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《秘密与生活》从第 35 页开始

匆忙诊断自闭症可能损害儿童

一项今日发布的重大审查警告称，英国因过度诊断 ADHD（多动症）和自闭症，面临损害一代儿童的风险。

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

报告发现，由于误导性的学校和福利系统会对这类“标签”给予奖励，家长们在激励下倾向于让孩子接受诊断。

青少年还受到了社交媒体帖子的影响，这些帖子将常见的特质错误地呈现为这些病症的证据。

昨晚有警告称，儿童可能会被此类定性所定义，从而引导他们走向依赖福利金的生活 请参阅第 6 页

梅根和马拉拉在克拉里奇酒店惬意地喝茶 见第 4-5 页

痴呆症是英国最大的杀手，但突破性的研究正在开启一个充满希望的新时代。

搜索“阿尔茨海默病协会”以了解更多信息。

阿尔茨海默病协会

战胜痴呆症需要整个社会的参与

阿尔茨海默病协会。注册慈善机构，编号：296645。

黛西在首映礼演出中身着古董装

造型：埃德加-琼斯女士在放映会上

……而这正是当你的新电影是一部简·奥斯汀时代剧时的关键所在

领衔女主角：埃斯梅·克里德-迈尔斯、凯特琳娜·贝尔法和黛西·埃德加-琼斯出席首映礼

作者：Jacqueline Lindenberg

为了拍摄最新电影，黛西·埃德加-琼斯潜心钻研文学档案，而在首映礼上，她决定在时尚档案中采取同样的方式。

这位 28 岁的英国女演员在洛杉矶出席《理智与情感》放映会时，穿着一件由斯特拉·麦卡特尼在 1998 年设计的克洛伊（Chloe）古董紧身胸衣裙。

埃德加-琼斯女士身着这件礼服，尽显优雅之姿；礼服配有奶油色紧身胸衣上衣和透明刺绣袖子，自然过渡到淡紫色缎面裙。这位《正常人》的明星在周三的首映礼前保持了简单的配饰和低调的妆容。

明星风格：斯特拉·麦卡特尼与身着该礼服的模特

Hies simple and her make-up lov miere on Wednesday.

这部电影改编自简·奥斯汀 1811 年的处女作小说，上个月在英国上映，并将于下周五起在美国上映。

埃德加-琼斯女士饰演埃莉诺·达什伍德，她代表了标题中的“理智”；埃斯梅·克里德-迈尔斯，26, 饰演她冲动的妹妹玛丽安，代表“情感”；凯特琳娜·贝尔法，47, 则饰演她们丧偶的母亲达什伍德夫人。

在谈到接手埃莉诺这个角色以及她如何与角色产生共鸣时，埃德加-琼斯女士说：“在对待爱情方面，我认为我在各方面都非常像埃莉诺。”

“我绝对是以理智主导，并试图推开、掩埋我的情感。”不过，她表示这个角色也能

“18 世纪的魅力”

拥抱“更狂野、更热情的一面”，并补充道：“我也学会了那样做。”

这部电影得到了评论界褒贬不一的评价，一些人抱怨这部迎合 Z 世代的重启之作远不如李安 1995 年由艾玛·汤普森、凯特·温斯莱特、艾伦·里克曼和休·格兰特主演的奥斯卡获奖经典之作。

《每日邮报》电影评论家布莱恩·维纳给这部电影打 2 星（满分 5 星），他表示：“这个现代爱情故事失去了奥斯汀 18 世纪的魅力。”

但它在电影评论网站烂番茄上获得了 79 per cent 的评分，在该网站上 100 per cent 代表最高排名。

为什么中彩票可能会导致婚姻破裂

中彩票本应是终极的幸福结局。

但对于一些女性来说，暴富可能会带来一个意想不到的结果——离婚概率增加。

看来，虽然改变命运的大奖会让男性更有可能步入婚姻殿堂，但对于已婚女性来说，效果可能恰恰相反。

研究发现，女性中奖者在获得巨额意外之财后，更有可能与伴侣分手，这表明银行账户余额的突然增加，可能足以改变即使是长期的关系。

这些发现已在现实生活中上演，一些高调的已婚中奖者最终分道扬镳。

作者：Xantha Leatham 执行科学编辑

2012年赢得 £1.48 亿 欧洲百万彩票（EuroMillions）的艾德里安（Adrian）和吉莉安·贝福德（Gillian Bayford），在结婚九年后，于 15 个月后离婚。

发表在《人力资源杂志》（Journal of Human Resources）上的这项研究称：“对于男性中奖者，财富增加了婚姻的形成和生育率，并可能降低离婚风险。而对于女性中奖者，唯一明显的影响是短期离婚风险更高。”

为了进行这项研究，科学家分析了超过 76,000 名瑞典彩票玩家。他们将彩票记录与政府数据挂钩，从而能够追踪中奖后长达十年的关系和家庭生活。随后，团队对比了大额和小额意外之财的中奖者，以评估突然获得的财富如何影响重大生活决策。

分析显示，赢得巨额彩票奖金的单身男性在五年内结婚的可能性更高。

而中奖的已婚男性则倾向于拥有更稳定的关系。但作者透露，中彩票的已婚女性在短期内离婚的可能性更高。

对于她们而言，赢得相当于 10.5 万英镑 的奖金，在两年内“实际上使短期离婚风险增加了一倍”。然而，这种影响似乎随时间而减弱，表明“财富加速了那些已经在破裂边缘的婚姻的解体”。研究人员认为，对于在婚姻中承担较重家务工作或自主权较低的女性来说，突然获得的经济独立可能会让单身生活更具吸引力。

中奖还提高了生育率，尤其是在男性中。男性中奖者在赢得大奖后更有可能拥有孩子，这可能是因为财富改善了结婚前景和关系的稳定性。

总体而言，来自纽约大学（New York University）、斯德哥尔摩大学和巴塞罗那大学的团队发现，中彩票对单身女性的关系没有显著影响。

她重新回到了公众视野：在克拉丽奇酒店（Claridge's），等待中的梅根转身，微笑着以一个热情的拥抱迎接活动人士马拉拉·尤萨夫扎伊（Malala Yousafzai）。

一套2.6 万英镑装扮，每人£95的下午茶，以及梅根与马拉拉的惊喜重逢

多年来，梅根一直非常强调她的身份地位。她的消费行为十分显眼，通过钻石、金色配饰、卡地亚手表等来彰显。

即便像果酱和茶叶这样普通的食品，也被通过华丽的包装和高昂的价格进行了“升级”。

在她上周发售的、因价格昂贵而臭名昭著的 As Ever 将临节日历中，每颗巧克力的价格接近£6，并印有基于她本人笔迹的金箔书法。

然而，尽管周三在梅费尔区克拉里奇酒店外出现了她身着1,700 英镑白色长裤、手拎一个价值5,000 英镑以上的香奈儿手袋的照片，但她的朋友们在透露，这实际上是一个全新的“谦逊”版本的萨塞克斯公爵夫人。

当然，你可能不会立刻察觉到这一点。

“她非常在意照片呈现出的效果，这就是为什么你几乎没怎么见到她的原因，”一位朋友说道。

“她确实一直在努力保持低调。我的意思是，从某种程度上来说，如果你在克拉里奇酒店与某人见面，显然会被注意到，但看看她在社交媒体上多么安静，出门次数多么少。”

作者：艾莉森·博肖夫 (Alison Boshoff)

事实上，对于一个被其发言人描述为“公众人物”的人来说，自从她和哈里在 8 月 26 日乘坐私人飞机抵达以来，她几乎没有露面。

然而现在她出现了，而且对方竟然是一位诺贝尔和平奖得主，那位无可挑剔的慈善偶像——马拉拉·尤萨夫扎伊 (Malala Yousafzai)。

马拉拉在 2012 年因倡导女性教育而被塔利班击中头部，当时她是一名 15 岁的巴基斯坦女学生，她是卓越的慈善事业领军人物。

两人首次见面是在新冠疫情期间，当时梅根在 2020. 年参与了一场为女性教育发声的名人活动。这是多次令人印象深刻的联手之首。事实上，有时你会觉得梅根像是在收集有影响力的女性人物。

首先是电视界巨头奥普拉 (Oprah)，尽管两人从未见过面，但她仍被邀请参加 2018 年梅根与哈里王子的婚礼。然后是人权律师阿迈尔·克鲁尼 (Amal Clooney)，好莱坞明星乔治的妻子，她也出现在了圣乔治教堂的礼拜席上。同样，也不清楚她们是否见过面。消息人士指出，这两位女性目前都与梅根没有联系。

另一位进入梅根社交圈的高知名度女性是女权主义偶像格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆 (Gloria Steinem)，在上个月斯泰纳姆去世时，梅根发布了一篇奇怪的、带有自我暗示色彩的悼文，并在文中分享了三张两人的合影。

其他与她“结交”的女性——慈善家妮可·阿万特 (Nicole Avant，Netflix 总裁泰德·萨兰多斯的妻子）以及设计师特雷西·詹姆斯 (Tracy James，前派拉蒙总裁布莱恩·罗宾斯的妻子）——似乎也与她变得疏远了。

我们将拭目以待 29, 岁的马拉拉会如何发展，在梅费尔区 (Mayfair) 的街道上，她站在公爵夫人身边时显得明显局促不安。

现已婚并居住在伯明翰的马拉拉运营着“马拉拉基金会”，致力于在全球范围内推动女孩教育。

两人在克拉利奇酒店 (Claridge's) 享用了每人 £95 的下午茶，但值得注意的是，梅根并未在社交媒体上分享这次会面。一名接近公爵夫人的消息人士表示，这仅仅是一次私人会面，没有需要对外通报的内容。

确实，梅根在回到英国后似乎在努力降低曝光率。上周，她和哈里被拍到一起走进科茨沃尔德 (Cotswolds) 的一家酒吧，这是他们首次共同露面。而在此之前，他们的飞机已经在伯明翰降落五周了。

梅根在 Instagram 上发布了零星的帖子：其中一条发布于 9 月 14, 日，展示了萨塞克斯夫妇适应乡村生活的情况，照片中孩子们穿着雨靴，还有一张熊熊燃烧的炉火照，以及一家人在湖边钓鱼的照片。

公爵夫人的喜悦：梅根引领马拉拉在梅费尔区的酒店享用下午茶

一位朋友表示：“他们对目前的一切都非常满意，包括孩子上学、居住地以及在英国生活。他们居住的地方非常私密，对此他们感到无比欣慰。与哈里家人的关系也进展顺利，但除此之外没有更多可说的。”

在 Instagram 上发布内容会引起反感。这是一个深思熟虑的计划，旨在从现在起到圣诞节期间保持低调，届时他们将返回加利福尼亚州度假。他们不想强行地将自己强加给大众。

这对夫妇似乎对自身极低的人气产生了一些自觉

她是“静奢风”的公爵夫人

是一个不错的开始。自温莎婚礼以来，他们的支持率已大幅下降。

在梅费尔的一个秋日，一名在塔利班袭击中幸存的年轻女性与一名在王室成员任职期间幸存的公爵夫人看起来非常同步：甚至她们的服装——棕色和奶油色的干练长裤与剪裁正装——似乎都经过了协调。

哈里的回忆录《备胎》（Spare）、他们接受奥普拉的采访，以及在热门 Netflix 纪录片《哈里与梅根》中对王室及其“体制”的全面抨击，使得许多人转而反对这对夫妇。如果他们真的

如今，梅根·马克尔将她的慈善工作与扩大她的生活方式品牌 As Ever 相结合，并将自己定位为一名时尚影响力人物，未来可能还会设计自己的奢侈服装系列。

就在几天前，她在 Instagram 上推出了一个售价 £112 的 As Ever 将临期日历，身着一件象牙色羊绒衫、一条 Argent 橄榄绿斜裁丝绸裙、一双淡粉色 Aquazzura 平底芭蕾舞鞋以及珠宝，其总价值估计为 7.5 万英镑。

昨天，梅根同样地穿着“静奢风”装扮，将洛杉矶奢侈品牌 Co Collections 的一件“小麦色”圆领羊绒衫（£630）与 Ralph Lauren 的象牙色丝滑流线型“Masina”宽腿裤（1,700 英镑）搭配，脚穿 Saint Laurent 象牙色与棕褐色相间的“Chris”乐福鞋（£795），并配以太妃糖棕色

正如他们的朋友所说，如果他们是为了寻求和平与和解而到来（外加让孩子阿奇和莉莉接受英国教育），那么适度的谦卑——以及适度的安静，就此打住——似乎是合理的。

在孩子们的学校里，45 岁的梅根一直在与其他家长建立友谊。显然，他们计划在 11 月底与学校里的其他美国母亲一起举行一场盛大的感恩节午餐——当地确实有大量美国侨民。这件事同样将被保密。

梅根需要所有能获得的支撑和良好的公关。这对夫妇在 2020 年离开英国，是为了开辟一个“进步的新角色”，从而让他们能够自由地赚自己的钱。

然而，他们与 Netflix 和 Spotify 的协议已经结束，他们的 Archewell 慈善机构也基本关闭。

正如本报在 8 月份披露的那样，梅根一直在继续推广她的 As Ever 生活方式品牌，该品牌在美国以外地区不销售。

显然，人们在某种程度上“默许”他们需要谋生，而且这可以

时尚评判

一件由 Tove 设计的垂坠感“Maxime”斗篷大衣，价值 1,695 英镑。加上珠宝——仅她的项链，一条由 Logan Hollowell 设计的 Lovers Duet 钻石祖母绿链条项链，零售价为 16,262 英镑——以及她的香奈儿手袋，价格可能超过 5,000 英镑，昨天的这套装扮总计花费了整整 26,082 英镑。

你可能不会指望马拉拉——史上最年轻的诺贝尔和平奖得主——会对时尚有同样的兴趣，但她过去在参加英国 GQ 英雄奖等特殊场合时，曾聘请过造型师丹娜·吉安尼尼（Denna Giannini），而且她很懂得如何惊艳亮相。

昨天，她穿着一条棕色与米色条纹的喇叭裤，搭配一件剪裁得体的米色西装外套和棕色尖头高跟鞋，整体造型非常契合秋季氛围。象牙色已成为梅根全年的标志性颜色，而棕色和米色则是秋季的新时尚：谁能断定这对二人周三时没有讨论过时尚话题呢？

谢恩·沃森（SHANE WATSON）

在他们离开英国后签署的桑德灵厄姆协议框架内，只要商业活动在英国境外进行，这在很大程度上是被允许的。

上周，她公布了新的节日系列产品，并开启了一款巧克力降临节日历的预订，该日历售价 £112，且仅在美国销售。

这款日历“灵感源自她在蒙特西托的住宅和花园”，上面绘制了她与哈里居住六年的那栋价值 £1100 万 豪宅的节日插画。

与此同时，哈里王子在没有梅根陪同的情况下，参加了多项慈善活动，包括出席一场为乌克兰举办的义演以及 Invictus Spirit 颁奖典礼。

昨天，他为自己担任赞助人的慈善机构 Scotty's Little Soldiers 发布了一段关于悲伤的视频。该视频于夏季在加利福尼亚州拍摄。

然而，萨塞克斯夫妇在英国的定居情况可能并不像表面上那么安稳。

消息人士称，如果哈里不能获得他多年来一直要求的、由纳税人资助的升级安保措施，他“很可能会”（再次）离开这个国家。

“他们对安保措施很快会得到修订持乐观态度。一切都很好。哈里和梅根都对回归感到非常高兴。”

这位朋友补充道：“不过，这次搬回英国也让他们吃到了‘苦头’（humble pie）。他们两人都对外界如何看待他们，以及他们所做的事情如何被接收而感到由衷的担忧。”

“他们一直在思考这个问题，并且非常谨慎。他们认为，如果他们开始发布”

显然，哈里的信念是，无论是在需求还是权利方面，他的理由都无懈可击，因此他认为自己会获得安保升级。

哈里在“脱离王室”后的“抑郁期”

我被告知：“他成为目标并非因为他所做的生活方式选择，而是因为他出生时的身份。”

然而，这位朋友补充道：“如果他不能获得（警察安保），那么是的，我相信他会永久回到蒙特西托，而且最快可能在期中假期间就离开。”

作者：马丁·罗宾逊（Martin Robinson）

在这种情况下，本周在梅费尔区（Mayfair）举行的这场令人惊讶的私下会面，可能是梅根一段时间以来最后一次访问克拉里奇酒店（Claridge's）。

哈里王子在“脱离王室”（Megxit）后立即感到抑郁且“毫无用处”，现在他拒绝离开妻子和孩子超过十天。

在今天发布的一段新视频中，萨塞克斯公爵表示，尽管他与45岁的梅根在一起找到了幸福，但在他们放弃王室生活后，他“陷入了抑郁”。

他说：“我们搬到加拿大是为了远离一切，获得一些空间来思考。在离开那个压力巨大的环境两三天内，我经历了一次前所未有的肾上腺素崩溃。”

“就好像我的大脑需要压力才能运转一样。我在家里变得毫无用处。我陷入了大约两周的抑郁期。”

而42岁的哈里现在表示，他遵循一项严格的“十天”原则来守护自己的幸福。

他说：“对我来说，最大的因素是我从陪伴家人，尤其是我们的孩子，以及在基层开展工作中所获得的能量、喜悦和幸福。维持这种平衡的关键是，离开妻子和孩子的时间不超过十天。”

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基尔·斯塔默爵士将与欧盟和北约领导人一起，在弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基今日与唐纳德·特朗普在白宫的关键会晤中为其提供支持。他们将展现统一战线，希望能够缓和特朗普对待这位乌克兰领导人的方式，

特朗普曾在二月份在椭圆形办公室让他难堪。 欧洲部长们担心泽连斯基正步入弗拉基米尔·普京设下的陷阱。 这位乌克兰领导人昨晚表示，“志愿者联盟”——包括英国在内的承诺支持基辅的国家——昨天举行了一场“有益的”两小时视频会议。他透露，他们对“和平协议应该是怎样的”持有“共同观点”，并坚持认为这不包括通过武力改变国家边界。 作为欧盟领导人强硬态度的迹象，法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙随后表示：“如果我们今天不强硬，明天我们将付出沉重代价。” 此前，鲍里斯·约翰逊呼吁基尔爵士领导全球努力，保护乌克兰免受 请转至第6页

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西蒙·佩格：我知道那种感觉，我有ADHD

演员西蒙·佩格（Simon Pegg）昨日透露，他被诊断出患有ADHD（注意力缺陷多动障碍）。

这位56岁的明星表示，此前他一直与一些问题“作斗争”。

佩格以出演《热血警探》（Hot Fuzz）、《僵尸肖恩》、《星际迷航》以及《碟中谍》系列电影而闻名。他在播客节目《我是ADHD！不，你不是》（I’m ADHD! No You’re Not）中公开谈论患有该病症的情况，并表示他寻求诊断是因为他“只想知道真相”。

他补充道：“这证实了许多我一直在作斗争，且一直将其归结为性格缺陷的事情。”

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佩格一直公开谈论自己的心理健康状况，包括临床抑郁症。

在谈到他的ADHD时，他说：“我觉得这是在成年后才出现的东西，因为我小时候并不是个调皮的孩子。”

“从18岁起，我的成年生活中就出现过几波抑郁症，我原以为这可能是随之而来的。”

“我原以为患有ADHD的孩子都是那种混乱、难以管教且在学校不专心的类型。但我在小时候确实做过一些事情——比如坐立不安之类的——这让我觉得，‘也许我患病的时间比我想象的要长’。”

在反思妻子对他诊断结果的反应时，他说：“她会对我的健忘和注意力不集中给予体谅。”

明星：佩格在《热血警探》中的剧照

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以及失业。近年来，自闭症的诊断率飙升了高达40倍，但政府委托的审查发现，没有证据表明自闭症儿童的数量实际上有所增加。

临床心理学家彼得·福纳吉（Peter Fonagy）教授对私人机构开展的ADHD和自闭症评估的“一致性和质量”表示担忧，由于国民医疗服务体系（NHS）难以应对需求，这些私人机构的数量已大幅增加。

目前，超过一半由NHS资助的ADHD评估和三分之一的自闭症评估由私人公司执行，但这些公司监管不力，且被允许直接向潜在客户广告宣传其服务，而NHS往往需要支付不断膨胀的账单。

上个月，一项针对全科医生（GP）的调查显示，许多医生从未见过私人供应商拒绝诊断请求的情况。

福纳吉教授称误诊和过度诊断是“有害的”，因为它们可能导致不必要或不恰当的治疗，延迟对其他问题的适当支持，并降低对儿童成就能力的预期。

他的报告指出，在17岁之前被诊断出患有ADHD的儿童，在成年早期处于教育、就业或培训状态的可能性低约四倍，处于这种情况的每个青少年在终身期间将给纳税人带来 24.4 万英镑 的成本。

ADHD和自闭症记录率如何飙升

保守党工作与养老金发言人海伦·沃特利（Helen Whately）表示：“太多人被他们的诊断结果所定义，而不是被他们能成就的事业所定义——而且这种情况开始得越来越早。”

“孩子们被告知自己出了‘问题’，被列入残疾生活津贴名单，然后直接转为领取个人独立支付金。他们听到的永远是自己不能做什么。”

“自2019年以来，病假救济金的申请量翻了一番，但这个国家并没有变得病重一倍。许多申请条件是真实的——但这不能成为不工作的理由。”

“将人们安置在救济金上并不是善良或富有同情心的表现。”

西蒙·韦斯-（Professor Sir Šimon Wes-）教授——

福纳吉教授总结认为，目前的护理模式辜负了患者，需要进行“彻底改革”。

（Professor Sir Šimon Wes-）作为审查委员会的副主席，警告说诊断可能会“关闭大门”，并“用你的困难而非你的优势、环境和潜力来定义你”。

那些最……

“被困难所定义”

他表示，严重的心理健康问题患者面临着不可接受的漫长候诊时间，因为“先到先得”的系统已被激增的ADHD（多动症）和自闭症评估需求所压垮。

到2025年底，未结的转诊申请已超过560,000件。

该报告呼吁英国从一个“依赖诊断”的系统转向一个基于个人需求的系统，以便儿童在评估进行期间能够获得实际帮助和学校的额外支持，而不是必须先等待诊断结果。

报告称，私人供应商应在护理质量委员会（CQC）注册，并被禁止向公众投放广告。

审查报告指出，自闭症和ADHD诊断率的上升，不能简单地用作此前被忽视的儿童前来寻求评估来解释。

报告警告称：“如果目前的趋势继续下去，我们显然正进入一个风险平衡发生变化的阶段……从担心识别不足和诊断不足，转向误诊和过度诊断的风险增加，这正成为政策制定和服务交付中日益重要的考量因素。”

在6至11岁人群中，记录在案的自闭症患病率增长了20倍以上，从2000年的0.24%上升到2025年的4.58%。对于12至17岁人群，这一数字增长了40倍以上，从0.10%上升到4.06%。

ADHD评估的每月转诊量增长了三倍多，从2019年的约5,000件增加到2024年的约17,000件。

然而，目前关于青少年自闭症最可靠的估计值仍维持在1.2%左右。

针对自闭症，审查报告称，增长可能是由于“识别、记录、诊断概念、寻求帮助方式以及获取渠道的变化，而非潜在人群患病率的明显增加”。

“年轻人并不脆弱”

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是2019年记录数量的17倍以上。

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Fonagy教授认为，年轻人是在巨大的压力下成长的，他补充道：“自我也年轻时起，生活变得更加艰难了。”

“现在年轻人能接触到的声音如此嘈杂——其中大多数是数字化的，许多人信心十足，但很少有人承担责任——这使得理解自我的普通发育过程比我当年要困难得多。年轻人……并不脆弱。他们只是在人数上处于劣势。”

卫生大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）昨晚承诺将加强对心理健康服务的监督。

她表示：“我们将……使所有ADHD和自闭症的诊断评估都受CQC监管，以便人们能够确信评估质量高，且NHS（国民医疗服务体系）没有被私人供应商过度收费。”

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名人叛徒 2026

对自己的背叛！理查德·E·格兰特在遭遇惨败后被踢出城堡

一人出，一人进：理查德·E·格兰特与从忠诚者变为背叛者的汉娜·弗莱教授

作者：Codie Bullen 演艺圈记者

在这部热门BBC节目新季开播仅几小时后，他就做出了令人难以置信的行为——向全组宣布自己是一名“背叛者”。

昨晚，观众目睹了理查德·E·格兰特不可避免的垮台，因为他的《名人背叛者》（Celebrity Traitors）参赛队友们在首轮圆桌会议上创造了历史。

在一次压倒性的投票中，格兰特在可能的20票中获得了16票，随即被放逐。格兰特对众人说：“如你们所知，我一直想成为一名背叛者。生活中，有时梦想会成真，有时则不会，”随后他透露：“我是一个不忠的背叛者！”

在面对镜头时，这位演员补充道：“我被彻底摧毁了。我竟然成功地让自己陷入了死局，据我所知，这种情况从未发生过。我女儿一定会说：‘噢，爸爸！’但我刚才确实玩得很尽兴。”

在退出访谈中，格兰特谈到了这次极具喜感的失误，这很可能成为本季最令人难忘的时刻之一，他补充道：“这完全是一个灾难性的、愚蠢的行为。”

“我能想象制片人们面面相觑，口型在说：‘他说什么？！’”

“我看过所有能看到的这个游戏的版本，我一直在祈祷，希望自己能被邀请成为背叛者，所以收到那个通知时……好吧，我失去了所有的自控力。”

回到阿德罗斯城堡，主持人克劳迪娅·温克尔曼向一群欣喜若狂的名人们宣布：“这种情况以前从未发生过。你们第一次尝试就成功抓到了一个！”

在格兰特戏剧性地离开后，一名新的背叛者进入了塔楼，玛雅·贾玛和詹姆斯·阿卡斯特这对组合决定招募汉娜·弗莱教授。

这在早餐时引起了怀疑和困惑，因为按照常理，弗莱教授或杰里·霍尔其中一人应该被“谋杀”，这样全组才会意识到发生了招募行为。

在混乱之中，全组参加了第三次任务，他们必须推动一个沉重的破门锤前往

四个不同的地窖并摧毁大门。

在里面，他们找到了资金和令人垂涎的护盾，护盾可以免于被放逐。

他们为奖金池赢得了 6,000 英镑 —— 但只有贾玛女士拿到了护盾。在其他方面，忠诚者迈哈拉（Myha'la）成为了第二个被放逐的玩家。由于这位演艺圈女演员此前支持背叛者格兰特，但在最后一刻突然反水对他投票，并在他离开前对他眨了眨眼，这引起了人们的怀疑。

在第二次紧张的圆桌会议上，她试图为自己辩护，眼中含泪

眨眼：迈哈拉被放逐

—— 但这还不够。“我很喜欢认识你们所有人；谢谢你们喜欢我，”她对其他名人说道。

“我想对忠诚者们说，我认为背叛者并不像你们想象的那么笨、那么傻或那么困惑。我认为他们聪明得多。”

“但我一直是一名忠诚者。”

她在退出访谈中补充道：“我立刻就和理查德亲近了，因为我觉得我们是灵魂伴侣。”

“实际上，我根本不该信任他，而这最终我认为成了我的死穴。”本集在著名的“谋杀悬念”中落下帷幕 —— 背叛者们在三名参赛者中考虑谁将成为下一个受害者。

詹姆斯·布朗特、贝拉·拉姆齐和塞巴斯蒂安·克罗夫特处于被淘汰的边缘，其中一人将在明晚的节目中离开。

但并非全是坏消息，BBC的观众在节目中欣赏到了布朗特在镜头前脱衣的几秒钟画面。

在该剧首个标志性的淋浴场景中，这位演唱过《You're Beautiful》的歌手被看到戴着浴帽，在城堡哥特式风格的浴室里搓澡。

主持人：克劳迪娅·温克尔曼（Claudia Winkleman）

天哪！库克船长在250年后被“指责导致澳大利亚山火”

作者：Wiliam Hunter

在英国皇家海军军官库克船长于1770年登陆澳大利亚大陆250多年后，他被指责导致了澳大利亚近期的一波致命山火。

研究人员表示，是殖民化而非气候变化，使该国处于不可控山火的危险之中。

根据发表在《自然》（Nature）杂志上的一项研究，原住民的“小规模文化焚烧”实践在数千年中将火势控制在可控范围内。

然而，在原住民遭到屠杀后，林地开始长满极易燃的新植被，使森林变成了密集且易燃的“火药桶”。

墨尔本大学的首席作者迈克尔-肖恩·弗莱彻（Michael-Shawn Fletcher）教授表示：“森林实际上是殖民化的产物，正是这一遗产现在危及了它的生存。”

毁灭性山火之间的时间间隔已从1800年代的大约40年缩短到本世纪的仅5年。

随着超级厄尔尼诺现象预计将带来创纪录的高温，科学家们对下一个火灾季节感到担忧。

2019年至2020年的“黑色之夏”导致33人死亡，3,000栋房屋被毁，30亿只动物死亡或流离失所，并烧毁了93,000平方英里的土地。

为什么“无酒精鸡尾酒”罐装饮品将淹没圣诞精神

作者：Emily Hawkins

特易购（Tesco）的负责人预测，由于减肥针和更健康的生活方式将削弱需求，家庭在今年圣诞节的饮酒量将会减少。

肯·墨菲（Ken Murphy）表示：“我认为这可能会是一个稍微健康一些的圣诞节。尽管顾客确实喜欢纵情享受，而我们也据此制定了计划。”

“我们会说，从酒精的角度来看，这次圣诞节可能会更加节制。我们认为低酒精和无酒精[饮料]将迎来强劲增长。”

他表示，减肥针是“更广泛趋势”的一个“组成部分”，而非人们减少饮酒和改变饮食习惯的唯一“驱动因素”。

像Mounjaro这样的药物会降低饮酒的吸引力，因为它改变了大脑对快感的反应，并可能导致包括恶心在内的副作用。

在预期迎来繁荣之前，这家零售商推出了无酒精“无酒精鸡尾酒”（mocktail）罐装饮品，口味包括杏仁利口酒酸味（Amaretto Sour）、百香果和皮娜科拉达（Pina Colada）。

Waitrose的低酒精和无酒精饮料贸易经理劳拉·图多（Laura Tudor）表示，该类别的销售额在过去一年中增长了66%。

她预测无酒精鸡尾酒在圣诞节期间将很受欢迎，顾客正在“寻找更高档的选择”，例如高端无酒精烈酒和调酒剂。本月对此类饮料的搜索量比上月增长了325%。

安德鲁警方搜查

随着法官介入，不当行为调查陷入困境

作者：Sam Greenhill 首席记者

安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）昨日赢得了一场高等法院的挑战，法院裁定警方对其住所的搜查是非法的。

这场法律风波使泰晤士河谷警方对国王之弟及其与被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）往来的调查产生了疑问。

表示搜查令在签发时存在错误

但安德鲁并未完全脱身。警方在承认搜查令存在错误的同时，正请求法官允许他们保留今年早些时候没收的文件和电子设备。

这位名声扫地的前王子在2月份的66岁生日当天被逮捕，并在艾尔舍姆（Aylsham）警察局接受了近 12 小时的审讯。他因涉嫌公职人员渎职而受到质询。

大多数门店适用。线上价格可能有所不同。价格与 Sainsbury's、Tesco、Asda、GB Aldi 和 Lidl 进行比对。价格按比例匹配，且每周两次对 GB Aldi 门店和 Lidl 的门店及 / 或线上同类产品进行核查。Asda、Tesco、Sainsbury's 每周核查两次，每月在店核查一次。价格核查日期为 21 / 09 / 26。Morrisons 的非促销价格与 Sainsbury's、Tesco、Asda、GB Aldi 和 Lidl 的非促销价格匹配。不包括 Morrisons Daily 和第三方。验证地址：my.morrisons.com / unbeatable。黄油 250g，£7.40 / kg。香蕉，每根 16p。沙拉番茄，每个 17p。背脊培根 300g，£4.97 / kg。卫生纸，每卷 38p。洗洁精 450ml，£1.23 / litre。

随后，警方在皇家小屋（Royal Lodge）——他被强制放弃居住超过 20 年的温莎住所——以及他当时的住所、位于诺福克郡桑德灵厄姆庄园的伍德农场（Wood Farm）进行了为期六天的搜查。

此后，这位曾经的约克公爵仅被短暂目击过几次，目前已定居在附近的马什农场（Marsh Farm）。但在昨天高等法院的一场非同寻常的听证会上，关于其法律挑战的细节浮出水面。

安德鲁申请了司法复核，请求法官裁定警方对其住所的突击搜查是非法的。他列举了五项理由，其中仅一项被公开——即部分被没收的材料可能是他“保密”持有。

该挑战在今年早些时候已在高等法院进行，但公众对此并不知情。

泰晤士河谷警方承认搜查令是非法的，希利亚德法官（Mr Justice Hilliard）在 7月 22, 的一次闭门裁决中正式撤销了搜查令，这一情况在昨天的公开听证会上被披露。

昨天，随着真相终于揭晓，泰晤士河谷警方将这次惨剧完全归咎于那位批准搜查令的未具名中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）法官。代表泰晤士河谷警方的 Alan Payne KC 告诉法庭：“法官在授予搜查令时犯了错误。”他们

“法律条款适用错误”

这些搜查令显然是在法律的错误条款下签发的。

泰晤士河谷警察局誓言将继续其调查。

理论上，警方可能会被要求归还所有在突击搜查中没收的安德鲁的财物。此举可能会给今年“爱泼斯坦文件”公布后启动的公职人员失职调查带来致命打击。

安德鲁就其担任英国贸易特使期间的情况接受了询问，他于 2001 年至 2011 年间担任该职务。

电子邮件显示，他曾与他在华尔街的朋友、被定罪的儿童色情犯爱泼斯坦分享政府信息。

在承认突击搜查违法后，警方于 6 月 4 日申请获准继续保留安德鲁的财物。

他们必须证明保留这些财物具有正当理由。该申请将由同一位法官审理，但要到明年才会进行。

在谈到警方何时能完成调查时，希利亚德法官表示：“我怀疑那还相当遥远。”

法官表示，警方目前可以保留没收的物品，因为“如果这些财产随后可以根据其他条款被合法没收，那么现在将其归还就没什么意义”。

安德鲁在躲避相机拍摄

高等法院裁定警员犯错

他补充道：“在申请和批准搜查令的过程中出现了一个重大错误。承认这一错误至关重要。”

“搜查令被撤销的事实并不会使调查终止，也不意味着整个调查都是违法的。”

警方强调，调查“仍在进行中，我们将继续追求所有合理的调查方向，以有效且公正地推进此次调查”。

在的一份声明中，该警局表示

被裁定违法

在 2 月的 66 岁生日当天，被拍到正被车从艾尔舍姆警察局接走

警方没有正确的搜查令来搜查左图的伍德农场或上图的温莎皇家行宫

这次挫折“并非是对我们正在进行的调查的评判”，并坚称警方“全程遵循了正确的法律程序”。

法律专家对这些进展将使案件处于何种境地提出了质疑。

Grosvenor Law 的合伙人安德鲁·吉尔摩表示：“警方承认他们获得的搜查令存在缺陷，这相当令人震惊，并且让人质疑泰晤士河谷警察局的可信度及其开展此类高关注度且敏感行动的能力。”

Peters & Peters 的合伙人、前英国皇家检察署（CPS）特别犯罪部门负责人尼克·瓦莫斯表示：“真正的问题是，这对调查造成了多少损害？”

他表示，法官将决定“如果警方没有搞错文书工作，他们是否有权没收这些材料”，并补充道：“如果确实如此，他们

“这造成了多大损害？”

可以保留，否则，他们将不得不将其归还。”

Corker Binning 律师事务所合伙人丹妮尔·里斯-格林哈尔（Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh）表示，撤销搜查令并不意味着任何扣押的证据自动失效，并补充道：“这也不妨碍警方在调查期间检查扣押的物品，例如设备或文书。”

这是自 1649 年查理一世以来，王室成员首次对刑事诉讼的合法性提出质疑。当时的君主在主张君权神授并拒绝承认法院，最终在叛国罪案件败诉后被砍头。

在安德鲁的案件中，对伍德农场（Wood Farm）的搜查仅用了一天，但警员对拥有 30 个房间的皇家小屋（Royal Lodge）进行了近六天的搜查。在搜查期间，人们多次看到警车离开该物业的场地。

是法官有错——还是警员在申请搜查批准时出了差错？

为什么搜查令被撤销？

安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor）的律师声称，搜查令是非法的，因为在 2 月 18 日批准这些搜查令的中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）法官无法确定扣押的材料中不包含安德鲁“保密”持有的物品。

这是根据《警察与刑事证据法》（PACE）第 8 条授予搜查令的条件。不遵守第 8 条意味着搜查令是非法的，泰晤士河谷警方在安德鲁提起司法复核案件后“不久”承认了这一点。

是谁的错误？显然，如果法官使用的是 PACE 第 9 条而非第 8 条，搜查令可能是合法的。

泰晤士河谷警方将此直接归咎于中央刑事法院的法官，称法官“犯了错误”，而警方则“全程遵循了正确的法律程序”。

希利尔法官（Mr Justice Hillier）在昨天告知高等法院时，表述略有不同，他称错误发生在“搜查令的申请和授予过程中”。

这是否会导致警方案件失败？

泰晤士河谷警方认为并非如此，该局表示其调查仍在继续。它还根据 PACE 第 59 条申请允许更——

整个案件充满了宪法上的复杂性，因为国王的弟弟与一名王室最高级别的法官——即批准搜查令的中央刑事法院法官——发生了对抗。

关于安德鲁法律挑战的更多细节将在未来几周内公开。泰晤士河谷警方曾申请对该案保密，但在一名《每日邮报》记者得知此事并请求法院查阅记录后，警方放弃了这一立场，以纠正错误。正如法官所解释的：“当搜查令被撤销时，议会提供了一套程序，只要有合法依据，警方可能能够保留相关材料。我将在适当的时候决定这个问题。”

换句话说，如果警方能证明他们持有安德鲁的财产有正当理由，即使他们的搜查是非法的，他们也可以将其保留。但这将在明年才会决定。

为什么公众被蒙在鼓里？

不知为何，安德鲁的法律挑战在数月内一直对公众保密。根据昨天的解释，原本应该举行公开法庭听证会，但随后泰晤士河谷警方承认其搜查行为是非法的，因此听证会并未举行。

在法官于7月22日撤销搜查令后，公众本应获得通知。但泰晤士河谷警方提出反对，称这是为了“保护”其刑事调查的“完整性”。法官本需对此做出裁决，但警方在周三放弃了反对，从而促成了昨天的公开听证会。

上周的法律文件。法官表示此类文件现在将向公众公开，但他给了案件相关方14天的时间，就是否需要进行遮盖（例如抹去警员姓名）提交陈述。

蒙巴顿-温莎先生在去年秋天因与爱泼斯坦的关系丑闻而被剥夺头衔，并被逐出皇家小屋。他是现代以来被逮捕的最高级别王室成员。

10岁以下儿童成为性勒索团伙目标

一份今日公布的令人震惊的报告显示，随着案件激增，年仅七岁的儿童正遭到犯罪分子的勒索，对方威胁要公布其裸体自拍照片。

根据互联网观察基金会（IWF）的数据，所谓的“性勒索”报告在一年内有望翻倍，2026年前六个月已收到462起报告。

这一数字已经远高于去年的全年总数394起。大多数受害者年龄在14至15岁之间（227起），另有217起涉及16岁和17岁的青少年。但令人惊恐的是，有17起报告涉及11至13岁的青少年，还有一起案件中儿童年龄在七至十岁之间。IWF首席执行官凯里

犯罪记者 瑞安·胡珀（Ryan Hooper） 报道

史密斯（Smith）表示：“这些数字表明，年轻人在线上所面临的恐怖威胁并未消失。它们呈现出持续恶化的态势——如果这种情况继续下去，将给年轻生命带来更多的破坏、痛苦和伤害。”

性勒索是指犯罪分子威胁称，如果受害者不支付费用以阻止内容发布，他们将分享受害者的裸体或性图像。

约95%的事件涉及男孩被性勒索，而许多用于胁迫18岁以下青少年交钱的图像是由年轻人自己拍摄的。IWF表示，这通常是使用手机或其他设备，在响应网络犯罪分子的胁迫或诱骗下完成的。

随之而来的威胁和恐吓可能是“极端的”，这已导致部分青少年出现自残行为。

上个月，文化大臣丽莎·南迪（Lisa Nandy）表示，如果科技公司不采取行动，政府将立法禁止18岁以下人群访问裸体图像。

她表示，此类内置控制功能在从源头上阻止犯罪分子获取 compromising（不利 / 尴尬）图像方面可能产生巨大影响。史密斯女士补充道：“每一天，犯罪分子仍在广撒网，试图将数千名儿童诱入有害的——甚至是潜在致命的——陷阱。这就是为什么新政府在网络安全问题上绝不能松懈如此重要。”

由IWF和英国国家防止虐待儿童协会（NSPCC）运行的“报告删除”（Report Remove）计划允许18岁以下青少年在自己的裸体或性图像被分享——或可能被分享——到网上时进行报告，以便将其拦截并删除。

NSPCC的拉尼·戈文德（Rani Govender）表示：“如果科技公司和政府不迅速采取行动，这种虐待只会变得更糟。不采取行动没有任何借口。”“报告删除”服务可通过这两个慈善机构的网站获取。

犯罪与安全编辑 丽贝卡·坎伯（Rebecca Camber） 报道

警局局长对司法“旋转门”深感愤怒

苏格兰场负责人昨日警告称，司法体系正陷入一种“旋转门”状态——其警员目前每天要处理100起罪犯违反电子脚镣监管规定的案件。

马克·罗利爵士（Sir Mark Rowley）抨击了工党的提前释放计划，称他的警员在逮捕违反电子脚镣条件的罪犯上浪费时间，而这些罪犯在法庭上却面临“零处罚”。

与此同时，警局警员每周逮捕两到三名根据该计划获释的罪犯。警方领导层表示，随着更多危险罪犯在工党的温和司法改革下被释放，情况将进一步恶化。

这位英国最高警官在发表上述言论时，一名与100多起调查相关的性犯罪者兼惯偷被曝在从旺兹沃思监狱（Wandsworth Prison）提前获释仅一天后，就在伦敦展开了一场偷窃狂欢。

上周四，38岁的迈克尔·博格尔（Michael Bogle）在走出监狱时宣称：“让提前释放继续下去，这很好”，他此前仅服刑78天，因违反一项为期32周的缓刑。

“释放犯罪浪潮”

tence。这是他的第五次入狱。在周一因周末的一系列商店盗窃行为被捕后，他现在又被关回监狱八个月。

马克爵士在 LBC 广播电台中表示：“我对被释放回社区的罪犯数量感到担忧。”

“目前，我们每周逮捕两到三名被提前释放且被要求重新入狱或再次犯罪的罪犯。我们接到的由缓刑部门发送的电子脚镣（tag）违规执行请求数量在增加。目前伦敦每天有超过 100 起电子脚镣违规事件——且在持续上升。

“因此，我们将他们带到法庭。我们发现，在被逮捕的电子脚镣违规者中，有 95% 以上的人在相同的条件下被简单地保释回社区。也就是说，完全没有制裁。”

监狱释放闹剧 每天 100 名罪犯 违反脚镣 条件——但 “面临零处罚”

在新的改革下，短期刑期被取消，这意味着被监禁的罪犯减少了。警方还必须监控被提前释放的罪犯。

再次入狱：惯犯迈克尔·博格尔（Michael Bogle） 警告：伦敦警察厅局长马克·罗利（Mark Rowley）昨日发出警告

马克爵士警告称：“我们看到被羁押在监狱的人数在减少。这使得更多惯犯和不稳定分子留在社区中。”

他说，结果导致逮捕令数量翻了一番。“今年我们每月收到 800 份逮捕令。现在我们收到的数量接近 1,600 份。”

他补充道：“所以这是一个非常困难的局面。警员们感到非常担忧和沮丧，因为他们试图代表公众处理危险，而系统在执行此项工作时正在失去力度。”博格尔是一名与超过 100 起调查相关的“高风险罪犯”，他在周末期间洗劫商店，完全不在意自己被监控摄像头拍到。他此前因商店盗窃和违反刑事行为令而被判刑，后被提前释放。

警方不得不搜捕这名拥有 16 项盗窃、刑事损坏和露体癖前科的罪犯，并因其四项商店盗窃、违反法院命令和商业盗窃罪将其送回监狱。

伦敦西北区指挥官、首席警司卢克·威廉姆斯（Luke Williams）就此案向当地政治人物发送电子邮件，警告受害者正“对一个无法妥善处理罪犯和嫌疑人的系统失去信心：电子脚镣命令未被严格执行，危险人物频繁被保释”。

他说：“在本案中，提前释放计划令人担忧的地方在于，一名已知的惯犯被放回社区，结果立即再次犯罪。”

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）表示：“工党在上周四提前释放了这名惯犯——而他已经开始了犯罪 spree（狂欢）。”

他补充道：“工党鲁莽且拙劣的释放计划已经在释放一场犯罪浪潮。”

由于处理提前释放罪犯带来的额外成本，警方首脑要求政府提供额外的 £4.8 亿英镑。上周，包括暴力罪犯在内的 700 名囚犯被释放。

据估计，在接下来的 10 个月里，将有 4,500 名罪犯被提前释放。

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监狱中恐怖分子人数创纪录达275人，且大多数为伊斯兰极端分子

作者：Chris Pollard

目前在英国被监禁的定罪恐怖分子人数创下纪录，其中大多数持有伊斯兰极端主义观点。

截至6月底，因恐怖主义罪行入狱的人数为275人，这是自2010, 开始记录以来的最高人数，当时的人数为126。

内政部的数据显示，该人数比去年增长了7 per cent，并超过了3月底记录的此前峰值273。

此次人数增加是在“巴勒斯坦行动”（Palestine Action）被禁之后。该组织是首个根据《恐怖主义法》被禁止的直接行动抗议团体，此举已导致数千人被捕。

数据显示，在因恐怖主义入狱的人员中，57 per cent持有伊斯兰极端主义观点，而29 cent持有极右翼信仰。

约有38人（14 cent）被归类为持有

“数千人被捕”

“其他”意识形态。数据还显示，自2001, 9 / 11袭击以来，共有7,385人因涉嫌相关活动被捕，其中3,867人发生在截至6月的一年内。

这些人中的绝大多数（94 cent）与支持去年7月被禁的“巴勒斯坦行动”有关。

该组织的成员或支持者最高面临14年监禁。此举目前正面临该组织联合创始人胡达·阿莫里（Huda Ammori）发起的法律挑战。

保守党大佬雅各布·里斯-莫格爵士（Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg）声称，禁止该组织“让政府看起来很愚蠢”，因为“我们现在是在攻击言论自由”。■英格兰和威尔士的仇恨犯罪在截至3月的一年里增长了7 cent，其中基于种族和宗教动机的犯罪达到了历史高点。根据内政部的数据，共发生了146,825起仇恨犯罪。

伯纳姆支持《每日邮报》关于痴呆症的运动

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY Burnham）表示支持《每日邮报》的“击败痴呆症”（Defeating Dementia）运动，并承诺为了纪念他的父亲，将“投入政府的所有力量”支持这项工作。

首相今天将把痴呆症研究列为国家优先事项，并公布一项£4800 万合作伙伴关系，以加速寻找治愈方法。

在今天的《每日邮报》文章中，他表示希望使英国成为“痴呆症研究的领先国家”，并讲述了上个月父亲罗伊（Roy）死于阿尔茨海默病如何激励了他。

他表示，他将加强对有前景的新药的临床试验，并使其更快地应用于患者，并强调：“对我来说，这是私人的事情。”伯纳姆先生说，目睹父亲与痴呆症的斗争让他意识到，对于提供护理和需要护理的人来说，这个系统“根本不起作用”。

他补充道：“自从我在上届工党政府担任卫生大臣以来，我就一直想改变这一点。现在我是首相，这是一个我决心完成的个人使命。”

《每日邮报》与阿尔茨海默病协会已建立合作伙伴关系，旨在击败痴呆。

《每日邮报》与阿尔茨海默病协会携手击败痴呆症

痴呆症每年夺走 76,000 人的生命，是英国头号杀手。“击败痴呆症”活动旨在提高人们对该疾病的认识，增加早期诊断，加强研究并改善护理。

伯纳姆先生写道：“我知道失去挚爱于痴呆症之手是什么感觉。

‘这就是为什么我很荣幸能支持《每日邮报》和阿尔茨海默病协会发起的“击败痴呆症”活动。’

政府将投资 £3300 万，并结合来自百时美尚逊（Bristol Myers Squibb）、葛兰素史克（GSK）和盖茨风险投资（Gates Ventures）的资金，以帮助招募更多人员参与临床研究。

这笔资金将支持以已故《东区东街》（EastEnders）演员芭芭拉·温莎（Barbara Windsor）之名发起的芭芭拉联盟（Barbara Alliance），以加速治疗方法的开发。

它将建立一个连接健康数据、研究和临床试验能力的平台，使寻找试验参与者变得更加容易。

在今天于曼彻斯特举行的“创新国家峰会”（Innovation Nation Summit）发表讲话前，伯纳姆先生表示：“痴呆症是一种极其残酷的疾病，不仅对于患者如此，对于照顾他们的家庭同样如此。长期以来，我们一直将痴呆症视为生命后期需要应对的事情，而不是一种我们可以击败的疾病。我不接受这一点。

‘事实上，我真正希望我们能共同努力，恰恰做到这一点。我希望英国能成为取得突破并为世界提供期待已久的痴呆症治愈方案的国家。

‘这就是为什么我将痴呆症研究列为国家优先事项。

‘这项投资与我们关于国家

目睹父亲的抗争让我深感此事与我息息相关——我们一定会解决它

作者：安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham)

首相

上个月，我的父亲罗伊 (Roy) 去世了。他患有痴呆症一段时间了。他从未意识到自己的儿子成为了首相，但护理院的工作人员在他的椅子前放了一台电视，好让他能看到我抵达唐宁街。

我知道失去挚爱于痴呆症之手是什么感觉。这就是为什么我很荣幸能支持《每日邮报》与阿尔茨海默病协会共同发起的“击败痴呆症”活动。

我们将动用政府的所有力量来支持这项努力。今天，我宣布一项 £4800 万 的合作伙伴关系，用于支持以已故的芭芭拉·温莎女爵士 (Dame Barbara Windsor) 命名的“芭芭拉联盟” (Barbara Alliance) —— 该联盟汇集了政府、工业界、研究人员、慈善机构以及具有亲身经历的人员，旨在克服阻碍痴呆症研究的障碍。

我希望英国能成为痴呆症研究的领先国家，取得能够改变人们生活的突破。因此，我也很高兴健康数据研究服务 (Health Data Research Service) —— 这个管理生命科学领域访问 NHS 数据的政府机构 —— 将把痴呆症列为优先事项，以加强临床试验并更快地为患者提供新药。

我父亲的护理人员非常出色。但看着他与病魔搏斗让我意识到，目前的体系对于提供护理的人和需要护理的人来说根本行不通。如果你患上癌症等疾病，虽然情况糟糕，但我们的 NHS 会为你提供最好的免费护理。但如果你患上痴呆症，你在身体上、精神上、情感上和经济上都会遭受痛苦 —— 你的挚爱之人亦然。

家人：首相与他的母亲艾琳 (Eileen) 和父亲罗伊 (Roy)

自从我在上届工党政府担任卫生大臣以来，我就一直想改变这一点。现在我成为了首相，这是一项我决心完成的个人使命。

这是可以实现的。第二次世界大战后，我们创建了国民医疗服务体系 (NHS)。其原则至今依然有效 —— 每人都做出贡献，每人都获得保障。NHS 改变了我国的医疗保健，让人们在生病时能心安。

现在是开启护理新时代的时候了，让人们在年老时也能心安。我们正在为老年人制定一项新协议：建立一个国家护理服务 (National Care Service)，为他们提供免费的个人护理，以及一份每年随通货膨胀率或 2.5 per cent（以较高者为准）增长并随时间追踪收入水平的国家养老金。

养老金领取者不必将毕生积蓄花在护理上，他们的养老金在未来也将拥有稳固的基础。对我来说，这是个人使命。

不仅是因为我的父亲，更因为这个国家充满了父亲、母亲、朋友和挚爱之人，他们所有人在年老时都理应被尊严地对待。

我们可以赢得对抗痴呆症的战斗。我们可以改造我们的护理体系。我们可以为英国带回希望。

护理服务，旨在帮助确保痴呆症患者获得所需的护理和支持，并让家庭放心其挚爱之人将得到照顾。

痴呆症还将成为新健康数据研究服务的首要任务之一，由政府和韦尔康信托基金会 (Wellcome Trust) 提供高达 £6 亿 的资金支持。该服务将把 NHS 数据和研究数据整合到一个系统中，以帮助科学家识别合适的患者。

芭芭拉女爵士的遗孀斯科特·米切尔 (Scott Mitchell) 表示：“我和芭芭拉一起去见当时的首相鲍里斯·约翰逊 (Boris Johnson)。”

“她对他说道：‘快点，亲爱的，你得对……这个痴呆症的事做点什么。这方面的资金不够。’”

“对我来说，这意味着芭芭拉将不仅仅因为在《继续露营》(Carry On Camping) 中胸罩飞掉而被记住，她还留下了第二份遗产。”

阿尔茨海默病协会称此举为“一个重要时刻”，卫生大臣伊薇特·库珀 (Yvette Cooper) 表示，这将“帮助我们扭转痴呆症的局面”。

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财政部遗产税收益将在5年内翻倍

作者：杰森·格罗夫斯 (Jason Groves) 政治编辑

一份昨日发布的报告警告称，遗产税收入将在五年内翻倍——与此同时，民调显示公众支持保守党削减该税项的计划。

中右翼智库 Onward 的一项研究显示，如果不进行紧急改革，预计到 2031 年，税务部门将征收 £150 亿加元 的遗产税，而去年这一数字为 £70 亿加元。

凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）在周三的保守党会议上揭晓了削减这项令人厌恶的税收的激进计划，令党内气氛活跃起来。

保守党的改革方案将使家庭住宅免于缴纳遗产税，无论其价值如何。

巴德诺克女士还宣布，计划允许夫妇双方额外免税传承 £100 万 的资产，即每人 50 万英镑。

YouGov 的民调发现，公众支持家庭住宅免税的比例为 61:18。

昨晚对 6,000 多名成年人进行的调查发现，保守党和改革英国党（Reform UK）选民的支持率最高，其中 85% 的保守党人表示赞成。但自民党选民的支持率为 61:22，甚至工党支持者的支持率也达到了 48:30. 批评者认为

但民调显示 公众支持 凯米削减 厌恶的 死亡税目标

该政策不公平地使伦敦和南部地区（房价较高）的选民受益。但民调显示，北部地区的支持率为 57:19。

Onward 的报告揭示了遗产税影响力的剧增。英国税务海关总署（HMRC）的数据显示，税收收入上升至创纪录的 £70 亿加元，部分原因是缴纳该税的起征点长期冻结，而工党已将此冻结期延长至至少 2031 年。

但由于其他工党的变动，收入预计将增长得更快，例如首次将农地纳入征税范围，以及从明年起将养老金账户纳入其中。到 2030, 遗产税收入预计将跳升至 126 亿英镑 billion，影响约 52,000 笔遗产，即所有遗产中的 12 分之一——这是 2009 年设定起征点时受影响比例的三倍。次年，收入预计将达到 150 亿英镑 billion。

影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯（Andrew Griffith）表示：“遗产税本应是对超级富豪征收的税。但它最终变成了对‘中英格兰’（Middle England）的征税。在保守党领导下，当你买房时将没有印花税，当你住在房中时将没有‘豪宅税’，当你将其传给家人时将没有遗产税。每对夫妇将能额外留下 £100 万。”

“我们的改革将使目前超过一半的纳税人完全无需缴纳该税。”

据预测，该计划每年将耗资 £60 亿加元，主要由削减福利资金提供。但一些经济学家警告称，这可能会激励老年人将他们的

“不再是对超级富豪的征税”

资产堆积在房产中。税务政策协会（Tax Policy Associates）的丹·奈德尔（Dan Neidle）表示，这将为老年人创造一种“反向激励”，促使他们通过“升级房产”来避税，这意味着最终成本可能在 70 亿英镑.70 亿加元 至 £109 亿加元 之间。

但保守党消息人士辩称，大多数拥有足够资产的人已经在利用税务律师和会计师来使其财富免受死亡税的影响。

根据现行规则，个人可以免税留下 32.5 万英镑 的资产，如果涉及家庭住宅，则可额外获得 17.5 万英镑。夫妇双方总共可留下 £100 万。

安德鲁·格里菲斯的评论

影子财政大臣

没有人会忘记他们买的第一套房子：钥匙在锁孔中转动，新鲜油漆的味道，以及在自己屋檐下、在所有纸箱之间度过的第一个夜晚。

正如凯米在保守党会议上所说，家是我们感到安全的地方，我们的孩子在那里迈出第一步，家人在圣诞节时在那里团聚。那里是创造重要回忆的地方。

在工党看来，人们的家只不过是另一个

我可以想象我们的计划会让雷纳及其盟友吐出多少句脏话

对于劳工党来说，人们的住房不过是征税的对象。但对于保守党来说，住房是家庭在我们的经济和社会中所拥有的主要资产。住房提供的安全感激励着人们努力工作——也是年轻人如此渴望拥有住房的原因。换句话说，拥有自己的住房能建立独立性。

这就是为什么我们本周的许多公告都聚焦于住房所有权。

废除强制性的净零排放（Net Zero）和过于苛刻的建筑法规，可将购买新房的成本降低至多 5 万英镑，这将帮助更多年轻人进入住房市场。你如何为家中供暖，或者是否需要电动汽车充电桩，应该是你自己的选择——而不是由白厅的官僚们做决定。

这些公告基于我们去年做出的承诺，即取消首套房的印花税，因为这项糟糕的税收阻塞了住房市场，并惩罚了那些在社区扎根的人们。

本周，我们进一步加大力度，承诺废除劳工党的家庭住房税。他们假装这是一种“豪宅税”，但事实上，它打击的是大城市的普通人，以及那些住在远离首都、通勤时间较长的普通房屋中的人们。

这项不道德的税收在十年内可能让一个人损失高达 7.5 万英镑：一个寡妇怎么可能拿得出那样的钱？

劳工党根本不在乎。他们执迷于这项有害的税收——如果安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）实施它，我们将废除它。

这还不是全部。本周另一个重大承诺是，保守党政府将完全废除家庭住房的遗产税。

需要明确的是：我们更倾向于完全废除死亡税，但我们只会提供负担得起的减税方案，以符合我们降低赤字的财政职责。

我们从承诺废除家庭住房的遗产税开始：首先，因为这是最容易迫使家庭缴纳该税项的资产；其次，在亲人去世后向悲痛的家属征税是错误的。

劳工党想在你买房时征税，在你入住时再次征税，并在你去世时征税第三次。保守党不会——也将不会这样做。

为了解决近年来的起征点冻结问题，我们还将提高其他资产的遗产税起征点，使一对夫妇除了住房之外，还可以免税传承 100 万英镑。

这将确保人们不会为了逃避遗产税而有动力去“扩大”住房规模。极富之人将继续使用信托和其他普通人无法触及的复杂结构。我们的变革将帮助全国各地的人们。

左翼不会喜欢这一点。我可以想象，我们的计划会让安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）及其社会主义同僚们吐出多少句脏话。

但当雷纳、伯纳姆和财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）梦想着将我们带回 20 世纪 70 年代时，我们将践行撒切尔夫人教给我们的原则，优先考虑勤奋工作的人。有人问：保守党站在哪一边？这很简单。我们站在那些努力工作并纳税的人一边，他们被政府当作一台无止境的取款机，遭受了不公正的对待。

这包括那些在我们的扩大育儿支持计划下，不再因为有胆量赚取超过 10 万英镑 而受到惩罚的人。

这还包括在寻找工作但无法找到工作的六分之一年轻人，根据我们为 21 至 24 岁人群减半就业税的计划，他们将获得机会。而现在，这还包括那些想要拥有住房并将其传承下去的人。

有一句古老的希腊谚语：“当老人种下他们知道自己永远无法在其中乘凉的树时，社会就变得伟大。”

一个国家如果让政府在每一代人更替时都砍掉那些树，那么这个社会绝不会是一个保守主义社会。

我们是支持住房所有权的政党——与我们在一起，你的生活会更好。

警告：约翰·希利

央行行长：若不平衡预算将面临债券市场混乱风险

作者：John-Paul Ford Rojas 副商业编辑

英格兰银行行长警告称，如果财政大臣无法平衡预算，可能会引发新一轮债券市场风暴。

随着英国长期借贷成本在昨日飙升至 28 年来的最高点，安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）警告称，如果交易员“开始怀疑财政轨迹”，成本可能会进一步上升。

在约翰·希利（John Healey）提交其首份预算案的三周前，贝利先生在伊斯坦布尔的一次演讲中表示，在这种情况下，“债券收益率可能会进一步上升”。这意味着“货币和金融条件的收紧”——这在业内是加息以及商业银行收紧贷款的代称。

贝利先生表示，税收和支出政策必须“被市场视为可信的”，并强调了遵守财政规则的重要性。影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯（Andrew Griffith）表示：“这是对政府的明确警告，要求其管控由债务驱动的挥霍性支出。”

本周，英格兰银行前首席经济学家安迪·哈尔丹（Andy Haldane）警告称，英国正处于“如履薄冰”的状态。

詹里克在“英格兰特性”争议中支持苏埃拉

随着右翼内部的分歧在昨日升级，罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）表示，“数以百万计将英国护照放在卧室抽屉里的人”在“文化或种族”上并不属于英格兰人。

凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）在周三的会议演讲中宣布自己是一名“自豪的黑人英国人”，并指责改革英国党（Reform UK）在种族问题上持有过时的观点。

这场争论是由改革英国党的苏埃拉·布拉弗曼（Suella Braverman）在 BBC 的《Question Time》节目中引发的，她表示尽管自己在伦敦出生，但并不认为自己是英格兰人，而认为自己是“亚裔”。

现在，改革英国党的财政发言人也介入其中，声称“确实存在英格兰种族这一说法”。

詹里克先生表示，这个国家与 50 年前，尤其是 100 年前相比已截然不同，“而这场辩论是一个完全正常的讨论话题。”

他在片中饰演一个木头人，但在昨晚 BFI Southbank 举行的《Wicker》伦敦首映礼上，亚历山大·斯卡斯加德（Alexander Skarsgard）身着一套金色圣罗兰（Saint Laurent）西装，看起来更像个铁皮人。

但真正引起更大惊讶的是他的透明鞋。50, 岁的斯卡斯加德没有穿袜子，穿着这款古怪的塑料鞋，与合作演员奥利维亚·科尔曼（Olivia Colman）、伊丽莎白·德比基（Elizabeth Debicki）和彼得·丁克莱奇（Peter Dinklage）一同亮相。

这款奇特的鞋子于上个月在巴黎时装周首次亮相。

古灵精怪且充满智慧，这部电影让“木讷”的表演有了新定义……

抢尽风头：奥利维亚·科尔曼与亚历山大·斯卡斯加德

评论员：布莱恩·维纳 (Brian Viner)

《柳编》(WICKER) ★★★★☆

奥利维亚·科尔曼 (OLIVIA Colman) 挑战角色类型的勇气无可挑剔。

不久后，我们将看到她在新版电视剧《傲慢与偏见》中饰演傻傻的贝内特太太；但在此期间，在昨晚于伦敦电影节举行英国首映的《柳编》中——这部电影大胆地带有情色意味且古灵精怪，极具吸引力——她拥有了属于自己的英俊“达西先生”。

只不过，这位先生恰好是用木头做的。

这部电影改编自英国作家厄苏拉·威尔斯-琼斯 (Ursula Wills-Jones) 的短篇小说《柳编丈夫》(The Wicker Husband)，是一部极具娱乐性的改编作品。科尔曼在片中饰演一名卑微的渔妇，生活在一个地理位置不明、地方主义浓厚的中世纪小镇边缘。这个地方带有模糊的德意志风格，像是格林兄弟童话故事中的背景，尽管角色们说的是英国地方口音，而且即便是在格林兄弟笔下，也没有这么露骨。

正如所有人所知，这位渔妇是一个穿着土气、走路明显跛脚的单身女人，经常因为身上那股不幸的臭味而遭到镇民的嘲笑。“有丁鱼，有鳑鲄，”她一边在街上叫卖货物一边喊道，但她的气味总是先于她到达。也许是鳑鲄太新鲜了。

婚礼仪式向我们展示了妻子被对待得像动产一样。

但这并没有阻止镇上的处女们兴奋地参加一场传统游戏，以看看谁将成为下一个结婚的人。

令她惊讶的是，结果竟然是渔妇。但她并没有在有限且并不理想的选择中挑选，而是拜访了首席篮筐编织师（彼得·丁克莱奇 饰），请求他为她打造一个配偶。

一个月后，她被介绍给她的“柳编丈夫”（亚历山大·斯卡斯加德 饰）。他不仅彬彬有礼、体贴入微，而且在操持家务方面极其能干，在床上更是表现出色。这一切在某种程度上呼应了其他童话故事，尤其是《皮诺曹》，不过渔妇关注的并不是她新伴侣的鼻子长度。

当他们做爱的声音传到镇上其他新婚夫妇耳中时，对方以为有人在被谋杀。而当婚床在剧烈冲击下折断时，柳编丈夫立即要求拿一把锤子，以便将其修理好。

他是男性完美的典范，这不可避免地引起了那些多年来轻视渔妇的女性们剧烈且充满欲望的嫉妒，其中就包括裁缝之妻，由伊丽莎白·德比基以极佳的傲慢姿态（以及地道的约克郡口音）演绎。她们的丈夫们同样心怀妒忌——不是嫉妒她的运气，而是嫉妒他的雄风。

编剧兼导演亚历克斯·休斯顿·费舍尔 (Alex Huston Fischer) 和埃莉诺·威尔逊 (Eleanor Wilson) 为配角们提供了充足的闪光机会，理查德·E·格兰特 (Richard E Grant) 的客串演出令人捧腹，他饰演的医生表现得像格兰特本人在 BBC 的《名人背叛者》(Celebrity Traitors) 中一样，亲切却毫无头绪。

丁克莱奇饰演的编织师表现得极其精彩，他在朗诵那些华丽的独白时，多次显得像是快要唱出来而不是在说话，这让我不禁在想，西区剧院是否已经准备好迎接这部作品的音乐剧版本。但真正抢尽风头的是科尔曼，她完美地传达了渔妇被压抑的孤独，随后是欣喜的自得，尽管当关于柳编丈夫忠诚度的流言开始传播，故事走向悲剧时，这种自得又变成了焦虑的偏执。

斯卡斯加德同样表现出色，在特效部门精湛工作的帮助下，他让“木讷”的表演（wooden performances）有了好名声。

在开头，《柳编》被介绍为一个寓言。它在告诉我们什么？是我们不应如此轻易地认为人们是最糟糕的？还是我们不应将局外人妖魔化？

无论如何，这部电影的乐趣更多在于其内容而非其传达的信息，以及它对其他关于合成生物故事（如《弗兰肯斯坦》）的致敬。它还让我想起了另一部阴郁的浪漫奇幻片，即吉尔莫·德尔·托罗的《水形物语》。

后者曾获得包括最佳影片在内的四项奥斯卡奖。《Wicker》虽然不完全在同一量级，但非常有趣。

■ 《WICKER》将于10月30日在电影院上映。

保守党党魁被指被安·威德库姆案件嫌疑人列入“侦察名单”

指控：约书亚·凯里被指控杀害威德库姆女士

作者：Rebecca Camber 犯罪与安全编辑

凯米·巴德诺克被列入一份包含约100名国会议员的“侦察”名单中，该名单据称是由一名被指控杀害安·威德库姆的男子编制的。

这位保守党党魁的名字出现在一份在线档案中，据称该档案由约书亚·凯里在今年7月涉嫌杀害这位改革英国党（Reform UK）政治人物之前编制。这名28岁的男子还被指控在一次涉嫌的恐怖袭击阴谋中试图闯入奈杰尔·法拉奇的家中；他被指控研究了100多名国会议员，其中包括保守党和改革英国党的高层政治人物。影子外交大臣

“对知名人士的研究”

汤姆·图根哈特、改革英国党的罗伯特·詹里克、李·安德森和理查德·泰斯，以及独立议员罗茜·达菲尔德，都在据称在其家中发现的名单之列。

《每日邮报》获悉，名单上的任何政治人物目前均未被视为反恐调查的受害者或证人，因为尚未发现证据表明有人计划对他们发动袭击。

目前尚未就该研究名单提起任何指控。

威斯敏斯特治安法院周三获悉，这名涉嫌杀人者在2024年5月至2026年7月期间，花费了近两年时间研究“知名人士和机构”，包括查询法拉奇先生家中的详细信息。

凯里被指控在去年4月携带一瓶打火机燃料，试图强行破门进入这位改革英国党领导人的家，以“准备恐怖活动”。一年后，据称凯里在德文郡的家中将改革英国党发言人威德库姆女士殴打致死。

这位78岁的女性在头部被锤子击中21次后，于7月8日死亡。

昨晚，多名国会议员指责警方和内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德让他们失望，因为对方数月来一直没有告知他们被列入该涉嫌名单之中。

尽管凯里位于南约克郡罗瑟勒姆的住所在他7月被捕时就经过了搜查，但国会议员们直到本周才被告知他们的名字出现在调查中。

改革英国党主席兼阿什菲尔德区议员安德森先生告诉《电讯报》：“我认为这真的很令人震惊。

警方让我们失望了，内政大臣也让我们失望了。我们生活在一个情况在恶化而非好转的时代，国会议员们感到没有安全感。”

上周，凯里被指控一项与涉嫌袭击法拉奇先生住所相关的准备恐怖活动罪名。他尚未进行抗辩，但预计今天将前往中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）参加审前听证会。

伯纳姆访问柏林引发对撤销脱欧的担忧

作者：马丁·贝克福德（Martin Beckford） 政策编辑

在欧洲领导人向安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）示好后，人们再次担心他将寻求撤销脱欧。

在首相昨日首次正式访问柏林期间，德国总理誓言将“不惜一切代价”使英国与欧盟更加接近。

弗里德里希·梅尔茨（Friedrich Merz）告诉首相，对于他的客人在工党会议上重新提出英国与该集团长期关系的问题，他“个人感到极其高兴”。

他说：“我可以向您保证，我们将尽一切可能使英国越来越接近欧洲。”

伯纳姆先生表示：“我们今天会面之际，英欧峰会即将在年底举行，我非常致力于确保深化合作。”

但保守党副党魁亚历克斯·伯格哈特（Alex Burghart）警告称：“我们这位讨好他人的首相应该警惕这些示好，因为与欧盟更紧密的接轨是要付出代价的。”

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“门铃侦探”诱捕“门廊海盗”

作者：伊丽莎白·海格（Elizabeth Haigh）和卡梅隆·查特斯（Cameron Charters）

在居民创建了一份由门铃和摄像头录像组成的“档案”后，一名包裹窃贼在从门前偷走香槟、葡萄酒和名牌服装时被抓获。

罗纳德·德-圣-奥宾（Ronald De-St-Aubin），61, 面临监禁，因为居民收集的压倒性证据迫使他承认从房主家中偷窃。

被戏称为“门廊海盗”的德-圣-奥宾在一个月内将目标锁定在伦敦西部的帕森斯格林（Parsons Green）居民身上，甚至在因之前的罪行而佩戴电子脚镣期间依然偷拿包裹。居民对他频繁作案感到如此沮丧，以至于称他为“我们的贼”——并团结起来将其当场抓获。

在艾尔沃思刑事法院（Isleworth Crown Court）出庭时，德-圣-奥宾最初否认了六项盗窃指控。但马丁·爱德华兹（Martin Edwards）法官在观看居民提供的录像后，转向被告的律师问道：“他看过这个了吗？”

德-圣-奥宾迅速回应道：“法官大人，我要更改我的抗辩。”

半小时后，他重新回到被告席上，承认了所有六项指控。

马丁法官说：“在看完录像后，我很确定你决定认罪是一个明智的决定。我主

要关注的是，你打算在什么时候停止犯罪，以及法院能做些什么来提前这个日期。”

他的 2 个月犯罪 spree

德-圣-奥宾的垮台始于今年夏天的一系列大胆盗窃行为。他首次被居民注意到是在 7 月 17, 当时查理·埃文斯（Charlie Evans）通过她的 Ring 门铃看到他从她门前拿走了三箱价值 £500 的葡萄酒和香槟。

“团结起来抓住他”

她在 WhatsApp 群组中发出警报，分享了监控录像中该男子的照片——邻居们立即响应，表示他们也成了受害者。

他们共同收集其活动证据，汇总了他瘦削的身材、阿迪达斯（Adidas）运动服以及独特纹身的照片。电子脚镣也清晰可见。

一名居民甚至跟踪小偷回到了他的住所，全程进行了拍摄。当他到达 De-St-Aubin 居住的保释旅馆（位于帕森斯格林地铁站附近）时，他发现了被丢弃的亚马逊包裹，上面的地址遍布富勒姆各地。

现场抓获：门铃录像显示 Ronald De-St-Aubin 正在窃取包裹

• 7 月 13: H&M 童装 (£196) – 三条裙子，两条短裤，四件夏装连衣裙，四套比基尼，四件上衣和一副太阳镜
• 7 月 17: Isabel Marant 夹克 (£60)。来自 Winedrops 的三箱酒 (£500)
• 8 月 8: 九件童装 (£195)
• 8 月 10: 吸顶灯 (£150)
• 9 月 5: 教育类 DVD《货币崛起》（The Ascent Of Money）以及一件未指明的化妆品和厨房用具

在盗窃酒类同日，De-St-Aubin 还顺走了一个来自 Vinted 的包裹，里面有一件价值 £60 的 Isabel Marant 夹克。

面对监禁：De-St-Aubin

几周后的 8 月 10, 警方响应了 999 报警电话，在有人发现他抢走一个包含价值 £150 吸顶灯的包裹后，但他成功逃脱。

其他赃物包括来自 H&M 和 Arket 的包裹，内含价值近 £400 的童装。而 9 月 5, 他偷了一个包含化妆品、厨房产品和一张 DVD 的包裹。两天后，他被逮捕。

马丁法官本周将其羁押至 10 月 28 日，以便进行量刑前报告。法庭还被告知，他曾于 6 月 16 日在治安法官面前出庭，并因其他罪行被判处 18 个月的社区矫正令。

在他认罪后，那名追踪 De-St-Aubin 的居民表示这些犯罪行为“非常令人恼火”，并补充道：“我不想抨击警方，但他们对这种低级别犯罪确实不怎么感兴趣……但这并非没有受害者。”

“警方说，仅仅因为偷了一个包裹就让人入狱很难，他们希望我们能提供更多案例。当他们看到他一直这么做时，才能对他提起诉讼。”

他还抨击快递公司将包裹明显地留在门阶上，并补充道：“当然邮包会‘走丢’，因为像 Ronnie 这样的人知道跟着货车在路上跟踪。”

削减成本的 BBC 将停播 Radio 4 热门节目

作者：Alex Doyle 高级娱乐记者

前控制官马克·达马泽（Mark Damazer）曾将其称为 BBC Radio 4 “最重要的”节目之一。

但现在，随着公司开始采取一系列削减成本措施，运行多年的消费者系列节目《你我》（You And Yours）在播出 56 年后将被砍掉。

社会科学节目《允许思考》（Thinking Allowed）也将结束——以及《免费之物》（Free Thing）、《人工智能》（The Artificial Human）和乡村杂志系列节目《开放乡村》（Open Country）。

受此次公告影响的 10 位主持人中，包括前《今日》（Today）节目主持人、现年 69 岁的玛莎·基尼（Martha Kearney），她在 2024 年从该时政节目卸任后不久便加入了《开放乡村》。

据了解，此次削减将直接导致制作人员失业。

BBC 总监乔纳森·沃尔（Jonathan Wall）

“构建强有力的未来”

Sounds 同时也透露，Radio 5 Live 正面临压力。

他补充道：“我们正在重塑 BBC 的语音音频内容，旨在为值得信赖的新闻报道、独特的叙事以及能够将人们凝聚在一起的节目构建一个强有力的未来。”

“通过减少委约节目的数量，我们可以集中投资，并使我们最优秀的节目在广播、点播以及不同形式之间发挥作用。”

BBC 表示，《Start The Week》和《In Our Time》的时长将延长至一小时，以增加关于思想与技术的播出时间，同时将推出一个针对“广播和点播”的“翻新版”消费者节目。

这是近期一系列裁员行动中的最新动态，此次裁员旨在节省 £5 亿，将导致多达 2,000 个工作岗位流失。 此前表示，将削减所有委约类别中 100 到 150 小时的原创节目。

上个月，作为削减计划的一部分， Breakfast 的周日节目被取消。

副总干事罗德里·塔尔凡·戴维斯（Rhodri Talfan Davies）确认，高级管理岗位也将受到此次削减的影响。

布赖顿海域溺亡三姐妹达成自杀协议

悲痛：简、约瑟夫、克里斯蒂娜和丽贝卡

一项死因研讯发现，在布赖顿海岸溺亡的三姐妹是在访问其母亲 16 年前自杀地点后，作为自杀协议的一部分结束了自己的生命。简·阿德托罗（Jane Adetoro, 36,）、克里斯蒂娜·沃尔特斯（Christina Walters, 32,）和丽贝卡·沃尔特斯（Rebecca Walters, 31,）的尸体于 5 月 13 日从海中被捞起。

警方和海岸警卫队在 5.45am 接到警报，但三姐妹在现场被宣布死亡。

昨日，在市内的伍德韦尔验尸法庭（Woodvale Coroner's Court）举行的一场研讯中获悉，在

作者：Jaya Narain

此事件发生前不足 48 小时，她们从位于西伦敦厄克斯布里奇（Uxbridge）的共同住所前往伯明翰的埃丁顿（Erdington）。

闭路电视画面显示，她们在布鲁克韦尔公园湖（Brookvale Park Lake）附近被接走之前，访问了母亲生前曾居住的房屋，其母亲于 2010 年在该湖溺亡。

研讯获悉，据信她们还前往了母亲的坟墓。

在伯明翰停留仅 90 分钟后，她们于 5 月 12 日凌晨乘坐出租车返回伦敦，随后于当天晚上前往布赖顿。

监控捕捉到三个身影在 2.42am 走向海滩。尸检结果显示三人均死于溺水，且未检测出药物或酒精成分。

她们的父亲约瑟夫·雅各布森（Joseph Jacobsen）在研讯中表示：“你们的离去在我心中留下了一个任何东西都无法填补的空缺。”

这三姐妹此前已清理了公寓，结清了债务并注销了银行账户。 ■ 如需支持，请致电撒玛利亚会（Samaritans）116 123 或访问 samaritans.org

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必须停止ADHD的“敛财列车”

现在所有的疑虑都可以抛之脑后——自闭症和ADHD（注意力缺陷多动障碍）的诊断已成为一个令人深感忧虑的问题。

一份由政府委托的里程碑式报告发现，扭曲的学校和福利体系正在激励家长将自己的孩子简单地归类为“患病”。

在某些情况下，这些青少年所遭受的任何特质和不安，仅仅是人类生存的自然状态。

与其被诊断出患有精神疾病，他们不如去读读尼采，他曾将艰辛哲学化为生命的基本组成部分。

在过去的25年里，自闭症和ADHD病例大幅增加，部分原因是那些所谓的“灵丹妙药”私人诊所，这些诊所极少（如果曾经有过的话）得出客户并非神经多样性的结论。

心怀好意的家长被孩子在学校或大学可能获得特许待遇的前景所吸引，从而陷入这场骗局。与此同时，那些卑劣的人则被通过泛滥的“个人独立支付”（PIP）系统获取福利救济金的可能性所驱动。对边缘病例的过度诊断，对那些病情严重的患者也是不公平的。

总而言之，报告得出结论，孩子们面临着被伤害的风险，其潜力被误诊所扼杀。此外，社交媒体的作用显而易见：它是一个不受约束的毒源，经常诱导年轻人认为自己是神经多样性或患病的。

保护孩子免受这种毒害是家长的责任，尽管将青少年从网络中拉出来非常困难。部长们也必须采取行动。特别是，他们应该全面采纳报告中关于监管私人诊所的建议。

痴迷于福利的工党内部有很大一部分人认为，像PIP这样的福利救济永远是合理的，甚至是神圣不可侵犯的。最重要的是，这份报告提供了重要证据，证明这种态度是危险且妄想的。

首相关于痴呆症的誓言

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）对《每日邮报》与阿尔茨海默病协会共同发起的“击败痴呆症”活动的表达支持是一个重要时刻。

看到首相在深受上个月父亲去世的影响后，将改善这种残酷疾病的治疗方案设定为他的“个人使命”，这令人倍感鼓舞。

这正处于一个关键时刻。工党已大幅背离其在上次大选中的竞选宣言承诺，且党内的极左翼正掌控局面。但改善痴呆症研究必须超越党派政治。

而且至关重要的一点是，关于工党在痴呆症患者如何支付所需护理费用方面所制定的计划，仍有重大问题尚未解答。

现在是伯纳姆先生将鼓励的话语转化为坚定且紧迫行动的时候了。

工党的监狱丑闻

工党新的监狱提前释放计划实施还不到一周，就已经出现了严重的偏差。

伦敦警察厅局长马克·罗利爵士（Sir Mark Rowley）警告司法系统中出现了“旋转门”现象。另外，他的一名高级警官谈到了一个惯偷在获释后立即展开犯罪 spree 的速度之“惊人”。

部长们曾被告知这一切将是一场灾难，但他们依然执意推进。

令人愤慨的是，当公众因为工党而无谓地成为盗窃、袭击或更严重罪行的受害者时，将由公众来承担代价。

我的病毒式访谈，以及凯米如何为所有感到政治无家可归的右翼人士提供希望

作者：雅各布·里斯-莫格 (Jacob Rees-Mogg)

多年来，人们经常说，两大主要政党之间“连一张烟卷纸都塞不进去”。

无论是保守党还是劳工党，就此而言，自由民主党也是如此，他们都致力于同样的、中左翼的管理主义方案：高移民率、对“富人”征税，以及那些能获得 BBC 新闻进步派编辑认可的政策。

现在，情况不再如此。

周三在保守党会议上，听到凯米·巴德诺克发表如此大胆且毫不妥协的演讲，我感到十分振奋：那是对传统保守党价值观的一次全力维护。

这次演讲紧随安迪·伯纳姆在他所属政党会议上同样直截了当的演讲之后——在那次演讲中，他将劳工党剧烈地向左翼推动。这意味着，英国人民终于能看到两个政党之间出现了清晰的分歧；而此前，这两个政党曾一度威胁要陷入一种如此紧密的惬意共识之中，以至于许多右翼人士感到自己在政治上无家可归。

攻击

现在战线已经划定——双方都已准备好进行这场正义之战。

然而，有一个复杂因素：改革英国党（Reform UK）以及在较小程度上的“恢复英国党”（Restore Britain）作为右翼政党的存在。

事实是，英国历史悠久的保守主义传统现在正受到这两股民粹主义力量的攻击——其程度与来自左翼的攻击不相上下。改革英国党和恢复英国党根本不是“保守的”：他们是革命者。而且他们正与日益极端的政治立场调情，任何体面且自尊的保守党人（Tory）都绝不能容忍。

与此同时，在大洋彼岸，“美国优先”的 MAGA 学说支持者——在某些方面由前福克斯新闻主持人、有影响力的评论员塔克·卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）领导，且在现任白宫内部也有同情者——正在推广一种带有古怪的“普京崇拜”色彩的丑陋孤立主义。

让我们依次分析每个运动。稳健的货币政策自 19 世纪以来一直是保守党的原则：其核心理念是政府应该像家庭一样，支出不应超过收入。

查尔斯·狄更斯笔下的米考伯先生（Mr Micawber）说得很对：“年收入 £20，年支出 £19 又 6 便士：结果是幸福。年收入 £20，年支出 £20 又 6 便士：结果是痛苦。”

英国今天的财政状况会让米考伯先生在坟墓中不安地翻身。正如凯米（Kemi）在她那番激昂的演讲中所指出的，政府去年借入的每 £5 中，就有 £4 仅用于偿还国家债务的利息。

这就是为什么她承诺，未来的保守党政府将把任何预算节省额的一半用于减少赤字，而不是将其重新分配或通过减税发放出去。

将这种真正的保守主义立场，与改革英国党为了吸引市中心低中收入群体而吹捧的民粹主义税收政策进行对比。

为此，改革英国党曾考虑取消福利金支付的“两孩限制”（针对父母双方均为英国人且全职工作的家庭）。他们希望冬季燃料补贴能全面恢复。最昂贵的方案是，他们建议大幅提高“个人免税额”——即开始征收所得税的收入门槛。

去年，改革英国党建议将该门槛从目前的 12,570 英镑 提高到每年 2 万英镑，这是一个绝妙但无法负担的想法。根据财政研究所（Institute for Fiscal Studies）的说法，这将耗资高达 800 亿英镑 billion。请记住：这比我们目前在国防上花费的约 700 亿英镑 billion 还要多。

改革英国党保证这将通过在其他方面进行幻想式的削减来支付，这恰恰表明他们作为一个政党是多么年轻且缺乏经验。奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）随后淡化了这一承诺，现在建议仅将其提高到 1.5 万英镑。

与此同时，改革英国党自封的“影子财政大臣”罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）反对凯米取消主要住所遗产税的计划，称他的优先级是为“劳动人民提供减税，而不是为超级富豪”。

我和任何人一样喜欢低税收。但保守党明白，个人是国家的创造者，而不是相反。任何政府，无论是来自左翼，还是自称来自右翼的政府，都没有权利将税收制度作为在不同群体之间平均财富的手段。政府应仅收取维持基本服务所必须的资金。

保守党在另一个——在某些方面甚至更重要——方面将自己与改革英国党区分开来。我们明白，每个人都是按照上帝的形象创造的，在法律面前平等。

但改革英国党的一些领导人物似乎越来越倾向于推广一种有害的“族群民族主义”，该观点认为非白人公民不能被视为英国人（就此而言，也包括苏格兰人、爱尔兰人或威尔士人），而可能仅在公民意义上被视为英国人。

危险

苏埃拉·布雷弗曼是近几周来这一观点最明确的拥护者，即便法拉日本人此前曾与其保持距离。

无论如何，正如凯米本人所言，认为英格兰足球队——或者我更倾向于说的，我们的国家板球队——中的黑人成员不能被视为真正的英国人，这种想法纯属胡说，而且是危险的胡说。

从历史上看，在处理移民问题方面，我们一直是世界上最出色的国家之一。在我们的教育体系中，少数族裔儿童的表现往往优于白人同龄人。

相比于法国（在那里，贫民窟化经常导致种族骚乱），我们在很大程度上一直是一个心态从容的国家；当然，为了同化近期来到这里的庞大人口，还需要做更多工作。

同样，同样令人反感且阴险的观点也在美国的右翼阵营中占据上风。读者可能知道，最近塔克·卡尔森在我伦敦的家中对我进行了采访，他的播客和YouTube频道拥有庞大的受众。

我们长达一小时的对话随后在网上“走红”——全球有数百万人在观看其中的部分内容。

战争

他非常有魅力——但对全球事务的现实极其天真。在面对普京领导的俄罗斯等国家时，他显然将我视为一个好战之徒——而卡尔森本人曾对这位克里姆林宫独裁者进行过一次相当谄媚的采访。但令人担忧的是，他未能领悟最古老的治国原则：如果你想要和平，就必须准备战争。

卡尔森及其意识形态同道所鼓吹的日益增长的孤立主义，其问题在于它增加了战争的可能性，而非降低。

如果你回顾导致第一次世界大战、第二次世界大战，以及事实上最初的伊拉克战争的情况，就会清楚地发现，这些战争的发生是因为攻击者认为他们可以入侵而无需担心报复。

正如我告诉卡尔森的——以及凯米也理解的那样——民族国家的领土完整必须不惜一切代价予以捍卫。

在与卡尔森交锋之后，为了西方世界的利益，我只能希望唐纳德·特朗普，以及接替他成为共和党下一任总统候选人的任何人，不要被这种特定形式的孤立主义失败论所蛊惑。

而在英国，我从我那坚毅的党魁发出的鼓舞人心的号召中获得了新的希望。

■ 雅各布·里斯-莫格爵士（Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg）在2010年至2024年期间担任萨默塞特东北部的保守党国会议员，并曾任下议院领袖。

作者：利奥·麦金斯特里 (Leo McKinstry)

在1997年让“新工党”上台的压倒性大选前夕，本报发表了一篇具有惊人预见性的社论。

社论警告称，托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）那种“冷酷”的观点，以及他对权力下放和欧洲一体化的盲目追求，“可能会摧毁英国”。

该社论用冷静而生动的语言总结道：“存在着一个可怕的危险，即英国人民在‘是时候做出改变’这一诱人口号的麻痹下，正目光呆滞地步入一场可能抹杀我们国家1,000年历史的选举。”

事实证明，这些话是多么准确。近期政治史上最大的谬论或许就是声称布莱尔——这个极其古怪的人——是某种“温和派”，仅仅是在工党市政厅的“疯狂左翼”过激行为，以及迈克尔·富特（Michael Foot）和尼尔·金诺克（Neil Kinnock）无能的社会主义姿态之后，将他的政党重新移回中间地带。

事实上，布莱尔比20世纪80年代最糟糕的市政意识形态分子和激进分子要激进得多。他骨子里是个革命者，他通过赞美将英国视为“一个年轻国家”的愿景，向外界传递了他与过去决裂的愿望。

我们当然并非如此。英国及其伟大的组成国家是一片拥有辉煌历史的古老土地。然而，布莱尔看到了这一点——并希望将其塑造为某种全新的东西。

在这种野心中，他从未停止。在最近于利物浦举行的工党党代会前夕，这位前首相正忙于公开敦促他的最新继任者安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）推翻脱欧，并将重新加入欧盟置于党计划的核心位置。这位前首相表示，这一点应当清晰地阐明并坚定地执行。他在其命名谦逊的智库——托尼·布莱尔全球变革研究所（Tony Blair Institute For Global Change）的一份报告中宣布：“我们没有必要在揣摩英国公众舆论可能接受什么的情况下，缓慢地向欧洲挪步。”

果不其然，伯纳姆利用这次会议，自2016年以来首次重新开启关于推翻脱欧的辩论，并拒绝排除在下一份竞选宣言中承诺重新加入欧盟的可能性。

虽然布莱尔正式离职已近二十年，但这位73岁的老人并未失去他那救世主般的自信、对权力的痴迷或对金钱的热爱。

正如《每日邮报》的理查德·伊登（Richard Eden）今天报道的那样，布莱尔的“研究所”去年的营业额达到了惊人的£1.37 亿。毋庸置疑，尽管他拥有难以估量的财富，你和我仍然在为他以及日益增加的前首相名单上的每个人所享有的安保和特权买单。

自唐宁街时期以来，他的亲欧倾向也从未减弱。那时他梦想建立一个欧洲大陆联邦超级国家，并将不情愿的英国人拖入单一货币体系（结果被他的财政大臣戈登·布朗（Gordon Brown）的政治手段所挫败）。

这种狂热与极高野心的结合不仅使布莱尔成为一名强大的政治家，也使他成为一名危险的政治家。他渴望永久终结英国古老独立地位的全球主义热情，与他重塑英国宪法、创建新社会秩序并改变我国人口结构的使命相匹配。

1997, 《邮报》曾警告托尼·布莱尔给英国带来的危险。

他对革命的急切之情在他1999年于伯恩茅斯工党会议上的演讲中可见一斑，他在演讲中将他改造后的政党描述为“英国新的进步力量”

权力：托尼·布莱尔，现年73, 岁，上个月在健身房展示他紧致的二头肌

现在，他正向欧盟展示肌肉——并证明一切都没有改变

政治能够使国家现代化，并扫除那些保守势力”。

在成为劳工党领袖仅一年后，他表示：“我进入政坛不是为了改变我的政党，而是为了改变我的国家。”

他确实做到了。从1997年起在任的十年间，布莱尔在公共领域留下了一道破坏的痕迹。由于他构思拙劣的权力下放政策，威尔士和苏格兰的民族主义运动从未如此强劲，而维系我们王国的纽带也从未如此脆弱。

然而，威尔士党在卡迪夫的推进以及苏格兰民族党（SNP）在爱丁堡对权力的掌控，恶化了这两个国家的治理质量。例如，在过去的两周里，官方报告强调了苏格兰民族党在教育政策上的灾难性影响——该领域的标准已大幅下降；而在非法药物方面，其宽松的处理方式使苏格兰成为了欧洲的药物死亡之都。

在另一项失败的实验中，这位前大律师通过降低大法官（Lord Chancellor）的地位、废除上议院上诉法官并建立一个美式最高法院，颠覆了数百年的传统。事实证明，这个法院成了司法激进主义的引擎，从而削弱了议会的民主权威。布莱尔声称他正在实施一项宪法改革计划，但在许多批评者看来，他是在进行“宪法破坏”。

他计划中另一个更具破坏性的元素，是他决定将《欧洲人权公约》纳入英国法律。这是通过1998年的《人权法案》实现的，支持者将其誉为一次人道主义的胜利。

事实绝非如此。在实践中，它像一柄拆除球一样击碎了我们法律系统的基石。最大的赢家是像其妻子切里（Cherie）那样的左翼人权律师，以及罪犯、非法移民和社会正义战士，他们发现了新的保护伞和诉讼空间。

最大的输家则是英国公众，他们目睹了道德观的颠倒。在《人权法案》扭曲的世界里，勇敢的职业军人因履行国家职责而发现自己身陷被告席，而法官则禁止驱逐外国罪犯。

当该法案于1998年通过时，时任内政大臣杰克·斯特劳（Jack Straw）自豪且毫无讽刺地将这一措施描述为“本世纪公民与国家关系中最重要的单一变革”。但到了2024年，斯特劳本人也在抱怨该法案应当被修订，因为它正被以“从未预想过的方式”滥用。

布莱尔造成的混乱规模令人震惊。他通过引入按需邮寄投票，严重损害了我们民主进程的完整性，这导致了广泛的滥用，并危险地赋予了我们内城中那些自封的社区领袖权力。

他还移除了上议院的大部分世袭贵族，但并未采取任何措施来增强第二议院的民主问责制，直到今天，该议院仍非经选举产生。

由于布莱尔将公务员系统政治化，以及唐宁街的权力攫取，政党与国家之间的界限日益模糊，他偏好非正式的“沙发”政府，导致传统的内阁统治被削弱。

在他的统治下，特别顾问的人数从38人增加到84人，翻了一倍多；而像他那口才粗鄙且像暴徒一样的政治操盘手阿拉斯泰尔·坎贝尔（Alastair Campbell）等具有高度政治色彩的人物，则拥有了前所未有的影响力。

由于布莱尔对准政府机构（quangos）的热衷，民主问责制被进一步削弱。在他任职期间，他创建了92个此类机构，比任何其他首相都多。

他的官僚机构名单包括平等与人权委员会、国民医疗服务体系（NHS）现代化局、通用社会护理委员会、食品标准局、医疗保健委员会以及通用教学委员会。

此外，还有庞大的地方官方网络，例如 376 个犯罪削减伙伴关系机构、9 个区域发展局、47 个学习与技能委员会、39 个社区新政委员会以及 42 个地方刑事司法委员会。

所有这些都削弱了最重要的一段关系：人民与议会之间的关系。布莱尔不满足于扩张国家机器，还改变了我们社会的本质，因为他是不受约束的大规模移民这一巨大灾难的策划者，这使得许多英国公民在自己的土地上感觉像外来者。

从他成为首相的那一刻起，他就一直在策划增加新移民的人数。移民携带亲属来到这里的权利限制被取消，而工作许可和英国护照则被

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《加州旅馆》（HOTEL California）和《天生奔跑》（Born To Run）被评为英国最受欢迎的驾驶歌曲。老鹰乐队（The Eagles）和斯普林斯汀（Springsteen）的歌在美国宽阔的公路上或许管用，但在英国：并非如此。

我的最爱包括鲍勃·塞格（Bob Seger）的《带我走》（Roll Me Away）和阿洛·古斯里（Arlo Guthrie）的《新奥尔良市》（City Of New Orleans），尽管后者讲述的是一段传奇的火车之旅。

但这些歌只适合在像加州太平洋海岸公路那样的道路上听，或者在纽泽西收费公路上数车流时听。

回到国内，40多年前，当你还能在伦敦四处穿行时，我会选择疯狂乐队（Madness）的《开我的车》（Driving In My Car），尤其是当你试图开着一辆602cc的雪铁龙Dyane穿过马斯韦尔山（Muswell Hill）的时候。

但如今，由于低交通流量邻里（LTNs）、全面实施的20英里时速限制、自行车道、超低排放区（ULEZ）、测速相机（Gatsos）、减速丘、坑洼以及其他各种技术故障，只有一个竞争者，来自克里斯·里亚（Chris Rea）的……《地狱之路》（The Road To Hell）。

英格兰银行在一项出于政治动机的计划上挥霍了我们的 8.5 万英镑 资金，该计划旨在将包括温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士在内的历史人物从我们的纸币上移除。

这笔钱被用于雇佣一家温顺的“研究”公司来举行“焦点小组”讨论，其目的旨在强化一个已经做出的决定——用野生动物（请等待揭晓）来取代包括丘吉尔、简·奥斯汀和艾伦·图灵在内的英国伟大人物。

在得到了他们想要的答案后，他们又导演了另一场虚假的“咨询”，以调查人们希望在纸币上看到什么样的鸟类和动物。

参与者没有机会投票给我们最伟大的首相、军事英雄，或像图灵这样的计算机先驱（图灵因破解恩尼格玛密码而缩短了第二次世界大战的时间）。文学和戏剧巨匠如奥斯汀、狄更斯和莎士比亚，以及画家如J.M.W.透纳和康斯特布尔，也没有任何空间。

一个浸淫在“觉醒文化”和“多样性、公平与包容”（DEI）之中、并听命于上级野心勃勃的职业官僚的英格兰银行秘密委员会决定，所有这些来自过去的顶尖人物都是“精英主义且具有分裂性的”，应该被扔进历史的垃圾堆。

行长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）甚至虚伪地声称，出于“安全”理由防止伪造，这种改变是必要的——就好像伪造一张丘吉尔的照片比伪造一只青蛙更容易一样。死去的白人男性（以及女性）出局了，取而代之的是，呃，大西洋海鹦、仓鸮、黄尾熊蜂和欧洲刺猬。必须是“欧洲”的，而不是“英国”的，对吧？毫无疑问，这是工党将我们拖回欧盟的“重启”计划的一部分。

这很合理。欧元纸币上没有出现任何体现该大陆丰富且动荡历史的人物。甚至没有米开朗基罗、达芬奇或贝多芬。相反，它们充斥着平淡的、虚构的窗户、门口和

接下来会发生什么？要把国王换成蒂吉-温克尔太太印在钱上吗？

以“欧洲统一”之名打造的桥梁——这个概念与欧盟本身一样虚幻且不诚实。还要多久，国王的头像就会从我们的货币上被移除，而任何印有其母亲伊丽莎白二世的剩余纸币都会在海德公园的一场巨型篝火中被焚毁？

毕竟，如果丘吉尔都能被蒂吉-温克尔太太（Mrs Tiggy-Winkle）取代，那么任何事情都有可能发生。

你能想象美国财政部将五美元钞票上的亚伯拉罕·林肯图像移除，并用唐老鸭取代他吗？

那会让 2021 年 1 月 6 日的国会山入侵事件看起来像是一场泰迪熊野餐会。

（不过，公平地说，如果林肯在 2029 年离开白宫之前被唐纳德·J·特朗普取代，我也不会感到惊讶。这位唐纳德已经把他的名字贴在了从棕榈滩国际机场到肯尼迪中心的所有东西上。）

在美国，任何此类货币变更必须由国会决定。而在英国，决定是由秘密委员会和不负责任的准政府机构（quangos）做出的，然后通过虚假的公众咨询来强化，而这些咨询总是给出政治家想要的答案。

当“民众”给出“错误”答案时，他们就直接被忽略了。伦敦那位投机取巧的市长“成吉思汗”决定就将超低排放区（ULEZ）扩展到南北环路之外的计划，“咨询”外围区的居民。尽管三分之二的人投票反对，他仍轻蔑地驳回了他们的拒绝，并执意推进。为了让从钞票到展览的所有事物都变得更“相关且包容”，而将历史人物从公共展示中抹除，这种行为简直是疯了。

在帝国战争博物馆的案例中，公众从未有机会发表意见。该博物馆一直在系统性地移除第一次和第二次世界大战的遗物，因为“年轻人对旧战争不感兴趣”——即使是那些关乎国家生存的战争。

它已经清理掉了坦克、飞机和一枚北极星导弹，并废弃了阿什克罗夫特勋爵那组宏伟且独特的维多利亚十字勋章收藏。

时间久了，他们迟早会将主展厅交给对 10 月 7 日哈马斯“抵抗”活动的庆祝，以及以色列在加沙实施“种族灭绝”的证据——这似乎是如今年轻人唯一感兴趣的冲突。

该博物馆的策展人与 2020 年“愚蠢之夏”期间推倒雕像的“黑人的命也是命”（Black Lives Matter）暴徒没什么两样。

这些修正主义者正处于上升期，决心抹除我们光荣的——当然，有时也不光荣的——帝国历史的所有痕迹。

他们的有害影响无处不在，从公共机构、学校、大学，直到现在所谓的“独立”英格兰银行。

不过说实话，我不知道他们为什么还要费劲地折腾钞票。等到伯纳姆议员及其文化破坏者们大功告成时，我们所有人都会在使用欧元了。

这真让人为身为英国人而自豪。

“航空里程安迪”——这位曾被称为 Prince 的弃儿——在关于其备受关注的被捕经历及其两处住所遭到粗暴搜查的高等法院诉讼中获胜。

法官裁定搜查令是非法的。所以这并不令人惊讶。我对安德鲁不持有任何立场，也不对他是否有罪或无罪发表评论，因为他尚未被指控任何罪行。

正如彼得·希钦斯昨天在《邮报》中所写——而且我们中有些人已经写了多年——部分警察已经失控。他们认为自己就是法律，而不是受法律约束。本专栏经常关注警察权力的公然滥用，尤其是涉及名人和其他公众人物时，从针对高层性侵者的调查（该调查错误地将战争英雄布拉马尔勋爵和前内政大臣里昂·布里顿列为目标），到包括吉米·塔布克和吉姆·戴维森在内的演艺界人士。

他们采用了美式风格的“嫌犯押解”，并组织高调的黎明突袭以及笨拙的盖世太保式搜屋，旨在营造一种有罪的印象，即便在没有确凿证据的情况下也是如此。

然而，受害的不仅仅是电视主持人、电台DJ和保守党政治人物。就在本周，四名警察前往伍尔弗汉普顿逮捕了一名15岁的少年，原因是他发布了一些针对一名自命不凡且玻璃心的议员的、虽无大碍但带有攻击性的言论。

在其他地方，两名警察被解雇，因为他们袭击了一名患有痴呆症的92岁截肢老人；当时该老人正坐在萨塞克斯一家护理院的轮椅上，而警察使用了电击枪、胡椒喷雾和警棍。

在戈斯波特，警方命令一个拥有80,000人的整个社区进入封锁状态，以便为一支载有数百名非法乘船移民的豪华大巴车队提供夸张的护送，让他们在英国纳税人的资助下开始舒适的新生活。然而在伦敦，激进的伊斯兰纳粹支持者却被允许就以色列问题威胁英国犹太代表委员会的办公室。

诚然，每天有数以千计的正直警员在尽职且勇敢地履行职责。但面对那些违规警察——包括一些高级警官和鲁莽的巡警——没有人是安全的，从15岁的少年到92岁的截肢老人皆然。甚至连一名尚未被指控任何罪行的流亡王室成员也不例外。请小心行事。

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一名在单身派对上扮演“奥帕-伦帕”（Oompa-Loompa）的侏儒因骚扰未成年女孩并付费购买性图像，被判处四年监禁。

马克·科里耶里（Marc Corrieri），34, 在通过社交媒体应用建立联系后，在六年的时间里诱导了一系列青少年。

这个身高 4 英尺 2 英寸的色情狂反复发送性信息，并要求对方发送猥亵照片以及她们与男友发生性关系的视频。

科里耶里分别向一名女孩支付了 £150 和另一名女孩 £40，要求她们发送自己处于半裸状态的照片。

“他要求发送她们的视频”

他承认了涉及 6 名受害者的 10 项性犯罪指控，受害者年龄在 13 至 17, 岁之间，犯罪行为发生在 2019 年至 2025 年之间。

凯文·麦卡勒姆（Kevin McCallum）KC 警长表示，监禁是唯一选择，并命令他在获释后需接受进一步两年的监督。

来自苏格兰马瑟韦尔（Motherwell）的科里耶里被无限期列入性犯罪者登记册，并被禁止与任何受害者接触。

在汉密尔顿警长法院（Hamilton Sheriff Court）负责起诉的尼尔·汤姆森（Neil Thomson）表示，科里耶里在骚扰她们索要照片时告诉受害者，“他对丝袜和脚有癖好”。

据称，所有受害者此前均不认识科里耶里，联系是由他在社交媒体上发起的。

其中一名女孩在被联系时年仅 14 岁。汤姆森先生补充道：“他发送请求要求对方发送穿着紧身裤的照片，并提出愿意为她与男友发生性关系的视频付费。她感到受威胁并要求他停止，但他一直持续到她将其拉黑为止。”

癖好：马克·科里耶里扮演奥帕-伦帕的样子，以及（右图）在法庭上的样子

简·莫尔（JAN MOIR）休假中

检察官讲述了另一名 14 岁受害者的经历，在联系之后，他通过 PayPal 向她发送了 £150，并告诉她自己的癖好。

辩护律师迪尔迈德·布鲁斯（Diarmid Bruce）表示：“他从事了一系列完全不可接受的犯罪行为，对此没有任何正当理由。他严重辜负了自己。”

“他从未有过性关系，非常孤僻，认为孩子更容易沟通。”

“他没有透露自己是侏儒，这是一种在线逃避，以避免他面临的通常社会污名。”

麦卡勒姆警长表示：“这些指控代表了一种持续的

“禁止抱起他或抛起他”

在相当长的一段时间内，其行为构成了持续性的性虐待。

科里耶里（Corrieri）曾在一间活动公司工作，扮演时薪 £150 的“奥帕-伦帕”（Oompa-Loompa）——这是罗尔德·达尔小说《查理和巧克力工厂》中的角色。

然而，他在被发现骚扰女学生要求发生性关系后辞职——他于 2014 年 9 月被列入性犯罪者登记册，期限为三年。

科里耶里在一次关于其工作的采访中，详细说明了他为了在派对上维护尊严而制定的规则。

这些规则包括：禁止抱起他或抛起他，禁止在他的饮料中动手脚，以及不得称呼他为“侏儒”（midget）。

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像撒纸屑一样随意发放。但真正的闸门是在 2004 年被完全打开的，当时布莱尔政府决定——与大多数其他欧盟成员国不同——不对刚刚加入欧盟的八个前苏联集团国家的公民实施过渡性控制。

毫无头绪的内政部预测将有 5,000 到 13,000 人在此定居。

事实上，在 2004 年后的前四年里，有 750,000 人抵达，到该十年末，总数上升至 150 万。

这种规模的变化是前所未有的。当保守党在 1997 年下台时，净移民人数为每年 48,000 人。到布莱尔 2007 年离任时，这一数字已上升至 200,000 以上。

那么，为什么布莱尔如此热衷于革命规模的大规模移民？部分解释在于一种信念，即新来者将通过其更高的灵活性来提高生产力。此外，国家劳动力规模的显著增加营造了一种增长的假象，因为整体 GDP 上升了。

在政治层面，激增的人流增强了对布莱尔政党的支持，因为 80% 的移民投票给工党。此外，接纳移民标志着工党“酷不列颠”（Cool Britannia）的现代性，与保守党据称一直沉溺于反动过去的恋情形成对比。

布莱尔的一位演讲撰稿人安德鲁·尼瑟（Andrew Neather）在 2009 年透露，该政策“旨在让右翼在多样性面前难堪，并使其论点过时”。

布莱尔偶尔伪装成一名英国爱国者，但他似乎对他国家的过去缺乏敬畏，对这里的人民缺乏感情。他有一种全球主义者的漂泊气息，热衷于国际会议巡回——典型的“达沃斯人”，在讨好那些为他的服务支付高昂报酬的海外独裁者时，他才感到最自在。

有时，布莱尔对开放边境的执念，散发出一种渴望从字面上改变英国人民的渴望，这类似于战后东德政权在 1953 年反共起义后宣布人民失去了政府信任的态度。

在一次令人难忘的反击中，剧作家兼诗人贝尔托·布莱希特（Bertolt Brecht）讽刺地敦促亲苏政府“解散人民，重新选举”。

正是在布莱尔的领导下，平等和社会包容成为了国家的中心信条，尽管许多英国人对社区社会凝聚力的崩溃以及厌女暴力、极端主义和伊斯兰教派主义的兴起感到日益担忧。

为了维持“多样性是我们的力量”这一自由主义虚构，布莱尔主义的权势集团散布宣传并压制言论自由，其方式在几十年前是不可想象的。

这种新威权主义的特点是创建了所谓的“非犯罪仇恨事件”。这一概念要求警方记录任何受害者声称因偏见而成为敌视目标的事件，即使该事件未达到刑事起诉的标准。

这项措施是某种令人不安的转变的一部分，在这种转变中，国家不再仅仅被视为秩序的维护者和服务提供者，而被视为时尚正统观念的执行者。布莱尔时期的立法（例如 2000 Race Relations Act）要求当局和雇主承担促进种族平等的新职责，而竞标政府合同的公司则被要求证明其符合国家的社会价值观。

然而，官方对少数群体受害者身份的强调可能会导致荒谬的双重标准，在英格兰北部和中部的掠夺性亚洲诱拐团伙活动被长期、可耻地掩盖中，这一点得到了集中体现。

这些虐待者能够肆无忌惮地利用脆弱的白人工人阶级女孩，因为当局害怕被指控为种族主义，并极力维持多元文化和谐的假象。

在整个政治生涯中，布莱尔的品牌建立在对现代化的追求之上。“新工党，新英国”不仅仅是一个口号，它是其政治哲学的缩影。

即便是在爱丁堡顶级的费茨学校（Fettes school）担任一名叛逆但聪明的学生时，他就对新奇之物近乎痴迷，愤怒地反抗长期存在的规则并质疑权威。他的舍监埃里克·安德森爵士（Sir Eric Anderson）告诉我，当他建立一个具有更自由特质的新宿舍时曾号召志愿者，而“布莱尔挺身而出。他总是在寻找新事物：新宿舍，新工党”。

但这种心态给英国造成了可怕的损害。在 1995, 对保守党的一次攻击中，布莱尔宣称：“当你花了 16 年时间撕裂我们国家的结构时，挥舞我们的国旗是没有用的。”

然而，这些话完全适用于他本人。回溯到 1997, 《每日邮报》的评价再正确不过了。

埃夫拉伊姆·哈德卡斯尔 (Ephraim Hardcastle)

国王警告他那名声扫地的弟弟安德鲁，不要利用查尔斯提供的数百万英镑津贴来资助其针对泰晤士河谷警察局的法律行动，这再次引发了人们对他还拥有哪些其他资金的兴趣。这笔津贴支付了他在桑德灵厄姆新家三名员工的工资以及所有水电费。虽然他不需要交代这笔钱的去向，但安德鲁并不缺钱。他离开皇家薪资名单已有五年多，但仍过着相对奢华的生活（直到去年还在经营一座拥有 30 间房的豪宅），并且让他的律师们忙碌不堪（且支付了他们的账单）。安德鲁财富的来源一直是个谜——而且很可能将继续如此。

唐纳德·特朗普并未入围今年的诺贝尔和平奖候选名单，显然他已被去年的获奖者、委内瑞拉民主活动人士玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多（Maria Corina Machado）安抚，后者将奖牌赠予他，以感谢他推翻了马杜罗总统。遗憾的是，诺贝尔委员会裁定“奖牌可以更换所有者，但诺贝尔和平奖得主的头衔不能”。但特朗普是否错失了机会？反常的是，他从未询问玛丽亚随奖项领取的 11m 瑞典克朗（83.2 万英镑）。

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《码头》电影主演伊娃·玛丽·圣（Eva Marie Saint，照片为全盛时期）哀叹好莱坞缺乏适合年长女演员的角色。“角色总是吸氧的祖母，虽然如果你需要的话这没什么不对，但我还不需要。我依然能独立行走。”可惜现在不能了。她已在 102 岁时离开了人间，前往天上的好莱坞。

在研究他的拿破仑传记时，安德鲁·罗伯茨（Andrew Roberts）让长期忍受他的妻子苏珊（Susan）免于参加工作出游，他解释道：“在我们订婚后的第二天，我就带她去了墨索里尼在科莫湖被枪杀的地方。蜜月期间，我们去了泰国的一个日军集中营和柬埔寨一座90英尺高的骷髅塔。之后我还带她去了奥斯威辛和斯大林格勒。”但他向《旁观者》（The Spectator）承认，他曾带苏珊前往西班牙的巴罗萨（Barrosa）拿破仑战场，并补充道：“当我发现那个战场已经被改成高尔夫球场时，我看起来有点像个白痴。”

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圣诞剧（pantomime）的常客朱利安·克拉里（Julian Clary）和奈杰尔·哈弗斯（Nigel Havers）之间到底发生了什么。两人都签约出演今年的伦敦帕拉第姆剧院（London Palladium）圣诞剧，克拉里刻薄地打趣道：“奈杰尔·哈弗斯三年前就死了，但没人告诉他。不过这对他演戏没什么影响。”他还引用自己新小说《上午的谋杀》（The Midmorning Murders）中的内容，进一步嘲讽他的搭档：“奈杰尔·哈弗斯向我们讲述了他使用生命维持系统的那段时间。这算是对国民医疗服务体系（NHS）资金的有效利用吗？”真是尖酸！

名人版《叛徒》（Traitors）明星罗斯·肯普（Ross Kemp）避免了一次“你知道我是谁吗？”的尴尬时刻。这与他 2008 年在阿富汗随皇家安格利安团（Royal Anglian regiment）服役时的经历截然不同，当时一名士兵对他大喊：“我认识你，不对！你在电视上出现过！”肯普冷冷地回应道：“没错，我是。”士兵回答道：“我就知道！我太喜欢你在《小不列颠》（Little Britain）里的表现了！”

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专访 Eirian Prosser

在圣特罗佩

上周一早晨，当布里吉特·巴尔多（Brigitte Bardot）的鳏夫像自去年她去世以来每天那样，去给这位已故的演员兼动物权利活动家的猫喂食时，他被一种深沉的悲伤所淹没。

那天本应是他妻子的92岁生日。这个日期在他心中盘旋了数周，加剧了他依然剧烈的悲痛，因为他一直在苦苦思索如何纪念这位他曾誓言要“永远爱下去”的“独特女性”。

贝尔纳·多马尔（Bernard d'Ormale）与这位60年代的超级巨星结婚33年——在她的四任丈夫中，这段婚姻时间最长。

生日、周年纪念日、圣诞节和新年一直被这对夫妇所珍视，他们通常在巴尔多位于圣特罗佩郊外的水边寓所低调地庆祝。

在数十只动物的陪伴下，这对大多避开公众目光的夫妇在 La Madrague（一座前渔民小屋）静静地享受彼此的陪伴，并且经常品尝一两块巴尔多著名的苹果挞。

正是在这个充满回忆的家中，巴尔多在如她所愿的情况下走完了最后一程，在“海浪声的安抚下”渐渐离世，手中紧握着被她称为“piou, piou”的多马尔先生。

对于现年85.岁的多马尔先生来说，过去的九个月自然是一段痛苦且孤独的时光。然而，当他被告知由于未被列入妻子的遗嘱，必须收拾行囊离开现估值高达£2200 万的 La Madrague 时，他的悲伤进一步加剧了。

这位女演员的所有资产被平均分给了她前一段婚姻的儿子尼古拉斯-雅克·夏里埃（Nicolas-Jacques Charrier）以及布里吉特·巴尔多基金会——这是她为了保护动物福利而设立的心爱的慈善机构。她的丈夫声称，这一安排是他建议的，因为他不希望被贴上“掘金者”的标签。

然而，多马尔先生或许天真地认为，这不会导致他被赶出住了三十多年的家。现在，他住在一家为老年人建造的29平方米的市政公寓里，仅被允许在白天访问他的前居所以查看动物的情况。

另一个打击是，上个月他被撤销了妻子的慈善机构主席一职，该职位是在她去世后交给他的，旨在“延续她的斗争”。

然而，对于这位鳏夫来说，最后一根也是最令人心碎的稻草是，该慈善机构决定拍卖300件巴尔多的个人物品，从照片、绘画到她的礼服和内衣。在拍卖会筹集了近100万欧元（80.8 万英镑）一周后，多马尔先生在圣特罗佩接受《每日邮报》独家采访时，指责该慈善机构的行为“像一群狼”，未能保护她的遗产。

“布里吉特被散落在各处，就像砂糖一样，”他说。“这些物品被粉丝们买走了，那些非常爱布里吉特的人，但这不是他们的错。是基金会的错。”

“通过将她的遗物散布在各处来保存布里吉特的记忆，这绝不是正确的方法，尤其是当基金会并不需要这笔钱的时候。”

他颤抖着向我展示了一张妻子五岁时的照片，照片中她抱着一只本应作为纪念品归还给他的泰迪熊。他仍在等待。与此同时，一张巴尔多在 La Madrague 的照片

为什么巴尔多将结婚33年的丈夫排除在遗嘱之外？

他们在圣特罗佩共住了一栋别墅数十年，但在她去年去世后，她的鳏夫现在住在政府资助的廉租房里。在这里，他表示布里吉特的遗产正被一群“狼人”玷污

抱着她的狗的照片，以及艺术家让-雅克·桑佩（Jean-Jacques Sempé）为她画的一幅讽刺画，都是多莫尔先生声称本应被移交给仓库存放的物品。

他声称，他并没有像基金会所暗示的那样，同意此次出售。

“我仍然是董事会成员，但我面对的是一群完全不尊重她遗愿的暴徒，”他补充道。“他们起码应该尊重我们正在哀悼的事实。但他们完全没有。他们必须通过出售她的遗物来赚钱。你意识到他们正在抹除她的存在吗？这简直令人难以置信。”

多莫尔先生在第一次进入律师办公室接受采访时，身上流露出的极度悲伤与脆弱很快被愤怒所取代。

在巴朵生命的最后几年里，他一直照顾患有癌症末期、最终失去双腿行动能力的她，现在他感到自己被排挤，并计划对该慈善机构采取法律行动。

“董事会的大多数人除了给我制造麻烦之外什么也没做，”他补充道。“所以会有诉讼，我们将进行抗争。我们不会让自己被这些人欺负。”

这种情况并不令人惊讶。在一个人去世后，尤其是一个千万富翁，随后的几个月通常充满了关于继承权的争论。但对于 1973 年就从银幕退休的巴朵来说，这种情况会让她感到震惊。

由于厌倦了成为全球性感符号，她在 24 岁时凭借电影《女性》（The Female）获得成功后，在圣特罗佩两英里处买下了 La Madrague 房产。她在 39 岁时淡出名利场，成为一名动物权利活动家。

到那时，她已经结过三次婚，没有一段婚姻持续超过五年。她没有在巴黎逗留，而是永久搬到了 La Madrague。

这位明星极少在卡努比耶湾（Bay of Canoubiers）以外的地方出现，她将全部精力投入到为动物而战中——这种热情在接下来的五十年里一直延续。

她反对狩猎、屠宰场养殖技术和马肉生产，并于 1986 年成立了自己的基金会。“我不是隐士。我像个不社交的人一样生活，这是两回事，”她在 1998 年接受《多伦多星报》采访被问及淡出公众生活时如此说道，并补充道：“人们让我心烦。”

然而到了 1992 年，她遇到了一个她不仅能容忍，而且愿意与之共度余生的人。与她之前的丈夫——来自电影界的罗杰·瓦迪姆（Roger Vadim）和雅克·夏里埃（Jacques Charrier，其子尼古拉斯-雅克现年 66 岁之父），以及德国百万富翁社交名流君特·萨克斯（Gunter Sachs）不同，多莫尔先生曾是一名商人，后来成为了已故的让-马里·勒庞（Jean-Marie Le Pen，法国极右翼国民阵线创始人）的政治顾问。

这对夫妇在圣特罗佩的一次晚宴上相识，因巴朵的政治观点而产生共鸣，并在一年之内在她的儿子位于挪威的私人庄园举行了婚礼。

但因为他们从未在法国举行过民事婚礼，他们的婚姻在法国境内从未正式合法化，这导致多莫尔先生自动失去了配偶通常有权继承的任何遗产。

这是多莫尔先生感到遗憾的一处疏忽——他坚称，这并非因为他想要妻子的钱，而是因为他希望能够掌控保护她的遗产，并阻止所谓的“抹除”。

“我告诉布里吉特指定一名律师作为她遗嘱的执行人，因为我什么都不想要，但我本该由自己担任那个角色。几年前，我告诉布里吉特：‘不要在任何地方写我的名字。’这样一来，就没人能指责我利用可怜的布里吉特或挪用任何东西。”

“最终，我们只是没有足够地保护她，因为我们根本没有考虑到这一点。我们本应该为她提供更好的保护。那样的话，我们就不会与这些人产生这么多问题，他们简直像一群狼人。”

或许如果这对夫妇当时这么做了，德·奥马尔先生现在就不会住在他的市政公寓里，每天早晨开车穿过海湾前往他曾经的家。

虽然他的公寓与英国提供的市政房截然不同——它位于这座时尚城镇的中心，周围环绕着树木和一个开满咖啡馆的漂亮广场——但对德·奥马尔先生来说，那里就像个“储物间”。“我还能告诉你什么？这简直太糟糕了，”他在谈到搬家时补充道，“一点也不愉快。除此之外，我仍然会去拉马德拉格（La Madrague）喂猫。没有其他人喂它们。”

基金会坚持认为，他们在法律上有义务在巴朵去世六个月后将德·奥马尔先生从该房产中迁出，并声称“从未有过将他赶出拉马德拉格的意图”。

一名发言人告诉《每日邮报》：“每个人以自己的方式经历悲痛，但这完全不符合事实；在布里吉特去世时以及随后的几个月里，他得到了很好的支持。他只是拒绝接受必须离开拉马德拉格的事实，尽管那里并不是他的家——布里吉特·巴朵在1992年将其捐赠给了她的基金会——而他的离开是法律义务。”

性感符号：1967年的布里吉特·巴朵，以及上方与第四任丈夫贝尔纳·德·奥马尔的合影。左图为巴朵的住所拉马德拉格。

“拉马德拉格属于布里吉特·巴朵。她将其捐赠给了基金会，而不是她的伴侣。值得注意的是，他自称是她的丈夫，尽管他仅仅是她的同居伴侣。”

“他被给予了六个月的搬离期限——这是布里吉特规定的时间表——且基金会帮助他在圣特罗佩寻找了一套公寓。留在该房产内是不可能的选项；这会让基金会面临法律风险。”

基金会补充说，德·奥马尔先生曾被允许终身使用这位女演员在巴黎的公寓，但他拒绝了，导致该公寓被挂牌出售。

但对他而言，那套公寓并不是他的家。

“拉马德拉格代表了我人生中的30年，离开这里既悲伤又困难，”他在6月离开该房产时表示，“尤其是因为那是一栋既简单又美丽的房子。”

无论如何，德·奥马尔先生坚持他会找到回到那栋房子的方法。他补充道：“我要为夺回拉马德拉格而战。还没有彻底失去希望。”

他的律师奥雷莉-卡罗琳·维尤（Aurelie-Caroline Vieugue）专门从事继承法，她补充道：“我们不应忘记他已经85岁了，是一名老人。他受到了基金会的糟糕对待，简直比对待罪犯还差。”

“你会好奇，为什么一个与巴朵夫人共度了33年人生的人会受到如此多的攻击。这确实是一段长达33年的爱情故事。”

尽管他对基金会充满愤怒，而基金会则声称，暗示他们正在“抹除”这位女演员遗产的说法是“虚假且具有侮辱性的”，但他对巴朵的儿子尼古拉斯-雅克（Nicolas-Jacques）并没有反感，后者是一名仍住在挪威的工程师。

这位明星与她唯一的孩子关系动荡，她在怀孕期间曾将孩子比作“在我体内生长的一颗肿瘤”。

后来，在尼古拉斯-雅克起诉他的母亲在一部回忆录中写道她“宁愿生下一只小狗”之后，两人多年来关系疏远。

但据朋友透露，多年来德·奥马尔先生帮助两人修复了关系，以至于尼古拉斯-雅克及其家人——他娶了前挪威模特安娜，两人育有两个女儿——偶尔会去拉马德拉格度假。

“在经历了多年的忽视后，贝尔纳实际上帮助布里吉特向儿子敞开了心扉，”一位朋友说道，“他们所有人之间的和解非常令人感动。”

由于批准了拍卖，以免其母亲的遗物一直被存放于仓库中，多马尔先生并不责怪巴朵的儿子。“他是个非常友好的年轻人。他是个诚实的人，无论人们怎么说，布里吉特一直支持他，”他说道。

“我们应该要求他参与进来吗？不，我们不能把他卷入这一切。我们必须尊重他的私生活，不能让他陷入可能令他感到困难的境地。”

人们很容易忘记，这场激烈争吵的中心是一个在不到一年前刚刚失去妻子的男人。在详细讲述了过去一年在精神和身体上所承受的折磨后，多马尔先生陪我前往庞什海滩（Plage de La Ponche），这是一个因巴朵最著名的电影《上帝创造女人》而闻名于世的海滩。

在圣特罗佩的这类地方，以及他们的家中，最能让他想起妻子。“我最美好的回忆？有成千上万个。每一个都是美好的回忆，”他说道。“她是一个极其聪明的女人，我非常想念她。”

无法得知巴朵会对这种情况作何感想——她的丈夫离开了那个他称之为家的地方这么久。

但也许，确保她保护动物的斗争在去世后能长期延续，本就是她长期计划的一部分。

正如她曾经说过的那样：“我将我的美貌和青春献给了男人。而我将把我的智慧和经验献给动物。”

独家报道 作者：索菲·丘奇（Sophie Church） 政治记者

支持哈马斯的活动人士出任绿党纪律负责人

一名声称哈马斯并非恐怖分子并称以色列为“最大的恐怖分子”的绿党活动人士，目前正负责管理该党的纪律工作。

哈利玛·布鲁尔（Halima Brewer）在上周末举行的绿党年度会议上被选入纪律委员会。

她将负责调查针对党内成员的投诉，并在审判听证会期间担任评审小组成员。但《每日邮报》披露，布鲁尔在当选该职位的同时，表达了对哈马斯的支持，将以色列犹太人比作纳粹，并声称以色列并不存在。

布鲁尔在Facebook上写道：“我以前反对哈马斯，因为我认为他们解放巴勒斯坦的策略是适得其反的。”

“我已经抛弃了那种天真的看法，现在认为巴勒斯坦人唯一剩下的就是针对那个更大的恐怖分子——现在最大的恐怖分子——以色列进行暴力反抗。”

在她分享的一张照片的配文中写道：“哈马斯不是恐怖分子。他们是在与恐怖分子作战的人。”

她还分享了另一篇帖子，内容为：“很抱歉，但令人发笑的是，在被向我们展示了两年来哈马斯一直在为何而战之后，人们竟然还期望我们憎恨哈马斯。”

在其他帖子中，布鲁尔分享了被巴勒斯坦旗帜覆盖的以色列领土图像，其中一条声明称：“没有一个叫‘以色列’的国家。只有巴勒斯坦，而它目前被一群国际窃贼和杀手组成的军队所占领。”

爆发：哈利玛·布鲁尔。右侧为党魁扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）

这些披露出现之际，扎克·波兰斯基正等待在霍本和圣潘克拉斯（Holborn and St Pancras）补选中的命运，该席位原为基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）所有，波兰斯基希望借此进入下议院。

对于这位绿党党魁来说，这是极其艰难的一周。在布赖顿会议上，仅有少数成员就通过了一项“锡安主义即种族主义”的动议，导致他被指责未能管控党内猖獗的反犹主义。

由于该政策，绿党被反反犹主义运动组织（CAA）举报至平等监管机构。CAA负责人吉迪恩·法尔特（Gideon Falter）表示，该动议是“种族主义且违法的”，因为它“歧视犹太人”。

他补充道：“无论该党认为自己凌驾于法律之上，还是因为惊人的无能而未检查法律立场，我们都将确保其为自己的行为承担后果。”

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）要求绿党领导层撤销这项现已成为官方党策的政策。首相在柏林发表讲话时，将该动议的通过描述为“完全错误的决定”和“糟糕的判断”。总检察长埃莉·里夫斯（Ellie Reeves）以当地国会议员的身份致信路易舍姆（Lewisham）的绿党市长利亚姆·什里瓦斯塔瓦（Liam Shrivastava），命令他拒绝该动议。

针对布鲁尔的帖子，英国犹太人代表委员会（Board of Deputies of British

“根深蒂固的反犹主义”

犹太人表示：“这些据报道支持恐怖主义的言论令人深感不安，应当由警方介入调查。”

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲利普（Chris Philp）表示：“如果属实，这些报道是另一个令人震惊的例子，证明了反犹主义在绿党内部已变得多么根深蒂固。”

“此类观点竟然可能在党内的纪律委员会中代表，简直荒谬至极。”

绿党发言人昨晚表示：“被强调的这些帖子并不反映绿党的观点或价值观。”

20名外交官被迫离开英国驻耶路撒冷大使馆

作者：Natalie Lisbona

在以色列实际上关闭了英国驻耶路撒冷领事馆后，20名英国外交官被迫离开以色列。

以色列外交部长吉迪昂·萨尔（Gideon Saar）表示，英国仍被允许在大使馆开展工作，但仅限于受限范围。这项于昨日公布的举措意味着工作人员将从27人削减至7人，且领事馆将被更名为“英国驻耶路撒冷代表团”。

此前，以色列曾威胁要完全关闭该建筑，以报复工党决定对被占领的约旦河西岸以色列定居点实施贸易禁令。

外交大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）坚称，尽管外交人员规模有所缩减，但英国在制裁问题上并未退让。

一名以色列外交人士告诉《邮报》：“这一决定是对工党政府采取的一系列反以色列措施的回应，包括在哈马斯仍扣押人质的情况下承认巴勒斯坦国。”

重磅消息：《七年之痒》

悉尼是天生的玛丽莲（但原因并非你所想！）

迟早，大多数好莱坞银幕尤物都会尝试还原玛丽莲·梦露的造型。

然而，很少有人像悉尼·斯威尼（Sydney Sweeney）那样在尝试时拥有天然优势——而且这与她令人惊叹的身材无关。

因为这位29岁的《亢奋》明星似乎与悲剧性的梦露女士有亲缘关系。

作者：Jacques Peterson

基因谱系网站 MyHeritage 的一项研究将斯威尼女士的父亲史蒂文（Steven）与梦露女士的生物学父亲查尔斯·斯坦利·吉福德（Charles Stanley Gifford）联系了起来。这两个男人通过共同的祖先埃兹拉·佩里（Ezra Perry）产生关联，后者生活在1600年代还是英国殖民地的马萨诸塞州。而且联系不止于此。尽管两人都通过改变造型成为了金发尤物，但她们天生都是棕发。

尽管她们的外貌经常掩盖其在银幕上的演技，但两人都被（虽然有些迟缓地）认可为才华横溢的演员。

斯威尼女士在《白莲花度假村》、《亢奋》、《克里斯蒂》和《现实》中的表演赢得了广泛赞誉。而梦露女士在1962年36岁去世前，正从如1955年的《七年之痒》等喜剧片转向更严肃的角色，她因在1961年的《不适应者》中的表演而受到赞誉。

再次惊叹：身着白裙的斯威尼女士

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警察标准小组裁定，斯科特·奇尔顿（Scott Chilton）“在多次场合蓄意不诚实”，且“为了自身的性满足而滥用职权”。

该小组认定他在与两名未具名同事的婚外情中犯有四项违纪罪名，并表示，如果他没有从汉普郡和怀特岛警察局局长一职退休，他将被立即解雇且无需通知。

现年53,岁的奇尔顿先生（如图）在与第一名女性在其家中发生性关系时，担任具有“部队银级（force silver）”地位的警司——这意味着他负责该郡的所有关键事件。

小组主席米歇尔·斯基尔（Michelle Skeer）表示，如果当时发生了严重事件，他可能无法做出响应。

作者：克莱尔·达芬（Claire Duffin）

geant he was mentoring – who was referred to as Officer A. 她表示他们“多次”发生性关系，但他在2012结束了这段关系。

在2023, 2月就任警长几周后，他开始与第二名同事警员B发生婚外情，每周“一两次”前往她的家中，并在已再婚的情况下声称自己已离婚。

小组表示，奇尔顿先生在多次场合通过不披露与警员A的性关系并继续否认，表现出“蓄意不诚实”。

小组称，他试图将她“描绘成负面形象，而不顾其名誉影响”。

斯基尔女士表示，奇尔顿先生被一种“特权感”所驱动，在他为了阻止对其行为进行调查而召开的会议期间，他对同事表现得“专横且具有攻击性”。

他通过与下属军衔的警员B建立性关系，“为了性目的滥用职权”。他发起了私人信息交流并前往她的家中，两人的性关系由此开始。

奇尔顿先生在去年离职后收到了一笔5.5 万英镑的代通知金。在他开始与第一名女性——一名警

小组表示，奇尔顿先生完全无视其对公众应尽的责任。

小组称，如果他没有退休，唯一适当的结果就是将其解雇。他们禁止他从事警察工作。

未出席庭审的奇尔顿先生承认其行为未达到预期，但否认存在严重违纪。

埃琳娜·亚当斯（ELENA ADAMS）曾兴奋地为婚礼攒钱，并在周末享受长途徒步，但25,岁时，她被诊断出患有脑瘤，她的世界随之崩塌。

十年后，她病重到无法维持一份工作，依赖抗抑郁药物，并使用拐杖行走。最令人心碎的是，她失去了生育能力，她和丈夫加雷斯（Gareth）渴望的两个孩子现在成了白日梦。“我不再是十年前的那个人了，”她说。

但撕碎她生活的并非肿瘤，而是她接受的治疗。

2016, 5月在考文垂大学医院被诊断出患病后的几天内，埃琳娜的神经肿瘤专家伊恩·布朗（Ian Brown）教授让她服用一种名为替莫唑胺（TMZ）的化疗药物。

这种药物在她有机会保存生育能力之前就夺走了她的生育能力，并且在与为了减轻肿瘤周围肿胀而给埃琳娜使用的类固醇药物结合后，让她彻底崩溃。

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“我当时在床上躺着和呕吐之间循环，根本没法出门，”她说道。

因此，当布朗及其助手、临床护理专家伊恩·爱德华兹（Ian Edwards）告诉她需要终身服用TMZ时，这对她来说显然是一个沉重的打击——尽管（正如埃琳娜后来发现的）NHS指南规定，该药物通常仅应服用六个月。

其无数的副作用包括发烧、疲劳、恶心、胃痛和脱发。

然而，埃琳娜顺从地接受了她的命运，告诉自己，为了生存，承受这些慢性副作用是一个很小的代价。

于是她服用了六年的TMZ——直到2022年，布朗和爱德华兹改变了方案，告诉她癌症已得到有效治疗，可以停止化疗。即便在那时，她对医生如此信任，以至于仅仅是对他们终于治愈了她而心存感激。

直到去年，毁灭性的真相才渐渐清晰：埃琳娜的

“我的扫描结果中没有可见的癌症”

身体被注射强效化疗药物的时间比建议时间长了五年半——而那些被她认为救了她命的人，很可能正是毁掉她生活的人。

令人震惊的是，她绝非个例。40名患者正对考文垂和华威大学医院NHS信托基金（UHCW）采取法律行动，声称他们在布朗教授的指导下，被开具了治疗脑肿瘤的TMZ药物，且用药时间远超必要时长——甚至可能根本就没有必要用药。

上个月，有消息披露，布朗的一名服用TMZ长达11年的患者，最初根本就没有患癌。

34岁的贝基·琼斯（Becky Jones）在2012年被布朗诊断为末期肿瘤，但实际上她当时患的是脑炎症。

作者：安东尼娅·霍伊尔（Antonia Hoyle）

“我被告知如果我不继续化疗就会死，”来自考文垂的闭路电视监控员贝基说道。她说，156个周期的化疗让她遭受了恶心、疲劳、抑郁和溃疡的折磨。她说，当她询问为什么扫描结果中看不到肿瘤时，自1998年起就在UHCW工作的布朗直接无视了她的担忧。这起丑闻如此离奇，简直令人难以置信。直到布朗在2023年退休，其他医生接手他的病例后，他开具TMZ药物的程度才暴露出来。

目前代表这些患者的Brabners律师事务所通过一项信息自由请求发现，UHCW在2009年至2024年期间在替莫唑胺（TMZ）上的支出超过£360 万——是同类NHS医院支出的十倍多。

通用医学委员会（General Medical Council）目前正在对布朗进行调查，他目前仍持有行医执照，但受到限制。UHCW最终对患者的护理负责，并已在两起案件中承认承担责任。

上个月，由英国皇家内科医师学会开展的一项独立审查中期报告指出，UHCW在患者安全、知情同意、临床决策以及旨在保护患者的系统有效性方面存在更广泛且严重的担忧。

那么，这件事究竟是怎么发生的？

布朗和爱德华兹——后者曾是大多数患者在医院最常接触的联系人，并于去年退休——是真的相信他们在救患者的命吗？

他们是否通过分发每周期成本为1,000 英镑的药物从中获利？

就像所有生活受到这两个男人行为影响的人一样，埃琳娜在要求一个答案。“因为他们，我无法生育，”埃琳娜说，“为什么我会不孕？你们为什么要这么做？”

此外，长期服用TMZ还面临骨髓抑制、肝损伤和继发性血液癌症的风险。

就在2016年5月，在出现耳鸣之后

替莫唑胺 (TEMOZOLOMIDE)

心碎：埃琳娜·亚当斯（Elena Adams）信任那些给她开替莫唑胺（TMZ）的临床医生

由于右眼后方感到压力，埃琳娜被转诊至考文垂和华威大学医院NHS信托基金会进行核磁共振（MRI）扫描。当一名外科医生告诉她大脑中有一个6厘米的肿瘤时，埃琳娜感到“极度震惊”。

她在今年6月和7月接受了两次手术以切除肿瘤。代表埃琳娜及许多其他患者的Brabners律师事务所合伙人菲奥娜·廷斯利（Fiona Tinsley）表示，布朗（Brown）的记录显示手术“非常成功”，且“肿瘤减容效果极佳”。

然而，在第二次手术后埃琳娜第一次与布朗见面时，他告诉她需要进行为期六周的放射治疗，随后使用替莫唑胺进行化疗，以杀死任何残留的癌细胞。

她立刻被这位当时50多岁医生的亲切态度所打动。

“他会把事情分解开来解释，好让我们能理解，”她说。

与此同时，负责埃琳娜大部分诊疗的爱德华兹（Edwards）警告她，化疗可能会影响她的生育能力，但她可以通过冷冻卵子来保存生育力。

她被转诊至医院的生育部门，但在她有机会见到生育专家或开始放射治疗之前，布朗就让她开始了初步的五天替莫唑胺疗程。

“这是布朗教授对许多患者采取的做法，但这并不是”

“他们说这能让你活下去，继续坚持”

“在实践中应该这样做的事情，”菲奥娜·廷斯利说。“他们在开始治疗前没有暂停，以处理生育力保存问题。”

当然，埃琳娜希望自己在服药前能争取到一次关于生育能力的预约。但布朗作为剑桥大学的毕业生，在当时拥有无可挑剔的声誉。“我很感激有这些优秀的人在照顾我，”她说。

到今年8月她见到生育专家时，被告知冷冻卵子“已经太晚了”。作为一家金属公司的行政人员，埃琳娜承认在面对显然危及生命的疾病时，孩子并不是她的首选。

虽然“显然很沮丧”，但她只想战胜癌症。埃琳娜的医疗记录显示，生育专家确实建议她在化疗期间注射激素，这至少可以帮助保存她的卵子。

“他请求布朗教授协助办理。但布朗没有，”廷斯利说。

埃琳娜在今年9月恢复了替莫唑胺治疗，被告知疗程将持续六个月。“我一直很恶心。我会腹泻。我没有精力。我一直生病，”被开具病假单停职的埃琳娜说。“我几乎不下床。我几乎不吃东西，但体重却不停增加。那是一段非常糟糕的时光。”

随后出现了一个完全令人震惊且事后看来不可理喻的声明。就在

多年来，埃琳娜一直服用一种她并不需要的化疗药物。现在她失去了生育能力且病重至无法工作——而她只是由同一位医生治疗的 40 名患者中的一名，他们正起诉医院毁掉了他们的生活

在一次本应揭示其癌症已消失的六个月定期扫描之前，临床护理专家爱德华兹告诉埃琳娜，她余生都需要服用 TMZ（替莫唑胺）。“他们说如果我停止化疗，癌症可能会复发。”

尽管感到“震惊”，但她当时没有想到要质疑原因。“为了活下去，只要有用我什么都愿意尝试。”

如果埃琳娜听起来很天真，那么她并非唯一一个。

“几乎每位患者在六个月的周期结束时，伊恩·爱德华兹都会说：‘你服用这个药的效果非常好，为了给你提供最好的生存机会，我们将继续治疗，’”廷斯利说道。独立医学专家已告知廷斯利，没有足够的证据证明长期继续服用 TMZ 是合理的。

她补充道：“风险在于你会产生累积毒性；你会处于免疫抑制状态；你感染的风险会增加。你还有发展成继发性癌症的风险，尽管概率较低。而继续治疗的益处为零。但这些患者没有被告知这些。他们被告知的是，‘这能让你活下去。继续用药。’”

手术后，埃琳娜还服用了一种名为地塞米松的类固醇药物，以帮助肿瘤周围的肿胀消退，服药期为八周。

廷斯利表示，这种药物可能会“导致关节疼痛和僵硬等严重问题”，而当埃琳娜最终停药时，身体和心理的损害已经造成。

她的衣服尺码从 18 码激增到 26 码，且无法减轻体重。她的自信心骤降。“我的整张脸都变了。我不喜欢出门，不喜欢见朋友。”

她定期就诊于爱德华兹，他每月检查她的血常规，然后为她开更多的 TMZ，而他们之间的“日常闲聊”培养了信任感。“我当时准备结婚，所以会和他聊这些。”

然而，他难道没看到 TMZ 让她的身体变得多么糟糕吗？

“我经常患上胸部感染，而他会说：‘这周不要吃，下周再吃，’之类的话，”埃琳娜说。

在一度感到“无法面对世界”的情况下，她在一年后辞职。“当你病成那样时，你无法集中注意力做任何事情。”

她与 37 岁的机械师加雷斯（两人于 2018 年结婚）的关系也不可避免地受到了影响。“显然，对他来说也有很多非常困难的时刻。我身体疼痛，而且容易疲劳。”

但她、她的家人以及加雷斯，从未想过要质疑——既然扫描结果显示她没有癌症，为什么仍然在开化疗药。埃琳娜认为她的全科医生（GP）也知道她连续多年在接受化疗，“但从未有人提起。”

在完成了 66 个周期的 TMZ 治疗后，布朗教授和伊恩·爱德华兹在 2022 年 5 月请求与她会面。出于本能，她担心癌症复发了。“我刚做完扫描，我想，‘噢天哪，出事了。’”

相反，布朗告诉她，最新的扫描结果显示没有异常。“我放声大哭，我太开心了。我向他们表示感谢，赞美他们。”

埃琳娜再也没有接受过布朗的治疗，在被转诊给另一位顾问医生之前，她只见过爱德华兹最后一次——那位顾问医生告诉她，他绝不会用同样的方式治疗她。

长期用药的累积效应仍在继续。

由于类固醇药物的影响，她在 2022 年被诊断出患有骨坏死症，“基本上意味着我的膝盖正在坏死，”埃琳娜说，她目前在膝盖移植的候诊名单上。

去年，一项血液检查确认，由于化疗，埃琳娜已经进入绝经期。在 34 岁时，无法生育的沉重打击终于让她深切感受到。

“这是一种悲痛。我的每一个朋友要么怀孕了，要么已经有了孩子。我知道这件事对我来说永远不会发生了。”

当一位朋友发来关于布朗被指过度开具TMZ处方的报道时，她的反应是不敢相信。

“我一直相信他是为了每个人的最大利益着想。”直到更多的所谓受害者出现，且律师菲奥娜·廷斯利（Fiona Tinsley）申请调阅她的医疗记录并揭露了其治疗方案中的缺陷后，她的悲痛才转化为愤怒。

当然，她只能猜测，但埃琳娜认为她的医生可能通过开这些药在某种程度上获利。“人们都会被金钱控制，不是吗？”

廷斯利表示，有她的部分客户被告知他们正在参加一项关于TMZ的临床试验。

“但如果真的在进行任何临床试验，患者记录中应该会有大量的证明文件，而那里根本没有，”她说。

两名男子从未公开就这些指控发表评论。布朗教授未能出席英国皇家内科医师学会调查人员要求的面试，也没有参与其审查流程。

“该信托基金会在许多层面上都负有责任，因为他们允许

“当你病得那么重时，你根本无法集中注意力”

“让伊恩·爱德华兹和伊恩·布朗如此长期地延续这种做法，”廷斯利补充道。

《邮报》试图通过医院信托基金联系布朗和爱德华兹，但未收到回复。

该信托基金的一位发言人表示，无法就个别患者发表评论，但已“根据初步反馈采取行动，以确保对TMZ的处方和使用进行更严格的监督，并确保患者安全”。

在伊恩·布朗退休时所有接受TMZ治疗的患者均已由高级临床医生审核，并制定了相应的护理计划。我们还在由独立第三方主导，对我们的举报流程进行独立审查，以确保员工在提出任何顾虑时感到得到充分支持且充满信心。

“信托基金将在英国皇家内科医师学会（RCP）的完整审查报告发布后对其进行评估，并根据其调查结果采取进一步的适当行动。患者的安全、体验和福祉仍然是我们的首要任务。”

然而，对于埃琳娜来说，这太少且太迟了。而她那令人心碎的结论是：“这种事情绝不应该被允许发生。”

图标：迈克尔·杰克逊在1983年视频中的样子

1000万美元 thriller! 杰克逊的夹克即将拍卖

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现在，迈克尔·杰克逊在1983年《Thriller》音乐视频中与僵尸共舞时穿着的那件红黑相间的夹克可以由你拥有——不过，其价格标签可能会让你感到心惊胆战。

这件小牛皮夹克预计在12月于洛杉矶的朱利安拍卖行（Julien's Auctions）上拍时，将打破音乐纪念品的纪录。一名消息人士指出，预计其售价将“超过1000万美元 [£760 万]”。

它甚至可能打破音乐纪念品单品的总纪录，即今年为平克·弗洛伊德（Pink Floyd）传奇人物大卫·吉尔摩的“黑色 Strat”吉他支付的$14.5500 万。

红色部分：该夹克可能会打破音乐纪念品的销售价格纪录

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来自国家前列腺癌审计（NPCA）的数据显示，2025 年确诊病例达到创纪录的 60,827 例，高于 2024 年的 57,029 例。

晚期病例（即癌症在扩散后才被检测出的情况）增加了近 11%，从 2024 年的 5,696 例增加到 2025 年的 6,312 例。

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《每日邮报》活动 终结不必要的 前列腺癌 死亡

有所改善”。

2015, 56% 的男性在被诊断出晚期前列腺癌后的三年内死亡。到 2022, 这一数字已降至 47%。

伦敦卫生与热带医学院的进一步分析发现，同一时期的死亡风险下降了近四分之一。

专家将这一改善归功于一系列治疗突破，包括更广泛地使用化疗、更新的激素疗法和前列腺放射治疗。

前列腺癌目前已成为英国最常见的癌症，超过了乳腺癌。

每年有超过 68,000 名男性被新

作者：Zoe Hardy

诊断出该病，相当于每八分钟就有一例。

报告还揭示了医疗护理方面的显著差异：在某些医疗团队中，只有不到一半的侵袭性癌症患者能获得根治性治疗，而其他地区这一比例则接近九成。

对此，英国前列腺癌协会（Prostate Cancer UK）警告称，医疗服务必须具备提供必要治疗和随访护理的能力，以确保患者能更长久地高质量生活，尤其是考虑到治疗往往伴随严重的副作用。

该慈善机构的数据主管纳塔莉亚·诺罗里（Natalia Norori）表示：“目前，仍有太多男性在较晚阶段才被诊断出来，此时治疗方案更为有限；而且近一半的男性在三年内死亡，这依然是一个悲剧。”

“至关重要的是，我们需要看到投资，以确保男性能够获得能够提高生活质量、减轻副作用并让他们拥有更长久、更幸福岁月的最佳治疗方案。”

NPCA 临床手术负责人诺埃尔·克拉克（Noel Clarke）教授补充道：“被诊断出的男性人数继续显著增加。”

“大多数病例是可以治愈的，特别是如果癌症能被早期发现，这强调了早期检测至关重要。”

《每日邮报》长期以来一直领导各项活动，旨在改善前列腺癌的诊断和治疗，以期终结不必要的死亡。

这一发现出炉前几天，国际研究人员刚刚警告称，年轻男性中的发病率大幅上升。

对 NHS 数据的分析发现，50 岁以下人群的诊断病例从 2001 年的 158 例增加到 2023. 的 640 例。然而，今年早些时候，英国国家筛查委员会决定不对全人群进行筛查，认为潜在的危害超过了益处。

警方调查美国情报部门使用的 RAF 基地遭闯入事件是否与俄罗斯有关

警方正在调查昨日一起闯入美国军事情报部门使用的皇家空军（RAF）基地的事件是否由俄罗斯操纵。

两名拉脱维亚男子因在凌晨 2 点闯入剑桥郡 Molesworth 基地的周界围栏而被捕。

此次安全警报发生在格洛斯特郡 Fairfield 基地疑似发生恐怖袭击阴谋的几周之后，引发了人们的怀疑，认为某个敌对国家可能正试图利用美国所使用基地的安全漏洞。

Molesworth 是美国情报行动的所在地

“两名拉脱维亚男子被捕”

该基地是欧洲和非洲中心，同时也是北约的情报枢纽。北约网站表示，该基地在周二和周三举办了一场关于俄罗斯的会议。

会议结束后，国防部安全巡逻队在周三晚上10点左右，在基地周边发现了一辆被遗弃的车辆。随后在现场进行了进一步搜查，并发现围栏上有一个小洞。

警方随后找到了两名居住在英国的拉脱维亚男子，年龄分别为36和32，他们在基地内被发现后，最初因涉嫌非法侵入禁区和刑事损坏而被拘留。

但他们随后因涉嫌违反《国家安全法》第4条而被逮捕，

作者：Rebecca Camber 犯罪与安全编辑

2023, 即为了损害英国利益的目的进入禁区。

警方对此高度关注，并召集了专业的爆炸物处理人员，以检查被遗弃的车辆内是否有任何爆炸物痕迹。

在未发现可疑物品后，警方撤销了封锁线。官员表示，此次安全漏洞与对RAF Fairfield的调查无关，上个月有五名男子在该基地附近被捕。

RAF Molesworth的调查由反恐警察部门主导。

《每日邮报》获悉，警方正在调查这些男子是否为敌对国家的代理人，但他们对其他动机也持开放态度。

就在几天前，由于担心可能发生由伊朗主导的袭击，美国从RAF Fairford撤走了B-1轰炸机。

伦敦反恐警察部门负责人海伦·弗拉纳根（Helen Flanagan）指挥官表示：“我们非常清楚近期人们对军事基地的关注度和担忧程度有所增加，但在现阶段，没有证据表明此次事件与上周在RAF Fairford发生的事件有关。

‘我们对此次事件的调查仍处于非常早期的阶段。

‘其中很大一部分工作是研究这些男子出现在现场的潜在动机，但我必须强调，我们在现阶段持开放态度，调查仍在深入进行中。’

对国防基地的潜在威胁保持高度警惕，并与警方及盟友密切合作以确保其安全。我们对基地的保护工作处于持续审查之中。”

目前，警方正针对两处位于彼得伯勒（Peterborough）地区的地址进行与此次调查相关的搜查。

警报：剑桥郡的RAF Molesworth

一名美国欧洲司令部发言人表示：“我们将继续评估我们设施周边的威胁环境，并采取适当行动以保护我们的人员、平台和基地。”

国防部表示：“我们仍然

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海军水兵被指“密谋向莫斯科传递国家机密”

作者：Ryan Hooper

一名英国皇家海军水兵昨日出庭，被指控密谋将英国机密情报传递给俄罗斯人。

据指控，24岁的泰迪·杨（Teddy Young）在海军舰艇上服役期间，滥用其高级安全权限获取秘密国防和情报数据，从而从事间谍活动。

据称，他起草了一封翻译成俄语的信息，其中包含机密信息。据称，杨还采取了措施试图与俄罗斯当局建立直接联系。

这名于2024年加入海军的一等水兵昨日在威斯敏斯特治安法院（Westminster Magistrates' Court）出庭，身穿一件灰色监狱配发的运动服，仅在确认姓名和出生日期时开口说话。

法庭速写：泰迪·杨

据指控，杨在其实施的首次部署任务期间犯下这些罪行，该任务始于2024年11月4日。

他被指控利用暗网试图联系俄罗斯当局，并起草了一封“寻求与潜在威胁行为者建立联系”的信息，且通过将信息复制到私人电子邮箱账户违反了海军规定。

法院未要求杨进行答辩。他被还押候审，将于10月16日在中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）出庭。

贝克汉姆家族内斗升级，马克·沃尔伯格加入布鲁克林阵营

布鲁克林·贝克汉姆在1月份发布的一条震撼Instagram帖子中，对他著名的家庭发起了猛烈抨击，在帖子中他透露自己已将家人从生活中剔除，且没有和解的意愿。

他在6月份世界杯期间的DoorDash广告中再次卷入纷争，并在广告中提及了这场争吵。

现在又出现了一次尖锐的公开“挑衅”，这位“星二代”厨师说服了演员马克·沃尔伯格——他父亲的前好友兼现敌手——为其Cloud 23辣酱代言。

沃尔伯格在Instagram Stories上发布了一段为布鲁克林的辣酱背书的视频，用它来为烤鸡提味。他向镜头展示了标志性的Cloud 23瓶身，并宣称：“甜哈拉佩纽辣椒——我的好伙计布鲁克林！”

“马克·马克”曾是大卫·贝克汉姆的好友兼商业伙伴……直到一切崩盘，贝克汉姆的公司起诉了沃尔伯格的健身公司。

为了在辣酱之争中进一步地撒盐（雪上加霜），沃尔伯格多年来一直与布鲁克林身价亿万的岳父纳尔逊·佩尔茨关系密切，并且在2014.年的《变形金刚：绝迹重生》中饰演了布鲁克林妻子尼古拉的父亲。当时，沃尔伯格表示：“我认识尼古拉从她大约13.岁起就开始了。我和她父亲以及其他家人关系非常好。她的职业道德非常出色。”

通过获得沃尔伯格的背书，布鲁克林再次倾向于佩尔茨阵营，而远离自己的原生家庭。

这些信号前足球运动员大卫绝不会错过。大卫本周似乎在尝试与儿子重归于好，他“点赞”了一篇关于布鲁克林参加巴黎时装周的社交媒体帖子。但布鲁克林没有回赞，他已经在Instagram上屏蔽了所有家人。布鲁克林和尼古拉一直与她的家人在巴黎，不过不出所料，他们避开了他设计师母亲维多利亚的活动。

布鲁克林在1月份的那篇Insta帖子中表示，他只想获得平静，并在远离他那“虚伪”且“表演式”的家庭及其品牌的生活中找到了满足感。

他的亲近人士解释说，当他的父母在社交媒体上提及他时（例如发送生日或圣诞祝福），他会感到“压力很大”。

我在几个月前的本专栏中曾爆料，因此他已要求父母仅通过律师与他联系。

大卫在定居洛杉矶期间与演员兼企业家沃尔伯格结交，并于2020年与沃尔伯格的健身公司F45 Training签署了一项协议。

这两个家庭曾在2022.年一起度假。但在那年10月 ■ 在X上关注我@alisonboshoff

火辣：沃尔伯格的Insta帖子

贝克汉姆就该协议中违反合同的行为起诉F45，索赔$18.800 万，在该协议中他担任品牌大使。争议焦点在于贝克汉姆称其被承诺获得的股票。该纠纷于2024年达成庭外和解。

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英国大饮品赛！尼格拉启动饮品业务

每个人都热爱在《英国烘焙大赛》中出现的尼格拉·劳森（Nigella Lawson）——而且看来，在重新回归名人文化之后，她正准备迎接一次商业复兴。

66岁的她刚刚成立了一家名为 Bar Nigella Limited 的商业企业，该公司将作为批发商，销售葡萄酒、啤酒和烈酒。

她此前从未代言过酒精饮料，并曾表示：“我不怎么擅长喝酒”，解释称酒精会加剧她的焦虑感。

不过现在，她准备加入凯莉·米诺格（Kylie Minogue）、加里·巴洛（Gary Barlow）、格雷厄姆·诺顿（Graham Norton）以及萨塞克斯公爵夫人梅根的行列，推出自己的品牌。

该公司的共同董事是尼格拉的经纪人——制作大亨亚历克斯·费恩（Alex Fane），33岁，他同时负责运营亨利节日（Henley Festival）。两人在2022年被拍到挽手同行，且合作已超过十年。

尼格拉在2018年表示：“我不怎么擅长喝酒。我从来不是个酗酒者。我确实喜欢喝酒，只是太久没练习了。”

她补充道：“酒精会对我的身体产生某种影响，但我认为这可能是年龄问题……到了某个年龄之后，身体对葡萄酒的耐受力就没那么好了。”

“我觉得我是一个相当焦虑的人，而饮酒真的会加剧那种焦虑。起初它能消除一切，但之后，就会出现那种可怕的、紧绷的忧虑感，而且整体感觉不太舒服。”

《挖掘机》（The Digger）的惨败自然成了本周所有人的讨论话题。该片开画的全球票房数字惨不忍睹，揭示了汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）影响力的局限性；以及他那僵化的“不回答问题”公关策略所带来的影响——无论问题是关于苏里、凯蒂、妮可……还是其他任何事情；此外还有我们究竟想在《GQ》封面看到多少汤姆的躯干。

这次票房大崩盘是好莱坞历史上最大规模的失败之一。尽管有少数正面评价（包括我的同事布莱恩·维纳的评价），但这对于标志性的华纳兄弟（Warner Bros）工作室来说是一个悲哀的最终发行作品，该工作室已被收购并并入一个名为 Skydance 的新实体。

在议论纷纷中，人们忽略了一个事实，即“数十名”山达基教（Scientology）的工作人员被邀请参加了该片的皇家首映礼。这位演员依然忠于该宗教，据了解，他的养女贝拉经常访问其位于东格林斯特德（East Grinstead）的英国总部圣山（Saint Hill）。

我们去方便一下

简·奥斯汀《理智与情感》新银幕改编版的主演们，或许并不像你想象中那样淑女。饰演玛丽安·达什伍德（Marianne Dashwood）、与饰演姐姐埃莉诺（Elinor）的黛西·埃德加-琼斯（Daisy Edgar-Jones）相对戏的埃斯梅·克里德-迈尔斯（Esme Creed-Miles）在谈到拍摄时说：“我非常fondly地记得我们所有人都住在那个大乡村房子里，然后去灌木丛里撒尿。我为什么要说这个？！”

哈里关于戴安娜纪录片的时间紧迫

共同完成如此复杂的一项工作。

哈里王子在制作关于其亡母戴安娜王妃的纪录片时，是否给自己设定了一个不可能完成的任务？

他的团队目前透露，他正在“考虑”制作一部关于戴安娜的节目，时间定在明年8月她逝世30周年之际（而就在几个月前，他才激烈否认有任何相关计划）。

但这里有两个大问题。第一个问题——正如他在其著作《备胎》（Spare）中所承认的——是他对母亲的个人记忆很少，因为他在12岁时她就去世了。他在书中补充道，其中一些记忆是在很多年后的心理治疗中才恢复的。这意味着他需要寻找一些能够对这位“人民的王妃”提供清晰且深刻见解的“受访嘉宾”。最好是那些没有多次讲述过这些故事的人。

第二个问题是，距离30周年纪念日仅剩十个月，我从多个渠道获悉，这段时间不足以完成

从现实角度来看，哈里只有几个月的时间来整合整个项目，寻找并聘请导演和编剧，签约受访者，然后推销该项目。

随后，他需要在新年之初尽快开始拍摄，以便完成剪辑、字幕制作和配音，以供国际发行并获得法律审核通过。

就目前情况而言，甚至还没有一份完整的提案可以向潜在的广播公司展示。（Netflix与萨塞克斯夫妇仍签有“优先审阅”协议。）

而且，即便假设这位新手电视制作人王子能够完成这一切……一部纪录片难道不会破坏他回到英国的重大目标吗？即希望查尔斯国王能在明年7月伯明翰无敌运动会开幕式上与他肩并肩而立。

一位电视业人士表示：“这毫无意义。”一如既往！

是不是水里有什么问题？本周宣布了两起“性别盲选”的选角。环球剧院（The Globe）将于11月起上演莎士比亚的《朱利叶斯·凯撒》，由凯特·杜申（Kate Duchene）饰演主角。随后又有消息称，格伦·克洛斯（Glenn Close）将在安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯的《耶稣基督超级巨星》西区最后一周（在德鲁里巷皇家剧院，1月）饰演希律王。克洛斯最著名的角色是《致命吸引力》中那个煮兔子的女人，所以饰演希律王对她来说应该没有问题。

用沸水烫伤女性的移民再次被驱逐

作者：安迪·多兰（Andy Dolan）

一名在向一名女性倾倒沸水后被驱逐的印度移民再次非法进入英国，并赢得了留英权利。

鲁平德吉特·辛格（Rupinderjit Singh）在烫伤一名尖叫的女性、将其点燃并用皮带殴打后，被判处12年监禁。

辛格在2016年被驱逐，但于2020年非法重新进入英国，并在赢得一起人权留英诉讼后一直生活在英国。

然而，该决定现在已被推翻，他将被第二次驱逐。

伦敦市中心的移民与庇护法庭上级审判庭获悉，

辛格于1998年从印度进入英国，并与一名英国公民结婚，从而获得了永久居留权。

但在2004年，他因蓄意造成严重身体伤害被判处12年监禁。

审判庭引用了法官在量刑时的评述，概述了他如何“系统性地折磨”这名30岁的女性。

法官表示，辛格是一个“极其冷酷的人物”，并补充道：“在你的手下之一烧开水壶后，你将沸水倾倒在那个年轻女性身上。她在尖叫，承受着巨大的痛苦。”

“你点燃了她。你再次烧开水壶，将更多沸水浇在她身上。你还不满足于此，用皮带殴打她。”

MUSIC2YOU 荣誉呈献

艾瑞莎·弗兰克林、至上女声组合、马文·盖伊、迪翁·华威、斯蒂维·旺德、诱惑组合 玛莎·里夫斯与凡德拉斯组合、达斯蒂·斯普林菲尔德、詹姆斯·布朗、奥蒂斯·雷丁、本·E·金、艾克与蒂娜·特纳 四顶礼帽组合、波内特组合、水晶组合、吉米·鲁芬、斯莫基·罗宾逊与奇迹组合、希娃·西蒙 德尔 尼克斯组合、玛丽·威尔斯、玛琳娜·肖、珀西·斯莱奇、艾斯利兄弟、斯莱与家庭之石

法官表示，该女性在医院住了数周，并留下了永久性疤痕，她所遭受的痛苦“无法用语言描述”。

2009年下达的一项驱逐令花费了七年时间才执行。

然而，辛格回到了英国，并提出了一项基于人权的留英申请，该申请

“一个极其冷酷的人”

被初级法庭根据《欧洲人权公约》第8条予以批准，该条款赋予人们获得家庭生活尊重的权利。

辛格声称他需要留在英国以照顾他患有自闭症的女儿。

内政部提起上诉，上级法庭裁定辛格必须被驱逐出境。

上级法庭表示，辛格及其妻子“夸大”了其女儿的病情，且他“显然是一名外国罪犯”。

KUROSU（九宫格谜题）

今日难度评级 ★★★

《NOW That's What I Call 60s Soul》将灵魂乐第一个黄金十年的88首定义之作收录在四张CD中。

每天在《邮报》上，您都可以玩Kurosu，这是自数独以来最令人上瘾的益智游戏。规则有 2 条：1：在每个空格中填入圆圈或叉号，使得任何行或列中连续的圆圈或叉号不得超过两个。重要提示：对角线不计入其中。2：每行和每列必须包含三个圆圈和三个叉号。

我们以艾瑞莎·弗兰克林的招牌歌曲《Respect》开场，随后是至上女声组合的《You Can't Hurry Love》、斯蒂维·旺德的《Uptight (Everything's Alright)》，以及迪翁·华威优雅的《Walk On By》。接着是吉米·鲁芬的《What Becomes of the Brokenhearted》和马文·盖伊的《I Heard It Through the Grapevine》所展现的凄美之感。

通过《邮报》数字版（将您的《邮报》呈现在屏幕上），您可以在平板电脑或智能手机上每天玩Kurosu以及像它一样的47个谜题。请在 mailpuzzles.co.uk 获取试用优惠。

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Mail Puzzles 封底答案

The Temptations 的《My Girl》和 Mary Wells 的《My Guy》与 Dusty Springfield 的《Son Of A Preacher Man》并列。而且不要忘记那些组合：The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, Sly & The Family Stone, Booker T. & The MGs, The Chiffons, The Crystals, The Marvelettes, The Drifters, The Ronettes... 以及那位伟大的灵魂女伶 Gladys Knight。这不仅仅是一套四碟装的精选集，更是一份历史文献……它就是这么出色！

第一碟 1 Aretha Franklin – Respect 2 The Supremes – You Can't Hurry Love 3 Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything's Alright) 4 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing in the Street 5 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle 6 Dionne Warwick – Walk On By 7 Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes of the Brokenhearted 8 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine 9 The Temptations – My Girl 10 Mary Wells – My Guy 11 Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man 12 Marlena Shaw – California Soul 13 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) 14 Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There 15 The Isley Brothers – Behind a Painted Smile 16 Sly & the Family Stone – Dance to the Music 17 James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) 18 Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour 19 Fontella Bass – Rescue Me 20 Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y 21 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Second That Emotion 22 Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

第二碟 1 Ben E. King – Stand By Me 2 Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves a Woman 3 The Drifters – Up On the Roof 4 The Chiffons – Sweet Talkin' Guy 5 The Crystals – Da Doo Ron Ron 6 The Marvelettes – Please Mr Postman 7 The Ronettes – Baby, I Love You 8 The Velvelettes – Needle in a Haystack 9 Gloria Jones – Tainted Love 10 Tami Lynn – I'm Gonna Run Away From You 11 R. Dean Taylor – There's a Ghost in My House 12 Frank Wilson – Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 13 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Just Walk in My Shoes 14 Tobi Legend – Time Will Pass You By 15 Barbara Randolph – I Got a Feeling 16 Robert Knight – Love on a Mountain Top 17 Al Wilson – The Snake 18 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – Ain't No Big Thing 19 Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts 20 Erma Franklin – Piece of My Heart 21 Etta James – I Just Want to Make Love to You 22 Nina Simone – Ain't Got No/I Got Life (From Hair)

第三碟 1 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High 2 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances 3 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music 4 The Contours - Do You Love Me 5 Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 6 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood 7 Sam & Dave - Soul Man 8 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 9 Little Eva - The Loco-Motion 10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack 11 The Toys - A Lover's Concerto 12 The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You 13 Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 14 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two 15 Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm a) Road Runner 16 Barrett Strong - Money 17 Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions 18 Bobby Hebb - Sunny 19 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 20 The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic 21 Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs - Stay 22 The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk

第四碟 1 The Supremes – Baby Love 2 Four Tops – I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 3 The Temptations – Get Ready 4 The Ronettes – Be My Baby 5 The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me 6 The Chiffons – He's So Fine 7 Dionne Warwick – I Say a Little Prayer 8 Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 9 Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness 10 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need to Get By 11 Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem 12 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love 13 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) 14 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight 15 The Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' 16 Reparata & The Delrons – Captain of Your Ship 17 The Marvelettes – When You're Young and in Love 18 Etta James – At Last 19 Dinah Washington – Mad About the Boy 20 James Brown – It's a Man's Man's Man's World 21 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks of My Tears 22 Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour

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2026年10月9日 历史上的今天

摘自《每日邮报》档案 1976年10月9日

杰奎琳·奥纳西斯（Jacqueline Onassis）将在不久后结束近 12 年的沉默，就总统约翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）遇刺案的新调查出庭作证。1963年11月，在达拉斯街头，当这位已故总统头部中弹时，她就坐在他身边。

10月 9, 1986

银幕硬汉詹姆斯·卡格尼（James Cagney）的遗嘱正引发一场高达 £800 万 的法庭之争，起因是他未给部分亲属留下一分钱。这位去年3月去世的明星在遗嘱中写道：“我特意没有为任何孙辈提供任何保障。”卡格尼没有亲生子女，但领养了两名孩子。

生日快乐

肯特公爵爱德华王子，91. 今年标志着他作为王室成员工作满 50 年。他是伊丽莎白二世的堂兄，是乔治王子和玛丽娜公主之子。他的父亲在 1942 年一场神秘的空难中丧生。

莎伦·奥斯本，74. 这位前《X Factor》评委是摇滚明星奥兹的遗孀。她表示：“曾几何时，我们在伦敦和洛杉矶大约有六栋房子”，并承认她“每天”都在做出最糟糕的财务决定，“钱就这样从我的指缝中溜走”。

今日诞辰

丹妮尔·德洛姆（1926-2015）。这位法国女演员在 1949 年的电影《琪琪》（Gigi）中饰演主角，为此《世界报》称赞她是“法国电影最可靠的希望”。她的第一任丈夫丹尼尔·格林表示，她拥有“孩子的嘴唇，女人的身体，以及一种令人侧目的气质”。阿拉斯泰尔·西姆（1900-1976）。这位演员在 1951 年改编自狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》的电影中饰演斯克鲁奇，并在《圣特里尼安学校的女孩们》中饰演一名女校长，但他拒绝出演 1949 年的《威士忌大丰收！》，因为他拒绝成为一名“职业苏格兰人”。

10月 9...

IN 1995, 前首相亚历克·道格拉斯-霍姆去世，享年 92 岁。

IN 2006, 朝鲜宣布进行了首次核武器试验。

词汇魔术：猜测定义

Cricetid（约 1955 年创造）

A) 与眼镜蛇有关。 b) 与蝗虫有关。 c) 与仓鼠有关。

答案见下方

短语解析

Happy as Larry（极其快乐）：该词源于被誉为“澳大利亚拳击之父”的劳伦斯·“拉里”·福利（1849-1917），或者源于larry一词，该词曾意为“兴奋的陈述”。此外，大洋洲还有一个术语larrikin（“喧闹的年轻人”），该短语可能是其缩写。

今日金句

没有名气的生活可以是美好的生活，但没有生活的名气根本就不是生活。

克莱夫·詹姆斯

今日笑话 为什么糖要去完成学校（finishing school）？为了变得精炼（refined）。 猜测定义答案：C

由 ETAN SMALLMAN 和 ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD 编译

伊甸园机密

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塞西尔·罗兹纪念物失踪之怪事

在已经承诺拨出 £1 亿 的“赔偿金”以弥补

英格兰教会通过其“社会影响”基金旨在弥补奴隶制带来的伤害，而现在，该教会显然找到了另一种应对偏见的方式：拔掉“种族主义”的花卉。

在坎布里亚郡柯比隆斯代尔的圣玛丽教堂，靠近教堂门廊的一株绣球花被连根拔起——随之消失的还有一块铭牌。铭牌解释称，这株数十年前捐赠的植物是为了纪念牧师之子塞西尔·罗兹（Cecil Rhodes）而种的，罗兹是罗得西亚（现津巴布韦）的创建者。

该铭牌明确揭示了这株绣球花与这位帝国主义者的直接联系，上面写着它来自南非开普敦附近的格鲁特舒尔（Groote Schuur），即“已故塞西尔·罗兹的故居”。

卡莱尔教区不确定铭牌是在何时“消失”的，但坚称这“并非针对罗兹而做出的决定”，而是因为绣球花“逐渐衰弱”并最终在去年枯死的结果。

但该教区拒绝了一位当地人的提议——对方愿意提供一株替代的绣球花，因为他拥有原产于格鲁特舒尔植物的扦插苗。教区发言人表示：“任何关于新种植的决定都应由教区决定，”并补充道，“在我住在这里的 70 年里，我从未听过有人提到或讨论过那块铭牌。”

“消失”的铭牌

这让住在附近的著名建筑历史学家约翰·马丁·罗宾逊（John Martin Robinson）感到厌恶。他向我保证道：“死了？那株绣球花去年没死——它长势旺盛。”他补充说：“失踪的金属标牌具有历史价值，且属于教堂历史名录的保护范围。必须把它找回来。”

“至于假装不知道与罗兹的联系，这让事情变得更糟。根据基督教教会的教义，‘有罪的无知’是一种死罪。这是一座位于保护区内的 I 级保护建筑。然而，由于缺乏维护，屋顶在漏水，牧师住宅空置，而教区想要将其出售。”

“做任何有意义的事情都‘没钱’，但拔掉历史灌木并在到处安装说教标牌却有钱。”

《舞动奇迹》主持人艾玛：我不喜欢亮片

亮片与《舞动奇迹》（Strictly Come Dancing）通常是相伴而行的，前主持人克劳迪娅·温克尔曼（Claudia Winkleman）和泰丝·戴利（Tess Daly）都非常钟爱这种闪耀风格。

但新主持人艾玛·威利斯（Emma Willis）对此并不买账。

这位主持人，50, 在伦敦的维珍大西洋航空态度奖（Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards）上释放了她内心的摇滚女孩之魂，身着一件亚历山大·麦昆（Alexander McQueen）的格子裙，搭配厚底黑靴和长发辫。

“我从来不喜欢亮片，”艾玛告诉我，“我会把那个留给节目里的参赛者。”

谈到目前在《舞动奇迹》的体验，她说：“真的很有趣。”

“这是一个庞然大物般的节目，时长很长且是直播。我热爱这一点，但这确实是一个巨大的挑战。”

见证前女王为阿伯法恩流泪的皇家记录员逝世

他曾目睹伊丽莎白女王在公开场合落泪，并且是第一个对安妮公主进行电视采访的人，随后他成为了安妮公主的传记作者，用妻子戴安娜花 £14 为他买的便携式打字机完成了该书。

但现年 92, 岁去世的布莱恩·霍伊（Brian Hoey）谦虚地将自己的成功归功于“在正确的时间出现在正确的地方”。

在英国皇家空军服完国民服役后，他于 1962. 年成为了 BBC 威尔士新闻节目《今日威尔士》（Wales Today）的第一任主持人。Four

■ 维多利亚·科伦-米切尔（VICTORIA Coren Mitchell）对 BBC 一则报道表示质疑，该报道称“一名扑克玩家成为了首位在英国巡回赛中赢得重大赛事的女性”。这位《Only Connect》的主持人沉思道：“BBC 新闻的措辞很有意思。我敢肯定在……之前，已经有女性在英国赛事中赢得过奖项了……别告诉我，别告诉我。”BBC 随后承认，科伦-米切尔是首位在 2006, 年伦敦欧洲扑克巡回赛中赢得赛事的女性，也是该赛事首位两度夺冠的人。

多年后，他成为了阿伯法恩（Aberfan）首批报道记者之一，当时一个 111 英尺高的煤矸石堆坍塌，掩埋了一所小学。

“我能看到早班下班的矿工们源源不断地走来，”霍伊在 2024 年接受《邮报》采访时回忆道。“没有人说话。在没有任何指令的情况下，他们开始在废墟中搜寻。”

在 144 名死者中，有 116 人是儿童——霍伊补充道，这种无辜生命的逝去让女王在几天后访问时流下了眼泪。

布莱尔研究所获利 1.37 亿英镑

纳税人真的需要资助托尼·布莱尔爵士的安保工作吗？这位前首相创办的托尼·布莱尔全球变革研究所去年获利高达 1.37 亿英镑.4 million。

最新公布的数据显示，这家非营利组织的营业额比 2024. 年增加了 £2100 万。在那一年，我曾报道科技亿万富翁拉里·埃里森（Larry Ellison）已同意从其个人基金会向该研究所投入 £2.13 亿。

该研究所一直对布莱尔与另一位美国亿万富翁萨姆·班克曼-弗里德（Sam Bankman-Fried）的关系保持沉默。2022, 年，布莱尔与班克曼-弗里德共同登台。次年，班克曼-弗里德被判定犯有欺诈和洗钱罪。

作者：杰西卡·韦特 (JESSICA WAITE)

在一个寒冷的11月，我牵着九岁儿子的手，领着队伍走进他父亲的葬礼，这段记忆我永远不会忘记。

我是在与肖恩（Sean）告别，我爱了他，并与他共同生活了20年，直到他在年仅47岁时因一场突发心脏病而猝逝。

但达什（Dash）是一个太早失去父亲的小男孩，他在整个仪式期间的抽泣让我更加心痛。

亲友们纷纷飞来吊唁，听到他们对肖恩的赞美之词，我破碎的心得到了些许慰藉。

他们说他风趣、体贴、谦逊且绝对忠诚，是一位优秀的父亲，家庭对他而言意味着一切。

我记得当时在想，这份汹涌的支持或许足以支撑我们度过未来的黑暗日子。

但在葬礼后的第二天，我的世界崩塌了。我发现了证据，表明肖恩在我们的婚姻期间有过多次出轨——并且为了维持他的秘密生活，欠下了超过3 万英镑的债务。

随后还有一个更痛苦的秘密被揭开：他曾有过一段长达五年的婚外情。

自从他突然去世以来，我所感受到的所有悲痛和忧伤，都被一股巨大的愤怒之情所吞没。我想对着丈夫大吼大叫、要求他给出答案的冲动如此强烈，就像我想收拾他的行李将他赶出家门一样强烈。

但当然，我无法做任何一件这些事。既然我现在知道了，我该如何悲伤——

请翻页

相爱之时：肖恩与杰西卡在婚礼上的照片。在共同生活的20年里，她对他不忠的行为毫不知情。

我拒绝给小费——所以我去洗手间时，我的伴侣就偷偷给了！

最近，我和伴侣丹（Dan）在一次约会之夜后走进家门，全身都被淋透了。

我们去吃了泰国菜，吃得比应该吃的多得多，然后打车回到了家门口。理论上，没有理由让我们被淋得如此透彻。

然而，我们刚刚在倾盆大雨中的人行道上站了好几分钟，争论出租车司机是否应该得到小费。

丹，也就是“慷慨队长”，坚称司机应该拿到几英镑。我则争辩说他只是提供了一项服务——把我们送到要求去的地方——而£24的车费已经足够了。

进屋擦干身体时，我在想，是否有一天我们能结束关于给小费的争论。虽然对于极其出色的服务，或者对方做出了超出职责范围的贡献，我会很乐意慷慨地给小费，但我拒绝为我所期待的基础服务水平给予奖励。

不知怎么地，在过去的20年里，我们从一种“选择性加入”的小费文化，变成了一种被默认必须给小费的文化，但我——

图片：约翰·劳伦斯 / 电讯报 (JOHN LAWRENCE / TELEGRAPH)

直接说不：克莱尔拒绝在刷卡机上给小费

作者：克莱尔·奥赖利 (CLARE O'REILLY)

我拒绝屈服于这种压力，仅仅因为有人把一台刷卡机推到我面前，上面有三个巨大的按钮，建议给 10, 15 或 20 per cent 的小费。

然而，丹经常对我拒绝给小费的行为感到尴尬，以至于他会在我背后偷偷补上一笔。

当我们刚在一起时，每当我按下“否”时，他只会坐在我身边，面露难色。但最近有些时候，在我买完单后，我才发现丹——在告诉我他忘了外套需要回去拿之后——其实悄悄地留了一些钱。

每当我去洗手间时，他经常抢着结账，就为了避免他认为的那种深切的尴尬——即看着我冷落调酒师或服务员。

在某些餐厅将“酌情”小费直接计入账单的情况下，我会很乐意要求将其删除并重新出单。在这样的场所，丹总会在我开口之前抢先买单。

丹认为，收款人员会将拒绝给小费视为对其个人的评判，而这正是这些数字化提示如此有效的原因。它们将一次自愿的感谢变成了一场微小的公开测试，测试你是否是一个体面的人。

“随便留一点吧，亲爱的，”丹会用那种温柔但紧绷的声音说，这种语气通常出现在他认为我即将让一个本可避免的局面变得尴尬时。

“为什么？”我问，“他们做了什么值得给小费的事？”接着就是他坚持要结账的环节。

上个月在婆罗洲度假时，情况变得更加荒谬。丹给遇到的每一位酒店员工都给小费：搬运行李的人、司机、服务员、酒吧员工。我发现自己成了不情愿的财政大臣，坚持要削减预算，以免我们负债。

他的论点是，服务业员工的薪水通常很低。

我做过很多份服务业工作，但我绝不会认为，仅仅因为我倒了杯饮料或做了个被要求的三明治，我就理应获得小费。

当然，我不希望人们被低薪对待。但我认为，答案不应该是让顾客觉得有责任为那个递账单的人补齐工资。遗憾的是，英国似乎已经漂移到了一种美式文化中，在这种文化里，不给小费所反映出的个人特质，比给小费所反映出的服务质量更重要。刷卡支付公司 SumUp 报告称，在过去两年中，使用数字化小费提示的服务业企业数量增加了一倍多。

我觉得这在酒吧里尤其奇怪。最近一次晚上外出时，我在吧台为我们点了一轮饮料并将其端到桌上，而且我还亲自把之前那一轮的空杯子拿回了吧台。

当刷卡机询问我是否愿意增加 20 per cent 的小费时，我正准备开口询问，那位调酒师究竟做了什么才配得上这笔钱。但在我表达出轻蔑之前，丹已经拿着他的卡抢在我前面刷了。

每当我们讨论这件事时，丹说我想太多了。我看重的是原则，而他看重的是人。虽然他是个和平主义者，但我是一个有良知的拒绝者。

无论我如何坚持说不在乎陌生人怎么想，事后我还是会在脑海中回放这段互动，并怀疑自己是否太生硬了。

但我永远不会动摇我的信念：小费根植于感激之情，应该是因为你真心想给而给，而不是因为被一个屏幕逼到了死角。不过，如果这位“慷慨队长”得偿所愿，我怀疑他会继续代表我们两人给小费。

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肖恩并不是我想象中的那个人，而是一个陌生人？面对这个新发现的真相，我该怎么办？我应该保守他的秘密以保护他的名声吗？关于他那个被偶像化的父亲，我应该对达什说些什么，或者根本不该说什么？

我很快发现，当一个人去世并留下一个充满谎言的双重生活时，他们的欺骗成了你继承的东西。这是一份我不希望任何人继承的遗产。

肖恩和我相识于 1995 年，当时我们都在 20 多岁，在日本教英语。

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他富有魅力，聪明，幽默，而且极其勤奋。但真正让我被他折服的时刻，是我祖母去世，我需要从日本前往加拿大参加她的葬礼时。那是在如今只需在网上点击几下就能订机票的时代很久之前。

他告诉我不要担心；我只需要专注于赶到机场，他会通过电话安排好一切。

我必须乘坐四次转机航班，但多亏了肖恩，在旅途的每一个航段，办理登机手续的柜台都为我准备好了机票。就在那时，我知道他是我可以共度余生的人，是一个永远会支持我的人。我以为我很清楚他是个什么样的人。

离开日本后，我们在新加坡生活了一段时间，然后回到了

他背负了3 万英镑的秘密债务

加拿大，我在那里继续教学，而肖恩则在科技领域追求事业。

不久之后，他取得了巨大的成功；车道上停着一辆保时捷，我们热爱前往遥远的地方旅行。

在去世前不久，肖恩在科罗拉多州的一家软件公司担任首席执行官，这是一份备受瞩目的工作。这意味着他周一至周五住在当地的一套公寓里，周末飞回家。

他如此长时间地离开我们，这让我担心吗？我担心他的健康状况，担心高压工作的压力在摧毁他的身体，但我信任他。我们每天通话，他总是告诉我他爱我。每天晚上，他都会给达什打电话，听他读睡前故事。

我们尽可能充分地利用家庭周末时光，而我只是简单地认为，在周末之外的所有时间他都投入到了工作中。

我们之前的约定是，在他担任高薪职位期间，我暂停自己的职业生涯，在家里维持后方。然后，几年之后，当我们财务稳固时，他会搬回家并担任一个较低级别的职位。

但尽管我深爱他，我知道肖恩并不完美。

在他去世前几年，我曾怀疑他与一名叫丽贝卡（Rebekah）的同事关系过于亲密。他们在工作时间之外发短信，她似乎在向他倾诉她的个人生活。

当我与他对质时，肖恩极力否认发生了任何事情。多年来他指导过很多同事，所以当他说这仅仅是指导关系时，我相信了他。

在经过一些伴侣咨询后，我们把这次小波动抛在了脑后。毕竟，很少有伴侣在生活中不经历一些小波折。此外，他有时脾气暴躁，在去世前的几个月里，他的情绪化已变得令人无法忍受。我以为那是新工作的压力。我从未怀疑过，这同样也是掩盖所有谎言所带来的压力。

为了不让处理他的情绪波动而毁掉我们珍贵的周末时光，我决定在那个圣诞节再解决这个问题，那时他会有两周时间在家里。

但在我有机会解决之前，他去世了。

11月4日，在他前往机场准备飞回家途中，我与他通话。我们聊到了提前庆祝家庭圣诞节的计划，因为我母亲要来拜访我们。

在那次对话后不久，我正坐在咖啡馆里和母亲共进午餐，这时我接到了休斯顿一家医院急诊室护士的电话，告诉我我的丈夫去世了。他在等待登机时心脏病发作。

在极度震惊的状态下，我泪流满面地瘫在母亲怀里。

这怎么可能？47岁的肖恩依然年轻且健康，而且最近刚做过全面的体检，包括检查心脏的心电图，结果显示他的健康状况完美无缺。

几个月后，我被告知尸检结果显示死因为心脏结节病，这是一种罕见的自身免疫性疾病，会导致心脏问题，且经常无法被检测出来。

作为一名寡妇的第一周，我的记忆是一片模糊。年仅44岁的我，感觉自己陷入了情感的漩涡：我自己彻底崩溃了，为达什感到心碎——因为他在十岁生日之前就失去了父亲，而且我不确定在没有肖恩的情况下，我们该如何重建生活。

葬礼后的第二天，我终于鼓起勇气，开始整理医院快递给我的肖恩的个人物品箱。

里面有他的公文包和他去世时穿的衣服。我流着泪将它们铺在床上，他的气味既令人慰藉又令人心痛，我在他的剃须套装里找到了他的结婚戒指。

我的女性直觉闪现。他去世时为什么没戴戒指？这很奇怪。

当我登录他的iPad时，我发现了真相。他的电子邮件和信息揭露了多次出轨，其中大部分是一夜情。甚至在他生命的最后一晚，他还在另一个女人身边。他的浏览记录还指向了色情成瘾。

无法处理眼前所见的一切，我感到呼吸凝滞。

在他的遗物中，还有一张我不认识的信用卡。当我登录在线账户时，一份明细账单显示他欠下了超过 3 万英镑 的债务，其中大部分花在了豪华酒店和餐厅里——我意识到，他一定是在那里招待他的那些女人。

由于我为了抚养儿子而放弃了工作，被留下承担如此巨额的债务令我感到恐惧。我是否不得不卖掉我们的房子，从而夺走达什（Dash）仅剩的一点稳定性？

但更困难的是试图接受肖恩（Sean）的背叛。人们问：“你怎么可能不知道？”

这听起来可能很愚蠢，但考虑到他极其繁重的工作和出差行程，我无法想象肖恩有时间和精力去维持双重生活。

但他的背叛比我在最初翻看他信息的那几个可怕小时里意识到的还要深。

在我发现真相几周后，我向少数几个信任的人倾诉，其中一位是卡门（Carmen），她恰好

我想 对着肖恩 尖叫， 要求他 给出答案， 收拾他的 行李 把他从 我们的家 赶出去。但， 当然，我 无法做到 其中任何一件事……

是一名财务顾问。我需要她的帮助来处理肖恩的债务。

我们坐在我厨房的桌子旁核对账单，我苦涩地对她说：“我首先要偿还的是精品酒店和客房服务的费用，还有畅饮的普罗塞克起泡酒和双人早餐。”

“是的，”卡门说，“可怜的丽贝卡（Rebekah）现在得自己付账了。”

我愣住了。

她所做的一切。我希望她承认我的存在，承认她所做的事。然而她从未这样做。她唯一的反应就是威胁要起诉我骚扰。

最困难的部分是努力地继续做一个能正常运作、充满爱心的父母，为了我儿子的缘故，保留他对父亲的美好回忆。

丽贝卡，那个我曾担心肖恩与其过于亲近的前同事？她是什么意思？

在情感耗尽、无法进食或睡眠的情况下，我尽量让达什的日常生活保持正常。然后，当他蜷在床上睡着后，我会在地板上踱步，或者一遍又一遍地观看肖恩葬礼的视频，试图回想起那天我对他的爱。当时，我的悲痛感觉难以承受，但现在我希望自己能回到那种单纯的忧伤中。

在最初的愤怒爆发之后，我意识到我的所有疑问——他为什么要这么做，他是否还爱我？——永远都不会得到答案。我无法面对肖恩，永远不会有任何道歉或悔意——或者对我而言，永远无法获得解脱。

卡门感到非常尴尬。她嫁给了肖恩的朋友斯科特（Scott），她一直以为我一定知道肖恩与丽贝卡之间长达五年的婚外情。她是后来在肖恩去世后，丽贝卡不停地给斯科特打电话哭诉才发现的。

需要处理我所有复杂的情绪，才能找到一丝平静。

报复丽贝卡并没有平息我的愤怒。我能感觉到我的愤怒正变得具有腐蚀性。最终，我不得不问自己是否准备好永远这样生活。如果不想，我就

几天后，我打电话给她的丈夫告诉他关于这段婚外情的事。他之前并不知情，并感谢我告知他。最终，他们离婚了。

一个当地的丧偶父母及其子女互助小组提供了一些帮助，谈话治疗也起到了作用。

但我确实不知道。当肖恩告诉我他们之间没什么关系时，我信任了他。

然后我给她发短信，称她为“一个摧毁生活的懦夫”，并说我希望她的孩子们能看清她的真面目，例如成瘾、疏离和家庭暴力以及他们的悲痛。

面对涉及背叛的丧亲之痛是非常复杂的，我将心理咨询比作接骨；它不能消除疼痛，但它能将骨骼复位，以便最终痊愈。

现在，我的世界再次破碎。他一次次的背叛抹杀了我们之间曾经拥有的一切美好，让他每天承诺的爱变成了笑话。我所有的记忆都被污染了。由于没有肖恩可以发泄愤怒，我将报复对象转向了丽贝卡。

当一名朋友在之后那个夏天告诉我关于寡妇营（Camp Widow）的事时

我向丽贝卡寻求报复

肖恩去世了，我曾想象过一群披着黑色面纱的女人围在营火旁抽泣的场景。

而实际上，那是在一家酒店举行的一次会议，包含各种活动和研讨会，例如“通过写作走出悲痛”。

我原以为只有我一个人心情复杂，但事实证明，其他寡妇也承受着沉重的负担。

一位优秀的女性，她的丈夫在 9 / 11 事件中丧生，她主持了一场关于在失去爱人后重新寻找爱情的会议。令我惊讶的是，会议竟然以推荐一些低调销售震动器的在线商店开始。第二步则是如何撰写在线约会资料。

这对我很有帮助。在肖恩去世一周年后的第二天，我约了一位名叫威廉的男人在咖啡馆见面。

我们一直在一个约会网站上聊天，而发现我们彼此欣赏，这种感觉既令人惊喜又令人恐惧。

带着某种眷恋。虽然我曾因为没有看穿真相而觉得自己像个傻瓜，但最终我接受了这样一个事实：背叛我的信任是肖恩的耻辱，而信任他并不是我的耻辱。

我坚决不让自己随便爱上第一个出现的人，所以这段感情进展缓慢。但十年后，我们依然在一起。

事后看来，我认为肖恩在最后几个月里情绪的突然转变和易怒，可能预示着他患有未被诊断出的双相情感障碍，他的母亲也患有此病，这在一定程度上也可以解释他的滥情和过度消费。

渐渐地，我向肖恩的家人和亲密朋友透露了他的秘密。大声说出这些话非常痛苦，因为我知道这种双重损失——既失去了肖恩本人，又失去了我们曾经认为的他——也会伤害到他们。

达什现在 20 岁了，在大学里表现出色。关于他父亲谎言的问题，我没有一次性地和他进行大谈特谈，而是在这些年里利用许多小机会，温和地向他透露肖恩所做之事的碎片。

如果我在发现他的双重生活时肖恩还活着，我一定会和他离婚。

在书出版前，也就是肖恩去世 9 年后，我把它交给达什阅读。到那时，他已经将肖恩理解为一个深受爱戴的父亲，同时也是一个复杂且不完美的人。

心理治疗帮助我将肖恩的谎言与我们共同度过的美好时光（尤其是共同抚养一个儿子）区分开来，这样随着时间的推移，我能够回顾我们的生活。

图片：PHIL CROZIER

撰写我的书《寡妇的混蛋死后指南》（The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards），或许是整个过程中最能释放情感的部分。

伤害：杰西卡花费了数年时间重建生活，同时还要保护她年幼的儿子。

有时我希望自己从未发现真相

我向达什暗示，他的父亲患有一种情绪疾病，导致他做出了错误的决定。

很长一段时间里，我羡慕其他那些离婚的被背叛女性，因为她们有机会大吼大叫，让出轨的丈夫确切地知道她们的感受。而像我这样对着墙壁呐喊，完全不是一回事。

在通常情况下，人们预期被背叛的妻子会大发雷霆，但当你是在配偶去世后才发现其出轨时，你被认为应该默默地坚强走下去。人们本能地不习惯在死者身后说坏话。

有时我希望自己从未发现真相。那样的话，我就能为一名好男人的纯粹记忆而哀悼。

但试图理解肖恩让我思考，一段关系是否在其中一方去世后仍能演变。

现在想起他时，我觉得自己了解完整的肖恩，包括那些他认为我无法接纳的羞耻部分。我确信，他会对造成的痛苦感到抱歉。

在他去世11年后，我认为原谅并不等同于让他逃脱责任。这更多是为了获得我内心的平静。通过写这本书，我发现出人意料地多的人处于与我相似的境地；我们都值得向前看，重新寻找幸福。

■ 《寡妇的死混蛋指南》（The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards）：杰西卡·韦特（Jessica Waite）回忆录（Simon & Schuster出版，£10.99）。文中里贝卡的姓名已做化名处理。

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48 岁还和父母同住该如何生存

作者：艾莉森·泰勒（ALISON TAYLOR）

当我告诉人们我的居住情况时，经常会收到对方挑眉表示“要是我的话可受不了”的反应。

毕竟，在 48, 这个年纪，我接回家的不只是一位年迈的父母，而是两位。

我的伴侣西（Si）、我们的孩子——九岁的阿尔伯特（Albert）以及六岁的双胞胎梅芙（Maeve）和伊迪（Edie），以及我，与我 79, 岁的母亲和 85, 岁的父亲已经共同生活了近两年。

其中 15 个月是在同一个屋檐下，而过去的六个月则是在我们于西约克郡哈德斯菲尔德（Huddersfield）后花园建造的一栋平房里。他们住得足够近，我们可以隔着窗户挥手致意。

我是英国 130 万 名“三明治护理者”之一，这些人需要兼顾照顾年长亲属和抚养年幼子女。虽然像任何家庭一样我们也有起伏，但我很幸运，因为我真心喜欢与父母共度时光。而且西对于岳父母接管生活表现出了非凡的慷慨。

我们 12 年前在伦敦相识。我从未想过会搬回老家，但双胞胎意外怀孕激发了我的归巢本能——以及对家庭支持网络的渴望。

此外，卖掉我们在伦敦的三居室小屋意味着我们可以买下一栋北方的五居室维多利亚式房屋。

于是，在 2020, 年8月，我们决定尝试。我的父母当时仅在步行 15 分钟的路程之内。他们工作了一辈子，一直很活跃且独立。

但住得近让我意识到他们不再年轻了。母亲之前生过病，这考验了我们所有人。父亲在支持她方面做得非常出色，因为他一直身体健康，

幸福的一家人：艾莉森、她的伴侣西以及她的父母享受着共处的时光

……从洗压蒜器到它对你的性生活究竟产生了什么影响！

但谁知道未来会怎样？我们在新房子那里有块地，所以我想，为什么不在花园里给他们建一栋平房呢？这样就总有人能照看他们。

当我向 Si 提起这件事时，他同意了。但我的父母会卖掉他们住了 30 多年的房子吗？他们会觉得被冒犯吗？

幸运的是，他们同意了。去年 1 月，在等待规划许可期间，他们搬进了我们的房子。工程于当年 5 月开工，并于今年 3 月完工。那么，在 40 多岁时与父母同住究竟是什么感觉？

他们刚搬进来时，Si 和我把卧室让给了爸爸妈妈，自己搬到了阁楼。这么说吧，我们的隐私变得非常透明。每个人都会问的一件事是我们是否还进行性生活——我们还做，但并不频繁。抱歉，。父母在身边某种程度上会破坏气氛。

与此同时，爸爸就像个高度警觉的军士，而 和我在忙碌的一天结束时很乐意把洗碗活儿留在那儿。

最近，爸爸和 因为一个压蒜器吵了起来。作为首席洗碗员，爸爸对这个东西难以清洗感到愤愤不平。我怀疑在经历了数月帮我们收拾残局后，这件事成了压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。

当他们搬进平房时，我确实想念他们。不过，就在我写这篇文章时，爸爸已经进了我们的家门，大声喊着我的名字。他又有活儿要我干了；对于老年人来说，居家办公似乎不算数。结果发现爸爸试图修理洒水器，弄湿了裤子，毁了他的“室内鞋”，还伤到了肩膀。“我没用了，”他有些戏剧化地说道。

“我的身体不再像以前那样运作了。”这深深触动了我：我能感觉到他非常沮丧。

每天直面衰老的现实是很艰难的。正如爸爸所说：“变老这件事没啥好地儿。”没完没了的预约、取药和转诊绝非玩笑，尽管爸爸妈妈在他们的年龄段表现得相当不错，但有时看到他们挣扎依然很难受。

但好处远超 不足之处。 由于爸爸妈妈就在几步之遥的地方，孩子们在两栋房子之间穿梭，仿佛它们是一座房子。有一天晚上 8.30，我发现孩子们溜过去吃冰棒了，奶奶在睡前总是乐意分给他们。

妈妈承担了那些隐形的家务：洗衣服、缝制女童军徽章以及晾晒午餐盒。孩子们在他们那里吃晚餐，这打破了我工作日用餐时间的单调，也让我们能继续工作。这些帮助是无价的，我热爱孩子们能获得祖父母带来的那种温馨的照顾。

爸爸妈妈热爱积极地参与孩子们的成长。我们大约每周一起吃两次饭，不过任何人随时都受欢迎。上周末，爸爸感谢我的陪伴，这让我流下了眼泪。阿尔伯特陪妈妈玩文字搜索游戏，而梅芙则喜欢和爷爷一起在电视上看《本和霍莉》。

我们文化的问题在于，我们更倾向于把长辈变成别人的麻烦。

而我们拥有的是真正的共同生活，这在如今已很罕见。家庭时光弥足珍贵，我很庆幸在大家还在一起的时候意识到了这一点。

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让魅力十足的迈克尔·道格拉斯给所有被已婚男人诱惑的女性敲响警钟

在阅读迈克尔·道格拉斯（Michael Douglas）那本揭秘新回忆录的摘录时，我在哪个时间点开始觉得自己有点像他在 90 年代那部电影《崩溃》（Falling Down）中的角色？

你知道的，就是那个只想过好一天、下班回家的男人，但因为一直被挡路的人搞得心烦意乱，最终导致精神崩溃并诉诸暴力的角色。

我不介意他透露在拍摄《宝石迷情》（Romancing The Stone）期间与凯瑟琳·特纳（Kathleen Turner）有过一段婚外情。显然，两人当时为了保护道格拉斯当时的妻子迪安德拉·卢克（Diandra Luker）以及他们的儿子而否认了此事。

当然，在妻子照顾你们四岁儿子在家的时候，背叛这个你在她 19 岁、你 32 岁时就相识的女人，这确实显得很不体面。

但这类事情时有发生，而且那是 40 年前的事了，好莱坞火辣的合作演员像兔子一样疯狂交配在当时非常普遍。毕竟，在 1984 年，谁能不对凯瑟琳·特纳倾心？

但随后我读到，特纳甚至不是道格拉斯在参与《宝石迷情》期间的第一段婚外情。他还与该片的编剧戴安·托马斯（Diane Thomas）保持关系。就在这个阶段，我开始感到有点……嗯，不安。

现年 82 岁的道格拉斯，正是“足够年长且应该懂事”的定义，他为这种行为辩解称，他的婚姻当时“陷入困境，我们两个都不快乐”。然而，快进到 1989 年，他依然和迪安德拉维持婚姻——并且依然在出轨。

在书中，他回忆起自己如何不小心将与情人的电话通过家人度假游艇上的扬声器广播了出来。他在新回忆录《一次地狱般的旅程》（One Helluva Ride）中写道：“任何听到这段话的人都会很明显地意识到我们在偷情。”

1991 年在拍摄《基本本能》（Basic Instinct）期间，他又与演员珍妮·特里普霍恩（Jeanne Tripplehorn）有过一段情，但他当时“刚好足够清醒，意识到在结婚近 20 年之后，在那一刻我能做的最糟糕的事情就是直接跳入另一段关系”。

说得太对了，迈克尔。最好是再搞一次短暂的偷情，而这正是他所做的（1992 年，迪安德拉在酒店房间发现了他和一名“朋友”在一起）。她最终在 1995 年申请离婚。

三年后，当他遇到凯瑟琳·泽塔-琼斯（Catherine Zeta-Jones）时，她理所当然地要求对方忠诚，于是道格拉斯告诉她，他必须打“五个快速电话”来与当时交往的那些女人断绝关系。

就在他这段自私且自我辩护的漫长旅程中，我开始感受到那种在《崩溃》中被触发的、毫无益处的愤怒。

当然，我愤怒的真正来源其实并非道格拉斯的风流本身，而是意识到我正是那种在当年会被这种套路骗到的人。

事实上，我确实中过招，而且很多次，完全被对方牵着鼻子走——为了明确起见，并不是被真正的迈克尔·道格拉斯骗了，而是被一系列自认为能成为“伦敦版迈克尔·道格拉斯”的男人骗了。

在我 20 多岁的时候，我对风流男人情有独钟，尽管我从未这样描述过我的心上人。他们最终可能被发现已婚，或者有个被藏在橱柜里的伴侣，但我告诉自己，他们只是被误解了，而只有我能解开这个结。

赞达亚其实非常有礼貌

人们指责赞达亚在本周巴黎时装周的路易威登（Louis Vuitton）秀场上，没有起身与法国第一夫人握手，从而犯了社交禁忌（见右图）。但考虑到这位《蜘蛛侠》女演员身高5英尺10英寸，而布丽吉特·马克龙身高5英尺6英寸，我认为保持坐姿远非无礼，反而是极大的体贴。

回首往事，我意识到所有这些男人都有一个共同点：他们具有不可抗拒的魅力。他们会将保护性的手放在我的后腰上，或者直视我的眼睛告诉我我有多美，而我的整个身体会完全地、彻底地臣服并融化。

直到年岁增长，我才意识到，魅力并不像我以前认为的那样是“绿灯”信号——事实上，它应该被视为一个巨大的“红灯”警告。魅力往往只是包裹在浪漫蝴蝶结下的操纵手段。这是惯犯出轨者采用的一种策略，因为这意味着他们可以不断地搜寻下一个目标。

的确，我对所有目前正与这种“魅力男”纠缠的女性的警告是：跑！跑得越快越好，往相反方向跑，不要回头，也不要读他们发来的任何一条 WhatsApp 消息。

当然，即便道格拉斯在书中写到自己波折的感情生活，他仍忍不住试图将自己描绘成一个同样富有魅力且正直的男人。他在书的序言中说，他联系了所有涉及的女性，并请求她们允许将相关内容写入书中。

MOTD 组合证明办公室胜过社交软件

为什么大家要对 BBC 主持人马克·查普曼（Mark Chapman）和凯莉·凯茨（Kelly Cates）在工作中相恋并打造出他们自己的《每日比赛》（Match Of The Day）而如此大惊小怪？就我个人而言，我认为工作场所比那些糟糕的约会软件更适合结识潜在伴侣，在那些软件上，你对即将见面的人几乎一无所知，而且每个人都像进了糖果店的孩子一样幼稚。至少面对同事，你知道你们有共同语言——并且知道自己面对的是什么。我想对他们说，祝他们好运。

■ 祝《女性时间》（Woman's Hour）生日快乐，该节目本周在 Radio 4 频道庆祝成立 80 周年。我非常感激这个节目以及它为推进女性事业所做的一切——但令人悲哀的是，在 2026 年，它依然像 1946 年时那样被如此需要。

一个机会之窗

我不明白为什么每个人都要对萨塞克斯公爵夫人的 112 英镑降临节日历大肆议论，因为世界上没有任何一个礼品品牌没有跟风这个热潮。

首先是那些极其奢华的美妆日历（谁能 possibly 等到 12 月才开始拆开它们？），最近我的女儿建议我给她买一个 120 英镑的日历，里面包含 Kknekki 发圈，这在青少年女孩中非常流行。大家都还好吗？在我的年代，如果能拿到一个每扇门后面有一张图片的日历，我们就很幸运了。

道格拉斯把这描绘成一种骑士精神，而实际上这可能是出版商坚持要求的法律必要条件——而且在他把她们像丢弃的玩具一样对待之后，这是他能做的最低限度的事情。

尽管如此，让迈克尔·道格拉斯（Michael Douglas）给我们一个教训：你可以尽情地与一个富有魅力、英俊但不可得的男人进行一段热烈的私情，但永远不要天真到相信你是他唯一如此对待的人。

为什么没人使用英国皇家邮政

由于现在没人写信了，英国皇家邮政（Royal Mail）正在裁员 2,500 人。部分原因是似乎根本没人投递信件。最近我们整整一周没收到任何邮件。当邻居们抱怨时，他们被告知这是由于人员配置问题。随后有人建议他们直接去分拣局自行领取邮件。这就像叫了出租车却被告知步行一样——这完全不能接受。

我找不到那个“对的人”……于是我嫁给了自己！

站在婚纱店的镜子前，我的眼中盈满了泪水。

我哑口无言——不敢相信那个穿着白色礼服、戴着面纱的女人就是我。

穿上婚纱时情绪激动并不新鲜。但我的婚礼之日将与常态截然不同。这是我梦寐以求多年的日子，但我曾想象过祭坛上会站着一位英俊的新郎。

然而，我将独自走过走道，嫁给自己。

我知道这听起来有点悲剧色彩，但我绝非唯一选择“单身婚姻”（sologamy）或自我结婚的女性。1993年，40岁的牙科卫生员琳达·贝克（Linda Baker）在75位宾客和七位伴娘的见证下，成为了第一个对自己说“我愿意”的人。

和她一样，我也厌倦了等待一个男人来“完-

我总是被错误类型的男人吸引

-成”我，我想向所有人，也向我自己证明，我本身就足够完美。

我从小到大并没有梦想过嫁给自己。20岁时，我有一个明确的五年计划：到25岁时，我会嫁给一个崇拜我的男人，然后我们一起组建家庭。

问题在于，随着25岁的到来与离去，我离心中那种家庭幸福的愿景并没有更近一步。我总是被错误类型的男人吸引——那些极具魅力的“阿尔法男”。我经历了很多次初次约会，在那些场合里，我会沉溺于他们的赞美，并确信这就是那个“唯一”。不可避免地，由于他们不愿承担承诺，感情最终都会无疾而终。如今我40岁了，从未有过一段真正的感情关系。

尽管如此，我依然乐观地认为那个“对的人”就在不远处。然而，当我29岁时，这种积极的态度被摧毁了。当我开始感到疲惫不堪时，我将其归结为在餐厅忙碌的工作，但这无法解释我突然对橙汁的渴望，以及腿上偶尔出现像斑块状晒伤一样的皮疹。

作者：露易莎·沃伦 (LOUISA WARREN)

极度的疲惫让我无法进行运动，导致我的体重增加了10英石，衣服尺码从8-10码增加到了26码。我的自信心跌至谷底，社交成了我最不想做的事情。

我的感情生活一落千丈。即便偶尔觉得精力充沛到可以尝试约会软件，那些向右滑动匹配我的男人，唯一会说的话就是：“没关系，我喜欢丰满的女孩。”

最终，在37岁时，我被诊断出患有“混合型糖尿病”，这结合了1型和2型糖尿病的因素。多亏了药物治疗，我的健康状况有所改善，此后我减轻了7英石的体重。

但我的感情生活依然是一场灾难。我成了那个长期的单身者，在朋友的婚礼上强颜欢笑，但内心觉得我永远不会拥有属于自己的那一天。

也许正因如此，去年10月，在我39岁与朋友萨姆一起去拉斯维加斯旅行时，我对那些婚礼教堂产生了好奇。在其中一家教堂闲逛时，我正说着自己很想结婚，那里的一位工作人员说：“你随时可以和自己结婚。”

她解释说，他们提供具有法律约束力的婚礼和仪式性婚礼，其中就包括“自我结婚”。这在那些经历过艰辛人生旅程的人中很受欢迎。“这是一种对自己做出承诺的方式，是为了庆祝你所经历的一切，”她说。

我想到了自己所有的健康挣扎和感情死胡同。这可能是一个让自己获得力量的绝佳方式。“我要这么做，”我告诉萨姆，而她显然认为这简直疯了。我支付了£190，购买了一个包含鲜花的30分钟套餐。当天晚些时候我去买婚纱时，店主问那个幸运的男人是谁。

“事实上，我要和自己结婚，”我笑着回答，非常喜欢这句话听起来的感觉。

在仪式之前，司仪珍妮特询问了我的誓言——这是我之前没想过的事情。在她的帮助下，我清晰地表达了我想对自己许下的承诺。当我写下“我将不再为了取悦他人而改变自己”时，我心中突然涌起一阵希望与自豪。在教堂门口，我紧张地紧握着花束，等待音乐响起。

独自走向祭坛的感觉令我心潮澎湃。在过去，这可能会让人觉得悲剧，但现在我觉得这是我认可自身价值的证明。虽然我仍然希望有一天能找到那个“对的人”，但我向世界——也向我自己——证明了，单身并不会让我变得低人一等。

毕竟，我已经取得了许多其他成就，从音乐作曲学位到在电影行业建立起不错的事业。当我对自己朗读誓言时，我努力克制

我在祭坛前努力克制泪水

不让自己哭出来。最后的环节是将结婚戒指戴在自己的手指上，然后独自走回走道。我感到欣喜若狂。

回到曼彻斯特的家中，当我告诉母亲我的婚礼时，她只是叹了口气。我的朋友们很兴奋，但显然认为这只是个玩笑。

我理解这种反应，但对我来说，这确实是有意义的事情。在之后的一年里，这种感觉与日俱增。虽然我重新开始了约会，但我没有告诉任何男人我曾和自己结婚。我想在建立起真正的连接后再提及此事。

我希望有一天能再次地朗诵我的誓言——这一次，是对我梦中的那个人。

讲述给 KATE GRAHAM

在一场被亲友环绕的产前派对（baby shower）上，丹妮尔（Danielle）和妮可（Nicole）两姐妹抚摸着同样隆起的孕肚。在堆积如山的礼物上方，挂着金色气球，拼出了“twinblings”这个词。

在现代育儿日益复杂的环境下，这个词被创造出来，用以概括她们这种惊人的情况。

“‘Twinblings’是指两个亲生兄弟姐妹，由于出生时间非常接近，几乎可以被视为双胞胎，”心理健康工作者丹妮尔·雷德曼（Danielle Redman）说道，“妮可和我非常喜欢这个概念，所以把它作为了我们产前派对的主题。”

是的，是亲生兄弟姐妹，而不是表亲。丹妮尔和她的丈夫亚伦（Aaron）同时也是妮可腹中胎儿的父母。

在目睹妹妹遭受了两次毁灭性的流产——由一种罕见疾病导致，这意味着她很难将孩子足月生产后，当时 37 岁的妮可（她已有两个孩子）提出愿意成为 34 岁的丹妮尔的代孕母亲。她将携带并分娩一个由丹妮尔的卵子和亚伦的精子受精而成的婴儿。

这是一个极其慷慨的举动。而事实证明，这一举动更加难能可贵，因为就在妮可宣布胚胎移植成功后不久，丹妮尔发现——尽管机会渺茫——她自己自然怀孕了。

“当时很开心，因为尽管经历了这一切，一个新的生命正在开始，”丹妮尔说，“但随后焦虑袭来。我到底该怎么告诉妮可？她为了让我能拥有孩子而暂停了自己的生活，并让自己的身体承担风险，而现在我怀孕了。她会生气或难过吗？她会觉得我利用了她以及她那令人难以置信的慷慨吗？”

在丹妮尔担心姐姐如何看待这场现在看来似乎不再必要的代孕时，妮可随后经历了一段艰难的孕期——并在分娩时险些丧命。这一系列事件足以威胁到即使是最亲密的姐妹情谊。

两姐妹在成长过程中一直是“最好的朋友”。重症监护护士妮可说：“我是典型的大姐姐，一直照顾她并保护她。”

两姐妹都知道自己想成为母亲。然而在 2012 年，27 岁的妮可第一次怀孕不幸在 21 周左右死产。丹妮尔一直陪伴在她身边。

“她太棒了，”妮可说，“她说虽然她不完全知道我的感受，但她爱我，会一直支持我。”

妮可和丈夫随后在 2015 年和 2018 年有了两个孩子，一儿一女。

丹妮尔在 2015 年 27 岁时与丈夫亚伦结婚，两人从 15 岁起就在交往，她当时觉得没有必要急于组建家庭。

“我们在四年后，也就是我 31 岁时开始尝试，我原以为这会很简单，”她回忆道，“然后，随着一个月一个月地过去却没有任何动静，恐惧和恐慌悄然袭来。”

一年后的 2020 年，这对夫妇预约了一家生育诊所。然而就在预约前一天，丹妮尔感觉很奇怪。“我做了怀孕测试，看到第二条阳性线出现时，我们俩都欣喜若狂，”她说。后来发现丹妮尔怀的是双胞胎，一男一女。“我的梦想成真了，”她说。

T

她回忆起从一场 12 小时的手术中醒来，看到亚伦痛苦的面容，便知道发生了毁灭性的事情。

“医生解释说我患有单角子宫，这是一种罕见的遗传疾病，意味着我的子宫只有一半发育完成。另一半未发育的部分形状像个角，双胞胎就着床在那里。这两个孩子都不可能存活。”

这次怀孕导致了

作者：凯特·格雷厄姆 (KATE GRAHAM)

子宫破裂，如果当时亚伦不在场将她送往医院，丹妮尔会死于内出血。她竟然能怀孕本身就令人惊叹——但医生警告说，如果这种情况再次发生，将使她和胎儿都处于危险之中。

“失去我心爱的双胞胎的震惊，以及现在听到我不能再怀孕的消息，就像遭受了身体上的重击，”丹妮尔说。“我就那样震惊和悲痛地躺在那里，无法处理这意味着未来的什么。”

前往医院的妮可被妹妹的悲痛所震撼——这种痛苦她曾在早些时候的失去中亲身体会过。

“我想，‘我有子宫，而她需要一个。我可以为她做这件事。’”

“我先和丈夫谈过了。并非每个男人都会高兴地让妻子怀上别人的孩子，但他立即支持了我。”

三个月后，在咨询了她工作医院的医生后，妮可与亚伦和丹妮尔坐在一起说道：“我想成为你们的代孕母亲。”

这对夫妇惊呆了。“起初我觉得这太沉重了，这是一个太大的提议，”丹妮尔说。“但听到她说‘请让我帮忙’，我心中充满了爱与感激。”

这个过程绝非简单。丹妮尔和亚伦必须通过体外受精（IVF）来培育胚胎；由于代孕母亲在法律上在孩子出生时成为父母，因此需要律师介入；此外还需要进行心理评估。

“他们必须确保我的精神状态足够稳定，能够携带他人的孩子，能够理解所有不同的情况，从失去婴儿到同意遵循丹妮尔和亚伦的意愿，”妮可说。“这与怀自己的孩子不同。但这一切都没有让我犹豫一秒钟。”

在定时取卵前，丹妮尔需要使用激素，随后妮可需要服用一周的药物来准备身体。最终，在2022年1月，丹妮尔陪同妮可植入了一个胚胎。

“我流泪了，”丹妮尔说。“我了不起的姐姐让自己承受这一切，只为了让我有机会成为母亲。”

十天后，妮可的医生告诉她，手术成功了。

“我唯一能做的就是幸福地尖叫，”丹妮尔说。“我们知道我们培育的所有胚胎都是男性。我们要迎来一个小男孩了。”

姐妹俩一起参加了第十周的第一次扫描，在开车回家的路上，丹妮尔开始感到恶心。“我猛然意识到

秘密与生活 (SECRETS & LIVES)

在我流产后，我的姐姐提出愿意做我的代孕母亲。当她怀上我的孩子时，我才意识到自己自然受孕了……于是我们有了“双胞胎姐妹”！

上一次有这种感觉就是在我怀孕的时候。”她和亚伦一直没有采取避孕措施，因为怀孕的可能性非常低。当天晚些时候，这对夫妇震惊地盯着一个呈阳性的妊娠检测结果。

丹妮尔去做了扫描，发现她已经怀孕五周，且胚胎位于子宫中发育完全的部分。“这让我松了一口气，但医生明确表示这仍然是一次高风险妊娠。

“一直以来，我无法停止思考妮可，以及当我告诉她时她会怎么说。我被担忧和紧张的情绪淹没了。”

当妮可怀孕 12 周出现严重出血时，丹妮尔的愧疚感增加了。“在得到医生的许可后，她告诉我发生了什么，”丹妮尔说，“我知道她和宝宝都平安无事，我感到无比宽慰，但这恰恰凸显了她为了我正在经历什么。”

几天后，在一次家庭婚礼上，当时怀孕八周的丹妮尔紧张地准备告诉已经怀孕 13 周的妮可真相。然而，最终她不必开口。

“我显然没有喝酒，但我告诉丹妮尔她应该去和大家一起喝一杯，”妮可说，“她说‘不用了，没关系’的方式很奇怪。当我再次尝试时，她回答说，‘实际上我不能喝酒。’我立刻就知道她怀孕了。

“我立刻抛出了一百个问题：你安全吗？做过扫描了吗？医生怎么说？听到一切都很好后，我一把将她拥入怀中。当丹妮尔分享她担心告诉我这件事时，我简直无法理解。面对这个惊人的好消息，我怎么会生气？我们可以一起怀孕！”

特别的纽带：左边是丹妮尔，右边是妮可。上方：左边是妮可代孕的宝宝卡森，以及他的妹妹艾弗里。

丹妮尔感到了深深的宽慰。她说：“妮可看着我说，‘就像你的双胞胎回到了我们身边。’我流下了眼泪。”当她们在 12 周时发现丹妮尔怀的是个女孩时，这种感觉进一步增强了。

尽管妮可的孕周更长，但由于子宫风险，医生决定让丹妮尔在德克萨斯州达拉斯的一家医院首先分娩。丹妮尔说：“艾弗里在 34 周时通过剖腹产出生。她体重仅 5 磅，被送往 NICU（新生儿重症监护室）进行监测，但在那之前，我抱住了我珍贵的女儿，瞬间爱上了她。

“知道自己成为了一名母亲，这是我的女儿，而我的儿子将在几周后与她团聚，这是一种狂野而美妙的感觉。”

在四小时车程外的休斯顿，无法出行的妮可看着丹妮尔发来的抱着艾弗里的视频。她说：“我迫不及待地想看到我怀着的那个小男孩也落在她的怀抱里。”

不幸的是，妮可在两周后的分娩过程极其痛苦。“在几分钟之内，我从一次简单的分娩变成了紧急剖腹产，随后演变成严重的医疗危机，因为医生发现我的胎盘与子宫壁融合了，”妮可说。

“丹妮尔和亚伦在场抱着宝宝卡森，但当亚伦带着他去 NICU 检查时，我突然开始大量失血。”

妮可失血过多，几乎丧命，在手术台上经历了数小时的胎盘与子宫分离手术。医生告诉她，她以后再也不能安全地怀孩子了。

她说：“这显然是一次艰难的经历，但我一秒钟都没有后悔我的所作所为。我幸存了下来，而体重 8 磅 5 盎司、健康漂亮的卡森回到了父母的怀抱中，这正是他应该在的地方。”

丹妮尔承认：“看到她经历那些太令人心碎了。我现在仍然试图将其屏蔽掉。”

在家庭成员出院后，婴儿艾弗里（Avery）终于能够回家与她的哥哥卡森（Carson）团聚。“我盯着他们在一起的样子看个不停，”丹妮尔（Danielle）说道，“我的家庭完整了，这全都要感谢我那令人惊叹的姐姐。”

“从一开始，我对这两个孩子的感情就是一样的，瞬间就产生了爱与纽带。”

妮可（Nicole）补充道：“我觉得我对艾弗里的亲近程度与对卡森一样。至于我和丹妮尔之间的纽带，现在已经坚不可摧了。”

四年后，生活虽然忙碌但很幸福。“艾弗里痴迷于给她的独角兽玩具穿衣服，而卡森则不停地唱歌跳舞，”丹妮尔说，“即使在吵架时，他们也是最好的朋友。他们的幼儿园老师说，他们甚至比同卵双胞胎还要亲近。”

考虑到这两个孩子在年龄上仅相差两周，现年 38 岁的丹妮尔坦言，她通常告诉人们他们是双胞胎。她和亚伦（Aaron）还没有和孩子们谈论过卡森来到这个世界的特殊旅程。

她说：“我永远无法用语言来表达妮可为我所做的一切。我将永远感激我的姐姐。”

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虽然缺乏女性细腻的触感，但视觉效果极佳，巨大的法式玻璃门缓缓升起，揭示出后方的一片长草地和苔藓绿地。斯特拉特福德-upon-Avon，皇家莎士比亚剧院，演出至11月7日。

《出租公寓》 ★★★★★

由盖登·马塔拉佐（Gaten Matarazzo）——《怪奇物语》中书呆子达斯汀的扮演者——饰演纽约九十年代一群邋遢年轻人中的核心人物。乔纳森·拉森（Jonathan Larson）这部1996年的摇滚音乐剧是一场由变换的调式和扭曲的旋律组成的惊险之旅。卢克·谢泼德（Luke Sheppard）的制作恰如其分地喧闹，探讨了在艾滋病阴影下，身无分文且陷入爱河的起伏人生。

马塔拉佐带着他标志性的憨厚笑容，领衔了一组强大的演员阵容，其中包括：

《富裕病》 ★☆☆☆☆

特拉维斯·罗斯（Travis Ross）饰演罗杰，一个备受折磨的词曲作者和前瘾君子，他爱上了仍在与海洛因作斗争的米米（亚历克萨·洛佩兹 饰）。吉万·布雷奇（Jeevan Braich）饰演变装皇后安吉尔，表现极佳，引发全场轰动。伦敦，汤姆·斯托帕德剧院，演出至5月29日。

诺亚·施纳普（Noah Schnapp，同样是《怪奇物语》的演员，见上文）在这部平庸的故事中几乎只是客串，他饰演被宠坏的富家子弟迪伦（右图），在酒驾时导致两人死亡。安迪·桑伯格（Andy Sandberg）的这部剧本本应是一部严肃正剧，却崩塌成了一部毫无幽默感的“懒汉”喜剧。伦敦，河滨工作室，演出至11月28日。

帕特里克·马米昂（PATRICK MARMION）

《简·爱》 ★★★★☆

这绝非一部温婉的淑女剧：由科尔切斯特到纽卡斯尔四家当地剧院共同呈现的莉莉·戴布尔（Lily Dyble）锐利之作，为我们带来了一位倔强的简·爱（左侧），她斥责欺凌她的姨妈，并以平等姿态直视罗切斯特先生。详情见 playsontour.co.uk / jane-eyre

利比·珀夫斯（LIBBY PURVES）

现场：The Strokes 乐队

（02, 伦敦） ★★★★★

对于一支有时被指责为在机械演出的乐队，The Strokes 在开启巡演——并纪念首张专辑《Is This It》发行25周年——的这场充满活力的演出中，听起来像是真的在享受其中。

由于体育场演出的常规烟火效果被简化为灯光秀，重点落在了音乐本身。主唱朱利安·卡萨布兰卡斯（Julian Casablancas）戏谑道：“如果你想让我们永远不唱某首歌，那就点它。”随后他演唱了粉丝想要的所有歌曲。这支纽约组合的最新专辑《Reality Awaits》因过度依赖

音乐

Auto-Tune（自动调音），但像《Lonely In The Future》和《Dine N'Dash》这样的曲目在现场演出中展现出了全新的紧迫感。其他亮点还包括 2020 年的《Ode To The Mets》，将当晚推向了情感的高潮。

来自《Is This It》的经典曲目也占据了很大比重。《Someday》紧凑且富有动感。《Last Nite》包含了吉他手 Albert Hammond Jr（左图）一段火辣的独奏，进一步证明了这支伟大的摇滚乐队已重回巅峰状态。 巡演详情请见 ticketmaster.co.uk。

谢丽尔·克劳 (SHERYL CROW)：《Pick You Up》(Thirty Tigers) ★★★★☆ 她承认自己不再是流行乐坛的酷小孩了，但在最新专辑中，谢丽尔·克劳以一种哲学式的幽默面对衰老。“我曾经是性感女王，”这位 64 岁的歌手在《I've Got Your Number》中告诉我们，随后坦承如今她宁愿去看一场汽车电影，也不愿与陌生人接吻。在《Flat Earth》中，她的语调显得厌世但仍抱有希望，而《Heaven Help Us》中的吉他演奏则让人想起她 1994 年的突破性热门单曲《All I Wanna Do》。虽然只有七首曲目，《Pick You Up》显得单薄，但克劳多年来从未地如此纯粹或具有根源音乐感。

TEENAGE FANCLUB：《Do Not Dare To Dream》(Merge) ★★★☆☆ 这支苏格兰乐队在外赫布里底群岛的 Great Berner 岛上创作了他们的第 13 张专辑，而这个地点显然为田园风格的《Be With You Tonight》（“河边有一个地方，我们曾去那里寻找石头”）和《Day In The Sun》提供了灵感。这支格拉斯哥组合那叮当作响的声音很大程度上继承了家乡城市的旋律遗产——让人想起 20 世纪 80 年代的 Orange Juice 和 Aztec Camera 乐队——不过，那种尖刻的棱角已被温润的暖意以及《There Was You》中忧郁且相思的沉思所取代。

ADRIAN THRILLS

Brian Viner、Patrick Marmion 和 Adrian Thrills 的完整评论现在将每周出现在《星期日邮报》（The Mail on Sunday）上。

现场演唱会

安德烈·波切利 (ANDREA BOCELLI) 30 周年纪念 Romanza 世界巡演 2027

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庆祝《Romanza》发行 30 周年，一场关于音乐与情感的永恒旅程。

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本周推荐书目

《三兄弟共乘一舟》 作者：Maclean 兄弟 (Canongate £22, 304页)

马克·梅森（MARK MASON）

2025年，Maclean 兄弟（尤安、杰米和拉克兰，年龄在20岁末至30岁初之间）尝试在没有外部支持的情况下划船横跨太平洋。在尝试两周后，他们意识到自己忘记携带清单上那工业规模数量的 Sudocrem 护臀膏了。

划船让这些小伙子的屁股吃尽了苦头。因此，他们不得不做出妥协——这并非第一次也不是最后一次——“那一罐麂皮护理膏被像战时分发黄油一样小心地定量分发”。

公平地说，这次疏忽在他们细致的准备工作中是个例外。他们产生征服海洋的想法，是在一次团队活动中划船横跨大西洋之后。

那次旅行让他们学会了实际操作，例如携带 Nescafé 的独立小包装而非三个大罐：“面对平均每小时17英里的风速，一勺敞口的咖啡粉根本没机会。”

但这次经历也激励了他们——就挑战而言，太平洋绝对处于顶端。近10,000英里，是大西洋宽度的三倍，是月球直径的四倍。Maclean 兄弟每人预计需要划行两百万次，平均每天行驶65海里，才能从秘鲁到达澳大利亚。

此前从未有团队在没有支持的情况下完成此举（尽管有些团队在途中设有停靠点，包括一个名为 Coxless Crew 的全女性团体）。为了给马达加斯加的淡水项目筹集£100 万，Maclean 兄弟开始行动。他们造了一艘船，以他们死在腹中的妹妹的名字命名为“罗斯·艾米莉”号。

船长30英尺，宽6英尺，两端各有一个船舱，供不划船的人休息。但由于每一寸多余的空间都需要用来储存物资，“一旦你滑入位置，基本上就被钉在了正面或背面。所以你就那样躺在那儿，像一具湿透的尸体”。

为了速度，他们尽可能减轻船身重量——船的重量比他们三人的体重总和多不了多少。

麦克林一家如何通过从秘鲁划船到澳大利亚征服太平洋——他们将船命名为“罗斯·艾米莉”，以纪念他们失去的妹妹

出发六个月后，他们停止饮酒。由于对市售的冻干食品不满意，他们开始自己制作。他们带了一把吉他、一台手风琴和一套风笛（全部是迷你版），怀揣着“在抵达澳大利亚时完成一张专辑”的浪漫想法……但现实很快让他们意识到，多带一袋冻干口粮或许更为合适。

船上的生活并非你所

周五书单 三兄弟。10,000英里。一艘船

图片：COLIN MEARNS STORY SHOP / PA MEDIA

一生一次的冒险：从左至右，拉克兰（Lachlan）、杰米（Jamie）和尤安（Ewan）划入纪录之林

并不舒适。厕所就是一个瓶子或一个水桶。不在船舱内时，他们必须时刻系在船上——当你必须解开扣环再重新系上才能互相绕过对方时，这很麻烦，但他们记得另一次探险的故事，其中一名未系安全带的船员在夜间落水：“他们拼命地划船（顶风而行），但还是不够……他们完全无助地凝视着，看着那盏小灯（头灯）在海面上起伏，离地平线越来越远。”

兄弟们必须进行手部练习，以防止一种被称为“爪形握持”的划船者病症。一次海浪浸湿了一张床铺（因为他们没关船舱门），随后另一波海浪毁掉了一台电脑。

有一次风暴极其严重，以至于他们即使在距离一米的地方大喊也听不见对方，而在一些花生酱掉进海里后，

拉克兰对着大海大吼道：“我们才刚打开那该死的罐子，该死！”他真的对着下一波海浪挥了一拳。

一条飞鱼撞到了尤安的耳朵上，“俏皮且好奇”的海豚靠近了他们，而他们设法捕获的一条50磅重的鱼提供了额外的食物（尽管只维持了一天——很快就开始变质，不得不扔掉）。

当杰米进入水中清理船壳上的软体动物和海藻时，他尽量不去想两天前见到的那头鲨鱼。后来，一条巨大的马林鱼靠近了船只。有时这些生物会发起攻击，不过幸好这次没有。尤安幻想着用他们的鱼竿把它钩住：“如果它往正确的方向游，我们很快就能到达澳大利亚。”

由于现代技术的出现，海上旅行发生了巨大的变化。为船上的电子导航系统和脱盐装置（提供淡水）供电的太阳能电池板，还为兄弟们提供了高速卫星互联网，使他们能够向社交媒体团队发送素材，并与洛林·凯利（Lorraine Kelly）等电视节目主持人进行实时采访。此外，他们还收到了马克·沃尔伯格（Mark Wahlberg）等名人的视频通话，极大地鼓舞了士气。

尽管有身体上的成就，但这类书籍完全取决于你有多喜欢主角。幸运的是，这三兄弟都是聪明、体贴且富有魅力的角色。

而且，改变的不止是他们自己。在旅途中，他们收到了一封来自一名澳大利亚女性的电子邮件，说他们的每日报告激励了她此前一直处于抑郁状态的丈夫。他们对这封信的反应是一样的：“只是三个在船上的兄弟，”拉克兰说，“在太平洋上，偷偷地掉眼泪。”

在第138天，他们看到一团深色的云紧贴着地平线。他们很困惑——天气预报没有说有雨。然后他们意识到了。“那是澳大利亚，”拉克兰说，“孩子们，我们做到了。”

在凯恩斯的岸边，有几位从苏格兰飞来迎接他们的朋友，他们准备好了风笛，准备演奏一曲《苏格兰之花》（O Flower Of Scotland）。刚上岸的最初几分钟感觉很奇怪：“我们在摇晃……肌肉在补偿一种想象中的波动，而那种波动已不再在我们的脚下……身体在意识之前抵达。”

对于尤安来说，这个教训因为如此简单而显得更有力量。“我们将所有事情分解为下一次划桨，从而不断前行……巨大的改变很少来自一次宏大的举动。它通常是由许多微小的行动，经过重复、支持和维持而成的。”

忘掉药剂师吧，你的花园里就有良药

几个世纪以来，在人们能够走进超市买到扑热息痛和止咳药水之前，人们一直依赖植物。

如今，如果我们摘一片酸模叶来揉搓被荨麻蜇伤的地方，我们其实是在利用那种曾帮助过我们祖先的自然智慧——当然，前提是这种方法有效。

《草药志》（The Herbal）是一本记录植物及其特性、外观和用途的书籍；在药剂师或化学药店出现之前，人们可能会付费请草药师调制药剂来治疗疾病。

将植物用于治疗目的构成了许多现代医学的起源。许多常规药物源自植物——例如，阿司匹林（来自柳树皮）、奎宁（来自金鸡纳树皮），

《花园疗法》（THE GARDEN CURE） 作者：安·特雷内曼（Ann Treneman） (Mitchell Beazley £20, 224pp)

贝尔·穆尼（BEL MOONEY）

以及吗啡（来自鸦片罂粟）。资深记者兼园艺专家安·特雷内曼深谙此道。作为一名当代草药师，她在这一本插图精美的书中分享了她的植物知识、机智与智慧。

《花园疗法》列出了“100种卓越疗法”，这是一本针对无数问题的园艺答案汇编，即使是那些不怎么使用移植铲的人也会被其吸引。在这些文笔优美的篇章中，每个人都能找到共鸣。你知道吗，园艺30分钟可以燃烧167卡路里，相当于打羽毛球。

对于那些性格更内敛的人，特雷内曼还写了关于“恐惧死亡”、“需要减轻压力”以及“缺乏诗意”的条目。缓解这些问题的小方法可能包括种植罂粟、矮牵牛和桃树。

关于诗意的条目很好地体现了她的风格；她以轻盈的笔触揭示了真实的灵魂，从网络生活的孤独感，过渡到17世纪诗人安德鲁·马维尔（Andrew Marvell）的绝美诗句，最后延伸至日本的花园与俳句。令人愉悦。

关于“应对失眠”的条目提醒我，一定要在每晚的草药茶中加入缬草；并购买圣约翰草药片来“缓解轻度抑郁”。其中一个条目指出，“酒精的历史与植物一样古老”——我经常喝的金汤力曾经含有足够的奎宁来帮助对抗疟疾。如果你觉得生活太过于“枯燥”，作者的疗法触手可及：种球根植物。窗台上的一个花盆和一本好书就很容易获得。太棒了！

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《O NOW!》 作者：尼尔·威廉姆斯 (Niall Williams) (Bloomsbury 出版社 £9.99, 96页)

这部来自威廉姆斯的短篇故事极具情感冲击力，详细讲述了两个爱唠叨的爱尔兰老头之间的友谊。

几乎每天，巴特·康西丁 (Bat Considine) 和冈加 (Ganga) 都会坐在后者的壁炉旁，周围环绕着冈加亡妻用蕾丝窗帘和舒适家具布置的家，他们抚摸着冈加忠诚的边境柯利犬乔 (Joe) 的头，讨论生命的意义、上帝的心思以及本周的降雨量。

但当死亡降临在面带微笑的冈加身上时，巴特和乔试图推迟他离世这一即将到来的现实。通过不承认失去朋友，这两个最爱他的人便不必接受他已经离去的事实。

威廉姆斯这本强而有力的小书深入探讨了男性纽带的力量、悲伤以及坚定的爱。这部安静的故事最初是作为电台委约作品构思的，以极简的篇幅传达了丰富的内容，将令你深受触动。

《达勒姆主教》(THE BISHOP OF DURHAM) 作者：苏珊娜·克拉克 (Susanna Clarke) (Bloomsbury Circus 出版社 £10.99, 96页) 语言优美且行文简洁，克拉克的这部新中篇小说令人着迷。故事设定在另一个平行时空的公元1110年，这并非典型的历史故事。在这里，我们看到了围攻城市的森林、故意撞毁船只的河流，以及对萨克逊人和诺曼人日常治理知之甚少的仙王。

当达勒姆主教拉努尔夫 (Ranulf) 发现自己的城市被仙女大军围困时，他意识到拯救人民的唯一方法就是投降并向新任仙王效忠。

但投降从未如此艰难。在抵达这位美丽而神秘的君主宫廷后，魔法、宫廷政治和欺骗阻碍了我们的英雄。

克拉克的结构反映了一部中世纪的诱惑寓言，拉努尔夫在寻求必要的接见过程中，必须应对强大的冒充者和迷人的诱惑者。书中每一页都配有插图，犹如镀金的中世纪手抄本，这是一个充满魔力的故事。

《桥》(THE BRIDGE) 作者：科尔姆·托宾 (Colm Toibin) (Picador 出版社 £12.99, 128页) 这个关于比利牛斯山脉走私者的精悍故事充满了潜藏的欲望和未竟之言，以托宾惯有的细腻笔触展开。

一座新桥的开通将米格尔 (Miquel) 及其父亲所在的山村与更广阔的世界连接起来，带来了巨大的可能性。

随着现代性承诺将侵入他们的生活，米格尔预见到了前方的危险，而他的父亲却只看到了机遇。后者的自信与贪婪与日俱增——正是他的傲慢导致了两人不可避免的垮台。

托宾的文字充满了紧张感和令人心痒的未解之谜，无缝地平衡了米格尔在母亲神秘死亡后想要逃离父亲控制之孤立感的渴望，以及当外部力量颠覆其生活方式时，他对成长环境所感到的忠诚。

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《深井》(THE WELL)

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作者：伊丽莎白·乔利 (Elizabeth Jolley) (Virago 出版，£10.99，240页)

孤独、未婚的中年地主海斯特收养了青少年孤儿凯瑟琳，让她在农场帮忙，很快这个女孩就成了她世界的中心。

她们一起烹饪、缝纫、阅读和欢笑，海斯特嫉妒地将这个年轻女子与外界隔绝。但在一次派对后开车回家的夜晚，凯瑟琳撞死了一名男子。恐惧后果的海斯特将尸体扔进了一口干涸的深井中。

这口井成了这位年长女性被压抑激情的隐喻，威胁着要揭露她们的秘密。两人在一次黑暗且具有哥特风格的崩溃中逐渐失控，在性与精神层面都令人深感不安——而结局留下了许多未解之谜。

《蜂蜜》(HONEY)

作者：伊丽莎白·詹金斯 (Elizabeth Jenkins) (Daunt Books 出版，£11.99，384页)

书中成年人那种随意的残酷被以如此冷静且精准的心理剖析地唤起，直击人心。

美丽、被宠坏且贪婪的蜂蜜诱使罗兰背离妻子和儿子，但当罗兰的前妻去世后，学究气的青少年布莱恩搬来与他们同住。

蜂蜜担心自己的性吸引力在衰退，于是决定诱惑这个男孩，与此同时，她和罗兰挥霍着布莱恩并不知情的遗产。

当一名忠诚的校友将他带入一个温馨的家庭时，局势发生了反转。这个关于不道德三角恋的故事笔触极其干练，揭露了欲望、贪婪和衰老的脆弱，同时也展现了爱的救赎力量。

《维也纳的一家手套店》(A GLOVE SHOP IN VIENNA) 作者：伊娃·伊博特森 (Eva Ibbotson)

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伊博特森或许以其获奖的儿童读物最为出名，但她那种冷峻且狡黠的幽默感，却完美契合这些聚焦于情爱、秘密、谎言、希望与心碎的短篇故事。她经常以战前的维也纳为背景，正如标题故事以机智的视角审视了一段没有性生活的婚姻中的实用主义；而讲述孩子失去纯真的《圣诞天使》(Christmas Angel) 则会让每位父母产生共鸣。

《亚马逊之玫瑰》(A Rose In Amazonia) 让分离的恋人重逢，而《一点小分歧》(A Little Disagreement) 结尾处令人捧腹的转折则完全出人意料。

就像一盘配以冰镇香槟的开胃小点，这些故事应当被缓慢地、一口一口地细细品味。

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绝妙（且愤怒）

作者：哈珀·福特 (Harper Ford) (Avon出版，£9.99，352页)

内尔 (NELL)，55岁，在小镇的一家兽医诊所担任前台接待员。内尔离异，有一个女儿和一个孙子住在附近。她热爱自己的生活，通常不是个暴力的人，但最近发现自己变得越来越愤怒。

事实上，在一次圣诞派对上，她感到怒火中烧，以至于对一名儿童娱乐艺人大发雷霆。

公平地说，那个男人确实非常讨人厌，内尔最终没有像她幻想的那样挥拳打在他的脸上，这已经是个不错的结果了。然而，内尔的家人对此感到震惊，并坚持要求她接受愤怒管理治疗。在愤怒室里砸东西虽然有点意思，但对内尔来说并没有效果。

当她成立了一个名为“租个抱怨 (Rent-A-Rant)”的新俱乐部，并与其他女性交流自己的感受时，内尔的生活开始发生转变。幽默且温馨。

作者：利夫·利特尔 (Liv Little)

(Dialogue出版，£20，320页)

贾莉莎 (JALISSA) 是她所在大学系里最年轻的讲师，也是唯一的黑人女性。自从失去孩子后，贾莉莎与未婚夫罗比 (Robbie) 的关系更多是为了生存而非浪漫，她正努力维持生活不至于崩溃，但没有请过假，更倾向于让自己保持忙碌。

当罗比突然告诉她需要空间时，贾莉莎辞掉了工作，决定在伦敦陪伴她的父亲德尔罗伊 (Delroy)，后者是一名牙买加籍巴士司机。

两人关系并不亲近，且贾莉莎完全不知道德尔罗伊最近被诊断出患有一种无法治愈的神经系统疾病。

德尔罗伊在一家咖啡馆告知了这一消息，并出乎意料地邀请女儿与他一起前往牙买加。贾莉莎也出乎意料地同意了——她正试图逃离心碎与丧亲之痛，而她的父亲则在与时间赛跑。文字优美且发人深省。

冬日客 (THE WINTER GUEST) 作者：莎拉·莫斯 (Sarah Moss)

(Picador出版，£12.99，128页) 这是圣诞前夜，地点在爱尔兰西海岸一家豪华酒店的餐厅里。由于外面一场猛烈的暴风雪正在增强，触发了红色天气预警，餐厅里只有两名客人——76岁的寡妇珍妮丝 (Janice)，她独自度过圣诞节；以及格里 (Gerry)，一个中年男子，穿着昂贵的鱼骨纹粗花呢夹克，看起来很有钱，他来爱尔兰是为了探望母亲。

既然他们是仅有的两名食客，于是提议一起用餐，由服务员瑞安 (Ryan) 提供服务，瑞安一边假装不在意，一边却在倾听他们的每一个字。

珍妮丝首先要求格里告诉她他做过最糟糕的一件事。随着风暴肆虐，这场温馨的烛光双人晚餐在进行中，珍妮丝的故事慢慢展开，而格里在她东拉西扯时，每分钟都变得更醉，等待着能插话讲述自己故事的机会。

极具氛围感，引人入胜且充满反转。这是一本小书，但力量强劲。

什么样的书？汤姆·里德·威尔逊 (TOM READ WILSON) 作者

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由才华横溢的苏西·登特 (Susie Dent) 创作的《大写死亡 (DEATH Writ Large)》。它结合了我最喜欢的两件事：谋杀之谜和词源学。

在这部续作以及前作《定义有罪 (Guilty By Definition)》中，登特创造了只有词典编纂者才能解决的复杂案件。文笔像作者本人一样时髦！

……你会带哪本书去荒岛？

莎士比亚的《十四行诗》。两年来，我一直尝试学习全部154首，并且每个周日都会将我的学习成果发布在社交媒体上！我认为，要通过剧作来了解莎士比亚，必须得像个侦探一样。然而在《十四行诗》中，一个恋爱之人的每一种色彩：崇拜、热忱、嫉妒、愤怒，都被凝练在14行诗句之中。

到目前为止，我已经读到了第151首，但我无法全部记住。在美丽的海岸边度过足够长的一段时间应该能解决这个问题！

……最初让你迷上阅读的是什么？

《道林·格雷的画像》。那本小书里蕴含的东西太多了。它是我青少年时期的挚爱。我热爱浪漫主义与阴森恐怖的融合。最近，我参观了奥斯卡·王尔德在都柏林梅里恩广场的第一处住所，我突然想到，爱尔兰关于 Tîr na nÓg（“永恒青春之地”）的传说可能与故事情节有所关联。

如果凡人像道林·格雷那样访问 Tír na nOg，他们在停留期间将保持完美的状态，但一旦回到凡间，所有本该发生的衰老都会在瞬间转移到身上。这完美地映射了道林在割破他的画像时所发生的情况。

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本周的单集剧集是一个动人的爱情故事，在被侦探剧和浪漫喜剧主导的电视版图中，这实属罕见。新锐编剧米娜·巴伯 (Mina Barber) 此前的作品包括 CBBC 节目《比克女孩》(The Beaker Girls) 和《乔乔与奶奶》(JoJo & Gran Gran)，但这部作品则完全是一次更严肃、更真挚的尝试，讲述了一个关于命中注定却难以相守的爱情故事，基调苦乐参半且时而低沉。安东尼奥·阿基尔 (Antonio Aakeel) 主演印度移民莫 (Mo)，他在叔叔的烤肉店里翻转汉堡、招待醉汉，在等待签证申请结果期间，他成为高级餐厅主厨的梦想被迫搁置。律师莱拉 (Laila，由《龙之家族》的埃洛拉·托基亚 Ellora Torchia 饰演，如图与阿基尔合影) 在与朋友们逛店时正处于她的单身派对之夜。两人目光交汇，火花四溅——但莱拉那控制欲强的未婚夫很快赶到将她拽走。在接下来的几天里，莱拉发现自己被再次吸引到这家烤肉店，两人的深夜调情缓慢而坚定地演变成一种不可否认的吸引力——但随着莱拉及其家人深陷婚礼准备，且大日子就在不到一周之后，她能否鼓起勇气逃离平庸的命运？

BBC2

ITV1

MNT

(R) 重播。(HD) 高清。(AD) 音频描述。(b / w) 非彩色。(BSL) 英国手语。

CHANNEL 4

园艺之窗 《园艺世界》(Gardeners' World)，晚上8点，BBC2

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迈卡·门罗饰演缺乏经验的FBI探员李·哈克，她被指派处理一起令联邦调查局困惑了30年的连环杀手案：一名行踪诡秘的恶魔崇拜者（尼古拉斯·凯奇 饰）不知通过何种手段，诱导那些体面的男人屠杀自己的家人，随后自杀。这部电影起初是一部心理惊悚片，随后逐渐演变成一部彻头彻尾的恐怖片，让人想起《沉默的羔羊》。

5频道

6.00 Milkshake! 《小猪佩奇》(AD,R) 6.10 《Tweedy & Fluff》(R) 6.15 《Odo》(R) 6.20 《托马斯和他的朋友们》(R) 6.35 《消防员山姆》(R) 6.45 《小猪佩奇》(R) 6.50 《Pip and Posy》(R) 6.55 《帕丁顿的冒险》(R) 7.10 《汪汪队立大功》(R) 7.20 《小砾和他的工程队》 7.30 《小猪佩奇》(AD,R) 7.45 《太空中的蒂姆·雷克斯》(AD,R) 7.55 《斯坦和奶奶》(R) 8.15 《汪汪队立大功》(R) 8.25 《Milo》(R) 8.35 《故事屋：推荐你的老师》(R) 8.45 《小猪佩奇》(AD,R) 8.55 《本和霍莉的小王国》(R) 9.05 《恐龙救援队》

9.15 杰里米·Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 News at Lunchtime 5 12.50 马特·奥尔赖特

2.20 《无处避风》(No Safe Haven) (2023) (PG) ● 电影：一位单身母亲带着女儿搬进了一栋“智能”房屋。惊悚片，由娜塔莉·布朗和安温·奥德里斯科尔主演。

4.00 《阳光下的英国砍价族》(R) 格蕾丝准备为她的酒店举办首场婚礼招待会。

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker 5 6.00 《康沃尔：海边的一年》(R) 在新一季演出拉开帷幕之际，带您领略米纳克剧院。 6.55 5 News Update 5

7.00 安吉拉·里蓬的河上巡游 (R) 安吉拉结束了她沿着湄公河进入越南的旅程。本系列最后一集。 7.55 5 News Update 5

8.00 《我们的约克郡生活》(AD) 彼得·赖特加入了艾尔河与卡尔德运河上的利兹赛艇俱乐部，野生动物艺术家罗伯特·富勒帮助失去父母的长耳鸮雏鸟回归家庭。

9.05 《今日剧场：打烊时间》(AD) 一名才华横溢的移民与一名已订婚的律师展开了一段热烈的恋情，后者鼓励他追求隐藏的烹饪抱负。剧情片，由安东尼奥·阿基尔和埃洛拉·托基亚主演。

10.05 皮尔斯·摩根直言不讳：恐怖劫机惊魂 由皮尔斯·摩根主持的大胆、观点导向的新闻节目，将新闻报道、辩论和文化评论融合在一起，风格直截了当。

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▲ 特别容易引起反感

如果《大白鲨》让你害怕大海，那么等到你看到这只能把船咬碎的鱿鱼时

F 总理 安迪·伯纳姆真的 想把我们带回20世纪70年代，他会很高兴地发现，电视已经在为此出力了。

罗兰·怀特：昨晚电视评述

Amazon Prime Video 本周开始播映迷你剧《Carrie》，而 Netflix 昨晚推出的作品本质上就是《大白鲨》——只不过把杀手鲨换成了一只能粉碎船只、食人的巨型鱿鱼。

照这样下去，他们很快就会翻新《Multi-Coloured Swap Shop》，并播映一部激进改编的《It Ain't Half Hot, Mum》。

《大白鲨》里的那头大白鲨还挺有风度，会等人们下水游泳后再把他们吃掉。

而《Below》中的海怪——在最初几集中我们只能在水下瞥见它的一闪而过——只要你站在水边欣赏风景，它就会把你抓走。

而且这里确实有很多值得欣赏的风景。《Below》在纽芬兰的 Snook's Arm 渔村拍摄，那里有点像《Northern Exposure》里的 Cicely, Alaska，但海洋更多，可做的事稍微少一点。

【不再年轻的人们：谁说电视执着于青春？在《Sam & Ade Go Birding》（Ch5）中，两位演员访问了威尔士的一个鱼鹰保护区，显然感觉到了自己的年龄：“噢，能坐下来真好。”与此同时，69 岁的艾德抱怨颠簸的路面让他的膀胱备受折磨。这就像是在看一部关于猛禽的《Last Of The Summer Wine》。】

还没等你在沙发上坐舒服，杀手鱿鱼就夺走了它的第一个牺牲品。

故事开篇于 1986 年，潘尼一家坐在一艘小木船上，穿过一片水域，身后拖着他们的家。他们正被安置到 Snook's Arm。

突然，房子被什么东西勾住了。父亲利奥从船上跳到房子上，想看看出了什么问题。这真是个糟糕的主意。

接下来的事情将让利奥的小儿子卡尔文在余生中心有余悸。尤其是他看向船舷，发现水下有某种模糊的威胁之物的那一刻。

他看不清那是什么，我们也看不清。

四十年后，卡尔文（Josh Hartnett 饰）拥有自己的渔船，为当地饮料业采集冰块。

北爱尔兰电视节目变动 BBC1：7.30pm The Chronicles of Foyle. 威尔士电视节目变动

BBC1：7.30pm Back in the Day. 11.30 The Golden Cobra. 动画喜剧三部曲。12.15am RuPaul's Drag Race UK. 1.20 BBC News. BBC2：3.15pm Vintage Antiques Roadshow. 4.00 Flog It! 4.45 Match of the Day Wales Live. 阿尔巴尼亚 对 威尔士（Kick-off 5pm）。7.15 House of Games. 7.45 Strictly: It Takes Two. 8.15 Gardeners' World. 9.15 Beechgrove Repotted. 9.30 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. S4℃：6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd. 12.05 Dau Gi Bach. 12.30 Heno. 1.00 Y Sin. 1.30 Trysorau Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau. 2.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd. 2.05 Prynawn Da. 3.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd. 3.05 Hanner Marathon Caerdydd 2026. 4.00 Awr Fawr. 5.00 Stwnsh. 6.00 Cegin Clwyd Bryn Williams. 6.30 Heno. 7.00 Newyddion S4℃ a'r Tywydd. 7.30 Clwb Rygbi. 9.50 Pel-Droed Rhyngwladol. 10.50 Gwalia Aleighcia. 11.20 3Can.

Below (Netflix) ★★★★☆

有一天，他从海里拉起一块冰山，但因为太臭而被拒绝。一名当地科学家发现，这并非被污染的水，而是来自“某种巨大且古老之物”的凝固黏液。

这个巨大且古老的东西是否与一艘失踪的葡萄牙渔船及其船员有关？以及海岸警卫队发现的一条骨髓被吸干的腿？

随着这一切展开，村民们在再次搬迁的计划上产生了分歧。卡尔文的一个儿子厌倦了照顾 Airbnb 的房客，因为他想上船。另一个儿子则收到了威胁短信：“你是个死人。”

这一切意味着什么？简单来说，以后你再面对一片风景如画的开阔水域时，将无法不去思考水面之下潜伏着怎样的恐怖。

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5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

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BBC THREE

Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107

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DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am 离网建筑 (Building Off the Grid)。1.00pm 休斯顿动物警察 (Animal Cops Houston)。3.00 它们是怎么做到的？(How Do They Do It?) 5.00 伪装亿万富翁 (Undercover Billionaire)。7.00 淘金热 (Gold Rush)。9.00 未知远征 (Expedition Unknown)。11.00 风暴之眼：追逐者 (In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers)。

E4 (日间)

Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 9.00am 拉姆齐的厨房噩梦美国版 (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA)。11.00 摩登家庭 (Modern Family)。12noon 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons)。2.00 戈德堡一家 (The Goldbergs)。3.00 摩登家庭 (Modern Family)。5.00 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons)。

5STAR (日间)

Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12noon 交通警察 (Traffic Cops)。2.00 警察拦截者 (Police Interceptors)。5.00 虚假索赔者 (Rogue Claimers)。6.00 远离家乡 (Home and Away)。

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 130 12noon 本·福格尔：荒野新生活 (Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild)。1.00 谋杀她写了 (Murder, She Wrote)。3.00 惬意的谋杀 (Columbo)。5.00 走进伦敦塔 (Inside the Tower of London)。7.00 本·福格尔：荒野新生活 (Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild)。9.00 塔加特 (Taggart)。11.05 囚犯：H区 (Prisoner: Cell Block H)。

5 USA (日间)

Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 11.10am NCIS。2.05pm 法律与秩序 (Law & Order)。6.00 NCIS。

FOOD NETWORK UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am 英国烘焙大赛 (The Great British Bake Off)。12.30pm 经典玛丽·贝里 (Classic Mary Berry)。 1.00 詹姆斯·马丁的最爱盛宴 (James Martin's Favourite Feasts)。1.30 詹姆斯·马丁：美味 (James Martin: Delicious)。3.00 毛刷骑手：北方曝光 (The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure)。4.00 杰米快捷美食 (Jamie's Quick & Easy Food)。5.00 先锋女性 (The Pioneer Woman)。6.00 詹姆斯·马丁的最爱盛宴 (James Martin's Favourite Feasts)。6.30 詹姆斯·马丁：美味 (James Martin: Delicious)。7.00 英国烘焙大赛 (The Great British Bake Off)。8.30 经典玛丽·贝里 (Classic Mary Berry)。9.00 普鲁·莱思的科茨沃尔德厨房 (Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen)。 10.00 拉夫尼特·吉尔的切肉店 (Ravneet Gill's Chop House)。 11.00 餐车、路边摊与潜水吧 (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives)。

GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon 草原上的小房子 (Little House on the Prairie)。 2.00 沃尔顿一家 (The Waltons)。4.00 草原上的小房子 (Little House on the Prairie)。6.00 奎恩医生：女医生 (Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman)。8.00 M*A*S*H。9.00 电影：《龙纹身的女孩》(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)。(2011) (18)

ITV2 (日间)

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 10.15am 道森之溪 (Dawson's Creek)。11.10 查理之魔 (Charmed)。12.05pm 成交或不成交 (Deal or No Deal)。1.05 超市大扫货 (Supermarket Sweep)。2.05 安特与迪克的无限赢 (Ant & Dec's Limitless Win)。3.10 埃塞克斯唯一方式 (The Only Way Is Essex)。4.10 波托马克真实主妇 (The Real Housewives of Potomac)。5.00 比弗利山真实主妇 (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)。6.00 名人猜词 (Celebrity Catchphrase)。

ITV3 (日间)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 9.15am 摩尔斯探长 (Inspector Morse)。11.30 心跳 (Heartbeat)。1.35pm 皇家医院 (The Royal)。2.40 狂野之心 (Wild at Heart)。3.40 经典 艾默代尔 (Emmerdale)。4.40 经典 加冕街 (Coronation Street)。5.50 心跳 (Heartbeat)。

ITV4 (日间)

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 9.35am 冠军们 (The Champions)。10.40 水下大钓鱼冒险 (Underwater Grand Fishing Adventure)。11.40 专业人士 (The Professionals)。12.45pm 冠军们 (The Champions)。1.50 美国淘宝客 (American Pickers)。3.50 冰路卡车司机 (Ice Road Truckers)。5.45 护卫 (Minder)。6.50 霍恩布洛尔 (Hornblower)。两部分中的第一部分。

MORE4 (日间)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am 四人一床 (Four in a Bed)。11.35 来和我一起用餐 (Come Dine with Me)。2.15pm 四人一床 (Four in a Bed)。4.50 汽车救援 (Car S.O.S.)。6.50 狗屋 (The Dog House)。

NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 183

11.00am 汽车救援 (Car S.O.S.)。12noon 走进悉尼机场 (Inside Sydney Airport)。1.00 空难调查 (Air Crash Investigation)。2.00 非洲：地球的野生家园 (Africa: Earth's Wild Home)。4.00 埃及失落的宝藏 (Lost Treasures of Egypt)。5.00 冰路救援 (Ice Road Rescue)。6.00 灾难瞬间 (Seconds from Disaster)。7.00 空难调查 (Air Crash Investigation)。8.00 第二次世界大战：来自上空的秘密 (World War II: Secrets from Above)。10.00 汉娜·弗莱的无限探索者 (The Infinite Explorer with Hannah Fry)。11.00 空难调查 (Air Crash Investigation)。

PBS AMERICA

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am 铁锈地带的兴衰 (The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt)。1.00pm 苏格兰群岛大巡游 (Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands)。1.40 被围困的堡垒，传奇之战 (Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles)。2.50 列宁格勒围城战 (The Siege of Leningrad)。3.55 彩色二战：胜利之路 (WWII in Colour: Road to Victory)。5.00 铁锈地带的兴衰 (The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt)。6.15 被围困的堡垒，传奇之战 (Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles)。7.25 列宁格勒围城战 (The Siege of Leningrad)。8.35 彩色二战：胜利之路 (WWII in Colour: Road to Victory)。9.40 铁锈地带的兴衰 (The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt)。10.55 列宁格勒围城战 (The Siege of Leningrad)。

REALLY

Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165

12noon 约克郡拍卖行 (The Yorkshire Auction House)。2.00 修理铺 (The Repair Shop)。3.00 抢救猎人：修复者 (Salvage Hunters: The Restorers)。5.00 寻找失散家人 (Long Lost Family)。6.00 修理铺 (The Repair Shop)。7.00 约克郡拍卖行 (The Yorkshire Auction House)。8.00 古董公路旅行 (Antiques Road Trip)。9.00 糟糕的足科诊所 (The Bad Foot Clinic)。10.00 取出我的肿瘤 (Take My Tumour)。11.00 名人求助！我的房子闹鬼了 (Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted)。

SKY ARTS

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123

12noon 经典专辑：平克·弗洛伊德 (Pink Floyd) ——《月之暗面》(The Dark Side of the Moon)。 1.00 意外故事 (Tales of the Unexpected)。 2.00 希区柯克呈现 (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)。 3.00 比尔·贝利的大师工匠：下一代 (Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation)。 4.00 探索：西西·斯派塞克 (Discovering: Sissy Spacek)。 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2015. 6.00 意外故事 (Tales of the Unexpected)。 7.00 希区柯克时间 (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour)。 8.00 创世纪：在罗马 (Genesis: When in Rome)。 9.50 埃尔顿·约翰：百万加元钢琴 (Elton John: Million Dollar Piano)。

SKY ATLANTIC

Sky 108 Virgin 111

10.15am 死亡之木 (Deadwood)。 12.25pm 至尊之城 (Gomorrah)。 1.30 凶杀案：生命

RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ

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)。 嘉宾：帕文·库马尔 (Parveen Kumar) 教授女爵。 10.00 女性时间 (Woman's Hour)。 11.00 PICK The Food Programme。 11.45 去还是不去 (To Go or Not to Go)。 本系列最后一集。 12noon 新闻。 12.04 反社交 (AntiSocial)。 12.57 天气。 1.00 一点钟的世界 (The World at One)。 1.45 转折点 (The Turning Point)。 2.00 弓箭手 (The Archers)。 2.15 频道4戏剧： 地下 (Underground)。主演： 艾娃·辛兹-琼斯 (Ava Hinds-Jones)。 2.45 当班克斯基来到这座城市 (When Banksy Comes to Town)。 3.00 园丁问答时间 (Gardeners' Question Time)。彼得·吉布斯 (Peter Gibbs) 在邱园主持。

在街头。 3.30 亿万 (Billions)。 5.45 龙之家族 (House of the Dragon)。 8.00 法戈 (Fargo)。 9.00 战争 (War)。 10.05 盐沼之下 (Under Salt Marsh)。 11.10 亢奋 (Euphoria)。

SKY COMEDY

Sky 113 Virgin 112

11.50am 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace)。 12.20pm 婴儿 (The Baby)。 1.40 椅子公司 (The Chair Company)。 3.00 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace)。 4.00 育儿 (Breeders)。 5.00 社区 (Community)。 6.00 威尔与格蕾丝 (Will & Grace)。 7.00 办公室 (美版) (The Office (US))。 8.00 异乡人 (Resident Alien)。 9.00 凯瑟琳·瑞安：长女 (Katherine Ryan: First Born Daughter)。 10.30 绝活 (Hacks)。 11.15 婴儿 (The Baby)。

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 114 Virgin 121

12noon 电影：《天堂之门》(Gates of Heaven)。 (1978) (12) 1.45 我的偶像：埃博尼·雷恩福德-布伦特 (Ebony Rainford-Brent)。 2.00 在线上：理查德·威廉姆斯的故事 (On the Line: The Richard Williams Story)。 3.50 我的偶像：里昂·普赖斯 (Leon Pryce)。 4.00 导演们 (The Directors)。 5.00 探索：詹姆斯·科本 (Discovering: James Coburn)。 6.00 电影：《鲍比·罗布森：

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO THE FOOD PROGRAMME, 11AM, RADIO 4

传统的烤肉在每一次的饮食潮流中都幸存了下来，并且依然盛行。在这场对极具英国特色的餐食的庆祝中，美食评论家吉米·法穆雷瓦 (Jimi Famurewa) 探讨了我们所钟爱的肉类、配菜和肉汁的组合，并探索了

3.45 短篇作品 (Short Works)。 4.00 最后的话 (Last Word)。

4.30 更多或更少 (More or Less)。蒂姆·哈福德 (Tim Harford) 关注英国养老金、俄罗斯 GDP 以及热浪导致的死亡人数。 5.00 PM: 天气。

6.00 六点新闻。

6.30 新闻问答 (The News Quiz)。安迪·扎尔茨曼 (Andy Zaltzman) 与达利索·查蓬达 (Daliso Chaponda)、凯拉·格雷 (Kyrah Gray)、科科·汗 (Coco Khan) 和芬利·克里斯蒂 (Finlay Christie) 共同参与。

不只是经理 (More Than a Manager)。 (2018) (12) 8.00 电影：《兰开斯特》(Lancaster)。 (2022) (PG) 10.00 电影：《加斯科因》(Gascoigne)。 (2015) (15) 11.50 电影：《伦诺克斯：未讲述的故事》(Lennox: The Untold Story)。 (2020) (15)

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 131

12noon 英国伟大城堡的秘密 (Secrets of Great British Castles)。 2.00 典当之星 (Pawn Stars)。 6.00 美国拾荒者 (American Pickers)。 7.00 火中锻造 (Forged in Fire)。 8.00 英国最具历史感的城镇 (Britain's Most Historic Towns)。 9.00 二战彩色战场 (WWII Battles in Colour)。 11.00 走私品：海上截获 (Contraband: Seized at Sea)。

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon 澳洲捕蛇人：致命追击 (Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit)。 1.00 夏威夷五勇士 (Hawaii Five-0)。 3.00 特警 (S.W.A.T.)。 5.00 一级方程式 (Formula 1)。 6.00 超级商店 (Superstore)。 7.00 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons)。 8.00 史蒂夫·巴克肖尔与鲨鱼 (Shark with Steve Backshall)。 9.00 阴尸路：死城 (The Walking Dead: Dead City)。 10.00 罗梅什：不能否定这份拼劲 (Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle)。 11.30 格里姆斯堡 (Grimsburg)。

平凡的约克郡布丁 —— 同时诗人伊恩·麦克米伦 (Ian McMillan) 为这种“鸡蛋、牛奶和面粉的炼金术”吟诵他自己的颂歌。我们还将听到食品历史学家安妮·格雷 (Annie Gray) 的讲述，她回顾了配有所有配菜的烤肉是如何成为我们文化核心部分的。

7.00 弓箭手 (The Archers)。

7.15 截图 (Screenshot)。小说与电影之间的关系。 8.00 有任何问题吗？ (Any Questions?) 亚历克斯·福赛斯 (Alex Forsyth) 在格洛斯特郡的萨德利主持这场政治论坛。

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140

12noon 星际迷航：下一代 (Star Trek: The Next Generation)。 1.00 星门宇宙 (Stargate Universe)。 2.00 拉布雷亚 (La Brea)。 3.00 幻想岛 (Fantasy Island)。 4.00 星门 SG-1 (Stargate SG-1)。 5.00 星际迷航：下一代 (Star Trek: The Next Generation)。 6.00 星际迷航：深空九号 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)。 7.00 星门宇宙 (Stargate Universe)。 8.00 星门 SG-1 (Stargate SG-1)。 9.00 电影：《湖》(The Lake)。 (2022) (12) 11.00 阴尸路 (The Walking Dead)。

SKY WITNESS

Sky 107 Virgin 110

12noon FBI。2.00 The Rookie。3.00 Blue Bloods。4.00 Nothing to Declare。8.00 Chicago Med。9.00 Chicago Fire。10.00 Chicago PD。11.00 The Rookie。

TLC

Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113

12noon The Big Bang Theory。2.00 The Middle。3.30 Young Sheldon。

ITV3

6.55 Heartbeat 一名出逃的继承女及其不诚实的男友在一次武装袭击中陷入困境

Doc Martin The

村民们为埃林汉姆一家举办了告别派对，但马丁和露易莎在筹备这场盛事时倍感吃力

Doc Martin

一名外科医生在一名教师的反对下，在宁静的康沃尔郡波特温村担任全科医生

Downton Abbey

2012. 年圣诞特辑。罗伯特和家人每年夏天都会前往杜恩伊格尔城堡拜访苏格兰的表亲，而大多数仆人则留在家里

11.55 DCI Banks

两部分中的第一部分。一名儿童失踪（至 12.55）

6.50 Hornblower 两部分剧集中的第一部。C.S. 福斯特笔下的航海英雄将“名声号”从看似必然的灾难中救出，但最终被指控为叛变。由 Ioan Gruffudd 和 Robert Lindsay 主演

MORE4

The Losers (2010,12) 精锐士兵被

其 CIA 雇主背叛并弃之等死，但他们回归并寻求复仇。动作冒险片，由 Jeffrey Dean Morgan、Zoe Saldana 和 Chris Evans 主演。包含 FYI Daily

11.05 All Elite

Wrestling: Dynamite 来自巴黎的顶级对决，包括 Will Ospreay 对阵 Kazuchika Okada，Mercedes Mone 对阵 Queen Aminata，以及 Bandido 对阵 Kofi（至 1.05）

6.50 The Dog House 一只巴塞特猎犬寻求两位青梅竹马的认可

7.55 The Dog House 一只名叫 Lottie 的西班牙猎犬在逃离幼犬养殖场后抵达，Raksha 可能会成为她的“灵魂姐妹”。哈士奇 Hurricane 遇到了兴奋的长腿犬幼犬 Peaches

Coastal Unit Iris and

Victor 调查一名消防员的可疑死亡，该消防员从消防控制塔顶坠落

10.15 24 Hours in A&E

一名男子在网球场上晕倒后被紧急送往圣乔治医院，复苏团队必须迅速行动以控制他的心率

SKY MIX

11.20 24 Hours in A&E 一名女性因疑似中风被紧急送入（至 12.20）

Star Trek: The Next Generation 两部分中的第二部分。沃夫发现年长的克林贡人被囚禁在一个由罗慕伦人控制的惩罚殖民地中

Hawaii Five-0 团队在调查一群偷车贼时，在一部被盗车辆的后备箱中发现了一具尸体

Basic Instinct (1992,18) 一名酗酒的骗

酗酒的警察 在调查一起 谋杀案时， 他对性感且 具有操纵力的 首席嫌疑人的 感情干扰了他的 判断。惊悚片， 由 Sharon Stone 和 Michael Douglas 主演

Grimm 尼克看似被杀（至 12.30）

QUEST

Antiques Road Trip Louise Gostelow 和 David Harper 在西约克郡多风的荒原上行进，为他们的最终拍卖会寻找古董

The Yorkshire

Auction House 安格斯接到了两姐妹的电话，她们渴望为已故父亲令人惊叹的马戏团纪念品收藏寻找新家

The Repair Shop

Geoff Harvey 被委任修复一台 20 世纪 70 年代的弹珠机

The Repair Shop The

修复专家处理三个独特项目，包括一把约翰·F·肯尼迪总统曾坐过的椅子

How Do They Do It? 探讨 阿夸维特烈酒 是如何制造的

How Do They Do It? 每天如何制造 2800 万 个塑料袋（至 12.00）

U&DAVE

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 保罗和鲍勃钓河鲈

7.40 I'll Get This 五位名人 一起外出 晚餐

8.20 我在撒谎吗？ (Would I Lie to You?)

嘉宾包括 Jo Brand, Sam Quek, Bobby Seagull 和 Joe Thomas

QI XL Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Rob Brydon 和 Alan Davies 回答关于假期的相关问题。由 Stephen Fry 主持的别具一格的问答节目

我有更多新闻给你吗 (Have I Got a Bit More News for You) Adil Ray 主持这一集时长延长的讽刺问答节目，嘉宾包括国会议员 Jess Phillips 以及作家兼主持人 Richard Osman

8 Out of 10 Cats: Best Bits 讨论类节目的精彩集锦

11.50 嘲讽周 (Mock the Week)

11.30 嘲讽周 (Mock the Week) 嘉宾包括 Maisie Adam, Ed Byrne, Ed Gamble 和 Sukh Ojla (至 12.30)

7.20 夏日之酒 (Last of the Summer Wine)

Compo 为了给 Nora 留下深刻印象而改变自己的形象。主演为 Frank Thornton 和 Bill Owen

马普小姐 (Miss Marple)：

牧师住宅谋杀案 (The Murder at the Vicarage) 一名不受欢迎的上校被发现死在圣玛丽米德 (St Mary Mead) 的牧师住宅中，调查显示嫌疑人不在少数。侦探推理剧，由 Joan Hickson 主演

新线索 (New Tricks)

在墓地的一次建筑工程中发现了一个沾血的半身像

11.20 法官约翰·迪德 (Judge John Deed)

权力阶层向 Deed 施压，要求其判定一名可能能够渗透进真实 IRA (Real IRA) 的 MI5 告密者无罪 (至 1.20)

GPs：闭门之后 (GPs: Behind Closed Doors) 一名患有癫痫的女性在面对被提供的药物时，必须做出艰难的决定

急诊 24 / 7：分秒必争 (Casualty 24 / 7: Every Second Counts)

分秒必争 (Second Counts) 急救人员接诊了一名患有胸痛的 78 岁前矿工

999：危急状态 (999: Critical Condition)

一名男子在降落伞失效并被重重摔在 100 英尺下方的地面后，被紧急送往皇家斯托克大学医院 (Royal Stoke University Hospital)

A&E 夜色之后 (A&E After Dark)

一名男子在遭遇刺杀后被紧急送往诺福克与诺里奇大学医院 (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital)，持刀袭击者也被送往该院

皮肤 A&E (Skin A&E) 四位顶尖皮肤科医生为皮肤病患者进行治疗 (至 12.00)

NCIS 一起关于海军飞行员离奇谋杀案的调查，导致 NCIS 团队与一名不苟言笑的律师发生冲突

NCIS Gibbs 发现 Tony 的父亲与团队最新的调查有关，该调查涉及一起针对沙特王子的暗杀企图

美女与野兽 (Beauty and the Beast)

Vincent 因谋杀被捕，Cat 和她的朋友们必须查出是谁向警方举报了他

美女与野兽 (Beauty and the Beast)

当一场大规模搜捕行动旨在追踪这头“野兽”时，Vincent 和 Cat 试图保持低调。Kristin Kreuk 和 Jay Ryan 主演

法律与秩序：特殊受害者单元 (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) 一名患有痴呆症的男子承认谋杀，但 Benson 和 Carisi 认为此案远非表面那么简单 (至 12.00)

8.55

本周历史。 包括伊顿公学 (Eton College) 的创立。

9.00 自由思考 (Free Thinking)。

在《女性时间》(Woman's Hour) 迎来 80 周年之际，Matthew Sweet 和嘉宾们在历史档案中寻找女性的声音，并探讨代表性在过去几十年中是如何变化的。

5.00 生活大爆炸 (The Big Bang Theory)。 9.00 90 Day Fiance。 11.00 痘痘医生 (Dr Pimple Popper)。

U&ALIBI

Sky 109 Virgin 114

11.00am 布莱克医生谜案 (The Doctor Blake Mysteries)。 12noon 费舍尔小姐谋杀谜案 (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)。 1.00 Death in Paradise。 2.00 Murdoch 。 4.00 The Doctor Blake 。 5.00 Miss Fisher's Murder 。 6.00 The Coroner。 7.00 Father Brown。 8.00 Death in Paradise。 9.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators。 10.00 Annika。 11.05 Father Brown。

U&DAVE (日间)

Freeview 19 Sky III Virgin 127 12noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British。 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries。 2.00 Top Gear。 3.00 Our Guy in Japan。 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall。 6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British。

■ 约翰·戈登·辛克莱 (JOHN Gordon Sinclair)

（如图所示）凭借《格雷戈里的女孩》(Gregory's Girl) 和《当地英雄》(Local Hero) 的成功，他已然成名。随后，他在保罗·梅休-阿彻 (Paul Mayhew-Archer) 创作的有趣 1989 年情景喜剧《我的演员生活》(AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME)（广播 4 Extra 频道，7AM / 12NOON / 6PM）中饰演渴望成为演员的罗伯特·威尔逊 (Robert Wilson)。罗伯特的生活看起来并不太乐观，但尽管不断遭遇挫折，他依然保持乐观，而他的女友（卡罗琳·昆廷 Caroline Quentin 饰）和经纪人（加里·沃尔霍恩 Gary Waldhorn 饰）则试图让他脚踏实地。该剧下周五继续播出。

10.00 《今夜世界》(The World Tonight)。 10.45 《睡前书》(Book at Bedtime)：《车站》(Stations)。路易丝·肯尼迪 (Louise Kennedy) 著。系列最后一集。

11.00 《美国播报》(Americast)。报道美国最新的文化和社会故事。

12midnight 新闻；天气。 12.30 《去还是不去》(To Go or Not to Go)。 12.48 航运预报 (Shipping Forecast)。 1.00 BBC世界服务 (BBC World Service)。

U&DRAMA (日间)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116

10.55am 《急诊中心》(Casualty)。11.55am 《比尔》(The Bill)。12.55pm 《经典东区》(Classic EastEnders)。2.15 《经典邻居》(Classic Neighbours)。2.50 《邻居》(Neighbours)。3.20 《博尼法斯修女谜案》(Sister Boniface Mysteries)。4.20 《布朗神父》(Father Brown)。5.20 《岁月如歌》(As Time Goes By)。6.00 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine)。

U&EDEN

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon 《寻找、修复、出售》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It)。5.00 《罗尼兄弟》(The Two Ronnies)。

U&GOLD

110 Virgin 124

11.50am 《美好生活》(The Good Life)。12.25pm 《憨都》(Only Fools and Horses)。1.45 《维持体面》(Keeping Up Appearances)。2.25 《爸爸军队》(Dad's Army)。3.00 《绿绿草地》(The Green Green Grass)。3.40 《您被服务了吗？》(Are You Being Served?)。4.20 《美好生活》(The Good Life)。5.00 《爸爸军队》(Dad's Army)。5.40 《夏日之末》(Last of the Summer Wine)。7.00 《憨都》(Only Fools and Horses)。9.40 《快秀》(The Fast Show)。10.20 《憨都》(Only Fools and Horses)。

RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am 萨拉·考克斯 (Sara Cox)。9.30 弗农·凯 (Vernon Kay)。12noon 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine)。2.00 克拉拉·安姆福 (Clara Amfo)。4.00 马克·古迪尔 (Mark Goodier)。7.00 米歇尔·维萨奇 (Michelle Visage)。9.00 索菲·艾利斯-贝克斯托的厨房迪斯科 (Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco)。11.00 《摇滚秀》(The Rock Show)。12midnight 罗梅什·兰加纳坦 (Romesh Ranganathan)。

RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ

6.30am 《早餐》(Breakfast)。9.30 《经典精选》(Essential Classics)。1.00pm 《古典现场》(Classical Live)。4.00 《本周作曲家：威尼斯学派》(Composer of the Week: The Venetian School)。5.00 《协调》(In Tune)。7.00 《古典混音带》(Classical Mixtape)。7.30 《周五音乐之夜》(Friday Night Is Music Night)。庆祝约翰·鲁特 (John Rutter) 和鲍勃·奇尔科特 (Bob Chilcott)。9.45 《论文：走向晚祷》(The Essay: Towards Evensong)。10.00 《深夜交汇》(Late Junction)。11.30 《午夜时分》('Round Midnight)。12.30am 《彻夜》(Through the Night)。

RADIO 5 LIVE MW:693 / 909KHZ

5.00am 《金钱觉醒》(Wake Up to Money)。6.00 《早餐》(Breakfast)。9.00 尼基·坎贝尔 (Nicky Campbell)。11.00 《周五的查尔斯》(Chiles on Friday)。1.00pm 埃利斯·詹姆斯和约翰·罗宾斯 (Elis James and John Robins)。2.00 马特·乔利 (Matt Chorley)。4.00 《5 Live 驾驶》(5 Live Drive)。5.20 女足世界杯预选赛。希腊 对 英国。7.30 达伦·弗莱彻 (Darren Fletcher) 主持的《英超开球》(Premier League Kick-Off)。10.00 斯蒂芬·诺兰 (Stephen Nolan)。1.00am 凯瑟琳·斯坦齐辛 (Kathryn Stanczyszyn)。

U&W

Freeview 25 132 Virgin 125 12noon 《DIY SOS：格伦费尔》(DIY SOS: Grenfell)。1.00 《倾斜点》(Tipping Point)。4.00 《房产兄弟：永久之家》(Property Brothers: Forever Homes)。5.00 《DIY SOS：格伦费尔》(DIY SOS: Grenfell)。7.00 《澳大利亚名厨》(MasterChef Australia)。8.00 《走进救护车：海岸与乡村》(Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country)。9.00 《特种行动：英国犯罪小队》(Special Ops: Crime Squad UK)。10.00 《走进救护车：海岸与乡村》(Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country)。11.00 《幽灵》(Ghosts)。

U&YESTERDAY

Freeview 27 155 Virgin 129 12noon 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。2.00 《旧车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。4.00 《对抗希特勒的建筑》(The Buildings That Fought Hitler)。5.00 《纳粹崛起：战争中的独裁者》(Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War)。6.00 《古董路演》(Antiques Roadshow)。7.00 西蒙·里夫 (Simon Reeve) 的康沃尔之旅。8.00 《运河船日记》(Canal Boat Diaries)。10.00 《旧车与现金》(Bangers & Cash)。

体育 (SPORT)

MAIN EVENT

401 Virgin 501

9.00am F1现场直播。新加坡大奖赛练习赛。11.00 Sky体育足球 ( Sports FC)。12noon 《全足球》(Total Football)。1.00 F1现场直播。冲刺资格赛。3.00 DP世界巡回赛高尔夫现场直播。西班牙公开赛 (The Open De España)。6.00 《英超秀》(Premier League Show)。7.00 《体育中心》(Sports Centre)。7.30 EFL现场直播。西汉姆联 对 女王公园巡游者（晚上8点开球）。10.30 《纸上谈兵》(Paper Talk)。11.00 Sky体育新闻 ( Sports News)。

402 Virgin 502

12noon 《全足球》(Total Football)。5.00 《英超秀》(The Show)。7.00 《英超预告》( Preview)。7.30 《深度访谈》(The Big Interview)。8.00 《幻想秀》(Fantasy Show)。8.30 《英超故事》(PL Stories)。9.00 《英超预告》( Preview)。9.30 《深度访谈》(The Big Interview)。10.00 《幻想秀》(Fantasy Show)。10.30 《英超故事》(PL Stories)。11.00 《英超岁月》( Years)。

CRICKET

405 Virgin 505

7.30am 测试板球现场直播。南非 对 澳大利亚。德班金斯米德第一天。4.30pm 《

电影 (MOVIES)

FILM4

Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am 《诺曼底登陆：6月6日》(D-Day: The Sixth of June) (1956) (PG) 1.10pm 《黄山》(The Yellow Mountain) (1954) (PG) 2.45 《四十把枪》(Forty Guns) (1957) () 4.30 《破碎下颚的治安官》(The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw) (1958) (U) 6.35 《大地震》(Earthquake) (1974) () 9.00 《绿里》(The Green Mile) (1999) (18) 12.45am 《玻璃》(Glass) (2019) (15)

GREAT! ACTION

Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 11.00am 《明日生存》(Tomorrow We Live) (1943) (U) 1.00pm 《高地查帕拉尔》(The High Chaparral) 2.00 《火线危机》(Burn Notice) 4.00 《见证无保护》(Witness Unprotected) (2018) (12) 6.00 《特种部队》(The Unit) 7.00 《火线危机》(Burn Notice) 9.00 《盐》(Salt) (2010) (12) 11.00 《特种部队》(The Unit)

GREAT! CHRISTMAS

Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.15am 《愿假期成真》(A Holiday Wish Come True) (2018) () 12.15pm 《姜饼罗曼史》(A Gingerbread Romance) (2018) () 2.15 《圣诞恋爱》(Falling in Love at Christmas) (2021) () 4.15 《假期约会》(Holiday Date) (2019) () 6.10 《欢乐圣诞》(A Joyous ) (2017) () 8.00 《我们的圣诞婚礼》(Our Wedding) (2023) () 10.00 《圣诞之路》(Road to ) (2018) (U)

Hundred Bitesize。 5.00 世界杯。 6.00 测试板球。 7.00 SA20。 2027赛季T20赛事的拍卖报道。 8.00 测试板球Bitesize。 8.15 The Hundred Bitesize。 8.30 T20板球。 9.00 测试板球。 10.00 SA20。 2027赛季拍卖报道。 11.00 测试板球。

SKY MIX

Sky 416 Virgin 511

12.30pm 飞镖传奇 (Legends of Darts)。 1.00 NFL。 2.00 世界大奖赛飞镖 (World Grand Prix Darts)。 4.30 飞镖传奇 (Legends of Darts)。 5.00 轮椅橄榄球。 6.00 印地赛车 (Indycar)。 8.35 我的偶像：莫因·阿里 (Moeen Ali)。 8.45 我的偶像：丹·贝塞尔 (Dan Bethell)。 9.00 英超回顾 (PL Retro)。 11.00 NFL集锦。

TNT SPORTS 1

Sky 410 Virgin 521

12.30pm 板球重播 (Cricket Reload)。 1.15 T20板球集锦。 2.15 国际T20板球直播。印度 对阵 西印度群岛。来自兰契的报道。 6.15 深度解析 (The Breakdown)。 6.30 英超预览。 7.00 英超直播 (The PREM)。莱斯特虎 对阵 格洛斯特橄榄球 (开球时间 7:45pm)。 10.00 刘易斯·穆迪对抗MND。

GREAT! MYSTERY

Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425 11.05am 《谋杀她写》(Murder, She Wrote) 12.05pm 《难忘》(Unforgettable) 1.00 《显而易见》(In Plain Sight) 2.00 《城堡》(Castle) 3.00 《诊断谋杀》(Diagnosis Murder) 5.00 《谋杀她写》(Murder, She Wrote) 7.00 《城堡》(Castle) 8.00 《难忘》(Unforgettable) 9.00 《礁石突破》(Reef Break) 11.00 《显而易见》(In Plain Sight)

SKY DRAMA

Sky 310 Virgin 410

11.15am 《唯物主义者》(Materialists) (2025) (15) 1.20pm 《太阳帝国》(Empire of the Sun) (1987) () 3.55 《真实勇气》(True Grit) (2010) (15) 6.00 《男孩在街头》(Boyz N the Hood) (1991) (15) 8.00 《合唱团》(The Choral) (2025) (12) 一个合唱协会的男性成员在第二次世界大战期间入伍，留下要求严格的古思里博士去招募青少年。剧情片，由拉尔夫·费因斯主演。 10.05 《荒岛余生》(Cast Away) (2000) (12) 一名快递服务经理在一次飞机失事后被困在荒岛上，被迫自力更生。冒险剧情片，由汤姆·汉克斯和海伦·亨特主演。

TNT SPORTS 2

Sky 411 Virgin 522

10.15 世界超级摩托车赛直播。来自埃斯托里尔。 11.30 MotoGP电影。 12noon 这是一个数字游戏 (It's A Numbers Game)。 12.30 MLB。 1.00 MotoGP。 1.30 电影。 2.30 . 3.00 世界超级摩托车赛直播。 4.45 世界超级摩托车赛回顾。 5.00 幻想秀 (Fantasy Show)。 5.30 英超采访。 6.00 意甲内幕 (Inside Serie A)。 6.30 . 7.00 电影。 7.30 幻想秀 (Fantasy Show)。 8.00 英超预览。 8.30 MLB。 9.00 女子公路自行车世界巡回赛。 10.00 . 10.30 Sports重播 ( Sports Reload)。 11.00 WRC回顾。

SPORTS 3

Sky 413 Virgin 523

12noon WRC回顾。 1.00 终极台球 (Ultimate Pool)。 2.30 Sports重播 ( Sports Reload)。 3.00 意甲。 3.30 欧冠经典。 5.00 MLB集锦。 5.30 这是一个数字游戏 (It's A Numbers Game)。 6.00 女子公路自行车世界巡回赛。 7.00 男子公路自行车职业系列赛。 8.00 欧冠经典。 9.00 幻想秀 (The Fantasy Show)。 9.30 英超预览。 10.00 欧冠杂志。 10.30 UTMB世界系列赛。

SKY PREMIERE

Sky 301 Virgin 401

11.55am 《名媛》(The Deb) (2024) (15) 2.05pm 《最后一击》(One Last Shot) (2026) (15) 3.45 《冷藏》(Cold Storage) (2026) (15) 5.30 《更好的男人》(Better Man) (2024) (15) 8.00 《母亲的骄傲》(Mother's Pride) (2026) (12) 喜剧，由马丁·克鲁内斯和詹姆斯·巴克利主演。 9.45 《名媛》(The Deb) (2024) (15) 11.50 《冷藏》(Cold Storage) (2026) (15)

TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 11.10am 《玻璃山》(The Glass Mountain) (1949) (U) 1.05pm 《埃德加·华莱士神秘剧场》(The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre) 2.15 《罗宾汉历险记》(The Adventures of Robin Hood) 2.45 《轮上护士》(Nurse on Wheels) (1963) (U) 4.30 《骗子》(The Cheaters) 5.00 《战争中的家庭》(A Family at War) 6.00 《房间》(Rooms) 7.00 《Z警车》(Z Cars) 8.00 《公众之眼》(Public Eye) 9.00 《地窖俱乐部》(Cellar Club)，主持人：卡罗琳·门罗 (Caroline Munro) 9.05 《换子》(The Changeling) (1979) (15) 11.20 《地窖俱乐部》(Cellar Club)，主持人：卡罗琳·门罗 (Caroline Munro) 11.25 《孩子不应玩死物》(Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things) (1973) (15)

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弗雷德·巴塞特 (FRED BASSET)

白羊座 3月21日 - 4月20日 你今天可能会注意到，身边的人在利用你的好意，且程度已让你感到不公。善良有时会被误认为软弱，但这并不意味着你过于软弱。你感觉到界限需要更清晰的定义。你的本能可能是正面冲突，但请尝试先用温和的方式处理。解释你能提供什么以及不能提供什么，比直接关上大门要有效得多。星象为你预示了什么？拨打电话获取你的个性化星座运势解读：0905 789 0301*

金牛座 4月21日 - 5月21日

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双子座 5月22日 - 6月22日

贪多嚼不烂是不明智的。但你今天就有这样做的风险。你对新想法、计划和社交邀请总是充满热情。然而，目前宇宙提供的选项超过了你能同时处理的现实范围。你需要做出决定——但在承诺之前，请过滤掉那些你并不特别喜欢的选项。今天为真正吸引你的事情留出空间是明智的。星象为你预示了什么？拨打电话获取你的个性化星座运势解读：0905 789 0303*

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比起大多数人，你更懂得家庭的意义。你是亲密关系的守护者。你知道，无论多少时间或生物学上的相似性，都无法替代真正的情感连接。今天，关于家中或亲戚的一件烦心事可能让你难以忽视。为了维持和平，你可能一直纵容某种行为模式。但

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狮子座 7月24日 - 8月23日

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那些古老自由的指南...

大宪章， 伟大的宪章； 国王与贵族 达成了一项协议， 建立了一种不同的 治理方式，就在 正午过后不久，

准确地说是签署于 1215 年。 八百年来 希望与恐惧交织 却未能将这些 原则抹去，

现代法律的基石是 一系列最精妙的条款， 确立了我们今日拥有的权利。

在周二购买 欧防风根的权利， 在天黑后 搜寻鼬鼠的权利，

任何英国农民的（权利） 穿着一套钢板盔甲 在公园里练习班卓琴。

你有（权利）模仿一只仓鼠，

有（权利）在没下雨时说：“在下雨”，

有（权利）吃一块牛腰肾 派并给你的金鱼起名西德尼，

以及在游艇上穿一件条纹西装外套。

这是你既定的（权利）拔鼻毛， 并将其撒在周围

词语趣谈

LABERTY – 实验线。 LOONESS – 乘坐这些火车你得疯了才行。 WILDMAY – 通往一个令人疲惫的六月。 HUFFRAGETTE – 持续的延误让你心烦意乱。 BEAVER – 最繁忙的线路。 MINDRUSH – 小心人群，也要小心站台间隙。 T. Nichols, Basildon, Essex

五行打油诗

新一季的《舞动奇迹》 向人们展示了 主持人的阵容 已经扩大， 一个略显书呆子气， 一个活泼又俏皮， 还有一个 完全走出自己的风格。

玛格丽特·巴克利， 西约克郡霍姆费思社区

当你被提供奶酪时， 你有权 说：“请给我饼干就好，” 尽管很难想象 为什么有人会这么做。

你有法律上的权利 嘲笑羊驼（llamas）， 但不能嘲笑羊驼（alpacas），这一点非常明确， 你佩戴紫色三边帽的权利 被铭刻在册且将永远存在于 我们所崇敬的这部古老文献之中。

《大宪章》， 最伟大的宪章， 无论在此时还是任何其他时代， 赋予了我讲老掉牙笑话的权利， 所以让我来教教你们，各位： 它是在哪里签署的？在页面的底部！

迈克·辛普森，莱斯特

手语

全文：这则告示出现在布里斯托尔东区的一家艺术家工作室门上。ITANEWUI？（如果缩写需要解释，那为什么要用它？）F. 哈维，布里斯托尔

笑话

当一个朋友说我像陈年佳酿一样优雅地老去时，我感到相当满意。然后我的妻子说：“是的，但要小心底部的沉淀物。” 罗杰·史密斯，康沃尔郡雷德鲁斯

想象一下！

后续

在阅读托尼·斯沃尔韦尔关于他开着一辆几乎无法运行的汽车返回英国的有趣描述时，我想起了一项在我的“反向愿望清单”（Reverse Bucket List，指过去在没思考的情况下做过但现在绝不会再做的可怕事情清单）上的项目。

除了曾在希腊在不知情的情况下与有毒水母共泳，以及多年前带着我心爱的八岁女儿坐在我的250cc小摩托车后座，在风力最强的沃特福德缺口处行驶在M1高速公路上之外，我还曾独自驾驶一辆小到无法超越任何车辆的汽车，在倾盆大雨中，带着坏掉的雨刷，而且——最绝的是——戴着老花镜，完成了从米尔顿凯恩斯到约克的170英里回家路！

20年后，我的丈夫仍然拿这件事（以及水母的事）来取笑我…… 也许其他读者也愿意分享他们“反向愿望清单”上的项目。我很想读读看。

菲奥娜·克劳福德， 约克富尔福德

一行哲学家

■ 令人难以接受的事实是，有些人根本没有品味。 P. 特伯维尔先生，德比

■ 不要把今天能做的事推迟到明天——因为如果你今天做了并且喜欢它，你明天还可以再做一次。 彼得·史密森，兰开夏郡里什顿

易位构词

Sophie Ellis-Bextor 的歌曲 《Murder On The Dance Floor》（舞池谋杀案）= Horrendous ballroom experience left this... body.（可怕的舞厅经历留下了这具……尸体。） 托尼·克拉夫特，肯特郡塞文奥克斯

感觉很热：呼！当一朵向日葵真是件辛苦活。J. 布罗克尔赫斯特，萨默塞特郡韦灵顿

孩童之口

我们七岁的曾孙女克洛伊向她母亲要一双“快鞋”（quick shoes）。母亲一脸困惑，告诉克洛伊她没听说过这种鞋，所以不知道去哪里给她买。克洛伊回答道：“发短信问奶奶，她知道的。她有一双——你只要把脚滑进去就行了。”

J. 夸德利夫人，斯塔福德郡塔姆沃思

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外星科技

海伦·彭尼（读者来信）询问，为什么“智能”科技让人们在寻求客户服务时，根本无法与真人对话。

电脑是由外星人放在地球上的，目的是让我们发疯，以便他们接管这个星球。他们几乎成功了。我 47 岁时买的第一部手机，而现在，30 年后，我害怕在没有手机的情况下离开公寓。

在一次前往黄石国家公园的家庭旅行中，当我的孙子被告知要把智能手机收起来，看向车窗外惊人的风景时，他表现出了极度压力和焦虑的症状。

我们现在拥有一个除了通过智能手机外无法与他人交流的年轻一代，以及每次走在街上都盯着手机看的人们。

我估计在再过五六年之后，外星人将关闭地球上所有的电脑并入侵，而我们所有人将默默地等待空白电脑屏幕上的指令。

斯图尔特·鲍尔，西萨塞克斯郡，肖勒姆

隐藏动机

为什么约翰·希利被称作“因缺乏投资而辞去国防大臣职务的人”？

他辞职是为了让斯塔默被赶下台，并让他的好友伯纳姆获得晋升，而回报则是政府中的一个高职，在那里他可以拒绝提高国防投资水平。他在《叛徒》（The Traitors）节目中一定会表现出色。

德里克·西姆， 诺森伯兰郡，斯托克斯菲尔德

死而复生

克里斯塔·派克在田纳西州的执行死刑过程充满争议，这个奇怪的案例与玛吉·迪克森的情况有相似之处。1724 年，玛吉因隐瞒怀孕及婴儿死亡被爱丁堡法院判处绞刑。

她被正式绞死，在被带走埋葬时，她的棺材里传出了敲击声。

人们发现玛吉还活着，由于她的判决被认为已在法律上执行完毕，“半吊子玛吉”被释放，并又活了 40 年。

她的“死亡”意味着她的婚姻自动解除，但她和丈夫很快又重新结婚了。

海瑟·斯平克， 东萨塞克斯郡，达林顿

1066年及其他

在 40 年后依然在世的我们，可能会在一位名为威廉的人登基（以牺牲一名名为哈里的利益为代价）的情况下，庆祝黑斯廷斯战役 1,000 周年。 奈杰尔·罗林斯，德比郡，米克尔欧弗

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直击要点

■ 除了我，还有谁是盖尔斯·布兰德雷斯不认识的？ 德西玛·巴恩斯， 南约克郡，巴恩斯利

■ 法拉奇和克拉克森。如果他们搭档，那将是一支多么强大的队伍。 约翰·斯洛利

■ 能不能请一位国会议员说他们想要削减开支以帮助偿还国债。 P. 摩根，斯塔福德郡，海德内斯福德

■ 重新加入欧盟就像回到一段虐待性的婚姻。

法国正在发生的事情也会在这里发生。 R. 特伦霍姆，萨里郡，伍斯特公园

■ 法国比我们更像个无可救药的烂摊子。 B. 威廉姆斯，默西赛德郡，普雷斯科特

寻亲侦探

《周末》杂志上关于收养后专家艾瑞尔·布鲁斯的文章引起了我的兴趣，她为 ITV 节目《失散多年的家人》提供研究。多年前，我在读到一篇关于她提供服务的《每日邮报》文章后联系了艾瑞尔。

艾瑞尔搜寻并找到了我的原生家庭。我的父母当时都还活着，我有三个长得像我的兄弟姐妹和两个同父异母 / 同母异父的兄弟姐妹，这开启了许多神奇的大门。

这位女士理应获得勋章。

安吉拉·亨斯托克-休斯，东萨塞克斯郡，布赖顿

俚语之趣

继关于让非本地人困惑的表达方式的来信之后，在我的城市，我经常听到酒吧里有人说：“那件挂在地上那边的外套是谁的夹克？”

马丁·马奥尼，卡迪夫

你的通货膨胀

科林·伍德（读者来信）说，他买车的钱比买他的

非凡

我的妻子帕特 作者：比尔·冈恩

帕特出生并成长于威尔士的阿伯里斯特威斯。她的父亲是一名机械师，母亲在一家医院的洗衣房工作。她人生中只有一个抱负：成为一名护士，随后她在阿伯里斯特威斯的布隆格莱斯医院获得了国家注册护士（state enrolled nurse）资格。

在那段时间里，她护理了卡迪根郡的副郡长，对方对她的照顾非常感激，提出要满足她一个愿望作为回报。帕特不愿错过这个机会，她说她梦想能参加白金汉宫的花园派对。不久之后，邀请函寄到了，她和母亲在宫廷花园里度过了一个美妙的下午。1971年，当帕特搬到什鲁斯伯里完成国家注册护士（state registered nurse）的培训时，我们在一次相亲中相识并立即投缘。三年后，我们结婚了。帕特当时在皇家萨洛普医院和旧的科普索恩南医院工作，曾在外科、内科、儿科、心脏科和综合病房以及急诊室工作。在接下来的几年里，我们的孩子阿里、丽莎和杰米相继出生，帕特在每次分娩之间会兼职工作。因为我的工作，我们在八十年代搬到了卡迪夫住了几年

约翰，现在我们并非都信任 BBC

约翰·辛普森（JOHN SIMPSON）在 BBC 工作了 60 年，他依然将这家公司视为它曾经的样子。它曾是获取全球新闻的首选，以其卓越且真实的报道而闻名。遗憾的是，那些日子已经一去不复返了。它已被那些只关心推行单一观点（即他们自己的观点）的主持人、记者和节目制作人所渗透。辛普森先生不应将那些停止缴纳电视执照费的人比作商店窃贼，而应思考他们为何这样做。篡改演讲以歪曲他人。主持人对他们个人不认同的政治人物表现出偏见。我们希望新闻能真实地呈现，节目不要对每件事都带有倾向性。否则， 将继续疏远观众。

苏珊·惠特菲尔德（SUSAN WHITFIELD），米德尔塞克斯郡，海耶斯

在 节目期间发布二维码来教我们如何缴纳执照费，是绝望的迹象。

伊恩·哈林顿（IAN HARRINGTON），德文郡，阿克斯明斯特

约翰·辛普森在谈到那些停止缴纳执照费的人时说：“别告诉我这些人不看 ，他们当然看，”这表明他完全不理解我们许多人——曾经 新闻的忠实消费者——所经历的心路历程。有些人如此深陷于 的泡沫之中，以至于他们根本无法想象，我们许多人在不选择消费 内容的情况下，依然能过上快乐、充实的生活。许多人继续缴纳执照费（就我而言，是为了《板球测试赛特别报道》），但不信任 能提供客观、未经过滤的新闻和时事，因此现在转向其他渠道获取这些信息。

帕特里克·克莱里（PATRICK CLEARY），诺丁汉

帕特里克·克莱里（PATRICK CLEARY），诺丁汉 约翰·辛普森怎么敢将我们这些选择不消费 内容的人贴上“商店窃贼”的标签？ 恐怕他还没有意识到，成千上万的人不再信任 ，也不再高度认可其内容。在如今拥有如此多其他平台的环境下， 和电视执照费的时代都已经过去了。 辛普森先生需要明白，我们现在所处的世界与那个 资金臃肿的世界截然不同。建立一个订阅服务，独立生存，看看有多少人愿意订阅 。这与“身为英国人的本质”毫无关系。这关乎选择的自由。

J. 蒂布斯（J. TIBBS），剑桥郡，彼得伯勒

约翰·辛普森说不缴纳执照费就像商店窃贼。我不敢苟同。如果你是商店窃贼，你能拿到你想要的东西。

杰玛·伍德（GEMMA WOOD），兰开夏郡，利瑟姆圣安妮斯

房子。我也那样做过。但几年前，我 97 岁和 94, 岁的父母买一张新沙发的钱，比他们买 2,000 英镑 房子的钱还多。

伊恩·班布里奇（IAN BAINBRIDGE），泰恩-威尔郡，惠特利湾

我确实能赢过科林·伍德。我的牙科植入物比我的房子还贵。

罗杰·威尔克斯（ROGER WILKS），西米德兰兹郡，本特利希斯

难以置信

在 10 月 7 日举行反以色列集会，就像在大屠杀纪念日举行亲纳粹集会一样。令人作呕。

艾夫罗姆·比肖普（AVROM BISHOP），兰开夏郡，索尔福德

家庭安全

政府网站首页关于应对紧急情况的建议：“在手机中设置提醒或在日历上做标记，每月至少检查一次烟雾报警器。你也可以让孩子参与每月一次的测试。”

我很高兴注意到这一点。

就个人而言，我更倾向于更频繁地检查我们的孩子。

克利夫·马瑟（CLIFF MATHER），东萨塞克斯郡，贝克斯希尔海滨

激烈交锋

凯米（KEMI）那场极具冲击力的会议演讲，已经击碎了任何提前举行大选的机会。

K. 阿克赫斯特（K. AKEHURST），柴郡，斯考拉格林

保守党承诺如果他们在下次大选中获胜，将出台绝佳的政策。不过，请提醒我，他们上次为什么输了？

B. 贝斯特（B. BEST），白金汉郡，哈兹尔米尔

格伦·比克伍德（GLEN BIRKWOOD），米德尔塞克斯郡，斯泰恩斯

噢天哪。捷豹（Jaguar）做了什么？新车型（Daily Mail）看起来像辆坦克。流畅的线条都去哪了？

我会等捷豹 Type 02, 因为我不确定 1,015 匹马力是否足以让我跟上我所在城市所有 20 英里限速区的车流。

李·塔克（LEE TUCKER），康沃尔郡，特鲁罗

本周之信

本周的获胜者是来自利物浦的彼得·费舍尔（Peter Fisher），他写信探讨了“购房权”（Right to Buy）的历史。他赢得了由 Printer Pix 赞助的“本周之信”神奇马克杯。这款杯子在盛入热水时会显示我们的《每日邮报》本周之信设计。如需定制照片礼品（见右图），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 W8 5HY，或发送电子邮件至 letters@dailymail.co.uk，请在信中附上您的地址和电话号码。

生命故事

体贴且富有同情心：帕特

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与 Royal Mail 一起。随后，帕特在威尔士大学医院的心脏科工作。回到什鲁斯伯里后，她担任玛丽·居里护士，在患者家中照顾癌症患者，经常在他们离世时陪伴在他们及其家人身边。她以爱心、细致和极大的同情心对待工作和患者。她协助监督了什鲁斯伯里的波特兰大厦护理院（Portland House Nursing Home）的开业，随后搬到了拉德布鲁克护理院（Radbrook Care Home）并担任护士长。在那里，她有幸在威斯敏斯特公爵访问什鲁斯伯里时接待了他。后来，她转职到纳菲尔德医院（Nuffield Hospital），在病房和门诊部工作。最终，在 75 岁时，她决定退休，结束了她从青少年时期就开始的护理生涯。尽管帕特和我于 1993 年离婚，但我们一直保持亲密关系。我们后来分别与他人结婚（且都再次离婚），但始终保持着最好的关系并经常见面——在她的最后几年里，我们几乎每天都见面。我会给她带一份她最喜欢的报纸《每日邮报》，她非常喜欢在上面做谜题。我最亲爱的朋友帕特，被深深地思念着。

■ 帕特里夏·伯纳黛特·冈（PATRICIA BERNADETTE GUNN）， 出生于 1943 年 5 月 19 日； 逝世于 2026 年 3 月 24 日，享年 82 岁。

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读者问答

问题：……变成了什么？

最初的艾玛·皮尔

最初在《复仇者》（The Avengers）中饰演艾玛·皮尔的演员伊丽莎白·谢泼德（Elizabeth Shepherd）后来怎么样了？

在1965年的几个星期里，伊丽莎白·谢泼德曾有望成为英国电视荧幕上最著名的女性之一。

当霍诺·布莱克曼（Honor Blackman）离开《复仇者》去出演《金手指》时，谢泼德被选中作为她的继任者，并被赋予了新创建的角色艾玛·皮尔。

该剧第四季开始拍摄，她完成了一集以及另一集的片段，随后制片人认为两人之间的化学反应并非他们想要的。该角色随后由戴安娜·里格（Diana Rigg）接替，已拍摄的素材被重新拍摄，谢泼德版本的艾玛·皮尔实际上从电视历史上被抹去了。目前已知没有任何完整的表演片段幸存。

这次挫折远未结束她的职业生涯，而仅仅是一个小小的绕道。

谢泼德1936年出生于伦敦，到20世纪50年代末，她已经在英国荧幕上崭露头角，并随后在舞台、电视和电影领域建立了丰厚的职业生涯。

她最著名的角色之一出现在罗杰·科曼（Roger Corman）1964年的哥特式恐怖电影《利吉亚之墓》（The Tomb Of Ligeia）中，她在片中与文森特·普赖斯（Vincent Price）对戏，同时饰演罗温娜夫人和神秘的利吉亚。她后来出演的电影包括《地狱之船》（Hell Boats, 1970）、《达米安：凶兆2》（Damien: Omen II, 1978）、《总统被绑架》（The Kidnapping Of The President, 1980年代）以及2009年的传记片《艾米莉亚》（Amelia）。

她的戏剧作品更为广泛——谢泼德曾在西区、百老汇和加拿大演出，挑战了广泛的莎士比亚剧作和现代角色。

她还成为了一名受人尊敬的戏剧教师，在包括纽约斯特拉·阿德勒工作室（Stella Adler Studio）和伦敦音乐与戏剧艺术学院（LAMDA）在内的机构教授莎士比亚和表演。

因此，尽管伊丽莎白·谢泼德经常被人们记得为“那个差点饰演艾玛·皮尔的演员”，但她凭借自己的能力拥有了漫长且成功的职业生涯，并在90岁高龄时依然活跃在表演艺术界。

卡尔·霍奇，伦敦 N10

问题

问：电视虚构作品中是如何塑造尸体的？是用非常逼真的假人，还是让真人保持绝对静止，或者其他方式？

芭芭拉·帕森斯，南安普顿 问：名人被正式封爵时，使用的是真名还是艺名？

问：笑声轨道的历史是什么？现在还在使用吗？ 托尼·托马斯，西米德兰斯郡索利哈尔

长期职业生涯：伊丽莎白·谢泼德

问题 橄榄球比赛是否曾

以0-0平局结束？

在20世纪80年代，我曾效力于阿尔弗斯顿橄榄球联赛足球俱乐部（Ulverston RLFC），令人惊讶的是，我参加了一场以0-0结束的比赛。

那是哈里·沃曼杯（Harry Warman Cup），一项由巴罗及地区业余橄榄球联盟（Barrow & District Amateur Rugby League）运营的让分比赛。该赛事汇集了两个组别的球队，让分标准基于上一赛季的联赛排名。

那一年，阿尔弗斯顿的一队排名第一组垫底，而A队则位居第二组之首，两人之间的让分仅为两分。

巧合的是，抽签将这两支队伍分在了一组。两队都包含几名来自巴罗突袭者队（Barrow Raiders）的前职业球员，这场比赛在俱乐部周围引起了极大的关注。训练期间数周的打趣更是增加了人们的期待。

在德拉格利·贝克（Dragley Beck），比平时更多的人群观看了这场比赛。由于球员们彼此非常熟悉，每一次擒抱都异常激烈，每一个失误都被激烈争夺。然而，双方都无法找到突破口。在经历了80分钟的残酷拼抢后，裁判吹响了全场结束的哨声，比分依然锁定在0-0。

由于让分机制，A队被宣布为获胜者。不幸的是，我在输球的一方，因此我和队友们在赛后遭受了大量的嘲讽。

乔·斯莱特，坎布里亚郡阿尔弗斯顿

问题：是否曾出现过两名决斗者都因伤势死亡的决斗？

是的，尽管这种情况并不常见。其中一起是1712年的汉密尔顿-莫亨决斗。决斗者分别是第四代汉密尔顿公爵詹姆斯·汉密尔顿和第四代莫亨男爵查尔斯·莫亨，两人在海德公园会面，以解决一场关于继承权主张的十年之久的争端，而这场争端已与党派政治纠缠在一起。

两人使用剑进行格斗，莫亨胸部被刺穿，而汉密尔顿受了伤并很快去世。这场决斗在全英国引起了轰动，部分原因是两人都是显赫的贵族，部分原因是传闻称两人的助手（他们的关键支持者）也参与了战斗，甚至可能造成了汉密尔顿的致命伤。

另一起案例发生在1831年的美国。1812年战争的英雄托马斯·比德尔少校在一次激烈的争吵后，受到了密苏里州国会议员斯宾塞·佩蒂斯的挑战。两人同意在开枪前保持仅5英尺的极短距离。两人在第一轮齐射中均中弹。佩蒂斯于次日死亡，比德尔在两天后死于伤势，使其成为极少数两名决斗者均被杀死的手枪决斗之一。 D. McDaniel, 兰开夏郡

问题：哪条河流被认为是世界上最强大的？

接续之前的回答，尽管亚马逊河的流量巨大，但其大部分河道平坦，这意味着实际上无法产生电能“功率”，水电站主要局限于其山区的支流。就发电能力而言，最强大的河流是中国长江，这得益于三峡大坝。

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2 将苹果去核并切成楔形块。将芥末、醋和蜂蜜搅拌均匀。将苹果块和西兰花加入到装有土豆和洋葱的烤盘中，然后将鼠尾草撕碎撒在上面，倒入蜂蜜芥末酱。搅拌均匀，然后将猪排摆在顶部。

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维多利亚时代的度假胜地：下方的兰迪德诺（Llandudno）和布里德灵顿港（Bridlington Harbour）依然极具吸引力

人们很容易被某个在夏季访问时令你心旷神怡的地方所吸引，并幻想将其作为退休之地。但当白昼变短、冬季临近，那些沿海漫步之路不再那么诱人时，情况会变成怎样？

这就是为什么房产专家建议您在下个月考虑这次晚年搬迁。

这被称为“十一月测试”，11月那些阴暗的日子提供了一个现实的机会来权衡哪些方面可行。

顶级建议包括：了解哪些咖啡馆在冬季保持营业，以及社区团体在寒冷月份的聚会频率。如果您需要公共交通，可以检查非旺季的时刻表是否有所不同。

在这里，我们重点介绍五个通过测试的地点……以及在那里几乎能保证获得幸福退休生活的地方。

1. LLANDUDNO, WALES

这座在维多利亚时代后期兴起的北威尔士海滨小镇是全国最适合退休的地方之一。

去年，护理警报供应商 Taking Care 对其给予了认可，强调了该镇较高的预期寿命、较低的房价、护理院、绿地和宾果游戏厅。

这里确实是一个热闹的地方。Roxton Wealth 的财务顾问 Nouran Moustafa 指出，这里全年都有营业的商店、咖啡馆和餐厅，此外还有热闹的海滨大道、大奥姆山（Great Orme）、公园、剧院以及 Venue Cymru 的现场娱乐活动。

这里还拥有极佳的沿海和区域铁路连接，使小镇在夏季和冬季都能保持畅通。

“当人们最终希望减少开车，或者希望子女和孙辈能非常方便地探访时，这一点至关重要，”Moustafa 女士补充道。

2. 赫特福德郡，罗伊斯顿 (ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE)

罗伊斯顿第一商业改善区（Royston First BID）经理保罗·布朗（Paul Brown）解释说，这座市场小镇对退休人员具有极强的吸引力。

它的规模恰到好处，既能营造出社区感，又不会让人觉得沉闷或与世隔绝。“对于那些从较大的城镇或城市搬来的人来说，这里可以是一个很不错的折中选择，”他说。

“对于一个相对较小的城镇来说，这里发生的活动之多令人惊讶。这里有咖啡馆、酒吧，每周两次的集市，休闲中心以及许多当地俱乐部和社区团体。

“如果你喜欢散步，或者只是想找个绿意盎然的地方出去走走，罗伊斯顿希斯（Royston Heath）几乎就在家门口。”

与此同时，火车站提供前往剑桥或伦敦的直达连接——这对于那些在晚年不愿开车（尤其是夜间）的人来说至关重要。

3. 多塞特郡，温博恩 (WIMBORNE, DORSET)

今年早些时候，这座多塞特郡的小镇被《泰晤士报》评为英国最宜居的地方之一——尤其是它沿斯图尔河（River Stour）延伸的繁华中心，

作者：安吉拉·埃普斯坦 (Angela Epstein)

那里有覆盖着紫藤花的房屋、水边酒吧以及设有欧式露天咖啡馆的步行广场。

但怀亚特房屋公司（Wyatt Homes）销售与营销总监菲莉帕·维克里（Philippa Vickery）表示，这里特别适合退休人员。

“温博恩提供了两全其美的选择——一个拥有热闹商业街的美丽历史市场小镇，同时乡村和海岸线也近在咫尺。

“事实上，温博恩 27 per cent 的人口年龄在 65 or over，而英格兰和威尔士的平均水平为 18.9 per cent，这证明这里已经形成了一个退休社区。”

虽然小镇本身没有自己的火车站，但这个多塞特郡的地点通过火车和巴士连接良好，可以通过附近的普尔（Poole）和伯恩茅斯（Bournemouth）交通枢纽轻松往来。

4. 约克郡，布里德灵顿 (BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE)

这里以其历史特色和旧城区而闻名，《周四谋杀俱乐部》（The Thursday Murder Club）的部分场景在此拍摄，其铺满鹅卵石的商业街在 2016 年的电影《国防军》（Dad's Army）中充当了沃尔明顿海滨（Walmington On Sea）的场景。

事实上，正是年长一代赋予了这个前渔村和维多利亚时代水疗胜地以社区感。

布里德灵顿在工作港的两侧拥有两条长长的沙滩，屡获殊荣的海滨大道非常适合长距离散步。布里德灵顿水疗中心（Bridlington Spa）最初建于 1907, 年，经过 £2000 万 的翻新，成为了艺术家和巡演节目的首选场地。今年秋天，演出名单包括约翰·巴罗曼（John Barrowman）、《天鹅湖》、《福尔蒂塔酒店》（Fawlty Towers）、《圣诞颂歌》以及《舞蹈之律》（Rhythm of the Dance）。

因此，无论天气如何，即使在冬季，这里依然热闹非凡。

5. 白金汉郡，切舍姆与阿默舍姆 (CHESHAM AND AMERSHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE)

这两座位于奇尔特恩丘陵（Chiltern Hills）的市场小镇最近被 Legal & General 评为全国最适合退休的地方。

它们的综合得分在 100 分中获得了 74 分，在医疗卫生、就医便捷度、自然环境接近度、生活成本和房产可负担性方面得分较高。

（顺便一提，这家金融服务巨头最近的一项研究发现，最快乐的退休人员平均月收入略高于 1,700 英镑）。

两座小镇都拥有热闹的中心地带，独立商店、咖啡馆和餐厅林立。

这些城镇还通过大都会线（Metropolitan Line）和奇尔特恩铁路（Chiltern Railways）与伦敦相连——让退休人员在享受乡村生活的同时，不会与家人和文化生活脱节。前往市中心的行程时间通常为 45 分钟。

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首席执行官肯·墨菲（Ken Murphy）敦促财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）取消提高超市和仓库等大型零售物业商业税的计划。

他表示：“长期以来我们一直主张，该税率体系根本不公平。零售商支付的税金平均是其公平份额的四倍。”

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希利的前任瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）在去年的预算案中引入，并于今年4月生效。

目前人们普遍担心，为了给酒吧提供更低廉的商业税，处于该税级范围内的公司所支付的税金将会增加。

墨菲表示：“我们由衷认为商业税需要改革，并敦促政府将零售商排除在去年设立的门槛之外。”

他的言论与约翰刘易斯（John Lewis）主席杰森·塔里（Jason Tarry）的观点相呼应，后者表示他的商店是“目的地”，对这类“锚点店”征收更高税收将损害商业街上的其他企业。与此同时，特易购预测今年的利润将超过 30亿英镑。

这家英国最大的超市在 4 月份表示，在今年早些时候伊朗战争爆发后，其年度利润预测范围比平时更宽，在 30亿英镑 和 33亿英镑 之间。

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尽管一些购物者可能会考虑更健康的饮食选择，并计划在今年圣诞节减少饮酒，但墨菲表示他对今年接下来的时间感到“乐观”。

他说：“我的感觉是，考虑到周围世界上发生的一切，顾客们会想要享受圣诞节。”截至 8 月 29 日的六个月里，销售额增长 1.6pc 达到 337亿英镑，利润增长 6.3pc 达到 18亿英镑。

在这一业绩公布前几天，有消息透露森比斯（Sainsbury's）和莫里森斯（Morrisons）结束了关于潜在十亿英镑合并的谈判。根据消费者数据公司 Worldpanel 的数据，此次合并本将创造一个拥有 23.6pc 市场份额的巨头，足以与特易购持有的 27.8pc 份额相抗衡。

在被问及相关报道时，墨菲表示公司不会对行业整合“过多纠结”。

他说：“我们非常专注于执行我们的战略计划。无论市场发生什么，我们都会做出应对。”

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伦敦证券交易所负责人敦促约翰·希利（John Healey）和安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）通过取消投资英国公司时所面临的“有害”税收，来“松开”英国上市公司的“手刹”。

朱莉娅·霍格特（Julia Hoggett）呼吁工党通过为公司在伦敦上市创造正确的“结构性激励”，来支持英国。

英国继续遭受股市上市匮乏的困扰，部分公司外流至纽约或欧洲交易所。

外国私募股权公司一直在以低价收购被低估的英国公司，进一步削弱了伦敦市场。

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表示：“如果我们希望英国支持英国——这也是我听到财政大臣和首相所说的——那么让我们确保我们正在为此创造结构性激励。”

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这些公司包括 Paddy Power 的所有者 Flutter（已将上市地迁至纽约），以及旅游巨头 Tui（现位于法兰克福）。包括芯片巨头 Arm Holdings 在内的英国公司在首次公开募股（IPO）时选择了华尔街而非伦敦金融城。

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对印花税规则感到沮丧，他们认为这些规则阻碍了对英国股票的投资。根据规定，投资者在购买伦敦上市股票时必须支付 0.5pc 税款，但购买海外股票时则没有此类征税。

这增加了投资者将资金投入美国股市的动力。霍格特（Hoggett）告诉 BBC：“我们向购买阿斯顿·马丁（Aston Martin）的人征税，但在这个国家不征税。这是一种有害的税收，它损害了英国经济的增长。”

她还呼吁恢复股息税抵免（Gordon Brown 在近 30 年前将其取消），以及与投资英国相关的遗产税减免。

她说：“我们认为这套方案在未来六到八年内将释放约 1220亿英镑 的资金。”

她补充说，英国“并不缺乏伟大的公司，也不缺乏资本”，但对英国市场的消极情绪正在产生不利影响。她说：“作为一个国家，我们需要停止自我贬低。这已经成了一种国民习惯。”

城市经纪公司 Peel Hunt 的研究主管查尔斯·霍尔（Charles Hall）支持上述言论，表示：“如果我们加速国内投资，这将推动经济增长和税收产生。”

经济事务研究所（Institute of Economic Affairs）的朱利安·杰索普（Julian Jessop）同意必须废除印花税，称其“起到了抑制经济活动的作用”。但他表示，使用更广泛的激励措施来促进国内投资的理由“较缺乏说服力”。

“我们需要松开手刹。”

近年来离开伦敦的公司 让他们购买特斯拉（Tesla）或保时捷（Porsche）。上次我看的时候，阿斯顿·马丁实际上雇佣了人们

“相反，政府应该专注于改善经济基本面，从而让人们和企业愿意在这里投资，”他说。

三星（SAMSUNG）有望成为第一家季度利润超过 600亿英镑 的科技公司，因为它正从 AI 热潮中获利。这家同样以智能手机闻名的韩国芯片制造商表示，第三季度的营业利润预计将增长近九倍，达到 610亿英镑。

AI 数据中心对内存芯片需求的激增，使业务得到了极大的推动。

三星（图中）为其 SpaceSelfie 活动与模特卡拉·德莱文（Cara Delevingne）合作，其最新的折叠屏智能手机的成功也带来了助力。

由于 AI 基础设施投资持续超过内存芯片的供应，此次更新使三星有望连续第四个季度创下利润记录。

由于客户争相从三星等公司购买供应，这推高了芯片价格。

AJ Bell 的丹·科茨沃思（Dan Coatsworth）表示：“三星继续从与 AI 相关的前所未有的需求水平中获益。”

金融业如何失去了它的发声权

谁在为伦敦城（City of London）发声？考虑到诸如英国金融业协会（UK Finance）、伦敦金融城协会（City UK），更不用说伦敦市 Corporation 以及伦敦证券交易所等游说团体和贸易组织的激增，这个问题听起来可能很奇怪。

过去在大多数情况下，平方英里（Square Mile）可以指望英格兰银行行长出面发声。

客观地说，安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）在谈论人工智能的危险、私人信贷、主权债务以及供给侧冲击时，从来不缺词汇。

其中大部分内容与伦敦城高度相关，因为伦敦城正与纽约竞争全球最大金融中心的地位。但这很少针对英国具体情况。

很少能听到行长为银行、保险公司、伦敦交易、资产管理公司或普通投资者发声。针对银行意外之财税（windfall taxes）最响亮且最公开的反对声音，并非来自我们那些稚嫩的英国银行首脑（谁能叫出他们的名字？），而是来自摩根大通的美国董事长杰米·戴蒙（Jamie Dimon）。贝利在新冠疫情初期是一个重要的发声者，英格兰银行也承担了繁重的任务。

金融编辑

他的前任马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）曾真正努力地让伦敦及其他地区的普通民众更广泛地理解伦敦城和银行业。

默文·金（Mervyn King）最辉煌的时刻是在2012年7月，当时他传唤了巴克莱银行当时的董事长马库斯·阿吉乌斯（Marcus Agius）来到银行，并下令解雇首席执行官鲍勃·戴蒙德（Bob Diamond）。早期的行长埃迪·乔治（Eddie George）和戈登·理查森（Gordon Richardson）在面对疑虑时，从不吝于通过挑眉示意，或在白厅和媒体中积极开展活动。

如果说什么时候最需要听到英国金融巨头们的意见，那就是在预算案出台前。听到伦敦证券交易所负责人朱莉娅·霍格特（Julia Hoggett）在电波中呼吁财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）取消股票交易印花税，并鼓励英国资产管理公司通过提供税收激励来投资英国企业（UK plc），这真是太棒了。

需要有人来制衡来自工会、工党左翼、部分内阁部长以及激进的绿党那永无止境的诉求，他们要求对银行、财富和企业征收惩罚性税收。

人们承认金融业的高薪让工会感到不满。但批评者需要知道，无论制造业、创新和运转良好的公共服务对国家福祉有多重要，银行业、金融业和专业服务业对国库的贡献同样巨大。

金融和法律工作贡献了高达19%的国家收入。金融及相关产业雇佣了2.5m人，合计缴纳税款1102亿英镑。

在这一领域进一步增加征税只会促使流动性强的伦敦城参与者离开。这也是最有可能成功的英国金融科技公司 Revolut 在考虑上市时，除了伦敦之外还将纳斯达克（Nasdaq）纳入考虑范围的原因之一。

在政党会议关于欧洲的诸多辩论中，一个未被提及的统计数据是，自金融危机和脱欧以来，英国的服务业经济表现得多么出色。

下议院数据图书馆显示，自2008年以来，服务出口增长了69%，仅金融服务业就贡献了1051亿英镑，并实现了£84.4bn的盈余。

这并非天经地义，而伦敦证券交易所面临的不利税制表明，竞争优势消失得有多快。随着预算案的临近以及进一步税收掠夺的可能性，伦敦城的元老们在他们的玻璃钢结构帝国中穿梭，安静得像老鼠一样。

他们应该学习戴蒙的做法。更多的银行征税可能会导致摩根大通撤回其在金丝雀码头（Canary Wharf）的£3bn投资。

非营利

英国石油巨头壳牌（Shell）本周报告第二季度利润为80亿英镑且利润率激增，但收到的却全是谩骂。在经历了近几个夏季之后，很少有人质疑气候变化。将人们对壳牌的厌恶与韩国科技巨头三星公布第二季度利润达600亿英镑（由AI驱动）时那睁大眼睛的狂喜对比，可见反差之大。

想象一下，如果化石燃料行业停止钻探，家庭和数据中心在冬季将面临怎样的冲击。

高盛高管获 4亿英镑奖金盛宴

高盛（Goldman Sachs）的高管将获得总额超过5亿加元的奖金，这将成为华尔街规模最大的奖金盛宴之一。

这些股权支付总额相当于近4亿英镑，预计将于本月晚些时候最终确定，发放给约20名高管。

首席执行官大卫·所罗门（David Solomon）是一名以 D-Sol 艺名表演的兼职 DJ（如图），他将是最大的赢家，获得1亿加元（7500万英镑）。在下周公布第三季度业绩之前，彭博新闻社首先披露了这些支付详情。这些奖金源于2021年授予的特别奖励，当时华尔街银行在新冠疫情后反弹，并从疯狂的交易热潮中获利。在最初公布时，这些奖金被描述为“人才战争”的一部分，据称这一描述激怒了员工。

一名高盛发言人表示：“毫无秘密可言，我们公司在随后的几年里表现异常出色。”

Taylor Wimpey 退出伦敦新房开发

由于经济可行性已“蒸发”，Taylor Wimpey 成为最新一家退出伦敦新房开发的房屋建筑商。

这对市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）的住房目标又是沉重一击。这家富时250指数（FTSE 250）建筑商的老板表示，一旦目前已在进行的一小部分项目完工，她无意在首都建设更多房屋。

为了实现住房目标，政府要求伦敦每年建设88,000套房屋，即每季度22,000套。建筑商此前已警告市长，由于不切实际的经济适用房目标正在“扼杀”建设新房的努力，伦敦已成为投资的“禁区”。

首席执行官珍妮·戴利（Jennie Daly）表示：“我认为，伦敦的基础可行性已从根本上崩溃。在伦敦承担这种极高风险的开发形式所能获得的报酬已经蒸发了。”

作者：Jane Denton

她指出了负担能力问题，更高的抵押贷款利率加剧了首都房价过高带来的痛苦。

印花税成本和外国投资的缺乏也影响了房屋销售。

“经济可行性已崩溃”

买家需求的崩溃和建筑成本的上升加剧了建筑商的困境。

上个月，Vistry 宣布计划退出其在东南部市场的公开运营，以应对销售低迷的问题。

房屋建筑商联合会（Home Builders Federation）上个月警告称，市长的开发战略“实际上使伦敦成为了住房投资的禁区”。

汗要求建筑商确保每个开发项目中有35%的房屋为经济适用房，开发商认为这一比例过高。

本周，伯克利集团（Berkeley Group）在失去于伦敦东南部佩克汉（Peckham）废弃的艾尔舍姆中心（Aylesham Centre）建设数百套房屋的斗争后，对政府表示不满。

全英国的开发商都面临着建筑成本上升、额外税收以及该行业增加的繁文缛节。

来自住宅开发咨询公司 Molior 的数据显示，2026年第二季度仅有2,876套房屋开始建设。

伦敦市长的一位发言人告诉《泰晤士报》，他正在“尽一切可能提供更多房屋”，并且他“意识到建筑商面临的挑战”。

马斯顿公司伯顿酿酒厂在运营近200年后将关闭

作者：艾米莉·霍金斯 (Emily Hawkins)

位于特伦特河畔伯顿 (Burton upon Trent) 的马斯顿 (Marston's) 酿酒厂即将关闭，该公司在该镇酿造啤酒的历史已近200年。

所有者嘉士伯必瑞夫 (Carlsberg Britvic) 表示，由于英国饮酒者不再青睐桶装艾尔啤酒 (cask ale)，计划于明年夏天关闭这家位于斯塔福德郡 (Staffordshire)、拥有310名员工的工厂。真实艾尔运动组织 (CAMRA) 称此举是“绝对的耻辱”。

该组织表示，这表明这家啤酒巨头并不关心英国的饮酒者。

嘉士伯必瑞夫首席执行官保罗·戴维斯 (Paul Davies) 表示，“残酷的现实”是，在不到十年的时间里，英国的桶装艾尔啤酒销量减少了一半以上。

约翰·马斯顿 (John Marston) 于1834年在伯顿首次创立了酿酒公司，随后于1898年搬迁至目前位于肖纳尔路 (Shob-nall Road) 的酿酒厂地址。

该公司将保留其主要艾尔品牌，如 Hobgoblin、McEwan's 和 Brooklyn，但计划出售其较小的品牌。

戴维斯表示：“我非常清楚这个消息会对同事们造成冲击，因为我意识到这项提议的影响是巨大的。”

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<><>3i Group< / ><>2352< / ><>-39< / ><>4459< / ><>2082< / >< / ><><>Ashmore Group< / ><> $216^4$ < / ><>-5< / ><> $266^4$ < / ><> $153^2$ < / >< / ><><>Bridgepoint Group< / >< colspan="2"> $382^{\text{exd}} + 17^4$ < / ><> $382^8$ < / ><> $222^8$ < / >< / ><><>Capital Gearing< / ><>512< / ><>-1< / ><>530< / ><> $52^4$ < / >< / ><><>CMC Markets< / ><>654< / ><>-8< / ><>785< / ><>206< / >< / ><><>Coats Group< / ><> $81^4$ < / ><>+ $^4$ < / ><> $95^8$ < / ><> $74^8$ < / >< / ><><>Cordiant Digital< / ><> $117^2$ < / ><>< / ><>127< / ><> $117^2$ < / >< / ><><>Foresight Group< / ><>437< / ><>-12< / ><>503< / ><>345< / >< / ><><>Hansa Investment< / ><>330< / ><>-4< / ><>344< / ><>326< / >< / ><><>ICG< / ><>1735< / ><>-29< / ><>2122< / ><>1463< / >< / ><><>IG Group< / ><>963< / ><>+13< / ><>1938< / ><>950< / >< / ><><>Integrafin< / ><>370< / ><>+3< / ><> $399^2$ < / ><> $298^2$ < / >< / ><><>Intl Public Partnerships< / ><>135< / ><>- $^8$ < / ><> $144^8$ < / ><> $117^4$ < / >< / ><><>Investec< / ><> $588^2$ < / ><>- $6^2$ < / ><>682< / ><>518< / >< / ><><>IP Group< / ><> $69^8$ < / ><>- $^2$ < / ><> $75^8$ < / ><> $48^8$ < / >< / ><><>London Stock Exchange< / ><>8470< / ><>+154< / ><>9992< / ><>7170< / >< / ><><>Man Group< / ><> $330^8$ < / ><>+ $3^8$ < / ><>343< / ><> $187^8$ < / >< / ><><>North Atlantic Smaller< / ><>418< / ><>-10< / ><>433< / ><>330< / >< / ><><>OSB Group< / ><> $473^8$ < / ><>- $11^4$ < / ><> $643^2$ < / ><> $473^2$ < / >< / ><><>Paragon< / ><>702< / ><>-3< / ><>917< / ><> $700^4$ < / >< / ><><>Plus500< / ><>3220xd< / ><>+14< / ><>5070< / ><>2950< / >< / ><><>Quilter< / ><> $174^8$ < / ><>- $^4$ < / ><> $208^4$ < / ><> $169^2$ < / >< / ><><>Rathbone Group< / ><>1518< / ><>-14< / ><>2265< / ><>1512< / >< / ><><>Ruffer Investment< / ><> $291^{\text{exd}}$ < / ><>- $1^2$ < / ><> $313^2$ < / ><> $289^2$ < / >< / ><><>SDCL Efficiency< / ><> $32^8$ < / ><>- $^8$ < / ><>63< / ><>32< / >< / ><><>Seraphim Space< / ><> $191^8$ < / ><>- $^4$ < / ><> $273^2$ < / ><> $75^8$ < / >< / ><><>Temple Bar< / ><>410< / ><>+ $^2$ < / ><>429< / ><>354< / >< / ><><>TP ICAP< / ><>322xd< / ><>-1< / ><>355< / ><> $240^2$ < / >< / ><><>XPS Pensions< / ><> $303^2$ < / ><>+ $2^2$ < / ><>362< / ><>283< / >< / table>

52周最高最低 房屋建筑商

<>< colspan="4">医疗保健设备与服务< / >< / ><><>Convatec......213< / ><> $-3^{14}$ < / ><>256 $^{8}$ < / ><>194< / >< / ><><>Oxford Biomedica......513< / ><>-15< / ><>913< / ><>424< / >< / ><><>Smith & Nephew......1003 $^{1 / 2}$ xd-15 $^{1 / 2}$ < / ><>< / ><>1417 $^{2}$ < / ><>982 $^{18}$ < / >< / ><><>Spire Health......246 $^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $-2$ < / ><>247 $^{2}$ < / ><>142 $^{1 / 4}$ < / >< / table>

Barratt Redrow....291 $^{3}$ xd< / td><>-8 $^{4}$ < / ><>409 $^{8}$ < / ><>241 $^{4}$ < / >< / tr><><>Bellway....1965< / ><>-35< / ><>2868< / ><>1715< / >< / ><><>Berkeley Grp....3176< / ><>-16< / ><>4434< / ><>3104< / >< / ><><>Crest Nicholson....59 $^{8}$ < / ><>-8< / ><>175 $^{4}$ < / ><>55 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Persimmon....1205 $^{2}$ < / ><>-16 $^{2}$ < / ><>1543 $^{2}$ < / ><>998 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Taylor Wimpey....74 $^{3}$ xd< / ><>-2 $^{4}$ < / ><>116 $^{2}$ < / ><>74 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Vistry Group....217 $^{4}$ < / ><>-7 $^{8}$ < / ><>736 $^{4}$ < / ><>217 $^{4}$ < / >< / table>

工业运输

<><>Clarkson< / ><>5265< / ><>+105< / ><>5305< / ><>3430< / >< / ><><>Zigup< / ><>432< / ><>-5< / ><>478< / ><>326< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="5">工业< / >< / ><><>Bodycote< / ><>910xd< / ><>-2< / ><>9602< / ><>601< / >< / ><><>Globaldata< / ><>59xd< / ><>-18< / ><>1242< / ><>568< / >< / ><><>Goodwin< / ><>14140xd< / ><>-60< / ><>27600< / ><>11100< / >< / ><><>Hill & Smith< / ><>3000< / ><>-100< / ><>3320< / ><>2050< / >< / ><><>IMI< / ><>3032< / ><>-20< / ><>3150< / ><>2260< / >< / ><><>Melrose Ind< / ><>4384< / ><>-114< / ><>6814< / ><>4358< / >< / ><><>RHI Magnesita< / ><>2705< / ><>-135< / ><>3345< / ><>1980< / >< / ><><>Rotork< / ><>491< / ><>+4< / ><>4932< / ><>2888< / >< / ><><>Smiths Gp< / ><>2710< / ><>-52< / ><>2847< / ><>2118< / >< / ><><>Spirax Group< / ><>7015< / ><>-125< / ><>7960< / ><>6300< / >< / ><><>Vesuvius< / ><>4528xd< / ><>-18< / ><>503< / ><>2502< / >< / ><><>Weir< / ><>2538xd< / ><>-22< / ><>3546< / ><>2274< / >< / table>

休闲用品

<><>Games Workshop......16350< / ><>-190< / ><>21940< / ><>14470< / >< / ><><>ME Group ...... $111^{1 / 4}$ < / ><>-2< / ><> $194^{3 / 8}$ < / ><> $100^{1 / 4}$ < / >< / ><><>Watches of Switz ...... $666^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $-7^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $801^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $359^{3 / 4}$ < / >< / table>

人寿保险

<><>Aberdeen Group< / ><>237< / ><>+28< / ><>261< / ><>1854< / >< / ><><>Aviva< / ><>6729xd< / ><>-48< / ><>737< / ><>5918< / >< / ><><>Legal & General< / ><>2852< / ><>-28< / ><>3168< / ><>234< / >< / ><><>Prudential< / ><>8879xd< / ><>+68< / ><>1220< / ><>8784< / >< / ><><>St James Place< / ><>1020< / ><>-7< / ><>1553< / ><>10184< / >< / ><><>Standard Life< / ><>8382xd< / ><>-33< / ><>953< / ><>6492< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">媒体< / >< / ><><>4imprint< / ><>4362< / ><>+42< / ><>5000< / ><>3055< / >< / ><><>Autotrader Group< / ><>4858< / ><>+158< / ><>816< / ><>4274< / >< / table>

<><>跌幅最大< / ><>收盘价< / ><>当日涨跌< / >< / ><><>Oxford Nanopore< / ><>200.80< / ><>-8.98%< / >< / ><><>Unite Group< / ><>419.80< / ><>-5.07%< / >< / ><><>RHI Magnesita< / ><>2705.00< / ><>-4.75%< / >< / ><><>Polar Capital< / ><>417.50< / ><>-4.02%< / >< / ><><>Oxford Instruments< / ><>2926.00< / ><>-4.00%< / >< / table>

< / td>< colspan="2">52周< / ><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / tr><><>Bloomsbury....< / ><>669< / ><>+22< / ><>672< / ><>438 $\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>Informa....< / ><>891< / ><>+24 $\frac{3}{8}$ < / ><>993 ${3}{8}$ < / ><>739 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>ITV....< / ><>66 ${3}{8}$ < / ><>+ ${3}{8}$ < / ><>85 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>65 ${3}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Mony Group....< / ><>185 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>+7 ${3}{8}$ < / ><>213< / ><>144 ${1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>Pearson....< / ><>1266 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>+23 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>1326< / ><>891 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>RELX....< / ><>2595< / ><>-4< / ><>3510< / ><>2013< / >< / ><><>Rightmove Group....< / >< colspan="2">502 ${3}{8}$ xd+41 ${3}{8}$ < / ><>692 ${3}{8}$ < / ><>404< / >< / ><><>WPP....< / ><>372-xxd< / ><>-12 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>411 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>224 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / table>

<>< colspan="5">采矿业< / >< / ><><>Anglo American< / ><>4040< / ><>-19< / ><>4306< / ><>2710< / >< / ><><>Antofagasta< / ><>3605< / ><>-87< / ><>4455< / ><>2577< / >< / ><><>Endeavour Mining< / ><>4073xd< / ><>-31< / ><>5290< / ><>2974< / >< / ><><>Fresnillo< / ><>2689< / ><>+1< / ><>4448< / ><>2080< / >< / ><><>Glencore< / ><>568 $^{4}$ < / ><> $-1⁄4$ < / ><>629< / ><>335< / >< / ><><>Hochschild Mining< / ><>510 $^{2}$ < / ><>-9 $^{2}$ < / ><>808 $^{2}$ < / ><>316 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Pan African Resources< / ><>114 $^{8}$ < / ><>+8< / ><>183 $^{8}$ < / ><>81< / >< / ><><>Rio Tinto< / ><>7022< / ><>< / ><>8308< / ><>4983 $^{2}$ < / >< / table>

非寿险保险

<><>Admiral Gp......3624< / ><>-10< / ><>4128< / ><>2644< / >< / ><><>Hiscox......1822< / ><>-12< / ><>1943< / ><>1308< / >< / ><><>Lancashire Hldgs......635< / ><>-6 $^{1 / 2}$ < / ><>683< / ><>565< / >< / table>

房地产

<><>BP< / ><> $584^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $+22^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $606^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $410^{1 / 2}$ < / >< / ><><>Energean< / ><> $699^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $+12^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $1026$ < / ><> $683^{1 / 2}$ < / >< / ><><>Harbour Energy< / ><> $278^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $+10$ < / ><> $318^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $185^{1 / 8}$ < / >< / ><><>Hunting< / ><> $384^{1 / 2}$ xd< / ><> $+7$ < / ><> $531$ < / ><> $311$ < / >< / ><><>Ithaca Energy< / ><> $279^{1 / 8}$ < / ><> $+5$ < / ><> $296^{1 / 4}$ < / ><> $153^{1 / 4}$ < / >< / ><><>Shell< / >< colspan="2"> $3780^{1 / 2}$ + $132^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $3780^{1 / 2}$ < / ><> $2562$ < / >< / table>

石油与天然气生产商 石油设备与服务

<>< colspan="5">制药与生物技术< / >< / ><><>AstraZeneca< / ><>11892< / ><>-288< / ><>15542< / ><>11460< / >< / ><><>Genus< / ><>2222< / ><>+14< / ><>3170< / ><>1966< / >< / ><><>GSK< / ><>1735 $^{2}$ xd< / ><>-55< / ><>2268< / ><>1620< / >< / ><><>Haleon< / ><>344 $^{4}$ < / ><>+1 $^{1}$ 8< / ><>410 $^{8}$ < / ><>320 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Hikma Pharma< / ><>1607< / ><>-39< / ><>1839< / ><>1191< / >< / ><><>Oxford Nanopore< / ><>200 $^{4}$ < / ><>-19 $^{4}$ < / ><>230 $^{4}$ < / ><>104 $^{2}$ < / >< / ><><>Reckitt Benckiser< / ><>5072< / ><>-34< / ><>6681 $^{4}$ < / ><>4443< / >< / table>

Big Yellow Gp< / td><>795 $^{1 / 2}$ < / ><>-21 $^{1 / 2}$ < / ><>1180< / ><>789< / >< / tr><><>British Land< / ><>384 $^{1 / 4}$ < / ><>-6 $^{8}$ < / ><>448 $^{4}$ < / ><>343 $^{1 / 4}$ < / >< / ><><>Derwent London< / ><>1749xd< / ><>-37< / ><>2146< / ><>1509< / >< / ><><>Grainger< / ><>159 $^{8}$ < / ><>-4< / ><>199< / ><>150 $^{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Grt Portland Est< / ><>300 $^{1 / 4}$ < / ><>-3 $^{3 / 4}$ < / ><>374< / ><>274 $^{1 / 2}$ < / >< / table>

<><>< / >< colspan="2">52周< / ><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / ><><>Hammerson< / ><> $321^{4}xd$ < / ><> $-5\frac{1}{4}$ < / ><> $385^6$ < / ><> $288^8$ < / >< / ><><>Harworth< / ><> $187xd$ < / ><>< / ><> $187^8$ < / ><> $120$ < / >< / ><><>Land Securities< / ><> $601$ < / ><> $-11\frac{1}{2}$ < / ><> $722$ < / ><> $532$ < / >< / ><><>LondonMetric Prop< / ><> $172$ < / ><> $-8$ < / ><> $215$ < / ><> $170^4$ < / >< / ><><>Primary Hlth Prop< / ><> $89^4$ < / ><>< / ><> $108^4$ < / ><> $87^2$ < / >< / ><><>Safestore Hldgs< / ><> $493^4$ < / ><> $-7{1}{4}$ < / ><> $837$ < / ><> $493^4$ < / >< / ><><>Savills< / ><> $955$ < / ><> $+2$ < / ><> $1108$ < / ><> $808$ < / >< / ><><>SEGRO< / ><> $908$ < / ><> $-5{1}{8}$ < / ><> $997^8$ < / ><> $639^4$ < / >< / ><><>Shaftesbury< / ><> $134^8$ < / ><> $-2$ < / ><> $154^2$ < / ><> $126^4$ < / >< / ><><>Sirius Real Estate< / ><> $88^4$ < / ><> $+2$ < / ><> $111^8$ < / ><> $86^8$ < / >< / ><><>Supermarket Inc< / ><> $80$ < / ><> $-8$ < / ><> $88^8$ < / ><> $77^8$ < / >< / ><><>Target Healthcare< / ><> $112^8$ < / ><> $-8$ < / ><> $116$ < / ><> $92^4$ < / >< / ><><> Property IT< / ><> $268^2$ < / ><> $-2{1}{2}$ < / ><> $361^2$ < / ><> $268$ < / >< / ><><>Tritax Big Box< / ><> $138^8$ < / ><> $-2{1}{4}$ < / ><> $173^4$ < / ><> $138^8$ < / >< / ><><>Unite Group< / ><> $419^{4}xd$ < / ><> $-22^8$ < / ><> $613^2$ < / ><> $415^4$ < / >< / ><><>Workspace Gp< / ><> $351^6$ < / ><> $-8{1}{4}$ < / ><> $430$ < / ><> $319^8$ < / >< / table>

<>< colspan="5">零售商< / >< / ><><>AO World< / ><>89 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>-4< / ><>113 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>83 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>ASOS< / ><>461 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>+10 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>508< / ><>206 ${1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>B&M< / ><>257< / ><>+1 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>257< / ><>155 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>Burberry Gp< / ><>1007< / ><>-9< / ><>1360< / ><>977 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Currys< / ><>147 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>+1 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>168 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>117 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>Dr. Martens< / ><>67 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>-8< / ><>95< / ><>60 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>Dunelm Gp< / ><>788< / ><>< / ><>1170< / ><>715< / >< / ><><>Frasers Group< / ><>835< / ><>-14< / ><>849< / ><>618 ${1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>Greggs< / ><>2094xd< / ><>+16< / ><>2124< / ><>1418< / >< / ><><>Howden Joinery< / ><>748< / ><>-6 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>970< / ><>723 ${1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>Inchcape< / ><>658< / ><>+14< / ><>890< / ><>644< / >< / ><><>JD Sports Fashion< / ><>84< / ><>+2< / ><>100 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>65 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>Kingfisher< / ><>322exd< / ><>-6 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>370 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>269 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Marks & Spencer< / ><>396 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>+2 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>410 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>308 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Moonpig< / ><>278 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>+4< / ><>293< / ><>197< / >< / ><><>Next< / ><>14455< / ><>-120< / ><>15715< / ><>12005< / >< / ><><>Ocado Gp< / ><>283 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>-2 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>288< / >< / table>

$\frac{1}{4}$ < / td> 159 $\frac{1}{4}$ < / >< / tr> <>Pets at Home Gp< / ><>208 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>+8< / ><>224< / ><>170 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Sainsbury(J)< / ><>332 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>+4 ${1}{4}$ < / ><>359 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>295 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>SSP Group< / ><>188< / ><>-3< / ><>214 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>138 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Tesco< / ><>500 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>+24 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>504 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>413 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / ><><>WH Smith< / ><>369 ${1}{8}$ < / ><>< / ><>710< / ><>360 ${1}{8}$ < / >< / ><><>Wickes Group< / ><>199xd< / ><>-1 ${1}{2}$ < / ><>255< / ><>170 ${1}{4}$ < / >< / table>

<><>< / >< colspan="2">52周< / ><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / ><><>Experian< / ><>2574< / ><>+31< / ><>3679< / ><>2375< / >< / ><><>Hays< / ><>62< / ><>< / ><>768< / ><>298< / >< / ><><>Intertek Gp< / ><>5890< / ><>-10< / ><>5900< / ><>3582< / >< / ><><>Intl Workplace Gp< / ><>1788xd< / ><>+8< / ><>2498< / ><>1684< / >< / ><><>Johnson Service Gp< / ><>135xdx< / ><>-14< / ><>1708< / ><>1258< / >< / ><><>Michael Page< / ><>2064xd< / ><>-48< / ><>2484< / ><>1038< / >< / ><><>Mitie Group< / ><>2104< / ><>-4< / ><>2104< / ><>1364< / >< / ><><>Rentokil Initial< / ><>3018< / ><>+32< / ><>5064< / ><>296< / >< / ><><>RS Group< / ><>750< / ><>-62< / ><>780< / ><>5412< / >< / ><><>Serco< / ><>2514< / ><>+3< / ><>3244< / ><>219< / >< / ><><>Shree< / ><>300< / ><>< / ><>309< / ><>1458< / >< / ><><>Travis Perkins< / ><>549xdx< / ><>-14< / ><>714< / ><>5072< / >< / ><><>W.A.G< / ><>1002< / ><>< / ><>1002< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="4">技术硬件与设备< / >< / ><><>discoverIE Gp......848< / ><>-2< / ><>865< / ><>514< / >< / ><><>GB GROUP......144 $^{58}$ < / ><>+1 $^{34}$ < / ><>259< / ><>142 $^{34}$ < / >< / ><><>Raspberry Pi......671< / ><>+10 $^{2}$ < / ><>1051< / ><>257 $^{14}$ < / >< / ><><>Spirent Comms......198 $^{34}$ < / ><>< / ><>198 $^{34}$ < / ><>198 $^{38}$ < / >< / table>

电信

<><>Airtel Africa......309 $^{18}$ < / ><>-3 $^{14}$ < / ><>420 $^{14}$ < / ><>224 $^{14}$ < / >< / ><><>BT Gp......197 $^{12}$ < / ><>-1< / ><>239 $^{12}$ < / ><>174 $^{18}$ < / >< / ><><>Gamma Comms......1092< / ><>< / ><>1182< / ><>701< / >< / ><><>Helios Towers......216 $^{18}$ < / ><>-3< / ><>245 $^{18}$ < / ><>142 $^{14}$ < / >< / ><><>Telecom Plus......839< / ><>-11< / ><>1862< / ><>710< / >< / ><><>Vodafone Gp......124 $^{18}$ < / ><>-3 $^{18}$ < / ><>131 $^{14}$ < / ><>84 $^{18}$ < / >< / table>

烟草

<><>Br Am Tob< / ><>4161xd< / ><>+77< / ><>4962< / ><>3733< / >< / ><><>Imperial Brands< / ><>2614< / ><>+126< / ><>3341< / ><>2424< / >< / table>

软件与计算机服务< / td>< / tr><><>Alfa Financial< / ><>157< / ><>-1< / ><>233< / ><>1428< / >< / ><><>Auction Tech< / ><>4678< / ><>+48< / ><>4834< / ><>263< / >< / ><><>Baltic Classifieds< / ><>2-xxd< / ><>+< / ><>309< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>Bytes Technology< / ><>4444< / ><>+14< / ><>457< / ><>2538< / >< / ><><>Computacenter< / ><>5485xd< / ><>+35< / ><>5670< / ><>2630< / >< / ><><>Deliveroo< / ><>1794< / ><>< / ><>1794< / >< / ><><>Kainos Gp< / ><>1233xd< / ><>+12< / ><>1294< / ><>6982< / >< / ><><>NCC Grp< / ><>149xd< / ><>-4< / ><>1574< / ><>1134< / >< / ><><>Playtech< / ><>360< / ><>+14< / ><>445< / ><>232< / >< / ><><>Softcat< / ><>1837< / ><>+12< / ><>2112< / ><>1091< / >< / ><><>The Sage Group< / ><>10272< / ><>+52< / ><>1175< / ><>7838< / >< / ><><>Trustpilot< / ><>2334< / ><>+24< / ><>2984< / ><>1294< / >< / table>

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1.15 -纽马克特 戈多芬灯塔项目 康沃利斯锦标赛 (第三组) (1) (2-Y-0) 7.5 万英镑 (42,532 英镑) 5f (13) ITV1

101 (11)< / td><>1L4200< / ><>CARRY THE FLAG 13 (D2) A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-3.... D McDonogh< / >< / tr><><>102 (5)< / ><>1153< / ><>FLANN SUNNA 28 (G) S & E Crisford 9-3....W Buick< / >< / ><><>103 (3)< / ><>2816< / ><>MARCO POLO 13 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-3....R L Moore< / >< / ><><>104 (8)< / ><>211< / ><>MINSTER MAN 41 (D2) (S) R Cowell 9-3....M Ghiani< / >< / ><><>105 (1)< / ><>33611< / ><>MUSSAB 21 (D2) (S) R & P Fahey 9-3....Oisin Orr< / >< / ><><>106 (2)< / ><>219< / ><>NEVER ENOUGH 49 (G) E Walker 9-3....K Shoemark< / >< / ><><>107 (13)< / ><>751< / ><>PERFECT STRIKE 28 (D) (S) W Haggas 9-3....C Fallon< / >< / ><><>108 (12)< / ><>424111< / ><>THIS MOMENT 27 (D3) (S) G Boughey 9-3....Grace McEntee< / >< / ><><>109 (7)< / ><>12913< / ><>ARMOR SUPREME 36 (D2) D Dias (IRE) 9-0....Rossa Ryan< / >< / ><><>110 (6)< / ><>31L190< / ><>BINT ARCHANGE 50 (P) (D2) R Hughes 9-0....David Egan< / >< / ><><>111 (4)< / ><>201224< / ><>FAST TRACK 28 (T) (G) A Balding 9-0....O Murphy< / >< / ><><>112 (10)< / ><>185< / ><>IN THE BLACK 28 (D) (G) G Oldroyd 9-0....P J McDonald< / >< / ><><>113 (9)< / ><>112< / ><>ROGUE JEWEL 39 (G) E Bethell 9-0....CT Keane< / >< / table>

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2025：Beckford's Folly 2 9 3 (William Buick) 16-1℃ Appleby 抽签 (4) 10 匹参赛。 TIMEFORM 评述：Flying Childers 赛事的表现可能是关键，获得第三名的 FLANN SUNNA 被选中，有望提升其积极形象并夺冠。In The Black 在短时间内取得了长足进步，考虑到她在该场比赛中几乎被撞倒，她的表现可以被上调。Mussab 看起来是一匹稳健的 2 岁马，而 Perfect Strike 在 5f 的距离上可能更有爆发力。

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202 (7)		1	CHASING DAYLIGHT 24 (D) (S) D M Simcock 9-2....C Rodriguez
203 (6)		14824	DARK ISSUE 20 R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs
204 (14)		241143	FOREST BERRY 13 (H) (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....L Morris
205 (2)		731	GOLDEN RING 7 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2....R L Moore
206 (4)		321335	GREEK SYMPHONY 34 (D) Oliver Cole 9-2....Oisin Orr
207 (16)		3194	LOLA DE VALENCE 18 (G) B Millman 9-2....S Osborne
208 (5)		3314	MINKAAS 28 (G) T Kent 9-2....James Doyle
209 (9)		1546	MISS KODI 36 (BF) (S) C Cox 9-2....Rossa Ryan
210 (3)		1423	NUIT D'ECLAIR 36 (G) K P De Foy 9-2....David Egan
211 (13)		112	POLYXENA 13 (G) S C Williams 9-2....M Ghiani
212 (8)		166	SEA VENTURE 14 (T) (S) G Scott 9-2....W Bulck
213 (12)		414	SIENA STORM 40 E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark
214 (1)		81	SWELTERING 31 (D) (S) A Balding 9-2....O Murphy
215 (10)		5519	THURITHA 29 D M Simcock 9-2....D Muscutt
216 (15)		202131	TOPAZ 19 (G) J Channon 9-2....F Marsh

预计起步赔率 (SP)：4 Nuit D'eclair, 9-2 Miss Kodi, 5 Siena Storm, 6 Chasing Daylight, 8 Golden Ring, 12 Sea Venture, Dark Issue, 14 Minkaas, Celestia. 热门选择：3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1

这是她在这个级别 deservedly 实现突破的机会。Siena Storm 上次在 Prestige 赛中未能发挥出最佳水平，但仍具潜力；而 Topaz 凭借近期在意大利的胜利，同样是领先的竞争者。

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预计起步赔率 (SP)：7-4 Flora Of Bermuda, 9-4 Time To Turn, 5 Never So Brave, 7 Pina Sonata. 热门选择：2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 年龄：3 5 6 6 4 4 6 3 5 4

她上次在唐卡斯特的公园锦标赛 (Park Stakes) 中获得第二名，因此预计她将增加胜场记录。Time To Turn 在最近一次出赛中有其客观原因，在降级参赛后可能是最大的威胁，领先于 Witness Stand。

2.57-BET365 雌马一英里赛 (第一组) (1) (2-Y-0) ITV1 50 万英镑 增加 (283,550 英镑) 1英里 (8)

401 (5) 341223 DANCING DESTINY 26 (D2) J P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... D McDonogh 402 (7) 03343 EXCEPTIONALLY 24 (BF) A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... CT Keane 403 (1) 11 FORBIDDEN FIRE 28 (G) A Balding 9-2... O Murphy 404 (3) 821 HAVEN 14 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... R L Moore 405 (6) 11 LEX VICTORIA 30 (T) (G) S & E Crisford 9-2... James Doyle 406 (8) 111 MUSICAL TIMES 29 (D) (GS) C Appleby 9-2... W Buick 407 (4) 4211 ROGUE PASSION 33 (D) (S) E Bethell 9-2... Rossa Ryan 408 (2) 222122 SCOMMESSA SICURA 29 (G) A Balding 9-2... S Osborne

预计单票赔率 (SP)：1-2 Musical Times, 4 Rogue Passion, 10 Forbidden Fire, 12 Lex Victoria, 16 Haven。热门选择：1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

2025年：Precise 2 9 2 (C Soumillon) 5-4 热门 A P O'Brien 抽签 (2) 10匹参赛。 TIMEFORM：ROGUE PASSION 在隆尚赛马场赢得 Aumale 奖的战绩在 Arc 比赛日得到了极大的证实。她反超了周日 Jean-Luc Lagardère 奖的冠军 Amusingly，而 Marcel Boussac 奖的亚军 Data 则落后近 4 个身位获得第三名。因此，相比于尚未尝败绩的 Musical Times，Edward Bethell 的这匹雌马看起来更具价值；而 Musical Times 在 May Hill 赛中轻松获胜后，其水平已足以赢得大多数此类赛事。

赛道实况：大奖赛及主要赛事。右手赛道。 场地状况：好至坚实。起跑闸：中心。抽签优势：无。 顶尖骑师：William Buick。顶尖练马师：C Appleby。首次佩戴装备：1.15 Bint Archange, 4.10 Cherry Baker, Midnight Tango。长途运输马匹：Akabusi (5.20) 爱尔兰；Marco Polo (1.15), Carry The Flag (1.15), Armor Supreme (1.15), Golden Ring (1.50), Exceptionally (2.57), Dancing Destiny (2.57), Haven (2.57), Snellen (4.45) 爱尔兰；Holguin (2.25) 阿拉伯联合酋长国；Lola De Valence (1.50) 219 英里。

ROBIN GOODFELLOW< / td>< colspan="2">GIMCRACK< / >< / tr><><>1.15< / ><>Mussab< / ><>1.15< / ><>In The Black< / >< / ><><>1.50< / ><>Nuit D'eclair< / ><>1.50< / ><>Siena Storm< / >< / ><><>2.25< / ><>FLORA OF BERMUDA (nap)< / ><>2.25< / ><>Time To Turn< / >< / ><><>2.57< / ><>Rogue Passion< / ><>2.57< / ><>Rogue Passion (nap)< / >< / ><><>3.30< / ><>Archers Bay (nb)< / ><>3.30< / ><>Archers Bay< / >< / ><><>4.10< / ><>The Prettiest Star< / ><>4.10< / ><>Dance In The Storm< / >< / ><><>4.45< / ><>On Message< / ><>4.45< / ><>Felicitas< / >< / ><><>5.20< / ><>Mister Mojito< / ><>5.20< / ><>The Sweet Escape< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">纽马基特 (NEWMARKET) – 1.15 Flann Sunna (nb); 2.57 MUSICAL TIMES (nap)。< / >< / table>

3.30-BET365 OLD ROWLEY 杯让磅赛 (遗产让磅赛) (2) (3-Y-0) 10 万英镑 增加 (51,540 英镑) 1英里 4弗隆 (11) ITV1

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501 (10) 394132 ARCHERS BAY 14 (P) (CD) G M Botti 9-9.... R L Moore 502 (3) 311242 DECADE OF TIME 34 (GS) J Channon 9-6.... G Bass 503 (4) 14-5496 SPYCE 29 (S) A King 9-5.... Rossa Ryan 504 (5) 22010L INTO THE LIGHT 34 (P) (G) C Appleby 9-4.... Toby Moore (7) 505 (1) L21-352 STUDY OF WORDS 77 (C) C Appleby 9-3.... W Buick 506 (7) 341261 TURTY TREE 34 (P) (D) G) A Balding 9-2.... O Murphy 507 (9) 451261 DEVIL'S PEAK 29 (B) (D) (GS) J & T Gosden 9-0.... James Doyle 508 (11) 4-215L1 HIGH STORM 34 (D) (S) K R Burke 8-9.... P-L Jamin 509 (6) 4321 LIBERATE 51 (D) Harry Eustace 8-6.... L Morris 510 (2) 6-22224 LORD D'OR 34 (P) A Balding 8-4.... N Currie 511 (8) 742124 KAHIN 34 (P) (BF) (G) W Haggas 8-4.... S Osborne 预计单票赔率 (SP)：7-2 Study Of Words, 5 Archers Bay, Devil's Peak, 6 Turty Tree, 8 Liberate, Decade Of Time, 12 Source, Lord D'or, 16 Hind Storm, Kahin.

2025年：Yabher 3 9 2 (Tom Marquand) 13-2 W Haggas 抽签 (1) 12匹参赛。

FIRELLA 在两周前参加 C&D 赛事时表现出进步，成为 Godolphin 马主旗下的一匹极具潜力的马。现在回到让磅赛组，负重仅增加 1 磅，Marco Botti 的这匹牡马被看好能以 Study of Words 为代价取得其职业生涯的第四次胜利，后者在 7 月最后一次亮相于雅士谷赛马场时也遇到了强敌，并且

4.10-GODOLPHIN UNDER STARTERS ORDERS EBF BOADICEA STKS (雌马列级赛) (1) £70,000 (£39,697) 6f (14)

601 (11) 150145 DANCE IN THE STORM 20 (H) (G) A Balding 4-9-3....O Murphy 602 (9) 112-114 FORTY YEARS ON 26 (BF) (S) G Scott 4-9-3....W Buick 603 (2) 3-42240 MAGIC BASMA 26 (P) (D) K Ryan 4-9-3....P J McDonald 604 (4) 1-L1205 CHERRY BAKER 24 (P) (D2) James Owen 3-9-2....R Havlin 605 (5) 5-73880 GOLDEN PALACE 26 (D) (G) R & P Fahey 3-9-2....C T Keane 606 (14) 117-27 HOLLYWOOD TREASURE 139 K P De Foy 3-9-2....David Egan 607 (7) 34-38L0 ISLE OF FERNANDEZ 26 (D) (S) K Ryan 3-9-2....T Eaves 608 (10) 1-1327 LADY YOUMZAIN 21 (D) (S) K Ryan 3-9-2....R L Moore 609 (3) 6L-2066 MIDNIGHT TANGO 6 (T) (D) E Walker 3-9-2....K Shoemark 610 (12) 0-L1724 ROGUE ATTRACTION 21 (V) (D2) (G) E Bethell 3-9-2....L Morris 611 (1) 044520 RUBY'S ANGEL 26 (D2) (G) H Palmer 3-9-2....S Osborne 612 (8) 51P-116 SING THE BLUES 54 (D3) (G) Martin Dunne 3-9-2....C Fallon 613 (13) 12-4053 THE PRETTIEST STAR 26 (D) E Walker 3-9-2....James Doyle 614 (6) 3-11L1 ZEN DIVA 36 (D4) (GS) R Beckett 3-9-2....Rossa Ryan

预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP): 13-8 The Prettiest Star, 10-3 Forty Years On, 13-2 Magic Basma, 8 Dance In The Storm, 10 Zen Diva, Midnight Tango. 热门马 (FAVOURITES): 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 年龄 (AGES): 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4

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预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP): 9-2 Touleen, 11-2 Naga, 13-2 On Message, 7 Noche Clasica, Legacy Link, 10 Lizzana. 热门马 (FAVS): 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 年龄 (AGES): 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 2025: Karmology 5 9 5 (Clifford Lee) 9-1 K R Burke 抽签 (7) 9 匹参赛。

4.45—NEWMARKET PONY ACADEMY PRIDE STAKES (雌马三级赛) (1) £95,000 added (£53,874) 1m 2f (17)

5 20-香港马会世界彩池让磅赛 (4) 3 万英镑 附加金

1< / td><>(4)< / ><>1-16200< / ><>BACK TO ME 48 (D) P Chamings 3-9-12....< / ><>D Muscutt< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(9)< / ><>12L0< / ><>MAJESTIC DANE 16 (D) K R Burke 3-9-12....< / ><>P-L Jamin< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(6)< / ><>190165< / ><>WAISTCOAT 20 (T) (G) R Burdon 5-9-11....< / ><>Rossa Ryan< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(12)< / ><>003L70< / ><>RIGHTHERE RIGHTNOW 21 (P) (D) R Spencer 4-9-11....< / ><>S Osborne< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(15)< / ><>L-217< / ><>GEORGE WICKHAM 8 G & J Moore 3-9-10....< / ><>R L Moore< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(11)< / ><>554218< / ><>COMMANDER OF LIFE 32 (D3) (G) Jessica Macey 5-9-10....< / ><>F Marsh< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(13)< / ><>512218< / ><>LION OF MALI 26 (D5) (G) J Fanshawe 3-9-10....< / ><>David Egan< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(2)< / ><>611210< / ><>THE SWEET ESCAPE 34

(T) (D2) (G) D Loughnane 4-9-8.< / ><>L Pearson< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(8)< / ><>6-15623< / ><>BINTOLA 20 (G) Harry Charlton 3-9-8....< / ><>C Rodriguez< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(7)< / ><>164686< / ><>EXPERT AGENT 20 (C) (G) S C Williams 6-9-7....< / ><>M Ghiani< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(5)< / ><>3-13135< / ><>NANOSCIENCE 20 (D2) (G) A Balding 3-9-5....< / ><>O Murphy< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(3)< / ><>4-56213< / ><>MISTER MOJITO 55 (T) (D5) (G) T Kent 5-9-4....< / ><>W Buick< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(14)< / ><>L0L1L4< / ><>LUNARIO 20 (TV) (D2) (G) L Dace 6-9-4....< / ><>J Dace (5)< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(10)< / ><>7228< / ><>ALBEMAGIC 30 Steph Hollinshead 3-9-1....< / ><>P J McDonald< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(1)< / ><>840834< / ><>AKABUSI 20 (C) M Fenton (IRE) 3-9-0....< / ><>R Havlin< / >< / table>

预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP)：3 Bintola, 11-2 Nanoscience, 13-2 Mister Mojito, 8 Akabusi, Lunario, 10 Lion of Mali, 12 The Sweet Escape, 14 Waistcoat, George Wickham。热门马与 2025：无对应赛事

级别下降：1.15 Marco Polo 比上次参赛下降 2 个级别（Group 1 降至 Group 3）；4.45 Legacy Link (2)；5.20 Righthere Rightnow (2)；Lion of Mali (2)。风管手术后首次参赛：今日无。

TIMEFORM 一场竞争激烈的让磅赛，GASPACHO 在迟来的复出赛中被看好能有所突破。William Haggas 的这匹雌马非常

约克 RTV ITV1

3 18—WILLIAM HILL EPIC BOOSTS EBF 新马锦标赛 (3) (2-Y-0) 增加 \$25,000 (\$12,985) \$6 (5)

旨在使其在此时段的距离表现最佳。类似的评价也适用于让磅赛新马 Harper Violet，而 Ed Bethell 训练的 Catterick 冠军 Prince of Calypso 在承担罚磅的情况下同样值得关注。

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Sharadd 8-13, Our Son Oscar 5-2, Mehmas Star 8, Mugheer 12。热门马：- - - - - - 0 1 1 1 2005：Thakura 9 9 9 (Cicron Fallon) 9 41 Fay W Harree 抽签 (5) 8 匹参赛

1< / td><>(3)< / ><>14< / ><>MUGHEER 24 (BF) (G) K R Burke 9-10......C Lee< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(5)< / ><>31< / ><>OUR SON OSCAR 22 (D) K Ryan 9-10......Harry Vigors (5)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(4)< / ><>1< / ><>SHARADD 36 (D) (S) W Haggas 9-10......T Marquand< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(1)< / ><>20< / ><>MEHMAS STAR 26 K R Burke 9-4......S James< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>08< / ><>PETE'S ANGEL 33 R & P Fahey 9-4......B McHugh< / >< / table>

<><>1< / ><>(5)< / ><>12-3944< / ><>TIERRA DEL TORO 48 R Beckett 9-9< / ><>J Hart< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(4)< / ><>2-32101< / ><>GLORY ROAD 14 (D) (S) R Beckett 9-6< / ><>H Crouch< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(3)< / ><>231197< / ><>MYTHICAL BAY 34 (P) (D) (GS) A Balding 9-4< / ><>C Hutchinson< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(1)< / ><>3-41< / ><>HARPER VIOLET 30 K R Burke 9-0< / ><>C Lee< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>232P38< / ><>BALTIC FLEET 48 (P) (S) I Williams 8-13< / ><>Jason Watson< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>512141< / ><>BINTKNIGHT 21 (G) Harry Charlton 8-10< / ><>L Edmunds< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(8)< / ><>L73151< / ><>PRINCE OF CALYPSO (6ibex) 9 (P) E Bethell 8-10< / ><>C Beasley< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(9)< / ><>2-56172< / ><>ITICA 14 (S) A Balding 8-8< / ><>J Callan< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(6)< / ><>511-4< / ><>GASPACHO 31 (T) (BF) (S) W Haggas 8-7< / ><>Joanna Mason< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(7)< / ><>6-16333< / ><>BRIDGE OF EAGLES 34 D Menuisier 8-5< / ><>S De Sousa< / >< / table>

5,300) 2.5 万英镑 增加 (12,885 英镑) 5f (10)

CHEPSTOW SSR ITV1

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2.40—WILLIAM HILL 决赛让磅赛 (2) (3-Y-0) 10 万英镑 增加 (51,540 英镑) 1m 5f 188vds (10) ITV1

<><>1.22< / ><>Cooltobecareless< / >< / ><><>1.57< / ><>Saint Jeannais< / >< / ><><>2.32< / ><>Locker Boum< / >< / ><><>3.12< / ><>Queenie St Clair< / >< / ><><>3.43< / ><>Le Moulin Rouge< / >< / ><><>4.17< / ><>Opening Bid< / >< / ><><>4.55< / ><>Guchen< / >< / ><><>5.31< / ><>Siorai< / >< / table>

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Glory Road 3, Tierra Del Toro 7-2, Prince Of Calypso 7, Mythical Bay, Gaspacho 8, Harper Violet, Bridge Of Eagles 10, Bintknight 12, Itica 14。热门马 & 2025：无对应赛事。

1.22 Cooltobecareless 1.57 Saint Jeannais 2.32 Little Lady Rock 3.12 Captain Hugo 3.43 North Shore 4.17 Opening Bid 4.55 Guchen 5.31 Sheezer Diva

1 22-新马障碍赛 (DIV 1) (4) 1 万英镑 增加

112 KING'S SCHOLAR 34 (T) (D2) O Murphy 5-11-12

2 54 / 1 KIND INTENTION 140 (D) T Symonds 5-11-7....B Poste 3 210-# COOLTOBECARELESS 181 D Skelton 5-11-0....H Skelton 4 1-11 NO HARD FEELINGS 138 M Sheppard 6-11-0....G Sheehan 5 60-L TELETIME 140 N Mulholland 5-11-0....R McLemon 6 5-# GOLIATH FLIGHT 214 (BF) D Skelton 4-10-13....C J Todd 7 31- HERBIES SOCK 174 T Lacey 4-10-13....S Sheppard 8 LL6-# JUBILEE JACK 178 (H) H Dickin 4-10-13....Tabitha Worsley 9 613-# LADY BAM 198 T Ellis 5-1-7....J Andrews 10 4.5 POSTS BEARL 13 (M) Harry Darbara 4.10-6....Ray O'Brien

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Coolobecareless 2, King's Scholar 3-2, Kind Intention 5, Herbies Sock 6, Goliath Flight 10。

1 57—新手跨栏赛 (DIV 2) (4) 1 万英镑 增加 (65,446) 2英里 16周 (10)

1 216- DUTCH CORNER 167 (HT) (S) D Skelton 5-11-7 .. H Skelton 2 14-1 SAINT JEANNAIS 146 N.8 W Twiston Device 6.11.7

3 LL5- CHEAP SANDWICHES 168℃ Gordon 5-11-0..... F Gordon 4 4 622 SHAPU 80℃ J Gray 5-11-0... Sean Houlihan

5 31-8# SHORT SELL 148 D Skelton 5-11-0....C J Todd ; 5 6 1- HIVE RUNNER 243 T Lacey 4-10-13....S Sheppard ;

1< / td><>(7)< / ><>231< / ><>NOBLE RAIDER 146 (D) (G) K P De Foy 9-9......H Crouch< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>114< / ><>BARNABY RUDGE 63 (H) (D2) (S) J Fanshawe 9-7< / >< / table>

<><>3< / ><>(4)< / ><>L31122< / ><>BLACK VELVET BOY 15 (D2) (G) J & S Quinn 9-6......J Hart< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(6)< / ><>221< / ><>INSTANT FORCE 25 (P) (D) (S) K R Burke 9-3......C Lee< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>L2148< / ><>INFLUENCER MAN 21 (D) A Keatley 9-0......MP Sheehy< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>18228< / ><>ROTELLE 27 (P) (D) C Fellowes 8-13......P Bradley< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>232142< / ><>HARLEY 15 (P) E Bethell 8-11......C Beasley< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(9)< / ><>414540< / ><>BEAR LEE 28 (D) M & D Easterby 8-10......Joanna Mason< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(5)< / ><>240535< / ><>FURTURRA 21 (D) T Easterby 8-10......T Kiely-Marshall (3)< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(8)< / ><>2165L< / ><>LAKE MURITZ 15 (D) (S) T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman< / >< / table>

2.05-英国 EBF 100,000 决赛 (纯血马及阉马) ITV1 (2) (2-Y-0) 10 万英镑 增加 (50,960 英镑) 7弗隆 (16)

Sharu, 11-2 Hive Runner, 14 Short Sell, 16 Morissette.

2 22-新手跨栏赛 (4) 1 万英镑 增加

2.32 (5,446 英镑) 2英里 7弗隆 131码 (7)

1 21L-CROSSGALES KING 188 (S) S Hosie 6-11-0.....E Collier (5) 2 L13 LITTLE LADY ROCK 21 Nick Scholfield 5-11-0.....S Bowen

4 532- SIMONSBERG 250 Christian Williams 5-11-0....J Tudor 5 12- SEVEN KITES 190 (BF) T Lacey 4-10-10....S Sheppard 6 L03 ZEROUALI 14 B Lund 4-10-10....Shane Quinlan (3)

7 21-5 SORGEAN 148 (T) (BF) H Fry 5-10-7......B Carver

预计起步价 (SP): 7-4 Seven Kites, 7-2 Little Lady Rock, 5 Crossgales King, Sorgean, 7 Locker Boum.

3.12 - “威尔士冠军”跨栏赛 (限额让磅赛) ITV1 (2) 5 万英镑 增加 (26,015 英镑) 2英里 16vds (17)

1.30—威廉希尔黄金周末秋季一英里让磅赛 (3) 3 万英镑 附加金 (15,462 英镑) 7英里192码 (18)

3 L2-5 KNICKERBOCKERGLORY 149 (D5) (S) D Skelton 10-11-6 Harry Atkins (5)

4 1P1- LE BEAU MADRIK 177 (S) D Skelton 5-11-5.... H Skelton 5 123- SERIOUS CHALLENGE 187 (D3) (S) F O'Brien 6-11-4 L Harrison

6 F12- CAPTAIN HUGO 174 (D3) (S) P Hobbs & J White 6-11-3 Sean Houlihan

7 77-9 GIBBS ISLAND 153 (H) (C&DD) (S) T Lacey 5-11-0 S Sheppard

9 L-1P SAGEBOROUGH 71 (T) (D) P Nolan (IRE) 5-10-12

10 113 FILIBUSTERING 55 (T) (D2BF) (S) Harry Derham 5-10-11 Paul O'Brien

15 211 PIONEER PETE 34 (D3) J & A O'Neill 6-10-7 .....J O'Neill Jr 16 11.5 DOCTOR BLUE 233 (PT) (D) S Thomas 6-10-6 D Johnston

11 05-0 HAMLET'S NIGHT F24 (H) (D2) J Owen 5-10-10.. J J Burke 12 739- LISTENTOYOURHEART 167 (D2) (S) D Skelton 7-10-9℃ J Todd 13 L16- QUEENIE ST CLAIR F12 (D) (S) N Scholfield 6-10-8..S Bowen 14 L12 MORNING MAYHEM 13 (P) (D3) (S) Nick Scholfield 5-10-8

17 1P6- TENNESSEE TANGO 186 (T) (D) (S) J Tizzard 6-10-6

预计单胜赔率 (SP)：4 Captain Hugo, 5 Le Beau Madrik, 13-2 Doctor Blue, 7 Gibbs Island, 10 Serious Challenge.

TIMEFORM 评述：GIBBS ISLAND 在 12 个月前的同一赛事中以出色风格复出夺冠，此次在相同分值下很有可能再次复制这一壮举。Sam Thomas 赢得了该赛事的前 2 届冠军，如果 Doctor Blue 能找回状态，可能会有重大表现。Le Beau Madrik 可能会由实力强大的 Skelton 团队精心调教，而 Captain Hugo 和 Serious Challenge 如果准备就绪，将成为强有力的竞争者。

预计单胜赔率 (SP)：7-2 Regency Royal, 4 Waasil, 6 Dontlookanyfurther, 7 Everatease, 10 Ongombo, Capitano Josepi, 12 Nakila Sun, 14 Theheatison. 热门马：- - - - - - 1.0.0.2

赛道详情：L-H 赛道。场地状况：好至软，部分路段为好。顶尖骑师：Harry Cobden。顶尖练马师：P Nicholls。首次佩戴装备：1.22 Jubilee Jack, 1.57 Look Don't Stare, 3.12 Doctor Blue, 3.43 Obsessed-withyou, 4.17 Knight Templar, 5.31 Eremenko。长途运输马匹：Laafi (3.12), Sageborough (3.12), Le Moulin Rouge (3.43), La Cote Fleurie (3.43), Hopeful Hero (3.43) 来自爱尔兰；Hamlet's Night (3.12) 运输 195 英里。

3.43—新手障碍赛 (2 级) (1) 8 万英镑 附加金 (£45.560) 2英里3弗隆100码 (11) ITV1

0-12 CHICKER 16 F O'Brien 5-11-0..

211-COSMIC CONNECTION 167 (C) (S) C Gordon 5-11-0 F Gordon 1L1 HANDMEDOWNASTAR 23 (D) (G) Nick Scholfield 6-11-0

241 HOPEFUL HERO 8 (H) T Hogan (IRE) 5-11-0 ..... J J Burke 321- LE MOULIN ROUGE 182 (H) P Nolan (IRE) 5-11-0

1< / td><>(3)< / ><>4113< / ><>WAASIL 29 (D2) (G) K R Burke 9-7....S James< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(10)< / ><>6119< / ><>DONTLOOKANYFURTHER 21 (BF) (S) J & S Quinn 9-5....J Hart< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(8)< / ><>201< / ><>REGENCY ROYAL 27 (D) (S) A Balding 9-4....C Hutchinson< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(1)< / ><>337518< / ><>TURNSTILE 4 (S) T Easterby 9-2....D Allan< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>621< / ><>NAKILA SUN 46 (G) A Balding 9-0....Jason Watson< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(5)< / ><>1< / ><>CAPITANO JOSEPI 40 (D) (S) K Frost 8-13....J Mitchell< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(14)< / ><>86291< / ><>ONGOMBO 18 (P) (S) C Fellowes 8-13....P Bradley< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(11)< / ><>2142< / ><>SANBONA WARRIOR 29 (P) (D) (G) W Knight 8-13....D Tudhope< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(12)< / ><>1432L2< / ><>THEHEATISON 21 (G)

Nick Scholfield 8-13....S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(4)< / ><>L5< / ><>SCIENZA 35 A Balding 8-12....T Marquand< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(2)< / ><>0231< / ><>ALJOON 18 (D) Jack Jones 8-11....C Beasley< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(7)< / ><>164< / ><>CHAN NOIR 49 (G) J Chapple-Hyam 8-11....C Lee< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(15)< / ><>2< / ><>ALBERICH 14 (BF) Harry Eustace 8-10....G Wood< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(16)< / ><>22< / ><>BRUSHSTROKE 35 T Kent 8-8....S D Bowen< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(9)< / ><>411027< / ><>EVERATEASE 48 (C) E J-Houghton 8-8....J Callan< / >< / ><><>16< / ><>(13)< / ><>082< / ><>GOD OF TITANS 22℃ Hobson 8-8....Jack Doughty< / >< / table>

S W Flanagan

6 L-11 LOCK STOCK 14 S Edmunds 6-11-0....C Hammond 7 233- WEST HILL VERDE 174 Seamus Mullins 6-11-0. C Pritchard 8 54-2 LORD BYRON F30 (P) Faye Bramley 4-10-12....H Cobden 9 0F-1 NORTH SHORE 153 D Skelton 4-10-12....H Skelton 10 311 LA COTE FLEURIE 49 (D) H De Bromhead (IRE). 5-10-7

11 122 OBSESSEDWITHYOU 43 (B) (S) J Snowden 7-10-7 G Sheehan 预计单胜赔率 (SP)：2 Lord Byron, 11-4 Cosmic Connection, 7-2 North Shore, 10 Lock Stock, 14 La Moulin Rouge

TIMEFORM 一场相当不错的续赛。首选 COSMIC CONNECTION，他在春季的短短两个月内将战绩提升至 3-4，且 Chris Gordon 训练的这匹 5 岁马进步迅速，应对这次更长的赛程应该没有问题。他能够顺利完成级别的提升，而 Lord Byron 在爱尔兰的 Grade 1 级别赛事中以微弱差距失利，目前通过一场平地赛保持了良好的竞技状态。更换马房的 North Shore 则有望击败 La Cote Fleurie 获得第三名。

4.17-障碍赛让磅赛 (4) 8,350 英镑 增加 (£4 410) 2英里 16vds (15)

2025: Astrazar 2 8 13 (Paul Mulrennan) 9-2 E Walker 抽签 (15) 14匹参赛。 TIMEFORM 认为 CAPITANO JOSEPI 是个捡漏之选，考虑到他今年是以极低价格购入，且在雅茅斯（Yarmouth）的首秀便以获胜开局，加上这次他将更有经验，很可能会有更出色的表现。Eve Johnson Houghton 在 2026 年的销售赛中已经取得了丰硕成果，Everatease 在目前的权重分配下占优，因此需要被高度重视。Regency Royal 也在入选名单之列。

81-3 UNJEU ROYAL 142 (D) T Lacey 5-12-2 ....S Sheppard 76-6 JAMINSKA 158 (C&DD) (S) Mrs J Williams 7-12-0℃ Gethings 4 / 21- OPENING BID 513 (P) (D2) (S) J Tizzard 11-12-0.B J Powell

551- KNIGHT TEMPLAR F40 (P) (D2) (S) R Stephens 5-11-13 Sean Houlihan

045- COCONUT TWIST 356 (H) (GS) Daisy Hitchins 8-11-12 R David (5)

1< / td><>(17)< / ><>14-10L1< / ><>POWER FIZZ 33 (C) (GS) W Haggas 4-9-11......T Marquand< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(14)< / ><>551359< / ><>NORTHERN EXPRESS 20 (P) (C4D) (GS) M Dods 8-9-9....P Mulrennan< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(2)< / ><>08L037< / ><>OZAT 35 (T) (D3) (S) I Williams 5-9-9....S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(9)< / ><>2-1411< / ><>BEAGLE BAY 118 (D) (S) R Beckett 4-9-8....H Crouch< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(18)< / ><>212110< / ><>INSPIRED 27 (C&D3BF) (GS) K R Burke 4-9-6......C Lee< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(4)< / ><>543315< / ><>NIKOVO 34 (D4) (GS) M Herrington 7-9-6....J Hart< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(7)< / ><>799920< / ><>MIRSKY 27 (D4) (GS) D O'Meara 7-9-6......M Winn< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(12)< / ><>700802< / ><>HENLEIN 7 (P) K Ryan 5-9-4......K

Stott< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(1)< / ><>264313< / ><>SPOKEN TRUTH 20 (T) (DBF) (S) D O'Meara 5-9-4....D Tudhope< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(15)< / ><>042878< / ><>MR SWIVELL 20 (D4) (G) K P De Foy 5-9-3....J Mitchell< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(8)< / ><>0L4407< / ><>KHAFIZ 33 Roger Fell 4-9-1......Jason Watson< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(11)< / ><>070000< / ><>NIZAM 13 (D2) (S) I Williams 4-9-0......C Hardie< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(16)< / ><>1-11002< / ><>EMPIRE OF LIGHT 8 (D) (GS) G Tuer 5-8-13....O Stammers< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(3)< / ><>618457< / ><>POINT OF CONTACT 23 (V) (CD) A Balding 4-8-13....C Hutchinson< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(5)< / ><>222120< / ><>MILITARY LEADER 19 (B) (D3) Phillip Makin 5-8-11....S James< / >< / ><><>16< / ><>(13)< / ><>360224< / ><>FINAL NIGHT 34 (T) (D4) J Butler 4-8-10....MP

Sheehy< / >< / ><><>17< / ><>(10)< / ><>4201L5< / ><>GLENFINNAN 17 (H) (DBF) (G) M Dods 6-8-9......C Beasley< / >< / ><><>18< / ><>(6)< / ><>D4L060< / ><>SALAM DUBAWI 13 (P) (D) (S) J Goldie 4-8-8....Lauren Young (5)< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">预计单胜赔率 (SP): 5-2 Beagle Bay, 7 Spoken Truth, 8 Power Fizz, 10 Henlein, Inspired, 12 Northern Express, Ozat, 14 Point Of Contact, 16 Khafiz. √< / >< / table>

L0-L CITY OF DIAMONDS 146 (T) (D2) (GS) C Boultbee-Brooks 6-11-11

10 1-P2 PRAIRIE DIAMOND 17 (V) (S) M Keighley 7-11-9

153- STEP AHEAD 200 (T) K Bailey & M Nicholls 6-12-2

366- TYPHOON WARRIOR 215 D Skelton 5-11-10 ...... H Skelton P48- FIGHT MY FIRE 176 (S) J Tizzard 5-11-9 ...... F Gingell 485- HOLECHOT 170 (P) S M H et & T Vayakar 7-11-9

预计单胜赔率 (SP): 4 Typhoon Warrior, 6 Unjeu Royal, 7 Knight Templar, 8 Opening Bid, Victory Shout, 10 Raffles Nobu.

11 155- PHOENIX RISEN 176 (B) (D3) (S) J Scott 9-11-8... C Bament (5) 12 459- LULLY DU HOUX 234 K Bailey & M Nicholls 5-11-6 J J Burke 13 437- SIOUX FALLS 207 Mrs C Williams 6-11-4 ....A Wedge 14 122- VICTORY SHOUT 180 (DBF2) S Hosie 5-11-3...E Collier (5) 15 352 RAFFLES NOBU 21 (BT) (GS) Nick Scholfield 6-10-9

11L- GUCHEN 175 (T) (BF) (S) K Bailey & M Nicholls 6-12-2 Aamilah Aswat (7)

331- CODETALKER 199 (P) (S) S Edmunds 6-12-0. C Hammond 43-3 FASOL 146 (PT) (BF) (S) P Nicholls 7-11-13 ... F Keighley (5) 21-5 BEAU QUALI 146 (C&DBF) Christian Williams 6-11-12

3.51 增加 (4,225 英镑) 2英里 16码 (11)

9P5- POET LAUREATE 200 (S) C Gordon 6-11-12..... F Gordon 434- MOSTLY SUNNY 373 (S) D Skelton 7-11-11..... H Skelton 170- KAPITEIN KOOL 167 (S) S Mullins 5-11-10..... Paul O'Brien 140- PELOQUID CROSS 168 (R) N Mullins 9-11-10

10 63L- MARLACOO 190 (T) (DBF8) (S) T Lacey 6-11-5 S Sheppard 11 050 / WAY OUT 541 (GS) S Hosie 9-11-4 ....E Collier (5) 12 623- GUARDAMI ANCORA 180 Mrs C Williams 5-11-4 ....C Ring

级别下降：1.22 Cooltobecareless 比上次参赛下降 5 个级别（2 级降至 4 级）；1.57 Dutch Corner (2)；3.12 Laafi (2)；Captain Hugo (3)；Sageborough (2)；Queenie St Clair (3)；4.55 Kapitein Kool (2)。风管手术后首次参赛：1.22 Cooltobecareless, Jubilee Jack, 2.32 Sorgean, 3.12 Doctor Blue, Tennessee Tango, 4.17 Opening Bid, 5.31 Burning Embers。

1 P-4F EREMENKO 31 (HT) D McCain 5-12-0....T Gillard 2 3L5- SHEEZER DIVA 304 D Skelton 6-11-13....H Skelton 3 6-42 SIORAI 19 (HT) (BF) Harry Derham 4-11-7....Paul O'Brien 4 214 REEL ORANGE 135 (PT) (BF) (S) J Tizzard 7-11-7 F Gingell 5 54-L CLEAR SKY 21 J Scott 4-11-6....L Williams 6 466-BURNING EMBERS 181 D Skelton 5-11-3....C J Todd 7 651 ADBA 13 Faye Bramley 3-10-11....H Kimber 8 4-55 GEORGIA'S CHARM 134 F O'Brien 6-10-9 .Fem O'Brien (5) 9 43-1 GETAROSE 19 (D) Mrs C Williams 5-10-9....A Wedge 10 U0-6 FREDDIEMISSMOLLI 142 Mrs C Williams 6-10-8....C Ring 11 562-DALCASSIAN GIRL 201℃ Honour 6-10-6....B Carver 预计起步赔率 (SP)：11-4 Sheezer Diva, 9-2 Siorai, 6 Getarose, 7 Reel Orange, Adba, 8 Burning Embers, 10 Dalcassian Girl。

13 L53- CALME OLYMPIEN 191 (T) M Hunt & T Vaughan 7-11-2 D Noonan

5 21-雌马让分障碍赛 (5) 8,000 英镑

4.25-COPPER KNIGHT 胜出最多马匹让量赛 (3) 27,500 英镑 已增加 (14,174 英镑) 5f (18)

1< / td><>(2)< / ><>530201< / ><>TOCA MADERA 17 (D2) (G) D O'Meara 5-9-9......D Tudhope< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(6)< / ><>0-32501< / ><>TATTERSTALL 27 (P) (D5) (G) M Dods 6-9-6......C Beasley< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(8)< / ><>L-30L09< / ><>AGAINST THE WIND 27 (D3) (G) K Ryan 4-9-5......K Stott< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7)< / ><>516810< / ><>NOVAMAY 21 (D) (GS) M Dods 4-9-4......Rhys Elliott (5)< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(14)< / ><>1-2218L< / ><>HALLO SPACEBOY 20 (CD) E Walker 3-9-3......T Marquand< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(17)< / ><>265600< / ><>SCHRODINGER'S CAT 13 (D2) G Tuer 3-9-3......O Stammers< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(13)< / ><>021020< / ><>ETERNAL SUNSHINE 6 (P) (D3) (GS) J Goldie 6-9-2. 不参赛< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>902078< / ><>EXCLAMATION 28 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 3-9-1......Ashley Lewis

(3)< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(12)< / ><>43L740< / ><>FORTIFICATION 26 (P) (C&DD) B Ellison 3-8-12......S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(15)< / ><>560267< / ><>FIDELIUS 13 (T) (D6) N Tinkler 5-8-12......A Jary (3)< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(11)< / ><>041990< / ><>KODIAC THRILLER 15 (P) (C&DD) (GS) M Walford 5-8-9......J Hart< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(1)< / ><>4L0109< / ><>BOSTON DAN 13 (T) (D2) (S) T Easterby 3-8-9......C Hardie< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(16)< / ><>208L85< / ><>STARGAZED 13 (D) (S) K R Burke 3-8-8......J Nicholls (3)< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(3)< / ><>021185< / ><>EQUITY LAW 13 (P) (D5) (G) T Easterby 5-8-7......JP Sullivan< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(10)< / ><>736944< / ><>BALDOMERO 28 (B) (D3) (S) M Appleby 8-8-6......Joanna Mason< / >< / ><><>16< / ><>(5)< / ><>043938< / ><>GO VINCE GO 15 (C&D) (S)

T Easterby 3-8-4......W Pyle< / >< / ><><>17< / ><>(18)< / ><>089326< / ><>PARSIAC 1 (P) (D7BF) (GS) J Jardine 7-8-4......A Mullen< / >< / ><><>18< / ><>(9)< / ><>09081L< / ><>COPPER KNIGHT 11 (T) (C&D7D12) (GS) T Easterby 12-8-4..D Fentiman< / >< / table>

预计起步价 (SP): 10-3 Toca Madera, 6 Parisiac, 7 Equity Law, 8 Baldomero, 10 Copper Knight. 热门马 (FAVS): 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (W 9-1). 年龄: 6 4 4 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 2025: Dan Tucker 3 9 3 (Jack Garritty) 11-1 J O'Keeffe 抽签 (2) 18 匹参赛。

5.00—PJ STAFFING GROUP 学徒让磅赛 (4) 2.5 万英镑 增加 (12,885 英镑) 7f (22)

1< / td><>(4)< / ><>550443< / ><>OBELIX 17 (C&DDBF) (G) J Camacho 6-9-12......Olivia Haines (5)< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(9)< / ><>36-9696< / ><>DILIGENT RESDEV 36 (V) (C&D) M & D Easterby 5-9-11.S Farmer (3)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(11)< / ><>1-24173< / ><>MAGIC BOY 55 (CDBF2) (G) N Tinkler 4-9-11......A Jary< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(21)< / ><>623520< / ><>SON 7 (P) (D) G (T) Easterby 5-9-11......J Nicholls< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(10)< / ><>4-19703< / ><>MELVIN UDALL 33 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 4-9-10......Harry Vigors (3)< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(14)< / ><>L11907< / ><>KING OF FURY 17 (D3) M Dods 6-9-10......Rhys Elliott< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(20)< / ><>303252< / ><>QUEST FOR FUN 10 (T) (C&D2D) (S) T Easterby 8-9-10......J Dickson (3)< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(16)< / ><>633544< / ><>FIRST TIME 20 (V) (G)

R & P Fahey 3-9-10......W Fentiman< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(2)< / ><>3920L0< / ><>STANLEY SPENCER 15 (B) Flonn McSharry 5-9-10 K S McHugh (5)< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(7)< / ><>006721< / ><>FEEL THE NEED 15 (C&D2D2) (GS) M Herrington 6-9-9 D J Murphy (5)< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(13)< / ><>6 / 8L6-09< / ><>BIG CYRIL 23 (G) Roger Fell 4-9-8......J Callan< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(3)< / ><>125853< / ><>KING'S SCHOOL 20 (PT) (D4) G Tutty 5-9-8.Molly Keegan-Price (7)< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(12)< / ><>069L2L< / ><>LORD BERTIE 10 (H) (D2) (S) D O'Meara 6-9-8......C Horgan (3)< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(8)< / ><>175324< / ><>GOLDEN STRIKE 9 (V) (C&DDBF) (S) R & P Fahey 5-9-7......W Pyle< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(22)< / ><>3-18750< / ><>INVINCIBLE BOY 4 (S) R & P Fahey 3-9-6......A Redman

(5)< / >< / ><><>16< / ><>(18)< / ><>2LL83L< / ><>GOLDEN PHARAOH 6 (P) (D2) (S) S Dixon 5-9-6......C Howarth< / >< / ><><>17< / ><>(17)< / ><>890-L31< / ><>MYSTICAL STORM 13 (D) J Camacho 4-9-6......T Kiely-Marshall< / >< / ><><>18< / ><>(1)< / ><>6-90512< / ><>THE CHILDE OF HALLE 25 (D2BF) (S) I Furtado 4-9-6...Liam Wright< / >< / ><><>19< / ><>(19)< / ><>L3L43L< / ><>CALYXOH 35 (V) (D) M Morris 4-9-4......Ashley Lewis< / >< / ><><>20< / ><>(6)< / ><>LL8626< / ><>PACKETOFBISCUITS 13 (B) (D4) J Mackie 4-9-4.Finlay Bassett (7)< / >< / ><><>21< / ><>(15)< / ><>400017< / ><>TOLSTOY 7 (H) (C&D3) (S) B Ellison 7-9-4......Mason Paetel< / >< / ><><>22< / ><>(5)< / ><>310L7< / ><>KENNINGTON 16 (P) (D) H Morrison 3-9-4......O Carmichael (5)< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">预计 SP: 13-2 Feel The Need, 7 The Childe Of Hale,

Mystical Storm, 15-2 Magic Boy. 热门: - - - - - - - - - - - -< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">2025: Sky Advocate 3 9 5 (Jack Callan) 15-2℃ Cox 抽签 (8) 21 匹参赛。< / >< / table>

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砂纸门：板球界巨大的未解之谜

作者：劳伦斯·布斯 (Lawrence Booth) 板球特派记者

这是一个挥之不去的故事，是所有板球界“门”类丑闻之首。当澳大利亚队和南非队在今天于德班开始首场测试赛的较量时，没有人会去篡改球体。然而，你可以肯定，每个人都会想到篡改球体这件事。

澳大利亚队时隔八年重返南非，责任推诿之争仍在持续

“砂纸门”这场改变了澳大利亚板球的丑闻发生在八年前，但直到现在，他们的测试队才重返南非。尽管他们竭力摆脱过去，或将外界的关注描述为媒体的恶意攻击，但幽灵般的声音不断出现，确保这一叙事始终处于核心位置。

回到2021年，在史蒂夫·史密斯 (Steve Smith)、大卫·沃纳 (David Warner) 和卡梅隆·班克罗夫特 (Cameron Bancroft) 因参与篡改球体计划而受到不同程度禁赛三年后，那场开普敦比赛中的四名主力投球手——帕特·库明斯 (Pat Cummins)、乔什·哈兹尔伍德 (Josh Hazlewood)、米切尔·斯塔克 (Mitchell Starc) 和内森·里昂 (Nathan Lyon)——针对一份报纸采访发表了声明。在那次采访中，班克罗夫特被问及投球手们是否知道发生了什么。

他回答道：“呃……是的，你看，我想，是的，我想这应该是显而易见的。”

他们的声明毫不含糊：“我们以诚实为荣。在纽兰兹球场的大屏幕上看到影像之前，我们并不知道有人将外来物质带入场内以改变球体状态……我们郑重请求停止这种谣言传播和暗示。”

这很合理。只不过，即便在现在，他们的一些前队友也并不太愿意配合。

最近退役的乌斯曼·哈瓦贾 (Usman Khawaja) 已经与库明斯以及澳大利亚板球协会首席执行官托德·格林伯格 (Todd Greenberg) 讨论了他将于下月出版的新书内容，特别是关于开普敦的那一章。

非板球内容：班克罗夫特使用外来物体篡改球体的画面，该物体后来被揭露为砂纸 天空体育 (SKY SPORTS)

由于哈瓦贾认为全队应该承担集体责任，这本书读起来可能并不舒服。据称沃纳也在撰写自己的书，且始终坚持他是在为团队承担责任。

而没有参加该系列赛但身在随队名单中的乔恩·霍兰德 (Jon Holland) 最近揭露了那天晚上在酒店的会议，当时球员们讨论的是“谁将承担责任”。霍兰德补充道：“当你本应是团队的一员，却坐在那里看着三个家伙被晾在外面（被抛弃）时，那场面非常难堪。”

但库明斯、斯塔克和哈兹尔伍德呢？

媒体的恶意攻击？并不完全是：即使是那些密切参与其中的人也觉得这件事从未得到妥善解决。那么这一次，谁将领导澳大利亚队的进攻？

这并不是说媒体没有充分利用这件事。SuperSport——揭露这次诡计的南非广播公司——在周三发布了一条推文，写道：“在这次三场测试赛系列赛中，我们的镜头将保持敏锐。”下方则是那天在纽兰兹球场的定罪画面。

澳大利亚投球手们坚称清白的核心在于澳大利亚板球协会的结论，即这是一次偶然的偏差。

观赛指南... 南非 对阵 澳大利亚

首场测试赛，第一天：上午 8.30，德班金斯米德体育场。 电视：Sky Sports Cricket 现场直播。

肯普顿赛马场 (KEMPTON RTV)

4.05—雌马新手赛 (4) (2-Y-0) 1 万英镑 增加 (5,400 英镑) 6f (8)

1 (6) 21 BIDSTA 23 (D) G Boughey 9-9.....B Loughnane 2 (3) 57 BLING 15 H Palmer 9-2.....D Probert 3 (7) 445 HALLIWELL STREAM 23 J Chapple-Hyam 9-2...E Greatrex 4 (8) 563 LILYWHATE HART 24 D Ivory 9-2.....K O'Neill 5 (2) LUCILLE CEE Tom Clover 9-2.....N Callan 6 (4) 7 SARASOTA BLUE BLUE 43 (BF) Sir M Prescott 9-2J Gilligan 7 (5) 3 THREELITTLEANGELS 16 R Teal 9-2.....J Leavy 8 (1) 96 WINTOUR 24℃ Cox 9-2.....H Davies

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Bidsta 平手 (Evens), Threelittleangels 6, Sarasota Blue Blue 7, Bling 8, Halliwell Stream 10, Lucille Cee 12。

4.38—幼马赛 (5) (2-Y-0) 8,000 英镑 增加 (4,187 英镑) 6f (12)

1 (9) 8L9 WAIT GEORDIE 28 H Palmer 9-9.....L Catton (3) 2 (7) 11L HARRY'S POP 18 (D2) D Cunha 9-9.....S M Levey 3 (8) 124 SYDNEY GRACE 21℃ Fellowes 9-9.....Kaiya Fraser 4 (4) 312 LAYLATY 43 (DBF) Harry Charlton 9-8.....D Probert 5 (2) 332 SOEUR DE FLASH 18 (T) C Cox 9-6.....B Loughnane 6 (10) 3L0 FRUMOASA 29 (V) C Fellowes 9-5.....H Davies 7 (3) 20L MINSTER BOY 56 E J-Houghton 9-4.....C Bishop 8 (11) 431 BAHIA BONITA 20 (D) Jack Jones 9-3.....C Shepherd 9 (1) 434 MAXIMUS MERIDIUS 18 D Loughnane 9-2.....R Scott 10 (6) 417 YAHIRA 99 (P) (D) T Dascombe 9-1.....W Cox 11 (5) 613 INVINCIBLE ISAAC 53 (V) (C&DBF) L Souza 9-0 K O'Neill 12 (12) 709 AGENT ROSE 25 S C Williams 8-9.....R Dawson

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Laylaty 3, Bahia Bonita 7-2, Soeur De Flash 5, Sydney Grace 6, Harry's Pop 10, Invincible Isaac 12。

5.15—让磅赛 (6) (3-Y-0) 6,000 英镑 增加 (3,140 英镑) 1m (14)

1 (2) 830 CAPTIVE BEAUTY 24 R Burdon 9-9.....Kaiya Fraser 2 (6) 864 POSITIVE THOUGHTS 20 J & S Quinn 9-9...B Loughnane 3 (13) 833 TWILIGHT BABY 38 G Kelleway 9-9.....未参赛 (NON RUNNER) 4 (9) 624 MISS MAMBO 32 (V) (BF) G Kelleway 9-8.....B Sayette 5 (14) 317 ERNIE MCCREW 11 (P) (D) J S Moore 9-8...E Greatrex 6 (10) 674 LIHOU LADY 133 P Evans 9-8.....J Leavy 7 (11) 687 GRAND VISTA 12 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7...R Dawson 8 (12) 55L GREY SANDS 18 (PT) (D) K Bailey & M Nicholls 9-6 D Costello 9 (8) 425 HENFIELD 10 (V) (D) K Jewell 9-5.....D Probert 10 (5) 454 ALICE'S INFLUENCE 42 (D) P Evans 9-4...A McDonnell (7) 11 (7) 40L CALL ALERT 15 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 9-3...K O'Neill 12 (4) 522 ARVANA BELLE 12 (BF) B Millman 9-3.....D Keenan 13 (1) 2L0 GIRLS ALLOWED 27 J & S Birkett 9-2.....D E Hogan 14 (3) 846 WILD ROSIE 11 (H) C Dwyer 9-2.....H Davies

预计起步赔率 (SP)：Arvana Belle 3, Miss Mambo 11-2, Captive Beauty 7, Ernie McCrew 8, Alice's Influence, Positive Thoughts。

赛道详情：右手 Polytrack 赛道。场地状况：标准至慢。闸位：内侧。抽签优势：低位。顶尖骑师：David Probert。顶尖练马师：A Balding。首次佩戴装备：5.15 Call Alert。

ROBIN GOODFELLOW 4.05 Bidsta 4.38 Laylaty 5.15 Miss Mambo 5.45 Lily Pink 6.15 Assiri Heights 6.45 Tronido 7.15 Port Erin 7.45 Mountbatten 8.15 Bold Shout

GIMCRACK 4.05 Bidsta 4.38 Soeur De Flash 5.15 Twilight Baby 5.45 Lily Pink 6.15 El Presidente 6.45 Havana Touch 7.15 Gunfighter 7.45 Mountbatten 8.15 Red Hat Eagle

5.45—雌马新手赛 (2) (2-Y-0) 4 万英镑 增加 (21,600 英镑) 1m (8)

1 (5) 1 NEWS 17 G Boughey 9-8.....B Loughnane 2 (1) 9 BINTWILLSEA 35 J Portman 9-2.....R Hornby 3 (7) FIFTH AMENDMENT J Portman 9-2.....R Scott 4 (6) 64 LADY RANYA 17 Harry Charlton 9-2.....D Probert 5 (8) 252 LILY PINK 20℃ Johnston 9-2.....C Shepherd 6 (2) PLAYHOUSE W Haggas 9-2.....H Davies 7 (3) RED CURRY J & T Gosden 9-2.....B Sayette 8 (4) 33 WATCH PARTY 24 (BF2) R Varian 9-2.....R Dawson

预计起步赔率 (SP)：News 7-4, Lily Pink 4, Watch Party 9-2, Red Curry 5, Playhouse 6, Lady Ranya 20。

6.15—新手赛 (4) 1 万英镑 增加 (5,400 英镑) 1m (12)

1 (9) 15 SIN CITY 195 (D) K P De Foy 3-9-11.....R Scott 2 (3) 624 ASSIRI HEIGHTS 17 (T) A Balding 3-9-4 非参赛马 (NON RUNNER) 3 (1) BEAUJON B Meehan 3-9-4.....C Bishop 4 (2) 4 EL PRESIDENTE 123 G & J Moore 3-9-4. B Loughnane 5 (10) HEART THROB A Carroll 3-9-4.....W Carson 6 (7) 353 KINETIC IMPACT 76℃ Hills 3-9-4.....C Shepherd 7 (6) 7 NASCONDINO 53 D & C Kubler 3-9-4.....A Voikhansky 8 (5) OL SCREEN ACTOR 25 M Attwater 3-9-4.....K Fox 9 (11) THORTHWAITE H Palmer 3-9-4.....D Probert 10 (12) O VIRTUE KING 65 A Perrett 3-9-4.....S M Levey 11 (8) OPAL ROSE J Tickle 5-9-2.....Taylor Fisher 12 (4) LLL GARTH SPIRIT 38 (T) P Evans 3-8-13.....J Leavy 预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP): Evens Sin City, 4 Kinetic Impact, 11-2 El Presidente, 7 Beaujon, 8 Thornthwaite, 16 Nascondino.

6.45—让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (DIV 1) (5) 增加 8,000 英镑 (4,187 英镑) Im (11)

1 (7) 175 MARSH BENHAM 11 (D7) G Baker 7-9-9.....P Cosgrave 2 (8) L10 A LA NOCHE 15 (D) Oliver Cole 5-9-8Taryn Langley (5) 3 (1) 3LL EUPATOR 20 (P) R Hannon 4-9-7.....S M Levey 4 (2) 95L MR NUGGET 78 (D) D M Simcock 5-9-7.....R Scott 5 (5) 128 HAVANA TOUCH 22 (C&D2℃) J Butler 5-9-6..B Loughnane 6 (4) 478 HAPPY BANNER 30 (T) C E Walker 4-9-5..G Downing 7 (6) 32L POTOMAC RIVER 15 T Kent 4-9-5.....R Dawson 8 (3) L19 LIBERATE 16 J & S Best 4-9-3.....J Leavy 9 (9) L17 TRONIDO 29 (H) (CD) S Dow 5-9-2.....T Heard 10 (11) 846 VALENTINE BOY 25 (H) (C&D2) L Dace 4-8-13..D Keenan 11 (10) 758 CONNIE MOON 31 (V) D Coakley 4-8-8Rose Dawes (3) 预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP): 7-2 Havana Touch, 5 Marsh Benham, 6 A La Noche, 7 Potomac River, 8 Mr Nugget, Happy Banner.

7.15-让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (DIV 2) (5) 增加 8,000 英镑 (4,187 英镑) im (10) 1 (3) 383 ASTEVERDI 30 (P) (D2) J Owen 5-9-9... O Hoodless (7) 2 (6) 306 CANCAN IN THE RAIN 15 (V) (D2) Gihan Arnolda 6-9-7 D Keenan 3 (4) 005 IT'SNEVERJUSTONE 22 (B) D Loughnane 4-9-7 .R Scott 4 (3) 441 BERRY CLEVER 15 (C&D2D) C Dwyer 5-9-6.. H Davies 5 (2) 751 GUNFIGHTER 30 (C&D) J Butler 5-9-5.....B Loughnane 6 (10) 480 LONGLAI 30 (P) (C&D2D) G Baker 8-9-5..... B Sayette 7 (7) 931 THE HARE RAIL 18 (H) R Teal 4-9-4..... J Leavy 8 (9) 545 FREDA 16 (C&D) P Phelan 4-9-2..... S M Levey 9 (8) 574 PORT ERIN 26 (C&D24) A Carroll 6-9-0..... D Probert 10 (5) 1L8 KING OF CHARM 15 (D2) Martin Dunne 5-8-9.. T Heard

7.45-让磅赛 (HANDICAP) (5) 增加 8,000 英镑 (4,187 英镑) 1m 3f 219yds (8) (5) 385 HARLINGTON 77 (D2) C Clover 5-10-0..... C Shepherd (1) 484 GALLANT LION 11 (D2) I Williams 6-10-0.R Kavanagh (3) (6) 836 STAR TIME 35 (D) A King 5-9-12..... D Probert (8) 211 MEET ME IN MERAKI 15 (D) P Evans 5-9-12.B Loughnane (3) L2L MOUNTBATTEN 48 (P) (DBF) Sir M Prescott 3-9-9

6 (6) 732 PHOENIX OF DREAMS 15 (D) J & S Quinn 5-9-10... R Scott 7 (5) 384 BOLD SHOUT 15℃ Cox 3-9-10.... J Leavy 8 (7) 314 ANGELS' SHARE 27 (D3BF) W Knight 3-9-10... T Fisher 9 (2) 622 STRONG VOICE 27 (PT) James Horton 3-9-9 D Probert 10 (11) L77 LOQUELLA 25℃ Johnston 3-9-8.... C Shepherd 11 (3) 948 YACHTSMAN 31 (PT) Jack Morland 3-9-8 T Langley (5) 12 (10) 851 MAJESTIC WAVE 29 (D) S Dow 4-9-6.... H Davies 13 (13) 808 SAN JUANITO 16 (H) M Murphy 4-9-5.... K O'Neill 14 (1) 129 MANHATTAN CHUTE 53 (BF) J & S Best 4-8-10

预计单胜赔率 (Probable SP): 4 Majestic Wave, 11-2 Strong Voice, 6 Bold Shout, Red Hat Eagle, 7 Angels' Share.

Miss Mambo, 6.15 Garth Spirit, 7.15 It'sneverjustone, Longlai, 8.15 Flash Rascal, San Juanito, Yachtsman. 最远行程马匹：Lily Pink (5.45) 和 Loquella (8.15) 245 英里。级别下降：6.15 Sin City 比上次参赛下降了 2 个级别（从 2 级降至 4 级）。风管手术后首次参赛：今日无。

艾尔 (AYR)

1.45 — MOTAWAARED (Lauren Young) 7-4F 1; Falcon Nine 6-1 2; Sweet Kiss 10-1 3. 12 匹参赛。(J Goldie). 2 $^{1 / 4}$ , $^{3 / 4}$ . Tote: 2.75; 1.20, 1.70, 3.50. Ex: 11.10. Tc: 91.12. Tf: 57.00. CSF: 13.33. 2.20 — ALFA BLUEBURD (J Hart) 2-1JtFav 1; Sea Mirage 11-4 2; Muve On 7-1 3. 7 匹参赛。(I Furtado). ns, 7 $^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.90, 1.60. Ex: 7.70. Tf: 32.20. CSF: 7.86. 2.55 — LAUNCH TIME (H Crouch) 2-1F 1; Head For Freedom 12-1 2; Big Apple Jack 11-4(2ndFav) 3. 10 匹参赛。(Cian Hughes (IRE)). 1 $^{3 / 4}$ , 2 $^{1 / 4}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.30, 4.20, 1.40. Ex: 35.10. Tc: 71.49. Tf: 138.80. CSF: 29.21. 3.30 — ALPHA MAGIC (C Beasley) 11-1 1; Eye Of Dubai 10-3(Jt2ndFav) 2; Stirrup Cup 12-1 3. 11 匹参赛。(M & D Easterby). $^{1 / 2}$ , nk. Tote: 12.80; 3.50, 1.80, 3.20. Ex: 61.10. Tc: 471.13. Tf: 755.70. CSF: 49.44. 4.05 — STANAGE (B Garritty) 5-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Empirestateofmind 11-8F 2; Ashen 6-1 3. 10 匹参赛。(M &

D Easterby). $^{1 / 2}$ , 4l. Tote: 6.00; 1.30, 1.20, 2.20. Ex: 16.60. Tc: 44.34. Tf: 87.50. CSF: 12.38. 4.38 — EY UP ITS JAZZ (D Nolan) 17-2 1; Keats House 5-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Flying Moonlight 9-2F 3. 13 匹参赛。(T Coyle & K Wood). $^{3 / 4}$ , shd. Tote: 10.30; 3.10, 2.20, 1.90. Ex: 84.80. Tc: 232.96. Tf: 616.90. CSF: 53.21. NR: Myrrh. 5.13 — AIGHEAR (P Mulrennan) 4-7F 1; Vampire Slayer 14-1 2; Furhaan 10-3(2ndFav) 3. 5 匹参赛。(J Goldie). 5l, 2 $^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 1.58; 1.10, 4.30. Ex: 9.60. Tf: 27.20. CSF: 10.36. Jackpot 未中奖，奖池 5,894 英镑.08 结转。Placepot £40.50. Q'pot £11.80. 巴斯 (BATH) 1.30 — PACIFIC STORM (J Dace) 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Calshot Spit 5-1 2; Individualiste 11-1 3. 12 匹参赛。(D Menuisier). 9l, 4l. Tote: 5.00; 1.70, 2.00, 2.70. Ex: 23.40, Tc: 213.86. Tf: 191.00. CSF: 25.76. NR: Fram Castle. 2.05 — URUMITA (S M Levey) 7-2(2ndFav) 1; Go Go Girl 11-8F 2; Kerry Grey 15-2 3.7 匹参赛。(R

Hannon). $^{1 / 4}$ , $^{1 / 4}$ . Tote: 4.50; 2.00, 1.50. Ex:

热门推荐 (HOTSPOTS) 马厩私语 (WORK WHISPER) HERBIES SOCK (切普斯托，1.22) 重量博弈 (WEIGHTING GAME) SAN JUANITO (肯普顿，8.15) 比上次获胜时的负重减轻 21磅。 失手之选 (BURNT FINGERS) THREELITTLEANGELS (肯普顿，4.05)

赛马结果

11.30. Tf: 50.60. CSF: 8.80. NRs: Blake's Lass, Debutante. 2.40 — HI LORD (R Dawson) 4-1(2ndFav) 1; Pedros Dream 5-1 2; Jojo Rabbit 3-1F 3. 14匹参赛. (S Hanlon). $^{3/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 6.60; 2.70, 2.10, 1.80. Ex: 36.10. Tc: 72.38. Tf: 147.70. CSF: 24.50. 3.15 — BRILLIANT STAR (R Havlin) 11-8F 1; Littlecote 80-1 2; Little Dorrit 11-2 3. 12匹参赛. (J & T Gosden). 2l, 1l. Tote: 2.38; 1.10, 7.30, 2.40. Ex: 127.80. Tf: 1231.70. CSF: 165.88. NR: Personal Best. 3.50 — AETHELSTAN GOLD (L Edmunds) 11-10F 1; Galimix 4-1 2; Tarn Hows 250-1 3. 13匹参赛. (Harry Charlton). $^{3/4}$ , 6l. Tote: 2.10; 1.30, 1.30, 23.00. Ex: 7.80. Tf: 321.50. CSF: 5.85. NR: Sidewalking. 4.21 — ALBUS ANNE (Olivia Haines) 9-2 1; Oman 2-1F 2; Crimson Road 11-2 3. 9匹参赛. (J Fox). $^{3/4}$ , $^{3/4}$ , Tote: 5.50; 1.80, 1.70, 1.60. Ex: 21.70. Tc: 51.56. Tf: 67.10. CSF: 14.39. NRs: Amused, Prodigal Son. 4.55 — SWEET HORIZON (J Mitchell) 3-1F 1; Boy George 13-2 2; Ablon 5-1 3. 8匹参赛. (Tom Clover). $^{1/2}$ , $^{1/2}$ , Tote: 4.00; 1.40, 1.50, 1.90. Ex: 26.80. Tc: 96.49. Tf: 138.00. CSF: 24.18. NRs: Pipily, Thiscouldbefun. 5.25 — COURT DRIVE (J Mitchell) 6-1 1; Sound And Vision 15-8F 2; Carefree Dream 28-1 3. 10匹参赛. (G Kelleway). $^{2/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ , Tote: 7.00; 1.50, 5.30, 1.80. Ex: 23.80. Tc: 307.18. Tf: 467.80. CSF: 17.77. NRs: Courageous Sioux, Perfect Location. Placepot £13.60. Q'pot £3.30.

马基特拉森 (MARKET RASEN) 1.56 — BALLYGEARY (J Thompson) 8-1 1; Latin 15-2 2; Knighton 9-2(Jt2ndFav) 3. 6匹参赛. (M Sowersby). $^{1/4}$ , $^{1/4}$ , Tote: 9.90; 3.20, 2.40. Ex: 47.80. Tf: 258.30. CSF: 61.16. NR: Caelan. 2.31 — PORT GLEN ONE (S Twiston-Davies) 8-1IF 1; Downtown Nashville 7-2 2; Who's Glen 5-2(2ndFav) 3. 3匹参赛. (N & W Twiston-Davies). 3l, 4l. Tote: 1.73; Ex: 3.00. Tf: 4.30. CSF: 3.44. NR: Nightflyer

希斯上尉推荐三人组 (CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO) FELICITAS (nap) (纽马基特，4.45) MARCO POLO (nb) (纽马基特，1.15) OPENING BID (切普斯托，4.17)

面对惩罚：2018年，蒙羞的三人组史密斯、班克罗夫特和华纳在接受禁赛处罚（图片来源：GETTY IMAGES）

这是由三名击球手共同策划的。然而，正如《每日邮报》体育版在2018年开普敦测试赛结束次日所披露的那样，华纳在三个月前后的灰烬杯赛后饮酒聚会上向英格兰球员承认，他一直使用贴在手上的胶带来篡改球。

当时正在新西兰巡赛的斯图尔特·布罗德以一副令人钦佩的严肃表情暗示道：“我看到史蒂夫·史密斯在新闻发布会上说这是他们第一次尝试这样做，而对我来说……令人惊讶的是他们为什么要改变一个一直有效的方法。”

“看看我们刚刚打完的灰烬杯系列赛，所有那些测试赛，他们在你意想不到的环境下让球产生了反向摆动。我不明白为什么他们在这场比赛中要改变方法。”

布罗德补充说，他没有看到证据表明澳大利亚人在2017-18年灰烬杯期间做了什么坏事，但他的观察代表了许多人，他们认为官方的说法过于方便，令人不安。

有些人认为，对史密斯、华纳和班克罗夫特实施的禁赛是澳大利亚当局普遍过度反应的一部分，而且他们有道理：篡改球从一开始就是板球的一部分。

但这同时也反映出一种感觉，即史密斯的球队早已逾越了他们一直向他人说教的“底线”。他们现在成了伪君子，而国内意识到这一点后，引发了巨大的混乱。

在此期间，澳大利亚队变得更讨人喜欢了，同时并没有牺牲使他们历史上成为板球第一强国的竞争驱动力。

然而，关于在那次让他们失去理智的巡赛中谁知道什么的重新讨论，证实了“砂纸门”被原谅的速度将快于被遗忘的速度。

“八年后还有什么没揭露的吗？”斯塔克本周质疑道。尽管这可能很痛苦，但故事情节依然在澳大利亚无法控制的诱人地带。

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西班牙公开赛（马德里）—— 第一轮（除非另有说明，均为英国及爱尔兰球员，标准杆 71）：66 — E·洛佩兹-查卡拉 (西)；G·福雷斯特；C·赛姆；67 — S·加西亚 (西)；D·希利尔 (新西兰)；A·阿约拉 (西)；J·斯科夫·奥莱森 (丹麦)；68 — M·林德伯格 (瑞典)；V·佩雷斯 (法)；J·迪恩；A·奥塔埃吉 (阿联酋)；B·罗宾逊-汤普森；J·吉尔巴赫 (瑞士)；L·利斯特 (美)；69 — O·林德尔 (芬)；R·兰加斯克 (法)；M·埃尔维拉 (西)；高正元 (法)；丁翁 (中)；S·瓦尔马基 (芬)；70 — F·莫利纳里 (意)；H·杜普莱西斯 (南非)；O·吉约蒙德盖 (法)；S·劳里；J·温瑟 (丹麦)；M·库夫拉 (法)；J·格里耶 (法)；J·斯克里夫纳 (澳)；K·阿披巴恩拉特 (泰)；J·保罗 (英)；R·帕拉托雷 (意)；71 — N·金西；F·切利 (意)；S·马佐利 (意)；B·维斯伯格 (奥)；A·德尔·雷 (西)；R·星野 (日)；P·拉拉扎巴尔 (西)；D·普伊格 (西)；Q·维达尔 (西)；J·路易斯·巴莱斯特 (西)；A·加西亚-埃雷迪亚 (西)；L·奥伯格 (瑞典)；J·拉格伦 (瑞典)；J·丹托普 (瑞典)；T·瓦扬 (法)；R·古维亚 (葡)；72 — D·布莱恩特 (美)；D·罗德里格斯 (葡)；D·劳；A·梅龙克 (波兰)；T·劳伦斯 (南非)；I·埃尔维拉 (西)；吴安 (中)；N·诺尔高 (丹麦)；F·拉克鲁瓦 (法)；E·弗格森；D·范德里尔 (荷)；S·希门尼斯 (西)；J. C. 里奇 (南非)；S·加西亚 (西)；J·罗斯；M·马纳塞罗 (意)；A·罗兹纳 (法)；T·麦基宾；M·乔丹；F·拉波尔塔 (意)；S·贝尔斯托；B·斯通 (南非)；S·索德伯格 (瑞典)；N·莱姆克 (瑞典)；T·罗森穆勒 (英)；M·斯图尔特；73 — J·沙珀 (南非)；P·里德 (美)；M·斯坦莱希纳 (奥)；M·霍利克 (南非)；R·斯特恩 (南非)；M·彭格；R·曼塞尔；D·弗里蒂利 (南非)；S·德索伊萨 (英)；G·巴诺斯 (西)；J·吕滕 (荷)；J·坎皮略 (西)；B·施密特；R·卡布雷拉 (西)；I·坎特罗 (西)；D·米切卢齐 (澳)；T·艾肯 (南非)；E·佩佩雷尔。

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中国公开赛（北京）—— 女子四分之一决赛：N·巴图科娃 (捷克) 胜 K·穆霍娃 (捷克) 6-3 6-0；M·安德烈耶娃 (俄) 胜 E·亚历山德罗娃 (俄) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3)

上海大师赛（上海）—— 第一轮：J·布鲁克斯比 (美) 胜 J·穆纳尔 (西) 7-5 6-4；N·博尔赫斯 (葡) 胜 F·阿科斯塔 (阿根廷) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2；P·科托夫 (俄) 胜 T·格里克斯普尔 (荷) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)；S·齐齐帕斯 (希腊) 胜 K·科佩扬斯 (比) 6-3 7-5；C·乌戈·卡拉贝利 (阿根廷) 胜 I·西马金 (俄) 2-6 6-2 7-5；H·胡尔卡奇 (波兰) 胜 J·达克沃斯 (澳) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)；M·阿尔纳尔迪 (意) 胜 B·汤米奇 (澳) 6-3 6-1；T·蒂兰特 (阿根廷) 胜 H·梅杰多维奇 (塞) 6-4 6-2；P·卡雷诺·布斯塔 (西) 胜 M·纳沃内 (阿根廷) 4-6 7-5 6-3；A·瓦列霍 (巴拉圭) 胜 V·罗耶 (法) 6-3 6-1；S·巴埃兹 (阿根廷) 胜 M·吉龙 (美) 1-6 6-3 6-4；Z·斯瓦伊达 (美) 胜 F·马罗赞 (匈) 6-3 7-6 (7-2)；J·塞伦多洛 (阿根廷) 胜 N·梅希亚 (哥) 6-4 6-4；B·范德赞舒尔普 (荷) 胜 D·梅里达·阿吉拉尔 (西) 1-6 6-3 6-4；J·斯特鲁夫 (英) 胜 M·兰达卢塞 (西) 6-4 6-4；卜悠 (中) 胜 L·范阿什 (法) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3；Z·贝尔格斯 (比) 胜 V·科普里瓦 (捷克) 6-3 6-1；D·斯夫尔奇纳 (捷克) 胜 C·诺里 (英) 6-3 3-6 6-4。

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3.06 — CAP RICOCHET (B Hughes) 10-1 1 1; Hiero Sport 9-2 2 2; Blue Du Neuf 33-1 1 3. 6 ran. (John Dawson). 4 $^{1 / 4}$ , 6l. Tote: 11.00; 3.30, 1.60. Ex: 44.00. Tf: 696.00. CSF: 53.00.

3.41 — COURT IN A STORM (C Gethings) 7-2 1; Lermoos Legend 10-3(第二热门) 2; Shabalko D'herm 11-10F 3. 4 匹参赛。(K Bailey & M Nicholls)。 hd, 10l. Tote: 4.50; Ex: 13.40. Tf: 19.80. CSF: 14.12.

4.16 — QUICK OF THE NIGHT (Lee Edwards) 9-2(并列第二热门) 1; Spot On Soph 7-4F 2; Mistral Blue 9-1 1 3.8 ran. (Dave Roberts)。 $3^{3 / 4}$ , 6l. Tote: 5.80; 1.90, 1.30, 2.50. Ex: 16.20. Tc: 67.19. Tf: 114.60. CSF: 13.38.

4.48 — UPTON'S MIGHTY OAK (L Scott) 3-1(第二热门) 1; Ratemenow 10-11F 2; Slievehill 15-2 2 3.5 ran. (Dr R Newland)。 2 $^{3 / 4}$ , 22I. Tote: 4.00; 1.70, 1.10. Ex: 7.90. CSF: 6.43. Plesnet 8789.80, Cinst 855.90

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4.25 — LOVER GIRL (R Scott) 7-1 1 2; Casino Star 10-1 2; Roxa Love 5-1 1 3.7 ran. (K P De Foy)。 $^{3 / 4}$ , $^{23 / 4}$ . Tote: 8.00; 3.70, 5.20. Ex: 75.50. Tc: 380.62. Tf: 448.50. CSF: 70.88. NR: Dubai Charm.

5.00 — STATE EXPRESS (C Fallon) 9-1 1; Sisterandbrother 8-1 2; Rubellite 12-1 1 3. 12 ran. (S Woods)。 $^{3 / 4}$ , nk. Tote: 11.60; 3.70, 2.60, 3.10. Ex: 106.80. Tc: 890.17. Tf: 1231.80. CSF: 81.15. 5.30 — CROWN OF CROWNS (C Fallon) 6-4F 1; Emtinan 3-1 2; Master Of The Sky 9-4(第二热门) 3. 7 ran. (W Haggas)。 1l, 2 $^{3 / 4}$ . Tote: 2.50; 1.40, 1.80. Ex: 7.10. Tf: 16.90. CSF: 6.61.

6.00 — ARLECCHINO'S MOON (C Lee) 12-1; Temple Court 7-1 2; Casablanca Dream 7-2(第二热门) 3. 12 ran. (M Usher)。 $^{3 / 4}$ , nk. Tote: 15.30; 3.30, 2.40, 1.70. Ex: 94.40. Tc: 371.85. Tf: 514.60. CSF: 97.07.

6.30 — REVOKED (J Leavy) 9-4F 1; Hello You Ten 10-3(第二热门) 2; Pen Lan Icon 16-1 1 3.11 ran. (C Cox)。 2 $^{1 / 4}$ , $^{1 / 2}$ . Tote: 3.25; 1.50, 1.40, 5.60. Ex: 13.80. Tc: 99.74. Tf: 95.80. CSF: 9.53.

7.00 — ROGUE CITATION (D Tudhope) 3-1F 1; Likeness 9-2 2; Kamaway 4-1(第二热门) 3.9 ran. (E Bethell)。 shd, $\frac{1}{2}$ . Tote: 4.80; 1.30, 1.70, 1.60. Ex: 20.40. Tc: 53.46. Tf: 84.50. CSF: 16.52.

7.30 — SPIRIT LEAD ME (F Marsh) 9-4F 1; Shaw Park 22-1 2; Ernie's Valentine 10-3(第二热门) 3.12 ran. (R Hughes)。 $^{3 / 4}$ , $1^{1 / 4}$ . Tote: 3.25; 1.30, 5.90, 1.90. Ex: 49.70. Tc: 179.93. Tf: 249.80. CSF: 64.86. NRs: Captain Cess, Moon Beginnings.

8.00 — COOL KING (S De Sousa) 11-1 1; Dorigo 1-7F 2; Christmas Is Comin 28-1 1 3. 11 ran. (M Botti)。 $^{3 / 4}$ , $2^{3 / 4}$ . Tote: 12.00; 1.30, 1.02, 4.50. Ex: 24.70. Tf: 79.40. CSF: 14.35.

8.30 — MONTEZIN (C Hardie) 11-2 2 1; Enacting 18-1 2; Nostrum 10-11F 3. 12 ran. (A Brittain)。 nk, nk. Tote: 8.00; 2.00, 4.30, 1.10. Ex: 125.10. Tc: 175.37. Tf: 387.60. CSF: 97.23. Placepot £676.50. Q'pot £11.70.

准备好，湿身，出发！汉密尔顿与年轻新星的矛盾

一级方程式赛车

作者：乔纳森·麦克沃伊 (JONATHAN McEVOY)

刘易斯·汉密尔顿 (LEWIS HAMILTON) 指责年轻的一级方程式赛车手在雨天比赛时过于“谨慎”。

这位七届世界冠军在新加坡发表了谴责，而就在一周前的马来西亚站，由于下雨，赛车实际上被停在原地 90 分钟。这次中断部分是由备受争议的半电池发动机的技术复杂性引起的，这些发动机在重新编程后出现了故障。

但正如汉密尔顿所主张的，延迟也是因为他的年轻同事们不愿投入战斗的结果。

41 岁的汉密尔顿在代表老一代赛车手发言时说：“我一直期待着一场雨战。当开始下雨时，我想，‘噢，太好了，这会很有趣’。”

“最终，我没能与马克斯 [维斯塔潘] 以及基米 [安东内利] 展开我期待的那场较量，对此我曾感到很兴奋。”

“但我对 FIA [管理机构] 并没有什么不满。他们尽了最大努力来确保我们所有人的安全。这是一个意外出现的问题，他们以最好的方式处理了它。”

“我认为掌控局面的人们变得越来越谨慎，但同样，新进的年轻车手也变得越来越谨慎。我们这些老派车手会说，‘让我们开始比赛吧’，而更多的年轻人则会说，‘我们别比赛了’。”

“所以他们接收到了两种不同的信息，而且他们本身也超级谨慎。”

“现在的雨战和我们以前经历的不一样了。我曾在雨中赢得过伟大的比赛，例如 2008 年在银石赛道 [当时他以超过一分钟的优势获胜]。那时我们有更多的测试，且拥有更好的雨胎，因为当年我们与普利司通的开发合作更深入。我比任何其他比赛都更热爱雨战。”

维斯塔潘——与汉密尔顿一样是出色的雨战车手，两人共拥有 11 个世界冠军头衔——更倾向于将责任归咎于他所厌恶的 50-50 混合动力（内燃机 / 电力）发动机，而非他的同行。这位荷兰人说：“问题在于它太复杂了。我只希望下一次规则重置能更简单。让你能像现在应该那样，或者像以前那样，直接启动赛车然后开走。” “你应该能够出赛，

遗憾：汉密尔顿昨日 REX 拥有一个刹车踏板和一个油门踏板，而这才是决定圈速的关键。”

至于这场混乱的最终定论，我们回到汉密尔顿身上。 “风险更高吗？”他问道。 “绝对更高。”

当你每年赚取高达 £8000 万 来做我们其他人做不到的事情时，情况就应该是这样的。刘易斯抓住了重点，并将其表达得很到位。

作者：尼克·西蒙 (Nik Simon)

布伦丹·文特 (Brendan Venter) 回归萨拉森队 (Saracens) 主帅后的早期举措之一，就是在他周日对阵塞利队 (Sale) 的赛季首场主场比赛中，当球员们跑出场时，通过音响系统播放一阵阵狼嚎声。

这是在向俱乐部在薪资上限丑闻之前的统治时期致敬，当时他们的比赛计划是由令人畏惧的“狼群”防守定义的。文特雄心勃勃地想要打破英超 (Prem) 进攻至上的循环，但这位古怪的南非人可能是在进行一场单枪匹马的圣战。

在本赛季的前十场比赛中，获胜球队的平均得分是 38.5 分。达阵得分率比以往任何时候都要高，如果你询问英超的进攻教练，这应该会对史蒂夫·博思威克 (Steve Borthwick) 执教的英格兰队有所助益。

比赛规则的微调意味着 97% 的得分现在来自达阵和附加分。通过踢球获得 3 分已不再划算。北安普顿队和布里斯托尔队凭借高强度的进攻处于领先地位，但他们的竞争对手正在追赶。

那么，是什么导致英超变成了“达阵盛宴”？这对英格兰队有好处吗？文特能阻止这一切吗？

规则变更

“有很多细微的改变让比赛变得更快了，”北安普顿（Northampton）进攻教练萨姆·维斯蒂（Sam Vesty）告诉《每日邮报》体育版。

“几年前，你可以一只脚在场外、一只脚在场内接球，球就会被判定出界。这样你能喘口气。但他们修改了这条规则，现在几乎不可能把球弄出界。球在场上的时间稍微延长了一点，球员更疲劳，而进攻空间也随之增加。”

擒抱高度也起到了作用。

“如果你擒抱位置过高，现在会受到严厉处罚，”维斯蒂补充道。“如果你擒抱位置较低，被擒抱的球员双手是自由的，球很容易被传出（offload）。”

“从历史上看，如果你在半场线附近持球，人们会说你打得太保守（overplaying）。但现在我们说继续进攻，因为你能创造出机会。在球场深处持球比直接将球踢走更有成效。”

“然后是越位线。裁判的判定更加严格，因此空间稍微大了一点。”

“十年前，当萨拉森（Saracens）赢得许多冠军时，很大程度上是基于高球战术和极强的防守。从那时起，比赛发生了巨大的变化。”

全面橄榄球的兴起

财务压力让英超（Prem）俱乐部在招募最强壮的球员时慢了下来。那种像推土机一样强行推进的持球者减少了，而灵活性和技巧的价值则更高。高控球率的球队正大获成功。

得分如雨：塞城的汤姆·奥弗拉赫蒂（Tom O'Flaherty，左）和萨拉森的罗蒂米·塞贡（Rotimi Segun）在本赛季迄今为止的 93 次达阵中贡献了两次。GETTY / SHUTTERSTOCK

达阵狂潮！新规则、温暖天气、猫鼠游戏般的密集阵……为何英超球队无法停止得分

“现在每次控球都有强烈的得分意图，这在以前可能看不到，”格洛斯特（Gloucester）进攻教练詹姆斯·莱特富特-布朗（James Lightfoot Brown）表示，他已被任命为今年秋季英格兰 A 队的管理团队成员。

“现在球队是用 15 名球员在进攻。看看后场三名球员在无球状态下的跑位以创造人数优势，以及前锋在地面上的起身速度。”

“现代的后场三名球员不再仅仅站在边翼。当我们对阵埃克塞特（Exeter）时，曼尼·费伊-瓦博索（Manny Feyi-Waboso）无处不在。一会儿出现在 9 号位身边，一会儿又出现在另一侧边翼。”

“这些球员不再仅仅是跑者。他们可以起到连接作用，可以出现在队友肩头完成一次额外的传球或传出。北安普顿在这方面做得最好，他们的打法非常流畅。”

巴斯（Bath）的新任进攻教练迈克·普伦德加斯特（Mike Prendergast）表示：“球队都在寻找空间。当你进入对方 22 米区时，很多达阵发生在边路。这里的速度极快。英格兰拥有许多非常优秀且快速的后场三名球员，其中一些是顶尖的运动员。”

冒险行为

“球队正在承担更多风险，”莱特富特-布朗继续说道。“他们从深处发起进攻，时刻给防守方施压。我们以前经常看到几个阶段的试探，观察防守方的反应——但目前没有试探。球队要么尝试得分，要么直接踢球。没有中间地带，这让比赛产品变得非常刺激。”

温暖的天气促进了传球，并造就了快速的场地。“一年中的这个时间点有影响，”普伦德加斯特说。“好天气意味着我们一直是用干燥的球在比赛。”

突发新闻

目前，大部分进攻机会来自乱战局面。

进攻教练一直在鼓励他们的球队应对非结构化防守，而对争球（breakdown）更严厉的执法确保了进攻方占据优势。

“裁判不再像以前那样奖励消极的防守行为，”莱特富特·布朗（Lightfoot Brown）补充道，“现在很明显，抢球（jackal）尝试必须是一个真正的积极动作。手不能撑在地上。”

“这不能仅仅是抢在擒抱之后为了减缓球速而做出的努力。我们始终希望奖励在地面上的优秀防守工作，但他们不再允许球队通过投机手段来拖慢节奏。”

捉迷藏般的密集阵

本赛季最显著的变化围绕在密集阵（maul）方面。防守前锋现在干扰阵型进攻的自由度降低，这意味着他们必须投入更多球员来阻止推进。其副产品就是创造了额外的进攻空间。

“密集阵重新回到了比赛中，”普伦德加斯特（Prendergast）表示，“在 22 米线以外，密集阵可能一度消失了。但现在我们看到很多密集阵出现在中线及其前方。”

“前锋教练们试图让阵型向前推进，或者向 15 号球员方向移动，从而在边缘创造空间。防守方要么投入人数来抵消它，要么保持人数在外面站立。目前这有点像在玩捉迷藏，每个人都在试图摸索规律。这绝对是各支球队试图利用的一点。”

这对英格兰队有利吗？ 更激烈的碰撞、更出色的抢球者以及更强大的阵型进攻，这一切都改变了国际赛事的格局，但人们似乎达成共识，英超（Prem）进攻水平的提升应当能带动国家队。

“人们会效仿成功的方式，”维斯蒂（Vesty）说，“人们观察波尔多队和图卢兹队如何保持球的活性并获得大量得分。高节奏的比赛已经证明是成功的，所以人们在追求这一点。”

“新西兰队目前打法相当像英超风格。因为春羚队（Springboks）拥有如此强大的力量，如果你试图在力量上与他们硬碰硬，你将会落败。”

“英超是一个更好的产品，但我们需要确保它不会变成一场单纯的达阵盛宴。这项运动的美妙之处在于你可以通过多种方式获胜。如果它变成像篮球那样‘你得分，我得分，你再得分’的局面，就会变得有点无聊。我们还没到那个地步，但我们需要保持警觉。”

随着秋意渐浓，随着文特（Venter）进一步施展他的手段，英超将揭晓“狼群”（Wolfpack）能否让防守再次成为时尚。

温布尔登负责人：网红？我们会派军队对付他们！

温布尔登网球锦标赛警告网红们，如果在比赛期间行为不端，将面临军队的愤怒，此前美国网球公开赛出现了一些不体面的行为。

上个月在纽约举行的美网公开赛上，一些社交媒体明星因噪音、拍摄和闪光灯干扰球员，导致多场比赛受到影响。

由于款待包厢内的嘉宾使用环形灯拍摄社交媒体噱头视频，导致两场比赛被迫中断，科科·高夫对此批评为对网球“礼仪”的漠视。

网红们被邀请前往法拉盛草地赛场，其中一些人获得了媒体认证，但温布尔登的协议非常严格。部分网红将作为赞助商的嘉宾在陪同下入场，但并没有规定禁止社交媒体明星自行购买门票。

然而，全英草地网球俱乐部临时负责人

然而，全英草地网球执行官理查德·阿特金森（Richard Atkinson）——他希望在明年的第140届赛事中担任首席执行官——警告网红们，英国陆军管理人员将对任何胡作非为采取毫不妥协的态度。

在斯坦福桥举行的“伦敦领导者周”（Leaders Week London）体育产业会议上，阿特金森表示：“我们没有一个名为‘网红’的认证人员类别。显然，在21世纪的第三个十年，网红是在全球范围内打造品牌的重要组成部分。”

“你必须做的是让他们在控制之下。我们的重要合作伙伴之一，Polo Ralph Lauren 拥有网红，但他们都受到严格的陪同。”

“美网非常有纽约市的风格。它疯狂且嘈杂，各种事情都在发生。我在那里住了七八年。”

“我热爱那里，但对于一个刚买票的人来说，带着环形灯出现在那里并开始直播简直太容易了，

作者：BOBBY MANZI

就在比赛进行到一半的时候。如果他们敢在温布尔登这么做，我想你可能会遇到一些海军陆战队突击队员——我们的[球场上]确实有军方人员——我怀疑，他们最想做的事情就是收拾掉某个网红。”

“这是营销组合中至关重要的一环。当然如此。”

“世界已经改变，但非常重要的一点是——虽然这有点像陈词滥调——你必须以‘温布尔登的方式’来处理这件事。”

自拍时间：美网公开赛上的网红 REUTERS

“说我们温布尔登不会有任何网红，显然是胡说八道。”

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足球短讯

切尔西上周六与朴茨茅斯进行了一场闭门友谊赛，该中场球员正努力从腓肠肌伤势中恢复，此前该伤势导致他的赛季未能正常开始。凯塞多在切尔西本赛季第三场联赛对阵布莱顿的比赛中替补登场，但随后伤情加重，在登场14分钟后不得不被换下。此后他一直没有露面，包括切尔西在这次国际比赛日期间发布的训练照片中也没有他的身影。然而，《每日邮报》体育版获悉，这位24岁的厄瓜多尔球员确实参加了那场0-2负于朴茨茅斯的秘密比赛。

热刺进球难、节奏慢且缺乏领导力，德泽比迫切需要其3.4 亿英镑m的投资获得回报

压力正在增加，球队目前在英超联赛中垫底且状态低迷，而最近的证据告诉我们，托特纳姆热刺很少能在这种审视下做出良好反应。

他们上次前往曼彻斯特联队的比赛，结果成了托马斯·弗兰克任期的倒数第二场比赛。

当时他们同样承受着压力，正向降级区下滑，且在伤病危机中渴望一场胜利，结果队长克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗在半小时内被红牌罚下，导致他们在九次交锋中首次输给曼联。

八个月后，热刺重返老特拉福德，有理由 believe 这次会有所不同，且前五场比赛仅得2分并不一定意味着又将迎来一个为生存而战的悲惨赛季。

但罗伯托·德泽比确实需要看到迹象，证明他那£3.4 亿的重建计划将产生效果。

主帅即将爆发

在热刺上一场主场3-2负于阿斯顿维拉后，有迹象表明德泽比的耐心开始耗尽。“我们不能说一切都很糟糕，但这还不够，”这是他在一场措辞严厉的赛后新闻发布会上的最后一段话。

他集体批评了球队在少一人（米基·范德文因伤离场）时无法应对局面，导致维拉先入一球，以及在穆罕默德·库杜斯登场后失去平衡且推进过于激进。

热刺主帅要求马特乌斯·费尔南德斯表现得更好，这位从西汉姆联签下的球员身价£8500 万，他在半场被换下，并在国际比赛日期间随葡萄牙U21国家队出战。他还要求多米尼克·索兰基提高表现，他表示索兰基在体能和信心方面都有所欠缺。

新援起步缓慢

新签球员的影响力有限，这将令德泽比感到担忧。除了能够胜任罗梅罗替代者的扬-保罗·范赫克外，没有一个人能迅速进入状态。

范赫克在执行荷兰国家队任务期间提前返回，因为他的脚背有一处伤口

作者：马特·巴洛 (MATT BARLOW)

需要缝针。热刺预计如果伤口愈合，他可以参加老特拉福德的比赛。

桑德罗·托纳利在热刺承受了大量指责，因为人们对他那创纪录的1 亿英镑m转会费寄予了更高期望。“足球非常奇怪，”他在随意大利队出战期间表示，“在十天之内，一切都可以从负面转为正面。在托特纳姆，结果方面目前是负面的，但我们所踢出的足球是正面的。”

意大利国家队给托纳利带来了一定程度的慰藉。在回归的主帅罗伯托·曼奇尼麾下，他在四场欧国联比赛中的前3场首发，并在另一场比赛中替补登场。

领导力在何方？

在热刺令人失望的开局之中，旧有的批评再次浮现，其中包括更衣室中缺乏个性。

艰难的观赛体验：德泽尔比目睹其球队被维拉击败 SHUTTERSTOCK

“他们缺乏领导者和性格，”前热刺主帅蒂姆·舍伍德在 Sky Sports 上讨论热刺在近两年任何赛事中一旦先丢球就无法获胜这一事实时如此声称。

这是一个合理的观点，德泽尔比在维拉进球时队长范德文不在场的情况下也暗示了这一点。

副队长佩德罗·波罗因伤离场。另外两名队长本·戴维斯和詹姆斯·麦迪逊也不在场上。

但场上并不缺乏经验，资深国脚罗德里戈·本坦库尔、范赫克、托纳利和安迪·罗伯逊都在场上组织并指挥。

德泽尔比经常强调他的球员们多么在意，并暗示他们过于在意，因为在去年的保级战中，他们变得情绪波动剧烈。就好像他更希望有些人能更冷酷、更精于计算。

……进球又在何方？ 弗兰克早期的那些问题再次出现。

弗兰克加强了热刺的后防，但失去了创造力。当他试图打开局面并以更自由的方式比赛时，他发现自己的球队变得异常脆弱。

德泽尔比的热刺也是如此。在与诺丁汉森林和埃弗顿战成 0-0 平局后，他的球队在主场面对维拉时一度 3-0 落后，随后才在比赛末段发起反击。

奥马尔·马尔穆什在从曼城以 6000 万英镑m 转会（此前为租借）后尚未进球，但他代表埃及对阵南苏丹时两次破门。这可能有利于他的信心，但这并非英超的标准。

马蒂斯·特尔在对阵维拉的比赛中甚至没有进入替补名单，但他代表法国 U21 队在四场比赛中打入五球，其中包括对阵瑞士的一场帽子戏法。同样，这与英超并非同一量级。

反击缺乏威胁

萨维奥和库杜斯在狭小区域起步很快，但热刺尚未填补孙兴慜在前场那种破坏性速度带来的直接威胁。

许多英超球队在反击时极具爆发力。热刺则不然。也许这就是米哈伊洛·穆德里克被纳入考虑范围的原因，但这位从切尔西租借而来的 25 岁乌克兰边锋仍因在首秀几天后的训练中受到的踝关节伤势而缺阵。

为什么他们不能恢复体能？ 有 13 名球员在执行国家队任务。对于留队球员，每个人在返回训练中心之前都有一周的休息时间，并在第二周结束时与一支由 U21 和 U18 球员组成的球队进行了一场内部比赛。

对于那些伤愈复出以及季前赛计划被中断的球员来说，这是恢复体能的重要时期。

德泽尔比需要麦迪逊、库杜斯和索兰克尽快进入状态，以增加他的进攻选择。

德扬·库卢塞夫斯基的进展令人鼓舞，尽管在缺阵近 18 个月后，最好不要有人依赖这位瑞典前锋来拯救整个赛季。

“我没法看他的视频，我为他感到难过。足球抛弃了他” 德勒·阿里从热刺之星变为主播，其新生活的悲惨现实

作者：卢克·鲍尔 (Luke Power)

“再也没人接我的电话了。但我会继续给人们打电话。我又被晾在（被忽略）一边了，不是吗？”

德勒·艾利（Dele Alli）再次开始了直播。这是他五天内的第三次直播，时长将接近五个小时，他试图以此与观众建立联系。或许，也是在试图与他的过去建立联系。

对于 30 岁的德勒来说，这就是他现在的新工作。他目前在独立训练，且已经 13 个月没有俱乐部了。自 2023 年 2 月以来，他的职业足球比赛出场时间仅有 10 分钟。

这位曾被誉为英格兰足球下一个史蒂文·杰拉德或弗兰克·兰帕德的天才球员，现在正看着自己最糟糕的一次失手片段（2016 年对阵斯托克城，当时他绕过了门将谢伊·吉文却击中了立柱），向他那 150,000 名且在持续增长的 Twitch 粉丝大军展示球员时代的收藏品，并对 YouTube 视频发表评论。

现在，他正在翻阅自己的通讯录。起初，由于没人接电话，艾利显得有些沮丧。“我想看看谁才是真朋友，”他说，“现在有很多人在给我发信息，”他承诺道，“英格兰队的比赛是什么时候？明天？他们可能在开会。”

缓慢但坚定地，他那些 A 级名流好友们开始接电话了。首先是詹姆斯·麦迪逊，他在一场音乐会上接了电话并大喊“爱你”。随后，身在摩纳哥的埃里克·戴尔也接了电话。

正在出去买印度餐的杰克·格拉利什也接了电话。塔米·亚伯拉罕同样接了，并表示等他到伦敦时想加入直播。阿什利·科尔承诺，如果他再次获得主教练工作，就会签下艾利。

然后是哈里·凯恩，在意识到自己处于直播状态时，他的声音显得有些犹豫，并带着一丝长辈般的关怀询问道：“希望你一直在努力工作？”

“努力工作，享受乐趣，”艾利回答道。

显然，在他的足球兄弟圈中，人们依然非常爱他——即便他很难让对方接电话，且通话过程有些尴尬。

尽管在社交媒体频道上拥有超过 1000 万 粉丝，但艾利在球场上——那个他真正属于的地方——的未来依然笼罩在迷雾之中。

偶尔可见：艾利在 Twitch 上的样子，以及（右图）他与凯恩处于巅峰时期的样子（图片来源：GETTY）

现在已经没有人真正知道他到底有多强了。对许多人来说，艾利存在于记忆的领域中：他对阵皇家马德里的全场最佳表现，对阵水晶宫的那记凌空抽射，以及若泽·穆里尼奥对他未来会后悔的预言式警告。

“看到一个拥有过一切的人如此陨落，真的很心酸，”一位前英格兰国脚告诉《每日邮报》体育版，“当这种情况持续这么久，几乎不可能再找回状态。”

“我们都认识的那个德勒，我们会想：‘他去哪了？’我认为这是一个信心问题。我没法看他的视频。我为他感到难过。足球已经把他抛在身后了。”

“我的建议是不要放弃。他 30 岁，还有五年的时间。我认为他能回到热刺时期的状态吗？大概不能。我认为他能拥有一个不错的职业生涯吗？是的，我认为可以。但不会是在最高水平的联赛，因为他会被视为一个风险因素。”

艾利曾注定会在顶峰拥有漫长的职业生涯。这个男人曾为托特纳姆热刺出场 269 次，打入 67 球。在 2016-17 赛季，他打入 22 球并贡献 10 次助攻，与凯恩形成了极具杀伤力的搭档。他曾 37 次代表英格兰国家队出战，并参加了 2016 年欧洲杯和 2018 年世界杯。

2019 年毛里西奥·波切蒂诺离开热刺后，情况发生了变化。他的继任者穆里尼奥在球队面前称艾利为“极其懒惰”。伤病和个人问题让他付出了代价。随后他在埃弗顿和贝西克塔什的经历均以失败告终。

在他最后一家俱乐部科莫，他在首秀后的 10 分钟内就被红牌罚下，这引发了主教练塞斯克·法布雷加斯如此巨大的愤怒，以至于他被禁赛直到去年 9 月被解约。

无论如何，阿里仍在继续努力。在门外汉看来，他的状态依然很好。今年夏天，他在马贝拉足球中心（Marbella Football Center）度过了八周，这是一个高端的性能训练设施，曾在国际比赛日期间接待过阿斯顿维拉。

他在那里接受了

他在那里接受了著名体能教练多梅尼科·古尔齐（Domenico Gurzi）的指导。在阿里最近发布的一条动态中，古尔齐在评论区对他目前的状态赞不绝口。“他的状态正处于巅峰，”古尔齐写道，“他每天都非常努力。他依然拥有那种能力。他是一名顶级的职业球员，并且非常专注。”回到英国后，他一直与康纳·彼得斯（Connor Peters）合作，这位教练在过去几年中已经充分了解阿里的需求。

阿里一直在利用第八级别球队温莎和伊顿（Windsor & Eton）的场地来恢复体能。

他曾被传将加盟英乙联赛的巴尼特队（Barnet），但任何关于他加盟的猜测都与事实不符。

他最近发布了一段自己在巴尼特 Hive 训练中心进行个人练习的视频，但《每日邮报》体育版了解到，该视频实际上是去年圣诞节的一次训练课。

我们了解到，他确实希望重返足球赛场，但正在等待合适的机会。

“德勒”这个品牌显然依然具有影响力。今年4月，他受路易威登（Louis Vuitton）邀请，出席了其在伦敦市中心的酒店快闪店。几周后，他为奢侈鞋履品牌 Numeris 担任模特。

时尚一直是他主要的热情所在。2016年，年仅20岁的他以£800 万的价格成为了阿迪达斯（adidas）的代言人。他与该品牌的首次代言是在16岁时，当时他还在米尔顿凯恩斯顿斯（MK Dons）效力。

在离开热刺近五年后，阿里回到了伦敦居住。在这里，他喜欢打板式网球，并出入名人聚集地 Novikov 餐厅（在那里一瓶威士忌可能花费你 8,000 英镑）以及日料餐厅 Roka。

《每日邮报》体育版曾在2月揭露了这种奢靡生活背后的阴暗面。我们报道了阿里如何成为维多利亚赌场（The Victoria Casino）纸牌局的常客，并在短短几天内输掉了 15 万英镑。

“他一到赌场，就会有消息传开说：‘德勒开局了’——然后人们会争先恐后地加入他参加的游戏，因为那里有轻而易举能赚到的钱，”一名消息人士当时表示。

业内人士认为，正是场外的动荡阻碍了他重返足球赛场的计划。“教练们会说，我们的俱乐部不能接受这种情况，他还没准备好，”我们的前英格兰队消息人士表示，“人们写的内容会成为干扰，进而影响球队、教练和球迷。”

对于阿里所克服的挑战，人们应当给予他宽容。在2023年一次与加里·内维尔（Gary Neville）的令人心碎的采访中，阿里透露他6岁时曾被“猥亵”，7岁开始抽烟，8岁时就在贩毒。在

他的职业生涯中，他曾对安眠药产生依赖，需要接受康复治疗，并在年仅24岁时就考虑过放弃一切。“在所有事情上，一直是我在与自己对抗，”他告诉内维尔，“我在战斗中获胜，在微笑，但在内心深处，我正在输掉这场战争。”支持阿里的人不在少数，但每当他开启直播时，人们总能感觉到他被自己的自由所束缚。感觉他足球生涯的最后一盏灯正在闪烁熄灭。

正在闪烁熄灭。 “我们要接管世界了吗？”他询问他的数字粉丝群。没有人知道该如何回答。

足球动态：菲尔·福登（Phil Foden）和维托尔·雷斯（Vitor Reis）昨日在曼城训练 GETTY IMAGES

哈兰德：我们必须团结一致

来自体育版

理解外界的喧嚣，但我们的重点在于我们能掌控的部分，而我们能掌控的只有足球本身。”在周日与利物浦的对决之前，他补充道：“坦白说，感觉棒极了。球员们对接下来的两场比赛感到兴奋。尤其是因为我们目前在联赛中排名第一。球员们正专注于

球员们正专注于此。他们知道我们能掌控的是足球方面——他们完全不担心其他事情。他们了解自己的职业，也知道外界存在喧嚣，但他们并不太在意这些噪音。”

当被问及是否想对曼城球迷说些什么时，他请求他们的支持。

“客场挑战安菲尔德，我们将执行我们的比赛计划。但我们肯定需要他们的呐喊，以及他们的[耐心]。在过去的两天里，我观看了去年在安菲尔德的比赛，最后的庆祝场面太棒了。

“我们需要团结一致。我多次说过，这家机构在过去15年里能处于顶端，是因为从老板、首席执行官、体育总监、主教练、球员到球迷，大家目标一致。这太棒了。”与此同时，埃尔林·哈兰德敦促球迷们保持信心并“享受这段旅程”，尽管裁决认定他们违反了英超联赛100多项规则。

这位挪威人昨天告诉 Sky Sports，他相信球迷们在安菲尔德会“度过一段美好时光”。他补充道：“我们要团结一致，我们要彼此陪伴，无论生活中发生什么，我们要保持积极——我们要始终保持微笑。”

针对这场风波，曾在 2014 赛季在伊蒂哈德球场效力的考文垂城主教练法兰克·兰帕德表示，即使冠军头衔从记录册中被抹去，曼城的球员们永远会觉得自己是冠军。“很多事情是你无法掌控的，但你是在与最顶尖的人竞争，而这些冠军很难赢得。”他说，“所以我认为，对于一名球员个体来说，很难接受自己的冠军头衔被夺走。”

与此同时，诺丁汉森林主帅奥利弗·格拉斯纳敦促足球管理层尽快结案，否则可能会面临球迷背弃英超联赛的风险。

他说：“我的愿望就是这件事能快点解决。最重要的是联赛的公正性，因为一旦球迷不再信任它，他们就不会再观看比赛了。”

额外报道：汤姆·科洛莫斯（Tom Collomosse）

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童年悲剧、拜金主义与冷酷手腕：让穆巴拉克成为曼城“财务远见者”的推手……以及为何他输不起这场上诉

16年前，利物浦老板约翰·W·亨利在首次踏入安菲尔德球场几个小时后，在董事会会议室与足球记者们坐在一起，告诉我们足球界的财务可持续性规则是必要的，因为“我的名字前面没有‘谢赫’（Sheik）这个头衔”。这位前大宗商品交易员当时并未料到，他在阿布扎比最大的对手竟然完全没有这样一个头衔。

在某些方面，曼城主席卡尔多恩·穆巴拉克（Khaldoon Al Mubarak）并非表面上看起来那么单纯。多年来，一些曼城顶级球员一直与他保持沟通，他们通过WhatsApp发送详细的个人抱怨，直接越过曼城那位冷漠且社交尴尬的首席执行官费兰·索里亚诺（Ferran Soriano）。穆巴拉克从未更换过手机号码，这使他能够被联系到，尽管他一直避免直接干预争端。

这种亲和力概括了这位拥有无数套无可挑剔西装、风度翩翩的50岁男子如何成为阿布扎比最有权势的非皇室成员之一。他与全球一些最富有且最有权势的商界人士交好，包括贝莱德（BlackRock）巨头拉里·芬克（Larry Fink）和好莱坞交易撮合者阿里·埃马纽埃尔（Ari Emanuel）。人们告诉你他很有幽默感。“他有轻松的一面，是个很好的陪伴者，”一名消息人士说道。

2024年秋天，在纽约文华东方酒店为穆巴拉克举行的一场奢华晚宴上，芬克向他颁奖，并称他为一名财务远见者。穆巴拉克显然沉浸在观众的赞美之中，因此你绝不会知道，在大西洋的另一端，曼城正陷入一场威胁到他以及阿布扎比声誉的诉讼之中。

“他只是从未想象过那个结果。他认为那是不可能的，”一位曾与穆巴拉克共事并自称尊重他的前曼城高管表示。“你可以信任他。你永远不知道费兰在想什么，但即使在西班牙小圈子导致俱乐部氛围变得不愉快时，卡尔多恩依然是平易近人的。”

曾几何时，穆巴拉克也会直视英国体育记者的眼睛，在伊蒂哈德球场的主席休息室接待曼城新闻团，并进行一小时的非正式谈话。在一次这样的聚会上，他透露，2012年曼城试图从桑托斯签下内马尔时，内马尔的随行人员显然表示，这位前锋需要一双能够让他能够在英超泥泞球场上站稳脚跟的新鞋。穆巴拉克觉得这很有趣。曼城随即退出了签下这位巴西人的竞争。随着欧足联开始调查曼城违反财务规则的行为，这些非正式对话变得越来越少。但在阿布扎比，他能够坦然地与一群英国足球记者坐下来交谈被视为极其罕见，因为那里没有这种问责机制，以这种方式公开露面并非其天性。

没有人喜欢我们，我们不在乎：（从左至右）埃尔林·哈兰德、拉扬·谢尔基、恩佐·费尔南德斯和吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马在昨天的训练中尽情享受，而他们周围风暴肆虐 盖蒂图片社（GETTY IMAGES）

虽然阿布扎比统治者阿尔纳哈扬王朝的后裔们在面对公众关注时显得僵硬且不自在，但他凭借在波士顿塔夫茨大学学习金融期间磨练出的精湛美式英语，成为了他们与外界的纽带。这巩固了他在他们中的地位。

穆巴拉克一直与这个全能家族有着深厚的联系。在穆巴拉克八岁时，他的父亲——一名阿联酋高级外交官——在巴黎寓所外被巴勒斯坦恐怖分子刺杀，随后他与兄弟穆罕默德实际上被皇室接纳。他的兄弟目前领导阿布扎比文化与旅游部。

但作为庞大的阿布扎比主权财富基金——穆巴达拉（Mubadala）的负责人，阿尔-穆巴拉克被接纳进入了由六位阿尔-纳哈扬兄弟领导的核心圈子。这个圈子被称为“Bani Fatima”或“法蒂玛之子”，得名于他们的母亲——阿联酋国父谢赫·扎耶德最宠爱的妻子。法蒂玛，这位“国母”，目前依然在世。

穆巴拉克致力于将阿布扎比打造为文化之都，同时监管投资回报，使穆巴达拉的资产增长至£2900 亿加元。他陪同阿布扎比总统进行国事访问；而且在阿联酋加入唐纳德·特朗普的和平委员会时，代表该国的是他，而非统治该地的谢赫。

收购曼城被视为同一套文化软实力策略的一部分。“我们意识到，我们处理这个项目的方式向世界揭示了我们的样子，”哈尔多恩在2009年接受《卫报》的一次罕见采访中说道，“曼城向世界展示了阿布扎比真正的本质以及阿布扎比的追求。”回想起来，这些话令人尴尬。

作为权力极大的VIP，像阿尔-穆巴拉克这样的人习惯于随心所欲。基金经理和金融家们争先恐后地登门拜访，渴望能获得哪怕一小部分石油财富进行投资。因此，面对欧足联和英超联赛及其财务规则的谴责和处罚，对他们来说是一个完全陌生的概念。

对于阿布扎比而言，穆巴达拉在购买安第斯山脉金矿开发权后引发了巨大的抗议。尽管人们担心这会威胁到200万人的水源供应，但穆巴达拉仍坚持推进金矿项目。它最终引入了加拿大的Aris Mining作为合作伙伴，目前已将其全部出售给该公司。

在欧足联于2014, 处罚曼城后，穆巴拉克对曼城法律顾问西蒙·克利夫（Simon Cliff）所说的话通过被黑客攻击的电子邮件曝光，如今已成为传奇。克利夫说：“哈尔多恩说，他宁愿花£3000 万雇佣世界上最好的50名律师，在接下来的10年里起诉他们。”

尽管阿尔-穆巴拉克在阿布扎比很受欢迎——正如一名消息人士所言，他是“好人”——但在圆滑的外表下隐藏着冷酷的一面。在主权财富基金追求巨额财务回报的过程中，规则和小人物有时似乎显得无关紧要。

奖杯之子：阿尔-穆巴拉克庆祝曼城2023年欧冠冠军 盖蒂图片社

在这些冲突点以及一直困扰阿布扎比的其他争议中，穆巴拉克设法避开了风头。其中包括一些指控——该酋长国对此予以强烈否认——称阿联酋在苏丹内战中武装了一个被美国指控犯有种族灭绝罪的派系。

虽然相比之下曼城只是一个微小的实体，但如果上诉失败，阿布扎比在全球范围内的名誉损失将会大得多。阿尔-穆巴拉克可能会给长期被厌恶的邻国卡塔尔提供一次宣传上的大胜。

在哥伦比亚，前选美冠军梅丽莎·蒙卡达（Melissa Moncada）平息了……

贝克研究所中东研究员克里斯蒂安·乌尔里希森（Kristian Ulrichsen）告诉《金融时报》，阿尔-穆巴拉克在名誉上受到的影响可能比以往任何争议都要糟糕。他说：“这次事件可能会以一种前所未有的方式全球化，并将阿布扎比与一家系统性作弊的俱乐部联系在一起。”那篇文章将此描述为阿尔-穆巴拉克面临的“最严峻考验”。

他是否感到不安？无法得知。在过去两周里，他没有公开露面，也没有发布他惯常的CityTV危机应对信息，而是由索里亚诺出面承担责任。但尽管海湾王朝极其厌恶丢脸，但即便上诉失败导致灾难，他也不太可能被撤职。

阿尔-穆巴拉克是否做出了最终决定，以现在被认为是不正当的方式向曼城注入8.3 亿英镑m。

随之而来的国家级耻辱，在阿尔-穆巴拉克掌管的财富基金的规模和重要性面前，仍将显得微不足道。此外，消息人士强调，目前尚不清楚

据称，必须考虑到的是，阿尔纳哈扬家族的指令和命令是不容异议的。有可能是在阿尔穆巴拉克之上的人员做出了那些可能导致曼城毁灭的致命决定。在阿布扎比，商业与国家之间的界限是模糊的，而这种模糊在当地并不像在西方那样被视为可疑。

阿尔纳哈扬家族，甚至是曼苏尔谢赫，在英国足球界几乎不露面。如果他们强行要求采取某种特定的行动方案，他们对于所面对的环境将缺乏天生的感知力。在独立委员会的文件中出现频率更高的索里亚诺，似乎比阿尔穆巴拉克更脆弱，尽管消息人士暗示，即使是他被解雇也并非定论。

西蒙·皮尔斯是阿布扎比行政部门的资深特别顾问，他的名字遍布在被黑客攻击的文件中。《星期日邮报》在2015年揭露，他通过一份每月6 万英镑的合同与伦敦政治游说公司Quiller Consultants合作，担任阿布扎比在抹黑卡塔尔声誉公关活动中的关键人物。那同样是一次令人深感尴尬的事件。但皮尔斯依然在职，因为掌权者认可他。

如果曼城败诉，将有无数足球迷和曼城员工需要面对，而阿尔穆巴拉克无疑将带着他一贯的成熟气质，穿上他众多西装中的一套出面应对。他会专业地完成这项任务。

随后，在管理着$330bn的投资、处理加沙和平委员会、海外国事访问以及无数其他项目之后，他将继续前行。

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内舱房

海景房

每人 £3,999

已售罄

阳台房

**显示价格包含折扣，且节省金额基于两名乘客共用一间内舱房并直接通过 Imagine Cruising 预订。假期时长包括适用时的过夜航班，且可能会有变动。 ++在港过夜。

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每人 £19,499

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内舱房

您的假期包含：

£3,499pp

海景房

£4,999pp

£4,999pp

阳台房

£10,999pp

格里尔套房

请致电我们的邮轮专家：*所示价格包含基于两名乘客共享、直接通过 Imagine Cruising 预订的折扣和优惠。+所示价格、时长和行程基于 2027年8月23日 出发。^景观巡航。

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每对夫妇最高可节省 1,000 英镑*

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在安妮女王号上享受 33 晚全包邮轮之旅，访问：瓦尔帕莱索、科金博、阿里卡、卡亚俄 $^{++}$ 、曼塔、富埃特阿马多尔、巴拿马运河 $^{\wedge}$ 、阿鲁巴、劳德代尔堡、卡纳维拉尔港、庞塔德尔加达、南安普顿。免费入住圣地亚哥酒店含早餐。免费提供离境航班及接送服务。

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每对夫妇最高可节省 2,200 英镑*

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内舱房

£1,999pp

遮挡景观阳台房

£1,999pp

+在港过夜。

清晰景观阳台房

£2,099pp

£3,699pp

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每对夫妇最高可节省 1,850 英镑*

迈阿密、圣胡安、圣约翰斯、 卡斯特里、巴巴多斯、菲利普斯堡、 托托拉、迈阿密

冠达邮轮“伊丽莎白女王号”加勒比海奢华之旅

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迈阿密免费入住酒店一晚

所有航班（伦敦出发）

内舱房

£1,699 / 人

景观受阻阳台房

£1,699 / 人

全景阳台房

£1,799 / 人

格里尔套房

£2,999 / 人

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免费内舱房升级至阳台房

冠达“伊丽莎白女王号”西加勒比海奢华之旅

11晚 / 2026年11月及12月

£1,399 / 人

内舱房^

每对夫妇最高可节省 1,700 英镑*

您的假期包括：

在“伊丽莎白女王号”上享受九晚全包邮轮之旅，访问^：

景观受阻阳台房^

£1,399 / 人

免费内舱房升级至阳台房

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全景阳台房^

£1,499 / 人

格里尔套房^

^所示价格、时长和行程基于2026年11月16日出发。

£2,699 / 人

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全球促销

非凡旅程，卓越优惠。

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深入目的地核心

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包含岸上观光及铁路之旅

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七晚 / 2027年4月 - 2028年10月

下层甲板窗房 $^{+}$ 1,999 英镑 $_{ / 人}$

中层甲板法式阳台房 $^{+}$

£2,399 / 人

上层甲板法式阳台房 $^{+}$

£2,499 / 人

每对夫妇最高可节省 £300*

您的假期包括：

在“简·奥斯汀号”上享受七晚全包河 cruise 之旅，访问*：

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*所示价格包含折扣和优惠，基于两名乘客共用上层甲板阳台房，且基于2028年4月1日出发日期，直接通过 Imagine Cruising 预订。+所示价格、时长和行程基于2028年4月1日出发。^在港口过夜

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每对情侣最高可节省 1,300 英镑++

精选 包含岸上游览行程

勃艮第、罗讷河与普罗旺斯

七晚 / 2027年4月 - 10月

您的假期包含：

下层甲板窗房^^

中层甲板法式阳台房^^

乘坐 MS Thomas Hardy 号进行为期七晚的全包邮轮之旅，访问^^：

里昂 $^{^}$、博讷、维埃纳 $^{^}$、阿尔勒、阿维尼翁 $^{^}$

专业的里维埃拉邮轮总监与邮轮接待员

上层甲板法式阳台房^^

全包餐饮，以及主厨晚餐

每天由当地导游陪同的游览与参观

所有航班（伦敦出发）及接送服务

每人 £1,899

每人 £2,299

++所示价格包含基于两名乘客共用一间上层甲板法式阳台房并直接通过 Imagine Cruising 预订的折扣与节省金额。^^所示价格、时长及行程基于 2027年8月13日 出发。^在港过夜。

每人 £2,349

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威尼斯泻湖中 唯一的豪华河轮

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七晚 / 2026年11月 - 2028年10月

经典舱室**

每人 £2,199

豪华舱室**

每人 £2,399

法式阳台房**

每人 £3,149

每对情侣最高可节省 £400*

您的假期包含：

乘坐 S.S. La Venezia 号进行为期七晚的全包超豪华河轮之旅，访问：

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船上免费无限量饮品

包含的游览行程：圣马可大教堂私人闭馆后参观、布拉诺岛夜晚漫步、穆拉诺玻璃吹制演示等。所有航班（伦敦出发）及接送服务

**所示价格、时长及行程基于 2027年7月18日 出发。所示豪华舱室价格基于 2027年8月1日 出发。^在港过夜

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邮报谜题

条款与条件，第 60 页

数独 将网格中的所有方格填满，使每一行、每一列以及每个 3x3 的方格都包含 1 到 9. 的所有数字。答案将于周一公布

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<><>2< / ><>3< / ><>< / ><>5< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / ><>7< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>1< / ><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>< / ><>7< / ><>6< / ><>< / ><>9< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>9< / ><>< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>< / ><>1< / ><>< / >< / table>

奖金数独

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<><>< / ><>9< / ><>< / ><>6< / ><>< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>2< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>7< / ><>5< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>3< / ><>8< / ><>2< / ><>7< / ><>< / ><>9< / ><>1< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>5< / ><>6< / ><>< / ><>7< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>9< / >< / table>

赢取 £250

揭晓三个阴影方格的数字，即有机会赢取 £250.。 如何参与：致电 0901 292 5009 并留下今天的三个数字答案（从左至右读取）以及您的详细信息。或者将 SUDOKU 发送到 65700，并附上您的答案和姓名。短信和电话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。每周将从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确条目中选出一名获胜者。答案在 00.01. 每日更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

常识填字游戏

参加我们的累积游戏！想要有机会赢得一支 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一直在参与，现在应该已经得到了一个五个字母的单词。如需报名，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。将从今天 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 岁及以上的英国居民（北爱尔兰除外）。详见条款与条件。

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请在这些方格中填写字母

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纵向

横向 6 在希腊神话中，拥有迷人声音的海仙女 (5) 7 德克·根特利的 ____ 侦探社，道格拉斯·亚当斯于 1987 年出版的幽默小说 (8) 10 以包括《Let's Stay Together》在内的热门歌曲而闻名的歌手兼牧师 (2,5) 11 一个高端且昂贵的沿海地区 (7) 12 安抚或抚慰 (7) 13 美国旧时对侦探的一种非正式称呼 (7) 14 ____ 力量，由哈尔丹子爵于 1908 年创立的预备役军事组织 (11) 19 为了娱乐而在乡村长距离散步的人 (7) 21 伪装或戏仿 (7) 23 演员拉尔夫·费因斯出生的郡镇 (7) 25 格洛丽亚 ____，已故的美国女性及民权活动家 (7) 26 文学或电影等风格中的一个较小类别 (8) 27 罗伯特 ____，在 1939 年电影《再见，奇普斯先生》中饰演主角的演员 (5)

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单词轮盘 (WORD WHEEL)

你共有十分钟时间，利用轮盘中的字母尽可能多地找出单词。每个单词必须包含中心字母且至少包含其他三个字母，且每个字母只能使用一次。不能使用复数形式、外来词或专有名词。以“s”结尾的动词允许使用。今日九字母单词提示：将 litre 放入 yoghurt lid 内部，得出一种丰富感。评分标准：15 个单词，平均；20, 良好；25, 优秀；30 或更多，卓越。明日公布答案。

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姓名游戏 (NAME GAME)：网格中隐藏了一位政治人物的名字。请回答问题，然后将对应答案的字母重新排列以填入姓名。周一公布答案。

BOX 1: 里希·苏纳克（图中人物）接替谁担任财政大臣？ 纳迪姆·扎哈维 (J) 萨吉德·贾维德 (L) 菲利普·汉蒙德 (F)

BOX 2: 哪位歌手在 1962 年凭借单曲《Bobby's Girl》获得英国排行榜 No. 3 命中？ 露露 (H) 玛丽·霍普金 (P) 苏珊·莫根 (U)

3: The Wichien Maat 是哪种家畜的品种？ 猫 (S) 狗 (A) 兔子 (B)

4: 埃拉·比蒂在 2026 年的 Netflix 剧集《怪物》(Monster) 系列中饰演了哪位被指控的杀手？ 艾琳·伍诺斯 (C) 利齐·波登 (T) 迈拉·欣德利 (L)

5: 道教是一种原产于哪个国家的哲学和宗教传统？ 中国 (I) 印度尼西亚 (F) 日本 (K)

6: 丹尼斯·沙波瓦洛夫是一位加拿大职业运动员，他从事的是以下哪项运动？ 网球 (R) 冰球 (W) 高尔夫 (E)

7: 以下哪部是 2000 年代的英国电视情景喜剧？ Brown Bakers (G) Green Grocers (O) Black Books (S)

8: 简·吉布森是一位 20 世纪的英国艺术家，她在视觉艺术的哪个分支领域创作？ 肖像画 (M) 雕塑 (Z) 服装设计 (A)

昨日答案：BRIAN MAY (1B, 2A, 3N, 4Y, 5A, 6M, 7I, 8R)

图片：PA

周一公布答案

铺轨 (MAKING TRACKS)

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轨道的节数。只有直线轨道和曲线轨道。轨道不能自我交叉。

周一公布答案

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蜂巢 (HONEYCOMB)

所有答案均围绕其数字顺时针排列。线索 1 的答案从给定字母开始。

1. Strut
2. Projectiles
3. Sways
4. Type of rock
5. Tops
6. Competitors
7. Slopes
8. Fool
9. Relish
10. Undertake
11. Domain
12. Cower

答案：见封底 PULLOUT BACK PAGE

大师测验 (MASTERQUIZ)

1. 白令海是哪个海洋的一部分？

2. 谁写了小说《再见，我的爱人》和《漫长的告别》？

3. 在《新约》中，哪位使徒通常被认为是塔代（Thaddeus）？

4. 那个女性雕塑的裙子是什么颜色

脑筋急转弯 (MINDBENDER)

1. 布里安娜正在收拾过夜要用的行李包。她把包装满，然后拿出了 9 件物品。她将剩余物品中的 25% 替换成了另外 5 件。最后，她又增加了七分之一的物品，最终包里共有 40 件物品。布里安娜最初放入了多少件物品？

2. fluke（比目鱼 / 侥幸）、salts（盐 / 水手）和 sausage（香肠）之间有什么共同点？

现在占据特拉法加广场第四个基座的是谁？

5. firecrest（欧亚戴胜）是什么样的生物？

6. 哪位德国电影导演执导了《佩特拉·冯·康特的苦泪》？

答案：见封底插页

3. 哪首童谣可能是一个“高大且令人钦佩的神话”（A TALL, ADMIRABLE MYTH）？

4. 哪个是异类：约翰·邓巴 (John Dunbar)、雷·金塞拉 (Ray Kinsella)、Bull Durham（杜勒姆公牛）、艾略特·内斯 (Eliot Ness)？

杀手数独 (KILLER SUDOKU)

5. 重新排列字母组以组成三位诗人的名字：SON KIN ELD ERI MAS COL DIC EFI DGE。

在网格的方格中填入数字，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。由虚线连接的单元格组之和必须等于左上角的数字。在每个单元格组内，数字不能重复。

周一公布答案

答案：见封底插页

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每日词汇 (MAILWORD)

数和 (KAKURO)

在网格的空白方格中填入 1 到 9 的数字，且在任何空白方格行中不得重复数字。填入的数字之和必须等于每行顶部或开头的阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示纵向总和；上半部分的数字表示横向总和。

29 ____ Jung，心理学家 30 长度单位 31 烹饪香草 34 ____ Flynn，演员 36 告别 37 残暴的人 38 珍珠母贝 39 价格

1 塔斯马尼亚港口 2 飞机袭击 3 处理羊毛的人 4 Nathan ____，荷兰国际足球运动员

5 桌上游戏 6 增加 7 受引导的 8 年长的 9 路径 13 表观价值 17 部分 20 遭受 21 西装裁缝 25 小球 27 更寒冷的 31 抵制 32 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫的小说 33 因此 35 传说中的鸟

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图像智力题 (PITCHERWITS™)

纵向 (DOWN)

1a. 易于搞乱医疗程序的侵蚀 (10)

14a. 据称是公牛的斯巴达替代品 (7)

3d. 剩余部分到基地？这是一个退休地点 (4,4)

6d. 矮化那个颠倒的剪影？ (10)

8a. 辛苦劳作伴随着润滑时间 (7)

横向 (ACROSS) 1 图片线索 7 (没有 Clio) 发出声音的花盆 (5) 8 图片线索 11 在所有人面前到达 (5) 13 20 的乐谱？ (5)

18a. 拥有时尚鞋撑的极富裕者？ (4-6)

5d. 带有鹿角的比格犬虫子的古怪测试？ (4,6)

9d. 部分像九个暴风雨之海 (2,1,5)

14 图片线索 16 值得阅读的新书？ (5) 18 图片线索

纵向 (DOWN) 2 第二个附加项，来自一种混合酒精饮料（笔名） (1,1,1) 3 图片线索

在 Pitcherwits 中挑战你的智慧——这是一个令人兴奋的谜题，其中部分答案以图片形式呈现！视觉线索的答案填入网格中的阴影区域。 周一公布答案

PITCHERWITS 谜题书

欲订购由 Rebus 教授编写的《Daily Mail Pitcherwits》第 9 卷，价格为 £9.99，请访问 mailshop.co.uk / 3for20 或致电 020 3176 2937。购买 3 本或更多 Daily Mail 谜题书可享受 20% 的折扣。订单满 £25 英国境内免运费。

横向

4 露天泳池中的麻烦，伴随一位被崇拜者 (4) 5 图片线索 6 图片线索 9 图片线索 10 热衷于主待办事项列表的部分内容 (4)

1 仪式性 战争之舞 5 在……之下 10 猪的叫声 11 幼兽首领 12 简洁的 14 令人眩晕的 15 画廊展品 16 剪羊毛者， 足球评论员 18 啮齿动物 19 强韧的绳索 22 绑定 23 风暴中心 24 短暂睡眠 26 胡言乱语 28 到期 / 死亡

12 一个六，以支持中心 (4) 15 顺便一提，它有点高耸 (4) 17 在“重量级”联赛中竞争 (3)

昨日答案 — 横向：1 Bubbles over. 5 Tower. 7 Niger. 9 Reoccur. 11 Gem. 12 Mix. 13 Alumina. 16 Shrub. 17 Sheep. 18 Pancake race. 纵向：1 Bit of gossip. 2 Largo. 3 Sonic. 4 Rare example. 6 Warm air. 8 Germane. 10 Cam. 14 Umbra. 15 Issue.

HIDATO 完成网格，使所有数字 1 到 82 连续连接——水平、垂直或对角线。提示：你不必从 1 或 82 开始。从中间数字入手可能会让你有更好的开始。

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KENKEN 数独

每行和每列应包含 1 到 6，且不重复。笼子中的数字必须使用给定的数学符号（顺序不限）组合，以得出该笼子开头所示的目标数字。单格笼子可直接填入给定的数字。

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世界上最小、最难的十字谜题

HEARTWOOD 九到五

将给定单词的乱序字母填入网格，以形成六个五个字母的横向和纵向单词。

横向

1. 修道士头衔 (3)
2. 细小分枝 (4)
3. 血液液体 (4)
4. 犯罪调查员（缩写） (3)

纵向 1. 睡衣（俚语） （缩写） (3) 2. 未支付的 (4) 3. 困难 (4) 5. 一把枪（美国俚语） (3) 明日公布答案

数字交叉谜题

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今日挑战时间：3 分 17 秒

你的用时：□ 分 □ 秒

在每个方格中填入 1 到 9 的数字。水平方格之和等于右侧的总数。垂直方格之和等于底部的总数。经过中心的对角线方格之和等于右上角和右下角的总数。

密码字游戏 (CODEWORD)

我们的密码字网格中的每个数字都代表一个不同的英文字母。今天 3 代表 L，因此每当数字 3 出现时，请填入 L。控制网格中已为您提供一个字母作为开始。将其填入主网格中的相应方格，然后利用您的词汇知识推导出缺失方格中应填入的字母。答案将于明日公布。

完成密码字游戏以揭晓阴影方格中的单词。

参与方式：请致电 0901 293 6232 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CODE、您的答案以及您的姓名。短信和电话费用为 £1 加上标准网络费用。我们将从周一 00.01 至周六 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中随机抽取一名每周获胜者。答案每天 00.01 更新。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民（不包括北爱尔兰）。详见条款与条件。

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拼字游戏 (SCRABBLE) $^{®}$ G ${2}$ R ${1}$ A ${1}$ M ${3}$ S $_{1}$

■ 右侧的棋盘显示了典型拼字游戏中四个行的字母。请利用每一行字母组成一个 2-7 个字母的单词，并将其写在提供的空白方格中。然后计算每一行的得分。不要忘记使用双倍和三倍单词分以及字母分——且每组成一个 7 个字母的单词可获得 50 分奖金。空白字块可用作任何字母，但没有分数。答案请参阅周一的报纸。 SCRABBLE® 和 SCRABBLE® 字块是注册商标。游戏在美国的权利由 Hasbro Inc 所有，在加拿大由 Hasbro Canada Inc 所有，在其他地区由 Mattel, Inc 的子公司 J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd 所有。

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第四个字母三倍得分

标准得分 110-120 作者：JUDD

四个字架 总时间 限制：20 分钟

昨日答案：LEGENDS 59 AFRAID 18 CONCEAL 61 TAVERNS 80 JUDD 总分：218

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单词搜索

列表中的单词都可以在网格中找到——包括正向、反向、向上、向下以及对角线方向——但其中有一个单词缺失。若想获得获胜机会，请找出缺失的单词。 今日主题：已退出的奥运项目

ANGLING（钓鱼） BANDY（班迪球） JEU DE PAUME（掌球） PELOTA（皮洛塔球） POLO（马球）

RACKETS（球拍运动） ROQUE（罗克球） SKI BALLET（滑雪芭蕾） SKIJORING（滑雪牵引） TUG OF WAR（拔河）

如何参与：请致电 0901 293 6234 留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 WORD、您的答案和姓名。短信和电话费用为 £1 另加标准网络费用。一名获胜者将从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中选出。答案每天在 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。周一公布答案。

数独 X

在每一行、每一列、每一条对角线（突出显示为 X 形）以及每个 3x2 的水平方格（有线框）中，分别填入数字 1-6。周一公布答案。

快速问答

1. 哪个国家有一个名为勃艮第（Burgundy）的地区？

2. 在阿德曼（Aardman）电影《近在咫尺》（A Close Shave）中，华莱士（Wallace）心仪的羊毛店老板叫什么名字？

3. 在慕尼黑举行、规模全球最大的啤酒节叫什么名字？

4. 六面体是一个具有多少个平面面的立体图形？

5. 哪种猛禽在飞行时能达到所有鸟类中的最高速度？

答案：见封底插页

GOGEN

BANG BATCH CHIRP FIN JOKE MIX NAVY QUICKLY SHOWED

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

插入字母以组成列表中的单词，在相邻单元格之间水平、垂直或沿任何方向对角线移动。将字母表中的所有剩余字母（除 Z 外）填入网格，使所有列出的单词都被拼写出来。

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ABTOT 成员 5509 ABTA

桥牌大师课 / 隐晦十字谜题

第 17,984 号

北家 ♠ 3 ♥ Q 9 8 7 4 2 ♦ 5 4 西家 ♠ A K 8 5 4 ♥ J 5 3 ♦ 3 ♣ K Q 9 7 南家 ♠ 9 7 6 ♥ A ♦ K Q J 10 8 7 6 ♣ 10 3 东家 ♠ Q J 10 2 ♥ K 10 6 ♦ A 9 2 ♣ 6 5 4

您坐在西家位置，在南家开叫 3♦ 后打 4♠。北家领出 ♦5，您在明手（dummy）中赢下。您用三轮抽掉将牌，南家持有三张，然后尝试打一颗红心到 ♥10，但输给了 ♥A，随后对方回打 ♦K，您将其将掉。您计划如何打牌？ 南家在红心和梅花中各只有三张牌。您知道其中不包括 ♣A，但如果南家持有 ♣10 或 ♣J，您将获胜。领出 ♣K。如果北家弃打，继续打 ♣Q。只要南家掉出一张高牌，北家现在将被迫出牌（endplayed）。如果北家赢下第一轮梅花并回打梅花给南家的高牌，您可以弃打。强制性的方块延续将为北家被挤压（squeezed）铺平道路。

若想获得获胜机会，请解开十字谜题以揭示阴影方格中纵向排列的单词。如何参与：请致电 0901 293 6233 留下今日答案和您的详细信息，或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CRYPTIC、您的答案和姓名。短信 / 电话费用为 £1 另加标准网络费用。或通过邮寄方式，将完成的十字谜题发送至 Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,984, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF。请附上您的姓名和地址。一名每周获胜者将从周一 00.01 至周五 23.59 之间收到的所有正确每日参赛条目中选出。邮寄条目必须在次日之前盖戳才符合资格。电话和短信必须在 23.59 前收到；答案在 00.01 变更。仅限 18 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。详见条款与条件。

横向

1 我在度假胜地构思的一个梦想 (7) 5 练习背后的学习技巧 (6) 9 小烘焙盘中可能移除了女性的精细标记 (7) 10 一个支持奶油的人？ (7) 11 在广播中获得成功的人 (3) 12 演讲前的休息是为了更新过程？ (11) 13 苏联领导人中的瑕疵，没有自由派 (5) 14 全科医生由于尝试治疗英语教师 (9) 16 一个照看笔的人？ (9) 17 医院旁的植物，都柏林典型？ (5) 19 一个人可能会在何处试用港口？ (4,7) 22 拒绝饮品后的利润 (3) 23 一个将法国岛屿与精美海滨特征首字母结合的人 (7) 24 友好的俱乐部被赋予某种数字，而非新的 (7) 26 延迟在德国和瑞典的免费旅行 (6) 27 为环绕西班牙的驾驶而修改的规划 (7)

纵向

HEATHER DHONDY

1 有时间探究行为准则的人类 (7) 2 在激动状态下将老鼠和亲属分开的东西 (11,4) 3 苏格兰教堂中缺失领导者的困扰 (3) 4 为女性提供的一些香槟 (5) 5 医生谴责某些饮酒者的特征？ (9) 6 肖像画中广告宣传印度方面的部分 (5) 7 我怀疑在海上的船只中领先的嘶嘶声 (7,8) 8 击球手采取这种观点 (6) 12 商业线中的范围 (5) 14 确实在记者中发现的压力 (9) 15 离开第一人称以佩戴奖章 (5) 16 成功完成，像需要缝合的伤口？ (4,2) 18 掌握了与钻石相关的名字 (7) 20 靠近办公室的垃圾旅程 (5) 21 在约束中大部分遭受痛苦 (5) 25 放置在安全牧师住宅中的牧师 (3)

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昨日谜题答案

数独

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奖金数独

单词搜索 缺失：POPULAR

HIDATO

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九到五 (NINE TO FIVE)

CROSS NUMBER (数字交叉谜题)

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从左侧给出的数字开始，并按照指示向右进行。在 30 秒内，初级玩家必须完成自己的挑战；中级玩家必须完成自己的挑战以及初级玩家的挑战；高级玩家必须完成自己的挑战以及中级玩家的挑战。

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KAKURO (数和谜题)

WORD WHEEL (单词轮)：dawn, dhow, down, draw, drawn, drown, handiwork, handwork, hawk, inward, know, onward, rowan, wadi, wain, wand, ward, warn, whin, whir, whoa, wind, wink, wino, woad, wonk, word, work, worn.

30秒挑战

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常识填字游戏

横向：1 同类之鸟。8 现实主义者。 9 博加德。10 尼赫鲁。11 洛卡特利。 12 谜语人。14 莫耶斯。15 迪里。17 桑普拉斯。 19 阿姆斯特朗。22 伊斯兰。23 地峡。 24 马斯登。25 舒展筋骨。

你的答案

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隐秘十字谜题 No. 17,981

全球最小、最难十字谜题 —— 横向：1 皮肤。5 哎哟。6 然而。7 欺骗。纵向：2 库尔鸱。3 极小量。4 NF。6 镱。

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黑格子谜题 (KUROSU)

大师问答：

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蜂巢谜题：

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RUSH TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM CAN DAMAGE CHILDREN

BRITAIN risks harming a generation of children by over-diagnosing ADHD and autism, a major review warns today.

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

Parents are incentivised to have their children diagnosed by misguided schools and welfare systems that reward such ‘labels’, the report found.

Youngsters have also been influenced by social media posts that wrongly present common traits as evidence of the conditions.

There were warnings last night that children could be defined by such characterisations, steering them towards a life of benefits Turn to Page 6

Meghan and Malala's cosy Claridge's tea SEE PAGES 4-5

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer but groundbreaking research is unlocking a new era of hope.

Search ‘Alzheimer’s Society’ to find out more.

Alzheimer's Society

It will take a society to beat dementia

Alzheimer's Society. Registered Charity, number: 296645.

Daisy does vintage for premiere performance

Fitting: Ms Edgar-Jones at the screening

...and that's just the thing when your new film's a Jane Austen period drama

Leading ladies: Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitriona Balfe and Daisy Edgar-Jones at the premiere

By Jacqueline Lindenberg

DIVING into the literary archives for her latest film, Daisy Edgar-Jones decided to do much the same with the fashion archives for its premiere.

The 28-year-old British actress wore a vintage Chloe corset dress designed in 1998 by Stella McCartney to the screening of Sense And Sensibility in Los Angeles.

Ms Edgar-Jones looked the epitome of elegance in the gown, with its cream corset top and sheer embroidered sleeves which flowed into a lavender satin skirt. The Normal People star kept her accessories simple and her make-up low key at the pre-

Star style: Stella McCartney with model in the dress

Hies simple and her make-up lov miere on Wednesday.

The movie, which is adapted from Jane Austen's 1811 debut novel, was released in Britain last month and will be shown in the US from next Friday.

Ms Edgar-Jones portrays Elinor Dashwood, who epitomises the 'sense' of the title, Esmé Creed-Miles, 26, plays her impetuous sister Marianne, the 'sensibility', and Caitriona Balfe, 47, stars as their widowed mother, Mrs Dashwood.

Speaking about stepping into the role of Elinor and how she related to the character, Ms Edgar-Jones said: 'When it comes to love, I think I am very much more Elinor in every sort of way.

'I definitely lead a lot with my head and try and push aside, bury my emotion.' However, she said the character was also able to

'18th century charms'

embrace a ‘wilder, passionate side’, and added: ‘I learnt to do that, too.’

The film has received mixed reviews from critics, with some complaining that the Gen

Z-friendly reboot isn't a patch on Ang Lee's 1995 Oscar-winning classic starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant.

Daily Mail film critic Brian Viner, who gave the movie two stars out of five, said: 'This modern love story has lost Austen's 18th century charms.'

But it has scored 79 per cent on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes, where 100 per cent represents the highest ranking.

Why a lottery win might end your marriage

WINNING the lottery is supposed to be the ultimate happy ending.

But for some women, striking it rich could come with an unexpected outcome – a higher chance of divorce.

It appears that while a life-changing jackpot makes men more likely to tie the knot, it can have the opposite effect on women who are already married.

Research found female winners were more likely to split from their partners after a big windfall, hinting that suddenly having more in the bank may be enough to transform even long-term relationships.

The findings have played out in real life, with high-profile married winners eventu-

By Xantha Leatham Executive Science Editor

ally parting ways. Adrian and Gillian Bayford, who won £148million on EuroMillions in 2012, divorced just 15 months later after nine years of marriage.

The study, published in the Journal of Human Resources, said: 'For male winners, wealth increases marriage formation and fertility and likely reduces divorce risk. For female winners, the only clear effect is a higher short-run divorce risk.'

For the study, scientists analysed more than 76,000 Swedish lottery players. They linked lottery records to government data, allowing them to track relationships and family lives for up to ten years after a win. The team then compared winners of larger and smaller windfalls to assess how sudden wealth affected major life decisions.

Analysis revealed that single men who won large lottery prizes became more likely to get married within five years.

And married men who scooped a win tended to end up with more stable relationships. But married women who won the lottery were more likely to divorce in the short-term, the authors revealed.

For them, winning the equivalent of £105,000 ‘effectively doubles the short-term risk of divorce’ within two years. However, this effect appeared to fade over time, indicating that ‘wealth accelerates the dissolution of marriages that were already underway’. The researchers suggest that for women with a heavier domestic workload or less autonomy in a marriage, sudden financial independence might make single life more appealing.

Winning also increased fertility, particularly among men. Male winners were more likely to have children after a jackpot, probably because wealth improved marriage prospects and relationship stability.

Overall, the team – from New York University, Stockholm University and the University of Barcelona – found no significant effect of winning the lottery on relationships for single women.

She's back in the limelight: A waiting Meghan turns, smiling, to greet campaigner Malala Yousafzai with an effusive hug at Claridge's

A £26,000 outfit, tea at £95 a head, and a surprise reunion for Meghan and Malala

FOR some years now, Meghan has leaned rather hard into her status. Consumption has been conspicuous, signalled by the diamonds, the gold accessories, the Cartier watch and so on.

Offerings – even of ordinary foodstuffs like jam and tea – have been ‘elevated’ by fancy packaging and sky-high prices.

The chocolates in her infamously expensive As Ever advent calendar that went on sale last week cost nearly £6 each and are stamped with gold calligraphy, based on her own handwriting.

And yet, even as pictures emerged of her shrouded in £1,700 white trousers and hanging onto a £5,000-plus Chanel handbag outside Claridge's in Mayfair on Wednesday, friends were briefing that this is actually a new 'humble' version of the Duchess of Sussex.

Not that you might immediately notice.

'She is very conscious about how she wants pictures to land which is why you have barely seen her,' says a friend.

'She has honestly been trying to keep a low profile. I mean, on one level obviously if you meet someone at Claridge's it will be noticed, but look at how quiet she has been on social media, how little she has been out.'

by Alison Boshoff

Indeed for a ‘public figure’, which is how her spokesman described her, she has been barely seen since she and Harry arrived by private jet on August 26.

And yet now here she is, with a Nobel Peace Prize winner no less, the immaculately philanthropic figure, Malala Yousafzai.

Malala, who was a 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl when she was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 after advocating female education, is a charity powerhouse par excellence.

The pair first met during Covid, when Meghan was among the celebrity voices lending their heft to a campaign for female education in 2020. It was the first impressive link-up of many. Indeed, at times you get the impression that Meghan is a collector of influential female figures.

First, there was TV powerhouse Oprah, who was invited to her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry even though the pair had never met. Then there was Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer

EDITOR-AT-LARGE

wife of Hollywood star George, who also found herself in the pews of St George's Chapel. Again, it wasn't clear if they'd ever met either. Sources indicate that neither woman is in contact with Meghan now.

Another high-profile woman whose orbit Meghan entered was feminist icon Gloria Steinem, whose death last month she marked by posting an oddly self-referential tribute in which she shared three pictures of the pair together.

Other women with whom she has ‘palled up’ – philanthropist Nicole Avant, wife of Netflix boss Ted Sarandos, and designer Tracy James, married to former Paramount boss Brian Robbins – also appear to have become distant from her.

We shall see what happens with Malala, 29, who looked notably ill at ease alongside the duchess on the pavements of Mayfair.

Malala, who is now married and lives in Birmingham, runs the Malala Fund and campaigns to bring education to girls globally.

The meeting at Claridge's, where the two had a £95-a-head afternoon tea, has notably not been shared by Meghan on social media. A source close to the duchess said that it was simply a personal meeting and that there was nothing to be briefed out of it.

It is true that there appears to have been efforts by Meghan to have a lower profile since coming back to England. She and Harry were pictured together for the first time last week, walking into a Cotswolds pub. That was five weeks after their jet touched down in Birmingham.

Meghan has made a smattering of Instagram posts: one, on September 14, showed the Sussexes settling into their rural life, with the children in wellies and a snap of a blazing fire, plus the family fishing at a lake.

Duchess of delight: Meghan leads the way for Malala as they take tea at the hotel in Mayfair

A friend said: 'They are all really happy with how things are going, with the children at school, with where they are living, and with being in Britain. The place where they are staying is perfectly private and they couldn't be happier with that. Things are going well with Harry's family as well, but nothing more to be said there.

stuff on Instagram it will land badly. It is part of a thought-out plan to keep their heads down between now and Christmas, when they will go back to California for the holidays. They don't want to shove themselves down people's throats.'

Some self-awareness of the couple's deep unpopularity seems

She's the duchess of stealth-wealth style

like a good place to start. Approval ratings have plummeted since their Windsor wedding.

ON AN autumn day in Mayfair, the young woman who survived an attack by the Taliban and the duchess who survived her stint as a working member of the Royal Family looked very much in sync: even their clothing – smart trousers and tailoring in browns and creams – seemed to be co-ordinated.

Harry's memoir Spare, their Oprah interview and the wholesale trashing of the Royal Family and the 'institution' in the hit Netflix docu-series Harry & Meghan have turned many against the couple. If they really

These days, Meghan Markle combines her philanthropic work with growing her lifestyle brand As Ever and has positioned herself as a fashion influencer who may yet design her own luxury clothing range.

Only a few days ago she launched an As Ever advent calendar costing £112 on Instagram, wearing an ivory cashmere sweater, Argent olive green bias cut silk skirt, blush Aquazzura ballet pumps and jewellery, the total value of which was estimated at £75,000.

Yesterday, Meghan dressed in similarly stealth-wealth style, pairing a Crew cashmere sweater in ‘wheat’ by Los Angeles-based luxury label Co Collections (£630) with silky fluid ivory wide-leg ‘Masina’ trousers by Ralph Lauren (£1,700) with Saint Laurent ivory and tan ‘Chris’ loafers (£795) and a toffee brown

have arrived seeking peace and reconciliation as their friends say (plus an English schooling experience for children Archie and Lili), then a dose of quiet humility – and a dose of quiet, full stop – would appear reasonable.

At the children's school, Meghan, 45, has been making friends with other parents. There are apparently some plans for a big Thanksgiving lunch with other American mothers at the children's school at the end of November – there is certainly a big contingent of US expats locally. This, again, will be kept private.

Meghan needs all the support and good PR she can get. The couple left the UK in order to carve out a ‘progressive new role’ in 2020, leaving them free to earn their own money.

However, their Netflix and Spotify deals have come to an end and their Archewell charity essentially closed.

As revealed in this paper in August, Meghan's keeping up her promotion of her As Ever lifestyle brand, which is not on sale outside the US.

Apparently, there is some ‘tacit acceptance’ that they need to earn a living, and that this can be

FASHION VERDICT

draped ‘Maxime’ cape coat by Tove costing £1,695. Including the jewellery – her necklace alone, a Lovers Duet Diamond and Emerald Chain necklace by Logan Hollowell retails at £16,262 – and her Chanel handbag, likely to cost upwards of £5,000, yesterday’s outfit added up to a cool £26,082.

You wouldn't expect Malala, the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, to have the same interest in fashion, but she has hired a stylist in the past – Denna Giannini – for special occasions such as the British GQ Heroes Awards, and she knows how to make an entrance.

Yesterday, she wore a pair of brown-and-beige striped flared trousers with a tailored beige blazer and pointy-toed brown heels and looked on point for autumn. Ivory has become Meghan's year-round signature, brown and beige are the new black for autumn: who's to say fashion wasn't a point of discussion for the duo on Wednesday, too?

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done more or less within the Sandringham agreement drawn up after they quit the UK, as long as the commercial activity is outside the UK.

Last week, she announced her new festive range, and opened pre-orders for a £112 chocolate advent calendar that is only available to buy in the US.

The calendar – ‘inspired by her Montecito home and garden’ – features a festive illustration of the £11million mansion she and Harry called home for six years.

Prince Harry meanwhile has undertaken a number of charitable engagements, including appearing at a benefit for Ukraine and at the Invictus Spirit awards, without Meghan.

Yesterday, he released a video about grief for the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers, of which he is a patron. It was filmed over the summer, in California.

Yet the Sussexes might not be as settled in the UK as they appear.

Sources say that it is ‘likely’ that Harry will quit the country (again) if he doesn’t get the improved taxpayer-funded security which he has been demanding for years.

‘They are optimistic that there will be a revision of their security soon. It’s all good. Both Harry and Meghan are really delighted with the return.’

The friend adds: 'The relocation to the UK is being served with a dose of humble pie though. There are genuine concerns from them both about how they are being received, how they want what they are doing to land.

‘They have been thinking about it and being very deliberate. They think that if they start posting

Harry's belief, apparently, is that his case is unimpeachably strong in terms both of need and entitlement and so he thinks he will get it.

Harry's 'depression' after Megxit

I'm told: 'He is a target not because of a lifestyle choice he made but because of who he was when he was born.'

However, the friend adds: 'If he doesn't get it [police security] then yes I do believe he will go back to Montecito for good and that could be as soon as half-term.'

By Martin Robinson

In which case, this week's surprising tete-a-tete in Mayfair may be Meghan's last visit to Claridge's for some time.

PRINCE Harry felt depressed and ‘useless’ immediately after Megxit, and now refuses to spend more than ten days away from his wife and children.

In a new video released today, the Duke of Sussex said despite finding happiness with Meghan, 45, he ‘slipped into depression’ after they quit royal life.

‘We moved to Canada to get some space away from everything and simply think,’ he said. ‘Within two or three days of leaving that stressful environment, I experienced an adrenaline crash unlike anything I’d ever felt before.

‘It was as though I needed stress for my brain to function. I became useless around the house. I slipped into depression for about two weeks.'

And Harry, 42, now says that he follows a strict 'ten-day' rule to protect his happiness.

He said: 'The biggest factor for me is the energy, joy and happiness I get from being with my family, especially our children, and from being on the ground doing my work. The key to maintaining that balance is spending no more than ten days away from my wife and kids.'

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Simon Pegg: I know what it feels like, I have ADHD

ACTOR Simon Pegg has been diagnosed with ADHD, he revealed yesterday.

The 56-year-old star said it followed issues he'd been 'wrestling with'.

Pegg – famous for Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead, Star Trek and the Mission: Impossible films – opened up about having the condition on the podcast I’m ADHD! No You’re Not, saying he sought a diagnosis as he ‘just wanted to know’.

He added: 'It confirmed a

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lot of stuff I'd been wrestling with and that I'd been attributing to just character fault.'

Pegg has been open about his mental health, including clinical depression.

Speaking of his ADHD, he said: 'I felt like it was something that had come on in later life because I wasn't a naughty child.

'I've had bouts of depression in my adult life since 18 and I thought maybe it had come on with that.

'I assumed ADHD kids were kind of chaotic and difficult and didn't pay attention in school. But there were things I did do as a kid - fidget or whatever - that made me think, "Maybe I've had this longer than I thought".'

Reflecting on how his wife has reacted to his diagnosis, he said: 'She makes allowances for forgetfulness and lack of concentration.'

Star: Pegg in Hot Fuzz

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and unemployment. Autism diagnosis rates have soared by up to 40-fold in recent years, but the Government-commissioned review found no evidence that the number of autistic children has actually increased.

Clinical psychologist Professor Peter Fonagy raised concerns about the ‘consistency and quality’ of ADHD and autism assessments carried out by private providers, whose numbers have rocketed as the NHS struggles to cope with demand.

Private firms now conduct more than half of NHS-funded ADHD assessments and a third of autism ones, but they are poorly regulated and are allowed to advertise their services directly to potential customers, with the NHS often picking up the ballooning bill.

Last month, a survey of GPs said many had never known a private provider to reject a diagnosis request.

Professor Fonagy calls misdiagnosis and overdiagnosis ‘harmful’ because they may lead to unnecessary or inappropriate treatment, delay appropriate support for other issues and lower expectations of what children can achieve.

His report notes that children diagnosed with ADHD before 17 are around four times less likely to be in education, employment or training in early adulthood, with each youngster in this situation costing taxpayers £244,000 over their lifetime.

HOW RECORDED RATES OF ADHD AND AUTISM HAVE ROCKETED

Tory work and pensions spokesman Helen Whately said: 'Too many people are defined by their diagnosis, not by what they can achieve – and it's starting younger.

‘Children are told something is “wrong” with them, put on disability living allowance then move straight on to personal independence payments. All they ever hear is what they can’t do.

‘Sickness benefit claims have doubled since 2019, but the country isn’t twice as sick. Many of the conditions for are real – but they are not reasons to not work.

‘Parking people on benefits isn’t kind or compassionate.’

Professor Sir Šimon Wes-

Professor Fonagy concludes that the current model of care fails patients and requires 'radical reform'.

sely, vice-chairman of the review, warned a diagnosis could ‘close doors’ and ‘define you by your difficulties – not your strengths, circumstances, and potentials’.

Children with the most

'Defined by difficulties'

serious mental health issues face unacceptably long waits for care, he said, because the 'first come, first served' system is overwhelmed by soaring demand for ADHD and autism assessment.

By the end of 2025, open referrals exceeded 560,000,

The report calls for Britain to move from a ‘diagnosisdependent' system to one based on an individual's needs so children can receive practical help and extra support at school while assessment continues rather than waiting for a diagnosis first.

It says private providers should be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and banned from advertising to the public.

The review says the rise in autism and ADHD diagnoses cannot be explained by once overlooked children coming forward for assessments.

It warns: 'If present trends continue, we are clearly entering a phase in which the balance of risks is changing from... concerns with underrecognition and underdiagnosis towards an increased risk of misdiagnosis and overdiagnosis, which are becoming increasingly important considerations for policy and service delivery.'

Recorded autism prevalence among those aged six to 11 has risen more than 20-fold, from 0.24 per cent in 2000 to 4.58 per cent in 2025. For those aged 12 to 17 it has risen more than 40-fold, from 0.10 per cent to 4.06 per cent.

Monthly referrals for ADHD assessments have more than tripled, from around 5,000 in 2019 to around 17,000 in 2024.

However, the best available estimate for autism among young people remains at around 1.2 per cent.

For autism, the review says the increase is likely due to ‘changes in recognition, recording, diagnostic concepts, help-seeking and access rather than a clear increase in underlying population prevalence’.

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Professor Fonagy believes young people are growing up under intense pressure, adding: 'Life has become harder since I was a young man.

'The cacophony of voices now available to a young person – most of them digital, many of them confident, few of them accountable – has made the ordinary developmental process of understanding oneself far harder than it was for me. Young people... are not fragile. They are outnumbered.'

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged last night to strengthen the oversight of mental health services.

She said: 'We will... make all diagnostic assessments for ADHD and autism CQC-regulated so people can be confident that assessments are high quality and the NHS is not being overcharged by private providers.'

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A Traitor to himself! Richard E Grant is kicked out of castle after his catastrophe

One out, one in: Richard E Grant and Faithful-turned-Traitor, Professor Hannah Fry

By Codie Bullen Showbusiness Correspondent

HE DID the unthinkable by announcing to the group he was a Traitor just hours into the new series of the hit BBC show.

And last night viewers watched Richard E Grant's inevitable downfall as his fellow Celebrity Traitors contestants made history at the first round table.

Following a landslide vote, in which Grant received 16 out of a possible 20 votes, he was banished. 'I have always wanted to be a Traitor, as you know. Sometimes in life your dreams do come true and sometimes they don't,' Grant said to the group, before revealing: 'I am an unfaithful Traitor!'

Speaking to the camera, the actor added: 'I've been annihilated. I have managed to checkmate myself, which, as far as I'm aware, has never been done. My daughter is going to be like: "Oh, Dad!" But I've just had a blast.'

Addressing his hilarious slip-up, which is likely to be one of the most memorable moments of the series, Grant added in his exit interview: 'It was a completely catastrophically idiotic thing to do.

'I can only imagine the faces of the producers looking at each other and mouthing: "He said WHAT?!"

‘I’d watched every iteration that I possibly could have of this game and I was manifesting, willing myself to get invited to be a Traitor, so receiving that... well, I lost all sense of self-control.’

Back in Ardross Castle, host Claudia Winkleman announced to the euphoric group of celebrities: 'This has never happened before. Your first try and you've got one!'

Following Grant's dramatic exit, a new Traitor arrived in the turret as duo Maya Jama and James Acaster made the decision to recruit Professor Hannah Fry.

It caused both suspicion and confusion at breakfast, as either Professor Fry or Jerry Hall should have been murdered, making the group aware a recruitment had taken place.

In amongst the chaos, the group took part in their third mission, where they had to push a heavy battering ram to

four different crypts and destroy the door.

Inside, they found money and sought-after shields, which grant immunity from banishment.

They bagged £6,000 for the prize fund – but only Ms Jama walked away with a shield. Elsewhere, Faithful

Myha'la was the second player to be banished. Suspicions were raised due to the Industry actress previously backing Traitor Grant then switching up at the last second by voting for him, as well as giving him a suspicious wink before he left.

She fought back tears during the second tense round table, as she attempted to defend her name

Wink: Myha'la was banished

- but it wasn't enough. 'I have loved getting to know you all; thank you for loving me,' she said to her fellow celebrities.

'I will say to the Faithfuls I don't think the Traitors are as dumb or as silly or as confused as you think they are. I think they are a lot smarter.

‘But I have been a Faithful.’

She added in her exit interview: 'I immediately got close to Richard, just because I feel like we're twin flames.

‘Really, I shouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him, which was ultimately, I think, my demise.’ The episode came to a close with one of its famous murder cliffhangers – where the Traitors consider three contestants as their next victim.

James Blunt, Bella Ramsay and Sebastian Croft were on the chopping block and one will leave in tomorrow night's show.

But it wasn't all bad news, as BBC viewers were treated to a few seconds of Blunt stripping off for the camera.

In the first iconic shower scene of the series, the You're Beautiful singer was seen with a shower cap and scrubbing himself in the castle's gothic-style bathroom.

Host: Claudia Winkleman

Strewth! Captain Cook ‘blamed for Aussie wildfires’ 250 years on

By Wiliam Hunter

CAPTAIN Cook has been blamed for Australia's recent wave of deadly wildfires, more than 250 years after the Royal Navy officer landed on the continent in 1770.

Researchers say colonisation, rather than climate change, has primed the country for uncontrollable bushfires.

According to a study published in the journal Nature, Aboriginal ‘small-scale cultural burning’ practices kept fires under control for thousands of years.

However, after the massacre of indigenous people, the woodlands began to fill with highly flammable new growth, turning forests into dense tinderboxes.

Lead author Professor Michael-Shawn

Fletcher, of the University of Melbourne, said: 'The forest is in fact a product of colonisation, and it's that legacy that now imperils its very survival.'

The time between devastating wildfires has collapsed from roughly 40 years in the 1800s to just five years this century.

And with a Super El Nino forecast to bring record temperatures, scientists are fearing the next fire season.

The ‘black summer’ of 2019 to 2020 killed 33 people, destroyed 3,000 homes, killed or displaced three billion animals and burned 93,000 square miles of land.

Why cans of ‘mocktails’ will drown out Christmas spirits

By Emily Hawkins

FAMILIES are set to drink less alcohol this Christmas because fat jabs and healthier lifestyles will dent demand, the boss of Tesco predicts.

Ken Murphy said: 'I do think it could be a marginally healthier Christmas. Although customers do love to indulge, and we have planned accordingly.

‘We would say that there might be a more moderate Christmas from an alcohol point of view. We think low and no-alcohol [drinks] will see strong growth.’

He said weight-loss jabs are a ‘component’ of a ‘broader trend’, rather than a sole ‘driver’ of people drinking less and eating differently.

Medications such as Mounjaro can make drinking less appealing because it changes how the brain responds to pleasure and can cause side-effects including feeling sick.

The grocer has launched alcohol-free ‘mocktail’ cans with flavours including Amaretto Sour, Passion Fruit and Pina Colada ahead of an expected boom.

Laura Tudor, trading manager of low and no-alcohol drinks at Waitrose, said sales in the category have risen 66 per cent over the past year.

She predicts that mocktails will be popular over Christmas, with customers 'looking for elevated options' such as premium alcohol-free spirits and mixers. Searches for these types of drinks were up 325 per cent this month compared to last month.

Andrew police raid

Misconduct probe falters as judge

By Sam Greenhill Chief Reporter

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor won a High Court challenge yesterday as it was ruled that police raids on his homes were unlawful.

The legal drama throws into doubt the investigation by Thames Valley Police into the King's brother and his dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

says warrants were issued in error

But Andrew is not in the clear, with police – who admitted mistakes in their warrants – asking a judge for permission to retain documents and electronic devices that were seized early this year.

The disgraced former prince was arrested on his 66th birthday in February and quizzed for nearly 12 hours at Aylsham police station. He was questioned on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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Six days of searches ensued at Royal Lodge, the Windsor home he was forced to give up after more than 20 years, and at his then-residence, Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

The one-time Duke of York has been seen only fleetingly since, having now settled into nearby Marsh Farm. But in an extraordinary hearing at the High Court yesterday, details emerged of his legal challenge.

Andrew applied for a judicial review, asking a judge to rule that the police swoops on his homes were unlawful. He listed five grounds, only one of which has been made public – that some of the material seized might have been held by him ‘in confidence’.

The challenge was pursued at the High Court earlier this year, but without the public being told anything.

Thames Valley Police conceded that the search warrants had been unlawful and Mr Justice Hilliard formally quashed the search warrants in a ruling behind closed doors on July 22, a public hearing heard yesterday.

Yesterday, as the story finally emerged, Thames Valley Police blamed the fiasco squarely on the unnamed Old Bailey judge who had approved the search warrants. Alan Payne KC, for Thames Valley Police, told the court: 'The judge made an error in granting the warrants.' They

'Wrong section of the law'

were apparently issued under the wrong section of the law.

Thames Valley Police vowed its investigation would continue.

In theory, the force could be made to return all of Andrew's belongings seized in the raids. Such a move would deal a potentially fatal blow to the misconduct in public office investigation that was launched after the publication of the Epstein Files this year.

Andrew was questioned about his time as the UK's trade envoy, a role he held between 2001 to 2011.

Emails suggested he had shared government information with his Wall Street friend, convicted paedophile Epstein.

After admitting the raids were unlawful, police applied on June 4 for permission to keep Andrew's belongings anyway.

They must show there is a legitimate reason for them to retain them. This application will be heard by the same judge but not until next year.

In a remark about when the police would complete their investigation, Mr Justice Hilliard said: 'I suspect that is quite a way off.'

The judge said the police could keep the items seized for now because ‘there would be little point in handing property back if it could then simply be lawfully seized under some other provision’.

Hiding from the cameras: Andrew

Mistake: High Court ruled officers

He added: 'A significant error was made in the application for and grant of the search warrants. Acknowledging that error is important.

'The fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring the investigation to an end or mean that the whole of the investigation is unlawful.'

Police stressed the inquiry ‘remains ongoing, and we continue to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry to effectively and fairly progress this investigation’.

In a statement, the force said the

is ruled unlawful

is photographed being driven away from Aylsham police station on his 66th birthday in February

did not have the right warrant to search Wood Farm, left, or Royal Lodge at Windsor, above

setback was ‘not a judgment on our ongoing investigation’, and insisted police had followed ‘the correct legal processes throughout’.

Legal experts questioned where the developments leave the case.

Andrew Gilmore, a partner at Grosvenor Law, said: 'The fact that the police have admitted there were defects in the search warrants they obtained is quite extraordinary and calls into question the credibility of Thames Valley Police and their ability to conduct such high-profile and sensitive operations.'

Nick Vamos, a partner at Peters & Peters and a former head of special crime at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'The real question is how much damage has it done to the investigation?'

He said a judge would decide 'whether the police would have been entitled to seize the material had they not messed up the paperwork', adding: 'If so, they

'How much damage has this done?'

can keep it but, if not, they will have to hand it back.'

Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh, partner at Corker Binning, said the quashing of the search warrants did not automatically render any seized evidence inadmissible, adding: 'Nor does it preclude the police from examining seized items, such as devices or paperwork, during their investigation.'

It is the first time since Charles I in 1649 that a royal has challenged the lawfulness of criminal proceedings. After losing his treason case, having asserted the divine right of kings and refusing to recognise the court, the then-monarch had his head chopped off.

In Andrew's case, the search of Wood Farm took one day but officers scoured 30-room Royal Lodge for almost six days. During the searches, police vans were repeatedly seen leaving the grounds of the property. The

Was judge at fault - or did officers blunder in getting search approved?

Why were the search warrants quashed?

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers claimed the search warrants were unlawful because the Old Bailey judge who approved them on February 18 could not have been certain that the material seized did not include items which Andrew held 'in confidence'.

This is a condition of the granting of a warrant under section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE). Non-compliance with section 8 meant the warrants were unlawful, which Thames Valley Police admitted ‘shortly’ after Andrew lodged his judicial review case.

Whose mistake was it? APPARENTLY the warrants might have been lawful if the judge had used section 9 instead of section 8 of PACE.

Thames Valley Police squarely blamed the Old Bailey judge for this, saying the judge had ‘made an error’, while police had followed ‘the correct legal processes throughout’.

Mr Justice Hillier put it slightly differently when he told the High Court yesterday the error had been ‘in the application for and grant of the search warrants’.

Does this doom the police case?

NOT according to Thames Valley Police, which says its investigation continues. It has also applied under section 59 of PACE to be allowed to cor-

whole case is fraught with constitutional complexities, as the King's younger brother has taken on one of the Crown's most senior judges, the Old Bailey judge who approved the search warrants.

More details of Andrew's legal challenge are set to be made public in the coming weeks. Thames Valley Police had applied to throw a veil of secrecy over the case, but abandoned its stance after a Daily Mail journalist got wind of it and asked the court for access to the rect the mistake. As the judge explained: 'When warrants are quashed, Parliament has provided a procedure whereby the police may be able to retain the material if there is a legitimate basis for doing so. I will decide that question in due course.'

In other words, if police can show they have a good reason for holding Andrew's possessions, even though their searches were unlawful, they can keep them. But this will not be decided until next year.

Why were the public kept in the dark?

SOMEHOW, Andrew's legal challenge was kept secret from the public for months. The way it was explained yesterday, there would have been a public court hearing, but then Thames Valley Police admitted their raids were unlawful, so there wasn't one.

After the judge quashed the warrants on July 22, the public were due to be informed. But Thames Valley Police objected, saying it was to 'protect the integrity' of their criminal investigation. The judge would have had to decide on this, but then on Wednesday the police dropped their opposition, leading to yesterday's open hearing.

legal documents last week. The judge said such documents would now be made public, but he gave parties in the case 14 days to make representations about whether redactions were necessary – for example, to blank out the names of police officers.

Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his titles and evicted from Royal Lodge last autumn amid the scandal over his relationship with Epstein. He was the most senior Royal Family member to be arrested in modern times.

Child under 10 targeted by sextortion gang

CHILDREN as young as seven are being extorted by criminals threatening to publish nude selfies as cases soar, an alarming report reveals today.

Reports of so-called ‘sextortion’ are on course to double in a year, with 462 made in the first six months of 2026, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

That figure is already well above the 394 for the whole of last year. The majority involved victims aged 14 to 15 (227), while there were 217 involving 16- and 17-year-olds. But alarmingly, 17 reports involved youngsters aged between 11 and 13, and one where the child was aged between seven and ten. IWF chief executive Kerry

By Ryan Hooper Crime Correspondent

Smith said: 'These figures show the horrors facing young people online are not going away. They show a consistently worsening picture – and a trajectory which, if it continues, will only wreak more havoc, hurt and harm on young lives.'

Sextortion involves criminals threatening to share nude or sexual images of their victims if they fail to pay a fee to stop the content being published.

Some 95 per cent of incidents involved boys being sextorted, while much of the imagery used to coerce under-18s into handing over money was taken by the young person themselves. The IWF said this usually takes place using a phone or other device, in response to coercion or trickery from a criminal online.

The accompanying threats and intimidation can be ‘extreme’, which has prompted some youngsters to self-harm.

Last month, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the Government would legislate to block access to nude images for under-18s if tech firms do not take action.

She said such built-in controls could have a huge impact in stopping criminals from obtaining compromising imagery in the first place. Ms Smith added: 'Every day that passes, criminals are still casting their nets wide, trying to lure thousands of children into harmful – potentially lethal – traps. This is why it is so important that the new Government does not take its foot off the pedal with online safety.'

The Report Remove scheme, run by the IWF and the NSPCC, allows under-18s to report when nude or sexual images of them have been shared – or might be shared – online, so that they can be blocked and removed.

Rani Govender, of the NSPCC, said: 'Without swift action from tech companies and the Government, this abuse will only get worse. There is no excuse for inaction.' The Report Remove service is available via both charities' websites.

By Rebecca Camber Crime and Security Editor

Met chief's fury at the 'revolving door' of justice

THE head of Scotland Yard warned of a ‘revolving door’ of justice yesterday – as his officers are now dealing with 100 electronic tag breaches a day by criminals.

Sir Mark Rowley hit out at Labour's early release scheme, saying his officers are wasting their time arresting criminals for breaching their electronic tag conditions – only for them to face ‘zero sanction’ in court.

Meanwhile, Met officers are arresting two or three offenders a week who have been freed from prison under the scheme. Police leaders say the situation will only get worse as more dangerous offenders are let out under Labour's soft justice reforms.

Britain's top officer spoke out as it emerged a sex offender and prolific shoplifter linked to over 100 investigations went on a stealing spree in London just a day after being freed early from Wandsworth Prison.

Last Thursday, Michael Bogle, 38, declared, 'Keep the early release going, it's good' as he walked out of jail having served just 78 days for breaching a 32-week suspended sen-

'Unleashing a crime wave'

tence for shoplifting. It was his fifth prison sentence. Now he is back in jail for another eight months after being arrested on Monday for a shoplifting spree over the weekend.

‘I’m worried about the number of offenders being released into communities,’ Sir Mark told LBC radio.

‘At the moment we’re arresting two or three early release offenders a week who are being recalled to prison or doing further offending. We’re getting increasing numbers of tag breaches to enforce that probation is sending to us. It’s now over 100 tag breaches a day in London – and rising.

'So, we take them to court. We're seeing 95 per cent plus of the tagging breaches that we arrest are simply being bailed back into the community on the same conditions. So, there is zero sanction.'

Jail release farce as 100 criminals a DAY breach tag conditions – but 'face no penalty'

Under the new reforms, shorter sentences have been ditched, meaning fewer offenders are being jailed. Police also have to monitor criminals released early.

Back in jail: Serial offender Michael Bogle
Warning: Met boss Mark Rowley yesterday

Sir Mark warned: 'We're seeing fewer people remanded in prison. That's leaving more prolific and volatile people in communities.'

As a result, arrest warrants have doubled, he said. 'This year we were getting 800 arrest warrants a month. We're now getting the best part of 1,600.'

He added: 'So this is a really difficult situation. Officers are really concerned and frustrated that they're trying to deal with danger on behalf of the public, and the system is losing its strength to do it.' Bogle, a 'high-risk offender' linked to over 100 investigations, spent the weekend raiding stores, not caring that he was caught on CCTV. He had been released early from a sentence for shoplifting and breaching a criminal behaviour order.

Police had to hunt the offender, who has 16 previous convictions for theft, criminal damage and indecent exposure, and send him back to jail for four counts of shoplifting, breaching court orders and commercial burglary.

Borough Commander for North West London, Detective Chief

Superintendent Luke Williams, emailed local politicians about the case, warning victims are 'losing confidence in a system that is not handling offenders and suspects adequately: tagging orders are not being strictly enforced and dangerous people are frequently being released on bail'.

He said: ‘The concerning nature of the early release scheme in this case was a known prolific offender being put back into the community, only to immediately reoffend.’

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour let out this prolific offender early last Thurs-day - and he has already embarked on a crime spree.'

He added: ‘Labour’s reckless and botched release scheme is unleashing a crime wave already.’

Police chiefs are demanding the Government provide an extra £480 million because of the extra costs of dealing with offenders freed early. Last week, 700 prisoners, including violent offenders, were let out.

An estimated 4,500 criminals will be let out early over the next 10 months.

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Record 275 terrorists in jail and most are Islamic extremists

By Chris Pollard

A RECORD number of convicted terrorists are now locked up in Britain – with a majority holding Islamist-extremist views.

There were 275 people in prison for terror offences at the end of June, the highest number since records began in 2010, when there were 126.

The Home Office data showed the number is up 7 per cent on last year and has surpassed the previous peak of 273 recorded at the end of March.

The increase comes after the proscription of Palestine Action, the first direct action protest group to be banned under the Terrorism Act, which has led to thousands of arrests.

According to the data, 57 per cent of those in jail for terrorism held Islamist-extremist views, while 29 per cent had extreme Right-wing beliefs.

Some 38 individuals (14 per cent) were classed as holding

'Thousands of arrests'

‘other’ ideologies. The data also showed that of the 7,385 arrested for suspected activity since the 9/11 attacks in 2001, 3,867 happened in the year to June.

The vast majority of those (94 per cent) were linked to support for Palestine Action, which was proscribed in July last year.

Members or supporters face up to 14 years in jail. That move is subject to an ongoing legal challenge from the group's co-founder Huda Ammori.

Tory grandee Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed banning the group had ‘made the Government look stupid’ as ‘we are now attacking freedom of speech’. ■Hate crime in England and Wales rose 7 per cent in the year to March, including record highs in racially and religiously motivated offences. There were 146,825 hate crimes, according to Home Office data.

Burnham backs Mail's campaign on dementia

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

ANDY Burnham has backed the Daily Mail's Defeating Dementia campaign as he pledged to ‘throw the weight of government’ behind the effort in memory of his father.

The Prime Minister will today make dementia research a national priority and unveil a £48million partnership to accelerate the search for a cure.

Writing in today's Daily Mail, he says he wants to make the UK the ‘leading nation in dementia research’ and tells how he has been spurred on by the death of his dad Roy to Alzheimer's last month.

He says he will boost clinical trials for promising new medicines and get them to patients faster, stressing: 'This is personal for me.' Mr Burnham says watching his father's battle with dementia showed him the system 'simply doesn't work' for those who give and need care.

‘Ever since I was health secretary under the last Labour government, I’ve wanted to change this,’ he adds. ‘Now I’m Prime Minister, it’s a personal mission I’m determined to see through.’

The Daily Mail and Alzheimer's Society have partnered in a bid to defeat demen-

Daily Mail Defeating dementia with Alzheimer's Society

tia, which claims 76,000 lives a year as Britain's biggest killer. The Defeating Dementia campaign aims to raise awareness of the disease, increase early diagnosis, boost research and improve care.

Mr Burnham writes: 'I know how it feels to lose a loved one to dementia.

‘That’s why I’m pleased to support the Daily Mail and Alzheimer’s Society’s Defeating Dementia campaign.’

The Government will invest £33million alongside funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK and Gates Ventures to help recruit more people for clinical studies.

The money will support the Barbara Alliance, launched in memory of the late EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor, to speed up the development of treatments.

It will establish a platform connecting health data, research and clinical trial capabilities to make it easier to find participants for trials.

Speaking ahead of today's Innovation Nation Summit in Manchester, Mr Burnham said: 'Dementia is a devastatingly cruel disease, not only for those who live with it, but for the families who care for them. For too long, we have accepted dementia as something to be managed later in life, rather than a disease we can defeat. I don't accept that.

‘In fact, I have real hope we can together and do exactly that. I want Britain to be the country that makes the breakthrough and delivers the cure for dementia the world has been waiting for.

‘That is why I’m making dementia research a national priority.

‘This investment goes hand in hand with our plans for a National

Watching my dad's battle means this is personal for me – we WILL fix it

By Andy Burnham

PRIME MINISTER

LAST month, my dad Roy died. He had been living with dementia for some time. He never knew his son had become Prime Minister, but the staff at his care home put a television in front of his chair so he could watch me arrive in Downing Street.

I know how it feels to lose a loved one to dementia. That's why I'm pleased to support the Daily Mail and Alzheimer's Society's Defeating Dementia campaign.

We'll throw the weight of government behind that effort. Today, I am announcing a £48million partnership to support the Barbara Alliance – named after the late Dame Barbara Windsor – which brings together government, industry, researchers, charities and people with lived experience to overcome the barriers holding back the study of dementia.

I want Britain to be the leading nation in dementia research, making the breakthroughs that change people's lives. So I'm also pleased the Health Data Research Service – the government body that manages access to NHS data for the life sciences sector – will make dementia a priority, to boost clinical trials and deliver new drugs to patients faster.

My dad's carers were amazing. But watching him battle with his condition showed me the system simply doesn't work for those who give and need care. If you get an illness such as cancer, it's awful, but our NHS will give you the best care for free. If you get dementia, you suffer physically, mentally, emotionally and financially – and so do your loved ones.

Family: The Prime Minister with his mother Eileen and father Roy

Ever since I was health secretary in the last Labour government, I've wanted to change this. Now I'm Prime Minister, it's a personal mission I'm determined to see through.

It can be done. After the Second World War, we created the National Health Service. Its principle endures today - everyone contributes and everyone is covered. The NHS transformed healthcare in our country and gave people peace of mind if they got sick.

Now it's time for a new era of care so people have peace of mind as they get older. We are setting out a new settlement for older people: a National Care Service that provides them with free personal care and a state pension that rises every year, by either inflation or 2.5 per cent, whichever is higher, and tracks earnings over time.

Pensioners won't have to spend their life savings on care, and their pension will be on a secure footing for the future. This is personal for me.

Not just because of my dad, but because this is a country full of fathers and mothers, friends and loved ones, who all deserve to be treated with dignity as they age.

We can win the fight against dementia. We can transform our care system. And we can bring back hope to Britain.

Care Service, helping ensure that people living with dementia get the care and support they need, and giving families peace of mind their loved ones will be cared for.

Dementia will also be made one of the top priorities of the new Health Data Research Service, backed by up to £600million from the Government and Wellcome Trust. The service will bring together NHS and research data in one system to help scientists identify suitable patients.

Dame Barbara's widower Scott Mitchell said: 'I was with Barbara when we went to meet then-prime minister Boris Johnson.

‘She said to him, “Come on, darling, you’ve got to do something about... this dementia business. There’s not enough money for it.”

‘For me, this means Barbara won’t just be remembered for her bra flying off in Carry On Camping, she's got a second legacy.'

The move was hailed as ‘a significant moment’ by Alzheimer’s Society, and Health Secretary Yvette Cooper said it ‘will help us turn the tide on dementia’.

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Treasury's inheritance tax windfall to double in 5 years

By Jason Groves Political Editor

INHERITANCE tax receipts are set to double within five years, a report warned yesterday – as polling revealed public support for Tory plans to cut it.

A study by centre-Right think-tank Onward reveals the taxman is expected to take £15billion in inheritance tax by 2031 – up from £7billion last year – without urgent reforms.

Kemi Badenoch electrified the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday by unveiling radical plans to slash the hated levy.

Tory changes would exempt the family home from inheritance tax, regardless of its value.

Mrs Badenoch also announced plans to allow couples to pass on an additional £1million in assets tax-free, or £500,000 per person.

Polling by YouGov found the public backed exempting the family home by a margin of 61:18.

The survey of more than 6,000 adults last night found support strongest among Conservative and Reform voters, with 85 per cent of Tories in favour. But Lib Dem voters backed the idea by 61:22 and even Labour supporters were on side by 48:30. Critics have

But poll finds public back Kemi's aim to CUT hated death levy

argued that the policy unfairly benefits voters in London and the south where house prices are higher. But the polling shows support in the north of 57:19.

The report by Onward reveals a sharp rise in the impact of inheritance tax. HMRC data shows that receipts rose to a record £7billion, partly as a result of a longstanding freeze in the threshold for paying it, which Labour has extended until at least 2031.

But receipts are due to rise even more quickly because of other

Labour changes, such as including farmland for the first time and pension pots from next year. Inheritance tax receipts are set to jump to £12.6 billion by 2030, hitting an around 52,000 estates, or one in 12 of all estates – three times the proportion affected in 2009 when the threshold was set. The following year, revenues are expected to hit £15 billion.

Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith said: 'Inheritance tax was meant to be a tax for the super rich. But it has ended up being a tax on Middle England. Under the Conservatives there will be no stamp duty when you buy your home, no “mansion tax” when you live in it, and no inheritance tax when you pass it on to your family. Each couple will be able to leave a further £1million.

‘Our changes will take more than half of people currently liable out of paying it altogether.’

The plans are forecast to cost £6billion a year, funded mainly by cuts to welfare. But some economists have warned it could incentivise older people to pile their

'No longer a tax on super-rich'

assets into property. Dan Neidle, of Tax Policy Associates, said it would create a ‘perverse incentive’ for older people to ‘upsize’ to avoid the tax, meaning the final cost was likely to be between £7.7billion and £10.9billion.

But Tory sources argued that most people with enough assets were already using tax lawyers and accountants to shelter their wealth from death duties.

Under current rules, individuals can leave £325,000 in assets tax-free, with a further £175,000 if the family home is involved. Couples can leave a total of £1million.

COMMENTARY By Andrew Griffith

SHADOW CHANCELLOR

No one forgets the first home they buy: turning the key in the lock, the smell of fresh paint, and that first night among all the cardboard boxes under your own roof.

As Kemi said to the Conservative party conference, our homes are where we feel safe, our children take their first steps and families gather at Christmas. They are where important memories are made.

To Labour, people's homes are just another

I can imagine the string of four-letter words our plan would produce from Rayner and her allies

To Labour, people's homes are nothing to tax. But to Conservatives, they are the primary stake a family has in our economy and our society. The security they provide is what encourages people to work hard – and the reason young people are so desperate to own one. A home of your own, in other words, builds independence.

That is why so many of our announcements this week focused on home ownership.

Scrapping mandatory Net Zero and gold-plated building regulations to lower the cost of buying a new home by up to £50,000 will help more young people get on the housing ladder. How you heat your home, or whether it needs an EV charger, should be your own choice – not a decision made by Whitehall bureaucrats.

These announcements built on our commitment last year to abolish stamp duty on primary residences, because this bad tax gums up the housing market and penalises people putting down roots in their communities.

This week, we doubled down, by pledging to repeal Labour's family homes tax. They pretend it's a ‘mansion tax’ but, in truth, it hits ordinary people in major cities, as well as those living in ordinary homes a long commute from our capital city.

This immoral tax could cost someone up to £75,000 over ten years: where is a widow supposed to get that sort of money?

Labour simply don't care. They are wedded to their pernicious tax – and if Andy Burnham implements it, we will scrap it.

That's not all. Another big promise this week is that a Conservative government will abolish inheritance tax on the family home altogether.

To be clear: we would prefer to abolish death duties entirely, but we will only ever offer tax cuts that are affordable, in line with our fiscal duty to bring down the deficit.

We have started with promising to abolish inheritance tax on the family home: first, because that is the asset most likely to force families to pay the tax, and second because taxing grieving relatives following a death is wrong.

Labour want to tax your home when you buy it, tax it again when you live in it and tax it a third time when you die. Conservatives don't – and won't.

To address the threshold freezes of recent years, we will also raise the inheritance tax threshold for other assets so that a couple can pass on £1million, in addition to their home, tax-free.

THIS will ensure that people are not incentivised to 'up-size' their home just to avoid inheritance tax. The very rich will go on using trusts and other complex structures beyond the grasp of normal folk. Our changes will help people across the country.

The Left won't like this. I can only imagine the string of four-letter words our plan would produce from Angela Rayner and her fellow socialists.

But while Rayner, Burnham and Chancellor John Healey dream of returning us to the 1970s, we will do as Mrs Thatcher taught us, and prioritise hardworking people. Some have asked: Whose side are the Conservatives on? That's easy. We are on the side of those who work hard and pay taxes, who have had a raw deal after being treated by government like an endless cash machine.

That includes those who would, under our plans to extend childcare support, no longer be penalised for having the temerity to earn over £100,000.

It includes the one in six young people looking for jobs but unable to find them, who would get a chance under our plan to halve the jobs tax for 21 to 24-year-olds. And now it includes those who want to own a home and pass it on.

There is an old Greek proverb: 'A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.'

A society in which the state cuts down those trees with every passing generation would not be a Conservative one.

We are the party of home ownership – you'll be better off with us.

Warned: John Healey

Bank chief: Balance the books or risk bond chaos

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Deputy Business Editor

THE Chancellor risks a renewed bond market storm if he fails to balance the books, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.

As UK long-term borrowing costs surged to a 28-year high yesterday, Andrew Bailey warned they could rise even further if traders ‘begin to doubt the fiscal trajectory’.

In a speech in Istanbul three weeks before John Healey delivers his first Budget, Mr Bailey said in that scenario 'bond yields can rise further'. That would mean 'tightening monetary and financial conditions' - code for higher interest rates and a squeeze on lending by commercial banks.

Mr Bailey said tax and spending policies must ‘be seen by markets as credible’, and stressed the importance of sticking to fiscal rules. Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith said: ‘This is a clear warning to the Government to get a grip on their debt-fuelled spending binge.’

This week Andy Haldane - a former chief economist at the Bank - warned that the UK was 'skating on thin ice'.

Jenrick backs Suella over 'Englishness'

ROBERT Jenrick has said that 'millions and millions of people who have a British passport in their bedroom drawer' are not 'culturally or ethnically' English, as the row dividing the Right escalated yesterday.

Kemi Badenoch used her conference speech on Wednesday to declare herself a ‘proud black Briton’ and accuse Reform of outdated views on race.

Reform's Suella Braverman started the row when she said on BBC Question Time she did not consider herself English, but instead ‘of Asian origin’, despite being born in London.

Now Reform's treasury spokesman has waded in, claiming ‘there is such a thing as English ethnicity’.

Mr Jenrick said the country was ‘a world away from 50 years ago, certainly 100 years ago. And this debate is a perfectly normal one to be having.’

HE PLAYS a man made of wood, though Alexander Skarsgard looked more like the tin man in a gold Saint Laurent suit last night for the London premiere of Wicker at BFI Southbank.

But it was his transparent shoes that caused an even bigger surprise. Sockless Skarsgard, 50, stepped out in the odd plastic creations as he appeared with co-stars Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki and Peter Dinklage.

The fancy footwear had its premiere at Paris Fashion Week last month.

Quirky and wise, this gives a good name to wooden performances...

Stealing the show: Olivia Colman with Alexander Skarsgard

Review by Brian Viner

WICKER ★★★★☆

OLIVIA Colman can't be faulted for the range of roles she accepts.

Soon we will see her as silly Mrs Bennet in a new TV version of Pride And Prejudice but, in the meantime, in the irrepressibly bawdy, engagingly quirky Wicker – which had its UK premiere at the London Film Festival last night – she gets her own handsome Mr Darcy.

It's just that he happens to be made out of wood.

In this hugely entertaining adaptation of The Wicker Husband, a short story by the British author Ursula Wills-Jones, Colman plays a humble fisherwoman who lives on the edge of a medieval town of uncertain location and intense parochialism. It's the sort of vaguely Germanic place that could be home to a folk tale by the Brothers Grimm, although the accents are provincial English and not even the Grimms got as raunchy as this.

Fisherwoman, as everyone knows her, is a dowdy spinster with a pronounced limp, habitually ridiculed by the townsfolk for her unfortunate pong. 'Got tench, got gudgeon,' she cries as she carries her wares through the streets but her whiff always precedes her. Maybe it's high gudgeon.

WEDDING ceremony shows us that wives are treated like chattels.

which doesn't stop the town's virgins excitedly joining a traditional game to see who will be the next to marry.

To her amazement, it's Fisherwoman. But instead of choosing from her limited and not-so-eligible options, she visits the Master Basket Weaver (Peter Dinklage) and asks him to craft her a spouse.

A month later, she is introduced to her Wicker Husband (Alexander Skarsgard), who is not only courteous, thoughtful and wonderfully handy around the house, but also fantastic in bed. There are some echoes in all this of other fairy tales, especially Pinocchio, although it's not the length of her new companion's nose that preoccupies Fisherwoman.

When the noise of their lovemaking reaches the ears of the town's other newlyweds, they assume someone is being murdered. And when the marital bed breaks under the strain, Wicker Husband promptly asks for a hammer, so he can fix it.

He's a paragon of manhood, which inevitably prompts acute and lustful jealousy in the women who for years have treated Fisherwoman with contempt, among them the Tailor's Wife, played with terrific hauteur (and a decent Yorkshire accent) by Elizabeth Debicki. Their menfolk are similarly envious – not of her luck but of his virility.

Writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson allow plenty of opportunities for the supporting cast to shine, with an uproarious cameo for Richard E Grant as a doctor almost as affably clueless as Grant himself has been in the BBC's Celebrity Traitors.

Dinklage is glorious as the Basket Weaver, who repeatedly seems on the verge of singing rather than speaking his flamboyant monologues, making me wonder whether the West End might be ready for the musical version. But it is Colman who steals the show, beautifully conveying Fisherwoman's downtrodden loneliness, then her joyful smugness, although that in turn gives way to anxious paranoia when gossip about the Wicker Husband's fidelity begins to circulate and the story takes a tragic turn.

SKARSGARD too is splendid, giving wooden performances a good name with the help of superb work in the special effects department.

At the start, Wicker is introduced as a fable. What is it telling us? That we mustn't so readily believe the worst in people? That we shouldn't demonise outsiders?

Whatever, the pleasure of this film lies more in its substance than its message and in the nods to other stories about synthetic creatures, such as Frankenstein. I was also reminded of another dark romantic fantasy, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water.

That won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Wicker is not quite in the same league but it's a lot of fun.

■ WICKER opens in cinemas on October 30.

Tory leader ‘put on reconnaissance list by suspect in Ann Widdecombe case’

Charges: Joshua Kerry is accused of killing Ms Widdecombe

By Rebecca Camber Crime and Security Editor

KEMI Badenoch was on a ‘reconnaissance’ list of around 100 MPs allegedly compiled by the man accused of killing Ann Widdecombe.

The Tory leader's name featured in an online dossier said to have been compiled by Joshua Kerry before he allegedly killed the Reform UK politician in July. The 28-year-old, who is also charged with trying to break into Nigel Farage's home in an alleged terrorist plot, is accused of researching more than 100 MPs including top Tory and Reform UK politicians. Shadow Foreign Secretary

'Research on prominent people'

Tom Tugendhat, Reform UK's Robert Jenrick, Lee Anderson and Richard Tice, and independent MP Rosie Duffield were among the names on a list allegedly found at his home.

The Daily Mail understands that none of the politicians listed is being treated as a victim or witness in the counter-terrorism investigation as no evidence has been found to suggest any attacks had been planned against them.

No charges have been brought in relation to the research list.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard on Wednesday that the alleged killer spent nearly two years researching 'prominent people and institutions', between May 2024 and July 2026, including looking up details of Mr Farage's home.

Kerry is accused of trying to batter down the Reform leader's front door while armed with a bottle of lighter fluid in ‘preparation of terrorist acts’ in April last year. A year later Kerry is said to have bludgeoned Reform spokeswoman Ms Widdecombe to death in her Devon home.

The 78-year-old died on July 8 after she was hit over the head with a hammer 21 times.

Last night several MPs accused the police and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of letting them down by failing to tell them for months that they were on the alleged list.

Although Kerry's home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was searched at the time of his arrest in July, MPs were told only this week that their names featured in the investigation.

Mr Anderson, the Reform chairman and MP for Ashfield, told The Daily Telegraph: 'I think it's shocking, really.

'The police have let us down, and the Home Secretary has let us down. We live in an age when it is getting worse, not better, and MPs are not feeling safe.'

Last week Kerry was charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts relating to the alleged attack on Mr Farage's home. He has not entered pleas, but is due at the Old Bailey today for a pre-trial hearing.

Burnham's Berlin visit sparks Brexit reversal fears

By Martin Beckford Policy Editor

FRESH fears have been raised that Andy Burnham will seek to reverse Brexit after European leaders made overtures to him.

On the Prime Minister's first official visit to Berlin yesterday, Germany's Chancellor vowed to 'do anything' to bring the UK closer to the EU.

Friedrich Merz told the PM he was ‘personally extremely happy’ that his guest had reopened the question of Britain’s long-term relationship with the bloc at the Labour conference.

‘I can assure you that we will do anything what we can do to bring the UK closer and closer back to Europe,’ he said.

Mr Burnham said: 'We meet today with a UK-EU summit looming towards the end of the year, and I am very committed to securing deeper cooperation.'

But deputy Tory leader Alex Burghart warned: 'Our people-pleaser Prime Minister should be wary of these overtures, because closer alignment with the EU comes with a cost.'

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Doorbell detectives trap the Porch Pirate

By Elizabeth Haigh and Cameron Charters

A PARCEL thief was caught taking champagne, wine and designer clothes from doorsteps after residents created a ‘dossier’ of doorbell and camera footage.

Ronald De-St-Aubin, 61, faces prison after the overwhelming evidence they gathered forced him to admit stealing from homeowners.

De-St-Aubin – dubbed the Porch Pirate – targeted residents of Parsons Green, west London, for a month, even picking up parcels while wearing an ankle tag for previous crimes. Residents became so frustrated by his prolific offending that they referred to him as ‘our thief’ – and banded together to catch him in the act.

Appearing at Isleworth Crown Court, De-St-Aubin initially denied six charges of theft. But Judge Martin Edwards, after viewing the footage provided by residents, turned to the defendant's barrister and asked: 'Has he seen it?'

De-St-Aubin quickly responded: 'Your honour, I am changing my plea.'

He reappeared in the dock half an hour later and pleaded guilty to all six charges.

Judge Martin said: 'I am quite sure having seen the footage that your decision to plead guilty was a sensible one. My princi-

pal concern is at what point you are going to stop committing offences and what the court can do to bring the date forward.'

His 2-month crime spree

De-St-Aubin's downfall came after a series of brazen thefts this summer. He first became known to residents on July 17, when Charlie Evans watched him take three boxes of wine and champagne worth £500 from her doorstep through her Ring doorbell.

'Banded together to catch him'

She raised the alarm on a WhatsApp group, sharing an image of the man from the footage – and neighbours immediately responded to say they, too, had been victims.

Together they amassed evidence of his activities, collecting images of his wiry frame, Adidas track-suits and distinctive tattoos. An ankle tag was also clearly visible.

One resident even followed the thief to his home, filming him all the way. When he arrived at the bail hostel where De-St-Aubin

Caught in the act: Doorbell footage of Ronald De-St-Aubin helping himself to parcels

- July 13: H&M children's clothes (£196) – three skirts, two shorts, four summer dresses, four bikinis, four tops, and one pair of sunglasses - July 17: Isabel Marant jacket (£60). Three boxes of alcohol from Winedrops (£500) - August 8: Nine items of children's clothing (£195) - August 10: Ceiling light (£150) - September 5: Educational DVD The Ascent Of Money plus an unspecified cosmetic item and kitchen utensil

lived near Parsons Green Tube station, he discovered discarded Amazon packages with addresses from all over Fulham on them.

The same day as the alcohol theft, De-St-Aubin also swiped a parcel from Vinted containing an Isabel Marant jacket worth £60.

Facing jail: De-St-Aubin

A few weeks later, on August 10, police responded to a 999 call after he was spotted snatching a parcel containing a £150 ceiling light, but he was able to escape.

Other hauls included H&M and Arket parcels containing nearly £400 of children's clothes. And on September 5, he stole a parcel which contained cosmetics, a kitchen product and a DVD. He was arrested two days later.

Judge Martin this week remanded him into custody until October 28 to allow for pre-sentencing reports. The court was also told he had appeared before magistrates on June 16 and been handed an 18-month community order for other offences.

After his guilty pleas, the resident who pursued De-St-Aubin said the crimes were ‘very annoying’, adding: ‘I don’t want to bash the police [but] they are just not very interested in this low-level crime... but it is not victimless.

'The police said it is hard to put someone away for just nicking one parcel, they wanted us to get more examples. When they can see he is doing it all the time, they can take a case against him.'

He also hit out at delivery firms for leaving parcels clearly visible on doorsteps, adding: 'Of course post goes walkies, because people like Ronnie know to follow the vans down the road.'

Cost-cutting BBC to turn off Radio 4 favourites

By Alex Doyle Senior Showbusiness Reporter

IT WAS once referred to as ‘one of the most important’ shows at BBC Radio 4 by the former controller Mark Damazer.

But now long-running consumer series You And Yours is to be axed after 56 years as the corporation begins a raft of cost-cutting measures.

Social science show Thinking Allowed is also ending – along with Free Thing, The Artificial Human and countryside magazine series Open Country.

Among the ten presenters affected by the announcement is former Today host Martha Kearney, 69, who joined Open Country shortly after stepping down from the current affairs show in 2024.

It is understood the cuts will directly result in production staff losing their jobs.

Jonathan Wall, director of BBC

'Building a strong future'

Sounds, also revealed that Radio 5 Live is under pressure.

He added: 'We are reshaping BBC speech audio to build a strong future for trusted journalism, distinctive storytelling and programmes that bring people together.

'By commissioning fewer programmes, we can focus our investment and make our best shows work across broadcast, on demand and different formats.'

The BBC said Start The Week and In Our Time will be extended to an hour to increase airtime for ideas and technology and a ‘refreshed’ consumer show for ‘both on-air and on-demand’.

This is the latest in a slew of redundancies which will see up to 2,000 jobs lost in a bid to save £500million. The BBC previously said it will cut 100 to 150 hours of originated programmes across all commissioning genres.

Last month BBC Breakfast's Sunday episode was scrapped as part of the cuts.

Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC's deputy director-general, confirmed that senior roles would also be affected by the cuts.

Suicide pact of sisters who drowned off Brighton

Grief: Jane, Joseph, Christina and Rebecca

THREE sisters who drowned off the coast of Brighton took their own lives as part of a suicide pact after visiting the place their mother killed herself 16 years earlier, an inquest has found. The bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were pulled from the sea on May 13.

Police and the coastguard were alerted at 5.45am but all three sisters were pronounced dead at the scene.

Yesterday an inquest at Woodvale Coroner's Court in the city heard that less

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than 48 hours earlier they had travelled from their shared home in Uxbridge, west London, to Erdington, Birmingham.

CCTV shows they visited their mother's former home before being picked up near Brookvale Park Lake, where she died from drowning in 2010.

It is thought they also went to her grave, the inquest heard.

After spending just 90 minutes in Birmingham they took a taxi back to London in the early hours of May 12 and then travelled to Brighton that evening.

Three figures were captured going on to the beach at 2.42am. A post-mortem examination found all three had drowned, and cited no drugs or alcohol.

Their father, Joseph Jacobsen, said at the inquest: 'Your absence has left a space in my heart that nothing can fill.'

The sisters had cleared their flat, settled their debts and closed bank accounts. ■ For support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org

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ADHD gravy train must be stopped

ALL doubt can now be put aside – the diagnosis of autism and ADHD has become an issue of massive concern.

A landmark Government-commissioned report found perverse school and welfare systems are incentivising parents to pigeon-hole their children as unwell.

In some cases, any traits and insecurities these youngsters suffer from are just a natural state of human existence.

Rather than being diagnosed with a mental condition, they would do better to read Nietzsche, who philosophised that hardship is a fundamental part of life.

The last 25 years have seen a huge surge in autism and ADHD cases, partly thanks to snake-oil private clinics which rarely, if ever, conclude a client is not neurodiverse.

Well-meaning parents are drawn into the con by the prospect of concessions for their child at school or university. Meanwhile, the ignoble ones are motivated by the likelihood of getting their hands on welfare hand-outs via the rampant ‘personal independence payments’ (PIP) system. Over-diagnosing marginal cases is also unfair on those suffering acutely with the conditions.

All in all, the report concludes children risk being harmed, with their potential stifled by misdiagnosis. Furthermore, the role of social media is clear: it is an untrammelled source of poison which too often persuades youngsters they are neurodivergent or sick.

It falls to parents to protect them from this toxicity, hard as it is to drag teenagers away from the web. Ministers, too, must act. In particular, they should fully take up the report's recommendations on regulating private clinics.

Large sections of the welfare-obsessed Labour Party believe that benefits handouts like PIP are always justified and even sacrosanct. Most importantly, this report provides important evidence that such attitudes are dangerously deluded.

PM's dementia vow

ANDY Burnham's expression of support for the Daily Mail and Alzheimer Society's Defeating Dementia campaign is a significant moment.

It is greatly encouraging to see the Prime Minister set out how it will be his ‘personal mission’ to improve the treatment of this cruel disease, inspired by the death of his father last month.

It comes at an important juncture. Labour has diverged sharply from its manifesto commitments at the last General Election, and the party's hard Left are calling the shots. But improving dementia research must transcend party politics.

And, crucially, there are still major unanswered questions about the plans Labour has set out on how dementia sufferers will be expected to pay for the care they need.

Now is the time for Mr Burnham to follow up his encouraging words with firm and urgent action.

Labour's jail scandal

BARELY a week into Labour's new prison early release scheme, it is already going terribly wrong.

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley warns of a ‘revolving door’ in the justice system. Separately, one of his senior officers spoke of the ‘astonishing’ speed at which a prolific shoplifter went on a crime spree immediately after being released.

Ministers were told all this would be a disaster, but went ahead anyway.

Disgracefully, it is members of the public who will pay the price when – thanks to Labour – they needlessly become victims of thefts, assaults or worse.

My viral interview and how Kemi is offering hope to all those on the Right who feel politically homeless

by Jacob Rees-Mogg

OR many years, it was often said that ‘you couldn’t put a cigarette

paper' between the two main parties.

Both Tories and Labour, and the Lib Dems for that matter, were devoted to the same, centre-Left prescription of managerialism, high immigration, taxes on the ‘wealthy’ and policies that would meet the approval of the progressive editors of BBC News.

Well, no longer.

How heartened I was to hear Kemi Badenoch deliver such a bold and uncompromising speech at the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday: a full-throated defence of traditional Tory values.

Coming as it did so soon after Andy Burnham's equally forthright speech at his own party conference, where he moved Labour sharply to the Left, it means that at last the British people can see clear blue water between two parties that once threatened to become so closely aligned in a cosy consensus that many on the Right have felt politically homeless.

Attack

Now the battle lines have been drawn – and both sides are ready to fight the good fight.

There is, however, one complicating factor: the existence of Reform UK, and to a lesser extent Restore Britain, as parties of the Right.

The truth is that Britain's historic conservative tradition is now under attack from both of those populist forces – just as much as from the Left. Reform and Restore are not ‘conservative’ at all: they are revolutionaries. And they are flirting with increasingly extreme political positions that no decent, self-respecting Tory could ever tolerate.

Meanwhile, across the pond, proponents of the Maga doctrine of 'America First' – led in some respects by the former Fox News host and influential commentator Tucker Carlson, but with sympathetic ears inside the current White House – are promoting an ugly isolationism inflected with bizarre Putinophilia.

Let's take each movement in turn. Sound money has been a Conservative principle since the 19th century: the essential notion that governments, like households, should spend no more than they bring in.

Charles Dickens's Mr Micawber had it right when he said: 'Annual income £20, annual expenditure £19 and six: result happiness. Annual income £20, annual expenditure £20 and six: result misery.'

Britain's fiscal position today would have Micawber turning in his grave. As Kemi pointed out in her rousing speech, £4 in every £5 borrowed by the Government last year was spent just on repaying the interest on our national debt.

That is why she has committed a future Conservative government to spending half of any budget savings on reducing the deficit rather than reallocating them or giving them away in tax cuts.

Compare that properly Conservative stance with the populist tax policies being touted by Reform in its bid to attract low and middle-income earners in the inner cities.

To this end, Reform has flirted with scrapping the two-child limit on benefit payments (for families where both parents are British and in full-time work). They would like to see the winter fuel allowance reinstated in full. Most costly of all, they propose a big hike in the ‘personal allowance’ – the earnings threshold at which income tax kicks in.

Last year Reform proposed raising this threshold from its current £12,570 to £20,000 a year, a marvellous but unaffordable idea which would cost up to £80 billion, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Bear in mind: that's more than the £70 billion or so we currently spend on defence.

Reform's assurance that this would be paid for via fantasy cuts elsewhere shows just how young and inexperienced they are as a political party. Nigel Farage has since diluted this promise and now suggests raising it to just £15,000.

Meanwhile, Reform's selfstyled ‘Shadow Chancellor’ Robert Jenrick opposes Kemi’s plan to scrap inheritance tax on primary residences, saying that his priority is to provide ‘tax cuts for working people, not for the super rich’.

I like lower taxes as much as anyone. But Conservatives understand that the individual is the creator of the State, not the other way round. No government, either from the Left or one purporting to be from the Right, is entitled to use the tax system as a way of evening out wealth between different groups. Government should take only what it must in order to maintain essential services.

The Tory party also sets itself apart from Reform in another – in some respects, even more important – way. We understand that every individual is created in the image of God, and equal under the law.

But some leading figures in Reform increasingly appear to be promoting a pernicious ‘ethnonationalism’, which holds that non-white citizens cannot be considered English (or Scottish, Irish or Welsh for that matter), but only British in perhaps a civic sense.

Dangerous

Suella Braverman is the most explicit proponent of this view in recent weeks, even if Farage himself has previously distanced himself from it.

Either way, as Kemi herself said, the idea that black members of the English football team – or as I would prefer to say, our national cricket team – cannot be considered proper Englishmen is nonsense, and dangerous nonsense at that.

Historically, we have been one of the best countries in the world when it comes to handling immigration. Children who are members of ethnic minorities often outperform their white counterparts in our education system.

Compared to France, where ghettoisation regularly leads to race riots, we have largely been a nation at ease with itself; though of course more needs to be done to assimilate the large numbers of people who have come here recently.

In just the same way, equally objectionable and sinister views are also taking hold on the Right in the United States. As readers may know, I was recently interviewed at my London house by Tucker Carlson, who enjoys a vast audience for his podcast and YouTube channel.

Our hour-long conversation has since ‘gone viral’ – with many millions of people around the world watching at least some of it.

War

He was perfectly charming – but deeply naive about the reality of global affairs. He obviously viewed me as a sabre-rattler when it came to countries such as Putin's Russia – and Carlson has himself conducted a rather fawning interview with the Kremlin dictator. But he worryingly failed to grasp the most ancient principle of statecraft: that if you want peace, you must prepare for war.

The problem with the growing isolationism touted by Carlson and his ideological bedfellows is that it makes war more likely, not less.

If you look at the circumstances that led to both the First and Second World Wars and, indeed, the initial Iraq War, it is clear that they came about because the attacker thought they could invade without fear of retribution.

And as I told Carlson – and as Kemi also understands – the territorial integrity of nation states must be defended at all costs.

Having crossed swords with Carlson, I can only hope for the sake of the Western world that Donald Trump, and whoever succeeds him as the Republican Party's next presidential nominee, does not have his head turned by this particular brand of insular defeatism.

And here in Britain, I take renewed hope from my doughty party leader's inspirational call to arms.

■ Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg was the Conservative MP for North East Somerset from 2010 to 2024 and is a former Leader of the House of Commons.

by Leo McKinstry

ON THE eve of the 1997 landslide that brought New Labour to power, this newspaper published a remarkably prescient editorial.

It warned that Tony Blair's ‘ruthless’ outlook, his headlong pursuit of devolution and European integration, ‘could destroy the United Kingdom’.

In sober but vivid language, the editorial concluded: 'There is a terrible danger that the British people, drugged by the seductive mantra that "it's time for a change", are stumbling, eyes glazed, into an election that could undo 1,000 years of our nation's history.'

How accurate those words turned out to be. Perhaps the greatest fallacy in recent political history is the claim that Blair, that deeply strange individual, was some kind of ‘moderate’ who merely shifted his party back to the centre-ground after the Loony Left excesses of Labour town halls and the impotent socialist posturing of Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock.

In truth, Blair was far more radical than the worst municipal ideologues and militants of the 1980s. A revolutionary to his core, he signalled his desire to break with the past by extolling a vision of Britain as ‘a young country’.

We are of course no such thing. Britain, including its great constituent nations, is an ancient land with a formidable history. Yet Blair saw that – and wanted to shape it into something new.

In this ambition, he has never stopped. On the eve of Labour's recent party conference in Liverpool, the ex-PM was busy publicly urging his latest successor Andy Burnham to overturn Brexit and put rejoining the EU at the heart of the party's plans. This, said the ex-PM, should be set out with clarity and pursued with resolution. "There is no point in inching towards Europe as we feel what British public opinion might accommodate," he declared in a report for his modestly named think-tank, the Tony Blair Institute For Global Change.

Sure enough, Burnham used the conference to reopen for the first time since 2016 the debate around overturning Brexit, refusing to rule out a commitment to rejoining in the next manifesto.

It is almost two decades since Blair officially held office but the 73-year-old has lost none of his messianic self-belief, his fondness for power or his love of money.

A S THE Daily Mail's Richard Eden reports today, Blair's 'institute' turned over an astonishing £137million last year. Needless to say, despite his near-incalculable riches, you and I are still paying for the security and perks afforded to him as to everyone else on the growing roster of ex-PMs.

Nor has his europhilia slackened since his days in Downing Street, when he dreamt of a continental federal superstate and of dragging unwilling Britons into the single currency (only to be thwarted by politics his chancellor, Gordon Brown).

This mix of zeal and towering ambition not only made Blair a formidable politician: they made him a dangerous one. His globalist eagerness to end for good Britain's ancient independence was matched by his mission to reshape the constitution of the United Kingdom, to create a new social order and transform the demographic fabric of our country.

In 1997, the Mail warned about the danger Tony Blair posed to Britain.

His impatience for revolution shone through his 1999 speech to the Labour conference in Bournemouth, where he described his refashioned party as ‘the new progressive force in British

Power: Tony Blair, now 73, showing off his toned biceps in the gym last month

Now, he's flexing his muscles over the EU — and proving nothing's changed

politics which can modernise the nation and sweep away those forces of conservatism'.

Just a year after he became Labour leader, he said: 'I did not come into politics to change my party. I came into politics to change my country.'

He certainly did that. During his ten years in office from 1997, Blair left a trail of destruction across the public realm. Thanks to his ill-conceived policy on devolution, nationalist movements have never been stronger in Wales and Scotland, and the bonds that hold together our kingdom have never been weaker.

Yet the advance of Plaid Cymru in Cardiff and the SNP's strangle-hold on power in Edinburgh has worsened the quality of governance in both nations. Over the last fortnight, for example, official reports have highlighted the disastrous impact of the SNP's policies on education, a sector in which standards have plummeted, and illegal narcotics, where its soft-touch approach has turned Scotland into the drugs death capital of Europe.

In another flawed experiment, this ex-barrister overturned centuries of tradition by downgrading the role of Lord Chancellor, abolishing the Lords of Appeal, and establishing an American-style Supreme Court, which has turned out to be an engine of judicial activism, thereby undermining the democratic authority of Parliament. Blair claimed that he was instituting a programme of constitutional reform but to his many critics he was engaged in constitutional vandalism.

A further, even more damaging element of his plan was his decision to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. This was achieved via the 1998 Human Rights Act, which was hailed by supporters as a humanitarian triumph.

It was nothing of the sort. In practice, it took a wrecking ball to the foundations of our legal system. The big winners were Left-wing human rights lawyers like his wife Cherie, as well as criminals, illegal migrants and social justice warriors, who found new protections and scope for litigation.

The big loser was the British public, which saw morality turned on its head. In the twisted world of the Human Rights Act, brave, professional soldiers found themselves in the dock for doing their duty for their country, while judges barred the deportation of foreign offenders.

When the act was passed in 1998, then Home Secretary Jack Straw described the measure – proudly and without irony – as ‘the single most important change in the relationship between the citizen and the state this century’. But by 2024 Straw himself was complaining that it should be amended because it was being abused ‘in ways that were never, ever intended’.

The scale of the havoc wreaked by Blair is astonishing. He grievously undermined the integrity of our democratic process by the introduction of postal votes on demand, which led to widespread abuses and dangerously empowered self-appointed community leaders in our inner-cities.

He also removed most of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords but did nothing to enhance the democratic accountability of the second chamber, which is unelected to this day.

The lines between party and state were increasingly blurred by Blair's politicisation of the civil service and a power grab from Downing Street, which saw traditional Cabinet rule undermined by his preference for informal ‘sofa’ government.

Under his rule, the number of special advisers more than doubled from 38 to 84, while highly political figures, such as his foul-mouthed and thuggish spin doctor Alastair Campbell, wielded unprecedented influence.

DEMOCRATIC accountability was further weakened by Blair's enthusiasm for quangos. During his time in office, he created 92 of them, more than any other Prime Minister.

The roll-call of his bureaucracy featured the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the NHS Modernisation Agency, the General Social Care Council, the Food Standards Agency, the Healthcare Commission and the General Teaching Council.

In addition, there were the sprawling networks of local officialdom, such as 376 Crime Reduction Partnerships, nine Regional Development Agencies, 47 Learning and Skills Councils, 39 New Deal for Communities boards and 42 Local Criminal Justice Boards.

Every one of these weakened the most important relationship of all: between the people and their Parliament. Not content with inflating the state machine, Blair altered the very nature of our society, for he was architect of the great disaster of untramelled mass immigration, which has left many British citizens feeling like aliens in their own land.

From the moment he became Prime Minister, he was scheming to increase the number of new arrivals. Restrictions were lifted on the right of migrants to bring relatives here, while work permits and British passports were

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British drivers – Born To Be Riled

HOTEL California and Born To Run have been named the UK's favourite driving songs. The Eagles and Springsteen may work on wide-open freeways in the US, but here: Not so much.

My faves include Bob Seger's Roll Me Away and Arlo Guthrie's City Of New Orleans, even though that's about a legendary train journey.

But only on roads like California's Pacific Coast Highway, or counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Back home, 40-odd years ago, when you could still get around London, I'd have gone for Driving In My Car by Madness, especially when trying to negotiate Muswell Hill in a 602cc Citroen Dyane.

But today, what with LTNs, blanket 20mph limits, cycle lanes, ULEZ, Gatsos, humps, potholes and other assorted technological breakdowns, there's only one contender, from Chris Rea... The Road To Hell.

THE Bank of England has blown £85,000 of our money on a politically motivated plan to remove historical figures including Sir Winston Churchill from our banknotes.

It was spent on hiring a tame ‘research’ company to hold ‘focus groups’ designed to reinforce a decision which had already been made – to replace Great Britons including Churchill, Jane Austen and Alan Turing with, wait for it, wildlife.

Having got the answer they wanted, they staged another bogus ‘consultation’ to discover what kind of birds and animals people would like to see on their notes.

Participants were not given the option of voting for our greatest PM, military heroes, or computer pioneers such as Turing, who is credited with shortening the Second World War by cracking the Enigma code. No room either for literary and theatrical giants such as Austen, Dickens and Shakespeare or painters such as J.M.W. Turner and Constable.

A secret Bank of England committee, marinaded in woke and DEI and acting under orders from ambitious careerists above, decided that all these towering figures from the past were ‘elitist and divisive’ and should be confined to the dustbin of history.

The governor Andrew Bailey even claimed disingenuously that the change was necessary

on ‘security’ grounds to prevent counterfeiting – as if it’s easier to forge a picture of Churchill than a frog. Out go Dead White Males (and females), and in come, er, the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog. Had to be European, not British, didn’t it? No doubt part of Labour’s ‘reset’ to drag us back into the EU.

It makes sense. Euro notes feature no one who embodies that Continent's rich and turbulent history. Not even Michelangelo, Da Vinci or Beethoven. Instead they are littered with bland, invented images of windows, doorways and

WHAT NEXT? MRS TIGGY WINKLE INSTEAD OF THE KING ON OUR CASH?

bridges in the name of ‘European unity’ – a concept as unreal and dishonest as the EU itself. How long before the King’s head is removed from our currency and any remaining folding featuring his mother, Elizabeth II, is incinerated on a giant bonfire in Hyde Park?

After all, if Churchill can be replaced by Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, anything's possible.

Can you imagine the US Treasury removing Abraham Lincoln's image from the five dollar bill and replacing him with Donald Duck?

It would make the Invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, look like a Teddy Bears' Picnic.

(Although, to be fair, I shouldn't be surprised if Abe isn't replaced by Donald J. Trump before he leaves the White House in 2029. The Donald has slapped his name on everything else from Palm Beach International Airport to the Kennedy Center.)

In the US, any such change to the currency would have to be decided by Congress. Here, decisions are taken by secret committees and unaccountable quangos and then reinforced by bogus public consultations, which always deliver the answer the politicians want.

When ‘the people’ give the ‘wrong’ answer, they’re simply ignored. London’s two-bob chancer of a mayor Genghis Khan decided to ‘consult’ residents of the outer boroughs on his plans to extend the ULEZ low-emissions zone beyond the North and South Circular Roads. Despite two-thirds voting against, he contemptuously dismissed their rejection and went ahead anyway. The erasure of historical figures from public display to make everything from banknotes to exhibitions more ‘relevant and inclusive’ is unhinged.

In the case of the Imperial War Museum, the public never got the opportunity to have their say. The museum has been systematically removing relics from the First and Second World Wars because ‘young people aren’t interested’ in old wars – even those for national survival.

It has already cleared out tanks, planes and a Polaris missile and scrapped Lord Ashcroft's magnificent, unique collection of Victoria Crosses.

A be a matter of time before they give over the main exhibition hall to a celebration of the Hamas ‘resistance’ on October 7 and evidence of Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza – about the only conflict young people seem to be interested in these days.

The museum's curators are no better than the statue-toppling Black Lives Matter mob in the 2020 Summer of Stupidity.

These revisionists are in the ascendant, determined to erase all trace of our glorious – and admittedly sometimes inglorious – imperial history.

Their pernicious influence is everywhere, from public institutions, schools and universities and now the supposedly ‘independent’ Bank of England.

To be honest, though, I don't know why they're bothering with the bank notes. By the time Councillor Burnham and his cultural vandals have finished we'll all be using the euro.

Makes you proud to be British.

AIR Miles Andy – the outcast formerly known as Prince – has won his High Court battle over his high-profile arrest and heavy-handed raids on his two homes.

A judge ruled that the search warrants were unlawful. So no surprise there. I hold no brief for Andrew and make no comment on his guilt or innocence as he has yet to be charged with any offence.

As Peter Hitchens wrote in the Mail yesterday – and some of us have been writing about for years – sections of the police are out of control. They think they are the law, not subject to it. This column has frequently drawn attention to the blatant abuse of police powers, especially when it comes to celebrities and other public figures, from the Nonces In High Places investigation – which falsely targeted war hero Lord Bramall and former Home Secretary Leon Brittan – to showbiz personalities including Jimmy Tarbuck and Jim Davidson.

They've adopted the US-style 'perp walk' and mount high-profile dawn raids and clumsy Gestapo-style house searches to establish an impression of guilt, even where no firm evidence exists.

Yet it's not just TV presenters, disc jockeys and Tory politicians who have suffered. Only this week, four coppers turned up to arrest a boy of 15 in Wolverhampton who had posted some harmless, hurty words about a pompous, thin-skinned councillor.

Elsewhere, two Plods have been dismissed after they attacked a dementia-suffering, 92-year-old amputee with a taser, pepper spray and baton as he sat in his wheelchair in a Sussex care home.

In Gosport, police ordered an entire community of 80,000 into lockdown so they could provide an over-the-top escort to a fleet of luxury coaches carrying hundreds of illegal boat migrants to their cushy new lives courtesy of the British taxpayer. Yet in London, militant Islamonazi-supporters were allowed to menace the offices of the British Board of Jewish Deputies over Israel.

Yes, thousands of decent officers perform decently and bravely every day. But when it comes to rogue cops, including some senior officers and gung-ho PCs, no one is safe – from 15-year-old boys to 92-year-old amputees. And even an exiled member of the Royal Family, who has yet to be charged with any offence. Mind how you go.

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Party Oompa-Loompa paid teens for sex photos

Daily Mail Reporter

A DWARF who dressed as an Oompa-Loompa for hen and stag parties has been jailed for four years after harassing underage girls and paying for sexual images.

Marc Corrieri, 34, groomed a string of teenagers over a six-year period after making contact through social media apps.

The 4ft 2in pervert repeatedly sent sexual messages and asked for indecent pictures and videos of them having sex with their boyfriends.

Corrieri paid one girl £150 and another £40 to send to him images of themselves in

'He sent requests for their videos'

states of undress. He admitted ten sexual offence charges involving six victims, aged between 13 and 17, with the offences taking place between 2019 and 2025.

Sheriff Kevin McCallum KC, said there was no alternative to jail and ordered he be supervised for a further two years on his release.

Corrieri, from Motherwell in Scotland, was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and banned from ever contacting any of his victims.

Neil Thomson, prosecuting at Hamilton Sheriff Court, said Corrieri told his victims ‘he had a fetish for stockings and feet’ as he harassed them for their pictures.

It was stated none of the victims were known to Corrieri and contact had been started by him on social media.

One girl was aged 14 when she was contacted. Mr Thomson added: 'He sent requests to send images wearing tights and offered to pay for videos of her having sex with her boyfriend. She felt threatened and asked him to stop but he continued until she blocked

Fetish: Marc Corrieri as Oompa-Loompa and, right, at court

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him.' The prosecutor told how another 14-year-old victim was contacted before he sent her £150 on PayPal telling her of his fetish.

Diarmid Bruce, defending, said: 'He has engaged in a course of criminal conduct which is completely unacceptable and there is no justification for that. He has let himself down badly.

‘He has never had a sexual relationship, is very isolated and perceived children as easier to talk to.

‘He did not disclose that he is a dwarf and this was online escapism to avoid the usual social stigma he faces.’

Sheriff McCallum said: 'The charges represent a persistent

'No picking him up or throwing him'

course of sexual abuse over a significant period of time.'

Corrieri had once worked for an events firm and dressed as a £150-an-hour Oompa-Loompa, a character from Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

However, he quit after he was caught pestering schoolgirls for sex – with him being put on the sex offenders' register for three years in September 2014.

Corrieri, in an interview about his job, detailed rules he imposed to preserve his dignity at parties.

These included no picking him up or throwing him, no tampering with his drink, and not saying ‘midget’.

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dished out like confetti. But the flood-gates were really opened wide in 2004 when the Blair government decided – unlike most of other EU member states – not to impose transitional controls on citizens from eight former Soviet bloc countries that had just joined the EU.

The clueless Home Office forecast that between 5,000 and 13,000 people would settle here.

In fact 750,000 arrived in the first four years after 2004, with the total rising to 1.5 million by the end of the decade.

The scale of change was unprecedented. When the Tories left office in 1997, net immigration was running at 48,000 people a year. By the time Blair left office in 2007 that figure had risen to above 200,000.

So why was Blair so keen on revolutionary levels of mass immigration? Part of the explanation lay in the belief that newcomers would raise productivity through their greater flexibility. In addition, a significant increase in the size of the national workforce gave the illusion of growth because overall GDP was up.

On a political level, the swelling influx boosted support for Blair's party, since 80 per cent of migrants vote Labour. Moreover, the embrace of immigration signalled Labour's Cool Britannia modernity, in contrast to the Tories' supposed ongoing love affair with the reactionary past.

One of Blair's own speechwriters, Andrew Neather, revealed in 2009 that the policy ‘was intended to rub the Right’s nose in diversity and render their arguments out of date’.

Blair occasionally posed as a British patriot but he appears to have had little reverence for his country's past or affection for its people. He has the rootless air of a globalist keen on the international conference circuit – the ultimate Davos man, never more at home than when courting overseas despots, who paid handsomely for his services.

At times, Blair's attachment to open borders smacked of a yearning for a literal change in the British people akin to the attitude of the post-war East German regime which announced that the people had lost the confidence of the government following an anti-communist uprising in 1953.

In a memorable riposte, the playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht sarcastically urged the pro-Soviet government to 'dissolve the people and elect another'.

It was under Blair that equality and social inclusion became the central creed of the state, even as many Britons felt growing concern about the collapse of social cohesion in their neighbourhoods and the rise of misogynistic violence, extremism and Islamist sectarianism.

O MAINTAIN the liberal fiction that 'diversity is our strength', the Blairite establishment spewed out propaganda and suppressed free speech in a way that would have been unthinkable decades earlier.

Characteristic of the new authoritarianism was the creation of so-called Non-Crime Hate Incidents. This concept required the police to record any incident where a victim claimed to be the target of hostility because of prejudice, even if it did not meet the criminal threshold.

The measure was part of a disturbing shift that saw the state not just as a protector of order and a provider of services, but as an enforcer of the fashionable orthodoxy. Blairite legislation, such as the 2000 Race Relations Act, imposed new duties on authorities and employers to promote race equality, while firms bidding for government contracts were required to prove that they complied with the social values of the state.

But the official emphasis on minority victimhood could lead to grotesque double standards, epitomised by the long, shameful cover-up over the activities of predatory Asian grooming gangs in the North and the Midlands.

These abusers were able to exploit vulnerable white working-class girls with impunity because the authorities were terrified of being accused of racism and desperate to uphold the illusion of multicultural harmony.

Throughout his political career, Blair's brand was built on the quest for modernisation. ‘New Labour, New Britain’ was more than a slogan. It was the encapsulation of his political philosophy.

Even as a rebellious but clever pupil at the exclusive Fettes school in Edinburgh, he made a fetish of novelty, raging against longstanding rules and questioning authority. His housemaster Sir Eric Anderson told me how he had called for volunteers when he was setting up a new boarding house with a more liberal ethos, and, 'Blair came forward. He was always on the lookout for something new: New House, New Labour'.

But it is a mentality that has inflicted terrible damage on Britain. In an attack on the Tories in 1995, Blair declared: 'It's no good waving the fabric of our flag when you have spent 16 years tearing apart the fabric of our nation.'

Yet those words are absolutely applicable to him. Back in 1997, the Daily Mail could not have been more right.

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THE King's warning to his disgraced younger brother Andrew not to use his

multi-million allowance from Charles to fund his legal action against Thames Valley Police reignites interest in what other monies AMW possesses. The stipend pays for three staff and all utility bills at his new Sandringham home. While he doesn't have to account for how he spends the money, Andrew isn't short of a bob or two. He has been off the royal payroll for more than five years but still living a relatively high life (until last year running a 30-room mansion), as well as keeping his lawyers busy (and their bills paid). The sources of Andrew's wealth have always been a mystery – and are likely to remain so.

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DONALD Trump wasn't in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, apparently placated by last year's winner, Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado, giving her medal to him as a thank you for toppling president Maduro. Alas, the Nobel committee ruled 'a medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot'. But did Trump miss a trick? Uncharacteristically he never inquired about the 11m Swedish krona (£832,000) which Maria trousered with the prize.

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ON The Waterfront star Eva Marie Saint, pictured in her prime, bewailed the lack of Hollywood roles for older actresses. 'The characters are always grandmothers on oxygen, and while there's nothing wrong with that if you

need it, I don't, yet. I'm still upright.' Not any more alas. She has departed to celestial Tinsel Town aged 102.

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RESEARCHING his Napoleon book, Andrew Roberts spares long-suffering wife Susan from work outings, explaining: 'The day after we got engaged I took her to where Mussolini was shot at Lake Como. On our honeymoon we went to a Japanese concentration camp in Thailand and a 90ft tower of skulls in Cambodia. I've since taken her to Auschwitz and Stalingrad.' But he confesses to The Spectator to taking Susan to the Spanish Napoleonic battlefield of Barrosa, adding: 'I looked slightly idiotic to discover the battlefield had been turned into a golf course.'

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WHAT is going on between Christmas pantomime stalwarts Julian Clary and Nigel Havers. Both signed up for this year's London Palladium panto, with Clary cattily quipping: 'Nigel Havers died three years ago, but no one told him. It's made no difference to his performance.' And quoting from his new novel The Midmorning Murders, he further mocks his co-star: 'Nigel Havers tells us about his time on a life-support machine. Is this a good use of NHS money?' Miaow!

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CELEBRITY Traitors star Ross Kemp has been spared a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, unlike his 2008 stint in Afghanistan with the Royal Anglian regiment, when a squaddie declared 'I know you, don't! You're on TV!' Kemp simmered: 'Why, yes I am'. 'I knew it!' replied the soldier. 'I loved you in Little Britain!'

Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

TERVIEW From Eirian Prosser

IN SAINT-TROPEZ

WHEN Brigitte Bardot's widower went to feed the late actress-turned-animal-rights-activist's

cats on Monday morning last week, as he has done every day since her death last year, he was overcome with a profound sadness.

It would have been his wife's 92nd birthday. The date had been hanging over him for weeks, intensifying his still raw grief, as he agonised over how to commemorate the ‘unique woman’ he had vowed to ‘love for ever’.

Bernard d'Ormale had been married to the 1960s superstar for 33 years – the longest of any of her four husbands.

Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmases and New Years were always cherished by the couple, celebrated in a low-key fashion at Bardot's waterside home on the outskirts of Saint-Tropez.

Surrounded by dozens of animals, the pair, who mostly shunned the limelight, quietly enjoyed each other's company at La Madrague, a former fisherman's cottage, and would often enjoy a slice or two of Bardot's famous apple tart.

It was here, at this home filled with so many memories, that Bardot took her last breath, as she had always wished, being ‘lulled away by the sound of the waves’, holding on to Mr d’Ormale, whom she called her ‘piou, piou’.

The last nine months have naturally been a painful and lonely time for Mr d'Ormale, now 85. Yet his grief was compounded when he was told to pack his bags and leave La Madrague, now worth up to an estimated £22million, after being left out of his wife's will.

All of the actress's assets were split equally between her son from a previous marriage, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, and the Fondation Brigitte Bardot – her beloved charity set up to protect animal welfare. It was an arrangement her husband claims he suggested, not wanting to be labelled a gold digger.

Yet Mr d'Ormale, perhaps naively, never imagined that it would see him removed from his home of more than three decades. Now living in a 29-square-metre council flat built for senior citizens, he is only allowed to visit his former home in the daytime to check on the animals.

In another blow, last month he was removed as president of his wife's charity, a position he was handed in the wake of her death to ‘continue her fight’.

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HE final, and most upsetting, straw for the widower, however, was the charity's decision to auction off 300

personal items that belonged to Ba from photographs and paintings to her gowns and underwear. Speaking excl to the Daily Mail in Saint-Tropez a week after the sale raised almost one million euros (£808,000), Mr d'Ormale accused the charity of acting 'like a pack of werewolves', failing to protect her legacy.

‘Brigitte has been scattered all over the place, like grains of sugar,’ he said. ‘These items were bought by fans, people who loved Brigitte very much, but it’s not their fault. It’s the foundation’s.

‘This is no way to preserve Brigitte’s memory by scattering her belongings all over the place, especially when the foundation does not need the money.’

Hands shaking, he shows me a photograph of his wife at five years old, clutching a teddy bear that was supposed to be returned to him as a memento. He is still waiting. Meanwhile, a photograph of Bardot at La Madrague

Why DID Bardot leave her husband of 33 years out of her will?

They shared a Saint-Tropez villa for decades, but after her death last year her widower is living in a council flat. Here, he says Brigitte's legacy is being tarnished by a 'pack of werewolves'

cuddling her dogs and a caricature of her by artist Jean-Jacques Sempé are among other items that Mr d'Ormale claims were supposed to go into storage.

He claims he did not give the foundation his blessing for the sale, as they suggest.

'I am still a member of the board, but I am dealing with a bunch of thugs who have no respect for her wishes,' he added. 'They could at least respect the fact that we are grieving. But not at all. They have to make money by selling her belongings. Do you realise they're erasing her? It's unbelievable.'

The overwhelming sadness and frailty of Mr d'Ormale when he first entered his lawyer's office for our interview was quickly replaced with anger.

After spending the final years of

Bardot's life caring for her as she had terminal cancer, eventually losing the use of both legs, he feels ousted and is now planning to take legal action against the charity.

‘Most of the people on the board have done nothing but cause me trouble,’ he adds. ‘So there are going to be lawsuits, and we’re going to fight. We’re not going to let ourselves be pushed around by these people.’

It is not a surprising situation. In the wake of someone's death, let alone that of a multi-millionaire, the months following are often fraught with discussions over inheritance. But it is one that Bardot, who retired from the silver screen in 1973, would have been appalled by.

Having grown tired of being a global sex symbol, she had just turned 39 when she stepped back from fame to become an animal rights campaigner.

By this time she had been married three times, none of the matches lasting more than five years. Instead of spending time in Paris, she moved permanently to La Madrague, the property two miles from Saint-Tropez that she bought aged 24 after the success of her film, The Female.

Rarely seen outside the Bay of Canoubiers, the star poured all her energy into fighting for animals – a passion that remained over the next five decades.

She campaigned against hunting, slaughterhouse farming techniques and the production of horsemeat - setting up her foundation in 1986. 'I am not a recluse.

I live like an unsociable person; it's different,' she told the Toronto Star in 1998 when quizzed on her absence from public life, adding: 'People get on my nerves.'

By 1992, however, she had met someone she could not only tolerate but with whom she would spend the remaining years of her life. Unlike her previous husbands – Roger Vadim and Jacques Charrier (father of her son, Nicolas-Jacques, now 66), both from the film world, and Gunter Sachs, a millionaire German socialite – Mr d'Ormale was a former businessman turned political adviser to the late Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-Right National Front in France.

The couple had been introduced at a dinner party in Saint-Tropez, bonding over Bardot's political views, and within the year were married at a ceremony on her son's private estate in Norway.

Picture: JEAN-CLAUDE SAUER/PARIS MATCH VIA GETTY IMAGE

But because they never had a civil ceremony in France, their marriage was never formalised in the country, automatically writing Mr d'Ormale out of any inheritance to which a spouse might usually be entitled.

It is an oversight Mr d'Ormale regrets – not, he insists, because he wants his wife's money but because he wants to be in control of protecting her legacy and stopping her so-called 'erasure'.

‘I told Brigitte to appoint a lawyer as executor of her will, as I didn’t want anything, but I should have kept that role myself. A few years ago, I told Brigitte, “Don’t put my name anywhere." That way, nobody could accuse me of taking advantage of poor Brigitte or misappropriating anything.

‘In the end, we simply didn’t protect her well enough because we simply hadn’t thought about it. We should have surrounded her with better protection. Then we wouldn’t be having all these problems with these people, who are like a pack of werewolves.’

Perhaps if the couple had done this, Mr d'Ormale would not be living in his council flat, driving each morning across the bay to his former home.

While his flat is a far cry from those provided in the UK – located in the centre of the fashionable town, surrounded by trees and a pretty square filled with cafes – to Mr d'Ormale it is a 'storage closet'. 'What can I tell you? It's been absolutely horrible,' he adds, speaking of the move. 'It's not pleasant at all. On top of that, I still go to La Madrague to feed the cats. No one else is feeding them.'

The foundation has insisted that they were legally bound to remove Mr d'Ormale from the property six months after Bardot's death, claiming that 'there was never any intention to oust him from La Madrague'.

A spokesman told the Daily Mail: ‘Everyone experiences grief in their own way, but this does not reflect reality at all; he was well-supported at the time of Brigitte’s passing and in the months that followed. He simply refuses to accept having to leave La Madrague, even though it is not his home – Brigitte Bardot donated it to her foundation in 1992 – and his departure is a matter of legal obligation.

Sex symbol: Brigitte Bardot in 1967 and, above, with fourth husband Bernard d'Ormale. Left, Bardot's home La Madrague

‘La Madrague belonged to Brigitte Bardot. She donated it to the foundation, not to her partner. It is worth noting that he presents himself as her husband, even though he was merely her live-in partner.

'He was given a six-month period to vacate the premises – a timeframe stipulated by Brigitte — and the foundation helped him find an apartment in Saint-Tropez. Remaining on the premises is not an option; it exposes the foundation to legal risk.'

The foundation added that Mr d'Ormale had been granted the use of the actress's Paris apartment for the rest of his life but refused, resulting in it being put up for sale.

But for him that apartment was not his home.

‘La Madrague represents 30 years of my life and leaving it is sad and difficult,’ he said in June upon leaving the property. ‘Especially since it is a house that is both simple and beautiful.’

Either way, Mr d'Ormale insists he will find a way to return to the house. He added: 'I am going to fight to get La Madrague back. It is not lost yet.'

H

IS lawyer, Aurelie-Caroline Vieugue, who specialises in inheritance law, added: 'We shouldn't forget that he's 85 years old, an elderly person. He was treated deplorably by the foundation, worse than a criminal.

'You wonder why there's so much aggression towards a man who shared 33 years of his life with Madame Bardot. It really was a 33-year love story.'

For all his anger towards the foundation, who claim it is ‘false and insulting’ to suggest they are ‘erasing’ the actress’s legacy, there is no ill-feeling towards Bardot’s son, Nicolas-Jacques, an engineer who still lives in Norway.

The star had a turbulent relationship with her only child, who she compared to a ‘tumour growing inside of me’ while pregnant.

They were later estranged for years after Nicolas-Jacques sued his mother for writing in one memoir that she would have ‘preferred to have given birth to a little dog’.

But over the years, Mr d'Ormale, according to friends, helped the pair mend their relationship, so much that Nicolas-Jacques and his family – he's married to former Norwegian model Anna, with whom he has two daughters – would holiday in La Madrague from time to time.

‘Bernard had effectively helped open Brigitte’s heart to her son after years of neglect,’ one said. ‘The reconciliation between all of them was very moving.’

approving the auction so that his mother's belongings did not sit in storage, Mr d'Ormale places no blame on Bardot's son. 'He's a very nice young man. He's an honest young man, whom Brigitte always supported, whatever people may say,' he says.

‘Should we ask him to get involved? No, we mustn’t drag him into all of this. We have to respect his private life and not put him in a situation that might be difficult for him.’

It is easy to forget that at the centre of this explosive row is a man who lost his wife less than a year ago. After detailing the mental and physical toll of the past year, Mr d'Ormale accompanied me to Plage de La Ponche, a beach put on the map by Bardot's most well-known film, And God Created Woman.

It is places like this in Saint-Tropez, alongside their home, where he is reminded of his wife the most. 'My fondest memory? There are thousands of them. Every single one is a fond memory,' he says. 'She was an exceptionally intelligent woman and I miss her terribly.'

It is impossible to know what Bardot would make of this situation – her husband away from the place he called home for so long.

Yet maybe it had been part of her long-term plan to ensure her fight to protect animals continued long after her death.

As she once said: ‘I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.’

EXCLUSIVE By Sophie Church Political Reporter

Hamas-supporting activist is Greens' head of discipline

A GREENS activist who says Hamas are not terrorists and calls Israel the ‘biggest terrorists of all’ is now managing party discipline.

Halima Brewer was elected on to the disciplinary committee at the Greens' annual conference last weekend.

She will investigate complaints against party members and sit on a panel during judgement hearings. But Ms Brewer was elected to the position while expressing support for Hamas, comparing Jewish Israelis to Nazis and claiming Israel does not exist, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Posting on Facebook, Ms Brewer wrote: 'I used to oppose Hamas because I thought their strategy for freeing Palestine was counter-productive.

‘I have dropped that naive view and now think the only thing Palestinians have left is violent resistance against the bigger terrorist – the biggest of all now – Israel.’

A caption on a photo she shared stated: 'Hamas are not the terrorists. They're the ones fighting against the terrorists.'

She shared another post reading: 'I'm sorry, but it's just plain hilarious that we're still expected to hate Hamas after spending two years being shown exactly what it was that Hamas has been fighting.'

In other posts, Ms Brewer shared images of Israeli territory covered by a Palestinian flag, with one declaring: 'There is no country called "Israel". There is only Palestine, which is currently occupied by an army of international thieves and murderers.'

Outburst: Halima Brewer. Right, leader Zack Polanski

The revelations come as Zack Polanski learns his fate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election for Keir Starmer's old seat overnight, which he hoped would take him into the Commons.

It has been a torrid week for the Greens leader, who is accused of failing to grip rampant anti-Semitism within the party after just a handful of members were able to pass a ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion at the conference in Brighton.

The Greens were reported to the equalities watchdog by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) over the policy. Head of the CAA Gideon Falter said the motion was ‘racist and unlawful’ as it ‘discriminates against Jews’.

He added: ‘Whether the party believes itself above the law, or, by staggering incompetence, has not bothered to check the legal position, we will ensure it faces the consequences of its actions.’

Andy Burnham demanded the Greens leadership annul the now official party policy. Speaking in Berlin, the Prime Minister described its passing as a ‘completely wrong decision’ and ‘terrible judgment’. Attorney General Ellie Reeves wrote to the Green mayor of Lewisham Liam Shrivastava in her capacity as a local MP ordering him to reject the motion.

Referencing Ms Brewer's posts, the Board of Deputies of British

'Deep-rooted anti-Semitism'

Jews said: ‘These reported comments that endorse terrorism are deeply concerning and should be looked at by the police.’

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'If true, these reports are another horrifying example of how deeply rooted anti-Semitism has become in the Green Party.

‘That such views may be represented on the party’s disciplinary committee is beyond ridiculous.’

A Green Party spokesman said last night: 'The posts highlighted do not reflect the views or the value of the Green Party.'

20 diplomats forced to quit UK embassy in Jerusalem

By Natalie Lisbona

TWENTY British diplomats have been forced to leave Israel after it effectively shut down the British consulate in Jerusalem.

Israel's foreign minister Gideon Saar said the UK would still be permitted to operate from the embassy but only on a restricted basis. The move, announced yesterday, will mean staff slashed from 27 to seven and the consulate renamed ‘UK Mission, Jerusalem’.

Israel had threatened to shut the building completely in retaliation for Labour's decision to impose a trade ban on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband insisted Britain had not backed down over the sanctions - despite the reduction in its diplomatic presence.

An Israeli diplomatic source told the Mail: 'This decision comes in response to a series of anti-Israel measures taken by the Labour Government, including its recognition of a Palestinian state while the hostages were still being held by Hamas.'

Bombshell: The Seven Year Itch

Sydney's a natural Marilyn (but it's not why you think!)

SOONER or later, most Hollywood screen sirens have a stab at recreating the Marilyn Monroe look.

Few, however, have the natural advantages of Sydney Sweeney in doing so – and that has nothing to do with her jaw-dropping figure.

For it seems the 29-year-old Euphoria star is related to the tragic Ms Monroe.

A study by genealogy website MyHeritage has connected Ms Sweeney's father, Steven, to Ms Monroe's biological father, Charles Stanley Gifford. The two men are linked by shared ancestor, Ezra Perry, who lived in

By Jacques Peterson

Massachusetts in the 1600s when it was an English colony. And the links don't stop there. Both women are natural brunettes, despite revamping their looks to become blonde bombshells.

They were both recognised, somewhat belatedly, as talented actresses despite their looks often overshadowing their skills on screen.

Ms Sweeney won widespread praise for her performances in The White Lotus, Euphoria, Christy and Reality. Ms Monroe, on the other hand, was moving from comedies such as 1955's The Seven Year Itch into more serious roles before her death aged 36 in 1962 and she was lauded for her performance in 1961's The Misfits.

Double take: Ms Sweeney in white

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Police chief found guilty of abusing position to have affairs

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A CHIEF constable had sex with an officer while on critical incident duty and told a mistress to avoid police events if his wife was there, a tribunal heard yesterday.

Scott Chilton was ‘deliberately dishonest on multiple occasions’ and ‘abused his position for his own sexual gratification’, a police standards panel ruled.

Finding him guilty of four counts of misconduct relating to affairs with two unnamed colleagues, the panel said he would have been dismissed without notice had he not retired as head of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.

Mr Chilton, 53, pictured, was a superintendent with 'force silver' status – meaning he was responsible for any critical incidents in the county – when he had sex at the home of the first woman.

Panel chairman Michelle Skeer said if there had been a serious incident he may not have been able to respond.

By Claire Duffin

geant he was mentoring – who was referred to as Officer A. She said they had sex ‘on a number of occasions’ but he ended things in 2012.

He began an affair with a second colleague, Officer B, weeks after becoming chief constable in February 2023, visiting her home ‘once or twice a week’ and claiming he was divorced when he had remarried.

The panel said Mr Chilton was ‘deliberately dishonest’ on multiple occasions by not disclosing the sexual relationship with Officer A and continuing to deny it.

He tried to paint her ‘in a negative light, irrespective of the reputational impact’, the panel said.

Ms Skeer said Mr Chilton was driven by a sense of ‘entitlement’ and was ‘domineering and abusive’ to colleagues during a meeting he set up to block a probe into his conduct.

He ‘abused his position for a sexual purpose by having a sexual relationship’ with Officer B, a subordinate ranking officer. He instigated their private messaging and the visit to her home, where the sexual relationship started.

Mr Chilton, who received a £55,000 pay-off in lieu of working his notice after he stood down last year, was married when he began seeing the first woman – a ser-

The panel said Mr Chilton had shown a complete disregard for his responsibilities to the public.

The panel said the only appropriate outcome, had he not retired, was his dismissal. They barred him from police work.

Mr Chilton, who did not attend the tribunal, admitted his actions fell short of expectations, but had denied gross misconduct.

ELENA ADAMS was excitedly saving for her wedding and enjoying long hikes at weekends when, aged 25, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and her world collapsed.

A decade on, she's too ill to hold down a job, on antidepressants and using crutches to walk. Most devastatingly, she's infertile, the two children she and her husband Gareth longed for a pipedream now. 'I'm not the same person I was ten years ago,' she says.

But it wasn't the tumour that tore her life apart. It was the treatment she was given.

Within days of being diagnosed at University Hospital Coventry in May 2016, Elena's neuro-oncologist, Professor Ian Brown, put her on a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide (TMZ).

That drug both robbed her of her fertility before she had a chance to preserve it and, combined with the steroids Elena was given to reduce swelling around her tumour, floored her.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

‘I would alternate between lying in bed and being sick. I couldn’t leave the house,’ she says.

So it was clearly a blow when Brown and his assistant, Clinical Nurse Specialist Ian Edwards, told her she'd need to stay on TMZ for ever – despite the fact (as Elena later found out) that NHS guidelines stipulate the drug should typically be taken for six months only.

Its myriad side-effects include fever, fatigue, nausea, stomach pain and hair loss.

Yet Elena dutifully accepted her fate, telling herself the chronic side-effects were a small price to pay for her life.

And so she took TMZ for six years – until, in 2022, Brown and Edwards changed tack and told her the cancer had been effectively treated and she could stop chemotherapy. Even then, she was so in thrall to her doctors she was simply grateful they had finally cured her.

It was only last year that the devastating truth dawned: Elena's

'There was no cancer visible in my scans'

body had been pumped with potent chemotherapy for five and a half years longer than recommended – and the men she credited with saving her life could well be responsible for ruining it.

Astonishingly, she's far from alone. Forty patients are taking legal action against University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW), claiming they were prescribed TMZ to treat brain tumours under Professor Brown for far longer than necessary – if it was even necessary at all.

Last month, it emerged one of Brown's patients, who spent 11 years on TMZ, didn't even have cancer in the first place.

Becky Jones, 34, was diagnosed with a terminal tumour by Brown in 2012, when actually she had an inflammation of the brain.

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‘I was told if I didn’t keep taking the chemotherapy I would die,’ said Becky, a CCTV operator from Coventry, who said her 156 cycles of chemotherapy left her suffering nausea, fatigue, depression and ulcers. Brown, who had worked for UHCW since 1998, simply dismissed her concerns when she asked why her tumour wasn’t visible in her scans, she said. The scandal is so bizarre, it stretches credulity. It was only when Brown retired in 2023, and other doctors took over his cases, that the extent to which he had prescribed TMZ emerged.

A freedom of information request by Brabners, the law firm now representing the patients, found UHCW spent more than £3.6 million on temozolomide (TMZ) between 2009 and 2024 – more than ten times the spending of comparable NHS hospitals.

The General Medical Council is now investigating Brown, who is still licensed to practice medicine, albeit with restrictions. UHCW is ultimately responsible for his patients' care, and has admitted liability in two cases.

Last month, an interim report by the Royal College of Physicians, carrying out an independent review, identified wider, serious concerns about UHCW's patient safety, informed consent, clinical decision making and the effectiveness of the systems designed to protect patients.

So how on earth did this happen in the first place?

Did Brown and Edwards – who had been most patients' more regular point of contact at the hospital and retired last year – genuinely believe they were saving their patients' lives?

Were they somehow profiting from doling out a drug that costs £1,000 per cycle?

Like everyone whose life has been impacted by the actions of these two men, Elena is demanding answers. 'Because of them, I can't have children,' says Elena. 'Why am I infertile? Why would you do it?'

In addition, being on TMZ for prolonged periods also risks bone marrow suppression, liver damage and secondary blood cancers.

It was in May 2016, after developing a buzzing in her ear

TEMOZOLOMIDE

Devastated: Elena Adams trusted the clinicians who gave her TMZ

and pressure behind her right eye, that Elena was referred for an MRI scan at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. Told by a surgeon she had a 6cm tumour in her brain, Elena felt ‘absolute shock’.

She had two surgeries to remove the tumour that June and July. Fiona Tinsley, a partner at Brabners acting for Elena and many other patients, says Brown's notes show the surgery had been 'most successful' with 'extremely good debulking of the tumour'.

Yet when Elena met Brown for the first time after the second operation, he told her she'd need a six-week course of radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy with TMZ to kill off any remaining cancer cells.

She was immediately won over by the then 50-something's easy bedside manner.

‘He would break stuff down and explain it so we would understand it,’ she says.

Edwards, meanwhile, with whom Elena had the majority of her appointments, warned her that the chemotherapy could affect her fertility, but that she could have her eggs frozen to preserve it.

She was referred to the hospital's fertility department, but before she even had a chance to see a fertility specialist or start radiotherapy, Brown put her on an initial five-day course of TMZ.

‘This is something Professor Brown did with many of his patients, but it’s not something

'They said it's keeping you alive, carry on'

that should be done in practice,' says Fiona Tinsley. 'They didn't pause before her treatment started, to deal with fertility preservation.'

Of course, Elena wishes she had pushed for an appointment about her fertility before taking the drug. But Brown, a Cambridge University graduate, had, at that time, an impeccable reputation. 'I was grateful I had these amazing people looking after me,' she says.

By the time she saw a fertility specialist that August she was told 'it was too late' to freeze her eggs. An administrator for a metals company, Elena admits children weren't her priority in the face of apparently life-threatening disease.

While ‘obviously upset’, she just wanted to beat the cancer. Elena’s medical records show the fertility specialist did suggest she have hormone injections while on chemotherapy which could at least have helped preserve her eggs.

‘He asked Professor Brown to facilitate that. But Brown didn’t,’ says Tinsley.

Elena resumed TMZ that September, for what she was told would be a six-month course. 'I was sick. I'd get diarrhoea. I'd have no energy. I was ill all the time,' says Elena, who was signed off work. 'I didn't really get out of bed. I hardly ate but couldn't stop putting on weight. It was a really awful time.'

Then came an utterly shocking and in retrospect incomprehensible pronouncement. Just before

For years, Elena was given a chemotherapy drug she didn't need. Now she's infertile and too ill to work — and she's just one of 40 patients treated by the same doctor who are suing the hospital for wrecking their lives

she was due a six-month scan that would reveal her cancer had gone, Elena was told by clinical nurse specialist Edwards that she would need to be on TMZ for the rest of her life. 'They said if I stopped chemotherapy, the cancer could grow back.'

While ‘shocked’, she didn’t think to question why. ‘I would take whatever I could to stay alive.’

If Elena sounds naïve, she's not the only one.

‘Pretty much every patient would get to the end of the six-month cycle, and Ian Edwards would say, “you’ve been doing so well on this, to give you the best chance of survival, we’re going to carry this on,” says Tinsley, who has been told by independent medical experts that there’s insufficient evidence to justify continuing to take TMZ for prolonged periods.

She adds: 'The risks are you are going to have cumulative toxicity; you are going to be immunosuppressed; you are going to be more at risk of infection. You are at a risk, albeit low, of developing secondary cancers. And the benefits of continuing treatment are zero. But these patients weren't told that. They were told, "it's keeping you alive. Carry on."

Since her surgery, Elena also took dexamethasone, a steroid to help the swelling around her tumour subside for eight weeks.

The drug can ‘cause real issues with joint pain and stiffness,’ says Tinsley, and by the time Elena finally came off it, the physical and psychological damage was done.

Having shot up from a size 18 to a size 26, she was unable to lose the weight. Her confidence plummeted. 'My whole face changed. I didn't like going out. I didn't like seeing my friends.'

She was seeing Edwards regularly, who checked her blood count every month before prescribing her more TMZ, and their ‘general chit chat’ fostered trust. ‘I was getting married, so I’d talk to him about that.’

Yet he surely saw how ill TMZ was making her?

‘I’d get a lot of chest infections, and he would say: “Don’t take it this week, take it next week,” or something like that,’ says Elena.

Left feeling she ‘couldn’t face the world at some points’, she quit her job after a year. ‘When you’re that ill, you can’t concentrate on anything.’

Her relationship with Gareth, 37, a mechanic she married in 2018, was inevitably impacted, too. 'Obviously there have been times it's been really difficult for him. I'm sore. I get tired.'

But it never occurred to either of them, or her family to question why - when the scans were showing she didn't have cancer – she was still being prescribed chemotherapy. Elena assumes her GP also knew she was taking chemotherapy for years on end ‘but nothing was ever said’.

She had completed 66 cycles of TMZ when, in May 2022, Professor Brown and Ian Edwards requested a meeting. Instinctively she feared her cancer was back. 'I'd just had a scan, and I thought, "Oh God, something's happened."

Instead, Brown told her that her latest scan had come back clear. 'I burst out crying, I was so happy. I was thanking them, praising them.'

Elena was never treated by Brown again and saw Edwards once more before she was transferred to another consultant – who told her that he would not have treated her in the same way.

The cumulative effects of her prolonged medication continued.

As a result of the steroids, in 2022 she was diagnosed with the bone condition osteonecrosis, which 'basically means that my knee is dying,' says Elena, who is on the waiting list for a knee transplant.

Last year, a blood test confirmed Elena had gone into menopause as a result of the chemotherapy. At 34, the weight of her infertility finally hit home.

‘It’s grief. Every single one of my friends is either pregnant or has got children. I know that that’s never going to happen.’

When a friend sent over a news report about Brown's alleged over-prescribing of TMZ, her reaction was disbelief.

'I believed that he had everyone's best interest at heart.' It was only as more alleged victims emerged, and lawyer Fiona Tinsley requested her medical records which laid bare the failings of her treatment, that her grief was compounded by anger.

Of course, she can only speculate, but Elena believes her doctors may have somehow profited from prescribing the drugs. 'People get controlled by money, don't they?'

Tinsley says it was suggested to some of her clients that they were on a clinical trial for TMZ.

‘But if there have been any clinical trials going on there would be significant documentation in those patient records, and that is just not there,’ she says.

Neither man has ever publicly commented on the allegations. Professor Brown failed to attend an interview requested by investigators at the Royal College of Physicians or engage with its review process.

‘There’s culpability on many levels within that Trust by allowing

'When you are so ill, you can't concentrate'

Ian Edwards and Ian Brown to continue this practice for so long,' adds Tinsley.

The Mail attempted to contact Brown and Edwards through the hospital trust but did not receive a response.

A spokesperson for the Trust says it can't comment on individual patients but that it has 'put in place actions, informed by initial feedback, to ensure more robust oversight of the prescription and use of TMZ and ensure patient safety'.

All patients receiving TMZ at the time of Ian Brown's retirement have been reviewed by senior clinicians, with appropriate care plans put in place. We are also undertaking an independent review of our speak up processes, led by an independent party, to ensure staff feel fully supported and confident in raising any concerns.

‘The Trust will assess the full RCP review when it is published and will take further appropriate action based on its findings. Patient safety, experience and wellbeing remain our top priorities.’

For Elena, however, it's too little, too late. And her shattering verdict? 'This should never have been allowed to happen.'

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\$10m thriller! Jacko's jacket goes up for sale

IT IS perhaps the most recognisable item of clothing in pop music.

And now the black and red jacket worn by Michael Jackson as he danced with zombies in the 1983 music video for Thriller can be yours - though the price tag might make you start to freeze.

The calf-leather jacket is expected to break records for music memorabilia when it goes under the hammer at

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Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles in December. A source indicated it was expected to sell for ‘upwards of \$10million [£7.6million]’.

It could even break the overall record for an item of music memorabilia, the \$14.55million paid for Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour's ‘Black Strat’ guitar this year.

In the red: The jacket could break music memorabilia sale price records

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Prostate cases surge by 7% to 60,000 in just one year

THE number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has surged 7 per cent in a year – but those who have it are living longer.

Figures from the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) show a record 60,827 cases were identified in 2025, up from 57,029 in 2024.

Advanced instances, where the cancer was detected only after it had already spread, increased by almost 11 per cent from 5,696 in 2024 to 6,312 in 2025.

However, the number of men living longer with the incurable form of the disease has ‘steadily

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improved', analysis of more than 45,000 cases showed.

In 2015, 56 per cent of men died within three years of being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. By 2022, that figure had dropped to 47 per cent.

Further analysis by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found the risk of dying fell by almost a quarter in the same period.

Experts credit the improvement to a series of treatment breakthroughs, including the wider use of chemotherapy, newer hormone therapies and prostate radiotherapy.

Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK, having overtaken breast cancer.

More than 68,000 men are newly

By Zoe Hardy

diagnosed each year, equivalent to one every eight minutes.

The report also revealed stark differences in care, with some teams offering radical treatment to less than half of men with aggressive cancer, compared with almost nine in ten in other places.

In response, Prostate Cancer UK warned that health services must be equipped to provide the treatment and follow-up care needed to live well for longer, especially given the often difficult side effects.

‘Right now, far too many men get a diagnosis at a later stage when treatment options are more limited and the fact that nearly half of men still die within three years remains a tragedy,’ said Natalia Norori, head of data at the charity.

‘It’s vital we see investment to ensure men get access to the best treatments that improve quality of life, reduce side effects, and give them longer, happier years.’

Professor Noel Clarke, clinical surgical lead at the NPCA, added: 'The number of men diagnosed continues to increase significantly.

‘Most can be cured, particularly if the cancer is found early, emphasising that early detection is crucial.’

The Daily Mail has long led campaigns to improve the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in a bid to end the needless deaths.

The findings come just days after international researchers warned of a sharp rise among younger men.

Analysis of NHS data found diagnoses among under-50s increased from 158 cases in 2001 to 640 in 2023. Yet earlier this year, the UK National Screening Committee decided against population-wide screening, concluding that potential harms outweigh the benefits.

Police probe Russia link to break-in at RAF base used by US intelligence

POLICE are investigating whether Russia was behind a break-in yesterday at an RAF base used by US military intelligence.

Two Latvian men were arrested for breaching the perimeter fence at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire at 2am.

The security alert, which comes weeks after a suspected terror plot at RAF Fairfield in Gloucestershire, has raised suspicions that a hostile state may be seeking to exploit security concerns around bases used by the US.

RAF Molesworth is home to American intelligence operations

'Two Latvian men arrested'

centres for Europe and Africa, as well as being a Nato intelligence hub. The base hosted a Russia conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, a Nato website said.

After the conference, Ministry of Defence security patrols identified an abandoned vehicle near the perimeter of the base at about 10pm on Wednesday. Further searches were carried out on the site and a small hole in the fence was identified.

Police then located two UK-based Latvian men, aged 36 and 32, who were initially held on suspicion of trespass on a prohibited site and criminal damage after being found within the grounds.

But they were later arrested on suspicion of an offence under section 4 of the National Security Act

By Rebecca Camber Crime and Security Editor

2023, namely entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK.

Police were sufficiently concerned to call in specialist explosive ordnance disposal officers to check for any trace of explosives within the abandoned vehicle.

A police cordon was stood down after nothing suspicious was found. Officers said the security breach was not being linked to the investigation into RAF Fairfield, where last month five men were arrested near the base.

The RAF Molesworth investigation is being led by Counter Terrorism Policing.

The Daily Mail understands that police are investigating whether the men are proxies of a hostile state, but they are also keeping an open mind to other motives.

It comes days after the US withdrew B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after concerns about a possible Iran-led attack.

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said: 'We're very aware of the recent heightened interest and concern around military sites, but at this stage there is nothing to suggest this incident is connected to the events at RAF Fairford last week.

‘Our investigation into this incident is at its very early stages.

'A big part of this is looking at any potential motivation as to why the men were present at the site, but I must stress we are keeping an open mind at this stage and inquiries are very much ongoing.

highly vigilant to potential threats against defence sites and work closely with police and our allies to keep them secure. The protection of our bases is kept under constant review.'

Searches at two addresses in the Peterborough area are being carried out in connection with the investigation.'

Alert: RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire

A US European Command spokesman said: 'We will continue to assess the threat environment surrounding our installations and take appropriate actions to protect our people, our platforms and the bases.'

The MoD said: 'We remain

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Navy sailor's 'plot to pass state secrets to Moscow'

By Ryan Hooper

A ROYAL Navy sailor appeared in court yesterday accused of plotting to pass classified British intelligence to the Russians.

Teddy Young, 24, is alleged to have spied by abusing his high-level security clearance to access secret defence and intelligence data while on a Navy vessel.

He is said to have drafted a message, translated into Russian, which contained classified information. Young had also allegedly taken steps to make direct contact with the Russian authorities.

The able seaman, who joined the Navy in 2024, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday wearing a grey prison-issue tracksuit and spoke only to confirm his name and his date of birth.

Court sketch: Teddy Young

It is alleged that Young committed the offences on his first deployment, which began on November 4, 2024.

He is accused of using the dark web to try to contact Russian authorities, as well as drafting a message that ‘sought to make contact with a potential threat actor’ and breaking Navy rules by copying information to a private email account.

Young was not asked to enter pleas. He was remanded into custody to appear at the Old Bailey on October 16.

Becks feud hots up as Mark Wahlberg joins Team Brooklyn

BROOKLYN Beckham aimed a hard swipe at his famous family with his bombshell Instagram post in January, in which he revealed he had cut them out of his life, and had no desire to reconcile.

He returned to the fray again with the DoorDash advert during the World Cup in June, in which he referenced the row.

Now comes another pointed public ‘diss’, as the nepo chef has persuaded actor Mark Wahlberg – a former friend and now enemy of his father – to endorse his Cloud 23 hot sauce.

Wahlberg has posted an Instagram Stories endorsement of Brooklyn's sauce, using it to spice up some grilled chicken. He holds up the distinctive Cloud 23 bottle to the camera proclaiming: 'Sweet Jalapeno – my boy Brooklyn!'

Marky Mark used to be a good buddy and business partner of David Beckham... until it all went wrong, and Becks' company sued Wahlberg's fitness firm.

Just to rub salt in to the hot sauce, Wahlberg has been pals with Brooklyn's billionaire father-in-law Nelson Peltz for many years and also played the father of

Brooklyn's wife Nicola in Transformers: Age Of Extinction in 2014. At the time, Wahlberg said: 'I have known Nicola since she was like 13. I am very good friends with her dad and the rest of the family. She has a really great work ethic.'

In gaining Wahlberg's endorsement, Brooklyn is once again leaning into Team Peltz and away from his own family.

None of this messaging will have been lost on former footballer David, who appears to have been trying to make peace with his son again this week, ‘liking’ a social media post featuring Brooklyn from Paris Fashion Week. There was no reciprocal 'like' from Brooklyn, who has blocked his entire family on Instagram. Brooklyn and Nicola have been in Paris with her family, though unsurprisingly they steered clear of his designer mother Victoria's event.

Brooklyn said in that January Insta post that he just wants to be left in peace and has found contentment in a life away from his ‘inauthentic’ and ‘performative’ family and their brand.

Those close to him explain that he finds it ‘stressful’ when his parents reference him on social media by, for instance, sending birthday or Christmas wishes.

And I broke the story in this column some months ago that he had asked them to contact him only through lawyers as a result.

David became friends with actor and entrepreneur Wahlberg when he was based in Los Angeles, and in 2020 signed a deal with Wahlberg's fitness company, F45 Training.

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Saucy: Wahlberg's Insta post

of that year, Beckham sued F45 for \$18.8 million for breach of contract over the deal, which had seen him become a brand ambassador. The dispute centred around stocks which Beckham said he had been promised. It was settled out of court in 2024.

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It's the Great British Booze Off! Nigella launches drinks business

EVERYONE loves Nigella Lawson on the Great British Bake Off – and it seems that she is preparing for a commercial renaissance to follow her re-entry into celebrity culture.

At 66, she has just set up a business venture, Bar Nigella Limited, which will be a wholesaler, selling wine, beer and spirits.

She's never endorsed booze before and once said: 'I'm not very good at alcohol', explaining that it exacerbates her anxiety.

Now, though, she is set to join Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Graham Norton and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, with her own marque.

The firm's co-director is Nigella's agent - production mogul Alex Fane, 33, who also runs the Henley Festival. They were pictured arm in arm in 2022 and have worked together for more than decade.

Speaking in 2018, Nigella said: 'I'm not very good at alcohol. I've never been a big drinker. I do like it. It's being out of practice.'

She added: 'It does something to me, but I think maybe that's an age thing... after a certain age, you don't deal with wine as well.

'I feel that I'm quite an anxious person and drink can really exacerbate that anxiety. At first it gets rid of it all. But then afterwards, [there's] that horrible tight feeling of worry and just generally not feeling quite right.'

THE Digger disaster is, naturally, a topic of discussion for everyone this week. It opened to woeful global box office numbers, revealing limits to Tom Cruise's power; the impact of his rigid ‘no questions’ PR strategy – whether they be about Suri, Katie, Nicole... or anything else; and the amount of Tom torso any of us wishes to see on the cover of GQ.

The box office bomb is one of the biggest in Hollywood history and, despite a handful of positive reviews (including one from my colleague Brian Viner), a sad final release for the iconic studio Warner Bros, which has been bought and folded into a new entity, Skydance.

Overlooked in the chatter is the fact that ‘dozens’ of Scientology staffers were invited to the royal premiere of the film. The actor remains committed to the religion and his adopted daughter Bella is understood to be a regular visitor to its UK HQ, Saint Hill in East Grinstead.

We're off to the privy

THE stars of the new big screen adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility were not, perhaps, as ladylike as you might imagine. Esme Creed-Miles, who plays Marianne Dashwood opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones as her sister Elinor, said of filming: 'I remember very fondly us all being in this big country house together and going for wees in the bushes. Why did I say that?!'

Clock is ticking on Harry's Diana documentary

together something of this complexity.

IS PRINCE Harry giving himself an impossible task with the documentary about his late mother Princess Diana?

His team are now briefing that he is ‘considering’ making a show about Diana, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her death next August (having hotly denied that there was anything going on a few months ago).

But there are two big issues. The first - as he admitted in his book Spare - is that he has few personal memories of his mother, who died when he was only 12. And some of those, he added in the book, were only recovered many years later, in therapy. That means he'll need to secure some 'talking heads' who do have clear and fascinating insights to offer on the subject of the ‘People’s Princess’. Preferably ones who haven’t told those stories multiple times before.

The second is that there are only ten months left till the 30th anniversary, which I hear from several sources isn't enough time to put

Realistically, Harry has a couple of months to pull together the entire project, find and hire a director and a writer, sign up interviewees and then sell the project.

He'd then need to be filming soon after the turn of the year, to get it edited, subbed and dubbed for international release and passed legally.

As things stand, there isn't even a full proposal yet to show potential broadcasters. (Netflix still has a 'first look' deal with the Sussexes.)

And even assuming the Prince, a rookie TV producer, can pull all of that off... won't a documentary ruin his great objective in coming back to the UK, which is to have King Charles stand shoulder to shoulder with him at the opening of the Invictus Games in Birmingham in July next year?

One TV source said: 'It makes no sense.' As ever!

IS THERE something in the water? Two pieces of ‘gender blind’ casting were announced this week. The Globe will put on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar from November with Kate Duchene in the title role. Then comes news that Glenn Close will play King Herod in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar for the musical’s final week in the West End (at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) in January. Close is best known as the bunny-boiler in Fatal Attraction so Herod should pose no problem for her.

Migrant who scalded woman with boiling water deported again

By Andy Dolan

AN INDIAN migrant who was deported after pouring boiling water over a woman entered Britain again illegally and won the right to remain.

Rupinderjit Singh was jailed for 12 years after he scalded the screaming woman, set her alight and beat her with a belt.

Singh was deported in 2016, but re-entered the UK illegally in 2020 and has lived in Britain ever since after winning a human rights case to remain.

However, that decision has now been overturned and he will be deported a second time.

The Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber in central London heard that

Singh entered the UK in 1998 from India and married a British citizen, giving him indefinite leave to remain.

But in 2004, he was jailed for 12 years for inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

The tribunal referred to the judge's sentencing remarks outlining how he ‘systematically tortured’ the 30-year-old woman.

The judge said Singh was a ‘particularly callous character’, adding: ‘That young woman had boiling water poured over her by you after one of your men boiled the kettle. She was screaming and in great pain.

‘You set light to her. You had the kettle boiled again and poured more boiling water over her. Not content with that, you beat her with your belt.’

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The woman spent weeks in hospital and was left with permanent scarring, having suffered pain that ‘could not be described’, the judge said.

A deportation order made in 2009 took seven years to enact.

However, Singh came back to the UK and made a human rights claim to stay, which was

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allowed by a First-Tier Tribunal under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which affords people a right to respect for a family life.

Singh claimed that he needed to stay in the UK to support his autistic daughter.

The Home Office appealed, and the Upper Tribunal ruled that Singh must be deported.

The Upper Tribunal said Singh and his wife had ‘exaggerated’ his daughter’s condition, and that he was ‘obviously a foreign criminal’.

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Disc one 1 Aretha Franklin – Respect 2 The Supremes – You Can't Hurry Love 3 Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything's Alright) 4 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing in the Street 5 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle 6 Dionne Warwick – Walk On By 7 Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes of the Brokenhearted 8 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through the Grapevine 9 The Temptations – My Girl 10 Mary Wells – My Guy 11 Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man 12 Marlena Shaw – California Soul 13 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) 14 Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There 15 The Isley Brothers – Behind a Painted Smile 16 Sly & the Family Stone – Dance to the Music 17 James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) 18 Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour 19 Fontella Bass – Rescue Me 20 Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y 21 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Second That Emotion 22 Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Disc two 1 Ben E. King – Stand By Me 2 Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves a Woman 3 The Drifters – Up On the Roof 4 The Chiffons – Sweet Talkin' Guy 5 The Crystals – Da Doo Ron Ron 6 The Marvelettes – Please Mr Postman 7 The Ronettes – Baby, I Love You 8 The Velvelettes – Needle in a Haystack 9 Gloria Jones – Tainted Love 10 Tami Lynn – I'm Gonna Run Away From You 11 R. Dean Taylor – There's a Ghost in My House 12 Frank Wilson – Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 13 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Just Walk in My Shoes 14 Tobi Legend – Time Will Pass You By 15 Barbara Randolph – I Got a Feeling 16 Robert Knight – Love on a Mountain Top 17 Al Wilson – The Snake 18 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – Ain't No Big Thing 19 Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts 20 Erma Franklin – Piece of My Heart 21 Etta James – I Just Want to Make Love to You 22 Nina Simone – Ain't Got No/I Got Life (From Hair)

Disc three 1 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High 2 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances 3 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music 4 The Contours - Do You Love Me 5 Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 6 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood 7 Sam & Dave - Soul Man 8 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 9 Little Eva - The Loco-Motion 10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack 11 The Toys - A Lover's Concerto 12 The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You 13 Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 14 Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two 15 Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm a) Road Runner 16 Barrett Strong - Money 17 Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions 18 Bobby Hebb - Sunny 19 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 20 The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic 21 Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs - Stay 22 The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk

Disc four 1 The Supremes – Baby Love 2 Four Tops – I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 3 The Temptations – Get Ready 4 The Ronettes – Be My Baby 5 The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me 6 The Chiffons – He's So Fine 7 Dionne Warwick – I Say a Little Prayer 8 Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 9 Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness 10 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need to Get By 11 Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem 12 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love 13 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) 14 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight 15 The Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' 16 Reparata & The Delrons – Captain of Your Ship 17 The Marvelettes – When You're Young and in Love 18 Etta James – At Last 19 Dinah Washington – Mad About the Boy 20 James Brown – It's a Man's Man's Man's World 21 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks of My Tears 22 Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour

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October 9, 2026 ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE OCTOBER 9, 1976

JACQUELINE Onassis will end almost 12 years of silence soon when she gives evidence at a new inquiry into the assassination of President John Kennedy. She was sitting next to the dead president when he was shot in the head on the streets of Dallas in November 1963.

OCTOBER 9, 1986

THE will of screen tough guy James Cagney is heading for an £8million court battle sparked by the relatives he left without a penny. The star, who died last March, wrote: 'I have intentionally made no provision for any grandchildren.' Cagney had no natural children, but adopted two.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

PRINCE EDWARD, Duke of Kent, 91. This year marks 50 years as a working member of the Royal Family. A first cousin of Elizabeth II, he is the son of Prince George and Princess

Marina. His father was killed in a mysterious air crash in 1942.

SHARON OSBOURNE, 74. The former X Factor judge is the widow of rock star Ozzy. She said: 'At one time we had about six houses, in London and Los Angeles' and admitted that she makes her worst financial decision 'every day. Money just runs through my fingers'.

BORN ON THIS DAY

DANIELE DELORME (1926-2015). The French actress played the title role in the 1949 film Gigi, for which Le Monde hailed her as 'the surest hope of French cinema'. Her first husband, Daniel

Gelin, said she had ‘the lips of a child, the body of a woman and a certain way about her that turns heads’. ALASTAIR SIM (1900-1976). The actor played Scrooge in the 1951 film of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and a headmistress in The Belles of St Trinian’s, but turned down 1949’s Whisky Galore! as he refused to be ‘a professional Scotsman’.

ON OCTOBER 9...

IN 1995, former Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home died, aged 92.

IN 2006, North Korea announced it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test.

WORD WIZARDRY GUESS THE DEFINITION

Cricetid (coined circa 1955)

A) Relating to a cobra. b) relating to a grasshopper. c) relating to a hamster.

Answer below

PHRASE EXPLAINED

Happy as Larry: derives either from Laurence ‘Larry’ Foley (1849-1917), known as the ‘father of Australian boxing’ or the word larry, which once meant ‘a statement of excitement’. There’s also the Australasian term larrikin (‘a boisterous young man’) which may have been shortened.

QUOTE FOR TODAY

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Clive James,

JOKE OF THE DAY WHY did the sugar go to finishing school? To become refined. Guess The Definition answer: C

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Strange case of a missing memorial to Cecil Rhodes

HAVING already pledged £100 million 'reparations' to make amends

To make amends for slavery with its ‘social impact’ fund, the Church of England has apparently found another way to tackle prejudice: pulling up ‘racist’ flowers.

At St Mary's in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, a hydrangea, close to the church porch, has been torn out – along with a plaque explaining that the plant, donated decades ago, was given in the memory of clergyman's son Cecil Rhodes – founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

The plaque made plain the hydrangea's very definite link with the imperialist, stating that it came from Groote Schuur, 'home of the late Cecil Rhodes, near Cape Town, South Africa'.

Carlisle Diocese, which is unsure when the plaque ‘vanished’, insists that this ‘was not a decision about Rhodes’, but a consequence of the hydrangea becoming ‘progressively weaker’ and eventually dying last year.

But it has resisted the offer of a replacement hydrangea - made by a local who has a cutting from the original plant at Groote Schuur. 'Any decision on new planting would be a matter for the parish,' says the diocesan spokesman, adding that, 'in over 70 years of living here, I have never heard the plaque mentioned or discussed'.

'Vanished': The plaque

This disgusts acclaimed architectural historian John Martin Robinson, who lives nearby. 'Dead? The hydrangea wasn't dead last year – it was thriving,' he assures me. 'The missing metal sign is of historic interest and covered by the historical listing of the church. It needs to be found,' he adds.

'As for pleading ignorance about the link to Rhodes, that makes matters worse. Culpable ignorance is a mortal sin, according to the teaching of the Christian Church. This is a Grade I-listed building in a conservation area. Yet the roof is leaking through lack of maintenance, the rectory is empty and the diocese want to sell it off.

"There is "no money" to do anything worthwhile, but there is money to root up historic shrubs and install bossy signs everywhere."

Strictly host Emma: I'm not into sequins

SEQUINS and Strictly Come Dancing usually go hand and hand, with former hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly both embracing the sparkle.

But new host Emma Willis is having none of it.

The presenter, 50, unleashed her inner rock chick at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards in London, wearing an Alexander McQueen tartan dress, chunky black boots and a long hair braid.

‘I’ve never been into sequins,’ Emma tells me. ‘I’ll leave that to the contestants on the show.’

She says of her Strictly experience so far: 'It's really fun.

‘It’s a beast of a show, it’s very long and live. I love that, but it’s a real build-up.

Royal chronicler who saw late Queen weep for Aberfan dies

HE SAW Queen Elizabeth cry in public and was the first person to conduct a television interview with Princess Anne, whose biographer he later became, knocking out the book on a portable typewriter his wife Diana bought him for £14.

But Brian Hoey, who has died aged 92, self-effacingly attributed his success to ‘being in the right place at the right time’.

After national service in the RAF, he became the first presenter of BBC Wales's news programme, Wales Today, in 1962. Four

■ VICTORIA Coren Mitchell raised eyebrows at a BBC report that ‘a poker player has become the first woman to win a major event on a UK tour’. The Only Connect presenter mused: ‘Interesting phrasing, BBC News. I feel sure a woman has years later, he was one of the first reporters at Aberfan where a 111ft high coal tip had collapsed, engulfing a primary school.

'I could see a steady stream of miners coming off the early morning shift,' recalled Hoey, in the Mail in 2024. 'There was no talking. Without any instruction, they started picking through the wreckage.'

Of the 144 who died, 116 were children – a loss of innocent life, added Hoey, which reduced the Queen to tears when she visited days later.

won something in a UK tournament before... don't tell me, don't tell me.' Coren Mitchell was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour, in London in 2006, and was the first two-time winner of the same competition, the BBC acknowledged.

Blair Institute rakes in £137m

DOES the taxpayer really need to fund Sir Tony Blair's security? The former PM's Tony Blair Institute for Global Change raked in an astonishing £137.4million last year.

Newly published figures disclose that the not-for-profit organisation's turnover was up £21million on 2024. That year, I reported that tech billionaire Larry Ellison had agreed to pour £213million into the institute from his own foundation.

The institute has remained silent about Blair's relationship with another US billionaire, Sam Bankman-Fried. In 2022, Blair took to the stage alongside Bankman-Fried. The next year, Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud and money laundering.

Former hellraisers compare notes...

ROCKER Alice Cooper and Hollywood royalty Michael Douglas confess their sins in their new memoirs, Devil On My Shoulder and One Helluva Ride.

And they looked shocked while peering into the contents of each other's books after they bumped into each other in Manhattan.

Fatal Attraction star Douglas, 82, who details drug taking and affairs in the book, admits: 'I found myself in situations where it looks like I'm the bad guy.'

The 'Godfather of Shock Rock' Cooper, 78, says of his memoir: 'I'm... coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV.'

■ AT LEAST one person is thrilled to have the Duke of Sussex back in this country. 'It's a not-so-"secret" crush,' comedienne Katherine Ryan says of her fondness for the King's younger son, whom she has met. 'He was so charming, so handsome, in real life – and he knew about the jokes that I told about him. 'He was very cool and relaxed about that.

‘He said, “You’re the one who tells jokes about me.”’

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ANDY BURNHAM gambled with Labour's electoral prospects yesterday. The Prime Minister vowed to scrap the pension triple lock,

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Dally Mail, Friday, October 9, 2020 Secrets & Lives

I was devastated when my husband died at 47. Then I discovered he'd had multiple affairs. So how could I still grieve for him?

by JESSICA WAITE

HOLDING my nine-year-old son's hand as we led the procession into his father's funeral on a cold November day is a memory I will never forget.

I was saying goodbye to Sean, the man I'd loved and shared my life with for 20 years, until he'd been felled by an unexpected heart attack, aged just 47.

But Dash was a little boy who'd lost his father far too soon, and his sobs throughout the service made me ache all the more.

Friends and relatives had flown in to pay their respects, and my shattered heart was soothed a little hearing their kind words about Sean.

They spoke of him being witty, caring, humble and utterly loyal, an excellent father whose family meant everything to him.

I remember thinking that the swell of support might be enough to get us through the dark days ahead.

But the day after his funeral, my world unravelled when I uncovered evidence that showed Sean had multiple flings during our marriage – and had racked up debts of more than £30,000 financing his hidden life.

And there was an even more painful secret to come: the revelation that he'd had a five-year affair.

All the grief and sadness I'd been feeling since his sudden death was swallowed up by a huge rush of anger. The urge to yell and scream at my husband, to demand answers, was overwhelming, as was the desire to pack his bags and throw him out of our home.

But, of course, I couldn't do any of those things. How could I grieve now I knew

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In love: Sean and Jessica on their wedding day. During their 20 years together, she was unaware of his infidelity

I refuse to tip - so my partner does it while I'm in the loo!

R ECENTLY, my partner Dan and I stepped through the front door sopping wet after a date night.

We'd gone out for a Thai, eaten far more than we should have and taken a taxi to our doorstep. In theory, there was no reason for us to be soaked to the skin.

Yet we'd just spent several minutes standing on the pavement in the pouring rain debating whether the taxi driver deserved a tip.

Dan, aka Captain Génerous, was adamant the driver should have a few quid. I argued he'd simply delivered a service - taking us where we'd asked to go - and his payment of £24 was plenty.

Inside, as we dried off, I wondered if there'll ever come a day when we're done with our argument about tipping. While I'll happily tip generously for exceptionally good service, for the times someone has gone above and beyond, I refuse to reward the basic level of service I expect.

Somehow in the past 20 years we've gone from an opt-in tipping culture to one where it's expected, but I

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Just say no: Clare rejects tips on card machines

by CLARE O'REILLY

refuse to bow to the pressure just because a card machine has been thrust towards me with three large buttons suggesting 10, 15 or 20 per cent.

Yet Dan is often so mortified by my refusal to tip he goes back and leaves one behind my back.

When we first got together, he would simply sit beside me, wincing, as I pressed 'no'. But recently there have been occasions when I've paid for a meal, only to discover that Dan - having told me he's left his jacket and needs to pop back and grab it - has quietly left something after all.

He often sorts the bill while I go to the bathroom just so he can avoid what he considers the deep embarrassment of watching me snub the bartender or waiting staff.

In cases where a ‘discretionary’ gratuity is added to a restaurant bill, I would happily ask for this to be removed and a new bill brought. In such establishments Dan swoops in to pay before I can ask.

Dan thinks the person taking payment sees a refusal to tip as a judgment on them, which is precisely why these digital prompts have become so effective. They turn a voluntary thank you into a tiny public test of whether you are a decent human being.

'Just leave something, darling,' Dan will say, in the gentle but strained voice he uses when he believes I'm about to make an avoidable situation awkward.

‘Why?’ I ask. ‘What did they do that was tip-worthy?’ Cue his insistence he gets the bill.

On holiday last month in Borneo, the situation became even more ridiculous. Dan was tipping every hotel staff member we encountered: the man who carried our bags, drivers, waiters, bar staff. I found myself becoming the reluctant Chancellor of the Exchequer, insisting on budget cuts lest we go into debt.

IS argument is that hospitality staff are often paid badly.

I've worked multiple hospitality jobs, but I would never presume I was owed a tip for pouring the drink or making the sandwich that was asked for.

Of course, I don't want people to be underpaid. But I don't believe the answer is to make customers feel responsible for topping up the wages of whoever brings the bill. Sadly, Britain seems to have drifted into an American-style culture in which the absence of a tip says more about you than the giving of a gratuity says about the service. Card payment company SumUp has reported that the number of hospitality businesses using digital tipping prompts has more than doubled in the past two years.

I find this particularly strange in pubs. Recently on an evening out I ordered us a round at the bar and carried it to our table, having taken back our previous round of empty glasses back to the bar myself.

When the card machine asked whether I would like to add 20 per cent, I drew breath to ask what, exactly, said bartender had done to merit it. But before I could register my disdain, Dan swooped around me with his card.

Whenever we have a discussion about it, Dan says I overthink it. I see the principle; he sees the person. But while he is a peacemaker, I am a refusenik with a conscience.

However much I insist I don't care what strangers think, I will later replay the interaction in my head and wonder whether I was too abrupt.

Yet I'll never waver in my belief that a gratuity is rooted in gratitude, and should be given because you mean it, not because a screen has cornered you. Though, if Captain Generous gets his way, I suspect he will continue to tip on behalf of both of us.

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Sean wasn't the man I thought he was, but a stranger? And what should I do with this newfound knowledge? Should I keep his secrets to protect his reputation? What, if anything, should I say to Dash about the dad he idolised?

As I quickly discovered, when somebody dies leaving a double life of lies behind them, their deceit is something you inherit. It's a legacy I wouldn't wish on anyone.

Sean and I met in 1995 when we were both teaching English in Japan in our 20s.

He was charismatic, smart, funny and incredibly hard working. But the moment he really won me over came when my grandmother died, and I needed to travel from Japan to Canada for her funeral. This was long before the days when flights could be booked in a few clicks online.

He told me not to worry; that I should just focus on getting to the airport, and he would sort everything over the phone.

I had to get four connecting flights, but at each leg of the trip a ticket was waiting for me at the check-in desk thanks to Sean. That's when I knew he was someone I could spend the rest of my life with, someone who would always have my back. I thought I knew exactly what kind of person he was.

After Japan, we lived in Singapore for a while before returning to

HE'D RUN UP SECRET DEBTS OF £30,000

Canada, where I carried on teaching and Sean pursued a career in tech.

Before long, he'd become hugely successful; he had a Porsche on the driveway and we loved travelling to far-flung places.

Shortly before he died Sean had taken on a high-profile job as CEO of a software company in Colorado. It meant he lived there in an apartment during the week, flying home at weekends.

Did it worry me, him being away from us so much? I worried for his well-being, that the strain of a high-pressured job was taking a toll, but I trusted him. We spoke every day and he always told me he loved me. Every night he'd call Dash to read him a bedtime story.

We made the most of the weekends as a family and I just assumed he was devoting all his time in between to work.

Our agreement had been that I'd pause my career to hold the fort at home while he was in a high-salary position. Then, after a few years, we'd be financially secure and he would move back home and take on a lesser role.

But while I adored him, I knew Sean wasn't perfect.

A few years before his death I'd suspected him of getting close to a colleague called Rebekah. They were texting outside work hours and she seemed to be confiding in him about her personal life.

When I confronted him, Sean had vehemently denied anything was going on. He'd mentored a lot of colleagues over the years, so I believed him when he said that was all that was happening here.

After some couples counselling, we'd put the blip behind us. Few couples, after all, go through life without any hiccups. Additionally, he could have a short fuse and in the months before his death his moodiness had become unbearable. I thought it was the stress of his new job. I never suspected it was also the strain of concealing all his lies.

Rather than ruin our precious weekends together by addressing his mood swings, I'd decided to tackle the issue that Christmas, when he'd have two weeks at home.

He died before I had chance.

On November 4, I spoke to him while he was on his way to the airport ahead of flying home. We chatted about our plans for an early family Christmas celebration, as my mother was visiting us.

Shortly after that conversation, I was sitting in a cafe having lunch with my mum when I got a call from an A&E nurse at a hospital in Houston to tell me my husband was dead. He'd had a heart attack as he waited to board his flight.

In a state of complete shock, I collapsed into Mum's arms in tears.

How could it be possible? At 47, Sean was still young and fit, and had recently had a full medical exam, including an electrocardiogram to check his heart, after which he was given a perfect bill of health.

Months later, I was told that the post-mortem revealed the cause of death as cardiac sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune condition that causes heart problems, and that frequently goes undetected.

My first week as a widow was a blur. Aged just 44, I felt caught in a maelstrom of emotions: utterly devastated myself, heartbroken for Dash that he'd lost his father before even reaching his tenth birthday, unsure how we would ever rebuild our lives without Sean.

The day after the funeral, I finally found the strength to go through the box of Sean's personal belongings that had been couriered to me by the hospital.

Inside was his briefcase and the clothes he'd been wearing when he died. After I tearfully laid them out on the bed, his scent both comforting and painful, I found his wedding ring buried in his shaving kit.

My feminine intuition flickered. Why had he not been wearing it when he died? It was odd.

It was when I logged onto his iPad that I discovered the truth. His emails and messages revealed multiple infidelities, most of them one-night stands. He'd even been with another woman on the last night of his life. His browsing history also pointed towards a porn addiction.

Unable to process what I was seeing, all the breath left my body.

There was also a credit card among his possessions that I didn't recognise. When I accessed the account online, an itemised statement revealed he'd run up more than £30,000 of debt, much of it spent on luxury hotels and restaurants where, I realised, he must have been entertaining his various women.

Having given up work to raise our son, being left responsible for this level of debt was terrifying. Would I have to sell our house, robbing Dash of the one bit of stability we had left?

But far more difficult was trying to come to terms with Sean's betrayal. People ask: 'How could you not have known?'

As stupid as this may sound, with his punishing work and travel schedule, I couldn't imagine Sean having the time or energy to sustain a double life.

But his betrayal ran even deeper than I realised in those first, awful hours going through his messages.

One of the few people I confided in - several weeks after my discovery, - was Carmen, a friend who also

I wanted to scream at Sean, to demand answers, to pack his bags and throw him out of our home. But, of course, I couldn't do any of those things...

happened to be a financial adviser. I needed her help to deal with Sean's debt.

We were sitting together at my kitchen table going through the bills when I said to her, bitterly: 'The first things I'm paying off are boutique hotels and room service, free flowing prosecco and breakfasts for two.'

‘Yes,’ said Carmen, ‘poor Rebekah will have to foot her own bills now.’

I froze.

what she was. I wanted her to acknowledge my existence, to admit what she had done. Yet she never did. Her only response was to threaten to sue me for harassment.

The hardest part was trying to remain a functioning, loving parent to my son, preserving his good memories of his father for his sake.

Rebekah, the former colleague I'd once feared Sean was getting too close to? What did she mean?

Emotionally exhausted, unable to eat or sleep, I tried to keep the days as normal as possible for Dash. Then, when he was tucked up in bed, I'd pace the floor or watch the video of Sean's funeral service on repeat, trying to remember the love I'd felt for him that day. At the time, my grief had felt unbearable, but now I wished I could go back to that uncomplicated sadness.

After my original burst of fury came the realisation that none of my questions – why had he done this, had he still loved me? – would ever be answered. I couldn't confront Sean and there would never be any apologies or remorse – or, it felt, closure for me.

Carmen was mortified. Married to Sean's friend, Scott, she had assumed I must know about Sean's five-year affair with Rebekah. She had found out after Rebekah kept calling Scott in tears following Sean's death.

needed to work through all my complex feelings in order to find a sliver of peace.

Taking revenge on Rebekah had done nothing to calm my anger. I could feel my rage becoming corrosive. Eventually, I had to ask myself whether I was prepared to feel this way for ever. If not, I

A couple of days later, I called her husband to tell him about the affair. He hadn't known and thanked me for telling him. Eventually, they divorced.

A local group for widowed parents and their children helped a bit, as did talking therapy.

But I hadn't known. I had trusted Sean when he told me there was nothing between them.

Then I sent her text messages calling her ‘a life-destroying coward’, and saying I hoped her children would see her for exactly such as addiction, estrangement and domestic violence alongside their grief.

Grieving a loss that involves betrayal is complicated, and I liken counselling to setting a broken bone; it doesn't take the pain away, but it puts things in place so that eventually they'll heal.

Now, my world had shattered all over again. His repeated betrayals had obliterated anything that had ever been good between us, made a mockery of his daily pledges of love. All my memories were contaminated. Without Sean there to take out my anger on, I sought revenge on Rebekah.

When a friend told me about Camp Widow the summer after

I SOUGHT REVENGE ON REBEKAH

Sean died, I pictured a circle of black-veiled women sobbing around a camp fire.

In fact, it was a conference in a hotel with various events and workshops, such as ‘Writing through grief’.

I thought I would be the only one with complicated feelings, but it turned out other widows were carrying burdens

One wonderful woman whose husband died on 9/11 hosted a session on finding love after loss, which, to my surprise, began with recommendations for discreet online shops selling vibrators. Step two was how to write a profile for online dating.

It served me well. A day after the first anniversary of Sean's death, I arranged to meet a man called William in a cafe.

We'd been chatting on a dating website and it was surprising and terrifying in equal measure to discover we enjoyed each other's company.

with some fondness. While I had felt such a fool for not seeing what was going on, ultimately I accepted that the shame was Sean's for abusing my trust, not mine for trusting him.

Adamant I wasn't going to fall for the first man who came along, it was a slow burn. But ten years later, we're still together.

With the benefit of hindsight, I think that Sean's abrupt changes in mood and short fuse in his final months may have pointed towards undiagnosed bipolar disorder, a condition his mother also suffered from, which would also account, in part, for his promiscuity and overspending.

Gradually, I told Sean's family and close friends his secrets. It was very painful to say these things out loud, knowing this double loss – of Sean himself and of the man we'd thought he was – would hurt them, too.

Dash is now 20 and thriving at university. Rather than one big conversation about his dad's lies there were many little opportunities over the years to gently disclose small parts of what Sean had done.

Had Sean been alive when I found out about his double life, I'd certainly have divorced him.

Just before it was published, nine years after Sean's death, I gave it to Dash to read. By then, he'd come to understand Sean as both a much loved father and a complicated, imperfect human being.

Therapy helped me separate Sean's lies from the good times we'd had together – not least sharing a son – so that, with time, I was able to look back at our life

Picture: PHIL CROZIER

Writing my book, The Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards, was perhaps the most cathartic part of the whole process.

Hurt: It took Jessica years to rebuild her life, while also protecting her young son

AT TIMES I WISH I HADN'T FOUND OUT

I positioned it to Dash that his dad had a mood sickness that caused him to make poor choices.

For a long time, I envied other betrayed women who did get divorced because they had their chance to yell and scream and let their cheating husbands know exactly how they felt. Shouting at the walls, as I did, isn't the same.

People expect betrayed wives to go nuclear in normal circumstances, but when you find out a spouse has cheated after they died you're supposed to just quietly soldier on. People are instinctively uncomfortable about speaking ill of the dead.

At times I wished I'd never discovered the truth. That way, I could have grieved the uncomplicated memory of a good man.

But seeking to understand Sean made me wonder if a relationships can evolve even after one spouse dies.

When I remember him now, I feel like I know the whole Sean, even the shameful parts he thought I couldn't love. I'm certain he would be sorry for the pain he caused.

Eleven years on from his death, I don't think forgiveness equates to letting him off the hook. It's more about securing my own peace. Through writing my book I've learned that a surprising number of people find themselves in similar circumstances to mine; we all deserve to move forward and to find happiness again.

■ THE Widow's Guide To Dead Bastards: A Memoir by Jessica Waite (Simon & Schuster, £10.99) Rebekah's name has been changed.

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How to survive living with your parents at 48

by ALISON TAYLOR

WHEN I tell people my living situation, I'm often met with a raised-eyebrow 'rather you than me' response.

After all, at 48, I have moved not one elderly parent in with me but two.

My partner Si, our children, Albert, nine, and twins Maeve and Edie, six, and I have lived with my mum, 79, and my dad, 85, for almost two years now.

Fifteen months of that was under the same roof, and the past six in a bungalow we built in our back garden in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They're close enough that we can wave through the window.

I'm among the UK's 1.3 million ‘sandwich carers’, who juggle caring for older relatives and bringing up young children. Though we have our ups and downs like any family, I'm lucky that I genuinely love spending time with my parents. And that Si has been extraordinarily generous about his in-laws taking over.

We met 12 years ago in London. I'd never thought I'd move home, but my unexpected pregnancy with my twins set my homing instincts – and desire for a family support network – in motion.

Plus, selling our three-bedroom London cottage meant we could buy a five-bedroom Victorian house up north.

So in August 2020, we took the plunge. My mum and dad were only a 15-minute walk away. They've always been active and independent, having worked their whole lives.

But living closer made me realise they weren't getting any younger. Mum had already been ill, which tested us all. Dad did a fantastic job supporting her, as he's always been in good health,

Happy family: Alison, her partner Si and her parents relish the time they share

... from rows over cleaning the garlic press to what it really does to your sex life!

but who knows what the future holds? We had the land at the new house, so I thought, why not build them a bungalow in our garden? Then there'd always be someone keeping an eye.

When I broached the subject with Si, he agreed. But would my parents sell their home of 30-plus years? Would they feel insulted?

Fortunately, they agreed. In January last year they moved into our house, while we awaited planning permission. Building began that May, and was completed this March. So what's it really like living with your parents in your 40s?

When they first moved in, Si and I gave Mum and Dad our bedroom and moved into the attic. Let's just say, our privacy became very porous. The one thing everyone asks is whether we still had sex – we did, but not very often. Sorry, Si. Having your folks around sort of kills the mood.

Meanwhile, Dad's like a hypervigilant sergeant, while Si and I are happy to leave the washing up at the end of a busy day.

Dad and Si most recently came to blows over a garlic press. Dad, as chief washer-upper, resented how difficult it was to clean. I suspect it was the straw that broke the camel's back after months of cleaning up after us.

I did miss them when they moved into the bungalow. Though, as I write this, Dad has let himself into our house, shouting my name. He has another job for me; for older people, it seems, working from home doesn't count. It turned out Dad had tried to fix the sprinkler, soaked his trousers, ruined his 'indoor shoes' and hurt his shoulder. 'I'm failing,' he said somewhat melodramatically.

‘My body doesn’t work as it should any more.’ It hit me hard: I could tell he was gutted.

It's tough having a daily insight into the realities of ageing. As Dad puts it: 'There's nowt for getting old.' The merry-go-round of appointments, prescription runs and referrals is no joke, and though Mum and Dad do pretty well for their age, it's hard to see them struggle sometimes.

UT the benefits far out- weigh the negatives. With Mum and Dad just steps away, the children drift between the two houses as if they were one. One evening at 8.30, I discovered they'd nipped over for ice lollies, which Granny happily doles out before bed.

Mum absorbs the invisible jobs: washing clothes, sewing on Girl-guiding badges and airing out lunch boxes. The kids have their tea at theirs, which breaks up weekday mealtime monotony for me and lets us keep working. The help is invaluable, and I love that the kids have the cosy kind of care that grandparents bring.

Mum and Dad love being an active part of their lives. We eat together about twice a week, although anyone is welcome whenever. Dad thanked me for the company last weekend, which brought a tear to my eye. Albert joins Mum doing wordsearches, while Maeve loves watching Ben & Holly on TV with Grandad.

The problem with our culture is that we prefer to make our elders someone else's problem.

Ours is a proper shared life, which is rare nowadays. Family time is precious and I'm glad I've realised this while we're all still together.

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Let charmer Michael Douglas be a lesson to any woman tempted by a married man

A T WHAT point, reading the extracts of Michael Douglas's new tell-all memoir, did I start to feel a little like his character in that 1990s movie Falling Down?

You know, the one who's just trying to go about his day and get home from work, but keeps getting so frustrated with the people put in his way that he ends up having a sort of mental breakdown and resorting to violence.

I didn't mind the revelations he'd had an affair with Kathleen Turner while filming Romancing The Stone. The pair denied it at the time in an effort to protect Douglas's then-wife, Diandra Luker, and their son, apparently.

Sure, it's not a great look, cheating on the woman you met when she was just 19 and you were 32, while she looks after your four-year-old son at home.

But these things happen, and it was 40 years ago, and hot Hollywood co-stars going at it like rabbits was very of the time. After all, who among us wouldn't have fallen head over heels in love with Kathleen Turner in 1984?

But then I read that Turner wasn't even the first affair Douglas had while involved in Romancing The Stone. He'd also been carrying on with the movie's screenwriter, Diane Thomas. And it was at this stage that I started to feel a little...well, perturbed.

Douglas, who is now 82 and thus the very definition of 'old enough to know better', excuses this behaviour by saying his marriage was 'in trouble and neither one of us was happy'. And yet fast-forward to 1989, and he is still married to Diandra – and still cheating on her.

In the book, he recalls how he accidentally broadcast a phone call to a lover over the speakers of a boat his family were holidaying on. 'It would have been obvious to anyone who heard it that we were having a fling,' he writes, in his new memoir One Helluva Ride.

He had another affair with actress Jeanne Tripplehorn while filming Basic Instinct in 1991, but was ‘just self-aware enough to know that the worst thing I could do at that moment, after nearly 20 years of marriage, was jump right into another relationship’.

Quite right, Michael. Much better to have another fling instead, which is exactly what he did (Diandra found him in a hotel room with a 'friend' in 1992). She finally filed for divorce in 1995.

When he met Catherine Zeta-Jones three years later, she understandably demanded monogamy, so Douglas told her he had to make 'five quick phone calls' to break things off with the women he was seeing at the time.

It was at this point of his self-serving, self-justifying odyssey that I began to feel the sort of unhelpful fury triggered in Falling Down.

OF COURSE, the real source of my rage is not actually Douglas's philandering, per se, but the knowledge that I'm exactly the type of person who'd have fallen for it back in the day.

In fact, I did, many times, hook line and sinker – though not with the actual Michael Douglas, just to be clear, but with a series of men who fancied themselves as London's answer to him.

In my 20s, I had a thing for philanderers, although I'd never have described the objects of my affection as such. They may have turned out to be married, or to have a partner hidden away in a cupboard, but I told myself that they were simply misunderstood, in a way only I could untangle.

Zendaya was actually the height of manners

PEOPLE are accusing Zendaya of committing a faux pas by not standing to shake the hand of the French First Lady at the Louis Vuitton show at this week's Paris Fashion Week (pictured, right). But given that the Spider-Man actress is 5ft 10in to Brigitte Macron's 5ft 6in, I'd say that far from being rude, remaining seated was the height of kindness.

When I look back, I realise that all of these men had one thing in common: they were irresistibly charming. They would place a protective hand on my lower back, or look me in the eye and tell me how beautiful I was, and my entire body would melt in complete and utter submission.

It's only with age that I've come to realise charm is not quite the green flag I used to take it for – in fact, it should act as a massive red flag. Charm is often just manipulation wrapped up in a romantic bow. It's a tactic serial cheaters employ because it means they can constantly be scanning for their next target.

Indeed, my warning to all women currently grappling with a charmer is: run! Run as fast as

MOTD duo prove office beats the apps

WHY all the fuss about BBC presenters Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates making their very own Match Of The Day by getting together on the job? Personally, I think work is a much better place to meet a potential partner than all those nasty dating apps, where you know next to nothing about who you're meeting and everyone behaves like kids in a sweet shop. At least with a colleague you know you have something in common – and what you're getting into. Good luck to them, I say.

■ HAPPY birthday to Woman's Hour, which celebrated 80 years on Radio 4 this week. I'm so grateful for the programme and all it does to further the cause of women – but how sad that in 2026 it's needed just as much as it was in 1946.

A window of opportunity

I DON'T know why everyone is making such a hoo-ha over the Duchess of Sussex's £112 advent calendar given that there isn't a gifting brand in the world that hasn't jumped on this craze.

First there were the wonderfully extravagant beauty calendars (who could possibly wait until December to start tearing those open?) and recently my daughter suggested I get her a £120 calendar containing Kknekki hair ties, which are all the rage with teen girls. Is everyone OK? In my day, we were lucky if we got one with a picture behind each door.

you can, in the opposite direction, and do not look back, or read a single one of their WhatsApp messages.

Of course, even as he writes of his chequered love life, Douglas can't resist trying to paint himself as just such a charming, honourable man. In the prologue to his book, he says he contacted all the women involved and asked for their permission to include them.

Why no one uses Royal Mail

ROYAL Mail is cutting 2,500 jobs as nobody sends letters any more. That's partly because nobody seems to be delivering them. We didn't receive any post for a week recently. When neighbours complained, they were told it was due to staffing problems. It was then suggested they come to the sorting office to collect deliveries themselves. That's like calling a cab and being told to walk - not good enough.

Douglas makes out that this is an act of chivalry, when in reality it's a legal necessity the publishers will probably have insisted on – and the very least he could do after treating them like discarded toys.

Still, let Michael Douglas be a lesson to us: by all means go and enjoy a torrid affair with a charming, handsome, unavailable man, but don't ever be so naive as to believe that you're the only one he's doing it with.

I couldn't find Mr Right... so I married myself!

STANDING in front of the bridal boutique mirror, my eyes fill with tears.

I'm speechless – unable to believe the woman in a white gown and veil is me.

Getting emotional when you put on your wedding dress is nothing new. But my wedding day would be far from normal. It was a day I'd dreamed of for years, but I'd imagined a handsome groom at the altar.

Instead, I'd be walking down the aisle to marry myself.

I know that sounds a little tragic, but I'm far from the only woman to opt for sologamy, or self-marriage. In 1993, dental hygienist Linda Baker, 40, was the first to say 'I do' to herself, in front of 75 guests and seven bridesmaids.

Like her, I was fed up of waiting around for a man to ‘com-

I WAS DRAWN TO WRONG SORT OF MEN

plete' me and wanted to show everyone, but also myself, that I was enough.

I didn't grow up dreaming of marrying myself. At 20 I had a clear five-year plan: by the time I was 25 I'd be married to a man who worshipped me and we'd go on to start a family.

The trouble was, as 25 came and went, I was no closer to my vision of domestic bliss. I was always drawn to the wrong sort of men, alpha males with lots of charm. I had a lot of first dates, where I'd fall for their compliments and feel sure this was 'the one'. Inevitably their unwillingness to commit meant it would fizzle out. Now 40, I've never had a real relationship.

Still, I remained optimistic that Mr Right was just around the corner. My positive attitude was destroyed, however, when I was 29. When I began feeling lethargic, I put it down to my hectic restaurant job but that didn't explain my sudden cravings for orange juice or the odd rash on my leg that looked like patchy sunburn.

by LOUISA WARREN

Exhaustion made exercise impossible and I would go on to gain 10st, going from a size 8-10 to 26. My confidence was at rock bottom and the last thing I wanted to do was socialise.

My dating life took a nose-dive. Even when I occasionally felt energetic enough to try dating apps, the only guys who swiped right were the ones who declared: 'It's okay, I like big girls.'

Eventually, aged 37, I was diagnosed with ‘hybrid diabetes’, which incorporates factors of type 1 and 2. Thanks to medication my health improved and I’ve since lost 7st.

But my dating life remained a disaster. I became the perennial singleton, putting on a smile at my friends' weddings but feeling like I would never have a day of my own.

Maybe that's why, on a trip to Las Vegas with my friend Sam last October, when I was 39, I was intrigued by the wedding chapels. Wandering around one, I was saying I'd love to get married when the lady who worked there said: 'You can always marry yourself.'

She explained they offered legally binding weddings and ceremonial ones, including self-marriage. This was popular with people who'd been on a challenging life journey. 'It's a way to make a commitment to yourself. To celebrate what you've been through,' she said.

I thought of all my health struggles and relationship dead-ends. This could be an amazing way to empower myself. 'I'm going to do it,' I told Sam, who clearly thought it was insane. I paid £190 for a 30-minute package with flowers. When I went dress shopping later that day, the owner asked who the lucky man was.

‘Actually, I’m marrying myself,’ I replied with a grin, loving how the words sounded.

Ahead of the ceremony, Janet, the celebrant, asked about my vows – something I hadn't thought about. With her help, I articulated what I wanted to promise myself. As I wrote, 'I will live without

I do... alone: Louisa on her wedding day in Las Vegas

changing myself to please others', I was filled with a sudden burst of hope and pride. At the chapel doors, I clutched my bouquet nervously, waiting for the music to begin.

It felt emotional to get to the altar alone. In the past, it would have felt tragic but now I felt it was proof I valued my own worth. While I still hoped to find Mr Right one day, I was showing the world – and myself – that being single didn't make me any less.

After all, I'd achieved so many other things, from my degree in music composition to forging a good career in the film industry. As I read my vows to myself, I struggled not

I STRUGGLED NOT TO CRY AT THE ALTAR

to cry. The final act was to place the wedding ring on my own finger before walking back up the aisle alone. I was elated.

Back home in Manchester, when I told my mum about my wedding, she just sighed. My friends were thrilled but clearly thought it was a joke.

I understood that reaction but to me this really was something meaningful. That feeling has only grown in the year since. Though I'm dating again, I haven't told any of the men that I married myself. I want to wait for a real connection before mentioning it.

I hope one day I'll say my vows again – this time to the person of my dreams.

As told to KATE GRAHAM

A baby shower surrounded by friends and family, sisters Danielle and Nicole cradle matching bumps. Above the piles of presents hang golden balloons spelling out the word ‘twinblings’.

It's a term that has arisen among the increasingly complex landscape of modern parenting to sum up their startling situation.

‘Twinblings are two full biological siblings born so close together they could almost be twins,’ says Danielle Redman, a mental health worker. ‘Nicole and I liked the idea so much that we made it the theme of our baby shower.’

Yes, full biological siblings, not cousins. Danielle and her husband Aaron are the parents of Nicole's unborn child, too.

After witnessing her sister endure two devastating miscarriages caused by a rare condition that meant it was unlikely she would ever carry a child to term, Nicole, then 37, who already had two children of her own, offered to become 34-year-old Danielle's surrogate. She would carry and give birth to a baby conceived using Danielle's egg and Aaron's sperm.

It was an astonishingly generous gesture. And it would prove all the more so given that, soon after Nicole announced the embryo transfer had been successful, Danielle discovered that – against all odds – she herself had fallen pregnant naturally.

‘There was joy because, in spite of everything, a new life was starting,’ says Danielle. ‘And then the anxiety hit. How on earth was I going to tell Nicole? She’d put her life on hold and her body at risk for me to have a baby, and now I was pregnant. Would she be angry or upset? Would she feel I’d taken advantage of her and her incredible generosity?’

Fuelling Danielle's concerns over how her sister would feel about a now seemingly needless surrogacy, Nicole would go on to have a difficult pregnancy – and almost died giving birth. It's a chain of events that could threaten even the closest of sisterly bonds.

The sisters were always ‘best friends’ growing up. Nicole, a critical care nurse, says: ‘I was the classic big sister, taking her under my wing and being protective.’

Both sisters knew they wanted to be mothers. Yet in 2012 Nicole's first pregnancy, at the age of 27, tragically ended in a stillbirth at around 21 weeks. Danielle was by her side.

‘She was amazing,’ says Nicole. ‘She said that while she didn’t know exactly what I was experiencing, she loved me and was there for me.’

Nicole and her husband would go on to have two children, a son and daughter, in 2015 and 2018.

Danielle, who married her husband Aaron aged 27 in 2015, having been dating since they were both 15, felt no immediate rush to start a family.

‘We began trying four years later, when I was 31, and I just assumed it would be easy,’ she recalls. ‘Then, as each month passed and nothing happened, the fear and panic crept in.’

A year later, in 2020, the couple made an appointment at a fertility clinic. Then, the day before, Danielle felt strange. 'I took a pregnancy test, and we were both thrilled to see that second, positive line,' she says. It would transpire that Danielle was carrying twins, a boy and a girl. 'My dream was coming true,' she says.

T

She recalls waking up from a 12-hour operation, seeing Aaron's stricken face and knowing something devastating had happened.

'The doctor explained I had a unicornuate uterus, a rare genetic disorder that meant only half of my womb had formed. The other, undeveloped half was shaped like a horn, and that's where the twins had implanted. It had been impossible for either of the babies to survive.'

The pregnancy had caused a

by KATE GRAHAM

rupture in her uterus and, if Aaron hadn't been there to get her to hospital, Danielle would have died from the internal bleeding. The fact that she had become pregnant at all was remarkable – but doctors warned that if it ever happened again, it would put her and the baby at risk.

'The shock at losing my precious twins, and now hearing I couldn't have another baby, was like a physical blow,' says Danielle. 'I just lay there in shock and grief, unable to process what it would mean for the future.'

NICOLE, who had travelled to the hospital, was rocked by her little sister's grief – one she knew first-hand from her own earlier loss.

“I thought, “I have a uterus and she needs one. I can do that for her.”

'I talked to my husband first. Not every man would be happy for his wife to be pregnant with someone else's child, but he immediately supported me.'

Three months later, having taken advice from doctors at the hospital where she worked, Nicole sat down with Aaron and Danielle and said, 'I want to be your surrogate.'

The couple were stunned. 'At first it felt too much, too big a thing to offer,' says Danielle. 'But hearing her say "Please let me help", I was overwhelmed with love and gratefulness.'

The process was far from simple. Danielle and Aaron would have to go through IVF to create embryos, lawyers were needed given that a surrogate mother legally becomes the parent upon birth, and there were psychological evaluations.

‘They had to make sure I was mentally stable enough to carry someone else’s child, to understand all the different scenarios, from baby loss to agreeing to follow Danielle and Aaron’s wishes,’ says Nicole. ‘This was not the same as carrying my own child. But none of that put me off for a second.’

There were hormones for Danielle before a timed egg retrieval, then a week of medication for Nicole to prepare her body. Finally, in January 2022, Danielle accompanied Nicole to have one embryo implanted.

‘I was in tears,’ says Danielle. ‘My amazing sister putting herself through all this just so I had a chance at motherhood.’

Ten days later, Nicole's doctor told her that it had worked.

‘All I could do was scream with happiness,’ says Danielle. ‘We knew all the embryos we’d created were male. We had a little boy on the way.’

The sisters were together for the first scan at ten weeks and it was on the drive home that Danielle started feeling sick. 'With a jolt, I realised

SECRETS & LIVES

After my miscarriage, my sister offered to be my surrogate. She was pregnant with my baby when I realised I’d conceived naturally... So we had twinblings!

that the last time I'd felt like that I'd been pregnant.' She and Aaron hadn't been using contraception because the chances of a pregnancy were so low. Later that day, the couple were staring in shock at a positive pregnancy test.

Danielle went for a scan and discovered she was five weeks along and that the embryo was in the part of her uterus that was fully formed. 'It was a huge relief, but the doctors were clear this was still a high-risk pregnancy.

'All the while I couldn't stop thinking about Nicole, and what she would say when I told her. I was overwhelmed with worry and nerves.'

Her guilt increased when, at 12 weeks pregnant, Nicole had a significant bleed. 'Once she'd had the all-clear from the doctor, she told me what had happened,' says Danielle. 'I felt incredible relief that she and the baby were fine, but it only highlighted just what she was going through for me.'

A few days later, at a family wedding, Danielle – by then eight weeks pregnant – nervously prepared to tell Nicole, now 13 weeks along, the truth. Yet, in the end, she didn't have to.

‘I obviously wasn’t drinking but told Danielle that she should go and have a drink with everyone else,’ says Nicole. ‘The way she said “No, that’s OK” was strange. When I tried again, she replied, “Actually I can’t drink.” I immediately knew she was pregnant.

'I launched into a hundred questions: are you safe, have you had scans, what does your doctor say? Hearing that everything was fine, I swept her into a hug. When Danielle shared her worry about tell-

Special bond: Danielle, left, and Nicole. Above: Baby Carson, left, whom Nicole carried, and his sister Avery

ing me I just couldn't understand it. How could I be angry at this amazing news? We got to be pregnant together!'

Danielle's relief was profound. She says: 'Nicole looked at me and said, "It's like your twins are coming back to us." I had tears in my eyes.' That feeling only grew when, at 12 weeks, they discovered Danielle was carrying a girl.

Although Nicole was further along, it was Danielle who delivered first, at a hospital in Dallas, Texas, a decision made by the doctors because of the risk to her uterus. Danielle says: 'Avery was born by caesarean at 34 weeks. At just 5lb, she was taken to the NICU [neonatal intensive care unit] for monitoring, but not before I held my precious daughter and instantly fell in love.

‘It was a wild, wonderful feeling to know I was a mother, this was my daughter, and my son was just weeks away from joining her.’

Four hours away in Houston and unable to travel, Nicole watched the video Danielle sent of her holding Avery. She says: 'I couldn't wait to see the baby boy I was carrying also in her arms.'

Unfortunately, Nicole's labour two weeks' later would be harrowing. 'I went from a straightforward birth to an emergency caesarean to a serious medical crisis in minutes, when medics found my placenta had fused to the wall of my uterus,' says Nicole.

‘Danielle and Aaron were there to hold baby Carson, but while Aaron went with him to be checked over in the NICU, I suddenly began to lose a lot of blood.’

Nicole lost so much blood she almost died, and spent hours on the operating table as her placenta and uterus were separated. Doctors told her she would never safely carry a child again.

She says: 'It was obviously a difficult thing to have gone through, but I didn't regret what I'd done for a second. I survived and Carson, born healthy and beautiful at 8lb 5oz, was in his parents' arms, exactly where he was supposed to be.'

D ANIELLE admits: 'It was so traumatic to see her go through that. I still just try to block it out.'

After the families were discharged, baby Avery was able to come home to join her brother Carson. 'I couldn't stop staring at them together,' says Danielle. 'My family was complete and it was all thanks to my incredible sister.

‘My bond with both was the same from the start, instant love and connection.’

Nicole adds: 'I feel just as close to Avery as to Carson. As for my bond with Danielle, that's now unbreakable.'

Four years later, life is hectic but happy. 'Avery is obsessed with dressing up her unicorn toys while Carson can't stop singing and dancing,' says Danielle. 'They're best friends even when they fight. Their pre-school teacher says they're even closer than identical twins.'

Given the siblings are only two weeks apart in age, Danielle, now 38, confesses she usually tells people they are twins. She and Aaron haven't yet talked to the children about Carson's unusual journey into the world.

She says: 'I'll never be able to find the words to express what Nicole did for me. I'll be thankful to my sister for ever.'

It's Friday! WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND

FILM Crusaders who faced off against Facebook

THE SOCIAL RECKONING

★★★☆☆

AARON SORKIN'S film The Social Reckoning is a follow-up to the 2010 hit The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook. It shows how the optimism and idealism that fuelled those early years of the online community had, by 2019, mutated into something much darker, prompting a principled employee, Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), to leak secrets to Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a reporter on The Wall Street Journal.

It's a powerful, important (and mostly true) story. For those of us who are still devotees of print journalism, it also shows the enduring value of newspapers. But I wanted to like this film more than I did. Sorkin is such a liberal crusader, so smart and eloquent, that he makes the mistake of forging all his characters in his own image. He did it in the TV smash The West Wing and he's still at it.

Yet there are more reasons to see The Social Reckoning than not. Among them is the portrayal of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg by Jeremy Strong. Jesse Eisenberg played him brilliantly in The Social Network, but here Strong is perfect. 15, 112 mins

THE UPRISING ★★★★☆

WATTYLER and The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 has popped up much more in pub quizzes than in feature films, but here's the whole bloody story, albeit somewhat fictionalised by writer-director Paul Greengrass, who invents a character called only the Ploughman (Andrew Garfield) as a sidekick to two genuine historical figures, Tyler (Cosmo Jarvis) and his fellow rebel, the priest John Ball (Jamie Bell). It's brutal, but compelling. 15, 128 mins

Social set: Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison

QUEEN BUDAPEST ★★★★☆

TENZING ★★★☆☆

THERE'S a limited cinema release for this restored and remixed concert film, which Queen fans should try to see on a big screen. It documents the band's 1986 show in Budapest, with Freddie Mercury in all his pomp, left – the first time a major Western rock group had played a stadium behind the Iron Curtain. U, 96 mins

AN ADMIRABLE attempt to tell the story of the 1953 ascent of Everest from the perspective of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok); Tom Hiddleston is Edmund Hillary, Willem Dafoe expedition leader John Hunt, all right. There are too many flashbacks to Tenzing's early life, but the mountain camerawork is spectacular. PG, 128 mins; in cinemas now, on Apple TV Oct 16.

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ANIMALS ★★★☆☆

BEN AFFLECK directs and stars in this slick if formulaic Netflix thriller, playing a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose campaign has eaten up his personal wealth, and whose wife (Kerry Washington, left, with Affleck) is having an affair – not that he knows. Then, to make matters much worse, his son is kidnapped. Don't worry though, Gillian Anderson is on hand as a shadowy fixer. 15, 106 mins

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AS YOU LIKE IT ★★★☆☆

BROADWAY star and Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff just about gets away with it in the RSC's all-male production of Shakespeare's woodland romcom As You Like It.

Best known for starring as George III in Hamilton, Groff plays Rosalind, the young noblewoman who escapes to the Forest of Arden after being banished from court, pursued by lovestruck admirer Orlando (Elliot Barnes-Worrell).

At 41 Groff is unmistakably middle-aged, and there's little trace of Rosalind's youthful femininity in the forest, when he looks like a hunky handyman, right. His American accent isolates him, too, in a production that's nominally Welsh.

Although missing a feminine touch, there's gorgeous spectacle, thanks to a huge panel of French doors lifting to reveal a bank of long grass and the mossy sward beyond. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, until November 7.

RENT ★★★★★ STARRING Gaten Mata- razzo - nerdy Dustin in Stranger Things - as the MC among grungy young people in Nineties New York, Jonathan Larson's 1996 rock musical is a white-knuckle ride of shifting keys and twisting melodies. Luke Sheppard's production is suitably raucous as it explores the ups and downs of being broke and in love in the shadow of AIDS.

Matarazzo and his big goofy smile front a formidable cast led by

AFFLUENZA ★☆☆☆☆

Travis Ross as Roger, a tortured songwriter and ex-junkie, in love with Mimi (Alexa Lopez), who is still battling heroin. Jeevan Braich brings the house down as drag queen Angel. Tom Stoppard Theatre, London, until May 29.

NOAH SCHNAPP (another Stranger Things alumnus, see above) is little more than a cameo in this trivial tale in which he plays spoilt rich kid Dylan, right, who kills two people while drink-driving. Andy Sandberg's play should have been a serious drama but collapses into a mirthless 'slacker' comedy. Riverside Studios, London, until November 28.

PATRICK MARMION

JANE EYRE ★★★★☆

THIS is no gentle bonnet drama: Lily Dyble's sharp production by four local theatres – from Colchester to Newcastle – gives us a defiant Jane Eyre, near left, calling out her bullying aunt and looking Mr Rochester in the eye as an equal. See playsontour.co.uk/jane-eyre

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LIVE: THE STROKES

(02, London) ★★★★★

FOR a band sometimes accused of going through the motions, The Strokes sounded as if they were really enjoying themselves as they opened their tour – and marked 25 years since debut album Is This It – with an energised show.

With the usual pyrotechnics of an arena performance confined to a light show, the onus was on the music. Frontman Julian Casablancas teased: 'If you want us to never play a song, request it.' He then sang every song the fans wanted. The New York group's latest album, Reality Awaits, was marred by a reliance on Picture: JENNA MURRAY

MUSIC

Auto-Tune, but tracks such as Lonely In The Future and Dine N'Dash took on fresh urgency live. Other highlights included 2020's Ode To The Mets, which brought the night to an emotional climax.

Classics from Is This It also featured heavily. Someday was tight and dynamic. Last Nite contained a fiery solo from guitarist Albert Hammond Jr, left; further confirmation that a great rock band are back to their best. For tour details see ticketmaster.co.uk.

SHERYL CROW: Pick You Up (Thirty Tigers) ★★★★☆ SHE admits she's no longer one of pop's cool kids, but Sheryl Crow embraces ageing with philosophical good humour on her latest album. 'I used to be the queen of sexy,' the 64-year-old tells us on I've Got Your Number, before confessing she'd rather watch a drive-in movie than kiss a stranger these days. Her tone is world-weary but hopeful on Flat Earth, while the guitar work on Heaven Help Us harks back to her 1994 breakthrough hit All I Wanna Do. At just seven tracks, Pick You Up feels slight, but Crow hasn't sounded this raw or rootsy in years.

TEENAGE FANCLUB: Do Not Dare To Dream (Merge) ★★★☆☆ THE Scots made this, their 13th album, on the Outer Hebridean island of Great

Berner, and the location has clearly provided inspiration for the pastoral Be With You Tonight ('There's a place down by the river, where we'd go to look for stones') and Day In The Sun. The Glasgow group's jangling sound owes plenty to their home city's melodic heritage – 1980s bands Orange Juice and Aztec Camera spring to mind – although the waspish edge is replaced by a mellow warmth, and the melancholy, lovesick musings of There Was You.

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THREE BROTHERS IN A BOAT by The Maclean Brothers (Canongate £22, 304pp)

MARK MASON

TWO weeks into their attempt to row unsupported across the Pacific Ocean in 2025, the Maclean brothers (Ewan,

Jamie and Lachlan, in their late 20s and early 30s) realise they have neglected to bring the industrial quantity of Sudocrem on their list.

The rowing is taking its toll on the lads' backsides. And so, not for the first or last time, they have to compromise – 'the single tub of chamois cream was doled out like wartime butter'.

In fairness, this lapse was an exception to their meticulous preparation. The idea to conquer the ocean came after a team event saw them rowing across the Atlantic.

That trip schooled them in practicalities, such as taking individual sachets of Nescafé rather three large tubs: 'Faced with an average wind speed of 17 miles per hour, an open teaspoon of powdered coffee doesn't stand a chance.'

But it also inspired them – and as challenges go, the Pacific is right up there. Nearly 10,000 miles, three times the width of the Atlantic and four times that of the Moon. The Macleans would need to pull an estimated two million strokes each, averaging 65 nautical miles a day to reach Australia from Peru.

No team had ever done it unsupported (though some had done it with stops, including an all-female group called the Coxless Crew). Aiming to raise £1million for freshwater projects in Madagascar, the Macleans got busy. They had a boat built, named Rose Emily after their sister who had died in the womb.

Thirty feet by six, it boasted a cabin at each end where those not rowing could

sleep. But with every spare inch of space needed to store supplies, 'once you slither into position you are effectively pinned onto your front or back. So you just lie there, like a soggy corpse'.

For speed, they kept the boat as light as possible - it weighed not much more than the three of them combined.

How the Macleans conquered the Pacific by rowing from Peru to Australia – in a boat named Rose Emily after the sister they lost

Six months out they stopped drinking alcohol. Unimpressed by commercially available freeze-dried meals, they made their own. They took a guitar, an accordion and a set of bagpipes (all mini-versions), with ‘the romantic idea of reaching Australia having written an album… The reality soon sank in that an extra bag of freeze-dried rations may have been more appropriate’.

Life onboard was not what you'd

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Adventure of a lifetime: From left, Lachlan, Jamie and Ewan row into the record books

call comfortable. The toilet was a bottle or a bucket. When not in the cabins they were attached to the boat at all times – a pain when you have to declip and reattach to get round each other, but they remembered the story of another expedition in which an unattached crew member went overboard at night: 'They'd rowed as hard as they could [into the wind] but it wasn't enough... [they] stared, utterly helpless, as they watched the small light [of a headtorch] bobbing further and further towards the horizon.'

The brothers had to perform hand exercises to prevent a rower's condition known as 'claw grip'. A wave soaked a bunk (because they'd left the cabin door open), then another ruined a computer.

There was a storm so bad they couldn't hear each other yelling from a metre away, and after some peanut butter went overboard

Lachlan yelled at the ocean: 'We'd only just opened that f***ing tub, goddamn you!' He literally punched the next wave.

A flying fish hit Ewan in the ear, 'playful and curious' dolphins approached them, and a 50lb fish they managed to catch provided extra food (though only for a day – it soon started going off and had to be thrown).

As Jamie got into the water to clean molluscs and algae off the hull, he tried not to think about the shark they'd seen two days previously. Later, a huge marlin approached the boat. Sometimes these creatures attack, though thankfully not on this occasion. Ewan daydreamed about hooking it with their rod: 'If it swam the right way we'd be in Australia in no time.'

Sea travel has changed hugely due to modern technology. The solar panels that powered the boat's electronic navigation system and desalination unit (providing fresh water) also gave the brothers high-speed satellite internet, allowing them to send footage to their social media team, and conduct live interviews with TV presenters like Lorraine Kelly. Plus they got morale-boosting video calls from celebrities such as Mark Wahlberg.

For all the physical achievement, books like this depend entirely on how much you like the protagonists. Fortunately, the brothers are intelligent, thoughtful and charming characters.

AND it wasn't just themselves they changed. During the trip they received an email from an Australian woman saying that their daily reports had inspired her hitherto-depressed husband. They all had the same reaction to her message: 'Just three brothers in a boat,' said Lachlan, 'out in the Pacific, having a wee cry.'

On day 138 they saw a dark cloud hugging the horizon. They were confused – no rain had been forecast. Then they realised. 'That's Australia,' said Lachlan. 'We've done it, boys.'

On the shore in Cairns were several of their friends who'd flown from Scotland to greet them, bagpipes at the ready for a rendition of O Flower Of Scotland. The first few moments on land were strange: 'We swayed... muscles compensating for an imagined swell that no longer lay beneath our feet... The body arrives before the mind does.'

For Ewan, the lesson was all the more powerful for being so simple. 'We kept moving forward by breaking everything down into the next rowing stroke...Big changes rarely come from one grand gesture. It's usually lots of small actions, repeated, supported and sustained.'

Forget the chemist, your garden has the cure

FOR centuries, before you could pop into the supermarket and come out with paracetamol and cough mixture, people turned to plants.

Today, if we pick a dock leaf to rub on a nettle sting, we are tapping into that vein of natural wisdom which helped our ancestors – apart from when it didn't.

The Herbal was a book which listed plants, their properties, appearance and uses; before the apothecary or chemist, people might pay a herbalist for a tincture to cure their ailments.

The use of plants for healing purposes forms the origin of much modern medicine. Many conventional drugs originate from plant sources – for example, aspirin (from willow bark), quinine (from cinchona bark),

THE GARDEN CURE by Ann Treneman (Mitchell Beazley £20, 224pp)

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and morphine (from the opium poppy). The seasoned journalist and gardening specialist Ann Treneman knows all this. A herbalist for our times, she shares her plant lore, wit and wisdom in this magnificently illustrated book.

The Garden Cure lists ‘100 Remarkable Remedies for the Curious Gardener’ in a compendium of horticultural answers to myriad problems which will fascinate even those who give the trowel a miss. There’s something in these beautifully written pages for everybody. Did you know that gardening for 30 minutes burns 167 calories, equal to playing badminton?

For those of a more contemplative nature, Treneman has entries on ‘Death, fear of’, ‘Stress, need to reduce’, and ‘Poetry, lack of’. Small ways of helping with those issues may include poppies, petunias and peaches.

The entry on poetry is a good example of her style; with lightness of touch she reveals real soul, seguing from the loneliness of online life, through sublime lines from the 17th-century poet Andrew Marvell, to Japan for gardens and Haiku. A delight.

The entry on ‘Insomnia, dealing with’ reminded me to be sure Valerian is in my nightly herbal tea; and to get St John’s Wort tablets for ‘Mild Depression, relief of'. One entry points out that 'the history of alcohol is as old as plants' – my regular gin and tonic would once have contained enough quinine to help combat malaria. If you are feeling that life is all too 'Hum- drum' the author's cure is within easy reach: plant bulbs. A pot on a windowsill and a good book to read are readily available. Hooray!

Gardens and parks must remind you of the changing seasons. And since holly and ivy are on the horizon I've no doubt that The Garden Cure will find its way into countless lucky gardening socks this Christmas.

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LITERARY FICTION KATHARINE SPURRIER

O NOW! by Niall Williams (Bloomsbury £9.99, 96pp)

PROFOUNDLY emotive, this short story from Williams details the friendship between two old Irish codgers.

Almost every day, Bat Considine and Ganga sit at the latter's hearth, surrounded by the lace curtains and the comforts from which Ganga's late wife made their home, pat the head of Ganga's devoted collie Joe, and discuss the meaning of life, the mind of God and the amount of rain they have had that week.

But when death comes for a smiling Ganga, Bat and Joe try to delay the coming realities of his passing. In not acknowledging the loss of their friend, the two who loved him most need not accept the fact he has gone.

Williams' powerful little book delves into the power of the male bond, grief and steadfast love. Originally conceived as a radio commission, this quiet story says a lot in very little and will leave you emotionally raw.

THE BISHOP OF DURHAM by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury Circus £10.99, 96pp) LYRICAL and simply done, this new novella from Clarke is spellbinding. Set

in an alternative 1110 AD this is not your typical history. Here we meet woods that besiege cities, rivers that wilfully smash boats, and fairy kings who know little about the day-to-day governance of Saxons and Normans.

When Ranulf, Bishop of Durham, finds his own city besieged by a fairy host he knows the only way to save his people is to surrender and pay homage to the new fairy king.

But surrendering has never been more challenging. On arriving at the court of this beautiful and mysterious monarch, magic, courtly politics and deception hinder our hero.

Clarke's structure is reflective of a medieval temptation fable as Ranulf navigates powerful pretenders and beguiling seductresses on his way to securing the necessary audience. With illustrations bordering every page, like those of a gilded medieval manuscript, this is a charmed tale.

THE BRIDGE by Colm Toibin (Picador £12.99, 128pp) SIMMERING with hidden desire and words unspoken, this compact story of smugglers in the Pyrenees unfolds with Toibin's customary nuance.

With the opening of a new bridge that will connect Miquel and his father's mountain village to the wider world comes immense possibilities.

As modernity promises to intrude upon their lives, Miquel sees danger ahead, while his father sees only opportunity. The latter's confidence and greed grow ever greater – and it is his hubris which leads to the pair's inevitable downfall.

Taut with tension and tantalisingly unanswered questions, Toibin's writing seamlessly balances Miquel's need to escape the isolation of his father's control after the mysterious death of his mother, with the loyalty he feels to his upbringing when outside forces uproot his way of living.

Uncovering a deadly well of dark secrets

RETROS SALLY MORRIS

THE WELL

lustration: IFAN BATES

by Elizabeth Jolley (Virago £10.99, 240pp)

LONELY, unmarried, middle-aged landowner Hester takes in teenage orphan Katherine to help her on her farm and soon the girl becomes the centre of her world.

They cook, sew, read and laugh together, Hester jealously guarding the young woman from the outside world. But driving home one night after a party, Katherine hits a man and Hester, terrified of the consequences, throws his body down a dried-up well.

The well, a metaphor for the older woman's suppressed passions, threatens to reveal their secrets and both spin out of control in a dark, gothic unravelling that is profoundly disturbing sexually and spiritually – and the ending leaves many unanswered questions.

HONEY

by Elizabeth Jenkins (Daunt Books £11.99, 384pp)

THE casual cruelty of the adults in this book is evoked with such clinical, psychological precision that it pierces your heart.

Beautiful, spoiled, venal Honey entices Roland away from his wife and son, but when Roland's ex-wife dies, the scholarly, teenage Brian comes to live with them.

Terrified her sexual power is waning, Honey determines to seduce the boy while she and Roland fritter his inheritance, of which he is unaware.

When a devoted school-friend envelops him in his welcoming family the tables turn, and this deliciously dry tale of amoral love triangles exposes the fragility of lust, greed and ageing but also the redemptive power of love.

A GLOVE SHOP IN VIENNA by Eva Ibbotson

(Picador £9.99, 256pp)

PERHAPS best known for her award-winning children's books, Ibbotson's wry, sly humour is nevertheless perfectly suited to short stories focusing on love affairs, secrets, lies, hopes and heartbreak. She often uses pre-war Vienna as a backdrop, as in the title story which shines a witty light on the pragmatism of a sexless marriage while Christmas Angel, recounting a child's loss of innocence, will resonate with every parent.

A Rose In Amazonia reunites separated lovers while the hilarious twist in the tail of A Little Disagreement is totally unforeseen.

Like a tray of canapes served with chilled champagne, these stories should be savoured slowly, bite by bite.

CONTEMPORARY SARA LAWRENCE

FABULOUS (& FURIOUS)

by Harper Ford (Avon £9.99, 352pp)

NELL, 55, works as a veterinary receptionist in a small town. Nell is divorced with a daughter and a grandson who live down the road. She loves her life and is not usually a violent person but has found herself increasingly angry lately.

Indeed, she finds herself so full of rage at a Christmas party that she loses her temper with the children's entertainer.

In fairness to Nell, the man was deeply annoying and it was a good result that she didn't punch him in the face as she fantasised about doing. Nell's family, however, are horrified and insist she undergoes anger management therapy. Smashing things in a rage room is kind of fun but it's not working for Nell.

When she forms a new club, Rent-A-Rant, and talks to other women about how she is feeling, Nell's life begins to transform. Funny and heartwarming.

by Liv Little

(Dialogue £20, 320pp)

JALISSA is the youngest lecturer in her university department and also the only black woman. Since the loss of their baby, Jalissa's relationship with fiance Robbie has been more about survival than romance and she is struggling to stay afloat but hasn't taken any time off work, preferring to keep busy.

When Robbie blindsides her by telling her he needs space, Jalissa leaves her job and decides to spend time with her Jamaican bus driver father, Delroy, in London.

The two are not close and Jalissa has no idea Delroy has recently been diagnosed with an incurable neurological condition.

Delroy delivers the news in a cafe and surprises himself by inviting his daughter to travel to Jamaica with him. Jalissa surprises herself by agreeing to go - she is running from heartbreak and loss and her father is running out of time. It's beautifully written and thought-provoking.

THE WINTER GUEST by Sarah Moss

(Picador £12.99, 128pp) IT'S Christmas Eve in the dining room of a luxurious hotel on Ireland's west coast. Thanks to a red weather

warning of a fierce snowstorm gathering pace outside, there are only two guests – 76-year-old widow Janice, who is spending Christmas alone, and Gerry, middle-aged and wealthy-looking in his expensive Herringbone tweed jacket, who is in Ireland to visit his mother.

Since they are the only diners, they propose to eat together, served by waiter Ryan, who hangs on their every word while pretending not to.

Janice begins by asking Gerry to tell her the worst thing he's ever done. As the storm rages and the cosy, candlelit dinner for two progresses, Janice's story slowly unfolds and Gerry gets drunker by the minute as she goes off on tangents and he waits for airspace to tell his own tale.

Atmospheric, engaging and twisty. It's a little book but it packs a big punch.

WHAT BOOK? TOM READ WILSON Author

... are you reading now?

DEATH Writ Large, by the wondrous Susie Dent. It combines two of my favourite things: a murder mystery and etymology.

In this sequel, and the original, Guilty By Definition, Dent creates knotty cases only lexicographers can solve. The prose is as chic as the author!

... would you take to a desert island?

SHAKESPEARE'S Sonnets. I have been attempting to learn all 154 and putting the fruits of my endeavour on social media every Sunday for two years! I think, to know Shakespeare through his plays, one has to be a bit of a detective. In the Sonnets, however, there is every colour of a man in love: worship, ardour, jealousy, rage, crystallised in 14 lines.

So far, I have reached number 151, but I cannot remember them all. A long enough stint on a lovely littoral would fix that!

... first gave you the reading bug?

THE Picture Of Dorian Gray. There is such a lot in that little book. It was my teenage passion. I loved the fusion of the romantic and the macabre. Recently, I visited Oscar Wilde's first home on Merrion Square in Dublin, and it occurred to me that the Irish legend of Tîr na nÓg, 'Land of the Eternal Youth', may have had some bearing on the plot.

If mortals visit Tír na nOg, like Dorian Gray, they are perfectly preserved for the duration of their stay but, on returning to mortal soil, all the aging that should have happened is transferred in an instant. It perfectly mirrors what happens to Dorian when he slashes his portrait.

... left you cold?

I HAVE never been seduced by Fantasy as a genre. I think I am too interested in human dynamics and dealings to crave anything supernatural. ■ PRICKLEPAPER'S Letter Magic by Tom Read Wilson (words & pictures, £7.99) is out now.

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DAYTIME WHODUNNIT Sister Boniface Mysteries, 2pm, BBC2

THE sales girls of Minerva cosmetics - known as the Minnies, resplendent in their matching pink suits - are in town this week, and queen bee Mary (Bianca Bardoe, pictured) is keen to keep her spot as top seller by putting on a demonstration for all the ladies of Great Slaughter - even the nuns! But the event turns into Death Of A Salesgirl when Mary keels over, apparently poisoned. Was the killer her husband, resentful of her independence? The owner of Minerva, feeling threatened by Mary's success? Or perhaps a jealous rival Minnie? Struggling to get to the bottom of the case, the detectives enlist the help of a very unexpected undercover operative to take up the vacancy on the sales team.

PICK OF TODAY'S TV PLAY FOR TODAY: CLOSING TIME, 9.05PM, CH5

BBC1

THIS week's one-off drama is a moving love story, something of a rarity in a TV landscape dominated by detective dramas and romantic comedies. Up-and-coming writer Mina Barber's previous credits

clude CBBC shows The Beaker Girls and JoJo & Gran Gran, but this is an altogether more serious, heartfelt affair, a bittersweet, often downbeat tale of star-crossed love. Antonio Aakeel stars as Indian immigrant Mo, who is flipping burgers and serving drunks at his uncle's kebab shop, his

dreams of becoming a fine- dining chef on hold while he awaits news of his visa application. Lawyer Laila (House Of The Dragon's Ellora Torchia, pictured with Aakeel) is on her hen night when she comes into the shop with her friends. Their eyes meet, and there's a spark — but Laila's controlling fiancé soon

arrives to drag her away. Over the coming days, Laila finds herself drawn back to the kebab shop, and the pair's late-night flirtation slowly but surely develops into an undeniable attraction — but with Laila and her family deep into preparations for her wedding and the big day less than a week away, can she summon the courage to escape her humdrum destiny?

BBC2

ITV1

6.009.3010.4511.3012.151.001.351.452.00PICK	BreakfastMorning Live Magazine show.Crimewatch Live How a gangposting videos flaunting weaponswere put behind bars.Homes Under the Hammer (AD,R)Bargain Hunt (AD)BBC News at One; WeatherBBC Regional News; WeatherBBC News at One; WeatherSister Boniface Mysteries (AD)Minerva Cosmetics ladies arrive fora sales promotion, but one of theirbest saleswomen is murdered.Escape to the Country (R) SteveBrown helps a London artist tofind a home in West Yorkshire.Garden Rescue In Oxford, ChrisHull and Florence Headlam help totransform a featureless garden Intoa Brighton-inspired family retreat.Celebrity Bridge of Lies (R)With radio presenters TonyBlackburn, Lauren Layheld, KatieThistleton and YolanDa Brown.Pointless (R) Andi Oliver co-hosts.BBC News at Six; WeatherBBC Regional News; Weather	6.407.258.109.0012.2012.501.001.452.303.153.454.355.156.006.30	Escape to the Country (R)Garden Rescue (R)The Great House Revival (BSL,R)BBC NewsPolitical Thinking with NickRobinson With guest Tom Watson.Lifeline (AD,R)Impossible (R) Quiz show.Unbeatable (R) Quiz show.The Boss (R) With Susan Calman.The Wonder of Animals (AD,R)The anatomy of the elephant.The Great House Revival (R)Two architects restore a brickterraced house in Drumcondra.Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R)The team are in Portmeirion,North Wales. First shown in 2004.Flog It! (R) From Layer MarneyTower in rural Essex.House of Games Stephen Mangan,Shona McGarty, Andi Peters andNina Wadia take part.Strictly: It Takes Two Ellie Taylorgets all the gossip ahead of theweekend's live show and is joinedby a panel who will cast their eyesover the upcoming performances.	6.009.3010.0012.3012.501.004.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.005.00	Good Morning BritainLorraine Entertainment news.This Morning Celebrity chat, topicaldiscussion and lifestyle features.News; WeatherRegional News; WeatherITV Racing: Live fromNewmarket Francesca Cumaniand Ed Chamberlin presentcoverage of day one of FutureChampions Weekend, including theFillies' Mile. Plus, racing from Yorkand Chepstow; Regional WeatherDeal or No Deal (AD,R) StephenMulhern hosts as Amy tries toopen the 22 red boxes in the rightorder, taking on the infamousBanker for the chance to win alife-changing cash prize.Women's European QualifierGreece v England (Kick-off 5.30pm).Laura Woods presents coverage ofthe first leg of the FIFA World Cupqualifying play-off semi-final, heldat Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion.With analysis from Karen Carneyand Anita Asante, and commentaryby Seb Hutchinson and Lucy Ward.	6.307.459.1011.1012.0512.101.102.103.004.005.005.306.006.30	The King of Queens (AD,R)Everybody Loves Raymond(AD,R) Triple bill of the US sitcom.Frasler (AD,R) Four episodes.American Pickers (AD,R)Channel 4 News SummaryRenovation Nation (AD,R)The Great House Giveaway (R)Countdown Colin Murray,Rachel Riley and Susie Dent host.A Place in the Sun (R) Geraldineand Tim are looking for a holidayhome on Spain's Costa Tropical.Help! We Bought a Village Tashand Bryan race to finish renovationsin Italy before their visa runs out.Four in a Bed Payment Daycauses a heated debate.Come Dine with Me (R) Actorand spiritualist Jo hosts the finalnight in the West Country.A Place in the Sun (R) A fatherand daughter search for a holidayhome in inland Andalucia.Formula 1 Singapore Grand PrixSprint Qualifying HighlightsAction from the battle for gridpositions for the sprint race.
2.453.454.305.156.006.30	The One Show Presented byAlex Jones and Lauren Laverne.Would I Lie to You? (R) WithAlex Jones, Chris McCausland,Su Pollard and Rav Wilding.	7.007.30	Newsnight With Matt Chorley.(Followed by Weather)Landward Dougie Vipond is inEaster Ross on the shores of theCromarty Firth, while RachelBell has a lesson in makingfishing nets n the Buchan coast.	7.507.55	News(Followed by Weather)Regional News(Followed by Weather)	7.00	Channel 4 News
8.008.009.30	The Celebrity Traitors (AD)As the players go deeper intothe game, a new day brings newsuspicious among the Faithful.	8.00PICK	Gardeners' World Monty Donprunes roses, stores apples andplants spring cabbages, andRachel de Thame exploreswildflowers that support wildlife.	8.008.30	Emmerdale (AD) Robertwants to make a confession,the funeral takes place anda discovery is made.Coronation Street (AD) Lisaquestions David, and Summeraccepts a prison visit from Marco.	8.00	George Clarke's AmazingSpaces: First Home (AD) Georgediscover a unique floating homemade from a repurposedshipping container, and animpressive four-homes-in-onein the Netherlands. Last in series.
9.059.059.30	The Celebrity Traitors:Uncloaked (AD) Ed Gambleand guests analyse the latestdevelopments in the castle.Have I Got News for You AlexJones hosts, with guest panellistsChloe Petts and Tom Peck.	9.00	Six Wives with Lucy Worsley(AD,R) A combination ofdocumentary and dramacharting key moments in thelives of Henry VIII's wives.	9.00	Beat the Chasers (R) BradleyWalsh hosts as Jessica, Liaqat,Stephanie, Jamie and Joannetake on the Chasers.	9.05	Gogglebox (AD) The armchaircritics share their opinions onThe Celebrity Traitors, TemptingFortune, Strictly Come Dancing,War, Buckingham Palace: AYear in the Life and Africa:Earth's Wild Home.
10.0010.3010.40	BBC News at TenBBC Regional News(Followed by Weather)The Graham Norton ShowWith guests John Malkovich,Olivia Colman, AlexanderSkarsgard and Ayo Edebiri.	10.00FILMCHOICE	Longlegs (2024) (15) ◆ Premiere.An FBI agent uncovers a series ofmysterious clues that she mustsolve to end a murderer's killingspree. Psychological horror,starring Maika Monroe.	10.0010.3010.45FILM	News(Followed by Weather)Regional News(Followed by Weather)GoldenEye (1995) (15) ◆ (AD)James Bond goes in pursuit of asatellite weapon that has falleninto the hands of a criminalmastermind. Spy adventure,starring Pierce Brosnan, SeanBean and Izabella Scorupco.	10.05	Live from the Lycett ArmsJoe Lycett presents comedy,celebrity chat and chaos from hisown pub, with a guest manageron hand to keep things tickingover and a gang of punters.
11.30	RuPaul's Drag Race UK (R)The queens take on a holidaynovelty pop song for the girlgroup challenge. Anne-Marieand Booty Luv join RuPaul,Michelle Visage and Alan Carr.	11.35FILM	The Awakening (2011) (15) ◆An investigator of supernaturalhoaxes has her sceptical beliefschallenged when she issummoned to a haunting at aboarding school. Horror, starringRebecca Hall and Dominic West.			11.10FILM	American Pie: The Wedding(2003) (15) ◆ (AD) The friendsreunite to celebrate Jim andMichelle's upcoming trip tothe altar — but events quicklyspiral out of control. Comedysquel, starring Jason Biggs.
12.35	Weather for the Week Ahead12.40 BBC News	1.20	Cancer Before 50: Why Is ItRising? — Panorama (BSL,R) HayleyHassall investigates. 1.50 Secretsof the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside theMuseum (AD,BSL,R) Narrated byMichael Palin. 2.50 This Is BBC2	1.15	Shop on TV 3.00 Long Lost Family(AD,BSL,R) Presented by DavinaMcCall and Nicky Campbell. 3.50Unwind with ITV 5.05 Deal or NoDeal (AD,BSL,R) Stephen Mulhernhosts as Amy gets her chance totake on the Banker.	1.00	Break Clause (AD,BSL,R) 1.30 BreakClause (AD,BSL,R) 1.55 Ramsay'sHotel Hell (AD,BSL,R) 2.45 FILM: Zola(2021) (18) ▲ (BSL) Crime comedydrama, starring Taylour Paige. 4.15Kirstie's House of Craft (R) 4.30Couples Come Dine with Me (R)5.20 Grand Designs (AD,BSL,R)

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(R) Repeat. (HD) High Definition. (AD) Audio Description. (b/w) Not in colour. (BSL) British Sign Language.

CHANNEL 4

GREEN FINGERS Gardeners' World, 8pm, BBC2

MONTY Don has a long list of autumn jobs to be getting on with, from pruning roses and gathering in the apple harvest to planting out spring cabbages in the kitchen garden. Elsewhere, Rachel de Thame visits a nursery that specialises in wildflowers; a Shropshire couple show off their incredible topiary creations; and there's a dazzling display of autumn colour in Oxfordshire.

FILM CHOICE Longlegs, 10pm, BBC2

MAIKA Monroe plays inexperienced FBI agent Lee Harker, who is assigned to a serial-killer case that has stumped the Feds for 30 years: an elusive devil worshipper (Nicolas Cage) is somehow persuading respectable men to slaughter their own families, and then kill themselves. What begins as a psychological thriller slowly mutates into a full-on horror film, with echoes of The Silence Of The Lambs.

CHANNEL 5

6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (AD,R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 Thomas & Friends (R) 6.35 Fireman Sam (R) 6.45 Peppa Pig (R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 6.55 The Adventures of Paddington (R) 7.10 Paw Patrol (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew 7.30 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (AD,R) 7.55 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.25 Milo (R) 8.35 Story Den: Feature Your Teacher (R) 8.45 Peppa Pig (AD,R) 8.55 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (R) 9.05 Pawsome Dino Rescues

9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.30 Storm & Alexis
12.45 5 News at Lunchtime
12.50 Matt Allwright

2.20 No Safe Haven (2023) (PG) ● FILM A single mother moves with her daughter into a ‘smart’ house. Thriller, starring Natalie Brown and Anwen O’Driscoll.

4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) Grace prepares to host her hotel's first wedding reception.

5.00 5 News with Dan Walker 6.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea (R) A look at the Minack Theatre as the curtain rises on its new season. 6.55 5 News Update

7.00 Angela Rippon's River Cruises (R) Angela finishes her journey into Vietnam along the Mekong River. Last in series. 7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Our Great Yorkshire Life (AD) Peter Wright joins Leeds Rowing Club on the Aire and Calder Canal, and wildlife artist Robert Fuller helps orphaned tawny owl chicks join a family.

9.05 Play for Today: Closing Time (AD) A gifted migrant begins a passionate affair with an engaged lawyer, who encourages his hidden culinary ambitions. Drama, with Antonio Aakeel and Ellora Torchia.

10.05 Piers Morgan Uncensored: Terror Hijack Horror Bold, opinion-led news show hosted by Piers Morgan, blending journalism, debate and cultural commentary that is unapologetically direct.

12.05 Traffic Cops: Elite Squad One (R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 Cornwall: A Year by the Sea (R) 2.50 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) 3.40 The Cruise: Fun-Loving Brits at Sea (AD,R) 4.25 The Wonderful World of Chocolate (R) 5.15 Entertainment News 5.25 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (AD,BSL,R)

▲ Particularly liable to offend

If Jaws left you scared of the sea, wait till you see this boat-crunching squid

F PRIME Minister Andy Burnham really wants to take us back to the 1970s, he'll be delighted to learn that television is already doing its bit.

ROLAND WHITE LAST NIGHT'S TV

Amazon Prime Video started streaming a miniseries of Carrie this week, and Netflix last night offered what is essentially Jaws — with a boat-crunching, man-eating giant squid instead of a killer shark.

The next thing you know, they'll be updating Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and streaming a radical remake of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.

The great white shark of Jaws was sporting enough to wait for people to take a dip before it ate them.

The sea creature of Below — of which we catch only a fleeting underwater glimpse in the first episodes — will grab you if you so much as stand by the water to admire the view.

And there is plenty of view to admire. Below was filmed in the fishing village of Snook's Arm on Newfoundland, which is a

THE NOT SO YOUNG ONES: Who says TV is obsessed with youth? In Sam & Ade Go Birding (Ch5), the two actors visit an osprey sanctuary in Wales and clearly feel their age: 'Ooh, it's nice to sit down.' Meanwhile, Ade, 69, complains that bumpy roads play havoc with his bladder. It's like watching Last Of The Summer Wine with birds of prey.

bit like Northern Exposure's Cicely, Alaska, but with more sea and slightly less to do.

There was barely time to settle comfortably on the sofa before the killer squid claimed its first victim.

The action opened in 1986 with the Penney family in a small wooden boat, making their way across an expanse of water and towing their home behind them. They were being resettled to Snook's Arm.

Suddenly, the house snagged on something. Father Leo hopped from the boat to the house to see what might be wrong. Very bad idea.

What happened next would haunt Leo's young son Calvin for the rest of his life. Especially the bit where he gazed over the side and spotted something vaguely threatening under the water.

He couldn't make out what it is, and neither could we.

Forty years later, Calvin (Josh Hartnett) has his own fishing

N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS BBC1: 7.30pm The Chronicles of Foyle. WELSH TV VARIATIONS

BBC1: 7.30pm Back in the Day. 11.30 The Golden Cobra. Triple bill of the animated comedy. 12.15am RuPaul's Drag Race UK. 1.20 BBC News. BBC2: 3.15pm Vintage Antiques Roadshow. 4.00 Flog It! 4.45 Match of the Day Wales Live. Albania v Wales (Kick-off 5pm). 7.15 House of Games. 7.45 Strictly: It Takes Two. 8.15 Gardeners' World. 9.15 Beechgrove Repotted. 9.30 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 12.05 Dau Gi Bach. 12.30 Heno. 1.00 Y Sin. 1.30 Trysorau Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau. 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 2.05 Prynawn Da. 3.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 3.05 Hanner Marathon Caerdydd 2026. 4.00 Awr Fawr. 5.00 Stwnsh. 6.00 Cegin Clwyd Bryn Williams. 6.30 Heno. 7.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 7.30 Clwb Rygbi. 9.50 Pel-Droed Rhyngwladol. 10.50 Gwalia Aleighcia. 11.20 3Can.

Below (Netflix) ★★★★☆

boat from which he collects ice for the local drinks industry.

One day he pulls an iceberg from the sea that's rejected because it's too smelly. A local scientist discovers that it's not infected water, but solidified mucus from 'something big, something old'.

Has this big, old thing anything to do with a missing Portuguese fishing vessel and its crew? And a leg discovered by the coastguard, which has had its bone marrow sucked out?

As all this unfolds, the villagers are divided over plans to relocate them yet again. One of Calvin's sons is fed up with looking after Airbnb guests because he wants to go on the boat. The other son is getting threatening texts: 'You're a dead man.'

What does all this mean? Simply that you won't be able to gaze at a picturesque stretch of open water in future without wondering what horrors might lurk below the surface.

■ CHRISTOPHER STEVENS is away.

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PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

ANIMALS, NETFLIX

CO-WRITTEN, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Animals is, on the face of it, a thriller about a kidnapping in the run-up to a mayoral race in Los Angeles. It's also a portrait of a marriage on the edge, with Affleck as aspiring mayoral candidate Mark Kimball, and Scandal's Kerry Washington (pictured, front, with Affleck) as his therapist wife, Abby. It's Mark and Abby's son who has been kidnapped, but what will they need to do to get him back? Gillian Anderson co-stars as icily mysterious fixer Dayle Burton, who rocks a white suit like a Bond villain and urges Mark and

ROCK DOCUMENTARY Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger, Disney+

THIS Oasis documentary had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. It's very far from an inaccessible or artsy piece of work, though, and, as long as you're not allergic to the Gallagher brothers, it's a thoroughly entertaining if exceedingly profane entry into the rock-doc oeuvre. Chronicling Liam (pictured) and Noel's comeback tour after a 15-year estrangement, it's maybe – no, definitely – a blatant exercise in iconography, presenting their reunification as roughly as important to the world as the reunification of Germany. Nevertheless, it's a viewing treat.

Abby to be honest with each other. 'Your son's life is at stake, so whatever secrets you've kept from each other need to come out now,' she advises, coolly. You get the feeling

their marriage will either be stronger or destroyed by the time the credits roll. Anderson is a mesmerising presence on the edge of a thriller that roams across a starkly depicted LA as it

BRITISH MOVIE Mother's Pride, 8pm, Sky Premiere

INSPIRED by the sad fact that dozens of pubs are shutting down every year, this comedy drama from the makers of Fisherman's

unpacks a tension-riddled plot. The film is also a portrait of that city — of the sharp disparity between neighbourhoods, English-speaking and Spanish, poor and definitely-not-poor.

Friends focuses on a failing pub and a grieving family whose lives are uplifted by brewing real ale together. It's a well-intentioned celebration of rural life, packed with familiar faces including Josie Lawrence, Mark Addy, Miles Jupp and Martin Clunes, who come together to take on Luke Treadaway's villainous toff.

ACTION COMEDY

Matchbox: The Movie, Apple TV

JESSICA Biel and John Cena star in an enjoyably silly action comedy loosely based on the toy metal vehicles. They play friends who used to play with Matchbox cars together. And now? They're on the run for stealing a nuclear weapon.

TIME	BBC 4
	9 (Scot 24)
7.00pm	TOTP: 2000 Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme	The Simpsons Moe joins a dating agency
7.30pm	TOTP: 2000 Featuring Billie Piper, Bon Jovi, Sia, Belle & Sebastian and Chrissie Hynde	Brooklyn Nine-Nine Peralta and Boyle try to catch a drug dealer
8.00pm	TOTP: 1977 With Deniece Williams and the Stranglers	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023,12) Ethan Hunt and fellow Impossible Missions Force operatives Benji Dunn and Luther Stickell race to acquire two halves of an interlocking 3D key that can regain control of a lethal artificial intelligence. Opportunistic thief Grace unwittingly picks a pocket and becomes entangled in the globe-trotting caper. Action thriller, starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and Simon Pegg
8.30pm	TOTP: 1984 An edition from October 11 featuring Kim Wilde, Sade and Wham!
9.00pm	9.10 The Genius of Funk A compilation of performances from the BBC archives, featuring Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang and Average White Band
9.30pm
10.00pm	10.10 Cymande at Glastonbury 2025 With Cymande and Black Uhuru
10.30pm	10.40 Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande The story of Cymande, a group of black musicians who came together in London during the early 1970s and were highly influential and largely overlooked (To 12.10)	11.05 Naked Attraction A 27-year-old former club rep and a 27-year-old technophobe each choose a date from a selection of naked people (To 12.10)
11.00pm
11.30pm

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win Husband-and-wife team Richard and Lorna are back to finish their game

The 1% Club Quiz

hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are about logic and common sense, with 100 contestants having a chance of winning up to £100,000

Big Brother: Live Eviction A look at the latest 24 hours in the house before hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best announce the latest housemate to face eviction in front of a live audience

10.35 Family Guy Brian and Stewie revisit the pilot

11.05 Family Guy Lois befriends a local news presenter

11.35 American Dad!

Stan's old wrestling record comes under threat (To 12.05)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.30am FILM: The Big Trail. (1930) (U) 2.00pm FILM: Springfield Rifle. (1952) (U) 4.00 Traffic Cops. 5.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 9.00 FILM: Brannigan. (1975) (15) Thriller, starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough. 11.20 The X-Files.

BBC THREE

Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107

7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Horrible Histories. 7.35 FILM: Shrek 2. (2004) (U) 9.00 Death in Paradise. 10.00 Mrs Brown's Boys. 11.00 FILM: Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie. (2014) (15)

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 112 Virgin 132

12noon Sabrina the Teenage Witch. 1.00 Friends. 9.00 Michael McIntyre's Big Show. 10.00 Michael McIntyre's The Wheel. 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA. 11.30 Iain Stirling's Roast the Internet.

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am Building Off the Grid. 1.00pm Animal Cops Houston. 3.00 How Do They Do It? 5.00 Undercover Billionaire. 7.00 Gold Rush. 9.00 Expedition Unknown. 11.00 In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers.

E4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 9.00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA. 11.00 Modern Family. 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 The Goldbergs. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.

5STAR (DAYTIME)

Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12noon Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Rogue Claimers. 6.00 Home and Away.

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 130 12noon Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 1.00 Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Columbo. 5.00 Inside the Tower of London. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Taggart. 11.05 Prisoner: Cell Block H.

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 11.10am NCIS. 2.05pm Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS.

FOOD NETWORK UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am The Great British Bake Off. 12.30pm Classic Mary Berry. 1.00 James Martin's Favourite Feasts. 1.30 James Martin: Delicious. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure. 4.00 Jamie's Quick & Easy Food. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin's Favourite Feasts. 6.30 James Martin: Delicious. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 8.30 Classic Mary Berry. 9.00 Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen. 10.00 Ravneet Gill's Chop House. 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 2.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 FILM: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (2011) (18)

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 10.15am Dawson's Creek. 11.10 Charmed. 12.05pm Deal or No Deal. 1.05 Supermarket Sweep. 2.05 Ant & Dec's Limitless Win. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Potomac. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase.

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 9.15am Inspector Morse. 11.30 Heartbeat. 1.35pm The Royal. 2.40 Wild at Heart. 3.40 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 9.35am The Champions. 10.40 Underwater Grand Fishing Adventure. 11.40 The Professionals. 12.45pm The Champions. 1.50 American Pickers. 3.50 Ice Road Truckers. 5.45 Minder. 6.50 Hornblower. Part one of two.

MORE4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 10.00am Four in a Bed. 11.35 Come

Dine with Me. 2.15pm Four in a Bed. 4.50 Car S.O.S. 6.50 The Dog House.

NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC

Sky 129 Virgin 183

11.00am Car S.O.S. 12noon Inside Sydney Airport. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Africa: Earth's Wild Home. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt. 5.00 Ice Road Rescue. 6.00 Seconds from Disaster. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 World War II: Secrets from Above. 10.00 The Infinite Explorer with Hannah Fry. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

PBS AMERICA

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 1.00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands. 1.40 Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles. 2.50 The Siege of Leningrad. 3.55 WWII in Colour: Road to Victory. 5.00 The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 6.15 Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles. 7.25 The Siege of Leningrad. 8.35 WWII in Colour: Road to Victory. 9.40 The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt. 10.55 The Siege of Leningrad.

REALLY

Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165

12noon The Yorkshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters: The Restorers. 5.00 Long Lost Family. 6.00 The Repair Shop. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 The Bad Foot Clinic. 10.00 Take My Tumour. 11.00 Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted.

SKY ARTS

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123

12noon Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 3.00 Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation. 4.00 Discovering: Sissy Spacek. 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2015. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 8.00 Genesis: When in Rome. 9.50 Elton John: Million Dollar Piano.

SKY ATLANTIC

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10.15am Deadwood. 12.25pm Gomorrah. 1.30 Homicide: Life

RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ

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 Professor Dame Parveen Kumar. 10.00 Woman's Hour. 11.00 PICK The Food Programme. 11.45 To Go or Not to Go. Last in series. 12noon News. 12.04 AntiSocial. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 The Turning Point. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama on 4: Underground. With Ava Hinds-Jones. 2.45 When Banksy Comes to Town. 3.00 Gardeners' Question Time. Peter Gibbs hosts from Kew.

on the Street. 3.30 Billions. 5.45 House of the Dragon. 8.00 Fargo. 9.00 War. 10.05 Under Salt Marsh. 11.10 Euphoria.

SKY COMEDY

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11.50am Will & Grace. 12.20pm The Baby. 1.40 The Chair Company. 3.00 Will & Grace. 4.00 Breeders. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 Resident Alien. 9.00 Katherine Ryan: First Born Daughter. 10.30 Hacks. 11.15 The Baby.

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

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12noon FILM: Gates of Heaven. (1978) (12) 1.45 My Icon: Ebony Rainford-Brent. 2.00 On the Line: The Richard Williams Story. 3.50 My Icon: Leon Pryce. 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: James Coburn. 6.00 FILM: Bobby Robson:

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO THE FOOD PROGRAMME, 11AM, RADIO 4

THE traditional roast has survived every food fad there's been and is still going strong. In this celebration of the quintessentially British meal, food critic Jimi Famurewa examines the combinations of meat, sides and gravy that we adore, and explores the worldwide appeal of

3.45 Short Works. 4.00 Last Word.

4.30 More or Less. Tim Harford looks at UK pensions, Russia's GDP and heatwave deaths. 5.00 PM: Weather.

6.00 Six O'Clock News.

6.30 The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman is joined by Daliso Chaponda, Kyrah Gray, Coco Khan and Finlay Christie.

More Than a Manager. (2018) (12) 8.00 FILM: Lancaster. (2022) (PG) 10.00 FILM: Gascoigne. (2015) (15) 11.50 FILM: Lennox: The Untold Story. (2020) (15)

SKY HISTORY

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12noon Secrets of Great British Castles. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 Britain's Most Historic Towns. 9.00 WWII Battles in Colour. 11.00 Contraband: Seized at Sea.

SKY ONE

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12noon Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 Formula 1. 6.00 Superstore. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 Shark with Steve Backshall. 9.00 The Walking Dead: Dead City. 10.00 Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle. 11.30 Grimsburg.

the humble Yorkshire pudding — while poet Ian McMillan performs his own ode to that ‘alchemy of eggs, milk and flour’. We also hear from food historian Annie Gray, who looks back at how roast meat with all the trimmings became a central part of our culture.

7.00 The Archers.

7.15 Screenshot. The relationship between novels and film. 8.00 Any Questions? Alex Forsyth chairs the political forum from Soudley in Gloucestershire.

SKY SCI-FI

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12noon Star Trek: The Next Generation. 1.00 Stargate Universe. 2.00 La Brea. 3.00 Fantasy Island. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 7.00 Stargate Universe. 8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00 FILM: The Lake. (2022) (12) 11.00 The Walking Dead.

SKY WITNESS

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12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Blue Bloods. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Chicago Med. 9.00 Chicago Fire. 10.00 Chicago PD. 11.00 The Rookie.

TLC

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12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon.

ITV3

6.55 Heartbeat A runaway heiress and her crooked boyfriend run into trouble during an armed raid

Doc Martin The

villagers throw the Ellinghams a farewell party, but Martin and Louisa struggle to make the big event

Doc Martin

A surgeon takes a job as a GP in the sleepy Cornish village of Portwenn, despite opposition from a schoolteacher

Downton Abbey

Christmas special from 2012. Robert and his family make their annual summer visit to his Scottish cousins at Duneagle Castle, leaving most of their servants at home

11.55 DCI Banks

Part one of two. A child goes missing (To 12.55)

6.50 Hornblower First of a two-part drama. C.S. Forester's seafaring hero saves the Renown from seemingly certain disaster, but ends up charged with mutiny. loan Gruffudd and Robert Lindsay star

MORE4

The Losers (2010,12) Elite soldiers are

betrayed and left for dead by their CIA employers, but return to seek revenge. Action adventure, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans. Includes FYI Daily

11.05 All Elite

6.50 The Dog House A basset hound seeks approval from two childhood sweethearts

Wrestling: Dynamite Top action from Paris, including Will Ospreay v Kazuchika Okada, Mercedes Mone v Queen Aminata, and Bandido v Kofi (To 1.05)

7.55 The Dog House A spaniel called Lottie has arrived after escaping from a puppy farm and Raksha may prove to be her ‘soul sister’. Hurricane the husky meets excitable lurcher puppy Peaches

Coastal Unit Iris and

Victor investigate the suspicious death of a firefighter, who fell from the top of a fire control tower

10.15 24 Hours in A&E

A man is rushed to St George's after collapsing on a tennis court, and the resus team has to work quickly to get his heart rate under control

SKY MIX

11.20 24 Hours in A&E A woman is rushed in following a suspected stroke (To 12.20)

Star Trek: The Next Generation Part two of two. Worf discovers elderly Klingons are being held captive in a penal colony under the control of a Romulan

Hawaii Five-0 The team find a body in the boot of a stolen vehicle during an investigation into a group of car thieves

Basic Instinct (1992,18) A hard-drinking con

drinking cop investigating a murder case lets his feelings for the sultry and manipulative chief suspect cloud his judgement. Thriller, with Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas

Grimm Nick is seemingly killed (To 12.30)

QUEST

Antiques Road Trip Louise Gostelow and David Harper charge on the windy moors of West Yorkshire, questing for antiques for their final auction

The Yorkshire

Auction House Angus receives a call from two sisters desperate to find new homes for their late father's incredible collection of circus memorabilia

The Repair Shop

Geoff Harvey is tasked with the restoration on a 1970s pinball machine

The Repair Shop The

restoration experts tackle three unique projects, including a chair in which President John F. Kennedy once sat

How Do They Do It? A look at how the spirit aquavit is made

How Do They Do It? How 28 million plastic bags are made every day (To 12.00)

U&DAVE

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Paul and Bob fish for perch

7.40 I'll Get This Five celebrities go out for dinner together

8.20 Would I Lie to

You? With guests Jo Brand, Sam Quek, Bobby Seagull and Joe Thomas

QI XL Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Rob Brydon and Alan Davies answer questions on holidays. Quiz with a difference, hosted by Stephen Fry

Have I Got a Bit More News for You Adil Ray hosts an extended episode of the satirical quiz, with panellists Jess Phillips MP and writer and presenter Richard Osman

8 Out of 10 Cats: Best Bits Highlights from the panel show

11.50 Mock the Week

11.30 Mock the Week With Maisie Adam, Ed Byrne, Ed Gamble and Sukh Ojla (To 12.30)

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Compo changes his image to impress Nora. Starring Frank Thornton and Bill Owen

Miss Marple:

The Murder at the Vicarage An unpopular colonel is found dead in the vicarage of St Mary Mead and investigations reveal no shortage of suspects. Whodunit, starring Joan Hickson

New Tricks

A bloodstained bust is uncovered during construction work in a cemetery

11.20 Judge John

Deed The powers-that-be pile the pressure on Deed to acquit an MI5 informer who may be able to infiltrate the Real IRA (To 1.20)

GPs: Behind Closed Doors A woman with epilepsy has a tough decision to make about the medication she has been offered

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

Second Counts Paramedics bring in a 78-year-old former miner who is suffering with chest pain

999: Critical

Condition A man is rushed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital after his parachute fails and he is slammed into the ground 100 feet below

A&E After Dark

A man is rushed to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital after a stabbing and the knife-wielding attacker is also brought in

Skin A&E Four top dermatologists treat patients for skin conditions (To 12.00)

NCIS An investigation into the bizarre murder of a Navy pilot leads to a confrontation between the NCIS team and a no-nonsense attorney

NCIS Gibbs discovers Tony's father is linked to the team's latest investigation, which involves an assassination attempt on a Saudi prince

Beauty and the Beast

Vincent is arrested for murder, leaving Cat and her friends with the tasks of finding out who reported him to the police

Beauty and the Beast

Vincent and Cat try to keep a low profile when a massive manhunt is launched to track down the beast. Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan star

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A man with dementia admits to murder, but Benson and Carisi believe there is far more to the case (To 12.00)

8.55

This Week in History. Including the founding of Eton College.

9.00 Free Thinking.

As Woman's Hour marks its 80th anniversary, Matthew Sweet and guests look for women's voices in historical archives and how representation has changed through the decades.

5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 90 Day Fiance. 11.00 Dr Pimple Popper.

U&ALIBI

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11.00am The Doctor Blake Mysteries. 12noon Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. 1.00 Death in Paradise. 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries. 4.00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries. 5.00 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. 6.00 The Coroner. 7.00 Father Brown. 8.00 Death in Paradise. 9.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. 10.00 Annika. 11.05 Father Brown.

U&DAVE (DAYTIME)

Freeview 19 Sky III Virgin 127 12noon Hairy Bikers' Best of British. 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries. 2.00 Top Gear. 3.00 Our Guy in Japan. 4.00 Rick Stein's Cornwall. 6.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British.

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10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Stations. By Louise Kennedy. Last in series.

11.00 Americast. Cultural and social stories breaking in the U.S.

12midnight News; Weather. 12.30 To Go or Not to Go. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

U&DRAMA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116

10.55am Casualty. 11.55am The Bill. 12.55pm Classic EastEnders. 2.15 Classic Neighbours. 2.50 Neighbours. 3.20 Sister Boniface Mysteries. 4.20 Father Brown. 5.20 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

U&EDEN

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12noon Find It, Fix It, Flog It. 5.00 The Two Ronnies.

U&GOLD

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11.50am The Good Life. 12.25pm Only Fools and Horses. 1.45 Keeping Up Appearances. 2.25 Dad's Army. 3.00 The Green Green Grass. 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.20 The Good Life. 5.00 Dad's Army. 5.40 Last of the Summer Wine. 7.00 Only

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Fools and Horses. 9.40 The Fast Show. 10.20 Only Fools and Horses.

U&W

Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125 12noon DIY SOS: Grenfell. 1.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes. 5.00 DIY SOS: Grenfell. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country. 9.00 Special Ops: Crime Squad UK. 10.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country. 11.00 Ghosts.

U&YESTERDAY

Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129
12noon Antiques Roadshow. 2.00 Bangers & Cash. 4.00 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. 5.00 Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 Cornwall with Simon Reeve. 8.00 Canal Boat Diaries. 10.00 Bangers & Cash.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT

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9.00am Live Formula 1. The Singapore Grand Prix practice session. 11.00 Sky Sports FC. 12noon Total Football. 1.00 Live Formula 1. The sprint qualifying session. 3.00 Live DP World Tour Golf. The Open De España. 6.00 Premier League Show. 7.00 Sports Centre. 7.30 Live EFL. West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers (Kick-off 8pm). 10.30 Paper Talk. 11.00 Sky Sports News.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

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12noon Total Football. 5.00 The Premier League Show. 7.00 Premier League Preview. 7.30 The Big Interview. 8.00 Fantasy Show. 8.30 PL Stories. 9.00 Premier League Preview. 9.30 The Big Interview. 10.00 Fantasy Show. 10.30 PL Stories. 11.00 Premier League Years.

SKY CRICKET

Sky 405 Virgin 505

7.30am Live Test Cricket. South Africa v Australia. Day one at Kingsmead, Durban. 4.30pm The

MOVIES

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Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428 11.00am D-Day: The Sixth of June. (1956) (PG) 1.10pm The Yellow Mountain. (1954) (PG) 2.45 Forty Guns. (1957) (PG) 4.30 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw. (1958) (U) 6.35 Earthquake. (1974) (PG) 9.00 The Green Mile. (1999) (18) 12.45am Glass. (2019) (15)

GREAT! ACTION

Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426 11.00am Tomorrow We Live. (1943) (U) 1.00pm The High Chaparral. 2.00 Burn Notice. 4.00 Witness Unprotected. (2018) (12) 6.00 The Unit. 7.00 Burn Notice. 9.00 Salt. (2010) (12) 11.00 The Unit.

GREAT! CHRISTMAS

Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424 10.15am A Holiday Wish Come True. (2018) (PG) 12.15pm A Gingerbread Romance. (2018) (PG) 2.15 Falling in Love at Christmas. (2021) (PG) 4.15 Holiday Date. (2019) (PG) 6.10 A Joyous Christmas.

Hundred Bitesize. 5.00 World Cup. 6.00 Test Cricket. 7.00 SA20. Coverage of the auction for the 2027 season of the T20 competition. 8.00 Test Cricket Bitesize. 8.15 The Hundred Bitesize. 8.30 T20 Cricket. 9.00 Test Cricket. 10.00 SA20. Coverage of the auction for the 2027 season. 11.00 Test Cricket.

SKY MIX

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12.30pm Legends of Darts. 1.00 NFL. 2.00 World Grand Prix Darts. 4.30 Legends of Darts. 5.00 Wheelchair Rugby. 6.00 Indycar. 8.35 My Icon: Moeen Ali. 8.45 My Icon: Dan Bethell. 9.00 PL Retro. 11.00 NFL Highlights.

TNT SPORTS 1

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12.30pm Cricket Reload. 1.15 T20 Cricket Highlights. 2.15 Live International T20 Cricket. India v West Indies. Coverage from Ranchi. 6.15 The Breakdown. 6.30 Premier League Preview. 7.00 Live The PREM. Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby (Kick-off 7:45pm). 10.00 Lewis Moody vs MND.

(2017) (PG) 8.00 Our Christmas Wedding. (2023) (PG) 10.00 Road to Christmas. (2018) (U)

GREAT! MYSTERY

Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425
11.05am Murder, She Wrote.
12.05pm Unforgettable. 1.00 In Plain Sight. 2.00 Castle. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Murder, She Wrote. 7.00 Castle. 8.00 Unforgettable. 9.00 Reef Break. 11.00 in Plain Sight.

SKY DRAMA

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11.15am Materialists. (2025) (15) 1.20pm Empire of the Sun. (1987) (PG) 3.55 True Grit. (2010) (15) 6.00 Boyz N the Hood. (1991) (15) 8.00 The Choral. (2025) (12) A choral society's male members enlist in the Second World War, leaving the demanding Dr Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Drama, starring Ralph Fiennes. 10.05 Cast Away. (2000) (12) A courier service manager is forced to fend for himself when a plane crash leaves him stranded on a desert

TNT SPORTS 2

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10.15 Live World Superbikes. From Estoril. 11.30 MotoGP Films. 12noon It's A Numbers Game. 12.30 MLB. 1.00 MotoGP. 1.30 MotoGP Films. 2.30 MotoGP. 3.00 Live World Superbikes. 4.45 World Superbike Rewind. 5.00 Fantasy Show. 5.30 Premier League Interview. 6.00 Inside Serie A. 6.30 MotoGP. 7.00 MotoGP Films. 7.30 Fantasy Show. 8.00 Premier League Preview. 8.30 MLB. 9.00 Women's Cycling World Tour. 10.00 MotoGP. 10.30 TNT Sports Reload. 11.00 WRC Review.

TNT SPORTS 3

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12noon WRC Review. 1.00 Ultimate Pool. 2.30 TNT Sports Reload. 3.00 Serie A. 3.30 Champions League Classics. 5.00 MLB Highlights. 5.30 It's A Numbers Game. 6.00 Women's Cycling World Tour. 7.00 Men's Cycling Pro Series. 8.00 Champions League Classics. 9.00 The Fantasy Show. 9.30 Premier League Preview. 10.00 Champions League Magazine. 10.30 UTMB World Series.

island. Adventure drama, starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt.

SKY PREMIERE

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11.55am The Deb. (2024) (15) 2.05pm One Last Shot. (2026) (15) 3.45 Cold Storage. (2026) (15) 5.30 Better Man. (2024) (15) 8.00 Mother's Pride. (2026) (12) Comedy, starring Martin Clunes and James Buckley. 9.45 The Deb. (2024) (15) 11.50 Cold Storage. (2026) (15)

TALKING PICTURES TV

Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 11.10am The Glass Mountain. (1949) (U) 1.05pm The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre. 2.15 The Adventures of Robin Hood. 2.45 Nurse on Wheels. (1963) (U) 4.30 The Cheaters. 5.00 A Family at War. 6.00 Rooms. 7.00 Z Cars. 8.00 Public Eye. 9.00 Cellar Club with Caroline Munro. 9.05 The Changeling. (1979) (15) 11.20 Cellar Club with Caroline Munro. 11.25 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. (1973) (15)

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family means than most. You're the custodian of close bonds. You know that no amount of time or biological similarity can match a genuine connection. A niggling concern about something at home, or with a relative, may be hard to ignore today. You might have let a pattern of behaviour slide for the sake of keeping the peace. That

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LEO July 24 - Aug 23

AS CHILDREN, most of us were told 'if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all', but that advice doesn't always serve us as adults. Sometimes there comes a point where an unpleasant truth must be told. You are being asked for your opinion on a matter about something which has been bothering you. Use your wisdom to work out a way to use kind words that get the message across clearly today. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0305*

VIRGO Aug 24 - Sep 23 IT MAY not sound romantic, but all relationships include a transactional element. Questions about money, time or favours owed may come up today, and you might realise you have been giving more than you can comfortably afford. Setting a limit doesn't make you miserly. It makes you sensible. If somebody asks for something you can't provide right now, offer what you can instead. Protecting your resources means you can keep helping in the long run. What do the stars have in store for you? Call for your personalised horoscope reading: 0905 789 0306*

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Magna Carta, Mighty charter; The king and nobles hammered out a pact, Establishing a different way To govern, shortly past midday,

Signed at 1215, to be exact. Eight hundred years Of hopes and fears Have failed to sweep these principles away,

Underpinning modern laws is A gamut of the finest clauses, Establishing the rights we hold today.

The right to purchase parsnips on a Tuesday, The right to hunt for weasels after dark,

The right of any English farmer

To wear a suit of steel-plate armour

When practising his banjo in the park.

You have the right to imitate a hamster,

The right to say: 'It's raining' when it's not,

The right to eat a steak and kidney

Pie and call your goldfish Sidney,

And wear a stripy blazer on a yacht.

It's your established right to pluck your nose hair, And scatter it around the

Wordy Wise

LABERTY – experimental line. LOONESS – you’d have to be mad to travel on these trains. WILDMAY – leads to a tiring June. HUFFRAGETTE – constant delays give you the hump. BEAVER – busiest line. MINDRUSH – be careful of the crowds, as well as the gap. T. Nichols, Basildon, Essex

Limerick

New Strictly Come Dancing has shown The old hosting number has grown, With one slightly geeky, One chipper and cheeky, And one who's just made it her own. Margaret Buckley, Holmfirth, W. Yorks neighbourhood, You have the right, when offered cheese, To say: 'I'll just have biscuits, please,' Though it's hard to see why anybody would. You have the legal right to laugh at llamas, Though not alpacas, that point's very clear, Your right to wear a purple trilby Is enshrined and ever will be Within this ancient text that we revere. Magna Carta, Greatest charter, Of this or any other time or age, Gives me the right to tell old jokes, So let me educate you, folks: Where was it signed? At the bottom of the page! Mike Simpson, Leicester

Sign Language

IN FULL: This notice was on the door of an artist's studio in Easton, Bristol. ITANEWUI? (If the abbreviation needs explaining, why use it?) F. Harvey, Bristol

Joke

I WAS feeling pretty pleased with myself when a friend said I had aged like a fine wine. Then my wife said: 'Yes, but beware of the sediment.' Roger Smith, Redruth, Cornwall

Picture That!

Follow-up

READING Tony Swalwell's entertaining account of his return to Blighty in a car barely able to function, I was reminded of an item on my Reverse Bucket List (a list of scary things you did in the past without thinking but which you wouldn't do now). In addition to once swimming unawares with poisonous jellyfish in Greece, and taking my precious eight-year-old daughter on the back of my little 250cc motorbike up the M1, through the windiest part at Watford Gap, some years ago I managed to drive the 170 miles home from Milton Keynes to York alone in a car that was too small to overtake anything, in pouring rain, with broken windscreen wipers and – best of all – while wearing my reading glasses! My husband still ribs me about it (and the jellyfish) 20 years later... Perhaps other readers would care to share items on their Reverse Bucket List. I'd love to read some.

Fiona Crawford, Fulford, York

One-line Philosophers

■ THE unpalatable truth is that some people have no taste.

Mr P. Turberville, Derby ■ NEVER put off until tomorrow what you can do today – because if you do it today and like it, you can do it again tomorrow.

Peter Smithson, Rishton, Lancs

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FEELING THE HEAT: Phew! It's hot work being a sunflower. J. Brocklehurst, Wellington, Somerset

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

OUR seven-year-old great-granddaughter Cloe asked her mother for a pair of 'quick shoes'. Looking puzzled, she told Cloe she hadn't heard of those, so didn't know where she would go to get her a pair. 'Text Nanny, she'll know,' she replied. 'She's got a pair – you just slip your feet into them.'

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Alien tech

HELEN PENNEY (Letters) asks why ‘smart’ tech has made it impossible to speak to a human being in customer services.

The computer was put on Earth by aliens to drive us insane so they could take over the planet. They have almost succeeded. I was 47 when I acquired my first mobile phone and now, 30 years later, I am frightened to leave my flat without it.

On a family visit to Yellowstone National Park, my grandson exhibited symptoms of extreme stress and anxiety when told to put his smartphone away and look out of the car window at the amazing scenery.

We now have a younger generation who cannot talk to other humans except via a smartphone, and people who stare into one every time they walk down the street.

I estimate that after another five or six years, the aliens will switch off all Earth's computers and invade, as we all mutely await instructions from a blank computer screen.

STUART BOWER, Shoreham, W. Sussex

Ulterior motive

WHY is John Healey referred to as 'the man who quit as Defence Secretary over lack of investment'?

He quit to get Starmer ousted and his pal Burnham promoted, the reward being a top job in government where he could refuse to raise the level of defence investment. He would do very well in The Traitors.

DEREK SIM, Stocksfield, Northumberland

Dead or alive

THE strange case of Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee proved problematic, has parallels with that of Maggie Dickson, who in 1724 was sentenced to hang by an Edinburgh court for concealing a pregnancy and the death of a baby.

She was duly hanged and being taken away for burial when knocking noises were heard from her coffin.

Maggie was found to be alive and, as her sentence was deemed to have been legally carried out, ‘Half-Hangit Maggie’ was set free and lived for a further 40 years.

Her ‘death’ meant her marriage was automatically dissolved but she and her husband soon remarried.

HEATHER SPINK, Dallington, E. Sussex

1066 and all that

THOSE of us young enough to be here in 40 years' time will likely mark the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings with a William on the throne (at the expense of a Harry). NIGEL RAWLINGS, Mickleover, Derbys

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■ APART from me, is there anyone else Gyles Brandreth doesn't know personally? DECIMA BARNES, Barnsley, S. Yorks

■ FARAGE and Clarkson. What a team that pair would make. JOHN SLOWLY,

■ PLEASE can just one MP say they want to cut spending to help repay the national debt. P. MORGAN, Hednesford, Staffs

■ REJOINING the European Union would be like returning to an abusive marriage.

WHAT'S happening in France will happen here. R. TRENHOLME, Worcester Park, Surrey

■ FRANCE is even more of a basket case than we are. B. WILLIAMS, Prescot, Merseyside

Adoption sleuth

THE article in Weekend magazine about post-adoption specialist Ariel Bruce, who does research for the ITV show Long Lost Family, interested me because years ago I contacted Ariel after reading a Daily Mail article about the services she offered.

Ariel searched for and found my birth family. Both my parents were still alive and I had three lookalike siblings and two half-siblings, which opened lots of magical doors.

This lady deserves a gong.

ANGELA HENSTOCK-HUGHES, Brighton, E. Sussex

Phrase ways

FURTHER to the letters on expressions puzzling to non-locals, in my city I've often heard someone in the pub say: 'Whose coat is that jacket, hanging by there over on the floor?'.

MARTIN MAHONEY, Cardiff

Inflation for you

COLIN WOOD (Letters) says he paid more for his car than he did for his

Extraordinary

MY WIFE PAT By Bill Gunn

PAT was born and grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales. Her father was a mechanic and her mother worked in a hospital laundry. She had only one ambition in life: to be a nurse, and she qualified as a state enrolled nurse at Aberystwyth's Bronglais Hospital.

During that time she nursed the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, who was so grateful for her care that he offered to grant her a favour in return. Not one to miss an opportunity, Pat said she dreamed of attending a Buckingham Palace garden party. Soon afterwards, the

tickets arrived and she and her mum enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the palace gardens. When Pat moved to Shrewsbury to complete her training as a state registered nurse in 1971, we met each other on a blind date and hit it off right away. Three years later we married. Pat was now working at the Royal Salop Infirmary and the old Copthorne Hospital South, on the surgical, medical, paediatric, cardiac and general wards, as well as in A&E. Our children, Ali, Lisa and Jamie, were born over the following few years, and Pat returned to work part-time between each birth. We moved to Cardiff for a few years in the Eighties because of my job

We don't all trust the BBC now, John

JOHN SIMPSON, having worked for the BBC for 60 years, is still looking at the Corporation as it used to be. It was once the go-to for world news, renowned for its brilliant and truthful reporting. Sadly, those days are gone. It has been infiltrated by presenters, journalists and programme makers interested only in pushing one point of view: their own. Instead of likening those who have stopped paying their licence fee to shoplifters, Mr Simpson should consider why they do so. Doctoring speeches to misrepresent people. Presenters exhibiting bias against politicians with whom they personally disagree. We want news presented truthfully and programmes that don't put a slant on everything. Otherwise, the BBC will continue to alienate viewers.

SUSAN WHITFIELD, Hayes, Middx POSTING QR codes to teach us how to pay the licence fee during BBC programmes is a sign of desperation.

IAN HARRINGTON, Axminster, Devon

FOR John Simpson to say of those who've stopped paying the licence fee: 'Don't tell me these people don't

Veteran BBC man: John Simpson

watch the BBC, of course they do,' shows a total lack of understanding of the journey many of us, once loyal consumers of BBC news, have taken. Some people are so much inside the BBC bubble, they simply can't imagine that many of us live happy, fulfilled lives without choosing to consume the BBC's output. Many people continue to pay the licence fee (for Test Match Special, in my case) but don't trust the BBC to provide objective, unfiltered news and current affairs, so they now look elsewhere for these.

PATRICK CLEARY, Nottingham

PATRICK CLEARY, Nottingham HOW dare John Simpson label those of us who choose not to consume BBC content ‘shoplifters’? I’m afraid he hasn’t woken up to the fact that thousands no longer trust the BBC or greatly value its content. With so many other platforms now, both the BBC and the licence fee have had their day. Mr Simpson needs to understand that we are in a different world now to the one of bloated BBC funding. Set up a subscription service, stand on your own two feet and see how many want to subscribe to the BBC. It has nothing to do with ‘the essence of what it is to be British’. It’s about freedom of choice.

J. TIBBS, Peterborough, Cambs

JOHN SIMPSON says non-payment of the licence fee is like shoplifting. I beg to differ. You get what you want if you're shoplifting.

GEMMA WOOD, Lytham St Annes, Lancs

house. I did that, too. But a few years ago my parents, aged 97 and 94, paid more for a new sofa than they had for their £2,000 house.

IAN BAINBRIDGE, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

I CAN beat Colin Wood. My dental implants cost more than my house.

ROGER WILKS, Bentley Heath, W. Mids

Beyond belief

HOLDING an anti-Israel rally on October 7 was like holding a pro-Nazi rally on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Sickening.

AVROM BISHOP, Salford, Lancs

Family safety

advice from the first page of the government website on preparing for emergencies: 'Set a reminder in your phone or make a note on your calendar to check your smoke alarms at least once a month. You can involve children in the monthly test too.'

I WAS pleased to note this

Personally, I prefer to check on our children more often.

CLIFF MATHER, Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex

Fighting talk

KEMI'S knockout conference speech has knocked out any chance of a snap election.

K. AKEHURST, Scholar Green, Cheshire

THE Tories promise wonderful policies if they win the next general election. Remind me, though, why did they lose the last one?

New big cat

B. BEST, Hazlemere, Bucks

GLEN BIRKWOOD, Staines, Middx

OH dear. What have Jaguar done? The new model (Daily Mail) looks like a tank. Where have the sleek lines gone?

I'LL wait for the Jaguar Type 02, as I'm not sure 1,015bhp will be enough to keep up with traffic in all the 20mph zones in my city.

LEE TUCKER, Truro, Cornwall

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Caring and compassionate: Pat

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with Royal Mail. Pat then worked in the cardiac unit at the University Hospital of Wales. Returning to Shrewsbury, she spent time as a Marie Curie nurse, caring for cancer patients in their own homes, often remaining with them and their families as they passed away. She approached both her work and her patients with love, care, compassion and great attention to detail. She helped oversee the opening of Portland House Nursing Home in

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Shrewsbury before moving to the Radbrook Care Home, where she became matron. It was there that she had the pleasure of hosting the Duke of Westminster when he paid a visit to Shrewsbury. Later she transferred to the Nuffield Hospital and worked on the wards as well as in the outpatients department. Eventually, at the age of 75, she decided to retire, ending a nursing career she'd started as a teenager. Although Pat and I

divorced in 1993, we remained close. We both married others (and both got divorced again) but throughout it all stayed on the best of terms and got together often – during her final years we saw each other most days. I would take her the Daily Mail, her favourite paper, in which she loved to do the puzzles. My dearest friend, Pat is deeply missed.

■ PATRICIA BERNADETTE GUNN, born May 19, 1943; died March 24, 2026, aged 82.

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QUESTION What became of

The original Emma Peel

the actress Elizabeth Shepherd, who originally played Emma Peel in The Avengers?

FOR a few weeks in 1965, Elizabeth Shepherd was poised to become one of the most famous women on British television.

When Honor Blackman left The Avengers to appear in Goldfinger, Shepherd was chosen as her successor and cast as the newly created character of Emma Peel.

Filming began on the show's fourth series, and she completed one episode and part of another before producers decided the chemistry was not quite what they wanted. The role was recast with Diana Rigg, the filmed material was reshot, and Shepherd's version of Emma Peel was effectively erased from TV history. No complete footage of her performance is known to survive.

Far from ending her career, the set-back proved only a small detour.

Born in 1936 in London, Shepherd had already established herself on British screens by the late 1950s and went on to build a substantial career on stage, television and film.

One of her best-known roles came in Roger Corman's 1964 Gothic horror film The Tomb Of Ligeia, in which she played both Lady Rowena and the mysterious Ligeia opposite Vincent Price. She later appeared in movies including Hell Boats (1970), Damien: Omen II (1978), The Kidnapping Of The President (1980) and the 2009 biopic Amelia.

Her theatre work is even more extensive – Shepherd has performed in the West End, Broadway and Canada, tackling a wide range of Shakespearean and modern roles.

She also became a respected drama teacher, teaching Shakespeare and acting at institutions including the Stella Adler Studio in New York and LAMDA.

So, although Elizabeth Shepherd is often remembered as ‘the actress who almost played Emma Peel’, she has enjoyed a long and successful career in her own right and remains active in the performing arts world at the age of 90.

Carl Hodge, London N10

QUESTIONS

Q: How are corpses portrayed in TV fiction? Are they very lifelike dummies, real people who keep very still, or something else?

Barbara Parsons, Southampton Q: Are celebrities officially knighted with their real name or their stage name?

Q: What is the history of the laugh track? Are they still in use? Tony Thomas, Solihull, West Mids

Long career: Elizabeth Shepherd

QUESTION Has a rugby match ever

ended in a 0-0 draw?

DURING the 1980s I played for Ulverston RLFC and, remarkably, took part in a match that ended 0-0.

It was in the Harry Warman Cup, a handicap competition run by the Barrow & District Amateur Rugby League. The tournament brought together teams from both divisions, with handicaps based on the previous season's league placings.

That year Ulverston's first team had finished bottom of Division One while the A team had topped Division Two, leaving just a two-point handicap between them.

By chance the draw paired the two sides together. Both teams contained several former Barrow Raiders professionals and the game generated plenty of interest around the club. Weeks of banter at training only added to the anticipation.

A larger-than-usual crowd at Dragley Beck watched the match. With players who knew each other inside out, every tackle was fierce and every mistake contested. Yet neither side could find a way through. After 80 bruising minutes the referee blew for full-time with the score still locked at 0-0.

Because of the handicap, the A team were declared winners. Unfortunately I was on the losing side so, along with my team-mates, endured plenty of post-match ribbing.

Joe Slater, Ulverston, Cumbria

QUESTION Has there ever been a duel where both combatants died of their wounds?

YES although such results are uncommon. One is the Hamilton-Mohun duel of 1712. The combatants, James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, met in Hyde Park to settle a decade-long dispute over an inheritance claim that had become entangled with party politics.

Fighting with swords, Mohun was pierced through the chest, while Hamilton received wounds from which he soon died. The duel caused a sensation across Britain, partly because both men were prominent aristocrats and partly because rumours circulated that the men's seconds (their key supporters) had also become involved in the fighting, perhaps even inflicting Hamilton's fatal wound.

Another case occurred in the US in 1831. Major Thomas Biddle, a hero of the War of 1812, was challenged by Missouri Congressman Spencer Pettis after a bitter quarrel. The pair agreed to stand at the extraordinarily short distance of just five feet apart before firing pistols. Both men were struck by the first volley. Pettis died the following day and Biddle succumbed to his wounds two days later, making it one of the rare pistol duels in which both men were killed. D. McDaniel, Lancashire

QUESTION Which river is regarded as the world's most powerful?

FURTHER to the earlier answer, despite the Amazon's huge flow rate, the flatness of most of its course means that actually generating electrical 'power' is not an option and hydroelectric plants are largely confined to its tributaries in the mountains. The most powerful river in terms of generating capacity is the Yangtze in China, thanks to the Three Gorges Dam.

Phil Alexander, Farnborough, Hants

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TODAY'S RECIPE: One-pan mustard pork & apple traybake

Easy dinner. Serves 2 Ingredients

450g Maris Piper or other floury potatoes

2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 1 tbsp cider vinegar 2 tbsp honey 100g long-stemmed broccoli A handful of sage 2 pork loin steaks or medallions

Method

1 Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Cut the potatoes and onion into wedges. Tip into a roasting tin with the fennel seeds and oil, then season and toss to coat. Roast for 20 mins until the potatoes are just becoming tender.

2 Core the apple and cut it into wedges. Whisk the mustard, vinegar and honey together. Add the apple wedges and broccoli to the tin with the potatoes and onions, then tear the sage over and pour the honey-mustard sauce in. Mix to combine, then arrange the pork steaks on top.

3 Turn the oven to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9 and roast for 15-20 mins, or until the pork is cooked through and the potatoes are golden. For more colour on the steaks, slide the tin under a hot grill for the last 5 mins of cooking. Rest for 3-5 mins before serving.

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I T'S easy to be captivated by somewhere you enjoyed as a summer visitor and fantasize about it as a place to retire. But what happens when the days get shorter, the winter closes in and those coastal walks are not so appealing?

That's why property experts advise you to think about that later-life move – next month.

Known as the ‘November test’, the darker days of the 11th month offer a realistic chance to weigh up what works.

Top tips include finding out which cafes stay open through winter and how often community groups meet during the colder months. If you need public transport, you can check out whether timetables are different off-season.

Here, we highlight five locations that pass the test... and where a happy retirement is almost guaranteed.

1. LLANDUDNO, WALES

THE North Wales seaside town which boomed in the later Victorian era is one of the best places to retire in the country.

It was recognised last year by care alarms provider Taking Care, which highlighted the town's higher life expectancy, lower house prices, care homes, green spaces and bingo halls.

It's certainly a lively spot. A Nouran Moustafa, financial adviser at Roxton Wealth points out, there are shops, cafes and restaurants open throughout the year, as well as the buzzy promenade, the Great Orme, parks, theatre and live entertainment at Venue Cymru.

There are also great coastal and regional rail links, keeping the town connected through summer and winter.

‘That matters when someone eventually wants to drive less, or wants children and grandchildren to visit very easily,’ Ms Moustafa adds.

2. ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE

THIS market town is a magnet for retirees, explains Paul Brown, manager of Royston First BID.

It's small enough to create a sense of community without feeling sleepy or cut off. 'For someone moving out of a larger town or city, that can make it a nice middle ground,' he says.

‘There’s a surprising amount going on for a relatively small town. You have cafes, pubs, a twice-weekly market, the leisure centre and lots of local clubs and community groups.

‘Royston Heath is practically on the doorstep if you enjoy walking or just want somewhere green to get out into.’

Meanwhile, the station offers direct connections to Cambridge or London – important for those in later years who prefer not to drive, especially at night.

3. WIMBORNE, DORSET

EARLIER this year, this Dorset town was named by The Times as one of the best places to live in the UK – not least for its buzzy centre edging the River Stour,

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wisteria-covered houses, waterside pubs and pedestrianised square with continental-style pavement cafes.

But Philippa Vickery, sales and marketing director at Wyatt Homes, says it particularly suits retirees.

‘Wimborne offers the best of both worlds – a beautiful historic market town with a lively high street, but countryside and the coast within easy reach.

'In fact, 27 per cent of Wimborne's population is aged 65 or over, compared with 18.9 per cent across England and Wales, demonstrating that this is an existing retirement community.'

While the town itself may not have its own railway station, the Dorset spot is well connected by train and bus, with easy links via nearby transport hubs of Poole and Bournemouth.

4. BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE

KNOWN for its historic character and old town, sequences for The Thursday Murder Club were filmed here and the cob-

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In fact, it's the older generation who give the former fishing village and Victorian spa a sense of community.

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5. CHESHAM AND AMERSHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

SET in the Chiltern Hills, these two market towns were recently ranked the top places to retire in the country by Legal & General.

They totalled 74 out of 100 overall, scoring well for health, good access to GPs, proximity to nature, cost of living and property affordability.

(Incidentally a recent previous study by the financial services giant found that the happiest retirees have an average monthly income of just over £1,700).

They both boast lively town centres buzzing with independent shops, cafes and restaurants.

The towns are also connected to London via the Metropolitan Line and Chiltern Railways – allowing retirees to enjoy a countryside lifestyle without being disconnected from family and culture. Journey times are typically 45 minutes into the city centre.

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THE boss of Tesco yesterday criticised ‘fundamentally unfair’ taxes as he hailed the ‘resilience’ of shoppers in the face of global turmoil.

Chief executive Ken Murphy urged Chancellor John Healey to scrap plans to raise business rates on large retail property such as supermarkets and warehouses.

‘We have long argued that the rate system is fundamentally unfair,’ he said. ‘Retailers pay, on average, four times their fair share of rates.’

He said his ‘one ask’ of the Government going into the Budget was to exempt all retailers from a higher tax-paying band for commercial properties with a rateable value of at least £500,000. This was intro-

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duced by Healey's predecessor Rachel Reeves at last year's Budget and came into effect in April.

There have been fresh fears that there will be increases to the rates paid by firms caught in this band in order to fund cheaper business rates for pubs.

Murphy said: ‘We genuinely believe rates need to be reformed and we urge the Government to exempt retailers from the threshold put in place last year.’

His remarks echoed those of John Lewis chairman Jason Tarry, who said his shops were a ‘destination’ and higher taxes on such ‘anchor stores’ would damage other businesses on the High Street. Tesco, meanwhile, forecast profits of more than £3bn for the year.

Britain's largest supermarket said in April that it was giving a wider-than-usual annual profit forecast, between £3bn and £3.3bn, after the outbreak of the Iran war earlier in the year.

But yesterday it raised the lower end of that guidance, and now expects profits of between £3.15bn and £3.3bn.

Although some shoppers may be considering healthier choices and planning to drink less booze this Christmas, Murphy said he was feeling ‘optimistic’ about the rest of the year.

‘My sense is that customers will want to enjoy Christmas, given all that's going on in the world around them,' he said. Sales rose 1.6pc to £33.7bn and profits rose 6.3pc to £1.8bn in the six months to August 29.

The results came days after it was revealed that Sainsbury's and Morrisons ended talks over a potential billion-pound merger. This would have created a giant with a 23.6pc market share, rivalling the 27.8pc share held by Tesco, according to consumer data firm Worldpanel.

Murphy said the business doesn't ‘dwell too much’ on consolidation in the industry, when asked about the reports.

‘We’re very focused on delivering our strategic plan,’ he said. ‘Whatever happens in the market, we’ll respond to it.’

LSE chief tells Healey to ‘take handbrake off’ Chancellor urged to ditch ‘pernicious’ taxes on investing in British businesses

THE boss of the London Stock Exchange has urged John Healey and Andy Burnham to ‘take the handbrake off’ UK listings by axing ‘pernicious’ taxes on investing in British firms.

Julia Hoggett called for Labour to back Britain by creating the right ‘structural incentives’ for companies to go public in London.

The UK continues to suffer from a dearth of stock market listings and the exodus of some firms to New York or European exchanges.

Foreign private equity firms have also been picking off undervalued British companies at low prices, further diminishing the London market.

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said: 'If we want Britain to back Britain, which is what I hear the Chancellor and the Prime Minister saying, then let's make sure that we're creating structural incentives to do so.

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have included Paddy Power owner Flutter, which moved its listing to New York, and travel giant Tui, now in Frankfurt. UK-based firms including chip giant Arm Holdings have chosen Wall Street over the City for initial public offerings.

Last month, London-based data centre group Nscale filed for a forthcoming New York float.

Many in the City have been

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frustrated at stamp duty rules which they argue hold back investment in UK shares. Under the rules, investors must pay 0.5pc tax when they buy London-listed stocks but there is

no such levy when they buy overseas shares.

That adds to the incentive for investors to plough their money into the US stock market instead. Hoggett told the BBC: 'We charge them to buy Aston Martin but we don't charge in this country. It is a pernicious tax and it undermines the growth of the UK economy.'

She also called for the return of the dividend tax credit, which Gordon Brown scrapped nearly 30 years ago, as well as inheritance tax breaks linked to investing in the UK.

‘We think that package unlocks about £122bn of money over the course of the next six to eight years,’ she said.

She added that there was ‘no shortage of great companies and no shortage of capital’ in Britain, but downbeat sentiment about the UK market was taking its toll. She said: ‘We need to stop throwing shade at ourselves as a nation. It’s a national habit.’

Charles Hall, head of research at City broker Peel Hunt, backed the comments, saying: 'If we accelerate domestic investment this will drive economic growth and tax generation.'

Julian Jessop of the Institute of Economic Affairs agreed that stamp duty must be abolished, saying 'it acts as a brake on economic activity'. But he said the case for using wider incentives to promote domestic investment was 'less convincing'.

‘We need to take the handbrake off.’

Companies quitting London in recent years them to buy Tesla or

Porsche. Last time I looked, Aston Martin actually employed people

‘Instead, the Government should focus on improving the economy’s fundamentals so that people and businesses want to invest here,’ he said.

SAMSUNG looks set to become the first technology

company to post quarterly profits in excess of £60bn as it cashes in on the AI boom. The South Korean chipmaker, which is also known for its smartphones, said operating profit in the third quarter is expected to have risen almost nine-fold to £61bn.

Business has been turbo-charged by surging demand for memory chips used in AI data centres.

Samsung, which partnered with model Cara Delevingne for its SpaceSelfie campaign, pictured, has also been boosted by the success of its latest folding smartphones.

The update puts Samsung on course for its fourth straight quarter of record profits as AI infrastructure investment continues to outpace supply of memory chips.

This has driven up chip prices as customers rush to buy supplies from the likes of Samsung.

Dan Coatsworth of AJ Bell said: 'Samsung continues to benefit from unprecedented levels of demand associated with AI.'

How finance lost its voice

WHO speaks for the City of London? That may sound an odd question given the proliferation

of lobby groups and trade organisations such as UK Finance, City UK, not to mention the Corporation of London and London Stock Exchange.

It used to be that under most circumstances the Square Mile could count on the Governor of the Bank of England to speak up.

Andrew Bailey, to give him credit, is never short of words on the dangers of AI, private credit, sovereign debt, and supply-side shocks.

Much of this is highly relevant to the City, which vies with New York to be the world's greatest financial centre. But it is rarely UK specific.

It is very unusual to hear the governor speak up for the banks, insurers, London trading, asset managers or ordinary investors. The loudest and most public voice to be heard against windfall taxes on the banks is not our callow UK bank chieftains (who can even name them?) but the American chairman of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon. Bailey was an important voice at the start of Covid-19 and the Bank of England did some heavy lifting.

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His predecessor Mark Carney made a real effort to broaden understanding of the City and banking to real people in London and beyond.

It was Mervyn King's finest hour in July 2012 when he summoned the then chairman of Barclays, Marcus Agius, to the Bank and ordered the sacking of chief executive Bob Diamond. Earlier governors Eddie George and Gordon Richardson were never shy of twitching their eyebrows or actively campaigning in Whitehall and in the media about misgivings.

If there were ever a moment to hear from the UK's financial panjandrums, it would be in the run-up to the Budget. It was terrific to hear London Stock Exchange boss Julia Hoggett taking to the airwaves, urging Chancellor John Healey to abolish stamp duty on share trading and encouraging British asset managers to invest in UK plc by offering tax incentives.

Someone needs to counterbalance the never-ending stream of demands from trade unions, Labour's Left, some Cabinet ministers and the toxic Greens for punishment taxes on banks, wealth and enterprise.

One accepts that high pay in finance upsets the unions. Critics need to know that however important manufacturing, innovation and well-oiled public services are to the well-being of the nation, banking, finance and professional services are enormous contributors to the public purse.

FINANCE and legal work contribute up to 12pc of national income. Finance and related industries employ 2.5m people and pay combined taxes of £110.2bn.

Piling further levies on the sector will only encourage mobile City players to move. It is one of the reasons that Revolut, the British fintech most likely to succeed, is looking at Nasdaq as well as London for a float.

A statistic not heard at the party conferences in the many debates on Europe is how well Britain's services economy has done since the financial crisis and leaving the EU.

The House of Commons data library shows services exports up 69pc since 2008 with financial services alone contributing £105.1bn and a surplus of £84.4bn.

There is no divine right to this and the disadvantageous tax regime for the LSE shows how quickly a competitive edge can vanish. As we approach the Budget and the possibility of further tax raids, City fathers are quiet as mice as they scuttle around their glass-and-steel empires.

They should take a leaf out of the Dimon book. More bank levies could see JPMorgan cut and run from its £3bn investment in Canary Wharf.

Not for profit

BRITISH oil major Shell received nothing but ordure when it reported second-quarter profits of £8bn and surging margins this week. Few dispute climate change after recent summers. Contrast Shell-aversion with the wide-eyed glee when South Korean tech giant Samsung unveiled a second quarter profit of £60bn, driven by AI.

Imagine the winter shock for households and data centres if the fossil fuel industry stopped drilling.

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The equity payouts, equivalent to nearly £400m, are expected to be finalised later this month and go to around 20 executives.

Chief executive David Solomon, a part-time DJ who performs as D-Sol (pictured), will be the biggest winner with \$100m (£75m). Details of the payouts were first revealed by Bloomberg News ahead of third-quarter results due to be published next week. They stem from special awards granted in 2021 when Wall Street banks were bouncing back after Covid and cashing in on a frenzy of deal-making. When first announced, the bonuses were described as part of a ‘war for talent’, a description that was said to have annoyed staff.

A Goldman Sachs spokesman said: 'It's no secret our firm has performed exceptionally well in the years since.'

Taylor Wimpey pulls out of new London homes

TAYLOR Wimpey has become the latest house-builder to back away from developing new homes in London as the economic case has ‘evaporated’.

In another blow to Mayor Sadiq Khan's housing targets, the boss of the FTSE 250 housebuilder said she had no intention of building more homes in the capital once the handful of projects already underway were complete.

To meet its housing targets, the Government requires 88,000 houses a year to be built in London, or 22,000 every quarter. Housebuilders have already warned the mayor that London has become a ‘no-go zone’ for investment as unrealistic affordable housing targets are ‘strangling’ efforts to build new homes.

Chief executive Jennie Daly said: 'Baseline viability is, I think, fundamentally broken in London. The reward for under-

By Jane Denton

taking what is a very high-risk form of development in London has just evaporated.'

She pointed to affordability issues, with higher mortgage rates compounding the pain of much higher property prices in the capital.

Stamp duty costs and a lack of foreign investment have also had an effect on house

'Economic viability is broken'

sales. The collapse in buyer demand and rising construction costs have contributed to housebuilders' woes.

Last month, Vistry announced plans to exit its open market operations in the south-east as it grapples with sluggish sales.

The Home Builders Federation last month warned that the mayor's development strategy had ‘effectively made London a no-go zone for housing investment’.

Khan requires housebuilders to make sure 35pc of homes within each development are affordable, which developers say is too high.

This week, Berkeley Group hit out at the Government after losing its battle to build hundreds of homes in Peckham's derelict Aylesham Centre in south-east London.

Developers across the UK have faced rising build costs, additional taxes and extra red tape within the sector.

Data from residential development consultancy Molior showed that construction began on just 2,876 homes in the second quarter of 2026.

A spokesman for the Mayor of London told The Times he was ‘doing everything he can to deliver more homes’ and that he ‘recognises the challenges facing housebuilders’.

Marston's Burton brewery to shut down after nearly 200 years

By Emily Hawkins

THE Marston's brewery in Burton upon Trent is set to be shut down nearly 200 years after the company started making beer in the town.

Owner Carlsberg Britvic said it plans to close the Staffordshire site, which employs 310 workers, next summer as UK drinkers turn away from cask ale. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) called it an ‘absolute disgrace’.

The organisation said it showed that the beer powerhouse did not care about Britain's drinkers.

Carlsberg Britvic chief executive Paul Davies said the ‘stark reality’ was that cask ale volumes had more than halved in the UK in less than a decade.

John Marston first started his brewery company in Burton in 1834, before relocating to the current brewery site on Shob-nall Road in 1898.

The business will keep its major ale brands such as Hobgoblin, McEwan's and Brooklyn, but plans to sell its smaller brands.

Davies said: 'I am very aware that this news will have come as a shock for colleagues, as I recognise the impact of this proposal is significant.'

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52-week High Low

	52-week		High	Low
Aerospace & Defence
Aston Martin....36 $^{8}$	-14		65 $^{8}$	32 $^{2}$
BAE Systems....1836 $^{2}$	+10 $^{2}$		2331	1609 $^{2}$
Chemring Gp....499	-1		638	460
QinetiQ....454	+1		571 $^{2}$	406
Rolls-Royce....1367	-37 $^{8}$		1570 $^{8}$	1029
Senior....297 $^{2}$			311	164 $^{8}$

Banks
Banco Santander	1012	-22	1106	716
Barclays	4268	-58	5308	3574
HSBC Hldgs	13808	-278	15978	9644
Lion Finance	12370	-460	14600	7380
Lloyds Banking	1008	-14	1178	822
Metro Bank	1574	-8	1824	100
NatWest Group	6394	-10	7224	5198
Stan Chartered	2108	-43	2338	13772
TBC Bank	4828	-132	5415	3640

Beverages
Barr (AG)	549xd	-11	708	542
Coca-Cola HBC	4254	+6	5170	3372
Diageo	1622	+11	1874	$1362^{1/2}$

Chemicals
Croda Intnal	3344	+6	3468	2518
Elementis	$178^{14}$	$-1^{38}$	$187^{14}$	$142^{38}$
Johnson Matt	2446	+34	$3199^{8}$	2218
Victrex	924	-5	1010	539

Construction & Materials
Balfour Beatty	866	$-8\frac{1}{2}$	945	644 $\frac{1}{2}$
Breedon	296xd	$-8\frac{1}{4}$	361 $\frac{1}{4}$	273
Genuit Group	272 $\frac{8}{8}$	$-6\frac{1}{4}$	389 $\frac{1}{2}$	243 $\frac{1}{4}$
Grafton Gp	921 $\frac{1}{2}$ xd	$-11\frac{1}{2}$	1050	808 $\frac{8}{8}$
Ibstock	75 $\frac{8}{8}$	$-2\frac{1}{4}$	142	71 $\frac{1}{8}$
Keller Group	3176	$-18$	3444	1466
Kier Group	288 $\frac{4}{4}$	$-3\frac{1}{4}$	313 $\frac{3}{8}$	190 $\frac{3}{8}$
Volution	653	+1	712	562

	52-week		High	Low
Biopharma Credit....734	-1⁄4		744	67
BlackRock Smlr....2622	-1⁄2		3542	668
BlkRckWildMining....923xd	-3		1060	640
BR Greater Eur....569	-8		624	516
Brunner....1550	-6		1580	1354
Caledonia Inv....382	-4		400	312
City of London IT....565	-2		597	503
Edin Inv Trust....819			864	760
Edin Wwide....2772	-42		2902	1964
Euro Sml Co....226	-11⁄2		2462	197
F&C Inv Trust....3488xd	+4		3514	824
Fidelity China....2432	-3		330	241
Fidelity Emg....1504	-26		1562	932
Fidelity Eur....4102xd	-42		444	372
Fidelity Spec Val....459	-1		4762	390
Finsbury G&I Tst....776xd	-4		873	713
Foresight Env....854	-2		914	618
GCP Infra Inv....804	-4		858	70
Global Smaller....1898	-4		1974	1638
Greencoat UK....1124	+4		1158	924
Harbourvest....3205	-30		3500	2870
Henderson Sml Co....945xd	-7		997	774
Herald Inv Trust....2935	-35		3260	2305
HG Capital Trust....3652xd	-72		509	323
HICL Infr....131			1408	109
ICG Enterprise....1380			1600	1310
Invesco Asia....493xd	-6		516	398
JPM American....1246xd			1256	1056
JPM Emerging Markets....1684xd	-38		1804	1264
JPM Euro Disc....599	-4		663	557
JPM Japan IT....830	-10		861	675
Jupiter Fund....1708	-8		1954	140
Law Debenture....1192xd	-24		1276	1000
M&G....3046xd	-38		3648	2548
Mercantile IT....268	-2		289	237
Merchants Trust....648xd	-9		688	544
Molten Ventures....6752	-22		707	3968
Monks Inv Tst....1674	+4		1682	1374
Morgan Sindall....4068xd	-10		5530	3958
Murray Inc Tst....952	-2		1024	873
Murray Intl Tst....353xd	-4		3752	2982
Neuberger Private Eqty....1496	-2		1632	1302
Next Energy Solar....474	-4		624	44
Ninety One....2028			2598	2028
Oakley Capital Inv....500	-14		570	442
Pacific Horizon....1114	-18		1252	726
Pantheon Infra....113xd	-4		1198	101
Pantheon Intl....3792	-2		4072	342
Partners Group....588	-10		942	578
Patria Private....600xd	-2		642	563
Pershing Square....3734	-16		5090	3622
Personal Assets Tr....541	-1		557	517
Polar Cap Gl....2362xd	-22		2562	203
Polar Cap Tech....7052	-62		7332	429
Pollen Street....865xd	+10		964	702
Renewables Infra....758	-4		798	632
RIT Cap Partners....2450xd	-15		2630	2000
Schroder Asia....832	-17		888	646
Schroder Oriental....451	-7		4662	3192
Scot American Inv....552	-1		570	487
Scottish Mortgage....1623	-3		16372	10282

Electricity
Drax Gp	780 $^{1}$ 2xd	+4 $^{1}$ 2	918	704
SSE	2437	-22	2757 $^{1}$ 2	1807 $^{1}$ 2

Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Halma......3500	+22	4878	3312
Morgan Advanced......265	-5	276 $^{2}$	187 $^{18}$
Oxford Instruments......2926	-122	3302	1782
Renishaw......5650	-115	5990	3325

Equity Investment Instruments
3i Infrastructure......	385	+1	396	326
Aberforth Smlr Cos......	1794	-8	1818	1418
AJ Bell......	579 $_{2}$	+8 $_{2}$	643	414 $_{8}$
Alliance Witan......	1397	-5	1406	1188
Allianz Tech......	774	-2	785	488 $_{2}$
Ashoka India......	2402xd	-5 $_{2}$	285 $_{2}$	217
AVI Global Trust......	252 $_{2}$	-2 $_{2}$	272 $_{2}$	239 $_{2}$
Baillie Giff Japan......	1066	-16	1098	834
Baillie Giff US......	390 $_{2}$	-5 $_{2}$	396	265
Bankers InvTst......	154 $_{4}$	-1	157	126 $_{8}$
BH Macro......	419	-2 $_{2}$	462 $_{2}$	394 $_{2}$

TOP RISERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Rightmove Group	502.60	+8.91%
Tesco	500.40	+5.17%
Imperial Brands	2614.00	+5.06%
Bridgepoint Group	382.60	+4.71%
Mony Group	185.50	+4.27%

	52-week		High	Low
Sequoia Econ Infra....83 $^{8}$	-4		87 $^{12}$	75 $^{14}$
Syncona....122 $^{4}$	+8		123 $^{14}$	86 $^{18}$
Templeton Em....332	-4		350	220 $^{12}$
Twentyfour....109			114 $^{14}$	104 $^{18}$
Vietnam Enter....718	-4		848	684
VinaCapital Vietna....416	-8		493	414 $^{12}$
Wwide Healthcare....358	-13 $^{12}$		399	325 $^{12}$

Food Producers
Assoc Brit Foods......	1834	+7	2315	18
Cranswick......	5030	+60	5690	4840
Greencore......	2524	+3%	306%	192
Hilton Food Gp......	715	+7	719	456
Premier Foods......	1924	+3%	2094	167
Princes Group......	328	+2%	479	297%
Tate & Lyle......	5592	-2	569	329%
Unilever......	4626	+3	5472	4078

General Financial

3i Group	2352	-39	4459	2082
Ashmore Gp	$216^4$	-5	$266^4$	$153^2$
Bridgepoint Group	$382^{\text{exd}} + 17^4$		$382^8$	$222^8$
Capital Gearing	512	-1	530	$52^4$
CMC Markets	654	-8	785	206
Coats Group	$81^4$	+ $^4$	$95^8$	$74^8$
Cordiant Digital	$117^2$		127	$117^2$
Foresight Group	437	-12	503	345
Hansa Investment	330	-4	344	326
ICG	1735	-29	2122	1463
IG Gp	963	+13	1938	950
Integrafin	370	+3	$399^2$	$298^2$
Intl Public Prtnships	135	- $^8$	$144^8$	$117^4$
Investec	$588^2$	- $6^2$	682	518
IP Group	$69^8$	- $^2$	$75^8$	$48^8$
London Stock Ex	8470	+154	9992	7170
Man Group	$330^8$	+ $3^8$	343	$187^8$
Nth Atlantic Smlr	418	-10	433	330
OSB Group	$473^8$	- $11^4$	$643^2$	$473^2$
Paragon	702	-3	917	$700^4$
Plus500	3220xd	+14	5070	2950
Quilter	$174^8$	- $^4$	$208^4$	$169^2$
Rathbone Grp	1518	-14	2265	1512
Ruffer Investment	$291^{\text{exd}}$	- $1^2$	$313^2$	$289^2$
SDCL Efficiency	$32^8$	- $^8$	63	32
Seraphim Space	$191^8$	- $^4$	$273^2$	$75^8$
Temple Bar	410	+ $^2$	429	354
TP ICAP	322xd	-1	355	$240^2$
XPS Pensions	$303^2$	+ $2^2$	362	283

52-week High Low
Housebuilders

Health Care Equipment & Services
Convatec......213	$-3^{14}$	256 $^{8}$	194
Oxford Biomedica......513	-15	913	424
Smith & Neph......1003 $^{1/2}$ xd-15 $^{1/2}$		1417 $^{2}$	982 $^{18}$
Spire Health......246 $^{1/2}$	$-2$	247 $^{2}$	142 $^{1/4}$

Barratt Redrow....291 $^{3}$ xd	-8 $^{4}$	409 $^{8}$	241 $^{4}$
Bellway....1965	-35	2868	1715
Berkeley Grp....3176	-16	4434	3104
Crest Nicholson....59 $^{8}$	-8	175 $^{4}$	55 $^{8}$
Persimmon....1205 $^{2}$	-16 $^{2}$	1543 $^{2}$	998 $^{8}$
Taylor Wimpey....74 $^{3}$ xd	-2 $^{4}$	116 $^{2}$	74 $^{8}$
Vistry Group....217 $^{4}$	-7 $^{8}$	736 $^{4}$	217 $^{4}$

Industrial Transportation

Clarkson	5265	+105	5305	3430
Zigup	432	-5	478	326

Industrials
Bodycote	910xd	-2	9602	601
Globaldata	59xd	-18	1242	568
Goodwin	14140xd	-60	27600	11100
Hill & Smith	3000	-100	3320	2050
IMI	3032	-20	3150	2260
Melrose Ind	4384	-114	6814	4358
RHI Magnesita	2705	-135	3345	1980
Rotork	491	+4	4932	2888
Smiths Gp	2710	-52	2847	2118
Spirax Group	7015	-125	7960	6300
Vesuvius	4528xd	-18	503	2502
Weir	2538xd	-22	3546	2274

Leisure Goods

Games Workshop......16350	-190	21940	14470
ME Group ...... $111^{1/4}$	-2	$194^{3/8}$	$100^{1/4}$
Watches of Switz ...... $666^{1/2}$	$-7^{1/2}$	$801^{1/2}$	$359^{3/4}$

Life Insurance

Aberdeen Group	237	+28	261	1854
Aviva	6729xd	-48	737	5918
Legal & General	2852	-28	3168	234
Prudential	8879xd	+68	1220	8784
St James Place	1020	-7	1553	10184
Standard Life	8382xd	-33	953	6492
Media
4imprint	4362	+42	5000	3055
Autotrader Group	4858	+158	816	4274

TOP FALLERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Oxford Nanopore	200.80	-8.98%
Unite Group	419.80	-5.07%
RHI Magnesita	2705.00	-4.75%
Polar Capital	417.50	-4.02%
Oxford Instruments	2926.00	-4.00%

	52-week		High	Low
Bloomsbury....	669	+22	672	438 $\frac{1}{2}$
Informa....	891	+24 $\frac{3}{8}$	993 $\frac{3}{8}$	739 $\frac{1}{4}$
ITV....	66 $\frac{3}{8}$	+ $\frac{3}{8}$	85 $\frac{1}{4}$	65 $\frac{3}{8}$
Mony Group....	185 $\frac{1}{2}$	+7 $\frac{3}{8}$	213	144 $\frac{1}{2}$
Pearson....	1266 $\frac{1}{2}$	+23 $\frac{1}{2}$	1326	891 $\frac{1}{8}$
RELX....	2595	-4	3510	2013
Rightmove Group....	502 $\frac{3}{8}$ xd+41 $\frac{3}{8}$		692 $\frac{3}{8}$	404
WPP....	372-xxd	-12 $\frac{1}{4}$	411 $\frac{1}{8}$	224 $\frac{1}{8}$

Mining
Anglo American	4040	-19	4306	2710
Antofagasta	3605	-87	4455	2577
Endeavour Mining	4073xd	-31	5290	2974
Fresnillo	2689	+1	4448	2080
Glencore	568 $^{4}$	$-1⁄4$	629	335
Hochschild Mining	510 $^{2}$	-9 $^{2}$	808 $^{2}$	316 $^{8}$
Pan African Resources	114 $^{8}$	+8	183 $^{8}$	81
Rio Tinto	7022		8308	4983 $^{2}$

Nonlife Insurance

Admiral Gp......3624	-10	4128	2644
Hiscox......1822	-12	1943	1308
Lancashire Hldgs......635	-6 $^{1/2}$	683	565

Real Estate

BP	$584^{1/4}$	$+22^{1/4}$	$606^{1/4}$	$410^{1/2}$
Energean	$699^{1/2}$	$+12^{1/2}$	$1026$	$683^{1/2}$
Harbour Energy	$278^{1/4}$	$+10$	$318^{1/4}$	$185^{1/8}$
Hunting	$384^{1/2}$ xd	$+7$	$531$	$311$
Ithaca Energy	$279^{1/8}$	$+5$	$296^{1/4}$	$153^{1/4}$
Shell	$3780^{1/2}$ + $132^{1/2}$		$3780^{1/2}$	$2562$

Oil & Gas Producers
Oil Equipment & Services

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
AstraZeneca	11892	-288	15542	11460
Genus	2222	+14	3170	1966
GSK	1735 $^{2}$ xd	-55	2268	1620
Haleon	344 $^{4}$	+1 $^{1}$ 8	410 $^{8}$	320 $^{8}$
Hikma Pharma	1607	-39	1839	1191
Oxford Nanopore	200 $^{4}$	-19 $^{4}$	230 $^{4}$	104 $^{2}$
Reckitt Benckiser	5072	-34	6681 $^{4}$	4443

Big Yellow Gp	795 $^{1/2}$	-21 $^{1/2}$	1180	789
British Land	384 $^{1/4}$	-6 $^{8}$	448 $^{4}$	343 $^{1/4}$
Derwent London	1749xd	-37	2146	1509
Grainger	159 $^{8}$	-4	199	150 $^{8}$
Grt Portland Est	300 $^{1/4}$	-3 $^{3/4}$	374	274 $^{1/2}$

	52-week		High	Low
Hammerson	$321^{4}xd$	$-5\frac{1}{4}$	$385^6$	$288^8$
Harworth	$187xd$		$187^8$	$120$
Land Securities	$601$	$-11\frac{1}{2}$	$722$	$532$
LondonMetric Prop	$172$	$-8$	$215$	$170^4$
Primary Hlth Prop	$89^4$		$108^4$	$87^2$
Safestore Hldgs	$493^4$	$-7\frac{1}{4}$	$837$	$493^4$
Savills	$955$	$+2$	$1108$	$808$
SEGRO	$908$	$-5\frac{1}{8}$	$997^8$	$639^4$
Shaftesbury	$134^8$	$-2$	$154^2$	$126^4$
Sirius Real Estate	$88^4$	$+2$	$111^8$	$86^8$
Supermarket Inc	$80$	$-8$	$88^8$	$77^8$
Target Healthcare	$112^8$	$-8$	$116$	$92^4$
TR Property IT	$268^2$	$-2\frac{1}{2}$	$361^2$	$268$
Tritax Big Box	$138^8$	$-2\frac{1}{4}$	$173^4$	$138^8$
Unite Group	$419^{4}xd$	$-22^8$	$613^2$	$415^4$
Workspace Gp	$351^6$	$-8\frac{1}{4}$	$430$	$319^8$

Retailers
AO World	89 $\frac{1}{4}$	-4	113 $\frac{1}{4}$	83 $\frac{1}{8}$
ASOS	461 $\frac{1}{2}$	+10 $\frac{1}{2}$	508	206 $\frac{1}{2}$
B&M	257	+1 $\frac{1}{8}$	257	155 $\frac{1}{4}$
Burberry Gp	1007	-9	1360	977 $\frac{1}{8}$
Currys	147 $\frac{1}{4}$	+1 $\frac{1}{2}$	168 $\frac{1}{4}$	117 $\frac{1}{4}$
Dr. Martens	67 $\frac{1}{4}$	-8	95	60 $\frac{1}{4}$
Dunelm Gp	788		1170	715
Frasers Group	835	-14	849	618 $\frac{1}{2}$
Greggs	2094xd	+16	2124	1418
Howden Joinery	748	-6 $\frac{1}{2}$	970	723 $\frac{1}{2}$
Inchcape	658	+14	890	644
JD Sports Fashion	84	+2	100 $\frac{1}{4}$	65 $\frac{1}{4}$
Kingfisher	322exd	-6 $\frac{1}{4}$	370 $\frac{1}{2}$	269 $\frac{1}{8}$
Marks & Spencer	396 $\frac{1}{8}$	+2 $\frac{1}{4}$	410 $\frac{1}{8}$	308 $\frac{1}{8}$
Moonpig	278 $\frac{1}{8}$	+4	293	197
Next	14455	-120	15715	12005
Ocado Gp	283 $\frac{1}{4}$	-2 $\frac{1}{4}$	288 $\frac{1}{4}$	159 $\frac{1}{4}$
Pets at Home Gp	208 $\frac{1}{8}$	+8	224	170 $\frac{1}{8}$
Sainsbury(J)	332 $\frac{1}{8}$	+4 $\frac{1}{4}$	359 $\frac{1}{8}$	295 $\frac{1}{4}$
SSP Group	188	-3	214 $\frac{1}{8}$	138 $\frac{1}{8}$
Tesco	500 $\frac{1}{8}$	+24 $\frac{1}{8}$	504 $\frac{1}{8}$	413 $\frac{1}{4}$
WH Smith	369 $\frac{1}{8}$		710	360 $\frac{1}{8}$
Wickes Group	199xd	-1 $\frac{1}{2}$	255	170 $\frac{1}{4}$

	52-week		High	Low
Experian	2574	+31	3679	2375
Hays	62		768	298
Intertek Gp	5890	-10	5900	3582
Intl Workplace Gp	1788xd	+8	2498	1684
Johnson Service Gp	135xdx	-14	1708	1258
Michael Page	2064xd	-48	2484	1038
Mitie Group	2104	-4	2104	1364
Rentokil Initial	3018	+32	5064	296
RS Group	750	-62	780	5412
Serco	2514	+3	3244	219
Shree	300		309	1458
Travis Perkins	549xdx	-14	714	5072
W.A.G	1002		1002	1002

Technology Hardware & Equipment
discoverIE Gp......848	-2	865	514
GB GROUP......144 $^{58}$	+1 $^{34}$	259	142 $^{34}$
Raspberry Pi......671	+10 $^{2}$	1051	257 $^{14}$
Spirent Comms......198 $^{34}$		198 $^{34}$	198 $^{38}$

Telecoms

Airtel Africa......309 $^{18}$	-3 $^{14}$	420 $^{14}$	224 $^{14}$
BT Gp......197 $^{12}$	-1	239 $^{12}$	174 $^{18}$
Gamma Comms......1092		1182	701
Helios Towers......216 $^{18}$	-3	245 $^{18}$	142 $^{14}$
Telecom Plus......839	-11	1862	710
Vodafone Gp......124 $^{18}$	-3 $^{18}$	131 $^{14}$	84 $^{18}$

Tobacco

Br Am Tob	4161xd	+77	4962	3733
Imperial Brands	2614	+126	3341	2424

Software & Computer Services
Alfa Financial	157	-1	233	1428
Auction Tech	4678	+48	4834	263
Baltic Classifieds	2-xxd	+	309	2
Bytes Technology	4444	+14	457	2538
Computacenter	5485xd	+35	5670	2630
Deliveroo	1794		1794	1794
Kainos Gp	1233xd	+12	1294	6982
NCC Grp	149xd	-4	1574	1134
Playtech	360	+14	445	232
Softcat	1837	+12	2112	1091
The Sage Group	10272	+52	1175	7838
Trustpilot	2334	+24	2984	1294

Travel & Leisure
Compass Gp......30 $^{4}$	+1⁄4	2637	278
Dominos Pizza......223	-3	226	1674
easyJet......681	+1 $^{8}$	681 $^{4}$	3394
Entain......423 $^{8}$	+10 $^{4}$	839 $^{8}$	411
FirstGroup......187	+8 $^{8}$	220 $^{8}$	158
Hollywood Bowl......251 $^{2}$	-4 $^{2}$	307 $^{2}$	234 $^{2}$
Intercontl Htls......157 $^{2}$	-2 $^{6}$	10585	128 $^{8}$
Intl Cons Airl......420	-12 $^{4}$	488	342 $^{4}$
Mitchells & Butlers......285	-2 $^{2}$	301	228
PPHE Hotel Gp......1414xd	-6	2060	1302
Trainline......201 $^{4}$	+3 $^{2}$	271 $^{4}$	185 $^{2}$
Wetherspoon (JD)......1002	+12 $^{2}$	1010	555 $^{2}$
Whitbread......2445	-27	3252	2234
Wizz Air Hldgs......1004	-26	1447	849 $^{2}$

Support Services
Babcock Intl.	904 $^{8}$	+13 $^{8}$	1502	891
Bunzl.	2710	+60	2870	1989
DCC Energy.	6445	+5	6475	4350
Diploma.	7750	+50	7870	5015
Essentra.	111 $^{8}$ xd	$-^{4}$	114 $^{4}$	79 $^{8}$

Utilities
Centrica	147	$+1\frac{1}{4}$	218 $\frac{1}{4}$	145 $\frac{1}{4}$
Metlen	47 $\frac{1}{4}$	$-1\frac{1}{4}$	50 $\frac{1}{8}$	31 $\frac{1}{4}$
National Grid	1152 $\frac{1}{2}$	$+2\frac{1}{2}$	1400	1095 $\frac{1}{2}$
Pennon	371	$+9\frac{1}{4}$	600	361 $\frac{1}{4}$
Severn Trent	3096	+38	3282	2658
United Utilities	1416	+18	1457	914 $\frac{1}{4}$
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1.15 -NEWMARKET GODOLPHIN BEACON PROJECT CORNWALLIS STAKES (GROUP 3) (1) (2-Y-0) £75,000 (£42,532) 5f (13) ITV1

101 (11)	1L4200	CARRY THE FLAG 13 (D2) A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-3.... D McDonogh
102 (5)	1153	FLANN SUNNA 28 (G) S & E Crisford 9-3....W Buick
103 (3)	2816	MARCO POLO 13 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-3....R L Moore
104 (8)	211	MINSTER MAN 41 (D2) (S) R Cowell 9-3....M Ghiani
105 (1)	33611	MUSSAB 21 (D2) (S) R & P Fahey 9-3....Oisin Orr
106 (2)	219	NEVER ENOUGH 49 (G) E Walker 9-3....K Shoemark
107 (13)	751	PERFECT STRIKE 28 (D) (S) W Haggas 9-3....C Fallon
108 (12)	424111	THIS MOMENT 27 (D3) (S) G Boughey 9-3....Grace McEntee
109 (7)	12913	ARMOR SUPREME 36 (D2) D Dias (IRE) 9-0....Rossa Ryan
110 (6)	31L190	BINT ARCHANGE 50 (P) (D2) R Hughes 9-0....David Egan
111 (4)	201224	FAST TRACK 28 (T) (G) A Balding 9-0....O Murphy
112 (10)	185	IN THE BLACK 28 (D) (G) G Oldroyd 9-0....P J McDonald
113 (9)	112	ROGUE JEWEL 39 (G) E Bethell 9-0....CT Keane

Probable SP: 5-2 Flann Sunna, 4 In The Black, 7 Marco Polo, 8 Mussab, Fast Track, 10 This Moment, 16 Armor Supreme, Minster Man, Never Enough. FAVOURITES: 1210010200

2025: Beckford's Folly 2 9 3 (William Buick) 16-1 C Appleby drawn (4) 10 ran. TIMEFORM The Flying Childers could be the key piece of form, with the third-place finisher FLANN SUNNA selected to enhance his positive profile and come out on top. In The Black has come a long way in a short period of time and given she was almost knocked over in that race, her performance can be upgraded. Mussab looks a solid 2-y-o, while Perfect Strike could have a bigger effort in him over 5f.

1.50—GODOLPHIN LIFETIME CARE OH SO SHARP STAKES (FILLIES' GROUP 3) (1) (2-Y-0) £75,000 added (£42,532) 7f (16) ITV1

201 (11)		314	CELESTIA 78 (D) (G) Harry Charlton 9-2....CT Keane
202 (7)		1	CHASING DAYLIGHT 24 (D) (S) D M Simcock 9-2....C Rodriguez
203 (6)		14824	DARK ISSUE 20 R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs
204 (14)		241143	FOREST BERRY 13 (H) (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....L Morris
205 (2)		731	GOLDEN RING 7 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2....R L Moore
206 (4)		321335	GREEK SYMPHONY 34 (D) Oliver Cole 9-2....Oisin Orr
207 (16)		3194	LOLA DE VALENCE 18 (G) B Millman 9-2....S Osborne
208 (5)		3314	MINKAAS 28 (G) T Kent 9-2....James Doyle
209 (9)		1546	MISS KODI 36 (BF) (S) C Cox 9-2....Rossa Ryan
210 (3)		1423	NUIT D'ECLAIR 36 (G) K P De Foy 9-2....David Egan
211 (13)		112	POLYXENA 13 (G) S C Williams 9-2....M Ghiani
212 (8)		166	SEA VENTURE 14 (T) (S) G Scott 9-2....W Bulck
213 (12)		414	SIENA STORM 40 E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark
214 (1)		81	SWELTERING 31 (D) (S) A Balding 9-2....O Murphy
215 (10)		5519	THURITHA 29 D M Simcock 9-2....D Muscutt
216 (15)		202131	TOPAZ 19 (G) J Channon 9-2....F Marsh

Probable SP: 4 Nuit D'eclair, 9-2 Miss Kodi, 5 Siena Storm, 6 Chasing Daylight, 8 Golden Ring, 12 Sea Venture, Dark Issue, 14 Minkaas, Celestia. FAVOURITES: 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1

tunity for her to deservedly make the breakthrough at this level. Siena Storm wasn't seen to best effect in the Prestige last time and remains with potential, whilst Topaz is also a leading player on the back of her recent win in Italy.

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301 (2) 31-6351 HOLGUIN 40 (D2) (S) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6-9-5....C Rodriguez 302 (4) 552656 NEVER SO BRAVE 27 (D3) (GS) A Balding 5-9-5....O Murphy 303 (1) 263652 WITNESS STAND 6 (PT) (D4) (GS) Dr R Newland 5-9-5...K Shoemark 304 (6) 1181-26 TIME TO TURN 89 (D3) (S) C Appleby 3-9-3....W Buick 305 (5) 1L1102 FLORA OF BERMUDA 27 (CD) (GS) A Balding 5-9-2...James Doyle

306 (3) 0L-1L51 PINA SONATA 26 (D) (S) J Fanshawe 4-9-2.... D Muscutt Probable SP: 7-4 Flora Of Bermuda, 9-4 Time To Turn, 5 Never So Brave, 7 Pina Sonata. FAVOURITES: 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 AGES: 3 5 6 6 4 4 6 3 5 4

second in the Park Stakes at Doncaster last time, so she is taken to add to her tally. Time To Turn had excuses on his latest outing and could be the biggest threat back down in grade, ahead of Witness Stand.

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401 (5) 341223 DANCING DESTINY 26 (D2) J P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... D McDonogh 402 (7) 03343 EXCEPTIONALLY 24 (BF) A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... CT Keane 403 (1) 11 FORBIDDEN FIRE 28 (G) A Balding 9-2... O Murphy 404 (3) 821 HAVEN 14 A P O'Brien (IRE) 9-2... R L Moore 405 (6) 11 LEX VICTORIA 30 (T) (G) S & E Crisford 9-2... James Doyle 406 (8) 111 MUSICAL TIMES 29 (D) (GS) C Appleby 9-2... W Buick 407 (4) 4211 ROGUE PASSION 33 (D) (S) E Bethell 9-2... Rossa Ryan 408 (2) 222122 SCOMMESSA SICURA 29 (G) A Balding 9-2... S Osborne

Probable SP: 1-2 Musical Times, 4 Rogue Passion, 10 Forbidden Fire, 12 Lex Victoria, 16 Haven. FAVOURITES: 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

2025: Precise 2 9 2 (C Soumillon) 5-4 Fav A P O'Brien drawn (2) 10 ran. TIMEFORM The form of ROGUE PASSION'S Prix d'Aumale success at Longchamp was massively franked on Arc day. She reeled in Sunday's Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner Amusingly, with Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Data almost 4 lengths behind in third. Consequently, Edward Bethell's filly looks the value call over the unbeaten Musical Times, who is already good enough to win most renewals after her romp in the May Hill.

TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT & PRINCIPAL MEETING. R-H course. GOING: Good to firm. STALLS: Centre. DRAW ADVANTAGE: None. Top jockey: William Buick. Top trainer: C Appleby. Headgear first time: 1.15 Bint Archange, 4.10 Cherry Baker, Midnight Tango. Longest travellers: Akabusi (5.20) Ireland; Marco Polo (1.15), Carry The Flag (1.15), Armor Supreme (1.15), Golden Ring (1.50), Exceptionally (2.57), Dancing Destiny (2.57), Haven (2.57), Snellen (4.45) Ireland; Holguin (2.25) United Arab Emirates; Lola De Valence (1.50) 219 miles.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW		GIMCRACK
1.15	Mussab	1.15	In The Black
1.50	Nuit D'eclair	1.50	Siena Storm
2.25	FLORA OF BERMUDA (nap)	2.25	Time To Turn
2.57	Rogue Passion	2.57	Rogue Passion (nap)
3.30	Archers Bay (nb)	3.30	Archers Bay
4.10	The Prettiest Star	4.10	Dance In The Storm
4.45	On Message	4.45	Felicitas
5.20	Mister Mojito	5.20	The Sweet Escape
NEWMARKET – 1.15 Flann Sunna (nb); 2.57 MUSICAL TIMES (nap).

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501 (10) 394132 ARCHERS BAY 14 (P) (CD) G M Botti 9-9.... R L Moore 502 (3) 311242 DECADE OF TIME 34 (GS) J Channon 9-6.... G Bass 503 (4) 14-5496 SPYCE 29 (S) A King 9-5.... Rossa Ryan 504 (5) 22010L INTO THE LIGHT 34 (P) (G) C Appleby 9-4.... Toby Moore (7) 505 (1) L21-352 STUDY OF WORDS 77 (C) C Appleby 9-3.... W Buick 506 (7) 341261 TURTY TREE 34 (P) (D) G) A Balding 9-2.... O Murphy 507 (9) 451261 DEVIL'S PEAK 29 (B) (D) (GS) J & T Gosden 9-0.... James Doyle 508 (11) 4-215L1 HIGH STORM 34 (D) (S) K R Burke 8-9.... P-L Jamin 509 (6) 4321 LIBERATE 51 (D) Harry Eustace 8-6.... L Morris 510 (2) 6-22224 LORD D'OR 34 (P) A Balding 8-4.... N Currie 511 (8) 742124 KAHIN 34 (P) (BF) (G) W Haggas 8-4.... S Osborne Probable SP: 7-2 Study Of Words, 5 Archers Bay, Devil's Peak, 6 Turty Tree, 8 Liberate, Decade Of Time, 12 Source, Lord D'or, 16 Hind Storm, Kahin.

2025: Yabher 3 9 2 (Tom Marquand) 13-2 W Haggas drawn (1) 12 ran.

FIRELLA, a progress when going down to an exciting prospect in Godolphin ownership over C&D a fortnight ago. Just 1 lb higher now returned to handicap company, Marco Botti's colt is fancied to notch his fourth career success at the expense of Study of Words, who also bumped into one at Ascot when last seen in July and

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601 (11) 150145 DANCE IN THE STORM 20 (H) (G) A Balding 4-9-3....O Murphy 602 (9) 112-114 FORTY YEARS ON 26 (BF) (S) G Scott 4-9-3....W Buick 603 (2) 3-42240 MAGIC BASMA 26 (P) (D) K Ryan 4-9-3....P J McDonald 604 (4) 1-L1205 CHERRY BAKER 24 (P) (D2) James Owen 3-9-2....R Havlin 605 (5) 5-73880 GOLDEN PALACE 26 (D) (G) R & P Fahey 3-9-2....C T Keane 606 (14) 117-27 HOLLYWOOD TREASURE 139 K P De Foy 3-9-2....David Egan 607 (7) 34-38L0 ISLE OF FERNANDEZ 26 (D) (S) K Ryan 3-9-2....T Eaves 608 (10) 1-1327 LADY YOUMZAIN 21 (D) (S) K Ryan 3-9-2....R L Moore 609 (3) 6L-2066 MIDNIGHT TANGO 6 (T) (D) E Walker 3-9-2....K Shoemark 610 (12) 0-L1724 ROGUE ATTRACTION 21 (V) (D2) (G) E Bethell 3-9-2....L Morris 611 (1) 044520 RUBY'S ANGEL 26 (D2) (G) H Palmer 3-9-2....S Osborne 612 (8) 51P-116 SING THE BLUES 54 (D3) (G) Martin Dunne 3-9-2....C Fallon 613 (13) 12-4053 THE PRETTIEST STAR 26 (D) E Walker 3-9-2....James Doyle 614 (6) 3-11L1 ZEN DIVA 36 (D4) (GS) R Beckett 3-9-2....Rossa Ryan Probable SP: 13-8 The Prettiest Star, 10-3 Forty Years On, 13-2 Magic Basma, 8 Dance In The Storm, 10 Zen Diva, Midnight Tango. FAVOURITES: 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 AGES: 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4

1	(7)	1-40042	FRANCOPHONE 69 (CD) (GS) C Johnston 5-9-5....	O Murphy
2	(17)	28-76L6	MISS WONG 23 (S) D M Simcock 4-9-5....	D Muscutt
3	(1)	1-13461	NAGA 23 (CD2) (GS) J & T Gosden 4-9-5....	R Havlin
4	(15)	14L525	NOCHE CLASICA 20 (BF) (S) E Bethell 4-9-5....	L Morris
5	(13)	L5L471	PATAGONIA GIRL 20 (D3) (GS) H Palmer 4-9-5....	S Osborne
6	(2)	216-35L	SNELLEN 85 (D2) (G) G Cromwell (IRE) 5-9-5....	P J McDonald
7	(12)	14-127L	LEGACY LINK 50 (D) J & T Gosden 3-9-4....	C T Keane
8	(9)	5-24340	DELLA PACE 41 G Boughey 3-9-1....	Oisin Orr
9	(14)	1-1273	FELICITAS 58 (DBF) E Walker 3-9-1....	K Shoemark
10	(5)	21-1232	LIZZANA 14 M Botti 3-9-1....	M Ghiani
11	(11)	137414	ON MESSAGE 32 (D) (G) R Beckett 3-9-1....	Rossa Ryan
12	(8)	2-53276	PACIFIC MISSION 23 (T) A Balding 3-9-1....	C Rodriguez
13	(3)	1213-	PREVIOUS 342 K P De Foy 3-9-1....	David Egan
14	(6)	14-06L3	ROSE GHAIYATH 57 (S) R Hughes 3-9-1....	R L Moore
15	(10)	631111	SILVER LAKE 28 (T) (D3) (GS) W Haggas 3-9-1....	James Doyle
16	(4)	211	SONG OF THE CLOUDS 25 (S) W Haggas 3-9-1....	C Fallon
17	(16)	5-26242	TOULEEN 26 (P) (G) Owen Burrows 3-9-1....	W Buick

Probable SP: 9-2 Touleen, 11-2 Naga, 13-2 On Message, 7 Noche Clasica, Legacy Link, 10 Lizzana. FAVS: 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 AGES: 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 2025: Karmology 5 9 5 (Clifford Lee) 9-1 K R Burke drawn (7) 9 ran.

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1	(4)	1-16200	BACK TO ME 48 (D) P Chamings 3-9-12....	D Muscutt
2	(9)	12L0	MAJESTIC DANE 16 (D) K R Burke 3-9-12....	P-L Jamin
3	(6)	190165	WAISTCOAT 20 (T) (G) R Burdon 5-9-11....	Rossa Ryan
4	(12)	003L70	RIGHTHERE RIGHTNOW 21 (P) (D) R Spencer 4-9-11....	S Osborne
5	(15)	L-217	GEORGE WICKHAM 8 G & J Moore 3-9-10....	R L Moore
6	(11)	554218	COMMANDER OF LIFE 32 (D3) (G) Jessica Macey 5-9-10....	F Marsh
7	(13)	512218	LION OF MALI 26 (D5) (G) J Fanshawe 3-9-10....	David Egan
8	(2)	611210	THE SWEET ESCAPE 34 (T) (D2) (G) D Loughnane 4-9-8.	L Pearson
9	(8)	6-15623	BINTOLA 20 (G) Harry Charlton 3-9-8....	C Rodriguez
10	(7)	164686	EXPERT AGENT 20 (C) (G) S C Williams 6-9-7....	M Ghiani
11	(5)	3-13135	NANOSCIENCE 20 (D2) (G) A Balding 3-9-5....	O Murphy
12	(3)	4-56213	MISTER MOJITO 55 (T) (D5) (G) T Kent 5-9-4....	W Buick
13	(14)	L0L1L4	LUNARIO 20 (TV) (D2) (G) L Dace 6-9-4....	J Dace (5)
14	(10)	7228	ALBEMAGIC 30 Steph Hollinshead 3-9-1....	P J McDonald
15	(1)	840834	AKABUSI 20 (C) M Fenton (IRE) 3-9-0....	R Havlin

Probable SP: 3 Bintola, 11-2 Nanoscience, 13-2 Mister Mojito, 8 Akabusi, Lunario, 10 Lion of Mali, 12 The Sweet Escape, 14 Waistcoat, George Wickham. FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race

Drop in Class: 1.15 Marco Polo is down 2 grades on last run (Group 1 to Group 3); 4.45 Legacy Link (2); 5.20 Righthere Rightnow (2); Lion of Mali (2). First run since wind surgery: None today.

TIMEFORM A competitive handicap in which GASPACHO is fancied to step up on her belated return. William Haggas' filly very much

YORK RTV ITV1

3 18—WILLIAM HILL EPIC BOOSTS EBF NOVICE STAKES (3) (2-Y-0) \$25,000 added (\$12,985) \$6 (5)

bred to be at her best over this sort of trip. Similar comments apply to handicap newcomer Harper Violet, with Ed Bethell's Catterick winner Prince of Calypso also respected under a penalty.

Probable SP: 8-13 Sharadd, 5-2 Our Son Oscar, 8 Mehmas Star, 12 Mugheer. FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 0 1 1 1 2005: Thakura 9 9 9 (Cicron Fallon) 9 41 Fay W Harree drawn (5) 8 ran

1	(3)	14	MUGHEER 24 (BF) (G) K R Burke 9-10......C Lee
2	(5)	31	OUR SON OSCAR 22 (D) K Ryan 9-10......Harry Vigors (5)
3	(4)	1	SHARADD 36 (D) (S) W Haggas 9-10......T Marquand
4	(1)	20	MEHMAS STAR 26 K R Burke 9-4......S James
5	(2)	08	PETE'S ANGEL 33 R & P Fahey 9-4......B McHugh

1	(5)	12-3944	TIERRA DEL TORO 48 R Beckett 9-9	J Hart
2	(4)	2-32101	GLORY ROAD 14 (D) (S) R Beckett 9-6	H Crouch
3	(3)	231197	MYTHICAL BAY 34 (P) (D) (GS) A Balding 9-4	C Hutchinson
4	(1)	3-41	HARPER VIOLET 30 K R Burke 9-0	C Lee
5	(2)	232P38	BALTIC FLEET 48 (P) (S) I Williams 8-13	Jason Watson
6	(10)	512141	BINTKNIGHT 21 (G) Harry Charlton 8-10	L Edmunds
7	(8)	L73151	PRINCE OF CALYPSO (6ibex) 9 (P) E Bethell 8-10	C Beasley
8	(9)	2-56172	ITICA 14 (S) A Balding 8-8	J Callan
9	(6)	511-4	GASPACHO 31 (T) (BF) (S) W Haggas 8-7	Joanna Mason
10	(7)	6-16333	BRIDGE OF EAGLES 34 D Menuisier 8-5	S De Sousa

5,300) £25,000 added (£12,885) 5f (10)

CHEPSTOW SSR ITV1

GIMCRACK

ROBIN GOODFELLOW

2.40—WILLIAM HILL FINALE HANDICAP (2) (3-Y-0) £100,000 added (£51,540) 1m 5f 188vds (10) ITV1

1.22	Cooltobecareless
1.57	Saint Jeannais
2.32	Locker Boum
3.12	Queenie St Clair
3.43	Le Moulin Rouge
4.17	Opening Bid
4.55	Guchen
5.31	Siorai

Probable SP: 3 Glory Road, 7-2 Tierra Del Toro, 7 Prince Of Calypso, Mythical Bay, 8 Gaspacho, Harper Violet, 10 Bridge Of Eagles, 12 Bintknight, 14 Itica. FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding race.

1.22 Cooltobecareless
1.57 Saint Jeannais
2.32 Little Lady Rock
3.12 Captain Hugo
3.43 North Shore
4.17 Opening Bid
4.55 Guchen
5.31 Sheezer Diva

1 22-NOVICES' HURDLE (DIV 1) (4) £10,000 added

112 KING'S SCHOLAR 34 (T) (D2) O Murphy 5-11-12

2 54/1 KIND INTENTION 140 (D) T Symonds 5-11-7....B Poste 3 210-# COOLTOBECARELESS 181 D Skelton 5-11-0....H Skelton 4 1-11 NO HARD FEELINGS 138 M Sheppard 6-11-0....G Sheehan 5 60-L TELETIME 140 N Mulholland 5-11-0....R McLemon 6 5-# GOLIATH FLIGHT 214 (BF) D Skelton 4-10-13....C J Todd 7 31- HERBIES SOCK 174 T Lacey 4-10-13....S Sheppard 8 LL6-# JUBILEE JACK 178 (H) H Dickin 4-10-13....Tabitha Worsley 9 613-# LADY BAM 198 T Ellis 5-1-7....J Andrews 10 4.5 POSTS BEARL 13 (M) Harry Darbara 4.10-6....Ray O'Brien

Probable SP: 2 Coolobecareless, 3-2 King's Scholar, 5 Kind Intention, 6 Herbies Sock, 10 Goliath Flight.

1 57—NOVICES' HURDLE (DIV 2) (4) £10,000 added (65,446) 2m 16wks (10)

1 216- DUTCH CORNER 167 (HT) (S) D Skelton 5-11-7 .. H Skelton 2 14-1 SAINT JEANNAIS 146 N.8 W Twiston Device 6.11.7

3 LL5- CHEAP SANDWICHES 168 C Gordon 5-11-0..... F Gordon 4 4 622 SHAPU 80 C J Gray 5-11-0... Sean Houlihan

5 31-8# SHORT SELL 148 D Skelton 5-11-0....C J Todd ; 5 6 1- HIVE RUNNER 243 T Lacey 4-10-13....S Sheppard ;

1	(7)	231	NOBLE RAIDER 146 (D) (G) K P De Foy 9-9......H Crouch
2	(3)	114	BARNABY RUDGE 63 (H) (D2) (S) J Fanshawe 9-7

3	(4)	L31122	BLACK VELVET BOY 15 (D2) (G) J & S Quinn 9-6......J Hart
4	(6)	221	INSTANT FORCE 25 (P) (D) (S) K R Burke 9-3......C Lee
5	(2)	L2148	INFLUENCER MAN 21 (D) A Keatley 9-0......MP Sheehy
6	(10)	18228	ROTELLE 27 (P) (D) C Fellowes 8-13......P Bradley
7	(1)	232142	HARLEY 15 (P) E Bethell 8-11......C Beasley
8	(9)	414540	BEAR LEE 28 (D) M & D Easterby 8-10......Joanna Mason
9	(5)	240535	FURTURRA 21 (D) T Easterby 8-10......T Kiely-Marshall (3)
10	(8)	2165L	LAKE MURITZ 15 (D) (S) T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman

2.05-BRITISH EBF 100,000 FINAL (COLTS AND GELDINGS) ITV1 (2) (2-Y-0) £100,000 added (£50,960) 7f (16)

Sharu, 11-2 Hive Runner, 14 Short Sell, 16 Morissette.

2 22-NOVICES' HURDLE (4) £10,000 added

2.32 (£5,446) 2m 7f 131yds (7)

1 21L-CROSSGALES KING 188 (S) S Hosie 6-11-0.....E Collier (5) 2 L13 LITTLE LADY ROCK 21 Nick Scholfield 5-11-0.....S Bowen

4 532- SIMONSBERG 250 Christian Williams 5-11-0....J Tudor 5 12- SEVEN KITES 190 (BF) T Lacey 4-10-10....S Sheppard 6 L03 ZEROUALI 14 B Lund 4-10-10....Shane Quinlan (3)

7 21-5 SORGEAN 148 (T) (BF) H Fry 5-10-7......B Carver

Probable SP: 7-4 Seven Kites, 7-2 Little Lady Rock, 5 Crossgales King, Sorgean, 7 Locker Boum.

3.12 - 'WELSH CHAMPION' HDLE (LIMITED HCAP) ITV1 (2) £50,000 added (£26,015) 2m 16vds (17)

1.30—WILLIAM HILL GOLD WEEKEND AUTUMN MILE HANDICAP (3) £30,000 added (£15,462) 7f 192yds (18)

3 L2-5 KNICKERBOCKERGLORY 149 (D5) (S) D Skelton 10-11-6 Harry Atkins (5)

4 1P1- LE BEAU MADRIK 177 (S) D Skelton 5-11-5.... H Skelton 5 123- SERIOUS CHALLENGE 187 (D3) (S) F O'Brien 6-11-4 L Harrison

6 F12- CAPTAIN HUGO 174 (D3) (S) P Hobbs & J White 6-11-3 Sean Houlihan

7 77-9 GIBBS ISLAND 153 (H) (C&DD) (S) T Lacey 5-11-0 S Sheppard

9 L-1P SAGEBOROUGH 71 (T) (D) P Nolan (IRE) 5-10-12

10 113 FILIBUSTERING 55 (T) (D2BF) (S) Harry Derham 5-10-11 Paul O'Brien

15 211 PIONEER PETE 34 (D3) J & A O'Neill 6-10-7 .....J O'Neill Jr 16 11.5 DOCTOR BLUE 233 (PT) (D) S Thomas 6-10-6 D Johnston

11 05-0 HAMLET'S NIGHT F24 (H) (D2) J Owen 5-10-10.. J J Burke 12 739- LISTENTOYOURHEART 167 (D2) (S) D Skelton 7-10-9 C J Todd 13 L16- QUEENIE ST CLAIR F12 (D) (S) N Scholfield 6-10-8..S Bowen 14 L12 MORNING MAYHEM 13 (P) (D3) (S) Nick Scholfield 5-10-8

17 1P6- TENNESSEE TANGO 186 (T) (D) (S) J Tizzard 6-10-6

Probable SP: 4 Captain Hugo, 5 Le Beau Madrik, 13-2 Doctor Blue, 7 Gibbs Island, 10 Serious Challenge.

TIMEFORM GIBBS ISLAND made a winning reappearance in good style at this fixture 12 months ago, and he may well repeat the feat off the same mark here. Sam Thomas has won the previous 2 renewals of this race and Doctor Blue could have a big say if back on song. Le Beau Madrik is likely to have been primed by the all-powerful Skelton team, while Captain Hugo and Serious Challenge would be serious players if ready to roll.

Probable SP: 7-2 Regency Royal, 4 Waasil, 6 Dontlookanyfurther, 7 Everatease, 10 Ongombo, Capitano Josepi, 12 Nakila Sun, 14 Theheatison. FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 1.0.0.2

TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to soft-good in places. Top jockey: Harry Cobden. Top trainer: P Nicholls. Headgear first time: 1.22 Jubilee Jack, 1.57 Look Don't Stare, 3.12 Doctor Blue, 3.43 Obsessed-withyou, 4.17 Knight Templar, 5.31 Eremenko. Longest travellers: Laafi (3.12), Sageborough (3.12), Le Moulin Rouge (3.43), La Cote Fleurie (3.43), Hopeful Hero (3.43) Ireland; Hamlet's Night (3.12) 195 miles.

3.43—NOVICES' HURDLE (GRADE 2) (1) £80,000 added (£45.560) 2m 3f 100vds (11) ITV1

0-12 CHICKER 16 F O'Brien 5-11-0..

211-COSMIC CONNECTION 167 (C) (S) C Gordon 5-11-0 F Gordon 1L1 HANDMEDOWNASTAR 23 (D) (G) Nick Scholfield 6-11-0

241 HOPEFUL HERO 8 (H) T Hogan (IRE) 5-11-0 ..... J J Burke 321- LE MOULIN ROUGE 182 (H) P Nolan (IRE) 5-11-0

1	(3)	4113	WAASIL 29 (D2) (G) K R Burke 9-7....S James
2	(10)	6119	DONTLOOKANYFURTHER 21 (BF) (S) J & S Quinn 9-5....J Hart
3	(8)	201	REGENCY ROYAL 27 (D) (S) A Balding 9-4....C Hutchinson
4	(1)	337518	TURNSTILE 4 (S) T Easterby 9-2....D Allan
5	(6)	621	NAKILA SUN 46 (G) A Balding 9-0....Jason Watson
6	(5)	1	CAPITANO JOSEPI 40 (D) (S) K Frost 8-13....J Mitchell
7	(14)	86291	ONGOMBO 18 (P) (S) C Fellowes 8-13....P Bradley
8	(11)	2142	SANBONA WARRIOR 29 (P) (D) (G) W Knight 8-13....D Tudhope
9	(12)	1432L2	THEHEATISON 21 (G) Nick Scholfield 8-13....S De Sousa
10	(4)	L5	SCIENZA 35 A Balding 8-12....T Marquand
11	(2)	0231	ALJOON 18 (D) Jack Jones 8-11....C Beasley
12	(7)	164	CHAN NOIR 49 (G) J Chapple-Hyam 8-11....C Lee
13	(15)	2	ALBERICH 14 (BF) Harry Eustace 8-10....G Wood
14	(16)	22	BRUSHSTROKE 35 T Kent 8-8....S D Bowen
15	(9)	411027	EVERATEASE 48 (C) E J-Houghton 8-8....J Callan
16	(13)	082	GOD OF TITANS 22 C Hobson 8-8....Jack Doughty

S W Flanagan

6 L-11 LOCK STOCK 14 S Edmunds 6-11-0....C Hammond 7 233- WEST HILL VERDE 174 Seamus Mullins 6-11-0. C Pritchard 8 54-2 LORD BYRON F30 (P) Faye Bramley 4-10-12....H Cobden 9 0F-1 NORTH SHORE 153 D Skelton 4-10-12....H Skelton 10 311 LA COTE FLEURIE 49 (D) H De Bromhead (IRE). 5-10-7

11 122 OBSESSEDWITHYOU 43 (B) (S) J Snowden 7-10-7 G Sheehan Probable SP: 2 Lord Byron, 11-4 Cosmic Connection, 7-2 North Shore, 10 Lock Stock, 14 La Moulin Rouge

TIMEFORM A good-looking renewal. The vote goes to COSMIC CONNECTION, who took his tally to 3-4 within the space of a couple of months in the spring and Chris Gordon's rapidly-progressive 5-y-o should have no issues with this longer trip. He can take the step up in class in his stride at the expense of Lord Byron, who was narrowly denied at Grade 1 level in Ireland and arrives fit from a spin on the Flat. Stable-switcher North Shore can get the better of La Cote Fleurie for third.

4.17-HANDICAP HURDLE (4) £8,350 added (£4 410) 2m 16vds (15)

2025: Astrazar 2 8 13 (Paul Mulrennan) 9-2 E Walker drawn (15) 14 ran. TIMEFORM CAPITANO JOSEPI looks a steal having been picked up for a song this year given he made a taking winning debut at Yarmouth and given he'll know more this time, a bigger performance may well be forthcoming. Eve Johnson Houghton has already had a very productive 2026 in sales races and Everatease is favoured by these weights, so needs taking very seriously. Regency Royal completes the shortlist.

81-3 UNJEU ROYAL 142 (D) T Lacey 5-12-2 ....S Sheppard 76-6 JAMINSKA 158 (C&DD) (S) Mrs J Williams 7-12-0 C Gethings 4/21- OPENING BID 513 (P) (D2) (S) J Tizzard 11-12-0.B J Powell

551- KNIGHT TEMPLAR F40 (P) (D2) (S) R Stephens 5-11-13 Sean Houlihan

045- COCONUT TWIST 356 (H) (GS) Daisy Hitchins 8-11-12 R David (5)

1	(17)	14-10L1	POWER FIZZ 33 (C) (GS) W Haggas 4-9-11......T Marquand
2	(14)	551359	NORTHERN EXPRESS 20 (P) (C4D) (GS) M Dods 8-9-9....P Mulrennan
3	(2)	08L037	OZAT 35 (T) (D3) (S) I Williams 5-9-9....S De Sousa
4	(9)	2-1411	BEAGLE BAY 118 (D) (S) R Beckett 4-9-8....H Crouch
5	(18)	212110	INSPIRED 27 (C&D3BF) (GS) K R Burke 4-9-6......C Lee
6	(4)	543315	NIKOVO 34 (D4) (GS) M Herrington 7-9-6....J Hart
7	(7)	799920	MIRSKY 27 (D4) (GS) D O'Meara 7-9-6......M Winn
8	(12)	700802	HENLEIN 7 (P) K Ryan 5-9-4......K Stott
9	(1)	264313	SPOKEN TRUTH 20 (T) (DBF) (S) D O'Meara 5-9-4....D Tudhope
10	(15)	042878	MR SWIVELL 20 (D4) (G) K P De Foy 5-9-3....J Mitchell
11	(8)	0L4407	KHAFIZ 33 Roger Fell 4-9-1......Jason Watson
12	(11)	070000	NIZAM 13 (D2) (S) I Williams 4-9-0......C Hardie
13	(16)	1-11002	EMPIRE OF LIGHT 8 (D) (GS) G Tuer 5-8-13....O Stammers
14	(3)	618457	POINT OF CONTACT 23 (V) (CD) A Balding 4-8-13....C Hutchinson
15	(5)	222120	MILITARY LEADER 19 (B) (D3) Phillip Makin 5-8-11....S James
16	(13)	360224	FINAL NIGHT 34 (T) (D4) J Butler 4-8-10....MP Sheehy
17	(10)	4201L5	GLENFINNAN 17 (H) (DBF) (G) M Dods 6-8-9......C Beasley
18	(6)	D4L060	SALAM DUBAWI 13 (P) (D) (S) J Goldie 4-8-8....Lauren Young (5)
Probable SP: 5-2 Beagle Bay, 7 Spoken Truth, 8 Power Fizz, 10 Henlein, Inspired, 12 Northern Express, Ozat, 14 Point Of Contact, 16 Khafiz. √

L0-L CITY OF DIAMONDS 146 (T) (D2) (GS) C Boultbee-Brooks 6-11-11

10 1-P2 PRAIRIE DIAMOND 17 (V) (S) M Keighley 7-11-9

153- STEP AHEAD 200 (T) K Bailey & M Nicholls 6-12-2

366- TYPHOON WARRIOR 215 D Skelton 5-11-10 ...... H Skelton P48- FIGHT MY FIRE 176 (S) J Tizzard 5-11-9 ...... F Gingell 485- HOLECHOT 170 (P) S M H et & T Vayakar 7-11-9

Probable SP: 4 Typhoon Warrior, 6 Unjeu Royal, 7 Knight Templar, 8 Opening Bid, Victory Shout, 10 Raffles Nobu.

11 155- PHOENIX RISEN 176 (B) (D3) (S) J Scott 9-11-8... C Bament (5) 12 459- LULLY DU HOUX 234 K Bailey & M Nicholls 5-11-6 J J Burke 13 437- SIOUX FALLS 207 Mrs C Williams 6-11-4 ....A Wedge 14 122- VICTORY SHOUT 180 (DBF2) S Hosie 5-11-3...E Collier (5) 15 352 RAFFLES NOBU 21 (BT) (GS) Nick Scholfield 6-10-9

11L- GUCHEN 175 (T) (BF) (S) K Bailey & M Nicholls 6-12-2 Aamilah Aswat (7)

331- CODETALKER 199 (P) (S) S Edmunds 6-12-0. C Hammond 43-3 FASOL 146 (PT) (BF) (S) P Nicholls 7-11-13 ... F Keighley (5) 21-5 BEAU QUALI 146 (C&DBF) Christian Williams 6-11-12

3.51 added (£4,225) 2m 16yds (11)

9P5- POET LAUREATE 200 (S) C Gordon 6-11-12..... F Gordon 434- MOSTLY SUNNY 373 (S) D Skelton 7-11-11..... H Skelton 170- KAPITEIN KOOL 167 (S) S Mullins 5-11-10..... Paul O'Brien 140- PELOQUID CROSS 168 (R) N Mullins 9-11-10

10 63L- MARLACOO 190 (T) (DBF8) (S) T Lacey 6-11-5 S Sheppard 11 050/ WAY OUT 541 (GS) S Hosie 9-11-4 ....E Collier (5) 12 623- GUARDAMI ANCORA 180 Mrs C Williams 5-11-4 ....C Ring

Drop in Class: 1.22 Cooltobecareless is down 5 grades on last run (Grade 2 to Class 4); 1.57 Dutch Corner (2); 3.12 Laafi (2); Captain Hugo (3); Sageborough (2); Queenie St Clair (3); 4.55 Kapitein Kool (2). First run since wind surgery: 1.22 Cooltobecareless, Jubilee Jack, 2.32 Sorgean, 3.12 Doctor Blue, Tennessee Tango, 4.17 Opening Bid, 5.31 Burning Embers.

1 P-4F EREMENKO 31 (HT) D McCain 5-12-0....T Gillard 2 3L5- SHEEZER DIVA 304 D Skelton 6-11-13....H Skelton 3 6-42 SIORAI 19 (HT) (BF) Harry Derham 4-11-7....Paul O'Brien 4 214 REEL ORANGE 135 (PT) (BF) (S) J Tizzard 7-11-7 F Gingell 5 54-L CLEAR SKY 21 J Scott 4-11-6....L Williams 6 466-BURNING EMBERS 181 D Skelton 5-11-3....C J Todd 7 651 ADBA 13 Faye Bramley 3-10-11....H Kimber 8 4-55 GEORGIA'S CHARM 134 F O'Brien 6-10-9 .Fem O'Brien (5) 9 43-1 GETAROSE 19 (D) Mrs C Williams 5-10-9....A Wedge 10 U0-6 FREDDIEMISSMOLLI 142 Mrs C Williams 6-10-8....C Ring 11 562-DALCASSIAN GIRL 201 C Honour 6-10-6....B Carver Probable SP: 11-4 Sheezer Diva, 9-2 Siorai, 6 Getarose, 7 Reel Orange, Adba, 8 Burning Embers, 10 Dalcassian Girl.

13 L53- CALME OLYMPIEN 191 (T) M Hunt & T Vaughan 7-11-2 D Noonan

5 21-MARES' HANDICAP HURDLE (5) £8,000

4.25-COPPER KNIGHT WINNING-MOST HORSE HANDICAP (3) £27,500 added (£14,174) 5f (18)

1	(2)	530201	TOCA MADERA 17 (D2) (G) D O'Meara 5-9-9......D Tudhope
2	(6)	0-32501	TATTERSTALL 27 (P) (D5) (G) M Dods 6-9-6......C Beasley
3	(8)	L-30L09	AGAINST THE WIND 27 (D3) (G) K Ryan 4-9-5......K Stott
4	(7)	516810	NOVAMAY 21 (D) (GS) M Dods 4-9-4......Rhys Elliott (5)
5	(14)	1-2218L	HALLO SPACEBOY 20 (CD) E Walker 3-9-3......T Marquand
6	(17)	265600	SCHRODINGER'S CAT 13 (D2) G Tuer 3-9-3......O Stammers
7	(13)	021020	ETERNAL SUNSHINE 6 (P) (D3) (GS) J Goldie 6-9-2. NON RUNNER
8	(4)	902078	EXCLAMATION 28 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 3-9-1......Ashley Lewis (3)
9	(12)	43L740	FORTIFICATION 26 (P) (C&DD) B Ellison 3-8-12......S De Sousa
10	(15)	560267	FIDELIUS 13 (T) (D6) N Tinkler 5-8-12......A Jary (3)
11	(11)	041990	KODIAC THRILLER 15 (P) (C&DD) (GS) M Walford 5-8-9......J Hart
12	(1)	4L0109	BOSTON DAN 13 (T) (D2) (S) T Easterby 3-8-9......C Hardie
13	(16)	208L85	STARGAZED 13 (D) (S) K R Burke 3-8-8......J Nicholls (3)
14	(3)	021185	EQUITY LAW 13 (P) (D5) (G) T Easterby 5-8-7......JP Sullivan
15	(10)	736944	BALDOMERO 28 (B) (D3) (S) M Appleby 8-8-6......Joanna Mason
16	(5)	043938	GO VINCE GO 15 (C&D) (S) T Easterby 3-8-4......W Pyle
17	(18)	089326	PARSIAC 1 (P) (D7BF) (GS) J Jardine 7-8-4......A Mullen
18	(9)	09081L	COPPER KNIGHT 11 (T) (C&D7D12) (GS) T Easterby 12-8-4..D Fentiman

Probable SP: 10-3 Toca Madera, 6 Parisiac, 7 Equity Law, 8 Baldomero, 10 Copper Knight. FAVS: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (W 9-1). AGES: 6 4 4 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 2025: Dan Tucker 3 9 3 (Jack Garritty) 11-1 J O'Keeffe drawn (2) 18 ran.

5.00—PJ STAFFING GROUP APPRENTICE HANDICAP (4) £25,000 added (£12,885) 7f (22)

1	(4)	550443	OBELIX 17 (C&DDBF) (G) J Camacho 6-9-12......Olivia Haines (5)
2	(9)	36-9696	DILIGENT RESDEV 36 (V) (C&D) M & D Easterby 5-9-11.S Farmer (3)
3	(11)	1-24173	MAGIC BOY 55 (CDBF2) (G) N Tinkler 4-9-11......A Jary
4	(21)	623520	SON 7 (P) (D) G (T) Easterby 5-9-11......J Nicholls
5	(10)	4-19703	MELVIN UDALL 33 (P) (D2) (S) G Harris 4-9-10......Harry Vigors (3)
6	(14)	L11907	KING OF FURY 17 (D3) M Dods 6-9-10......Rhys Elliott
7	(20)	303252	QUEST FOR FUN 10 (T) (C&D2D) (S) T Easterby 8-9-10......J Dickson (3)
8	(16)	633544	FIRST TIME 20 (V) (G) R & P Fahey 3-9-10......W Fentiman
9	(2)	3920L0	STANLEY SPENCER 15 (B) Flonn McSharry 5-9-10 K S McHugh (5)
10	(7)	006721	FEEL THE NEED 15 (C&D2D2) (GS) M Herrington 6-9-9 D J Murphy (5)
11	(13)	6/8L6-09	BIG CYRIL 23 (G) Roger Fell 4-9-8......J Callan
12	(3)	125853	KING'S SCHOOL 20 (PT) (D4) G Tutty 5-9-8.Molly Keegan-Price (7)
13	(12)	069L2L	LORD BERTIE 10 (H) (D2) (S) D O'Meara 6-9-8......C Horgan (3)
14	(8)	175324	GOLDEN STRIKE 9 (V) (C&DDBF) (S) R & P Fahey 5-9-7......W Pyle
15	(22)	3-18750	INVINCIBLE BOY 4 (S) R & P Fahey 3-9-6......A Redman (5)
16	(18)	2LL83L	GOLDEN PHARAOH 6 (P) (D2) (S) S Dixon 5-9-6......C Howarth
17	(17)	890-L31	MYSTICAL STORM 13 (D) J Camacho 4-9-6......T Kiely-Marshall
18	(1)	6-90512	THE CHILDE OF HALLE 25 (D2BF) (S) I Furtado 4-9-6...Liam Wright
19	(19)	L3L43L	CALYXOH 35 (V) (D) M Morris 4-9-4......Ashley Lewis
20	(6)	LL8626	PACKETOFBISCUITS 13 (B) (D4) J Mackie 4-9-4.Finlay Bassett (7)
21	(15)	400017	TOLSTOY 7 (H) (C&D3) (S) B Ellison 7-9-4......Mason Paetel
22	(5)	310L7	KENNINGTON 16 (P) (D) H Morrison 3-9-4......O Carmichael (5)
Probable SP: 13-2 Feel The Need, 7 The Childe Of Hale, Mystical Storm, 15-2 Magic Boy. FAVS: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2025: Sky Advocate 3 9 5 (Jack Callan) 15-2 C Cox drawn (8) 21 ran.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW

1.30 Inspired
2.05 Waasil
2.40 Glory Road
3.18 Sharadd
3.50 Barnaby Rudge
4.25 Fortification
5.00 Quest For Fun

GIMCRACK

1.30 Beagle Bay 2.05 Regency Royal 2.40 Harper Violet (nb) 3.18 Sharadd 3.50 Black Velvet Boy 4.25 Hallo Spaceboy 5.00 Obelix NORTHERNER – 1.30 Inspired (nb); 2.05 WAASIL (nap).

TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good-good to soft in places. STALLS: Sprint centre; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low on round course.

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Sandpapergate: Cricket's great unsolved mystery

by Lawrence Booth Cricket Correspondent

I T IS the story that will not go away, the cricketing ‘-gate’ to beat all ‘-gates’. When Australia and South Africa begin battle in today’s first Test at Durban, no one will be tampering with the ball. And yet you can be sure everyone will be thinking about ball-tampering.

Blame game still rumbling as Aussies return to South Africa eight years on

Sandpapergate, the scandal that changed Australian cricket, was eight years ago, yet not until now have their Test team returned to South Africa. And try as they might to shake off the past, or to depict the fascination as a media beat-up, ghostly voices continue to emerge, ensuring the narrative remains front and centre.

Back in 2021, three years after Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft received varying bans for their part in the plot to rough up the ball, the four main bowlers from that game at Cape Town — Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon — issued a statement in response to a newspaper interview in which Bancroft was asked whether the bowlers knew what was going on.

He had replied: 'Uh ... yeah, look, I think, yeah, I think it's pretty probably self-explanatory.'

Their statement was unequivocal: 'We pride ourselves on our honesty. We did not know a foreign substance was taken on to the field to alter the condition of the ball until we saw the images on the big screen at Newlands... We respectfully request an end

Fair enough. Except that, even now, some of their ex-colleagues feel less inclined to play ball.

to the rumour-mongering and innuendo.'

Usman Khawaja, recently retired, has spoken to Cummins and Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg about the contents of his new book, published next month, and specifically the chapter about Cape Town.

Not cricket: footage of Bancroft tampering with the ball using a foreign object, which was later revealed to be sandpaper SKY SPORTS

Since Khawaja believes the squad should have taken collective responsibility, it may not make for comfortable reading. Warner is said to be working on his own book, and has never departed from his stance that he took one for the team.

And Jon Holland, who did not play in that series but was in the touring party, recently shone a light on the meeting that night at the hotel, when the players discussed ‘who was going to take the blame’. Holland added: ‘To be sitting there and seeing three blokes hung out to dry when you are supposed to be part of a team was a pretty hard watch.’

but Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood?

A media beat-up? Not really: even those closely involved feel the matter was never properly resolved. And who will be leading Australia's attack this time round

Which is not to say the media are not making the most of it. SuperSport — the South African broadcasters whose cameramen exposed the skulduggery — issued a tweet on Wednesday that read: 'Our cameras will be sharp for this three-match Test series.' Below was the incriminating footage from that day at Newlands.

Central to the Australian bowlers' protestations of innocence was Cricket Australia's conclusion this was a one-off aberration

WATCHING BRIEF... SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA

First Test, day one: 8.30am, Kingsmead Stadium, Durban. TV: LIVE on Sky Sports Cricket.

KEMPTON RTV

4.05—FILLIES' NOVICE STAKES (4) (2-Y-0) £10,000 added (£5,400) 6f (8)

1 (6) 21 BIDSTA 23 (D) G Boughey 9-9.....B Loughnane 2 (3) 57 BLING 15 H Palmer 9-2.....D Probert 3 (7) 445 HALLIWELL STREAM 23 J Chapple-Hyam 9-2...E Greatrex 4 (8) 563 LILYWHATE HART 24 D Ivory 9-2.....K O'Neill 5 (2) LUCILLE CEE Tom Clover 9-2.....N Callan 6 (4) 7 SARASOTA BLUE BLUE 43 (BF) Sir M Prescott 9-2J Gilligan 7 (5) 3 THREELITTLEANGELS 16 R Teal 9-2.....J Leavy 8 (1) 96 WINTOUR 24 C Cox 9-2.....H Davies

Probable SP: Evens Bidsta, 6 Threelittleangels, 7 Sarasota Blue Blue, 8 Bling, 10 Halliwell Stream, 12 Lucille Cee.

4.38—NURSERY (5) (2-Y-0) £8,000 added (£4,187) 6f (12)

1 (9) 8L9 WAIT GEORDIE 28 H Palmer 9-9.....L Catton (3) 2 (7) 11L HARRY'S POP 18 (D2) D Cunha 9-9.....S M Levey 3 (8) 124 SYDNEY GRACE 21 C Fellowes 9-9.....Kaiya Fraser 4 (4) 312 LAYLATY 43 (DBF) Harry Charlton 9-8.....D Probert 5 (2) 332 SOEUR DE FLASH 18 (T) C Cox 9-6.....B Loughnane 6 (10) 3L0 FRUMOASA 29 (V) C Fellowes 9-5.....H Davies 7 (3) 20L MINSTER BOY 56 E J-Houghton 9-4.....C Bishop 8 (11) 431 BAHIA BONITA 20 (D) Jack Jones 9-3.....C Shepherd 9 (1) 434 MAXIMUS MERIDIUS 18 D Loughnane 9-2.....R Scott 10 (6) 417 YAHIRA 99 (P) (D) T Dascombe 9-1.....W Cox 11 (5) 613 INVINCIBLE ISAAC 53 (V) (C&DBF) L Souza 9-0 K O'Neill 12 (12) 709 AGENT ROSE 25 S C Williams 8-9.....R Dawson

Probable SP: 3 Laylaty, 7-2 Bahia Bonita, 5 Soeur De Flash, 6 Sydney Grace, 10 Harry's Pop, 12 Invincible Isaac.

5.15—HANDICAP (6) (3-Y-0) £6,000 added (£3,140) 1m (14)

1 (2) 830 CAPTIVE BEAUTY 24 R Burdon 9-9.....Kaiya Fraser 2 (6) 864 POSITIVE THOUGHTS 20 J & S Quinn 9-9...B Loughnane 3 (13) 833 TWILIGHT BABY 38 G Kelleway 9-9.....NON RUNNER 4 (9) 624 MISS MAMBO 32 (V) (BF) G Kelleway 9-8.....B Sayette 5 (14) 317 ERNIE MCCREW 11 (P) (D) J S Moore 9-8...E Greatrex 6 (10) 674 LIHOU LADY 133 P Evans 9-8.....J Leavy 7 (11) 687 GRAND VISTA 12 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7...R Dawson 8 (12) 55L GREY SANDS 18 (PT) (D) K Bailey & M Nicholls 9-6 D Costello 9 (8) 425 HENFIELD 10 (V) (D) K Jewell 9-5.....D Probert 10 (5) 454 ALICE'S INFLUENCE 42 (D) P Evans 9-4...A McDonnell (7) 11 (7) 40L CALL ALERT 15 (P) W Muir & C Grassick 9-3...K O'Neill 12 (4) 522 ARVANA BELLE 12 (BF) B Millman 9-3.....D Keenan 13 (1) 2L0 GIRLS ALLOWED 27 J & S Birkett 9-2.....D E Hogan 14 (3) 846 WILD ROSIE 11 (H) C Dwyer 9-2.....H Davies

Probable SP: 3 Arvana Belle, 11-2 Miss Mambo, 7 Captive Beauty, 8 Ernie McCrew, Alice's Influence, Positive Thoughts.

TRACK FACTS: R-H Polytrack course. GOING: Standard to slow. STALLS: Inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: David Probert. Top trainer: A Balding. Headgear first time: 5.15 Call Alert,

ROBIN GOODFELLOW
4.05 Bidsta
4.38 Laylaty
5.15 Miss Mambo
5.45 Lily Pink
6.15 Assiri Heights
6.45 Tronido
7.15 Port Erin
7.45 Mountbatten
8.15 Bold Shout

GIMCRACK 4.05 Bidsta 4.38 Soeur De Flash 5.15 Twilight Baby 5.45 Lily Pink 6.15 El Presidente 6.45 Havana Touch 7.15 Gunfighter 7.45 Mountbatten 8.15 Red Hat Eagle

5.45—FILLIES' NOVICE STAKES (2) (2-Y-0) £40,000 added (£21,600) Im (8)

1 (5) 1 NEWS 17 G Boughey 9-8.....B Loughnane 2 (1) 9 BINTWILLSEA 35 J Portman 9-2.....R Hornby 3 (7) FIFTH AMENDMENT J Portman 9-2.....R Scott 4 (6) 64 LADY RANYA 17 Harry Charlton 9-2.....D Probert 5 (8) 252 LILY PINK 20 C Johnston 9-2.....C Shepherd 6 (2) PLAYHOUSE W Haggas 9-2.....H Davies 7 (3) RED CURRY J & T Gosden 9-2.....B Sayette 8 (4) 33 WATCH PARTY 24 (BF2) R Varian 9-2.....R Dawson

Probable SP: 7-4 News, 4 Lily Pink, 9-2 Watch Party, 5 Red Curry, 6 Playhouse, 20 Lady Ranya.

6.15—NOVICE STAKES (4) £10,000 added (£5,400) Im (12)

1 (9) 15 SIN CITY 195 (D) K P De Foy 3-9-11.....R Scott 2 (3) 624 ASSIRI HEIGHTS 17 (T) A Balding 3-9-4 NON RUNNER 3 (1) BEAUJON B Meehan 3-9-4.....C Bishop 4 (2) 4 EL PRESIDENTE 123 G & J Moore 3-9-4. B Loughnane 5 (10) HEART THROB A Carroll 3-9-4.....W Carson 6 (7) 353 KINETIC IMPACT 76 C Hills 3-9-4.....C Shepherd 7 (6) 7 NASCONDINO 53 D & C Kubler 3-9-4.....A Voikhansky 8 (5) OL SCREEN ACTOR 25 M Attwater 3-9-4.....K Fox 9 (11) THORTHWAITE H Palmer 3-9-4.....D Probert 10 (12) O VIRTUE KING 65 A Perrett 3-9-4.....S M Levey 11 (8) OPAL ROSE J Tickle 5-9-2.....Taylor Fisher 12 (4) LLL GARTH SPIRIT 38 (T) P Evans 3-8-13.....J Leavy Probable SP: Evens Sin City, 4 Kinetic Impact, 11-2 El Presidente, 7 Beaujon, 8 Thornthwaite, 16 Nascondino.

6.45—HANDICAP (DIV 1) (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) Im (11)

1 (7) 175 MARSH BENHAM 11 (D7) G Baker 7-9-9.....P Cosgrave 2 (8) L10 A LA NOCHE 15 (D) Oliver Cole 5-9-8Taryn Langley (5) 3 (1) 3LL EUPATOR 20 (P) R Hannon 4-9-7.....S M Levey 4 (2) 95L MR NUGGET 78 (D) D M Simcock 5-9-7.....R Scott 5 (5) 128 HAVANA TOUCH 22 (C&D2C) J Butler 5-9-6..B Loughnane 6 (4) 478 HAPPY BANNER 30 (T) C E Walker 4-9-5..G Downing 7 (6) 32L POTOMAC RIVER 15 T Kent 4-9-5.....R Dawson 8 (3) L19 LIBERATE 16 J & S Best 4-9-3.....J Leavy 9 (9) L17 TRONIDO 29 (H) (CD) S Dow 5-9-2.....T Heard 10 (11) 846 VALENTINE BOY 25 (H) (C&D2) L Dace 4-8-13..D Keenan 11 (10) 758 CONNIE MOON 31 (V) D Coakley 4-8-8Rose Dawes (3) Probable SP: 7-2 Havana Touch, 5 Marsh Benham, 6 A La Noche, 7 Potomac River, 8 Mr Nugget, Happy Banner.

7.15-HANDICAP (DIV 2) (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) im (10) 1 (3) 383 ASTEVERDI 30 (P) (D2) J Owen 5-9-9... O Hoodless (7) 2 (6) 306 CANCAN IN THE RAIN 15 (V) (D2) Gihan Arnolda 6-9-7 D Keenan 3 (4) 005 IT'SNEVERJUSTONE 22 (B) D Loughnane 4-9-7 .R Scott 4 (3) 441 BERRY CLEVER 15 (C&D2D) C Dwyer 5-9-6.. H Davies 5 (2) 751 GUNFIGHTER 30 (C&D) J Butler 5-9-5.....B Loughnane 6 (10) 480 LONGLAI 30 (P) (C&D2D) G Baker 8-9-5..... B Sayette 7 (7) 931 THE HARE RAIL 18 (H) R Teal 4-9-4..... J Leavy 8 (9) 545 FREDA 16 (C&D) P Phelan 4-9-2..... S M Levey 9 (8) 574 PORT ERIN 26 (C&D24) A Carroll 6-9-0..... D Probert 10 (5) 1L8 KING OF CHARM 15 (D2) Martin Dunne 5-8-9.. T Heard

7.45-HANDICAP (5) £8,000 added (£4,187) 1m 3f 219yds (8) (5) 385 HARLINGTON 77 (D2) C Clover 5-10-0..... C Shepherd (1) 484 GALLANT LION 11 (D2) I Williams 6-10-0.R Kavanagh (3) (6) 836 STAR TIME 35 (D) A King 5-9-12..... D Probert (8) 211 MEET ME IN MERAKI 15 (D) P Evans 5-9-12.B Loughnane (3) L2L MOUNTBATTEN 48 (P) (DBF) Sir M Prescott 3-9-9

6 (6) 732 PHOENIX OF DREAMS 15 (D) J & S Quinn 5-9-10... R Scott 7 (5) 384 BOLD SHOUT 15 C Cox 3-9-10.... J Leavy 8 (7) 314 ANGELS' SHARE 27 (D3BF) W Knight 3-9-10... T Fisher 9 (2) 622 STRONG VOICE 27 (PT) James Horton 3-9-9 D Probert 10 (11) L77 LOQUELLA 25 C Johnston 3-9-8.... C Shepherd 11 (3) 948 YACHTSMAN 31 (PT) Jack Morland 3-9-8 T Langley (5) 12 (10) 851 MAJESTIC WAVE 29 (D) S Dow 4-9-6.... H Davies 13 (13) 808 SAN JUANITO 16 (H) M Murphy 4-9-5.... K O'Neill 14 (1) 129 MANHATTAN CHUTE 53 (BF) J & S Best 4-8-10

Probable SP: 4 Majestic Wave, 11-2 Strong Voice, 6 Bold Shout, Red Hat Eagle, 7 Angels' Share.

Miss Mambo, 6.15 Garth Spirit, 7.15 It'sneverjustone, Longlai, 8.15 Flash Rascal, San Juanito, Yachtsman. Longest travellers: Lily Pink (5.45) & Loquella (8.15) 245 miles. Drop in Class: 6.15 Sin City is down 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4). First run since wind surgery: None today.

AYR

1.45 — MOTAWAARED (Lauren Young) 7-4F 1; Falcon Nine 6-1 2; Sweet Kiss 10-1 3. 12 ran. (J Goldie). 2 $^{1/4}$ , $^{3/4}$ . Tote: 2.75; 1.20, 1.70, 3.50. Ex: 11.10. Tc: 91.12. Tf: 57.00. CSF: 13.33. 2.20 — ALFA BLUEBURD (J Hart) 2-1JtFav 1; Sea Mirage 11-4 2; Muve On 7-1 3. 7 ran. (I Furtado). ns, 7 $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.90, 1.60. Ex: 7.70. Tf: 32.20. CSF: 7.86. 2.55 — LAUNCH TIME (H Crouch) 2-1F 1; Head For Freedom 12-1 2; Big Apple Jack 11-4(2ndFav) 3. 10 ran. (Cian Hughes (IRE)). 1 $^{3/4}$ , 2 $^{1/4}$ . Tote: 3.00; 1.30, 4.20, 1.40. Ex: 35.10. Tc: 71.49. Tf: 138.80. CSF: 29.21. 3.30 — ALPHA MAGIC (C Beasley) 11-1 1; Eye Of Dubai 10-3(Jt2ndFav) 2; Stirrup Cup 12-1 3. 11 ran. (M & D Easterby). $^{1/2}$ , nk. Tote: 12.80; 3.50, 1.80, 3.20. Ex: 61.10. Tc: 471.13. Tf: 755.70. CSF: 49.44. 4.05 — STANAGE (B Garritty) 5-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Empirestateofmind 11-8F 2; Ashen 6-1 3. 10 ran. (M & D Easterby). $^{1/2}$ , 4l. Tote: 6.00; 1.30, 1.20, 2.20. Ex: 16.60. Tc: 44.34. Tf: 87.50. CSF: 12.38. 4.38 — EY UP ITS JAZZ (D Nolan) 17-2 1; Keats House 5-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Flying Moonlight 9-2F 3. 13 ran. (T Coyle & K Wood). $^{3/4}$ , shd. Tote: 10.30; 3.10, 2.20, 1.90. Ex: 84.80. Tc: 232.96. Tf: 616.90. CSF: 53.21. NR: Myrrh. 5.13 — AIGHEAR (P Mulrennan) 4-7F 1; Vampire Slayer 14-1 2; Furhaan 10-3(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (J Goldie). 5l, 2 $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 1.58; 1.10, 4.30. Ex: 9.60. Tf: 27.20. CSF: 10.36. Jackpot Not won, pool of £5,894.08 carried over. Placepot £40.50. Q'pot £11.80. BATH 1.30 — PACIFIC STORM (J Dace) 4-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Calshot Spit 5-1 2; Individualiste 11-1 3. 12 ran. (D Menuisier). 9l, 4l. Tote: 5.00; 1.70, 2.00, 2.70. Ex: 23.40, Tc: 213.86. Tf: 191.00. CSF: 25.76. NR: Fram Castle. 2.05 — URUMITA (S M Levey) 7-2(2ndFav) 1; Go Go Girl 11-8F 2; Kerry Grey 15-2 3.7 ran. (R Hannon). $^{1/4}$ , $^{1/4}$ . Tote: 4.50; 2.00, 1.50. Ex:

HOTSPOTS WORK WHISPER HERBIES SOCK (Chepstow, 1.22) WEIGHTING GAME SAN JUANITO (Kempton, 8.15) Down 21lb from last winning mark. BURNT FINGERS THREELITTLEANGELS (Kempton, 4.05)

RACING RESULTS

11.30. Tf: 50.60. CSF: 8.80. NRs: Blake's Lass, Debutante. 2.40 — HI LORD (R Dawson) 4-1(2ndFav) 1; Pedros Dream 5-1 2; Jojo Rabbit 3-1F 3. 14 ran. (S Hanlon). $^{3/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 6.60; 2.70, 2.10, 1.80. Ex: 36.10. Tc: 72.38. Tf: 147.70. CSF: 24.50. 3.15 — BRILLIANT STAR (R Havlin) 11-8F 1; Littlecote 80-1 2; Little Dorrit 11-2 3. 12 ran. (J & T Gosden). 2l, 1l. Tote: 2.38; 1.10, 7.30, 2.40. Ex: 127.80. Tf: 1231.70. CSF: 165.88. NR: Personal Best. 3.50 — AETHELSTAN GOLD (L Edmunds) 11-10F 1; Galimix 4-1 2; Tarn Hows 250-1 3. 13 ran. (Harry Charlton). $^{3/4}$ , 6l. Tote: 2.10; 1.30, 1.30, 23.00. Ex: 7.80. Tf: 321.50. CSF: 5.85. NR: Sidewalking. 4.21 — ALBUS ANNE (Olivia Haines) 9-2 1; Oman 2-1F 2; Crimson Road 11-2 3. 9 ran. (J Fox). $^{3/4}$ , $^{3/4}$ , Tote: 5.50; 1.80, 1.70, 1.60. Ex: 21.70. Tc: 51.56. Tf: 67.10. CSF: 14.39. NRs: Amused, Prodigal Son. 4.55 — SWEET HORIZON (J Mitchell) 3-1F 1; Boy George 13-2 2; Ablon 5-1 3. 8 ran. (Tom Clover). $^{1/2}$ , $^{1/2}$ , Tote: 4.00; 1.40, 1.50, 1.90. Ex: 26.80. Tc: 96.49. Tf: 138.00. CSF: 24.18. NRs: Pipily, Thiscouldbefun. 5.25 — COURT DRIVE (J Mitchell) 6-1 1; Sound And Vision 15-8F 2; Carefree Dream 28-1 3. 10 ran. (G Kelleway). $^{2/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ , Tote: 7.00; 1.50, 5.30, 1.80. Ex: 23.80. Tc: 307.18. Tf: 467.80. CSF: 17.77. NRs: Courageous Sioux, Perfect Location. Placepot £13.60. Q'pot £3.30. MARKET RASEN 1.56 — BALLYGEARY (J Thompson) 8-1 1; Latin 15-2 2; Knighton 9-2(Jt2ndFav) 3. 6 ran. (M Sowersby). $^{1/4}$ , $^{1/4}$ , Tote: 9.90; 3.20, 2.40. Ex: 47.80. Tf: 258.30. CSF: 61.16. NR: Caelan. 2.31 — PORT GLEN ONE (S Twiston-Davies) 8-1IF 1; Downtown Nashville 7-2 2; Who's Glen 5-2(2ndFav) 3. 3 ran. (N & W Twiston-Davies). 3l, 4l. Tote: 1.73; Ex: 3.00. Tf: 4.30. CSF: 3.44. NR: Nightflyer

CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO FELICITAS (nap) (Newmarket, 4.45) MARCO POLO (nb) (Newmarket, 1.15) OPENING BID (Chepstow, 4.17)

Facing the music: shamed trio Smith, Bancroft and Warner in 2018 as they accept bans GETTY IMAGES

concocted by three batsmen. Yet, as Daily Mail Sport revealed the day after the 2018 Cape Town Test finished, Warner confessed to England's players in the post-Ashes drinks less than three months earlier that he had been using tape attached to his hand to tamper with the ball.

On tour at the time in New Zealand, Stuart Broad suggested with an admirably straight face: 'I saw Steve Smith in his press conference say it's the first time they've tried it, which to me... it's surprising why they'd change a method that's been working.

'Look at the Ashes series we've just played, all those Test matches, and they've reverse-swung the ball in conditions you wouldn't expect it to. I don't understand why they've changed their method for this one game.'

Broad added he had seen no evidence the Australians were up to no good during that 2017-18 Ashes, but his observation spoke for many who found the official line too convenient for comfort.

Some have argued that the bans handed out to Smith, Warner and Bancroft were part of a general over-reaction by the Australian authorities, and they have a point: ball-tampering has been part of cricket from the start.

But it also spoke to a sense that Smith's team had long since overstepped the 'line' they kept lecturing others about. They were now hypocrites, and the realisation back home caused all hell to break loose.

Australia have become a more likeable team in the interim, while sacrificing none of the competitive drive that has made them, historically, cricket's No 1 nation.

Yet the renewed chatter about who knew what during the tour on which they lost their minds is confirmation that Sandpapergate will be forgiven more quickly than it is forgotten.

‘What’s left to come out after eight years?’ wondered Starc this week. Painful though it may be, the storyline remains tantalisingly beyond Australia’s control.

SPORT IN BRIEF

GOLF

SPANISH OPEN (Madrid) — 1st rnd (GB & Ire unless stated, Par 71): 66 — E Lopez-Chacarra (Sp); G Forrest; C Syme; 67 — S Garcia (Sp); D Hillier (NZ); A Ayora (Sp); J Skov Olesen (Den); 68 — M Lindberg (Swe); V Perez (F); J Dean; A Otaegui UAE; B Robinson-Thompson; J Girrbach (Swi); L List (US); 69 — O Lindell (Fin); R Langasque (F); M Elvira (Sp); Jeong-Weon Ko (F); W Ding (Chn); S Vallmaki (Fin); 70 — F Molinari (It); H Du Plessis (SA); O Guillamoundeguy (F); S Lowry; J Winther (Den); M Couvra (F); J Guerrier (F); J Scrivener (A); K Aphibarnrat (Tha); J Paul (G); R Paratore (It); 71 — N Kimsey; F Celli (It); S Mazzoli (It); B Wiesberger (Aut); A Del Rey (Sp); R Hoshino (Jpn); P Larrazabal (Sp); D Puig (Sp); Q Vidal (Sp); J Luis Ballester (Sp); A García-Heredia (Sp); L Aaberg (Swe); J Lagergren (Swe); J Dantorp (Swe); T Vaillant (F); R Gouveia (Por); 72 — D Bryant (US); D Rodrigues (Por); D Law; A Meronk (Pol); T Lawrence (SA); I Elvira (Sp); A Wu (Chn); N Noergaard (Den); F Lacroix (F); E Ferguson; D van Driel (Hol); S Jimenez (Sp); J. C. Ritchie (SA); S Garcia (Sp); J Rose; M Manassero (It); A Rozner (F); T McKibbin; M Jordan; F Laporta (It); S Bairstow; B Stone (SA); S Soederberg (Swe); N Lemke (Swe); T Rosenmueller (G); M Stewart; 73 — J Schaper (SA); P Reed (US); M Steinlechner (Aut); M Hollick (SA); R Sterne (SA); M Penge; R Mansell; D Frittili (SA); S Desoisa (GB); G Banos (Sp); J Luiten (Hol); J Campillo (Sp); B Schmidt; R Cabrera (Sp); I Cantero (Sp); D Micheluzzi (A); T Aiken (SA); E Pepperell.

TENNIS

CHINA OPEN (Beijing) — Women's Quarter-Finals: N Bartunkova (Cz) bt K Muchova (Cz) 6-3 6-0; M Andreeva (Rus) bt E Alexandrova (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3)

SHANGHAI MASTERS (Shanghai) — 1st rd: J Brooksby (US) bt J Munar (Sp) 7-5 6-4; N Borges (Por) bt F Acosta (Arg) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2; P Kotov (Rus) bt T Griekspoor (Hol) 6-4 7-6 (7-4); S Tsitsipas (Gre) bt K Coppejans (Bel) 6-3 7-5; C Ugo Carabelli (Arg) bt I Simakin (Rus) 2-6 6-2 7-5; H Hurkacz (Pol) bt J Duckworth (A) 6-3 7-6 (7-4); M Arnaldi (It) bt B Tomic (A) 6-3 6-1; T Tirante (Arg) bt H Medjedovic (Ser) 6-4 6-2; P Carreno Busta (Sp) bt M Navone (Arg) 4-6 7-5 6-3; A Vallejo (Pry) bt V Royer (F) 6-3 6-1; S Baez (Arg) bt M Giron (US) 1-6 6-3 6-4; Z Svajda (US) bt F Marozsan (Hun) 6-3 7-6 (7-2); J Cerundolo (Arg) bt N Mejia (Col) 6-4 6-4; B Van De Zandschulp (Hol) bt D Merida Aguilar (Sp) 1-6 6-3 6-4; J Struff (G) bt M Landaluce (Sp) 6-4 6-4; Y Bu (Chn) bt L Van Assche (F) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3; Z Bergs (Bel) bt V Kopriva (Cz) 6-3 6-1; D Svrcina (Cz) bt C Norrie (GB) 6-3 3-6 6-4.

■TODAY'S ACTION

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

West Ham v QPR....(8.0) Live on Sky Sports Main Event

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE

Sutton Utd v Boreham Wood.... (7.45) WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Q'YING PLAY-OFF, IST LEG Kazakhstan v Rep Ireland.... (12.0) Albania v Wales.... (5.0) Greece v England.... (5.30) Czech Rep v Scotland.... (6.0) N Ireland v Portugal.... (7.0) BASKETBALL — Super League Basketball: Leicester Riders v Bristol Flyers, Manchester Basketball v Cheshire Phoenix.

MOTOR RACING — FIA Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore).

RUGBY UNION — Gallagher Prem (7.45): Leicester v Gloucester.

United Rugby Championship (7.45): Dragons v Ospreys, Glasgow v Connacht.

3.06 — CAP RICOCHET (B Hughes) 10-1 1; Hiero Sport 9-2 2; Blue Du Neuf 33-1 3. 6 ran. (John Dawson). 4 $^{1/4}$ , 6l. Tote: 11.00; 3.30, 1.60. Ex: 44.00. Tf: 696.00. CSF: 53.00.

3.41 — COURT IN A STORM (C Gethings) 7-2 1; Lermoos Legend 10-3(2ndFav) 2; Shabalko D'herm 11-10F 3.4 ran. (K Bailey & M Nicholls). hd, 10l. Tote: 4.50; Ex: 13.40. Tf: 19.80. CSF: 14.12.

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5.00 — STATE EXPRESS (C Fallon) 9-1 1; Sisterandbrother 8-1 2; Rubellite 12-1 3. 12 ran. (S Woods). $^{3/4}$ , nk. Tote: 11.60; 3.70, 2.60, 3.10. Ex: 106.80. Tc: 890.17. Tf: 1231.80. CSF: 81.15. 5.30 — CROWN OF CROWNS (C Fallon) 6-4F 1; Emtinan 3-1 2; Master Of The Sky 9-4(2ndFav) 3. 7 ran. (W Haggas). 1l, 2 $^{3/4}$ . Tote: 2.50; 1.40, 1.80. Ex: 7.10. Tf: 16.90. CSF: 6.61.

6.00 — ARLECCHINO'S MOON (C Lee) 12-1; Temple Court 7-1 2; Casablanca Dream 7-2(2ndFav) 3. 12 ran. (M Usher). $^{3/4}$ , nk. Tote: 15.30; 3.30, 2.40, 1.70. Ex: 94.40. Tc: 371.85. Tf: 514.60. CSF: 97.07.

6.30 — REVOKED (J Leavy) 9-4F 1; Hello You Ten 10-3(2ndFav) 2; Pen Lan Icon 16-1 3.11 ran. (C Cox). 2 $^{1/4}$ , $^{1/2}$ . Tote: 3.25; 1.50, 1.40, 5.60. Ex: 13.80. Tc: 99.74. Tf: 95.80. CSF: 9.53.

7.00 — ROGUE CITATION (D Tudhope) 3-1F 1; Likeness 9-2 2; Kamaway 4-1(2ndFav) 3.9 ran. (E Bethell). shd, $\frac{1}{2}$ . Tote: 4.80; 1.30, 1.70, 1.60. Ex: 20.40. Tc: 53.46. Tf: 84.50. CSF: 16.52.

7.30 — SPIRIT LEAD ME (F Marsh) 9-4F 1; Shaw Park 22-1 2; Ernie's Valentine 10-3(2ndFav) 3.12 ran. (R Hughes). $^{3/4}$ , $1^{1/4}$ . Tote: 3.25; 1.30, 5.90, 1.90. Ex: 49.70. Tc: 179.93. Tf: 249.80. CSF: 64.86. NRs: Captain Cess, Moon Beginnings.

8.00 — COOL KING (S De Sousa) 11-1 1; Dorigo 1-7F 2; Christmas Is Comin 28-1 3. 11 ran. (M Botti). $^{3/4}$ , $2^{3/4}$ . Tote: 12.00; 1.30, 1.02, 4.50. Ex: 24.70. Tf: 79.40. CSF: 14.35.

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Ready, wet, go! Hamilton's beef with young stars

FORMULA ONE

By JONATHAN McEVOY

LEWIS HAMILTON has accused young Formula One drivers of being too ‘cautious’ to race in the wet.

The seven-time world champion's condemnation came in Singapore, a week on from Malaysia, where cars were effectively parked up for 90 minutes as rain fell during a hiatus partly caused by technical complexities of controversial half-battery engines that had been reprogrammed and then suffered a glitch.

But, as Hamilton argued, the delay was also a consequence of a reluctance among his younger colleagues to get on with the action.

Hamilton, 41, spoke for an older generation of racers when he said: 'I was looking forward to a wet race. When it started raining, I was like, "Oh yeah, this is going to be fun".

'Ultimately, I didn't get to have that battle that I wanted to

have with Max [Verstappen], which I was excited about, and Kimi [Antonelli].

‘But I don’t really have a feeling against the FIA [the governing body]. They did the best job they could to keep us all safe. It was an unforeseen issue that came about, and they handled it in the best way.

'I do think the guys running the show are more and more cautious, but, then again, the young drivers coming in are more and more cautious. Us old school drivers are like, "Let's get racing", and more of the youngsters are like, "Let's not race".

‘So they’re getting two different bits of information, and they are super cautious as well.

'Wet weather races aren't the same as we used to have. I've had great races in the wet, at Silverstone in 2008, for example [when he won by more than a minute]. Back then we had more testing and better tyres for the rain, because we developed more with Bridgestone back in the day. I love wet racing more than anything else.'

Verstappen — like Hamilton a brilliant wet-weather driver, the pair sharing 11 world titles — was keener to lay the blame on the 50-50 combustion/electric engines, which he hates, rather than on his fellow drivers. 'The problem is it is very complex,' said the Dutchman. 'I just hope the next rule reset is easier. That you can just start the car and drive off like it should be or used to be.' 'You should be able to go out,

Regret: Hamilton yesterday REX have a brake pedal and throttle pedal, and that is what is deciding the lap time.' As for the last word on the debacle, we return to Hamilton. 'Is it riskier?' he asked. 'Absolutely.'

That is how it should be when you earn up to £80million a year to do what the rest of us could not do, and Lewis got the point, and made it well.

by Nik Simon

ONE of Brendan Venter's early moves as returning Saracens boss was

to blast a chorus of howling wolves over the sound system as his players ran out for their first home game of the season against Sale on Sunday.

It was a nod to the club's period of dominance, before the salary-cap scandal, when their game plan was defined by their feared 'Wolfpack' defence. Venter has ambitions to break the Prem's cycle of attacking supremacy but the eccentric South African may be on a one-man crusade.

In the opening ten games of this season, the winning team has scored 38.5 points on average. The rate of try-scoring is higher than ever and, if you ask Prem attack coaches, that should be a fillip for Steve Borthwick's England.

Tweaks to the game's laws mean 97 per cent of points now come from tries and conversions. Kicking for three points no longer stacks up. Northampton and Bristol lead the way with their high-intensity attacks but their rivals are catching up.

So, what has led to the Prem becoming a try-fest? Is it good for England? And can Venter stop it?

RULE CHANGES

'THERE are loads of little changes that have made the game quicker,' Northampton attack coach Sam Vesty tells Daily Mail Sport.

'A few years ago, you could stand with one foot off the pitch and one foot on to catch the ball and it would be out. You get a breather. They switched that rule so it's impossible to take the ball out now. The ball's on the pitch for that little bit longer, there's more fatigue and more space to go and attack.'

Tackle height plays a part too.

'If you tackle high, you are now highly sanctioned,' Vesty adds. 'If you tackle lower, the player being tackled has their hands free and the ball is available to offload easily.

‘Historically, people would say you’re overplaying if you had the ball around the halfway line. But now we say keep playing because you’re going to create something. It’s more productive to have the ball deeper on the pitch than it is to kick it away.

‘Then there’s the offside line. It is being refereed more harshly so there’s a little bit more space.

‘Ten years ago, when Saracens were winning lots of stuff, a lot of that would have been based on a high-kick game and a very good defence. The game has changed a lot since then.’

RISE OF TOTAL RUGBY

FINANCIAL pressure put the brakes on Prem clubs recruiting the most powerful players. There are fewer bulldozing carriers and a greater premium on movement and sleight of hand. High-possession teams are thriving.

Scores galore: Sale's Tom O'Flaherty (left) and Rotimi Segun of Saracens score two of this season's 93 tries so far GETTY/SHUTTERSTOCK

TRY-MENDOUS! New rules, warm weather, cat and mouse mauls... why Prem teams just can't stop scoring

‘There’s a real intent to score from every possession, which maybe you wouldn’t have seen before,’ says Gloucester attack coach James Lightfoot Brown, who has been named in the England A management team for this autumn.

‘Now teams are attacking with 15 players. Look at the movements off the ball from the back three to create numbers and the speed off the floor from forwards.

‘Modern back-three players don’t just stand on the wing any more. When we played Exeter, Manny Feyi-Waboso was everywhere. Popping off nine, popping up on the other wing.

‘These guys are no longer just runners. They can link, they can pop up on shoulders and get an additional pass or an offload. Northampton are the best at it. They are so fluid.’

Bath's new attack coach, Mike Prendergast, says: ‘Teams are looking for space. When you get into that opposition 22, a lot of tries are being scored on the edges. There’s a huge amount of speed here. England have got a lot of very good, quick back-three players. There are some exceptional athletes.’

RISKY BUSINESS

'TEAMS are taking more risks,' Lightfoot Brown continues. 'They are running from deep and putting defences under pressure all the time. We used to see a couple of phases of probing, seeing what the defence is going to do — there's no probing at the moment. Teams are trying to score or they're kicking the ball. There's no middle ground, which makes for an exciting product.'

The warm conditions have promoted ball-passing and produced fast-track pitches. 'The time of the year has an effect,' says Prendergast. 'The good weather means we've been playing with dry balls.'

BREAKING NEWS

THE bulk of attacking opportunities now come from broken-field situations.

Attack coaches have been encouraging their teams to react to unstructured defences, with harsher officiating of the breakdown ensuring the attacking team has the advantage.

‘Referees are not rewarding negative defensive actions as much as they used to,’ adds Lightfoot Brown. ‘It’s becoming clear that the jackal attempt has to be a genuine positive action. No hands on the floor.

‘It can’t just be a post-tackle effort to slow up the ball. We always want to reward good defensive work on the floor, but they’re not letting teams cynically slow things down.’

CAT AND MOUSE MAUL

THE most significant change this season has been around the maul. Defending forwards now have less freedom to disrupt the set-piece play, which means they have to commit more players to stop the drive. The by-product is additional space to attack.

'The maul has come back into the game,' says Prendergast. 'Outside of the 22, the maul probably went away. Now we're seeing a lot of mauls around the halfway line and up.

'The forwards coaches are looking to get it moving forwards or in towards the 15 so you create space on the edge. The defence has to either put numbers in to negate it or keep numbers out on their feet. It's a bit of cat and mouse at the moment and everyone is trying to figure it out. It's certainly something teams are looking to exploit.'

IS IT GOOD FOR ENGLAND? BIGGER collisions, better jackalers and stronger set-piece all change the game at international level but there seems to be a consensus that the level of Prem attacking play should boost the national side.

‘People follow what has been successful,’ says Vesty. ‘People look at the way Bordeaux and Toulouse keep the ball alive and score loads of points. The high-tempo game has been successful so people go after that.

‘New Zealand are playing in a quite Prem style at the moment. Because the Springboks have so much power, if you try to take them on at that you are going to come second.

'The Prem is a better product but we need to make sure it doesn't become a try-fest. The beauty of the game is you can win in a lot of ways. If it turns into a basketball you score, we score, you score type affair, it gets a bit boring. We're not there yet but we need to be mindful.'

As autumn descends and Venter gets his claws in deeper, the Prem will find out whether the Wolfpack can make defence fashionable again.

Wimbledon chief: Influencers? We'll set army on them!

WIMBLEDON have warned influencers that they risk the wrath of the military if they misbehave at the Championships, after some indecorous conduct at the US Open.

Social media stars disrupted several matches at the US Open in New York last month after their noise, filming and flashing lights disconcerted players.

Two matches were halted after guests in hospitality boxes used ring lights to film social media stunts, which Coco Gauff criticised as a disregard for tennis ‘etiquette’.

Influencers were invited on to the Flushing Meadows site, with some given media accreditation, but Wimbledon protocols are stringent. Some influencers will be chaperoned as guests of sponsors, while nothing prevents social media stars from buying tickets themselves.

However, All England Lawn Tennis Club interim chief

However, All England Lawn Ten executive Richard Atkinson — who hopes to be CEO for the 140th edition of the tournament next year — cautioned influencers that British Army stewards will take a no-nonsense approach to any shenanigans.

Speaking at sports industry conference Leaders Week London at Stamford Bridge, Atkinson said: 'We don't have a category of accredited people called influencers. Clearly influencers are a crucial part of building your brand around the world in the third decade of the 21st century.

‘What you have to do is keep them under control. One of our big partners, Polo Ralph Lauren, have influencers but they’re all tightly chaperoned.

'The US Open is very New York City. It is mad, it is noisy. There's all sorts of stuff going on. I lived there for seven or eight years.

'I love it but it's dead easy for someone who has just bought a ticket to show up there with the ring lights and start broadcasting

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literally in the middle of a match. If they tried to do that at Wimbledon, I think you'd probably have some Marine Commando — we do have military [on courts] — and they would like nothing more, I suspect, than to sort out some influencer.

‘It’s a crucial piece of the marketing mix. Of course it is.

‘The world has changed but it’s just really important that — it’s a bit of a cliched expression — you deal with it in a Wimbledon way.

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'To say we're not going to have any influencers at Wimbledon is obviously nonsense.'

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Chelsea's behind-closed-doors friendly with Portsmouth last Saturday, with the midfielder working his way back from the calf injury which has prevented his season from properly starting. Caicedo came on as a substitute in Chelsea's third league game of the season against Brighton, only to exacerbate his problem as he had to be removed 14 minutes after coming on. He has not been seen since, including in training pictures released by Chelsea over this international break. However, Daily Mail Sport has learned the 24-year-old Ecuadorian did participate in the secret 2-0 defeat by Portsmouth.

Spurs are goal-shy, slow and lacking leadership De Zerbi urgently needs a return on his £340m investment

PRESSURE is mounting, the team is rock bottom of the Premier League and badly misfiring, and recent evidence tells us Tottenham seldom react well to such scrutiny.

Their last trip to Manchester United turned out to be the penultimate game of Thomas Frank's tenure.

Again, they were under pressure, sinking towards the drop zone and desperate for a win amid an injury crisis only to have captain Cristian Romero sent off inside half an hour as they slipped to a first defeat by United in nine meetings.

Spurs return to Old Trafford eight months on with reasons to believe this time can be different and that two points from the first five games need not be the precursor to another miserable season fighting for survival.

But Roberto De Zerbi really does need signs that his £340million rebuilding operation is going to come to life.

BOSS IS READY TO BLOW

THERE were indications that De Zerbi's patience was starting to fray after the 3-2 defeat at home to Aston Villa on Spurs' last outing. 'We can't say everything is bad but it's not enough,' were his final words of a scathing post-match press conference.

He criticised his team collectively for failing to cope when one man down with Micky van de Ven off injured as Villa scored the first, and for losing their balance and pushing too hard when Mohammed Kudus came on.

The Spurs boss demanded more from Mateus Fernandes, an £85million signing from West Ham who was replaced at half-time and spent the international break with Portugal's Under 21s. He also demanded more from Dominic Solanke, who he said was short of both fitness and confidence.

NEW BOYS' SLOW START

THE limited impact of new signings will concern De Zerbi. Aside from Jan-Paul van Hecke, who stepped in ably as Romero's replacement, none have hit the ground running.

Van Hecke was back early from Netherlands duty with a cut

By MATT BARLOW

requiring stitches to the top of his foot. Spurs expect him to be available for Old Trafford if the wound has healed.

Sandro Tonali has taken much of the flak at Spurs because more was expected for the record £100m fee. ‘Football is very strange,’ he said while on duty with Italy. ‘In ten days everything can change from negative to positive. On Tottenham, the moment is negative for results but positive for the football we are playing.’

Italy brought Tonali some degree of comfort. He started the first three of four Nations League games under returning boss Roberto Mancini and came on in the other.

WHERE ARE LEADERS?

AMID the disappointing start for Spurs, old criticisms have resurfaced, including the absence of personality in the dressing room.

Tough watch: De Zerbi sees his side beaten by Villa SHUTTERSTOCK

‘They’re void of leaders and characters,' claimed former Spurs boss Tim Sherwood on Sky Sports as he discussed the fact they had not won after conceding first in any competition for almost two years.

It is a valid point, and one De Zerbi alluded to when the Villa goal was scored with captain Van de Ven off the pitch.

Vice-captain Pedro Porro had gone off injured. Two more of his captains Ben Davies and James Maddison were not on the pitch.

But there was no shortage of experience with seasoned internationals Rodrigo Bentancur, Van Hecke, Tonali and Andy Robertson all on the pitch to organise and instruct.

De Zerbi often stresses how much his players care, with a hint they care too much, because they became highly emotional during last season's relegation fight. As if he might prefer it if some were colder and more calculating.

...AND WHERE ARE GOALS? THERE have been echoes of Frank's early problems.

Frank tightened Spurs at the back but lost creativity. When he tried to open up and play with more freedom, he found his team became alarmingly vulnerable.

De Zerbi's Spurs have been the same. After goalless draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton, his team were 3-0 down at home to Villa before producing a late rally.

Omar Marmoush, who is yet to score since his loan which will convert into a £60m transfer from Manchester City, found the net twice for Egypt against South Sudan. It might be good for his confidence but is not the standard of the Premier League.

Mathys Tel, not even among the substitutes against Villa, scored five in four appearances with France Under 21s, including a hat-trick against Switzerland. Again, not quite the same.

NO THREAT ON COUNTER

SAVIO and Kudus are quick off the mark in tight areas but Spurs have not replaced the direct threat of Son Heung-min's destructive pace up front.

So many Premier League teams are electric on the break. Not so Spurs. Perhaps it is where Mykhailo Mudryk came into the equation, but the 25-year-old Ukraine winger on loan from Chelsea is still out with the ankle injury he picked up in training, days after his debut.

WHY CAN'T THEY GET FIT? THIRTEEN players were away on international duty. For those who remained, everyone had the first week off before returning to the training centre and ending the second week with an internal game against a team made up of players from the U21s and U18s.

It was an important time for those returning from injuries and those whose pre-season schedules were interrupted to work on fitness.

De Zerbi needs Maddison, Kudus and Solanke up to speed to boost his attacking options.

Dejan Kulusevski's progress is encouraging although after nearly 18 months out it's best if nobody relies on the Sweden forward to save the season.

'I can't watch his videos, I feel sorry for him. Football has left him behind' Sad reality of Dele Alli's new life as he goes from Spurs star to streamer

by Luke Power

No one answers the phone to me any more. I'm just going to keep calling people. I'm getting aired (ignored) again, innit?'

Dele Alli is livestreaming again. It is his third such broadcast in five days, one which will span almost five hours, as he reaches out for connection with his audience. And perhaps his past, too.

This is the new day job for Dele, 30, who is training independently and has been without a club for 13 months. He has played just ten minutes of professional football since February 2023.

A sensation once hailed as the next Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard of English football is watching clips of his worst miss (against Stoke in 2016, where he rounded goalkeeper Shay Given before hitting the post), showing off trinkets collected from his playing days and commenting on YouTube videos for his army of Twitch followers, of whom there are 150,000 and counting.

Now he is running through his contacts book. At first, Alli looks deflated as nobody picks up. 'I want to see who's a real one,' he says. 'So many people are messaging me right now,' he promises. 'When's the England game? Tomorrow? They're probably in a meeting.'

Slowly but surely, his A-list cast of friends answer the phone. First there is James Maddison, who answers at a concert and shouts 'love you'. Then Eric Dier comes good from Monaco.

Jack Grealish, who is out getting an Indian, picks up, too. As does Tammy Abraham, who wants to join the stream when he is in London. Ashley Cole pledges to sign Alli if he gets another managerial job.

Then there is Harry Kane, who sounds a bit hesitant knowing he is live on a stream and enquires, with a tinge of paternal care: 'Working hard, I hope?'

‘Working hard and having fun,’ comes the reply from Alli.

Clearly there is much love for him among his footballing band of brothers — even if he struggles to get answers and the calls are awkward.

ET despite having more than 10 million followers across his social media

channels, Alli's future on the pitch — where he belongs — remains shrouded in mystery.

Now and then: Alli on Twitch and (right) in his pomp with Kane GETTY

Nobody really knows how good he is any more. For many, Alli exists in the realm of memory: his man-of-the-match performance against Real Madrid, that volley against Crystal Palace, Jose Mourinho's prophetic warning to him about future regrets.

‘It’s been hard to see the demise of someone who had everything,’ a former England international tells Daily Mail Sport. ‘When it’s lasted so long, it’s almost impossible to get it back.

"The Dele we all know, we're thinking: "Where has he gone?" I think it's a confidence thing. I couldn't watch his videos. I feel sorry for him. Football has left him behind.

'My advice would be don't give up. He's 30, he's still got another five years. Do I think he could get back to Dele at Spurs? Probably not. Do I think he could have a good career? Yeah, I do. But not at the highest level because he'll be seen as a risk.'

Alli looked destined for a long career at the top. This was a man who racked up 269 appearances for Tottenham and 67 goals. In the 2016-17 season, he scored 22 and assisted 10 as he struck up a scintillating partnership with Kane. He was capped 37 times and played for England at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.

Things changed with the departure of Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs in 2019. His replacement, Mourinho, branded Alli 'f***ing lazy' in front of the squad. Injuries and personal problems took their toll. Failed stints at Everton and Besiktas followed.

At Como, his last club, he was sent off within ten minutes of his debut, invoking such fury from manager Cesc Fabregas that he was banished from the squad until his release in September last year.

Regardless, Alli continues to put in the work. To the untrained eye, he remains in great shape. Over the summer he spent eight weeks at the Marbella Football Center, a high-end performance facility which hosted Aston Villa over the international break.

There he was overseen

There he was overseen by renowned fitness coach Domenico Gurzi. On one of Alli's recent posts, Gurzi waxed lyrical in the comments about his present form. 'He is in top shape,' wrote Gurzi. 'He worked very hard every day. He has still got it. He is a top professional and

focused.' Back in England, he has been working with Connor Peters, a coach who has developed an understanding of Alli's needs over the last couple of years.

Alli has been using the grounds at eighth-tier side Windsor & Eton to build his fitness.

He was linked with a move to League Two Barnet, though any suggestions of him joining are wide of the mark.

He recently posted footage of himself practising individually at Barnet's Hive training complex, but Daily Mail Sport understands that footage was actually from a training session last Christmas.

We understand he does want to break back into football, but is biding his time for the right opportunity.

The Dele brand clearly still carries cachet. In April, he was a guest of Louis Vuitton for their hotel pop-up in central London. Weeks later, he was modelling for luxury footwear brand Numeris.

Fashion has always been one of his main passions. In 2016, aged just 20, he became an adidas poster boy for £8million. His first endorsement with them was at 16, when he was still at MK Dons.

Almost half a decade after he left Spurs, Alli is back residing in London, where he enjoys playing padel and eating at celebrity hotspot Novikov, where a bottle of whisky can set you back £8,000, and Japanese restaurant Roka.

DAILY Mail Sport revealed the darker side to this proximity to excess in February. We reported how Alli was a regular at card sessions at The Victoria Casino, losing £150,000 in a matter of days.

'As soon as he arrives at the casino, a message gets sent around saying: "The Dele is open for business" — and there's a rush to join the game he joins because there's easy money to be made,' a source said at the time.

Insiders believe it is the off-field wobbles holding him back in his mission to return to football. 'Managers would be saying we can't have that at our club, he's not ready,' our ex-England source says. 'It's a distraction in what people can write, then it affects the team, the manager, the fans.'

Alli should be afforded grace for the challenges he has overcome. In a heart-wrenching interview with Gary Neville in 2023, Alli said he was ‘molested’ aged six, started smoking aged seven, and was dealing drugs at eight. Dur-

ing his career he became addicted to sleeping pills, required rehab and considered packing it all in as early as 24. 'It's always been me against myself in everything,' he told Neville. 'I was winning the fight, smiling, but inside I was

losing the battle.' There is no shortage of people rooting for Alli, yet as he clocks in for each stream there is a sense of him being held back by his own freedom. It feels as if the last lights on his football career are flickering out.

are flickering out. ‘We taking over the world or what?’ he asks his digital fanbase. Nobody knows what to say.

Sticking to football: Phil Foden and Vitor Reis in City training yesterday GETTY IMAGES

Haaland: We have to stick together

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understand the noise but the focus for us is what we can control and we can control just the football side.' Ahead of Sunday's clash with Liverpool, he added: 'The feeling is fantastic, to be honest. The players are excited for the next two games. But especially they are excited because we are top of the league. 'The players are just focused on

The players are just focused on that. They know what we can control is the football side — they are not worried at all about different things. They know their profession and they know that the noise is there, but they don't care too much about the noise.'

When asked if he had a message for City fans, he asked for their support.

'Anfield away, we're going to bring our gameplan. But for sure we need their voice, their [patience]. In the last two days I watched last year's game at Anfield and the celebration at the end was fantastic.

‘We need to be all together. I said many times the reason why this organisation in the last 15 years was top was because from the owner, the CEO, the sporting director, the manager, players, fans, they are all on the same page. This is fantastic.’ Meanwhile, Erling Haaland urged fans to keep the faith and ‘enjoy the ride' despite the ruling, which found them guilty of more than 100 breaches of the Premier League's rules.

The Norwegian told Sky Sports yesterday that he believes fans will ‘have a good time’ at Anfield. ‘We have to stick together,’ he added. ‘We have to stay with each other and we have to stay positive no matter what happens in life — we always have to have a smile.’

Weighing in on the saga, Coventry City manager Frank Lampard, who played at the Etihad during the 2014-15 season, said City's players will always feel like champions even if their titles are scrubbed from the record books. 'A lot of things are out of your control but you are competing against the best and they're very hard to win,' he said. 'So I think it would be very hard to take someone's title away as an individual player.'

Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest boss Oliver Glasner urged football chiefs to wrap up the City case quickly or risk fans turning their backs on the Premier League.

He said: 'My wish is just that this is quick. The most important thing is the integrity of the league because as soon as the fans can't trust it, they won't watch it any more.'

ADDITIONAL REPORTING: Tom Collomosse

The childhood tragedy, gold-digging and ruthless streak that made Al Mubarak Manchester City's 'financial visionary' ...and why he cannot afford to lose this appeal

A FEW hours after Liverpool owner John W Henry first set foot inside Anfield 16 years ago, he sat among football writers in the boardroom and told us that financial sustainability rules in football were necessary because 'I don't have "Sheik" in front of my name'. The former commodities trader did not count on his biggest Abu Dhabi adversary having no such title at all.

having no such title at all. In some ways, butter does not melt when it comes to Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Al Mubarak. He is the individual with whom some top-level City players have communicated over the years, going over the head of City's aloof and socially awkward chief executive Ferran Soriano with WhatsApp messages detailing their personal gripes. Al Mubarak never changed his mobile number, which made him accessible, though he has avoided direct intervention in squabbles.

The affability encapsulates how the suave 50-year-old with wardrobes of impeccable suits has become one of the most powerful non-royals in Abu Dhabi. A man who is friends with some of the planet's wealthiest and most powerful business people, including BlackRock titan Larry Fink and Hollywood dealmaker Ari Emanuel. People tell you he has a sense of humour. 'He has a light side. He's good company,' says one source.

At a glitzy evening event held in Al Mubarak's honour at New York's Mandarin Oriental hotel in the autumn of 2024, Fink handed him an award and declared him to be a financial visionary. Al Mubarak apparently basked in the audience's acclaim, so you would never have known that across the Atlantic, City were in the throes of a case that threatened to trash his and Abu Dhabi's reputation.

‘He just never imagined the outcome. He didn’t see it as possible,’ says one former City executive who has worked with Al

Mubarak and professes to have respect for him. 'You can trust him. You never knew where you were with Ferran but even when the atmosphere at the club became unpleasant under the Spanish clique, Khaldoon was approachable.'

There was a time when Al Mubarak would also look British sports journalists in the eye, receiving the City press corps in the chairman's lounge at the Etihad and talking for an hour off the record. At one such gathering he revealed Neymar's entourage had apparently said, when City tried to sign him from Santos in 2012, that the forward would need new footwear capable of enabling him to keep his footing on the Premier League's muddy pitches. Al Mubarak saw the funny side. City immediately withdrew from the race to sign the Brazilian. Those informal conversations became sparser as UEFA began investigating City for breaching financial rules. But the fact he was comfortable sitting down with a British football pack was viewed as extraordinary in Abu Dhabi, where there is no such accountability and putting yourself forward in such a way does not come naturally.

No one likes us, we don't care: (from left) Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki, Enzo Fernandez and Gianluigi Donnarumma have fun in training yesterday as the storm rages around them GETTY IMAGES

While the scions of Abu Dhabi's ruling Al Nahyan dynasty are stiff and uncomfortable with public attention, he, with his excellent American English, honed while studying finance at Boston's Tufts University, was their link to the outside world. It cemented his standing among them.

Mubarak always did have one foot inside the all-powerful clan. He and his brother, Mohamed, were effectively adopted by the royal court after their father, a senior Emirati diplomat, was assassinated outside his residence in Paris by Palestinian terrorists when Al Mubarak was eight. His brother now heads Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism.

But as head of the colossal Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, Al Mubarak has been welcomed to the inner sanctum led by the six Al Nahyan brothers — including City owner Sheik Mansour — known as the ‘Bani Fatima’, or ‘sons of Fatima’, after their mother, a favourite wife of Sheik Zayed, the UAE founding father. Fatima, the ‘mother of the nation’ is still alive.

Mubarak has driven a vision to make Abu Dhabi a cultural capital while overseeing

returns which have seen Mubadala's assets grow to £290billion. He accompanies the Abu Dhabi president on state visits and he, rather than the ruling Sheik, represented the UAE when it joined Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

The purchase of City was seen as part of the same cultural soft power play. 'We are acknowledging that how we are handling this project is telling a lot to the world about how we are,' Khaldoon said in a rare interview, with The Guardian, in 2009. 'Manchester City is showing the world the true essence of who Abu Dhabi is and what Abu Dhabi is about.' Excruciating words in retrospect.

As immensely powerful VIPs, people such as Al Mubarak are used to getting their own way. Money managers and financiers beat a path to their door, desperate to get just a sliver of that petroleum wealth to invest. It was an entirely alien concept to have UEFA and the Premier League, with their financial rules, censuring and imposing penalties on them.

way for Abu Dhabi, Mubadala provoked huge protest after buying the rights to exploit gold in the Andes. Despite fears of a threat to the water supplies of two million people, Mubadala maintained its push for gold. It eventually brought in Canada's Aris Mining as a partner and has now sold out to them.

Mubarak's words to City legal counsel Simon Cliff after UEFA penalised City in 2014, exposed by a hacked email, are now legendary. 'Khaldoon said he would rather spend £30million on the 50 best lawyers in the world to sue them for the next 10 years,' said Cliff.

Though Al Mubarak is popular in Abu Dhabi — ‘the good guy’ as one source puts it — there is a ruthless streak behind the smooth exterior. Rules and the little people have seemed immaterial at times, as the sovereign wealth fund has pursued vast financial returns.

Prize guy: Al Mubarak celebrates City's 2023 Champions League win GETTY IMAGES

MUBARAK has managed to avoid the heat amid these flashpoints and other controversies that have dogged Abu Dhabi. Including claims — strongly denied by the Emirate — that the UAE has armed a faction in Sudan's civil war that the US has accused of genocide.

Though City are a minor entity by comparison, the global reputational damage to Abu Dhabi will be far bigger if their appeal fails. Al Mubarak risks handing Qatar, a long-reviled neighbour, a propaganda coup.

In Colombia, where Melissa Moncada, a former beauty pageant queen, smoothed the

Kristian Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, told the Financial Times the reputational impact on Al Mubarak could be worse than any previous controversy. 'This will probably go global in a way nothing else has and will associate Abu Dhabi with a club that was systematically cheating,' he said. That piece described this as Al Mubarak's 'toughest test'.

Is he ruffled? It is impossible to know. He has not been seen in public or issued one of his customary CityTV crisis messages in the past two weeks, and Soriano faced the music. But though the Gulf dynasties abhor loss of face, the catastrophe of a lost appeal is unlikely to see him defenestrated.

whether Al Mubarak made the ultimate decision to funnel £830m into City in ways now deemed nefarious.

The ensuing national humiliation would still be overshadowed by the size and significance of the wealth fund Al Mubarak presides over. Moreover, sources stress it is not clear

It is important to consider, they say, that the directives and orders of the Al Nahyans brook no dissent. It is possible those above Al Mubarak made the fateful decisions which could doom City. The lines between business and the state are blurred in Abu Dhabi, in a way not considered dubious as in the west.

The Al Nahyans, even Sheik Mansour, have barely been seen around British football. Had they pressed for a particular course of action, they would have had no innate feel for the environment with which they were dealing. Soriano, who features far more in the independent commission documents, seems more vulnerable than Al Mubarak, though sources suggest even his dismissal is not a certainty.

Simon Pearce, the long-standing special adviser to the Abu Dhabi executive, whose name is all over the hacked documents, was revealed by The Mail on Sunday in 2015 as Abu Dhabi's point man in a PR campaign to blacken Qatar's reputation, through a £60,000-a-month contract with London political lobbying firm Quiller Consultants. That, too, was a deeply embarrassing episode. But Pearce is still in place because those in power rate him.

Should City lose their appeal, there will be very many football fans and City staff to answer to, and with his usual air of sophistication it will no doubt be Al Mubarak left to put on one of his many suits and front up. He will perform the task expertly.

And then, with that \$330bn of money under investment, the Gaza Board of Peace, overseas state visits and myriad other projects to think about, he will move on.

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By MIKE KEEGAN and JACK GAUGHAN

ENZO MARESCA says he is ‘very calm’ despite Manchester City’s seismic guilty verdict and has claimed the club’s players ‘don’t care too much about the noise’.

The Premier League giants have appealed against a devastating independent panel verdict that they broke competition rules over a nine-year period by artificially inflating revenues and reducing costs by £900 million. They are awaiting a sanction that could see them relegated and stripped of titles.

Speculation has been rife that City's stars may soon seek moves elsewhere over what could be a crippling few months.

But Maresca, whose side return to action for the first time since the verdict was made public at what is sure to be a hostile Anfield on Sunday, believes City will prevail and has attempted to play down concerns.

In an interview with club media on a day when chief executive Ferran Soriano is understood to have addressed players returning from the international break, the manager sounded a defiant note.

'Personally, I'm very calm to be honest,' he said yesterday. 'The club has been quite clear. We trust completely the club. We

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DECLAN RICE is closing in on a new long-term deal at Arsenal believed to be worth around £350,000 per week.

The contract will make Rice and Bukayo Saka the club's joint top earners. Manchester City star Erling Haaland, on £525,000 a week, is the only player in the Premier League to be paid more. It will represent a rise of more than £100,000 a week for Rice, who joined Arsenal in 2023 and has established himself as the fulcrum of their midfield, helping steer the Gunners to the Premier League title last season.

The 27-year-old played 55 games in all competitions last season as Arsenal reached their first Champions League final since 2006, but lost out to Paris Saint-Germain. Rice's current contract runs out at the end of next season and talks over a new deal that began early this year are finally reaching a conclusion.

The £105million signing from West Ham has also become a key man for his country, with England boss Thomas Tuchel describing him as ‘one of the very best midfielders in the world’ this summer.

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BOX 8: Jean Gibson was a 20th-century British artist who created work in which branch of visual art? Portraiture (M) Sculpture (Z) Fashion design (A)

Yesterday's solution: BRIAN MAY (1B, 2A, 3N, 4Y, 5A, 6M, 7I, 8R)

Picture: PA

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

MAKING TRACKS

LAY tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each row and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails. The track cannot cross itself.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

8	5	4	7	8	5	4	4

HONEYCOMB

ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.

1. Strut
2. Projectiles
3. Sways
4. Type of rock
5. Tops
6. Competitors
7. Slopes
8. Fool
9. Relish
10. Undertake
11. Domain
12. Cower

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MASTERQUIZ

1. The Bering Sea is a section of which ocean?

2. Who wrote the novels Farewell, My Lovely and The Long Goodbye?

3. In the New Testament, which of the Apostles is generally identified with Thaddeus?

4. What colour is the dress of the sculpture of a woman

MINDBENDER

1. Brianna is packing her bag for an overnight stay. She fills it up, then removes nine items. She replaces 25 per cent of the remaining items with five others. Finally, she adds in another seventh, ending up with 40 items in her bag. How many items did Brianna put in initially?

2. What connects fluke, salts and sausage?

now occupying the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square?

5. What sort of creature is a firecrest?

6. Which German filmmaker directed The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

3. Which nursery rhyme may be A TALL, ADMIRABLE MYTH?

4. Which is the odd one out: John Dunbar, Ray Kinsella, Bull Durham, Eliot Ness?

KILLER SUDOKU

5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three poets: SON KIN ELD ERI MAS COL DIC EFI DGE.

FILL in squares in the grid so each row, column and each 3x3 square contains all digits from 1 to 9. Each set of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the number in the top-left corner. Numbers can't be repeated within each set of cells.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

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MAILWORD

KAKURO

FILL in the blank squares of the grid using only the numbers 1 to 9, without repeating any number in any line of blank squares. The lines must be filled in with numbers which add up to the total in the shaded box at the top or beginning of each line. A number in the bottom half of a shaded box gives a downwards total; in the top half, it's a horizontal total.

29 ____ Jung, psychologist 30 Unit of length 31 Culinary herb 34 ____ Flynn, actor 36 Farewell 37 Brute 38 Mother-of-pearl 39 Price

1 Tasmanian port
2 Attack by planes
3 One who works with wool
4 Nathan ____, Dutch international footballer

5 Table game 6 Increasing 7 Guided 8 Aged 9 Path 13 Apparent worth 17 Section 20 Be subjected to 21 Suit-makers 25 Little ball 27 More frosty 31 Boycott 32 Vladimir Nabokov novel 33 So 35 Legendary bird SOLUTION ON MONDAY

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

PITCHERWITS™

DOWN

1a. Erosion apt to mess up medical procedures (10)

14a. Spartan alternative to bullock allegedly (7)

3d. Remainder to base? It's a retirement site (4,4)

6d. Dwarf the silhouette turned upside down? (10)

8a. Labouring hard with a time of lubricating (7)

ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 7 Vocalises (without Clio) the flowerpots (5) 8 Picture Clue 11 Arrive right in front of everyone (5) 13 Sheet music of 20? (5)

18a. Very affluent with smart shoe supports? (4-6)

5d. Bizarre test of a beagle bug with antlers? (4,6)

9d. Partly like nine stormy seas (2,1,5)

14 Picture Clue 16 New book to read? (5) 18 Picture Clue

DOWN 2 Second add-on, from an alcopop (pseudonym) (1,1,1) 3 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

PITCHERWITS BOOK

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ACROSS

4 Trouble in the lido with one worshipped (4) 5 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 9 Picture Clue 10 Keen on only parts of main to-do list (4)

1 Ceremonial war dance 5 Beneath 10 Pig's noise 11 Cub leader 12 Concise 14 Vertiginous 15 Gallery display 16 Shearer, football pundit 18 Rodent 19 Strong cord 22 Bind 23 Centre of a storm 24 Short sleep 26 Foolish talk 28 Expire

12 A six, to back up the centre (4) 15 Incidentally, it's a bit lofty (4) 17 Compete in the 'heavies' league (3)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Bubbles over. 5 Tower. 7 Niger. 9 Reoccur. 11 Gem. 12 Mix. 13 Alumina. 16 Shrub. 17 Sheep. 18 Pancake race. DOWN: 1 Bit of gossip. 2 Largo. 3 Sonic. 4 Rare example. 6 Warm air. 8 Germane. 10 Cam. 14 Umbra. 15 Issue.

HIDATO COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 82, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 82. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

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

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

HEARTWOOD 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

ACROSS

1. Monk's title (3)
2. Tiny branch (4)
3. Blood fluids (4)
4. Crime investigator (abbr) (3)

DOWN 1. Jimjams (sl) (abbr) (3) 2. Unpaid (4) 3. Difficulty (4) 5. A gun (U.S. sl) (3) SOLUTION TOMORROW

CROSS NUMBER

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION				23
	2			12
		6		23
			7	29
4				23
22	19	20	26	17

Today's challenge time: 3 mins 17 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 3 represents L, so fill in L every time the figure 3 appears. You have one letter in the control grid to start you off. Enter it 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.

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SCRABBLE $^{®}$ G ${2}$ R ${1}$ A ${1}$ M ${3}$ S $_{1}$

■The board on the right shows four rows of letters from a typical Scrabble game. Use each row to form a word of 2-7 letters and write it in the blank squares provided. Then add up the score for each row. Don't forget to use the double and triple word and letter scores — and add a 50-point bonus for every 7-letter word. Blank tiles can be used for any letter but have no score. See Monday's paper for the solution. SCRABBLE® and SCRABBLE® Tiles are registered trademarks. All rights in the game are owned in the USA by Hasbro Inc, in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc, and elsewhere by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.

S	R	A	W	F	O	G	U	T
K	Y	A	Y	L	P	B	J	E
I	A	E	O	Y	B	O	E	G
B	K	P	Z	G	J	V	U	Q
A	N	G	L	I	N	G	D	U
L	P	B	S	C	L	Z	E	D
L	E	X	A	U	Y	U	P	B
E	L	Z	V	N	Q	E	A	F
T	O	O	E	O	D	D	U	I
O	T	T	R	A	K	Y	M	C
R	A	C	K	E	T	S	E	R

Triple Score on 4th Letter

PAR SCORE 110-120 by JUDD

FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN

Yesterday's solution: LEGENDS 59 AFRAID 18 CONCEAL 61 TAVERNS 80 JUDD'S TOTAL: 218

© 1997, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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: Retired Olympic sports

ANGLING BANDY JEU DE PAUME PELOTA POLO

RACKETS ROQUE SKI BALLET SKIJORING TUG OF WAR

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

QUICK QUIZ

1. Which country has a region called Burgundy?

2. In the Aardman film A Close Shave, what is the name of Wallace's woolshop-owning love interest?

3. What is the name of the world's largest beer festival, which takes place in Munich?

4. A hexahedron is a solid figure with how many plane faces?

5. Which bird of prey can achieve the fastest speed of any bird when in flight?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

GOGEN

BANG BATCH CHIRP FIN JOKE MIX NAVY QUICKLY SHOWED

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

ABTOT Member 5509 ABTA

BRIDGE MASTERCLASS | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,984

North ♠ 3 ♥ Q 9 8 7 4 2 ♦ 5 4 West ♠ A K 8 5 4 ♥ J 5 3 ♦ 3 ♣ K Q 9 7 South ♠ 9 7 6 ♥ A ♦ K Q J 10 8 7 6 ♣ 10 3 East ♠ Q J 10 2 ♥ K 10 6 ♦ A 9 2 ♣ 6 5 4

YOU are sitting West playing 4♠ after South has opened 3♦. North leads the ♦5, which you win in dummy. You draw trumps in three rounds, South holding three, and try a heart to the ♥10, which loses to the ♥A, and the ♦K is returned, which you ruff. How do you plan the play? SOUTH has only three cards in hearts and clubs. You know that they do not include the ♣A, but you will succeed if South holds the ♣10 or ♣J. Lead the ♣K. If North ducks, continue with the ♣Q. Provided an honour falls from South, North will now be endplayed. If North wins the first club and returns a club to South's honour, you can duck. The forced diamond continuation will prepare the way for North to be squeezed.

FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today's answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts/calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending the completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,984, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls and texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. See Terms & Conditions.

ACROSS

1 A dream I concocted in holiday destination (7)
5 Study trick behind exercise (6)
9 Fine mark possibly female removed in small baking dish (7)
10 One favouring cream? (7)
11 One to succeed on radio broadcast (3)
12 Break before speech for process of renewal? (11)
13 Blemish in Soviet leader, no liberal (5)
14 GP due a go for treating English teacher (9)
16 One minding a pen? (9)
17 Plant by hospital typical of Dublin? (5)
19 Where one might put port on trial? (4,7)
22 Profit after refusing a drink (3)
23 One bringing together a French island with fine seaside feature first off (7)
24 Friendly clubs given type of number, not new (7)
26 Puts off free trips in Germany and Sweden (6)
27 Modified planning for drives around Spain (7)

DOWN

HEATHER DHONDY

1 Humans with time to probe principles of conduct (7)
2 Something to separate mice and relation in an agitated state (11,4)
3 Bother in Scottish church missing leader (3)
4 Some champagne served for woman (5)
5 Doctor deplored a characteristic of some drinkers? (9)
6 Section in portrait advertising Indian side (5)
7 Leading hissing I suspect in vessels at sea (7,8)
8 Batters adopt this opinion (6)
12 Scope in commercial line (5)
14 Strains certainly found among reporters (9)
15 Leaving first person to wear medal (5)
16 Successfully completed, like a wound requiring stitches? (4,2)
18 Got to grips with name linked to diamonds (7)
20 Rubbish journey close to office (5)
21 Suffer amid restraint for the most part (5)
25 Priest placed in secure vicarage (3)

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLES

SUDOKU

6	1	2	3	4	9	7	8	5
3	8	9	5	7	1	2	6	4
5	7	4	2	6	8	9	1	3
4	5	7	1	8	6	3	9	2
8	9	3	4	2	7	1	5	6
1	2	6	9	3	5	8	4	7
9	6	1	7	5	3	4	2	8
2	3	8	6	1	4	5	7	9
7	4	5	8	9	2	6	3	1

9	8	4	3	7	1	6	2	5
5	2	6	9	4	8	7	3	1
3	1	7	2	5	6	9	4	8
8	9	3	7	6	2	5	1	4
7	4	5	1	3	9	8	6	2
1	6	2	4	8	5	3	9	7
2	3	8	5	9	4	1	7	6
4	5	9	6	1	7	2	8	3
6	7	1	8	2	3	4	5	9

PRIZE SUDOKU

WORD SEARCH Missing: POPULAR

HIDATO

2	1	8	7	9	4	6	3	5
7	4	6	1	3	5	8	2	9
3	9	5	8	2	6	4	7	1
5	3	7	2	6	8	1	9	4
4	6	2	9	7	1	5	8	3
1	8	9	5	4	3	2	6	7
9	5	1	6	8	7	3	4	2
6	7	3	4	1	2	9	5	8
8	2	4	3	5	9	7	1	6

NINE TO FIVE

CROSS NUMBER

				16
8	7	9	5	29
5	4	6	8	23
4	2	1	3	10
3	5	2	1	11
20	18	18	17	14

START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner's; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate's.

	V	S	B
A	I	L	E	D
T	R	Y	S	T
R	U	L	E	D
	S	Y	T

KAKURO

WORD WHEEL: dawn, dhow, down, draw, drawn, drown, handiwork, handwork, hawk, inward, know, onward, rowan, wadi, wain, wand, ward, warn, whin, whir, whoa, wind, wink, wino, woad, wonk, word, work, worn.

30-SECOND CHALLENGE

Beginner	85	$\div 5$	$\times 2$	+30	$\div 4$	+9	$\times 5$	DOUBLE IT	-22	$\div 12$
Intermediate	36	$\frac{7}{9}$ OF IT	$\times 25$	25% OF IT	-7	$\frac{5}{14}$ OF IT	TIMES ITSELF	$\frac{3}{100}$ OF IT	-10	$\frac{5}{7}$ OF IT
Advanced	61	-17	$\times 15$	LESS 10%	-30	25% OF IT	+3	$\frac{5}{18}$ OF IT	TIMES ITSELF	$7\frac{1}{2}\%$ OF IT

MAKING TRACKS

			6	7			1	8
	6	2	5	1	8		7	6	5
	9	4		2	3			9	3
				3	7		3	1
	7	4			4	2	1
	6	2			9	8	7	4
		5	1		5	1		2	7
			2	9	1			3	5
		6	3	4	2	1
	3	8			6	7	1	3
	5	7					5	4

www.30secondchallenges.com

7 7 4 3 3 4 6 A 2 8 7 6 8 3 3 B

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 1 Birds Of A Feather. 8 Realist. 9 Bogarde. 10 Nehru. 11 Locatelli. 12 Riddler. 14 Moyes. 15 Deary. 17 Sampras. 19 Armstrong. 22 Islam. 23 Isthmus. 24 Marsden. 25 Stretch one's legs.

YOUR ANSWERS

KENKEN

$1-$ 5	6	$5+$ 4	1	$1-$ 3	$10\times$ 2
$5+$ 1	3	$11+$ 6	$2\div$ 4	2	5
$10+$ 6	1	5	2	$3-$ 4	$2\div$ 3
4	$11+$ 5	$5+$ 2	$2-$ 3	1	6
2	4	3	5	$1-$ 6	$3-$ 1
$1-$ 3	2	$5-$ 1	6	5	4

SUDOKU X

KILLER SUDOKU

6	2	9	4	7	3	5	8	1
8	3	1	2	5	6	9	4	7
4	7	5	8	9	1	3	6	2
9	8	7	3	6	2	4	6	1
1	5	3	9	6	7	8	2	4
2	6	4	1	8	5	7	9	3
3	1	8	5	4	9	2	7	6
7	4	2	6	3	8	1	5	9
5	9	6	7	1	2	4	3	8

SOLUTION BELOW

4	5	6	2	1	3
2	3	1	5	4	6
3	1	2	6	5	4
6	4	5	1	3	2
5	2	4	3	6	1
1	6	3	4	2	5

GOGEN

Q S I G Y B U N L D F A X E W J H R O V T P M C K

DOWN: 1 Barenaked Ladies. 2 Reacher. 3 Ski Sunday. 4 Fatal. 5 Argot. 6 Hartley. 7 Reed instruments. 9 Buckram. 13 Lessons. 14 Mardi Gras. 16 Ammeter. 18 Splodge. 20 Tempt. 21 Gamin.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 17,981

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Skin. 5 Oof. 6 Yet. 7 Blag. DOWN: 2 Koel. 3 Iota. 4 NF. 6 Yb.

ACROSS: 6 One-dimensional. 9 Stilts. 10 Behemoth. 11 Detached. 13 Dieppe. 15 Entire. 17 Sliver. 19 Clerks. 20 Outcrops. 22 Effusive. 24 Export. 26 Stage direction. DOWN: 1 For the hell of it. 2 Cell. 3 Kitsch. 4 Asphodel. 5 Form. 7 Embody. 8 Antiperspirant. 12 Altar. 14 Elver. 16 Rescinds. 18 Poseur. 21 Trench. 23 Urge. 25 Pain.

MAILWORD

ACROSS: 1 Spas. 5 Golf. 9 Shunt. 10 Etui. 11 Chatty. 12 Mist. 13 Orb. 14 Elfish. 16 Dub. 17 Aeon. 18 Egypt. 20 Ridge. 24 Rene. 26 Our. 27 Cherub. 29 Men. 30 Deaf. 31 Demise. 33 Adze. 34 Gaunt. 35 Deer. 36 Ergo. DOWN: 1 Shabby. 2 Put. 3 Anteater. 4 Style. 5 Gemini. 6 Otis. 7 Lush. 8 Fit. 9 Shrug. 11 Code. 15 Forebear. 19 Prefer. 21 Domino. 22 Guest. 23 Erne. 25 Nudge. 27 Cede. 28 Haze. 30 Dad. 32 Mug.*

SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ:

MINDBENDER: 149 items.
2 They may all follow liver.
3 Mary Had A Little Lamb.
4 Bull Durham; the others are characters played by Kevin Costner in films. 5 Coleridge, Dickinson, Masefield.

KUROSU

MASTERQUIZ:

1 Pacific. 2 Raymond Chandler. 3 Jude. 4 Blue. 5 Bird. 6 Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

HONEYCOMB:

1 Prance. 2 Arrows. 3 Swings. 4 Gneiss. 5 Shirts. 6 Rivals. 7 Slants. 8 Nitwit. 9 Wasabi. 10 Assume. 11 Empire. 12 Cringe.

30-SECOND CHALLENGE: Beginner: 19. Intermediate: 70. Advanced: 120.

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