is selfish to pass on what you have earned to your children. We don’t.’

The focus on protecting the family home stands in contrast to Labour, which has extended a freeze on inheritance tax thresholds to 2031, dragging more estates into the net by stealth.

Labour is also imposing a ‘mansion tax’ on valuable homes, with ministers considering cutting the threshold from £2million to £1.5million before it has even been introduced.

The party has also unveiled controversial plans to allow councils to seize private homes left unoccupied.

Tory strategists hope the tax-cutting plans, combined with tough new policies on law and order, welfare and defence will help win back voters lost to Reform and the Liberal Democrats. They believe Andy Burnham is preparing to hold a snap election as soon as the spring of next year.

THE former head of Ofsted has warned that many degree courses are ‘eating up’ young people’s lives for ‘no real benefits’.

Baroness Spielman, who is now shadow minister for work and pensions, warned too many youngsters were taking degrees that did not improve life outcomes.

The Tory life peer said that while most courses did deliver value for money, a significant minority were providing ‘no economic return’.

In addition, she compared accumulating student debt to an ‘enormous, threatening sword over young people’s heads’, and also suggested many were ‘under-occupied’ at university.

Baroness Spielman became known for her no-nonsense attitude to standards when she led the education watchdog from 2017 to 2023.

Her comments at a Tory Party conference fringe event, reported by Times Higher Education magazine, come amid a row over student debt and spiralling youth unemployment.

She told activists: 'It's clear that too big a slice of degree courses

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essentially eat three years of a young person's productive life for no real benefits.

'So we're actually short-changing them by encouraging them to do those [degrees].'

She referred to a 2020 report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which found 30 per cent of graduates produced ‘negative total returns’ from their degrees.

Total returns were calculated by examining the overall earnings impact of a degree, both for the individual and the Treasury.

Baroness Spielman also said many degrees were not filling students' time enough, and that often there was a shortage of part-time work to keep them occupied.

She added: 'It's blindingly clear that especially in the humanities, a lot of students basically spend three years, to far too great an extent, kicking their heels, going to a few hours of lectures and classes a week, writing one essay every few weeks.'

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Mrs Badenoch warned her party's conference to prepare for a ‘battle for the soul of this nation’ of a type not seen since Margaret Thatcher took on Labour in the 1970s. In an impassioned speech lasting more than an hour, the Tory leader:

■ Made a direct appeal to Reform voters, saying: 'Many of them are our people. We

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let them down and we want them to come back home';

■ Declared the party was ready to fight and win an election, whenever it is called;

■ Said Tory plans to build 50,000 extra prison places would allow the party to 'introduce tougher minimum sentences for the worst crimes';

■ Confirmed her commitment to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence, saying; 'The era of peace is over. If we want peace, we must prepare for war';

■ Branded Mr Burnham a ‘Paddington Bear PM’ who cannot protect Britain and who wants to ‘turn the clock back to the 1970s’;

■ Told the PM to ‘stop faffing around’ and approve a third runway at Heathrow;

■ Confirmed that a Tory government will slash £36billion from the benefits bill. In a

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highly personal section of her speech, Mrs Badenoch also rounded on Reform politicians who have suggested in recent days that only white people can be truly English.

'I don't want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English,' she said.

'I don't want to explain to my son when we're watching our brilliant England team play football that some people don't think our black players are English.'

She added: 'We must not let these people take us backwards. That is not the country we are.'

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cutting inheritance tax for months, including abolishing the hated death duty.

Mrs Badenoch said she hoped to scrap it eventually, but said funds were also needed to pay for Tory plans to build new prisons and create a ‘Britannia Shield’ missile defence system.

Instead, her inheritance tax reforms will focus on keeping the family home out of the clutches of the taxman.

She said a levy originally designed to hit the ‘superwealthy’ had become a ‘tax on ordinary middle-class families in every corner of our country’ after years of

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'Labour addicted to welfare'

frozen thresholds. The proportion of deaths attracting inheritance tax is on course to rise from 4 per cent in recent years to 9.5 per cent by 2030. But the proportion of families in line to be hit by the tax is expected to hit 16.5 per cent by the end of the decade. The rise is driven by house price growth over many years. Under current rules, individuals can leave £325,000 in assets tax-free, with a further £175,000 if the family home is involved. Couples can leave a total of £1million before the taxman takes a slice.

The Conservative plans will see the family home exempted completely. Individuals will also be able to leave a further £500,000 in assets tax-free, allowing couples to leave £1million on top of the family home.

Mrs Badenoch said: 'We understand why putting roots down and having a stake in society matters.

‘Our homes are where we watch our children take their first steps. They are where we gather every Christmas to put up the same decorations. Passing on your home to your family is one of the most human instincts of all. So (we) will legislate so nobody will ever pay inheritance tax on their family home.’

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Mrs Badenoch savaged Labour's approach, saying the party had locked Britain into a ‘tax doom loop’, in which the Chancellor returned for more taxes every year to make up for lost growth caused by businesses being ‘choked by taxes’.

She said Labour was 'addicted to welfare', accusing Mr Burnham of 'drowning our country in debt, choking our economy with taxes and stifling every innovation with regulation'.

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Window shopping: Reese Witherspoon hunting for a steal in Notting Hill We're going in: Laura Dern follows Reese

You're never too rich to bag a bargain! Reese and Laura browse Oxfam in Notting Hill

Best pals: Laura Dern, left, and Reese Witherspoon

THEY have a combined fortune of £350million and have been dressed by the most luxurious fashion brands in the world.

But even Hollywood royalty Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern couldn't resist bargain-hunting as they passed a London charity shop.

Legally Blonde actress Ms Witherspoon, 50, darted into the Oxfam in Notting Hill with Jurassic Park's Ms Dern, 59. In a

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'From romantic life to my jobs'

navy cardigan, blue high-waisted jeans and a brown suede baseball cap to match her boots, Ms Witherspoon blended in with the well-heeled locals in the Westbourne Grove shop.

Ms Dern was looking chic in a £1,500 striped black leather midi-skirt by Victoria Beckham, paired with a cream cardigan over a white top.

After gazing intently through the window, Ms Witherspoon stepped inside the Oxfam store for a closer look – followed by her friend.

The pair continued their stroll

EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Doyle

Senior Showbusiness Reporter

through the upmarket London enclave after having lunch with US author Cheryl Strayed, 58, and English writer Nick Hornby, 69.

Ms Witherspoon's long-lasting friendship with Ms Dern began in 2014 when they met on the set of Wild, the adaptation of Ms Strayed's best-selling book. All three have remained close.

The two actresses – who also co-starred together in the HBO mini-series Big Little Lies – are such good friends that Ms Dern has previously said that she ‘runs everything’ by Ms Witherspoon – from her ‘romantic life all the way to what jobs I should do’.

Oscar-winner Ms Witherspoon, who is dating German financier Oliver Haarmann, celebrated her 50th birthday in March.

She revealed she was inundated with well-wishes from her other A-list friends, including Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow.

She has a daughter Ava, 27, and son Deacon, 22, with first husband Ryan Phillippe, 52, and a son, Tennessee James, 14, with second husband Jim Toth, 56.

Low key: Reese Witherspoon under her cap

BBC boss's David Brent moment as he urges staff to be ‘more Elvis’

Cringeworthy: Ricky Gervais's character in The Office. Inset, the BBC's Matt Brittin

By Dolly Busby

Showbusiness Correspondent

THE BBC's new director-general was yesterday criticised for giving a ‘cringeworthy’ David Brent-style pep talk in which he urged staff to be ‘more Elvis’.

Insiders accused Matt Brittin of being ‘tone-deaf’ for the comment, which came as the BBC rolls out plans to cut as many as 2,000 jobs. Channels such as BBC Three and BBC Scotland could also be axed and moved online in a bid to save £500million.

Mr Brittin, 58, who took over from Tim Davie in May, told an all-staff call that he wanted the corporation to be ‘a bit more

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‘Little less conversation, a little more action’

Elvis – a little less conversation, a little more action'. The former Google boss added: 'I'd like us to celebrate activity less and outcomes more. And getting faster to outcomes that make a difference to an audience.

‘Not [just], “We did this great marketing campaign” but, actually, “it drove up watch time usage and active accounts” – right?’

Laying out plans for the BBC's iPlayer streaming platform, including a new AI feature, Mr Brittin also told staff he wanted the public to think ‘iPlayer and chill’.

Comparing Mr Brittin to Brent, the hapless manager played by Ricky Gervais in sitcom The Office, a source told the Mail: 'It's completely tone-deaf to use meaningless and utterly cringeworthy "buzzwords" to try to rally support for the future at the BBC when there won't be one for many soon.'

In a recording of the meeting, obtained by US news site Deadline, multiple staff members can be heard accusing Brittin of sparing executives at the expense of junior staff.

Today presenter Anna Foster, who was hosting the meeting, was forced to step in, asking: 'People are feeling that perhaps disproportionately... some of these cuts are landing on people who are more junior. So can you talk us through that?'

Rhodri Talfan Davies, the deputy director-general, said senior roles would also be affected by the cuts, adding: 'We are expecting changes at all levels of the organisation.'

Royal Mail to slash up to 2,500 jobs after sharp decline in sending letters

By Emily Hawkins

ROYAL Mail yesterday blamed a steep decline in letter-writing for the loss of up to 2,500 jobs.

The cuts, expected to hit head office and support roles by the end of next year, come amid a ‘significant transformation’ as the firm implements changes in its organisation.

Announcing the move, the once-British institution now in foreign hands talked of ‘adapting to a rapidly changing market’, adding: ‘Letter volumes have declined by more than 70 per cent since their peak, while customer demand for faster and more convenient parcel delivery services continues to grow.’

Letter-sending reached its highest level in 2004, when Britons posted 20 billion letters. But the figure dwindled to 5.7 billion last year – as people use digital communications and baulk at the soaring cost of stamps.

Royal Mail has also reduced deliveries of second-class letters this year to every other weekday and none on Saturdays. But it says it is committed to delivering first-class mail six days a week.

Last year, Ofcom fined Royal Mail £21million for missing its delivery targets. Postal workers claimed some letters were being left sitting for weeks at delivery offices because of the focus on the more lucrative parcel element of the business.

Czech billionaire owner Daniel Kretinsky told MPs in March that he was ‘deeply sorry’ for the state of the organisation.

The job cuts are expected through staff leaving voluntarily rather than compulsory redundancies from the 131,000-strong workforce. Chief executive Alistair Cochrane said he was

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...as U.S. tariffs hit Lotus

SUPERCAR maker Lotus has slashed its UK workforce by more than half after Donald Trump's tariffs hit sales.

The heritage car brand – now owned by Chinese group Geely - had just 600

employees at the end of last year against 1,300 12 months earlier. The firm said in August last

'building a stronger, simpler and future-ready Royal Mail for our customers and colleagues'.

But the Unite union's general secretary Sharon Graham said: 'This is not good for employees or customers. It will not improve quality of service and the workforce must not be made the scapegoats for poor decisions made by the company, the Government or Ofcom.' It comes days after Mr Cochrane said he was 'sorry' for poor performance.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) urged the Governyear it would cut around 550 staff - but the scale of job losses appears far greater.

Geely said it had been hit by 'global tariff uncertainty and evolving trade conditions' with a 'significant reduction in orders from dealers and

the workforce cuts 'reflect a transition to a leaner, demand-led operating model'.

ment to ‘confront the reality of a collapsing Royal Mail and intervene to save this national institution’. Deputy general secretary Martin Walsh said: ‘These proposals will impact approximately 200 CWU-represented jobs in administration and revenue protection.’

He said the job cuts were ‘further evidence of a company that is demoralising staff and failing to deliver for customers’.

Royal Mail's profits plunged to £96million in the year to the end of March from £198million in the previous 12 months.

Israel closes the British consulate in Jerusalem

By Sam Lawley

ISRAEL will close the British consulate in Jerusalem today as relations between the two countries deteriorate.

UK officials have been scrambling to reach a deal to keep the building open but Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar last night insisted his country was holding firm.

The move will see the consulate's diplomatic status removed and legally bar around 30 diplomats from operating out of the building. It is thought to be a response to sanctions on West Bank settlements announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband last month.

On Tuesday, Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat accused Mr Miliband of pursuing

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a ‘personal agenda’ in his hard line against Israel.

The UK's top national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, quietly visited Israel last week in an attempt to keep the consulate open but failed to reach an agreement.

Israel is unlikely to send diplomats and their families home, instead pushing them to work from the British embassy in Tel Aviv, The Times reported.

Britain has threatened to expel Israeli diplomats from London if its overseas staff are sent home.

The consulate has been in Jerusalem for almost 200 years, long before the state of Israel was established in 1948. It handles UK relations with Palestinians in Jerusalem, as well as in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Reform clears its officials over donations sting

REFORM UK has cleared itself of wrongdoing after party advisers were caught in a sting allegedly discussing how to disguise potential foreign donations.

Reform launched a probe after Dan Jukes, an aide to Nigel Farage, and head of policy James Orr were filmed by journalists from Verbatim Investigations in talks about a potential £500,000 foreign donation.

Both men quit after the footage was shown by Channel 4 News. But Reform's legal secretary and general secretary concluded ‘nothing was agreed, no donations were made and no formal position was presented to the party’s finance team, and nothing was accepted’. A party spokesman added: ‘The investigation found no evidence that any laws were broken.’

A spokesman for Verbatim said: 'A police investigation remains ongoing. We are confident in our journalism, which speaks for itself.'

Face of victim murdered by Dexter fan in his ‘kill room’

Mother of one, 24, was lured to Airbnb and knifed 78 times

By Claire Duffin and Andy Dolan

A YOUNG mother murdered by a forensic sciences student who was obsessed with US crime drama Dexter has been pictured for the first time.

Maria Saceanu, 24, was lured to a 'kill room' by Benjamin Day, 20, where he stabbed her 78 times before trying to dispose of her body.

After he pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the gruesome murder, footage from West Midlands Police showed him smirking as he claimed a knife wound on his hand was caused by a ‘wild dog’.

Day had flagged down a passing police car last December as he walked along the street shortly after killing Ms Saceanu, a prostitute believed to have a young daughter. Officers tending to his hand – cut during dismembering Ms

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Saceanu's body – became suspicious. Day is filmed in a khaki long-sleeved shirt, the same as worn by Michael C Hall playing Dexter in the TV series. He reacts angrily when they quiz him about what really happened.

The killer is seen in later footage nodding as he is arrested in hospital.

The latest pictures also reveal the inside of the £40-a-night Airbnb where he set up his ‘kill room’.

The semi-detached house on a residential street in Tividale, West Mid-

ON POLICE CAM

Bloodied: Benjamin Day, wearing a khaki top similar to the TV serial killer, telling police a 'wild dog' had attacked him

Victim: Maria Saceanu was murdered by Benjamin Day

TV copycat: Michael C Hall as Dexter. Right, the Airbnb 'kill room'

lands, has three bedrooms available to rent. Police were called to the property after a guest staying in another room noticed a trail of blood. Officers found Ms Saceanu in the room next to the bed.

The floor and walls, as well as the bed itself, had been lined with plastic sheeting which had been stapled to the wall.

A canvas knife roll containing multiple knives was discovered as well as a staple gun and duct tape. Day had also amassed items including an apron, a plastic visor and cleaning materials. A Home Office pathologist said Ms Saceanu probably died as a result of wounds to her neck.

She also had ‘a number of wounds to her hands consistent with efforts to protect herself’.

Day admitted, on the second day of his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, killing Ms Saceanu. He was remanded pending psychiatric assessments. The son of a company director, Day was 19 at the time of the murder. The court was told the University of Worcester student prepared the room in 'copycat' fashion as a 'tribute' to the drama, which follows forensic technician Dexter Morgan.

The TV character leads a double life as a vigilante serial killer.

Prosecutor Rachel Brand KC said Day had ‘planned this murder in some detail’ since November last year and intended ‘to dispose of her body without leaving signs’ of the crime – but ‘it went wrong’.

He had made a ‘shopping list’ on his phone of items required. These included knives, scissors, a mask, an apron, disposable gloves, plastic sheeting, a T-shirt, trousers, cleaning chemicals plus heavy duty black bin-bags.

All the items were found at the scene. Ms Saceanu answered a text from Day at about 9.30pm on December 20 and drove to the Airbnb. There was no evidence of sexual contact between them and the prosecution said Day killed her soon after she arrived.

Detective Inspector Matt Marston, who led the investigation, said: 'Day had an obsessive personality. It was a pre-planned brutal attack on a defenceless woman. The details of this case shocked experienced officers.'

Lend me a hedgehog, mate, I'm strapped for cash...

CASH is not only king, it's also a showcase of British history bearing images of the great and the good, including Jane Austen, Shakespeare and Sir Isaac Newton.

But a controversial plan to replace luminaries such as Winston Churchill with animals could lead to cash-strapped Britons asking if they can borrow a ‘puffin’ or a ‘hedgehog’ instead of a fiver or a tenner.

Earlier this year, nearly half a million people took part in a Bank of England consultation to choose animals to appear

By John-Paul Ford Rojas

Deputy Business Editor

on our paper money. As a result, puffins, owls, bumblebees and hedgehogs will replace worthies such as JMW Turner and Alan Turing on the Bank's next notes.

The move will end a tradition going back to 1970 of using portraits of historical figures. Critics described it as ‘totally bonkers’, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch saying it was ‘erasing our history’.

The four animals were chosen from a shortlist of 18 this year, and will feature on the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, which will also continue to display a portrait of the monarch.

In the consultation, the buff-tailed bumblebee topped the list, with 360,399 votes, followed by the European hedgehog, with 256,665.

In third was the barn owl with 270,596. The Atlantic puffin with 183,137 came sixth but was selected because the Bank decided ‘the inclusion of a marine animal will... celebrate the British coastline’. That meant the red fox, with 244,651, and the common kingfisher, with 211,277, lost out.

The Bank of England said it would take several years to design and test the notes to ensure they were ‘high quality, resilient and accessible’.

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European ministers fear that Mr Zelensky is walking into a trap laid by Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian leader said last night that the 'coalition of the willing' - the UK and other nations that have pledged to support Kyiv - held a 'useful' two-hour video conference yesterday. He revealed that they had a 'common view on what a peace agreement should be' and insisted it did not include changing state borders by force.

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Don't tell me that

Mrs Badenoch gives Reform both barrels for 'trying to take UK backwards'

By Sam Merriman and Martin Beckford

KEMI Badenoch declared herself a ‘proud black Briton’ yesterday as she lashed out at rivals on the Right who say only white people can be English.

In the most impassioned part of her speech to the Tory conference, the party's leader accused Reform of wanting to take the UK backwards with outdated views on race.

She also branded Nigel Farage's outfit weirdos and criminals – and urged its voters to come back to the Conservative fold.

Mrs Badenoch spoke out after her former Cabinet colleague Suella Braverman, who defected to Reform, said last week that she did not consider herself to be English, even though she was born in London.

The former home secretary, who is Reform's education spokeswoman, told BBC Question Time: 'Of course I'm not English. I'm not an English person – I am of Asian origin.'

Mrs Braverman's parents came from Mauritius and Kenya in the 1960s and she described herself as ‘British, of Asian ethnicity’.

Reform was also accused of trying to weaponise Mrs Badenoch's own background by highlighting the fact that she grew up in Nige-

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ria. Hitting back in her speech, the Tory leader, who has three children with her husband Hamish, a banker, said: 'I don't want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English.

'I don't want to explain to my son when we're watching our brilliant England team play football that some people don't think our black players are English.'

She claimed that nobody used to question whether or not black footballers such as Ian Wright and John Barnes were English when

THAT was quite an equaliser. Cobalt-clad Kemi Badenoch, speaking for an hour and six minutes, smouldered and growled and finally erupted into a peroration about how her policies offered 'something for everyone'. The contrast with Andy Burnham's Liverpool speech was total.

Mr Burnham embodied shuffling, shoulder-shrugging nonchalance. Mrs Badenoch? A mother in the grip of intent. Tangle with her at your peril.

Last week's whimpering was matched by driven indignation and something more modern, less drippy.

How she spangled. The Symphony Hall's lights bounced off her lipstick and her U-shaped parade of white teeth. She is starting to go grey at the top of her hairline but the energy was as neat as Nasa rocket fuel. From my perch in one of the balconies she looked tiny, agleam with intent, and yet so smoky in the vocals.

As she stepped on stage she was hit by the first of numerous ovations. Those watching on television may have wondered why the delivery was not faster. The reason: the Tory faithful were clapping too much.

Kemi's a mother on a mission. Tangle with her at your peril!

The morning's preamble had included not only God Save The King from a tattooed diva in a velvet dress but also a speech of stolid, bracing Right-wingery from Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy. He delivered it with the bluff intent of a Trollopian innkeeper advising a dissolute guest there would be no question of starting a tab.

OME affairs spokesman Chris Philp was a more blurry proposition, trousers, flapping

Adam's apple plunging up and down. He always speaks as if in the throes of heinous indigestion.

The day's first standing ovation went not to a human but to Zuzu, the two-year-old black labrador of party chairman Kevin Hollinrake.

She was brought on stage as a dig at that idiotic Labour minister last week who said taking your black lab to a country pub was racist. Mr Hollinrake started drinking a pint of beer on stage at 10.15am. 'Living the dream,' he said, contemplating his mutt and his ale. Zuzu, being a gundog, was unfazed by the noise of cheers and laughter.

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when the Shadow Cabinet took their seats. Gameshow cheesy.

Mrs Badenoch's own entry was accompanied by some techno-tweaked Elgar. Her first words: 'There is a fight coming in British politics.' It was a word she returned to several times. 'Fight'. Not that you'd want to step into a kick-boxing ring with this one. Not without a gumshield and waiting ambulance.

A passage in the middle of the speech was as strong as anything I have seen on a conference stage. It came when she defended her mixed-race children from accusations that they were not English. Here was a female caracal defending her kittens. More than that, it was looking ahead, in hope to the future. After her raw defiance she leavened it with lightness, saying, 'I don't know if you noticed, but I am black. I am British'. Millions of non-Tory voters may have felt a tingle and a prickling of goose pimples at this.

Some politicians hit one note and stick to it. Mrs Badenoch can do various tricks. She can talk about tradition in one breath and in the next use the expression ‘bad-ass teachers’, and it doesn’t jar.

HIS speech had a few moments of almost Judi Dench softness, not least when she was talking about murder victims and their parents. One such, the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, a young woman murdered in Nottingham, was sitting in the stalls.

There was the usual knockabout, although the attacks on Nigel Farage and Reform's top brass went further than expected, possibly further than was wise. Nor is it yet possible to swallow Tory bragging about building 50,000 prison places. The lack of jail cells is a blot on the Conservative record.

But a leader's speech is an alchemist's mixture of policy, posturing, rhetoric and most of all character.

And there is surely little question about the nature of this diminutive forcefield of a woman.

they played for the national team, adding: 'We must not let these people take us backwards. That is not the country we are.

'Reform MPs are openly questioning people's identity. They are not like us – we are not like them.'

She reminded delegates of a poster published by the Tories in 1978 that stated: ‘Labour says he’s black, we say he’s British.’

She added: 'I don't know whether you've noticed, but I am black. I am British.

‘I’m proud of my country, I’m proud of our history. All that we have done, and all that we will do in the world.

‘Our best days are not behind us, and we will not let this country go backwards.’

Mrs Badenoch said the country deserved better than Labour, adding: 'Do you know who else deserves better? Reform voters. Many of them are our people. We let them down and we want them to come back home. They deserve better than Reform politicians.'

She quipped that a year ago Reform leaders were ‘measuring up the curtains for No10’, but now some were facing the possibility of prison, citing the party’s former Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who was jailed last year for ‘taking bribes from Russia’.

His successor, Dan Thomas, resigned last month after being arrested, Mrs Badenoch said, while police are investigating donations to Robert Jenrick's

2024 Tory leadership campaign, and payments to a firm controlled by deputy leader Richard Tice.

She described the £5million gift received by Nigel Farage from a crypto-billionaire – which is the subject of a parliamentary probe – as ‘fishy’ and said Reform figures had been caught boasting about ‘brown envelopes’ in an undercover sting that is being investigated by Scotland Yard.

Both Mr Farage and Reform deny any wrongdoing.

'Just when you think Reform couldn't get any weirder, there's a convicted fraudster who calls himself Posh George and calls Nigel Farage "Daddy", 'Mrs Badenoch said. 'The circus goes on and on and it will never stop because this is who Reform politicians are. To those who say unite the Right, we are not uniting with that.'

But her comments, dashing hopes that the two parties may form an election pact to defeat Labour, came as three opinion polls in recent days showed the Tories were still in third place.

Mrs Badenoch acknowledged: 'We have changed our party, but there is still a lot of work to do.

‘People are looking through the shop window, they like what they see, but let’s be honest, not enough of them are buying yet.’

She told activists they had to 'get out there every day to make the Conservative case', pointing out that it took the party 13 years to ‘turn it around’ after the landslide defeat of 1997.

But she insisted the Tories were ready to win the next General Election as speculation grows that Andy Burnham may go to the country next spring.

Pollster Luke Tryl posted on X: 'That's the toughest I've seen a Tory leader be on Reform since their emergence as a serious political force... taking on claims about Englishness and identity from some Reform politicians. Feels a significant change in approach.'

But Mr Farage said: ‘Kemi’s speech today confirmed what we already knew – she has no vision for the country.’

I am not British

Up for the fight: An energised Kemi Badenoch yesterday

LAST year, when it looked as if the Tories were set to be overwhelmed by a collapse in support and a polling surge towards Nigel Farage's Reform Party, Kemi Badenoch and her aides convened for a meeting.

In front of them was a simple strategic choice. They could, one senior adviser explained, attempt to outflank Reform on the Right by mimicking their increasingly populist rhetoric and agenda. Or they could challenge it, and start to construct an alternative, distinct message, one rooted in traditional Thatcherite, Conservative values.

Debate ensued. Then Badenoch finally interjected. 'We are not like them,' she said. 'We are not going to copy them. We are not going to do any deals with them. We are going to take them on.'

Yesterday, in her conference speech, Kemi Badenoch did not just take on Reform. She crushed them.

Over the past few weeks, Farage and his lieutenants have been constructing a new plan to undermine the Tories and their leader. One part of it was to embrace Ethno-Nationalism, the idea that it is not possible to be English unless you are white. The other unsavoury aspect of that plan was to point to Badenoch's Nigerian heritage, as a way of insidiously implying she was unfit to lead Britain.

And yesterday that plan blew up in their faces. In a voice straining with genuine anger, Badenoch declared: 'I don't want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English.

'I don't want to explain to my son, when we're watching our brilliant England team play football, that some people don't think our black players are English. I remember back in the day when Ian Wright and John Barnes were playing, nobody was questioning whether they were English. We certainly didn't have sitting MPs questioning whether they were English.'

Over the past months, as Reform's lead in the polls crumbled, some inside and outside of Badenoch's party have been urging her to reach some form of accommodation with Farage.

HE Conservative leader has now given her definitive response: 'We must not let these people take us backwards. That is not the country we are. I don't know whether you've noticed, but I am black. I am British. I'm proud of my country, I'm proud of our history', she stormed. 'To those who say "unite the right"... we are not uniting with THAT!'

Last week Andy Burnham drew plaudits for his address to his party faithful. But his speech contained a series of gaping holes. On welfare. On crime. On defence.

Kemi Badenoch poured concrete into the gaps, then drove a tank right over them. For those on benefits, it was time for ‘tough love’, she announced. Under a Conservative government, they would be given a card that could be used to purchase only

Most powerful anti-racism message ever heard from a UK party leader

COMMENTARY by Dan Hodges

check, and an explanation of why the Tory Party was now on their side.

essentials. ‘No alcohol. No cigarettes. No gambling,’ she chided, adding: ‘It’s not their money, it’s taxpayers’ money!’

On the economy, she rightly observed, ‘unless we start growing our economy, something is going to break. That is why growing the economy will be the central organising principle of the next Conservative government. We know that a stronger country is built on a stronger economy’.

And she cuttingly inverted Burnham's PMQs gaffe in which he'd argued national security couldn't come at the expense of social security, observing: 'There is no national security without economic security, and there is no economic security without national security.'

But where Badenoch was most astute was in identifying the big opportunity presented by the tactics of both her main opponents. Burnham is pitching his message almost exclusively towards the British Left. He believes that if he can reconstruct his left flank, and pull support from Zack Polanski's imploding Green Party, then he can nudge his poll rating up to around 30 per cent, just enough to scrape a narrow parliamentary majority.

At the same time, Farage is now speaking solely to the 5 per cent of the electorate who are telling the pollsters they are considering voting Restore. For all practical purposes, he has abandoned any hope of securing his own majority, and is instead focusing on trying to replace the Tories as the official opposition after the next election.

Which means it's now only Kemi Badenoch and the Conservatives who are trying to have a conversation with the British people as a whole. Those who run small businesses. Parents. Police officers. Graduates. Farmers. Veterans. Pensioners. In her stirring peroration, each received a name

There are obviously risks in her approach. The main policy ‘rabbits’ – the abolition of inheritance tax on all family homes and the provision of free childcare for those earning over £100,000 – have laid her open to the charge that she primarily cares for affluent voters. Her unashamed embrace of Thatcherism may jar with Tory-leaning voters in those Red Wall seats Boris Johnson managed to wrestle from Labour in 2019. And the fact that she delivered the most robust attack on racism – by calling out the extremists sheltering inside both the Greens and Reform – by a major party leader for a generation, will upset those who wanted her to swerve around the nation’s simmering culture war.

BUT as we saw again yesterday, ducking the major issues is not Kemi Badenoch's way. 'I am up for the fight,' she pledged to her party. And that message is what will ultimately come to define her speech and conference.

This was the moment Badenoch drew the battle lines for the next election. Nigel Farage and Reform have had their moment. But as she brilliantly articulated, they have failed to frame themselves as a serious party of government.

The choice facing the country is now clear. Burnham's unashamed 1970s-style socialism. Or Badenoch's bold attempt to reappropriate and recondition Margaret Thatcher's radical conservatism.

If they are to return to government, Badenoch and her team have a mountain to climb. But after yesterday, while the summit towers above them, it is no longer out of reach.

By Claire Ellicott, Sam Merriman and Christian Calgie

KEMI Badenoch rallied her troops for battle yesterday as she declared the Conservative Party ‘back in fashion’ and ready to fight for the ‘soul of the nation’.

In a passionate and at times emotional speech, the Tory leader tore into her rivals and savaged their records.

Her rousing address to the party faithful in Birmingham, clocking in at one hour six minutes – a minute longer than Andy Burnham's speech last week – prompted at least a dozen standing ovations.

Mrs Badenoch's main themes were:

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DEFIANCE FOR THE FUTURE AND TORY TURNCOATS

The Conservative leader warned there was a ‘fight coming’ that would be a ‘battle for the soul of the nation’ at the next election. In a show of defiance, the Tory leader said she would not be ‘written off’ and would build a ‘renewed’ party that would win.

Invoking the transformation of high street chain M&S, she told delegates her party was ‘back in fashion’.

'And to think, people were writing us off,' she said, pointing out that Keir Starmer had last year been planning for a decade in power, yet was no longer even an MP.

‘Let me tell you, I am not someone who gets written off and neither is the Conservative Party. Conference, there is a reason our party is still here after 200 years,’ the Tory leader bellowed.

Reflecting on past election defeats, she said the Conservatives had ‘acknowledged’ their mistakes.

Using her M&S analogy, she admitted that voters were ‘looking through the shop window’ at the Tories, but they were not yet buying.

Marks & Spencer, she said, had gone from 'stuffy and stuck in the past'

from ‘stuffy and stuck in the past’ to ‘back in fashion’ – a point made after she was in the front row at the first ever M&S London Fashion Week show last month.

Kemi takes aim at 'drama queens' of Reform and the 'Paddington Bear PM'

Continuing a theme running through the conference, Mrs Badenoch reserved harsh words for Tories who defected to Reform UK, including Robert Jenrick, who she ejected from the party for disloyalty.

STRONGER COUNTRY

‘In 2024, voters gave their verdict on the rows, the plots, and the infighting. Remember all that drama? That’s gone,’ she said.

'The Conservatives have had an export boom – of drama queens going to Reform. This party is now the no-drama party.'

She said the Tories needed to win back the voters lost to Reform, adding: 'Many of them are our people. We let them down and we want them to come back home.'

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PM IS ALL 'EYELASHES AND PORK SCRATCHINGS'

Andy Burnham is all ‘fluttering eyelashes and pork scratchings’, Mrs Badenoch said as she tore into the Prime Minister.

She mocked the PM for saying that opening No 10 North was the best day of his life and savaged his record on defence, the national debt and welfare.

Accusing him of making promises he couldn't deliver with sums that didn't add up, she warned that he was 'not serious'.

‘Don’t let this man fool you with his fluttering eyelashes and his pork scratchings,’ she said.

'He said opening No 10 North was the best day of his life. Really? It's got a fake Cabinet room, a cardboard cutout of Larry the cat and the address isn't even No 10! It's all make-believe.'

She questioned Mr Burnham's decision to relaunch the Brexit wars after saying he did not want to rerun the referendum during his election campaign. Referring to his party conference speech, she criticised him for not talking about funding defence, getting borrowing under control and stopping illegal immigration.

'I am shocked that this Prime Minister doesn't have defence, the economy, immigration, or crime in his priorities. This is not serious.'

She also rubbished his ‘Hope Again’ slogan, telling delegates: ‘Hope is not a strategy.’

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PADDINGTON BEAR WON'T SAVE US FROM PUTIN

The Tory leader mocked Mr Burnham's record on defence as she branded him a ‘Paddington Bear prime minister’ who won't keep us safe from Russia.

Mrs Badenoch said it worried her that Mr Burnham had failed to mention funding defence in his speech as she said that the era of peace was over. Dismissing him as 'not serious', she poured scorn on his record as a Shadow Cabinet member under Jeremy Corbyn.

‘The last thing this country needs is a Paddington Bear prime minister, hoping that the problems go away, while Putin attacks our allies, while our economy flatlines,' she told delegates.

Mocking his record, she added: 'Let's be honest, if Russia sends a missile to hit Manchester, £2 bus fares are not going to save us.'

She added: 'This is a man who was happy to serve in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. Nodding along to a man who wanted to take the UK out of Nato, give up our nuclear deterrent, and even disband our Army.'

She added that the first duty of any government was defence of the realm as she said cutting welfare will allow the country to fund defence. The Tories this week have set out plans for a ‘Britannia shield’ to protect the UK from missiles and drones.

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PLAN FOR GROWTH AND MAJOR TAX REFORMS

Putting growth at the centre of her economic pitch yesterday, Mrs Badenoch promised voters prosperity ‘that you can actually see and feel’.

She said her plan would be centred on cheap energy, and cutting the deficit, without which economic growth would be impossible. The Tory leader condemned the eye-watering complexity of the tax system, quipping that, at 23,000 pages long, it was bigger than ‘all seven Harry Potter novels, the Bible and the complete works of Shakespeare combined, four times over’, adding: ‘No wonder our economy isn’t growing!’

She outlined a vision of a future growing economy, in which pensioners are able to do their weekly food shop and have cash left over to take their family out to a café, in which graduates have an abundance of jobs to choose from, and where building infrastructure can go ahead without being blocked by bats and newts.

Mrs Badenoch also blasted Mr Burnham's rumoured plans to U-turn on building a third runway at Heathrow.

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PUNISHMENTS THAT FIT THE CRIMES

Tougher minimum sentences for the worst crimes would be introduced if the Tories win the next election, Mrs Badenoch said.

The Tory leader said the justice system must see ‘punishment which fits the crime, real consequences, criminals behind bars and communities feeling safe again’. The new pledge came alongside a commitment to roll out the largest prison building programme in modern history, adding 50,000 new spaces.

She spoke movingly about the safety of young people, talking about Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, who were murdered by a paranoid schizophrenic in Nottingham in 2023.

Grace's father, Sanjoy Kumar, was sitting in the audience as Mrs Badenoch accused the state of institutional failure to protect people. Mr Kumar said yesterday that his daughter had 'been

Rousing: Kemi Badenoch yesterday. Inset, with husband Hamish

failed', adding: 'I lost my daughter, my beautiful and brave Gracie, who was killed fighting a man who was psychotic – and we've not had any accountability. It's the role of any government to keep its people safe.'

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BALLOONING BENEFITS SYSTEM IS BROKEN

The welfare system is ‘broken’ and benefits claimants need ‘tough love’ rather than handouts to help them back into work, Mrs Badenoch said.

Seeking to draw a clear dividing line between Labour and the Conservatives on benefits spending, the Tory leader said the ‘best welfare is a well-paying job’.

Mrs Badenoch said: 'Our welfare system is broken, we spend more on benefits than we raise in income tax.

‘And we are incentivising low-value immigration to our country. We need to put the fair back in welfare. We need tough love.

‘It is morally wrong to tell people suffering bouts of mild anxiety that they are disabled and cannot work.’

The Conservatives have made the need for welfare reform a central feature of the party conference, outlining new plans to slash the bloated benefits bill.

Under Tory plans, school and university leavers will be banned from going straight on to Universal Credit, and will instead have to undergo intensive work coaching. Those who fail to find or accept work after six months will be placed on a new subsistence allowance, paying 70 per cent of the basic Universal Credit rate.

Handouts would be paid on to a card that could not be spent on drinking, smoking or gambling.

‘If you haven’t paid in, you shouldn’t be taking out,’ Mrs Badenoch said. ‘Conservatives don’t believe in a something-for-nothing culture.’

AN Englishman's home is his castle. The phrase goes back to the 16th century, and so does the philosophy it crystallises. We all yearn for a private space, a space where our rulers cannot boss us around, a space where we might arrange our affairs as we wish, speak our minds, behave in any way we please.

The mighty jurist Sir Edward Coke, who did as much as anyone to codify our understanding of the common law, put it like this as long ago as 1628:

'For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [and each man's home is his safest refuge].'

That is why we resent the idea of government inspectors demanding access to our homes in order to assess them for inheritance tax or for the coming mansion tax.

And it is why Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap both taxes is so popular, even among people who are not themselves affected.

Britain, like most Anglosphere countries, has a peculiar fondness for home ownership. In, say, Germany there are as many people who rent their homes as who own them. In the UK, there are twice as many owner-occupiers as there are tenants.

Economists argue about whether this is a good thing. High levels of home ownership give people assets, and thus collateral against which they can raise loans and start businesses; at the same time, though, labour mobility tends to be higher when home ownership is lower.

The greatest advantage of owner-occupation, however, is psychological. It gives us a stake in order, in security, in prosperity – in short, a stake in our country.

That, I think, is why we are so resentful of taxes that discourage what we think of as responsible behaviour – taxes, in other words, that penalise our desire to join a property-owning society.

The Tory leader has promised to exempt family homes, together with £1million in assets, from inheritance tax, to scrap Labour's

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Owning a home gives us a stake in our country

mansion tax and to abolish stamp duty.

These are popular pledges among propertied people. More to the point, though, they will stimulate growth that benefits everyone, including those who do not own their homes.

Let's start with inheritance tax, an administratively costly and complex tax to levy. Ten OECD countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, have scrapped inheritance tax altogether. In each case, they had worked out that its negative impact on growth outweighed the small amounts of revenue it was raising.

Sweden, to take a recent example, abolished inheritance tax in 2004. Immediately, family-owned businesses began investing more and growing faster.

It turned out that, under the old tax regime, owners of family firms had been withdrawing capital from them in anticipation of their heirs' inheritance tax liability. Now, they instead plough the money back into the business, which means that Sweden ends up

Cutting property taxes speaks to something deeply ingrained in our psyche – and will boost the economy too

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COMMENTARY By Daniel Hannan

with more overall tax revenue. The Conservatives might usefully ask themselves whether, having come this far, it would not be sensible to scrap inheritance tax completely, get rid of all the administrative complexity, and reap the benefit of more economic activity.

The only question we should ask about any tax is whether it is efficient. Does it bring in a decent chunk of revenue without creating perverse incentives?

Or do its secondary consequences lead to a net loss of revenue – as, for example, when inheritance tax reaches a level where people take themselves or their assets offshore, and so end up paying less income tax?

As a rule, politicians do not ask that question. They ask instead what ‘seems fair’, or who should pay, or what polls well.

Hence the persistent appeal of taxes on savings and investment – the most damaging taxes in terms of growth, but also the most popular among voters who, largely ignorant of economics, like any tax that they imagine will fall on others.

One of the chief problems with property taxes is that they inflate the price of moving house. People who might downsize and so free up space cannot afford to do so. At the other end of the scale, people trying to afford their first home are also penalised.

This harms our quality of life in many ways. We rarely stop to consider how excessive housing costs contribute to our low savings ratio, or to the unusually long hours we work.

It also makes Britain a less attractive place to invest. Suppose you are a multinational firm deciding where to site a major business centre. The UK has an educated and English-speaking workforce. But because housing costs here are so inflated, you will need to pay much higher wages to compensate.

So, yes, if you want to make Britain a more competitive and productive nation, making housing cheaper is a good place to start. Until now, all the parties have failed this test.

The Tories tried to address the problem with the right-to-buy scheme, which simply shifted the problem. Yes, it gave some buyers extra capital, but it did not increase the supply of houses, so it meant less availability and higher prices for everyone else.

Labour has now made things

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Labour's rent controls have reduced supply

worse by introducing rent controls, thereby reducing supply even more. Both these schemes relied on more state intervention to fix a problem created by state intervention – more of the medicine that sickened the patient.

The real solution is drastically to liberalise planning laws so as to allow new houses to be built – something that would not cost taxpayers a penny, and would immediately make Britain a much wealthier place.

In the meantime, though, cutting taxes on property is a welcome step in the right direction.

It is paradoxical. As housing has become more expensive, so the state has become more intrusive. In 1763, Pitt the Elder gave perhaps the most rousing version of the Englishman's-home-is-his-castle principle: 'The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail – its roof may shake – the wind may blow through it – the storm may enter – the rain may enter – but the King of England cannot enter!'

Those were the days. In 1974, Richard Stilgoe wrote a comic song, Statutory Right Of Entry, about the seven categories of official who might enter your home without permission.

In 2007, a study by the Centre for Policy Studies found that there were now 266 legal acts in force that enabled state agents to enter private properties, the main growth having taken place in the 1990s.

In 2012, an official review under the Protection of Freedoms Act ran the numbers for all defined premises (businesses, vehicles and private land as well as dwellings). It found 1,237 rights of entry, and reduced them to 912.

We are, by any definition, a long way from Pitt the Elder.

Indeed, in Scotland, a change in the law in 2024 means that people can be prosecuted for hate speech if they say the wrong thing at their own kitchen table. When George Orwell imagined his futuristic dystopia, he had telescreens watching people in their homes.

Privacy and ownership are what distinguish free societies from totalitarian ones.

Removing excessive and punitive taxes from our houses is not, on its own, going to reverse the unhappy growth of state power here. But it's a start. By heaven, it's a start.

■ Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is an independent peer and Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs

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Sorry Harry, you are too old to play me, says Jagger, 83

Rock biopic: A young Mick Jagger

By James Desborough

IF HARRY Styles was hoping to play Mick Jagger in a biopic, the rocker has some bad news: You can't always get what you want.

Jagger, 83, has revealed he is considering making a film about the early years of the Rolling Stones, who formed in 1962.

But asked who might play the young frontman, Sir Mick was adamant: No one over 30.

'I want someone playing me at 20. I want them to be in their 20s... so it would be a pretty unknown actor. It wouldn't be a big star,' he told Canadian TV.

Styles, 32, has long been compared with Jagger because of his flamboyant outfits, flowing locks and, of course, his moves.

But, pointedly, Jagger added: 'If I was doing a biopic, [I'd] want the beginning of the getting famous.

'I was only 19... and what happens is they always cast someone 32 playing 19.'

F1 team sues garage for £1m after Grand Prix car takes a wrong turn

Lost: The FW23, with Ralf Schumacher and Juan Montoya

By Matt Strudwick

FORMULA One team Williams is suing a garage owner for £1million after a historic Grand Prix car the British outfit loaned to him vanished.

The £750,000 FW23 – driven by Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya during the 2001 World Championship – was lent to Autotech Performance Ltd in 2015 to become a showpiece at the firm's garage in Telford, Shropshire.

But Williams received no response when it asked for the car – one of only nine manufactured – to be returned six years later.

Autotech has since gone into liquidation and been dissolved.

The racing firm is now demanding the garage's former owner and shareholder, Peter Thorpe, either return the car or pay £1million in a High Court lawsuit.

Lawyers for Williams claim Mr Thorpe had the car removed from the garage, having wrongly claimed to his company's liquidators that he personally owned it.

But the 58-year-old, who says he now lives abroad, is fighting the claim, insisting he never told anyone he owned the car. He also said he doesn't know where the car is and has a poor memory after suffering a stroke in October 2018.

Mr Thorpe said he cannot remember speaking to liquidators and the car was on site the last time he went there in summer 2021 – before the company was dissolved.

Setting out the claim in its case papers, Williams' barrister Richard Clegg said Autotech had been allowed to keep the car until October 2021, but added: 'The car is part of the claimant's unique collection of its own heritage cars. On a date unknown after the commencement of Autotech's voluntary liquidation, or thereabouts, the car was removed from the premises.'

Mr Thorpe's defence argues that the vehicle was a show car without an engine and disputes the valuation.

Williams' claim against Mr Thorpe was filed at the High Court in London but the case has not yet gone before a judge for a full trial.

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‘It’s next door’s dog – can you turn the music down?’

Why you SHOULD let sleeping dogs lie...

By Xantha Leatham

Executive Science Editor

IF YOU'VE ever banished your dog from the bedroom after a restless night, scientists have some surprising news: Your pet may not be the one to blame.

This is because dogs have little impact on their owners' sleep – and humans could actually be more likely to wake their pets during the night.

Researchers from the University of Toronto tracked the sleep habits of 25 people and 38 dogs over four weeks to find out who was really disturbing whom.

The team fitted activity monitors to both humans and dogs, allowing them to record movements throughout the night.

The study, published in the journal PLOS One, revealed that people and their pets tended to wake and move around at similar times. But researchers found that human activity was more likely to occur before their dogs' – meaning owners were often the ones interrupting their pets.

‘Human and dog nighttime activities were generally correlated, but patterns were variable among pairs,’ author Lavania Nagendran said. ‘Overall, their activity tended to be synchronised with human activity more often preceding dog activity than the other way around.’

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Spain protest OAP dies at 87

A SPANISH pensioner whose eviction sparked major protests and triggered a snap election died yesterday at the age of 87.

Maricarmen Abascal was removed from her Madrid flat, where she had lived for more than 70 years, after she was unable to afford a reported 275 per cent rent increase.

Shocking scenes showed the grandmother being carried away on a stretcher last month, prompting demonstrations and a political row.

Reforms proposed in the wake of her eviction to curb removals and limit rents were rejected by parliament last week, causing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call an early election for November 29.

300,000 jobs for young ‘at risk’

CHANCELLOR John Healey has been warned that 300,000 hospitality jobs a year for young people are at risk unless the national insurance (NI) burden is reduced at the Budget.

Trade body UKHospitality said the sector has lost 100,000 jobs in the past two years after his predecessor Rachel Reeves hiked employer NI and said Mr Healey must act now to ease the pain. It comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch pledged to boost businesses by halving the NI contributions paid by firms for employing workers under 25.

Hotels, pubs, bars and restaurants were stunned when Ms Reeves announced a £25billion NI raid in her first Budget in 2024. The raid saw the rate of employer NI raised from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent and – more

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significantly – slashed the salary threshold at which the tax is due from £9,100 to £5,000.

That meant many of the low-paid or part-time workers hospitality firms traditionally rely on became much more expensive to employ. It has been widely blamed for a slump in hiring across much of the economy.

In an intervention ahead of the Budget, UKHospitality said while the industry provides 300,000 job starts for 16 to 24-year-olds every year, its capacity to do so would be ‘further eroded without action to reduce the sector’s tax burden’. It is calling for the Government to ease the NI burden by progressively increasing the salary threshold for employer NI to £10,000 by the end of the Parliament.

UKHospitality chief executive Allen Simpson said: ‘Hospitality has always been the nation’s biggest creator of jobs for young people. That job creation superpower has been put in jeopardy over the past two years, with hospitality hit by more than £5billion in extra costs. Without action, our already stretched ability to provide those job starts for young people will be put at risk.’

He added that cutting the cost of employment could help the 'NEETs crisis' – a reference to the those aged 16 to 24 classed as not in education, employment or training who number nearly a million.

Chancellor plans £1bn energy bills bailout ... but it'll go to Benefits St

By James Tapsfield

A £1BILLION Budget bailout to help households cope with soaring energy bills is being considered by the Chancellor – but the bulk of it will go to benefits claimants.

John Healey has been scrambling for ways to ease the pressure on families when he sets out his economic plans on October 28, despite facing a battle to balance the books.

Ministers are increasingly alarmed at the prospect of the energy price cap rising by more than a fifth in January amid the raging Middle East crisis.

The proposal reportedly gaining traction in the Treasury would see the current Warm Homes Discount increased from £150 a year to £250 a year. But that is only available to households on means-tested benefits, such as universal credit or housing benefit.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made great play of his desire to help

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'Crucial decisions have been delayed'

families with the cost of living crisis. However, his move earlier this month to trim 5 per cent VAT off electricity bills until March was immediately swallowed up by a rise in the energy price cap last week.

Last night the Treasury insisted the claims were just speculation three weeks ahead of the Budget.

Handouts: Chancellor John Healey

And there will be no timetable for increasing defence spending to 3 per cent and then 3.5 per cent of GDP – long demanded by US President Donald Trump. Those crucial decisions have been delayed, potentially until the end of next year when a spending review will be held.

Mr Healey will have to lay out how he will find about £5 billion for the Defence Investment Plan, as it was not funded when it was first announced in June under then-PM Sir Keir Starmer.

Teachers' 3.5% rise 'will mean classroom cuts'

SCHOOL budgets are set for a squeeze to pay for Labour's 3.5 per cent teacher pay rise – despite earlier impressions it would be fully funded, union bosses say.

Education Secretary Lucy Powell faces a fight from the NASUWT, which said the rise is ‘under-funded’ and will mean classroom cutbacks. The row comes after Ms Powell wrote to another teaching union, the NEU, to avert its strike plans.

She said £500 million raised from re-evaluating support staff's pensions could fund the rise.

The Chancellor is under huge pressure as money markets drive up UK borrowing costs amid Labour promising a host of other big-spending policies.

By Eleanor Harding

Education Editor

‘We are confident that schools will be able to cover the costs of the teacher pay award,’ she said. The NEU's General Secretary Daniel Kebede claimed victory and said it meant the pay award would be ‘fully funded’.

A study by the Resolution Foundation found the UK had suffered the equivalent of 13 years of

But yesterday the NASUWT suggested £500 million must still be found because the pensions savings have already been factored into school budgets for other things.

It comes as a think-tank revealed five years of a near-constant cost-of-living crisis have left households almost £3,000 worse off than they would have been.

General Secretary Matt Wrack, said: 'Despite all the spin, there is no new money for schools.'

A Government source denied there was spin and stressed it had been 'factual and clear' there was no new money.

That comes despite Mr Healey, in his previous role as Defence Secretary, quitting Sir Keir's government in protest against the failure to set out a path for increasing defence spending.

And as Labour tries to rustle up cash to support its plans, banks voiced fears they will be targeted with a windfall levy.

‘normal’ inflation in just five, thanks to the fallout from the pandemic and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Had inflation been at usual levels over this period, the think tank said, the average household would be £2,900 better off than they currently are.

James Smith, chief economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: 'While the hit to incomes from rising prices has been felt right across the board, the hardship has not been equally shared.

‘It is poorer families who have cut back hardest on heating and are falling behind fastest on essential bills, and the conflict in the Middle East is set to keep energy prices high.'

Mr Smith said cost-of-living help was needed ‘just when the public finances leave less room than ever to provide it’.

But he cautioned against a Liz Truss-style universal package of support, adding: 'The Government can't borrow its way out of this, and repeating the expensive blanket support of 2022 isn't an option.

‘Any new help must be squarely targeted at the poorer families facing the greatest hardship – starting with their energy bills.’

Heavy load: The new statue

Nude Trump statue is a figure of fun at parliament

By Isabella Machin

A GOLDEN statue of Donald Trump has been put on display inside the EU's European Parliament – but he might not take a shine to it.

Titled The Orange Plague, the 8.5ft-tall statue depicts the heavy-set US President naked and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller, clothed man.

The unflattering artwork, coated in 23-carat gold leaf, stands at a busy intersection connecting two of the parliament's buildings in Strasbourg, France. It also features the President holding small justice scales as well as a long golf club next to a golf ball that looks like Earth.

Danish artist Jens Galschiot created the statue, which is also known as the 'King of Injustice',

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in protest at Mr Trump's approach to climate change.

He described it as a ‘satirical outcry’ against the ‘US assault on the green transition’. Text on its plinth reads: ‘I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back – The King of Injustice.’

It follows Mr Trump immediately shredding the US's climate policies when he returned to the White House in January last year and his description of climate change as a ‘con job’.

Earlier this year a 22ft gold-plated statue of Mr Trump was unveiled at his golf club in Miami, depicting the president with his fist in the air – said to have been inspired by the pose he struck after surviving an assassination attempt in 2024.

The next stop for Mr Galschiot's work is believed to be the COP31 UN Climate Conference in Turkey next month – the US did not send a representative to last year's COP30 summit in Brazil.

Tragedy: Hannah Cain was found dead on Sunday Scene: The Cains' home in Norfolk

Daily Mail, Thursday, October 8, 2026

Doctor to Royal Family 'strangled and battered to death by her husband at children's sleepover'

By Andrew Levy and Gethin Hicks

A DOCTOR to the Royal Family was allegedly bludgeoned and strangled to death by her husband while hosting a children's sleepover, a court was told yesterday.

GP Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her home near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk in the early hours of Sunday.

Her husband Mark Cain, also 45, appeared yesterday at Norwich magistrates' court charged with her murder.

Cain, who wore a black jumper, spoke only to confirm his name and showed no emotion during the five-minute hearing.

Prosecutor Jacqui Hanlon told the court that the ambulance service contacted police at 2.25am on Sunday to

say a 45-year-old man had received a stab wound in a suspected robbery at a house in the village of Dersingham.

She added: 'Hannah Cain was found in an upstairs bedroom not breathing and not conscious.

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Family: Mark Cain with his wife

'A preliminary post-mortem [examination] noted blunt force injury to the side of the head had been inflicted. Also [there was] an injury which could be suggested was compression of the neck. There were children in the house at the time.'

The Crown Prosecution Service authorised the murder charge against Cain on Tuesday evening.

Mrs Cain is understood to have treated members of the Royal Family, such as Queen Camilla. The King and Queen are said to have been informed of her death.

The surgery in nearby Grimston, where Mrs Cain was based, was closed on Monday and Tuesday. Her colleagues said this was due to ‘extremely difficult circumstances affecting our practice team’.

A surgery spokesman added: 'We apologise for the disruption and appreciate your patience and understanding at what is a very difficult time for our colleagues.'

Known professionally as Dr Hannah Terry, Mrs Cain also worked for the cosmetic treatments business Norfolk Sky Aesthetics based in nearby Thornham.

Bouquets and tributes were left close to the scene at Dersingham in the hours after Mrs Cain's death as forensics teams and police officers began their probe.

Last night, her family said: 'We are devastated by the loss of our beautiful Hannah. She was kind, generous and loving. We are incredibly proud of the woman she was and of the great care she took of patients.' Villagers described the area as a normally peaceful spot and said they were shocked at the tragedy.

One local, who revealed Mrs Cain had lived in the area for around ten years, said: 'She was just a lovely human being with three gorgeous young children.'

And a neighbour, in his 90s, added: 'The children are lovely, two boys and a younger girl.'

Another resident said: 'It's the sort of place where if you forget to lock your car and leave it out all night nothing will happen to it.' One mourner posted on Facebook: 'Fly high and sleep well Dr Terry. You never deserved this to happen, heaven has gained an angel. You were a lovely doctor who listened to us and helped us. 'Thinking of you and your family and your children and friends.'

Dersingham is on the edge of the royal estate of Sandringham in west Norfolk, while the village of Grimston is to the south.

District judge Matthew Bone remanded Cain to appear at King's Lynn Crown Court today.

New pill for Parkinson's gives 'great hope'

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

A DAILY pill for Parkinson's disease has demonstrated huge benefits in a late-stage trial, raising hopes patients could see the first major new treatment in decades.

The drug significantly reduced the time patients struggled with stiffness and tremors, making dressing and eating easier.

Most existing drugs – used for over half a century – act on dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain that helps control movement and declines in sufferers. But as Parkinson's advances, patients can get 'off' periods when symptoms return. Dopamine-based treatments can also cause dyskinesia or involuntary jerking motions.

The new drug, solengepras, targets a different part of the brain. It blocks a receptor called GPR6, so releasing the brake on movement. The Phase 3 trial involved 341 patients, who took either 75mg or 150mg of solengepras, or a placebo, once a day for 12 weeks. The higher-dose group had 94 minutes less 'off' time and less daytime sleepiness.

Dr Stuart Isaacson, a principal investigator in the trial of the drug from Boston-based biotech company Cerevance, said it ‘gives great hope for the future’. The treatment could be available in two to three years.

Why fruit and veg may be half as healthy as it was in 1960s

By Zoe Hardy

COMMON crops including wheat, apples and carrots may have lost up to half their nutritional value since the 1960s.

Declining soil quality means adults today are missing out on vital vitamins and minerals.

Around five million could be pushed towards deficiency in potassium, iron, selenium and zinc with ‘enormous’ implications for public health.

Experts say it could lead to ‘millions of people taking increased sick days due to being tired or exhausted, and with impaired concentration’.

Selenium deficiency can weaken the immune system, increase the risk of heart disease and impair thyroid function, with knock-on effects including infertility, depression and fatigue. It is

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a powerful antioxidant that helps the immune system fight infection and protects cells from damage. As the nutrient density of wheat has declined, women may now need to eat four slices of wholemeal bread to obtain just a third of their recommended daily selenium intake, say researchers from tech firm Deep Science Ventures.

Iron and potassium are also a concern, with deficiencies linked to high levels of fatigue, heart irregularities and compromised immune function. Writing in the journal Food And Nutrition Sciences, the researchers said increasing the nutrient density of crops by just a third could significantly reduce deficiency rates.

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Rent a room? That's £1,000 a month, please

THE average cost of renting a room in London has soared above £1,000 a month following Labour's rental reforms.

The number of advertised rooms has dropped by 7.3 per cent compared to last year as landlords sell up and flee the market, according to flat-sharing website SpareRoom.

It means the average cost of renting a room in inner London has soared to £1,002 a month - just £1 shy of its 2023 peak.

The average cost of living in a flat-share anywhere in Britain has also risen to a record high of £769 a month.

Labour's Renters' Rights Act, which came into force in May, introduced a raft of protections for tenants, including an end to ‘no fault’ evictions.

Matt Hutchinson, of Spare-Room, said the Act has ‘driven away landlords’, adding: ‘Some feel the investment opportunity is no longer worth the effort.’

Putin's birthday blitz

He marks turning 74 with barrage and boy, 14, is killed while writing about ‘oppression of the defenceless’

From Andy Jehring

Chief Foreign Correspondent in Kyiv

VLADIMIR Putin marked his 74th birthday yesterday by killing at least 25 in Ukraine during a blitz of more than 70 Russian ballistic missiles.

One hit a five-storey apartment block that collapsed leaving nine dead, including three children.

Dozens more were injured in the strike on Pryluky in the northern Chernihiv region after Putin deployed TU-160 strategic bombers and drones to torch infrastructure across Ukraine in the early hours.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: 'Today, on Putin's

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'I realised how symbolic it was'

birthday, the Russian army “presented” him with the destruction of a residential block in Pryluky – an ordinary five-storey block of flats.

It came as news emerged of how a 14-year-old schoolboy, Daniel Umansky, was killed by a drone strike on Kyiv while doing his homework.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, his weeping father, Zorick, 53, said Daniel had just written that 12th century ruler Volodymyr II of Kyiv ‘did not allow the powerful to oppress the poor and defenceless’.

Seconds later, at 8am on September 25, a Shahed drone smashed into his flat at 300mph, killing him instantly in front of his mother, Natalia, 43.

When found in the rubble, his unfinished homework – bloodied and shredded – remained open on the page he was working on.

£2.5bn cost of meddling

‘I wasn’t in a state to take in such details at first,’ said Mr Umansky, a wine expert. ‘Then I realised how symbolic it was.’

He was asleep when the drone hit, and said his wife, a hotel sales

DEFENDING Britain against Russia costs taxpayers more than £2.5billion a year, a report revealed yesterday.

Dubbed the ‘Putin Tax’, Britons face a huge economic hit from cyber attacks and other hostile activity.

Illegal Russian cyber disruption is estimated to have cost the UK £1.5billion, while damage to cables beneath the Atlantic comes in at up to £500million, according to the report by Labour MP Graeme Downie.

The private sector has lost £500million in attacks on firms such as Jaguar Land Rover, Royal Mail and NHS suppliers. Tom Keatinge, of the Royal United Services Institute think-tank, said: 'Understanding the price Britain already pays is essential to protecting its future.'

manager, had not been able to describe what happened.

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Innocent victim: Daniel Umansky, 14. Above: Kyiv in flames yesterday

Mr Umansky added: 'We're still afraid to go into all the details.

‘The difference in our experiences is probably 15 seconds, but those 15 seconds that she experienced and I didn’t were the hardest, the toughest, the cruellest in any person’s life.

‘Luckily, her injuries are not serious. The biggest trauma is psychological. It's in our souls.'

The Jewish family moved to Ukraine from Israel, but when Russia invaded in 2022 they went back to Tel Aviv. However, they returned to Kyiv after the attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Daniel's last conversation with his father came the night before he died, when he talked about his dream to live somewhere safe. 'Daniel was living in two countries where there was a constant threat to life,' Mr Umansky said. 'His dream was that his children would never face that.

‘Then he went to sleep and I never saw him alive again.’

He added: ‘Russians are trying to make Kyiv impossible to live in. They carry out psychological terror. But Ukraine is not trending now – there are other trends. I ask these people, “Please pay attention to what Russia is doing”’

Labour's 'lost touch with reality' over waiting lists

By Shaun Wooller

Health Editor

NHS leaders have accused Labour of being ‘disconnected from reality’ as a damning report warns patients face waiting twice as long for care as ministers promised.

The Government made tackling long waits a flagship policy when it came to power and vowed, by July 2029, 92 per cent of patients would be treated within 18 weeks of a referral.

But analysis by the Health Foundation reveals the figure is more likely to be 35 weeks based on the lacklustre progress over the past two years.

The think-tank says the list is likely to have fallen by a mere 500,000 between July 2024 and July 2029, taking it from 7.6 mil-

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lion to 7.1 million. This is a net reduction of just 274 per day. It was said previously the list needs to fall to by 4.4 million to meet the 18-week target.

The Health Foundation said GP referrals grew by 1.5 per cent in Labour's first year but by 3 per cent in its second. If referrals continue to grow at that rate until 2029, removals will need to double from 2.2 per cent to more than 4.5 per cent a year.

Matthew Hopkins, from the NHS Alliance which represents service leaders, said: 'It is not going to happen. And when policy becomes disconnected from operational reality, it's patients who pay the price.'

A Department of Health spokesman said: 'We are determined to keep pushing towards our 92 per cent target. That's why we are investing record funding so patients can be diagnosed and treated faster.'

OCTOBER 7: THREE YEARS ON

Hiding behind umbrellas, the ghouls marching for Hamas on October 7th anniversary...

HOW I SEE IT

by Robert

Hardman

JUST by Holborn Tube station, I heard the most priceless chant of the day. 'Here's our message to the cops,' they cried. 'Get a real f\*\*\*\*\* job!'

Here in the middle of the working week were a band of students (a few of them, it must be said, decidedly mature) holding up the London traffic in order to celebrate the murder of 1,200 civilians – plus the rape and kidnapping of many more.

And they had the temerity to lecture the rest of us on seeking gainful employment. If anyone is likely to face problems securing a job in future, it is likely to be this lot, since anyone spotted on this demonstration may not be allowed anywhere near a position of responsibility for some time.

Given that the police had banned face coverings at this event, and that the world's media were filming every step of the way, these marchers were certainly taking a risk in making their visceral anti-Semitism quite so brazen. Hence many of them were hiding behind umbrellas, sunglasses, tight-wrapped Palestinian keffiyehs and medical facemasks.

The police had ample grounds to lift several of them for a clear breach of the rules but only nabbed a handful. Nor did they rise to the usual anti-Israel 'From The River To The Sea/Palestine Will Be Free' repertoire.

OFFICERS only really asserted themselves later, creating a human barrier between the Hamas fan club and a rather larger counter-demonstration which turned out in Russell Square.

protest and they choose today to raise the Palestinian flag – the flag that went to massacre Israelis on the worst day since the Holocaust!’ shouted Yoseph Haddad, an Israeli Arab, jumping into their path.

‘I’m not even Jewish. I’m here to remember two brave Arab Israelis who were killed on October 7 trying to save Jewish Israelis. We are all as one.’ He was wearing a T-shirt covered in a QR code linking to footage of some of the atrocities. ‘Scan it! Scan it!’ he shouted at all comers. ‘Just don’t eat before you watch it.’

As THE march shuffled into Russell Square, the marchers seemed taken aback by the size of the larger crowd waiting for them with Israeli and Union flags. 'Terrorist supporters off our streets!' chanted this rather older crowd, none of them shielding their identities.

'This is a hateful march and it should be banned,' said Magda Falka, waving two little Israel flags. 'I'm not even Jewish. I'm from Poland. But I'm the mother of a British student and I am terrified how the younger generation have been infiltrated. Look at the Green Party saying Zionism is racist. When will they start hunting down the Zionists?'

Opposition was inevitable given the gratuitously offensive and incendiary timing of yesterday's march by an outfit calling itself 'The University of London Coalition'. Whatever one's view on Israel's bombardment of Gaza, October 7 was not the occasion to march for the eradication of the Jewish homeland – as the Government and police had made clear with multiple pleas for this protest (Defence Secretary Wes Streeting called it 'shameful') to be called off.

Counter-protesters held up Stop The Hate placards saying 'Geno-Lie' on one side and 'Actual Genocides' on the other, with a list going back to the Armenian genocide of 1915-17 via the Holocaust, Rwanda and Darfur.

Around 150 in number, they were demanding an end not just to ‘genocide’ in Gaza but to the state of Israel itself.

This on the very day when people around the world were remembering all those killed in the bloodiest anti-Jewish atrocity since the Holocaust.

The message of yesterday's student march was clear: they deserved it. The public might wonder how the police could, for example, shut down the town of Gosport, Hants, at the weekend to prevent a protest against the arrival of a migrant boat but were unable to stop a protest in the heart of London designed to cause maximum outrage among Britain's Jewish community.

The Metropolitan Police had issued a statement in advance saying ‘the police cannot ban protests and can only ask the Home Secretary to do so if the risk of serious disorder is so high that it can’t be managed by conditions. That high bar is not met here.’

The difference between the two sides was the counter-demonstration was organised by an outfit called Stop The Hate and had a designated organiser who was given clear instructions by the police where he could protest. Section 11 of the Public Order Act says that a protest must have man was happy to give vent when I asked him why they had chosen to support Hamas on the day that Hamas had murdered 1,200 people, kickstarting a war.

a named organiser. The student marchers, conveniently, had not identified one, yet the police said that they were still unable to stop them. This had been billed as a march between London University's two main hubs, King's College and University College.

‘No, no no! 1,200 people didn’t die,’ he shouted. ‘Hundreds of thousands of people died in the last three years. Today, people are going to die. Yes, today is the right day to march!’

The police had preordained a start point, at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and an end point, half a mile away, at Russell Square with a 90-minute window. Stray beyond that – or cover your face – and you risked arrest. The pro-Palestinians had clustered together in a circle at Lincoln's Inn, with banners and keffiyehs stretched around them as a defensive wall while they recited various oaths inside the huddle: 'No press! No comment! No cautions!...'

Setting off in the rain, they stuck to the usual 'Free Palestine' medley and no further comment – for the most part. One

Marching alongside, draped in a Union flag and with a trio of police officers hovering around him, was counter-protester Dominic Glazebrook, 58, who said a sheer sense of outrage had impelled him to get a train from the West Midlands that morning.

'Free Palestine – from Hamas!', he shouted, before switching tack: 'If everyone hates Israel, why does everyone vote for them at Eurovision?' Dissenting voices continued to grow as the march progressed. '365 days they have to

'Just this week we have the Green Party vote and now this illegal march celebrating October 7 and the police bending over backwards to facilitate it,' said Itai Galmudy, 45, lawyer and head of Stop The Hate. 'I'd like to say this marks a new low in anti-Semitism but the cesspool of the pro-Palestinian camp knows no limits.'

Hate and hope: Protesters hide their faces, top, and, below, an Israel supporter, yesterday

In total, police made 11 arrests, five of them on suspicion of inciting racial hatred at a separate demonstration outside the north London offices of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Back in Russell Square, the student march faded into the crowds heading to the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum. The counter-demo gyrated to Israeli folk tunes until the cops called time.

At which point, with perfect timing, a van sailed past them sporting an electric billboard saying 'Vote Green – Vote Polanski'.

All this, of course, happened to be unfolding in the constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.

Its voters go to the polls today, with Green leader Zack Polanski standing here to replace runaway ex-PM Sir Keir Starmer. The van was roundly booed on its way.

Additional reporting: CAMERON CHARTERS

Cancer survivor can talk again thanks to NHS prosthetic tongue

By Ciaran Foreman

A CANCER survivor has spoken of her joy after getting what is thought to be the first bespoke artificial tongue on the NHS.

Dr Imogen Brooks, 30, had surgery three years ago after being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma – the most common type of head and neck cancer – which removed most of her tongue, leaving her with debilitating speech complications.

She said some friends and colleagues would look at her ‘in fear’ when she tried to strike up conversation. But thanks to experts at Guy’s and St Thomas’, the medical writer from Newham, east London, can be understood again.

The prosthetic consists of a U-shaped cobalt chrome frame that clips onto her lower teeth, with a silicone tongue fitted specifically for her mouth.

Joy: Dr Brooks with tongue

Hello Kitty! Countries with more pet cats are merrier

By Wiliam Hunter

SCIENTISTS have uncovered an unlikely key to happiness: cats.

Researchers investigated the relationship between wealth, cat numbers and population size.

And the analysis, published in the journal Plos One, revealed that countries with more cats per person had higher levels of happiness.

One explanation could be that cats provide companionship and emotional support, making people cheerier overall. Co-author Dr

Indrikis Krams, of the University of Latvia, said: 'Our study found that countries with more cats per 10,000 inhabitants tended to have higher levels of reported happiness... even when several other variables were considered.'

The researchers used national data from 93 countries. The UK (with roughly one cat for every five people) came 18th on both happiness and cats per capita.

Widdecombe murder suspect accused of trying to break into the home of Farage

By Rebecca Camber

Crime and Security Editor

THE man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe tried to break into Nigel Farage's home in a terrorist plot a year earlier, a court heard yesterday.

Joshua Kerry is accused of trying to batter down the Reform UK leader's front door, armed with a bottle of lighter fluid in ‘preparation of terrorist acts’.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that the 28-year-old ‘carried out online reconnaissance on prominent people and institutions’ on various dates between May 31, 2024, and July 8, 2026, including researching Mr Farage's home.

Prosecutor Kashif Malik said the defendant spent hours outside the house on April 20 last year before fleeing, leaving a bottle of lighter fluid in the porch which was discovered by the MP's partner Laure Ferrari.

He told the court: 'On Sunday, April 20, 2025, Nigel Farage's partner returned

Entered no plea: Joshua Kerry, left, Reform leader Nigel Farage and Ann Widdecombe

home to discover damage had been caused to her main front door. Part of the wooden door frame was hanging off and there was a bottle of lighter fluid in the porch.

‘The scene was forensically examined. A tool mark was found on the frame that originated from a 27mm single-bladed edge.

'The obvious inference is that an attempt was made to gain entry to the house.'

The court heard that police later traced a red Vauxhall Corsa suspected of belonging to Kerry, discovering that the vehicle had travelled from his home in Rotherham to Mr Farage's street and was parked there for several hours that day before returning to the South Yorkshire town. Mr Malik added: 'He carried out online reconnaissance on prominent people and institutions on various dates... including identifying the home address of Nigel Farage.'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct watchdog is examining Scotland Yard's

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response to the incident.

Kerry did not enter a plea to the charge of one count of preparation of terrorist acts relating to alleged activity between May 2024 and July this year.

He is accused of driving a red Corsa to carry out the fatal attack on Reform UK justice spokesman and former Tory minister Ms Widdecombe a year later. Kerry was charged with her murder in July.

Ms Widdecombe was first elected as a Conservative MP in Kent in 1987. She was a prisons minister in the 1990s and later became an MEP for the Brexit Party. She then became Reform's spokesman on immigration and justice.

The 78-year-old died on July 8 after she was hit over the head with a hammer 21 times at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon. She was found lying face down on her kitchen floor by her gardener on the morning of July 9 and declared dead by emergency services shortly afterwards. In August, Counter Terrorism Policing reopened a year-long probe into an alleged firebomb attack at Mr Farage's home in south London. Police said they initially investigated the incident as an ‘attempted burglary’, but made no arrests before the case was closed.

Following its reopening, officers identified a line of inquiry which had not been ‘identified and pursued by them at the time’.

Wearing a grey tracksuit and accompanied by four custody officers, bespectacled Kerry sat with his hands folded in his lap yesterday as he spoke only to confirm his identity.

He was remanded in custody ahead of a pre-trial hearing at the Old Bailey tomorrow.

New tolls on roads are 'perverse', say officials

By David Churchill

DRIVERS face being priced off the roads by new tolls that could spring up under Labour, officials have admitted.

Ministers are planning to hand sweeping powers to private companies who stump up the cash for road building and maintenance projects.

Under proposed laws quietly tabled last month, the firms could start charging tolls on roads they upgrade as well as newly built schemes, meaning motorists facing charges for using highways they currently drive on for free. The Govern-

ment's own impact assessment has warned motorists face ‘perverse’ and ‘inflated’ toll charges as firms may look to ‘exploit’ their ‘monopoly position’ at Dartford Crossing-style pinch points on roads, bridges and tunnels across Britain.

And it warned that the Office of Rail and Road ‘may lack sufficient capability to regulate’ schemes. Supporters argue it could unlock investment to get roads built or upgraded that the public purse can’t afford.

But shadow transport secretary Richard Holden said: 'What could be clearer evidence of Labour's war on motorists than trying to set up a toll system that they know the regulator is incapable of regulating and could easily lead to perverse outcomes and inflated tolls?'

Drivers already pay £34billion in fuel duty and road tax.

Doesn't she look glovely? Billie graces the red carpet with pals Olivia and Andrew

Embrace: Andrew Scott and Billie Piper. Right, Olivia Colman

By Charlotte Dean

BILLIE Piper wore a monochrome gown topped off by elbow-length leather gloves at the BFI London Film Festival's opening gala last night.

The Doctor Who actress, 44, was promoting her new film Elsinore, in which she co-stars with Andrew Scott, 49, and Olivia Colman, 52.

Ms Piper took to the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall in an Emilia Wickstead gown paired with the edgy black gloves.

Adding to the drama of her outfit, she swept her hair into a bun and opted for heavy silver eye-shadow. The trio looked in high

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spirits as they celebrated the opening of the film festival, which runs until October 18.

Ms Colman recently surprised fans by ditching her signature crop after almost a decade, to embrace long grey hair for a series of high-profile appearances.

Mr Scott, meanwhile, opted for a brown double-breasted jacket, teamed with a crisp white shirt and printed tie.

The evening marked the European premiere of Elsinore, a film based on the true story of Scottish actor Ian Charleson, best known for his role in Chariots Of Fire.

Bold: Billie Piper on the red carpet last night

Where am I?

The first words of death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived execution

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DEATH row inmate Christa Pike's first words after waking from a coma following her botched execution were, 'Where am I? Who are you?' her lawyer said yesterday.

Pike, 50, regained consciousness shortly after her family had been told she was brain dead, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The convicted murderer lived despite receiving two lethal injections on September 30. She is said to be the only person to survive a ‘completed’ execution.

Attorney Randy Spivey, a member of her legal team, said last night: 'There's still a lot of cognitive confusion.

‘She wanted to know what’s happened, and she’s asked about several people. She’s asked about her team, she’s asked about the victim’s family.

‘I think she is angry and confused about everything right now.

‘She is very aware that the state tried to execute her.

‘On Monday night, it was our understanding that Christa was brain dead and that life support would be removed the next day.

‘On Tuesday, to the shock of everyone, including me, including her team and including the medical team, Christa woke up and began talking.’

Pike had no memory of receiving two lethal doses of pentobarbital in the US state of Tennessee. Her apparent recovery came as a shock to her family, who were told that her ventilator was going to be switched off.

Her aunt, Carrie Ross, told the Daily Mail yesterday: 'We got word that she was brain dead and they were taking her off the ventilator. They were going to let her go – let her die.'

Ms Ross said no family members had been able to speak to Pike since she woke up.

Instead, they were receiving

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'She's angry and confused'

updates from her legal team. Anaesthetist and intensive care doctor Joel Zivot, who is advising Pike's lawyers, said that she woke up on Tuesday but had no memory of the execution attempt. She could recall her name, but incorrectly guessed the date, believing it was still September.

Luke Inhen, one of Pike's lawyers, told a court in Knoxville, Tennessee, yesterday that she was 'speaking limitedly'.

Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 at 20 for the torture and murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer, 19, a year earlier.

Had she died from the lethal injection she would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee for more than 200 years.

However, 40 minutes after being injected a second time, witnesses saw she was alive and snoring, and she was rushed to hospital.

Shock recovery: Christa Pike

Yesterday, a judge ordered prison officials to preserve evidence from the botched executions, including syringes and other equipment.

Mr Ihnen said: 'The state has made no promises that Ms Pike will not be subject to a future execution. The evidence we are seeking to preserve is relevant for any future challenge she makes.'

He claimed the state was withholding information and trying to ‘obscure what really happened’.

All executions due this year in Tennessee have been paused.

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Kemi's battle cry on homes and race

ANYONE who doubted Kemi Badenoch's credentials as Conservative leader – or as a future prime minister – has got their answer.

It is just a year since she made her party conference debut at the helm, in front of a membership still drained and distraught by the worst electoral drubbing in Tory history.

But there was a real sense of momentum – and the prospect of destiny in the making – in Birmingham yesterday as she declared the next election will be ‘a battle for the soul of the nation’.

At the core of Mrs Badenoch's address was the theme of home and family. Unveiling plans to scrap inheritance tax on family residences, she reminded delegates that the Conservatives have ‘always been the party of home ownership’.

The announcement followed previous commitments to abolish stamp duty on primary homes and drop the Government's so-called ‘mansion tax’.

Each of these initiatives will strike a deep chord in the British psyche. History shows we have always strived to buy our homes and there is much to suggest property ownership helps bind communities together.

Yet these moves also illustrate the chasm between Conservative philosophy and Labour's petty begrudgery. Many in Andy Burnham's party despise the notion that people might want to do better for their families. There are even more on the Left who think there is something obscene about anyone aspiring to move to a nicer house through hard work and saving.

As Mrs Badenoch pointed out, the Labour Party considers it ‘selfish to pass on what you have earned to your children’ – whereas it is, she also remarked, ‘one of the most human instincts of all’ for most of us.

Nor, unsurprisingly, do the differences end there. By refusing to entirely abolish inheritance tax at a time when reducing the national debt, funding defence and building prisons are all priorities, the Tories are showing the sort of fiscal responsibility that is anathema to the Left.

Mrs Badenoch has also produced a detailed plan to slash the benefits bill and signalled her determination to tackle the migrant crisis in a meaningful way.

Contrast that with the spendthrift to-do list recited by Mr Burnham at Labour's conference. All sorts of expensive, ill-conceived proposals and barely a word on how to pay for them. Little wonder the nation's finances are in such a state.

The Tory leader sent out a powerful signal in yesterday's speech that – despite calls for the Right to unite – she is unwilling to do business with Reform UK. In a scathing putdown, Mrs Badenoch – who has always worn her African heritage lightly – said she does not want to live in a country run by people who ‘debate whether my mixed-race children are English’.

For perhaps the first time since the 2024 election, the battle lines are clearly drawn. The stage looks increasingly set for a head-to-head fight between classic Conservatism and 1970s-era hardline socialism.

No one disputes the Tories have much catching up to do in terms of electoral support. Although some recent opinion polls have shown them nosing ahead of Reform, they are lagging well behind Labour.

For her part, Mrs Badenoch chose a high street analogy to describe the situation. 'People are looking through the shop window,' she said. 'They like what they see but, let's be honest, not enough of them are buying yet.'

Following yesterday's convincing performance, it seems likely they'll be queueing out the door before much longer.

The euro's in freefall. France is going bust – fast. What a time for Andy Burnham to plot to rejoin the EU

ANDY Burnham's pledge at the Labour conference that the UK

'could go all the way' to rejoining Europe was lustily applauded by the party faithful.

And yet a glance at the chaos raging across the Continent – from a France amid the turmoil of violent demonstrations to socialist Spain's snap election following housing protests, and Germany in despair as its motor industry collapses – shows just how deluded Andy's EU fan club really are.

Meanwhile, the euro is in freefall, reaching a 17-month low against the dollar.

Britons queuing at passport controls at EU airports will be assuaged by the slump in the currency's value making continental travel cheaper. But it is hardly the most propitious moment to start talking about reversing Brexit.

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Catastrophic

Throw in the fears about how the hard Right is dominating so much of the agenda in Europe, and it is clear the EU today could hardly be less like the one Burnham looks back on through rosetinted spectacles.

If there were presidential elections in France today, Marine Le Pen's far-Right National Rally party, with its antisemitic roots, would romp home. In Germany, the Right-wing Alternative for Germany party is threatening the future of Friedrich Merz as Chancellor, and we should not forget that the political roots of Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni rest in Mussolini's fascists.

But to my mind, almost more alarming than the rise of the hard Right is the catastrophic financial situation the EU now finds itself in. If it is economic prosperity, growth, and stability which those in favour of rejoining the EU crave, then forget it.

What is happening there today has distinct parallels with the build-up to the Greek crisis in 2009 which almost brought the euro system tumbling down.

That crisis was caused by soaring sovereign debt levels amid a total lack of financial discipline in the country following Greece's adoption of

by Alex Brummer

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the euro a few years before the great financial crisis of 2008. Unable to devalue its currency because it was now in the eurozone, Greece had to endure a joint rescue by the International Monetary Fund and Brussels which meant massive cuts in public spending and an explosion in unemployment and poverty.

France, the second largest economy in the EU, is now heading into the same dangerous territory I fear and there are already signs that the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt may be asked to step in and provide emergency support to Paris.

The trouble is that the ECB has been helping to support so many other countries financially in the EU that it is effectively maxxed out on credit – and an economic crisis in a nation the size of France could bring the whole system down.

We have all become acutely aware that bond rates in Britain, the price which the government pays to borrow on global markets, have shot up to their highest level for almost three decades in response to Labour's tax and spend policies. Indeed, our borrowing costs are the highest in Europe.

But, as bad as Britain's economic difficulties may be, the economic crisis building in France could easily dwarf ours before long.

The bond vigilantes have their sights firmly set on president Macron and his prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu.

Here in Britain, where we berate ourselves for national debt, the nation's accumulated borrowing is 100 per cent of national output (GDP). In France it stands at 120 per cent of GDP. Not yet as high as the 180 per cent and more that Greece reached, but very much in the same danger zone.

In the UK, we have fiscal rules – carefully monitored by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility – intended to provide a degree of discipline. In France, amid a bitter budget stalemate in the French national assembly there is a policy vacuum with no formal plan to bring down government borrowing and debt, and a cascading crisis which exposes the budgetary incontinence affecting much of the eurozone.

Clear signs of acute distress over France's situation are rising rapidly. The cost of government borrowing there has been shooting up, and is now 1.6 per cent higher than the benchmark rate of Germany, still a pillar of fiscal rectitude in Europe with a debt to GDP ratio of just 62 per cent. And this, despite Berlin's own industrial problems, with its motor industry imploding because of Chinese vehicle imports.

In the past Germany has provided cover for France's budgetary ineptitude, but thanks to the existing demands on the ECB to which it contributes, that free ride is rapidly coming to an end.

Another indication of French vulnerability to an all-out meltdown is a recherche instrument known as credit default swaps, a kind of insurance taken out by banks and financial groups to protect themselves against market losses. At the time of Liz Truss's catastrophic mini-budget in 2022, the risk index rating of the UK government defaulting on its debt peaked at 44 points.

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Contagion

In France, the index, which measures the chance of a country going belly up, has jumped to an alarming 80 points in the past 48 hours.

What is more, France's economic and political difficulties have focused attention on deteriorating budget conditions across the EU, where borrowing costs are too high and still rising.

Italy in particular is in the spotlight, with a debt to GDP ratio of 139 per cent, and progress there on cutting borrowing, after an effective EU bailout for the Meloni government, has come to a grinding halt.

Eyes are also on Belgium where bond rates have climbed rapidly. Spain has been regarded as a star performer in recent times, achieving strong growth, but the cost of borrowing there has jumped half-a-percentage point and traders fear the contagion from France may prove unstoppable.

French PM Lecornu's fragile minority administration in the National Assembly is attempting to push through €54 billion (£46 billion) in fiscal savings in order to cut the burgeoning annual deficit.

But opposition groups from both the far-Right and far-Left have rejected the austerity measures which include a public sector pay freeze and pension cuts, leaving the government on the verge of collapse as the boss of the Banque de France, the nation's central bank, admits the country is 'being strangled by interest rates.'

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This economic earthquake across Europe could not come at a worse time. Frankfurt is awash with speculation that the president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister who previously headed the IMF, is keen to step down. She is said to have leadership of the World Economic Congress – the elite Davos talking shop – in her sights.

The ECB does have an emergency arrow in its quiver – a special fund designed to take the pressure off member-country interest rates. But, as I explained, the ECB already is maxxed out – to the tune of €2.3 trillion (£1.95 trillion) of bond holdings – from past economic rescue efforts.

If it stepped in to buy yet more bonds, its credibility would be undermined, releasing a terrifying inflationary genie.

Despite our own economic difficulties, the deep-seated fissures in the eurozone, where budgetary caution has been thrown to the wind, makes Britain's decision to free itself from a stagnant, debt-fuelled economic bloc look ever more sensible.

That Burnham's government should think a return to this rabble would deliver more growth is unhinged – and shows his profound ignorance of the growing economic storm now endangering the eurozone.

The spy thriller of the year – starring an alligator-wrestling, shotgun-wielding CIA chief and a string of Daily Mail scoops!

by Dominic Midgley

WHEN I met up with a literary agent earlier this year to discuss the thriller I'm writing, he asked me

whether I'd read Damascus Station by David McCloskey.

No, was my reply. Big mistake. He looked at me with a mixture of scorn and incredulity and said I should remedy the situation at once. And so, I headed for the nearest branch of Waterstones and bought a copy.

It was immediately clear from the quotes on the cover what all the fuss was about. 'The best spy novel I have ever read,' (General David Petraeus, the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan and Iraq before becoming director of the CIA). 'One of the best spy thrillers for years' (The Times). 'Breathlessly gripping and truly terrifying' (the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore).

And the contents lived up to the hype. As McCloskey spent years as a CIA analyst in field stations across the Middle East, he had a ringside seat for some of the most consequential conflicts of the 21st century and developed a knowledge of field craft that's second to none.

As a result, when he describes how to make a pipe bomb or shake off a tail, his accounts have an unmistakable air of authenticity.

The lead character he introduced in that book, a pocket rocket of a CIA station chief called Artemis Aphrodite Procter (5ft in her socks), has now appeared in three of his four novels to date.

And she makes her fourth appearance in McCloskey's fifth book, London Station, published today, in which she has an unlikely co-star in the shape of the Daily Mail whose scoops, in the author's words, 'drive almost the entirety of the action' (of which more later).

HE plot revolves around what happens when a Trump-like president comes to power in Washington and is determined

to shake up the ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US.

Given that the ‘America First’ brigade are currently ruling the roost in the White House, with the result there are regular rows with us Brits over everything from tariffs to the war in Iran – not to mention the abrupt withdrawal this week of 12 heavy bombers from RAF Fairfield – it could hardly be more timely.

In London Station, the Trump figure is President John Wood and he has Britain's spies in his sights.

The way he sees it, the Brits are ‘pickpockets’, or – as McCloskey’s narrator describes them – ‘a band of charmingly accented thieves trading on faded imperial glory to collect crumbs of intel and hawk them to the CIA in exchange for a fine meal’.

In a bid to rebalance the scales, Wood gets rid of the time-served professional running the CIA and appoints Bobby Jerome, founder of the biggest

This newspaper becomes a key part of the ‘information battle’ between the CIA and MI6. As McCloskey says: ‘Lo and behold, who gets the scoop? The Daily Mail. And the fallout from this Daily Mail piece really drives almost the entirety of the action and leads the CIA director to do some really wild and kinetic things in retaliation.’

the front-page headline. The significance of the story is not lost on Artemis Procter, who has made a miraculous return to power after spending some months on what could have been described as gardening leave if it hadn't involved her spending the time alligator-wrestling on her cousin's 'alligator-focused tourist-trap' in Florida.

(If you think this sounds a little improbable, it's worth bearing in mind that McCloskey pointed out in a recent article for The Spectator that, shortly after he had finished writing London Station, Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the heir to a home-building fortune, as acting director of National Intelligence.)

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The appointment does not go unopposed. As a senator on the Intelligence Committee observes of Jerome, he has ‘zero intelligence or national security experience’.

E ADDS: 'I think one of the biggest myths about the world of espionage is the superhero spy:

To this end, he makes his son-in-law Harry Kellman director of operations, with a brief to make sure the Agency is getting value for money from its allies. So far, so Trumpian.

commitment to excellence that I've brought to my company, then the answer is yes.'

As McCloskey told me when he dropped into the Daily Mail office earlier this week: 'Procter is the kind of person who wants to know what's going on in the world and she wants a lot of the fun stuff, too. And so I wanted the information to get leaked to her favourite British press outlet, and the answer I came up with was the Daily Mail.'

house-building company in the US, as his successor.

But when the Congressman asks Jerome if he intends to run the CIA like he runs his family business, the Texan businessman comes out fighting: 'So if you're asking Senator, if I wish to run a bloated, roguish, government bureaucracy... with the same

Kellman starts as he means to go on by denying aid to Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) – people on the inside never call it MI6 apparently – at a crucial stage in a death-defying op to extract an asset from Tehran.

Following her appointment as Chief of London Station, the Mail has become her newspaper of choice.

This has calamitous consequences and the stage is set for a battle royal between two spy agencies who are supposed to be allies.

'The Daily Mail is kind of a character in London Station,' says McCloskey. 'One of the major sub-plots of this novel.'

Cue a first appearance by the Daily Mail. 'CIA leaves MI6 agent to die in Iran,' blares

In his novel it doesn't take long for the Americans to conclude that the story had been leaked to the Mail by a source close to the head of MI6 or a senior figure in Whitehall, and Jerome is incensed.

But – spoiler alert – not half as mad as he is 50 pages later when the Mail breaks an even more incendiary scoop.

well-armed, much more attractive than your average person, drinking martinis, all those kind of tropes.

‘Those stories are very interesting, they’re quite fun, but when you actually look at the world of the spy business and what they’re doing day to day, it just bears no resemblance at all to reality.’

That said, all great espionage thrillers tend to rely on a memorable central protagonist, and Procter – whose Russian is described as ‘fluent’ and her English as ‘profane’ – has matured into one of the most distinctive characters in the spy fiction genre.

McCloskey fans know her as a vodka-swilling hard-ass, but in London Station she is off the booze, replacing it with an addiction to energy drinks and candy. She still keeps a shotgun in her office, however.

McCloskey's particular brand of genius is that he combines first-hand experience of the spy game with a novelist's eye for detail and a playwright's ear for dialogue.

You couldn't ask for a more sure-footed guide to the murky world of espionage and the struggle for supremacy between the world's great powers.

■ DOMINIC Midgley is the author of Abramovich, The Billionaire From Nowhere.

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Why I'm cheering on Andrew's case against the police – and you should too

Birthday arrest: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is driven away from a police station after questioning in February

EVERY red-blooded Englishman and Englishwoman should be cheering on Prince Andrew in his court case against Thames Valley Police.

by Peter Hitchens

For years now, police and prosecutors have got away with attacks on the presumption of innocence, subjecting unconvicted people to spectacular and well-publicised dawn raids, arrests and searches.

It is time somebody challenged this, and it turns out that Andrew (who proved in the Falklands that he has courage) is the person to do it.

As he is currently the most unpopular man in the country, far too few people have yet realised that he has a case. But I think he does, and so should you.

For many years now, the authorities have been frustrated by the system of jury trial. True independent juries are almost unknown outside the Anglosphere. And they really do get in the way of easy convictions. That is what they are for. They make the state less powerful. So governments don't like them, and they ceaselessly whittle away at them. Even this week's supposed reprieve for juries was spin. In fact, fewer people will now be able to opt for jury trial.

In this country, the beginning of majority verdicts after 1967 made it much easier to get a conviction. So did the introduction of teenage jurors. You can now have your life ruined on the say-so of an 18-year-old with no experience of life, if he or she happens to think you are guilty, or possibly just dislikes your face or accent.

This is very different from the pre-1967 days of respectable middle-aged jurors and unanimous verdicts – where one fair-minded person could, by patient argument, steer the jury away from a rash conviction.

N the USA, the attack takes a different shape. Unanimous verdicts survive in almost all the 50 states and in federal courts. So prosecutors try quite hard to avoid cases ever reaching such juries at all. The number of contested jury trials has fallen sharply since widespread plea-bargaining was introduced.

This system does not officially exist in the UK, but is beginning to take shape informally.

Basically, defendants are told that if they go to trial and are convicted, they will face terrifyingly long sentences. Whereas if they plead guilty, they will be much less heavily punished.

This wouldn't work if the accused thought they would get off anyway. Alas, in many cases they don't think that. They can't. The state has already portrayed them as guilty without actually saying so. This is why these pre-trial bits of street theatre, on both sides of the Atlantic, have become so common.

The accused person increasingly arrives in court having already been shown to the public in the worst light.

US district attorneys and police forces have developed a brutal way of getting convictions. It is known as the 'perp walk' and involves the arrested person being paraded, preferably in shackles and an orange jumpsuit, on the TV news.

You will have seen this from time to time in reports of major American court cases, and perhaps wondered if it could happen here.

There is a brilliant description of this process of humiliation and state-sponsored prejudice in Tom Wolfe's tremendous 1987 novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities. The sort-of hero, Sherman McCoy, finds himself displayed to a hungry New York City media as the suspect of the day, on highly dubious charges.

The weakness of the case against him swiftly ceases to matter. His life is ruined anyway. The process of arrest, arraignment, fingerprinting and detention is itself a large part of the punishment.

In Britain, this sort of thing would (I think and hope) be banned under contempt of court rules, which don't exist in the US. But what about other attention-grabbing forms of pre-trial drama?

As I say, you may think Prince Andrew (I can't be doing with the King's cowardly attempt to rob his own brother of his title) is a bad person. You may be right. I don't know. Nor, in fact, do you. The only thing I do know is that he has not been charged with, or convicted of, any actual crime in a court of law. And therefore, under English law, he is presumed innocent.

So why was he arrested at home at breakfast time on his birthday?

If police wished to question him, must we seriously believe there was a grave danger he would have fled the country? Why not just ask him to attend at a police station, with his lawyer, and reveal afterwards that this had happened?

Why was he taken away under escort, held for hours and then released late at night, in time to be photographed in the back of a car looking suitably miserable?

What, in any case, do Thames Valley Police know about Andrew's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein that requires a whole day to investigate? And when they went on to search his current and former homes, what were they expecting to find?

Ask yourself what it must be like to have your home invaded by grim-jawed strangers, poking into every corner and sucking their teeth as they stick their noses into your private existence?

This is itself punishment without trial, and if I were one of His Majesty's judges, I would be pretty reluctant to grant permission for it without a very good reason to expect they would find anything. Did they? Will they ever be asked to account for this?

I am reminded of the police who appeared in the garden of Lucy Letby's tiny suburban semi, erecting a tent and digging about the place. What did they expect to find?

Somehow the media found out about this expedition and, as a result, the nurse's name became known very quickly, and a sinister cloud began to form around it.

Well, you may think Ms Letby is guilty. But what is your view of the shocking treatment of Cliff Richard in 2014, when the BBC were tipped off about a search of the singer's Berkshire home. They broadcast the search live, including helicopter footage of officers entering the property and removing items, and named Cliff Richard.

He was abroad at the time and was never arrested or charged. He had the star power and the money to hit back, winning large damages. But what could a poor and powerless person have done?

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HEN there was the great squadron of officers which descended on the village home of D-Day hero and former Field Marshal Lord Bramall in pursuit of mad allegations made by the revolting liar Carl Beech. Beech eventually went to prison for his dishonesty. Why did the police accept this bilge so readily?

There's also a growing number of melodramatic dawn raids (surely only justifiable if you think the person involved is about to flee).

Many of the people pursued by police in complaints about ‘inappropriate’ speech or unwoke internet postings also find themselves confronted by phalanxes of uniformed coppers and flashing fleets of police cars, surely only needed in the arrests of armed gangsters.

The King should at the very least be neutral in this matter. Letting it be known that he doesn't support his brother's action is a biased intervention in a major issue. If he hasn't anything useful to say, he should keep out of it.

Ephraim

Hardcastle

A PENNY for the King's thoughts on the removal of former First Sea Lord Ben

Key's knighthood and CBE 15 months after he was sacked and lost the rank of admiral for having an affair. Never before a reason for honours to be forfeited, it might give Charles, the Lord High Admiral, pause for thought. Would Admiral Lord Nelson have survived his liaison with Emma Hamilton, or Waterloo hero the Duke of Wellington have kept his gongs? The honours committee's new-found prurience might also have done for Cecil Parkinson, John Prescott and David Blunkett's peerages, Paddy Ashdown's ermine and John Major's Companion of Honour. The late Queen was evidently more tolerant, offering Major a Garter knighthood, which was in her gift, three years after his affair with Edwina Currie was revealed. Edwina remains gongless.

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ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor's bête noire Emily Maitlis, who is making a documentary about Jeffrey Epstein's victims, warns that the disgraced former prince remains a subject of interest in the US investigation into his dead paedophile friend's sexual activities. 'I've talked to people who are working very closely on the legal side of this,' she says. 'They are working hand in hand with survivors. The leads to Andrew are not going away and I think it's fair to say that there may be more of them than we currently know about.' While Andrew denies any wrongdoing, Emily, who conducted his car-crash Newsnight interview in 2019, adds of his taking legal action against Thames Valley Police: 'For him to step out of the shadows now seems a really counterintuitive place for him to be.'

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FONDLY recalling meeting the Queen Mother at a London movie premiere in the 1980s, Dame Joan Collins remembers: 'She said, "Oh, my dear, what are you doing here?" I said, "I'm on hiatus from

the show Dynasty. Do you like it?" She said, "Yes, we love it!" Memorably cast as villainess Alexis Colby in the series, Joanie, pictured, adds: 'I asked her, "Do you hate me?" She replied, "Oh no, my dear. We love you!" Isn't royal life grand!

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REFLECTING on failing to interview any of the top Windsor clan on his chatshow to date, Graham Norton remarks: 'We still haven't had a young royal on like the Prince or Princess of Wales. We had Sarah Ferguson on a thousand years ago. I think that's the closest to royalty we've got and it's not very close now! It's getting further away all the time.'

BITTER about the ‘ghastly’ film version of his musical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber consoles himself with a pet dog called Mojito. ‘You’re allowed emotional-support dogs on airlines in America,’ he says. ‘I wrote to American Airlines and they said, “Reason for dog?” So I put, “Cats movie”. You’re supposed to send it off with a doctor’s certificate, but I got a letter back saying, “No doctor’s certificate required!”’

Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

Risking lives for

OUT of a cloud of smoke, the car comes hurtling at me – a high-speed turn sending it sliding sideways in a move known as ‘drifting’. It’s so fast that all I see are headlights.

The echo of rattling exhausts ricochets around the retail park in Basildon, Essex. The air tastes of burnt rubber and my eyes sting with metallic dust. Then the back end of the car whips around, skidding past within centimetres of my feet.

I leap backwards. Others around me in the crowd don't – that's part of the thrill.

As the smoke clears, I realise there are hundreds of people here, mostly teenage boys and young men, crowding ever closer to the kamikaze drivers, arms stretched above their heads to capture the best angle with their phones.

There are children, too, some in pyjamas, clambering over one another for a better view. People have scaled empty containers to get on to the roof of a Primark warehouse, their legs dangling over the edge, eyes fixed on the scene as another car gears up to perform.

Suddenly, I'm pushed aside as three young men perhaps in their early 20s dart into the path of a Honda S2000. It swings around, they leap over the back of it one after another, timing each jump as the rear end sweeps past them. The last one mistimes it and falls flat on the tarmac.

‘If you’re going to stand at the front, it’s not safe,’ someone shouts at the group I’m wedged inside.

'This is illegal, right?' I yell over the pops and bangs of the exhausts to a short kid next to me. I'm deliberately wearing what seems to be the uniform – a bandana pulled over the bottom half of my face, hoodie and baggy jeans – but in truth I'm an interloper here.

‘Uh, yeah,’ he replies, laughing at me. ‘First time?’

Third actually. For months, I've been investigating the world of Britain's boy racers for the Daily Mail's Underground:UK series, from apparently family-friendly car meets to illegal 'drifting' scenes after dark like this one where drivers perform high-risk stunts just feet from spectators.

What I find is a culture fuelled by adrenaline, competition and danger – and by an ever-growing online audience desperate for more.

BOY racers are nothing new. In the early 1990s, Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate was notorious for joyriding youths executing handbrake turns and high-speed stunts. Television crews turned it into a national spectacle; drivers filmed one another on camcorders and the publicity was blamed for inspiring copycats.

Today, though, the crowd is its own crew. A stunt once witnessed by a handful of friends can now be filmed, uploaded and watched by millions within minutes. But what happens when showing off to your mates becomes deadly?

In recent weeks, the deaths of five young men and two police officers on the A66 near Middlesbrough and of five teenage boys on an Irish motorway have put dangerous driving for kicks and clicks back in the headlines – and pressure on the platforms where such hair-raising antics are shared and celebrated to take action.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION by Mimi Yates

Across the country, illicit 'car meets' are attracting hundreds who film boy racers performing terrifying high-speed stunts. The Mail went undercover to expose a subculture now spreading on to public roads – with deadly results...

When I first started to look into this anarchic world, the meets were surprisingly easy to find. Public posts on TikTok and Instagram advertised gatherings across east London and the Essex coast. They tended to take place in a landscape of suburban teenage hangouts – roundabouts, retail parks, Nando's and McDonald's.

On a Saturday evening in Barking, for example, I ran up the concrete stairs of a multi-storey car park, following the rumble of engines from above. On the top floor, under the yellow lights, were parked rows of 'sleepers' – ordinary-looking cars hiding powerful, souped-up engines. Most of the crowd looked under 18 and were clearly hoping to cadge a ride with the older boys behind the wheel.

When word spread of another gathering in Dagenham, my cameraman and I climbed into one attendee's battered car and followed others to an industrial estate, where vehicles were already tearing around roundabouts while bass music thudded from those parked nearby.

And then the blue lights appeared. The police broke it up and we went home. Only later did we realise that the meet had simply moved on to another venue.

A few days later, a meet on the seafront at Southend looked comparatively wholesome. Modified cars, their suspension lowered almost to the tarmac, with oversized alloy wheels and unmuffled exhausts, crawled along the strip beneath flashing lights as families wandered between them and the arcades, armed with candy floss and vinegary chips.

But the petrolheads at this benign event know danger can explode at any moment. One man described the moment 'the one idiot' turns up and starts doing doughnuts - spinning the car round in tight circles, tyres smoking. Someone gets hit, police descend and 'that's it, game over'.

But that wasn't going to happen here surely? 'No, it happens at the afterparty.'

I soon realised there wasn't just one kind of car meet. There were the family-friendly displays and slow-moving cruises through towns to showcase the super-charged vehicles. But then there were the illicit parties afterwards, with doughnuts and perilous 'drifting' in front of crowds, or races on public roads.

The two worlds are not entirely separate. It was through people I met at the friendlier meets that I first heard about the most extreme events. One regular helped me infiltrate the private Telegram groups of two street-racing crews, Reckless Meetz and London Street Racers.

My contact forwarded me videos from earlier London Street Racers gatherings that I could use as 'proof' I'd been to a meet before. Then, one Saturday evening, the pin dropped in the Telegram group – a postcode.

We were on the move. Somewhat recklessly, I accepted a lift from one of the organisers. He shot forward, speeding down a dual carriageway, weaving in and out of traffic and overtaking at frightening speed, as, from the back seat, I gripped the headrest in front of

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me. Behind us, a stream of modified cars, many, I guessed, travelling at twice the speed limit, followed to the retail park outside a B&Q in Basildon where, amid a gathering of hundreds, the Honda would come at me out of the smoke.

Later, a rumour began spreading that the police were on their way. People were sprinting back towards their vehicles, engines fired up and the car park emptied almost as quickly as it had filled.

We didn't have long to wait before another pin dropped in the Telegram group, and it became a game of cat and mouse. That night the meet surfaced in four places – Southend, Basildon, Newham and another venue my cameraman and I never made it to – with convoys of cars tearing between them.

Each new location seemed to draw in more people. At one, a man in a pig costume stood in the crowd waving a flare; nearby, someone in a Hannibal Lecter mask hung out of the back of a car boot. It felt like a rave crossed with a travelling circus.

And each time a driver inched closer to the crowd, tyres screaming, the car appearing out of control, spectators pressed forward rather than back, cheering and egging him on. One man I'll call

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Joel was revelling in being at the heart of the chaos. He pulled up the leg of his shorts to show me the letters LSR – London Street Racers – inked across his thigh. Minutes earlier, I'd watched him jump on to the back of a car with smoking tyres before jumping off as it tore away. He told me he'd been run over 'a few times'.

'A few years ago you wouldn't see any videos online,' he said. 'Now people come here, they livestream. You'll just see it plastered all over. I've always tried to find something new that someone hasn't done before. There's the TikTok dares, where people ask me to do stuff. I do it, I get recognised, then I think, "Right, what's next?"'

By 4am, I'd had enough. One lad I talked to made a blunt admission: 'It does encourage people to drive dangerously. I admit it spills on to the roads. On the way in and

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out of them, too.' And the grim examples of what can happen when it does are clocking up.

In 2022, at an illegal street-racing event in Oldbury, in the West Midlands, Dhiya Al Maamoury lost control of a modified Nissan Skyline and crashed into people watching from the pavement, killing Liberty Charris, 16, and Ben Corfield, 19. He was jailed after admitting two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two of causing serious injury.

HE racing had been filmed and posted online, and Liberty's mother later described the additional horror of discovering videos of the aftermath.

Indeed, on social media, dangerous driving reproduces itself endlessly. One speeding clip leads to another until my feeds are full of young men racing, crashing and deliberately ‘baiting’ the ‘pigs’ [police].

I also found a trend dubbed 'back road bashing' – drivers speeding along rural roads – with some videos attracting millions of views. I repeatedly came across street-drifting videos captioned 'AI driver' or 'AI generated', in a strange inversion presenting real footage as artificial to evade moderation by the platforms.

The police are increasingly treating the underground racing scene as a threat. Since January last year, Operation Hercules, a dedicated taskforce set up by West Midlands Police, has convicted 137 people of road offences, with dozens more cases going through the courts.

I was four months into this investigation when a separate tragedy pushed dangerous driving into the national spotlight.

At 3.39am on August 22, a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 in Middlesbrough carrying five young men collided head-on with a marked police vehicle. All five men in the Passat died, along with officers PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough. Another police vehicle had abandoned a pursuit of the Passat about ten seconds earlier. Officers later said they were investigating links to serious and organised crime.

New figures this month showed that reports of wrong-way driving on England's major roads rose by 25 per cent in the year to August and at least one of the young men killed on the A66 had previously posted reckless-driving footage.

I found dozens of similar TikTok videos through connected accounts, hashtags and comments – showing young men speeding, driving off-road and filming themselves while being pursued by police.

Unsurprisingly, young men are disproportionately represented in fatal crashes: male drivers aged 17 to 24 are around four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than those aged 25 or over.

In one video from March last year, an Audi is filmed in Middlesbrough travelling at around 100mph before leaving the road and racing across paths and parkland behind houses, at one point passing frighteningly close to a child in school uniform.

In August this year, a spokesman for the Prime Minister described the online glorification of dangerous driving as ‘utterly disgraceful’. Days after the Middlesbrough tragedy, Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee demanded answers from TikTok, YouTube, Meta and Snapchat, while roads minister Justin Madders called it a ‘sickening’ trend.

In response, Meta and TikTok said they prohibit content promoting, advocating or encouraging participation in high-risk viral challenges and remove such content when they become aware of it. YouTube said extremely dangerous driving is prohibited on its platform. And Snapchat

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Six days before the A66 crash, five teenage boys died in County Kildare after their BMW – again travelling the wrong way, down the M9 – hit a car carrying three sisters and a seven-year-old boy on their way to Dublin Airport. Two of the sisters were critically injured; the third and the child were seriously hurt.

It is easy to reduce all of this to testosterone, thuggery and stupidity. In Middlesbrough, some see a more complicated picture. At a community cafe, I met Amanda, who works with young people. She was upset by how quickly people had judged the young men killed on the A66 – and, more broadly, boys like them.

‘I feel sad that we live in a society where we can quite easily jump to a culture of blame,’ she told me. Amanda talked about young people having to navigate what she called ‘broken systems’: patchy education, disappearing youth provision and communities where there may be few affordable ways to fill a day.

‘There’s nothing out there any more for them. Young people just miss out in finding an alternative high.’

While many would disagree with Amanda's sympathetic interpretation, I wanted to hear from the young men themselves. One of them, Scott, admits: 'I'm not gonna lie. I am a boy racer. Probably always will be as well.'

Driving fast gave him an ‘adrenaline rush’, he says, insisting: ‘I drive better fast than I do slow.’ Several of the lads agree that the pressure to go harder is greater when somebody starts filming. ‘As soon as the camera’s on, you want to push yourself to maybe a bit more than what you’re capable of when you drive,’ one tells me. ‘And that’s when the accidents happen.’

And yet the cost of their recklessness can be high in human terms – as the families left behind in Middlesbrough and Ireland know too well. The Devanney family, too, know exactly how high a price others pay. On October 21, 2023, Abbie

Devanney turned 18. She and her younger sister Amy, then 15, spent hours together getting ready for her birthday celebrations in Newcastle upon Tyne. Unusually, Amy asked for a photograph of them together.

HOURS later, Abbie was dead. A passenger in a car driven by Charlie Whittaker, 17, who'd had his licence for just six months, she died instantly when the car hit standing water, struck a tree and rolled. Whittaker had been driving at more than 70mph on an unlit road. Three other teenage passengers suffered life-changing injuries.

Afterwards, police recovered more than 20 videos showing Whittaker driving recklessly before the fatal crash, including speeding and dangerous overtaking.

'I think it would be easier to process if this was kind of a one-off thing,' Amy tells me as we sit on Abbie's memorial bench in Consett, County Durham. 'But knowing that this was a pattern of behaviour, it was inevitable this was going to happen, and it ended up happening to my sister.'

Whittaker admitted causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving, but Amy says he could serve only a fraction of his five years and four months sentence under Labour's early-release scheme.

‘What kind of example is that setting?’ she says. ‘I can’t ever forgive him.’

Her fear is that the message will be lost on exactly the kind of young drivers I've met in the course of this investigation.

‘Those boys, they believe they’re invincible. There are days when I wake up and I go to speak to Abbie because our rooms are right next to each other…’ She reaches the door before remembering.

I ask Amy what her message would be to those watching online, wanting to test their limits and show off to their mates.

‘Just know how lucky you are that nothing’s happened yet. Stop pushing your luck because something like this will happen to you or someone you know. And it’ll be then that you realise you should have stopped.’

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Now another adventurer has become the youngest known hiker to complete the challenge – at just three years old.

Navy Moores, from Kendal, Cumbria, took just five months to scale the lot.

He toddled a total of 510 miles with an ascent of almost 225,000ft – more than seven Everests.

After ticking off his final peak – England's highest mountain Scafell Pike – on Sunday, he did not celebrate with the traditional Kendal mint cake and a pint.

Instead, Navy asked for a pancake smothered in Nutella, a bike ride and an episode of the children's cartoon Paw Patrol, about a pack of rescue dogs.

Happily, no such dogs were needed on the toddler's real-life adventure. He was safely accompanied by his father Daniel, mother Leanne Helm, 14-year-old sister Jessica and six-year-old brother Oliver.

Businessman Mr Moores, who has scaled the actual Everest and cycled across the world, didn't want to lose his adventurous streak when he had three children with stay-at-home mother Ms Helm. So they decided baby could come, too.

At first, Navy would be carried in a child backpack but was soon itching to join his older brother Oliver on the ground. Mr Moores told The Times: 'His interest in walking began as soon as he took his first steps.'

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AFTER HAMAS TOOK NOA INTO GAZA, THEY STARTED TO LYNCH ME

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HER plea, delivered in a scream, is what the world remembers. Noa Argamani was on the back of a motorcycle, being spirited towards Gaza, her arms outstretched. 'Don't kill me,' she cried.

The image, splashed across the front page of The Mail on Sunday, went around the globe.

A few yards away, her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, now 33, was being frog-marched through the fields by Hamas gunmen.

The footage lasts only seconds. But it became one of the defining images of the October 7 attack, the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, leaving 1,200 dead and with 251 hostages taken into Gaza.

Now, as the world marks the third anniversary of that day, Avinatan has described for the first time how he and Noa, his 25-year-old girlfriend of more than a year, fled the Nova music festival before being captured by jihadi thugs.

And how he endured years in isolation deep beneath Gaza and even secretly dug his own tunnel in a desperate bid to escape – only to be caught and brutally tortured by his captors. The heart-stopping tale is the focus of his new memoir, Through The Earth, an instant number one bestseller in Israel, soon to be translated into English.

‘We drove out from the festival area and we tried to get to the main road,’ Avinatan told the Daily Mail. ‘They started shooting at us, desed and then we turned around and nati drove into the field.

‘While we were in the car, I thought, I’m proud of Noa because she did very, very well. She didn’t get stressed and she kept very cool. And so I told her, “Nice job, and I’m very proud of you.”’ Avinatan’s training with

Video horror: Avinatan Or is restrained by Hamas gunmen as a screaming Noa Argamani is driven away on a motorbike

The picture of his girlfriend being carried away is one of the iconic images of October 7. Now, in his first shattering interview after 738 days in the terror tunnels, the former Israeli commando describes torture – and salvation

desert commandos as part of his national service had kicked in.

The pair abandoned the car and took off on foot. They dived into a ditch where for two hours, they hid in silence.

‘When we were hiding, we were just quiet, without speaking, [only communicating] with our eyes,’ he told me. But at around

10.30am, [we heard] the dreaded sound of approaching footsteps and people speaking Arabic.

‘So, I heard one guy come to us,’ Avinatan recalled. ‘I heard the steps. And then we knew we would be found. When he saw us he shouted: “There are Jews here.”

‘Suddenly, Noa screamed, and I turned around and I tried to get to her – I tried to help her to escape.'

But it was too late, they were surrounded. The couple were marched on foot through the desert scrubland to the border for 15 minutes.

Avinatan kept looking up, desperately searching the sky for an aircraft, or the horizon for any sign of Israeli forces. But none were to come.

It was only when they were 100 or 200 metres from the border that the motorcycle arrived.

Avinatan was restrained, his hands tied behind his back, while Noa was bundled on to the back of the bike. Here the footage shot by their kidnappers captured her screaming for him, her arm outstretched as she was sped away. It is a pitiful sight.

‘In that situation, I know that there’s nothing I can do because I’m surrounded by maybe 25 men,’ Avinatan said. ‘In the video, you can only see four or five of them.’

A VINATAN understood that retaliation meant death. 'Screaming and starting to fight was not an option because it would be the end.'

Watching Noa being taken away left him with a crushing sense of helplessness. 'It was my job to protect her,' he remembered thinking, 'and there wasn't anything I could do about it.' Then the motorcycle disappeared.

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Survivor: Clockwise from top, Avinatan greets wellwishers on his return to Israel. A reunion kiss for girlfriend Noa and, today, with the book which details his 738-day ordeal in captivity

pumped-up Hamas bandits beat him mercilessly into the ground.

'As I walked, one of them came behind me with [a] big wooden plank, and smashed it into my head. And I started to bleed, all over my shirt and over my face. And then they all started to punch me and kick me.'

Eventually a gunman fired into the air, scattering the bloodthirsty mob on top of him. Barely conscious, he was loaded onto another motorcycle and taken across the border into Gaza.

Within hours, he was captive underground. 'Since the first day, I asked if [my captors] knew about Noa,' he said. 'I said: "You kidnapped my girlfriend. Can you tell me anything about her?"

Little did he know that it would be a gruelling 738 days before he'd be reunited with Noa.

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Yet, weeks into his captivity, he still didn't know if she was even alive until one guard finally answered his question.

‘One of them told me: “Noa is home.”’

Avinatan believed him.

'And since that day,' he said, 'for me, she was released'.

But Hamas had lied to him. She wasn't rescued until 245 days into the war. In a daring raid, an elite Israel Defense Forces unit found Noa being held in the home of a

Palestinian family in central Gaza. Three more hostages were freed from a nearby house, but a ferocious gunfight left one of Noa's rescuers Arnon Zmora dead.

Avinatan spent most of his 738 days underground in total isolation, without sunlight, fresh air or a proper bathroom.

At 6ft 4in, he could not even stand upright in the low tunnels.

‘I couldn’t stretch my body. I tried to work out inside the tunnel. Even though I was very hungry and very tired and desperate.’

He was given a small amount of food every four days, which he rationed himself. 'I knew this was a good thing I should do. I kept going, and slowly it helped.' His battle was not only to keep his body alive, but to stop his captors taking control of his mind.

‘Even though they took my physical freedom, I struggled so that they would not take my mental freedom,’ he said.

‘From the first day I entered the tunnel, I started to count everything I could. The days, the time, the distances, the dimensions of the tunnels.

‘The first time they took me inside the tunnel, I counted how many steps I was going.’

He taught himself Arabic by listening to his kidnappers, and devised his own methods of keeping track of time.

VEN without a clock or natural light, he watched for tiny changes in light beyond

a blanket in the tunnel and attempted to calculate when each new day began.

He also understood that his survival depended on the men guarding him.

‘Most of the time there were two guards with me, and I succeeded in building some kind of relationship with them. This was one of my main missions.

‘But one commander, he really hated me. Not just me – he really hated every Israeli. It didn’t matter who you were. And he wanted to make my life as hard as he could, to push me to the edge and make my conditions worse.’

After about four months underground, Avinatan decided he could no longer wait for somebody else to determine whether he lived or died.

‘I knew that I had to do something. I could not just sit,’ he said.

Scrutinising his cell for weaknesses, he noticed a tiny current of air behind a wall of sandbags and realised there might be another passage beyond it.

With no proper tools, he began digging secretly with scraps of plastic and other small objects he collected. Later on, he used a small pickaxe he had managed to steal.

Whenever exhaustion threatened to overwhelm him, he forced himself to continue.

‘The human body, our limit is much beyond what we think. So you can do it, just keep going.’

After days of digging, he finally broke through the sandbags and entered the pitch-black space beyond – an abandoned passage.

‘You can taste the darkness, then smell the darkness,’ he recalled.

He stole a coil of wire from beside his cell door and, drawing on his experience in electrical engineering and construction, he detached one of the LED bulbs that lit his cell, and rigged it to the cable, which extended some 60 metres into the tunnel.

He spent three months digging towards the surface and eventually reached the ruins of a collapsed house. His eyes squinted at what he hadn't seen for months: bright blue sky. Freedom appeared agonisingly close.

He'd tunnelled in secret in between the two times a week that a guard would visit him with a bag of food. But Avinatan hadn't realised his captors' schedule had changed.

When one arrived and found an empty cell, Hamas scrambled to find their missing hostage.

When he saw the guards' flashlights reaching down the tunnel, and heard their voices calling his name, Avinatan knew the game was up. After they recaptured him, they tortured him.

‘They tied my hands behind my back and hung me from the ceiling. My wrists were so swollen and I have nerve damage in my hands. They tied me to a plastic chair so I’d be sleep deprived,’ he said.

Avinatan believes the skills and experiences he had accumulated throughout his life gave him the tools to survive.

‘Every step in my life prepared me for this,’ he said, in a nod to his national service training.

On his 79th day underground, a moment came that Avinatan would come to see as nothing short of a miracle.

After seven years of not ‘speaking to God’, he felt compelled to pray. Israeli ordnance was shaking the tunnel and he feared ‘the next bomb’ would bring the concrete down on his head.

‘I had a strong feeling that I needed to talk,’ he recalled.

He prayed about the Biblical commandment to honour one's father and mother, told God he had done his part – and now it was His turn.

Hours later, a bomb smashed into the tunnel. As Avinatan tried to escape through the wreckage, the tunnel collapsed, killing a terrorist behind him.

Trapped in the rubble, Avinatan believed he was about to be buried alive when two of his captors reached back and pulled him free with their hands. Seconds later, the section he had just escaped from caved in.

He missed death by seconds.

When asked whether he believed God had answered him, his response was: 'Absolutely.'

After 738 days, the final hostage release agreement procured his freedom. But even in his last moments underground, Avinatan says one of his tormentors left him with a chilling warning.

Just before his release, a Hamas commander called Salim told him to return home, greet his parents – and then leave Israel.

‘Move to Europe, move to the US, whatever you want – just leave Israel,’ Avinatan was told.

When he asked why, Salim explained to him that as long as Israel exists, Hamas will carry out October 7 ‘over and over again’.

I don't bring how much he had changed in over two years. His relationship with Noa, which had become known around the world because of those haunting images from October 7, ultimately did not survive their ordeal.

‘People change because of different things after two years,’ he said.

But despite the extraordinary public interest, Avinatan insisted there are parts of their story they have chosen to keep to themselves. 'There are some things that we just want to stay between us,' he said.

Noa's kidnapper, who drove her away on the motorcycle, was killed last month, just a day before our interview. Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr had also supplied arms to Hamas and was blown up inside Gaza in a targeted Israeli airstrike.

After re-watching his own kidnapping video, and pausing on the face of the motorcycle rider we now know to be Sakr, Avinatan told me: 'We Jewish people do not celebrate the death of people, but I am glad there's one less terrorist left in the world.'

Freed early to murder

By Ryan Hooper

Crime Correspondent

Knifeman killed mum-of-two DAYS after being released under Labour jail scheme

A VIOLENT criminal murdered his former partner in her own home days after being freed from prison under Labour's early release scheme.

Robert Sabat, 60, stabbed Dickiesha Nurse to death after moving into her home upon his release from prison and ignoring her pleas to leave.

He continued to live there until the bloodied remains of the mother-of-two were discovered during a welfare check. Sabat, of no fixed address, later bragged to police that he had ‘killed before and got away with it’. He said he planned to ‘go on a murder spree’ and begged to go back to jail.

He was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 17 years and one month at the Old Bailey yesterday.

Sabat had been in a relationship with Ms Nurse, 42, for around four years when he attacked her in Tulse Hill, south London, at some point between October 21 and 28 last year. At the time he was on licence, having been released from Wandsworth prison on October 17.

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and harassing a former partner. He was released after serving 40 per cent of his 12-month sentence under Labour's reforms to ease prison overcrowding.

Sentencing him, Judge Sarah Whitehouse said Sabat 'left a permanent and widespread trail of destruction' and must never be released.

Nick Timothy, the Conservative justice spokesman, said: 'Labour has let thousands of dangerous criminals out of prison early and this tragic case shows the consequences.'

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BRITAIN'S tap water is among the most expensive in the world, a report has found. In a league table of 15 countries, we came fifth. The main reasons for this are drought and the cost of plugging leaking pipes.

WHEN Theresa May took the stage for her conference speech yesterday, her impeccable black trouser suit was set off by eye-catching leopard-skin kitten heels. The stylish and sexy suedette ‘moccasins’ with an inch-high heel are one of Russell & Bromley’s top sellers at £110.

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MARTHA KEARNEY, 69. The Irish-born broadcaster hosted Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Today and The World at One and now presents This Natural Life. She said her worst interview was with Meg Ryan who ‘seemed so unhappy’, but felt better about it when the actress infamously struggled on Parkinson a week later.

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ALBERT ROUX (1935-2021). The French chef and restaurateur, with brother Michel, founded London restaurant Le Gavroche – the first in Britain to earn three Michelin stars. Gordon

Ramsay called him ‘the man who installed Gastronomy in Britain’.

JESSE JACKSON (1941-2026). The US civil rights activist was a protege of Martin Luther King and was celebrated as the ‘conscience of the nation’. He said that when he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988: ‘There were black scholars writing papers about why I was wasting my time. Even blacks said a black couldn’t win.’

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ON OCTOBER 8...

IN 1965, PM Harold Wilson opened the 620ft Post Office Tower (today called the BT Tower).

IN 1982, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats opened on Broadway, running for a then-record 18 years.

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GUESS THE DEFINITION

Peristeronic (coined 1855)

A) Circumventing. B) concerned with pigeons. C) of a stomach ache.

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The grass is always greener on the other side: To believe that someone else's life is better than their own; it comes from the 19th century and alludes to herds when grazing as they appear to be moving towards what seems to be greener pastures.

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QUOTE FOR TODAY

One of my six principles of success is work your ass off. There is no shortcut.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, US actor and politician

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To cashew a cheque.

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Red Bull pays Geri husband £33million in compensation

JUST weeks after the woman who accused him of coercive behaviour was mysteriously released from her latest role in motor racing, a staggering detail about Christian Horner's departure from his Formula One team has come to light.

It's been revealed that the husband of former Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell was handed an astonishing payout by Red Bull Racing.

Documents filed this week at Companies House disclose that Horner, 52, who quit amid a texting scandal with a teammate, banked £33.5million.

The payment is disclosed in the small print of Red Bull Racing's latest

Racing's lates accounts for 2025. It is reported as 'compensation for loss of office'.

His total takings, including the £4.4million in salary paid ahead of his resignation, come in at £38mil-

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Daily Mail Sport revealed in August that the woman executive involved in the texting scandal, whose identity cannot be disclosed for legal reasons, parted company from her employers ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix last month.

It is understood her latest position was terminated after her new boss lost confidence in her ‘for a lack of discretion’.

Horner was accused of controlling behaviour over the employee. He has always denied the claims and was twice cleared of any impropriety in internal investigations at Red Bull, despite a tranche of supposedly intimate text exchanges between the pair being made public in an explo-

sive email sent to F1 figures before the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Halliwell, 54, has publicly stood by Horner throughout the turmoil and the couple left.

and the couple, left, who have three children, continue to split their time between their homes in Oxfordshire and London.

How Elizabeth is casting her net ever wider

SHE created a popular podcast called How To Fail and has written half a dozen novels.

Now, Elizabeth Day wants to add another string to her bow.

My former newspaper colleague has a cameo role, right, in the adaptation of her 2017 novel The Party, which starts on ITV this Sunday and stars Hollywood actor Luke Evans. Appropriately for a former social diarist, she plays a partygoer.

'I would love to do more,' Elizabeth, 47, tells me at a screening at the BFI in London.

‘Hopefully casting directors will now call me up.’

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Archer's last words on Meghan

JEFFREY Archer, who was described as an ‘irrepressible life force’ by Queen Camilla, used his final interview to make clear who he thought should be kept well away from the throne.

The best-selling novelist introduced a private member's Bill to the Lords in 1996 that would have ended male-preference primogeniture in the royal succession (it didn't become law until 2013).

Interviewed by The Australian newspaper last week, Lord Archer was told that meant we're only four jumps away from 'Queen Consort Meghan'. He replied, grinning: 'Never.'

Lady V faces

reality in

handcuffs

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor will today ask a High Court judge to declare the searches that the police carried out on his homes after his arrest in February were unlawful.

His old friend Lady Victoria Hervey, meanwhile, spent her birthday in handcuffs.

The socialite is taking part in Channel 4's reality show Celebrity Handcuffed and is chained to women's rights campaigner Georgia Harrison, 31, for the next week.

Awkwardly, Lady Victoria's 50th birthday party, at Adelphi Art House in London, was held on the first day of her being cuffed.

‘We have to pee together and sleep in the same bed,’ she wails.

■ AS KING Charles's Lord Great Chamberlain, he's a central figure in some of our most antiquated ceremonies such as the State Opening of Parliament. Lord Carrington's daughter, Francesca, 33, has, though, demonstrated her mastery of new technology to find a husband. She has just got married to New York banker Sean Maloney, 34, whom she met on the dating app Hinge. Sean had been using Hinge for six months and was 'on the verge of giving up the hope of finding someone' just before he 'matched' with Francesca, then working as a journalist in the Big Apple.

Bridget star's no to marrying again

BRIDGET Jones star Sally Phillips said she felt ‘very lucky’ to find love again after her husband walked out on her and their three sons for a Russian yoga teacher.

But now the actress, 56, who plays Bridget's best friend Shazza in the films starring Renee Zellweger, admits the collapse of her 14-year marriage to shipping director Andrew Bermejo has put her off saying 'I do' a second time.

'I'm not getting married again because I don't know how you say those things again,' says Sally, who has been with former Army captain Ian Pilcher for seven years.

She adds of ex-husband Andrew's departure: 'The worst thing happened, the thing I was most frightened of... he would leave me and I would end up having to pay for everything and do the kids on my own.'

Ian has since moved in with the family in London and, Sally says approvingly, is now ‘a proper stepdad’.

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Are you BAD in bed? The 9 mistakes you're making that he's too scared to tell you about

PERSONAL question: are you a good lover? Most of us like to assume that, under the covers, we've got what it takes. But – whisper it – how do you know if you're actually bad in bed?

If you are unlucky, a disgruntled ex might tell you so as a parting shot. However, if the horizontal action isn't thrilling in a loving relationship, your partner might not want to hurt your feelings. There could just be less sex.

by Anna Maxted

Happily, anyone can improve in the bedroom, though exactly how might surprise you.

Spoiler – it has nothing to do with looks, prowess, age or acrobatic abilities. Here, we ask the experts to explain the no-nos, and yes-yes-yeses of being good in bed...

1. YOU'RE TOO FOCUSED ON PERFORMING

THERE is a performative element to sex because it's a playful act – but worrying about your performance isn't helpful.

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Even the question ‘Am I good in bed?’ is about performance.

'Compatibility is far more important than performance, which implies there's some script we should perform to,' says psychosexual and couples' psychotherapist Clare Faulkner. Good sex is not about an imagined benchmark of how long a man can last – or how pleasing a woman can be. The key, says Clare, is to 'move away from this idea of good or bad'.

Certainly, avoid comparing yourself to what you see on telly: 'Those scenes in programmes such as Rivals – hot, racy sex in an aeroplane loo – make brilliant TV, but in real life would be uncomfortable.' Clare says: 'When people have magnificent sex in real life, it can be a much slower experience.'

And don't forget, sex is messy – so don't take yourself too seriously.

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2. YOU HAVE A NARROW DEFINITION OF GOOD SEX

THE widely-held belief that good sex means simultaneous orgasms through penetration has a lot to answer for. Clare notes, ‘Only about 18 per cent of women orgasm through penetration alone.’

So it's no wonder research shows that in straight couples, there's an 'orgasm gap' – 95 per cent of heterosexual men usually or always achieve orgasm during sex, compared to just 65 per cent of heterosexual women.

‘We don’t see an orgasm gap in lesbian and gay couples,' says Clare, 'which suggests that there's something about the way we have sex in heterosexual relationships that might not be working for the woman.

‘We need to move away from the idea that sex is about chasing an orgasm, about running up this mountain and reaching the peak as fast as we can – if we get away from that, sex opens into a more expansive experience.’

Being better in bed comes from treating your entire body as erotic. Clare adds: 'When people describe great sex, it usually involves being fully connected to your own experience, your own body and your partner's body, but it's not about trying to impress.'

She advises a ‘wonderful’ ten-minute sensation-exploring exercise. You focus on

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your partner's arm, for example. 'You treat it like the only arm you've ever seen. You're almost making love to the arm with your attention.' You take turns to appreciate, and be adored. 'It creates heightened emotions and makes you slow down, which is a really big piece of creating the energy for magnificent sex.'

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3. YOU TAKE EVERYTHING SO PERSONALLY

A MAN'S prowess is often thought to hinge on his staying power between the sheets. But the truth is erections can go down, especially in men over 40.

While women might interpret this as him no longer finding her attractive, the opposite can in fact be true – more often, it's the result of stress, nerves or over-excitement.

Clare says, ‘If a man is really focusing on his partner, it can be likely that he loses his erection because focus is elsewhere. It’s a totally normal part of the process of lovemaking – especially if it’s going to be long, and if we explore different types of touch.’

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4. YOU'VE STOPPED ASKING QUESTIONS

IN A long-term relationship, forgetting to be curious is common, says Clare. Sex can become routine, like 'painting by numbers'. It's fair enough – 'we're busy people; if we know certain things work, we take shortcuts' – but it doesn't make for scintillating sex.

Clinical sexologist and life coach Marie Morice compares getting stuck in a sexual routine to having a favourite meal: 'Even if you love seafood pasta, if you only eat seafood pasta, it loses its appeal.'

The key, then, is to emphasise that ‘the goal is to enhance what’s already good’. As in, ‘We love our seafood pasta, that’s our go-to, but shall we try a new dish?’

As you caress your partner, suggests Clare, consider: 'Who is this touch for? Is it for you, the receiver, or for me, the giver?' She adds: 'In a heterosexual couple, he might touch you in a particular way because that's what he likes, but he hasn't asked, "How do you like to be touched there?"'

It's easier to start this conversation outside the bedroom, advises Clare. 'You might begin with a hand massage.'

Say something like, 'I'd like to massage your hand in a way that's good for me. Then, I'd like to give you a hand massage in a way you'd like. What would that be?'

Your partner might say, 'I really like soft stroking.' Once you learn the difference, and the language of 'how can I make this better for you?', you can apply it in more intimate situations.

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5. YOU'RE JUDGMENTAL (OR FEAR BEING JUDGED)

'IN A new partnership, people worry about doing the wrong thing, so they're not being entirely themselves in the bedroom,' says Marie. 'I see this in a lot of women in midlife, especially when they come out of a long-term relationship.'

But we can also fear being judged in a long-term relationship – or be judgmental if our partner suggests something new.

Many worry that expressing what we would like to try, and what we no longer fancy, will lead to upset, and our partner taking offence and thinking, 'Oh, so I've been doing it wrong for 20 years?'

If you want to mix things up, Marie suggests you (tactfully) discuss your desire ‘accelerators’ and your ‘brakes’. So, you might say that having a row or your partner wearing socks in bed are brakes, for example.

Whereas, Clare says, ‘an accelerator is something that moves you into feeling sexual – a back massage, or going on a quiet romantic walk together where you flirt and feel wanted, chosen and desired. Or it could be playfulness, teasing or your partner’s brilliant humour. An accelerator isn’t necessarily something overtly sexual.’

And menopause might affect what you like in bed – what was once an accelerator, for example, might not do it for you any more.

Clare adds: 'Long-term couples do need to update their sexual script, and know what brings them pleasure now.'

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6. YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT SEX WITH YOUR PARTNER

BEING good in bed means being able to communicate well. Sex is an intensely personal and sensitive subject, and can feel difficult to talk about.

But Clare notes: ‘We often can have these chats with friends but we can’t have them with our partner.’ Often, she says, this can be because of ‘fear that we’ll be disregarded or dismissed’.

She stresses: 'The place to raise the subject is not in bed – it's too pressured and could feel critical.'

Marie suggests broaching it at the weekend, when you're walking the dog, perhaps. 'Make it about your partner, so it doesn't sound resentful. Say, "If you had a magic wand, what would be something you'd like to do in bed that we're not exploring?"'

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7. YOU'RE MISERABLE ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK

'BEING confident in your body regardless of size – loving it – conveys an energy that's really sexy,' says Clare. 'If you're feeling unsure in your body and going inward, that has an impact on the other person.

'If you're curled up like a stone, you're hard to engage with. If your heart is open, it pulls people towards us.'

She adds: 'When I think of confidence in the bedroom, it's an open-heartedness, and acceptance of our unique imperfections.'

She suggests couples ask: 'How can we embrace our bodies as they are now?'

How do we boost our body confidence though? 'Ultimately, it's about shifting away from appearance to experience,' she says. 'You might ask yourself, "What does my body allow me to do? What movement do I do that feels good?"'

She adds: ‘Noticing your inner narrative and the critical voice and trying to replace it – “thank you but I don’t need you to judge me right now” – is important.’

Cutting down on social media can help because it unhooks you from that comparison narrative.

‘Wear clothes that fit and that you feel good in,’ she says. ‘Spend time

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“In middle age, people grieve for their youth — wrongly assuming their best sex is in the past”

in front of the mirror without evaluating your body. Instead, choose a part you like – “wow – those beautiful legs!”

The aim is to move from punishment to pleasure, she says. 'It's a practice. We're not taught that. We're encouraged not to love our bodies.

‘But think about sensuality outside the bedroom – from the pleasure of having the wind blowing in our hair, or when it finally rains, the joy of feeling the drops on our skin.

‘Or use a shower to really feel the water on your skin, and the pleasure of being in your body. And if body positivity feels too hard, just start with trying to feel neutral.'

8. YOU BELIEVE YOUR BEST SEX IS IN THE PAST

IF YOU are engaged and interested in bed, you're a good partner, says Clare – it doesn't matter if you're 25 or 65. But in middle-age, some of us are convinced that our days (and nights) of good sex are behind us – an attitude which crushes enthusiasm and can make us lacklustre between the sheets.

Marie says: 'There can be a nostalgia for youth, when you

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were able to have more spontaneous sex, when your body responded differently, when there was no vaginal dryness or erectile dysfunction.'

It's not helpful to pretend that none of these challenges matters. 'There is a grieving process,' she says. 'It's OK to be angry too. But you also need to be able to reclaim pleasure in midlife.'

Acknowledge what you've lost but celebrate your gains – you'll have more self-knowledge, for example.

Marie says: 'When I was younger, I didn't know what I wanted and I couldn't direct my lovers in the same way.'

Midlife certainly doesn't signify the end of your headboard-rattling years. 'You can still have an amazing amount of pleasure, including deeper orgasms,' Marie says. But a good lover isn't passive.

'Investigate what you can do to help yourself,' she says. Could localised oestrogen, lube or Viagra be a game-changer? Or perhaps less of a focus on penetration.

Clare says: 'Make sure you do something new each time you have sex – take the duvet off, put the pillow at the other end of the bed, add scent, or music, or change the lighting. Treat every sexual encounter, even with a partner of 30 years, as something new.'

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9. YOU ARE NEVER 'BAD' IN BED

‘BRINGING a lightness to sex is really important,’ says Clare. Being a fun, sexy, and stimulating partner has far more to do with attitude than gold-star expertise.

'The key bit is really being present to what's playing out in front of you, and being responsive to your partner's desire – rather than determinedly sticking to a routine,' she says.

‘So if your partner moves in a certain way, or makes a particular noise, lean into that, rather than your normal “dance moves”. That spontaneity can create a really powerful sexual experience.’

And if you're never cheeky in bed, you may not be fulfilling your erotic potential. 'A lot of women feel they should be a good girl,' says Marie. 'But daring to be a bad girl in bed – letting go of your hang-ups – can be fun.'

She admits: ‘In a new relationship it can be easier. If you’ve been together for a long time, it can be hard to transition out of your other roles, and the daily grind.’

The solution? 'It's about compartmentalising. We do it in other parts of our lives, so let's do it with sex. You might read an erotic novel to arouse you first. Give yourself permission to misbehave.'

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by Alice Dartnell

MY HUSBAND James and I had been married for four years when he took up an

all-or-nothing new hobby that would change both our lives.

A former Marine, he'd always been a gym goer but then he discovered CrossFit – an intensive fitness ‘cult’ that fuses weightlifting, cardio and bodyweight exercises into punishing, fast-paced sessions they affectionately call ‘WODs’ or ‘workouts of the day’.

The training regime is not dissimilar to Hyrox, the indoor fitness race that made headlines recently when a contestant continued to compete despite visible incontinence. Such is the ‘commitment’ of hardcore fitness obsessives.

This single-minded ‘go-hard-or-go-home’ mentality is, I think, what initially appealed to James.

At first, he started going after work, meaning he got home at 10pm. Then came the morning sessions, too – even though that meant getting up at 5am and destroying my sleep.

Soon he was going to the gym twice a day, seven days a week. It's fair to

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He would stay at her place during contests

say we hardly saw each other – but I was never left in doubt that CrossFit came first.

James never invited me to work out with him. But then I wasn't one of those hyper-committed ‘fitness freaks’ who thrive in a competitive atmosphere. However, people like James don't just go to the gym – they make it their whole identity, their friendship group and often the centre of their social lives, too.

So since I wasn't a fellow CrossFit convert, James met someone who was. Soon I wasn't just a so-called 'gym widow' but a CrossFit divorcee after James left me for his super-fit gym buddy.

I was a gym widow, then my husband left me...

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for a woman he met at CrossFit

I was devastated when he came home early one afternoon and insisted we needed to talk. He waited until I was sitting on the sofa before telling me, 'I want a divorce'.

Utterly blindsided, I burst into tears, fighting the urge to vomit with the shock.

While there are no official figures on how many relationships are derailed by a partner's gym habit, one large study of nearly 20,000 couples found that differences in health behaviours – including exercise levels – significantly increase the risk of divorce. With hindsight, there were certainly clues in my own case. Over the preceding six months, James had frequently dropped this woman's name into conversation; they'd go for drinks after competitions and he'd even stay at hers 'for the convenience' after contests. I didn't object because he claimed others were staying there, too. Though she was single, she was a decade older than us – what did I have to worry about?

I also believed we had built a firm foundation of trust. After all, work commitments – and then gym commitments – meant we were often apart.

Though we first met at university, James was in the Royal Marines by the time we started a relationship two years after graduation. He could be deployed for months at a time and we'd have to rely on patchy Skype calls. It was after one such two-month deployment that he proposed at Gatwick airport as I came to collect him.

We married two years later on the Greek island of Santorini. Not that we got to enjoy the luxury of a honeymoon; three days after the ceremony, James was deployed for another three months.

Yet even when we had limited time together, James would always fit a workout into the day. From his perspective, it was part and parcel of his job.

After five years in the Marines, he retired as a Captain. I was delighted, thinking this would give us more quality time together. In 2017, we bought a house in London and he took a job as a consultant. He didn't have any ‘civvy’ friends and I knew it was hard for him leaving the military, so I was encouraging when he started CrossFit that year. He said it was a great way to create a new social circle.

Of course, I was disappointed that it started taking up so much of his time – he'd finally get home from the gym just as I was often heading up to bed.

When he started going in the morning, too, I accepted it, but the regime soon started to take its toll on me – and, as it turned out, on us as a couple.

By then I was trying to launch a business as a coach, and the stress and interrupted sleep – I was suffering insomnia and wouldn't drop off to sleep until the early hours, only to be woken by James at 5am – began to have a disastrous effect on me.

In June 2019, I was experiencing all the signs of burnout – irritability, sleeplessness and a constant ‘wired but tired’ feeling. I tried to talk to James, asking him repeatedly not to get up so early. But CrossFit was too important to him – it was a flat no.

The community he'd found at the gym was providing him with the same sort of consistency and support he'd had in the Marines. While I don't believe he was romantically involved with this woman at that point, I have no doubt he was friends with her.

When I asked him to drop CrossFit down to evenings only, still the answer was no.

With hindsight, this refusal to compromise was a red flag.

When lockdown began in March 2020, I was secretly glad he couldn't go to the gym any more, but he started going on long bike rides instead – with the other woman.

I'm a very trusting person but, naturally, I started to feel jealous about the time they were spend-

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I could have kicked myself for being so gullible

ing together. When I'd comment, 'you two are getting close...' James would reassure me saying, 'we're just friends, Alice!'

But by then they were such an integral part of one another's lives that he'd even text her while we were watching TV together. And yes she knew he was married because we met once when I went to cheer him on at - you guessed it - a CrossFit competition.

As naive as it sounds, I decided she wasn't someone who could turn my husband's head.

A few months later, however, he dropped the bombshell – he wanted a divorce. And sure enough, it was her he was leaving me for. As strange as it sounds, I still saw him as my best friend and so I let him hold me as I sobbed my heart out.

But I could have kicked myself for being so gullible.

The next day, he admitted he might be being hasty and suggested he move out for six months to ‘find himself’ and go travelling. Prepared to do anything to save our marriage, I agreed. I now know he simply moved in with her.

CrossFit is obviously a far more powerful glue than love because today they're married and are in the process of adopting a child together.

As for me, now 39, I'm single and travel widely, running my time management coaching business from beaches all over the world. I'm happy and have no doubt I'll meet the real love of my life one day.

I don't know where or when but one thing's for sure – I won't ever get involved with a fitness addict again.

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As told to SAMANTHA BRICK

Clare Foges

What the frat house scandal says about porn, young women and sex

CORNELL University, New York, 2024. A 20-year-old woman goes to a party in a fraternity house.

Over the course of several hours she drinks, takes ketamine and allegedly has sex with seven different men, themselves drunk or high. But was this consensual or not? Debauchery or gang rape?

These are the questions convulsing America, igniting a vicious culture war – and highlighting the sexual minefield faced by young women all over the world today.

Twenty days after the party, Jane Doe – as she is known to protect her anonymity – contacted Cornell police and told them: 'I can say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped.'

The university meted out rather limp punishments to the seven men: two were expelled, two suspended, two asked to complete educational modules on sexual harassment and one banned from campus. Last month Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Cornell 7, sparking an epic 'he said, she said' debate about consent and sexual liberation.

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Participant in an orgy. In the days afterwards she texted one of the men, reassuring him that 'none of the sexual stuff was illegal' and suggesting they meet again, without 'the extra five billion men and ketamine'.

She was keen to attend a Halloween party thrown at the fraternity house days after the alleged rape but, with stories circulating about the group sex, was told by the frat house president that her attendance was ‘not a good idea’.

Some say she regretted her actions, didn't want to be labelled a 'slut', and so cried rape. Those who believe Jane Doe insist that this misunderstands the way trauma cycles through the emotions of denial and shame before a realisation that wrong has been done. The bottom line: she was too inebriated to give consent.

Brooklyn just can't stay away!

It was at that point she decided to go to the police.

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I have no idea whether a crime was committed. What the case

Since he has so publicly distanced himself from Posh and Becks, it's strange how often he winds up in the same postcode.

WELL fancy that. Brooklyn Beckham has been photographed at Paris Fashion Week - just minutes' walk from his own mother's fashion show.

makes very clear, though, is how degrading and dangerous sex has been normalised.

The most disturbing part is the group chat between 50 young men on the night of the party.

Jane Doe is referred to as though she is a buffet for anyone's consumption. 'Free p\*\*\*y,' said one. Another said: 'Like you can walk in and whip it out rn.' A young man who feared he had missed the fun and games texts 'shop still open?' as though her body was a 7/11.

Upon learning that a young woman was naked and apparently open for business in a fellow student's room, the response of these men was not revulsion, nor anger. It was casual humour, as though this were an entirely normal thing to happen.

We know why: because of the societal disease of hardcore pornography. These young men have probably been firing up Pornhub since their pre-teen years.

They are used to the sight of women having threesomes, four-somes or fivesomes. Choking, slapping, orgies? Vanilla to the porn-reared generation. In his book, Boys Adrift, parenting expert Dr Leonard Sax writes that '45 per cent of the most popular videos on Pornhub include at least one act of physical aggression against women'. When he gives seminars to school-age boys and suggests that real women don't usually like such treatment, they are 'amazed' to hear it.

And there's a particular type of pornography which has done much to warp young men's views in recent years. Call it Bonnie Blueism: young women whose fame is earned by having sex with as many men as possible in one go. They are world-beaters at degrading themselves, unmatched in their willingness to reduce their bodies to mere receptacles.

Cold-eyed Bonnie Blue has sex with 1,000 men in a day and insists that it is not emotionally damaging to her in the slightest.

Thus young men like the fraternity ‘bros’ come to believe that there’s a kind of woman who does get great pleasure from being a mere prop to their fantasies.

And while provocateurs like Bonnie Blue send men the wrong message about women, 'sex-positive feminism' sends women the wrong message about themselves.

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HIS is the kind of feminism which suggests that anything sexual is fine as long as there is consent – and that empowerment means being as sexually rapacious as the boys.

If female liberation equals being fine with porn, promiscuity and extreme sexual practices, how many naive young women – trying desperately to seem ‘empowered’ – are consenting to sex which they will ultimately regret or feel damaged by?

Old-fashioned as it may sound, the cultural shift towards consequence-free sex does not work for women as well as it does for men. We are by our nature very different creatures.

Indeed, I'd argue that for most women 'casual sex' is an oxymoron. We must teach our daughters that.

The more confident young women feel to admit what they want – as opposed to what cool, sex-positive women are meant to want – the less likely they will find themselves in situations that range from the downright gross to the terrifyingly dangerous.

Giving kids UPFs is not child abuse

WHAT'S that catching the light in the mirror? My first grey hair! I am surprised by how little I care. Perhaps this is because of the celebrities who make going grey look good, most recently actresses Olivia Colman and Sarah Jessica Parker. Silver fox? Silver vixens.

LEADING nutritionist Ian Marber has said that the backlash against ultra-processed foods (UPFs) risks forcing women back into the kitchen. Thank you, sir.

The snobbishness of the anti-UPF crowd is so tiresome. Feeding my children fish fingers twice a week isn't child abuse. A fruit shoot is not the devil's own drink.

When juggling the needs of multiple children, work and life admin, a sprinkling of UPFs can be a life saver.

MICHAEL Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are fuming about their children (both actors) being labelled ‘nepo babies’. It’s ‘snotty’ says he, son of ‘I am Spartacus’ legend Kirk Douglas. They miss the point. We’ve nothing against ‘nepo babies’ themselves. But would Douglas have made it in Hollywood had he been the son of a Texan plumber?

A COUPLE of years ago, at a family lunch, my sister walked into the room with my mother on speaker-phone. A propos of nothing, my mother started picking through family members with venom. One was 'lazy', another was 'awful', my aunt was 'well, she's fine'.

And then it came to me. I, according to my mother, was the ‘bitch who’s always hated’ her.

A withering verdict which stung, though it was not wholly unexpected.

My mother hadn't known she was on speaker-phone. But at that moment, something within me snapped. I became calm and resolute. I didn't need her in my life any more.

I stood up, announced my departure and went home, where I went through all channels of communication - email, phone, social media - and blocked her. We haven't spoken since.

Everyone around me was supportive of my decision, saying it was justified or even overdue.

I didn't explain my actions to my mother. She would never apologise, accept responsibility or acknowledge what she'd done, so it didn't seem like a worthwhile, fruitful or pleasant conversation to have.

From what I heard, she didn't even acknowledge she'd been cut off for months, and when she did, she never asked anyone why. No one, it seemed, was requesting an explanation, so I didn't provide one.

In recent years, family estrangement has been in the spotlight – with high-profile examples such as the Beckhams, Ramsays and, of course, the Royal Family impacted by it.

While it can feel like it's on the rise, experts I've spoken to have said this isn't necessarily the case – it's just that such painful fallouts are no longer taboo and we're speaking about them more openly.

But estrangement is not necessarily the easy path, as I've found to my cost, and it can be tiring to uphold barriers when it would just be easier to see my mother.

Looking back, I don't think of my childhood as an unhappy one. We lived in a large house in Richmond, Surrey, and I always had everything I needed. Christ-mases were spent in Barbados. My dad came to every netball

After years of cruel jibes and screaming fits, I've cancelled my volatile mother. It's the best decision I've ever made

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by Eilidh Dorgan

game and tennis match I played in, my mother came to every play, and I lived on a road where I could call at friends' houses and play in the woodland behind our house.

My parents both worked so they had a nanny to help with childcare. My mother was often whizzing around as she started a consultancy firm, and with work-life balance being less of a priority in the 1990s, she was usually running out of the door when I was waking up, or returning after bedtime in Max Mara power-suits.

My parents split when I was six, and shortly after we moved to my stepfather's house. I'd spend alternate weekends with my father, and we'd go out for dinner on Wednesdays, catching up over Pizza Express and dough balls.

I didn't really question what was going on, went where I was told, and my young brain mainly focused on more manageable matters, like the excitement I felt when I was allowed a pet rabbit.

As I grew up, I became used to my mother's explosive bouts of shrieking. I desperately wanted to defend myself, and to make her understand what she was saying wasn't true. And when that didn't work, I'd hurl insults back at her.

Most days were calm but it wasn't unusual to find me barricaded in my bedroom as my mother screamed and banged on the door until my stepfather negotiated her away.

The sparks that lit these bonfires were rarely significant – an item of clothing she didn't like, a request to see a friend she'd decided was 'bad news', or any mention of my father.

My mother's two other children, my half-siblings, were born when I was nine and 11 in 1998 and 2000. My sister found a quiet lane to escape my mother's ire – always toeing the line and knowing when to shrink away.

My brother, however, exists in a similar hot seat to mine. Due to our age gap, I wasn't around to see what set her off, and her reasons for taking against him have remained a family mystery.

We also weren't the only ones at the receiving end of tirades or hateful conspiracy theories – it could equally be directed at a cleaner, neighbour or stranger. In my mother's eyes, anyone could be out to offend, upset or steal.

I've spent years trying to piece together my mother's childhood and understand what triggers her. There's nothing I can pinpoint. For a long time I clung to the fun or loving moments with my mum. She's the only person I've consistently laughed with until I've cried – often while everyone else stands around in confusion.

We once even went on holiday together when I was 21, navigating Thailand, Cambodia and Laos with surprisingly little drama.

Our relationship was always better when there was distance between us, so when I moved to New York for university to study Comparative Literature in 2007

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the months when I was away were always the best.

We'd text and speak during the day about university and life – we'd even go periods without a fight until she was bolstered by wine, and a late-night email filled with expletives would arrive.

When they did, I'd quietly pore over the words, trying to understand if my actions justified her rage – but friends were quick to confirm that the picture my mother painted of me was far from the reality they knew.

Sometimes it was about the fact that I smoked, other times my decision to work in fashion. Usually it came down to money in some way; that I'd never be able to support myself, or an assumption that I had plans to live off my stepfather.

Sometimes gifts would arrive after the fights, but only if I hadn't fought back. A parcel of clothes, new towels or sheets because she'd 'thought of me', and that would be the best I could hope for in terms of an apology.

One night, a few years into my first job, my mother was staying with me in my flat in New York. She found a condom packet in my bedroom and flew into a rage – screaming that I was a whore.

I locked myself in my room and filmed her screams as she tried to bang the door down, and then showed my co-workers the following day. The look on their faces as they listened to the bangs, crashes, and unending expletives, made me realise that my situation was dire.

Whenever I flew home to see her, I experienced panic before I got on the flight. From when I was about 12, my mother had always quietly tried to change my diet whenever she thought I'd gained weight. While at university I'd often forget my size, but I'd always find myself in front of a mirror the day before seeing her. Had I gained weight? Lost weight? Was my dye job terrible? My hair too blonde? Too short?

She'd always stare long enough at the body part in question to make her thoughts clear.

It was in my 20s that I started to cut contact with her – albeit temporarily – whenever things became too much. It became a circuit-breaker used as a last resort. Once back in touch, we'd pretend nothing had happened. Once I moved back to London in 2018 and married two years later aged 31, my outlook shifted.

While my husband's never seen how bad it can be, he once witnessed the fallout when I spoke favourably about a relative my mother loathes. She started shouting about their various 'betrayals', and when I left the kitchen to sit with my husband in the living room, she followed me in and continued her tirade.

Seeing this behaviour in our house felt so alien, highlighting how out of place it was in my new life. Our newborn daughter was upstairs and my husband had to step in to calm my mother down so she didn't wake her up. It was almost a relief that she'd finally revealed herself, providing evidence for the stories I'd told him.

With a new family and a new centre of gravity, I felt stronger. I knew what I wanted my family to look like, and how I wanted us to treat each other. While she was generally on her best behaviour, I couldn't shake the fact that I was always just one wrong comment away from a hellish meltdown.

From then on, we only saw each other a few times per year, and texted once or twice a week.

Over coffee one day, I told her that I wanted to start a business. As soon as the words left my mouth, I knew what she was thinking and exactly what would come back to haunt me as a midnight text after a few glasses of wine. Where would I get the money from? Probably some idiot who fell for my scams!

It was always at night and usually after a drink when the worst thoughts would come out – and I would dread opening messages she sent that late.

The alcohol would serve as a kind of psychedelic truth serum, distorting everything and everyone until situations were unrecognisable. It would fuel her conspiracy theories and confirm we

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I locked myself in my room as she tried to bang the door down

were all out to get her.

In the cafe, feeling a sense of impending doom, I moved on - showing her houses we were looking at. By the second house, I realised this would also, somehow, be used against me in the future.

It was at that moment that I realised I couldn't ever have a normal relationship with my mother. I couldn't even have a normal conversation with her without fearing my words would be repurposed as ammunition.

It felt like anything and everything in my life, when seen through her eyes, could be twisted into the most malevolent versions of reality – all stemming from the same age-old ideas: I'm nefarious, pernicious and scheming, out to ruin or bankrupt everyone I meet.

The loudspeaker phone comments followed a few months later, and knowing that I could never have a consistently good or normal relationship with my mother was partially what motivated the decision to cut her out of my life. At the time, the overarching feeling was relief. While I'd spent so long knowing another attack was around the corner, I was suddenly able to mute the noise and live separately from it. I no longer dreaded turning my phone over in the morning to see what alerts awaited me, and felt less hypervigilant.

Occasionally I'd hear about some new vendetta via a relative – a gardener she thinks is fleecing her, some fictional mistress she's created for my stepfather – and it was always a relief to be away from it.

Two years on, however, I began to question if cutting my mother off was the best solution.

After speaking to therapists about family estrangement, it became clear that they usually don't advocate for it. They emphasised boundaries, and asked me to consider if there were times or places when I might feel comfortable seeing my mother – while removing situations that I knew would be tricky.

One therapist highlighted how

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Just one wrong comment could instigate a hellish meltdown

me being around my mum would also model healthy behaviours for my children; to show them there are alternative ways to manage difficult relationships, rather than just cutting people out.

By this point my children were two and four, and my eldest had begun to enquire about grandmothers, noticing she was lacking in this department. I realised that it seemed unnecessary to cut off from someone who, for them, could be nurturing.

If I could manage the hours they saw her, and the communications between them, perhaps there could be a way to shield my children from parts of my mother, while enabling them to enjoy the more positive attributes.

As a grandmother, my mother can be involved and enthusiastic. She joyfully listens to them when they tell her about their toy cars and monster drawings, and loves them dearly. Seeing that reminds me of the happier times I had with her.

I don't think I'll ever unblock her from my phone, email, or social media because I don't want to be available for random attacks that ruin my day. And I can't see her at night if alcohol is involved. But I could take my children to see her at a museum, park or restaurant and be present without anger.

So I passed this message on through my family. Although we are yet to cross paths, my husband did take my children to see her this year, going on a museum visit arranged via my sister.

When my four-year-old daughter returned with an overpriced dinosaur ball in one hand, she excitedly proclaimed: 'I was with my grandmother!' I knew then that there should be a place for my mother in my family.

By creating boundaries, there's hope that I can get the best out of my mum, while shielding myself, and my family, from the volatility. It's not ideal, but, like most families, it's complicated.

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I want to warn every woman about the agonising gynae test that still haunts me

I'M LYING on a bed in a clinic in central London, legs akimbo, waiting for the hysteroscopy to start.

I was booked in by my doctor because my periods have always been painful and they decided a hysteroscopy – where a specialist looks inside the uterus with a sort of tiny telescope – would be helpful to check everything was functioning normally.

Given that the procedure involves no cuts or injections and I wasn't offered anaesthetic, I thought it would be a breeze. I'd never found smear tests especially tricky and assumed this would be broadly similar in terms of discomfort. I couldn't have been more mistaken.

As it started, I felt a burning pain rise inside me. My palms began to sweat. I asked, politely, if I should be feeling sensations like this and was told some were ‘normal’, so I did my best to ignore the pain.

Next, I was told they would be using a 'clip' to hold my cervix open. It sounded grim, but I was sure it wasn't an actual clip – how could it be? But, no, it was a real clip called a tenaculum or vulsellum. And it was painful. Really painful. So painful my head started to swim, and I even hoped I would faint. But I remembered someone telling me fainting was impossible if you were lying down, as I was. It turned out they were right, and I remained conscious for the whole thing.

The pain didn't stop: A terrible burning pricked with a sensation of hot knives stabbing into me. I felt so dizzy, the room blurred in front of my eyes. It was one of the most agonising things I've ever endured.

THIS was around five years ago now but I still remember every moment. As I stumbled away from the appointment, I vowed never, ever to go through anything like it again without asking a hell of a lot more questions first. And the reason I'm writing this now is to tell other women to do the same.

Not everyone who has a hysteroscopy will experience what I did. Yet a horrifying one in three women report severe pain scoring seven out of ten or higher when having the procedure ‘without adequate pain relief’. In other studies, up to 15 per cent of women claim to find it unbearable.

Of course, I wasn't offered any pain relief, which, horrifyingly, is standard. It's up to the patient to request it.

With hindsight, perhaps the worst of it was that I was given such little information about what the procedure actually was. I can think of no other area of medicine where you'd turn up at hospital for an invasive by Madeleine

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procedure and not be told in detail what was about to happen. No one explained what pain relief was available or whether I could halt the procedure if it got too much.

Some doctors – and lots of women – are now calling the practice of administering a hysteroscopy without pain relief a medical scandal. Correctly, in my view, they're pointing out that men aren't routinely required to suffer extreme pain for a common diagnostic test.

'The patient should know what is likely to happen and how long it will take,' says Mr Pandelis Athanasias, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist. 'They should be told what the available pain relief options are and alternative ways to perform the procedure.

‘The patient should always be informed that, if the procedure is uncomfortable, they can request it’s discontinued.’

Pain thresholds should be discussed, and if women report finding smear tests very uncomfortable, or have a history of cervical stenosis (narrowing of the cervix) or suffer from chronic vaginal discomfort, then doctors need to draw up a detailed plan or consider alternatives.

I stayed quiet and endured the pain because I didn't want to seem like I couldn't handle what I thought was a standard procedure. A friend of mine, who found it as agonising as I did, told me: 'They tried to do it with no anaesthetic and then made me feel like I was substandard for not tolerating it. In the end they had to do it under general.' Another friend admits feeling so shocked by the lack of preparation for such unexpected pain that she came out feeling like the procedure had been a violation.

So how best to proceed when you have no idea how painful you might find it? At The Medical Chambers, a private clinic in Kensington, west London, the advice is to take a medication like paracetamol or ibuprofen an hour beforehand.

If this doesn't cut it, other options can include opioids like tramadol, a local anaesthetic gel, a local anaesthetic injection in the cervix, or an inhaler anaesthetic like Penthrox. You may need to request pain relief in advance, which may slightly delay your procedure.

SHOULD that not be enough, measures can be taken by the doctor such as using a small diameter hysteroscope. Crucially, if that's still not enough, you can stop the procedure and ask to have it done under sedation at a different time.

‘It’s important to advocate for yourself,’ says NHS doctor Alicia Gonzalez-Fernandez. ‘If something hasn’t been covered, or you still have doubts after it’s been explained, say so. You will never inconvenience a healthcare professional by speaking up – it helps them care for you better. You can change your mind or ask to stop at any point.’

It's a shame my hysteroscopy went the way it did. My results were normal, but any peace of mind I gained from that was replaced by abject fear I'd have to undergo the process again. If that day comes, I'll at least be going in with the right knowledge. And I'd strongly suggest you do the same.

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HE was a bit rude to the waiting staff. I ended up being overly nice to them to compensate.

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DID SPARKS FLY?

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SEE HIM AGAIN?

NO. Two hours was plenty to know another date wasn't going to happen. I didn't dare order a pudding after his comments about the other woman eating so much. Confusingly, he was lovely at the end. He waited with me for a cab and we hugged as it arrived. I think he wanted my number but I just waved goodbye.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS?

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I liked that she didn't choose the most expensive thing on the menu though. On previous dates, women have done that – huge glass of wine this, scallops that – and the bill has reached three figures before I've even factored in the price of my own meal. Jay was modest, which I appreciated.

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EMBARRASSING MOMENTS?

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DID SPARKS FLY?

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SEASONED birdwatcher Sam and new enthusiast Ade head to west Wales in this second of three episodes to see if they can spot birds of prey. With it being the height of breeding season there is so much going on in the world of birds. Sam has set his sights on two sorts of habitat, which will up their chances of seeing different breeds: the salt marsh and woodlands. When the pair arrive at their accommodation, they are welcomed by some Highland cows, and while Ade

cooks supper, Sam continues to work on their trip itinerary. They begin their journey at a red kite feeding centre, where they are dazzled by the huge numbers of the majestic birds wheeling overhead, before setting their sights on spotting the spectacular osprey. Along the way, they the listen out for the song of a yellowhammer, and Sam follows up a tip-off about a woodpecker nest.

THE members of Skeldale House are met with a long list of tasks in this episode of the warm and genteel series. Our lead vet Siegfried is off to a bumpy start when

the Rover breaks down on him. After trading remarks over the phone with the mechanic he decides to trade in his scalpel for a wrench and fix it himself. Good luck with that Siegfried... In other news, Tristan (Callum Woodhouse, pictured) is sent on a wild goose chase and is left with the mission of finding a new home for a mystery dog that appears in town, while Mrs Pumphrey arrives at Skeldale with WI business to discuss. And to add to the chaos, it's Mrs Hall's birthday, so while the children set to work making birthday cards, Helen and Dorothy plan a surprise birthday tea party. Elsewhere, James (Nicholas Ralph) heads to check on Mr Bushell's cow, Bella, but is met with a tough choice when it becomes apparent she needs surgery that neither James nor Siegfried have ever attempted before. So, a typically eventful day for the Darrowby vets and co...

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In Torremolinos, Cuban cocktail bar owners Morgan and Patrick lose an investor. | 6.00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | Strictly: It Takes Two Vicky Gill takes a look at some of the upcoming outfits. | 6.00 | Regional News; Weather | 6.30 | BBC Regional News; Weather | 6.30 | News; Weather | 7.00 | The One Show Presented by Roman Kemp and J.B. Gill. | 7.00 | Escape to the Country (R) Nicki Chapman helps an animal-loving house hunter from Oxfordshire to find a village property in Dorset, ideally close to the coast, and also visits a luxury yacht manufacturer. | 7.30 | Buyer Beware: Retirement Properties - Tonight Richard Gaisford investigates leasehold retirement properties. | 7.00 | Channel 4 News | 7.30 | EastEnders (AD) Ian continues to shut out his family. | 8.00 | The Celebrity Traitors (AD) As the first banishment unfolds, the Faithful are hoping that they've caught a Traitor. | 8.00 | Monty Don's British Gardens (AD,R) Monty travels around the UK to learn what gardens can reveal about the country's people, climate and history, beginning with those in inhospitable places. | 8.00 | Emmerdale (AD) Jacob and Sarah make a decision. | 8.00 | Our Tiny Islands (R) The custodians of Station Island, on County Donegal's Lough Derg, welcome more than 10,000 people each year for a three-day pilgrimage without food or shoes. | 9.05 | The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked (AD) Ed Gamble and guests analyse the latest developments in the castle. | 9.30 | Not Going Out (AD) Lee mistakenly believes his comedy hero is now his best friend. | 9.00 | Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (R) As the medical documentary returns, surgeons at Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals remove a life-threatening tumour. | 9.00 | Long Lost Family (AD,R) Lee Sharp discovers a sibling he never knew he had, and the team also help Peter MacDonald, who is desperate to see his brother again after 58 years. | 9.05 | Taskmaster (AD) The contestants face the baffling Gregulator. Richard Ayoade threatens to destroy the set, Nina Conti wields a shovel, and Chloe Petts has a day of mishaps. | 10.00 | BBC News at Ten BBC Regional News (Followed by Weather) | 10.00 | Live at the Apollo (R) Stand-up comedy from Babatunde Aleshe, Chloe Petts and Lindsey Santoro. | 10.00 | News (Followed by Weather) | 10.05 | Break Clause (AD) Ben and Lil go back to Leeds for Ava's christening. Lara Ricote stars. | 10.30 | 10.30 | Regional News (Followed by Weather) | 10.40 | Question Time Fiona Bruce chairs the topical debate with a panel of politicians facing questions from the audience in Peterlee. | 10.30 | Newsnight Analysis of the day's events, with Katie Razzall. (Followed by Weather) | 10.45 | The Last Samurai (2003) (15) ◆ | FILM | An American Civil War veteran training the imperial Japanese army joins the rebel samurai warriors he was hired to fight. | 10.35 | Break Clause (AD) Ben and Lil host a very grown-up dinner party for Thanksgiving as friends, using a turkey Ben found in a bin. | 11.40 | Newscast A panel of BBC journalists host a round-up from Westminster, mixing serious analysis and light-hearted gossip of political events. | 11.05 | Uncanny (AD,R) Danny Robins investigates seemingly paranormal encounters, here meeting Liam, who spent his youth terrified by a ghostly child on the family farm. | Historical adventure, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. | 11.10 | Gogglebox (AD,BSL,R) The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their instant reactions. | 12.10 | The Repair Shop: Beyond the Barn (AD,R) David Burville and Mark Stuckey team up to restore a model fairground. 1.10 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.15 BBC News | 12.05 | FILM: Medusa Deluxe (2022) (15) ◆ A hairdressing competition is thrown into disarray when one of the stylists is found dead. 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MURDER & MIND GAMES The Celebrity Traitors, 8pm, BBC1

WE ARE properly in it now. Last week, the castle waved goodbye to its first murder victim, Amol Rajan, before leaving us on a cliffhanger before the first banishment vote. Can Richard E. Grant cling on after bizarrely announcing himself to be a Traitor? And the atmosphere only gets more tense following a mission that fuels suspicion and paranoia among the group.

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SITCOM ANTICS Not Going Out, 9.30pm, BBC1

NIGEL Planer is game for a laugh as this week's guest star. Lee and Lucy are off to the theatre to see Nigel's latest play – but as an extra birthday surprise, Lucy has organised a video message from the Young Ones star. But then, wouldn't you know, Nigel walks into the restaurant where our birthday boy is enjoying dinner, and Lee can't resist the chance to introduce himself to his hero – with disastrous results.

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A look at murders that were planned and premeditated, beginning with Dominic Isom, who killed his fiancee at their Dorset home in 2015.

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▲ Particularly liable to offend

Carrie's even more terrifying in this clever update of the horror classic

WE'RE told diversity is something to be proud of, and our motto

should be: be kind. In practice, people have probably never been more angry and tribal. We might pretend to celebrate our differences, but actually we much prefer people to fit in.

This is the main theme of Amazon's Carrie, about the nerdy new girl who is bullied at school. It was like watching a teenage Jacob Rees-Mogg arriving at Grange Hill for the first day of term.

The difference is that Jacob isn't telekinetic. He can't set fire to things by pointing at them, or make stuff move with just the rage and fury of the unconscious mind.

Carrie, Stephen King's first novel, came out in 1974. There have been a handful of adaptations, most famously the 1976 version starring Sissy Spacek.

This version, written and produced by Mike Flanagan, is perhaps the most ambitious. It takes eight episodes to tell the

DIVING IN THE DARK: Echoes From Below: Exploring Britain's Caves (BBC4) featured caver Dave Nixon, who discovered Britain's deepest shaft, Titan in the Peak District. His team had to cut through boulders to reach Titan. 'In retrospect, I was completely obsessed,' he admits. 'Trust me, spending seven years digging a hole in the ground is not normal.'

story, but somehow manages to keep the action moving.

There's not much in the way of actual horror until the final episode, which is magnificently dramatic. You simply can't take your eyes off it. If you get up to put the kettle on, you'll miss yet another ingenious and horrible way of killing people.

The main plot strands of the book are there, but the script has been cleverly updated.

What the updates say about modern life is not to our credit.

Before school, Carrie (Summer H. Howell) has never been out of the house. For many years, the only book she read was The Bible.

She makes her own clothes, and arrived at school in a dress that looked as if she were auditioning for The Waltons.

What she finds is a harsh world where there are lockdown drills to prepare for an armed intruder. There are airport-style scanners and guards at the school gate.

And, of course, there are

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mobile phones. If school bullies can't actually be armed, a mobile phone is the next best thing.

In one compelling scene at the end of the first episode, Carrie's classmates film her as she has her first period (something her strict mother forgot to mention). In future episodes, the bullying only gets worse.

It's a long time since I've seen a drama with quite so many unsympathetic characters. Carrie's efforts to fit in are thwarted by class bully Christina — whose family troubles leave her angry and thwarted — and Carrie's mother, Margaret, a religious fanatic and conspiracy theorist.

At one point Margaret confronts the headteacher. 'You academics, you think parents are weak, but we're not weak,' she raged. 'We will rain down on you like God's wrath if you mistreat our babies.'

At this point, I imagine teachers across the country must have been hiding behind the sofa.

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THERE'S something lurking beneath the water — something big — in this six-part thriller from Canada. It's set in a struggling town on the island of Newfoundland, where the evenings feel like a good night out in rural Ireland, but the days are shot through with economic despair. The major industry seems to be fishing chunks of icebergs out of the sea, because there aren't any fish. Where have they all gone? And why are certain people in the town getting so hot and drinking water all the time? Josh Hartnett (pictured) stars as an ice

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MENOPAUSE COMEDY Small Achievable Goals, ITVX

THIS Canadian sitcom is back a second series, and remains not at all shy or polite in how it tackles the menopause – indeed, it's fully confrontational. As well as exploring the loss of social and professional capital, there's excessive sweating, crippling cramps, moods that ride a screaming rollercoaster in a single minute – it's all up for

harvester who wants to bring his family together with a big business idea, but his hopes may be hamstrung by more than their disparate plans. Stranger Things' Charlie Heaton plays his troubled brother, while Mackenzie Davis (Station Eleven) is the outsider scientist who has spotted something strange in that thar ice. The show around them is very easy to watch, because the steady sense of impending terror sits underneath some very believable and often funny scenes of family drama, and all of it is shot through with local colour.

grabs. The show follows two women producing a podcast and it's co-written by its stars, Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill (pictured).

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REALITY SHOWS The Kardashians, Disney+

WANT the lowdown on what America's most famous sisters have been getting up to over the past year? As reality TV royalty Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie return for a new, eighth series, there are romance

rumours, health scares and more all-access insight into the ladies' lives in the spotlight. Meanwhile, on ITV2, the The Real Housewives Of Potomac (4.10pm) also have plenty to say for themselves as they kick off a new series, their tenth. Gizelle begins by gathering the ladies together to discuss Karen's trial and sentencing.

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US CRIME DRAMA The Hunting Party, 9pm, U&Alibi

BEX (Melissa Roxburgh) is on the trail of two criminals this week – comedian and serial killer Dylan (played by former Glee star Kevin McHale) and his sidekick, a ventriloquist's dummy.

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8 Remagen (1969,PG) American soldiers are sent to capture a strategically important bridge over the Rhine before the enemy destroys it. Second World War adventure, with George Segal and Robert Vaughn

9.55 The Wicker Man (1973,18)

A police officer searches for a missing girl on an island inhabited by a pagan society, whom he suspects of human sacrifice.

Horror, starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee

11.25 Ex-S: The Wicker Man Documentary about the making of the cult film

11.55 Of Ice and Men — Timeshift Mankind's fascination with Antarctica (To 12.55)

The Simpsons

Homer visits Ireland

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The precinct goes

into lockdown on

Thanksgiving

First Dates Participants include an owl sanctuary volunteer

Gogglebox The armchair critics share their opinions on Britain's Got Talent, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, Romeo and Duet, and Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

Gogglebox The armchair critics share their opinions on Britain's Got Talent, One Night Stand and Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars. From May 2022

11.05 Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back Gordon Ramsay tries to save an Arkansas restaurant run by friends Brad and Steven (To 12.00)

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Steve and Jordan finish their game before husband-and-wife team Richard and Lorna get their chance to face the Limitless Ladder

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The 1% Club

Valentine's Special

Lee Mack hosts an edition of the quiz in which couples and singles play

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Big Brother

Housemates live under 24-hour surveillance as they attempt to avoid eviction from the Big Brother house

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Group Chat Kate Lawler and GK Barry host exclusive interviews with evicted housemates, celebrity fans and special guests

11.05 Family Guy

Ryan Reynolds arrives

in Quahog

11.35 Family Guy

Peter suffers kidney failure after drinking kerosene (To 12.05)

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Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.20am FILM: Sabata. (1969) (12)

1.30pm FILM: The Unforgiven. (1960) (PG) 4.00 Traffic Cops. 5.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 9.00 Police Interceptors. 10.00 Timber Titans.

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7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Horrible Histories. 8.00 The Cruise. 9.00 Amanda & Alan's Italian Job. 10.00 RuPaul's Drag Race UK. 11.05 FILM: The Substance. (2024) (18)

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12noon Sabrina the Teenage Witch. 1.00 Friends. 9.00 The Best of Mr Bean. 10.00 South Park.

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11.00am 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 Naked and

Afraid: Shipwrecked. 11.00 In the

Eye of the Storm: Chasers.

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Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106

10.00am Below Deck Down Under.

11.00 Modern Family. 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 The Goldbergs. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.

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Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126

12noon Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Rogue Claimers. 6.00 Home and Away.

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Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 130

12noon Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 1.00 Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Columbo. 5.00 Inside the Tower of London. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 James May's Great Explorers. 10.30 Into the Amazon with Robson Green.

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FOOD NETWORK UK

9.20am NCIS. 12.10pm Law & Order. 6.05 NCIS.

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168

11.00am The Great British Bake Off. 12.30pm Classic Mary Berry.

1.00 James Martin's Favourite Feasts. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure. 4.00 Jamie Oliver: Together. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin's Favourite Feasts. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 8.30 Classic Mary Berry. 9.00 Michel Roux's French Country Cooking. 10.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking for Less.

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GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170

12noon Little House on the Prairie.

2.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman. 8.00 M\*A\*S\*H. 9.00 FILM: Blue Murder at St Trinian's. (1957) (PG) 10.55 Robin's Nest. 11.55 M\*A\*S\*H.

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10.15am 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.

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Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117

9.15am Inspector Morse. 11.30 Heartbeat. 1.35pm The Royal.

2.40 Wild at Heart. 3.40 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

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Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118

10.40am Underwater Grand Fishing Adventure. 11.45 The Professionals. 12.45pm The Champions. 1.55 American Pickers. 3.50 Ice Road Truckers. 5.45 Minder. 6.50 Sharpe.

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Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147

11.35am Come Dine with Me.

2.15pm Four in a Bed. 4.50 Car

S.O.S. 6.50 The Dog House.

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NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC

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Sky 129 Virgin 183

Investigation. 2.00 Hitler's Last Stand. 3.00 Drain Alcatraz. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt. 5.00 Ice Road Rescue. 6.00 Hitler's Last Stand. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Air Crash Investigation: Surviving Disaster. 9.00 Inside Melbourne Airport. 10.00 Contraband Capture. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

11.00am Car S.O.S. 12noon Inside Sydney Airport. 1.00 Air Crash

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PBS AMERICA

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187

11.55am The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 1.00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands. 1.40 Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles. 2.50 Nazi's Diplomats: Dancing with the Devil. 4.00 WWII in Colour: Road to Victory. 5.05 The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 6.15 Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles. 7.25 Nazi's Diplomats: Dancing with the Devil. 8.35 WWII in Colour: Road to Victory. 9.45 The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 10.50 Nazi's Diplomats: Dancing with the Devil.

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REALLY

12noon 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 The 6000lb Diaries with Dr. Now. 10.00 The Bad Skin Clinic. 11.00 Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted.

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SKY ARTS

12noon Classic Albums. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 3.00 Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation. 4.00 Discovering: Dennis Hopper. 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2015. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2026. 8.00 FILM: Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide. (2003) (12) 9.50 Laurel and Hardy: Their Lives and Magic. 11.35 The Directors.

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SKY ATLANTIC

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Sky 108 Virgin 111

10.15am Deadwood. 12.25pm Gomorrah. 1.30 Homicide: Life on the Street. 3.30 Billions. 5.45 Station Eleven. 8.00 Fargo.

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RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ

5.00am News Summary.

5.04 More or Less.

5.32 Weather.

5.34 Shipping Forecast.

5.43 Prayer for the Day.

5.45 Farming Today.

6.00 Today.

9.00 PICK In Our Time.

9.45 Strong Message

Here. See 9.45pm.

10.00 Woman's Hour.

11.00 This Cultural Life.

John Wilson talks

to author Viet

Thanh Nguyen.

11.45 To Go or Not to Go.

Sara Wheeler

reflects on her own

motives for travel.

12noon News.

12.04 The Bottom Line.

Evan Davis asks what

is going wrong with

the German economy.

12.32 Sliced Bread.

Greg Foot examines

the claims behind

mushroom gummies.

12.57 Weather.

9.00 The Miniature Wife. 10.30 Dune: Prophecy.

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SKY COMEDY

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Sky 113 Virgin 112

11.50am Will & Grace. 12.20pm Hacks. 1.00 The Baby. 1.40 The Chair Company. 3.00 Will & Grace. 3.55 Breeders. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 Resident Alien. 9.00 Larry Dean: Dafty. 10.10 Rob Beckett: Giraffe. 11.50 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

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SKY DOCUMENTARIES

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Sky 114 Virgin 121

12noon FILM: Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie. (2021) (12) 1.50 My Icon: Anthony Joshua. 2.00 FILM: I Am MLK Jr. (2018) (12) 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: Richard Harris. 6.00 Stax: Soulsville USA. 7.00 Janet Jackson. 8.00 How the Beatles Changed the

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PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO

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IN OUR TIME, 9AM, RADIO 4

MISHA Glenny and a panel of eminent palaeontologists discuss the influential role of geologist and priest William Buckland in the study of dinosaurs. Before the word dinosaur even existed Buckland had been studying the giant, fossilised bones of a mysterious carnivorous

2.15 Drama: A Place Called Home. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Last in series.

3.00 PICK Ramblings.

3.27 Radio 4 Appeal. On behalf of PEAS.

3.30 Feedback.

4.00 The Briefing Room.

4.30 BBC Inside Science.

World. 10.00 FILM: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. (2015) (15)

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SKY HISTORY

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Sky 123 Virgin 131

12noon Greatest Escapes of WWII.

1.00 Alone. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Outback Wreckers. 9.00 Alone. 10.00 Flipping Bangers.

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SKY ONE

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Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon 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 Simpsons. 8.00 David Attenborough's Galapagos. 9.00 FILM: Revolver. (2005) (15)

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SKY SCI-FI

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Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 12noon Star Trek: The Next creature found in a quarry in Oxfordshire that didn't resemble any living animal. In 1824 he gave the animal, which lived here about 166 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic period, the name Megalosaurus, or 'great lizard', and in doing so set dinosaur science in motion.

5.00 PM; Weather.

6.00 Six O'Clock News.

6.30 Do Gooders. Comedy, with Frank Skinner and Fay Ripley.

7.00 The Archers. Anna stumbles upon some shocking information, while Alistair is torn.

7.15 Front Row. Arts news.

8.00 When It Hits the Fan. With Farzana Baduel and David Yelland.

Generation. 1.00 Stargate Universe. 2.00 La Brea. 3.00 Fantasy Island. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 7.00 Stargate Universe. 8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00 La Brea. 10.00 Evil. 11.00 The Walking Dead.

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SKY WITNESS

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Sky 107 Virgin 110

12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Blue Bloods. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 CIA. 10.00 The Equalizer. McCall tries to track down the sender of a terrifying letter.

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TLC

Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113

12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Mock the Week. 10.00 FILM: The Italian Job. (2003) (12)

QUEST

6.55 Heartbeat Convicted murderer Henry Stoddard's release from prison coincides with a spate of vandalism

Vera The detective must unravel the mystery of a man found beaten to death the day before he was due to testify in court. Crime drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty and Jon Morrison

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Downton Abbey

The annual cricket match brings out Robert's competitive side, Violet's great-niece Rose arrives and Thomas's future seems uncertain

6.50 Sharpe The officer is charged with transforming the Royal Irish Company into an experienced fighting unit, but rumours of a massacre in Ireland have a negative effect on the men's morale

DCI Banks Part one of two. A teenage girl is murdered (To 12.25)

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Benidorm Festive

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MORE4

Episode from Boxing Day 2010. Madge has to organise the Benidorm Palace's seasonal spectacular — but the show's star (Su Pollard) is nowhere to be seen

6.50 The Dog House

An 11-year-old terrier

cross arrives at

Woodgreen

7.55 The Dog House

Duchess, a bassett hound, expects to be treated like a queen and retired businesswoman June may be just the person to meet her requirements

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Sandi Toksvig's Great Riviera Rail Trip Sandi

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10.15 All Elite

wrestling action from Paris, including Will Ospreay v Kazuchika Okada, Bandido v Kofi, and Mercedes Mone v Queen Aminata (To 12.15)

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Wrestling: Dynamite Grand Slam Top

riviera and trip band concludes her French Riviera grand tour in Monaco, where she meets Paula Radcliffe, who has made a home in the Monaco hills

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SKY MIX

A rugby player is scanned for spinal damage following a collision during a match, and describes her struggles with mental health issues

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24 Hours in A&E

11.05 24 Hours in A&E

An on-call stroke doctor has a busy shift in the resus department (To 12.10)

The team investigate when a DEA agent is killed in a plane crash

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Hawaii Five-0

Star Trek: The Next Generation Part one of two. Worf learns the truth about his father's fate. Sci-fi drama, starring Michael Dorn

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Britain's Most Evil

Killers Three victims murdered, a string of robberies and a killer with nothing to lose — can the police catch Anthony Russell before he strikes again?

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Britain's Most

Evil Killers The disappearance of Laura May Al Shatanawi

Grimm Nick and Juliette's romantic reunion is cut short by a horde of zombies Renard and Baron Samedi have unleashed (To 12.00)

Antiques Road Trip

Louise Gostelow and David Harper go antique shopping in Wales, where Louise adds to her collection of chairs and David takes a risk

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Outback Truckers

Foody races a cyclone to make it home. Mel Michelsen navigates treacherous log runs

Aussie Gold Hunters

Storms hammer the Poseidon Crew as they chase monster nuggets in Victoria. Shane and Rusty move fast to flip a valuable outback lease

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The Repair Shop The

restorers get to work on a satchel owned by a prisoner of war, a pub clock and a sea-serpent pen holder

How Do They Do It?

Examining how

rosebuds are turned

into Turkish delight

How Do They Do It? How the world's finest canvases are created (To 12.00)

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Paul and Bob fish the River Tay

7.40 Would I Lie to You? With panellists Lady Leshurr and Philippa Perry

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8.20 Would I Lie to

8.20 Would I Lie to You? With Victoria Derbyshire, Rhod Gilbert, Rosie Jones and Jamali Maddix

QI XL Guests Clare Balding, Dara O Briain, Jimmy Carr and regular panellist Alan Davies join host Stephen Fry, who asks questions on the topic of horses and hunting

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You Victoria

News for You Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts an extended episode, with Ivo Graham and Isabel Hardman joining team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop

8 Out of 10 Cats With Joel Dommett, James Acaster, Joe Swash and Roisin Conaty

11.50 Mock the Week

With Maisie Adam,

Eshaan Akbar and

Ed Byrne (To 12.30)

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7.20 Last of the

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Nora gets a cleaning job with a much-praised widower across the valley, leaving Compo writhing in jealousy

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The Chelsea

Detective Following a second murder in Cambridge, Max and his team uncover a conspiracy linking both victims. Last in series

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9.05 A Remarkable Place to Die Anais

finds herself under Li Feng's microscope after her illicit planting of evidence

10.05 New Tricks

A skeleton is uncovered in the foundations of a swimming pool

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11.25 Judge John

11.25 Judge John Deed The maverick High Court Judge's daughter is

arrested during a demonstration. Martin Shaw stars (To 1.25)

GPs: Behind Closed Doors Patients with chronic pain issues visit Ridge Medical Practice in Bradford

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Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

Paramedics rush in a 67-year-old, after a recent fall has left her suffering with severe pains in her head

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A&E After Dark A&E staff treat a

patient with burns who also shows signs of a possible stroke, and a motorcyclist is brought into resus with after being hit from behind

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Ambulance: Code Red

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Skin A&E Four top

Paramedics respond to calls of a man who has collapsed in a hotel bathroom, and a head-on collision between two motorcyclists

7.05 NCIS An attempted robbery leads to the death of a lieutenant

dermatologists treat patients for skin conditions such as cysts, lipomas and skin tags (To 12.00)

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NCIS The agents

investigate a government organisation dedicated to child prodigies while researching a marine's death

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Blue Bloods Danny

and Baez's attempts to find who assaulted a shop owner are hindered by the community's refusal to cooperate

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Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

A car accident leads the detectives on a search for an ambulance driver. Fin gives Bruno a tour of Manhattan SVU

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Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

A recently released convict goes in search of his arresting officer.

Starring Mariska Hargitay (To 12.00)

8.15 The Media Show.

9.00 Loose Ends. Clive Anderson is joined by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tim Minchin, Kate Mosse and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

9.45 Strong Message Here. Armando Iannucci explores political language.

10.00 The World Tonight. With Jane Hill.

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U&ALIBI

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Sky 109 Virgin 114

12noon 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. 7.00 Father Brown. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 9.00 The Hunting Party. 10.00 Death in Paradise. 11.00 Father Brown.

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U&DAVE (DAYTIME)

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Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127

12noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British. 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries. 2.00 Top Gear. 3.00 Our Guy in Japan. 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall. 6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British.

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■ CLARE Balding (pictured) begins a new series of RAMBLINGS (3PM, RADIO 4) beside the

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U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116

10.55am Casualty. 11.55 The Bill.

12.55pm Classic EastEnders. 2.15

Thames with a city walking club that was set up to combat loneliness and get young people off their phones. It was the idea of two psychologists, one of whom has ‘a Masters in mindfulness and compassion.’ To encourage people to talk to each other they even hand out prompt cards with a list of questions to ask at the start of each walk.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: Stations. By Louise Kennedy. Read by Amy Molloy.

11.00 Radical. Ideas that are defining the future.

11.30 Great Lives. Mel

11.30 Great Lives. Mel

Giedroyc nominates

surgeon Vera Gedroits.

12midnight News; Weather.

12.30 To Go or Not to Go.

12.48 Shipping Forecast.

1.00 BBC World Service.

Classic Neighbours. 3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries. 4.20 Father Brown. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

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U&EDEN

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176

9.00am Wild China.

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U&GOLD

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Sky 110 Virgin 124

11.55am The Good Life. 12.35pm Only Fools and Horses. 1.10 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special. 1.50 Keeping Up Appearances. 2.30 Dad's Army. 3.05 The Green Green Grass. 3.45 Are You Being Served? 4.20 The Good Life. 5.00 Dad's Army. 5.40 Last of the Summer Wine. 7.00 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special. 7.40 Dad's Army. 8.20 Only Fools and Horses. 9.40 The Fast Show. 10.20 Not Going Out. 11.00 Only Fools and Horses.

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RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Clara Amfo. 4.00 Gary Davies. 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Country Show with Darius Rucker. 10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony. 12midnight OJ Borg.

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RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ

6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. Highlights from the Baltic Sea Festival. 4.00 Composer of the Week: The Venetian School. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. Mahler's Tenth Symphony. 9.45 The Essay: Towards Evensong. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.

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RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693/909KHZ

5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 5 Live Breakfast. 9.00 Emma Vardy. 11.00 Adrian Chiles. 2.00pm Matt Chorley. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. 7.30 5 Live Sport. Exploring the rising cost of following sport. 9.00 5 Live Formula 1. 10.00 Laura McGhie. 1.00am Kathryn Stanczyszyn.

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U&W

Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125

12noon DIY SOS: The Big Build.

1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes. 5.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country.

9.00 DIY SOS: Veteran Street.

10.00 Pete Wicks: For Dogs' Sake. Pete helps a nervous group of Spitz settle into Dogs Trust.

11.00 Ghislaine Maxwell: The Making of a Monster.

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U&YESTERDAY

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Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129

Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129

12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash. 4.00 Great War Stories. 5.00 D-Day: Last Words. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 Turkey with Simon Reeve. 8.00 Bangers & Cash. 9.00 Dream Car Fixers. 10.00 Bangers & Cash.

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SPORT

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SKY MAIN EVENT

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Sky 401 Virgin 501

10.00am Live Tennis. The ATP Shanghai Masters. 12noon Live Tennis. The ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA China Open. 3.00 Live DP World Tour Golf. The Open De Espana. Day one at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. 6.00 The Premier League Show. 7.00 Sports Centre. 10.00 Sky Sports News at Ten. 10.30 Paper Talk. 11.00 Sky Sports News. 12midnight Live NFL. Dallas Cowboys v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Start-time 1.15am).

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SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

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Sky 402 Virgin 502

12noon Gary Neville's Soccerbox. 1.00 Wunderkind: Florian Wirtz's Story. 1.30 Greatest Games. 2.00 PL Years. 4.00 Best Goals 2018/19. 5.00 The Premier League Show. 7.00 The Big Interview. 7.30 Premier League Stories. 8.00 Cult Heroes. 8.30 Wunderkind: Florian Wirtz's Story. 9.00 The Big Interview. 9.30 Premier League Stories. 10.00 Gary Neville's Soccerbox. 11.00 Premier League Years.

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MOVIES

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FILM4

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Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428

11.00am How Green Was My Valley. (1941) (U) 1.20pm Broken Arrow. (1950) (PG) 3.10 The Man from the Alamo. (1953) (U) 4.50 A Christmas Carol. (1984) (PG) 6.55 Dad's Army. (2016) (PG) 9.00 Die Hard 2. (1990) (18) Action thriller sequel, starring Bruce Willis. 11.25 A Most Wanted Man. (2014) (15) 1.50am Me and You and Everyone We Know. (2005) (15)

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GREAT! ACTION

Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426

1.00pm The High Chaparral. 2.00 Burn Notice. 4.00 Perfect Plan. (2010) (PG) 6.00 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Punisher: War Zone. (2008) (18) 11.10 The Unit.

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GREAT! CHRISTMAS

Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424

10.15am Christmas in the Air.

(2017) (PG) 12.20pm Christmas

Romance Al Dente. (2020) (PG) 2.20

A Very Country Christmas. (2017)

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SKY CRICKET

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Sky 405 Virgin 505

12noon Test Cricket. 4.00 Men's Cricket World Cup '23. 5.30 T20 Cricket. 6.00 Test Cricket. 11.00 Women's Big Bash League.

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SKY MIX

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Sky 416 Virgin 511

12.30pm Legends of Darts. 1.00 NFL Highlights. 2.00 World Grand Prix Darts. 5.45 NRLW. 6.00 Formula 1. 7.00 Zuffa Boxing. 8.00 Championship Retro. 11.00 NFL Highlights.

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TNT SPORTS 1

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Sky 410 Virgin 521

11.30am Cycling European Championship. 12.30pm Men's Cycling Pro Series. 1.30 The Gruppetto. 1.45 Live Men's Cycling Pro Series. The Gran Piemonte. Coverage of the one-day race in Italy. 3.45 It's A Numbers Game. 4.15 MotoGP Rewind. 4.30 Cricket Reload. 4.45 Sign Up – Into Football. 5.30 F1H2O Highlights. 6.00 Premier League Interview. 6.30 Premier League Stories. 7.00

(PG) 4.15 The Christmas Pageant. (2011) (PG) 6.10 Double Holiday. (2019) (PG) 8.00 Christmas at the Amish Bakery. (2023) (PG) Starring Alexandra Harris. 10.00 Christmas Bells Are Ringing. (2018) (PG) 11.55 The Christmas Ball. (2020) (PG)

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GREAT! MYSTERY

Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425

11.05am Murder, She Wrote.

12.05pm Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Murder, She Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. 9.00 In Plain Sight. 10.00 Matchmaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill. (2021) (PG) 11.55 Garage Sale Mysteries: All That Glitters. (2014) (PG)

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SKY DRAMA

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Sky 310 Virgin 410

11.55am The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. (2008) (12)

1.35pm A League of Their Own. (1992) (PG) 3.50 Hamnet. (2025) (12) Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. 6.00 Hamlet.

Groundbreaking. 7.30 TNT Sports Reload. 7.45 The Gruppetto. 8.00 Men's Cycling Pro Series. 9.00 MLB Lead Off. 10.00 Live MLB. Chicago White Sox v Cleveland Guardians. 1.00am Live MLB. New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays.

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TNT SPORTS 2

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Sky 411 Virgin 522

12noon MotoGP Highlights. 1.00 MLB Highlights. 2.00 Ultimate Pool. 3.30 TNT Sports Reload. 4.00 WRC Review. 5.00 MLB Highlights. 6.00 T20 Cricket Highlights. 7.00 MotoGP Highlights. 8.00 British Superbikes Highlights. 9.00 Ultimate Pool. 10.30 MotoGP Rewind. 10.45 Motocross World Championship.

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TNT SPORTS 3

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Sky 413 Virgin 523

12noon Fishing: On the Bank. 1.00 The PREM. 6.00 The PREM — The Wrap Up. 6.15 FA Cup: The People's Story — Women's FA Cup. 6.30 FA Cup: The People's Story — Crystal Palace. 6.45 The Club That George Built. 8.15 Sign Up — Into Football. 9.00 UFC.

(2025) (15) 8.00 Materialists. (2025) (15) 10.10 The Brutalist. (2025) (18)

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SKY PREMIERE

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Sky 301 Virgin 401

11.50am The Fix. (2026) (15) 2.05pm Better Man. (2024) (15) 4.30 Supergirl. (2025) (12) 6.20 Cold Storage. (2026) (15) 8.00 Better Man. (2024) (15) Robbie Williams biopic, starring Jonno Davies and Steve Pemberton. 10.25 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. (2026) (18)

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TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445

11.25am Live Now – Pay Later.

(1962) (18) 1.30pm The Duchess of Duke Street. 2.35 Talking Pictures TV with Jimmy Cricket. 3.00 Tommy the Toreador. (1959) (U)

4.45 Julius Hagen Season. 4.55 The Last Journey. (1936) (U) 6.15 Julius Hagen Season. 6.20 Strange But True. 6.55 The Brothers. 8.00 Mark Saber. 8.30 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. 9.20 The Blue Lagoon. (1980) (15) 11.30 Night of the Big Heat. (1967) (15)

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20 EARLY to bed and early to rise may not sound like the most thrilling advice, but there's a reason why it has stuck around. After a busy few days, your body and mind could be asking for a little more care than you've been giving them. Today provides cosmic encouragement for you to reset your routine. It might not feel like much, but getting back on track will give you more energy for what excites you. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0301\*

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SOMETIMES the most useful thing we can do is stop trying to improve everything and, instead, choose to accept a situation as it is. Yet this is much easier to say than it is to do. There is always another drawer to organise, email to answer or loose end to tie up.

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LEO July 24 - Aug 23 A FULL cupboard can give the impression that there is plenty to go around until you discover three packets of the same thing and nothing you need. Today is useful for taking stock of what you have and what you still require to feel genuinely fulfilled. You don't need to become miserly with your energy, but you do need to be conscious of where you are directing it. The first step to having enough is noticing what really matters. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0305\*

VIRGO Aug 24 - Sep 23 YOU'RE often the first person others turn to when they need practical help. Your generosity of heart is commendable but just because you often seem superhuman doesn't mean you are indestructible. Today, the Moon in your sign is asking you to turn the care you give so freely inwards. It may feel self-indulgent or simply boring to attend to your own needs. It isn't. You can't keep supporting others if you are running on empty. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0306\*

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SCORPIO Oct 24 - Nov 22 HINDSIGHT is a wonderful thing. Reviewing recent events, you may now see patterns you couldn't spot while you were in the thick of it. But that doesn't mean you messed up. The information you needed for full understanding may not have been available to you then. Don't berate yourself for not seeing things clearly. Instead, focus on what you now know. That information will help you decide where to invest your energy. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0308\*

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While a huge £300 telescope has great features, it is too big to bring with you.

The Problem With Big Telescopes and Binoculars

I thought big telescopes and binoculars were the best thing to get for great zoom. But the best thing is something you bring with you all the time. Sure you can still bring binoculars with you. But you have to hang them on your neck all the time (which sucks for hiking), or you need a backpack or bag to carry it.

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It is very easy to get crisp and clear photos and videos from far away. Just clip the Zoom on your phone. Some users have even won photo contests using this exact setup! The point is, this thing is top quality!

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There is one problem though...

This deal will not last for long. In fact, as we speak, Zoom is getting more popular. This means their start up promo will end soon and go up to full price.

How Much Is Zoom Today?

As of today, Zoom is still on sale. The full price is £69.99, but they lowered it to £29.99. But, since they are doing great so far, it is even lower now! I reached out to Zoom. They gave me a great discount to share with my readers.

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A: Yes, Zoom has a 30 day money back guarantee. If you decide you do not want your Zoom, they will give you a refund.

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What a thrill to ride on those iron horses

READING Ann Swift's account of her encounter with a shire horse,

I was reminded of a wonderful memory of my own – but of an iron horse, not a carthorse. My mother's family had all worked for British Rail and she loved steam engines, as I have done all my life. When I was a child in the early 1960s, my mum, dad and I travelled from London by steam train twice a year, to York to visit friends or to Scotland to see my 'St Andrews Granny', an eight-hour journey of pure delight. After leaving Grantham on the east coast main line, the track bends sharply to the left and if I stuck my head out of the left-hand window as far as it would go, ignoring the warning signs and my parents, I could see the whole engine, King George V or similar, going like the clappers, belching steam from its funnel and sparks from its drive wheels, the connecting-rods going so fast they were almost invisible, my nostrils on fire from the lovely smell of burning coal. Another joy awaited me on the return trip when, as the massive engine nosed its way towards the buffers at King's

Puzzler PuzzlePad

Cross, I would jump out of our carriage as soon as it was safe and rush to the end of the platform to watch that big black behemoth slowly inching towards me. My dad always followed, yelling at me out of fear!

It was hard, hard work for the crews of those engines. We lived in Wembley and I used to hear them steaming up at 3am, ready to leave at 6am. After four hours the crew were exhausted and the relief crew took over, Sir Nigel Gresley having thoughtfully designed a compartment for them to travel in. Next week I'm lucky enough to be going on a return trip from York to Scarborough, hauled both ways by the Flying Scotsman, and yes, I'll have my head stuck out the window!

Fiona Crawford, Fulford, York

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Sign Language

LADY AND THE SCAMP: Rather strange bedfellows on this book display in my local Morrisons. Who's the menace, Dennis or the earl?

Pam Druker, Northampton

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Today's poem

SID AND CO

SID AND CO

He's gathering the spider clans

From everywhere around,

They're coming up from far below

And down from higher ground.

They're meeting in our garden shed

But plan to storm the house,

All gearing up for Hallowe'en,

Their spidey-senses roused.

I've left the last-year webs alone

In readiness for them,

At least that's my excuse for now

(I think it's quite a gem!)

They'll weave their masterpieces too,

The walls will be festooned,

They haven't got a lot of time

'Cos Hallowe'en's quite soon.

I've got the pumpkins and the sweets,

My costume's hanging there,

With skeletons and rubber bats

In boxes everywhere.

But Sid and co will be the stars,

The highlight of the show,

So soon roll on the 31st

And then all systems GO...

Lindsay Hartgroves, Launceston, Cornwall

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Wordy Wise

PUPEYE THE SAILOR — young sea dog.

OUTBOAR MOTOR – powers wild pig's boat.

ISLE OF WIGHT FURRY — thick-coated cat in Ventnor.

OCEAN DINER — restaurant in the middle of the Pacific.

Dave Cullen, Leeds

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Joke

ELVIS is alive and well and about to appear in a remake of The Sound Of Music. It's called I'm Courting A Trapp.

Pete Kennedy, Redhill, Surrey

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Picture That!

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One-line Philosophers

■ NEVER judge a book by the cover – it could be even worse than the cover would suggest.

Anand Deshpande, Westhoughton, Lancs

■ I LIKE money, but not enough to work for it.

Simon R. Gladdish, Swansea

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Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

WHEN my grandson Joel was about four, he arrived one morning and I said to him: 'Don't tell me you've got new shoes.'

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Potty advice

‘Actually, I got two pairs,’ he replied, ‘but the other ones have no roof.’ He’d got his first pair of sandals.

I STARTED my teaching career in the Sixties and taught for 40 years, including in some very deprived areas, although I took 12 years off to bring up my children.

Bill Holmes,

Duffield, Derbys

In all that time, I saw only one child who wasn't toilet trained. The head told me to take him home and tell his mother not to return him to school until he was trained.

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Limerick

It was expected that children starting school should be able to use a knife and fork, dress themselves after PE and be toilet trained.

These poor children now must be so embarrassed. I find it appalling that schools should need to send parents leaflets on potty training.

The prison space crisis we'll crack, Release thousands of cons on fast track, And like a new broom Create oodles of room To house this lot, when they bounce back!

FRANCES PARKINSON,

Salisbury, Wilts

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Farage snubbed

TIME TO REFLECT: Do I

know you?

Taken in Chile by Peter Fuller

of Bookham, Surrey

STEPHEN GLOVER (Daily Mail), speculating that the Tories will need to unite with Reform to defeat the Left, said Nigel Farage must show statesmanship to do a deal.

I would politely remind him that Mr Farage showed statesmanship towards Boris Johnson in 2019 and was rewarded with betrayal.

Once bitten, twice shy?

STEVE FORSHAW,

Kettering, Northants

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All you can eat

THE Daily Mail's Robert Hardman reports on the ‘shabby west London street’ with 33 fast food outlets.

Only 33? Try ‘food swamp’ Uxbridge, which beats the Uxbridge Road in Shepherd’s Bush hands down. And there’s more opening every week.

PETE WILLIAMS, Hayes, Middx

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Novel escape

IN THIS increasingly difficult world, I seek succour in books.

As an avid reader, I can devour three paperbacks a week and get lost in wonderful plots and stories.

ANGELA PRUSS, Chigwell, Essex

Jeffrey Archer provided me with hours of enjoyment, as he was a born storyteller. Rest in peace and thank you, Jeffrey.

WHEN I arrived in London in 1971, I had a list of things I wanted to do, besides seeking work.

It included seeing Jeffrey Archer relate his anecdotes about Frank Sinatra, of whom he was a huge fan.

In the summer of 1972, the opportunity arose at a hotel just off the Strand and it was a joyous couple of hours. Rest in peace, Jeffrey.

CHRIS HYLAND, Northampton

I HAD the privilege of meeting Lord Archer about three years ago in Piccadilly, as he was walking to the Ritz hotel. I introduced myself: we have the same surname and he said we were distantly related.

I am also an author of fiction. I really am so sorry he has departed.

RODERICK ARCHER,

Weybridge, Surrey

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Your BBC

IF THE BBC really wants to save money, it should end all so-called celebrity shows and bring back ordinary people, who cost nothing and are far more entertaining.

PAUL BOYCE, address supplied

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Fast work

RAPID courtships (Letters)? He was from Somerset, I was from Glasgow. We met in Northampton, as the company we worked for required us to be there. He was 24, I was 35.

Write to: Daily Mail Letters, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY email: letters@dailymail.co.uk

Although we cannot respond individually, all correspondence received is read and considered. Thank you for writing.

We went out on two consecutive sunny May evenings to local pubs but we couldn't eat, we just gazed at each other. On the third day, after work, he proposed. I accepted, then we phoned our folks.

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CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF A LOVED ONE

Nine weeks later, as soon as we

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could obtain the licence, we married in Somerset on a beautiful summer's day, with all our relatives and friends at the reception in the garden of his parents' village pub.

Now, 53 years and one son later, we are still so happy together.

DOROTHY GREEN, Winsford, Cheshire

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Jaecoos and Jags

THE suggestion that we should apply a 45 per cent import tax on the Chinese cars flooding the UK may well ingratiate us with the EU but negatively affect JLR's sales to China.

The best way to stop these copycat, government-subsidised cars from gaining an even bigger foothold in the UK is to stop buying them.

ANDREW SCOTT, Nuthall, Notts

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Game of tag

AS THE early release of prisoners was announced in July 2024, you would have thought that since then, sufficient electronic tags would have been made available and a proper procedure put in place to ensure every ex-convict was monitored.

The Justice Secretary, Alex Norris, cannot tell us which criminals have been tagged so far and which haven't. As Littlejohn would remark, 'you couldn't make it up'.

We have inept governments north and south of the border and no significant Armed Forces to protect us. Drones are the weapons of the future. We should act now.

IF EVER there were a good reason to get rid of Labour and the SNP, it is to get the Tories back in control to build Kemi's 'Iron Dome'.

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Dome defence

J. M. HAINES, Spaldwick, Cambs

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Andy's ears

JOHN McGILL, Dumfries

WHILE most of your readers are transfixed by Andy's eyebrows, has anyone else noticed that the tips of his earlobes are fixed to his jawline?

JULIE BOOTY, Exeter, Devon

MY FRIEND'S father is in a nursing home. Seeing nothing of interest on TV one day, he asked a nursing assistant: 'What's on the other side?'

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Sounds ominous

She ran to her supervisor and said: 'I don't think he'll be with us much longer. He wants to know what's on the other side.'

JOHN MURPHY,

Newton-le-Willows, Lancs

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Crock and roll

Founding member and lead guitarist

WELL said, Tony Hounsell (Letters), 'the crocks of rock' are indeed still the best.

I have followed Wishbone Ash since 1970 and I'm looking forward to seeing them live in Colchester next week for the umpteenth time.

Can Kemi bring the Tories back to life?

Popular leader: Kemi Badenoch

WELL done to Stephen Glover (Daily Mail) for yet again trying to address with some rationality and common sense the problem of how to prevent another Labour election victory. It is pointless to argue over whether the Conservatives have edged a few Brownie points over Reform or vice versa. Who cares?

If you are a Conservative/Reform person and there were to be a snap election, who would you vote for? Current polls suggest that, as a single party, neither would be able to form a government. Yet despite the slanging matches to which Mr Glover referred, I would still contend that the parties have more important policies in common than they don't. Perhaps someone should look at their agendas using the Kepner-Tregoe method of problem-solving and decision-making, which tries simply to look at all the factual pros and cons in order to arrive at a valid solution. We will see how the Conservative conference affects this popularity contest. But I still believe that unless these parties find some common ground, we are, in Private Frazer's immortal words, doomed.

TONY WALDRON,

Frimley Green, Surrey

MY CONCLUSIONS are the same as those of Stephen Glover and Monday's Daily Mail editorial, although the sentiments will come across as completely opposite. Kemi Badenoch is leading her party to disaster. She has taken it sharply to the Right, abandoning the millions of mildly Right-of-centre ordinary people whose votes the Conservatives were once so successful in capturing, and into a competition with Reform for the same relatively narrow section of the vehement Right.

What will be the consequence of that?

Stephen Glover and others are alive to the danger and calling for an electoral pact between the Conservatives and Reform. But that is wildly unlikely to happen, if only because Nigel Farage personally won't have a pact with the Tories, against whom he has a personal animus. Even if his support plummets, he still won't because he puts destroying the Tories before almost anything else. Conservatives won't be thanking the memory of by-then-dispatched Kemi after the next election, as they try to rebuild their shattered mass base.

ROGER SCHAFIR, London N21

MR GLOVER is one of the few who can see clearly where we are heading. Unless Andy Burnham and his party are removed from power, there is a very real possibility that Labour will remain in government for the foreseeable future. The voting system will be changed to PR, and Labour, the Lib Dems and the absurd Greens will form a coalition while Mr Farage and Mrs Badenoch sit back, having each captured a sorry 20 per cent of the vote. Unless they unite in some way, neither has any chance of winning. The Right must unite against the Left, it is as simple as that.

BRIAN CROSS, Hayling Island, Hants

Andy Powell is as good now as he has ever been, and it's great to see more youngsters watching, who obviously appreciate the real deal.

STEVE SALTER,

Crowborough, E. Sussex

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Always Hope

YOUR correspondent Anthony Firth (Letters) doesn't have to move to America to live in Hope. Move to Hope near Wrexham. There is a local saying: 'Live in Hope, die in Caergwrlé' (the neighbouring village).

eighbouring village).

JOHN PEERS,

Menai Bridge, Anglesey

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Unlikely angel

alone when there was a knock at the door. Standing there was what in those days we would call a tramp, who asked for a drink of water.

MONDAY'S Thought For The Week on the Letters page, about ‘entertaining angels’, took me back more than 60 years. I was home

I made him a cup of tea and a round of toast, for which he seemed very grateful. He didn't look at all like an angel but I suppose one never knows.

ALAN SHARPE,

Melton Mowbray, Leics

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Fair road tax

ROAD fund tax is based on emissions but surely it would be fairer to have a system based on weight and hence wear and tear on the roads.

This could be applied to all vehicles and would negate the need for a separate electric car tax.

BARRY HESELWOOD,

Camberley, Surrey

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Strictly dancing

AS A fan ever since the first series, I've solved the dilemma of whether to watch Strictly.

I record the show, fast forward to the final scores, then watch the recap. No twaddle, no pointless behind-the-scenes, no hosts. Ideal.

LINDSEY HYDE,

Aylsham, Norfolk

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The mayor, the money and Man City

DOES Labour have a stand-by PM to replace Andy Burnham? The Daily Mail's Ian Gallagher has his finger on the button. Burnham has had many dealings with Manchester City's owners in the United Arab Emirates over the past decade, whose money helped transform parts of the city. All the same, it should be noted that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority is now £1.34 billion in debt, compared with £964 million when Burnham became mayor in 2017.

The rulers of Abu Dhabi may even now be saying to the Government: 'Go easy on Man City or we'll take away all our money and plans for future investment in Manchester and the UK.'

But if Man City are not punished appropriately, in a way consistent with punishments for other clubs, faith in our national game is dead.

JOHN MORTIMER, Whaddon, Bucks

IT IS possible that Manchester City could be relegated to the EFL Championship. But if that happened, it would almost certainly mean that a club already there, pushing for promotion, would miss out, with City being promoted. That isn't fair. Why should supporters of clubs in the Championship suffer because the Premier League has to launder its dirty washing to get itself out of a predicament?

TERRY COATES, Birmingham

THE choice is crystal clear. To safeguard inward investment from the UAE, should we barely punish Manchester City at all? Or should we, if their appeal is unsuccessful, stay true to the principle of always playing by the rules and punish them hugely? If City are finally pronounced guilty of financial cheating and we don't choose the latter option, and to hell with the political consequences, our reputation will be trashed for ever.

PHILIP CODD, Manchester

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Straight to the POINT

■ I USED to think the Green Party were just countryside-loving tofu eaters.

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QUESTION What's the longest anybody's been shipwrecked at sea and survived?

IN 1973, married couple Maurice and Maralyn Bailey were attempting to sail from Britain to New Zealand when their dream voyage turned into one of the most extraordinary survival stories ever recorded.

While crossing the Pacific aboard their 31-foot yacht, Auralyn, disaster struck when a whale collided with the vessel, tearing a fatal hole in the hull. With the yacht rapidly sinking beneath them, the couple managed to scramble into a small inflatable liferaft which they tied to a 9ft-long dinghy, salvaging only a few supplies before watching their home disappear beneath the waves.

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QUESTION Where does the saying only eat pork when there is an R in the month come from?

THE old saying that you should only eat pork when there is an R in the month refers to the cooler months from September to April.

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3 Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms. Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat and, once foaming, fry the mushrooms for 8-10 mins until any moisture that was released has evaporated and the mushrooms are lightly golden. Turn the heat to low and stir in the soy to coat.

4 When the rice is tender and the stock has been absorbed, stir in the cheese and a splash of boiling water, if needed, to achieve a creamy finish. Chop the chives and stir into the rice, along with the mushrooms. Season and taste, then add enough vinegar to balance the richness.

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Canadian billionaires seal £7bn Boots takeover

BOOTS has been bought by Canadian billionaires in a near-£7bn takeover that dashes hopes of a return to the London stock market.

The British pharmacy chain, which was set up in 1849, was sold by its private equity owners, Sycamore Partners, to the Weston family for £6.7bn.

Wittington Investments, the holding company of the Westons, said the deal included Boots' retail operations in the UK and Ireland, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company and its Thailand and franchised businesses.

The Westons are best known in the UK for the Associated British Foods empire, which contains fashion chain Primark, as

By Angharad Carrick and Emily Hawkins

well as owning department store Fort- num & Mason.

The Canadian side of the family owns the grocery chain Loblaws and pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart through Wittington Investments. It sold Selfridges for £4bn in 2022.

The deal has dashed hopes of Boots returning to the stock market after a 19-year absence in a setback for the City.

Boots boss Alex Baldock, who joined last month after running Currys, said 'the opportunity ahead is even greater'. Sycamore Partners acquired Walgreens Boots Alliance for £7.4bn in August last year and subsequently separated Boots into a standalone business.

Walgreens Boots Alliance boss, Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina, and his wife Ornella Barra continued to own a 44pc stake in Boots.

Pessina, who has been involved with Boots for two decades, said it had been ‘one of the privileges of my and Ornella’s life to have been so closely associated’ with the pharmacy chain.

Wittington said it had partnered with Fairfax Financial Holdings, whose portfolio includes investments in the owner of Simba Sleep. The deal does not include businesses such as Mexican drugstore Farmacias Benavides and German chain Alliance Healthcare Deutschland.

Galen Weston, who will become Boots' chairman, said: 'Boots is one of Britain's most enduring businesses, with a rich heritage, a trusted name and a vital role in everyday life across the UK and Ireland.

‘We have great respect for Boots’ legacy and leading market position. We see a meaningful opportunity to make a great business even better.’

High Street stalwart Boots, which runs around 2,000 stores and has 51,000 staff, has been cashing in on strong beauty sales as 'K-beauty' products from popular Korean brands have gained traction.

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By John-Paul Ford Rojas

THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday warned ‘winter is coming’ for the global economy.

Kristalina Georgieva raised the alarm as bond market turmoil sent UK borrowing costs to a fresh 28-year high.

In a hard-hitting speech, the organisation's managing director warned of rising energy prices, soaring government debt and the rapid advance of AI.

And she said countries must make tough choices, such as reining in spending by weaning the public off state support, and hiking interest rates.

Further global market turmoil saw yields on 30-year UK bonds, known as gilts, climb past 6.03pc to their highest level since 1998.

US long-term borrowing costs also leapt to the highest since 2002 while in France – which is grappling with a budget crisis – yields jumped too.

Meanwhile, the euro slumped, helping the pound climb to a 16-month high versus the single currency.

Oil prices also rose past \$101 a barrel, further stoking global inflation fears.

Those fears have convulsed bond markets since the Iran war began earlier this year and continue to ripple through the economy. They were highlighted yesterday by Georgieva in her speech in Singapore.

'To quote from [TV series] Game of Thrones, winter is coming,' she said.

'Price pressures may build further as \*Price pressures may build further demand rises with the approach of the northern hemisphere cold season and as countries replenish reserves.

‘Even if the war in the Gulf were to end soon, the problem of high energy prices would likely persist for some time.

‘Brent futures, for example, now predict high oil prices through 2027.’

Meanwhile, the boom in data centre building caused by AI is adding to inflation pressures, she added.

Global public debt is also near its highest level since the Second World War and on track to exceed 100pc of gross domestic product, she said.

The speech came ahead of next week's annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in

Bangkok, when the IMF will publish new economic forecasts. Georgieva said the outlook would reflect the ‘global economic damage’ caused by the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

She said a ‘prudently hawkish’ approach from central banks was needed, adding to pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates next month after the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank did so.

Georgieva said advanced economies saddled with soaring debt

Feeling the chill: Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones

piles have not yet taken the 'decisive action' needed to tighten their belts – and must not delay longer.

That will be a ‘heavy lift’, she acknowledged.

Georgieva added: 'Some very tough political choices stare us in the face.'

The remarks echoed comments made a day earlier by Prime Minister Andy Burnham's former adviser Andy Haldane, who warned that Britain was 'skating on thin ice' and must 'take the knife' to ballooning public spending to reassure markets.

Financial advisers to go as HSBC turns to AI

By Jane Denton

HSBC is shedding jobs in its UK wealth management division as it turns to AI to serve its most valuable customers.

The cuts are expected to affect around seven in ten of the division's financial advisers and half its managers and specialists.

Hundreds are understood to be employed as wealth relationship managers at the bank across the UK, though the exact number of job losses is unknown.

Speaking to the Financial Times, a source with knowledge of the decision described the job cuts as ‘deep, wide and brutal’, with almost entire teams being made redundant.

The job losses will fuel concerns that firms are cutting jobs to reduce costs and boost profits.

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'Deep, wide and brutal'

Standard Chartered is cutting nearly 8,000 jobs as it turns to AI to replace what its boss Bill Winters described as ‘lower-value human capital’, a phrase for which he later apologised.

HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery, who took over in September 2024, has made AI central to his strategy to streamline the bank. In May, he said: 'We all know generative AI will destroy certain jobs and will create new jobs.'

Elhedery also pledged to reduce the bank's headcount by eliminating layers of management and axing duplicate senior roles.

A spokesman for HSBC said the bank continued to ‘evolve’ to support its wealth management business and meet the changing needs of its customers.

Boots' private equity brawl

TWO decades have passed since dealmaker Sir Nigel Rudd sold High Street stalwart Alliance Boots to bil-

lionaire pharmacist Stefano Pessina and KKR for £11bn.

The sell-off was hailed as the UK's biggest private equity buyout. It was a heady moment on the eve of the Great Financial Crisis, and a confident Pessina talked grandly of creating a global pharmacy empire stretching from Europe to the Americas and the Far East.

The journey has been far from smooth, and Boots is under fresh ownership yet again. Instead of creating the global empire he envisaged, Pessina is like the sailor on the burning deck as another private equity partner, Sycamore, has parcellled up his empire into five different businesses and is seeking to sell them off one by one to pay down debt.

During the two-decade journey, Boots was slimmed down, the Alliance wholesale enterprise flogged, and Pessina effected a disastrous merger with American drugstore chain Walgreens.

The idea that Boots, with its health and beauty unique selling point and its successful No7 skincare and cosmetics range, would sit happily in Walgreens stores alongside the serried ranks of junk food and, at one stage, cigarettes is a fantasy.

CITY EDITOR

European retail has a long history of meeting its Gettysburg when it ventures across the Atlantic.

One supposes the remarkable thing about this sordid history for Boots, which saw its tax domicile hived off to Switzerland, is that it has remained intact. With the help of some carefully staged investment in well-located city-centre stores, the brand and shops have survived.

But there has been little value creation and, behind the shiny facades of Piccadilly and Kensington, there is still an awfully long tail of shoddy, under-invested neighbourhood shops, good for prescriptions and toothpaste but not much else. It remains a school for future independent chemists and an important cog in the NHS's supply chain.

Finally, the journey looks as if it is over, with the Canadian branch of the Weston family sweeping into action with a £6.7bn deal. The Canadian Westons are at pains to say that their Wittington ownership has nothing to do with the British branch, which controls ABF and Primark. But they are not unknown in the UK as former owners of Selfridges and proprietors of fancy grocer Fortnum & Mason.

They are also owners of Shoppers Drug Mart, with 1,300 stores across Canada, and can claim industry expertise. But, as Pessina discovered at Walgreens, North America is a very different market. Finally, one trusts, Boots has found a haven after a ridiculous financial odyssey.

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Right royal mess

IN HIS first stint as Business Secretary, George V doppelganger Jonathan Reynolds airily waved through a highly leveraged £3.6bn takeover of the Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services by Czech sphinx Daniel Kretinsky.

Selling a prized British asset to a billionaire who made his money from gas pipelines to Putin's Russia was not in the public interest. Indeed, instead of taking greater public control of a former government-owned utility, it was sold off to a foreigner backed by overseas banks.

Approving the sale, Reynolds waved a piece of paper promising to protect workers from job cuts, making a similar commitment to the unions. Such deals are not worth the paper they are written on, and 2,500 jobs are earmarked to go by 2027. Service levels, despite a recent improvement, are still woeful.

Perhaps Prime Minister Andy Burnham should commit to adding the Royal Mail to the list of water and energy utilities he wants to see under the thumb of the state.

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Never land

LABOUR is fantastic at making great promises and doing nothing.

The triple lock is to go, but not until the next Parliament. The Milburn review of NEETs, young people not in employment, education or training, is delayed. Thames Water's future is still in abeyance. Heathrow's third runway is in doubt. And Norway's Equinor could do a runner unless Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh finally gives the go-ahead to drilling at the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields. Heigh-ho.

TONY Blair has secured a job as an adviser with the newly created Hollywood giant Skydance.

The former prime minister, pictured, has been named ‘board adviser’ at the firm, which is led by chief executive David Ellison.

The role underlines Blair's friendship with David Ellison's father, tech billionaire Larry.

Skydance was formed this week through the £80bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount Skydance. The deal combined the Paramount studio, behind films including The Godfather and Top Gun, with Warner Bros, whose hits range from Casablanca to the Harry Potter films.

Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has been a friend of Blair since the latter was prime minister.

The tycoon has since invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Blair's policy institute.

David Ellison yesterday said he was ‘honoured to have Tony join us as an adviser’.

Pennon shares sink as water crisis deepens

By Angharad Carrick

THE crisis in the troubled water industry deepened as shares in one of Britain's biggest suppliers suffered the biggest one-day sell-off of the century.

On another bleak day for the sector, South West Water owner Pennon slashed its dividend and went cap in hand to investors for £550m to help upgrade its infrastructure.

The announcement came just days after an £8 fine for repeated sewage spills at a time when the industry is under the spotlight, in large part due to the crisis at debt-riddled Thames Water.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham told last week's Labour party conference he would repeal the ban on state ownership of water companies, adding that ‘it stinks’ that the public are picking up the bill for ‘sewage in our seas’. The

Pennon update follows the launch of a strategic review by chief executive Keith Haslett, who said the firm needed to deliver better outcomes for customers and communities.

That will see the FTSE 250 firm, which also owns Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water, invest £1bn more in its infrastructure, on top of the £2.6bn already committed under agreed plans with regulator Ofwat.

Meanwhile, Pennon plans to lower its dividend by around

30pc and is eyeing a sale of its renewable energy subsidiary, Pennon Power, to help cut debt, which stood at £4.5bn at the end of March.

Pennon shares tumbled as much as 25pc in the biggest one-day sell-off since 1999 before closing down 20.1pc, or 90.8p, at 361.2p, their lowest level since 2009.

Haslett, who took charge in April, said: 'It's clear from my comprehensive review that Pennon has real strengths, but there are areas where we need to improve and deliver better outcomes for our customers and communities.'

South West Water was last week described by a judge as 'reckless' as she handed down a fine of £7.9m for 'horrendous' sewage spills between 2015 and 2021.

The water firm pleaded guilty at Plymouth Magistrates' Court to 18 charges, 17 of which were for illegal sewage discharges.

Five ex-Barclays traders have Libor convictions quashed

THE convictions of five former Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have been overturned at the Court of Appeal after a ‘wrong turn’ led to unfair errors in their trials.

Jonathan Mathew, Jay Merchant, Alex Pabon, Philippe Moryoussef and Colin Bermingham were jailed between 2016 and 2019 for offences connected to manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor).

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

admitted in August that the group's convictions may be unsafe in light of a Supreme Court ruling last July that quashed the convictions of traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo. Lawyers for the five argued that the jury directions given in their trials were near-identical to those used in

Hayes's trial and found to be wrong by the Supreme Court.

Barristers for the SFO told the court it did not oppose the appeals and confirmed it would not seek a retrial for any of the five men.

‘It’s hard to take in,’ said a tearful Bermingham, 70, outside the courtroom. ‘You don’t believe it until you hear it.’

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Molten Ventures....678 | -4 | 707 | 396 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Monks Inv Tst....1670 | -12 | 1682 | 1374 | Morgan Sindall....4078xd | -122 | 5530 | 3958 | Murray Inc Tst....954 | -4 | 1024 | 873 | Murray Intl Tst....357xd | -2 | 375 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 298 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Neuberger Private Eqty....1498 | -2 | 1632 | 1302 | Next Energy Solar....48 | -2 | 62 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 44 | Ninety One....202 $\frac{1}{8}$ | -2 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 259 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 202 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Oakley Capital Inv....514 | -2 | 570 | 442 | Pacific Horizon....1132 | -10 | 1252 | 726 | Pantheon Infra....1134xd | +1 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 119 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 101 | Pantheon Intl....381 $\frac{1}{2}$ | -4 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 407 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 342 | Partners Group....598 | -1 | 942 | 578 | Patria Private....602xd | +2 | 642 | 563 | Pershing Square....3750 | -12 | 5090 | 3622 | Personal Assets Tr....542 | -1 | 557 | 517 | Polar Cap Gl....239xd | -2 | 256 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 203 | Polar Cap Tech....712 | -11 | 733 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 429 | Pollen Street....855xd | -33 | 964 | 702 | Renewables Infra....75 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -4 | 79 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 63 $\frac{1}{2}$ | RIT Cap Partners....2465xd | +10 | 2630 | 2000 | Schroder Asia....849 | -8 | 888 | 646 | Schroder Oriental....458 | -2 | 466 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 319 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Scot American Inv....553 | -3 | 570 | 487 | Scottish Mortgage....1626 | -11 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 1643 | 1028 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Electricity | Drax Gp | 776xd | -4 | 918 | 704 | SSE | 2459 | -13 | $2757^{1/2}$ | $1807^{1/2}$ | Electronic & Electrical Equipment | Halma......3478 | -80 | 4878 | 3312 | Morgan Advanced......270 | -6 $^{1}$ 2 | 276 $^{1}$ 2 | 187 $^{1}$ 8 | Oxford Instruments......3048 | -64 | 3302 | 1782 | Renishaw......5765 | -225 | 5990 | 3325 | Equity Investment Instruments | 3i Infrastructure...... | 384 | -2 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 396 | 326 | Aberforth Smlr Cos...... | 1802 | -4 | 1818 | 1418 | AJ Bell...... | 571 | -6 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 643 | 414 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Alliance Witan...... | 1402 | -4 | 1406 | 1188 | Allianz Tech...... | 776 | -9 | 785 | 488 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Ashoka India...... | 246 | +2 | 285 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 217 | AVI Global Trust...... | 255 | -1 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 272 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 239 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Baillie Giff Japan...... | 1082 | -6 | 1098 | 834 | Baillie Giff US...... | 396 | 396 | 265 | Bankers InvTst...... | 155 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -1 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 157 | 126 $\frac{1}{8}$ | BH Macro...... | 421 $\frac{1}{2}$ | +9 | 462 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 394 $\frac{1}{2}$ | TOP RISERS | CLOSING PRICE | DAILY CHANGE | Avon Tech | 2190p | +14.78% | Ocado | 286.6p | +9.22% | Baltic Classifieds | 2.16p | +6.93% | Bridgepoint | 365.4p | +5.36% | B&M | 255.6p | +4.50% | 52-week | High | Low | Sequoia Econ Infra....83 $^{4}$ | +1 $^{4}$ | 87 $^{1/2}$ | 75 $^{1/4}$ | Syncona....122 $^{6}$ | +8 | 123 $^{1/4}$ | 86 $^{1/8}$ | Templeton Em....336 | -3 | 350 | 220 $^{1/2}$ | Twentyfour....109 | +8 | 114 $^{1/4}$ | 104 $^{1/8}$ | Vietnam Enter....722 | | 848 | 684 | VinaCapital Vietna....424 | +3 | 493 | 414 $^{1/2}$ | Wwide Healthcare....371 $^{1/2}$ | +2 $^{1/2}$ | 399 | 325 $^{1/2}$ | Food Producers | Assoc Brit Foods...... | 1827 | -7 | 2315 | 18 | Cranswick...... | 4970 | -10 | 5690 | 4840 | Greencore...... | 248 $^{a}$ | +3 | 306 $^{2}$ | 192 | Hilton Food Gp...... | 708 | -5 $^{2}$ | 719 | 456 | Premier Foods...... | 189 $^{a}$ | +1 $^{3}$ | 209 $^{4}$ | 167 | Princes Group...... | 325 $^{2}$ | +2 | 479 | 297 $^{2}$ | Tate & Lyle...... | 560 | -1 | 569 | 329 $^{3}$ | Unilever...... | 4623 | +54 | 5472 | 4078 | General Financial | 3i Group | 2391 | +2 | 4459 | 2082 | Ashmore Gp. | $221^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | +5/4 | $266^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | $153^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | Bridgepoint Group | $365^{\text{exd}} + 18^{\text{g}}$ | $365^{\text{g}}$ | $222^{\text{g}}$ | Capital Gearing | 513 | -3 | 530 | $52^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | CMC Markets | 662 | -17 | 785 | 206 | Coats Group | 81 | -8 | $95^{\text{g}}$ | $74^{\text{g}}$ | Cordiant Digital Infras | $117^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | -2 | 127 | $117^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | Foresight Group | 449 | +3/2 | 503 | 345 | Hansa Investment | 334 | +2 | 344 | 326 | ICG | 1764 | -3 | 2184 | 1463 | IG Gp | 950 | -12 | 1938 | $942^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | Integrafin | 367 | +2/2 | $399^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | $298^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | Intl Public Prtnships | $135^{\text{g}}$ | -1 | $144^{\text{g}}$ | $117^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | Investec | 595 | -23 | 682 | 518 | IP Group | $69^{\text{g}}$ | -2/2 | $75^{\text{g}}$ | $48^{\text{g}}$ | London Stock Ex | 8316 | -70 | 9992 | 7170 | Man Group | 327 | -8/4 | 343 | $187^{\text{g}}$ | Nth Atlantic Smlr | 428 | +3 | 433 | 330 | OSB Group | $485^{\text{g}}$ | -8/8 | $643^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | $478^{\text{g}}$ | Paragon | 705 | 917 | 705 | Plus500 | $3206^{\text{xd}}$ | -38 | 5070 | 2950 | Quilter | $175^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | -4 | $208^{\frac{1}{4}}$ | $169^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | Rathbone Grp | 1532 | +20 | 2265 | 1512 | Ruffer Investment | 293 | -2 | $313^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | $289^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | SDCL Efficiency | $33^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | +8 | 63 | 32 | Seraphim Space | $192^{\text{g}}$ | -7/8 | $273^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | $75^{\frac{1}{8}}$ | Temple Bar | $409^{\text{g}}$ | -2 | 429 | 354 | TP ICAP | $323^{\text{xd}}$ | -2/4 | 355 | $240^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | XPS Pensions | 301 | +2 | 362 | 283 | Housebuilders | Health Care Equipment & Services | Convatec......216 $^{4}$ | -1 $^{8}$ | 256 $^{8}$ | 194 | Oxford Biomedica......528 | -3 | 913 | 424 | Smith & Neph......1019xd | +7 $^{2}$ | 1417 $^{2}$ | 982 $^{8}$ | Spire Health......247 | 249 $^{4}$ | 142 $^{4}$ | Industrial Transportation | Barratt Redrow....300 $^{8}$ | -9 $^{8}$ | 409 $^{8}$ | 241 $^{4}$ | Bellway....2000 | -44 | 2868 | 1715 | Berkeley Grp....3192 | -52 | 4434 | 3104 | Crest Nicholson....59 $^{4}$ | - $^{2}$ | 175 $^{4}$ | 55 $^{8}$ | Persimmon....1222 | -18 | 1543 $^{2}$ | 998 $^{8}$ | Taylor Wimpey....77 $^{8}$ | -2 $^{4}$ | 116 $^{2}$ | 74 $^{8}$ | Vistry Group....224 $^{8}$ | -12 | 736 $^{4}$ | 224 $^{8}$ | Clarkson | 5160 | 5160 | 3430 | Zigup | 437 | $-2^{2}$ | 478 | 326 | Industrials | Bodycote | 9102xd | $+2$ | 9602 | 601 | Globaldata | 603xd | $+4$ | 127 | 568 | Goodwin | 14200xd+360 | 27600 | 11100 | Hill & Smith | 3100 | -155 | 3320 | 2050 | IMI | 3052 | -96 | 3150 | 2260 | Melrose Ind | 450 | -11 | 6814 | 4484 | RHI Magnesita | 2840 | -5 | 3345 | 1980 | Rotork | 4904 | $+14$ | 4904 | 2888 | Smiths Gp | 2762 | -85 | 2847 | 2118 | Spirax Group | 7140 | -220 | 7960 | 6300 | Vesuvius | 4544xd | $+84$ | 503 | 3574 | Weir | 2560xd | -102 | 3546 | 2274 | Leisure Goods | Games Workshop......16540 | -20 | 21940 | 14470 | ME Group...... $113^{34}$ | $-1^{34}$ | $194^{38}$ | $100^{14}$ | Watches of Switz......674 | $+4^{12}$ | $801^{12}$ | $359^{64}$ | Life Insurance | TOP FALLERS | CLOSING PRICE | DAILY CHANGE | Pennon | 361.2p | -20.09% | Ceres Power | 384p | -6.71% | Playtech | 358.8p | -6.27% | Inchcape | 644p | -6.12% | Vistry | 224.6p | -5.07% | Life Insurance | Aberdeen Group | 234 $^{8}$ | -3 $^{8}$ | 261 | 185 $^{4}$ | Aviva | 677 $^{4}$ xd | -11 $^{4}$ | 737 | 591 $^{8}$ | Legal & General | 288 $^{8}$ | -2 $^{4}$ | 316 $^{8}$ | 234 | Prudential | 881xd | -43 $^{4}$ | 1220 | 881 | St James Place | 1027 | -11 $^{2}$ | 1553 | 1013 $^{4}$ | Standard Life | 871 $^{2}$ xd | -8 | 953 | 649 $^{2}$ | Media | 4imprint | 4320 | -6 | 5000 | 3055 | Autotrader Group | 470 $^{4}$ | +6 $^{4}$ | 816 | 427 $^{4}$ | Mining | Anglo American | 4059 | -93 | 4306 | 2710 | Antofagasta | 3692 | -137 | 4455 | 2577 | Endeavour Mining | 4104xd | -104 | 5290 | 2974 | Fresnillo | 2688 | -15 | 4448 | 2080 | Glencore | 5688 | -48 | 629 | 335 | Hochschild Mining | 520 | -22 | 8082 | 3168 | Pan African Resources | 1144 | -44 | 1838 | 81 | Rio Tinto | 7022 | -142 | 8308 | 49832 | Nonlife Insurance | 52-week | High | Low | Bloomsbury...... | 647 | +13 | 672 | 438 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Informa...... | 866 $\frac{1}{8}$ | -20 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 993 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 739 $\frac{1}{4}$ | ITV...... | 65 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -1 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 85 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 65 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Mony Group...... | 177 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +3 | 213 | 144 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Pearson...... | 1243 | +10 | 1326 | 891 $\frac{1}{8}$ | RELX...... | 2599 | +28 | 3510 | 2013 | Rightmove Group...... | 461 $\frac{1}{2}$ xd | +8 | 697 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 404 | WPP...... | 385 | +4 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 411 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 224 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Admiral Gp......3634 | -16 | 4128 | 2644 | Hiscox......1834 | -16 | 1943 | 1308 | Lancashire Hldgs......641 $^{12}$ | +6 | 684 | 565 | Oil & Gas Producers | BP | 562 | +1 $^{8}$ | 606 $^{4}$ | 410 $^{2}$ | Energean | 687 | -9 $^{2}$ | 1026 | 683 | Harbour Energy | 268 $^{3/4}$ | +1 $^{4}$ | 318 $^{4}$ | 185 $^{8}$ | Hunting | 377 $^{2}$ xd | -9 | 531 | 311 | Ithaca Energy | 274 $^{8}$ | +8 | 296 $^{4}$ | 153 $^{3/4}$ | Shell | 3648 | -3 | 3654 $^{2}$ | 2562 | Oil Equipment & Services | Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | AstraZeneca | 12180 | +222 | 15542 | 11460 | Genus | 2208 | +94 | 3170 | 1966 | GSK | 1790 $^{2}$ xd | +25 | 2268 | 1620 | Haleon | 342 $^{8}$ | +8 $^{8}$ | 410 $^{8}$ | 320 $^{8}$ | Hikma Pharma | 1646 | +26 | 1851 | 1191 | Oxford Nanopore | 220 $^{8}$ | -10 $^{4}$ | 230 $^{4}$ | 104 $^{2}$ | Reckitt Benckiser | 5106 | +129 | 6681 $^{4}$ | 4443 | Real Estate | Big Yellow Gp | 817 | -3 | 1180 | 797 $\frac{1}{2}$ | British Land | 391 $^{14}$ | -3 $^{8}$ | 448 $^{4}$ | 343 $^{4}$ | Derwent London | 1786xd | -9 | 2146 | 1509 | Grainger | 163 $^{8}$ | -2 $^{4}$ | 199 | 150 $^{8}$ | Grt Portland Est | 304 $^{8}$ | -4 | 374 | 274 $^{2}$ | 52-week | High | Low | Hammerson | $327 \times xd$ | $-6\frac{1}{4}$ | $385\frac{1}{8}$ | $288\frac{1}{8}$ | Harworth | $187 \times xd$ | $187\frac{1}{8}$ | $120$ | Land Securities | $612\frac{1}{2}$ | $-5$ | $722$ | $532$ | LondonMetric Prop | $172\frac{1}{8}$ | $-1\frac{1}{2}$ | $215$ | $170\frac{1}{4}$ | Primary Hlth Prop | $89\frac{1}{4}$ | $-2$ | $108\frac{1}{4}$ | $87\frac{1}{2}$ | Safestore Hldgs | $501$ | $-10$ | $837$ | $495\frac{1}{2}$ | Savills | $953$ | $-20$ | $1108$ | $808$ | SEGRO | $913\frac{1}{8}$ | $-6\frac{1}{8}$ | $997\frac{1}{8}$ | $639\frac{1}{4}$ | Shaftesbury | $136\frac{1}{8}$ | $-1\frac{1}{8}$ | $154\frac{1}{2}$ | $126\frac{1}{4}$ | Sirius Real Estate | $88\frac{1}{4}$ | $-\frac{1}{8}$ | $111\frac{1}{8}$ | $86\frac{1}{8}$ | Supermarket Inc | $80\frac{1}{8}$ | $-\frac{1}{8}$ | $88\frac{1}{8}$ | $77\frac{1}{8}$ | Target Healthcare | $113$ | $-4$ | $116$ | $92\frac{1}{4}$ | TR Property IT | $271$ | $-4$ | $361\frac{1}{2}$ | $271$ | Tritax Big Box | $141\frac{1}{8}$ | $-\frac{1}{8}$ | $173\frac{1}{4}$ | $140\frac{1}{4}$ | Unite Group | $442 \times xd$ | $-7\frac{1}{4}$ | $625$ | $441\frac{1}{4}$ | Workspace Gp | $359\frac{1}{8}$ | $-8\frac{1}{4}$ | $430$ | $319\frac{1}{8}$ | Retailers | AO World | 89 $\frac{1}{2}$ | +2 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 113 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 83 $\frac{1}{8}$ | ASOS | 451 | -3 | 508 | 206 $\frac{1}{2}$ | B&M | 255 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +11 | 255 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 155 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Burberry Gp | 1016 | -15 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 1360 | 977 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Currys | 146 $\frac{1}{4}$ | +1 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 168 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 117 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Dr. Martens | 67 $\frac{1}{2}$ xd | +1 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 95 | 60 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Dunelm Gp | 788 | +7 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 1170 | 715 | Frasers Group | 849 | +29 | 849 | 618 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Greggs | 2078xd | +28 | 2078 | 1418 | Howden Joinery | 754 $\frac{1}{2}$ | -5 | 970 | 723 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Inchcape | 644 | -42 | 890 | 636 $\frac{1}{4}$ | JD Sports Fashion | 83 $\frac{1}{2}$ | +3 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 100 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 65 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Kingfisher | 329 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 370 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 269 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Marks & Spencer | 393 $\frac{1}{4}$ | +8 | 410 $\frac{1}{6}$ | 308 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Moonpig | 278 $\frac{1}{4}$ | +7 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 293 | 197 | Next | 14575 | -20 | 15715 | 12005 | Ocado Gp | 286 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +24 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 288 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 159 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Pets at Home Gp | 208 | +24 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 224 | 170 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Sainsbury(J) | 327 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +5 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 359 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 295 $\frac{1}{4}$ | SSP Group | 191 | +2 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 214 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 138 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Tesco | 475 $\frac{1}{4}$ | +5 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 501 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 413 $\frac{1}{4}$ | WH Smith | 369 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +8 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 710 | 360 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Wickes Group | 200 $\frac{1}{2}$ xd | +2 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 255 | 170 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Telecoms | Technology Hardware & Equipment | discoverIE Gp......850 | -15 | 865 | 514 | GB GROUP...... $142^{14}$ | $-2^{14}$ | 259 | $142^{14}$ | Raspberry Pi...... $660^{12}$ | $-13^{12}$ | 1051 | $257^{14}$ | Spirent Comms...... $198^{14}$ | $198^{14}$ | $198^{18}$ | telecoms | Airtel Africa | $312^{4}$ | $+2^{4}$ | $420^{4}$ | $224^{4}$ | BT Gp | $198^{2}$ | $+3^{4}$ | $239^{2}$ | $174^{8}$ | Gamma Comms | $1092$ | $+1$ | $1182$ | $701$ | Helios Towers | $219^{8}$ | $+2^{8}$ | $245^{8}$ | $142^{4}$ | Telecom Plus | $850$ | $+7$ | $1862$ | $710$ | Vodafone Gp | $127^{4}$ | $+2^{8}$ | $131^{4}$ | $84^{8}$ | Tobacco | Br Am Tob | 4084xd | +85 | 4962 | 3733 | Imperial Brands | 2488 | +21 | 3341 | 2424 | 52-week | High | Low | Experian | 2543 | +40 | 3679 | 2375 | Hays | 62 | $-\frac{1}{8}$ | 76 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 29 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Intertek Gp | 5900 | +15 | 5900 | 3582 | Intl Workplace Gp | 178xd | $+\frac{1}{2}$ | 249 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 168 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Johnson Service Gp | 137 $\frac{1}{8}$ | $+1\frac{1}{8}$ | 170 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 125 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Michael Page | 210 $\frac{1}{8}$ xd | $-\frac{1}{4}$ | 248 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 103 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Mitie Group | 210 $\frac{1}{8}$ | $+\frac{1}{8}$ | 210 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 136 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Rentokil Initial | 297 $\frac{1}{8}$ | $-1\frac{1}{8}$ | 506 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 296 $\frac{1}{8}$ | RS Group | 756 $\frac{1}{2}$ | $-7\frac{1}{2}$ | 780 | 541 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Serco | 248 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -1 | 324 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 219 | Sthree | 300 | $+6\frac{1}{2}$ | 309 | 145 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Travis Perkins | 563 $\frac{1}{2}$ xd | -9 | 714 | 507 $\frac{1}{2}$ | W.A.G | 100 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 100 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 100 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Software & Computer Services | Alfa Financial | 158 | -1/4 | 233 | 142/8 | Auction Tech | 4634 | -2/8 | 4834 | 263 | Baltic Classifieds | 2exd | +8 | 309 | 2 | Bytes Technology | 443 | -1/4 | 457 | 253/8 | Computacenter | 5450xd | +20 | 5670 | 2630 | Deliveroo | 1794 | 1794 | 1794 | Kainos Gp | 1221xd | -17 | 1294 | 6982 | NCC Grp | 1494xd | +4 | 1574 | 1134 | Playtech | 3584 | -24 | 445 | 232 | Softcat | 1825 | -8 | 2112 | 1091 | The Sage Group | 1022 | +17 | 1175 | 7838 | Trustpilot | 231 | +4 | 2984 | 1294 | Travel & Leisure | Compass Gp.... | 30 $\frac{1}{2}$ | + $\frac{1}{2}$ | 2637 | 27 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Dominos Pizza.... | 226 | +3 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 226 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 167 $\frac{1}{4}$ | easyJet.... | 679 $\frac{1}{8}$ | +1 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 680 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 339 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Entain.... | 413 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -12 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 839 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 411 | FirstGroup.... | 186 $\frac{1}{8}$ | -1 | 220 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 158 | Hollywood Bowl.... | 256 | +9 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 307 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 234 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Intercontl Htls.... | 160 $\frac{1}{8}$ | - $\frac{1}{8}$ | 10585 | 128 $\frac{1}{8}$ | Intl Cons Airl.... | 432 $\frac{1}{4}$ | -6 $\frac{1}{8}$ | 488 | 342 $\frac{1}{4}$ | Mitchells & Butlers.... | 287 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 301 | 228 | PPHE Hotel Gp.... | 1420xd | -20 | 2060 | 1302 | Trainline.... | 198 $\frac{1}{4}$ | +1 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 272 $\frac{1}{4}$ | 185 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Wetherspoon (JD).... | 989 $\frac{1}{2}$ | +27 | 989 $\frac{1}{2}$ | 555 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Whitbread.... | 2472 | -79 | 3252 | 2234 | Wizz Air Hldgs.... | 1030 | -17 | 1447 | 849 $\frac{1}{2}$ | Also access a tax-free lump sum | Support Services | Babcock Intl | 891 | $-15^{8}$ | 1502 | 891 | Bunzl | 2650 | -18 | 2870 | 1989 | DCC Energy | 6440 | $6442^{2}$ | 4350 | Diploma | 7700 | -160 | 7870 | 5015 | Essentra | $112^{4} \times d$ | -2 | $114^{4}$ | $79^{8}$ | Utilities | Centrica | $145^{1/4}$ | $-1^{1/8}$ | $218^{1/4}$ | $145^{1/4}$ | Metlen | 49 | 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— 1st round: M Berrettini (It) bt A Kovacevic (US) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-4; A Gea (F) bt J Farla (Por) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-2; M Kecmanovic (Ser) bt S Shimabukuro (Jpn) 6-2 6-4; A Mannarino (F) bt N Basilashvili (Geo) 6-3 2-2 ret; A Molcan (Svk) bt F Cina (It) 4-6 6-1 6-2; Y Hanfmann (G) bt K Majchrzak (Pol) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7); T Machac (Cz) bt Z Zhang (Chn) 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2; R Sakamoto (Jpn) bt

M Trungelliti (Arg) 6-3 7-5; R Safiullin (Rus) bt R Hijikata (A) 7-5 6-3; Q Halys (F) bt C Wong (Hkg) 6-4 7-6 (7-5); Y Wu (Chn) bt M Zheng (US) 6-3 7-6 (8-6); Y Zhou (Chn) bt M Bellucci (It) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-4); A Fery (GB) bt M Cilic (Cro) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1; D Altmaier (G) bt H Rune (Den) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.

WTA CHINA OPEN (Beijing) — 4th round: I Swiatek (Pol) bt I Jovic (US) 6-1 6-3; E Mertens (Bel) bt C Gauff (US) 6-3 6-3; Q Zheng (Chn) bt A Charaeva (Arm) 6-1 2-6 6-4; E Svitolina (Ukr) bt A Li (US) 6-2 6-3.

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■TODAY'S ACTION

GOLF — DP World Tour Open de Espana (Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Spain).

Ladies European Tour Aramco Korea Championship (New Korea Country Club, Seoul, South Korea).

USPGA Tour Baycurrent Classic (Yokohama Country Club, Japan).

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1.45 STELLA ARTOIS APPRENTICE HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 2f (12)

Probable SP: 7-2 Motawaared, 6 Vega Storm, 7 Ghost Story, 15-2 Falcon Nine, 8 Sweet Kiss, 10 Idyllic, Spanish Hustle, West Tyrone, Tap Dancer, 12 Naturalia, Royal Blaze.

FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 2 2 1 2 (W 9-12). AGES: - - - - - - 3 5 3 7

2025: Cisco Disco 7 9 13 (Oisin McSweeney) 5-2 R M Smith drawn (8) 8 ran. | 201 | (3) | 2 | CATURRA ROCK 23 E Dunlop 9-7....H Crouch | 202 | (1) | 62L422 | SEA MIRAGE 36 (P) K Ryan 9-7....T Eaves | 203 | (4) | ALFA BLUEBURD I Furtado 9-4....J Hart | 204 | (7) | 463L | COUL BLUE 30 (B) M Dods 9-4....C Beasley | 205 | (6) | 53 | MUVE ON 16 T Easterby 9-4....D Allan | 206 | (2) | 0 | HOWARD'S HOBBY 16 T Easterby 9-2....S B Kirrane | 207 | (5) | QUEEN BEE FOR YOU T Culhane & S Barclay 8-13....D Fentiman | Probable SP: 11-8 Sea Mirage, 5-2 Caturra Rock, 3 Muve On, 14 Coul Blue, 16 Alfa Blueburd, 20 Queen Bee For You.

FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.

301 (6) 599LPL THEQUIETMAN 17 S Waugh 5-9-9.....Amie Waugh (3)

302 (10) L5L842 LESLEY'S BOY 17 (V) R & P Fahey 4-9-9.....Oisin Orr

303 (2) 254214 BIG APPLE JACK 12 (S) M & D Easterby 4-9-9.....B Garritty

304 (4) 931726 LAUNCH TIME 28 (B) (DBF2) Cian Hughes (IRE) 4-9-6.....H Crouch

305 (1) 526096 SAXON PRINCE 21 (T) J & S Quinn 3-9-5.....J Hart

306 (9) 494588 HEAD FOR FREEDOM 29 M & D Easterby 3-9-2.....P Mulrennan

307 (5) 5707 THUNDER RUSH 36 (P) T Coyle & K Wood 3-8-13.....T Eaves

308 (3) 251444 BOSSY PARKER 20 (D4) (S) T Culhane & S Barclay 6-8-11.....P J McDonald

309 (7) 5/L58L0 FAIR ISLE SIOUX 35 A Nicol 6-8-9.....Rhys Elliott (5)

310 (8) L4753 LONG SHOT 16 (P) T Easterby 3-8-7.....D Fentiman

Probable SP: 3 Launch Time 7-2 Big Apple Jack, 4 Lesley's Boy Long Shot

14 Saxon Prince, Thunder Rush, Bossy Parker, Head For Freedom.

FAVOURITES: - - - - 0 0 3 - 0 1 (W 9-3). AGES: - - - - 4 3 3 - 5 6

2025: Ahamoment 6 9 11 (William Pyle) 5-4 JtFav D & N Barron drawn (6) 7 ran.

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3.30 TENNENT'S LAGER HANDICAP (4) £11,650 added (£6,098) 6f (11)

Probable SP: 9-2 Parisiac, 5 Topwarrior, Annie Edson Taylor, 11-2 Eye Of Dubai, 13-2 Arduis Invicta, 7 Dandy Magic, 10 Big Fun, 12 Alpha Magic, 16 Manila Scouse, 20 Stirrup Cup.

FAVOURITES: - - - - 3 2 3 0 0 2 (W 9-8). AGES: - - - - 5 6 5 7 4 9

2025: Woven 9 9 11 (Sean Kirrane) 10-3 M Dods drawn (6) 11 ran.

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Probable SP: 15-8 Knighton, 7-2 Paddys Policy, 11-2 Sun Art, 8 Ballygeary, 10 Latin.

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2.31 TRACTOR DRIVERS GO FREE ON 12TH NOVEMBER NOVICES' HURDLE (4) £10,000 added (£5,446) 2m 4f 139vds (4)

1 732-418 WHO'S GLEN 13 (P) D McCain 5-11-7.... T Gillard

2 540-521 NIGHTFLYER 23 (P) J & A O'Neill 4-11-5.... R McLernon

4 21-4024 DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE 62 (1) O Murphy 4 10-12......B Bochen Probable SP: 11-8 Nightflyer, 9-4 Port Glen One, 4 Who's Glen, 11-2 Downtown Nashville

2025: Freshers Week 4 10 12 (Lilly Pinchin) 10-1 C Longsdon 4 ran.

1 3470-P1 WHITEWINEWEDNESDAY 9 (T) D Skelton 7-12-0 ..... Mr P W Mullins

2 5L4P5B- BLUE DU NEUF 186 (T) S Corbett 6-12-0 ..... N Moscrop

3 P5398/2- WALK IN THE VALLEY 329 J Parkinson & S Smith 7-11-13

4 U62/408- CAP RICOCHET 266 John Dawson 5-11-2....B Hughes

5 831-3U5 HIERO SPORT 34 (T) A Hales 9-11-1....K Woods

6 41 PP/99 CHANGES AT ME 10 (T) Andrew Martin 9-10-10....Chase Quider (S)

Probable SP: 5-6 Whitewinewednesday, 11-4 Walk In The Valley, 10 Hiero Sport, Cap Ricochet, 12 Blue Du Neuf, 16 Glance At Me.

FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.

TRACK FACTS: R-H course. GOING: Good.Top jockey: Sean Bowen. Top trainer: O Murphy. Headgear first time: 1.56 Bannister, 2.31 Downtown Nashville, 4.48 Ratemenow, Return With Gold. Longest traveller: Lermoos Legend (3.41) 310 miles. Drop in Class: 2.31 Who's Glen is down 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4); 4.16 Spit Spot (3). First run since wind surgery: None today.

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GIMCRACK | 1.45 | Motawaared | 1.45 | Idyllic | 2.20 | Caturra Rock | 2.20 | Caturra Rock | 2.55 | Launch Time | 2.55 | Big Apple Jack | 3.30 | Topwarrior | 3.30 | Arduis Invicta | 4.05 | Ashen | 4.05 | Empirestateofmind | 4.38 | Blufferonthebus | 4.38 | Blufferonthebus | 5.13 | Alghear | 5.13 | Wootton's Gal | ---

4.05 SAN MIGUEL HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 7f 50yds (10)

501 (6) 876531 ONE NIGHT THUNDER (5ibex) 9 (C&DD3) (S) G Tulty 6-10-1...Rhys Elliott (5)

502 (1) 174246 MONSIEUR KODI 29 (P) (CD) (GS) R & P Fahey 7-10-0...W Fentiman (3)

503 (10) 87L671 CISCO DISCO 21 (C5D3) (S) R M Smith 8-10-0... C Horgan (5)

504 (2) 45-7073 STANAGE 9 (D2) M & D Easterby 5-9-11..... B Garritty

505 (9) 500121 EMPIRESTATEOFMIND 9 (B) (C3) (S) J & S Quinn 8-9-11..... J Hart

506 (8) 111508 THE GAY BLADE 29 (C&DD5) (S) I Jardine 7-9-9..... J Nicholls (3)

507 (3) 202523 ASHEN 9 (C&D) (G) J Goldie 4-9-8..... P Mulrennan

508 (7) 426153 EMERY DOWN 21 (P) (D2BF) (S) J Ryan 4-9-5..... Oisin Orr

509 (4) 48L44L TACTICAL PLAN 21 (D2) (S) E Dunlop 4-9-4..... H Crouch

510 (5) 723352 VALENTINE CATCHER 3 (P) (GS) T Easterby 5-9-0... D Allan

FAVOURITES: ---- 1 3 0 0 0 1 (W 9-5). AGES: ---- 4 5 4 3 3 4

2025: Dwindling Funds 4 9 5 (Paul Mulrennan) 15-8 Fav J Goldie drawn (5) 8 ran

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4.38 OUTCIDER HANDICAP (6) £7,000 added (£3,664) 1m (14)

601 (8) 288731 RORY'S GOLD 13 S Waugh 4-9-13.....Amie Waugh (3)

602 (6) 726747 TORALOU 13 (D) M Loughnane 5-9-11.....J Nicholls (3)

603 (7) 5-5L6L GOLDEN CAVIAR 14 (B) E Dunlop 3-9-10.....H Crouch

604 (5) 329L72 BLUFFERONTHEBUS 21 (D) (GS) Craig Lidster 5-9-10.....S James

605 (13) 13348L RAVISHING BEAUTY 24 (P) (D3) (S) J O'Keeffe 5-9-9P J McDonald

606 (14) 027/LL-0 GAINSBOURG 115 (B) (C&DCD4) (S) D Bourke 8-9-9...Shane Gray

607 (3) 0-L6LL0 EY UP ITS JAZZ 21 (C&D) (S) T Coyle & K Wood 7-9-8.....D Nolan

608 (9) 755542 KEATS HOUSE 21 (B) (D2) (GS) M & D Easterby 4-9-8.....B Garritty

609 (10) 567234 PENELOPE'S SISTER 9 (C&D3) (GS) J Goldie 6-9-6...Shay Farmer (5)

610 (4) 3-34L8L MYRRH 91 (T) (D) S D O'Meara 3-9-6.....M Winn

611 (2) L9LLL3 SCHEFFLER 36 (B) Adrian Nicholls 3-9-3.....C Beasley

612 (11) 9L6431 EVELYN'S PHOENIX 22 (PT) (D2) (GS) T Easterby 5-9-1.....D Allan

613 (12) 087136 HEAR THE DRUMS 14 (D) (S) R & P Fahey 3-9-0.....Oisin Orr

614 (1) 77-3324 FLYING MOONLIGHT 18 A M Thomson 3-8-10.....G Fairley

2025: Oilisa 3 8 1 (Rhys Elliott) 3-1 Fav M Walford drawn (8) 12 ran.

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3.15 (£3,664) 1m 5f 26yds (5)

Probable SP: 5-4 Aighear, 3 Wootton's Gal, 7-2 Off Spin, 6 Furhaan, 20

FAVOURITES: - - - - 0 1 0 0 2 1 (W 9-5). AGES: - - - - 4 8 4 6 6 7

2025: Aighear 7 8 12 (Amie Waugh) 5-2 Fav J Goldie drawn (1) 10 ran.

TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. L-H course. GOING: Heavy-soft in places. STALLS: 6f centre; 7f outside; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Depends on stalls on straight course. Top jockey: Paul Mulrennan. Top trainer: J Goldie. Placed in the race last year: 5.13 Aighear (1st); Vampire Slayer (2nd). Headgear first time: 2.20 Coul Blue, Sea Mirage, 2.55 Launch Time, Thunder Rush, 4.38 Golden Caviar, Myrrh, 5.13 Vampire Slayer. Longest travellers: Launch Time (2.55) Ireland; Topwarrior (3.30) 415 miles. Drop in Class: 2.20 Caturra Rock is down 3 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 5); Sea Mirage (3); 3.30 Eye Of Dubai (2); Manila Scouse (2). First run since wind surgery: 4.38 Myrrh.

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GIMCRACK | 1.56 | Knighton | 1.56 | Sun Art | 2.31 | Port Glen One | 2.31 | Nightflyer | 3.06 | Whitewinewednesday | 3.06 | Whitewinewednesday | 3.41 | Thickthorn Tom | 3.41 | Thickthorn Tom | 4.16 | Spot On Soph | 4.16 | Parikarma | 4.48 | Ratemenow | 4.48 | Ratemenow | NORTHERNER – 4.16 SPOT ON SOPH (nap); 4.48 Ratemenow (nb).

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3 41 DINE IN ALTIOR'S RESTAURANT HANDICAP CHASE (4) £9,750

2/11L6L- SHABALKO D'HERM 179 N & W Twiston-Davies 6-11-10

211122 THICKTHORN TOM 20 (BT) (D2) (G) D Skelton 6-11-7 .... H Skelton

43-2L5F COURT IN A STORM 46 (T) K Bailey & M Nicholls 7-11-6 .... C Gethings

73222F LERMOOS LEGEND 3 (PT) (CBF) (S) M Bowen 11-11-2 .... S Bowen

Probable SP: 10-11 Thickthorn Tom, 7-2 Lermoos Legend, 4 Court In A Storm, 6 Shabalko D'herm.

1 2LL5-11 SPOT ON SOPH 7 (T) (C2) (S) S England 10-12-0 Rebecca Hitchen (7)

2 47P-F50 SPIT SPOT 14 (T) (S) L Russell & M Scudamore 7-11-13....P W Wadge

3 2723L1 PARIKARMA 24 (V) (S) S Drinkwater 9-11-11. Miss Imogen Mathias (7)

4 571-155 EBSELYSEES 88 (P) (S) S Corbett 7-11-11....N Moscrop

5 1LP-62 LEAVE HER TO ME 33 (S) D Killahena & G McPherson 8-11-7 N Slatter (3)

6 531607 MISTRAL BLUE 33 (D) F O'Brien 8-11-7....Fern O'Brien (5)

7 L4-6P56 MISTRAL MILLY 12 D J Jeffreys 7-11-3....K Woods

8 L-33L64 QUICK OF THE NIGHT 33 (P) Dave Roberts 9-10-3.....Lee Edwards

Probable SP: 9-4 Spot On Soph, 11-4 Parikarma, 5 Ebselysees, 8 Mistral Milly, 10 Leave Her To Me, 12 Mistral Blue, Spit Spot, 14 Quick Of The Night. FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.

1 354562- RATEMENOW 208 (T) S Corbett 5-12-0.... N Moscrop

2 11/45LP- SLIEVEHILL 259 D J Jeffreys 9-11-10.... K Woods

3 L787- FOOTAGE DETECTIVES 167 Henry Oliver 5-11-5.... Lee Edwards

4 34-9 RETURN WITH GOLD 41 (P) O Pears 4-10-10.... B Hughes

5 404L- UPTON'S MIGHTY OAK 224 Dr R Newland 4-10-9.... L Scott (3)

Probable SP: 5-4 Ratemenow, 11-4 Upton's Mighty Oak, 4 Footage Detectives, 8 Slievehill, 10 Return With Gold.

FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.

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WORK WHISPER TAP DANCER (Ayr, 1.45)

WEIGHTING GAME

EMPIRESTATEOFMIND

(Ayr, 4.05)

Down 16lb from last winning mark.

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CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO SPOT ON SOPH (nap) (Market Rasen, 4.16) RINKY TINKY TINKY (nb, Bath, 2.40) DORIGO

BURNT FINGERS

RATEMENOW

(Market Rasen, 4.48)

(Southwell, 8.00)

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1.30 HANDICAP (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 2m 1f 24yds (13)

1 (9) 18/9 CALSHOT SPIT 9 (C&D) Miss S West 6-10-0...C Bishop

2 (5) 364 MERRIJIG 21 (B) (D) S J Berry 8-10-0.....G Mangan

3 (7) 325- FOREST HILLS J169 (G) C J Gray 5-9-13O Carmichael (7)

4 (8) L-LL CHILLHI 26 (TV) (G) B J Murphy (IRE) 6-9-9 D Probert

5 (1) 231 FRAM CASTLE 26 (V) (C) M Wigham 5-9-9...Taryn Langley (5)

6 (2) 57L PACIFIC STORM 42 (V) D Menuisier 3-9-5.....J Dace (5)

7 (6) 472 INDIVIDUALISTE 9 B Lund 8-9-4.....Rose Dawes (3)

8 (12) 538 BUCK BARROW 25 (P) (S) A Wintle 4-9-3.....G Wood

9 (13) 353 ALS RIVER 7 (P) James Horton 3-9-2.....J Mitchell

10 (11) 338 NATURE 9 (P) Miss Celine De La Haye 8-9-1...Laura Coughlan (3)

11 (10) 864 CHERRY COLA 26 (P) (C) GS Miss S West 10-9-0...T Heard

12 (4) 2L4 STAR OF JUPITER 8 (BET) M Loughnane 5-9-0. P Bradley

13 (3) 597 SMITH 26 (V) (G) Mrs L Richards 10-9-0.....R Havlin

Probable SP: 9-4 Fram Castle, 5 Merrirjo, 6 Individualiste.

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2.05 £10,000 added (£5,400) 5f 10yds (9)

1 (4) 33 BLACKBERRY BOLD 170 (H) Dr R Newland 9-2. G Mangan

2 (6) 25 BLAKE'S LASS 115 I Furtado 9-2. ...... G Wood

3 (3) 3 CASTING COACH 14 Ollie Sangster 9-2. ...... S Donohoe

4 (5) 3 CHANTER LE BLUES 157 A Watson 9-2. ...... L Morris

5 (7) L DEBUTANTE 75 (T) E Walker 9-2. ...... T Marquand

6 (9) FASTER LOVE G Kelleway 9-2. ...... J Mitchell

7 (1) 3 GO GO GIRL 24 C Cox 9-2. ...... Rossa Ryan

8 (2) 3 KERRY GREY 31 R Hughes 9-2. ...... D Probert

9 (8) 452 URUMITA 9 R Hannon 9-2. ...... S M Levey

Probable SP: 3 Chanter Le Blues, 7-2 Urumita.

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2.40 HANDICAP (6) £6,600 added (£3,454) 5f 10vds (14)

1 (14) L27 MIDNIGHT CALL 17 (D4) A Carroll 5-9-9 .... Rossa Ryan

2 (5) 217 JOJO RABBIT (4Ibex) 3 (D9BF) (GS) R Carr 8-9-8

3 (1) 221 LITTLE JAYBEE 23 (D2) P Evans 3-9-5.....E Greatrex

4 (12) 954 SAVANNAH SMILES 9 (P) (C&DD) (GS) G Harris 6-9-5

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Mrs I G-Leveque 4-8-10 Alice Bo

14 (4) 962 BAMA LAMA 11 (D3) (GS) B Millman 8-8-4..... T Heard Probable SP: 4 Rinky Tinky Tinky, 5 Little Jaybee.

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5.15 £70,000 added (£39,697) 1m 6f (13)

1 (13) 243 ALLA STELLA 13 Sir M Prescott 4-9-6.....L Morris

2 (6) 313 DOJIN 21 (H) (D) (G) S Woods 4-9-6....D Probert

3 (5) 424 LADY VIVIAN 47 R Beckett 4-9-6.....James Doyle

4 (12) 8-54 LITTLE DORRIT 82 R Varian 4-9-6.....R Dawson

5 (2) 52-8 MISS DOLLY ROCKER 139 (C2) (GS) F Bramley 6-9-6...Jason Watson

6 (7) 554 ORCHARD KEEPER 14 (D) (G) R Varian 5-9-6....J Mitchell

7 (10) 253 PEACE BELLE 14 J Candlish 5-9-6.....G Wood

8 (8) 133 PERSONAL BEST 15 (D2BF) (GS) J Portman 4-9-6....H Davies

9 (11) 8L3 VENETIA 13 (P) (GS) R Beckett 3-9-3.....Rossa Ryan

10 (9) 137 ARAVALLI 24 (G) J Tickle 3-9-0.....Taylor Fisher

11 (1) 154 BRILLIANT STAR 112 (T) (G) J & T Gosden 3-9-0 R Havlin

12 (3) 213 LITTLECOTE 20 A Balding 3-9-0.....W Carver

13 (4) 401 PIERIAN 36 (C) (G) W Haqqas 3-9-0.....T Marquand

Probable SP: 11-4 Brilliant Star, 5 Venetia, 6 Alla Stella.

GOING: Good. STALLS: Sprint & 2m1f centre; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low in sprints. Top jockey: David Probert. Top trainer: A Carroll. Longest travellers: Chillhi (1.30) Ireland; Blake's Lass (2.05) 259 miles. Drop in Class: 1.30 Pacific Storm is down 3 grades on last run (Class 3 to Class 6). First run since wind surgery: 2.05 Blackberry Bold, Blake's Lass.

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4.25 NURSERY (4) (2-Y-0) £10,000 added (£5,234) 4f 214vds (8)

1 (4) 300 LOVER GIRL 55 (D2) K P De Foy 9-9....R Scott

2 (3) 311 ROXA LOVE 31 (D2) G Boughey 9-6....David Egan

3 (1) 304 DUBAI CHARM 21 (D) R Hughes 9-6....F Marsh

4 (8) OL4 PRINCESSE D'ORANGE 33 (D) D O'Meara 9-6...D Tudhope

5 (2) 160 MINZELLE 14 (DBF2) K R Burke 9-5....C Lee

6 (7) 936 PAPER VIEW 26 R Hannon 9-3....J Leavy

7 (6) 513 NEEDIN' U 26 (H) (D) M & D Easterby 8-12. Joanna Mason

8 (5) 358 CASINO STAR 33 (T) K R Burke 8-10....P-L Jamin

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Probable SP: 9-4 Roxa Love, 5 Princesse D'orange.

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5.00 HANDICAP (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 6f 21vds (12)

1 (2) 325 TIME TURNER 9 (V) E Bethell 4-10-1. D Tudhope

2 (5) 177 SISTERANDBROTHER 62 Joey Ramsden 8-10-1. David Egan

3 (12) 517 RUBELLITE 13 (CD2BF) S Hanlon 6-10-1. D J Murphy (5)

4 (4) 3-L4 HELLION 20 D McCain 4-10-0. S De Sousa

5 (6) L23 WEDONTTELLTETRUTH 20 F O'Brien 3-9-9. S Osborne

6 (9) 131 EDWARDTHENINTH 38 (C&D) A Forbes 5-9-9. W Cox

7 (3) LL9 FLAG OF EVA 28 (P) M Appleby 3-9-7. F Marsh

8 (8) 455 STATE EXPRESS 44 S Woods 3-9-5. C Fallon

9 (11) 143 LADY OF CLOVER 16 G Scott 3-9-4. Liam Wright (3)

10 (1) L3L MINERALITY 29 (P) Dr R Newland 3-9-2. Jack Doughty

11 (7) 609 POP THE QUESTION 24 (P) Samantha

1 (6) DONTELIMURNAMEPIKE J177 Ruth Jefferson 4-9-9...O McSweeney

2 (1) 58- VELARDO 340 M Gates 4-9-9....C Lee

3 (7) 5P-5 EMTINAN 12 S C Williams 3-9-4....M Ghiani

4 (2) MASTER OF THE SKY J & T Gosden 3-9-4...B Sayette

5 (4) 4 CROWN OF CROWNS 24 W Haggas 3-8-13....C Fallon

6 (5) 8 STATEIRA BELLE 29 J Camacho 3-8-13....R Sexton

7 (3) 462 SUMMER IN PARIS 17 R & P Fahey 3-8-13....C Hardie

Probable SP: 6-4 Summer In Paris, 5-2 Master Of The Sky.

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6.00 NURSERY (DIV 1) (6) (2-Y-0) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 13vds (12)

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NEWMARKET - 2.40 Rinky Tinky Tinky (nb)

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3.50 EBF RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES (4) (2-Y-0) £10,000 added (£5,400) 1m (14)

3 AETHELSTAN GOLD 45 Harry Charlton 9-7 ... L Edmunds

4 CHARMED BOY 18 H Palmer 9-7 ....D Probert

DESERT MEETING C Fellowes 9-7 ....P Bradley

4 CALIMIX 17 F. Ullghten 9-7 ....Q Pishan

07 TARN HOWS 15 D & C Kubler 9-7....Ashley Lewis (3)

TIME TO SPARE J Portman 9-7....H Davies

ARKENFORCE M Appleby 9-4....R Dawson

SIDEWALKING I Williams 9-4....E Greatrex

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4.21 HANDICAP (DIV 1) (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 2f 37vds (11)

1 (4) 114 CRIMSON ROAD 7 (D5) (G) J & R Flint 5-10-0. . . . Carson

2 (7) 651 OMAN 9 (P) (C&DD) (GS) A Carroll 8-9-12. . . . Myla Coppins (5)

3 (10) 921 PRODIGAL SON 19 (B) (C) (G) H Main 4-9-11. L Morris

4 (2) 768 AMUSED 24 (S) J Boyle 4-9-10. . . . . P Bradley

5 (6) 234 KING'S CASTLE 41 (D4) (S) D M Simcock 9-9-9. . . . Taryn Langley (5)

6 (11) 643 MATHOURA 26 J Tickle 3-9-9. . . . Taylor Fisher

7 (1) 521 CONDOTTI 13 (P) (D) (S) H Palmer 4-9-7. . . . . D Probert

8 (5) 384 SHE'S IDEAL 28 (P) (D) (G) B J Llewellyn

9 (8) 663 ALBUS ANNE 7 (H) (C&DC4) (S) J Fox 7-9-6 ..Olivia Haines (7)

10 (3) 45L DARETOBEDIFFERENT 28 D Donovan 3-9-3..K O'Neill

11 (9) 33D PANGBOURNE 9 R Teal 3-8-10 ..... O Carmichael (7)

Probable SP: 3 Prodigal Son, 4 Condotti, Oman.

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4.55 HANDICAP (DIV 2) (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 2f 37vds (10)

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& Robert Williams 9-9-8 Charlie Tucker (7

Probable SP: 15-8 Zambezi Magic, 5 Thiscouldbefun.

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1 (11) 441 MOE'S LEGACY (5lbex) 9 (V) (C&D4D2) (G)

Probable SP: 4 Cameley Days, 5 Courageous Sioux.

TRACK FACTS: PRINCIPAL MEETING. L-H course.

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ROBIN GOODFELLOW | 4.25 Minzelle | 4.25 Princesse D'orange | 5.00 Edwardtheninth | 5.00 Lady Of Clover | 5.30 Master Of The Sky | 5.30 Crown Of Crowns | 6.00 Kaito | 6.00 Temple Court | 6.30 Revoked | 6.30 Revoked | 7.00 Lovers Leap | 7.00 Likeness | 7.30 SPIRIT LEAD ME (nap) | 7.30 Ernie's Valentine | 8.00 Dorigo | 8.00 Cool King | 8.30 King Of Ithaca | 8.30 Elite Approach | NEWMARKET – 4.25 ROXA LOVE (nap) | ---

7.00 FILLIES' HANDICAP (5) £7,600 added (£3.978) 1m 13vds (9)

1 (6) 02L STYLE OF LIFE 16 (T) (D4) H Bethell 6-10-0....S D Bowen

2 (2) 495 WONDROUS LIGHT 22 (D2) J Portman 4-9-13...R Hornby

3 (1) 4-41 POETS PRAISE 41 (D) R Beckett 3-9-11.. R Clutterbuck

4 (9) 213 LIKENESS 11 J Channon 3-9-11.....G Bass

5 (4) 156 KAMAWAY 35 (D2) E J-Houghton 4-9-10.. C Hutchinson

6 (8) 143 ROUGE CITATION 27 (T) (C) E Bethell 3-9-10...D Tudhope

7 (3) L35 SILKEN BAY 37 (H) (C&D) Dr R Newland 3-9-7..Jack Doughty

8 (5) 323 LOVERS LEAP 26 (BF3) J Chapple-Hyam 3-9-5..David Egan

9 (7) 865 JOJO'S LEGACY 158 (T) A Keatley 3-9-3....MP Sheehy

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Probable SP: 9-4 Poets Praise, 5 Rogue Citation, Likeness.

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7.30 HANDICAP (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 13yds (14)

1 (11) 434 ENPASSANT 14 (C) S Dixon 5-9-9.....C Howarth (3)

2 (9) 08L KING OF YORK 14 (B) (C) S Dixon 7-9-8... C Shepherd

3 (12) 742 ERNIE'S VALENTINE 21 (D2) R Burdon 7-9-7.....A Egan (5)

4 (6) 986 SPIRIT LEAD ME 29 (P) (C&DD) R Hughes 4-9-7..F Marsh

5 (10) L98 MOON BEGINNINGS 17 (B) D Loughnane 4-9-7... Joanna Mason

6 (3) 353 SHAW PARK 6 (P) (C) S Dixon 7-9-7. Mikkel Mortensen (5)

7 (5) 463 UNION ISLAND 73 (C&DD6) C Johnston 5-9-6. J Callan

8 (13) 122 CAPTAIN CESS 30 (BF2) D Carroll 4-9-6.....Z Wheatley

9 (1) 265 VOLTO DI MEDUSA 17 (B) (C&D2) Jack Jones 5-9-6... C Fallon

10 (2) 776 MAN OF DESERT 21 (BT) C Dwyer 5-9-5...S De Sousa

11 (8) 123 ASIAN JOURNEY 104 (T) S England 5-9-5.....J Peate

12 (14) 544 BIG ALEX WALMSLEY 12 Mrs I G-Leveque 4-8-12... B Sayette

13 (4) 240 PRETTY SPIRITED 23 (D2) L Mullaney 4-8-9... A Volkhansky

14 (7) 923 HAVE YOU A MINUTE 23 (C&D) T Tate 6-8-9... S Osborne

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8.00 EBF RESTRICTED MAIDEN STAKES (4) (2 £10,000 added (£5,400) 6f 16yds (11) | 1 | (2) | L47 | KAITO 77 G Boughey 9-9......J Callan | 1 | (5) | 343 | COOL KING 21 (BF) M Botti 9-7......S De Sousa | 2 | (6) | 343 | TEMPLE COURT 54 E J-Houghton 9-9......C Hutchinson | 1 | (5) | 343 | DORIGO 12 K Ryan 9-7......K Stott | 3 | (8) | 895 | ARLECCHINO'S MOON 34 M Usher 9-8......C Lee | 2 | (1) | 438 | INCHI'S MOOCH W Greatrex 9-7......R Hornby | 4 | (3) | 534 | THUNDA STRUCK 25 (B) D Loughnane 9-6......S De Sousa | 3 | (11) | 5 | (4) | 086 | SOLAR MISSION 17 G Nicholls 9-5......W Cox | 4 | (7) | 52 | CHRISTMAS IS COMIN 23 Mrs S Leech 9-4......Josephine Gordon | 6 | (5) | 37L | UNBEATABLE FAME 35 R & P Fahey 9-3......C Hardie | 5 | (8) | L | DENVER SLUICE 17 Lemos Souza 9-4......F Marsh | 7 | (12) | 553 | CASABLANCA DREAM 21 M Botti 9-2......M Ghiani | 6 | (10) | L | JAYDEE'S DREAM 187 Mrs A Duffield 9-4......David Egan | 8 | (11) | 452 | COURAGE BEST 10 B Millman 9-1......D Keenan | 7 | (2) | EDGE OF DESIRE R Spencer 9-2......S Osborne | 9 | (9) | 896 | STRONG PERFORMANCE 21 W Knight 9-0......C Fallon | 8 | (6) | MAEVEONTIME D Cunha 9-2......J Callan | 10 | (1) | 905 | PURRISTA 8 G Tutty 8-9......Joanna Mason | 9 | (9) | 6 | PEACOCK'S WAY 73 J Candlish 9-2......D Keenan | 11 | (7) | 575 | LE GRAND ETOILE 45 (B) C Johnston 8-5...S D Bowen | 10 | (4) | 6R2 | DUN EIDEANN 65 T Dascombe 8-13......P-L Jamin | 12 | (10) | LL6 | UBETTANOTBLINK 12 Craig Lidster 8-4......A Mullen | 11 | (3) | 83 | EAGLE STORM 52 J Candlish 8-13......A Mullen | Probable SP: 5-2 Casablanca Dream, 3 Courage Best. | Probable SP: 5-6 Dorigo, 7 Cool King, Christmas Is Comin. | ---

6.30 NURSERY (DIV 2) (6) (2-Y-0) £6,200 added 8.30 HANDICAP (4) £10,000 added (£5,234) 7f (£3,245) 1m 13yds (11) 14yds (12) | 1 | (1) | 573 | REVOKED 14 C Cox 9-9......J Leavy | 1 | (6) | 521 | NOSTRUM (5ibex) 5 (CD2) M Appleby 6-10-3....K Stott | 2 | (9) | 038 | HELLO YOU TEN 10 (T) (BF) J Osborne 9-8. S Osborne | 2 | (11) | 742 | BILLYB 21 (P) (C2D2) Craig Lidster 7-10-0....D Tudhope | 3 | (10) | 736 | PEN LAN ICON 18 D Loughnane 9-7......S De Sousa | 3 | (7) | 270 | AISLING OSCAR 146 (P) (CD5) A Keatley 5-9-10...MP Sheehy | 4 | (11) | L27 | WHISKEY GALORE 21 (V) M Bell 9-5......C Shepherd | 4 | (12) | 541/ | ENACTING 650 (H) (D) J Fanshawe 4-9-9......J Peate | 5 | (6) | 977 | LADY NENAZ 16 T Ward 9-4......R Hornby | 5 | (8) | 441 | ELITE APPROACH 13 Joey Ramsden 3-9-9......F Marsh | 6 | (4) | L90 | BESTYET 10 R Hughes 9-2......F Marsh | 6 | (4) | 510 | MONTEZIN 33 (PT) (D) A Brittain 4-9-9......C Hardie | 7 | (7) | 488 | SOLDIER'S ECHO 6 H Palmer 9-1......K Stott | 7 | (5) | 800 | PRINCE OF PILLO 35 (C) R & P Fahey 6-9-4 H Russell | 8 | (3) | 464 | LUNAR BLOSSOM 20 (P) W Knight 9-1......C Fallon | 8 | (3) | 842 | KING OF ITHACA 20 (H) (C&D4D2) J Tate 6-9-4. R Hornby | 9 | (8) | LL6 | MOHANGEL 16 (P) M Appleby 8-13......Jude Maher (7) | 9 | (1) | 114 | SUPREME CLARETS 16 (D2) R & P Fahey 3-9-3. O McSweeney | 10 | (2) | L26 | ASTRAL CALLING 15 K R Burke 8-9......P-L Jamin | 10 | (10) | 52-1 | NOT THAT GUY 23 (T) H Palmer 3-9-2......C Fallon | 11 | (5) | 698 | THE KALONJI MAN 27 (B) R Hannon 8-4......S D Bowen | 11 | (9) | 345 | JERSEY MAVERICK 29 (D) B Haslam 4-9-1.A Brookes | Probable SP: 9-4 Revoked, 5 Whiskey Galore. | 12 | (2) | L73 | WAR HOWL 33 (D2BF) B Haslam 4-8-13......A Mullen | TRACK FACTS: L-H Tapeta course. GOING: Standard. STALLS: 5f centre; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: None. Top jockey: Joanna Mason. Top trainer: M Appleby.

Probable SP: 4 Nostrum, 6 Not That Guy, 7 King Of Ithaca.

Longest traveller: Courage Best (6.00) 216 miles. Drop in Class: 5.00 State Express is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6); 6.00 Kaito (3).

Six Nations was the lowest point of my career — but gave me wake-up call I needed FREDDIE STEWARD is flying again for Leicester and has England recall in his sights

FREDDIE STEWARD is all smiles as he points a finger at the camera in celebration after his final dart lands in the heart of the treble 20.

‘I lied!’ he exclaims, as he approaches the board at Leicester’s Oval Park training ground after racking up the sort of three-figure score Luke Littler would be proud of.

'I said I don't really play. But I do — quite a lot actually!'

It is no surprise to find Steward in a good mood. Like at the oche, his displays in the first two rounds of the new Prem Rugby season have been mightily impressive.

After losing his England starting spot and being labelled a one-trick pony, the 25-year-old has had to overcome his fair share of adversity. But after spending an hour or so in Steward's company, it is clear he has come through those dark times.

This is Steward 2.0, a man who is undoubtedly a force for his club and still can be for his country.

‘This point in my life is the one where I feel I have the most security,’ a reflective Steward tells Daily Mail Sport. ‘I feel a man now, more grown up. I’ve just bought my own place.

'I don't feel 25, that's for sure. I feel the most at peace with my life outside of rugby I ever have and that's transferring nicely to the way I'm playing.'

Steward's ascent with Leicester and England was swift. He won a

Prem title with the Tigers in 2022 and was an international regular, his giant 6ft 4in frame making him a formidable full-back presence.

But when World Rugby — the game's governing body — made a significant law tweak in late 2024, Steward's ‘super strength’ was negated. A stricter enforcement on penalising players for blocking members of the opposition in kick-chase situations and aerial battles made claiming the ball far more of a lottery.

The law change also impacted England collectively. Their kick-to-regain tactics saw Steve Borthwick's team win 12 straight matches before the wheels fell off

Kick-off: Tomorrow 7.45pm, Welford Road. TV: LIVE on TNT Sports 1. Referee: Karl Dickson.

in this year's Six Nations, as England finished fifth.

Steward started the games against Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but was substituted before half-time in the latter match. He hasn't played a minute of Test action since, with Borthwick urging him to add another dimension to his game as he turned to Elliot Daly and then Marcus Smith in the No15 shirt.

‘It was difficult. That was probably one of the lowest points in my career,’ Steward says of being withdrawn against the Irish. ‘It was embarrassing for me to walk off in front of my friends and family and 80,000 people.

'I had a good chat with Steve. I understood his reasons. We needed to change our tactics in that game and bring on a more attacking full back. But even when you can accept a decision, it's still not easy.'

Leicester's opening two league games — an entertaining defeat by Saracens and a win at Newcastle — showed Steward has done as Borthwick has asked.

‘It’s no secret I needed to make improvements in my attacking game,’ he admits. ‘It needed to happen to try and get in the England team. I was slightly too one-dimensional.

‘I worked really hard to add explosiveness to my game and be more powerful. Now, I feel almost a responsibility, especially at Leicester, to be a difference-maker, a second playmaker and to get involved more. I feel physically I'm in the best shape I've been in. I feel like I can make things happen.'

Steward's response both to Borthwick's demands and the social media abuse he received on the back of England defeats has been impressive. It wouldn't be a surprise to see him regain his country's No 15 shirt this autumn.

‘Criticism shouldn’t be a massive factor,’ he adds. ‘But I’m not going to pretend it doesn’t get to me. You could have ten good things and one bad said about you, but it’s always the one bad thing that makes you think the most. It’s fuel to the fire. It was definitely a factor in wanting to add to my game.

'I'm uber competitive — always have been. But I'm not No 1 in the England shirt, so until I get that spot back, I'm never going to be satisfied. If I can be a full back who can still go and catch clean, that's still an absolute super strength. [The law change] was almost a wake-up call — a perfect opportunity to spend more time on other areas.

‘Giving up isn’t in my nature. Part of that is testament to my upbringing. But it’s also down to this club. Dealing with setbacks and fighting back is a part of being at Leicester.’

Now a Tigers vice-captain, Steward is set to face a revived Gloucester tomorrow night. He wants to take his boyhood team back to No 1 in the Prem and make a second World Cup with England in Australia next year.

‘England means everything to me,’ Steward says. ‘This year is all about getting to Australia. I would love nothing more.’

Given the way he has overcome adversity, don't bet against it.

KEMPTON

5.00 — CARAGIO (Taryn Langley)

6-5F 1; Timely Affair 5-1 2; Lady Manzor 9-1 3. 8 ran. (Adam Kirby).

2½, 1¾. Tote: 2.20; 1.40, 2.30, 1.20.

Ex: 8.90. Tc: 37.40. Tf: 37.60. CSF: 7.59. NR: Nezeeh.

5.30 — TWELVE BARS (O Murphy) 4-5F 1; Lancaster Tower 9-4(2ndFav) 2; Fenaroli 10-1 3.8 ran. (H Palmer). $\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{3}{4}$ . Tote: 1.80; 1.20, 1.10, 2.60. Ex: 3.10. Tf: 16.10. CSF: 2.94. NRs: Kaboom, Work Like Hell.

6.00 — INMYOPINION (F Marsh) 16-1 1; Miss Trickster 80-1 2; Usaylah 9-2 3. 12 ran. (A Perrett). nk, nk. Tote: 18.20; 3.90, 15.40, 2.00. Ex: 918.00. Tf: 4061.70. CSF: 900.23.

6.30 — QUEEN OF SCOTLAND (B Loughnane) 7-4(2ndFav) 1; Yamnah 5-1 2; Marquetry 9-2 3. 8 ran. (G Boughey). $1^{1/2}$ , $1^{3/4}$ . Tote: 2.75; 1.10, 1.20, 1.60. Ex: 11.40. Tf: 35.80. CSF: 11.48. NR: Baba Ganoush.

7.00 — ROYAL COUNTY GLORY (O Murphy) 5-6F 1; Credit Forgedd It 12-1 2; Because We Can 8-1 3. 14 ran. (Jack Jones). nk, nk. Tote: 1.84; 1.10, 4.50, 3.00. Ex: 20.50. Tc: 70.46. Tf: 125.20. CSF: 13.95.

7.30 — KINIRO (O Murphy) 6-5F 1; Blue Orbit 17-2 2; Goldwork 5-1(2ndFav) 3. 11 ran. (Dan Horsford). $^{3/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 2.20; 1.30, 3.10, 2.30. Ex: 16.00. Tc: 43.15. Tf: 84.20. CSF: 12.36. NR: Elvetham.

8.00 — BENVOY (R Havlin) 17-2 1; Gemmari 6-1 2; Autumn's Breeze 66-1 3. 9 ran. (Miss J Davis). nk, $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 9.50; 2.20, 2.30, 11.70. Ex: 56.90. Tc: 3157.53. Tf: 2043.90. CSF: 59.86.

8.30 — SNOOKER MCCREW (A Redman) 7-2 1; Our Dagger 3-1JtFav 2; Celtic John 8-1 3. 13 ran. (M Comley). $^{1/4}$ , $^{2I}$ . Tote: 4.50; 1.50, 2.00, 2.80. Ex: 28.00. Tc: 87.63. Tf: 251.20. CSF: 15.31.

Placepot £15.50. Q'pot £17.00.

NOTTINGHAM

1.29 — CASTLEROCK GIRL (Rossa Ryan) 2-1(2ndFav)

1; Californian Angel 5-1 2;

Cartography 50-1 3.8 ran. (C Cox).

2 $^{3/4}$ , 2l. Tote: 3.00; 1.10, 1.20, 12.20.

Ex: 7.40, Tf: 147.20, CSF: 12.84.

1.59 — NOWSHESDANCING (Kaiya Fraser) 11-2 1; Hello Friend 7-2 2; Palomezcal 22-1 3. 7 ran. (Harry Eustace). 1½, nk. Tote: 6.50; 2.90, 2.20. Ex: 32.40. Tf: 308.40. CSF: 25.49.

2.29 — GAINFUL (Rossa Ryan) 5-6F 1; Caldo 11-2(Jt2ndFav) 2; Top Scholar 11-2(Jt2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (R Beckett). 3l, 1¼. Tote: 1.84; 1.20, 2.00. Ex: 6.20. Tf: 20.80. CSF: 5.76.

2.59 — FOSCARINI (C Bishop) 9-21; Northern Viola 5-1 2; Akaraka 11-10F 3. 5 ran. (E J-Houghton). 1½, shd. Tote: 5.90; 2.60, 1.50. Ex: 22.70. Tf: 44.40. CSF: 25.03.

3.29 — TAMZAN (Ashley Lewis) 4-1(2ndFav) 1; Darkness 13-22; Quisana 3-1F 3. 9 ran. (M Tregoning). 1I, 4I. Tote: 5.00; 1.60, 2.10, 1.70. Ex: 37.20. Tc: 88.94. Tf: 87.70. CSF: 30.38.

3.59 — SUDU (R Dawson) 9-1 1; Borjina 8-1 2; Medway Queen 8-1

3. 13 ran. (R Varian). $1^{1/4}$ , $5^{1/2}$ . Tote: 11.40; 3.20, 2.70, 3.40. Ex: 105.50. Tc: 620.27. Tf: 1571.20. CSF: 83.46. 4.29 — EDWIN HUBBLE (T Marquand) 9-2JtFav 1; Double Red 7-1 2; Great Blasket 11-2 3. 10 ran. (B Meehan). hd, $1^{3/4}$ . Tote: 6.10; 2.00, 2.70, 2.40. Ex: 53.30. Tc: 179.27. Tf: 389.50. CSF: 36.74. NRs: Marhaba The Champ, Porth Eilian.

5.05 — DRISH SAMPHIRE (C Horgan) 11-1 1; Desert Master 7-1 2; Asadjumeirah 11-2 3. 14 ran. (L Mullaney). nk, 1¼. Tote: 13.90; 4.20, 2.50, 2.40. Ex: 115.70. Tc: 499.85. Tf: 657.90. CSF: 88.79. NRs: Hope And Joy, The Feminine Urge.

Placepot £125.50. Q'pot £24.00.

SEDGEFIELD

1.50 — MIA SUNSHINE (S Fenelon) 22-1 1; Military Cross 10-3 2; Imperial Trooper 11-2 3. 9 ran. (M Bowen). 11I, 10I. Tote: 23.00;

4.20, 1.10, 2.20. Ex: 122.80. Tf: 685.60. CSF: 97.85.

2.20 — FLASHY BOY (Charlie Price) 5-4F 1; Swingforthefence 3-1 2; Henry Box Brown 13-8(2ndFav) 3.3 ran. (R L Llewellyn). 29l, 45l. Tote: 2.25; Ex: 4.60. Tf: 3.90. CSF: 4.73. NRs: Just Keeps Rolling, Present Fair.

2.50 — JET OF DREAMS (Richard Upton) 7-4(2ndFav) 1; Lady Kara 11-8F 2; Neigh Botha 11-1 3.4 ran. (W Greatrex). $^{3/4}$ , 19l. Tote: 2.75; Ex: 5.10. Tf: 11.70. CSF: 4.75.

3.20 — AIMERIC (Sean Quinlan) 2-1(2ndFav) 1; William Yeats 6-5F 2; Cosmic Soul 5-1 3.7 ran. (J Candlish). $^{1/2}$ , $^{3/2}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.40, 1.40. Ex: 4.30. Tf: 9.10. CSF: 5.07.

3.50 — CLEAN GETAWAY (J Williamson) 11-2 1; Cadillac Ranch 18-1 2; Littletown Lad 13-8F 3.10 ran. (P Kirby). $^{3/4}$ , 4l. Tote: 6.90; 1.60, 5.00, 1.30. Ex: 80.30. Tc: 232.75. Tf: 368.40. CSF: 87.76.

4.20 — YOULOOKLIKEYOURMUM (W Maggs) 5-1 1; Lady Scarphia 14-1 2; Movanna evens F 3.7 ran.

(Justin Landy). 6½, 3l. Tote: 6.00; 2.60, 4.10. Ex: 46.20. Tf: 103.00. CSF: 67.70.

Placepot £155.20. Q'pot £33.50.

WORCESTER

1.05 — KING ROLY (J Bowen)

11-8F 1; Karnaval Point

10-3(2ndFav) 2; Snipe 5-1 3. 6 ran. (M Bowen). 5½, 1½. Tote: 2.38; 1.40, 1.80. Ex: 6.10. Tf: 21.40. CSF: 6.72.

1.35 — BEL OMBRE (C O'Farrell)

5-1 1; Kelijoe 9-4F 2; Livingit Du Large 12-1 3. 6 ran. (N Mulholland).

11l, 20l. Tote: 6.00; 2.80, 1.70. Ex: 18.40. Tf: 98.10. CSF: 17.31.

2.05 — DUNDEE LAW (Harry Atkins) 13-8F 1; Crystalate

11-4(2ndFav) 2; Lucky Bailly 125-1 3. 10 ran. (D Skelton). 11l, nk. Tote: 2.63; 1.10, 1.30, 10.20. Ex: 5.40. Tf: 150.80. CSF: 6.55.

2.35 — WE'RE OUT OF ACES (S Bowen) 4-1 1; Song Of The Stars 11-10F 2; Sainte Colombe 7-2(2ndFav) 3.8 ran. (G Elliott (IRE)).

¾, 15l. Tote: 5.00; 1.10, 1.10, 1.80. Ex: 12.10. Tf: 32.70. CSF: 9.45.

NR: Affection. 3.05 — SPANISH DARLING (K Woods) 12-1 1; Cowboy Casanova 11-4(2ndFav) 2; Northern Olympian 18-1 3.12 ran. (A Hales). 7l, ½. Tote: 16.90; 2.90, 1.40, 4.50. Ex: 79.60. Tf: 574.70. CSF: 49.95. NR: Wet Sail. 3.35 — TARANIS DUBH (S Bowen) 4-6F 1; Sheezer Dancer 2-1(2ndFav) 2; Mister Coko 40-1 3.12 ran. (O Murphy). 3½, 5½. Tote: 1.70; 1.10, 1.10, 7.30. Ex: 3.20. Tf: 39.40. CSF: 2.27. NR: King's Affinity.

4.05 — JOLLIE DAME (H Skelton) 2-1F 1; Billy Butcher 13-2 2; Calibos 11-1 3.10 ran. (D Skelton). 2¼, ¾/4. Tote: 3.00; 1.20, 2.10, 2.60. Ex: 16.10. Tc: 120.53. Tf: 180.50. CSF: 16.81. NR: Estate Planning.

4.35 — BROOKSIDE LA (H Skelton) 11-4F 1; October Hill 10-1 2; Roe And Co 7-1 3.10 ran. (D Skelton). 9l, 4¼. Tote: 3.75; 1.20, 2.70, 2.20. Ex: 30.00. Tc: 180.37. Tf: 184.70. CSF: 30.70.

Placepot £16.80. Q'pot £4.80.

Saints boss Eckert 'learned lessons' from Spygate row

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manager. He wanted to see how they would line up in defence, so sent someone to watch them train.

In April, he agreed to receive CCTV footage of Ipswich training at National League Eastleigh, ahead of their fixture with his Saints.

With regards to Boro, Eckert told the panel that in a preparation meeting he asked whether it would be possible to find out if star midfielder Hayden Hackney had resumed training.

‘One of the assistants informed me that Middlesbrough FC’s training ground is located on a golf course which is accessible to the public,’ he added.

'I said that we should send someone there to see if Hayden Hackney was training. Nobody expressed

It's Spygate again! Probe launched into 'Saints coach'

EXCLUSIVE

By CRAIG HOPE

MIDDLESBROUGH caught what is thought to be a Southampton first-team analyst allegedly recording their training session from a budget sensational

any reservations or objections to this proposal.

The exchange took a matter of minutes and then we continued with the meeting. To confirm I did not ask for any videos to be taken of Middlesborough FC's [sic] training sessions and I did not identify any particular individual to travel to Middlesborough [sic] to identify if Hayden Hackney was training.

Bombshell: How we reported the Spygate news in May

‘I do, however, accept that I was wrong to ask for any kind of observations.’

Intern Will Salt was sent to the venue and was spotted by Boro — who complained to the EFL — but not before Eckert had been ‘provided a breakdown of the videos... including the predicted line up'. Eckert said: 'I had already finished preparing for the match, but I watched the videos'.

The panel praised Eckert for his ‘genuine contrition’. He had argued that during his time working in Germany and Italy, spying on opponents’ training sessions was ‘commonplace’, that he was unaware it was against the rules in England.

He added that claims he had bullied younger staff members into spying were ‘extremely upsetting’ and he would never force anyone to do anything to which they had a moral objection, let alone breach any rules.

The panel found no ‘systemic or organised course of action’ and ‘considerable mitigation’ regarding Eckert, who showed ‘deep and meaningful’ remorse and ‘learned lessons’.

Another blow for LIV as Rahm quits

GOLF

JON RAHM has quit LIV Golf after deeming the terms for the 2.0 version ‘unacceptable’.

LIV has been torn apart after the withdrawal of Saudi funding, leading to questions over the future of its stars. The organisation has reportedly informed the majority of its staff their jobs had been terminated in August amid the increasing uncertainty over the tour's future.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) said it would stop funding beyond 2026 but the league, after filing for bankruptcy, has secured a possible £227 million in financing from BC Partners Credit.

Rahm will not be involved, though. His lawyer John Beck said the Spaniard had ‘independently reviewed the terms of LIV 2.0 and determined they are unacceptable’. It is said Rahm and LIV are in talks over ‘a consensual separation agreement’.

According to BBC Sport, players will not be required to join LIV 2.0, even if they have agreed multi-year contracts.

‘The funding commitment announced by PIF will reach its conclusion,’ a LIV spokesman told Golf Digest. ‘As a result, we are scaling back operations as we transition to the next chapter of LIV Golf.’

LEWIS BROWNING

Max enjoying life without Horner

FORMULA ONE

MAX VERSTAPPEN says the Formula One paddock is 'less stressful' without Christian Horner as his ex-Red Bull boss eyes a return to the sport.

Horner left Red Bull last year, having led Verstappen to all four of his drivers' titles. The 52-year-old recently declared he had ‘unfinished business’ and spoke of his ‘dream’ to lead Ferrari.

Despite the Scuderia since declaring confidence in team principal Fred Vasseur, Horner's potential return remains one of the hottest topics on the grid.

Horner's sparring with Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff and McLaren's Zak Brown shaped F1 for much of the past decade. But Verstappen, who took his first win of the season in Malaysia last Sunday, insisted a Horner comeback is not required.

Verstappen said: 'I like to see people get on. It is not nice when you constantly have tension. From the outside people like it, but between the teams it is better when you just have a friendly relationship.

‘It is not as spicy but I quite like how things are going at the moment, with everyone’s behaviour, let’s put it like that. It is less stressful. We are all leading a stressful life and, when you can take a bit of stress out of it at times, it is good.

‘It is also not my concern. He wants to come back and if there is a good opportunity I am sure he will do it, but I don’t know where that is going to be.’

JONATHAN McEVOY

'THEY SAID YOU'D NEVER PLAY FOOTBALL AGAIN'

By MATT BARLOW

THE length of Dejan Kulusevski's absence told of the seriousness of his knee injury but not until the heartfelt open letter from his family was it evident just how clear and grave the warnings had been.

‘They said you might never play again,’ revealed the letter written in Swedish by his wife Eldina, a former footballer, and posted on social media the day he returned to full training at Tottenham.

‘They obviously don’t know who you are.’

This was on September 1, 477 days after damaging a kneecap in an innocuous collision against Crystal Palace.

More than a month on, having overcome the inevitable niggly setback as his body reacted to the rigours of full contact sport once again, his personal day counter has ticked beyond 500.

Kulusevski, though, continues to advance and is closing in on a return to the matchday squad.

He has been on the full first-team schedule during the international break. He took the first week off along with the other Spurs players not on duty with their national teams.

At the end of the second week, the 26-year-old Swede played in an internal game when Roberto De Zerbi's seniors went 11-v-11 against a team made from the Under 18 and U21 squads.

Caution remains the watchword but, as the Premier League returns with Spurs rock-bottom and in desperate need of a boost, Kulusevski is almost ready.

It has been a herculean effort. The open letter from his wife detailed the ‘pain’ and ‘doubt’ and ‘surgeries’ and ‘countless hours of training and rehabilitation’ and how his ‘strength’ and ‘patience’ would inspire his two daughters.

‘This is a story I will tell them many times,’ wrote Eldina. ‘How their father continued without any guarantees. How he carried on when no one was watching, when no one was applauding, and when no one could promise him it would be worth it.

‘How their father went through surgeries, pain and setbacks, how he doubted and fell — but got up. Every. Single. Time.

‘How their father was told he might never play football again — and yet refused to let anyone write the end of his story. How their father showed us strength isn’t about never breaking down — it’s about finding a reason to keep going, even when you do.

‘And one day, when life tests our daughters, I will tell them about

The untold

story of Dejan

Kulusevski's

515 days of

hell and

how a 'knock'

became a

catastrophic

knee injury

DEJAN KULUSEVSKI has missed Tottenham's last 62 games through injury. Spurs won just 19 of them.

these 477 days so they never forget what blood runs in

their veins.' During his time out Spurs have churned through four managers, three captains, two chairmen and various alternatives for his role on the right wing.

Home life changed too, married last summer with a second daughter born this year.

Through it all, Kulusevski has remained laser-focused, his usual dedication to his craft enhanced by a determination to fight back and not let this be the end of him. It is no coincidence he has been close to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo at times in his career. Both had super-human personal drive fuelled by a refusal to be written off.

‘It’s incredible how strong he has been,’ said Yasin Ayari, the Brighton and Sweden midfielder engaged to Kulusevski's sister Sandra, last month. 'Not many people can wake up and keep fighting after going through this much. He keeps fighting and is happy at the same time. It's not normal. He's very strong mentally. I learn a lot from that.'

This is not the first time in Kulusevski's career that his resilience has been tested. There were difficulties adjusting to a new life when he left Stockholm at 16 to sign for Atalanta in Italy. There were injuries and a hitch with his registration which kept him out of football for a year.

‘I was living in a tiny room with a bed, a TV and a toilet,’ said Kulusevski in 2024. ‘I went to school seven hours a day, but didn’t understand anything, so I would sit there and write down rhymes and football formations, bored out of my mind. Once I got home, I would watch TV or speak to my mother for hours. We spoke every single day.'

His parents were born and raised in Macedonia. Father Stefan worked at Arlanda Airport driving shuttle buses, often through the night. Mother Katica encouraged her son to come home but he would not give up.

Kulusevski said: 'When I was in Italy, she was like, "Come home! Come back to Sweden." But I had this voice telling me no. Giving up is what everybody does, and you can't do what everybody does. I just had to dig it out.'

Patience and determination paid off with a successful loan at Parma, a move to Juventus and then to Spurs in January 2022. Kulusevski kicked on and thrived under Ange Postecoglou.

The injury against Palace — ten days before the Europa League final win over Manchester United — did not cause instant alarm. It was dismissed, now infamously, by Postecoglou as ‘just a knock’.

Scans revealed more severe damage to his knee. Kulusevski had surgery and attended the Bilbao final on crutches with his right leg in a brace.

The road back has been difficult at a time when his team slid into a relegation crisis last season.

Kulusevski did not play at all under Thomas Frank or Igor Tudor. Initial forecasts were for him to return in December, but he had pain in the knee when the time came to step up training.

Spurs treated him in January with a course of injections in the hope it would avoid further surgery, then in March what he called ‘a small intervention’ to clean out the joint. Time lost to these complications cost him a place at the World Cup.

Sweden's team doctor Jonas Werner indicated possible damage to the cartilage, which enables the patella to glide across the end of the thigh bone without abrasion. This type of cartilage problem can be consistent with patella dislocation and the initial hope it might not be serious. The patella can pop out and back into place but is liable to damage other parts of the joint as it jolts.

It is fraught with complexity and genuine concerns, such as those revealed by Kulusevski when he returned to training. Hence the heavy silence from Spurs, who have never confirmed anything beyond the most basic details of a patella injury.

Kulusevski's progress since the March surgery has continued amid extreme caution. When Spurs released footage in early August of him running with the ball and shooting, it came with a warning not to get carried away.

The knee might have been feeling good but there were still tests to pass, fitness levels and sharpness to regain, and his body had to become accustomed once more to competitive football.

Nobody expects prime Kulusevski to come flying out of the traps but, slowly, he is getting there. No longer does it seem a question of if but when.

And this should be a cause for celebration at Spurs and beyond.

At last: Kulusevski in training after (inset) injuring his knee SHUTTERSTOCK/PA

WHAT A MESSI FAREWELL!

By TAMARA PRENN

LIONEL MESSI'S Argentina farewell was marred by criticisms of his apparent snubbing of a Benin player — and more controversy over the Falkland Islands. The 39-year-old received a hero's send-off in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night, scoring a penalty and providing two assists in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin.

The goodbye left his team-mates, family, and fans in the stands in tears as he paid tribute to his country and late father Jorge but Messi came under fire on social media for how he dealt with a request for a selfie. The Benin player put his arm around Messi as he tried to take a picture but Messi seemed to blank him. A team-mate then intervened to suggest he give up. Eyebrows were also raised by the singer of the Argentine national anthem, Falklands War veteran Fabio Santana, who stood beside the flag that was thrown down from the crowds after Argentina beat England in the World Cup semi-finals. Santana then wrapped himself in the flag and embraced Messi, displaying the ‘Malvinas’ banner. Argentina’s football federation was fined £237,000 this summer after players held the banner and sang anti-English songs. Messi told the crowd: ‘This may be the saddest day of my career. I don’t want to leave this place. I don’t want to leave the field. I love all of you and I will miss all of you. I’m proud to be Argentinian.’

Criticised: Messi with Falklands War veteran Fabio Santana, draped in a flag saying islands are Argentina's SHUTTERSTOCK

Controversial: Messi savours the moment before (inset) snubbing a selfie request

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PORTUGUESE MEN OF WAR

National team boss slams Ronaldo after star's ‘broken promises’ claim

By MICHAEL PAVITT

PORTUGAL boss Jorge Jesus has hit back after Cristiano Ronaldo accused him of broken promises in a remarkable 1,996-word statement.

Ronaldo left the national team's camp on a private jet after he was an unused substitute in a Nations League win over Norway 11 days ago, and vowed to tell his side of the story.

In a bombshell Instagram post on Tuesday, he claimed Jesus had agreed to deliver an eight-point mea culpa explaining his responsibility for the 41-year-old's walkout at a press conference ahead of the following game against Denmark.

But Jesus did not do so, and when asked about the row yesterday he responded curtly: 'I read the statement, and now, as I do every day, I'm going to the federation to work, to think about the team and the national team.'

Ronaldo stated he had held a meeting with Jesus and Simao Coutinho, the sporting director of Al Nassr, who has worked with both at the Saudi Arabian club.

The forward claims an agreement was reached for Jesus to clarify the situation, explaining the Portugal boss had initially asked him to be involved in the fixture only to leave him on the bench despite warming up.

The clarification was included in an eight-point script included in Ronaldo's statement. In it, he explained he had apologised to fans for failing to show his appreciation after the Norway game and insisted he will accept any punishment from the Portugal Football Federation for leaving the camp. But he also said he had expected Jesus to say:

1 I myself, and no one else, proposed to Cristiano a plan for him this sporting season with the national team. It was a long and very good conversation.

2 I know how much he lives and loves the national team and the weight he has in the world, and even more the weight and the positive influence he has had on the national team for 24 consecutive years.

3 The plan I proposed to Cristiano was accepted.

4 He never questioned my options. He was exemplary, loyal and professional.

5 The match in Norway was not part of the plan I drew up for him. However, I felt that he had managed to recover physically from the first match and I warned him that I might have to use him. Cristiano agreed.

6 I made a mistake by putting someone of the stature of Pele or Maradona on to warm up and then not putting him in the game. If it were today I would not do it.

7 To close the subject: I want Cristiano in the national team. In fact I do not want him a little, I want him a lot. Fortunately he also believes in me. He believed at Al Nassr and he does here as well.

8 About not greeting the fans. We have already spoken about that. Someone who has played more than 230 matches for the national team does not receive lessons from me on love for Portugal. It was a moment of frustration that erases nothing. Cristiano is the player who gives the

most autograph

takes the most

selfies, and

shows the most

affection to the

fans. Let us not

invent problems

where they do

Seeing red: Ronaldo hit out at Jesus

not exist. When we are not happy we react.

JESUS appeared to follow some of Ronaldo's demands in that press conference, but stopped short of mentioning all of them.

While acknowledging there were discussions over Ronaldo's role in the Norway match, the coach stressed he remained in charge of the final decision.

The status doesn't give players preferential treatment. The

Referential treatment. The status is about respect for their careers. Like I do with Cris,' he said.

'I always put the issue first, the plan, which is drawn up with the player, and I'm the one who decides. They know, even he presidents know. The president is in charge at the club, I'm in charge at the team.'

Jesus referenced legends Pele and Maradona, and acknowledged he had made a mistake with his handling of Ronaldo.

However,

he continued

by reiterating

that he can

promise players ‘whatever I want’ but he would not change his mind on decisions based on the status of the player.

'I told Cris he wasn't going to play these two games,' Jesus said. 'I thought during the game, maybe I'll need him and he'll warm up. And then I didn't put him in the game.

‘Any player, when we’re warming up for 20 or 30 minutes, and then they don’t come on, no one is happy about that. Much less Cris. Much less Pele, Maradona, that’s the status.

'When the game started, I told him to warm up at the 45th minute, I didn't know what I was going to do. That's what I did wrong, I should have had him warm up about 15 minutes later.'

Jesus, however, added: 'The game dictates what I'm going to do. I thought I had even discussed it with him, but maybe until I needed him in the final minutes.

‘But the game dictated other things and I didn’t put him in.

'I can promise whatever I want. I'm a coach, I told the player he wasn't going to play, but I'll put you on the bench.

‘Since I saw the game my way, he didn’t come on. There will never be a player who will change my mind. Never, zero.’

Jude transformed, attack sorted... but it's a long way back for Palmer and Foden

Real deal or flattering to deceive? The big issues facing England

IAN

LADYMAN

Football Editor

ENGLAND finished their run of Nations League games in style with an entertaining and comprehensive 3-0 win over the Czech Republic at Wembley on Tuesday.

For the first time, head coach Thomas Tuchel heard a home crowd singing his name. The German said afterwards it made him ‘proud’ to see England play with adventure and believes his team may have taken an important step forward ahead of their home Euros in 2028.

So, are England close to becoming the real deal or are they flattering to deceive again?

Here, Daily Mail Sport answers the key questions.

NEW STYLE, NEXT LEVEL? ONE of Tuchel's key worries from the World Cup was that he felt not enough of his squad were taking training-ground performances into big games. It's a problem familiar to legions of England players who have buckled under the pressure of playing for the national team.

Following Tuesday's win over the Czechs, Tuchel suggested progress had been made. 'We said sometimes we were missing the transfer [from training] into the game,' he said. 'So we made some slight adjustments to how we trained — not big ones — and in the structure of how we build up play and how we defend.

'I am happy it worked and the players bought in to it.'

One fundamental aspect has been handing individuals more freedom to play on instinct. There was an energy and rhythm to the displays against the Czechs and in the 7-0 hammering of Croatia, that has not always been apparent against weaker opposition.

Can England do it against top opponents? We will find out when they face Spain in Madrid next month and in the two-legged Nations League quarter-finals next March.

But Tuchel is bullish. 'It was brilliant to see how everyone bought in to the idea and the details needed to adjust to maybe unlock the next level,' he said.

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IS JUDE PROBLEM FIXED?

THE transformation in Jude Bellingham the team-mate and the improvement in Bellingham the player is extraordinary.

The 23-year-old has gone from persona non grata to an England captain in waiting. He is now playing international football at an elite standard and dragging along some less experienced team-mates with him.

As recently as 18 months ago, Tuchel was concerned about the Real Madrid star's positional discipline. Frankly, the German didn't trust Bellingham to play the No 10 role within the parameters set by the England staff. Now, however, he has been told to play off the cuff and follow his instincts.

‘He is out of the cage,’ said Tuchel’s assistant Anthony Barry. Again, all of this needs stress-testing against top opponents when the pressure is on. Bellingham remains a headstrong individual and that will not change.

Equally, he and his coach will never be best friends. But that shouldn't really matter if the correct boundaries exist.

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IS THE FRONT SIX SET?

YES. The front four of Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane is now settled in Tuchel's mind. Behind them, Elliot Anderson — superb during this run of four games — and Declan Rice will provide a platform.

There has been much chat about Alex Scott after he impressed during this fortnight and Tuchel could not have been more complimentary. 'Alex just took his game to another level and we really missed him against the Czechs,' he said.

Scott will not make the November camp after injuring his thigh but will be in every squad going forward barring more injuries or a drastic drop in form.

In terms of those who withdrew from this camp with injuries, Rice, Marcus Rashford and Tino Livramento have credit in the bank and will return soon enough, but the likes of Kobbie Mainoo and Cole Palmer will be waiting a while. 'This is how it has to be,' Tuchel stressed.

'Everyone should be eager, desperate to come because the train is rolling and full credit to the players who bought in to that.

‘It can only work like this. We can only put our full energy into the camp and the players who are in camp make the camp special. This will never change.’

SO NO PALMER OR FODEN?

THIS is such a delicate subject that Tuchel didn't want to go there on Tuesday. Equally, his body language can be telling. Perhaps it is best to simply relay an exchange that took place after the Czech Republic game.

Reporter: 'Can the attributes of Cole Palmer and Phil Foden work in this style of football?'

Tuchel: 'I don't know, is the honest answer. They are not here.

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NEXT UP FOR ENGLAND...

ENGLAND

v CROATIA

Thursday, Nov 12. Kick-off: 7.45pm, Wembley. TV: LIVE on ITV1.

SPAIN

v ENGLAND

Sunday, Nov 15. Kick-off: 7.45pm, Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid.

TV: LIVE on ITV1.

This team took another step and it's always about the guys who are here.'

Reporter: 'I can't imagine someone like Foden playing in this team. Wouldn't he slow it down?'

Tuchel: ‘That’s your opinion. I won’t talk about it today. With all the respect I have for Phil and for Cole, tonight is not the evening to talk about it.’

Palmer and Foden are arguably English football's two most technically gifted players but Tuchel's team benefitted from physicality, strength and power during this run of games.

They could be game-changers from the bench, but Tuchel is going to take some convincing.

IS TRENT A STARTER?

ERM, no. This is a thorny one. Trent Alexander-Arnold's return was a huge surprise but rooted in Tuchel's pragmatic outlook.

He picked him simply because he was out of right-back options. Reece James, Ben White and Djed Spence were all injured, but the Real Madrid defender remains behind Jarell Quansah in the queue.

‘How we play just suits Jarell a little bit better,’ said Tuchel on Monday and this is why he picked the Bayer Leverkusen man — once understudy to Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool — for what he thought would be the two toughest matches, against Croatia and Spain.

Alexander-Arnold played well in both games against the Czech Republic, which were made for a full back who likes to create. The vast majority of his touches came in the attacking half.

What happens when England face a tougher test? What happens when they are required to defend in shape and dig in? What happens in Madrid next month? We know the answer. Alexander-Arnold doesn't play.

It would be wholly wrong were Alexander-Arnold not in next month's squad. He remains a valuable and almost unique option from the bench. Tuchel picked too many like-for-like players in his World Cup squad and needs to learn from that.

Uncertain times: from left, Anderson with Gvardiol after England beat Croatia, Maresca arrives at training, and Guehi and O'Reilly listen in

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Confused and nervous stars, agents poring over contracts and staff abused in the street

City's guilty verdict over ‘sham’ deals has torn their world apart... but another Premier League title is STILL the target

UNBENDING and unyielding, the executive arm of Manchester City is taking the findings of the independent commission on the club's ‘sham’ sponsorship contracts and disguised funding schemes as high as it can.

They will do so by offering ‘irrefutable evidence’ on the source of their finances, with Lord Pannick arguing their case in front of appeal judges.

City's players were told this when a video from chief executive Ferran Soriano dropped in all employees' inboxes at 5.30pm last Tuesday, shortly after the Premier League's statement with the jaw-dropping judgment.

As the squad return to training today to prepare for Sunday's trip to Liverpool, this is the inside story of how the biggest bombshell in Premier League history landed at City HQ — as the players enter the wreckage.

A MATTER of days before their world fell in, it was ‘bonus week’

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By JACK GAUGHAN

at the City Football Academy, with staff across all departments remunerated for the first team's domestic cup Double last season. Five-figure sums were sitting in bank accounts on that fateful Tuesday.

Only seven days before, the Independent Football Regulator was ratifying the appointment of Claire Catlin as City's new chief finance officer, joining from the Moto service station operators. A lively start to life in football for her, with no fewer than eight job opportunities across the club posted over the past few days.

The Soriano video landed hours before England faced Czech Republic in Prague, where City defenders Nico O'Reilly and Marc Guehi were photographed wearing quizzical expressions while listening to audio off a mobile phone.

England coach Thomas Tuchel has since admitted that his City cohort, which also includes Elliot Anderson, were naturally worried throughout the international camp, although he lauded their professionalism during meetings and training sessions. The charges and the verdict were an almost constant topic around the breakfast and dinner tables, an inescapable hum to their four Nations League matches.

Some of City's players have been in regular contact with their representatives over the past week and a half, peppering them with often unanswerable questions, clearly and understandably confused about their immediate futures.

When Guehi, Anderson and Josko Gvardiol convened inside the centre circle after England's 7-0 demolition of Croatia last Saturday, it was not difficult to guess what might be under discussion. Anderson snaffled the shirts of Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic — another team-mate at City — as keepsakes.

There has been a distance from the furore back home over the break, especially when cocooned in a camp. Away from the online tribalism, the daily debate on punishments or validity of City's confidence of exoneration. Away from staff calling line managers worried for their jobs and facing abuse in the street.

The players haven't seen any of this but that stops this weekend, when they go to Liverpool three points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 100 per cent record to protect. Anfield represents a monumental test, a stadium at its most ferocious when either Manchester club turns up — and especially so with something resting on the result.

In 2020, when City were banned from the Champions League for breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules — a sanction ultimately overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport — Soriano delivered a talk to explain the situation. Maresca must be acutely aware that the interactions with his players — all of whom have warmly taken to him since he arrived in the summer — are some of the most important of his coaching career.

Sources close to players have pointed to how no two people are likely to digest the developments in the same way and that will take some serious man management from the head coach. There is defiance among some, who are determined to win the title — whatever that feat or state of the table might look like by the end of the season — and have no thoughts of bailing out.

Others though are naturally more nervous. There have been agents discussing ‘just cause’ provisions in contracts — options held by club and player — and whether severe punishment amounting to relegation may give reason to rip up their deals. But equally, they are stressing a wait-and-see approach ahead of the appeal.

ANY agents will be going back over the deals they signed for their clients — none of which contain relegation release clauses. There are normally three main elements to a City contract: a basic wage, a Champions League qualification bonus and a further bonus based on percentage of achievable minutes played across a season. Given City's sustained success, those make up what is in effect a guaranteed salary.

For some players, the portion of their salary in their total pay will be at 60 per cent, with others nearer 75. A £300,000-a-week deal might equate to £200,000 up front.

It's understood that the bonus for minutes played is only stipulated in contracts as being valid in the Premier League, Champions League and domestic cup competitions, so those — and the bonus for European qualification

— would be voided if City were relegated.

While agents consider those aspects, they have told their clients to concentrate on what they can affect. As Enzo Raiola, the agent of Gianluigi Donnarumma, said yesterday: 'Nothing will change for us or for Gigio. The club has spoken with Gigio and everyone is calm. Now there are important games against Liverpool and PSG [next Wednesday], then sporting justice will take its course. But Gigio has had reassurances from City.'

Those who know Maresca revealed this week that he has taken a similar approach, cutting a relaxed figure when going about his daily routine in Cheshire. 'All I can do is the football,' he has smiled with friends, in a contrast to the stony-faced photo of him driving to work on Monday.

He knew that this jolt might be on the horizon when taking over from Pep Guardiola. Like his

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Kick-off: Sunday 4.30pm, Anfield.

TV/radio: LIVE on Sky Sports Main

Event and BBC 5 Live.

predecessor, Maresca received assurances from the club. Rather unfairly, it will be him who faces the music at tomorrow's press conference. While formerly an assistant manager and Under 21s coach at City, Maresca was not there in the years in question. Forward Antoine Semenyo was pulled from an engagement with a sponsor on Monday and no City star spoke about the charges to the media during the international break.

Maresca's public appearances have been impressive, a hint of mischief — as seen when throwing a look to Wayne Rooney live on Amazon after winning in Porto ahead of the Manchester derby — mixed with clear ideas on his team.

The Italian knew City's squad needed a push, a new voice, and

Talk it out: City's Ruben Dias (right) and Erling Haaland

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has been enthused by a group with curious minds and eagerness to learn. Also helping is the training ground gym's modernised expansion — a hit with players, with a new broom and music in open training so loud that broadcasters pitchside have asked in vain for it to be dialled down.

Whether the mood remains as spirited will become clear as hostility rises, with one fan on the Blue Moon Podcast likening the trips around the country to 1960s classic The Dirty Dozen.

There is an unknown to how the characters will react to a baying public. It's not the same squad as 2023, when City were charged and Guardiola's side romped to the Treble in response. Rivals feel a sense of vindication from the commission's guilty verdict, emboldened to unify in their deafening vilification.

Maresca will have to lean into that, will need to use his start to life at the Etihad Stadium to provoke a response. For while the majority of Premier League viewers will vow to consign the coming weeks and months to the bin as the legal warfare continues, it matters to those players and it matters to their manager.

Pep set for shock return to Etihad

PEP GUARDIOLA will make an extraordinary first return to Manchester City next week in the wake of the bombshell verdict that has rocked the Premier League.

City's former manager is set to attend Wednesday's Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain, seen as a show of solidarity towards the club after they were found guilty of all but one of their charges for breaking financial rules. Guardiola will be joined at the Etihad Stadium by the City board, including chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, for the club's first home European match since his summer exit. Sources close to Guardiola had suggested yesterday he was unsure if the trip would be viable before the decision was taken to travel over. His right-hand man Manel Estiarte does consultancy work for City Football Group and is also set to attend. City have lodged an appeal against the findings that they artificially inflated commercial revenues by £830million through ‘sham’ contracts with a range of Abu Dhabi-based companies. Guardiola leapt to City’s defence last week, saying: ‘I want every Manchester City fan to know I am here; more than ever. I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club. Let me be clear: we will get through this together. I love you all.’

JACK GAUGHAN

You can't take my glory, says Walker

from us because we experienced those nights.

MANCHESTER CITY'S former defender Kyle Walker insists the club's glory years cannot be taken away from their players.

City have appealed against last week's bombshell judgment of an independent commission that they broke the Premier League's financial rules between 2009 and 2018.

Walker played for City from 2017 to 2025, winning the Champions League as well as 12 major domestic honours.

The Burnley right back said: 'It doesn't look great. It's in an appeal stage so to start commenting on the legal action... it's not going to do myself justice or anyone involved in it.

‘At a personal level, I can say we spent many a great year celebrating many trophies and everything like that. That’s something that, whatever happens, they can’t take away

‘Whatever will be, will be. It’s just down to the appeal now and what goes from there.’

Walker admitted the scandal is not an easy subject for former City players to discuss, adding: 'It's something we don't want to talk about because we want to be looked upon as winning those trophies the right way. It's very difficult because we have worked very hard for them.

'I also look at the fans that have travelled up and down the country and travelled abroad to Istanbul when we won the Treble — they deserve that night as well.'

City have always denied the charges against them and said there is ‘irrefutable evidence’ supporting that position.

GRAEME DOWN

Arteta eyes dynasty after extending deal

MIKEL ARTETA was full of pride after signing a new contract as Arsenal manager until 2030 — which would take him beyond a decade in charge. After guiding the Gunners from tenth in the Premier League in December 2019 to champions last season, as well as reaching the Champions League final, Arteta has been rewarded with a deal which increases his annual salary from £15million to £20m — making him the Premier League’s best-paid manager. The Spaniard’s contract was due to expire next summer but this new deal shuts down speculation over his future in north London, where he will now have the chance to build a title-winning dynasty. 'It's a privilege to commit my future to the club,' Arteta said. 'We have built a special bond and what is so exciting is that this is only the beginning of what we can achieve together. This is such a proud moment for me and my family.' Co-chairs Stan and Josh Kroenke said: 'It has been an incredible journey and we are excited for what lies ahead. 'Last season was an incredible moment in Arsenal's history. We created memories to last a lifetime. We're determined to create many more.'

ISAAN KHAN

Inside City HQ since guilty verdict bombshell

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ECKERT'S ESCAPE

Southampton's 'Spygate' boss given six-week suspended ban

By MIKE KEEGAN

Chief Sports Reporter

SOUTHAMPTON manager Tonda Eckert has escaped a ban following the FA's investigation into Spygate.

The Saints boss has been handed a six-week expulsion from all football, however the penalty is suspended until the end of next season.

Southampton were thrown out of last season's Championship play-offs after Daily Mail Sport revealed the incredible news that they had spied on opponents Middlesbrough at a training session in May.

The EFL then booted the club out of the play-offs, costing them a potential place in the Premier League worth up to £200million, with a panel handing them a four-point deduction that kicked in this season. The FA then launched their own probe, triggering concerns Eckert could be hit with a lengthy ban.

However, the 33-year-old has instead been given a six-week ban from all football which is suspended until the end of next season, as well as a £28,000 fine and reprimand.

Eckert was sanctioned for three breaches relating to spying on the training sessions of Oxford United, Ipswich Town and Boro between December 2025 and May this year.

Should the German repeat the offence, the suspension will be triggered.

Boro went on to lose the play-off final to Hull City, who were promoted.

The FA said that Eckert was the only witness that their panel, which included two KCs, heard from and added that he was ‘exceptionally impressive’.

Explaining the Oxford incident, Eckert said their opponents had sacked Gary Rowett as head coach and appointed Craig Short as interim

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End of an era: Messi salutes the crowd in his final game for Argentina, against Benin

AP

MESSI'S

FAREWELL TAINTED

BY FALKLANDS

CONTROVERSY

AND SELFIE SNUB

FULL STORY: PAGE 72

City's Anfield 'welcome' has police on red alert

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By MIKE KEEGAN

POLICE on Merseyside say they are ready for Sunday's potentially explosive clash between Liverpool and Manchester City — amid concerns the visitors' team bus could be met with a pre-planned, hostile ‘welcome’. The Anfield clash will be City's first since they were found guilty of widespread breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.

An independent panel found around £900million had been illegally pumped into the club between 2009 and 2018.

The verdict has triggered anger among fans of rival teams and all eyes will be on Anfield not just for the match, but for what promises to be a feisty build-up. One social media post is

advertising a ‘Bus Greeting’ on Anfield Road around two hours before the 4.30pm kick-off on Sunday afternoon.

Fans are asked to bring ‘flags, banners, pyros, flares,

koppabergs'. A wink emoji is placed after Koppaberg, a cider served in a bottle.

Police are aware of the poster and have insisted that they will have ‘an appropriate policing plan in place’.

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QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Banana-based dessert (8,3)

7 Conspiracy (4)

8 Mean or miserly person (7)

9 Choose (3)

10 Caused by (3,2)

11 Political division of Switzerland (6)

13 Lifeless or apathetic person (6)

16 Power (5)

18 Alcoholic spirit (3)

19 Coal miner (7)

20 Norse god of thunder (4)

21 Standings (11)

DOWN

1 Rocky \_, character played by Sylvester Stallone (6)

2 Still batting (3,3)

3 Secure (6)

4 Made mistakes (5)

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SOLUTION TOMORROW

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5 Shorty pithy saying (7)

6 Something very ugly (7)

11 Funny (7)

12 \_Lawson, food writer (7)

13 Capital of Croatia (6)

14 Statement repeated often (6)

15 Raid (6)

17 On two occasions (5)

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ACROSS

1 Song by Billie Eilish that reached No. 2 in the UK charts in August 2024 (5,2,1,7)

8 One who tackles things in a practical way (7)

9 Dirk \_\_\_\_, actor whose films include The Servant and Death In Venice (7)

10 \_\_\_\_jacket, a hip-length tailored jacket with a high collar, named after an Indian prime minister (5)

11 Giorgio \_\_\_\_, chef and author who became a judge on Celebrity MasterChef in 2026 (9)

12 The \_\_\_\_, villain played on screen by Jim Carrey and Paul Dano (7)

14 David \_\_\_\_, Scottish manager whose first job was at Preston North End (5)

15 Terry \_\_\_\_, author who wrote the Horrible Histories series (5)

17 Pete \_\_\_\_, U.S. tennis player who won seven Wimbledon men’s singles titles (7)

19 Alexander \_\_\_\_, Pointless host and Classic FM presenter (9)

22 Faisal \_\_\_\_, economics editor of BBC News and Newsnight presenter (5)

23 A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses (7)

24 Gerry \_\_\_\_, lead singer of the Liverpool band Gerry and the Pacemakers (7)

25 Phrase meaning ‘to go for a short walk after sitting for a while’ (7,4,4)

DOWN

1 Canadian rock group who recorded the theme tune to The Big Bang Theory (9,6)

2 Jack \_\_\_\_, ex-military police major created by Lee Child (7)

3 Winter sports programme discontinued by the BBC in 2026 (3,6)

4 A \_\_\_\_ Inversion, 1987 novel by Barbara Vine, adapted for television starring Jeremy Northam (5)

5 A specialised vocabulary used by a particular group (5)

6 Alex \_\_\_\_, cricket commentator and former player born in 1993 (7)

7 The bassoon and oboe fall into this category (4,11)

9 A stiff cotton or linen cloth with a plain weave (7)

13 \_\_\_\_ In Love, song by Level 42 released in 1986 (7)

14 The end of carnival season, celebrated with street parades in New Orleans and other cities (5,4)

16 A device to measure electric current in a circuit (7)

18 An uneven mark or stain, often caused by a liquid (7)

20 To try to persuade, especially to do wrong (5)

21 19th-century term for a homeless child (5)

WORD WHEEL

YOU have ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least three others, and letters

may be used only once. You can't use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Verbs ending in 's' are permitted. Clue for today's nine-letter word: Gareth and I worked inside a production. RATING: 10 words, average; 15, good; 20, very good; 25 or more, excellent. SOLUTION TOMORROW

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WRITE YOUR LETTERS IN THESE SQUARES

BOX 1: What is the real first name of the Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (pictured)?

Steven (R)

Saul (B)

Severus (K)

BOX 2: There are 14 ‘eight-thousanders’ in the world — what are they?

High mountains (A)

Popular blogs (C)

Large beaches (V)

BOX 3: What is being crushed by a stone Olmec colossal head in the Mexico City art installation Neo Ta Memes?

A bus (P)

A car (N)

An aeroplane (O)

BOX 4: Bradley Barcola plays football for which country's national team?

France (Y)

England (W)

Spain (E)

BOX 5: Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are characters created by which crime writer?

Harlan Coben (G)

James Patterson (H)

John Sandford (A)

BOX 6: Which of these terms was first coined by journalist Herb Caen in 1958?

Hipster (T)

Beatnik (M)

Greaser (F)

BOX 7: What is a Sussex trug?

A fishing boat (B)

A wooden basket (I)

A species of moth (D)

BOX 8: Which city recently won its bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships?

Nairobi (R)

Munich (K)

London (U)

Yesterday's solution: DELIA SMITH (1D, 2H, 3A, 4M, 5I, 6S, 7L, 8E, 9I, 10T)

Picture: PA

SOLUTION TOMORROW

MAKING TRACKS

LAY tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each row and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails. The track cannot cross itself.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ---

HONEYCOMB

ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.

1. Aberrations

2. Blunders

3. Brings up

4. White metal

5. Restart

6. Sea fish

7. Tie up

8. Nestle

9. Put off track

10. Forces

11. Sitting

12. Drawing

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MASTERQUIZ

1. The high-security hospital Broadmoor is in which county?

2. Which Greek historian is sometimes referred to as the 'Father of History'?

3. Palomar Mountain, site of an astronomical observatory, is in which U.S. state?

MINDBENDER

1. Lisa and Tim are getting married tomorrow. In ten months' time they will have been together as a couple five times as long as they were three years and two months before today. For how long have they been together?

2. What connects energy, generation and trade?

4. Who plays Open AI exec Sam Altman in the forthcoming film Artificial?

5. Which Spanish artist painted the court portrait known as Las Meninas?

6. Which marsupials belong to the genus Dasyurus?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

3. Which nursery rhyme may provide ONE GRANDSON'S MEAL?

4. Which is the odd one out: La Boheme, La Scala, La Traviata, La Cenerentola?

5. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach RESISTANT.

KILLER SUDOKU

FILL in squares in the grid so each row, column and each 3x3 square contains all digits from 1 to 9. Each set of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the number in the top-left corner. Numbers can't be repeated within each set of cells.

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SOLUTION TOMORROW

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KAKURO

NEED A CLUE? Call 0901 293 6238 or text KILLER to 65700 and receive four clues to today's puzzle. Calls and texts cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

FILL in the blank squares of the grid using only the numbers 1 to 9, without repeating any number in any line of blank squares. The lines must be filled in with numbers which add up to the total in the shaded box at the top or beginning of each line. A number in the bottom half of a shaded box gives a downwards total; in the top half, it's a horizontal total.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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PITCHERWITS™

1a. Observe the bulb fracture, as it boils excessively (7,4)

13a. Maul, in a bad way, with corundum (7)

1d. Juicy morsel for the chattering classes? (3,2,6)

6d. Raw material of a tale lost, alas, in heater's output (4,3)

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Wrote about a block (5)

7 Troubled reign of African flower (5)

9 Picture Clue

11 Dig embankment out of stone (3)

12 Blend of road ten? (3)

9a. Uncorrected, it could tend not to happen again (7)

18a. An ark can bring about peace on Shrove Tuesday event (7,4)

4d. Relax about ampere usage that's not common, e.g. (4,7)

8d. Greer, say, is to the point (7)

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

13 Picture Clue

16 Bush born of a blemish rubbed out (5)

17 Ooze round hospital's woolly types (5)

18 Picture Clue

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DOWN

1 Picture Clue

2 Slow to score in irregular goings-on (5)

3 Sound of icons being redrawn (5)

4 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

8 Picture Clue

10 River running out from a sycamore (3)

14 Shade cast by aluminium bracket (5)

15 Problem of the dissolute dolt getting lost (5)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Mounted up. 5 Spa. 6 Ice. 7 Doorway. 10 Art. 11 Antigen. 12 Emu. 13 Hind leg. 16 IOU. 17 MOT. 18 Reawakens. DOWN: 1 Maintain. 2 Used. 3 Ever. 4 Play truant. 5 Straighter. 8 Olive. 9 Wine gums. 14 Drew. 15 Give.

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MAILWORD

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ACROSS

ACROSS

1 Mineral springs

5 Ball game

9 Move aside

10 Sewing case

11 Talkative

12 Fog

13 Ball

14 Impish

16 Give a nickname

17 Billion years

18 North African country

20 Crest

24 \_Magritte, artist

26 Owned by us

27 Angelic being

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DOWN

29 Adult males

30 Hard of hearing

31 Death

33 Carpenter's tool

34 Haggard

35 Stag, e.g.

36 Therefore

11 Encrypted language

15 Antecedent

19 Choose

21 Dotted game tile

22 Visitor

23 Sea eagle

25 Gentle poke

27 Give up

28 Mistiness

30 Father

32 Drinking vessel

1 Dingy

2 Place

3 Aardvark

4 Fashion

5 Zodiac constellation

6 CBBC aardvark

7 Verdant

8 Appropriate

9 Cardigan

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

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HIDATO

COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 60, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 60. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW | 54 | 46 | 41 | 55 | 36 | 56 | 49 | 37 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 60 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 20 |

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KENKEN

EACH row and column should contain 1 to 6 without repeats. Numbers in cages must combine to produce the target number shown at start of that cage using, in any order, the mathematical sign given. Single-box cages can be filled with the number given.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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ACROSS

1. Animal hide (4)

5. Money (old sl) (3)

6. To this point (3)

7. Wheedle (sl) (4)

DOWN

2. Asian cuckoo (4)

3. A jot (4)

4. Its capital is St John's (abbr) (2)

6. (Chem) symbol ytterbium (2)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes.

Your working time: □ mins □ secs

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CODEWORD

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION

EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 20 represents C, so fill in C every time the figure 20 appears. You have two letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW | 9 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | ---

CROSS NUMBER

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6232 and leave your answer and your details or text 65700 with the word CODE, your answer and then your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Saturday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

FILL each square with a number, 1 to 9. Horizontal squares add up to totals on right. Vertical squares add up to totals on bottom. Diagonal squares through centre add up to totals in top and bottom right.

4 mins 11 secs

| $\begin{array}{c} 1 \\ | \\ O \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 2 \\ | \\ S \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 3 \\ | \\ V \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 4 \\ | \\ A \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 5 \\ | \\ W \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 6 \\ | \\ C \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 7 \\ | \\ D \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 8 \\ | \\ E \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 9 \\ | \\ P \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 10 \\ | \\ L \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 11 \\ | \\ Y \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 12 \\ | \\ B \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 13 \\ | \\ R \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 14 \\ | \\ H \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 15 \\ | \\ M \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 16 \\ | \\ I \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 17 \\ | \\ T \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 18 \\ | \\ N \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 19 \\ | \\ F \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 20 \\ | \\ U \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 21 \\ | \\ X \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 22 \\ | \\ K \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 23 \\ | \\ G \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 24 \\ | \\ J \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 25 \\ | \\ Z \end{array}$ | $\begin{array}{c} 26 \\ | \\ Q \end{array}$ | NEED A CLUE? Text the word CODEWORD to 65700 to receive FOUR clues to today's puzzle or call 0901 293 6200. Texts and calls cost £1 plus your standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

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■The board on the right shows four rows of letters from a typical Scrabble game. Use each row to form a word of 2-7 letters and write it in the blank squares provided. Then add up the score for each row. Don't forget to use the double and triple word and letter scores — and add a 50-point bonus for every 7-letter word. Blank tiles can be used for any letter but have no score. See tomorrow's paper for the solution.

SCRABBLE® and SCRABBLE® Tiles are registered trademarks. All rights in the game are owned in the USA by Hasbro Inc, in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc, and elsewhere by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. | E | N | I | H | T | A | E | R | B | V | P | B | V | R | Q | H | C | A | K | P | R | O | B | L | E | M | J | E | J | L | K | A | L | I | O | D | V | G | V | E | S | Y | Q | N | T | E | T | V | O | B | U | A | O | I | R | M | H | A | D | S | C | P | N | Y | S | B | E | E | W | X | O | Q | D | N | Q | Y | W | F | R | L | F | A | U | P | E | T | A | L | Y | T | Y | S | B | D | G | E | Y | M | K | PAR SCORE

140-150

by JUDD

FOUR RACK

TOTAL TIME

LIMIT: 20 MIN

Yesterday's solution: DEVICES 76 PLIGHT 36 OFFENCE 65 PAINFUL 68 JUDD'S TOTAL: 245

© 1997, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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WORD SEARCH

THE listed words can all be found in the grid — running forwards, backwards, up, down and diagonally — EXCEPT ONE. For a chance to win, discover which word is missing.

Today's theme: Ariana Grande songs

BABY I

BREATHIN

EVERYDAY

FOCUS

MONOPOLY

PETAL

POPULAR

PROBLEM

THE WAY

YES, AND

HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6234 and leave your answer and details or text 65700 with the word WORD, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Answers change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions. SOLUTION TOMORROW

SUDOKU X

PUT the numbers 1-6 once in each row, each column, each diagonal (highlighted to form an X) and each horizontal 3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION TOMORROW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | # QUICK QUIZ

1. Dumbledore is an old English word for which insect?

2. A match of which Afro-Brazilian martial art is called a jogo and takes place within a roda?

3. Which TV show with judges including Michelle Visage and Graham Norton has been axed by the BBC?

4. What name is given to the art and practice of concealment and visual deception in war?

5. Some Gave All was the debut album of which American country artist?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

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GOGEN

BUNS

FAXED

HANG

JANGLE

LINE

MOCK

OVEN

PROVE

SING

SQUARELY

THROW

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

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BRIDGE MASTERCLASS | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,983

West

♠ AK854

♥ J53

♦ 3

♣ KQ97

East

♠ Q J 10 2

♥ K 10 6

♦ A 9 2

♣ 6 5 4

PLAYING teams, at game all, you are sitting in the West seat. East passes as dealer and South opens 3♦. What call do you make?

YOUR options are to double or to bid 3♠. I would favour bidding 3♠ to show your five-card suit. One of the problems with doubling is that if partner holds a weak hand with four-four in the majors, they are going to bid the cheaper suit, i.e. hearts, and you will be in the wrong contract. Over your 3♠, partner raises to 4♠, and this ends the auction.

North leads the ♦5, which you take with the ♦A and draw trumps in three rounds, South holding three. You lead the ♥3 to the ♥10, which loses to the ♥A, and the ♦K is returned, which you ruff, and North follows with the ♦4.

You now know that the ♣A is going to be in the North hand, so it appears as though you have two hearts and two clubs to lose. Is there anything you can do about it?

Start by considering South's distribution. Seven diamonds and three trumps leave only three remaining cards in the other two suits.

The hand concludes tomorrow.

FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today's answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts/calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,983, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls and texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

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HEATHER DHONDY

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ACROSS

1 Woman grabs crumpled things to hold goods? (7,4)

9 British writer in turn employed was puzzled (7)

10 One turning over device for swimming (7)

11 Some specific extra requirement in a rink? (3)

12 Building poorly certified overlooking sides of rest (7)

13 Rosie, when depleted, flags and leaves work (7)

14 Express mild disapproval of short ballerina's skirt (3)

15 Talk about Central African country (5)

17 Citizen of EU capital held back in Vietnam, originally (5)

18 Theme that recurs too much in French farce, ultimately (5)

20 Smells in inlets initially ignored (5)

22 Sphere in gold and black (3)

24 Intimidate woman beset by awful woe (7)

25 Enthusiasm has a legitimacy with a learner gone (7)

26 Chap sleeps on a regular basis (3)

27 Condition for face protector restricted (7)

28 Friends with scorn possibly about case for independence (7)

29 Number facing new pressure getting technician of a neutral sort (3-8)

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DOWN

1 Enter soon new ground and feel a sense of fulfilment? (4,4,4,3)

2 Hoarse group touring fancy spa (7)

3 Fashionable stop for band with a small label (5)

4 Allusion in testimonial (9)

5 A very current work schedule held up pilot, maybe (7)

6 This person's in great place adding one thing to another? (15)

7 Miserable graduate turns up with cold in plane (6)

8 Place for a stretch? (6)

16 A cab loner ordered in Spanish city (9)

18 One serving, we hear, in group of actors (6)

19 Family member right away has joy (7)

21 Ship containing trouble for leaderless personnel at sea (7)

23 My desire with week gone of a youthful sort (6)

25 A Celt in racecourse (5)

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLES

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SUDOKU | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | PRIZE SUDOKU | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | ---

WORD SEARCH Missing: DUXFORD

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HIDATO

L N Z C P B P Y L

B N O D N E H A Y

I P Q T X F V O B

G X W R L E M K G

G T I E T I W O I

I D B S M S F Z D

N O R T H O L T O

H U Q E D E N B T

I I X O M O R L

L O H K L X Y G I

L D E B D E N M F

37

34 35 36 38 39

31 33 29 28 46 40 42 4 5

32 30 27 47 45 41 43 6 3

25 26 48 49 50 44 7 2 63

24 22 20 19 51 9 8 1 62

23 21 17 18 10 52 55 56 61

15 16 12 11 54 53 60 57

14 13 59 58

NINE TO FIVE

CROSS NUMBER | F | T | I | 17 | F | L | I | N | G | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | C | O | P | S | E | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | D | O | S | E | D | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | D | Y | T | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 25 | WORD WHEEL: inept, nope, open, opine, pent, pine, pint, pinto, pion, piton, pivot, poet, point, pointe, pone, tiepin, tipi, tope, topi, viewpoint, wept, wipe. | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | KAKURO | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ---

MAKING TRACKS

30-SECOND CHALLENGE

START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner's; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate's.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 1 Roebucks. 5 Bandit. 10 Academy.

11 Ocarina. 12 Tutor. 13 Schiavone.

14 Shooting star. 18 Marty Feldman.

21 Algebraic. 23 Irons. 24 Ucayali.

25 Matisse. 26 Latino. 27 Detritus.

SOLUTION BELOW

YOUR ANSWERS | Beginner | 78 | $\div 6$ | $\times 20$ | +10 | $\div 90$ | TIMES ITSELF | $\times 8$ | DOUBLE IT | $\div 12$ | $\times 8$ | Intermediate | 36 | 25% OF IT | TIMES ITSELF | +3 | $^{6}/_{7}$ OF IT | 25% OF IT | $\times 11$ | $^{5}/_{9}$ OF IT | $^{9}/_{10}$ OF IT | $\times 3$ | Advanced | 83 | -55 | $\times 15$ | PLUS ${33}^{1}/_{3}\%$ | LESS 30% | 87 $^{1}/_{2}\%$ OF IT | +20 | $^{3}/_{11}$ OF IT | $\times 5$ | $^{4}/_{9}$ OF IT | KENKEN

SUDOKU X | $\begin{array}{c} 4 \\ 4 \end{array}$ | $2^{\frac{1}{2}}$ | 3 | 6 | $3^{-}$ | 5 | $12\times$ | $11+$ | 8+ | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | $5^{-}$ | 6 | 1 | $1^{-}$ | 4 | $3^{-}$ | $1^{-}$ | 6+ | $5^{-}$ | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $1^{-}$ | 4 | 5 | $108\times$ | 3 | $9+$ | 1 | 5 | 3 | $2^{-}$ | 2 | 6 | ---

KILLER SUDOKU | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ---

GOGEN

V X D Q S

G E M U H

N T B A P

R O L I J

W Y F K C

DOWN: 1 Rialto. 2 Ecarte.

3 Unearthly. 4 Kaya Scodelario.

6 Adama. 7 Djibouti. 8 Teaberry.

9 Josh Widdicombe. 15 Gladiator.

16 Emmanuel. 17 Braggart.

19 Dorset. 20 Assess. 22 Brain.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,980

ACROSS: 1 Subordinates. 8 Idiotic.

9 Pompeii. 11 Enterprise. 12 Etna.

14 Sidestep. 16 Red rag. 17 Dig.

19 Offset. 21 Canister. 24 Ally.

25 Plagiarist. 27 Yucatan. 28 Twigloo.

29 Parish priest. DOWN: 1 Shifted.

2 Buttressed. 3 Recorded. 4 Impose.

5 Alms. 6 Elector. 7 Diversionary.

10 Inauguration. 13 Derivative.

15 Pic. 18 Gangster. 20 Felucca.

22 Triplet. 23 Flinch. 26 Etui.

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MAILWORD

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Ken. 4 Fave. 5 Skeg. 6 Han. DOWN: 1 Kaka. 2 Even. 3 Neg. 4 FSH.

ACROSS: 1 Semi. 5 Milan. 10 Mixed.

11 Alone. 12 Istle. 13 Slots. 14 Mae.

15 SAS. 17 Sot. 18 Elms. 20 Sirens.

22 Pacific. 24 Eloped. 26 Phew. 29 Ayr.

30 Les. 32 Aye. 33 Scale. 35 Owned.

37 Error. 38 Bogus. 39 Layby. 40 Seep.

ACROSS: 1 Sisal. 2 Extemporary.

3 Mel. 4 Ides. 5 Massif. 6 Ill. 7 Loose change. 8 Anton. 9 Nests. 10 Mime.

16 Aside. 19 Sap. 21 Rip. 23 Celery.

24 Easel. 25 Lycra. 27 Eye up.

28 Weds. 31 Sobs. 34 Lob. 36 Woe.\*

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SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ: 1 Bumblebee.

2 Capoeira. 3 RuPaul's Drag Race UK. 4 Camouflage.

5 Billy Ray Cyrus.

MINDBENDER: 1 Four years and two months. 2 They may all precede gap. 3 Oranges And Lemons. 4 La Scala, which is an opera house; the others are operas. 5 One way is a, an, ran, rain, train, retain, nastier, artiness, resistant.

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KUROSU

MASTERQUIZ: 1 Berkshire.

2 Herodotus. 3 California.

4 Andrew Garfield. 5 Diego

Velazquez. 6 Quolls.

HONEYCOMB: 1 Freaks.

2 Errors. 3 Raises. 4 Silver.

5 Resume. 6 Mullet. 7 Tether.

8 Huddle. 9 Derail. 10 Armies.

11 Seated. 12 Sketch.

30-SECOND CHALLENGE:

Beginner: 96.

Intermediate: 297.

Advanced: 220.

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