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伯纳姆承认

石油钻探可 缓解生活成本

新任首相暗示将打破埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）的净零排放（Net Zero）议程，承认“英国不能忽视”北海（North Sea）的资源

作者：Jason Groves

政治编辑

在安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY Burnham）承认北海（North Sea）石油收入可以缓解生活成本后，昨晚有人敦促他让“英国开始钻探”。

首相暗示，工党（Labour）对新钻探的意识形态禁令将有所转变，他表示在政府财政紧张时期，北海（North Sea）是一项“我们不能忽视”的资源。

专家预测，解除禁令可在未来十年内为英国创造 250 亿英镑（£25billion）的额外税收，并支持数千个就业岗位。

影子财政大臣梅尔·斯特赖德爵士（Sir Mel Stride）昨晚对伯纳姆先生说：“让英国开始钻探吧！”

他表示，首相应该取消禁令，并批准巨型罗斯班克（Rosebank）油田和杰克多（Jackdaw）气田的许可，此事最快将在下个月决定。

白厅消息人士预测，杰克多（Jackdaw）将及时获得绿灯，以便在今年冬天开始向英国家庭供应能源。但一个

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克鲁尼一家 因山火 被迫撤离 其法国寓所

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在英格兰银行预测能源账单将上涨，并为今年晚些时候提高利率留出空间后，英国正面临一个“不满的冬天”。

最新的打击将使家庭面临四年来最昂贵的冬天。

更多财务压力落在家庭身上的前景，将迫使安迪·伯纳姆提供更多支持。

“英国正走向可能自 2022/23 年以来最昂贵的冬天，”左翼智库公共政策研究所的高级经济学家 William Ellis 表示。“家庭可能会遭受双重打击：首先是通过更高的能源账单，然后如果银行在今年晚些时候提高利率，房贷还款额将会增加。”

“如果（中东的）冲突不能迅速降温，政府应利用秋季预算案宣布一项针对家庭能源账单的临时滚动补贴。”

Ellis 主张可能需要支持来“保护家庭”并维护生活水平。但由于公共财政状况导致

为家庭担忧

今年冬天 利率与账单 可能双双上涨

财政大臣约翰·希利没有太多的操作空间，因此投入更多资金应对生活成本的方案可能会面临挑战。

英国人可能遭受与 2022 年相当程度痛苦的前景，将勾起一段不愉快记忆的共鸣，当时乌克兰战争的最初影响

“能源价格波动剧烈”

导致能源价格飙升。与此同时，在利兹·特拉斯灾难性的迷你预算案引发市场动荡后，抵押贷款利率也随之激增。最近几个月，能源价格和抵押贷款利率再次上涨，因为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普针对伊朗的战争扼杀了来自中东的石油和天然气供应，导致通胀压力增加。

市场押注英格兰银行将通过在今年晚些时候提高利率来应对。昨天，银行将利率维持在 3.75% 保持不变，不过官员们意见分歧，利率制定机构——货币政策委员会的三名成员投票支持加息。

行长安德鲁·贝利表示：“中东冲突继续意味着能源价格高企且波动剧烈。这将导致今年通胀再次上升。”

他还警告说，如果中东战争继续且通胀压力加深，利率很可能不得不提高。

这将意味着数百万已经看到借贷成本在近几个月上涨的房主将承受更多痛苦。

银行预计，家庭能源资费上限将在 10 月再次上涨，使典型账单从 £1,663 升至 £1,680。银行表示，如果不是因为伯纳姆先生临时取消了家庭电费的增值税 (VAT)，账单还会高出 £45。

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关于开采罗斯班克（Rosebank）的决定目前仍悬而未决，前能源大臣埃德·米利班德曾将该计划比作“气候破坏行为”。

部长们还在考虑工业界关于减轻能源利润意外税（windfall tax）的请求，该税项被指阻碍了英国的投资。

梅尔·斯特赖德爵士表示：“如果伯纳姆真的认真对待解决生活成本问题并降低能源账单，他会立即批准杰克多（Jackdaw）和罗斯班克（Rosebank）场地的开发，并结束对新油气许可证的禁令。”

“这将是终止工党‘净零排放’疯狂行为的第一步，这种行为推高了家庭和企业的成本，并阻碍了我们的经济发展。”

伯纳姆先生昨天的言论代表了与凯文·夏默爵士立场的一次重大转变，后者从未在公开场合承认释放北海能源将能刺激经济。

在唐纳德·特朗普透露伯纳姆先生在上周两国领导人通话时曾告诉他将要“开放北海石油”之后，总理被问及此事。

伯纳姆先生表示：“我在电话中表示，在处理北海问题时我会采取务实的方法，这也是我的意图。”

“那里有资源。当人们在苦苦挣扎时，我们不能忽视这一点。”

工党 2024 年的竞选宣言称其将不再发放北海许可证，但伯纳姆先生似乎将这一主张留给了审查空间。唐宁街10号淡化了近期发生转变的可能性，称该宣言立场“没有变化”。但由于他承认开发北海可以提振英国低迷的经济和公共财政，这将迫使工党采取行动。

在上一周给工党议员的信中，商业和工会领导人敦促政府放弃其北海禁令。

贸易组织英国燃料工业（Fuel Industry UK）首席执行官伊丽莎白·德·容（Elizabeth de Jong）表示：“英国仍然需要燃料。通过支持炼油厂和北海生产来最大化国内创造的价值是合理的。国内制造业维持着高技能就业岗位，增强了能源安全，并支撑了我们的工业未来。”

GMB工会负责人加里·史密斯（Gary Smith）表示：“在未来几十年里，我们仍然需要石油和天然气。”

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在驱动我们经济运行并维持国家运转的关键要素上，增加对海外能源的依赖，会让我们处于令人担忧的风险之中。

史密斯先生敦促首相表明他“理解这一时刻的重要性——就业、社区以及我们的国家安全都处于危急之中”。

但安迪·伯纳姆的言论激怒了净零排放游说团体。活动组织 Uplift 的特莎·汗表示，关于在北海钻探将降低能源账单的说法“根本没有证据支撑”，并补充道：“这也将是对气候变化带来的毁灭性后果视而不见。”

“安迪·伯纳姆面临的选择是，他究竟是听从石油和天然气游说团体及其首席加油员特朗普，还是听从英国公众的大多数意见。”

绿党领袖扎克·波兰斯基表示：“我们的国家正在燃烧。庄稼在枯死。数千人在极端高温中丧生。任何首相的首要职责都是确保本国人民的安全——而现在人们感到恐惧。”

“允许新的石油和天然气钻探将加剧气候崩溃，危及更多生命，并给我们的经济带来无法估量的损害。”

国民信托基金会负责人希拉里·麦格雷迪敦促首相将“化石燃料留在地下”。在警告气候变化的威胁时，她补充道：“我们一直惊恐地看着我们的欧洲邻国在与极端火灾作斗争。”

安迪·伯纳姆新方案的首次考验可能会在下个月到来，届时关于杰克多（气田）和罗斯班克（油田）的磋商即将结束。这两个项目此前都得到了前任政府的钻探批准，但随后在气候活动人士的法律挑战下，相关决定被法院推翻。

关于新申请的决定将由扮演准司法角色的部长做出。政府面临着来自双方的激烈游说。身为净零排放狂热者的埃德·米利班德已被米阿塔·帕恩布勒接任能源大臣，后者持有相似观点。

行业组织 Offshore Energies UK 表示，这两个油气田在下一届议会结束前可产生近 £30 亿的收益。杰克多（气田）的所有者表示，它从今年冬季起可为 1.6 million 户家庭供应天然气——从而“减少对进口的依赖以及天然气供应紧急情况的风险”。

在谈到与安迪·伯纳姆的通话时，唐纳德·特朗普周三表示：“他说他打算开放北海石油。如果你利用北海，英国将变得非常富有。”

澄清与更正

■ 昨天的报纸中一篇关于加菲尔德·索伯斯爵士葬礼的文章称，他在北安普顿郡队效力了六年。事实上，他是在诺丁汉郡队效力的。

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男友职责：贾斯廷·特鲁多在阳光下守护凯蒂·佩里

还有其他人需要涂点防晒霜吗？

贾斯汀·特鲁多为女友凯蒂·佩里提供帮助

我们曾经习惯于看到他处理国务。但贾斯汀·特鲁多似乎已经接手了一套截然不同的职责。

这位前加拿大总理在法国南部度假期间，在现场帮他的流行巨星女友凯蒂·佩里（41 岁）遮挡地中海的阳光。

当特鲁多小心地在她胸口上方涂抹乳液，然后将手伸进她蓝色连衣裙的领口完成涂抹时，她露出了微笑。

特鲁多（54 岁）穿着一件绿色的休闲衬衫和奇诺裤，他们在圣特罗佩享受游船之旅时显得十分放松。

作者：Olivia Kemp 娱乐记者

随后，两人被拍到在 Le Club 55 餐厅的一处海滩上拥抱，他们正在庆祝在一起一周年。

就在几周前，他们共同出席了翠贝卡电影节的红毯活动，为其演唱会电影《凯蒂·佩里：生命之旅巡演——巴黎实况》的首映礼造势。

在那次活动的问答环节中，佩里女士表示她“深陷爱河”，并补充道：“那场演出是在我遇到一生挚爱之后拍摄的。”

这对情侣最早于去年 7 月在加拿大蒙特利尔被拍到共同用餐——就在佩里女士与英国演员奥兰多·布鲁姆分手几个月后，以及特鲁多宣布结束与索菲·格雷格尔·特鲁多的婚姻两年后。

佩里女士与布鲁姆（49 岁）有一个五岁的女儿，名叫 Daisy Dove，而特鲁多与其前妻（51 岁）共有三个孩子。

海滩之日：凯蒂·佩里在 Le Club 55

交通意外导致高达 40% 的刺猬死亡

研究人员警告称，刺猬被车辆碾压正在“加剧”这些深受喜爱的哺乳动物的数量下降。

一项研究发现，这些生物在某些地区面临巨大的灭绝风险，每年仅损失一两只就可能摧毁整个种群。

专家表示，道路碰撞是导致每年近三分之一刺猬种群下降的原因，使交通成为了威胁其生存的日益增长的威胁。

来自诺丁汉特伦特大学（Nottingham Trent University）的科学家研究了四个规模不一的刺猬种群，以调查路杀（roadkill）的影响。

作者：Chiara Burrell

他们的研究结果显示，道路交通每年导致当地种群中 15 到 29% 的刺猬死亡，使其成为记录在案的首要死亡原因，并占所有已确认死亡人数的约 40%。

这项发表在 ZSL《动物保护》（Animal Conservation）杂志上的研究还发现，虽然较大的种群总体路杀数量更多，但由于繁殖率较高，它们能更好地恢复。

然而，较小的种群——尤其是那些数量少于 15 只刺猬的种群——非常脆弱，道路死亡带来的影响可能会产生“毁灭性后果”。

这项由英国刺猬保护协会（British Hedgehog Preservation Society）和濒危物种人民信托基金（People's Trust For Endangered Species）资助的研究，正值环保主义者警告英国刺猬数量长期下降之际。

由于栖息地破坏、昆虫消失、农药、捕食者、农机以及日益繁忙的道路，自 2000 年以来，农村地区的刺猬数量已经下降了 30 到 75% 之间。

研究人员在 18 个月的时间里调查了 858 公里以上的路线，并进行了 269 次路杀调查，记录了在站点及其周边道路上发现的每一只刺猬。

随后，这些结果被用于预测交通量增加带来的未来影响。

首席研究员 Lauren Moore 博士表示：“研究结果表明，路杀的影响不仅取决于被杀动物的数量。”

“种群规模、繁殖成功率、食物可用性以及其他死亡原因，都影响着刺猬能否从交通损失中恢复。”

环保主义者表示，在开发减少路杀的长期解决方案时，支持较小规模的种群至关重要。

这可以包括提供野生动物友好型花园、筑巢地、食物来源以及“刺猬高速公路”——即围栏和墙壁上的微小缝隙，允许刺猬在花园之间安全移动。

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撤离！

“失控”山火引发 度假者大撤离 外界担忧 赛兹韦尔（Sizewell） 核电站

作者：Olivia Christie 和 Eirian Prosser

在英国最大的核电站仅三英里外爆发山火后，数百名度假者已从萨福克郡（Suffolk）撤离。

随着这场“失控”的大火持续蔓延，当地于昨日宣布进入重大事故状态。

火灾发生于莱斯顿（Leiston）附近邓威奇希斯（Dunwich Heath）的国家信托基金会海岸警卫队小屋（Coastguard Cottages）附近，这里距离赛兹韦尔 B 核电站以及在建的赛兹韦尔 C 核电站仅有几英里之遥。

火灾始于周三下午 5.30 之后，截至昨晚仍在燃烧，已蔓延至约 150 公顷，相当于 200 个足球场的大小。在此次火灾之前，由于近期连续遭遇热浪，英格兰半数以上地区已宣布进入干旱状态。

环境署透露，该国“大片”地区正遭受“闪电干旱”的袭击，部分地区甚至连续 44 天无雨。

昨日有 100 多名消防员和当地农民在现场——首相承诺将提供一切所需资源。

安迪·伯纳姆表示：“这是一起非常严重的事件。我会确保萨福克郡消防救援服务部门

近景：赛兹韦尔附近扑救火灾的场景（圆圈标出）

获得所有必要的支持、互助、其他服务以及任何需要投入的资源。”

萨福克郡消防救援服务部门首席消防官乔恩·莱西（Jon Lacey）表示，这次火灾处理起来“困难且危险”，是该郡爆发的最大火灾之一。但他补充道：“我们预计风向不会改变而将火势推向赛兹韦尔 C 或 B。B 站是主要关注点，但那个巨大的建筑工地对我们来说也是优先事项。”

“我们、火场与赛兹韦尔 B 和 C 之间的地形和土地意味着，目前不存在严重的火势蔓延担忧。”

能源供应商 EDF 表示，火灾目前并未“影响

马特·里德利（MATT RIDLEY） 见第 14 页

赛兹韦尔 B 电站的运行”，并补充称其也在“密切监测情况”。

然而，据报道，萨福克郡的三个邮编区域出现了停电，影响了 116 名客户。

萨福克郡议会表示，作为一项预防措施，包含约 200 辆露营车的 Cliff House 度假公园已在周三夜间全部撤离。

约 48 人（包括带着婴儿和狗的家庭）不得不前往韦斯特莱顿村礼堂（Westleton Village Hall）避难。度假者贾斯汀·诺斯（Justin North）表示，被撤离的人们之间有一种“闪电战时期的精神”，大家只是“庆幸能安全撤出”。

斯蒂芬·布洛克（Stephen Bullock）和他的伴侣克里斯汀·米勒（Christine Miller）讲述了他们的经历。他们来自埃塞克斯郡的坎维岛（Canvey Island），前往邓威奇悬崖庄园（Dunwich Cliffs Estate）露营车公园进行为期四天的逗留。

他在下午 5 点意识到烟雾飘过田野，这种情况持续了几个小时后逐渐消散——于是他们看了会儿电视就上床睡觉了。

然而，到晚上 11 点，公园管理员拿着手电筒在撤离游客，并“疯狂地敲击”露营车门。

布洛克先生说：“当时天色

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重大事故：昨日萨福克郡邓威奇希斯烟雾弥漫，山火向一个大型度假公园蔓延，导致该公园昨夜紧急撤离

漆黑一片。有毒烟雾弥漫。你甚至看不见自己的手。烟雾极其恐怖，因为那时火势已经很大，我们吸入了所有烟雾。我们上了车并打开大灯，但到处都是浓黑的烟。”

东萨福克郡议会副领袖保罗·阿什顿（Paul Ashton）表示，当地社区的反应“非常出色”，但警告称风险依然存在。

在其他地区，英国部分地区的温度继续飙升，达到了 30 摄氏度。 A

“有毒烟雾极其可怕”

昨日下午，一名男子在埃塞克斯郡弗林顿（Frinton）海域陷入困境后死亡。

另在苏格兰，救援人员表示，在处理两周前在凯恩戈姆山脉（Cairngorms）爆发的山火方面正取得“显著进展”。

由于浓烟滚滚升空，该偏远地区的几户家庭已被疏散，大片树木、石楠和草地已被烧焦发黑。

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热浪死亡人数将创“历史新高”

今年夏天，英格兰因热浪导致的人数将创历史新高，目前死亡人数已几乎是去年的两倍。

英国健康安全局（UK Health Security Agency）昨日确认：“2026 年很可能会出现记录以来最高数量的热相关死亡人数——超过 2022 年的数量。”

据估计，5 月 24 日至 27 日的热浪导致 753 人死亡，6 月 21 日至 28 日的热浪则导致 2,124 人死亡。

总计 2,877 人的死亡人数几乎是去年 6 月至 8 月热浪相关的 1,504 人的两倍。

该报告未按年龄细分数据——但

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

该机构在往年警告称，老年人和患有健康问题的人往往受影响更严重。

2022 年的五次热浪共导致约 2,985 人热相关死亡。

与此同时，皇家全科医生学院（Royal College of GPs）表示，如果室内温度升至 30°C 以上，诊所应考虑关闭或迁移服务。

该学院表示，随着热浪的“强度和频率增加”，诊所必须越来越多地考虑员工的工作条件和患者的安全。

超过 70,000 名罪犯在工党“灾难性”计划下提前获释

在工党的提前释放计划下，已有超过 70,000 名罪犯从监狱中获释。

昨日公布的数据显示，今年前三个月有 9,958 名罪犯被释放——这意味着自 2024, 9 月该计划启动以来，累计释放人数已达到 70,066 人。

在这一被称为 SDS40 的计划下，罪犯在服刑仅 40% 的刑期后即可获释。

但司法部（MoJ）的最新数据发布之际，正值人们对工党计划于 9 月初启动的新提前释放计划产生争论。该新计划将取代 SDS40，且甚至适用于被判定犯有性犯罪和严重暴力罪行的人员。如果大多数罪犯在狱中表现良好，将在执行法院判决刑期的三分之一后获释。严重暴力和性犯罪者将在刑期过半时获释。

在被谋杀的警员安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper）的遗孀将其称为“令人极其失望”之后，首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）上周暂停了这项新计划。

利西·哈珀（Lissie Harper）——她在该警员 2019 年被汽车拖行致死前一个月与其结婚——在得知其中两名凶手将有资格提前获释后，痛批工党。司法部的数据涵盖了 1 月到 3 月底，期间每月平均释放 3,319 人。随着又过了四个月，获释人数可能已超过 83,000 人。

保守党领袖雷米·巴德诺克（Remi Badenoch）敦促工党出台紧急立法，以防止第一批罪犯在 9 月 2 日启动的新提前释放计划下获释。

影子司法大臣尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）表示：“我们早警告过工党，提前释放将是一场灾难。这些数字代表了无数被辜负且被剥夺正义的受害者。”

司法部发言人表示：“作为一个多世纪以来最大规模的监狱建设规划的一部分，我们已经提供了 3,200 个监狱床位。”

法拉格：“精致乔治”是个有趣的人，但我不会抛弃朋友

作者：杰森·格罗夫斯（Jason Groves） 政治主编

奈杰尔·法拉格（NIGEL Farage）昨日表示，他将支持一名被报道因向改革党捐款而受到警方调查的诈骗定罪者。

法拉格将加密货币赌徒乔治·科特雷尔（George Cottrell）描述为“值得信赖的朋友”，并补充道：“除非他们背叛我，否则我不会抛弃值得信赖的朋友——就这么简单。”

这位英国改革党（Reform UK）领袖还透露，他在最近几周接受了腹部手术。

科特雷尔因其贵族血统而被绰号称为“精致乔治”（Posh George）——据称，在 2024 年选举前，调查改革党捐款来源的侦查员对他进行了询问。

《卫报》本周报道称，他在其母亲菲奥娜（Fiona）向改革党捐赠类似金额的前几天，向她转移了超过 $2 million (£1.5 million)。

科特雷尔是一个充满争议的人物，他在美国有诈骗定罪记录，且在改革党内部没有正式职务——但他与法拉格关系密切，法拉格曾将他描述为“对我而言就像儿子一样”。

据报道，他在 2024 年期间资助了改革党领袖的安保费用。

他目前居住在黑山，但其律师坚持认为，尽管他居住在国外，但他仍是英国的合法捐赠者。

改革党财政部发言人

忠诚：奈杰尔·法拉格与乔治·科特雷尔（左），拍摄于 2019 年的一次游行

罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）昨日表示，他“完全相信改革党在进行捐款时遵守了所有选举规则”。

法拉格告诉《旁观者》（Spectator）杂志，他将支持他的老友。

他说：“这个‘精致乔治’……”

“他对我来说就像儿子一样”

琐事——我的意思是，他们到底在谈论什么？当然，他是《Tatler》杂志上的名流，一个有趣且有个性的人。但这些人是值得信赖的朋友。我不会抛弃值得信赖的朋友——就这么简单。”

在最近的一份声明中，

大都会警察局表示，正在调查涉嫌违反 2000 年《政党、选举和公投法》第 61 条的犯罪行为，该法律禁止企图掩盖政治捐款来源的行为。

科特雷尔及其母亲费奥娜尚未对最新指控发表评论。工党昨晚要求选举委员会调查这些指控。

关于科特雷尔的最新指控给改革党带来了更棘手的问题，该党目前正面临一系列关于其财务状况的指控。

法拉奇先生因未能申报来自泰国加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈博恩的一笔 500 万英镑 (£5 million) 赠款，正接受议会标准专员的调查。

这笔捐款是在

法拉奇先生成为国会议员之前提供的，他表示这是一笔个人赠款，将用于资助其高昂的安全费用。

上个月，他在其克拉克顿选区引发了一场补选，称应由当地选民对其廉洁程度做出裁决。

其他主要政党已拒绝在 8 月 13 日的竞选中与法拉奇先生竞争。这意味着他将面对“垃圾桶面孔”（Count Binface）和其他娱乐性候选人，不过一名穿着狐狸装的动物权利活动人士在将这次竞选描述为一场“闹剧”和“马戏团”后退出了竞争。

如果标准调查结果对他不利，法拉奇先生可能还将面临另一次补选。

与此同时，法拉奇先生透露，在改革党同事安·威德科姆被杀的前一天，他进行了腹部手术。

几天后，他在为她献花圈时走路僵硬，因此在网上遭到嘲笑。消息人士称，法拉奇先生当时手术后的伤口仍然“相当疼痛”。

重新接纳：戴安娜·艾伯特

艾伯特在种族主义争议后再次回归政党

《每日邮报》记者

戴安娜·艾伯特在因反犹太主义争议被暂停党籍后，昨晚再次被接纳回到工党。

一名工党发言人表示，她和琼·里德将回归议会党团。

艾伯特女士于去年 7 月被暂停党籍，原因是她坚持此前已道歉过的关于种族主义的言论。

这位 72 岁的资深左翼人士在一次 BBC 采访中声称，犹太人面临的偏见与基于肤色的歧视并不等同。

此前在 2023 年，她在给《观察者报》的信中写道，犹太人、爱尔兰人和旅行者（Traveller people）确实遭遇偏见，但并非像有色人种那样遭遇种族主义，随后她对此道歉。

这些言论导致她第一次被暂停党籍。

但去年，艾伯特女士在向《新闻之夜》（Newsnight）节目表示她所说的话“符合事实”后，再次被逐出党外。

里德女士在今年 3 月其丈夫因涉嫌为中国从事间谍活动被捕后，“自愿”暂停了党籍。

一名政党发言人表示，此次重新接纳是“独立于领导层和政治干预”而做出的。

恐怖组织法院上诉

“巴勒斯坦行动”（PALESTINE Action）的联合创始人已获准挑战内政部将该组织禁为恐怖组织的决定。

胡达·阿姆里（Huda Ammori），32 岁，昨天获准向最高法院提起上诉——与此同时，117 名活动人士因支持“巴勒斯坦行动”而被逮捕。

上诉法院在 6 月裁定，去年禁止该组织是合法的。

但阿姆里女士寻求上诉的理由是，时任内政大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）错误地应用了其政策。该案件基于此论点获准推进。审理时间可能在 10 月至 12 月之间。

这一决定是在威斯敏斯特治安法院（Westminster Magistrates' Court）外逮捕示威者后做出的，此前在该法院本应审理那些因支持该组织而被关押人员的案件。

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作者：劳拉·克雷克（Laura Craik） 时尚评论员

作为国民最喜爱的内裤零售商，马莎百货（Marks & Spencer）在洞察国民口味方面一直被视为值得信赖的专家。

这家高街零售商显然没有让自己陷入自满，因为该公司正寻求大胆地加强其内衣产品线——推出了开档内裤。

它们与布里奇特·琼斯（Bridget Jones）风格的大号内裤大相径庭，甚至与蕾丝的“鲸鱼尾”G 弦内裤也不太相似。因为与马莎百货最新的产品——一款花卉蕾丝开档丁字裤相比，即便 G 弦内裤看起来也太保守了。

该丁字裤三件装售价 £20，提供 6 至 16 码。它们属于安·萨默斯（Ann Summers）推出的 148 件单品胶囊系列的一部分，该系列于昨天在网上及部分选定门店上市。“用这些开档丁字裤为您的内衣带来一次俏皮的升级，”马莎百货网站上的描述如此写道。

“在 Boots 买牙线更便宜”

“它们采用讨喜的低腰款式，由具有极佳舒适弹力的花卉蕾丝制成，并配有俏皮的扇形边缘。”

但这并不是唯一能让心跳加速的单品。

该系列还包括一件售价 £26 的红黑蕾丝开档“连体衣”，足以让悉尼·斯威尼（Sydney Sweeney）脸红，以及一副售价 £12 的黑色透明开档连裤袜。

在马莎百货网站输入“crotchless”（开档），会出现 19 件商品。许多忠实顾客可能会认为，这 19 件商品实在是太多了。

诚然，这家零售商最新的合作令人惊讶。2011 年，安·萨默斯在推出一项模仿马莎百货著名餐饮优惠的宣传活动后，被迫放弃该活动，因为其“S&M 平方协议”（S&M Square Deal）的恶搞引起了该公司的法律行动威胁。

时任安·萨默斯首席执行官的杰奎琳·戈尔德（Jacqueline Gold）承认，这次活动

安·萨默斯和马莎百货有什么共同点？可能比内衣购物者想象的要多

走大路线：布里奇特穿着她的标志性内裤

已经“闹得太过火了”。十五年后，一些顾客在问，马莎百货对安·萨默斯内衣的认可是否是一次过于露骨的揭示。

在育儿网站 Mumsnet 上，用户们言辞犀利。“马莎百货的内衣部门是结实、厚重的奶奶裤之乡，而不是色情内裤，”一名用户发帖称。

“去 Boots 的牙科区买点牙线会更便宜，”另一人说。

其他人也同样刻薄，一名成员问道：“在这个上帝眷顾的绿色地球上，谁会为了追求性感乐趣而转向马莎百货？能不能在英格兰留一个小角落，让我不必面对这些所谓的性感乐趣？”

马莎百货拥有 34% 的女性内衣市场份额，每年销售 60million 条内裤。

该公司报告称，在千禧一代和 Z 世代顾客的需求推动下，此类销售在两年前达到顶峰。

这些服装在货架上的时间会成为热门，还是过于短暂，仍有待观察。

俏皮：这款“轻挑”的内衣三件装售价 £20

DVLA 因 86 岁司机未支付 £3.34 汽车税账单将其起诉

一名 86 岁且患有帕金森病的男子因仅 £3.34 的汽车税账单未付而被定罪。

这位住在纽卡斯尔的退休老人，在其银色福特 Fiesta 的年度 £20 税单意外未支付后，被留下了刑事记录。

他告诉法庭，他的女儿负责管理他与患有阿尔茨海默症的妻子的共同财务，在搬家时漏掉了这份账单。

在车辆未缴纳税款后，驾驶员和车辆管理局（DVLA）在 2 月至 3 月的六周内发起了刑事起诉。

作者：Joshua Haining

他在给法庭的便函中表示，他已经支付了 £80 的经济处罚，他认为那是为了支付欠缴的税单，因此他对为何被起诉感到困惑。

他在 7 月 23 日在林肯治安法院被定罪，这是作为单一司法程序（single justice procedure）的一部分，其案件在闭门状态下处理。

法院发出命令，要求该男子向 DVLA 支付 £3.34 的赔偿金。

起诉是在该机构向该男子发送信函后开始的，而当时他们并不 aware 他的健康困难。

他承认了驾驶无有效执照车辆的指控。

在一份在线表格中，该男子概述了他和妻子所患的健康状况，并表示：

“我已不再能够开车”

他的女儿“作为持久 POA（授权书）持有者，掌控着我的财务、健康和福利”。他继续写道：“为了照顾我和我的妻子，她必须处理很多事情。我们两人都快 87 岁了。我患有帕金森病，我妻子患有阿尔茨海默症。我的女儿忽略了支付我 £20 的税收续缴。她搬了家，我们以为关于税收的原件信函寄到了她的旧地址。”

信中还说明该车辆正在被出售，“因为我已不再能够开车”。

他补充道：“我不确定为什么我收到了单一司法程序的通知”，最后请求联系他的女儿“以确认此事已解决，无需进一步行动”。

治安法官 Lynda Briggs 接受了这位退休老人的认罪请求，免除其额外罚款，以释放和 £3.34 的赔偿命令结束此案。

在林肯治安法官对该男子定罪的同一天，另有 60 名被告在 DVLA 案件中被判刑，导致罚款和法院费用总计 £25,000。

此案出现之际，政府在过去 17 个月里一直在考虑是否改革单一司法程序，此前有报道称，老年人和弱势群体因未支付账单而受到严厉定罪。

在过去的一周里，英格兰和威尔士共有 1,950 人因未支付汽车税相关违规行为通过单一司法程序被起诉。

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《每日邮报》，2025 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

四人在创纪录的小船跨境潮后溺亡

在安迪·伯纳姆声称海峡计划奏效后，新悲剧随之而来

作者：David Barrett 内政编辑

随着小船危机的加深，在创纪录的跨境潮之后，昨日有四名移民在海峡中溺亡。

在首相安迪·伯纳姆声称工党应对小船的计划“正在奏效”不到 48 小时后，今年迄今为止最繁忙的一天出现了多起死亡事件。

内政部确认，周三有 752 名移民抵达英国，昨日又有进一步的人员抵达。

在今天为《每日邮报》撰写的独家文章中，影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）向政府施压，他警告称：“局势已经失控，除非首相和内政大臣能掌控局面，否则这个夏天将有更多人丧命。”

尽管抵达人数创下新高，但政府坚称其正在“严厉打击小船跨境”。

政府重复其主张，称“自大选以来已阻止了 46,000 次以上的尝试跨境”——尽管移民可以自由地进行重复尝试，且这 46,000 人中的许多人可能已经身在英国。

周三的抵达人数打破了今年之前的最高纪录，此前最高纪录为 6 月 15 日创下的 710 人。

在昨天的海峡悲剧中，三名女性和一名男性在海峡法国一侧的独立事件中丧生。

一艘船在布洛涅南部的 Neufchatel-Hardelot 附近翻覆，导致一名乘客死亡，一名婴儿“险些溺亡”。法国媒体报道，这艘橡皮艇是在 16 小时前从 Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer 出发的。

法国当局表示，三名女性——据报道年龄分别在 20, 30 和 50 岁左右——被发现死在敦刻尔克港附近。

一名政府发言人表示：

“我们将继续与法国及海外合作伙伴不懈努力，以防止这些危险的旅程。”

一名内政部发言人补充道：“本届政府正在严厉打击小船跨境，小船移民的遣返数量达到记录水平，且寻求庇护的申请量下降了 12 %。内政大臣已与法国签署了一项具有里程碑意义的新型‘按结果付费’协议，以加强在海滩上的执法行动，并将人口走私者关进监狱。”

周三的抵达人数将今年的累计总数推至 14,128, 较去年同期下降了 42 %。但上周，一艘载有 165 人的“巨型橡皮艇”抵达英国——这是已知单次航行跨境人数最多的一次。

周三，菲尔普先生在法国海滩监督出发情况，一名法国官员告诉他，他们接到的命令是不干预。

当 100 多名移民聚集在浅水区并艰难地登上超载橡皮艇时，宪兵们在旁地看着。改革党议员罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）呼吁停止向法国提供英国资金，称其为“完全且彻底的浪费”，并补充道：“很明显，我们被当成了傻瓜。”

周二，安迪·伯纳姆先生表示：“总体而言，船只跨境数量在下降，且同比显著下降。因此，这表明计划正在奏效。”

日抵达人数的纪录是 1,305, 创于 2022 年 9 月 3 日。

评论 作者：Chris Philp 影子内政大臣

本周，我亲眼目睹了法国海滩上展开的混乱场面，非法移民们登上小船横跨海峡。

首相声称他阻止小船的计划“正在奏效”，但在他这么说的几个小时内，就在今年迄今为止最繁忙的小船跨境日之后，有四人死亡。

很明显，安迪·伯纳姆不仅对如何处理移民问题毫无头绪，而且他甚至根本不想讨论这个问题。

在最近因巨浪导致过境人数暂时减少之后，目前人数正激增——自他就任首相以来，已有 1,500 名移民抵达南海岸。

局势已失控，除非首相和内政大臣能够掌控局面，否则今年夏天将有更多人死亡。我已

如果首相不能控制这场危机，将会有更多人死亡

亲眼见证了问题的规模。周三，我追踪了一群非法移民，他们从法国北部的林地营地出发，沿着数英里的海滩前行，然后进入水中。

最终，大约 100 名非法移民（大多是非洲青年男性）启动了他们的船只，而法国宪兵则在旁观望。

他们本可以在这些人地在海滩上等待或在齐膝深的水中登船时将其逮捕，但宪兵

在镜头前告诉我，他们接到的命令是不采取任何肢体行动来阻止移民。组织这次前往英国跨境行动的走私者在船只离开前不久下船，并沿着海滩走开。

我向宪兵指出了他的位置，并要求他们逮捕他。令人震惊的是，他们断然拒绝这样做。

事实是，除非我们终止激励他们进行这段旅程的奖励机制，否则非法移民将继续尝试跨越英吉利海峡前往英国。乘坐橡皮艇跨越英吉利海峡是危险的，但每年仍有数千名移民准备冒这个险，因为他们知道，如果能到达英国，他们将获得住房、食物、资金，并能够在这里非法工作。而且，他们极不可能被遣返。

这就是为什么保守党有一个计划来解决这个问题。我们将退出《欧洲人权公约》，这一举措将使我们能够在非法移民抵达后的一周内将其全部遣返。

我们将禁止他们申请庇护、提出现代奴隶制主张、接受法律援助或向法院提出任何留下的诉求。

如果非法移民知道他们会在一周内被驱逐出境，他们根本就不会来这里。

澳大利亚 13 年前采取了类似的措施，迅速将通过船只进行的非法移民人数减少到几乎为零。

只有保守党对处理这一问题拥有妥当的战略，而且根据我本周所见，实施该计划刻不容缓。

克里斯·菲尔普 (Chris Philp) 是克罗伊登南区 (Croydon South) 的保守党国会议员

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破裂的边境：移民使用西班牙国民警卫队的充气艇从摩洛哥抵达休塔飞地，而其他人则翻越围栏

作者：伊โม根·加芬克尔 (Imogen Garfinkel)

数百名移民冲入西班牙，使边境守卫不堪重负，并引发了要求宣布国家紧急状态的呼吁。

非凡的画面显示，大量人群在岸边游泳，在海滩上疾跑，并分散到与摩洛哥接壤的西班牙微小领地休塔的街道上。

休塔总统昨天宣布进入“全面人道主义和社会紧急状态”，至少有 60 名移民被发现死亡，营地已不堪重负。此前，西班牙社会党政府于今年批准了给予 50 万无证移民合法身份的计划。

从摩洛哥迁入西班牙两个北非领地（休塔和梅利利亚）的移民问题，长期以来一直是两国之间政治敏感的议题。

视频显示，移民们首先成群地走向岸边的边境围栏，然后游过防波堤

“至少 60 名移民被冲上岸死亡”

那道标志着边境的界线，在西班牙国民警卫队成员无奈地站在一旁时，他们就地未经检查地进入了欧盟。

作为回应，愤怒的西班牙公民走上街头将他们推回。许多人被看到挥舞着西班牙国旗并向他们大喊大叫。

“我们正处于完全的人道主义和社会紧急状态，”塞乌塔（Ceuta）主席胡安·赫苏斯·维瓦斯（Juan Jesus Vivas）在西班牙电视上表示。“在过去的几天里，超过 1,500 名移民（包括成年人和未成年人）乘海抵达塞乌塔。接收中心已经饱和——那里已经没有空间容纳任何人。根据周二的数据，每天入境人数超过 200 人。”

西班牙内政部表示，各部委正“协调行动，以最高速度和效率应对塞乌塔的局面”。内政部部

西班牙进入“紧急状态”，数百人从非洲越境而入

无法阻挡的浪潮：西班牙警员昨日无奈地站在一旁，而愤怒的当地人则试图将移民赶走

长费尔南多·格兰德-马拉斯卡（Fernando Grande-Marlaska）今日将前往塞乌塔“监测局势”并会见官员。

西班牙政府表示，已增加资源“以确保安全和控制移民，并提供必要的人道主义援助，从而确保在海上没有生命受到威胁”。政府补充称，摩洛哥正“忠实且持久地与西班牙合作，并密切协作以处理这一局面”。政府表示：“摩洛哥安全部队正阻止大量试图从摩洛哥抵达塞乌塔的人员。”

维瓦斯表示，无人陪伴未成年人的设施已达到容量的 2,400%。他称其为国家紧急状态，要求在统一的指挥结构下采取“决定性的、强有力的、立即的且协调的”应对措施。

西班牙的几个工会谴责了马德里方面。代表西班牙国家警察的 Jupol 表示：

“我们在塞乌塔的警员继续在能力极限范围内工作，面对如此规模的局势，显然缺乏人员和物资资源。”

该工会继续指责摩洛哥是这次涌入的幕后主使，称：“摩洛哥在其混合战争战略中抓住了机会，再次利用塞乌塔的移民压力进行政治勒索。”

与此同时，代表西班牙国民警卫队成员的 Jucil 谴责了“人员和资源的匮乏”，并补充道：“为什么还没有部署更多的人力物力资源？”

愤怒的西班牙人表示，他们昨日被迫在故乡的街道上追赶移民。塞乌塔和梅利利亚（Melilla）代表了欧盟与非洲唯一的陆地边境。这两座城市周期性地会出现寻求抵达欧洲的移民尝试越境的激增。

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每日邮报，2025 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

塞浦路斯坠亡幼儿成为三年内在酒店死亡的第三名英国人

一名从塞浦路斯酒店窗户坠亡的幼儿，是四年来在该度假胜地死亡的第三名英国游客。

受害者家属痛批

独家报道

由 Eirian Prosser 和 Andy Jehring 发自帕福斯（Paphos）

当局因未对金埃维尔顿（King Evelthon）酒店的死亡事件进行充分调查而受到质疑——而最新一起悲剧中两岁孩子的悲痛父亲今日将出庭。

这名 37 岁的城市银行家被指控因鲁莽、轻率或危险行为导致死亡，在被起诉前被拘留了八天。当地媒体称这是塞浦路斯警方“最残酷的行为”，因为该拘留期限是最长可用的时间，通常仅适用于谋杀犯。

这家位于帕福斯附近克洛拉卡斯（Chlorakas）的海滨五星级场所，近年来发生了多起悲剧——包括另外两名英国度假者的死亡。

来自大曼彻斯特郡利（Leigh）的 21 岁青年本·伍兹（Ben Woods）在 2022 年 7 月于酒店泳池打排球时溺水。

目击者报告称，当他在水中昏迷时，救生员正“在玩手机”，由其他度假者进行心肺复苏（CPR）。本的家人雇请了一名当地律师，但被告知“没有刑事程序”，因为法官裁定这是一起“简单的溺水事件”。

来自苏格兰因弗内斯（Inverness）的六岁男孩鲁阿里·奈恩（Ruaridh Nairne）于次年 2023 年 10 月 14 日在同一家酒店游泳时溺水，被其母亲菲奥娜（Fiona）发现时已失去意识漂浮在水中。

据报道，另一名女性在 2024 年游泳时死亡。安东尼斯（Antonis）

“无法想象的噩梦”

金埃维尔顿酒店总经理斯蒂维塔尼德斯（Stivitanides）声称：“所有这些死亡事件警方都进行了全面调查，并认定酒店方面没有过错。”

英国一个法庭在 2023 年判定该度假村的泳池没有许可证，但酒店坚称其拥有许可证。

令人震惊的是，当《每日邮报》本周访问金埃维尔顿酒店时，那个幼儿在 7 月 12 日坠落的四楼大窗户仍然开着。

酒店没有放置危险警告标志，也没有将玻璃滑窗锁死。英国健康与安全指南规定，酒店内足以让儿童掉落的窗户，其开启幅度应限制在 10 厘米或以下。塞浦路斯的规定则有所不同。

一名在悲剧发生数小时后入住的英国祖母表示：“男孩去世后的第二天，四楼的窗户仍然大开着。我们惊呆了。”

尽管这名两岁孩子的父亲恳求需要回家参加葬礼以支持妻子和女儿，但他仍不被允许离开该岛。

一名朋友表示：“这个家庭一直生活在无法想象的噩梦中。他们几乎还没来得及处理失去儿子的痛苦，紧接着就面临父亲被带走的进一步创伤。”

父亲表示，在等电梯时他将儿子放在窗台上，因为玻璃是透明的，他认为窗户是关着的。令他恐惧的是，孩子向后翻落，坠至地面。

已联系塞浦路斯警方和工党（Labour）检查部门寻求置评。

悲剧：2023 年的鲁阿里·奈恩（Ruaridh Nairne）

惊悚：四楼敞开的窗户

蒙羞的警察局长被裁定行为失当

前斯塔福德郡警察局局长被裁定存在严重行为失当，并被告知，如果他此前没有辞职，他将被立即解雇且无需提前通知。

警察行为失当审查小组今日裁定，52 岁的克里斯·诺布尔（Chris Noble）违反了专业行为标准。

该小组由陛下警务监察员凯瑟琳·斯通（Kathryn Stone）主持，认定这些违规行为已构成严重行为失当。

诺布尔先生于周二辞职，即为期两天的行为失当听证会的前一天。

关于在亚恩菲尔德公园会议中心（Yarnfield Park Conference Centre）举行的听证会，报道限制仍然有效。

安迪·多兰（Andy Dolan） 报道

该听证会在斯塔福德郡举行，诺布尔先生未出席。

听证会结束后，独立警察行为监督办公室（IOPC）表示，将继续调查与诺布尔先生相关的其他指控，“包括其警察职责之内及之外的行为”。

去年 8 月，在对其工作外行为产生严重担忧后，诺布尔先生被暂停职务。IOPC 当时表示，该办公室还在调查诺布尔先生在无警务目的的情况下分享机密信息的指控。

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揭秘：哈里与梅根秘密前往富豪拥有的苏格兰田园岛屿

日记独家报道 作者：Richard Eden

哈里王子尚未带孩子前往巴尔莫拉尔——那是他形容为“简直是天堂”的位于艾伯丁郡的皇家私人庄园。

然而，他却秘密地带着孩子们前往了一个由一名对冲基金大亨拥有的苏格兰偏远岛屿。

《每日邮报》获悉，萨塞克斯公爵与公爵夫人及其子女——七岁的阿奇王子（Prince Archie）和五岁的莉莉贝特公主（Princess Lilibet）本月早些时候在塔内拉莫尔岛（Tanera Mor）逗留。

据称，这座私人岛屿曾启发了1973年由爱德华·伍德沃德（Edward Woodward）、克里斯托弗·李（Christopher Lee）和布里特·埃克伦德（Britt Eklund）主演的邪典电影《柳条人》（The Wicker Man）。

据信哈里此前曾访问过该岛，该岛在2017年由对冲基金巨头 Marshall Wace 的联合创始人、亿万富翁伊恩·韦斯（Ian Wace）以£1.7 million的价格买下。

“亿万富翁改造的岛屿”

当63岁的韦斯买下夏岛群（Summer Isles）中最大的塔内拉莫尔岛时，岛上仅有五名居民，数量还少于处于各种破败程度的佃农小屋。但自此，这座800英亩的岛屿被韦斯改造，他向岛上投入了£100 million，种植了100,000棵树，修复了12处房产，并铺设了三英里的道路。

他还复兴了如养蜂等传统技艺。但或许最吸引哈里的方面在于，到去年为止，塔内拉岛接待的1,000名客人都中有一半以上来自 Taigh Mor 基金会。这是一个致力于增强在武装部队或紧急服务部门服役人员福祉的慈善机构。

风景如画：苏古拉私人岛屿塔内拉莫尔

...随着安保费用攀升

数据显示，在五年的时间里，萨塞克斯公爵在访问加拿大期间产生的纳税人资助的安保费用在所有贵宾中最高——其中在与梅根·马克尔（Meghan Markle）约会期间的12个月内就达到了$365,000 (£195,000)。

加拿大皇家骑警的记录显示，在2015年4月至2020年3月之间，保护公爵夫妇的公共支出为$539,000 (£286,686)。

这一情况是在国家广播公司 CBC 经过六年的信息自由申请斗争，才揭露访问显贵之安保成本时被披露的。

哈里的安保费用在2017-18年达到顶峰，当时金额为$364,859，那时梅根正在多伦多拍摄《 Suits》（金装律师）的最后一季。

在岛上期间，志愿者们会修复建筑物、采集海藻、捕获鲭鱼，或者在厨房和花园工作。

作为一名知名的慈善家，韦斯与哈里及其兄长威廉王子关系友好多年。韦斯当时的妻子、前模特萨芙蓉·奥尔德里奇（Saffron Aldridge），58岁，在44岁的美国女演员梅根搬到英国与哈里同住后与她建立了联系。2019年（即梅根与王子结婚次年），萨芙蓉和韦斯与这对夫妇一同在皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅观看了太阳马戏团（Cirque du Soleil）的演出。

据当时报道，梅根很欣赏萨芙蓉是个“直率的人”。两人对时尚的共同兴趣也起到了帮助。韦斯与萨芙蓉在2023年分道扬镳并随后离婚，但仍保持朋友关系。

据信萨塞克斯夫妇是从北安普敦郡前往苏格兰的，此前他们在斯宾塞伯爵与伯爵夫人的祖宅奥索普（Althorp）暂住。在那里，他们为哈里的母亲戴安娜的坟墓献花。在这次家庭英国之行期间，他们还在格洛斯特郡的高格罗夫（Highgrove）与哈里的父亲查尔斯国王及继母卡米拉王后共进下午茶。

公爵与公爵夫人的发言人表示：“这不是我们会评论的事情。”韦斯的发言人也拒绝发表评论。

作者：Ryan Hooper

在哈里王子起诉《每日邮报》侵犯隐私而失败的案件中，其中一位名声显赫的人士似乎在与其他原告拉开距离。

前政府大臣西蒙·休斯爵士（Sir Simon Hughes）在昨天的法庭聆讯中表示，他并不“计划将目标对准”出版商 Associated Newspapers。

西蒙爵士、哈里王子以及其他五名原告将需要等待，以确定在主张记者通过非法窃听、安装窃听器和欺诈手段获取关于他们的报道信息且该主张被驳回后，他们究竟需要承担多少《邮报》的法律费用。

这些原告——其中还包括劳伦斯男爵夫人、埃尔顿·约翰爵士及其丈夫大卫·波尼什、模特伊丽莎白·赫尔利以及演员塞迪·弗罗斯特——在本月所有指控均被完全驳回。

自民党人在失败的隐私诉讼中表示，我从未计划针对《邮报》

在一项具有里程碑意义的裁决中，关联报业（Associated Newspapers）表示，其在应对这场持续四年的法律行动中所花费的成本高达 £34 million。

出版商认为，原告在审理过程中采取的“轻率”方式——有些指控被不加掩饰地撤回，而有些即便在证据明显匮乏的情况下仍被追究——如此地“背离常规”，以至于成本应当在“补偿”基础上予以裁定。

这意味着法院无需判定出版商的成本是否与案件相称。

原告将关联报业的成本描述为“令人瞠目”，且比审判开始前法院商定的预算高出 £18.6 million。

本周在伦敦高等法院举行的为期两天的成本听证会上，所有原告均未出庭。

但在昨天的介入陈述中，代表这七人的 Nicholas Bacon KC 表示，前司法部长 Sir Simon（见图）在昨晚与他联系，“希望代他说明一些事情”。

他表示：“他希望明确，他并非反对关联报业的活动人士。”

“针对 ANL 及其人员或报刊并不在其案件或计划之中。他从未在公开场合将自己的案件与其他原告联系起来。”

“他不是名人，当时是一名负责任的高级国会议员和国务大臣。”

代表关联报业的 Antony White KC 表示，Sir Simon 曾指责该出版商“犯有最令人发指的广泛刑事犯罪”。

“他没有撤回其中的任何一项指控——一项也没有，”他说。

法官表示，Sir Simon Hughes 将有“反思的时间来回顾案件的开展情况，以及该案件在多大程度上未能达到他所寻求的目标”。

Nicklin 法官将决定原告在过渡期间需支付多少资金，以及总额是否将基于补偿原则。判决预计将于 8 月 17 日开始的那一周公布。

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Streeting 退缩

部长不承诺 3% 的支出承诺，因为工党不知道如何为此买单

WES Streeting 承认，工党无法承诺在 2030 年前实现一项关键的国防支出目标，因为他们不知道如何提供资金。

国防大臣昨天十次拒绝保证政府将在本届议会结束前将 GDP 的 3 per cent 用于武装部队。

此前，安迪·伯纳姆在周三也同样回避了关于他是否会在十年末实现该目标的问题。

尽管他坚称，作为首相，他会将国家国防放在首位。

在他出任国防大臣的第一天，Streeting 先生表示，“没有国家安全就没有社会正义”。

首相任命约翰·希利为财政大臣，进一步提高了该部门将被优先考虑的希望。

他在辞任国防大臣几周后接管了财政部。在辞职演说中，希利先生表示，英国应为 2030 年国防支出达到 GDP 的 3 per cent 设定一个“目标日期”。

希利先生重返政府

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不要让英国失去防卫能力

斯特里廷先生此前也曾预告，财政部将成为武装部队的“坚定之友”。

但自那时起，财长的死寂沉默，以及伯纳姆先生和斯特里廷先生拒绝为国防支出增长设定目标，令人们感到失望。

昨日，斯特里廷先生在 BBC 的《今日》（Today）节目中表示：“首相已非常明确地表示，国防投资计划必须获得充足资金。”

“人们应该知道财长对此的感受多么强烈。[但] 这些是未来支出审查时才需要讨论的话题。”

在接受天空新闻（Sky News）采访时，他补充道：“比方说，为了讨论方便，如果我直接说‘是的，到 2030 年我们将达到 3%’。那么接下来的必然问题是，你将如何提供资金？”

“这就是我看到许多之前的政府，尤其是保守党政府，陷入的陷阱——设定他们将支出多少或将减税多少，但与此同时没有说明将如何支付这些费用。”

作者：Mark Nicol 和 John-Paul Ford Rojas

“很抱歉，这条路会导致不确定性、市场信心的丧失以及借贷成本的上升。如果你不具备这种财政纪律，在说明将支出多少或减税多少的同时，不说明如何支付，我们最终将付出沉重代价。”

工党议员西勋爵（Admiral Lord West）批评党领导层在未能提供支出承诺的情况下，却承诺将国家安全置于国内问题之上。

他告诉《每日邮报》：“在国防资金方面，人们使用了大量的烟雾弹。确保到 2030 年达到 3% 才有意义，满足‘RDEL’预算（日常操作和演习费用）的支出要求同样如此。”

这位前英国皇家海军负责人还就政府宣布将提供 £8.4 billion 以确保英国核威慑力一事对政府进行了抨击。

他补充道：“那根本算不上一个事件，因为核威慑资金一直是有保障的。”

保守党国防发言人詹姆斯·卡特里奇（James Cartlidge）批评了工党的立场，称：“你本以为希利会迅速出击，拿出一个实现 3% 的计划。”

“相反，安迪·伯纳姆和韦斯·斯特里廷拒绝在 3% 这一问题上设定立场。国防投资计划到 2030 年只能让我们达到 2.68%，而这正是希利此前因此辞职的数额。”

商业领袖们也表达了沮丧，BAE 系统公司首席执行官查尔斯·伍德本（Charles Woodburn）表示，需要为到 2035 年达到 3.5% 的北约支出义务提供一条“清晰的路径”。迄今为止，尚未设定时间表。

伯纳姆先生昨日访问了巴罗-因-弗内斯（Barrow-in-Furness）的一家潜艇工厂，以标志政府致力于建造将运行英国核威慑的新潜艇。

首艘名为“无畏号”（HMS Dreadnought）的无畏级潜艇，将是四艘准备好替代目前前卫级（Vanguard-class）“轰炸机”潜艇中的一艘。

该资金被列为替代前卫级的第四阶段计划。前卫级自 1990 年代起就一直运行，据报道压力日益增加。预计“无畏号”将在 2030 年代中期投入使用，与此同时前卫级将被退役。

首相表示：“确保这个国家的安全是任何政府的首要责任。但安全不仅仅关乎我们

展示与讲解：安迪·伯纳姆和韦斯·斯特里廷昨日在潜艇工厂与学徒见面

建造什么，更关乎谁来建造，以及谁从中受益。在巴罗生产的潜艇将在未来数十年保护英国，而 47,000 个工作岗位和学徒机会将改变这个城镇以及数十个类似地方的生活。”

昨晚，理查德·巴伦斯爵士（General Sir Richard Barrons）指责首相利用关于新潜艇的宣布，为“回避”国防支出问题制造“烟幕”。

战略国防审查的作者之一理查德爵士警告称，为了抵御俄罗斯的威胁，开支必须迅速增加。

他告诉《泰晤士报》：“谈论目前已获得资金支持的核计划，不能成为逃避国防开支问题的烟幕；英国在北约中需要及时提供所需的国防开支，以便在 2030 年而非 2035 年能够切实地威慑俄罗斯。”

“这是一个无法通过忽视而消失的问题，而且时钟的滴答声正变得越来越响。”

随后，伯纳姆先生向南前往曼彻斯特参加市长选举投票。

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雷纳“将无法实现目标”

按照目前的建设速度，工党将无法实现其住房目标，缺口达 200,000 套；若要兑现该党的竞选宣言承诺，每天需要新建 1,000 套以上的房屋。

研究人员表示，这意味着房屋建筑商必须将建设速度提高一倍，才能在 2029, 年前实现 1.5 million 套的目标。

土地价值计算器（Land Value Calculator）显示，即使是在有记录以来建设情况最好的一年——2020 年，平均每天也仅建设 679 套房屋。

一名发言人表示：“目前没有独立分析师认为政府能实现其目标。”“新房开工量较 2024 年中的低点上升了 43%，……但每年 130,170 套的规模仍比 2023 年低四分之一，且低于目前的完工速度。”

他们补充道，为了让安迪·伯纳姆兑现工党 2024 年大选宣言的承诺，建设速度需要提高到每年 367,700 套房屋。

被重新任命为住房部长的安格拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner，如图）已经

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关于国防计划的争议

作者：Claire Ellicott 白厅编辑

一些地区市长计划，如果允许他们分享其所在地区征收的所得税，他们将向纳税人提供返还。

新任首相安迪·伯纳姆表示，他将允许地方领导者保留部分本地产生的所得税和商业税。随后，他们将能够使用这笔资金来促进增长、创造就业机会并推动社区投资。

但保守党和英国改革党（Reform UK）的市长则建议，他们将转而利用这笔资金，让当地居民减轻高税收负担。

并非全国所有地区都由市长管辖，在税收额较低的地区，伯纳姆先生可能会面临抵制。

首相表示，通过权力下放税收和支出，他将兑现其“将权力从威斯敏斯特移出，并将其带到全国每一个邮政编码区”的承诺。这位前

“将钱还给民众”

大曼彻斯特市长表示，该政策意味着“每一位地方领导者都将拥有改善公共交通、建设住房和创造就业的权力和资源”。

这一税收制度重大改革的计划旨在通过允许地方地区根据自身情况支配其产生的资金来促进增长。

但右翼市长坚称，他们将利用财政分权来减轻选民的税收负担。

蒂斯河谷（Tees Valley）市长本·豪琴（Ben Houchen）表示，他将利用这一政策，使其地区成为“一个比曼彻斯特和伦敦更具吸引力、更具投资竞争力的地点”。

这位保守党市长声称，大多数市长同行会将新资金用于基础设施支出。“每位市长都支持财政分权，因为他们希望

市长表示若能获得税收分成将提供返还

“这样他们就有更多资金可以投入到本地区，”他告诉《泰晤士报》。

“然而，如果蒂斯河谷（Tees Valley）能获得一部分当地产生的个人所得税和商业税，我将建立一个新的返还计划，将资金退还给民众，让家庭能够保留更多他们赚到的钱。”

据了解，赫尔及东约克郡的改革党市长卢克·坎贝尔（Luke Campbell）以及大林肯郡的改革党市长安德里亚·詹金斯（Andrea Jenkyns）也在探讨类似的提案。

然而，一名政府消息人士告诉该报，鉴于地方政府财政压力巨大，保守党和改革党的市长们可能难以将任何额外资金传导给民众。

改革细节预计将在白皮书中公布，该白皮书将在财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）于秋季提交其首份预算案时发布。

据政府称，工人面临的所得税税率不会因为此次改革而直接改变。部长们将保留一项平衡机制，以便税收较低的地区能继续获得财政支持。

伯纳姆先生表示：“根据我们的计划，社区内征收的更多税款将留在该社区内。很快，每一位地方领导者都将拥有权力并获得资源来改善公共交通、建设住房并创造就业机会。”

英格兰的几个地区设有市长，包括大曼彻斯特、利物浦城市地区、剑桥郡和彼得伯勒，以及包括罗瑟勒姆和谢菲尔德在内的南约克郡。他们在交通、技能和基础设施规划等问题上拥有权力。

在接下来的几年里，该国部分地区的选民将首次选举市长，包括大埃塞克斯郡以及汉普郡和索伦特。

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“1.5m 套住房”

承认 1.5million 套住房的宏愿设定了一个“非常困难的挑战性目标”。

不过，她表示，尽管目前的情况比目标设定之初“更具挑战性”，但她“不会放弃”。

伯纳姆先生还誓言要发起多年来最大规模的公屋建设行动。

住房、社区与地方政府部的一名发言人表示：“这些数据没有考虑到，随着我们更多改革开始生效，我们预计房屋建设将加速增长。”

“这些改革包括解决规划系统中的阻塞问题，通过 £16billion 的国家住房银行支持建筑商，并向社会及可负担住房投资 £39billion。”

作者：杰森·格罗夫斯（Jason Groves） 政治编辑

罗伯特·詹里克（ROBERT JENRICK）昨日承诺，将取消安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）为资助社会护理而征收的任何“死亡税”。

首相长期以来支持对所有遗产征收 10 per cent 的“社会护理税”，以支付该领域增加的投资。该构思将作为伯纳姆先生本周启动的旨在寻找“崩溃的”社会护理系统解决方案的审查计划的一部分而被考虑。

詹里克先生昨日将社会护理税贴上了“死亡税”的标签——他表示这将对家庭产生“残酷且具有惩罚性”的影响。改革英国党（Reform UK）财政部发言人敦促首相放弃这一想法，并表示未来的改革党政府将予以取消。

他在伦敦举行的新闻发布会上表示：“如果安迪·伯纳姆推进这项死亡税，那么，是的，改革党将取消它。我们不能容忍它存在。它……”

改革党称：我们将废除首相的社会护理死亡税

“残酷，不公平，必须取消。”首相本周猛烈抨击其计划的批评者，指责他们试图通过“恐吓”公众来反对社会护理部门的改革。

但他承认，雄心勃勃的变革可能会导致税收负担增加，而目前的税收负担已处于战后最高记录。

社会护理征费是部长们正在考虑的几种用于资助社会护理改革的方案之一。其他提案包括对 34 岁以上工人的收入征收 2p 的税。

但伯纳姆先生多年来一直支持社会护理征费的想法。在他的最初方案中，家庭将被要求上缴所有遗产的 10 百分比。

詹里克先生声称，这可能导致“一名官员拿着写字板站在你去世母亲的卧室里，给她的订婚戒指估价”。他表示，在伯纳姆先生的梅克菲尔德选区，一名护士的家人如果拥有一套 £200,000 的房子和 £100,000 的 NHS 养老金一次性款项，可能面临 £30,000 的遗产税增加。

根据现行规则，由于遗产低于 £325,000 的门槛，该家庭无需缴纳遗产税。

当被问及是否需要加税时，伯纳姆先生表示：

“首先，你必须利用现有资源做更多事情。但是……我们在最充分的意义上想要做的一些事情，将需要做出艰难、艰难的决定。”

詹里克先生表示，这些评论是“威斯敏斯特政治家在暗示未来将加税”。改革党被排除在本周由伯纳姆先生召集的“全党”会谈之外。詹里克先生称这一决定是“侮辱性的”，因为已有 30 个改革党领导的议会负责在当地提供社会护理。

他坚持认为该党愿意参与会谈，但表示不会批准加税。他认为部长们应首先考虑削减对外援助和福利。

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工党在国防问题上的烟雾弹

正如韦斯特勋爵海军上将昨天所暗示的，看来在国防预算问题上，“烟雾弹”是工党的主要手段。

在被任命为国防大臣仅 10 天后，韦斯·斯特里廷多次拒绝承诺在 2030 年实现国防支出占 GDP 3 百分比的目标。此前，安迪·伯纳姆也采取了同样做法，反而倾向于将目标期限转移到一个完全不同的北约期限。

然而，自从他接管唐宁街 10 号以来，事实已经非常清楚，首相很乐意将公共资金投入到几乎所有其他方向。

即便目前对于大部分资金来源缺乏明确说明，但我们已经听到了关于 £2 巴士票价、学徒奖学金、降低能源账单、降低酒吧商业税以及全面的社会护理改革等计划。这个名单每天都在增加。

诚然，伯纳姆先生昨天表达了他对核威慑的广泛支持。但如果没有任何权力部门准备提供保卫国家所需的核心资源，那么这在实践中几乎毫无意义。

直到周日，斯特里廷先生才宣布，如果工党未能加强军事支出，他将“基于原则”辞职。如果他能开始全力以赴地确保必要的预算增加确实得以实施，对所有相关人员来说都将更好。

毕竟，他的工作最基本要求就是确保我们勇敢的军勤人员拥有维护国家安全所需的一切。

被遗忘的悲剧

英吉利海峡船只危机的 मानवीय 悲剧有时会被人们遗忘。但四人在试图从法国跨海而来的过程中丧生，以最令人心碎的方式揭示了极其真实的代价。

尽管伯纳姆先生在这个问题上发表了陈词滥调，但显然这场危机已经失控。一天之内有超过 750 名移民抵达——创下今年纪录——这本身就说明了问题。

至于走私团伙，据报道，他们通过在所谓的“超级橡皮艇”上尽可能多地塞进人员，每趟行程可赚取高达 £300,000 的利润。无需多言，只要他们还能逍遥法外，就一定会继续将利润最大化。

同样无需赘言的是，直到伯纳姆先生的政府真正严肃地对待并打击这一祸根，死亡人数才会停止上升。

感受酷热

人们很难不得出这样一个结论：困扰英国大部分地区的干旱，与水务公司的责任一样大，而不仅仅是因为天气模式的改变。

由于许多供应商（其高管领取着巨额薪水和奖金）在修复和升级基础设施方面出现了可耻的失败，每天有数十亿升净水通过渗漏的管道被浪费。即便没有其他因素，目前的干旱期——以及野火、与高温相关的死亡和溺水悲剧——在极端天气条件成为常态的情况下，应当成为一次警钟。

诚然，如果三周后天空开始倾盆大雨，我们可能都撑起雨伞。但这并不意味着我们明年不会再次面临一个酷热的夏天。

为什么英国野火的烈焰与天气一样，也受到了“绿色议程”的渲染

波尔多和马德里正受到火灾威胁。在西西里岛，纵火者将燃烧的碎布系在宠物猫的尾巴上以散播火势。

而在英国，干旱席卷了英格兰的一半地区，萨福克郡的荒地陷入火海，而凯恩戈姆山脉和峰区国家公园在本月早些时候被大火摧毁后依然在阴燃。

绿党人士称，这是气候末日。如果我们将更多风力发电场建成，少吃一些牛肉，这种情况就不会发生。

炎热干燥的时期无疑增加了火灾的可能性，但令那些指责气候变化的人尴尬的是，随着全球变暖，全球范围内的野火频率实际上是在降低而非增加。

根据美国国家航空航天局（Nasa）的卫星数据显示，自 2000 年以来，过火面积一直在稳步下降，据信在近一个世纪内几乎减半。

失败

1871 年威斯康星州和密歇根州的大火烧毁了 100 多万公顷的土地——面积几乎是威尔士的一半——那是在任何人驾驶汽车之前，在约瑟夫·斯旺发明灯泡之前，当时的世界气温更低。

令人惊讶的不止是趋势。很难让人相信，今年是一个异常平静的野火年：平静到在这一日期前，火灾缺失程度打破了记录，甚至在欧洲也是如此。

如果你不相信我，请查看全球野火信息系统（GWIS）提供的数据；截至上周，今年全球过火面积为 106 million 公顷，是自 2012 年记录开始以来，该日期前记录的最低值。

根据 GWIS 的数据，在欧洲，仅有 3.8 million 公顷被烧毁——不足该日期平均值的一半。对于那些在法国被赶出家园的人来说，这并没有多少安慰意义，但事实的确如此。

真正的问题在于，气候变化成为了那些未能采取预防性措施防止野火的政治家们一个便捷的借口。他们

作者：马特·里德利 (Matt Ridley)

可以耸耸肩说：这就是全球变暖，不是吗？同样的态度也可以对待目前困扰七家水务局的干旱，以及随后对居民和企业实施的软管禁令。

然而，如果英国拥有更多的水库，供水压力将会减轻。拟建的两个新水库（自 20 世纪 90 年代以来首个）——位于东英吉利和林肯郡——建设速度必须尽可能快。

同样地，几十年来人们已经知道，在易发生火灾的栖息地中，不发生火灾的时间越长，火灾就越严重。因此，通过受控焚烧防止易燃物的堆积是最重要的因素。

加利福尼亚电影制作人加布里埃尔·曼 (Gabriel Mann) 具有冲击力的 2023 年纪录片《Hotshot》详细展示了“火灾抑制”如何使如今的火灾更难控制。他对于那些将气候变化作为借口的人没有耐心。“他们告诉你天空在崩塌，这全是我们现代糟糕的气候造成的，”他说。“但气候什么时候不糟糕过？”

在英国，政府一直坚持不懈地要求在冬季减少对石楠荒原（英国最易发生火灾的栖息地）进行“冷”焚烧——即低强度、受控的火灾。几代以来的农民和猎场管理员一直利用这种焚烧方式来创造短石楠与长石楠交错的马赛克景观。

不同的高度有助于长出新鲜、年轻且营养更丰富的嫩芽，供羊群和红 grouse 采食，并为金鸻和克鲁利等稀有鸟类提供筑巢的开阔区域。

如果在冬季进行，可以烧掉长石楠植物，而底下的苔藓几乎不受影响。一段著名的视频就证明了这一点：一名猎场管理员在苔藓中放了一块马氏巧克力棒，在上面点起猛火，然后捡起那块未被灼烧、未熔化的巧克力棒，拆开包装并将其吃掉。

英格兰自然环境署 (Natural England) 认为

定期的冷焚烧会破坏栖息地；而约克大学及其他机构的研究人员则认为相反：这通过让光线进入而促进了苔藓的生长。

但双方都同意，定期的冷焚烧可以显著降低破坏性更大的野火风险，因为后者会烧穿苔藓层并进入泥炭层。

然而，英格兰自然环境署已完全禁止在深泥炭层上焚烧石楠，并正大力推动在所有地方进一步限制焚烧——或者至少将其束缚在复杂的许可规则中。相比之下，修剪石楠的效果较差，但总比什么都不做好。

结果，石楠荒原上的“燃料载荷”或可燃植被一直在增加，在某些地方，石楠现在已经深至腰部。

值得注意的是，国家消防局长委员会去年警告称，这类对石楠管理的限制将增加“对消防员和公众的危险”。

与私人所有者不同，皇家鸟类保护学会 (RSPB) 和国家信托 (National Trust) 等机构拒绝焚烧，且不愿整理石楠荒原，因为他们加入了“再野化”的崇拜之列。

焦虑

在政府的支持下，他们计划通过“重新湿润”荒原来降低火灾风险。具体操作是在穿过荒原的山沟和溪流中设置部分大坝，通过减缓径流来保留雨水。但这种方法在干旱时期毫无用处。

一个典型的例子是：峰区（Peak District）的泰德威斯特尔（Tiedwistle）火灾，火势从林区的一个野营地蔓延到由联合事业公司（United Utilities）所有并由英国皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）管理的石楠荒原上。

这片荒原曾经过大规模的“重新湿润”处理，但今年初夏它仍像火炬一样迅速被点燃，火势蔓延，使曼彻斯特被浓烟笼罩，并深层烧毁了泥炭层。直到当地的猎场管理员和大曼彻斯特消防救援队使用两台挖掘机和一台推土机，在相邻的斯塔利桥（Stalybridge）庄园的西北侧建立防火隔离带后，火势才被控制住——至少目前是这样。

然而，英格兰自然局（Natural England）在起诉土地所有者和猎场管理员（即使是无意中违反了栖息地管理规定）时如此迅速，以至于他们担心自己会因为采取上述行动而受到处罚。

附近的多夫斯通（Dovestone）火灾同样始于 RSPB 管理的土地，起因是一名男子在当地水库淹死，其友人用烟花为其纪念。

执念

本月初，凯恩戈姆山的火灾同样始于皇家鸟类保护学会（RSPB）在阿伯内西拥有的土地上。当地人并不觉得这有什么意外——讽刺之处在于，那些告诉我们气候变化是生存危机的人，同时也是那些敦促我们停止使用唯一已知能缓解该问题之工具的人。

如果你认为气候变化是一个巨大的威胁，为什么你要推行增加燃料载量的政策？

荒原协会（Moorland Association）首席执行官安德鲁·吉尔鲁斯（Andrew Gilruth）表示：“虽然苏格兰在管理过剩植被方面有明确的计划，但在英格兰，当局对‘野化’（rewilding）深陷执念，并限制所有减少燃料载量的常识性措施。”

今年5月，在干旱发生之前，吉尔鲁斯向代表荒原选区的国会议员写信指出，过去七年里，消防员人数下降了四分之一，且消防部门严重依赖守猎员的车辆、运水车及其他设备。

禁止焚烧石楠意味着更少的守猎员能够证明拥有此类设备的合理性。他将环境、食品及乡村事务部拒绝改变石楠焚烧政策的行为描述为鲁莽之举。

令人遗憾的是，事实证明他是正确的。我也是。在我去年警告政府政策正在增加荒原火灾风险之后，我现在说“我早就告诉过你们”并不能给我带来任何快感。■ 本文首次发表于《旁观者》杂志。

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对于世界上最富有的人来说，意识到他们拥有金钱能买到的所有东西——然后发现有些东西他们没有而别人却有，这一定是件令人心碎的事。比如，一只恐龙。

本月苏富比在纽约以创纪录的 £37.4 million 拍卖了一具霸王龙骨架，这证实了这些著名的中生代居民的骨骼已成为超级富豪们最新的必备配饰。

这些重建的骨架——曾是那些试图在主展厅寻找吸睛之作的尘封自然历史博物馆的专属——如今已成为那些不满足于世界级古典大师收藏或超级游艇，而想以此给家人、朋友及未来的妻子留下深刻印象的人们的新宠。

在南达科他州发现的霸王龙“格斯”（Gus）已被一名匿名买家购得。但鉴于即使是最大的博物馆，其采购预算也仅为该数字的一小部分，专家表示可以断定它已进入私人之手。而且是那种拥有住宅——或者说多处住宅——且正急需一件长38英尺、67 million-year-old 的中心装饰品的买家。

“格斯”的骨架完整度达 63 per cent（使其比大多数博物馆中的骨架完整得多），并以一种“捕食姿态”安装完毕，这或许与新主人的性格十分契合。

如此惊人的价格反映出一个事实：恐龙骨骼（主要发现于美国、中国和阿根廷）已成为一种热门投资资产，与艺术品、体育纪念品和经典车处于同一级别。

五位潜在买家为了争夺“格斯”展开了十分钟的竞价大战，而挖掘这具骨架从南达科他州干旱的劣地（Badlands）中取出则耗时三年。

“试着出高一点的价格——毕竟这可是只霸王龙，”苏富比的拍卖师在试图将价格推高至 £37 million ($50 million) 以上时开玩笑说。

但一个人的收获往往是另一个人的损失，博物馆们痛心于公众将永远失去机会去观赏这些本应被视为世界瑰宝的遗骸。

之前的恐龙拍卖记录是由美国最富有的人之一、亿万富翁对冲基金经理肯·格里芬（Ken Griffin）创下的，他两年前以 $44.6 million (£34 million) 购入了“顶点”（Apex），一只 150 million-year-old、长27英尺的剑龙。凭借其艺术收藏

“这是你能拥有的最好的奖杯”

其价值达 $800million (£600million)，另有两架私人飞机以及遍布全球的房产。Griffin打破了多项销售记录，例如以 $500million (£376million) 进行了最大规模的私人艺术品采购，以 £95million 买下了伦敦近十年以来最昂贵的住宅，并且——仅仅两天后——又抢购了一套价值 $238million (£177million) 的曼哈顿顶层公寓，这也是美国售出最高价的住宅。

因此，可以合理地假设，Griffin——以及像他那样的人——购买恐龙并非出于对古生物学的热情。他们本质上是想要一件在自家房产中展出时看起来气势磅礴的东西。

霸王龙（T-Rex）——以其锋利的牙齿和贪婪的性情而闻名——售价极高。伶盗龙（Velocraptors，那些在《侏罗纪公园》中出名、体型较小但同样令人恐惧的肉食动物）也非常受欢迎，而那些牙齿平庸、步履蹒跚的素食恐龙则往往较为便宜。

那些拥有一切的亿万富翁最新的必备之选？

一只价值百万的霸王龙

汤姆·伦纳德（Tom Leonard）报道

在纽约

“这是你能拥有的最好的奖杯，”亿万富翁软件企业家丹·奥多（Dan O'Dowd）告诉彭博新闻社。他在 2009 年以 $600,000 (£446,000) 买了一只名为“萨姆森”（Samson）的霸王龙，当时被拍卖的恐龙骨骼相对较少。他当时捡到了便宜，但在过去十年中——由于好莱坞顶尖演员的参与所带来的兴奋感，以及发现了更多完整的骨架——贸易规模呈爆炸式增长，以至于现在每年会有两三次重大拍卖。

在这个过程中，令许多科学家沮丧的是，价格飞涨，恐龙化石变成了另一种商品。

尼古拉斯·凯奇（Nicolas Cage）在 2007 年的一次拍卖会上买下了一具塔巴斯龙（Turbosaurus bataar，霸王龙的亚洲近亲）的头骨——击败了莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥（Leonardo DiCaprio），以 $276,000 (£265,000) 的价格中标。凯奇后来发现该化石是从蒙古非法挖掘的，不得不将其归还。

2020 年，价格剧烈飙升，另一只霸王龙“斯坦”（Stan）被阿布扎比文化与旅游部以 $31.8million (£23.7million) 买下——打破了此前近 30 年前由另一只霸王龙“苏”（Sue）创造的 $8.4million (£6.2million) 的最高纪录，目前“苏”陈列在芝加哥的菲尔德自然历史博物馆中。

这项价值数百万美元的生意引发了古生物学家之间的一场激烈辩论，即恐龙是否应该被私人拥有。

许多化石被卖给匿名买家并被迅速带走，导致科学家甚至无法请求研究它们。专家表示，曾出现过富豪夫妇离婚后，恐龙骨骼直接被扔进垃圾箱的情况。

这一问题的复杂之处在于，美国允许在私人土地上挖掘的化石进行商业销售，而这种行为在其他国家是违法的。而且，正如尼古拉斯·凯奇所发现的，很难确定某个特定化石的来源。

私人买家支付的巨额资金不可避免地鼓励了骨架的非法盗猎——尤其是在巴西和摩洛哥等较贫穷的国家——这种现象被戏称为“骨骼热”（the bone rush）。

在蒙古戈壁沙漠等偏远地区，“化石盗猎者”使用残酷的方法——例如用炸药炸毁遗址——以便快速获取珍贵的骨骼，即使在这个过程中会摧毁其他骨骼。

去年 11 月，英国当局从一家总部位于新加坡的机构那里没收了一头成年异龙（Allosaurus）及其幼崽的骨骼，以及一只剑龙（Stegosaurus）的骨骼——总价值 £12.4million。

它们已然变成了另一种商品

中国商人苏冰海，据称与一项 25 亿英镑（£2.5billion）的洗钱操作有关。

一些科学家声称，给予古生物学家更强的经济动力去寻找新骨骼，只会增加科学认知。他们还坚称，许多私人购买者最终会将他们的化石出借或捐赠给博物馆。

然而，其他专家则强烈反对，认为金钱和贪婪正损害科学家发现并保护恐龙时代（era.）奇迹的努力。他们警告称，这类古老化石需要专业的保护技能，而这在私人收藏中几乎不可能实现。

伦敦自然历史博物馆的苏珊娜·梅德门特（Susannah Maidment）——该馆每年仅有 23,000 英镑（£23,000）的收购预算——称超级富豪购买恐龙化石的趋势“完全是令人厌恶的”。

伯明翰大学的古生物学家理查德·巴特勒（Richard Butler）教授告诉《每日邮报》，大多数私人拥有的骨架从未被捐赠给博物馆，因此由于科学家只能在博物馆馆藏的化石上可靠地进行研究，这些化石“实际上在科学上失踪了”。

但是，对于一个终于找到了前厅完美装饰品的亿万富翁来说，科学又有什么重要性呢？

LITTLEJOHN 休假中

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涉嫌 160,000 英镑大麻走私的网红护士保留其执业资格

作者：约书亚·海宁（Joshua Haining）

一名网红护士在被截获走私价值 160,000 英镑（£160,000）的大麻进入英国后，被允许保留其医疗执照。

32 岁的莉薇·惠利（Levi Whalley）试图从美国带入 35 公斤以上的该违禁物质。

在伯明翰机场边境部队官员没收其行李后，她声称她和一名朋友正从纽约的“购物之旅”返回。

仅惠利的行李箱中就含有 38 包 B 类毒品。但这名向近 45,000 名 Instagram 粉丝分享其奢华旅行生活的护士，勉强逃过了监禁之刑。

护理监管机构表示，将推动将其除名。但她在护理与助产委员会（NMC）的听证会上避免了失去执照。相反，这位来自布莱克本的一孩之母被暂停护理执业 12 个月。

听证会裁定，考虑到她在 2023 年 12 月尝试将毒品带入英国时正处于一段“非常

藏品：在其行李箱中发现的毒品包

困难”时期，撤销其执照将是“过度惩罚”。

她于去年 2 月在布莱克本治安法院被判走私毒品罪成。两个月后，她在普雷斯顿皇冠法院被判处 16 个月监禁，缓刑 18 个月。

听证会获悉，惠利在个人生活中面临着“非常困难的情况”。

NMC 小组表示：“你没有考虑后果，你在那一刻做出了一个非常不理智的决定。” 此外，该小组补充称，在惠利回国航班起飞前一小时，她在收到行李箱后感到恐慌，并不想继续，但“收到了威胁你家庭和家人的信息”。

小组结论认为，她不会失去护理执照，且“除名命令将是不相称且过度惩罚的”。

奢华生活：莉薇·惠利

每日邮报记者

在墨西哥的英国游客接到了关于一种会导致严重腹泻的寄生虫的警告——此前在度假热门地点的病例数出现激增。

英国健康安全局 (UKHSA) 表示，在里维埃拉玛雅（Riviera Maya）和坎昆（Cancun）地区入住酒店的人员中报告了环孢子虫 (cyclospora) 感染病例。

疫情爆发的常见来源包括被污染的食物，如沙拉、软果类和香草。

该感染会导致腹泻、痉挛、腹胀、恶心、食欲不振和发烧。大多数病例在无需治疗的情况下几天内即可好转，但部分病例可能较为严重，需要使用抗生素。

在 4 月至 7 月期间，返回英国的人员中共有 67 例病例——而 2022 年至 2025 年记录的年平均病例数为 93 例。

在 67 例病例中，52 例提供了旅行信息，其中 48 例访问了墨西哥，另有一例还前往了美国。

一名患者仅访问了美国，而另一名患者则前往了肯尼亚。

UKHSA 旅行健康顾问 Philip Veal 博士表示：‘我们最近检测到从墨西哥返回的旅行者中环孢子虫感染病例有所增加。’

‘这些感染是由一种寄生虫引起的，可能会影响胃和肠道。’

‘前往墨西哥以及其他该感染较为常见地区的旅行者，可以通过采取良好的饮食和饮水卫生措施来降低风险，包括饮用瓶装水和食用彻底煮熟的食物，即使是住在高端的全包式度假村中也是如此。我们还建议避免食用某些食物，如新鲜未煮熟的浆果’

“在酒店饮用瓶装水”

‘以及香草、未剥皮的水果和沙拉类食品。’

根据 NHS 的说法，英国境内没有发现环孢子虫，但它在美洲中部和南部、亚洲南部和东南部、中东和非洲等地区十分常见。与此同时，美国正发生大规模的该感染疫情，已蔓延至 45 个州。根据疾病控制与预防中心的数据，可能已有超过 18,000 人被诊断感染，其中密歇根州受灾最严重。

Veal 博士补充道：‘如果您在旅行返回后出现症状，请寻求医疗救治，并告知您的医疗专业人员您的旅行史。’

埃弗雷姆·哈德卡斯尔 (Ephraim Hardcastle)

首相安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 的罗马天主教信仰，是否会对未来邀请教宗利奥进行国事访问有所帮助？我的消息来源私下透露，外交部一直在研究一项潜在的邀请计划。去年10月陛下访问罗马时，查尔斯国王与这位美国出生的教宗相处融洽，且国王热衷于促进普世教会关系。1982年，若望·保罗二世成为首位对英国进行牧职访问的教宗，而本笃十六世则在2010年进行了唯一的国事访问。如果利奥接受邀请，他的待遇将比本笃好得多。已故女王由于担心英格兰教会最高总督与罗马主教过于亲密，仅参加了欢迎仪式，随后便前往巴尔莫勒尔城堡。而查尔斯国王则希望更加深入地参与其中。

首相安迪在《宫廷通报》中被正式称为“安德鲁 (Andrew)”并非个例。当威廉王子在2023年打破礼节地出席鲍比·查尔顿的葬礼时，通报中死板地将其称为“罗伯特·查尔顿爵士 (Sir Robert Charlton)”，这是他自童年以来就没被这样称呼过的名字。安妮公主的丈夫蒂莫西·劳伦斯则反其道而行之。他如此厌恶自己的全名，以至于成功将其更改为蒂姆 (Tim)。原因何在？在他海军服役期间，船友们在BBC喜剧节目《对不起！》(Sorry!) 中将其嘲讽为罗尼·科尔贝特饰演的那个被欺负的妈宝男蒂莫西。

54岁的电视美女丽莎·斯诺登 (Lisa Snowdon) 回顾起她红毯上的时尚灾难时说：“在《危险哈泽德》(The Dukes Of Hazzard) 中，我扎着双马尾，穿着一件格子抹胸和一条牛仔短裙。在《史酷比》(Scooby-Doo) 首映式上，我

穿着亮橙色的灯芯绒裤和一件短款牛仔夹克——基本上，我就像（男性角色）沙吉 (Shaggy) 一样。”如图所示的丽莎哲学式地补充道：“但人生最好不要后悔任何事——在当时，我觉得自己酷极了。”

51岁且支持“觉醒文化”的畅销书作者马特·海格 (Matt Haig) 坦承自己青少年时期曾有商店偷窃行为，并称自己当时有一套“道德准则”。“必须是连锁店，不能是小企业。我自我欺骗地认为自己像某种现代版的罗宾汉。这是我的人生使命：从Boots药店偷东西，然后把东西分给贫穷的朋友们。”那么，玛丽安小姐拿到牙刷了吗？

尤安·麦格雷戈 (EWAN McGregor) 在苏格兰高地拍摄《也门垂钓》(Salmon Fishing In The Yemen) 时，回忆起那个脏话连篇的司机贾兹 (Jazz) 以及父母访问片场的往事。“我母亲走到贾兹面前，赞美了他的厨艺。他回答道：‘别担心，麦格雷戈夫人。我正照顾着那个b***（指指代人或物）。’”

爱酒之人托比·扬 (Toby Young) 在山火威胁波尔多时流下了眼泪——但仅限于郊区的葡萄园。“我不禁想到1855年的61款顶级名庄经典，”他在《旁观者》(The Spectator) 中写道。“如果它们被焚毁，这将是与卢浮宫失火相当的文明之痛。”这位大人是否在拉菲罗斯柴尔德 (Laffie Rothschild) 的酒精影响下有些过度沉溺了？

电子邮件：john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

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做好准备……被宠坏吧

女童军（GIRLGUIDING，前身为女童军协会）公布了自 1990 年以来的首次重大制服重新设计。

作为一名前棕色小精灵（Brownie Elf）和女童军白希瑟巡逻队（Girl Guide White Heather Patrol）成员，我不能说我赞同这种邋遢的新面貌。棕色小精灵们现在穿的是 T 恤，戴着黄色棒球帽；而女童军们则穿 T 恤，戴着蓝色渔夫帽。

这些制服旨在更实惠、更非正式、更灵活，并将重点放在自信和自我表达上——这意味着女孩们在穿新上衣时可以随心所欲。一名女童军本周表示：“我们的旧制服有衣领，脖子周围很不舒服。” 我的天呐！如果她觉得棉质衣领就难以忍受，那么在未来的岁月里，她将如何应对生活中艰辛的挑战？

众所周知，女童军的格言是“时刻准备着”（Be Prepared）。也许应该是，准备好被宠坏吧。听好了，小屁孩们。我们的制服曾是衣领与领带、徽章与饰带、别针与腰带的天下。虽然并不总是舒适，但至少我们看起来很精神。

那个闪闪发光的小家伙

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大多数门店及在线商城适用。Morrisons Daily 除外。由于最低单位定价法，Stella、Foster's 和烈酒优惠仅在英格兰地区提供。由于最低单位定价法，葡萄酒优惠仅在英格兰和威尔士地区提供。Stella Amos (B44804, D345394, Foster's (B44804, D12) Drive, 葡萄酒优惠需 More Card/App 且年满 28+)。19 Crimes Red, 155. Cantina MacKay Prosecuti, 155. All (Good) Things Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, £9.50. Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc, £9.75. Caulifano del Diablo Reserva Sauvignon Blanc, £8.50. Caulifano del Diablo Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon, £8.50. Foster's 优惠于 04/08/26 截止。

你在想她在想什么吗？

jan.moir@dailymail.co.uk

一颗巧克力 £5？这即便对梅根来说也太奢侈了

快，把我的钱包给我。萨塞克斯公爵夫人在她的网站上搞促销，她 The Complete As Ever Pantry 系列中的一款新产品从 £258 降价至 £219。

如果你恰好是个“pozzy-wallah”（去查查这个词！），银行里有数百万资金，且刚好有个急需撒上花瓣点缀的蛋糕，并且是个痴迷于昂贵草本茶的购物狂，那么这无疑是一个诱人的优惠。

该套装包含两罐果酱、两罐蜂蜜、一份柑橘酱、三小盒茶包、一罐花瓣装饰粉、两根蜡烛和两套“香料套装”。

在特易斯（Tesco）超市，同类产品的价格可能不到 50 英镑，但它们没有皇室的光环，也没有散发香气的

梅根在现场促成交易。为了配套该套装，公爵夫人相当傲慢地建议再买一盒她的巧克力焦糖，十颗一盒，售价 £43。

到底是哪些疯子愿意为一颗巧克力支付近 £5？也许就是那些收看梅根在近期一集《澳大利亚名厨》（MasterChef Australia）中担任客座评委的人。在片场，我们的

女孩显得一如既往地自鸣得意，但是我在幻听，还是她变得越来越古怪了？

尽管她声称热爱家庭烹饪，但梅根却无法说出一道她为家人烹饪的最喜欢的菜肴。她滔滔不绝地讲述自己有多爱香料，但紧接着——天哪！——她竟然连一种香料的名字都叫不出来。

她对着参赛者含糊地说道，

她的母亲多里亚（Doria）是一位出色的厨师，但尽管有这种专业指导，梅根还是坚持自学烹饪，因为上帝保佑，她绝不允许任何人分走她任何成就的一丁点功劳。

接着，在另一个疯狂的转折中，她坚持说自己是在家庭烹饪和灿烂的加州

农产品中长大的，尽管她之前声称自己是个“钥匙儿童”（latchkey kid），靠微波食品、电视晚餐以及在 Taco Bell 和 Sizzlers 餐厅的沙拉吧等连锁餐厅就餐生存。

有时，真相就像一支标志性的 As Ever 蜡烛（售价 £64，添加了檀香和橙花，并带有绝望的前调）所散发出的烟雾一样，纤细且难以捉摸。

卡莉·西蒙（CARLY Simon）透露，她一直患有帕金森病，并因面部基底细胞癌接受了手术。

“这很艰难，令人沮丧，有时甚至令人恐惧，”她在声明中说道，她希望这能解释她为何长期远离公众生活。

“这不仅仅是悲伤或懒惰——就好像大脑中负责发送‘参与生活邀请函’的部分暂时弄丢了宾客名单。但我并没有停止生活，也没有停止工作。”

确实如此。这位演唱过史上最佳邦德主题曲——《谁在爱我》（The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977）中的《Nobody Does It Better》，以及可能是史上最佳浪漫喜剧片头曲——《职场女性》（Working Girl, 1989）中的《Let The River Run》的女性，将于下月发行新专辑。

“我依然在，” 83 岁的卡莉说道。在面对个人挑战的时刻，她依然是一位充满格调的女性：端庄、勇敢且令人鼓舞。

米奇·温豪斯（MITCH Winehouse）也许是一位失去女儿的父亲，但在他的女儿艾米（Amy）去世后的 15 年里，人们并不总是容易对他产生同情心。

今年早些时候，他在高等法院起诉艾米的两名好友的案件中败诉，这两名好友拍卖了艾米的数十件衣服和其他财物。

在法官驳回温豪斯先生的诉求后，这位已故歌手的前造型师娜奥米·帕里（Naomi Parry）及其好友卡特里奥娜·古尔莱（Catriona Gourlay）于本周获赔法律费用。

他曾辩称两人行为不诚实，且并不拥有那些悲剧性的短裙、芭蕾舞鞋、香水以及关于一段夭折生命的纪念品。

法官对此持有不同意见，并于本周命令他向两名女性支付 £950,000。

你不得不好奇，究竟是什么动机促使他采取如此刻薄的

最初的行动方案。娜奥米和卡特里奥娜是艾米的挚友，在艾米去世后的许多年里，她们一直保管着这些物品。其中一人希望用这笔钱来支付一次试管婴儿（IVF）疗程的费用。

她们甚至没有从这次出售中获利多少。难道她的父亲没有想到，一直对朋友们如此慷慨的艾米，一定会希望她的朋友们拿到这笔钱吗？

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Jan

MCR

左翼恶霸们

肆无忌惮地

随口说出任何卑劣之词 ——

只要他们的目标是

针对右翼

一名 78 岁的老妇人在厨房吃午餐时被残忍杀害。在这次看来经过精心策划的袭击中，凶手穿过一扇未锁的门，进入了她那井然有序的温馨家中。

在不到两分钟的时间里，这位身高不足五英尺的七旬老人被锤子击打 21 次。死亡迅速降临，这是这场毫无挑衅的暴力狂欢中唯一的微小怜悯。她的尸体在不断扩大的一滩血泊中躺在地板上 24 小时。而有些人竟然觉得这很有趣。

本周，一名自称 Danny Lambo 的网红发布了一段视频，嘲讽前国会议员兼英国改革党（Reform UK）发言人安·威德科姆（Ann Widdecombe）被谋杀一事。

在肯特郡一家酒店拍摄的谋杀谜案现场，他拍摄了一具躺在地上的老年女性假尸，并在网上配文询问：“是谁杀了安？”，仿佛她的死亡是一个轻佻的笑话，一场游戏，一个窃笑的乐子，是不值得尊重或同情的事情。

同样的轻率、不假思索的态度也体现在绿党领导人扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）身上。他拒绝就转发一张照片向奈杰尔·法拉格（Nigel Farage）道歉，照片中一名男子穿着一件印有断头台图像和口号“我们正为奈杰尔制定计划”的 T 恤。

在一名政治支持者可能遭到针对性谋杀几天之后，竟然煽动处决一名政治领袖？你会认为——希望！——波兰斯基会急匆匆地道歉，但事实并非如此。本周在 BBC 的《新闻之夜》（Newsnight）节目中，他三次拒绝就他的“无心之失”道歉，辩称他并非真的打算发布该图片，因此这其实无关紧要。

听着，扎克，亲爱的。你在这件事上的伦理立场简直是个笑话。如果你犯了一个无心之失，在街上撞到了别人，你会说对不起，不是吗？

而且，如果你像波兰斯基一样，曾是一名承诺通过催眠的力量让女性乳房变大的催眠治疗师，那么当那些乳房拒绝按订单膨胀和生长时，你难道不应该道歉吗？这起码是最基本的礼貌。

你能想象这位曾经的“乳房低语者”如果面对有人威胁要斩首布里斯托尔的绿党国会议员卡拉·丹耶尔（Carla Denyer）时会如何反应吗？我们绝对会听到没完没了的抗议。

然而，这是那种令人反感的进步主义群体思维的一部分。激进左翼不仅相信自己的道德优越性，而且认为威胁杀死、致残、抹黑或让右翼人士噤声在某种程度上是可以接受的。

丹耶尔本人曾拒绝与一名英国独立党（UKIP）的候选人同台，称“虽然保护言论自由很重要，但我们必须防止极右翼利用这一点”。这是在否认言论自由，而不是在保护它。

在这条不宽容与仇恨的高速公路上，车流总是从左向右行驶，从未反向。在这条通往虚无的道路上，似乎适用一套不同的规则；另一套行为准则被制定出来，其本质意味着霸凌的左翼分子可以对任何人说任何恶毒的话，只要被他们谴责的目标恰好是右翼。

这意味着彼得·塔切尔（Peter Tatchell）可以在社交媒体上幸灾乐祸地谈论安·威德科姆被谋杀一事——一名在自己家中被活活打死的老妇人。这意味着天空电视台（Sky）的亚当·博尔顿（Adam Boulton）可以在节目中嘲讽这位刚刚去世的前政府部长，离奇地将她定义为老处女、老姑娘、悍妇、粗鲁之辈和处女。

这意味着恶霸韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）可以威胁要杀死荷兰右翼政治家吉尔特·维尔德斯（Geert Wilders）、各类“富有的逃税者”——是的，包括渺小的我——通过把我们推到火车下或用枪射击我们。

工党从未因为这些威胁性的言论而谴责斯特里廷，事实上，这些言论几乎没有影响他顺利攀升政府职位，直到他现在担任国防大臣。上帝救救我们吧。

如果韦斯 (Wes) 曾威胁要杀死巴拉克·奥巴马 (Barack Obama) 或是把波莉·托伊比 (Polly Toynbee) 推到火车轨道下，那么此时此刻，他大概正在“拖把部”挥舞着扫帚。然而，现在的他却身处权力与荣耀之巅：掌管英国国家安全，管理武装部队，且有 182,000 名武装到牙齿的军事人员随时准备听候他的差遣。

韦斯，别把他们全部派到我家来！

同样的冲动，同样自我放纵的虚无主义和自以为是，在那些左翼抗议者中也十分普遍。他们认为自己有权以某种更高尚的目标为名，扰乱交通、破坏财产、向无价名画泼汤，并实施文化破坏行为。而且，没错，他们还对安·威德科姆 (Ann Widdecombe) 的去世幸灾乐祸。

这一切的根源在于一种失控的左翼信仰体系，在这种体系中，相反的政治观点不再被视为分歧，而被视为一种值得嘲讽和惩罚的道德缺陷。无论是在生前，还是在死后。

妮可

尽享 伊丽莎白·泰勒式 奢华

妮可·基德曼在2001年与汤姆·克鲁斯离婚后，从未在狂喜中举起双臂。这位女演员曾表示，那张著名的照片是一个都市传说：那并不是人们普遍认为的狗仔队抓拍，而是一个未命名电影中的场景。遗憾的是，她的生活中又出现了一个都市传说——今年，她在结婚19年后与第二任丈夫基思·厄本离婚。而本周，妮可被拍到出现在波托菲诺的 Splendido 酒店，她正地在这里度过一个疗愈之夏，享受五星级、绝美的意大利奢华体验。这足以让任何女人在惊喜中举起双臂。正是在这家 Splendido 酒店，理查德·伯顿向伊丽莎白·泰勒求婚。事实上，伊丽莎白非常喜爱这里，以至于她有四次蜜月都在此度过。难怪妮可在微笑。

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英国航空客机失速“惊险之吻”飞越伦敦

机长不得不纠正副驾驶的操作，被指为“多年来最严重的险些相撞事故”

惊魂时刻：伦敦金丝雀码头上空发生险些相撞事故的喷气式客机

据报道，一名飞行员在降落时失误，导致一架飞机在伦敦上空 4,000 英尺处失速，距离灾难仅几秒之遥。

该机机长被迫干预并化解了这次险些相撞的危机——此次事故被描述为多年来最严重的一次——

“飞机失速并损失高度”

随后该空中客车 A320 飞机在希思罗机场降落。

据悉，此次事件发生在 7 月 6 日从杜塞尔多夫起飞的 BA919 航班上，当时这架载有 180 名乘客的飞机飞越伦敦东部的金丝雀码头。

由 Isabella Machin 报道

据了解，飞机在下降过程中，用于跟踪空速等关键飞行信息的空气数据系统发生故障。

这导致喷气机在首都金融区上空失速，这意味着损失了高度并失去控制。

与汽车不同，飞机的失速并不会导致发动机停止。相反，机翼不再产生足够的升力来支撑飞机的重量，导致飞机面临俯冲风险。

据信，副驾驶试图解决该问题，但在同事的尝试失败后，机长不得不强行干预。

消息人士将这次被认为的失误描述为“英国多年来最严重的‘险些相撞’事故”。

与此同时，在业内，机长必须强行干预以帮助修复潜在问题的这种情况是“闻所未闻”的。

专家告诉《太阳报》，这种情况可能会导致“全损”（hull loss），即飞机被摧毁或严重损坏。

“机长现正压力假休养”

据了解，该机长目前处于“压力假”休养状态。

该事件被报告为“飞行中失去控制”，并被标记为“飞行员诱发”。

据报道，航空事故调查局正在调查这一“严重事件”。

英国航空的一位发言人表示：“我们正在协助 AAIB 进行调查，在现阶段法律上无法做出进一步评论。” 该航空公司每周在杜塞尔多夫和希思罗机场之间运营 19 趟直飞航班，飞行时长为 1 小时 30 分钟。

这次惊魂事件发生之际，一份官方报告披露，另一架载有 180 名乘客的英航 A320 客机在向希思罗机场进行最后进场时，在温莎城堡上空险些与一架非法运行的无人机相撞。

5 月 9 日，当飞机以 170 英里/小时的速度在 1,300 英尺高度下降时，副驾驶发现一架“蓝色小无人机”就在飞机正前方。

根据英国航空近距离接触委员会（Airprox Board）的报告，副驾驶将该无人机描述为“非常接近”，并估计其在飞机 50 英尺范围内通过，大约相当于该喷气机的翼展。

目前尚不清楚国王在险些相撞发生时是否在温莎城堡内。

佛教静修中心“顶礼”导致女性深陷痛苦的悲剧

一名曾在佛教静修中心进行 100,000 次相同练习而导致身体极度疼痛的前康养教师自杀身亡，一项死因研讯在庭上审理。

克莱尔·罗德韦（Claire Rodway），52 岁，在前往位于苏格兰西部圣岛（Holy Isle）的噶举萨耶林修道院（Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery）之前，身体健康且活跃。

但该静修项目要求她每天进行 650 次顶礼（prostrations），这是一种涉及身体在地面上完全伸展的跪拜动作。

她还同意在长时间内保持沉默，并因部分课程是在尼泊尔通过远程方式在凌晨 2 点进行而导致睡眠中断。

作者：杰克·哈迪（Jack Hardy）

来自多塞特郡克赖斯特彻奇（Christchurch, Dorset）的罗德韦女士于 2024 年 10 月加入，但于 2025 年 2 月离开。

到 6 月时，她的关节疼痛极其严重，不得不搬回母亲克里斯汀（Christine）家中居住，随后被诊断出患有纤维肌痛症。

10 月 2 日，她在给朋友和家人的遗书中被发现溺死在埃文河（River Avon）中。

其中一封信写道：“到一天结束时，疼痛已难以忍受，而且从早晨开始就从未消失。我觉得我的生活质量已经很差了。我没有任何能力贡献——我无法做志愿者或工作。” 代表家属的艾伦·罗伯逊（Ellen Robertson）在伯恩茅斯（Bournemouth）的死因研讯中表示：“这个机构的运作方式是不安全的。”

但经营该修道院的 ROKPA 信托基金会的受托人海伦·理查森（Helen Richardson）表示，在 30 年多时间里，她从未见过有人因身体问题而提前离开的情况。

助理验尸官理查德·米德尔顿（Richard Middleton）将结论定为自杀，并认为该修道院采取了正确措施。如需机密支持，请致电萨玛丽坦（Samaritans） 116 123 或访问 thecalmzone.net。

静修：克莱尔·罗德韦

帕瓦罗蒂的裁缝因关闭冰箱损坏 100 万英镑名酒

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一名曾为歌剧巨星卢恰诺·帕瓦罗蒂（Luciano Pavarotti）定制服装的顶级裁缝，在被法院认定其因邻居投诉而关闭嘈杂冰箱，导致自己价值百万英镑的葡萄酒收藏被毁后，必须向法院支付 £110,000。

葡萄酒鉴赏家汤姆·赖默（Tom Reimer）起诉一家厨房安装公司，要求赔偿 £550,000，声称其在他价值 £8million 的公寓中安装的冰箱漏水，导致酒瓶上的标签发霉，并可能影响到内部的葡萄酒。

他声称，冰箱门之间 1cm 的缝隙导致空气进入，造成了损坏并破坏了其收藏品的价值，其中包括每瓶价值超过 £1,500 的 1982 年木桐酒庄（Chateau Mouton Rothschild）以及 2012 年的

关于“酒墙”的噪音投诉

彼得罗酒庄（Chateau Petrus Pomerol），后者单瓶售价可达 £3,600。

但萨拉·埃灵顿（Sarah Ellington）法官昨天在伦敦中心郡法院驳回了他的诉讼，并命令赖默先生支付法院费用。法院发现，在邻居投诉相邻公寓内有“噪音”和“震动”后，他多次关闭了定制“酒墙”的电源。

总部位于克罗伊登（Croydon）的国际食品服务设备公司（International Food Services Equipment）在 2021 年的一次翻新工程中安装了该酒墙（赖默先生花费约 £23,000），该公司坚持认为门缝不超过“发丝”宽度，且符合行业标准。

该公司的辩护律师马修·温-史密斯（Matthew Winn-Smith）主张，设备被关闭才是“造成损坏的真正原因”。

麦卡特尼 84 岁首次获水星音乐奖提名

保罗·麦卡特尼爵士（SIR Paul McCartney）在 84 岁时入围了水星音乐奖（Mercury Prize）的最终候选名单。

这位披头士传奇人物是 12 位获得该享有盛誉奖项提名的艺术家之一，该奖项旨在表彰由英国或爱尔兰音乐人发行的最佳专辑。

在昨天于伦敦举行的颁奖典礼上公布的 2026 年候选名单中，他与同样是首次获得提名的 Raye、Jade、Dove Ellis 和 Knats 并列。

麦卡特尼凭借其在英国发行的第 24 张冠军专辑《The Boys Of Dungeon Lane》获得提名，该专辑于 5 月底发行。

此前的获奖者 Dave 和 Suede 同样入围，此外还包括 Florence + The Machine、Kojey Radical、Nia Archives 和 Olivia Dean。

名单的最后一项是《Help(2)》，这是一张为支持 War Child 慈善机构而录制的专辑。

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珠宝店抢劫犯被判处 5 年有期徒刑

作者：Shannon McGuigan

三名武装抢劫犯在一次针对一家家族经营珠宝店的白日抢劫案中抢走了价值 £225,000 的财物，现已被判处每人五年监禁。

在 1 月 31 日的视频中，可以看到 Deniz Mehmet（28 岁）、Lee Ramsey（46 岁）和 Robert Clarke（50 岁）砸碎了位于伦敦西南区里士满（Richmond）的 Gregory & Co 珠宝店的窗户。

一段随后在网上疯传的惊人视频显示，店员们勇敢地试图击退这些头戴兜帽的袭击者，而袭击者在惊恐的围观者面前步行逃离。

其中一名男子被看到反复用大锤敲击商店的大玻璃窗，直到窗户破碎。他的同伙拿着一个巨大的蓝色 Ikes 袋，两人随后将店窗内的手表、手镯及其他物品塞满袋中。

来自 Rochford 的 Clarke、来自 Harlow 的 Ramsey 以及来自 Basildon 的 Mehmet 均于

入狱：Robert Clarke、Lee Ramsey 和 Deniz Mehmet 均已认罪

3 月和 4 月被逮捕。他们均承认共谋抢劫罪。昨天，金斯顿刑事法院（Kingston Crown Court）判处 Clarke 和 Ramsey 每人五年三个月监禁，而 Mehmet 被判处五年监禁。

被盗珠宝尚未全部追回。但这家家族经营的企业此前对公众的“支持与善良”表示感谢。

来自大都会警察局飞虎队（Flying Squad）的侦查警司 Dan Mitchell 警告潜在的抢劫者：“我们将不遗余力地追捕你们，并让你们承担责任。”

被砸碎：他们摧毁了店面窗户

尸体被发现于行李箱内的英国人“死前与神秘美国人同住”

作者：Vivek Chaudhary（发自雅典）及 Andy Jehring

希腊警方在调查一名英国女性被谋杀案时，正在搜寻几名神秘的“美国朋友”，该女性在尸体被发现于行李箱的三天前曾与他们见面。

警员们一直在梳理 Elizabeth Jane Ross（38 岁）在 7 月 18 日于雅典发现遗骸前关键 72 小时的行踪。

他们已确认，她当时住在该国靠近市中心的主要海港克拉齐尼区（Keratsini）的朋友家中。

然而，她随后在 7 月 15 日告知他们，她将离开前往基普塞利区（Kypseli）——雅典更中心的地带——与她认识的美国人同住。警方已经清理了

“她想一个人待一会儿”

希腊小组目前并未发现任何不法行为，其工作重心现已转向追踪美国人。

官员们还在调查凶手在罗斯女士死后，是否使用了她的手机发送信息，试图掩盖真相。

7月 15 日发给一位希腊朋友的一条短信写道：“我需要一些时间——我要去一个希腊岛上。”

发给家人的信息则声称她“需要一些属于自己的时间”，并且她“想一个人待一会儿”。

调查人员表示，这部目前仍失踪的手机在周三罗斯女士被正式确认身份之前，在雅典地区一直处于活跃状态。

随后，就在她的死讯传遍全球时，该手机“神秘地”关机了。

罗斯女士的父亲是一位来自爱丁堡的律师，他告诉警员，他一直在收到信息，时间从 7月 15 日到 7月 29 日。

一名希腊警官表示：“手机一直在被使用。甚至发送了短信，显然是为了让人们相信她还活着。”

基普塞利（Kypseli）这个时髦但破旧的地区，正是罗斯女士尸体被发现的地方——一名无家可归的人在一家废弃停车场发现一个行李箱里露出一截腿后发现了尸体——这里现在已成为调查的关键。

警员们一直在进行入户调查并收集闭路电视（CCTV）录像。

一名警方消息人士说：“她（罗斯女士）告诉与她同住的希腊朋友，她打算在基普塞利和一些美国朋友共度一段时间，但没有提供更多细节。他们被告知的就这么多。我们已经采访了她的希腊朋友，没有证据表明他们有罪。他们提供了重要信息。”

警方认为，她的尸体是在 7月 17 日被带到这座废弃建筑中的。据推测，由于行李箱的重量，凶手很可能就住在该地区或其周边。

这起谋杀案震惊了当地居民，他们在停车场入口处摆放了鲜花，而这里通常是吸毒者和无家可归者的聚集地。

菲奥娜·罗伯逊（Fiona Robertson）是一位原籍苏格兰的艺术家，已在该地区生活了六年，她昨天来这里献花。

她说：“我不认识罗斯女士，但我感到一种共鸣。”

“这里住着很多外派人员，但我们确实面临一些问题。这不是第一次有人在这里被谋杀。”

罗斯女士于 6月 26, 日从美国经爱丁堡飞抵雅典。

死因尚未最终确认，但初步尸检显示没有明显的伤口或挣扎迹象。希腊媒体报道称，检查已排除了窒息和头部受伤的可能性。

文字线索：伊丽莎白·简·罗斯的手机仍然失踪

现场：雅典废弃停车场

是时候清理烤箱了吗？留到明天吧……

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我们中数百万人可能并不擅长做无聊的家务活，但我们却是拖延的大师。

因为当涉及到清理烤箱、整理杂物抽屉或给冷冻库除霜时，我们很乐意让它们在数月内无人问津。

一项针对 2,000 名英国成年人的调查显示，约 85% 的英国人感到被日常琐事困扰，其中超过 40% 的人拖延清理烤箱。

超过 80% 的人表示他们经常拖延，更倾向于看电视或用电子设备玩游戏。

英国天然气公司（British Gas）的调查显示，熨烫一堆衬衫、清理水槽及疏通被头发堵塞的排水孔也被推迟到了以后。

该公司正敦促住户在天气良好时尽快对锅炉进行维护，而不是等到 11 月的“锅炉月”。

Prime 无人机坠毁

零售巨头亚马逊（AMAZON）确认，一架正在配送包裹的无人机坠入了一处花园。

这起发生在达灵顿（Darlington, Co Durham）的事故中没有人员受伤，但一名邻居表示，现场发出了“巨大的响声”。

约翰·皮考克（John Peacock）当时正在打理花园，他说道：“我以为在进行施工，因为声音听起来像那样。那个无人机很大，显然它撞到了房主的面包车。”

一名亚马逊发言人表示：“虽然我们的调查仍在进行中，但我们的初步评估是，一个超出行驶车辆车顶的物体不慎与一架 Prime Air 无人机发生了接触。”

航空事故调查分局（Air Accidents Investigation Branch）于周三上午对该事件进行研究。

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每日邮报，2026年7月31日，星期五

她是整形手术之女王，记录了自己 40 年来无数次的治疗经历。但辛迪（Cindy）仍有一件事让她感到自卑——她的“宾果之翼”（上臂赘肉）。现在不再如此了——在进行了一次 £15k 的上臂提升手术之后。

我第一次注意到这一点是在伦敦的一次慈善舞会上，当时我穿着一件无袖礼服。在被介绍给一名热情得不可思议的年轻人时，我惊恐地看着他剧烈地上下握我的手，而我的上臂赘肉竟然从肘部到肩膀同步地波动起来。

在经历了仿佛一个世纪之久后，我才尴尬地脱身。我只能希望没有其他人看到那一幕。

一周后，在更衣室镜子那毫不留情的荧光灯下，我检查了自己的上臂，果然如此——那是随着年龄增长而无可争辩的下垂。当时我 45 岁，从那时起，所有无袖衣物都被立即摒弃，取而代之的是那些能覆盖手臂上半部分的衣服。这就是所谓的“告别武器”（Farewell To Arms，此处双关）。

这种情况持续了四分之一个世纪，我一直只穿有袖的衣服。这符合我母亲信奉的着装原则：穿着应突出你的优点，掩盖你的缺点。

当然，如今已经有了手术方法可以将你不那么喜欢的部位变成你最心爱的部分。

我于 1977 年来到伦敦，并在 20 世纪 80 年代中期继承了一小笔遗产后开始进行美容手术。

利用在艺术学院学到的比例规则，我制定了一个重塑自我的计划。

我很荣幸地在 1964 年的纽约世博会上与父母一起欣赏了米开朗基罗的《圣母怜子》（La Pieta）。

这引起了我的共鸣，给我的印象从未消散。我推论道，如果米开朗基罗能用一块不起眼的单一大理石雕刻出令人震撼的杰作，那么通过对自己的面部和身体进行微调，让自己看起来更像内心认为的样子，应该是件理所当然的事。

作为一个自认的书呆子（以及高智商协会 Mensa 的成员），我的研究深入且不懈。我大胆的实地考察和训练有素的 385 检测器引导我找到了最顶尖的外科医生和最安全、最有效的疗法，直到今天依然如此。

在我 32 岁、于 1987 年在伦敦一家诊所进行第一次手术时，美容手术还很不寻常。在那个时代，一次性做多项手术完全是闻所未闻的。首先是从双眼皮手术（blepharoplasty）开始，以打开我的遗传性——

终于，我有权拥有“光洁之臂”了！

作者：辛迪·杰克逊 (Cindy Jackson)

……那双深邃的眼睛，我开始了一系列改变生活的手术，包括隆鼻、全脸提升、激光磨皮、抽脂、下颌骨重塑等等。

我说“改变生活”，是因为正如西格蒙德·弗洛伊德 (Sigmund Freud) 所断言的，“解剖结构决定命运”。对我而言，这意味着改变我的身体结构就会改变我的未来。事实也的确如此，在每一个可以想象的方面都是这样。

因做整容手术而闻名从未在我的计划之中，但这一切在 20 世纪 90 年代初发生了变化，当时我遇到了一位老记者朋友，他没认出我。他问我做了什么让自己看起来如此不同。当我列出我所做过的一系列美容手术时，他变得非常兴奋，并说这会成为他报纸上一个很棒的故事。

起初，我感到非常窘迫；我的这个“计划”是我从未考虑过与世人分享的事情。但由于他提供给我的报酬可以资助我计划中尚未完成的手术，于是我答应了。

出乎所有人的意料，我的故事按照今天的说法“爆了”，我一夜之间名扬全世界。无数的杂志采访、电视节目和更多报纸文章随之而来。由于我获得的关注，世界各地的人们开始联系我以寻求建议和信息。

这就是我的美容手术与抗衰老咨询服务诞生的经过。我的许多客户是公众人物，后来成为了朋友；随后，我接到了前往豪宅、

我一夜之间名扬全世界

游艇和专属活动的邀请。解剖结构确实决定命运。在过去的 40 多年里，我帮助了无数的人实现了他们的美学目标。

如今，人们的寿命更长了，年长一代正充分地享受生活。他们希望拥有一张更年轻的面孔来匹配他们更年轻的生活方式，这并不令人惊讶。现在，许多人还想要一个更年轻的身体。

今年我 70 岁了。我遇到了作家雨果·维克尔斯 (Hugo Vickers)，他 74 岁。正如我们所发现的，处于 70 多岁并不意味着陷入爱河太晚。

我就是活生生的证明：引用温斯顿·丘吉尔 (Winston Churchill) 的话，70 岁“并不是结束。甚至还不是结束的开始。但它也许是开始的结束”。

在许多方面，我的生活在 70 岁时才真正开始。在与雨果相识三个月后，我告诉他我计划给我的手臂做手术。

他的第一反应是我现在这样就很好。他没有鼓励我做手术，但也没有阻止我。

他相信凭借我在该领域的专业知识，我知道自己在做什么。他也意识到，在未来的岁月里，如果我现在不做，我会后悔——因为我变得

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很乐意不穿袖子：辛迪展现她的全部魅力，左图与她的伴侣，历史学家雨果·维克者（Hugo Vickers）合影

多出来的乳房 试图 从侧面 逃逸 —— 或者 像尤尔·布林纳（Yul Brynner） 在使 对方被锁喉。

我知道该去哪里做手术，并且对手术过程和结果充满信心。人们总是告诉我，我一定已经习惯了做手术，能够泰然处之。然而，我仍然是一名脆弱的患者，而且像许多其他人一样，我对全身麻醉心存一定程度的恐惧。

但作为一个业内人士，我知道从统计学上来看，一切完美进行的概率绝大多数对我有利。

那些令人困扰的腋下脂肪并没有被浪费。它们被回收并重新利用了。

在被[...-缺失-...]之后——

考虑到他的最新著作《伊丽莎白二世女王：个人史》就在两周前刚刚出版。

尽管他一直有大量的采访和公开露面需求，但雨果依然围绕着照顾我来安排他的工作时间。

这一刻他还在 Zoom 上优雅地在美国家庭电视节目中讨论英国王室；下一刻他就在帮我（这位美容手术界的“王室成员”）与一件顽固的压力塑身衣搏斗，直到将其驯服。

在更轻松的时刻，我喜欢听大声的摇滚乐，而雨果则在阅读至少一本书。我的耳机让我们能够共同占据同一个空间，同时追求不同的兴趣。

据说成功的传记作者必须具备良好的床边礼仪，在手术后，我确实看到了雨果这一面。他展现了无尽的耐心，无论做什么都不觉得麻烦。

由于非常独立，我不习惯让所有事情都被...

我从五月起就没穿过长袖了

对我而言。但在这种情况下，我别无选择。我必须说，你适应这一切的速度之快简直令人惊讶！

我的恢复期飞快地过去了。几乎在不知不觉中，六周时间已经过去，我可以自信地穿上无袖衣服出门，这在 25 年多以来还是第一次。

异常炎热的夏天意味着我从五月中旬起就没穿过长袖。

我还购买了很多新衣服，因为自从 90 年代起我就没买过任何无袖的衣服。

手术六周后，我能够恢复重量训练。我开始看到被掩盖在脂肪和松弛皮肤下几十年的肌肉线条。而且——在我的人生中第一次——我的手臂得到了称赞！

由于在美容外科领域深耕 40 年多，我对这几十年间见证的进步感到惊叹。

手臂提升手术过去以留下明显的疤痕而闻名，这让很多女性望而却步。如今，疤痕的位置设计使得除非我举起手臂，否则没人能看到。

我会避免在拍卖会上出价或招手拦出租车。从正面、侧面或背面都看不出手术的痕迹。大约六个月后，疤痕将淡化到近乎不可见。

我对我的延长上臂整形术（extended brachioplasty）和手部年轻化组合手术的结果感到无比兴奋。

在近年来听到这么多狂喜的客户赞叹他们自己的手臂提升手术后，我加入他们的行列只是时间问题。

现在，我也终于拥有了展露双臂的权利！

■ 欲了解辛迪·杰克逊（Cindy Jackson）及其咨询公司的信息，请访问 cindyjackson.com

对我手臂外观的不满程度日益增加。

对我来说，身体最终需要与提升后的面容相匹配，这是必然的。

我的年长客户经常选择胸部提升、大腿提升、躯干提升、臀部提升，凡是你能想到的。只要能提升的，我们就提升。

在希望手臂看起来和面部一样年轻方面，我绝非孤例。在我的客户中，手臂提升无疑成了新的“面部提升”。你的面部提升效果越好、越自然，那么当你下方有一对松弛的老年手臂时，这种不匹配感就越强。

虽然许多年长女性不希望穿超短裙，也不再觉得穿着低胸上衣展示衰老的乳沟很舒服，但手臂和肩膀完全是另一回事；展示它们并不被认为特别大胆或像是“老来俏（mutton dressed as lamb）”。在日益炎热的夏天或度假时总是穿着长袖，也会让人感到燥热不安。

另一方面，如果你的上臂像飞鼠一样，甚至可以用你的“宾果之翼”（指松弛的皮肤）去玩滑翔伞，那么你可能会觉得把它们遮起来更有自信。

然而，长袖并不是一个没有问题的解决方案。随着手臂变得更胖、更松弛，衣服会变得越来越紧，穿着感也越来越不舒服。

为了获得更宽的袖口，可能需要将上衣和连衣裙的尺寸增加一到两个号。这引入了另一种不匹配：衣服在手臂处合适，但在其他地方却太大了。

为什么不通过锻炼来紧致它们呢？我已经通过重量训练来维持肌肉线条

和骨骼强度。所以我询问了一位私人教练，关于增加更大重量以增加上臂肌肉，从而填充并紧致部分下垂皮肤的问题。

他检查了我的手臂，在戳弄的同时要求我将手臂移动到各种位置。“有希望！”我心想。但这只是昙花一现。

他的专业评估——或者说毁灭性的裁决——是：“你需要比大力水手（Popeye）还大的肌肉才能填满那么多的皮肤。即使你能获得如此巨大的肌肉量（这不太可能），在你这样一个纤细、女性化的女人身上也会显得很滑稽。”

在脑海中短暂地想象了一下自己拥有施瓦辛格式凸起二头肌的样子后，我意识到真的只有一个选择了——那就是我身为专家的那个领域。

臂上提升术无疑是新型的面部提升术

解决上臂不美观、全球变暖以及袖口日益紧绷这三大难题的医疗方案是臂上提升术（brachioplasty），即手臂提升手术。

费用根据手术地点和所采用的技术而有所不同。我进行了扩展臂上提升术，并将脂肪转移到手上，费用为 £15,000。

“扩展”意味着，我的切口并非标准的从肘部到腋下，而是从内肘开始，一直延伸到肋骨中段。这使得外科医生能够处理腋下那一块像……一样垂在内衣侧边的脂肪。

从我腋下抽取的脂肪被注射到手背上，一直延伸到指关节，通过充盈皱褶的皮肤并填补原先凸起的腱和静脉之间的缝隙，使双手恢复年轻。

整个过程完全无痛，但我的双手在两周左右的时间里相当肿胀。

最终的效果让它们年轻了好几岁。人们总说可以通过看一个女人的手来判断她的年龄，但在我的情况下并非如此。

我的臂上提升术以及手部手术是在 4 月底在伦敦作为日间手术完成的。

我于早晨抵达并进行了为期四小时的手术。Hugo 当晚开车送我回家；全身麻醉后 24 小时内不允许开车。

在臂上提升术后的两周内，开车也是不可能的。

每条手臂的底侧切除了最宽处 12 厘米的一条皮肤。没有可见的缝线；它们全部在内部且可吸收，因此无需在日后拆线。

我被要求穿着一件极紧的压力衣，除了洗澡时间外，每天 24 小时需穿着数周。它看起来像一件 0 码的黑色短K外套，在支撑切口的同时有助于减轻肿胀。

只要保持手臂不动，就没什么痛感。在最初的 10 到 14 天里，无法正常移动手臂，因此我在家中需要很多帮助，例如准备食物、搬运任何比咖啡杯重的物品以及穿衣。

庆幸的是，Hugo 亲切地在日程表中留出了那一周的时间，随时听候我的差遣。他真的非常慷慨。

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作者：伊莫金·加芬克尔 (Imogen Garfinkel)

在俄罗斯对乌克兰发动大规模袭击后，北约战机于昨晚紧急起飞——克里姆林宫的一枚导弹被怀疑在波兰留下了一个 33 英尺宽的弹坑。

此前，俄罗斯在周三晚上发射了数十枚导弹和数百架无人机，造成至少 13 人死亡。

昨天凌晨，一枚巡航导弹在波兰东部塔尔纳瓦-科洛尼亚村（Tarnawa-Kolonia）的一个田野中坠毁，距离乌克兰边界 57 英里。

乌克兰外交部表示，在袭击乌克兰期间，一枚俄罗斯巡航导弹“进入了波兰”， “侵犯了北约领空”。

乌克兰确认该导弹为俄罗斯 Kh-101 巡航导弹，降落地点距离最近的建筑仅一英里多。

作为北约成员国的波兰在俄罗斯轰炸期间派遣战斗机确保其领空安全，此次轰炸的目标包括基辅和利沃夫在内的乌克兰城市。

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示，莫斯科发射了 70 多枚导弹和 280 架无人机。

基辅一名人员死亡，两人受伤，另有六人（包括两名儿童）受致命伤于

北约紧急出动战机，称“导弹正飞向乌克兰”且“已进入波兰境内”

第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州和波尔塔瓦州。死者中包括泽连斯基先生家乡——中部城市克里维里赫的两名女孩，分别为5岁和12岁。另有八人受伤。泽连斯基先生声称，此次袭击

涉及一枚朝鲜导弹，这使其成为近一年来乌克兰战争中首次使用此类武器。他表示：“一切都将经过核查，但目前看来是朝鲜的弹道武器。”

这位乌克兰总统此前曾警告称，俄罗斯可能会发动大规模袭击，并表示乌克兰人的安全取决于盟友提供反导防御系统的意愿。

“重要的是，我们的合作伙伴必须充分理解……保护人们的生命直接取决于他们的意愿，”泽连斯基先生说。此次袭击发生在他从美国返回之际，他表示总统唐纳德·特朗普已同意让乌克兰生产美国的爱国者导弹。

俄罗斯国防部昨日表示，其部队袭击了其所谓的遍布乌克兰的军事设施以及三艘货船。

与此同时，俄罗斯在线零售商 Wildberries（俄罗斯版的亚马逊）在西部城市彭扎的一个仓库在遭受乌克兰无人机袭击后起火，地区州长奥列格·梅尔尼琴科表示。他补充说，一名人员

升级：波兰境内一个由“俄罗斯袭击”留下的33英尺深坑

被炸：俄罗斯袭击乌克兰利沃夫后，一名女性在抽泣

受伤，200人从现场撤离；就在一天前，这家已成为乌克兰攻击目标的公司在俄罗斯中部撤离了另一个站点。

该公司表示，在俄罗斯乌德穆尔特共和国萨拉普尔的另一处仓库在无人机袭击后也起火了。

无人机袭击最近损坏了将近十家 Wildberries 仓库，摧毁了该公司约 10% 的仓储能力，并给平台上的数万家俄罗斯小企业造成了损失。

乌克兰还继续打击俄罗斯的能源设施和炼油厂，加深了俄罗斯的燃料危机。

伊朗威胁杀掉特朗普，美国袭击升级

德黑兰昨晚发出了杀掉唐纳德·特朗普的冰冷威胁，此前美国在伊朗境内发动了一波“猛烈打击”。

伊朗首都的一块广告牌描绘了美国总统和白宫被导弹击中的场景。这个令人作呕的拼贴画包含了一场巨大的爆炸，以及出现在火球中的文字“我们将杀死你”。

该横幅在伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）誓要“惩罚”美国对其国家持续袭击之际被竖起。

美国军方昨日表示，为了应对伊朗向约旦的美国基地以及霍尔木兹海峡的船只开火，美方已击中了“数十个”伊斯兰革命卫队的目标。伊朗国家媒体表示，最近的袭击导致了包括一名两岁儿童在内的三人死于格什姆岛。

特朗普总统此前曾威胁要“把伊朗[* st]揍得体无完肤”。

作者：外交编辑 Mark Nicol

他在昨日于椭圆形办公室发表讲话时表示，“轮到我们了”。昨晚预计将有进一步的美国空袭。

冲突在近日有所扩散，美国与沙特阿拉伯联合打击邻国伊拉克境内的伊朗民兵，而伊朗则将目标锁定在埃及的一艘美国天然气轮船上。

总部位于也门且受伊朗支持的胡塞武装也威胁要向商业船只收取费用，以确保其在红海的通行安全。自今年4月旨在暂停这场数月之久的战争的停火协议在6月崩塌以来，伊朗和美国一直陷入升级的打击与反击之中。

在最近的伊朗导弹袭击之后，约旦已警告美国，其可能会要求关闭位于其领土上的美国基地。

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如果你舞技精湛（且拥有 £300,000），那套标志性的《周末夜狂热》西装可能就属于你了

作者：Codie Bullen 资深演艺记者

对于迪斯科爱好者来说，约翰·特拉沃尔塔在《周末夜狂热》中穿着的那套白色西装是舞池中的“圣杯”。

现在，那些想要在舞池中脱颖而出的人可以买到好莱坞最时髦的时尚宣言——仅需约 £300,000。

这套涤纶西装的内衬上有

走出舞台：一名策展人正为其做准备。西装内衬有 72 岁的特拉沃尔塔的签名。这套衣服由他饰演的角色托尼·马内罗在 1977 年的电影中参加迪斯科比赛时穿着，该片的 Bee Gees 原声带曾登顶排行榜。

据报道，这套西装是在纽约的一家商店以 $100 买入的。预计它将在下个月由洛杉矶 Propstore 公司拍卖的 1,700 件电影和电视道具中，拍得 £150,000 至 £300,000。

白色涤纶之夜：约翰·特拉沃尔塔与共同主演凯伦·林恩·戈尼在电影中

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

沿海居民享有的新鲜海风、崖顶漫步和使人振奋的游泳应当是对健康的益处。

但研究表明，住在海边的英国中年人更容易患上癌症、糖尿病和抑郁症等长期疾病。

与那些在海边长大但在 16 岁至 42 岁之间迁走的人相比，他们患上两种或多种慢性病的可能性高出 21%。

其他健康风险还包括哮喘、背痛、听力损失、高血压、眼疾和心脏问题。

原因似乎是经济方面的。虽然研究人员承认接触新鲜的海风可能会增强健康，但他们表示，随着曾经繁荣的海滨小镇日益衰落，富裕的居民选择了搬走。

与此同时，前往内陆大镇和大城市就读大学的年轻人没有回来，而较贫困的人群开始搬入，导致海边留下的英国人处于更高水平的匮乏状态，并伴随相关的健康问题。

伦敦大学学院的 Stephen Jivraj 教授表示：

中年且居住在海边与癌症风险相关

抑郁症和糖尿病的可能性也更高

“沿海社区健康状况较差并非简单地由于海边生活本身。相反，它反映了更高程度的匮乏与选择性迁移的结合，即健康状况较差的人更有可能留在沿海地区或搬迁至此。”

研究人员使用了来自 1958 年国家儿童发展研究 (NCDS) 的 13,691 人的数据，以及来自 1970 年英国队列研究 (BCS) 的 14,683 人的数据。参与者从出生、青春期一直到中年被追踪观察。

研究调查了居住在沿海地区的人在 55 岁 (NCDS) 和 46 岁 (BCS) 时，是否更有可能被诊断出患有两种或更多慢性病。进一步分析显示，迁移模式与社区匮乏程度强相关。

在最匮乏的沿海社区长大的人

“健康不平等现象的集中”

与在最不匮乏的沿海社区长大的人相比，他们留在海边并在中年时仍居住在那里的可能性高出三倍。那些从英格兰和威尔士其他地区迁至海边的人，通常在童年时期处于较不匮乏的社区，而到了中年则处于更匮乏的社区。

Jivraj 教授的研究结果发表在《BMJ 公共卫生》上，他表示：“旅游业和渔业等传统产业的衰退，加上就业机会有限，导致英格兰和威尔士许多沿海社区出现了健康不平等现象的集中。而大海的天然屏障进一步加剧了这一情况，限制了前往教育和就业场所的交通。”

“犯罪头目”金汉将在爱尔兰面临正义审判

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在最后一次请求反对引渡的申诉失败后，帮派头目丹尼尔·金汉（Daniel Kinahan）预计将在“未来几天内”被遣返回爱尔兰。

这名涉嫌担任犯罪头目的 49 岁男子，因涉及与血腥的金汉/哈奇（Kinahan/Hutch）世仇相关的指控而被通缉。该冲突爆发于 2016 年，起因是都柏林摄政酒店发生的一起臭名昭著的谋杀案。

金汉已穷尽所有法律手段，试图阻止自己从迪拜被移交给爱尔兰，那里有特别刑事法院在等待他。

波特洛伊丝监狱（Portlaoise Prison）的一个监区已经清空，用以安置金汉，他将被指控领导一个犯罪组织。

一名高级警务消息人士表示：

“抵达的安全计划已就绪”

“金汉尝试了所有方法来阻止引渡。

“这一直是一场毫无胜算的尝试，但他坚持了下来。但现在这正式结束了，现在只剩下何时抵达的问题。

“他抵达的安全计划已经制定完毕，可能会根据当天的具体情况进行调整。”

他的回归得益于爱尔兰警察（Gardai）长期以来艰苦地搜集关于他的犯罪档案。金汉及其父亲克里斯蒂·金汉长辈（Christy Kinahan Sr）自 2016 年起一直生活在阿拉伯联合酋长国，此前他们从西班牙的太阳海岸迁至此处。

消息人士称，金汉被迪拜警方逮捕时感到“极度震惊”，因为他曾在当地关系网中投入了“巨资”。他原本认为这意味着在任何警察逮捕行动之前，他都会收到提醒。

抓不到野有袋鼠？德文郡救救我们！

没有人知道它从哪里来，但一只狡猾的有袋鼠在德文郡的城镇和村庄周围躲避捕捉已有三年之久。

动物园负责人现在承认，在尝试了所有已知技巧后，这只有袋类动物实在“太精明了”，无法被抓住。

与此同时，当地居民维基·威尔金斯（Vicky Wilkins）， 57 岁，拍摄到了这只动物穿过马路的情景——她起初以为它是一只“巨大的兔子”。

目前尚不清楚原产于澳大利亚的有袋鼠是如何到达 West Country 的。埃克斯穆尔动物园（Exmoor Zoo）联合创始人丹尼·雷诺兹（Danny Reynolds）表示，它已经在这里跳跃多年了。

他说：“当它靠近我们场所时，我们尝试过捕捉它，派遣团队使用网扫，甚至使用了麻醉枪，但只要它看到你或听到任何声音，立刻就消失了。”他宽慰地补充道：“它在那儿过得很开心。”

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BBC 究竟为他做了什么

罗梅西·兰加纳森（ROMESII RANGANATHAN）——BBC 那则充满争议的新广告的代言人——比你想象中更有理由热爱这家广播公司。

48 岁的兰加纳森是唯一一名因参与“BBC 究竟为我做了什么？”广告而获得报酬的名人，而且由于他在 BBC Radio 2 的周六节目以及《名人背叛者》（Celebrity Traitors）节目的影响力，他再次大赚一笔。

他的制作公司 Ranga Bee 还为 CBBC 制作了《Go Get Arty》，并为该机构制作了两季情景喜剧《Avoidance》。目前，该公司正在制作一部名为《Panic Room》的周六晚间竞猜节目试点。

兰加纳森因代言这部旨在鼓励观众支付 £180 电视执照费的大预算 BBC 广告而遭到批评，部分观众抨击该广告“令人作呕”。

提交给公司注册处（Companies House）的最新文件显示，得益于为 BBC、ITV 和 Sky 开展的工作，兰加纳森的业务正蓬勃发展。

他与妻子利莎（Leesa）共同控制的 Vetty Limited 公司的资本和准备金为 £4.5 百万——高于前一年的 £2.5 百万。根据最近的账目，Ranga Bee Productions 的资本和准备金为 £468,000。

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1 Disc one (光盘一)

1 Rock and Ball Music

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2 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

3 Be-Bop-a-Lola - Gene Vincent

4 Great Balls of Fire

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5 Three Steps to Heaven

• Eddie Cochran

6 You're So Square (Baby)

Don't Care! - Buddy Holly

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8 Mono Liza - Conway Twitty

9 Woo Hoo - The Rock-A-Teens

10 Shirley Lee - Ricky Nelson

11 Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley

12 Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper

13 Blue Sands Shoes - Carl Perkins

14 Let's Have a Party

• Wanda Jackson

15 Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette

16 Over and Over - Thurston Harris

17 Tequila - The Champs

18 Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino

19 Party Miles of Bad Road

• Duane Eddy

20 A Teenager in Love

• Dion & The Belmonts

21 Good Lady Miss Molly

• Little Richard

22 Boy Boy Love

• The Everly Brothers

23 Let's Jump the Brownstick

• Brenda Lee

24 Le Bambo - Ritchie Vialens

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

1 Disc two (光盘二)

1 C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran

2 Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself

Out) - Ernie Maresca

3 Hey Doll Baby

• The Everly Brothers

4 Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy

5 Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll

• Jom's Martin

6 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

7 Party Doll - Buddy Knox

8 Little Darlin' - The Diamonds

9 Tongue Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers

10 Oh Boy - The Cockets

(featuring Buddy Holly)

11 Rockin' Bones - Ronnie Dowson

12 Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis

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14 Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

15 I'm Diddley - Bo Diddley

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• Curtis Lee

17 Whole Lotta Woman

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19 Willie and the Hand Joe

• The Johnny Otis Show

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21 Go! Go! Go! - Roy Orbison

22 Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll

23 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

24 Rumble

• Link Wray & His Roy Men

25 It's Only Make Believe

• Conway Twitty

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

25 Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins

让我们想起那些定义了一个时代的旋律。它包含了定义时代的冠军单曲和百万销量唱片，包括 Bill Haley & His Comets 的 《Rock Around the Clock》、Chuck Berry 的 《Johnny B. Goode》、Jerry Lee Lewis 的 《Great Balls of Fire》 以及更多作品。摇滚乐没有比这更震撼的了。

1 Disc three (光盘三)

1 Rip It Up - Little Richard

2 Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day

3 Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Vialens

4 Alley Dop - Hollywood Angeles

5 Bony Maronie - Larry Williams

6 Dynamite - Brenda Lee

7 High School Confidential

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8 Let There Be Drums

• Sandy Nelson

9 Come Here Jo-Anne

• Tommy Boyce

10 Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

11 Short Shorts - The Royal Teens

12 Summertime Blues

• Eddie Cochran

13 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson

14 That's All Right - Elvis Presley

15 Be My Guest - Fats Domino

16 Chariot Rock - The Champs

17 Rhojean Bop - Gene Vincent

18 Charlie Brown - The Coasters

19 Spitch Splash - Bobby Dunn

20 Ready Teddy - Buddy Holly

21 Wake Up Little Susie

• The Everly Brothers

22 The Shape I'm in - Johnny Restivo

23 Rockhouse - Roy Orbison

23 Rockhouse - Roy Orbison

24 Red River Rock

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25 Since I Don't Have You

• The Skyliners

25 Since I Don't Have You

• The Skyliners

1 第四盘

1 There's Good Rockin' Tonight - Ricky Nelson

2 Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

3 That'll Be The Day - The Cockets

4 Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins

5 The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard

6 Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman

7 Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley

8 High Blood Pressure - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns

9 Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond

10 Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry

11 Honey Hush - Johnny Burnette

12 Rocking Goose - Johnny And The Hurricanes

13 Love Potion No. 9 - The Clowers

14 Daby Dooby - Roy Orbison

15 Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford

16 That's My Little Susie - Ritchie Vialens

17 Robot Man - Connie Francis

18 Duck Tail - Joe Clay

19 Battle to the Baby - Charlie Feathers

20 Sky Mama - Gene Vincent

21 Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris

22 Razzle Dazzle - Bill Haley & His Comets

23 Giddy Up A Dog Dong - Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys

24 High School Dance - Larry Williams

25 Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

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经历悲痛的 Natascha

再次收获爱情 对象是比她小 20 岁的演员

在丈夫猝逝 18 年后，NATASCHA McElhone 与她在 Sky 系列剧《波托菲诺酒店》（Hotel Portofino）中的搭档坠入爱河。

朋友们表示，56 岁的 McElhone 女士正“深陷”于对 36 岁英俊演员 Assad Zaman 的爱意之中。Zaman 在该剧中饰演一名暗恋其儿子的医生，该剧播映于 2022 年至 2024 年。

我被告知：“Natascha 为 Assad 着迷，这是一段认真的浪漫关系。她似乎对他非常痴迷。”

两名演员的代表均被要求就此发表评论。

McElhone 女士与整形外科医生 Martin Kelly育有三个孩子，Kelly 在 2008 年因未经诊断的心脏病去世——当时她正怀着他们最小的孩子。

随后，这位女演员独自抚养了三个儿子 Theo、Otis 和 Rex。她曾谈到，虽然很乐意这样做，但这项工作在许多年里都让她“心力交瘁”。

她在 2023 年表示：“在很长一段时间里，我的很多创造力和精力都投入到了孩子们身上，而且是非常快乐地投入。”

她接着说，现在孩子们长大了，她变成了“墙纸，背景噪音”；并补充道：“我很庆幸自己不再是关注焦点了！”

Zaman 原来自泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔，主演了热门电视剧《吸血鬼访谈》（Interview With The Vampire），该剧在第三季（目前在 BBC Two 播出）更名为《吸血鬼莱斯塔特》（The Vampire Lestat）。他在剧中饰演一名 300 岁的吸血鬼 Armand。（在 1994 年的电影版中，该角色由安东尼奥·班德拉斯饰演，汤姆·克鲁斯和布拉德·皮特也主演了该片。）McElhone 女士曾在《索拉里斯》（Solaris）中与乔治·克鲁尼对戏，在《侠盗》中与罗伯特·德尼罗对戏，她还曾在 2023 年 Netflix 播出的《王冠》（The Crown）最终季中饰演 Penny Knatchbull，即缅甸的蒙巴顿伯爵夫人——菲利普亲王的马车驾驶同伴。

大约在那个时候，有人在南伦敦街头看到她与演员 Sule Rimi拥抱，但两人是否在交往始终不明确。

她的银幕处女作是在 24 岁时出演了与安东尼·霍普金斯爵士对戏的《幸存毕加索》（Surviving Picasso，1996 年上映）。其他作品包括《楚门的世界》以及电视剧《 Californication》。

就在她拍摄该剧时，她的丈夫被发现瘫在他们位于西伦敦富勒姆家中门前的门口。

McElhone 为 Kelly 写了讣告，她在其中宣称自己是“世界上最幸运的女人，即使他不在这里”。

两年后，她出版了《在你之后》（After You），这是一本以日记形式写给丈夫、讲述她内心悲痛的书。

您好，IT支持团队吗？我是希安……

希安·布鲁克（SIAN BROOKE）在BBC获得BAFTA奖的剧集《蓝色灯光》（Blue Lights）中饰演一名警察，这个角色对她来说一直很自然。毕竟，她的父亲就是一名警察。

但在Channel 4的谍战惊悚片《未宣战之战》（The Undeclared War）中，饰演精通电脑的GCHQ情报分析师芭芭拉·内皮尔（Barbara Napier），则更具挑战性。

“我对电脑完全一窍不通，”希安承认道。“我曾经花了一整天时间写一条Instagram帖子，结果弄得乱七八糟，最后根本发不出去。”

“关于使用电脑的任何事情，我都得向我的两个孩子请教……而且我还是听不懂他们在说什么。”

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Boshoff

■ 《蜘蛛侠》和《奥德赛》的主演汤姆·霍兰德（Tom Holland）比大多数人都要坦率。在宣传他的最新电影时，他说道：“我以前经历过这种情况，人们会问：‘我为什么要看这部电影？’而你在内心深处却在想：‘你不应该看，因为这电影烂透了。’ ”霍兰德没有点名，不过《多利特医生》——他在片中饰演一只名叫吉普（Jip）、能与小罗伯特·道尼对话的寻血猎犬——立刻浮现在脑海中。

新蒙罗电影导演称：谁在乎达科塔是否不像玛丽莲

金发野心：饰演蒙罗的达科塔·约翰逊和艾伦·伯斯汀

由安娜·德·阿尔马斯饰演玛丽莲·蒙罗的 Netflix 电影《金发》(Blonde) 在 2022 年的威尼斯电影节上引发了巨大轰动。

得益于一部奇怪的 17 分钟短片，蒙罗在今年的电影节上将再次成为热门话题。该片由一个豪华汽车品牌资助，该品牌不得不向已故影星的遗产管理人 Authentic Brands（该公司还持有大卫·贝克汉姆、埃尔维斯·普雷斯利和穆罕默德·阿里等人的权利）支付巨额费用。

达科塔·约翰逊（主图）将在《Flesh Impact》中饰演年轻时的玛丽莲，该片由今年的评审团主席玛吉·吉伦豪尔执导。

吉伦豪尔本周表示，她明白两人在外貌上几乎没有相似之处，但她认为：“我觉得，‘这太荒谬了。谁在乎呢？’ 我不认为有人真正完全知道玛丽莲长什么样，因为她已经被过度商品化并被塑造成了一个神话，在我脑海中的形象非常模糊。”

而“年长玛丽莲”这一更厚重的角色——假设她没有在 1962 年因药物过量而去世——由资深演员艾伦·伯斯汀饰演。

现年 93 岁的伯斯汀在片中贡献了一段长达 15 页的独白，讲述蒙罗为一部舞台剧试镜的情景。

伯斯汀将前往威尼斯领取金狮终身成就奖。（去年的获奖者是希区柯克电影中的明星金·诺瓦克。）

玛丽莲·蒙罗今年 6 月将迎来 100 周年诞辰，这正是“激励”Genesis Motor America 为该项目提供资金的原因。

曾代理过约翰·克利斯、道恩·法伦奇以及已故的维多利亚·伍德等名星的公关人员尼尔·雷丁在短时间患病后去世，享年 56 岁。

他是演艺圈极具个性的人物之一，以热爱社交、忠于客户以及极具感染力的笑声而著称。

在 90 年代中期我们第一次见面时，他带我去 Soho 的 Ivy 餐厅吃了一顿由牧羊人派和香槟组成的午餐——他花了那么长时间在房间里与名流们周旋，我都不确定他是否还会回来！他是一个独一无二的人，将被人们深深怀念。

当地居民正对 Soho Farmhouse 产生抵触情绪。这座 Soho House 会员俱乐部的分部坐落在牛津郡 100 英亩的乡村之中，被戏称为“给权贵的 Bullin's”。自 2014 年开工以来，该项目提交了 123 份规划申请，挑战着邻居们的耐心。

业主现在申请许可，以建造三栋“可持续小屋”，这些小屋可供预订——或以极高价格购买。

但附近一家资金匮乏的社区资源中心 The Tew Centre 提出了反对意见。发言人露西·德林克沃特在给议会的一封信中表示，在筹集到 42,000 英镑的维修费用之前，该中心不得不关闭其游乐场。

信中指出了“Soho Farmhouse 持续的商业开发对 Great Tew 社区基础设施产生的累积影响”，并要求地方当局在任何许可协议中确保获得 Section 106 贡献金。Section 106 贡献金是指开发商同意资助经济适用房或当地基础设施（如游乐区），以此作为平息不满情绪的一种手段。

佩格将出演塔伦蒂诺西区剧院的“花腔公子”

昆汀·塔伦蒂诺（QUENTIN TARANTINO）这部“惊险刺激”的舞台喜剧在西区（West End）的演出安排已接近最终确定——我可以透露，演员西蒙·佩格（Simon Pegg，见图）有望饰演男主角。

正如我在三月份首次披露的那样，出乎意料的是，塔伦蒂诺写了一部名为《花腔骑士》（The Popinjay Cavalier）的完整老派闹剧。据我了解，该剧将于明年2月起在伦敦的凤凰剧院（Phoenix Theatre）上演（该剧院目前正在上演《怪奇物语：第一道阴影》）。

剧组目前正在招募约 30 人的演职人员，而《碟中谍》系列电影主演佩格被选为领衔主演。我的理解是，佩格将饰演一名剧院经理——即剧名中的“花腔骑士”——他试图在19世纪30年代的巴黎将一部作品搬上舞台。因此，这将是一出关于“上演戏剧”的戏剧。（顺便说一下，popinjay是指一个虚荣且爱说话的人。）

消息人士指出，这部新剧确实是一出带有明显“男性”能量的传统脱裤闹剧。鉴于是由塔伦蒂诺编写的，这并不令人意外。

在我首次报道该项目大约一周后，一份新闻稿公布了剧名，将其描述为一部“受舞台和荧幕上宏大惊险史诗启发，充满喧闹气息的欺骗与伪装喜剧”，并称赞其具有塔伦蒂诺的“标志性风格和无可错过的机智”。这位获得过两项奥斯卡奖的美国电影导演，最著名的作品是如《低俗小说》、《一个残酷世界》和《杀死比尔》等暴力且具有风格的电影经典。

他多次谈到，在拍满十部电影后就希望退休。目前他的作品数量为九部。

《花腔骑士》将是他作为剧作家和导演的处女作。他去年夏天首次透露了这一计划，在“塔伦蒂诺教会”播客中表示，该剧已“全部写完”。

“这绝对是我接下来的计划，”他宣布道，“我们将于1月份正式启动。如果它获得了成功，而且我还得去做巡演版本之类的，这可能会占据我一年半到两年的时间。”

他补充道：“我正准备让它获得成功。如果搞砸了，我会很快收手。”

这是否是英国最典型的“反感（ick）”案例？

萨莉·菲利普斯（Sally Phillips）表示，在与一群朋友在佛罗伦萨度假时，她对其中一人产生了极大的好感，对方是一名热衷于板球的运动爱好者。

“我记得当时坐在一个广场上，一只鸽子飞过，他随手一抓，竟然意外地抓住了它。”

在电影中饰演布里奇特·琼斯好友Shazzer的这位女演员说，就在那一刻，魔力消失了。

“他拿着那只鸽子……他很惊讶，鸽子很惊讶，我也很惊讶……然后我想：‘这段关系真的能行吗？！’”

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Daily Mail, 2026年7月31日, 星期五

用餐时间

变得简单

这就是为什么

我们选择

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伊甸园秘闻

华丽的名声：首相如何“无视”足球致敬活动的恳求

当安迪·伯纳姆在 2017 年与体育传奇丹尼斯·劳共同前往曼彻斯特的“足球名人走道”为 fellow star 吉米·格里夫斯揭幕一座青铜纪念牌时，他看起来比平时更加得意。

这个旅游景点于前一年在城市国家足球博物馆门口开放，旨在成为对这项美丽运动中最著名人物的永久致敬。

但在 2023, 曼彻斯特市议会下令拆除该名人走道——到那时那里已有约 40 块纪念牌——以便为溜冰场和季节性活动展台腾出空间。

这让该景点的创始人感到震惊，他们拼命向现任首相寻求帮助。他们声称他多次无视了他们的恳求。

“我代表保罗·特雷维利昂（[共同创建该走道的知名体育艺术家]）和我本人，两次给安迪·伯纳姆写信，请求他的干预和支持，”联合创始人大卫·考特尼告诉我。“然而，我的请求石沉大海。当他想

聚光灯下：安迪·伯纳姆与左侧的丹尼斯·劳，以及安迪·格里夫斯

在镜头前摆姿势时，他很容易联系上，但当他真正需要为某些事情挺身而出时，却不见人影。这让人感到非常沮丧，尤其是考虑到安迪·伯纳姆与足球文化之间公开且深厚的个人联系。”

该走道是与国家足球博物馆合作启动的，鲍比·查尔顿爵士出席了启动仪式，标志着英格兰 1966 年世界杯 夺冠 50 周年。纪念牌上载名的包括鲍比爵士、共同获胜者杰夫·赫斯特爵士以及曼联传奇乔治·贝斯特。

伯纳姆是埃弗顿足球俱乐部的季票持有者，并收到了一幅特雷维利昂为俱乐部传奇迪克西·迪恩创作的原画。No10 未回应我的置评请求。

■ 《绝对精彩》（ABSOLUTELY Fabulous）的女演员海伦·莱德勒正在推出《幽默写作》（Writing Funny），这是一个为新兴喜剧作家提供项目建议的播客。尼古拉·斯特金将成为莱德勒那个“旨在面向风趣作者的、伪装成真实的开放大学模块”的嘉宾。还有什么比车道上一个显然肉眼不可见的豪华房车更适合作为喜剧素材的呢？

哈利·波特影星称边缘艺术节育儿绝非玩笑

《哈利·波特》女演员杰西·凯夫指责爱丁堡艺术节（Edinburgh Festival）的价格将家长拒之门外。

这位 39 岁的演员曾饰演罗恩·韦斯莱的女友拉文德·布朗，她将于下周将她的演出《唯有工作》（Only Work）带到边缘艺术节（Fringe）。演出将包括对母亲身份的反思

以及她去年决定加入成人平台 OnlyFans 的决定。

但这位四个孩子的母亲并不开心。

“我对把演出搬到那里所需的成本如此高昂感到愤怒，”她说。“更不用说这里并不是一个鼓励你携带孩子的地方。”

汤姆森的饥荒

得益于在《冷脚》（Cold Feet）、《加冕街》（Coronation Street）和《男人行为糟糕》（Men Behaving Badly）中的角色，他是数百万观众熟悉的脸孔，然而约翰·汤姆森承认他已经好几个月没收到薪水支票了。

“去年是盛宴，今年是饥荒，”这位 57 岁的演员说。“六个月来我一个演职工作都没有。”

在谈到从传统电视网络转向流媒体服务的趋势时，他说：“现在很难。没人有钱。如果你想为产品做广告，为什么会选择一个人们正逐渐失去兴趣的商业电台？你得不到观看量。每个人都转向了只需支付订阅费的平台。”

艾什利：大苹果之眼后的生活

对于《布里奇顿》（Bridgerton）明星西蒙·艾什利（Simone Ashley）来说，现实生活似乎正开始模仿《欲望之城》（Sex And The City）。

这位出生于萨里郡的女演员去年搬到了纽约，而那部关于凯丽·布拉德肖及其好友的剧集正是在那里拍摄的。

在谈到她们的冒险经历时，她说：“我的朋友们年龄都相仿，这就是那种《欲望之城》式的叙事——试图在这样一个城市里寻找真爱。”

“每当我们一起出去玩时，这总是我们的谈论话题——如果你表达出自己的渴望，你就会找到它。”

这位 31 岁的演员在 Netflix 热门剧集《布里奇顿》中饰演凯特。在与交往三年的男友、律师康斯坦丁·“蒂诺”·克莱因（Constantin 'Tino' Klein）分手后，她目前处于单身状态。

她正试图“显化”爱情，寻找“一个可以共同体验快乐的人，一个可以让我就像我自己一样自然的人，以及一个能让我从中了解自己的人”。

硬汉肯普忠于《叛徒》

电视上的“硬汉”罗斯·肯普（Ross Kemp），其纪录片作品包括《对抗伊斯兰国》和《铁窗之内》，他对 BBC 为维持《名人叛徒》（The Celebrity Traitors）保密而采取的措施感到震惊，他将在今年秋季参与该节目的竞争。“（给参赛者的）免责声明比拜约挂毯还要长，”这位 62 岁的人在“乔·马勒现在见你”（Joe Marler Will See You Now）播客中说道。“波尔斯穆尔和贝尔马什（最高安全等级监狱）周围的警力都没有这么密集。”

制片人们担心有人泄密是正确的。五月，我在伦敦西区的肯辛顿高街听到理查德·E·格兰特（Richard E. Grant）大声地谈论他的参赛队友。

■ 巴拉克·奥巴马（BARACK Obama）将在 10 月于曼彻斯特的 Co-Op Live 场馆发表演讲，届时他将就拍照机会和高级席位收取 £1,500。但这位美国第 44 任总统甚至不是他家族中最大的吸引力。

前第一夫人米歇尔在推广其书籍的巡回演讲中，就演出前的拍照机会和其回忆录《成为》（Becoming）的签名本收取 £2,200。她在伦敦出席活动时的门票在二级市场上甚至被开价 £50,000。

也许米歇尔今年秋天会加入她丈夫的行列，帮他提高 VIP 销售额？

关注我 ✉ @richardaeden 以及 Instagram @edenconfidential richard.eden@dailymail.co.uk

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被害者：伊莎贝尔

杀害 2 岁女童伊莎贝尔的“虐待狂”母亲及男友被判终身监禁

一名母亲及其新男友因谋杀其两岁女儿而被判处终身监禁。

伊莎贝尔·威尔什（Isabelle Welsh）遭受了来自亚历山德拉·沃克（Alexandra Walker，26 岁）和哈里森·辛普森（Harrison Simpson，22 岁）极其恶劣的“暴力侵害”，两人还对该女童实施了性侵。在 9 月 13 日死亡前的几周里，伊莎贝尔全身 21 处骨折，最后遭受了“严重的头部创伤”——蒂赛德刑事法院（Teesside Crown Court）称，这与被“剧烈摇晃”且头部“撞击坚硬表面”的情况一致。

在伊莎贝尔死亡的当天早晨，恋童癖者辛普森单独照顾她，而沃克在蒂赛德索恩比（Thornaby）的家中睡觉。在此期间，伊莎贝尔遭到了严重的性侵，并于当晚在医院死亡。

在昨天对其量刑时，诺顿法官（Ms Justice Norton）表示，这是

“遭受 21 处骨折”

生日快乐

JK 罗琳，61。这位来自格洛斯特郡的《哈利·波特》作者在 2012 年从福布斯亿万富翁名单中消失，因为她捐赠了太多——在过去的 20 年里，她捐款超过 $150 million。但由于新的波特宇宙书籍、电影、戏剧以及几个主题公园，她去年重新回到了“three-rooms club”。

安德鲁·马尔，67。这位 LBC 主持人及前 BBC 政治编辑表示，他确信自己绝不会从文字新闻转向广播新闻：“我一直看起来很古怪，耳朵巨大，头发不足。”

今日诞生

休·麦克多เวล (HUGH MCDOWELL) (1953-2018)。这位来自伦敦的大提琴手凭借 Electric Light Orchestra 和 Wizzard 乐队成名。他喜欢在音乐会期间将乐器抛向空中，但在休斯顿的一次演出中，他接拍时机不对，眼睁睁看着乐器碎成了碎片。

尼克·博莱蒂埃里 (NICK BOLLETTIERI) (1931-2022)。这位美国前伞兵成为了一名网球教练，培养了十位世界第一，其中包括安德烈·阿加西，后者曾将他描述为“一个并不热爱这项运动，甚至对其了解不深之投机者”。当被问及他的八次婚姻时，他回答道：“怎么，你想成为第九个吗？”

7月31日回顾...

1936, 年，《教育法》将法定离校年龄提高至 15 岁。

1971, 年，阿波罗 15 号指令员大卫·斯科特在驾驶月球车时，成为首位在地球以外的世界表面上驾驶的人类。

文字魔术

猜定义 PUGGLE (创造于 1990 年代)

A) 蜻蜓的后代。 B) 鸭嘴 platypus 的后代。 C) 鸽子的后代。

答案见下方

短语解释：

Write something off: 意为承认某物不再具有任何价值且可以丢弃；这是一个会计术语，指注销账目中列为资产的项目之价值。

今日金句

食物不耐受几乎已经变成了一种时尚单品。——雷蒙德·布兰克，法国厨师

今日笑话

空罐头做什么？它们跳康康舞 (can-can)。

猜定义答案：B

由 ETAN SMALLMAN 和 ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD 编译

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Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026

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秘密与生活

当我的丈夫承认虐待我 13 岁的女儿时，我们正处于家庭度假中。我感到恶心——但这就是为什么我不得不“原谅”他的原因...

作者：ROSANNA GODWYNN

在等待从法国返回家乡的航班起飞时，我系好安全带，手机震动了起来。

那是来自我丈夫斯科特的短信，他坐在我以及孩子们——13 岁的露西 (Lucy) 和 16 岁的杰克 (Jack) 前面三排。

“既然你知道了真相，我觉得我们现在前所未有地亲近，”短信开头写道。“我爱你。你永远是我生命中发生过的最好的事情。”

我不知道该说什么。我的身体感到麻木，但脑海中却充满了疑问：为什么是我，为什么是我们的孩子，为什么会发生这种事？我觉得自己像是在过别人的生活。

我机械地输入了“我也爱你”这几个字，然后关掉了手机。我没什么可说的了。

二十四小时前，我结婚近十年的丈夫斯科特承认了一件事，这件事以最可怕方式摧毁了我们的世界。

即便现在，快一年过去了，人们在询问我们突然分开的原因时仍会问：“是因为出轨吗？”

不，比那糟糕得多。甚至有人问我：“他杀过人吗？”

再次否认。但即便在谋杀案中，我也许能找到原谅他的方法。而对于他实际所做的事，我永远无法原谅。

因为在近一年的时间里，我的丈夫一直在性虐待我 13 岁的女儿露西，这个他自她三岁起就视如己出抚养长大的小女孩。

现在，她就坐在飞机上我的身边，焦虑且恐惧，但同时也感到宽慰，因为令人作呕的真相终于大白，他再也不能伤害她了。

我掩盖住内心的惊恐与愤怒，在接下来的几个小时里，我的首要任务很简单：保持

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图片：GITY (模特图)

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秘密与生活

图片：THERRY LAFORTE

当你在舞台上且身处此地时，癌症诊断带来的孤独感

直面现实：玛丽亚·路易丝·沃恩（Maria Louise Warne）担心在孤独中步入老年

去年 9 月，我收到了一份阴沉的诊断结果，由一名缺乏同理心的年轻医生告知。玛丽亚，你患有浅表扩散性黑色素瘤。

用外行的话来说，我患有一种生长迅速的皮肤癌，如果它已经扩散——需要通过紧急扫描来确认——它很可能会杀死我。

我完全不信地盯着她。就在一周前，我才刚从上臂切除了一颗小痣。

当她快速地说出接下来的步骤——对我脊柱和大脑进行 MRI 和 PET 扫描——时，我没有哭。由于没有人可以牵手，我紧紧抓着膝上的手帕。当我踉踉跄跄地走出医生办公室时，我伸手去拿手机。然后我突然意识到：我没有一个人可以告知这个恐怖的消息。

事实是——承认这一点让我感到一种羞愧与尴尬的交织——在 69 岁这个年纪，我形单影只。

我的父母都去世了，我没有兄弟姐妹，而且尽管结过两次婚，但我从未有过孩子。

我的两任前夫也都去世了，所以当我说我孤独一人时，我是认真的。

考虑到五分之一的 40 岁中期英国女性没有孩子，我怀疑我并非特例——而且我也不是唯一发现这一点的人：没有什么比在面对像癌症这样严重的健康危机而没有肩膀可以依靠时，更能让你的孤独感具体化了。

这是一个在“非自愿无子”（Childless Not By Choice）网络中经常被提及的话题。这些网络为像我这样的人提供支持，帮助他们度过人生中这个晚期的、出乎意料的阶段，而此时他们身边没有伴侣，也没有曾经渴望过的孩子或孙辈。

我很幸运，因为我拥有自己的房屋和汽车。我有一份微薄的养老金，并且每周仍有一天在法国西南部一个美丽的地方担任英语教师，我已经在那里生活了过去

作者：MARIA LOUISE WARNE

自从 45 岁离开在德文郡的家已经 24 年了。但我大多数的朋友都忙于照顾丈夫、孩子和孙辈，或者散布在数百英里之外。

一周后的复诊中，我的医生告诉我：“我不希望你独自面对这一切”——随后敦促我随时给她打电话。但谁会在恐惧的凌晨时分给自己的全科医生打电话呢？

我让自己忙于处理实际事务。我立了遗嘱，将所有财产留给两家慈善机构：一家致力于失智症研究，另一家是导盲犬协会。

此外，我还被建议办理一份持久授权书（Power of Attorney），以便在我失去行为能力时，有人能代表我做出决定。

我的“紧急联系人”是几位 80 多岁的老友，而地理位置上离我最近的联系人是两个点头之交，我每周给她们的孩子教一次英语。这些母亲很友好，但我与她们并不熟。

然而我别无选择，只能请求她们。她们有些惊讶，但在思考之后，很感激地同意了——眼中流露出明显的怜悯。

事情怎么会变成这样？我年轻时的第一段婚姻非常短暂。我在 25 岁时遇到了第二任丈夫——一个比我大 22 岁、且已有婚史和两个女儿的男人。他为了我离开妻子，但不同意再生孩子。我悲哀地接受了我们将是无子女婚姻这一事实。与此同时，我与他女儿的关系理所当然地十分紧张。

我们在一起 36 年，在我丈夫退休后，我们在法国西南部开始了新生活。但他太想念孩子们了，以至于六年以后他离开了我，回到了英国。

随后，在 51 岁时，我在接下来的 16 年里经历了一段分分合合的感情。这段关系在 2024 年结束，当时他被送入了护理院，由于我们没有结婚，我对这个决定没有任何话语权。

我没有能与伴侣共度退休生活，而是再次陷入孤独。那时我搬到了农村地区以寻求一个全新的开始。但由于没有朋友登门造访，我有时一周都与任何人不说话。

谢天谢地，检测显示我快速增长的皮肤癌尚未扩散，但我仍需面临一次大手术，切除痣所在的 9cm sq 区域的肉组织以及五个淋巴结。

为了做准备，我在冷冻柜里填满了批量烹饪的餐食，因为在接下来的六周里，我将无法开车或购物。

我还向我的其中一名授权代理人转移了 £15,000，以防我没能从麻醉中苏醒，而她在出售我的房屋期间需要支付各项账单。

我是独自来到医院的，手术后也是独自回家。为了能够出院，我不得不向医生谎称家中有人陪伴。

15 天后，我得到了痊愈的通知。就像最初面对绝望时没有人分享一样，在庆祝好消息时，也没有人在我身边。

整个经历就像一个警告。我必须面对这样一个事实：作为一个没有孩子、单身的女性，我正独自面对健康恶化和老之将至的困境。

我负担不起搬进养老社区的费用。人们说我应该“找个男人”，但在现阶段，我不想承担另一个人的情感或生活包袱。

搬回英国也没有意义，因为我已经几十年没向系统缴纳费用了，我将没有资格获得经济援助。

所以，请为像我这样的女性考虑一下。悲哀的现实是，我极有可能会孤独地面对死亡，而这引发了另一个令人不安的念头：究竟谁能发现我的尸体？

讲述给 SAMANTHA BRICK

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继续对斯科特伪装一切正常，这样他就不会怀疑警察会在我们傍晚的航班抵达纽卡斯尔时等着他。

当孩子们渐渐睡去，我静静地坐着，思考我的生活怎么会在一天之内如此剧烈地崩塌。

我和斯科特是在十年前的 2015 年相识的，当时我们在同一家公司工作。

那时我快 30 岁，是露西的单亲妈妈，露西当时两岁。比我小一岁的斯科特当时与他的伴侣和幼子杰克（五岁）住在一起。但在认识一周内，他就离开了他的伴侣，几乎直接搬到了我这里。我们之间有一种我此前从未与任何人感受过的瞬间化学反应。

这引起了一些人的侧目。有人议论说我是“看上了他的钱”，因为他相当成功。但我有自己的钱和房子。而他搬进来时，几乎两手空空，只带着身上穿的衣服。

当然，我不能否认这段感情进展得极快。但斯科特对我以及露西都非常好。他善良、大方，让我觉得自己很特别，被深爱着。卧室里的生活也令人心醉，现在听起来可能无关紧要，但在刚在一起的时候并非如此。

我们共同创办了一家成功的独立房产中介公司，并在 2018 年结婚。两年后，他的儿子杰克永久地搬来与我们同住。我们是一个幸福的重组家庭，表面上看，我们拥有一切：一座华丽的房子、美丽的孩子、名车以及惬意的假期。

但在幕后，事情却……

他与其它女性调情

并非那样如诗如画。在结婚后的几年里，斯科特开始因为最琐碎的小事而莫名其妙地大发脾气，并且对我变得极其挑剔。如果我去做了指甲，他会说我的消费习惯会“毁了这家公司”。

他不断贬低我的商业知识，尽管是我在招揽客户。

我开始变得畏缩，隐藏自己的想法和感受，对他所说的一切唯唯诺诺，仅仅是为了维持和平。这让我精疲力竭。

他还开始以不恰当的方式与其他女性交谈。无论是他当地健身房的接线员还是老同学，他会在Facebook上与她们联系，并发送露骨的调情信息，比如“嘿，美女……”

每当我与他对质，他就会指责我“偷窥”，并说我不可理喻。

我至今仍难以接受的是，他对孩子们那么好。

他总是告诉我，他觉得自己是世界上最幸运的人，能够以我这个母亲同样的方式去爱露西。他会在睡前给她读故事书，在她生病时照顾她——而她也同样爱他。

但自从年满 13 岁起，她开始出现恐慌发作，并且有自残迹象。我们的生活并没有明显的变故，尽管我恳求她告诉我出了什么问题，但她无法解释为什么如此焦虑。

我真的无法理解。我以为是青春期的生活让她不堪重负，也许是受到了一点欺负或学业压力。我们出钱为她安排了心理治疗，斯科特陪她参加了每一次疗程，甚至在就诊时在场——当然，我现在知道原因了。但我做梦也没想到，他竟然在虐待她。

当然，当我们去年预订去法国度假时，我完全没意识到有任何问题。我们都需要一些期待，于是我们选择在一家五星级全包酒店住一周。

到达后不到一天，斯科特就心情不佳。后来我才发现这是因为露西拒绝了他的某次要求，但当时，我单纯认为他只是在闹他的通常脾气。

但在入住第五天，斯科特说想和我谈谈。他的下一句话永远改变了我们的生活：“我一直在强迫露西触碰我。”

我立刻明白了他的意思，但无论是出于震惊还是否认，我的第一个问题是：“什么？在哪里？怎么回事？”

当他解释他强迫她对他做了什么时，我就那样站在那里，无法说话，甚至无法移动。

我甚至不知道有没有词语能描述那一刻我所感受到的那种麻木感。我几乎无法呼吸。

虽然我从未预想到他会做出这种事，但我知道他在说实话。

对于任何阅读此文、认为自己在这种情况下会勃然大怒并伤害责任人的母亲，我只能说，在那个时刻到来之前，你根本不知道自己会如何反应。

他只是不停地在说，说着诸如“你以后肯定不想跟我有任何关系”以及“你想知道的所有事情我都会告诉你”之类的话。

但他从未说过对不起。事实上，他甚至病态到声称露西很享受，因为她没有抱怨，这让我感到作呕。没有悔意，只有对他自己的关心，以及关心我现在对他可能产生的看法，并试图为自己的行为正名。

最后，我的喉咙发紧，胃部剧烈收缩，我简单地说了一句“闭嘴”，然后去找露西。

她在房间里，当我把她带到酒店大堂，让她坐下来并说：“你需要跟我谈谈。到底怎么回事？”时，她完全不知道发生了什么。

她看起来很困惑且深受打击。直到我问她斯科特是否强迫她触碰他时，她最终点了点头并说：“是真的。我们确实亲过了。他一直强迫我这么做。”

当她告诉我他对他做的其他事情时，我抱着她，她开始哭泣。我需要事实——我需要知道时间、频率、地点——但她太激动了，几乎无法告诉我任何事情，只能说自她进入青春期以来的几个月里，这种情况发生了五次以上。

尽管我感到震惊和愤怒，但我知道我需要尽可能保持冷静，以便让露西（Lucy）也保持冷静。

我给在英国的母亲打了电话，告诉她发生了什么，并说我需要帮助尽快回家。然后我给一位值得信赖的朋友打了电话，他说他会报警。在挂断电话前，我对他说：“当我们回家后，斯科特（Scott）必须为此付出代价。”

我知道斯科特处于一种非常不稳定的精神状态。由于坦白，他已经威胁要自杀。

因此，我让露西远离他，并与度假公司交谈，解释了一切，并询问他们是否能尽快安排我们飞回家。他们设法在次日晚上安排了一班飞机。

接下来的 24 小时极其艰难。我需要陪伴我的

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秘密与生活（SECRETS & LIFES）

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“我告诉露西，如果她看到我牵着斯科特的手或拥抱他，那纯粹是为了骗他上飞机回家的伪装”

女儿，但我不想让斯科特自杀。我的朋友发来短信说，当我们那天傍晚抵达纽卡斯尔时，警察会在那里等斯科特。我知道我必须在不引起他任何怀疑的情况下，让他登上那架飞机。

我没有崩溃。我没有哭泣，也没有瘫倒在地。为了我的两个孩子，我保持了冷静。

当我们将真相告诉斯科特的儿子杰克时，他感到非常震惊。但孩子们的韧性往往能让你感到惊讶。他们都随我的引导，保持了冷静。

尽管我们与斯科特保持了足够的距离，但如果你那天看到我们，你会以为我们只是一个带着孩子享受假期的母亲。

那天晚上，当我们四个人准备前往机场时，我告诉露西，警察会在另一端等着斯科特，但为了让他上飞机，我们必须假装一切正常。

我告诉她，如果我牵他的手或拥抱他，那纯粹是为了维持伪装，而事实上，我内心感到恶心欲呕。

要求她继续掩饰“一切都好”这个谎言，这感觉太糟糕了，因为这正是斯科特长期以来要求她做的事情。但她理解。

航空公司方面表现得非常出色。我猜测他们一定与警方取得了联系并了解情况，因为他们把斯科特安排在我们前面三排的位置，声称我们的走道没有空位。

落地后，斯科特走到了飞机前部

斯科特曾威胁要自杀

其他乘客在前面走，而我们则远远地落在后面。

当他走进机场大楼时，我看到有六名武装警察在等着他。整个行动如此流畅，我想其他乘客甚至没有意识到发生了什么，警察就给他戴上了手铐，将其带离现场。

那是我们最后一次见到他。孩子们和我顺着乘客队伍继续前进，尽管我当时几乎无法迈出脚步。

我们的行李最先从转盘上下来，我们迅速拿好行李前往到达大厅，我的母亲和继父就在那里等着。就在那时，我们所有人都崩溃了。泪水如泉涌般涌出。然而，尽管发生了这一切，我依然在担心斯科特。

我知道露西会没事的；她有我。但你不可能突然就抹去对共处七年的丈夫的所有感情，我处于震惊之中。

后来我才会感受到的那种吞噬一切的愤怒，当时还没有时间真正产生。

我记得看着手机检查他的位置。我看到他正沿着高速公路向我们的家乡疾速驶去。我们甚至没能说一声再见。

那天晚上我们去了我母亲家，我彻夜未眠——但露西睡得比很长一段时间以来都要安稳。

第二天警察来了，她同意录制一段视频陈述。

虽然发生的一切都不是她的错，但她说斯科特告诉她，她是在“帮助他”。这让她觉得对自己所经历的一切负有责任。

之后，我有好几周吃不下东西。哪怕是一口吐司也会让我呕吐，我减轻了很多体重。

法律程序开始了。斯科特承认了多项对一名 13 岁儿童实施性侵的指控，这让我们免于承受审判的痛苦。他被还押候审，在等待宣判的几个月里，我们的心情如过山车般起伏。

我们维持着生活的表面轨迹，但其实仅仅是在生存。我们做着必须做的事，但心不在焉。

我会去办公室，但几乎无法正常工作，回家后便大哭。露西会去上学，但有时会因为压力而呕吐。

向老师解释原因是非常可怕的，但老师们非常出色，照顾她照顾得非常好。

宣判在今年早些时候进行，露西说她想在法庭上宣读一份受害者影响陈述书。每个人都告诉她不需要这样做——告诉她永远不需要再见到他——但她决心要做。

我为她感到骄傲，但当她站起来读她亲手写的这三页纸时，听起来极其令人心碎。

“我曾经爱过你，我以为你是我的全部，但你让我觉得我再也不想活在这个世界上了，”她说，而斯科特在哭泣。“我知道我应该原谅你，但我不能原谅你。你毁了我的生活。我说过‘不’，但你还是对我那样做了。你根本不知道这会把一个人摧毁到什么程度。”

由于他表现出“悔意”并承诺接受康复治疗，斯科特被判处不足五年的监禁——对于他的所作所为来说，这远远不够。他还被下达了限制令，因此永远不能再见到露西，并被列入性犯罪者登记册。

如今，孩子们和我正尽力重建我们的生活。好几个月里，露西会在半夜醒来需要倾诉，而我只是坐在那里听着。她正在接受更多的心理治疗，表现得非常勇敢。我为她感到骄傲。我想她会没事的。

我像对待亲生儿子一样爱杰克，在斯科特被捕后，他一直和露西以及我住在一起。我们的家就是他的家，我永远不会

我感到的只有愤怒与背叛

让斯科特（Scott）的行为玷污了这一切。直到最近几周他才搬回母亲家住，我们都很想念他，并且在余生中将保持密切联系。

人们问我对所发生的事情是否感到愧疚，虽然听起来可能令人惊讶，但诚实的回答是没有。

当然，我觉得露西（Lucy）经历了这一切很糟糕，但我根本无法知道当时发生了什么。即便如此，我认为我永远无法走出阴影。

因为斯科特被监禁，我并没有感到任何“解脱”。我甚至没有感到宽慰。我并不“感激”他认罪并让我们免于经历审判。我无法认同这些感觉。

我感到的只有愤怒——巨大的愤怒——被背叛的感觉，以及一个挥之不去的疑问：为什么？他为什么要这么做？为什么他选择毁掉一切？

尽管我试图将斯科特从我们的生活中剔除，但偶尔还是会在手机里发现我们的合影，每当我看着那些照片，我看到的却是一个陌生人。

我完全不知道这个男人是谁。十年来，我们共享生活、共用一张床、共同经营事业，我以为我们拥有未来——但我错了。我真的完全不了解他。

我只知道，我的孩子们和我没有他会过得好得多。

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秘密与生活 (SECRETS & LIFES)

每日邮报，2026年7月31日，星期五

作者：NIALL CAMPBELL 博士

大多数人认为可卡因是年轻人的毒品。但作为一名专注于成瘾治疗的顾问精神科医生，我看到越来越多的中年男性，其药物使用量多年来不断升级，并产生了毁灭性的后果——针对他们的健康及其婚姻。

国家统计局（Office for National Statistics）最新数据显示，接受成瘾治疗的人员中，年龄在 50 岁或以上的人员占比近三分之一，而 2010 年这一比例仅为 12%。

许多这类男性告诉自己，这“仅仅”是他们在周末或度假时做的事，是一种重温年轻时快感的方式。他们对待购买可卡因就像点一份比萨一样随意。

但当这些试图成为“彼得潘”的人进入四十岁、五十岁及以后时，这种药物造成的损害比他们意识到的要大得多：影响他们的心脏、大脑、人际关系，甚至性生活。

因为每次吸食可卡因，都相当于在玩俄罗斯轮盘赌。在 55, 岁时，心脏远不如 25. 岁时那样强健。吸食一条药线就像给福特安格利亚（Ford Anglia）车安装超级增压器。即使只是偶尔使用，其后果也可能是致命的。四十岁后期的人死于可卡因的可能性是年龄只有他们一半的人的四倍。

作为一种兴奋剂，可卡因会加快心率，收缩血管并增加血压。这些因素会导致心律不齐，并剧烈增加心脏病发作的风险。

剑桥大学今年发表的研究还表明，使用可卡因几乎会将晚年中风的风险增加一倍。它会导致抽搐，并增加个体患动脉瘤的机会，因为血管收缩可能会减少大脑接收的氧气。

我见过一个案例，一群中年朋友去伊比萨岛（Ibiza）狂欢，试图让气氛像 1999, 年那样，但他们的

照片：PETER SMITH/STUART

可卡因正如何影响中年“彼得潘”——以及为什么他们的妻子在付出沉重代价

身体再也无法承受——而其中一人没能活着回来。尽管可卡因导致的死亡率几乎比 2011 年高出十倍，但这些数字可能还是低估了，因为药物相关原因导致的死亡往往没有被如此记录。

其次是对男性性功能的影響。勃起功能障碍是男性最不愿讨论的副作用之一，但却很常见。长期使用可卡因还与性欲减退、性爱期间感觉丧失以及早泄有关。

可卡因可能会让使用者在当下感到更少拘束，但从生理上讲，它却产生相反的效果。它会减少全身的血流量，包括流向阴茎的血液，从而使维持勃起变得更加困难。

无论如何，对于我在罗汉普顿普赖尔里医院（Priory Hospital Roehampton）的大多数成瘾患者来说，欲望是他们心中最远的事情，因为可卡因对心理健康的影响非常严重。

当一个人服用可卡因时，他们的大脑会被多巴胺淹没——这是一种与快感相关的“愉悦”神经递质。

但长期暴露于高水平的多巴胺中会降低大脑对性刺激的反应敏感度。

一旦药物带来的最初快感消失，多巴胺水平就会骤降。随着时间的推移，重复使用会导致大脑产生更少的多巴胺，这会使人感到焦虑、抑郁和偏执——这些都不利于亲密关系的建立。相反，他们感兴趣的唯一事情就是再次服用可卡因。

因此，这并不奇怪，当他们走进我的诊室门时，他们往往正处于失去一段关系的边缘——或者已经失去了。

可卡因逐渐剥夺了他们的诚实、信任和亲密感——而他们的伴侣已经忍耐到了极限。

这些人最初只是断断续续地使用，以为自己能掌控局面，但却发现依赖性在悄悄滋生。他们向伴侣撒谎，偷偷溜出去服用更多可卡因，坚信没有人注意到。他们认为自己守住了秘密，但他们生活中的女性总是心知肚明。

频繁使用可卡因的副作用很难掩饰——而且不仅仅是财务上的副作用，后者可能是灾难性的，有些男性每月花费数千英镑。

他们在工作中的表现也开始下滑。在彻夜服用药物后，他们精疲力竭，开始更频繁地请病假。长期使用可卡因与记忆力、注意力及决策问题有关。

许多男性单纯地觉得自己的思维不再像以前那样敏捷，而这种精神迷雾在快感消失后仍会长时间持续。虽然中年男性可能认为可卡因有助于找回青春，但现实是，他们只是在加速那些与老年相关的健康问题的到来。

我还遇到过陷入偏执性精神病状态的患者，遭受如妄想和幻觉等可怕的症状——这些问题对药物治疗极其耐药。

最大的误区是，如果一个人只是偶尔服用可卡因，他们就能免受其影响。事实并非如此。当大多数患者寻求帮助时，破坏已经渗透到了他们生活的每一个角落。

我对任何在四十或五十岁时服用可卡因的人的简单建议就是停止——如果你担心的是你的伴侣，请相信你的直觉并与他们谈谈。

不要等到情况达到危机点才寻求帮助——否则你可能活不到后悔的那一天。

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分享那些让我感到自愧不足的事情，好让你感觉好一点

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BRYONY GORDON

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Naga 的证明：女性工作强度是男性的两倍，却依然处于劣势

女性必须比男性努力两倍，才能被认为只有对方一半优秀。

我记得当我还是个在办公室开始工作的、令人讨厌的 21 岁青年时，一位 50 多岁的女同事告诉过我这句话。

我当时嗤之以鼻，气急败坏，心想在进步的 21 世纪，这怎么可能依然是事实？

但当我坐在这里，回想起我和朋友们在 20 多岁和 30 多岁时必须向所有那些平庸的男人汇报工作，以及我见过的所有那些被性别歧视、育儿假政策和极其死板的工作时间所消磨的才华横溢的女性时，我意识到她是完全正确的。

如果你需要证明这句话在 2026 年依然像我在 2001 年第一次听到它时那样正确，那么请允许我为你介绍 Naga Munchetty 的案例。

Munchetty 本周成为了新闻焦点，因为在 BBC Breakfast 工作 17 年后，她将离职去主持 Radio 5 Live 的旗舰早餐节目。

这次变动引起了人们的惊讶，因为一段时间以来，这位 51 岁女性一直处于恶毒谣言的包围之中——其中大部分谣言似乎是在一个名叫 Richard Frediani 的人在 2019 年接任 BBC Breakfast 编辑之后开始的。

据说 Munchetty 从一开始就与被昵称为 Fredi 的 Frediani 发生冲突。

据称她为初级员工挺身而出，而这些员工显然受到了 Frediani 及其团队（在节目组中被称为他的“男子俱乐部”）的轻视和“践踏”。一名女性指控 Frediani 在 2024 年一次新闻编辑室的交流中身体上摇晃她，她的申诉得到了正式支持。

就在关于 Frediani 的指控出现前后，关于 Munchetty 行为的故事开始出现，包括一项指控称她因为一名实习生

离职：Naga Munchetty

在吐司上涂 Marmite 酵母酱的方式而斥责对方。因此，Munchetty 同样成为了霸凌调查的对象。尽管 BBC 在结束调查后从未公布任何违规结果，但她是离开 BBC Breakfast 的那个人——同时还必须忍受关于她多么“泼辣”（我们都知道这是用来形容“不愿闭嘴、不愿安分地回到原位之女性”的特殊代码）的报道。

“（Naga）的故事比 Fredi 精彩得多——他没有上头条，但她上了，”一名内部人士告诉《每日邮报》的 Katie Hind。“出现了大篇幅的头条报道将她描绘成一个彻头彻尾的怪物——但‘替罪羊’可能更准确。”

这就是职场中一个古老的故事。事实上，这在我 30 多岁时也发生在我身上，当时我不得不与一个好色、霸凌且工作完全没能耐的家伙共事。

其中任何一项特质都会导致大多数女性立即被解雇，而且是理所应当的。但当我抱怨他甚至没有达到最基本的工作标准时，他却指责我“要求过高且难以相处”。

当女性因为采取了男性经常因此获得奖励的行为而受到斥责时，这真的很奇怪，不是吗？在职场中身为女性令人精疲力竭。我们的薪水低于

我新的体育英雄？“性感且具有攻击性”的艾米！

体育传奇的这个夏天变得越来越精彩。世界杯之后，我的新宠是短跑运动员艾米·亨特（Amy Hunt），她在本周于格拉斯哥举行的英联邦运动会 100 米项目中获得银牌。

剑桥大学毕业生亨特在去年将她的体育氛围描述为“性感且具有攻击性”。

而在周二，她面对在雨中起跑时脱落的三片亚克力美甲表现得十分淡定。

希望这位 24 岁的人能与朱德·贝林厄姆（Jude Bellingham）和哈里·凯恩（Harry Kane）一起竞争年度最佳体育人物。毕竟，她获得了一枚银牌，而他们只拿到了铜牌。

男性，而我们中有一半的人会在某个时刻经历性骚扰（其中五分之四的人认为无法在工作中提出该问题）。随着年龄增长，我们的晋升机会随之降低，政府数据显示，50 至 64 岁女性的经济不活跃率远高于男性。

在工作中，我们必须完成分配给我们的任务，同时还要成为一名完美的女性。这个角色的要求多种多样，且不容讨论。

我们绝不能抱怨，绝不能制止一个好为人师的男性（mansplainer），除非我们想被指责为霸凌，否则绝不能以坚定自信的方式说话。如果我们想要加薪，或者想要一杯茶，我们必须为自己像名媛一样任性的行为道歉，并承诺绝不再犯。我们必须记住，如果一个男人早退去参加家长会，他会被视为某种进步之王；如果一个女人这样做，她很有可能因为没有尽职而被责备。

而如果她没有孩子，她会因为优先考虑职业生涯而被轻视。我想这基本上涵盖了所有情况。

讽刺的是，蒙切蒂（Munchetty）在她的职业生涯中花费了这么多时间要求人们倾听女性的声音。几十年来，她一直被……

H&M 如何成为高级时尚

向汉娜·瓦丁汉姆（Hannah Waddingham）的外科医生男友尼古拉斯·贝雷斯福德-克莱里（Nicolas Beresford-Cleary）表示赞赏，因为他本周在好莱坞红毯上穿着一件 H&M 的西装外套。这家高街商店正迎来一个

高光时刻，《Vogue》澳大利亚版编辑在那里推出了一个胶囊系列，其中包括一件 £379.99 的外套和一双 £229.99 的漆皮膝高开趾靴。愿 Hennes（我年轻时对 H&M 的称呼）保佑——显然，自打我十几岁时常去买 £1 背心以来，它已经走过了很长一段路。

据 Waitrose 称，我们已经厌倦了在炎热天气到来时通常偏爱的轻食。一种对沙拉的反感——“费塔奶酪疲劳”（Feta fatigue）——已经出现，该超市连锁店在过去一个月中看到舒适食物的购买量激增；例如，农舍派（cottage pie）的销量增长了 100 %。这就是地中海饮食的问题——虽然它们可能带来健康的生活，但相当无聊。

不要让 Z 世代取消海滩

我们刚从所谓的“欧洲汉普顿”，也就是葡萄牙的科波塔（Comporta）回来。在那里，我的 teenage daughter 抱怨那片美丽的沙滩，因为像许多年轻人一样，她不喜欢沙子。事实上，本周的一项调查发现，26 per cent 的 Z 世代会对“鞋子里进沙子”的想法而对海边失去兴趣。

现在我们还了解到，海边小屋也逐渐失宠，价格连续第二年暴跌。但在我看来，没有什么地方比海岸线更美了——即使是在冬日里狂风大作的英国海岸。求求你们，看在上帝的份上，不要让 Z 世代取消海滩！

医疗专业人员在她抱怨极度经期疼痛和会导致她昏厥的呕吐时。

三年前，她终于被诊断出患有子宫腺肌症，这是一种导致子宫内膜生长到子宫外肌层中的疾病。去年，她出版了一本关于女性医疗危机的书，周二她在目前的 Radio 5 节目中用大量篇幅讨论了早衰问题。

付出两倍的努力，承受两倍的痛苦？难怪职场上的“男人俱乐部”会对像 Naga Munchetty 这样的神奇女性感到如此威胁。

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秘密与生活（SECRETS & LIFES）

Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026

当我看向洗手盆上方的镜子时，我的心沉了下去。餐厅洗手间射灯的光线在我的头顶反光，我的头发如此稀疏，以至于头皮清晰可见，呈现出粉红色且发亮。

我眨了眨眼，强忍住泪水，意识到再也无法否认了：我正在脱发。

那时 51, 我已经知道一段时间了，我的头发在变薄。事实上，我从未拥有过浓密光泽的发质。像我的母亲和祖母一样，我的头发很细，而且一直没法长过肩膀。在 20 岁出头时，我开始使用头发慕斯，以获得自然条件下无法拥有的丰盈感。

由于学习过中医，我尝试了天然生发补充剂，但效果非常有限。

在 30 岁出头时，我预约了第一次接发，使用软树脂固定。终于，我拥有了一直渴望的长而浓密的头发。每隔几个月就要花费 £800 维护，这价格令人咋舌。但为了增强自信，这是我愿意付出的代价。

2004 年在 31, 岁时生下女儿后，我和丈夫想要更多孩子。但我们很难受孕，在 34, 岁时，检测结果显示我患有早发性卵巢功能不全（POI）。我的卵巢基本上停止工作了。

“你很难再次自然受孕，”一名医生确认道，我崩溃了。最终，我们通过使用捐赠卵子的试管婴儿手术获得了成功，在我 36 岁时，我们的双胞胎出生了。

但生产后我精疲力竭，月经变得紊乱。在 41, 岁时，月经完全停止，确认我经历了早绝经，这是 POI 的副作用。绝经也对我的头发造成了影响。

几乎在一夜之间，我能看到头顶的头皮。我的头发变得脆弱，发丝感觉更细。无论两次理发之间间隔多久，我的原生发长不过耳垂，使得后脑和侧面的接发成为了必需品。这让我感到十分难堪。

作为一名经常出镜的健康从业者，我不想尝试像米诺地尔（Minoxidil）这样的化学再生产品，所以我买遍了市面上所有天然的促进生长精华液和补充剂。

但它们只让我的头发看起来很扁塌。

我的丈夫尽力增强我的自信。但随着岁月流逝，我对头皮暴露的程度变得非常敏感。我花了一小笔钱在每周的丰盈吹发上，但痛苦地意识到，只要一阵风吹过，我的头皮就会暴露无遗。

在餐厅经历那个痛苦时刻后，我去找了我的理发师。她确认我的头顶无法安装额外的接发——那里没有足够的原生发。而且，对现有毛囊的牵拉可能会使脱发情况恶化。

“你可以尝试一下夹入式发顶补发（hair topper）？”她建议道。“那样不会太明显吗？”我担心地问道。“完全不会，”她回答道。她说如果我定制一个，几乎无法察觉。于是我这么做了。

在花费了 £500 定制好我的发片后，它看起来如此自然，让我非常激动。我每天早上只需将其夹在头顶即可。但一段时间后，我的天然

我花费了 £60,000 试图战胜脱发。这就是我的自体干细胞如何帮我找回秀发的故事

作者：KATIE BRINDLE

头发看起来越来越稀疏。那个发片可能给现有的发丝带来了压力，导致它们脱落。我变得越来越绝望，自信心跌至谷底。

而同年我的婚姻结束，这让情况变得更糟。虽然分手是和平的，但想到要结识新的人，然后让他们最终发现我的头发全是靠掩饰，这让我感到极其痛苦。

我觉得自己不再性感了。我知道植发是一个选择，但我并不太感兴趣，而且康复时间让我觉得难以承受。在绝望之中，我通过 Google 寻找替代方案，发现韩国提供能够促进头发生长的干细胞治疗。我正准备预订飞往首尔的机票，这时我看到伦敦的一家名为 Ouronyx 的诊所也在提供——

新章节：凯蒂现在的头发

——一种名为“微移植”（micrografting）的干细胞治疗，该疗法利用患者自身的头皮组织来制造一种生长因子溶液。

这种溶液被注射到头皮中，旨在重新激活稀疏的毛囊并促进生长。这种疗法无需停工休息期，效果可维持长达两年。IR 诊所（位于莱斯特）和伯明翰的 Dynamic Regenerative Medicine 诊所也提供基于干细胞的治疗。这感觉是我唯一的希望。

当我坐进 Ouronyx 医生的办公室时，我瞬间崩溃大哭。“我的头发让我太痛苦了，”我抽泣着说。医生确认我是微移植治疗的理想候选人，该疗法适用于处于男性或女性型脱发早期到中期的患者。

他解释说，他们将使用 2. 小穿刺 2.5mm 活检从我的颈根部采集头皮组织，用于制造生长溶液。在将其注射到头发稀疏区域后，我有望在六周内看到脱发减少，并在六个月内看到重新生长。这次治疗花费 £2,950，但考虑到我在过去 20 年里已经在头发上花费了 £60,000，为了找回自信，这无疑是一个正确的决定。我在去年 7 月接受了治疗，当时 52 岁。过程出乎意料地无痛，仅在活检时使用了局部麻醉。注射后，我两天内不能洗头，但那是唯一的不便之处。

医生还建议每月进行一次 Tricopat 治疗，四次疗程的价格从 £1,600 起，持续六个月。

Tricopat 使用一种机械设备在头皮上制造微切口以增加血流量，同时通过电脉冲将生长因子、维生素和透明质酸推入头皮，以重新激活毛囊并进一步加强生长。治疗还包括 LED 光疗，以减轻炎症。

在进行微移植和 Tricopat 治疗一个月后，我注意到我的头发感觉厚了一点。

两个月后，我的头皮和太阳穴长出了新的细小绒毛。

它们继续生长，而现在，一年过去了，你绝不会意识到我的头发曾那样稀疏。这甚至是我十多年来第一次让头发长过了下巴。

如今 53 岁，朋友们告诉我我看起来棒极了，我也相信他们。我的头发恢复到了绝经前的状态，我的自尊心也达到了顶峰。

终于，我觉得我可以完全拥抱我的新篇章了。

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由 BETHAN KING 记录

作者：NIKKI REYNOLDS

在 55 岁这个年纪，我有超过十年的救护车乘员工作经验，经常在瞬息之间做出决定以挽救生命。因此，我从未认为自己是一个容易被愚弄的人。

在金钱方面，我也一直很理智。在我和我的伴侣西蒙在一起的 20 多年里，我们一直量入为出，并为不时之需预留了积蓄。

但去年，当我被裁员时，我的世界崩塌了。一群骗子正潜伏在侧，企图夺走我的钱财、我的尊严——并且几乎毁掉了我的感情关系。

虽然我们认为骗子的目标是那些在网上寻找爱情的人，或者是通过随机的钓鱼邮件进行诈骗，但一种全新的骗子群体正在出现。

这些“求职骗子”通过发布虚假岗位的广告，瞄准那些极度渴望寻找工作的人，假装面试甚至雇佣人们，以此获取他们的银行详情。

令人心惊的是，随着越来越多像我这样处于

我在社交媒体上看到一个职位

中年女性——即所谓的 NER（由于裁员而处于既非在职也非退休状态的人）正在寻找工作，他们的潜在受害者群体正在扩大。

首先破坏我脆弱的财务生态的是年迈的父母。几年前，西蒙的父母都患上了认知障碍症，他辞去了在议会管理合同的工作，转而全职照顾他们。

我成了主要的经济支柱，资金确实变得紧张了。

然后去年 9 月，我收到一封电子邮件，称我工作的私立救护车公司正被 NHS（国民医疗服务体系）接管——我们所有人都必须重新申请工作。

在命运残酷的捉弄下，西蒙的母亲在几小时后去世了。

接下来的一个星期，在悲痛的阴霾中——且面临着葬礼的开销——我被告知 NHS 无法留住所有人，我被立即裁员。

失去一份我热爱的工作让我心碎，在担任该职位十多年后，这份工作是我身份认同的重要组成部分。由于西蒙也没有工作，失去我的薪水使我们陷入了危机点。

我立即开始申请工作。总共，我申请了 1,000 多个职位，但接二连三收到的是拒绝信。

我扩大了申请职位的范围，但依然没有成功；显然，作为一名护理员，我的经验太丰富了，但又没有资格去超市摆货架。

我可以在停车场进行紧急气管切开术，但我的技能似乎毫无用处。我禁不住……

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在 54 岁时，我被裁员了。

曾在此申请工作，我终于找到了一份工作……但这竟是一个为了榨干我的残酷骗局

我得出结论，作为一个“特定年龄的女性”，我并不在任何人的理想求职者名单之首。

随着拒绝信——或者更糟糕的，沉默——接踵而至，我感到一种日益增长的恐慌。

西蒙和我一直存有少量积蓄，但在他停止工作照顾父母后，我们一直在缓慢地消耗这些积蓄。我们现在几乎是勉强维持生计，如果我不能在接下来的几个月内开始赚钱，我们将陷入绝境。

在找工作期间，我注意到有些公司在社交媒体上招聘。就在我寻找机会时，出现了一条广告，提供在家包装商品的工作。

它声称是与 TikTok 合作的，所以看起来很正规，但无论如何，我已经绝望了。诈骗者专门猎杀脆弱的人——而当时我绝对属于这一类。

我发送了申请邮件，很快收到回复，给我提供包装发圈的工作。我的收入将取决于包装的数量，每件几便士，我计算出每天可以轻松赚到约 £50 —— 这笔钱可以在我继续寻找全职工作期间帮我度过难关。虽然这远低于我的技能水平，但这是我收到的第一个积极的工作消息，放弃它似乎很愚蠢。唯一的缺点是，材料显然需要几周时间才能送到我们位于埃塞克斯郡达格纳姆（Dagenham, Essex）的家中。

我回复说我需要尽快开始，对方建议我可以改为通过观看视频赚钱。

虽然我现在为当时没有识破而感到尴尬，但我后来了解到，这是最常见的求职诈骗之一——被称为“任务诈骗”。

你通过观看视频或评价产品来换取少量报酬，从而被诱导认为这是合法工作。然后，他们开始寻找向你要求付款的方法。但当时我想的只是，我可以在申请“正经工作”的同时做这个，并且能陪伴并支持西蒙和我悲痛的岳父，他需要我们持续的照顾。

我被分到了一个“团队”中，对方告诉我还有三名其他新招募人员。所有沟通都通过 WhatsApp 进行，其他人看起来很友好且有共同语言，尽管事后看来，我确定他们都不是真实的人，全都是诈骗者在诱导我。第二天，我收到了一份在 TikTok 上观看并“点赞”的视频清单——有些是关于旅游的，有些是关于美食的。

在接下来的几天里，我每次观看各种视频能获得 £10 的小额现金报酬。总共我“赚”了 £100。团队里的其他人都和我一样高兴，觉得这个机会是真的。

然后我们的“经理”发送了一条消息，给我们设定了一个赚更多钱的“挑战”。我们被要求向一个购买加密货币的账户中存入 £50，并被告知随后我们将

被告知需发送 £2,000 才能取回资金

连本带利一起偿还。我不理解这件事，而且很犹豫。我团队里的一名“女性”也在 WhatsApp 群组中表示，她担心投入资金，因为她还得抚养孩子——她甚至发了一张喂新生儿的照片。

但其中一名男性说他们打算冒险尝试。第二天，他告诉我们他的资金翻了一番。当然，这一切都是为了让我放下心防。几天之内，我的三名团队成员都发送了银行账户截图，显示有巨额款项到账。我是唯一一个犹豫不决的人。

通常我会和西蒙讨论，但我不想给他增加更多负担。于是我同意投入 £50。第二天早上，我收到一条信息，说我在投入的 £50 之外又赚了 £30。真是太棒了。但信息中还说，我需要发送资金才能解锁这笔钱。

这很奇怪，但其他人说在取回资金之前，他们不得不存入更大金额的款项，所以当我收到一条要求支付 £800 的信息时，我用掉最后的积蓄付了钱。

第二天，当我被告知这笔钱不足以解锁任何款项时，我感到恶心欲呕。

我立即给“经理”发信息说我想退出，但被告知要存入 £2,000 才能取出欠我的款项。我陷入了绝望。我询问朋友是否能借我钱，但没有人愿意帮忙。

我最终向西蒙承认，我需要钱才能把现金取回来。他勉强给了我 £2,000 —— 这是他最后的积蓄。

在内心深处，我知道这是一个风险，但这是我能想到的摆脱这场

图片：MARY HARBOUR，发型与化妆：ABRAEL STUNG @ JOY GOODMAN

勇敢：尼基希望他人能从她的磨难中吸取教训

烂摊子的唯一办法。而且群里的其他人仍在向我保证，他们最终拿回了钱。

最后，在存入 £2,000 后的第二天，当对方要求更多的钱时，我知道我被骗了。

我非常害怕告诉西蒙我失去了一切——我想不到他怎么可能原谅我。因为无法面对家人，我决定逃避这个问题，去住在朋友家。我感到无比羞愧。

就在那时，我打电话给我成年后的女儿，告诉她我去哪里，以免她担心。

令我惊恐的是，她已经知道了钱的事——因为西蒙偷偷地从她那里借了给我的 £2,000。那是她和她的新丈夫收到的结婚礼金——我感到更加崩溃。

最终，她劝我告诉西蒙发生了什么，并在我坦白一切时来到了家里。两人

警方称他们无能为力

他们两个人都对我很生气，但我之前低估了西蒙。他告诉我，我们会一起挺过这一关的。

我向警方报案并告知了所发生的事情，发送了对话截图以及我转账的银行账户详情。不幸的是，他们说能做的事情很少，尽管他们告诉我，这类骗局他们经常见到。

我的银行也说无法提供帮助，因为我是自愿转账的；而 TikTok 告诉我对该公司不负有任何责任。

这是一个沉痛的教训，但我已经接受了我支付的 £3,000 已经彻底没了。对某些人来说，这可能不算多，但当这就是你全部的积蓄时，这种打击与损失 £1 million 一样毁灭性。

庆幸的是，我现在已经开始将这段痛苦的经历抛在脑后。

在被裁员六个月后，我终于在一家园艺中心找到了一份正规工作，我们的财务状况正慢慢回升。虽然这个职位的要求再次远低于我的技能水平，但我很享受回到工作岗位的感觉。

我已经能把钱还给我的女儿了。我非常感激我优秀的家人，他们一直支持着我。然而，仍有几个朋友在我向他们借钱后拒绝与我说话，这让我感到很心酸。

我觉得承认被骗很愚蠢，因为我知道在正常情况下，我不会被这些谎言所蒙骗。

但当你绝望时，你会抓住任何机会。遗憾的是，越来越多的我这个年纪的女性在 50 多岁时意外失去热爱的工作后，发现自己陷入了这种境地。

如果有一个人读了我的故事并避免犯同样的错误，那么这一切就值得了。

讲述给 HEATHER MAIN

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周五快乐！音乐与戏剧

Daily Mail, 周五, 2025年7月31日

作者：Adrian Thrills

The Strokes 乐队：

《Reality Awaits》(RCA/Cult)

结论：古怪且时而绝妙

★★★★☆

从 Muse 和麦当娜到滚石乐队（The Rolling Stones），那些在 2026 年发起音乐回归的大牌艺人们，通常在发挥经典优势的同时，加入了一些现代元素。

Muse 的《The Wow! Signal》是一次前卫摇滚的强势展现，而麦当娜的《Confessions II》则是写给夜店的一封情书。滚石乐队在《Foreign Tongues》中则坚守布鲁斯风格。

回归基础是 The Strokes 在 2020 年的《The New Abnormal》中所做的，他们在制作人 Rick Rubin 的协助下，重新审视了那些在 2000 年代初期为 The Killers 及其后继者开辟道路的充满活力的车库摇滚。《The New Abnormal》被评为格莱美奖最佳摇滚专辑，确认了 The Strokes 已发展成为一个受人尊敬的经典传承之作。

时隔六年再次推出新素材，这支纽约乐队在他们的第七张专辑中打破常规。他们再次与 Rubin 合作，这次是在哥斯达黎加，他们并没有抛弃旧时的锯齿状旋律——吉他手 Nick Valerai 和 Albert Hammond Jr 之间有大量令人惊叹的互动——但古怪的电子效果和自动调音的嗓音现在也成为了整体的一部分。

自 25 年前突破以来，The Strokes 有时听起来像一支在敷衍了事的乐队。但这次并非如此。《Reality Awaits》大胆且特立独行，你不能指责这五人组在选择稳妥之策。

“现实越糟糕，你就越不想听关于它的事，”主唱说道

意想不到的变数：The Strokes 吉他手 Albert Hammond Jr 4 月在科切拉音乐节（Coachella）舞台上的表现

大胆、古怪（且与众不同）……The Strokes 乐队带来颠覆之作

朱利安·卡萨布兰卡（Julian Casablancas）在《Going Shopping》中向我们倾诉，随后暗示“前往乡村隐居”可能是他获得慰藉的唯一希望。

在《Dine N'Dash》中，他用暴力威胁一个未具名的敌人。“如果他现在在这里，我会开枪射击他，但我已经誓言过要过和平的生活，”他解释道。在《Falling Out Of Love》中则有更多的绝望，这是一首关于在中年危机中返回家园的民谣。这首歌可以被视为探讨一夜成名之危险的曲目，但自动调音（autotune）剥夺了它的情感冲击力。

在其他曲目中，卡萨布兰卡将矛头指向数字世界。在以清脆吉他扫弦为基础的《Lonely In The Future》中，社交媒体影响力人物——以及 The Weeknd 的时尚感和哈里·斯泰尔斯（Harry Styles）的热门单曲《As It Was》——都成为了他的目标；而《Liar's Remorse》则预言了一个由技术主导的未来。

这一切都暗示着这位歌手对世界的现状并不 exactly 乐观。“我不会持续太久，”他在《Going To Babble On》中向我们保证，随后专辑在一段迷幻的吉他民谣《Tyrants Of The Mellow Moon》中落下帷幕。

The Strokes 乐队曾凭借《The New Abnormal》赢得了年轻粉丝的青睐。现在，他们用《Reality Awaits》投出了一个出人意料的变速球。The Strokes 乐队将于 10 月 6 日在伦敦 The O2 体育馆开启英国巡演 (azs.com)。

图片：KEVIN MASER/GITTY KAGLE

新发行

THE DURUTTI COLUMN：《Renascent》（伦敦）被哈里·斯泰尔斯誉为意想不到的灵感来源，The Durutti Column 的维尼·赖利（Vini Reilly）是 20 世纪 70 年代末首批签约于托尼·威尔逊（Tony Wilson）旗下 Factory 厂牌的艺人之一，这位吉他手的新专辑延续了他极具表现力的风格。曼彻斯特歌手 Caolifhionn Rose 在两首曲目中加入了爵士风情。而《For Friends Everywhere》则是一首管弦乐作品，由制作人基尔·斯图尔特（Keir Stewart）演奏钢片琴。★★★★☆

LUCI A & THE BEST BOYS：《Picking Petals》（Communion）

Florence + The Machine 的戏剧化摇滚显然是 Lucia & The Best Boys 的基调，这支格拉斯哥乐队的第二张专辑点缀着汹涌的吉他、风笛和小提琴。主唱露西亚·费尔富尔（Lucia Fairfull）在两首精彩的二重唱中展现了自信：CHVRCHES 乐队的劳伦·梅伯里（Lauren Mayberry）在《Lonely Girl》中与她合作，而 The Last Dinner Party 的阿比盖尔·莫里斯（Abigail Morris）则在流行曲目《Big Romance》中献唱。

★★★★☆

折磨，堕落……对于勇敢的演员来说，这一定是地狱

作者：Patrick Marmion

《洗净》（Cleansed，伦敦阿尔梅达剧院）

结论：阴郁且残酷

☆☆☆☆☆

《奥斯卡的重要性》（The Importance Of Being Oscar，伦敦公园剧院）

结论：内心深处亦是王尔德

★★★★☆

无需在意我们正遭受气候变化的袭击；伦敦的阿尔梅达剧院（Almeida Theatre）在这个夏天也提供了一些属于它自己的痛苦——重新上演了萨拉·凯恩（Sarah Kane）那部臭名昭著的 1998 年剧作《洗净》。

这在戏剧上相当于用尖锐的木棍戳眼睛——而且剧本正是以此开场：一名虐待狂医生将注射器刺入一名显然是瘾君子的人的眼球中。是的，在这一幅关于精神崩溃的幻象中，酷刑与堕落是主旋律，而这名瘾君子的双胞胎姐妹进入这个地下世界寻找她死去的哥哥。

该剧的触发警告极其详尽，但仍然几乎无法让你为这种残暴做好心理准备，其中甚至包括使用扫帚柄进行的性侵犯。

光影对比：上图为饰演王尔德的 Alastair Whatley，左图为《洗净》中饰演虐待狂医生的 Leo Bill

图片：MARC BREENER

《洗净》给人的感觉往往是无情且随机的；然而，如果你愿意顺从这地狱般的流动，它也是一次对爱与救赎的绝望且可怕的寻找。

对于演员来说，这一定是地狱，在 Rebecca Frecknall 那冷酷且不妥协的制作中，他们夜复一夜地脱掉衣服，模拟血染的性爱与精神崩溃。

Leo Bill 饰演一名负责实施残暴行为的医生，任务极其艰巨；舞台布景看起来像医院走廊和治疗室，灯光让每个人看起来都病恹恹的。

因此，我们应该祝愿这些勇敢的演员一切顺利，包括饰演精神病兄妹的 Pearl Chanda 和 Jack Riddiford，以及饰演一对受迫害同性伴侣的 Luke Cinque-White 和 Parth Thakerar。

我没有给出任何星级，因为我无法诚实地向任何人推荐将其作为一次愉快的夜晚之行——尽管在很长一段时间里，我一直在纠结是否基于演技的强度给它四星（请包涵）。

附言：值得注意的是，作者凯恩在写完这部剧后的第二年，在一家医院里不幸自杀。

■ 为了寻求轻松的缓解，请向北前往芬斯伯里公园（Finsbury Park）观看《奥斯卡的重要性》。

你可能会认为关于奥斯卡·王尔德已经没有什么可说的了；而且没有什么是他自己说得更好的（“爱自己是终身浪漫的开始”）。

但 Alastair Whatley 证明了在舞台上赋予这位伟大作家生命并讲述他自身故事仍有空间。他的独角戏是对 1960 年由 Micheal Mac Liammoir 创作并表演的王尔德致敬剧的卓越复活，将王尔德塑造为一个活生生的、有呼吸的维多利亚时代绅士。

我们看到一个迷人的奥斯卡形象，它将从他早期的华丽诗篇到随口的俏皮话，以及剧作片段（包括《不可serious之重要性》中的手提包场景）交织在一起，随后在被判定犯有严重猥亵罪后，陷入《底层的深渊》（De Profundis）和《阅读监狱之歌》（Ballad Of Reading Gaol）的阴郁之中。

Whatley 的表演和 Michael Fentiman 的制作将古典与现代微妙地融合在一起。

奥斯卡穿着一套“琥珀棕色”的三件套灯心绒西装，配着同色领巾，被两个巨大的光环包围，暗示那是化妆室的镜子，或者是通往另一个维度的门户。Whatley 沉浸且动人的表演赋予了王尔德一种深度和复杂性，而这种特质在他人那种卑躬屈膝的英雄崇拜中往往丢失了。《洗净》在阿尔梅达剧院演出至 8 月 29 日；《奥斯卡的重要性》演出至 8 月 22 日。

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每日邮报，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

星期五到了！电影

第 43 页

作者：Brian Viner

蜘蛛侠：崭新之日 (12A, 145 mins)

结论：为了空调而去

★★★☆☆

我们当时都在那里，或者也许我们都不在那里，等待着那对甜蜜恩爱的少伉俪汤姆·赫尔兰德（Tom Holland）和赞达亚（Zendaya）共同主演一部夏季大片……结果这两部片子接踵而至。

首先是《奥德赛》，赫尔兰德在片中饰演软弱但偶尔显露英雄本色的特勒马库斯，赞达亚则饰演智慧女神雅典娜。

而现在，他再次化身为英勇但偶尔软弱的蜘蛛侠，而她则是他的女朋友 MJ。

好吧，我说女朋友，但看过上一部《蜘蛛侠：英雄无归》(2021) 的人会记得，在彼得·帕克被全世界揭露为那套标志性红蓝连身衣下笨拙的年轻人后，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇饰演的奇异博士慷慨地使用了他强大的精神力量，抹除了所有人的集体记忆。

因此现在 MJ，以及他们的共同好友内德（杰考布·巴塔隆 饰）以及几乎所有人，都不知道彼得是谁，更不用说他就是蜘蛛侠的另一个身份了。

这让彼得在情感上漂泊无依，他不仅在为心爱的梅婶（玛丽莎·托梅 饰，出现在闪回中）哀悼，还沦落到偷偷跟踪可爱的 MJ，并忍受着看她与他人亲昵的痛苦景象。

与此同时，对于广受推崇的蜘蛛侠来说，纽约市有足够的罪恶让他这个打击犯罪的超级英雄忙碌起来。特别是，有人在针对城市的损害管制部，而那个神秘人物似乎拥有扭曲他人心智的能力，能将正经人变成帮凶恶徒。

仿佛这还不够挑战，蜘蛛侠还在与健康问题作斗争。他经常感到剧烈的头痛，而他“危险地增强的感官接收器”使得巨大的噪音变得难以忍受。当你住在纽约时——正如里奥·伍德尔（Leo Woodall）在最近的惊悚片《调音师》（Tuner）中的角色所发现的那样——这真是一场噩梦。

那么，处于危机的困扰超级英雄们会怎么做？

当然是寻求其他超级英雄的帮助。蜘蛛侠竟然在公共浴池找到了正在享受浴场的叶莲娜·贝洛娃/黑寡妇（由优秀的弗洛伦斯·皮尤客串，发挥了她抢镜的超能力）。

此外，作为彼得，他参加了温文尔雅的学者布鲁斯·班纳博士（马克·布法罗 饰）的大学讲座，这是电影中最精彩的场面之一的序幕：一场蜘蛛侠与班纳的另一个身份——绿巨人之间的战斗。在老对手弗兰克·卡斯特/惩罚者（乔·伯恩塔尔 饰）的进一步帮助下，我们的英雄逐渐找到了解决彼得存在主义危机的方法，同时也发现了是谁在进行那些阴险的心智操纵。

顺便提一下，伯恩塔尔与赫尔兰德和赞达亚一起构成了这部电影关系的交集，因为他在《奥德赛》中饰演了墨涅拉俄斯王。

这两部大片目前都在影院上映，据说这部电影的预售票情况非常乐观，这对饱受打击的电影业来说是个绝佳的消息。去看这两部电影有充分的理由。除其他因素外，尽管我对极长篇幅的电影感到厌倦，但在这样一个酷暑之夏，我们谁能拒绝三个小时的空调房呢？

赫尔兰德第四次领衔主演这个大家最喜爱的“蛛网发射者”，在其他方面也很酷。片中有一些令人愉悦的幽默时刻，比如当内德试图探究蜘蛛侠在需要上厕所时会怎么做。此外，还有一些真正精彩的动作场面，由导演德斯汀·丹尼尔·克雷顿流畅地编排。

但是——在这里我可能很孤独，因为已经有人对《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》给予了由衷的狂热赞美——我发现自己厌倦了脆弱的超级英雄。他们曾经代表简单的二元对立中以善制恶，但现在，如果我们忽略掉他们能从摩天大楼跳下并单手举起坦克的能耐，他们就像社会上的其他人一样，为人际关系和心理健康而焦虑。

也许，在这一天的尽头——无论这一天是崭新的，还是令人沮丧地熟悉——我们得到了我们应得的超级英雄。现正热映。

半人半鱿鱼在一次超级鱼类大战中

游戏

Splatoon Raiders (Switch 2, £49.99)

结论：这位“喷墨人”的射击游戏 ★★★★★

SPLATOON 始终是对那些《战地》(Battlefields) 和《使命召唤》(Calls Of Duty) 等游戏的有力回应。任天堂的这款射击游戏没有让你扮演一名强壮的士兵，而是让你成为一个卡通般的半人半鱿鱼……生物。你喷射的不是子弹，而是墨水。它色彩丰富，幽默且疯狂，非常酷。

但前三部 Splatoon 游戏在一点上仍然模仿了那些更强悍的同行：它们侧重于在线玩家之间的多人对战。

现在不再如此。Splatoon Raiders 没有玩家对战（PvP）组件，

而是强调单人体验——及其故事。

你扮演一名与其它鱿鱼人以及一只兴奋的曼塔鳐鱼一起被困在神秘群岛上方的鱿鱼人。这些岛屿充斥着被称为“鲑鱼人”(Salmonids) 的怪异鱼类反派，他们似乎在守护大量宝藏。你的任务就是深入敌阵，夺取战利品，升级你的装备（武器之类），并查明到底发生了什么。

Splatoon 的基础玩法——以人类形态射击，以鱿鱼形态在墨水潭中疾速穿行——一如既往地令人愉悦。但这一次，游戏中增加了新的小工具和能力，可以扭转战局，使你占据优势。而且你需要它们。尽管有着可爱的魅力，Raiders 同样极具挑战性。在游戏的深处，当屏幕被鲑鱼人填满且到处喷溅墨水时，它对技能的考验不亚于任何《使命召唤》的关卡。

但即使你被变成了鱿鱼圈，你仍会一次次回来。为了看看这次能否迎接挑战。为了看看下一个岛上有什​​么。为了看看鱿鱼是否真的优于士兵。

PETER HOSKIN

失落之爱：Holland 和 Zendaya 饰演蜘蛛侠和 MJ

图片：FLIPPA/ KLAMY

SEPTEMBER 2026

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“Pam Ayres 精准地展现了观众爱她的原因——敏锐的机智、温暖，以及在日常生活中发现幽默的能力。”（Borders Book Festival 2026）

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Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026

FRIDAY

你是否与伴侣争吵？也许是因为垃圾桶，或者是洗碗的事？心理学家 Kim Polinder 说，无论争吵中表现出的表面原因是什么，它都始于更深层的创伤。

她说，我们争吵是因为那些核心创伤被我们内心深处感受到的一些事物一次次触碰到——就像按在淤青上，或者让伤口重新撕裂。

我们的争吵其实并不是为了处理可回收垃圾，或者谁最后一次洗了碗，而是关于一些陈旧且疼痛的事情。

冲突触发了过去的创伤，导致人们采取根深蒂固的情绪角色，而不是展现其“真实自我”。为了

本周推荐书目

《我们为何而战》（WHY WE FIGHT）

作者：金·波林德（Kim Polinder）

(HarperOne £22, 256pp)

ANTHEA ROWAN

理解我们为何争吵，以及如何化解这些争吵，Polinder 认为我们需要了解自己的“触发点”——这意味着要了解我们的创伤，因为当我们争吵时，“我们是在对过去所有被以同样方式对待的时刻做出反应”。

这就是为什么伴侣或朋友的一句随口评论或小小的轻视就能让你陷入情绪漩涡，“以及为什么他们似乎和你一样困惑，不明白为什么这件事会让你如此难过”。

Polinder 有一段令人关注的背景故事：五个月大时，她被留在韩国农村的一条小路上，被一名路人发现。她先是被送到警察局，然后被送往儿童医院，随后被安置在寄养家庭中，最后被一个美国家庭收养。

成年后，她在科技领域取得了成功，在一家财富 500 强公司担任 IT 工程师。她被技术吸引是因为“计算机对我来说是有逻辑的，而人则不然”。IT 是“可预测的、逻辑性的，而且我不需要坐在这里处理他人那些沉重的情绪”。

后来，她获得了关系教练和治疗师的资格，因为她意识到“冲突的感觉就像是一次严重的系统崩溃”。

正是 Polinder 早年的生活经历塑造了她对客户的共情能力：“由于早年被生母抛弃的这种分离创伤，我的遗弃焦虑由此而生”。

她将此描述为“核心创伤”，并将其定义为“一种伴随你而行的旧有情感伤害”，无论这种伤害是源于单一经历，还是重复出现的被拒绝或情感忽视模式。

但正是她的职业经历塑造了她修复这些旧创伤的方法。在科技世界中，“我们有流程图来引导我们进行故障排除……一系列‘是或否’的问题，从而引导出一条逻辑前进路径。如果 A 发生，则跳转到步骤 B；如果没发生，则跳转到步骤 C”。这些图表为 IT 工程师提供了一种在“系统崩溃时能够前进而不至于在琐碎细节中迷失”的方法。

如果说 Polinder 最初的创伤是被生母抛弃，那么当她的父母从韩国收养第二个女儿时，这一创伤被加深了。

她说：“那时我的愤怒加剧了。我清楚地记得自己小时候很顽固，每当事情不顺我意时就打她，试图控制她。在那些发脾气的时候，我有一瞬间感到自己很强大，然后接下来的几天里感到羞愧。对我来说，控制感比亲密感更让我舒服。”

她写道，直到几十年后，她才明白自己对妹妹到来所做出的反应：“我将自己对身为亚洲人的自我厌恶投射到了她身上。我还记得看到一年级班级照片时的震惊，意识到自己与所有金发蓝眼的同学看起来多么不同。我的数学方程式开始形成了：融入其中，以避免变得不同。”

这种方程式导致了她所谓的“糟糕数学”——试图让事情成立，试图理顺这个世界，以此应对。她说：“我们计算哪些行为会导致痛苦，哪些行为能带来奖励。”

Polinder 举了几个关于这种“可爱度数学”的例子：妈妈焦虑 + 我让她笑 = 我要为母亲的幸福负责。爸爸忽视我 + 当我在体育方面表现出色时给出评价 = 当我具备运动能力时，我才是有价值的。妈妈对着叛逆的哥哥大吼 + 我保持听话 = 当我不制造麻烦时，我才是可爱的。

距离你母亲对着你叛逆的哥哥大吼可能已经过去了数十年——核心创伤——但这种糟糕数学的总和，“当我不制造麻烦时，我才是可爱的”，却依然根深蒂固。

她写道，检查你的数学计算是否出错的最佳方法之一就是问自己：“我是否开始感到愤恨？”现在请问你自己：在关于倒垃圾、洗碗的争吵中，愤恨占据了多大的比重？

俗话说——这句话被分别归功于耶稣的母亲或亚里士多德——给我一个孩子直到他七岁，我将还你一个男人（或女人）。

把童年想象成湿润的黏土，很容易塑造。到了七岁，它就被模塑并干燥了，无论表面被印上了什么样的图案，都已固定下来。包括那些核心创伤。

在整本书中，波林德（Polinder）引用了客户的案例研究；读者可能会发现自己的争吵在玛雅（Maya）和德文（Devin）身上得到了映射，例如。

在成长过程中，玛雅的父亲在情感上是退缩的：“他会消失好几天，躲进工作或其他消遣中，而玛雅意识到，如果她不不断证明自己的价值，她就会被忽视。”

当她的伴侣德文没有回复短信时，她的默认反应就是感受到当年父亲退缩时那种同样的被拒绝感——“感觉就像以前所有被抛弃的时刻一样”——而她的反应则完全不成比例。于是引发了一场争吵。

与此同时，德文是在一位控制欲强且爱挑剔的母亲陪伴下长大的，因此“当玛雅在情感上对他要求更多时，这让他觉得又是另一种形式的被告知他在失败”——这成了另一次争吵的基础。

波林德写道，我们争吵，“是因为我们学习感知危险的方式，以及随之而来的保护自己的方式。大脑的首要任务是生存，而我们被触发的反应反映了我们的危险感。”

秉持其工程背景，她用技术术语解析心理学：“我们可以学习沟通技巧（安装一个新应用程序），但冲突解决最终归结为一个调节问题。”

廷塔格尔？它曾是一个

在经历了几个世纪的神话演绎后，我们是否能真正揭开亚瑟王的真相？

这部关于英国黑暗时代历史的作者表示，得益于最新考古学的一些惊人发现，我们正不断接近真相。

在书的结尾，他甚至对亚瑟王的真实身份提出了见解——在他看来，亚瑟王比其他专家认为的更像一个有血有肉的人物。

肯·达克（Ken Dark）教授对他的看法也与神话传说中的描绘非常相似：在那个时代的混乱中，他是一位伟大且仁慈的基督教统治者，为了抵御野蛮人的入侵而战……可惜徒劳无功。

《暴君与商人》（TYRANTS AND TRADERS） 作者：肯·达克 （Bloomsbury Academic 出版，£29, 232页）

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书籍

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什么样的书？

爱丽丝·乔利 (ALICE JOLLY) 作家

……你现在正在阅读？

蕾切尔·赛弗特 (RACHEL Seiffert) 的小说《一旦事成》(Once The Deed Is Done)，该书入围了沃尔特·斯科特历史小说奖的短名单。我一直对法西斯主义的崛起和第二次世界大战深感兴趣。

蕾切尔的书背景设定在德国汉堡郊外。战争结束时，英国红十字会工作人员露丝来到这里管理一个充满强迫劳工的营地。随着紧张局势加剧，露丝听到传闻称一些劳工可能失踪了。

秘密、愧疚和共谋的问题沉重地压在心头。但即便秘密被揭开，新的友谊也在形成。这本书提醒我们，即使在那样一场可怕的战争之后，人们依然能够恢复，一个新世界也得以建立。这些正是我们现在需要的信息。

……你会带到荒岛上的书？

我有一本破旧的 R. S. 托马斯的《每一个人诗集》(Everyman Poetry)，那是很多年前我花 £1 买的。对我来说，人类的所有生活都蕴含在简短而有力的诗篇之中。我经常随身携带它们。它们将我带到另一个领域，让我能够更充分地与此时此刻相连接。无论我在荒岛上待多久，我知道这些诗歌将支撑我生存。

……让你第一次迷上阅读的书？

我的父亲曾给我读休·洛夫廷 (Hugh Lofting) 的《杜立特医生》(Doctor Dolittle) 系列故事。每天晚上我都恳求他多读一点，但他总是很坚定。到了睡觉时间，灯就关了。

有一天晚上，我太想知道接下来的情节了，于是我重新打开灯，拿起书。我本以为自己读不来——但我竟然读懂了。那种解放感和兴奋感一直伴随着我。

……让你感到索然无味的书？

我知道这可能有点大不敬，但我不能理解人们为什么对简·奥斯汀 (Jane Austen) 如此痴迷。

谁在乎谁嫁给了谁？我怀疑世界上的人分为两类：一类热爱奥斯汀和巴斯市，另一类则热爱勃朗特姐妹和约克郡的荒原。

我坚定地属于后者——热情的女性，狂野的风景，不受羁绊的心。绝对是这样。而宽檐帽和裙撑？就没那么吸引我了。

■ 爱丽丝·乔利的《火柴盒女孩》(The Matchbox Girl) (Bloomsbury 出版，£9.99) 现已上市。

一位治疗师关于小事为何会触发情绪的真实原因及其应对方法的有趣见解

这不是一个沟通问题。”她将相同的原则应用于此处的方法：一种基于系统的、实用的冲突处理流程图法，围绕两个核心提示——“我是否感到被理解？”和“寻找解决方案”——旨在“将复杂的情绪破裂分解为清晰、可行的修复步骤”。

这是一个巧妙的装置，用系统和漏洞（bugs）的语言来描述情绪功能障碍；波林德（Polinder）自身从 IT 行业转行至心理治疗的经历，使得这个比喻显得真实自然，而非噱头。

《我们为何争吵》（Why We Fight）的独特之处在于其案例研究和“错误数学”框架，这为读者在争吵中及时觉察自我提供了一个真正实用的具体工具。我敢打赌，你一定会在这本书的某些地方发现自己的影子。

它会触碰到你核心创伤的痛处——但它也会帮助你停止撕扯那层结痂的伤口。

是贸易枢纽，而非亚瑟王的宝座

地标：廷他杰尔的亚瑟王

暴君马格洛库努斯（Maglocunus）杀死了他的妻子和侄子，以便娶他的侄媳……而且在此之前，他还花时间在修道院里为自己的罪孽赎罪！

尽管如此，贸易依然在继续。人们可能会将黑暗时代的英国想象成一个遥远的、被迷雾笼罩的岛屿，但事实远非如此。

这里甚至与拜占庭（今天的伊斯坦布尔，位于地中海的另一端）有着强烈的联系，发现了大量的拜占庭硬币和铜秤。

极其惊人的是，威尔士和康沃尔的一些圣徒名字，包括廷他杰尔的圣马特里亚娜（Saint Materiana），都起源于拜占庭。为了换取欧洲的葡萄酒和拜占庭的丝绸，我们用矿产财富进行贸易，包括金、银和铜。我们甚至进口香料：来自萨福克郡、日期为公元 467 年的霍克斯尼宝藏（Hoxne Hoard）中就包含四个胡椒瓶。这些胡椒只能来自印度。

与此同时，“英国金属”（British metal）这个词现在让人想到像铁娘子（Iron Maiden）这样的摇滚乐队，但在黑暗时代的欧洲，它指的是锡——康沃尔拥有最优质的储量。

这就把我们带到了廷他杰尔。直到 20 世纪 70 年代，人们还认为那个迷人的康沃尔海岬是一座修道院，但现在被认为是一座富有的堡垒和贸易站，统治着一些最富有的矿区。唯一令人失望的是，达克教授（Professor Dark）不认为这里与“真实的”亚瑟王有特别联系，他认为亚瑟王是南威尔士迪费德（Dyfed）的一位国王，“佩德之子亚瑟”（Arthur son of Pedr）。

我们一直在了解更多信息，但迷人的传说无疑将流传下去：一位英雄般的基督教国王和他的骑士们，穿行于这个充满财富与血腥、屠杀与僧侣……以及鼠疫爆发的时代。

一位历史学家曾说，亚瑟王最可能生活的公元 836 年，是“历史上最不适合生存的一年”。下次我对路面坑洼抱怨时，我会记住这一点。

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图书 小说

Daily Mail，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

文学小说

安东尼·卡明斯（ANTHONY CUMMINS）

第一座房子 (THE FIRST HOUSE)

作者：阿夫尼·多希 (Avni Doshi)

（Hamish Hamilton 出版社 £16.99, 24ppp）

多希是一位在迪拜生活的美国小说家，2020 年凭讲述紧张的母女关系的《焦糖》（Burnt Sugar）入围布克奖短名单。

她的新小说同样令人感到压抑，讲述了一位两个孩子的母亲兼作家的故事，她的丈夫突然离家出走。

我们看着她在应对震惊的同时，努力在作为父母的职责中维持平衡，而她正深陷于与小学年龄孩子的日常争吵中，孩子们对智能手机的热衷让她心烦意乱（而一位爱管闲事的姨妈让情况雪上加霜）。

与此同时，她的工作陷入停滞，她通过研究占星图来寻找灵感，结果只是在浪费时间。

尽管叙述者的自怜感可能会让人反感，但随着丈夫行为的逐渐揭露——从第一天起就狡猾地操纵一切——我们被一种不断增长的惊恐感死死地钉在书页上。

这部小说引人入胜，其场景凭借纯粹的残酷性，深深地刻在了读者的记忆中。

EXHIBITION（展览）

作者：Alex Hyde

(Grando £14.99, 256pp)

HYDE 的处女作《Violets》以诗人的视角，通过生动的片段勾勒出两名战争时期女性交织的生活。

她在本书中沿用了同样的风格，描绘了两名女性之间动荡的关系——一名摄影师和一名类似于特蕾西·艾敏（Tracey Emin）的画家，两人在 1996 年伦敦狂热的艺术之都相遇。

故事通过摄影师对画家的零散回忆展开，两人在渐行渐远之后，于约 20 年后的纽约命中般地重逢。

与画家不同，摄影师并非名星，她曾暂停工作照顾母亲——这是一个痛点，因为画家正是凭借摄影师未署名的“自画像”地建立了自己的名声。

如果故事情节能更充实一些就更好了，但这依然是对从侧翼观察名人现象的一次引人入胜的戏剧化呈现。

I MADE YOU UP INSIDE MY HEAD（我在脑海中构思了你）

作者：Marta Pérez-Carbonell

(Sceptre £16.99, 208pp)

小说与生活之间这种寄生关系始终是令人好奇的永恒话题：看看目前关于娜塔莉·波特曼（Natalie Portman）的喧闹，据称她对自己即将在 Rachel Cusk 的新小说中被负面塑造感到恼怒。

被变成他人小说中的角色，这种危险性正是这部设定在加里多尼亚卧铺车（Caledonian Sleeper）上的复杂悬疑剧的核心。

翻译员 Alicia 被卷入了与小说家 Terry 的对话中，Terry 最新的书因为与一名失踪的瑞士年轻男子有关而引发丑闻，他曾与该男子发生过性关系。

当他们在车上的聊天围绕着叙事伦理问题展开时，Terry 书中的章节与 Alicia 过去的片段交织在一起，包括一段让她离开家乡西班牙的糟糕感情。

素材确实丰富，但故事中截然不同的元素之间缺乏冲突，导致作品缺乏火花。

Navigating a lethal risk for a monster debt（为偿还巨额债务而航行于致命风险之中）

SELF AND FANTASY（自我与幻想）

JAMIE BUXTON

THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED（深渊与溺者）

作者：Ian Green

(Head of Zeus £22, 384pp)

KILLIAN 是一位具有花花公子气质的私掠船长，拥有一艘精良的帆船和一群基本忠诚的船员，但遗憾的是，他背负着巨额债务需要偿还。

他天赋异禀——拥有通灵的盗墓能力和狂战士般的愤怒——但不知为何，他总是只能在麻烦面前勉强领先一步。有时仅领先半步。或者根本没有领先。

因此，当他获得偿还上述债务的机会时，尽管必须在携带一名冷酷的帝国官员及其体型庞大、身披铠甲且狂热的保镖（此人讨厌所有人）的情况下，航行在充满致命怪物的海域，他依然欣然接受。

这部作品具有出色的冒险精神，极其扣人心弦，且才华横溢，期待续集！

THE INFINITE STATE（无限之国）

作者：Richard Swan

(Gollance £23, 416pp)

Swan 在叙事方面展现了大师级水准，他流畅地切换

挡位：这是一个带有荚舱赛车（pod-racers）的《使女的故事》式的法西斯噩梦；是《银翼杀手》般的阴郁中被光束刺破的景象。

三个人物的生活被残暴的 Decurion 国家强行碰撞在一起：Katherine，一名党政官员失去孩子的遗孀；Cyprian，一名愤世嫉俗的酗酒警察；Julian，一名行星外的速度商人。

每个人都以自己的方式意识到，留在该行星上已没有什么可失去的，而通过建立一个新世界则能赢得一切——而这个新世界是由 Katherine 的巨额财富买下的。但提供希望与自由的新开始，恰恰是该国家所不能容忍的……

风格硬朗，毫不妥协，且氛围压抑得令人窒息。

血之交易 (A TRADE OF BLOOD)

作者：罗伯特·杰克逊·本内特 (Robert Jackson Bennett)

(Hodderscape £25, 400pp)

一部涉及谋杀、家族世仇、巨大牛群以及拥有灵巧小手的摘豆猫的侦探故事，再次证明了 RJB 令人惊叹且阴森的想象力。

当一个大家族的女儿在一家乡村旅店被另一个家族的儿子剖开时，情况看起来像是两大王朝之间的战争。此时，才华横溢且脾气暴躁的非凡侦探安娜·多拉布拉 (Ana Dolabra) 及其长期忍受她的搭档迪尼亚斯·科尔 (Dinias Kol) 登场了。

在思考那些不可思议的可能性时，他们意识到一种长期用于动物的真菌变异正在感染人类。但幕后黑手是谁？古老的森林中隐藏着怎样的秘密？

这是一个完全令人沉浸、危机四伏的谜团，并点缀着犀利的幽默和阴森的怪诞感。

心理状态 (PSYCHOS)

克里斯蒂娜·阿普利亚德 (CHRISTENA APPLEYARD)

一个阴郁的夏天 (ONE DARK SUMMER)

作者：莎拉·霍恩斯利 (Sarah Hornsley)

(Hodder & Stoughton £22, 320pp)

神秘的英国潮汐岛奥西亚 (Osea) 荒凉、偏远，是埋藏秘密的绝佳之地。

霍恩斯利为莉莉 (Lily) 营造了恰到好处的背景，她正在寻找关于自己破碎童年的线索。

最终，她的发现给她带来了比预想中更多的麻烦：关于她的母亲佩妮 (Penny) 在她仅四岁时就抛弃她的原因。

在一次耐人寻味的转折中，莉莉实际上是一名治疗师——这是对她自身内心痛苦的一种回应，也是引入大量令人信服的心理分析的便捷方式。一位前途光明的年轻作家写就的一本聪明之作。

伤心人 (HEARTBREAKER)

作者：杰德·奥赖利 (Jade O'Reilly)

(Pellerin Books £9.99, 294pp)

非常受欢迎的迈克尔·诺斯 (Michael North) 惊悚小说的粉丝们无需过多说服就会阅读奥赖利的最新作品。

这部作品转向了略微不同的方向——这是一个独立篇章，探讨了愧疚心理和杀手动机。

故事背景设定在美国，成功的辩护律师达芙妮·门罗 (Daphne Monroe) 决定通过追踪杀害她丈夫和两个幼子的凶手来面对自己的心魔。

而她自己正是警方的首席嫌疑人，同时也是真凶的下一个目标。

现代医学在极其复杂的情节中起到了关键作用，读者在阅读过程中能学到很多知识。

一个真正原创、扣人心弦且令人难忘的故事线。

泳池派对 (THE POOL PARTY)

作者：丽贝卡·贝恩布里奇 (Rebecca Bainbridge)

(Quercus £22, 352pp)

在一栋豪宅中举办的奢华泳池派对，是这本书的核心戏剧冲突。书中探讨了两名母亲之间毒性十足的秘密，她们陷入了一段在校门前建立的危险友谊中。

凯特 (Kate) 带着担任副校长的丈夫来到了风景如画的弗莱钦村 (Fletching)，希望能有一个新的开始。她与迷人的梅洛迪 (Melody) 成了朋友，后者每年举办的泳池派对是该季节的最高光时刻。但这段友谊逐渐揭示出，两人隐藏的事情远比分享的要多。

情节在派对期间达到沸点。发生了一起严重事件。我们从一开始就知道这件事会发生，故事以双时间线叙述，可能会令人困惑。但贝恩布里奇对母亲身份和友谊的诠释十分精准，这是一个充满活力且巧妙地穿插着紧张感的共鸣故事。

复古 (RETROS)

萨莉·莫里斯 (SALLY MORRIS)

出生之时 (A TIME TO BE BORN)

作者：唐·波韦尔 (Dawn Powell)

(Pushkin £10.99, 336pp)

迷人却冷酷的阿曼达 (Amanda) 逃离了她阴郁的俄亥俄州成长环境，通过嫁给报业大亨朱利安 (Julian)，在 1946 年光鲜亮丽的纽约社交界中重塑自我，朱利安还推广她（代笔撰写的）小说。她鄙视他，并通过诱惑前任情人、挣扎中的作家肯 (Ken) 回来以此取乐。

当过去的一位熟人薇琪 (Vicky) 来到这座城市寻求帮助时，阿曼达“慷慨地”借给她一套公寓——实际上这是为了让她与肯能够秘密会面。

但即使是对局面有铁腕控制的她，也无法掌控随之而来的崩塌。这部针对富裕社交攀爬者以及爱与性之价值的、如钻石般闪亮且锐利的讽刺作品，同样适用于当今的超级富豪。

THE SPRING HOUSE（春日之屋）

作者：Cynthia Asquith

（大英图书馆出版 £10.99, 256页）

那是1915年5月。当战争阻碍了米兰达返回加拿大投奔她（并不爱）的丈夫时，她与母亲一同住在她们的英国庄园里，而这座庄园现在已被征用作军事医院。

美丽、无聊、年轻且享有特权，她与那些迷恋她的男人调情——直到黑暗降临，她深爱的弟弟在前线阵亡。

随后她遇到了约翰，并首次陷入深爱之中——但由于米兰达的良知，这段关系未能圆满。

两个情节反转残酷地提醒着人们曾经的可能性，而战争的代价则是由爱与悲痛来偿还——Asquith的两个兄弟均在法国去世，这为这份痛苦增添了凄美之感。

GAINING GROUND（寻找地基）

作者：Joan Barfoot

（Faber出版 £9.99, 304页）

这部令人不安且具挑衅性的作品，探讨了一个人在摆脱传统束缚以寻找自我时会走多远，在读完最后一页后仍令人回味无穷。

艾布拉有一个深爱她的丈夫和两个年幼的孩子，但她在郊区的生活中感到窒息。她买了一座偏远的林中小屋，在家里留下一封信后失踪，让自己沉浸在自然的节奏和体力劳动中，没有时钟，没有镜子，也没有社交。

九年后，一个女孩出现了——那是她的女儿，要求一个答案。起初艾布拉态度敌对，但随后允许一段有限的关系发展，直到一场危机迫使她重新评估。此书文字优美，诚实且勇敢。

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Daily Mail，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

温馨犯罪剧

《理发师谜案》（The Hairdresser Mysteries），下午 2 点，BBC1

我们再次回到布洛ッサ姆谷（Blossom Vale），迎接另一场欢快的谋杀之谜。沙尔布里奇警长（Sergeant Shallbridge）可能在多年前就已退伍，但他表现得依然像在军队中一样 —— 直到他收到了最后的“行军令”，被发现死在自己的车库健身房里。凯莉（Cary）和亚当警员（PC Adam，由 Charlotte Jordan 和 Ben Castle-Gibb 饰演）很快就赶到了现场。

不过，莉莉（Lily，由 Sally Phillips 饰演）此时在别处 —— 她预约给鲁珀特·卡沃尔登勋爵（Lord Rupert Carwalden，由 Alex Macqueen 饰演，与 Phillips 合影）理发，而且那座大宅里似乎也出了问题。不过，莉莉的犯罪侦破本能最敏锐的时候，还是在她的沙龙里 —— 尽管那里有令人头疼的 20 世纪 70 年代风格的装修！

今日电视精选

《我们的生活：乐队中最后的矿工》（OUR LIVES: THE LAST MINER IN THE BAND），晚上 7.30PM，BBC1

当伊辛顿矿场（Easington Colliery）于 1993 年关闭时，1,400 名工人失去了工作，达勒姆郡（County Durham）的社区陷入了恶性循环。然而，乐队仍在演奏，这在很大程度上归功于一个人。彼得·劳森（Peter Lawson，如图所示）在矿井下工作了 20 年，并且自 11 岁起 —— 即 55 年前 —— 便是当地管弦乐队的中坚力量。他可能不是一个爱自吹自擂的人（他的乐器是上低音号！），但由于他的奉献，伊辛顿矿场乐队目前发展繁荣，在各项比赛中获奖，并准备在达勒姆大教堂进行一次具有里程碑意义的演出。这部令人愉悦的短片跟随彼得和其他乐队成员，记录他们参加在伯明翰举行的全国性比赛，并为大教堂的盛大演出进行练习。距离演出仅剩几周时间，压力剧增，尤其是对于丹（Dan）和处于孕晚期的乔治亚（Georgia）来说，他们必须在繁忙的日常生活之余协调排练时间，并准备迎接新成员的到来 —— 同时希望宝宝不要在音乐会当天之前决定出生。丹是一名教师，这意味着他处于招募急需新血的有利位置，但由于彼得在医嘱下需要减缓节奏，乐队的未来可能仍存在不确定性。

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (早餐节目)

9.30 Animal Park (动物公园) (AD,R)

10.15 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (追踪、寻找，夺回我的车) (R)

10.45 Expert Witness (专家证人) (R) 新的 DNA 技术破解了一起 1992 年的谋杀案。

11.15 Homes Under the Hammer (房屋拍卖) (R)

12.15 Bargain Hunt (淘宝猎手) Caroline Hawley 在马尔文主持。

1.00 BBC News at One (BBC 1点新闻)；天气预报

1.35 BBC Regional News (BBC 地区新闻)；天气预报

1.45 BBC News at One (BBC 1点新闻)；天气预报

2.00 The Hairdresser Mysteries (理发师谜案) (AD)

A) 村庄正准备在剧院举行一场庆祝音乐会，1.15 和 Clary 意识到其中一名表演者的死亡并非表面那样简单。

2.45 Escape to the Country (逃往乡村) (R) Bricny May Williams 在安格尔西岛寻找一座石屋。

3.45 The Bidding Room (拍卖室) 展品包括一套怀旧的电影收藏。

4.30 The Travelling Auctioneers (流动拍卖师) (AD,R) 一对兄妹希望他们能将她的房间变成一个梦想假期。

5.15 Pointless (无用之问) (R) Alexander Armstrong 与 Stephen Mangan 共同主持。

6.00 BBC News at Six (BBC 6点新闻)；天气预报

6.30 BBC Regional News (BBC 地区新闻)；天气预报

7.00 The One Show (同一个节目) 由 Vernon Kay 和 J.B. Gill 主持。

7.30 Our Lives: The Last Miner In Our Lives: The Last Miner In the Band Durham's Easington Pit (我们的生活：乐队中最后的矿工) the Band Durham's Easington Colliery Band (达勒姆埃辛顿矿山乐队) 正在为一场重要的音乐会做准备。

8.00 Granite Harbour (花岗岩港) (AD) Lindo 和团队寻回了谋杀凶器，并发现了挑战他们假设的新线索，此时洛夫利庄园的紧张局势已达到临界点。

9.00 Would I Lie to You? (我会骗你吗？) (R) 嘉宾嘉宾包括 Kadeena Coe, Ivo Graham, Harriet Kemsley 和 Eddie Marsan。

9.30 Ann Droid (安·机器人) (AD) Linda 拖着 Sue 去海边撒骨灰，这引发了一次前往游乐园的旅行。

10.00 BBC News at Ten (BBC 10点新闻)

10.30 BBC Regional News (BBC 地区新闻) (随后为天气预报)

10.40 Austin (奥斯汀) (AD) Austin 遵循一部浪漫喜剧手册来追求 Haley。喜剧，由 Ben Miller 和 Sally Phillips 主演。

11.05 Austin (奥斯汀) (AD) Mel 飞奔而去试图阻止一次辞职。本系列最后一集。

11.35 Scent of a Woman (1992) (15) (AD) 一位失明的战争退伍军人付费请一名学生陪同他前往大城市。喜剧剧情片，由 Al Pacino 和 Chris O'Donnell 主演。

2.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (下周天气预报)

2.10 BBC News (BBC 新闻)

BBC2

6.30 Money for Nothing (R)

7.15 The Bidding Room (R)

8.00 Marcus Wareing Simply Provence

(BSL,R) 参观一个农产品市场。

9.00 BBC News

12.50 Lifeline (AD,R)

1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games

(R) Yasmine Akram, Cariad Lloyd,

Geoff Norcott 和 Dennis Taylor

测试他们的常识技巧。

1.30 The Finish Line (R) 问答节目。

2.15 Lightning (R) 问答，由 Zoe Lyons 主持。

2.45 The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation

(AD,R) 该组合访问奥地利。

3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown

(R) 在肯特郡的 Stigbourne 农产品市场销售奶酪和水果。

4.15 Hippox: Africa's River Giants

(AD,R) 大卫·爱登堡揭示了

前所未见的河马生活。

5.15 Flog It! (R) 收集来自

各个地点的发现物。

6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games

(R) 嘉宾包括 Joe Marier, Storm Huntley,

Karen Hauer 和 Tom Read Wilson。

6.30 Just One Thing (AD,R) 探讨

做俯卧撑的好处。

7.00 Iolo's Anglesey (R) Iolo Williams

探索安格尔西岛的植物群。

7.30 Beechgrove Garden 团队

规划冬季，Ruth Vichos

演示如何培育雪滴花，Calum Clunie

收集鲁冰花种子。

8.00 Gardeners' World Monty Don 正在

提前规划，在经历了数周的高温后，

他面临着用多年生植物翻新

花坛的繁重工作。

9.00 Bergerac (AD) 一封威胁信

证实了 Bergerac 的直觉，即他们

拘留的人不对。

9.45 QI XL (R) 嘉宾包括 Maisie

Adam, Susan Calman, Josh

Wildccombe 和 Alan Davies。

10.30 Newsnight 分析当日

事件，由 Paddy O'Connell 主持。

(随后为天气预报)

11.00 Chuck Chuck Baby (2024) (15)

4.00 首播。一名与前夫及其

女友同居的女性，在当地

鸡肉工厂担任收费员的同时

寻求浪漫。剧集，由 Louise

Brealey 和 Annabel Scholey 主演。

12.40 Golf: Women's Open Highlights

来自皇家利瑟姆和圣安妮（Royal

Lytham & St Annes）第二天的比赛亮点。 1.40 Amityville:

An Origin Story (AD,BSL,R) 2.30 安迪·伯纳姆：劳拉·昆斯伯格

访谈 (BSL,R) 3.00 Natalie

Cassidy: Caring Together

(AD,BSL,R) 3.30 This is BBC2

ITV1

6.00 早安英国 (Good Morning Britain) 早晨杂志节目，涵盖新闻与时事。

10.00 此时此刻 (This Morning) 每日杂志节目，涵盖名人访谈、演艺圈新闻、生活专题、热门讨论、健康美容建议等。

1.00 新闻；天气

1.20 地区新闻；天气

1.30 ITV 赛马：光辉古德伍德赛马会 (Glorious Goodwood) 由 Ed Chamberlin 和 Francesca Cumani 主持，报道该赛马会的第四天赛事，包括主赛卡塔尔国王乔治锦标赛 (Qatar King George Stakes) 以及另外四场支持赛事；地区天气

4.30 tipping Point：史上最强决赛 (R) 汇总该节目中一些最戏剧性的终局对决。

5.00 追击战 (The Chase) (R) 由 Bradley Walsh 主持，Joe、Becky、Nathan 和 Sophie 回答常识问题并团队协作，挑战残酷的追击者以赢取现金奖金。

6.00 地区新闻；天气

6.30 新闻；天气

7.30 Abbey Clancy：名人豪宅 Abbey 参观演员 Sheree Murphy 在柴郡的豪宅，以及模特兼企业家 Caprice 在伦敦的家庭住所。

8.00 艾默代尔 (Emmerdale) (AD) Claudette 做出承认，而 Charles 则感到大吃一惊。

8.30 街道 the Coronation Street (AD) Cassie 在 Steve 和 Tyrone 面前失去了第二次机会。

9.00 阿曼达·诺克斯的扭曲故事 (The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox) (AD) 随着 Raffaele 的审判拖延数年，他令人心碎的往事揭开。在最终裁决前，他被迫将自己的辩护与阿曼达的分开。

10.05 阿曼达·诺克斯的扭曲故事 (The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox) (AD) 判决后，阿曼达陷入抑郁并开始了监狱生活。随着上诉临近以及新事实的出现，她发誓不再重复首次审判时的错误。

11.05 新闻（后接天气预报）

11.40 地区新闻（后接天气预报）

11.55 走进朗廷酒店：英国第一座奢华酒店 (Inside the Langham: Britain's First Grand Hotel) (AD,R) 婚礼策划师 Meir 全力以赴。

12.30 电视购物 3.00 自然之力 (Force of Nature) (AD,BSL,R) 由 Andrew Lincoln 旁白，探讨在气候变化加剧的情况下，动物们的生存之战。 3.50 寻找失散亲人 (Long Lost Family) (AD,BSL,R) 帮助一名 20 世纪 60 年代从圣卢西亚来到伦敦的男子。 4.45 在 ITV 中放松 (Unwind with ITV)

第4频道 (CHANNEL 4)

6.25 Cheers (R) 三集连播。

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R) 该情景剧三集连播。

9.10 Frasier (AD,R) 四集。

11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 戈登协助重新开业一家南方美食餐厅。

12.05 Channel 4 News Summary

12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R) Gemma 将一个旧电视柜改造成了一个豪华狗床。

1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 一名模特和一名电工在利物浦购买了一栋 II 级法定保护建筑。

2.10 Countdown With Scarlett Moffatt 在词典角 (Dictionary Corner)。

3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) 一对来自西米德兰兹郡的夫妇在兰萨罗特岛寻找度假屋。

4.00 Narrow Escapes (AD,R) Joel 在半夜前往布里斯托海峡。

5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) Nicole 和 Nick 努力在第一个孩子出生前安装好厨房。

6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) Mike Wolfe 在搜寻收藏品时发现了一辆罕见的福特车。

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich (AD) Joyce 用内窥镜拉皮手术庆祝她的 60 岁生日。James 进行了电磁身体雕塑，而 Morgan 接受了激光手术以紧致下颌线。

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 新系列。由 Jimmy Carr 主持，Jon Richardson 和 Harriet Kemsley 在这场文字与数字竞猜中对阵 Rob Beckett 和 Richard Ayode。

10.00 Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits 当困惑的嘉宾们将竞猜中的委屈发泄在出题人身上时，Jimmy Carr 感受到了来自 Michael McIntyre, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Harry Hill 等人的愤怒。

11.05 Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican Live (R) 脱口秀表演，录制于该喜剧演员 2012 年英国巡演期间的伦敦 hammerwidth Apollo 剧院。

12.10 Ramy (AD) 讲述一个生活在新泽西州的美国穆斯林-阿拉伯第一代移民的喜剧，由 Ramy Youssef 主演。 12.45 Ramy (AD) 1.20

电影 Fresh (2022) (8) ▲ 喜剧恐怖片，由 Daisy Edgar-Jones 主演。

3.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R) (R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R) (R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R) (R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R)

(R) 重播。 (HD) 高清。 (AD) 音频描述。 (b/w) 非彩色。 (BSL) 英国手语。

家庭观看 通常适合所有人 建议谨慎观看

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情景喜剧笑料

Ann Droid, 晚上 9.30, BBC1

除了挖掘机器人 Linda 对世界那种极其死板的解读所带来的喜剧可能性外，随着我们进一步了解 Sue 的朋友们及其各自的机器人，这部剧正发展成为一部极佳的群戏情景喜剧。本周，Sue 和慈善商店的一帮人前往海边，帮助 Tom (David Hargreaves) 撒掉他表亲的骨灰，而 Linda 在发表悼词方面证明了自己出乎意料地有用——当然，是在经历了两次不太合适的尝试之后。

电影选择

Chuck Chuck Baby, 晚上 11点, BBC2

这部荣获威尔士 BAFTA 奖的浪漫喜剧穿插了几段歌曲和舞蹈，是一次令人心旷神怡的享受。Helen (Louise Bresley) 在一家鸡肉工厂工作，当老友 Joanne (Annabel Scholey) 回到镇上时，她的家禽生活得到了提升，两人之间未曾言说的情感终于有可能展翅高飞。

CHANNEL 5

6.00 Milkshake! 小猪佩奇 Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Udo (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 小猪佩奇 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Pony (R) 7.00 汪汪队立大功 Paw Patrol (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 小猪佩奇 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 汪汪队立大功 Paw Patrol (R) 8.25 帕丁顿熊的历险记 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach (R) 9.00 小猪佩奇 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.05 Tim Rex in Space: Craft Party

9.15 Jeremy Vine

11.30 Storm & Alexis

12.45 5 News at Lunchtime

12.50 Matt Alwright 辩论当日最重大新闻故事。

2.20 Conceived in Lies (2024) (15)

惊悚片，由 Holly Deweaux 和 Matthew James Dowden 主演。

4.00 Castle (R) 一名黑帮医生在街头被枪杀。

4.55 Love Nature (R) 探讨西汉海滩（Seaham beach）海玻璃的历史。

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 马耳他：地中海之珠 Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R) 镜头聚焦于马耳他最熟练的船长。本系列最后一集。

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 度假骗局：不要中招 Holiday Scams: Don't Get Caught Out (R) Alexis Conran 及其团队挑战那些在人们旅行时觊觎其钱包的诈骗者。

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 迈克尔·帕林在委内瑞拉 Michael Palin in Venezuela (AD,R) 迈克尔进入苏利亚州，开始他在委内瑞拉冒险之旅的最后一程。本系列最后一集。

9.00 1607年英国的致命巨浪 Britain's Killer Wave of 1607 (R) 科学家、地质学家和历史学家研究 1607 年布里斯托尔海峡的洪水，探讨导致这一异常天气现象的是否为风暴潮。

10.00 2026年 Commonwealth Games 格拉斯哥第八日的精彩回顾，该日颁发了柔道、田径、残疾人田径以及场地自行车和残疾人场地自行车的金牌。

11.05 Piers Morgan Uncensored：人工智能会消灭我们吗？由 Piers Morgan 主持的大胆新闻与辩论节目。

1.00 Cruise TV with LoveItBookit (R) 2.00 Shoplifters: Catch Me If You Can (R) 2.50 马耳他：地中海之珠 Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R) 3.45 伙计们 Friends (AD,R) 4.10 伙计们 Friends (AD,R) 4.35 The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5.5.35 Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 帕丁顿熊的历险记 The Adventures of Paddington (BSL,R)

▲ 特别容易引起不快

卡拉OK、欢乐时光、谋杀……这是一场“天堂之死”式的套装度假！

贝尼多姆（Benidorm）回来了！高层酒店、穿着短款上衣且晒得像龙虾一样红的游客、开着代步车的养老金领取者赛车手……快承认吧，你想它了。

作家伊恩·贾维斯（Ian Jarvis）展现了天才的一面，他捕捉到了ETV热门喜剧剧集标志性的外观和氛围，并加入了一个戏谑的元素——每周一起谋杀案。

《贝尼多姆谋杀案》（Benidorm Is Murder）提供了与《天堂之死》（Death In Paradise）相当的套装度假版体验。其他剧集也尝试过类似的想法，例如Sky频道的《名为恶意之镇》（A Town Called Malice），讲述的是一个在太阳海岸（Costa del Sol）的伦敦犯罪家族；以及第五频道的邮轮度假谜团剧《好船谋杀案》（The Good Ship Murder）。

但让这部大胆的模仿之作如此令人愉悦的是它的亲切感。如果你喜欢德伦·利特尔（Derren Little）创作并播出了 11 年的原版《贝尼多姆》中的Madge和Mateo、理发师Kenneth，以及交换伴侣的Donald和Jacqueline，那么在这里你会立刻感到宾至如归。

这里有卡拉OK、蛮横的酒店员工、遮阳伞下沙滩上真实度假者的镜头、黏糊糊的鸡尾酒、排队等待

【本周战争女英雄】：哈丽埃特·沃尔特（Harriet Walter）在《你认为你是谁？》（Who Do You Think You Are?，BBCI）节目中惊讶地得知，她的母亲Xandra曾在海军情报部门工作，参与规划 1944 年的D-Day登陆行动。“我完全不知道，”哈丽埃特女爵惊呼道，“我以为她只是在和那些小伙子调情。”

日光浴床的队伍、霓虹灯闪烁的酒吧、一排排俯瞰同一个泳池的模版化房间，外加每周一次的公式化谋杀。这是一部“全包式”的侦探剧。

剧集以经典的贝尼多姆风格开场：一个庸俗的致敬演出团体在为那些狂饮“欢乐时光”啤酒的顾客表演合唱流行曲。四个留着九十年代发型的胖小伙，自称“Mis-Take That”，正在展示他们蹩脚的舞步。

你可能会问，只有四个？谁不见了？

乐队的一员后来告诉警方，他同时扮演了Jason Orange和Howard Donald两个角色，“因为人们根本分不出区别。我是Joward。”

在没有任何统计证据支持的情况下，我怀疑如果你问 100 个人最想看到哪个Take That成员被谋杀， 97 个人会说是罗比·威廉姆斯（Robbie Williams）。而谁会是头号嫌疑人？显然是加里·巴洛（Gary Barlow）。

罗比最终面朝下地死在泳池里，而加里则被戴上了手铐。犯罪发生在凌晨 1.46am 之间。

北爱尔兰电视节目变动

BBC 3:45pm Watched By MD — Spotlight，朱利安·奥尼尔（Julian O'Neill）调查一名记者的电话记录被监视一事。 16.25 Chronicles of the Spences。肖恩和他的导盲犬Denise阅读关于攀登Mullighcam山顶的年度徒步记录。 UTV: 7. 00pm UTV Life。 7.30 Hidden Northern Ireland。镜头聚焦于德里（Derry）的一个地标。 9.35 Kitsey Clancy: Celebrity Homes。

威尔士电视节目变动

BBC 7.30pm Best of Weatherman Walking。ITV: 7. 00pm Clash & Country。奶酪制作、Reacher的住所，以及鲨鱼与海龟。 9.45: 6. 00am Cyw。 12noon Newyddion a'r. Twyodd。 12.05 Pygged I Bowls。 12.30 Heroi。 1.00 1 Pymtown。 1.30 Dan Go。 2.00 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd。 2.05 Prystrawn Da。 3.00 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd。 3.05 5 Pin。 4.00 Awr Fawr。 5.00 Duroch。 6.00 Gerald's Funny。 6.30 Ddeodthd Genedlaethol 2026. 7.30 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd。 8.00 Sannach Gymnewlad 2026. 10.30 Gweizy Adunlad。

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

昨晚电视回顾

《贝尼多姆谋杀案》（Benidorm Is Murder，Ch5） ★★★★★

以及 1. 47am。“只要一分钟就够了，”一名警察沉思道。

约翰·汉纳（John Hannah）饰演前警察丹尼斯，经营着一家供应温啤酒和烤三明治的地下酒吧。他只有一个常客，但这足以让他整天穿着短裤喝酒看电视，看起来像个旅居海外的里巴斯督察（Inspector Rebus）。

他的助手是失业女演员罗莎（Rosa，卡罗琳娜·贝克尔 Carolina Becquer 饰），她对《Midsomer Murders》和《Murder, She Wrote》等剧集有着极具帮助的痴迷。根据舒适推理剧（cosy mysteries）的定律，必须有一名真正的警察，他试图解决案件但最终失败。

《贝尼多姆谋杀案》没有放过任何一个陈词滥调，因此阿里亚德娜·卡布罗尔（Ariadna Cabrol）不仅饰演赫尔南德斯警佐，还是丹尼斯的若即若离的情人。他称她为“完全浪费纳税人的钱”，而她反击道：“搞得好像你交过税一样！”

这是一部六集系列剧，我已经要求出第二季了。想要你们回来，想要你们回来带来更多。

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50 数字与点播

每日邮报，周五，2026年7月31日

数字与点播电视精选

NORMAL, BPM, SKY PREMIERE

就像美国版的利亚姆·尼森（Liam Neeson）一样，鲍勃·奥登科克（Bob Odenkirk）似乎是那些在动作片中找到了惊人“第二春”的演员之一。在《Nobody》和《Nobody 2》之后，现在我们有了《Normal》，这是一部“新西方片”，让这位《Better Call Saul》的明星与《Nobody》和《Nobody 2》的编剧德里克·科尔达德（Derek Koldard，也是《疾速追杀/John Wick》系列的幕后大脑）再次合作，讲述一个大动作的小镇故事。奥登科克（他共同撰写了本片故事）饰演明尼苏达州诺马尔（Normal）镇的新任临时警长，而这个小镇显然一点也不“正常”（Normal）。市长由亨利·“四号”·温克勒（Henry 'The Four' Winkler）饰演，在出演完黑色喜剧《Barry's》后，他看起来非常适合成为某些事件的幕后推手。可以这么说，尤里西斯警长（Ulysses，奥登科克 饰，见图）将在电影下半部分的密集动作戏中处于中心位置。本片由本·惠特利（Ben Wheatley）执导，风格类似于《Fargo》式的慢火烹饪版《疾速追杀》，奥登科克在其中饰演一个极具吸引力的正直人物，这是中老年动作片类型中一部 B+ 级别的作品。

古典音乐会

《埃尔加在逍遥音乐会》(Elgar At The Proms)，晚上 7pm，BBC4

PETROC (Vulawny) 呈献由 BBC 苏格兰交响乐团演奏的埃尔加第一交响曲。此外还有 Shake, Karnish Mason 挑战大提琴协奏曲的存档资料。

动画喜剧

《格林斯堡》(Grimsburg)，晚上 9.30pm，Sky One

XON Hamm 为这部关于侦探的新动画剧集配音。马文·弗莱特 (Marvin Flate，图中心) 回到家乡试图赢回前妻。他的第一个案件涉及一名失踪青少年和一具无头尸体。顺便说一下，这是一部喜剧……

西部剧

Walker, 5 & Paramount+

最初的德克萨斯游骑兵当然是查克·诺里斯，他在 20 世纪 90 年代的九季剧中饰演科德尔·沃克。诺里斯留下的靴子向来难以填补，但在这次现代改编中，贾里德·帕达莱基（《超自然》）将其演绎得很好。不过，不要期待原版中那种动作激烈的武术和强硬的正义感。这部德克萨斯游骑兵的棱角要圆润得多。诺里斯饰演的沃克是一名越南战争退伍军人，且更倾向于独来独往，而帕达莱基饰演的则是一位悲痛的鳏夫，在追捕杀妻凶手的同时，试图与父母、兄弟以及麻烦的青少年子女重建关系。结果是一部以家庭为中心的庞大传奇剧，拥有庞大的演员阵容，将游骑兵的警务工作与更内省的情绪相结合，因为沃克在与坏人搏斗的同时，也在与内心的心魔作斗争。第一季于今日在 5 播出，其余三集将每周播出。

时间	BBC 4	E4	ITV2
	9 (苏格兰 24)	13	6
7.00pm	2026 年 Proms 音乐会上的埃尔加作品，由瑞安·威格尔斯沃思指挥 BBC 苏格兰交响乐团，他们将登台演奏埃尔加的第一交响曲	《辛普森一家》（巴特给一名无家可归的女性机会住在他的衣柜里）	《The Floor USA》 卫冕冠军受到挑战，八场决斗将雄心、友谊和竞争关系推向崩溃点
7.30pm		《辛普森一家》（艾莎决定成为一名兽医）
8.00pm	8.25 TOTP: 2000 盖尔·波特主持流行音乐排行榜节目	《Below Deck Down Under》 当强尼和一名宾客在危险的浅水区弄翻水上摩托车时，卡琳娜号上出现了激烈的戏剧冲突	《The F1s Club》 由李·麦克主持的问答游戏节目，问题全部关于逻辑和常识
8.30pm	8.55 TOTP: 2000 杰米·西克斯顿主持流行音乐排行榜节目
9.00pm	9.25 TOTP: 1977 Bilt Showaddywaldts, Dana, Thin Lizzy 以及鲍勃·马利和 The Walkers	《Gogglebox：名人特辑》 针对 SIU2，汤姆·戴利、夏洛特·丘奇以及戈登和蒂莉·拉姆齐加入了常规演员阵容	《公主日记》 公主在摩纳哥与皇室交往，与弟弟朱尼尔纹了相同的纹身，并做出了一个重大决定。本季最后一集
9.30pm	9.55 TOTP: 1983 这档长寿音乐节目 1983 年 7 月 28 日的版本		《Family Guy》 布莱恩的女友离开了他
10.00pm		《美国派 2》(2001, 美国) 青少年好友在大学一年级后聚在一起，打算在夏天拓展他们的性视野。喜剧续集，由杰森·比格斯、克里斯·克莱因、肖恩·威廉·斯科特和艾莉森·汉尼根主演（至 12.00）	《Family Guy》 彼得痴迷于一首 1963 年的歌曲
10.30pm	10.35 路易斯·阿姆斯特朗演唱会 小号手在其 1968 年英国巡演期间表演		《Family Guy》 两部分之一，彼得讲述了一个恶搞《星球大战》的故事
11.00pm			《美国老爸！》 明星 I 虚拟朋友回来讨债（至 12.05）
11.30pm	路易斯·阿姆斯特朗 – 本周推荐表演 一场 1968 年的表演（至 12.35）

娱乐与纪实

SECTION

Franchise 33 Sky 150

11.05am 电影：《西部人》(1940) (PG) 1.00pm 电影：《杀死自由之瓦伦斯》(1962) (3) 3.45 《卡车地狱》 4.00 《高速公路》 5.00 《高速公路警察：捕捉英国超速者》 6.00 《警察拦截》 8.00 《高速公路警察：捕捉英国超速者》 9.00 《警察拦截》 10.00 《警察》 11.00 《X档案》。

BBC THREE

Franchise 12 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm 《追击》 7.05 《安静的生活》 7.10 《致命 60》 7.45 电影：《博物馆惊夜》(2006) (PG) 9.30 《路德维希》 10.30 《鬼魂》 掠夺者 11.00 《血》。

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 132 Virgin 132

12noon 《掌控局面》 1.05 《老友记》 9.00 布拉德利与巴尼·沃尔什《打破父亲》 10.00 杰克·怀特霍尔四处走 11.00 全线《无论如何？USA》。

DISCOVERY

Sky 135 Virgin 137

12noon Building Off the Grid. 1.00 Dr. Bill Rocky Mountain Ver. 3.00 How It's Made. 5.00 Alaska Homelesses Rescue. 7.00 Last Chance Garage. 8.00 Gold Rush. Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan. 9.00 Expedition Files. 10.00 Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. 11.00 The Alaska Triangle.

E4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.05am Below Deck Down Under 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 Brooklyn's New West. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.

SSTAR (DAYTIME)

Franchise 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 11.05am Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interruptions. 5.00 Shaddlers: Caught Red Handed. 6.00pm Home and Away.

5 SELECT

Franchise 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon Air Creatures Great and Small. 1.00 Warden She Wrote. 3.00 Columbia. 5.00 Brunel. The Man Who Built Britain. 6.00 The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn: Inside The Tower of London Special. 7.00

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Taggart. 11.50 The Beckham Road. Truth & Law.

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Franchise 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 5.00 NCIS.

FOOD NETWORK UK

Franchise 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.05am The Great British Bake Off. 1.00pm James Martins Great British Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Great and the Virginia Bites. 5.00 James Martins Spanish Adventure. 6.00 Sundice Contours. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 9.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mediterranean Adventure. 10.00 Secrets of the Curry Kitchen. 10.30 Manner's Eats. 11.00 Diners, Drive-In and Dives.

GREAT! TV

Franchise 34 Sky 137 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Hanson Macbeth. 7.00 W'K'S'Y. 9.00 FILM. The Frozen Onions. (2012) (TS) 11.15 FILM. Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence. (1989) (TS).

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.30pm Dinner Date 1.10 Supermarket Sweep. 2.10 The Floor USA. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase.

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 10 Sky 135 Virgin 107 11.20am Heartbeat. 1.30pm Midwinter Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 4.10 Classic Companion Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Professionals. 11.25 Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum. FC. 2.35 Dempsey and Makepeace. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 6.00 River Murders. 6.30 British Haunting Car Championship Highlights.

MORE4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 18 Sky 126 Virgin 107 10.00am Four in a Bed. 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in

a Bed. 5.50 George Clarke's Old House, New Home. 6.55 Location, Location, Location.

NATL GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 183

11.00am Car 5/15. 12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Hitler's American Battleground. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt. 5.00 The Battle for Britain Drain the Oceans. 6.00 Liberation. 7.00 to Berlin. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 10.00 Mega Marine Machines. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

PBS AMERICA

Franchise 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am Clearing the Air. The War on Smog. 1.00pm America the Bountiful. 1.25 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 2.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 3.35 Ways of Power. 4.45 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog. 5.55 America the Bountiful. 6.25 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 7.30 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 8.30 Hops of Power. 9.45 1945: The Savage Peace. 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends.

REALLY

Franchise 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Derbyshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.00 Home Town. 11.00 Celebrity Help My House Is Haunted.

1. 6. 10. 11. 12. 15.

SKY ARTS

特许频道 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12noon 电影。《阿加莎·克里斯蒂的闪耀议会》(Sparkling Councle) (2001) (12) 1.55 《希区柯克小时》(The Alfred Hitchcock Hour)。 3.00 《七十年代》(The Seventies)。 4.00 《探索彼得·奥图》(Discovering Peter O'Toole)。 5.00 《年度肖像艺术家》(Portrait Artist of the Year)。 2.05 6.00 《出乎意料的故事》(Tales of the Unexpected)。 7.00 《希区柯克呈现》(Alfred Hitchcock Presents)。 8.00 商店男孩：梦幻世界——最伟大金曲：哥本哈根现场演出 (The Shop Boys: Dreamworld – The Greatest Hits: Live in Copenhagen)。 10.30 盖伊·利维：来自地窖 (Guy Leavey From the Vaults)。 11.20 加里·纽曼：复活 (Gary Numan Resurrection)。

SKY ATLANTIC

Sky 328 Virgin 101 10.10am 《任务》(Task)。 12.30pm 《凶杀案：街头生活》(Homicide: Life on the Street)。 2.30 《亿万》(Billions)。

RADIO (广播)

RADIO 4

FM: SG4 94/0MHZ

5.00am 新闻摘要。

5.04 《简报室》(The Briefing Room)。

5.32 天气。

5.34 航运预报。

5.43 今日祷告。

5.45 今日农业。

6.00 《今日》(Today)。

9.00 《荒岛唱片》(Desert Island Discs)。

访谈摄影师 罗杰·迪金斯爵士 (Sir Roger Deakins)。

10.00 《女性之声》(Woman's Hour)。

11.00 [ ] 《食品节目》(The Food Programme)。

11.45 《表演性男性的坦白》(Confessions of a Performative Male)。

12noon 新闻。

12.04 《反社会》(Antisocial)。

12.57 天气。

1.00 《一点钟的世界》(The World at One)。

1.45 《埋葬：死兔子》(Buried: Dead Rabbit)。

2.00 《拱手之人》(The Archers)。

2.15 戏剧：《中央情报》(Central Intelligence)。

2.45 《边缘生活》(Living on the Edge)。

3.00 《园艺师问答时间》(Gardeners' Question Time)。专家建议。

3.45 《短周》(Short Weeks)。

4.00 《最后之言》(Last Word)。

4.30 《任务》(Task)。 6.45 《真探：夜之国》(True Detective Night Country)。 9.00 《第十一站》(Station Eleven)。 11.00 《囚犯》(Prisoner)。

SKY COMEDY

Sky 153 Virgin 152

10.00am 《主席公司》(The Chair Company)。 11.15 《野蛮与格蕾丝》(Wild & Grace)。 12.15pm 《大道》(Avenue)。 5.30 《主席公司》(The Chair Company)。 2.45 《野蛮与格蕾丝》(Wild & Grace)。 3.45 《黑客》(Hacks)。 5.00 《社区》(Community)。 6.00 《野蛮与格蕾丝》(Wild & Grace)。 7.00 《办公室》(The Office) (美版)。 8.00 《杀手：重装上阵》(Hitmen: Reloaded)。 9.00 约翰·毕晓普 (John Bishop)。 25 巡演：都柏林现场。 10.45 《黑客》(Hacks)。

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 124 Virgin 126

12noon 《在线：理查德·威廉姆斯的故事》(On the Line: The Richard Williams Story)。 1.30 《我的偶像：卡德森·科宾》(My Icon: Kadsen Corbin)。 2.00 电影：《鲍比·罗宾逊：不仅仅是教练》(Bobby Robson. More Than a Manager) (2018) (12) 4.00 《导演系列：约翰·卡朋特》(The Directors: John Carpenter)。 5.00 《探索伊恩·麦克莱恩》(Discovering Ian McKellen)。 6.00 电影：《走钢丝的人》(Man on Wire) (2008) (12) 8.00 里克·梅亚尔 (Rik Mayall)。

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO (今日广播精选)

THE FOOD PROGRAMME, 11AM, RADIO 4 (食品节目，上午11点，RADIO 4)

海洋变暖的一个意外结果是，原本在地中海发现的数吨章鱼现在被英格兰南海岸的渔民捕获。贾格·怀斯 (Jaega Wise) 访问了德文郡的布里克斯汉姆鱼市，以了解情况，并询问为什么我们似乎如此不情愿食用它们。是因为触手，因为我们知道它们很聪明，还是仅仅因为它们难以正确烹饪？她还将前往 வளாகை 拜访一位生意受到严重影响的渔民，以及一位想出了“章鱼热狗” (octo-dog) 的厨师。

• 4.30 《侧向》(Sideways)。
• 5.00 PM：天气。
• 6.00 六点新闻。
• 6.30 《近似现状》(Current-ish)。 露西·波特 (Lucy: Porter) 与芬莱·克里斯蒂 (Finlay Christie)、艾米·安妮特 (Amy Annette) 和克里斯托弗·麦克阿瑟·波伊德 (Christopher Macarthur Boyd) 探讨头条新闻及其他话题。

• 7.00 《拱手之人》(The Archers)。 哈里森不知道该向谁求助。

• 7.15 《截图》(Screenshot)。 艾伦·E·琼斯 (Ellen E. Jones) 和马克·克莫德 (Mark Kermode) 探讨电影和电视对 UFO 及地外生命的持久迷恋。

• 8.00 《任何问卷！》(Any Questionaire!) 亚历克斯·福赛思 (Alex Forsyth) 在伦敦克莱肯威尔的圣马克教堂主持政治讨论。

瑰丽的杂种 (Magnificent Bistard)。 10.00 肥胖男孩斯利姆：就在这里，就在现在 (Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now)。 11.50 电影。《瓦尔》(Val) (2022) (12)

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 120

10.10am 《杂乱无章》(Junk & Disorderly)。 11.05 《储物战争》(Storage Wars)。 12noon 《战斗列车》(Combat Trains)。 1.00 《打捞之王》(Salvage Kings)。 3.00 《硬核法》(Hardcore Faws)。 6.00 《美国捡物员》(American Pickers)。 7.00 《锻造之火》(Fonged in Fire)。 8.00 《英国伟大城堡的秘密》(Secrets of Great British Castles)。 9.00 《塞勒姆的女巫》(The Witches of Salem)。 10.00 《帮派编年史》(Gangland Chronicles)。 11.00 《孤星之法》(Lone Star Law)。

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon 《大车之国》(Big Car Country)。 1.00 《檀檀岛五 0》(Hawaii Five-0)。 3.00 《特种部队》(SW.A.T.)。 5.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)。 6.00 《蓝鸟现场：曼彻斯特超级巨人队男队 vs 崔特火箭队男队》(The Bluebird Live: Manchester Super Giants Men v Treet Rockets Men) (开赛时间 6.30pm)。 9.30 《格里姆斯堡》(Grimsburg)。 11.00 瑞奇·热伏现场：动物 (Ricky Gervais Live: Animals)。

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am 《星际迷航：进取号》(Star Trek Enterprise)。 12noon 《星际迷航：航海家号》(Star Trek Voyager)。 1.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》(Stargate Atlantis)。 2.00 《13号仓库》(Warehouse 13)。 4.00 《星门 SCI-I》(Stargate SCI-I)。 5.00 《星际迷航：航海家号》(Star Trek Voyager)。 6.00 《星际迷航：进取号》(Star Trek Enterprise)。 7.00 《星门：亚特兰蒂斯》(Stargate Atlantis)。 8.00 《星门 SCI》(Stargate SCI)。 9.00 《外星居民》(Resident Alien)。 10.00 《格林》(Grimm)。 10.50 《行尸走肉》(The Walking Dead)。

10. 12. 5. 6. 11. 13. 4.00

SKY WITNESS

Sky 137 Virgin 135

11.00am Bull. 12noon FBI. 2.00 The Booker. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 5.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 Chicago Fire. 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.00 The Bookie.

TLC

特许经营 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113

10.00am 《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)。

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每日邮报，周五，2026年7月31日

FREEVIEW 黄金时段规划表

5

ITV3	ITV4	MORE4	SKY MIX	QUEST	U&DAVE	U&DRAMA	5STAR	5USA
10	26	18	11	17	19	20	32	21
6.55 《心跳》(Heartbeat) 韦恩赖特家族与阿鲁普家族之间一场古老的农业世仇似乎将以灾难告终	6.30 英国 touring car 锦标赛集锦 Oil Bell 呈现本赛季 Elby, Mth 和第 50 场比赛的精彩瞬间	6.55 《地点，地点，地点》(Location, Location, Location) 来自曼彻斯特和西约克郡	《星际迷航：下一代》(Star Trek: The Next Generation) 巨魔的母亲爱上了一位来自某个居民预期寿命为 60 岁的星球的科学家	《古董公路旅行》(Antiques Road Trip) 查尔斯·汉森和奥丘科·奥吉的最后一次出行，其中一人揭开了一个关于裸体女士的故事真相	《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：去钓鱼》(Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing) 拍摄于汉普郡的泰斯特河	7.20 《夏日之酒》(Last of the Summer Wine) 男人们讨论生活、爱情和女人	GPc 《闭门之后》(Behind Closed Doors) 迈克尔·莱夫勒持续的侧腹疼痛，以及新妈妈贾斯敏担心她的产后出血	NCIS 当麦基调查副局长的腐败问题时，他的职业生涯和信誉危在旦夕
						《医生马丁》(Doc Martin) 诺伍德在父母惊喜造访时感到很高兴，却发现母亲患了癌症——并且拒绝治疗	《击败追逐者》(Beat the Chasers) ——名人特辑 乔纳森·罗斯、埃德温娜·库里、伊迪丝·鲍曼、斯蒂芬·布朗和埃里克·诺尔斯参加由布拉德利·沃尔什主持的问答赛	7.55 《宏伟设计》(Grand Designs) 凯文·麦克劳德追踪一名商业建筑师及其艺术总监的进度，他们试图在约克附近建造一座受农舍启发的终极家庭住宅
						《医生马丁》(Doc Martin) 露易莎在学校遇到了问题，阿尔订购了“大杯威士忌”，而费谢尔太太似乎出现了延迟的哀悼反应	《冰路卡车司机：最危险的道路》(Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads) 在一场风暴将戴夫·雷德蒙、丽莎·凯利和里克·耶姆困在 Keylong 之后，他们面临着经由罗唐关返回的艰险旅程	《索默达尔谋杀案》(The Sommerdahl Murders) 丹深受一起谋杀案影响，在约瑟芬·星期日调查之外深入挖掘这起犯罪，但在被怀疑时感到沮丧

Muirfield，但文森特对他帮助他们的动机产生了疑问 | | Grantchester 一个男人在参加其父亲发表的演讲时，被一名不可见的袭击者刺死 | All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 来自 All Elite Wrestling 世界的激烈动作戏 —— 阵容包括 Jon Mosley 和 Claudio Castagnoli 在内的世界级天才（至 12.00） | 24 Hours in A&E 一对夫妇带着她们的婴儿女儿来到急诊室，孩子无反应且高烧（至 12.00） | Forensics: Catching the Killer 1996, 珍妮出门，期待与朋友共度夜晚。本集将探讨那个夜晚是如何演变成一场悲剧的 | The Repair Shop 团队修复了一本属于一名犹太难民护士的德英词典 | Magsum P.I. 'C 请求托马斯接手一起案件，以帮助证明他的一名足球运动员的父亲清白，该父亲被指控谋杀 | New Tricks 盖里和

团队同意帮助一名坚信妻子依然在世的男人，尽管她似乎在 18 个月前的一场事故中去世了 | A&E After Dark 当彼得抵达 Hull Road 时，许多人的心率加快，克里斯医生和医疗团队必须迅速行动以防止他发生心脏骤停 | Beauty and the Beast 凯特参加了一场纪念母亲逝世周年的仪式，却发现她可能还活着 | | Grantchester 随着薇奥莱特的离去，悉尼沉溺于酒精之中 | | 24 Hours in A&E 一对夫妇带着她们的婴儿女儿来到急诊室，孩子无反应且高烧（至 12.00） | Star Trek: Enterprise 阿彻收到三名猎户座奴隶女孩作为礼物，但当这三人开始戏弄船员的情感时，船上陷入了混乱（至 12.00） | How Do They Do It? 威尼斯街灯是如何铸造的 | Mantunt: Unabandoned 新

剧集，关于 FBI 臭名昭著的国内爆炸调查的戏剧选集（至 12.00） | 11.20 Silent Witness 特长剧集。美姬前往墨西哥参加一名在抢车案中被杀的莱尔中心实习生的葬礼（至 1.55） | Trauma Room One 一名中风患者被送入手术室。洛娜在腰椎骨折后被紧急送入手术室进行手术（至 12.00） | Law & Order: Special Victims Died 一名被指控强奸但随后被证明无罪的男子被卷入一起谋杀案（至 12.00） | | 11.50 Trial & Retribution 第二部分（共两部分）。由维多利亚·斯默菲特主演（至 1.25） | | | | How Do They Do It? 飞行员如何训练以完成挑战死亡的特技飞行（至 12.00） | | 11.20 Silent Witness 特长剧集。美姬前往墨西哥参加一名在抢车案中被杀的莱尔中心实习生的葬礼（至 1.55） | | |

■ 年轻的瑞典 小提琴家 Daniel Latskovich （如图）是马克斯·布鲁赫浪漫主义《小提琴协奏曲》的独奏者。今年夏天，他将加入另一支访问皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅的欧洲伟大管弦乐团，为 BBC 演出。 PROMS 2026 (7. 30PM, RADIO 3) 不来梅德国室内管弦乐团。他们还将演奏舒曼的音乐以及海顿的第 44 号交响曲，作曲家曾要求在其葬礼上演奏该曲的慢板乐章。

8.55 本周历史。

9.00 Natalie Haynes 经典品牌提升。Natalie 将与 Islam Issa 和 Adam Rutherford 一起，揭秘在亚历山大里亚诞生的非凡科学发明。 10.00 今晚的世界。 10.45 狂野暗岸。作者：Charlotte McConaghy。

2.00 乔治和曼迪的第一段婚姻。 3.00 少年谢尔顿。 5.00 生活大爆炸。 8.00 90 天未婚夫。 11.00 紫色辣椒医生。

U&ALIBI

Sky 109 Virgin 114 11.00am 赫德逊与雷克斯。 12noon 证据之躯。 1.00 死亡岛。 2.00 Nostlich 谜案。 4.00 心理师。 5.00 赫德逊与雷克斯。 6.00 莎士比亚与哈撒韦私人侦探。 7.00 私人眼睛。 8.00 死亡岛。 10.00 布朗神父。 11.00 私人眼睛。

U&DAVE (日间)

Freeview 10 Sky 101 Virgin 127 12.20am Rick Shotra 西班牙。 11.30 育空黄金。 12.15pm Top Gear。 2.20 Mortimer 与 Whitehouse 垂钓记。 3.00 Martin Clunes。美国群岛。 4.00 Rick Shotra 西班牙。 6.00 毛刷骑行者：妈妈最懂。

11.00 美国故事

在美国破门而入 11.30 佳读。 由喜剧演员 Neeli Regan 和 Neil Delamere 主持。

12midsnight 新闻；天气。 12.30 表演性男性的忏悔。 作者：Darren McGarvey。 系列最后一集。

12.45 航运预报。 1.00 BBC 世界服务。

U&DRAMA (日间)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 118 12.50pm 经典东区 (EastEnders)。 2.00 邻居。 3.00 天空中的派。 4.05 Looney。 5.20 岁月静好。 6.00 夏日之终。

U&EDEN

Freeview 20 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon Simon Reeve 的希腊之行。 1.00 Simon Reeve 的南美之行。 3.00 Simon Reeve 的希腊之行。 5.00 面包。

U&GOLD

Sky 101 Virgin 124 11.40am 父亲。 12.20pm 只有傻瓜和石头。 1.00 维持体面。 1.35 爸爸军队。 2.20 绿油油的草地。 3.00 您被服务了吗？ 3.40 父亲。 4.20 爸爸军队。 5.00 夏日之终。 6.30 维持体面。 7.00 爸爸军队。

RADIO 2 FM. 68 90.7HGUZ

6.30am Sara Cox。 9.30 Vernon Kay。 12noon Jeremy Vine。 2.00 DJ Spoony。 4.00 Angela Scanlon。 7.00 Michelle Visage。 8.30 Michelle Visage 的手袋金曲。 9.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 的厨房之门。 11.00 Rick Astley 的摇滚秀。 12midsnight Ramesh Ranganathan。致敬嘻哈。 1.00 Tony Blackburn 的灵魂之声。

RADIO 3 FM. 902.3 82.4MHZ

6.30am 早餐。 9.30 经典精选。 1.00pm 现场古典。埃尔加第一交响曲。 4.00 本周作曲家。Alice May Smith。 5.00 It Tunes。 7.00 古典混音带。 7.30 E.C.S. BBC 逍遥音乐节。 2GB。 10.00 深夜交汇。 11.30 午夜时分。 12.30am 穿过黑夜。

RADIO 5 LIVE

MW. 693 90.9KUZ

5.00am 萨尔萨金钱秀。 6.00 早餐。 9.00 Nicky Campbell。 11.00 周五的 Chloe。 1.00pm Elis James 和 John Robins。 2.00 Matt Charles。 4.00 5 Live 驾驶。 7.00 格拉斯哥。 2GB 第八日报道。 10.00 Stephen Nolan。 1.00am Edward Advo。

7.40 燕麦粥。 8.20 您被服务了吗？ 9.00 萤火虫塔。 9.45 办公室。 10.25 不出门。 11.05 Colina 三明治。 11.45 萤火虫塔。

U&W

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 125 12noon DIY 5GS。大建造。 1.00 顶峰点。 4.00 房屋翻修兄弟在家里。 6.00 DIY 5GS。大建造。 8.00 Few Wicks。为了狗。 11.00 加文与斯泰西。

U&YESTERDAY

Freeview 27 Sky 135 Virgin 129 12noon 古董路演。 2.00 Rangers & Cash 经典修复。 4.00 秘密信箱。 5.00 奥斯威辛：纳粹与最终解决方案。 6.00 古董路演。 7.00 亚洲。 8.00 有些母亲确实如此。 10.00 一只脚在坟墓里。 10.40 Rangers & Cash 经典修复。

体育

SKY MAIN EVENT

Sky 403 Virgin 503

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TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 62 Sky 324 Virgin 448 11.30am Leaside Hall. (1953) (U) 1.05pm The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre. 2.15 The Adventures of Robin Hood. 2.45 Maybe I'll Come Home In The Spring. (1971) (U) 4.20 Song Festival. The Andrews Storm. 4.30 The Chestnut. 5.00 A Family at War. 6.00 Hannay. 7.00 Cans. 8.00 Public Eye. Frank Iue a beadless children with 12 Fifteen. 9.05 Eyewitness. (1970) (15) 犯罪惊悚片，由马克·莱斯特主演。 10.55 Cellar Club with Caroline Munro. 11.00 Supernatural.

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Daily Mail, 2026年7月31日, 星期五

彼得伯罗 (PETERBOROUGH)

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这一切始于一点仆人麻烦……

今晚没晚餐

今晚将没有晚餐， 厨师已经逃之夭夭， 让全家人陷入窘境。

她带走了猫， 还带上了她最心爱的帽子， 那是她去教堂时戴的那顶。

而古德曼在哪里？ 那个英俊的新 男仆，

那个相当迷恋厨师的人？ 他在靴房里不在， 卧室里也没见着。 也许他已经脱离组织（潜逃）了。

“我们该怎么办？ 我们做不了炖菜，” 家族继承人鲁珀特大声嚷道。 “那下午三点二十 喝茶怎么办？” 文雅的曾祖母克莱尔轻声问。

大姐梅贝尔 从马厩里大步走进来， 带着一股浓烈的 马味。

她的坐骑太活泼了， 让她想喝杯烈性威士忌， 但当然， 没人去帮她取。

老加斯叔叔 坐在壁炉旁， 给他的泰迪熊织袜子， 大叫道：“如果古德曼走了， 谁来敲锣

提醒我们的晚餐准备好了？”

他的双胞胎兄弟邦尼 自认为幽默， 总是有笑话 要讲，

说：“厨师太淘气， 她的炖菜太咸了。 我想是我把她给炒了。”

梅贝尔反击道：“从那个 凳子上下来

你这个疯疯癫癫的老傻瓜， 快去找那对 潜逃的家伙。

他们跑不远， 因为他们没车。” 家人在绝望中 不知所措。

于是展开了一场大搜寻， 出动了路虎，出动了面包车，

徒步，骑马以及 乘坐马车。

但遗憾的是，“这一切都是徒劳， 这座房子再也 回不到从前，

因为传出了匆忙 结婚的传闻。”

现在楼下 一片寂静，

只剩下被遗弃的 泰迪熊，

家人都已经搬走了。 草坪上再也没有 击球赛，

也不再有持续到黎明的 晚宴， 没有仆人的铃声，也没有晚餐锣。

一对富有的夫妇 在空房子中漫步，

打算买下这座 完美的家园。

中介说，在 很久以前，

有两名仆人逃跑了， 而他们的结局 至今未知。

那两人放声大笑， 带着心领神会的喜悦， 回想起他们的 私奔计划。

“这个故事听起来很耳熟—— 我们记得很清楚，”

古德曼先生和夫人说道。

安·考沃德-赛尔 (Ann Coward-Sale)， 赫特郡，圣奥尔本斯 (SI Albans, Herts)

手语 (Sign Language)

让我惊叹 (STONE ME)：初学者数学？林肯郡格里姆斯比的特雷弗·柯林斯在当地的 Lidl 超市偶遇。

孩童之口 (Out Of The Mouths Of Babes)

我四岁的 侄子和他的 祖父一起散步。当本吉 开始跑在他前面时， 祖父告诉他慢一点， 说：“我跟不上 你，因为我老了。”

讽刺诗 (Limerick)

基尔爵士沉思道：“虽然 我曾正确地谴责 并嘲讽过 上议院的那帮人， 但正如我对伯纳姆的看法，

我们需要贵族的支持， 我将建议在 上议院增加席位。”

珍妮·格罗夫 (Jenny Grove)， 萨里郡，里士满 (Richmond, Surrey)

本吉停下来思考 了一分钟，然后大声地 带着深刻的见解宣布： “你没老， 你是爷爷！”

罗伯特·埃文斯 (Robert Evans)， 埃塞克斯郡，切姆斯福德 (Chelmsford, Essex)

词不达意 (Wordy Unwise)

我的父亲有一位富有的 客户名叫亨利·比克班，他顺道 来给爸爸送一张支票。爸爸 不在家，所以亨利 请我妈妈转告他， 他对工作多么满意。 “我会转告的，比克班先生，” 妈妈说，显得有些慌乱。 “别担心，亲爱的，简单的 误会，”他回答道。“我的 员工在背后都这么叫我。”

大卫·泰勒 (David Taylor)，西米德兰兹郡，斯托波特 (Stourport, W. Mids)

一行哲学家 (One-line Philosophers)

■ 天文学 (ASTRONOMY) —— 这全都 写在星象之中。

沃伦·布朗 (Warren Brown)， 康沃尔郡，法茅斯 (Palmouth, Cornwall)

■ 消费主义 (CONSUMERISM) 正在 衰退？我不买账 (I'm not buying it)。

特里·哈珀 (Terry Harper)，伦敦 E4

玩笑 (Joke)

我正试着组织一场 捉迷藏比赛，但 好的选手很难找 (hard to find)。

伊恩·马尔科姆 (Ian Malcolm)，卡迪夫

观点 (POINT)

■ 那个曾被称为亚当·皮蒂 (Adam Peaty) 的游泳选手绝对已经过了他的巅峰期。

巴里·钱德勒 (BARRY CHANDLER)， 埃克塞特，德文郡

■ 利特尔约翰 (LITTLEJOHN) 又休假去了。他的假期似乎比比阿特丽斯和尤金妮还要多。

肯·霍威尔 (KEN HOWELL)， 特克伯里，格洛斯特郡

■ 那件断头台 T 恤是对所有名叫尼格尔 (Nigel) 的人的冒犯。

尼格尔·P·库克 (NIGEL P. COOKE)，利物浦

■ 汉娜·瓦丁汉姆 (HANNAH WADDINGHAM) 的新男友看起来更像《危险人物》(Danger Man) 里的帕特里克·麦戈汉 (Patrick McGoohan)，而不是 007。

肯·霍宾斯 (KEN HOBBINS)，伯明翰

■ 别管看到萨塞克斯孩子们的背影了（见读者来信）。我想看到的是哈里和梅根滚蛋。

弗兰克·艾伦 (FRANK ALLEN)， 罗德巴顿，多塞特郡

■ 挂起彩旗吧！宣布银行假期！纳加 (Naga) 要离开 BBC 早餐节目了。

尼克·伍顿 (NICK WOOTTON)，瓦拉西，威勒尔

鸟巢蛋奶冻 (Bird's custard)，然后静置，最好是过夜。

最后，在顶部抹上大盒的打发双层奶油，并根据口味装饰。美味。

埃德温娜·斯马特 (EDWINA SMART)，东莱利，汉普郡

我已故的母亲做过最棒的雪莉三层甜点 (sherry trifle)，尽管作为一名不赞成饮酒的严格非国教宗教派成员，她说她是用“少量 Tiser 饮料”来调味的。哦，而且绝对不加果冻。

鲁斯·贝内特 (RUTH BENNETT)，马奇伍德，汉普郡

错误的轨道 (Wrong orbit)

如果斯托克波特的 S. 詹姆斯先生 (MR S. JAMES) 看到国际空间站“沉入西方天空”（见读者来信），那么船上的某个人一定把它挂成了倒挡。

国际空间站是从西向东运行的。

R. 泰勒 (R. TAYLOR)，威特尼，牛津郡

劳动人民 (Working people)

如果年轻人的工作机会太少，为什么政府不将退休年龄恢复到 65 岁？

这将释放出数百个

非凡 (Extraordinary)

我的妻子芭芭拉 (MY WIFE BARBARA)

作者：罗纳德·爱德华兹 (Ronald Edwards)

我第一次见到芭芭拉是在 1952 年初的一辆伦敦地铁列车上，当时我正前往基尔本 (Kilburn)。一段时间后，我和朋友骑车前往温莎，在伟大的西部路上的一家咖啡馆停靠时，我注意到就是那个我在地铁上见过的女孩。

“我以前见过那个女孩，”我对我的伙伴说。她和我聊了起来，我得知她的名字叫芭芭拉，她和她的朋友正骑车前往邦尼米德 (Bunnymede)，于是我的伙伴和我决定也去那里。这就是芭芭拉和我在一起的方式——当时她 15 岁，

而我 17 岁。四年后我们结婚了。

芭芭拉出生在南伦敦的佩克汉姆 (Peckham)，在战争期间长大。她告诉我她的家人被“炸毁”了五次。作为一名独生女，她被疏散到格拉斯哥的戈尔哈尔斯 (Gorhals)，在那里几乎没有接受过教育。她告诉我，她希望自己能聪明一点，少一点感性，但我认为上帝的安排恰到好处。

在与她的父母同居一年后，我们搬到了埃塞克斯郡霍恩丘奇 (Hornchurch) 的房子里，我们在那里度过了婚后生活的其余时光，我现在依然住在那里。我们有两个儿子——杰里米 (Jeremy) 和蒂莫西 (Timothy)——在他们小时候，

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第 55 页

在教育中走技术路线

在中学课程中加入力学等实用技能真是个绝妙的主意。这简直就像是安迪·伯纳姆意识到工党在 1960 年代取消文法学校和现代中学的政策是一个失败。

而且，也许我们不应该提到托尼·布莱尔降低大学入学标准的事情。

金·理查森（KIM RICHARDSON），汉普郡，朴茨茅斯

1962 年我做一年级学徒时，每周领取 30 先令（£1.50）。其中，我给母亲 10 先令（50便士）作为家用——换句话说，就是食宿费。

根据伯纳姆先生关于学徒周薪 £289 导致家庭收入亏损 £82 的数据计算，如果学徒像我当年那样将工资的三分之一交给母亲，那么政府（纳税人）就没有必要给该家庭提供补偿了。

P·米勒（P. MILLER），萨里郡，阿什

长期以来，许多学校已经成功地为学生在当地企业安排了工作实践。

我希望这个想法能够真正实施，并且我建议它还应包括一个

动手培训：学徒

在武装部队中获得经验的选择。

如何融资是另一个问题，不过我建议可以通过取消许多极少能带来就业机会的大学课程来节省资金。

退休年龄的提高也意味着某些职位将不会出现空缺，因为年长者不得不继续工作更长时间。

再加上年轻人的心理健康问题，这无疑是一个复杂的情况。

大卫·贝克（DAVID BECK），汉普郡，沃特鲁维尔

我的孙辈通过学徒制接受培训并取得了很大成功，一个成了暖通工程师，一个成了电工。两人当时都在个体经营者手下工作，在学院和学徒期都非常努力，现在都有不错的工作。但通过与同班同学交流，他们反映那些在大型组织中工作的学徒表现较差，因为他们更多被当作通用助手，接受的培训较少。

问题在于，对于小公司来说，学徒制已不再可行。成本（保险、效率降低等）大幅上涨，而最低工资标准则是致命伤。此外还有交通问题，因为年轻人总是需要被接送。如果学徒能同意在前两年接受较低的工资，将会有所帮助。

巴里·吉金斯（BARRY GIGGINS），伯克郡，温莎

数千个工作岗位，而年长者在经历了多年的辛勤劳作后，可以享受到应有的休息。

还是说这太简单了？

德里克·西姆（DEREK SIM），诺森伯兰郡，斯托克斯菲尔德

残酷的税收

遗产税并没有什么新鲜的。在早期的苏格兰，它被称为 calp，意味着当你去世时，你“最好的牲畜”（马、牛、ox）要交给你的氏族首领。

迪尔德丽·巴里（DEIRDRE BARRIE），米德尔塞克斯郡，恩菲尔德

这个迷人的男人

我忍不住注意到内阁秘书兼公务员服务局局长安东尼娅·罗密欧女爵士（Dame Antonia Romeo）在一次部分电视转播的内阁会议上坐在安迪·伯纳姆身边。

她似乎在凝视着首相，眼神中带着几乎不加掩饰的倾慕。

安迪是否想通过开启 70 年代那种硬汉式的魅力，来让他的 70 年代议程更容易推进？

约翰·鲁瑟福德（JOHN RUTHERFORD），肯特郡，塞文奥克斯

每次露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）见到安迪·伯纳姆，看起来都像是快要晕过去了。

汤姆·奥莱里（TOM O'LEARY），利兹

糟糕的广告

为什么我们不能再次拥有一些优秀且令人难忘的电视广告？

我记忆中过去的例子包括：那头成年后还记得小时候因为一个男孩不肯交出最后一颗 Rolo 巧克力而被嘲笑的小象——以及更近期一个关于农民因为需要眼镜而给牧羊犬剪毛的广告。

面对如今必须忍受的所有电脑制作的广告，等节目重新开始时，我已经失去了生活的意志。它们从未诱导我购买任何东西或加入任何组织。

莱斯利·斯科鲁普卡（LESLEY SKORUPKA），北约克郡，布斯贝克

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本周的获胜者是来自米德尔塞克斯郡汉普顿威克（Hampton Wick, Middx）的伊恩·英内斯·伯吉斯（Iain Innes Burgess），他撰文讨论了更新小说语言的问题。他赢得了由 Printer Pix 提供的“本周之信魔法马克杯”。加热后，杯身会显现出我们《每日邮报》本周之信的设计。如需个性化照片礼品（右图），请访问 printerpix.co.uk。本周之信将于周五公布，请写信至：Daily Mail, Letters, 9 Derry Street, London

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善良与关怀：芭芭拉

芭芭拉会带着他们一起去工作。有几年她在皇家空军霍恩彻奇基地（RAF Hornchurch）从事清洁工作，随后在一家酒吧，后来则在我们的儿子就读的学校工作。芭芭拉是最善良且充满关怀的人，总是只看到人们身上的优点。她热爱孩子，并为残疾人慈善机构担任不倦的志愿者——她参加了许多筹款跑步活动，后来当她无法跑步时，她会选择步行。她因其志愿服务工作而获得了哈夫林区议会（Havering Borough Council）的表彰。

由于她总是随时准备帮助他人，人们有时会来敲我们的门，因为他们知道她心肠很软！

她有着可爱的幽默感，曾（完全天真地）告诉我们的朋友，我在每天上班前都会吃燕麦，这让我们大家都笑了。遗憾的是，她在最后几年健康状况下降，但尽管如此，她依然保持微笑，心态乐观。我非常想念她，感觉自己仿佛被切掉了一半。

芭芭拉认为自己只是一个普通的女人。但在所有认识她的人心中，她确实是非凡的——对于她庞大且充满爱的家庭（包括五个孙辈和 13 个曾孙辈）来说，她是无可替代的。

■ 芭芭拉·罗斯·爱德华兹（BARBARA ROSE EDWARDS），出生于 1, 1936 年 7 月，逝世于 1, 2025 年 8 月，享年 89 岁。

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问题：许多国家的马匹前往参加皇家 Ascot 赛马会。它们会遭受时差之苦吗？

肯塔基大学的一项研究表明，马确实会遭受时差之苦，但程度不像人类那样严重。

据说，人类每面对一小时的时差，需要一整天的时间来恢复。然而，该研究发现马的恢复时间要短得多。如果一匹马面临六小时的时差，其褪黑素水平将在 24 小时内恢复，而其核心体温也会在三天内恢复正常。

此外，马的睡眠模式与我们截然不同，这也是一个有利因素；它们是短时间爆发性睡眠，而不是像我们这样彻夜睡眠。马在睡眠时很多时候是站着的，因此它们可以通过航空顺利旅行，在抵达时已经得到了自然睡眠，因此可能不会像我们那样感到精疲力竭。

马匹快速恢复的能力，使得前往皇家 Ascot、巴丁顿马术赛和奥运会等赛事和活动的航空运输既可行又成为一项大生意。

在出发前，马匹需要有效的马类护照和健康证明，以证明其疫苗接种已更新。在起飞前，动物还会经过检查，以确保其适合旅行。

它们在抵达后会再次接受兽医检查，并实施一段时间的隔离，有时在旅行前和抵达后都会进行。

它们乘坐货机上的喷气式隔间飞行，这些飞机几乎没有人类乘客的空间。不过，经过高度训练的飞行马夫，有时还包括兽医，会陪同马匹。他们的职责是为马匹提供干草和饮水。

飞机内部设有气候控制系统，但马夫还会确保它们在金属隔间中站立时不会过度进食，并确保它们在整个旅程中尽可能保持放松和冷静。

总的来说，这并不是一种糟糕的旅行方式——事实上，一家美国马类运输

问题

问：当工党赢得 1945 年大选后，他们启动了大规模的国有化和市政住房建设计划，并成立了国民医疗服务体系。支付所有这些费用的资金来自哪里？

Max Barlow，伍尔弗汉普顿

问：我们每天应该喝八杯水，这究竟是事实还是迷思？

Steve Wood，伯明翰

“马号一号”上的时差族

最后呼叫：一匹马被牵入箱中，准备装上货机

公司对其顶级的服务如此自豪，以至于将自己的飞机命名为“马号一号”（Air Horse One）。

Jennifer Robinson,

纽卡斯尔-安德-莱姆，斯塔福德郡

问题：为什么国家总被称作女性？

国家通常被称作女性，是因为历史上的“母国”概念，在这种观念中，国家被视为一个养育且保护人的母亲形象。

正如母亲孕育并抚养孩子一样，国家被视为其人民的出生地。人们为了保护故土而战，而故土通常被象征为一个需要被守护的女性形象。

在英语中，这种拟人化演变自拉丁语，在该语言中，“国家”和“土地”的词汇是阴性的。法语（la nation）和西班牙语（la nacion）也是如此。

为免引起疑问，英国的非官方国歌中写道：“希望与荣耀之邦，自由之母”（Land of hope and glory, mother of the free）。法国被称为“美丽的法国”（la belle France），而俄罗斯则被称为“俄罗斯母亲”（Mother Russia）。

然而，在许多语言中，国家被描绘为男性形象。“祖国/父国”（Fatherland）存在于许多日耳曼语系和斯拉夫语系语言中，包括德语、荷兰语、冰岛语、挪威语、瑞典语和捷克语。德国国歌中甚至提到过“为了德意志祖国”（fur das deutsche Vaterland）。

那些在定义国家时寻求非二元性别表达的人可能会很高兴地发现，“家园”（homeland）在现代英语中正成为一个更可接受的词汇，从而巧妙地避开了男女之分。如果不行，可以尝试用“它”（it）。

苏珊·赖斯，瑟斯顿

问题：那个自以为无所不知的“聪明鬼”（smart alec）是谁？

亚历克·霍格（ALEC HOAG）在 1840 年代被纽约警察起名为“聪明亚历克”（smart Alec）。他是一名著名的窃贼、皮条客和骗子，与妻子共同经营一个获利丰厚的扒窃团伙，并成功贿赂了两名警察以保护该行动。

霍格的妻子梅琳达会在妓院里分散受害者的注意力，而亚历克或他的同伙“法国杰克”（French Jack）则抢走该男子的钱财和财物。

这种被称为“面板游戏”（panel game）的技巧是：梅琳达脱掉受害者的衣服，将其放在床头靠近秘密面板的一把椅子上。一旦她将顾客拥在怀中并拉上床帘，梅琳达就会咳嗽一声，亚历克便会通过面板潜入并掏空受害者的口袋。

随后，亚历克会敲门，假装成一名愤怒的丈夫，强迫受害者匆忙从打开的窗户离开。

然而，一段时间后，霍格开始变得贪婪，他试图欺骗那些保护他的警察，不给他们分赃。结果他被判处监禁——所以也许他终究不是那么个“聪明鬼”。

与大众认知相反，“smart alec”（指一个人自以为聪明，实则招人反感）与“clever dick”或“wise guy”没有关系。

劳拉·史密斯，谢菲尔德

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随着暑假进入高峰期，由于欧盟海关排队混乱的情况仍在继续，而英国本土天气晴朗，许多人看来将选择在境内度假。

一些英国家庭将前往他们的度假小屋或木屋，而另一些人可能会租用一两周 —— 尤其是在斯卡伯勒（Scarborough）和索尔科姆（Salcombe）等海滨小镇。

但虽然最极致的便利可能是直接回到自己的家中，让划水板和海滩毛巾准备就绪，但现在拥有自己的度假房产所带来的成本比十年前要高得多。

英国第二套房所有者数量的下降以及大量房产上市出售凸显了这一点。

印花税的变化 —— 2024 年针对额外房产的附加税从 3% 增加到 5% —— 以及部分英格兰议会针对第二套房所有者征收 100% 的议会税溢价，使得持有成本增加。除了额外的税收，翻修成本的增加和更高的能源账单也是压力所在。

Sykes Holiday Cottages 的一项调查发现，71% 尚未出租房产的房主正在考虑这样做 —— 那么，在考虑持有成本时，真实的开支有哪些？

来自房产共同所有权基金 Equity Residences 的研究表明，在英国以 £2million 购买第二套房，可能意味着在五年内产生 £1.2million 的额外成本。这包括 £370,000 的购置成本（印花税、法律费用和勘测费）和 £83,000 的年度运行成本（包括议会税），此外还损失了 £450,000 的潜在收益（如果这笔钱在五年内投资于十年期国债）。

这还不包括退出税、遗产规划、翻修或家具布置成本。

在获得 £400,000 收益后出售房产的高税率纳税人，可能面临约 £96,000 的资本利得税账单；而单一所有者在持有价值 £2million 至 £5million 范围内的房产时，可能面临超过 £670,000 的潜在遗产税风险。

对于高端房产来说，这些数字非常巨大，但对于更典型的度假屋，什么样的成本是现实的？

2002 年，在多塞特郡韦茅斯（Weymouth, Dorset）拥有两处房产的 Tim Milwood 利用从母亲那里继承的遗产购买了 Wolf Cottage（见上图），这是一处位于港口附近的三卧室房产。当时该房产“陈旧过时”，购入价为 £250,000。

这处最初作为他、丈夫 David 及其两个孩子的度假屋的房产，后来变成了一个成功的度假出租屋，入住率达到了 80% 到 90%

作者：Liz Rowlinson

入住率（通过 Sykes Cottages 实现）。即便在扣除翻新成本后，这意味着 10 l百分比的收益率。

每年的各项支出包括：公共事业费 £4,000，保险费 £1,000，维护费 £6,000，以及会计和手续费 £1,000。由于短途度假客人的周转率高，更换床品和清理需花费 £12,000，支付给租赁代理的佣金为 £8,000，以及用于客人礼篮的费用 £1,000。

这对夫妇支付的是商业税而非市政税（council tax），最终获得 £40,000 的年度毛利润。他们通过去年开始出租的第二处房产 Otter Cottage 实现了同样的收益。

从事广告工作的 Tim，43 岁，表示：“尽管有全职工作，我们还是非常亲力亲为，并且热衷于接待客人。”

他承认，去年取消的“带家具度假出租房”（Furnished Holiday Lettings）税收减免使得“利润空间收紧”。

随着政府频繁更迭，第二套房的所有者——他们经常被指责是当地住房短缺问题的原因——永远不知道未来可能会出现什么样的税收变化。

这种不确定性在

威尔士地区尤为明显，那里的议会可以将第二套房所有者的市政税提高至三倍。此外，印花税（在威尔士被称为土地交易税）也有所增加——一套价值 £1.5million 的第二套房所应缴纳的税金高达 £186,200。

度假屋（lodges）和房车公园住宅的所有者不需要缴纳市政税，那么这类度假房产是否在持有成本上更实惠？

来自斯塔福德郡的 Claire 和 Ray Duckworth 认为是的。他们在卡马森郡 Laugharne 的 Dylan Coastal Resort 购买了一栋三居室的豪华度假屋，在那里的现代风格住宅价格从 £375,000 起。

在被购买度假小屋的“隐藏成本”吓退多年后，他们非常喜欢拥有固定账单——以及一种回收这些成本的手段。

他们每年支付 £13,000 —— 包括 £18,000 的服务费（注：原文如此），£2,000 的公共事业费以及 £990 的水费和排污费。Ray，63 岁，说道：“我们将在 13 年内收回购买度假屋的资金。我们最初并不打算在公园内购买，但因为住在旧农舍里，我的一辈子都在修理东西，所以我很担心给自己增加更多工作。”

他们每年最多将自行使用该房产三个月，并在夏季高峰周将其出租，这可以“轻松覆盖成本”。

度假村抽取净租金收入的 30 per cent 用于管理房产，该房产的年入住率为 80 per cent。至于这套拥有 100 年租赁权的房产可能会贬值，Duckworth 夫妇并不在意。

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英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利在昨日警告称，全球局势让人感到与美伊战争爆发时一样“不确定且动荡”，并为此给加息留下了空间。

他的这番言论发表之际，由于冲突已持续至第六个月，该行的货币政策委员会（MPC）以 6-3 的投票结果决定将借贷成本维持在 3.75%。

在利率制定者凯瑟琳·曼改变主意，并与同事休·皮尔和梅根·格林一起投票支持立即将利率提高 0.25 个百分点至 4. 之后，货币政策委员会内部的分歧进一步扩大。

曼将原因归结为美伊停火协议的“崩溃”、 “中东冲突的扩大”以及“相关的能源价格波动”。

贝利（如图）表示，即便全球环境变得更具“通胀性”，维持利率不变仍是“恰当的”——而国内情况则“更为温和”。他补充道：“世界，特别是海湾地区和中东的情况，感觉与之前伊朗战争时期一样不确定且动荡。”

但他极力强调，银行并未处于通过加息来抑制通胀的边缘，他告诉记者：“请不要在离开这个房间时认为银行正趋向于加息，因为我的话中并没有这类意思。”

交易员仍认为今年至少可能加息一次，尽管在 9 月份下一次货币政策委员会会议上加息的可能性已降至 30% 以下。

政府借贷成本下降，英国十年期国债收益率下跌 5. ，扭转了前一天的飙升趋势。

德意志银行首席英国经济学家桑杰·拉贾表示：“中东紧张局势持续的时间越长，未来几个月政策转向的风险就越高。”

该行表示，如果冲突持续且通胀率顽固地高于其 2. 目标，它将“准备好采取行动”。

该行目前认为，在典型家庭能源账单从 £1,663 升至 £1,680 的情况下，目前为 2.6% 的通胀率将在 2026 年达到 3. 以上的峰值。

但在最糟糕的情况下，如果油价超过每桶 $100 ，明年的通胀率将突破 4. 。目前布伦特原油价格略高于 $90 。

它预计未来几个季度的经济活动将“略有减弱”，今年的增长率为 1. 1% 的“低迷”水平。目前为 4.8% 的失业率预计到年底将“逐渐”升至 5. 1%。

BAE 损失要求实现支出目标的“清晰路径”

作者：John-Paul Ford Rojas

国防巨头 BAE 系统公司（BAE Systems）的负责人呼吁 安迪·伯纳姆 制定一条实现北约（NATO）支出目标的“清晰路径”，因为这位新任首相正面临关于其重新武装承诺的质疑。

查尔斯·伍德本（Charles Woodburn）对 伯纳姆 承诺到 2035 年实现将国民收入的 3.5% 用于国防这一北约目标的承诺表示欢迎。

但尽管人们对弗拉基米尔·普京领导的俄罗斯袭击欧洲的担忧日益增加，首相仍拒绝同意在 2030 年达到 3% 水平的呼吁。

伍德本（如图）告诉《邮报》：“我注意到首相承诺在下一个十年中期之前完成 3.5% 的北约支出义务。我们所有人都在寻找的是实现该目标的清晰路径。”

随着威胁增加，这些言论将给 伯纳姆 增加压力，迫使他更详细地阐明将如何加速在保障英国安全方面的支出。

新任财政大臣 约翰·希利 此前在担任国防大臣时曾从政府辞职，称他希望英国在 2030 年实现 3% 的目标。

伯纳姆 将他任命到 11 号街（财政部）让工业界负责人感到安心。国防大臣 韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）拒绝承诺 3% 的目标，但保证他不会尝试以“廉价”方式处理国防事务。

在发表这些言论之际，制造战斗机、潜艇、战舰和装甲

车辆的 BAE 公司公布了创纪录的半年利润，并上调了全年展望。

自 2022 年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，该公司受益于需求的激增。昨天报告称，今年上半年的潜在利润增长 11%，达到 £1.7bn，销售额增长 9%，达到 £15.8bn。

需求的激增将订单积压推至创纪录的 £84bn，该公司上调了全年利润展望，预测增长 10 到 12%，高于之前的 9 到 11%。今年以来，其股价已上涨五分之一，随后又进一步上涨 1.5%（或 30 便士），至 200bp。

与此同时，伍德本昨天与 伯纳姆 及 斯特里廷 在 BAE 位于巴罗（Barrow）的造船厂共同宣布，将向最新的核武装潜艇（即“无畏级”潜艇）融资阶段投资 £5.9bn。

今年早些时候，由于政府国防投资计划（DIP）一再延迟，该行业面临不确定性。

该计划终于于上月公布，为 BAE 提供了某种程度的保证，特别是关于全球战斗航空计划（GCAP）——这是一个涉及英国、意大利和日本的多国战斗机项目。

伍德本表示：“我们很高兴 DIP 已经出台，并且对像 GCAP 承诺这样的事项感到满意。新任首相就职第 10 天，他与新任国防大臣 韦斯·斯特里廷 一起来到巴罗，我认为这非常重要。我认为他们的出现充分体现了他们对国防的支持。”

伍德本说，有时人们很容易在英国所面临的威胁方面“陷入某种程度的自满”。

但他补充道：“我认为英国民众现在更加意识到俄罗斯以及我们的一些对手对我们的生活方式、言论自由和民主，以及我们所有人都认为理所当然的事物所构成的威胁。”

劳尔斯-罗伊斯在无视旅行担忧的情况下强劲前进

作者：Angharad Carrick

由于国防支出增加和数据中心需求推动利润增长，劳尔斯-罗伊斯（ROLLS-ROYCE）上调了全年指引。

这家航空工程巨头报告称，截至 6 月底的六个月中，潜在营业利润增长 46%，达到 £2.5bn。

尽管“外部环境依然具有挑战性”，这家富时 100（FTSE 100）公司在所有部门都实现了更高的盈利能力。

该公司预计今年利润将在 £4.7bn 至 £4.9bn 之间，高于此前指引的 £4bn 至 £4.2bn。

此前有人担心，伊朗战争引发的航空旅行中断将影响该集团，该公司为空中客车 A350 和波音 787 喷气机提供发动机。

但随着航空公司的需求，航空航天部门利润增长 31%，达到 £1.6bn。

“外部环境依然充满挑战”

从最初的打击中恢复。罗尔斯（Rolls）还指出其商业航空部门有所改善，订单额为 £2.4bn，积压订单为 £17.5bn，相当于三年以上的营收。

其电力系统部门的利润增长幅度最大——增长 72% 至 £52.8bn——反映出数据中心的需求强劲。

首席执行官 Iufan Erginbilgic 表示：“我们正在证明，现在的罗尔斯-罗伊斯与过去是一家截然不同的公司。”

“我们已经解锁了新的增长机会，并创建了一个具有韧性和多样化的投资组合，拥有三项强有力的业务，能够应对外部环境的变化。”

股价上涨 6%，即 83p，至 1463p。

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是时候吞下这颗苦药了

指望英格兰银行（Bank of England）利率设定小组的聪明经济头脑去预测中东（Middle East）局势的走向，简直是荒谬之举。

白宫中反复无常且多变的领导层意味着，自二月爆发针对伊朗的战争以来，世界一直处于永久的不确定性之中。

来自国际货币基金组织、英格兰银行及其他机构对混乱局势的直接预测已被证明是错误的，而且这次冲突并非 2022 年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰（Ukraine war）后出现的那种通货膨胀的重演。

美国和欧洲的能源储备、俄罗斯制裁的缓解以及绕过霍尔木兹海峡的管道，都意味着人们所担忧的对通胀和增长的冲击已被削弱。

即便如此，随着能源库存短缺、天气即将转凉，且仅在酷热的欧洲就损失了 €2bn 的农业产出，绝不能掉以轻心。英格兰银行的会议纪要说明了这种困境。

自 2024 年年中以来，消费者价格通胀一直远高于 2% 的目标——在美国的时间甚至更长。

从钢铁到食品，能源成本上升对一切事物产生的次级影响是企业和

城市编辑

消费者的主要抱怨。与这一趋势相反的是一个较为宽松的劳动力市场，考虑到人工智能对就业创造的影响，该市场在短期内不太可能收紧。

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）政府将需要表现出比基尔·斯塔默和瑞秋·里夫斯更强的意愿去抵制公共部门的加薪要求。

英格兰银行行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）的评论以及货币政策委员会（Monetary Policy Committee，简称 MPC）的投票模式表明了风向。

有三名利率设定者要求采取行动提高利率，他们已经厌倦了观望。

目前 MPC 的拖延以及美国联邦储备委员会的拖延，在无意中给那些管理企业、办理汽车贷款或寻求抵押贷款的人增加了另一层不确定性。

尽管人们希望看到较低的利率，以增强由工党（Labour）领导层更替所产生的乐观情绪，但这确实应该是当务之急。

观望只能推迟糟糕的一天。利率在应对油价方面可能作用不大，但英格兰银行首席经济学家 Huw Pill 关于价格上涨风险的警告不容忽视。

强势回升

在关于利率的猜测游戏之外，英国一些最大的企业正处于极佳的状态，这支撑了本周富时 100 指数（FTSE 100）创下新纪录。

英国缺乏科技之星。Arm Holdings 早已离开，数据中心冠军 Segro 也在退出之列。

伦敦在石油、银行和国防等防御性股票方面的优势正迎来高光时刻。

壳牌（Shell）是波动性的主要受益者，其首选利润指标在第二季度翻了一番。

油气市场的波动推动了收益增长。

首席执行官 Wael Sawan 将重心放在放弃那些无法盈利的项目（其中一些是绿色项目）上，这起到了积极作用。

在其他方面，劳埃德银行（Lloyds Bank）意识到其最大的竞争对手并非其他清算银行，而是 Revolut、Apple Pay 和 Moxon 等科技新秀。

首席执行官 Charlie Nunn 公布了一项 £13bn 的四年计划，其中包括在人工智能（AI）方面的大规模投入、加强企业银行服务以及创建智能钱包。

但对于拥有庞大抵押贷款账本和补丁累累的 IT 系统的传统银行来说，在数字化和网络空间竞争要困难得多。

全速前进

罗尔斯-罗伊斯（ROLLS-Royce）是最令人兴奋的蓝筹股之一。首席执行官 Tufan Erginbilgic 主导了英国商业领域一个非凡的复苏故事，其营业利润预期上调至 2026 年最高可达 £4.8bn。

该集团是国防开支增加以及在自主推进和无人机系统领域先驱工作的重大受益者。

它是欧洲小型模块化核反应堆领域最大的参与者，并正敦促政府支持其在增长中的窄体喷气机市场生产航空发动机的努力。

自新冠疫情最低点以来，投资者获得了 1,450pc 的股价上涨回报。谁能想到呢？

深入增长：流行歌星 Charli XCX 为 Magnum 定制

欧洲的热浪推动了 Magnum 的销售，但由于减肥药（fat jabs）的兴起，美国的市场需求已经消融。

这家拥有 Cornetto 和 Wall's 品牌并于去年从联合利华（Unilever）分拆出来的冰淇淋公司，在酷热的欧洲市场销售额增长了 5pc，其中法国和英国表现非常出色。

第二季度全球销售额增长 4.9pc，营收突破 £2.5bn。首席执行官 Peter Ter Kulve 表示：“我们的夏季关键销售旺季取得了强劲开局。”但在美洲地区，销售额仅增长 0.1pc，而去年同期为 1.8pc。

管理层试图淡化减肥药对抑制零食欲望的影响。

Ter Kulve 表示，在消费者转向认为“热量控制更多”的产品驱动下，市场“正变得越来越强大”。

该公司称，今年前六个月的利润下降 14pc 至 £430m。

劳埃德银行利润暴增引发银行征税担忧

在英国最大的贷款机构公布强劲的半年业绩后，要求对银行征收超额利润税（windfall tax）的呼声再次被点燃。

劳埃德银行集团（Lloyds Banking Group）的税前利润增长 23pc 至 £4.3bn，超出预期。

Shore Capital 的银行分析师 Gary Greenwood 将此描述为对那些希望通过向银行征收额外税款来资助安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）首相支出承诺的人来说，就像是“在愤怒的公牛面前挥舞红旗”。

然而，英格兰银行（Bank of England）行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）似乎排除了间接征收超额利润税的可能性。

劳埃德银行财务总监 William Chalmers 表示，由于银行从长期的高利率中获益，环境一直“非常宽松”。

这提升了净利息之差（net interest margin）——即银行向储蓄者支付的利息与向借款者收取的利息之间的差额，这也是盈利能力的关键衡量指标。

劳埃德银行还宣布股息上调 30pc，进行 £1bn 的股份回购，并设定到 2030 年实现 20pc 的丰厚资本回报目标。

作者：Patrick Tooher

随着利润增加，一些政治人物希望对贷款机构征收更多税款。

他们指出，银行每年在英格兰银行持有的现金储备利息中，可获得约 £20bn 的无风险收益。

一些人认为银行应该

“像是在激怒公牛”

削减其向银行支付的利率，从而为财政部和为该计划提供担保的纳税人筹集数十亿英镑。

但贝利表示，这将打击实体经济。他说：“准备金利率是货币传导机制的关键锚点。”

他补充道：“我们需要该利率与设定基准利率的 MPC（货币政策委员会）的决定保持一致。”

格林伍德表示：“对（银行）利润征收直接税似乎更有可能。”

TUC 表示，这可能意味着提高大银行在 20% 企业税率之外支付的 3% 附加费；如果该附加费达到 8%，四年内将净收益 £9bn。

劳埃德银行（Lloyds）首席执行官查理·纳恩（Charlie Nunn）表示，超额利润税是“新政府的决定”，并且该银行“处于英国繁荣的核心，每 1 英镑存款中就有 98 便士被贷出”。

劳埃德银行表示，希望通过投资 £13bn 改进数字服务（包括用于借记卡和信用卡的全新“智能钱包”），向核心客户交叉销售更多的储蓄、贷款和保险产品。

纳恩并未排除进一步关闭分行的可能性，称将“遵循客户数据”。

BP 新任掌门将裁减 700 个岗位

BP 将裁减 700 个岗位，作为一项重大重组的一部分。

员工在电子邮件中被告知，公司将削减上游部门（原油的勘探与开采）的职位，但不会削减如技术员等一线岗位。

其目标是在出现“潜在供应过剩以及石油和天然气价格下跌”迹象的情况下，精简 BP 并提高回报。

在一次灾难性的可再生能源推进计划之后，新任掌门梅格·奥尼尔（Meg O'Neill）正领导公司重新转向化石燃料。

她表示，她的重组将创建一家“更简单、更强大、更有价值”的公司。

BP 承受来自激进投资者埃利奥特投资管理公司（Elliott Investment Management）的压力，前首席执行官默里·奥钦克洛斯（Murray Auchincloss）在任职不到两年后离职。近期，董事长阿尔伯特·曼福尔德（Albert Manifold）在任职仅八个月后被解雇。

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英联邦运动会 (COMMONWEALTH GAMES)

每日邮报，2026年7月3日，星期五

Gone to make

one of Glamour's

sport games

自芬尼斯顿起重机（Finniston Crane）投入使用以来，格拉斯哥的码头区从未见过如此大量的金属被如此挥舞。

艾米莉·坎贝尔（Emily Campbell）将狮子图案编入她红白相间的发间，她通过抓举 115（公斤）和挺举 163（公斤）共举起 278kg，以一项运动会纪录成绩卫冕了她的英联邦冠军头衔。

在克莱德河畔，这位英国奥运选手向她崇拜的粉丝们展示了为何她被视为这项运动中最出色的表演者。

在从爱丁堡公爵夫人手中领取金牌之前，她向观众吹吻，并告诉她的对手，这只“老鸟”依然充满活力。

NIK

SIMON

在格拉斯哥

为一名举重运动员提供能量需要消耗数千卡路里，下个月，当坎贝尔参加《名人主厨》（Celebrity MasterChef）节目时，她将继续为她的运动项目而战。

“《主厨》绝对更让人紧张！”她笑着说。“对我来说，能做一些不需要以‘举重运动员艾米莉’身份去做的事情，而仅仅作为‘艾米莉’去做，这真的很棒。”

“我的招牌菜是加勒比风格的，我就告诉你们这么多，因为我想让你们去看节目！这就是举重运动的另一面，是让人们将目光聚集在我们身上的另一个时刻。”

32 岁，举重运动开始对坎贝尔的关节产生影响。奥运金牌依然让她难以触及，但她尚未决定是否参加 2028 年洛杉矶奥运会。

“我们必须考虑洛杉矶的实际情况，”她说。“我们需要经历一个与其它运动略有不同的资格赛流程。我们需要审视这一点，并看我们的身体是否能扛住。”

“我想拥有竞争奖牌的机会，所以我们要确保这是可行的。我们必须在决定上保持理智，希望你们能在那里看到我。”

“但现在，我们享受已经发生的一切。吃一些美食，或许喝几杯。我们现在就在格拉斯哥！”

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担任英格兰队队长上次对 Root 来说是“不健康的”。现在有变化吗？

乔·鲁特（JOE ROOT）在昨天被重新任命为英格兰测试赛队长后承认，他承担了一项“艰巨但回报丰厚的工作”。

或许自他四年前辞职以来，流逝的时间并非来自勋爵板球场（Lord's），而像是来自卢尔德（Lourdes）的圣水，因为它似乎对这位球员产生了疗愈作用。他此前曾表示，自己与队长职位的关系已变得“不健康”，并且感觉肩膀上承载着“巨大的压力”。

那么，对于鲁特来说，究竟发生了什么变化？

最显而易见答案是环境。在 2017-22 年间，他作为英格兰队长的创纪录 64 场出赛中，最后 17 场比赛对他这个约克郡人来说已经失去了乐趣，因为他一直在一个又一个被消毒的新冠隔离酒店之间奔波。棒球运动让他重新找回了乐趣。

九年前，在仅有一个人的候选名单中接替阿拉斯泰尔·库克（Alastair Cook）后，人们有一种不可避免的感觉，即鲁特是该职位的唯一合适人选。然而，一个更为动态、具有进攻性且有时特立独行的替代方案——本·斯托克斯（Ben Stokes）——其实就近在眼前。

正是斯托克斯带来了解放，他让鲁特意识到，即使是身处责任之位的球员也可以是自由的，而且错误不必成为沉重的负担。

这就是为什么与他以及英格兰队关系密切的人认为，鲁特 2.0 版本将会有所不同。

鲁特在第一次执掌帅印的末期犯了很多错误。一项出于好意但执行不力的轮换

作者 理查德·吉布森（RICHARD GIBSON）

政策旨在保护顶级球员免于倦怠，却导致在特定赛场上选择了错误的球员，例如 2021 年在加巴（Gabba）的第一场测试赛中，吉米·安德森（Jimmy Anderson）和斯图尔特·布罗德（Stuart Broad）被排除在外，而英格兰队当时先击球。

公众对这两名投球手在阿德莱德的投球长度提出了批评，随后他们被

Root 准备接任队长之职

锦标赛的前瞻 第一次是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人，是一个 10 岁的人

首发独家：上月我们是如何报道该新闻的

安德鲁·斯特劳斯（Andrew Strauss）在加勒比海地区为鲁特（Root）提供的最后机会，进一步加剧了不和谐局面。

鲁特的战术决定也让他面临批评，例如在 2019 年茂昂加努伊的一次击球局中，让乔弗拉·阿彻（Jofra Archer）投球 42 轮。

由于他在任时间之久，从统计数据来看，他同时是英格兰最好和最差的队长：赢了 27 场，输了 27 场。

曾有一些时刻，例如 2021 年 2 月在钦奈击败印度队，鲁特的球队似乎有所突破，但在那之后，所有英格兰队长都渴望的、难以企及的对阵澳大利亚队的成功并未实现。一个前提条件是，在 2017-18 年的南半球巡赛中，鲁特没有斯托克斯（Stokes）可用，而这位达勒姆全能球员在 2021-22 年之前的准备阶段也因身体和心理困难而未能发挥最佳水平。

如何填补斯托克斯缺席留下的空白是鲁特目前面临的主要问题。他将在 8 月 19 日起对阵巴基斯坦的系列赛中与临时教练马库斯·特雷斯科西克（Marcus Trescothick）合作，因为弗莱明（Fleming）——在安迪·弗劳尔（Andy Flower）拒绝该职位后，英格兰接替布伦登·麦卡伦（Brendon McCullum）的第二人选——已被允许延迟入职日期，以便在纽西兰陪伴家人。

英格兰和击球球拍委员会（ECB）选择鲁特，是为了避免在最终指向 2027 年灰植杯（Ashes）的 12 个月期间，给另一位约克郡人哈里·布鲁克（Harry Brook）——英格兰最强的比赛获胜者——增加过重负担。尽管本月布鲁克暂时带领英格兰登顶 Twenty20 排名，并通过连续在系列赛中击败斯里兰卡和印度队，使球队的 50 轮赛形式复苏。

马克·布彻（Mark Butcher）昨日代表前英格兰球员发起了批评，称此举为“倒退之举”。但随着鲁特-斯托克斯轴心的时代已成为过去，更衣室中已形成了鲁特、布鲁克和雅各布·贝塞尔（Jacob Bethell）的三巨头格局，如果明年夏天对阵澳大利亚的系列赛结束后，由另外两人中的一个接任测试赛队长袖标，也不足为奇。

没人知道英格兰接下来的方向，但通过一个重新焕发活力的鲁特，ECB 希望他们已将球队交给了一个可靠的人。

满分突破：鲁特在 2017 年担任队长首秀中庆祝其百分之胜 GETTY

欧布莱恩希望钻石能惊艳巴黎

DIAMOND NECKLACE 在古德伍德的阳光下熠熠生辉，在昨日的 G1 级卡塔尔纳索锦标赛（Qatar Nassau Stakes）中夺冠，目前可能准备在凯旋门大奖赛（Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe）中大展身手。

艾丹·欧布莱恩（Aidan O'Brien）的这匹雌马在瑞安·摩尔（Ryan Moore）的策骑下，以 2.75 个马身的稳健优势击败了 Friendly Soul，将其不败生涯记录延长至 6 场，这激励了她的驯马师开始憧憬 10 月的巴黎。

欧布莱恩表示：“Diamond Necklace 是一匹可爱的雌马，她应对自如。”

赛马

SAM TURNER

在 Glorious Goodwood 报道

这场比赛面对的是更年长的雌马，距离最高可达一英里四分之一，所以我们并不确定会发生什么，但我们希望通过加快配速来探明情况。

“她现在有了多种选择，无论是维持这个距离参加法国的雌马赛，还是去利奥波兹敦（Leopardstown）或参加凯旋门大赛（Arc）的资格赛。她是一个出色的巡航者，且进步明显。Diamond Necklace 之前仅有一次参加过超过一英里距离的比赛，而凯旋门大赛的距离更长，达到一英里半。不过，奥布莱恩认为有机会冲击这场巴黎盛会。”

“我不知道我们会让她跑多远，但下一次出赛将告诉我们她的方向，”他补充道。

摩尔同样热情地表示：“这是 Diamond Necklace 状态最好的一次。我认为 10 浪（furlongs）可能是她的最佳距离，但对于这种高水准的马匹，它们能完美处理一切，因此她有可能跑得更远。”

该组合在 G2 组别 Markel Richmond 锦标赛中与 Man's Best Friend 共同夺冠。奥布莱恩的儿子约瑟夫（Joseph）则凭借 Enceladus 在 G3 组别 Gordon 锦标赛中参与其中。在第二天赢得萨塞克斯锦标赛（Sussex Stakes）并骑乘 Bow Echo 成为英雄的比利·洛纳恩（Billy Loughnane），昨天在第一场比赛中由于 Savvy Disco 在最后一浪标记处绊马而摔落，重新回到了现实。幸运的是，马匹和骑师都平安无事，洛纳恩从地上爬起，与 Avalon Queen 合作赢得了这场七浪的初赛（maiden）。

体育简讯

欧协联 (CONFERENCE LEAGUE) 第二轮资格赛 次回合

BALLKINS... (3) 2 BOISEMANS... (3) 2 加时 4-4。Boisemans 通过点球 3-4 获胜。

COLERBANE... (3) 8 KIL... (2) 3 KIL 总比分 3-5 获胜。

DEBBY CITY... (3) 8 RUSSIA... (2) 1 Russies 总比分 3-5 获胜。

HILLSBORO... (3) 8 METHERFIELD... (2) 3 Methership 总比分 3-5 获胜。

HOBBY... (3) 4 MALISBURG... (2) 1 加时 4-5。

NOMME KALAU... (3) 2 SHELBOURNE... (2) 1 Sholes 总比分 3-4 获胜。

THE JC... (3) 1 RUSSIA RALEIGH... (2) 8 加时 1-2。First Sides 通过点球 4-2 获胜。

板球

THE HUNDRED - 组赛：Utilita Bowl 男子组，Southern Brave City 4-1 (50 men)，Birmingham Phoenix 116-4 (100 balls)，Southern Brave 以 12 跑优势获胜。

一日杯 (ONE-DAY CUP) - A 组：AD Farington，兰开夏 (Lancashire) 220 (451 overs)。

诺丁汉郡 (Nottinghamshire) 189 (451 overs)。兰开夏以 31 跑优势获胜。

橄榄球联盟

BETRED 超级联赛 (BETRED SUPER LEAGUE) HOBBYFIELD... 22 HULL... 16

今日赛程

(14-16 个三柱门已开始) 威廉希尔苏格兰超级联赛 (WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP)

Ranobre Unit 对阵 Rangers... (3,4) Sky Sports Main Event 现场直播

板球 - The Hundred：Manchester Super Giants 对阵 Front Rockets (2nd) 争夺 Bowl，男子组 6.30pm，女子组 3.25。一日杯 - A 组：Gloucester-Viltre 对阵 萨里 (Surrey) (布里斯托，3.00pm)，肯特 (Kent) 对阵 萨默塞特 (Somerset) (坎特伯雷，11.00am)，北安普敦郡 (Northamptonshire) 对阵 莱斯特郡 (Leicestershire) (北安普敦，11.00am)。B 组：德比郡 (Derbyshire) 对阵 格拉摩根 (Glamorgan) (Neyton, 9.00am)，埃塞克斯 (Essex) 对阵 汉普郡 (Hampshire) (切姆斯福德，9.00am)，伍斯特郡 (Worcestershire) 对阵 米德尔塞克斯 (Middlesex) (New Road, 9.00am)，约克-Viltre 对阵 达勒姆 (Durham) (约克，9.00am)。

橄榄球联盟 - Betfred 超级联赛：Hull K R 对阵 Bradford，Leeds 对阵 Toulouse，Leigh 对阵 Wigan (全部 8.5)。

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66 每日邮报体育 足球

Daily Mail, 2026年7月31日，星期五

访谈

Kieran Gill

发自悉尼

我们对桑德罗·托纳利的采访结束了，但在我们握手时，我们纠正了关于热刺今夏 £100million 签下的新援的说法。

在之前的交谈中，托纳利解释说，在纽卡斯尔经历了三年只能使用英语之后，现在能够用意大利语交流——与他的新任主教练罗伯托·德泽比、助理教练以及像古列尔莫·维卡里奥和德斯蒂尼·乌多吉这样的队友——是一件多么美好的一件事。

不过，正如我们这些来自东北部核心地带的人会告诉你的一样，我们并不说英语。我们说乔迪方言（Geordie），而托纳利很体面地意识到了这一点。

他告诉我们，他如何逐渐爱上在圣詹姆斯公园球场周围支持他的当地球迷，并解释说，一旦离队成为定局，他希望他的老东家能感觉到这次交易物有所值。

“首要任务是为纽卡斯尔争取到最好的交易，”托纳利在讨论离开由埃迪·豪执教的球队的决定时说道。巧合的是，在他与我们在悉尼交谈的同一天，埃迪·豪离开纽卡斯尔的消息也公布了。

“我在那里遇到了一些最热爱足球的人。他们热爱足球，为足球而活。当我决定搬迁时，我告诉我的经纪人和罗斯·威尔逊 [纽卡斯尔体育总监]，我希望纽卡斯尔能得到最好的交易，因为他们值得拥有这一切。”

“这就是足球。有时你必须理解，你生活中的一切在五分钟内是如何发生改变的。”

纽卡斯尔在这个夏天陷入了困境。不仅布鲁诺·吉马良斯可能会跟随托纳利和安东尼·戈登的脚步离队，现在他们还失去了豪。托纳利只能代表他自己，并解释说在三个赛季之后，简单来说是时候做出改变了。

坐在位于悉尼港附近热刺球队酒店内临时搭建的董事会会议室里

为什么我选择热刺而非曼城

身价£100m的球员桑德罗·托纳利（SANDRO TONALI）透露，一次10分钟的谈话就足以说服他加入德泽比（De Zerbi）的变革之举。

托纳利解释了为什么选择热刺而非其他球队是一个简单的决定。

纽卡斯尔对他开出的£100m要价影响了他的选择，因为他及其家人最初有意返回意大利。但他们很快意识到，意甲球队无法负担他的身价。

“我们在纽卡斯尔待了三年，三年后，我和我的家人一起商量了，”托纳利说。“由于资金原因 [返回意大利] 是不可能的。关于薪水，你可以一直谈，但如果你找不到转会资金，你就没有机会搬走。”

“英格兰是我们的解决方案，而我们在英格兰找到了对我、我的职业生涯、我的足球、我的快乐以及我的家庭而言最好的方案。我和两支球队谈过了。在10, 15分钟后，我就意识到托特纳姆将成为我的下一支球队。”

据信，曼城是觊觎托纳利的另一家俱乐部。现年26岁的托纳利已代表意大利国家队出场32次。

他很喜欢热刺队内正在形成的“小意大利”纽带，并告诉我们：“上赛季结束后，我和妻子谈过了。我们想要改变我们的生活，不仅仅是为了城市。我们想要改变一切。”

“当我们与托特纳姆交谈时，我们决定加盟这支球队。他们表现出了100%的热情和100%的认真。对于这座城市，对于我足球之外的生活，对于我的家庭，好吧，这大概占10%。罗伯托和总监让这次交易产生了差异。”

“在谈话后两分钟，我和妻子及家人沟通并说，‘这可能会是我职业生涯中最好的决定之一。’她告诉我，‘你对这个决定拥有100%的控制权。’我想和她商量，因为这是我们的生活。”

“罗伯托说这个项目会很艰辛，但对我、对你、对这座城市来说将是完美的，而且我们可以创造一个最顶级的赛季，因为我们拥有伟大的球员。我们只需要付出大量努力。”

热刺还花费了£85m从西汉姆联签下马特乌斯·费尔南德斯（Mateus Fernandes）以完善其中场。

谈到成为一名身价£100m的足球运动员，托纳利说：“你必须明白这就是足球。现在的价格与10年前不同。我知道我承受着巨大的压力，但我知道我是一名足球运动员，我知道我的责任，我了解这支球队，了解这里的人们。”

“我必须像一名普通的球员那样去踢球，像一名普通的热刺球员，充满激情，每天投入我的能量。这无关乎是£1m、£10m还是£100m。你只需要成为一名充满激情的球员。”

托纳利在加入AC米兰之前，曾在德泽比的家乡布雷西亚（Brescia）度过了近十年时光。他将自己与热刺主帅之间的这种关系描述为“微型纽带”，两人此前曾在那里相识。

“我们谈到了他，谈到了他的工作，谈到了他在与球队共事的每一刻所投入的热情。我想现在经过两周的时间，我知道这一切都是真实的，”托纳利补充道。“所有的主教练都不同。我和埃迪共事了三年，他太棒了，尤其对我而言。”

“但现在我找到了一个不同的主教练，他在球场上投入大量精力，非常注重战术，非常注重控球。我们喜欢控球，因为我们是一支拥有伟大球员的大球队。”

转会观察 By SIMON JONES

■ 富勒姆 已同意以£35million的价格从皇家马德里购买22岁的前锋冈萨罗·加西亚（Gonzalo Garcia）。该交易的结构与其为队友、中场球员塞萨尔·帕拉西奥斯（Cesar Palacios）达成的£8.5m协议相似，马德里保留30%的分红条款和优先匹配权。现由前皇马主帅阿尔瓦罗·阿尔贝洛亚（Alvaro Arbeloa）执教的富勒姆，也是对阿森纳的伊桑（Ethan）感兴趣的俱乐部之一。

富勒姆双管齐下，阿尔贝洛亚重返马德里寻求皇马球星

Nwaneri 以及南安普顿的 Shea Charles。

■ 国际米兰已确认签下英格兰后卫 John Stones。这位 32 岁（右图）的球员在昨晚完成体检后离开了国际米兰总部，并在从

曼城自由转会前达成了一份为期两年的协议。与此同时，曼城与里尔之间关于 Ayyoub Bouaddi 转会的谈判正处于关键阶段。曼城已与这位 10 岁（注：原文如此）的摩洛哥中场就个人条款达成一致，但其俱乐部希望将其留用一个赛季。在世界杯上的强势表现后，Bouaddi 目前被认为价值约为 £80m。曼城还希望

寻找另一名门将以接替前往利兹的 James Trafford，并向马赛的 Geronimo Rulli 提供了一份为期两年的合同。■ 本菲卡后卫 Antonio Silva预计将在其球队昨晚与圣加伦的欧联杯资格赛后完成向伯恩茅斯的转会。这位 22 岁的球员预计将以 £21.6m 的价格签约。■ 布伦特福德已就朗斯中场 Mamadou Sangare 达成一项 £4m 的协议。这位

24 岁的球员正准备前往英国进行体检。协议中将包含一项分红条款，而其前俱乐部维也纳快速也将获得一定比例的分成。

■ 考文垂城正在探讨从谢菲尔德联重新签回 Gustavo Hamer 的交易。这位巴西中场为“天空蓝军”出场 132 次，打入 19 球，其中包括 2023 年在对阵卢顿的英冠附加赛决赛中攻入的一球。

■ 布伦特福德已就朗斯中场 Mamadou Sangare 达成一项 £4m 的协议。

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每日邮报，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

足球 | 每日邮报体育 67

如果球衣合适：Tonali 不需要太多说服就决定离开纽卡斯尔加盟托特纳姆热刺

热刺并未停止挥金，目标锁定“重磅”转会

热刺主帅罗伯托·德泽比暗示将签下一名进攻线上的“重磅”（bomba）球员，并坚持认为俱乐部的夏季转会工作仅完成了“60 per cent”。

热刺此前已花费 £237million 签下了桑德罗·托纳利（£100m）、马特乌斯·费尔南德斯（£85m）和扬·保罗·范海克（£52m）。他们还通过自由转会引入了安迪·罗伯逊和马科斯·塞内西。但将自己形容为市场中“鲨鱼”的德泽比，现在渴望在赛季开始前加强进攻端。《每日邮报》体育版了解到，德泽比提到的“重磅”球员并非萨维尼奥（Savinho），后者是热刺同样试图引进的曼彻斯特城边锋。

“转会市场肯定还没有结束，我们的计划已经完成了 60 per cent，”德泽比说道，“我们还有另一个重磅炸弹。”当被问及是否接近完成时，他补充道：“我希望如此，但肯定还没有完成。”

“[我们想要] 进攻球员，然后我们会确定位置。我通常不喜欢使用 A 计划、B 计划、C 计划。只有 A 计划，然后停止。球员们各不相同，没有两个球员是一模一样的。”德泽比还透露，在世界杯期间为英格兰队带来突破性表现的杰德·斯彭斯此前曾与他谈过这个夏天离开俱乐部的事情。此外，还有其他有意离队的球员，如克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗、古列尔莫·维卡里奥和卢卡斯·贝格瓦尔。“在我到任之初的四月份，我进行了数百万次个人面谈，他们 [罗梅罗和维卡里奥] 告诉我了他们的想法，”德泽比解释道。

“我说：‘是的，帮我保级（stay up），然后我帮你们离开。如果你不帮我保级，你就跟我一起沉在水底。’”

“罗梅罗的表现不可思议。顶级。在行为和尊重方面，他在最后一场比赛没有出场时感到很痛苦。关于他想回阿根廷准备世界杯而想离开的说法是不真实的。”

“我重复我对杰德和卢卡斯说过的话：‘如果你想留下，我希望你留下。如果你想离开，你就必须离开。’”

“我不管理价格和出售。我不想改变我的立场。我想继续担任教练。我尊重球员的想法和意见，但如果他们留下，就必须遵守我的规则和决定。”

作者：KIERAN GILL

埃利奥特：我不希望任何人经历我在维拉的噩梦

哈维·埃利奥特（HARVEY ELLIOTT）昨天对他在阿斯顿维拉（Aston Villa）度过的噩梦般的一年开了口，表示他不希望任何人经历那种情况。

这位 23 岁的球员在去年夏天以租借形式加盟维拉，并附带 3500 万英镑（£35million）的买断条款。但由于埃利奥特在乌奈·埃梅里（Unai Emery）麾下失去了信任，情况迅速恶化，他被留在维拉的“炸弹小队”（边缘人名单）中，因为合同中有一项条款规定，如果他出场 10 次，这次转会将变为永久转会。

“在心理上，那是一段非常艰难的时期，”目前随利物浦在美国进行季前巡回赛的埃利奥特说道。“（去维拉）是一个学习过程。我不希望（这种情况）发生在任何其他球员身上，因为那一点也不愉快，但我没有怨恨。他（埃梅里）已经非常清晰地解释过好几次了。俱乐部对此深表歉意，而最终，那是我无法控制的局面。”

路易斯·斯蒂尔（LEWIS STEELE）发自芝加哥

埃利奥特将在季前赛期间获得给红军主帅安多尼·伊拉奥拉（Andoni Iraola）留下深刻印象的机会，但很可能再次被出售。“（能回来）是一种难以置信的感觉，”他补充道。“我只想获得自由，尽可能多地参加比赛，享受其中，因为我觉得自己做得还不够。”

独家报道 作者：克里斯·惠勒（CHRIS WHEELER）

在去年曼彻斯特德比战后，一名曼彻斯特联球迷在老特拉福德球场遭到袭击，五名安保人员被指控涉嫌袭击。

这些男子被指控在 2025 年 4 月与曼彻斯特城 0-0 战平后，在东看台的一次静坐抗议活动中袭击了一名 49 岁的支持者。

穆罕默德·贾米尔·阿克巴尔（Mohammed Jamil Akbar，22 岁）、亚辛·伊斯兰（Yaseen Islam，34 岁）和穆罕默德·乌宰尔·伊克巴尔（Mohammed Uzair Iqbal，24 岁）均来自奥尔登姆（Oldham）；费沃·史蒂文森（Favour Stevenson，28 岁）来自罗奇代尔（Rochdale）；乌斯曼·侯赛因（Usman Hussain，36 岁）来自曼彻斯特。他们被指控造成实际身体伤害的袭击罪，并定于 1 月 7 日在曼彻斯特治安法院出庭。

这五名男子均非曼联雇员，他们受雇于

安保人员因袭击联队球迷而被起诉

Controlled Solutions Group 是一家在比赛日由俱乐部签约的安保公司。联队和 CSO 均拒绝置评。

此次抗议活动的组织目的是为了反对提高季票价格以及取消儿童和养老金领取者的优惠决定。

联队的票务政策最近再次因打击票贩子而受到指责。这导致数千名球迷收到了电子邮件，称由于可疑活动，他们的账户已被暂停，除非他们提供令人满意的解释，否则其季票可能会被撤销。

俱乐部与支持者代表原定于昨晚在老特拉福德球场的球迷论坛（Fans' Forum）上讨论这一争议。

支持者团体上周联合发表声明，指责俱乐部让无辜的球迷觉得他们被“当作嫌疑人对待”，并采取了一种“先封禁，后询问”的方法。与此同时，在距离重返联队的倒计时继续进行之际，马库斯·拉什福德向巴塞罗那发送了一封告别信。

拉什福德上个赛季在诺坎普球场租借效力，在加泰罗尼亚人赢得西甲冠军期间记录了 14 个进球和 14 次助攻。然而，巴萨决定不触发 2600 万英镑（£26million）的买断选项，而是以 7000 万英镑（£70m）签下了纽卡斯尔的安东尼·戈登。

拉什福德在社交媒体上发布了一张他身穿 14 号球衣的照片，以及另一张他在赛场上表现的照片，并配文道：“我非常感谢俱乐部里的每一个人，让我在这里度过了积极且难忘的时光。”

“我享受了每一个瞬间，并将保留许多特别的回忆。我祝愿俱乐部及其所有球迷取得成功。Vaca Barca!”

拉什福德现在将重新加入联队，他与该俱乐部的合同直到 2028 年 6 月，周薪为 315,000 英镑（£315,000）。在帮助英格兰队进入世界杯半决赛后，他目前正在休假，目前尚不清楚他是否会参加下个月联队在爱尔兰的训练营。

在最初为其 28 岁最高薪球员标价 4000 万英镑（£40m）后，联队很难找到一家愿意支付高于巴萨租借协议中规定的 2600 万英镑（£26m）的俱乐部。

罗马被传有意引进，但拉什福德对加入这家意大利球队没有兴趣。

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足球 (FOOTBALL)

每日邮报，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

豪（HOWE）离职

喜鹊主帅宣布就任结束，俱乐部聘请德国教练接任

作者：CRAIG HOPE

首席足球记者

纽卡斯尔联（NEWCASTLE UNITED）主帅埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）在执教五年后宣布离职，将由德国人马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱（Matthias Jaissle）接替。

这位 48 岁的主帅近几个月一直在思考自己的未来，目前已达成协议，立即结束他在圣詹姆斯公园球场的任期。

他在上赛季结束时花了一些时间考虑最佳的前进方向，但当时决定留下。然而，豪在本月早些时候告知管理层，他认为现在是分开的合适时机。双方并未发生冲突，且他同意在找到接替者之前继续留任。

雅斯莱目前执掌沙特俱乐部国民队（Al Ahli），计划于本周末随球队前往拉曼加（La Manga）参加季前训练营。

他的合同昨晚已交给律师，除非出现意外，他将成为这家沙特财团控股俱乐部的第二任任命主帅。这位 38 岁的主教练在 2021 和 2023 之间执教红牛萨尔茨堡，此后管理由 PIF 拥有的国民队，并于 2025 和 2026 赢得了亚冠联赛冠军。

豪离职的时机震惊了泰恩赛德地区，尽管在动荡的 12 个月之后，这件事并不令人意外。

在去年 9 月失去明星前锋亚历山大·伊萨克（Alexander Isak）后，英格兰边锋安东尼·戈登（Anthony Gordon）和意大利中场桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali）在今年夏天分别被出售给巴塞罗那和托特纳姆热刺。布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）希望加盟阿森纳，如果对方开出超过 £75million 的报价，这位巴西球员可能会离开。乔林顿（Joelinton）也希望前往沙特阿拉伯。

纽卡斯尔在这个转会窗口购买了 4 名球员，但全部年龄在 20 岁或以下。虽然球员转会并非豪离职的唯一原因，但预计将面临一个充满挑战的赛季被认为是一个影响因素。他们在季前赛中与非联赛球队盖茨黑德（Gateshead）战成 1-1 平手，并以 4-1 输给了冠军联赛球队布里斯托尔城（Bristol City）。

这位前伯恩茅斯主帅于 2021, 11 月在沙特接管后、纽卡斯尔在英超联赛排名第 19 位的背景下抵达。在确保保级后，他们在接下来的赛季中获得了欧冠资格，并在联赛杯决赛中失利。

2025, 豪成为了 70 年来首位为“喜鹊”赢得国内奖杯的主教练，当时他们赢得了联赛杯。他们还第二次获得了欧冠资格。然而，上赛季十分艰难，尽管进入了欧冠 16 强，但第 12 名的最终排名反映出了成绩的下滑。

豪在 4 月份于马特芬大厅（Matfen Hall）与俱乐部所有者会面，当时他的意愿是留下。但现在他将暂时离开足球界。

■ 阿曼达·斯塔夫利（AMANDA STAVELEY）即将购买西汉姆联的股份。据《每日邮报》体育版上月透露，斯塔夫利与丈夫梅赫达德·戈多西（Mehrdad Ghodoussi）共同拥有的 PCP Capital 对“铁锤帮”感兴趣。

现在，这对夫妇已推进购买已故的大卫·戈尔德（David Gold）在俱乐部持有的 25% 股份，买方为他的女儿凡妮莎（Vanessa），交易金额约为 £150m。斯塔夫利曾在 2021, 主导沙特公共投资基金（PIF）对纽卡斯尔的收购，她得到了中东和美国投资者的支持。

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足球 | 每日邮报体育 69

足球

作者：CRAIG HOPE

是在5月底的一次希腊家庭度假期间，埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）在经过长时间的深思熟虑后，决定全力投入（'all in'）接下来与纽卡斯尔联共度的赛季。

在此之前的几天和几周里，他的未来并不确定。这并不是因为他即将被解雇。在4月下旬，沙特主导的所有者已经向他保证了对他的承诺。

而他则在反之寻找每一个理由来 reaffirm 自己的承诺。他想留下。他希望相信俱乐部内部的所有人都目标一致。在经历了执教生涯中最令人精疲力竭的 12 个月后，他希望能重新获得能量。

有些日子他觉得能留下，有些日子他觉得会离开。4月在主场 2-1 负于伯恩茅斯后，尽管外界对他可能离职的预期在增加，但他觉得自己还能留下。

但在赛季最后一场比赛——在富勒汉姆主场 2-0 惨败后，他觉得完蛋了。他怀疑这是否真的是终点。球队是否需要一个新的声音？

豪在几小时后飞往希腊，他知道，如果他对纽卡斯尔负责，就必须在那里做出决定。他终于从那个赛季中解脱出来——那个赛季始于远东令人窒息的潮湿，以及亚历山大·伊萨克（Alexander Isak）漫长转会带来的创伤，并且随着球队不可避免地陷入低迷并在英超联赛中排名第 12 而变得愈发压抑。豪终于能够清空思绪。

局面突然变得简单了。他热爱纽卡斯尔。他让球队重回正轨的愿望，强于对这一切可能彻底失控的怀疑。离开希腊时，他心中充满了乐观。

当他坐在迈阿密体育场，观看布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）在 6 月 24 日世界杯对阵苏格兰的比赛时，那种重新燃起的热情正面临考验。

几天前，纽卡斯尔错失了签下西班牙边锋维克多·穆诺兹（Victor Munoz）的机会。就在俱乐部工作人员已经在达拉斯准备为该球员完成体检时，利物浦在最后一刻拦截了这笔交易。这对俱乐部来说是一个至暗时刻。失去替代安东尼·戈登（Anthony Gordon）的首选目标给这个夏天蒙上了一层不必要的阴影，而当瑞士中场约汉·曼赞比（Johan Manzambi）随后选择阿斯顿维拉而非他们时，这种阴影进一步拉长。难道历史在重演？

距离那个被永远定义为足球俱乐部所有权“灾难级”的转会窗口已过去 1 年，当时像雨果·埃基蒂克（Hugo Ekitiike）和若昂·佩德罗（Joao Pedro）这样的顶级目标拒绝加入一个没有体育总监或首席执行官的组织，人们担心纽卡斯尔的声誉和流程尚未恢复到成功所需的水平。

在幕后，吉马良斯正在采取行动寻找新俱乐部，正如《每日邮报》体育版在豪于佛罗里达观看他比赛的次日所披露的那样。失去队长——球队在球场上的驱动力以及场下的精神领袖——几乎是不可想象的。

如果阿森纳开出超过 175million 的正式报价，吉马良斯将会加盟。

埃迪感到疲惫并表示……他在两周前就告诉了他的上司，他已经撑不下去了

据中间人提出，我们被告知，他的离开极有可能是事实。

我们还可以透露，乔尔斯顿在赛季结束后的几周内向纽卡斯尔表达了前往沙特阿拉伯的愿望。该报价尚未兑现。戈登已经前往巴塞罗那，而桑德罗·托纳利则在转会热刺的过程中。

对于豪来说，每一件事都是一次打击。他所珍视的球队正在被解体，部分原因是英超和欧足联的支出限制所导致的必然结果，但也是因为这些球员对俱乐部“2030”愿景项目的速度、方向和执行力存疑——该项目声明的野心是在那时成为世界顶尖球队之列。目前看来，“模糊的2030愿景”似乎更贴切。

与此同时，有四名潜力巨大的球员在加盟——三名 20 岁球员和一名 18 岁球员——但本赛季能产生影响的保证较低。豪支持每一次签约，并理解转会政策转变的必要性。但上赛季已有足够的证据表明，如果成绩下滑，支持者（尤其是网上的支持者）可能不会如此体谅。

尽管如此，转会并不是豪决定卸任的原因。事实上，这并非由单一原因造成。并没有发生不和。他与体育总监罗斯·威尔逊、首席执行官大卫·霍普金森及其他人关系良好地离开。

你怀疑，这种情况在近两年的大部分时间里一直在积聚。期间发生了内部政变以驱逐他的盟友阿曼达·斯塔夫利和梅赫达德·戈多西，体育总监保罗·米切尔的任命带来了不稳定，以及关键场外建设的延期。

最重要的是，这是一个关于所有权层级管理不善的悲剧。虽然有利润和可持续性规则的减轻因素，但这并不会限制对基础设施的投资。

所有者在任命豪为首任主教练时中了彩票，但此后他们却撕毁了票据。他们让豪一次次地灭火，直到他精疲力竭。

在 7 月 13, 恢复季前训练的前夕，这位 48 岁的主教练告诉威尔逊，他认为现在是休息的合适时机。如果一名新主教练带着新鲜的活力和想法到来，对球队是最有利的。俱乐部对此并不认同，希望豪能带领球队度过本赛季。

时机也远非理想。可选的主教练已接踵而至或离去，在几天之内，必须有人接管训练。豪同意在找到接替者之前继续留任。球员们并未被告知。

与此同时，俱乐部考虑了极少数候选人，来自 Al Ahli 的马蒂亚斯·贾斯勒同意接任。基兰·麦肯纳也被提及，但他正在休职业假。贾斯勒将在未来几天加入在拉曼加的球队。

对于豪来说，将会有悲伤与疲惫。有两种类比最能描述他的窘境。一种，像一名本该承认战斗已经结束但仍坚持挥拳的拳击手。另一种，像一个在奋力推开试图将其以及俱乐部压碎的巨石的人。第二种感觉最贴切，但未能捕捉到内部掉落的碎石。

要理解为什么豪决定现在停止，我们必须回顾过去。

一场幻象。这是我们两年来一直使用的词。豪将纽卡斯尔从英超第 19 位提升到两度进入欧冠，并带来了 70 年来首座国内奖杯，这份成绩一直与现实不符。

现实是，豪、他的工作人员和球员们的表现超出了水平——上赛季他们在英超的工资单排在第八位。球员招募——从伊萨克到吉马良什，再到戈登和基兰·特里皮尔——是非常卓越的。足球运作是俱乐部的头部，但尾部（商业运作）却在落后。

没有新的训练场。没有新体育场，也没有圣詹姆斯公园球场的升级。赞助和商业交易虽有所改善，但仍未能跟上豪（Howe）为他们提供的领先优势。

当我在 2024 年 8 月写下“这一切开始让人感觉有点像迈克·阿什利（Mike Ashley）”时，泰恩赛德地区尤其是其他地方的人们对此感到震惊。

这发生在几个月后，一场旨在除掉斯塔弗利（Staveley）和戈杜西（Ghodoussi）的“权力机器”阴谋中，这场阴谋由非足球领域的资深员工领导，他们认为少数股东干预了太多属于他们的职责。这确实没错，但同样事实是，斯塔弗利和戈杜西的工作做得比那些被他们干预的人更好。他们是维持俱乐部凝聚力的黏合剂。至关重要地是，他们认可豪的价值，并且比任何人都更坚定地支持他。

米切尔（Mitchell）在几周内抵达，在俱乐部看来，这简直像是一场蓄意破坏行为。他带着一种令人心惊的傲慢，在到任的第一天就告诉球员和员工，他是顶尖精英，他们应该跟随他一起开启一段旅程。这让人们感到，随着一个刻薄的局外人空降而至，他们被俱乐部抛弃了。

随后，当他告诉一些球员他们不受欢迎时，引发了混乱。球员们以为这一指令来自豪，但后来发现并非如此。这次动荡导致伊萨克（Isak）及更多人想要离队。不知为何，豪设法维持了球队的凝聚力，而他是独立完成的，在失去斯塔弗利和戈杜西的情况下。

撇开这对夫妇有时会冒犯他人这一点不谈，当沙特人听信阴谋者的谗言时，他们无异于在自毁长城。尽管公共投资基金（PIF）在所有权的最初两年半里取得了诸多成就，但在关键时刻，这是一个严重的判断错误。他们离开的那一天，就是幻象开始破灭的第一天。这实际上并非一个注定登顶且管理良好的超级俱乐部。而是一块由豪、支持者以及“纽卡斯尔联（Newcastle Re-United）”的力量赋予飞行的魔毯。

尽管如此，他们仍拥有足够的高度在 2025 年赢得了联赛杯（Carabao Cup），甚至在上个赛季，他们再次回到了该赛事的半决赛，并进入了欧冠 16. 强。然而，今天，那块毯子已然彻底落地。海市蜃楼，魔法，这一切在豪决定无法继续前行后全部曝光。他不想再有这种感觉。

是的，在赢得联赛杯后的几周内，他因肺炎住院，其影响依然存在。他回归得太早，目前仍在学习如何最好地管理工作量。

但即便考虑到这一点，当他在 6 月初离开希腊，随后与家人前往美国时，他已经为本赛季做好了准备。在内心的驱使下，他强迫自己的理智相信这行得通。最终，他必须对自己和俱乐部保持忠诚。

事实是，他做出了正确的决定。事实是，俱乐部因此陷入了极大的困境。事实是，纽卡斯尔联的现状长期以来一直像是一个谎言。

纽卡斯尔的所有者让豪在一次又一次的危机中疲于奔命，直到他彻底精疲力竭

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只要再有 16 个持异议国家，即可否决因凡蒂诺的计划

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在两年一度世界杯的计划出现后，各项赛事……

他们的异议得到了 CONCACAF（中北美及加勒比海足球联合会）的呼应。该机构在昨日举行会议后表示，不会支持国际足联（FIFA）的计划。然而，该组织并未明确要求发起抵制。

这意味着国际足联 211 个会员协会中已有 90 个反对因凡蒂诺筹集 £3.1 billion 私有投资的计划，这意味着只要再有 16 个异议者即可否决该计划。

与此同时，消息人士告诉《每日邮报》体育版，CONCACAF 成员国中反对因凡蒂诺担任国际足联主席的人数正在增加，绝大多数成员国已经或正在失去对这位瑞士人的信心。

欧足联（UEFA）在的一份声明中表示：“欧足联及其 55 个会员协会立场一致。我们一致且明确地拒绝国际足联将世界杯及其他国际足联赛事的所有权权益转让给私人投资者的提案。”

“世界杯不能被视为一种投资产品。它是足球最伟大的体育遗产之一。它是由各大洲的球员、国家队和支持者历经数代人建立起来的。其任何部分都不应交给私人投资者。世界杯是不在出售之列的。”

“如此重大的提案在秘密状态下构思，并在没有任何实质性磋商的情况下就被推向批准的边缘，这既是不负责任的，也是无法辩解的。这不仅是领导层的严重失败，更是国际足联作为世界足球守护者职责的缺失。”

“全球各地的国家协会现在面临着一个最后通牒：要么接受

地球上最伟大的表演：罗德里为西班牙举起世界杯冠军奖杯

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足球最伟大赛事的不可逆转的被捕获，要么承担后果。”

“这并非‘民主决定’，而是通过恐吓进行管理——这种胁迫行为对于一个被托付管理全球比赛的机构来说是不光彩的。”

“一旦外部投资者获得国际足联赛事的的所有权权益，足球将永远改变。商业回报将变成一项永久性的义务。投资者的预期将变成日常压力。关于国际赛程、比赛形式以及塑造足球未来的每一项决定，将不再由如何最好地服务于这项运动来驱动，而是由如何最好地服务于股东来驱动。这种模式在足球中没有立足之地。足球不能为了经济利益而抵押其未来。”

“我们绝不会赋予这种模式合法性。没有人有道德权威去出售那些他们仅是为下一代信托持有之物。只要这些提案依然存在，没有任何欧足联国家队将参加任何国际足联比赛，除非该提案被完全放弃，并提供具有约束力的保证，确保国际足联再也不会将其治理或赛事开放给私有所有权。”

“欧足联及其协会将以绝对的决心反对这些计划。有些东西实在太重要了，不能出售。国际足联世界杯属于足球。它永远属于足球。只要欧洲还有发言权，它就永远不会被出售。”

一名英足协（FA）发言人补充道：“我们与欧洲同行肩并肩。国际足联世界杯属于足球，且永远如此。”

周三，国际足联向所有会员协会发出信函，概述其提案以及批准这些提案的财务激励措施，并设定了 9 月 19 日的严格截止日期。这引发了欧足联的猛烈回应，后者指责其行为属于贿赂。

文化大臣丽莎·南迪就欧足联的抵制威胁表示：“这是一个我们强烈支持的原则性决定。足球属于球迷，而不是亿万富翁投资者。足够了，现在是时候采取立场保护我们的运动了。”

在与其 41 个成员协会（其中 35 个为国际足联成员）举行会议后，中北美及加勒比足联（CONCACAF）补充道：“在过去的十年里，我们建立了一个基于服务、透明治理和足球长期管理制度的组织。历史已经向国际足联和足球大家庭证明，当这项运动的守护者忽视这些价值观时会发生什么。”

“成员们对缺乏正当程序、人为设置的过短期限，以及相关国际足联治理机构缺乏任何审查或批准表示深切担忧。”

“此外，需要私募股权投资来资助新的

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随着他的宏伟计划化为泡影，《邮报》告知受辱的国际足联主席：是时候离开

正如每个狂妄自大者最终都会发现的那样，在权力之旅中，总有一个时刻预示着末日的到来。

对于卑劣的詹尼·因凡蒂诺来说，那个时刻在昨天到来了。在欧足联（UEFA）的 55 个成员协会明确表示他们不会容忍国际足联（FIFA）出卖世界杯的阴谋之后，时刻已至。

除非这些荒谬的计划被扔进它们该去的垃圾桶，否则欧足联将抵制国际足联的各项赛事——包括世界杯。

完全正确。但这不应就此结束。当因凡蒂诺背叛了他被委以领导之责的这项运动，并将国际足联推向与世界足球最大联邦——欧足联的全面战争时，他怎么还能留在职位上？

这位 56 岁的男子已宣布，他打算在 2027. 年 3 月在摩洛哥举行的下届大会上竞选连任国际足联主席。如果他还剩哪怕一点尊严，因凡蒂诺应该在足球界有机会将他踢走之前就自行离开。

走吧，詹尼，快走！

就像 2021, 年秘密策划欧洲超级联赛计划、结果眼睁睁看着计划在启动台上化为灰烬的许多俱乐部高管一样，既然现在很明显他筹集 £3.1 billion 私人投资的秘密计划也已破碎，因凡蒂诺应该做一件体面的事情：立即辞职。

“世界杯不是用来出售的，”欧足联在一份措辞激烈的声明中宣布，该声明获得了全票通过，并由英格兰足协及欧洲其他 54 个协会共同签署。他们批评因凡蒂诺“领导力严重失效”，并主导了“恐吓式治理”。

他们将他在未经任何协商的情况下、背着他们试图变卖“家产”的行为，描述为既“不负责任”且“无法辩护”。

这个男人在今年夏天向共同主办国美国妥协，推出了商业驱动的补水休息时间，在西班牙与阿根廷的决赛期间安排了冗长得离谱的中场表演，并根据他的好友唐纳德·特朗普总统的要求，做出了不可原谅的决定，暂停了福拉林·巴洛根的红卡处罚，以便这位前锋能代表美国在 16 强赛对阵比利时；而现在，他在试图出售世界杯本身的努力中遇到了重大障碍。

甚至连塞普·布拉特——因凡蒂诺的前任，另一位来自瑞士瓦莱州的国际足联独裁者——也称该计划对这项运动“具有深远的破坏性”。当你让布拉特这样的人都觉得你走得太远时，你必须意识到你的道德指南针已经失灵了。

与布拉特一样，因凡蒂诺很可能会无视我们要求他离开的请求而继续奋斗，在与欧足联的对抗中寄希望于足球界较小国家联邦的支持，且这种对抗可能会一直持续到明年的大会。

为了这项运动的未来，我们只能希望他失败。

在历史上利润最高的世界杯受到质疑后，现有国际足联项目也受到了影响。讨论进一步强化了对提高透明度和正当治理的需求。

“中北美及加勒比足联（CONCACAF）及其成员协会已拒绝该提案，并要求其国际足联理事会成员与国际足联协商，确定如何利用现有的国际足联储备金来增加我们该地区足球发展的资金，并要求其国际足联理事会成员指示国际足联主席确保任何事项均遵循正当的治理程序。

“足球的未来——及其最宝贵的资产——必须留在我们的足球大家庭手中。”

这件事可能演变出的三种结果

国际足联让步

欧足联希望在国际足联开始执行出售世界杯股份的计划之前将其截断。其中一种可能性——尽管对于主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺来说将是非常屈辱的——是他们承认，如果没有欧洲 55 个国家的参与，这些旗舰赛事将无法进行。时间至关重要——虽然距离 2030 年的下一届男足世界杯还有四年，但明年女足世界杯的资格赛已进入附加赛阶段。英格兰队

预计将与希腊队进行两回合比赛，第一场在 10 月 7 日。在波兰举行的 U-20 女足世界杯将在 9 月举行。

国际足联坚持立场...

而欧足联让步

这对欧洲足球来说同样会是屈辱的。国际足联可能会决定无视抗议并不顾一切地继续推进，这将考验欧足联成员国的决心。国际足联可能希望在昨日紧急会议上达成的集体协议发生动摇，导致一些国家认为抵制世界杯的损失太大。捷克足协主席大卫·特伦达周三支持了因凡蒂诺的计划。或许更现实的情况是，国际足联宣布对其计划进行审查，并以欧足联成员国能够支持的方式对其进行修改。

国际足联坚持立场...

欧足联亦然

这将是一个爆炸性的结果。如果国际足联决定继续推进，而欧洲足球负责人坚持他们的承诺，那么

世界杯将不得不缺少几个领先国家而地进行。2030 年男足世界杯的参赛国数量尚未确认，但今年夏天的版本有 48 个国家，其中 16 个来自欧洲。这意味着要么用其他大洲的国家填补空缺，要么举办一个规模缩减的版本。此前传闻要增加到 64 个国家的计划肯定不会实现。对于 2027 年的女足世界杯，32 个名额中有 11 个分配给欧洲。这将使赛事陷入混乱，因为资格赛已经全面展开。

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每日邮报，2026 年 7 月 31 日，星期五

我们将抵制世界杯

英格兰与欧洲采取“核选项”联合对抗国际足联的贪婪

作者：BOBBY MANZI

英格兰和欧足联（UEFA）昨日宣布抵制国际足联（FIFA）的赛事，共有 90 个国家反对吉安尼·因凡蒂诺计划将世界杯股份出售给私人投资者的方案。

英足总（FA）昨日下午与另外 54 个欧足联国家进行了虚拟危机会议，超过 40 个协会提供了证词，以协调统一应对国际足联的计划。

《每日邮报》体育版被告知，协会在通话中对该提案表达了“愤怒”并持有“完全一致”的反对意见；该提案由国际足联单方面制定，此前未与相关利益相关者协商。

会议决定，只要引入私人投资的提案仍在该议程上，欧足联国家将拒绝参加国际足联的赛事。

一名国际足球业内人士告诉《每日邮报》体育版：“欧足联的反应处于‘核按钮’级别的极端端，这令人印象深刻。我们原以为因凡蒂诺能在唐纳德·特朗普干预裁判事件后幸存——但这次他做得太过分了。”欧足联此前曾采用过这种策略。在 2021, 年，欧洲足球管理机构曾威胁退出所有国际足联

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内舱起* 每人 £3,199

17 - 18 晚 | 2027 年 9 月

CUNARD（冠达邮轮）

您的度假行程包含

由导游陪同游览卡帕多基亚、棉花堡、苏丹汉商旅馆、梅夫拉纳博物馆、加里波利纪念碑、特洛伊木马、以弗所、特洛伊古城、佩加蒙古城、伊斯坦布尔等

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内舱* 每人 £3,199

阳台房* 每人 £3,999

海景房* 每人 £3,599

格里尔套房* 每人 £5,399

度假代码：EU22364

图片仅为目的地示意，不一定包含在您的邮轮行程中或由 Imagine Cruising 推荐。所示价格、时长和行程基于 2027 年 9 月 28 日出发。格里尔套房所示价格基于 2027 年 9 月 30 日出发。*景观巡航。

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周一至周日：上午 9 点 - 晚上 8 点

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完整条款与条件请访问 www.imaginecruising.co.uk。Imagine Cruising 拥有完整的 ABTA 和 ATOL 担保。价格在印刷时正确，且可能会有所变动。价格为每人价格，基于两名成人共用一个邮轮舱房，并包含从伦敦出发的机票（区域航班需额外付费）。假期时长包含适用时的过夜航班，且可能会有所变动。

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独家优惠

每对夫妇最高可节省

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古代

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体验马丘比丘的古代奇迹

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在 Azamara Journey 号上享受 11 晚全包邮轮之旅

在利马假日酒店 (Holiday Inn Lima) 享受三晚四星级酒店住宿，含早餐

CLUB 室内房 (CLUB INTERIOR)

CLUB 海景房 (CLUB OCEANVIEW)

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CLUB 阳台房 (CLUB VERANDA)

CLUB 套房 (CLUB SUITE)

Club 室内房起* £3,999.00

AZAMARA 邮轮

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在库斯科的 Sonesta Hotel Cusco 享受两晚四星级住宿，含早餐

所有机票（伦敦出发）及接送服务

£4,999.00

£7,999.00

假期代码：AME8372

假期时长包含适用时的过夜航班，且可能会有所变动。*所示价格包含折扣，且省钱额度基于两名乘客共用舱房并直接向 Imagine Cruising 预订。

扫描二维码了解更多

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完整条款与条件请访问 www.imaginecruising.co.uk。Imagine Cruising 拥有完整的 ABTA 和 ATOL 担保。价格在印刷时正确，且可能会有所变动。价格为每人价格，基于两名成人共用一个邮轮舱房，并包含从伦敦出发的机票（区域航班需额外付费）。

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法式阳台房节省超过

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包含精选观光项目

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您的假期包含

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提供其他可选旅游项目

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£4,399pp

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£2,799pp

假期代码：RVR7244

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独家优惠

节省超过 52%**

神圣之水 (SACRED Waters)

跟团游 • 河 cruise 邮轮 • 酒店住宿

包含专业导游之旅

在包含饮料、小费和 Wi-Fi 的环境中放松身心

常识填字游戏

参与我们的累积游戏！为了赢取一支 Cross 圆珠笔，请完成填字游戏以揭晓粉色圆圈中的字母。如果您从周一开始就参与，现在应该已经得到了一个五个字母的单词。如欲参加，请致电 0901 133 4423 并留下您的答案和详细信息。或者发送短信至 65700，内容为单词 FIVE 以及您的答案和姓名。

■ 短信和通话费用为 50便士，另加标准网络费用。将从今日 00.01 至本周日 23.59 之间收到的所有正确条目中选出一位获胜者。仅限 18 岁及以上且不含北爱尔兰的英国居民。详见条款与条件。

在这些方格中填写字母

赢取一支奢华 Cross 钢笔

横向

6 像一张没有交通违法记录的驾驶执照 (5) 7 ... 房间，警方在处理特定犯罪时使用的区域 (8) 10 ... 呕吐，怀孕早期的恶心感 (7) 11 违背了承诺 (7) 12 凯蒂 ... 1996 年出生的英国网球运动员 (7) 13 貂熊的另一个名称 (7) 14 2022 年推出的社交媒体应用，美国总统 唐纳德·特朗普 使用 (5,6) 19 一个在线交互式教育课程 (7) 21 ... 执业医生，医学缩写 GP 的含义 (7) 23 ... 受伤，板球比赛中击球手因伤离场的术语 (7) 25 保罗 ... 美国男低音-男中音歌手及民权活动家 (7) 26 一个美国 ... 在伦敦，1981 年融合了恐怖与黑色喜剧的电影 (8) 27 在教会中工作但非牧师的人员 (5)

纵向

1 眼内角的一个开口 (4,4) 2 招募 (6) 3 在卡美洛主持宫廷的英国传奇人物 (4,6) 4 Tissue，红辣椒热狗乐队 (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 的歌曲，1999 年在英国榜单达到第 15 位 (4) 5 T. R. ... 在《实习医生格雷》中饰演乔治·奥马利 (George O'Malley) 的演员 (6) 6 简短访问或偶然发现某物 (4,2) 8 日本料理中的一种米饭碗装菜肴 (7) 9 节目之间显示的电视频道标志 (5) 13 出生于 1901 年的美国电影演员兼舞者，以饰演帮派分子而闻名 (6,4) 15 导致失去信心或勇气 (7) 16 他的 ... 对主教或法官的礼貌称呼 (8) 17 红色 ... 设定在矿业飞船上的情景喜剧 (5) 18 皮肤覆盖黏液的小型浅水鱼 (6) 20 杰拉德 ... 在《有坠落》 (Has Fallen) 系列电影中饰演美国特勤局特工迈克·班宁 (Mike Banning) 的演员 (6) 22 派对上供应的小份咸味食物 (6) 24 降落伞着陆 (4)

答案将于周一公布

单词轮

您有十分钟时间，利用轮盘中的字母尽可能多地找到单词。每个单词必须使用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、外来词或专有名词。允许以 's' 结尾的动词。今日九字母单词提示：异常病态，不是吗？直到环境破坏。评级：15 个单词，平均；20 个，良好；25 个，非常好；30 个或更多，极佳。答案将于明日公布

通过我们的《早邮》(Morning Mail) 通讯中的测验，每日测试您的常识。扫描二维码立即注册

姓名游戏

网格中隐藏了一位歌手的名字。请回答问题，然后将与答案对应的字母重新排列，以拼出该姓名。周一公布答案。

BOX 1: 雪莉·巴塞利（如图）在哪一年成为首位登顶英国单曲榜的威尔士歌手？ 1959 (M) 1969 (F) 1979 (H)

BOX 2: 以下哪项是古希腊使用的一种浅口、宽碗状饮酒杯，主要用于饮用葡萄酒？ Helix (S) Sailx (L) Kylla (E)

BOX 3: 迪亚娜·施耐德（Diana Shnaider）是哪项运动的俄罗斯专业运动员？ 网球 (R) 体操 (D) 游泳 (K)

BOX 4: 粤语流行曲（Cantopop）是源自哪个国家的流行音乐流派？ 加拿大 (D) 中国 (E) 印度 (N)

BOX 5: 美国模特兼社交名媛恩里卡·索玛（Enrica Soma）是以下哪位女演员的母亲？ 苏珊·萨兰登 (A) 安杰丽卡·休斯顿 (D) 西格妮·韦弗 (P)

BOX 6: 以下哪道咖喱菜肴是在伯明翰研发的？ Korma (T) Rogan Josh (V) Baiti (U)

BOX 7: 赖斯大学位于美国的哪个州？ 华盛顿州 (E) 德克萨斯州 (G) 马里兰州 (H)

BOX 8: 罗杰·哈格里夫斯（Roger Hargreaves）创作的第一个“小先生”（Mr Men）角色是谁？ 挠痒先生 (I) 快乐先生 (K) 贪吃先生 (V)

昨日答案： BRAD PITT (1B, 2T, 3A, 4T, 5P, 6R, 7I, 8D)

图片：PA

铺轨游戏

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。轨道不能交叉。 周一公布答案。

B

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蜂巢填词

所有答案均沿其数字顺时针读取。线索 1. 的答案从给定的字母开始。

1. Corners
2. Calling
3. Agile
4. Happen
5. Steps
6. Dent
7. Crayon
8. Channel
9. Former students
10. Grumble
11. Bookworm
12. Sowed

答案：见插页封底

数和棋 (KAKURO)

使用数字 1 到 9 填充网格中的空白方格，且在任何一行或一列的空白方格中不得重复出现同一个数字。填充的数字之和必须等于每行或每列开头阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示纵向总和；上半部分则表示横向总和。

周一公布答案。

知识大比拼 (MASTERQUIZ)

1. 古巴的主要货币单位是什么？
2. 哪位希腊博学者是第一个准确计算地球周长的人？
3. 由托尼·克里斯蒂（Tony Christie）演唱的《Avenues And Alleyways》是 1970 年代哪部电视动作剧的主题曲？
4. 2025, 年去世的哈莱达·齐亚（Khaleda Zia）是哪个亚洲国家的首位女性总理？
5. 在米格尔·德·塞万提斯的这部小说中，堂吉诃德的马叫什么名字？
6. 赞美诗《我向你誓言，我的祖国》（I Vow To Thee, My Country）采用了古斯塔夫·霍尔斯特《行星组曲》中哪个乐章的曲调？

答案：见插页封底

脑力挑战 (MINDBENDER)

1. 帕特里克正在记录他十条宠物蛇的数据。这些蛇的平均长度为 5 英尺 3 英寸。其中一条逃跑了，于是他买了三条新蛇来替代，巧合的是，每条新蛇的长度均为 69 英寸。现在他所有蛇的平均长度为 5 英尺 5 英寸。那条逃跑的蛇长度是多少？
2. “斗牛犬”（bulldog）、“鳄鱼”（crocodile）和“自行车”（bicycle）之间有什么共同点？
3. 哪个南美国家可以由字母组 “CAN HUG IF NEAR” 重新排列得出？
4. 下面哪个词是不属于同一类的：霉菌（mould）、苔藓（moss）、霉斑（mildew）、酵母（yeast）？
5. 将以下字母组重新排列，组成三个爱尔兰地名：MON ERA COM WAT INE COL ORD ROS ERF。

答案：见插页封底

数独杀手 (KILLER SUDOKU)

填充网格中的方格，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 宫格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的每个单元格组的数字之和必须等于该组左上角的数字。在每个单元格组内，数字不得重复。

周一公布答案

需要提示？请致电 0901 293 6238 或发送短信 KILLER 至 65700，即可获取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。

PITCHERWITS™ (图像猜词)

1a. 二元论者，常在小公寓中被误引 (6,4)

8a. 当榆树被剔除时，它最为宁静 (7)

14a. 丰富充足，但表演中禁止双人组 (7)

18a. 在雾中召唤古怪的晚餐 (7,3)

3d. 与金属铅有关的剧痛 (3,5)

5d. 也许不是变异体，但同样出色！ (10)

6d. 这些助手是圣徒，坐在无尽的混乱中 (10)

9d. 保持联系，即病得很重 (8)

横向

1 图片提示 7 喷雾中脆硬的碎片 (5) 8 图片提示 11 目镜有医院威士忌！ (5) 13 雪地之屋，带着油去烹饪 (5)

14 图片提示 16 经过改良的酒鬼政治家 (5) 18 图片提示

用您的智慧挑战 Pitcherwits——这是一个令人兴奋的谜题，部分答案是以图片形式呈现的！视觉提示的答案填入网格中的阴影区域。

周一公布答案

纵向

2 水手杰克的道路胶水 (3) 3 图片提示 4 审判席上的标准文件？ (4) 5 图片提示 6 图片提示 9 图片提示

10 凝视头衔 (4) 12 对某些斑马豆非常热情 (4) 15 用于某些著名建筑中 (4) 17 那个怎么样，医生？ (3)

昨日答案 — 横向：1 太小了。5 天秤座。7 圆形。9 葛缕子。11 麋鹿。12 总和。13 禁闭室。16 长者。17 困扰。18 十二点差十分。纵向：1 全面撤退。2 播出。3 悍妻。4 the lady's mantle (植物)。6 弯曲。8 尤利西斯。10 潜航雁。14 货物。15 弓起。

MAILWORD (词汇谜题)

横向

1 史密斯，经济学家 5 允许 10 王，设计师 11 植物生命 12 省略 14 斑纹猫 15 痛苦 16 那些人 18 小昆虫 19 充气 22 照亮的 23 逃跑 24 钞票卷，例如 26 菲德尔 __，前古巴领导人 28 年龄

29 此外 30 《__之书》，电影 31 印度菜 34 不堪忍受，非正式 36 大西洋，例如 37 欠款金额 38 现有的 39 松鼠巢

纵向

1 宣言 2 恶魔般的 3 短歌剧歌曲 4 地板覆盖物 5 一天中的时段 6 安第斯动物 7 抛弃 8 球

9 路径 13 令人惊讶的 17 发现 20 扬声器 21 听觉结构 25 精巧地小 27 恶魔 31 __ 莫蒂默，喜剧演员 32 专家 33 花环 35 古怪的

答案

周一公布

HIDATO (数字接龙)

完成网格，使所有数字 1 到 78, 连接连续——水平、垂直或对角线。提示：您不需要从 1 或 78. 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让您更容易开始。

周一公布答案

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KENKEN (数盘)

每一行和每一列应包含 1 到 6，且不重复。笼子中的数字必须使用给出的数学符号（顺序不限）组合，得出笼子开头所示的目标数字。单格笼子直接填入给定数字。

周一公布答案

	B	R	K
B				D
C				A
S				P
	H	T	A

ARBORETUM (植物园)

NINE TO FIVE (九到五)

将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格，以形成六个五字母的横向和纵向单词。

周一公布答案

世界上最小、最难的十字谜题

横向

1. 旧磁带播放机 (缩写) (3)

2. 迅捷的马 (4)

6.5 Am 猴子 (4)

7. 涂鸦签名 (3)

纵向

1. 坦克 (3)

2. 表达不满 (非正式) (4)

3. Pro ... (4)

4. 相当大的 (3)

明日公布答案

1	2	3
4			5
6
	7

单词搜索

列出的单词都可以在方格中找到——正向、反向、向上、向下及对角线——但除了一

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OIL DRILLING CAN EASE COST OF LIVING

Signalling break with Ed Miliband's Net Zero agenda, new PM concedes 'Britain can't ignore' resources in North Sea

By Jason Groves

Political Editor

ANDY Burnham was urged last night to 'get Britain drilling' after he admitted that North Sea oil revenues could ease the cost of living.

The Prime Minister hinted at a shift in Labour's ideological ban on new drilling, saying that at a time of tight government finances the North Sea was a resource 'we can't ignore'.

Experts have predicted that lifting the ban could generate £25billion in extra tax revenues for the UK over the next decade and support thousands of jobs.

Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride told Mr Burnham last night: 'Get Britain drilling!'

He said the PM should drop the ban and approve licences for the giant Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field, which could be decided as soon as next month.

Whitehall sources predicted Jackdaw would get the green light in time to start supplying British homes this winter. But a

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Summary: Cloudy, mild

UK TODAY: Morning begins with sunshine, turning mostly Cloudy by midday. Rain showers appear late morning, clearing to partly sunny skies in the afternoon. Max 25c.

Today's weather

	9am	2noon	3pm	6pm	9pm
London	● 16c	● 22c	● 25c	● 30c	● 34c
Plymouth	● 18c	● 22c	● 23c	● 2c	● 18c
Cardiff	● 15c	● 16c	● 20c	● 18c	● 18c
B'ham	● 16c	● 20c	● 22c	● 22c	● 18c
McChester	● 16c	● 18c	● 20c	● 19c	● 17c
Newcastle	● 15c	● 18c	● 19c	● 18c	● 14c
Glasgow	● 12c	● 14c	● 16c	● 16c	● 13c
Aberdeen	● 14c	● 16c	● 17c	● 16c	● 14c
Belfast	● 13c	● 15c	● 17c	● 16c	● 14c

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	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed
London	● 25c	● 30c	● 29c	● 32c	● 32c
Plymouth	● 22c	● 23c	● 24c	● 24c	● 24c
Cardiff	● 23c	● 24c	● 26c	● 26c	● 24c
B'ham	● 23c	● 24c	● 26c	● 24c	● 22c
McChester	● 20c	● 23c	● 23c	● 22c	● 20c
Newcastle	● 20c	● 21c	● 19c	● 18c	● 17c
Glasgow	● 18c	● 18c	● 19c	● 18c	● 18c
Aberdeen	● 18c	● 17c	● 16c	● 16c	● 16c
Belfast	● 20c	● 19c	● 18c	● 18c	● 18c

Europe forecast

	India	£	£	Jennings	£	£	£	£	£
Amsterdam	JOHANNESBURG	2.75	1am	2.75	1	£	£	£	£
Brussels	2am	2.75	1am	2.75	1	£	£	£	£
Frankfurt	2am	2.45	1am	2.45	1	£	£	£	£

Around the world yesterday

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Algiers	Sunny	2.50	Florence	Sunny	25.10	New Delhi	Thursdays	22.18	New Delhi
Amsterdam	Sunny	25.75	Geneva	Sunny	32.90	New York	Fall	24.75	New York
Albania	Sunny	32.90	Gibraltar	Sunny	25.75	Wales	Sunny	32.90	Wales
Auckland	Sunny	15.50	Germany	St. Eule	8.50	Paris	Fall	24.75	Paris
Bahrain	Sunny	44.15	Helsinki	Fall	2.75	Palma	Sunny	32.90	Palma
Barcelona	Sunny	30.50	Hong Kong	Thunder	29.60	Paris	Fall	24.50	Paris
Basra	Sunny	46.05	Netherlands	Sunny	3.50	Perth	Sunny	32.90	Perth
Beijing	Sunny	24.75	Istanbul	Sunny	25.50	Prague	Sunny	24.50	Prague
Beirut	Sunny	34.00	Brunei	Fall	20.00	Brussels	Sunny	24.00	Brussels
Belfast	Cloudy	16.10	Larnaca	Sunny	35.10	Riga	Fall	24.75	Riga
Belgrade	Sunny	32.10	Las Palmas	Fall	27.10	Rome	Sunny	32.10	Rome
Berlin	Fall	35.00	Lisbon	Sunny	26.75	Singapore	Thunder	25.00	Singapore
Gareth	Fall	34.75	London	Cloudy	26.75	Stockholm	Sunny	26.75	Stockholm
Bridgestel	Sunny	25.50	Los Angeles	Fall	26.75	Strasbourg	Sunny	26.75	Strasbourg
Brussels	Rain	26.75	Lyon	Sunny	3800	Sydney	Sunny	15.50	Sydney
Buckland	Sunny	28.50	Madrid	Sunny	25.10	Surinam	Sunny	27.10	Surinam
Budapest	Sunny	34.10	Malaga	Sunny	29.60	St. Jude	Sunny	24.50	St. Jude
Calif.	Sunny	34.10	Malta	Fall	27.00	Scientific	Sunny	30.00	Scientific
Cape Town	Sunny	34.10	Melbourne	Cloudy	12.50	Tokyo	Sunny	24.50	Tokyo
Casablanca	Fall	26.75	Mexico City	Sunny	27.25	Toronto	Sunny	26.75	Toronto
Copenhagen	Sunny	24.75	Miami	Sunny	34.10	Tokyo	Sunny	23.75	Tokyo
Corfu	Sunny	34.10	Milan	Sunny	22.10	Vancouver	Sunny	21.75	Vancouver
Dubai	Sunny	45.10	Montreal	Thunder	30.10	Wales	Sunny	31.50	Wales
Dublin	Fall	18.00	Moscow	Thunder	18.00	Warsaw	Sunny	24.50	Warsaw
Edmonton	Sunny	32.00	Montreal	Thunder	30.00	Warsaw	Sunny	29.00	Warsaw
Paris	Sunny	25.77	Nairobi	Fall	22.72	Wellington	Cloudy	12.54	Wellington

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Sunrise London 5.22am, sets 8.50pm

Manchester Post 5.22am, sets 9.00pm

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BRITAIN is facing a winter of discontent after the Bank of England predicted a rise in energy bills and left the door open to an interest rate hike later this year.

The latest hit would see households face the most expensive winter in four years.

The prospect of more financial pain falling on families will pile pressure on Andy Burnham to provide more support.

'Britain is heading towards what is likely to be its most expensive winter since 2022/23,' said William Ellis, senior economist at Left-wing think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research. 'Families could be hit twice: first through higher energy bills, and then higher mortgage repayments if the Bank raises rates later this year.

'If the conflict (in the Middle East) does not de-escalate quickly, the Government should use the Autumn Budget to announce a temporary rolling on household energy bills.'

Ellis argued that support could be needed to 'protect families' and safeguard living standards. But the idea of spending more money on the cost of living could prove challenging as the state of the public finances leave

Fear for families

this winter as rates and bills could both rise

Chancellor John Healey with little room for manoeuvre.

The prospect that Britons could be suffering on a comparable scale to 2022 will bring uncomfortable echoes of a period when the initial impact of the Ukraine war

'Energy prices are volatile'

caused energy prices to soar. At the same time, mortgage rates had spiked after market turbulence caused by Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget. Energy prices and mortgage rates have again been on the rise in recent

months as US President Donald Trump's war on Iran chokes off oil and gas supplies from the Middle East, causing inflation pressure.

Markets are betting the Bank of England will respond by raising interest rates later this year. Yesterday, the Bank left interest rates on hold at 3.75 per cent though officials were split, with three members of the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee voting for a hike.

Governor Andrew Bailey said: 'The conflict in the Middle East continues to mean high and volatile energy prices. That will cause inflation to rise again this year.'

And he warned that if the war in the Middle East continued and inflation pressures deepen, rates would be likely to have to rise.

That would mean more pain for millions of homeowners who have already seen their borrowing costs rise over recent months.

The Bank expects the cap on household energy tariffs will rise again in October, taking typical bills from £1,663 to £1,680. It would have been £45 higher were it not for Mr Burnham temporarily removing VAT on household electricity bills, the Bank said.

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decision on opening Rosebank, which former energy secretary Ed Miliband once likened to 'climate vandalism', hangs in the balance.

Ministers are also considering industry requests to ease the windfall tax on energy profits, which has been blamed for holding back investment in the UK.

Sir Mel said: 'If Burnham was really serious about tackling the cost of living and getting energy bills down, he would immediately approve the Jackdaw and Rosebank sites and end the ban on new oil and gas licences.

That would be the first step towards ending Labour's Net Zero madness that is driving up costs for families and businesses and holding our economy back.

Mr Burnham's comments yesterday represent a significant shift from the position of Sir Kev Sharmer, who never publicly admitted that freeing up North Sea energy would boost the economy.

The Prime Minister was asked about the issue after Donald Trump revealed Mr Burnham had told him he was going to 'open up North Sea oil' when the two leaders spoke on the phone last week.

Mr Burnham said: 'I indicated in the phone call that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention.

'There is a resource there. When people are struggling we can't ignore that.'

Labour's 2024 manifesto said it would not issue North Sea licences, but Mr Burnham appeared to leave the idea open to review. No10 played down the prospect of an imminent shift, saying there was 'no change' to the manifesto

position. But his recognition that exploiting the North Sea could boost Britain's flagging economy and public finances will pressure Labour to act.

In a letter to Labour MPs last week, business and union leaders urged the Government to drop its North Sea ban.

Elizabeth de Jong, chief executive of the trade body Fuel Industry UK, said: 'The UK continues to need fuels. It makes sense to maximise the value created at home by supporting refineries and North Sea production. Domestic manufacturing sustains high-skilled jobs, strengthens energy security and underpins our industrial future.'

GMB union chief Gary Smith said: 'We will need oil and gas for decades.

Streeting's

surrender

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Increasing our reliance on energy from overseas for the essential elements that power our economy and keep the country going leaves us worryingly exposed.

Mr Smith urged the Prime Minister to show he 'understands the significance of this moment - jobs, communities, and our national security are at stake'.

But Mr Burnham's comments angered the Net Zero lobby. Tessa Khan, of the campaign group Uplift, said the claim that drilling in the North Sea would cut energy bills 'simply isn't borne out by the evidence', adding: 'It would also

turn a blind eye to the devastating consequences of climate change.

The choice facing Andy Burnham is whether he listens to the oil and gas lobby and its main cheerleader, Trump, or to the majority of the UK public.'

Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: 'Our country is burning. Crops are falling. Thousands have been killed by extreme heat. The first duty of any prime minister is to keep the people of this country safe - and right now people are feeling scared.

'Allowing new oil and gas drilling will worsen the climate breakdown, putting more lives at risk and doing untold damage to our economy.'

National Trust boss Hilary McGrady urged the PM to 'leave fossil fuels in the ground'. Warning of the threat of climate change, she added: 'We've all been watching in horror as our neighbours in Europe are battling extreme fires.'

The first test of Mr Burnham's new approach could come next month when consultations on Jackdaw and Rosebank are due to close. Both were approved for drilling by the last government only for the decisions to be overturned by the courts following legal challenges by climate campaigners.

Decisions on fresh applications will be taken by ministers acting in a quasi-judicial role. The Government has faced intense lobbying from both sides. Mr Miliband, a Net Zero fanatic, has been replaced as energy secretary by Miatta Pahnbulleh, who has similar views.

The trade body Offshore Energies UK said the two fields could generate almost £30 billion by the end of the next parliament. Jackdaw's owner said it

could supply gas for 1.6 million homes, starting this winter - reducing reliance on imports and the risk of a gas supply emergency'.

Referring to his call with Mr Burnham, Mr Trump said on Wednesday: 'He said he's going to open up North Sea oil. If you use the North Sea, the UK will be really rich.'

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Boyfriend duties: Justin Trudeau keeps Katy Perry safe in the sunshine

Anyone else need a touch of suncream?

Justin Trudeau gives girlfriend Katy Perry a helping hand

WE WERE once used to seeing him attend to matters of state. But Justin Trudeau appears to have embraced a rather different set of duties.

The former Canadian prime minister was on hand to help protect pop star girlfriend Katy Perry, 41, from the Mediterranean sun during a getaway in the south of France.

She smiled as Trudeau carefully rubbed lotion across her upper chest before slipping his hand beneath the neckline of her blue dress to finish the job.

Trudeau, 54, dressed casually in a green

By Olivia Kemp

Showbusiness Reporter

shirt and chinos, looked relaxed as they enjoyed a boat trip in St Tropez.

They were later spotted cuddling on a beach at the Le Club 55 restaurant, as they mark their first anniversary.

Just a few weeks ago, they made their red-carpet debut at the Tribeca Festival for the premiere of her concert film Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris.

During a question-and-answer session

at that event, Ms Perry said she was 'very in love', adding: 'That show was after I met the love of my life.'

The couple were first spotted dining together in Montreal, Canada, in July last year – only months after Ms Perry's split from British actor Orlando Bloom and two years after Trudeau had announced the end of his marriage to Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.

Ms Perry and Bloom, 49, have a five-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove, while Trudeau and his ex-wife, 51, have three children together.

Beach day: Katy Perry at Le Club 55

Traffic killing up to 40% of our hedgehogs

HEDGEHOGS being mown down by vehicles is 'exacerbating' the decline of the much-loved mammals, researchers have warned.

The creatures are at huge risk of extinction in certain areas and the loss of just one or two a year could destroy entire populations, a study has found.

Experts say road collisions are behind the decline of almost a third of hedgehog populations every year, turning traffic into a growing threat to their survival.

Scientists from Nottingham Trent University studied four hedgehog populations of differ-

By Chiara Burrell

ent sizes to investigate the impact of roadkill.

Their findings showed that road traffic killed between 15 and 29 per cent of hedgehogs in local populations every year, making it the leading cause of recorded deaths and accounting for around 40 per cent of all identified mortality.

The research, published in ZSL's Animal Conserva-

tion journal, also found that while larger populations experienced more roadkill overall, they could recover better due to higher breeding rates.

However, smaller populations – particularly those with fewer than 15 hedgehogs – are vulnerable and the contribution of road deaths could have 'devastating effects'.

The study, funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the People's Trust For Endangered Species, comes as conserva-

tionists warn of long-term decline in Britain's hedgehog population.

Their numbers in rural areas have already crashed by between 30 and 75 per cent since 2000 due to habitat destruction, disappearing insects, pesticides, predators, farm machinery and ever busier roads.

Researchers surveyed more than 858 kilometres of routes and carried out 269 roadkill surveys over an 18-month period, recording every hedgehog found on roads in and around the sites.

The findings were then used to predict the future impact of increasing traffic levels.

Lead researcher Dr Lauren

Moore said: 'The findings show that the impact of roadkill depends on more than just the number of animals killed.

'Population size, breeding success, food availability and other causes of death all influence whether hedgehogs can recover from traffic losses.'

Conservationists say supporting smaller populations is vital while long-term solutions to reduce roadkill are developed.

This can include providing wildlife-friendly gardens, nesting sites, food sources and 'hedgehog highways' – tiny gaps in fences and walls that allow hedgehogs to move safely between gardens.

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EVACUATE!

'Out of control' wildfire triggers holidaymaker exodus amid fears for Sizewell nuclear plant

By Olivia Christie and Eirian Prosser

HUNDREDS of holidaymakers have been evacuated from Suffolk after a wildfire broke out just three miles from Britain's biggest nuclear power station.

A major incident was declared yesterday after the 'out-of-control' blaze continued to spread.

It was reported near the National Trust's Coastguard Cottages on Dunwich Heath near Leiston, which is just a few miles from the nuclear power station Sizewell B as well as the under-construction Sizewell C.

The fire, which began shortly after 5.30pm on Wednesday, was still burning last night and had spread to about 150 hectares, or the size of 200 football pitches. The blaze comes after a drought was declared across more than half of England following the repeated recent heatwaves.

The Environment Agency revealed that 'swathes' of the country were suffering from 'flash droughts' with some areas having no rain for up to 44 days.

More than 100 firefighters and local farmers were on the scene yesterday - with the Prime Minister promising to provide whatever resources were needed.

Andy Burnham said: 'It is a very serious incident. I will make sure Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Close by: Fighting the blaze near Sizewell, circled

have all the support, the mutual aid, the other services that they need and any other resources that need to be brought to bear.'

Jon Lacey, chief fire officer for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire was 'difficult and dangerous' to tackle and one of the largest to have broken out in the county. But he added: 'We're not expecting the wind direction to change to push the fire towards Sizewell C or B. B is the main concern, but the big building site is also a priority for us.'

'The terrain and land between

us, the fire and Sizewell B and C means that it's not a significant fire spread concern.'

Energy supplier EDF said the fire was not currently 'affecting

MATT RIDLEY SEE PAGE 14

operations at Sizewell B power station', adding it was also 'closely monitoring the situation'.

Power cuts, however, were

Devastating: Flames engulf undergrowth in Suffolk countryside

reported in three postcodes in Suffolk, affecting 116 customers.

Suffolk County Council said Cliff House Holiday Park, containing some 200 caravans, was completely evacuated as a precaution overnight on Wednesday.

Around 48 people, including families with babies and dogs, had to take shelter at Westleton Village Hall. Holidaymaker Justin North said there was a 'kind of blitz spirit' among the people evacuated who were just 'happy to be safe and out'.

Stephen Bullock and his partner

Christine Miller told how they were staying at Dunwich Cliffs Estate caravan park, having travelled from Canvey Island in Essex for a four-day stay.

He became aware of smoke drifting across fields at 5pm, which persisted for a few hours and then died down - so they watched a bit of TV and went to bed.

However, by 11pm there was 'frantic banging' on the caravan door from the park warden, who was evacuating visitors with a torch in his hand.

Mr Bullock said: 'It was pitch

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Major incident: Smoke sweeps across Dunwich Heath in Suffolk yesterday as the wildfire rampages towards a large holiday park, which had to be evacuated overnight

black. There were toxic fumes. You could not see your hand in front of your face. The fumes were horrific because it was a big fire by then and we were getting all of the smoke. We got in the car and put the headlights on, but it was thick black smoke everywhere.'

Paul Ashton, deputy leader of East Suffolk Council, said the local community response had been 'outstanding' but warned that there was still a risk.

Elsewhere, temperatures continued to soar across parts of the UK, reaching into the 30Cs. A

'The toxic fumes were horrific'

man died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Frinton in Essex yesterday afternoon.

Separately, in Scotland, crews said they were making 'significant progress' tackling a wildfire in the Cairngorms that broke out two weeks ago.

Several homes in the remote region were evacuated as plumes of smoke billowed into the sky with vast swathes of trees, heather and grasslands having been left charred and blackened.

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Heatwave deaths to hit 'record high'

DEATHS caused by heatwaves will hit a record high in England this summer with fatalities almost double last year's tally already.

'It is likely that 2026 could see the highest number of heat-associated deaths on record - surpassing the number in 2022,' the UK Health Security Agency confirmed yesterday.

An estimated 753 deaths were associated with the heatwave from May 24 to 27, with 2,124 deaths linked to the one from June 21-28.

The total of 2,877 deaths is almost double the 1,504 deaths linked to heatwaves in June to August last year.

The report does not break down the data by age - but

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

the agency warned in previous years that older people and those with health conditions tend to be more heavily affected.

Some 2,985 heat-associated deaths occurred in the five heatwaves of 2022.

It comes as the Royal College of GPs said practices should consider closing or relocating services if indoor temperatures rise beyond 30C.

Surgeries are increasingly having to consider staff working conditions and patient safety as heatwaves are 'increasing in intensity and frequency,' it said.

...and Clooneys flee their French estate as flames close in

Daily Mail Reporter

GEORGE Clooney and his wife Amal evacuated their luxury French estate after a fast-moving wildfire raced towards their home.

The Hollywood actor, 65, and human rights lawyer Amal, 48, fled their sprawling property near Brignoles as flames swept through the area on Wednesday evening.

The couple, who have nine-year-old twins, said they feared for the future of their home as France continues to battle some of the worst wildfires in its history.

In a letter to the mayor of Brignoles Clooney wrote: 'At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful

home makes it through this terrible moment.'

'Amal and I are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we'll be part of making it whole,' he added.

The mayor of Brignoles, Didier Bremond, said the Clooneys were not ordered to leave but chose to evacuate as a precaution.

Their estate, Domaine du Canadel, spans 420 acres and boasts an 18th century manor house, vineyards, a swimming pool and pond.

The wildfire burning near Brignoles, in the south-east of France, has scorched around 321 acres and forced more than 600 residents to flee their homes, according to local authorities. Most evacuees were allowed to return on Thursday after conditions improved. But some 270 firefighters remained on the ground

Precaution: Amal and George Clooney. Above, fire in Brignoles

on Thursday, assisted by four water-bombing helicopters. Four firefighters were reportedly injured during the operation.

The blaze comes as France grapples with a devastating wildfire crisis. The country's largest current fire has already ravaged 103,000 acres in the southwest. Emergency services continue to monitor conditions amid fears that hot, dry weather could fuel further fires across the country.

And in Greece, around 8,000 people have been evacuated from their homes on the island of Crete as wildfires spread.

Two firefighters were found dead on Wednesday inside their vehicle in Rethymno after they were reportedly trapped by the flames. And another was killed in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece.

■ A CONSTRUCTION worker has been accused of starting the largest wildfire in Spanish history by using an illegal excavator.

Firefighters have claimed the man used the machine, which are banned in Spain in the summer, to crush rocks which sent sparks flying into the dry terrain in Avila. He faces up to ten years in prison.

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Over 70,000 criminals freed early under 'disastrous' Labour scheme

MORE than 70,000 criminals have been freed from prison under Labour's early release scheme.

In the first three months of the year, 9,958 offenders were let out – taking the total to 70,066 since it was launched in September 2024, data published yesterday revealed.

Under the programme, known as SDS40, criminals can be freed after serving just 40 per cent of their sentence.

But the latest Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures follow a row over Labour's plans for a new early release scheme set to launch in early September. It is to replace SDS40 and will even apply to those convicted of sexual

By David Barrett Home Affairs Editor

and serious violent offences. The majority of offenders are to be released after serving just one-third of the sentence handed down by a court if they have shown good behaviour behind bars. Serious violent and sexual offenders will be freed at the halfway point.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week paused the new scheme after the widow of murdered police constable Andrew Harper labelled it 'deplorable'.

Lissie Harper – who married the officer a month before he was dragged to his death by a car in 2019 – blasted Labour after it emerged two of his killers would be eligible for early

release. The MoJ data covers January to the end of March, when releases averaged 3,319 a month. As four more months have elapsed, the number of releases may be over 83,000.

Tory leader Remi Badenoch urged Labour to bring in emergency legislation to prevent the first criminals being freed under the new early release scheme, due on September 2.

Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said: 'We warned Labour early release would be a disaster. These figures represent countless victims let down and denied justice.'

A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: 'We've already delivered 3,200 prison places as part of the largest prison building programme in over a century.'

Farage: 'Posh George' is a colourful guy but I don't dump friends

By Jason Groves Political Editor

NIGEL Farage yesterday said he will stand by a convicted fraudster who is reported to be under investigation by the police over donations to Reform.

Mr Farage described crypto gambler George Cottrell as a 'trusted friend', adding: 'I don't dump trusted friends unless they betray me – it's as simple as that.'

The Reform UK leader also revealed he had abdominal surgery in recent weeks.

Cottrell – nicknamed 'Posh George' because of his aristocratic heritage – is alleged to have been interviewed by detectives investigating the source of donations to Reform in the run-up to the 2024 election.

The Guardian reported this week that he transferred more than $2million (£1.5million) to his mother Fiona days before she donated similar sums to Reform.

Cottrell is a controversial figure who has a US conviction for fraud and has no formal role in Reform – but is close to Mr Farage, who has described him as 'like a son to me'.

He is reported to have funded the cost of providing the Reform leader's security during 2024.

He now resides in Montenegro, but his lawyers insist he is a permissible donor in the UK despite living abroad.

Reform's Treasury spokesman

Loyal: Nigel Farage with George Cottrell, left, at a 2019 march

Robert Jenrick yesterday said he is 'entirely confident that Reform followed all electoral rules at the time when the donations were made'.

Mr Farage told the Spectator magazine that he would be standing by his old friend.

He said: 'This 'Posh George'

'He's like a son to me'

stuff – I mean what are they even talking about? Of course, he's a Tatler figure, an interesting bloke and a colourful guy. But these are trusted friends. I don't dump trusted friends – it's a simple as that.'

In a recent statement, the

Metropolitan Police said it was investigating alleged offences under section 61 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which outlaws attempts to disguise the source of political donations.

Cottrell and his mother Fiona have not commented on the latest claims. Labour last night asked the Electoral Commission to investigate the allegations.

The latest claims about Cottrell pose more difficult questions for Reform, which is battling a slew of allegations about its finances.

Mr Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner over his failure to declare a £5 million gift from Thai-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

The donation was made before

Mr Farage became an MP and he has said it was a personal gift which would help fund his substantial security costs.

Last month he triggered a by-election in his Clacton constituency saying it should be for local voters to deliver a verdict on his probity.

The other main political parties have refused to stand against Mr Farage in the August 13 contest. It means he will face Count Binface and other novelty candidates, though an animal rights activist dressed as a fox pulled out after describing the contest as a 'farce' and a 'circus'.

Mr Farage could face yet another by-election if the standards inquiry finds against him.

Meanwhile, Mr Farage revealed he had gone 'under the knife' for abdominal surgery the day before Reform colleague Ann Widdecombe was killed.

He was mocked online for walking stiffly when he laid a wreath for her a few days later. Sources say Mr Farage had still been 'pretty sore' from the surgery at the time.

Re-admitted: Diane Abbott

Abbott back in the party again after racism row

Daily Mail Reporter

DIANE Abbott was once again re-admitted to the Labour Party last night following her suspension over an anti-Semitism row.

A Labour spokesman said she and Joan Reid would be returning to the parliamentary party.

Ms Abbott was suspended in July last year for doubling down on comments about racism, for which she had previously apologised.

The veteran Left-winger, 72, claimed in a BBC interview that prejudice faced by Jewish people was not on par with colour-based discrimination.

She previously apologised in 2023 after writing to the Observer to say Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice, but not racism in the way people of colour do.

Those comments led to her being suspended from the party for the first time.

But last year, Ms Abbott was again kicked out after telling Newsnight what she said had been 'factually accurate'.

Ms Reid 'voluntarily' suspended herself in March after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China.

A party spokesman said the re-admissions were made 'independently of the leadership and political interference'.

Terror group court appeal

PALESTINE Action's co-founder has been given the green light to challenge a Home Office decision to ban the group as a terrorist organisation.

Huda Ammori, 32, was granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday – as 117 activists were arrested for supporting Palestine Action.

The Court of Appeal ruled in June that proscribing the group last year was lawful.

But Ms Ammori sought to appeal on the basis then-home secretary Yvette Cooper incorrectly applied her policy. The case was given the go-ahead on that argument. It will likely take place between October and December.

The decision came after demonstrators were arrested outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, where cases were meant to be heard for those previously locked up over backing the group.

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By Laura Craik FASHION CRITIC

AS THE nation's favourite knicker-seller, Marks & Spencer is rather a trusted hand when it comes to discerning the tastes of the nation.

And the high-street retailer certainly isn't letting complacency take hold, as the firm looks to boldly bolster its lingerie offering - with crotchless pants.

They are a far cry from Bridget Jones-style big knickers, nor too close even to a lacy 'whale tail' G-string. For even a G-string looks staid when compared to M&S's newest offering, a floral lace crotchless thong.

Said thongs cost £20 for a pack of three and are available in sizes 6 to 16. They are part of a 148-piece capsule collection by Ann Summers, which launched online and in selected stores yesterday. 'Bring a flirty upgrade

'Cheaper to buy floss from Boots'

to your lingerie with these crotchless thongs,' breathes the description on M&S's website.

'They're crafted in a flattering low-rise style from floral lace made with plenty of comfortable stretch and playful scalloped edging.'

But these aren't the only items likely to set pulses racing.

The range also features a red-and-black lace crotchless 'body' for £26 that would make Sydney Sweeney blush, as well as a pair of sheer black crotchless tights, available for £12.

Type 'crotchless' into the M&S website, and 19 items come up. Many loyal customers would opine that this is 19 items too many.

Certainly, the retailer's latest collaboration is a surprise. In 2011, Ann Summers was forced to ditch a promotional campaign styled on M&S's famous dining offer, after its 'S&M Square Deal' parody resulted in a threat of legal action from the firm.

Jacqueline Gold, Ann Summers' chief executive at the time, admitted the campaign

What have Ann Summers and M&S got in common? More than you lingerie shoppers may think

Going large: Bridget with her iconic pants

had gone 'a squeal too far'. Fifteen years later, some customers are asking whether M&S's endorsement of Ann Summers lingerie is a reveal too far.

On parenting website Mumsnet, users didn't mince their words. 'M&S's underwear dept is the home of stout, solid granny pants, not porn knickers,' one user posted.

'It would be cheaper to go to the dental aisle at Boots for some floss,' said another.

Others were just as scathing, with one member asking: 'Who

on God's green earth turns to M&S for sexy fun? Please can there be one little corner of England where I don't have to run the gauntlet of sexy fun?'

M&S, with a 34 per cent share of the female lingerie market, sells 60million pairs of knickers a year.

It reported a peak in such sales two years ago, driven by demand among Millennials and Gen Z customers.

Whether the garments time on the shelves will be a hit - or all too brief - remains to be seen.

Playful: The 'flirty' underwear costs £20 for a pack of three

DVLA takes driver, 86, to court over £3.34 unpaid car tax bill

A MAN of 86 with Parkinson's disease has been convicted over an unpaid car tax bill of just £3.34.

The pensioner, who lives in Newcastle, was handed a criminal record after the annual £20 tax bill for his silver Ford Fiesta accidentally went unpaid.

He told the court that his daughter manages his joint finances with his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer's, and missed the bill when moving house.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) then launched a criminal prosecution over six weeks from February to March after the car was not

By Joshua Haining

taxed. In his note to the court, the elderly man said he had already paid an £80 financial penalty which he believed was for the outstanding tax bill, leaving him confused as to why he has been prosecuted.

He was convicted at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on July 23 as part of a single justice procedure where his case was dealt with behind closed doors.

A court order was issued for the man to pay £3.34 in compensation to the DVLA.

The prosecution began after the agency sent a letter to the man at

a time when they were unaware of his health difficulties.

He entered a guilty plea to the charge of driving a vehicle without a valid licence.

In an online form, the man outlined the health conditions he and his wife suffer from and said

'I am no longer capable of driving'

his daughter 'has control of my financial and health and welfare as lasting POA (power of attorney).' He continued: 'She has to do much to keep on top of everything for my wife and I. We

are both nearly 87. I have Parkinson's disease and my wife has Alzheimer's. My daughter overlooked paying my tax renewal of £20. She had moved address and we assumed the original letter re tax went to her old address.

The letter also set out that the vehicle is being sold 'as I am no longer capable of driving my car'.

He added: 'I am not sure why I have received the single justice procedure notice,' ending with a plea to call his daughter 'to confirm this matter is resolved with no further action necessary'.

Magistrate Lynda Briggs accepted the pensioner's guilty plea sparing him an additional fine, ending the case with a

discharge and the £3.34 compensation order.

On the same day as the man's conviction by the magistrate in Lincoln, 60 other defendants were sentenced in DVLA cases resulting in fines and court fees totalling £25,000.

The case comes as the Government spent the last 17 months considering whether to reform the single justice procedure, after reports of elderly and vulnerable people receiving harsh convictions over unpaid bills.

In the last week, 1,950 people across England and Wales were prosecuted through the single justice procedure for unpaid car tax-related offences.

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Four drown after a day of record small boat crossings

New tragedy follows Burnham's claim Channel plan was working

By David Barrett Home Affairs Editor

FOUR migrants drowned in the Channel yesterday following a record day of crossings as the small-boats crisis deepened.

Less than 48 hours after Prime Minister Andy Burnham claimed Labour's plan to tackle small boats 'is working', there were multiple deaths after the busiest day of the year so far.

The Home Office confirmed 752 migrants reached the UK on Wednesday, with further arrivals yesterday.

Writing exclusively for the Daily Mail today, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp ramps up the pressure on the Government as he warns: 'The situation is out of control and, unless the Prime Minister and Home Secretary get a grip, more will die this summer.'

Despite the new peak in arrivals the Government insisted it was 'bearing down on small-boat crossings'.

It repeated its claim that it had 'stopped more than 46,000 attempted crossings since the election' – even though migrants are free to make repeat attempts and many of those 46,000 are likely to be already in the UK.

Wednesday's arrivals smashed this year's previous high of 710 set on June 15.

In the Channel tragedy yesterday, three women and a man lost their lives in separate incidents on the French side of the strait.

One boat overturned off Neufchatel-Hardelot, south of Boulogne, causing the death of a passenger and the 'near drowning' of a baby. French media reported the dinghy had launched 16 hours earlier from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer.

And three women – reportedly aged around 20, 30 and 50 – were found dead near the port of Dunkirk, French authorities said.

A Government spokesman said:

'We will continue working relentlessly with the French and our partners overseas to prevent these perilous journeys.'

A Home Office spokesman added: 'This Government is bearing down on small-boat crossings, with removals of small boat migrants at record levels and asylum claims

down by 12 per cent. The Home Secretary has signed a landmark new payments-by-results deal with France to boost enforcement action on beaches and put people smugglers behind bars.'

Wednesday's arrivals pushed this year's running tally to 14,128, down 42 per cent on the same

Crossing attempt: Migrants are taken ashore after they failed to board a dinghy that was bound for the UK off Dunkirk

point last year. But last week a 'mega-dinghy' with 165 people aboard reached Britain – the largest ever-known number of people to make the crossing in one vessel.

On Wednesday Trey frostbencher Mr Philp monitored departures from a French beach, and was told by one French officer that they had orders not to intervene.

Gendarmes stood by as more than 100 migrants gathered in shallow waters before struggling

aboard an overloaded dinghy. Reform MP Robert Jenrick called for UK funding for France to be halted, dubbing it a 'complete and utter waste of money', adding: 'We're quite clearly being taken for fools.'

On Tuesday Mr Burnham said: 'Overall, boat crossings are down, down quite significantly year on year. So that does suggest the plan is working.'

The record for daily arrivals is 1,305, set on September 3, 2022.

COMMENTARY By Chris Philp SHADOW HOME SECRETARY

THIS week I witnessed with my own eyes the chaos unfolding on the beaches of France as illegal immigrants boarded small boats to cross the Channel.

The Prime Minister has claimed that his plan to stop the small boats is 'working' but, within hours of him saying that, four people died after the busiest day for small-boat crossings so far this year.

It's clear that Andy Burnham not only doesn't have a clue what to do about immigration but he doesn't even want to talk about it.

After a recent lull in crossings owing to high waves, numbers are now surging – 1,500 immigrants have arrived on the south coast since he became Prime Minister.

The situation is out of control and, unless the Prime Minister and Home Secretary get a grip, more will die this summer. I've

IF PM DOESN'T GET A GRIP OF THIS CRISIS, MORE WILL DIE

seen the scale of the problem at first hand. On Wednesday, I tracked a group of illegal immigrants from a woodland camp in northern France, along several miles of beach and then into the water.

Eventually around 100 illegal immigrants, mostly young men from Africa, launched their boat as French gendarmes stood by and watched.

They could have apprehended them as they waited on the beach or embarked in knee-deep water but the gendarmes

told me, on camera, that they had been ordered to take no physical action to stop immigrants. The smuggler who had organised this crossing to Britain disembarked shortly before the boat left and walked up the beach.

I pointed him out to the gendarmes and asked them to arrest him. Astonishingly, they refused point-blank to do so.

The truth is that illegal immigrants will keep trying to cross the Channel to Britain unless we end the system of incen-

tives that motivate them to make the journey. Crossing the Channel on a dinghy is dangerous, but thousands of migrants a year are prepared to take the risk because they know that, if they reach the UK, they will be housed, fed, receive money and be able to work illegally here. And it is very unlikely they will ever be deported.

That is why the Conservatives have a plan to fix this. We would leave the European Convention on Human Rights, a move that would enable us to deport all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival.

WE would ban them from claiming asylum, making modern slavery claims, receiving legal aid or making any court claim to stay.

If illegal immigrants knew they would be removed from the country within a week, they wouldn't come here in the first place.

Australia did something similar 13 years ago and it quickly reduced illegal immigration by boat to virtually zero.

Only the Conservatives have a proper strategy for dealing with this issue and, from what I saw this week, implementing it can't come soon enough.

Chris Philp is the Conservative MP for Croydon South

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Broken border: Migrants use a Spanish civil guard inflatable to reach the enclave of Ceuta from Morocco while others haul themselves round the barrier fence

By Imogen Garfinkel

HUNDREDS of migrants have stormed into Spain, overwhelming border guards and sparking calls for a state of national emergency.

Extraordinary footage shows huge numbers swimming ashore, sprinting up beaches and dispersing into the streets of the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco.

Ceuta's president yesterday declared a 'total humanitarian and social emergency' with at least 60 migrants washing up dead and camps overwhelmed. It comes after Spain's socialist government this year approved plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status.

Migration from Morocco into Spain's two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two countries.

The video shows the migrants first walking to border fences on the shore en masse then swimming across the breakwater

'At least 60 migrants washed up dead'

that marks the border, to enter the European Union unchecked as members of the Spanish civil guard stand helplessly by.

In response, enraged Spanish citizens took to the streets to push them back. Many were seen waving Spanish flags and screaming at them.

'We are in a situation of total humanitarian and social emergency,' said Ceuta's president Juan Jesus Vivas on Spanish television. 'In the past few days, more than 1,500 migrants, both adults and minors, have come to Ceuta by sea. The reception centres are saturated - there is no more room for anyone in them. According to Tuesday's figures the number of people entering is more than 200 a day.'

Spain's interior ministry said that ministries were 'acting in co-ordination to respond with the utmost speed and efficiency to the situation in Ceuta'. Interior minis-

Spain 'emergency' as hundreds pour over border from Africa

Unstoppable wave: Spanish officers stood helplessly by yesterday, leaving furious locals trying to chase the migrants away

ter Fernando Grande-Marlaska travels to Ceuta today 'to monitor the situation' and meet officials.

The Spanish government said it had increased its resources 'to guarantee security and control of migration as well as the necessary humanitarian aid, so no lives are put in danger at sea'. It added Morocco was working 'faithfully and permanently with Spain and collaborating closely to deal with the situation'. It said: 'Moroccan

security forces are preventing the arrival of numerous people trying to reach Ceuta from Morocco.'

Vivas said facilities for unaccompanied minors were at 2,400 per cent of capacity. He called it a national emergency, demanding a 'decisive, forceful, immediate and co-ordinated' response under a single command structure.

Several of Spain's unions condemned Madrid. Jupol, representing national police in Spain, said:

'Our officers in Ceuta continue to work at the limit of their capabilities, with a clear lack of personnel and material resources to cope with a situation of this scale.'

It continued to accuse Morocco of being behind the influx, saying: 'Morocco has seized an opportunity in its hybrid warfare strategy, again using migratory pressure on Ceuta for political blackmail.'

Jucil, representing members of Spain's civil guard, meanwhile

denounced 'the lack of personnel and resources', adding: 'Why haven't more human and material resources been deployed?'

Furious Spaniards said they had been forced to chase migrants down the streets of their home town yesterday. Ceuta and Melilla represent the European Union's only land border with Africa. Both cities periodically experience surges in attempted crossings by migrants seeking to reach Europe.

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Toddler who fell to his death in Cyprus is third Briton to die at hotel in three years

A TODDLER who fell to his death from a Cyprus hotel window is the third British tourist to die at the resort in four years.

Victims have slammed

EXCLUSIVE

By Eirian Prosser and Andy Jehring in Paphos

authorities for not investigating fully the King Evelthon

Hotel over the fatalities – with the two-year-old's grieving father from the latest tragedy due in court today.

The City banker, 37, accused of causing death by a rash, reckless or dangerous act, was held in

custody for eight days before being charged. Local media called it Cypriot police's 'cruellest act' as that detention period is the longest time available and usually reserved for murderers.

The five-star beachfront venue, in Chlorakas near Paphos, has been the scene of multiple tragedies in recent years – including the deaths of two other UK holidaymakers.

Ben Woods, 21, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, drowned while playing volleyball in the hotel's pool in July 2022.

Witnesses reported lifeguards were 'messing on their phones' when he collapsed in the water, with holidaymakers carrying out CPR. Ben's family employed a local lawyer but were told there was 'no criminal process' as a judge ruled it was a 'straightforward drowning'.

Six-year-old Ruaridh Nairne, from Inverness in Scotland, drowned the following year on October 14 at the same hotel also while swimming in the pool, being found floating unconscious in the water by his mother Fiona.

Another woman reportedly died while swimming in 2024. Antonis

'Unimaginable nightmare'

Stivitanides, general manager of the King Evelthon Hotel, claimed: 'All of those deaths the police fully investigated and found no fault on the hotel's side.'

A British tribunal last year concluded the resort does not have a licence for its pool, though the hotel insists that it does have one.

Shockingly, when the Daily Mail visited the King Evelthon Hotel this week, the large fourth-floor window through which the toddler fell on July 12 was still open.

The hotel had not placed signs warning of the danger nor locked the sliding glass shut. UK health and safety guidelines state hotel windows large enough that children can fall through should be

Tragic: Ruaridh Nairne in 2023

Horror: Open 4th floor window

restricted to an opening of 10cm or less. Rules are different in Cyprus.

A British grandmother, who checked in hours after the tragedy, said: 'The day after the boy's death, the window on the fourth floor was left wide open. We were horrified.'

The father of the tragic two-year-old is not allowed to leave the island despite his pleas that he needs to get home for the funeral to support his wife and daughter.

A friend said: 'The family has been living through an unimaginable nightmare. They have barely been able to begin processing the loss of their boy because, almost immediately, the family was confronted with the further trauma of his father being taken away.'

The father said he placed his son on the ledge while waiting for the lift as he believed the window was shut as the glass is clear. To his horror, the boy fell backwards and plunged to the ground.

Cyprus Police and the Department of Labour Inspection were contacted for comment.

Disgraced police chief guilty of misconduct

THE former Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police has been found guilty of gross misconduct and told he would have been sacked without notice if he hadn't already resigned.

A police misconduct panel today found Chris Noble, 52, had breached standards of professional behaviour.

The panel, chaired by His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary Kathryn Stone, found that the breaches amounted to gross misconduct.

Mr Noble resigned on Tuesday, on the eve of the two-day misconduct hearing.

Reporting restrictions remain in place around the hearing at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre

By Andy Dolan

in Staffordshire, which Mr Noble did not attend.

Following the hearing, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it was continuing to investigate other allegations relating to Mr Noble 'both in and outside his policing duties'.

Mr Noble was suspended from his role in August last year after serious concerns were raised about his behaviour outside of work. The IOPC said at the time it was also probing allegations that Mr Noble shared confidential information without a policing purpose.

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Revealed, Harry and Meghan's secret escape to tycoon's idyllic Scottish isle

DIARY EXCLUSIVE By Richard Eden

PRINCE Harry has not yet taken his children to Balmoral, the private royal estate in Aberdeenshire that he has described as 'simply paradise'.

He has, however, secretly taken them to a remote Scottish island owned by a hedge fund tycoon.

The Daily Mail understands that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, stayed earlier this month on Tanera Mor.

The private island is said to have inspired The Wicker Man, the cult 1973 film starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Britt Eklund.

Harry is thought to have previously visited the island, which was bought

'Island transformed by billionaire'

for £1.7million in 2017 by billionaire Ian Wace, co-founder of hedge fund giant Marshall Wace.

When Wace, 63, bought Tanera Mor, the largest of the Summer Isles, it had a population of just five, who were outnumbered by crofters' cottages in various stages of dereliction. But the 800-acre island has since been transformed by Wace, who has poured £100 million into it, planting 100,000 trees, restoring a dozen properties and laying three miles of roads.

He has also revived skills such as beekeeping. But perhaps the aspect which will have most appealed to Harry is that, by last year, more than half of the 1,000 guests Tanera had hosted were from the Taigh Mor Foundation. It's a charity which strives to bolster the wellbeing of those serving in the armed forces or emergency

Picturesque: The private Scottish island of Tanera Mor

... as security mounties up

THE Duke of Sussex racked up the highest taxpayer-funded security bill of any VIP visiting Canada over a five-year period - including $365,000 (£195,000) in 12 months while he was dating Meghan Markie - figures show.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police records show public spending on protecting the duke and duchess was

$539,000 (£286,686) between April 2015 and March 2020.

It emerged as state broadcaster CBC won a six-year freedom of information fight to uncover the cost of protecting visiting dignitaries.

Harry's security bill peaked at $364,859 in 2017-18, when Meghan was filming the final series of Suits in Toronto.

services. During their time on the isle, they restore buildings, harvest seaweed, fish for mackerel or work in the kitchens or gardens.

A noted philanthropist, Wace has been friendly with Harry and his brother, Prince William, for years. Wace's then wife, former model Saffron Aldridge, 58, bonded with Meghan, 44, after the

U.S actress moved to Britain to live with Harry. In 2019, the year after Meghan married the prince, Saffron and Wace joined the couple for a Cirque du Soleil performance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Meghan, it was reported at the time, appreciated that Saffron was 'a straight talker'. The women's mutual interest in fashion

Splashing time: Harry and Meghan on a previous getaway

also helped. Wace and Saffron split in 2023 and have since divorced but remain friends.

The Sussexes are believed to have travelled to Scotland from Northamptonshire, where they stayed with Earl and Countess Spencer at his ancestral home, Althorp. While there, they laid flowers at the grave of Harry's

mother Diana. During the family's trip to Britain, they also had tea with Harry's father, King Charles, and stepmother, Queen Camilla, at Highgrove in Gloucestershire.

A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess said: 'This is not something we would comment on.' A spokesman for Wace also declined to comment.

By Ryan Hooper

ONE of the famous names in Prince Harry's failed privacy case against the Daily Mail has appeared to distance himself from his fellow claimants.

Former government minister Sir Simon Hughes said he did not 'plan to target' publisher Associated Newspapers during a court hearing yesterday.

Sir Simon, Prince Harry and five other claimants will need to wait to discover exactly how much they will have to pay towards the Mail's legal costs after failing in their claims that journalists hacked, bugged and blagged to get information for stories about them unlawfully.

The claimants - who also include Baroness Lawrence, Sir Eiton John, his husband David Purnish, model Elizabeth Hurley and actress Sadie Frost - had all their claims thrown out in full this month

I'd never planned to target the Mail, says Lib Dem in failed privacy lawsuit

in a landmark ruling. Associated Newspapers said its costs in defending the four-year legal action amounted to £34million.

The publisher argued the 'cavalier' manner in which the claims were put at trial, with allegations unceremoniously dropped or pursued despite an obvious paucity of evidence, were so far 'outside the norm' that costs should be awarded on an 'indemnity' basis.

This means the court would not have to decide if the publisher's costs are proportional to the case.

The claimants described Associat-

ed's costs as 'eye-watering', and £18.6million more than the budget agreed by the court before the trial started.

None of the claimants were in court for the two-day costs hearing at the High Court in London this week.

But in an intervention yesterday, Nicholas Bacon KC, on behalf of the seven, said he was contacted by former justice minister Sir Simon, pictured, overnight 'to say some things on his behalf'.

He said: 'He wishes to make it clear he was not a campaigner against Associated.

'It was not part of his case or plan to target ANL, its people or its papers. At no time did he publicly ally his case to the other claimants.

'He is not a celebrity and was at the

time a responsible senior MP and minister of state.'

Antony White KC, on behalf of Associated, said Sir Simon had accused the publisher 'of widespread criminality of the most heinous form'.

'He has not withdrawn any of those allegations - not one,' he said.

The judge said there would 'be time for reflection for Sir Simon Hughes to review how the case was conducted and the extent to which it doesn't meet the objective he was looking for'.

Mr Justice Nicklin will decide how much money the claimants will have to pay in the interim, and whether the total sum will be on an indemnity basis, in a judgment due from the week commencing August 17.

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Streeting retreats

Minister won't commit to 3pc spending pledge because Labour doesn't know how to pay for it

WES Streeting has admitted Labour can't commit to a crucial defence spending target by 2030 because they do not know how to fund it.

The Defence Secretary yesterday refused ten times to guarantee the Government would be spending 3 per cent of GDP on the Armed Forces by the end of this parliament.

It came after Andy Burnham similarly swerved questions on Wednesday on whether he would meet the target by the end of the decade.

That is despite insisting he would put the nation's defences first as the Prime Minister.

And on his first day as Defence Secretary, Mr Streeting said there could be 'no social justice without national security'.

Hopes the sector would be prioritised were raised further by the PM's appointment of John Healey as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

He took over the Treasury weeks after quitting as defence secretary. In his resignation speech, Mr Healey said Britain should set a 'headmark date' for 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030.

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was also heralded by Mr Streeting, who said the Armed Forces had a 'firm friend' in the Treasury.

But since then the Chancellor's deadening silence and Mr Burnham and Mr Streeting's refusals to set targets for defence spending increases have dampened spirits.

Yesterday Mr Streeting told the BBC's Today programme: 'The Prime Minister has said very clearly that the Defence Investment Plan must be fully funded.'

'People will know how strongly the Chancellor feels about that. [But] those are conversations for future spending reviews.'

Speaking to Sky News, he added: 'Let's say, for argument's sake, I just said 'Yes, we will by 2030 meet 3 per cent'. The inevitable next question is how will you fund it?

'That is the trap I've seen so many previous, particularly Conservative, governments fall into – setting out what they would spend or the taxes they would cut, without at the same time saying how they would pay for it.

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uncertainty, a loss of market confidence, a rise in borrowing costs, so we end up paying a heavy price if you don't have that fiscal discipline of spelling out at the same time, not just what you will spend, or the taxes you would cut, but also how you would pay for it.'

Labour peer Admiral Lord West criticised the party's leadership for pledging to prioritise the country's security over domestic issues when it has failed to provide spending commitments.

He told the Daily Mail: 'There are a lot of smoke and mirrors being deployed on the defence funding front. Ensuring 3 per cent by 2030 would mean something, so too meeting the spending requirements of the 'RDEL' budget (the everyday costs of operations and exercises).

The former head of the Royal Navy also attacked the Government over its announcement that it is to provide £8.4 billion to secure the UK's nuclear deterrent.

He added: 'That was a non-event, because the nuclear deterrent funding was always secure.'

Tory defence spokesman James Cartlidge criticised Labour's stance, saying: 'You would have thought Healey would have been straight out of the blocks with a plan to achieve 3 per cent.'

'Instead Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting have refused to set out a position on 3 per cent. The Defence Investment Plan only gets us to 2.68 per cent by 2030 – the same amount Healey resigned over.'

Business leaders also expressed frustration, with BAE Systems chief executive Charles Woodburn saying 'a clear pathway' for the Nato spending obligation of 3.5 per cent by 2035 was needed. To date, no timetable has been set.

Mr Burnham yesterday visited a submarine factory in Barrow-in-Furness to mark the Government's commitment to building new submarines which will operate the UK's nuclear deterrent.

The first Dreadnought-class vessel, named HMS Dreadnought, will be one of four submarines made ready to replace the current Vanguard-class 'bomber' subs.

The funding is billed as the fourth phase of a programme to replace Vanguard, which has been operating since the 1990s, and is reportedly coming under increasing strain. HMS Dreadnought is expected to enter service by the mid-2030s, with Vanguard being retired at the same time.

The PM said: 'Keeping this country safe is the first responsibility of any Government. But security is not only about what we

Show and tell: Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting meeting apprentices yesterday at the Submarines

build, it is about who builds it, and who benefits from it. Submarines produced in Barrow will protect Britain for decades to come, and the 47,000 jobs and apprenticeships will change lives in this town and dozens of places like it.

Last night, General Sir Richard Barrons accused the Prime Minister of using an announcement on new submarines as a 'smoke-screen' for 'dodging' defence spending problems.

Sir Richard, one of the authors of the strategic defence review, warned that spending would have to increase quickly to protect against the Russian threat.

He told The Times: 'Talking about current, funded nuclear programmes cannot be a smoke-screen for dodging the issue of the defence spending needed in time for the UK, in Nato, to credibly deter Russia by 2030 not 2035.

'This is a problem that will not go away just by ignoring it and the clock is ticking ever louder.'

Later Mr Burnham travelled south to vote in the Manchester mayoral election.

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Rayner 'to miss target of

LABOUR will miss its housing target by 200,000 at the current rate of building and more than 1,000 new homes need to be built each day to meet the party's manifesto pledge.

This would mean housebuilders must double the pace of construction to meet the 1.5 million target by 2029, researchers say.

Even in the best building year on record – 2020 – there were only 679 homes a day being built on average, the Land Value Calculator reveals.

'No independent analyst currently thinks the Government is on track to

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hit its target,' a spokesman said. 'New-build starts have risen 43 per cent from their mid-2024 trough ... but at 130,170 a year, they remain a quarter below 2023 and below the current rate of completions.'

For Andy Burnham to meet Labour's 2024 election manifesto pledge, the pace of building would need to increase to 367,700 homes a year, they added.

Angela Rayner, pictured, who has been reappointed as the Housing Secretary, has

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over defence plan

By Claire Ellicott Whitehall Editor

SOME regional mayors are planning to hand taxpayers a rebate if they are allowed a share of income tax raised in their areas.

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that he will let local leaders keep part of the income tax and business rates generated locally. They would then be able to spend this money to promote growth, create jobs and drive investment in the community.

But Conservative and Reform UK mayors have suggested that they would, instead, use the money to give their residents some relief from high taxes.

Not all areas of the country are covered by mayors and Mr Burnham is likely to face pushback in places where lower amounts are raised.

The Prime Minister said that by devolving tax and spend he will 'make good' on his pledge to 'take power out of Westminster and carry it into every postcode in the country'. The former

'Put money back in people's pockets'

mayor of Greater Manchester said the policy would mean 'every local leader will have the power and resources to improve public transport, build homes and create jobs'.

Plans for the major shake-up of the tax system are aimed at promoting growth by allowing local areas to spend the money their areas generate as they see fit.

But Right-wing mayors have insisted that they will use fiscal devolution to lower the tax burden for their voters.

Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley mayor, said he would use it to make his region 'a more attractive place and a more competitive place to invest in than Manchester and London'.

The Conservative mayor claimed that most of his mayoral peers would use the new funding on infrastructure spending. 'Every mayor is backing fiscal devolution because they want

Mayors will give rebates if they get share of tax

more money to spend in their area,' he told The Times.

'However, if the Tees Valley is handed a slice of local income tax and business rates generated locally, I'll create a new rebate scheme to put money back into people's pockets and let families keep more of the money they earn.'

Luke Campbell, the Reform mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, and Andrea Jenkyns, the Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, are understood to be exploring similar proposals.

However, one Government source told the paper that Tory and Reform mayors would struggle to pass on any extra funding given the pressure on local government finances.

Details of the reforms are expected to be announced in a white paper, published when Chancellor John Healey presents his first Budget in the autumn.

The rate of income tax which workers

face will not change as a direct result of the reforms, according to the Government. Ministers will retain an equalisation system, so areas where less tax is collected continue to receive financial support.

Mr Burnham said: 'Under our plans, more of the taxes raised in a community will stay in that community. Soon, every local leader will have the power and resources to improve public transport, build homes and create jobs.'

Several parts of England have a mayor, including Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and South Yorkshire including Rotherham and Sheffield. They have powers over issues such as transport, skills and infrastructure planning.

Voters in parts of the country will elect mayors for the first time over the coming years, including in Greater Essex and Hampshire and the Solent.

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1.5m homes'

admitted that the 1.5million-home ambition set 'a really difficult stretch target'.

However, she said she was 'not dropping it' despite it being 'more challenging' than it was when it was made.

Mr Burnham has also vowed to launch the biggest council house-building drive in years.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: 'This data does not take into account that we expect housebuilding to ramp up as more of our reforms start to take effect.'

'These reforms include tackling blockages in the planning system, backing builders with a £16billion National Housing Bank and investing £39billion in social and affordable housing.'

By Jason Groves Political Editor

ROBERT JENRICK yesterday pledged to scrap any 'death tax' imposed by Andy Burnham to fund social care.

The Prime Minister has long favoured a 10 per cent 'social care levy' on all inheritances to pay for increased investment in the sector. The idea will be considered as part of a review launched by Mr Burnham this week to find a solution for the 'broken' social care system.

Mr Jenrick yesterday branded the social care levy a death tax - which he said would have a 'cruel and punitive' impact on families. The Reform UK Treasury spokesman urged the PM to abandon the idea and said a future Reform government would scrap it.

Speaking at a press conference in London, he said: 'If Andy Burnham proceeds with this death tax then, yes, Reform will scrap it. We can't let it stand. It's

We'll kill off the PM's social care death tax, say Reform

cruel, it's unfair and it has to go.' The Prime Minister lashed out at critics of his plans this week, accusing them of trying to 'scare' the public into opposing reform of the social care sector.

But he acknowledged that ambitious change is likely to involve an increase in the tax burden, which already stands at a post-war record.

The social care levy is one of several options being considered by ministers to fund the overhaul of social care. Other proposals include a 2p tax on the incomes of workers aged over 34.

But Mr Burnham has favoured the idea of a social care levy for years. Under his original

proposal, families would have been required to hand over 10 per cent of all inheritances.

Mr Jenrick claimed this could lead to 'an official standing in your late mother's bedroom with a clipboard, pricing up her engagement ring'. He said the family of a nurse in Mr Burnham's Makerfield constituency could face a £30,000 increase in death duties if she had a £200,000 house and £100,000 lump sum from her NHS pension.

The family would pay no inheritance tax under the current rules as the estate is below the £325,000 threshold.

Asked if tax rises would be needed, Mr Burnham said:

'Firstly, you have to do more with what you've got. But ... some of what we would want to do in the fullest sense will require difficult, difficult decisions.'

Mr Jenrick said the comments were 'Westminster politician-speak for tax rises lie ahead'. Reform were excluded from 'all-party' talks convened by Mr Burnham this week. Mr Jenrick described the decision as 'insulting', given that 30 Reform councils are already responsible for delivering social care locally.

He insisted the party was willing to join talks - but said it would not sanction tax rises. He said ministers should first look at cutting foreign aid and welfare.

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Labour's smoke and mirrors on defence

IT INCREASINGLY appears, as Admiral Lord West suggested yesterday, that 'smoke and mirrors' are Labour's principal offerings when it comes to the defence budget.

Only ten days after being appointed as Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting repeatedly refused to commit to the 2030 target of 3 per cent of GDP on military spending. It came after Andy Burnham did likewise, preferring instead to move the posiposts to an entirely different Nato deadline.

Yet as has become abundantly clear since he received the keys to No10, the Prime Minister is happy to throw public money around in practically every other direction.

Even if there is a distinct lack of clarity about where much of that funding is coming from, we have already been told about £2 bus fares, apprenticeship bursaries, lower energy bills, a cut in business rates for pubs and sweeping reform of social care. The list is getting longer by the day.

True enough, Mr Burnham signalled his broad commitment to the nuclear deterrent yesterday. But that means precious little in practice if no one in authority is prepared to deliver the essential resources needed for the defence of the realm.

Only on Sunday did Mr Streeting declare that he would resign 'as a matter of principle' if Labour fails to bolster military spending. It would be far better for everyone; concerned if he started fighting tooth and nail to ensure that the necessary increases are indeed introduced.

It is the most basic requirement of his job, after all, to make sure our brave Services personnel have everything they need to keep the nation safe.

Forgotten tragedy

THE human tragedy of the Channel boats crisis is sometimes forgotten. But the deaths of four people as they attempted to cross the water from France illustrates the very real toll in the most desperately sad terms.

Despite Mr Burnham's platitudes on the subject, it is clear that the crisis is out of control. The arrival of more than 750 migrants in one day - a record for this year - tells its own story.

For their part, the smuggling gangs are now reported to be making up to £300,000 per trip by cramming as many people as possible on to so-called 'mega-dinghies'. It hardly needs saying that they will continue maximizing their profits for as long as they are allowed to get away with it.

Nor should it need spelling out that the death toll will rise until Mr Burnham's Government gets truly serious about tackling the scourge.

Feeling the heat

IT IS hard to escape the conclusion that the drought afflicting much of Britain is every bit as much to do with the water companies as it is shifting weather patterns.

Due to the shameful failure of many suppliers - whose bosses command vast sums in salaries and bonuses - to repair and upgrade infrastructure, billions of litres of clean water are wasted every day through leaking pipes. If nothing else, the ongoing dry spell - along with wildfires, heat-related deaths and drowning tragedies - should serve as a wake-up call in the event of extreme weather conditions becoming a regular occurrence.

Granted, we might all be covering under umbrellas if rain starts cascading from the skies in three weeks' time. But that doesn't mean we won't face another summer of sweltering heat next year.

Why the flames of Britain's wildfires have been tanned by the Green agenda as much as the weather

BORDEAUX and Madrid are threatened by flames. In Sicily, arsonists tied burning rags to the tails of pet cats to spread fires.

Here in Britain, drought grips half of England, heathland in Suffolk is ablaze, while the Cairngorms and Peak District smoulder after fire ripped through their national parks earlier this month.

It's the climate Armageddon, say the Greens. If only we had built more wind farms and eaten fewer cows this would not be happening.

Hot, dry spells undoubtedly make fires more likely but, awkwardly for those blaming climate change, wildfires are getting less frequent worldwide, not more, as the globe warms.

The acreage burned has decreased steadily since 2000, according to Nasa's satellites, and is thought to have almost halved in a century.

Failed

The great fires of 1871 in Wisconsin and Michigan burned more than a million hectares - an area almost half the size of Wales - long before anybody drove a car, before Joseph Swan's light bulb, when the world was cooler.

It is not just the trend that is surprising. Hard to believe, but this year is an unusually quiet year for wildfire: so quiet it is breaking records for lack of fires by this date, even in Europe.

If you don't believe me, check the figures produced by the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS); as of last week, the world had seen 106 million hectares burn this year, the lowest at this date since these records began in 2012.

In Europe, according to GWIS data, just 3.8 million hectares have burned - less than half the average for this date. That's cold comfort to people driven from their homes in France, but it is nonetheless a fact.

The real issue is that climate change is a handy excuse for politicians who have failed to take precautionary measures to prevent wildfires. They

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can just shrug: it's global warming, inni? The same attitude could be taken towards the drought that currently afflicts seven water authorities, and the subsequent hosepipe bans imposed on residents and businesses.

Yet if Britain had more reservoirs, the pressure on water supply would be less acute. The two proposed new reservoirs - the first since the 1990s - in East Anglia and Lincolnshire cannot be built quickly enough.

Similarly, it has been known for many decades that in fire-prone habitats, the longer you go without a fire, the worse the fires will be. So preventing the build-up of tinder by controlled burns is the most important factor.

The California filmmaker Gabriel Mann's hard-hitting 2023 documentary Hotshot showed in detail how 'fire suppression' has made today's fires harder to control. He has no patience with those who use climate change as an alibi. 'They tell you the sky is falling and it's all the fault of our modern, shy climate,' he says. 'But when was the climate not shy?'

Here in Britain, the Government has consistently and relentlessly demanded less 'cool' burning - low-intensity, controlled fires - in winter on heather moorland, Britain's most fire-prone habitat. Such fires have been used by farmers and gamekeepers for generations to create a mosaic of short and long heather.

The differing heights encourage fresh young and more nutritious shoots for sheep and grouse to feed on and makes open areas for rare birds such as golden plover and curfew to nest in.

If done in winter it can burn off the long heather plants while leaving the moss underneath barely touched, as demonstrated by a famous video in which a gamekeeper places a Mars bar in the moss, lights a fierce fire over it, then picks up the unscorched, unmelted chocolate bar, unwraps it and eats it.

Natural England argues

that regular cool burning harms the habitat; researchers at York University and elsewhere argue the opposite: that it encourages the growth of mosses by letting light in.

But both sides agree that regular cool burns can dramatically reduce the risk of much more damaging wildfires, which burn down through the moss layer and into the peat.

Yet Natural England has banned heather burning on deep peat altogether and is pushing hard to limit it further everywhere - or at least tie it up in complicated licensing rules. Cutting heather instead is less effective but better than nothing.

As a result, the 'fuel load' or flammable vegetation on heather moorland has been increasing, in places the heather is now waist deep.

Tellingly, the National Fire Chiefs Council warned last year that such restrictions on heather management would increase 'the danger to firefighters and the public'.

Unlike private owners, bodies such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the National Trust are refusing to burn and reluctant to grace heather moorland, as they join the cult of 'rewilding'.

Anxious

With the support of Government, they plan to mitigate the fire risk by 'rewetting' moors. This is done by placing partial dams in the gullies and streams that cut through moorland, which retains rainwater by slowing its run-off. But this approach is useless in a drought.

Case in point: the Tiedwistle fire in the Peak District spread from a wild camp in woodland on to a heather moor owned by United Utilities and managed by the RSPB.

This moor had been extensively 'rewetted', yet it went up like a torch earlier this summer and the fire spread, smothered Manchester in smoke, burned deep into the peat and was only contained

• for now - when local gamekeepers and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue used two diggers and a bulldozer to create a firebreak on its northwest flank on the neighbouring Stalybridge estate.

But so quick is Natural England to prosecute landowners and gamekeepers for even inadvertently breaking rules about managing habitat that they were anxious they might be punished for doing this.

The nearby Dovestone fire was also started on RSPB-managed land after a man drowned in the local reservoir and his friends commemorated him with fireworks.

Obsessed

Earlier this month, the Cairngorms fire, too, began on land owned by the RSPB at Abernethy. The irony is not lost on locals that the very same people who tell us that climate change is an existential crisis are also the ones urging us to stop using the one tool we know helps to mitigate the problem.

If your view is that climate change is a massive threat, why are you pursuing policies that increase fuel load?

Andrew Gilruth, chief executive of the Moorland Association, says: 'While Scotland has a clear plan to manage the excess vegetation, in England the authorities are obsessed with rewilding and restricting all commonsense measures for reducing fuel loads.'

In May, before the drought, Gilruth wrote to MPs who represent moorland constituencies to point out that the number of firefighters is down by a quarter over the past seven years and that the fire service relies heavily on gamekeepers' vehicles, water bowers and other equipment.

Banning the burning of heather means fewer keepers can justify having such equipment. He described the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs's refusal to change policy on heather burning as reckless.

Sadly he was proved right. So was I. After I warned last year that Government policy was worsening the fire risk on moorland, it gives me, no pleasure to say: 'I told you so.' ■ This article first appeared in The Spectator.

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IT must be soul-destroying for the world's richest people to think they have everything money can buy – and then discover that there's something they don't possess but others do. Like a dinosaur.

As confirmed by the record-breaking £37.4million auction by Sotheby's of a Tyrannosaurus rex in New York this month, the bones of these celebrated denizens of the Mesozoic Era have become the latest must-have accessory for the ridiculously rich.

The reconstructed skeletons – once the preserve of dusty natural history museums seeking a showstopper for their main exhibition hall – are the latest craze among those who crave more than world-class Old Masters collections or superyachts to impress family, friends and future wives.

'Gus', a T-Rex discovered in South Dakota, has been bought by an unknown buyer. But given that even the largest museums have purchasing budgets only a fraction of that figure, experts say it's safe to assume it has gone to a private individual. And to

the sort with a home – or rather homes – crying out for a 38ft-long, 67-million-year-old centrepiece.

Gus, whose skeleton is 63 per cent complete (making this one far more intact than those in most museums), comes ready-mounted in a 'predatory pose' that may well match the personality of his new owner.

The monstrous price reflects the fact that dinosaur bones – which are mostly found in the US, China and Argentina – have become a hot investment asset, up there with art, sporting memorabilia and classic cars.

There was a ten-minute bidding battle between five hopeful buyers for Gus, whom it took three years to excavate from the arid Badlands of South Dakota.

'Try a bigger bite – it's a T-Rex after all,' joked the Sotheby's auctioneer as she tried to hike the price to more than £37million ($50million).

But one person's gain is often another person's loss and museums lament that the public will never get the chance to see remains that should be regarded as world treasures.

The previous dino-auction record was set by billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, one of America's richest men, who two years ago paid $44.6million (£34million) for Apex, a 150-million-year-old, 27ft-long Stegosaurus. With an art collection

'It's the best trophy you could own'

valued at $800million (£600million), two private jets and properties dotted all over the world, Griffin has broken various sales records such as making the biggest private art purchase for $500million (£376million), buying London's most expensive home in nearly a decade for £95million, and – just two days later – snapping up a $238million (£177million) Manhattan penthouse that was the highest-priced home sold in the US.

So it's fair to assume that Griffin – and others like him – don't buy dinosaurs because of their passion for palaeontology. They essentially want something that looks great rampaging through one of their homes.

A T-Rex – notorious for its razor-sharp teeth and rapacious temperament – goes for a premium. Velocraptors (the smaller but similarly

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terrifying carnivores of Jurassic Park fame) are also very popular, while plodding vegetarian dinosaurs with unremarkable dentistry tend to be cheaper.

'It's the best trophy you could own,' Dan O'Dowd, a billionaire software entrepreneur, told Bloomberg News. He bought a T-Rex named Samson for $600,000 (£446,000) in 2009, at a time when relatively few dinosaur bones were being auctioned. He picked up a bargain, but in the past decade – fuelled by the excitement of top Hollywood actors getting involved and the discovery of ever more complete skeletons – the trade has exploded to the point that there are now two or three major sales every year.

In the process, to the dismay of many scientists, prices have soared and fossilised dinosaurs have become just another commodity.

Nicolas Cage bought the skull of a Turbosaurus bataar (an Asian relative of the T-Rex) at auction in 2007 – beating Leonardo DiCaprio to make the winning bid of $276,000 (£265,000). Cage later found out it had been illegally excavated from Mongolia and had to return it.

Prices shot up dramatically in 2020 when Stan, another T-Rex, was bought for $31.8million (£23.7million) by the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism – smashing the previous record price of $8.4million (£6.2million) achieved nearly 30 years earlier for Sue, yet another T-Rex, who now stands in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

The multi-million-dollar business has prompted a heated debate among palaeontologists about whether dinosaurs should ever be in private ownership.

Many are sold to anonymous buyers who whisk them away, making it impossible for scientists even to request to study them. Experts say there have been cases of wealthy couples divorcing and dinosaur bones simply being thrown in a skip.

The issue is complicated by the fact that the US allows fossils excavated on private land to be sold commercially while the practice is illegal in other countries. And, as Nicolas Cage discovered, it's difficult to be certain where a particular fossil came from.

The vast sums that private buyers are paying is inevitably encouraging the illegal poaching of skeletons – especially in poorer countries like Brazil and Morocco – in a manta that has been dubbed 'the bone rush'.

In remote areas such as Mongolia's Gobi Desert, 'fossil poachers' use ruthless methods – such as blowing up sites with dynamite – to reach precious bones quickly, even if it destroys others in the process.

Last November, British authorities seized the bones of a mother and baby Allosaurus as well as a Stegosaurus – all together worth £12.4million – from Singapore-based

They've become just another commodity

Chinese businessman Su Binghai, who is linked to a £2.5billion money-laundering operation.

Some scientists claim that giving palaeontologists a stronger financial motive to find new bones would only increase scientific understanding. They also insist that many private purchasers eventually lend or donate their fossils to museums.

However, other experts vehemently disagree, saying that money and greed are crippling the efforts of scientists to discover and preserve the wonders of the dinosaur era. Such old fossils, they warn, require conservation skills they're unlikely to get in a private collection.

Susannah Maidment, of London's Natural History Museum – which has just £23,000 to spend each year on acquisitions – called the trend for the super-rich to buy fossilised dinosaurs 'completely obscene'.

Professor Richard Butler, a palaeontologist at the University of Birmingham, told the Daily Mail that most privately-owned skeletons are never donated to museums – and so are 'effectively lost to science' since scientists can only reliably conduct research on museum-held fossils.

But how much does science matter to the billionaire whose search for the perfect ornament for their front hall is finally over?

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Influencer in £160,000 cannabis smuggling bid keeps her nursing licence

By Joshua Haining

AN INFLUENCER nurse has been allowed to keep her medical licence after she was caught smuggling £160,000 worth of cannabis into the UK.

Levi Whalley, 32, tried to bring in more than 35kg of the substance from the US.

She claimed she and a friend were returning from a 'shopping trip' in New York after Birmingham Airport Border Force officials seized their luggage.

Whalley's suitcase alone contained 38 wrapped packages of the Class B drug. But the nurse, who shares photographs of her jet-setting lifestyle to nearly 45,000 Instagram followers, narrowly escaped a jail sentence.

The nursing regulator said it would be pushing to have her struck off. But she avoided losing her licence at a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) tribunal. Instead, the mother-of-one, from Blackburn, has been suspended from nursing for 12 months.

The tribunal ruled that revoking her licence would be 'unduly punitive' given she was having a 'very

Stash: Packs of the drug were found in her suitcase

difficult' time when she attempted to bring the drugs into the UK in December 2023.

She was convicted of drug smuggling at Blackburn Magistrates' Court in February last year. Two months later she was given a 16-month sentence suspended for 18 months at Preston Crown Court.

The tribunal heard Whalley was facing 'very difficult circumstances' in her personal life.

The NMC panel said: 'You

did not think about the consequences, you made a very irrational decision in the moment.' It added that an hour before Whalley's flight home, she panicked after receiving the suitcase and did not want to go ahead but 'received messages threatening your home and family'.

The panel concluded that she would not lose her nursing licence and 'a striking-off order would be disproportionate and unduly punitive'.

Jet-setting life: Levi Whalley

Daily Mail Reporter

BRITISH tourists in Mexico have been warned over a parasite that causes severe diarrhoea – after a spike of cases hailing from holiday hotspots.

Cases of cyclospora have been reported by those staying at hotels in the Riviera Maya and Cancun regions, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.

Common sources of outbreaks include contaminated food such as salad, soft fruit and herbs.

The infection causes diarrhoea, cramping, bloating, nausea, loss of appetite and a fever. Most cases improve in days without treatment, but some can be serious and require antibiotics.

There have been 67 cases in people returning to the UK between April and July – compared with an annual average of 93 cases recorded between 2022 and 2025.

Travel information was available for 52 of the 67 cases, with 48 visiting Mexico and one also travelling to the US.

One patient had visited the US only, while another had travelled to Kenya.

Dr Philip Veal, UKHSA

Warning to UK tourists visiting Mexico over parasite illness

consultant in travel health, said: 'We have recently detected a rise in cyclospora infections among travellers returning from Mexico.

'These infections are caused by a parasite and can affect the stomach and intestines.

'Travellers to Mexico and other areas where the infection is more common can reduce their risk by following good food and water hygiene measures, including drinking bottled water and eating thoroughly cooked food, even

when staying in high-end all-inclusive resorts. We also advise avoiding certain foods such as fresh uncooked berries

'Drink bottled water at hotels'

and herbs, unpeeled fruit and salad items.'

According to the NHS, cyclospora is not found in the UK, but is common in regions such as Central and South America,

South and South-east Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Meanwhile, there is a major outbreak of the infection in the US, which has spread to 45 states. More than 18,000 people may have been diagnosed, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, with Michigan hit hardest.

Dr Veal added: 'If you develop symptoms after returning from travel please seek medical attention and inform your healthcare professional of your travel history.'

Ephraim Hardcastle

WOULD PM Burnham's Roman Catholicism be helpful in a future state

visit invitation to Pope Leo? My source whispers that the Foreign Office has been working on a potential invite. King Charles and the US-born pontiff hit it off when HM visited Rome last October, and the King is keen to foster ecumenical relations. In 1982, John Paul II became the first pope to make a pastoral visit to the UK, while Benedict XVI made the only state visit in 2010. Should Leo accept, he will fare better than Benedict. The late Queen, wary of the Supreme Governor of the Church of England getting too pally with the Bishop of Rome, only took part in the welcoming ceremony and then disappeared to Balmoral. King Charles will want to be far more hands-on.

PREMIER Andy's formal rendering as 'Andrew' in the Court Circular isn't unique. When Prince William broke with protocol to attend the funeral of Bobby Charlton in 2023 the circular po-facedly referred to 'Sir Robert Charlton', a name he hadn't been called since boyhood. Princess Anne's husband Timothy Laurence bucked the trend. He so loathed the full version of his first name that he managed to have it altered to Tim. The reason? During his time in the Navy, his shipmates lampooned him as Ronnie Corbett's put-upon mummy's boy Timothy in the BBC comedy show Sorry!

TELEVISION beauty Lisa Snowdon, 54, reflects on her red carpet fashion disasters, saying: 'For The Dukes Of Hazzard, I wore my hair in pigtails and a gingham bustier with a little denim skirt. At the Scooby-Doo premiere, I

wore bright orange cords with a cropped denim jacket – basically, I was dressed like (the male character) Shaggy: Lisa, pictured, philosophically adds: 'But it's best not to regret anything in life – at the time, I felt like I was rocking it.'

WOKE-FRIENDLY bestselling author Matt Haig, 51, confesses to teenage shoplifting – saying he had a 'moral code'. 'It had to be chain shops, no small businesses. I fooled myself into thinking I was some sort of modern-day Robin Hood. This was my life's vocation: to steal from Boots and give the stuff to my poor friends.' Did Maid Marian get a toothbrush?

EWAN McGregor, recalling his potty-mouthed chauffeur Jazz while filming Salmon Fishing In The Yemen in the Scottish Highlands, remembers his parents visiting the set. 'My mum went up to Jazz and complimented him on his cooking. He replied: "Don't worry Mrs McGregor. I am looking after the c***."'

OENOPHILE Toby Young weeps as the wildfire flames threaten Bordeaux – but only for the surburban vineyards. 'I cannot help thinking about the 61 crus classics of 1855,' he waits in The Spectator. 'If they go up in smoke, it would be a civilisational blow equivalent to the Louvre burning down.' Has his lordship, perhaps, been over-indulging somewhat in the Laffie Rothschild?

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Be prepared... to be mollycoddled

GIRLGUIDING (formerly The Girl Guides Association) has unveiled its first major uniform redesign since 1990.

As a former Brownie Elf and Girl Guide White Heather Patrol member, I can't say I approve of the scruffy new look. Brownies are now in T-shirts and yellow baseball caps, while Guides are in T-shirts with blue bucket hats.

The uniforms are designed to be more affordable, informal, flexible and to put the focus on confidence and self-expression – meaning the girls can wear what the hell

they want with the new tops. 'Our old uniforms had collars, it got uncomfortable around the neck,' said one Guide this week. Holy campfires! If she thinks a cotton collar is difficult, how is she going to cope with the rough stuff of life in the years ahead?

Famously, the Guide motto is 'Be Prepared'. Be Prepared to be mollycoddled, perhaps. Listen, whippersnappers. Our uniforms were a blizzard of collars and ties, badges and laypards, pins and belts. It wasn't always comfortable. But at least we were smart.

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£5 a chocolate? That's a bit rich, even for Meghan

QUICK, hand me my purse. The Duchess of Sussex has a sale on her website, where a new offering from her range, The Complete As Ever Pantry, is reduced from £258 to £219.

A tempting bargain, should you happen to be a pozzy-wallah (look it up!) with several mill in the bank, a cake that's crying out to be sprinkled with flowers and a spendaholic's fondness for overpriced herbal teas.

The set contains two jars of jam, two jars of honey, one marmalade, three small boxes of teabags, one tin of flower sprinkles, two candles and two 'spice kits'.

The equivalent items would probably cost under fifty quid in Tesco but wouldn't have the royal cachet, plus fragrant

Meghan on hand to seal the deal. To complement the set, the duchess rather grandly suggests also buying a box of her chocolate caramels, £43 for a box of ten.

Who are all these lunatics happy to pay nearly £5 for a single chocolate? Perhaps the same ones who tuned in to watch Meghan appear as a guest judge on a recent episode of MasterChef Australia. On set our

girl seemed typically thrilled with herself, but is it my imagination or is she getting weirder and weirder?

Despite her professed love of home cooking, Meghan couldn't name a single favourite dish that she cooks for her family. She gushed on about how much she loves herbs but then – holy basil! – couldn't name one of them either.

She burbled to contestants that

her mother Doria was a wonderful cook, but despite this expertise Meghan had taught herself to cook because God forbid anyone should take a julienne of credit for any of her achievements.

Then, in another crazy pivot, she insisted she had grown up on home-cooked meals and glorious Californian

produce, despite previously claiming to be a latchkey kid who survived on microwavable food, TV dinners and eating at chain restaurants such as Taco Bell and the salad bar at Sizzlers.

Sometimes the truth is as wispy and elusive as the smoke from a signature As Ever candle, £64, enriched with sandalwood and neroli, complete with top notes of desperation.

CARLY Simon reveals that she has been living with Parkinson's disease and has also undergone surgery for a basal cell carcinoma on her face.

'It is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening,' she said in a statement, which she hoped explained her long absence from public life.

'It is not simply sadness or laziness – it is as though the part of the brain that sends out invitations to participate in life has temporarily misplaced the guest list. But I have not

stopped living, and I have not stopped working.'

Indeed. The woman who sang the best Bond theme of all time – Nobody Does It Better, from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – along with perhaps the best romcom opening credits theme of all time – Let The River Run, from Working Girl (1989) – releases a new album next month.

'I am still very much here,' said 83-year-old Carly, who remains a class act in personally challenging times: dignified, courageous and inspiring.

MITCH Winehouse may be a bereaved father but, in the 15 years since his daughter Amy died, it has not always been easy to feel sympathy for him.

In the High Court earlier this year, he lost his case against two of Amy's friends, who had auctioned dozens of her clothes and other possessions.

The late singer's former stylist Naomi Parry and her friend Catriona Gourlay were this week awarded their legal costs after the judge threw out Mr Winehouse's claim.

He had argued they had acted dishonestly and did not own the tragic little dresses, ballet shoes, perfumes and mementoes of a life cut short.

The judge begged to differ, and this week ordered him to pay the two women £950,000.

You have to wonder what motive propelled him to take such a mean

course of action in the first place. Naomi and Catriona were dear friends of Amy's, who had held onto the items for many years after her death. One of them wanted the money to pay for a course of IVF.

They didn't even make much from the sale. Didn't it cross her father's mind that Amy, always generous to her pals, would have wanted her friends to have the money?

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Jan

MCR

Leftist bullies get

away with saying

any vile thing – as

long as their targets

are on the Right

A 78-YEAR-OLD is having lunch in her kitchen when she is brutally murdered. In what seems to have been a meticulously planned attack, the killer walks through an unlocked door and into the sanctity of her well-ordered home.

In under two minutes the five-foot-nothing septuagenarian is struck 21 times with a hammer. Death comes quickly, the one small mercy in this orgy of unprovoked violence. For 24 hours her body lies on the floor in a widening pool of blood. And some people find this funny.

This week an influencer who calls himself Danny Lambo posted a video mocking the murder of former MP and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.

On a murder-mystery set at a hotel in Kent, he filmed the dummy body of an elderly woman lying on the ground and posted a caption online asking: 'Who killed Ann?', as if her death were a larky joke, a game, a snickering bit of fun, something undeserving of respect or sympathy.

THE same casual, unthinking attitude was displayed by Green leader Zack Polanski, who has refused to apologize to Nigel Farage for re-posting a photo of a man wearing a T-shirt with an image of a guillotine and the slogan 'We're only making plans for Nigel'.

An incitement to execute a political leader days after what might well turn out to be the targeted murder of one of his political supporters? You would think – hope! – that Polanski would be falling over his Camper shoes to say sorry, but not a bit of it. On BBC Newsnight this

week he refused three times to apologize for his 'inadvertent mistake', arguing that he didn't actually mean to post the image, therefore it didn't actually matter.

Listen Zack, darling. Your ethical position on this is a joke. If you make an inadvertent mistake and bump into someone in the street, you say sorry, don't you?

And if you are, like Polanski, a former hypnotherapist who promised to make women's breasts bigger through the power of hypnosis, wouldn't you also say sorry when said breasts refused to balloon and blossom to order? It is basic manners, at the very least.

Can you imagine how the old boob-whisperer would have reacted if, for example, someone had threatened to behead Carla Denyer, the Green MP for Bristol? We'd never hear the end of it.

Yet this is part of the invidious progressive groupthink that finds those on the radical Left believing not just in their moral superiority but also that it is somehow acceptable to threaten to kill or maim or smear or silence those on the Right.

Denyer herself once refused to share a platform with a UKIP candidate, stating that 'while the protection of free speech is important, we have to guard against the far-Right taking advantage of it'. That is denying free speech, not protecting it.

On this highway of intolerance and hate, the traffic always moves from the Left to the Right, never the other way around. A different set of rules seems to apply on this road to nowhere; another code of behaviour is drawn up which essentially means that bullying Leftists can say anything vile about anyone, so long as the targets of their opprobrium happen to be Right-wing.

It means that Peter Tatchell can go on social media and gloat about the murder of Ann

Widdecombe, an old woman beaten to death in her own home. It means that Sky's Adam Boulton can go on air to sneer at the freshly dead former government minister, bizarrely defining her as a spinster, an old maid, a battleaxe, a bruiser and a virgin.

It means that thuggish Wes Streeting can threaten to kill Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders, sundry 'rich tax dodgers' – and, yes, little old me – by throwing us under trains or shooting us with a gun.

Streeting has never been censured by the Labour Party for these threatening outbursts, indeed they have barely dented his sleek rise though government ranks to where he is now – Defence Secretary. Lord help us all.

HAD Wes threatened to kill Barack Obama or shove Polly Toynbee under a train he'd probably be pushing a broom around the Ministry of Mops as we speak. Yet here he is in all his pomp and glory: in charge of British national security, managing the Armed Forces and with 182,000 military personnel armed to the teeth and ready to do his bidding.

Don't send them all around to my house, Wes!

The same impulse, the same self-indulgent nihilism and righteousness is also rife amongst those Left-wing protestors who feel they are entitled to disrupt traffic, deface property, throw soup at priceless paintings and commit acts of cultural vandalism in the name of a higher cause. And, yes, laugh at the death of Ann Widdecombe.

At the root of it lies a kind of unhinged Leftist belief system whereby opposing political views are no longer treated as disagreements, but as a moral failing that deserves to be mocked and punished. In life and in death, too.

Nicole

does the full Liz Taylor

NICOLE Kidman never did raise her arms in jubilation after her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise. The actress has said the famous photograph was an urban myth: not a paparazzi shot, as is widely believed, but a scene from an unnamed film. Sadly, there has been another urban myth in her life – this year she divorced her second husband Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage. And this week Nicole was pictured at the Hotel Splendido in Portofino, where she is spending a healing summer in five-star, drop-dead Italian luxury. That would be enough to make any woman throw her arms in the air with joy. It was at the Splendido where Richard Burton proposed to Elizabeth Taylor. In fact, Liz loved it so much she spent four of her honeymoons there. No wonder Nicole is smiling.

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Stalled BA jet 'Kiss control over London

'Worst near-miss in years' as captain has to correct first officer's efforts

Scare: A jet over Canary Wharf in London where the near-miss occurred

A BRITISH Airways plane was reportedly seconds from disaster after a pilot botched a landing and stalled the craft 4,000ft above London.

The aircraft's captain was forced to intervene and recover the near-miss – described as the most severe in years –

'Plane stalled and lost height'

before the Airbus A320 came in to land at Heathrow Airport.

The incident is said to have unfolded on Flight BA919 from Dusseldorf on July 6 as the 180-passenger aircraft flew over Canary Wharf, east London.

It is understood the plane's air

By Isabella Machin

data systems, which track critical flight information such as air-speed, failed while descending.

This prompted the jet to stall, meaning a loss of altitude and control, while above the capital's financial district.

Unlike a car, the stalling of an aeroplane does not result in an engine stopping. Instead, the wings no longer generate enough lift to support the weight of the plane, causing it to be at risk of noseduring.

The first officer is believed to have tried to solve the issue but the captain was compelled to physically intervene after his colleague's attempt failed.

Sources described the believed error as 'the most serious 'near-miss' in the UK in years'.

Meanwhile, the circumstances

in which a captain has to physically intervene to help fix a potential issue is 'unheard of' within the industry.

Experts told The Sun the situation could have resulted in 'bull loss', where an aircraft is destroyed or seriously damaged.

'Captain now on stress leave'

It is understood the captain is now on 'stress leave'.

The episode was reported as 'Loss of Control In-flight' and branded as 'Pilot Induced'.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is reportedly investigating the 'serious incident'.

A spokesperson for British Airways said: 'We're assisting the AAB with its investigation and are legally unable to comment

further at this stage.' The airline operates 19 direct flights per week between Dusseldorf and Heathrow, with a flight duration of 1 hour 30 minutes.

The scare comes as an official report has revealed another BA Airbus A320 carrying 180 passengers narrowly avoided a collision with an illegally operated drone over Windsor Castle on its final approach to Heathrow.

It was travelling at 170mph and descending through 1,300ft when the co-pilot spotted a 'small blue drone' directly ahead of the aircraft on May 9.

According to the UK Airprox Board report, the first officer described the drone as 'very close' and estimated it passed within just 50ft of the aircraft, roughly the jet's wingspan.

It is not known whether the King was in Windsor Castle at the time of the near-miss.

Tragedy of woman left in agony by 'bowing' at Buddhist retreat

A FORMER wellness teacher left in excruciating pain by performing the same exercise 100,000 times at a Buddhist retreat took her own life, an inquest heard.

Claire Rodway, 52, had been fit and active before she went to the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery on Holy Isle, western Scotland.

But the retreat required her to perform 650 daily prostrations, a bowing motion that involves fully extending the body on the floor.

She also agreed to remain silent for long periods and suffered disrupted sleep because some lessons took place at 2am remotely from Nepal.

By Jack Hardy

Ms Rodway, from Christchurch, Dorset, had joined in October 2024 but left in February 2025.

By June her joint pain was so bad she had to move in with her mother, Christine, and was then diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

She was found drowned in the River Avon on October 2 having left notes for friends and family.

One read: 'The pain is unbearable by the end of the day, it never goes away from first thing onwards. I feel I already have poor quality of life. I have nothing to give – I can't volunteer

or work.' Ellen Robertson, representing the family, told the Bournemouth inquest: 'The way in which this organisation is operating is not safe.'

But Helen Richardson, a trustee of the ROKPA Trust, which runs the monastery, said that in more than 30 years she saw no cases of people leaving early due to physical problems.

Assistant coroner Richard Middleton gave a conclusion of suicide and was satisfied the monastery had taken the right action. For confidential support call Samaritans on 116 123 or visit thecalmzone.net.

Retreat: Claire Rodway

Pavarotti's tailor spoilt £1m wine by turning off his fridges

Daily Mail Reporter

A MASTER tailor who dressed opera star Luciano Pavarotti will have to pay a court £110,000 after it found he ruined his own million-pound wine collection by turning off his noisy fridges when neighbours complained.

Wine connoisseur Tom Reimer had sued a kitchen-fitting company for £550,000, claiming leaky fridges it installed at his £8million flat caused the labels on the bottles to go mouldy, possibly affecting the wine inside.

He claimed that a 1cm gap between fridge doors had let in air, causing the damage and wrecking the value of his collection, which included bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild, worth more than £1,500, as well as bottles of 2012

Noise complaints about 'wine wall'

Chateau Petrus Pomerol, which can sell for up to £3,600.

But Judge Sarah Ellington threw out his case yesterday, at Central London County Court, and ordered Mr Reimer pay the court bill after finding he repeatedly switched off the power to his custom-designed 'wine wall' after neighbours complained about the 'noise' and 'vibrations' in their adjoining apartment.

Croydon-based International Food Services Equipment, which installed the wine wall as part of a refurb in 2021 – at a cost to Mr Reimer of about £23,000 – had insisted the doors had no more than a 'hairline' gap and were fitted to industry standard.

The firm's barrister, Matthew Winn-Smith, argued that the units being switched off was 'the real cause of the damage'.

McCartney's first Mercury nod... at 84

SIR Paul McCartney has been shortlisted for his first Mercury Prize – at the age of 84.

The Beatles legend is among 12 artists nominated for the prestigious award, given for the best album released by a musical act from the United Kingdom or Ireland.

He joins fellow first-time nominees Raye, Jade, Dove Ellis and Knats on the 2026 shortlist, which was announced at a ceremony in London yesterday.

McCartney has been nominated for his 24th chart-topping album in the UK, The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, which was released at the end of May.

Previous winners Dave and Suede have also made the shortlist along with Florence + The Machine, Kojey Radical, Nia Archives and Olivia Dean.

Completing the list is Help(2), an album recorded to support the War Child charity.

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Jeweller's shop raiders sentenced to 5 years

By Shannon McGuigan

THREE armed robbers behind a £225,000 daylight raid of a family-run jeweller's shop have been sentenced to five years each behind bars.

Deniz Mehmet, 28, Lee Ramsey, 46, and Robert Clarke, 50, were seen on video smashing the windows of Gregory & Co jewellers in Richmond, south-west London, on January 31.

Extraordinary footage, which later went viral, showed staff bravely trying to fend off the hooded attackers, who made off on foot in front of horrified onlookers.

One of the men was seen repeatedly pounding the shop's large glass window with a sledgehammer until it gave way. His accomplice stood holding a large blue Ikes bag, which the duo then stuffed full of watches, bracelets and other items in the shop window.

Clarke, of Rochford, Ramsey, of Harlow and Mehmet, of Basildon, were arrested

Jailed: Robert Clarke, Lee Ramsey and Deniz Mehmet all pleaded guilty

in March and April. They all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob. Clarke and Ramsey were each sentenced to five years and three months at Kingston Crown Court yesterday, while Mehmet was jailed for five years.

None of the stolen jewellery has been

recovered. But the family-run business has previously thanked the public for their 'support and kindness'.

Detective Superintendent Dan Mitchell, from the Met's Flying Squad, warned would-be robbers: 'We will pursue you relentlessly and hold you to account.'

Smashed: They wrecked the shop window

Briton found in suitcase 'was staying with mystery Americans before death'

By Vivek Chaudhary in Athens and Andy Jehring

GREEK police probing the murder of a British woman are hunting mystery 'American friends' she was meeting three days before her body was found in a suitcase.

Officers have been piecing together the movements of Elizabeth Jane Ross, 38, over the crucial 72-hour period prior to the discovery of her remains in Athens on July 18.

They have established she was staying with Greek pals in the Keratsini district, the country's main seaport close to the city.

However, she then told them on July 15 she was leaving to stay with Americans she knew in Kypseli – a more central part of Athens. Police have cleared the

'She wanted to be alone for a while'

Greek group of any wrongdoing, with their efforts now targeted on tracing the Americans.

Officials are also investigating whether the killer sent messages from Ms Ross's phone after her death in an attempted cover-up.

One text on July 15 to a Greek friend read: 'I need some time – I'm going to a Greek island.'

Messages to her family claimed that she 'needed some time to herself' and that she 'wanted to be alone for a while'.

Investigators say the phone, which is still missing, was active in the Athens area until just before Ms Ross was formally identified on Wednesday.

It was then 'mysteriously' switched off as her death was reported across the globe.

Ms Ross' father, a lawyer from Edinburgh, told officers he had

Text clues: Elizabeth Jane Ross' mobile phone is still missing

been receiving messages from July 15 to July 29.

One Greek officer said: 'The phone was being used. Text messages were even sent, obviously with a view to making people believe she was still alive.'

The trendy but run-down district of Kypseli where Ms Ross's body was found – by a homeless man after he spotted a leg poking

out of a suitcase in an abandoned car park – has now emerged as key to the investigation.

Officers have been conducting house-to-house inquiries and collecting CCTV footage.

One police source said: 'She [Ms Ross] told the Greek friends she was staying with that she was going to spend some time with American friends in Kypseli

Scene: Disused Athens car park

but did not provide any more details. That's all they were told. 'We have interviewed her Greek friends and there is nothing to incriminate them. They have provided important information.'

Police believe her body was brought to the abandoned building on July 17. It is thought that due to the weight of the suitcase, the killers are likely to have been staying in or around the area.

The killing has shocked locals, who have placed flowers at the entrance to the parking lot, which is a haunt of drug addicts and homeless people.

Fiona Robertson, an artist originally from Scotland who has lived in the area for six years, came yesterday to lay flowers.

She said: 'I didn't know Ms Ross but I felt a connection.'

'There are a lot of expats living here but we do have problems. This is not the first time somebody has been murdered here.'

Ms Ross arrived in Athens on June 26, flying from the United States via Edinburgh.

The cause of death has still not been confirmed, but an initial examination of the body showed no obvious wounds or signs of struggle. Greek media reported an examination has ruled out strangulation and head injuries.

High time you cleaned the oven? Do it tomorrow...

Daily Mail Reporter

MILLIONS of us may not be very good at doing boring household chores, but we are masters of putting them off.

For when it comes to cleaning the oven, sorting out that junk drawer or defrosting the freezer, we're happy to leave them untouched for months.

Some 85 per cent of Britons feel burdened by everyday tasks, with cleaning the oven put off by more than 40 per cent of people, a survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals.

More than 80 per cent say they regularly procrastinate, preferring to watch TV or play games on their devices.

Ironing a pile of shirts, clearing the gutters and unblocking hair-clogged plugholes are also left to another day, the British Gas survey shows.

The company is urging householders to get their boilers serviced now while the weather is good, rather than wait until 'boiler month' in November.

Prime drone crash lands

AN AMAZON drone delivering a package crashed into a garden, the retail giant confirmed.

No one was injured in the accident in Darlington, Co Durham, but a neighbour said it 'made an almighty noise'.

John Peacock was gardening and said: 'I thought there was construction work going on because of how it sounded. The drone is huge and apparently it hit the homeowner's van.'

An Amazon spokesman said: 'While our investigation is ongoing, our initial assessment is that an object extending above the roof of a moving vehicle inadvertently came into contact with a Prime Air drone.'

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is studying the incident on Wednesday morning.

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She's the queen of cosmetic surgery who's documented her countless treatments over 40 years. But there was one thing Cindy was still self-conscious about – her bingo wings. Not any more – after a £15k upper arm lift

IFIRST noticed it at a charity ball in London while wearing a sleeveless gown. Introduced to an inexplicably enthusiastic young man, I watched in horror as he shook my hand up and down vigorously and my upper arm flab moved in synchronised waves from elbow to shoulder.

After what felt like an eternity, I managed to extricate myself, mortified. I could only hope no one else had seen it.

A week later in the unforgiving fluorescent light of a changing room mirror, I inspected my upper arms and there it was – the indisputable sagginess that comes with age. I was 45 and, from then on, all sleeveless items were immediately rejected in favour of those that covered the top half of my arms. It was a case of Farewell To Arms.

I stuck to it for a quarter of a century and only ever wore clothing with sleeves. This is in keeping with the sartorial rule my mother lived by: dress to accentuate your best features and keep your worst ones covered up.

Of course, these days there are surgical methods to turn your less-loved features into your best-loved.

I came to London in 1977 and started having cosmetic surgery in the mid-1980s when I was left a small inheritance.

Using the rules of proportion I'd learned in art college, I formulated a plan to reinvent myself.

I had been privileged to see Michelangelo's La Pieta with my parents at the New York World's Fair in 1964.

It struck a chord and the impression never left me. If Michelangelo could carve a mind-blowing masterpiece from a single block of unremarkable marble, then chipping away at my own face and body to look more like the person I felt inside should be a no-brainer, I reasoned.

As a self-confessed nerd (and member of Mensa, the high IQ society), my research was in-depth and unrelenting. My intrepid fact-finding and well-honed 385 detector led me to the very best surgeons and the safest, most effective procedures, as it still does today.

Cosmetic surgery was unusual when I had my first operation aged 32 at a London clinic in 1987. At that time having more than one thing done was completely unheard of. Starting with a blepharoplasty to open up my heredi-

FINALLY, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BARE ARMS!

by Cindy Jackson

tary hooded eyes, I embarked on a series of life-changing procedures that included a nose job, upper and lower face lifts, laser resurfacing, liposuction, jawbone reshaping and much more.

I say, 'life-changing' because, as Sigmund Freud asserted, 'anatomy is destiny'. To me, it followed that changing my anatomy would change my future. And it certainly did, in every way imaginable.

Becoming known for having cosmetic surgery was never part of my plan but all that changed in the early 1990s when I ran into an old journalist friend who failed to recognise me. He asked what I'd

done to look so different. When I ran down the list of cosmetic procedures I'd had, he got very excited and said it would make a great story for his newspaper.

At first, I was mortified; my 'project' was not something I had ever considered sharing with the world. But the money he offered me would finance the surgery I still had planned, so I said yes.

Against all expectations, my story 'blew up', in today's phrase, and I became world famous overnight. Countless magazine interviews, television shows and more newspaper articles followed. As a result of the publicity I

received, people from all over the world began contacting me for advice and information.

That's how my cosmetic surgery and anti-ageing consultancy came into being. Many of my clients were public figures who became friends; invitations to mansions,

I became world famous overnight

yachts and exclusive events followed. Anatomy truly is destiny. Over the past 40-plus years I've helped countless people achieve their aesthetic goals.

Today, people are living longer and the older generation is living

life to its fullest. It's no surprise they want a younger face to go with their younger lifestyles. Many now want a younger body too.

This year I turned 70. I met the writer Hugo Vickers, who's 74, and as we discovered, being in our 70s is not too late to fall in love.

I'm living proof that being 70, to quote Winston Churchill, is 'not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'.

Life began at 70 for me in many ways. Three months after meeting Hugo, I told him I was planning to have my arms done.

His first reaction was that I was fine as I was. He didn't encourage me to have the operation but he didn't discourage me either.

He was confident that with my expertise in the field, I knew what I was doing. He also realised that in later years I would regret not having done it now – as I became

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Happy to go sleeveless: Cindy in all her glamour and, left, with her partner, historian Hugo Vickers

extra boob trying to escape side- ways - or Yul Brynner is a headlock.

I knew where to go for the surgery and was fully confident in the procedure and the outcome. People always say to me that I must be used to having surgery and take it in my stride. However, I am still a vulnerable patient and, like so many others, I have a degree of trepidation about going under general anaesthetic.

But as an insider, I knew that statistically the odds of everything going perfectly were overwhelmingly in my favour.

That offending underarm fat did not go to waste. It was recycled and repurposed.

After being haz-

considering his latest book, Queen Elizabeth II, A Personal History, had just come out two weeks before.

Although he was in constant demand for interviews and personal appearances, Hugo navigated his work schedule around caring for me.

One moment he was live on Zoom elegantly discussing the British Royal Family on American television; the next he was helping me (cosmetic surgery royalty) wrestle a stubborn compression garment into submission.

During more relaxed moments, I love listening to loud rock music while Hugo is reading at least one book. My headphones make it possible for us to occupy the same space while pursuing different interests together.

It is said that successful biographers must have a good bedside manner and I certainly saw that side of Hugo after my surgery. He showed endless patience and nothing was too much trouble.

Being very independent, I'm not accustomed to having everything

I've not worn sleeves since May

done for me. But in this case, I had no choice in the matter. I must say it's amazing just how quickly you can get used to that!

My recovery time sped by. Almost before I knew it, six weeks had passed and I could confidently go out wearing sleeveless clothes for the first time in more than 25 years.

The unusually hot summer means I have not worn sleeves since the middle of May.

I have also done plenty of shopping for new clothes, since I hadn't bought anything without sleeves since the 90s.

Six weeks after surgery, I was able to resume weight training. I'm beginning to see the muscle definition that had been buried for decades under fat and loose skin. And - for the first time in my life - I'm getting compliments on my arms!

Having been deeply involved in cosmetic surgery for more than 40 years, I marvel at the progress I've witnessed over the decades.

Arm lifts used to be known for producing obvious scarring, which was off-putting to a lot of women. Today, the scar placement is such that no one can see it unless I raise my arms.

I avoid bidding at auctions and hailing taxis. No evidence of surgery shows from the front, the side, or behind. After around six months, the scars will fade to near invisibility.

I could not be more thrilled with the results of my extended brachioplasty and hand rejuvenation combo.

After hearing so many of my ecstatic clients rave about their own arm lifts in recent years, it was only a matter of time before I joined their ranks.

Now I, too, finally have the right to bare arms!

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more dissatisfied with the way my arms looked.

To me, it was inevitable that there would eventually be a demand for our bodies to match our lifted faces.

My older clients regularly opt for breast lifts, thigh lifts, body lifts, butt lifts, you name it. If it can be lifted, we lift it.

I am far from alone in wanting my arms to look as youthful as my face. Arm lifts are undeniably the new face lifts among my clients. The better and more natural looking your face lift turns out, the more mismatch there is when there are saggy old arms a little lower down.

While a lot of older women do not wish to wear micro-mini skirts and no longer feel comfortable in low-cut tops with ageing cleavage on display, arms and shoulders are another matter altogether; it's not considered particularly racy or 'mutton dressed as lamb' to show them. Always wearing sleeves in the increasingly warm summers or on holiday gets hot and uncomfortable too.

On the other hand, if your upper arms resemble those of a flying squirrel and you could almost go hang-gliding using only your bingo wings, you may feel more confident keeping them under wraps.

Sleeves aren't a problem-free solution, however. Over time, they get increasingly tighter and more uncomfortable as arms get fatter and fabbier.

It may be necessary to go up a size or two in tops and dresses to get bigger sleeves. This introduces a new mismatch: clothes that fit the arms but are too big everywhere else.

Why not just firm them up with exercise? I already do weight training to maintain muscle tone

and bone strength. So I asked a personal trainer about adding heavier weights to build muscle in my upper arms to fill out and firm some of the hanging skin.

He inspected my arms, asking me to move them into various positions as he poked and prodded. 'There's hope!' I thought to myself. But it was only fleeting.

His professional assessment - or damning verdict - was: 'You'd need muscles bigger than Popeye to fill out that much skin. Even if you could gain such a large muscle mass, which is unlikely, it would look ridiculous on a slim, feminine woman like you.'

After momentarily picturing myself with Schwarzenegger-style bulging biceps, I realised there really was only one option - the one in which I am an expert. The

Arm lifts are undoubtedly the new face lifts

surgical solution to combating the triumvirate of unsightly upper arms, global warming and increasingly tight sleeves, is a brachioplasty, or arm lift.

Costs vary according to where it's performed and which technique is used. I had an extended arm lift with fat transfer to my hands, costing £15,000.

'Extended' means, instead of the standard elbow-to-armpit incision, mine started at my inner elbow and ended halfway down my ribcage. That allowed the surgeon to address the wedge of underarm fat that hangs over the sides of the bra looking like an

vested from my armpits, it was injected to the backs of my hands, right up to the knuckles, to rejuvenate them by plumping up the wrinkled skin and filling in the crevices between the formerly prominent tendons and veins.

It was completely painless, but my hands were quite swollen for about two weeks.

The final result has taken years off them. They always say you can tell a woman's age by looking at her hands but not in my case.

My brachioplasty plus the work on my hands were done at the end of April in London as a day case.

I arrived for the four-hour surgery in the morning. Hugo drove me home that evening; you are not allowed to get behind the wheel of a car for 24 hours after general anaesthetic.

Driving is also out of the question for a period of two weeks after a brachioplasty.

A strip of skin measuring 12cm at the widest part was excised from the underside of each arm. There were no visible stitches; they were all on the inside and dissolvable, so none had to be taken out at a later date.

I was given an incredibly tight compression garment to wear 24 hours a day - except when showering - for several weeks. It looked like a size zero black bolero and helped keep swelling down while supporting the incisions.

There wasn't much pain - as long as I kept my arms still. Moving them normally was not possible for the first ten to 14 days, so I needed a lot of help at home with things like food prep, lifting anything heavier than a cup of coffee, and getting dressed.

Thankfully, Hugo had kindly blocked out that week in his diary to be at my beck and call. That was extremely generous of him

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By Imogen Garfinkel

NATO warplanes were scrambled last night following a huge Russian attack on Ukraine – with one of the Kremlin's missiles suspected of leaving a 33ft-wide crater in Poland.

It came after Russia launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones on Wednesday night, killing at least 13 people.

One cruise missile crashed into a field in the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia in eastern Poland during the early hours yesterday, 57 miles from the border with Ukraine.

Ukraine's foreign ministry said a Russian cruise missile 'crossed into Poland' during the attack on Ukraine, 'violating Nato airspace'.

The missile, which Ukraine identified as a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, landed just over a mile from the nearest buildings.

Poland, which is a member of Nato, launched fighter jets to secure its airspace during the Russian bombardment, which targeted Ukrainian cities including Kyiv and Lviv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow had fired more than 70 missiles and 280 drones.

One person was killed and two were injured in Kyiv, with six more – including two children – fatally wounded in

Nato scrambles jets as 'missile bound for Ukraine' and 'inside Poland'

the regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava. The dead included two girls aged five and 12 in Mr Zelensky's hometown, the central city of Kryvyi Rih. Eight more were injured. Mr Zelensky claimed the strike

involved a North Korean missile, making it the first use of such a weapon in the war in nearly a year. He said: 'Everything will be checked, but as of now it's North Korean ballistic weaponry.'

The Ukrainian president had warned that a massive Russian attack was likely, saying the safety of Ukrainians depended on the willingness of allies to provide anti-missile defences.

'It is important that our partners fully understand... that the protection of people's lives depends directly on their will-

'North Korean weaponry'

ingness,' Mr Zelensky said. The attacks came as he returned from the US, where he said President Donald Trump had agreed to let Ukraine produce US Patriot missiles.

Russia's defence ministry said yesterday that its forces had struck what it called military facilities across Ukraine as well as three cargo ships.

Meanwhile, a warehouse belonging to the Russian online retailer Wildberries – its version of Amazon – caught fire in the western city of Penza after a Ukrainian drone attack, regional governor Oleg Melnichenko said. One person was

Escalation: A 33ft crater in Poland 'left by a Russian strike'

Bombed: A woman sobs after Russia attacked Lviv, Ukraine

injured and 200 were evacuated from the site, he added, just a day after the company, which has become a target of Ukraine's attacks, evacuated another site in central Russia.

Another, in Sarapul in Russia's Udmurtia region, also caught fire after a drone attack, the company said.

Drone strikes have damaged

nearly a dozen Wildberries warehouses recently, destroying about 10 per cent of the firm's storage capacity and inflicting losses on tens of thousands of Russian small businesses on the platform.

Ukraine has also continued to hit Russian energy facilities and refineries, deepening Russia's fuel crisis.

Iran's threat to kill Trump as US strikes intensify

TEHRAN issued a chilling threat to kill Donald Trump last night after the US carried out a wave of 'heavy strikes' across Iran.

A billboard in the Iranian capital depicted the US President and the White House being struck by missiles. The sickening collage included a huge explosion and the words 'we will kill you' appearing in a fireball.

The banner was erected as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed to 'punish' the US for its continued attacks on the country.

The US military yesterday said it had hit 'dozens' of IRGC targets in response to Iran firing on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media said the latest strikes had killed three people, including a two-year-old child, on Qeshm island.

President Trump had earlier threatened to 'beat the [* st' out of Iran. While

By Mark Nicol Diplomacy Editor

speaking in the Oval Office yesterday, he said 'it's our turn'. Further US air strikes were anticipated last night.

The conflict has spread in recent days with joint US-Saudi strikes targeting Iranian militias in neighbouring Iraq, and Iran locking sights on a US gas tanker in Egypt.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels based in Yemen have also threatened to demand fees from commercial vessels to ensure safe passage across the Red Sea. Iran and the US have engaged in escalating strikes and counter-strikes since a ceasefire in April, aimed at pausing the months-long war, fell apart in June.

Following recent Iranian missile strikes, Jordan has warned the US it may request the closure of US bases on its territory.

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If you've got the moves (and £300,000), that iconic Saturday Night Fever suit could be yours

By Codie Bullen

Senior Showbusiness Reporter

FOR disco fans, the white suit worn by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever is the holy grail of getting down.

Now those who want to make an impression on the dance floor can buy Hollywood's funkiest fashion statement - for a mere £300,000 or so.

The polyester suit, with an inscription

Stepping out: A curator gets it ready by Travolta, 72, in the lining, was worn by his character Tony Manero at a disco contest in the 1977 film, whose Bee Gees soundtrack topped the charts.

Reportedly bought for $100 at a New York shop, it is expected to fetch £150,000 to £300,000 in an auction of 1,700 film and TV props by the firm Propstore in Los Angeles next month.

Nights in white polyester: John Travolta with co-star Karen Lynn Gorney in the film

By Shaun Wooller

Health Editor

THE fresh sea breezes, clifftop walks and bracing swims enjoyed by coastal residents should be a boon to their health.

But middle-aged Britons who live by the sea are more likely to have long-term illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and depression, research suggests.

They are 21 per cent more likely to develop two or more chronic conditions than those who grew up by the coast but moved away between the ages of 16 and 42.

Other health risks also include asthma, backache, hearing loss, high blood pressure, eye disease and heart problems.

The reasons appear to be economic ones. While the researchers admit that being exposed to fresh sea air may boost health, they say affluent residents of once thriving seaside towns moved away as they became increasingly run down.

Meanwhile, youngsters who left to go to university in larger inland towns and cities did not return, and poorer people began to move in, leaving Britons with higher levels of deprivation and associated poor health by the coast.

Professor Stephen Jivraj, of University College London, said:

Being middle-aged and living by the sea linked to cancer risk

Depression and diabetes also more likely

'Poorer health in coastal communities is not simply due to coastal living itself. Instead, it reflects a combination of higher deprivation and selective migration, where people with worse health are more likely to remain in or move to coastal areas.'

Researchers used data from 13,691 people from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and 14,683 people from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS). Participants were followed from birth, through adolescence and into mid-life.

The study examined whether those who lived in coastal areas were more likely to have two or

more diagnosed chronic conditions by the ages of 55 (NCDS) and 46 (BCS). Further analysis revealed that migratory patterns were strongly associated with neighbourhood deprivation.

People who grew up in the most deprived coastal neighbourhoods

'Concentration of health inequalities'

were three times more likely to remain on the coast and still be living there in mid-life compared with those who grew up in the least deprived coastal neighbour-

hoods. Those moving to the coast from other parts of England and Wales typically moved from less deprived neighbourhoods in childhood to more deprived neighbourhoods in mid-life.

Professor Jivraj, whose findings were published in BMJ Public Health, said: 'The decline of traditional industries such as tourism and fishing, coupled with limited employment opportunities, has led to a concentration of health inequalities in many coastal communities across England and Wales. This is compounded by the barrier of the sea, which can limit transport to education and employment.'

'Crime boss' Kinahan to face justice in Ireland

Daily Mail Reporter

GANG leader Daniel Kinahan is expected to be returned to Ireland in the 'coming days' after his last-ditch appeal against extradition failed.

The suspected crime boss, 49, is wanted over charges relating to the bloody Kinahan/Hutch feud, which erupted in 2016, following a notorious murder at the Regency Hotel in Dublin.

Kinahan has exhausted every legal avenue to prevent him being removed from Dubai to Ireland, where the Special Criminal Court awaits him.

A cell block in Portlaoise Prison has already been cleared to accommodate Kinahan, who is to be charged with directing a criminal organisation.

One senior police source said:

'Security plan for arrival is done'

'Kinahan had tried everything to stop the extradition.

'It was always a shot to nothing but he kept at it. But that's officially over and now it's just a case of when.

'The security plan for his arrival has already been done, subject to changes on the day.'

His return follows painstaking work by Gardai (Irish police) which has been building a criminal file on him for years. Kinahan and his father, Christy Kinahan Sr, have been living in the UAE since 2016, when they moved from the Costa del Sol in Spain.

Sources say Kinahan was in 'total shock' when arrested by Dubai police because he had invested 'big money' into local contacts. He believed that would mean he was tipped off before any police arrest operation.

Can't catch a wild wallaby? Devon help us!

NO ONE knows where it came from, but a wily wallaby has eluded capture around the towns and villages of Devon for three years.

Zoo bosses have now conceded the marsupial is just 'too streetwise' to be caught after trying every trick in the book.

It comes as local resident Vicky Wilkins, 57, filmed the animal - which she thought was a 'large rabbit' at first - as it crossed the road.

It is unknown how the wallaby, native to Australia, ended up in the West Country. Danny Reynolds, co-founder of Exmoor Zoo, said it has been hopping about for years.

He said: 'We tried when it was nearer our premises to catch it, putting teams out with net sweeps and even went out with dart guns, but as soon as it sees you or it hears any noise, it's gone.' Reassuringly, he added: 'It's enjoying itself out there.'

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What has the BBC ever done for him

ROMESII RANGANATHAN - the face of the BBC's controversial now advert - has even more reasons to love the Beeb than you know.

Ranganathan, 48, is the only celeb to be paid for taking part in the 'What has the BBC ever done for me?' ad and is laughing all the way to the bank again, thanks to his BBC Radio 2 show on Saturdays and Celebrity Traitors.

His production company, Ranga Bee, also makes Go Get Arty for CBBC and produced two series of

the sitcom Avoidance for the corporation. Now it's making a pilot of a Saturday night quiz show, titled Panic Room.

Ranganathan has drawn criticism for fronting the big-budget BBC ad designed to encourage viewers to pay the

£180 licence fee, with some viewers slamming it as 'nauseating'.

Latest filings to Companies House show that Ranganathan's business is booming, thanks to the work he does for the BBC, ITV and Sky.

Vetty Limited, the firm he controls with wife Leesa, has capital and reserves standing at £4.5million - up from £2.5million the previous year. Ranga Bee Productions has capital and reserves standing at £468,000, according to the most recent accounts.

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NATASCHA McElhone has found love with her co-star in the Sky series Hotel Portofino,

18 years after the tragic sudden death of her husband.

Friends say that Ms McElhone, 56, is 'head over heels' for handsome Assad Zaman, 36, who played a doctor secretly in love with her son in the show, which ran from 2022 to 2024.

I'm told: 'Natascha is besotted with Assad and it is a serious romance. She seems head over heels about him.'

Representatives for both actors were approached for comment.

Ms McElhone had three children with Martin Kelly, a plastic surgeon who died as the result of an undiagnosed heart condition in 2008 - when she was pregnant with their youngest.

Afterwards, the actress raised their three boys Theo, Otis and Rex on her own. She has spoken about how, while happy to do it, the job was 'all consuming' for many years.

'There have been long stretches where a lot of my creativity and energy have gone into my children, and joyfully so,' she said in 2023.

Now that they were older, she had become 'the wallpaper, the background noise', she continued; adding: 'I'm glad to be irrelevant!'

Zaman, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, stars in TV hit Interview With The Vampire, renamed The Vampire Lestat for its third series (on BBC Two now). He plays a 300-year-old vampire called Armand. (The role was played by Antonio Banderas in the 1994 film version, which also starred Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.) Ms McElhone, who played opposite

New love: Natascha McElhone and co-star Assad Zaman

George Clooney in Solaris and Robert De Niro in Ronin, also appeared as Penny Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma - Prince Philip's carriage-driving companion - in the final series of The Crown on Netflix in 2023.

AROUND that time, she was spotted embracing actor Sule Rimi in the street in south London, but it was never clear if they were an item.

Her big-screen debut came when, aged 24, she was cast opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins in Surviving Picasso (released in 1996). Other projects include The Truman Show, and the TV series Californication.

She was making that show when her husband was found slumped in the doorway of their home in Fulham, west London.

McElhone wrote Kelly's obituary, in which she declared herself 'the luckiest woman alive, even though he's not here'.

Two years later, she published After You, a book in the form of journal entries addressed directly to her husband about her grief.

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■ SPIDER-MAN and The Odyssey star Tom Holland is more candid than most. Promoting his latest films he said: 'I've had experiences before when people say: "Why should I see this movie?" And in the back of your mind, you're like: "You shouldn't, because it's a***." Holland didn't name names, although Dolittle - in which he played a wolfhound called Jip who talks to Robert Downey Jr - springs to mind.

Who cares if Dakota looks nothing like Marilyn, says director of new Monroe film

Blonde ambition: Dakota Johnson and Ellen Burstyn as Monroe

THE Netflix film Blonde, starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, was big news at the Venice Film Festival in 2022.

And Monroe will be a hot topic at the festival again this year, thanks to a curious 17-minute short, funded by a luxury car brand which had to pay big bucks to the managers of the late star's estate, Authentic Brands (also home to the David Beckham, Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali rights).

Dakota Johnson (main picture) will play the young Marilyn in Flesh Impact, which is directed by this year's jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal said this week that she understands there is little physical resemblance but argued: 'I thought, "That's ridiculous. Who cares?" I don't

know that anyone even really totally knows what Marilyn looks like, because she's been so commodified and made into this myth and she's very blurry in my mind.'

The meatier role of 'old Marilyn' - as she would have been, had she not died of a drug overdose in 1962 - goes to veteran actress Ellen Burstyn.

Burstyn, who is 93, gives essentially a 15-page monologue as Monroe auditions for a part in a stage play.

Burstyn will be in Venice to receive a Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement. (Last year's recipient was Hitchcock star Kim Novak.)

Marilyn Monroe would have been 100 years old this June, which is what 'inspired' Genesis Motor America to stump up the funds for this project.

PUBLICIST Neil Reading, who represented stars including John Cleese, Dawn French and the late Victoria Wood, has died aged 56 after a short illness.

One of the great characters of showbusiness, he was known for his love of socialising, devotion to his clients, and infectious laugh.

On our first encounter in the mid-1990s, he took me out for a lunch of shepherd's pie and champagne at the Ivy in Soho - and spent so long working the room of famous faces I wasn't sure if he was coming back! A one-off, who will be missed.

THE locals are revolting against Soho Farmhouse. The outpost of the Soho House members' club, nestled in 100 acres of Oxfordshire countryside and nicknamed 'Bullin's for toffs', has tried the patience of its neighbours with 123 planning applications since work began in 2014.

The owners are now asking for permission to put up three 'sustainable cabins', available to book - or buy at a huge price.

But an objection has been raised by The Tew Centre, a broke community resource nearby. It has had to close its playground, until it can raise £42,000 for its repair, according to spokesperson Lucy Drinkwater in a letter to the council.

The letter flagged 'the cumulative impact of ongoing commercial development at Soho Farmhouse on the community infrastructure of Great Tew' - and requested the local authority secure Section 106 contributions as part of any permission deal. Section 106 contributions are when developers agree to fund affordable housing or local infrastructure (like play areas) as a means of smoothing ruffled feathers.

Pegg to be Tarantino's West End popinjay

QUENTIN TARANTINO's 'swashbuckling' stage comedy is close to finalising arrangements for its run in the West End - and I can reveal that actor Simon Pegg (pictured) is in the frame to play the lead.

As I first disclosed back in March, Tarantino has, against expectations, written a full-on, old-fashioned farce called The Popinjay Cavalier. I understand it is going to run at the Phoenix Theatre in London from February (it's currently hosting Stranger Things: The First Shadow).

A cast of around 30 is being assembled, with Mission: Impossible star Pegg tapped to lead them. My understanding is Pegg will play a theatre impresario - the

'Popinjay Cavalier' of the title - who is trying to bring a production to the stage in Paris in the 1830s. So it will be a play about putting on a play. (A popinjay is a vain, talkative person, btw.)

Sources indicate the new play is indeed a traditional trouser-dropping farce with a distinctly 'male' energy. Given that Tarantino has written it, that's no surprise.

Around a week after I first wrote about the project, a press release gave the show's title, describing it as a 'rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen', boasting Tarantino's 'signature style and unmistakable wit'. The US filmmaker, who has won two

Oscars, is best known for violent, stylish film classics such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.

He's repeatedly spoken about his desire to retire from making movies once he has made ten films. His tally currently stands at nine.

The Popinjay Cavalier will be his debut as a theatre writer and director. He first revealed his plans last summer, telling the Church of Tarantino podcast that the play was 'all written'.

'It is absolutely the next thing I'm going to do,' he announced. 'We'll start the ball rolling on it in January. It's probably going to take up a year and a half to two years of my life - if it's a success and I've got to do the tour version of it and all that.'

He added: 'I'm preparing for it to be a success. If it's a flop, I'll be done very quickly.'

IS THIS the most English case of the ick' ever?

Sally Phillips said that while holidaying with a group of friends in Florence, she developed a big crush on one of them, who was a keen cricketer.

'I remember sitting in one of the squares and a pigeon flying past and him just reaching up and accidentally catching it.'

And that, said the actress who played Bridget Jones's buddy Shazzer in the films, was when the magic died.

'He's holding the pigeon... He's surprised, the pigeon's surprised, I'm surprised... and having the thought: "Is this relationship going to work?!"'

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The beautiful fame: How PM 'ignored' plea of football tribute

ANDY Burnham looked even more pleased with himself than usual when he joined sporting legend Denis Law to unveil a bronze plaque honouring fellow star Jimmy Greaves on The Football Walk of Fame in Manchester in 2017.

Opened the previous year on the doorstep of the city's National Football Museum, the tourist attraction was meant to be a permanent tribute to the beautiful game's most celebrated figures.

But in 2023, Manchester City Council ordered the removal of the Walk of Fame - which included some 40 plaques by that point - to make way for an ice rink and seasonal event stands.

This horrified the founders of the attraction, who desperately appealed to the now Prime Minister for help. They claim he repeatedly ignored their pleas.

'I wrote to Andy Burnham on two occasions on behalf of Paul Trevillion [the acclaimed sports artist who co-created the walk] and myself to request his intervention and support,' co-founder David Courtney tells me. 'However, my request fell on deaf ears. He was easy to get hold of when he wanted

Limelight: Andy Burnham with Denis Law, left, and Andy Greaves

to pose for the cameras but not when he actually had to stand up for something. This felt incredibly frustrating, especially given Andy Burnham's public, deeply personal ties to football culture.'

The walk was launched in collaboration with the National Football Museum at a ceremony attended by Sir Bobby Charlton, marking 50 years since England's 1966 World Cup triumph. Among those named on the plaques were Sir Bobby, fellow winner Sir Geoff Hurst and Manchester United legend George Best.

Burnham is a season ticket-holder at Everton FC and was given an original drawing by Trevillion of club legend Dixie Dean. No10 did not respond to my requests for comment.

■ ABSOLUTELY Fabulous actress Helen Lederer is launching Writing Funny, a podcast giving up-and-coming comedy writers tips for their projects. Nicola Sturgeon will be a guest on Lederer's 'pretend-but-genuine Open University module for witty writers'. What is more ripe for comedy than a luxury motorhome on a driveway, apparently invisible to the human eye?

Parenting at Fringe is no joke, says Potter star

HARRY Potter actress Jessie Cave has accused the Edinburgh Festival of pricing out parents.

The 39-year-old, who played Ron Weasley's girlfriend Lavender Brown, is taking her show, Only Work, to the Fringe next week. It will include reflections on motherhood

and her decision to join adult platform OnlyFans last year.

But the mother of four is not happy.

'I resent how extortionate the cost of taking a show up there's,' she says. 'Not to mention how it is not a place where you are encouraged to bring your children.'

Thomson's famine

HE'S a familiar face to millions, thanks to his roles in Cold Feet, Coronation Street and Men Behaving Badly, yet John Thomson admits that he hasn't received a pay cheque for months.

'Last year was feast, this year famine,' says the actor, 57. 'I haven't done a single acting job for six months.'

Referring to the trend away from traditional TV networks to streaming services, he said: 'It's hard now. No one has got any money. If you want to advertise your product, why would you pick a commercial station that people are kind of tuning out of? You're not getting the views. Everybody has switched to platforms where they just pay subscriptions.'

Ashley after the Big Apple of her eye

REAL life is seemingly starting to imitate Sex And The City for Bridgerton star Simone Ashley.

The Surrey-born actress moved last year to New York, where the drama about Carrie Bradshaw and her pals was set.

'My friends are all in a similar age group and it is that kind of Sex And The City narrative of trying to find love in a city like this,' she says of their adventures.

'It's always a conversation whenever we're hanging out - if you put it out there, then you'll find it.'

The 31-year-old, who plays Kate in Netflix hit Bridgerton, is single after splitting up with her boyfriend of three years, lawyer Constantin 'Tino' Klein.

She's trying to 'manifest' love with 'someone that I can experience joy with, someone that I can be myself with and someone I can learn something about myself from'.

Hardman Kemp is faithful to Traitors

TV TOUGH guy Ross Kemp, whose documentaries have included The Fight Against ISIS and Behind Bars, is in awe of the measures taken by the BBC to maintain secrecy around The Celebrity Traitors, in which he will be seen competing in the autumn. 'The disclaimer [for contestants] is longer than the Bayeux Tapestry,' the 62-year-old tells the Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast. 'Pollsmoor and Belmarsh [maximum-security prisons] have less policing around them.'

Producers are right to worry about blabbermouths. In May, I overheard Richard E. Grant talking loudly about his fellow contestants in Kensington High Street, west London.

■ BARACK Obama will be charging £1,500 for a photo opportunity and premium seat when he makes a speaking appearance at Manchester's Co-Op Live arena in October. But the 44th US President isn't even the biggest attraction in his own family.

Former First Lady Michelle charged £2,200 for a pre-show photo op and signed copy of her memoir, Becoming, on the speaking tour to plug her book. Tickets for her London appearance were even offered for £50,000 on secondary sites.

Perhaps Michelle will join her husband this autumn to help boost his VIP sales?

Follow me on ✉ @richardaeden and on Instagram @edenconfidential richard.eden@dailymail.co.uk

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Murdered: Isabelle

Life in jail for 'sadistic' mother and boyfriend who killed Isabelle, 2

A MOTHER and her new boyfriend have been jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old daughter.

Isabelle Welsh suffered a vile 'campaign of violence' at the

By Glen Keogh

Special Correspondent

hands of Alexandra Walker, 26, and Harrison Simpson, 22, who also sexually assaulted the girl. In the weeks before her death on

September 13, Isabelle suffered 21 broken bones before a final 'massive head injury' was inflicted - consistent with being 'violently shaken' and her head 'impacting a hard surface'. Teesside Crown Court heard.

On the morning of Isabelle's death, paedophile Simpson was caring for her alone while Walker slept at her home in Thornaby, Teesside. During this time Isabelle was violently sexually assaulted and she died at hospital that night.

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difficult to describe their conduct as 'anything other than sadistic'. Simpson and Walker were both found guilty of murder and child cruelty. Simpson was also found guilty of assault.

Simpson was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years, 231 days. Walker was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years, 48 days.

Detective Chief Inspector Steve Chatterton, of Cleveland Police, said the pair had 'robbed Isabelle of her future'.

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FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

JULY 31, 1972

TUC chiefs have been persuaded by their Women's Advisory Committee to back new laws banning sex discrimination against women in industry. Employment Minister Maurice Macmillan is to call in TUC and employers' leaders for talks on the slow progress towards equal pay.

JULY 31, 1995

TAKE That last night bounced back from the departure of Robbie Williams two weeks ago to storm into the pop charts at number one with their latest single Never Forget. It is the seventh time they have gone straight to the top spot.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JK ROWLING, 61. The Harry Potter author from Gloucestershire dropped off Forbes' billionaires list in 2012 because she had given so much away - she has donated more than

$150 million over the past 20 years. But she returned to the 'three-rooms club' last year, thanks to new Potterverse books, movies, a play and several theme parks.

ANDREW MARR, 67. The LBC presenter and former BBC political editor said he was sure he would never move from print journalism to broadcast: 'I've always looked weird, huge ears, not enough hair.'

BORN ON THIS DAY

HUGH MCDOWELL (1953-2018). The cellist from London made his name with the Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. He enjoyed throwing his instrument into the air during concerts but in one in Houston, he mistimed his catch and watched it shatter into pieces.

NICK BOLLETTIERI (1931-2022). The US former paratrooper became a tennis coach who produced ten world No1s, including Andre Agassi, who once described him as 'a hustler (who) doesn't love the game or even know it all that well'. When asked about his eight marriages, he replied: 'Why, are you looking to become the ninth?'

ON JULY 31...

IN 1936, the Education Act raised the school leaving age to 15.

IN 1971, Apollo 15 Commander David Scott became the first human to drive on the surface of a world beyond Earth when he got behind the wheel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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Write something off: Meaning to acknowledge that something no longer has any value and can be discarded; it is a book-keeping phrase for cancelling the value of an item shown in the accounts as an asset.

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Food intolerance has become almost like a fashion item. Raymond Blanc, French chef

JOKE OF THE DAY

WHAT do empty tins do? They do the can-can.

Guess The Definition answer: B

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Secrets & Lives

We were on a family holiday when my husband confessed to abusing my 13-year-old daughter. I was sickened — but this is why I had to ‘forgive’ him...

by ROSANNA GODWYNN

BUCKLING my seatbelt as we waited for our flight home from France to take off, my phone buzzed.

It was a text from my husband Scott, sitting three rows ahead of me and our children, Lucy, 13, and Jack, 16.

‘I’ve never felt closer to you now that you know the truth,’ it began. ‘I love you. You are always the best thing that ever happened to me.’

I didn’t know what to say. My body was numb but my mind whirred with questions: why me, why our children, why was this happening? I felt like I was living someone else’s life.

Robotically, I typed out the words, ‘I love you too’ and turned off my phone. I had nothing more to say.

Twenty-four hours earlier Scott, my husband of almost a decade, had confessed to something that exploded our world in the worst way imaginable.

Even now, almost a year on, people ask of our sudden split: ‘Was it an affair?’

No, much worse than that. Someone even asked me: ‘Has he killed someone?’

Again, no. But even with murder there’s a possibility I could have found a way to forgive him. I can never forgive what he actually did.

Because for almost a year my husband had been sexually abusing my 13-year-old daughter Lucy, the little girl he had raised as his own since she was three.

Now, she was sitting next to me on the plane, anxious and scared but also relieved that the sickening truth was finally out and he could no longer hurt her.

Burying my horror and fury, my priority over the next few hours was simple: keep

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Picture: THERRY LAFORTE

Loneliness of a cancer diagnosis when you're on stage and on here

Facing reality: Maria Louise Warne fears reaching old age alone

LAST September, I received a bleak diagnosis delivered with little empathy by a young doctor. You have superficial spreading melanoma, Maria.

In layman's terms, I had a fast-growing skin cancer, and if it had spread - urgent scans would be needed to see - it would likely kill me.

I stared at her in utter disbelief. I'd only had a small mole excised from my upper arm a week earlier.

As she rattled off the next steps - MRI and PET scans on my spine and brain - I didn't cry. With no one's hand to hold, I clutched on to the hanky in my lap. As I stumbled out of the doctor's office, I reached for my phone. Then it dawned on me: I didn't have anyone to tell my terrifying news.

The truth is - and I feel a mixture of shame and embarrassment admitting this - at the age of 69, I am all alone.

My parents are both dead, I don't have any siblings and, despite being married twice, I never had children.

Both of my ex-husbands are dead too, so when I say I am alone, I mean it.

GIVEN that one in five British women in their mid-40s haven't

had children, I suspect I'm not an anomaly - and that I'm not the only one who has discovered that nothing crystallises your loneliness more than facing a serious health scare like cancer without a shoulder to cry on.

It's a subject that comes up a lot on Childless Not By Choice networks, which offer support for people like me as they navigate this later, unexpected, stage in life without a partner or the children or grandchildren they once longed for.

I'm fortunate in that I own my home and car outright. I have a modest pension and still work one day a week as an English tutor in a beautiful part of south-west France, where I have lived for the past

by MARIA LOUISE WARNE

24 years since moving from my home in Devon aged 45. But most of my friends are busy with husbands, children and grandchildren or scattered hundreds of miles away.

At a follow-up appointment a week later, my doctor told me I don't like you facing this alone - before urging me to call her any time. But who's going to call their GP in the early hours, when they're scared?

I busied myself with the practicalities. I made a will, leaving everything to two charities: one for dementia and one for guide dogs.

It was also recommended I arrange a Power of Attorney, so someone could make decisions on my behalf should I become incapacitated.

My 'in case of emergency' contacts were old friends in their 80s, and geographically the closest contacts I had were two casual acquaintances whose children I taught English once a week. These mothers were friendly, but I didn't know them that well.

Yet I had no choice but to ask them. They were a little taken aback but, after giving it some thought, thankfully agreed - the pity evident in their eyes.

How did it come to this? My first marriage when I was very young was short-lived. I met my second husband when I was 25 - a man who was 22 years older than me and already married with two daughters. He left his wife for me but wouldn't countenance having more children. I sadly reconciled myself to the fact that ours would be a childless marriage. My relationship with his daughters, meanwhile, was understandably difficult.

Together 36 years, we had started a new life in south-west France after my husband retired. But he missed his children so much he left me six years later to return to the UK.

Then, aged 51, I had an off-on

relationship for the next 16 years. Things ended in 2024 when he was admitted to a care home, a decision I had no say in given we weren't married.

Instead of retiring together, I was alone again. That's when I moved to a rural area for a fresh start. But without friends to pop in, I can go a week without speaking to anyone.

THANKFULLY, the tests showed my fast-growing skin cancer hadn't spread, but I still faced a major operation to remove a 9cm sq section of flesh where the mole had been, along with five lymph nodes.

In preparation, I filled the freezer with batch-cooked meals as I wouldn't be able to drive, or shop, for six weeks.

I also transferred £15,000 to one of my Power of Attorney's, in case I didn't wake up from the anaesthetic and she needed to pay any bills while my house was sold.

I turned up at the hospital alone and returned home alone after the procedure. I had to lie to the doctors that someone would be at home with me in order to be discharged.

After 15 days I was given the all-clear. Just as there was no one to share my initial despair with, there was no one to celebrate my good news either.

The whole experience feels like a warning. I need to face up to the fact that as a childless, single woman I am staring down the barrel of ill health and old age alone.

I can't afford to move into a retirement community. People say I should 'get a man', but at this stage I don't want to take on someone else's baggage.

There's no point moving back to the UK, given I haven't paid into the system for decades, I wouldn't be eligible for financial support.

So, please spare a thought for women like me. The sad truth is, I will most likely face death alone, which leads to another disturbing thought: who on earth will find me?

As told to SAMANTHA BRICK

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up the pretence to Scott that everything was fine, so he would not suspect that the police would be waiting for him when our evening flight landed in Newcastle.

As the children drifted off to sleep, I sat silently and wondered how my life had imploded so spectacularly in the space of a day.

Scott and I had met ten years earlier in 2015 while working for the same company.

I was in my late 20s, a single mum to Lucy, then two. Scott, who was a year younger, was living with his partner and young son, Jack, five. But within a week of meeting, he'd left his partner and practically moved in with me. We had this instant chemistry I'd never felt before with anyone.

It raised some eyebrows. There was talk that I was 'after his money', as he was pretty successful. But I had my own money and home. He was the one who moved in with only the clothes on his back.

Of course, I can't deny it was a whirlwind. But Scott treated both Lucy and me so well. He was kind, generous and I felt special and loved. Things were incredible in the bedroom too, which may sound irrelevant now, but it's not when you're first together.

We set up a successful independent estate agents together and married in 2018. Two years later, his son Jack came to live with us permanently. We were a happy, blended family and, on the surface, we had everything: a gorgeous house, beautiful children, expensive cars, lovely holidays.

But behind the scenes, things were

HE FLIRTED WITH OTHER WOMEN

not so idyllic. In the years after we married, Scott started having temper tantrums over the smallest things that would rear up out of nowhere and he became so critical of me. If I got my nails or had done he'd say I was going to 'ruin the business' with my spending.

He constantly knocked my business knowledge, even though I was the one bringing in clients.

I started shrinking into myself, keeping my thoughts and feelings quiet and going along with everything he said, just to keep the peace. It was exhausting.

He also started talking to other women inappropriately. Whether it was the receptionist at his local gym or old school friends, he would connect with them on Facebook and send overtly flirty messages such as, 'Hey beautiful...'

Whenever I confronted him, he'd rebuke me for 'snooping' and say I was being ridiculous.

What I still struggle to come to terms with is that he was so fantastic with the children.

He would always tell me that he felt like the luckiest person in the world to be able to love Lucy the way that I, her mother, loved her. He'd read her books at bedtime, he'd take care of her when she was sick - and she loved him too.

But since turning 13, she'd started having panic attacks and there were signs of self-harm. There were no obvious changes to our lives and she couldn't explain why she was so anxious, even though I begged her to tell me what was wrong.

I really couldn't understand it. I

assumed it was teenage life overwhelming her, maybe a bit of bullying or academic pressure. We paid for her to have therapy and Scott took her to every session, even sitting in on the appointments - of course, I now know why. But I never suspected in a million years that he could be abusing her.

Certainly, I had no clue anything was wrong when we booked our holiday to France last year. We all needed something to look forward to, so we opted for a week at a five-star, all-inclusive hotel.

Within a day of arriving, Scott was in a mood. I've since found out this was because Lucy had said no to one of his advances but, at the time, I simply thought he was being his usual grumpy self.

But five days in, Scott said he wanted to talk to me. His next words would change our lives forever: 'I've been making Lucy touch me.'

I knew straight away what he meant but whether it was shock or denial, my first questions were: 'What? Where? How?'

As he explained what he had been making her do to him, I stood there unable to speak or even move.

I don't even know if there is a word to describe the kind of numbness I felt in that moment. I could barely breathe.

Though I could never have dreamed he'd do something like this, I knew he was telling the truth.

To any mother reading this who thinks they would fly off the handle and hurt the man responsible in such a situation, all I can say is that you have no idea how you will react in the moment until it comes.

He just kept talking and talking, saying things such as: 'You're not going to want to have anything to do with me' and 'I'll tell you everything you want to know'.

But what he never said was sorry. In fact, he was disturbed enough to claim Lucy had enjoyed it because she didn't complain, which sickened me. There was no remorse, just concern for himself and how I might feel towards him now, and attempts to justify what he'd done.

Finally, my throat tight, my stomach clenched, I simply said 'shut up' and went to find Lucy.

She was in her room and had no idea what was going on when I took her to the hotel lobby, sat her down and said: 'You need to talk to me. What is going on?'

She looked confused and shaken. It was only when I asked her if Scott had made her touch him that she eventually nodded and said: 'It's true. We did kiss. He's been making me do this.'

As she told me the other things he'd done to her, she began to cry as I held her I needed facts - I needed to know when, how often, where - but she was so upset she could barely tell me anything other than it had happened more than five times, over the course of several months since she'd become a teenager.

Despite my shock and fury, I knew I needed to stay as calm as possible in order to keep Lucy calm.

I called my mum back in the UK and told her what had happened, saying I needed help to get home quickly. I then called a trusted friend who said he would call the police. Before hanging up, I told him: 'Scott needs to pay for this when we get home.'

I knew that Scott was in a very delicate mental state. He had already threatened suicide as a result of his confession.

So, keeping Lucy well away from him, I spoke to the holiday company explaining everything and asking if they could fly us home as soon as possible. They managed to arrange a flight the following evening.

The next 24 hours were incredibly hard. I needed to be there for my

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'I told Lucy that if she saw me holding Scott's hand or cuddling him, it was purely pretence to get him on the plane home

daughter but I didn't want Scott to kill himself. My friend texted to say the police would be waiting for Scott when we landed in Newcastle that evening. I knew I had to get him on that plane without him suspecting a thing.

I didn't crumble. I didn't cry or fall to my knees. I remained calm for both my children.

Scott's son Jack was horrified when we told him the truth. But children can surprise you with their resilience. They both took my lead and remained calm.

Although we kept well away from Scott, if you'd seen us that day you'd have thought we were simply a mother and her children enjoying their holiday.

That evening, as the four of us prepared to go to the airport, I told Lucy that the police would be waiting for Scott at the other end but that we had to pretend everything was normal in order to get him on the plane.

I told her that if I was holding his hand or cuddling him, it was purely to keep up the pretence and that, truthfully, I felt sick to my stomach.

It was awful asking her to keep up the lie that things were OK when that's what Scott had been asking her to do for so long. But she understood.

The airline was fantastic. I assume they must have been in

touch with the police and knew what was going on, because they placed Scott three rows ahead of us, claiming they didn't have room on our aisle.

Once we landed, Scott moved to the front of the plane with

SCOTT HAD THREATENED SUICIDE

other passengers while we stayed well behind.

As he walked into the airport building, I saw six armed police officers waiting for him. It was such a slick manoeuvre I don't think the other passengers even realised what was happening as they handcuffed him and took him off through some doors.

It was the last time we saw him. The children and I simply kept moving along with the lines of passengers, though I could barely put one foot in front of the other.

Our luggage was first off the carousel and we grabbed it and made our way to arrivals, where my mum and stepdad were waiting. That's when we all broke

down. The tears came flooding out. Yet still, despite everything, I was worried about Scott.

I knew Lucy would be fine; she had me. But you don't suddenly switch off your feelings for the man you've been married to for seven years and I was in shock.

The all-consuming anger I would feel later hadn't had time to really kick in.

I remember looking at my phone and checking his location. I could see he was speeding up the motorway towards our home town. We didn't even get to say goodbye.

We went to my mum's that night and I didn't sleep a wink - but Lucy slept more peacefully than she had in a long, long time.

The next day the police came and she agreed to do a video statement.

While nothing that happened was her fault, she said Scott told her she was 'helping him'. It made her feel like she was responsible for everything that occurred.

Afterwards, I couldn't eat for weeks. Even a mouthful of toast

would make me vomit and I lost a lot of weight.

The legal process began. Scott pleaded guilty to several counts of sexual assault to a 13-year-old child, which would spare us all the pain of a trial. He was placed on remand and for months it was a rollercoaster as we waited for the sentencing.

We went through the motions of living but we were simply surviving. We did the things we had to do but none of our hearts were in it.

I'd go into the office but could barely function and would come home and cry. Lucy would go to school but was sometimes physically sick with the strain.

Telling her teachers why was dreadful but they were fantastic and looked after her brilliantly.

The sentencing came earlier this year and Lucy said she wanted to read a victim impact statement in court. Everyone told her she didn't have to do it - that she never had to set eyes on him again - but she was determined.

I was so proud of her but it was

horrific to have to listen when she stood up and read the three pages she'd written herself.

'I did love you, I thought you were my everything but you made me feel like I didn't want to be here any more,' she said, as Scott cried. 'I know I'm supposed to forgive you but I can't forgive you. You ruined my life. I said "no" and you did it to me anyway. You have no idea how much that destroys someone.'

Because he had shown 'remorse', and promised to go to rehab, Scott was given just under a five-year sentence - not nearly enough for what he did. He was also given a restraining order so he can never see Lucy again and is on the sex offender register.

Today, the children and I are rebuking our lives as best we can. For months, Lucy would wake in the night needing to talk and I simply sat and listened. But she's having more therapy and is being so brave. I'm so proud of her. I think she's going to be alright.

I love Jack like he's my own son and he stayed living with Lucy and me after Scott's arrest. Our home is his home and I'd never

ALL I FEEL IS ANGER AND BETRAYAL

let Scott's actions taint that. It's only in the past few weeks that he's moved back in with his mum and we both miss him and will keep in close contact for the rest of our lives.

People ask if I feel any guilt about what happened and, while it may sound surprising, the honest answer is no.

Of course, I feel bad that Lucy went through all this but there was no way I could know what was going on. That said, I don't think I'll ever get over it.

I don't feel any 'closure' because Scott was jailed. I don't even feel relief. I don't feel 'grateful' that he pleaded guilty and spared us the trial. I don't recognise any of those feelings.

All I feel is anger - a lot of anger - betrayal and the overriding question of why. Why did he do it? Why did he choose to ruin everything?

Though I've tried to excise Scott from our lives, I still occasionally find pictures of us together on my phone and when I look at them, I see a stranger.

I have no idea who this man is. For ten years we shared a life, a bed, a business and I thought we had a future - but I was wrong. I really didn't know him at all.

I just know my children and I are far better off without him.

■ Rosanna Godwynn is a pseudonym. Names and identifying details have been changed

■ For confidential support contact Childline on 6800 1111 or visit childline.org.uk

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by DR NIALL CAMPBELL

MOST people think of cocaine as a young person's drug. But as a consultant psychiatrist specialising in addictions treatment, I'm seeing more and more middle-aged men whose use has escalated over the years, with devastating consequences – for their health and their marriages.

The most recent Office for National Statistics figures show almost a third of those in addiction treatment are aged 50 or over, compared to just 12 per cent in 2010.

Many of these men tell themselves it's 'just' something they do at weekends or on holiday, a way of recapturing the buzz of their younger years. They treat buying cocaine no differently than ordering a pizza.

But by the time these would-be Peter Pans reach their forties, fifties and beyond, the drug is taking a far greater toll than they realise: on their heart, their brain, their relationships and even their sex life.

Because every time they take cocaine, they might as well be playing Russian Roulette. At 55, the heart is far less robust than it was at 25. Shorting a line is like putting a supercharger on a Ford Anglia. Even if your use is only occasional, the effect can be fatal. Those in their late forties are four times more likely to die from taking cocaine than those half their age.

As a stimulant, cocaine speeds up the heart rate, constricts blood vessels and increases blood pressure. These factors can cause irregular heart rhythms and dramatically raise the risk of having a heart attack.

Research published this year by the University of Cambridge also shows using cocaine almost doubles your risk of a stroke in later life. It can cause fits and raise an individual's chances of suffering an aneurysm, because constricting the blood vessels may reduce the oxygen the brain receives.

I've seen a case where a group of middle-aged friends went to Ibiza to party like it's 1999, but their

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What cocaine is doing to middle aged 'Peter Pans' – and why their wives are paying a heavy price

bodies couldn't cope any more – and one didn't make it back alive. While death rates from cocaine are almost ten times higher than in 2011, these figures are likely an underestimate, because deaths from drug-related causes are often not recorded as such.

Then there's the impact on men's sexual performance. Erectile dysfunction is one of the side effects men are often least willing to discuss, but it's a common one. Long-term cocaine use is also associated with diminished libido, loss of sensation during sex and premature ejaculation.

Cocaine may make users feel less inhibited in the moment, but physiologically it has the opposite effect. It reduces blood flow throughout the body, including to the penis, making it harder to maintain an erection.

In any case, desire is the furthest thing from the minds of most of my addiction patients at the Priory Hospital Roehampton, because the mental health effects of cocaine are severe.

When someone takes cocaine, their brain is flooded with dopamine – the 'feelgood' neurotransmitter associated with pleasure.

But prolonged exposure to high levels of dopamine can desensitize the brain's response to sexual stimulation.

Once the initial high from the drug wears off, dopamine levels drop sharply. Over time, repeated use can make the brain produce less dopamine, which can leave people anxious, depressed and paranoid – none of which are conducive to intimacy. Instead, all they're interested in is taking cocaine again.

It's hardly surprising, then, that by the time they walk through my doors, they are often on the brink

of losing their relationship – or have already done so.

Cocaine has gradually stripped them of honesty, trust and closeness – and their partner has reached the end of her tether.

These are men who began using intermittently and thought they had a handle on it but found dependency creeping up on them. They're lying to their partner and sneaking off to take more cocaine, convinced nobody has noticed. They think they're keeping their secret, but the women in their lives invariably know.

It's difficult to hide the side effects of frequent cocaine use – and not just the financial ones, which can be catastrophic, with some men spending thousands of pounds every month.

THEIR performance at work also begins to suffer. They're exhausted after nights spent taking the drug, and start calling in sick more often. Long-term cocaine use has been linked to problems with memory, attention and decision-making.

Many men simply don't feel as sharp as they once did, and that mental fog can linger long after the high has worn off. While middle-aged men may think cocaine helps recapture their youth, the reality is they're just hastening the arrival of the health problems we associated with old age.

I've also known patients to become stuck in a state of paranoid psychosis, suffering terrifying symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations – problems that are extremely resistant to drug treatment.

The biggest misconception is that if someone only takes cocaine occasionally, they're protected from its effects. They're not. By the time most patients seek help, the damage has already seeped into every corner of their lives.

My simple advice to anyone taking cocaine in their forties or fifties would be to stop – and if it's your partner you're worried about, trust your instincts and talk to them about it.

Don't wait for the situation to reach crisis point to seek help – or you may not live to regret it.

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Naga's proof that women can work twice as hard as men but still lose out

WOMEN have to work twice as hard as men to be considered half as good.

I remember a colleague in her 50s telling me this when I was an obnoxious 21-year-old starting out in an office.

I harrumphed and huffed and puffed, surely this wasn't still true in the progressive 21st century?

But as I sit here thinking about all the mediocre men my friends and I had to report to in our 20s and 30s, and all the dazzlingly talented females I've seen ground down by sexism, parental leave policies and rigorously inflexible working hours, I realise she was exactly right.

And if you need proof that this saying is just as true in 2026 as it was when I first heard it, back in 2001, then may I present to you the case of Naga Munchetty.

Munchetty has been in the news this week because after 17 years at BBC Breakfast she's leaving to host the flagship breakfast show on Radio 5 Live.

The move has raised eyebrows, because for some time now the 51-year old has been the subject of nasty rumours - most of which seemed to have started after a man called Richard Frediani took over as editor of BBC Breakfast in 2019.

Munchetty is said to have clashed with Frediani - nicknamed Fredi - from the get go.

She is alleged to have stood up for junior staff, who were apparently belittled and 'trampled over' by Frediani and his team, known at the programme as his 'Boys Club'. One woman accused Frediani of physically shaking her during a newsroom exchange in 2024, and her grievance was formally upheld.

It was around the time the allegations about Frediani emerged that stories started appearing about Munchetty's behaviour, including an allegation that she reprimanded an intern for the

Departure: Naga Munchetty

way they'd spread Marmite on her toast. So Munchetty, too, became the subject of a bullying probe. And though the BBC never shared any findings of wrongdoing after closing its investigation, she's the one who is leaving BBC Breakfast - while also having to endure reports about how 'feisty' she is (which we all know is the special code used for a 'woman who won't pipe down and get back in her box').

'(Naga) was a far more interesting story than Fredi - he didn't make headlines, she did,' one insider told the Daily Mail's Katie Hind. 'Reams of headlines appeared making her out to be a total monster - but "scapegoat" is probably more accurate.'

THIS is a tale as old as time in the workplace. Indeed, it happened to me back in my 30s, when I had to work with a bloke who was a sleaze, a bully and completely useless at his job to boot.

Just one of these things would have the majority of women dismissed immediately, and rightly so. But when I complained that he wasn't meeting even the most basic of work standards, I was accused by him of being 'demanding and difficult'.

It's so odd when women are reprimanded for behaving in a way that men are routinely rewarded for, isn't it? Being a woman in the workplace is exhausting. We are paid less than

My new sporting hero? 'Sexy and aggressive' Amy!

THE summer of sporting legends just gets better and better. Post-World Cup, my new obsession is sprinter Amy Hunt, who won silver in the 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this week.

Hunt, who is a Cambridge graduate, last year described her sporting vibe as 'sexy and aggressive'.

And on Tuesday she shrugged off losing three of her acrylic nails in the rain-drenched starting blocks.

Here's hoping the 24-year old gets to battle it out with Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane for Sports Personality Of The Year. After all, she got a silver medal, while they only managed a bronze.

men, and half of us will experience sexual harassment at some point (with four out of five feeling unable to raise the problem at work). As we get older, our opportunities for promotion become lower, with government data showing the economic inactivity rate for women aged 50 to 64 is far higher than it is for men.

At work, we must do the job assigned to us while also being the perfect woman. The requirements for this role are many and varied, and not up for discussion.

We should never complain, never shut down a mansplainer, never speak in an assertive manner unless we want to be accused

of bullying. If we want a pay rise, or a cup of tea, we must apologise for our diva-like behaviour and promise it will never happen again. We must remember that if a man leaves early to attend a parent's evening, he is to be treated like some sort of progressive king; if a woman does the same, the chances are she will be told off for not pulling her weight.

And if she doesn't have children, she will be looked down on for prioritising her career. I think that just about covers it.

It's ironic that Munchetty has spent so much of her career asking people to listen to women. For decades she was ignored by

How H&M became high fashion

KUDOS to Hannah Waddingham's surgeon boyfriend, Nicolas Beresford-Cleary, for wearing an H&M blazer on the Hollywood red carpet this week. The high street shop is having a

moment, with Vogue Australia's editor launching a capsule collection there, featuring a £379.99 coat and a £229.99 pair of patent knee-high open-toe boots. God bless Hennes, as we used to call H&M when I was young - it's clearly come a long way since I'd pop in to buy £1 vests as a teenager.

WE ARE tiring of the light dishes usually favoured when hot weather comes about, according to Waitrose. 'Feta fatigue' - an aversion to salads - has set in, with the supermarket chain seeing a spike in comfort food purchases over the last month; sales of cottage pie were up 100 per cent, for example. That's the problem with Mediterranean diets - while they may lead to a healthy life, they're quite boring.

Don't let Gen Z cancel the beach

WE'VE just got back from the so-called 'Hamptons of Europe', aka Comporta in Portugal, where my teenage daughter complained about the beautiful beach because, like many young people, she doesn't like sand. Indeed, a survey this week found 26 per cent of Gen Z are put off the seaside by the thought of sandy shoes.

Now we also learn that beach huts are falling out of favour, with their prices plunging for a second year. But, to my mind, there's nowhere better than the coast - even a blustery British one in the middle of winter. Please, for the love of God, don't let Gen Z cancel the beach!

healthcare professionals when she complained of extreme period pain and vomiting that would cause her to pass out.

Three years ago, she was finally diagnosed with adenomyosis, a condition that causes the lining of the womb to grow into its outer muscle. Last year, she published a book on the women's healthcare crisis and on Tuesday she dedicated a large portion of her current Radio 5 show to talking about premature menopause.

Working twice as hard, in double the pain? No wonder workplace 'boys clubs' feel so threatened by wonder women like Naga Munchetty.

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AS I glanced in the mirror above the wash basin, my stomach dropped. Light from the restaurant's bathroom spotlights was bouncing off my crown, my hair so sparse my scalp was showing through, pink and shiny.

As I blinked back tears, I realised there was no more denying it; I was losing my hair.

Then aged 51, I'd known for a while my hair was getting thinner. In fact, I'd never been blessed with lustrous locks. Like my mother and grandmother, my hair was thin, and I'd never been able to grow it much past my shoulders. In my 20s, I'd turned to hair mousse to give me the volume that nature couldn't.

Having studied Chinese medicine, I tried natural hair-growth supplements, but they only helped so much.

In my early 30s, I booked in for my first hair extensions, which were attached with a soft resin. Finally, I had the long, thick hair I'd always wanted. At £800 every few months, the upkeep was eye-watering. But it was a price I was willing to pay for the confidence boost.

After having my daughter in 2004 at 31, my husband and I wanted more children. But we struggled to conceive and, aged 34, tests revealed that I had premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). My ovaries had basically stopped working.

"It's unlikely you'll conceive naturally again," a doctor confirmed, I was devastated. Eventually, we had a successful round of IVF using donor eggs and our twins were born when I was 36.

But after the birth I was exhausted and my periods became erratic. At 41, they stopped completely and it was confirmed I'd gone through early menopause, a side-effect of POI. Menopause took a toll on my hair, too.

Almost overnight, I could see my scalp on top. My hair became brittle and the strands felt thinner. No matter how long I left between haircuts, my natural hair wouldn't grow longer than my ear lobes, making my extensions around the back and sides a necessity. It felt mortifying.

As a wellness practitioner often on camera, I didn't want to try chemical regrowth products like Minoxidil, so I bought all the natural growth-boosting serums and supplements going.

But they just made my hair look lank.

MY husband did his best to boost my confidence. But as the years passed I became really self-conscious about how much of my scalp was visible. I spent a small fortune on volumising weekly blowdries, but was painfully aware one gust of wind would reveal my scalp.

After that painful moment in the restaurant I went to my hairdresser. She confirmed it wouldn't be possible to fix extra extensions near my crown - there just wasn't enough of my own hair there. The traction on the existing follicles could also make thinning worse.

'You could try a clip-in hair topper?' she suggested. 'Won't that be really obvious?' I asked, worried. 'Not at all,' she replied. She said if I had one specially made, it would be virtually undetectable. So I did.

Once I'd had my bespoke hair piece made for £500, I was thrilled by how natural it looked. I simply clipped it on to the crown of my head each morning. But, after a while, my natural

I spent £60,000 trying to beat hair loss. Here's how my own stem cells gave me back my locks

by KATIE BRINDLE

hair was looking even thinner. The piece was probably causing strain on existing strands, causing them to fall out. I grew increasingly desperate, my confidence at an all-time low.

It didn't help that the same year my marriage ended. Though the split was amicable, the thought of meeting someone new, then have them eventually realise my hair was all smoke and mirrors, was excruciating.

I just didn't feel sexy any more. I knew hair transplants were a possibility, but I wasn't keen

and the recovery time felt overwhelming. Desperate, I hit Google in search of an alternative and discovered that stem cell treatments to boost hair growth were available in South Korea. I was about to book flights to Seoul when I saw a clinic in London, Ouronyx, was also offer-

New chapter: Katie's hair now

ing a stem-cell treatment called micrografting, which uses your own scalp tissue to create a growth-factor solution.

This is injected into your scalp, with the goal of re-activating thinning follicles and boosting growth. There was no downtime and results could last up to two years. Stem cell-based treatments are also on offer at IR. Clinics in Leicester and Dynamic Regenerative Medicine in Birmingham. It felt like my only hope.

As soon as I sat down in the Ouronyx doctor's office, I burst into tears. 'I'm so miserable about my hair,' I sobbed. The doctor confirmed that I'd be a good candidate for micrografting, suitable for those in the early to mid stages of male or female pattern hair loss.

He explained they'd take a small-punch 2.5mm biopsy of scalp tissue from the base of my neck to create the growth solution. After it was injected into thinning areas, I'd hopefully see a reduction in shedding in six weeks and regrowth in under six months. It cost £2,950, but given what I was already spending on my hair - £60,000 in the

past 20 years - it was a no-brainer to get my confidence back. I had the treatment last July, aged 52. It was surprisingly pain-free, just a local anaesthetic for the biopsy. After the jabs, I couldn't wash my hair for two days, but that was the only downtime.

The doctor also recommended monthly Tricopat treatments, starting at £1,600 for four sessions, for six months.

Tricopat uses a mechanised device to create micro-incisions in the scalp to boost blood flow while electrical impulses push growth factors, vitamins and hyaluronic acid into the scalp to reactivate follicles and further bolster growth. LED light therapy sessions were included too, to reduce inflammation.

A month after the micrografting and tricopat, I noticed my hair felt a little thicker.

Two months on, new baby hairs sprouted from my scalp and temples.

They continued growing and now, a year on, you'd never know I'd been so thin. It's even grown past my chin for the first time in over a decade.

Now 53, friends tell me I look amazing and I believe them. My hair is back to how it was pre-menopause and my self-esteem is at an all-time high.

Finally, I feel like I can fully embrace my new chapter.

■ Follow Katie at @katie_brindle

As told to BETHAN KING

by NIKKI REYNOLDS

AT 55, I have over a decade's experience working as ambulance crew, making split-second decisions to save lives. So I've never considered myself someone who is easily fooled.

I've always been sensible with money, too. In the 20-plus years we've been together, my partner Simon and I have always lived within our means, with savings set aside for a rainy day.

But my world unravelled last year when I was made redundant, and there was a team of scammers lying in wait to take my money, my dignity - and nearly break up my relationship.

While we think of scammers as targeting those looking for love online, or via random phishing emails, a whole new breed of scammers is cropping up.

These 'job scammers' target people desperately searching for work with adverts for fake roles, pretending to interview and even hire people in order to gain their bank details.

And alarmingly, their pool of potential victims is growing amid the increasing number of

I SAW A ROLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

middle-aged women like me, the so-called NERs - those who find themselves Neither Employed nor Retired due to redundancy - currently looking for employment.

It was ageing parents that first upset my delicate financial ecosystem. A couple of years ago, Simon's parents both became ill with dementia and he left his job, managing contracts for the council, to care for them full-time.

I became the main breadwinner and money was definitely tighter.

Then last September, I received an email to say the private ambulance firm I worked for was being taken over by the NHS - and we'd all have to reapply for our jobs.

In a horrible twist of fate, Simon's mum passed away just hours later.

The following week, amid a haze of grief - and with a funeral to pay for - I was told the NHS couldn't keep us all on, and I was made redundant with immediate effect.

I was devastated to lose a job I loved, and that was a huge part of my identity after more than ten years in the role. And with Simon also not working, losing my salary placed us at crisis point.

I immediately started applying for jobs. In all, I applied for more than 1,000 roles, but got rejection after rejection.

I widened the scope of jobs I applied for but still had no success; apparently I was too experienced to work as a carer, yet not qualified to stack supermarket shelves.

I can perform an emergency tracheotomy in a car park, but it seemed my skills counted for nothing. I couldn't help but

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At 54 I was made redundant.

One time said application here, I finally go a job... but it was a cruel scam to fleece me

conclude that as a 'woman of a certain age', I wasn't on the top of anyone's pile of desired job applicants.

As the rejections - or worst, silence - came thick and fast, I felt a rising sense of panic.

Simon and I had always had a modest amount of savings put aside, but after he stopped work to care for his parents, we'd slowly been chipping away at them. We were now living practically hand-to-mouth, and we'd be in dire straits if I didn't start bringing money in within the next couple of months.

During my job search, I'd noticed some companies were advertising roles on social media. While I was looking for opportunities, an advert popped up offering work packaging goods from home.

It claimed it was in partnership with TikTok, so seemed legitimate, but in any case I was getting desperate. Scammers prey on the vulnerable - and at the time I was certainly that.

I sent off an email to apply and quickly got a message back offering me work packaging hair bobles. My earnings would depend on how much I packed, and at a few pence per item I worked out that I could easily make about £50 a day - an amount that would help tide me over while I kept

looking for a full-time job. While well below my skillset, it was the first positive job news I'd had and it seemed foolish to let it go. The only downside was that it would apparently take a few weeks for the materials to arrive at our home in Dagenham, Essex.

I replied that I needed to start quickly and the person I was speaking to suggested I could instead watch videos for money.

While I'm embarrassed I didn't see through it at the time, I've since learned this is one of the most common job scams around - known as a 'task scam'.

You're drawn into thinking it's legitimate work by being paid small amounts in exchange for watching videos or reviewing products. Then they start finding ways to ask for payments from you. But at the time all I could think was I could do this while still applying for 'proper jobs' and be around to support Simon and my grieving father-in-law, who needed our constant care.

I was put in a 'team' with what I was told were three other new recruits. All communication was through WhatsApp, and the other people seemed friendly and relatable, though with hindsight. I'm sure none of them were real and it was all the scammers luring me in. The next day, I was given a list of videos to watch and

'like' on TikTok - some travel based, some featuring food.

Over the next few days, I was paid small amounts of cash - £10 a time - to watch various videos. In total I 'earned' £100. The others in my team all appeared as pleased as I was that the opportunity seemed real.

Then our 'manager' sent a message, setting us a 'challenge' to earn more money. We were asked to deposit £50 into an account that would buy cryptocurrency, and told we'd then be

TOLD TO SEND £2,000 TO GET MONEY BACK

paid the same back with interest. I didn't understand it and was hesitant. A 'woman' on my team also said in the WhatsApp group that she was worried about paying money in, as she had a baby to provide for - she even sent a picture of her feeding a newborn.

But one of the men said they were going to risk it. The next day, he told us he'd doubled his money. Of course, it was all

designed to set my mind at ease. Within a few days, all three of my team members were sending screenshots of their bank accounts, showing huge payouts. I was the only one who had hung back.

Normally I'd have discussed it with Simon, but I didn't want to put more on his plate. So I agreed to put in £50. The next morning, I received a message to say I'd earned £30 on top of my £50 payment. Great news. But the message also said I'd need to send money to unlock it.

It was odd, but the others said they'd had to deposit larger amounts before they got their money back, so when I received a message asking for £800 I paid up, using the last of my savings.

When, the next day, I was told it wasn't enough money to unlock any payments, I felt sick.

Immediately, I messaged the 'manager' and said I wanted out, but was told to deposit £2,000 to withdraw what I was owed. I was desperate. I asked friends if they could lend me money, but nobody would help.

I eventually admitted to Simon I needed money to get my cash back. He reluctantly gave me £2,000 - the last of his savings.

Deep down, I knew it was a risk, but it was the only way I could see of getting out of the whole

Picture: MARY HARBOUR, Hair and make-up: ABRAEL STUNG @ JOY GOODMAN

Brave: Nikki wants others to learn from her ordeal

mess. And the others in the group were still assuring me they had eventually got their money.

Finally, when I was asked for even more money the next day, after depositing the £2,000, I knew I'd been had.

I was terrified of telling Simon I'd lost everything - I couldn't see how he would ever be able to forgive me. Unable to face my family, I decided to run away from the problem and stay with a friend. I felt so utterly ashamed.

It was then I called my adult daughter to tell her where I was going, so she wouldn't worry.

To my horror, she already knew about the money - because Simon had secretly borrowed the £2,000 he gave me from her. It was money she and her new husband had received in wedding gifts - I was even more devastated.

Eventually, she persuaded me to tell Simon what had happened and came over to the house while I confessed everything. The pair

POLICE SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING

of them were both angry with me, but I hadn't given Simon enough credit. He told me we would get through it together.

I went to the police and reported what had happened, sending screenshots of conversations and details of the bank account I'd paid into. Unfortunately, they said there was very little they could do, although they told me they see scams like this all the time.

My bank said they couldn't help either, as I'd transferred the money voluntarily, and TikTok told me the company is nothing to do with them.

It's been a tough lesson but I've accepted the £3,000 I paid is now gone for good. To some people it might not seem much, but when it's all your savings it's just as devastating as losing £1 million.

Thankfully, I've now begun to put my ordeal behind me.

Six months after being made redundant, I finally found a legitimate job working in a garden centre, and slowly our finances are getting back on track. Although the role is again well below my skillset, I'm enjoying being back in the workplace.

I've been able to pay my daughter back. I'm so grateful for my wonderful family who stood by me. There are, however, still a couple of friends who refuse to speak to me after I asked them for money, which stings.

I feel so foolish to admit I was scammed, because I know under normal circumstances I wouldn't have fallen for the lies.

But when you're desperate, you'll take any opportunity you get. And sadly, a growing number of women of my age are finding themselves in this position after unexpectedly losing a job they love in their 50s.

If one person reads my story and avoids making the same mistake, it will be worth it.

As told to HEATHER MAIN

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Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2025

by Adrian Thrills

THE STROKES:

Reality Awaits (RCA/Cult)

Verdict: Weird and sometimes wonderful

★★★★☆

FROM Muse and Madonna to The Rolling Stones, the big acts who have launched musical comebacks in 2026 have generally played to classic strengths while adding a few modern touches.

Muse's The Wow! Signal was a progressive rock tour de force, and Madonna's Confessions II a love letter to the nightclub. The Stones stuck to the blues on Foreign Tongues.

Getting back to basics was what The Strokes did on 2020's The New Abnormal, looking up with producer Rick Rubin and revisiting the energetic garage rock that blazed a trail for The Killers and others in the early 2000s. The New Abnormal was voted best rock album at the Grammys, confirming the development of The Strokes into a respected heritage act.

Back with their first new material in six years, the New Yorkers shake things up on their seventh album. Working once again with Rubin, this time in Costa Rica, they haven't ditched the jagged rifts of old - there's plenty of dazzling interplay from guitarists Nick Valerai and Albert Hammond Jr - but weird electronic effects and autotuned vocals are now part of the package, too.

Since their breakthrough 25 years ago, The Strokes have sometimes sounded like a band going through the motions. That's not the case here. Reality Awaits is audacious and eccentric and you can't accuse the quintet of playing it safe.

The worse reality gets, the less you wanna hear about it,' singer

Unexpected curveball: Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr on stage at Coachella in April

Audacious, eccentric (and different)... The Strokes shake it up

Julian Casablancas tells us on Going Shopping, before suggesting that 'going away to the country' may be his only hope of solace.

On Dine N'Dash, he threatens an unnamed foe with violence. 'I'd shoot him now if he was here, but I have sworn a life of peace,' he explains. There's more despair on Falling Out Of Love, a ballad about returning home in the throes of a midlife crisis. It could be taken as a track about the

perils of overnight fame, but is robbed of its emotional impact by the autotune.

Elsewhere, Casablancas takes aim at the digital world. Social media influencers - alongside The Weeknd's fashion sense and Harry Styles's hit As It Was - are in his sights on Lonely In The Future, built around a crisp guitar riff; while Liar's Remorse predicts a future controlled by technology.

All of this implies the singer

isn't exactly optimistic about the state of the world. 'I won't go on too long,' he assures us on Going To Babble On, before the album ends with a woozy guitar ballad, Tyrants Of The Mellow Moon.

The Strokes won over younger fans with The New Abnormal. They've now thrown an unexpected curveball with Reality Awaits. The Strokes start a UK tour at The O2, London, on October 6 (azs.com).

Picture: KEVIN MASER/GITTY KAGLE

NEW RELEASES

THE DURUTTI COLUMN: Renascent (London) Hailed as an unlikely

inspiration by Harry Styles, the Durutti Column's Vini Reilly was one of the first acts signed to Tony Wilson's Factory label in the late 1970s, and the guitarist's new album stays true to his expressive style. Manchester vocalist Caolifhionn Rose adds jazzy flourishes on two tracks. For Friends Everywhere is an orchestral piece, with producer Keir Stewart on celeste. ★★★★☆

LUCI A & THE BEST BOYS: Picking Petals (Communion)

The theatrical rock of Florence - The Machine is an obvious touchstone for Lucia & The Best Boys, and the Glasgow band's second album is embellished with surging guitars, bagpipes and violin. Frontwoman Lucia Fairfull is emboldened by two superb duets, with Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES joining her on Lonely Girl, and The Last Dinner Party's Abigail Morris singing on pop number Big Romance.

★★★★☆

Torture, depravity... it must be hell for the brave cast

by Patrick Marmion

Cleansed (Almeida, London)

Verdict: Bleak and brutal

☆☆☆☆☆

The Importance Of Being Oscar (Park Theatre, London)

Verdict: Wilde at heart

★★★★☆

NEVER mind that we're being assailed by climate change; London's Almeida Theatre is offering some suffering of its own this summer, with its revival of Sarah Kane's notorious 1998 play, Cleansed.

It's the theatrical equivalent of a poke in the eye with a sharp stick - and starts with just that: a syringe jabbed into the eyeball of an apparent junkie, by a sadistic physician. Yes, torture and depravity is the order of the day in a vision of psychotic disintegration, as the junkie's twin sister enters this underworld in search of her dead brother.

The trigger warnings for this show are exhaustive, but still barely prepare you for the brutality, which includes a sexual assault with a broom handle.

Light and shade: Alastair Whatley as Wilde, above, and Leo Bill as the sadistic physician in Cleansed, left

Pictures: MARC BREENER

Cleansed often feels relentless and random; and yet if you're willing to go with the infernal flow, it's also a desperate, gruesome search for love and redemption.

It must be hell for the cast, stripping off to simulate blood-soaked sex and mental collapse night after night in Rebecca Frecknall's grimly uncompromising production.

Leo Bill has a particularly nasty task as the doctor in charge of

brutality, on a set that looks like a hospital corridor and treatment room, lit so everybody looks ill.

We should therefore wish these brave actors well, including Pearl Chanda and Jack Riddiford as the psychotic siblings, and Luke Cinque-White and Parth Thakerar as a persecuted gay couple.

I'm not awarding any stars, as I can't honestly justify recommending it to anyone as a good night out - although for a long time I

agonised over whether to give it four stars (bear with me) on the strength of the acting.

PS: It's worth noting that author Kane tragically killed herself - in a hospital - the year after writing this.

■ FOR lighter relief, head further north - to Finsbury Park - for The Importance Of Being Oscar.

You may think there's little left to say about Oscar Wilde; and

nothing he didn't say better himself ('to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance').

But Alastair Whatley proves there's room for giving the great writer a life on stage, to tell his own story. His one-man show is a remarkable revival of a 1960 tribute to Wilde that was written and performed by Micheal Mac Liammoir, which presents Wilde as a living, breathing Victorian gent.

We get a fascinating vision of Oscar that weaves together everything from his lush early poems to passing quips, and passages from plays (including the handbag scene from The Importance Of Being Earnest), before descending into the gloom of De Profundis (From The Depths) and Ballad Of Reading Gaol, after he was convicted of gross indecency.

Whatley's performance and Michael Fentiman's production are a subtle fusion of the antique and modern.

Wearing an 'amber-brown' three-piece corduroy suit and matching cravat, Oscar is framed by two large hoops of light, suggesting dressing room mirrors, or portals to another dimension. Whatley's rapt and moving performance lends a depth and complexity to Wilde that is often lost in the supine hero worship of others. Cleansed runs at the Almeida until August 29; The

Importance Of Being Oscar is on until August 22.

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by Brian Viner

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (12A, 145 mins)

Verdict. Go for the air-con

★★★☆☆

THERE we all were, or maybe there we all weren't, waiting for those sweet loved-up newlyweds Tom Holland and Zendaya to star together in a big summer blockbuster... only for two to arrive in quick succession.

First came The Odyssey, in which Holland plays the drippy but sporadically heroic Telemachus, with Zendaya as Athena, goddess of wisdom.

And now here he is as the heroic but sporadically drippy Spider-Man, with her as his girlfriend MJ.

Well, I say girlfriend, but those who saw the last instalment, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), will recall that after Peter Parker had been revealed to the world as the gawky fellow beneath the iconic red-and-blue oneste, Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr Strange obligingly used his formidable psychic powers to wipe the collective memory clean.

So now MJ, along with their mutual pal Ned (Jacob Batalon) and just about everyone else, has no idea who Peter is, let alone that he is Spider-Man's alter ego.

This leaves Peter emotionally adrift, not only grieving for his beloved Aunt May (Marisa Tomei, seen in flashback), but also reduced to stalking lovely MJ and enduring the painful spectacle of her snuggling up to another.

For the widely revered Spider-Man, meanwhile, there's more than enough wickedness in New York City to keep a crime-busting superhero busy. In particular, someone is targeting the city's Department of Damage Control, and that mysterious someone appears to have the ability to distort people's minds, turning decent folk into crime-abetting scoundrels.

As if this wasn't challenging enough, Spider-Man is grappling with health problems. He keeps getting nasty headaches and his 'dangerously heightened sensory receptors' make loud noises intolerable. When you live in New York, as Leo Woodall's character found out in the recent thriller Tuner, that's a proper hummer.

So, what do troubled superheroes do in times of crisis?

They seek the help of other superheroes of course. Spider-Man goes to a public bath, of all places, to find a luxuriating Yelena Belova/Black Widow (a cameo for the wonderful Florence Pugh, deploying her own scene-stealing superpower).

AND as Peter he attends a college lecture by mild-mannered academic Dr Bruce Banner (Mark Buffalo), the prelude to one of the movie's best set-pieces, a battle between Spider-Man and Banner's alter ego, the Hulk. With the further help of his old adversary Frank Castle/Punisher (Jon Bernthal), our hero gradually works out how to deal with Peter's existential issues, while also

discovering who is doing all that sinister mind-bending.

Bernthal, incidentally, joins Holland and Zendaya at the core of the cinematic Venn diagram, having played King Menelaus in The Odyssey.

Both blockbusters are now in cinemas, and advance ticket sales for this one are said to be jolly healthy, which is excellent news for a beleaguered industry. There are solid reasons to see both movies. Apart from anything else, and weary as I am of exceedingly long films, who among us this sweltering summer wouldn't enjoy three hours of air-conditioning?

Holland's fourth headlining outing as everyone's favourite web-slinger is cool in other ways, too. There are a few pleasing moments of wit, as when Ned seeks insight into what Spider-Man does

when he needs to pee. And there are some truly terrific action sequences, slickly choreographed by director Destin Daniel Cretton.

But - and I might well be alone here, because there have already been genuinely rhapsodic responses to Spider-Man: Brand New Day - I find myself tiring of vulnerable superheroes. They used to represent good against evil in simple binary fashion but now, if we overlook the ability to absell off skyscrapers and lift tanks with one hand, they're just like the rest of society, fretting about inter-personal relationships and mental health.

Maybe, at the end of the day, whether that day is brand new or dispiritingly familiar, we get the superheroes we deserve. In cinemas now.

Half-man half-squid in one helluva fish fight

GAMES

Splatoon Raiders (Switch 2, £49.99)

Verdict. The inking man's shooter ★★★★★

SPLATOON always was a riposte to your Battlefields and Calls Of Duty. Instead of a beefed-up soldier, Nintendo's shooter casts you as a cartoonish half-person, half-squid... thing. Instead of bullets, you're spraying ink. It's colourful, funny, crazy, cool.

But the first three Splatoon games did still emulate their brawnier counterparts in one respect: they focused on multiplayer fights between online combatants.

Not any more. Splatoon Raiders has no player-versus-player component,

and instead emphasises the solo experience - and its story.

You play as a squid-person marooned with other squid-people and an excitable manta ray, above, on a mysterious archipelago. These islands are infested with grotesque fishlike baddies known as 'Salmonids', who appear to be guarding lots of treasure. It's up to you to go in, secure

the loot, upgrade your load-out (weapons and whatnot), and find out what the hell's going on.

The basic Splatoon gameplay - shooting in your humanoid form, speeding through puddles as a squid - is as enjoyable as ever. But this time it's supplemented by new gadgets and powers that can turn the tide of battle in your favour. And you'll need them. For all its cutesy charm, Raiders is also pretty challenging. Deeper into the game, when the screen fills up with Salmonids and there's ink splashing everywhere, it's as much a test of your skills as any Call Of Duty level.

But even when you're turned into calamari, you'll keep on coming back. To see whether you're up to the challenge this time. To see what's on the next island. To see whether squids truly are superior to soldiers.

PETER HOSKIN

Lost love: Holland and Zendaya as Spider-Man and MJ

Picture: FLIPPA/ KLAMY

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FRIDAY

DO YOU fight with your partner? About the bins perhaps, or the washing up? Whatever the superficial grace that manifests in a row, it starts, says psychologist Kim Polinder, in much deeper wounds.

We fight, she says, because those core wounds are hurt again and again by something we feel deep within – like the press of a bruise, or the reopening of a cut.

Our fighting isn't really about putting out the recycling or who last did the washing up, it's about something old and sore.

Conflict triggers past trauma, causing people to assume entrenched emotional roles rather than being their 'true selves'. To

BOOK OF THE WEEK

WHY WE FIGHT

by Kim Polinder

(HarperOne £22, 256pp)

ANTHEA ROWAN

understand why we fight, and to resolve those fights, Polinder argues we need to understand our triggers – and that means understanding our trauma, because when we fight, 'we're reacting to every moment in our past where we were being treated in the same way'.

It's why a throwaway comment or small slight from a partner or friend can send you into a spiral, 'and why they seem just as

confused as you are about why it upset you so much'.

Polinder has an interesting backstory: At five months old, she was left on a path in rural South Korea and found by a passerby. She was first taken to the police station, then to the children's hospital, and later placed in a foster home before being adopted by an American family.

As an adult, she pursued a successful career in tech as an IT engineer at a Fortune 500 company. She was drawn to technology because 'computers made sense to me in a way that people didn't. IT was 'predictable, logical, and I didn't have to sit around managing other people's burdensome feelings'.

Later, she qualified as a relationship coach and therapist, when it became apparent to

her that 'conflict feels like a severity I system failure'.

It is Polinder's early life experience that shapes her empathy with clients: 'Out of this early separation wound of being given up by my birth mother, my abandonment issues were born'.

She describes this as a 'core wound,' which she defines as 'an old emotional injury that sticks with you', whether from a single experience or a repeated pattern of rejection or emotional neglect.

But it is her career experience that shapes her approach to healing these old wounds. In the tech world 'we had flowcharts to guide us through the troubleshooting process... a series of yes-or-no questions that led to a logical pathway forward. If A happens, go to step B. If not, go to step C.' Those charts gave IT engineers a way to move forward 'through a system failure without getting lost in the weeds'.

If Polinder's original wound was the abandonment by her birth mother, it was deepened when her parents adopted a second daughter from South Korea.

SHE says: 'That's when my anger intensified. I have vivid memories of hitting her as a stubborn child, trying to control her whenever I didn't get my way. In those tantrums, I felt strong for a second, then ashamed for days. Control felt better to me than closeness.'

It wasn't until decades later, she writes, that she understood the ways she'd reacted to her sister's arrival: 'I had been projecting my own self-hatred about being Asian onto her. I still remember the shock of seeing my first-grade class photo and realising how different I looked from all my blond-haired, blue-eyed classmates. My math equation started forming: blend in to avoid being different.'

That equation results in what she calls 'bad maths' – trying to make things add up, to make sense of the

world, to cope. 'We calculate which behaviours lead to pain and which ones bring reward,' she says.

Polinder offers several examples of this 'maths of lovability': Mum is anxious + I make her laugh = I am responsible for my mother's happiness. Dad ignores me + comments when I do well in sports = I am worthy when I am athletic. Mum yells at my rebellious brother + I stay obedient = I am lovable when I don't cause problems.

It might be decades since your mother yelled at your rebellious brother – core wound – but the sum of the bad maths, 'I am lovable when I don't cause problems', sustains.

One of the best ways to check whether your maths is off, she writes, is to ask: 'Am I starting to feel resentful?' Now ask yourself: how big a part does resentment play in rows about the bins, about the washing up?

GIVE me a child until he is seven, so the saying goes – attributed variously to Jesus' mothers and Aristotle – and I will give you the man (or woman).

Think of childhood as wet clay, easily shaped. By seven, it's moulded, dried, whatever pattern was stamped into its surface set fast. Core wounds and all.

Throughout the book, Polinder cites client case studies; readers may find their own rows mirrored in Maya and Devin, for example.

Growing up, Maya had a father who withdrew from emotion: 'He would disappear for days, retreating into work or distractions, and Maya had learned that if she wasn't constantly proving her worth, she would be ignored.'

When her partner Devin doesn't respond to a text, her default is to feel the same rejection she felt when her father withdrew – 'it felt like all the times she had been left behind before' – and her reaction is out of all proportion. There's a row.

Devin, meanwhile, grew up with a controlling, critical mother, so 'when Maya demanded more from him emotionally, it felt like another way to be told he was failing' – the basis for another fight.

We fight, Polinder writes, 'because of how we learned to perceive danger, and as a result, how to protect ourselves. The number one job of the brain is to survive, and our triggered responses reflect our sense of danger.'

True to her engineering background, she unpacks the psychology in tech terms: 'We can learn communication skills (install a new app), but conflict resolution ultimately boils down to a regulation problem.'

Tintagel? It was a

AFTER centuries of mythologising, can we ever really know the truth about King Arthur?

Yes, we're getting closer all the time, says the author of this history of the British Dark Ages, thanks to some startling revelations from the latest archaeology.

And towards the end of the book he even suggests the real identity of King Arthur – whom he believes to be a far more flesh-and-blood figure than other experts think.

Professor Ken Dark also sees him much as how the myths and legends portray him: a great and benevolent Christian ruler, amid the chaos of

TYRANTS AND TRADERS

by Ken Dark

(Bloomsbury Academic £29, 232pp)

CHRISTOPHER HART

the times, fighting battles to keep the barbarians back... in vain.

They certainly were a barbaric bunch. The Dark Age chronicler Gildas, in his apocalyptic history, The Ruin Of Britain, records how the ruling elite of 5th and 6th century AD Britain waged merciless war, slaughtered the innocent, went around with 'violent and immoral military companions,' a personal retinue of thuggish warriors, yet outwardly displayed Christian piety. Gildas detested them. One such

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BOOKS

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WHAT BOOK?

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... are you reading now?

RACHEL Seiffert's novel Once The Deed Is Done, which was on the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction shortlist. I have always been fascinated by the rise of fascism and the Second World War.

Rachel's book is set outside Hamburg, Germany. As the war ends, Ruth, a British Red Cross worker, arrives to manage a camp full of forced labourers. As tensions grow, Ruth hears rumours that some of the labourers may have gone missing.

Questions of secrecy, guilt and collusion weigh heavily. But even as secrets are brought to light, new friendships are being formed. This book reminds us that even after that appalling war, people did recover and a new world was made. These are messages we need now.

... would you take to a desert island?

I HAVE a battered copy of Everyman Poetry by R. S. Thomas which I purchased for £1 years ago. For me, all of human life is contained in small and powerful poems. I often carry them with me. They transport me to a different realm and make me able to connect more fully to the moment I am in. No matter how long I was on the desert island, I know these poems would sustain me.

... first gave you the reading bug?

MY FATHER would read to me from the Doctor Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting. Every night I pleaded with him to read more but he was always firm. Time for bed and the light went off.

One night I was so desperate to know what happened next that I put the light back on and picked up the book. I didn't expect to be able to read it - but I could. That feeling of liberation and excitement has always remained with me.

... left you cold?

I KNOW this is sacrilegious, but I don't understand all the fuss about Jane Austen.

Who cares who got married to whom? I suspect the world divides into those who love Austen and the city of Bath, and those who love the Brontes and the Yorkshire moors.

I am firmly in the latter category - passionate women, wild landscape, untethered hearts. Absolutely. Bonnets and bustles? Not so much.

■ THE Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly (Bloomsbury, £9.99) is out now.

A therapist's intriguing insight in to the real reason small things trigger you - and what to do about it

not a communication problem.' She applies the same principles to her methods here: a systems-based, practical flowchart approach to conflict, built around two central prompts - 'do I feel understood?' and 'find

a solution' - designed to 'break a complex emotional rupture into clear, doable steps for repair'.

It's a clever device, casting emotional dysfunction in the language of systems and bugs; Polinder's own IT-to-therapy arc

makes the metaphor feel lived-in rather than gimmicky.

What distinguishes Why We Fight is the case studies and the 'bad maths' framework, which give readers a genuinely useful concrete tool for catching

themselves mid-row. I challenge you not to find some of yourself somewhere in this book.

It will press on the bruise of your own core wound - but it will also help you stop picking at the scab of it.

trading hub, not King Arthur's seat

Landmark: King Arthur at Tintagel

tyrant, Maglocunus, killed his wife and nephew in order to marry his nephew's wife... after spending time in a monastery to atone for his sins!

Despite this, trade continued. Dark Age Britain might be imagined as a remote, mist-shrouded island, but this is far from the truth.

There was even a strong connection with Byzantium, today's Istanbul at the other end of the Mediterranean, with plentiful findings of Byzantine coins and copper weights.

Extraordinarily, some of the saints names in Wales and Cornwall, including Saint Materiana at Tintagel, are of Byzantine origin. In exchange

for European wines and Byzantine silks, we traded our mineral wealth, including gold, silver and copper. We even bought in spices: the Hoxne Hoard from Suffolk, dating from 467AD, includes four pepper pots. The pepper could only have travelled from India.

Meanwhile, the phrase 'British metal' suggests rock bands like Iron Maiden, but in Dark Age Europe it meant tin - Cornwall had the finest reserves.

Which brings us to Tintagel. Until the 1970s that stunning Cornish headland was thought to be a monastery, but is now understood as a wealthy fortress and trading post, ruling over some of the richest

mining areas. The one disappointment is Professor Dark doesn't believe it's especially connected with the 'real' King Arthur, whom he argues was a king of Dyfed, South Wales, 'Arthur son of Pedr'.

We're learning more all the time, but surely the haunting legend will live on: a heroic Christian king and his knights fighting through this epoch of wealth and bloodshed, of massacres and monks... and an outbreak of bubonic plague.

One historian has said the year 836AD, when King Arthur most likely lived, was 'the worst year in history to be alive'. I shall remember this the next time I grumble about potholes.

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BOOKS FICTION

Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026

LITERARY FICTION

ANTHONY CUMMINS

THE FIRST HOUSE

by Avni Doshi

(Hamish Hamilton

£16.99, 24ppp)

DOSHI, a US novelist in Dubai, made the Booker shortlist in 2020 with

Burnt Sugar, about a fractious mother-daughter relationship.

Her new novel, just as claustrophobic, follows a writer mum-of-two whose husband suddenly walks out.

We watch her navigate the shock while struggling to stay afloat as a parent, mired in everyday bickering with her primary-aged children over their zeal for smartphones (not helped by a meddling aunt).

Meanwhile, her work flounders as she faffs around with astrological charts in search of insight.

Although the narrator's sense of self-pity can be offputting, we're pinned uneasily to the page by our growing horror at drip-fed revelations of her husband's conduct, slyly manipulative from day one.

Steadily engrossing, the novel's scenes etch themselves onto the reader's memory by dint of their sheer viciousness.

EXHIBITION

by Alex Hyde

(Grando £14.99, 256pp)

HYDE'S debut, Violets, traced the intertwined lives of two wartime women in vivid vignettes

told with a poet's eye.

She uses that same style here to portray the rocky bond between two more women - a photographer and a Tracey Emin-like painter who meet in the febrile art scene of 1996s London.

The story proceeds via glancing recollections addressed by the photographer to the painter, as they drift apart before fatefully reuniting in New York some 20 years later.

Unlike the painter, the photographer is no star, having paused work to nurse her mother - a sore point, since the painter built her fame on uncredited 'self-portraits' by the photographer.

More meat on the story's bones wouldn't have gone amiss, but it's a compelling dramatisation of celebrity as viewed from the wings.

I MADE YOU UP INSIDE MY HEAD

by Marta Pérez-Carbonell

(Sceptre £16.99, 208pp)

FICTION'S parasitic relationship to life remains an evergreen source of

intrigue: witness the current brouhaha over Natalie Portman, allegedly irked by her adverse portrayal in an upcoming Rachel Cusk novel.

The danger of being turned into someone else's fictional character lies at the core of this knotty mystery set on the Caledonian Sleeper.

Alicia, a translator, is drawn into conversation with Terry, a novelist whose latest book is causing a scandal on account of its connection to a missing young Swiss man with whom he once had a sexual relationship.

As their onboard chat dances around problems of storytelling ethics, chapters from Terry's book mingle with glimpses of Alicia's past, including a bad relationship that made her leave her native Spain.

Fertile material, for sure, but the lack of friction between the story's disparate elements deprives it of spark.

Navigating a lethal risk for a monster debt

SELF AND FANTASY

JAMIE BUXTON

THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED

by Ian Green

(Head of Zeus £22, 384pp)

KILLIAN'S a privateer of a dandyish persuasion with a fine sailing ship, a mostly loyal crew but, alas, a massive debt to pay off.

He's got gifts - psychic tomb-robbing abilities and Berserker rage - but somehow only ever manages to stay one step ahead of trouble. And sometimes only half a step. Or no step at all.

So when he's offered the chance to pay off said debt, he jumps at it in spite of having to navigate lethal monster-infested waters while carrying a cold-hearted imperial functionary with her massive, armoured, fanatical bodyguard. Who hates everyone.

Outstandingly swashbuckling, outrageously gripping and out-of-this-world brilliant, bring on the sequel!

THE INFINITE STATE

by Richard Swan

(Gollance £23, 416pp)

A MASTERCLAXS in storytelling, Swan shifts seamlessly

through the gears: it's a The Handmaid's Tale fascist nightmare with pod-racers; Blade Runner gloom pierced by shafts of light.

The lives of three characters are smashed together by the brutal, Decurion state: Katherine, the childless widow of a party official; Cyprian, a cynical drunken cop; Julian, an off-planet speed-merchant.

Each, in their own way, is left with nothing to lose by staying on the planet and everything to win by setting up on a new world - bought

by Katherine's vast wealth. But new starts offering hope and freedom is exactly what the state cannot tolerate...

Gritty, unflinching and suffocatingly atmospheric.

A TRADE OF BLOOD

by Robert Jackson Bennett

(Hodderscape £25, 400pp)

A DETECTIVE story involving murders, family feuds, out-sized cattle and bean-picking cats with clever little hands just proves again the awe-striking, gruesome fertility of RIB's imagination.

It looks like war between

two great dynasties when the daughter of one is filleted by the son of another in a country inn. Enter the brilliant and testy Ana Dolabra, detective extraordinaire, and her long-suffering sidekick, Dinias Kol.

Thinking the unthinkable, they realise afungal mutation, so long used on animals, is infecting humans. But who is behind it? And what secrets lurk in the ancient forest?

An utterly immersive, high-stakes mystery spiced with sharp humour and grisly grotesquerie.

PSYCHOS

CHRISTENA APPLEYARD

ONE DARK SUMMER

by Sarah Hornsley

(Hodder & Stoughton

£22, 320pp)

THE mysterious British tidal island of Osea is bleak, remote and the perfect place to

bury secrets.

Hornsley conjures exactly the right background for Lily, who is searching for clues to her damaged childhood.

In the end, what she discovers causes her more problems than she ever bargained for: the reasons behind her mother Penny abandoning her when she just four years old.

In an intriguing twist, Lily is actually a therapist - which is a response to her own inner anguish and a handy way for introducing a lot of convincing

psychological analysis. A clever book from a promising young writer.

HEARTBREAKER

by Jade O'Reilly

(Pellerin Books £9.99, 294pp)

FANS of the very popular Michael North thrillers won't need much persuasion to read O'Reilly's latest offering.

This swerves in a slightly different direction - a standalone title which explores the psychology of guilt and the motives of murderers.

The book is based in the US where Daphne Monroe, a successful defence attorney, decides to tackle her own demons by tracking down the killer of her husband and two young children.

She herself is the police's chief suspect - and also the next target for the real killer.

Modern medicine is pivotal to a very complex plot which teaches the reader a lot along the way.

A genuinely original storyline which is gripping and haunting.

THE POOL PARTY

by Rebecca Bainbridge

(Quercus £22, 352pp)

A FLASH pool party in a posh house is the centerpiece drama in a book that explores the toxic secrets of two

mothers who are trapped in a dangerous friendship forged at the school gate.

Kate has arrived in the idyllic village of Fletching with her deputy-head husband hoping for a fresh start. She makes friends with glamorous Melody whose annual pool party is the high point of the season. But the friendship gradually reveals both are hiding more than they are sharing.

The plot reaches boiling point during the party. There is a serious incident. We know this happens from the beginning and the story is told in dual timelines which can be confusing. But Bainbridge's take on motherhood and friendship is finely tuned and this is a relatable story told with verve and expertly sprinkled with tension.

RETROS

SALLY MORRIS

A TIME TO

BE BORN

by Dawn Powell

(Pushkin

£10.99, 336pp)

RAVISHING yet ruthless Amanda

escapes her dismal Ohio upbringing and reinvents herself in 1946s glamorous New York society by marrying newspaper magnate Julian, who promotes her (ghost-written) novels. She despises him and amuses herself by luring back her former lover, struggling writer Ken.

When Vicky, an acquaintance from the past, arrives in the city needing help, Amanda

'generously' loans her an apartment - really a cover for where she and Ken can secretly meet.

But even her iron grip on events can't control what unravels and this glittering, diamond-sharp satire of wealthy social climbers and the currency of love and sex could apply equally to today's mega-rich.

THE SPRING HOUSE

by Cynthia Asquith

(British Library

£10.99, 256pp)

IT'S May 1915, and when war prevents Miranda from travelling back to her (unloved) husband in Canada, she stays with her mother in their English stately home, now requisitioned as a military hospital.

Beautiful, bored, young and privileged, she flirts with

besotted men - until darkness falls when her adored younger brother is killed at the front.

Then she meets John and falls deeply in love for the first time - though the relationship is unconsummated because of Miranda's conscience.

Two plot twists are bitter reminders of what could have been as the price of war is paid in love and grief - Asquith's two brothers died in France adding poignancy to the pain.

GAINING

GROUND

by Joan Barfoot

(Faber

£9.99, 304pp)

THIS unsettling,

provocative examination of how far a person will go to discover who they are without conventional

constraints lingers long after the last page.

Abra has a loving husband and two young children but is suffocating in suburbia. She buys a remote woodland cabin, leaves a letter at home and disappears, immersing herself in the rhythms of nature and physical labour with no clocks, mirrors or socialising.

After nine years a girl appears - her daughter demanding answers. Initially hostile, Abra allows a limited relationship to develop until a crisis forces her to reassess. It's beautifully written, honest and brave.

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TELEVISION

Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026

COSY CRIME

The Hairdresser Mysteries, 2pm, BBC1

IT'S back to Blossom Vale for another jolly murder mystery. Sergeant Shallbridge might have been discharged years ago, but he still acts as if he's in the Army — until he gets his marching orders for good, and is found dead in his garage gym. Cary and PC Adam (Charlotte Jordan and Ben Castle-Gibb) are

soon on the scene. Lily (Sally Phillips), though, is elsewhere — she's got an appointment to give Lord Rupert Carwalden (Alex Macqueen, pictured with Phillips) a trim, and there seems to be something amiss up at the big house, too. It's back at her salon, though, where Lily's crime-solving instincts are at their sharpest — despite that headache-inducing 1970s decor!

PICK OF TODAY'S TV

OUR LIVES: THE LAST MINER IN THE BAND, 7.30PM, BBC1

WHEN Easington Colliery closed in 1993, 1,400 men lost their jobs and the County Durham community fell into a downward spiral. The band, though,

played on, and that was largely down to one man. Peter Lawson (pictured) spent 20 years down the pit and has been a mainstay of the local brass band since he was 11 — 55 years ago. He might not be one to blow his own trumpet (his instrument's the euphonium!) but thanks to his dedication, Easington Colliery Band is thriving, winning competitions and preparing for a landmark performance in Durham Cathedral. This delightful short film

follows Peter and other members of the band as they take part in a national contest in Birmingham and practise for their big day in the cathedral. With only weeks to go, the pressure is on, but especially so for Dan and Georgia, who is heavily pregnant, as they fit in rehearsals around their busy daily lives and get ready to welcome their new arrival — while hoping the baby doesn't decide to put in an appearance before the day of the concert. Dan is a teacher, which means he's handily placed to recruit much needed new blood, but with Peter under doctor's orders to slow down, the band's future might still be uncertain.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast

9.30 Animal Park (AD,R)

10.15 Trace, Track, Get My Car Back (R)

10.45 Expert Witness (R) New DNA

technology solved a 1992 murder.

11.15 Homes Under the Hammer (R)

12.15 Bargain Hunt Caroline Hawley presents from Malvern.

1.00 BBC News at One; Weather

1.35 BBC Regional News; Weather

1.45 BBC News at One; Weather

2.00 The Hairdresser Mysteries (AD)

A) the village prepares for a celebratory concert at the theatre, 1.15 and Clary realise the death of one of the acts is not what it seems.

2.45 Escape to the Country (R) Bricny

May Williams searches for a stone cottage on the island of Anglesey.

3.45 The Bidding Room items include a

nostalgic cinematic collection.

4.30 The Travelling Auctioneers (AD,R)

A pair of siblings hope they can turn

her/rooms into a dream holiday.

5.15 Pointless (R) Alexander Armstrong

is joined by Stephen Mangan.

6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather

6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

7.00 The One Show Presented

by Vernon Kay and J.B. Gill.

7.30 Our Lives: The Last Miner In

Our Lives: The Last Miner In the Band Durham's Easington

Pit the Band Durham's Easington Colliery Band prepare for an

important concert.

8.00 Granite Harbour (AD) Lindo and

the team recover the murder

weapon and find new leads that

challenge their assumptions as

tensions across the Loughly

estate reach breaking point.

9.00 Would I Lie to You? (R)

With guest panellists Kadeena

Coe, Ivo Graham, Harriet

Kemsley and Eddie Marsan.

9.30 Ann Droid (AD) Linda drags

Sue to scatter ashes by the sea,

which sparks a trip to a funfair.

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.30 BBC Regional News

(Followed by Weather)

10.40 Austin (AD) Austin follows a

romcom manual to woo Haley.

Comedy, starring Ben Miller

and Sally Phillips.

11.05 Austin (AD) Mel races to stop

a resignation. Last in series.

11.35 Scent of a Woman (1992) (15)

(AD) A blind war veteran pays a student to accompany him to the

student to accompany him to the big city, Comedy drama, starring

Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell.

2.05 Weather for the Week Ahead

2.10 BBC News

BBC2

6.30 Money for Nothing (R)

7.15 The Bidding Room (R)

8.00 Marcus Wareing Simply Provence

(BSL,R) A visit to a farmers' market.

9.00 BBC News

12.50 Lifeline (AD,R)

1.00 Richard Osman's House of Games

(R) Yasmine Akram, Cariad Lloyd,

Geoff Norcott and Dennis Taylor

test their general knowledge skills.

1.30 The Finish Line (R) Quiz show.

2.15 Lightning (R) Quiz, with Zoe Lyons.

2.45 The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation

(AD,R) The duo visit Austria.

3.45 The Farmers' Country Showdown

(R) Selling cheese and fruit at Kent's

Stigbourne Farmers' Market.

4.15 Hippox: Africa's River Giants

(AD,R) David Attenborough reveals

the life of the hippopotamus as

never seen before.

5.15 Flog It! (R) A collection of finds

from various locations.

6.00 Richard Osman's House of Games

(R) With Joe Marier, Storm Huntley,

Karen Hauer and Tom Read Wilson.

6.30 Just One Thing (AD,R) A look at

the benefits of doing press-ups.

7.00 Iolo's Anglesey (R) Iolo Williams

explores the flora of Anglesey.

7.30 Beechgrove Garden The team

plan for winter, with Ruth Vichos

demonstrating how to cultivate

snowdrops, and Calum Clunie

collecting lupin seeds.

8.00 Gardeners' World Monty Don is

planning ahead, and after weeks

of soaring temperatures, he's got

his work cut out refreshing the

borders with perennials.

9.00 Bergerac (AD) A threatening

letter corroborates Bergerac's

hunch that they have the

wrong people in custody.

9.45 QI XL (R) With panellists Maisie

Adam, Susan Calman, Josh

Wildccombe and Alan Davies.

10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day's

events, with Paddy O'Connell.

(Followed by Weather)

11.00 Chuck Chuck Baby (2024) (15)

4.00 Premiere. A woman who lives

with her ex-husband and his

girlfriend seeks romance while

tolling at the local chicken

factory. Drama, starring Louise

Brealey and Annabel Scholey.

12.40 Golf: Women's Open Highlights

Action from day two at Royal

Lytham & St Annes. 1.40 Amityville:

An Origin Story (AD,BSL,R) 2.30 Andy

Burnham: The Laura Kuensberg

Interview (BSL,R) 3.00 Natalie

Cassidy: Caring Together

(AD,BSL,R) 3.30 This is BBC2

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain Morning

magazine featuring a lively mix

of news and current affairs.

10.00 This Morning Daily magazine,

featuring a mix of celebrity chat,

showbusiness news, lifestyle

features, topical discussion, health

and beauty advice and more.

1.00 News; Weather

1.20 Regional News; Weather

1.30 ITV Racing: Glorious Goodwood

Ed Chamberlin and Francesca

Cumani present coverage of day

four of the meeting, including

feature race the Qatar King

George Stakes, and four more

supporting races; Regional Weather

4.30 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals (R)

Compilation of some of the show's

most dramatic endgames.

5.00 The Chase (R) Bradley Walsh

presents as Joe, Becky, Nathan and

Sophie answer general knowledge

questions and work as a team to

take on one of the ruthless Chasers

and secure a cash prize.

6.00 Regional News; Weather

6.30 News; Weather

7.30 Abbey Clancy: Celebrity

Homes Abbey visits actress

Sheree Murphy's Cheshire

mansion and model and

entrepreneur Caprice's

family home in London.

8.00 Emmerdale (AD) Claudette

makes an admission, while

Charles is flabbergasted.

8.30 Coronation Street (AD)

Cassie runs out of second

chances with Steve and Tyrone.

9.00 The Twisted Tale of Amanda

Knox (AD) As Raffaele's trial

stretches into years, his

heartbreaking history unfolds.

He is pressured to separate

his defence from Amanda's

before the final verdict.

10.05 The Twisted Tale of Amanda

Knox (AD) After the verdict,

Amanda sinks into depression

and prison life. As her appeal

nears and new facts emerge,

she vows not to repeat the

mistakes of her first trial.

11.05 News (Followed by Weather)

11.40 Regional News

(Followed by Weather)

11.55 Inside the Langham:

Britain's First Grand Hotel

(AD,R) Wedding planner

Meir pulls out all the stops.

12.30 Shop on TV 3.00 Force of Nature

(AD,BSL,R) Andrew Lincoln

narrates a look at animals' battle

for survival as climate change

intensifies. 3.50 Long Lost Family

(AD,BSL,R) Helping a man who

came to London from St Lucia in

the 1960s. 4.45 Unwind with ITV

CHANNEL 4

6.25 Cheers (R) Triple bill.

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond

(AD,R) Triple bill of the sitcom.

9.10 Frasier (AD,R) Four episodes.

11.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

USA (R) Gordon helps to relaunch

a Southern cuisine restaurant.

12.05 Channel 4 News Summary

12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD,R)

Gemma turns an old television

cabinet into a luxury dog bed.

1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R)

A model and an electrician buy a

Grade II-listed building in Liverpool.

2.10 Countdown With Scarlett Moffatt

in Dictionary Corner.

3.00 A Place in the Sun (R) A West

Midlands couple seek a holiday

home on Lanzarote.

4.00 Narrow Escapes (AD,R) Joel heads

out onto the Bristol Channel in the

middle of the night.

5.00 Chateau DIY (AD,R) Nicole and Nick

struggle to install a kitchen before

the arrival of their first baby.

6.00 American Pickers (AD,R) While

combing through a collection,

Mike Wolfe finds a rare Ford.

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Surgery Secrets of the

Super Rich (AD) Joyce marks

her 60th birthday with an

endoscopic facelift. James has

electromagnetic body sculpting,

and Morgan undergoes a laser

procedure to tighten her jawline.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does

Countdown New series. Jimmy

Carr hosts as Jon Richardson

and Harriet Kemsley take on

Rob Beckett and Richard Ayode

in the words-and-numbers quiz.

10.00 Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits

Jimmy Carr feels the wrath

of Michael McIntyre, Fatiha

El-Ghorri, Harry Hill and more

as the perplexed panellists take

their quizzing qualms out on

the question master himself.

11.05 Sarah Millican: Thoroughly

Modern Millican Live (R)

Stand-up performance,

recorded at London's

hammerwidth Apollo during

the comedian's 2012 UK tour.

12.10 Ramy (AD) Comedy about a

first-generation American Muslim-

Arab living in New Jersey, starring

Ramy Youssef. 12.45 Ramy (AD) 1.20

FILM Fresh (2022) (8) ▲ Comedy

horror, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.

3.10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

USA (R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R)

(R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R)

(R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R)

(R) 3.55 Four in a Bed (R)

(R) Repeat. (HD) High Definition. (AD) Audio Description. (b/w) Not in colour. (BSL) British Sign Language.

Family viewing

Generally suitable for all

Caution recommended

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SITCOM LAUGHS

Ann Droid, 9.30pm, BBC1

AS WELL as tapping into the comic possibilities of robot Linda's jarringly literal take on the world, this is developing into a terrific ensemble sitcom as we get to know Sue's friends – and their own robots – better. This week, Sue and the charity shop gang head down to the seaside to help Tom (David Hargreaves) to scatter his cousin's ashes, and Linda proves unexpectedly useful in delivering a eulogy – after a couple of less appropriate attempts, that is.

FILM CHOICE

Chuck Chuck Baby, 11pm, BBC2

WINNER of a Welsh BAFTA, this romantic comedy, with the odd song and dance number, is an uplifting treat. Helen (Louise Bresley) works in a chicken factory, and her poultry life gets a boost when old friend Joanne (Annabel Scholey) returns to town, with the tantalizing possibility that their unspoken affection might finally take flight.

CHANNEL 5

6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Udo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Pony (R) 7.00 Paw Patrol (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.25 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 8.40 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R) 8.50 Kangaroo Beach (R) 9.00 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 9.05 Tim Rex in Space: Craft Party

9.15 Jeremy Vine

11.30 Storm & Alexis

12.45 5 News at Lunchtime

12.50 Matt Alwright Debate on the day's biggest stories.

2.20 Conceived in Lies (2024) (15)

Thriller, starring Holly Deweaux and Matthew James Dowden.

4.00 Castle (R) A Mob doctor is gunned down in the street.

4.55 Love Nature (R) The history of sea glass on Seaham beach.

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker

6.00 Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R) Cameras focus on Malta's most skilful boat pilots. Last in series.

6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Holiday Scams: Don't Get Caught Out (R) Alexis Conran and his team take on the scammers who target people's wallets when they're travelling.

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Michael Palin in Venezuela (AD,R) Michael starts the final leg of his adventure across Venezuela as he enters Zulia state. Last in series.

9.00 Britain's Killer Wave of 1607 (R) Scientists, geologists and historians examine the Bristol Channel floods of 1607, looking at whether the freak weather phenomenon that caused it was a storm surge.

10.00 Commonwealth Games 2026 Highlights from the eighth day in Glasgow, which saw gold medals awarded in judo, athletics and para athletics, plus track cycling and para track cycling.

11.05 Piers Morgan Uncensored: Will Al Wipe Us Out? The bold news and debate show hosted by Piers Morgan.

1.00 Cruise TV with LoveItBookit (R) 2.00 Shoplifters: Catch Me If You Can (R) 2.50 Malta: The Jewel of the Med (R) 3.45 Friends (AD,R) 4.10 Friends (AD,R) 4.35 The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5.5.35 Milo (BSL,R) 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington (BSL,R)

▲ Particularly liable to offend

Karaoke, happy hour, murder... it's a package holiday Death in Paradise!

BENIDORM'S back! The high-rise hotels, the tourists in crop tops with lobster-and-cream sunburns, the OAP racers on mobility scooters... go on, admit you've missed it.

Writer Ian Jarvis has pulled off a stroke of genius by snuffling the distinctive look and atmosphere of ETV's hit comedy drama and adding one tongue-in-cheek ingredient — a weekly homicide.

Benidorm Is Murder serves up the package holiday equivalent of Death In Paradise. Other serials have attempted similar ideas, such as Sky's A Town Called Malice, about a London crime family on the Costa del Sol, and Channel 5's cruise holiday mysteries, The Good Ship Murder.

But what makes this brazen copy so enjoyable is its familiarity. If you loved Madge and Mateo, hairdresser Kenneth, and swingers Donald and Jacqueline, in writer Derren Little's original Benidorm which ran for 11 years, you'll feel instantly at home here.

It's got karaoke, truculent hotel staff, shots of real holidaymakers under parasols on the sand, sticky cocktails, queues for the

WARTIME HEROINE OF THE WEEK: Harriet Walter was 'astounded' to learn, on Who Do You Think You Are? (BBCI) that her mother, Xandra, worked in Naval Intelligence, planning the 1944 D-Day landings. 'I had no idea,' Dame Harriet gasped. 'I thought she was just flirting with the boys.'

sunbeds, neon-lit booze dens, layers of identikit rooms overlooking a single pool, plus a weekly murder-by-numbers. This is an all-inclusive detective show.

It opened in classic Benidorm fashion with a cheesy tribute act performing singalong pop for punters guzzling Happy Hour beers. Four fat lads with Nineties haircuts, calling themselves Mis-Take That, were showing off their dodgy dance moves.

Only four, you ask? Who's missing?

One of the band later told police he was playing the roles of both Jason Orange and Howard Donald, 'because people could never tell the difference. I'm Joward.'

Without any statistical evidence to back this up, I suspect that, if you asked 100 people which Take That star they'd most like to see murdered, 97 would say Robbie Williams. And who'd be prime suspect? Gary Barlow, obviously.

Robbie ended up face down in the pool, and Gary in cuffs. The crime happened between 1.46am

N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS

BBC 3:45pm Watched By MD — Spotlight, Julian O'Neill investigates the surveillance of a journalist's phone records. 16.25 Chronicles of the Spences. Sean and his guide dog Denise read the annual hike to the peak of Mullighcam. UTV: 7.00pm UTV Life. 7.30 Hidden Northern Ireland. Cameras focus on a Derry landmark. 9.35 Kitsey Clancy: Celebrity Homes.

WELSH TV VARIATIONS

BBC 7.30pm Best of Weatherman Walking. ITV: 7.00pm Clash & Country. Cheesemaking, Reacher's place, and shark & Turtles. 9.45: 6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion a'r. Twyodd. 12.05 Pygged I Bowls. 12.30 Heroi. 1.00 1'2 Pymtown. 1.30 Dan Go. 2.00 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd. 2.05 Prystrawn Da. 3.00 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd. 3.05 5: Pin. 4.00 Awr Fawr. 5.00 Duroch. 6.00 Gerald's Funny. 6.30 Ddeodthd Genedlaethol 2026. 7.30 Newyddion a'r. Twyodd. 8.00 Sannach Gymnewlad 2026. 10.30 Gweizy Adunlad.

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LAST NIGHT'S TV

Benidorm Is Murder (Ch5) ★★★★★

and 1.47am. 'It only takes a minute,' mused one policeman.

John Hannah plays ex-copper Dennis, running a basement bar that serves warm ale and toasted sandwiches. He's got one regular customer, but that's all the excuse he needs to drink and watch TV

all day in his shorts, looking like an expat Inspector Rebus.

His sidekick is out-of-work actress Rosa (Carolina Becquer), who is helpfully obsessed with shows such as Midsomer Murders and Murder, She Wrote. According to the law of cosy

mysteries, there must also be a real police officer, who tries and fails to solve the case.

Benidorm Is Murder leaves no cliche unexploited, and so Ariadna Cabrol not only plays Sergeant Hernandez, but she's Dennis's on-off lover, too. He calls her 'a complete waste of taxpayers' money', and she snaps back, 'As if you paid tax!'

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PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

NORMAL, BPM, SKY PREMIERE

LIKE an American Liam Neeson, Bob Odenkirk seems to be one of those actors who have found a surprising second act in action movies. After Nobody and Nobody 2, now we have Normal, a 'neo-western' that re-teams the Better Call Saul star with Nobody and Nobody 2 screenwriter Derek Koldard (also the brains behind the John Wick movies) for a small-town tale with big action. Odenkirk – who co-wrote the story for this one – plays the new interim sheriff in Normal, Minnesota, a town that's

clearly far from normal. The mayor is played by Henry 'The Four' Winkler who, coming off the back of his turn in the dark comedy Barry's, seems like a great candidate to be behind some of the events. Suffice to say that Sheriff Ulysses (Odenkirk, pictured) is going to be at the centre of a whole heap of action in the movie's second half. Directed by Ben Wheatley as a kind of Fargo-style, slow-burn twist on John Wick, with Odenkirk as an appealingly noble sort at the centre of it all, this is a B+ instalment in the older-man action genre.

CLASSICAL CONCERT

Elgar At The Proms, 7pm, BBC4

PETROC (Vulawny presents a performance of Elgar's First Symphony by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. There's also archive of Shake, Karnish Mason tackling the Cello Concerto.

CARTOON COMEDY

Grimsburg, 9.30pm, Sky One

XON Hamm: lends his voice to this new animated series about a detective. Marvin Flate (pictured center), who returns to his home town to try to win back his ex-wife. His first case involves a missing teen and a headless body. It's a comedy, by the way...

WESTERN DRAMA

Walker, 5 & Paramount+

THE original Texas Ranger was, of course, Chuck Norris, who rode out as Cordell Walker for nine series in the 1990s. Norris's boots were always going to be hard to fill, but Jared Padalecki (Supernatural)

wore them well in this modern reimagining. Don't expect the action heavy martial arts and tough justice of the original, though. This Texas Ranger is much softer routed the edges. Norris's Walker was a Vietnam veteran and a lot of loner, while Padalecki's is a grieving widower trying to reconnect with his parents, brother and troublesome teenage children, while also hunting his wife's killers. The result is a sprawling family-focused saga with a large ensemble cast, mixing the Rangers' police work with a more introspective feel as Walker wrestles with his demons, as much as with the bad guys. Series one arrives on 5 today, with the remaining three to follow weekly.

TIME	BBC 4	E4	ITV2
	9 (Scot 24)	13	6
7.00pm	Elgar at the Proms from the 2026 Proms, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, who take to the stage for Elgar's First Symphony	The Simpsons (bart after a homeless woman the chance to live in his wardrobe	The Floor USA The reigning whale is challenged, and eight duels push ambitions, friendships and rivalries to the breaking point
7.30pm		The Simpsons (isa decides to be a vet
8.00pm	8.25 TOTP: 2000 Gall Porter presents the pop chart programme	Below Deck Down Under There's high drama on the Kalina when Johnny and a guest manage to flip a jet ski in dangerously shallow water	The F1s Club Quiz game show hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are all about logic and common sense
8.30pm	8.55 TOTP: 2000 Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme
9.00pm	9.25 TOTP: 1977 Bilt Showaddywaldts, Dana, Thin Lizzy and Bob Marley and the Walkers	Gogglebox: Celebrity Special for SIU2, Tom Daley, Charlotte Church, and Gordon and Tilly Ramsay join the regular cast	The Princess Diaries Princess nubs shoulders with royalty in Monaco, gets a matching tattoo with her brother Junior, and makes a big decision. Last in series
9.30pm	9.55 TOTP: 1983 Ar edition of the long-running music show from July 28, 1983		Family Guy Brian's girlfriend leaves him
10.00pm		American Pie 2 (2001,US) The teenage friends get together after their first year at college and set out to broaden their sexual horizons over the summer. Comedy sequel, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Seinn William Scott and Alvson Hannigan (To 12.00)	Family Guy Peter becomes obsessed with a song from 1963
10.30pm	10.35 Louis Armstrong in Concert The trumpeter performs during his 1968 British tour		Family Guy Part one of two, Peter tells a story spoofing Star Wars
11.00pm			American Dad! Stars I imaginary friend returns to collect a debt (To 12.05)
11.30pm	Louis Armstrong – Show of the Week A performance from 1968 (To 12.35)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

SECTION

Franchise 33 Sky 150

11.05am FILM. The Westerner. (1940) (PG) 1.00pm FILM. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. (1962) (3) 3.45 Trucking Hell. 4.00 The Motorway. 5.00 Motorway Cops. Catching Britain's Speeders. 6.00 Police Interruptions. 8.00 Motorway Cops. Catching Britain's Speeders. 9.00 Police Interruptions. 10.00 Cops. 11.00 The X-Files.

BBC THREE

Franchise 12 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Quiet Life. 7.10 Deadly 60. 7.45 FILM. Night at the Museum. (2006) (PG) 9.30 Ludwig. 10.30 Ghosts. Raiders. 11.00 The Blood.

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 132 Virgin 132

12noon The Upper Hand. 1.05 Friends. 9.00 Bradley & Barney Walsh Breaking Dad. 10.00 Jack Whitehall Gets Around. 11.00 Whole Line Is It Anyway? USA.

DISCOVERY

Sky 135 Virgin 137

12noon Building Off the Grid. 1.00 Dr. Bill Rocky Mountain Ver. 3.00 How It's Made. 5.00 Alaska Homelesses Rescue. 7.00 Last Chance Garage. 8.00 Gold Rush. Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan. 9.00 Expedition Files. 10.00 Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. 11.00 The Alaska Triangle.

E4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.05am Below Deck Down Under 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 Brooklyn's New West. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.

SSTAR (DAYTIME)

Franchise 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 11.05am Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interruptions. 5.00 Shaddlers: Caught Red Handed. 6.00pm Home and Away.

5 SELECT

Franchise 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12noon Air Creatures Great and Small. 1.00 Warden She Wrote. 3.00 Columbia. 5.00 Brunel. The Man Who Built Britain. 6.00 The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn: Inside The Tower of London Special. 7.00

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Taggart. 11.50 The Beckham Road. Truth & Law.

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Franchise 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 5.00 NCIS.

FOOD NETWORK UK

Franchise 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.05am The Great British Bake Off. 1.00pm James Martins Great British Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Great and the Virginia Bites. 5.00 James Martins Spanish Adventure. 6.00 Sundice Contours. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 9.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mediterranean Adventure. 10.00 Secrets of the Curry Kitchen. 10.30 Manner's Eats. 11.00 Diners, Drive-In and Dives.

GREAT! TV

Franchise 34 Sky 137 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Hanson Macbeth. 7.00 W'K'S'Y. 9.00 FILM. The Frozen Onions. (2012) (TS) 11.15 FILM. Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence. (1989) (TS).

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.30pm Dinner Date 1.10 Supermarket Sweep. 2.10 The Floor USA. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase.

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 10 Sky 135 Virgin 107 11.20am Heartbeat. 1.30pm Midwinter Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 4.10 Classic Companion Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.15am The Professionals. 11.25 Robin of Sherwood. 12.30pm Magnum. FC. 2.35 Dempsey and Makepeace. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 6.00 River Murders. 6.30 British Haunting Car Championship Highlights.

MORE4 (DAYTIME)

Franchise 18 Sky 126 Virgin 107 10.00am Four in a Bed. 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in

a Bed. 5.50 George Clarke's Old House, New Home. 6.55 Location, Location, Location.

NATL GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 183

11.00am Car 5/15. 12noon Ultimate Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Hitler's American Battleground. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt. 5.00 The Battle for Britain Drain the Oceans. 6.00 Liberation. 7.00 to Berlin. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 10.00 Mega Marine Machines. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

PBS AMERICA

Franchise 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am Clearing the Air. The War on Smog. 1.00pm America the Bountiful. 1.25 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 2.35 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 3.35 Ways of Power. 4.45 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog. 5.55 America the Bountiful. 6.25 Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall. 7.30 Pirates: Behind the Legends. 8.30 Hops of Power. 9.45 1945: The Savage Peace. 11.00 Pirates: Behind the Legends.

REALLY

Franchise 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Derbyshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.00 Home Town. 11.00 Celebrity Help My House Is Haunted.

SKY ARTS

Franchise 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12noon FILM. Agatha Christie's Sparkling Councle. (2001) (12) 1.55 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Seventies. 4.00 Discovering Peter O'Toole. 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year. 2.05 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 The Shop Boys: Dreamworld – The Greatest Hits: Live in Copenhagen. 10.30 Guy Leavey From the Vaults. 11.20 Gary Numan Resurrection.

SKY ATLANTIC

Sky 328 Virgin 101 10.10am Task. 12.30pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 2.30 Billions.

RADIO

RADIO 4

FM: SG4 94/0MHZ

5.00am News Summary.

5.04 The Briefing Room.

5.32 Weather.

5.34 Shipping Forecast.

5.43 Prayer for the Day.

5.45 Farming Today.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Desert Island Discs.

With cinematographer

Sir Roger Deakins.

10.00 Woman's Hour.

11.00 [ ] The Food

Programme.

11.45 Confessions of a

Performative Male.

12noon News.

12.04 Antisocial.

12.57 Weather.

1.00 The World at One.

1.45 Buried: Dead Rabbit.

2.00 The Archers.

2.15 Drama: Central

Intelligence.

2.45 Living on the Edge.

3.00 Gardeners' Question

Time. Expert advice.

3.45 Short Weeks.

4.00 Last Word.

4.30 Task. 6.45 True Detective Night Country. 9.00 Station Eleven. 11.00 Prisoner.

SKY COMEDY

Sky 153 Virgin 152

10.00am The Chair Company. 11.15 Wild & Grace. 12.15pm Avenue. 5.30 The Chair Company. 2.45 Wild & Grace. 3.45 Hacks. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Wild & Grace. 7.00 The Office. (US). 8.00 Hitmen: Reloaded. 9.00 John Bishop. 25 Tour: Live from Dublin. 10.45 Hacks.

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 124 Virgin 126

12noon On the Line: The Richard Williams Story. 1.30 My Icon: Kadsen Corbin. 2.00 FILM: Bobby Robson. More Than a Manager. (2018) (12) 4.00 The Directors: John Carpenter. 5.00 Discovering Ian McKellen. 6.00 FILM: Man on Wire. (2008) (12) 8.00 Rik Mayall.

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO

THE FOOD PROGRAMME, 11AM, RADIO 4

AN UNEXPECTED consequence of warming seas is that tons of octopus normally found in the Mediterranean are being caught by fishermen off the south coast of England. Jaega Wise visits Brixham fish market in Devon to see what's happening, and asks why we seem so

reluctant to eat them. Is it the tentacles, because we know they are intelligent, or just because they're difficult to cook properly? She also heads to வளாகை to meet a fisherman whose business has been seriously affected, and the chef who's come up with the 'octo-dog'.

• 4.30 Sideways.
• 5.00 PM: Weather.
• 6.00 Six O'Clock News.
• 6.30 Current-ish. Lucy: Porter chats through the headlines and beyond with Finlay Christie, Amy Annette and Christopher Macarthur Boyd.

• 7.00 The Archers. Harrison doesn't know where to turn.

• 7.15 Screenshot. Ellen E. Jones and Mark Kermode take a look at film and TV's enduring fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

• 8.00 Any Questionaire! Alex Forsyth chairs the political discussion from St Mark's Church in Clerkenwell, London.

Magnificent Bistard. 10.00 Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now. 11.50 FILM. Val. (2022) (12)

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 120

10.10am Junk & Disorderly. 11.05 Storage Wars. 12noon Combat Trains. 1.00 Salvage Kings. 3.00 Hardcore Faws. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Fonged in Fire. 8.00 Secrets of Great British Castles. 9.00 The Witches of Salem. 10.00 Gangland Chronicles. 11.00 Lone Star Law.

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon Big Car Country. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 SW.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 The Bluebird Live: Manchester Super Giants Men v Treet Rockets Men (Start-time 6.30pm). 9.30 Grimsburg. 11.00 Ricky Gervais Live: Animals.

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

11.00am Star Trek Enterprise. 12noon Star Trek Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse 13. 4.00 Stargate SCI-I. 5.00 Star Trek Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis. 8.00 Stargate SCI. 9.00 Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 10.50 The Walking Dead.

SKY WITNESS

Sky 137 Virgin 135

11.00am Bull. 12noon FBI. 2.00 The Booker. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 5.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 Chicago Fire. 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.00 The Bookie.

TLC

Franchise 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113

10.00am The Big Bang Theory.

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FREEVIEW PRIMETIME PLANNER

5

ITV3	ITV4	MORE4	SKY MIX	QUEST	U&DAVE	U&DRAMA	5STAR	5USA
10	26	18	11	17	19	20	32	21
6.55 Heartbeat An old farming feud between the Wainwrights and Alloops looks set to end in disaster	6.30 British Touring Car Championship Highlights Oil Bell presents action from the Elby, Mth and 50th races of the season	6.55 Location, Location, Location From Manchester and West Yorkshire	Star Trek: The Next Generation Troll's mother falls in love with a scientist from a planet where inhabitants are expected to die at 60	Antiques Road Trip The final outing for Charles Hanson and Ochuko Oji's seen one get to the bottom of a story of a naked lady	Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing From the River Test in Hampshire	7.20 Last of the Summer Wine The boys discuss life, love and women	GPc Behind Closed Doors Michael Lefler's ongoing pain in his side and new mum Jasmine worries about her post-partum bleeding	NCIS McGee's career and credibility are on the line when he investigates the deputy director for corruption
Doc Martin Norwood is happy when her parents pay a surprise visit, only to discover her mother has cancer — and is refusing treatment	Beat the Chasers — Celebrity Special Jonathan Ross, Edwina Currie, Edith Bowman, Stephen Brown and Eric Knowles take part in the quiz hosted by Bradley Walsh	7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud follows the progress of a commercial architect and his art director wills as they try to build the ultimate family home near York, inspired by a farm shed	Police 24/7 Officers rush to help a woman involved in a domestic dispute and a main threatens to jump off the side of a building	The Yorkshire Auction House A couple of Sherlock Holmes fans sell silverware, costumes and books after a flood hit their home	7.40 Would I Lie to You? With Richard McAdams, Kate Humble and Miles Jupp	Father Brown A visit to Churnmy's holiday camp leads to another murder mystery for the sleuthing cleric	Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts Cold winter weather causes a spike in admissions at Barnsley Hospital	NCIS A deadly alliance between a cartel and a mob boss leads NCIS to discover missing nuclear materials, forcing Parker to make risky choices
Doc Martin Louisa has problems at school, Al has a 'Large Whiskey' order, and Mrs Fishell seems to be having a delayed onset of mourning	Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads After a storm strands Dave Redmon, Lisa Kelly and Rick Yemm in Keylong, they face a perilous journey back over the Rohtang Pass	The Sommerdahl Murders Dan is deeply affected by a murder and delves into the crime on top of the Josefine Sunday investigation, but is frustrated when he comes under suspicion	Forensics: Catching the Killer How, in 1995, Vikki left her home to take the dog for a walk. Listen the dog returned home alone, signaling that something was wrong	The Repair Shop The team work on a gold marble clock won by the owner's parents in a big-knit dancing contest, a bookend and a 1020s mini microscope	8.20 (9) XL Extended edition, Josh Widdicombe, Asling Sen, Tony Hawks and Alan Davies attempt to answer Stephen Fry's range of questions on love and dwellings	Father Brown A visit to Churnmy's holiday camp leads to another murder mystery for the sleuthing cleric	999: Critical Condition A man is rushed in after being attacked with a machete, and as the medics fight to stabilize him, his blood pressure drops	Beauty and the Beast Gabe tells Cat that he knows the truth about Muirfield, but Vincent questions his motives for helping them
Grantchester A man is stabbed and killed by an unseen assailant while attending a speech given by his father	All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite Hard-fitting action from the world of All Elite Wrestling — the roster features world-class talent including Jon Mosley and Claudio Castagnoli (To 12.00)	24 Hours in A&E A couple arrive in ressa with their baby daughter, who is unresponsive and has a high fever (To 12.00)	Forensics: Catching the Killer in 1996, Jenny went out, looking forward to an evening with friends. This edition looks at how that night would ended in tragedy	The Repair Shop The team revive a German-English dictionary that belonged to a Jewish refugee nurse	Magsum P.I. 'C asks Thomas to take on a case to help clear the father of one of his football players, who is accused of murder	New Tricks Gerry and the team agree to help a man who believes his wife is still alive, even though she seems to have died 18 months earlier in an accident	A&E After Dark When Peter arrives at Hull Road left many with a high heart rate, Dr Chris and the medical team have to act fast to prevent him going into cardiac arrest	Beauty and the Beast Cat attends a service to commemorate the anniversary of her mother's death, only to discover she may still be alive
Grantchester With Violet gone, Sidney loses himself in drink		24 Hours in A&E A couple arrive in ressa with their baby daughter, who is unresponsive and has a high fever (To 12.00)	Star Trek: Enterprise Archer receives three Orion slave girls as a gift, but chaos erupts on board when the trio begin to toy with the emotions of the crew members (To 12.00)	How Do They Do It? How the street lamps of Venice are cast	Mantunt: Unabandoned New series, Drama anthology series about notorious FBI domestic bombing investigations (To 12.00)	11.20 Silent Witness Feature-length episode. Miki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral of a Lyell Centre intern murdered in a carjacking (To 1.55)	Trauma Room One A patient is spent into theatre after a stroke. Lorna is rushed in for emergency surgery after breaking her back (To 12.00)	Law & Order: Special Victims Died A man who was charged with rape but exonerated is drawn into a murder case (To 12.00)
11.50 Trial & Retribution Part two of two. With Victoria Smurfit (To 1.25)				How Do They Do It? How pilots train to perform death-defying acrobatics (To 12.00)		11.20 Silent Witness Feature-length episode. Miki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral of a Lyell Centre intern murdered in a carjacking (To 1.55)

■ YOUNG Swedish Yollinist Daniel Latskovich (pictured) is the soloist in Max Bruch's romantic Violin Concerto. He joins another great European orchestra visiting the Royal Albert Hall this summer for the BBC. PROMS 2026 (7.30PM, RADIO 3) the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. They also play music by Schumann and Haydn's Symphony No. 44, the slow movement of which the composer asked to be played at his funeral.

8.55 This Week in History.

9.00 Natalie Haynes Brands Up for the Classics. Natalie is joined by Islam Issa and Adam Rutherford to reveal the extraordinary scientific inventions made in Alexandria. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Wild Dark Shore. By Charlotte McConaghy.

2.00 George and Mandy's First Marriage. 3.00 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.00 90 Day Fiance. 11.00 Dr Purple Pepper.

U&ALIBI

Sky 109 Virgin 114 11.00am Hudson & Rex. 12noon Body of Proof. 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Nostlich Mysteries. 4.00 The Mentalist. 5.00 Hudson & Rex. 6.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway Private Investigators. 7.00 Private Eyes. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 10.00 Father Brown. 11.00 Private Eyes.

U&DAVE (DAYTIME)

Freeview 10 Sky 101 Virgin 127 12.20am Rick Shotra Spain. 11.30 Yukon Gold. 12.15pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing. 3.00 Martin Clunes. Islands of America. 4.00 Rick Shotra Spain. 6.00 The Hairy Bikers Mums Know Best.

11.00 American. Stories

breaking in the U.S. 11.30 A Good Read. With comedians Neeli Regan and Neil Delamere.

12midsnight News; Weather. 12.30 Confessions of a Performative Male. By Darren McGarvey. Last in series.

12.45 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 118 12.50pm Classic EastEnders. 2.00 Neighbours. 3.00 Pie in the Sky. 4.05 Looney. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

U&EDEN

Freeview 20 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon Greece with Simon Reeve. 1.00 Simon Reeve's South America. 3.00 Greece with Simon Reeve. 5.00 Bread.

U&GOLD

Sky 101 Virgin 124 11.40am Dad. 12.20pm Only Fools and Stones. 1.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.35 Dad's Army. 2.20 The Green Green Grass. 3.00 Are You Being Served? 3.40 Dad. 4.20 Dad's Army. 5.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 6.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.00 Dad's Army.

RADIO 2 FM. 68 90.7HGUZ

6.30am Sara Cox. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 DJ Spoony. 4.00 Angela Scanlon. 7.00 Michelle Visage. 8.30 Michelle Visage's Handbag Hits. 9.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Doors. 11.00 The Rock Show with Rick Astley. 12midsnight Ramesh Ranganathan. For the Love of Hip-Hop. 1.00 Tony Blackburn's Sounds of Soul.

RADIO 3 FM. 902.3 82.4MHZ

6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. Elgar's First Symphony. 4.00 Composer of the Week. Alice May Smith. 5.00 It Tunes. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. 7.30 E.C.S. BBC Proms. 2GB. 10.00 Late Junction. 11.30 'Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 5 LIVE

MW. 693 90.9KUZ

5.00am Salsa Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Chloe on Friday. 1.00pm Elis James and John Robins. 2.00 Matt Charles. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 Glasgow. 2GB Coverage of day eight. 10.00 Stephen Nolan. 1.00am Edward Advo.

7.40 Porridge. 8.20 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Firefly Towers. 9.45 The Office. 10.25 Not Going Out. 11.05 Colina Sandwich. 11.45 Firefly Towers.

U&W

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 125 12noon DIY 5GS. The Big Build. 1.00 Topping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers at Home. 6.00 DIY 5GS. The Big Build. 8.00 Few Wicks. For Dogs' Sake. 11.00 Gavin & Stacey.

U&YESTERDAY

Freeview 27 Sky 135 Virgin 129 12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Rangers & Cash Restoring Classics. 4.00 Secret Mail Boxes. 5.00 Auschwitz The Nazis and the Final Solution. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 Asia. 8.00 Some Mothers Do Are You. 10.00 One Foot in the Grave. 10.40 Rangers & Cash Restoring Classics.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT

Sky 403 Virgin 503

9.00am Live Women's Golf. The A.G. Women's Open Championship. Coverage of day two of the Major Championship from Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire. 7.00pm Live SPFL, Dundee United v Rangers (Kick-off Spin). Coverage from Tannacolice Park as the new season gets under way. 10.30 The Final Round. 11.30 Live Tennis. The Washington DC Open. Day five of the WTA 500 and ATP 500 event.

SKY PREMATURE AGUE

Sky 402 Virgin 502

12noon Premier League Review. 7.00 PL Stories. 7.30 Newcastle — the Entertainment. 8.00 Premier League Review. 10.00 PL Stories. 10.30 Gary Needles Soccerbox. 11.00 Premier League Years.

SKY CRICKET

Sky 405 Virgin 509

10.00am The Hundred. 1.30pm The Hundred Bitesize. 2.45 The Hundred Live. Manchester Super Giants Women v Trent Rockets Women

MOVES

FILM

Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 438 11.00am Anastasia. (1997) (U) 12.50pm Arabesque. (1966) (U) 3.00 Heaven Knows. Mr Allison. (1957) (PG) 5.05 The Emperor's New Clothes. (2001) (PG) 7.15 Daddy's Home. (2015) (U) 9.00 The Green Mile. (1999) (IR) 12.45am The Empty Man. (2020) (IR)

GREAT ACTION

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20 THERE is a

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WORDS can linger long after they were spoken. Encouragement can echo for years. So can criticism. Today's Moon invites careful reflection on what has shaped your thinking recently. There is an opportunity to reinterpret something that once felt disappointing. New information changes old conclusions. If an important discussion has been postponed, this is a good day to approach it with patience rather than determination. Life's mysteries don't have to be a puzzle. Let your horoscope provide the answers - call 0965 789 0310*

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PETERBOROUGH

email: pboro@dailymail.co.uk

It started with a spot of servant trouble...

NO DINNER TONIGHT

There'll be no dinner tonight,

Cook has taken flight Leaving the family in the lurch.

She's taken the cat And her very best hat, The one she dons for church.

And where is Goodman, That handsome new footman

Who's rather fond of Cook? He's not in the boot room, Nor yet in his bedroom. Perhaps he's slang his hook.

'What shall we do? We can't make stew,' Brays Rupert, the family heir. 'And what about tea At twenty past three?' Chirps genteel great-aoat Claire.

Big sister Mabel Strides in from the stable With a pungent whiff of horse.

Her mount was so frisky She calls for a stiff whisky, But there's no one to fetch it — of course.

Old Uncle Garth Installed by the hearth Knitting socks for his teddy, Shrieks 'If Goodman is gone Who'll ring the gong

When our dinner is ready?'

His twin brother Bunny Who thinks he's quite funny Always having a joke to crack,

Says 'Cook is so naughty, Her stews are too salty. I think I gave her the sack.'

Mabel shoots 'Get off that stool

You doolally old fool, Go search for that absconding pair.

They can't have got far, They don't have a car.' The family flounder in despair.

So a big hunt began In Land Rover, in van,

On foot, horse and pony carriage.

But sadly 'I was all in vain, The house was never the same

With talk of a hasty marriage.

Silence now from below stairs,

Only abandoned teddy bears,

The family have all moved on. No more croquet on the lawn,

Or soirees lasting until dawn, No servant bells or dinner gong.

An affluent couple wander through

The empty house with a view

To purchase their perfect home.

The agent says that back in the day

Two of the servants ran away And their fates are still unknown.

The pair laughed outright, With knowing delight, Recalling their elopement plan.

'That tale rings a bell - We remember it well,'

Say Mr and Mrs Goodman.

Ann Coward-Sale, SI Albans, Herts

Sign Language

STONE ME: Maths for beginners? Spotted in his local Lidl by Trevor Collins of Grimsby, Lincs.

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD nephew went for a walk with his grandfather. When Benji started to run ahead of him, Grandad told him to slow down, saying: 'I can't keep up with you because I'm old.'

Limerick

Mused Sir Keir: 'Though I've rightly deplored And poured scorn on the Upper House horde, As, with Burnham, I've thought

We need peers' support, I'll advise on more seats in the Lords.'

Jenny Grove, Richmond, Surrey

Benji stopped and thought for a minute, then loudly announced with great insight. 'You're not old, you're Grandad!'

Robert Evans, Chelmsford, Essex

Wordy Unwise

MY FATHER had a wealthy customer named Henry Beakbane who called round to bring Dad a cheque. Dad wasn't at home, so Henry asked my mum to tell him how pleased he was with the work. 'I will, Mr Beakbane, said Ma, becoming flustered. 'Don't worry, dear, easy mistake,' he replied. 'My workers call me that behind my back.'

David Taylor, Stourport, W. Mids

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■ ASTRONOMY - it's all written in the stars.

Warren Brown, Palmouth, Cornwall

■ CONSUMERISM on the wane? I'm not buying it.

Terry Harper, London E4

Joke

I'M TRYING to arrange a hide-and-seek contest but good players are hard to find. Ian Malcolm, Cardiff

Picture That!

PANCAKE PUSS: 'Can I have a number 18, please?' This sweet cat was observing the crepe menu in Lindos, Rhodes.

Ali Beaver, Rochester, Kent

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LETTERS

Business proposal

ANDY BURNHAM is the only politician to have spotted the obvious. This country doesn't produce enough and we can't survive by selling one another cups of coffee.

We don't need any more analysts, consultants, house plant therapists or comparison websites.

What we need is more Dysons and Bamfords. And the only way to achieve this (as banks have all but abandoned the business sector) is to offer all those people who are getting diddly squat on their savings a 5 per cent return if they invest, via a Government-backed scheme, in new manufacturing businesses for a period of four to five years.

Add some significant tax incentives and we might well see a repeat of the economic miracle that took place in the Irish Republic until 2007.

DEEKE GRAYSON, Winchester, Hants

Cats and dogs

FROM my long experience of having various cats and dogs sharing my house, one of each at a time, it's not Larry that Andy Burnham needs to worry about. One lightning claw on the nose and his poodle cross Axel would know who's boss in No10.

LIZ THOMPSON, Murcia, Spain

FURTHER to Beverley Durant's letter, I agree about the un-groomed state of Larry.

Can someone please look after the poor old thing. Larry is a national treasure and many viewers watch the political news hoping to see him, rather than whoever the PM is on that particular day.

JAGIT ASHTON CARVER, Poole, Dorset

Beyond stupid

HERE in Clacton, we have received our ballot papers. What a joke.

We feel we are being treated as total idiots: 34 candidates, 23 of whom don't live in our council area and four who don't even live in the UK.

As for Laurence Fox, he should stick to being Lewis's sidekick.

LESLEY and TREVOR DURHAM, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Top trifle

WITH trifle enjoying a resurgence (Daily Mail), those with a discerning palate will know that traditional sherry trifle never includes jelly.

In its simplest and best form, it has amarelli biscuits as a base in a glass bowl, then a pack of trifle sponges split in half, each half spread with good strawberry jam and placed face-down on top of the biscuits.

A carefully judged amount (150ml) of pale medium sherry is then poured over the sponges, followed by a pint and a half of either home-made or

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Straight to the

POINT

■ THE swimmer formerly known as Adam Peaty is definitely past his best.

BARRY CHANDLER, Exeter, Devon

■ LITTLEJOHN away again. He seems to have more holidays than Beatrice and Eugenie.

KEN HOWELL, Tewkesbury, Gloucs

■ THAT guillotine T-shirt is offensive to ALL Nigels.

NIGEL P. COOKE, Liverpool

■ HANNAH WADDINGHAM'S new beau looks more like Danger Man Patrick McGoohan than 007.

KEN HOBBINS, Birmingham

■ NEVER MIND seeing the backs of the Sussex children (Letters). I'd like to see the back of Harry and Meghan.

FRANK ALLEN, Rhode Barton, Dorset

■ HANG out the bunting! Call a Bank Holiday! Naga is leaving BBC Breakfast.

NICK WOOTTON, Wallasey, Wirral

Bird's custard, which is then allowed to set, preferably overnight.

Finally, a large carton of whipped double cream is spread over the top and decorated to taste. Delicious.

EDWINA SMART, Eastleigh, Hants

MY LATE mum made the best sherry trifle ever, although, as a member of a strict Nonconformist religious sect that disapproved of alcohol, she said she flavoured it with 'a little drop of Tiser'. Oh, and no jelly, ever.

RUTH BENNETT, Marchwood, Hants

Wrong orbit

IF MR S. JAMES of Stockport watched the International Space Station 'sink into the western sky' (Letters), someone on board must have thrown it into reverse.

The ISS travels from west to east.

R. TAYLOR, Witney, Oxon

Working people

IF THERE are too few jobs for young people, why doesn't the Government put the retirement age back to 65?

That would free up hundreds of

Extraordinary

MY WIFE BARBARA

By Ronald Edwards

I FIRST saw Barbara on a London Underground train in early 1952, when I was on my way to Kilburn. Some time later, when my friend and I were on a cycling trip to Windsor and stopped at a café on the Great West Road, I noticed the same girl I'd seen on the Tube.

'I've seen that girl before,' I told my mate. She and I got talking and I learnt that her name was Barbara and she and her friend were cycling to Bunnymede, so my mate and I decided we'd go there too. That's how Barbara and I got together - she was 15 at the time

and I was 17. We got married four years later.

Barbara was born in Peckham, South London, and grew up during the war. She told me her family was 'bombed out' five times. An only child, she was evacuated to the Gorhals in Glasgow, where she received very little schooling. She told me she wished she had more brains and less heart, but I think the Good Lord got it just right.

After a year as a married couple living with her parents, we moved to the house in Hornchurch, Essex, where we spent the rest of our married life and I still live. We had two sons - Jeremy and Timothy - and when they were small,

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Taking a technical path in education

WHAT a great idea, adding practical skills such as mechanics to the secondary education curriculum. It's almost as if Andy Burnham has realised that the Labour Party's policy of doing away with grammar schools and secondary moderns in the 1960s was a failure.

And perhaps we shouldn't mention Tony Blair's dumbing down of university entrance standards.

KIM RICHARDSON, Portsmouth, Hants

WHEN I was a first-year apprentice in 1962, I received 30 shillings (£1.50) a week. Out of this, I gave my mum ten shillings (50p) for housekeeping – in other words, food and board.

Taking the figures for Mr Burnham's idea of an apprentice salary of £289 a week meaning an £82 deficit in the family income, if the apprentice gave a third of their wages to their mum, as I did, there would be no need for the Government (taxpayers) to compensate the family.

P. MILLER, Ash, Surrey

MANY schools have successfully arranged work experience with local businesses for a long time.

I hope this idea does take off and I would suggest it also includes an

Hands-on training: Apprentices

option for gaining experience in the Armed Forces.

How it might be financed is another issue, although I would suggest savings could be made by removing many university courses that rarely lead to job opportunities.

The rising retirement age has also meant some jobs will not become

vacant, as older folk have to continue working for longer.

Add in the issue of young people's mental health and it is certainly a complex situation.

DAVID BECK, Waterlooville, Hants

MY GRANDCHILDREN trained through apprenticeships and have done very well, one as a heating engineer and one as an electrician. Both were with sole traders, worked hard through college and their apprenticeships and have good jobs. Speaking with others on their college courses, though, they reported that those apprentices who were with large organisations did less well, as they were treated more as general helpers, with less training.

The trouble is that for smaller companies, apprenticeships are no longer viable. The costs (insurance, reduced efficiency and so on) have risen considerably but the minimum wage is the killer. There is also the problem of transport, as invariably the youngsters have to be picked up and dropped off. It would help if apprentices could agree to a lower wage in the first two years.

BARRY GIGGINS, Windsor, Berks

thousands of jobs, and the older folk could have a well-earned rest after their many years of hard graft.

Or is that too simple?

DEREK SIM,

Stockxfield, Northumberland

Beastly tax

THERE is nothing new about a death tax. In early Scotland, it was called calp and meant that when you died, your 'best beast' (horse, cow, ox) went to your clan chief.

DEIRDRE BARRIE, Enfield, Middx

This charming man

I COULDN'T help noticing Dame Antonia Romeo, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, sitting next to Andy Burnham at a partly televised Cabinet meeting.

She seemed to be gazing at

the Prime Minister in barely disguised adoration.

Will Andy find his Seventies agenda easier to push through by switching on the macho Seventies charm?

JOHN RUTHERFORD, Sevenoaks, Kent

EVERY time Lucy Powell sees Andy Burnham, she looks as if she is about to swoon.

TOM O'LEARY, Leeds

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QUESTION Horses travelled from a number of countries to take part at Royal Ascot. Do they suffer from jet lag?

A STUDY at the University of Kentucky has shown that horses do indeed suffer from jet lag but not to the same extent as humans.

It is said that it takes us a whole day to recover for every hour of time difference. However, the study found that the recovery time for a horse is much shorter. If a horse has faced a six-hour time shift, its levels of melatonin would recover within just 24 hours, while its core body temperature would also return to normal within just three days.

Also helpful is the fact that the horses have very different sleep patterns to us, sleeping in short bursts rather than overnight as we do. A horse does a lot of its sleeping standing up, so it can travel smoothly by air and arrive having slept naturally and therefore probably not feel exhausted like we do.

The ability of horses to rapidly recover makes air transportation for races and events like Royal Ascot, the Badminton Horse Trials and the Olympic Games both feasible and a big business.

Before departure a horse needs a valid equine passport and health certificates to prove its vaccinations are up to date. Ahead of take-off the animals are also checked to ensure that they are fit to travel.

They are inspected by vets again on arrival and a period of quarantine is also imposed, sometimes both before travel and after arrival.

They fly inside jet stalls on board cargo planes which have little room for human passengers. However, highly trained flying grooms and sometimes vets will accompany the horses. They are there to keep the horses fed with hay, and watered.

The interior of the planes is climate-controlled but the grooms also ensure that their charges do not overfeed standing in their metal stalls, and that they stay as relaxed and calm as possible throughout the journey.

All in all it's not a bad way to travel – indeed one American equine trans-

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QUESTION Why are countries always referred to as female?

COUNTRIES are usually referred to as female because of historical motherland concepts, where the nation is seen as a nurturing, protective maternal figure.

Just as a mother gives birth to and nurtures her children, so a country is viewed as the birthplace of its people. Wars were fought to protect the homeland, which was often symbolised as a female figure that was in need of defending.

In the English language this personification has evolved from the Latin, where words for 'country' and 'land' were feminine. The same applies in French – la nation – and Spanish – la nacion.

For avoidance of doubt, Britain's unofficial anthem states 'Land of hope and glory, mother of the free'. France is 'la belle France' while Russia is 'Mother Russia'.

However in many languages a country is portrayed as a male figure. Fatherland exists in many Germanic and Slavic languages including German, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish and Czech. The German national anthem even makes a reference to 'fur das deutsche Vaterland'.

Those looking for less binary definitions for their country may be gratified to learn that 'homeland' is now becoming a more acceptable term in modern English, thus neatly avoiding the male-female divide. Failing that, try 'it'.

Susan Rice, Thurston

QUESTION Who was the smart alec who knew it all?

ALEC HOAG was given the nickname 'smart Alec' by New York police in the 1840s. A celebrated thief, pimp and con man, he ran a lucrative pickpocketing ring together with his wife, and successfully bribed a pair of police officers in order to protect the operation.

Hoag's wife Melinda would distract a victim in a brothel while Alec or his accomplice French Jack robbed the man of his money and his possessions.

The technique, known as the 'panel game', involved Melinda peeling off the victim's clothes and laying them on a chair at the head of the bed near a secret panel. Once she had the client in her embrace behind closed bed curtains, Melinda would cough and Alec would slip in through the panel and empty the victim's pockets.

Alec would then bang on the door pretending to be an aggrieved husband, forcing the victim to leave in a hurry through the open window.

However, after a while Hoag started to become greedy and he tried to cheat his police protectors out of their share of the loot. As a result he ended up serving a prison sentence – so perhaps he was not such a smart Alec after all.

Contrary to popular belief, smart alec, meaning someone who's too smart for their own good, is not related to clever dick or wise guy.

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Raspberry cake

A taste of summer. Serves 8

Ingredients

125ml sunflower oil, plus extra for the tin

175g self-raising flour

175g caster sugar

3 eggs

125ml 10% fat Greek yoghurt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 lemon, zested

200g raspberries

For the decoration:

icing sugar, to dust

100g raspberries

Method

1 Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas A. Oil a deep, 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin and line with baking parchment. Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl. 2 In another bowl, mix the oil, eggs, yoghurt, vanilla extract and lemon zest. Tip in the flour and sugar mixture and fold in until smooth. Gently fold in the 200g raspberries. Tip the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 30-40 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve topped with more raspberries. Will keep for up to three days in an airtight container.

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WITH summer holidays in full swing, it looks set to be staycation time for many as the EU customs queue chaos continues and we enjoy glorious weather here in the UK.

Some British families will be heading off to their holiday cottage or lodge while others might be renting one for a week or two – especially in seaside towns such as Scarborough and Salcombe.

But while the ultimate convenience might be rocking up to your own home, your paddleboards and beach towels ready and waiting, owning your own holiday property now comes with much higher costs than a decade ago.

This is highlighted by a drop in the number of UK second-home owners and a glut going up for sale.

Changes to stamp duty – a surcharge for additional properties was increased from 3 per cent to 5 per cent in 2024 – and also 100 per cent council tax premiums for second-home owners in some English councils, have made ownership more expensive. On top of the extra taxation are the increased costs of renovation and higher energy bills.

A survey by Sykes Holiday Cottages found that 71 per cent of homeowners who don't let out

their properties are thinking of doing so – so what are the true costs of ownership to consider?

Research from Equity Residences, a property co-ownership fund, suggests buying a second home in the UK for £2million can mean £1.2million of additional costs within five years. This consists of £370,000 in acqui-

sition costs (stamp duty, legal costs and a survey) and £83,000 in annual running costs (including council tax) with an extra £450,000 lost that might have been invested in ten-year gilts over five years.

This is before exit taxes, estate planning, renovation or furnishing costs.

A higher-rate taxpayer selling after a £400,000 gain could face an illustrative capital gains tax bill of around £96,000 while a single owner could face potential inheritance tax exposure of more than £670,000 on a property in the £2million-to-£5million range.

These are big numbers on a high-end property, but on a more typical holiday home, what sort of costs are realistic?

In 2002 Tim Milwood, who owns two properties in Weymouth, Dorset, used an inheritance from his mother to purchase Wolf Cottage, pictured above, a three-bedroom property near the harbour. 'Tired and dated', it cost £250,000.

What began as a holiday home for him and his husband David plus their two children became a successful holiday let, achieving 80 per cent to 90 per cent

by Liz Rowlinson

occupancy (through Sykes Cottages). Even after renovation costs, this means a yield of 10 per cent.

Each year, the costs are £4,000 on utilities, £1,000 on insurance, £6,000 on maintenance, £1,000 on accountancy and fees. With a high turnover of short-break guests, £12,000 goes on change-overs, £8,000 on commission to the letting agent and £1,000 in guest hampers.

The couple pay business rates rather than council tax and end up with £40,000 gross annual profit. They achieve the same with a second property, Otter Cottage, that they started renting last year.

Tim, 43, who works in advertising, says: 'We are very hands-on despite our day jobs, and love welcoming guests.'

He admits the loss of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax relief last year has 'tightened margins'.

With frequent changes of government, the owners of second homes – often blamed for the issues around local housing shortages – never know what taxation changes might be on the horizon.

This uncertainty has been seen in

Wales, where councils can triple council tax for second-home owners. There's also the increased stamp duty – known as Land Transaction Tax in Wales – with the tax payable on a £1.5million second home standing at £186,200.

The owners of lodges and caravan park homes do not pay council tax, so could this type of holiday property be more affordable to own?

Claire and Ray Duckworth, from Staffordshire, think so. They have bought a three-bedroom Luxury Lodge at Dylan Coastal Resort, in Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, where contemporary-style homes cost from £375,000.

After being deterred for years by the 'hidden costs' of buying a holiday cottage, they loved the idea of having fixed bills – and a means of recouping these.

They pay £13,000 a year – a £18,000 service charge, £2,000 for utilities and £990 for water and sewage. Rap, 63, says: 'We'll earn back the money we paid for the lodge in 13 years. We didn't set out to buy on a park, but living in an old farmhouse, I spend my life fixing things so was wary of giving myself more work.'

They will use their home for up to three months a year, renting it out in peak summer weeks which 'easily covers costs'.

The resort takes 30 per cent of the net rental income for managing the property, where annual occupancy is 80 per cent. That the property – on a 100-year lease – may depreciate in value does not bother the Duckworths.

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BANK of England Governor Andrew Bailey left the door open for an interest rate rise yesterday as he warned the world felt 'as uncertain and volatile' as it did when the US-Iran war erupted.

His comments came as the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 6-3 to keep borrowing costs at 3.75pc as the conflict drags on into its sixth month.

The split on the MPC widened after rate-setter Catherine Mann changed her mind and voted for an immediate quarter-point rate hike to

By Patrick Tooher

4pc, along with her colleagues Huw Pill and Megan Greene.

Mann blamed the 'collapse' of the US-Iran ceasefire, the 'widening of the Middle East conflict' and 'associated volatility in energy prices'.

Bailey (pictured) said holding rates was 'appropriate' even as global conditions became more 'inflationary' -- with domestic circumstances 'more benign'. He added: 'The world, particu-

larly the situation in the Gulf and Middle East, feels as uncertain and volatile as it did' earlier in the Iran war.

But he was at pains to stress the Bank was not on the cusp of raising rates to tame inflation, telling reporters: 'Please do not leave this room thinking the Bank is edging towards a hike, because there's nothing in what I said along those lines.'

Traders still think at least one rate rise is likely this year, although the chances of it at the MPC's next meeting in September were trimmed to less than 30pc.

Government borrowing costs fell, with yields on ten-year UK bonds dipping 5pc, reversing a spike seen a day earlier.

'The longer tensions in the Middle East

continue, the higher the risk of a policy shift in the coming months,' said Deutsche Bank's chief UK economist Sanjay Raja.

The Bank said it was 'standing ready to act' if conflict persists and inflation stays stubbornly above its 2pc target.

It now thinks inflation, at 2.6pc, will peak above 3pc in 2026 as typical household energy bills rise from £1,663 to £1,680.

But in its worst-case scenario, inflation tops 4pc next year if oil prices pass $100 a barrel. Brent crude is just over $90 now.

It expects economic activity to 'weaken slightly' in the next few quarters, with 'subdued' growth of 1.1pc this year. Unemployment -- at 4.8pc -- is forecast to go up 'gradually' to 5.1pc by the end of the year.

BAH loss demands 'clear pathway' to spending targets

By John-Paul Ford Rojas

THE boss of defence giant BAE Systems has called on Andy Burnham to set out a 'clear pathway' to achieve NATO spending targets as the new PM faces questions over his commitment to rearm.

Charles Woodburn welcomed Burnham's pledge to meet a Nato goal of spending 3.5pc of national income on defence by 2035.

But the Prime Minister has refused to agree to calls to hit a 3pc level by 2030, even as fears grow of an attack by Vladimir Putin's Russia on Europe.

Woodburn (pictured) told the Mail: 'I noted that the Prime Minister committed to meeting the Nato spending obligation of 3.5pc by the middle of the next decade. What we're all looking for is a clear pathway towards that.'

The comments will pile pressure on Burnham to set out in more detail how he will accelerate spending on keeping Britain safe, as threats grow.

New Chancellor John Healey previously resigned from the Government when he was Defence Secretary, saying he wanted Britain to achieve the 3pc target by 2030.

His appointment to Number 11 by Burnham has reassured industry chiefs. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has declined to commit to the 3pc target, but pledged he will not try to do defence 'on the cheap'.

The comments came as BAE, which makes fighter jets, submarines, warships and armoured

vehicles, revealed bumper half-year profits and upgraded its outlook for the full year.

It has benefited from a surge in demand since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and yesterday reported an 11pc rise in underlying profits to £1.7bn for the first half of the year, as sales rose 9pc to £15.8bn.

A surge in demand pushed the order backlog to a record £84bn, and it raised its full-year profit outlook, predicting an increase of 10 to 12pc, up from 9 to 11pc. Shares, already up by a fifth for the year to date, rose by a further 1.5pc, or 30p, to 200bp.

It came as Woodburn was yesterday joined by Burnham and

Streeting at BAE's shipyard in Barrow to announce a £5.9bn investment in the latest phases of funding for new nuclear-armed submarines, known as the Dreadnought class.

Earlier this year, the sector faced uncertainty after repeated delays to the Government's defence investment plan (DIP).

That was finally published last month, providing some reassurance for BAE, especially relating to the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a multinational fighter jet project involving the UK, Italy and Japan.

Woodburn said: 'We were pleased that the DIP is out and we were pleased with things like

the commitment to GCAP. It's day ten for the new premiership and the fact he's up here in Barrow with new Defence Secretary Wes Streeting. I think is really important. I think their presence speaks volumes of their support for defence.'

Woodburn said that at times it has been 'easy to drift into a degree of complacency' about the threats Britain faces.

But he added: 'I think that the British population now is much more aware of the threat that Russia poses, and some of our adversaries pose, to our way of life, freedom of speech and democracy, and the things that we all take for granted.'

Roll-Royce roars ahead as it defies travel fears

By Angharad Carrick

ROLLS-ROYCE has raised its full-year guidance after increased defence spending and demand for data centres boosted profits.

The aero-engineering giant reported a 46pc rise in underlying operating profits to £2.5bn in the six months to the end of June.

The FTSE 100 firm enjoyed higher profitability in all divisions, despite an 'external environment that remains challenging'.

It expects £4.7bn to £4.9bn profit this year, up from earlier guidance of £4bn to £4.2bn.

There had been concerns that air travel disruption caused by the Iran war would affect the group, which provides engines for Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 jets.

But aerospace division profits rose 31pc to £1.6bn as airlines

'External environment remains challenging'

recovered from the initial hit. Rolls also pointed to an improvement in its business aviation division, orders of £2.4bn and a backlog of £17.5bn, equivalent to more than three years of revenue.

Its power systems division saw the largest jump in profits -- up 72pc to £52.8bn -- reflecting strong data centre demand.

Chief executive Iufan Erginbilgic said: 'We are demonstrating that Rolls-Royce is now a very different company to that of the past.'

'We have unlocked new growth opportunities and created a resilient and diversified portfolio, with three strong businesses that can respond to changes in the external environment.'

Shares rose 6pc, or 83p, to 1463p.

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Time to take the bitter Pill

EXPECTING the smart economic minds on the Bank of England's interest rate-setting panel to forecast the out-turn of events in the Middle East is preposterous.

Erratic and mercurial leadership in the White House has meant the world is in permanent uncertainty since the war on Iran broke out in February.

The direct forecasts of mayhem from the International Monetary Fund, the Bank and elsewhere have proved wrong, and the conflict is not a repeat of the inflation seen after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Energy storage in the US and Europe, an easing of Russian sanctions and pipelines which circumvent the Strait of Hormuz all mean that the feared shock to inflation and growth has been muted.

Even so, with energy inventories running short, cooler weather to come and €2bn of lost farm output in a sizzling Europe alone, there should be no complacency. The Bank minutes illustrate the dilemma.

Consumer price inflation has been well above its 2pc target since midway through 2024 – even longer in the US.

The secondary impact of higher energy costs on everything from steel to food is the main complaint from businesses and

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consumers. Working against this trend is a looser labour market, which is unlikely to tighten anytime soon given the impact of AI on job creation.

Andy Burnham's Government will need to show a greater willingness to stand up to public sector pay demands than Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.

Comments from Bank Governor Andrew Bailey and the voting pattern on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) show which way the wind is blowing.

There are three interest rate-setters demanding action to raise rates, having had enough of wait-and-see.

The current MPC procrastination, and that of the US Federal Reserve, unwittingly adds another layer of uncertainty to

those managing businesses, taking out car loans or seeking a mortgage.

As much as one would like to see lower rates, to bolster the optimism generated by a change of Labour leadership, certainly ought to be the order of the day.

Wait-and-see postpones the evil day. Interest rates may not be much use in combating oil prices, but the warnings of the Bank's chief economist Huw Pill of upside price dangers are not to be ignored.

Bouncing back

AWAY from the guessing game about interest rates, some of Britain's biggest enterprises are in rude health, justifying the rise to a new FTSE 100 record this week.

The UK is short of tech stars. Arm Holdings escaped long ago, and data centre champion Segro is on the way out.

London's strength in defensive stocks such as oil, banking and defence is having a moment.

Shell is a major beneficiary of volatility, with its preferred profits measure doubling in the second quarter.

The volatility in oil and gas markets fuelled the gains.

The focus of chief executive Wael Sawan on ditching projects – some of them green – which don't pay their way, is helping.

Elsewhere, Lloyds Bank is aware its biggest competitors are not the other clearing banks, but tech newcomers such as Revolut, Apple Pay and Moxon.

Chief executive Charlie Nunn unveiled a £13bn four-year plan, which includes a big spend on AI, beefing up corporate banking and creating a smart wallet.

But it is much harder for legacy banks with a huge mortgage book and patched-up IT systems to compete in the digital and cyber space.

Revving up

ROLLS-Royce is among the most exciting blue-chips. Chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic presides over a remarkable recovery story in UK business, with an upgrade in operating profit expectations to as much as £4.8bn in 2026.

The group is a big beneficiary of higher defence spending and its pioneering work in autonomous propulsion and drone systems.

It is Europe's biggest player in small modular nuclear reactors, and is pressing the Government to get behind its effort to produce aero engines in the growing narrow-body jet market.

Investors have been rewarded with a 1,450pc rise in the share price since the nadir of Covid. Who would have thought?

Dipping into growth: Pop star Charli XCX customises a Magnum

MAGNUM sales have been boosted by heatwaves in Europe, but demand has melted away in the US due to the rise of fat jabs.

Sales at the ice cream firm, which owns the Cornetto and Wall's brands and was spun out of Unilever last year, rose 5pc in Europe, which has been roasting, with France and the UK doing very well.

Global sales rose 4.9pc over the second quarter, with revenues topping £2.5bn. Chief executive Peter Ter Kulve said: 'Our key

summer selling season got off to a strong start.' But in the Americas sales grew just 0.1pc, compared with 1.8pc year-on-year.

Bosses have tried to downplay the impact of weight-loss drugs which curb the desire to snack.

Ter Kulve said the market 'goes from strength to strength', driven by a shift towards products consumers see as having 'more calorie control'.

It said profits fell 14pc to £430m for the first six months of the year.

Bumper profits at Lloyds spark bank levy fears

CALLS for a windfall tax on banks were reignited after Britain's biggest lender posted bumper half-year results.

Pre-tax profits at Lloyds Banking Group rose 23pc to £4.3bn, beating expectations.

It was described by Shore Capital's banking analyst Gary Greenwood as 'a red rag to a bull' for those looking to hit banks with an extra levy to fund Prime Minister Andy Burnham's spending pledges.

However, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey appeared to rule out an indirect windfall tax.

Lloyds' finance director William Chalmers said conditions have been 'very benign' as banks gain from higher-for-longer interest rates.

These have lifted net interest margin – the difference between what they pay savers and charge borrowers, and a key measure of profitability.

Lloyds also announced a 30pc dividend hike, a £1bn

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share buyback and targeted a chunky 20pc return on capital by 2030.

Some politicians want to tax lenders more as profits swell.

They point out that banks make around £20bn a year risk-free in interest on cash reserves that they hold at the Bank of England.

Some think the Bank should

'A red rag to a bull'

trim the interest rate it pays banks, raising billions for the Treasury and taxpayers, who underwrite the scheme.

But Bailey said that would hit the real economy. 'Interest rates on reserves is a key anchor for the monetary transmission process,' he said.

'We need that rate to be aligned with the decision of

the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee)' that sets the base rate, he added.

Greenwood said: 'A direct tax on (banks') profits seems more likely.'

This could mean raising the 3pc surcharge big banks pay, on top of the 20pc corporation tax rate, which if it hits 8pc would net £9bn over four years, says the TUC.

Lloyds chief executive Charlie Nunn said a windfall tax was 'a decision for the new Government', and that the bank was 'at the heart of the UK's prosperity, lending 98p in every pound deposited'.

Lloyds said it wants to cross-sell more savings, loans and insurance products to core customers by investing £13bn to improve digital services, including a new 'smart wallet' for debit and credit cards.

Nunn left the door open to further branch closures, saying that it would 'follow customer data'.

New BP boss to slash 700 jobs

BP is set to slash 700 jobs as part of a major shake-up.

It will cut roles in its upstream division – the discovery and extraction of crude oil – but not front-line roles such as technicians, staff were told in an email.

The aim is to streamline BP and boost returns amid signs of 'potential oversupply and lower oil and gas prices'.

New boss Meg O'Neill is leading a pivot

back towards fossil fuels after a disastrous renewable energy drive.

She has said her restructure will create a 'simpler, stronger, more valuable' firm.

BP has come under pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management, and former chief executive Murray Auchincloss stepped down after less than two years. Recently, chairman Albert Manifold was axed after just eight months.

Fury over Shell oil price windfall

SHELL has been accused of 'pure corporate greed' as surging oil prices caused by the Iran war helped profits double.

Brent crude has risen from $72 a barrel to past $100, and is currently around $90.

That has delivered Shell's second-best quarterly results over, with profits rising 128pc to £7.3bn over the three months to June 30 compared to a year earlier.

Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, a motorists' advocacy group, said: 'This is pure corporate greed. Oil fat cats are laughing all the way to the bank as hard-working families, van drivers and hauliers get clobbered at the pumps.'

Simon Francis, at the East Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: 'Shell makes more profit in a minute than most earn in a year.'

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	52-week	High	Low
Aerospace & Select
Aslan Martin	30	+4	85
BAC Systems	2550	+28	2261
Cheering Op.	5881	+10	6222
Grand J.	497	+8	5
Rolls-Royce	1402	+45	1034
Genor	4974		611
Eagle
Beach Bartender	1054	+28	1550
Barclays	1154	+18	1204
ASBC Ridge	1587	+28	1587
Lon Finance	11590	+45	11770
Louis Sterling	1724	+4	1724
Milton Mims	1171	+14	1174
NetMort Group	8824	+18	8824
Star-Charmer	2318	+28	2358
TBC Bank	4935	+172	5160
Eating & Nutrition
Bear Wild	848		716
CBC Group	1224	+1	1124
Coca-Cola HBC	1080	+5	1170
Doyen	19474	+34	21121
Chemicals
Coats Inhal	2277	+31	2271
Domestic	1774	+24	1754
Johnson Nut	23504	+28	12580
Intron	780	+3	784
Underground & Service
Ballot Shade	874	+28	890
Beacon	2274	+2	2271
Genial Group	2764	+8	381
Gratton Op.	8684	+14	8824
Boboh	84	+4	1404
Keller Group	5380	+68	5444
Ken Group	2514	+7	2521
Marshall	1654	+44	2381
Moakler	817	+11	772
Electricity
Over Up	745	+41	818
ESIC	2347	+25	2757
Electronics & Electrical Equipment
Bear	22740	+104	4428
Bergen Advanced	238	+81	4243
Colect Instruments	27400	+64	2322
Revolver	6933	+75	5453
Electric Equipment & Services
D-Windercabin	3854	+8	3844
Aladdin Steel Club	1696	+4	1706
AL Bell	598	+61	643
Alliance Wave	1328	+12	1261
Allure Tech	698	+8	758
Almea Halls	253		2851
All Global Trust	255	+1	2721
Bailie Giff Japan	1022	+24	1022
Bailie Giff US	308	+6	3861

TOP RISERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Ceres Power	347.2p	+11.24%
Mondi	875.6p	+10.92%
Ocado	211.6p	+8.51%
Raspberry Pi	665.5p	+7.25%
Rolls-Royce	1463p	+6.01%

TOP FALLERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Rentokil Initial	352p	-20.60%
WPP	299.7p	-6.93%
RELX	2675p	-6.92%
Hays	60.3p	-6.72%
LSEG	8606p	-6.44%

	52-week	High	Low
Renewable Hits	71.4	+1	83.4
HT Cap Premium	3582	+25	2356
Schroder	1381	+16	1688
Schroder Oriental	424.4d	+11	439
Soul America Int.	559		559
Scottish Mortgage	1215	+1	1545
Secured Econ Hits	86.4d	+4	85.4
Territories	108	+7	108.4
Terrytown Em.	297.4d	+21	330
Terrytown Int.	527.4d	+1	1104
Unkown Siren	707	+15	648
House Healthcare	377	+4	400
Modern Ventures	6151	+51	6138
Monks In The	1500	+8	1600
Morgan Group	4445	+84	5335
Money Inc. Tax	1020	+4	1024
Money Int. Tax	367d	+3	370
Newberger Private Educ.	1400d	+10	1632
New Energy State	48.4	+4	77.4
Money One	2174d	+24	2594
Online Capital Inc.	1257	+2	1378
Pacific Horizon	1002	+6	1252
Panther Hlth.	1124	+4	1104
Panther Int.	2851		4671
Partners Group	593	+4	942
Parks Private	810d		942
Partners Square	3720	+20	5006
Personal Assets Tr.	1124		1304
Polar Cap St.	2481d	+4	202
Polar Cap Tech.	5111	+14	7224
Polar Street	845	+5	864

	52-week	High	Low
EDC Efficiency	38.4	+4	63
Exhibit Bar	422	+11	422
TP CAP	345.4	+3	355
JPG Pressure	538.1	+4	584
Health Care Equipment & Services
Genetics	2334	+14	2334
Oxford Biomedica	345	+19	810
Smith & Night	1188	+20	1428
Save Health	2341	+4	248
Direct Additions
Barrett Redraw	2181	+14	4304
Serves	2018	+23	2968
Solubility Grp.	3928	+58	4434
Clear Nicholson	62.1	+4	1084
Pearson	1111	+8	1543
Spray Wroops	83	+4	116
Subtotal Transportation
Cartoon	4728	+10	4682
Zippo	468	+3	473
Materials
Memphis	731	+8	838
Goodwin	1690	+223	2308
Hill & Smith	2980	+25	3345
Bill	2948	+85	3592
Metrojet Int.	47.6	+5	601
Wnt Magneda	2885	+105	3346
Boboh	486.4	+4	488
Smiths Op.	2642	+43	2746
Spray Group	6982	+65	7060
Valuvia	304.4	+4	322
Weir Op.	2754	+6	3546
Leisure Goods
Juniors Woodings	1942d	+100	21045
ME Group	111.4	+1	218
Martinez of Deutz	744	+29	801
Life Insurance
Accident Group	2284	+14	281
Aviva	695.4	+8	702
Legal & General	330	+4	305
Prudential	1155	+38	1230
St James Plaza	1580	+4	1555
Standard Life	921.1	+16	922.1

	52-week	High	Low
Media
Argonics	4200	+2	4438
Australian Group	529.4	+4	838.4
Bloomsbury	625d	+5	672
Altoma	813.4	+8	893.4
ITC	4	+8	6.4
Army Group	2871	+11	2115
Pearson	1202	+21	1328
REX	2675	+18	2854
Rightsway Group	458.4	+21	625.4
Jaher	289.4	+21	403.4
Library
Anglo American	2728	+124	4225
Aridogasta	3754	+155	4403
Anderson Mining	3025	+68	1292
Assoids	2522	+41	4448
Genocera	539	+18	816
Archerfield Mining	438	+24	808
The African Numerous	85.4	+2	100.4
Jaher	1218	+10	1224
Health Insurance
Alamari Op.	3780	+18	3832
Beaching	1300		1206
Peace	3416		1389
Leicestershire Hldgs	833.4		834
Oil & Gas Products
BP	943.4	+4	908.4
Emergent	742	+7	1028
Harbor Energy	255.4	+4	316.4
Hunting	440	+8	521
Black Energy	342	+2	285.4
Peat	3218	+4	3393
Oil Equipment & Services
Allied Oil	2524		2524
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Aviva Science	1272	+14	1542
Genus	2244	+18	2172
GSW	1940	+67	2269
Hearn	3884	+74	4104
Henry Pharma	1504	+36	1928
Global Narcotics	113.4	+74	219
Health Services	1250	+8	1054
Real Estate
Big Value Op.	888.1	+1	1180

	52-week	High	Low
British Land	442.4	+4	442.4
General London	2118	+24	2154
Georges	175.4	+14	211
Griff Portland Est.	333.4	+4	374
Hymenem	368.4	+4	374
Harworth	125.4	+14	188.4
Lord Securities	721	+11	721
Lordsville/Scot Prop.	188	+4	215
Primary Hlth Prop.	86.4d	+4	108.4
Salemian Wggs	1170.4d	+24	827
Garlic	508	+3	1108
SEOPAC	368.4	+24	807.4
Parliament	148	+24	1024
Sinus Real Estate	86.4d		111.4
Supermarket Inc.	86.4d	+4	88.4
Target Healthcare	114.4	+14	118
TR Property IT	317.4d		381.4
Tribe Big Box	171	+4	172.4
Usine Group	345	+12	372
Winnow Inc.	347.4d	+14	432
Bargalines
AD World	88.4d	+1	113.4
AD DC	215.4	+21	387
ASBC	2074.4d	+4	2014
Stutbury Op.	1194	+1	1380
Curry	168.4	+4	168.4
Dr. Marlons	77.4	+4	99.4
Garman Op.	890	+8	1247
Passers Group	811	+4	815.4
Gregg	2532	+20	2343
Howden Johnson	788	+2	870
Schwepp	654.4	+14	880
St. Goldsmithson	2004	+14	2154
Kingdollar	309.4	+14	375.4
Marks & Spencer	439.4	+4	413.4
Morning	278.4	+14	278.4
Next	1024.4d	+65	1002
Oracle Op.	2111.4	+104	2054
Pink at Home Op.	215.4	+5	238.4
Samukary D.	303.4	+24	309.4
Cliff Group	205.4	+4	211.4
Teach	492	+8	521.4
Win Smith	445		1055.4
Witnes Group	196.4		259
Software & Computer Services
Alta Financial	162.4	+15	1542
Auditor Tech	401.4	+18	402.4
Waltz Classifieds	203.4	+6	367
Zotter Technology	405.4d	+4	427.4
Computers Inc.	471.4d	+4	488.4
Delaware	178.4		178.4
Kansas Op.	888.1	+21	1160
NCC Grp.	142.4	+14	157.4
Playtech	387.4	+2	458.4
Salbut	1940	+27	1987
The Sage Group	367.4	+24	1202
Trusco	175	+8	205.4
Support Services
Bascoid Int.	1125.4	+14	1502

	52-week	High	Low
Pared	2788	+8	2820
CCC Energy	6330	+2	6355
Diploma	7720	+202	7830
Deantrix	108	+4	113
Experian	2888	+178	2882
Pepsi	82.4	+4	84.4
Herbie Op.	5835	+5	5857.4
Intl Workplace Op.	169.4	+24	249.4
Johnson Service Op.	150.4	+24	170.4
Michael Page	167.4	+6	273.4
Wite Group	2084.4	+4	210
Marble Hlth	822	+6	1384
US Group	7011	+14	7321
Sunco	247.4	+24	324.4
Wines	2020	+24	264
Texas Perkins	560.4	+8	714
All A.D.	100.4		108
Technology Hardware & Equipment
Innovatell Op.	771.4d	+2	782
GB GROUP	2278d	+5	259
Daugherty Pl.	683.4	+6	1051
Expert Comms	168.4		108.4
HVAC Inc.
Artek Hlth	347.4	+4	425.4
BT Op.	249	+14	228.4
Harbor Comms	648	+18	1108
Global Towers	249.4	+24	249.4
Vacuum Plus	648	+12	1028
Goldline Op.	1110.4d	+24	1221
Advance
Av Ive Op.	4588d	+118	4882
Apparel Brands	294.4	+87	334.4
Brown & Loewe
Compass Op.	3244	+4	2858
Dominica Picos	205	+4	246
Angiell	624.4	+124	880
Impar	1551	+104	1204
Pat&Coop	1876.4d	+24	232
Hollywood Bowl	287		307.4
Insecoid Hlth	161	+4	1030
UK Cons Air	438.4	+64	468
Midwells & Bollers	280	+4	301
PPHE Insign Op.	1180	+4	2060
Opeline	242.4	+24	355
Rechenpum (JD)	773	+3	775.4
Whitehead	2527	+1	3276
Roy Air Wggs	1071	+2	1447
Utilities
Carmina	152.4	+24	218.4
Decker	45.4	+4	58.4
National Grid	1166.4	+8	1400
Denver	484.4d	+14	830
Green Text	3028	+28	3281
United Utilities	1380.4d	+1	1467

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8:69</ 64 Daily Mail Sport COMMONWEALTH GAMES Daily Mail, Friday, July 3, 2026 Gone to make one of Glamour's sport games TO T'ince the Finniston Crane was in action have Glasgow's docklands witnessed such large masses of metal being thrown around. Emily Campbell, with lions woven into four red and white hair, shifted 278kg — 115 in the search and 163 in the clean and jerk — to retain her Commonwealth title with a record Games lift. On the hands of the River Clyde, England's Olympian showed her adoring fans why she is regarded as the sport's great entertainer. She blew kisses to the crowd and told her rivals there is 'life in this old bird yet' before collecting her gold medal from NIK SIMON in Glasgow the Duchess of Edinburgh. It takes thousands of calories to fuel a weightlifter and next month Campbell will continue to fly the flag for her sport when she takes part in Celebrity MasterChef. 'MasterChef is definitely more nerve-racking!' she laughed. 'It's really nice for me to do something without being Emily the weightlifter, to just do something as Emily. 'My signature dish is Caribbean and that's all I'm going to give you because I want you to watch it! It's weightlifting in, another time for us to have that spotlight on us.' At 32, the weightlifting game is beginning to take its toll on Campbell's joints. Olympic gold still eludes her but she is yet to commit to competing at Los Angeles 2028. 'We've got to look at the practicalities of LA,' she said. 'We have to do a slightly different qualification process from other sports. We've got to look at that and if we can get our body through. 'I would want to be in contention for a medal, so we want to make sure that's feasible. We have to be very sensible about decisions and hopefully you'll see me there. 'But for now, we enjoy what happened. We have some good food, maybe a few drinks. We're out in Glasgow!' Metals and metal after a new chair came in ENGLAND'S Ellis Kottas was left 'low-key traumatised' at the prospect of losing her silver medal after Commonwealth chiefs ordered a re-race following a mass wheelchair crash. Four of seven racers finished the women's T54 1500 metres final on Wednesday after four crashes, three overturned wheelchairs and a disqualification. Scotland's Melanie Woods finished first in a Games-record time of 3min 33.39sec but yesterday the athletes were told they must race again. Kottas (below) said: 'While I'm low-key traumatised, if I'm going to win a medal I want to do so on my own merit, so I will go out and give it all I've got. If I don't win a medal, so be it. I'll still have the incredible memories of lifting that England bag. NIK SIMON 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90. 90.[{"box_2d": [47, 666, 946, 672], "label": "text", "caption": "1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 CRICKET | Daily Mail Sport 65 Captaining England was 'unhealthy' for Root last time. Has anything changed? JOE ROOT acknowledged yesterday that he had taken on 'a difficult but hugely rewarding job' after being reappointed as England Test captain. Perhaps the water passing under the bridge since he quit four years ago emanated from Lourdes rather than Lord's, because it appears to have had healing properties for a player who said his relationship with the captaincy had become 'unhealthy' and felt like a 'big weight' on his shoulders. So, what exactly has changed for Root? The most obvious answer is the environment. For the final 17 of his record 64 appearances as England captain between 2017-22, cricket had become joyless for the Yorkshireman as he lurched from one sterilised Covid hotel to another. Basball reconnected him to fun. After succeeding Alastair Cook from a shortlist of one nine years ago, there was an inescapable feeling Root was the only suitable man for the job. Yet, hiding in plain sight was a much more dynamic, attacking and at times maverick alternative in the form of Ben Stokes. And it was Stokes who provided liberation, teaching Root that even players in positions of responsibility could be free and that mistakes need not be millstones. That is why those close to him and the England team feel Root 2.0 will be different. Root made plenty of mistakes towards the end of his first stint in charge. A well-meaning but poorly executed rotation By RICHARD GIBSON policy, designed to protect premier players from burnout, left the wrong horses picked for designated courses, such as when Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad were omitted from the first Test at the Gabba in 2021 and England then batted first. Public criticism of those two bowlers' lengths in Adelaide, and their subsequent axing by Root poised to get captain's job THE FORWARD OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP The first time was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man who was a 10-year-old man Heard it here first: how we broke the news last month Andrew Strauss for Root's last-chance saloon in the Caribbean, contributed further to the disharmony. Root's tactical decisions also left him open to criticism, such as bowling Jofra Archer for 42 overs in a single innings in Mount Maunganui in 2019. Such was his longevity, he is simultaneously England's best and worst captain statistically: winning 27 and losing 27. There were times, such as the victory over India in Chennai in February 2021, when it seemed Root's team were on to something, but either side of that the elusive success over Australia all England captains crave failed to materialise. A caveat is the fact Root did not have Stokes for the 2017-18 tour Down Under, and the Durham all-rounder wasn't at his best in the build-up to 2021-22 either after physical and mental difficulties. Covering for Stokes' absence is the main issue facing Root now. He will work with interim coach Marcus Trescothick for the series against Pakistan from August 19, because Fleming — England's second choice to replace Brendon McCullum after Andy Flower turned down the role — has been granted a delayed start date so he can spend time with his family in New Zealand. The ECB went for Root so as not to overburden another Yorkshireman in Harry Brook — England's biggest match winner — during a 12-month period which culminates with the 2027 Ashes. This is despite the fact Brook led England temporarily to the top of the Twenty20 rankings this month, and resuscitated their 50-over form with consecutive series wins over Sri Lanka and India. Mark Butcher led the criticism from former England players yesterday, calling it a 'retrograde step'. But with the Root-Stokes axis now a thing of the past, a triumvirate of Root, Brook and Jacob Bethell has developed in the dressing room, and it would be no surprise if one of the other two took over the Test armband once next summer's Australia series is out of the way. No one knows where England will go from here but, in a re-energised Root, the ECB are hoping they have left the team in safe hands. Ton up: Root enjoys his century on debut as captain in 2017 GETTY O'Brien hopes Diamond will dazzle Paris DIAMOND NECKLACE sparkled in the Goodwood sunshine to land the Group One Qatar Nassau Stakes yesterday and could be poised to strut her stuff in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Aidan O'Brien's filly extended her unbeaten career record to six with a routine two-and-three-quarter-length victory over Friendly Soul under Ryan Moore, encouraging her handler to dream of Paris in October. O'Brien said: 'Diamond Necklace is a lovely filly who has danced every dance.' RACING SAM TURNER at Glorious Goodwood This was up to a mile and a quarter against older fillies, so we did not really know what was going to happen, but we wanted to put on pace to find out. 'She has options now, whether she stays at this distance and goes to the fillies' race in France, or to Leopardstown or an Arc trial. She is a great cruiser and progressing well. Diamond Necklace had only once raced over more than a mile and the Arc would be longer still at a mile and a half. However, O'Brien feels a shot at the Paris showpiece is possible. 'I do not know how far we ask her to go, but the next run will tell us where she is going,' he added. Moore was equally enthusiastic, saying: 'That is the best Diamond Necklace has felt. I think 10 furlongs is probably her optimum, but with those classy horses, they do everything right, so there is a chance she would stay further.' The combination recorded a double in the Group Two Markel Richmond Stakes with Man's Best Friend. O'Brien's son Joseph got in on the action courtesy of Enceladus in the Group Three Gordon Stakes. Billy Loughnane, hero of day two when winning the Sussex Stakes with Bow Echo, came crashing back down to earth yesterday when Savvy Disco clipped heels at the furlong marker and fell in the first race. Thankfully, both horse and jockey were fine and Loughnane rose from the canvas to partner Avalon Queen to victory in the seven-furlong maiden. SPORT IN BRIEF CONFERENCE LEAGUE 2nd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg BALLKINS... (3) 2 BOISEMANS... (3) 2 App. 4-4. Boisemans win 3-4 on penalties. COLERBANE... (3) 8 KIL... (2) 3 KIL win 3-5 on aggregate. DEBBY CITY... (3) 8 RUSSIA... (2) 1 Russies win 3-5 on aggregate. HILLSBORO... (3) 8 METHERFIELD... (2) 3 Methership win 3-5 on aggregate. HOBBY... (3) 4 MALISBURG... (2) 1 App. 4-5. NOMME KALAU... (3) 2 SHELBOURNE... (2) 1 Sholes are win 3-4 on aggregate. THE JC... (3) 1 RUSSIA RALEIGH... (2) 8 App. 1-2. First Sides win 4-2 on penalties. CRICKET THE HUNDRED - Group Stage: Utilita Bowl Men, Southern Brave City 4-1 (50 men), Birmingham Phoenix 116-4 (100 balls), Southern Brave win by 12 runs. ONE-DAY CUP - Group A: AD Farington, Lancashire 220 (451 overs). Nottinghamshire 189 (451 overs). Lancashire win by 31 runs. RUGBY LEAGUE BETRED SUPER LEAGUE HOBBYFIELD... 22 HULL... 16 TODAY'S ACTION (14-16 wickets started) WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Ranobre Unit v Rangers... (3,4) Live on Sky Sports Main Event CRICKET - The Hundred: Manchester Super Giants v Front Rockets (2nd) for Bowl, Men 6.30pm, Women 3.25. One Day Cup - Group A: Gloucester-Viltre v Surrey (Bristol, 3.00pm), Kent v Somerset (Canterbury, 11.00am), Northamptonshire v Leicestershire (Northampton, 11.00am). Group B: Derbyshire v Glamorgan (Neyton, 9.00am), Essex v Hampshire (Chelmsford, 9.00am), Worcestershire v Middlesex (New Road, 9.00am), York-Viltre v Durham (York, 9.00am). RUGBY LEAGUE - Betfred Super League: Hull K R v Bradford, Leeds v Toulouse, Leigh v Wigan (All 8.5). 66 Daily Mail Sport FOOTBALL Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 INTERVIEW Kieran Gill in Sydney OUR interview with Sandro Tonali is over, but as we shake hands, we correct Tottenham's £100million summer signing. Earlier in the conversation, Tonali explained how nice it was that he was now getting to speak in Italian — with his new manager Roberto De Zerbi, his assistants and team-mates such as Guglielmo Vicario and Destiny Udogie — after three years of only using English at Newcastle. Except, as those of us from the heart of the North East will tell you, we do not talk in English. We speak Geordie and to Tonali's credit he appreciates that. He tells us how he grew to love the locals who supported him around St James' Park and explains how he wanted his old club to feel like they were getting their money's worth once it became clear that he would be leaving. 'The first thing was to get the best deal for Newcastle,' Tonali says when discussing his decision to leave the side managed by Eddie Howe, whose exit from Newcastle was coincidentally revealed on the same day as we spoke in Sydney. 'I met some of the best people for football there. They love football. They live for football. When I decided to move, I said to my agent and to Ross Wilson [Newcastle's sporting director] that I wanted the best deal for Newcastle because they deserve everything. 'This is football. Sometimes you have to understand how everything can change in your life in five minutes.' Newcastle are in bother this summer. Not only might Bruno Guimaraes follow Tonali and Anthony Gordon out of the door, they have now lost Howe too. Tonali can only speak for himself and explains it was simply time for a change after three seasons. Sitting in a makeshift boardroom set up inside Tottenham's team hotel near Sydney Harbour Why I chose Spurs over City £100m man SANDRO TONALI reveals a 10-minute conversation was enough to convince him to join De Zerbi's revolution Bridge, Tonali explains how it was an easy decision to choose Spurs over others. The £100m asking price that Newcastle put on him influenced his options, as he and his family were initially interested in returning to Italy. But they soon realised those in Serie A could not afford his services. 'We stayed three years in Newcastle and after three years, we spoke all together, me and my family,' Tonali says. 'It was impossible for the money [to return to Italy]. For the salary, you can speak all the time, but if you don't find the money for the transfer, you don't have the chance to move.' 'England was our solution and we found the best solution in England for me, for my career, for my football, for my happiness and for my family. I spoke with two teams. I understood after 10, 15 minutes that Tottenham would be my next team.' Manchester City were believed to be the other club in for Tonali, who at 26 has won 32 caps for Italy. He likes the Little Italy connection developing within Tottenham and tells us: 'After last season, I spoke with my wife. We wanted to change our life, not just for the city. We wanted to change everything.' 'When we spoke with Tottenham, we decided to sign for this team. They spoke with 100 per cent passion and 100 per cent seriousness. For this city, for my life outside of football, for my family, OK, it's like 10 per cent. Roberto and the director made the difference to the deal.' 'I spoke after two minutes with my wife and my family and I said, 'Probably it will be one of the best decisions of my career.' She told me, 'You have 100 per cent control over this decision.' I wanted to speak with her because it's our life.' 'Roberto said the project will be tough but will be perfect for me, for you, for the city, and we can do one of the best seasons because we have big players. We just have to put a lot of work in.' Spurs have also spent £85m on Mateus Fernandes from West Ham to complete their midfield. On being a £100m footballer, Tonali says: 'You have to understand that this is football. The price is different now to 10 years ago. I know I have a lot of pressure but I know I'm a football player, I know my responsibilities, I know this team, I know the people here.' 'I have to play like I'm a normal player, a normal Tottenham player, with passion, putting my energy in every day. It's not £1m, £10m or £100m. You just have to be a passionate player.' Tonali previously spent almost a decade with Brescia, De Zerbi's hometown, before joining AC Milan. He and the Spurs boss have this 'mini connection', as Tonali describes it, and they previously met there. 'We spoke about him, about his work, about the passion that he puts into every single moment with the team for this work and I think now, after two weeks, I know everything is real,' Tonali adds. 'All gaffers are different. I passed three years with Eddie and he was fantastic, especially for me.' 'But now I've found a different gaffer who works a lot on the pitch, a lot with the tactics, a lot with the ball. We love to play with the ball because we are a big team with big players.' WINDOW WATCH By SIMON JONES ■ FULHAM have agreed to buy 22-year-old forward Gonzalo Garcia from Real Madrid for £35million. The deal is of a similar structure to the £8.5m one they have agreed for his team-mate, midfielder Cesar Palacios, with Madrid retaining a 30 per cent sell-on clause and matching rights. Fulham, now managed by former Real boss Alvaro Arbeloa, are also among clubs interested in Arsenal's Ethan FULHAM IN DOUBLE SWOOP AS ARBELOA GOES BACK IN FOR REAL MADRID STARS Nwaneri and Southampton's Shea Charles. ■ INTER MILAN have confirmed the signing of England defender John Stones. The 32-year-old (right) left inter HQ last night after his medical and agreed a two-year deal ahead of a free transfer from MANCHESTER CITY. Talks between City and Lille, meanwhile, are reaching a crucial stage over the transfer of Ayyoub Bouaddi. City have agreed personal terms with the 10-year-old Morocco midfielder, but his club are keen to keep him for another season. After a strong World Cup, Bouaddi is now considered to be worth around £80m. City also want another goalkeeper to replace Leeds-bound James Trafford and have offered Marseille's Geronimo Rulli a two-year deal. ■ BENFICA defender Antonio Silva is expected to complete his move to BOURNE/MOUTH following his team's Europa League qualifier against St Gallen last night. The 22-year-old is due to sign for £21.6m. ■ BRENTFORD have agreed a £4m deal for Lens midfielder Mamadou Sangare. The 24-year-old is preparing to travel to the UK for a medical. A sell-on clause will be included, while former club Rapid Vienna are also due a percentage. ■ COVENTRY CITY are exploring a deal to re-sign Gustavo Hamer from SHEFFIELD UNITED. The Brazilian midfielder made 132 appearances for the Sky Blues, scoring 19 goals, including a strike in the 2023 Championship play-off final against Luton. ■ BRENTFORD have agreed a £4m deal for Lens midfielder Mamadou Sangare. The 24-year-old is preparing to travel to the UK for a medical. A sell-on clause will be included, while former club Rapid Vienna are also due a percentage. ■ COVENTRY CITY are exploring a deal to re-sign Gustavo Hamer from SHEFFIELD UNITED. The Brazilian midfielder made 132 appearances for the Sky Blues, scoring 19 goals, including a strike in the 2023 Championship play-off final against Luton. Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 FOOTBALL | Daily Mail Sport 67 If the shirt fits: Tonali did not need a lot of convincing to leave Newcastle for Tottenham Tottenham not finished splashing cash as they target 'bomba' transfer TOTTENHAM boss Roberto De Zerbi has teased a 'bomba' signing in attack, insisting the club's summer business is only '60 per cent' complete. Spurs have spent £237million on Sandro Tonali (£100m), Mateus Fernandes (£85m) and Jan Paul van Hecke (£52m). They have also brought in Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi on free transfers. But De Zerbi, who described himself as a 'shark' in the market, is now keen to add to his attack before the season gets going. Daily Mail Sport understands the 'bomba' referenced by De Zerbi is not Savinho, the Manchester City winger who Spurs are also trying to bring in. 'The transfer market, it's not finished for sure, we completed 60 per cent of our project,' De Zerbi said. 'We have another bomba.' Asked whether it was close to completion, he added: 'I hope, but it's not finished for sure.' '[We want] attackers and then we find the position. I normally don't love working with plan A, plan B, plan C. It's plan A, then stop. The players are not the same. There are not two players the same.' De Zerbi also revealed Djed Spence, who enjoyed a breakout By KIERAN GILL summer for England at the World Cup, previously spoke to him about leaving the club this summer. That goes along with others interested in exiting, such as Cristian Romero, Guglielmo Vicario and Lucas Bergvall. 'At the beginning of my time, in April, I had one million individual meetings and they [Romero and Vicario] told me their idea,' De Zerbi explained. 'I said: 'Yes, help me to stay up, and then I help you to leave. If you don't help me to stay up, you stay underwater with me.' 'Romero was unbelievable. Top. In his behaviour, his respect, he suffered when he did not play the last game. It is not true he wanted to leave for Argentina to prepare their World Cup.' 'I repeat what I said to Djed and to Lucas: 'I would like you to stay if you want to stay. If you want to leave, you have to leave.' 'I don't manage the price, the sale. I don't want to change my position. I want to stay as a coach. I respected the players' ideas and opinions, but if they stay they have to follow my rules and decisions.' Elliott: I would not wish my nightmare at Villa on anyone HARVEY ELLIOTT opened up yesterday on his nightmare year at Aston Villa, saying he would not wish it on anyone. The 23-year-old signed for Villa on loan last summer with an obligation to buy for £35million. But things quickly unravelled when Elliott fell out of favour under Unai Emery and was left in Villa's bomb squad, because of a clause in his deal that said the move would become permanent if he made 10 appearances. 'Mentally, it was a very tough one,' says Elliott, who is back with Liverpool on their pre-season tour of the United States. '[Going to Villa] was a learning curve. I LEWIS STEELE in Chicago don't wish [the situation] upon any other player, because it's not nice at all, but I have no hard feelings. He [Emery] explained very clearly a fair few times. 'The club were very apologetic and ultimately, it was a situation I couldn't control.' Elliott will be given a chance to impress Reds boss Andoni Iraola during pre-season but is likely to be sold again. 'It's an incredible feeling [to be back], he added. 'I just want to be free, play as much as I can, enjoy it, because I don't feel like I do it enough.' EXCLUSIVE By CHRIS WHEELER FIVE stewards have been charged with assault after a Manchester United fan was attacked at Old Trafford following the Manchester derby last year. The men are accused of assaulting a 49-year-old supporter in the East Stand during a sit-in protest following the 0-0 draw with Manchester City in April 2025. Mohammed Jamil Akbar, 22, Yaseen Islam, 34, and Mohammed Uzair Iqbal, 24, all from Oldham, Favour Stevenson, 28, from Rochdale, and Usman Hussain, 36, from Manchester, have been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and are due at Manchester magistrates' court on January 7. None of the five men worked for United — they were employed by Stewards charged over attack on United fan Controlled Solutions Group, a security company contracted by the club on match days. United and CSO declined to comment. The protest was organised to fight the decision to increase season-ticket prices and scrap concessions for children and pensioners. United's ticketing policy has come under fire again recently over a clampdown on touting. That has led to thousands of fans receiving emails saying their accounts have been suspended due to suspicious activity and their season tickets could be revoked unless they provide a satisfactory explanation. The controversy was due to be discussed between the club and supporters' representatives at a Fans' Forum at Old Trafford last night. Supporters' groups joined forces last week to issue a statement accusing the club of making innocent fans feel as though they are being 'treated as suspects' and adopting a 'ban first, ask questions later' approach. Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford has sent a farewell message to Barcelona as the countdown continues towards his United return. Rashford spent last season on loan at the Nou Camp, recording 14 goals and 14 assists as the Catalans won La Liga. However, Barca decided not to trigger an option to buy him for £26million and instead signed Newcastle's Anthony Gordon for £70m. Rashford posted a picture on social media of his No 14 shirt and another of him in action with the message: 'I am extremely grateful to everyone at the club for making my time here a positive and unforgettable experience.' 'I enjoyed every moment and I will keep many special memories. I wish the club and all its fans every success. Vaca Barca!' Rashford will now rejoin United, where he has a contract until June 2028 worth £315,000 a week. He is having time off after helping England reach the World Cup semi-finals and it is unclear if he will be involved in United's training camp in Ireland next month. After initially putting a price of £40m on their 28-year-old top-earner, it has been difficult for United to find a club willing to pay more than the £26m stipulated in the Barca loan. Roma have been linked with a move, but Rashford has no interest in joining the Italian side. 68 Daily Mail Sport FOOTBALL Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 HOWE'S QUIT Toon coach calls it a day as club hire German to replace him By CRAIG HOPE Chief Football Reporter NEWCASTLE UNITED boss Eddie Howe has stood down after five years and will be replaced by German Matthias Jaissle. The 48-year-old has been contemplating his future in recent months and has now come to an agreement to end his St James' Park tenure with immediate effect. He took time at the end of last season to consider the best way forward, but decided to stay. However, Howe then told the hierarchy of his belief that the time was right to part ways earlier this month. There has been no falling out and he agreed to remain until a replacement was found. Jaissle, currently in charge of Saudi club Al Ahli, is now set to join up with the squad when they travel to La Manga for a pre-season training camp this weekend. His contract was with lawyers last night and, barring any late hitches, he will become the second appointment of the club's Saudi-led ownership. The 38-year-old was in charge of Red Bull Salzburg between 2021 and 2023 and has since managed PIF-owned Al Ahli, where he won the Asian Champions League in 2025 and 2026. The timing of Howe's departure has rocked Tyneside, even though it has not come as a surprise on the back of a turbulent 12 months. After losing star striker Alexander Isak last September, England winger Anthony Gordon and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali have been sold to Barcelona and Tottenham respectively this summer. Bruno Guimaraes wants to join Arsenal and, if they make an offer north of £75million, the Brazilian could leave. Joelinton also wants to move to Saudi Arabia. Newcastle have bought four players this window, but all are aged 20 or under and, while transfers are not the sole reason for Howe's exit, the likelihood of a testing season is thought to have been a factor. They opened pre-season with a 1-1 draw against non-League Gateshead and a 4-1 loss to Championship side Bristol City. The former Bournemouth boss arrived in November 2021 with Newcastle 19th in the Premier League on the back of the Saudi takeover. After securing survival, they qualified for the Champions League the following season and were beaten in the final of the Carabao Cup. In 2025, Howe became the first manager in 70 years to win a domestic trophy for the Magpies when they won the Carabao Cup. They also qualified for the Champions League for a second time. However, last season was a struggle and, despite reaching the last 16 of the Champions League, a 12th-placed finish was reflective of a drop-off in performance. Howe met with club owners at Matfen Hall in April and his intention was to remain. But he will now take a break from football. ■ AMANDA STAVELEY is close to buying a stake in West Ham. Daily Mail Sport revealed last month that Staveley's PCP Capital, which she owns with her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi, were interested in the Hammers. And now the couple have progressed towards buying the late David Gold's 25 per cent shareholding in the club from his daughter, Vanessa, for around £150m. Staveley, who spearheaded the Saudi Public Investment Fund takeover of Newcastle in 2021, is backed by Middle Eastern and American investors. Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 FOOTBALL | Daily Mail Sport 69 FOOTBALL By CRAIG HOPE IT was during a family holiday in Greece at the end of May that Eddie Howe decided, after much contemplation, that he was 'all in' on the season ahead with Newcastle United. His future in the days and weeks before was uncertain. Not because he was about to be sacked. He had been given assurances by the Saudi-led owners of their commitment to him in late April. He, in turn, had searched for every reason to reaffirm his own commitment. He wanted to stay. He wanted to believe that all inside the club were aligned. He wanted to feel re-energised after the most draining 12 months of his managerial career. There were days when he was in and days when he was out. After a 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth in April, he felt in, despite a growing expectation he could go. But then, following the final game of the season, a lame 2-0 defeat at Fulham, he felt out. He wondered whether this really was the end. Did the team need a new voice? Howe flew to Greece hours later and knew, if he was to be fair to Newcastle, that he had to make a decision while there. Finally free of a season that began amid the stifling humidity of the Far East and the trauma of Alexander Isak's protracted sale, and grew ever more suffocating as the team inevitably suffered and finished 12th in the Premier League. Howe was able to clear his mind. The picture suddenly became less complicated. He loved Newcastle. His desire to get the team back on track was stronger than the doubt that this could all ever off course. Leaving Greece, there was optimism. By the time he sat in the Miami Stadium and watched Bruno Guimaraes play for Brazil in the World Cup against Scotland on June 24, that renewed enthusiasm was being tested. A few days earlier, Newcastle had missed out on the signing of Spain winger Victor Munoz. With club staff in place in Dallas to complete the player's medical, Liverpool hijacked the deal at the 11th hour. It was a dark hour for the club. Losing their top target to replace Anthony Gordon cast an unwanted shadow over the summer and that only lengthened when Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi then chose Aston Villa over them. Was it happening again? A year on from the transfer window that will forever rank as a disaster-class in football club ownership, when top targets such as Hugo Ekitiike and Joao Pedro rejected moves to an organisation without a sporting director or chief executive, there was a fear that Newcastle's reputation and processes had not recovered to the level needed to succeed. In the background, Guimaraes was making moves to find a new club, as revealed by Daily Mail Sport the day after Howe had seen him play in Florida. To lose his captain — the team's driving force on the pitch and emotional leader off it — was close to unthinkable. Guimaraes will join Arsenal if they make a formal offer above the 175million Eddie it tired and said... he told his bosses he was done two weeks ago mooted by intermediaries and his exit, we are told, is more likely than not. We can also reveal that Joellston told Newcastle of his wish to move to Saudi Arabia in the weeks after the season closed. That offer is yet to materialise. Gordon had gone to Barcelona and Sandro Tonali was in the process of moving to Tottenham. To Howe, each of these was a blow. The team he cherished was being dismantled, in part out of necessity because of Premier League and UEFA spending restrictions, but also because these players had doubts as to the speed, direction and delivery of the club's 'Vision 2030' project, a stated ambition to be among the best in the world by then. Blurred Vision 2030 feels more appropriate right now. Incoming, meanwhile, were four players of high potential — three 20-year-olds and an 18-year-old — but with a low guarantee of making an impact this season. Howe supported each signing and understood the need for a shift in transfer policy. But there was enough evidence from last season to realise that supporters, especially online, might not be so understanding if results suffered. For all of that, transfers are not the reason Howe decided to stand down. In fact, it doesn't come down to a single reason. There has been no fallout. He leaves on good terms with sporting director Ross Wilson, chief executive David Hopkinson and others. This, you suspect, has been building for the best part of two years. In that time there has been the internal coup to oust his allies Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, the destabilising appointment of sporting director Paul Mitchell and delays to key off-field developments. This, more than anything, is a sad tale of mismanagement at ownership level. There is the mitigation of profit and sustainability rules, but that does not limit investment in infrastructure. The owners won the lottery when appointing Howe as their first manager and have since proceeded to tear up the ticket. They left Howe to fight fire after fire until he was burnt out. On the eve of returning to pre-season training on July 13, the 48-year-old told Wilson he felt the time was right to take a break. It was best for the squad if a new manager arrived with fresh energy and ideas. The club disagreed and wanted Howe to lead the team this season. The timing was also far from ideal. Available managers had come and gone and, within a few days, someone had to take training. Howe agreed to stay on until his replacement was found. The players were not informed. Meanwhile, a very small number of candidates were considered and Matthias Jaissle, of Al Ahli, agreed to take charge. Kieran McKenna was spoken about, but he is taking a career break. Jaissle will join the squad in La Manga in the coming days. FOR Howe, there will be sadness and fatigue. Two analogies best describe his predicament. One, like a boxer who should have admitted his fight was done but kept on swinging. The other, a man pushing back against the rock that has been trying to crush him and the club. The second of those feels most pertinent, but fails to capture the stones falling from within. To understand why Howe has decided to stop now, we must rewind. An illusion. That is the word we have used for two years. The job Howe did in taking Newcastle from 19th in the Premier League, twice into the Champions League and delivering a first domestic trophy in 70 years was always at odds with reality. The reality was that Howe, his staff and his players were over-performing — they had the eighth-highest wage bill in the Premier League last season. Recruitment — from Isak to Guimaraes to Gordon and Kieran Trippier — was exceptional. The football operation was the head of the club but the tail, the business operation, was lagging behind. No new training ground. No new stadium or St James' Park upgrade. Sponsorship and commercial deals that were improved, but still not up to speed with the head-start Howe gave them. When I wrote in August 2024, 'This is all starting to feel a bit Mike Ashley', it was met with astonishment on Tyneside and especially beyond. This came in the months after the machinevillian plot to get rid of Staveley and Ghodoussi, led by non-football senior staff who argued that the minority owners cut across too much of their own responsibilities. This was true, but it was also true that Staveley and Ghodoussi did a better job than those they were cutting across. They were the glue that kept the club together. Crucially, they recognised the value of Howe and stuck to him more than anyone. Mitchell arrived within weeks and, on the part of the club, it felt like an act of vandalism. With an alarming absence of humility, he told players and staff on his first day that he was elite and they should go on a journey with him. It left them feeling abandoned by the club at the parachuting in of an abrasive outsider. It then caused mayhem when he told some players they were not wanted and they believed that instruction had come from Howe, which they later discovered it had not. The tumult led to Isak, and more, wanting to go. Howe, somehow, managed to keep his squad together and he did that alone, minus Staveley and Ghodoussi. Forget that the couple stood on the toes of others, when the Saudis listened to the plotters, they as good as blew their own feet off. For all the good PIF had done in the first two-and-a-half years of their ownership, this was a bad error of judgment at a pivotal moment. The day they went became day one in the unravelling of the illusion. This was not really a well-run super club destined for the top. It was a magic carpet given flight by Howe, supporters and the power of Newcastle Re-United. Still, they had enough elevation to win the Carabao Cup in 2025 and, even last season, there was a return to the semifinal of that competition and a Champions League last 16. Today, though, that carpet is well and truly grounded. The mirage, the magic, it has all been exposed by Howe deciding he could not go on. He did not want to feel like this. Yes, there is the lingering impact of the pneumonia that hospitalised him in the weeks after the Carabao Cup win. He came back too soon and is still learning how best to manage his workload. But even allowing for that, he was ready for this season when he left Greece in early June and later headed to the United States with his family. Influenced by his heart, he made his mind believe that it could work. In the end, he had to be true to himself and the club. The truth is, he has made the right decision. The truth is, the club are infinitely worse off for that. The truth is, the reality of Newcastle United has long since been something of a lie. Newcastle's owners left Howe to fight fire after fire until he was burnt out 70 Daily Mail Sport FOOTBALL Friday, July 31, 2026 Just 16 more dissenting nations are needed to kill Infantino's plan From Back Page competitions after plans for a biennial World Cup emerged. Their dissent has been echoed by CONCACAF — the governing body for North America, Central America and the Caribbean — which said it would not support FIFA's plans after a meeting of their own yesterday. However, the organisation stopped short of calling for a boycott. It means 90 of FIFA's 211 member associations have come out against Infantino's plan to raise £3.1 billion in private investment, meaning just 16 more dissenters would be required to kill the plan. Sources, meanwhile, have told Daily Mail Sport there is growing opposition to Infantino's FIFA presidency among CONCACAF nations, with the vast majority losing — or having already lost — confidence in the Swiss. In a statement, UEFA said: 'UEFA and its 55 member associations stand as one. We unanimously and unequivocally reject FIFA's proposal to transfer ownership interests in the World Cup and other FIFA competitions to private investors.' 'The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product. It is one of football's greatest sporting legacies. It has been built over generations by players, national teams and supporters across every continent. No part of it should be surrendered to private investors. The World Cup is not for sale.' 'It is both irresponsible and indefensible that a proposal of such significance was conceived in secret and brought to the brink of approval without any meaningful consultation. This is not merely a profound failure of leadership, but an abdication of FIFA's duty as the custodian of world football.' 'National associations around the world are now presented with an ultimatum: accept the Greatest show on earth: Rodri lifts the World Cup trophy for Spain GETTY IMAGES irreversible capture of football's greatest competitions, or bear the consequences. 'This is not a "democratic decision", but governance by intimidation — an act of coercion unworthy of an institution entrusted with the stewardship of the global game.' 'The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes for ever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. Every decision on the international calendar, on competition formats and shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders. This model has no place in football. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain.' 'We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation. No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership.' 'UEFA and its associations will oppose these plans with absolute determination. Some things are simply too important to sell. The FIFA World Cup belongs to football. It always will. And so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.' An FA spokeswoman added: 'We stand shoulder to shoulder with our European colleagues. The FIFA World Cup belongs to football and always will.' On Wednesday, FIFA sent a letter to all member associations outlining their proposals and the financial incentive for approving them, with a strict September 19 deadline. It prompted a scathing response from UEFA, who accused them of bribery. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said of UEFA's boycott threat: 'This is a principled decision that we strongly support. Football belongs to the fans, not billionaire investors. Enough is enough. It's time to take a stand to protect our game.' After a meeting of its 41 member associations — 35 of which are FIFA members — CONCACAF added: 'Over the past ten years we have built an organisation founded on service, transparent governance and the long-term stewardship of football. History has shown FIFA and the football family what happens when the custodians of the game lose sight of these values.' 'The membership expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process, the artificially short deadline, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies.' 'In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 FOOTBALL | Daily Mail Sport 71 As his grand plan goes up in smoke, Mail tells humiliated FIFA boss: It's time to go As every megalomaniac finds out in the end, there comes a point in the power trip when the writing is on the wall. For the deplorable Gianni Infantino, that moment arrived yesterday after UEFA's 55 member associations made it clear they will not stand for FIFA's plot to sell off the World Cup. UEFA will boycott FIFA competitions — including the World Cup — unless these preposterous plans are consigned to the dustbin where they belong. Quite right. But it shouldn't end there. How can Infantino stay in office when he has betrayed the sport he has been trusted to lead and plunged FIFA into all-out war with UEFA, the biggest federation in world football? The 56-year-old has declared his intention to stand for re-election as FIFA president at the next congress in Morocco in March 2027. If he had any shred of dignity, Infantino would get out long before football has the chance to kick him out. Go, Gianni, go! Like so many of the club executives who hatched the doomed European Super League plan in secret back in 2021, only to see it go up in flames on the launch-pad, Infantino should do the decent thing and quit now it is clear his clandestine plans to raise £3.1 billion in private investment are in tatters too. 'The World Cup is not for sale,' declared a blistering statement from UEFA, agreed unanimously and co-signed by the English FA and Europe's 54 other associations. They criticised Infantino for 'a profound failure of leadership' and for presiding over 'governance by intimidation'. They described his attempts to flog the family silver behind their backs, without any consultation whatsoever, as both 'irresponsible' and 'indefensible'. The man who sold out to co-hosts USA this summer with commercially driven hydration breaks, the ridiculously long half-time show during the final between Spain and Argentina, and the unforgiveable decision to suspend Folarin Balogun's red card at the behest of GAME OVER GIANNI Daily Mail Sport COMMENT his buddy, President Donald Trump, so the striker could play for the Americans in the last 16 against Belgium, has now hit a major roadblock in his efforts to sell off the World Cup itself. Even Sepp Blatter, Infantino's predecessor and another FIFA despot who hails from the Valais region of Switzerland, has branded the plan 'deeply damaging' to the game. When you have gone too far for a man like Blatter, you must know your moral compass is off. Like Blatter, Infantino is likely to ignore our plea to leave and fight on, banking on the support of football's smaller national federations in his battle against UEFA, possibly right up to next year's congress. For the sake of the sport's future, we can only hope he fails. and existing FIFA programmes after the most profitable World Cup in history was questioned. The discussion reinforced the need for greater transparency and proper governance. 'CONCACAF and its member associations have rejected the proposal, tasked their FIFA council members with engaging FIFA to determine how existing FIFA reserves could be used to increase funding for football development across our region, and tasked their FIFA council members with instructing the FIFA president to ensure any matter follows the proper governance processes. 'Football's future — and its greatest asset — must remain in the hands of our football family.' THE THREE WAYS THIS COULD ALL PLAY OUT FIFA BACK DOWN UEFA are hoping to cut off FIFA's plans to sell off shares in the World Cup before it has begun. One possibility — as humiliating as it would be for president Gianni Infantino — is that they accept that showpiece events cannot go ahead without the participation of Europe's 55 nations. Time is of the essence — while there are four years until the next men's World Cup in 2030, qualifying for next year's women's World Cup is at the play-off stage. England are due to take on Greece across two legs, with the first on October 7. The women's Under-20s World Cup in Poland takes place in September. FIFA STANDS FIRM... AND UEFA BACK DOWN THIS would be equally humiliating for European football. FIFA may decide to ignore protests and plough on regardless, which would test the resolve of UEFA's member nations. FIFA could hope the collective agreement struck at yesterday's emergency meeting buckles and some nations decide their World Cup boycott is too damaging. The president of the Czech FA, David Trunda, backed Infantino's plans on Wednesday. Perhaps more realistically, FIFA could announce a review of their plans and modify them in a way UEFA nations would support. FIFA STANDS FIRM... AND SO DO UEFA THIS would be the bombshell outcome. If FIFA decide to go ahead and European football's chiefs stick to their word, the World Cups would have to go ahead with several leading nations absent. The number of nations for the men's 2030 edition is yet to be confirmed, but this summer's had 48, with 16 from Europe. That would mean either filling places with nations from other continents, or a slimmed down edition. A mooted move to 64 nations would surely not happen. For the 2027 women's edition, 11 of the 32 places are for Europe. This would throw the event into chaos, with qualification well under way. Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 WE'LL BOYCOTT THE WORLD CUP England and Europe unite with 'nuclear option' to fight FIFA's greed By BOBBY MANZI ENGLAND and UEFA announced a boycott of FIFA tournaments yesterday as 90 nations rebelled against Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. The FA held crisis talks virtually with the other 54 UEFA nations yesterday afternoon, where more than 40 federations provided testimony to co-ordinate a united response to FIFA's plans. Daily Mail Sport was told associations expressed 'outrage' on the call with 'total unanimity' against the proposal, which FIFA unilaterally developed without prior consultation with relevant stakeholders. It was decided UEFA nations would refrain from competing in FIFA events while any such proposal to introduce private investment remained on the table. One international football insider told Daily Mail Sport: 'UEFA's response is at the nuclear-button end of the spectrum, which is impressive. We thought Infantino would survive the Donald Trump refereeing intervention — but he has over-reached this time.' UEFA have employed this tactic before. 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(5) 13 Snow home with oil to go cook with (5) 14 Picture Clue 16 Statesman who's a reformed wino (5) 18 Picture Clue PIT your wits against Pitcherwits – the exciting puzzle where some of the answers are in pictures! The solutions to the visual clues fit into the shaded spaces on the grid. SOLUTION ON MONDAY DOWN 2 Road glue for sailor Jack (3) 3 Picture Clue 4 Standard document on the bench? (4) 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 9 Picture Clue 10 Peer at the title (4) 12 Very enthusiastic about some pinto beans (4) 15 Employed in some famous edifices (4) 17 How about that, Doctor? (3) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Far too small. 5 Libra. 7 Round. 9 Caraway. 11 Elk. 12 Sum. 13 Lock-ups. 16 Elder. 17 Beset. 18 Ten to twelve. DOWN: 1 Full retreat. 2 On air. 3 Shrew. 4 Lady's mantle. 6 Buckled. 8 Ulysses. 10 Auk. 14 Cargo. 15 Up-bow. MAILWORD ACROSS 1 Smith, economist 5 Permit 10 Wang, designer 11 Plant life 12 Leaves out 14 Brindled cat 15 Misery 16 Those people 18 Small insect 19 Charge with gas 22 Illuminated 23 Fled 24 Roll of banknotes, e.g. 26 Fidel __, former Cuban leader 28 Age 29 Additionally 30 The Book Of __, film 31 Indian dish 34 Intolerable, informally 36 Atlantic, e.g. 37 Amount owed 38 Existing 39 Squirrel's nest DOWN 1 Declaration 2 Diabolical 3 Short operatic song 4 Floor covering 5 Period of day 6 Andean animal 7 Fling 8 Ball 9 Path 13 Surprising 17 Discovers 20 Loudspeaker 21 Aural structure 25 Delicately small 27 The Devil 31 __ Mortimer, comedian 32 Expert 33 Garland 35 Peculiar SOLUTION ON MONDAY HIDATO COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 78, connect consecutively – horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 78. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start. SOLUTION ON MONDAY Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 Page 37 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 ON MONDAY B R K B D C A S P H T A ARBORETUM NINE TO FIVE FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down. SOLUTION ON MONDAY WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD ACROSS Old tape player (abbr) (3) Swift horse (4) 6.5 Am monkey (4) Graffiti signature (3) DOWN Tank (3) Expressed disapproval (inf) (4) Pro ... (4) Sizeable (3) SOLUTION TOMORROW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CROSS NUMBER THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION 1 10 9 29 6 27 3 13 17 18 23 21 19 Today's challenge time: 5 mins 53 secs Your working time: □ mins □ secs 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. SOLUTION ON MONDAY CODEWORD EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 9 represents 5, so fill in 5 every time the figure 9 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 COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 8 9 5 10 1 14 5 11 11 5 8 12 2 15 13 2 12 3 10 13 5 3 5 10 12 13 3 16 12 4 8 2 10 14 13 4 17 6 15 11 16 8 11 3 4 11 17 5 5 18 3 13 16 7 3 6 19 7 11 11 19 13 18 2 20 13 2 3 21 7 20 8 17 16 2 8 8 21 22 9 3 17 11 15 23 2 15 13 17 9 22 22 4 8 17 15 3 11 10 23 13 11 12 24 11 3 11 17 25 5 13 4 11 24 11 26 10 11 3 11 12 25 17 15 5 24 11 7 12 3 12 21 11 15 13 26 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Volumes Fourteen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Z O J U T M Y K V Z P W D S ** Volume Fourteen Now Available! ** Order via www.knightfeatures.com/store or by cheque payable to Knight Features, Unit B207, 89 Bickersteth Rd, London SW17 9SH. Price £6.95 + £1.95 UK P&P (£8.90) each. Selected previous volumes also available. Allow 14 days for delivery. 9811R 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. S E C L O G I T E L E M Q F J K S H E N R A K S S A S F L Y J K I E O M N T L F E B A W E R J S N I P R L S O T G I S Y B N L H B E T H R R T A R M O Z A C P U T K N Q M J R S R E E T I Z T R A U Q 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: Metamorphic rocks ECLOGITE GNEISS HORNFELS MARBLE PHYLLITE QUARTZITE SCHIST SKARN SLATE SOAPSTONE 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 ON MONDAY 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 ON MONDAY 5 1 2 6 1 3 QUICK QUIZ In which fictional city does Batman live? In which continent is the Andes mountain range? Which TV channel has announced plans to reboot Monarch Of The Glen, originally a BBC series? Which mathematical term describes a quantity larger than any that can be specified? Which American prison was nicknamed 'The Rock'? SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE GOGEN BUY DREY EXHAUSTING FINED HOLY HOW JIG PUCK QUALM TIP VALE WOK 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 ON MONDAY Page 38 MailPuzzles Daily Mail, Friday, July 31, 2026 BRIDGE MASTERCLA$ CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PLAYING teams, you are defending 3NT from the East seat after South has opened 1NT and then denied a four-card major over Slayman. Partner leads the ▲7. How do you defend? YESTERDAY, we worked out that if partner has led fourth highest, it can't be wrong to play the ▲K, unless declarer has played low from dummy holding the ▲A in hand, which is unlikely since the ▲Q would have been tried. However, if partner has led second highest from small cards, it might be right to play the ▲10. How do you decide what to do? If 3NT is to be defeated on this second highest lead, your partner will need to hold four hearts to the #16. Don't play partner to have led from their second strongest major on this auction. Put up the ▲K. HEATHER DHONDY FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. NOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293-6233 and leave today's answer and your details, or 1831 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Text/calls cost (1) plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Price Crossword 17.934, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00:31 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 00:31. UK residents aged 18+, excl 16. See Terms & Conditions. ACROSS 1 Fake show getting derision (7) 5 Ambassador put in top command (6) Newspaper worker has time to request part of a larger job (7) 10 Describe former place full of cars (7) 11 Employ guesses on a regular basis (3) 12 Countless men in bar with lure right away surprisingly (8) 13 Woman on and off left rack (5) 14 Unusual spell in a slot lately for TV guest, say (9) 15 English seabird seen by friend always (9) 17 Word for acknowledging chap (5) 19 Control by set of executives in site to make a connection (11) 22 Male housed in simple structure (3) 23 Revolutionary flag to do with a country in Africa (7) 24 Viewed long weapon inside walls of ground (7) 26 Grab tin at clubhouse (6) 27 Man sees dancing all together (2,5) DOWN 1 Reportedly, disguises dramatic entertainments (7) 2 Viable client goes off no good form of broadcasting (5,10) 3 Woman close to home with Virginia (3) 4 I'm disgusted about Canadian territory (5) 5 Maybe, bitter male has a certain way finally to get incidental expenses (4,5) 6 Manic and pushy performer to an extent (5) 7 Making a slip with black devices to secure obstacles (6,6) 8 Commercial opening is coming (6) 12 Group of farmers into wine, essentially, for amusement (2,3) 14 Cheap lamb cooked in U.S. resort (4,5) 15 Enlisted learner with posh sign to stop (5) 16 Follows Me!5 partner in three points (6) 18 What is left from damaged side in French street (7) 20 Wooden vehicle carrying a measure of weight (5) 21 A regret about source of growing row (5) 25 Strengthen a group wearing berets (3) NEED A CLUE? Text TIP to 65700 to receive FOUR answers to today's crossword, or call 0901 293-6238. Texts and calls cost (1) plus standard network charges. Today's clues available between 00:31 today and 23:30 only. 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