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2026年8月30日

三大王室独家报道 愤怒的哈里“仍期待”其他家庭成员道歉 蒙特西托邻居揭秘萨塞克斯公爵夫妇的生活 安德鲁的旧居将被出租（没有王室成员想要） 见第7-10页

前克里姆林宫主管发出威胁，国防公司加强安保 普京的走狗：我们将瞄准英国无人机工厂

独家报道

作者：Abul Taher, Will Stewart 和 Christian Calgie

昨晚有指称称，俄罗斯准备攻击英国——并将一家无人机工厂和一家导弹公司列为“合法目标”。

弗拉基米尔·普京的一位高级顾问警告称，“俄罗斯政府最高层”正在考虑发动一次“混合攻击”，例如破坏或纵火，而非发动会导致北约做出反应的“全面军事打击”。

在接受《星期日邮报》独家采访时，俄罗斯前外交部副部长安德烈·费多罗夫将英国描述为“头号邪恶”。克里姆林宫的目标之一是由一家英乌合资公司 Ukrspecsystems 拥有的无人机工厂。

英乌合资公司 Ukrspecsystems。该公司位于西萨福克郡英国皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地旁的场所详情已于4月与另外五家一起公开

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英国天气预报 区域预报 / 缓解 t

伦敦、东南部、南部、西南部、海峡群岛：早晨多云，下午有阵雨并伴有中风，预计晚上有雷阵雨且有风。最高气温 23℃ 73F。 威尔士、中地、东英吉利： 早晨：多云有阵雨。下午：可能有雷阵雨，有风。晚上：阵雨减少，维持多云。最高气温 22℃ 72F。

西北部、东北部：早晨：阵雨，轻风。下午：可能有雷阵雨，有风。晚上：阵雨缓解，微风。最高气温 20℃ 68F。

苏格兰：早晨：多云有阵雨。下午：大雨，有风。晚上：雨， 缓解为阵雨，轻风。最高气温 17℃ 63F。 北爱尔兰、爱尔兰：早晨：多云有阵雨。下午：频繁降雨，可能打雷。晚上：多云伴有分散阵雨。最高气温 19℃ 66F。

昨日（截至下午6点的24小时）——最高温：Writtle，26℃。 最低温：Baltasound No 2，9℃。 最高降水量：Leconfield，37.00mm。 最充足日照：Tiree，10.9小时。 气压（下午6点）—— 1001.36mb。 上升。湿度：81%。

周一大部分时间天空多云。周二分散阵雨逐渐减少。周三转为阴雨，有大范围降雨。到周四，天气改善，有阳光时段和孤立阵雨。

六日天气预报

城市	周一	周二	周三	周四	周五	周六
伦敦	22	23	22	24	24	24
亚伯丁	16	16	15	17	16	16
贝尔法斯特	17	18	18	18	18	17
伯明翰	19	21	20	23	22	22
坎特伯雷	22	22	21	23	23	23
卡迪夫	19	20	21	21	21	21
格拉斯哥	18	17	16	17	16	17
利兹	19	20	20	20	20	20
曼彻斯特	18	20	20	21	20	20
纽卡斯尔	20	20	19	20	20	19
诺里奇	21	22	21	23	22	23
普利茅斯	21	22	22	22	22	22

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Kemi 要求与公务员系统进行会谈以规划政府工作

“蜜月期结束了，伯纳姆”

独家报道 作者：Christian Calgie

高级政治特约记者

保守党党魁警告安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）“蜜月期已结束”，因为他正准备迎接迄今为止最艰难的一周。

凯米·巴德诺克（KEMI Badenoch）已致信内阁秘书，要求与公务员进行正式的选前磋商。

随着安迪·伯纳姆可能提前举行大选的猜测日益增加，巴德诺克女士表示，如果伯纳姆先生的赌博失败，她希望政府高官能够全面掌握保守党关于激进改革的计划。

作者：Christian Calgie

在《星期日邮报》看到的一封致安东尼娅·罗密欧（Antonia Romeo）的信函中，巴德诺克女士表示，她认为伯纳姆先生会尽早举行选举。

警告称：“蜜月期已结束。”她告诉《星期日邮报》：“安迪·伯纳姆需要”

她表示，这是因为工党目前的竞选宣言“不允许他通过提高税收来实现其议程”。

随着新任财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）已经在为伯纳姆先生的首份预算案做准备，关于政府如何在坚持不提高增值税（VAT）、所得税或国民保险承诺的同时，为新任首相昂贵的承诺提供资金，猜测甚嚣尘上。

随着国会议员在夏季休会后准备返回下议院，首相面临着一份可能引发工党内战的噩梦般的待办事项清单。

巴德诺克女士继续写道：“我请求您寻求首相的批准，尽快开始与保守党进行讨论，以便我们确保公务员部门掌握我们政府计划的细节。”

他将于周二最终出现在议会发言席（Dispatch Box）上，这将是他首次与凯米·巴德诺克（见插图）正面交锋。紧随其后的是关于进一步提前释放囚犯的公告。预计还将有关于对以色列非法定居点实施制裁以及在北海钻探的声明。巴德诺克女士，

她详细说明了大幅削减福利、增加国防开支、退出《欧洲人权公约》，以及取消住房印花税和大多数商业街店铺商业税的全面改革。

这位保守党领袖总结道：“这些是深远的变革，是我实现英国经济革命计划的一部分。必须尽可能给公务员部门留出充足的时间来为此做准备。”

停止在边缘修修补补，开始履行他竞选时承诺的工作。如果他不做出削减福利开支、加强国防以及抵制挥霍纳税人信用卡的艰难决定，那么他只不过是那个老掉牙的工党的老掉牙党魁。我期待在本周让他陷入困境，并就英国人民真正关心的问题获得答案。” Stephen Daisley：第 23 页

按照传统，磋商通常在议会任期结束前 12-16 个月进行，旨在帮助公务员部门和反对党为可能的政府更迭做好准备。

本周在乌克兰发表讲话时，伯纳姆先生坚称，提前大选并非“人们目前所期待的”。

当 ITV News 问及他为何不利用工党近期在民调中的上升势头来超越改革英国党（Reform UK）时，伯纳姆先生说：“我告诉你为什么不——因为我关注的是国家的需要，而不是党派政治利益。”

尽管他予以否认，但改革英国党也表示，他们本周末的会议将用于让该党进入快选状态。

党主席李·安德森（Lee Anderson）表示：“我们正在为明年某个时候的大选做准备。议会席位的候选人筛选工作目前正在进行中。‘伯纳姆反弹’？我认为并不存在。”

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娱乐版 独家报道

作者：凯蒂·欣德 (Katie Hind)

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由于这是演艺圈最令人向往的工作，竞争詹姆斯·邦德这一角色注定是一场激战。

但在经过多年的猜测后，现在争夺谁将成为下一任 007, 的不再是演员，而是苹果公司 (Apple) 和亚马逊公司 (Amazon) —— 这两家全球最大的流媒体巨头。

《星期日邮报》可以透露，继承丹尼尔·克雷格 (Daniel Craig) “杀人执照”的关键竞争者之一杰克·洛登 (Jack Lowden)，正处于这两家巨型广播公司的战争中心，双方都渴望让他出现在自己的屏幕上。

消息人士称，这位出生于埃塞克斯郡的 36 岁演员在苹果公司剧集《慢马》(Slow Horses) 中饰演 MI5 特工里弗·卡特赖特 (River Cartwright)，因此不可能同时饰演邦德。

这引发了苹果公司的激烈反击，以确保在下一季演出中能留住他。

但洛登在亚马逊公司挑选新任儒雅间谍的高管中获得了极高评价。

一名内部人士告诉《星期日邮报》：

“一名演员几乎在同一时间饰演两名英国间谍，这在现实中是不可能的。你不能在两个系列和两名间谍中只用一张脸。

杰克确实在讨论之列，有些人认为他会成为一名极出色的邦德。但房间里那个显而易见的问题是——

“有些自负的人不喜欢输”

——《慢马》。亚马逊想要它的邦德，但苹果已经拥有它的间谍了。

苹果和亚马逊内部有一些非常自负的人，他们不喜欢输给对方，所以战斗开始了。”

洛登与女演员西尔莎·罗南 (Saoirse Ronan) 结婚，在苹果公司成功的谍战剧中，他饰演野心勃勃的卡特赖特，与加里·奥德曼 (Gary Oldman) 饰演的杰克逊·兰姆 (Jackson Lamb) 相对演。该剧基于米克·赫伦 (Mick Herron) 的小说，未来的剧集几乎肯定会与新的邦德电影在档期上冲突。

在出演了《玛丽女王》、《傲慢与偏见》和《敦刻尔克》等角色后，洛登已成为英国最炙手可热的演员之一。他还主演了 BBC 剧集《黄金》(The Gold)，饰演被定罪的杀人犯肯尼思·诺伊 (Kenneth Noye)，后者熔掉了 1983 年臭名昭著的布林克斯-马特 (Brink's-Mat) 抢劫案中窃取的黄金。

成为下一任 00 的竞争已经缩小到最后四人，剩下的竞争者已经在派宁伍德 (Pinewood) 接受了考核。

杀人执照：丹尼尔·克雷格饰演的邦德

亚马逊，快收起你的《慢马》！你们不能抢走我们的杰克作为下一个 007

苹果公司高层与竞争对手流媒体巨头陷入战争，因其间谍剧主演被预测将饰演詹姆斯·邦德

移动的目标？在《慢马》中的杰克·劳登（Jack Lowden）以及右侧与妻子西尔莎·罗南（Saoirse Ronan）的合影

据一名消息人士称，在制片厂中。据了解，他们在寻找克雷格继任者的过程中已进入高级开发阶段，正在进行广泛的测试，旨在发现谁不仅能像邦德那样演戏，而且能真正“成为”他。

虽然目前尚不清楚这四个人是谁，但雅各布·埃洛迪（Jacob Elordi）、卡勒姆·特纳（Callum Turner）、保罗·梅斯卡尔（Paul Mescal）、杰克·奥康奈尔（Jack O'Connell）和哈里斯·迪金森（Harris Dickinson）都在候选名单中，以及后来者杰克·巴顿（Jack Barton）——他在 Netflix 的青春成长剧《心跳停止》（Heartstopper）中迅速成名。据一名内部人士透露，竞争者们在打斗戏份的处理能力、肢体动作、荧幕存在感、个人魅力等方面接受了测试。他们还被要求在镜头前演绎经典的邦德式瞬间，以便新时代的管理人员评估每位演员如何处理该角色所要求的肢体动作、危险感、幽默感以及毫不费力的魅力。

另一位消息人士表示：“这远不止是在试镜室里读几句台词。他们看重的是整体素质。他走进房间的样子如何？他在打斗中看起来如何？在场景需要时，他能否展现出那种邦德式的魅力？”

“他们实际上是将这些演员置于邦德的世界中，看看谁看起来像是属于那里的人。”

导演丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦（Denis Villeneuve）正在监督 007 的下一个化身，由《浴血黑帮》（Peaky Blinders）的创作者史蒂文·奈特（Steven Knight）编写剧本。

爪牙的威胁

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那些在俄乌战争中为乌克兰制造武器和无人机的欧洲公司。

昨晚，国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）表示：“近几周我们从克里姆林宫看到的鲁莽言论和恐吓企图，反映了普京处境的软弱，我们不会被恐吓。”

“对普京来说，这是糟糕的一年。前线几乎没有移动。俄罗斯的伤亡人数继续增加。俄罗斯人民正在为普京的战争付出沉重代价。”

“普京的侵略行为绝不能得到回报，这符合我们的国家利益。首相、外交大臣和我正共同努力，在冬季到来前动员对乌克兰的支持。”

此次威胁出现之际：

• 英国国防公司的高管们收到警告，称他们可能会成为俄罗斯混合攻击的目标；

• 一个亲克里姆林宫的战争频道建议，应当攻击一个驻有至少 900 名英军的北约爱沙尼亚基地；

• 俄罗斯叛逃者亚历山大·利特维年科（Alexander Litvinenko）的刺客之一计划在莫斯科的英国大使馆对面举办一场反英展览；

• 英国驻俄罗斯大使告知官员，不要确认英国武器是否正被运往乌克兰，以防止普京升级局势。

昨晚，大西洋理事会智库专家伊丽莎白·布劳（Elisabeth Braw）表示，混合攻击的重点在于让像英国这样的国家在如何应对上陷入两难境地。

她表示：“我将混合威胁称为‘防御者的困境’，因为这确实是防御者的困境。”

“你究竟应该如何反击？因为如果你使用军事手段，那么你将真的引发第三次世界大战。”

71 岁的费多罗夫表示，克里姆林宫不会对北约成员国英国发动全面的军事打击，因为这可能会导致西方联盟对俄罗斯发起集体军事反击。

但他补充道：“英国是头号邪恶。在英国制造的无人机被用于攻击俄罗斯炼油厂的消息传出后，这在俄罗斯社会引起了巨大的愤怒。”

“各种专家正呼吁通过打击来惩罚英国，这将得到大多数俄罗斯公民的支持。”

他表示，普京及其亲信对安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）向乌克兰提供远程“风暴阴影”（Storm Shadow）导弹蓝图感到愤怒，这些导弹此前已被用于打击俄罗斯境内。

这些射程为 350 英里的导弹由英国军工企业 MBDA 制造，该公司拥有 4,000 名员工，总部位于赫特福德郡的史蒂夫尼奇（Stevenage）。

费多罗夫在谈到 MBDA 时说：“莫斯科的许多专家都在说，是的，

“英国人民绝不会被恐吓”

它是一个合法目标。绝对是。”在上周期间，包括克里姆林宫发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃（Maria Zakharova）在内的俄罗斯官员，针对伯纳姆先生访问乌克兰一事，威胁要对英国发动攻击。

尽管美国中央情报局（CIA）局长约翰·拉特克利夫（John Ratcliffe）上周二秘密访问莫斯科，据报道他在访问中警告俄罗斯不要攻击北约国家，但警告依然发出了。

扎哈罗娃女士表示：“安迪·伯纳姆政府明白这将导致什么结果。他们应该明白这是在玩火，后果可能是不可预测的。”

国防部（MoS）还被展示了一个

利特维年科刺客发起反英运动

一名在伦敦使用放射性化学物质毒杀叛逃者亚历山大·利特维年科的克里姆林宫刺客，目前正在俄罗斯牵头一场反英运动。

安德烈·卢戈沃伊（Andrey Lugovoy）是2006年被派往英国刺杀利特维年科的两名间谍之一——利特维年科曾是俄罗斯联邦安全局官员，后来成为了普京的激烈批评者。

现年56岁的卢戈沃伊否认参与投毒，目前是一名极度忠于普京的议员，他正领导着

由英国驻莫斯科大使奈杰尔·凯西（Nigel Casey）在伯纳姆先生访问后发送给外交部工作人员的官方备忘录。

他在备忘录中表示，俄罗斯在乌克兰战争中的“叙事”正在失效，这导致其在整个欧洲“升级”混合战争。

他补充道：“在战争升级的这一时期，英国官员无论是在记录在案还是非正式场合，[都应]坚定地执行我们的政策，既不确认也不否认英国提供的武器是否被基辅在俄罗斯境内使用。任何似乎

作者：Will Stewart 和 Abul Taher

针对英国的运动。他上周告诉俄罗斯电视台，他的目标是将英国描绘成一个“真正恐怖的……敌人”。

卢戈沃伊将在今年晚些时候，在莫斯科英国大使馆对面的一栋建筑内举办一场反英展览，重点揭露“殖民罪行”。

该展览将命名为“Britlag”，旨在与俄语中的“古拉格”（gulag）一词谐音。

确认俄罗斯指控的言论，都有可能在不必要的情况下提高英国国家安全已经面临的重大风险。”

在上周于伦敦举行的一次简报会上，西方官员警告称，随着乌克兰在战争中占据上风，俄罗斯准备在整个欧洲发起更多混合攻击。

其中一人表示：“俄罗斯进行混合行动的欲望非常明显。我们的评估是，普京希望避免与北约发生直接对抗。

“我们需要对混合威胁保持警惕。关系

军工企业高管被警告克里姆林宫间谍威胁

《星期日邮报》获悉，向乌克兰供应武器的英国国防企业高管们收到警告，称他们面临被俄罗斯间谍盯上的风险。

在今年初夏高级政府官员与首席执行官（CEO）举行的一次圆桌会议期间，这些负责人被告知他们及其员工面临来自克里姆林宫的升级威胁。一名消息人士未确认

作者：Abul Taher 和 Christian Calgie

具体出席了会议的高管，但据信他们是那些向乌克兰供应武器和无人机的企业负责人。

一些国防公司因其设备销售而备受关注。其中包括位于西萨福克郡英国皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地附近的 Ukrspecsystems（乌克兰特种系统公司），该公司为乌克兰制造无人机；以及 BAE 系统公司的子公司 Callen-Lenz，该公司供应了近期用于打击俄罗斯境内深处炼油厂的设备。

同样著名的还有 MBDA 公司，该公司制造了乌克兰用于攻击弗拉基米尔·普京国家的“风暴阴影”导弹。

此次外交、联邦和发展事务部的会议是在两家德国国防公司的高管成为被挫败的俄罗斯暗杀计划目标之后召开的。

其中一人是国防巨头莱茵金属（Rheinmetall）的首席执行官阿尔敏·帕珀格（Armin Papperger），该公司曾签署一份价值 42 亿英镑 billion 的合同向乌克兰军队供应炮弹。

大西洋理事会智库的安全专家伊丽莎白·布劳（Elisabeth Braw）表示：“英国和欧洲的国防公司领导人开始考虑自身的安全以及公司设施的安全。

“俄罗斯正在发出信号，任何参与国防事业的人现在都被俄罗斯人视为合法目标。”

惩罚“邪恶”的英国

我们与他们之间的关系正处于极低谷。'

前保守党安全大臣汤姆·图根哈特（Tom Tugendhat）表示：“这是一个在自己发起的战争中节节败退的政权所发出的绝望之词。我们不会被恐吓。英国将继续与乌克兰肩并肩站在一起。”

西萨福克郡的保守党议员尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）表示：“萨福克郡的人民，以及整个英国人民，永远不会被俄罗斯的威胁所吓倒。他的选区内设有乌克兰特种系统公司（Ukrspecsystems）。”

“我们对乌克兰——这个遭受俄罗斯无端侵略的受害者——的支持将始终如一，保持强而有力。”

昨晚，另有消息披露，一个亲克里姆林宫的 Telegram 频道“ATO Donetsk”（俄罗斯军队的最爱）呼吁攻击位于爱沙尼亚的塔帕（Tapa）北约基地，那里驻扎着 900 名英国士兵。在该频道的一次广播中，该频道

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这就是为什么拉特克利夫的突然行程至关重要。在情报领域，异常的行动很少是没有意义的，而这次行动处处写着“警告”二字。

上周，有人发现一名人员从拉脱维亚飞往莫斯科，这立即引起了我的好奇心。当得知该乘客并非普通的外交官，而是美国中央情报局（CIA）局长约翰·拉特克利夫时，我彻底警觉了起来。

CIA局长不会为了闲聊而突然造访莫斯科。上一次类似的访问是威廉·伯恩斯在2021年11月进行的，那是为了在最后时刻尝试警告弗拉基米尔·普京不要入侵乌克兰。他失败了。

作为一名前高级情报官员，我学会了关注那些异样之处，那些能让你后颈汗毛竖起的小型、无法解释的细节。因此，当一架美国C-17“全球霸王”运输机——

说道：“我们不会飞越英国，但塔帕军事基地驻有约900名英国士兵，以及设备和弹药库。”

自乌克兰战争爆发以来，俄罗斯已对英国发动了多次混合攻击。2024年3月，东伦敦莱顿一个储存乌克兰援助物资的仓库被烧毁。罪犯是由俄罗斯瓦格纳雇佣兵组织雇佣的。

而在6月，两名男子因对前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士相关的房屋和一辆汽车发动多次纵火袭击而被判入狱。

“这里距离俄罗斯仅150公里 [93英里]。波罗的海国家是非常方便的‘公开审判’目标。”

拉特克利夫给普京的冷酷信息是？离西方远点，尤其是波罗的海国家。美国情报部门一直暗示俄罗斯可能在计划一次“有限入侵”，或者至少在策划测试西方关于陆路入侵的红线。

Ukrspecsystems（乌克兰特种系统公司）拒绝置评，MBDA公司未能取得联系。

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与此同时，俄罗斯正对英国大发雷霆，警告称在安迪·伯纳姆前往基辅允许乌克兰根据英国蓝图生产远程“风暴阴影”巡航导弹后，英国是在“玩火”。莫斯科谈到了“灾难性的后果”，并表示将打击我们的军事设施——正如《星期日邮报》今日报道，位于萨福克郡英国皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地附近的一家无人机工厂已成为其明确的目标。

INLAND已发出警报，警告普京正在欧洲各地发动“混合攻击”——包括爆炸性的无人机袭击、欧洲弹药厂的纵火案，以及破坏关键基础设施以削弱对乌克兰的军事援助。波兰则更进一步，正在培训400,000波兰人学习冲突生存技巧。

普京正变得越来越绝望，据广泛报道，他计划将惊人的600,000名新兵投入前线的“绞肉机”中。人们日益担心，他可能会攻击西方，以转移对其在乌克兰失败以及乌克兰在俄境内袭击对俄罗斯民众产生日益严重影响的注意力。

由于美国方面对拉特克利夫的访问缺乏任何实质性的评论，以及唐纳德·特朗普以一种随意的方式淡化其重要性，称其为“半常规”且“没什么异常”，我的担忧进一步增加。

俄罗斯同样不屑一顾。克里姆林宫称入侵警告是“恐吓故事”。

简单的事实是：这不是常规行动，而且极其异常。一些—。

作者：菲利普·英格拉姆 (PHILIP INGRAM)

某些事情正在发生，我们只是还不知道具体是什么……目前还不知道。那么，这是否意味着驻爱沙尼亚的英国军队可能会发现自己正面对着俄罗斯坦克的炮口？不。

普京可能鲁莽、残暴且绝望，但他还没有到自杀的程度。在俄军于乌克兰东部被消耗殆尽之时，他没有足够的兵力、装甲车或设备在战争中与北约对抗。没有任何情报表明俄罗斯在波罗的海边境有兵力集结。没有

“他可能鲁莽，但尚未到自杀的地步”

前英国陆军上校

装甲部队的集结。没有野战医院。没有后勤激增。

那么我们可能会看到什么？俄罗斯已经与欧洲处于战争状态，只是这种方式并非大多数人所认知的那样。在过去的一年里，克里姆林宫的行动一直在升级，测试反应，观察自己能推进到什么程度，但并非以传统的军事方式进攻，而是在“灰色地带”行动——切断电缆、干扰GPS、在军事基地和关键基础设施上空派遣无人机、破坏铁路、仓库火灾、网络攻击以及散布虚假信息。

网络攻击和虚假信息。这是一种通过骚扰、恐吓和可否认性进行的战争：成本足够低，让莫斯科可以重复操作；模糊度足够高，可以避免北约的军事回应；且严重程度足以迫使欧洲各国政府将军队、警察、情报人员和资金从乌克兰转移，重新部署到他们自己的街道、港口、铁路和天空。

莫斯科不再仅仅依赖专业情报人员，而是越来越多地利用代理人、罪犯、极端分子、移民或在网上招募的可丢弃特工来纵火、拍摄军事后勤照片、破坏铁路或安装设备。

其在欧洲的攻击次数在 2023 年至 2024 年间几乎翻了三倍。普京可能觉得他逃脱了惩罚，因此更有胆量采取更多行动。

如果他缺乏进行传统进攻的部队，绝望是否会驱使他按下核按钮？这个问题让情报主管们彻夜难眠。西方机构以近乎痴迷的注意力监控着俄罗斯的核力量。莫斯科的“俄雷什尼克”（Oreshnik）中程弹道导弹（已在对乌作战中使用）可以搭载核弹头。常见的末日论调坚持认为，普京可能会在乌克兰前线使用战术核武器。我不认为他会这么做。

他明白核理论家有时会忘记的一件事：一旦你在战场导弹上安装核弹头，你就不再是在玩恐吓游戏——你是在拿世界末日做赌注，而政治后果将是巨大的。 他的盟友中国和印度将会退缩。全球南方那些摇摆不定的国家将会远离。他看起来将是鲁莽且孤立的。

北约的回应几乎肯定将是常规手段而非核手段——关闭被占领乌克兰上空的天空，摧毁占领区内的俄罗斯军队，并明确表示莫斯科已经跨过了最终的红线。对于普京来说，这不是升级主导权，而是双输。

但普京确实有一张核牌可以打，而且几乎没有人谈到它。他可以在俄罗斯的偏远地区发射一枚携带战术核武器的导弹，并将其称为一次“测试”。这个信号将是不言而喻的：基辅可能是下一个。或者是波兰。或者是爱沙尼亚。

这将是一场表演，而非战争，但这是一场炽热的放射性表演，旨在恐吓西方各国首都，让他们完全按照他的意愿行事：将对乌克兰的支持转化为向总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基施压，迫使其不计代价地接受和平。

对于在俄罗斯境内引爆的设备，西方几乎不会采取军事报复。可能会有更多的制裁，但普京可能会计算出，这些制裁与核爆炸所引发的政治混乱相比是值得的。

如果这能让乌克兰局势向有利于普京的方向转变，那将被宣传为胜利。而对于西方来说，这将是伪装成外交的投降。让我们希望，这并不是拉特克利夫（Ratcliffe）匆忙前往莫斯科的原因。

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前国防部长痛批希利在军费问题上出尔反尔

财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）因搁置增加国防开支的计划，被指责危及国家安全。

此前，希利在担任国防大臣期间，因与财政部在国防开支问题上产生分歧，于6月辞去了基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）内阁的职务，当时他被赞誉为一名有原则的政治家。

但周五的消息显示，在掌握国家财政大权后，他现在拒绝承诺此前要求前财政大臣瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）为英国军队提供的资金，这使得他的名声现在变得狼藉不堪。

两名前国防大臣在昨日谴责了希利的这种反转。加文·威廉森爵士（Sir Gavin Williamson）告诉《星期日邮报》，他的辞职现在看来与原则关系不大，更多是出于希利个人的职业野心。

威廉森爵士猛烈抨击道：“财政大臣深知英国面临的威胁，却选择忽视这些威胁，不给我们的军队提供保卫国家所需的资源，使我们的国家更加脆弱。现在看来，他的辞职——尽管他称之为原则之举——更多是为了在牺牲国家安全的情况下夺取财政大臣的职位。”

作者：Christian Calgie 政治记者

佩妮·莫道特女爵士（Dame Penny Mordaunt）表示：“斯塔默政府知道如果不加强常规部队会产生什么后果：未来几年内可能会爆发冲突。然而他们没有采取行动，因为他们无法做出必要的支出选择。”

“工党面临的选择是：是愿意投入 5 per cent GDP, 来确保和平，还是投入 50 per cent GDP on war。”

今年6月，当希利辞去国防大臣职务时，前陆军总参谋长理查德·丹纳特将军（General Richard Dannatt）表示，他对他这个决定“非常尊重”。但昨天他告诉《星期日邮报》：“如果他真的要撤回在 2029 年（下次大选）前达到 3% 的承诺，那么他就放弃了他在辞职信中所主张的道德高地，并证明了自己不过是另一个随风而动、将个人利益置于国家之上的政治家。”

一名资深工党议员则质疑道：“显然，在担任国防大臣时，他不认为我们能在目前的国防开支下应对挑战。现在改变了什么？政治关乎选择和优先级，而国防应该始终处于首位。”

投降！

约翰·希利此前因斯塔默拒绝在 2030 年前将国防开支提高到 GDP 的 3% 而辞职抗议。现在，作为财政大臣，他搁置了同一个目标……而此时普京正升级威胁。

精准打击：昨日《每日邮报》关于希利“背叛”的报道

就在两个月前，希利辞去国防大臣时，指责财政部“不愿”为“保卫国家所需的资源提供承诺”，并补充道：“我确信，将 2030 年设定为国防开支达到 GDP 3% 的目标日期，是英国必须设定的。”

目前人们认为，在今年晚些时候的预算案中，他将筹集足够的资金来填补基尔·斯塔默爵士在离开唐宁街之前公布的国防投资计划中的财务黑洞。据认为这笔金额接近 50 亿英镑 billion, 每年约 12 亿英镑 billion。但这将远低于将国防开支提高到 GDP 3% 所需的额外 100 亿英镑 billion，正如工党所承诺的那样。

正如工党所承诺的那样。若要达到北约 3.5 per cent 的新目标，将需要额外支付高达 250 亿英镑 billion 的巨额资金。

周五，一名政府发言人表示：“在支出审查中，我们将制定一条路径，以实现到 2035 年国防开支达到 GDP 3.5 per cent 的北约承诺，并将设定一个在该路径上达到 3% 的目标日期。”

埃德爵士暗示新保守党联盟引发愤怒

作者：Brendan Carlin

埃德·戴维爵士（Sir Ed Davey）在暗示他将在大选后与保守党达成协议后，引发了自由民主党议员内部的愤怒。

这位自民党党魁上周似乎为与凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）的政党达成协议打开了大门，以便在出现悬议议会的情况下将改革英国党（Reform）排除在外。

但昨天，自民党议员们对这一想法表达了愤怒。其中一人告诉《星期日邮报》：“我以为他已经从上次与保守党组成联盟的错误中吸取了教训。在他还没搞清楚自己政党主张什么的时候，怎么能谈论支撑另一个政党？”

埃德爵士上周告诉 BBC Radio 5 Live，他同意巴德诺克女士的看法，即在下次大选后，似乎没有任何一个政党能在下议院获得多数席位。这位曾在 2010-15 年保守党 / 自民党联盟期间担任内阁大臣的自民党党魁随后吹嘘道，他是“在如何为国家处理这种情况方面经验最丰富的党魁”。

尽管他随后在 X 上发帖称，“花多年时间努力击败改革英国党和保守党，结果却让其中任何一方掌权，这完全没有意义”，但一名自民党议员昨晚表示，他显然已经提出了再次组建联盟的想法。

该议员表示：“我们花了近十年的时间才从那次联盟中恢复过来。我认为现在议会党团中没有人会对这件事感到高兴。”

克莱弗利竞选市长

詹姆斯·克莱弗利爵士（Sir James Cleverly）已退出凯米·巴德诺克的影子内阁，竞选伦敦市长。

他已辞去地方政府发言人的职务，旨在赢得该党在首都的提名。

他的这一举动发生在预计本周进行的影子内阁洗牌之前。

詹姆斯爵士在解释离职决定时说：“我必须能够自由地讨论伦敦未来的每一个方面，并全力集中在赢得这场竞选中。”

下一次伦敦市长选举将于 2028 年举行，但目前尚不清楚工党市长萨迪克·汗（Sadiq Khan）是否会竞选第四任期。

他在今年早些时候被封为贵族，这引发了他将卸任的猜测。

2028, 在投票制度变更后，首都的选民将在最后两名候选人之间进行“决选”，民调显示这将是工党与改革英国党（Reform UK）之间的对决。

浪子王子回归

愤怒的哈里“仍期待”王室道歉

友人警告：王子“依然愤怒”且“怒不可遏”

作者：Charlotte Griffiths 特约编辑

友人称，萨塞克斯公爵回到英国时，与六年前离开时一样“愤怒”。

哈里（41岁）上周与妻子梅根（45岁）及两个孩子飞抵伯明翰，准备在英格兰开始新生活。据称，他对王室某些成员“怒不可遏”，并“期待道歉”。

这对夫妇在 2020 年辞去了王室成员的职务并移居美国，这一事件后来被称为“梅根离宫”（Megxit）。

哈里的回忆录《备胎》（Spare）以及包括与奥普拉·温弗瑞在内的多次电视采访中披露的一系列惊人内幕，使萨塞克斯夫妇与高级王室成员之间的关系进一步紧张。

本月初，这对夫妇在一项令人震惊的公告中透露，他们将搬回一处私人非王室住宅，据信位于科茨沃尔德（Cotswolds）。据了解，他们的孩子阿奇（7岁）和莉莉贝特（5岁）已报名在本周开始就读当地的一所预备学校。

“不会有任何认错。他仍处于那种‘奥普拉心态’中”

但一名消息人士告诉《星期日邮报》：“与哈里叙旧的朋友们本期待听到他流露出悔意和谦卑。”

“然而，从目前的情况来看，哈里近期不会做出任何认错。事实上，恰恰相反。他仍处于那种‘奥普拉心态’中。”

“他们惊讶地发现，他依然对王室成员感到愤怒，依然对围绕在他父亲身边的‘灰色西装男’感到沮丧，并且依然在等待一份道歉。”

哈里多次指责助手试图破坏他与查尔斯国王的和解，这与他的母亲戴安娜王妃此前对王室侍从的描述如出一辙——她认为那些人试图削弱她的影响力。

该消息人士表示：“自从他回到英国后，与他交谈的朋友们惊讶地发现，自2020年和‘梅根退出’（Megxit）以来，他的态度没有发生任何改变。这令人震惊且相当可悲。”这与哈里在一次访—

梅根会陪同丈夫出席戴安娜奖活动吗？

《星期日邮报》获悉，由于梅根现已回到英国，萨塞克斯公爵夫人可能会与哈里王子一同出席一项针对“戴安娜奖”（The Diana Award）的高规格筹款活动。

出席此次活动对梅根而言将是一个具有象征意义的时刻，因为它将她与哈里之母戴安娜王妃的遗产联系在一起。

消息人士称，41岁的哈里预计将出席9月18日举行的这场奢华晚宴及颁奖典礼——而45岁的梅根正在考虑陪同出席。

“戴安娜奖”旨在表彰那些为他人生活带来改变的年轻人，目前仍是哈里与其兄长威廉之间最后的正式慈善联系之一。

今年夏天早些时候，威尔士亲王代表该慈善机构（该机构为纪念其母亲而设立）出席了活动。

该消息人士表示：“预计哈里将在这次活动中担任主导角色。兄弟两人倾向于轮流出席。”

“在短期内，你不会看到这两个男人共同出席同一场活动——尤其是如果梅根在场的话。”

据了解，典礼将在位于白厅旧战争办公室（Old War Office）内的 Raffles London at The OWO 酒店举行。“‘戴安娜奖’在今年夏天开始寻找富有的个人来购买席位，”该消息人士说，“给人的印象是，梅根是否出席尚未最终敲定，但这将是她伦敦首秀的一次恰到好处的高调且奢华的场合。”

然而，另一名消息人士暗示，公爵夫人的任何露面都可能引发紧张局势。

“这会让肯辛顿宫的许多人—。

“这会让很多人感到不安”

“如果她出席的话，会让很多人感到不安，”他们表示。

“她将不再仅仅是以哈里的妻子和孩子母亲的身份回到英国，而是将与他一同出席一个与戴安娜记忆直接相关的活动。”

“‘请预留日期’的邀请卡已在两周前发出。”

该慈善机构的一位发言人表示：“戴安娜奖（The Diana Award）目前正处于初步考虑阶段，研究明年将如何纪念戴安娜王妃逝世 30 周年。”

“目前尚未达成任何计划，尚未确认任何活动，也尚未就出席或参与做出任何决定。”

萨塞克斯公爵与公爵夫人的一位发言人未对此发表评论。

在 2023 年的观点中，他曾表示：“我真正想要的是某种问责。以及对我妻子的道歉。”

该消息人士补充道：“他绝对不会为自己的行为公开道歉，而且他再次让自己情绪激动起来，戴安娜的遗产是其中的一个因素。”

明年 8 月将是戴安娜王妃在巴黎死于车祸 30 周年。上个月，萨塞克斯夫妇在访问英国期间，前往其童年故居阿尔索普（Althorp）祭拜戴安娜的坟墓。梅根随后在社交媒体上分享了她的两个孩子拿着花束走在庄园 grounds 里的照片。

上周，为了返回英国，萨塞克斯夫妇乘坐私人飞机抵达，据信该飞机是从总部位于加利福尼亚州的运营商 Planet Nine Private Air 租赁的，飞行费用约为每小时 $12,000。

昨日，《纽约邮报》的 Page Six 报道称，这对夫妇在搬回英国的过程中寻求了对冲基金亿万富翁伊恩·韦斯（Ian Wace）的帮助。该名人专栏声称，作为萨塞克斯夫妇的长期好友，全球最大对冲基金之一 Marshall Wace LLP 的创始合伙人韦斯先生正在帮助资助此次搬迁。

这对夫妇在最近的假期期间，住在韦斯先生位于苏格兰的私人岛屿塔内拉莫尔（Tanera Mor）上。

据了解，萨塞克斯夫妇正在等待一份关于其安全需求的新评估，因为他们在辞去王室工作成员身份后，失去了自动获得武装警察保护的权利。

与此同时，哈里的安全顾问大卫·朗当（David Langdown）据信已经组建了一支英国安保人员团队。在被要求就此发表评论时，这对夫妇表示将保留他们在蒙特西托和葡萄牙的房产。

来自 卡罗琳·格雷厄姆（CAROLINE GRAHAM）

在蒙特西托

三罐孤独的梅根·马克尔 $15 的花卉装饰糖粒凄凉地摆在橡木桌上，这就是公爵夫人曾经大肆宣传的加州帝国前哨所仅剩的一切。

它们看起来简直可笑地可怜。

然而，在距离萨塞克斯公爵与公爵夫人刚刚搬离的 $14.600 万 蒙特西托豪宅仅三英里的 Godmothers 书店二楼这个安静的房间里，它们可能是这对夫妇被过度炒作的美国梦崩塌的最具代表性的象征。

我去年年底曾在这里，当时的气氛截然不同。

那时，在密集的宣传和社交媒体帖子中，梅根宣布 Godmothers 将成为第一家销售其 As Ever 品牌昂贵果酱、草本茶、蜡烛以及那些臭名昭著的花卉装饰糖粒的“实体”店。

整个二楼房间都被用于展示梅根的商品，一块招牌自豪地宣布这里是由“公爵夫人精心策划”

“曾经备受赞誉的 As Ever 系列已销声匿迹”

由她‘亲自策划’”。这些产品陈列在橡木桌上，周围点缀着尤加利叶，而那些花卉装饰糖则被近乎虔诚地盛放在一个银碗中。

这就是一个微缩版的梅根·马克尔品牌具象化：精致、经过精心打磨，且专为 Instagram 设计。

而如今，情况截然不同。

宏大的陈列不见了。标识牌消失了。曾经备受赞誉的 As Ever 系列也从货架上销声匿迹，只剩下那三个孤独的罐头。

同样没有看到哈里那本措辞激烈的回忆录《Spare》。我询问一名店员是否还有 As Ever 的产品？她的回答耐人寻味。

“我想我不认识这家公司？”她说。当我解释这是梅根·马克尔的品牌时，她回答道：“噢，我们不再进这个货了。”

随着哈里和梅根离开蒙特西托（以及他们的鸡），邻居们揭露了与萨塞克斯夫妇生活的真相。我曾在他们门口留了一瓶酒以示欢迎，结果酒原封不动地被退回来了。我不确定他们是否真的想与任何不是亿万富翁或名人……或者两者兼而有之的人交往

在蒙特西托——这个阳光普照、到处是穿着瑜伽服、喝着抹茶的多百万富翁聚集地，梅根和哈里本应在这里远离王室禁锢，创造他们辉煌的新生活。但现在看来，这对夫妇被遗忘的速度与那些装饰糖一样快。

本周，我前往这里，这里位于洛杉矶以北两小时车程。就在萨塞克斯夫妇的私人飞机降落在伯明翰机场，标志着他们非同寻常地返回英国仅一天之后。

虽然梅根和哈里曾将蒙特西托描绘成他们终于能自由地按照自己的意愿建立帝国的地方，但实地证据讲述的是一个更为平庸的故事。

当这对夫妇在 2020 年 7 月抵达时，人们能明显感受到一种兴奋感。当时疫情正肆虐，但我记得我的手机不断亮起，好莱坞各地的朋友们都在兴奋地讨论家门口竟然来了“真正的王室成员”。当时人们低声议论着各大工作室为了“签下”他们而展开的竞标战——这场战争最终由 Netflix 获胜，该公司在五年内向萨塞克斯夫妇支付了高达 1亿美元 的巨款。

他们打算征服美国，正如这家流媒体网络的一位激动不已的高管告诉我的那样，“可能还会征服全世界”。如今看来，情况是多么不同。

曾经聚集在他们 Riven Rock 城堡豪宅外道路上的狗仔队已经消失了——这让一位仅自称“苏珊”的邻居感到非常高兴。

她告诉我：“梅根和哈里从未融入这个社区。你会看到他骑着电动自行车出门，而她开着路虎揽胜驶过，但他们总是显得‘高不可攀’，你根本没机会接触到他们。”

“我曾在他们门口留了一瓶酒以示欢迎，结果第二天酒原封不动地被退还给了我。我不确定他们是否真的想与任何

“上周蒙特西托的气氛是一种解脱”

那些不是亿万富翁、名人或两者兼而有之的人。”上周蒙特西托的气氛是一种解脱。作为一名在洛杉矶的记者，我也深有同感，因为我知道，自他们2020年抵达以来，萨塞克斯夫妇这场持续不断的马戏团式闹剧，现在终于在5,000英里之外了。

一位住在圣巴巴拉（紧邻蒙特西托的沿海城市）的朋友告诉我：“他们刚来时的那种轰动感早已消失。美国人热爱成功，而他们取得的成功微乎其微。他们扮演受害者的叙事方式让人厌倦。美国，尤其是加利福尼亚州的这一小块区域，已经不再爱他们了。”

对于一对将生活重心建立在关注度之上的夫妇来说，上周最令他们受伤的，或许是人们竟然如此不在意他们的离开。

作家及蒙特西托长期居民罗伯特·埃林格（Robert Eringer）正在蒙特西托最受欢迎的聚集地 The Honor Bar 门外啜饮鸡尾酒。

他说：“就我个人而言，无论他们在蒙特西托还是在英国，对我来说都毫无影响。我经常在蒙特西托四处走动，但从未见过他们。我怀疑如果没有新闻报道，没人会注意到他们已经离开了；但既然报道了，普遍的印象就是：走好不送。”

另一位不愿透露姓名的邻居表示，萨塞克斯夫妇的离开是“悄无声息的，而非轰轰烈烈”。

“没有搬家车，没有派对，什么都没有。前一天他们还在，第二天就回英国了。”

温迪·福斯特（Wendy Foster）经营着一家以自己名字命名的精品店，这里曾成为梅根最喜欢的地方之一。人们经常看到公爵夫人拎着温迪店里的包，在隔壁的高端熟食店 Pierre LaFond 与朋友会面，该店由温迪已故的丈夫创立。

Pierre LaFond 是当地的地标，常客包括奥普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）、凯蒂·佩里（Katy Perry）和

格温妮丝·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）。温迪说：“我在蒙特西托住了50年，习惯了见到各种各样的人。梅根经常光顾我的店，我必须说她一直非常有礼貌。”

“我理解她和哈里王子为什么想回家。在这里，他们以及他们的孩子在地位上没什么影响力。但在英国，他们的头衔是有意义的。我相信他们想花更多时间陪伴他的父亲。”

去年11月 BACKGRID / MOVOTO

套现：王室夫妇以约 1465万美元 的价格购买了蒙特西托豪宅，现在可能可售 4000万美元，见上图 大不如前：左图是梅根在 Instagram 上自豪展示的厨具系列，右图是目前展出的三个罐头的样子

快乐购物者：梅根展示来自她最爱的精品店温迪·福斯特的包

“我希望孩子们能认识他们的表亲。他们的孩子说着美国口音，所以哈里尤其希望他们能在英国上学，这很合理。他们在那里将拥有比在这里高得多的社会地位。我祝他们一切顺利。”

他们的迅速离去——发生在他们的发言人称之为“美妙”的英国暑假几周之后——留下了一些悬而未决的问题。

哈里的马球马、梅根著名的救助鸡，以及他们那栋拥有 16 间浴室的房子将如何处置？当地房产中介表示，这栋房子现在的价值可能超过 4000万美元。

哈里经常被拍到的圣巴巴拉马球俱乐部的英国总经理大卫·西格曼（David Sigman）表示，与猜测相反，王子从未拥有过自己的马。

“他在这里打球直到大约两三年前，然后他离开去在当地一位亿万富翁的私人球场打球，”西格曼先生解释道，“他从未拥有过自己的马球马，而是租赁或借用的。”

他的马匹资助者被认为是莎拉·西格尔-马格内斯（Sarah Siegel-Magness），一位亿万富翁继承人，曾担任 2009 年奥斯卡获奖电影《珍贵》（Precious）等片的好莱坞制片人。

一名消息人士表示：“哈里和梅根以结交能帮到他们的人而闻名。莎拉就是其中一个

Bernie

亲爱的，这确实很不错，但这里是科茨沃尔德。到了秋天，到处都是自制果酱，你根本没法走动。

那些人。富有且拥有很多马球马。'

化妆品大亨维多利亚·杰克逊（Victoria Jackson）是梅根最亲密的朋友之一，也是 Godmothers 书店的共同所有者。有报道称，他们回程时乘坐的庞巴迪环球快线（Bombardier Global Express）豪华私人飞机属于杰克逊，但公共记录显示，这架每小时租金 $12,000 的飞机由包机公司 Planet Nine Private Air 所有。

至于这对夫妇那栋 18,600 平方英尺的宽敞住宅（他们于 2020, 6 月以 $14.6500 万 从一名俄罗斯商人手中买下），当地房产中介完全预计他们会从中获利。蒙特西托的房产中介丹尼尔·恩塞尔（Daniel Encell）表示，该房产“每月租金可能超过 $100,000”，但如果出售，价值约为 4000万美元。

“这是里文岩（Riven Rock）庄园中最好的地块之一，”恩塞尔先生说。“它大部分是可利用的平地，而附近许多房产位于山坡上，可利用面积较少。他们隔壁的房子目前售价 3000万美元，但面积更小，可利用土地也少得多，因此哈里和梅根的房子应该能卖到 4000万美元。他们的名气和王室身份具有宣传价值，这会吸引更多关注。”

至于梅根著名的救助鸡，它们仍留在庄园的“阿奇鸡舍”（Archie’s Chick Inn）中，由工作人员照顾。据《星期日邮报》（MoS）

“他们将进行场外交易，梅根不希望有人窥探”

获悉，工作人员包括至少一名全职管家、“一支小型园丁军队”以及一名泳池维护员。

一名熟悉该住宅但要求匿名的人士表示：“人们认为他们收拾行囊离开了，但当你拥有如此规模的庄园时，它需要维护。这是一项昂贵的工程。他们仍然有抵押贷款和房产税。”

“坊间传闻他们将进行场外交易（off-market）。他们搬回英国的消息已经传遍了，所以当地房产经纪人已经接到了感兴趣买家的电话。这笔交易将悄悄进行，不会引起骚动或宣传。梅根不会希望人们在她的衣橱里窥探。”

在蒙特西托繁忙的乡村集市（Country Mart），一家服装店的店员说：“我不认为人们在乎公爵和公爵夫人的离开。除了学会冲浪，他还做了什么？”

当我问她是否预计会有“哈里与梅根敞篷巴士之旅”经过这对夫妇经常出没的场所（如 Lucky’s 牛排馆）时，她笑了：“没人关心。他们来了，然后走了。我们对此漠不关心。”

寻找一名极富有的租客：皇家小屋将对外出租

作者：夏洛特·格里菲斯（Charlotte Griffiths）

《星期日邮报》获悉，在安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）的租约最终到期后，皇室地产局（The Crown Estate）正寻求一名富有的个人入住皇家小屋（Royal Lodge）。

今年早些时候的传闻称，国王或卡米拉王后可能会接管这座位于温莎的房产。在被失宠的前王子搬到诺福克郡的桑德灵厄姆庄园（Sandringham Estate）后，该房产目前处于空置状态。

但昨晚，王室消息人士坚称，王室成员中没有人对这座拥有 30 个房间的豪宅表示出兴趣。

相反，它将成为一座私人住宅——前提是其下一任租客必须能够负担起估计每年 40 万英镑 的维护费用。

另一个症结在于，安德鲁在官方记录上仍持有皇家小屋直到 10 月底的租约，这意味着在此之前不能进行任何翻修——除非他同意提前一个月放弃租约。

但如果他这样做，可能会让皇室地产局承担其每月的费用账单。

一名消息人士表示：“皇室地产局是一家企业，因此那里的财务人员很庆幸安德鲁没有提前放弃租约，因为持续产生的费用将变成他们的义务，而非安德鲁的。”

“破旧”：上图为皇家小屋，左侧为剥落的墙壁。插图：莎拉·弗格森

蒙巴顿-温莎在 2003, 年承租了皇家小屋，支付了 £800 万，涵盖了其 75 年租期的租金。但在关于安德鲁与恋童癖杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）关系的进一步披露后，对方发出了终止租约的通知。

安德鲁曾与前妻莎拉·弗格森（Sarah Ferguson）共同居住在该房产中，据报道，后者将在未来几天内返回英国。

有人看到搬家货车进出皇家小屋，这表明安德鲁清理他前住所的过程绝非易事——据称该住所内堆满了杂物。

根据租约条款，安德鲁（他已于 4 月搬入新家马什农场 [Marsh Farm]）如果按照租约条件归还房产，本有权获得补偿。

但该房产被描述为处于“破旧”状态，且皇室地产局提交给国会公共账目委员会议员的一份报告称，该房产需要进行如此多的维修，以至于“极有可能”他“将无法获得补偿”。

这意味着在找到新租客之前，可能需要进行一项昂贵的维修工程。而对于皇室地产局来说，更增加成本的是，可能需要一段时间才能找到足够富有、能负担得起维护费用的租客。

一个更快捷的选择是将其改为会议中心、酒店或学校。但据信这一方案已被排除。

一名消息人士表示：“皇室地产局的法定职责要求其将该地产的性质维护为皇家公园和森林。这意味着它必须排除将其转变为会议中心或商业项目的可能性。”

“整个操作将耗费皇室地产局大量的资金和时间。”

爱泼斯坦受害者最终可能出庭指证安德鲁...

一名声称被恋童癖杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）接机至英国，以便与安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）发生性关系的女性，在是否出庭指证他的问题上改变了主意。

《星期日邮报》在5月报道称，这名未具名的女性——她声称曾在温莎的皇家小屋（Royal Lodge）与这位前王子共度一夜——此前不愿向调查人口贩卖指控的英国侦探提交正式投诉，因为她不想“冒失去隐私的风险”。

现在，她的美国律师布拉德利·爱德华兹（Bradley Edwards）透露，在她的客户从之前的“坚决拒绝”转变为“也许可以”协助当前的刑事案件后，他已与英国警方取得了联系。

该女性表示，她在20岁左右时，应爱泼斯坦的要求，于2010年在

作者：丹尼尔·贝茨（Daniel Bates）

皇家小屋与安德鲁共度一夜。据称，她随后还参观了白金汉宫并喝了茶。 爱德华兹先生表示，他已与英国警方讨论过在美国对其客户进行询问的事宜，但尚未达成任何协议。他补充道：

“她从坚决拒绝变成了也许可以”

“她从坚决拒绝变成了也许可以。她最担心的是保护她的孩子，不希望孩子受到骚扰。

“如果这些问题能够得到解决，这件事就有可能实现。她正在考虑。我认为她应该出庭作证，因为发生的事情是错误的。但我不会强迫她。这必须由她自己决定。”

安德鲁在2月庆祝66岁生日当天被捕，涉嫌职务行为不端。此前，特朗普政府公布的文件显示，在两人长达十年的友谊期间，他似乎向爱泼斯坦传递了敏感信息。

5月，负责领导此次调查的泰晤士河谷警方表示，正在扩大调查范围，将性贩卖纳入其中。这位前公爵否认有任何不当行为。

据称他分享的信息包括对香港、越南和新加坡官方访问的报告，以及一份关于阿富汗赫尔曼德省重建投资机会的机密简报。

被捕：2月的安德鲁

据了解，泰晤士河谷警方对安德鲁的调查所投入的资源与重大犯罪调查相同，且团队中包含专门的性犯罪调查员。

爱德华兹先生曾代表200多名所谓的爱泼斯坦受害者，此前他代表已故的弗吉尼亚·朱弗雷（Virginia Giuffre）起诉安德鲁。朱弗雷声称她在17岁时在伦敦、纽约以及爱泼斯坦的加勒比海岛上与这位前约克公爵发生了性关系。

据报道，安德鲁在案件进入审判前以£1200 万达成和解，但并未承认责任。

美国司法部（DOJ）公布的文件包含了2010年安德鲁发给爱泼斯坦的具有指控性的信息，其中谈到了为他介绍一名女性。爱泼斯坦提出为这位前王子介绍一名“朋友”，该女性“26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy”。目前尚不清楚电子邮件中的女性是否就是爱德华兹先生所代表的那位。

在跨性别竞争对手面前失利的女性发起大规模 parkrun 起义

新成立的“现实法则”跑步俱乐部敦促赛事遵守最高法院裁决——禁止出生为男性的参赛者参加女性组比赛

《星期日邮报》披露，全国数千名跑者将发起一场大规模抗议，要求 parkrun 赛事停止允许跨性别女性注册为女性。

此次运动随着“现实法则跑步者英国俱乐部”（Reality Rules Runners UK club）于今日成立而启动，该俱乐部要求 parkrun 遵守法律。

继续允许出生为男性的跨性别女性参加女性组比赛，使她们能够创下纪录时间，并将女性和女孩在每周排名中挤下去。

“现实法则”的创始人表示，跨性别女性相对于女性参赛者具有不公平的优势，这等同于性别歧视。

已成为英国生活中备受喜爱的固定项目，在全国拥有 1,400 多个赛事点。

但该赛事似乎忽略了最高法院的一项里程碑式裁决，即在法律用途上，跨性别女性不能被视为女性。

此次新运动的启动，正值一组顶尖女性运动员再次对 发出法律威胁之际。奥运游泳选手莎伦·戴维斯（Sharron Davies）、帆船运动员特雷西·爱德华兹（Tracy Edwards）以及近期成立的女性体育联盟（WSU）已给该赛事设定了截止日期，要求其在下周五前禁止跨性别女性

独家报道 记者：珍妮特·默里 (Janet Murray) 和 尼古拉斯·派克 (Nicholas Pyke)

以女性身份参赛。戴维斯男爵夫人告诉《星期日邮报》：“parkrun 是一件很棒的事情，但假装天生男性没有明显的身体优势是不正确的。

‘当然，可以取消男性和女性类别，让所有人自由竞争，或者保持正直，按照最高法院的说法来做。女性类别是给天生女性的。’

这场新运动的发起人（希望保持匿名）敦促跑者通过在他们的 parkrun 在线个人资料中添加“Reality Rules Runners UK”俱乐部的名称来加入。

‘这将把来自不同政治光谱的人们，无论男女，聚集在一起，他们认同一个非常基本的观点：生物性别是真实的，女性理应获得公平的体育竞争，’他说道。

前英国马拉松跑者山内玛拉 (Mara Yamauchi) 一直在监测 ，她告诉《星期日邮报》，在当地的 活动中，至少有 20 项女性参赛者的纪录是由跨性别女性保持的。在两种情况下，她们保持着女性赛道纪录。

其中一项——在贝德福德的 Jubilee 中——由艾莉·戴维斯 (Ellie Davies) 保持，她曾在男性类别中参赛五年。山内表示，自从进入女性类别以来，戴维斯在 100 场 活动中被记录为首位完赛的女性。

今年 6 月，戴维斯在注册为女性的情况下，以纪录时间在 Jubilee 赛道完赛；而昨天，她在北安普敦郡陶塞斯特的 Watermeadows 中成为完赛最快的女性。然而，戴维斯在参加 2025 年伦敦马拉松时却是以男性类别参赛的。

另一项女性赛道纪录由劳伦·杰斯卡 (Lauren Jeska) 保持，这位跨性别女性在阿伯里斯特威斯 (Aberystwyth) 中的完赛时间为 17 分 38 秒，目前仍被列为女性纪录保持者。杰斯卡在 2017 年因企图谋杀田径官员拉尔夫·克尼布斯 (Ralph Knibbs) 被判处 18 年监禁；在人们对杰斯卡参加女子田径赛的资格提出质疑后，杰斯卡对其进行了刺杀。

趣味跑：昨天参加伦敦 的参与者

据山内女士称，自从这项免费比赛开始以来，跨性别女性在近 300 次比赛中击败了女性跑者。

体育性别平等与公正网络 (SEEN) 发言人苏·王 (Su Wong) 表示， 获得了数百万英镑的纳税人资金。‘其目的是增加女性的娱乐活动。然而，由于 允许男性在女性类别中注册，它无法核实女性人数。’

在昨天的 Highbury Fields 活动中，44 岁的奥利·切尼 (Oli Cheney) 表示：‘你不能让男人和女人竞争，这不公平。这就像在说猫和鱼是一回事。你可以管猫叫鱼，但它不会游泳。’

的一名发言人表示：‘我们是一家慈善机构，提供由志愿者交付的、以社区为导向且关注社交的活动，旨在改善公共健康和社区凝聚力。’ 附加报道：莉迪亚·维尔贾诺夫斯基 (Lydia Veljanovski) - 访问 realityrulesrunnersuk.substack.com 或在 X 上关注：@RRRunnersuk

法律威胁：奥运游泳运动员莎伦·戴维斯 (Sharron Davies)。右图：纪录保持者艾莉·戴维斯 (Ellie Davies)

要求重启对法拉格助手遇袭事件的调查

苦难：乔治·科特雷尔（George Cottrell）

在安·威德科姆（Ann Widdecombe）被谋杀后，改革英国党（Reform UK）要求警方重新调查一起针对奈杰尔·法拉格（Nigel Farage）助手的抢劫未遂事件。

顾问乔治·科特雷尔于4月在其伦敦家中门外遭到袭击，就在此前几天，法拉格先生透露其住所遭到了纵火炸弹袭击。

该事件发生的时间点（此前报道时未点名科特雷尔先生）引起了该党的怀疑，认为这可能与导致7月威德科姆女士被谋杀的仇恨驱动袭击有关。

科特雷尔先生——也就是人们熟知的“精致”乔治——在凌晨时分于其切尔西房产外被“袭击”，他回忆道，在徒步逃跑时，感觉到有人用蓝色乳胶手套抓他。

虽然该事件此前被报道为一起独立犯罪，但由于对安全问题的担忧升级，人们呼吁重启此案。

改革英国党的助手还指出，《Tatler》杂志在去年8月的一篇关于科特雷尔先生的报道中透露，法拉格先生“经常”住在其西伦敦的房子里，这可能使其成为那些企图伤害该党领袖之人的容易目标。

伦敦警察厅表示，该案件目前仍处于结案状态，且已“进行了广泛调查”，但无法确认嫌疑人身份。

该声明暗示，如果“有进一步信息披露”，案件可能会被重启。

但昨晚，一名改革英国党的消息人士表示，在警方宣布重新调查法拉格先生住所纵火案后，警方可能会重新考虑。

他们表示：“在当前环境下，如果否认乔治遭遇的事件、奈杰尔住所的纵火案以及安·威德科姆谋杀案之间存在关联，似乎很奇怪。警方必须保持开放心态，即使这意味着要重启乔治的案件。”

反恐警察确认，他们正在重启对去年法拉格先生住所纵火案的调查。

法拉格先生表示：“这是一次彻头彻尾的纵火企图。当时我不在家，但当我回来时发现了损坏情况。”反恐警察的一位发言人昨天表示，关于威德科姆女士谋杀案的调查“仍在进行中”。

米德尔斯堡被焚，轻判之举简直疯狂

作者：贾辛塔·泰勒（Jacinta Taylor）、尼克·克雷文（Nick Craven）和伊丽莎白·伊文斯（Elizabeth Ivens）

在犯罪猖獗的米德尔斯堡，警方被指责对持刀暴徒“过于宽容”，因为据透露，这些暴徒如果接受心理健康支持，就可以避免入狱。

克利夫兰警方允许那些承认持有刀具或毒品的人，只要他们同意寻求针对“犯罪行为根源”的帮助，就可以免于起诉。

昨晚，影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）将这种做法描述为“最糟糕的软正义”，并补充道：“罪犯应该面临起诉和监禁，而不是与咨询师进行惬意的聊天。”

在暴徒纵火焚车以病态地向A66车祸团伙的一员致敬后，相关细节浮出水面，这促使该市前市长安迪·普雷斯顿（Andy Preston）声称，街道被“不可触碰的人”所控制。

他表示，“软正义”创造了一个犯罪底层阶级，他们没有被关起来，反而“毁坏、污染并折磨”了绝大多数守法公民的生活。

上周的骚乱始于五名不良青年将他们偷来的汽车撞上一辆警车，当时他们

“罪犯不应获得舒适的心理辅导谈话”

在双车道公路上逆向超速行驶，导致他们自己以及两名警员丧生。警方目前正在调查包括导致警员马修·布莱兹（Matthew Blades）、警员汤姆·克劳（Tom Clough）以及五名飙车党死亡的车祸在内的一系列暴力事件是否与有组织犯罪有关。

米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough）的犯罪率在英格兰除伦敦中心区外最高，近日再次被一起惨剧震惊：一名七岁女孩瓦伦蒂娜·福斯特（Valentina Foster）及其 34 岁的姨妈娜塔莉·麦克唐纳（Natalie McDonald）在一次房屋火灾中丧生。两名男子因涉嫌谋杀被捕。

尽管警方尚未将这起火灾与 A66 公路车祸联系起来，但他们并未排除其与更广泛的有组织犯罪之间存在关联的可能性。仅仅 24 小时后，武装警察在米德尔斯堡应对另一起严重事件，据称发生了一起砍刀袭击，导致一名男子受创。

随后，在一次旨在打击有组织犯罪的更大规模行动中，又有七名男子被拘留，使逮捕总人数达到 24 人。

菲尔普先生（Mr Philp）表示，克利夫兰（Cleveland）爆发的帮派暴力需要“对犯罪和罪犯采取零容忍态度”。

毫无意义：在所谓的 A66 车祸遇难者悼念活动中，车辆被纵火焚烧

上周末在米德尔斯堡街头爆发的骚乱仍在继续。周四晚上，三辆汽车在田野中被毫无意义地纵火焚烧。

这次活动最初是为了悼念 23 岁的迈克尔·卡希尔（Michael Cahill）——他是五名乘员中丧生的一员，当时他们的车辆在 A66 公路上逆向疾驰——但活动迅速演变成了一场乱撞赛，令附近居民惊恐万分。

这些燃烧的车辆已成为法外之地的缩影，令我深感自豪的英格兰这个角落蒙羞。

作为蒂斯河谷（Tees Valley）市长，我代表该地区的人民，我可以告诉你们，大多数人对过去几天所目睹的一切感到极度厌恶。他们是体面、勤奋的人，他们唯一的愿望就是能够正常上班，陪孩子走路上学，并在无需担心犯罪的情况下享受自己的市中心。

问题从来不在于米德尔斯堡的人民，而在于已经深深扎根于这座城市的毒品贸易，以及那些在光天化日之下不顾他人、通过暴力解决私愤的伪帮派分子。

不应允许任何委婉的措辞来掩盖驱动这一切的真相。他们不是走错了路的被误解的年轻人。他们就是纯粹的罪犯，通过毒品和恐吓来追求金钱和地位。

他们之所以能够猖獗，是因为多年来掌握权力的人

杀戮是法治崩塌的英国所呈现出的恐怖症状 作者：本·豪琴 (BEN HOUCHEN)

警务工作和刑事司法在应当强硬的地方过于软弱。

这不仅仅是米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough）一个城市的问题，而是英国底层阶级（Underclass Britain）的典型症状。在这个世界里，失业、毒品和领取救济金已成为一种生活方式。这会腐蚀任何一个社区，但真正杀死社区的是对权威的尊重以及个人责任感的丧失。

如今，这个国家的某些区域的人们根本不

蒂斯谷（TEES VALLEY）市长

担心后果，因为一个非常充分的理由是：后果从未发生。他们在成长过程中习得，辱骂警察无需顾虑，违抗教师无需在意，而法院的命令不过是一张可以被忽略的废纸。

与此同时，个人责任感也在缓慢消亡，因为在这个世界里，一切永远是别人的错。毒品、暴力、恐吓，以及在孩子们玩耍的街道上以致命速度行驶的盗窃车辆，所有这一切都被解释为环境造成的必然产物——而忽略了数百万同样在艰苦城镇长大，却选择工作、正确抚养家庭并遵守法律的人。

这是一场国家级的失败，而上周在东北部恰好上演了一次。

我不想听到当地政客虔诚地谈论“所有的受害者”，因为那天晚上在 A66 公路上只有两名受害者，他们的名字是警员马修·布莱兹（PC Matthew Blades）和警员汤姆·克劳（PC Tom Clough）。

《电讯报》昨日报道，克利夫兰警方（Cleveland Police）于 2018 年启动的名为“分流”（Divert）的项目，截至 2025 年已有 1,853 名参与者，该项目允许因持有武器、毒品或被发现商店行窃而被捕的罪犯免于刑事指控。其中

我也不想看到为那些在犯罪中丧生的人开设悼念册，仿佛将他人置于危险之中的鲁莽行为是一场可以被浪漫化的悲剧。

在接下来的几周和几个月里，内政部需要采取果断措施，支持警方向这些地区派遣大量警力，并根据工作需要长期驻守。

像克利夫兰这样的警队应该获得多年来被剥夺的更公平的资金份额，以便警员能重返街头。法院必须将那些毁掉他人生活的人关起来，而不是再次给他们一个最终会被他们甩在我们脸上的机会。

这一切都不容易，也不可能一夜之间解决，但另一种选择正是这个国家刚刚目睹的：家庭在哀悼，社区在恐惧，而政治阶层则在悄悄地告诉自己，这一切都发生在别人身上。

文件写道：“克利夫兰‘分流’项目旨在引导初犯和低级别犯罪者远离刑事司法系统，转而寻求支持。

‘它还引导犯罪者寻求帮助，以解决导致犯罪的问题。与其对犯罪者提起指控和起诉，‘分流’项目提供一系列被称为“路径”的支持——包括心理健康、药物滥用、教育或住房问题的帮助。’”

参与者必须承认自己的犯罪行为，表现出悔意，并签署一份誓言不再犯罪的声明。该计划由警方与缓刑服务局合作运行，可以要求罪犯“偿还社区”并会见受害者，但这两项均非强制性。

该项目得到了克利夫兰劳工党警察与犯罪专员马特·斯托里（Matt Storey）的支持，他将降低再犯率归功于此。在“分流”项目的参与者中，仅有 4.7% 的人再次犯罪，而该地区所有罪犯的再犯率为 32.9%。

普雷斯顿先生（Mr Preston）表示：“我们现在看到的，是多年来软弱和麻木的结果。”但现任市长克里斯·库克（Chris Cooke）表示，过去两年犯罪率有所下降。

贝克汉姆在雷丁演出（这是克鲁兹的父亲在曼联传奇生涯中从未想过会读到的头条）

作者：Kirsten Murray

自豪的父母：大卫和维多利亚·贝克汉姆在舞台侧方为儿子加油

他们整个夏天都在乘坐价值£1600 万的豪华游艇环游欧洲，享受阳光。

但在从阿马尔菲海岸飞回英国仅几天后，大卫和维多利亚·贝克汉姆昨天冒雨前往雷丁音乐节，在The Canopy舞台观看他们的小儿子克鲁兹（Cruz）演出。

尽管天气不佳，这位51,岁的前足球运动员和52,岁的“辣妹”维多利亚在舞台侧方欣赏表演，维多利亚戴着她标志性的墨镜。

他们为这位21岁年轻人加油，因为他正迎来职业生涯的一个重要里程碑——与他的乐队The Breakers一起在雷丁音乐节首次亮相。

克鲁兹的哥哥罗密欧（Romeo，23,岁）、妹妹哈珀（Harper，15,岁）以及他的女友杰基·阿波斯特尔（Jackie Apostel）也观看了演出。

30,岁的杰基在当天早些时候在Instagram上发布动态，身穿一件印有“克鲁兹·贝克汉姆为我唱歌”口号的T恤。

一名音乐节观众告诉《星期日邮报》：“他们都在那里倾听并支持克鲁兹，维多利亚在观看时一直亲昵地拥抱着大卫。”

在利亚姆·加拉格尔（Liam Gallagher）25,岁的小儿子吉恩（Gene）周五与他的乐队Villanelle演出后，克鲁兹成为了最新一位登上音乐节舞台的“星二代”。

入迷：罗密欧和哈珀观看他们的兄弟克鲁兹（右）演出

格温妮丝·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）和克里斯·马丁（Chris Martin）的儿子摩西（Moses）及其乐队People I've Met也在周五进行了演出，而Foo Fighters主唱戴夫·格罗尔（Dave Grohl）的女儿薇奥莱特（Violet）预计将于今天登台。

克鲁兹今年与乐队在英国巡演取得了成功，并在本月早些时候发行了他们的迷你专辑《Wear & Tear》。

拜约的闹剧！

历史挂毯回归演变为闹剧：法国警方禁止英国博物馆高层乘坐运送挂毯穿越英法海底隧道的火车

这本被誉为数十年以来最伟大的“英法协约”之举。

但《星期日邮报》可以披露，拜邑挂毯（Bayeux Tapestry）回归英国本土的历史时刻演变成了一场外交闹剧，因为法国官僚在最后一刻大喊“不行！”（Non!）。

这件11世纪的杰作原定于深夜启程回国，随行的有大英博物馆的高层（包括主席乔治·奥斯本）以及一支BBC摄制组。

准备工作包括两次模拟演习，使用一个配备减震器的恒温运输箱装载复制品。

然而，当在加来守护英法海底隧道的警察禁止乘客（其中还包括法国政治家和记者）乘坐将这件宝藏运回英国的货运火车时，计划被挫败——人们认为这幅挂毯最初是在英国缝制而成的。

作者：夏洛特·格里菲斯（Charlotte Griffiths）

“计划在最后一刻发生了变化，”大英博物馆的一位沮丧的消息人士表示。

“你本以为法国警方会提前考虑周全，尤其是考虑到在7月之前已经进行了两次完整的跨境演习。”

“如果他们心情宽裕一些，这次或许会同意绕过那些官僚程序。”

“这并非普通的货车过境，而且根本没有移民潜入车厢的可能性。”

大英博物馆对这幅挂毯（技术上来说是一件刺绣作品）举办的为期一年的展览，在2026年的剩余时间内已全部售罄。

《星期日邮报》获悉，包括前财政大臣奥斯本先生、博物馆馆长尼克·库利南以及一批博物馆受托人和记者在内的贵宾，正准备前往法国陪同挂毯返回英国，结果却被下令不允许随行。

古代织物：长224英尺的挂毯

它于7月 9, 下午 6. 15分离开拜邑，在法国安全部队的护送下抵达科奎尔的欧洲隧道终端，随后乘坐LeShuttle火车行驶，最后在福克斯通由英国当局接管。

这幅挂毯在离开诺曼底近九小时后抵达大英博物馆，它描绘了导致征服者威廉入侵英格兰的事件，包括1066年的黑斯廷斯战役以及最后一位盎格鲁-撒克逊国王哈罗德的战败。

尽管它与存放该挂毯数世纪之久的法国小镇成为了同义词，但这件脆弱的杰作被认为是在11世纪70年代在英国制作的。

作为借出挂毯的回报，英国的一些顶级宝藏将跨越海峡前往法国，其中包括来自萨顿胡（Sutton Hoo）的文物——该地是1939年在萨福克郡发现的盎格鲁-撒克逊船葬——以及来自刘易斯岛的12世纪棋子。

挂毯回归的规划极其细致，物流专家绘制了拜邑与大英博物馆之间道路上的每一个坑洼。

但似乎唯独没有预料到法国官僚主义的陷阱。

俄罗斯无人机袭击弹药库导致37人死亡

在针对基辅的第三日袭击中，俄罗斯对一座弹药库发动的无人机打击已导致至少37人死亡。

由于基辅布查区米拉村（Myla）的弹药库发生火灾，附近住宅区的200多人被紧急疏散，50栋住宅建筑被毁。

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基启动了调查，因为在住宅附近储存弹药是被禁止的。

他补充道：“已就职务过失指控启动刑事诉讼。”

这是近几个月来第二次袭击基辅附近的弹药库。

克里姆林宫表示，周五晚上袭击米拉的仓库是因为那里储存了发射助推器和远程无人机。

克里姆林宫还补充称，袭击了尼古拉耶夫市和伊兹梅尔市，以及基辅地区的一处物流中心和仓库，后者储存了乌克兰“火烈鸟”（Flamingo）巡航导弹的零部件。

由于预计会有进一步的无人机和导弹袭击，基辅在24小时内共响起了11次防空警报。

明星纳迪亚称曾向BBC举报虐待同事——但仍被迫与其共事

独家报道

作者：凯蒂·欣德（Katie Hind）

前《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）专业舞者纳迪亚·比奇科娃（Nadiya Bychkova）感到愤怒，因为尽管她向BBC高层投诉一名同事“具有虐待倾向”，但在该舞蹈节目中仍被迫与对方共事。

这位乌克兰明星——于今年早些时候被该比赛解雇——在2024年向三位高级主管提出投诉，要求他们介入并让她远离那个令她感到不舒服的人。

比奇科娃女士的朋友质疑，在3月四名女性专业舞者被裁员期间，她的指控是否是导致她被《舞动奇迹》解雇的一个因素。

“她觉得自己的感受被轻视了”

尽管她写信给BBC高层，但在阐明了无法与对方共事的原因后，她在《舞动奇迹》的录制现场依然发现自己处于该同事的附近。

虽然BBC提出调查此事，但比奇科娃女士对于仍需面对对方感到崩溃。

一名熟悉该投诉的消息人士告诉《星期日邮报》，她觉得这家机构对她的指控“视而不见”，尽管BBC当时的制作人力资源总监写了一封长信，提出进行正式审查，但她拒绝了——并坚持要求他们不能将不可接受的行为正常化。

人力资源总监还提出与比奇科娃女士的同事交谈，据报道还要求《舞动奇迹》的制作人员减少两人的接触时间，但最终她仍然得面对该同事。

该消息人士表示：“纳迪亚写信告诉他们，她在与《舞动奇迹》相关的一名特定人员相处时感到很吃力，并且对收到的回复不满意。

她觉得自己的感受被轻视了，而且对方的行为被他们正常化了。对她来说，那是一段可怕的时光。BBC提出启动正式调查，但她认为那个人应该被移出她的生活圈。

‘双方进行了多次沟通，有些是口头的，有些是书面的，但纳迪亚觉得采取的措施不够。

‘令人悲哀的是，她写信的对象是三位女性。然后，就在大约一年半之后，她被《舞动奇迹》的老板们解雇了。

‘这对她来说令人心碎。被解雇让她非常沮丧。当然，这必然会导致人们质疑这两者之间是否存在联系。’

比奇科娃女士于2017年加入《舞动奇迹》，并与

“质疑她被解雇是否有关联”

像前英格兰橄榄球队长克里斯·罗布肖（Chris Robshaw）、前英格兰门将大卫·詹姆斯（David James）以及歌手李·瑞安（Lee Ryan）这样的人物。

她与同行卡伦·豪尔（Karen Hauer）、米歇尔·齐亚卡斯（Michelle Tsiakkas）和卢巴·穆什图克（Luba Mushtuk）一起被解雇，取而代之的是更年轻的舞者，后者将在下个月该系列节目回归时首次亮相。当时，BBC在谈到拜奇科娃女士时表示：“纳迪亚为舞厅带来了优雅、艺术感和坚定不移的奉献精神，她将永远是《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）大家庭中深受喜爱的一员。”

人们希望这次翻新能够将幕后发生的多次丑闻抛在脑后——包括格拉齐亚诺·迪·普里马（Graziano di Prima）踢他的搭档扎拉·麦克德莫特（Zara McDermott），以及温·埃文斯（Wynne Evans）将手放在卡蒂亚·琼斯（Katya Jones）腰上的争议举动。

去年还有指控称，《舞动奇迹》的明星参与了吸食可卡因的行为，但一项调查并未发现证据。

昨晚，一名BBC发言人表示：“虽然我们不会对个人或人力资源流程发表评论，但当相关问题被提交给我们时，我们总是严肃处理并采取适当行动。”

GIO ...回合

乔瓦尼·佩尔尼切（Giovanni Pernice）说，那一年才是他真正的“糟糕之年”（annus horribilis）。前一分钟，他还是《舞动奇迹》中最受欢迎——更不用说任职时间最长——的专业舞者。下一分钟，在2023年系列的舞伴阿曼达·阿宾顿（Amanda Abbington）指控他欺凌她之后，他陷入了每天与律师进行Zoom通话的状态。

他的职业生涯支离破碎，他发现自己成为了BBC一项针对其行为的为期六个月调查的对象。

但朋友们说，如果乔瓦尼没那么骄傲，一切可能会非常不同。

“有很多话他本可以说，或许能将事情扼杀在萌芽状态，但乔（Gio）非常自豪于自己不是那种爱抱怨的人，”我的消息人士告诉我。

35岁的乔瓦尼一直坚称自己清白，包括在他新的自传《主导》（Taking The Lead）中也是如此。该书在上周末由《星期日邮报》连载，就在新版节目启动前几周。

他坚称，他认为自己与阿曼达关系良好，两人之间有着友好——尽管近乎冒犯——的玩笑。

阿曼达对这本书的反应正如预期的那样迅速。“他严重歪曲了发生的事情以迎合自己的叙事，但我没兴趣参与其中。我的重点是向前看，”她说。

这位53岁的《神探夏洛克》和《塞尔弗里奇先生》女演员收到了BBC的道歉和一笔小额补偿金，她依然立场坚定。“他参与了BBC的调查，调查结果对他不利，随后频道向我支付了补偿金，”她说。

阿曼达的不满之一是，乔瓦尼在书中透露了她在一次排练中做了一个极具冒犯性的纳粹礼。他说，虽然他本可以采取进一步行动向《舞动奇迹》的高层投诉，但他没有这样做。

“如果有人对我出言不逊并做出粗鲁的手势，包括纳粹礼（阿曼达就做了），这意味着我们的玩笑就处于那个水平，”他说。

乔瓦尼还向调查人员提供了一段28分钟的音频录音，那是他与阿曼达的一段对话，其中她告诉他，她知道自己是个“噩梦”，并且如果她是他的话，会“把我扔出窗外”。

现在，这位西西里舞者的朋友们透露，他们曾多次恳求乔瓦尼向BBC对阿曼达提出反向投诉。

他们还声称，甚至连公司员工也敦促他投诉。但自尊心阻止了他。

“阿曼达喋喋不休地说乔对他那样那样，但事实上是她先开始使用粗俗语言的，”一位愤怒的朋友说。

“她先用了C-word（脏话）。我们会对乔说，如果他曾

作者：凯蒂·欣德 (Katie Hind)

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向 BBC 投诉她，那么他也能获得赔偿和道歉。

她经常口出秽言，而且非常令人不快。我们恳求他向 BBC 举报她行纳粹礼的行为，但他不想降低到她的水准。

“甚至 BBC 内部都有人告诉他，不仅要为自己辩护，还要投诉她那些令人愤慨的

“她经常口出秽言，而且非常令人不快”

行为，但他没有这么做。她还向媒体散布关于他的不利消息，不过她一定忘了告诉记者她曾行纳粹礼。

“结果本可以完全不同，而阿曼达也就没法如此得意了。”

事实上，这位朋友补充说，乔瓦尼只是想坚持自己是清白的，而不是互相指责。他后悔吗？

“也许，有一点，”这位好友说。“最令人气愤的是，阿曼达根本不想听故事的另一面。每当乔瓦尼的观点出现在媒体上，她就会让她的律师发出律师函。

“乔瓦尼现在意识到，如果他采取同样的做法，事情可能就不会像现在这样升级。这是一个

又是这一年……还剩两周

对阵 阿曼达

以为《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）最激烈的这场宿怨已经没有更多反转了？凯蒂·辛德（Katie Hind）要告诉你，你错了

“噩梦”：乔瓦尼·佩尼切（Giovanni Pernice）与搭档阿曼达·阿宾顿（Amanda Abbington）在 2023 年系列《舞动奇迹》中的照片

巨大的遗憾。他唯一愿意说的是，他不是个告密者。

然而，乔瓦尼可能会以这家机构的损失为代价获得最后的胜利，这或许可以解释他出书的时机。

“乔瓦尼强烈地感觉到 BBC 将他弃之不顾，”这位朋友说道，“这是典型的传统复仇。”

毫无疑问，该书于上周四发行，威胁到将使翻新后的《舞动奇迹》显得黯然失色——BBC 内部人士告诉我，这对该广播公司的老板们来说是一场噩梦。演员

和专业舞者目前正在进行排练，准备迎接 9 月 19 日的首播秀。届时，新主持人——电视节目主持人艾玛·威利斯（Emma Willis）、专业舞者约翰内斯·拉德比（Johannes Radebe）和喜剧演员乔什·威迪孔布（Josh Widdicombe）将接替克劳迪娅·温克尔曼（Claudia Winkleman）和泰丝·戴利（Tess Daly）。“你不得不对这个时机付之一笑，”乔瓦尼的朋友说，“利用《舞动奇迹》的热潮来推销他的书真是太绝了。但这对 BBC 来说不能更令人恼火了。

“就在他们试图推出转型后的《舞动奇迹》时，乔瓦尼就像一朵乌云一样出现了。

“乔瓦尼可能太有风度而不会这么说，但他的身边人认为这就是他们应得的。”

乔瓦尼的“噩梦”（他对这段风波的描述）始于 2023 年系列开播仅三周后。这让乔瓦尼感到惊讶，因为在参加了《舞动奇迹》的“快速舞蹈”活动（专业舞者与名人进行简短共舞）并看到阿曼达的舞姿后，他曾很兴奋能与她搭档。

乔瓦尼认为她是一位才华横溢的国标舞之星，而且看起来很有获胜欲望——这也是充满野心的乔瓦尼所共有的特质。

然而，阿曼达表示，她在排练的第三天就首次向《舞动奇迹》的制作人反映了对乔瓦尼行为的担忧，并与节目负责人进行了多次讨论。

她最终在第六周退出了节目，理由是健康问题，而乔瓦尼声称他在此时提供了“极大的支持和帮助”。

在最初对因“医疗”和“个人原因”不得不离开表示“深切遗憾”之后，她随后提交了正式投诉。在审查期间，乔瓦尼被迫在接下来的系列节目中离职。

阿曼达指控乔瓦尼在排练期间存在言语霸凌、骚扰和不恰当的性行为，他至今对此予以否认。她还表示他踩了她的脚，导致淤青。

“我觉得乔瓦尼的行为是不必要的、辱骂性的、残酷且刻薄的。我不能坐视不管，让他那样对待其他人，”她在 2024 年说道。

经过调查，部分投诉得到了支持，

包括一些涉及言语霸凌和骚扰的投诉，但包括肢体攻击在内的“最严重的指控”未获得支持。

BBC 此后为节目增加了更多福利工作人员，并在每个排练室引入了陪同人员。

在书中，乔瓦尼讲述了他如何觉得身为两个孩子母亲的阿曼达对其行为的指控令人“困惑”，他说她在短信和面对面交流时对他很积极，但在一个 WhatsApp 群组里却告诉其他同事她无法与他共事。

他还透露，被《舞动奇迹》驱逐让他陷入了深度抑郁，甚至考虑过自杀。

朋友们表示，对于乔瓦尼来说，写这本书具有疗愈作用。“他经历了这么多糟糕的事情，直到调查结束前都没有发声的机会，所以这本书帮助他走出了阴影，”一位朋友说。

他们补充道，乔瓦尼觉得这家机构在没有对其进行充分审查的情况下就将他与阿曼达配对，是对他的辜负。

朋友们说，乔瓦尼坚信自己是该节目的优秀大使，并对他深受粉丝喜爱感到非常自豪。

因此，当 BBC 高管告诉他，无论是在调查之前还是之后，他都不能回到《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）时，他感到心碎欲绝。尽管近三年后双方依然僵持不下，但对于乔瓦尼（Giovanni）以及

“他强烈认为 BBC 将他弃之不顾”

而阿曼达在个人生活和职业生涯上都已经开启了新篇章。

乔瓦尼在 2024 年加入了《Ballando con le Stelle》（《舞动与星辰》——《舞动严苛》的意大利版本）的演员阵容。他获得了冠军，目前正与他的名人舞伴、45 岁的演员比安卡·瓜切罗（Bianca Guaccero）交往。

阿曼达的生活也在好转。今年 5 月，她的未婚夫、前特技演员兼脱逃艺术家乔纳森·古德温（Jonathan Goodwin）解决了针对《美国达人秀》制作方的法律诉讼。

这位 46 岁的男子在 2021 年的一次恐怖事故中瘫痪并险些丧命，当时他在《美国达人秀：极限版》的排练过程中被两辆起火的汽车挤压。

与此同时，阿曼达获得了自《舞动严苛》风波开始以来知名度最高的一项电视角色，在 Apple TV 惊悚剧《墓地路》（Down Cemetery Road）第二季中担任主演，与艾玛·汤普森（Emma Thompson）和露丝·威尔逊（Ruth Wilson）共同出演。

但这会是“乔瓦尼与阿曼达秀”的终点吗？遗憾的是，看来这场宿怨还将持续下去。

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冰川洪水重创尼泊尔小镇，当地陷入悲痛与焦虑 “迦梨女神欺骗了我们……她释放了她的毁灭力量”

作者：VIVEK CHAUDHARY

发自尼泊尔德维加特（DEVIGHAT）

直到周三之前，德维加特还是一个繁华的小镇，拥有繁忙的集市和一座每年吸引数千名朝圣者的寺庙。

它坐落在特里舒利河（River Trishuli）畔，被郁郁葱葱的山脉环绕，以其如画的环境和靠近水边的古寺而深感自豪。

这座寺庙供奉着迦梨女神，当地称其为“凶猛之母”，她与毁灭相关联。

而在最悲剧性的反转中，随着冰川断裂坠落，一场山洪摧毁了尼泊尔靠近西藏边境的这个北部地区，毁灭之灾降临在德维加特。

随之而来的是死亡和广泛的破坏。

包括迦梨寺在内的建筑被彻底摧毁，被从河中倾泻而下的滔天巨浪冲走。其他建筑则处于崩塌状态，或陷入深厚的泥沼之中，泥层之高甚至达到了破碎的阳台和屋顶顶部。

周围到处是难以想象的恐怖景象。尸体和动物的恶臭弥漫在空气中。覆盖着污垢的日常家用物品挂在

西蒙·阿什顿（SIMON ASHTON）

幸存者：一名房屋被毁的妇女和孩子，以及（右上）一支救援队

“我辛苦建立的一切都被夺走了”

阳台和屋顶；死牛的蹄子从地里露出来。

幸存者在没膝的泥泞中跋涉，拼命试图从他们的家园和店铺中抢救出尽可能多的财物。

在当地市场开店的阿尼尔（Anil）爬过碎片，说道：“什么都没剩了。我如此辛苦建立的一切都被夺走了。”

“这个地区的所有人都这样。我无法用语言向你们描述我们的感受，因为我们的生活被摧毁了。”

“迦梨女神欺骗了我们，并将她的毁灭力量释放到了德维加特（Devighat）。”

该镇 1,000 名居民中约有 800 人在周三的恐怖灾难中幸存，其中许多人是通过逃往高地获救的。目前约有 400 人住在山坡上的一所学校里，与河流保持着安全的距离。

当《星期日邮报》访问时，数十名当地人正耐心地排队登记姓名，以便领取毯子和衣物。

母亲们带着孩子沮丧地坐在一起，凝视着远方，而另一些人则在讨论亲人的下落时哭泣并相互拥抱。

每个人每天被提供一顿由米饭、扁豆和一些蔬菜组成的餐食，食物由部分居民自己在木火上烹制。

与丈夫和四个孩子一起在营地避难的德维（Devi）说：“食物不够，我们都饿着肚子睡觉，但能活下来已经很幸运了。外面还有些人每天连一顿饭都吃不到。”

经营当地慈善机构并建立该营地的凯达尔·纳辛（Kedar Narsing）博士说：“我知道每天一顿饭是不够的，但这是我们目前能提供的全部。”

“我们正在获得更多捐赠，希望情况会有所改善，但这些人要才能恢复正常生活还需要很长时间。”

就在我们交谈时，居民们开始兴奋地喊叫，因为两辆卡车抵达了，车上载着 25 公斤装的米袋和毯子。

他们匆忙排起队，在麻袋被搬进储藏室时，将物资从一个人手中传递给下一个人。

尼泊尔外交部长希希尔·卡纳尔（Shisir Khanal）昨天透露，受山洪影响的地区已变成“沼泽地”，政府正对二次洪水保持高度警戒。

根据最新数据，

600 人在洪水中丧生，至少 2,426 人失踪，另有数千人失去家园。

尼泊尔旅游局确认，已有 184 名外国国民获救，但 420 人仍

“我无处可去。没有家，也没有家人”

仍下落不明。其中包括 33 名英国人，其中有一家来自萨里郡的百万富翁四口之家。

前银行家兼选美冠军苏拉比·萨胡（Surabhi Sahu，44 岁）、她的商人丈夫桑托什（Santosh，46 岁）、他们的儿子斯潘丹（Spandan，18 岁）以及女儿希娜（Syna，13 岁）当时正在尼泊尔与中国边境进行一次探险徒步，自周三以来便失去了联系。同样在朝圣途中的英国人阿纳尔·卡尔（Anal Kar，56 岁）及其妻子桑朱克塔·卡尔（Sanjukta Kar，50 岁）也失去了联系。

他们的女儿阿拉特里卡（Aratrika，24 岁）在威尔士的一家医院工作，她说她最后一次与父母通话是在周二。此外，英籍印度人潘卡杰·诺格（Pankaj Naug，50 岁）也失踪了，自周三上午他在拉斯瓦加迪（Rasuwagadhi）边境口岸办理完出入境手续后，便再无音讯。

搜寻失踪者的行动是由位于德维加特（Devighat）内陆约五英里处的尼泊尔军队训练中心——迈蒂利（Maithili）营地统一协调的。

这个营地成了希望与绝望交织之地，但对于一名男子来说，这里标志着旅途的终点。巴杜尔（Bahdur）瘫坐在墙边，头部侧面有一道伤口，他刚刚被从尼泊尔与西藏边境的一个偏远村庄救出并抵达此处。

他是其五口之家中唯一的幸存者——他的妻子和四个孩子的下落目前尚不清楚。医生已允许他离开。

他盯着地面，低声地说道：“我无处可去。没有家，也没有家人。一切都被夺走了。生活不再值得继续。”

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作者：伊恩·加拉格尔（IAN GALLAGHER）和丹尼尔·哈蒙德（DANIEL HAMMOND）

在众多咖啡吧、科技初创公司和时尚餐厅的掩护下，坐落着一个无疑是伦敦最令人不愿居住的地址。这里既不是房子也不是公寓，而是一个帐篷营地，位于肖尔迪奇（Shoreditch）两条铁路线之间一座布满涂鸦的桥下。

这里距离金融城仅一英里多一点。当地历史学家认为，开膛手杰克在19世纪80年代恐吓附近的怀特查佩尔（Whitechapel）时，曾将首都的这个角落作为捷径。而在更近的时期，恐怖电影《预兆 III》（Omen III）的部分场景就在这里拍摄。

当《星期日邮报》上周访问此处时，即便阳光明媚、蓝天白云，也无法减轻那种潜藏的不安感。不难想象，我们仿佛在巍峨的巨型银行和全球投资公司的阴影下，偶然闯入了一片后末日废土。那么，究竟是谁住在这样一个微型贫民窟里？在这里，老鼠在丢弃的食物盒之间窜来窜去，气味令人作呕。

标志性的青绿色挎包暴露了帐篷居住者的身份。停在附近、部分被防水布遮盖的自行车证实了这一猜测。他们是无家可归的 Deliveroo 外送员，以及其他似乎在为 Gopuff 外送公司工作的骑手。

在开膛手杰克的时代，就在这个位置，当地人曾抱怨鱼内脏（来自比林斯盖特和史密斯菲尔德等市场的剩余物）发酵成土壤肥料的味道。而如今，他们抱怨的是尿液的刺鼻气味，有时甚至更糟。

大约 12 名男子（主要是苏丹移民）将这里称为家。他们尽可能地改善生活。现代便利设施严重匮乏，但他们使用炉灶烹饪，并将衣服存放在一个宜家（IKEA）抽屉柜里；这个柜子被推在地下通道的墙边，构成了一幅格格不入的景象。

斯特里特·希尔（Street Hill）告诉我们，“使用朋友的账号是很常见的”。

除了提供一些关于生活的概括性事实外，大多数骑手不出所料地保持警惕。有些人完全拒绝回答任何问题。当地人将这种沉默归结为另一个原因：毒品。

“他们在那里卖毒品，卖克拉克可卡因（crack），而且做得相当公开，”一名居民声称，“我亲眼见过。他们骑着车聚集在一起进行交易。当然，自行车和制服提供了完美的掩护。”

当《星期日邮报》在周三下午访问营地时，一名身上有大量纹身的骑手（看起来并非移民）被发现正与一名 Deliveroo 骑手简短交谈，后者将固定在自行车上的袋子向该男子方向倾斜，仿佛在邀请他从里面拿东西。

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一面圣乔治十字旗悬挂在其中一个帐篷上，以免任何人认为其居住者不对在异国他乡获得新生活的机会心存感激。

尽管如此，这里的生活依然艰苦。最让这些外卖员困扰的是缺乏自来水。

随着类似的营地在伦敦及其他地方纷纷出现，这应该也让他们的顾客深思。不过，大多数消费者在召唤外卖送到家门口时，很少（如果真的有的话）会考虑卫生问题。

上周连续两天，我们观察了外送骑手的往来。他们瘫坐在桥下，当应用程序提醒有新订单时，便迅速行动起来。

布里克巷（Brick Lane）拥有大量餐厅，步行仅需五分钟，因此这里并不缺工作。可以理解的是，当地人觉得他们的出现令人不安。

“在那下面走让我吓得魂飞魄散，” 42 岁的艾玛·奥唐奈（Emma O’Donnell）说，“走过那些盯着你看的男人，感觉就像在闯关受刑。而且那里臭极了。”

“我没听说过任何暴力或威胁，但天呐，感觉真的很可怕。这不对劲，对吧？”

这确实是个问题。撇开所有其他顾虑，既然食品公司在在线申请时明确要求必须提供工作权利证明，那么这些非法移民——肖尔迪奇（Shoreditch）营地中的许多人似乎就是这种情况——究竟是如何能够以自雇骑手的身份获得工作的？

昨天披露的数据显示，在一次移民打击行动中，被警方拦截的快递员中，超过十分之一被发现是非法工作。这场为期一周的

“走在那里感觉就像在闯关”

去年夏天的“平等行动”（Operation Equalise）中，警方在检查的 1,482 名骑手中逮捕了 151 人。其中至少 17 人被驱逐出境。

Deliveroo 在其网站上告诉潜在的从业者：“您的骑手之旅从这里开始！”这种亲切的语气在随后的内容中得以延续：“我们非常激动您能加入我们的车队。”接着写道：“我们将检查您的证件并完成犯罪记录检查。然后您将签署骑手协议，订购装备并上路！”

寻求庇护者在申请的前 12 个月内或在申请获得批准前，通常不允许从事有偿就业。

而让这些检查变得像个笑话的是“账号租赁”的行为，即那些合法拥有工作权利的人在配送平台注册，然后将自己的账号转租。

我们在 Fleet 街的肖尔迪奇（Shoreditch）站点遇到的一名移民

几秒钟后，这名骑手威胁要给我们的记者一拳——“我要把你揍扁”，他在怀疑他们的对话被手机拍摄时警告道。这名骑手要求检查

“那里的人在尖叫，完全疯了”

手机，但记者拒绝了。

其他将舰队街山（Fleet Street Hill）作为捷径的人表示，这些骑手经常处于“恍惚状态”，或者被看到在“没有音乐的情况下跳舞”。

62岁的彼得·香农（Peter Shannon）表示：“我认为如果人们知道他们的食物来自哪里，不会太高兴。这些家伙大多数都吸食了crack，完全疯了。这很困难，因为你知道他们需要地方居住，但目前的状况就像某种贫民窟。”

他补充道：“你到处都能看到碎玻璃，被丢弃的杂物，还有人在小便。这里曾是前往切希尔街（Cheshire Street）的热门捷径。但现在很多人绕道而行以避开这种疯狂。那里有人在尖叫，各种乱象，完全疯了。”

切希尔街（该街延伸至砖巷 Brick Lane）的一家便利店店主声称，这些移民“冲进来就自便。我被困在柜台后面，对此无能为力。”

另一位居民，一名两个孩子的母亲表示：“为了安全，我现在避开那个区域。我也无法忍受那里的气味。”

“这些男人去年首次出现，然后在圣诞节期间被带走安置在某处，但他们总是回来。”

“议会似乎没有采取任何长期的应对措施。”

本月早些时候，改革英国党（Reform UK）内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）宣布了旨在打击非法就业的措施，包括对公司董事和配送平台实施刑事处罚。他告诉《星期日邮报》（MoS）：“工党和保守党的软弱导致一个移民棚户区在首都中心兴起。”

他表示，“英国人民已经厌倦了这样一个制度：它让企业老板在纵容这个国家的‘入侵’以及随之而来的必然犯罪时，能够逍遥法外”。

尤苏夫先生声称，前几届政府“创造了一个生态系统，使非法移民被直接引导进入我们的国民经济，从而压低工资，并为在英吉利海峡两岸运作的卑劣人口走私团伙提供资金”。

他说，如果改革英国党赢得执政，将根据他称之为“Deliveroo法”的立法，使大公司的首席执行官和董事对非法就业承担个人和刑事责任。

根据该计划，改革英国党表示，将向提供线索并导致雇佣非法工人店铺被成功起诉的公众支付报酬。通过一个“土耳其理发师举报热线”提供的经济奖励，将来自其对使用非法雇员的公司处以的更高额罚款。

内政部表示，已经在增加对雇佣非法工人公司的处罚，该部门内部的一名消息人士将改革英国党的一些提案称为“空洞的姿态”。

去年，Deliveroo在政府对英吉利海峡移民能够出租他人账户的报道表示担忧后，表示将加强安全检查。

该公司表示，这包括面部验证检查和欺诈检测技术，以确保只有注册账户持有者才能在其平台上工作。现行法律意味着，故意雇佣没有工作权利的人的雇主最高可面临五年监禁。当然，尽管移民身份有问题，肖尔迪奇（Shoreditch）的骑手们似乎发现工作很容易。

一名来自苏丹的28岁青年告诉我们：“这不是问题，我们共享账户。很简单。你想什么时候工作就什么时候工作，想什么时候停止就什么时候停止。我必须赚钱，否则我该怎么办？”

他补充道：“我来这里是为了更好的生活。在我的家乡没有什么机会。我两年前来到这里。我住过很多地方。这里（桥下），我们都在一起。比其他一些地方要好。”

“他们正在受苦，应该得到帮助”

“我还能做什么？我没法通过其他方式找到工作。”

另一位名叫易卜拉欣·穆罕默德（Ibrahim Mohammed）的男子，

26岁，表示他之前在为 Uber Eats 工作期间在该地住了一年。他说：“住在这里很艰难。比如，你怎么洗澡？议会并没有真正提供帮助。我在这里没有任何亲人。我是三年前来到英国的。你会在这里看到很多骑[外卖]车的人。”

贫民窟：十几个移民在地下通道搭建了住所，其中甚至还有宜家家具（左图）。一名骑手（右图）正出发进行另一次配送。

周四下午5点，一名穿着 Deliveroo 外套的骑手在结束班次返回后，被看到拉开拉链进入他的帐篷。随后，另外两名携带 Gopuff 袋子的骑手骑着电动自行车离开该地，前往砖巷（Brick Lane）。

回到营地，其余的骑手躺在地下通道里，有的在帐篷外换衣服，有的将印有品牌标志的袋子移到路人看不见的地方。

偶尔会有慈善工作者前来分发餐食。“这件事有人情的一面，但被很多人忽视了。他们正在受苦，应该得到更好的帮助，”另一位当地人说道。

当《星期日邮报》（MoS）采访时，一名 Deliveroo 发言人表示：“我们尚未收到证据确认这些个人非法进入了我们的平台，但我们对这些报道感到极其担忧，并正在加强该地区的监控力度，以识别任何可疑的账户活动迹象。”

该发言人补充道：“我们采取

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她要求他偿还 42.7 万英镑，用于支付房租、豪华假期、牙科美容手术、风筝冲浪装备、射击课程，甚至包括 £24 的雨刷片。

现被称为卡尔索普女士（Ms Calthorpe）的这位 51 岁四子之母，在与第三代男爵尤安·安斯特鲁瑟-高夫-卡尔索普爵士（Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe）的婚姻破裂后，于 2016 年与前金融城投资人康斯特布尔-麦克斯韦尔先生（Mr Constable-Maxwell，62 岁）在一起。两人于 2002 年结婚。

经过南安普顿郡法院为期四天的审理，格伦法官（Judge Glen）完全驳回了她对康斯特布尔-麦克斯韦尔先生的起诉，并命令她支付其 80% 的诉讼费用。法官同时驳回了康斯特布尔-麦克斯韦尔先生的反诉。

“包括古巴和维尔京群岛的假期”

他指控她曾对他动刀，多次拳击其面部，并两次打断了他的鼻子。他还表示，在被她用膝盖顶中睾丸后，他接受了手术。

在听证会结束后的 8 月 14 日下达的命令要求卡尔索普女士在下周五下午 4 点前支付 7.5 万英镑 作为其诉讼费用的预付款。

该命令未提及康斯特布尔-麦克斯韦尔先生，尽管他的反诉未能成功。他于 2016 年 11 月搬进卡尔索普女士位于哈特利温特尼（Hartley Wintney）的农舍，一直住到 2020 年 8 月两人关系崩溃。

她的主张基于两人在 2016 年 12 月签署的一份短期贷款协议，该协议上限为 5 万英镑，年利率为 5%。她辩称，该协议已进行变更，以涵盖她在接下来的四年中为他花费的所有费用，并且他曾在 WhatsApp 消息中承认了这笔债务—。

对平台上的非法工作以及通常隐藏在其背后的有组织犯罪剥削采取零容忍态度。我们正与议会联系以进一步调查，并继续与内政部密切合作。”

Gopuff 表达了同样的观点，该公司表示其“极其严肃地对待工作权利合规性，对平台上的非法工作零容忍”。

一名发言人补充道：“所有 Gopuff 账户持有者在注册时都要经过工作权利检查。

并且从 10 月 1, 起，我们将根据内政部的新要求，为账户持有者和替代人员引入面部验证技术。”

在肖尔迪奇（Shoredsages）以北三英里处。她的债务清单包括在农场房屋居住期间的租金 160,177 英镑.96，而前往古巴、科西嘉岛和英属维尔京群岛等地的豪华假期费用共计 57,753 英镑。

诉讼：安娜·卡尔索普（Anna Calthorpe）与一名朋友。该个人未参与诉讼程序

其他费用包括牙科治疗、物理治疗和雨刷片。她声称为他办理的信用卡消费 21.5 万英镑 以及转入其账户的另外 343,595 英镑，减去他交给她建筑工的 273,500 英镑。

康斯特布尔-马克斯韦尔（Mr Constable-Maxwell）否认欠钱，并表示唯一的约束性协议是 5 万英镑，在他 2019. 将 7.6 万英镑 交给她时已全额结清。他的反诉请求包括咨询费 26,460 英镑 以及每周三天、共 198 周的农场工作报酬 148,500 英镑。

双方都没有从对方那里赢得一分钱，在这次自 2021 年 3 月她首次要求还款以来一直持续的纠纷之后，费用裁定成为了唯一涉及资金转移的项目。

在地下通道，其他移民外卖骑手在斯托克纽因顿（Stoke Newington）的克利索尔德公园（Clissold Park）扎营，该地区长期以来深受年轻家庭的喜爱。

除了环境明显更加宜人之外，那里的情况也差不多——一小簇帐篷和衣物，Just Eat 的外卖袋散落在帐篷外。

上周，一名负责在晚上 8.30pm 关闭公园前清理现场的管理员感到尴尬，他被一名当地男子质问：“为什么我们必须离开，而他们 [外卖骑手] 却被允许留下？”

管理员局促地回答说“我们会让他们离开的”，然后将目光转向其他地方。

“不用说，他们根本不需要离开，”该男子事后说道。“这就是现代英国的缩影。”

娱乐圈内幕！作者：凯蒂·欣德 (Katie Hind)

顾问编辑 演艺圈

作为 BBC《顶级大厨》（MasterChef）中那个说话强硬的评委，约翰·托罗德（John Torode）从来不是一个说话委婉的人。

这位“阿尔法”澳洲人让站在他面前、渴望得到一点点赞赏的家庭厨师、业余厨师甚至名人，都像颤抖的舒芙蕾一样紧张。

因此不足为奇——在他在该节目工作 20 年后被不体面地解雇——粉丝们惊讶且欣喜地发现了“另一个”托罗德。

自从与妻子丽莎·福克纳（Lisa Faulkner）共同推出 YouTube 节目以来，61, 岁的托罗德正沉浸在他更加温柔——几乎可以用“可爱”来形容的一面中。

在他们位于令人向往的伦敦马斯韦尔山（Muswell Hill）飞地、排屋中心那间美丽的厨房里。

“他们是电视厨师界的理查德和朱迪，取得了巨大的成功”

托罗德和 54 岁的丽莎在烹饪令人垂涎的佳肴时，彼此欢笑、打趣且互相调侃。

观众们对此非常喜爱。

“约翰和丽莎基本上就是电视厨师界的理查德和朱迪，事实证明他们取得了巨大的成功。现在谁还需要 BBC 呢？”我的一位消息灵通的来源说道。

就像理查德一样，每当机智的丽莎发表俏皮评论时，托罗德经常显得一脸茫然。

在第一段视频中解释他们的理念时，丽莎抱着他们的雪纳瑞贵宾混血犬，热情地说道：“我们所有的食谱都在自家的厨房里烹饪，这太棒了，因为我们知道每样东西放在哪里，我们真心希望大家能加入我们，一起品尝我们家人的最爱。”

将冰冷的《顶级厨师》（MasterChef）厨房换成更具居家气息的厨房也大受欢迎，观众们非常喜欢他们的木制中央岛台、刻有“John & Lisa”字样的切菜板，以及他们与高街连锁品牌 ProChef 合作推出的 J&L 厨具系列中的淡绿色炖锅。

MasterChef 的反击……托罗德在 YouTube 斩获 120 万 次观看，向 BBC 表达“不屑”

自从约翰和丽莎的“厨房与家居”（Kitchen & Home）在八个月前试运行以来，随着粉丝们纷纷观看他们制作“完美的帕夫洛娃蛋糕”或丽莎的“传奇”烤土豆（其传奇之处在于先将高汤块揉进油脂中），他们的累计观看次数已超过 120 万 次。这样的数据能为他们带来数千英镑的收入，再加上广告收入、如厨具系列等副业以及即将出版的一本书，这意味着托罗德的收入将超过他在《MasterChef》时期的收入。一名消息人士表示：“对于电视厨师来说，赚钱的方法不止一种。”

那些熟悉该项目的人表示，这是对 BBC 的“终极不屑”。去年 7 月，该广播公司解雇了担任《MasterChef》主持人的托罗德，此前有人指控他在 2019 年的一次拍摄收工派对上，在跟唱说唱明星坎耶·韦斯特（Kanye West）的《Gold Digger》时使用了“N字”（种族歧视词汇）。

托罗德被解雇之时，共同主持人格雷格·华莱士（Gregg Wallace）也正面临不当行为的指控。去年，这位 61 岁的主持人被解雇，此前由《MasterChef》制作公司 Banijay UK 委托的一份报告发现，83 项指控中有 45 项成立。

尽管托罗德表示他对被指控的事情“没有记忆”，并希望能够获得申辩机会，但他依然被扫地出门。因此，在经历了失去这份让他成为英国电视荧幕上最知名面孔之一的工作所带来的诸多沮丧之后，据说托罗德现在再次面对镜头时“热爱生活”，这确实令人感到快意。

“他们是电视烹饪界的模范夫妻。他们做得非常出色，”一名接近这对夫妇的消息人士告诉我。一名 YouTube 观众在评论他们的化学反应时写道：“太爱了！丽莎总在开一些约翰听不懂但我们能懂的俏皮暗示，而且丽莎还会对着镜头眨眼！”

“他们吸引的流量非常巨大，”该消息人士说，“约翰甚至不记得自己说过被指控的内容，而且

附言：妻子丽莎可能得避开深炸锅！

在剧集《惊魂谍战》（Spooks）中，饰演 MI5 特工海伦·弗林（Helen Flynn）的她被不法极端分子用该设备杀害。

从未有相关证据。那些死忠的《MasterChef》观众在很大程度上支持他。”

事实上，该广播公司的新任总干事马特·布里廷（Matt Brittin）很可能正在质疑，前任蒂姆·戴维（Tim Davie）在解雇托罗德时是否犯了错。就在上周的爱丁堡国际电视节上，今年从谷歌加入该机构的布里廷暗示，他正考虑向用户生成内容（UGC）开放 BBC。

布里廷建议将“iPlayer 2.0”打造为一个 YouTube 风格的网站，用于托管合适的网红

成功秘诀：约翰·托罗德与丽莎·福克纳

内容。它将围绕一个旨在“教育、告知并娱乐英国及理想情况下全球公众”的算法来构建。“这太好笑了，”这对夫妇的一位朋友说。

“格雷格应该被解雇吗？是的，绝对应该。但对于约翰来说，感觉就像他们找到了一个除掉他并在《MasterChef》中重新开始的方法。”

“他证明了他和丽莎极其受欢迎，BBC 肯定会对他们的 YouTube 概念感到嫉妒。”

事实胜于雄辩（Proof is in the pudding）——或者在这种情况下是胜在司康饼——因为超过

“BBC 现在肯定会对他们的 YouTube 创意感到嫉妒”

目前已有 102,000 名粉丝观看托罗德和丽莎制作下午茶点心。

在获得积极反馈后，广告商们纷纷涌入推广其品牌，汇丰银行（HSBC）和 Monzo 银行已经在约翰和丽莎的页面上开展宣传活动。但看来他们的 ITV 节目《约翰和丽莎的周末厨房》（John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen）不太可能回归。“没关系，”一位好友说道，“他们很快将出版第二本烹饪书。”

了解托罗德的人表示，当他被《MasterChef》解雇时，丽莎是他的“精神支柱”。当然，这对夫妇正是通过该节目相识的，当时这位前《Spooks》女演员在 2010 年作为参赛者参加节目。

他们在节目中相识时，丽莎当时与丈夫克里斯·科吉尔（Chris Coghill）在一起，而托罗德则与妻子杰西卡（Jessica）在一起。

在两段关系都结束之后，他们开始约会，并于 2019 年在北安普顿郡绝美的安霍公园（Aynhoe Park）结婚。

七年过去了，丽莎一直是一位全力支持丈夫的妻子。那么，谁能责怪她偶尔讽刺一下 BBC 呢？在一段视频中，当约翰向观众讲解如何制作完美的水波蛋时，微笑的丽莎打趣道：“由《MasterChef》大师带来的水波蛋大师课！”

真扎心！不过，正如人们所说，复仇是一道冷掉后才最美味的菜肴。

周日见

一个受挫的普京是一个危险的敌人。工党是时候采取果断行动了

对于伯纳姆政府在国防以及与俄罗斯之间这场未宣而战的冲突中所持的立场，我们该如何看待？

首相已经完成了他必须进行的乌克兰之行，并向泽连斯基总统提供了非常具体的援助，包括可用于打击俄罗斯领土的导弹。

莫斯科对此的回应是，针对乌克兰使用英国武器打击俄罗斯领土的行为，其反击目标可能是“在乌克兰境内及境外的所有英国军事设施和设备”。

这相当严重。那么，财政大臣约翰·希利在担任国防大臣时所做的承诺——他个人致力于将英国的国防开支提高到 GDP 的 3%——现在变成了什么？为了这个原因，他甚至一度离开了基尔·斯塔默爵士的政府。然而现在，他回到了政府中，拥有了一个更大、更气派的红色公文箱，却将自己的承诺搁置了。

当然，高额支出本身并不能保证安全。我们军事开支中令人担忧的一大部分被浪费在了那些毫无成效的失败项目上。

更换我们的三叉戟导弹潜艇成本极高。

但放弃这个相当适度的 3% 目标，确实与英国目前作为对抗俄罗斯在乌克兰战争中主要参与者的姿态不相符。如果我们想参与这场战斗——而我们大多数人都认为应该参与——那么我们必须准备好赢得它，凭借技巧、思考和顶级的装备。

这里存在一个重大风险。俄罗斯总统普京正日益与批评意见和真实新闻隔绝。

他正在衰老，感到孤独，并因其侵略行为的失败而感到受挫。历史表明，这种情况持续时间越长，他就越可能变得反复无常。但面对任何反弹，我们的准备情况如何？例如，我们的导弹防御系统在哪里？

这还不是全部。正如《星期日邮报》今天报道的那样，这个国家已经在面对一场“骚扰战”中微妙且难以预见的攻击，这些攻击可能针对这里的火箭工厂，或者针对军火公司及其高管。曾任俄罗斯外交部副部长、现为普京顾问的安德烈·费多罗夫将英国描述为克里姆林宫名单上的“头号邪恶”，并警告说我们“必须受到惩罚”。前情报官员菲利普·英格拉姆在我们的版面撰文，给了我们更多深层的担忧理由。他指出，普京实际上比他愿意承认的要更虚弱、更脆弱。但他仍有许多手段可以尝试伤害或恐吓我们，且无需冒触发北约毁灭性反应的风险。

无论这场升级的战争是混合战争还是高超音速战争，我们必须做好准备去应对，并防御任何可能到来的威胁。

希利先生现在身在财政部，却试图否认自己在国防部时说过的话，这让他面临让自己显得像个傻瓜的危险。他与首相可以通过恢复 3% 的目标，并至少就我们应对混合战争的能力以及保障领空安全的能力，发起一项深入、彻底且紧急的审查，从而挽回局面。

政府没有比这更重要的任务了。

里希·苏纳克在 D-Day 的低级错误，基尔·斯塔默爵士的免费西装，安迪·伯纳姆利用紧急警报系统提供烧烤建议：选民们经常会想，“首相真是个白痴——我能做得更好”。现在他们有机会尝试了。一款新的电脑游戏让玩家有机会面对各种首相级别的困境，并据此评分。

例如，想象一下，伦敦地铁因罢工而停运。你是向工会妥协，支持老板，还是任命一名独立调解员（“主要是为了让没人再因为环线地铁的事给你打电话”）？

我玩了这款让你成为首相的热门新游戏……结果被冷酷无情的媒体赶出了办公室！ 作者：昆廷·莱茨 (QUENTIN LETTS) 部长将责任推给当地候选人，宣布在大约六周后对该选区进行一次“倾听”访问，或者接受采访并坚持（同时

这里有另一个问题。在就任国家最高职务几天后，你得知财政部已经没有财政空间，必须放弃其中一项竞选承诺，以防止英镑出现抛售潮。

你会怎么做：取消每周一次的垃圾收集；废除新医院计划，转而就现有医院的升级进行不诚实的说辞；放弃承诺的税收冻结，并坚持认为自一周前的选举以来“经济形势已经发生了变化”；还是取消一项备受推崇的交通投资计划？

当某位部长陷入丑闻时，作为老板，你是通过维护那个犯错的可怜虫来支撑党内的士气？还是在考虑事实之前就挥起斧头将其开除？还有一个中间选项，即将指控移交给标准委员会，但这可能会让你的支持者和敌人都感到厌恶。

你会发布一份公开声明，坚持认为你所谓的侮辱被误解了，而实际上那是你对亲爱的埃马纽埃深厚感情的体现吗？

首相引发外交事件并非罕见。如果，比方说，你惹恼了法国总统（毕竟这很容易做到），你会亲自打电话给爱丽舍宫道歉吗？

还是选择第三个选项，坚持自己的立场，并表示法国人应得这一切？哪个选项最明智？关于这一点，我必须承认，我几乎没有犹豫，但毕竟我不需要在 G7 会议上与马克龙总统待在同一个房间里。

女士们先生们，我试玩了几次《No 10: Full Confidence》。作为一名议会速写作家，我理应

议会速写作家

对记者希望从首相那里得到什么有敏锐的嗅觉。显然，事实并非如此。在两次游戏中，我都被……媒体赶出了办公室。他们是如此冷酷且不可预测。

随着游戏的进行，你在后座议员、内阁部长、媒体和公众中的支持率会发生变化。一旦这四个指标中的任何一个跌至 0%，你就失去了职务。

在第一次尝试中，我在任职期间生存了两年十个月，比内维尔·张伯伦还糟糕，与戈登·布朗大致相当。

第二次尝试中，我坚持了一年九个月，比基尔爵士差，比苏纳克先生好，与可怜的安东尼·伊登爵士差不多。这款游戏的开发者本杰明·布鲁伊斯（Benjamin Brewis）受到了唐宁街近期首相快速更迭的启发，该游戏取得了巨大成功，已冲上苹果电脑游戏排行榜榜首。

布鲁伊斯先生指出了现实生活中的政治情节，例如保守党首席党鞭加文·威廉姆森（Gavin Williamson）曾在办公桌上养一只宠物塔兰图拉蜘蛛，以及鲍里斯·约翰逊为了躲避一些电视直播镜头而误闯进一个步入式冷藏库的经历。此外，还有仿佛凭空出现的自然灾害，比如目前困扰英格兰和威尔士大部分地区的干旱。

在游戏的另一个情节中，伦敦郊区的鹦鹉数量失去了控制。首相应该：什么都不做；为鹦鹉建立一个重新安置计划；还是下令立即消灭这些小害虫？

由于我对鹦鹉没有特别的感情，且希望政治家能够果断，我选择了消灭鹦鹉的选项。作为首相，我说：让普迪（Purdey）猎枪像索姆河战役中炮兵的开场齐射一样开火吧。

就在我做出这个决定时，我的顾问告诉我，英国皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）正在发表声明。糟糕。

布鲁伊斯先生的游戏售价为 £2.99，玩半小时左右相当有趣。他设计的一些场景透露出一种恰到好处的怀疑态度。在补选失败后，一名首相应该责怪当地候选人，宣布在大约六周后对该选区进行一次“倾听”访问，还是接受采访并坚持（同时避免与镜头目光接触）认为选票的波动幅度足够小，以至于这实际上代表了政府的一次“伟大胜利”？布鲁伊斯先生，别给他们提供主意。

我怀疑，这款游戏正确把握的一点是时间压力。你只有几秒钟时间阅读问题和可能的解决方案，很快，极快的节奏就会让你开始恐慌。字母在眼前跳动。按下错误按钮变得如此简单。在真实的唐宁街10号，情况可能同样如此。

目前这款游戏较不令人满意的地方在于——咳——赋予了媒体如此大的权力。在我的两次《唐宁街10号：完全信任》（No10: Full Confidence）任期中，我被推翻是因为我在媒体中的支持率得分为 0%，尽管我得到了后座议员和内阁 100% 的支持。

鲍里斯和基尔会告诉你，议员们比“第四权力”危险得多。

亚历山德拉·舒尔曼（ALEXANDRA SHULMAN） 休假中

当他在唐宁街10号任职满六周之际，我对安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的 TikTok 式首相任期终于失去了耐心。我们能忍受的尴尬病毒式内容也就这么多，

而且到目前为止，国民肯定已经看腻了。到目前为止，我们看到首相向安吉拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）热情地谈论“babby's yeds”（牛肾牛排苏et布丁），用电吉他弹奏 The Smiths 乐队的《Rusholme Ruffians》，帮助 Greggs 推广其“香肠豆奶酪玩意儿”（Sausage, Bean and Cheese Thing），然后再次回到 The Smiths 乐队——一段这位工党领袖微笑挥手的蒙太奇剪辑，配乐是这支曼彻斯特独立乐队 1984 年的 B 面曲目《How Soon is Now?》。

过去的首相试图讨好安德鲁·马尔（Andrew Marr）；而伯纳姆先生似乎更关心强尼·马尔（Johnny Marr）。

在唐宁街的传播武器库中，病毒式短片确实有其一席之地。无论你是否喜欢，引人注目的短视频可以在即使是最专业撰写的演讲都无法突破的地方产生影响。伯纳姆先生社交媒体输出中最令人震惊的是，其中有多少内容与治理国家的事业毫无关系。

相反，这关乎伯纳姆先生一直以来从事的业务：让人们喜欢他。他希望工党成员喜欢他，因此他从未表达过与党内那些《卫报》读者、退休教师和佩戴工牌的公共部门雇员相左的观点。他希望工党议会党团喜欢他，这一点从他任命了一些能力最差的人物担任政府职务中可见一斑。

他还希望公众喜欢他。他最渴望的就是让平-

凡选民将他视为那个热爱足球、热爱 New Order 乐队以及喜欢吃薯条配肉汁的、俏皮的曼彻斯特哥们。

他的 TikTok 视频中，没有哪个比他试图制造自己的“皮格登先生时刻”更能揭示这一点。悉尼·皮格登（Sydney Pigden）是南伦敦一名小学体育老师，足球运动员伊恩·赖特（Ian Wright）将自己的纪律养成、鼓励和启发归功于他。那段 2005 年的片段记录了他们的惊喜重逢，在视频中，震惊且激动不已的赖特惊呼“皮格登先生！”，然后恭敬地摘下帽子，拥抱了他的老教师。这已经成为一个

英国已经受够了担任“首席TikTok博主”的伯纳姆。他不能靠弹吉他来解决我们面临的无数挑战

作者：STEPHEN DAISLEY

一直被 TikTok 式的思维所定义。政策的选择标准是其传播力，而非解决相关问题的有效性。想想那个大胆的宣布：将在圣诞节前结束露宿街头现象。这个承诺纯粹是为了能被转发到 Facebook 或 Instagram 并配上爱心表情符号而做出的。

那些希望伯纳姆先生代表政治模式真正突破的选民将会感到极大的失望。

接着是国家警报的惨剧，政府用手机中突然响起且未经预告的警报鸣笛声，让半个国家的人差点心脏病发作。新冠疫情回来了？伊朗入侵了？不，是因为天气炎热，白厅想要警告人们不要使用一次性烧烤炉。

在伯纳姆先生做出决定时，这些决定往往是不明智的，比如他大肆宣传的计划，即通过对以色列定居点实施新制裁来介入中东冲突，但这本身并不能证明他除此之外那令人瘫痪的犹豫不决是正确的。

从介入辅助自杀的辩论却最终宣布不采取任何立场，到将福利改革无限期搁置，伯纳姆先生花费多年时间策划夺权，但现在却不想用权力做任何事情。

季节的更替将更加突然。本周，他夏日的蜜月期将被危险世界的寒风扫除。

议会将在法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙访问前结束休会。马克龙是自伯纳姆先生就任以来，首位访问伦敦的欧盟成员国元首。乌克兰战争正在升级，弗拉基米尔·普京威胁要对英国向基辅提供导弹和无人机技术进行报复，这些技术被用于在袭击中导致俄罗斯平民死亡。

然而就在此时，据报道，财政大臣约翰·希利正在

“策划多年以夺权，但现在却不想用它做任何事”

由于讲述了一位伟大教师的教导如何能让即使是最顽劣的学生也能改变人生的感人故事，这段视频已成为互联网上的经典。

至少没有做出任何具有变革性或国家重要性的事情。他热衷于他所谓的“日常修复”，包括打击过于复杂的订阅取消流程、误导性折扣以及无良建筑商。

接着是伯纳姆先生的拙劣模仿。本月初，一段 TikTok 视频显示首相走进 No 10 的一间会议室，结果遇到了他大学时代的教授。“当我走进那扇门时，我受到了人生中最大的震惊，”在一段剧本痕迹极重的对话结束时，伯纳姆先生气喘吁吁地说道。伊恩·赖特的片段因其自发性和真诚而令人喜爱，而首相的仿制品则只是一个无法忍受被讨厌的人又一次用力过猛的尝试。

对伯纳姆先生来说不幸的是，问题不仅仅在于沟通。他迄今为止的首相任期

谁会反对让人们离开街头，在圣诞午餐桌旁团聚呢？可惜，令人愉悦的承诺并不等同于政策制定，政府不可能在几个月内克服根深蒂固的社会病灶。

这个承诺将被——

虽然这些都不是坏主意，但与英国面临的挑战规模相比，它们显得极其渺小。伯纳姆先生似乎想成为一个

在问题如此巨大的时候，却要做一个“小事首相”。他任职的前六周恰逢英国温暖的夏末——那是领口敞开、周末烧烤和下班后在啤酒花园小憩的惬意日子。他能够让自己潜入 No 10 并进入国民的意识之中，就像秋天终于开始悄然潜入我们的周围一样。然而，对于伯纳姆先生来说，政治环境的改变将—。

“在如此严肃的时刻，伯纳姆先生必须做出相应调整”

计划在交付 10 月份预算案（他就任该职后的首份预算案）时，不为将国防开支提高至 3 per cent of GDP. 设定截止日期。就在两个月前，他正是因为这个问题而辞职离开政府的。

这是一个严肃的时刻，伯纳姆先生必须做出相应调整。是的，在他担任首相的时间如此之短的情况下，这感觉有些过快，但他已经需要一次重启了。伯纳姆 1.0, ——那个“首席 TikTok 博主”——必须被留在那个被热浪折磨的夏天。TikTok 视频、弹吉他、随意的着装——在政治淡季这些都没问题，但前方将是充满考验的日子。

如果伯纳姆 2.0, 即英国首相，想要抵御眼前的挑战，他必须将自己的形象和领导风格调整到一种更冷峻、更严苛的气候中。

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彼得·希钦斯 (Peter Hitchens) 在 Twitter 上关注 Peter @clarkemicah ✗ 我们声称崇拜国民医疗服务体系（NHS），却拒绝保护它免受其最大敌人……也就是我们自己的侵害

仅仅是以另一种方式在抽烟：我们可能在很多年后才会知道电子烟真正的长期不良影响

我们的当局是否真的在试图让整个国家生病？我们以宗教般的敬畏心对待“我们的”NHS，但我们设计的社会却注定会让它的病床和走廊被填满，并吞噬其所有资金。

本周，BBC大肆宣传的一份报告称，选择电子烟的人比使用尼古丁贴片或口香糖的人在戒烟方面更“成功”。简直是胡说八道。

为什么“寻求庇护者”这个词仍然被这么多人一本正经地使用？涉事者根本不是这么回事。中国圣贤孔子很久以前就说过：“知道地道，谓之知。”如果这种不诚实的表达停止被使用，我们或许能开始解决这个问题。否则，永远没戏。

我气得对着墙扔了一只鞋，因为这个主张太愚蠢了。吸入蒸汽而不是烟雾的人并没有戒烟。他们仅仅是以另一种方式在抽烟。这对周围的每个人来说同样令人厌恶。从长远来看，这可能同样危险。我们对此毫无头绪。

临床试验中记录的最常见副作用包括喉咙和口腔刺激、咳嗽以及呼吸短促。有强烈迹象表明，吸电子烟的儿童和青少年咳嗽频繁。此外还有喘鸣、气道炎症和哮喘加重。听起来很健康，不是吗？长期影响目前尚不可知。烟草可能需要 40 年才会显现其可怕的结果。我想知道到 2050 年，我们会发现关于电子烟的什么结果？

然后是“抗抑郁药”，这些药丸的实际疗效远未得到证实。我再次推荐马西亚·安杰尔（Marcia Angell）博士在 2011 年发表于《纽约书评》的关于该主题的两篇极具冲击力的文章。这些可疑的药物可能会产生可怕的副作用，尤其是当人们尝试停药时。然而，《每日邮报》上周披露，去年英格兰每七个人中就有一人被开具了抗抑郁药。这在五年内增加了 15% 以上。

然后是“ADHD”。我的同事马克斯·彭伯顿（Max Pemberton）博士在最近的一部 Channel 4 纪录片中对这一病症提出了质疑。几位资历深厚的人士也持有同样的怀疑。多年来，我一直试图引起人们对“ADHD”这种非科学的、软性的、主观的“诊断”的关注。但软性的诊断会导致硬性的后果。医生们自信地开出强效且令人担忧的药物，如果不是通过处方开具，这些药物将是非法的。安非他命之所以非法是有原因的。长期副作用包括攻击性、失眠、记忆力受损、高血压，以及心脏病发作和中风风险增加。

接着是大麻。即使是最愚蠢的自由主义者也开始意识到，它与不可治愈的精神疾病有关，而我们非常不擅长治疗这类问题。证据也越来越多地表明，其使用者往往也会变得暴力。

这与其平滑的“和平”公关形象相冲突，因此有些人拒绝相信。他们不应该这样。调查任何疯狂杀手背景，你几乎总能发现大量的大麻使用史。然而，当局在执行严禁持有大麻的法律方面依然无所作为。他们是想让它传播吗？如果是这样，这项政策奏效了。

在日常生活的如此多方面，我们要么在推广，要么未能阻止那些会让人们生病的行为。然而，我们声称崇敬我们的医生、护士和卫生工作者。他们永远无法收拾所有的残局。也许我们应该更加努力地尝试从源头上防止人们生病。

爱尔兰边境的荒诞之举

1998年复活节英国向爱尔兰共和军（IRA）投降后，所谓的英爱之爱与兄弟情谊看来不过如此。事实上，英国人前往爱尔兰正变得越来越困难。

看看1923年的《共同旅行协议》（Common Travel Agreement）现在变成了什么样子，该协议曾允许我们在英国和爱尔兰之间无需护照自由旅行。一段时间以来，前往都柏林的航空旅客一直被要求接受护照检查。如果你尝试对此提出异议（就像我做过的那样），你会受到相当严厉的对待。

这些检查是基于一个相当狡猾的理由，即爱尔兰官员必须核实抵达的旅客是否确实是英国公民，而实现这一目标的唯一方法就是要求出示护照。据我所知，反方向乘坐飞机前往伦敦的爱尔兰旅客在抵达时无需出示护照。但现在，乘坐轮渡的人也将面临同样的规定，而且显然这在双向都适用。

奇怪。据我所知，爱尔兰政府甚至没有在自身与北爱尔兰之间标记边境。你只有在通过公路进入爱尔兰时，才会因为限速标志突然变成了法式公里而非英式英里，且道路编号不同，才意识到自己已经跨入了爱尔兰。

很久以前这里设有爱尔兰海关检查站，但欧盟在1993年终结了这一做法，且当时并不要求护照。我的观点是，都柏林在官方层面可能承认与北爱尔兰的边境，但在精神层面并非如此。因此，如果你想在没有护照的情况下前往都柏林，只要你经由北爱尔兰前往，这依然完全可行。

这看起来像是赤裸裸的政治操弄，而且相当愚蠢。我一直热爱前往爱尔兰的所有地区，我不希望它变得官僚主义。我希望我们不要以同样的方式予以回击。同时，也希望苏格兰民族党（SNP）不要因此产生什么想法。

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TikTok 安全漏洞使儿童暴露在恶劣的强奸与酷刑动画中

《星期日邮报》调查报道

作者：Tilly Harris 和 Sophie Carlin

《星期日邮报》披露，数百万家长依赖的一项 TikTok 安全设置未能阻止儿童看到描绘强奸和酷刑的血腥视频。

该应用的“受限模式”旨在过滤有害内容，但漏洞却让一些公司通过向未成年用户轰炸令人不安的 AI 生成片段来牟利。

这些视频利用了 TikTok 规则中的漏洞：规则禁止“真实的暴力”和“具有性暗示的内容”，但却允许动画形式的描绘通过审核。

一家名为 Director AI 的初创公司开发了视频创建工具，允许用户大量生产超过 15,000 个阴森的片段，且每一个片段都经过算法工程设计以增强成瘾性。一段视频

“公司应证明其平台是安全的”

在其 50 个账号中的一个账号上，一段被观看超过 1.2 亿 次的视频显示，一名卡通医生在将一名患者改造为金·卡戴珊（Kim Kardashian）模样的手术过程中，用钻头在患者脸上钻孔。

另一段视频显示，一名纹身强盗在洗劫一座豪宅时，向一名曾嘲笑他贫穷的富家女性实施报复。画面切换到他肌肉发达的手紧紧扣住她的手腕，而她发出了令人毛骨悚然的尖叫。

随后画面显示，他拉开短裤拉链，拎着一袋偷来的现金和金条，在狂笑中离去，留下被殴打、淤青且在哭泣的女性。

DISTURBING：一名强盗恐吓富家女性的视频

昨晚，在看到这些片段后，影子教育大臣劳拉·特罗特（Laura Trott）表示：“我们绝不会容忍孩子在现实生活中接触此类内容，因此在线上也必须如此。”

“社交媒体公司在证明其平台安全之前，不应接触我们的孩子。工党必须停止拖延，让孩子们远离社交媒体。”

为了我们的调查，我们建立了一个开启了“受限模式”的 TikTok 账号，年龄设置为 14 岁，并观看了数小时关于儿童电视节目的内容。

我们对脏话、枪支和武器、性暗示内容、毒品、暴力或威胁性图像，以及成人或复杂内容设置了限制。

尽管如此，该账号的主馈送流中仍被大量属于上述每个类别的内容所轰炸。

这些视频背后的公司由前 Snapchat 总监本·钱（Ben Chiang）经营。钱先生——一名已婚且育有一子的父亲——公开将这些产出称为“AI 垃圾”（AI slop）。今年早些时候，他在 LinkedIn 上吹嘘这些视频的播放量已超过 100 亿加元 次。

在向观众按集收费之前，每部迷你剧提供部分内容。其中一集付费剧集显示，一名母亲将婴儿放入浴缸，并使用吹风机对其进行电击。

想要继续观看的人必须通过该公司的配套应用程序 Reel 支付费用，该应用在 Google Play 上的评级为 7 岁及以上儿童适用。

它提供最多十集免费内容。

在线安全专家兼心理治疗师凯瑟琳·尼布斯（Catherine Knibbs）博士表示：“这是在以牺牲孩子为代价创造财富。”

钱先生去年与两名前同事共同创立了 Director 。当被问及谁拥有制作这些视频的 TikTok 账号时，担任一家青少年无家可归慈善机构董事会成员的钱先生告诉 MoS：“将 Director 描述为制作并发布所有使用我们工具制作的视频是不准确的。Director 提供 视频制作工具供创作者使用。这些创作者自行做出编辑决定并选择发布平台。”

“你必须是一个真正与世隔绝的人，才能看不到这些精心策划的内容可能造成的伤害。”

一段片段显示一名母亲电击她的婴儿

Meta 掩盖儿童安全风险

Instagram 的母公司 Meta 未能公开披露一项令人震惊的内部调查结果，该结果揭露了该服务中让儿童处于危险之中的“严重问题”，据《星期日邮报》披露。

其工作内容包括在 TikTok 等第三方平台上发布……他们可能会选择推广 Reel AI，但我们并不拥有他们的账户，也没有专门向他们支付费用来推广该应用。”钱先生（Mr Chiang）表示。

一份 2022 年 12 月的报告——该报告被掩埋在 29 个美国州起诉 Meta 的案件中，由尼克·克莱格爵士（Sir Nick Clegg）在证词中提供的法院文件中——包含了关于儿童安全的“高风险调查结果”。报告显示，在抽样的一天中，大约 140 万 个被 Instagram 自身标记为潜在儿童安全风险的账户被推荐给了青少年。

在另一天，924,000 个潜在的“违规者”看到了至少一个无关青少年的账户。这些是未经验证的成年人账户，他们在之前的 90 天内要么收到过至少一次儿童性剥削违规记录，要么被 Meta 的自动化系统标记为可能存在与儿童进行不当互动的风险。

TikTok 的一名发言人坚称，该平台的社区准则禁止宣传或美化暴力以及性虐待或剥削的内容。

时任 Meta 全球事务总裁的尼克爵士表示，他将 Instagram 青少年保护措施的审计报告转发给了 Meta 的法律团队，但不知道采取了什么行动。

补充道：“使用我们的工具创建的一些内容可能包含虚构的成人主题，但 Tik-Tok 和其他平台本身根据自己的系统和政策决定其‘受限模式’下的资格和过滤。”

在《星期日邮报》（MoS）联系之后，Reel AI 的年龄分级已在应用程序的下一次更新前进行了更改。

他们表示，任何违反标准的视频都已被删除。在《星期日邮报》联系之后，TikTok 删除了本报告中提到的视频——但制作这些视频的所有账户仍然活跃，并且仍然显示其他类似的不当内容。

文化、媒体和体育部的一位发言人表示，广播监管机构英国通信管理局（Ofcom）得到了政府的“全力支持”，以确保科技公司遵守《在线安全法》。

他们表示：“这些公司有法律义务删除非法内容，并保护儿童免受有害材料的影响。”

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《星期日邮报》以一种不羁的视角，审视那些在未来几天可能爆发的故事……

周一

安迪·伯纳姆揭晓了他的终极计划，旨在结束席卷米德尔斯堡的无法无天状态：他将拿出吉他，唱一段《上天知道我现在很悲惨》。

约翰·希利写了一封

严厉的信给约翰·希利，要求将国内生产总值（GDP）的 3% 用于国防，否则约翰·希利将被迫辞职——就像那位坚持原则的约翰·希利在 6 月份所做的那样。

周二 美国威胁要撤回对英国在马尔维纳斯群岛（福克兰群岛）主权的支持——或者按照唐纳德·特朗普重新命名的方式，称其为“美国群岛”，位于“美国洋”的“美国星球”上。加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示，他将把安大略湖重新命名为“爱泼斯坦湖”，以确保特朗普再也不会提起它。

周三

为了纪念多莉·帕顿的一生，居家办公的公务员将从 9 点工作到 5... 点…… 9 点之后。

周四

伯明翰全市实施 20 英里 / 小时的统一限速引发愤怒，因为驾驶员们意识到这意味着必须在伯明翰待更长的时间。

在格拉迪斯·奈特表示她

将缩减 现场演唱会规模后， The Pips 乐队坚持 他们将继续 保持 同样的日程， 在第四电台（Radio 4） 为每小时报时。

周五

那些在争取让谷歌最终停止在布拉德福德-昂-埃文（Bradford on Avon）错误使用连字符的战斗中获胜的活动人士表示，正确与错误之间并非一条细线……而是两条。

周六

批评人士警告称，意大利决定部署一支“章鱼大军”来对抗螃蟹入侵，这可能会引发一场军备竞赛。

史蒂夫·贝内特（Steve Bennett）

特朗普称委内瑞拉石油协议为“史上最大”

卡罗琳·格雷厄姆（Caroline Graham）报道

发自洛杉矶

唐纳德·特朗普昨日公布了一项他声称是“世界历史上最大的石油协议”——将委内瑞拉超过 650 亿加元 桶的石油储备控制权交给美国公司，旨在降低汽油价格。

此次协议达成之际，总统在国内面临着关于与伊朗战争成本的日益增长的压力，这场战争导致全球油价飙升，并威胁到美国民众在加油站和超市的开支。

这也标志着美国与委内瑞拉关系开启了令人震惊的新篇章。就在七个月前，美国特种部队抓获了独裁者尼古拉斯·马杜罗，他目前仍被关押在纽约的一所监狱中，面临贩毒指控。

特朗普在 Truth Social 上宣布该协议时宣称，美国获得了委内瑞拉庞大石油财富的份额，“且无需美国纳税人承担任何费用”。

总统写道：“美国刚刚与委内瑞拉就世界历史上最大的石油协议达成了一项协议。

这次历史性的交易使美国的石油储备增加了一倍多，大大增加了我们的石油供应，并将从长远来看大幅降低所有美国人的汽油价格，同时有助于……引导委内瑞拉走向巨大的成功和繁荣。”

该协议是在 11 月关键的中期选举临近之际达成的，汽油和杂货的价格预计将成为选民面临的最大问题之一。一名特朗普的消息人士表示：“伊朗战争几乎已经获胜，但这导致全球油价飙升，而这项历史性的协议将把价格降低到战争开始之前的水平。这对美国和世界来说都是一项伟大的交易。”

根据协议，一家未具名的美国公司将领导该项目，为美国石油巨头开发委内瑞拉的庞大储备打开了大门。这个南美国家拥有全球约 17% 的石油储备。

国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）表示，该协议将为委内瑞拉带来 \1000 亿加元 billion（740 亿英镑 billion）的私人投资，并创造数千个高薪的美国和委内瑞拉就业岗位。

他将其赞誉为特朗普“美国优先”议程的胜利，并表示：“这证明了特朗普总统大胆的外交政策如何推动‘美国优先’的胜利，在我们的半球确保稳定的储备和低成本石油，并降低汽油价格。”

招聘：菲尔·福登 7 岁儿子的社交媒体经理。薪资 @ £50k

作者：Jennifer Ruby 娱乐新闻编辑

他已经拥有 400 万 Instagram 粉丝。但是……

他有一位英超球员父亲，他已经练就了酷酷的交叉双臂姿势——哦，而且他在 Instagram 上拥有 400 万 粉丝。

现在，曼城球星菲尔（Phil）的儿子，小罗尼·福登（Ronnie Foden）正寻求聘请一名“品牌和社交媒体经理”来帮助提升他的知名度——尽管他现在只有 7 岁。

薪资约为 £50,000，成功申请者可以通过洽谈品牌交易来赚取这笔钱，因为目前有大量企业渴望与罗尼开展业务。

他在 2023, 年底与 Propel Talent Group 管理公司签约，并与服装品牌 Flannels 合作，其账户上分享了他为该品牌服装模特拍摄的照片。他还与服装品牌 Little Bird 和 The Couture Club 合作过。

“他的个性成就了现在的他。他让我想起我小时候的样子，他非常幽默，” 26, 岁的菲尔说道，他与伴侣丽贝卡·库克（Rebecca Cooke）共同运营罗尼的 Instagram 账户。

他们在三年前创建了这个账户，旨在利用罗尼的人气。此前，在曼城于伊斯坦布尔击败国际米兰赢得欧冠冠军后，罗尼骑在菲尔肩上，与队友杰克·格拉利什（Jack Grealish）一起跟唱 Gala 的《Freed from Desire》的视频被拍了下来。

比赛结束时，罗尼跑进球场拥抱菲尔，随后在更衣室里与前锋埃尔林·哈兰德（Erling Haaland）分享了一张自拍。“我简直不敢相信。我社交媒体页面上的每一条评论都在要求看到他。”

“所以我想给粉丝们他们想要的东西，为他创建了一个账户，结果就爆火了，”菲尔说。罗尼有一个妹妹和一个弟弟，他成了某个模因（meme）的主角，在其中他被昵称为“El Wey”或“那个家伙”（The Dude），这个绰号出现在他 Insta 页面的简介中。他的父母还为罗尼运营一个 TikTok 账户，拥有 750,000 名粉丝，并为他开通了一个 YouTube 频道。此外，他们还为五岁的女儿 True 创建了一个 Instagram 账户，拥有 48,000 名粉丝。

那个家伙：罗尼·福登在他的 Instagram 账户上展示设计师装备

那个账户分享了她穿着设计师服装、携带爱马仕（Hermes）、古驰（Gucci）、路易威登（Louis Vuitton）和香奈儿（Chanel）迷你手袋摆拍的照片。但罗尼短期内无法掌控自己的账户。

随着英国针对 16 岁以下人群的社交媒体禁令将于明年春天生效，他必须等待近十年才能拥有该账户的所有权。

向出版商的妻子承认我的感情？我宁愿被吊死、剖腹并分尸

昨天的摘录揭露了关于作者与其父亲乱伦的令人不安的传闻。今天的细节则讲述了她最著名的那本书是如何变得如此痛苦的……

到 1945, 年 7 月，达芙妮（Daphne）与克里斯托弗·普克斯利（Christopher Puxley）的调情已走到尽头。远东的战争即将结束——她的军人丈夫汤米·“男孩”·布朗宁（Tommy 'Boy' Browning）于 1944 年被派往那里担任最高盟军统帅蒙巴顿勋爵（Lord Mountbatten）的参谋长——她知道自己必须结束这段关系。

那个夏天早些时候，我称呼为 Track 的祖母与克里斯托弗带着她的两个年幼孩子弗拉维亚（Flavia）和基茨（Kits）去圣艾夫斯（St Ives）度假。

他的宾利车最后一次在康沃尔的乡间小路上低鸣而过。

她当时并不知道，汤米——由于战争期间多次调职，他在五年漫长岁月中的大部分时间都处于远离家乡的状态——将一直留在锡兰（现斯里兰卡）直到 1946, 年 7 月，协助清理残局。

但由于他因服务于蒙巴顿而被封为爵士的消息，以及她现在成为了布朗宁夫人（Lady Browning），这让她心情好转。她对成为布朗宁夫人感到非常自豪：并非出于任何社交原因，而是因为她希望让自己的婚姻回归一种平衡感。

达芙妮·杜穆里埃之孙撰写的一部引人入胜的新传记，揭示了激发她一部最著名小说创作的单相思之情

昨夜我梦见…… 作者：保罗·德·祖卢埃塔 (Paul de Zulueta)

她决心让丈夫的回家之旅变得幸福。但她在写给前法语老师费尔南德（Fernande）的信中描述的情况并非如此——费尔南德是她的挚友，也是前任情人，20年前她们曾享受过“威尼斯式”（du Maurier家族对女同性恋关系的暗语）的幽会。

“最近几周感觉很古怪且紧张，”她在1946年9月写给费尔南德的信中写道，“我决心在汤米回来时做出真正的努力，让自己看起来完全没有变化，给他一个盛大的欢迎，让他感觉到这个我如此深爱的房子，以及孩子们将要爱上的房子（克里斯蒂安几乎没见过）。”

“我定制了新衣服，心跳加速地前往伦敦，因为我深爱着他，并且想象着他也同样兴奋地想见到我。”

“好吧，亲爱的，不知为何，这一切都显得相当冷淡。他抵达时被随行人员簇拥着（其中包括一名非常漂亮的女性，显然是他的助手），在我的脸颊上亲了一下……这太打击士气了！好吧，如果他不需要我，我非常清楚有其他人需要，但我不想那样想。”

“还没有发生过‘开罗’[du Maurier家族对性行为的暗语]，那么这段婚姻在这一边已经结束了吗？如果他只是把我当成一个他心爱的、沉闷的老太婆，那前景真是凄凉！”她补充道。

这与他在锡兰寄来的信件中所表现出的深情和爱意形成了难以解释的对比，尽管他仅在信件的开头和结尾清晰地表达了这种爱：“我亲爱的Mumpty”以及“将男人心中所有的爱献给我的亲爱的Mumpty”。

汤米不时地用第三人称写信，有时则使用第一人称复数，我认为这是他心理状态脆弱的迹象。

在他许多信件中一个贯穿始终的主题就是他的新私人助理莫琳·卢施维茨（Maureen Luschwitz）。莫琳在汤米生活中的角色至今仍让家人感到困惑。她是他的情人吗？还是仅仅在压力特别大的时期给予他慰藉？

在2040年她的私人通信公开之前，我们无法得知答案。但不知为何，我怀疑两人之间并没有发生婚外情。你不可能在长达20年的时间里——从他1945年遇见她直到1965年去世——将秘密捂得如此之紧。

像许多被战争摧毁、回到一个几乎不认识的妻子和孩子身边的男人一样，汤米蜷缩回了自己的壳里，像一只寄居蟹。

他们之间的关系确实好转了一些。在当年圣诞节写给费尔南德的一封信中，她写道：“我去了伦敦待了两周，与他在一起。我想他对梅纳（Mena）[她位于康沃尔郡的家Menabilly]有一种嫉妒感，因为那是我独立布置的，与他无关，但他很友善，似乎很高兴见到我。”

“他整个星期都在伦敦。”

这份担任战争部军事秘书的宏伟新工作……我意识到让我们的婚姻幸福的关键在于在一起，我们见面的次数越少，就分得越远。甚至没有“开罗”来建立纽带。

汤米工作日会在伦敦度过，每天晚上回到国王路（King's Road）一间沉闷的公寓。他唯一的慰藉就是忠诚的莫琳，她继续在宫廷担任他的私人助理。周五晚上，他会搭乘从帕丁顿（Paddington）到帕尔（Par）的最后一班火车，抵达时总是烦躁且疲惫。

就在这段时间，他的家族绰号发生了变化。（我从未听过有人称呼我的祖父为汤米。）基茨（Kits）在某个周日下午发现他正带着他的八只泰迪熊收拾去伦敦的行李，当被问到汤米在做什么时，他说：“哦，他在房间里，在闷闷不乐（moping）。”这个绰号就这样固定了下来，直到他去世，他都被称为“闷闷者”（Moper）。我长期以来一直……

“我看到他老了20岁，心碎成了两半”

我对我的祖父深感同情：他在两次世界大战中承受了沉重的负担，这在他身上留下了烙印，就像在无数其他男女身上一样。在那个被温斯顿·丘吉尔用“继续硬扛（keep buggering on）”来形容的时代，他极需帮助。

但他的情绪波动难以忍受，他对 Track 缺乏明显的爱意也同样如此——那些在一段关系中意义重大的亲密小举动，在战争之前对他来说曾是如此自然。

1947年的圣诞节标志着汤米士兵生涯的结束，以及他被任命为伊丽莎白公主和菲利普亲王的管家兼财务主管。

蒙巴顿在远东共同服役期间比任何人都了解汤米，他在1947年秋天给菲利普亲王写信，用极高的评价写道：“这个男孩有动力、有精力、有热情、有效率，能激发下属最高程度的忠诚和爱……坦白说，菲利普，我认为你找不到比他更好的人了。”

Moper 在1952年2月与伊丽莎白公主和菲利普亲王在肯尼亚，当时公主收到了她父亲去世的消息。他的职责是组织新女王伊丽莎白二世立即回国。他给 Track 发了一封简短的电报：“正随女王陛下和菲利普亲王立即返回，周四下午 4.30pm 抵达机场。”

当他那天晚上回到伦敦的公寓时，Track 感叹道：“他老了20岁，心碎成了两半。”

当我阅读 Track 在给朋友艾伦·杜伯莱（Ellen Doubleday，稍后详述）的信件中对这段悲伤时光的描述时，有一小段文字，王室历史学家会发现其对新女王责任感的刻画具有重要意义：“汤米在威斯敏斯特大厅之后回到了克拉伦斯宫，铃声响起，是女王在找他。汤米想象她正因悲痛而瘫倒在地，结果完全不是那样，她只是想批准《宫廷通报》。”

Track 评论说，这生动地展现了伊丽莎白女王的样子：冷静且沉着，并补充说她主持第一次枢密院会议的方式让每个人都“惊呆了，她将会非常出色”。

汤米被任命为亲王的新财务主管

“她作为作家的整个存在将被撕碎”

菲利普实际上成了他的得力助手。菲利普王子的档案最早要到2027年才会公开，因此我无法评论他们的关系，但我感觉到那是种亲密的关系，包含着幽默与尊重。有一次，在1955年11月电影《蛤壳英雄》（The Cockleshell Heroes）的首映礼上，菲利普王子被介绍给穿着低胸礼服的伊丽莎白·泰勒；菲利普王子转向汤米说道：“快冲进去。”

1947年被证明是特拉克一生中最具挑战性的年份之一，就像她书中的情节反转一样，危机来自一个意想不到的方向。

这一切始于1941年秋天，当时埃德温娜·莱文·麦克唐纳在纽约提起诉讼，声称丽贝卡剽窃了她两部作品中的素材。当时正值战争时期，案件一直拖到1947-48年的冬天，特拉克被传唤到纽约作证。

特拉克第一次听到这一主张是通过一次跨大西洋电话——在那个年代，这极其罕见且昂贵——电话来自她的美国出版商纳尔逊·道布莱（Nelson Doubleday）。

这次通话让她深受震撼。纳尔逊告诉她，他已经与她的英国出版商维克多·戈兰茨（Victor Gollancz）谈过了。两人一致同意将全力为她辩护。

麦克唐纳夫人于1946年4月去世，但她的儿子决定继续追究此事，这一次特拉克必须出庭，向法官解释她在近十年前是如何以及为何写出《丽贝卡》的。审判定于1947年10月举行。

在汤米前一年从远东返回后，特拉克正处于低谷期，那次期待已久的回家原本承载了诸多希望，结果却如此令人失望。她不得不接受在没有汤米陪同的情况下横跨大西洋，去面对一场可能是激烈的交叉质询，在那场质询中，她作为作家的整个存在，以及那个唯有她自己能理解的私人世界，将被撕碎。

纳尔逊·道布莱和他的妻子艾伦邀请她住在他们位于长岛的住宅“巴伯里斯”（Barberrys）中。她决定带着忠实的托德（她的前任家庭教师莫德·沃德尔，后来成为了终身好友）以及她的两个最小的孩子同行。

她从未见过道布莱夫妇，于1947年8月19日写信给艾伦·道布莱感谢她的邀请。“亲爱的道布莱夫人，了解我们的一点情况或许会对您有帮助：我是上帝最乏味的作者，最喜欢的事情就是坐着绝对地无所事事。我不擅长社交，喝三杯马提尼后就会睡着。”

“在‘紧缩’时期的英国，我们不吃正餐，只吃烤豆吐司配烈性金酒。我不打桥牌，也不玩任何桌面游戏。”

艾伦·道布莱特意前往英国，随后在“玛丽女王号”邮轮上迎接特拉克及其家人，希望让他们感到安全，觉得没有什么好害怕的。

四个月后，特拉克在信中向艾伦描述了在船上舱房里的那次初见：“亲爱的，你的信写得太美妙了，足以让最低的血压也升高到令人眩晕的高度……”

“当B.108号房的门打开，你走进来的时候，二十年的时光瞬间消失了。我不再是一个40岁的布朗宁夫人要去住在道布莱夫人家，而再次变成了一个18岁的男孩，双手紧张，心跳加速，无可救药地浪漫，想要将斗篷扔在女士的脚前。”

最后这句话可能暗示特拉克在与她内心的“盒子里的男孩”作斗争（我在昨天的摘录中描述过这一点——她有时将自己称为一个名叫埃里克·埃文的男孩，有些人认为这意味着她有跨性别倾向。包括我在内的家人对此表示怀疑，认为她单纯只是个假小子）。

我认为在这种情况下，热爱伊丽莎白时代历史的特拉克，是在引用沃尔特·罗利爵士将斗篷扔在伊丽莎白一世脚下的传说。

这场审判对特拉克来说是一场折磨。检方律师咄咄逼人且具有攻击性，列举了麦克唐纳夫人的一部小说《盲窗》（Blind Windows）与《丽贝卡》之间的 46 处相似之处。

提问接踵而至，那些巧妙的诱导性问题旨在让最谨慎的被告也陷入陷阱：“杜莫里埃小姐，据我所知您阅读《泰晤士文学增刊》，不是吗？”

“审判让她在精神和身体上都精疲力竭”

“所以你一定读过麦克唐纳夫人于1928年出版的故事评论……”

尽管没有一项无可争辩的证据被提交，但对于站在证人席上、距离家乡近 4,000 英里的特拉克（Track）来说，这一定像是一场可怕的折磨。11月中旬审判结束后，特拉克乘坐“玛丽女王号”返回英国。她当时在精神和身体上都精疲力竭。

虽然汤米请了医生，医生开出了完全休息的处方，但他没有意识到，她的沮丧程度在很大程度上源于这场审判，以及

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以及她对艾伦·道布莱（Ellen Doubleday）日益增长的痴迷。1948年1月中旬，艾伦写信告诉达芙妮（Daphne），法官已做出有利于她的裁决，我认为这句话是极尽含蓄的杰作。

达芙妮经常给艾伦写信，但艾伦并没有那么热情；她每给艾伦写三封信，只能收到一封回信。这并非冷漠，只是因为艾伦沉稳冷静，很少陷入幻想。

她们之间有着深厚的友谊，但并非威尼斯式的（激烈的）情感。

如果特拉克感到爱而不得，她会像往常一样，通过写作来理顺自己的情感生活。

回到米纳（Mena）并与莫珀（Moper）在伦敦相聚后，她在两周内写了一部剧作《九月之潮》（September Tide）。

这部剧是为艾伦而作，也是关于艾伦的。它讲述了一个寡妇爱上女儿丈夫（一名年轻艺术家）的故事。当然，这是一个关于单相思的故事。

将她的情感“异性恋化”让特拉克能够将自己复杂的情感公开化。然而，她在1948年初的一封信中向艾伦坦白了真相：“想到那部剧，我忍不住咯咯地笑，其他

“让我照顾你，在身体上爱抚你”

早晨，我想象着一名报社记者问我：“告诉我，杜莫里埃小姐，您的灵感来自哪里？”而我则带着甜美的微笑回答：“来自我的美国出版商的妻子。”

“事实上，我宁愿被拉上刑架，被吊起、剖腹并分尸，也不愿承认这样一件事。”

这部剧的成功重新唤醒了特拉克对生活的热情。

但她新获得的快活心情被1949年1月11日纳尔逊·道布莱（Nelson Doubleday）去世的消息打破了。她立即写信给艾伦，回到了第一批信件中那种直白的情感基调：

“让我照顾你，永远爱你——在精神上永远陪伴你，并且在能够跨越千山万水来到你身边时，有时在身体上陪伴你。”

特拉克从未成行去安慰艾伦。艾伦也没有回复她的信。

她1949年晚些时候写给艾伦的信显示，她不愿放弃两人能超越友谊的梦想。

在安顿好儿子基茨（Kits）进入新学校后，特拉克安排了与艾伦一起去巴黎和意大利度假，这次旅行充满了期待。

艾伦曾多次推迟，对特拉克的真实意图感到犹豫。她最终同意了这次旅行，但在抵达巴黎的第一晚就把事情说清楚了：不会有威尼斯（杜莫里埃家族中对女同性恋的代称）。

在法国和意大利的十天对特拉克来说是痛苦的。她意识到自己必须尝试将艾伦从脑海中驱逐出去。

她必须将对方“杀死”，而唯一能做到这一点的方法就是调用她所谓的“2号人格”——那是她性格中高耸的、创造性的部分，在那里她可以解决自己的情感生活。

在初夏的一个傍晚，她与艾伦散步时产生了一个想法，回到酒店后她迅速将其记录下来。这个想法的萌芽后来演变成了她最著名的长篇小说之一《我的表妹瑞秋》（My Cousin Rachel）。

故事背景设定在康沃尔郡，探讨了年轻继承人菲利普·阿什利（Philip Ashley）与其表哥的遗孀瑞秋之间关于执念、怀疑和模糊关系的议题。特拉克在写给朋友兼小说家奥里尔·马莱特（Oriel Malet）的信中承认，艾伦是瑞秋的“挂钩”（peg，在杜莫里埃家族代码中意为灵感来源）：“你

1962年5月17日，迈克尔·阿迪恩（Michael Adeane）打电话通知特拉克，女王和菲利普王子希望在7月23日访问康沃尔公国农场期间，过来喝杯茶。

“我的夏天完蛋了，”特拉克写信给朋友奥里尔·马莱特道，“一切都结束了。我的茶具里只有几个杯子没裂，而且比比（Bibby）这只对陌生人充满戒心的狗，肯定会猛扑向她的脚。”

特拉克更担心女王是否想去楼下的厕所，因为楼上的走廊挂满了“约克大公与情妇在床”的版画——那是达芙妮的曾祖母玛丽·安·克拉克（Mary Anne Clarke）。“礼节怎么走？我应该把它们摘下来吗？”她问奥里尔。

这次王室访问激发出汤米最糟糕的一面，他“大肆抱怨一切都太破旧，想要在餐厅举行一场像在巴尔莫勒那样正式的坐式下午茶”。

特拉克差点提交离婚申请，但最终她坚持在梅娜（Mena）的长房间里摆三张小桌子，让每个人都可以自便，不过汤米还是安排了来自皇家福伊游艇俱乐部（Royal Fowey Yacht Club）的管家来侍奉女王。

他还请来了他强壮的船夫乔治担任第二管家，而这项工作他显然完全不胜任。

在女王抵达前的准备阶段，简直是一场清洁、抛光、寻找无缺口盘子和茶匙，以及寻找“覆盖桌子的茶布之类东西”的循环往复。弗莱夫（Flave）姨妈被派去

必须把一个“挂钩”设定为主角，否则你无法将他们从你的系统中清除。如果可以，就在故事里杀死他们，因为这样一来，“挂钩性”就会消失。

“我知道这一点，因为当我之前对艾伦产生那种（现在看来相当愚蠢的！）‘情结’时，只有通过将瑞秋这个女人设定为她的‘挂钩’，我才能摆脱她。”

这本书出版于1951年7月，首印量为

CLOSE：达芙妮和“Moper”在他1944年被派往海外之前，在伦敦进行了一场购物狂欢，“从福特纳（Fortnum’s）买了没完没了的蛋糕，还有新的罗金汉瓷盘，以及从特雷格雷汉庄园的卡利昂家族那里借来的银器”。特拉克负责所有的花卉——“27瓶这种东西”——并为这次场合穿上了一件裙子：“我穿了香奈儿的冰蓝色亚麻三件套，那是全年唯一的一天酷暑，我本可以用丝绸材质的，但我无法忍受英国乡村那种阴沉的寡妇装扮。”

自然号召（生理需求）来了，于是特拉克带着女王和她的女官莱斯特夫人去了客房，巧妙地避开了那些讽刺之词

“菲利普像只笼中之虎一样四处徘徊”

约克公爵与其情妇玛丽·安妮·克拉克。

女王没怎么说话，只是带着一种难以捉摸的表情盯着客房天花板上的裂缝。

那场茶会充满了强迫性的礼貌，汤米坐在女王身边，特拉克坐在菲利普王子身边，后者讨厌静坐，像只笼中之虎一样四处徘徊。

一切结束后，特拉克评论道：“汤米非常高兴，因为在多年忠诚服务之后，这显示出对他的一种体谅。不过，我觉得自己就像刚走出牙医诊所，牙齿被成功且无痛地拔掉了一样。”

125,000 册。这是一次关键的成功。电影版权以 5 万英镑 的价格售出。

《纽约时报》并不擅长虚伪的奉承，它将该书描述为一部“卓越的悬疑小说”，并将特拉克称为“掌控神秘艺术的大师，每一个行为和动机都可能掩盖着清白或罪责”。多年来，她收到粉丝的来信，询问那个永恒的问题：蕾切尔是否在毒杀丈夫安布罗斯·阿什利，以及随后试图毒杀其表弟兼继承人菲利普的罪名上成立？

她的绝大部分收入都被税务局抽走了

尽管她一生收入丰厚，但其中大部分都交给了内陆税局（1973, 年之前，她支付的最高税率高达 91.25%），但特拉克对朋友和家人极其慷慨。

她写给艾伦的一封信不仅揭示了她的个人慷慨，还揭示了她支付的税收水平：“凭借我在伦敦的戏剧以及《国王将军》的收入，我现在成了那种每英镑只能赚到六便士（$0.07！）的人之一。

我资助了汤米的船和造船厂，给了我们的老保姆 £500 用来创业，给了汤米的母亲 £500，给了个穷得像教堂老鼠一样的老朋友 £500，而现在我还得筹集 3 万英镑 来交税。没把钱存进避税账户是我太傻了。”

在那个年代，这些都是巨款。然而，杜·莫里埃一家总是很慷慨，特拉克在帮助经济拮据的朋友或家人时从未犹豫过。

她总是用同样的答案回信：“我不知道。菲利普也不知道。这并不重要。”正如她告诉艾伦的那样：“故事真正的重点在于，嫉妒比金合欢种子更迅速的毒药。”

● 改编自保罗·德·祖卢埃塔（Paul de Zulueta）的《昨夜我梦见》（Last Night I Dreamt，Virago 出版，£25），将于 9 月 3 出版。© Paul de Zulueta 2026. 如需以 £22.50 订购副本（优惠有效期至 2026 年 9 月 12, 2026; 英国境内订单满 £25 免邮），请访问 www.mailshop.co.uk / books 或致电 020 3176 2937。

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成交还是不成交？Cat与前夫下调500 万英镑m豪宅售价

分手从来都不容易，但如果你共同拥有房产，且需要在陷入低迷的市场中将其脱手，情况可能会更加艰难。

Cat Deeley和丈夫Patrick Kielty正深有体会，他们被迫下调了这座并非“永久之家”的房产售价。

他们曾对2022年在伦敦北部汉普斯特德（Hampstead）购买的这栋待装修房屋寄予厚望——但他们从未在那里度过一个夜晚。

这对育有两个儿子的夫妇原计划将其改造出一种“洛杉矶风情”，但在结婚13年后于去年分居，该项目随即停摆。目前，这栋房子由Savills地产公司挂牌出售，价格为500 万英镑00 万——比最初的开价低了25万英镑。

今年夏天早些时候，Cat, 49, 发布了一张自己穿着比基尼坐在割草机上的照片（见右图）。有些人可能会建议她给汉普斯特德的家也提供类似的精心打理，以吸引买家。

除了降价，Savills还从房产销售手册中删除了“状况不佳”这一不吸引人的措辞。相反，买家现在被告知“现有建筑被认定为正向建筑”。

消息人士在7月表示，Cat和喜剧演员Patrick, 55, 意识到，汉普斯特德的翻新工程对于他们任何一个人单独承担来说都太艰巨了。

“Cat和Patrick是心沉重地决定停止工程的，”一位接近他们的人士表示。“这令人心碎。他们投入了大量时间，并且不仅对房子的外观有着惊人的愿景，还希望孩子们能在那里长大。”《邮报》此前公布的照片显示该房产处于“被遗弃”状态——这可能对其高昂的价格标签毫无帮助。

Moss家族：一段（极）短史

LILA Moss似乎继承了母亲Kate除模特基因之外的更多东西——她还在挖掘母亲千禧年代的衣橱。

这位23, 左, 看起来简直是母亲的翻版，在拍摄一张穿着极短裤的自拍时，让人想起Kate全盛时期那双修长美腿的造型。

Kate, 52, 曾让超短裤成为音乐节的必备单品（见下图），最令人难忘的是她在格拉斯顿伯里（Glastonbury）将短裤与Hunter

雨靴搭配在一起。

Lila可能避开了母亲当年狂欢派对的生活方式，但在风格方面，她绝对毫不逊色！

今年夏天上涨的不止是气温——Lady Emma Thynn, 40, 巴斯侯爵夫人的社会地位也随之提升。她在威尔特郡（Wiltshire）的家——Longleat庄园的Channel 5 纪录片《Inside Longleat》刚刚回归第二季，而她的第二档电视节目《Ladies of London》即将登陆Channel 4. 现在我可以透露，她一直与查尔斯国王的教女、设计师India Hicks一起度假。

为勇敢的被蜇受害者Trinny鼓掌

美容大亨Trinny Woodall深谙如何打造平滑、丰盈的妆容，但本周当一只黄蜂给她的手带来了同样的“丰盈”效果时（见右图），她并不高兴。

这位《What Not to Wear》主持人, 62, 透露，她的手在被蜇后肿得像个气球，导致她彻夜难眠，并为第二天的约会感到焦虑。

“我明天有一件重要的事情，我不能带着一只大肿手去，”她哀叹道。

“一只手很漂亮，另一只则巨大无比。”

杰米：我会删除我的生活记录

杰米·莱因（JAMIE Laing）一直将分享生活作为自己的职业，从《切尔西制造》（Made in Chelsea）到一部关于成为父亲的 Disney+ 节目。但他担心儿子齐吉（Ziggy）可能不会感激他与妻子索菲·哈布（Sophie Habboo，右）的坦率。37 岁的杰米说：“当齐吉五岁时，我会把我们在互联网上的历史记录全部删除。”31 岁的索菲补充道：“他会为我们感到羞愧的。再过四年，我们就得消失。”

♦ 莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥（LEONARDO DiCaprio）在派对上经常被模特们簇拥，但并非所有人都能入围。艾德·希兰（Ed Sheeran）的商业伙伴利伯蒂·肖（Liberty Shaw）声称，在戛纳的一次狂欢派对上，该演员的随行人员一名人员向安保人员举报了她，称她“太丑了”，不配出现在迪卡普里奥面前。多年后，利伯蒂在纽约 Met Gala 之后与这位歌手一起参加派对，当时 51 岁的迪卡普里奥走过来询问她是否参加了活动。她反击道：“没有，因为我太丑了，没法去！”他可能拥有奥斯卡奖杯，但利伯蒂赢得了最后的笑声……

蒂莉的挫折

蒂莉·拉姆齐（TILLY Ramsay）试图追随父亲戈登（Gordon）的脚步成为电视厨师，但这一尝试已失去势头。

这位 24 岁女子的 Amazon Prime Video 烹饪节目近期不会在屏幕上回归。

在知情人士告知我决定将《Dish It Out》停在第一季后，我的线人注意到蒂莉（左图与拉姆齐同行）在谈论该节目时已开始使用过去时。“那太棒了，”她说，“一次真正的学习经历。”

拉姆齐团队已被联系以寻求评论。

作者：罗斯·克拉克（ROSS CLARK）

上周斯劳市下过雨，但与英格兰南部大部分地区一样，这里在过去一个月里一直处于禁用水管的酷暑之中。这里的草坪和公园依然干涸枯黄，儿童戏水池被折叠起来放在车库里。该镇被正式指定为“水资源压力”区域，这意味着——即使在最好的时期——用水需求也接近甚至超过了可用水量。

但在接连不断的热浪之后，泰晤士水务（Thames Water）的水库蓄水量仅为 74%，而往年此时的预期蓄水量通常为 87%。

“一些微小的改变，例如缩短淋浴时间、关闭水龙头以及避免在室外进行非必要的用水，都有助于减轻我们网络的压力，”泰晤士水务建议其客户。

但并非所有人都在共同努力。当当地居民抬头看向斯劳贸易区（Slough Trading Estate）的冷却塔时，他们看到了一个不同的世界：在那里，似乎完全不存在缺水问题。

这是因为斯劳的商业场所不受禁用水管和洒水器的限制。事实上，他们可以随意用水。

这对泰晤士水务的私人客户来说是个坏消息，因为斯劳的工业区已成为英国蓬勃发展的数据中心产业枢纽，镇内设有 32 个数据中心。它们像绿洲上的骆驼一样贪婪地消耗着水分。

令人沮丧的是，没有公开数据揭示每个数据中心具体使用了多少水，但根据行业组织 TechUK 的数据，每 25 个数据中心中就有一个每年用水量超过 100,000 立方米。另有 14% 的数据中心用水量在 10,000 到 100,000 立方米之间。

然而，仔细观察发现，该调查似乎仅涵盖了英国 500 多个数据中心中的 72 个。其余 400 多个数据中心使用了多少水，只能靠猜测。

为了提供参考，100,000 立方米相当于 3,000 户家庭的用水量，相当于填满 40 个奥运标准游泳池的体积，并且是英格兰 2,200 个高尔夫球场总用水量的十倍。

当我们被要求缩短淋浴时间，智能数据中心却可以使用同样多的水

吞噬世界的 AI 怪兽

不幸的是，数据中心的用水量在炎热的夏季会大幅增加——而这恰恰是水资源最容易短缺的时候。美国的研究表明，数据中心在夏季一天的用水量可能是冬季一天的 25 倍。

它们需要大量的水，因为它们是能源的贪婪消费者：据估计，斯劳（Slough）的数据中心吞噬了该镇所有电力消耗的 65%。

如此巨大的能耗会产生大量的废热，必须通过某种方式将其散发掉。

虽然大约一半的数据中心使用风冷，但规模较大的中心倾向于使用水冷系统，依靠蒸发来降低温度。

然而，尽管数据中心对水的胃口极大，当地居民声称他们仍然能感受到这些基地的热量。

根据今年早些时候发表的一项剑桥大学研究，一个大型数据中心在理论上能够将其周边温度提高 2℃。

即便如此，由于这种影响具有极强的局部性，目前几乎没有证据表明斯劳镇整体受热情况比附近其他地方更严重。8 月 13 日，位于 20 英里外萨里郡的威斯利村记录到了今年最高气温 38.1℃，而距离数据中心集群半英里处的斯劳气象站记录的峰值则为稍微好忍受一些的 37.6℃。

但随着科技巨头的人工智能（AI）模型变得日益复杂，数据中心的“渴求”正呈指数级增长。

2023 年，一项加州大学的研究计算出，数据中心每执行 10 到 15 个任务，将消耗相当于一瓶 0.5 升水的水量。由于一个大型数据中心每天要执行数百万次此类任务，这给水资源供应带来了巨大压力。

然而，AI 模型能力的惊人提升表明，这一估算可能已经过时。

它们对电力的需求已经在显著增加。麻省理工学院的一项研究估计，Meta 在 2024 年 7 月推出的 AI 模型 Llama 3，在执行一项像制作伊斯坦布尔旅行行程这样简单的任务时，所消耗的电量相当于骑电动自行车行驶 6 英尺。

然而几个月后，一个改进版本所消耗的电量则相当于驱动同一辆自行车行驶 400 英尺。

随着功耗的增加，用水量也成比例增加。例如，谷歌报告称，仅在 2025 年，其用水量就增加了 34%。上个月，在向下议院环境审计委员会提交的证词中，水务行业贸易组织 Water UK 警告称，政府计划到 2030 年将英国数据中心数量增加两倍的政策，未能考虑到它们所消耗的水量。

该组织表示：“尽管预想并渴望实现非凡的增长，但政府几乎忘记了大多数数据中心需要用水来冷却系统。政府对英格兰未来用水需求的预测也明确将数据中心排除在外。”

Water UK 还指出，水资源短缺已经影响到了政府的住房建设计划，并阻碍了其他类型的企业扩张。该组织补充道：“情况如此糟糕，仅因缺乏水源，环境署就反对在剑桥附近建设一家癌症医院。”

且不能使用软管，单单一个人工用水量就相当于 3,000 户家庭。这就是为什么……

然而，数据中心可以避开针对其他形式开发的限制，因为两年前，政府将数据中心指定为关键国家基础设施，这意味着它们可以通过规划系统的快速审批。

Water UK 的观点在政府数字可持续发展联盟（Government Digital Sustainability Alliance）的一份报告中得到了呼应，该联盟的成员来自政府、科技公司、学术界和非营利部门。

报告将拒绝将用水量纳入考量的行为描述为“系统性的规划失败，表明国家数字经济增长雄心与其基础资源管理战略之间存在脱节”。

换句话说，政府的增长战略如此依赖耗水的数据中心，以至于面临将经济其他部分置于持续缺水状态的风险。

不仅如此，数据中心

“我们30年来未能建成一座水库”

正在从已经过度紧张的电网中抽取越来越多的电力。

据估计，在2024, 年，它们消耗了2,400吉瓦时的能量，占英国总能耗的2%。

上个月，能源大臣亨特勋爵（Lord Hunt）在回答上议院的一个问题时

透露这一数字已经增长到2.5%。而且情况只会变得更糟。今年3月，北林肯郡议会批准了一项规划许可，将建设英国迄今为止最大的数据中心：

位于斯坎索普（Scunthorpe）附近一个占地435英亩场地的埃尔舍姆科技园（Elsham Tech Park）。

政府将北林肯郡指定为数据中心增长区，部分原因是该地区拥有大量的风能和太阳能电场，但其能源供应对于数据中心来说不够可靠。

而且该中心有潜力抽取1吉瓦的电力，这约占英国平均电力需求的3%。

虽然计划中包括在现场建设一座燃气发电站，但这最多只能产生50兆瓦的电力——仅为该数据中心预计能耗的5%。

因此，埃尔舍姆计划还包括部署惊人的650台备用柴油发电机，每台产生2.5兆瓦的电力，相当于25辆柴油车的功率。当我们被告知在阴天或无风之日可能会面临峰值定价或配额限制时，埃尔舍姆数据中心将能够通过排放大量柴油废气来维持运行。

由于柴油是一种极其肮脏的化石燃料发电形式，单一的数据中心就将给前能源大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）关于到2030年实现近乎无碳电网的梦想打上一个巨大的漏洞。

此外还有一个水资源消耗的小问题。埃尔舍姆的规划申请中包含了关于蝙蝠和繁殖鸟类福利的章节，以及为员工骑车上班提供便利等细节，但几乎完全没有触及用水问题。

这是因为该科技园的开发商 Greystoke Land 表示，他们将使用一种“闭环”冷却系统，使水在无需定期补充的情况下持续循环。

这种系统在世界各地的数据中心中越来越受欢迎，大多数相关机构似乎都认同其有效性。根据 Water UK 的数据，此类冷却系统可将用水量降低至其他数据中心的1%以下。北林肯郡议会也表示，它接受该工厂的用水量将是“极小的”。但使用闭环系统的代价是沉重的：它使数据中心变得更加耗电。

前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）在去年1月透露他希望英国成为全球AI强国的愿景时，他似乎完全没有考虑到数据中心对我们的水资源和能源供应的影响。

他还无视了那些未来可能发现此类中心就建在自家门前的人们的观点。就在同一个月，位于M25高速公路 Mimms 服务站旁绿带土地上的一座占地 20 英亩的数据中心获得了规划许可——那里同样是一个水资源紧张地区。

房屋建筑商和其他开发商一直被禁止进入这片土地

“它们是渴求能源、水资源和土地的怪物”

70 年来，出于环保原因，但现在看来，如果你想建造一个数据中心，那么侵蚀伦敦周边日益稀缺的珍贵乡村碎片是被允许的。

数据中心看起来可能是现代清洁经济的闪亮灯塔，但实际上，它们是渴求能源、水资源和土地的怪物——程度远超那些象征工业革命的棉纺厂。

由于人们在如何安置这些设施方面几乎没有进行过严肃思考，它们正威胁着要使我们的基础设施过载。

英国不仅在 30 年内未能建造一座水库，而且在疯狂追求净零排放的过程中，过早地关闭了燃煤电站。

结果，我们正遭受着无休止的水短缺（尽管冬季多雨，但目前的禁用水管令依然出台了）。

电力网也难以应对，在 6 月的热浪中陷入严重问题；除了运行空调和风扇导致电力需求增加外，热浪还降低了发电站的效率，并削弱了输电线的效能。

承诺英国将成为 AI 强国是一回事，而告诉人们他们不能给草坪浇水，甚至不能洗澡或长时间淋浴，因为路边的数据中心需要用水，则是另一回事。

在政府急于将我们打造为世界 AI 超级大国的过程中，必然会有某些东西被牺牲。

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竟然是这样！BBC《伤员》主创终于承认该剧是对撒切尔夫人的攻击

作者：克里斯·黑斯廷斯 (Chris Hastings)

BBC医疗剧《伤员》(Casualty) 的创作者们终于承认，该剧的设计初衷是为了攻击玛格丽特·撒切尔的医疗政策。

于1986年推出该剧的保罗·安温 (Paul Unwin) 和杰里米·布罗克 (Jeremy Brock) 表示，他们创作这部剧的灵感源于他们认为保守党政府对国民医疗服务体系 (NHS) 的严重忽视。

在一次庆祝该剧下周日迎来40周年生日的采访中，这两位人士终于坦白了该剧的政治起源。

在今天播出的第四电台 (Radio 4) 《重聚》(The Reunion) 节目中，主持人克斯蒂·沃克 (Kirsty Wark) 直接询问安温，该剧是否旨在批评撒切尔夫人的政府。

他回答道：“是的。事实上，我们最初的提案是以这句话开篇的：‘1948年，一个梦想诞生了。1985年，这个梦想已支离破碎’。自命不凡吗？有一点。但我们确实是认真的，而且我们确实感觉到BBC支持我们去表达这个伟大的国家机构正承受着巨大的压力。”

甚至连该节目的标题也带有政治潜台词。电视主管最初计划将该节目命名为《前线》(Front Line) 或《城市医院》(City Hospital)，随后意识到《伤员》(Casualty) 这个名字更符合其政治议程。

布罗克表示：“我认为《伤员》这个名字的出现，是因为我们意识到这个标题有一个绝妙的双关含义。一方面是入院就诊的伤员，另一方面则是那些成为体制‘伤员’的员工——这个体制在削减他们的资金，并让他们承受难以想象的压力。”

饰演该剧最受欢迎角色之一达菲护士 (Nurse Duffy) 的凯瑟琳·希普顿 (Catherine Shipton) 回忆起制片人格雷恩特·莫里斯 (Geraint Morris) 向员工讲述该剧使命宣言的情景。她说：“格雷恩特给我们做了一次演讲。感觉就像是一次秘密集结。这是一群特立独行的人，他说这就是

“国家机构承受了巨大压力”

从患者 ……到超级巨星

反对削减开支，支持国民医疗服务体系（NHS），这就是我们在这里所做的事情。

“这与我个人所相信的一切完全契合，我当时想，我简直不敢相信，我说的每一个字，我都会深信不疑。”

尽管《伤急诊》（Casualty）一经播出便大受欢迎，但许多观众认同时任初级卫生部长埃德温娜·库里（Edwina Currie）的观点，认为该剧对 NHS 现状的描绘过于消极。当时，BBC 否认了关于政治偏见的指控，声称该剧只是在真实地反映情况。

该剧在早期引发的政治热议给彼得·索尔特（Peter Salt）带来了严重后果，他是一名现实生活中的护士，同时也是该剧的医学顾问。

他收到警告，称如果继续担任电视角色，他的 NHS 职业生涯可能会受到影响。

他告诉《重聚》（The Reunion）：“我的职业生涯在很早的时候就差点结束，或者说突然陷入停滞。”

“在剧集刚开始时，医院当局说：‘这太棒了。让医院受到关注是非常、非常好的’。但只要政府开始插手发表意见，我就有人找我并告诉我：‘你确定想继续做这个吗？你以后可能想要管理这个部门’。”索尔特表示，他将此解读为一种威胁。

《伤急诊》在今年早些时候播出了第 41季，是世界上运行时间最长的

1 19 岁的乔迪·科默（Jodie Comer）——后来在 BBC 喜剧剧集《杀死伊芙》（Killing Eve）中成名——在 2012 年的一集中饰演玛丽·埃尔登（Mary Eldon），她是试图逃离暴力父亲的两姐妹之一。

2 《泰坦尼克号》明星凯特·温斯莱特（Kate Winslet）在 1993 年的一集中出演时年仅 17 岁，饰演一名得知男友虐待其妹妹的青少年。

3 《指环王》明星奥兰多·布鲁姆（Orlando Bloom）——当时年仅 19 岁——在 1996 年的一集中饰演一名有自残史的建筑工人。

4 《星球大战》女演员黛西·里德利（Daisy Ridley）当时年仅 20, 岁，在 2013 年饰演两名在鬼屋列车中遭遇现实恐怖经历的朋友之一。

马丁·弗里曼（Martin Freeman）在 27, 岁时，且远在《办公室》或《霍比特人》三部曲之前，于 1998 年现身饰演小罪犯里基·贝克（Ricky Beck）。

《夜班经理》明星汤姆·希德尔斯顿（Tom Hiddleston）当时 26, 岁，出现在 2007 年的剧集《屠宰场》（The Killing Floor）中，他在剧中从一栋公寓楼绳降而下，并将一名年轻母亲撞下了阳台。

未来的《神秘博士》主演克里斯托弗·埃克尔斯顿（Christopher Eccleston）当时也是 26 岁，在 1990 年的剧集《一个理性的人》（A Reasonable Man）中饰演一名面对艾滋病诊断的患者。

剧集。多年来，它帮助启动了一些世界顶尖明星的职业生涯。

《泰坦尼克号》明星凯特·温斯莱特、《指环王》演员奥兰多·布鲁姆和《星球大战》女演员黛西·里德利在完全不为人知时都曾在该剧中出演。

温斯莱特女士在 1993 年的一集中饰演一名焦虑的临时保姆时年仅 17 岁。

凯瑟琳·希普顿（Catherine Shipton）回忆起一名年轻女演员，她对拍摄间隙的玩笑话没什么兴趣。

她说：“她 [凯特] 大约 17. 岁。她非常专注……她会独自走到一边，保持在状态中，不参与玩笑。但我确实感觉到一个人热爱她的

DAN HODGES IS AWAY 职业，并且在她的职业领域非常努力。”

《重聚》今日上午 10 点在 BBC Radio 4 播出，也可通过 BBC Sounds 应用程序收听。

该广播公司还承诺将推出一部“扣人心弦”的《伤急救援》（Casualty）40周年纪念双集特辑，其“核心是一起导致霍尔比陷入混乱的高风险重大事故”。该剧将于周六在 BBC iPlayer 上播出。

本周金句

“我们有一个湾，我们有一个湖——现在我们只需要一个海洋。”

唐纳德·特朗普在命令将安大略湖更名为“美国湖”后如此说道，此前他已将墨西哥湾重新命名。

“他们完全没有演艺意识，没有巴纳姆和贝利那样的天赋。他们以一种可怕的、机械地勾选清单的方式缓慢前行，完全无视观众。”瓦妮莎·费尔茨对 BBC 对待其电台明星的方式感到愤怒。

“我并不打算穿得像玛格丽特·撒切尔那样”

在教师萨莉-安·鲍文（Sally-Anne Bowen）被裁定性侵两名少年男生的审判中，法庭听取了关于她在北伦敦芬奇利基督学院行为的描述。

“就像一场来自天空的海啸”

尼泊尔灾害管理中心主席比塔尔·纳特·乌普雷蒂描述了由冰川崩塌引发的山洪所带来的恐怖景象。

“我的天呐。我想哭。我明天早上醒来会说：‘那是谁？’” 伊莎贝尔·约翰森在看到足球明星男友埃尔林·哈兰德的新寸头造型后感到震惊。

“有些主题很冷门，但这个简直绝了。”

在《Mastermind》节目参赛者艾米莉·梅德赫斯特回答关于伦敦交通局（TfL）所使用的装饰面料图案的问题后，一名社交媒体用户如此评论。

“他们知道自己在宫廷中拥有竞争对手……所以你可能会看到更激烈的交锋。”

王室作家安德鲁·莫顿预测威廉和凯特对哈里和梅根回归的潜在反应。

“要让自己看起来这么廉价，得花很多钱。”

本周去世的多莉·帕顿谈论她那无可替代的造型。

走进由亿万富翁之子打造的现代版“诺亚方舟”，他曾支付 500 万英镑m 请蕾哈娜在婚礼上演唱

这只美丽的猎豹昏迷在手术台上，世界上最顶尖的兽医们正努力修复她破碎的后腿。在印度的一家动物医院里，我看着他们在一次细致的三个小时手术中，用两块钛板将肢体固定在一起。而在印度，猎豹在 80 年前就已被猎杀至灭绝。

“一位土邦主在 1947, 年杀死了最后三只猎豹，但他当时使用的应该是英国制造的步枪，”为这只动物进行手术的兽医杰拉德·斯廷坎普教授在与一个由八人组成的医疗团队协作后沉思道。

这只名叫多卡斯（Dorcas）的年轻猎豹于 2024 年从数千英里外的一个南非保护区被空运至此，该保护区在新冠疫情期间资金耗尽。

是自我满足的虚荣项目……还是拯救了150,000只动物免于极度痛苦的高尚使命？苏·里德（SUE REID）走访全球最大的野生动物保护区以寻找答案

这里聚集了来自44个国家、2,000个物种的150,000只濒危动物，它们都被带到了全球最大的动物保护区和保护中心——Vantara。

该中心由印度最富有的安巴尼家族拥有，位于印度西部古吉拉特邦，占地4,500英亩。这里拥有22家最先进的医院，动物在这里接受治疗，且不计成本。

这些生物（包括鸟类和爬行动物）有的被发现于私人宠物收藏中，有的在丛林肉市场的小笼子里等待死亡，有的被遗弃在战争地带或废弃的动物园中。

大象则被从欧洲和印度的马戏团，或从强迫它们每天负重工作18小时的伐木营地中救出。

这里的一些生物最初是在圈养环境下被培育的，目的是为了被非法奖杯猎人射杀，或为了在价值数十亿英镑的象牙和传统药物走私贸易中获取其身体部位。另一些则是在洪水、飓风或干旱中被救出的。

一只名叫Pancham的十岁孟加拉虎卷入了人类与野生动物的冲突——它杀死了八名印度村民，其中一些人在捡柴火时遇害。

“这些老虎其实并不喜欢人肉的味道，”Vantara负责大猫护理的高级兽医布恩·奥尔温（Boon Allwin）博士说道。上周我访问时，当我窥视其围栏时，这只动物一边低吼一边摇着尾巴向我扑来。“我们并不责怪它所做的事。它当时牙齿有问题，正在寻找容易捕食的家养山羊作为食物，结果遇到了人类，并从背后袭击了他们。”

每天至少有100个来自全球各地的求助电话打到Vantara。在5,000名员工的帮助下，

“我们不责怪它。它只是在寻找容易捕食的食物”

来自 Sue Reid

其中许多是科学家和生物学家，答案几乎总是肯定的，即使是对像 Pancham 这样危险的客户也是如此——Pancham 免于受到惩罚，是因为在印度杀死老虎是违法的。

当自然灾害袭击时，由高层领导组成的“作战室”会计划如何高效且人道地援助动物受害者，随后医疗团队会被派遣去寻找它们，无论是在遥远的国家还是在印度本土。

在印度古吉拉特邦，

优先事项始终是尝试在它们的原生栖息地为其提供新家或监护人，但许多动物被带到了这里的 Vantara。

我受邀参观了这个动物保护区，目前该保护区正准备与伦敦自然历史博物馆开展一项为期十年的协议，以交换其突破性的研究成果，许多人认为这将对我们对野生动物的认知产生巨大影响。

这里正在大规模地开展关于野生动物健康、遗传学和繁殖的高水平科学研究，最终目标是拯救濒危动物，以便它们能返回自然栖息地。

Vantara 还拥有全球最大的动物生物样本库，已收集了 1,000 多个物种的 100 万份血液、组织和 DNA 样本，其中包括 260 头获救的亚洲象。它希望这次大规模的数据挖掘也能帮助人类健康，例如破解医学谜题：为什么一只巨大的长牙象拥有多个似乎能抵抗癌症的基因，而人类拥有的却极少。

该中心正在收集数千条蛇的毒液，以研究如何治疗蛇咬伤。全球每年有 140,000 人死于蛇咬伤，其中超过一半的受害者在印度。

这座现代版“诺亚方舟”的规模令人震撼。它散发着金钱的气息，到处是高科技设备。

场地上种有数亿棵树，其面积是伦敦西南部里士满公园（Richmond Park）的两倍。然而就在 2009, 这里还只是一片干旱的土地，

当时印度首富的小儿子、创始人安南特·安巴尼（Anant Ambani）在这里安置了一头名为 Gauri 的 30 岁大象。

Vantara 讲述的故事是：安南特在 12 岁时随家人在斋浦尔附近旅行，看到这头痛苦的动物在烈日炎炎的街道上，被紧紧的腿链锁住，在象夫（mahout，即饲养员）的带领下表演杂技以换取硬币。他请求父亲穆凯什·安巴尼（Mukesh Ambani）救救它——穆凯什作为庞大的石化、能源、纺织和电信综合企业信实工业（Reliance Industries）的掌门人，身价超过 £740 亿加元。

结果是 Gauri 和她的象夫被带到了古吉拉特邦的信实中心，那里建立了一个大象保护区，随后扩展成了 Vantara。这些猛兽通常与它们的象夫一同抵达，象夫们被教导，照顾它们应该用“胡萝卜”而非“大棒”。

然而，该设施也引发了相当大的争议。一些环保人士声称，这仅仅是一个亿万富翁之子的私人收藏馆或动物园，而这位之子的挥霍行为在两年前登上了头条——他在古吉拉特邦与制药公司大亨之女拉迪卡·默钱特（Radhika Merchant）举行了一场为期六天、耗资 £4.5 亿 的婚礼。那是一场前所未有的奢华盛会，蕾哈娜（Rihanna）在会上献唱（据传报酬为 £550 万），包括 Meta 的马克·扎克伯格和微软的比尔·盖茨在内的 1,200 名宾客出席了婚礼。

尽管它已被证明没有

此外，该机构表示，Vantara 与同一园区内的信实炼油厂距离过近，“引发了环境和福利方面的担忧”。石化综合体具有高度污染性，导致许多人质疑当地空气和水质对动物的影响。

在一项批评中，佛罗里达州的“大猫救援”（Big Cat Rescue）组织声称——尽管 Vantara 予以否认——该中心运行着一项秘密且极具争议的操作，积累了数量惊人的野生动物或“活体奖杯”，其中许多来源可疑。该组织在一次尖刻的谴责中补充道：“如果 Vantara 及其支持者真正关心保护工作，他们应该专注于保护野生动物栖息地，而不是积累圈养动物。”

就 Vantara 而言，该中心表示，该炼油厂的卓越之处在于实现了零碳排放。

然而，上周它宣布了一次调整，将重心从进口动物转向支持原产国的保护区、救援中心和兽医医院。它表示：“我们希望人们评判我们的标准不是有多少动物来到这里，而是有多少动物在它们所属的地方得到了帮助……以及我们能够与世界分享的科学知识和专业技术。”

这次重新思考预计将影响一群河马是否应被带到古吉拉特邦接受“终身”救助，这群河马是在被哥伦比亚毒枭巴勃罗·埃斯科巴（Pablo Escobar）购买后逃脱的。今年 4 月，安南特·安巴尼（Anant Ambani）表示，他“愿意接收”这两只被埃斯科巴非法进口到哥伦比亚的非洲异域动物的后代。

在印度最高法院和 Cites（全球濒危物种贸易监督机构）的违规审查下，Vantara 被指责接收动物速度过快且数量过多，并规避了从刚果民主共和国、委内瑞拉和阿拉伯联合酋长国等地进口动物的严格规定。

在 1993 年他死于一场警方枪战后，这些河马被允许自由活动并大量繁殖

该中心不对公众开放，这导致了关于其秘密运作的指控，但当我访问由 Reliance 资助的当地学校时，十岁的孩子们告诉我，他们像许多其他印度青少年一样，经常进行教育参观，随后他们滔滔不绝地列举了他们见过的动物和鸟类品种。

在一条河流沿岸，它们经常攻击渔民和其他当地人。它们被称为“可卡因河马”，现在可能会留在哥伦比亚，而 Vantara 将在管理这些河马以保护它们及附近村民方面发挥关键作用。

然而，无论受到怎样的批评，Vantara 的动物们都牵动着

“我们希望人们根据我们分享的专业知识来评判我们”

触动了我的心弦。我握住了一只中风后被禁锢在轮椅上的获救黑猩猩的手；为一只曾被囚禁、直到来到这里才学会游泳的熊向水中扔了一个苹果；看到了从可怕的虐待中恢复过来、现在在巨型按摩浴缸中享受水力按摩的印度象；以及在纳米比亚干旱期间面临死亡、现在在巨大围栏的水坑边饮水的长颈鹿。然后还有

Gracia，一只在 Vantara 出生的两岁美洲豹。她的母亲在怀孕期间从墨西哥的一家私人动物园被救出，在那里她被自己的兄弟使其怀孕。

由于近亲繁殖，Gracia 畸形。她的髋部功能失常，后腿拖行；内脏受损，且处于持续的疼痛之中。“她需要终身护理，而我们正在为她提供，”Vantara 的大猫专家 Allwin 博士说道。

该保护区还照顾着 Dhonmati，一只 50 岁的象，它在印度街头乞讨的一生中遭受了折磨。在一次汽车撞击其后腿导致骨折后，它的象夫想要将其抛弃。“骨头在愈合过程中长在一起了，所以它腿呈弓形，无法行走太远。

“为了减轻疼痛，它的整个身体向前倾斜。由于牙齿腐烂，它拒绝张嘴，因为那样会很疼。它的眼睛里有溃疡，”29 岁的象类高级生物学家 Kuni Joshi 说道。Dhonmati 恢复得非常缓慢。它的牙齿和眼睛已得到成功治疗。

眼睛被象夫戳刺。这是一种常见的做法，旨在摧毁动物的精神，使其变得足够温顺，从而成为吸引人群的旅游象——在 Champa 的案例中，这种情况持续了近半个世纪。

它还被介绍给另一只获救的象，50 岁的 Champa，后者在眼睛被戳刺后失明了。

野生动物仙境：Vantara 的黑猩猩，以及棕熊 Bagheera、残疾美洲豹 Gracia 和受伤的大象 Dhonmati

它们形影不离。“Champa 把 Dhonmati 当作向导，到处跟着她，因为她能闻到她的气味，”Joshi 女士解释道。“如果我们没有救出 Dhonmati，她可能已经被遗弃并死于饥饿。”

至于 Dorcas，它是一只“国王猎豹”，是世界上最稀有的动物之一。基因突变意味着它的皮毛和 3 英尺长的尾巴是

“如果我们没有救她，她就死定了”

身上覆盖着大块的斑块和条纹，而非标准猎豹身上的斑点。

她正在手术后恢复中。我看着她在麻醉状态下，身上插满管子，被小心翼翼地送往手术室，其受到的照顾程度与人类病人无异。当天晚些时候，其中一名兽医还将为 Vantara 的一只变色龙进行一次“牙齿大修”。

手术 24 小时后，负责照顾多卡斯的猎豹行为学家克雷格·古斯（Craig Gouws）解释道：“我每隔两小时观察她一次，她已经开始蹒跚行走，并且吃掉了我放在一块生肉上的抗生素和止痛药。我们移除了她围栏内的所有家具，以免她撞到腿。她的腿是在她第一次交配后的几个小时里，因为踩进地洞而折断的。”

现在，Vantara 正在等待多卡斯是否怀孕的结果。如果两周后的检测呈阳性，她的幼崽可能会成为 Vantara 与政府官员共同努力将这种陆地上跑得最快的动物重新引入印度野外的计划的一部分。

在我离开这个非凡之地的最后一天，我被告知一项紧急救援行动正在进行，目标是救助乔伊莫蒂（Joymoti）。这是一头 53 岁的象，它在印度东北部阿萨姆邦一个伐木营地里度过了大半辈子，背负着木材，那里距离此处有 1,800 英里，开车需要六天时间。

她在 7 月的洪水中掉入河中，被冲走了 40 英里，最后被当地人救上岸。

一段令人心碎的视频在全球网络上广泛传播，视频中她在河中挣扎呼吸，只有象鼻的尖端露在水面上。

Vantara 团队在发现她时，花了六个小时才说服这个受创的生物进入板条箱。随后她被空运到古吉拉特邦，并由一辆特制的象用救护车送往中心接受紧急医疗救助。

她的板条箱被叉车降至地面，兽医们拉开了箱门，乔伊莫蒂谨慎地看向她的新天堂。就像这里的其他动物一样，她终于安全了。

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苦恼：桑德拉·亚伍德（Sandra Yarwood）面对针对其大众高尔夫车的32项处罚

作者：尼古拉斯·派克（Nicholas Pyke）

在结束两周的假期返回时，桑德拉·亚伍德完全没有意识到，停在街外的那个黑色大众高尔夫小车出了什么问题。

直到交通违章通知单开始源源不断地通过信箱寄进来。

这位来自伦敦厄尔考特（Earl's Court）的媒体顾问惊讶地发现，她收到了来自七个不同地方当局的不少于32张独立罚单，每张金额为£90。随附的指控称，她在首都各地的公交车道行驶、非法停车以及违反禁行区规定。

亚伍德女士在违章发生时身在加拿大，她很快意识到自己成了目前席卷英国的号牌克隆诈骗案的受害者。

每年有数千名驾驶员发现其车牌的伪造副本被贴在完全不同的车辆上，随后被用于逃避交通罚款甚至实施犯罪。在亚伍德女士的案例中，克隆的注册号被贴在了一辆位于伦敦南部的相似黑色高尔夫车上。

然而，当她试图对这些价值2,800 英镑的违章处罚通知书（PCNs）提出异议时，她的噩梦才真正开始。

她表示：“我无法计算自己在与技术和官僚体制作斗争中花费了多少小时。他们让申诉交通罚单变得尽可能困难。大多数时候你根本无法与任何人沟通。他们的默认立场就是你一定违章了。”

她的车牌在六月中旬被克隆，但八周过去了，桑德拉说她仍有两张£90的罚单悬在头上，而且因为错过了一个截止日期，她被刘易舍姆区议会（Lewisham Council）要求出席定于2027年2月的法律法庭审理。她说：“我原以为如果我向英国车辆执照局（DVLA）和警方报告我的车辆被克隆，并引用该事件

“他们让申诉罚单变得尽可能困难”

参考编号，那样就足够了。但事实并非如此，我被接踵而至的后续信函淹没了，对方要求我提供车辆在事发时的位置证明——这怎么可能做得到？——以及我车辆各个角度的照片。我照做了，从各个角度拍摄了我的车，然后意识到挡风玻璃上贴着一张英国遗产委员会（English Heritage）的贴纸。我仔细查看了随违停罚单（PCN）发送给我的录像……诈骗者的车上没有英国遗产委员会的贴纸，也没有因为我诊所附近那个矮路桩而导致的车身侧面划痕。而且那辆车没有天窗——而这件事我之前给忘了。”

亚伍德女士花费了数小时将这些信息上传到各个网站——每张违停罚单都需要单独申诉——格林威治、伦敦交通局（TfL）、南华克、中央停车管理公司（Central Parking Management，负责 SE26 地区的停车管理）以及默顿区都认可了她的申诉。她说：“但只有在网站和门户系统正常运行的情况下，这些信息才能共享，而在刘易舍姆和兰贝斯，它们根本没用。我连续一周每天尝试上传照片，但每次面对的都是空白屏幕。我又试了一次，终于成功了，刘易舍姆的系统恢复运行了。但兰贝斯的还是不行。”

“我不得不面对一个毫无帮助的聊天机器人。当我终于联系上工作人员时，他们告诉我：‘系统崩溃了’。接着，我通过挂号信寄去了我的高尔夫车的照片，以证明它与违停罚单中的车辆并非同一辆。只有在与真人沟通后，事情才有了进展。”

“我六十多岁了，知道怎么用电脑。如果我没那么精通技术，那真是上帝救我吧。”

兰贝斯的一位发言人告诉《星期日邮报》，两张未结清的违停罚单现已取消。他表示：“对于亚伍德女士在联系我们时遇到的困难，我们深表歉意。”

“我们将与任何认为违停罚单开具不公正的驾驶员合作，并乐于尽快纠正任何错误。但在涉嫌克隆车牌的案件中，我们被要求建立高水平的证据链，包括涉事车辆四个侧面的清晰照片。”

“我们注意到上个月出现了一个技术问题，导致驾驶员在短时间内无法在我们的网站上提交申诉。”

刘易舍姆的一位发言人确认违停罚单已被取消，并表示：“亚伍德女士觉得这个过程令人沮丧，考虑到这种不幸的情况，我们深表歉意。我们正在努力改进克隆车牌案件的识别和审核方式。”

荣誉：多莉·帕顿

美国机场以多莉命名

卡罗琳·格雷厄姆发自洛杉矶

田纳西州州长宣布，在音乐偶像获得广泛支持后，纳什维尔国际机场将以多莉·帕顿（Dolly Parton）的名字重新命名以示纪念。

这位出生于田纳西州的乡村音乐歌手于上周二因癌症去世，享年 80 岁。她于周五在一次私人家庭仪式上安葬。

昨晚，田纳西州州长比尔·李（Bill Lee）表示，乡村音乐的“故乡”纳什维尔市已同意这一举措。

他表示：“多莉·帕顿非凡的一生永远地编织在我们州的肌理之中……在田纳西州迎接世界的地方，纳什维尔国际机场以我们州最受喜爱的女儿命名，并以多莉音乐、慷慨、信仰和善良的持久遗产迎接旅行者，这是恰如其分的。”

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- 我的继母是一位男爵夫人，我的继父是一位准男爵。 - 我拥有柔道和巴西柔术的黑带。

● 我会说希伯来语。

● 我在伦敦拥有一家名为 Lore Of The Land 的酒吧，在多塞特郡拥有一座机场，还拥有一家生产露营设备的公司。

- 我曾执导过一部由大卫·贝克汉姆出演的 H&M 广告，没错。 - 我曾与麦当娜结婚八年，离婚时获得了相当于今天价值约 £8500 万 的资金。

● 据说萨塞克斯公爵夫人将回到英国以

我们有趣的每周测验，我们将请您猜测新闻中的人物、地点和事物……

出演我的剧集《绅士们》（The Gentlemen），但现在看来这个角色可能没戏了。

我是什么？

● 最初由安吉拉·里彭（Angela Rippon）主持。

- 我曾多次被指控种族主义。

● 在最受欢迎的时候，我的门票候补名单长达 21 年。

- 我保持着全球播出范围最广的纪实电视节目记录，曾在 212 个地区播出。

- 当我报道其汽车电池寿命的负面消息时，埃隆·马斯克的特斯拉公司起诉了我——但未能胜诉。

● 在弗雷迪·弗林托夫（Freddie Flintoff）发生车祸四年后，BBC 决定让我回归。

我在哪里？

● 《Carry On Up The Khyber》的部分场景在这里拍摄。

- 这里曾安装过一个互联网“香蕉摄像头”，用于实时展示一个香蕉皮生物降解需要多长时间（402 天）。 - 吊唁者被告知停止在这里撒骨灰，因为这会破坏野生动物环境。 ● 国王曾将我山顶上一栋现已拆除的建筑称为“全国最高的贫民窟”。

● 健身经理马克·奥姆（Mark Orme）在一天之内往返攀登了我六次。

● 我的威尔士语名称 Yr Wyddfa 翻译成英语是“伟大的坟墓”，因为传说巨人 Rhita Gawr 埋葬于此。

- 每年约有 600,000 人攀登我——导致山顶出现排队现象。 答案：盖·里奇（Guy Ritchie）、《顶级档》（Top Gear）、斯诺登峰（Snowdon）

史蒂夫·本内特（STEVE BENNETT）

独家报道

作者：大卫·贾维斯（David Jarvis）

神父说如果我让孩子留在身边，我父亲就无法获得晋升

天主教会的强制收养行为“持续到了 20 世纪 80 年代”

《星期日邮报》可以揭露，天主教会强制未婚母亲将其婴儿送养的行为，发生的时间比此前认为的要晚得多。

此前人们认为强制收养在 20 世纪 70 年代已经结束——但现在显现出，天主教会至少在 80 年代仍在支持这种做法。

直到 1976 年，共有 250,000 起强制收养案例，而 1976 年的《收养法》显然终结了这一做法。但财务顾问朱莉娅·麦克林（Julia Macklin）告诉《星期日邮报》，她在 1982 年 15 岁怀孕后，她的天主教父母及其教区神父向她施压，要求她将女儿送养。

她透露，她已故的父亲在曼彻斯特的一所天主教学校担任教师，神父告诉他，如果人们知道他的女儿是个未婚母亲，他将永远无法获得晋升。

麦克林女士于 1983 年 3 月在曼彻斯特的圣玛丽医院生下了女儿希奥班（Siobhan），现年 43, 岁。

希奥班在出生两周后被带走，由一对结婚的天主教夫妇收养。母女俩直到 2001 年希奥班年满 18 岁，在法律上有权知道其亲生母亲是谁时才得以团聚。

现年 60 岁、居住在大曼彻斯特地区马普尔（Marple）的麦克林女士表示，她的女儿是通过位于索尔福德（Salford）的天主教儿童救援协会（Catholic Children's Rescue Society）被送养的，该慈善机构在 2012 年将其运营移交给索尔福德教区 Caritas（Caritas Diocese of Salford）。

该机构在 2022 年关闭了其收养支持服务。

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麦克林女士在本周播出的名为《被偷走的婴儿》（Stolen Babies）的 BBC 纪录片中讲述了她的故事，她表示：“我永远无法从这次失去中恢复过来。”在曼彻斯特担任健康管理者的希奥班补充道：“我的母亲绝不可能在自愿的情况下放弃我。”

为遭受强制收养之苦的女性奔走的“收养道歉运动”（MAA）主席戴安娜·德弗里斯（Diana Defries）表示：“我见过很多女性在 20 世纪 80 年代依然遭受过这种经历。”

索尔福德教区 Caritas 的一名发言人表示：“听到朱莉娅的经历我们深感遗憾，并承认历史上的收养做法可能造成的持久痛苦。”

残酷的分离：母亲朱莉娅·麦克林与女儿希奥班

● 《被偷走的婴儿》将于周三晚上 9. 30 在 BBC2 播出，并从明天起在 iPlayer 上线。

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本周我们学到的 5 件事

作者：乔恩·康奈尔（Jon Connell），来自每日在线时事通讯《知识》（THE KNOWLEDGE）——让新闻变得易于掌控

1 今年夏天，我们迎来了“臀部巅峰”，查理·高万斯-埃格林顿（Charlie Gowans-Eglinton）在《泰晤士报》中如此表示。赤裸上身晒太阳已被“近乎赤裸的下半身”所取代，女性比基尼底裤的布料被压缩到了极致。这场潮流由 Z 世代引领，但 58 岁的凯莉·米诺格（Kylie Minogue）发布了身着极小黄色比基尼的照片，而 61 岁的伊丽莎白·赫尔利（Liz Hurley）则穿着一件极小的白色比基尼。

2 据《纽约时报》报道，美国国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）的妻子詹妮弗（Jennifer）是“五角大楼第一夫人”。她在国防部的视频中出镜，并穿着一件写着“这就是战争”的汗湿 T 恤与海军陆战队一起锻炼。她参加了一场高度

战争：她参加了一场与英国国防首脑的高度敏感会议，对方在会议中仅进行“概括性”发言——直到他们能安排一场没有她参加的小型会议为止。

3 昂蒂布，任何要求都不是麻烦。当一名客人坚持必须吃到正宗的特罗佩兹塔（tarte tropézienne）时，酒店租了一架直升机，派遣一名服务员飞行 60 英里前往圣特罗佩去取。酒店表示：“在咖啡端上来的时候，塔饼已经摆在了客人的桌上。”该塔饼价格为 €5，直升机费用为 €2,000。

4 《华尔街日报》称，我们正处于一个“无毛猛男”的夏天。现代型男比以往任何时候都更强壮。在《爱之岛》（Love Island）节目中这种现象最为明显，男人在竞争谁最阳刚，同时又给胸部脱毛、刮掉腿毛，这让一些人开始怀念男人想要看起来像下面的汤姆·塞莱克（Tom Selleck），而不是像“芭比娃娃一样光滑”的日子。

5 彭博社表示，尽管发生了伊朗战争，油价仍低于每桶 $90。许多船只正秘密离开海湾，而大多数货物流动

免费订阅《知识》（The Knowledge），这是一个五分钟的每日时事通讯，让新闻更易于掌控，网址为 theknowledge.com

涉及在海上的船对船转移。再加上通过旁路管道运输的原油，该地区的流量可能与战前水平相差无几。

8月30日 • 2026年 健康与假期 经医生认可的健康板块

它占据了全科医生（GP）就诊次数的 1 / 10 ——但解决方案可能出乎意料地简单……

你是否一直感到疲惫？专家揭秘 12 个最常见原因（以及如何解决）

By Ethan Ennals 健康编辑

一直感到疲惫是全科医生必须处理的最常见主诉之一。

五分之一的英国人表示他们深受其扰，但对于专家来说，确定原因可能很困难。

医生告诉《星期日邮报》，大多数病例可以分为 12 个类别——每个类别都有其特有的征兆。但他们如何定义“一直感到疲惫”？

“这与辛苦工作一天后感到疲倦不同，”唐卡斯特的一位全科医生迪恩·埃吉特（Dean Eggitt）博士说道。

“这是一种不应该出现的疲劳。即使在一次

请翻至第 44 页

脂肪注射能否治愈偏头痛的痛苦？健康 第 47 页

饮食调整或可终结淋巴水肿的痛苦 健康 第 48 & 49 页

六颗可提升全球投资组合的股市明珠 财富 第 52 & 53 页

能够抵达大船无法到达之地的微型船队 假期 第 62 & 63 页

疲劳：歌手雪儿（Cher）曾被迫休息两年

长时间的睡眠或轻松的周末之后依然感觉到的疲劳。这种疲倦是你生病的迹象。接下来的问题就是：你为什么生病？”在此，专家团队揭示了你可能一直感到疲惫的原因。

心理健康

专家认为，持续疲劳最常见的原因是抑郁症。该病症的典型特征是长期的情绪低落，但疲劳也是一个常见的症状。

一项 2016 年的研究分析了 26 项研究的数据，结果显示

在 2016 年的研究中，分析显示在表示一直感到疲惫的患者中，有五分之一患有抑郁症。但抑郁症患者除了疲劳之外，可能还会有其他症状。

“你可能会发现他们有睡眠困难或自卑感，”埃吉特博士说。

“他们可能对通常让他们快乐的事情也缺乏兴趣。”

专家补充说，抗抑郁药也可能引发疲劳。

打鼾

在 25 至 34 岁的人群中，约有一半的人报告感到精疲力竭——而 55 岁或以上的人群中这一比例仅为 23%。

睡眠呼吸暂停是一种在睡眠期间喉部肌肉间歇性放松和塌陷，从而阻塞气道并导致呼吸暂停的病症。这些发作会引发打鼾，但也会干扰睡眠，使许多患者处于持续精疲力竭的状态。“如果你一个人睡觉，你可能意识不到自己在打鼾，”埃吉特博士说。“如果你有伴侣，他们可能不知道打鼾是由睡眠呼吸暂停引起的。因此，许多患者在这种状态下生活多年，从而导致疲劳。”

最常见的医疗手段是持续正压通气（CPAP）机，这是一种利用气压保持气道开放的面罩。患者还可以通过减轻体重来改善呼吸和睡眠。

缺乏绿叶蔬菜

专家表示，维生素缺乏通常是患者感到持续疲劳的原因，其中最常见的是缺铁。铁是一种必需矿物质，负责在全身输送氧气，存在于红肉、禽类、鱼类以及豆类、扁豆和菠菜等食物中。极低水平的铁会导致贫血，患者会出现皮肤苍白或发黄、呼吸短促和疲劳。但即使是轻微的缺乏也会引起疲劳。

成年女性中约有三分之一受此影响，而男性仅为 3%，因为月经量过多可能会引发缺铁。

“这是我询问那些告诉我一直感到疲劳的女性时的首要问题之一：‘你是否经历过月经量过多？’”皇家全科医师学会的 教授表示。“如果答案是肯定的，那么极有可能是缺铁，不过我会进行血液检查以确保。缺铁的另一个症状是脱发。”

素食者或 60 岁以上人群

另一种与疲劳相关的缺乏是维生素 B12。这种维生素主要存在于肉类和乳制品等动物产品中，对于制造红细胞和调节神经系统至关重要。

在 600 万素食者中，约有十分之一缺乏 B12；而在 60 岁以上的人群中，这一比例为五分之一，因为随着年龄增长，身体需要更多的 B12。症状逐渐出现，其中疲劳是最早出现的症状之一，同时还伴有头痛、消化不良和注意力集中困难。久而久之，缺乏 B12 可能会导致神经损伤和精神病。

专家还指出了叶酸缺乏的问题，叶酸有助于身体修复 DNA 并制造红细胞。它存在于深色叶菜、豆类和强化早餐谷物中。

Eggitt 博士表示：“维生素 B12 缺乏比缺铁少见，而叶酸缺乏则更少见。但一旦排除了抑郁症等更明显的原因，大多数全科医生可能会要求进行血液检查以检测这些缺乏情况。”

低水平的维生素 D 也会导致疲劳（见右侧面板）。这种维生素主要通过阳光获得，少量可通过油性鱼类获得。大约六分之一的英国成年人缺乏维生素 D，这就是为什么 NHS 建议在 10 月至次年 3 月期间每天服用补充剂。

超加工饮食

专家表示，糟糕的饮食习惯可能是许多疲劳病例的罪魁祸首，而西方饮食与疲劳之间存在强烈的联系。

英国成年人的平均饮食中，约 60% 由超加工食品组成，这与肥胖、心脏病、癌症和痴呆症有关。

“我们在西方的饮食中含有高糖、高盐和饱和脂肪，这意味着我们中的许多人没有获得正确的营养，”雷丁大学的营养与心理学专家 Piril Hepsomali 博士说。“这超出了像铁或 B12 这样的维生素缺乏。例如，如果你吃超市里便宜的套餐三明治或微波炉餐，这会给你带来短期的能量激增，但随后能量会下降，让你感到疲劳。而且随着时间的推移，这种饮食会增加体内的炎症。”

专家建议改为多吃水果、蔬菜和海鲜。Hepsomali 博士说：“这些食物含有已被证明能提高能量水平的营养素，包括镁、维生素 D 和纤维。”

水分不足

水分补充不足也是导致疲劳问题的原因之一。

英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）建议每天饮用六到八杯水。然而，一项 2026 年在英国进行的研究发现，约 40% 的人口饮水量不足。

五分之一的人被归类为脱水状态，且男性饮水不足的可能性更高。“当你处于脱水状态时，你的大脑功能会受到影响，”埃吉特博士（Dr Eggitt）表示，“这不可避免地会导致你一直感到疲倦。”脱水患者通常除了疲劳外，还会遭受头痛的困扰。埃吉特博士补充说，过量饮用含咖啡因的饮料会使这一问题更加严重。“咖啡因会让你脱水，”他说，“而且许多英国人饮用这些饮料来代替水。”

激素问题

许多疲劳病例是由激素问题引起的。这通常与甲状腺有关，甲状腺是位于颈部的一个蝴蝶形器官，负责产生关键激素。

当它产生的这些激素不足时（即甲状腺功能减退），可能会导致疲劳。

这种情况影响了大约

我应该要求全科医生（GP）做哪些检查来寻找原因？

根据英国领先的家庭医生之一克莱尔·格拉达教授（Prof Dame Clare Gerada）的说法，任何一直感到疲倦的人都应该要求其全科医生进行三项关键的血液检查。

第一项是所谓的全血细胞计数，用于测量血液中细胞的数量和健康状况。具体而言，医生会分析血红蛋白水平——这反映了血液携带氧气的能力。

血红蛋白低可能是缺铁、缺乏维生素 B12 或叶酸缺乏的迹象。随后将进行进一步测试。

第二项是甲状腺功能测试，用于测量产生关键激素的那个蝴蝶形器官是否运作正常。

研究表明，甲状腺问题是导致精疲力竭的主要原因。

第三项是炎症标志物测试。格拉达博士表示，炎症水平升高可能是某些严重疾病的迹象，包括肾病、关节炎和癌症。

“这三项检查基本上可以排除 99% 的疲劳原因，”格拉达博士说。

服用维生素D补充剂让我重返马鞍

当来自威尔士的马术特技演员、40岁的拉谢尔·史密斯（Rachelle Smith，见上图）在工作后感到极度疲惫，以至于除了瘫在沙发上几乎什么都做不了时，她以为自己提前进入了绝经期。

她曾经是一个在业余时间热爱运动和健身的人，但后来她发现，即使是和朋友喝咖啡或骑马也变得难以承受，她经常在最后一刻取消计划。

“我失去了动力。我什么都不想做——就好像我的整个性格都变了，”她说。

她开始在白天打盹，这完全不符合她的性格，她的生活重心变成了简单地回家睡觉。

随后出现了关节疼痛、月经不调、注意力不集中和记忆力减退，由于精疲力竭，她开始拒绝工作。

拉谢尔的母亲在差不多相同的年龄经历了提前绝经，因此拉谢尔最初认为自己也发生了同样的情况。然而，一次根据建议进行的私人血液检测揭示了不同的原因：她严重缺乏铁和维生素D。

她开始服用口服喷雾形式的铁和维生素D补充剂。她还开始食用更多富含维生素C的食物，如红椒和橙子，研究表明这些食物能帮助身体更有效地吸收铁。

在2周内，她的精力恢复了。“迷雾散去了，”她说。“我开始跑步，甚至在工作后重新开始了马术运动——这是我多年来没有做过的事情。”

229 万人患有此病，在70岁以上人群以及有该病家族史的女性中更为常见。它通常发生在免疫系统错误地攻击甲状腺时。然而，它也可能源于手术、放射治疗或药物副作用。

“而甲状腺素（一种每日服用的激素药片）在大约95 per cent的病例中可以解决这个问题。”

庆幸的是，专家表示这种疾病很容易诊断和治疗。

“有一种甲状腺功能血液检测可以相当快地发现这种情况，”牛津大学的激素专家艾希利·格罗斯曼（Ashley Grossman）教授说。

血糖水平过高

专家表示，突然出现的疲劳往往是由糖尿病引起的。大多数患者患有type 2糖尿病，这是由缺乏运动或饮食不良引起的。但约十分之一的人患有type 1，这是一种自身免疫性疾病。在这两种类型中，身体产生的胰岛素不足以降低血糖，久而久之可能导致失明、器官受损和死亡。

在英国，type 2糖尿病影响超过400万人，由于肥胖，这一数字正在上升。“糖尿病是导致疲劳的最大原因之一，”埃吉特（Eggitt）医生说。“其他迹象包括需要一直排尿以及强烈的饮水欲望。”

关节疼痛

专家表示，疲劳可能是慢性关节疼痛疾病的早期迹象。炎症性关节炎（免疫系统错误地攻击健康的关节组织）影响英国约100万人。它与更常见的骨关节炎不同，后者是由磨损引起的，通常发生在老年时期。

炎症性关节炎包括轴性脊柱关节炎（损伤主要发生在脊柱）和银屑病关节炎（关节疼痛伴有红色皮肤皮疹）。至关重要的是，由于免疫系统过度活跃，这些疾病通常伴有疲劳感。

“沉默的杀手”

另一种可能引发疲劳的病症是肾脏疾病，尽管这种症状往往在疾病后期才会出现。慢性肾脏疾病发生在过滤血液中毒素的器官逐渐停止工作时。

这是一个事实。

一项 2021 年的研究发现，荷兰是世界上疲劳感最低的国家，而新加坡的疲劳程度最高。

在英国，约有 720 万 成年人受此影响，每年导致约 45,000 人死亡。至关重要的是，在早期阶段它没有任何症状。埃吉特博士（Dr Eggitt）表示：“我们中很大一部分人患有这种疾病而并不知情。”

“它的进展缓慢，因此对大多数人来说不会成为问题，但对另一些人来说，它可能危及生命。”

等到皮肤瘙痒和疲劳等症状开始出现时，器官通常已经开始衰竭，可能需要进行移植。患有高血压、糖尿病和肥胖症的人风险最高。

曾困扰雪儿的疲劳

或许最难诊断且最难治疗的疲劳原因是慢性疲劳综合征（CFS）。

这种罕见病在英国影响约 250,000 人，会导致持续六个月或更长时间的极端疲劳。专家认为，这通常是由压力、睡眠不足或感染触发的。

歌手雪儿（Cher），80, 岁，在 20 世纪 80 年代感染爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒后患上了 CFS，迫使她休息了两年。

目前还没有针对该病症的检测方法，因此诊断它的唯一方法是首先排除其他原因。

诺里奇医学院的 CFS 专家德米特里·普谢热茨基教授（Prof Dmitry Pshezhetskiy）表示：“大多数患者需要等待数年才能获得诊断。”

由于目前也没有治疗方法，专家会帮助患者管理症状。普谢热茨基教授说：“在所有病例中，关键在于确保患者不要过度劳累，因为这会使症状恶化。”

癌症

这是每个人最深层的恐惧：疲劳最终被诊断为癌症。专家表示，虽然癌症并不常见，但疲劳是该疾病一个极其普遍的症状。

埃吉特博士说：“当肿瘤在体内开始生长时，会消耗能量储备，这就是为什么患者经常报告感到一直很疲倦的原因。”

对于某些患者来说，疲劳可能是癌症唯一的早期迹象。但对于大多数人来说，还会有其他迹象，如肿块、不明原因的体重减轻、排便或排尿习惯改变、腹胀、持续咳嗽或异常出血。

一直感到疲劳的患者患癌的可能性较低，但检查该疾病仍然很重要，癌症每年在英国导致 167,000 人死亡。

健康 45

如果你想 得到回复 请在邮件中 写上全科医生的 姓名

作者：迈克·伦纳德 (Meike Leonard)

一项研究发现，在给医生的信息中写上医生姓名的患者，收到回复的可能性几乎是不写姓名患者的两倍。

来自美国哈佛大学的研究人员分析了 511,000 多人的 360 万 条患者信息。

他们发现，人们写信给医生的方式——无论是长度、正式程度、问候语、情感色彩还是标点符号——在决定是否能收到回复方面都起到了作用。

这一发现正值调查显示，近一半的英国人不知道自己全科医生的姓名。

一项 2018 年的分析发现，仅 41 per cent 的英国成年人表示他们在一年内成功预约到了医生。当他们无法就诊时，13 per cent 的人表示他们忽略了问题，导致 5% 的人最终进入医院。

希望就非紧急问题联系全科医生的患者

“写作风格可能是潜在的偏见来源”

现在收到医疗服务的建议，通过 NHS 应用程序填写表格。

根据 NHS 网站，该表格随后由诊所团队进行分诊，患者理应收到面对面预约、电话预约、回复其咨询的短信，或者前往药房或其他 NHS 服务的建议。

但哈佛研究人员的这项新研究表明，信息的撰写方式——而不仅仅是其内容——可能会影响获得回复的可能性。

来自 Mass General Brigham 电子健康记录系统的数据显示，以称呼医生姓名开头的信息回复率接近 40%，而没有此类问候语的信息回复率仅为 26%。

研究还发现，英语非第一语言的患者、受教育程度较低的患者以及非白人患者，其咨询获得回复的可能性较低。

首席研究员米切尔·唐（Dr Mitchell Tang）博士表示：“这些发现表明，信息写作风格是信息分诊中潜在的偏见来源，并可为减轻差异提供可能的解决方案。”

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41 岁的玛丽亚将她奇怪的体味归咎于身为忙碌母亲……而事实上，这是乳腺癌的第一个信号

作者：梅克·伦纳德 (Meike Leonard)

起初，玛丽亚·申克尔 (Maria Schenkel) 并没有太在意自己体味突然增加这件事。这位 41 岁的职场母亲有两个孩子，习惯了在各项事务之间奔波，最初她认为这只是因为在忙碌的一天中感到燥热出汗而已。

但几周后，她注意到这种气味加剧了——而且更奇怪的是，洗完澡后气味似乎几乎立即就回来了。

“我记得当时在想：‘为什么我闻起来这么糟糕？’因为我刚洗过澡，完全没有出汗，但闻起来依然那么难闻，”这位前业务发展人员说道。

“但因为我忙于工作和抚养孩子，我就这样继续生活了。”

这是一个让玛丽亚现在深感后悔的决定。在几个月后发现乳房有一个肿块后，她终于寻求医疗救治。医生发现了一个两英寸的癌瘤，并表示该肿瘤已经存在一段时间了。

现居住在南卡罗来纳州格林维尔 (Greenville) 的玛丽亚接受了乳房切除术，两年后已摆脱癌症。但她遗憾自己没有更早地留意到体味的变化。“我希望我当时就知道我现在所知道的事情，”她补充道。

这听起来可能很奇怪，但专家表示，持续且无法解释的体味变化可能预示着肿瘤的生长。

巴茨和伦敦 NHS 信托基金会 (Barts and the London NHS Trust) 的血液科顾问约翰·里切斯 (John Riches) 博士表示：“癌细胞会将化合物释放到血液中，随后身体通过血液、汗液和呼吸将其排出。这会导致体味发生变化。”

“比较罕见的是，人们能够自己闻到这种味道。”

研究表明，快速生长的癌细胞会释放被称为挥发性有机化合物 (VOCs) 的微小化学颗粒。这些颗粒随后通过皮肤以及呼吸、尿液和粪便排出。

目前正在进行相关研究，旨在通过测量身体释放的 VOCs 来寻找识别早期癌症的方法。

一些新兴研究已经表明，分析尿液和呼吸可以标记胃肠道癌、肝癌和前列腺癌的早期肿瘤。此外，几个重大项目正在研究一些最常见的乳腺肿瘤所释放的 VOCs。

MESSAGE：玛丽亚·申克尔表示，女性必须倾听身体的声音

里切斯博士说：“当你听到那些关于狗能感知主人患癌的惊人故事时，动物捕捉到的是 VOCs。目前尚不清楚嗅觉较弱的人类是否也能同样识别它们。”在玛丽亚的案例中，体味的变化很快伴随了一系列令人担忧的症状——而她起初将这些症状全部忽略了。

极度的疲劳让她在早晨醒来时感觉就像“被巴士碾过一样”。

她补充道：“我的腿感觉沉得惊人，尽管我睡了八九个小时，但仍然感到精疲力竭。我真心以为这就是年满 40 岁后的感觉。”

玛丽亚还发现自己越来越渴望甜食，并且经常感到腹胀，腿上出现了无法解释的瘀伤。直到她四岁的女儿不小心压到了她的乳房，导致该处疼痛，玛丽亚才注意到一块异常的“稍微硬一些”的组织。

“我以为那只是致密的乳腺组织，”她说。“我真的没认为会是癌症，但我觉得无论如何都应该去检查一下。”

经过超声波检查、乳腺 X 光检查和活检，她很快被诊断为浸润性导管癌——这是最常见的乳腺癌形式。

这个诊断结果让她感到极大的震惊。

“我不敢相信，”玛丽亚说。“我一直过着健康的生活。我锻炼，饮食以植物为主，不抽烟也不喝酒，而且我的家族中没有任何癌症病史。”

每年有近 60,000 名英国女性被诊断出患有乳腺癌——使其成为英国最常见的癌症。

大约 80% 的病例发生在 50. 岁以上的女性中。但 50 岁以下人群的病例数量——即所谓的早发性癌症——正在迅速增加。

目前，英国五分之一的乳腺癌病例为 50 岁以下女性，与 20 世纪 90 年代初相比增加了 20%。研究将早发性癌症的激增与一系列不同因素联系起来——从肥胖率的上升，到日益增加的超加工饮食，以及污染的变化。

但专家警告称，尽管人们对年轻女性乳腺癌发病率上升的意识有所提高，但许多人仍然忽视该疾病的关键早期症状。

研究结果显示，因此，40 岁以下女性死于该疾病的可能性比 40 岁以上女性高出近 40%。

该疾病的常见症状对于年长女性和年轻女性来说是一样的。这些症状可能包括乳房出现新的肿块或增厚、皮肤变化、大小或形状改变以及持续疼痛。

然而研究表明，年轻女性更容易

将这些症状归结为激素波动，或者干脆完全忽视它们，认为自己太年轻，不会得癌症。

玛丽亚说：“在这次经历中，我遇到了很多人，他们说自己忽视了症状，是因为忙于照顾其他人。”

“不要认为自己反应过度。如果有什么事情一直困扰你，或者感觉不正常，就去检查。倾听你的身体可能会带来截然不同的结果。”

长寿健康的秘诀源于家族遗传

一项新研究发现，如果父母中至少有一方活到了100岁，那么这些成年人比父母寿命较短的人更有可能长寿。

研究人员还发现，百岁老人的子女患心血管疾病和高血压的风险也显著降低。

这些发现进一步丰富了越来越多的证据，证明卓越的长寿和健康老龄化可能具有家族遗传性——遗传特质被证明比生活方式更为重要。

作者：Meike Leonard

“百岁老人——即活到100岁或以上的人——为我们提供了关于如何健康老龄化的关键洞察，”首席研究员、波士顿大学阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院医学与遗传学教授索菲亚·米尔曼（Dr Sofiya Milman）博士表示。

“我们想知道他们是否将良好的健康状况和长寿遗传给了子女；如果确实如此，这些优势是由健康习惯决定的，还是由更根本的因素（如遗传学）在起作用。”

这项研究由阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院和波士顿塔夫茨医学中心的研究人员共同完成，其结论基于三项长期全球研究。

研究人员将2,300多名父母为百岁老人的人员的健康数据，与2,700名父母在86岁之前去世的成年人的数据进行了对比。研究团队发现，即使在考虑了吸烟、饮酒、运动和饮食等生活方式因素后，百岁老人的子女依然拥有健康优势。

与父母寿命较短的人的子女相比，百岁老人的后代死亡风险降低了42%，患心血管疾病的风险降低了33%，患高血压的风险降低了32%。

“这些发现的整体一致性强化了这样一个观点：卓越的长寿具有家族遗传性，”研究员埃里克·里德（Dr Eric Reed）博士表示。

“这并不是说生活方式不重要。”

“但某些来自长寿家族的人似乎享有生物学优势，这使他们能够在影响我们所有人的环境和行为因素面前，依然保持健康。”

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我的瘦友如何用“减肥针”击败折磨她的偏头痛……

我的一位朋友经常被慢性偏头痛击垮。我指的不是那种吃 1 两片扑热息痛就能解决的偶尔头痛。偏头痛能让她瘫痪好几天，无法工作或正常生活。

和数百万偏头痛患者一样，她生命中的大部分时间都在寻求专业治疗——效果则参差不齐。

所以，当我们上个月见面时，她告诉我的一件事相当令人震惊。“我的神经内科医生让我开始使用 Mounjaro，”她说，“然后我的偏头痛就停止了。”

我简直不敢相信。我知道她受了多少苦——而且 Mounjaro 当然是那种帮助数百万人减轻体重的糖尿病和减肥针。

我的朋友根本不需要减肥。那么我想，为什么她的神经内科医生会给她开一种减肥药来治疗偏头痛呢？

答案非常迷人。有早期迹象表明，GLP-1 类药物（Mounjaro 所属的药物家族）可以减轻某些人的偏头痛，而这与体重减轻无关。作为一名患者，我想知道它是如何起作用的。因为正如我深有体会的那样，偏头痛不仅仅是严重的头痛。

它是一种神经系统疾病。典型的症状是剧烈的、通常是单侧的头痛，并伴有令人虚弱的恶心或呕吐，以及对光线和声音的极度敏感。一次发作可能持续长达三天。

大约三分之一的患者还会经历“先兆”——包括视觉变化、说话困难以及针刺感或麻木在内的神经系统紊乱。症状可能如此剧烈，以至于患者——有时甚至是医生——会担心他们中风了。

而且痛苦并不一定在疼痛消失时就结束，患者在随后的数小时甚至数天内会感到精疲力竭，并与“脑雾”作斗争。我很幸运能与一位专家共事，他在多年前教会了我一个简单但经典的偏头痛应对技巧——可溶性阿司匹林。

在发作的第一迹象出现时，我会服用高剂量溶解在含糖饮料中的药物。对我来说，这可以立即制止发作——但其他人就没那么幸运了。在美国神经病学学会（American Academy of Neurology）的年会上，专家们提交了证据表明 GLP-1 类药物可能有所帮助。他们分析了 20,000 名患者，发现使用 GLP-1 类药物的人比使用常规药物的人更不容易因为偏头痛而需要住院治疗。

即使在考虑了体重相关问题后，这种益处依然存在——因此，这不能用体重较重的患者减轻体重来解释。这并不能证明 Mounjaro 可以治疗偏头痛，但提出了这样一种可能性：GLP-1 类药物正在缓解某种影响该病症的因素。

这类药物似乎具有抗炎作用，而炎症信号传导与偏头痛有关。

但或许更耐人寻味的是肠道——任何患有严重偏头痛的人都知道，胃和大脑会一起失控。大脑和消化系统通过神经、激素和化学信号进行沟通——而 GLP-1 就是参与其中的激素之一。

Mounjaro 和其他此类药物通过操纵这些信号起作用，研究人员正在调查改变这种“肠-脑轴”联系是否也能中断触发偏头痛的过程。它们对血糖的影响可能也相关。

因此，为了治疗头痛而注射减肥针可能并不像听起来那么离谱。但 Mounjaro 在英国尚未获得治疗偏头痛的许可，大多数神经内科医生在没有更强有力的证据之前不太可能开具此药。

那么你能做什么？我总是敦促患者首先审视自己的诱发因素。即使避开这些因素不能完全消除偏头痛，也可能会降低其发作频率或严重程度。但在担心具体食物之前，值得先做好基础工作。

通过改变生活方式帮助克服高血压

高血压是导致心脏病发作的主要原因，且每三个成年人中就有一人受其影响。

越来越多的证据表明，某些降压药（包括最常用的氨氯地平）可能会给患有 2 型糖尿病的人带来肾脏问题。

这听起来令人担忧，但至关重要的是，患者绝不能擅自停止服药。如果您感到担心，请咨询您的全科医生（GP），他们可以建议另一种药物是否更为合适。

然而，我认为我们对另一种几乎没有任何副作用的方法讨论得还不够：改变生活方式。

多年来，我看到许多患者通过减轻体重、减少饮酒、改善饮食和增加运动，将血压降低到了健康水平。

强光或闪烁的光线以及屏幕使用可能会成为问题，而一些女性可能会注意到某种激素模式。雌激素的自然波动——尤其是在月经期间——是一个众所周知的诱因，而激素类药物在某些人身上能改善偏头痛，但在另一些人身上则会使其恶化。

睡眠不足、压力、脱水和跳餐都会让人更容易发病。诱因包括酒精和咖啡因。有些人发现含有酪胺的食物（如陈年奶酪和腌制肉类）会引发发作。

那么，您是否在改变饮食或生活方式后，避免了使用降压药或停用了药物？请写信告诉我。

您的疑问解答

我今年 80 岁，患有甲状腺功能减退已四十年。我一直在服药，但仍然感到极度疲劳并伴有胃酸反流。我该怎么办？

这些症状可能并非由甲状腺问题引起。

甲状腺是位于颈前的一个小腺体，负责产生甲状腺素。这种激素控制着身体各项过程的运行速度，从肠道和心脏到皮肤和头发的生长。

当甲状腺功能减退时，产生的甲状腺素过少，这些过程就会减慢。

典型症状包括疲劳、便秘、体重增加、头发变薄和情绪低落，尽管其影响范围可能非常广泛。

但许多其他健康问题也会导致类似的症状，因此不要简单地假设是甲状腺在作祟。对于服用左甲状腺素（标准治疗药物）但仍感到极度疲劳或虚弱的人

“疲劳可能是严重疾病的迹象”

通常需要进行血液检查，以确认甲状腺功能是否得到了妥善控制。如果结果异常，可能需要调整剂量。

如果甲状腺检查结果正常，则必须考虑其他原因。疲劳和虚弱可能由常见问题引起，如贫血、缺铁或缺乏维生素 B12，以及药物副作用和涉及心脏、肾脏或肝脏的问题。

胃酸反流可能是一个独立的问题。它可能由某些药物、食管裂孔疝或常见的胃部细菌——幽门螺杆菌感染等原因引起。

对于一名 80 岁的人来说，极度或持续的疲劳不应简单地归结为长期的甲状腺问题。

不明原因的疲劳偶尔可能是更严重疾病（包括癌症）的迹象，因此全面的全科医生评估和血液检查至关重要。

写信给 ELLIE 医生 您有疑问吗？请发送电子邮件至 DrEllie@mailonsunday.co.uk

48 健康

从 DIY 按摩到饮食调整，顶尖专家揭秘……如何结束淋巴水肿的痛苦……而无需求助于昂贵的手术或药物

作者：马蒂·斯特林 (Marti Stelling)

这本该是一个简单的手术——每年有成千上万的女性都会经历此类手术。但在一次去除令人困扰的静脉曲张的手术后不久，杰奎琳·麦克瓦特 (Jacqueline McWatt) 的双腿变得僵硬、肿胀，并伴有剧烈的疼痛。

最终，她几乎无法行走。她在两年内生了两个孩子，当她反复抱怨双腿沉重得令人痛苦时，医生告诉她这是怀孕带来的压力，很快就会好转。

“那是一段相当孤独的时光，我感到孤立且抑郁，”现年 53 岁、来自苏格兰中部邦尼布里奇 (Bonnybridge) 的兼职美发师杰奎琳说道。

“我当时在努力照顾一个新生儿、一个一岁大的孩子以及另外两个孩子，而且疼痛如此剧烈，以至于我几乎无法弯曲双腿，甚至无法在家里做一些简单的家务。”

“而与此同时，医生们一直说我没什么问题，但我感觉我的腿变得越来越粗，与身体其他部分的比例完全失调。”

直到很久以后，她才最终被诊断出患有淋巴水肿。

虽然这种病无法根治，但通过结合非手术治疗（包括一种特定的按摩方式），杰奎琳成功减轻了症状，并提高了行动能力。

淋巴水肿可能是手术导致的结果，但在某些情况下，症状在 20 年后才会出现。

她的经历最终传递了一个希望的信息：只要采取正确的治疗、改变生活方式并持之以恒，淋巴水肿通常可以得到成功控制——即使在经历了数年使人衰弱的症状之后。

那么，是什么导致了这种病症？预警信号有哪些？患者可以通过什么方法来抑制它？我们采访了专家以寻找答案。

为什么会发生淋巴水肿？

淋巴水肿及其带来的困扰长期以来被忽视且缺乏足够认知，但现在正逐渐获得更多的关注。

这在一定程度上要归功于一些知名患者的公开发声，包括 62 岁的美国电视主持人温迪·威廉姆斯（Wendy Williams）和 78 岁的奥斯卡获奖演员凯西·贝茨（Kathy Bates），她们公开讲述了与该病斗争的经历。

42 岁的英国数学家兼电视主持人汉娜·弗莱（Hannah Fry）也谈到过自己在治疗宫颈癌后患上了淋巴水肿。她在 2020 年被诊断出患病后接受了根治性子宫切除术，随后腿部出现了该症状——这是她治疗后留下的长期后遗症，她在 BBC 纪录片《Making Sense Of Cancer》中探讨了这一问题。

那么，什么是淋巴水肿？为什么它会导致如此严重的肿胀？

答案在于淋巴系统，这是一个由微小血管组成的网络，起着身体排水系统的作用，负责收集组织中的多余液体并将其输送回血液循环。

与循环系统不同，它没有心脏可以充当泵。相反，它主要依靠日常活动和肌肉收缩来推动液体的流动。

如果这些血管受损或堵塞，该排水系统

液体开始在组织中积聚，导致被称为淋巴水肿的持续性肿胀——最常见于手臂或腿部。

这种情况可能由多种原因引起，包括癌症治疗、其他类型的手术、感染、受伤以及肥胖。

其淋巴系统存在异常，从而导致该病发作。

就杰奎琳（Jacqueline）的情况而言，她治疗静脉曲张（皮肤下静脉肿胀且扭曲）的手术被认为触发了淋巴水肿，因为手术损伤了靠近治疗静脉的一些脆弱淋巴管。

NHS 的估计数据表明，英国约有 200,000 人患有淋巴水肿，但专业机构认为真实数字可能超过 400,000，因为许多病例未被诊断出来。

专家表示，受人口老龄化和肥胖率上升的部分影响，患者人数正在增加。

癌症生存率的提高是另一个主要因素。切除淋巴结的手术（尤其是针对乳腺癌和妇科癌症的手术）可能会损伤淋巴系统并触发淋巴水肿，放射治疗同样如此。

Misery 女星贝茨女士在 2012 年因乳腺癌接受双侧乳房切除术并切除淋巴结后，双臂均出现了该症状。

容易被忽视的早期迹象

目前淋巴水肿尚无法治愈。因此，治疗重点在于减轻肿胀并防止病情进一步恶化。

STRUGGLE: Presenter Hannah Fry had surgery to treat her lymphoedema

这种病症如何治疗？

“有时症状较轻时，它们会被当作小问题而忽视。”

主要治疗方法被称为消肿淋巴治疗（DLT）——这是一套旨在减轻肿胀并防止液体再次积聚的综合措施。

其中最重要的一项是压力治疗。通过量身定制的压力袖套、压力袜或绷带挤压患处，帮助组织中积聚的液体排出，并防止更多液体聚集。

研究表明，压力治疗非常有效，但前提是患者必须坚持使用。这可能很困难，因为这些服装非常紧，在炎热天气中很不舒服，且穿脱起来较为困难。

此外，这些服装每天可能需要穿着 15 到 20 小时。虽然国民医疗服务体系（NHS）提供基础的压力服装，但额外的备用件或不同设计的款式每件价格在 £30 到 £200 以上不等。

她说，问题在于许多女性在淋巴水肿已经进入晚期时才寻求专业医疗服务，而在此之前，她们往往已经忍受症状多年。

杰奎琳最初每周进行一次手动淋巴引流按摩，这显著改善了她的症状。现在她每年接受一次治疗，并每天穿着压力袜。

“在第一次治疗后，我的腿再次能够弯曲，感觉好多了，”她说。

减轻体重和运动有帮助吗？

DLT 的另一个部分是手动

人们管理淋巴水肿最简单的两种方式是通过饮食和运动。

“但当症状恶化，皮肤和组织发生变化时，症状将更难管理，且更容易出现蜂窝组织炎等并发症。”

福特医生表示，Ozempic 和 Mounjaro 并非淋巴水肿的治疗药物，但这些注射药剂可能通过帮助严重肥胖的患者减轻体重来提供潜在帮助。

虽然专家曾担心运动会加重甚至诱发淋巴水肿，但近期的研究表明，步行、游泳、骑行和阻力训练等活动可以帮助淋巴功能，减轻肿胀并提高生活质——

与服用这些药物的淋巴水肿患者一起工作的巴雷特女士表示：“减轻的任何体重都将对淋巴水肿产生显著影响。”

然而，她强调淋巴水肿可能影响任何体型的人，且减轻体重并非对每位患者都合适或必要。

当需要更激进的治疗时

英国手动淋巴引流（MLD）淋巴水肿专科执业员卡罗尔-安·巴雷特（Carol-Ann Barrett）表示：“淋巴水肿无法治愈，但非常可控。”

在严重病例中，可以考虑手术。一种被称为淋巴静脉吻合术（LVA）的技术，涉及将微小的淋巴管与附近的静脉连接，从而有效地为积聚的液体创造一条新的排出路径。

这种精细的显微手术可提供给部分选定的国民医疗服务体系（NHS）患者，尽管其费用约为 1.5 万英镑，且仅在少数几个专科中心提供。

主持人弗莱女士在接受宫颈癌手术后患上淋巴水肿，随后选择自费进行该手术。她此后表示，手术显著减轻了该病症的影响。

在出现纤维化的病例中，可以使用抽脂术来去除此类组织，不过这在 NHS 中同样不普及。

此外，获得专科护理可能较为困难。专门的淋巴水肿中心相对较少，这意味着高需求可能导致评估和治疗的等待时间过长。

然而，已有令人期待的迹象表明，新疗法可能即将出现。

本月发表在《自然》（Nature）杂志上的一项研究发现，被称为环糊精的化合物可以减轻肿胀，甚至有助于修复受损的淋巴管。

“当病情进展时，组织受损会更加严重，从而导致治疗难度增加。这就是为什么早期干预以防止病情恶化至关重要。”

早期症状可能出人意料地细微，例如手臂或腿部有沉重感、紧绷感或充实感。

但如果没有适当的治疗和管理，淋巴水肿会逐渐恶化。

患者可能首先注意到戒指或手表感觉变紧，衣服或鞋子不再那么合身，或者轻轻按压肿胀的皮肤会留下暂时的凹痕。

起初，柔软的肿胀可能会随着组织的增厚和纤维化（一种难以治疗的硬化瘢痕样组织）而变得日益坚硬。

英国淋巴学会（British Lymphology Society）共同主席洛林·布朗（Lorraine Brown）表示：

这些发现引起了极大的兴奋，但目前研究仅在小鼠身上进行——这意味着在确定该方法是否对人类有效之前，可能还需要数年时间。

蜂窝织炎——一种可迅速扩散的细菌性皮肤感染，在严重情况下可导致败血症（一种潜在的致命疾病）——是最严重的并发症之一。

在晚期病例中，肿胀可能严重到导致皮肤破裂，淋巴液从中渗出——这种并发症被称为淋巴液渗漏（lymphorrhoea）。

淋巴系统的受损使得身体更难对抗受影响区域的感染，而每一次蜂窝织炎的发作都会造成进一步的损害并加重淋巴水肿。

巴雷特女士说：“一旦淋巴水肿进展，你可能会开始出现各种其他共病 [两种或两种以上共存的医疗状况]，如皮肤破裂，甚至出现淋巴液渗漏，即淋巴液直接从肢体中流出。”

淋巴引流是一种专业化的按摩形式，通过轻柔的动作鼓励淋巴液从肿胀区域排出。

但获取渠道并不统一。巴雷特女士表示，她接诊的许多女性从未被教授过哪怕是最基础的自我淋巴引流流程，且患者能通过 NHS 获得该服务是“非常幸运”的。

同时，规律运动也受到鼓励，因为肌肉运动有助于推动淋巴液在体内流动，而细心的皮肤清洁和保湿则能降低蜂窝织炎等感染的风险。

“正是这种组合真正有助于日常控制淋巴水肿，”巴雷特女士说。这可能-

生活质量。

肥胖也与淋巴水肿密切相关，尽管科学家们仍在研究其具体原因。一种理论认为，与体重过量相关的慢性炎症可能会损害淋巴系统。

美国淋巴水肿专家兼外科医生安东尼奥·J·福特（Antonio J. Forte）博士表示，减轻体重可能会有所帮助。“如果你患有肥胖症并恢复到健康体重，你的炎症标志物会降低。这有可能对淋巴水肿有所帮助，”他说道。

此外，一些证据表明，富含水果、蔬菜和纤维的抗炎饮食可能有助于缓解症状。

而且，虽然像 GLP-1 类的药物例如

对于与淋巴水肿共存了 20 年的杰奎琳（Jacqueline）来说，学习如何管理这种病症不仅提高了她的行动能力，还增强了她的自信心以及她对自身身体的感受。

“管理淋巴水肿甚至改变了我的穿着方式。我以前总是试图遮掩身体，但现在我会穿连衣裙和凉鞋，”她说道。

“这可能会让人感到非常虚弱，而且绝对会影响你的自信心，但我认为公众的意识越强，情况就越好。

“在我近 20 年前开始这段旅程时，外界并没有太多相关信息。

“随着时间的推移，人们的理解变得好多了，全科医生（GP）也越来越多地能识别出淋巴水肿。虽然没有 1 种快速见效的解决方法，但通过多种手段的结合，我能够改善我的症状。”

50 健康

过量饮用电解质饮料“可能引发高血压和肾脏问题”

并非必要：每天饮用电解质饮料毫无意义

作者：Andy Beaven

专家警告称，时下流行的电解质饮料可能会使消费者面临高血压和肾脏受损的风险。

这些所谓的健康饮料在近年来人气爆棚，数百万人将其纳入日常习惯，认为这样能让自己保持更好的水分状态。

但肾脏和心脏专家表示，许多此类饮料含有大量的钠（盐的主要成分），这会升高血压，并随着时间的推移损害肾脏。

这种担忧尤为严重，因为数百万英国人已经在患有高血压或肾脏疾病而并不知情——这意味着他们可能会在无意中使现有问题恶化。

通常，500毫升电解质饮料含有约320毫克钠，是标准袋装现成盐味薯片的两倍多。这相当于约 0.8g 盐。英国人平均每天已摄入约 8.4g 盐，远高于6克的建议最高值——这意味着每天饮用电解质饮料可能会使摄入量进一步增加。

基尔大学肾脏病荣休教授兼英国肾脏研究基金会（Kidney Research UK）受托人西蒙·戴维斯（Simon Davies）表示：“就像人们不应该在饮食中摄入过多盐分一样，我对饮用电解质饮料持谨慎态度。”

“危险之处在于，每天通过饮料摄入大量额外的钠会升高血压，进而损害肾脏。受损的肾脏在清除多余盐分方面的效率降低，导致血压进一步升高，肾脏受损程度进一步加深——如此循环，陷入恶性循环。”

“更糟糕的是，人们可能直到问题已经相当严重时，才意识到损害已经造成。”

电解质饮料最初的配方是为了补充运动员在长时间、剧烈运动中，或呕吐、腹泻患者丢失的盐分和液体。

但它们正变成一种日常健康产品，被宣传为改善水分补充以及维持镁、钾等矿物质最佳水平的一种方式。现在，几乎每家超市、便利店、加油站和药店都有售，形式包括预混饮料、可溶性药片或粉末小包。

Waitrose 报告称，过去一年其网站上“电解质”的搜索量增长了 171%，而 Tesco 在同一时期的此类产品范围几乎扩大了四倍。

戴维斯教授说：“营销手段暗示我们需要这些饮料来补充水分。但我们在地球上生存了很长时间，并没有这些东西。对于大多数人来说，它们根本不是必要的。”

这种热潮确实有一定的科学依据。

电解质是溶解在血液和其他体液中带有微小电荷的矿物质，对于肌肉、心脏和大脑细胞的正常运作至关重要。它们还能帮助身体吸收和保留水分。然而，英国肾脏研究基金会表示，英国约有 700 万人患有某种程度的慢性肾脏病，其中 500 万人尚未确诊。

对于这些人来说，摄入额外的钠可能特别有问题，因为受损的肾脏清除体内多余盐分和液体的能力较弱，从而可能推高血压。

高血压本身随后会进一步损害肾脏中脆弱的血管，形成戴维斯教授所描述的恶性循环。

而且这个问题可能会隐藏多年。

高血压被称为“沉默的杀手”，因为它在损害重要器官时通常不产生症状，英国约有 1400 万 人受此影响。

英国心脏基金会（British Heart Foundation）的营养主管特雷西·帕克（Tracy Parker）表示：“某些电解质产品中高含量的钠会升高血压，而高血压是导致心脏病发作、中风和心力衰竭的主要风险因素。

‘在英国，我们摄入的大部分盐分已经隐藏在日常食物中，因此通过补充剂增加盐分可能会弊大于利。’”

在某些情况下，电解质饮料是有用的。

戴维斯教授解释道：“像跑马拉松或在健身房进行高强度训练等剧烈体育运动，意味着会通过汗液流失大量盐分。这可能导致抽筋，或因血压下降而感到头晕或昏厥。

‘如果有人严重生病或患有严重的腹泻，也会流失大量盐分。在这种情况下，饮用电解质饮料是有意义的。’”

目前有数百个品牌的电解质产品，其目的都相同——补充在极端运动期间流失的营养素。

几乎所有的电解质产品都含有钠和钾。有些产品含有用于增强能量的糖分，以及 B 族维生素和维生素 C。但人体一次只能吸收有限的营养素，过量的维生素最终可能会随尿液排出。

《男性健康》（Men's Health）杂志在其体育营养奖中列入了这些电解质产品：Science In Sport 水合片（含有钙、镁和 B 族维生素）；Healthspan 精英电解质片（添加了钙、镁且不含糖）；以及 Liquid I.V. 电解质粉包（添加了 B 族维生素和维生素 C）。

对于大多数过正常生活的人来说，纯净水就足以维持身体水分。

您应该选择哪一种？

戴维斯教授表示，与其依赖饮料和补充剂来获取钾、钙和镁，更好的方法是通过富含水果、蔬菜、豆类、坚果和种子的多样化饮食来获取这些矿物质。

他表示：“完全没有理由每天饮用电解质饮料。”

“很多人把它们当成增强健康的补品大口饮用——但没有证据表明它们对健康有任何益处。最多可以说，对于大多数人来说，只要他们的肾功能足够好，能够处理这些成分，饮用这些饮料不会造成伤害。”

不吃 早餐 死亡 风险 增加 30%

作者：Meike Leonard

新研究表明，不吃早餐的人死于任何原因的风险比在早上 7 点到 8 点之间吃早餐的人高出近 30%。

然而，调查显示，大约四分之一的英国人承认经常不吃这顿饭。

间歇性禁食是詹妮弗·安妮斯顿（Jennifer Aniston）和里斯·威瑟斯彭（Reese Witherspoon）等明星以及前首相里希·苏纳克（Rishi Sunak）所推崇的饮食法，它将进食限制在特定的时间范围内。

许多追随者会等到午餐时间或更晚才吃第一餐，其理念是禁食 16 小时或更长时间可以让身体在消化方面得到休息，降低胰岛素水平，并触发身体开始燃烧脂肪。

研究表明，间歇性禁食有助于减轻体重——部分原因是它通常会导致摄入的热量减少。

但发表在《欧洲临床营养学杂志》（European Journal of Clinical Nutrition）上的新研究表明，这种习惯可能会对健康产生严重影响。中国武汉

“这种习惯对健康有严重影响”

大学的研究人员检查了参加国家健康和营养检查调查的 31,000 名 40 岁或以上美国居民的医疗记录。

随后，他们记录了参与者在 1999 年至 2018 年期间死于所有原因的情况。

研究发现，与 8 点前吃早餐的人相比，经常不吃早餐（直到中午 12 点才进食）的人死于任何原因的风险高出 29%。

他们死于心脏病的风险跃升至 43%。

在早上 8 点到 9 点之间进食，死于任何原因的风险增加 10%，而等到上午 10 点到中午进食，该风险则上升至 19%。中风相关死亡率激增 59%。

对于 50 岁或以上的人群，等到中午才进食会使预期寿命缩短 2.5 年。

首席研究员胡文（Wen Hu）博士表示：“这些发现表明，进餐时间可能是一个与死亡风险和预期寿命相关的可调节行为因素。”

研究表明，不吃早餐可能会产生长期健康影响，包括提高压力激素、降低能量以及增加心脏病、肥胖和代谢问题的风险。

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从挖掘金银的国际矿业公司，到一家非洲银行以及一只激进的日本基金……

我们的股票 拥有“点金之手”的 投资大师

伦敦证券交易所是全球最具国际化的股票市场，其上市企业的总部和业务遍布 100 多个国家。这是一个巨大的优势，让英国投资者无需离开舒适的英国市场，即可从海外机遇中获益。

然而，面对数百个选项，很难挑选出最佳投资项目，尤其是在那些规模较小、知名度较低的公司之中。

Midas 挑选了六家有望带来顶尖回报的公司，其中包括三家已经证明了自身实力的公司：Airtel Africa，在我推荐该股以来已上涨近六倍；总部位于澳大利亚的 Empire Metals，涨幅超过 300%；以及总部位于格陵兰的 Amaroq，四年内股价翻了一倍多。

AIRTEL AFRICA

在英国，手机和银行账户几乎是标配。16 至 64 岁人群中，拥有智能手机的比例超过 90%，绝大多数老年人以及过多的儿童也同样拥有。至于银行服务，现在仅有不到 5% 的成年人完全依赖现金。

而在非洲，这些数字完全不同。只有三分之一的人口拥有银行账户，拥有智能手机的人数则更少。

对于 Africa 而言，这是一个重大机遇。该公司在非洲 14 个国家（从尼日利亚到马达加斯加）开展业务，提供从基础到高度复杂的手机及移动货币服务。

许多客户最初使用的是简单手机。但随着时间的推移，智能手机的诱惑变得难以抗拒。 的智能手机部门每年增长约 20%，且应将继续保持两位数的增长率。

此外还有 Money，这是一项在非洲独树一帜的服务，允许用户即使在基础手机上也能创建虚拟钱包，从而在不依赖现金的情况下转账和支付商品。

仅去年一年， Money 处理的交易额就接近 £150 亿。由于非洲的银行分行极少，网上银行尚处于起步阶段，且越来越多的人在寻找比现金更安全、更高效的替代方案，因此其前景光明。

持有 Money 79% 的股份，并计划于今年晚些时候将该业务在伦敦证券交易所上市。该集团可能会保留全部持股，或者减持股份并将所得资金返还给股东。

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未来几个月将揭晓更多细节，但无论采取哪种方案，投资者都将从中受益。

Airtel Africa 本身于 2019 年上市，发行价为每股 80 便士。股价在新冠疫情期间下跌，Midas 在 2020 年以 57 便士的价格推荐该股。如今，其股价为 £3.32。

该公司还支付股息，且有充分的动力持续提高股息支付额，因为极其富有的 Bharti Mittal 家族持有近 80% 的股份。

投资非洲不适合胆小的人，但 Airtel Africa 证明了这可以带来多么丰厚的回报。而 Airtel Money 上市的前景应该会提供进一步的推动。

交易市场：主市场 股票代码：AAF 联系方式：airtel.africa

AMAROQ

特朗普总统于去年 1 月 20 日就职。但甚至在此之前，他就已经对格陵兰岛提出了主权要求。

对许多人来说，这是特朗普较为令人惊讶的追求之一。但对于知情人士而言，这显而易见。格陵兰岛拥有世界上最昂贵的一些矿产——而 Amaroq 是当地最活跃的矿业公司之一。

成立于仅九年前，在格陵兰岛各地拥有处于不同准备阶段的许可证。其中一个站点已经投产：Nalunaq，这是一个黄金项目，预计今年将生产高达 35,000 特洛伊盎司黄金，到 2027 年将增加到 45,000 特洛伊盎司以上。

大多数金矿每吨矿石产金量不足 5 克。而这颗“秘宝”每吨产金量接近 20 克，且在未来几年有望表现更佳。

充满活力的首席执行官 Eldur Olafsson 还希望尽快启动附近的 Nanoq 项目，这是一个巨大的矿床，可将 的黄金产量提高至少 20%。

Nalunaq 和 Nanoq 都位于格陵兰岛南部，但 在该国西部还拥有另一项重大资产：Black Angel。

该矿山在 1973 年至 1990 年间投产，此后一直处于休眠状态，但 Olafsson 正在使其恢复活力。该站点已因锌、铅和银而闻名，但 还在该地区发现了两种战略矿产：锗和镓。

锗是国防、电信、航空航天和卫星的关键矿产，而镓是计算机芯片和太阳能电池板的核心组件。

上个月从伦敦证券交易所的初级市场 AIM 转移到了主市场，并于近期公布了极佳的中期业绩，经纪人预测今年的利润将达到 £3100 万，到 2027 年将增加一倍多。

自从 Midas 在 2022 年推荐以来， 的股价已从 44 便士飙升至 £1.04。预计还将有更多涨幅。

交易市场：主市场 股票代码：AMRQ 联系方式：amaroqminerals.com

PROSPEX ENERGY

直到2022年初俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之前，能源安全很少在少数精英圈子之外被讨论。从那时起，本土能源已成为一个至关重要的问题，而在美国与伊朗那场不幸的战争之后，情况则更为紧迫。

Prospex Energy 正处于从这一新现实中获益的有利位置。该集团在 AIM 市场交易，在意大利、西班牙和波兰拥有油气项目——部分已投入生产，部分处于早期阶段，但全部具有显著的增长潜力。

该公司最初是以投资公司的形式成立的，旨在购买资产、对其进行改良、向股东返还资金，并循环往复。

之前的管理层更注重购买而非销售，投资者对此表示失望，导致股价在十年间从 74p 暴跌至 3.7p。

现在，在首席执行官汤姆·雷诺兹（Tom Reynolds）的领导下，变革正在进行。他是一位务实的苏格兰人，在为投资者创造回报方面有着良好的记录。

他系统地分析了业务，旨在为开发提供资金并提升股价，而无需要求股东出资。

意大利拥有 最赚钱的资产，即波河谷的一个天然气项目。目前有一口井在运行，但计划再增加 4 口，随着时间的推移将产生显著收益。 拥有该场地近 40% 的股份，但可能会引入外部合作伙伴，以分担未来的资金需求。

西班牙拥有两个场地，一个位于南部的塞维利亚附近，另一个位于北部的里奥哈中心地带。前者由 全资拥有，已投入生产，并希望在获得许可后进行扩建。

里奥哈资产在明年也可能带来巨大的提升，但 仅持有其 7.5% 的股份，且可能会进一步降低持股比例。

波兰是该集团的新增版图，今年获得了两项许可，其中包括一个

编辑：Jeff Prestridge money@mailonsunday.co.uk

在苏联时期发现石油的区域，该区域可能在未来几年内投入生产。

目前， 在股票市场的估值仅略高于 £1600 万。然而，如果雷诺兹的计划得以实现，其资产价值可能超过 £2 亿。

这是一个巨大的“如果”，但毫无疑问，能源资产目前需求旺盛，而 拥有一些优质资产。在 3.7p 的价格上，对于敢于冒险的投资者来说，该股票值得买入。

交易市场：AIM 联系方式：.energy

股票代码：PXEN

EMPIRE METALS

二氧化钛是世界上应用最广泛的化合物之一——它是油漆、包装和造纸，以及化妆品和防晒霜的核心成分。

纯钛较为稀有，但在航空航天和国防领域发挥着关键作用。正因如此，该金属已被美国、英国和欧盟指定为关键矿产。甚至我们的身体也能很好地适应钛，因此它被用于髋关节和膝关节置换、牙科植入物以及固定关节的螺钉。

全球钛市场每年的价值约为 150 亿英镑 billion，预计在未来五年将增长约 20 per cent。但优质钛和二氧化钛供应短缺，且中国控制着大部分市场。Empire Metals 可能会改变这一局面。

这家在 AIM 交易的公司在西澳大利亚州运营，刚刚宣布发现了全球最大的资源——80 亿加元 吨矿石，其中包含近 3.5 亿 吨高等级二氧化钛。

世界上大多数的钛及其相关化合物来自低等级矿石，需要经过广泛、昂贵且具有污染性的加工。Empire 的原材料属于顶级类别，这意味着加工成本将降低，生产将更清洁，且最终产品将达到顶尖水平。

Empire 拥有一个巨大的 400 平方英里场地，目前工作处于早期阶段。但自 2024 年 1 月以来，其股价已从 9.5p 飙升至 42p，且应会继续走高。

最近的中期业绩确认该集团在各方面都在取得进展，预计未来几个月将有更多消息。该集团还计划在保留伦敦总部的同时在澳大利亚上市，此举应能吸引新投资者。

现有股东可能希望获利了结，但经纪人认为该股票价值接近 80p，这意味着对于新股东和现有股东而言具有长期价值。

交易市场：AIM 联系方式：empiremetals.com

股票代码：EEE

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NIPPON ACTIVE VALUE FUND

日本股市约有 4,000 家上市公司，几乎是的两倍。

其中许多公司的管理极其糟糕，且不适应独立生存，以至于日本监管机构认为其中一半将被收购或完全消失。但变革的速度十分缓慢，因此这些公司陷入停滞，由年过八旬的人员管理，这些人更关注自身的财务舒适度，而非为股东创造价值。

日本积极价值基金 (NAVF) 的成立旨在发现这些表现不佳的公司，对其进行整顿并为投资者创造回报。该基金投资于日经交易所上市的中小型公司，投资组合中包含 29 家公司，从巧克力制造商江崎格力高 (Ezaki Glico) 到清洁材料公司 Stellar Chemifa（其客户涵盖从核电站到芯片制造商的各类企业）。

富士媒体 (Fuji Media) 是 NAVF 运作的一个典型案例。该电视集团在被选中时由时年 80 多岁的稗田久志 (Hisashi Hieda) 领导。一场丑闻引发了董事会成员的辞职，股价随后上涨， 的投资回报翻了一倍多。

还受益于来自美国投资资金的助力，即同类投资基金 Dalton 和 Select。这三家基金采取集群狩猎模式，以便建立更大的持股比例并施加更多影响力。

其过往业绩令人期待。在 2020, 启动时， 的估值为 £1.03 亿。如今其价值已接近 £4.5 亿。今年日本的小型公司表现落后于大型同行，但主席保罗·福克斯·戴维斯 (Paul Ffolkes Davis) 及其团队并未气馁，并可能在未来几个月带来一些令人兴奋的进展。这将使基金投资者受益，使得 在 £2.28. 的价格下成为一个极具吸引力的买入选择。

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MP EVANS

棕榈油引发了强烈的情绪。生产者被指责导致红猩猩灭绝，将森林变为灌木地，并将利润置于当地生计之上。

然而，总部位于印度尼西亚的 MP Evans 采取了不同的策略，专注于可持续生产，并持有相关证书和独立审计报告以证明这一点。

树木被种植在精心选择的区域，野生动物走廊穿过每片种植园，且该集团与当地社区密切合作。

Midas 在 2011 首次推荐 MP Evans，当时股价为 £4.20. 如今股价为 £17.70. 这一增长反映了种植面积和效率的巨大提升，以及棕榈油价格的上涨。

棕榈油用途极其广泛，在 50 per cent 的包装食品中使用，从饼干、面包到 Nutella 和冰淇淋均有涉及。

化妆品也含有棕榈油，且该油越来越多地被用作生物燃料，包括在印度尼西亚。这推动了需求的增长，仅今年价格就上涨了 25 per cent 以上。

首席执行官马修·库尔森 (Matthew Coulson) 持乐观态度。预计今年利润将达到 1.34亿美元 (£9800 万)，他希望将这一数字进一步提高。

股息也在上涨，今年预计为 62.5p 便士，明年将升至 65p 便士。

MP Evans 在股市上的估值接近 10 亿英镑 billion，但企业内部弥漫着一种家族氛围。埃德温·哈兹利-查普林 (Edwin Hadsley-Chaplin) 于 1947, 加入并留任数十年，其子彼得 (Peter) 目前担任公司主席，而其家族仍持有约 10 per cent 的股份。这转化为谨慎的管理以及致力于实现跨代可持续增长的决心。

对于具有长期投资视野的投资者来说，MP Evans 是一个买入选择。

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工党如何能将我变成现代版的脾气古怪的老头维克多·梅尔德鲁

今年早些时候，当我决定不再从事全职工作时，我曾发誓要优雅地进入人生的下一个阶段。然而，半退休生活却成了一场挣扎——我在一个月前写过这个问题——因为我一直在努力寻找正确的“工作与生活”平衡。

这种挣扎仍在继续，证据就是我的伴侣现在决定叫我维克多·梅尔德鲁（Victor Meldrew），这个名字源自 20 世纪 90 年代 BBC 经典情景喜剧《坟墓边的一只脚》（One Foot In The Grave）中那个脾气古怪的角色。自从“半退休”以来，我抱怨的倾向提高了一个或六个档次。

她给我贴上维克多标签是正确的。

“一个‘更好’的系统在于向老年人征税”

例如，一周前，在 Cross Country Trains 取消了本应带我前往西布罗姆维奇阿尔比恩足球俱乐部主场（Hawthorns）观看我的球队对阵（并击败）伯恩利队的班次后，我气得发疯。当莱奥妮（Leonie）打电话询问火车旅程进展如何时，我反而正身在花园里，愤怒地给我的大丽花浇水。

我在电话里像一只焦虑的熊一样低吼，导致邻居们在惊恐中盯着我看。

“该死的 Cross Country Trains，他们简直无可救药，”我大喊道，“他们根本不在乎客户。被私募股权公司所有。”

莱奥妮悄悄地挂断了电话。我立即回电道歉。直到后来才查出，这次列车取消并非孤立事件，而是因为 Cross Country 位于伯明翰的控制中心发生了停电。

然而，这次维克多·梅尔德鲁式的崩溃，与两天后我阅读了左翼（且热爱工党）的公共政策研究所（Institute for Public Policy Research）发布的名为《征税时代》（Taxing Times）的最新研究报告后的反应相比，根本不算什么——考虑到我们正承受着 20 世纪 40 年代以来最高的税负，这个标题十分贴切。

这一次，我简直气得吐血。“我不敢相信，”我咆哮道。

这项研究旨在为不到两个月后的预算案塑造工党的思维，开篇不错，作者本·安塞尔（Ben Ansell）将国家的税收制度描述为不符合目的且充斥着“极大的复杂性”。

很少有读者会在这一点上不同意这位优秀的教授。

但继续读下去，就像我读了近 30 页那样，我的人格就完全切换到了维克多·梅尔德鲁模式。

为什么？因为安塞尔认为，通往“更好”税收制度的路径在于向老年人征税，直到他们不堪忍受。

在他的建议中，包括对那些已达到国家养老金领取年龄但出于各种原因（经济必要性、热爱工作，或者像我一样两者兼有）希望继续工作的人征收国民保险（NI）缴款。

目前，像我这样的老年人在国家养老金开始发放后，（理所当然地）被免除国民保险。

不仅如此。安塞尔表示，应该取消房屋购买的市政税（council tax）和印花税（stamp duty），并用一种与房屋价值成比例增长的财富税来取代。安塞尔还呼吁，将出售第二套房产和股票的资本利得税提高到与所得税一致的水平。

在解释其立场时，他表示，税收制度“日益将责任转移给年轻工人，同时保护了许多从数十年房产和资产财富增长中获益最多的人”。

当然，我们需要确保年轻人能找到有价值的工作，并随着时间的推移存够钱成为房主。但这不会通过向老年人征税来实现。

这将来自于政府推行能够刺激经济增长的政策。这意味着制造商能够获得更便宜的能源；商业街不再被沉重的商业

“增长将消除采取年龄歧视行为的必要性”

税率：以及工党是否有足够的胆识和谦逊，来扭转其在国民保险（NI）和监管方面对雇主的攻击。

如果工党这样做，英国公司（UK plc）将重新开始繁荣，就业率将上升，从而给政府提供更大的空间来为年轻人减税——特别是如果能伴随采取严肃措施来应对不断膨胀的福利开支。

同样重要的是，这将消除工党采取安塞尔教授所建议的那些年龄歧视措施的必要性。

郑重声明，教授，像我这样的“养老金领取者”已经缴纳了国民保险，理应获得由我们的缴费旨在资助的国家养老金。

在领取国家养老金后还要求我们缴纳更多国民保险，这绝对不行——“我简直不敢相信”。

我相信财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）在10月28日的预算案出台时也会有同样的感觉。

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潜伏14年之久，随后用巨额账单将你套牢的鲜为人知的遗产税陷阱

作者：Tanya Jefferies

一场在针对未动用养老金的新遗产税征收开始前，将现金和其他资产移交给年轻一代的竞赛正在进行中。

明年4月的这一变化正促使许多家庭进行大额赠与，以避免沉重的死亡税。

但您需要意识到，存在一些隐蔽且代价高昂的陷阱，可能会让您措手不及。

众所周知，您每年可以赠与最高 3,000 英镑 而无需缴纳遗产税（IHT），或者赠与无限额资金，只要您能生存至少七年，这些资金即可免税。

但设立信托也正成为一种日益流行地规避遗产税的方式，这可能会显著增加事情的复杂程度。

如果您创建了自由裁量信托（discretionary trust）来传递财富，且在赠与的类型和时机上处理不当，您将面临七年规则被延长至 14 年的风险。

以下是可能出现的问题，以及您如何确保受益人避免被意外的额外税单击中。

信托如何运作？

信托可用于多种目的，包括在资产足够多、足以产生效益的情况下节省遗产税（IHT）。

信托是一种法律安排，允许资产被管理并移交给一个或多个受益人。

“委托人”将资产（如土地、房产、股票和现金）放入信托中。“受托人”负责管理这些资产，而“受益人”最终接收这些资产。

但信托涉及多层成本和税收，因此寻求专业建议至关重要。

通常，作为委托人，如果你希望继续从放入信托的资产中获益，就不能指望还能避税。但你可以对资金的使用方式行使控制权。全权信托（discretionary trust）允许你对那些你认为太年轻、太脆弱或不可信而无法处理大额资金或资产的人保留裁量权——而且你本人也可以担任受托人。

在考虑信托或其他措施之前，请先计算你的遗产是否需要缴纳遗产税。

遗产税的征收标准是：超过每人 32.5 万英镑 的起征点（如果你将房产留给直系后裔，起征点为 50 万英镑）的部分，按 40% 征收。夫妻双方可以将这些起征点翻倍，因为配偶之间免缴遗产税。

……以及你可以采取的减轻税负措施

14年规则如何让你陷入困境

如果你既将礼物放入信托，又直接移交礼物，由于两种赠与方式的税务评估方法不同，七年规则可能会演变成 14 年规则。

根据七年规则，赠与在技术上被称为“潜在免税转移”（PET）。

向全权信托进行的赠与通常被视为“应税生前转移”（CLT），这意味着它在赠与时即被评估遗产税，而非在去世后。如果该金额在你的 32.5 万英镑 免税额（nil-rate band）之内，则无需预缴遗产税。但这并不会被抹除，在未来仍可能产生影响。

如果你随后直接向个人赠与且适用七年规则，那么之前向信托进行的赠与必须被纳入考虑。

由于这些属于 PET，如果你在七年内去世，这些赠与将被视为“失效”，从而产生遗产税。

但税务局不仅会追溯去世前的最后七年，还会追溯 PET 之前的七年，以查看之前的 CLT 是否已经耗尽了你的 32.5 万英镑 免税额。

这就是为什么在近 14 年前向信托进行的赠与，仍可能增加总的遗产税账单。

这可能会让你付出多少代价？

玛丽安娜·亨特（MARIANNA Hunt）是财富管理公司富达国际（Fidelity International）的个人财务专家。她提供了以下示例，以展示赠与行为如何可能出错并导致更高的遗产税（IHT）账单。

蒂姆（Tim）离异，最终去世时留下的遗产价值 £180 万。他将 32.5 万英镑 放入一个为孙辈设立的全权信托中，这使其成为一项“应税生前转移”（CLT）。

由于该转移在其免税额（32.5 万英镑）之内，他当时没有面临立即缴纳遗产税的情况。

不到七年后，蒂姆直接向女儿赠送了 32.5 万英镑 以帮助她购买更大的房子，这是一项“潜在免税转移”（PET）。他在向女儿赠送礼物两年后去世。因此，她的 PET 失效并成为应纳遗产税的项目，除非它落在蒂姆的免税额之内。

蒂姆在去世前九年将礼物放入信托，但由于 PET 之前的七年内发生的应税转移仍然计算在内，结果证明，该赠与已经耗尽了蒂姆全部的 32.5 万英镑 免税额。

因此，蒂姆 £180 万 的遗产将被征收 40 per cent 的税，遗产税账单为 72 万英镑。

然而，这还没有结束，因为蒂姆先将礼物放入信托，然后在向女儿进行第二次赠与后的三年内去世，后者同样被征收 40 per cent 的税。

这是一笔额外的 13 万英镑，使该家庭的总遗产税账单增加到 85 万英镑。

亨特表示：“值得强调的是，英国税务海关总署（HMRC）并非简单地对每项赠与强加一个新的 14-year survival period。直接赠与个人的普通规则仍然是七年。”

“实际上的 14-year period 是因为两个七年的追溯期可能会发生重叠。”

如何规避 14-year rule

你可以采取一些预防措施，以避免触犯 14-year rule。

亨特敦促人们清晰地记录赠与了什么、赠与对象、日期以及是否涉及信托。

其次，她建议你在进行赠与前，确保了解该赠与是 CLT 还是 PET。这是因为它们虽然可能实现类似的家庭目标，但产生的遗产税后果截然不同。

第三，她建议在重大 CLT 和随后的 PET 之间至少间隔七年零一天——将它们分开，这样税务局就不会追溯 14 years。

财富管理公司 Evelyn Partners 的财务规划咨询主管菲利普·刘易斯（Philip Lewis）强调了赠与顺序和时机的重要性。

他说：“在某些情况下，在创建信托之前进行 PET，或者确保赠与之间间隔超过七年，有可能避免 14-year rule 的影响。”

“然而，先将礼物放入信托可能有助于减少未来的信托费用，例如定期费用和退出费，因此两种方式各有优劣。”

刘易斯补充说，由于规则复杂且结果取决于个人情况，专业建议至关重要。

财富管理公司 Isio 的私人客户顾问理查德·帕德尔（Richard Paddle）表示：“当人们将信托与随后的直接赠与混在一起时，出于好意的遗产规划可能会产生反效果。”

“重要的是将大额信托赠与和大额直接赠与至少分开七年，详细记录所有生前赠与，并定期审查计划，因为规则和价值可能会发生变化。”

作者：霍莉·米德 (Holly Mead)

人们常说年龄不过是一个数字，但涉及到晚年财务规划时，这可能会让人颇为头疼——尤其是当你与伴侣的退休时间不同时。

根据英国国家统计局的普查数据，近三分之一的异性结婚夫妇年龄差距在五年或以上，而同居伴侣的这一比例略低于 34%。在 68% 的已婚夫妇中，男性是年龄较大的一方。

虽然在英国，结婚男女的平均年龄差距仅为两年，但 10 年或 20 年的较大差距并不罕见。这在名人世界中很容易看到：例如 81 岁的迈克尔·道格拉斯与 56 岁的凯瑟琳·泽塔-琼斯之间 25 年的年龄差距，或者 65 岁的乔治·克鲁尼与 48 岁的阿迈尔·克鲁尼之间 17 年的差距。

投资平台 AJ Bell 的个人财务主管莎拉·科尔斯 (Sarah Coles) 表示：“如果你的关系中存在年龄差距，除了在某些奇怪的时刻意识到你们其中一人从未听说过瓦莱丽·辛格顿 (Valerie Singleton) 或雷金纳德·博桑奎特 (Reginald Bosanquet) 之外，你可能不会经常想到这件事。但当涉及到规划退休生活时，它可能会引发一些棘手的问题。”那么，在财务上应如何规划并避免陷阱呢？

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亚历克斯·德拉尼（ALEX DELANEY）和她的丈夫在一起七年了。现年 42, 岁的她正期待在花五年时间抚养两个孩子（分别为四岁和一岁）后重返职场。但她的伴侣今年 50 岁，已经在考虑逐渐淡出工作了。

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巴克莱银行（BARCLAYS）

这对通过约会软件相识的夫妇在恋爱初期就讨论过他们的财务状况和生活愿景。亚历克斯很欣赏他在财务管理上的条理以及对目标的清晰认知。

“我在 34 岁时丧偶，知道自己想要一个家庭，所以在约会时，我对生活和金钱进行了相当坦诚的沟通，”亚历克斯说。

“我们从一开始就非常诚实，并一起做了很多规划。他一直很明确，他希望在未来有选择退出工作的权利，以便进行更多旅行；在某个时间点让自己过得轻松一点。”

这对夫妇在储蓄方面一直很勤奋，为自己开满了税收优惠的个人储蓄账户（Isas），为孩子们开满了青少年个人储蓄账户（Junior Isas），并努力为养老金储蓄。

但他们没有考虑到的是，孩子的到来会如何影响他们的未来计划。

“在有了第二个孩子之后，其中一些对话发生了变化，因为实际上我们距离完全自由至少还有 18 年，”亚历克斯说。“我所说的自由，不仅是指退休，还包括你的责任。”

在离开职场多年后，亚历克斯很高兴地创办了自己的公司——Lemons. Life，旨在帮助女性进行财务规划并处理困难的生活行政事务，例如撰写遗嘱。

她说：“我觉得自己正处于职业生涯中期，而我的丈夫则觉得他快到职业生涯末期了。”她说，“我至少要到 67, 岁才能领取国家养老金，所以如果我能在 65, 岁退休，我会认为这是一个胜利。”

注意退休年龄差距

如果国家养老金将构成您退休收入的主要部分，那么您可能别无选择，只能等到养老金开始发放后才能停止工作。这可能意味着年龄较大的伴侣在接下来的几年里只能无所事事。

科尔斯（Coles）表示：“在年龄差距较大时，一个人可能已经达到了国家养老金领取年龄，而另一方还处于 50 岁阶段。甚至可能出现这样一种情况：当伴侣还处于 40 岁且处于最高收入潜力期时，其中一人已经开始缩减工作量。”

请考虑在收入差异如此之大时，您将如何分摊生活成本。如果您的退休收入将显著低于之前的薪水，这一点尤为重要。

可能是年龄较大的伴侣在过去收入较高时承担了更多费用，而现在由年龄较小的伴侣来填补缺口。尽早进行沟通，否则这种调整可能会带来冲击，甚至可能引发不满。

需要考虑的不仅是金钱，还有时间。退休的配偶在伴侣工作期间会做什么？他们是愿意等到配偶退休后再去完成自己的愿望清单，还是会独自开始？

讨论你们的计划。许多新退休人员发现过渡期很困难，因此请确保已经拥有爱好和社交网络。

一些夫妇会决定共同退休。对于年龄较小的配偶来说，这意味着需要有足够的积蓄来弥补直到他们能够领取国家养老金（目前为 67 岁）之前的收入缺口。

财富管理公司 Netwealth 的咨询主管汤姆·金切（Tom Kimche）表示：“这个决定还可能取决于年轻一方的职业回报率和吸引力。如果他们收入丰厚，仍在晋升且热爱自己的工作，那么仅仅为了与年长伴侣共同退休而停止工作，可能会涉及巨大的财务和个人牺牲。”

同时考虑提前停止工作会对您的私人养老金储蓄产生什么影响。一个人从 25 岁到 55 岁（目前可以提取养老金储蓄的最早年龄）每月向养老金账户投入 £200，假设他们每年增加 2% 的缴费，且年平均投资增长率为 6%，那么他们可能积累起价值 25 万英镑 的基金。

但如果继续工作并持续缴费直到 60 岁，账户金额可能会增加到近 362,500 英镑，而等到 65 岁则意味着最终金额将接近 51.8 万英镑。

金切表示，夫妇们需要计算好账目。他说：“这不仅关乎账户规模，还关乎这笔钱需要维持多久。您的退休计划实际上是从年长伴侣退休开始，一直持续到年轻伴侣去世为止。”

那些进入提取阶段（即让养老金储蓄继续投资并从中提取收入）的人，应确保其投资策略能够应对这种情况。如果您依赖该账户来支持未来几十年的支出，请避免选择过于保守的投资。

明确优先级

凯莉·阿特金斯（Kelly Atkins），38, 和马克·杰克逊（Mark Jackson），50, 正在为明年的婚礼努力攒钱。但由于两人相差 12 年，在不久的将来还有一个重大里程碑：退休。

这对夫妇住在埃塞克斯郡的阿普明斯特（Upminster），两人都在一所大学工作，他们除了定期提前偿还抵押贷款外，还在努力为养老金储蓄。

凯莉说：“我们希望结清这个

由于三分之一的夫妇处于一方比另一方至少年长五岁的关系中……

如何避免由显著年龄差距引发的晚年财务问题

房贷在十年内结清，然后我们就可以考虑增加养老金的投入。幸运的是，我们的雇主很大方，会提供与我们投入等额的配比资金，所以我们的养老金账户增长很快。”

马克预计在 60 多岁时退休，虽然凯莉认为自己不会在同一时间停止工作，但她希望在达到国家法定退休年龄之前退休。

“这取决于工作，”她说，“到那时，我不希望从事一份需要每天在办公室打卡的高压工作。如果能有一份更灵活的工作，让我们能够一起旅行，那就太好了。”

两人办理了一份共同的人寿保险以覆盖房贷，并计划在两个孩子长大后的未来增加储蓄。“现在还很遥远，”凯莉说，“所以很难规划。目前的重点是能够一起旅行并创造生活体验。”

家庭事务

对于许多人来说，孩子将是考量因素的一部分。夫妇们通常会等到人生较晚阶段才开始组建家庭，新父母的平均年龄女性为 31 岁，男性为 34 岁。

2025 年，约有 1,126 名婴儿在出生时父亲年龄已超过 60 岁。这意味着许多人在进入退休生活时，孩子可能还在上学。

科尔斯表示：“如果这意味着你可以处理育儿问题并削减开支，那么这可能会有所帮助。但你需要仔细规划如何依靠养老金收入来负担抚养家庭的费用，尤其是如果你可能还需要支付大学学费并帮助他们购置房产。”

她表示，人寿保险值得考虑，以确保在去世时向生存配偶支付一笔一次性款项，这可以帮助偿还抵押贷款、支付育儿成本或覆盖家庭日常生活开支。

护理费用是许多人晚年生活中的担忧，且尤其难以规划，因为无法预测谁可能需要护理以及需要多久。根据 Age UK 的数据，住院护理费用每周约为 1,100 英镑，护理院则上升至 1,450 英镑。

对于夫妇而言，通常认为任何共同资产（如储蓄或银行账户）的一半属于接受护理的人，并将据此确定他们能获得多少（如果有的话）资助。目前，任何资产超过 23,250 英镑 的人都必须自行支付所有护理费用。

科尔斯说：“你不能直接把所有东西都给你的配偶，因为议会会将此视为为了逃避护理费而采取的刻意行为——即所谓的‘刻意剥夺资产’——并且无论如何都会向你收费。”

相反，夫妇必须提前考虑最节税的资产分配方式。在这种情况下，寻求专业建议是一个明智之举，以确保你不会违反规定。

现在也是考虑持久授权书（lasting power of attorney）的时候了，这是一份法律文件，如果你配偶失去了自行做出决定的能力，该文件赋予你代表其做出决定的权力。持久授权书分为两种类型：健康与福利，以及财务事务与财产。每份费用为 £92，建议两种都办理。

确保你有一份最新的遗嘱，并且你的养老金受益人信息是最新的——此人将在你去世后继承你的养老金账户。

财富管理公司 Evelyn Partners 的晚年生活顾问露西·斯宾塞（Lucie Spencer）表示，确定给付（defined benefit）或最终薪资养老金可能会继续向生存伴侣支付减少后的金额（通常为一半），但请核实相关规则。

她补充道：“许多此类计划设有截止条件，例如如果配偶年轻 10 岁以上，他们可能会拒绝允许其受益。”其他计划可能会在你再婚时撤销该福利。

斯宾塞说：“在年龄差距较大时，确保遗嘱是最新的、持久授权书已到位，以及养老金和人寿保险的受益人提名恰当，就变得更加重要，因为一方伴侣在另一方去世后生存较长时间的可能性更大。”

“生存的伴侣可能会依赖继承共同拥有的资产以及以伴侣名义持有的资产，来资助其晚年生活。”

核心建议

• 确保根据你们不断变化的赚钱能力来调整家庭开支的分担。
• 如果其中一人比另一人早得多退休，请讨论具体如何运作，以便双方都满意。

• 如果年龄差距较大，请考虑人寿保险。

• 办理持久授权书永远不会过早。

• 查看你的遗嘱，并在必要时对其进行更新。如果你还没有遗嘱，请预约当地律师或像 Co-op 这样的机构。

• 核实如果另一方在去世后留下养老金，你的处境如何。

58 财富与个人财务

首次购房者如何从工党对“以房养房”的残酷打击中获益

由于高税收和更严格监管的共同影响，大量房东正纷纷退出“以房养房”（buy-to-let）市场，这使得许多在多年被挤出市场后的首次购房者终于能够踏上住房阶梯。

由于大量原租赁房源涌入销售市场，导致公寓价格下跌，这正成为改变局面的关键。两年前还难以负担的一居室公寓，现在已在他们的承受范围之内。

房东们一直在处置房产，以避免应对工党推出的《租客权利法案》（Renters' Rights Act）。该立法为租客提供了保障，并针对收取租金和驱逐租客制定了更严格的规则。

自该法案于5月推出以来，房东如果向租客发出“1A条款”通知以将其驱逐并出售房产，将面临 12 个月的禁止重新出租禁令，即使他们未能找到买家也是如此。如果他们未能售出，可能会在整整一年内拥有一处空房，且没有收入来支付物业费和其他运营成本。

一些房东正采取降低价格的方式以求快速售出。

房产中介 Chestertons 的住宅部门负责人 Adam Jennings 表示：“寻求简单交易的房东现在通常对合理的出价更具接受度。首次购房者具有吸引力，因为他们没有‘交易链’（chain-free），能提供更高的确定性并加快交易速度。”

根据竞争对手 Savills 房产中介的数据，在截至3月的一年里，有超过25万套原“以房养房”住宅被挂牌出售，比前一年增加了 9%。

在伦敦、利兹和曼彻斯特等城市，公寓是最受首次购房者青睐的房型，而去年挂牌出售的租赁房源中，公寓占绝大多数。

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中介 Hamptons 表示，公寓在房东抛售面前依然处于不成比例的风险之中，因此其价格下跌幅度高于其他类型的住宅。

Helen Tinlin 和她的伴侣 Kieran 正是利用这一局面成功购买首套房产的人之一。

去年，在被告知很快将被伦敦东南部 Herne Hill 的租赁房产中赶走后，这对情侣开始寻找新的住所。

但他们没有寻找另一处租赁房产，而是开始寻找可以购买的房产。

29, 岁的 Helen 表示：“因为我们有一只叫 Chief 的狗（半哈士奇半金毛），我们需要一套带花园的公寓。但在该地区租赁一套一居室房产的费用超出了我们的承受能力。房东要求的月租金在 2,000 英镑 到 2,500 英镑 之间——简直疯了。”

从事市场营销工作的 Helen 改变了策略。她开始研究这对情侣是否可以改为买房。

她说：“我开始瞄准那些由房东出售的公寓。考虑到市场上房源过剩，我知道我们在谈判中将处于有利地位，更有可能在45 万英镑到46 万英镑的预算范围内找到合适的房子。而且，相信我，选择非常多。”

去年年底，这对夫妇在提交报价仅五周后，搬进了附近的一套一居室公寓。

“那套公寓的挂牌价是47.5 万英镑，但之前的买家在出价后退出了，”她说。“所以，我知道我们可以讨价还价，最终我们以46 万英镑的价格买下了它。”由于房东同时在出售该建筑内的另一套公寓，这意味着她能够买下永久产权（freehold）——这是一个巨大的优势。

萨里郡雷盖特（Reigate）Hamptons房产中介的乔纳森·希金森（Jonathan Higginson）报告称，他也观察到租客从房东手中购买房产的情况有所增加。

他说：“这对双方都有很大好处。这通常是一个快速且高效的过程，无需带看，也没有交易链（chain）。”

“我们刚刚在六周内完成了一套位于雷盖特的四卧室独立屋的销售。这

“房东对新繁文缛节感到恐慌”

租客是一个在当地定居的家庭，他们一直试图通过我们寻找可以购买的房产。我们联系了他们的房东，房东同意出售。”

Yellow Brick Mortgages 的董事总经理斯蒂芬·珀金斯（Stephen Perkins）表示，将房产卖给租客对于房东来说可能是一个“理想的”退出方式。他补充道：“没有房产中介费，他们在交易完成前可以继续收取租金，而且买家是对该房产非常了解且无需处理房屋链（chain-free）的人。”

一个需要注意的潜在问题是，如果与房东的谈判破裂，未来的关系可能会变得极其紧张。

如果房东同意以低于市场价的价格出售，那么租客可能会协商降低首付款。珀金斯表示，此类交易有时可以被结构化为“优惠购买”（concessionary purchase）。

他解释道：“例如，如果一套房产价值 20 万英镑，而房东同意以 19 万英镑 的价格将其卖给租客，一些贷款机构可能会允许将这 1 万英镑 的优惠额度有效地作为租客的首付款，而无需租客从储蓄中出资。”

对于长期租客佐伊·鲍尔（Zoe Power）来说，当她在萨福克郡海尔斯沃思（Halesworth, Suffolk）的高龄房东决定卖房时，无需搬家是购买这栋四居室房屋的最大好处。

“我们租了十年，很喜欢这个地区，而且租金非常划算——每月 £650，”40 岁的佐伊说道。她经营着一家名为 Katrina Kingdom 的灯罩公司，与 50 岁的伴侣艾伦（Alan）一起生活。

她补充道：“当房东听说《租客权利法案》（Renters' Rights Act）时，她对处理所有新的繁文缛节感到恐慌，于是决定卖房。”

佐伊惊讶地发现，类似房产的月租金已达 1,600 英镑。

房产中介对该房产的估值为 26 万英镑，但佐伊出价 22.5 万英镑，最终以 24 万英镑 的价格成交。

由于价格低于 25 万英镑，她免缴了印花税，并通过 Yellow Brick 获得了抵押贷款。

她将在接下来的几天内完成房屋过户，并补充道：“想到终于要成为房主，我有点害怕，但作为租客，我参与了所有的锅炉和电路检查，所以我很清楚自己买的是什么样的房子。我讨厌搬家，所以很高兴能留在这一栋我心爱的房子里。”

我在克拉里奇酒店吃过 10,000 次早餐……但我依然能抽出时间卖出全球首份 1亿美元 人寿保单！

约克·门伯里（YORK MEMBERY）写道，彼得·罗森加德（PETER Rosengard）最著名的身份是伦敦喜剧店（Comedy Store）的创始人，曾担任 80 年代热门流行组合“好奇心杀死了猫”（Curiosity Killed the Cat）的经纪人，并因卖出全球首份 1亿美元 人寿保险单而载入吉尼斯世界纪录。

这位 79 岁、行事张扬的老先生还在伦敦的克拉里奇酒店（Claridge's Hotel）吃过 10,000 次以上的早餐。

“考虑到我每天的饮食都是炒蛋和脆培根，我还能站在这里简直是个奇迹，”这位离异且育有一名成年女儿的父亲笑着说道。他刚刚写了一本关于“如何销售”的励志自助手册。

图片：THE TIMES / NEWS LICENSING

轮上的交易：彼得·罗森加德在克拉里奇酒店与他的红色 Vespa 踏板车。插图为他在喜剧店时的样子。

问：你的父母在金钱方面教会了你什么？

答：我出生于格拉斯哥的父亲杰克（Jack）是一位一流的家庭医生，每天在伦敦东艾克顿（East Acton）的诊所接诊数十名患者——可以说，我们当时就住在“店面上”。

但不幸的是，他也是一名强迫性赌徒，在赌场、投注站和旧的白城赛狗场挥霍掉了一小笔财富。

因此，在我成长的过程中，每隔几年我们家就会陷入一次财务危机——所以我从小就发誓绝不步他的后尘。

庆幸的是，父亲在 40 多岁后期克服了成瘾，并在 1964 年成为了匿名赌徒协会（英国）的创始成员。

你是否曾为生计而苦苦挣扎？

答：我从未想过自己也会变成一个强迫性赌徒——我觉得自己在赌场赌桌上只是稍微找点乐子——但我继承了父亲的赌博基因。

所以到 20 岁出头时，我在苏豪区（Soho）的赌场玩 21 点，每晚损失数百英镑，甚至有一辆劳斯莱斯被没收（那时我已经是一名成功的人寿保险销售员了）。

幸运的是，在匿名赌徒协会的帮助下，我在 20 多岁中期克服了成瘾。这真是太好了，因为大多数强迫性赌徒最终的结局要么是流落街头，要么是入狱，要么是跳河。

问：你是否曾拿到过一笔离谱的高薪？

答：在卖出全球首份 1亿美元 人寿保险单后，我拿到了一笔相当丰厚的佣金——这份保单是为美国唱片公司老板大卫·格芬（David Geffen）投保的，他旗下的乐队之一就是枪花乐队（Guns N' Roses）。1990 年，他在将格芬唱片（Geffen Records）以 5.5亿美元 的价格卖给 MCA 环球后，投保了这份保单。

“他们需要为格芬的生命投保一份巨额的人寿保险，”我当时在伦敦牛津圆环（Oxford Circus）附近的一个电话亭里，给环球公司总裁西德·谢恩伯格（Sid Sheinberg）打了一通陌生拜访电话。

凭借着胆量和坚持，我最终达成了交易，这对环球公司和我来说都是美好的一天。

问：你财务状况最好的一年是哪一年？

答：卖出那份 1亿美元 保单后的几年非常不错——但作为一名人寿保险销售员，我生命中的每一年都很不错。

只要你还能看到婴儿车里的孩子，人们就会购买人寿保险，以保护那些他们愿意为其舍命的人。

你为了乐趣买的最贵的东西是什么？

答：大概是那辆二手的红色 Vespa 踏板车，我每天早上骑它去克拉里奇酒店参加两三个早餐会议。

它只花了我大约 3,000 英镑，但我可以在七分钟内疾驰进入西区，掠过所有堵在交通拥堵中的宾利和梅赛德斯。

不过，我已经不再佩戴名贵手表了；如今在伦敦，戴一块 £50 的手表要安全得多。

问：你犯过最大的金钱错误是什么？

答：大概是在 1979 年于苏豪区（Soho）的一家脱衣舞俱乐部里创办了伦敦的 Comedy Store（喜剧店）。

它成为了许多大名鼎鼎的另类喜剧演员的起跳平台，包括里克·梅亚尔（Rik Mayall）、唐·弗伦奇（Dawn French）、詹妮弗·桑德斯（Jennifer Saunders）和亚历克谢·赛尔（Alexei Sayle），我当时付给后者的报酬是每晚 £5，让他担任该场地的首位司仪。我在 1978. 年参观了洛杉矶的一家喜剧俱乐部后得到了这个灵感。虽然管理这家俱乐部让我感到非常快乐（至少在早期是这样），但我从未从中赚到过真正的钱。

不过，我要给一个警告：永远、绝对不要与苏豪区的脱衣舞俱乐部老板合伙做生意。

你做过的最好的金钱决定是什么？

答：在 1984 年成为流行组合 Curiosity Killed the Cat 的经纪人。

我在伦敦国王路（King's Road）的一家披萨店偶然遇到了这几个小伙子，并听了他们的音乐 Demo。

我根据在吧台后面听到的一盘 Demo 磁带中的歌曲为乐队命名。随后，我与两位船东朋友一起，向该乐队投资了 10 万英镑 以帮助他们起步。

这个四人组随后推出了一系列热门单曲，如《Down to Earth》，而他们的首张专辑《Keep Your Distance》则登顶排行榜并获得了白金认证。

他们的主唱本·沃尔（Ben Vol-）登上了所有流行杂志的封面，不过我很庆幸他没有听从我让他扔掉那顶希腊渔夫帽的建议，因为那成了他的标志。

你会把钱传给后代还是全部花光？嘘！我要把所有财产留给我优秀的、受过剑桥教育的女儿莉莉（Lily），30, 岁，她现在是一位受人尊敬的全球多样性和人权活动家。

你有养老金吗？

答：有，一个 Sipp——自我投资个人养老金。我的父母都活到了 98 岁——所以如果一切顺利，我会在 101... 岁时突然去世……当时我可能还在销售人寿保险。

你拥有房产吗？

答：有，一套位于伦敦梅达谷（Maida Vale）的二层和三层公寓，俯瞰着伦敦最美丽的花园之一。

我曾经在伦敦的荷兰公园（Holland Park）拥有一栋五居室的房子，1990, 年花费了大约 90 万英镑，但遗憾的是，在我与妻子分手后，很多年前不得不将其卖掉。

现在它的价值可能超过 £1000 万。

如果你是财政大臣，你会怎么做？

答：我会采取更多措施，激励青少年和 20 多岁的人成为销售人员和企业家，并创建成功的初创企业——这是长期增长经济的最佳方式。

问：你的首要财务目标是什么？

答：拥有足够的钱，从而永远不必为此担心。

- 彼得·罗森加德（Peter Rosengard）的著作《他们只有在死后才叫我！》（They Only Call Me When They're Dead!，由 Coptic 出版）现已发行。

60 财富与个人理财

确保养老金永不枯竭的深度解析

在本系列新专栏中，我们的专家将回答您关于财富增长的迫切问题。

您在整个职业生涯中艰苦储蓄、精明投资，并在退休时拥有了一笔规模可观的养老金基金。现在真正的挑战来了：如何确保您的资金不会耗尽。

如今，除了公共部门之外，很少有人能在退休时获得豪华的“最终薪资养老金”（final salary pension），这种养老金能提供终身保证收入且每年递增。

对于那些养老金总额由投资业绩和缴费金额共同决定的人来说，过去通常通过购买年金（annuity）来获取退休收入，但低利率使得年金变得相当不受欢迎。

相反，现在大多数人在退休时选择将养老金继续留在投资账户中，要么从中提取定期收入，要么在需要时提取临时收入。这一过程通常被称为“灵活提取”（drawdown）。

这一策略需要一个谨慎的平衡行为：提取足够的资金以覆盖支出，但不能提取过多以免养老金总额缩减过快。这意味着要选择能够让基金持续增长的投资，同时不能承担过高风险，以免在股市出现剧烈回调时，导致资金价值大幅下跌。

对于希望动用养老金基金的人来说，一个常见的起点是“4%原则”，即每年提取养老金总额的4%。例如，如果您有一笔 25 万英镑 的资金，每年将提取 1 万英镑。在理想情况下，您的投资将产生足够的增长，在您进行下一次提取之前填补该基金。

尽管这一原则有其价值，但投资公司富达国际（Fidelity International）的副董事埃德·蒙克（Ed Monk）表示，它有些过于粗糙。事实上，他认为每年提取4%的养老金可能过于保守。

他表示：“从4%开始可能是合理的，然后根据市场的实际表现（好于或劣于预期）进行方向修正。”

在退休后的养老金基金中，将多资产投资组合作为核心组成部分可能是一种不错的方法，既能提供一定的投资增长，又能实现资本保护。

蒙克推荐纽约梅隆（BNY Mellon）多资产全球平衡基金。该基金持有微软、亚马逊和壳牌等大型跨国公司的股票，以及英国政府债券和现金。

该纽约梅隆基金在五年内的回报率为45%——并且在过去五个独立的年度周期中，它始终实现了正回报。另一个选择是富达多资产开放冒险基金（Fidelity Multi-Asset Open Adventurous），该基金投资于一组底层基金，每只基金有不同的投资重点。

其投资组合让投资者能够接触到广泛的地理区域和资产，包括全球股票、新兴市场、房地产和商品。在过去五年中，它产生了42%的回报。

平台公司的克雷格·里克曼（Craig Rickman）表示，另一种替代策略是

“随着市场的转向，你可以进行方向修正”

Interactive Investor 建议选择能产生收益的投资——每年提取其产生的收益，而保持养老基金的本金不动。

他推荐 Artemis Monthly Distribution Fund，该基金投资于全球股票与债券的组合，旨在在提供月度收益的同时实现增长。

该投资组合中约 60% 为股票，其余为政府债券。该基金在过去五年中产生了 69% 的回报，并提供相当于 3.6% 左右的年收益。

Monk 建议将投资信托 City of London 作为另一个选择。该信托已连续 60 年增加其收益，目前的年收益率为 3.9%。

投资公司协会（Association of Investment Companies）列出了以股息稳定增长而闻名的信托。请访问 https: / www.theaic.co.uk / income-finder / dividend-heroes

在决定退休后的养老基金策略之前，您需要计算出可能的年度支出。在计算金额时，请务必将国家养老金（目前每年支付约 12,600 英镑）以及 ISA 等其他投资考虑在内。

确保您清楚所有养老金储蓄的去向，并检查在此过程中是否遗失了任何账户。将所有资金整合到一处可以使管理更加便捷。

此外，请确保您拥有现金缓冲。对于退休人员来说，这尤其有用，因为如果市场下跌，他们可能希望避免动用投资资金。通常的原则是持有最多六个月的易于获取的现金。

最佳选择...家居与储蓄领先优惠

CASH ISAS（现金个人储蓄账户）

类型< / td><>提供商< / ><>最低投资额< / ><>利率 %< / >< / tr><>< rowspan="2">灵活取款< / ><>Sidekick< / ><>£1< / ><>4.61< / >< / ><><>Chip< / ><>£1< / ><>4.60< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">一年期固定利率< / ><>Vanquis Bank< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.71< / >< / ><><>UBL UK< / ><>2,000 英镑< / ><>4.71< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">两年期固定利率< / ><>Vida Savings< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.77< / >< / ><><>Hinckley & Rugby BS< / ><>£500< / ><>4.76< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">通知账户< / ><>The Stafford BS 90 Day< / ><>£100< / ><>4.10< / >< / ><><>Harpenden BS 90 Day< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.04< / >< / table>

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS（储蓄账户）

<><>类型< / ><>提供商< / ><>最低投资额< / ><>利率 %< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">灵活取款< / ><>Cahoot< / ><>£1< / ><>5.00< / >< / ><><>LemFi< / ><>£1< / ><>5.00< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">一年期固定利率< / ><>MBNA< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.85< / >< / ><><>Tesco Bank< / ><>2,000 英镑< / ><>4.85< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">两年期固定利率< / ><>Investec Save< / ><>5,000 英镑< / ><>4.95< / >< / ><><>Scottish BS< / ><>£500< / ><>4.91< / >< / ><>< rowspan="2">通知账户< / ><>GB Bank 150 Day< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.38< / >< / ><><>BLME 90 Day< / ><>1 万英镑< / ><>4.37< / >< / table>

CHILDREN'S ACCOUNTS（儿童账户）

<><>类型< / ><>提供商< / ><>最低投资额< / ><>利率 %< / >< / ><>< rowspan="3">储蓄账户< / ><>Hanley Economic BS< / ><>£25< / ><>5.50< / >< / ><><>Nationwide BS< / ><>£1< / ><>5.00< / >< / ><><>State Bank of India< / ><>1,000 英镑< / ><>4.50< / >< / ><>< rowspan="3">青少年 ISA< / ><>Leek Building Society< / ><>£1< / ><>3.85< / >< / ><><>Beverley BS< / ><>£1< / ><>3.85< / >< / ><><>Skipton BS< / ><>£1< / ><>3.80< / >< / table>

来源：Moneyfactscompare.co.uk

TWO-YEAR FIXES（两年期固定利率贷款）

<><>贷款机构< / ><>利率< / ><>详情< / ><>首付< / ><>费用< / ><>联系方式< / >< / ><><>Santander< / ><>4.67< / ><>至 02 / 12 / 28< / ><>40%< / ><>£499< / ><>0800 068 6064< / >< / ><><>Nationwide< / ><>4.92< / ><>为期 2 年< / ><>15%< / ><>£0< / ><>0800 302 010< / >< / ><><>West Brom< / ><>5.25< / ><>至 31 / 10 / 28< / ><>5%< / ><>£499< / ><>0800 298 0008< / >< / table>

<><>Allied Irish< / ><>4.76< / ><>至 31 / 10 / 31< / ><>25%< / ><>£0< / ><>0289 047 9221< / >< / ><><>Allied Irish< / ><>4.84< / ><>至 31 / 10 / 31< / ><>15%< / ><>£0< / ><>0289 047 9221< / >< / ><><>HSBC< / ><>5.24< / ><>至 31 / 10 / 31< / ><>5%< / ><>£0< / ><>0800 494 999< / >< / table>

立即抛弃

TSB Cash Isa Saver 如果您持有该账户超过一年，其利率低至 0.9%，且最高利率仅为可怜的 1%（针对 10 万英镑）。请让您新选择的提供商安排资金转移。

最佳选择

Spring Accelerate Saver 这款便捷的 App 账户，余额在 5,000 英镑 以内可享受 5% 的利率。您可以在几个小时内将资金在本项目与您的活期账户之间进行转移。

基准利率追踪器

贷款机构< / td><>利率< / ><>详情< / ><>押金< / ><>费用< / ><>联系方式< / >< / tr><><>汇丰银行 (HSBC)< / ><>4.12< / ><>基准 +0.37%，期限 2 年< / ><>40%< / ><>£999< / ><>0800 494 999< / >< / ><><>Nationwide< / ><>4.95< / ><>基准 +1.20%，期限 2 年< / ><>5%< / ><>£0< / ><>0800 302 010< / >< / ><><>巴克莱银行 (Barclays)< / ><>4.35< / ><>基准 +0.60%，期限 5 年< / ><>40%< / ><>£999< / ><>0333 202 7580< / >< / table>

以房养贷 (BUY TO LET)

<><>巴克莱银行 (Barclays)< / ><>5.09< / ><>至 31 / 12 / 28< / ><>40%< / ><>£0< / ><>0333 202 7580< / >< / ><><>Leeds< / ><>4.78< / ><>至 30 / 11 / 31< / ><>40%< / ><>£0< / ><>0345 045 4049< / >< / ><><>TSB< / ><>5.59< / ><>至 31 / 01 / 32< / ><>20%< / ><>£995< / ><>0800 056 1088< / >< / table>

来源：L&C Mortgages - 0800 694 5444 / landc.co.uk

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虽然巨型浮动度假村式“利维坦”邮轮的启动仪式可能会占据头条新闻，但全球仍有许多极具氛围的小型船队，充满了独特个性。

一端是百万富翁风格的超级游艇，但更多的是规模适中、由船长驾驶的帆船，以及优雅的横帆船。而对于前往地球边缘的旅程，勇敢的探险船则能提供一种亲密且社交化的氛围。

乘客人数可从不足 10 人到数百人不等，最新研究表明，人们对小型船只的兴趣正呈指数级增长。

邮轮行业组织国际邮轮协会（Cruise Lines International Association）英国及爱尔兰区总经理安迪·哈默（Andy Harmer）表示：“小型船邮轮旅行变得越来越受欢迎，因为它提供了一种亲密且沉浸式的方式，让旅客能够前往大型邮轮无法抵达的目的地，例如偏远的岛屿和较小的港口。”

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其中一个亮点是航行至雄伟的利孔特冰川（LeConte Glacier），这里仅限小型船只进入，例如可容纳 86 人的“荒野遗产号”（Wilderness Legacy），该船拥有令人愉悦的时代装饰，像极了一个世纪前的沿海蒸汽船。在受欢迎的现代设施中，包括顶层甲板的按摩浴缸。

预订方式：一个包含从朱诺（Juneau）出发的一周往返邮轮在内的九晚套餐，价格每人 £5,575 起，4 月 30 日出发，包含机票、西雅图酒店住宿以及所有活动和远足（small-cruise-ships.com）。

克罗地亚之悦

克罗地亚的达尔马提亚群岛像珍贵的宝石一样散落在亚得里亚海的青绿色海水中，那里活跃着一支繁忙的小船队。典型的行程包括杜布罗夫尼克、斯普利特、精致的赫瓦尔岛、微小的中世纪科尔丘拉岛以及宁静的维斯岛。

我们正在航行：（从顶部起顺时针方向）Star Clippers 的一艘高桅帆船；红帆的“布里克斯汉姆朝圣号”（Pilgrim of Brixham）；东方快车 Corinthian 号的甲板景观；阿拉斯加棕熊；尼罗河上的一艘达哈比耶帆船（dahabiya）

流畅的 MV Aretis 机动游艇可容纳 36 名乘客，通过团体游览和每日在荒僻的岩石海湾停靠游泳，营造出一种社交氛围。热闹的船长晚餐经常能巩固一周内建立的友谊。乘客大多数夜晚在岸上用餐。

预订方式：5 月 8 日从斯普利特出发前往杜布罗夫尼克的七晚航程，半食宿价格每人 £1,842 起，包括远足、两顿晚餐及随餐饮料；机票另计（unforgettable croatia.com）。

哥斯达黎加高桅帆船

参加 Star Clippers 的高桅帆船巡航，您将有机会（在佩戴安全带的情况下）攀登至桅顶瞭望台，或者在船首斜桅网中休憩，运气好的话还能看到海豚在下方的波涛中跃动。

在哥斯达黎加航线中，这艘高桅帆船（载客量 166 人）将沿着这个美丽国家的太平洋海岸线以及巴拿马海岸线航行。在条件允许的情况下，航行将由风力驱动。

在哥斯达黎加的克波斯（Quepos）小镇，您可以观察大声鸣叫的金刚鹦鹉和沉睡的树懒。随后，您可以划皮划艇穿过红树林，并在巴拿马的奇里基湾（Golfo de Chiriqui）海洋公园潜水时寻找海龟。

预订方式：1, 1月1日出发的 15 晚套餐，包括从哥斯达黎加卡尔德拉港（Puerto Caldera）出发的一周往返航行以及八晚陆地停留，价格每人 £6,308 起，含机票 (starclippers.co.uk)。

奢华法国里维埃拉

乘坐全球最大的游艇之一——东方快车 Corinthian 号，探索法国里维埃拉。这家豪华火车和酒店运营商是众多涉足巡航领域的顶级酒店品牌之一，此次推出了这款革命性的硬帆游艇。

内部装潢以复古风格的灯光和手工材料体现了低调的奢华。设施方面毫不妥协，110 位享受管家服务的宾客可以在五家餐厅、八家酒吧、一座剧院和一个水疗中心中进行选择。码头平台提供水上运动项目。

预订方式：7月11日从马赛出发前往蒙特卡洛的六晚“普罗旺斯与摩纳哥之珠”航程，包括在圣特罗佩和戛纳停靠，全包价格每人 £14,600 起；机票另计 (orient-express.com)。

优雅尼罗河之行

若想唤起法老时代的迷人神韵，没有什么比乘坐埃及达哈比耶（dahabiya）帆船探索尼罗河更好的方式了。这些传统帆船航行速度较慢，能够停靠在大型船只无法进入的小码头，让宾客能够参观那些游客较少的景点。

豪华的 Farouz El Nil 号达哈比耶帆船可容纳 12 位宾客，其木镶板船舱和优雅的装饰重现了昔日时光，这种风格一直延伸到日光浴甲板，宾客可以在那里欣赏帝王谷和阿斯旺的景色。预订方式：2月22日从卢克索出发的一周往返航程，全包价格每人 £3,185 起，含机票和观光行程 (discoveregypt.co.uk)。

锡利群岛航行

无论是初学者还是经验丰富的水手，这些“老海狗”们都可以协助驾驶“布里克斯汉朝圣者号”（Pilgrim of Brixham）。这是一艘建于 1895 年的横帆双桅船，也是德文郡该镇最后几艘幸存的木制帆鱼船之一。对冒险的热情是此次航行的关键要求，航线将绕过兰兹角（Land's End），然后经过 12 小时的航行抵达锡利群岛（Scilly Isles）。

亮点包括圣马丁岛（St Martin）壮丽的白沙滩，以及布赖尔岛（Bryher）隐秘的潟湖和特雷斯科岛（Tresco）的植物园。

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船上的生活充满传统气息，在沙龙内享用家常餐点，并为 10 位宾客提供舒适的铺位床。 预订方式：7月7日出发，从法尔茅斯（Falmouth）往返的六晚航程，全包价格每人 £1,750 起 (venturesailholidays.com)。

纯正巴哈马

航行离开巴哈马那光鲜亮丽的拿骚和大巴哈马度假岛屿，前往外岛（Out Islands）是一次令人振奋的体验。埃克苏马群岛、安德罗斯岛和圣萨尔瓦多岛拥有令人惊叹的海滩和宁静的定居点，这里不仅有着关于昔日探险家的丰富故事，还居住着在美国独立后逃亡至此的英国忠诚派流亡者。

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预订：从佛罗里达州棕榈滩出发的为期一周的“丰饶巴哈马”（Bountiful Bahamas）往返航程，3 月 20 日出发，全包价每人 £5,697 起；机票另计 (seadream.com)。

赫布里底之梦

秋季温和的日子正是沿苏格兰西海岸观赏红鹿、老鹰和海豹等野生动物的最佳时机。家族经营的 Hebrides Cruises 拥有三艘船组成的船队，每艘船可容纳 10 名乘客。

野生动物巡航在 Lucy Mary 号上进行，这是一艘拥有现代内部装修和后甲板区域的经典动力游艇，在那里可以享用新鲜制作的“从海洋到餐桌”的盛宴并举杯迎接日落。这些航程具有灵活性，由潮汐、天气和客人的意愿决定。乘客每天都有机会登岸。

预订：10 月 2 日出发的“内赫布里底五大野生动物秋季巡航”（Inner Hebrides Big 5 Autumn Wildlife Cruises）仍有名额；从欧班（Oban）出发的四晚往返航程每人 £2,375 起 (hebridescruises.co.uk)。

印度之野

航行深入印度极东北部的阿萨姆邦，那里有老虎出没，喜马拉雅山的迷雾山峰在地平线上升起。沿着布拉马普特拉河的巡航将带您进入一个由寺庙、部落村庄和茶园组成的荒野世界，而最著名的吸引力之一是卡齐兰加国家公园，这里拥有世界上数量最多的独角犀牛和行踪诡秘的孟加拉虎。

MV Mahabaahu 号是一艘传统风格的 46 人河船，提供极具氛围的航程，其开放式顶层甲板可提供全景视野。

预订：一个包含 11 晚航程和 3 晚加尔各答住宿的 15 晚套餐，1 月 10 日和 31 日出发，每人 £6,295 起，包含机票和游览项目 (noble-caledonia.co.uk)。

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巴洛问他：“你想去新西兰吗？”

曼福德简直不敢相信自己的耳朵，回答道：“噢，当然想！”

自 2024, 以来，55, 岁的巴洛在 ITV1 频道主持了一系列《加里·巴洛的美食与美酒之旅》，目前已访问了南非和澳大利亚。

他的最新冒险之旅——新西兰之行于今日播出，在节目中，巴洛对葡萄酒的热情和知识得到了充分展现。

他说 45, 岁的曼福德起初承认自己对葡萄酒一窍不通。但巴洛反驳道：“这正是我们想要的。我们不需要专业人士，我们需要的是让观众在观看的同时，看到参与者学习的过程。”

两人一抵达新西兰，这位歌手立刻意识到，这对在西北部相隔 30 英里处长大的好友将会度过一段美好的时光。

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在两周的时间里，两人访问了北岛和南岛，游览了奥克兰、皇后镇、中奥塔哥、马尔堡峡湾和霍克斯湾。

惊人美景：奥克兰的怀赫基岛，深受 Take That 成员加里·巴洛喜爱，见左侧插图

巴洛表示，其中一个亮点是他、曼福德以及

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剧组在从南岛皮克顿前往北岛首都惠灵顿的 3.5 小时轮渡旅程中尽情享受：

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高能探险活动包括像邦德电影一样通过滑索抵达怀赫基岛的精品 Man O' War 酒庄，以及乘坐喷射快艇在肖托弗河峡谷中体验 60 英里 / 小时的惊险驰骋。

好友们徒步穿越了中奥塔哥的内陆，在乘坐海岸太平洋铁路（Coastal Pacific railway）颠簸前行时，观察海豚在凯库拉海岸潜水嬉戏。

这场南半球的“兄弟情”之旅还包括驾驶一辆闪亮的古董车游览霍克斯湾地区的内皮尔，以及骑双人自行车。

“剧组觉得我们骑得会很糟糕，但我们很快就进入了状态，配合得天衣无缝。这让大家都失望了！”巴洛说道。

新西兰人欣赏这对搭档的英式幽默吗？“新西兰人的幽默感相当冷峻，和英国人很像，”巴洛回答道，“他们和我们有相同的幽默感。”

曼福德甚至在基督城进行了一场即兴的单口喜剧表演。“他演了十分钟，看到他展现才华真是太棒了，”巴洛说。

新系列节目深入探讨了葡萄酒，包括在霍克斯湾特马塔峰脚下的家族经营酒庄 Craggy Range 品尝大胆的红葡萄酒。

在主厨本·贝利（Ben Bayly）位于奥克兰的一家米其林一星餐厅 Ahi，巴洛品尝了海鲜 delicacy paua（大型可食用海蜗牛）以及野味鹿肉，并搭配甜菜根和无花果。

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“新西兰人不像他们应该做的那样大肆宣传——这里的食物简直太棒了。”这位热爱冒险、热爱葡萄酒的流行乐传奇人物下一步将去哪里？巴洛说，是加利福尼亚，之后也许是希腊：“但我们拭目以待。世界如此之大！”

• 盖里·巴洛的饮食与葡萄酒之旅：新西兰篇今日 12.30pm 在 ITV1 播出。

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读者来信

“家族投票”这一祸根必须被终结

不要轻信那些炒作……

马特·古德温（Matt Goodwin）上周日发表了一篇极佳的文章，探讨了为何需要在投票站部署警察以根除“家庭投票”现象。我在克罗伊登（Croydon）居住期间曾担任投票员，多次目睹“家庭投票”的情况，并立即向首席投票官报告，后者有义务与相关人员进行交谈。我所看到的并非家庭成员试图“帮助”彼此理解选票，而是受压迫的女性不得不服从男性家庭成员的指示。

为了停止这种对投票的干预，几乎所有的邮寄投票必须终止，且家庭成员在进入投票站时必须分开。如果人们的英语水平不足以理解投票程序，那么他们肯定无法公正地评估选项？此外，我们必须仅允许英国公民在英国选举中投票。

我们的政治领导人需要尊重我们的法律，并执行那些作为我们民主制度支柱的、现有的合理惯例。

C. Kearney，西萨塞克斯郡，肖勒姆-拜-海（Shoreham-by-Sea）

六十年前，当我开始投票时，投票站外面总有一名警察。

Alan J. Hardwick，克罗伊登

我能给马克·帕尔默（Mark Palmer）上周日汇总的名单增加两项被过度炒作的体验吗？首先是北极光，我在当地看过几次。我绝对不会在上面浪费时间和金钱。同样，巨人堤道（Giant's Causeway）也不过是一堆挤满了人的岩石。但我并不认同帕尔默先生在……中的快感

在 20 世纪 60 年代，下午 5 点后每个投票站都有警察值班。不是为了防止选举舞弊，而是为了维持秩序！

John Graham， 诺丁汉郡，奥勒顿（Ollerton）

在 60 年代和 70 年代初，我还是纽卡斯尔的一名年轻警察时，我的职责之一是在选举日访问我管辖区域内的每个投票站。当选票箱密封后，我们会护送它们前往计票点。

Dave Peart， 泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔

在投票站部署警察对“家庭投票”不会产生任何影响。那些想这么做的人只需申请邮寄投票即可。

Gordon Ruddick， 泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔

麦当劳的薯条——这里的薯条尝起来像咸纸板。 Hilary Norris，伦敦德里

我同意马克·帕尔默对商店播放大声音乐的抱怨。这让我想要立刻转身迅速离开。

Liz Morgan， 兰开夏郡，卡恩福思（Carnforth）

我从 1967 年起在南安普顿担任警察，那时每个投票站全天都有一名警员。如今可能已经没有足够的人力了。这就是当你削减法律与秩序力量时，民主所面临的后果。

George Longhurst， 南安普顿，洛兹伍德（Lordswood）

在阅读了马特·古德温的文章——以及丹·霍奇斯（Dan Hodges）关于新闻自由的文章之后，很容易得出结论：这个国家正处于一个危险的临界点。我们的民主生活方式正被“家庭投票”和邮寄投票所侵蚀，而且正如丹·霍奇斯所言，言论自由正受到来自右翼和左翼的严重威胁。

Mawnan Smith，康沃尔郡

王子们的过去现在必须成为历史

您在上周日发表的评论完全正确：“为了君主制，以及他们病重的父亲，王子们现在必须和解。”我曾怀疑如此紧张的关系是否还有希望。但哈里王子返回英国感觉是个好消息。双方应该都吸取了教训，而且威廉和哈里肯定能够恢复关系的和谐，他们的妻子也一样。我祈祷他们能以积极的方式继续前行。

艾伦·雅各布斯（Alan Jacobs） 切希尔郡，赫尔斯比（Helsby, Cheshire）

我很惊讶您如此强烈地表示王室分歧应该得到解决。哈里和他的妻子给我们的君主制带来了很大伤害，我认为和解对他们而言仅仅是一种表演。

基思·斯蒂克兰（Keith Stickland） 康沃尔郡，拉尼韦特（Lanivet, Cornwall）

我不同意应该进行和解。如果梅根被允许重新接触王室，她会思考如何将自己的地位变现，并为她日益衰落的形象增加新的光彩。

史蒂夫·福肖（Steve Forshaw） 北安普顿郡，凯特灵（Kettering, Northamptonshire）

上周日的民意调查显示，只有 4% 的人认为威廉应该在和平谈判中采取第一步行动。这充分说明了英国人民对哈里和梅根的看法。

格蕾丝·杰克逊（Grace Jackson） 兰开夏郡，惠特尔-勒-伍兹（Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire）

啃食 老鼠引发 太阳能火灾

您上周日关于太阳能电池板火灾的文章遗漏了一个重要原因——啮齿动物。我们安装了太阳能电池板，我注意到邻居的电池板下方有鸽子筑巢。这会吸引老鼠，它们会啃食电缆上的绝缘层，从而导致火灾。在电池板周围安装金属丝网可以阻止啮齿动物和鸟类。

本周之信

“网络影响力”的毁灭性诱惑

您上周日关于 A66 公路上年轻人高速逆行导致致命车祸的报道，揭示了一种恐怖的社交媒体狂热。两名警察也在车祸中丧生，其中一名青少年此前曾发布过他高速追逐警察的 TikTok 视频。

本月初在爱尔兰发生的一起车祸中，无辜的人们受伤，我们也看到了类似鲁莽行为所带来的毁灭性代价。当时几名青少年在拍摄自己驾驶宝马车在高速公路上逆行的视频。许多家庭被摧毁，仅仅是因为有人决定将公共公路变成一个危险的舞台——这一切都是为了在网上获得影响力。

我们需要紧急询问社交媒体平台，为什么它们最初允许这些视频被上传和分享。它们肯定有机制来阻止这种情况。当技术算法用浏览量和互动率来奖励危及生命的行为时，这些平台就成了这些悲剧的共犯。这些平台有尽职调查的责任，应拦截、取消获利并立即删除美化非法、危险驾驶的内容。

莫琳·格莱德希尔（Maureen Gledhill），利物浦

G. 亚当斯（G. Adams），西萨塞克斯郡，东格里内斯特（East Grinstead, West Sussex）

虽然我完全反对为了太阳能电池板农场而牺牲农业用地，但很明显，为什么农田而非城市区域是首选——因为这些电池板倾向于起火！

保罗·莫利（Paul Morley），北约克郡，隆普雷斯顿（Long Preston, North Yorkshire）

5G 信号门槛低

您报道称英国的移动网络如此糟糕，以至于五分之一的人难以拨打电话。我在芬兰待了两周，在我走过的 1,400 英里路程中，无论走到哪里，都有 5G 信号，手机显示四格信号。而在英国，我只有一格信号，这很正常，而且只有 4G。芬兰怎么能有这样的覆盖率，而我们却不行？

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金融 星期日邮件 我们所有的养老金如何能被用来支持英国 访谈 第78页 专家对新一轮豪宅税袭击发出警报

约翰·希利关于房产税“演变”的言论引发担忧，富裕房主或受影响

作者：安妮·阿什沃思（Anne Ashworth）

本周末，由于房产专家警告现有的税收仅是“初步的”且可能会扩大，英国富裕房主对新一轮豪宅税袭击的担忧日益增加。

此前，财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey，见下图）上周承认，政府正在“演变”其对市政税（council tax）的立场，并将为“那些拥有极高价值房产的人引入一个最高档位”，这可能会在10月28日的下一次预算案中推出。

希利拒绝透露计划的具体性质。但房产业内人士表示，考虑到全面重新评估市政税的复杂性和成本，财政大臣可能会考虑将豪宅税的起征点从 £200 万 降低至 £150 万，并提高附加税率。目前，该附加税在家庭现有市政税账单之上的年度费用范围为 40 亿英镑 至 30 亿英镑。

Knight Frank 房产中介机构住宅研究主管汤姆·比尔（Tom Bill）表示，人们感觉到“该问题尚未完结”，财政部可能正在考虑对房产征收其他税项。

“这可能表明他们——

这可能表明他们可能在为将更多房屋纳入豪宅税网留下空间。他在最后一次预算案中公布的税率可能证明仅仅是初步税率，”他补充道。

在去年的预算案中引入该税种时，据估计，豪宅税每年将带来 £4.3 亿 的收入，其中 55 per cent 预计来自伦敦的四个区：肯辛顿和切尔西、里士蒙、旺兹沃思和威斯敏斯特。

担忧：《星期日邮报》，7月 5 日

批评者已经将这一金额描述为政府总收入中的一个“舍入误差”，并认为如果计入反对意见和其他法律行动的成本，实际征收的金额将微乎其微。

《星期日邮报》在7月（即伯纳姆成为首相之前）披露，扩大该税种的讨论已经在进行中，部长们试图将其范围扩大到伦敦和东南部数千套更多的排屋和半独立屋。

由于有报道称，来自英国税务海关总署（HMRC）估价办公室（VOA）的官员可能会寻求进入房屋以确定其价值，这加深了人们对政府再次策划此类行动的怀疑——这一披露引发了强烈的抗议风暴。

VOA目前正在对市政税F、G和H档的房产进行重新估价，以确定哪些房产应缴纳将于 2028. 年4月起生效的豪宅税。希利可能希望通过将豪宅税扩大到另外 70,000 至 100,000 套房产，从而从房主手中榨取更多资金，但Maskells房产中介公司的查尔斯·库兰（Charles Curran）表示，这种措施可能会产生反作用。

“财政大臣必须意识到，购房者的这项额外成本将降低他们能够申请的抵押贷款规模，”他说。

“这反过来将给房价带来下行压力，从而减少被豪宅税覆盖的房产数量以及税收总额。”

希利的言论还引发了更广泛的担忧，即政府再次致力于通过税制改革来安抚左翼工党议员，但这可能会适得其反，打击房产市场并降低税收收入。

法律事务所Stephenson Harwood的私人财富主管詹姆斯·夸姆比（James Quarmby）表示，去年废除“非定居”（non-dom）税制使财政部损失了高达 40 亿英镑 billion。

政府此前估计，收紧针对非英国税务定居富人的制度将带来高达 30 亿英镑 billion 的额外税收。

但上周在接受 Knight Frank 的 Housing Unpacked 播客采访时，夸姆比表示，这一举措反而让财政部蒙受损失，因为许多被打击目标的“流动”高净值人士转而收拾行囊，搬到了税制更优惠的地方，例如意大利。

这反过来又导致国库失去了个人所得税收入以及印花税收入，因为在这些人出走后，高端房地产的需求有所下降。

一个深受包括流行歌星杜阿·利帕（Dua Lipa）在内的名人喜爱的睡衣和内衣品牌，正考虑在伦敦的证券交易所之一上市。

Stripe and Stare 的联合创始人尼古拉·皮尔西（Nicola Piercy）告诉《星期日邮报》，她正在考虑在伦敦金融城上市，并希望加入一个由仅 21 位女性创始人组成的精英俱乐部，她们在过去 15 年中在英国将公司推向公开上市。

她表示，一个新的“学院”帮助她实现了这一雄心——该学院由新证券交易所 Aquis 和巴克莱银行（Barclays Bank）共同推出，旨在面对人们对伦敦金融城全球竞争力日益担忧的背景下，促进英国上市。

成立于 2012 年的 Aquis 运营着一个初级股票市场，旨在

作者：艾米莉·霍金斯 (Emily Hawkins)

挑战拥有300年历史的伦敦证券交易所的威力——更具体地说，是其针对小型公司的替代投资市场（AIM）。

英国的公开市场正面临上市公司匮乏的困境，一些公司甚至放弃在伦敦上市，转而选择阿姆斯特丹或纽约。

皮尔西表示，她从未想过股票市场上市是“可以考虑的选项”，认为那是“给巨头公司”准备的，且“太难以触及”。但她表示，该学院给了她一次“速成

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加拿大值得我们的支持

至于唐纳德·特朗普将安大略湖更名为“美国湖”这种愚蠢的行为，就把它忘了吧。那纯粹是任性。这位总统正试图

对加拿大经济造成严重损害，我们必须提供帮助。

在这个夏末的银行假期，在我们将自己重新投入到秋季面临的实际问题之前，现在是一个反思的好时机。

当然，这应该在个人层面进行——在接下来的几个月里，我们需要在哪些方面做正确的事？——但同时也应在更广泛的层面进行。

而今年夏天动荡局势引发的一个重大问题是，这个国家的真正朋友究竟是谁。

对于我们大多数人来说，加拿大与澳大利亚和新西兰一样，会排在名单的首位。

美国？嗯，我们是表亲，许多有野心的英国人搬到了那里。当大卫·米利班德未能成为工党领袖时，他飞往了纽约。

当尼克·克莱格爵士失去议会席位时，他在加利福尼亚的高科技领域找到了一份工作。

还有关于萨塞克斯公爵和公爵夫人的那点小事。

但美国政治可能很复杂，而且我们周期性地会收到对此的尖锐提醒。我们现在就收到了这样一个提醒，尽管目前我们不在火力线内。现在轮到加拿大了，我们需要站在它这一边。

在实际操作层面，我们可以做很多事情。我们有一项贸易协定，但这实际上只是更新了我们在欧盟成员国期间签署的那项协定。

关于一项更实质性协议的谈判在2024年破裂，但现在有一个工作组正试图在没有正式协议的情况下减少监管障碍。

虽然没有什么能替代与美国的地理邻近性，但请记住，我们已经是加拿大第三大贸易伙伴。

显然，在石油和天然气进口以及加拿大拥有专业知识的核电领域，还有更多工作要做。但我们也应该在个人层面考虑这件事。

寻找加拿大标签。超市在捕捉市场情绪方面很精明，我预计在接下来的几个月里，货架上会出现更多枫叶旗。

然而，核心问题不仅仅是如何购买更多加拿大商品。而是在于英语世界国家之间的关系。

英语圈（Anglosphere）将始终由美国主导。但为了世界的利益，这种主导地位必须由其他英语国家，尤其是 CANZUK 来平衡。这是加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和英国的那个难听的缩写。

这四个国家的总人口为1.45亿，远少于美国的3.43亿，但仍占总数的30%。

在国内生产总值方面，根据世界银行的数据，它是8.4万亿美元，而美国是31万亿美元。虽然这远低于欧盟的21万亿美元，但美国加上 CANZUK 的经济规模大约是欧盟的两倍。

这也意味着，虽然中国有可能在未来几年在经济规模上超过美国，但完全没有

“在残酷的世界中，你必须知道谁才是你的朋友”

有可能在规模上超过英语圈。在这个世纪的整个期间，英语国家的人民将继续在世界经济中占据主导地位。

那么该如何推进？虽然据说渥太华方面正在推动更紧密的经济联系（见对面报道），但我们不应对 CANZUK 内部的自由贸易，甚至像英国与爱尔兰那样建立共同旅行区抱有过于天真的幻想。但我们可以谨慎地朝着那个方向迈进。

本届政府显然正在考虑给予欧盟学生更低廉的英国大学入学费用。毫无疑问，如果有人配得上这种待遇，那应该是加拿大人、澳大利亚人和新西兰人。由于文化纽带最强，他们应该排在队列的最前面。

如果你观察大多数英国人选择移民的目的地，并不是西班牙或法国，而是澳大利亚、美国和加拿大，依次类推。

这就是为什么我们聘请了马克·卡尼（现任加拿大总理，处于权力中心）担任英格兰银行行长，而不是聘请一名来自德国联邦银行的人。

这是一个残酷的老世界，而且可能会变得更加残酷。因此，知道谁才是你的朋友就显得尤为至关重要。

莎士比亚像往常一样，找到了最恰当的措辞。在《哈姆雷特》中，波洛尼厄告诉他的儿子莱厄忒斯，当你拥有忠实的朋友时，要“用钢环将他们紧紧地箍在你的灵魂上”。

加拿大人是我们真正的朋友。

“雄心勃勃”的品牌获杜阿·利帕助力

在公开市场进行“上市”，不过她补充说，Stripe 和 Stare 的任何上市都需要“在正确的时间，以正确的价格，获得正确的资本”。她说：“我们是一家雄心勃勃的企业，希望打造一个全球消费品牌，而且我们需要在某个时间点将筹集到的资金回馈给投资者。”

皮尔西表示，该公司正受益于“口红效应”——尽管生活成本危机严重，消费者仍希望购买能让自己感觉良好的内裤——去年该公司实现了 £1200 万 的销售额。

本月，在杜阿·利帕（Dua Lipa）于 Instagram 上发布的一篇在意大利阿马尔菲海岸参加单身派对的帖子中被看到穿着该品牌的睡衣后，该公司获得了巨大的宣传助力。

皮尔西还指出，风险投资和私募股权公司缺乏兴趣，她说这些公司正将“所有的钱都给了 AI 公司”。她说：“这就是为什么对我们来说，考虑上市及其提供的一切是一个令人兴奋的机会。”

Aquis 负责人大卫·史蒂文斯在谈到该学院时表示：“第一批学员表明，英国并不缺乏雄心勃勃、高质量的增长型企业。挑战在于确保更多企业将公开市场视为其下一阶段增长的可行路径。关键在于为创始人提供工具，让他们了解增长选项并与公开市场接轨。”

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英国AI先驱：削减股票印花税以推动科技繁荣

缺乏激励：插图中的肯·马尔瓦尼（Ken Mulvany）表示，许多英国科技先驱最终选择移居美国以获取资金

作者：卡勒姆·缪尔黑德（Calum Muirhead）

英国领先的人工智能先驱之一呼吁政府取消股票交易印花税，彻底改革英国官僚主义严重的规划体系，并降低电费，以允许人工智能推动经济增长。

BenevolentAI的联合创始人兼负责人肯·马尔瓦尼（Ken Mulvany）表示，英国对股票交易征收的税收正抑制对本土企业的投资，取消该税项可以激励新的科技和AI团队在英国寻求资金支持。

他在为《星期日邮报》的姐妹刊物 ThisIsMoney 撰文时表示：“英国对购买英国股票征收 0.5 per cent 的税，而大多数海外股票在购买时无需缴纳此税。减少这一劣势将发出一个强有力的信号，表明我们希望资本流向何处。”

他补充说，鼓励英国最大的投资基金支持本土企业，将有助于国家避免将其一些最优秀的公司和创始人输给美国，因为在美国获得投资通常更容易。

他说：“下一代公司可能不需要多少人员，但他们仍然需要资金来成长，英国不能在产出卓越的科学成果和雄心勃勃的创始人的同时，却眼睁睁地看着他们的企业在第一轮严肃的融资阶段就离开前往波士顿或旧金山。”

“如果我们希望英国的储蓄者能拥有基于廉价智能的公司中有意义的股份，那么投资的税务处理必须让他们觉得值得。”

58, 岁的马尔瓦尼表示，虽然英国不像美国或中国那样拥有数千亿资金投资于 AI，但其科学专业知识、成熟的金融市场和世界一流的大学，使其在 AI 技术变得更便宜时处于受益的绝佳位置。

但他警告说，如果英国不解决飙升的能源价格问题，这种情况可能会面临风险，经济各领域的企业都警告称，能源价格正使他们失去竞争力。

马尔瓦尼说：“英国拥有发达国家中最昂贵的工业电费之一，而且电网的设计从未考虑到现在出现的这种需求。”

他补充说，规划规则的迟缓性质可能导致英国缺乏足够的数据中心来支撑 生产力的激增。

他说：“数据中心里的设备 19 年就会过时。”

“因此，一个需要三年时间的规划流程就不是延迟，而是一种否决。现在需要的是一种倾向于支持的推定。”

在 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 等家喻户晓的公司兴起之前，马尔瓦尼就是 提升生产力能力的早期倡导者。

他的公司成立于 2013, 年，旨在通过快速处理海量临床数据，利用 加速新药的开发。

BenevolentAI 曾与制药巨头阿斯利康（AstraZeneca）合作，并在 2020 年帮助将用于治疗类风湿性关节炎的药物巴瑞西替尼（Baricitinib）确定为新冠肺炎（Covid-19）的潜在治疗方案。

尽管英国金融行为监管局（FCA）发出警告，储蓄者仍将数百万资金投入高风险的非监管计划

作者：Nicholas Pyke

代表日益增加的“贷款票据”丑闻潜在受害者的律师告诉《星期日邮报》，尽管金融监管机构发出了严厉警告，英国储蓄者仍在将数百万资金投入高风险且不受监管的金融计划中。

本月，英国金融行为监管局（FCA）提醒储蓄者警惕由非监管顾问销售的贷款票据（通常被称为“迷你债券”）。贷款票据是一种金融工具，通过宣传高回报以及薄弱或非传统的担保来吸引投资者，这可能使投资者面临巨额损失。

越来越多的证据表明，失败的迷你债券计划造成的损失高达数十亿英镑，且已有数万名英国投资者（其中许多是养老金领取者）成为了受害者。

然而，专门从事贷款票据追偿的 Richardson Hartley Law 律师事务所高级合伙人马丁·理查森（Martin Richardson）指责监管机构“在岗位上打瞌睡”——并表示随着时间的推移，每天都有新的投资者成为受害者。

他说：“我们欢迎这一警告，但问题是为什么直到现在才发出。向普通投资者营销投机性迷你债券和贷款票据的行为自 2021. 起就被禁止了。五年过去了，我们每天仍接到人们的电话，他们被推销了正是这类产品，通常是通过非监管的介绍人，这些人在资金到达项目之前就从中抽取了巨额佣金。”

“我们注意到新的贷款票据计划一直在不断推出，使用相同的结构、相同的‘资产支持’措辞以及相同的受托安排，而这些安排在其他地方已经让投资者蒙受损失。警告是受欢迎的，但受害者需要的是在边界处进行执法，而且必须在资金流失之前进行。”

这些计划的一个特点是向中间人支付的高额佣金。在警告非监管金融投资带来的风险时，FCA 重点提到了近期通过贷款票据筹集资金的 Woodville Consultants 公司崩溃，涉及金额 £3.9 亿。

破产从业人员目前正在调查有关总部位于庞蒂普里德（Pontypridd）的 Woodville 公司实际上在运行“庞氏”骗局的指控，即利用新投资者的资金来偿还旧投资者。

2019 年，迷你债券提供商 London & Capital Finance 的失败震惊了金融城，高等法院裁定其为庞氏骗局。

“受害者需要的是执法”

去年，筹集了超过 £1.6 亿 贷款票据的 Godwin Capital 宣告失败，以及第三个计划 The 79th Group 导致投资者损失估计达 £2.5 亿。破产从业人员判定这两者均为潜在的庞氏骗局。

人们越来越担心贷款票据损失对金融部门自身健康的影响，领先的银行和金融机构在处理受审交易中所扮演的角色正面临质疑。如果被认定存在过失，赔偿金额可能会高达数十亿。

FCA 表示：“消费者在日常场所（包括社交媒体、在线广告或宣传高额固定回报的网站）仍可能会看到贷款票据和迷你债券的广告。”

“警告信号包括：施压要求快速行动、对资金如何损失的解释不清晰，或者在没有明确证据证明其背后支撑物的情况下，声称投资是‘资产支持’的。”

采石场危机冲击英国新建设项目

作者：理查德·马斯登 (Richard Marsden)

行业负责人警告称，英国面临关键原材料“耗尽”的局面，这使得建筑项目陷入风险。

此前，代表沥青、沙子和砾石等材料生产商的矿产产品协会（MPA）披露了“可怕”的数据，显示英国部分地区的 demand 远超供应。

该行业警告称，英国的规划体系导致新采石场获得批准可能需要数年时间，这意味着英国正在失去通过国内来源为建筑项目提供材料的能力，从而依赖国外进口。

MPA 表示，到 2035 年，英国需要 3.8 到 41 亿加元 吨的骨料（用于建筑的碎石）才能满足建筑需求。但其数据显示，新的采石场储备远低于这一水平。

在东米德兰兹地区，2016 年至 2025 年间新获准的储备仅为 1060 万 吨，而同期销售额则高达 2.51 亿 吨。

与此同时，东南部地区的沙子和砾石销量达到 1.02 亿 吨，但新储备仅为 1100 万 吨。

自 2006 年以来，苏格兰南部仅批准了一座新的碎石采石场。

MPA 表示，在过去十年中，获得规划许可的新关键材料项目仅能满足英国建筑业 49% 的沙子和砾石需求，以及碎石需求的三分之一。

MPA 负责人保罗·阿德莱克（Paul Adeleke）告诉《星期日邮报》：“如果没有重大干预，我们将耗尽国家实现增长、繁荣以及政府议程所需的关键矿产和骨料。没有这些材料，任何东西都无法建成——无论是学校、房屋、道路还是数据中心。”

碎石供应商 GRS 的负责人乔恩·费舍尔（Jon Fisher）表示，短缺将意味着“成本将激增，从而导致项目被搁置或推迟”。

政府已收到置评请求。

卡尼在遭遇美国关税抨击后向英国示好

由于最新的美加贸易战迫使加拿大转向其他盟友并试图摆脱对南部邻国的依赖，加拿大正寻求扩大与英国的贸易联系。

知情人士告诉《星期日邮报》，在与美国的贸易谈判于上周突然崩溃并引发新一轮报复性关税后，马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）政府正倾向于建立一个包括澳大利亚、新西兰和英国在内的“CANZUK”联盟。

作者：卡勒姆·缪尔黑德（Calum Muirhead）

一名消息人士表示：“我认为如果你询问政府中的任何人，他们都会说非常支持这个CANZUK构想。”该人士补充称，英国和加拿大拥有加强贸易关系的“历史机遇”，并表示两国分别与各自最大的贸易伙伴——美国和欧盟——变得“疏远”。虽然总理的更换和内阁洗牌使得贸易讨论变得“困难”，但加拿大外交渠道对此持乐观态度，称：“伯纳姆（Burnham）政府相对较新且正处于摸索阶段，但在初步讨论中，我们感受到对方真正的开放态度和推进意愿。”英国是

加拿大的第三大贸易伙伴，但在唐纳德·特朗普在去年的一系列征税之后，宣布对该国发起新一波关税攻势，加强合作的谈判变得愈发紧迫。

这位总统上周表示，美国将从明年开始对加拿大车辆及汽车零部件征收关税，并指责该国在“敲诈”美国。

渥太华方面迅速回应，将对价值£150 亿加元的美国进口商品征收报复性关税。

这场争端增加了人们对CANZUK联盟的支持，旨在为美国以及中国和欧盟的经济主导地位提供制衡。今年3月，保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）和加拿大保守党党魁皮埃尔·波利耶夫尔（Pierre Poilievre）对该提案表示支持。

詹姆斯·阿什顿（James Ashton）作为英国小型股市公司的捍卫者，给安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）及其财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）传达了一个信息：我们需要开始投资于自身。特别是，我们需要停止以底价将我们的公司出售给海外买家和私募股权买家。

他还希望英国的养老基金能将更多国民退休储蓄用于支持本土企业，而不是将大部分养老金投入外国资产。

Ashton, 51, 即将结束在上市企业联盟（QCA）担任首席执行官的四年任期，该联盟代表在伦敦股市上市的中小型公司。

他认为，这些公司对国家繁荣至关重要，如果我们不能意识到它们的价值，后果将由我们承担。

他担心如此多的公司被掠夺者抢走，其中包括易捷航空（easyJet）、检测集团 Intertek、能源营销公司 DCC、泰特与莱尔（Tate & Lyle）甜味剂公司、外包公司 Mitie 以及总部位于蒂赛德的典当行 Ramsdens。

采访 记者：露丝·桑德兰（Ruth Sunderland）

他说：“在这个收购之夏，记住股票报价是英国在就业、知识产权和税收方面的锚点，这一点至关重要。”

“看看 Ramsdens。它不从事人工智能或任何我们理应感到兴奋的业务。但它是一家大约 10 年前进入市场的公司，它一直在成长，开设门店并雇佣了更多员工。”

从创造本地就业到修复破损道路，小盘股倡导者詹姆斯·阿什顿（James Ashton）紧急呼吁将我们的退休财富带回国内

“然后突然之间，德克萨斯州的投资者认定这家公司的价值比英国任何人的认知至少高出 50%，于是它现在就要搬到美国去。我实在不明白，为什么这家公司在德克萨斯州的沃思堡经营起来会比在米德尔斯堡经营得更好。”

买家们正在将英国公司一个个挑走，因为这些公司的价格极其低廉，因为我们缺乏自信，因为我们有太多的钱被压在床底，而且我们的养老基金正忙于在海外打造世界领先的公司。我们需要改变这一点。”

这一切并非因为阿什顿没有努力。作为一名曾就职于《每日邮报》的前记者，他一直担任着 QCA 充满活力且高效的负责人。

预计他很快将调任新职，可能会领导另一个行业机构。

他主张将养老基金享有的税收减免与它们在英国的投资挂钩，他表示：“我们向养老基金提供数百亿英镑的税收减免，且没有任何附加条件。”

“其他国家都在激励对其经济的投资。除了我们，大家都明白这一点。”

他说，养老基金受托人经常将“为了计划成员的最佳利益而行动”这一职责解读为追求最高回报，即使这些回报来自海外。

“但是，”他说，“对一名退休人员而言，同样符合其最佳利益的是一条道路

“这关乎我们想要生活在什么样的国家”

而不是一个到处是坑洼、学校被关闭，且无法为子孙后代提供高质量工作的国家。

“这关乎我们想要生活在什么样的国家。这就是为什么我对约翰·希利担任财政大臣抱有希望。他曾任国防大臣，所以他知道为了国家安全和韧性而投资意味着什么。这与此异曲同工。我们希望在所有行业建立公司。我希望在预算案中看到对此的真正关注。如果你希望每个邮政区都能实现良好的增长，你就必须这样做。这关乎以更积极的态度面对英国人的身份。英国必须将那些养老金资金带回国内。”

阿什顿一直推动各项活动，旨在降低小型上市公司的成本和监管负担。其中包括呼吁取消英国股票交易的印花税，而《邮报》也在为此发起活动。

如果它在英国上市，它将成为富时 100 (FTSE 100) 指数中仅次于汇丰银行 (HSBC) 的第二大市值公司。

他还游说改革审计监管和治理，以减轻小型公司的负担，他认为与大公司相比，这种负担是不成比例的。

阿什顿表示：“ARM 是一个巨大的分水岭。但从积极的角度来看，它在伦敦市场上市了 18 年，目前在剑桥仍拥有近 4,000 名员工，并且仍将剑桥称为其全球总部。”

另一个令他头疼的问题是规模不断扩大的年度报告，目前的平均长度已达 98,000 字。他说：“没有哪个政府能通过宣称‘我们要整顿审计市场’来赢得选票，但这并不意味着这件事不应该去做。”

在工作之余，阅读是阿什顿最大的热情之一。他与妻子维维卡·阿尔维斯-特兰德（Viveka Alves-trand）的生活曾被悲剧触动——他们的儿子奥斯卡（Oscar）在 2012 年因未被检测出的心脏病突然去世，年仅三岁半。这对夫妇决定通过创立“奥斯卡图书奖”（Oscar's Book Prize）来纪念他们热爱故事的儿子，该奖项旨在评选年度最佳学前儿童图书。

该奖项运行了十年，阿什顿现在是阅读慈善机构 Coram Beanstalk 的受托人。他说：“今年是国家阅读年。大约 25% 的孩子在离开小学时，其阅读能力并未达到应有水平。但这不仅仅关乎学校或课程，更关乎让孩子们领略阅读的乐趣。”

除了在 QCA 的职责外，阿什顿还是 Finsbury Growth & Income Trust 的独立董事，该信托由受人尊敬的投资者尼克·特雷恩（Nick Train）管理。

尽管长期记录良好，但该信托在过去五年中举步维艰，整个投资信托行业正受到美国掠夺者博阿兹·温斯坦（Boaz Weinstein）及其工具 Saba 的围攻。

艾什顿，51岁：霍克尼的粉丝

他说，这对希利来说是一个关键问题，并补充道：“在预算案中，我希望财政大臣能研究这个问题：为什么我们不投资于自身？为什么我们低估自己的公司？在我担任此职的每个月里，我们都看到在伦敦交易股票的公司数量在减少。这已经是连续 45 个月的下降。

“私募股权和海外

教育：西约克郡米尔菲尔德自由文法学校；圣安德鲁斯大学 家庭：瑞典出生的妻子维维卡·阿尔韦斯特兰德和女儿爱丽丝 最喜欢的饮品：金汤力（G&T）

梦想晚餐派对 嘉宾（无论生死）：画家大卫·霍克尼（如图）

爱好：山地徒步、阅读、桨板冲浪

梦想家园：瑞典海边的农舍

艾什顿指出，半导体和芯片设计公司 ARM 就是伦敦股市理想情况下永远不该失去的那类企业。他甚至写了一本关于该公司的书——《万能蓝图：改变世界的微芯片设计》（The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World），于 2023 年出版。

这家极具价值的企业成立于剑桥，曾是富时 100 指数（FTSE 100）的成分股，并在纽约双重上市。

它在 2016 年被日本综合企业软银（SoftBank）以 240 亿英镑 billion 的价格收购，随后私有化，并在三年前在美国纳斯达克（Nasdaq）重新上市。ARM 的市值目前为 1910 亿英镑 billion。

“对于投资信托来说，当然存在挑战，但它们是伦敦的另一项独特资产，”艾什顿说。

“关于芬斯伯里（Finsbury），我们认为尼克组建了一个在各自领域世界领先的公司组合，例如 Relx、Games Workshop 和联合利华（Unilever）。

“为什么这个故事不能引起共鸣？这关系到我们如何谈论英国的前景。

“这可能是英国人心理中的某种因素。但最好的投资必须就在身边。

“如果一家公司在你的社区中确实存在且可见，为什么你不买它的股票呢？”

投注：7-4 Piazza, 3 Ecclefechan, 6 Crimson Rambler, 8 Symphony Of Joy, 10 Meritocratic, 12 Big Alex Walmsley, 14 Amarachi。

兰多签署新 3000 万英镑m 合同

兰多·诺里斯（LANDO NORRIS）已承诺在迈凯伦（McLaren）效力至至少 2030 年，合同价值每年最高可达 3000 万英镑00 万。

这位世界冠军于昨日通知了其车队，并将继续留在这家支撑其职业生涯的组织中，他于 2017 年加入该组织的青年计划。

此后，诺里斯参加了 163 场大奖赛——超过了历史上任何一位迈凯伦车手——并获得了 13 次冠军、18 次杆位和 48 次登上领奖台。

因此，26, 岁的诺里斯将继续与奥斯卡

一级方程式赛车 作者：乔纳森·麦克沃伊（Jonathan McEvoy）

皮亚斯特里（Piastri）搭档，这位澳大利亚人去年也与迈凯伦签署了类似的长期合同。

他认为这一公告可以激励车队，他表示：“这对激励他们、让他们感到更舒适并给予他们推动力是最有利的。

“所以，从这个角度来看，时机非常完美。没有其他我更想去的地方。”

诺里斯仍然是围场中薪水最高的车手之一。法拉利的刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）和红牛的马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）是一级方程式赛车的主要收入者，合同价值每年 8000 万英镑m，加上奖金后可能更多。

“我愿意在我的职业生涯剩余时间里都留在迈凯伦，”诺里斯补充道。“在职业生涯结束时，如果能说确实如此，我会感到非常自豪。

“我不是那种在车队之间跳槽，或者追逐下一个机会的人。在有机会去其他地方的时候，我一直坚守在迈凯伦。”

Ed 计划冲击顶级赛事，其“悍将”夺得 Solario 冠军

在两岁马 Alfred Wallace 赢得桑当赛马场的 BetMGM Solario 锦标赛后，Ed Walker 渴望在赛季结束前派遣该马参加一场一级赛（Group One）。

这匹赔率 11-4 的第二热门马在 10 天前刚在约克赛场获得第四名，此次在 Kieran Shoemark 的策骑下，充分利用其经验，以半个马身之差夺得该项重点赛事冠军。

这是该马本赛季的第七次出赛。在这场三级赛（Group Three）中，热门马 Rock

赛马

Montreal 因场地条件恶化而退出比赛，成为了一个显著的缺席者。

Walker 表示：“真是个悍将，在约克赛后 10 天就能再次出战并获胜，他绝对是一颗明星。几匹高知名度赛马的缺席可能对我们有所帮助（Sergei Diaghilev 同样被排除在赛外），但我们的赛马拥有那种经受过实战洗礼的经验。”

“我们会尝试冲击一场一级赛，他具备参加所有赛事的实力，我得尽量克制，不要让他参加每一场！”

今日赛马指南及专家建议

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主要赛事。R-H 赛道。场地状况：良好至坚实-部分区域良好。顶尖骑师：O Murphy。顶尖练马师：A Balding。

1.25 TATTERSALLS EBF 新手赛 (2级) 4 万英镑 (20,616 英镑) 1英里

1 (8) 0 BUNDABERG G & J Moore 9-7......D Egan 2 (1) 2 FLIGHT TRACKER R Beckett 9-7......R Ryan 3 (2) 2 GEORGE CROSS O Burrows 9-7......C Rodriguez 4 (9) 42 MISTER WHIPPY E Walker 9-7......K Shoemark 5 (3) 4 NEW OXFORD H Charlton 9-7......L Edmunds 6 (6) ODELL D Menuisier 9-7......H Crouch 7 (7) ROSSBEIGH F Brennan 9-7......O Murphy 8 (5) 74 SEE THE MOUNTAIN A Balding 9-7......D Probert 9 (4) 3 SOMERTON R Hannon 9-7......P Dobbs 投注：2 Flight Tracker, 11-4 Mister Whippy, 7 George Cross, See The Mountain, 8 Somerton, 10 New Oxford, 16 Rossbeigh, 20 Odell.

2.00 VIRGIN BET 让磅赛 (3级) 2.5 万英镑 (13,085 英镑) 1英里

1 (5) 670 SWING VOTE (D4) S & E Crisford 6-10-3......W Buick 2 (1) 000 GODWINSON (C&D) J Channon 6-10-3......D Probert 3 (3) 151 PRINCIPALITY (C&D) H Eustace 4-9-12K Fraser 4 (10) 458 REAL GAIN (D) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6-9-10 H Vigors (5) 5 (6) 044 OLIVER SHOW (D2) G Boughey 6-9-10......B Loughnane 6 (4) 500 RHOSCOLYN (C&D3) D O'Meara 8-9-5......D Tudhope 7 (2) 500 RAINBOW NEBULA (D2) R & P Fahey 4-9-4B Garritty 8 (11) 134 MASKED WARRIOR (BF) W Haggas 3-9-3....C Fallon 9 (9) 711 DRIFTS AWAY (D6) T Kent 5-9-2......R Dawson 10 (8) 415 SILCA BAY (BF,C&D) E J-Houghton 4-9-1O Carmichael (7) 11 (7) 212 INSPIRED (D2) K R Burke 4-9-1......C Lee 投注：3 Inspired, 9-2 Oliver Show, 5 Principality, 6 Real Gain, 7 Masked Warrior, 10 Silca Bay, 12 Drifts Away Phoscolyn

2.35 VIRGIN BET 每日赔率提升 让磅赛 (2级) 4.5 万英镑 (23,193 英镑) 6分之1英里

1 (10) 620 FERROUS (C,D6) J Channon 6-9-12......C Rodriguez 2 (14) 303 FANDOM (D4) R Hannon 5-9-10......J Leavy 3 (13) 304 ARDISIA (C&D) H Palmer 3-9-9......O Murphy 4 (5) 310 TOYOTOMI (C&D) D O'Meara 5-9-7......D Tudhope 5 (3) 395 LAKERS (D2) K P De Foy 4-9-7......David Egan 6 (8) 020 FAST TRACK HARRY (D4) C Cox 4-9-7......B Loughnane 7 (2) 090 FLASH HARRY (C&D) C Cox 4-9-7......R Ryan 8 (9) 458 PUROSANGUE (D) R Cowell 5-9-6......K Shoemark 9 (7) 398 HAVANA HURRICANE (C) E J-Houghton 3-9-5......C

Bishop< / td>< / tr> 10< / ><>(6)< / ><>421< / ><>STRIKE RED (DIO) R & P Fahey 8-9-4......B Garritty< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(15)< / ><>228< / ><>RAPPER'S DELIGHT (BF) R Spencer 4-9-2......G Wood< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(12)< / ><>514< / ><>JUNGLE DRUMS (BF,D4) J Osborne 4-9-2......W Carver< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(4)< / ><>220< / ><>SUDDEN FLIGHT (D) R Hughes 4-9-0......F Marsh< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(11)< / ><>099< / ><>ZOULU CHIEF (D4) H Main 5-8-12......L Morris< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(1)< / ><>790< / ><>PUREST TIME (D3) I Williams 6-8-10......D Probert< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">投注：11-2 Fandom, 6 Fast Track Harry, 7 Flash Harry, Rapper's Delight, 10 Toyotomi, Purosangue, Strike Red, Ferrous.< / >< / table>

210 盛名雌马锦标赛 (GROUP 3)

<><>1< / ><>(9)< / ><>131< / ><>APEROLL (D2) R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(5)< / ><>31< / ><>APOLLO'S COMET (D) J Harrington (IRE) 9-2B Loughnane< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(7)< / ><>212< / ><>BAYSIDE VIEW (D) M Bell 9-2....O Murphy< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(4)< / ><>1< / ><>COAXED (D) J & T Gosden 9-2....W Buick< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>113< / ><>EABHA (BF,D2) E J-Houghton 9-2....C Bishop< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>133< / ><>LIGHT OF DAWN (BF) K R Burke 9-2....C Lee< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>413< / ><>MARTINET (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....L Morris< / >< / table>

8 (3) 142 NUIT D'ECLAIR (BF) K P De Foy 9-2....D Egan 9 (2) 11 REDLINE (D) C Johnston 9-2....R Ryan 10 (8) 41 SIENA STORM E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark 投注：3 Aperoll, 7-2 Bayside View, 4 Coaxed, 5 Nuit D'eclair, 6 Light Of Dawn, 10 Apollo's Comet, 25 Redline, Siena Storm.

3.45 VIRGIN BET 每日额外名额销售赛 (CLASS 3) 2.5 万英镑 (13,085 英镑) 1英里 3弗隆

<><>1< / ><>(2)< / ><>471< / ><>ECHALAR I Williams 4-9-13.< / ><>B Loughnane< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>321< / ><>GLORYOUS J Osborne 4-9-8.< / ><>W Carson< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(6)< / ><>150< / ><>LORCA'S WALTZ W Haggas 3-9-5.< / ><>C Fallon< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8)< / ><>207< / ><>OHARA E J-Houghton 3-9-5.< / ><>O Carmichael (7)< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(7)< / ><>012< / ><>SUDBURY HILL H Derham 3-9-5.< / ><>C Rodriguez< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(5)< / ><>316< / ><>UNCHARTEDTERRITORY D O'Meara 3-9-5.< / ><>D Tudhope< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>140< / ><>DUNKELD DREAMER K R Burke 3-9-4.< / ><>C Lee< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>2-56< / ><>ITICA A Balding 3-9-2.< / ><>O Murphy< / >< / table>

投注：3 Gloryous, 4 Sudbury Hill, 9-2 Dunkeld Dreamer, 11-2 Echalar, 8 Lorca's Waltz, 10 Uncharted territory, Ohara, Itica.

4.20 奇切斯特市让磅赛 (CLASS 3) 2.5 万英镑 (12,885 英镑) 2英里

<><>1< / ><>(1)< / ><>134< / ><>SYNERGISM (D2) Sir M Prescott 4-10-3 .... L Morris< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(6)< / ><>579< / ><>BAHADUR (C&D) S Woods 4-10-3.... C Fallon< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(4)< / ><>620< / ><>BLAZEON FIVE (D6) A King 8-10-3.... R Ryan< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7)< / ><>11 / 1< / ><>SQUIREN DANAGHER E Lavelle 6-10-1.... R Dawson< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>111< / ><>SEINOR CORTEZ (D2) J Butler 5-10-0.... B Loughnane< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(8)< / ><>040< / ><>MOON OVER MIAMI (D) R Beckett 5-10-0.... H Crouch< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(9)< / ><>316< / ><>MARNIER G & J Moore 4-9-13.... J Watson< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(5)< / ><>321< / ><>PERSONAL BEST J Portman 4-9-8.... R Hornby< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(3)< / ><>1-22< / ><>MAXIDENT (BF) K P De Foy 6-9-8.... D

Egan< / td>< / tr> 10< / ><>(10)< / ><>676< / ><>PREMIERE LIGNE H Morrison 7-9-3.... O Murphy< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(11)< / ><>220< / ><>KNIGHT TEMPLAR (D2) R Stephens 5-9-1.... D Probert< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">投注：3 Senor Cortez, 4 Personal Best, 5 Maxident, 11-2 Squire Danagher 7 Synrigmism 10 Marjier 14 Moon Over Miami.< / >< / table>

4.55 VIRGIN BET 支持责任博彩 让磅赛 (4类) 15,650 英镑 (8,066 英镑) 1英里 2弗隆

<><>1< / ><>(10)< / ><>313< / ><>A MAJOR PAYNE (BF,D2) M Bell 5-10-3....O Murphy< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(1)< / ><>655< / ><>WAR HAWK (D3) S & E Crisford 4-10-2.. C Rodriguez< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(8)< / ><>3-50< / ><>THINTHREAD G Baker 4-10-2....B Sayette< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(6)< / ><>551< / ><>OBITO (D2) D O'Meara 4-10-2....D Tudhope< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>066< / ><>FIRST AMBITION M Keady 5-10-0....H Crouch< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(9)< / ><>210< / ><>BEARISH E Dunlop 3-9-11....R Ryan< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(11)< / ><>8-50< / ><>ALCARAZ (D3) G Baker 7-9-11....D Egan< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>253< / ><>DUE TO HENRY (D2) E J-Houghton 5-9-8....C Bishop< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(3)< / ><>067< / ><>BRIGID'S WELL H Palmer 3-9-6....D

Probert< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(5)< / ><>285< / ><>SI GRASS C Johnston 3-9-3....C Shepherd< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>710< / ><>LAVENDER GOLD (C&D) D Menuisier 3-8-13 J Watson< / >< / table>

投注：7-2 Obito, 4 A Major Payne, 5 Due To Henry, 7 Bearish, 8 Lavender Gold, 10 Si Grass, 12 War Hawk, First Ambition.

贝弗利电视：RTV / ITV

R-H 赛道。场地状况：柔软。顶尖骑师：D Allan。 顶尖练马师：T Easterby。

1.40 威廉希尔银杯让赛 (3 级赛) 3 万英镑 (15,702 英镑) 1英里 2弗隆

1< / td><>(9)< / ><>581< / ><>THEORYOFEVERYTHING D O'Meara 6-10-2....J Hart< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(2)< / ><>822< / ><>IMPARTIALITY (C) P Makin 4-9-12....S Gray< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(5)< / ><>634< / ><>WAHDAN T Easterby 5-9-11....J Dickson (S)< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(6)< / ><>212< / ><>TIGER (BF,D) I Williams 4-9-10....P Mulrennan< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(1)< / ><>217< / ><>JEZ BOMB (D2) S England 5-9-9....R Elliott (S)< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>673< / ><>FOX AVATAR (C&D) R Varian 5-9-9....P J McDonald< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(3)< / ><>605< / ><>KIND OF KISS (D) S England 5-9-6....Oisin Orr< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>1-86< / ><>ORATORICAL D Loughnane 3-9-6....L Pearson< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(12)< / ><>046< / ><>GALYX (D) J Channon 5-9-6....G Bass< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(13)< / ><>5-31< / ><>AMANCIO F Bramley 5-9-5....T Eaves< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>048< / ><>PER CONTRA (D) T Easterby 5-9-4....D Allan< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(8)< / ><>13< / ><>BAY OF MYTHS (D) Dr R Newland 3-8-12 G Mangan< / >< / table>

13 (11) 304 MUDITA (BF,D) R & P Fahey 3-8-4..... E Tindall (5) 投注赔率：3 Impartiality, 9-2 Fox Avatar, 8 Tiger, Per Contra, Amancio, Galyx, 10 Bay Of Myths, Theoryofeverything, 12 其他。

2.15 贝弗利子弹冲刺锦标赛 (列级赛) (1 级赛) 7 万英镑 (39,697 英镑) 5弗隆

<><>1< / ><>(5)< / ><>182< / ><>WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (D3) K Ryan 6-9-7...T Eaves< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(8)< / ><>900< / ><>AIN'T NOBODY (D2) K Ryan 4-9-4....K Stott< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(6)< / ><>001< / ><>AL SHABAB STORM (D) M Appleby 5-9-4℃ Whiteley< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(10)< / ><>102< / ><>BADRI (C&D) M H Quinn 9-9-4....C Beasley< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(9)< / ><>357< / ><>JM JUNGLE (D6) I & S Quinn 6-9-4....J Hart< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(11)< / ><>007< / ><>SHAGRAAN (C&D) C Cox 5-9-4....P J McDonald< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(2)< / ><>610< / ><>ARGENTINE TANGO (C&D) T Easterby 3-9-0 D Allan< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>544< / ><>BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (C&D) B Haslam 4-8-13A Mullen< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(7)< / ><>633< / ><>ELEGANT ERIN (C&DS) P Midgley 9-8-13....C Hardie< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(3)< / ><>931< / ><>FLUORESCENCE (D2) E Bethell 4-8-13....O Orr< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(1)< / ><>600< / ><>HEAVENIY HEATHER (D) T Waggott 5-8-13 B McHugh< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">投注赔率：9-4 Jm Jungle, 4 Shagraan, 5 Washington Heights, 7 Ain't Nobody. 8 Heavenly Heather. 12 Fluorescence. Argentine Tango.< / >< / table>

2.50 限定未胜出雌马锦标赛 (4 级赛) 1 万英镑 (2岁马) (5,400 英镑) 5弗隆

<><>1< / ><>(13)< / ><>793< / ><>CHEEKY CHESCA T Easterby 9-2......D Allan< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>6< / ><>DAWN'S GIFT S Ender 9-2......A Rawlinson< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(1)< / ><>458< / ><>DOROTHEA HOPE T Easterby 9-2......J Hart< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8)< / ><>226< / ><>ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO B Haslam 9-2......A Mullen< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>< / ><>FLORAL MAID B Ellison 9-2......C Hardie< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(4)< / ><>< / ><>GET ON THAT BABY M & D Easterby 9-2......J Mason< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(11)< / ><>532< / ><>LAST DANDELION (BF) S C Williams 9-2 E Tindall (5)< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(12)< / ><>< / ><>PICNIC PRINCESS R & P Fahey 9-2......S Gray< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(2)< / ><>< / ><>PIVOTAL VOYAGE K Ryan 9-2......T

Eaves< / td>< / tr> 10< / ><>(9)< / ><>8< / ><>POCKET CHANGE P Makin 9-2......S James< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(10)< / ><>305< / ><>PURRISTA G Tutty 9-2......C Beasley< / >< / ><><>12< / >(5)< / ><>059< / ><>SERENITY BAY E Dunlop 9-2......O Orr< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(7)< / ><>05< / ><>SUENICORA STAR B Ellison 9-2......MP Sheehy< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">BEFTTING: 9-4 Eleven Eighty Two 3 Last Daneland, 4 Cheeky Chesca< / >< / table>

投注：9-4 Eleven Eighty Two, 3 Last Dandelion, 4 Cheeky Chesca, 10 Pivotal Voyage, Picnic Princess, 12 Dawn's Gift, 14 Dorothea Hope.

3.20 WARD HOMES 约克郡让磅赛 (4类) 10,650 英镑 (5,574 英镑) 1英里 100码

<><>1< / ><>(3)< / ><>100< / ><>PRIAPOS (D4) P Makin 4-9-9......< / ><>S James< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(6)< / ><>800< / ><>NOSTRUM (D) M Appleby 6-9-9......< / ><>J Hart< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(12)< / ><>057< / ><>WALSINGHAM (D4) D O'Meara 6-9-8℃ Whiteley (S)< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(11)< / ><>280< / ><>HOT CASH (D) J Channon 4-9-7......< / ><>C Beasley< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(9)< / ><>278< / ><>GOLDEN REDEMPTION G Harker 4-9-6......< / ><>D Nolan< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>061< / ><>COUNT PALATINE M Dods 5-9-5......< / ><>S B Kirrane< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(7)< / ><>753< / ><>ON THE RIVER (C&D) H Bethell 7-9-2 T K-Marshall (S)< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(5)< / ><>175< / ><>HIGHLAND OLLY (C,D3) G Tuer 5-9-1......A

Rawlinson< / ><>< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(1)< / ><>212-< / ><>TELE RED (BF,C,D3) K R Burke 9-9-1......< / ><>A Elliott< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(4)< / ><>414< / ><>WONDROUS LIGHT (C&D) J Portman 4-9-0..K Stott< / ><>< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(2)< / ><>121< / ><>THE SWEET ESCAPE (C,D2) D Loughnane 4-9-0< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>12< / ><>(8)< / ><>472< / ><>FINANCER T Easterby 5-9-0......D Allan< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(13)< / ><>447< / ><>PANELLI (BF,D) M Sowersby 4-8-6......C Hardie< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">BETTING: 4 The Sweet Escape, 11-2 Financer, 13-2 Count Palatine, 7 Tele Red, 8 Golden Redemption, 10 Wondrous Light, On The River.< / >< / table>

3.55 CONSTANT SECURITY 让磅赛 (5类) 8,650 英镑 (4,527 英镑) 5长度单位 (f)

<><>1< / ><>(12)< / ><>532< / ><>MANAGING DIRECTOR (D) G Oldroyd 4-9-13< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>P J McDonald< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(11)< / ><>158< / ><>HOLBACHE (DS) J Camacho 8-9-12 T K-Marshall (5)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(15)< / ><>125< / ><>MILITARY GIRL (BF,D4) M Dods 4-9-11...... C Beasley< / >< / table>

劳里·布兰南（LAURIE BRANNAN）今日推荐

BEVERLEY< / td><>Impartiality (1.40)< / >< / tr><><>GOODWOOD< / ><>Aperoll (3.10)< / >< / ><><>YARMOUTH< / ><>Methgal (4.00)< / >< / table>

<><>4< / ><>(9)< / ><>108< / ><>DAIZEN R Menzies 3-9-10......A Mullen< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>645< / ><>VENTURA EXPRESS (C&D) P Midgley 9-9-9 D Nolan< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(3)< / ><>033< / ><>QILA (BF) B Ellison 3-9-8......MP Sheehy< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(4)< / ><>056< / ><>TIRIAC (D2) P Midgley 6-9-8......P Mulrennan< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(10)< / ><>700< / ><>TEES AGGREGATES (C&D) A Nicholls 4-9-7 J Nicholls (3)< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(13)< / ><>317< / ><>GREAT (BF,D) S England 4-9-7......S Gray< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(14)< / ><>655< / ><>MISS BRAZEN (C&D) M & D Easterby 6-9-6 J Mason< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>347< / ><>SIMBA'S PRIDE M Dods 3-9-5......M Winn< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(6)< / ><>460< / ><>ICE COLD ALEX (D) O Pears 3-9-4......C Hardie< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(2)< / ><>067< / ><>EMPRESS OLIVIA M Walford 3-9-3......D Costello< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(1)< / ><>740< / ><>DREAM DEAL (C&D) T Easterby 7-9-1......D Allan< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(8)< / ><>452< / ><>HARB (D7) T Davidson 7-9-0......J Hart< / >< / table>

投注：4 Managing Director, 6 Qila, Harb, 7 Ventura Express, 10 Military Girl, 12 Miss Brazen, Tiriac, 14 Great, Dream Deal.

4.30 NURSERY (第6类) 7,650 英镑 (2岁) (4,004 英镑) 7f

<><>1< / ><>(4)< / ><>691< / ><>INNS AND OUT (D) T Easterby 9-11(6ex)......D Allan< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(2)< / ><>631< / ><>BELLA LUCIA (D) G Tutty 9-9......C Whiteley (5)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(11)< / ><>351< / ><>AMANTHA (D2) B Ellison 9-6......C Beasley< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8)< / ><>502< / ><>COURT LEGEND M & D Easterby 9-6......J Mason< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>673< / ><>PRINTING MONEY D Cunha 9-5......S James< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(6)< / ><>630< / ><>NOSEY BOOK T Easterby 9-2......S B Kirrane< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(3)< / ><>862< / ><>SUNRISE AT DAWN (BF) C Lidster 9-1......T Eaves< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(10)< / ><>462< / ><>BLACK FURY O Pears 9-0......C Hardie< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(1)< / ><>887< / ><>SCARLET DYNASTY G Tutty 8-9......R Elliott (5)< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(9)< / ><>336< / ><>TIGER IN THE TREE T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>005< / ><>BE MORE RUTHLESS A Nicholls 8-8......J Nicholls (3)< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(12)< / ><>048< / ><>LOVEULONGTIME G Harker 8-6......W Pyle< / >< / table>

投注：4 Bella Lucia, 9-2 Amantha, 6 Court Legend, Printing Money, 7 Sunrise At Dawn, 8 Black Fury, 10 Inns And Out.

5.05 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (第5类) 8,650 英镑 (4,527 英镑) 2m

<><>1< / ><>(5)< / ><>312< / ><>ELEMENTAL EYE (D) I Jardine 5-10-0......J Nicholls< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>509< / ><>MARBUZET (DZ) T Easterby 7-9-13......J Dickson (5)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(7)< / ><>523< / ><>TIME TURNER E Bethell 4-9-9......C Horgan (3)< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(4)< / >< colspan="2">171 / PFINGSTBERG (D3) M Walford 6-9-8......E Tindall (3)< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>923< / ><>SHOPAHOLIC J Jones 4-9-8......C Whiteley (3)< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(1)< / ><>6-74< / ><>SPOOKY WOOKY S G West 4-9-5......W Pyle< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(8)< / >< colspan="2">870 / PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL M Walford 9-9-1 R Elliott (3)< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(6)< / ><>234< / ><>JEDHI KNIGHT (D) P Midgley 4-8-11......A Jary< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">投注：9-4 Elemental Eye, 7-2 Pfingstberg, 4 Punxsutawney Phil, 13-2 Time Turner, 8 Spooky Wooky, 10 Shopaholic, 12 Jedhi Knight.< / >< / table>

Yarmouth TV: SKY / ITV

L-H 赛道。场地状况：良好至坚实-部分区域良好。 顶尖骑师：J Mitchell。顶尖练马师：W Haggas。 2.20 受限新手赛 (4 级) 1.1 万英镑 (2 岁马) (5,940 英镑) 7 浪 (7f)

1< / td><>(8)< / ><>< / ><>CAPITANO JOSEPI K Frost 9-7......J Mitchell< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>6< / ><>DEL PEARO J Ryan 9-7......C Howarth (3)< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(6)< / ><>< / ><>EXTRAGALACTIC W Haggas 9-7......H Davies< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(10)< / ><>9< / ><>PRESSURED E Dunlop 9-7......J Callan< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>8< / ><>STRONG PERFORMANCE W Knight 9-4....M Ghiani< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(11)< / ><>234< / ><>TOP COTE J Morland 9-4......J Peate< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(4)< / ><>3< / ><>HIDDEN BEYOND C Hills 9-2......D Muscutt< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(7)< / ><>8< / ><>PERFECT LOVE M Appleby 9-2......M Paetel (3)< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(1)< / ><>95< / ><>MYSTIC UNICORN M Keady 8-13......T Langley (5)< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(2)< / ><>322< / ><>ROCSANE (BF) G Margarson

8-13......S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(9)< / ><>75< / ><>THEFT G Scott 8-13......D Keenan< / >< / table>

<><>1< / ><>(5)< / ><>273< / ><>ROSE COTTON T Clover 4-9-9......J Mitchell< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(1)< / ><>363< / ><>PATROL D Cunha 4-9-9......J Callan< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(2)< / ><>786< / ><>TRIPLE DOUBLE A (C,D) H Palmer 4-9-9.1 Catton (3)< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7)< / ><>653< / ><>TWILIGHT MOON M Tregoning 4-9-8 A Lewis (3)< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(9)< / ><>754< / ><>MOONJID (C&D) M Appleby 4-9-8 M Paetel (3)< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(3)< / ><>4-97< / ><>SOMETHING SPLENDID (D2) P Chapple-Hyam 4-9-7M Ghiani< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(6)< / ><>216< / ><>SOLANNA (BF,C&D) J Butler 7-9-5......D Muscutt< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / >< colspan="2">245- ARUNDEL (D) E Dunlop 4-9-0......E Greatrex< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(8)< / ><>427< / ><>MAN OF DESERT C Dwyer 5-9-0......S De Sousa< / >< / ><><

colspan="4">投注：4 Solanna, 5 Arundel, 11-2 Rose Cotton, 6 Moonjid, 7 Patrol, Triple Double A, 8 Twilight Moon, 10 Something Splendid.< / >< / table>

255 让磅赛 (3 级)

<><>4< / ><>(1)< / ><>700< / ><>SEVEN QUESTIONS (C&D) R Cowell 5-9-8 J Mitchell< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>184< / ><>MICHAELA'S BOY (C&D) R Cowell 6-9-8 ....M Ghiani< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(4)< / ><>984< / ><>KINSWOMAN (D3) W Haggas 4-9-8....H Davies< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(7)< / ><>722< / ><>HYPNOTISED (D) H Charlton 3-9-3....P Bradley< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(5)< / ><>4-84< / ><>ELARA MAY (C&D) P McBride 3-9-3....As Lewis (3)< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(9)< / ><>382< / ><>FANTASY MASTER (D4) R Cowell 8-8-8....K O'Neill< / >< / ><>< colspan="4">投注：9-4 Hypnotised, 9-2 Kinswoman, 5 Rocking Ends, 6 Fantasy Master, 8 Michaela's Boy, Adrestia, 14 Seven Questions, 20 Elara May.< / >< / table>

2.50 18,400 英镑 (9,483 英镑) 5f

投注：5-2 Rocsane, 11-4 Top Cote, 3 Extragalactic, 5 Hidden Beyond, 14 Mystic Unicorn, 16 Theft, 25 Strong Performance.

1< / td><>(10)< / ><>374< / ><>NOBLE GUEST (C2) G Margarson 4-9-12M Paetel (3)< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(2)< / ><>589< / ><>SAM'S XPRESS (D) J & S Birkett 6-9-12.....D E Hogan< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(3)< / ><>621< / ><>VON KROLOCK (D2) J Owen 7-9-11℃ Howarth (3)< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7)< / ><>721< / ><>METHGAL (D) D Cunha 4-9-10.....K S McHugh (7)< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>275< / ><>INSUSPENSE R Burdon 4-9-10..... P Bradley< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(9)< / ><>346< / ><>COURT DRIVE (C&D) G Kelleway 5-9-10.....J Mitchell< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>7-49< / ><>DANGER ALERT (D) A Kirby 6-9-9..... P Cosgrave< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(11)< / ><>654< / ><>DEADLINE W Greatrex 3-9-8.....E Greatrex< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(4)< / ><>395< / ><>WOOLRIDGE S Dixon 4-9-7..... K O'Neill< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(5)< / ><>672< / ><>MY MATE KEV (BF,D2) C Dwyer 4-9-6.....S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(8)< / ><>455< / ><>KYOTO M Murphy 4-9-4.....D Muscutt< / >< / table>

<><>1< / ><>(8)< / ><>800< / ><>ADRESTIA (C&D) S & E< / ><>Crisford 4-10-0 ....S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>155< / ><>ROCKING ENDS (C&D) T< / ><>Clover 6-9-11...... D Muscutt< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(2)< / ><>100< / ><>DAZZLING HAZE (D3) R< / ><>Cowell 3-9-9......E Greatrex< / >< / table>

4.00 障碍赛 (CLASS 6) 7,200 英镑 (3,768 英镑) 6f 投注：11-4 von Krolock, 3 Metngal, 5 My Mate Kev, 8 Noble Guest, 10 Insuspense, 12 Court Drive, 14 Danger Alert, 16 Deadline.

4.35 障碍赛 (CLASS 6) 7,200 英镑 (3,768 英镑) 7f

<><>1< / ><>(8)< / ><>871< / ><>GIANT (D2) I Williams 6-10-0(Sex)......H Davies< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(13)< / ><>254< / ><>CUBAN GIRL Brian Toomey 4-9-9......J Callan< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(11)< / ><>7-20< / ><>GEMINI STAR J & S Birkett 6-9-8......D E Hogan< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(14)< / ><>313< / ><>CAMPANI (BF,C,D) D M Simcock 4-9-8......D Muscutt< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>776< / ><>PICKERING CASTLE D M Simcock 4-9-5......Haynes< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(6)< / ><>534< / ><>POTTERS PRINCE M Crawley 4-9-5......D Keenan< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(12)< / ><>868< / ><>COURT OF SESSION (D) P McEntee 7-9-5......C Planas< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>128< / ><>DESERT CHARM (BF,C) M Murphy 4-9-4......K O'Neill< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(9)< / ><>124< / ><>OH SO PERFECT (BF,D2) M Appleby 3-9-2 M Paetel (3)< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(2)< / ><>2-59< / ><>YOKO D Loughnane 3-9-2......S De Sousa< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(3)< / ><>028< / ><>CAPTIVE BEAUTY R Burdon 3-9-1......J Gordon< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(7)< / ><>059< / ><>WITHOUTFURTHERADO P Charalambous& J Clutterbuck 4-9-1 L Wright (3)< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(10)< / ><>415< / ><>CAITLIN G (C&D) M Fenton (IRE) 3-8-9 G McEntee< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(1)< / ><>630< / ><>ROKUNI C Wallis 4-8-9......A Lewis (3)< / >< / table>

投注：3 Campani, 4 Giant, 11-2 Oh So Perfect, 8 Potters Prince, 10 Desert Charm, 12 Cuban Girl, 14 Gemini Star, Pickering Castle.

510 金银交易所学徒障碍赛 (CLASS C) 57,200 (53,760) 1m

1< / td><>(6)< / ><>634< / ><>SYMPHONY OF JOY K Frost 4-10-2......S C Cronin< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(7)< / ><>721< / ><>PIAZZA O Sangster 3-10-2......J Callan< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(8)< / ><>531< / ><>ECCLFEECHAN (D) J Ryan 3-10-0(6ex)......C Howarth< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(5)< / ><>900-< / ><>CAPTAIN CORELLI (D6) J Camacho 9-9-9......H Burns< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(3)< / ><>325< / ><>CRIMSON RAMBLER (D) M Crawley 3-9-9......L Wright< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(1)< / ><>335< / ><>BIG ALEX WALMSLEY I G-Leveque 4-9-8......A Lewis< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(2)< / ><>535< / ><>MERITOCRATIC J Owen 3-9-5......M Paetel< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>296< / ><>AMARACHI (C) J Parr 4-9-4......C Planas< / >< / table>

昨日赛果

贝弗利 (BEVERLEY)

部分场地软-重 (Soft-heavy in places)

1.45: TRILBY (P J McDonald) 3-1jt-f 1; Francisco's Piece 9-1 2; Lethal Nymph 3-1jt-f 3. 9 匹参赛. (S England). 3%, nk. Tote: £4.00; £1.30, £3.10, £1.60. Exacta: £39.70. Tricast: £89.31. Trifecta: £127.50. CSF: £32.22. NRs: Cingue Verde, Solar Aclaim.

2.20: VALLEY OF FLOWERS (J Mason) 4-1 1; Uncharted territory 6-1 2; Northern Brave 5-2f 3. 8 匹参赛. (Samantha & Jacqueline Coward). 1¼, 1½. Tote: £5.60; £1.70, £2.40, £1.30. Ex: £38.10. Tricast: £72.16. Trifecta: £114.90. CSF: £29.14. NR: Barak Warrior.

2.55: FANS FAVOURITE (C Whiteley) 3-1 1; Rapide Vega 3-1 2; Ciao Capo 3-1 3. 8 匹参赛. (H Palmer). nk, 2¼. Tote: £4.00; £1.40, £1.50, £1.50. Ex: £17.20. Tricast: £29.16. Trifecta: £62.00. CSF: £12.10. NRs: Everyoneknowsadave, Lady Hornblower, Shimmering Sands.

3.35: NECROMANCER (J Hart) F-2 1; Blanquita 100-30 2; Pen Lan Icon 20-13. 13 匹参赛. (R Beckett). 13-8 Saffron Bay. 1½, 2½. Tote: £5.30; £1.70, £1.70, £4.50. Ex: £24.70. Trifecta: £350.70. CSF: £16.10. NR: Naseebwali.

4.10: SUPREME CLARETS (O Orr) 100-30 1; Misunderstood 4-1 2; Son 11-4jt-F 3.8 匹参赛. (R & P Fahey). 11-4jt-f One Night Thunder. hd, 1½. Tote: £4.34; £1.30, £1.80, £1.30. Ex: £21.60. Tricast: £42.69. Trifecta: £69.70. CSF: £18.25. NRs: Arduis Invicta, Glenfinnan, Highland Shah, Obelix, The Sweet Escape.

4.45: TARMONBARRY KID (O Orr) 9-1 1; Style Of Life 12-1 2; Coolree 14-1 3. 10 匹参赛. (R & P Fahey). 4-1f Glen Nevis. 1l, 1½. Tote: £10.00; £2.90, £3.40, £3.60. Ex: £120.80. Tricast: £1021.52. Trifecta: £1262.50. CSF: £111.85. NRs: Borjina, Sandy Craic. Placepot: £81.40. Quadpot: £24.30.

部分场地好-软 (Good to soft-soft in places)

切普斯托 (CHEPSTOW)

4.40: MINSTER MAN (E Greatrex) 2-5f 1; Crazee In Havana 2-1 2; Mrs Blue 18-1 3. 3 匹参赛. (R Cowell). 5½, 1¾. Tote: £1.40; Exacta: £1.20. Trifecta: £1.50. CSF: £1.58. NR: Roxa Love.

5.15: PJ'S CORNER (E Greatrex) 3-1jt-f 1; Perigord Noir 13-2 2; Maximus Meridius 17-2 3. 6 匹参赛. (D Cunha). 3-1jt-f Dowman. nk, 1½. Tote: £4.10; £2.00, £2.60. Ex: £27.10. Trifecta: £109.70. CSF: £22.75. NR: South West.

5.45: MIDGHAM MAN (Jack Doughty) 8-13f 1; Time Glory 16-1 2; Mainshock 11-4 3. 5 匹参赛. (B Millman). 10l, 1¼. Tote: £1.62; £1.10, £4.40. Ex: £8.60. Trifecta: £18.90. CSF: £12.47. NR: Flight Tracker.

6.15: ABSOLUTE DIAMOND (P Cosgrave) 10-1 1; Q T Boy 11-2 2; Thunda Struck 13-2 3. 9 匹参赛. (P Evans). 15-8f Sovereign Beach. 1l, 2½. Tote: £11.00; £2.50, £2.10, £2.20. Ex: £79.60. Tricast: £394.43. Trifecta: £664.10. CSF: £65.81. NRs: No More Pino, So Tempting.

6.45: EMERY DOWN (P Cosgrave) 11-4f 1; Kaleidoscope Eyes 13-2 2; Connie's Rose 17-2 3. 8 匹参赛. (J Ryan). 4¼, 3l. Tote: £3.75; £1.70, £2.00, £2.10. Ex: £22.30. Tricast: £137.87. Trifecta: £106.40. CSF: £21.88.

7.15: HEART SIGN (Taryn Langley) 16-1 1; Head Girl 7-4f 2; Buck Barrow 9-2 3. 8 匹参赛. (Jack Morland). ½, ½. Tote: £19.30; £3.60, £1.20, £1.50. Ex: £71.00. Tricast: £157.58. Trifecta: £379.70. CSF: £46.41.

7.45: ELORA PRINCE (Taryn Langley) 5-1 1; Celebrating Ethel 4-1 2; Pepper Fizz 3-1f 3. 6 匹参赛. (A Wintle). 2¼, 1¾. Tote: £6.00; £1.80, £1.80. Ex: £23.30. Tricast: £69.45. Trifecta: £79.10. CSF: £25.42. NRs: Tiger Beetle, Typeface. Placepot: £67.10. Quadpot: £17.80.

卡特梅尔 (CARTMEL)

场地状况：良好-良好，部分区域偏软

2.05: ALVESTA (L Norcei) 5-2 1; Zamond 11-2 2; Lord Of The Glance 16-1 3. 1 3. 11 ran. (J Moffatt). 2-1f Mi Sueno. 2¼, ¾. Tote: £3.50; £1.90, £3.10, £1.20. Exacta: £17.90. Tricast: £191.03. Trifecta: £181.60. CSF: £17.17. NR: Ambassador.

2.40: GAMBINO (H Skelton) 3-10f 1; Whermyrosemarygoes 7-2 2; Faithful Guardian 12-1 3. 1 3. 9 ran. (D Skelton). 1l, 4l. Tote: £1.30; £1.10, £1.10, £2.10. Ex: £2.10. Trifecta: £7.90. CSF: £2.15. NR: Argentum.

3.15: SEEYANTHESUNINN (A Stevens) 15-2 1; Frisky Whiskey 9-2 2; Larkfield Lusive 18-1 3. 1 3. 12 ran. (M Hammond). 4-1f Kingofthegame. 1¼, ½. Tote: £8.50; £2.70, £2.00, £5.00. Ex: £59.60. Tricast: £608.05. Trifecta: £488.40. CSF: £42.88. NRs: Robert d'Ores, Stiletto.

3.53: MORNING MAYHEM (H Reed) 8-1 1; Lightening Company 20-1 2; Royssse 6-1 3. 1 1 ran. (N Scholfield). 100-30f My Chiquita. 1½, shd. Tote: £10.10; £6.70, £2.40. Ex: £154.50. Tricast: £1049.23. Trifecta: £2388.30. CSF: £157.93. NRs: Banderas, Edelak, King Ulanda.

4.25: PASSING DIAMOND (R McLernon) 8-15f 1; Lermoos Legend 15-22; Palamon 7-13. 13. 5 ran. (B Haslam). 5l, 4%. Tote: £1.54; £1.20, £4.40. Ex: £4.40. Trifecta: £14.40. CSF: £5.49.

5.05: ILLOGICAL LOGIC (E Collier) 7-1 1; Roi Du Roume 11-4f 2; Path Of Stars 15-2 3. 2 3. 11 ran. (D Thompson). 2l, 2l. Tote: £8.40; £2.50, £1.30, £2.30. Ex: £34.10. Tricast: £154.11. Trifecta: £198.10. CSF: £27.58. Placepot: £113.00. Quadpot: £39.10.

GOODWOOD

1.25: SILVERELLA (D Probert) 14-1 1; Rhythm Of My Heart 3-1 2; Roku

Totescoop6: 未中奖 146,439 英镑 rollover. Place: £25.20. Bonus: 未中奖 (58,110 英镑 rollover).

Nana 5-1 3. 1 3. 13 ran. (M Tregoning). 9-4f Lily Pink. 1½, ½. Tote: £15.40; £3.30, £1.50, £63.60. Exacta: £63.60. Trifecta: £372.00. CSF: £57.02.

2.00: FORTY YEARS ON (H Crouch) 6-4f 1; Fondo Blanco 14-1 2; Pellitory 11-1 3. 11 ran. (G Scott). 2l, 1l. Tote: £2.50; £4.20, £2.90. Ex: £32.80. Tricast: £191.94. Trifecta: £296.30. CSF: £25.84. NRs: Aalto, Addison Grey, Carnival Of Light, Completely Random.

2.35: TOO SOON (W Fentiman) 4-1 1; High Degree 2-1f 2; Green Sky 8-1 3. 9 ran. (G & J Moore). 4½, 1¼. Tote: £5.90; £2.20, £1.80. Ex: £18.90. Tricast: £60.86. Trifecta: £124.60. CSF: £12.58.

3.10: ZAVATERI (C Bishop) 11-10f 1; Qirat 13-2 2; Fast Tracker 12-1 3. 1 3.7 ran. (E J-Houghton). 3½, 2¼. Tote: £2.10; £1.40, £3.00. Ex: £9.10. Tricast: £55.93. Trifecta: £103.20. CSF: £8.98. NRs: Arisaig, Pina Sonata.

3.45: CHIMES OF THUNDER (D Probert) 9-2 1; Queen Of Scotland 15-2 2; Aunt Roberta 15-2 3. 8 ran. (W Haggas). 9-4f Tropical Sands. 4½, 3½. Tote: £5.50; £2.10, £2.00. Ex: £37.40. Trifecta: £186.00. CSF: £38.41.

4.20: GOLOOGONG (B Sayette) 7-2 1; Zachary Hicks 5-2 2; Russian Rumour 25-1-3. 3. 9 ran. (G Baker). 85-40f Arcturus Flame. 11l, shd. Tote: £4.50; £1.50, £1.40, £4.70. Ex: £18.00. Tricast: £191.01. Trifecta: £240.50. CSF: £13.16. NRs: Educator, Mr Freedom, Two Plus Two.

4.55: NAANA'S SPARKLE (K O'Neill) 11-4 1; Toca Madera 15-8f 2; Dream Composer 10-1 3. 1 3. 6 ran. (L Souza). 1½, 2½. Tote: £3.75; £1.70, £1.50. Ex: £8.10. Tricast: £40.90. Trifecta: £39.80. CSF: £8.34. NRs: Democracy Dilemma, Dyonisos. Jackpot: 未中奖，奖池 10,820 英镑. 33 carried over. Placepot: £69.20. Quadpot: £19.80.

SANDOWN

草地由好转软

1.40: TALL TREES (J P Spencer) 6-4jt-f 1; Victoria Night 7-1 2; Flower Show 6-4jt-f 3.8 ran. (B Meehan). hd, 2½. Tote: £2.50; £1.10, £1.80, £1.10. Exacta: £11.40. Trifecta: £26.10. CSF: £13.98. NR: Thi Qar. 2.15: KOKBASTAU (R Dawson) 9-2 1; Alcarath 3-1f 2; Stem 17-2 3.11 ran. (R Varian). hd, ¾. Tote: £5.50; £2.20, £1.50, £1.90. Ex: £19.00. Tricast: £12.28. Trifecta: £95.40. CSF: £18.11. NBS: Cash, King's Charter

2.50: LOVE DYNASTY (N Callan) 33-11; Noche Clasica 14-12; Moon Target 7-2 3. 10 ran. (K Ryan). 3-1f Kon Tiki. nk, nk. Tote: £35.50; £6.30, £3.20, £1.70. Ex: £452.40. Tricast: £2082.95. Trifecta: £2070.70. CSF: £436.30.

3.30: ALFRED WALLACE (K Shoemark) 11-4 1; Dover Street 16-1 2; Breacher 100-30 3. 8 ran. (E Walker). 9-4f Mia Fantasia. $\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{1}{2}$ . Tote: £3.80; £1.30, £2.70, £1.60. Ex: £45.10. Tricast: £153.42. Trifecta: £196.10. CSF: £45.24. NRs: Rock Montreal, Sergei Diaghilev.

4.05: STORM FREE (L Edmunds) 12-1 1; Desert Shadow 2-1f 2; Defence Minister 9-4 3. 8 ran. (J Tate). 3 / 4, 3 / 4. Tote: £13.00; £2.60, £1.30, £1.40. Ex: £47.00. Tricast: £77.54. Trifecta: £194.70. CSF: £37.53. NRs: Huscal, Silver Ghost.

4.35: VICTORY GOLD (O Murphy) 7-4f 1; Noble Prince 2-1 2; Dontlookbackinanga 7-1 3. 5 ran. (S bin Suroor). 2½, 3¾. Tote: £2.75; £1.50, £1.40. Ex: £4.50. Trifecta: £16.70. CSF: £5.60. NRs: Clive The Writer, Sanbona Warrior, Waasil.

5.10: ROSARIO (R Ryan) 6-5f 1; Lipsink 9-1 2; Havana Smile 14-1 3. 8 ran. (R Teal). shd, 1%. Tote: £2.20; £1.20, £1.70, £3.20. Ex: £14.80. Tricast: £107.88. Trifecta: £132.10. CSF: £13.97. NRs: Hypnotised, Quantum Power. Placepot: £38.80. Quadpot: £15.50.

温莎 (WINDSOR)

Soft

4.30: CROWN AND TWO (D Egan) 10-11f 1; Wolf Bay 80-1 2; Valdoro 12-1 3. 9 ran. (T Clover). 2½, hd. Tote: £2.40; £1.20, £8.00, £2.00. Exacta: £112.70. Trifecta: £921.80. CSF: £102.46. NR: Blue Victory.

5.00: SPACE BEAR (J Watson) 15-2 1; An Outlaw's Grace 14-1 2; Sergeant Pep 20-1 3. 9 ran. (M Appleby). 11-4f Supreme King. 1½, hd. Tote: £10.00; £2.40, £3.60, £4.40. Ex: £127.40. Tricast: £2033.40. Trifecta: £1242.00. CSF: £108.57.

5.30: ANGEL GABRIEL (R Clutterbuck) 11-4jt-f 1; Crafty Blue 4-1 2; Madman 11-4jt-f 3. 6 ran. (R Beckett). 1½, 4½. Tote: £3.75; £2.20, £2.10. Ex: £15.20. Tricast: £31.52. Trifecta: £39.90. CSF: £14.17. NRs: Moving Force. Saucy Jane, Star Chorus.

6.00: HOLLIESTHEDOLLIE (H Davies) 12-1 1; Crowned 5-6f 2; Miss Moneypit 15-2 3. 11 ran. (J Portman). 1¼, nk. Tote: £16.70; £2.80, £1.10, £2.00. Ex: £43.00. Tricast: £95.44. Trifecta: £245.70. CSF: £22.91.

6.30: TENABILITY (T Marquand) 2-1 1; Silawi 10-1 2; White Birch 15-8f 3. 8 ran. (W Haggas). ½, nk. Tote: £3.00; £1.30, £2.70, £1.40. Ex: £28.70. Trifecta: £89.20. CSF: £23.66. NR: Warrant Holder.

7.00: MAXIMISING (D Egan) 3-1jt-f 1; Eazy On The Eye 6-1 2; Bubbles Wonky 3-1jt-f 3. 8 ran. (K P De Foy). 2l, 1½. Tote: £4.00; £1.40, £1.80, £1.60. Ex: £24.50. Tricast: £59.66. Trifecta: £73.60. CSF: £22.53. NRs: Newfangled, Potomac River, Tribal Wisdom.

7.30: SPINNEY (D Egan) 11-1 1; Dijon Gone 11-1 2; La Kosmos 17-2 3. 13 ran. (T Clover). 100-30jt-f Goldfinder, 100-30jt-f Lucky Sevens. 4½, 1¾. Tote: £15.90; £4.20, £3.80, £3.20. Ex: £188.30. Tricast: £1096.32. Trifecta: £2542.40. CSF: £128.74. NRs: Alkaios, Mister Pretentious. Placepot: £114.70. Quadpot: £7.60.

CURRAGH 直道赛道，部分路段为好至坚硬 1.18: DARKNESS FALLS (R L Moore) 4-6f 1; Albany County 7-2 2; Cluster 17-2 3. 13 ran. (A P O'Brien). 7l, ½. Tote: €1.67; €1.10, €1.30, €2.50. Exacta: €4.60. Trifecta: €20.30. CSF: €3.46. NRs: Nouveau Grey, Rock On Johnny, Silk Twist.

1.53: SEA OF RAIN (C T Keane) 18-1 1; Ballyskeagh 14-1 2; Damsel In Distress 17-2 3. 10 ran. (J S Bolger). 11-8f So Lovely. %, nk. Tote: €26.20; €3.60, €3.50, €2.30. Ex: €209.70. Tricast: €2311.22. Trifecta: €1971.70. CSF: €256.04.

2.28: EXCHANGE STUDENT (J Pietropaolo) 9-1 1; Luca Brillante 15-8f 2; Banks Of The Boyne 5-1 3. 6 ran. (J A Stack). ½, 1¾. Tote: €10.00; €3.70, €1.40. Ex: €25.20. Trifecta: €115.80. CSF: €26.41.

3.03: PUSH THE BOAT OUT (J A Heffernan) 17-2 1; Great Barrier Reef 4-5f 2; Velozee 3-13. 5 ran. (M O'Callaghan). nk, 1%. Tote: €9.50; €2.30, €1.20. Ex: €18.20. Trifecta: €46.00. CSF: €16.45. NRs: Beibhinn, Ruler's Control.

3.40: MISS SCOTT (C Soumillon) 3-1jt-f 1; Faiyum 3-1jt-f 2; Sindria 9-1 3. 14 ran. (J & T Gosden (UK)). 3¾, ½. Tote: €4.00; €1.80, €1.60, €3.30. Ex: €15.90. Tricast: €80.17. Trifecta: €154.20. CSF: €11.21. NR: Princess Child.

4.15: LOUGHREA (A J Slattery) 9-2 1; Manton Bay 8-1 2; Pierre Royal 4-1f 3; Booyea 11-1 4. 17 ran. (A Slattery). 3l, 4½, ¾. Tote: €5.50; €1.70, €2.30, €1.60, €3.20. Ex: €55.00. Tricast: €174.17. Trifecta: €480.40. CSF: €42.09. NR: Kalir.

4.50: APOTHIC RED (S Tormey) 9-1 1; Simmering Seas 9-1 2; Gerrit's Gem 18-1 3; Another Nice'day 20-1 4. f19 ran. (T G McCourt). 5-If Rosato. 1¼, 3¼, nk. Tote: €10.40; €2.20, €2.80, €5.00, €4.70. Ex: €105.50. Tricast: €1527.65. Trifecta: €1241.10. CSF: €94.33. NRs: Faoladh. Four Blondes.

5.25: NDAAWI (N Carberry) 5-6f 1; Neo Smart 9-1 2; Star Harbour 5-2 3. 19 ran. (G Elliott). 6l, ½. Tote: €1.90; €1.20, €2.80, €1.20. Ex: €16.70. Trifecta: €41.60. CSF: €11.76. NRs: Coole Cafe, Sneddy Eddie, Western Fold. Placepot: €194.40.

Brilliant Boks 顶住新西兰队后期的猛攻，将系列赛扳平

橄榄球联盟

南非队在开普敦击败新西兰队，将四场测试赛的系列赛比分扳平为 1-1，并给新西兰队带来了今年的首场败仗。

在约翰内斯堡的第一场测试赛中遭遇意外失利后，这支世界冠军球队决心做出回应，他们顶住了对方后期的反扑，最终以 33-26 获胜。

回归队长西亚·科利西（Siya Kolisi）表示，上周他们因为没有把握住机会而付出了代价，但他补充道：“这周我们把握住了，而且我们还带来了激情。”

新西兰队教练戴夫·雷尼（Dave Rennie）表示：“南非队表现出色，身体对抗非常强。他们阻断了我们的很多进攻势头。我们有信心能够反弹。”

在第二分钟，南非队通过边线球争抢将球推进至新西兰队的 22 米区，迪昂·富里（Deon Fourie）、贾斯珀·维塞（Jasper Wiese）和科利西向前突破，中锋杰西·克里尔（Jesse Kriel）在球门柱旁强行得分。

在一次中场边线球争抢中，新西兰队通过快速传球将球交给边锋威尔·乔丹（Will Jordan），他摆脱了克里尔和达米安·德·阿伦德（Damian de Allende）的拦截，并将球传给半卫卡姆·罗伊加德（Cam Roigard）。

本场最佳球员切斯林·科尔比（Cheslin Kolbe）踢进了一个越位罚球，他还将德·阿伦德的一次达阵转化为得分，这次达阵始于另一次 15 米边线球争抢，南非队此时以 17-7 领先。

新西兰队队长阿尔迪·萨维亚（Ardie Savea）在边线球争抢后突破，随后全卫达米安·麦肯齐（Damian McKenzie）在无人干扰的情况下切入右角得分，分差再次缩小到 3 分。

随后，科尔比追击萨查·费因伯格-姆戈梅祖卢（Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu）的挑球，并迫使对方在 5 米处进行争球。通过快速的接球推进，科利西（右图）强力突破，使他的球队在半场结束时领先 10 分。

下半场，新西兰队多次犯规导致罚球，其中包括马尔科姆·马克斯（Malcolm Marx）两次抢断。在比赛还剩 30 分钟时，科尔比通过踢球使南非队以 30-14 领先。新西兰队花了近 20 分钟才做出回应，由边锋勒罗伊·卡特（Leroy Carter）突入得分。萨维亚在第 33 场测试赛中取得达阵，加上鲁本·洛夫（Ruben Love）的附加分，使得新西兰队在比赛后期看到了真正的机会，而南非队锁卫卢德·德·雅格（Lood de Jager）被出示黄牌则进一步助长了这一势头。

但在全场比赛结束哨响后的最后一次进攻中，南非队的卡梅隆·哈内科姆（Cameron Hanekom）从 W 乔丹手中抢到球，从而结束了比赛。

两支球队现在返回约翰内斯堡，准备在周六于拥有 87,000 个座位的足球城体育场进行第三场测试赛。

大卫·肯特（DAVID KENT）

英超联赛

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下周预告

(除非另有说明，否则均为 7.45)

9月3日 威廉希尔苏格兰超级联赛：希伯尼安 对阵 哈茨。

今日 英超：切尔西 对阵 布莱顿 (2.0, Sky Sports Main Event 直播)；利兹 对阵 布伦特福德 (2.0, Sky Sports Premier League 直播)；曼联 对阵 伊普斯维奇 (4.30, Main Event 直播)；桑德兰 对阵 富勒姆 (2.0)。 Bet 英甲：AFC 温布尔登 对阵 威根 (2.0)；曼斯菲尔德 对阵 卢顿。威廉希尔苏格兰超级联赛：阿伯丁 对阵 流浪者 (12.0, Main Event 直播)；邓迪 对阵 希伯尼安；圣米伦 对阵 马瑟韦尔。明日 英超：阿斯顿维拉 对阵 阿森纳 (8.0, Main Event 直播)。Enterprise 国家联赛：波士顿联 对阵 霍恩彻奇 (3.0)；卡莱尔 对阵 斯坎索普 (3.0)；东莱顿 对阵 奥尔德肖特 (3.0)；森林格林 对阵 奥特林查姆 (3.0)；哈罗盖特镇 对阵 盖茨黑德 (3.0)；基德明斯特 对阵 巴罗 (3.0)；索利赫尔穆尔斯 对阵 AFC 费尔德 (3.0)；萨顿联 对阵 威尔德斯通 (3.0)；沃金 对阵 绍森德 (3.0)；沃辛 对阵 博勒姆伍德 (3.0)；叶维尔 对阵 塔姆沃思 (3.0)。9月1日 Bet

英冠：伯明翰 对阵 南安普顿 (8.0)；林肯城 对阵 布莱克本；朴茨茅斯 对阵 德比；普雷斯顿北端 对阵 布里斯托尔城；谢菲尔德联 对阵 玻尔顿；斯托克 对阵 诺维奇 (8.0, Main Event 直播)；斯旺西 对阵 沃特福德；西汉姆 对阵 伍尔弗汉普顿。 Bet 英甲：布拉德福德 对阵 剑桥联；布罗姆利 对阵 莱顿东方；唐卡斯特 对阵 诺丁汉郡；哈德斯菲尔德 对阵 牛津联；莱斯特 对阵 普利茅斯；彼得伯勒 对阵 史蒂夫尼奇；威科姆 对阵 谢菲尔德星期三。 Bet 英乙：阿克灵顿斯坦利 对阵 格里姆斯比；布里斯托尔流浪者 对阵 考尔切斯特；切尔滕纳姆 对阵 约克；切斯特菲尔德 对阵 吉林厄姆；克鲁 对阵 沃尔索尔；埃克塞特 对阵 巴内特；弗利特伍德镇 对阵 奥尔德姆；北安普顿 对阵 克劳利；罗奇代尔 对阵 什鲁斯伯里；索尔福德城 对阵 纽波特郡；斯温顿 对阵 普特维尔；特兰米尔 对阵 罗瑟勒姆。Enterprise 国家联赛：FC 哈利法克斯 对阵 哈特尔普尔。KDM Evolution 奖杯联赛阶段：斯特拉纳尔 对阵 凯尔特人 U21。

9月4日 英超：伊普斯维奇 对阵 利物浦 (8.0, Main Event 直播)。威廉希尔苏格兰冠军联赛：利文斯顿 对阵 斯坦豪斯缪尔 (7.30, BBC Scotland 直播)。Enterprise 国家联赛：奥特林查姆 对阵 东莱顿。

足总奖杯 — 第一轮资格赛： 克罗伊登竞技 3 塞文奥克斯 2； 波特切斯特 P 惠特斯塔布尔 P； 斯通汉姆 2 莎夫茨伯里 0； 萨德伯里 3 洛韦斯托夫特 1；阿斯科特联 P 马盖特 P；阿辛顿 3 西奥克兰 1；艾尔斯伯里 P 希廷本 P；巴斯福德联 0 贝德沃思联 0；比肯斯菲尔德 1 谢皮联 1；比德福德 1 蒂弗顿 2；宾菲尔德 2 迪尔 4；主教克利夫 1 布里斯托尔庄园农场 3；布莱斯斯巴坦 2 1874 北威奇 0；博格诺雷吉斯 3 南公园 0；博尔德米尔圣迈克尔 1 圣艾夫斯 1；波士顿 0 南特威奇 1；剑桥城 1 红桥 1 坎维岛 4 格雷斯竞技 1；卡尔顿 2 谢普舍德迪纳摩 3；切斯敦 3 鲁什登与钻石 1；康科德游骑兵 1 威瑟姆 1；康格尔顿 4 阿瑟顿矿工 1；科比 0 斯塔福德游骑兵 2；考文垂联 1 基兹格罗夫竞技 3；克罗伯勒竞技 2 阿什福德联 4；迪德科特 4 温彻斯特城 3；

东本恩 1 贝德丰特 0；埃里思 1 克雷谷 (PM) 1；法肯汉姆 2 罗克瑟姆 1；弗拉克韦尔希斯 0 法弗舍姆 3；加福斯 P 布里德灵顿 P，格兰瑟姆 1 米克尔欧弗 3；格里姆斯比自治市 0 邓斯顿 1；吉斯伯勒 3 奥塞特联 2；哈拉姆 3 莫斯利 3；汉利 2 科莱希尔 0；哈林盖自治市 2 纽马基特 2；哈特普里大学 4 埃克斯茅斯 1；Hashtag 联 3 罗伊斯顿 1；黑斯廷斯联 2 亨登 1；希顿斯坦宁顿 0 怀森肖 1；赫恩贝 3 金斯顿 3；拉考尔竞技 2 多切斯特 1；利奇菲尔德城 0 马特洛克 5；林肯联 1 纽尼顿 1；利特尔奥克利 2 比格斯韦德 FC 2；利特尔汉普顿 2 雷纳斯巷 2；利弗塞奇 0 布特尔 5；伦敦狮 0 泰克利 2；拉夫堡学生 1 巴威尔 0；下布雷克 4 北费里比 FC 0；马洛 0 海耶斯与耶丁联 4；莫佩斯 2 威顿阿尔比恩 0；纽卡斯尔 0 伯恩 3；帕迪汉

O 庞特弗拉克特矿工队 7；皮斯黑文与特尔斯康比 2 默斯特汉姆 1 波特兰联 3 亨格福德镇 1；波特巴镇 P 巴顿流浪者 P；普雷斯科特电缆 P 沃克斯霍尔汽车 P；旁遮普联 O 霍利 2；希夫纳尔 4 拉格比自治市 2；西尔斯登 3 康塞特 2；斯塔利布里奇凯尔特 2 布拉德福德 P A 1；斯泰宁 1 钱尼菲尔兹 1；斯托克斯布里奇 P S 1 朗科恩林内茨 2；斯托特福德 O 戈勒斯顿 3；斯温登超级海洋 O 斯利姆布里奇 1；蒂尔伯里 O 赫特福德 0；沃尔瑟姆阿比 鲍尔斯与皮特西亚 0；沃尔瑟姆斯托 3 利弗斯托克格林 2；韦尔 I 布赖特灵西里真特 1；韦灵伯勒 2 贝尔珀 1；韦尔温花园城市 3 穆尔巴顿流浪者 0；韦斯特伯里联 O 泰姆联 1；韦斯特菲尔德 I 埃格哈姆 2；韦茅斯 S 梅尔克舍姆 1；威兰流浪者 2 法尔茅斯 1；温莎与伊顿 O 南all 2；温斯洛联 P 米尔顿凯恩斯爱尔兰 P；伍斯特突袭者 1 萨顿科尔德菲尔德 2。

英冠联赛 英甲联赛

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City< / td> 3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>-2< / ><>3< / >< / tr> <>南安普顿< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>8< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>+5< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>西汉姆联< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>-1< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>雷克瑟姆< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>-1< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>德比郡< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>-4< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>伯恩利< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>

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周五比赛结果

<>< colspan="5">AFC FYLDE.... (0) 2 FOREST GREEN . (0) 0< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">ALDERSHOT....(3) 3 HARROGATE.... (0) 1< / >< / ><>< ="5">ALTRINCHAM....(2) 2 FC HALIFAX.... (0) 1< / >< / ><>< ="5">BARROW .... (0) 1 YEOVIL .... (0) 2< / >< / ><>< ="5">GATESHEAD ... (0) 0 SUTTON UTD .. (0) 1< / >< / ><>< ="5">HARTLEPOOL .. (0) 0 EASTLEIGH .... (0) 1< / >< / ><>< ="5">HORNCHURCH. (0) 1 WOKING.... (0) 0< / >< / ><>< ="5">SCUNTHORPE....(1) 3 SOLIHULL MRS.. (1) 1< / >< / ><>< ="5">SOUTHEND....(1) 1 KIDDERMINSTR (0) 3< / >< / ><>< ="5">TAMWORTH ... (0) 3 WORTHING .... (1) 2< / >< / ><>< ="5">WEALDSTONE . (0) 1 CARLISLE.... (1) 1< / >< / table>

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周< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>7< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>+5< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>布拉德福德< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>+1< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>诺丁汉郡< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>+1< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>卢顿< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>+1< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>牛津

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<>-4< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>Mansfield< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>MK Dons< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>L Orient< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>-1< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>Peterboro< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>-5< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>Stevenage< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>-1< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>Doncaster< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / >

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第二级别联赛 (LEAGUE TWO)

南安普顿被扣 4 分 布莱克本....(0) 1 森下 49 博尔顿.....(0) 0 布里斯托尔城....(1) 2 托莱 31, 奈特 56 卡迪夫城....(2) 2 莫伊兰 2, 阿什福德 38 查尔顿....(0) 1 奥哈恩-格兰特 56 德比.....(0) 0

9月2日 Sky Bet 冠军联赛：伯恩利 v 米德尔斯堡 (8.0, Sky Sports Main Event 直播)；米尔沃尔 v 雷克瑟姆；女王公园巡游者 v 卡迪夫；西布罗姆维奇 v 查尔顿。Sky Bet 第一级别联赛：巴恩斯利 v 布莱克浦；伯顿阿尔比恩 v AFC 温布尔登；卢顿 v 斯托克波特郡；雷丁 v 曼斯菲尔德 (8.0)；威根 v 米尔顿凯恩斯唐斯。William Hill 苏格兰超级联赛：凯尔特人 v 亚伯丁；邓迪 v 圣约翰斯通；法尔基克 v 流浪者 (8.0, Sky Sports Football 直播)；基尔马诺克 v 圣米伦；马瑟韦尔 v 邓迪联。Vertu 奖杯北区 H 组：唐卡斯特 v 利物浦 U21 (7.0)。

米德尔斯堡..(0) 3 兰克希尔 48, 73, 琼斯 87 诺维奇城 .(3) 4 图雷 2, 21, 布鲁克斯 5, 67 南安普顿..(2) 5 拉林 25, 62, 阿扎兹 39, 西恩扎 55 (点球), 费洛斯 86 沃特福德....(1) 1 纳比扎达 19 狼队....(2) 4 R. 戈麦斯 19, 23, 希门尼斯 55 (点球), 詹姆斯 84 周五比赛 — 雷克瑟姆 1

QPR.... (0) 2 Smyth 51, Dunne 74 12,905 林肯城 (LINCOLN CITY).. (0) 1 House 66 21,581 朴茨茅斯 (PORTSMOUTH) . (0) 1 Milovanovic 90+5 (点球) 24,134 谢菲尔德联 (SHEFF UTD) ....(2) 2 Cannon 4 (点球), O'Hare 7 21,036 普雷斯顿 (PRESTON).... (0) 0 17,256 斯旺西城 (SWANSEA CITY).. (2) 3 Opoku 2, Eom 44, Ronald 90+1 26,576 西布罗姆 (WEST BROM).. (0) 1 Morgan 65 29,571 伯恩利 (BURNLEY) .... (1) 1 Laurent 27 25,498 米尔沃尔 (MILLWALL).... (1) 1 Sykes 15 29,167 西汉姆联 (WEST HAM UTD). (1) 1 Pollock 27 (乌龙球) 20,976 斯托克城 (STOKE CITY).... (1) 1 Gallagher 2

布莱克浦 (BLACKPOOL) ....(2) 4 Williams 19, Charles 20, Anderson 56, Yates 72 剑桥联 (CAMBRIDGE U) . (0) 1 Bradshaw 80 莱顿东方 (LEYTON ORIENT) (0) 1 Oyekunle 85

米尔顿凯恩斯 (MK DONS) .... (0) 0 诺丁汉郡 (NOTTS COUNTY) (0) 2 Smyth 78, 84 (点球), 普利茅斯 (PLYMOUTH).... (1) 2 Pleguezuelo 44, White 50 谢菲尔德周三 (SHEFF WED)....(3) 7 Slattery 7, Burstow 31, Lowe 45, 73, Barry 46, 49, Otegbayo 81 斯蒂文奇 (STEVENAGE) ... (0) 2 Magennis 57, Sanderson 82 斯托克波特郡 (STOCKPORT CO) .(2) 5 Wood 16, 23, Wootton 56, Diamond 61, Mandron 89

彼得伯勒 (PETERBORO) ... (0) 0 9,327 哈德斯菲尔德 (HUDDERSFIELD) (0) 2 Taylor 82, 89 (点球) 7,041 巴恩斯利 (BARNSLEY).... (1) 3 Kirk 15, McGeehan 64 (点球), Cleary 76 莱斯特城 (LEICESTER CITY). (0) 0 16,198 伯顿阿尔宾 (BURTON ALB) ... (1) 1 Delap 22 布拉德福德 (BRADFORD).... (0) 0

布罗姆利 (BROMLEY) ..... (0) 2 Adeboyejo 85 (点球), Otegbayo 87 (乌龙球)

唐卡斯特 (DONCASTER) ... (0) 30,006 Senior 70, Bailey 80 怀科姆 (WYCOMBE) ..... (1) 1 Woodrow 43

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< / td> 0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>-1< / ><>3< / >< / tr> <>Crawley Tn< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>-2< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>Shrewsbury< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>-3< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>Northampton< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>-1< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>Port Vale< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>-2< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>Gillingham< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>-3< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>Accrington< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>-3< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>Salford City< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>-4< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>Rochdale< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>-5< / ><>0< / >< / table>

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巴尼特 (BARNET).... (1) 2 莱金 11, 齐曼加 78 (点球) 科尔切斯特 (COLCHESTER)... (0) 1 威廉姆斯 87 克劳利镇 (CRAWLEY TN) .. (0) 0 吉林汉姆 (GILLINGHAM) ... (1) 1 麦克马纳斯 7 格里姆斯比 (GRIMSBY) .... (1) 2 道尔 37, 库克 64 纽波特郡 (NEWPORT CO)... (1) 2 格温格韦 11, 90 奥尔德姆 (OLDHAM) .... (1) 3 内维特 41, 卡瓦纳 84 (点球), 丰多普-塔洛姆 90+5 波特韦尔 (PORT VALE) .... (0) 0 罗瑟勒姆 (ROTHERHAM) ... (1) 2 塔瓦雷斯 12, 马林 90 什鲁斯伯里 (SHREWSBURY) . (0) 1 博伊尔 74 沃尔索尔 (WALSALL).... (2) 3 史密斯 8, 伯克 45, 普雷斯利 53 约克 (YORK).... (1) 2 纽比 7, 马尔科姆 76

切尔滕纳姆 (CHELTENHAM). (0) 2 布鲁姆 60, 麦凯恩 64 罗奇代尔 (ROCHDALE) .... (0) 0 4,683 布里斯托尔流浪者 (BRISTOL RVRS). (2) 2 詹姆斯 23, 卡姆瓦 41 4,120 北安普顿 (NORTHAMPTN). (1) 1 布里格斯 36 5,701 弗利特伍德 (FLEETWOOD).... (1) 2 戴维斯 6, 波特 69 7,067 特兰米尔 (TRANMERE).... (0) 2 奥科罗 71, 琼斯 75 4,606 斯温顿 (SWINDON) .... (0) 0 克鲁 (CREWE) .... (0) 0 切斯特菲尔德 (CHESTERFIELD) . (0) 1 曼德维尔 88 (点球) 索尔福德城 (SALFORD CITY) . (0) 9,391 阿克灵顿圣 (ACCRINGTON ST). (1) 2 伍兹 12, 莫尔斯 57 埃克塞特 (EXETER) .... (0) 1 菲茨沃特 90+1

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高尔夫

DP世界巡回赛 赫斯奎瓦纳英国大师赛（萨顿科尔德菲尔德）——第二轮（除非另有说明，均为英国及爱尔兰选手）：134 — M Penge 69 65；135 — D Hillier (新西兰) 69 66；136 — I Elvira (西班牙) 65 71；S Norris (南非) 67 69；T McKibbin 68 68；137 — M Jordan 66 71；138 — E Ferguson 67 71；T Olesen (丹麦) 71 67；F Zanotti (巴拉圭) 69 69；139 — N Noergaard (丹麦) 71 68；J Skov Olesen (丹麦) 67 72；T Vaillant (法国) 70 69；R Fisher 70 69；M Steinlechner (奥地利) 69 70；D Bryant (美国) 66 73。

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<>< rowspan="2">< / >< rowspan="2">场次< / >< colspan="5">主场< / >< colspan="5">客场< / >< rowspan="2">净胜球< / >< rowspan="2">积分< / >< / ><><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / >< / ><><>萨顿联 (Sutton Utd)< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>+6< / ><>12< / >< / ><><>博勒姆伍德 (Boreham Wd)< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>1< / ><>+6< / ><>10< / >< / ><><>绍森德 (Southend)< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>+3< / ><>9< / >< / ><><>霍恩彻奇 (Hornchurch)< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>5< / ><>+2< / ><>9< / >< / >

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第二场测试赛 — 洛德板球场，英格兰 290 (J L Smith 61, J M Cox 55, Mohammad Abbas 4-73) 以及 177-7 (46.5 轮) (D W Lawrence 50未出局)，巴基斯坦 110 (O E Robinson 4-11)。

郡冠军赛 - 第一组 — 索菲亚花园，汉普郡 162 (J S Lehmann 51未出局) 以及 124-2 (40.0 轮)，格拉摩根 161 (B I Kellaway 57, S Baker 4-34)。

斯卡伯勒，约克郡 263 (J H Wharton 70, G C H Hill 62)，莱斯特郡 84-0 (35.3 轮)。

第二组 — 河滨球场，格洛斯特郡 137 (J R Bracey 60, K L Aldridge 5-16) 以及 250 (M A H Hammond 58, K L Aldridge 4-47)，达勒姆 384 (D G Bedingham 122)。

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威廉希尔苏格兰超级联赛 —— 凯尔特人 2 福尔基克 1.; 心之 2 圣约翰斯通 1; 基尔马诺克 0 邓迪联 4. 威廉希尔苏格兰冠军联赛 —— 阿布罗斯 1 利文斯顿 0; 艾尔 1 莫顿 1; 帕特里克 0 昆之公园 0; 斯滕豪斯缪尔 3 因弗内斯 CT 1.

威廉希尔苏格兰甲级联赛 —— 艾尔德里安人 0 东法夫 0; 阿洛亚 1 彼得海德 1; 汉密尔顿 1 科夫游骑兵 0; 蒙罗斯 2 南女王 1; 罗斯郡 L 东基尔布赖德 L. 威廉希尔苏格兰乙级联赛 —— 安南竞技 2 邓巴顿 0; 埃尔金 4 斯特灵 0; 斯巴坦人 3 克莱德 3; 斯特兰雷尔 2 凯尔蒂之心 0.

企业国家联赛 —— 北区：贝德福德镇 3 斯彭尼穆尔镇 1; 布拉克利 A 南希尔兹 A; (因球场积水而取消) 达灵顿 1 麦克尔斯菲尔德 FC 2; 赫本 4 金斯林 2; 赫里福德 FC 1 切斯特 FC 1; 马林 2 拉德克利夫 0; 默瑟 1 乔利 1; 斯卡伯勒竞技 5 南波特 1; 斯波尔丁联 3 沃克斯奥普 1. 南区：AFC 托顿 0 切舍姆联 4; 比勒里凯 2 顿布里奇天使 2; 切姆斯福德 1 梅登黑德联 0; 多佛 3 布雷恩特里 3; 法恩伯勒 P 埃布斯弗利特联 P. (推迟 - 新日期待确认) 赫梅尔亨普斯特德 1 韦斯顿-超级马尔 3; 霍舍姆 1 法恩汉 2; 梅德斯通联 2 索尔兹伯里 FC 1; 斯劳 0 福克斯通无敌 2; 托基 1 汉普顿与里士满 1; 特鲁罗城 3 达格福德与雷德布里奇 0; 沃尔顿与赫舍姆 1 多金流浪者 4.

留或走：布赖森·德尚博（最右）希望继续留在 LIV 2.0, 但据信乔恩·拉姆想要退出该巡回赛

数百万美元合同未付，数百名员工被裁，竞争对手虎视眈眈……崩溃中的反叛巡回赛球星们将何去何从？

如果情况有所不同，LIV高尔夫球赛的员工现在应该在密歇根州参加赛季末的团体冠军赛。然而，

绝大多数人在周一被告知将被裁员。

该联盟雇佣了约300名员工，其中许多人才华横溢且勤奋工作，其中超过一半的人将在未来几周内离职。如果该巡回赛能撑到2027赛季，部分人员可能会被重新聘用，但这将是体育界最大的未知数之一。

目前，LIV仅剩微弱的生命迹象，而关于大幅缩减规模的 LIV 2.0 的希望，则寄托于能够取代在4月撤离的沙特投资者的全新投资者。

LIV 首席执行官斯科特·奥尼尔（Scott O'Neil）认为他能成功，但下个月将是决定性的：球员们正在寻找退出路径，破产方案被考虑在内，供应商因数百万美元的未付款项提起诉讼，而 的竞争对手们则在集结他们的“坦克”。

接下来会发生什么？

这在很大程度上取决于总部位于伦敦的投资公司 BC Capital。人们认为该公司就是奥尼尔（右图）在7月宣布可能找到救星时提到的私募股权集团。他的原话是：“一名领投人已签署了一份经我们董事会批准的条款清单，这将支撑并资助 的未来发展。”

在沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金退出后，为了让这场派对继续下去，奥尼尔寻求 $250-350m 的资金，并乐观地认为该巡回赛将获得支持直到2030. But a term sheet is not a done deal.

目前尚不清楚敲定合同所需的具体条件，但高尔夫业内人士对一点非常明确—— 肯定需要留住其顶尖球员才能最终达成协议。布赖森·德尚博（Bryson DeChambeau）和乔恩·拉姆（Jon Rahm）在影响力及知名度方面远超其他人。

德尚博希望留下，但随着上周末 赛季在印第安纳波利斯提前结束，他的合同现已到期。与此同时，拉姆没有公开表示留下的意愿，且多个消息来源坚称，这位西班牙人希望退出一份据信将持续到2028赛季的合同。

但在顶尖资产无法得到保障的情况下，BC Capital 会达成交易吗？而且在资金到位之前，球员们怎么可能做出承诺？在此之前，很难预见投资将如何实现。

想要离开的球员怎么办？ 体育界知名消息人士认为，对于想要离开的球星来说，最理想的情况是 先违约，从而为一次不那么混乱的分手扫清障碍。

对于拉姆来说，考虑因素非常多。他在2023年底签署了一份价值约 3亿美元 的合同，其中很大一部分款项尚未支付。

布鲁克斯·库普卡（Brooks Koepka）在2022年签署 合同时的签约费约为 1.5亿美元。在这位五次大满贯冠军于1月离开后，《每日邮报》体育版披露，该金额只有一半是预付的，其余部分在五年合同期内分期支付，每期 1500万美元。通过跳过合同的最后一个赛季，他将损失 1500万美元，以及因违反协议重新加入 PGA 巡回赛而产生的任何违约金。而拉姆还剩下两个完整赛季，据估计，他被欠款的金额高达九位数。

经纪人们正在研究，任何即将推出的、缩减规模的 2.0 版本是否将构成违约。如果 先违约，所有约束关系都将解除。

一个关键的变动领域是拟议中的2027赛季条款（如果该赛季能举行的话）。奥尼尔计划将赛事从14场缩减至10, 且奖金将大幅减少。

2.0 的代价是什么？

沙特人提供的 3000万美元 奖金池是荒谬且不可持续的，人们认为 2.0 的赛事奖金将在 $6-1000万美元 之间。这绝不是那些顶级球星签约时所期待的。

是否有人离队？

或许球员们一直在探索不同巡回赛的选择，包括德尚博（DeChambeau）。但即使九位数的签约奖金时代已经结束，他仍希望留下。《每日邮报》体育版在5月披露，联赛的股权可能是一个诱饵，但人们必须质疑 LIV 2.0. 任何股份的价值。鉴于 PGA 巡回赛没有为他提供回归路径，他的筹码已大幅减少。

我咨询的一位经纪人对 LIV 在此过程中的沟通匮乏表示严厉批评，这可以追溯到4月，当时沙特方面确认了他们的意图，即

泰瑞尔·哈顿（Tyrrell Hatton）在上周的 最后一场赛事中引起了关注，因为他选择了皇后乐队的《I Want to Break Free》作为出场音乐。在英国大师赛上，他表示：“我预计下赛季还会有 。我知道他们为了落实资金付出了巨大的努力。”消息人士坚信哈顿希望回归。

对于任何想要离开的人来说，如果 申请破产，可能会成为一个关键的转折点。本月在被问及此事时，奥尼尔（O'Neil）表示：“我认为我们不会排除排除这一选项。”

的债权人各不相同，从赛事基础设施供应商到合同中仍欠款数百万美元的球员。消息人士认为，后者可能会主张，试图将这些金额削减至极低比例的行为可能构成违约。

虽然对 反叛者的同情可能有限，但更应关注幕后人员。Fresh Tape Media 是一家小型制作机构，正试图追回超过 $1.2 的款项。Fresh Tape 声称 今年发来一封信，称其只能支付剩余账单中的 $200,000。随后该报价被削减至 $150,000.

该机构创始人贾里德·克莱因斯坦（Jared Kleinstein）表示：“当一家小企业完成了工作，它理应获得报酬。”奥尼尔表示：“我们正在尽一切努力确保能给他们一个公正的交代，我希望我们能做到。”

竞争巡回赛在做什么？ 戏谑的回答是，他们正一边吃着爆米花一边观看。但绝不能低估 的出现给他们带来的威胁。即便在现在，传统巡回赛仍因 留下的超高费用遗产而支付着不可持续的奖金。随着 陷入困境，他们发起了反击。

DP World Tour 重新收紧了针对双重会员参加与自身冲突的 赛事的“有条件释放”协议。巡回赛消息人士称，极有可能重新引入六位数的罚款。如果球星希望留在 并保留赖德杯（Ryder Cup）的参赛资格，他们的钱包将遭受沉重打击。

回归 PGA 巡回赛的道路依然艰辛。管理层坚持在球员参加最后一场 赛事后，必须经过一年的宽限期才能回归。帕特里克·里德（Patrick Reed）在 合约到期时承受了这一压力，在 2026 于 DP World Tour 取得成功后，他几乎肯定会在下赛季参加 PGA 巡回赛。

如果更多顶尖球员采取这条路线， 的地位大概率将从“绝望”萎缩至“灾难性”或“不复存在”。

网球：美国公开赛

艰巨的任务：费里（Fery）与顶尖种子选手的对比……

亚瑟·费里（Arthur Fery）在温网的童话故事后迅速崛起——但在美国公开赛这个巨人的国度，他可以通过以下方式击球……

攀登新高度

如果你是一名获得温布尔登外卡并一路创造奇迹闯入半决赛的英国选手，在完成这一壮举后，你该如何延续这种势头？如果你是亚瑟·费里（Arthur Fery），那么你会在不久之后闯入你的首个决赛。

距离这位24岁的英国选手踏上中央球场，以一场负于法网冠军亚历山大·兹维列夫（Alexander Zverev）的四强战为他在锦标赛中令人惊叹的表现画上句号，已经整整过去了50天。

随后，费里的排名大幅上升，从世界第114位跃升至第37位，并登顶英国第一——更不用说获得了一笔丰厚的 90 万英镑 奖金。

现在，这位身高5英尺9英寸、出生于法国的费里在首次参加美国公开赛前夕，于昨晚打完了他的首场ATP巡回赛级别决赛，又迎来了一个里程碑。

在一段时间里，他毫无动静。就像他被推入英国公众视野一样迅速，费里在SW19（温布尔登）经历艰苦奋战后进入了长时间的休整期，从而淡出了聚光灯。那里距离他就读的学校仅一记短截球之遥。

作者：塔玛拉·普伦（Tamara Prenn）

在纽约

8月初，费里的那场半决赛对手兹维列夫已经回到了多伦多的球场，而费里则又休息了两周，才以32号种子的身份回归辛辛那提大师赛。

在俄亥俄州，第二轮与世界第5名亚历克斯·德米诺（Alex de Minaur）的提前相遇，让辛辛那提之行像是一次失败的尝试。但费里并没有直接前往纽约准备今年的最后一个大满贯赛事，而是在温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛（Winston-Salem Open）中找回了极佳的状态。

温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛是一项250分级别的赛事，是精英巡回赛中级别最低的，在北卡罗来纳州的韦克森林大学校园内举行。

这是一个稍不留神就会错过的小地方，但它有能力吸引像丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫（Daniil Medvedev）和斯特凡诺斯·西西帕斯（Stefanos Tsitsipas）这样的大牌球星，在前往“大苹果”（纽约）之前进行最后的赛前调适。

这位斯坦福大学毕业生在远离竞技赛场一个夏天后，决定通过实战来找回状态，这一决定得到了回报，他成功闯入决赛，对手是秘鲁新星、2号种子伊格纳西奥·布塞（Ignacio Buse）。

很少有人能像费里一样，体验那种被瞬间推向世界前40名的感觉，但法国选手洛伊斯·博伊松（Lois Boisson）便是其中之一。去年，在获得罗兰·加洛斯外卡后，博伊松在令主场观众目瞪口呆的氛围中闯入了半决赛，途中击败了包括2026年冠军米拉·安德烈耶娃（Mirra Andreeva）和美国第一杰西卡·佩古拉（Jessica Pegula）在内的关键对手。而就在一个月前，她还在圣马洛的一场低级别WTA赛事中首轮出局。

“改变的是赛程，”博伊松在接受《每日邮报》体育版采访，谈到排名骤升后的现实情况时表示，“（在那场胜利后）情况与最初的计划完全不同。”

“我以前不在巡回赛中，我参加的是ITF赛事和挑战赛。所以之后变化很大，我会问：‘你参加什么比赛？什么样的赛事？’你必须适应这个新领域。与新的人在一起，只有顶尖球员，顶尖赛事。”

费里排名一路攀升

2019 1,243rd 2020 1,126th 2021 701st 2022 473rd 2023 271st 2024 483rd 2025 189th 2026 37th

费里现在无需乞求外卡进入规模较小的抽签赛，而是能以4号种子的身份进入温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛，并随之横扫对手。

在直落两盘给雷顿·休伊特17岁的儿子克鲁兹上了一课后，费里迅速击败了米斯·罗特格林。随后与本土热门选手亚历山大·科瓦切维奇的一场艰苦的三盘大战，让人想起了他在温布尔登之行中那股顽强、永不言败的精神——费里在先丢一盘的情况下奋起反击，险胜第二盘，并在第三盘彻底击溃这位美国对手。

无论与布塞的对决结果如何，费里都将以极佳的状态进入美国公开赛。那么，我们在美国对他有什么期待？

美国硬地赛场对费里来说毫无秘密，因为他在大学巡回赛中磨练了自己的球技。但在温布尔登的草地上大放异彩（那里有利于他那种全场覆盖、招式多样化的打法）之后，费里在面对那些在法拉盛公园大显身手的强力底线球员时，可能会面临更多挑战，部分原因在于他的身材相对娇小。

在硬地上，强力击球者的底线球比草地上的球弹跳更高且速度更快。那些无法吸收并应对这种力量的人，面临着被“碾压”的风险。

身高5英尺7英寸的肯·罗斯沃尔曾两次赢得美国公开赛，而提到5英尺11英寸的安德烈·阿加西时，身高也不是人们首先想到的特质，但费里周围的同行大多身高超过6英尺且还在增加。

费里本人也谈到，根据自身特点调整打法的重要性。在英国网球协会（LTA）绩效总监迈克尔·伯恩看来，

板球

口袋 火箭： 亚瑟·费里在 兹维列夫和 梅德韦杰夫面前 显得矮小，但 他拥有其他 武器

英国选手 出战情况

今天

凯蒂·鲍尔特 v 李嘉荣（美国） 卡姆·诺里 (29) v 卢卡·范·阿舍 (法) 托比·塞缪尔 v 托马斯·马查赫 (捷) 雅各布·费恩利 v 马丁·兰达卢塞 (西)

明天 弗兰·琼斯 v 玛格达·利内特 (波) 哈丽特·达特 v 佩顿·斯特恩斯 (美) 亚瑟·费里 v 洛伦佐·穆塞蒂 (意, 13) 扬·乔因斯基 v 博蒂克·范·德·赞德舒尔普 (荷) 哈里·温德尔肯 v 卢西亚诺·达德里 (意, 21)

电视：Sky Sports 直播，下午4点。

然而，试图因为身高而将他排除在本赛季这个阶段的竞争之外是没有意义的。

“我认为给球员设定上限没有太大好处，”伯恩本周表示。“身高本身不一定是比赛中的限制因素。身高可能会为你设定一些限制，比如你产生力量的能力、在场上的跑动能力、臂展等。但这些同样可以有应对之策。”

“所以你可能身材矮小，但你是否仍然能产生出色的发球速度？如果你看到亚瑟在锦标赛上产生的发球速度，它们在所有级别中都具有竞争力。”

“如果你观察亚瑟在场上的速度，好吧，其他人可能步幅更大，能更快地覆盖球场，但他的决策速度和冲刺速度也可以弥补其中的一部分。”

费里 5' 9"

“他是一个非常有天赋的孩子。他拥有极佳的球速，是场上出色的决策者。他是一名优秀的运动员。我认为在目前这个阶段，他赢得了我们不再为他设定天花板的权利，让我们看看他能走多远，并为此感到兴奋。”

费里确实有许多令人兴奋之处。进入温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛决赛，使他夺回了英国顶尖球员的位置，此前在本月早些时候他曾短暂地将此位置输给卡姆·诺里。由于去年未能通过美国公开赛的资格赛，他现在没有积分需要防守，因此在纽约以及本赛季剩余时间的任何进步都将提升他的排名。

费里的首轮对手洛伦佐·穆塞蒂同样是一个值得关注的潜力选手。虽然被抽中对阵 13 号种子很少是值得庆祝的事，但这位意大利选手的赛季表现起伏不定，且受到伤病困扰，导致他不得不缺席法网和温网。状态正佳的费里在刚刚错过种子选手席位后，将非常珍惜这个在比赛早期击败强敌的机会。

但对于费里来说，最终的优势仍将是那次温网之旅。伤病让博伊松在上个赛季缺席了七个月，导致她的世界排名从前 40 位跌至 236 位。她凭借受保护排名参加今年的美网，力求重新崛起。

“我知道我去年做了什么，”她补充道，“我知道我的能力。我知道这只需要时间，（但）经验是无法改变的。我拥有这份经验。”

对于费里而言，在温网的那两周经历现在可以转化为动力，助力他攀登更高的顶峰。

劳伦斯凭借勇猛的50分奠定地位

丹·劳伦斯（Dan Lawrence）在对阵巴基斯坦的第二场测试赛开始时，被认为是雅各布·贝塞尔（Jacob Bethell）回归南非冬季巡赛后最可能被顶替的击球手，但在洛兹球场（Lord's）这个走走停停的一天里，他表现得无懈可击，让选拔委员会陷入了沉思。

在阵雨之间仅能进行 24.5 个回合，且在裁判无需介入宣布比赛失衡的情况下，场地条件对缝线球投球手极其有利。劳伦斯通过灵活应变拿到了半个世纪（50分），巩固了英格兰队对这场比赛及整个系列赛的掌控。

当比赛在当天天气最晴朗的 6.30 之后最终被取消时，他以 50 分不败的成绩，帮助球队将昨晚 81 分 3 掉的局面转变为 177 分 7 掉，总领先优势达到 357 分。

随着天气预报显示情况将有所好转，这应该足够了，因为英格兰队正寻求自 2024 年 12 月以来的首次系列赛胜利。

比赛在下午 2.20 恢复后不久，劳伦斯便投入战斗。在当天的第 10 次投球中，开局击球手埃米利奥·盖伊（Emilio Gay）被穆罕默德·阿巴斯（Mohammad Abbas）的一记未超过胫骨高度的投球判定为腿前截击（LBW），以 31 分出局——这对他周五晚上的勇猛击球来说是糟糕的回报，也让 MCC 的官员们心惊胆战，因为在前两天里，他们一直庆幸没有人议论球场质量。

对于场地工作人员来说，这一时刻与今年 6 月新西兰的马特·亨利（Matt Henry）投出的那记快球导致雅各布·贝塞尔出局一样糟糕，当时洛兹球场的场地被国际板球理事会（ICC）评为“不合格”。

幸好，盖伊的不幸被证明只是偶然，但劳伦斯决定掌控局面。他的第一次得分来自于对阿巴斯的鲁莽冲锋，球在击中球拍边缘后飞过防守线，为这场以勇气胜过谨慎的击球奠定了基调。

他将库拉姆·沙扎德（Khurram Shahzad）的球抽向腿侧，随后又通过拉球获得 4 分，接着在下一球直接击出界外获得另一个 4 分。

作者：劳伦斯·布斯（Lawrence Booth） 发自洛兹球场

但本场比赛、甚至可能是本场测试赛中最精彩的一球来自穆罕默德·阿里（Mohammad Ali）。劳伦斯在将其击过接球手获得 4 分后，以一种由内向外的击法将球送过额外掩护区，完成了一次雄伟的 6 分击球。

随后，他通过扫击将旋转球手阿里·乌斯曼（Ali Usman）的球击入酒馆看台（Tavern Stand），并很快在 64 个球内完成了半个世纪（50分），而这次得分的价值或许是其面值的两倍。

另一端的局势进一步凸显了他的反击光彩。哈里·布鲁克（Harry Brook）在面对阿巴斯时，被站在前方的穆罕默德·里兹万（Mohammad Rizwan）精妙地在门后接球出局，得分为 34 分；随后杰米·史密斯（Jamie Smith）在方腿侧被接球出局，得分为 7 分。

当阿里将古斯·阿特金森（Gus Atkinson）判定出局时，英格兰队得分为 162 分 7 掉，尽管此时他们的领先优势已达 342 分，且巴基斯坦队在本系列赛的三场比赛中总得分 416 分，因此接连丢分显得无关紧要。

劳伦斯的天赋从未受到质疑，尽管在两年前替代扎克·克劳利（Zak Crawley）担任对阵斯里兰卡队的开局击球手失败后，他的名声需要严重的修复。

“上次担任开局击球手我很开心，”他说，“为了英格兰队，我可以打任何位置，但我当时状态不是最好。幸好这次进入系列赛时我状态不错，我非常渴望在英格兰队的球衣中站稳脚跟。”

他在这里的表现可能是对乔·鲁特（Joe Root）要求的致敬——即要求球员评估场地条件并据此击球：他承担的风险是经过计算的，而非鲁莽之举，他的第六次测试赛 50 分点亮了阴郁的一天。

上周在利兹的第五次 50 分让他因未能获得更高分数而感到“沮丧”。如果他能将这次得分转化为职业生涯首个百分（100分），选拔委员会可能会感到选择过多而难以抉择。

反击：劳伦斯在洛兹球场以 50 分不败的成绩完成了一次 6 分击球

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84 足球

曼城就加克波开启与安菲尔德的谈判

曼城昨晚就前锋科迪·加克波（Cody Gakpo）与利物浦开启了谈判。

转会观察 作者：西蒙·琼斯（Simon Jones）

这位荷兰国脚（见下文）暗示，相比于托特纳姆热刺的竞争，他更倾向于加盟曼城。

正式谈判于昨晚开始，曼城意识到利物浦将要求一笔巨额转会费。

利物浦此前已同意以 1.23 亿英镑m 的价格签下布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola），并决心在周二的截止日期前再增加一名前锋。

• 尤文图斯正接近达成签下托特纳姆热刺中场帕佩·马塔尔·萨尔（Pape Matar Sarr）的协议。

这家意甲俱乐部提出的是一项带有强制购买条款的租借方案，以签下这位塞内加尔国脚。

这位 23 岁的球员收到了摩纳哥、诺丁汉森林和贝西克塔什的报价，但尤文图斯目前在签下该球员方面处于领先地位。

罗伯托·德泽尔比（Roberto De Zerbi）确认，萨尔、里沙利森（Richarlison）和凯文·丹索（Kevin Danso）已请求离开俱乐部。热刺拒绝了桑德兰对丹索的租借报价，不过阿斯顿维拉也表达了兴趣。

• 诺丁汉森林在敲定其队友丹尼尔·穆诺兹（Daniel Munoz）的转会费几小时后，就水晶宫门将迪恩·亨德森（Dean Henderson）提出了报价。奥利弗·格拉斯纳（Oliver Glasner）渴望与这位英格兰国脚合作。

AC米兰正接近达成签下诺丁汉森林边锋奥马里·哈钦森（Omari Hutchinson）的协议。

这位 22 岁的球员准备以租借形式加盟这家意甲球队，且该协议将在满足特定条件后变为强制购买。

• 富勒姆正就从巴列卡诺签下右后卫安德烈·拉蒂乌（Andrei Ratiu）进行谈判，与此同时，埃弗顿对肯尼·特特（Kenny Tete）感兴趣。关于签下这位 28 岁罗马尼亚后卫的谈判仍在继续。特特在一年之前曾是埃弗顿的目标，但当时拒绝了他们。他是埃弗顿尝试的几个选项之一。马拉加在签下埃弗顿球员亚当·阿兹努（Adam Aznou）的谈判中取得进展。

• 阿森纳在竞争中击败巴黎圣日耳曼，达成签下 17 岁格鲁吉亚进攻型中场安德里亚·巴蒂什维利（Andria Bartishvili）的协议。这位青少年球员预计将于周二进行体检，随后在新年加入。阿森纳从曼联签下了边锋詹姆斯·斯坎隆（James Scanlon）。这是一笔自由转会，但曼联保留 50% 的二次转会分成。这位 19 岁的直布罗陀国脚上赛季在斯温登租借效力。

尼翁托准备转会意大利

佛罗伦萨正与利兹联就边锋威利·尼翁托（Willy Gnonto）的交易进行谈判。

然而，利兹联在找到替代者之前不会允许尼翁托离开。他们一直渴望签下切尔西的米哈伊洛·穆德里克（Mykhailo Mudryk），预计将在转会窗关闭前再次尝试。

利兹联还在就莱比锡的丹麦前锋康拉德·哈德（Conrad Harder）进行谈判。

• 曼城中后卫朱马·巴（Juma Bah）正就租借加盟奥格斯堡进行谈判。这位20岁的球员上赛季租借在尼斯效力。
• 水晶宫询问了里昂中后卫鲁本·克鲁伊维特（Ruben Kluivert）的情况。

● 桑德兰对里昂21岁的边锋马利克·福法纳（Malick Fofana）很感兴趣，后者一直在讨论转会罗马。

埃兰路球场门将卢卡斯·佩里（Lucas Perri）已租借加盟都灵，租期为整个赛季，协议包含买断选项。 ● 在曼联探讨其潜在可用性后，阿斯顿维拉将向伊恩·马特森（Ian Maatsen）提供一份新合同。

• 西汉姆联正就以£1800 万签下维京边锋埃德温·奥斯特博（Edvin Austbo）进行谈判。21岁的奥斯特博自2022年为挪威冠军球队首秀以来，在71场出场中打入15球。

● 雷克瑟姆正试图签下长期目标——来自莱斯特城的哈里·索特（Harry Souttar），在这次交易中，“狐狸城”将获得中场球员乔治·多布森（George Dobson）。

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英冠联赛

八名“小鸟”：查尔顿在山谷球场庆祝他们的首粒进球，由卡兰·格兰特（Karlan Grant，左起第二位）打入，随后他们登顶英冠积分榜。

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查尔顿本赛季的梦幻开局仍在继续，他们连续赢得第三场比赛，登顶英冠联赛——尽管主教练内森·琼斯（Nathan Jones）坚称他不会因此而得意忘形。

博彩公司曾预测“小鸟”本赛季将陷入苦战，但这是他们自1992年以来首次在第二级别联赛中赢得开局三场比赛。

夏天从西布罗姆自由转会回归查尔顿的卡兰·格兰特在第56分钟打入了全场唯一进球。由于米尔沃尔和西布罗姆失利，上赛季排名第19位的查尔顿成为了该级别联赛中唯一一支保持100%胜率的俱乐部。

“别太天真——这才三场比赛，”当被问及升级时，琼斯说道。“我们今晚会享受一两个小时，然后我们将在周三开始研究西布罗姆维奇。”

“如果我有一台时光机，我会迅速跳到五月，那样我们就进英超了，但事实并非如此。”

“我们坚持了自己的阵型。除了下半场需要更多杀气之外，我们的表现非常出色。重点不在于我们排名联赛第一，而在于我们三场比赛拿到了九分——这是一个巨大的收获。”

“而且获胜的方式也很关键。我们去了西汉姆，必须进行非常出色的防守，但在另外两场比赛中，我们的胜利是实至名归的。”

这是普雷斯顿主帅保罗·赫金博托姆（Paul Heckingbottom）首次输给由内森·琼斯率队的球队，此前双方四次交手他赢了三次。北端队在英冠联赛中三场全败，赫金博托姆表示：“两个禁区都出了问题。”

“在他们进球之前，我们表现得非常好。当我们追分时，他们获得了更多机会并打起了反击，但当你采用 4-2-4 阵型并留下空间时，这种情况必然会发生。”

“我知道缺失了什么，我们必须对此进行改进。对我来说这就是区别——查尔顿目前正凭意志将球送入网窝，并找到了获胜的方法。”

“我们有过一段时间的掌控力，但这变成了次要的，关键在于赢球。每个人都很沮丧，这对我们来说是一场令人沮丧的失利。”

“你必须让事情向有利于你的方向发展，不能自怜。你必须让球进网。”

遗憾的桑托仍在等待首胜

锦标赛综述

努诺·埃斯皮里托·桑托承认他正面临压力。昨日，西汉姆联在20,976名观众（这是沃特福德六年来最高上座率）的见证下，以1-1战平，导致他们在锦标赛中等待首胜的时间进一步延长。

尽管下半场表现占据主导，但部分随队出征的球迷在离场时对球队发出嘘声，并用齐声合唱的“你明天就会被解雇”来嘲讽这位备受质疑的主教练。

“压力每天都笼罩着我们，”这位西汉姆联主教练表示。“我们是一家大俱乐部，也是升级热门。三场比赛我们只拿到了2分，谁会满意？但我相信——我信任我的球员，我也在与他们一起刻苦训练。我们正在打造一支球队，情况将会改变，我对此持乐观态度。”

“球迷是我们俱乐部最重要的部分，我非常尊重他们。我理解一切，尊重每一种观点。”

“我再次请求，请继续相信，继续信任我们。”

同样被降级的俱乐部伯恩利也陷入苦战，在诺维奇主场4-1的败仗让主教练尼基·海恩难以接受。

“在经历了上赛季的情况以及本赛季的开局之后，我能理解球迷们的沮丧——但我们需要时间，”海恩说道。“我们正在努力引进新球员，我明天一早就会到达俱乐部，尝试促成相关事宜。”

本·豪斯为林肯市队赢得了自1961年以来首场第二级别联赛的胜利，并赢得了“林肯之影”（Imps）共同主教练克里斯·科恩的赞赏。

豪斯在第66分钟打入绝杀球，击败了波尔顿，从而终结了后者的不败开局。“人们总说本在没有球权时是世界级的，我想没有哪个进攻球员希望以此闻名，”科恩说。“但无论我们要求他做什么，他都能创造奇迹。”

加拿大世界杯球星赛尔·拉林两度破门，帮助南安普顿5-1大胜米尔沃尔。在因“间谍门”丑闻被扣除4分后，球队终于回到了正分区间。

斯托克城主帅马克·罗宾斯在客场4-1负于狼队后压力倍增，这使得他们依然0分垫底。“连续第二周，我们成了自己失败的推手，”罗宾斯说道。

谢周三狂轰7球给布罗姆利来一场“钢铁之城”式的痛击；五队并列榜首，切尔滕纳姆刺痛比兹队

谢菲尔德星期三在一场狂野的一级联赛对决中以7-2击溃布罗姆利。卡勒姆·斯拉特里、梅森·伯斯托和贾马尔·洛伊在半场前就让他们取得了3-0的领先，随后路易·巴里迅速连入两球将比分扩大到五球，接着贾马尔·洛伊打入个人第二球。加布里埃尔·奥特格巴约在比赛还剩九分钟时也参与其中，随后布罗姆利在比赛末段进行了些许反击。

在联赛领头羊黑池4-0击败彼得伯勒的比赛中，乔丹·威廉姆斯、迪翁·查尔斯、卡罗伊·安德森和杰里·耶茨全部取得进球。而排名第二的哈德斯菲尔德则紧随其后，乔·泰勒在第82分钟和第89分钟进球，从而在客场对阵剑桥的比赛中

一级联赛

上演了一场戏剧性的2-1逆转胜利。

哈里·伍德同样两度破门，帮助斯托克波特5-1大胜威科姆，巴恩斯利则3-1击败莱顿东方。与此同时，诺丁汉郡在下半场奋起直追，2-1击败伯顿，普利茅斯2-0击败布拉德福德。

斯蒂文纳奇与唐卡斯特2-2战平，而米尔顿凯恩斯顿与莱斯特城之间则互交白卷。

尽管与切尔滕纳姆2-2战平，巴尼特仍保住了二级联赛的榜首位置。

然而，迪恩·布伦南率领的球队是五支获得7分球队之一，仅凭进球数（8球）领先。

卡邦戈·齐曼加在第78分钟的点球为“比兹队”（Bees）挽回一分。此前，比兹队通过查理·莱金在“蜂巢”球场早早取得领先。随后，瑞安·布鲁姆和查理·麦肯让客队2-1领先，但他们未能将优势转化为胜局。

沃尔索尔在贝斯科特体育场3-2击败阿克灵顿后升至第二位。亚伦·普雷斯利在第53分钟的进球

英甲（LEAGUE TWO）

成为了获胜者，他在里斯·史密斯的传球后在后点头球破门。

在主场 2-1 击败埃克塞特的约克、在 JobServe 社区体育场 1-0 击败罗奇代尔的科尔切斯特，以及在波特韦尔 0-0 打平的克鲁，是其他几支积分并列榜首的球队。

首秀球员乔万·马尔科姆头球为约克队打入制胜球，替补登场的杰登·威廉姆斯为科尔切斯特队锁定胜局，而克鲁队的防线则连续第三场零封对手。

作者：克里斯·惠勒

卡里克的核心问题

作为迈克尔·卡里克上周六乘坐曼联球队大巴从赫尔返回时——在遭遇失败且相当尴尬的情况下——他最大的担忧应该是其新中场的状态。

曼联今年夏天在首发双人组安德烈·桑托斯和尤里·蒂莱曼斯身上花费了 8500 万英镑00 万，但他们却被赫尔的一对组合盖过了风头：一名是以 5 万英镑 买入的里根·斯莱特，以及一名 32 岁的英格兰足球联赛（EFL）老将马特·克鲁克斯。后者在 2022 年米德尔斯堡在老特拉福德球场爆冷击败曼联的足总杯比赛中进球后，唯一效力过的其他俱乐部是皇家盐湖城。

正如卡里克所指出的，这仅仅是一场比赛，而且他应该会对曼彻斯特方面的进展感到振奋——卡洛斯·巴莱巴在本周完成从布莱顿 7000 万英镑m 的转会之前，正在进行体检。但在一个中场重建成为曼联转会活动重心——且是球队一线队唯一投入资金的领域——的夏天之后，这是一个不吉利的开始。

这个过程并非一帆风顺。6 月份曼联与亚特兰大就埃德森达成了一笔 3800 万英镑m 的交易，但随后由于这位巴西人的体检问题，曼联终止了交易。当他们的首选目标埃利奥特·安德森前往曼城时，感觉曼联永远无法在 1.16 亿英镑m 的转会费上竞争，尤其是当托特纳姆热刺以 8500 万英镑m 的报价抢走了马特乌斯·费尔南德斯，并以 1 亿英镑m 签下桑德罗·托纳利时。

竞争对手花得越多，曼联决定在更紧凑的预算内运作的决定就越显得像是让英超其他顶级俱乐部

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将他们甩在身后。当然，追求皇家马德里的奥雷利安·楚阿梅尼似乎有些不切实际。

在桑托斯7月以 5000 万英镑 的价格从切尔西加盟，以及随后蒂莱曼斯迅速跟进（曼联触发了他在阿斯顿维拉 3500 万英镑m 的买断条款）之后，感觉仍然需要一次星级签约才能让球迷兴奋起来。

最终，搜索目标回到了巴莱巴。曼联去年夏天首次询问过他，但被布莱顿超过 1 亿英镑m 的估值吓退了。从这个意义上说， 6500 万英镑m 加上最高 500万英镑 附加费的价格是一笔不错的交易——尽管这位 22 岁（右图）的球员上赛季表现挣扎，或许是因为错失了前往老特拉福德的梦想转会而感到失望。

曼联内部人士表示，巴莱巴在整个今年夏天一直被考虑在列，但前提是价格合适。俱乐部在转会窗后期才采取行动并非偶然，这样他们能以比一年前低 3000 万英镑m 的价格签下这位喀麦隆国脚。

强势开局：桑托斯被密切盯防（上图），另一名新援蒂莱曼斯遭到粗暴对待（主图）

这次接触布莱顿是曼联自那时以来的首次，据称谈判进展相对迅速——尽管该球员在加盟时带着脚踝伤势，这意味着他今天无法在老特拉福德对阵伊普斯维奇的比赛中完成首秀，且在之后的一段时间内也将无法出场。

“事情并不总是那么简单，必须时机恰到好处，”卡里克说道。“最终，我们保持了耐心。我们希望引进适合球队且能带领我们前进的正确球员，卡洛斯绝对是其中之一。一旦他在接下来的两到三周内进入状态，他将变得非常强悍。”

与去年夏天曼联通过果断签下马特乌斯·库尼亚和布赖恩·姆贝莫，随后又加入本杰明·塞斯科来翻新进攻线不同，中场的重建走了一条更为曲折的路线。但在4月与科比·梅努续约后，曼联替换掉了今年夏天以自由身离队的卡塞米罗，以及如果不是因为在世界杯上遭受膝盖伤势就本会离队的曼努埃尔·乌加特。

卡里克也有其他选择。梅森·芒特在季前赛遭遇伤病挫折前表现出色，而弗莱彻双胞胎泰勒和杰克则是卡灵顿训练基地中与一线队结合最紧密的两名青训球员。

但主要地，他将在四人组中进行选择。两名防守型6号位球员巴莱巴和桑托斯，以及两名推进型8号位球员蒂莱曼斯和梅努。时间将证明这组球员是否能够在一家一直难以找到布赖恩·罗布森、保罗·因斯、罗伊·基恩和保罗·斯科尔斯等中场巨星合格接班人的俱乐部取得成功。

许多人尝试过但失败了：比如保罗·博格巴、巴斯蒂安·施魏因施泰格、弗雷德、摩根·施奈德林和乌加特，仅举几例。

你可能得追溯到 20 年前卡里克本人从托特纳姆热刺加盟之时，才能找到上一次伟大的中场签约，但他对今年夏天加盟的球员感到满意。“我们拥有良好的平衡，”卡里克说。“我们确实拥有年轻球员。当我提到年轻时，那

被赫尔欺负，曼联这套1.5 亿英镑m的新中场将决定成败

拥有丰富的经验，而尤里和梅森则能与之形成平衡。这是一套强大的中场组合。”

桑托斯和蒂莱曼斯在对阵赫尔的首秀表现可能并不满意，但他们今天很有机会获得再次证明自己的机会。

麦努在对阵赫尔的比赛中替补登场，据了解，在经历了上赛季在鲁本·阿莫林麾下几乎离开俱乐部的局面后，他期待能够获得常规的出场时间。

正如卡里克所言，挑战将在于如何正确地进行轮换并建立化学反应，因为在本赛季，曼联还必须应对

中场混乱

自卡里克加盟俱乐部以来的20年里，曼联签下的22名中场球员：

欧文·哈格里夫斯< / td><>1700 万英镑m< / >< / tr><><>安德森< / ><>1800 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>菲尔·琼斯< / ><>1600 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>保罗·斯科尔斯< / ><>复出< / >< / ><><>香川真司< / ><>1200 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>马鲁万·费莱莱尼< / ><>2750 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>安德烈·埃雷拉< / ><>3000 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>戴利·布林德< / ><>1400 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>巴斯蒂安·施魏因施泰格< / ><>1400 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>摩根·施奈德林< / ><>2500 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>保罗·博格巴< / ><>8900 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>内马尼亚·马蒂奇< / ><>5300 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>弗雷德< / ><>4700 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>布鲁诺·费尔南德斯< / ><>6700 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>唐尼·范德比克< / ><>3500 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>克里斯蒂安·埃里克森< / ><>免费< / >< / ><><>卡塞米罗< / ><>6000 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>梅森·芒特< / ><>5500 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>曼努埃尔·乌加特< / ><>5100 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>尤里·蒂莱曼斯< / ><>3500 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>安德烈·桑托斯< / ><>5000 万英镑< / >< / ><><>卡洛斯·巴莱巴< / ><>6500 万英镑m< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>7.805 亿英镑m< / >< / table>

欧冠联赛带来的额外需求。他在上赛季下半场取得了成功，在阿莫林通过让布鲁诺·费尔南德斯在巴西人身旁扮演更深层的角色而限制其发挥后，他让麦努与卡塞米罗搭档。

尽管人们对他年龄和薪水的议论很多，但卡塞米罗打进的9个进球比巴莱巴、桑托斯、蒂莱曼斯和麦努的总和还要多。这位34岁的球员每场比赛的前传次数也多于蒂莱曼斯，覆盖范围比巴莱巴更广。

现在他已经离开，卡里克必须调整新群体以实现他的目标——根据目前的证据，他的目标是打出前压态势并快速将球向前推进。这很可能成为成功与失败之间的关键区别。

作者：Riath Al-Samarrai

保罗·蒂斯代尔经常对年轻时的奥利·沃特金斯重复两句话。这要追溯到几年前，在2016年和2017年之间，他们当时在埃克塞特城队共事，远在沃特金斯决定从阿斯顿维拉套现前往沙特阿拉伯的这场闹剧之前。

关键点在于，沃特金斯曾经也是那些在英乙俱乐部青训学院难以实现跨越的原始、新兴天才之一。他拥有极快的速度，态度无可挑剔，但其他方面则有些混乱——他很难理解战术体系和结构化的角色。作为一名以演唱灵魂乐情歌为生的女性的儿子，沃特金斯在感受音乐时表现最出色。简而言之，他需要一位有耐心的教练，而蒂斯代尔正是这样一个人。

渐渐地，通过许多低谷期和多次沟通，一切开始变得合理。而在合理之后，它带来了金钱——沃特金斯被出售给布伦特福德带来了巨额资金，而当他加盟维拉时，转会分成再次带来了资金。

“德勤提到有一家俱乐部将营业额的 94% 用于支付工资”

埃克塞特将其训练场的木制建筑升级为了混凝土建筑。

我记得两年前曾与蒂斯代尔讨论过其中的一些情况，当时那个年轻人被加雷斯·索斯盖特选中代表英格兰参加 2024 年欧洲杯，并在半决赛中攻入了绝杀球。蒂斯代尔表现出了极大的自豪感，但他也讨论了沃特金斯所遇到的“焦虑”和“困难”，以及他不断向球员强调的两点：“少即是多”和“让自己成为可被选中的球员”。

阿斯顿维拉想让你相信，沃特金斯应对今夏最令人沮丧的转会负责。但他们只能责怪自己

在过去的两周里，那些指令在我脑海中浮现，因为在赛季开始时，沃特金斯在维拉队的“可选择性”并不高。

俱乐部里没有人质疑“他通过罢赛来强行推动拟议中价值 £5200 万 的阿尔希拉尔转会”这一假设，这一事实似乎颇具启发性。就此而言，沃特金斯的经纪团队也没有对此提出异议。

少即是多？在我们对那些为了沙特而背叛球队的球员的评估中，我认为这实际上是以牺牲影响力来换取更多金钱。对于一个 30, 岁、刚参加完世界杯的球员来说，沃特金斯做出这样的选择感觉是一种浪费；这是他的决定，而感到失望则是我们的权利。毫无灵魂？确实也有那么一点。

就我个人而言，我认为这次转会是

责任之争：乌奈·埃梅里赢得了一座欧洲奖杯，但他混乱的转会政策在一定程度上导致了沃特金斯转投沙特

最令人沮丧的转会窗口事件，原因多种多样，从沙特的“体育洗白”到一名顶尖球员野心的明显消亡。

但沃特金斯并非坏人——太多知情人士给出了截然相反的评价。他是个好人，勤奋工作，且不被足球运动员生活中那些招摇的选择所干扰。从埃克塞特到维拉，他一直是个勤恳的人；一个容易被喜爱和钦佩的人。

我对维拉这家俱乐部也经常有同样的看法。但我想指出，这次转会窗口反映出的问题，与其说是关于沃特金斯，不如说是关于维拉。

它揭示了近几个赛季的支出政策：这种政策虽然让俱乐部一度繁荣，但也极大地导致了一支优秀阵容的系统性瓦解，部分源于选择，部分则是其行为带来的后果。

此时我们应该明确两点——维拉并不希望沃特金斯离开，也没有必须出售他的紧迫感；而沃特金斯在过去 18 个月的大部分时间里一直关注着沙特的可能性。但让我们谈谈推动因素。如果你坐在维拉的更衣室里，当你看到摩根·罗杰斯、埃兹里·孔萨、尤里·蒂莱曼斯和卢卡斯·迪涅在同一个转会窗口因为各种原因全部离队时，这向沃特金斯传递了什么信号？

他们是三个月前欧联杯决赛对阵弗赖堡的首发 11 名球员中的四名。再加上埃米利亚诺·马丁内斯和沃特金斯即将离队，球队的脊梁已被抽走。尽管在替代者身上花费了大量资金，但这给人的感觉并不像是一个在演进的项目，而更像是一次大规模重建的开始。而重建需要时间，一个 30 岁的人可能不愿为此付出。

研究维拉混乱的转会窗口，可以更好地理解一家在英超和欧足联（UEFA）支出规则限制下，必须通过出售球员来换取资金购买新援的俱乐部。我们可能会认为这些规则反竞争且有利于维持现状——这些都难以反驳——但我们不能否认它们的存在。问题在于，维拉在很长一段时间里生活得过于挥霍。那是他们的选择，而且在过去的两年里，这种行为带来的恶果正日益显现。

我记得去年年初与一家英超俱乐部关键人物的一次对话，当时我们正在讨论托特纳姆热刺在工资支出方面的节俭。他同意热刺缺乏野心，但随后指出了另一个更危险的极端——维拉。当时的预测非常严峻，因为他们在乌奈·埃梅里领导下的卓越进步，也让他们离财务悬崖更近了一步。

2025年的德勤足球金钱联赛（Deloitte Football Money League）显示，有一家俱乐部的收入在全球足球界排名第18位，但在之前的三个赛季中有两个赛季的工资支出占到了营业额的94%。在2026年的报告中，这一荒谬的水平下降到了72%，但作为对比，利物浦为 60 , 曼城 57 , 曼联 51 且阿森纳 49 . 只有切尔西与维拉的水平相当。

这是为了维持竞争力而付出的代价吗？是的。这是否也是在跌落之前过于自负？看起来确实如此。

尽管很难批评埃梅里——一位在维拉做出卓越贡献的优秀教练——但我们必须承认，他在转会市场的操作水平并不比平均水平更高。在这些事务上，除了米克尔·阿尔特塔之外，他的话语权比所有其他英超主教练都要大，而维拉大量更换球员阵容的交易中都有他的痕迹。

总的来说，这可能是值得的——一座欧洲奖杯和国内联赛的前四名是惊人的回报。就沃特金斯而言，他欠埃梅里很多。但我们不应掩饰，维拉这个混乱的夏天所涉及的问题，远不止是一个前锋中饱私囊那么简单。

利物浦 伊萨克 60, 穆诺兹 82

诺丁汉森林 恩多耶 24, 吉布斯-怀特 70 pen

作者：伊恩·拉迪曼 安菲尔德球场足球编辑

进球嗅觉：恩多耶为森林队打入首球，球队在安菲尔德球场获得一场平局

在本场比赛的最后一分钟，在利物浦最急需进球之时，他们的荷兰中场里安·格拉文贝赫用一个精妙的假动作骗过了诺丁汉森林的防线，为队友亚历山大·伊萨克创造了冲向球门的机会。不幸的是，伊萨克也被这个假动作骗了，球失去了威胁。

这在很大程度上概括了这支利物浦队：笨拙、脱节，且在很大程度上缺乏进攻威胁。本赛季到目前为止，安多尼·伊拉奥拉的球队依靠瞬间的爆发生存。在对阵纽卡斯尔和森林的两场比赛中，他们四次落后，又四次追平，从而在伊拉奥拉执教的初期，将不满情绪维持在轻微的抱怨程度。

仍有一些光芒。肩负重任的伊萨克打入一球，而令人惊喜的是，夏天以£3429 万身价加盟的23岁西班牙人维克多·穆诺兹也进球了。在比赛还剩八分钟时，他在看台（Kop end）方向踢出了一记势大力沉的远射，这次进球得益于弗洛里安·维尔茨的巧妙助攻。这是另一个积极信号，因为这位德国球员表现不错。

然而，在整场比赛中，利物浦的问题再次暴露无遗。就像上周在纽卡斯尔那样，利物浦丢了几个低级球。对方依然太容易穿透他们的防线。尽管伊萨克进球了，但他看起来依然与球队的节奏和模式（如果真的有的话）严重脱节。他在两码距离内用内脚背推射进球或许对他有所帮助，但他和他的球队需要更多。

伊拉奥拉（见下文）会意识到，他的球队看起来依然比他们应有的水平低两三个档次。上赛季在阿尔内·斯洛特执教期间，利物浦被指责速度慢、枯燥且有自我伤害的倾向。在某种程度上，他们现在依然如此。

在这里，森林队在利物浦半场找到了空间，踢出了那种在水晶宫时期成为新任主教练奥利弗·格拉斯纳标志性的聪明且犀利的足球。他们的表现令人印象深刻，但利物浦有时也配合得令人震惊。

利物浦的新中后卫杰里米·雅凯看起来是一名稳健的球员，但伊拉奥拉的球队依然被两名挣扎中的边后卫拖累。森林队会对没能连续第三个赛季在这里获胜感到失望。如果他们赢了，利物浦也无话可说。

布拉德利·巴尔科拉即将以 1.23 亿英镑m 加盟的消息在开球前已传遍安菲尔德球场，而利物浦确实需要一定的速度和阵容深度。穆诺斯在左路为他们提供了这种速度，但他们的许多进攻表现依然显得极其迟钝。

比赛初期出现了一些微小的机会——穆诺斯的射门高出横梁，维尔茨在接应科迪·加克波的传中起跳头球，但被对方化解。维尔茨还有一个进球被判定为越位。但并没有出现

利物浦表现笨拙、脱节且仍在犯同样的错误……伊拉奥拉面临艰巨任务

一致性或聚集的威胁。有时，伊拉奥拉的球队看起来像一群陌生人，而森林队则显得训练有素且指导得当。

森林队在安菲尔德球场有良好的战绩，这里并不让他们感到恐惧。在开场前20分钟左右，他们好几次让利物浦感到担忧，因此当他们在上半场中段取得领先时，没有人感到惊讶。

进球的起因是森林队门将马茨·塞尔（Matz Sels）的一次长传球。

伊戈尔·热苏斯（Igor Jesus）向球门推进的势头被亚历克西斯·麦卡利斯特（Alexis Mac Allister）阻断，但摩根·吉布斯-怀特（Morgan Gibbs-White）接球并传给了丹

恩多伊（Ndoye），后者将球横传过阿里松（Alisson）射入底角。此前，恩多伊曾通过一次头球险些破门，而热苏斯则两次被雅克特（Jacquet）和米洛斯·克尔凯兹（Milos Kerkez）挡出。利物浦不能

说没有收到警告，尽管他们随后通过一段时间的控球做出回应，并似乎在几分钟内就扳平了比分，但维尔茨（Wirtz）在转身低射底角之前的进攻组织中，弗林蓬（Frimpong）被判定为越位。

当利物浦继续以一种病弱的伊萨克（Isak）显然无法理解的方式比赛时，森林队在半场结束前差一点就能将领先优势扩大到两球，仅被阿里松用指尖化解。奥拉·艾纳（Ola Aina）在底线将穆尼奥斯（Munoz）戏耍后将球回传给热苏斯，这位前锋的抢射眼看就要入网，但阿里松设法将其拨出底线。

这感觉像是比赛的关键时刻，事实也确实如此。两球的劣势对于这支利物浦队来说可能过于沉重。

事实上，下半场缓慢的开局最终为他们带来了扳平机会。加克波（Gakpo）在禁区边缘摆脱森林队后卫内科·威廉姆斯（Neco Williams）的转身动作非常出色，他的低平传中找到了在后点潜伏的伊萨克，后者将球推入网底。在比赛还剩半小时时，利物浦终于有了积极的进展，但九分钟后，他们再次落后。

现场直击：客队球员吉布斯-怀特庆祝其点球命中

解雇董事会！利物浦主帅安东尼·伊拉奥拉（最左）愤怒地发现自己无法换上三名替补球员（从左至右）里奥·恩古莫哈（Rio Ngumoha）、瑞安·格拉文贝赫（Ryan Gravenberch）和科斯塔斯·齐米卡斯（Kostasa Tsimikas），而第四官员蒂姆·罗宾逊（右，身穿黑色）正在调整替补名单牌。在等待期间，诺丁汉森林队赢得点球并以 2-1 领先。

周中从切尔西买入的利亚姆·德拉普（Liam Delap）上场仅几分钟，就在一次界外球进攻中发现利物浦防线在打盹，并将球传向威廉姆斯的路径。这位前利物浦后卫未能将球挑过阿里松入网，但仍造成了门将的明显犯规，吉布斯-怀特随后将点球命中。

对于伊拉奥拉和利物浦来说，失败将是灾难性的，尤其是考虑到新副主席阿米特·巴蒂亚（Amit Bhatia）就在董事会席位上。不过，利物浦最精彩的一段足球表现让他们免于遭受像上赛季那样被彻查的局面。维尔茨传给穆尼奥斯的球很犀利，但正是西班牙人的转身动作打开了局面，他的强力抽射击中横梁下沿弹入网底。

格拉文贝赫和伊萨克在末尾的短暂登场预示着一种更深层的病态，而这正是伊拉奥拉需要解决的问题。他的球队在开局的两场比赛中都极其接近输球，事实是，我们并不觉得真正了解伊拉奥拉的利物浦最终会是什么样子。

大概会比现在好一点吧。

利物浦 (4-2-3-1)： Alisson 7; Frimpong 4 (Gravenberch 71, 6), Jacquet 7 (Araujo 77), Van Dijk 6, Kerkez 5.5 (Tsimikas 71, 61); Szoboszlai 6, Mac Allister 6 (Nyoni 77); Gakpo 7 (Ngunoah 71, 5.5), Wirtz 6.5, Munoz 7; Isak 6. 进球者：Gakpo 60, Munoz 82. 黄牌：Munoz, Wirtz, Alisson, Araujo. 主教练：Andoni Iraola 6.

诺丁汉森林 (3-4-2-1)： Sels 6; Cunha 6, Milenkovic 7, Murillo 7; Aina 7 (Netz 86), Schlager 7, McAtee 6 (Hudson-Odoi 90+2), Williams 6; Ndoye 6.5 (Delap 66, 6.5), GIBBS-WHITE 7.5; Jesus 6.5 (Dominguez 90+2, 6). 进球者：Ndoye 24, Gibbs-White 70 点球. 黄牌：Jesus, Aina. 主教练：Oliver Glasner 7. 裁判：Sam Barrett 6. 出席人数：未提供。

HIGH OF THE TIGER：米勒在第82分钟打入绝杀球后享受这一时刻

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现在谁在笑，乔？米拉尔助赫尔市并列榜首

两场比赛，两场胜利，与曼彻斯特城并列榜首。对于一支被乔·科尔公开嘲讽、被大多数人视为必然降级球队的俱乐部来说，这表现相当不错。

赫尔市曾在 2008-09 赛季初凭借强势表现令所有人大吃一惊，而现在他们正威胁要再次创造奇迹。

“说我们是英超历史上最烂的球队……小伙子们开局并不糟糕，”前锋奥利·麦克伯尼笑着说道。

“乔·科尔是个职业球员，他知道那种感觉。我知道他这么说只是为了开玩笑，可能有点过头了——我也干过这种事。他的照片并没有被贴在更衣室里或者类似的地方！”

赫尔市正在书写一个传奇故事。他们色彩鲜明的主席阿昆·伊利卡利在社交媒体上与球迷分享转会动态，而他们此次出战的首发阵容中，许多人看起来像是英冠联赛的致敬演出。

但他们确实是英超球员。即便在如此早期的阶段，赫尔市看起来比考文垂更适应这个级别。

在赛季首日输给阿森纳，且下周末将面对曼彻斯特城的情况下，这是弗兰克·兰帕德的球队取得首胜的绝佳机会。但事与愿违，替补登场的利亚姆·米拉尔在比赛结束前八分钟速度碾压考文CTRL后防线，完成了一次快速反击的得分。

赫尔市的“非主流”小伙子们 全场最佳球员塞米·阿贾伊在 2025 年 5 月被西布罗姆维奇释放。约翰·伊根此前曾在谢菲尔德联队在这个级别效力，但在 2025 年冬季处于伯恩利边缘时加入了赫尔市。

除了在卢顿半个赛季的经历外，瑞安·吉尔斯一直在英格兰足球联赛（EFL）中辗转。这是麦克伯尼效力的第九家俱乐部，他是自由转会加盟。在加入赫尔市之前，里根·斯莱特曾效力于卡莱尔和斯坎索普。

虽然他们仍有可能在保级战中挣扎，但他们拥有能够让他们获得机会的原始素材。麦克伯尼的前顶持球能力极佳。以现代英超标准来看，穆罕默德·贝卢米虽然身材单薄，但他正是考文垂所缺乏的那种能破防的球员，并且

作者：汤姆·科洛莫斯 发自考文垂建筑协会竞技场

为米拉尔的绝杀球提供了关键传球。

米拉尔曾是利物浦的青年球员，此后先后效力于基尔马诺克、查尔顿、巴塞尔和普雷斯顿。在进球前不久，他利用另一次快速反击本有机会得分。

“我们知道中后卫在面对身后球时很吃力，”主教练塞尔盖·雅基罗维奇说道。“这是一场精彩的胜利，简直不可思议。”

弗兰克的艰难之秋 考文CTRL在努力提升阵容的同时，试图对一些带他们升级的球员保持信任。然而，正如兰帕德所承认的，这在这里并没有奏效。

他表示：“这取决于我们如何应对失败。两场比赛已经过去，还剩 36 场。在英超我们不能对任何事情抱有侥幸心理。当我们有机会向前推进时，我们却选择了保守。这不是我们的风格。”

考文CTRL在这里不太可能遇到很多愿意深蹲防守的球队。他们自己也会踢得更保守，而当夏季签约的西迪基·谢里夫恢复健康后，他们自己也将拥有反击速度。

然而，当你输掉前两场且尚未进球时，这一切都感觉没什么安慰。天蓝色军团已经离开顶级联赛四分之一个世纪了。他们必须付出艰苦努力，以确保这次回归不仅仅是停留一年。

考文CTRL (4-2-3-1)：Rushworth 6; Van Ewijk 6, Amenda 5.5, Thomas 6 (Pinnock 78min), Dasilva 6.5; Grimes 6, Yirenkyi 6 (Torp 71, 6); Tchaouna 6.5 (Sakamoto 59, 6), Rudoni 6.5 (Hamer 71, 6), Mason-Clark 5.5 (Thomas Asante 59, 6); Awoniyi 5. 黄牌：Amenda。主教练：弗兰克·兰帕德 6. 赫尔市 (3-4-2-1)：Tzolakis 7; Mendy 6.5 (Herrington 60, 6), Egan 7.5, AJAYI 8; Coyle 6.5 (Drameh 46, 6.5), Morita 6.5 (Gourna-Douath 46, 7), Slater 6, Giles 6.5; Stroud 6.5 (Millar 59, 7.5), Belloumi 7; McBurnie 7.5. 进球者：Millar 82. 黄牌：Coyle, Slater, Stroud, McBurnie. 主教练：塞尔盖·雅基罗维奇 7. 裁判：Josh Smith 6. 观众人数：31,239.

90 英超联赛

泄气、阴冷且沮丧。热刺球迷已忍无可忍

计分板亮起，显示补时四分钟，托特纳姆热刺的球迷们随即涌出球场。阴冷、泄气、沮丧，他们经历过这种情况，而且他们已经忍无可忍。

当终场哨声响起时，留在场内的球迷们竭尽全力地对自己球队发出嘘声，而纽卡斯尔联则连续第三个赛季在 N17 取得了胜利。

热刺球员们垂头丧气地走入球员通道。在新赛季英超联赛开赛首个周末在布伦特福德遭遇惨败后，他们需要激发希望。然而，他们却在主场再次遭遇一场乏味的失败，而上赛季他们在英超联赛中在该球场 19 场比赛中仅赢了 3 场。

一个前所未有的大手笔投入的夏天，八名新援，其中在首发名单中的球员身价高达 £3 亿，以及首席执行官维奈·文卡特舍姆（Vinai Venkatesham）在比赛日手册中传达的乐观信息，结果全部化为 0。

安东尼·埃兰加（Anthony Elanga）和约安·维萨（Yoane Wissa）在下半场打入的精彩进球为纽卡斯尔联锁定了积分。纽卡斯尔联同样经历了一个动荡的夏天，球员的大量流失以及埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）的离职削减了他们的宏伟雄心。

在新任主帅马蒂亚斯·贾斯莱（Matthias Jaissle）的带领下，他们迅速适应了局面，比主队适应得快得多。他们的阵型平衡，前场进攻迅速。

托特纳姆热刺 0

作者：马特·巴洛（Matt Barlow）

在托特纳姆热刺球场

无论是在思维还是行动速度上皆是如此。赛后，维萨（Wissa）称赞雅斯莱（Jaissle）是纽卡斯尔今夏“最成功的签约”。

当然，罗伯托·德泽尔比（Roberto De Zerbi）需要时间来摸索出他的最佳方案，但认为上赛季的所有问题都已成为过去的想法并不真实。他们依然缺乏创造力和进球威胁。他们的后防线依然脆弱。他们在主场依然挣扎。而且，一旦出现不利情况，信心依然会迅速流失。

他们开局迟缓，队长米基·范德文（Micky van de Ven）便是典型，他没有参加季前赛，并在周三对阵查尔顿的联赛杯中替补登场，这是他自世界杯以来的首次亮相。

德泽尔比急于让新队长回归的原因之一可能是为了应对纽卡斯尔的速度，但在开场几秒钟内，埃兰加（Elanga）就将其甩在身后，而他当时状态迟钝。

其他身穿白色球衣的球员开局同样缓慢，包括身价 1 亿英镑m 的桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali），这让客场作战的纽卡斯尔球迷感到欣喜。当托纳利被一次铲球放倒在草地上时，他们发出了欢呼，而一次糟糕的传球则让范德文吃到了一张黄牌。

上周在对阵利物浦时表现出色的纽卡斯尔再次显得锐利，在尼科·冈萨雷斯（Nico Gonzalez）中场首秀表现沉稳的带动下，他们主导了开局阶段。

托特纳姆热刺随后才找到了更好的节奏。卢卡斯·霍尼切克（Lukas Hornicek）在上半场多次做出扑救，化解了马蒂斯·特尔（Mathys Tel）从左路内切的射门，以及扬·保罗·范赫克（Jan Paul van Hecke）在角球机会下的头球攻门。

当托纳利的一次失误射门横传给佩德罗·波罗（Pedro Porro）时，刘易斯·霍尔（Lewis Hall）完成了一次关键拦截。在萨维奥（Savio）缺阵的情况下，波罗在前 68 分钟被部署在比平时更靠前的右翼位置。波罗在上半场还用左脚尝试了一次下坠的凌空抽射，但球飞出了门框。

身价 8500 万英镑m 的边锋萨维奥在对阵查尔顿的联赛杯热刺首秀中取得了进球，但此次因肌肉疲劳无法出战。德泽尔比表示，这一情况在周五被检测出，他希望这位巴西球员能在周六对阵诺丁汉森林的比赛中可用。

托特纳姆热刺的阵容中也没有里沙利森（Richarlison），外界猜测他可能会成为引进埃弗顿球员

伊利曼·恩迪亚耶（Iliman Ndiaye）的交易筹码。自从奥马尔·马尔穆什（Omar Marmoush）于周四完成从曼城转会而来，这位巴西人已不再是德泽尔比所需。这一切似乎都让他的国家队主帅卡洛·安切洛蒂（Carlo Ancelotti）措手不及。安切洛蒂就在观众席中，但球场上没有一名巴西球员。

曾收到桑德兰租借报价的凯文·丹索（Kevin Danso）也是未参与比赛的人员之一。

被直接投入首发的马尔穆什在热刺上半场中期状态回升时影响力日益增强，这位埃及前锋将纽卡斯尔的

冈萨雷斯看起来比……好两倍

作者：克雷格·霍普 (Craig Hope)

在托特纳姆热刺球场

在比赛结束前 15 分钟，当桑德罗·托纳利 (Sandro Tonali) 的号码被举起时，现场爆发出的欢呼声几乎与不久前纽卡斯尔队打入两球时的欢呼声一样响亮且热烈。

“你本该留在豪门俱乐部的，”纽卡斯尔球迷（Toon Army）嘲讽道。这位意大利人可能会纳闷自己在托特纳姆陷入了怎样的困境，而他的新雇主们也有理由质疑，他究竟什么时候才能像一个身价 £1 亿 的足球运动员。

他在纽卡斯尔的接替者、身价 5000 万英镑 的尼科·冈萨雷斯 (Nico Gonzalez) 在这里的表现看起来像是一个价格减半但实力倍增的球员。正是他的一次跨场长传，为安东尼·埃兰加 (Anthony Elanga) 打入纽卡斯尔队的开场进球创造了机会。

冈萨雷斯在托纳利之前几分钟被换下，这位纽卡斯尔的新兵在完成了一场纪律严明且勤勉的表演后得到了休息。而当托纳利被换下时，纯粹是因为他的球队需要更好的表现。

在比赛的前 15 分钟里，他触碰到纽卡斯尔球衣的次数比他在上赛季末期还要多，而那时很明显他的心思不在球场上。

然而，这种状态何时才能在北伦敦出现？在仅有的 36 次传球中，托纳利有 7 次传球失误。

相比之下，冈萨雷斯在 51 次传球中完成了 48 次。

但纽卡斯尔的新中场并非唯一令人印象深刻的人。在这里，我们来分析这场实至名归的客场胜利……

惊艳开局

埃兰加在两场比赛中打入了两个进球。想想看，他在英超首个赛季竟然一个球都没进。

去年 8 月，在对阵阿斯顿维拉的揭幕战中，他在开场 30 秒后就单刀球直面球门，却浪费了绝佳机会。这为后来那个令人失望的赛季奠定了基调。

这一次，凭借今夏早些时候代表瑞典队在世界杯上的出色表现，他的发挥像极了那个让纽卡斯尔在 12 个月前坚信能解决右翼问题的 5500 万英镑m 签约球员。迟到总比不到好。

贾斯莱，我们可以起舞了 人们说狗最终会像其主人。 虽然杰森·廷代尔 (Jason Tindall) 已经离开， 但在主教练马蒂亚斯·贾斯莱 (Matthias Jaissle) 身上， 纽卡斯尔拥有了一只新的“疯狗” ——而他的球队在场上同样拥有这种凶猛的吠叫与撕咬。

这位德国（牧羊犬）并不习惯被拴在技术区内，但那种让他沿着边线飞奔的愤怒与活力，到目前为止激励着他的球员们。

贾斯莱是一个情感外露的人，支持者们很喜欢这一点，全场比赛结束时，球迷们齐声高唱“贾斯莱，我们可以起舞了”来向他致敬。纽卡斯尔的球员们显然正随着他的节奏起舞。

维斯之子

约安·维萨在泰恩赛德的第一个赛季简直是一场噩梦。他在赛季前半段受伤，后半段则状态不佳。而现在，他是纽卡斯尔的

在他身后：维萨（最右）以一记倒钩球击败热刺门将金斯基，为纽卡斯尔攻入第二球，令罗伯托·德泽比（下方）感到沮丧

中后卫位置失衡，并与边路球员进行配合。在上半场结束前，当他获得第一次机会时，他的终结能力让他失望了。当时他潜伏在远端后柱深处且无人盯防，安迪·罗伯逊的角球精准地找到了他。马尔穆什的凌空抽射击中了侧网。

热刺在半场前后占据上风，但纽卡斯尔后防稳健，顶住了压力。他们凭借一个精妙的进球率先领先：冈萨雷斯向左送出一记横传，右后卫阿马尔·德迪克（Amar Dedic）将球头向前方，埃兰加（Elanga）接球并转身射门得分，球旋入远端立柱内侧。

热刺本赛季前两场联赛全部告负且未能进球，这是 52 年来首次出现这种情况。

在纽卡斯尔的首个赛季未能取得联赛进球后，他在本赛季前两场比赛中分别打入一球。第二个进球同样展现了灵气，这一次则是展现了一个进球猎手的技巧——能够在眨眼之间评估选择并完成一次精准的射门。

尼克·沃尔特马德（Nick Woltemade）上场还不到一分钟，就在后柱赢得一次头球，将角球头给维萨，后者调整脚步后以一记倒钩完成射门。这成为了德泽比换下托纳利（Tonali）的信号——客队球迷爆发出一阵讽刺的欢呼声——并派上多米尼克·索兰克（Dominic Solanke）。

热刺随后发起了一波攻势，穆罕默德·库杜斯（Mohamed Kudus）替补登场，这是他自一月以来的首次亮相，但主场观众再无其他可欢呼之事。

托特纳姆热刺 (4-2-3-1)：金斯基 6；格雷 6（摩尔 68分, 6），范赫克 6，范德文 5，罗伯逊 5（乌多吉 68, 6）；本坦库尔 5，托纳利 5（索兰克 75, 6）；波罗 6，费尔南德斯 5，特尔 6（库杜斯 68, 6）；马尔穆什 6。 黄牌：范德文

纽卡斯尔联 (4-2-3-1)：霍尔尼切克 8；德迪克 7，蒂亚夫 7，博特曼 7。霍尔 8.5：冈萨雷斯 8（斯图尔 71, 6），迈利 7；埃兰加 7（墨菲 82），威洛克 6（沃尔特马德 71, 6），巴恩斯 6（图雷 90+3）；维萨 7（拉姆齐 82）。进球者：埃兰加 62, 维萨 72。黄牌：冈萨雷斯，博特曼。教练：马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱 7。

裁判：彼得·班克斯 6。观众人数：61,025。

托纳利……半价版

9号，虽然没有佩戴队长袖标，但他是球队在场上的领袖。

内部人士认为，考虑到维萨在前前赛季为布伦特福德打入 19 球，他可能是本赛季球队的胜负手。虽然这很陈词滥调，但他感觉就像一名新援。

德迪克表现出色

谈到新援，右后卫阿马尔·德迪克是纽卡斯尔本赛季迄今为止表现最好的球员，尽管这仅基于三场比赛。

但以 3000 万英镑m 的价格来看，这位波黑球员像是一笔廉价的买卖。他速度快，极具侵略性，且球技精湛。在助攻埃兰加时，这是他的第三次助攻。

还需一名球员

纽卡斯尔开局不错。他们掌控了场地和球权。但直到第62分钟打入首球前，他们一次射正都没有。

这正是该俱乐部在周二夏季转会窗关闭前，仍积极寻求引进里尔的前锋马蒂亚斯·费尔南德斯-帕尔多（Matias Fernández-Pardo）和斯图加特的比拉尔·埃尔·哈努斯（Bilal El Khannouss）的原因。消息人士称两人都不会被签下，但仍希望其中一人能成行。

因为你可能会怀疑，在整个赛季的过程中，纽卡斯尔在进攻端依然不足。他们还没有填补安东尼·戈登、布鲁诺·吉马良斯，以及在12个月前离开、现效力于利物浦的亚历山大·伊萨克所留下的进球空缺。

对于贾斯莱（Jaissle）来说，这是更长远的担忧，因为在强度和前压紧迫感方面，他的球队显然在执行他的指令。

因此，主教练正在争取他深知球队仍需要的球员，如果这些基础能够将他的球队带到他们应有的位置。

粉丝愤怒之中的塔科夫斯基良药

对于随队出征的埃弗顿球迷来说，这一天始于暴动的威胁，终于一场狂欢。

由于有报道称，本土中场哈里森·阿姆斯特朗（Harrison Armstrong）可能会在一次令人震惊的£4000 万交易中被出售给诺丁汉森林，加上向南海岸行驶250英里的旅途让他们在愤怒中酝酿，球迷们开始高唱：“不要卖掉阿姆斯特朗，我想你们根本不明白……你们将面临一场暴动。”

这些歌声在开球前响起，并在全场比赛结束时再次响起——此前埃弗顿凭借詹姆斯·塔科夫斯基（James Tarkowski）在补时阶段的扳平进球抢回了一分。

对于大卫·莫耶斯（David Moyes）来说，这是急需的良药，因为他的球队在赛季初的亮眼表现，正面临被几名关键球员未来去向的质疑所掩盖的危险。

据了解，如果埃弗顿决定出售，其他俱乐部对阿姆斯特朗也感兴趣。在阿姆斯特朗潜在的离队、曼城围绕伊利曼·恩迪亚耶（Iliman Ndiaye）的觊觎，以及后卫杰克·奥布莱恩（Jake O'Brien）想要离开之间，预计芬奇农场（Finch Farm）接下来的几天将非常忙碌。

赛后在被问及阿姆斯特朗的未来时，莫耶斯显得很沮丧。“已经有一个报价了，”他承认道，“除此之外，我想我没什么好说的，这是俱乐部的决定。我们不想失去任何人，而且我们仍然需要为现有阵容增加球员。这件事我已经说过一段时间了。”

当被追问球迷要求留住这位19岁球员的诉求时，莫耶斯暗示了一些超出其职权范围的指令：“主教练是个埃弗顿球迷……我认为你总是要考虑支持者。但在俱乐部里，有时权力极大的人会做出艰难的决定。”

“并非所有决定都受欢迎。”

伯恩茅斯 斯科特 41

埃弗顿 塔科夫斯基 90+1

作者：亚历克斯·詹宁斯（Alex Jennings） 发自活力球场（VITALITY STADIUM）

“有时他们必须出于不同的原因这样做。”

——这位出生于西德比、五岁就加入埃弗顿青训营的英格兰U-19国脚，其成熟程度远超同龄人——（他的去留）可能会成为球迷对鲜为人知的弗里德金集团（Friedkin Group）看法的一个转折点。

至少在球场上，有理由保持乐观。当几名伯恩茅斯球员未能处理好一个毫无威胁的角球，且塔科夫斯基滑过表现出色的乔治·彼得罗维奇（Djordje Petrovic）时，太妃糖队保持了开赛不败的记录。

综合来看，这一分是埃弗顿应得的，蒂尔诺·巴里（Thierno Barry）浪费了多次绝佳机会，而客队在詹姆斯·希尔（James Hill）与基尔南·杜斯伯里-霍尔（Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall）腿部纠缠时未能获得点球，也算运气不佳。

对于伯恩茅斯新帅马尔科·罗斯（Marco Rose）来说，一个完美的主场开局从指缝中溜走了。他的球队通过亚历克斯·斯科特（Alex Scott）的一次优雅射门取得领先，但随后被乔丹·皮克福德（Jordan Pickford）和海登·哈克尼（Hayden Hackney）一次精彩的扑救和封堵挡住了扩大比分到两球的机会。

“我很喜欢，我很享受，”49岁的罗斯说道，“我感谢热烈的欢迎，很高兴来到这里。我们丢的那个球有点像滑稽戏。”

德泽尔比：三人组已请求离队

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我对球员的素质充满信心。我对俱乐部感到抱歉。他们正在打造一支伟大的球队，但也许由于很多原因，他们还没有准备好。

“在第一个进球之前，我们踢得比纽卡斯尔更好。射门更多，对球的控制力更强。我们在上半场有两三次情况因为距离太远而陷入被动，随后在丢球后我们失去了信心，反应不够好，这不是我想在球场上看到的反应。”

德泽尔比补充说，帕佩·马塔尔·萨尔、里沙利松和凯文·丹索都被排除在比赛日名单之外，因为他们请求离队的次数“太多了”。

“里沙利松多次表示他想离开，”德泽尔比说。“丹索两天前来找我，说他想离开。萨尔也是一样，不过他还受了一点轻伤，但已经快准备好训练了。”

“我热爱这些球员，他们都是很棒的小伙子。我和他们关系非常好，但如果他们想离开，就必须为俱乐部提供经济解决方案，然后他们就可以走，我们会寻找其他球员。”

纽卡斯尔主帅马蒂亚斯·雅斯莱从他在该俱乐部的首场胜利中获得了许多积极的收获，此前他们在上周末的主场比赛中与利物浦战平。

“这太不可思议了，我真的很自豪，”雅斯莱说。“作为一家俱乐部，作为教练组，我们感到非常自豪，能看到球队在场上已经能高水平地执行比赛计划，同时也看到球员们全身心地投入到我们的工作中。”

“这是一个良好的开端，是一个值得享受的时刻。”

谁需要托纳利？

“喜鹊”突袭者：进球者安东尼·埃兰加（左）和约安·维萨（右）庆祝

德泽尔比在热刺失利后致歉

作者：鲍比·曼齐

在托特纳姆热刺球场

在主场 2-0 负于纽卡斯尔，导致球队跌至英超积分榜垫底后，罗伯托·德泽尔比向托特纳姆球迷道歉。

热刺上赛季排名第 17 位，以 2 分之差惊险保级，而现在在 2 场比赛后排名联赛垫底，且在未进球的情况下丢了 5 球。

德泽尔比的球队在这个夏天花费了近 £4 亿，引进的球员包括前纽卡斯尔中场桑德罗·托纳利和奥马尔·马尔穆什。

“我对结果感到失望，并对两场败仗后给球迷带来的氛围感到抱歉——也许有人认为这和过去两个赛季的历史一样，”德泽尔比说。

“我毫不怀疑情况并非如此。我不能在两场败仗后就改变我的看法。我有极大的，极大的

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愤怒的伊劳拉

利物浦主帅对第四官员故障的换人显示牌大发雷霆，森林队令其错失首胜

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作者：刘易斯·斯蒂尔 (Lewis Steele)

在安菲尔德球场

利物浦主帅安多尼·伊拉奥拉（Andoni Iraola）对第四官员在操作换人显示牌时的失误感到愤怒，他认为这导致球队在与诺丁汉森林 2-2 战平的英超比赛中蒙受损失。

伊拉奥拉声称，森林队的第二个进球是不公平的，因为由于蒂姆·罗宾逊（Tim Robinson）的显示牌加载时间过长，导致他进行三人换人的操作被延迟了三分钟。

就在里奥·恩古莫哈（Rio Ngumoha）、科斯塔斯·齐米卡斯（Kostas Tsimikas）和瑞安·格拉文贝赫（Ryan Gravenberch）等待替补上场时，森林队赢得了一个点球，并由摩根·吉布斯-怀特（Morgan Gibbs-White）命中。伊拉奥拉表示，考虑到这次点球是由阿里松（Alisson）在防守中对内科·威廉姆斯（Neco Williams）犯规造成的（阿里松在全场比赛结束时踢破了一块显示牌），如果能及时换人，或许能帮助球队防住这次进攻。

利物浦新援维克多·穆诺兹（Victor Munoz）帮助球队在伊拉奥拉执教的开局阶段连续达成第二次 2-2 平局；此前亚历山大·伊萨克（Alexander Isak）已经扳平了丹·恩多耶（Dan Ndoye）在上半场的进球。

“这不能是一个专业的第四官员，”伊拉奥拉说道，“不能需要三分钟时间。我们在两三分钟前就已经提供了换人号码。”

“我之前就很生气，因为在之前的停球阶段我们无法换人，在掷界外球之前我说，‘好吧，我们现在就换’。他们必须对此做出解释，但这花了好长时间。”

前英超裁判格雷厄姆·斯科特（Graham Scott）在 X 平台上写道，这些设备“不符合实际需求”，且英超的技术落后于其他联赛。

“每个号码都必须手动输入，而且一次只能增加一个数字，”斯科特补充道，“单单输入 38（格拉文贝赫的号码）就可能需要几秒钟，而这里有六个号码需要输入。”

“在欧足联的比赛中，俱乐部必须自行输入号码，这样换人速度更快。英超仅在新冠疫情期间这样做过。”

伊拉奥拉希望布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola）能为球队的赛季注入活力，后者将于今日飞抵，在接下来的 24 小时内完成从巴黎圣日耳曼价值 £1.23 亿的转会，并签署一份为期五年的合同。

森林队主帅奥利弗·格拉斯纳（Oliver Glasner）对他上任后的首个积分感到欣喜。他的球队即将签下他曾经的学生、来自水晶宫的丹尼尔·穆诺兹（Daniel Munoz），同时他们还想要埃弗顿的中场哈里森·阿姆斯特朗（Harrison Armstrong），并就这名 19 岁球员 4000 万英镑 百万的转会进行了讨论。

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7天电视指南与益智游戏抽页

电视与评论 电影 音乐 喜剧 戏剧 书籍

本周精选

《警觉》(VIGIL) 周日、周一，BBC1，晚上 9 点

《触发点》(TRIGGER POINT) 周日、周一，ITV1，晚上 9 点

还记得那些你可以在周日晚上通过温婉的古装剧放松身心的日子吗？现在请忘掉吧，因为随着回归剧集《警觉》和《触发点》及其女主角们的正面交锋，现在是纯粹的肾上腺素飙升时刻。两部剧都以爆炸、伏击和绑架等紧张情节开场。

一边是苏兰·琼斯 (Suranne Jones) 和罗斯·莱斯利 (Rose Leslie) 试图阻止第三次世界大战，另一边则是维基·麦克卢尔 (Vicky McClure) 不懈地拆除爆炸装置。请自行选择，并暂时放下你的质疑。

《警觉》在北极的壮丽景色中设定了一个具有时效性的场景。一名英国男子在英国搜寻海底稀有金属的区域被杀。“这是世界上最后一次伟大的淘金热，”当地挪威警察局长说，“而我们就是边境小镇。”

英国人面临的问题是，那里是一个非军事区，而死者是一名不应出现在那里的特种部队成员。此外，他的尸体被发现于一个俄罗斯飞地内，而那里当然驻扎着俄罗斯军队。为了增加紧张感，中国人也参与其中。

龙克雷督察 (DI Longacre, 莱斯利饰) 首先抵达，但在处理完格拉斯哥家乡的一些危险问题后，西尔瓦总督察 (DCI Silva, 琼斯饰) 很快加入了她的行列。

与此同时，《触发点》并不纠结于地缘政治——这部剧从一开始就全速前进。一辆行驶在伦敦市中心的卡车上疑似携带炸弹。沉着冷静的爆炸物处理专家拉娜·华盛顿 (Lana Washington, 麦克卢尔饰) 的职责就是阻止它，并为此冒生命危险。“这就是我的本职，”她认真地说。

她依然与权威存在矛盾，而当她的上司说出这种显而易见的话时，谁能责怪她呢：“你必须在装置到达目标之前将其拆除。”

她的工作需要外科医生般的精准，在第二集一个极其艰苦的场景中，她得以在一名患者身上测试她的外科手术技能。虽然手法并不含蓄，但紧张感在不断升级。

无论你选择哪一部，请注意：之后你可能需要一段安静的时间来平复心情……

安德鲁·普雷斯顿 (Andrew Preston)

在周日晚上的对决中，苏兰·琼斯和维基·麦克卢尔在两部竞争激烈的动作惊悚片中展开较量

LIVE FROM THE LYCETT ARMS（来自莱塞特之臂酒吧的直播）

周五，Channel 4，晚上10点

从《The Word》到《TFI Friday》，Channel 4 长期以来一直用无政府主义风格的直播节目来迎接周末。现在，以“有目的的恶作剧”（例如假装撕毁 1 万英镑）而闻名的乔·莱塞特（Joe Lycett）也决定尝试挑战。由于是直播，结果如何难以预料，但您可以加入乔及其嘉宾，共同参与这场被誉为“给英国伟大酒吧的情书”的节目——而且无需在吧台前排队。

教父（THE GODFATHER）周日，BBC2，晚上10点

这部电影系列的幕后故事几乎与三部曲本身一样精彩——甚至足以启发一部独立的电视剧《The Offer》（可在ITVX观看）——很难想到还有比这部电影系列更具影响力或更引人入胜的作品。尽管已问世半个多世纪，其原始的力量感和情感深度并未减弱，而且那套演员阵容：马龙·白兰度（左）、阿尔·帕西诺和詹姆斯·卡恩。无需多言。

最后几周 • 必须在9月19日闭幕

塔姆辛·奥斯威特（TAMZIN OUTHWAITE）

“一场喜剧的力作”“令人着迷”“凶猛且绝妙” STANDARD ★★★★ TIMES ★★★★ FINANCIAL TIMES ★★★★

凯文·比肖普、潘多拉、科林、奥马尔·马利克、劳伦·帕特尔

“一个出色的演员阵容……这是你绝对不想错过的演出”

DAILY TELEGRAPH ★★★★

迈克·李（MIKE LEIGH）作品

纳迪亚·福尔（NADIA FALL）导演

哈罗德·品特剧院（HAROLD PINTER THEATRE）

“一部金灿灿的制作……残酷地幽默” SUNDAY EXPRESS ★★★★

德博拉·罗斯（Deborah Ross）

英国最机智的电视评论家

迈克尔·欧文很无趣？除非他自称是“虎鲸痴迷者”

《遇见欧文一家》（Meet The Owens） Prime Video，周五 ★★★★★

《柯南·奥布莱恩必须走》（Conan O'Brien Must Go） HBO Max，周五 ★★★★★

《遇见欧文一家》旨在回答一个几乎没人关心的问题，但没关系。这个问题就是：迈克尔·欧文——

他真的那么无趣吗？“连我的孩子们都说，大家都觉得我死板得要命，”他说，随后打开冰箱，思考着吃点什么零食。“我要吃片涂了 Dairylea 奶酪的吐司。得吃几个（三角奶酪片）才够？”我现在就帮你们解惑吧。他只选了一片。我知道这是一个剧透，但我不想在这种信息上犹豫不决。

贝克汉姆一家拍过纪录片，鲁尼一家和瓦尔迪一家也拍过，现在轮到遇见欧文一家了，如果你愿意的话。或者你也可以选择去配袜子。随你便。

迈克尔是前英格兰和利物浦的前锋，他在片头说道：“在不显得自大前提下，我在足球方面极具天赋，并且打破了所有记录。”

他与家人一同出镜，顺便说一句，他们看起来确实很可爱。他娶了青梅竹马的妻子露易丝。他们有四个上镜的孩子，其中一个（长女杰玛）是《爱之岛》（Love Island）的往届嘉宾，在 Instagram 上拥有 160 万名粉丝。他们住在切希尔郡一座绝美的伊丽莎白时代庄园里。他现在拥有并经营着一家赛马马厩，所以到处都是美丽的马匹。他们全家都对马痴迷。

杰玛刚刚救了一匹小设得兰马（名叫伯特，非常可爱），而她的父亲假装对此感到不悦。谁来支付饲料费、蹄铁匠费和兽医账单？“我最喜欢的马，”他对着伯特点点头说道。接着他又说：“那是讽刺。”把话说明白总是好事。

他在一个铺有木墙板的房间里接受采访，风格像个盖·里奇电影里的角色，只不过盖·里奇永远不会写这样一个角色。“我要么是非常开心，要么就是开心，”他会如此倾诉，但这如果放在比如《绅士》（The Gentlemen）这样的剧集里，恐怕没法撑起一个精彩的剧集。

足球生涯结束后，他必须寻找人生目标，而马匹给了他这个目标。他曾尝试担任足球评论员，但那单调的语调既不理想也无法避免。他解释说，他无法传达出他内心没有的兴奋感。“如果西汉姆联对阵伯恩利进球了，恕我直言，我根本不在乎。”我们都经历过这种时刻。

我们看到欧文一家在赛马场出现，举办马主派对，参加马匹拍卖会，他们看起来确实关系亲密。“我可以坦诚地说，杰玛是我最好的朋友，”露易丝说。杰玛在片中的关注度与她父亲不相上下。就好像她有一天也想开启自己的电视事业一样。我们看到她为第四频道主持“年度马展”。“我和卡罗尔以及韦恩在一起，”她对着镜头说。“我是菲奥娜，”卡罗尔说。但那个不是卡罗尔的菲奥娜对此表现得非常大度。

“你做得太棒了，”她鼓励地说道。我们喜欢这个菲奥娜。我们也喜欢杰玛。她热情、友好，并且救了伯特，伯特的可爱程度可能会让你落泪。

我们还发现了什么？我们发现欧文热爱观看虎鲸纪录片——“我是个虎鲸痴迷者”——而且公平地说，我之前并不知道虎鲸不是鲸鱼或鲨鱼，而是海豚。他面对防油纸时很吃力。“这玩意儿怎么撕下来？”*

他热爱现在所做的事情。“我每天早晨醒来，精神抖擞地跳下床。”他也有幽默的一面，比如当他放下薯条，他们的其中一只狗凯撒将其抢走吞掉时。他能从中看到有趣的一面。露易丝回忆起他当时在读《赛马邮报》（Racing Post），而她正在分娩，他迅速地回了一句：“我刚才邀请你一起读了！”尤其是在冰箱门前，他是机智对答的大师。他从冷冻库里拿出一盒冰淇淋。“这些，”他宣布，“是世界级的。”他又拿出一盒不同的冰淇淋。“这些，”他说，“也是世界级的。”他们看起来确实是一个真正令人愉悦、充满爱的家庭，但那些袜子还是没法自己配对的。

接下来的内容可能会让你感到震惊。准备好了吗？有一部名人旅行纪录片可能值得一看。我敢打赌，这绝对是你从未预料到会体验到的东西。

在《柯南·奥布莱恩必须出发》（Conan O'Brien Must Go）中，这位美国喜剧演员拜访了此前在他播客视频通话中结识的国际粉丝。每集开头由传奇导演维尔纳·赫尔佐格（Werner Herzog）做介绍，他用一种伪严肃的方式告诉我们，奥布莱恩是一个拥有“眯眯眼，像粗劣彩绘娃娃一样的眼睛”，且“被对认可的渴望以及偶尔拍张自拍的冲动所驱动”的人。从一开始就极其幽默。

第一站是印度，他在那里见到了粉丝尼卡尔（Nikhal），还尝试登上孟买的一辆通勤火车，体验了宝莱坞，穿着白色运动服参加板球比赛（尽管他完全不懂板球），并且为了防止猴子偷手机，在公园里搭建了一个临时 AT&T 门店。结果猴子洗劫了门店，然后为了抢手机而打了起来。“它们和我们有那么大区别吗？”他问道，随后自己回答了这个问题：“有。它们个头小，而且长毛。”我笑了。再次大笑。 *他最终解决了这个问题。我知道这是剧透，但我也不想在心里揣着这个信息感到不安。*他最终解决了这个问题。我知道这是剧透，但我也不想在心里揣着这个信息感到不安。

FAMILY GUY：纪录片中的迈克尔·欧文（左），以及柯南·奥布莱恩（右上）与一名荷兰鞋匠在一起。

爱丁堡喜剧

随着爱丁堡边缘艺术节在经历了一个月的混乱与疯狂后落下帷幕，新面孔脱颖而出，奖项陆续颁发，而那些较为成功的剧目在转为英国巡演及更广范围的演出之前，将获得短暂的喘息之机。

在《香槟卡萨诺瓦》（Champagne Casanova，10月1日起巡演） ★★★★★ 中，芬莱·克里斯蒂（Finlay Christie）通过讲述一段在纽奥良寻求三人行时被两名女性抢劫的传奇经历，凸显了他作为明日之星的潜质。这段故事充满了极具自嘲精神的魅力，且拿捏得恰到好处，

马克·沃雷汉姆（MARK WAREHAM）

爱丁堡边缘艺术节 截至8月30日

在揭露自己可能令人反感的富家子弟身份的同时，依然能保持讨喜的形象，这就像在走杰克·怀特霍尔（Jack Whitehall）式的钢丝绳。

克里斯蒂以极高的技巧完成了这场高空走钢丝般的表演，他将自己的羞愧感转化为能量，而没有陷入傲慢，并细心地解释道他的家人是百万富翁，而非亿万富翁。“我们没有一个儿童性交易岛，”他向我们保证道。

在《浴室垫》（Bath Mat，9月2日起巡演） ★★★★★ 中，菲尔·埃利斯（Phil Ellis）以那种去年让《任务大师》（Taskmaster）观众心生好感的混乱风格，胡闹了一个小时。

演出开始五分钟后，他仍在幕后捣鼓，尚未现身。等到他终于登上舞台时，时间已经超时了10分钟。

在埃利斯的世界里，剧本是给失败者准备的，他很乐意对观众抛给他的任何话题进行即兴发挥，因此，消化30分钟的素材可能轻而易举地耗时一小时。这是一场老派的、乱成一团的闹剧表演，而在一个每个人都在讲述带有某种寓意故事的艺术节上，这种风格反而令人耳目一新。

同样疯狂的是，菲尔·尼科尔（Phil Nichol）的《我们不是很幸运吗》（Aren't We Lucky，9月6日起演） ★★★★★ 展示了这位顽童般的苏格兰-加拿大资深演员最不可遏制的最佳状态。尼科尔现年61岁，却拥有31岁年轻人的活力，他在舞台上像星爆一样爆发，散发出积极向上和肯定生命的射线。

演出中充满了笑料和合唱，是一场适合所有年龄段的表演。但特别是，如果你的生活中有一个脾气暴躁的六旬老人，请为他们预约一场与尼科尔的约会。

高空走钢丝：单口喜剧明日之星，芬莱·克里斯蒂

罗伯特·戈尔-朗顿（ROBERT GORE-LANGTON）

《艾比盖尔的派对》（Abigail's Party） 哈罗德·品特（Harold Pinter） 著 伦敦，剧院 截至9月19日，时长2小时5分钟 ★★★★★

《谁杀了玛丽莲？》（Who Killed Marilyn?） 伦敦，翡翠剧院（Emerald Theatre） 截至10月29日，时长2小时20分钟 ★★★★★

在《艾比盖尔的派对》中，塔姆辛·奥斯威特（Tamzin Outhwaite）饰演女主人贝弗利，她是“尴尬之王”。她将一名埃塞克斯郡的家庭主妇演绎得淋漓尽致，她为邻居安吉拉、托尼以及住在路尽头的苏举办了一次聚会，而苏的 teenage女儿（我们从未见过她）正在举办那场同名派对。

迈克·利（Mike Leigh）1977年的剧场经典之作（随后推出了极受欢迎的电视版本）在创作时，原班人马由《加文与斯泰西》（Gavin & Stacey）的明星艾莉森·斯特德曼（Alison Steadman）饰演贝弗利。

奥斯威特对这个怪物的塑造堪称绝妙。她穿着一件闪亮的橙色连衣裙（与墙纸相匹配），牙间夹着一支烟，头发像一团污水泡沫般的黄色。

她分发并利用时尚的零食作为调情手段（“托尼，你想来点芝士菠萝吗？”）。

而且她通常掌控

剧院

塔姆辛饰演的“尴尬女王”简直是辉煌地糟糕

每个人都带着达姆·埃德娜（Dame Edna）级别的缺乏 tact 在走动。

这里上演着一场婚姻与阶级的战争，甚至在音响系统上也是如此。贝弗利热爱情歌歌手德米斯·鲁索斯（Demis Roussos），而她那愤怒且自命不凡的丈夫劳伦斯则喜欢长笛演奏家詹姆斯·高尔韦（James Galway）和

贝多芬——或者他认为自己喜欢。

潘多拉·科林（Pandora Colin）饰演的焦虑不安的苏、劳伦·帕特尔（Lauren Patel）饰演的迟钝的安吉，以及奥马尔·马利克（Omar Malik）饰演的英俊的托尼都表现出色。托尼与贝弗利（我们只能看到她的手，轻抚着他那足球运动员般的

音乐

ELLIE KURTTZ / PAMELA RAITH / GETTY

庞大：劳伦·帕特尔和塔姆辛·奥斯威特。下方：皮克西·洛特饰演玛丽莲·梦露

臀部）的亲昵舞蹈是一个亮点。

导演纳迪亚·福尔（Nadia Fall）巧妙地处理了悲剧性的结局，而这个结局最终演变成了一场闹剧般的灾难。

《艾比盖尔的派对》（Abigail's Party）辉煌、糟糕且非常幽默，依然是一次极佳的邀请。

谁杀了玛丽莲？答案似乎是：除了她自己，任何人都有可能。尽管梦露的死在1962年（当时她36岁）被宣布为自杀，但在这里，她从坟墓中归来，向我们展示真正发生了什么。这需要一个由男性为主的多功能演员阵容来向我们呈现。

在这部阴谋论题材的戏剧（由夏琳·库珀·科恩编写）中，流行歌手皮克西·洛特（Pixie Lott）表现尚可，但她从未走出玛丽莲在银幕上那种气息轻盈的人设。

她嫁给了乔·迪马吉奥——一个古板的家暴男。她被朋友彼得·劳福德背叛。甚至劳伦斯·奥利弗也背刺了她！

只有她短暂结婚过的剧作家亚瑟·米勒，将她揭示为一个正直且好奇地热爱书籍的人。

洛特只有一次唱歌的机会——《生日快乐，总统先生》——但面对如此冗长的剧本，她无能为力。

剧中一些阴谋论观点颇具吸引力——在 J. 埃德加·胡佛领导下的 FBI 以及肯尼迪家族，尤其是 JFK 的弟弟鲍比，在剧中的形象极其糟糕。

但剧本却像长了铅翅膀一样。它从未像一部引人入胜的戏剧那样起飞。

艺术感：多莉·帕顿在1984年电影《莱茵石》中

多莉，像莱茵石一样闪耀的乡村传奇

遗憾的是，过去一周音乐界的重大事件并非一场演出或一张新专辑，而是一位流行乐坛伟大人物的离世。

多莉·帕顿（Dolly Parton）样样精通：唱歌、写歌、弹吉他，以及逗人发笑。保罗·麦卡特尼（Paul McCartney）和米克·贾格尔（Mick Jagger）都称她为“绝妙”，她是传奇中的传奇。

她有着坚定的道德准则，无论是在为儿童识字运动奔走，还是在捍卫自己的版权。当埃尔维斯·普雷斯利准备录制她的歌曲《我将永远爱你》（I Will Always Love You）时，他那臭名昭著的经纪人汤姆·帕克要求分走一半的创作版税。多莉拒绝了，哭了一整夜——但最终笑到最后的是她，因为惠特尼·休斯顿的版本卖出了 2000 万 份。

那首歌的灵感来自一次职业分离（与歌手波特·瓦格纳的分离），但其措辞极具艺术感，以至于

蒂姆·德·利斯尔 (TIM DE LISLE)

多莉·帕顿 (Dolly Parton) 1946-2026

The Proclaimers Rewind, 亨利-昂-泰晤士 (Henley-On-Thames) 巡演时间：10月15日-12月19日 ★★★★★

Tiny Habits 《Keepers》 现已发行 ★★★★★

你可以将其解读为一段情事的终结。帕顿本身就是一种甜蜜的忧伤。

作为12个孩子中的一员，多莉天生就擅长合作。她与艾米露·哈里斯 (Emmylou Harris) 和琳达·朗斯塔特 (Linda Ronstadt) 共同打造了辉煌的专辑《Trio》，与肯尼·罗杰斯 (Kenny Rogers) 合作的《Islands In The Stream》大获成功，最终还帮助碧昂丝 (Beyonce) 重塑了她的另一首经典作品《Jolene》。

（顺便一提，艾米露今晚将在莱斯特郡的 The Long Road 音乐节演出。届时可能会有人落泪。）

多莉没有孩子，但她拥有许多继承者。你可以在泰勒·斯威夫特 (Taylor Swift) 身上看到她的印记——另一位从乡村音乐跨界到流行音乐的明星；在布兰迪·卡莱尔 (Brandi Carlile) 身上——另一位拥有强大肺活量的活力歌手；以及在萨布丽娜·卡彭特 (Sabrina Carpenter) 身上——另一位有时被误认为愚笨的聪明金发女郎。

在舞台上，多莉像一颗水钻一样闪耀。她会开玩笑，但当她演唱《Jolene》、《I Will Always Love You》、《9 To 5》或《Coat Of Many Colors》时，她能直击人心。

如果 Rewind 音乐节晚一周举行，现场可能会出现几十个“多莉”。自2009年以来，Rewind 一直在庆祝20世纪80年代，观众的着装也相应地具有时代感。你随便走走，都会撞见装扮成亚当·安特 (Adam Ant) 或雪儿 (Cher) 的人。今年的压轴演出嘉宾 The Proclaimers 并不搞装扮。但克雷格·里德 (Craig Reid) 和查理·里德 (Charlie Reid) 穿着黑色T恤，戴着稳重的眼镜，确实让你想起某个人。噢对了，是首相。

这对双胞胎长期以来拥有自己品牌的民谣摇滚，既尖刻又亲切。当他们演唱《Letter From America》时，我发现自己正用一种蹩脚的苏格兰口音随之合唱，喉咙里哽咽不已。一张强有力的全新专辑《You May Offend》★★★★★ 将于下周五发行。

现在值得购买的专辑是 Tiny Habits 的《Keepers》。玛雅·雷 (Maya Rae)、辛亚·汗 (Cinya Khan) 和朱达·马约瓦 (Judah Mayowa) 是三位在音乐学院相识并因三部和声而建立深厚情谊的美国年轻人。

他们的声音是民谣灵魂乐，介于 Crosby, Stills And Nash 与 Destiny's Child 之间。他们最动人的歌曲——《Anything He Was》、《Survivors' Guilt》和《Fragile, Too》——就属于这一水准。

电影

马修·邦德 (MATTHEW BOND)

《狗星》(The Dog Stars) 分级：15，1小时58分钟 ★★★★★

《低语之人》(The Whisper Man) 分级：15，1小时53分钟 ★★★★★

《仅限一夜》(One Night Only) 分级：15，1小时42分钟

《戴高乐：抵抗》(De Gaulle: Resistance) 分级：15，2小时40分钟

《我要你的性》(I Want Your Sex) 分级：18，1小时30分钟

88岁的雷德利·斯科特爵士回顾其职业生涯，曾创作出最高质量的商业电影。《异形》、《银翼杀手》、《lma与露易丝》、《角斗士》……可惜，他的最新作品《狗星》无法加入这个名单。有些人认为它具有“沉思性”和“寓言色彩”，但在我看来，它只是节奏缓慢、缺乏创意且相当无聊。而且，斯科特作为一个绝对可以挑选项目的电影制作人，为什么会想要涉足这个已经过度拥挤的后末日题材？

但他确实涉足了，这部电影改编自彼得·海勒 2012 年的同名小说。故事设定在 2035 年，当时地球上大部分人口被一种未命名的流感病毒抹除，两名幸存者现在生活在科罗拉多州一个偏远的乡村机场。希格（雅各布·埃洛迪 饰）是一个安静的梦想家，仍在为怀孕妻子的去世而哀悼，而他最快乐的时候就是驾驶着他的小飞机穿过群山，前往危险且荒废的城市寻找关键物资——燃料、食物和药品。哦，他还有一只忠诚的猎犬，贾斯珀。

粗鲁的班格利（乔什·布罗林 饰）则更像一个典型的生存主义者——在守卫基地并用狙击步枪狙击“收割者”帮派时最感到满足。

这对吵闹的搭档看起来可以无限期地生存下去，直到最终发生了一些糟糕的事情，故事由此展开。至少对希格来说是这样。

这部电影需要一位巨星。然而，身材高大、英俊的埃洛迪在努力成为巨星的过程中显得十分吃力，他贡献了一次平庸的表演，并得到了三位才华横溢的配角——布罗林、盖·皮尔斯和玛格丽特·库里——的支持。

然而，包括埃洛迪在内的任何人都未能提供那种能产生关键“关注我，关注我”效果的表演。

至于斯科特，他呈现了出色的飞行场景和景观，但至于那些你预料中会出现的大场面……其中一个完全照搬了丹尼·博伊尔《28年后》的剧本，而另一个则足够超现实，既带有大卫·林奇的风格，又损害了电影效果。只有

梦想家：雅各布·埃洛迪及其猎犬贾斯珀在《狗星》中

谁能想到世界的终结会是

[⚠ 低质量翻译，建议复核] # 太无聊了？

左图：奥利维亚·王尔德。右图：莫妮卡·巴巴罗和卡勒姆·特纳

第三部让我们想起了昔日伟大的里德利。但现在看来，太少且太迟了。

《耳语之人》（The Whisper Man）这部阴森的犯罪惊悚片并不缺乏明星光环，它让人联想到《沉默的羔羊》和《誓言》。《离职》（Severance）的主演亚当·斯科特饰演一名新丧妻的父亲，他带着敏感且深受创伤的幼子回到了自己的家乡。

男孩已经有一个想象中的朋友，所以当他开始与另一个人交谈时，他的父亲认为他只是在编造更多的事情。

随后男孩失踪了……就在此时，一名模仿杀害幼童的连环杀手正在街头潜行，这一点变得清晰起来。或者，那个被昵称为“耳语之人”的凶手——一个已经在监狱里待了 30 年的人——不知怎么地回来了？

这里的关键在于配角的质量，由状态极佳且选角精准的罗伯特·德尼罗、极具说服力的米歇尔·莫娜汉，以及短暂出场但抢眼的迈克尔·基顿领衔。他们共同确保了这部作品最终的可看性，使其超越了不可否认的复杂性和不合理之处。

《仅限一夜》（One Night Only）设定了一个替代性的美国现代社会，在那里，婚前性行为被法律禁止，但每年仅限一夜除外。在那一夜，当黄昏降临，你的生物植入物从红色变为绿色，这时就是抓住你的伴侣——或者任何愿意的伴侣——然后，呃，开始行动的时候。

这对披萨厨师欧文（卡勒姆·特纳 饰）来说是个坏消息。他立即被女友甩了，而伴唱歌手艾莉（莫妮卡·巴巴罗 饰，她在《完全未知》中饰演琼·巴埃兹的表现非常出色）在她们出门寻找潜在伴侣时，失去了她的僚机（与其说是为了爱，不如说是为了欲）。

如果这对命中注定的情侣能够相遇就好了。虽然他们在充满荷尔蒙的纽约街头多次偶遇，但他们始终没能真正合拍……

忽略这个设定中的荒诞之处，享受两位颜值极高的主演之间的银幕化学反应，这部电影出人意料地有趣，尤其是对于年轻群体，或者或许是那些怀旧的人来说。

《戴高乐：抵抗》（De Gaulle: Resistance）是一部关于变幻莫测的查尔斯·戴高乐的两部曲法国传记片的开篇。在片中，我们看到在 1940 年法国向纳粹投降后，他在伦敦成为了自由法国军队中一名固执但具有极强爱国心的领导者。

西蒙·阿布卡里安饰演的戴高乐在摆脱刻板印象方面显得有些吃力，但西蒙·罗素·比尔饰演的丘吉尔则非常精彩，展现出了一个非常人性化的一面。而军事历史（显然是从法国视角讲述的）与个人英雄主义的结合，既令人着迷又令人感动。

奥利维亚·王尔德在这个夏天表现抢眼，成为了性喜剧女王。在《邀请》（The Invite）取得成功后，她出演了这部标题略欠含蓄的《我要你的性》（I Want Your Sex），在片中饰演一名成功的当代艺术家，她与一名由库珀·霍夫曼饰演的年轻男助手开始了虐恋关系。

但从一开始，当一具尸体被发现漂浮在泳池中时，我们就知道这段关系无法以幸福告终。

该片由格雷格·阿拉基执导，起初幽默且带有一点性感，但尽管王尔德和霍夫曼都表现得非常投入，这部华丽的作品最终还是显得冗长了。

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阿森纳承受的压力如此之大，是因为他们自 2004, 年以来就未能赢得英超冠军，这也是这本书的标题。该书由《每日邮报》的“阿森纳先生”Isaan Khan 进行了出色的研究。

在对俱乐部 2025-26 赛季的叙述中，最突出的角色是主教练米克尔·阿尔特塔。自 2019 年被任命以来，这位西班牙人一直致力于将俱乐部塑造得像他自己一样，要求球员拥有与他相同的奉献精神（他每天早上 7 点就到达训练场）。阿尔特塔清理了那些大牌球员（prima donnas），用已婚或处于长期稳定关系中的球员取代他们，因为这些人会更加脚踏实地且稳定。在签下德克兰·赖斯之前，他询问了该中场球员的英格兰队友布卡约·萨卡和亚伦·拉姆斯代尔关于赖斯性格的问题。“阿尔特塔想要的是‘人’，而不仅仅是‘球员’。”

每一个能提高表现的微小细节都得到了关注。阿尔特塔拆除了阿森纳酋长球场球员通道的外盖，以便球员在走出来时能听到更多的观众噪音。在前往利物浦进行客场比赛之前，他在训练期间反复播放《You'll Never Walk Alone》，以防止这首传奇赞歌威慑他的球队。他甚至雇佣了专业扒手在球队晚餐期间偷球员的东西，以此教会他们时刻保持警觉的重要性。

在加布里埃尔·海因策的帮助下（海因策在之前执教一家阿根廷俱乐部时，每天给球员称重两次），阿尔特塔创造了一种只有付出最大努力才足够的文化。

他对媒体同样毫不妥协。在 2022-23 赛季期间，一名记者询问主教练为什么不买前锋。阿尔特塔“一直忍到摄像机关闭，然后直奔该记者而去，近距离地用死亡凝视盯着他”。但他也有一温情的一面。在得知一名工作人员的儿子被欺负后，阿尔特塔邀请这个男孩见见球员，并在晚上使用俱乐部的健身房，从而帮助他建立自信。

在阿森纳最终夺冠的那晚，其中一名球员迈尔斯·刘易斯-斯凯利拿起一个特定的物体说道：“他们叫我们‘掉链子的人’（bottlers），但现在我们拿着一个‘瓶子’（bottle）！”而这个瓶子里装的是香槟。

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不容忍任何胡闹的哨兵

第一次世界大战中动物的角色 尼古拉斯·米尔顿（Nicholas Milton）著 Pen and Sword 出版，£25，224页

在伟大的战争中，成千上万的动物丧生，但它们也成为了疲惫不堪、精神近乎崩溃的士兵们的士气助推器：不仅有忠诚的犬类和马匹，还有山羊、猪，甚至有一只狒狒。曾在南非第三步兵团服役的杰基下士（Corporal Jackie）在担任哨兵任务方面表现卓越。

在尼古拉斯·米尔顿出色的新历史著作中，他回忆起自己的祖父对那些“背着医疗包和红十字标志的狗”的钦佩，这些狗为在加里波利受伤的士兵提供援助。这些狗经常成为狙击手的目标。

然而，有一种被忽视的小生物，其影响可以说比其他任何生物都大。在巴尔干前线，蚊子是致命的。“在萨洛尼卡阵亡的人员中，有相当一部分死于疟疾，”米尔顿说道。病人们被送回英国，其中一个治疗营位于谢佩岛。当地人很快也染上了疟疾，而卫生部则否认承担所有责任。接着是老鼠。“每次你醒来，[它们]就在你身上打架、吱吱叫，”阿尔弗雷德·约翰逊中尉（Lieutenant Alfred Johnson）回忆道。“前几天晚上，有一只直接跳到了我的脸上……”对于那些已经精疲力竭且患有炮弹休克症的人来说，老鼠可能会成为压垮他们的最后一根稻草。

但最动人的故事还是关于狗的。我最喜欢的是弗里茨（Fritz），1914年一艘德国拖网渔船被英国皇家海军的法尔茅斯号（HMS Falmouth）击沉，它靠着一块木板漂浮幸存了下来。水手们给它改名为“老比尔”（Old Bill），随后它在1916年的日德兰海战中幸存，尽管身负三处弹片伤。当法尔茅斯号最终在弗兰伯勒角附近沉没时，它再次获救，并在普利茅斯军营度过了幸福的退休生活，死后获得了完整的海军葬礼荣誉。

狗敏锐的听觉使它们成为了极其宝贵的预警系统，因为当它们听到炮弹袭来时会迅速寻找掩护。有一只狗甚至会给自己快速刨一个战壕，并尽可能平贴在地上，聪明地模仿它的人类战友。

然后是高贵且坚韧的马匹。在为英国参战的一百万匹马中，近一半死亡。一个伟大的幸存者是属于约翰·西利少将（Major General John Seely）的“勇士”（Warrior）。它学会了在“听到子弹叮当声时采取‘闪避或之字形’奔跑”，并在1918年莫勒伊尔森林（Moreuil Wood）最后一次大规模骑兵冲锋中安全地护送西利通过。他们在圣诞节回到了怀特岛，之后在莫蒂斯通唐（Mottistone Down）度过了许多快乐的骑行时光。1938年，他们在那里进行了一次百年骑行，当时两者的年龄之和达到了100岁。那时感觉距离伊普尔一定很遥远。勇士死于1941年，享年32岁。

克里斯托弗·哈特（Christopher Hart）

安东尼·戈姆利（Antony Gormley）、亨利·摩尔（Henry Moore）和罗丹（Rodin）有什么共同点？他们都在追求用物质形式捕捉人类精神。

捡起一颗鹅卵石，无论大小。捧在手心，感受它光滑的平淡，或观察它的色带。你可能不会把它认为是一件微型艺术品，但像芭芭拉·赫普沃斯（Barbara Hepworth）和亨利·摩尔这样著名的20世纪雕塑家会这么认为。他们在自然世界的形态中寻找灵感——这些是时间创造的“艺术”作品。

站在海滩上，艺术史学家乔·巴林（Jo Baring）想到了孩子们一直以来在鹅卵石中发现的乐趣。在这本文字优美的书的开头，她就指出了其核心的魔力：“鹅卵石……充当了一个物理提醒，提醒我们与物质[实体]以及我们所创造之物之间的联系……数千年来，我们的祖先一直塑造、建模并凿刻他们手头现有的材料，创造出没有直接实用用途的物品。”

因此，这些作品并非锅具、梳子或箭头，而是用石头、木头或金属创造出来的，旨在传达某种情感或信息。换句话说，他们创造了雕塑。

你可能会从伦敦议会广场上由威尔士雕塑家伊沃·罗伯茨-琼斯（Ivor Roberts-Jones）创作的、极具表现力的温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士青铜像来思考这种艺术形式。或者可能是罗丹的作品《接吻》？亦或是安东尼·戈姆雷（Antony Gormley）广受欢迎的《北方的天使》。乔·巴林（Jo Baring）会将其中第一件——代表一个历史人物的作品——仅仅描述为一座“雕像”。但是

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《图腾》（Totem）乔·巴林（Jo Baring）著，Canongate出版，£25，352页

对她而言，戈姆利（Gormley）的“天使”无疑是一件雕塑——艺术家本人将其描述为“东北部的图腾柱”。至于罗丹，有趣的是——甚至可以说相当奇怪地——她几乎没有给三维艺术形式的“巨匠”们（如罗丹，甚至米开朗基罗）留多少篇幅或时间。关于米开朗基罗那件宏伟且令人心碎的《圣母怜子像》，书中仅用了八行文字。但这并非一部历史书。这是一个非常人性化的故事，其中

叙事。令人庆幸的是，在处理完一些关于使用“图腾”（Totem）一词不必要的“觉醒主义”顾虑（令人恼火的是，一名“艺术史同事”将其描述为“有争议的”）后，巴林得出结论，“这个词在不同时代和空间都被用来描述雕塑”。

她发现了这个词起源于美国东北部原住民奥吉布瓦族（Ojibwe，或称奇佩瓦族 Chippewa）的语言。他们的词汇“ototeman”指的是氏族关系，意为“共同居住”。因此，“图腾”是某种共享之物。为了探讨这一理念，巴林引导读者进行了一场令人兴奋的全球之旅，从观察牛津皮特·里弗斯博物馆（Pitt Rivers Museum）中一根复杂的图腾柱，到戈姆利那尊高耸天使的简约形态。

补充道：“雕塑是地点和人类社区的存储库，但它比我们更长久。”

从德国洞穴中发现的狮人像等史前文物，到一件古老的

因此，当你看到最早幸存的木雕照片时所产生的感觉，可能与你对亨利·摩尔（Henry Moore）作品的第一印象相关。这座被称为“希吉尔偶像”（Shigir Idol）的高耸“图腾”比金字塔还要古老两倍——然而，它所表达的恐惧难道不是绝对现代的吗？它那圆形的嘴巴像蒙克（Munch）画作中的尖叫一样张开

人文触感：安东尼·戈姆利（Antony Gormley）的“北方的天使”俯瞰着盖茨黑德的A1公路

其核心的人文元素正是作者本人。《图腾》是一次个人探索，旨在“挖掘我感觉到就在我面前舞动的、尚未被讲述的雕塑故事”。

“现存最早的木雕就像蒙克的《呐喊》”

骨骸被保存在他们的工作室中。在她的叙述中，我们与自然世界从未远离。

一旦你不再用你认为已知的认知来看待这本书，而是将巴林（Baring）视为进入想象力中奇异、象征性领域的向导，那么你将被释放到她广泛的

在这场探索、令人困惑——有时也感到迷茫——的旅程中，她不仅参观了主要美术馆的作品，还造访了鲜有人至之地的晦涩之作。巴林的意图或许可以用印度当代艺术家巴尔蒂·凯尔（Bharti Kher）的话来概括：“我们所有的艺术家，从很久以前，也许是从我们第一次在洞穴墙壁上留下手印起，就一直在试图捕捉这个被称为‘人类精神’的东西……这很难捕捉……我一直在不断尝试创造不同事物的体现，去寻找我一直在寻找的那块神秘的石头。”

——一个让我的大脑立刻联想到赫普沃斯（Hepworth）和摩尔（Moore）作品的“孔洞”。巴林的写作方式在潜移默化中邀请读者在跨越国家、文化和时代的同时，建立起这种想象力的联系。

这又将我们带回了那颗鹅卵石，以及人类如何定义艺术，以及为什么艺术对我们每个人的作用如此不同的谜团。“图腾”一词意味着一个神秘的崇拜对象，但同时也意味着某种共享之物。当你从 A1 公路疾速驶过《北方的天使》时，你感觉如何？钦佩？觉得有趣？还是敬畏？米开朗基罗的《大卫》会激起钦佩——或者甚至可能是爱慕之情吗？

她向我们介绍了那些扩展了雕塑可能性的艺术家——包括赫普沃斯、康斯坦丁·布朗库西（Constantin Brancusi）、路易丝·布尔乔亚（Louise Bourgeois）、草间 Yayoi 以及当然还有安东尼·戈姆利（Antony Gormley）——并以全新的视角重新审视熟悉的作品。她思考了所使用的材料——那些通常触手可及的物质，并提醒我们，像摩尔这样伟大的艺术家，其灵感来源于鹅卵石、羽毛和

重要的是你去观察，其余的则取决于你。绕着作品走走，如果你愿意也可以嘲笑它（想想马吉·汉布林创作的那个荒诞的玛丽·沃克斯通克拉夫特雕像），但请在乔·巴林（Jo Baring）的启发下，伸展你的精神——并做出回应。

从玛雅金字塔，一直到 20 世纪的激进创新，巴林揭示了雕塑如何表达权力、丧失、身份以及通过形式创造意义的需求。她建议我们“不应将雕塑视为一个物体，而应将其视为一个容器，一个承载人类

知识和想象力的载体。” 思考“图腾”的第一个含义，她

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以及埃尔玛·富兰克林（Erma Franklin）和戴娜·华盛顿（Dinah Washington）的《Mad About The Boy》。CD3 以莱昂内尔·里奇（Lionel Richie）和戴安娜·罗斯（Diana Ross）的《Endless Love》开始，随后是 Smokey Robinson、Kool & The Gang 和 Billy Ocean，以及 Boyz II Men 和 Toni Braxton 等较近期的热门曲目，还有来自 Gabrielle、M People 和 Dina Carroll 的英国灵魂流行金曲。简而言之？这是一个极佳的伟大音乐收藏。

光盘 1

1 惠特尼·休斯顿 (Whitney Houston) – Saving All My Love for You 2 蒂娜·特纳 (Tina Turner) – What's Love Got to Do with It 3 马文·盖伊 (Marvin Gaye) – Sexual Healing 4 巴里·怀特 (Barry White) – Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up 5 地球、风与火 (Earth, Wind & Fire) – After the Love Has Gone 6 罗斯·罗伊斯 (Rose Royce) – Wishing on a Star 7 Commodores – Three Times a Lady 8 安妮塔·贝克 (Anita Baker) – Sweet Love 9 Sister Sledge – Thinking of You 10 戴安娜·罗斯 (Diana Ross) – I'm Still Waiting 11 The Temptations – My Girl 12 史蒂维·旺德 (Stevie Wonder) – My Cherie Amour 13 丹妮丝·威廉姆斯 (Deniece Williams) – Free 14 布伦达·罗素 (Brenda Russell) – Piano in the Dark 15 比利·普雷斯顿 (Billy Preston) & Syreeta – With You I'm Born Again 16 Peaches & Herb – Reunited 17 Odyssey – If You're Lookin' for a Way Out 18 比尔·威瑟斯 (Bill Withers) – Ain't No Sunshine

19 The O'Jays – Brandy 20 Heatwave – Always and Forever

● 光盘 2 1 马文·盖伊 (Marvin Gaye) – Let's Get It On 2 比利·保罗 (Billy Paul) – Let's Make a Baby 3 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (feat. Teddy Pendergrass) – If You Don't Know Me by Now 4 The Delfonics – Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 5 The Stylistics – Betcha by Golly, Wow 6 The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again 7 卢·劳尔斯 (Lou Rawls) – You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 8 The Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 9 Four Tops – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 10 The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk 11 Isley 兄弟 (The Isley Brothers) – Summer Breeze, Pt. 1

12 格拉迪斯·奈特 & The Pips (Gladys Knight & The Pips) – Midnight Train to Georgia 13 Sam & Dave – When Something Is Wrong with My Baby 14 布伦达·霍洛威 (Brenda Holloway) – Every Little Bit Hurts 15 杰克逊 5 (Jackson 5) – Who’s Lovin’ You 16 珀西·斯莱奇 (Percy Sledge) – When a Man Loves a Woman 17 斯莫基·罗宾逊 & The Miracles (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) – The Tracks of My Tears 18 吉米·鲁芬 (Jimmy Ruffin) – What Becomes of the Brokenhearted 19 艾玛·富兰克林 (Erma Franklin) – Piece of My Heart 20 戴娜·华盛顿 (Dinah Washington) – Mad About the Boy

光盘 3 1 莱昂内尔·里奇 (Lionel Richie) & 戴安娜·罗斯 (Diana Ross) – Endless Love 2 斯莫基·罗宾逊 (Smokey Robinson) – Being With You 3 Kool & The Gang – Cherish 4 亚历山大·奥尼尔 (Alexander O’Neal) – If You Were Here Tonight 5 比利·奥申 (Billy Ocean) – Suddenly 6 兰迪·克劳福德 (Randy Crawford) – Rainy Night in Georgia

7 杰梅因·杰克逊 (Jermaine Jackson) – Do What You Do 8 Atlantic Starr – Always 9 Champaign – How 'Bout Us 10 罗斯·罗伊斯 (Rose Royce) – I Wanna Get Next To You 11 泰迪·彭德格拉斯 (Teddy Pendergrass) – Love T.K.O. 12 Boyz II Men – I'll Make Love to You 13 托妮·布莱克斯顿 (Toni Braxton) – Un-Break My Heart 14 Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song 15 加布里埃尔 (Gabrielle) – Walk On By 16 Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby) – Sign Your Name 17 M People – Don't Look Any Further 18 The Tony Rich Project – Nobody Knows 19 迪娜·卡罗尔 (Dina Carroll) – So Close 20 瓦妮莎·威廉姆斯 (Vanessa Williams) – Save the Best for Last

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活动今日继续，请解答将在银行假期周末期间在报纸上刊登的一系列谜语 – 最后一个谜语将于明天，August 31. 请按照右侧的说明参与其中，有机会赢取我们的 6,000 英镑 大奖。

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解答右侧今天的谜语。记录每日答案。On Monday, August 31, 报纸上将刊登一个网格，供您填写每天的谜语答案。将网格中阴影部分的字母重新排列，即可揭晓最终答案。关于如何免费提交参与信息的详情

在此处写下今天的答案：

将通过在线、短信或电话方式刊登在周一的报纸上。

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第二天谜语

这首歌由一个名叫 Ray 的男人创作 讲述了一个小伙子不得不支付 所有的现金给税务局 在 '66 年，它曾是一首冠军单曲

请在明天的《每日邮报》中寻找下一个谜语

极难数独

数独 X

填满网格中的所有方格，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 的方格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。答案：请参阅封底。

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请在每行、每列、对角线（以 X 形高亮显示）以及 3x3 方格（由实线划分）中各填入一次数字 1 到 9。答案：见封底。

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将图片靠近鼻子，然后慢慢移开。突然间，一个 3D 幻象会出现！线索：什么时候男人像狗？答案：见封底。

魔眼 (MAGIC EYE)

不规则数独 (JIGSAW SUDOKU)

在行、列和方格中填入数字 1 到 9，且任何行、列或方格中不得出现重复数字。答案：见封底。

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KEIJO

将瓷砖放入网格中，使横向读出四个单词，纵向读出四个单词，且每行每列出现四个不同的形状。答案：见封底。

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单词滑块 (WORD SLIDE)

使用所有滑块，你一共能拼出多少个常规英语单词？其中一个单词已经拼好。目标得分：20 答案：见封底。

偶数 (Evens)

在方格中填入 1 到 9 的任意数字，使每行和每列的数字之和等于给定的总数。同一行或同一列中不得重复数字，且偶数必须填在阴影方格中。答案：见封底。

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下表列出的童谣角色中，除一个以外全部隐藏在网格中。找出缺失的词条，您就有机会赢取 £100！单词可以是水平、垂直或对角线方向，正向或反向。答案将于下周公布。上周的缺失词条：BEAU。

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August 9 获胜者：Brian Thomas Norris，兰开郡，克罗斯顿。

赢取 £100

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参与方式：一旦您找到了缺失的单词，请发送短信 SEARCH，后接空格，然后输入您的答案、姓名和邮编至 65700。短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。或者拨打 0905 652 2157 并留下您的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。参赛申请截止至周五晚上 11. 59pm。条款和条件请参阅今日的答案面板。本周的答案将于下周公布，获胜者姓名将于 9 月 20 日（周日）公布。

超级数独 第 1207 期

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在我们的常识奖金填字游戏中，随机抽取的第一个正确答案将获得一项惊人的 1,000 英镑 奖品。参赛作品必须在 9 月 4 日星期五前送达（不接受复印件）。今日答案将于下周公布，获奖者姓名将于 9 月 20. 日星期日公布。详情请参阅网格下方的参赛指南。

通过我们的超级数独测试您的思维敏捷度，您就有机会赢取 £100 现金奖金！每行、每列以及每个 4x3 宫格必须包含 1 到 12. 的所有数字。拨打 0905 652 2210 获取额外提示。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。

第 1204 期的获奖者

是来自约克的 Gillian Cumberland。

参赛方式：发送短信 SUPER，后接空格、从左至右阅读的 3 个阴影格数字、姓名和邮编至 65700. 短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费。或拨打 0901 292 5050 留下您的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。参赛作品受理至星期五晚上 11. 59 分。条款和条件请参阅今日答案面板。本周答案将于下周公布，获奖者姓名将于 9 月 20 日星期日公布。

CODE CRACKER

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赢取 £100

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

破解我们的代码，就有机会赢取 £100 现金！只需算出哪个数字对应哪个字母，以完成本谜题下方的网格。答案可能是一个名字（例如 Danube），或一个短语（例如 at once）。

参与方式：一旦您在额外方框中找到该单词，请发送短信 CRACKER，后接空格、您的答案、姓名和邮编至 65700。短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。或者拨打 0901 292 5051 并留下您的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。参赛截止至周五晚上 11.59。条款和条件请参阅今日的答案面板。本周答案将于下周公布，获胜者姓名将于 9 月 20 日星期日公布。

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8 月 9 日获胜者：Paula Cartwright，汉普郡，法里汉姆。

需要入门帮助？您可以通过拨打 0901 292 5070 获取最多三个额外线索。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。或者发送短信 EXTRA 至 65700。短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费。电话 / 短信服务帮助热线：0330 1000 601。

横向 11 2001 年伊恩·麦克尤恩入围布克奖的小说 (9) 12 军事或海军行动，如战役或演习 (9) 13 意大利西北部利古里亚大区的首府 (5) 14 & 1 向下 荷兰后印象派艺术家，《星夜》的作者 (7,3,4) 15 一端带有活结的长绳或皮带 (5) 16 有帮助且友好的行为 (4,4) 18 用于查找和修复文本错误的计算机程序功能 (10) 22 城市地区高而窄的住宅建筑，通常为排屋或露台房 (9) 24 第二次世界大战后美国和苏联集团之间的政治敌对状态 (4,3) 27 ____ Williams，政治人物，1981 年创立社会民主党的“四人帮”反叛者之一 (7) 28 为其芳香种子和叶片而广泛栽培的伞形科植物 (9) 30 全年保持叶片的树木或植物 (10) 32 ____ Area，由 29 个欧洲国家组成的无需相互边境检查的区域 (8) 35 一种拉丁美洲舞蹈 (5)

37 在希腊神话中，农业丰饶女神，婚姻和女性的保护者 (7) 38 由社会或其他惯例导致的任何禁令 (5) 39 银行账户取款金额超过信用余额的情况 (9) 40 以前由富有或贵族青年进行的欧洲主要城市长途旅行 (5,4) 纵向 1 见 14 横向 2 奥利维亚·德·哈维兰的演员妹妹，主演了阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的《蝴蝶梦》和《怀疑》 (4,8) 3 希腊字母的第六个字母 (4) 4 大型两栖啮齿动物，具有宽大、扁平、无毛的尾巴和蹼状后足 (6) 5 在冰壶运动中使用的圆形沉重花岗岩球 (5) 6 Maximilien _，法国大革命的影响人物，1794 年被处决 (11) 7 Clark _，虚构超级英雄超人的真实身份 (4) 8 具有由小蒜瓣组成的白色鳞茎的葱属植物 (6) 9 电台用作时间信号的一系列高频声音 (4) 10 观察但不参与的人 (9)

17 用于擦干身体的吸水布 (5) 19 ____ di Lammermoor，盖塔诺·多尼采蒂根据沃尔特·斯科特小说改编的悲剧歌剧 (5) 20 18世纪英国历史学家；《罗马帝国衰亡史》的作者 (6,6) 21 Iain ____，保守党国会议员，2001-2003年期间担任反对党领袖 (6,5) 23 Sir Lindsay ____，2019年起担任下议院议长 (5) 25 由“4 Down”搭建的圆顶形巢穴 (5) 26 南大西洋圣赫勒拿岛西北部的岛屿，英国于1815年宣布拥有主权 (9) 29 位于欧洲西南部，法国与西班牙之间的一个山地公国 (7) 31 Rio ____，北美洲的一条河流，构成美国与墨西哥边界的一部分 (6) 33 Charlotte ____，刺杀让-保罗·马拉的法国革命者 (6) 34 在环法自行车赛等自行车赛事中，单日独立进行的比赛 (5) 36 威尔士的国家象征 (4) 37 Olivia ____，在2026年获得四项英国音乐奖（Brit Awards）的创作歌手 (4) 38 Sweeney ____，虚构的杀人理发师，其受害者最终被做成了派 (4)

现在有三种参与方式

完成奖金填字游戏，并计算完成后的网格中字母“i”出现了多少次。然后发送短信 ISPY 以及你的答案、姓名和邮编至 65700。短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。或者拨打 0905 652 2172 并留下您的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。参赛申请受理至周五晚上 11.59 分。或者将您完成的网格以及 iSpy 答案邮寄至 Prize Crossword 2284, The Mail on Sunday, P0 Box 354, Wymondham, NR18 8JG。参赛作品必须在 9 月 4 日周五前送达（不接受复印件）。获胜者将从正确的 iSpy 答案中随机抽取。条款和条件请参阅今日的答案面板。

2281 期获胜者：Daniel Saunders，来自阿伯丁。上周答案：12

12 益智时间！

顶点求和

如果每个三角形中的数字是其下方两个数字之和，那么顶部的数字是多少？答案下周公布。

KEIJO

将瓷砖放入网格中，使每行和每列都出现四个不同的数字和四个不同的形状。答案下周公布。

KEN KEN（数独变体）

用数字 1-6 填充方格，使每个数字在每行和每列中仅出现一次。数字还必须通过计算得出每个区域左上角的结果——乘法、加法、减法或除法。同一个区域内数字可以重复。答案下周公布。

快速数独

用数字 1 到 9 完成网格，使每行、每列和每个 3x3 宫格包含数字 1 到 9 且仅使用一次。

参与方式：发送短信 PRIZE 以及你的答案（从上到下读取 3 个阴影方格）、姓名和邮编至 65700。短信费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。或者拨打 0901 292 5088 并留下您的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上您电话公司的网络接入费。参赛申请受理至周五晚上 11.59 分。条款和条件请参阅今日的答案面板。电话 / 短信服务帮助热线：0330 1000 601。本周答案将于下周公布，获胜者姓名将于 9 月 20 日周日公布。

DINGBATS（图形谜语）

在字母或符号中寻找熟悉的短语、名称或谚语。读者受邀将 Dingbats 发送至 The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 354, Wymondham, NR18 8JG。每篇被刊登的作品将获得一张 £10 的图书代金券。请访问网站 dingbats.net 查看。答案见今日答案面板。

SMART

1. 来自 Margaret Richards，诺福克郡，诺里奇

NE EYE OLD

2. 来自 Aubrey Cartledge，威尔特郡，梅尔克舍姆

6 / 4 Butter 5 / 2 Jam 4 / 1 Marmalade

3. 来自 O. Townend，萨默塞特郡，韦斯顿-超级马尔

4. 来自 Sylvia Dugard，牛津郡，威特尼

DITLOIDS（首字母谜题）

你能推断出下面首字母代表什么吗？例如，7 D of the W = 7 days of the week（一周 7 天）。答案见今日答案面板。

1 T by H 17

4 52 W K on a P K

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2 60 S in a M, 60 M in an H 5 1R to RT A

6 Son Y O 2 F

赢取 £100

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单词构建者 (WORD BUILDER)

请回答每个线索，使每个单词包含与前一个单词相同的字母，且仅增加或减少一个字母。下周公布答案。

酒馆问答 (PUB QUIZ)

1 电影：

在 2004 年的电影《史瑞克 2》中，哪位西班牙演员为“靴子猫”这个角色配音？

2 音乐：

Sam Fender 和 Olivia Dean 在 2025 年推出的哪首单曲创下了在英国榜单 No 1 停留周数最多的记录？

3 电视与广播：

在哪个犯罪惊悚系列剧中，Vicky McClure 饰演一名炸弹处理专家？

4 体育：

哪位美国高尔夫球手曾创纪录地 6 次赢得大师赛冠军？

5 自然：

高山山羊、西伯利亚山羊和努比亚山羊属于山羊属 (Capra) 的哪种动物？其雄性拥有巨大的弯角。

6 政治：

Gwynfor Evans 是哪个英国政党的首位当选国会议员？

7 科学：

在标准温度和压力条件下，仅有的两种呈液态的化学元素是什么？

极简填字 (BARE BONES)

8 历史：

公元 14 年继任其继父奥古斯都的第二任罗马皇帝是谁？

1 夜鸟

2 喷气 / 喘息

3 草地游戏

4 内脏

5 臂关节

答案见今日解答面板。

9 词汇：

单词 rebec 的含义是什么？ a) 一个谜题， b) 一种鱼， c) 一种乐器。

10 英国：

哪条河流流经克利瑟罗 (Clitheroe) 和普雷斯顿 (Preston)，最后在黑池附近注入爱尔兰海？

11 今年：

哪位王室成员在 8 月 3 日产下了她的第三个孩子（一名女儿）？

12 随机题：

收集邮票 / 明信片的人 (deltiologist) 收集的是哪种文具用品？

赢取一套柯林斯英语词典和同义词词典，以及一本布拉德福德填字游戏求解词典

我们的“极简填字”非常独特，因为你必须同时完成网格——包括数字和方格。我们已经插入了四个黑格和四个线索数字以帮助你开始。该填字游戏具有四向对称性：顶部与底部、左侧与右侧均匹配，因此你可以立即填入另外 12 个方格。

一套柯林斯英语词典和同义词词典，以及一本布拉德福德填字游戏求解词典作为奖品。请将你的答案发送至：Bare Bones Crossword 1271, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 354, Wymondham, NR18 8JG。参赛作品必须在 9 月 4 日星期五前送达（不接受复印件）。获胜者的姓名将于 9 月 20 日从首批正确答案中抽取并公布。

第 1268 期获胜者：John Atkinson, Preston, Lancs.

脑力训练 (BRAIN TRAIN)

沿着我们的心算铁轨前进，看看你能走多远——以及需要花多少时间！共有四个车站：A、B、C 和 D。你可以从 A、B 或 C 出发，并在 B、C 或 D 停止。从你选择的起点开始，按照指令行驶到目的地。在每个车站写下你的答案，然后用车站后的第一个数字重新开始。答案请见今日的解答栏。

评分标准：良好 —— 从 A 到 B 用时 30 秒。优秀 —— B 到 C 用时 30 秒，或 A 到 C 用时 50 秒。卓越 —— C 到 D 用时 30 秒，B 到 D 用时 50 秒，或 A 到 D 用时 75 秒。顶尖 —— A 到 D 用时 60 秒。

地址

邮编

横向

5 具有游戏性的昆虫 7 包含水果的友好饮品 9 傻瓜得到了猪，拥有一个便士和一个英镑 11 据报道，海岸边的地点团队 12 设计中的大学生创造了混合物 15 分裂使面包师极其愉快（两个单词） 17 在风景中带着犹豫地研究 19 收获法国葡萄酒并获得一种混合物

电话

20 杂项诗歌，我会首先返回

纵向 1 潜行，停在鸟类旁边 2 肯特郡海岸某地的贸易 3 书籍的自我奉献 4 有用的丈夫同样未知 6 儿子不能广播一个 F，例如 8 对话使男人回到正轨 10 用一个笑话来布置结尾

11 通道后方的安静 13 系列是第一个抱怨的 14 原始裂缝被赋予新形式 16 鼓励我们的将军在外面 18 准备出版的奇怪饮食

心理方块 (MENTAL BLOCKS)

在不旋转或翻转的情况下，将彩色方块放入正方形中。每个方块覆盖的数字之和应等于圆圈中的总数。彩色方块中不得出现重复数字。答案下周公布。

纵向

单词方格 (WORD SQUARE)

尝试这个迷你谜题。答案下周公布。

横向 1 雪橇 2 ---- 公司，大地 3 注册 4 弥补 5 海关 / 习俗

1 水蒸气 2 音乐中的“缓慢地” 3 错误 4 低沉的嗡嗡声 5 折扣期

牛眼 (BULL'S EYE)

你能用给出的字母组成多少个四个或更多字母的单词？每个字母只能使用一次，且每个单词必须包含中心字母。至少有一个单词使用了全部九个字母。不得使用大写字母、连字符或撇号，不得使用以 's' 结尾的动词形式，不得使用以 's' 结尾的复数形式。答案下周公布。

你的表现如何？

计算你找到的单词数量 —— 13 个：良好；20 个：优秀；26 个或更多：卓越。

箭头字谜 (ARROWORD)

完成网格，然后将黄色方格中的字母重新排列，以揭示一座山脉。答案将于下周公布。

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manChild< / ><>< / ><>Thick< / ><>< / ><>Immense< / ><>< / >< / tr> <>< / ><>< / ><>Ran away< / ><>< / ><>Lady And The_, Disney film< / ><>< / ><>Wager< / ><>< / >< / tr> <>Omelette ingredient< / ><>< / ><>Prose composition< / ><>< / ><>Sum< / ><>< / >< / tr>< / table>

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赢取 £100

快速填字游戏

答案将于下周公布。

横向 1 像政治家一样的 (12) 7 设置 (5) 8 柳条篮 (5) 9 第一个女人 (3) 10 屏障 (9) 11 高地位社会群体 (6) 12 景象 (6) 15 目的 (9) 17 家畜 (3) 18 沉思 (5) 19 战斗 (5) 21 抛硬币游戏 (5,2,5)

纵向 1 精神 / 烈酒 (12) 2 婚姻协议 (1,2) 3 万事通 (6) 4 规划者 (9) 5 体育场 (5) 6 选择 (12) 7 发现，收集 (5) 10 ____ Ladies, 加拿大乐队 (9) 13 力量 (5) 14 西班牙北部城市 (6) 16 绳索 (5) 20 ____ Garfunkel, 歌手 (3)

不等式数独 (FUTOSHIKI)

每行和每列都必须填入数字 1, 2, 3, 4 和 5。同一个数字在任何行或列中不能出现超过一次。您唯一的线索是给出的数字以及某个数字是大于 (>) 还是小于 (<) 相邻的数字。答案将于下周公布。

偶数 (EVENS)

在方格中填入 1 到 9 之间的任意数字，使每行和每列的数字之和等于给出的总数。每行或每列中数字不得重复，且偶数必须填在阴影方格中。答案将于下周公布。

四格骨牌 (TETROMINOES)

利用给出的形状，通过将网格划分为不同区域，创建四个由四个字母组成的字母异位词。您可以旋转形状，但不能翻转。答案将于下周公布。

国际象棋 (CHESS)

在此局中，双方子力相当，但白方的棋子位置不佳。作为黑方，您能否计算出一种快速获胜的方法？我们的答案在解答面板上。

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杀手数独 (KILLER)

适用常规数独规则。此外，每个内部虚线形状中的数字之和必须等于左上角的数字。答案将于下周公布。

数和 (KAKURO)

使用数字 1-9 填充每个空白方格序列。每个序列（横向和纵向）的总和必须等于该序列开头或顶部的阴影框中的数字。数字在同一行或列中可以重复，但在同一个序列中不得重复。答案将于下周公布。

战舰 (BATTLESHIPS)

在网格中寻找一艘战列舰、两艘巡洋舰、三艘驱逐舰和四艘潜艇。网格右侧和下方的数字表示该行或该列中有多少个方格包含舰船或舰船的一部分。舰船之间互不接触，即使是斜向也不接触。答案将于下周公布。

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每周，我们勇敢的骑士都会与他的侍童进行一场友好的比武。他们提供不同的线索，但答案相同。兰斯洛特爵士提供“隐晦线索”（Cryptic Clues），而他的侍童提供“快速线索”（Quick Clues）。加入他们的游戏，计算完成后的网格中字母 “i” 出现了多少次，即有机会赢取 £250！答案将于下周日公布。

兰斯洛特爵士的

隐晦线索

横向

1 伪造的教练必须回去 (5) 4 因教育糟糕而被训斥 (9)

9 将每个人分配给古怪的学员 (9) 10 记者施加一定的压力 (5) 11 派遣人员组织法庭活动 (6) 12 真实的野猪跑在树林前面 (8) 14 它可能除水并使吸烟者精疲力竭 (9) 15 弹出——你的开始很俗气 (5) 17 紧随其后关于她是新的 (5) 19 发现我必须跟随警察 (9) 22 标题：“粥和昆虫” (8) 24 离开安静的贸易以运行 (6) 26 犯罪就是解决方案 (5) 27 拖曳山墙？荒谬 (9) 28 缺乏尊重使男人转身观看 (9)

29 在礼服中加入油醋汁 (5) 纵向

1 在爱德华身边炫耀蛇 (7)

2 风暴期间女孩的调味料 (9)

3 棋子引用没有进步 (7)

4 恳求雕刻关键 (4)

5 在外国文章下方，然后是一个偏差 (10)

6 流氓承诺不虔诚 (7) 7 法国度假胜地的亲属能量 (5) 8 展示女人的小型戏剧 (7) 13 民间故事中回忆起的建筑 (10) 16 撕掉新名单——那不算太粗鲁 (9) 17 偷来的东西被安置在教堂周围 (7)

18 定期的习俗布鲁塞尔

颠覆 (7)

20 公司渴望被教导 (7) 21 结论并非完全如此无限 (7) 23 环绕游泳 – 河流细流 (5) 25 小猫在这一天玩得开心 (4)

本页快速线索

横向 1 虚假的 (5) 4 警告过的 (9) 9 分发的 (9) 10 挤压 (5) 11 球拍运动 (6) 12 栖息在树上的 (8) 14 雨水管道 (9) 15 感伤的 (5) 17 原创的 (5) 19 调查员 (9) 22 小甲虫 (8)

24 分离的 (6) 26 抢劫 (5) 27 荒谬的 (9) 28 忽略 (9) 29 服装 (5) 纵向 1 自夸 (7) 2 用作调味料的根茎 (9) 3 部分 (7) 4 有吸引力的 (4) 5 在……之下 (10)

参与方式：完成填字游戏并计算网格中字母 'i' 出现的次数。然后发送短信 LANCELLOT，后接空格、你的答案、姓名和邮编至 65700，例如 LANCELLOT 9 John Smith W8 5TT。短信费用为 £1 加上你的标准网络费率。如需通过电话参与，请致电 0905 652 2140 并留下你的答案和详细信息。通话费用为 £1 加上你电话公司的网络接入费。参赛作品受理至周五晚上 11.59pm。条款和条件详见下方。电话和短信帮助热线 0330 1000 601。

8月9日获胜者：Douglas Percival, Gerrards Cross, Bucks。上周答案：12

数字填空 (NUMBERFIT)

所有列出的数字都符合网格要求，且只有一种填法。已提供一个数字以供开始。答案下周公布。

6 亵渎的 (7) 7 女性亲属 (5) 8 展示 (7) 13 哑剧角色 (10) 16 不冒犯的 (9) 17 偷窃 (7) 18 常客 (7) 20 经过训练的 (7) 21 永恒的 (7) 23 溅起水花 (5) 25 储备 (4)

3 位数< / td><>5 位数< / ><>6 位数< / ><>8 位数< / >< / tr><><>544< / ><>18423< / ><>234845< / ><>19624067< / >< / ><><>683< / ><>43586< / ><>262044< / ><>58989813< / >< / ><><>834< / ><>54823< / ><>311403< / ><>67313054< / >< / ><><>875< / ><>58308< / ><>595813< / ><>83545790< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>845634< / ><>83582398< / >< / ><><>4 位数< / ><>< / ><>968431< / ><>84568532< / >< / table>

<><>5426< / ><>7 位数< / ><>9 位数< / >< / ><><>7362< / ><>8345070< / ><>325045416< / >< / ><><>8210< / ><>8395643< / ><>496263836< / >< / table>

寻路者 (PATHFINDER)

从方框中的字母 A 开始，沿着一条连续的路径寻找 11 部史蒂夫·卡瑞尔 (Steve Carell) 的电影和电视剧。路径将经过每一个字母一次，可以向上、下或向侧面扭转，但绝不能沿对角线移动。答案下周公布。

<><>A< / ><>S< / ><>T< / ><>H< / ><>O< / ><>R< / ><>T< / ><>D< / ><>A< / ><>T< / ><>E< / >< / ><><>D< / ><>I< / ><>E< / ><>S< / ><>A< / ><>E< / ><>B< / ><>T< / ><>G< / ><>I< / ><>N< / >< / ><><>C< / ><>O< / ><>R< / ><>G< / ><>U< / ><>L< / ><>B< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>T< / ><>B< / >< / ><><>I< / ><>E< / ><>B< / ><>I< / ><>T< / ><>U< / ><>O< / ><>A< / ><>M< / ><>W< / ><>E< / >< / ><><>T< / ><>H< / ><>T< / ><>S< / ><>I< / ><>F< / ><>Y< / ><>G< / ><>S< / ><>I< / ><>T< / >< / ><><>Y< / ><>M< / ><>I< / ><>N< / ><>A< / ><>E< / ><>S< / ><>E< / ><>T< / ><>H< / ><>C< / >< / ><><>O< / ><>I< / ><>N< / ><>O< / ><>S< / ><>U< / ><>R< / ><>E< / ><>M< / ><>E< / ><>D< / >< / ><><>N< / ><>U< / ><>N< / ><>S< / ><>H< / ><>O< / ><>H< / ><>T< / ><>E< / ><>L< / ><>B< / >< / ><><>S< / ><>S< / ><>I< / ><>F< / ><>E< / ><>I< / ><>C< / ><>A< / >< / ><><>L< / ><>T< / ><>L< / ><>I< / ><>N< / ><>H< / ><>E< / ><>F< / ><>E< / ><>I< / ><>P< / >< / ><><>I< / ><>T< / ><>E< / ><>M< / ><>E< / ><>T< / ><>O< / ><>F< / ><>D< / ><>E< / ><>S< / >< / table>

上周答案

8月23日奖金填字游戏答案，编号 2283

横向：10 In Hell, 11 河马, 13 卢比孔河, 14 诗节, 15 公社, 16 智人, 20 礼堂, 21 遮阳伞, 22 阿尔斯特, 23 & 12 横向 Russia With, 25 被提名人, 27 贝利, 28 汤姆和杰瑞, 29 新市镇, 32 校园, 35 陶器, 36 气场, 37 Linda Nosková, 38 Rachel。

纵向：1 恩里科·卡鲁索, 2 白汁, 4 示巴, 5 宽敞的, 6 琼·柯林斯, 7 男孩, 8 马卡里奥斯, 9 & 3 纵向 巴兹·奥尔德林, 17 蔚蓝色, 18 针线工, 19 布伦纳山口, 21 格纹, 24 惊群, 26 马拉松, 27 彼特拉克, 30 鞘翅, 31 德加, 33 Adie, 34 沙子。

单词搜索

超级数独

MENTAL BLOCKS

KEN KEN

快速数独

CODE CRACKER 上周答案：AUDIBLE BARE BONES 编号 1270

KEIJO FUTOSHIKI

中级数独 快速填字游戏

兰斯洛特爵士与他的侍童

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横向：1 喝彩，5 尊重，10 家族，11 信用卡，12 粘合剂，13 讽刺，14 僵硬，16 令人大开眼界，19 话语，21 北方，23 勃拉姆斯，25 终点，27 努力工作，28 俗气的，29 微红的，30 耗尽。纵向：2 有效的，3 橘子，4 兰花，6 排放，7 碧根果，8 肥胖的，9 芹菜，15 间奏，17 情感的，18 歹徒，20 棉花，22 畏缩，24 提高，26 不合格。

困难数独 偶数

数字填充 杀手数独

四格骨牌 SUMMIT UP 99 单词构建 Tad, Drat, Darts, Strand, Darns, Rand, Ran 单词方格 横向：1 Acted, 2 Route, 3 Ennui, 4 Needs, 5 Asset. 纵向：1 Arena, 2 Cones, 3 Tunes, 4 Etude, 5 Deist. 箭头字谜 蓝瓶 靶心 ahem, aleph, dahl, dhal, galumph, GALUMPHED, hale, hame, haul, hauled, haulm, head, heal, heap, held, helm, help, hemp, hued, huge, hula, hump, humped, laugh, laughed, phage, phlegm, upheld (28).

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寻路者

战舰 (BATTLESHIPS)

数和 (KAKURO)

本周答案

酒吧问答 (PUB QUIZ)

1 安东尼奥·班德拉斯 (Antonio Banderas), 2 Rein Me In, 3 Trigger Point, 4 杰克·尼克劳斯 (Jack Nicklaus), 5 羱羊 (Ibex), 6 威尔士党 (Plaid Cymru), 7 溴和汞, 8 提比略 (Tiberius), 9℃) 一种乐器, 10 里布尔河 (River Ribble), 11 尤金妮公主, 12 明信片。

猜图谜题 (DINGBATS)

1 Boxing Clever, 2 Any old iron, 3 Hammer House of Horror, 4 Spread betting。

脑力训练 (BRAIN TRAIN)

国际象棋 1... Bc3 2. Rd1 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 e3 且 兵力过强， 因此黑方将获胜。

A-B=416, B-C=80, C-D=243。

数字谜题 (DITLOIDS)

1 Temptation by Heaven 17, 2 60 Seconds in a Minute, 60 Minutes in an Hour, 3 Ocean's 11, Starring George Clooney, 4 52 White Keys on a Piano Keyboard, 5 1 Ring to Rule Them All, 6 Stand on Your Own 2 Feet。

条款与条件：仅限英国居民参加，不包括北爱尔兰居民、主办方员工或任何与本次促销活动相关的人员及其亲属或家庭成员。参赛者必须年满 18 岁。参加活动即表示您接受这些条款。每人限参加一次。将从所有正确且符合条件的参赛条目中选出一位获胜者。获胜者将在 7 天内收到通知。若未能在 7 天内接受奖品，则任何索赔均无效，届时主办方将选出另一位获胜者。奖品不可转让。主办方保留用等值物品替换奖品的权利。主办方对所有事项的判定为最终结果。不接受任何相关信函。主办方保留在合理裁量权下执行以下操作的权利：(a) 取消任何行为违反条款精神的参赛者资格；(b) 宣布任何因印刷、制作和 / 或分发错误，或实质性影响索赔人数或索赔价值的错误而产生的参赛条目无效。如果本条款中的任何规定不可执行，则应将其与其余部分分离，且不影响其他规定的有效性。本条款受英国法律管辖。主办方为 Associated Newspapers Limited, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY。

双重拼字 (DOUBLE JIGWORD)

排列这些填字游戏碎片，以创建两个完整的对称填字游戏。答案：见封底。

引用还原 (QUOTE DOWN)

将每列中的字母向下排列，以还原一段詹姆斯·乔伊斯 (James Joyce) 的引用。单词可能会被分成两行。答案：见封底。

布局填词 (PLACEMENT)

阴影方格显示了线索答案必须放置在大网格中的位置。计算出哪个字母属于哪个单元格，使所有答案都能适配。答案：见封底。

找不同 (SPOT THE DIFFERENCE)

你能发现这两幅图之间的五个不同之处吗？答案：见封底。

B

字母汤 (ALPHABET SOUP)

挑选出漂浮的字母，拼出五个“友好 (friendly)”的同义词。使用每个字母，但仅限一次。答案：见封底。

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极难数独

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双重字母拼图 A

数独 X

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双重字母拼图 B

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不规则数独

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本周电视节目精选

纪录片《陪审团》：14 AND ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

该系列节目回归，通过重现真实的谋杀审判，揭示刑事司法系统有时运作于怎样的灰色地带。十二名陪审员必须判定卢克及其14岁的弟弟丹尼尔（见上图）在承认杀害其虐待他们的继父后，究竟是犯有谋杀罪还是误杀罪。周二，C4，9pm

体育 网球：美国公开赛

世界 No 1 阿里娜·萨巴伦卡（右图）在开始卫冕美国公开赛冠军之际，力求摆脱近期不稳定的状态；而男子冠军卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯已从手腕伤势中恢复，及时赶上参赛。周五将有来自布鲁塞尔的钻石联赛田径直播（BBC3，7pm）。今日，Sky Tennis，3pm

访谈《与朱迪·登奇喝茶》

伟大的演员、国民瑰宝朱迪·登奇爵士与伊恩·麦克莱伦一起喝杯茶，畅谈他们在剧院的生活，甚至在朱迪迷人的花园里散步——其中还包含一段关于《麦克白》的惊喜提及。周一，Sky Arts，9pm

剧集《绅士们》

纪录片 9 / 11：震惊世界的日子

当退伍军人埃迪（西奥·詹姆斯 饰，左图）在盖·里奇的黑帮剧第一季中首次得知其家族可疑关系的全部真相时，他感到非常震惊。快进到第二季，他已更加适应这种生活，甚至前往意大利与黑手党接触。过程不会太顺利，但如果一切顺利，那还有什么乐趣？周四，Netflix

随着 2001 年恐怖袭击 25 周年临近，电视节目单和流媒体服务中充满了记录那个九月震惊之日的纪录片。这部两集之作采访了幸存者、目击者和救援人员，其中许多人首次分享他们的故事，并强调了普通人的勇气。周三，C4，9pm

剧集《游戏》

这部猫鼠游戏般的惊悚剧回归，罗布森·格林的连环杀手依然执意要戏弄杰森·沃特金斯饰演的退休侦探（右图），即便他已被安全地关在狱中。期待更多令人愉悦且疯狂的剧情反转。周二，C5，9pm

汽车《顶级车展》

随着《顶级车展》新一季回归，杰里米·克拉克森、理查德·哈蒙德和詹姆斯·梅为下一代主持人让路。这档节目比前作稍微温和了一些，但本质上是一样的。在六集环球旅行的第一集中，由托马斯·霍兰德、弗朗西斯·布尔乔亚和詹姆斯·英格尔斯曼（右图）组成的亲密三人组将在美国驾驶“超级跑车”与战斗机赛跑。周五，Amazon Prime Video

广播

周日 《重聚》 凯西·希普顿（即达菲，右图）在回顾《伤急》早期日子的人员之列，该剧今年迎来 40 年。Radio 4，10am

银行假期 周一 BBC 逍遥音乐会 庆祝艾伦·门肯为迪士尼经典电影创作的音乐。Radio 3, 7pm

周二《历史的秘密英雄》

讲述现实生活中的“贝壳英雄”及其在第二次世界大战期间击沉德国船只的大胆任务的扣人心弦的故事。 4, 3pm

周四《诺曼人究竟为我们做了什么？》 随着著名的拜约挂毯在英国展出， 4 的“诺曼日”探讨了他们的遗产。 4, 9am

8月 30 日，星期日

BBC1

6.00 早安节目 (Breakfast)

8.50 今日之战 (Match Of The Day) (重播)

10.00 祈祷与反思 (Prayer And Reflection) (重播) 10.30 星期日早晨直播 (Sunday Morning Live) 肖恩·弗莱彻 (Sean Fletcher) 和霍莉·汉密尔顿 (Holly Hamilton) 主持时事辩论。

11.30 无偿资金 (Money For Nothing) (重播)

12.15 淘货猎人 (Bargain Hunt) (重播)

1.00 BBC新闻；天气预报

1.15 赞美之歌 (Songs Of Praise) 英格兰足球运动员米歇尔·阿吉曼 (Michelle Agyemang) 分享她的信仰之旅。

1.50 电影：《克鲁德一家2：新时代》(The Croods 2: A New Age) (U / 2020) 动画喜剧续集，由尼古拉斯·凯奇 (Nicolas Cage) 配音。

3.15 卓格 (Zog) (重播)

3.35 地球脉动 III：自然奇观 (Planet Earth III: Wonders Of Nature) 纪录片精彩片段。(重播)

4.35 房屋翻新 (Homes Under The Hammer) (重播) 5.35 BBC新闻

5.50 地区新闻；天气预报

6.00 乡村生活 (Countryfile) 约翰·克雷文 (John Craven) 和夏洛特·史密斯 (Charlotte Smith) 与动物学家梅根·麦卡宾 (Megan McCubbin) 在 WWT Slimbridge 共同评选乡村生活摄影比赛的获胜者。

《警觉》(Vigil)，晚上9点，罗斯·莱斯莉 (Rose Leslie) 主演的新一季犯罪剧。

BBC2

6.30 电视园艺 A 到 Z (A To Z Of TV Gardening) (重播) 7.15 俯瞰绝美花园 (Glorious Gardens From Above) 本系列最后一集。(重播) 8.00 乡村生活 (Countryfile) (重播)

9.00 气象员漫步精选 (Best Of Weatherman Walking) 德里克·布罗克韦 (Derek Brockway) 重新走访三条以航海为主题的路线。(重播)

9.30 比奇格罗夫花园 (Beechgrove Garden) 莉齐·斯科菲尔德 (Lizzie Schofield) 采摘今年第一批番茄。(重播)

10.00 星期六厨房：最佳美食 (Saturday Kitchen Best Bites) 马特·特布特 (Matt Tebbutt) 准备一场夏末盛宴。

11.30 简单加勒比美食 (Caribbean Food Made Easy) 利维·鲁茨 (Levi Roots) 烹饪热辣胡椒锅炖肉。(重播)

12.00 电影：《宾虚》(Ben-Hur) (PG / 1959) 由查尔顿·赫斯顿 (Charlton Heston) 主演的奥斯卡获奖史诗巨作。

3.25 斯蒂芬·麦戈文的大交易 (The Big Deal With Steph McGovern) 测试参赛组向公众销售产品的能力。(重播)

4.25 真伪之辨：后续如何？(Fake Or Fortune: What Happened Next?) 调查一台可能属于约翰·列侬 (John Lennon) 的钢琴。本系列最后一集。(重播)

5.25 电影：《意大利任务》(The Italian Job) (PG / 1969) 由迈克尔·凯恩 (Michael Caine) 主演的犯罪喜剧。

ITV1

6.00 英国之声 (The Voice UK) (重播) 7.00 詹姆斯·马丁的星期六早晨聊天秀 (James Martin's Saturday Morning Chat show) (重播) 9.25 ITV新闻

9.30 与艾伦·蒂奇马什共度周末 (Love Your Weekend With Alan Titchmarsh) (重播)

11.25 宠物之乐 (The Joy Of Pets) 加比·罗斯林 (Gaby Roslin) 和博卢·埃索 (Bolu Eso) 前往温莎大公园。

12.30 加里·巴洛的饮食与葡萄酒之旅：新西兰 (Gary Barlow's Food And Wine Tour: New Zealand) 新系列。Take That 组合的明星探索新西兰的葡萄园、美食和风景，从奥克兰开始，传统的毛利欢迎仪式奠定了基调。

1.00 ITV新闻；天气预报

1.15 ITV赛马：古德伍德现场 (ITV Racing: Live From Goodwood) 奥利·贝尔 (Oli Bell) 主持古德伍德赛马会报道，重点关注声望锦标赛 (Prestige Stakes)，此外还有来自贝弗利 (Beverley) 和桑当公园 (Sandown Park) 的赛事。

4.00 名人语言大挑战 (Celebrity Lingo) (重播)

4.30 电影：《侏罗纪世界》(Jurassic World) (12 / 2015) 由克里斯·帕拉特 (Chris Pratt) 和布莱丝·达拉斯·霍华德 (Bryce Dallas Howard) 主演的动作冒险续集。

6.35 ITV新闻；天气预报 6.45 地方新闻；天气预报

CHANNEL 4

6.20 《干杯》(Cheers) 双集连播。(重播) 7.15 《每个人都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) 三集连播。(重播)

Lovejoy 和 Simon Rimmer 与嘉宾 Everlast, Gary Wilmot, Elinor Lawless, Su Pollard, GK Barry 和 Anita-Joy Uwajeh 一同出席。由 Paul Heaton 提供音乐。

《触发点》(Trigger Point)，晚上9点，拉娜 (Lana，薇琪·麦克鲁尔 Vicky McClure 饰) 与时间赛跑 电影：《教父》(The Godfather)，晚上10点 由马龙·白兰度 (Marlon Brando) 主演

8.30 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) 三集连播。(重播) 10.00 星期日早午餐 (Sunday Brunch) 蒂姆 (Tim)

1.00 《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons) 三集连播。(重播) 2.25 我们的邻居农场 (Our Farms Next Door)

2.25 我们的邻居农场：阿曼达、克莱夫和孩子们 (Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids) 克莱夫拿起镊子，让他的羊在销售时呈现最佳状态。(重播)

3.30 电影：《桂河桥》(The Bridge On The River Kwai) (PG / 1957) 一名在日军战俘营的英国上校被命令在河上建造一座铁路桥。大卫·林 (David Lean) 执导的奥斯卡获奖二战剧作，由亚历克·吉尼斯 (Alec Guinness)、威廉·霍顿 (William Holden)、杰克·霍金斯 (Jack Hawkins)、安德烈·莫雷尔 (Andre Morell) 和早川庆三 (Sessue Hayakawa) 主演。

6.35 第四频道新闻 (Channel 4 News) 包括体育和天气预报。

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6.00 Milkshake! 儿童节目，包括：8.10 Animal Care Club 8.25 蓝精灵 (The Smurfs) 8.35 The Creature Cases (R) 8.50 The Patrick Star Show (R)

9.05 Entertainment News On 5 娱乐新闻与八卦。

9.15 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun (R)

9.40 Super Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs 双片连播。(R)

11.35 电影：《大红狗克利福德》(Clifford The Big Red Dog) (PG / 2021) 首播。由杰克·怀特霍尔主演的家庭冒险片。

1.40 Cruising The Islands Of The Med With Jane McDonald 歌手简·麦克唐纳地中海航行之旅精华回顾。(R)

3.30 The Great Flood Of 1968 关于 1968 年袭击英国西南部的洪水。(R)

Love Cheats, 晚上 10 点 Liv 讲述她的非凡经历

7.00 Hamza: African Birds Of Prey 汉姆扎·亚辛 (Hamza Yassin) 开启一段史诗般的旅程，拍摄肯尼亚最壮观的猛禽。他发现了这些猛禽面临的日益增加的威胁，并了解了保护它们为何至关重要。 8.00 Antiques Roadshow 6 / 19 菲奥娜·布鲁斯 (Fiona Bruce) 在诺丁汉的沃拉顿大厅主持节目。(R) 9.00 Vigil 1 / 6 总警司艾米·西尔瓦 (Amy Silva) 和探长克斯滕·隆阿克尔 (Kirsten Longacre) 调查一起在北极发生的英国公民谋杀案，并陷入不断升级的政治局势之中。 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.25 地区新闻；天气 10.30 Match Of The Day 英超最新比赛集锦，包括曼联对阵伊普斯维奇镇。 11.40 Chase & Status @ Reading Festival 2026 这对鼓打贝斯组合领衔 2026 年雷丁音乐节的最后一天演出。 1.00 BBC News

5.00 Britain's Favourite Ads Of The 70s & 80s 庆祝英国电视广告，包含关于广告制作方式及其社会背景的评论。(R)

6.50 News 头条新闻。

7.00 Today At The Test 英格兰对阵巴基斯坦。在伦敦勋爵板球场举行的三场系列赛中，第二场测试赛第四日的赛事实况。 8.00 Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps 1 / 3 不同信仰和信念的名人们开始穿越奥地利和瑞士阿尔卑斯山的朝圣之旅，前往拥有千年历史的朝圣地——艾因西德伦修道院 (Einsiedeln Abbey)。(R) 9.00 Rob And Rylan's Passage To India 1 / 3 罗布·林德 (Rob Rinder) 和 赖兰·克拉克 (Rylan Clark) 开启一段环印度之旅，探索这个国家的艺术、文化和古老智慧。他们从首都德里开始。(R) 10.00 电影：《教父》(The Godfather) (15 / 1972) 在遭遇暗杀企图后，一名犯罪首脑将业务控制权交给他的三个儿子。由马龙·白兰度主演的弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉黑帮剧。

12.50 Saving Lives At Sea (R)

7.00 Force Of Nature 6 / 6 讲述那些致力于帮助动物应对当今极端天气的人们的故事。 8.00 Emmerdale 拉姆斯登警探 (DS Ramsden) 心生怀疑，而盖比 (Gabby) 感到不知所措，卡莱布 (Caleb) 和露比 (Ruby) 则心神不宁。 8.30 Coronation Street 托德 (Todd) 将其姑姑病危的消息告知杰玛 (Gemma)，塞莱斯特 (Celeste) 用最后的呼吸揭露了一个毁灭性的家族秘密，而尼娜 (Nina) 与朋友们依依惜别。 9.00 Trigger Point 1 / 6 兰娜 (Lana) 和她的团队在伦敦追踪一辆可疑货车，努力确保其无法到达目的地。由维基·麦克鲁尔 (Vicky McClure) 出演的惊悚剧回归。 10.00 ITV News; 天气 10.15 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera 由公众拍摄的非凡目击画面。(R) 11.10 Trigger Point 1 / 6 (R) 12.10 Shop On TV

7.00 Gogglebox 第27,季精彩片段集锦，Gogglebox的评论员们将点评更多最热门、最优秀的电视节目。 8.00 理查德·E·格兰特的现代奥德赛 (Richard E Grant's Very Modern Odyssey) 4 / 4 在科孚岛，理查德了解这座希腊岛屿饱经风霜的过去。 9.00 24 警局羁押24小时：伏击 (24 Hours In Police Custody: The Ambush) 1 / 2 一名17岁少年在路边遭受毁灭性头部重伤导致危在旦夕，本节目将揭秘该案件的内部细节。 10.15 爱情骗局 (Love Cheats) 新剧集。真实发生的浪漫诈骗案例。当一位全球音乐偶像爱上一位富商时，她完全不知道在他完美的形象背后隐藏着三重生活。 11.15 Gogglebox 扶手椅评论员们观看《舞动奇迹》(Strictly Come Dancing) 和《牛眼》(Bullseye)。(R) 12.15 电影：《渴望三千年》(Three Thousand Years Of Longing) (15 / 2022) 由蒂尔达·斯温顿、伊德里斯·艾尔巴和埃尔迪尔·亚萨罗卢主演的浪漫奇幻片。

自行车赛：2026,年西班牙环赛，晚上7点 约纳斯·温格高 (Jonas Vingegaard)

7.00 自行车赛：2026年西班牙环赛 丽贝卡·查尔顿 (Rebecca Charlton) 主持这场大环赛第九赛段的精彩回顾，这是一条从拉维拉乔约萨 (La Vila Joiosa) 到艾塔纳高地 (Alto de Aitana) 的187.公里山地路线。这是第一个休息日之前的最后一赛段，由于有超过5,000米的上坡路段，该赛段很可能对主车群构成挑战。 8.00 四季酒店内幕：帕克巷 (Inside The Four Seasons: Park Lane) 5 / 5 当客户要求清晨参观酒店时，团队在他们到达前争分夺秒地提供定制糕点，而客房部主管伊万则遇到了挫折。 9.00 富屋穷屋 (Rich House, Poor House) 一对拥有庄园和婚礼场地的富裕夫妇，与一名住在市政公寓中、梦想开一家茶馆的两个孩子的单身母亲互换生活。(R) 10.00 最尴尬的电视时刻 (The Most Embarrassing TV Moments) 电视播出的失误、意外和尴尬瞬间。(R) 12.05 约翰·莱斯利的兴衰 (The Rise & Fall Of John Leslie) 纪录片。(R)

银行假期周一

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain: Rogues 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (重播) 12.15 Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News 1.20 Regional News 1.30 Money For Nothing 2.15 The Travelling Auctioneers (重播) 2.45 Escape To The Country (重播) 3.45 Garden Rescue 4.30 The Answer Run (重播) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC 6.20 Regional 6.30 Celebrity Escape To The Country (重播) 7.30 EastEnders

8.00 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 对爱丁堡城堡年度盛演的报道。

10.00 BBC At Ten 10.20 Regional ; Weather 10.30 Have I Got For You 8 / 10 讽刺类问答节目 (重播)

A Funeral (15 / 1994) 安迪·麦克道เวล主演的浪漫喜剧。

1.00 BBC

6.20 Beechgrove Garden (重播) 6.50 Sign Zone: Celebrity MasterChef (重播) 7.50 Match Of The Day (重播) 9.00 BBC 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (重播) 1.30 The Edge (重播) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (重播) 2.45 Animal Park Summer (重播) 3.30 Serengeti III (重播) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (重播) 5.15 Flog It! (重播) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (重播) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (重播)

7.00 Today At The Test 英格兰

对阵巴基斯坦。三场系列赛中第二场测试赛最后一天的实况。

8.00 Only Connect 维多利亚·科伦·米切尔主持另一场首轮比赛。

8.30 University Challenge 阿莫尔·拉詹主持，伯明翰对阵莱斯特。

9.00 Surviving 9 / 11 (重播)

10.30 电影：《教父2》

(18 / 1974) 由阿尔·帕西诺和罗伯特·德尼罗主演的奥斯卡获奖剧情续集。

1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile (重播)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.45 ITV ; Weather 1.50 Local ; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (重播) 3.00 Lingo (重播) 4.00 Deal Or No Deal (重播) 5.00 Tipping Point (重播) 6.00 Local ; Weather 6.10 ITV ; Weather 6.30 The Chase Celebrity Special (重播)

7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat 新剧集。由杰里米·克拉克森主持的问答节目回归。

8.00 Emmerdale 加比无法应对。

8.30 Coronation Street 德夫发现伯妮在 Rovers 的后院哭泣。

9.00 Trigger Point 2 / 6 之前的袭击后，拉娜和她的团队立即采取行动，线索将他们引导至一个造船厂，但炸弹客始终领先一步。

10.00 ITV ; Weather

10.20 PLEM Superman Returns (12 / 2006) 由布兰登·劳斯和凯文·史派西主演的漫画冒险片。

12.50 Shop On TV

6.30 The King Of Queens (重播) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (重播) 9.10 Frasier (重播) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (重播) 12.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (重播) 1.05 The Great House Giveaway (重播) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (重播) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (重播) 5.00 Chateau DIY (重播) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now?

7.00 第4频道新闻 (Channel 4 News)

7.30 Kirstie And Phil's Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds 3 / 5 回顾位于斯托克和纽卡斯尔的房屋。(R)

8.00 Fred's Ultimate Hotels 新剧集。Fred Sirieix 采访全球最壮观酒店背后的工作人员。

9.00 24 Hours In A&E 一名女性在跑步时晕倒，被紧急送往女王医院。

10.00 Love Cheats 关于一名骗子的案例，他利用悲剧故事诱骗受害者。

11.05 谋杀侦探 (The Murder Detective) (R) 12.05 谋杀侦探 (The Murder Detective) (R)

娱乐新闻 在 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 斯诺克直播：2026年英国公开赛。第一天下午场报道。 5.30 Motorhoming With Merton & Webster (R) 6.25 新闻 6.30 英国最伟大的桥梁 (Britain's Greatest Bridges) (R) 6.45 斯诺克直播：2026年英国公开赛。第一天晚上场报道。

8.00 街头警察：抓捕混混 (Street Cops: Catching The Yobs) 6 / 6 Ben 和 Jenson 响应关于疑似毒驾司机的报告。

9.00 24 Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law 伦敦交通局（TfL）巴士检查员 Matt, Dija 和 Megan 处理优惠卡滥用问题。

10.00 警察：头号嫌疑人 (Police: Suspect No 1) 1 4 / 5 一个家庭被戴面具的入侵者恐吓，并被对方用刀威胁。(R)

11.05 交通警察 (Traffic Cops) 10 / 20 警员处理接连发生的事故。(R)

12.05 高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者 (Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders) (R)

9月1日 星期二

BBC1 BBC2

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain: Scams 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC新闻 1.35 地区新闻 1.45 BBC新闻 2.00 Money For Nothing 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue (R) 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC新闻 6.30 地区新闻 7.00 The One Show 7.30 东区东街 (EastEnders) Hawkins 一家展现其存在感。 8.00 英国缝纫大赛 (The Great British Sewing Bee) 8 / 10 缝纫者们制作受文学偶像启发的服装。 9.00 名人主厨 (Celebrity MasterChef) 7 / 15 Sue Cleaver, Melvin Odoom, Una Healy, Lauren Steadman 和 Max Fosh 进入厨房。 10.00 BBC十点新闻 10.30 地区新闻；天气 10.40 电影：《奎朵》(Creed) (12 / 2015) 由 Michael B Jordan 主演的拳击剧情片。 12.50 BBC新闻

6.30 Bargain Hunt (R) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Great British Sewing Bee (R) 9.00 BBC新闻 12.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park (R) 3.30 Serengeti III (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.10 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R) 7.00 Nigellissima 5 / 6 (R) 7.30 Race Against The Tide 3 / 6 8.00 Saving Lives At Sea 3 / 10 9.00 Emergency 24 / 7 3 / 6 一名退休人员在棚屋爆炸后被送抵，患有危及生命的烧伤。 10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 6 / 6 (R) 10.30 Newsnight 11.05 电影：《教父3》(The Godfather Part III) (15 / 1990) 由 Al Pacino 主演的犯罪剧情续集。 1.30 Sign Zone: Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (R)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV新闻； 天气 1.55 地方新闻； 天气 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) 5.00 The Chase (R) 6.00 地方新闻； 天气 6.30 ITV新闻；天气 7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat 问答赛， 由 Jeremy Clarkson 主持。 8.00 艾默代尔 (Emmerdale) DS Ramsden 正享受她的工作，而一段 闪回揭露了更多内容， Nicola 取得了突破。 8.30 街道冠冕 (Coronation Street) Gemma 试图为 Bernie 保持坚强， Todd 执行了 Celeste 的最终遗愿。 9.00 糖爹谋杀案： True Crime Presents 探讨 Peter McMahon 的谋杀案。 10.00 ITV新闻；天气 10.30 地方新闻；天气 10.45 电影：《超人：钢铁之躯》(Man Of Steel) (12 / 2013) 由 Henry Cavill 和 Amy Adams 主演的超级英雄 冒险片。 1.00 Shop On TV

CHANNEL 4

6.30 《皇后之王》(The King Of Queens) (R) 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (R) 9.10 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) (R) 11.10 《拉姆齐的24小时地狱改造》(Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back) (R) 12.05 第4频道新闻摘要 12.10 《寻找、修复、出售》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It) (R) 1.10 《豪宅大赠送》(The Great House Giveaway) (R) 2.10 《倒计时》(Countdown) 3.00 《阳光之地的居所》(A Place In The Sun) (R) 4.00 《顶级民宿挑战赛》(The Great B&B Challenge) (R) 5.00 《城堡DIY》(Chateau DIY) (R) 6.00 《阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？》(A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now?) 7.00 第4频道新闻 8.00 《狗狗之家》(The Dog House) 1 / 6 博德利一家遇见了可卡普双胞胎米洛和梅布尔。(R) 9.00 《陪审团：14岁且被控谋杀》(The Jury: 14 And On Trial For Murder) 1 / 4 一场对真实谋杀案审判的重演，其中两兄弟，其中一人年仅14岁，被指控杀害其继父。 10.00 9 / 11: 102 Minutes That Changed America 世界贸易中心遇袭的影像资料。(R)

12.30 《永无止境的谋杀》(The Never Ending Murder) 重新审视尼古拉·佩恩 (Nicola Payne) 案。(R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.10 5频道娱乐新闻 9.15 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine) 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 现场斯诺克：2026年英国公开赛。第二日午后场次报道。 5.30 新闻 6.25 《扣押车警探》(Car Pound Cops) (R) 6.55 新闻 7.00 自行车：2026年西班牙环赛 (Vuelta A España 2026) 丽贝卡·查尔顿 (Rebecca Charlton) 主持这场大环赛第10赛段的精彩回顾。 7.55 新闻 8.00 《高速公路警探：抓捕英国超速者》(Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders) 警员克里斯·巴格诺尔 (Chris Bagnall) 追捕一辆使用克隆车牌且与近期一起盗窃案有关的汽车。 9.00 《游戏》(The Game) 1 / 4 休的女儿收到了来自在押连环杀手帕特里克 (Patrick) 的信件。 10.00 《9 / 11：未公开影像》(9 / 11: The Unseen Footage) 2001年9月11日恐怖袭击。(R) 11.30 《戴安娜去世之日》(The Day Diana Died) 审视威尔士王妃去世后的那一天。(R) 1.05 《扣押车警探》(Car Pound Cops) (R)

9月2日 星期三

BBC1

6.00 《早餐》(Breakfast) 9.30 《早晨直播》(Morning Live) 10.45 《英国宰客指南》(Rip Off Britain) 11.30 《锤下之屋》(Homes Under The Hammer) (R) 12.15 《淘宝猎人》(Bargain Hunt) (R) 1.00 BBC新闻 1.35 地区新闻 1.45 BBC新闻 2.00 《不花钱的钱》(Money For Nothing) 2.45 《逃往乡村》(Escape To The Country) (R) 3.45 《花园救援》(Garden Rescue) 4.30 《答案奔跑》(The Answer Run) (R) 5.15 《毫无意义》(Pointless) 6.00 BBC新闻 6.30 地区新闻 7.00 《那个节目》(The One Show) 7.30 《东区东街》(EastEnders)

8.00 《修复店：谷仓之外》(The Repair Shop: Beyond The Barn) 1 / 8 专家们再次拜访那些与珍贵纪念品重逢的人们。

9.00 《名人厨神》(Celebrity MasterChef) 8 / 15 名人们为YouTube明星 Angry Ginge 烹饪极致的外卖。

10.00 BBC十点新闻 10.30 地区新闻；天气 10.40 雷丁音乐节 (Reading Festival)

2026精彩回顾 上周末音乐节的曲目。 11.40 《热门名单》(The Hit List) 6 / 9 (R) 12.30 BBC新闻

BBC2

晚上9点

6.30 淘金猎手 (R) 7.15 免费得金 (R) 8.00 标志地带：伟大的欧陆铁路之旅 (R) 9.00 BBC新闻 11.15 政治直播 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (R) 1.30 边缘 (R) 2.15 气象员漫步 (R) 2.45 动物公园 (R) 3.30 野生之犬：遇见家人 (R) 4.30 复古古董路演 (R) 5.15 把它卖了！ (R) 6.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (R) 6.30 伟大的英国铁路之旅 (R)

7.00 名人古董路演之旅 7 / 20 由 Dev Griffin 和 Nihal Arthanayake 主持。(R) 8.00 工厂内部 3 / 6 (R) 9.00 被偷走的婴儿 关于强迫收养及其深远影响的故事。

10.30 新闻之夜

11.05 伴侣治疗 6 / 9 Shay 对质 Clinton 的网络出轨行为。

11.30 伴侣治疗 7 / 9 Nessa 和 Drea 努力打破一个熟悉的循环。

12.05 穿越时光的房子 (R)

6.00 英国早安 10.00 今晨 1.30 ITV新闻； 天气 1.55 地方新闻； 天气 2.00 迪金森的真实交易 (R) 3.00 成交或不成交 (R) 4.00 倾斜点 (R) 5.00 追击 (R) 6.00 地方新闻； 天气 6.30 ITV新闻；天气

7.30 百万富翁热座问答，由 Jeremy Clarkson 主持。 8.00 艾默代尔 一个人的到来震惊了村民。 8.30 街道冠冕 Idris 对质 Ronnie。

9.00 T教授 3 / 6 一名学校督学在家中被谋杀，先是被刺后被窒息，且有若干物品被盗，这使得本案与当地的一系列入室盗窃案联系在一起。

10.00 ITV新闻；天气 10.30 地方新闻；天气 10.45 WhatsApp痴迷：Hansen纪录片。(R) 11.40 英国房车锦标赛集锦 (R) 12.55 电视购物

第4频道

6.30 皇后之王 (R) 7.45 大家都爱雷蒙 (R) 9.10 弗雷泽 (R) 11.10 拉姆齐的 24小时地狱往返 (R) 12.05 第4频道新闻摘要 12.10 寻找、修复、出售 (R) 1.10 豪宅赠送 (R) 2.10 倒计时 3.00 阳光下的居所 (R) 4.00 伟大的B&B挑战 (R) 5.00 城堡DIY (R) 6.00 阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？ 7.00 第4频道新闻 8.00 Kirstie 和 Phil 的爱它或列它：绝妙建筑

9.00 陪审团：14岁且被控谋杀 2 / 4 十四岁的被告 Daniel 出庭作证。

10.00 9 / 11：震惊世界的日子 1 / 2 救援人员、幸存者和目击者描述 9 / 11 的震惊事件。

11.00 9 / 11：震惊世界的日子 2 / 2 回顾双子塔的倒塌。 12.00 急救直升机医生纪录片。(R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05

5 9.15 娱乐新闻 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 斯诺克直播：2026年英国公开赛。报道在切尔滕纳姆 The Centaur 举行的第三天下午场次，包括第二轮比赛。 5.30 新闻 6.25 车辆扣押警察 (R) 6.55 新闻 7.00 自行车：2026年西班牙环赛 Rebecca Charlton 主持大环赛第11赛段的集锦，这是一条从卡塔赫纳到洛尔卡的 151.3km 平路路线。

7.55 新闻

8.00 呼叫执达员：付款时间 代理人追讨一家公司欠下的从前员工工资中扣除的款项。

9.00 游戏 2 / 4 Patrick 加强了对 Huw 和 Margot 的心理攻击。

10.00 9 A&E：事故现场

急救 (R)

11.00 9 救护车：红色代码 (R) 12.00 急诊之夜 (R)

9月3日 星期四

BBC2

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (重播) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (重播) 1.00 BBC News 1.35 Regional News 1.45 BBC 2.00 Money For Nothing 2.45 Escape To The Country (重播) 3.45 Garden Rescue (重播) 4.30 The Answer Run (重播) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC 6.30 Regional 7.00 The One Show，由 Alex Jones 和 Clara Amfo 主持。 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Dragons' Den 10 / 14 无酒精葡萄酒和植物基冰淇淋的创业提案。 9.00 Ludwig 3 / 6 约翰在为露西的采访收集情报时，被剑桥市中心一名网红的谋杀案吸引了注意力。 10.00 BBC At Ten 10.30 Regional ；天气预报 10.40 电影：《奎迪 II》(Creed II) (12 / 2018) 由 Michael B Jordan 和 Tessa Thompson 主演的剧情片。 12.40 The Repair Shop: Beyond The Barn (重播)

8PM

6.30 Garden Rescue (重播) 7.15 Money For Nothing (重播) 8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners' World (重播) 9.00 BBC 12.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (重播) 1.30 The Edge (重播) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (重播) 2.45 Animal Park (重播) 3.30 Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family (重播) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (重播) 5.15 Flog It! (重播) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (重播) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (重播) 7.00 Escape To The Country 13 / 20 房产搜寻。(重播) 8.00 The Big Deal，由 Steph McGovern 主持 4 / 6 参赛者面临一项横跨柏林和伦敦的挑战。 9.00 A House Through Time 4 / 4 以 Ruggs 家族为主角，他们见证了 1939 年 10 月的一次德国袭击。 10.00 Red Dwarf 4 / 6 (重播) 10.30 Newsnight 11.05 Emergency 24 / 7 3 / 6 (重播) 12.05 电影：《尊重》(Respect) (12 / 2021)

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV ； 天气预报 1.55 Local ； 天气预报 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (重播) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (重播) 4.00 Tipping Point (重播) 5.00 The Chase (重播) 6.00 Local ； 天气预报 6.30 ITV ；天气预报 7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat 问答赛， 由 Jeremy Clarkson 主持。 8.00 Emmerdale Bear 与 Sarah 交谈，Nicola 感到尴尬 而 Kim 则表示担忧。 8.30 Coronation Street Jodie 的 约会引起了 Shona 和 Bethany 两人的反对。 9.00 Long Lost Family 新 系列。在家庭分离数十年后， Avril 和 Marie 寻求答案。 由 Davina McCall 和 Nicky Campbell 主持。 10.00 ITV ；天气预报 10.30 Local ；天气预报 10.45 The Late Debate 威斯敏斯特的 新闻与事件。 11.15 Unbelievable Moments

Caught On Camera (重播) 12.10 Shop On TV

第4频道 (CHANNEL 4)

6.30 《女王之王》(The King Of Queens) (R) 7.45 《大家都爱雷蒙》(Everybody Loves Raymond) (R) 9.10 《弗雷泽》(Frasier) (R) 11.10 《拉姆齐的地狱厨房24小时》(Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back) (R) 12.05 第4频道新闻摘要 12.10 《寻找、修复、出售》(Find It, Fix It, Flog It) (R) 1.10 《豪宅大赠送》(The Great House Giveaway) (R) 2.10 《倒计时》(Countdown) 3.00 《阳光下的居所》(A Place In The Sun) (R) 4.00 《大B&B挑战赛》(The Great B&B Challenge) (R) 5.00 《城堡DIY》(Chateau DIY) (R) 6.00 《阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？》(A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now?) 7.00 第4频道新闻 8.00 《翻新救援》(Renovation Rescue) 在诺丁汉郡，西尔维亚和戴夫需要就一项昂贵的翻新工程寻求帮助。 9.00 《任务大师》(Taskmaster) 1 / 10 理查德·阿约阿德、伊西·萨蒂、马特·卢卡斯、妮娜·孔蒂和克洛伊·佩茨接受喜剧挑战。 10.00 《名人 Gogglebox》 2 / 6 对《钢琴》(The Piano)、《布里杰顿》(Bridgerton) 和《名人谎言之桥》(Celebrity Bridge of Lies) 进行点评。(R) 11.00 24 《警局羁押24小时》(24 Hours In Police Custody):

12.15 《犯罪现场清理员》(Crime Scene Cleaners) (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05 Entertainment News On 5 9.15 杰里米·维恩 (Jeremy Vine) 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 斯诺克现场直播：2026年英国公开赛。第四天下午场报道，包含第三轮比赛。 5.30 新闻 6.25 《停车场警察》(Car Pound Cops) (R) 6.55 新闻 7.00 自行车赛：2026年西班牙环赛 (Vuelta A España 2026) 丽贝卡·查尔顿主持这场大环赛第12赛段的精彩回顾。 7.55 新闻 8.00 《约克郡兽医》(The Yorkshire Vet) 一条患有严重眼睛问题的12英尺缅甸蟒进入诊所。 9.00 《贝尼多姆谋杀案》(Benidorm Is Murder) 6 / 6 一场告别派对在停电期间演变成致命事件。 10.00 《犯罪现场的杀手》(Killer At The Crime Scene) 一名22岁的人在操场附近遭到针对性袭击被枪击。(R) 11.05 《被我们的女儿杀死：麦卡洛谋杀案》(Killed By Our Daughter: The McCullough Murders) (R) 12.20 《街头警察：抓捕混混》(Street Cops: Catching The Yobs) 纪录片。(R)

9月4日 星期五

BBC1

6.00 《早餐》(Breakfast) 9.30 《早晨直播》(Morning Live) 10.45 《英国宰客指南：假期篇》(Rip Off Britain: Holidays) 11.30 《锤下之屋》(Homes Under The Hammer) (R) 12.15 《淘宝猎人》(Bargain Hunt) 1.00 BBC新闻 1.35 地区新闻 1.45 BBC新闻 2.00 《邦妮法斯修女谜案》(Sister Boniface Mysteries) 2.45 《逃往乡村》(Escape To The Country) (R) 3.45 《花园救援回顾》(Garden Rescue Revisited) (R) 4.30 《答案奔跑》(The Answer Run) (R) 5.15 《毫无意义》(Pointless) 6.00 BBC新闻 6.30 地区新闻

7.00 《One Show》，由亚历克斯·琼斯和克拉拉·安姆福主持。 7.30 《巡回拍卖师》(The Travelling Auctioneers) 5 / 20 帮助人们清理杂物并精简生活。(R) 8.00 《名人厨神》(Celebrity MasterChef) 9 / 15 名人们结对提供一套三道菜的餐点。 9.00 《你会对我撒谎吗？》(Would I Lie To You?) 7 / 9 (R) 9.30 《布朗太太的儿子们》(Mrs Brown's Boys) 2 / 7 由布伦丹·奥卡罗尔主演的热门喜剧。(R) 10.00 BBC十点新闻 10.30 地区新闻；天气 10.40 《鲁保罗变装皇后秀英国赛》(RuPaul's Drag Race UK) 1 / 10 竞赛。(R) 12.00 艾伦·卡尔的《名人照片大比拼》(Alan Carr's Celebrity Picture Slam) (R)

BBC2

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晚上 8 点

6.30 花园救援 (R) 7.15 钱财无用 (R) 8.00 手语区：时间之屋 (R) 9.00 BBC 新闻 12.15 政治直播 1.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (R) 1.30 边缘 (R) 2.15 气象员漫步 (R) 2.45 动物公园 (R) 3.30 野生之犬：遇见家人 (R) 4.30 复古古董路演 (R) 5.05 把它卖了！ (R) 6.00 理查德·奥斯曼的游戏屋 (R) 6.30 英国铁路之旅 (R) 7.00 约洛的安格尔西 3 / 4 (R) 7.30 榉树园 8.00 园艺世界 蒙蒂·唐庆祝丰盛的夏季水果收获。

9.00 马洛谋杀俱乐部 2 / 2 朱迪斯、贝克斯和苏齐 协助警方调查。

10.25 空气炸锅：现代生活的秘密天才 10.30 新闻之夜

11.05 电影：《收获》(18 / 2024)

首播。由卡莱布·兰德里·琼斯主演的剧情片。

1.10 手语区：与斯蒂芬·麦戈文共话大交易 (R)

6.00 早安英国 10.00 早上好 1.30 ITV 新闻； 天气 1.55 地方新闻； 天气 2.00 迪金森的真实交易 (R) 3.00 成交或不成交 (R) 4.00 翻转点 (R) 5.00 追击 (R) 6.00 地方新闻； 天气 6.30 ITV 新闻；天气 7.30 百万富翁热座问答，

由杰里米·克拉克森主持。 8.00 艾默代尔 莎拉陷入 深深的愧疚之中。

8.30 街道冠冕 肖娜将哈珀 独自留在车内。

9.00 法律之雨 2 / 10 鲁迪和德克与一名证人进行了紧张的会面。

10.00 ITV 新闻；天气 10.30 地方新闻；天气 10.45 今晚没问题

各种尴尬失误集锦，嘉宾包括瑞安·高斯林、斯蒂芬·弗雷和达米安·刘易斯。(R)

11.40 对不起，我不知道 1 / 5 小组讨论节目，由奇齐·阿库多鲁主持。(R)

12.10 电视购物

第 4 频道

6.30 皇后之王 (R) 7.45 大家都爱雷蒙 (R) 9.10 弗雷泽 (R) 11.10 拉姆齐的 24 小时地狱往返 (R) 12.05 第 4 频道新闻摘要 12.10 寻找、修复、出售 (R) 1.10 豪宅赠送 (R) 2.10 倒计时 3.00 阳光之所 (R) 4.00 顶级 B&B 挑战 (R) 5.00 城堡 DIY (R) 6.00 阳光下的新生活：他们现在如何？ 7.00 第 4 频道新闻

8.00 吉米·多尔蒂的大熊救援 一群由 12 只北极狼组成的狼群需要一个新家。(R)

9.00 Gogglebox 1 / 16 各家庭对近期电视节目的看法。

10.00 直播自莱塞特酒吧 新剧集。乔·莱塞特呈现喜剧、名人访谈与混乱。

11.05 乔·莱塞特：更多，更多，更多！你如何莱塞特？你如何莱塞特？该表演者 2022 年巡演的现场录制。(R)

12.10 任务大师 (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05

5 频道娱乐新闻 9.15 杰里米·Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 斯诺克直播：2026 年英国公开赛。第五天下午场，包含前两场四分之一决赛。 4.00 车辆扣押所警察 (R) 4.30 Wetherspoons 对阵 Toby Carvery：哪个更好？ (R) 5.30 新闻 6.25 自然之爱 (R) 6.30 斯诺克直播：2026 年英国公开赛。凯蒂·沙纳汉主持第五天晚间场的报道，比赛在切尔滕纳姆的 The Centaur 举行，包含最后两场四分之一决赛。

警员们竞相抓捕 现行窃贼。(R)

由皮尔斯·摩根主持的观点主导的新闻与辩论节目。皮尔斯将新闻报道、辩论和文化评论融合在一起，风格直截了当。

12.55 车辆扣押所警察：把我的车还给我！ (R)

9月5日，星期六

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live 11.30 Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour (R) 12.00 BBC News 12.15 The Football Interview 12.25 MOTD Live: Women's Super League. Chelsea v Aston Villa (kick-off 12.30pm). 2.45 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 3.45 Final Score 5.15 BBC News 5.25 Regional News 5.35 The Hit List 6.20 Alan Carr's Celebrity Picture Slam 7.10 Pointless Celebrities 20 / 21 Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman host. (R) 8.00 Casualty: 40th Anniversary 该剧40周年纪念特辑（上）。 8.50 Casualty: 40th Anniversary 该剧40周年纪念特辑（下）。团队将目光转向 Dylan。 9.40 Ghosts 3 / 7 (R) 10.10 BBC News; Weather 10.30 Match Of The Day 英超最新比赛集锦。 12.00 电影：《布莱顿摇滚》(Brighton Rock) (15 / 2010) 犯罪剧。

BBC2

6.05 儿童节目 8.15 High Hoops (R) 8.45 儿童节目 8.50 Gardeners' World (R) 9.50 This Wild Life (R) 10.20 电影：《吉伊蓝调》(GI Blues) (U / 1960) 埃尔维斯·普雷斯利主演的音乐剧。 12.00 The Great British Sewing Bee (R) 1.00 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.45 Race Against The Tide (R) 2.15 Escape To The Country (R) 2.45 Super League Live. Wakefield Trinity v Warrington Wolves (kick-off 3.00pm). 5.00 Flog It! (R) 5.30 Celebrating Disney At The Proms: The Music Of Menken 7.00 田径：钻石联赛布鲁塞尔站 AG Memorial Van Damme 第二天。 9.00 Queen At The BBC (R) 10.00 Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert 摇滚乐队在伦敦汉默史密斯奥迪昂剧院的演出。(R) 11.05 Freddie Mercury: The Final Act 皇后乐队主唱生命中的最后几年。(R) 12.35 Freddie Mercury: A Life In Ten Pictures (R)

6.00 电影：《再次绝不回头》(Never Say Never Again) (PG / 1983) 8.25 Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen 9.25 ITV News 9.30 James Martin's Saturday Morning 12.00 Gary Barlow's Food And Wine Tour: New Zealand 12.30 James Martin's Great British Adventure (R) 1.00 ITV News; Weather 1.15 ITV Racing: Live From Haydock. 来自海多克公园、肯普顿公园和雅士谷的报道。 4.00 Celebrity Lingo (R) 4.25 ITV News 4.40 Local News; Weather 4.50 电影：《侏罗纪世界》(Jurassic World) (12 / 2015) 7.00 The Voice UK 3 / 10 由 Emma Willis 主持。 8.15 The Box 1 / 10 游戏节目，由 Gary Lineker 主持。 9.15 Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening 1 / 6 由 Gabby Logan 和 Krishnan Guru-Murthy 参与。(R) 10.15 ITV News; Weather 10.30 电影：《露西》(Lucy) (15 / 2014) 斯嘉丽·约翰逊主演的科幻惊悚片。

12.10 英格兰足球联赛集锦

CHANNEL 4

6.05 Cheers (R) 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.20 Frasier (R) 10.50 The Simpsons (R) 1.20 Four In A Bed (R) 3.55 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (R) 4.55 Grand Designs (R) 6.00 Channel 4 News 6.30 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights. 本赛季第13轮的排位赛争夺战。

8.00 电影：《惊奇队长》(Captain Marvel)

(12 / 2019) 一名外星战士在20世纪90年代坠落地球，并与特工尼克·弗瑞联手，试图解开她过去的谜团。由 Brie Larson 主演的科幻冒险片。

10.20 电影：《Nope》 (15 / 2022) 加利福尼亚内陆一个孤独山谷的居民们见证了一个离奇且令人胆寒的发现。由 Daniel Kaluuya 和 Keke Palmer 主演的科幻惊悚片。

12.45 电影：《寂静之地2》(A Quiet Place Part II) (15 / 2020) 由 Emily Blunt 主演的恐怖续集。

6.00 Milkshake! 9.00

娱乐新闻 On 5 9.05 英国最伟大的桥梁 (R) 9.20 阳光下的英伦省钱达人 (R) 9.50 电影：《大红狗克利福德》(PG / 2021) 由杰克·怀特霍尔主演的家庭冒险片。 11.45 王室：未经审查 12.45 斯诺克直播：2026年英国公开赛。首场半决赛报道。 4.30 亚历山大·阿姆斯特朗在印度 (R) 5.25 奥尔索普庄园：戴安娜的家族之宅 (R) 6.25 新闻 6.30 斯诺克直播：2026年英国公开赛。报道赛事第六天在切尔滕纳姆 The Centaur 举行的最后一场半决赛，比赛采取 11 局制。 10.30 70年代与80年代英国最受欢迎的广告

一场对最令人难忘、令人印象深刻、幽默且有时令人震惊的英国电视广告的庆典。(R) 12.25 逃票者：与法律的战争 纪录片 (R)

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生活是为了繁荣而非仅仅生存：50岁以上人群正在重新定义衰老

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人们普遍存在一种误解，认为年长者只是简单地听天由命，过着看日间电视的生活。但这已经过时了。如今，50岁以上的人们正在培养新的爱好、旅行、社交，并希望从生活中获得更多。

然而，品牌方并未倾听。最近的研究显示，X世代和婴儿潮一代在英国广告中的出镜率仅为12%。这与一个事实形成了鲜明对比：50岁以上人群占据了英国近一半（47%）的消费能力，掌控着超过 £6 trillion 的资产。

于是 Humfree 诞生了。这是一个全新的电动代步车品牌，它理解当今的年长一代——这些人拥有自己的生活和热情，他们希望感到被赋能，而非被轻视。

与过去那些笨重、看起来像医疗设备的型号不同， 的电动代步车轻巧、紧凑且便携。这使得客户能够更轻松地自由出行，而且重要的是，按照他们自己的方式出行。

认为，使用电动代步车并不意味着“放弃”。而是通过更早地适应，以便能更长久地做自己热爱的事情。

通过优先考虑舒适度、独立性和自信心， 代步车开启了一个充满可能性的世界。毕竟，无论你处于什么年龄，生活就是用来体验的。

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Ex-Kremlin chief's threat as defence firms ramp up security PUTIN'S STOoge: WE'LL TARGET UK DRONE FACTORY

EXCLUSIVE

By Abul Taher, Will Stewart and Christian Calgie

RUSSIA is poised to attack Britain – and has singled out a drone factory and a missile company as ‘legal targets’, it was claimed last night.

A senior adviser to Vladimir Putin warned that the ‘highest levels of the Russian government’ were considering a ‘hybrid attack', such as sabotage or arson, rather than an 'outright military strike' that would unleash a response from Nato.

In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Andrei Fedorov, a former deputy foreign minister of Russia, described the UK as ‘evil number one’. Among the Kremlin's targets is a drone factory owned by a British-Ukrainian firm, Ukrspecsystems.

British-Ukrainian firm, Ukrspecsystems. Details of the company's premises next to RAF Mildenhall, in West Suffolk, were made public in April alongside five other

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'Honeymoon's over, Burnham'

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SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT-AT-LARGE

THE Conservative leader has warned Andy Burnham that ‘the honeymoon is over’ as he braces for his toughest week yet.

KEMI Badenoch has written to the Cabinet Secretary demanding formal pre-election talks with civil servants.

As speculation increases that Andy Burnham could go to the country for an early election, Mrs Badenoch has said she wants mandarins to be fully across Tory plans for radical reforms should Mr Burnham's gamble backfire.

By Christian Calgie

In a letter to Antonia Romeo, seen by The Mail on Sunday, Mrs Badenoch said she believes Mr Burnham will call an election sooner rather than later.

warned: 'The honeymoon is over.' She told the Mail on Sunday: 'Andy Burnham needs

She says this is because Labour's current manifesto ‘does not allow him to put up the taxes he wishes to pursue his agenda’.

With the new Chancellor John Healey already preparing for Mr Burnham's first Budget, speculation is rife about how the Government can fund the new Prime Minister's costly pledges while sticking to Labour's promise not to raise VAT, income tax or National Insurance.

With MPs set to return to the Commons after their summer recess, the Prime Minister faces a nightmare to-do list that could spark a Labour civil war.

Mrs Badenoch continues: 'I ask that you seek the Prime Minister's approval to begin discussions with the Conservative Party as soon as possible, so we can ensure that the Civil Service has the details of our plans for government.'

He will finally appear at the Dispatch Box on Tuesday, the first time he will lock horns with Kemi Badenoch, inset. It is immediately followed by an announcement on the early release of yet more prisoners. It's expected there will also be statements regarding sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements and on drilling in the North Sea. Mrs Badenoch,

She specified sweeping reforms to slash benefits, hiking defence spending, quitting the European Convention on

Human Rights, and scrapping stamp duty on homes and business rates for most of the high street.

The Tory leader concludes: 'These are far-reaching changes that are part of my plans for an economic revolution to get Britain working. It is imperative the Civil Service are given as much time to prepare for them as possible.'

to stop tinkering around the edges and start doing the job he put himself forward for. If he won't make the tough decisions to bring down the welfare bill, strengthen defence and resist the urge to splurge on the taxpayer's credit card, then he is simply the same old Labour leader of the same old Labour Party. I look forward to pinning him down this week and getting answers to the questions the British people are actually asking.' Stephen Daisley: Page 23

Access talks traditionally take place about 12-16 months prior to the end of a parliament, and are used to help the civil service and opposition parties prepare for a possible change of government.

Speaking in Ukraine this week, Mr Burnham insisted that an early election is not ‘what people are looking for right now’.

Asked by ITV News why he wouldn't capitalise on Labour's recent rise in the polls to overtake Reform UK, Mr Burnham said: 'I will tell you why not – because I am focused on the needs of the country and not party-political interest.'

Despite his denial, Reform UK have also said that their conference this weekend will be used to put their party on a snap election footing.

Party chairman Lee Anderson said: 'We're preparing for the general election sometime next year. The selection of candidates for parliamentary seats is taking place as we speak. The Burnham bounce? I don't think it exists.'

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By Katie Hind

CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS

AS IT is the most coveted job in show-business, landing the role of James Bond was always going to be a battle.

But after years of speculation, it isn't the actors who are fighting over who will be the next 007, but Apple and Amazon – two of the world's biggest streaming giants.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal Jack Lowden, one of the key contenders to inherit Daniel Craig's licence to kill, is at the centre of a war between the two mega broadcasters, with both desperate to have him on their screens.

Sources say it is impossible for the Essex-born actor, 36, who plays MI5 agent River Cartwright in Apple series Slow Horses, to also play Bond.

This has prompted a fierce rearguard action from Apple to ensure it keeps him for the next showing.

But Lowden is highly rated by Amazon bosses selecting the new suave spy.

One insider told The Mail on Sunday:

‘It is literally impossible for an actor to play two British spies almost simultaneously. You can’t have two franchises and two spies but just one face.

'Jack is very much in the conversation and there are people who think he would make a fantastic Bond. But the elephant in

'There are huge egos who don't like to lose'

the room is Slow Horses. Amazon wants its Bond but Apple already has its spy.

"There are some huge egos at Apple and Amazon and they do not like to lose out to one another, so the battle is on.

Lowden, who is married to actress Saoirse Ronan, plays ambitious Cartwright opposite Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb in Apple's successful espionage drama. Based on Mick Herron's books, future series would almost certainly clash with the new Bond movie.

Lowden has become one of the UK's most sought-after actors following roles in Mary Queen Of Scots, Pride And Prejudice and Dunkirk. He also starred in BBC drama The Gold as convicted murderer Kenneth Noye, who melted down stolen gold from the infamous 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery.

The race to become the

next 00/ has been whittled down to a final four, with the remaining contenders already put through their paces at Pinewood

LICENCE TO KILL: Daniel Craig as Bond

Hold your Slow Horses, Amazon! You can't have our Jack as your next 007

Apple chiefs at war with rival streaming giant as star of their spy drama is tipped to play James Bond

MOVING TARGET? Jack Lowden in Slow Horses and, right, with wife Saoirse Ronan

Studios, a source has claimed. They are understood to have reached an advanced development stage in the search for Craig's successor, undergoing extensive tests designed to discover not simply who can act like Bond, but 'be' him, too.

While it is not known who

the four are, Jacob Elordi, Callum Turner, Paul Mescal, Jack O'Connell and Harris Dickinson are all in the mix, as well as late-comer Jack Barton – who catapulted to fame on Netflix's coming-

of-age drama Heartstopper. According to an insider, the contenders have been tested on how convincingly they handle fight sequences, their movement, screen presence, charisma and beyond. They have also been asked to tackle classic Bond-style moments in front of the cameras, allowing those managing the new era to assess how each actor handles the physicality, danger, humour and effortless charm demanded by the role.

Another source said: 'It's much more than reading lines in an audition room. They're looking at the complete package. How does he walk into a room? How does he look in a fight? Can he turn on that Bond charisma when the scene requires it?

‘They’re effectively putting them into the world of Bond and seeing who looks like he belongs there.’

Director Denis Villeneuve is overseeing the next incarnation of 007, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight writing the screenplay.

Henchman's threat

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European firms that make weapons and drones for Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Last night, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said: 'The reckless rhetoric and attempts at intimidation we have seen from the Kremlin in recent weeks reflects the weakness of Putin's position and we will not be intimidated.

‘This has been a bad year for Putin. The front line has barely moved. Russian casualties continue to mount. The Russian people are paying a heavy price for Putin’s war.

‘It is also in our national interest that Putin’s aggression must not be rewarded. The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and I are working together to mobilise support for Ukraine ahead of winter.’

The threat comes as:

- Bosses of British defence companies have been warned they could be targets of Russian hybrid attacks; - A pro-Kremlin war channel suggested that a Nato base in Estonia with at least 900 British troops should be attacked;

- One of the assassins of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko plans to hold an anti-UK exhibition opposite the British embassy in Moscow;

- Britain's ambassador to Russia told officials not to confirm if British weapons are going to Ukraine to prevent an escalation by Putin.

Last night, Elisabeth Braw, an expert on the Atlantic Council thinktank, said that the point of hybrid attacks is that they put a country like the UK in a dilemma about how to respond.

She said: 'I call hybrid threats the defender's dilemma because it really is the defender's dilemma.

‘How exactly are you supposed to hit back because if you were to use military means, then you would really cause World War Three.’

Fedorov, 71, said that the Kremlin would not launch an outright military strike against Britain, a Nato member, because it could lead to the Western alliance launching a collective military response against Russia.

But he added: 'The UK is evil number one. After the information that UK-made drones were used against Russian oil refineries, this has become a big anger [sic] in Russian society.

‘Various experts are calling to punish by strike [sic] the UK, and it will be supported by the majority of Russian citizens.’

He said that Putin and his cronies were angry Andy Burnham had handed Ukraine blueprints for long-range Storm Shadow missiles, which have been used previously to strike inside Russia.

The missiles – which have a range of 350 miles – are manufactured by the British arms company MBDA, which employs 4,000 people and has its headquarters in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Fedorov said of MBDA: 'Many experts in Moscow are saying yes,

'The British people will never be intimidated'

it's a legal target. Absolutely.' Throughout last week, Russian officials, including the Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, threatened Britain with attacks, in response to Mr Burnham's visit to Ukraine.

The warnings came despite an unannounced visit to Moscow by the head of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, last Tuesday, where he reportedly warned Russia not to attack a Nato country.

Ms Zakharova said: 'Andy Burnham's government understands where this will lead. They should understand this is playing with fire and that the consequences could be unpredictable.'

The MoS has also been shown an

Litvinenko assassin's anti-Britain campaign

A KREMLIN assassin who poisoned defector Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive chemical in London is now spearheading an anti-British campaign in Russia.

Andrey Lugovoy was one of two spies sent to Britain in 2006 to kill Mr Litvinenko – a former Russian Federal Security Service officer who became a fierce Putin critic.

Lugovoy, 56, who denies the poisoning and is now an ultra-loyalist Putin MP, is leading the

official memo by Nigel Casey, Britain's ambassador to Moscow, which he sent to Foreign Office staff after Mr Burnham's visit.

In the memo, he says Russia is losing its ‘narrative’ on the Ukraine war, which is leading it to ‘step up’ hybrid warfare across Europe.

He adds: 'In this period of escalation in the war, UK officials, whether speaking on or off the record, [should] stick firmly to our policy of neither confirming nor denying whether UK-supplied weapons are used by Kyiv inside Russia. Any comments which

By Will Stewart and Abul Taher

campaign against Britain. He last week told Russian TV his aim is to portray the country as a ‘truly terrifying... enemy’.

Lugovoy will hold an anti-British exhibition later this year in a building opposite the UK's embassy in Moscow highlighting ‘colonial crimes’.

It will be titled ‘Britlag’ to pun with the Russian word gulag.

appear to confirm Russian accusations risk unnecessarily elevating already substantial risks to UK national security.'

At a briefing in London last week, Western officials warned that Russia is poised to launch more hybrid attacks across Europe as Ukraine gains the upper hand in the war.

One said: "The Russian appetite to conduct hybrid operations is very clear. Our assessment is that Putin wants to avoid a direct confrontation with Nato.

‘We need to remain vigilant around hybrid threats. Relations

Arms firm bosses warned of Kremlin spy threat

BOSSES of Britain's defence firms which supply weapons to Ukraine have been warned they are at risk of being targeted by Russian spies, The Mail on Sunday has been told.

The chiefs were notified about the elevated threats they and their staff face from the Kremlin during a roundtable between senior government officials and CEOs earlier in the summer. A source did not confirm which

By Abul Taher and Christian Calgie

specific bosses were present, but they are thought to be those of businesses supplying weaponry and drones to Ukraine.

A number of defence companies have already come to prominence because of their equipment sales. They include Ukrspecsystems,

based near RAF Mildenhall in West Suffolk, which makes drones for Ukraine, and BAE Systems subsidiary Callen-Lenz – the supplier of those used recently to strike oil refineries deep inside Russia.

Also prominent is MBDA, which makes the Storm Shadow missiles used by Ukraine to attack Vladimir Putin's country.

The Foreign, Commonwealth &

Development Office meeting came after the bosses of two German defence companies became targets of foiled Russian assassination plots.

One of them was Armin Papperger, the CEO of defence giant Rheinmetall, which had a £4.2 billion contract to supply artillery shells to Ukrainian forces.

Elisabeth Braw, a security expert at the Atlantic Council think-tank, said: 'Leaders of defence companies in the UK and in Europe are beginning to think about their own security and the security of their companies' installations.

‘Russia is signalling that everybody who is involved in the defence enterprise is now considered a legitimate target for the Russians.’

to punish 'evil' UK

are at a very low ebb between us and them.'

Former Tory security minister Tom Tugendhat said: 'These are the desperate words of a regime that is losing the war it started. We will not be bullied. The UK will continue standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.'

Nick Timothy, the Tory MP for West Suffolk, whose constituency hosts Ukrspecsystems, said: 'People in Suffolk, like the British people as a whole, will never be intimidated by Russian threats.

‘Our support for Ukraine – which is the victim of unprovoked Russian aggression – will remain as strong as it has always been.’

Last night, it also emerged that a pro-Kremlin Telegram channel, ATO Donetsk – a favourite of Russian troops – called for attacks on the Tapa Nato base in Estonia, where 900 British soldiers are stationed. In a broadcast, the channel

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That is why Ratcliffe's sudden journey matters. In intelligence, unusual movement is rarely meaningless, and this one had ‘warning’ written all over it.

ter was spotted flying from Latvia into Moscow last week, my curiosity was immediately piqued. When it emerged that the passenger was no routine diplomat but John Ratcliffe, the director of the CIA, I sat up properly.

CIA chiefs do not drop into Moscow for a fireside chat. The last comparable visit was by William Burns in November 2021, sent in a last-ditch attempt to warn Vladimir Putin off invading Ukraine. He failed.

S A former senior intelligence officer, I have learned to pay attention to the oddities, the small, unexplained details that make the hairs rise on the back of your neck. So when a US C-17 Globemas-

said: ‘We won’t fly over Britain, but the Tapa military base houses about 900 British troops, equipment and ammunition depots.

Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Russia has launched several hybrid attacks against the UK. In March 2024, a warehouse in Leyton, East London, storing aid for Ukraine, was burned down. The culprits were hired by Russian mercenary group Wagner.

And in June, two men were jailed for a number of arson attacks of homes and a car linked to former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.

‘It’s only 150km [93 miles] from Russia. The Baltics are a very convenient target for a show trial.’

Ratcliffe's chilling message to Putin? Keep your hands off the West, especially the Baltic states. US intelligence has been hinting at Russia possibly planning a ‘limited incursion,’ or at least plotting to test the West’s red line of land invasion.

Ukrspecsystems declined to comment and MBDA could not be reached.

Additional reporting: Mark Nicol Comment: Page 22

At the same time, Russia is raging at the

I fear Putin WILL fire a nuclear weapon... but not at one of Nato's allies

UK, warning that Britain is 'playing with fire' after Andy Burnham travelled to Kyiv to allow Ukraine to produce long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles from British blueprints. Moscow talks of 'catastrophic consequences' and says it will strike our military installations – with a drone factory near RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk firmly in its crosshairs, as The Mail on Sunday reports today.

INLAND has raised the alarm, warning that Putin is unleashing 'hybrid attacks' across Europe – explosive

drone strikes, arson at European munitions plants and sabotaging critical infrastructure to cripple military aid to Ukraine. Poland is going a step further by training 400,000 Poles in the art of conflict survival.

Putin is getting increasingly desperate, and it is widely reported that he is planning to feed a staggering 600,000 new recruits into his frontline meat-grinder. Concern is growing that he may strike out at the West to deflect attention from his failures in Ukraine and the growing impact of Ukrainian strikes in Russia on the Russian people.

My concern has grown with the lack of any substantive commentary from the Americans on Ratcliffe's visit and the casual way in which Donald Trump downplayed its significance, calling it ‘semi-routine’ and ‘nothing unusual’.

Russia has been equally dismissive. The Kremlin says invasion warnings are ‘scare stories’.

Simple fact: This is not routine and it is highly unusual. Some-

By PHILIP INGRAM

thing is happening, we just don't know what... yet. So does it mean British troops in Estonia could find themselves staring down the barrels of Russian tanks? No.

Putin may be reckless, brutal and desperate, but he is not yet suicidal. He does not have the troops, armoured vehicles or equipment to take on Nato in a war while his army is being chewed up in eastern Ukraine. No intelligence points to a Russian build-up on the Baltic frontier. No

‘He may be reckless, but he is not yet suicidal’

FORMER COLONEL IN THE BRITISH ARMY

massing of armour. No field hospitals. No logistics surge.

So what are we likely to see? Russia is already at war with Europe, just not in a way most people recognise. Over the past year the Kremlin's campaign has been ramping up, testing reactions, seeing how far it can push but not attacking in a conventional military way, rather in the grey zone – cut cables, jammed GPS, drones over military bases and critical infrastructure, railway sabotage, warehouse fires, cyber strikes and disinformation.

Cyber strikes and disinformation. It is war by nuisance, intimidation and deniability: Cheap enough for Moscow to repeat, ambiguous enough to avoid a Nato military response, and serious enough to force European governments to divert troops, police, intelligence officers and money away from Ukraine and back into their own streets, ports, railways and skies.

Instead of relying solely on professional intelligence officers, Moscow is increasingly using proxies, criminals, extremists, migrants or disposable agents recruited online to set fires, photograph military logistics, damage railways, or plant devices.

Its attacks in Europe nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024. Putin likely feels he has got away with it and is emboldened to do more.

If he lacks troops for a conventional assault, could desperation drive him to the nuclear button? That question keeps intelligence chiefs awake. Western agencies monitor Russia's nuclear forces with obsessive attention. Moscow's Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, already used against Ukraine, could be fitted with a nuclear payload. The usual doomsday chorus insists Putin may reach for a tactical nuclear weapon on the Ukrainian front. I do not believe he will.

He understands the one thing nuclear theorists sometimes forget: Once you put a nuclear warhead on a battlefield missile, you are no longer playing at intimidation – you are gambling with Armageddon, and the political consequences would be enormous. His allies China and India would recoil. The wavering states of the global south would edge away. He would look reckless and isolated.

Nato's response would almost certainly be conventional, not nuclear – closing the skies over occupied Ukraine, smashing Russian forces in occupied territory and making clear that Moscow had crossed the ultimate red line. For Putin, this is not escalation dominance. It is lose-lose.

But Putin does have one nuclear card to play, and almost no one is talking about it. He could launch a tactical nuclear-armed missile at a remote part of Russia and call it a ‘test’. The message would be unmistakable: Kyiv could be next. Or Poland. Or Estonia.

It would be theatre, not war, but white-hot radioactive theatre designed to terrify Western capitals into doing exactly what he wants: Turning support for Ukraine into pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept peace at any price.

There would be next to no military reprisal from the West for a device detonated over Russia. More sanctions may follow, but Putin may calculate that they are worth the political mayhem a nuclear explosion would cause.

If it moves the dial on Ukraine in Putin's favour, that would be sold as victory. For the West, it would be surrender dressed up as diplomacy. Let us hope that this was not the reason for Ratcliffe's mercy dash to Moscow.

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'The nearest maternity hospital is two hours away. I hope you're not going to give birth in the back of my cab'

Ex-defence ministers savage Healey over his military funds U-turn

CHANCELLOR John Healey has been accused of endangering the country's security after he shelved plans to raise defence spending.

Mr Healey was lauded as a politician of principle when, as Defence Secretary, he quit Keir Starmer's Cabinet over a defence spending row with the Treasury in June.

But his reputation now lies in tatters after it emerged on Friday that he is refusing to commit to the spending on British troops he demanded from former chancellor Rachel Reeves now that he holds the nation's purse strings.

Two former defence secretaries condemned Mr Healey's U-turn yesterday, with Sir Gavin Williamson telling The Mail on Sunday that his resignation now looks less about principle, and more about Mr Healey's own career ambition.

Sir Gavin blasted: 'The Chancellor knows the threats that the UK faces yet is choosing to ignore them and not give our own forces the resources they need to defend us, making our country more vulnerable. It increasingly looks as

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though his resignation – which he said was an act of principle – was more about getting the Chancellor's job at the expense of our nation's security.'

Dame Penny Mordaunt siad: ‘Starmer’s government knew the consequences of not strengthening our conventional forces: a conflict in the next few years. Yet they did not act because they could not make the necessary spending choices.

“The choice for Labour is do you want to spend 5 per cent GDP to secure peace, or 50 per cent GDP on war.”

In June, when Mr Healey resigned as Defence Secretary, former Chief of General Staff General Richard Dannatt said he had ‘great respect’ for his decision. But yesterday he told the MoS: ‘If he is really going to row back on 3 per cent by 2029 (the next election) then he will have abandoned the moral high ground he claimed in his resignation letter and shown himself to be just another politician who goes with the prevailing wind and places self above country.'

And a senior Labour MP asked: 'Clearly, as Defence Secretary, he didn't believe we could meet the

SURRENDER!

John Healey quit in protest at Starmer's refusal to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030. Now, as Chancellor, HE'S shelved the same target... just as Putin ramps up threats

ON TARGET: Report on Healey's 'sell-out' in yesterday's Daily Mail

challenges we face on current defence spending. What's changed? Politics is about choices and priorities, and defence should always sit at the top.'

When Mr Healey quit as Defence Secretary just two months ago, he accused the Treasury of being 'unwilling' to 'commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country', adding: 'I am certain that a headmark date for 3 per cent of GDP on defence in 2030 is what Britain must set.'

It is now believed that the Budget later this year will see him find enough money to plug a financial black hole in the Defence Investment Plan unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer just before leaving Downing Street. It's thought this amounts to nearly £5 billion, around £1.2 billion per year. But it will be much less than the additional £10 billion required to boost defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP, as Labour has promised.

as Labour has promised. Hitting the new Nato target of 3.5 per cent would cost an eye-watering £25 billion extra.

On Friday a government spokesman said: 'At the spending review we will set out a pathway to meet our Nato commitment of 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035 and will set a target date to hit 3 per cent on that path.'

Anger as Sir Ed hints at new Tory coalition

By Brendan Carlin

SIR Ed Davey has stoked fury in the ranks of Liberal Democrat MPs after hinting that he would do a post-election deal with the Tories.

The Lib Dem leader appeared to open the door last week to a pact with Kemi Badenoch's party to keep out Reform in the event of a hung Parliament.

But yesterday, Lib Dem MPs vented their anger at the idea. One told The Mail on Sunday: 'I thought he would have learnt from the mistakes from when we last went into coalition with the Tories. How can he talk about propping up another party when he's not sorted out what his own party stands for?'

Sir Ed told BBC Radio 5 Live last week he agreed with Mrs Badenoch that it looked like no party would have a Commons majority after the next General Election. The Lib Dem leader, a Cabinet Minister during the 2010-15 Tory/Lib Dem coalition, then boasted that he was ‘the party leader with most experience of how you manage that situation for our country’.

And despite him later posting on X that it made ‘zero sense to work for years to beat Reform and the Conservatives just to put either of them in power’, a Lib Dem MP said last night that he had clearly floated the idea of another coalition.

The MP said: 'It has taken the best part of a decade for us to recover from that coalition. I don't think anyone in the parliamentary party would be happy with that now.'

Cleverly in mayor bid

SIR James Cleverly has quit Kemi Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet to run for London Mayor.

He has stepped down as the local government spokesman in a bid to win the party's nomination in the capital.

His move comes ahead of an expected Shadow Cabinet reshuffle this week.

Sir James explained his decision to leave saying: 'I must be free to speak about every aspect of London's future and concentrate fully on winning this race.'

The next London mayoral election takes place in 2028 though it is unclear if Labour mayor Sadiq Khan will bid for a fourth term.

He was made a peer earlier this year, prompting speculation that he will stand down.

In 2028, under a voting system change, voters in the capital will see a ‘run off’ between the final two candidates, which polls suggest will be between Labour and Reform UK.

RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL PRINCE

Furious Harry ‘still expects apology’ from Royal Family

Prince remains 'just as angry' and is 'spitting blood', friends have warned

By Charlotte Griffiths

EDITOR AT LARGE

THE Duke of Sussex has returned to the UK ‘just as angry’ as he was when he left six years ago, friends claim.

Harry, 41 – who flew into Birmingham last week with wife Meghan, 45, and their two children for a new life back in England – is said to be ‘spitting blood’ at certain members of the Royal Family and ‘expects an apology’.

The couple quit as working royals in 2020 and moved to the US in what has become known as ‘Megxit’.

Relations were further strained between the Sussexes and senior royals by a series of bombshell revelations in Harry's memoir, Spare, and in several TV interviews, including one with Oprah Winfrey.

Earlier this month, in a shock announcement, the couple revealed they would be returning to a private, non-royal home, believed to be in the Cotswolds. It is understood that their children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, have been enrolled to start at a local prep school this week.

‘There will be no mea culpa. He is still in that Oprah mindset’

But a source told The Mail on Sunday: 'Friends who caught up with Harry were expecting to hear noises of contrition and humility.

‘Instead, there will be no imminent mea culpa from Harry by the sounds of things. Far from it, in fact. He is still in that Oprah mindset.

‘They were agog to hear he still feels angry with members of the Royal Family, is still frustrated by the “men in grey suits” who surround his father, and still expects an apology.’

Harry has repeatedly accused aides of trying to sabotage his reconciliation with King Charles, echoing the same language used by his mother, Princess Diana, about royal courtiers who, she believed, were trying to undermine her.

The source said: 'Friends who have spoken to him since he returned to the UK were surprised to discover that the record has not changed one bit since 2020 and Megxit. It's shocking and quite sad.' It echoes what Harry said in an inter-

Will Meghan be at her husband's side for Diana Award?

THE Duchess of Sussex could join Prince Harry at a high-profile fundraiser for The Diana Award now she has returned to Britain, The Mail on Sunday understands.

Attending the event would mark a symbolic moment for Meghan by linking her to the legacy of Harry's mother, Princess Diana.

Harry, 41, is expected to attend the glitzy dinner and awards ceremony on September 18, say sources – and Meghan, 45, is considering joining him.

The Diana Award – which celebrates young people who make a difference to the lives of others – remains one of the last formal charitable links between Harry and his brother William.

The Prince of Wales made an appearance on behalf of the charity, which was set up in his mother's honour, earlier this summer.

‘Harry is expected to take the lead at this event,’ said the source. ‘The brothers tend to take it in turns.

'You won't see the two men attending an event together any time soon – especially if Meghan is there.'

It is understood the ceremony will be staged at Raffles London at The OWO, a hotel located in the Old War Office in Whitehall. 'The Diana Award started looking for wealthy individuals to buy tables

By Charlotte Griffiths

this summer,' the source said. 'You got the impression that Meghan's attendance was not nailed-on yet, but it will be just the right sort of high-profile and glitzy occasion for her London debut.'

Another source suggested, however, that any appearance by the duchess is likely to cause tension.

‘It will make a lot of people at Kensington Palace

‘It will make a lot of people uneasy’

uneasy if she is in attendance,' they said.

‘Instead of returning to Britain solely as Harry’s wife and the mother of his children, she would be appearing alongside him at an event tied directly to the memory of Diana.

'Save-the-date cards were sent two weeks ago.'

A spokesman for the charity said: 'The Diana Award is at the early stages of considering how it may mark the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana's death next year.

'No plans have been agreed, no event has been confirmed, and no decisions have been made regarding attendance or participation.'

A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made no comment.

view in 2023 when he said: 'What I'd really like is some accountability. And an apology to my wife.'

The source added: 'He certainly won't be issuing a public apology for his actions and he's whipped himself up all over again and Diana's legacy is a factor in this.'

Next August will mark 30 years since Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris. Last month, during a visit to the UK, the Sussexes visited Diana's grave at her childhood home, Althorp. Megan later shared photos on social media of her two children carrying bunches of flowers through the estate's grounds.

Last week, for their return to the UK, the Sussexes flew in on a private jet, believed to have been chartered from Planet Nine Private Air, a California-based operator, which costs about \$12,000 (£9,000) per hour of flight time.

Yesterday, it was reported in the New York Post's Page Six that the couple have enlisted the help of hedge-fund billionaire Ian Wace for their move back to Britain. The celebrity column claimed that Mr Wace – the founding partner of

Marshall Wace LLP, one of the largest hedge funds in the world – was helping to finance the move as a long-term friend of the Sussexes.

The couple stayed on Mr Wace's private Scottish island, Tanera Mor, during their recent holiday.

It is understood the Sussexes are waiting on a new assessment of their security needs after losing their automatic right to armed police protection when they stepped down as working royals.

In the meantime, Harry's security adviser, David Langdown, is believed to have established a team of British security staff. The couple, who were approached for comment, will retain their homes in Montecito and Portugal.

From CAROLINE GRAHAM

IN MONTECITO

ITTING forlornly on an oak table, three lonely tins of Meghan Markle's \$15 flower sprinkles are all that remain of what was once a lavishly promoted outpost of the Duchess's Californian empire.

They look almost comically pathetic.

And yet, in this quiet upstairs room at Godmothers bookstore just three miles from the \$14.6 million Montecito mansion the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have just quit, they may be the most telling symbol yet of the collapse of the couple's much-hyped American dream.

I was here late last year when the mood could not have been more different.

Then, amid a flurry of publicity and social media posts, Meghan announced that Godmothers would become the first ‘bricks and mortar’ shop to stock her As Ever brand of overpriced jams, herbal teas, candles and those infamous flower sprinkles.

An entire upstairs room had been devoted to Meghan's wares with a sign proudly announcing it had been ‘curated by the Duchess

‘Once-celebrated As Ever collection has vanished’

herself'. The products were displayed on oak tables, surrounded by sprigs of eucalyptus, while the flower sprinkles were presented almost reverentially in a silver bowl.

It was, in miniature, the Meghan Markle brand made flesh: polished, carefully-styled and designed for Instagram.

Today, it looks rather different.

The grand display has gone. The signage has disappeared. And the once-celebrated As Ever collection has vanished from the shelves, save for those three lonely tins.

There is no sign of Harry's excoriating memoir, Spare, either. I asked a shop assistant if there were any As Ever products available? Her response was revealing.

'I don't think I know that company?' she said. When I explained that it was Meghan Markle's brand, she replied: 'Oh, we don't stock it any more.' raging b

As Harry and Meghan leave Montecito (and their chickens) behind, neighbours spill the beans on life with the Sussexes I left wine at their gate to welcome them and it was returned unopened. I'm not sure they EVER wanted to hang out with anyone who wasn't a billionaire or famous... or both

In Montecito, the sun-drenched enclave of yoga-clad, matcha-drinking multimillionaires, where Meghan and Harry were supposed to create their fabulous new life away from the restrictions of the royal court, it appears the couple have been as quickly forgotten as those sprinkles.

I travelled here, two hours' north of Los Angeles, this week, barely a day after the Sussexes' private jet touched down at Birmingham Airport marking their extraordinary return to Britain.

While Meghan and Harry once presented Montecito as the place where they would finally be free to build an empire on their own terms, the evidence on the ground tells a more prosaic story.

When the couple arrived in July 2020 there was a palpable sense of excitement. The pandemic was raging but I remember my phone lighting up with friends throughout Hollywood buzzing about having ‘genuine royals’ here on our doorstep. There was hushed talk about the bidding war between studios to ‘land’ them – a war eventually won by Netflix, which paid the Sussexes a staggering \$100 million over five years.

They were going to conquer America and, as one breathless executive at the streaming network told me, ‘probably the world’. How different things look now.

The paparazzi, which once gathered on the road outside their Chateau of Riven Rock mansion, have disappeared – much to the delight of one neighbour who gave her name only as ‘Susan’.

She told me: ‘Meghan and Harry never became part of the community. You’d see him out on his electric bike and she’d drive past in a

Range Rover but it was always "swish" and you'd miss them.

'I left a bottle of wine at their gate to welcome them and it was returned to me, unopened, the following day. I'm not sure they ever wanted to hang out with anyone

'The mood in Montecito last week was one of relief'

who wasn't a billionaire or famous or both.' The mood in Montecito last week was one of relief. It is a feeling that I, as a journalist in LA, share knowing that, for the first time since they arrived in 2020, the constant drama of the Sussex circus is now 5,000 miles away.

As one friend who lives in Santa Barbara, the coastal city next door to Montecito, told me: 'The buzz surrounding them when they arrived has long since disappeared. Americans love success and there has been precious little of that. Their victim narrative became tiresome. America, and particularly this little slice of California, fell out of love with them.'

For a couple who built so much of their lives around attention, perhaps the most wounding thing last week was how little anyone cared about their departure.

Author and long-time Montecito resident Robert Eringer was sipping a cocktail outside The Honor Bar, Montecito's favourite watering hole.

He said: ‘Personally it matters not one iota to me whether they’re in Montecito or in Britain. I'm out and about in Montecito a lot and never saw them. I doubt anyone would have noticed they'd left if it hadn't been reported in the news but, since it was, the general impression is, good riddance.'

Another neighbour who declined to give his name said the Sussexes left ‘with a whimper, not a bang’.

‘There were no moving trucks, no parties, nothing at all. One day they were here and the next they were back in England.’

Wendy Foster runs an eponymous boutique, which became one of Meghan's favourites. The duchess was often spotted carrying one of Wendy's bags and meeting friends in Pierre LaFond, an upmarket deli next door, founded by Wendy's late husband.

Pierre LaFond is a local landmark whose regulars include Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and

Gwyneth Paltrow. Wendy said: 'I've been in Montecito for 50 years and we're used to seeing everyone. Meghan came to my stores quite often and I must say she was always very polite.

‘I understand why she and Prince Harry want to go home. Over here they, and their children, don't mean much in terms of status. In Britain their titles mean something. I'm sure they want to spend more time with his father.

LAST NOVEMBER

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CASHING IN: Royal couple paid about \$14.65m for Montecito mansion, which may fetch \$40m now, above
GONE TO POT: Meghan's proud Instagram picture of her range, left, and, how three tins on display look now

‘I hope the children get to know their cousins. Their children have American accents so it makes

HAPPY SHOPPER: Meghan shows off bag from favourite boutique, Wendy Foster

sense that Harry in particular would want them to go to school in England. They'll have far more social standing there than here. I wish them well.'

Their rapid departure – coming weeks after a summer holiday in Britain which their spokesman described as ‘wonderful’ – has left several lingering questions

What will happen to Harry's polo ponies, Meghan's famous rescue chickens and their 16-bathroom house, which, local estate agents say, could now be worth upwards of \$40 million?

David Sigman, the British general manager of the Santa Barbara Polo Club where Harry was often photographed said that, contrary to speculation, the Prince never owned his own ponies.

'He played here up until about two or three years ago and then he left to play on the private fields of a local billionaire,' Mr Sigman explained. 'He never had his own polo ponies, he rented or borrowed them instead.'

His equine benefactor is believed to be Sarah Siegel-Magness, a billionaire heiress who worked as a Hollywood producer on films like the 2009 Oscar-winning Precious.

A source said: 'Harry and Meghan became known for making friends with people who could help them. Sarah is one of

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those people. Rich and with lots of polo ponies.'

Cosmetics mogul Victoria Jackson is another of Meghan's closest friends and co-owns Godmothers bookstore. There were reports the Bombardier Global Express luxury jet they returned home on belonged to Jackson but public records show the \$12,000-an-hour aircraft is owned by charter company Planet Nine Private Air.

As for the couple's sprawling 18,600 sq ft home, which they bought from a Russian businessman for \$14.65 million in June 2020, local estate agents fully expect them to cash in. Montecito estate agent Daniel Encell said the property ‘could earn more than \$100,000 a month in rent’ but would be worth about \$40 million should they sell.

‘It’s one of the best pieces of land on the Riven Rock estate,’ said Mr Encell. ‘It has mostly usable flat land while many nearby properties are on hillsides with less usable acreage. The house next to them is currently up for sale for \$30 million with a smaller acreage and much less usable land so Harry and Meghan should be able to clear \$40 million for theirs. Their name and being royalty has publicity value, which would bring in a lot more interest.’

As for Meghan's famous rescue chickens, they remain at the estate in ‘Archie’s Chick Inn’ being cared for by staff which, the MoS has

‘They will sell off-market, Meghan doesn’t want snoopers’

learned, includes at least one full-time housekeeper, ‘a small army of gardeners’ and a pool man.

One person familiar with the home who asked not to be named said: 'People think they upped sticks and left but when you have an estate that size it requires upkeep. That's an expensive undertaking. They still have a mortgage and property taxes.

'The word on the street is they are going to sell off-market. The news of them moving back to England has been everywhere so local realtors [estate agents] are already getting calls from interested buyers. It will be quietly sold with no fuss or publicity. Meghan won't want people snooping around in her closets.'

At Montecito's bustling Country Mart, an assistant at a clothing store said: 'I don't think people care about the duke and duchess leaving. What has he done except learn how to surf?'

When I asked her if she expected a ‘Harry & Meghan open-top bus tour’ would swing by haunts frequented by the couple such as Lucky’s Steak House she laughed: ‘No-one cares. They came and they’ve gone. We’re indifferent.’

Wanted, one very wealthy tenant: Royal Lodge to be rented out

By Charlotte Griffiths

THE Crown Estate is looking for a wealthy individual to move into Royal Lodge when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's lease finally comes to an end, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Rumours earlier this year suggested that the King or Queen Camilla could take over the Windsor property, which is vacant after the disgraced former prince moved to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

But last night, royal sources insisted that no members of the Royal Family have expressed an interest in the 30-room mansion.

Instead, it will become a private residence – the caveat being that its next tenant will need to be able to afford its estimated £400,000-a-year upkeep.

Another sticking point is the fact that Andrew officially still owns the lease of Royal Lodge until the end of October, which means no renovations can take place until that point – unless he agrees to offload the lease a month early.

But if he does so, it would potentially leave the Crown Estate with a bill for its monthly costs.

A source said: 'The Crown Estate is a business, so the bean counters there are relieved Andrew didn't give up his lease early, as the ongoing costs would have become their obligation, not Andrew's.

'DILAPIDATED': Royal Lodge, above and, left, a peeling wall. Inset: Sarah Ferguson

Mountbatten-Windsor took on the lease of Royal Lodge in 2003, paying £8million, which covered the rent for its

75-year duration. But notice to surrender the lease was served after further revelations over Andrew's relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew shared the property with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, reported to be returning to the UK in the next few days.

Removal lorries have been seen going in and out of Royal Lodge,

suggesting Andrew's clear-out of his former home – which was said to be packed to the rafters with clutter – was far from easy.

Under the terms of the lease, Andrew – who moved into his new home, Marsh Farm, in April – would have been entitled to compensation if he had returned the property in line with the lease conditions.

But it has been described as in a ‘dilapidated’ condition, and a report from the Crown Estate for MPs on the public accounts committee says it needs so many repairs that ‘in all likelihood’ he ‘will not be owed compensation’.

That could mean an expensive repair job before a new tenant can be found. And to make matters more costly for the Crown Estate, it may take time to find a tenant rich enough to afford the upkeep.

A quicker option would be to let it become a conference centre, or a hotel or school. But it is believed that this has been ruled out.

A source said: ‘The Crown Estate’s statutory duties require it to preserve the character of the estate as a royal park and forest. That means it has had to rule out turning it into a conference centre or commercial venture.

‘The whole operation is going to cost the Crown Estate a lot of money and time.’

Epstein victim may testify against Andrew after all...

A WOMAN who claims she was flown to the UK by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has had a change of heart about testifying against him.

The Mail on Sunday reported in May that the unnamed woman – who alleges she spent a night with the former prince at Royal Lodge in Windsor – was reluctant to make a formal complaint to British detectives investigating trafficking claims because she did not want to ‘risk losing her privacy’.

Now her US lawyer, Bradley Edwards, has revealed he has been in contact with police in the UK after his client went from a ‘hard no’ to a ‘maybe’ in assisting the ongoing criminal case.

The woman says she was in her 20s when, at Epstein's request, she spent a night with Andrew at

By Daniel Bates

Royal Lodge in 2010. It is alleged she was also given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea afterwards. Mr Edwards said he had spoken to British police about interviewing his client in the US, but nothing had been agreed. He added:

'She has gone from a hard no, to a maybe'

‘She has gone from a hard no, to a maybe. Her main concern is to protect her child and she doesn’t want her kid being harassed.

‘If those issues can be addressed it could happen. She is thinking about it. I think she should testify because what happened was wrong. But I'm not going to push her. It has to be her choice.'

Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office after documents released by the Trump administration appeared to show him passing sensitive information to Epstein during their decade-long friendship.

In May, Thames Valley Police, which is leading the investigation, said it was widening the inquiry to include sex trafficking. The former duke denies any wrongdoing.

The information he allegedly shared included reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore as well as a confidential briefing about investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Helmand in Afghanistan. It is

ARRESTED: Andrew in February

understood that Thames Valley Police's investigation into Andrew is being resourced in the same way as a major crime probe and that specialist sexual offence investigators are part of the team.

Mr Edwards, who has represented more than 200 alleged Epstein victims, previously sued Andrew on behalf of the late Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she had sex at 17 with the former duke of York in London, New York and on Epstein's Caribbean island.

Andrew settled for a reported £12million before the case went to trial but did not admit liability.

The files released by the Department of Justice contained damning messages from Andrew to Epstein in 2010 talking about setting him up with a woman. Epstein offered to set the former prince up with a ‘friend’ who was ‘26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy’. It is not known if the woman in the email is the same one Mr Edwards represents.

Women who lose out to transgender rivals stage great parkrun rebellion

New ‘Reality Rules’ running club urges event to obey Supreme Court – and bar competitors born male from female race

THOUSANDS of runners around the country are to begin a mass protest calling on the parkrun event to stop allowing trans women to register as female, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The campaign starts with the launch today of the Reality Rules Runners UK club, demanding that parkrun obeys the law.

Parkrun continues to allow trans women, who were born male, to compete in the female category, allowing them to post record times and push women and girls down the weekly rankings.

The Reality Rules founders say trans women have an unfair advantage over female competitors and that it amounts to gender discrimination.

Parkrun has become a much-loved fixture in British life, with more than 1,400 events around the country.

But it appears to ignore the landmark Supreme Court ruling that trans women cannot be female for legal purposes.

The new campaign is launched as a group of leading female athletes renew their legal threat to parkrun. Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, yachtswoman Tracy Edwards and the recently founded Women's Sport Union (WSU) have given it a deadline of next Friday to ban trans women

EXCLUSIVE By Janet Murray and Nicholas Pyke

from competing as female. Baroness Davies told The Mail on Sunday: 'Parkrun is an amazing thing, but it's not right to pretend there isn't a clear physical benefit to being born male.

‘By all means, get rid of male and female categories and have a free-for-all, or have integrity and do as the Supreme Court says. A women’s category is for people born female.’

The founder of the new campaign, who wishes to remain anonymous, urged runners to sign up by adding the name of the Reality Rules Runners UK club to their online parkrun profile.

‘This will bring together people from across the political spectrum, male and female, who agree on one very basic point: Biological sex is real and women deserve fair sport,’ he said.

Former British marathon runner Mara Yamauchi,

who monitors parkrun, has told the MoS that no fewer than 20 record times for female competitors at local parkruns are held by trans women. In two instances, they hold female course records.

One of these – at the Jubilee parkrun in Bedford – is held by Ellie Davies, who spent five years competing in the men's category. Yamauchi says that, since moving into the female category, Davies has been recorded as the first female finisher at 100 parkruns.

In June Davies finished first in a record time for the Jubilee course while registered as female, and yesterday finished as the fastest female at the Watermeadows parkrun in Towcester, Northamptonshire. Yet Davies entered the 2025 London Marathon in the male category.

The other female course record is held by Lauren Jeska, a trans woman who completed Aberystwyth parkrun in 17 minutes 38 seconds, still listed as the female record holder. Jeska was jailed for 18 years in 2017 for the attempted murder of athletics official Ralph Knibbs, whom Jeska stabbed after concerns were raised about Jeska's eligibility to take part in women's athletics.

FUN RUN: Participants in a London parkrun yesterday

According to Ms Yamauchi, trans women have beaten female runners on nearly 300 occasions since the free competition began.

Su Wong, spokesman for the Sex Equality And Equity Network (SEEN) In Sport said that parkrun has received millions of pounds in taxpayer money. 'This is with the aim of increasing female recreational activity. Yet parkrun can't verify female numbers as it allows males to register in the female category.'

At yesterday's Highbury Fields parkrun, Oli Cheney, 44, said: 'You can't have men competing against females, it's not fair. It's like saying a cat and a fish are the same thing. You can call a cat a fish, but it won't swim.'

A spokesman for parkrun said: 'We are a charity offering community-led, socially focused events delivered by volunteers with the aim of improving public health and community cohesion.' Additional reporting by Lydia Veljanovski - Visit realityrulesrunnersuk. substack.com or find them on X: @RRRunnersuk

LEGAL THREAT: Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies. Right: Record holder Ellie Davies

Call to reopen probe into attack on Farage aide

ORDEAL: George Cottrell

REFORM UK wants the police to re-investigate an attempted robbery against an aide of Nigel Farage following Ann Widdecombe's murder.

Adviser George Cottrell was attacked outside his London home in April, days after Mr Farage revealed his house had been firebombed.

The timing of the incident, previously reported without naming Mr Cottrell, has raised suspicions in the party that it may be linked to the hate-fuelled attacks that culminated in Ms Widdecombe's murder in July.

Mr Cottrell – ‘Posh’ George, as he is known – was ‘jumped’ outside his

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Chelsea property in the early hours and recalled being grabbed at by blue latex gloves as he fled on foot.

While the incident was reported as a stand-alone crime, the heightened fears about security have led to calls for the case to be reopened.

Reform aides also pointed to a profile about Mr Cottrell in Tatler the previous August which revealed Mr Farage was ‘often’ at his west London house, which could have made it an easy target for those hoping to do harm to the party leader.

The Metropolitan Police said the case remains closed, and that it had ‘carried out extensive enquiries’ but could not identify the suspects.

The statement suggested the case could be reopened ‘subject to further information coming to light’.

But last night a Reform source said the police may want to reconsider after announcing they are re-investigating Mr Farage's firebombing.

They said: 'In the current climate, it would seem strange to dismiss the possibility of a link between the incident involving George, the fire-bombing of Nigel's house and murder of Ann Widdecombe. The police must keep an open mind, even if means re-opening George's case.'

Counter-terror police confirmed they are reopening their probe into Mr Farage's firebombing last year.

Mr Farage said: 'It was an outright arson attempt. I wasn't home at the time, but when I came back I found the damage.' A spokesman for Counter-Terrorism Police yesterday said the investigation into Ms Widdecombe's murder 'remains ongoing'.

Soft-touch madness as Middlesbrough burned

By Jacinta Taylor, Nick Craven and Elizabeth Ivens

POLICE in crime-plagued Middlesbrough have been accused of ‘going soft’ on knife-wielding thugs after it was revealed that they can avoid jail if they accept mental health support.

Cleveland Police lets those who admit possessing blades or drugs escape prosecution if they agree to seek help for the ‘root causes of their offending behaviour’.

Last night Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp described the practice as ‘soft justice at its worst’, adding: ‘Criminals should face prosecution and prison, not a cosy chat with a counsellor.’

The details emerged after thugs torched cars in a sick tribute to one of the A66 crash gang, prompting Andy Preston, the town's former mayor, to claim ‘untouchables’ controlled the streets.

He said ‘soft justice’ had created a criminal underbelly who, instead of being locked up, had ‘ruined, polluted and tortured’ the lives of the law-abiding majority.

Last week's disorder began when five delinquents crashed their stolen car into a police vehicle while

'Criminals shouldn't get a cosy counsellor chat'

speeding the wrong way up a dual carriageway, killing themselves and two officers. Police are investigating whether the spate of violence, including the crash that killed PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and the five joyriders, is linked to organised crime.

Middlesbrough, which has the highest crime rate in England bar central London, was rocked again when a seven-year-old girl, Valentina Foster, and her aunt, Natalie McDonald, 34, died in a house fire. Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder.

Although police did not link the blaze to the A66 crash, they did not rule out a connection to wider organised crime. Barely 24 hours later, armed police were responding to another serious incident in Middlesbrough, with claims of a machete attack that left a man with stab wounds.

Seven more men were later held as part of a broader operation to disrupt organised crime, taking the total number of arrests to 24.

Mr Philp said the outbreak of gang violence in Cleveland required ‘a zero-tolerance approach to crime and criminals’.

SENSELESS: Cars are set alight at supposed tribute to one of the A66 crash victims

THE disorder that burst onto the streets of Middlesbrough last weekend continues. On Thursday night, three cars were senselessly set alight in a field.

What began as a gathering to mourn the passing of Michael Cahill, 23 – one of five occupants killed when their car shot down the A66 in the wrong direction – quickly descended into a banger race, terrifying residents nearby.

The burning vehicles have become a picture of lawlessness that shames a corner of England of which I'm otherwise immensely proud.

As Tees Valley mayor, I represent the people of this region, and I can tell you that most are utterly repulsed by what they have witnessed these past few days. They are decent, hard-working people who want nothing more than to get to work, walk their children to school and enjoy their own town centre without fear of crime.

The problem has never been the people of Middlesbrough, but a drugs trade that has sunk its claws into the town, and wannabe gangsters who settle their petty scores in broad daylight with no thought for anyone else.

No amount of polite language should be allowed to disguise what is driving this. These are not misunderstood young men who took a wrong turn. They are criminals, plain and simple, chasing money and status through drugs and intimidation.

They have been allowed to flourish because for years the people who hold the levers of

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policing and criminal justice have been soft where they ought to have been hard.

This is not just a Middlesbrough problem, but symptomatic of Underclass Britain. This is the world where worklessness, drugs and benefits have become a way of life. This would rot any community, but what really kills it is the loss of respect for authority and personal responsibility.

There are now whole sections of this country that simply do not

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fear consequences, for the very good reason that there have not been any. They have grown up learning that a police officer can be sworn at without a second thought, that a teacher can be defied, that a court order is a piece of paper to be ignored.

Hand in hand with that goes the slow death of personal responsibility, because in this world everything is always somebody else's fault. The drugs, the violence, the intimidation, the stolen cars driven at lethal speed through streets where children play, all of it gets explained away as the inevitable product of circumstance – ignoring the millions who grew up in exactly the same tough towns and chose instead to work, raise their families properly and keep to the law.

It is a national failure that just happened to be on show in the North East last week.

I do not want to hear local politicians talking piously about ‘all the victims’, because on the A66 that night there were two victims and their names were PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough.

The Telegraph reported yesterday that the Cleveland Police programme, Divert, which started in 2018 and has had 1,853 participants up to 2025, allows criminals arrested for possessing weapons or drugs or found to be shoplifting to avoid criminal charges. One

Nor do I want to see books of tribute opened for those who lose their lives committing crime, as though recklessness that puts everyone else in danger is a tragedy to be romanticised.

Over the coming weeks and months, the Home Office needs to get a grip by backing the police to flood these areas with officers and then keeping them there for as long as the job takes.

Forces such as Cleveland should be given the fairer share of funding they have been denied for years, so that officers can get back on the streets. And courts must lock up the people who wreck lives instead of handing them yet another chance they will only throw back in our faces.

None of this is easy and it can't be fixed overnight, but the alternative is exactly what the country has just watched, which is families grieving, communities frightened and a political class that keeps quietly telling itself that all of this is happening to somebody else.

document reads: 'Cleveland Divert aims to steer first-time and low-level offenders away from the criminal justice system and towards support.

‘It also signposts offenders towards help to address the problems which lead to offending. Instead of charging and prosecuting offenders, Divert provides a range of support – known as pathways. They include help with mental health, substance misuse, education or housing problems.'

Participants must admit their offending, show remorse and sign a statement vowing not to reoffend. The scheme, run in partnership with the Probation Service, can require criminals to ‘repay the community’ and meet their victims, but neither is compulsory.

It has been championed by Matt Storey, the Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, who has credited it with cutting reoffending rates. Only 4.7 per cent of Divert participants reoffend, compared with 32.9 per cent of all criminals in the area.

Mr Preston said: 'What we're seeing now is the product of years of being soft, years of being desensitised.' But current mayor Chris Cooke said crime had dropped in the past two years.

Beckham plays for Reading (there's a headline Cruz's dad never thought he'd read in his days as a Man Utd legend )

By Kirsten Murray

PROUD PARENTS: David and Victoria Beckham cheer on from the side of the stage

THEY'VE spent the summer touring around Europe on their luxury £16million yacht, soaking up the sunshine.

But, just days after jetting back from the Amalfi coast, David and Victoria Beckham yesterday braved the British rain to watch their youngest son Cruz play The Canopy stage at Reading Festival.

Despite the weather, the former footballer, 51, and Posh Spice, 52, enjoyed the show from the side of the stage, with Victoria wearing her customary shades.

They cheered on the 21-year-old as he marked a major career milestone, making his Reading debut with his band The Breakers.

Cruz's brother Romeo, 23, sister Harper, 15, and his girlfriend Jackie Apostel also watched the performance.

Jackie, 30, took to Instagram earlier in the day, sporting a T-shirt bearing the slogan: 'Cruz Beckham sang to me.'

A concertgoer told The Mail on Sunday: 'They are all there listening and supporting Cruz, and Victoria has been embracing David affectionately while watching.'

Cruz became the latest nepo baby to hit the festival stage after Liam Gallagher's youngest son Gene, 25, performed with his band Villanelle on Friday.

RAPT: Romeo and Harper watch their brother Cruz, right

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's son Moses also played, with his band People I've Met, on Friday and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl's daughter Violet is due to take to the stage today.

Cruz has enjoyed a successful year touring the UK with his band and earlier this month they released their EP, Wear & Tear.

Bayeux Travesty!

Return of historic tapestry turned into farce when French police barred British museum bigwigs from train taking it through Chunnel

IT HAS been hailed as the greatest act of entente cordiale in decades.

But The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the historic return of the Bayeux Tapestry to these shores descended into diplomatic farce when French bureaucrats cried ‘Non!’ at the last minute.

The 11th-century masterpiece was due to make a dead-of-night journey home in the company of bigwigs from the British Museum, including chairman George Osborne, and a BBC camera crew.

Preparations included two dry runs with a copy in a climate-controlled crate equipped with shock absorbers.

But the plan was thwarted when police guarding the Channel Tunnel in Calais banned passengers, who also included French politicians and journalists, from the freight train carrying the treasure back to Britain – where it is believed the tapestry was origi-

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nally sewn. ‘The plan changed at the last minute,’ said a frustrated source at the British Museum.

‘You’d have expected the French police to think this through in advance, especially given there had been two full border-crossing rehearsals before July.

‘If they’d been in a generous mood, they might have agreed to swerve the bureaucracy this time.

‘This was not your average lorry crossing and there was no chance of migrants creeping on board.’

The British Museum's year-long exhibition of the tapestry – which is technically an embroidery – is sold out for the rest of 2026.

The Mail on Sunday understands that VIPs, including former Chancellor Mr Osborne, museum director Nick Cullinan and a collection of museum trustees and journalists, were about to travel to France to accompany the tapestry to the UK when it was decreed that they would not be allowed to.

ANCIENT YARN: The 224ft tapestry

It left Bayeux at 6.15pm on July 9, escorted by French security forces to the Eurotunnel terminal at Coquelles, then travelled on a LeShuttle train before UK authorities took over in Folkestone.

The tapestry, which reached the British Museum almost nine hours after leaving Normandy, depicts events leading up to William the Conqueror's invasion of England, including the Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king, in 1066.

Although synonymous with the French town where it has been kept for centuries, the fragile masterpiece is believed to have been made in England in the 1070s.

In return for the loan of the tapestry, some of Britain's greatest treasures will cross the Channel to France, including objects from Sutton Hoo – the Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered in Suffolk in 1939 – and 12th-century chess pieces from the Isle of Lewis.

The planning for the tapestry's return was meticulous, with logistics experts mapping every pot-hole in the roads between Bayeux and the British Museum.

But not, it seems, the pitfalls of French bureaucracy.

37 are killed in Russian drone raid on ammo depot

AT LEAST 37 people have been killed in a Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot in a third day of attacks on Kyiv.

More than 200 people were evacuated from nearby homes and 50 residential buildings were destroyed as fire erupted at the depot, in the village of Myla in Kyiv's Bucha district.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky launched an inquiry as it is forbidden to store ammunition near homes.

‘Criminal proceedings have been opened on charges of official negligence,’ he added.

The attack is the second to hit a munitions depot near Kyiv in recent months.

The Kremlin said it had struck the warehouse in Myia on Friday night because it stored launch boosters and long-range drones.

It added that it had attacked the cities of Mykolaiv and Izmail and a logistics centre and warehouse in the Kyiv area storing parts for Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles.

Air raid sirens sounded 11 times in 24 hours in Kyiv as further drone and missile attacks were expected.

I told BBC about abusive colleague – but still had to work with them, says star Nadiya

EXCLUSIVE

By Katie Hind

FORMER Strictly professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova was left furious after she still had to work with a colleague on the dance show despite complaining to BBC bosses they were ‘abusive’.

The Ukrainian star – who was axed from the competition earlier this year – complained to three senior executives in 2024, asking them to intervene and keep her away from the person who she claimed made her feel uncomfortable.

Friends of Ms Bychkova question whether her allegations were a contributing factor to her being let go by Strictly in March amid a

'She felt her feelings had been downplayed'

cull of four female professionals. Despite her writing to BBC bosses, she still found herself in her colleague's vicinity for Strictly recordings despite laying out reasons why she could not be in their company.

While the BBC did offer to investigate the matter, Ms Bychkova was devastated that she still had to face them.

A source familiar with the complaint told The Mail on Sunday she feels the corporation turned a ‘blind eye’ to her claims, though the BBC’s then HR director of production did write a lengthy response offering to conduct a formal review, which she declined – and insisted they.

CLAIMS: Nadiya Bychkova is not in the new series

she declined – and insisted they were not normalising unacceptable behaviour.

The HR director also offered to speak to Ms Bychkova's colleague and reportedly asked Strictly production staff to reduce the pair's contact time, but ultimately she still had to face the colleague.

The source said: 'Nadiya wrote to tell them she was struggling with a particular person involved with Strictly and she was not happy with the response she got.

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She felt her feelings had been downplayed and that the person's conduct was being normalised by them. It was a horrific time for her. The BBC offered to open a formal investigation but she felt the person should have been taken out of her orbit.

‘There were several conversations, some verbal and some in writing, but Nadiya didn’t feel like enough was done.

‘The sad thing is it was three women she wrote to. Then, literally a year and a half later, she was got rid of by Strictly's bosses.

‘It was heartbreaking for her. She was distraught to be axed. Of course, that is going to lead to questions of whether the two were linked.’

Ms Bychkova joined Strictly in 2017 and was partnered with the

'Questions whether her axing was linked'

likes of former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw, ex-England goalkeeper David James and singer Lee Ryan.

Along with fellow professionals Karen Hauer, Michelle Tsiakkas and Luba Mushtuk, she was axed in favour of younger dancers who will make their debuts next month when the series returns. At the time, the BBC said of Ms Bychkova: 'Nadiya has brought elegance, artistry and unwavering dedication to the ballroom, and she will always remain a cherished member of the Strictly family.'

It's hoped the revamp will leave behind multiple scandals which took place behind the scenes – including Graziano di Prima kicking his partner Zara McDermott and Wynne Evans's controversial move of putting his hand around Katya Jones's waist.

There were also claims last year that Strictly stars were involved in taking cocaine, but an investigation found no proof.

Last night a BBC spokesman said: 'While we are not going to comment on individuals or HR processes, when issues are raised with us they are always handled seriously and appropriate action is taken.'

GIO ...round

THE year was his true ‘annus horribilis’, said Giovanni Pernice. One minute he was Strictly Come Dancing’s most popular – not to mention longest serving – professional dancer. The next he was embroiled in daily Zoom calls with his lawyers after his dance partner for the 2023 series, Amanda Abbington, accused him of bullying her.

His career in tatters, he found himself the subject of a six-month-long BBC investigation into his conduct.

But it all could have been very different, say friends – if only Giovanni had been less proud.

‘There was a lot he could have said which might have nipped things in the bud, but Gio takes great pride in not being a complaining type of guy,’ my source tells me.

Giovanni, 35, has always protested his innocence, including in his new autobiography, Taking The Lead, which was serialised in The Mail on Sunday last weekend, just weeks before the launch of the new-look show.

He's adamant that he believed he had a good relationship with Amanda, sharing friendly – if near the knuckle – banter.

Amanda's response to the book has been as swift as it was expected. 'He is grossly mischaracterising what happened to suit his own narrative but I have no interest in engaging with that. My focus is on moving forward,' she said.

The 53-year-old Sherlock and Mr Selfridge actress, who received an apology and a small compensation payment from the BBC, remains resolute. 'He took part in the BBC investigation that made findings against him, following which the channel paid me compensation,' she says.

One of Amanda's gripes was that Giovanni revealed in his book how she had made a deeply offensive Nazi salute during a rehearsal. He said that, while he could have taken it further and complained to Strictly bosses, he didn't.

‘If somebody calls me rude names and makes rude gestures, including a Nazi salute (which Amanda did), it means our banter is at that level,’ he said.

Giovanni had also presented investigators with a 28-minute audio tape of a conversation with Amanda in which she told him how she knew she was a ‘nightmare’ and that she’d ‘throw me out of the window’ if she were him.

Now friends of the Sicilian dancer have revealed that they repeatedly begged Giovanni to make a counter complaint against Amanda to the BBC.

They also claim that even corporation staff urged him to complain. Pride stopped him.

'Amanda bleated on that Gio did this, that and the other to her but in fact she started the gross language,' says one outraged friend.

‘She started with the C-word. We would say to Gio that, if he had

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made a complaint to the BBC about her, then he would have got a payout and apology, too.

She had a potty mouth a lot of the time and it wasn't particularly pleasant. We begged him to tell the BBC about the Nazi salute but he didn't want to stoop to her level.

‘There were even people within the BBC who were telling him not just to defend himself but also to complain about her outrageous

‘She had a potty mouth and it wasn’t pleasant’

behaviour, but he wouldn't. She briefed against him to the Press too, though she must have forgotten to tell journalists that she used the Nazi salute.

‘It could have ended so differently and Amanda wouldn’t have been able to gloat.’

Indeed, the friend added that Giovanni simply wanted to insist he was innocent rather than trade accusations. Does he regret it?

'Maybe, a little,' says the pal. 'What is so galling is that Amanda didn't want to hear the other side of the story. Any time Gio's side was put in the media, she would get her lawyer to fire off letters.

‘Gio can now see that if he had done the same thing it might not have escalated as it did. It’s a

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'NIGHTMARE': Giovanni Pernice with partner Amanda Abbington on Strictly Come Dancing's 2023 series

huge shame. All he'll say is that he's not a grass.'

Giovanni may have the last laugh at the corporation's expense, however, which might explain the timing of his book.

‘Gio feels very strongly that the BBC hung him out to dry,’ says the friend. 'This is good old-fashioned revenge.'

There is no doubt that the book's release last Thursday threatens to overshadow the revamped Strictly – something which BBC insiders tell me is a nightmare for the broadcaster's bosses. The cast

and professionals are currently in rehearsals ready for the launch show on September 19 when new hosts, TV presenter Emma Willis, professional dancer Johannes Radebe and comedian Josh Widdicombe, take over from Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly. 'You have to laugh at the timing,' says Giovanni's friend. 'It's brilliant to have the Strictly wave to sell his book. But it couldn't be more irritating for the BBC.

‘Just as they are trying to launch their transformed Strictly, along comes Gio like a dark cloud.

‘Gio might be too classy to say this but those around him think it’s what they deserve.’

Giovanni's ‘nightmare’ (his description of the saga) began just three weeks into the 2023 series. It surprised Giovanni as he had been excited to be paired with Amanda after seeing her dance at Strictly's ‘speed dancing’ event, where pros and celebrities have short dances together.

Giovanni believed that she was a talented ballroom star who also seemed like she wanted to win – an attribute the proudly ambitious Giovanni shares.

However, Amanda said she first raised concerns about Giovanni's behaviour with Strictly producers on her third day of rehearsals and had many more discussions with programme bosses.

She eventually dropped out of the show in week six, citing a health issue, which Giovanni claims he was ‘extremely supportive and helpful’ with.

After initially expressing her ‘deepest regret’ at having to leave for ‘medical’ and ‘personal reasons,’ she later lodged a formal complaint. Giovanni was forced to stand down from the following series while a review took place.

Amanda accused Giovanni of verbal bullying, harassment and inappropriate sexual behaviour during rehearsals, which he denies to this day. She also says that he stamped on her foot, causing bruising.

'I found Giovanni's behaviour unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean. I couldn't sit back and let him do that to other people,' she said in 2024.

Following an investigation, some complaints were upheld,

including some relating to verbal bullying and harassment, but the ‘most serious allegations’, including physical aggression, were not.

The BBC has since added more welfare staff to the show and introduced chaperones into every rehearsal room.

In his book, Giovanni told how he found mother-of-two Amanda's claims of his behaviour ‘confusing', saying she was positive with him in texts and in person, but told her co-stars in a WhatsApp group that she couldn't work with him.

He also revealed that being ousted by Strictly left him in a deep depression and even contemplating suicide.

For Giovanni, friends say the book has been therapeutic. 'He lived through so much awfulness and didn't have a voice until the end of the investigation so it has helped him move on,' said one.

They added that Giovanni feels the corporation let him down by pairing him with Amanda without fully vetting her.

Friends say Giovanni strongly believes he was a good ambassador for the show and takes great pride in his popularity among fans.

As such, he was devastated when BBC executives told him that he couldn't return to Strictly, both before and after the investigation. Although they continue to be at loggerheads nearly three years later, life for both Giovanni

‘He feels very strongly that the BBC hung him out to dry’

and Amanda has moved on personally and professionally.

Giovanni joined the cast of Ballando con le Stelle – the Italian version of Strictly – in 2024. He won and is now dating his celebrity partner, actress Bianca Guaccero, 45.

Life, too, is on the up for Amanda. In May, her fiance, former stuntman and escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, settled his legal action against the makers of America's Got Talent.

The 46-year-old was left paralysed and nearly died after a horrifying accident in 2021, when he was crushed between two burning cars during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme.

Meanwhile Amanda has secured her highest profile television role since the Strictly saga began, with a starring part in the second series of Apple TV thriller Down Cemetery Road, alongside Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.

But will this be the end of the Giovanni and Amanda show? Sadly not as it would seem this feud promises to run and run.

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Grief and anguish in Nepalese town hit hard by glacier flood Goddess Kali tricked us ...she has unleashed her powers of destruction

By VIVEK CHAUDHARY

IN DEVIGHAT, NEPAL

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NTIL Wednesday, Devighat was a bustling town, with its busy market and a temple that attracted thousands of pilgrims each year.

Located on the banks of the River Trishuli and surrounded by lush mountains, it took great pride in its picturesque setting and ancient temple, close to the water's edge.

The temple was dedicated to the goddess Kali, known locally as the ‘fierce mother’, who is associated with destruction.

And in the most tragic of twists, destruction rained down on Devighat as a flash flood destroyed this northern area of Nepal, close to the Tibetan border, after a glacier snapped and fell.

It brought in its wake death and widespread devastation.

Buildings, including the Kali temple, were obliterated, washed away by a wall of raging water cascading down the river. Others have been left crumbling or sunk in mud so thick that it reaches the very top of broken balconies and roofs.

All around, it is a scene of unimaginable horror. The stench of dead bodies and animals fills the air. Everyday household items covered in dirt hang off

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SURVIVORS: A woman and child whose home has been destroyed and, above right, one of the rescue teams

'Everything I worked to build has been taken'

balconies and roofs; the hoofs of dead cattle stick out of the ground.

Survivors wade knee deep in the mud desperately trying to salvage what they can from their homes and shops.

Anil, who owned a shop in the local market, clambered over debris, saying: 'There's nothing left. Everything I worked so hard to build has been taken from me.

‘It’s like this for everyone in the area. I don’t have the words to tell you how we feel because our lives have been destroyed.

'The goddess Kali has tricked us and unleashed her powers of destruction on Devighat.'

Around 800 of the town's 1,000 residents survived Wednesday's horror, many by fleeing to higher ground. Around 400 are currently staying in a school on a hillside at a safe distance from the river.

When The Mail on Sunday visited, dozens of locals were patiently queuing to register their names so that they can be provided with blankets and clothing.

Mothers sat around forlornly with their children, staring into the distance, while others cried and embraced as they discussed the whereabouts of loved ones.

Everyone is provided with one meal a day of rice, lentils and some vegetables, the food cooked on a wooden fire by some of the residents themselves.

Devi, who is taking refuge in the camp with her husband and four children, said: 'It's not enough food and we all go to bed hungry, but we are lucky to be alive. There are people out there who are not even getting one meal each day.'

Dr Kedar Narsing, who runs a local charity and set up the camp, said: 'I know one meal a day is not enough but it's all we can provide at the moment.

‘We’re getting more donations and hopefully, things will improve but it’s going to be a long time before these people will be able to return to their normal lives.’

As we spoke, residents began shouting with excitement as two trucks arrived carrying 25kg bags of rice and blankets.

They rushed to form a line, passing the goods from one person to the next as the sacks were put away in a storage room.

Shisir Khanal, Nepal's foreign minister, revealed yesterday that areas affected by the flash flood have turned into ‘swampland’ and that the government is on high alert for secondary flooding.

According to the latest figures,

600 people died in the flood and at least 2,426 are missing, with thousands more left homeless.

The Nepal Tourism Board has confirmed that 184 foreign nationals have been rescued but 420 are

'I have nowhere to go. No home and no family'

still unaccounted for. They include 33 Britons, among them a millionaire family of four from Surrey.

Ex-banker and beauty pageant winner Surabhi Sahu, 44, her businessman husband Santosh, 46, their son Spandan, 18, and daughter Syna, 13, were on an adventure trek across the Nepal-China border and have not been heard from since Wednesday. Fellow Britons Anal Kar, 56, and wife Sanjukta Kar, 50, who were on a pilgrimage, have also not been heard from.

Their daughter Aratrika, 24, who works at a hospital in Wales, said she last spoke to her parents on Tuesday. Also missing is British-Indian Pankaj Naug, 50, who has not been heard from since Wednesday morning, when he cleared immigration at the Rasuwagadhi border crossing.

The operation to find the missing is being orchestrated from the Maithili camp, a training centre for the Nepali army around five miles inland from Devighat.

The camp has become a place of hope and desperation, but for one man it signalled the end of the road. Slumped against a wall and with a gash on the side of his head, Bahdur had just arrived after being rescued from a remote village on the Nepal-Tibet border.

He is the only one in his family of five to survive – the whereabouts of his wife and four children are currently unknown. Doctors gave him the all clear to leave.

Staring at the ground, he whispered: 'I have nowhere to go. No home and no family. Everything has been taken from me. Life is not worth living.'

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By IAN GALLAGHER and DANIEL HAMMOND

UCKED away behind a slew of coffee bars, tech start-ups and trendy eateries stands what must surely be one of London's most undesirable addresses. It is neither house nor flat, but a tented encampment under a graffiti-covered bridge sandwiched between two railway lines in Shoreditch.

Little more than a mile from the City, local historians fancy that Jack the Ripper used this pocket of the capital as a cut-through when he was terrorising nearby Whitechapel in the 1880s. Scenes from the horror film Omen III were shot here in more recent times.

When The Mail on Sunday visited last week, not even sunshine and a cloud-dappled blue sky could mitigate the undertow of unease. It wasn't hard to imagine we had chanced upon a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the shadow of towering mega-banks and global investment firms. So, who on earth lives in this mini shanty town where rats dart between discarded food cartons and the stench is overpowering?

Distinctive turquoise satchels give the tent occupants away. Bicycles standing nearby, some half-hidden beneath tarpaulin, confirm suspicions. Homeless Deliveroo riders, as well as other riders who appear to be working for the Gopuff delivery firm.

Back in the Ripper's day, on this very spot, locals complained about the smell of fish offal – leftovers from markets such as Billingsgate and Smithfield – fermented to make soil fertilizer. These days they moan about the acrid odour of urine and sometimes worse.

Around 12 men, mainly Sudanese migrants, call this place home. They make the best of it. Modern conveniences are in short supply, but they cook on a stove and keep clothes in an IKEA chest of drawers, which, pushed up against an underpass wall, makes for an incongruous spectacle.

Street Hill told us it was ‘common to use a friend’s account’.

Beyond offering a few general facts about their lives, most riders are unsurprisingly guarded. Some refuse to answer any questions at all. Locals put their reticence down to another reason. Drugs.

‘They sell drugs there, crack, and do it pretty openly,’ claimed one resident. ‘I’ve seen it myself. They come together in a cluster of bikes and do the deal. Sure, the bikes and the uniforms provide perfect cover.’

When The Mail on Sunday visited the camp on Wednesday afternoon, a heavily tattooed cyclist – who was not seemingly a migrant – was spotted briefly chatting to one of the Deliveroo riders, who tipped the bag fixed to his bike in the man's direction, as if inviting him to take something from inside it.

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A cross of St George hangs over one tent lest anyone thinks its occupant isn't grateful for the chance of a new life in a foreign land.

Still, life is tough here. Above all, it is the lack of running water that bothers the food delivery men most.

And it should give their customers pause for thought too, with similar camps springing up across London and elsewhere. Not that most consumers give hygiene much, if any, consideration when summoning takeaways to their front door.

We watched the delivery riders come and go over two consecutive days last week. Slumped under the bridge, they spring into action when alerted by an app to another job.

Brick Lane, with its plethora of restaurants, is only five minutes' walk away so there is no shortage of work. Understandably, locals find their presence alarming.

‘It scares me witless down there,’ said Emma O’Donnell, 42. ‘Walking past those staring men feels like running the gauntlet. And it stinks.

‘I haven’t heard of any violence or threats, but my God it feels scary. It can’t be right, can it?’

That, indeed, is the question. Aside from all other concerns, just how are illegal migrants – as many in the Shoreditch camp seem to be – able to get work as self-employed riders when the food firms make it clear they must provide proof of their right to work when applying online?

Yesterday, it was revealed that more than one in ten couriers stopped by police during an immigration crackdown were found to be working illegally. The week-long

'Walking past feels like running the gauntlet'

Operation Equalise last summer saw 151 riders arrested out of 1,482 checked by police. At least 17 were deported.

On its website Deliveroo tells would-be workers: 'Your rider journey starts here!' The folksy tone continues. 'We're so excited to have you join the fleet.' It then says: 'We'll check your documents and complete a criminal record check. Then you'll sign the rider agreement, order your kit and take to the road!'

Asylum seekers are generally not allowed to take paid employment during the first 12 months of their claim or until it is approved.

What makes a mockery of the checks is the practice of ‘account renting’, in which those legally able to do so sign up to the delivery platforms then sublet their accounts.

One of the migrants we encountered at the Shoreditch site on Fleet

Seconds later the cyclist threatened to punch our reporter – ‘I’ll spark you’, he warned – when he suspected their exchange had been filmed on a mobile phone. The cyclist demanded to examine the

'People are screaming there, off their heads'

phone, but the reporter refused.

Others who use Fleet Street Hill as a shortcut say the riders are often ‘spaced out’ or seen ‘dancing without music’.

Peter Shannon, 62, said: 'I don't think people would be too pleased if they found out where their food is coming from. Most of these blokes are off their heads on crack. It's difficult because you know they need somewhere to live, but the current set up is like some sort of slum.'

He added: 'You see broken glass everywhere, things dumped and people urinating. It was a popular short cut to Cheshire Street. But a lot of folks walk around it now to avoid the madness. You've got people screaming there and all sorts, off their heads.'

A convenience store owner on Cheshire Street, which runs into Brick Lane, claimed the migrants ‘charge in here and help themselves. I’m pinned behind the counter so there’s nothing I can do.’

Another resident, a mother-of-two, said: 'I avoid that area now for our safety. I also can't bear the smell.

‘The men first appeared last year and were then taken away over Christmas and housed somewhere, but they always come back.

‘The council doesn’t seem to do anything about it long term.’

Earlier this month, Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf announced measures designed to crack down on illegal working, including criminal penalties for company directors and delivery platforms. He told the MoS: 'Labour and Tory weakness allowed a migrant shanty town to rise in the middle of the capital.'

He said ‘the British people are done with a system that lets corporate bosses walk away scot-free while they enable the invasion of this country and the crime that inevitably comes with it’.

Mr Yusuf claims previous governments ‘created an ecosystem in which illegal migrants are funnelled directly into our national economy, driving down wages and funding the despicable people-smuggling gangs operating across the Channel’.

If Reform wins office, he said, it would make chief executives and directors of large companies personally and criminally liable for illegal working, under legislation he dubbed the ‘Deliveroo law’.

Under the plans, Reform said it would pay members of the public for tip-offs leading to successful prosecutions of shops employing illegal workers. Financial rewards under a ‘Turkish barber’s tip line’ would be paid from larger fines it would impose on companies using illegal employees.

The Home Office said it was already increasing penalties for companies hiring illegal workers, with a source within the department branding some of Reform's proposals 'empty posturing'.

Last year Deliveroo said it would strengthen security checks after the Government raised concerns following reports that Channel migrants were able to rent out other people's accounts.

It said this included facial verification checks and fraud detection technology to ensure only registered account holders could work off their platforms. Existing laws mean employers who knowingly employ people without the right to work can face up to five years in prison. Certainly, the Shoreditch riders seem to find it easy to work, despite their immigration status.

One 28-year-old from Sudan told us: 'It's not a problem, we share accounts. It is easy. You can work when you want to, stop when you want to. I must make money otherwise what will I do?'

He added: 'I came here for a better life. There is nothing for me at home. I came here two years ago. I lived in many places. Here [under the bridge], we are all together. It is better than some other places.

‘They are suffering and should be helped’

What else should I do? I cannot get work another way.'

Another, Ibrahim Mohammed,

26, said he previously lived at the site for a year while working for Uber Eats. He said: 'It's hard living here. How are you going to take a shower, for example? The council doesn't really help. I don't have any family here. It was three years ago that I came to the UK. You will see a lot of people on the [delivery] bikes here.'

SLUM: A dozen migrants have set up home in the underpass, which even boasts IKEA furniture, left. A rider, right, sets off on another delivery

At 5pm on Thursday a rider in a Deliveroo jacket was seen unzipping and entering his tent after returning from a shift. Two others with Gopuff bags then left the site on e-bikes and headed towards Brick Lane.

Back at the camp, the remaining riders lay in the underpass, some changing outside their tents, others moving their branded bags out of sight of passers-by.

Occasionally charity workers arrive to hand out meals. 'There is a human side to this that is overlooked by a lot of people. They are suffering and should be given better help,' said another local.

When approached by the MoS, a Deliveroo spokesman said: 'We are yet to receive evidence confirming these individuals have gained access to our platform illegally, but remain extremely concerned by these reports and are increasing monitoring efforts in the area to identify any signs of suspicious account activity.'

The spokesman added: 'We take

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Baronet's ex-wife tells her lover: You owe me £427,000 for rent, dentistry... and kite-surfing gear

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She wanted him to repay £427,000 for rent, luxury holidays, cosmetic dental work, kite-surfing gear, shooting lessons and even £24 wind-screen-wiper blades.

Now known as plain Ms Calthorpe, the 51-year-old mother of four got together with ex-City financier Mr Constable-Maxwell, 62, in 2016, after the breakdown of her marriage to Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, the 3rd Baronet. They had married in 2002.

After a four-day trial at Southampton County Court, Judge Glen dismissed her claim against Mr Constable-Maxwell in full and ordered her to pay 80 per cent of his costs. The judge also threw out Mr Constable-Maxwell's counterclaim.

'Included holidays to Cuba and Virgin Islands'

He alleged she had pulled a knife on him, punched him repeatedly in the face and twice broke his nose. He also said he had an operation after she kneed him in the testicles.

The order, made on August 14 at the end of the hearing, requires Ms Calthorpe to pay £75,000 on account of his costs by 4pm by next Friday.

It makes no mention of Mr Constable-Maxwell, despite the failure of his counterclaim. He moved into Ms Calthorpe's farmhouse at Hartley Wintney in November 2016, staying until their relationship collapsed in August 2020.

Her claim rested on a short loan agreement the pair signed in December 2016, capped at £50,000 and carrying interest of 5 per cent a year. She argued the agreement had been varied to cover everything she spent on him over the next four years, and that he had acknowledged the debt in WhatsApp mes-

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a zero tolerance approach to illegal working on the platform, and the organised criminal exploitation that is often behind it. We are in contact with the council to investigate further, and continue to work closely with the Home Office.'

These sentiments are echoed by Gopuff, which said it ‘takes right to work compliance extremely seriously and have zero tolerance for illegal working on our platform’.

A spokesman added: 'All Gopuff account holders undergo a right-to-work check on registration.

'And beginning on October 1, we are introducing facial verification technology for account holders and substitutes, in line with new Home Office requirements.'

Three miles north of the Shoredsages. Her schedule of debts included £160,177.96 in rent for his time at the farmhouse, while luxury holidays to locations such as Cuba, Corsica and the British Virgin Islands came to £57,753.

LAWSUIT: Anna Calthorpe with a friend. The individual had no involvement in proceedings

Other costs included dental work, physiotherapy and the windscreen wiper blades. She claimed £215,000 put on her credit card for him and a further £343,595 transferred to his account, less £273,500 he passed to her builder.

Mr Constable-Maxwell denied owing a penny and said the only binding deal was the £50,000, cleared in full when he handed her £76,000 in 2019. His counterclaim included £26,460 for counselling and £148,500 for three days a week of farm work over 198 weeks

Neither side won a penny from the other, leaving the costs order as the only money changing hands after a dispute that has run since her first demand in March 2021.

itch underpass, other migrant food delivery riders have set up camp in Stoke Newington's Clissold Park, an area which has long been popular with young families.

Save for the decidedly more congenial surroundings, it's a similar story there – a small cluster of tents and clothes, with Just Eat delivery bags strewn outside them.

Last week, an embarrassed warden, tasked with clearing the park before it closed at 8.30pm, was challenged by a local man who asked: 'Why do we have to go, but they [the delivery riders] are allowed to stay?'

The warden sheepishly responded that ‘we will tell them to go’, before casting his gaze elsewhere.

'Needless to say they didn't have to go,' said the man afterwards. 'There you have it – that's modern Britain in a nutshell.'

INSIDE SHOWBIZ! By Katie Hind

CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS

A S THE tough-talking judge on BBC's MasterChef, John Torode wasn't ever one to mince his words.

The Alpha-Aussie made a quivering souffle of the home cooks, amateur chefs and even celebrities who stood before him hoping for a crumb of praise.

So no wonder – after he was unceremoniously sacked after 20 years on the show – fans are both surprised and delighted to discover ‘another’ Torode.

Ever since launching a YouTube show with his wife, Lisa Faulkner, Torode, 61, is revelling in his much softer – almost cuddly – side.

From the comfort of their beautiful kitchen, at the heart of their terraced home in the enviable London enclave of Muswell Hill,

‘They’re the Richard and Judy of TV cooks and are a huge success’

Torode and Lisa, 54, laugh, tease and mock each other while whipping up mouthwatering dishes.

And viewers love it.

‘John and Lisa are basically the Richard and Judy of TV chefs and they are proving to be a huge success. Who needs the BBC now?’ says my well-placed source.

Just like Richard, Torode often looks clueless as quick-witted Lisa makes a cheeky comment.

Explaining their concept on the first video, Lisa cuddled their schnoodle dog as she enthused: 'We're cooking all our recipes from home in our kitchen which is great because we know where everything is, and we really hope you're going to join us to see our family favourites.'

Swapping the clinical MasterChef kitchen for their more homely one has also been a hit with viewers loving their wooden central island, monogrammed 'John & Lisa' chopping board and pale green saucepans from their own J&L cookware range with high street chain ProChef.

The MasterChef bites back... Torode's 'sod you' to BBC with 1.2 million views on YouTube

Since the soft launch of John and Lisa's Kitchen & Home eight months ago, they have accumulated more than 1.2 million views as fans have tuned in to watch them make ‘the perfect pavlova’ or Lisa’s ‘legendary’ roast potatoes (made legendary by crumbling a stock cube into the fat first). Such a figure could earn them thousands, which – along with advertising revenue, side hustles such as their cookware range and a forthcoming book – means Torode will be making more than he did from MasterChef. A source said: 'There's more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to earning cash as a telly chef.'

Those familiar with the project say it is the ‘ultimate sod you’ to the BBC. The broadcaster sacked Torode as host of MasterChef in July last year after an allegation was made that he had used the ‘N’ word at a filming wrap party in 2019 while singing along to Gold Digger by rap star Kanye West.

Torode's dismissal came amid accusations of inappropriate behaviour against co-presenter Gregg Wallace. Last year the 61-year-old was sacked after a report, commissioned by MasterChef's production company Banijay UK, found 45 out of 83 allegations were upheld.

Despite Torode saying he had 'no recollection' of what he was accused of and hoped to have been allowed a say, he was also shown the door. So it's rather delicious that, after so much upset at losing the job that made him one of the most recognisable faces on British television, Torode is said to be ‘loving life’ back in front of the camera once again.

'They are the Mr and Mrs of television cookery. They are smashing it,' a source close to the pair told me. As one YouTube viewer commented on their chemistry: 'Love it! Lisa's cheeky innuendos that John never gets, but we get the camera wink eye from Lisa!'

'The numbers they are pulling in are massive,' says the source. 'John doesn't even recall saying what he was accused of and there

PS: Wife Lisa might want to avoid the deep-fat fryer!

AS MI5 agent Helen Flynn in Spooks, unsavoury extremists murdered her using the gadget.

was never any evidence of it. The die-hard MasterChef viewers have very much taken his side.'

Indeed, the broadcaster's new director general, Matt Brittin, may well be questioning whether predecessor Tim Davie didn't slip up in sacking Torode. Just last week at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Brittin – who joined the corporation from Google this year – hinted he was looking at opening up the BBC to user-generated content.

Brittin suggested turning an ‘iPlayer 2.0’ into a YouTube-style site hosting appropriate influencer

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: John Torode and Lisa Faulkner

content. It would be built around an algorithm aimed at ‘educating, informing and entertaining the public here and ideally around the world’. ‘It’s hilarious,’ says a friend of the couple.

‘Should Gregg have been sacked? Yes, absolutely. But with John, it feels like they found a way to get rid of him and start afresh on MasterChef.

‘What he has proved is that he and Lisa are extremely popular and surely the BBC will be jealous of their YouTube concept.’

Proof is in the pudding – or in this case, scone – as more than

‘Surely the Beeb will now be jealous of their YouTube concept’

102,000 fans have so far watched Torode and Lisa whip up a batch of the teatime treats.

On the back of positive feedback, advertisers are flocking to promote their brands, with HSBC and Monzo banks running campaigns on John and Lisa's pages. But it looks unlikely that their ITV show, John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen will return. 'Never mind,' says one pal. 'They've got a second cookery book coming soon.'

Those who know Torode say that Lisa was his ‘rock’ when he was sacked from MasterChef, which was of course where the couple met when the former Spooks actress was a contestant in 2010.

When they met on the show, Lisa was with her husband Chris Coghill while Torode was with his wife Jessica.

After both relationships ended, they began dating and married in 2019 at the stunning Aynhoe Park in Northamptonshire.

Seven years on and Lisa has been every bit the supportive wife. So, who's going to blame her for enjoying the odd swipe at the BBC? In one video, as John tells viewers how to whip up the perfect poached egg, a smiling Lisa quips: 'The poached egg master-class by the MasterChef!'

Ouch! But then revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold.

ON SUNDAY

A frustrated Putin is a dangerous enemy. It's time Labour got a grip

WHAT are we to make of the Burnham government's position on national defence, and on the undeclared conflict with Russia?

The PM has made his obligatory visit to Ukraine and offered President Zelensky very specific help with missiles which can be used to target Russian territory.

Moscow has responded by saying that its reply – to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory – could be against ‘any British military facilities and equipment in Ukraine and beyond’.

This is pretty serious. What then has become of the pledge made by Chancellor John Healey when he was Defence Secretary – that he was personally committed to an increase in Britain’s defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP? Why, he even quit Sir Keir Starmer’s government for that reason. Yet now here he is, back in government but with a bigger and grander Red Box, shelving his own promise.

Of course, high spending by itself is no guarantee of safety. A worrying amount of our military spending goes adrift on wasteful dud projects.

The replacement of our Trident missile submarines is very costly.

But a retreat from this rather modest 3 per cent target does not really fit well with Britain's current posture as a major player in the fight against Russia in Ukraine. If we want to be in such a fight – and most of us believe we should – then we must prepare to win it, with skill, thought and top-class kit.

There is a major risk. Russia's President Putin is increasingly isolated from criticism and real news.

He is ageing, lonely and frustrated by the failure of his aggression. History shows that, the longer this goes on, the more erratic he is likely to be. But how well are we prepared against any backlash? Where are our

missile defences, for example?

That is not all. As the Mail on Sunday reports today, this country is already facing subtle, hard-to-foresee attacks in a ‘nuisance war’ which could be directed against rocket factories here, or against arms companies and their executives. Andrei Fedorov, a former deputy foreign minister of Russia who now advises Putin, describes the UK as ‘evil number one’ on the Kremlin’s list, warning that we ‘must be punished’. Philip

Ingram, a former intelligence officer, writing on our pages, gives us deeper reasons to be worried. He points out that Putin is in fact weaker and more vulnerable than he cares to admit. But there is much he can do to try to hurt or scare us, which would not risk a devastating Nato reaction.

Whether the intensifying war is hybrid or hypersonic, we simply must prepare ourselves to wage it and to defend ourselves from whatever comes.

Mr Healey is in danger of making a fool of himself by trying to back out of what he said at the MoD, now he is at the Treasury. He and the Prime Minister can redeem themselves by restoring the 3 per cent target and by commissioning a deep, searching and urgent review of our capacities to fight a hybrid war and to keep our skies safe, at the very least.

Government does not have any more important task.

RISHI Sunak's D-Day blunder, Sir Keir Starmer's free suits, Andy Burnham using the emergency alerts system for barbecuing advice: voters must often think, 'What an idiot the prime minister is – I could do better'. Now they have a chance. A new computer game gives players an opportunity to face various prime ministerial dilemmas and to be scored accordingly.

Imagine, for instance, that London's Tube has been halted by a strike. Do you cave in to the unions, back the bosses or appoint an independent mediator ('mostly so that no one rings you again about the Circle Line')?

I played the hit new game that makes you the PM ... and was bundled out of office by a merciless Press! By QUENTIN LETTS minister blame the local candidate, announce a 'listening' visit to the constituency in something like six weeks' time, or give an interview insisting (while

Here is another problem. Within days of taking the highest office in the land you learn that the Treasury has run out of fiscal headroom and one of your manifesto commitments must be disowned to stop a run on the pound.

Do you: drop weekly bin collections; scrap a new hospitals programme and instead talk dishonestly about upgrades to existing hospitals; abort a promised tax freeze and insist that ‘economic circumstances have changed’ since the Election a week ago; or do you cancel a much-vaunted transport investment programme?

When some minister is caught in a scandal, do you, as boss, prop up party morale by defending the erring wretch? Or swing the axe before considering the facts of the matter? There is the middle option of referring the allegations to a standards committee but that might simply appal both your supporters and your enemies.

Do you issue a public announcement insisting that your so-called insult was misunderstood and was in fact a sign of your deep affection for cher Emmanuel?

It is not unknown for prime ministers to cause diplomatic incidents. If, say, you upset the French president (easily done, after all), do you personally telephone the Elysee Palace to apologise?

Or do you opt for the third option of sticking to your guns and saying the French deserve anything that's coming to them? Which option is wisest? On that one, I must confess, I had little hesitation, but then I do not have to spend G7 meetings in the same room as President Macron.

Ladies and gentlemen, I gave No 10: Full Confidence a couple of goes. As a parliamentary sketch writer I might be supposed to

PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH WRITER

have a nose for what journalists want from a PM. Well, that plainly is not true. In both games I was bundled out of office by... the media. How merciless and unpredictable they were.

As the game proceeds, your levels of support change with back-bench MPs, Cabinet ministers, the media and the public. Once you hit 0 per cent on any one of those four, you are out of office.

In my first attempt I survived in office for two years, ten months, worse than Neville Chamberlain, roughly on a par with Gordon Brown.

On the second go I lasted one year and nine months which was worse than Sir Keir, better than Mr Sunak and about the same as poor Sir Anthony Eden. The game, whose inventor Benjamin Brewis was inspired by Downing Street's recent rapid turnover of prime ministers, has been such a success that it has shot to the top of Apple's computer-game charts.

Mr Brewis has pointed to such real-life political storylines such as the Conservative Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, who used to keep a pet tarantula on his desk, and the time that Boris Johnson was seeking to avoid some live TV cameras and contrived to stride into a walk-in fridge. Then there are the natural disasters that loom as if from nowhere, at present the drought afflicting so much of England and Wales.

In another of the game's storylines, suburban London's parakeet population gets out of control. Should the prime minister: do nothing; set up a rehoming scheme for parakeets; or order an immediate extermination of the little pests?

Not being particularly attached to parrots, and as someone who likes politicians to be decisive, I pressed the option for the parakeet extermination. Let rip the Purdey shotguns like the artillery's opening salvo at the battle of the Somme, said I as prime minister.

Even as I was taking this decision, my advisers told me that the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was issuing a statement. Uh oh.

Mr Brewis's game, for which one pays £2.99, is quite fun for half an hour or so. Some of his scenarios betray a nicely sceptical air. After a by-election loss, should a prime minister blame the local candidate, announce a ‘listening’ visit to the constituency in something like six weeks’ time, or give an interview insisting (while avoiding eye contact with the camera) that the swing in the vote was small enough for this, in fact, to represent ‘a great win’ for the government? Don’t give them ideas, Mr Brewis.

One thing the game gets right, I suspect, is the time pressure. You only have a few seconds to read questions and possible solutions, and soon the sheer pace of traffic starts to make you panic. The letters dance in front of your eyes. How easy it becomes to press the wrong button. This may be equally true in the real No10.

Where the game is at present less satisfactory is in – cough – attributing such power to the media. In my two spells of office with No10: Full Confidence, I was toppled because I scored 0 per cent approval with the media, even though I had 100 per cent support from my backbenchers and the Cabinet.

Boris and Keir will tell you that the parliamentarians are far more dangerous than the Fourth Estate.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN IS AWAY

S HE reaches the six-week mark in No10, I have finally reached my limit with Andy Burnham's TikTok premiership. There is only so much cringey viral content we can be expected to take

and the nation has surely had its fill by now. So far we've had the Prime Minister enthusing to Angela Rayner about babby's yeds (steak and kidney suet puddings), strumming out The Smiths' Rusholme Ruffians on an electric guitar, helping Greggs promote its Sausage, Bean and Cheese Thing, and back to The Smiths with a montage of the Labour leader smiling and waving, scored to the Manchester indie band's 1984 B-side, How Soon is Now?

Past PMs tried to ingratiate themselves with Andrew Marr; Mr Burnham seems more concerned with Johnny Marr.

There is a place for viral clips in Downing Street's comms arsenal. Like it or not, eye-catching short-form videos can cut through where even the most expertly crafted speech could not. What is striking about Mr Burnham's social media output is how much of it has nothing whatever to do with the business of running the country.

Rather, it is about the business that Mr Burnham has always been in: getting people to like him. He wants the Labour membership to like him, hence why he has never expressed an opinion at odds with his party's ranks of Guardian readers, retired teachers and public-sector lanyardistas. He wants the Parliamentary Labour Party to like him, as evidenced by the fact he appointed some of its least capable characters to government jobs.

And he wants the public to like him. He longs for nothing more than that the aver-

age voter to think of him as their cheeky-chappie Manc mate who loves his footy, his New Order and his chips n' gravy.

None of his TikToks has been more revealing of this than his attempt to manufacture his own Mr Pigden moment. Sydney Pigden was a south London primary school PE teacher whom footballer Ian Wright credited for disciplining, encouraging and inspiring him. The 2005 clip is of their surprise reunion, in which a stunned and overcome Wright exclaims 'Mr Pigden!', then deferentially removes his hat and hugs his old teacher. It has become an

Britain's had its fill of Burnham as TikToker-in-Chief. He can't solve our myriad challenges by playing a guitar

By STEPHEN DAISLEY

has been defined by the TikTok mindset. Policies are chosen for their shareability rather than their effectiveness in addressing the problem in question. Consider the bold announcement that rough-sleeping will be ended in time for Christmas. It's a pledge just made to be reposted to Facebook or Instagram with a love heart emoji.

ken and voters hoping that Mr Burnham represents a genuine break from politics-as-usual will be bitterly disappointed.

Then there was the national alert debacle, in which the Government drove half the country to the brink of a coronary with a sudden, unannounced siren ululating from their phones. Was Covid back? Had Iran invaded? No, it was hot and Whitehall wanted to warn against firing up disposable barbecues.

Where Mr Burnham takes decisions they tend to be ill-advised, such as his much-trailed plan to wade into the Middle East conflict with fresh sanctions on Israeli settlements, but that in itself does not vindicate his otherwise crippling indecisiveness.

From entering the assisted suicide debate only to announce that he wouldn't be taking a side, to kicking welfare reform into the long grass, Mr Burnham spent years plotting to get his hands on power but now doesn't want to do anything with it.

cal seasons will be more abrupt. This week, his summer honeymoon will be swept aside by the chill winds of a dangerous world.

Parliament is returning from recess ahead of a visit by French president Emmanuel Macron, the first head of an EU member state to make the trip to London since Mr Burnham took office. The war in Ukraine is escalating and Vladimir Putin is threatening to retaliate against Britain for supplying Kyiv with missiles and drone technology used in strikes that have killed Russian civilians.

Yet at this very moment, Chancellor John Healey is reportedly

‘Plotted for years to gain power but now wants nothing to do with it’

internet staple for its relatable story of how the instruction of a great teacher can be life-changing for even the rowdiest pupil.

At least not anything transformative or of national import. He is keen on what he calls ‘everyday fixes’, including crackdowns on overly complicated processes to cancel subscriptions, misleading discounts and cowboy builders.

Cue Mr Burnham's pastiche. Earlier this month, a TikTok video showed the PM walking into a meeting room in No10 only to be greeted by his old university professor. 'I got the shock of my life when I walked through that door,' Mr Burnham gasps at the conclusion of the achingly scripted conversation. Whereas the Ian Wright clip is endearing in its spontaneity and honesty, the PM's knock-off was just another trying-too-hard effort from a man who cannot bear to be disliked.

Unfortunately for Mr Burnham, the issue is not just one of comms. His premiership thus far

Who could be against getting folk off the street and around the Christmas lunch table? Alas, feel-good promises do not sound policy make, and the Government is not going to overcome endemic social pathologies in the space of a few months.

The pledge will be bro-

And while none of these is a bad idea, they are pitifully small compared to the scale of the challenges Britain faces. Mr Burnham seems to want to be the

Prime Minister of the little things when the problems are so much bigger. The first six weeks of his premiership have coincided with Britain's balmy late summer – mellow days of open collars, weekend barbecues and beer gardens after work. He has been able to insinuate myself into No 10 and into the nation's consciousness, much as autumn is finally beginning to ease its way into our surroundings. For Mr Burnham, however, the change in the politi-

‘Mr Burnham must pivot accordingly in these serious times’

planning to deliver October's Budget, his first in the role, without giving a deadline for raising defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP. He resigned from the Government over this very issue just two months ago.

These are serious times and Mr Burnham will have to pivot accordingly. Yes, it feels a little soon in his premiership, but he already needs a reset and Burnham 1.0, the TikToker-in-Chief, must be consigned to the heatwave-addled summer. The TikTok videos, the guitar-strumming, the casual attire — all were fine during silly season, but testing days lie ahead.

If Burnham 2.0, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is to withstand the challenges in front of him, he will have to readjust his image and his leadership to a colder, more bracing climate.

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Peter Hitchens Follow Peter on Twitter @clarkemicah ✗ We claim to worship the NHS but refuse to protect it from its worst enemy... us

SIMPLY SMOKING A DIFFERENT WAY: We may not know the true long-term ill-effects of vaping for years

RE our authorities actually trying to make the whole country ill? We treat ‘our’ NHS with religious awe but we design a society which is bound to fill its beds and corridors, and swallow up all its funds.

This week the BBC trumpeted a report claiming that people who took up vaping were more ‘successful’ at giving up smoking than those who used nicotine patches or gum. What twaddle. I threw a shoe

WHY is the term ‘asylum seekers’ still used, straight-faced, by so many? Those involved are nothing of the kind. The Chinese sage Confucius long ago declared: ‘The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names.’ If the dishonest expression ceases to be used, we might begin to solve the problem. Otherwise, never.

at the wall at the stupidity of the claim. People who inhale vapour instead of smoke have not given up smoking. They are simply smoking in a different way. This is just as revolting to everyone around them. It may in the long run be just as dangerous. We haven't a clue.

The most common side effects documented in clinical trials include throat and mouth irritation, coughing, and shortness of breath. There are strong signs that children and teenagers who vape cough a lot. Then there's wheezing, airway inflammation, and worsened asthma. Sounds healthy, doesn't it? The long-term effects cannot yet be known. Tobacco can take 40 years to show its horrible results. I wonder what we will find out about vaping by 2050?

Then there are ‘antidepressants’,

pills whose actual effectiveness is far from proven. Once again I recommend the two devastating articles by Dr Marcia Angell on this subject, published in the New York Review of Books in 2011. These questionable drugs can have horrible side-effects, especially when people try to give them up. Yet the Daily Mail revealed last week that one in seven people in England were prescribed antidepressants last year. This is an increase of more than 15 per cent in five years.

Then there is 'ADHD'. This complaint was questioned by my colleague Dr Max Pemberton in a recent Channel 4 documentary. His doubts are shared by several well-qualified people. I have tried for years to draw attention to the unscientific, soft, subjective ‘diagnosis’ of ‘ADHD’. But a soft diagnosis leads to a hard outcome. Doctors confidently hand out strong, worrying drugs, which would be illegal if not prescribed. Amphetamines are illegal for a reason. Long-term side effects include aggression, insomnia, impaired memory, high blood pressure, increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

And then there is marijuana. Even the most idiotic liberals are beginning to grasp that it is linked to incurable mental illness, a problem we are very bad at treating. Evidence is also growing that its users often also become violent.

HIS conflicts with its smooth ‘peaceful’ PR image so some refuse to believe it. They shouldn’t. Look into the background of any crazy killer and you will almost always find a great deal of marijuana. Yet the authorities continue to do nothing to enforce the very strict law against possessing it. Do they want it to spread? If so, the policy is working.

In so many parts of daily life, we either promote – or fail to stop – behaviour which will make people ill. Yet we claim to revere our doctors, nurses and health workers. They'll never be able to pick up all the pieces. Perhaps we should try harder to stop people getting ill in the first place.

Bordering on the ridiculous in Ireland

SO much for the supposed Anglo-Irish love and brotherhood which followed the British surrender to the IRA at Easter 1998. It is actually getting harder for British people to go to Ireland.

Look what has happened to the Common Travel Agreement of 1923, which once allowed us to travel freely between Britain and Ireland without a passport. For some time now air travellers to Dublin have been subjected to passport checks. Try objecting to this (as I have) and you get pretty stern treatment.

These checks are justified by a rather tricky claim that Irish officials have to verify that

arriving travellers are in fact UK citizens, and the only way to do this is to demand a passport. As far as I know, Irish travellers going by air the other way don't have to show passports when they get to London. But now those going by ferry are also to be faced with the same rule, and apparently this works both ways.

Odd. So far as I know, the Irish state does not even mark the border between itself and Northern Ireland. You only know you have crossed into Ireland by road because the speed limit signs are suddenly in French kilometres rather than English miles, and the roads have different numbers.

Long ago there were Irish customs posts, but the EU put an end to that in 1993, and they did not ask for passports. My view is Dublin may officially recognise the border with Northern Ireland, but doesn't do so in spirit. So if you want to go to Dublin without a passport, it's still perfectly possible provided you go through the North.

This looks like blatant politics, and rather silly. I have always loved going to Ireland, all of it, and I don't want it turning bureaucratic. I hope we don't behave the same way in return. And let's also hope the SNP don't start getting ideas.

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WALKING past a steep drop the other evening, I was surprised to see that it now has a yellow warning sign saying 'WARNING: Steep drop', accompanied by an unintentionally amusing picture of a stick figure falling down a, well, steep drop. If we really are now stupid enough to deserve this sort of thing, bottles should definitely have 'OPEN OTHER END' embossed on their bottoms.

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The TikTok safety loopholes exposing children to vile rape and torture cartoons

The Mail ON SUNDAY INVESTIGATION

By Tilly Harris and Sophie Carlin

A TIKTOK safety setting relied upon by millions of parents is failing to stop children being shown graphic videos depicting rape and torture, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The app's ‘restricted mode’ is meant to filter out harmful material, but loopholes are allowing firms to cash in by bombarding underage users with disturbing AI-generated clips.

The videos exploit gaps in TikTok's rules, which ban ‘realistic violence’ and ‘sexually suggestive content’ but allow animated depictions to slip through.

One start-up firm, Director AI, has produced video-creation tools that have allowed users to churn out more than 15,000 sinister clips, each one algorithmically engineered to be addictive. A video

'Companies should prove their platforms are safe'

on one of its 50 accounts, seen more than 120 million times, shows a cartoon doctor gouging a patient's face with an drill during an operation to transform him into a Kim Kardashian lookalike.

Another shows a tattooed burglar exacting revenge on a wealthy woman who once mocked his poverty, ransacking her mansion. Footage cuts to his muscular hand clamping around her wrist while she lets out a bloodcurdling scream.

He is then seen laughing manically as he walks away with the zip of his shorts undone, carrying a holdall of stolen cash and gold bullion, leaving her battered, bruised and weeping.

DISTURBING: Video of a burglar terrorising a wealthy woman

Last night, after seeing the footage, Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott said: 'We would never tolerate children being exposed to this content offline, so the same must apply online.

‘Social media companies should not have access to our children until they can prove their platforms are safe. Labour must stop dragging their feet and get children off social media.’

For our investigation, we set up a TikTok account on ‘restricted mode’, with the age set to 14 years old, and watched hours of content about children’s TV programmes.

We put limitations on profanity, firearms and weapons, sexually suggestive content, drugs, violent or threatening imagery, and mature or complex content.

Despite this, the account's main feed was bombarded with a significant volume of content within each of these categories.

The firm behind the videos is run by former Snapchat director Ben Chiang. Mr Chiang – a married father of one – has openly referred to the output as ‘AI slop’. Earlier this year, he boasted on LinkedIn that the videos have racked up more than 10 billion views.

of each mini-series before charging viewers per episode. One purchased episode shows a mother placing her baby in a bathtub and using a hairdryer to electrocute it.

Those who want to keep watching must pay for access via the firm's companion app, Reel AI, rated on Google Play as suitable for children as young as seven.

It offers up to ten free episodes

Online safety expert and psycho-therapist Dr Catherine Knibbs said: 'This is about creating wealth at the expense of children.

Mr Chiang co-founded Director AI last year with two former colleagues. When asked who owned the TikTok accounts that made the videos, Mr Chiang, who sits on the board of a youth homelessness charity, told the MoS: 'It is inaccurate to characterise Director AI

‘You have to be a sincerely disconnected human being to not see the harm that this meticulously curated content can cause.’

itself as producing and publishing all of the videos made using our tools. Director AI provides AI video-production tools that creators use to make content. Those creators make their own editorial decisions and choose where to publish

One clip shows a mother electrocuting her baby

Meta buried child-safety risks

their work, including on third-party platforms such as TikTok... They may choose to promote Reel AI, but we do not own their accounts or pay them specifically to promote the app.' Mr Chiang

A report from December 2022 – buried in court documents provided as part of a deposition by Sir Nick Clegg in the case brought by 29 US states against Meta – contained ‘high-risk

INSTAGRAM owner Meta failed to publicly disclose damning internal findings exposing ‘serious issues’ putting children at risk on the service, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

added: ‘Some content created using our tools may contain fictional mature themes, but Tik-Tok and other platforms themselves determine eligibility for and filtering within their Restricted Mode under their own systems and policies.’

Following contact by the MoS, the age rating for Reel AI has been

findings' over child safety. It revealed that on one sampled day, around 1.4 million accounts that Instagram had itself flagged as potential child-safety risks were recommended to teenagers.

On another, 924,000 potential ‘violators’ were shown the account of at least one unconnected teenager. These were unverified adult accounts that had either received at least one child sexual exploitation violation in the previous 90 days or been flagged by Meta's automated system as potentially posing a risk of inappropriate interactions with children.

A TikTok spokesman insisted the platform's community guidelines prohibit content promoting or glorifying violence and sexual abuse or exploitation.

Sir Nick, who was Meta's then president of global affairs, said he forwarded the audit of Instagram's youth safeguards to Meta's legal team but did not know what action was taken.

changed ahead of the next update to the app.

They said any videos violating the standards have been taken down. Following contact by the MoS, TikTok removed the videos cited in this report – but all the accounts that made them are still active, and still show other similarly inappropriate material.

A spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said that broadcast regulator Ofcom has the Government's 'full backing' to ensure tech companies comply with the Online Safety Act.

‘Those firms have a legal duty to remove illegal content, as well as protecting children from harmful material,’ they said.

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THE Mail on Sunday takes an irreverent look at the stories that just might be breaking over the coming days...

MONDAY

Andy Burnham reveals his masterplan to end the lawlessness sweeping Middlesbrough: crack out his guitar for a chorus of Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

John Healey writes an

excoriating letter to John Healey demanding 3 per cent of GDP be spent on defence, or else John Healey will be forced to resign – just like the principled John Healey did back in June.

TUESDAY The US threatens to withdraw its support for UK sovereignty over the Falkland Islands – or as Donald Trump has renamed them, the America Islands, which sit in America Ocean, on Planet America. Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says he's renaming Lake Ontario as Lake Epstein to make sure Trump never brings it up again.

WEDNESDAY

To commemorate the life of Dolly Parton, WFH civil servants will work from 9 to 5... past 9.

THURSDAY

Outrage grows over the blanket 20mph speed limit across Birmingham as motorists realise it means having to spend more time in Birmingham.

After Gladys Knight said she

was scaling back her live concerts, The Pips insist they will continue to keep the same schedule, marking each hour on Radio 4.

FRIDAY

Campaigners who won their battle to get Google to finally drop its erroneous use of hyphens in Bradford on Avon, say it's not a thin line between right and wrong... it's two of them.

SATURDAY

Critics warn that Italy's decision to unleash an ‘octopus army’ to battle a crab invasion could lead to an arms race.

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Trump hails deal for Venezuelan oil 'biggest in history'

From Caroline Graham

IN LOS ANGELES

DONALD Trump yesterday unveiled what he claims is the 'biggest oil deal in world history' – handing US companies control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's oil reserves in a bid to drive down petrol prices.

The deal comes as the President faces growing pressure at home over the cost of the war with Iran, which has sent global oil prices soaring and threatened to squeeze American families at the pumps and in the supermarkets.

It also marks a stunning new chapter in the country's relationship with Venezuela just seven months after US special forces seized dictator Nicolas Maduro, who remains in a New York jail facing drug-trafficking charges.

Announcing the agreement on Truth Social, Mr Trump declared that the US had secured a stake in Venezuela's vast oil wealth ‘at no cost to the American taxpayer’.

The President wrote: 'The

PRESSURE: President Trump

United States of America has just entered into an agreement with the country of Venezuela on the biggest oil deal in world history.

‘This historic transaction more than doubles American oil reserves, greatly increases our oil supply, and will substantially lower gas prices for all Americans long into the future while helping to... set Venezuela on a course toward tremendous success and great prosperity.’

The agreement was struck with November's crucial midterm elections looming, with the cost of petrol and groceries expected to be among the biggest issues facing voters. One Trump source said: 'The war in Iran is almost won but that has sent global oil prices soaring, and this historic deal will bring prices down to where they were before the war started. It is a great deal for America and for the world.'

Under the deal, an unnamed US company will lead the project, opening the door for American oil giants to tap into Venezuela's vast reserves. The South American nation possesses roughly 17 per cent of the world's oil reserves.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agreement would bring \$100billion (£74billion) in private investment into Venezuela and create thousands of high-paying American and Venezuelan jobs.

He hailed it as a victory for Mr Trump's ‘America First’ agenda, saying: ‘It demonstrates how President Trump’s bold foreign policy is driving America First wins, securing stable reserves and low-cost oil in our hemisphere and lowering gas prices.’

Wanted: Social media manager for Phil Foden's 7-year-old son. Salary @ £50k

By Jennifer Ruby SHOWBUSINESS NEWS EDITOR

He already has 4 MILLION Instagram followers. But...

HE HAS a Premier League footballer for a father, he's perfected the cool, arm-crossed pose – oh and he has four million followers on Instagram.

Now little Ronnie Foden – son of Manchester City star Phil – is looking to hire a ‘brand and social media manager’ to help boost his profile – despite still only being seven years old.

The salary is around £50,000 and the successful applicant can expect to earn it negotiating brand deals as there has been a clamour to do business with Ronnie.

He has signed with management company Propel Talent Group and partnered with clothing brand Flannels at the end of 2023, with snaps of him modelling their clothes being shared on his account. He has also worked with clothing brands Little Bird and The Couture Club.

'His personality has made him who he is. He just reminds me of myself when I was a kid and he's very funny,' said Phil, 26, who runs Ronnie's Instagram account with partner Rebecca Cooke.

They set it up three years ago, capitalising on Ronnie's popularity after he was filmed on Phil's shoulders singing along to Freed from Desire, by Gala, alongside teammate Jack Grealish, after City had beaten Inter Milan in Istanbul to win the Champions League.

Ronnie had run on the pitch to embrace Phil at the end of the game and then shared a selfie with striker Erling Haaland in the dressing room. 'I couldn't believe it. Every comment on my social media page was asking to see him.

‘So I thought I’d give the fans what they wanted and create an account for him and it just blew up,’ said Phil. Ronnie, who has a

younger sister and brother, became the subject of a meme in which he was dubbed ‘El Wey’ or ‘The Dude’, a nickname revealed in the biography on his Insta page. His parents also run a TikTok account for Ronnie, which has 750,000 followers, and have launched a YouTube channel for him. And they have created an Instagram account for their five-year-old daughter True, which has 48,000 followers.

THE DUDE: Ronnie Foden modelling designer gear on his Instagram account

It shares photos of her posing in designer outfits and carrying mini handbags by Hermes, Gucci,

Louis Vuitton and Chanel. But Ronnie can't take control of his account any time soon.

With the UK's social media ban for under-16s coming into place next spring, he will have to wait nearly a decade before he can take ownership of the account.

Admit my feelings for my publisher's wife? I'd rather be HUNG, DRAWN and quartered

Yesterday's extract laid bare unsettling rumours of the author's incest with her father. Today's details just how torturous her most famous book became...

BY JULY 1945, Daphne's flirtation with Christopher Puxley had run its course. The war in the Far East, where her soldier husband Tommy 'Boy' Browning had been posted in 1944 as chief of staff to the Supreme Allied Commander Lord Mountbatten, was coming to an end and she knew she had to finish the relationship.

Earlier that summer Track, as I called my grandmother, and Christopher had taken her two younger children Flavia and Kits on a holiday to St Ives.

His Bentley purred through the Cornish lanes for a final time.

She was not to know that Tommy – whose various postings during the war meant he had been away for most of five long years – would remain in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until July 1946, helping to clear up the mess.

But she was cheered up by the news of his knighthood – for his service to Mountbatten – and that she was now Lady Browning. She took great pride in being Lady Browning: not for any social reasons, but because she wanted to return to a sense of balance in her marriage.

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She was determined to make her husband's homecoming a happy one. But as she described in a letter to her former French teacher Fernande – a great friend and former lover with whom 20 years ago she'd enjoyed 'Venetian' (du Maurier family code for lesbian) trysts – that was not how it unfolded.

'The last weeks have been queer and strained,' she wrote to Fernande in September 1946. 'I was determined to make a real effort for when Tommy came back, and not seem to be different at all, and give him a great welcome, and make him feel that this house, which I love so much, and the children were going to love him (Christian has hardly seen him).

‘I got new clothes made, and went up to London with my heart beating with excitement, for I do love him very deeply, and I pictured him very excited to see me too.

'Well, darling, somehow it all fell rather flat. He arrived surrounded by his staff (including a very pretty woman, apparently his assistant) gave me a peck on the cheek... It was all very bad for morale! Well, if he doesn't want me, I damn well know someone who does but I don't want to think like that.

‘There has been no “Cairo” [the du Maurier family code for sexual intercourse], is this side of a marriage finished then? If he just looks upon me as a dull old thing he is fond of, it is a dreary outlook!,’ she added.

It was for Track an inexplicable contrast to the affection and love he had shown in his letters from Ceylon, though he only clearly demonstrated this love at the beginning and end of his letters: 'My own beloved Mumpty' and 'all the love in a man's heart to my beloved Mumpty'.

Tommy wrote from time to time in the third person, and sometimes in the first-person plural, which I believe was a sign of his fragile psychological state.

A consistent theme in many of his letters was his new PA, Maureen Luschwitz. Maureen's part in Tommy's life puzzles the family to this day. Was she his lover? Or was she just a comfort to him during particularly stressful times?

We shall not know until 2040, when her private correspondence is released. But somehow I doubt there was an affair. You cannot keep a lid that tightly shut for 20 years, from when he met her in 1945 until his death in 1965.

Like so many men, damaged by the war and returning to a wife and children he hardly knew, Tommy crept back into a shell, like a hermit crab.

Things between them did get a little better. In a letter to Fernande at Christmas that year, Track wrote: 'I went up to London for a fortnight to be with him. I think he has a jealous feeling against Mena [her home Menabilly, in Cornwall] because I did it up all by myself, and it had nothing to do with him, but he is nice and seems pleased to see me.

‘He’s in London the whole week.

This grand new job as Military Secretary to the War Office... I realise that the thing that kept our marriage happy was being together, the less we see of each other the more apart we become. There is not even “Cairo” to make a bond.

Tommy would spend his working week in London, returning every evening to a dreary flat in the King's Road. His only solace was the faithful Maureen, who continued as his PA at the Palace. On Friday evenings he would take the last train from Paddington to Par, arriving tetchy and tired.

It was at this time that his family nickname changed. (I never heard my grandfather referred to as Tommy.) Kits found him one Sunday afternoon, packing his suitcase for London with his eight teddy bears, and when asked by Track what Tommy was doing he said: 'Oh, he's in his room, moping.' The nickname stuck, and to the end of his days he was called Moper. I have long been

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‘I saw he had aged 20 years, it tore my heart in two’

sympathetic to my grandfather: he carried a heavy burden in two world wars and it left its mark, as it did for countless other men and women. He was badly in need of help in an age where one was expected to, in Winston Churchill's words: 'keep buggering on'.

But his mood swings were hard to bear, as was his lack of demonstrable affection for Track, those small gestures of intimacy that mean so much in a relationship, and which had come to him so naturally before the war.

Christmas 1947 marked the end of Tommy's career as a soldier and his appointment as Comptroller and Treasurer for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

Mountbatten, who knew Tommy better than anyone from their service together in the Far East, wrote to Prince Philip in the autumn of 1947 in glowing terms: 'Boy has drive, energy, enthusiasm, efficiency and invokes the highest sense of loyalty and affec-

tion in his subordinates... Frankly, Philip, I do not think you can do better.'

Moper was with Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Kenya in February 1952 when the Princess received the news of her father's death. It was his job to organise the immediate return of the new Queen Elizabeth II. He sent Track a terse telegram: 'Returning immediately with Her Majesty and Prince Philip, arriving airport 4.30pm, Thursday.'

When he returned that evening to the London flat Track remarked: 'He had aged 20 years, it tore my heart in two.'

As I read Track's account of this sorrowful time in letters to her friend Ellen Doubleday (of whom more later), there was a small passage that royal historians will find significant for its portrayal of the new Queen's sense of duty: 'Tommy went back to Clarence House after Westminster Hall and the buzzer went, it was The Queen asking for him, Tommy imagined

TOMBOY: Daphne du Maurier smokes as she works at her desk

her prostrate with grief, not a bit of it, she just wanted to approve the Court Circular.'

Track remarked that it gave a wonderful picture of how Queen Elizabeth was, calm and composed, adding that the way she conducted her first Privy Council knocked everyone ‘arseways, she’s going to be terrific’.

Tommy was given a new appointment as Treasurer to Prince

‘Her very being as a writer would be pulled apart’

Philip, in effect becoming his right-hand man. Prince Philip's archives will not be released until 2027 at the earliest, so I cannot comment on their relationship, but I sense it was a close one, encompassing both humour and respect. There was one occasion, at the film premiere of The Cockleshell Heroes in November 1955, when Prince Philip was introduced to Elizabeth Taylor, who was wearing a low-cut dress; Prince Philip turned to Tommy and said: 'Dive in.'

The year 1947 was to prove one of the most challenging of Track's life, and like a plot twist in one of her books, it came from an unexpected direction.

It all started in the autumn of 1941, when a lawsuit was filed in New York by Edwina Levin MacDonald, who claimed that Rebecca had plagiarised material from two of her own works. It was wartime, and the case dragged on until the winter of 1947-48, when Track was called to testify in New York.

Track first heard about the claim in a transatlantic telephone call – highly unusual and expensive in those days – from her US publisher Nelson Doubleday.

The call rocked her. Nelson told her he had already spoken to her British publisher Victor Gollancz. Both agreed they would defend her vigorously.

Mrs MacDonald died in April 1946, but her son decided to take the matter further, and this time Track had to attend court to explain to the judge how and why she had written Rebecca almost a decade earlier. The trial was set for October 1947.

Track was at a low ebb after Tommy's return from the Far East the previous year, a long-awaited homecoming that had promised so much and then been so disappointing. She resigned herself to crossing the Atlantic without Tommy to face what was likely to be an aggressive cross-examination where her very being as a writer, the private world that she alone understood, would be pulled apart.

Nelson Doubleday and his wife Ellen invited her to stay with them in their house, Barberrys, on Long Island. She decided to take the faithful Tod (her former governess Maud Waddell, who became a lifelong friend) with her, and her two youngest children.

She had never met the Double-days and wrote to Ellen Doubleday on August 19, 1947 to thank her for the invitation. 'Dear Mrs Double-day, It may help you to know a little bit about us, I'm God's dullest author, and like nothing so much as to sit around and be absolutely idle, I'm no party-goer, and fall asleep after three martinis.

‘In “austerity” England we don’t have dinner, just baked beans on toast with a stiff gin. I don’t play bridge or any table game.’

Ellen Doubleday took the trouble to travel to England and was then to meet Track and her family on board the Queen Mary, wanting them to feel safe and that they had nothing to fear.

Four months later, Track wrote to Ellen about that first meeting in her stateroom on the ship: 'Darling love, you do write the most heavenly letters, calculated to raise even the lowest blood pressure to giddy heights ...

'When the door of B.108 opened and in you walked, twenty years were wiped out in an instant, and I was not Lady Browning aged 40 years going to stay with Mrs Doubleday. I was a boy of eighteen all over again, with nervous hands and a beating heart, incurably romantic, and wanting to throw a cloak before his lady's feet.'

This last sentence might suggest Track wrestling with her ‘boy in the box’, (which I described in yesterday’s extract – her reference to herself sometimes as a boy named Eric Avon which some have taken to mean she had transgender leanings. The family, myself included, doubt this and think she was simply a tomboy).

I believe in this instance Track, who loved Elizabethan history, wrote it in reference to the legend of Sir Walter Raleigh throwing his cloak at the feet of Elizabeth I.

The trial was an ordeal for Track. The prosecuting lawyers were combative and aggressive, listing 46 parallels between one of Mrs MacDonald's novels, Blind Windows, and Rebecca.

The questions were relentless, those clever leading questions designed to trip up the wariest of defendants: 'Miss du Maurier, I understand you read the Times Literary Supplement, do you not?

'Trial left her mentally and physically exhausted'

So you must have read a review of Mrs MacDonald's story published in 1928 ...’

Not a single piece of incontrovertible evidence was presented, but to Track as she stood in the witness box, close to 4,000 miles from home, it must have seemed an awful ordeal. Track returned to England on the Queen Mary after the trial had ended in mid-November. She was mentally and physically exhausted.

Though Tommy called the doctor, who prescribed complete rest, he did not realise that her despondency owed as much to the trial as

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to her growing obsession with Ellen Doubleday. In mid-January 1948, Ellen wrote to Daphne with the news that the judge had handed down his decision in her favour, which I consider a masterpiece of understatement.

Daphne wrote regularly to Ellen, but Ellen was not quite so forthcoming; for every three letters she sent to Ellen, she received just one back. It was not indifference, just that Ellen was composed and calm, rarely given to illusion.

Theirs was a deep friendship but nothing Venetian.

If Track felt unrequited, she did what she always did, and that was to sort out her emotional life through her writing.

Back in Mena and with Moper in London she wrote a play, September Tide, in a fortnight.

It was for, and about, Ellen. It is the story of a widow who falls in love with her daughter's husband, a young artist. It is of course a tale of unrequited love.

The ‘heterosexualising’ of her affection allowed Track to bring her complex feelings out into the open. She did, however, confess the truth to Ellen in a letter in early 1948: ‘I got giggles thinking about the play the other

‘Let me look after you and love you physically’

morning, and imagined a newspaper reporter asking me: "Tell me, Miss du Maurier, from where did you get your inspiration?" And me answering with a sweet smile: "From my American publisher's wife."

‘Actually, I’d prefer to be stretched on the rack and hung, drawn and quartered rather than admit such a thing.’

The play's success reawakened Track's zest for life.

But her newfound buoyancy was upended by the news of Nelson Doubleday's death on January 11, 1949. She wrote immediately to Ellen, and returned to the overtly emotional tone of her first letters:

‘Let me look after you and love you always – and be with you always mentally and sometimes physically when I can cross the many miles to be with you.’

Track never made the trip to comfort Ellen. Ellen did not reply to her letter.

Her letters to Ellen from late 1949 show her reluctance to let go of her dream that they could be more than just friends.

After settling her son Kits into his new school, Track arranged a holiday in Paris and Italy with Ellen, a trip full of expectation.

Ellen had postponed a number of times, hesitant as to Track's real intentions. She finally agreed to the trip but put things straight on their first night in Paris: there would be no Venice (du Maurier code for lesbianism).

The ten days in France and Italy were wounding for Track. She realised that she had to try to exorcise Ellen from her mind.

She had to kill her off and could only do that by calling on what she called her No. 2 side, the towering, creative part of her character where she could resolve her emotional life.

As she walked in the early evening with Ellen, an idea came to her and when they returned to their hotel she quickly wrote it down. This germ of an idea was to morph into one of her most famous novels, My Cousin Rachel.

Set in Cornwall, it explores themes of obsession, suspicion and ambiguity between a young heir, Philip Ashley, and his cousin's widow, Rachel. Track admitted in a letter to her friend and fellow novelist Oriel Malet that Ellen was the 'peg' (or inspiration in du Maurier family code) for Rachel: 'You

ON May 17, 1962, Michael Adeane called to inform Track that the Queen and Prince Philip would like to come and have tea on July 23, during their visit to the Duchy of Cornwall farms.

'My summer is doomed,' wrote Track to her friend Oriel Malet. 'It's the end. I have only a few cups not cracked in the tea-service and Bibby, the dog who is suspicious of strangers, will make a dive for her feet.'

Track was even more concerned about whether the Queen would want to go to the downstairs loo, as the upstairs landing was festooned with prints of the Grand Old Duke of York in bed with his mistress – Daphne's great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke. 'What's the protocol? Should I take them down?' she asked Oriel.

The royal visit brought the worst out in Tommy, who ‘pitched in about the shabbiness of everything and wanted a great sit-down tea in the dining room like they have in Balmoral’.

Track nearly filed for divorce papers but got her way with three small tables in Mena's long room, where everyone could help themselves, though Tommy arranged for the steward from the Royal Fowey Yacht Club to wait on the Queen.

He also brought in George, his burly boatman, as second butler, a task to which he was singularly ill-suited.

The run-up to the Queen's arrival was a merry-go-round of cleaning, polishing, searching for unchipped plates and teaspoons, and ‘tea-cloth thingies to cover the tables’. Aunt Flave was sent

have to make a Peg a main character, otherwise you won't get them out of your system. If you can, kill them off in the story, because then the Peggishness will go.

‘I know because when I had that (to me, rather silly now!) “thing” about Ellen, it was only by Pegging the Rachel woman on her, that I was able to rid myself of her.’

The book was published in July 1951, with a first print run of

CLOSE: Daphne and 'Moper' before he was posted abroad in 1944 on a shopping spree in London, ‘endless cakes from Fortnum’s and new Rockingham plates, silver borrowed from the Carlyon family at Tregrehan House’. Track did all the flowers – ‘27 vases of the stuff’ – and put on a skirt for the occasion: ‘I wore my ice-blue linen three-piece from Chanel, the one hot day of the year, I could have done with something silk but I can’t stand the English County dingy dowager look.’

Nature did call, so Track took the Queen and her lady-in-waiting, Lady Leicester, to the guest room, neatly avoiding the lampoons

'Philip prowled about like a caged tiger'

of the Duke of York with his mistress Mary Anne Clarke.

The Queen said little, merely fixing the cracks in the guest room ceiling with an inscrutable expression.

The tea was one of forced politeness, Tommy perched next to the Queen, Track next to Prince Philip, who hated sitting still and prowled about liked a caged tiger.

Track remarked when it was all over that ‘Tommy was very pleased because it did show a mark of consideration to him after years of devoted service. Mind you, I felt rather like coming out of a dentist when a tooth had been successfully and painlessly drawn.’

125,000 copies. It was a critical triumph. The film rights were sold for £50,000.

The New York Times, not given to false flattery, described it as a ‘superlative suspense novel’ and Track as a ‘mistress of controlled mystery where every act and motive might conceal innocence or guilt’. For years she received letters from fans asking the eternal question: was Rachel guilty or not guilty of poisoning her husband Ambrose Ashley, and later attempting to poison his cousin and heir, Philip?

Most of her earnings were hoovered up by the tax man

DESPITE the huge earnings over her lifetime, most of which went to the Inland Revenue (before 1973, she was paying the top rate of 91.25 per cent tax), Track was wonderfully generous to friends and family.

A letter she wrote to Ellen revealed not only her personal generosity but the level of tax she was paying: 'With my earnings from the play in London and The King's General, I'm now one of those people who earn only six pence in the pound (\$0.07!).

I have financed Tommy's boat and the boatyard, gave £500 to our old nanny to start a business, £500 to Tommy's mother, £500 to an old friend who's poor as a

church mouse and I'm now having to find £30,000 for tax. More fool me for not stuffing it away in a tax account.'

These were huge sums in those days. Yet the du Mauriers were always generous, and Track never gave a moment's thought to helping friends or family members who were hard up.

She always wrote back with the same answer: 'I don't know. No more than Philip. Nor does it matter.' As she told Ellen: 'The real point of the story is that jealousy is swifter poison than laburnum seeds.'

● Adapted from Last Night I Dreamt by Paul de Zulueta (Virago, £25), to be published September 3. © Paul de Zulueta 2026. To order a copy for £22.50 (offer valid to September 12, 2026; UK P&P free on orders over £25) go to www.mailshop.co.uk/books or call 020 3176 2937.

Harriet Kean

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Deal or no Deeley? Cat and ex drop asking price on £5m home

SPLITTING up is never easy, but it can be even harder if you share property and need to offload it in a market stuck in the doldrums.

Cat Deeley and husband Patrick Kielty are learning just that after being forced to knock £250,000 off the asking price of their not-so-forever home.

They had grand plans for the doer-upper they bought in Hampstead, north London back in 2022 – but they've never spent a night there.

The couple, who have two sons, had planned to transform it with a ‘Los Angeles feel’, but the project came to a halt following their separation last year after 13 years of marriage. The house is now being advertised for sale by Savills for £5million – a quarter of a million less than they had initially asked.

Earlier this summer, Cat, 49, posted a picture of herself in a bikini on a sit-on lawnmower, right. Some might suggest she give her Hampstead home some similar care to bring in the buyers.

As well as dropping the price, Savills has also dropped the unenticing words ‘poor condition’ from the property sales brochure. Instead, buyers are now assured that ‘the existing building is identified as a positive building’.

Sources said in July that Cat and comedian Patrick, 55, realised the Hampstead revamp was too big an undertaking for either of them alone.

‘It was with a heavy heart that Cat and Patrick decided to halt the work,’ said a source close to them. ‘It’s heartbreaking. They put a lot of time into it and had an amazing vision not just for what the house would look like, but that their boys would grow up there.’ Pictures previously published by the Mail showed the property in an ‘abandoned’ state – something that may not have helped its hefty price tag.

The Moss family: a (very) short history

LILA Moss appears to have inherited more than mother Kate's modelling genes – she's also raiding her noughties wardrobe.

The 23-year-old, left, seems a double of mum as she poses for a selfie in barely-there shorts, recalling Kate's leggy looks from her heyday.

Kate, 52, made micro shorts a festival staple, below, memorably pairing them with Hunter

wellies at Glastonbury.

Lilal may have skipped mother's hard-partying ways but when it comes to style she certainly doesn't fall short!

IT IS not just the temperatures that have risen this summer – so has the social standing of Lady Emma Thynn, 40, the Marchioness of Bath. Her Channel 5 documentary Inside Longleat, her home in Wiltshire, has just returned for series two and her second TV show Ladies of London is coming to Channel 4. Now I can reveal that she's been holidaying with King Charles's goddaughter, designer India Hicks.

Big hand for brave sting victim Trinny

BEAUTY mogul Trinny Woodall knows all about a smooth, plumped look but she was less than delighted this week when a wasp gave her hand the same treatment, right.

The What Not to Wear host, 62, revealed her hand had swollen like a balloon after a sting, leaving her awake all night and fretting about an engagement next day.

‘I have something important tomorrow and I can’t have a big hand for it,’ she lamented.

‘One hand is lovely. The other is huge.’

I will delete my life, says Jamie

JAMIE Laing has made a career out of sharing his life, from Made in Chelsea to a Disney+ show about becoming a father. But he fears baby son Ziggy may not appreciate his candour with wife Sophie Habboo, right. 'When Ziggy hits five I'm deleting our history from the internet,' says Jamie, 37. Sophie, 31, adds: 'He's going to be ashamed of us. Four more years and we've got to vanish.'

♦LEONARDO DiCaprio is often surrounded by models at parties but not everyone makes the cut. Ed Sheeran's business partner Liberty Shaw claims one of the actor's entourage called security on her at a Cannes bash, saying she was 'too ugly' to be in DiCaprio's presence. Years later Liberty was partying with the singer after the Met Gala in New York when DiCaprio, 51, approached and asked if she'd attended. She shot back: 'No, I was too ugly to go!' He may have an Oscar but Liberty got the last laugh...

Tilly's toast

TILLY Ramsay's attempt to follow in her father Gordon's TV chef footsteps has gone off the boil.

The 24-year-old's Amazon Prime Video cooking show will not return to our screens anytime soon.

After insiders told me of the decision to leave Dish It Out at just one series, my spies noticed Tilly, seen left with Ramsay, had begun talking about the show in the past tense. 'That was amazing,' she said, 'a real learning experience.'

Ramsay's team were contacted for comment.

By ROSS CLARK

T RAINED in Slough last week but like most of southern England it has spent the last month sweltering under a hosepipe ban. Its lawns and parks remain parched and brown and children's paddling pools lie folded up in the garage. The town is officially designated as being in a ‘water-stressed’ area, which means that – even at the best of times – the demand for water is close to, or even exceeds, the amount available.

But following heatwave after heatwave, Thames Water's reservoirs are only 74 per cent full at a time of year when they would normally be expected to be at 87 per cent capacity.

‘Small changes, such as taking shorter showers, turning off taps and avoiding non-essential water use outdoors, all help to reduce pressure on our network,’ Thames Water advised its customers.

But not everyone is mucking in. When local residents look up at the cooling towers on the Slough Trading Estate, they see a different world: one where there seems to be no shortage of water whatsoever.

That's because Slough's commercial premises are not subject to the hosepipe and sprinkler ban. Indeed, they can use as much water as they like.

And that's bad news for Thames Water's private customers because Slough's industrial zone has become a hub of Britain's burgeoning data centre industry, with 32 of them housed within the town. They consume water as greedily as camels at an oasis.

Frustratingly, there is no publicly available data that reveals exactly how much water each data centre uses but, according to the trade body TechUK, one in 25 of them uses more than 100,000 cubic metres of water every year. And 14 per cent of them are using between 10,000 and 100,000 cubic metres.

On closer inspection, however, it only seems to have surveyed 72 of the 500-plus data centres in Britain. How much water is used by the other 400-odd is anyone's guess.

To put this in context, 100,000 cubic metres equates to the amount of water consumed by 3,000 households, the volume required to fill 40 Olympic-sized swimming pools and is ten times as much as is used collectively by England's 2,200 golf courses.

While we're ordered to take short showers intelligence data centre can use the same

THE AI MONSTER EATING THE WORLD

UNFORTUNATELY, a data centre's water consumption goes up massively during the hot summer weather – at precisely the time water is most likely to

be in short supply. US research suggests a data centre can consume 25 times as much water on a summer day as on a winter one.

They require large amounts of water because they are voracious consumers of energy: Slough's data centres are estimated to gobble up 65 per cent of all the electricity consumed in the town.

Such huge energy consumption generates vast quantities of waste heat, which has to be dissipated somehow.

While around half of all data centres use air cooling, the larger ones tend to use water cooling systems, which rely on evaporation to bring down the temperature.

Despite the data centres' vast appetite for water, however, local residents claim that they can still feel the heat from the bases.

According to a Cambridge University study published earlier this year, a large data centre is theoretically capable of raising temperatures in its vicinity to the tune of 2C.

That said, because the effect is so heavily localised, there is little evidence to suggest that the town of Slough as a whole is suffering from the heat more than other places nearby. On August 13, when the village of Wisley, 20 miles away in Surrey, recorded the year's maximum temperature of 38.1C, Slough's weather station – which lies half a mile from the cluster of data centres – peaked at a slightly more bearable 37.6C.

But the data centres' thirst is increasing exponentially as the tech giants' artificial intelligence (AI) models become ever more complex.

In 2023, a University of California study calculated that a data centre will consume the equivalent of a half-litre bottle of water for every 10 to 15 tasks it is asked to perform. As a large data centre will undertake many millions of such tasks a day, that adds up to a big strain on the water supply.

Yet the dizzying increase in the power of AI models suggests that this estimate may be already out of date.

Their demand for electricity is already increasing remarkably. A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimated that Meta's AI model Llama 3, introduced in July 2024, consumed as much electricity to perform a task as simple as producing a travel itinerary for Istanbul as it takes to ride an e-bike six feet.

Months later, however, an improved version was using as much electricity as it takes to propel the same bike 400 feet.

With the increase in power consumption comes a proportional increase in water usage. Google, for example, reported that its water consumption increased by 34 per cent in 2025 alone. In evidence to the House of

Commons Environmental Audit Committee last month, Water UK – the trade body for the water industry – warned that the government's policy of trebling the number of data centres in Britain by 2030 has failed to take account of the amount of water they consume.

It stated: ‘Despite the extraordinary growth envisaged and desired, the government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems. The government’s forecasts for England’s future water needs also explicitly exclude data centres.’

Water UK also pointed out that water scarcity is already compromising the government's house-building plans and preventing other sorts of businesses from expanding. 'The situation is so bad that, solely due to a lack of water, the Environment Agency objected to a cancer hospital being built near Cambridge,' it added.

and not use hosepipes, a single artificial amount of $\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O}$ as 3,000 homes. That's why...

Yet data centres can sidestep restrictions put on other forms of development because, two years ago, the government designated data centres as Critical National Infrastructure, meaning that they can be rushed through the planning system.

Water UK's words are echoed in a report by the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance, which draws its members from government, tech companies, academia and the non-profit sector.

It describes the refusal to take water usage into account as ‘a systemic planning failure, indicating a disconnect between the nation’s digital economy growth ambitions and its fundamental resource management strategies’.

In other words, the government has geared its growth strategy so much around water-hungry data centres that it risks reducing the rest of the economy to a constant state of thirst.

Not only that, data centres

‘We’ve failed to build a reservoir in 30 years’

are sucking ever more power from an already over-stretched electricity grid.

In 2024, they are estimated to have drawn 2,400 gigawatt-hours of energy, two per cent of Britain's total energy consumption.

Last month, Energy Minister Lord Hunt, in answer to a question

in the House of Lords, revealed that this figure had already grown to 2.5 per cent. And things will only get worse. In March, North Lincolnshire Council granted planning permission for what will be Britain's largest data centre yet:

Elsham Tech Park, on a 435-acre site near Scunthorpe.

The government has designated North Lincolnshire as a growth area for data centres partly because of a large number of wind and solar farms in the area, but their energy supply is not reliable enough for a data centre.

And it has the potential to draw power of one gigawatt, which represents about three per cent of Britain's average power demand.

While the plans include a gas power station on site, this would produce a maximum of 50 megawatts – 5 per cent of what the data centre is projected to consume.

So the Elsham plan also includes provision for an astonishing 650 back-up diesel generators, each one of them producing 2.5 megawatts, or as much power as 25 diesel cars. While the rest of us are told we might be subjected to surge pricing or rationing on cloudy, windless days, Elsham data centre will be able to keep going by spewing out vast quantities of diesel fumes.

As diesel is a particularly dirty form of fossil-fuel powered generation, a single data centre will blow a huge hole in former Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's dream of a near carbon-free electricity grid by 2030.

Then there's the small matter of water consumption. The planning application for Elsham includes sections on the welfare of bats and breeding birds, as well as minutiae such as making provision for staff to be able to cycle to work, but it hardly addresses the issue of water use at all.

This is because the developers behind the tech park, Greystoke Land, say they will use a ‘closed loop’ cooling system which keeps on circulating water without any need regularly to top it up.

It's a system that is becoming increasingly popular in data centres around the world and most of the relevant bodies appear to agree that it works. According to Water UK, cooling systems of this sort can reduce water consumption to less than one per cent of other data centres. And North Lincolnshire Council says that it accepts the plant's water use will be 'minimal'. But use of the closed loop system comes at a hefty price: it makes a data centre even more power-hungry.

When former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer revealed his vision of the UK becoming a world powerhouse in AI last January, he seemed to take no account of the impact of data centres on our water and energy supplies.

He also rode roughshod over the views of people who might one day find such a centre on their doorstep. In the same month, planning permission was granted for a 20-acre data centre on Green Belt land next to Mimms service station on the M25 – another water-stressed area.

Housebuilders and other developers have been kept off the land

‘They’re energy water and land-hungry monsters’

for 70 years on environmental grounds but now it appears that, if you want to build a data centre, it is fine to eat into the increasingly scarce precious fragments of countryside left around London.

Data centres may appear to be shining beacons of a modern, clean economy but, in reality, they are energy, water and land-hungry monsters – far more so than the cotton mills which symbolised the industrial revolution.

As so little serious thought has been put into how they can be accommodated, they threaten to overload our infrastructure.

Britain is a country that has not only failed to build a single reservoir in 30 years but closed down its coal-fired power stations prematurely as part of the mad dash to net zero.

As a result, we are suffering endless water shortages (the current hosepipe ban was introduced despite a wet winter).

And the electricity grid is struggling to cope, running into serious problems in June's heatwave, which apart from increasing demand for electricity to run air conditioning units and fans, made power stations less efficient and transmission wires less effective.

It is one thing to promise that Britain will become an AI powerhouse, quite another to tell people that they can't water their lawn, or even have a bath or a long shower because the data centre down the road needs the water.

In the government's headlong rush to make us one of the world's AI superpowers, something is going to have to give.

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You don't say! Makers of BBC's Casualty finally admit it was an attack on Mrs T

By Chris Hastings

THE creators of the BBC medical drama Casualty have finally admitted that the show was designed as an attack on Margaret Thatcher's health policies.

Paul Unwin and Jeremy Brock, who launched the show in 1986, say they were inspired to write the drama because of what they saw as the Conservative government's dire neglect of the NHS.

The two men have come clean at last about the show's political origins in an interview to mark its 40th birthday next Sunday.

On today's edition of Radio 4's The Reunion, presenter Kirsty Wark asks Unwin directly if the show was designed to be critical of Mrs Thatcher's Government.

He replies: 'Yes. In fact, our original pitch began with the line, "In 1948, a dream was born. In 1985, the dream was in tatters". Pretentious? A little bit. But we did really mean it, and we really did feel the BBC was behind us in trying to say this great national institution was under real pressure.'

Even the programme's title had political undertones. TV bosses initially planned to

call the programme Front Line or City Hospital, before realising the name Casualty was more in keeping with its political agenda.

Brock said: 'I think Casualty came up as a consequence of us realising there was a lovely double meaning in the title. You had the casualties who came in and then you had the staff who were the casualties of a system that was under-funding them and putting them under incredible pressure.'

Catherine Shipton, who played Nurse Duffy, one of the show's most popular characters, recalled producer Geraint Morris telling staff about the show's mission statement. She said: 'Geraint gave us this speech. It just felt like a huddle. This was a maverick group of people, and he said this is

'National institution was under great pressure'

FROM PATIENTS ...TO SUPERSTARS

anti-cuts, pro-NHS, that is what we are doing here.

‘It just chimed with everything I personally believed, and I just thought I can’t believe that every word that’s going to come out of my mouth, I’ll believe it.’

Although Casualty was an instant hit, many viewers agreed with Edwina Currie, the then junior health minister, that it was too negative about the state of the NHS. At the time, the BBC refuted suggestions of political bias, claiming the show was just honest.

The political heat which surrounded the show in its early days had serious consequences for Peter Salt, a real-life nurse who was also its medical consultant.

He was warned that his NHS career might be affected if he continued with the television role.

He told The Reunion: 'My career nearly ended or abruptly came to a stop very early on.

When the show started the hospital authorities were saying, "This is great. Shining a light on the hospital is very, very good". As soon as the Government started getting their tuppence worth in, I was approached and told, "Are you sure you want to keep doing this? You might want to be running this department one day". Salt said he interpreted that as a threat.

Casualty, which aired its 41st series earlier this year, is one of the world's longest-running

1 Nineteen-year-old Jodie Comer – who would later find fame in BBC comedy drama Killing Eve – starred in a 2012 episode as Mary Eldon, one of two teenage sisters trying to escape from their violent father.

2 Titanic star Kate Winslet was 17 when she appeared in a 1993 episode as a teenager who learns her boyfriend has been abusing his sister.

3 Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom – then only 19 – appeared in a 1996 episode playing a builder with a history of self-harm.

4 Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, then just 20, played one of two friends caught up in a real life horror on a ghost train back in 2013.

When he was 27, and well before The Office or The Hobbit trilogy, Martin Freeman popped up in 1998 playing petty criminal Ricky Beck.

Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston, then 26, appeared in 2007 episode The Killing Floor when his character abseiled down a block of flats and knocked a young mum off her balcony.

Future Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston, then also 26, played a patient dealing with an HIV diagnosis in the 1990 episode A Reasonable Man.

dramas. Over the years, it has helped launch the careers of some of the world's biggest stars.

Titanic star Kate Winslet, Lord Of The Rings actor Orlando Bloom and Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley all appeared in the show when they were complete unknowns.

Ms Winslet was only 17 when she appeared as an anxious babysitter in a 1993 episode.

Catherine Shipton recalled a young actress who had little time for the onset banter which occurred between takes.

She said: 'She [Kate] was about 17. She was very concentrated.... She would just take herself to one side and stay in the zone and not enter into the banter. But I did sense somebody who loved her

DAN HODGES IS AWAY profession and who worked really hard at her profession.'

The Reunion is on BBC Radio 4 today at 10am and is available via the BBC Sounds app.

The broadcaster is also promising a ‘gripping’ 40th anniversary Casualty double-bill special that ‘centres on a high-stakes major incident that throws Holby into chaos’. It will be aired on BBC iPlayer on Saturday.

QUOTES of the week

‘We have a gulf and we have a lake – now all we need is an ocean.’

Donald Trump after he orders Lake Ontario to be called Lake America, having previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico.

'They have no kind of showbiz sense, they have no Barnum & Bailey flair. They plod along in this horrible box-ticking way and disregard their audience.' Vanessa Feltz is furious about how the BBC treats its radio stars.

'I wasn't going to dress like Margaret Thatcher'

The trial of teacher Sally-Anne Bowen, found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage boys, hears descriptions of her behaviour at Christ's College in Finchley, North London.

'It was like a tsunami from the sky'

Bithal Nath Upreti, president of Nepal Centre for Disaster Management, describes the horror of the flash flood caused by a glacier collapse.

'Oh my God. I think I want to cry. I will wake up in the morning and say, "Who's that?"' Isabel Johansen is stunned to see football star boyfriend Erling Haaland's new buzz cut.

'There are niche subjects and then there's that.'

Social media user after Mastermind contestant Emily Medhurst answered questions on upholstery patterns used by Transport for London.

'They know that they've got rivals at court... so you might see a spicier interchange.'

Royal author Andrew Morton predicts William and Kate's potential reaction to the return of Harry and Meghan.

'It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.'

Dolly Parton, who died this week, on her inimitable look

Inside the modern-day Noah's Ark built by a billionaire's son who paid Rihanna £5m to sing at his wedding

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HE beautiful cheetah lies unconscious on the operating table as the world's finest vets battle to mend her shattered back leg. I watch as they pin the limb together with two titanium plates in a meticulous three-hour operation at an animal hospital in India, where cheetahs were hunted to extinction 80 years ago.

'A maharaja killed the last three cheetahs in 1947, but he will have fired from an English-made rifle,' muses Professor Gerard Steenkamp, the vet who operated on the animal with an eight-strong medical team.

The young cheetah, called Dorcas, was flown here in 2024 from a South African sanctuary thousands of miles away that ran out of funds during Covid.

Self-indulgent vanity project... or a noble mission that has saved 150,000 animals from terrible suffering? SUE REID visits the world's biggest wildlife sanctuary to find out

She has joined an extraordinary 150,000 endangered animals from 2,000 species and 44 countries, all brought to Vantara, the world's biggest animal sanctuary and conservation centre.

It is owned by the Ambani family, the richest in India, and sits in 4,500 acres in Gujarat state in the west of the country. It has 22 state-of-the-art hospitals where animals are treated and money is no object.

The creatures, including birds and reptiles, have been found in private pet collections, or waiting for death in small cages at bushmeat markets, abandoned in war zones and at defunct zoos.

Elephants have been rescued from European and Indian circuses or from logging camps where they are forced to carry heavy loads for 18 hours a day.

Some of the creatures here were bred in captivity to be shot by illegal trophy hunters or for their body parts in a multi-billion-pound trafficking trade in ivory and traditional medicines. Others have been saved from floods, hurricanes or drought.

A ten-year-old royal Bengal Tiger called Pancham was caught up in a conflict between humans and wildlife – he killed eight Indian villagers, some of them as they collected firewood.

‘These tigers don’t actually like the taste of human flesh,’ said Dr Boon Allwin, the senior vet caring for big cats at Vantara, as the animal – growling while waving its tail – lunged at me when I peered into his enclosure during my visit last week. 'We don't blame him for what he did. He had tooth problems and was looking for an easy meal of domestic goat when he came across humans and pounced on them from behind.'

At least 100 calls a day come into Vantara from across the globe asking for help. With 5,000 staff,

‘We don’t blame him. He was looking for an easy meal’

From SUE REID

many of them scientists and biologists, the answer is nearly always yes, even with a dangerous customer like Pancham, who was spared retribution because killing tigers is illegal in India.

When a natural disaster hits, a 'war room' of the top brass plans how to assist animal victims efficiently and humanely before medical teams are dispatched to find them, whether in far-flung countries or in India itself. The priority

IN GUJARAT, INDIA

is always to try to give them a new home or a guardian in their native habitat, but many are brought here to Vantara.

I was invited to visit the animal sanctuary as it prepares to exchange its groundbreaking research with London's Natural History Museum in a ten-year agreement, which many believe will have a huge impact on our understanding of wildlife.

Top-level scientific investigations are being conducted here on a mammoth scale into wildlife health, genetics and breeding, with the end game of saving endangered animals so they can be returned to their natural habitats.

Vantara also has the world's biggest animal biobank, having collected one million samples of blood, tissue and DNA from more than 1,000 species, including its 260 rescued Asian elephants. It is hoping this massive data trawl will help human health, too, by cracking medical puzzles such as why a giant tusker has multiple genes that appear to be resistant to cancer while humans possess very few of them.

The centre is collecting venom from thousands of snakes for research into how to treat their bites, which kill 140,000 people a year globally, with more than half of the victims in India.

The scale of this modern-day Noah's Ark is overwhelming. It reeks of money and bristles with high-tech equipment.

Hundreds of millions of trees

on the site, which is twice the size of Richmond Park in south-west London. Yet as recently as 2009, it was just an arid patch of land

where a 30-year-old elephant called Gauri was housed by the founder Anant Ambani, the youngest son of India's richest man.

The story told by Vantara is that Anant, on a family trip near Jaipur as a 12-year-old, spotted the distressed animal hobbling in tight leg chains with her mahout, or keeper, as she performed tricks for coins on a blisteringly hot street. He asked his father, Mukesh Ambani – worth more than £74billion as head of the vast petrochemical, energy, textile and telecommunications conglomerate Reliance Industries – to save her.

The result was that Gauri and her mahout were brought to the Reliance hub in Gujarat where an elephant sanctuary was set up, which was then expanded into Vantara. The beasts often arrive with their mahouts, who are taught that the carrot and not the stick is the way to care for them.

And yet the facility has courted considerable controversy. Some conservationists claim it is simply a private collection or zoo belonging to the son of a billionaire whose self-indulgence hit the headlines two years ago with his £450million, six-day wedding in Gujarat to Radhika Merchant, the daughter of a pharmaceutical company tycoon. An occasion of unprecedented opulence at which Rihanna sang (in return for a rumoured £5.5million) and which was attended by 1,200 guests including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft's Bill Gates.

Although it has been cleared of

Furthermore, it said the proximity of Vantara to the Reliance oil refinery on the same estate ‘raises environmental and welfare concerns’. Petrochemical complexes are highly polluting, leading many to question the impact of air and water quality on the animals there.

In one critique, the Big Cat Rescue organisation in Florida has claimed, in the face of Vantara's denials, that the centre runs a secretive and highly controversial operation amassing an astonishing number of wild animals or 'living trophies', many from questionable sources. 'If Vantara and its backers truly care about conservation, they should focus on protecting wildlife habitats rather than accumulating captive animals,' it added in a tart condemnation.

For its part, Vantara states that the refinery is remarkable for having zero carbon emissions.

However, last week it announced a reset, shifting away from importing animals and towards supporting conservation, rescue centres, and veterinary hospitals in their countries of origin. It said: 'We want to be judged not by how many animals come here, but by how many animals are helped where they belong... and the science and expertise we are able to share with the world.'

This rethink is expected to influence whether a herd of hippos, which escaped after being bought by the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, should be brought to Gujarat ‘for lifelong’ help. In April, Anant Ambani said he was ‘willing to receive’ the descendants of two exotic African animals that were illegally imported to Colombia by Escobar.

wrongdoing by India's supreme court and Cites, the world's watchdog on trade in endangered species, Vantara has been accused of taking in too many creatures too fast, of sidestepping strict rules on importing animals from places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates.

After he died in a police shoot-out in 1993, the hippos were allowed to roam and multiply

It is not open to the public, which has led to claims of secrecy, although when I visited the local school, financed by Reliance, ten-year-olds told me that they, like many other young Indians, often paid educational visits, then reeled off the species of animals and birds they had seen.

along a river, where they regularly attack fishermen and other locals. They are known as the ‘cocaine hippos’ and may now stay in Colombia, with Vantara playing a pivotal role in their management to safeguard them and villagers living nearby.

Whatever the criticism, however, the animals at Vantara tug at

‘We want to be judged by the expertise we share’

the heartstrings. I held the hand of a rescued chimpanzee confined to a wheelchair after a stroke, threw an apple into the water for a bear that had been caged and had never learned to swim until it arrived here, saw Indian elephants recovering from hideous cruelty and now enjoying water massages in a giant jacuzzi, and giraffes that faced death during droughts in Namibia drinking at water holes in a huge paddock. Then there is

Gracia, a two-year-old jaguar born at Vantara after her pregnant mother was rescued from a private Mexico zoo where she had been impregnated by her brother.

As a result of inbreeding, Gracia is deformed. Her hips malfunction, she drags her back legs; her internal organs are damaged, and she is in constant pain. 'She needs a lifetime of care, and we are giving it to her,' says Dr Allwin, Vantara's big cat expert.

The sanctuary also cares for Dhonmati, a 50-year-old elephant tortured during a lifetime of begging on Indian streets. Her mahout wanted to get rid of her after a car crashed into her back legs, fracturing them. 'The bones had grown together so she was bow-legged and could not walk far.

'Her whole body was tipping forward to avoid the pain. She refused to open her mouth, with rotting teeth, because it hurt her. She had ulcers in her eyes,' said Kuni Joshi, the 29-year-old senior biologist for elephants. Very slowly, Dhonmati has recovered. Her teeth and eyes have been successfully treated.

eyes were poked and pricked by her mahout. This is a common practice done to break the animal's spirit and render her docile enough to be a tourist elephant that draws crowds – in Champa's case for nearly half a century.

She has also been introduced to another rescued elephant, 50-year-old Champa, who is blind after her

WILDLIFE WONDERLAND: Chimps at Vantara, along with Bagheera the brown bear, Gracia the disabled jaguar, and Dhonmati the injured elephant

They are inseparable. ‘Champa uses Dhonmati as her guide, following her everywhere because she can smell her,’ explained Ms Joshi. ‘If we had not rescued Dhonmati, she would have been abandoned and died of starvation.’

As for Dorcas, she is a ‘king cheetah’ and one of the rarest animals in the world. A genetic mutation means her coat and 3ft tail is

‘If we had not rescued her she would have died’

covered in large blotches and stripes rather than the spots of a standard cheetah.

She is recovering from her operation. I watched her being carried, under anaesthetic and covered in tubes, to the theatre with all the care a human patient would receive. One of the vets was going on to give a ‘tooth overhaul’ to a chameleon at Vantara later in the day.

Twenty-four hours after the op, cheetah behaviourist Craig Gouws, who is in charge of Dorcas, explained: 'I have been watching her every two hours, she has started hobbling around, she has taken the antibiotics and pain relievers I offered her on a piece of raw meat. We have removed all the furniture in her enclosure so she cannot knock her leg, which was broken when she put it down a hole in the ground during the hours after her first-ever mating.'

Now Vantara is waiting to see if Dorcas is pregnant. If tests in two weeks are positive, her cub is likely to become part of an effort by Vantara and government officials to restore the fastest land animal to the wild in India.

On the last day at this extraordinary place, I am told that an emergency operation is underway to rescue Joymoti, a 53-year-old elephant who has spent a lifetime carrying timber on her back at a logging camp in Assam state, north-eastern India, 1,800 miles and a six-day road drive away.

She fell into a river during floods in July and was swept along for 40 miles before being pulled ashore by locals.

A heartbreaking video of her in the river, with only the tip of her trunk above the waterline as she struggles to breathe, has been watched online around the world.

The Vantara team took six hours to persuade the traumatised creature to enter a crate when they found her. She was airlifted to Gujarat and driven in a special elephant ambulance to the centre for emergency medical help.

Her crate was lowered to the ground by a forklift, the doors were hauled open by vets, and Joymoti looked out cautiously at her new paradise. Like the other animals here, she was safe at last.

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STRUGGLE: Sandra Yarwood with the 32 penalties for her VW Golf

By Nicholas Pyke

RETURNING from two weeks' holiday, Sandra Yarwood had no idea that anything was amiss with the small, black Volkswagen Golf still parked in the street outside.

Until, that is, the traffic violation notices started pouring through the letter box.

The media consultant from Earl's Court in London, was astonished to receive no fewer than 32 separate £90 fines from seven different local authorities, accompanied by claims she'd driven in bus lanes, parked illegally and violated no-traffic zones across the capital.

Ms Yarwood, who was in Canada at the time of the offences, soon realised she was the victim of a registration-plate cloning scam now sweeping Britain.

Thousands of motorists a year find that fraudulent copies of their number plates have been attached to completely different vehicles, and then used to avoid traffic fines or even commit crime. In Ms Yarwood's case, the cloned registration number had been fixed to a similar black Golf in south London.

Yet it was when she tried to contest the £2,800-worth of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) that her nightmare truly began.

She said: 'I can't count the hours I've spent fighting the tech and the bureaucracy. They make it as hard as possible to contest traffic fines. Most of the time you can't speak to anyone at all. The default position is that you must have done it.'

Her plates were cloned in the middle of June but eight weeks on, Sandra says she still has two £90 fines hanging over her and, because she missed a deadline, was ordered by Lewisham Council to appear before legal tribunals set for February 2027. She said: 'I thought if I reported that my car had been cloned to the DVLA and the police, and quoted the incident

'They make it as hard as possible to contest fines'

reference number, that would be enough. But no, I was deluged with follow-up letters demanding proof of where my car was at the time – how does anyone do that? – and photographs of my car from every angle. I duly photographed my car from every angle and realised that I had an English Heritage sticker on the windscreen. I scoured the footage I'd been sent with the PCNs and... the fraudster's car does not have an English Heritage sticker – or the scratch down the side caused by the low bollard near my doctor's surgery. And it doesn't have a sunroof – which I'd forgotten about.'

Ms Yarwood spent hours uploading this information on to various websites – each PCN demanded a separate appeal – and Greenwich, Transport for London, Southwark, Central Parking Management (which runs parking in SE26) and Merton conceded her case. She said: 'But all this information can only be shared if the websites and portals work, and at Lewisham and Lambeth, they don't. I tried every day for a week to upload the photos, but each time was met with a blank screen. I tried one more time and bingo, Lewisham was up and running. But not Lambeth.

'I had to deal with an unhelpful chatbot. When I finally did get through to someone, they told me, "The system is down". Next, I sent pictures of my Golf by registered post to show it's not the same car as the one in the PCN. It was only when I spoke to a human being that I got anywhere.

‘I’m in my sixties and know how to use a computer. If I were less tech savvy, then God help me.’

A spokesman for Lambeth told The Mail on Sunday that both outstanding PCNs have now been cancelled. He said: 'We're very sorry that Ms Yarwood experienced difficulties contacting us.

We will work with any motorist who believes a PCN has been issued unfairly, and we are happy to correct any errors as quickly as possible. But in cases of alleged cloning, we are required to establish a high level of evidence, including clear photos of all four sides of the vehicle in question.

‘We are aware of a technical issue last month which meant motorists were briefly unable to submit a challenge on our website.’

A spokesman for Lewisham confirmed the PCNs had been cancelled and said: 'We're sorry Ms Yarwood found the process frustrating – especially considering the unfortunate situation. We are working to improve how cloned registration cases are identified and reviewed.'

HONOUR: Dolly Parton

US airport renamed after Dolly

From Caroline Graham

IN LOS ANGELES

THE Governor of Tennessee has announced Nashville International Airport will be renamed in honour of Dolly Parton after an outpouring of support for the music icon.

The country music singer, who was born in Tennessee, died of cancer last Tuesday, aged 80. She was buried during a private family service on Friday.

Last night Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said the City of Nashville – the ‘home’ of country music – had agreed to the move.

He said: ‘Dolly Parton’s extraordinary life is forever woven into the fabric of our state... At a place where Tennessee welcomes the world, it is fitting that Nashville International Airport will bear the name of our state’s favourite daughter and greet travellers with the enduring legacy of Dolly’s music, generosity, faith, and kindness.’

WHO AM I?

- My stepmum is a baroness and my stepdad a baronet. - I have black belts in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

● I can speak Hebrew.

● I own a London pub called Lore Of The Land, a Dorset airfield and a firm making camping equipment.

- I’ve directed an H&M ad featuring David Beckham, right. - I was married to Madonna for eight years, receiving about £85million in today’s money in the divorce.

● The Duchess of Sussex was said to be returning to the UK to

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star in my series The Gentlemen, a role that now looks doubtful.

WHAT AM I?

● I was originally presented by Angela Rippon.

- I’ve been accused of racism several times.

● At my most popular, I had a 21-year waiting list for tickets.

- I hold the record for the world's most widely broadcast factual TV programme, having aired in 212 territories.

- Elon Musk's company Tesla sued me – unsuccessfully – when I reported negatively on its cars' battery life.

● The BBC is bringing me back, four years after a crash involving Freddie Flintoff.

WHERE AM I?

● Carry On Up The Khyber was partly filmed here.

- An internet ‘bananacam’ was set up here to show in real time how long it took for a banana peel to biodegrade (402 days). - Mourners have been told to stop spreading ashes here

as it damages the wildlife. ● The King once called a now-demolished building at my summit ‘the highest slum in the country’.

● Fitness manager Mark Orme walked up and down me six times in a single day.

● My Welsh name, Yr Wyddfa, translates into English as the Great Tomb as myth has it that the giant Rhita Gawr is buried here.

- About 600,000 people climb me each year – leading to queues at the summit. ANSWERS: Guy Ritchie, Top Gear, Snowdon

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EXCLUSIVE

By David Jarvis

Priests said Dad wouldn't get promoted if I kept baby Catholic Church's forced adoption ‘continued into 1980s’

THE Catholic Church forced unmarried mothers to put their babies up for adoption much more recently than previously thought, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Forced adoptions were believed to have ended in the 1970s – but it has emerged the Catholic Church was still supporting the practice at least into the Eighties.

There were 250,000 forced adoptions up until 1976 when the Adoption Act 1976 apparently put an end to the practice. But Julia Macklin, a financial consultant, told the MoS how her Catholic parents and their parish priest pressured her into having her baby daughter adopted after she became pregnant aged 15 in 1982.

She revealed how her late father, who was a teacher in a Catholic school in Manchester, was told by the priest he would never get promoted if it was known his daughter was an unmarried mother.

Ms Macklin gave birth to her daughter, Siobhan, now 43, in March 1983 at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester.

Siobhan was taken away two weeks after her birth for adoption by a married Catholic couple. Mum and daughter were only reunited in 2001 when Siobhan turned 18 and was legally entitled to know who her biological mother was.

Ms Macklin, who is now 60 and lives in Marple, Greater Manchester, said her daughter was put into adoption by the Catholic Children's Rescue Society in Salford, a charity that in 2012 transferred its operation to Caritas Diocese of Salford.

It closed its adoption support services in 2022.

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Ms Macklin, who tells her story in a BBC documentary called Stolen Babies broadcast this week, said: 'I will never, ever recover from the loss.' Siobhan, a health manager in Manchester, added: 'There is no way my mum would have given me up out of choice.'

Diana Defries, chairman of the Movement for an Adoption Apology (MAA), which campaigns for women who suffered forced adoptions, said: 'I have met a lot of women who suffered this experience well into the 1980s.'

A spokesman for Caritas Diocese of Salford said: 'We are deeply sorry to hear about Julia's experience and recognise the lasting pain that historic adoption practices may have caused.'

CRUEL SEPARATION: Mum Julia Macklin with daughter Siobhan

● Stolen Babies is on BBC2 at 9.30pm on Wednesday and on iPlayer from tomorrow.

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1 THIS summer, we hit ‘peak bum’, says Charlie Gowans-Eglinton in The Times. Topless sunbathing has been swapped for ‘nearly bottomless’, with women having as little fabric as possible in their bikini bottoms. It’s a charge led by Gen Z, but Kylie Minogue, 58, posted pictures in a tiny yellow bikini while Liz Hurley, 61, has sported a minuscule white one.

2 US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's wife Jennifer is 'First Lady of the Pentagon', The New York Times reports. She stars in Defence Department videos and works out with Marines in a sweat-drenched T-shirt saying 'This Is War'. She attended a highly

War : She attended a highly sensitive meeting with UK defence chiefs who spoke ‘generally’ – until they could arrange a smaller meeting without her.

Antibes, nothing is too much trouble. When a guest insisted that he just had to have an authentic tarte

tropézienne, the hotel chartered a helicopter and sent a waiter 60 miles to St Tropez to fetch one. 'It was on the customer's table by the time coffee was served,' the hotel said. The tart was €5. The helicopter cost €2,000.

4 WE'RE in a summer of the 'hairless he-man', The Wall Street Journal claims. The modern hunk is buffer than ever. You see it most acutely on Love Island, where men compete over who's the most manly, having waxed their chests and shaved their legs, leaving some to long for the days when men wanted to look like Tom Selleck, below, not 'smooth as Barbie dolls'.

5 DESPITE the Iran war, the price of oil is still below \$90 a barrel, says Bloomberg. Many ships are leaving the Gulf covertly while most cargo flows

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involve ship-to-ship transfers at sea. Add that to the crude in bypass pipelines, it's possible flows from the region are not far below pre-war levels.

AUGUST 30 • 2026 Health & HOLIDAYS THE HEALTH SECTION APPROVED BY DOCTORS

It accounts for 1 in 10 GP visits – but the solution could be surprisingly simple...

Are you tired ALL the time? Experts reveal the 12 most common causes (and how to fix them)

By Ethan Ennals

HEALTH EDITOR

FEELING tired all the time is one of the most common complaints that GPs have to deal with.

One in five Britons say they suffer from this but, for experts, it can be difficult to determine the cause.

Doctors have told The Mail on Sunday that the majority of cases can be split into 12 categories – each with their own telltale signs. But how would they define tired all the time?

‘It isn’t the same as feeling tired after a hard day’s work,’ says Dr Dean Eggitt, a Doncaster-based GP.

‘It’s fatigue that’s not supposed to be there. Fatigue you feel even after a

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long night's sleep or a restful weekend. This kind of tiredness is a sign you are ill. The next question then is: why are you ill?' Here, a team of experts reveal the reasons why you might feel tired all the time.

MENTAL HEALTH

THE most common cause of constant tiredness is depression, according to experts. The condition is typically characterised by chronic low mood, but fatigue is also a frequent symptom.

A 2016 study, which analysed data from 26 studies, showed

In 2016 study, which analysed that a fifth of patients who said they were tired all the time had depression. But a patient with depression would likely have other symptoms beyond fatigue.

'You might expect them to have difficulty sleeping or low self-esteem,' says Dr Eggitt.

‘They might also have little desire to do the things that usually make them happy.’

Experts add that antidepressants can also trigger fatigue.

SNORING

Around half of those aged 25 to 34 report feeling exhausted - compared with only 23 per cent of those aged 55 or over.

SLEEP apnoea is a condition in which the throat muscles

intermittently relax and collapse during sleep, blocking the airway and causing pauses in breathing. These episodes trigger snoring but they also disrupt sleep, leaving many sufferers constantly exhausted. 'If you sleep alone, you may not realise you are snoring,' says Dr Eggitt. 'And if you have a partner, they might not know that snoring is caused by sleep apnoea. So many patients live with this condition for years, which can lead to fatigue.'

The most common medical treatment is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, a mask which uses air pressure to keep the airways open. Patients can also improve their breathing and sleep by losing weight.

LACK OF GREEN VEG

VITAMIN deficiencies are often the reason why patients feel tired all the time and the most common, say experts, is low levels of iron. Iron is an essential mineral which carries oxygen throughout the body and is found in foods such as red meat, poultry and fish, as well as beans, lentils and spinach. Extremely low levels can lead to anaemia, where patients develop pale or yellowish skin, shortness of breath and fatigue. But even a mild deficiency can cause fatigue.

A third of adult women are affected compared to just 3 per cent of men because heavy periods can trigger a deficiency.

‘It’s one of the first things I ask women who tell me they are tired all the time: “Are you experiencing heavy periods?”, says Prof Dame

College of General Practitioners. 'If the answer is yes, then it's most likely to be an iron deficiency, though I'd run a blood test to make sure. Another symptom of an

symptom of an iron deficiency is hair loss.'

VEGAN OR OVER 60

ANOTHER deficiency linked to fatigue is vitamin B12. This is mostly found in animal products such as meat and dairy and is crucial for making red blood cells and regulating the nervous system.

About a tenth of the six million vegans are deficient in B12, as are a fifth of people aged over 60 since the body needs more B12 as we get older. Symptoms develop gradually, with tiredness among

From drinking more water to having your thyroid checked ...ways to fix a problem that hits millions

the earliest, along with headaches, indigestion and difficulties with concentration. Over time, a deficiency can lead to nerve damage and psychosis.

Experts also flag up deficiencies in folate, which helps the body to repair DNA and make red blood cells. It is found in dark leafy greens, legumes and fortified breakfast cereals.

‘Vitamin B12 deficiency is less common than iron and a folate deficiency is even less common,’ says Dr Eggitt. ‘But once the more obvious causes like depression are ruled out, most GPs would likely order a blood test for these deficiencies.’

Low vitamin D levels can also lead to fatigue (see panel, right). The vitamin is mainly gained via sunlight – and oily fish in smaller amounts. Around one in six British adults are vitamin D deficient, which is why the NHS recommends taking a daily supplement between October and March.

ULTRA-PROCESSED DIET

POOR diet could be to blame for many cases of tiredness, say experts, and a Western diet has been strongly linked to fatigue.

About 60 per cent of the average British adult's diet is made up of ultra-processed food, which has been linked to obesity, heart disease, cancer and dementia.

‘Our diet in the West is high in sugar, salt and saturated fats and this means many of us are not getting the right nutrients,’ says Dr Piril Hepsomali, a nutrition and psychology expert at the University of Reading. ‘This goes beyond vitamin deficiencies like iron or

B12. For instance, if you eat a cheap meal-deal sandwich or microwave meal from a supermarket, this is going to give you a short-term energy spike but then that's followed by a energy reduction, which will leave you feeling tired. And over time, this diet raises inflammation in the body.'

Experts recommend eating more fruit, vegetables and seafood instead. 'These foods contain nutrients that have been shown to improve energy levels,' says Dr Hepsomali. 'These include magnesium, vitamin D and fibre.'

NOT ENOUGH WATER

POOR hydration is also to blame for fatigue problems.

The NHS recommends drinking six to eight glasses of water a day. However, a 2026 study in the UK found that about 40 per cent of the population don't drink enough.

One in five were classed as dehydrated and men were less likely to drink enough water. 'When you are dehydrated, your brain function is affected,' says Dr Eggitt. 'Inevitably, this will mean you feel tired all the time.' Dehydrated patients would usually suffer from headaches as well as fatigue. Dr Eggitt adds that overconsumption of caffeinated drinks makes this issue even worse. 'Caffeine leaves you dehydrated,' he says. 'And many Britons consume these drinks instead of water.'

HORMONE ISSUES

MANY cases of tiredness are due to hormone issues. This is often connected to the thyroid, a butterfly-shaped organ in the neck which produces key hormones.

When it doesn't produce enough of these hormones – hypothyroidism – this can lead to fatigue.

The condition affects about

WHICH TESTS SHOULD I REQUEST FROM MY GP TO FIND THE CAUSE?

THERE are three crucial blood tests that anyone who feels tired all the time should ask their GP for, according to Prof Dame Clare Gerada, one of Britain's leading family doctors.

The first is something known as a full blood count, which measures the number and health of cells in the blood. In particular, doctors analyse the haemoglobin levels – which reflects how much oxygen the blood can carry.

Low haemoglobin can be a sign of an iron, vitamin B12, or folate deficiency. Further tests would follow.

The second is a thyroid function test, which measures whether the butterfly-shaped organ that produces crucial hormones is functioning properly.

Studies show that thyroid problems are a leading cause of exhaustion.

And the third is an inflammatory market test. Dr Gerada says that elevated inflammatory levels can be a sign of something severe, including kidney disease, arthritis and cancer.

‘These three tests can basically rule out 99 per cent of the causes of tiredness,’ says Dr Gerada.

TAKING VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS HELPED ME BACK IN THE SADDLE

WHEN Rachelle Smith, 40, above, a horse-riding stunt performer from Wales, began feeling so exhausted after work that she could do little more than collapse onto the sofa, she assumed she was going early menopause.

Once someone who filled her free time with sport and the gym, she found even coffee dates and riding with friends became too much, and she regularly cancelled plans at the last minute.

'I lacked motivation. I didn't want to do anything – it was like my entire personality

had changed,' she says.

She began napping during the day, something completely out of character, and structured her days around simply getting home and going to sleep.

Aching joints, irregular periods, poor concentration and memory lapses followed, and she started turning down work as she was exhausted.

taken on a recommendation, revealed a different cause: she was severely deficient in iron and vitamin D.

Rachelle's mother had gone through early menopause around the same age, so Rachelle initially believed the same was happening to her. However, a private blood test,

She began taking iron and vitamin D supplements as oral sprays. She also started eating more vitamin C-rich foods, such as red peppers and oranges, which studies show help the body absorb iron more effectively.

In two weeks, her energy returned. 'The fog lifted,' she says. 'I started running and I even took up horse riding again after work - something I had not done in years.'

2.3 million people in the UK and is more common in those aged over 70 and women with a family history of the disease. It typically occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid. However, it can also stem from surgery, radiotherapy or side effects from medication.

‘And thyroxine [a daily hormone tablet] can fix the problem in about 95 per cent of cases.’

Thankfully, experts say the disease is easy to diagnose and treat.

‘There’s a thyroid function blood test that can spot the condition fairly quickly,’ says Prof Ashley Grossman, a hormone expert at the University of Oxford.

TOO HIGH SUGAR LEVELS

FATIGUE which comes on suddenly can often be due to diabetes, experts say. Most sufferers have type 2 diabetes which is caused by a lack of exercise or poor diet. But about a tenth have type 1, an autoimmune condition. In both types, the body doesn't produce enough insulin to bring down blood sugar, which over time can lead to blindness, organ damage and death.

In the UK, type 2 diabetes affects over four million people and this figure is rising due to obesity. 'Diabetes is one of the biggest causes of fatigue,' says

Dr Eggitt. ‘Other signs include needing to pee all the time and an urge to drink water constantly.’

PAINFUL JOINTS

TIREDNESS can be an early sign of a painful chronic joint condition, experts say. Inflammatory arthritis, where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy joint tissue, affects about one million people in the UK. It differs from the more common osteoarthritis, which is caused by wear-and-tear, typically in old age.

Inflammatory arthritis includes axial spondyloarthritis, where damage mainly occurs in the spine, and psoriatic arthritis, where joint pain comes with a red skin rash. Crucially, they're often accompanied by fatigue, due to the overactive immune system.

'SILENT KILLER'

ANOTHER condition that can trigger fatigue is kidney disease, although the symptom only tends to arise in its later stages. Chronic kidney disease occurs when the organs, which filter toxins

IT'S A FACT from the blood, slowly stop working.

A 2021 study found that the Netherlands is the least-fatigued country in the world, while Singapore has the highest levels.

It affects about 7.2 million adults in the UK and contributes to about 45,000 deaths a year. Crucially, it is symptomless in its earliest stages. A huge amount of us

have this disease without knowing it,' says Dr Eggitt.

‘It’s slow-moving so, for most, it won’t be a problem, but for others it can be life-threatening.’

By the time symptoms begin, such as itchy skin and fatigue, the organs are usually beginning to fail and a transplant may be necessary. People with high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are most at risk.

FATIGUE THAT HIT CHER

PERHAPS the hardest cause of tiredness to diagnose – and treat – is chronic fatigue syndrome.

This rare condition, affecting about 250,000 people in the UK, causes extreme fatigue lasting six months or more. Experts believe it is often triggered by stress, a lack of sleep or an infection.

Singer Cher, 80, developed CFS in the 1980s after contracting the Epstein-Barr virus, forcing her to take a break for two years.

There is no test for the condition, so the only way to diagnose it is to rule out other causes first.

‘Most patients will wait years for a diagnosis,’ says Prof Dmitry Pshezhetskiy, a CFS expert at Norwich Medical School.

There is also no treatment so specialists help patients to manage symptoms. Prof Pshezhetskiy says: 'In every case, the trick is to make sure patients don't overexert themselves because this can make the symptoms worse.'

CANCER

IT IS everyone's worst fear: fatigue that turns out to be cancer. Experts say that while cancer is rare, tiredness is an all-too common symptom of the disease.

‘When tumours begin to grow in the body, this takes up stores of energy, which is why patients often report feeling tired all the time,’ says Dr Eggitt.

For some patients, fatigue can be the only early sign of cancer. But for most there are other signs such as lumps, unexplained weight loss, change in bowel or bladder habits, bloating, a persistent cough or unusual bleeding.

Patients who feel tired all the time are unlikely to have cancer, but it's important to check for the disease, which kills 167,000 every year in the UK.

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Put GP's name in email if you want a reply

By Meike Leonard

PATIENTS who include their doctor's name in messages to them are nearly twice as likely to receive a reply as those who do not, a study has found.

Researchers from Harvard University in the US analysed 3.6 million patient messages from more than 511,000 people.

They found that the way people write to their doctor – whether in length, formality, greeting, sentiment or punctuation – played a role in determining whether they received a response.

The findings come as surveys reveal nearly half of Britons do not know their GP's name.

One 2018 analysis found that just 41 per cent of British adults said they had managed to get an appointment with their doctor in a year. When they could not see their doctor, 13 per cent said they ignored the problem, leading to five per cent ending up in hospital.

Patients hoping to contact their GP about non-emergency issues

'Writing style may be a potential source of bias'

are now advised by the health service to fill out a form via the NHS app.

The form is then triaged by the surgery team and patients are supposed to receive either an appointment in person, over the phone, a text message responding to their query or advice to go to a pharmacy or other NHS service, according to the NHS website.

But the new study from the Harvard researchers suggests that the way a message is written – not just its content – could impact how likely it is to be responded to.

Data from the Mass General Brigham electronic health record system revealed that messages that began by addressing a doctor by name had a response rate of nearly 40 per cent, compared with 26 per cent for those with no such greeting.

Patients for whom English was not their first language, those who were less well-educated and non-white patients were also found to be less likely to have their query replied to.

‘These findings suggest that message writing style is a potential source of bias in message triage and could inform possible solutions for mitigating disparities,’ said lead researcher Dr Mitchell Tang.

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Maria, 41, blamed her strange body odour on being a busy mum ...in fact it was the first sign of breast cancer

By Meike Leonard

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T FIRST, Maria Schenkel didn't think much of her sudden increase in body odour. A working mother of two, the 41-year-old was used to rushing from one thing to the next and initially assumed she was simply getting hot and sweaty during her busy days.

But after a few weeks, she noticed the smell intensify – and, more strangely, it seemed to return almost immediately after washing.

'I remember thinking, “Why do I smell so bad?”, because I would have just showered, not sweat at all and then smelled so awful still,’ says the former business development worker.

‘But because I was busy working and raising a family, I just carried on.’

It's a decision Maria now bitterly regrets. After noticing a lump in her breast a few months later, she finally sought medical attention. Doctors found a two-inch cancerous tumour that, they said, had been there for some time.

Maria, who now lives at Greenville in South Carolina, underwent a mastectomy and two years on is cancer-free. But she laments that she didn't listen to changes in how she smelled far earlier. 'I wish I knew then what I know now,' she adds.

It might sound strange, but experts say persistent and unexplained changes in body odour can signal a growing tumour.

Dr John Riches, consultant haematologist at Barts and the London NHS Trust, says: 'Cancer cells can release compounds into the bloodstream which the body then releases in blood, sweat and breath. This can result in a change in body odour.

‘What’s quite rare is that people are able to smell it themselves.’

Rapidly growing cancer cells can release tiny chemical particles called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), research shows. These particles are then excreted through the skin as well as the breath, urine and stool.

Ongoing research is being done to find ways to identify early cancers by measuring VOCs released by the body.

Some emerging studies have already shown that analysing urine and breath can flag early tumours in gastrointestinal, liver and prostate cancers. And several major programmes are examining the VOCs released by some of the well. most common breast tumours. body

MESSAGE: Maria Schenkel says women must listen to their bodies

Dr Riches says: 'When you hear those incredible stories of a dog sensing its owner's cancer, it's VOCs the animal is picking up. It's still less clear whether humans, who tend to have a less acute sense of smell, can identify them as well.' In Maria's case, a change in body odour was quickly accompanied by a range of concerning symptoms – all of which she at first dismissed.

Extreme fatigue saw her waking up in the morning feeling like ‘I’d been run over by a bus.’

She adds: 'My legs felt incredibly heavy and I'd had eight or nine hours' sleep, but I still felt exhausted. I honestly thought that was just what turning 40 felt like.'

Maria also found herself increasingly craving sugary foods as well as experiencing regular bloating and finding inexplicable bruises on her legs. But it wasn't until her four-year-old daughter accidentally pressed against her breast, leaving it sore, that Maria noticed an unusual area of ‘slightly harder’ tissue.

‘I thought it was just dense breast tissue,’ she says. ‘I really didn’t think it would be cancer, but I thought that I should get it checked anyway.’

An ultrasound, mammogram and biopsy saw her quickly diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma – the most common form of breast cancer.

The diagnosis came as a complete shock to her.

'I couldn't believe it,' says Maria. 'I lived a healthy lifestyle. I exercised, ate a plant-based diet, didn't smoke or drink and there wasn't any history of cancer in my family.'

Nearly 60,000 British women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year - making it the most common cancer in the UK.

Around 80 per cent of cases occur in women over the age of 50. But the number of cases in under-50s – known as early onset cancers – is rapidly rising.

Women under 50 now make up one in five breast cancer cases in Britain – a 20 per cent increase from the early 1990s. Research has linked a range of different factors to the spike in early onset cancers – from rising rates of obesity, to an increasingly ultra-processed diet, to changes in pollution.

But experts warn that despite heightened awareness over the rise in breast cancers in younger women, many still dismiss key early symptoms of the disease.

As a result, studies show, women under 40 are nearly 40 per cent more likely to die from the condition than those over 40.

Common symptoms of the disease are the same for both older

The disease are the same for both older and younger women. These can include a new lump or thickening in the breast, skin changes, size or shape shifts and persistent pain.

Yet research shows younger women are more likely

to hormonal shifts or simply overlook them altogether, believing that they are too young for cancer.

Maria says: 'I've met a lot of people through this journey who said they ignored symptoms because they were busy looking after everyone else.

‘Don’t assume you’re overreacting. If something keeps bothering you or doesn’t feel normal, get it checked. Listening to your body could make all the difference.’

Secret to a long, healthy life runs in the family

ADULTS with at least one parent who lived until 100 are more likely to live longer than those whose mother and father had shorter lifespans, a new study has found.

Children of centenarians also have substantially lower risks of cardiovascular disease and hypertension, researchers discovered.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that exceptional longevity and health ageing may run in families – with inherited traits proving more important

By Meike Leonard

than lifestyle. ‘Centenarians – people who live to age 100 or older – offer crucial insights into what it looks like to age well,’ said lead researcher Dr Sofiya Milman, professor of medicine and genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Boston University.

‘We wanted to know whether they pass their good health and longevity down to their children and, if so, whether those advantages can be explained by healthy habits or whether something more fundamental, such as genetics, is at work.'

The study's researchers – from at Albert Einstein College and Tufts Medical Center in Boston – based their findings on three long-running global studies.

More than 2,300 people whose parents were centenarians had their health data compared with that of 2,700 adults whose parents died before the age of 86. The research team found that the children of centenarians experienced health advantages even after accounting for lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol use, exercise and diet.

Compared with children of people with shorter lifespans, centenarians' offspring had a 42 per cent lower risk of death, a 33 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 32 per cent lower risk of hypertension.

'The overall consistency of these findings reinforces the idea that exceptional longevity runs in families,' said researcher Dr Eric Reed.

‘This is not to say that lifestyle doesn’t count.

‘But some people from families with exceptional longevity appear to enjoy biological advantages that help them remain healthy despite the environmental and behavioural factors that affect us all.’

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How my slim friend's debilitating migraines were beaten...by fat jabs

A FRIEND of mine is often floored by chronic migraines. I don't mean the occasional bad headache

dispatched with a couple of paracetamol. They can leave her laid out for days, unable to work or function normally.

Like millions of migraine sufferers, she has spent much of her life seeking specialist treatments – with varying degrees of success.

So when we caught up last month, what she told me was fairly astonishing. 'My neurologist has started me on Mounjaro,' she said. 'And my migraines have stopped.'

I genuinely couldn't believe it. I knew how much she'd suffered – and Mounjaro, of course, is the diabetes and weight-loss jab that has helped millions shed weight.

My friend didn't need to lose any weight at all. So why, I wondered, would her neurologist give her a weight-loss drug for migraines?

The answer is fascinating. There are early signs that GLP-1 drugs – the family to which Mounjaro belongs – could reduce migraines in some, irrespective of weight loss. And as a sufferer myself, I wanted to know how. Because a migraine, as I know only too well, is not simply a bad headache.

It is a neurological disorder. The classic symptom is an intense, often one-sided headache, accompanied by debilitating nausea or vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. An attack can last for up to three days.

Around a third of sufferers also experience an ‘aura’ – neurological disturbances including changes to vision, difficulty speaking and pins and needles or numbness. Symptoms can be so dramatic that patients – and sometimes doctors – fear they are having a stroke.

And the misery doesn't necessarily end when the pain disappears, with sufferers left exhausted and struggling with brain fog for hours or even days. I've been lucky to work with a specialist who, years ago, taught me a simple but classic migraine trick – soluble aspirin.

At the first sign of an attack, I take a high dose dissolved in a sugary drink. For me, it can stop it in its tracks – but others are not so fortunate. At the American Academy of

Neurology's annual meeting, experts presented evidence that GLP-1s may help. They analysed 20,000 sufferers, and found those on GLP-1s were less likely to need hospital treatment for migraines than those on the usual drugs.

The benefit remained even when accounting for weight-related issues – so it could not be explained by heavier patients losing weight. It doesn't prove Mounjaro treats migraine, but raises the possibility GLP-1 drugs are easing something which affects the condition.

THEY appear to have anti-inflammatory effects, and inflammatory signalling is involved in migraines.

But perhaps more intriguing is the gut – anyone who has severe migraines will know the stomach and brain go haywire together. The brain and digestive system communicate via nerves, hormones and chemical signals – and GLP-1 is one of the hormones involved.

Mounjaro and other such drugs manipulate these signals, with researchers investigating whether changing this gut-brain link could also interrupt processes that trigger migraines. Their effects on blood sugar may be relevant too.

So taking a weight-loss jab for a headache might not be as bizarre as it sounds. But Mounjaro is not licensed in the UK to treat migraines, and most neurologists are unlikely to prescribe it without much stronger evidence.

So what can you do? I always urge patients to start by looking at their triggers. Even if avoiding them doesn't eliminate migraines completely, it may reduce their frequency or severity. But before worrying about individual foods, it is worth getting the basics right.

Make lifestyle changes to help overcome high blood pressure

HIGH blood pressure is a major cause of heart attacks and affects one in three adults.

And there is mounting evidence that some blood pressure tablets, including amlodipine, one of the most common, may cause kidney problems for those with type 2 diabetes.

It sounds worrying but it's vital patients don't stop taking their pills. If you're concerned, speak to your GP who can advise whether another medication might be more suitable.

However, I also think we don't talk enough about another approach that has few, if any, downsides: lifestyle changes.

Over the years, I've seen many patients bring their blood pressure down to healthy levels by losing weight, cutting back on alcohol, improving their diet and exercising more.

Bright or flickering lights and screen use can be problems, while some women may notice a hormonal pattern. Natural fluctuations in oestrogen – particularly around menstruation – are a well-known trigger, while hormonal medications can improve migraine in some but worsen it in others.

Poor sleep, stress, dehydration and skipping meals can all make someone more susceptible. Triggers include alcohol and caffeine. Some find foods containing tyramine – such as mature cheeses and cured meats – can provoke attacks.

So have you avoided blood pressure medication, or come off it, after making changes to your diet or lifestyle? Write and let me know.

Your questions answered

I'M 80 and have had an underactive thyroid for four decades. I take medication but still suffer from extreme fatigue and acid reflux. What should I do?

IT'S possible that these symptoms might not be caused by the thyroid problem.

The thyroid is a small gland at the front of the neck which produces thyroxine. This hormone controls how quickly processes in the body work, from the bowels and heart to the growth of skin and hair.

When the thyroid is underactive, too little thyroxine is produced and these processes slow down.

Classic symptoms include tiredness, constipation, weight gain, thinning hair and low mood, although the effects can be wide-ranging.

But many other health problems can cause similar symptoms, so it is important not to assume the thyroid is responsible. Someone taking levothyroxine – the standard treatment – who continues to feel extremely tired or weak

'Tiredness can be a sign of serious illness'

would normally have blood tests to check whether the thyroid is being properly controlled. If the results are abnormal, the dose may need to be adjusted.

If thyroid tests are normal, another cause must be considered. Fatigue and weakness can occur with common problems such as anaemia, iron or vitamin B12 deficiency, as well as medication side effects and problems involving the heart, kidneys or liver.

Acid reflux may be a separate issue. It can be caused by certain medications, a hiatus hernia or infection with the common stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, among other things.

In someone aged 80, extreme or persistent fatigue should not simply be put down to a long-standing thyroid issue.

Unexplained tiredness can occasionally be a sign of a more serious illness, including cancer, so a thorough GP assessment and blood tests are important.

WRITE TO DR ELLIE Do you have a question? Email DrEllie@mailonsunday.co.uk

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From DIY massage to diet tweaks top experts reveal... How to end the agony of lymphoedema... without resorting to expensive surgery or medication

By Marti Stelling

T WAS meant to be a simple procedure – the kind thousands of women undergo every year. But shortly after surgery to remove a bothersome varicose vein, Jacqueline McWatt's legs became hard, swollen and agonisingly painful.

Eventually, walking was almost impossible. She had given birth to two children in two years, and when she repeatedly complained of painfully heavy legs, doctors told her it was the strain of pregnancy and would soon settle down.

‘It was quite a lonely time and I felt isolated and depressed,' says Jacqueline, now 53, a part-time hairdresser from Bonnybridge in central Scotland.

‘I was trying to cope with a newborn baby, a one-year-old and two other children and was in so much pain that I could barely bend my legs, even to do simple things around the house.

'All the while, doctors were saying there was nothing wrong with me, but I felt like my legs were getting bigger and bigger and were disproportionate to the rest of my body.'

It wasn't until much later that she finally received a diagnosis of lymphoedema.

While the condition cannot be cured, through a combination of non-surgical treatments, including a specific type of massage, Jacqueline successfully reduced her symptoms - and improved her mobility

IT'S A FACT Lymphoedema can happen as a result of surgery, but in some cases will not present until 20 years after.

And hers is ultimately a message of hope: that with the right treatment, lifestyle changes and persistence, lymphoedema can often be successfully controlled – even after years of debilitating symptoms.

So what causes the condition, what are the warning signs – and what can sufferers do to keep it at bay? We spoke to the experts to find out.

WHY DOES LYMPHOEDEMA HAPPEN?

LONG overlooked and poorly understood, lymphoedema – and the difficulties it causes – is gradually gaining greater recognition.

system, collecting excess fluid from tissues and carrying it back into the bloodstream.

This is partly thanks to high-profile sufferers including US TV host Wendy Williams, 62, and Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates, 78, who have spoken publicly about their struggles with the condition.

British mathematician and TV presenter Hannah Fry, 42, has also spoken about developing lymphoedema following treatment for cervical cancer. After being diagnosed in 2020, she underwent a radical hysterectomy and later developed the condition in her leg – a long-term consequence of her treatment that she explored in her BBC documentary Making Sense Of Cancer.

So what is lymphoedema – and why does it cause such severe swelling?

Unlike the circulatory system, it has no heart to act as a pump. Instead, it relies largely on everyday movement and muscle contractions to push fluid along.

The answer lies in the lymphatic system, a network of tiny vessels that acts like the body's drainage

If the vessels become damaged or blocked, that drainage system

Fluid begins to build up in the tissues, causing the persistent swelling known as lymphoedema – most commonly in the arms or legs.

This can happen for many reasons, including cancer treatment, other types of surgery, infection, injury and obesity.

with abnormalities in their lymphatic system that can cause the condition to develop.

In Jacqueline's case, her surgery to treat her varicose veins – when veins under the skin become swollen and twisted – is thought to have triggered the lymphoedema by damaging some of the delicate lymphatic vessels that run close to the veins being treated.

NHS estimates suggest around 200,000 people in the UK are living with lymphoedema, although specialist organisations believe the true figure may exceed 400,000 because many cases go undiagnosed.

Experts say the number of sufferers is rising, driven partly by an ageing population and increasing rates of obesity.

Improved cancer survival is another major factor. Surgery to remove lymph nodes – particularly for breast and gynaecological cancers – can damage the lymphatic system and trigger lymphoedema, as can radiotherapy.

Misery star Ms Bates developed the condition in both arms after a double mastectomy for breast cancer in 2012, during which lymph nodes were removed.

THE EARLY SIGNS THAT ARE EASILY MISSED

THERE is currently no cure for lymphoedema. Instead, treatment focuses on reducing the swelling and preventing it from getting any worse.

STRUGGLE: Presenter Hannah Fry had surgery to treat her lymphoedema

HOW CAN THE CONDITION BE TREATED?

‘Sometimes when symptoms are mild they get dismissed as minor.

THE main treatment is known as decongestive lymphatic therapy (DLT) – a combination of measures designed to reduce swelling and stop fluid building up again.

One of the most important is compression. Specially fitted sleeves, stockings or bandages squeeze the affected area, helping trapped fluid move out of the tissue and preventing more from accumulating.

Research suggests compression can be highly effective, but only if patients continue using it. This can be difficult because the garments are tight, uncomfortable in hot weather and can be difficult to put on and take off.

They may also need to be worn for 15 to 20 hours a day. While basic compression garments are available on the NHS, additional pairs or different designs can cost anywhere from £30 to more than £200 each.

lem, she says, is that many women do not reach specialist services until their lymphoedema is already advanced, often after living with symptoms for years.

Jacqueline started out having weekly manual lymphatic drainage massage sessions, which significantly improved her symptoms. Now she goes for treatment once a year and wears compression stockings daily.

‘After my first session, I could bend my legs again, and I was feeling so much better,’ she says.

CAN WEIGHT LOSS AND EXERCISE HELP?

Another part of DLT is manual

TWO of the simplest ways people can help manage lymphoedema are through diet and exercise.

‘But when symptoms have progressed and changes to the skin and tissues occur, the symptoms are harder to manage and complications such as cellulitis are more likely to develop.’

Ozempic and Mounjaro are not treatments for lymphoedema, Dr Forte says the jabs could potentially help severely obese patients by helping them lose weight.

While experts once feared that exercise could exacerbate or even trigger lymphoedema, more recent studies suggest activities such as walking, swimming, cycling and resistance training can help lymphatic function, reduce swelling and improve qual-

Ms Barrett, who works with lymphoedema patients taking the drugs, says: 'Any weight you lose is going to have a significant impact on lymphoedema.'

However, she stresses that lymphoedema can affect people of any size, and losing weight is not appropriate or necessary for every patient.

WHEN MORE RADICAL TREATMENT IS NEEDED

Lymphoedema specialist practitioner for MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage) UK, Carol-Ann Barrett, says: 'Lymphoedema is not curable, but it is very maintainable.

IN severe cases, surgery may be considered. One technique, known as lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA), involves connecting tiny lymphatic vessels to nearby veins, effectively creating a new route for the trapped fluid to drain away.

The delicate microsurgery is available to selected NHS patients, although it costs around £15,000 and is offered at only a small number of specialist centres.

Presenter Ms Fry opted to pay privately for the procedure after developing lymphoedema following cervical cancer surgery. She has since said the operation significantly alleviated the impact of the condition.

In cases where fibrosis has occurred, liposuction can be used to remove this tissue, although this too is not widely available on the NHS.

And access to specialist care can be difficult. There are relatively few dedicated lymphoedema centres, meaning high demand can lead to long waits for assessment and treatment.

There have, however, been tantalising signs that new treatments could be on the horizon.

A study published this month in the journal Nature found that compounds called cyclodextrins could reduce swelling and even help repair damaged lymphatic vessels.

‘When it progresses, the tissue becomes more damaged, which makes it harder to treat. This is why intervening early to prevent progression is important.’

Early symptoms can be surprisingly subtle, such as a feeling of heaviness, tightness or fullness in an arm or leg.

But without proper treatment and management, lymphoedema can gradually worsen.

Patients may first notice that a ring or watch feels tighter, that clothes or shoes no longer fit as comfortably, or that pressing gently on the swollen skin leaves a temporary dent.

Initially, soft swelling can become increasingly firm as the tissues thicken and develop fibrosis – hard, scar-like tissue that is much more difficult to treat.

Lorraine Brown, co-chair of the British Lymphology Society, says:

The findings generated considerable excitement, but the research has so far been carried out only in mice – meaning it could be years before it is known whether the approach works in humans.

Cellulitis – a bacterial skin infection that can spread rapidly and, in severe cases, lead to sepsis, a potentially fatal condition – is one of the most serious complications.

In advanced cases, the swelling can become severe enough for the skin to break down and lymph fluid to leak through it – a complication known as lymphorrhoea.

Damage to the lymphatic system makes it harder for the body to fight infection in the affected area, while each bout of cellulitis can cause further damage and worsen the lymphoedema.

Ms Barrett says: 'Once lymphoedema progresses, you can start to develop all sorts of other comorbidities [two or more medical conditions that co-exist], skin breaking down, and even conditions like lymphorrhoea, where the lymph literally pours out of the limb.'

lymphatic drainage, a socialised form of massage that uses gentle movements to encourage lymph fluid to drain away from swollen areas.

But access can be patchy. Ms Barrett says many women she sees have never been taught even a basic self-administered lymphatic drainage routine and that patients are ‘very lucky’ to be offered it on the NHS.

Regular exercise is also encouraged because muscle movement helps propel lymph fluid through the body, while careful skin cleaning and moisturising reduce the risk of infections such as cellulitis.

‘It’s this combination that really helps to control lymphoedema day to day,’ says Ms Barrett. The prob-

ity of life.

Obesity is also strongly linked to lymphoedema, although scientists are still working out exactly why. One theory is that the chronic inflammation associated with excess weight may damage the lymphatic system.

Dr Antonio J. Forte, a US lymphoedema expert and surgeon, says losing weight may help. 'If you are obese and you go back to a healthy weight, there is a decrease in your inflammatory markers. This could potentially help with lymphoedema,' he says.

There is also some evidence that an anti-inflammatory diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fibre may help ease symptoms.

And while GLP-1 drugs such as

For Jacqueline, who has lived with lymphoedema for two decades, learning how to manage the condition has improved not only her mobility, but also her confidence and the way she feels about her body.

‘Managing my lymphoedema has even changed how I dress. I used to try and hide my body, but I wear dresses and sandals now,’ she says.

‘It can be quite debilitating and it definitely does affect your confidence, but I think the more awareness that’s out there, the better.

‘When I started this journey nearly 20 years ago, there wasn’t a lot of information out there.

'As time has gone on, understanding has got a lot better and GPs are recognising lymphoedema more and more. There's not one quick fix, but through a combination of things I've been able to improve my symptoms.'

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Too many electrolyte drinks 'could trigger high blood pressure and kidney problems'

NOT NECESSARY: Having a daily electrolyte drink is pointless

By Andy Beaven

T

RENDY electrolyte drinks could be putting consumers at risk of high blood pressure and kidney damage, experts are warning.

The supposedly healthy drinks have exploded in popularity in recent years, with millions now using them as part of their daily routine in the belief they will keep them better hydrated.

But kidney and heart experts say many contain significant amounts of sodium – the main constituent of salt – which can raise blood pressure and, over time, damage the kidneys.

The concern is particularly acute because millions of Britons are already living with high blood pressure or kidney disease without knowing it – meaning they could unwittingly be making an existing problem worse.

Typically, 500ml of electrolyte drink contains about 320mg of sodium – more than twice as much as a standard bag of ready-salted crisps. That is equivalent to about 0.8g of salt. Britons already consume some 8.4g of salt a day on average – well above the recommended maximum of 6g – meaning a daily electrolyte drink could push intake higher still.

Simon Davies, Emeritus Professor of Nephrology at Keele University and a trustee of Kidney Research UK, says: 'Just as people shouldn't have too much salt in their diet, I would advise caution with electrolyte drinks.

‘The danger is that consuming a lot of extra sodium every day in a drink can increase blood pressure, which can then damage the kidneys. Damaged kidneys are not as efficient at removing excess salt, so blood pressure rises even higher and the kidneys are damaged even further – and so on and so on, in a vicious circle.

‘What’s worse is that people may not realise the damage has been done until the problems are already well advanced.’

Electrolyte drinks were originally formulated to replace salts and fluids lost by athletes during prolonged, strenuous exercise, or by people suffering from illnesses involving vomiting or diarrhoea.

But they are becoming an everyday wellness product, marketed as a way to improve hydration and maintain optimal levels of minerals such as magnesium and potassium. They are now available in almost every supermarket, corner shop, garage and chemist, either ready-mixed or as soluble tablets and sachets of powder.

Waitrose has reported a 171 per cent jump in searches for ‘electrolytes’ on its website over the past year, while Tesco has almost quadrupled its range of such products over the same period.

Professor Davies says: 'The marketing suggests we need these drinks for hydration. But we've managed to survive on the planet for a very long time without them. For most people, they are simply not necessary.'

The boom does have some basis in science.

Electrolytes are minerals that carry a tiny electrical charge when dissolved in the blood and other body fluids and are vital for the proper functioning of cells in the muscles, heart and brain. They can also help the body absorb and retain water. However, Kidney Research UK says about seven million people in Britain are living with some level of chronic kidney disease. Five million of those are undiagnosed.

For these people, drinking extra sodium may be particularly problematic because damaged kidneys are less able to remove excess salt and fluid from the body, which can then drive blood pressure higher.

High blood pressure itself can then further damage the delicate blood vessels in the kidneys, creating the vicious circle described by Prof Davies.

And the problem can remain hidden for years.

High blood pressure, dubbed a ‘silent killer’ because it typically causes no symptoms while damaging vital organs, affects some 14 million people in the UK.

Tracy Parker, nutrition lead at the British Heart Foundation, says: 'The high levels of sodium in some electrolyte products can raise blood pressure – which is a major risk factor for heart attack, stroke and heart failure.

‘In the UK, most of the salt we eat is already hidden in everyday foods, so adding more through supplements may do more harm than good.’

In some circumstances electrolyte drinks can be useful.

Prof Davies explains: 'Serious physical exercise like running a marathon or doing high-intensity training in the gym can mean losing a lot of salt through sweat. This can lead to cramps, or feeling dizzy or faint because of a drop in blood pressure.

‘Someone can also lose a lot of salt if they’ve been really sick or had bad diarrhoea. In these cases, it can make sense to take an electrolyte drink.’

THERE are hundreds of branded electrolytes all serving the same purpose - replacing nutrients lost during extreme exercise.

Almost all electrolytes contain sodium and potassium. Some contain sugar, for energy boosts, and B-vitamins and Vitamin C. But the body can only absorb so many nutrients at once, and excess vitamins may ultimately be peed out.

Men's Health magazine included these electrolyte products in its Sports Nutrition Awards: Science In Sport Hydro Tablets, which contain calcium, magnesium and B vitamins; Healthspan Elite Electrolyte Tablets, which have added calcium, magnesium and are sugar-free; and Liquid I.V. Electrolyte Sachets, which have added B-vitamins and Vitamin C).

For most people going about their normal day, plain water is all that is required to stay hydrated.

WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

And rather than relying on drinks and supplements for potassium, calcium and magnesium, Prof Davies says these minerals are better obtained through a varied diet rich in fruit and vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds.

He says: 'There is simply no argument for taking electrolyte drinks on a daily basis.

'A lot of people slosh them back as a health enhancer – but there's no evidence they have any benefit to health at all. The best you can say is that for most people these drinks won't do any harm – as long as they have good enough kidney function to deal with them.'

Missing brekkie ups risk of dying by 30%

By Meike Leonard

PEOPLE who skip breakfast have a near 30 per cent higher risk of death from any cause than those who eat it between 7am and 8am, new research has shown.

Yet around one in four Britons admits to regularly missing the meal, surveys have revealed.

Intermittent fasting, the diet beloved by stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, as well as former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, restricts eating to a certain timeframe.

Many followers wait to eat their first meal until lunchtime or beyond, with the idea that fasting for 16 hours or more will give the body a break from digestion, lower insulin levels and trigger the body to start burning fat.

Studies have shown intermittent fasting can help with fat loss – in part because it often results in fewer calories being eaten.

But new research published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests the habit could have serious health implications. Researchers at Wuhan

'The habit has serious health implications'

university in China examined the medical records of 31,000 US residents aged 40 or older who took part in a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

They then recorded deaths from all causes of participants between 1999 and 2018.

Those who regularly skipped breakfast – not eating until 12pm – were found to have a 29 per cent higher risk of dying from any cause, compared to those who ate before 8am.

Their risk of dying from heart disease jumped to 43 per cent.

Eating between 8am and 9am raised death risk from any cause by 10 per cent, while waiting until 10am to noon saw that risk rise to 19 per cent. Stroke-related deaths spiked to 59 per cent.

For those aged 50 or older, waiting to eat until noon reduced life expectancy by 2.5 years.

‘These findings suggest that meal timing may be a modifiable behavioural factor associated with mortality risk and life expectancy,’ said lead researcher Dr Wen Hu.

Research suggests skipping breakfast could have long-term health impacts, including raising stress hormones, reducing energy and increasing the risk of heart disease, obesity and metabolic issues.

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Joanne Hart

From international mining companies digging for gold and silver to an African bank and an aggressive Japanese fund...

OUR SHARES GURU WITH THE GOLDEN TOUCH

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HE London Stock Exchange is the world's most international stock market, with businesses headquartered and operating in more than 100 countries. That is a huge bonus, allowing UK investors to benefit from opportunities overseas without leaving the comfort of the UK market.

Yet, with hundreds of options available, it can be hard to pick out the best investments, especially among smaller, lesser-known firms.

Midas has selected six that should deliver top returns, including three that have already proved their mettle: Airtel Africa, up nearly sixfold since I tipped the shares; Australia-based Empire Metals, which has soared more than 300 per cent; and Greenland-based Amaroq, which has more than doubled in four years.

AIRTEL AFRICA

IN THE UK, mobile phones and bank accounts are almost a given. More than 90 per cent of 16-to 64-year-olds own a smartphone, alongside the vast majority of senior citizens and far too many children. As for banking, fewer than 5 per cent of adults now rely solely on cash.

In Africa, the numbers are altogether different. Only a third of the population has a bank account and even fewer own a smartphone.

For Airtel Africa, this is a major opportunity. The company operates across 14 countries in Africa, from Nigeria to Madagascar, offering mobile phone and mobile money services, from the basic to the highly sophisticated.

Many customers start off with simple phones. But over time, the lure of the smartphone becomes too seductive. Airtel's smartphone division is growing at about 20 per cent a year and should continue to expand at double digit rates.

Then there is Airtel Money, a unique service in Africa, allowing users to create a virtual wallet on even basic mobile phones so that they can transfer money and pay for goods without relying on cash.

Almost £150 billion of transactions were processed by Airtel Money last year alone and its prospects are bright as Africa has precious few bank branches, internet banking is in its infancy, and increasing numbers of people are looking for a safer and more efficient alternative to cash.

Airtel owns 79 per cent of Airtel Money and intends to float the business on the London Stock Exchange later this year. The group may keep its entire holding or reduce its stake and return the proceeds to shareholders.

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More will be revealed in the coming months but either option should benefit investors.

Airtel Africa itself was floated in 2019 at 80p a share. The shares fell back during Covid, and Midas recommended them in 2020 at 57p. Today, they are £3.32.

Dividends are paid out too and there is every incentive to keep the dividend payments rising as the fabulously wealthy Bharti Mittal family own almost 80 per cent of the shares.

Investing in Africa is not for the faint-hearted but Airtel Africa proves how rewarding it can be. And the prospect of that Airtel Money flotation should provide a further boost.

Traded on: Main market Ticker: AAF Contact: airtel.africa

AMAROQ

PRESIDENT Trump took office on January 20 last year. But even before then he had staked a claim to Greenland.

To many, this was one of Trump's more surprising quests. To those in the know, it was obvious. Greenland is home to some of the world's most valuable minerals – and Amaroq is one of its most active mining firms.

Founded just nine years ago, Amaroq owns licences across Greenland in varying degrees of readiness. One site is already in production: Nalunaq, a gold project expected to produce up to 35,000 troy ounces of gold this year, rising to more than 45,000 troy ounces in 2027.

Most gold mines produce less than 5 grams of gold per tonne of ore. This gem is delivering nearly 20 grams per tonne and should do even better in the coming years.

Dynamic chief executive Eldur Olafsson is also hoping to bring nearby Nanoq into play soon, a huge deposit which could boost Amaroq's gold production by at least 20 per cent.

Nalunaq and Nanoq are both in southern Greenland, but Amaroq owns yet another major asset in the western part of the country: Black Angel.

In production from 1973 to 1990, the mine has lain dormant since then, but Olafsson is bringing it back to life. The site is already known for zinc, lead and silver, but Amaroq has also discovered two strategic minerals in the area: germanium and gallium.

Germanium is a vital mineral for defence, telecoms, aerospace, and satellites, while gallium is a core component of computer chips and solar panels.

Amaroq moved from the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market to the main market last month and recently delivered stellar interim results, with brokers predicting profits of £31 million this year, more than doubling in 2027.

Amaroq shares have soared from 44p to £1.04 since Midas tipped them in 2022. More gains are expected.

Traded on: Main market Ticker: AMRQ Contact: amaroqminerals.com

PROSPEX ENERGY

ENERGY security was seldom discussed outside rarefied circles until Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. Since then, homegrown power has become an issue of critical importance, even more so since America's ill-fated war with Iran.

Prospex Energy is well placed to benefit from this new reality. Traded on AIM, the group owns oil and gas projects in Italy, Spain, and Poland – some in production, others at an earlier stage, but all with significant growth potential.

The business was formed as an investment company, designed to buy assets, improve them, return money to shareholders, and continue the cycle.

Previous management focused more on purchases than sales and investors showed their disappointment, sending the shares plunging from 74p to 3.7p over a decade.

Now, change is under way under new chief executive Tom Reynolds, a no-nonsense Scot with a history of delivering for investors.

He has systematically analysed the business, with the aim of funding development and bolstering the share price without asking shareholders for cash.

Italy is home to Prospex's most profitable asset, a gas project in the Po Valley. One well is operational, but there are plans to add four more, generating significant gains over time. Prospex owns almost 40 per cent of the site, but it may bring in outside partners to contribute to any future cash calls.

Spain boasts two sites, one near Seville in the south and one in the heart of Rioja in the north. The first is wholly owned by Prospex, in production and hoping to expand once permits are granted.

The Rioja asset is also likely to deliver big improvements next year, but Prospex owns just 7.5 per cent of it and may reduce that still further.

Poland is a new addition to the group, with two licences acquired this year, including an area where

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oil was discovered in Soviet times and which could move into production in the next couple of years.

Prospex today is valued on the stock market at little more than £16 million. Yet its assets could be worth more than £200 million if Reynolds' plans come to fruition.

That is a big ‘if’ but there is little doubt that energy assets are in demand and Prospex has some good ones. At 3.7p, the shares are a buy for the adventurous investor.

Traded on: AIM Contact: prospex.energy

Ticker: PXEN

EMPIRE METALS

TITANIUM dioxide is one of the most widely used compounds in the world – a central ingredient in paints, packaging and paper, as well as make-up and sunscreen.

Pure titanium is more rarefied, but it plays a key role in aerospace and defence. So much so that the metal has been designated a critical mineral by the US, the UK, and the European Union. Even our bodies respond well to titanium, so it can be found in hip and knee replacements, dental implants and screws that bind joints together.

The global market in titanium is valued at around £15 billion a year and expected to grow by some 20 per cent over the next five years. But premium titanium and titanium dioxide are in short supply, with China controlling much of the market. Empire Metals could change that dynamic.

Operating in Western Australia, this AIM-traded company has just announced the world's largest resource – 8 billion tons of ore containing almost 350 million tons of high-grade titanium dioxide.

Most of the world's titanium and related compounds come from low-grade ore that needs extensive, expensive and polluting processing. Empire's raw material is of a superior class, which means processing costs will be lower, production will be cleaner, and the end product will be tip top.

Empire is sitting on a vast 400-square-mile site, and work is at an early stage. But the shares have already soared from 9.5p to 42p since January 2024 and they should continue to move higher.

Recent interim results confirmed that the group is making progress on every front and plenty more news is expected over the coming months. The group also plans to list in Australia, while retaining its London home, a move that should bring in new investors.

Existing shareholders may want to take some profits, but brokers suggest the stock is worth close to 80p, implying long-term value for new and current holders.

Traded on: AIM Contact: empiremetals.com

Ticker: EEE

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NIPPON ACTIVE VALUE FUND

ABOUT 4,000 companies are listed on the Japanese stock market, almost twice as many as on

Many are so poorly managed and ill-suited to life alone that Japanese regulators believe half will be taken over or disappear entirely. But the pace of change is slow, so firms stagnate, run by octogenarians more focused on their own financial comfort than generating value for shareholders.

Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) was formed to spot these under-achievers, shake them up and generate returns for investors. The group invests in small and medium-sized companies listed on the Nikkei Exchange, and there are 29 companies in the portfolio, from chocolate-maker Ezaki Glico to cleaning materials firm Stellar Chemifa, whose customers range from nuclear plants to chip-makers.

Fuji Media is a classic example of NAVF at work, selected when the TV group was led by Hisashi Hieda, then in his late 80s. A scandal triggered boardroom resignations, the shares rose and NAVF more than doubled its money.

NAVF also benefits from American firepower in the shape of fellow investment funds, Dalton and NAVF Select. The trio hunt in a pack, so they can build larger stakes and exert more influence.

The track record is promising. At launch in 2020, NAVF was valued at £103 million. Today it is worth almost £450 million. Smaller companies have lagged their larger peers in Japan this year, but chairman Paul Ffolkes Davis and his team are undaunted and could deliver some exciting action over the coming months. That should benefit fund investors, making NAVF an intriguing buy at £2.28.

Traded on: Main market Ticker: NAVF Contact: nipponactivevaluefund.com

MP EVANS

PALM oil arouses strong emotions. Producers are accused of killing off orangutans, turning forests into scrubland, and putting profit over local livelihoods.

However, Indonesia-based MP Evans takes a different tack, focusing on sustainable production, with certificates and independent audits to prove it.

Trees are planted in carefully selected areas, wildlife corridors wind through each plantation and the group also works closely with local communities.

Midas first tipped MP Evans in 2011 when the shares were £4.20. Today they are £17.70. The increase reflects a huge increase in acreage and efficiency, as well as rising palm oil prices.

Exceptionally versatile, palm oil is used in 50 per cent of all packaged foods, from biscuits and bread to Nutella and ice-cream.

Cosmetics contain palm oil too and increasingly the oil is used as biofuel, including in Indonesia. This is driving up demand, with prices up more than 25 per cent this year alone.

Chief executive Matthew Coulson is optimistic. Profits of \$134 million (£98 million) are expected this year and he is hoping to take that number higher.

Dividends are rising too, with 62.5p pencilled in for this year, climbing to 65p next year.

MP Evans is valued on the stock market at nearly £1 billion, but a family ethos pervades the business. Edwin Hadsley-Chaplin joined in 1947, stayed for decades and his son Peter now chairs the company, while his family still owns about 10 per cent of the shares. That translates into careful stewardship and a determination to deliver sustainable growth across generations.

For investors with long-term horizons, MP Evans is a buy.

Traded on: AIM Contact: mpevans.co.uk

Ticker: MPE

How Labour could transform me into a present day version of a grumpy old Victor Meldrew

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HEN I took a step back from full-time employment earlier this year, I vowed to

enter the next stage of my life with grace. Yet semi-retirement has been a struggle – an issue I wrote about a month ago – as I have wrestled with getting the right ‘work-life’ balance.

The wrestling is ongoing judged by the fact that my partner has now decided to call me Victor Mel-drew after the grumpy character in the classic 1990s BBC sitcom One Foot In The Grave. My propensity to moan since ‘semi-retiring’ has gone up a notch or six.

She's right to give me the Victor

'A "better" system lies in taxing the elderly'

Meldrew label. For example, a week ago, I was apoplectic after Cross Country Trains cancelled the service that should have taken me to the Hawthorns, home of West Bromwich Albion Football Club, to see my team play (beat) Burnley. When Leonie rang to see how the train journey was going, I was instead in my garden furiously watering my dahlias.

I growled down the phone like an agitated bear, causing neighbours to stare in a state of trepidation.

‘Bloody Cross Country Trains, they’re hopeless,’ I shouted. ‘They don’t care about customers. Owned by private equity.’

Leonie quietly terminated the call. I phoned back immediately to apologise. Only later did it emerge that the train's cancellation wasn't an isolated incident, but a result of a power cut at Cross Country's control centre in Birmingham.

Yet this Victor Meldrew meltdown was not a patch on the one two days later after I read the latest research issued by the Left wing (and Labour-loving) Institute for Public Policy Research titled 'Taxing Times' – an apt title given we are burdened with the highest taxes since the 1940s.

This time I was spitting blood. 'I don't believe it,' I bellowed.

The research, timed to shape Labour thinking ahead of the Budget in just under two months' time, starts well with author Ben Ansell describing the country's tax system as not fit for purpose and riddled with ‘a great deal of complexity’.

There will be few readers who disagree with the good professor on this point.

But read on, as I did for nigh on 30 pages, and my persona turned into full-on Victor Meldrew mode.

Why? It was because Ansell believes the path to a ‘better’ tax system lies in taxing the elderly until the pips squeak.

Among his recommendations is the imposition of National Insurance (NI) contributions on those of us who have reached state pension age, but want to continue working for all kinds of reasons (financial necessity, the love of work, or like me a mix of the two).

Currently, oldies like me are (rightly) exempt from NI as soon as our state pension kicks in.

There's more. Ansell says council tax and stamp duty on house purchases should be scrapped – and replaced with a wealth tax that rises in proportion to home values. Ansell also calls for taxes on capital gains from second home sales and shares to be pushed up in line with income taxes.

Explaining his stance, he says the tax system has ‘increasingly shifted responsibility towards younger workers while protecting many of those who have benefited most from decades of rising property and asset wealth’.

Of course, we need to ensure the young can find worthwhile jobs and in time save enough to become homeowners. But that will not happen through taxing the elderly.

It will come from a government pursuing policies that fuel economic growth. That means manufacturers having access to cheaper energy; high streets not blighted by crippling business

'Growth would negate need for ageist acts'

rates: and Labour having the gumption and humility to reverse both its NI and regulatory assault on employers.

If Labour does this, UK plc will start thriving again and employment will rise, giving the Government greater scope to cut taxes for the young – especially if it is accompanied by serious measures to tackle a ballooning benefits bill.

Just as importantly, it will negate the need for Labour to resort to the ageist measures that Professor Ansell is recommending.

For the record, professor, ‘pensioners’ like me have paid our NI dues and deserve the state pension that our contributions were designed to fund.

Getting us to pay more NI post receipt of our state pension is simply not on – ‘I can’t believe it.’

I trust Chancellor John Healey feels the same come the Budget on October 28.

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The little known inheritance tax trap that lies in wait for 14 years then snares you with a huge bill

By Tanya Jefferies

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RACE is under way to hand cash and other assets to younger generations ahead of a new inheritance tax levy

on unspent pensions.

The change next April is galvanising many families into making large gifts to avoid onerous death duties.

But you need to be aware that there are obscure and costly traps which could catch you out.

It is well known that you can give up to £3,000 a year free of inheritance tax (IHT), or unlimited sums that become exempt if you live for at least seven years.

But setting up a trust is also becoming an increasingly popular way to beat IHT, which can significantly complicate matters.

You risk the seven-year rule being extended for up to 14 years if you have created a discretionary trust to pass on wealth – and bungle the type and timing of your gifts.

Here's what can go wrong and how you can ensure that your beneficiaries avoid being hit with an unexpected extra tax bill.

HOW DO TRUSTS WORK?

TRUSTS can be used for many purposes, including saving on IHT if you are wealthy enough to make it worthwhile.

They are a legal arrangement which allows assets to be managed and handed over for the benefit of one or more people.

A ‘settlor’ puts the assets – such as land, property, shares and cash – into the trust. ‘Trustees’ look after them and ‘beneficiaries’ ultimately receive them.

But there are layers of costs and taxes and it's important to get professional advice.

Usually, as a settlor, you cannot continue to benefit from what has gone into a trust and still expect to avoid IHT. But you can exert control over how the money might be used. A discretionary trust allows you to retain leeway over anyone you deem too young, vulnerable or untrustworthy to handle large sums or assets – and you can be a trustee yourself.

Before considering a trust or other measures, work out if your estate will be liable for IHT.

It is levied at 40 per cent above thresholds starting at £325,000 per person, or £500,000 if you leave a home to direct descendants. Couples can double those thresholds because spouses are exempt from IHT.

...and the steps you can take to mitigate it

HOW THE 14-YEAR RULE CAN CATCH YOU OUT

THE seven-year rule can turn into the 14-year rule due to the different ways that gifts are assessed for tax if you are making them into a trust but also handing them over outright.

Under the seven-year rule, a gift is technically known as a ‘potentially exempt transfer’ (PET).

A gift into a discretionary trust is normally treated as a ‘chargeable lifetime transfer’ (CLT), which means it is assessed for IHT at the time, not after death. If it falls within your £325,000 nil-rate band, no upfront IHT has to be paid. But it is not forgotten and can still matter in the future.

That earlier gift into the trust has to be taken into account if you make subsequent gifts direct to individuals which are subject to the seven-year rule.

As these are PETS, if you die within seven years, the gifts ‘fail’ and IHT is chargeable.

But the taxman will not only look back at the last seven years before death, but also at the seven years prior to PETs to see if earlier CLTs already used up any of your £325,000 nil rate band.

This is how a gift made into a trust nearly 14 years ago can still increase an overall IHT bill.

HOW MUCH MIGHT IT COST YOU?

MARIANNA Hunt is a personal finance specialist at wealth manager Fidelity International. She provides the following example to show how gift giving can go awry and result in a bigger IHT bill.

Tim is divorced and eventually dies with an estate worth £1.8million. He put £325,000 into a discretionary trust for his grandchildren, which makes it a ‘chargeable lifetime transfer’.

Since the transfer is within his nil-rate band (£325,000), he didn't face an immediate IHT bill.

Just under seven years later, Tim gave £325,000 directly to his daughter to help her to buy a larger home, and this was a ‘potentially exempt transfer’. He died two years after making the gift to his daughter. Therefore her PET fails and becomes chargeable for inheritance tax unless it falls within Tim’s nil-rate band.

Tim made the gift into a trust nine years before his death, but because chargeable transfers in the seven years before the PET still count, it turns out that the gift has already used up Tim's entire £325,000 nil-rate band.

So, Tim's £1.8million estate would be taxed at 40 per cent, with an IHT bill of £720,000.

However, this isn't the end of it because since Tim made the earlier gift into a trust and then died within three years of making the second gift to his daughter, the latter is also taxed at 40 per cent.

This is an extra £130,000 which increases the family's overall IHT bill to £850,000.

Hunt says: 'It is worth stressing that HM Revenue & Customs is not simply imposing a new 14-year survival period on every gift. The ordinary rule for gifts made directly to individuals remains seven years.

'The effective 14-year period comes about because two seven-year look-back periods can overlap.'

HOW TO AVOID THE 14-YEAR RULE

THERE are precautions you can take to avoid falling foul of the 14-year rule.

Hunt urges people to keep a clear record of what was given, to whom, on what date and whether a trust was involved.

Secondly, she advises that you make sure that you understand whether a gift is a CLT or a PET before making it. This is because they may achieve similar family objectives but have very different inheritance tax consequences.

Thirdly, she suggests that you consider leaving at least seven years and a day between a significant CLT and a subsequent PET - breaking them up so the taxman won't look back 14 years.

Philip Lewis, head of financial planning advice at wealth manager Evelyn Partners, stresses the importance of the order and timing of gifts.

He says: 'In some circumstances, making a PET before creating a trust, or ensuring gifts are spaced more than seven years apart, can potentially avoid the impact of the 14-year rule.

‘However, making gifts into a trust first may help to reduce future trust charges, such as periodic and exit fees, so there are pros and cons to both.’

Lewis adds that as the rules are complex and outcomes depend on individual circumstances, professional advice is essential.

Richard Paddle, private client adviser at wealth manager Isio, says: 'Well-intentioned estate planning can backfire when people mix trusts with later outright gifts.

‘It is important to separate large trust gifts and big outright gifts by at least seven years, keep detailed records of all lifetime gifts, and review plans regularly as rules and values can change.’

By Holly Mead

THEY say age ain't nothing but a number, but when it comes to later-life financial planning it can be a bit of a headache – especially if you reach retirement at a different time to your partner.

According to Census figures from the Office for National Statistics, nearly a third of married opposite-sex couples have an age gap of five years or more with the equivalent figure for those cohabiting being just short of 34 per cent. In 68 per cent of married couples, the man is the older partner.

While the average age difference between men and women getting married in the UK is only two years, wider gaps of 10 or 20 years are not uncommon. That's easy enough to see in the celebrity world: consider the 25-year age gap between Michael Douglas, 81, and Catherine

Zeta-Jones, 56, or the 17 years between George and Amal Clooney, aged 65 and 48.

‘If there’s an age gap in your relationship, it might not be something you think about very often, aside from those odd moments when you realise one of you has never heard of Valerie Singleton or Reginald Bosanquet,’ says Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at investing platform AJ Bell. ‘But when it comes to planning your retirement, it can throw up some thorny problems.' So how do you plan for it financially and avoid the pitfalls?

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The couple, who met through a dating app, spoke early on in their relationship about their finances and aspirations for life. Alex liked that he was organised about his finances and clear about his goals.

‘I was widowed at 34 and knew I wanted a family, so I had quite upfront conversations about life and money when dating,’ says Alex.

‘We were very honest from the beginning and did a lot of planning together. He was always clear that he wanted the choice to step back from work and do more travelling; to take it a bit easier at some point.’

The couple have been diligent about saving, maxing out tax-friendly Isas for themselves and Junior Isas for their children, and saving hard into their pensions.

But what they hadn't considered was how having children could impact their future plans.

‘Once we had our second child, some of those conversations changed because really we’re at least 18 years from full freedom,’ says Alex. ‘By freedom, it’s not just about retirement, but your responsibilities.’

After years out of the workplace, Alex is excited to have launched her own business Lemons. Life, which aims to help women with financial planning and difficult life administrative issues such as writing a will.

She says: ‘I feel very mid-career whereas my husband feels towards the end of his,’ she says. ‘I won’t get my state pension until I’m at least 67, so if I can retire at 65, I’d see that as a win.’

MIND THE RETIREMENT GAP

IF THE state pension will form a major part of your retirement income, then there may be no choice but to wait until it kicks in before you stop working. That could mean the older partner is left twiddling their thumbs for several years.

Coles says: 'With a significant age gap, one person could reach state pension age while the other is in their 50s. They might even start to scale back at work while their partner is in their 40s and at their peak earning potential.'

Consider how you will divvy up your living costs when your incomes are so different. This is particularly important if your retirement income will be significantly less than your previous salary.

It might be that the older partner paid for more in the past when they were earning more, and the younger partner now picks up the slack. Have the conversation early or the adjustment could come as a shock – and maybe fuel resentments.

It's not just money to consider, but time. What will the retired spouse do while their partner is working? Are they happy to wait until their spouse retires before they tackle their bucket list, or will they get started solo?

Talk about your plans. Many new retirees find the transition difficult, so make sure to have hobbies and a social network in place.

Some couples will decide to retire together. For the younger spouse this will mean having enough saved to bridge the income gap until they can claim their state pension, currently at 67.

Tom Kimche, head of advice at wealth manager Netwealth, says: 'The decision may also depend on how lucrative and engaging the younger person's career is. If they are earning well, still progressing and enjoy what they do, stopping work simply to retire alongside an older partner may involve a significant financial and personal sacrifice.'

Consider also how stopping work early could impact your private pension savings. Someone who put £200 a month into a pension pot from age 25 to 55 (the earliest age you can currently access your pension savings) could have amassed a fund worth £250,000, assuming they increased contributions by 2 per cent a year and achieved average annual investment growth of 6 per cent.

But staying in work and continuing to contribute until age 60 could boost the pot to nearly £362,500, while waiting until 65 could mean ending up with just short of £518,000.

Kimche says couples need to do their sums. He says: 'It's not just the size of the pot but how long it needs to last. Your retirement plan effectively runs from the older partner's retirement to the death of the younger partner.'

Those entering drawdown – where you leave your pension savings invested and withdraw an income from the pot – should ensure their investment strategy can cope with this. Avoid choosing investments that are overly cautious if you are relying on that pot to support your spending for several decades.

GET CLEAR ON PRIORITIES

KELLY ATKINS, 38, and Mark Jackson, 50, are saving hard for their wedding next year. But with 12 years between them, there's another major milestone on the not-too-distant horizon: retirement.

The couple, who live in Upminster, Essex, and both work for a university, are saving hard into their pensions as well as making regular mortgage overpayments.

Kelly says: 'We hope to clear the

As a third of couples are in a relationship where one is at least five years older than the other...

How to avoid later life money problems triggered by a SIGNIFICANT AGE GAP

mortgage within ten years, then we could consider putting more into our pension. Luckily, our employer is generous and doubles what we put in, so our pots are building up quickly.'

Mark expects to retire in his 60s and while Kelly doesn't think she'll stop working at the same time, she hopes to retire before state-pension age.

‘It depends on work,’ she says. ‘I don't want to be in a high-powered job where I need to be in the office by that point. It would be good to have something more flexible that would allow us to travel.'

The pair have a joint life insurance policy in place to cover the mortgage, and plan to ramp up their savings in the future when their two children are older. 'It's a long way off right now,' says Kelly, 'so it's hard to plan. The main priority is being able to travel together and create life experiences.'

FAMILY MATTERS

FOR many people, children will form part of the equation. Couples are typically waiting until later in life to start a family, with the average age of a new parent being 31 years for women and 34 for men.

In 2025, some 1,126 babies were born with a father over the age of 60. That means plenty of people will enter retirement with children still in school.

Coles says: 'This can be helpful if it means you can deal with the childcare and cut your outgoings. But you need to have planned carefully for how you can afford to raise a family on a pension income, especially if you might possibly be paying for university and helping them on to the property ladder too.'

Life insurance is worth considering, she says, ensuring a lump sum payout on death to a surviving spouse, which can help clear the mortgage, pay for childcare costs, or cover day-to-day family living.

Care costs are a worry for many people in later life and are particularly hard to plan for as it is impossible to predict who might need it and for how long. According to Age UK, residential care costs are around £1,100 a week, rising to £1,450 for a nursing home.

For couples, it will be assumed that half of any joint assets, such as savings or bank accounts, belong to the person in care and will be used to determine how much (if any) help they will get. Currently, anyone with assets above £23,250 must pay for all their care.

'You can't just give everything to your spouse because the council will consider this a deliberate move to avoid care fees – known as deliberate deprivation of assets – and charge you regardless,' says Coles.

Instead, couples must consider ahead of time the most tax-efficient way to divide their assets. Taking professional advice can be a smart move here to make sure you don't fall foul of the rules.

Now is also the time to think about lasting power of attorney, the legal document that gives you the authority to make decisions on behalf of your spouse if they lose the capacity to do so themselves. There are two types – health and welfare, and financial affairs and property. Each costs £92 and it is advisable to have both.

Ensure you have an up-to-date will written and that your pension beneficiary is up to date – this is the person who will inherit your pot when you die.

Defined benefit, or final salary, pensions may continue paying a reduced amount (often half) to the surviving partner but check the rules, says Lucie Spencer, a Society of Later Life Adviser at wealth manager Evelyn Partners.

She adds: 'Many such schemes have a cut-off, such as if the spouse is more than ten years younger, they can refuse to allow them to benefit.' Other schemes may rescind the benefit if you remarry.

Spencer says: 'With a significant age difference, it becomes even more important to make sure that wills are up to date, powers of attorney are in place, and pension and life insurance beneficiary nominations are appropriate, as there is a greater chance one partner could survive the other for some time.

'The surviving partner might be reliant on inheriting both jointly owned assets and those in the name of their partner to fund their later life.'

TOP TIPS

- Ensure you adjust the division of household costs according to your shifting earning power. - If one of you is retiring way before the other, talk about how it will work so you are both happy. - Consider life insurance if there is a big age gap.

- It's never too early to set up a lasting power of attorney. - Look at your will and, if necessary, update it. If you haven't got one, make an appointment with a local solicitor or the likes of Co-op.

- Check where you stand if the other leaves a pension upon death.

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How first-time buyers are the winners from Labour's nasty attack on buy-to-let

FLOOD of landlords deserting the buy-to-let market, caused by a mix of higher taxes and tougher regulations, is enabling

many first-time buyers to get a foot on the housing ladder after years of being priced out of the market.

Falling prices for flats, triggered by a surge of former rental properties up for sale, is proving a game-changer. One-bedroom flats that were unaffordable two years ago are now within their reach.

Landlords have been disposing of properties to avoid grappling with

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the Renters' Rights Act that was brought in by Labour. The legislation provides safeguards for tenants with stricter rules around collecting rent and evictions.

Since it was introduced in May, landlords who serve a ‘ground 1A’ notice on a tenant in order to evict them and sell the property face a 12-month ban on re-letting the property, even if they are unable to find a buyer. If they fail to sell, they could

Provided by WILLSON GRANGE be left with an empty property for a whole year, having no income to cover service charges and other running costs.

Some are resorting to dropping prices to get a quick sale.

Adam Jennings, head of residential at estate agent Chestertons, says: 'Landlords looking for a straightforward sale are now generally more receptive to sensible offers. First-time buyers are appealing because they are chain-free, offer greater certainty and speed up transactions.'

According to rival estate agent Savills, more than a quarter of a million of former buy-to-let homes were listed for sale in the year to March: 9 per cent more than the previous year.

Flats – most typically sought by first-time buyers in cities such as London, Leeds and Manchester – made up a majority of rental homes listed for sale last year.

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Agent Hamptons says flats remain disproportionately exposed to landlord selling and prices are falling as a result – more than other types of homes.

Helen Tinlin and partner Kieran are among those who have managed to buy their first property by taking advantage of the situation.

Last year, the couple started to look for a new place to live after being told they would soon be kicked out of their rental property in Herne Hill, southeast London.

But rather than looking for another property to rent, they started hunting for one to buy.

Helen, 29, says: 'With our dog Chief, half husky and half golden retriever, we needed a garden flat. But the cost of renting a one-bedroom property in the area was out of our reach. Landlords were asking for between £2,000 and £2,500 per month – insane.'

Helen, who works in marketing, changed tack. She looked into whether the couple could buy a property instead.

She says: ‘I started targeting flats being sold off by landlords. Given the excess of properties on the market, I knew we would be in a strong position to negotiate and more likely to find something within our budget range of between £450,000 and £460,000. And, believe me, there was a lot of choice.’

Late last year, the couple moved into a one-bedroom flat nearby after putting in an offer just five weeks before.

'The flat was on the market at £475,000, but a previous buyer had made an offer and then dropped out,' she says. 'So, I knew we could haggle and we ended up getting it for £460,000.' The fact that the landlord was selling the other flat in the building meant she was able to buy the freehold – a big benefit.

Jonathan Higginson, of Hamptons at Reigate in Surrey, reports he has also seen an increase in tenants buying properties from their landlords.

He says: 'It's a big benefit to both parties. It's generally a quick and efficient process, with no viewings and no chain.

‘We just completed a sale on a detached four-bedroom house in Reigate in six weeks. The

‘Landlady panicked about new red tape’

tenants were a family settled in the area who had been trying to find a property with us to buy. We approached their landlord, who agreed to sell.'

Stephen Perkins, managing director at Yellow Brick Mortgages, says selling to a tenant can be an ‘ideal’ exit for a landlord. He adds: ‘There’s not an estate agent fee, they continue receiving rent until completion and they have a chain-free buyer who knows the property.’

One potential issue to be aware of is that if negotiations with a landlord break down, any future relationship may become horribly strained.

If the landlord agrees to sell below market value, then a tenant might be able to negotiate a smaller deposit. Perkins says transactions can sometimes be structured as a ‘concessionary purchase’.

He explains: 'For example, if a property is worth £200,000 and the landlord agrees to sell it to the tenant for £190,000, some lenders may allow that £10,000 concession to effectively provide the tenant's deposit rather than funding it from savings.'

For long-term tenant Zoe Power, not having to move was the biggest benefit of buying her four-bedroom house when her elderly landlady decided to sell up in Halesworth, Suffolk.

‘We’d been renting for ten years, loved the area and had a great deal – £650 a month,’ says Zoe, 40, who runs Katrina Kingdom, a lampshade company, and lives with partner Alan, 50.

She adds: 'When the landlady heard about the Renters' Rights Act, she panicked about dealing with all the new red tape, so decided to sell.'

Zoe was shocked to find that rental rates for a similar property were £1,600 a month.

Estate agents valued the property at £260,000 but Zoe offered £225,000 and ended up getting it for £240,000.

Being under £250,000, she was spared paying stamp duty and got a mortgage through Yellow Brick.

She completes on the house in the next few days – and adds: 'I'm slightly terrified of finally being a homeowner, but having been present for all the boiler and electric checks as a tenant, I know what I'm buying. I hate moving so am happy to be staying put in a house I love.'

I've had brekkie at Claridge's over 10,000 times... Yet, I still found time to sell the world's first \$100m life policy!

PETER Rosengard is best known for founding London's Comedy Store, managing the hit 1980s pop act Curiosity Killed the Cat, and getting into the Guinness Book Of Records for selling the world's first ever \$100 million life insurance policy, writes YORK MEMBERY.

The flamboyant 79-year-old has also had breakfast at Claridge's Hotel in London more than 10,000 times.

'It's a miracle I'm still standing, given my daily diet of scrambled eggs and crispy bacon,' chuckles the divorced father of one grown-up daughter, who has just written a motivational self-help 'how to sell' book.

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DEALS ON WHEELS: Peter Rosengard at Claridge's with his red Vespa. Inset, at the Comedy Store

Q What did your parents teach you about money?

A My Glasgow-born father, Jack, was a first-class family doctor and saw dozens of people every day at his GP practice in East Acton, London – we lived ‘above the shop’, so to speak.

But unfortunately he was also a compulsive gambler and frittered away a small fortune at casinos, betting shops and the old White City dog track.

So every couple of years when I was growing up, our family had a financial crisis – I therefore vowed as a boy never to follow in his footsteps.

Thankfully, Dad conquered his addiction in his late 40s, becoming a founding member of Gamblers Anonymous (UK) in 1964.

Have you ever struggled to make ends meet?

A I never thought I'd become a compulsive gambler myself – I felt I could just have a bit of fun at the casino tables – but I inherited my father's gambling genes.

So by my early 20s, I was losing hundreds of pounds a night playing blackjack at Soho casinos, and even had a Rolls-Royce repossessed (I was a successful life insurance salesman by then.)

Luckily, I overcame my addiction – with the help of Gamblers Anonymous – in my mid-20s, which is just as well, since most compulsive gamblers end up in the gutter, in prison or the river.

Q Have you ever been paid silly money?

A I made a pretty good commission after selling the world's first \$100 million life insurance policy – on the life of the US record company boss David Geffen, one of whose bands was Guns N' Roses, after he sold Geffen Records to MCA Universal for \$550 million in 1990.

‘They need a huge life insurance policy on Geffen’s life,’ I thought, making a cold call to the president of Universal, Sid Sheinberg, from a telephone box near London’s Oxford Circus.

A mix of chutzpah and persistence helped me seal the deal, and it was a good day for Universal and me.

Q What was the best year of your financial life?

A The years immediately after I sold that \$100 million policy were pretty good – but every year of my life as a life insurance salesman has been good.

As long as you see babies in prams, people are going to buy life insurance policy to protect the people they'd throw themselves under a truck for.

The most expensive thing you bought for fr

A Probably the used red Vespa scooter, which I use every morning to get to Claridge's, where I have two or three breakfast meetings.

It only cost me around £3,000 but I can zip into the West End in seven minutes, whizzing past all the Bentleys and Mercedes stuck in traffic jams.

I've stopped wearing expensive watches though; it's much safer wearing a £50 timepiece in London these days.

Q What is your biggest money mistake?

A Probably founding London's Comedy Store in a Soho strip club in 1979.

It proved the launch pad for a string of big name alternative comedians including Rik Mayall,

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle, whom I paid £5 a night to be the venue's first compere. I got the inspiration for it after

visiting a comedy club in Los Angeles in 1978. And while I had a lot of fun managing the club (in the early days, at least), I never made any real money out of it.

A word of warning though: never, ever go into business with a Soho strip club owner.

Best money decision you have made?

A Becoming manager of the pop group Curiosity Killed the Cat in 1984.

I bumped into the boys by chance in a pizza parlour on London's King's Road and listened to a demo of their music.

I named the band after a demo tape song I'd heard playing behind the bar. And together with two ship-owner friends, I invested £100,000 in the band to get them off the ground.

The four-piece went on to have a string of hit singles with songs like Down to Earth, and their debut album, Keep Your Distance, which topped the charts and went platinum.

Their singer, Ben Vol- peliere-Pierrot, made the covers of all the pop mags, though I'm pleased he ignored my advice to ditch his Greek fisherman's hat because it became his trademark.

Will you pass your money down or spend it all? Shhh! I'm leaving everything to my wonderful Cambridge-educated daughter, Lily, 30, who's now a respected global diversity and human rights activist.

Do you have a pension?

A Yes, a Sipp – a self-invested personal pension. My parents both lived to 98 – so all being well, I'll drop dead aged 101... selling life insurance.

Do you own any property?

A Yes, a second and third floor apartment in London's Maida Vale, overlooking one of London's loveliest gardens.

I once owned a five-bedroom house in London's Holland Park, which cost me around £900,000 in 1990, but sadly had to sell it many years ago after my wife and I broke up.

It's probably now worth north of £10 million.

If you were Chancellor, what would you do?

A I'd do more to inspire teenagers and 20-somethings to become sales people and entrepreneurs, and create successful new businesses – that's the best way to grow the economy in the long term.

Q What is your number one financial priority?

A To have enough money so as to never have to worry about it.

- They Only Call Me When They're Dead! (published by Coptic) by Peter Rosengard is out now.

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Insight into making sure your pension lasts forever and a day

IN THIS new series, our experts answer your burning questions about growing your wealth.

YOU'VE saved hard, invested well throughout your working life, and made it to retirement with a decent sized pension fund. Now comes the real challenge: how to ensure your money doesn't run out.

These days, few people outside the public sector retire with a deluxe final salary pension, which pays a guaranteed income for life and tickles up every year.

For those with pension pots determined by a mix of investment performance and the amount contributed, retirement income used to be routinely obtained through the purchase of an annuity, but low interest rates have made them decidedly unpopular.

Instead, most people at retirement now choose to leave their pension fund invested and either withdraw a regular income from it or take ad hoc income when they need it. This process is often referred to as drawdown.

The strategy requires a careful balancing act: withdrawing enough to cover your outgoings, but not so much that your pension pot dwindles too quickly. It means choosing investments that will allow your fund to keep growing, without taking so much risk that you leave yourself open to it falling sharply in value if there is a stiff stock market correction.

A common starting point for those wishing to access a pension fund is the ‘four per cent’ rule, where you withdraw four per cent of the value of your pot each year. For example, if you have a £250,000 pot you would take £10,000 a year. In an ideal scenario, your investments would then deliver enough growth to replenish the pot before you come to make your next withdrawal.

Although the rule has merit, Ed Monk, associate director of investment firm Fidelity International, says it is somewhat crude. Indeed, he believes an annual pension withdrawal of four per cent may be too conservative.

He says: 'It might make sense to start at four per cent, and then course correct as the market turns out better or worse than expected.'

The use of a multi-asset investment fund as a core component of your pension fund in retirement can prove a good approach, providing an element of investment growth and capital protection.

Monk likes the BNY Mellon Multi-Asset Global Balanced fund. It holds the shares of large multi-national firms such as Microsoft, Amazon and Shell as well as UK government bonds and cash.

The BNY fund has delivered returns of 45 per cent over five years – and over the past five discrete one-year periods, it has always delivered a positive return. Another option is Fidelity

Multi-Asset Open Adventurous, which invests in a mix of underlying funds, each with a different investment focus.

Its portfolio offers investors exposure to a spread of geographic regions and assets, including global shares, emerging markets, property, and commodities. It has produced a return of 42 per cent over the past five years.

An alternative strategy, says Craig Rickman, from platform

'You can course correct as the market turns'

Interactive Investor, is to choose income-generating investments – drawing down the income they produce each year and leaving the pension fund's capital untouched.

He suggests the Artemis Monthly Distribution Fund, which invests in a mix of global shares with bonds to deliver growth alongside a monthly income.

Some 60 per cent of the portfolio is in stocks with the remainder in government bonds. The fund has generated returns of 69 per cent over the past five years and provides an annual income equivalent to around 3.6 per cent.

Monk suggests investment trust City of London as another option. It has increased its income for 60 consecutive years and currently has an annual yield of 3.9 per cent.

The Association of Investment Companies lists trusts renowned for consistent dividend growth. Visit https://www.theaic.co.uk/income-finder/dividend-heroes

Before deciding upon your pension fund strategy in retirement, you will need to work out your likely annual spending. Be sure to factor into your sums the state pension, which currently pays around £12,600 a year and other investments such as Isas.

Ensure you know where all your pension savings are and check for any pots that might have got lost along the way. Consolidating, so that everything is in one place, can make things easier to manage.

Also, make sure you have a cash buffer. This is particularly useful for those in retirement who may want to avoid dipping into their investments if there has been a market fall. The typical rule is to have up to six months' of easily accessible cash.

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Allied Irish	4.76	To 31/10/31	25%	£0	0289 047 9221
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HSBC	5.24	To 31/10/31	5%	£0	0800 494 999

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Book it A nine-night package comprising a one-week round-trip cruise from Juneau costs from £5,575pp, departing April 30 and including flights, a hotel stay in Seattle, plus all activities and excursions (small-cruise-ships.com).

CROATIAN DELIGHTS

SPRINKLED like precious gems across the aquamarine waters of the Adriatic Sea, Croatia's Dalmatian islands buzz with a busy fleet of small boats. Typical itineraries take in Dubrovnik, Split, the sophisticated isle of Hvar, the tiny medieval Korcula and sleepy Vis.

WE ARE SAILING: (clockwise from top) One of Star Clippers' tall ships; the red-sailed Pilgrim of Brixham; deck view from the Orient Express Corinthian; Alaskan bear; a dahabiya on the Nile

Sleek motor-yacht MV Aretis, with a 36-passenger capacity, has a sociable feel with group tours and daily stops for swimming in deserted craggy coves. The lively captain's dinner often cements friendships made during the week. Passengers dine ashore most evenings.

Book it A seven-night sailing from Split to Dubrovnik departing May 8 costs from £1,842pp half-board, including excursions, plus two dinners and drinks with meals; flights extra (unforgettable croatia.com).

COSTA RICAN TALL SHIPS

JOINING one of Star Clippers' tall ship cruises offers the opportunity to climb to the crow's nest (with a safety harness) or rest in one of the bowsprit nets while watching dolphins diving in the waves beneath, if you're lucky.

On its Costa Rica sailing, the tall ship (capacity 166 passengers) follows the beautiful country's Pacific coastline as well as that of Panama. This is under wind-power, when conditions allow.

Spot squawking macaws and slumbering sloths in the Costa Rican town of Quepos. Then, kayak through mangrove forests and spy sea turtles while snorkelling in Panama's Golfo de Chiriqui marine park.

Book it A 15-night package featuring a one-week round-trip sailing from Puerto Caldera in Costa Rica and an eight-night stay ashore costs from £6,308pp on January 1, including flights (starclippers.co.uk).

FANCY FRENCH RIVIERA

EXPLORE the French Riviera sailing aboard one of the world's largest yachts, Orient Express Corinthian. The luxury train and hotel operator is one of a clutch of upmarket hotel brands dipping its toes into cruising waters with this revolutionary solid-sail yacht.

Interiors epitomise understated luxury with vintage-inspired lighting and handcrafted materials. There's no compromise on amenities as the 110 butler-pampered guests can choose from five restaurants, eight bars, a theatre and a spa. Watersports are available from the marina platform. Book it A six-night Gems of Provence and

Monaco voyage from Marseilles to Monte Carlo including stops at St Tropez and Cannes departs on July 11 from £14,600pp all-inclusive; flights extra (orient-express.com).

NILE IN STYLE

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jure up the evocative spirit of the pharaohs than by exploring the Nile on an Egyptian dahabiya. These traditional sailboats travel at a slower pace, mooring at small jetties that other, larger boats cannot access, enabling guests to see lesser-visited sites.

With room for a dozen guests, the luxurious Farouz El Nil dahabiya recaptures a bygone age with wood-panelled cabins and elegant decor that extends to the sundeck where guests can enjoy views of the Valley of the Kings and Aswan. Book it A one-week round-trip voyage from Luxor on February 22 costs from £3,185pp full-board, including flights and excursions (discoveregypt.co.uk).

SCILLY SAILING

SALTY seadogs, from beginners to seasoned deck-

hands, can help sail the Pilgrim of Brixham, a gaff-rigged ketch dating from 1895 and one of the last surviving wooden sailing trawlers built in the Devon town. A zest for adventure is the key requirement of this voyage, which rounds Land's End before making the 12-hour crossing to the Scilly Isles.

Highlights are the glorious white-sand beaches of St Martin along with Bryher's tucked-away lagoons and Tresco's botanical

All aboard the Petite fleet!

Smaller vessels offer cruises to remote bays, tropical coastlines and sleepy settlements rich in culture – where the big ships just can't go

gardens. Life aboard is traditional with home-cooked meals in the saloon and cosy bunk beds for ten guests. Book it A six-night round-trip from Falmouth costs from £1,750pp full-board departing July 7 (venturesailholidays.com).

AUTHENTIC BAHAMAS

SAILING beyond the Bahamas' glitzy resort isles of Nassau and Grand Bahama to the Out Islands is exhilarating. The Exumas islands, Andros and San Salvador feature dazzling beaches and sleepy settlements with histories rich in tales of bygone explorers, as well as exiled British loyalists who fled there following American Independence.

Among the few ships able to navigate these shallow waters are SeaDream Yacht Club's 112-guest mega-yachts. With varnished woods and polished brass, SeaDream I and SeaDream II have a classic house-party feel plus first-rate service and cuisine.

Book it A week-long round-trip Bountiful Bahamas sailing from Palm Beach,

Florida costs from £5,697pp all-inclusive departing March 20; flights extra (seadream.com).

HEBRIDEAN DREAM

AUTUMN'S mellow days are just the ticket for viewing wildlife including red deer, eagles and seals along Scotland's west coast. Family-run Hebrides Cruises has a three-strong fleet, with each of its vessels capable of accommodating ten passengers.

Wildlife cruises are held on Lucy Mary, a classic motor yacht with modern interiors and a rear deck area, scene of freshly-prepared, sea-to-table feasts and sunset toasts. These sailings are flexible, guided by tides, weather and guests' wishes. Passengers get the chance to go ashore every day.

Book it There's still space on the Inner Hebrides Big 5 Autumn Wildlife Cruises departing on October 2; four-night round-trip voyages from Oban are from £2,375pp (hebridescruises.co.uk).

WILD IN INDIA

SAIL deep into Assam in India's far north-east, where tigers roam and the misty peaks of the Himalayas rise on the horizon. Cruises along the Brahmaputra River delve into a wilderness of temples, tribal villages and tea plantations, while one of the most noted draws is the Kaziranga National Park, home to the world's largest population of one-horned rhinos and elusive Bengal tigers.

The MV Mahabaahu is a traditional-style, 46-passenger river boat offering atmospheric voyages, with an open top deck providing panoramic views. Book it A 15-night package including the 11-night voyage and three nights in Kolkata, departs on January 10 and 31 from £6,295pp including flights and excursions (noble-caledonia.co.uk).

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ITNESS the wonders of three European capitals and several charming

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Taking in three of central Europe's most popular countries, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, this eight-day river cruise is the perfect introduction to the delights of the Danube.

Take a cruise on the breathtaking blue Danube

Start your cruise in elegant Vienna, with its remarkable imperial-era landmarks, where your dedicated crew will be waiting to welcome you on board CroisiEurope's MS Beethoven.

After a cocktail reception and dinner on board, sail overnight to the town of Melk and enjoy a guided tour of its Benedictine monastery, before continuing into the picturesque Wachau Valley.

Your next stop will be Durnstein, and you'll be introduced to the town's ruined castle, abbey and medieval streets with an afternoon tour, before sailing onward into Slovakia.

Wake up the following morning in Bratislava, the country's spectacular capital, and explore its 18th-century castle, the vast Primate's Palace and the city's cobbled old town before continuing into rural Hungary.

Drop anchor in Kalocsa, a quaint rural town, for a day at leisure and perhaps join an optional excursion into the nearby Puszta, Hungary's 'Wild West'. This sprawling Unesco-listed grassland is home to csikos horsemen, and you'll learn more about their horse-riding traditions with an equestrian show and brandy-tasting session.

Back on MS Beethoven, set sail for Budapest, the exquisite 'Pearl of the Danube'. Enjoy a full-day guided tour of the city's twin districts, hilltop Buda and cosmopolitan Pest, and perhaps enhance your itinerary with another optional tour later in the evening.

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Treasures of the Austrian Danube Your river cruise will start and end in breathtaking Vienna, once the heart of the Habsburg Empire, and you can explore its imperial landmarks with a full day at leisure or a memorable optional excursion. You'll also step ashore in Melk to explore its majestic Benedictine monastery, which has stood for more than 1,000 years. Another highlight will be medieval Durnstein, and you can visit the castle where Richard the Lionheart was once held prisoner.

Bratislava and Budapest

Two of the Danube's most interesting capitals, Bratislava and the split city of Budapest, will be your cruise's undeniable highlights. Take in the Slovakian capital's finest sights, including its Baroque castle and the imposing Primate's Palace, ahead of some self-guided exploration in the old town. You'll also have the chance to embrace Hungary's famous thermal bath culture in lively Pest after a fascinating morning's sightseeing among Buda's timeless riverside wonders.

Highlights of rural Hungary

It's not just the inner-city sights that'll capture your imagination on your river cruise, and the Danube's rural stretches promise to be just as memorable. While in Hungary, join an optional excursion to the Puszta, a Unesco-listed grassland, for an introduction to the region's csikos culture. Also of note is a stop in Esztergom, one of the country's oldest cities, where you'll have time to explore its domed basilica.

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Music legend Gary Barlow's culinary TV show drinks in Kiwi delights By Joanna Tweedy

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RITISH comedian Jason Manford recalls the moment his friend of 15 years, Take That star Gary Barlow, got in touch with him about a travel idea. Manford had been at Keele

Mallord had been at Keele Services between junctions 15 and 16 of the M6, when the eight-time Brit

Barlow asked him: 'Do you want to come to New Zealand?'

Manford, hardly believing what he was hearing, answered: 'Oh, yeah!'

Since 2024, Barlow, 55, has conducted a series of travels for Gary Barlow's Food And Wine Tour on ITV1 and has so far visited South Africa and Australia.

His latest adventure, in New Zealand, is being shown today, in which Barlow's passion and knowledge of wine shines through.

He says Manford, 45, initially admitted he didn't know anything about wine. Yet he had retorted: 'That's what we want. We don't want professionals, we want people to learn while the audience watches.'

As soon as they touched down in New Zealand, the singer knew instantly that the friends, who grew up 30 miles apart in the North West, would have a great time.

‘All Jason does is talk – it’s great talk, he’s very funny, and I thought, “Well, this is going to be easy for me!” We had the most incredible time.’

Barlow was blown away by the scenery. 'You're always adjusting your eyes because you've never seen size like this: the big skies, beautiful mountains and amazing coastlines,' he told The Mail on Sunday. 'I've been telling everybody since to put New Zealand at the top of their list.'

Over a fortnight the duo visited the North and South Islands, taking in Auckland, Queenstown, Central Otago, Marlborough Sounds and Hawke's Bay.

AMAZING SCENERY: Waiheke Island, Auckland, loved by Take That's Gary Barlow, inset left

Barlow says one of the highlights was the awe-inspiring views he, Manford and

Relighting a fire for New Zealand

the crew enjoyed on the 3.5-hour ferry ride from Picton on the South Island to the capital, Wellington, on the North Island:

‘It was an amazing thing to do. To come out of the Sounds, those big inlets of water, and then cross the Cook Strait is something special.’

High-octane exploits included a Bond-esque zip-line arrival into Waiheke Island's boutique Man O' War winery as well as a thrilling 60mph ride through the canyons of Shotover River on a jet-boat.

The friends hiked the interiors of Central Otago and watched dolphins dip and dive along the Kaikoura coast while rattling along on the Coastal Pacific railway.

This Southern Hemisphere bromance also saw a jaunt in a gleaming vintage car through Napier in the Hawke's Bay region and on a tandem bicycle.

'The crew thought we were going to be terrible at it but we got on and were in sync immediately. It disappointed everyone!' Barlow says.

Did the Kiwis appreciate the pair's Northern banter? ‘New Zealanders are quite dry, like the British,’ Barlow replied. ‘They share the same humour as us.’

Manford even managed an impromptu stand-up gig in Christchurch. 'He did ten minutes and it was brilliant to see him doing what he does,' says Barlow.

The new series features deep dives into wine, including bold reds at Craggy Range, the family-run winery at the foot of Te Mata Peak in Hawke's Bay.

At chef Ben Bayly's one Michelin-starred Auckland restaurant Ahi, Barlow dined on seafood delicacy paua (large edible sea snails) as well as wild venison, paired with beetroot and figs.

Elsewhere, the duo also sampled white-bait fritters, green-lipped mussels, and Cloudy Bay clams – plus Kiwi meat pie.

New Zealand's culinary recognition is long overdue, according to Barlow.

'New Zealanders don't shout about it as much as they should – the food is sensational.' Where next for the adventurous, wineloving pop legend? California, Barlow says, and after that perhaps Greece: 'But we'll see. The world's a big place!'

- Gary Barlow’s Food and Wine Tour: New Zealand is on ITV1 today at 12.30pm.

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Come friendly tourists - to Slough!

It's long been the butt of jokes, but this Berkshire town is having a spruce-up

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- OCKING Slough has become a national sport ever since John Betjeman's catchy 1937 poem entitled Slough: ‘Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!/ It isn’t fit for humans now.’

It's an easy game to play – we're brilliant at it.

Even though TV's The Office was not filmed in the town – the opening credits of the 2001 series did show a dreary Slough roundabout and a heart-sinking office block on its infamous trading estate – the message was loud and clear.

Slough was a dump, an urban dystopia, despite its various claims to fame – some more glamorous than others.

The first zebra crossing was introduced in Slough in 1951; the wheelie-bin was invented locally in 1968; and the first Mars bar produced in 1932.

Then you have Slough railway station, which opened in 1840 following Queen Victoria's overturning of an Eton College ruling that no station should be within three miles lest the boys be tempted to flee. The station is Grade 2 listed, as is the nearby Roman Catholic church of St Ethelbert's, completed in 1910 in the Gothic Revival style.

Yet there is no point pretending Slough is a great beauty, and its downward spiral of recent years has been unmistakable.

The local council went bust in 2021. Meanwhile, the high street's hideous Queensmere Shopping Centre closed after an Abu Dhabi company bought it but then walked away without even giving it a lick of paint.

Perhaps that was a positive, however, as Slough might just be on the cusp of greater things thanks largely to a £3.5billion town centre overhaul. This comes after the opening of the striking Curve, a library and cultural centre, in 2016.

‘You won’t recognise the place by 2030,’ says Vineet Vijh of the social enterprise Viva Slough. ‘When I moved here six years

NEW LOOK: The Curve, a library and cultural centre built in 2016. Right: Inside the Moxy Slough

ago I told people that I live in Burnham rather than Slough because it has such a bad name. But that's all about to change.'

Full marks for optimism. I found the youthful town curiously fascinating.

The most recent excitement has been the opening of Mega City (mega-city.co.uk) on the high street, a buzzing £11million entertainment centre spread over three futuristic floors.

Expect games of every kind: laser tag, virtual maze challenges,

AR (Augmented Reality) darts and clay-pigeon shooting. Then you have bowling, cricket nets (in high-tech style) and karaoke.

‘We’re hoping people and especially families will come from far and wide to enjoy this new attraction,’ said duty manager Harsh Singh, as I tucked in to a margherita pizza on the second-floor cafe. ‘We want to get across the idea that Slough is a happening place.’

Anyone thinking of an overnight stay can check in to the trendy

Moxy Slough hotel (doubles from £70, marriott.com), near the high street. And transport connections are astonishingly good thanks to the Elizabeth Line.

The local economy is picking up, too. Slough has become one of Europe's digital infrastructure hubs (even if a British version of Seattle might just be pushing it).

Overturning the prejudice, begun by Betjeman, won't be easy. Hop on the Elizabeth Line for an intriguing insight into this (unfairly) much-mocked spot.

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The scourge of 'family voting' must be ended

Don't believe the hype...

It was a great article by Matt Goodwin last Sunday about how police officers need to be posted at polling stations to stamp out ‘family voting’. When I lived in Croydon I worked as a poll clerk and saw many occasions of ‘family voting’, which I immediately reported to the presiding officer, who would be obliged to speak to the people concerned. What I saw was not family members trying to ‘help’ each other understand the ballot papers, but oppressed women having to obey male family members’ instructions.

To stop such interference in voting, virtually all postal voting must end and families must be separated when entering the polling stations. If people do not speak sufficient English to understand the voting procedure then surely they are unable to fairly assess the choices? We must also only allow UK citizens the vote in British elections.

Our political leaders need to respect our laws and enforce the sensible, existing practices that have been the mainstay of the democracy we have.

C. Kearney, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

Sixty years ago, when I started voting, a policeman was always outside the polling station.

Alan J. Hardwick, Croydon

Can I add two over-hyped experiences to the list Mark Palmer compiled last Sunday? First, the Northern Lights, which I've seen a few times here. I would certainly not spend time or money on them. Similarly, Giant's Causeway, a pile of rocks covered in people. But I do take issue with Mr Palmer's delight in

In the 1960s, police were on duty at every polling station after 5pm. Not for electoral fraud but to keep order!

John Graham, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire

As a young police officer in Newcastle during the Sixties and early Seventies, part of my role was to visit every polling station on my beat on election days. And when the ballot boxes were sealed, we escorted them to the count.

Dave Peart, Newcastle upon Tyne

Police officers at polling stations will make no difference to ‘family voting’. Those who want to do it will simply ask for postal votes.

Gordon Ruddick, Newcastle upon Tyne

McDonald's fries – the ones here taste like salted cardboard. Hilary Norris, Londonderry

I agree with Mark Palmer's gripe about shops playing loud music. It makes me want to turn round and exit swiftly.

Liz Morgan, Carnforth, Lancashire

I was a police officer in Southampton from 1967, and then there was a constable at every polling station all day. These days there probably isn't enough manpower. That's what happens to democracy when you reduce the forces of law and order.

George Longhurst, Lordswood, Southampton

After reading Matt Goodwin's article – and also that of Dan Hodges on Press freedom – it is easy to conclude that this country is at a dangerous tipping point. Our democratic way of life is being eroded by ‘family voting’ and postal voting, and, as Dan Hodges says, freedom of expression is under serious threat, from the Right and Left.

Mawnan Smith, Cornwall

Princes' past has to be history now

You were absolutely right with your comment last Sunday: 'For the sake of the monarchy, and their sick father, the princes must now reconcile.' I wondered if there was any hope for a relationship so fraught. But Prince Harry returning to the UK feels like good news. Lessons will have been learned on both sides, and surely William and Harry can restore harmony to their relationship, their wives too. I have my fingers crossed they will move on in a positive way.

Alan Jacobs, Helsby, Cheshire

I am surprised you so strongly say that the royal differences should be settled. Harry and his wife have done much harm to our monarchy, and I think a reconciliation would be just an act on their part.

Keith Stickland, Lanivet, Cornwall

I disagree that there should be reconciliation. If Meghan is allowed fresh access to the Royal Family, she will be thinking about how to monetise her position and accrue fresh lustre to her waning image.

Steve Forshaw, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Last Sunday your poll said that just four per cent of people think William should make the first move in peace talks. This says a great deal about the feelings the UK people have towards Harry and Meghan.

Grace Jackson, Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire

Gnawing rats spark solar fires

Your article on solar panel fires last Sunday left out one important cause – rodents. We have solar panels and I noticed on neighbouring panels that pigeons were nesting under them. This encourages rats, who eat insulation on the cables, resulting in a fire. Wire netting around the panels stops the rodents and birds.

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Devastating lure of ‘online clout’

Your report last Sunday on the fatal car crash involving young men driving the wrong way at high speed on the A66 highlighted a terrifying social media craze. Two police officers also died in the crash, and one of the teenagers had previously posted TikTok videos of his high-speed police chases.

We saw the devastating cost of similar reckless behaviour when innocent people

were injured earlier this month in Ireland in a crash that happened when teenagers were filming themselves in a BMW driving down a motorway the wrong way. Families are being shattered because someone decided to turn a public highway into a dangerous stage – all for online clout.

We need to urgently ask social media platforms why they allow

these videos to be uploaded and shared in the first place. Surely they have mechanisms to stop this. When tech algorithms reward life-threatening behaviour with views and engagement, the platforms become complicit in these tragedies. These platforms have a duty of care to block, demonetise and immediately remove content that glorifies illegal, dangerous driving.

Maureen Gledhill, Liverpool

G. Adams, East Grinstead, West Sussex

Although I am totally against sacrificing agricultural land for solar panel farms, it is pretty obvious why fields, and not urban areas, are the first choice for them – the panels tend to catch fire!

Paul Morley, Long Preston, North Yorkshire

Low bar for 5G signal

You reported that the UK mobile network is so poor that one in five struggle to make calls. I spent two weeks in Finland, and everywhere I went, across

1,400 miles, there was a 5G signal and four bars on my phone. Here, I have one bar, which is normal, and only 4G. How can Finland have such coverage but we can't?

Alan Pooley, Billericay, Essex Hedgeways

We were concerned to read last Sunday that many children have never

Many children have never seen a hedgehog in the wild. It's a reminder of how seriously the UK's hedgehogs are declining – rural populations have fallen by up to 75 per cent since 2000.

up to 75 per cent since 2000. But by installing ‘hedgehog highway’ gaps into fences and walls, we can allow hedgehogs to roam freely between gardens in search of food, mates and shelter. And leaving a wild, undisturbed corner of a garden provides somewhere for them to forage and nest. These small changes, multiplied in gardens across the country, could help ensure that more children – and future

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Fay Vass, chief executive, British Hedgehog Preservation Society

Time to call for duty

We've heard a lot about human rights in recent months and the European Court of Human Rights. How about a European Court of Human Responsibilities?

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Financial MAIL ON SUNDAY How all our nest eggs can be used to back Britain INTERVIEW Page 78 Experts raise alarm over fresh mansion tax raid

John Healey's talk of ‘evolving’ property levies sparks concerns wealthy homeowners will be hit

By Anne Ashworth

FEARS of a fresh mansion tax raid on wealthy UK homeowners mounted this weekend as property experts warned existing levies were ‘introductory’ and could be expanded.

It comes after Chancellor John Healey, pictured below, admitted last week that the Government was ‘evolving’ its stance on council tax and would introduce ‘a top band for those who have extremely valuable properties’, potentially in the next Budget on October 28.

Healey refused to be drawn on the exact nature of the plans. But property insiders said, given the complexity and expense of a wholesale council tax revaluation, the Chancellor may be considering lowering the mansion tax threshold from £2 million to £1.5 million and increasing surcharge rates, which currently range from £2,500 to £7,400 a year on top of a household's existing council tax bill.

Tom Bill, head of residential research at estate agency Knight Frank, said there was ‘a sense of unfinished business on the issue’ and that other levies on property were probably being mulled over by the Treasury.

‘This could suggest they

This could suggest that may be leaving the door open to bringing more homes into the mansion tax net. The rates announced in the last Budget could prove to be introductory rates only,' he added.

When it was introduced in last year's Budget, it was estimated the mansion tax would bring in £430 million a year, with 55 per cent of this calculated to come from four London boroughs: Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Wandsworth and Westminster.

FEARS: The Mail on Sunday, July 5

This amount has already been described by critics as the equivalent of a ‘rounding error’ in terms of overall Government revenues, and that factoring in the cost of objections and other legal action the true amount collected would be minimal.

The Mail on Sunday revealed in July, before Burnham became Prime Minister, that an expansion of the tax was already under discussion, with ministers seeking to extend its scope to thousands more terraced and semi-detached homes in London and the South East.

The suspicion that the Government is again plotting such action has been heightened by reports that officials from

HMRC's Valuation Office Agency (VOA) could seek to gain entry to houses to ascertain their worth – a disclosure that caused a storm of protest.

The VOA is currently revaluing properties in

council tax bands F, G and H to establish which should be subject to the mansion tax, which takes effect from April 2028. Healey may hope to squeeze more money out of homeowners by extending the mansion tax to another 70,000 to 100,000 properties, but Charles Curran of estate agency Maskells says that such a measure could backfire.

'The Chancellor would have to be mindful that this additional cost for homebuyers would decrease the size of the mortgages they were able to take out,' he said.

‘This would, in turn, put downward pressure on house prices, so cutting the number of properties that would be covered by the mansion tax and the tax take.’

Healey's comments have also sparked wider concern that the Government is once more bent on tax reforms that will appease Left-wing Labour MPs, but may prove counterproductive, hitting the property market and depressing tax revenues.

The abolition of the ‘non-dom’ tax regime last year cost the Exchequer up to £4 billion, said James Quarmby, head of private wealth at the legal firm Stephenson Harwood.

The Government previously estimated that tightening up the regime for wealthy people not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes would bring in as much as £3 billion in extra tax.

But speaking to Knight Frank's Housing Unpacked podcast last week, Quarmby said the move had cost the Treasury money, as many ‘mobile’ high-net worth individuals targeted by the clampdown had instead packed their bags and moved to places with more favourable tax regimes, such as Italy.

This in turn had deprived the Exchequer of income tax receipts as well as stamp duty revenue as demand for high-end real estate fell after the exodus.

A PYJAMA and underwear brand loved by celebrities including pop star Dua Lipa is eyeing a flotation on one of London's stock markets.

Nicola Piercy, co-founder of Stripe and Stare, told The Mail on Sunday that she is considering listing in the City, and wanted to join the small club of just 21 female founders who have taken a firm public in the UK in the past 15 years.

She said she had been helped in her ambitions by a new ‘academy’ – launched by new stock exchange Aquis and Barclays Bank – which is aiming to promote UK listings amid growing concern about the City’s global competitiveness.

Aquis, founded in 2012, runs a junior stock market aiming to

By Emily Hawkins

challenge the might of the 300-year-old London Stock Exchange – or more specifically, its Alternative Investment Market (AIM) for smaller companies.

Britain's public markets are struggling with a dearth of floats, with some firms even ditching their London listings in favour of Amsterdam or New York.

Piercy said she'd never thought a stock market listing was 'on the table' viewing it as 'for huge companies' and 'way too inaccessible'. But she said the academy had given her a 'crash

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Canadians deserve our support

F

ORGET this silly business of Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario Lake America. That's just petulance. The President is trying

to do serious damage to the Canadian economy and we must help.

This late summer bank holiday is a good time to reflect, before we plunge back into the practical issues facing us come the autumn.

This should happen at a personal level of course – what do we need to get right in the months ahead? – but also at a wider level.

And one big question raised by this summer's turmoil is who the friends of this country really are.

For most of us Canada, along with Australia and New Zealand, would come top of the list.

The US? Well, we're cousins, and many ambitious Britons move there. When David Miliband failed to become Labour leader he shot off to New York.

When Sir Nick Clegg lost his seat in Parliament he got a job in the high-tech world of California.

There is also the little matter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

But US politics can be tricky, and periodically we get a sharp reminder of that. We are getting one now, though we are not in the firing line at present. It's Canada, and we need to be on its side.

In practical terms there are lots of things we can do. We've got a trade agreement, but that really just updates the one we had when we were members of the EU.

Talks over a more substantial deal broke down in 2024, but there's a working group now trying to reduce regulatory barriers without a formal arrangement.

While there's no substitute for the physical proximity of the US, remember we are already Canada's third-largest trading partner.

There is more to be done, clearly in oil and gas imports, and in nuclear power, where Canada has expertise. But we should also think of this at a personal level.

Look for the Canadian label. Supermarkets are canny at catching the mood of the market, and I expect to see a lot more maple leaf flags appearing on the shelves in the months ahead.

The big issue, however, is not simply how to buy more Canadian stuff. It is about the relationship between the countries of the English-speaking world.

The Anglosphere will always be dominated by the US. But for the good of the world, that dominance must be balanced by other English-speaking countries, and especially by CANZUK. That's the ugly acronym for Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

The combined population of the four countries is 145 million, so much smaller than the US with 343 million, but still making up 30 per cent of the combined total.

In terms of gross domestic product, on World Bank data it's \$8.4 trillion against \$31 trillion. While that's a lot less than the EU's \$21 trillion, the economy of the US plus CANZUK is roughly double that of the EU.

It also means that while it is possible that China will pass the US in terms of its economic size in the next few years, there is zero

‘In a rough world you must know who your friends are’

chance it will become bigger than the Anglosphere. English-speaking people will remain the dominant force in the world economy for the whole of this century.

So how to proceed? While Ottawa is said to be pushing for closer economic links (see story opposite) we shouldn't have starry-eyed ideas of free trade within

CANZUK, or even a common travel area as the UK has with Ireland. But we could move cautiously in that direction.

This Government is apparently considering giving EU students cheaper access to UK universities. Surely if anyone deserves that it's Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders. They should be at the head of the queue, as it's where cultural ties are strongest.

If you look at where the most Britons choose to migrate, it's not Spain or France. It's Australia, the US and Canada, in that order.

It's why we got Mark Carney, now in the middle of things as Canada's PM, as governor of the Bank of England. We didn't get someone from the Bundesbank.

It's a rough old world and likely to get rougher. All the more vital to know who your friends are.

Shakespeare, as so often, found the words. When you have loyal friends, Polonius tells his son Laertes in Hamlet: 'Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel.'

Canadians are our true friends.

'Ambitious' brand gets boost from Dua Lipa

From Page 75

course' on public markets, though she added any float for Stripe and Stare would need 'access to the right capital, at the right time, at the right price'. She said: 'We are an ambitious business that wants to make a global consumer brand and we need to give the money we have raised back to investors at some point.'

The business – which Piercy said was enjoying the ‘lipstick effect’ of consumers still wanting to buy knickers that make them feel good despite the cost of living crisis – raked in £12 million in sales last year.

It received a publicity boost this month after Dua Lipa was seen wearing its pyjamas in a post on Instagram at a hen party on Italy's Amalfi Coast.

Piercy also noted a lack of interest from venture capital and private equity firms, who she said were ‘giving all their money to AI companies’. She said: ‘That’s why for us looking at a flotation and all it offers is an exciting opportunity for us.’

Aquis boss David Stevens, said of the academy: 'The first cohort shows the UK has no shortage of ambitious, high-quality growth businesses. The challenge is to ensure more of them see public markets as a viable route to their next stage of growth. It's about giving founders tools to understand growth options and engage with public markets.'

Interview – Page 78

British AI pioneer: Cut stamp duty on shares to power tech boom

DISINCENTIVE: Ken Mulvany, inset, says many British tech pioneers end up moving to the US to get funding

By Calum Muirhead

ONE of Britain's leading artificial intelligence pioneers has called on the Government to scrap stamp duty on share trading, overhaul the UK's bureaucratic planning system and cut electricity costs to allow AI to boost economic growth.

Ken Mulvany, the co-founder and boss of BenevolentAI, said the UK's tax on share dealing was discouraging investment in home-grown firms and scrapping it could spur new tech and AI groups to seek financial backing in Britain.

Writing for The Mail on Sunday's sister publication ThisIsMoney, he said: 'Britain imposes a 0.5 per cent tax on buying UK shares while most overseas shares can be bought without it. Reducing that disadvantage would send a powerful signal about where we want capital to go.'

He added that encouraging the biggest UK investment funds to back.

British firms would help the country avoid losing some of its best firms and founders to the US, where investment is often easier to come by.

The next generation of companies may need few people, but they will still need money to grow,' he said, 'and Britain cannot go on producing excellent science and ambitious founders only to watch their businesses leave for Boston or San Francisco at the first serious funding round.

'If we want British savers to own a meaningful share of companies built on cheap intelligence, the tax treatment of investment must make it worth their while.'

Mulvany, 58, said that

while Britain did not have the hundreds of billions to invest in AI like the US or China, its scientific expertise, established financial markets and world-class universities had put it in prime position to benefit from AI as the technology became cheaper.

But he warned this could be at risk if the UK did not address soaring energy prices, which firms across the economy have warned are making them uncompetitive.

‘Britain has some of the most expensive industrial electricity in the developed world and a grid never designed for the demand now arriving,’ Mulvany said.

He added the sluggish nature of planning rules risked leaving the UK without adequate data centres to power an AI productivity surge.

‘The machinery in a data centre is obsolete in three years,’ he said.

'A planning process that takes three years is therefore not a delay but a veto. What is needed is a presumption in favour.'

Mulvany was an early proponent of AI's ability to boost productivity before the rise of household names such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Set up in 2013, his firm aimed to use AI to speed up developing new medicines by processing vast amounts of clinical data fast.

BenevolentAI has collaborated with pharma giant AstraZeneca and in 2020 helped identify Baricitinib, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, as a potential treatment for Covid-19.

Savers are still pouring millions into risky unregulated schemes despite FCA watchdog's warning

By Nicholas Pyke

LAWYERS representing potential victims in the growing ‘loan note’ scandal have told The Mail on Sunday that British savers are still pumping millions into risky, unregulated finance schemes despite a chilling warning from the financial regulator.

This month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told savers to beware of loan notes, often known as mini-bonds, sold by unregulated advisers. Loan notes are financial instruments advertising high returns with weak or unconventional guarantees that can expose investors to big losses.

Evidence is mounting that losses from failing mini-bond schemes run into billions of pounds and that tens of thousands of British investors, many of them pensioners, have already fallen victim.

Yet Martin Richardson, senior partner at Richardson Hartley Law, which specialises in loan note recovery, accused the regulator of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ – and said fresh investors were falling victim with every passing day.

‘We welcome the warning, but the question is why it has taken until now,' he said. 'The marketing of speculative mini-bonds and loan notes to ordinary investors has been banned since January 2021. Five years on, we are still taking calls daily from people who were sold precisely these products, usually through unregulated introducers taking a substantial commission out of the money before it ever reached the project.

‘We are aware of new loan note schemes launching all the time, using the same structures, the same “asset-backed” language and the same trustee arrangements that have already failed investors elsewhere. A warning is welcome, but what victims need is enforcement at the perimeter, and they need it before the money has gone.’

A feature of the schemes is the high rate of commission paid to middlemen. Warning of the risks posed by unregulated financial investments, the FCA highlighted the recent £390 million collapse of Woodville Consultants, which raised cash through loan notes.

Insolvency practitioners are now looking into allegations that Pontypridd-based Woodville was in effect running a ‘Ponzi’ scheme, in which cash from new investors was used to pay back older ones.

The City was rocked by the 2019

'What victims need is enforcement'

failure of mini-bond provider London & Capital Finance, which the High Court ruled was a Ponzi scheme. Last year saw the failure of Godwin Capital, which raised over £160 million in loan notes, and a third scheme, The 79th Group, which lost investors an estimated £250 million. Both are judged potential Ponzi schemes by insolvency practitioners.

There are growing concerns about the effect of the loan note losses on the health of the financial sector itself, with leading banks and financial institutions facing questions about the role they played in processing transactions under scrutiny. If they are found to have been negligent, the compensation bill could conceivably run into billions.

The FCA said: 'Consumers may still come across adverts for loan notes and mini-bonds in everyday places, including social media, online adverts or websites promoting high fixed returns.

'Warning signs include pressure to act quickly, unclear explanations of how money could be lost, or claims that an investment is “asset-backed” without clear evidence of what stands behind it.'

Quarry crisis rocks new construction projects in UK

By Richard Marsden

BRITAIN faces ‘running out’ of crucial raw materials putting construction projects at risk, industry bosses have warned.

It comes as the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which represents producers of materials such as asphalt, sand and gravel, revealed ‘dire’ data showing demand in parts of the UK hugely outstripping supply.

The sector has warned that the UK's planning system, which can see new quarries taking years to secure approval, means it is losing the ability to supply materials for building projects from domestic sources, leaving it reliant on foreign imports.

The MPA said 3.8 to 4.1 billion tons of aggregates – crushed rock used in construction – were needed to meet construction demand in the UK up to 2035. But its figures show new quarry reserves far below this level.

In the East Midlands, newly permitted reserves from 2016 to 2025 of just 10.6 million tons contrasted with the 251 million tons sold in the same period.

At the same time, sand and gravel sales in the South East hit 102 million tons but new reserves were 11 million tons.

Only one new crushed stone quarry has been approved in southern Scotland since 2006.

The MPA said in the past decade, new critical materials projects receiving planning permission were enough to fulfil 49 per cent of sand and gravel demand in the UK construction industry and meet just a third of demand for crushed rock.

'If there's no significant intervention, we will run out of the crucial minerals and aggregates the nation needs for growth, prosperity and the Government's agenda,' MPA boss Paul Adeleke told The Mail on Sunday. 'Nothing gets built without them – schools, houses, roads, data centres.'

Jon Fisher, boss of crushed stone supplier GRS, said a shortage would mean ‘costs will spike and as a result projects would be shelved or delayed’.

The Government was approached for comment.

Carney cosies up to Britain after US tariff tirade

CANADA is looking to expand its trade links with Britain as its latest trade war with the US pushes it to other allies and wean itself off its southern neighbour.

Sources familiar with the situation told The Mail on Sunday that Mark Carney's government was warming to a ‘CANZUK’ alliance, including Australia, New Zealand and the UK, after trade talks with the US collapsed

By Calum Muirhead

abruptly last week sparking a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs.

‘I think if you asked anyone in the government, they would all say they are very supportive of this CANZUK idea,’ one source said, adding the UK and Canada had a ‘historic opportunity’ to bolster trade ties, saying both had become ‘estranged’ from their largest trading partners, the US and EU respectively. While the change of Prime Minister and cabinet reshuffle had made trade discussions ‘difficult’, Canadian diplomatic sources were upbeat, saying: ‘Burnham’s government is relatively new and finding its feet, but in preliminary discussions we’re sensing a real openness and desire to move on that.’ Britain is

Canada's third-largest trading partner but talks to ramp up that cooperation have taken on fresh urgency after Donald Trump announced a fresh wave of tariffs on the country after a previous spate of levies last year.

The President said last week the US would slap tariffs on Canadian vehicles and auto parts from the start of next year, accusing the country of ‘ripping off’ America.

Ottawa swiftly replied it would be slapping retaliatory levies on £15billion of US imports.

The spat has increased support for a CANZUK alliance to provide a counterweight to the economic dominance of America, as well as China and the EU. In March this year Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and the leader of the Canadian Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre endorsed the proposal.

JAMES Ashton, champion of the UK's small stock market companies, has a message for Andy Burnham and his Chancellor John Healey: we need to start investing in ourselves. In particular, we need to stop selling off our companies at bargain-basement prices to overseas and private equity buyers.

And he wants UK pension funds to put more of the nation's retirement savings into backing businesses right here, instead of channelling most of our nest eggs into foreign assets.

Ashton, 51, is coming to the end of a four-year stint as chief executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), which represents small and medium-sized companies listed on the London stock market.

These firms, he argues, are hugely important for national prosperity and we fail to appreciate their worth at our peril.

He is concerned that so many companies have been snapped up by predators, including easyJet, testing group Intertek, energy marketing company DCC, Tate & Lyle sweeteners, outsourcing firm Mitie, and Teesside-based pawnbroker Ramsdens.

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‘In this summer of takeovers it is really important to remember that a share quote is an anchor in the UK for jobs, for intellectual property and for tax,’ he says.

‘Look at Ramsdens. It is not in the business of AI or any of the things we are meant to get excited about. But it is a company that came to market around 10 years ago and it has grown, opened stores and hired more people.

From local job creation to fixing our broken roads, small-cap champion James Ashton makes the urgent case for bringing our retirement wealth back home

‘Then suddenly investors in Texas decide this company is worth at least 50 per cent more than anybody in the UK could comprehend and so it now is going to go to the US. I just don’t understand how that company is better run from Fort Worth in Texas than it is from Middlesbrough.’

buyers are picking off UK companies because they are going incredibly cheap, because we aren't backing ourselves, because we have too much money under the mattress and because our pension funds are busy building world-leading companies abroad. We need to change that.'

None of this is for want of trying on Ashton's part. A former journalist, whose previous jobs included a stint at the Daily Mail, he has been an energetic and effective head of the QCA.

He is expected to move on to a new role soon, probably running another industry body.

He advocates making the tax relief pension funds enjoy conditional on their investing in the UK, saying: 'We offer tens of billions of pounds of tax relief to pension funds with no strings attached.

‘Other countries incentivise investment in their economies. Everybody else is wise to this.'

Pension trustees, he says, often interpret their duty to act in the best interest of scheme members as meaning aiming for the highest returns, even if they are overseas.

‘But,’ he says, ‘what is also in the best interest of a retiree is a road

‘It’s about the country we want to live in’

not full of potholes, schools that are not closed and high quality jobs for their grandchildren.

‘It is about the sort of country we want to live in. This is why I am hopeful for John Healey as Chancellor. He was defence minister so he knows what it is to invest for national security and resilience. This is in the same vein. We want to build companies in all industries. I would like to see a real focus on that in the Budget. If you want good growth in every postcode, you have to do this. It is about being more positive about being British. Britain has to bring that pension money back home.'

Ashton has pushed campaigns to bring down the costs and regulatory burden on smaller listed companies. These include calls for the scrapping of stamp duty on share dealing in the UK, for which the Mail is also campaigning.

and if it were listed here it would be the second most valuable company on the FTSE 100 after HSBC.

He is also lobbying for reforms to audit regulation and governance that will reduce the burden on smaller companies, which he argues is disproportionate compared with larger ones.

Ashton says: ‘ARM was a big watershed. But, from a positive point of view, it was on the London market for 18 years, it still has the best part of 4,000 staff in Cambridge and it still calls Cambridge its world headquarters.’

Another bugbear is the ever-expanding annual report, which now averages 98,000 words long. He says: 'No government is going to win votes by saying we are shaking up the audit market, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.'

Away from work, one of Ashton's great passions is reading. His life, and that of his wife Viveka Alves-trand, was touched by tragedy when their son, Oscar, died suddenly in 2012 from an undetected heart condition aged just three and a half. The couple decided to commemorate the life of their boy, who loved stories, by founding Oscar's Book Prize, for the best pre-school book of the year.

The prize ran for a decade and Ashton is now a trustee of reading charity Coram Beanstalk. He says: 'This is the national year of reading. Around 25 per cent of kids leave primary school and their reading is not where it should be. But this is not just about school or lessons, it is about introducing kids to the pleasure of reading.'

S WELL as his role at the QCA, Ashton is an independent director at Finsbury Growth & Income Trust, run by respected investor Nick Train.

Despite a good long-term record, the trust has struggled in the past five years and the investment trust sector as a whole is under siege from US predator Boaz Weinstein and his vehicle Saba.

ASHTON, 51: HOCKNEY FAN

This is a critical question for Healey, he says, adding: 'In the Budget I would like the Chancellor to look into the question: why don't we invest in ourselves? And why do we undervalue our own companies? Every month I have been in this job we have seen a reduction in the number of companies trading shares in London. That is 45 consecutive months of decline.

'Private equity and overseas

EDUCATION: Mirfield Free Grammar, West Yorkshire; University of St Andrews FAMILY: Swedish-born wife Viveka Alvestrand and daughter Alice FAVOURITE DRINK: G&T

DREAM DINNER PARTY GUEST, LIVING OR DEAD: Painter David Hockney, pictured

HOBBIES: Hill walking, reading, paddle boarding

DREAM HOME: Farmhouse in Sweden by the sea

Ashton points to semiconductor and chip design company ARM as the type of business the London stock market would ideally never have lost. He has even written a book about the company – The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World – published in 2023.

Founded in Cambridge, this hugely valuable business was a constituent of the FTSE 100 index and had a dual listing in New York.

It was taken over by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank in 2016 in a £24 billion deal, taken private then re-floated on Nasdaq in the US three years ago. ARM's market capitalisation is £191 billion

‘With investment trusts, of course there are challenges, but they are another of London’s unique assets,’ says Ashton.

‘On Finsbury we like to think Nick has assembled a portfolio of companies that are world-beating in their field, such as Relx, Games Workshop and Unilever.

‘Why doesn’t that story cut through? It is about how we all talk about Britain’s prospects.

‘It may be something in the British psyche. But the best investment has got to be close to home.

‘If a company is really present and visible in your community, why shouldn’t you buy shares?’

BETTING: 7-4 Piazza, 3 Ecclefechan, 6 Crimson Rambler, 8 Symphony Of Joy, 10 Meritocratic, 12 Big Alex Walmsley, 14 Amarachi.

Lando lands new £30m deal

LANDO NORRIS has committed his future to McLaren until at least 2030 in a deal worth up to £30million a year.

The world champion notified his team yesterday and will continue at the organisation that has underpinned his career since he joined their junior programme in 2017.

Norris has since driven in 163 grands prix — more than any other McLaren driver in history — and taken 13 wins, 18 pole positions and 48 podiums.

Norris, 26, will, therefore, continue in tandem with Oscar

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Piastri, the Australian who signed up to McLaren on a similarly long-term deal last year.

He believes the announcement could boost the team, saying: 'It's best for what will motivate them and make them more comfortable and give them a push.

‘So, it’s perfect timing from that perspective. There’s no other place I’d rather be.’

Norris remains one of the grid's best-paid drivers. Lewis Hamilton, at Ferrari, and Max Verstappen, at Red Bull, are Formula One's chief earners in deals worth £80m a year, perhaps more with bonuses added.

‘I’m open to staying at McLaren for the rest of my career,’ added Norris. ‘I’d be very proud at the end of my career to say that has been the case.

‘I’ve not been someone who’s jumped from team to team, or jumped to the next opportunity. I’ve stuck with McLaren through times when there was a chance to go elsewhere.’

Ed eyeing top table as his 'dude' delivers Solario win

ED WALKER is keen on running Alfred Wallace in a Group One before the end of the season after his two-year-old won the BetMGM Solario Stakes at Sandown.

The 11-4 second favourite, who had run only 10 days earlier when finishing fourth at York, put his experience to good use as he landed the feature by half a length under Kieran Shoemark.

He was making his seventh appearance of the season in a Group Three that had a notable late absentee in hot favourite Rock

RACING

Montreal, who was taken out due to the deteriorating conditions.

Walker said: 'What a dude, he's an absolute star to back up 10 days after York. A few high-profile non-runners probably helped us (Sergei Diaghilev was also ruled out) but our fellow has that battle-hardened experience.

‘We’ll have a shot at a Group One, he’s in everything and I’ll have to try not to run him in all of them!’

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Principal Meeting. R-H course. GOING: Good to Firm-Good in places. TOP JOCKEY: O Murphy. TOP TRAINER: A Balding.

1.25 TATTERSALLS EBF NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 2) £40,000 (2-Y-O) (£20,616) 1m

1	(8)	0	BUNDABERG G & J Moore 9-7......D Egan
2	(1)	2	FLIGHT TRACKER R Beckett 9-7......R Ryan
3	(2)	2	GEORGE CROSS O Burrows 9-7......C Rodriguez
4	(9)	42	MISTER WHIPPY E Walker 9-7......K Shoemark
5	(3)	4	NEW OXFORD H Charlton 9-7......L Edmunds
6	(6)		ODELL D Menuisier 9-7......H Crouch
7	(7)		ROSSBEIGH F Brennan 9-7......O Murphy
8	(5)	74	SEE THE MOUNTAIN A Balding 9-7......D Probert
9	(4)	3	SOMERTON R Hannon 9-7......P Dobbs
BETTING: 2 Flight Tracker, 11-4 Mister Whippy, 7 George Cross, See

BETTING: 2 Flight Tracker, 11-4 Mister Whippy, 7 George Cross, See The Mountain, 8 Somerton, 10 New Oxford, 16 Rossbeigh, 20 Odell.

2.00 VIRGIN BET HANDICAP (CLASS 3) £25,000 (£13,085) 1m

1	(5)	670	SWING VOTE (D4) S & E Crisford 6-10-3......W Buick
2	(1)	000	GODWINSON (C&D) J Channon 6-10-3......D Probert
3	(3)	151	PRINCIPALITY (C&D) H Eustace 4-9-12K Fraser
4	(10)	458	REAL GAIN (D) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6-9-10 H Vigors (5)
5	(6)	044	OLIVER SHOW (D2) G Boughey 6-9-10......B Loughnane
6	(4)	500	RHOSCOLYN (C&D3) D O'Meara 8-9-5......D Tudhope
7	(2)	500	RAINBOW NEBULA (D2) R & P Fahey 4-9-4B Garritty
8	(11)	134	MASKED WARRIOR (BF) W Haggas 3-9-3....C Fallon
9	(9)	711	DRIFTS AWAY (D6) T Kent 5-9-2......R Dawson
10	(8)	415	SILCA BAY (BF,C&D) E J-Houghton 4-9-1O Carmichael (7)
11	(7)	212	INSPIRED (D2) K R Burke 4-9-1......C Lee
BETTING: 3 Inspired, 9-2 Oliver Show, 5 Principality, 6 Real Gain, 7 Masked Warrior, 10 Silca Bay, 12 Drifts Away Phoscolyn

2.35 VIRGIN BET DAILY PRICE BOOSTS HCAP (CLASS 2) £45,000 (£23,193) 6f

1	(10)	620	FERROUS (C,D6) J Channon 6-9-12......C Rodriguez
2	(14)	303	FANDOM (D4) R Hannon 5-9-10......J Leavy
3	(13)	304	ARDISIA (C&D) H Palmer 3-9-9......O Murphy
4	(5)	310	TOYOTOMI (C&D) D O'Meara 5-9-7......D Tudhope
5	(3)	395	LAKERS (D2) K P De Foy 4-9-7......David Egan
6	(8)	020	FAST TRACK HARRY (D4) C Cox 4-9-7......B Loughnane
7	(2)	090	FLASH HARRY (C&D) C Cox 4-9-7......R Ryan
8	(9)	458	PUROSANGUE (D) R Cowell 5-9-6......K Shoemark
9	(7)	398	HAVANA HURRICANE (C) E J-Houghton 3-9-5......C Bishop
10	(6)	421	STRIKE RED (DIO) R & P Fahey 8-9-4......B Garritty
11	(15)	228	RAPPER'S DELIGHT (BF) R Spencer 4-9-2......G Wood
12	(12)	514	JUNGLE DRUMS (BF,D4) J Osborne 4-9-2......W Carver
13	(4)	220	SUDDEN FLIGHT (D) R Hughes 4-9-0......F Marsh
14	(11)	099	ZOULU CHIEF (D4) H Main 5-8-12......L Morris
15	(1)	790	PUREST TIME (D3) I Williams 6-8-10......D Probert
BETTING: 11-2 Fandom, 6 Fast Track Harry, 7 Flash Harry, Rapper's Delight, 10 Toyotomi, Purosangue, Strike Red, Ferrous.

210 PRESTIGE FILLIES' STAKES (GROUP 3)

1	(9)	131	APEROLL (D2) R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs
2	(5)	31	APOLLO'S COMET (D) J Harrington (IRE) 9-2B Loughnane
3	(7)	212	BAYSIDE VIEW (D) M Bell 9-2....O Murphy
4	(4)	1	COAXED (D) J & T Gosden 9-2....W Buick
5	(6)	113	EABHA (BF,D2) E J-Houghton 9-2....C Bishop
6	(10)	133	LIGHT OF DAWN (BF) K R Burke 9-2....C Lee
7	(1)	413	MARTINET (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....L Morris

8 (3) 142 NUIT D'ECLAIR (BF) K P De Foy 9-2....D Egan 9 (2) 11 REDLINE (D) C Johnston 9-2....R Ryan 10 (8) 41 SIENA STORM E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark BETTING: 3 Aperoll, 7-2 Bayside View, 4 Coaxed, 5 Nuit D'eclair, 6 Light Of Dawn, 10 Apollo's Comet, 25 Redline, Siena Storm.

3.45 VIRGIN BET DAILY EXTRA PLACES SELLING STAKES (CLASS 3) £25,000 (£13,085) 1m 3f

1	(2)	471	ECHALAR I Williams 4-9-13.	B Loughnane
2	(3)	321	GLORYOUS J Osborne 4-9-8.	W Carson
3	(6)	150	LORCA'S WALTZ W Haggas 3-9-5.	C Fallon
4	(8)	207	OHARA E J-Houghton 3-9-5.	O Carmichael (7)
5	(7)	012	SUDBURY HILL H Derham 3-9-5.	C Rodriguez
6	(5)	316	UNCHARTEDTERRITORY D O'Meara 3-9-5.	D Tudhope
7	(1)	140	DUNKELD DREAMER K R Burke 3-9-4.	C Lee
8	(4)	2-56	ITICA A Balding 3-9-2.	O Murphy

BETTING: 3 Gloryous, 4 Sudbury Hill, 9-2 Dunkeld Dreamer, 11-2 Echalar, 8 Lorca's Waltz, 10 Uncharted territory, Ohara, Itica.

4.20 CITY OF CHICHESTER HANDICAP (CLASS 3) £25,000 (£12,885) 2m

1	(1)	134	SYNERGISM (D2) Sir M Prescott 4-10-3 .... L Morris
2	(6)	579	BAHADUR (C&D) S Woods 4-10-3.... C Fallon
3	(4)	620	BLAZEON FIVE (D6) A King 8-10-3.... R Ryan
4	(7)	11/1	SQUIREN DANAGHER E Lavelle 6-10-1.... R Dawson
5	(2)	111	SEINOR CORTEZ (D2) J Butler 5-10-0.... B Loughnane
6	(8)	040	MOON OVER MIAMI (D) R Beckett 5-10-0.... H Crouch
7	(9)	316	MARNIER G & J Moore 4-9-13.... J Watson
8	(5)	321	PERSONAL BEST J Portman 4-9-8.... R Hornby
9	(3)	1-22	MAXIDENT (BF) K P De Foy 6-9-8.... D Egan
10	(10)	676	PREMIERE LIGNE H Morrison 7-9-3.... O Murphy
11	(11)	220	KNIGHT TEMPLAR (D2) R Stephens 5-9-1.... D Probert
BETTING: 3 Senor Cortez, 4 Personal Best, 5 Maxident, 11-2 Squire Danagher 7 Synrigmism 10 Marjier 14 Moon Over Miami.

4.55 VIRGIN BET SUPPORTS SAFE GAMBLING HCAP (CLASS 4) £15,650 (£8,066) 1m 2f

1	(10)	313	A MAJOR PAYNE (BF,D2) M Bell 5-10-3....O Murphy
2	(1)	655	WAR HAWK (D3) S & E Crisford 4-10-2.. C Rodriguez
3	(8)	3-50	THINTHREAD G Baker 4-10-2....B Sayette
4	(6)	551	OBITO (D2) D O'Meara 4-10-2....D Tudhope
5	(2)	066	FIRST AMBITION M Keady 5-10-0....H Crouch
6	(9)	210	BEARISH E Dunlop 3-9-11....R Ryan
7	(11)	8-50	ALCARAZ (D3) G Baker 7-9-11....D Egan
8	(4)	253	DUE TO HENRY (D2) E J-Houghton 5-9-8....C Bishop
9	(3)	067	BRIGID'S WELL H Palmer 3-9-6....D Probert
10	(5)	285	SI GRASS C Johnston 3-9-3....C Shepherd
11	(7)	710	LAVENDER GOLD (C&D) D Menuisier 3-8-13 J Watson

BETTING: 7-2 Obito, 4 A Major Payne, 5 Due To Henry, 7 Bearish, 8 Lavender Gold, 10 Si Grass, 12 War Hawk, First Ambition.

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R-H course. GOING: Soft. TOP JOCKEY: D Allan. TOP TRAINER: T Easterby.

1.40 WILLIAM HILL SILVER CUP HANDICAP (CLASS 3) £30,000 (£15,702) 1m 2f

1	(9)	581	THEORYOFEVERYTHING D O'Meara 6-10-2....J Hart
2	(2)	822	IMPARTIALITY (C) P Makin 4-9-12....S Gray
3	(5)	634	WAHDAN T Easterby 5-9-11....J Dickson (S)
4	(6)	212	TIGER (BF,D) I Williams 4-9-10....P Mulrennan
5	(1)	217	JEZ BOMB (D2) S England 5-9-9....R Elliott (S)
6	(10)	673	FOX AVATAR (C&D) R Varian 5-9-9....P J McDonald
7	(3)	605	KIND OF KISS (D) S England 5-9-6....Oisin Orr
8	(4)	1-86	ORATORICAL D Loughnane 3-9-6....L Pearson
9	(12)	046	GALYX (D) J Channon 5-9-6....G Bass
10	(13)	5-31	AMANCIO F Bramley 5-9-5....T Eaves
11	(7)	048	PER CONTRA (D) T Easterby 5-9-4....D Allan
12	(8)	13	BAY OF MYTHS (D) Dr R Newland 3-8-12 G Mangan

13 (11) 304 MUDITA (BF,D) R & P Fahey 3-8-4..... E Tindall (5) BETTING: 3 Impartiality, 9-2 Fox Avatar, 8 Tiger, Per Contra, Amancio, Galyx, 10 Bay Of Myths, Theoryofeverything, 12 Others.

2.15 BEVERLEY BULLET SPRINT STAKES (LISTED) (CLASS 1) £70,000 (£39,697) 5f

1	(5)	182	WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (D3) K Ryan 6-9-7...T Eaves
2	(8)	900	AIN'T NOBODY (D2) K Ryan 4-9-4....K Stott
3	(6)	001	AL SHABAB STORM (D) M Appleby 5-9-4C Whiteley
4	(10)	102	BADRI (C&D) M H Quinn 9-9-4....C Beasley
5	(9)	357	JM JUNGLE (D6) I & S Quinn 6-9-4....J Hart
6	(11)	007	SHAGRAAN (C&D) C Cox 5-9-4....P J McDonald
7	(2)	610	ARGENTINE TANGO (C&D) T Easterby 3-9-0 D Allan
8	(4)	544	BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (C&D) B Haslam 4-8-13A Mullen
9	(7)	633	ELEGANT ERIN (C&DS) P Midgley 9-8-13....C Hardie
10	(3)	931	FLUORESCENCE (D2) E Bethell 4-8-13....O Orr
11	(1)	600	HEAVENIY HEATHER (D) T Waggott 5-8-13 B McHugh
BETTING: 9-4 Jm Jungle, 4 Shagraan, 5 Washington Heights, 7 Ain't Nobody. 8 Heavenly Heather. 12 Fluorescence. Argentine Tango.

2.50 RESTRICTED MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES (CLASS 4) £10,000 (2-Y-O) (£5,400) 5f

1	(13)	793	CHEEKY CHESCA T Easterby 9-2......D Allan
2	(3)	6	DAWN'S GIFT S Ender 9-2......A Rawlinson
3	(1)	458	DOROTHEA HOPE T Easterby 9-2......J Hart
4	(8)	226	ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO B Haslam 9-2......A Mullen
5	(6)		FLORAL MAID B Ellison 9-2......C Hardie
6	(4)		GET ON THAT BABY M & D Easterby 9-2......J Mason
7	(11)	532	LAST DANDELION (BF) S C Williams 9-2 E Tindall (5)
8	(12)		PICNIC PRINCESS R & P Fahey 9-2......S Gray
9	(2)		PIVOTAL VOYAGE K Ryan 9-2......T Eaves
10	(9)	8	POCKET CHANGE P Makin 9-2......S James
11	(10)	305	PURRISTA G Tutty 9-2......C Beasley
12	(5)	059	SERENITY BAY E Dunlop 9-2......O Orr
13	(7)	05	SUENICORA STAR B Ellison 9-2......MP Sheehy
BEFTTING: 9-4 Eleven Eighty Two 3 Last Daneland, 4 Cheeky Chesca

BETTING: 9-4 Eleven Eighty Two, 3 Last Dandelion, 4 Cheeky Chesca, 10 Pivotal Voyage, Picnic Princess, 12 Dawn's Gift, 14 Dorothea Hope.

3.20 WARD HOMES YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (CLASS 4) £10,650 (£5,574) 1m 100yds

1	(3)	100	PRIAPOS (D4) P Makin 4-9-9......	S James
2	(6)	800	NOSTRUM (D) M Appleby 6-9-9......	J Hart
3	(12)	057	WALSINGHAM (D4) D O'Meara 6-9-8C Whiteley (S)
4	(11)	280	HOT CASH (D) J Channon 4-9-7......	C Beasley
5	(9)	278	GOLDEN REDEMPTION G Harker 4-9-6......	D Nolan
6	(10)	061	COUNT PALATINE M Dods 5-9-5......	S B Kirrane
7	(7)	753	ON THE RIVER (C&D) H Bethell 7-9-2 T K-Marshall (S)
8	(5)	175	HIGHLAND OLLY (C,D3) G Tuer 5-9-1......A Rawlinson
9	(1)	212-	TELE RED (BF,C,D3) K R Burke 9-9-1......	A Elliott
10	(4)	414	WONDROUS LIGHT (C&D) J Portman 4-9-0..K Stott
11	(2)	121	THE SWEET ESCAPE (C,D2) D Loughnane 4-9-0

12	(8)	472	FINANCER T Easterby 5-9-0......D Allan
13	(13)	447	PANELLI (BF,D) M Sowersby 4-8-6......C Hardie
BETTING: 4 The Sweet Escape, 11-2 Financer, 13-2 Count Palatine, 7 Tele Red, 8 Golden Redemption, 10 Wondrous Light, On The River.

3.55 CONSTANT SECURITY HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £8,650 (£4,527) 5f

1	(12)	532	MANAGING DIRECTOR (D) G Oldroyd 4-9-13
			P J McDonald
2	(11)	158	HOLBACHE (DS) J Camacho 8-9-12 T K-Marshall (5)
3	(15)	125	MILITARY GIRL (BF,D4) M Dods 4-9-11...... C Beasley

LAURIE BRANNAN WITH TODAY'S TIPS

BEVERLEY	Impartiality (1.40)
GOODWOOD	Aperoll (3.10)
YARMOUTH	Methgal (4.00)

4	(9)	108	DAIZEN R Menzies 3-9-10......A Mullen
5	(5)	645	VENTURA EXPRESS (C&D) P Midgley 9-9-9 D Nolan
6	(3)	033	QILA (BF) B Ellison 3-9-8......MP Sheehy
7	(4)	056	TIRIAC (D2) P Midgley 6-9-8......P Mulrennan
8	(10)	700	TEES AGGREGATES (C&D) A Nicholls 4-9-7 J Nicholls (3)
9	(13)	317	GREAT (BF,D) S England 4-9-7......S Gray
10	(14)	655	MISS BRAZEN (C&D) M & D Easterby 6-9-6 J Mason
11	(7)	347	SIMBA'S PRIDE M Dods 3-9-5......M Winn
12	(6)	460	ICE COLD ALEX (D) O Pears 3-9-4......C Hardie
13	(2)	067	EMPRESS OLIVIA M Walford 3-9-3......D Costello
14	(1)	740	DREAM DEAL (C&D) T Easterby 7-9-1......D Allan
15	(8)	452	HARB (D7) T Davidson 7-9-0......J Hart

BETTING: 4 Managing Director, 6 Qila, Harb, 7 Ventura Express, 10 Military Girl, 12 Miss Brazen, Tiriac, 14 Great, Dream Deal.

4.30 NURSERY (CLASS 6) £7,650 (2-Y-O) (£4,004) 7f

1	(4)	691	INNS AND OUT (D) T Easterby 9-11(6ex)......D Allan
2	(2)	631	BELLA LUCIA (D) G Tutty 9-9......C Whiteley (5)
3	(11)	351	AMANTHA (D2) B Ellison 9-6......C Beasley
4	(8)	502	COURT LEGEND M & D Easterby 9-6......J Mason
5	(5)	673	PRINTING MONEY D Cunha 9-5......S James
6	(6)	630	NOSEY BOOK T Easterby 9-2......S B Kirrane
7	(3)	862	SUNRISE AT DAWN (BF) C Lidster 9-1......T Eaves
8	(10)	462	BLACK FURY O Pears 9-0......C Hardie
9	(1)	887	SCARLET DYNASTY G Tutty 8-9......R Elliott (5)
10	(9)	336	TIGER IN THE TREE T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman
11	(7)	005	BE MORE RUTHLESS A Nicholls 8-8......J Nicholls (3)
12	(12)	048	LOVEULONGTIME G Harker 8-6......W Pyle

BETTING: 4 Bella Lucia, 9-2 Amantha, 6 Court Legend, Printing Money, 7 Sunrise At Dawn, 8 Black Fury, 10 Inns And Out.

5.05 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £8,650 (£4,527) 2m

1	(5)	312	ELEMENTAL EYE (D) I Jardine 5-10-0......J Nicholls
2	(3)	509	MARBUZET (DZ) T Easterby 7-9-13......J Dickson (5)
3	(7)	523	TIME TURNER E Bethell 4-9-9......C Horgan (3)
4	(4)	171/ PFINGSTBERG (D3) M Walford 6-9-8......E Tindall (3)
5	(2)	923	SHOPAHOLIC J Jones 4-9-8......C Whiteley (3)
6	(1)	6-74	SPOOKY WOOKY S G West 4-9-5......W Pyle
7	(8)	870/ PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL M Walford 9-9-1 R Elliott (3)
8	(6)	234	JEDHI KNIGHT (D) P Midgley 4-8-11......A Jary
BETTING: 9-4 Elemental Eye, 7-2 Pfingstberg, 4 Punxsutawney Phil, 13-2 Time Turner, 8 Spooky Wooky, 10 Shopaholic, 12 Jedhi Knight.

Yarmouth TV: SKY/ITV

L-H course. GOING: Good to Firm-Good in places. TOP JOCKEY: J Mitchell. TOP TRAINER: W Haggas. 2.20 RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 4) £11,000 (2-Y-O) (£5,940) 7f

1	(8)		CAPITANO JOSEPI K Frost 9-7......J Mitchell
2	(3)	6	DEL PEARO J Ryan 9-7......C Howarth (3)
3	(6)		EXTRAGALACTIC W Haggas 9-7......H Davies
4	(10)	9	PRESSURED E Dunlop 9-7......J Callan
5	(5)	8	STRONG PERFORMANCE W Knight 9-4....M Ghiani
6	(11)	234	TOP COTE J Morland 9-4......J Peate
7	(4)	3	HIDDEN BEYOND C Hills 9-2......D Muscutt
8	(7)	8	PERFECT LOVE M Appleby 9-2......M Paetel (3)
9	(1)	95	MYSTIC UNICORN M Keady 8-13......T Langley (5)
10	(2)	322	ROCSANE (BF) G Margarson 8-13......S De Sousa
11	(9)	75	THEFT G Scott 8-13......D Keenan

1	(5)	273	ROSE COTTON T Clover 4-9-9......J Mitchell
2	(1)	363	PATROL D Cunha 4-9-9......J Callan
3	(2)	786	TRIPLE DOUBLE A (C,D) H Palmer 4-9-9.1 Catton (3)
4	(7)	653	TWILIGHT MOON M Tregoning 4-9-8 A Lewis (3)
5	(9)	754	MOONJID (C&D) M Appleby 4-9-8 M Paetel (3)
6	(3)	4-97	SOMETHING SPLENDID (D2) P Chapple-Hyam 4-9-7M Ghiani
7	(6)	216	SOLANNA (BF,C&D) J Butler 7-9-5......D Muscutt
8	(4)	245- ARUNDEL (D) E Dunlop 4-9-0......E Greatrex
9	(8)	427	MAN OF DESERT C Dwyer 5-9-0......S De Sousa
BETTING: 4 Solanna, 5 Arundel, 11-2 Rose Cotton, 6 Moonjid, 7 Patrol, Triple Double A, 8 Twilight Moon, 10 Something Splendid.

255 HANDICAP (CLASS 3)

4	(1)	700	SEVEN QUESTIONS (C&D) R Cowell 5-9-8 J Mitchell
5	(6)	184	MICHAELA'S BOY (C&D) R Cowell 6-9-8 ....M Ghiani
6	(4)	984	KINSWOMAN (D3) W Haggas 4-9-8....H Davies
7	(7)	722	HYPNOTISED (D) H Charlton 3-9-3....P Bradley
8	(5)	4-84	ELARA MAY (C&D) P McBride 3-9-3....As Lewis (3)
9	(9)	382	FANTASY MASTER (D4) R Cowell 8-8-8....K O'Neill
BETTING: 9-4 Hypnotised, 9-2 Kinswoman, 5 Rocking Ends, 6 Fantasy Master, 8 Michaela's Boy, Adrestia, 14 Seven Questions, 20 Elara May.

2.50 £18,400 (£9,483) 5f

BETTING: 5-2 Rocsane, 11-4 Top Cote, 3 Extragalactic, 5 Hidden Beyond, 14 Mystic Unicorn, 16 Theft, 25 Strong Performance.

1	(10)	374	NOBLE GUEST (C2) G Margarson 4-9-12M Paetel (3)
2	(2)	589	SAM'S XPRESS (D) J & S Birkett 6-9-12.....D E Hogan
3	(3)	621	VON KROLOCK (D2) J Owen 7-9-11 C Howarth (3)
4	(7)	721	METHGAL (D) D Cunha 4-9-10.....K S McHugh (7)
5	(6)	275	INSUSPENSE R Burdon 4-9-10..... P Bradley
6	(9)	346	COURT DRIVE (C&D) G Kelleway 5-9-10.....J Mitchell
7	(1)	7-49	DANGER ALERT (D) A Kirby 6-9-9..... P Cosgrave
8	(11)	654	DEADLINE W Greatrex 3-9-8.....E Greatrex
9	(4)	395	WOOLRIDGE S Dixon 4-9-7..... K O'Neill
10	(5)	672	MY MATE KEV (BF,D2) C Dwyer 4-9-6.....S De Sousa
11	(8)	455	KYOTO M Murphy 4-9-4.....D Muscutt

1	(8)	800	ADRESTIA (C&D) S & E	Crisford 4-10-0 ....S De Sousa
2	(3)	155	ROCKING ENDS (C&D) T	Clover 6-9-11...... D Muscutt
3	(2)	100	DAZZLING HAZE (D3) R	Cowell 3-9-9......E Greatrex

4.00 HANDICAP (CLASS 6) £7,200 (£3,768) 6f
BETTING: 11-4 von Krolock, 3 Metngal, 5 My Mate Kev, 8 Noble Guest, 10 Insuspense, 12 Court Drive, 14 Danger Alert, 16 Deadline.

4.35 HANDICAP (CLASS 6) £7,200 (£3,768) 7f

1	(8)	871	GIANT (D2) I Williams 6-10-0(Sex)......H Davies
2	(13)	254	CUBAN GIRL Brian Toomey 4-9-9......J Callan
3	(11)	7-20	GEMINI STAR J & S Birkett 6-9-8......D E Hogan
4	(14)	313	CAMPANI (BF,C,D) D M Simcock 4-9-8......D Muscutt
5	(5)	776	PICKERING CASTLE D M Simcock 4-9-5......Haynes
6	(6)	534	POTTERS PRINCE M Crawley 4-9-5......D Keenan
7	(12)	868	COURT OF SESSION (D) P McEntee 7-9-5......C Planas
8	(4)	128	DESERT CHARM (BF,C) M Murphy 4-9-4......K O'Neill
9	(9)	124	OH SO PERFECT (BF,D2) M Appleby 3-9-2 M Paetel (3)
10	(2)	2-59	YOKO D Loughnane 3-9-2......S De Sousa
11	(3)	028	CAPTIVE BEAUTY R Burdon 3-9-1......J Gordon
12	(7)	059	WITHOUTFURTHERADO P Charalambous& J Clutterbuck 4-9-1 L Wright (3)
13	(10)	415	CAITLIN G (C&D) M Fenton (IRE) 3-8-9 G McEntee
14	(1)	630	ROKUNI C Wallis 4-8-9......A Lewis (3)

BETTING: 3 Campani, 4 Giant, 11-2 Oh So Perfect, 8 Potters Prince, 10 Desert Charm, 12 Cuban Girl, 14 Gemini Star, Pickering Castle.

510 GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE APPRENTICE HANDICAR (CLASS C) 57,200 (53,760) 1m

1	(6)	634	SYMPHONY OF JOY K Frost 4-10-2......S C Cronin
2	(7)	721	PIAZZA O Sangster 3-10-2......J Callan
3	(8)	531	ECCLFEECHAN (D) J Ryan 3-10-0(6ex)......C Howarth
4	(5)	900-	CAPTAIN CORELLI (D6) J Camacho 9-9-9......H Burns
5	(3)	325	CRIMSON RAMBLER (D) M Crawley 3-9-9......L Wright
6	(1)	335	BIG ALEX WALMSLEY I G-Leveque 4-9-8......A Lewis
7	(2)	535	MERITOCRATIC J Owen 3-9-5......M Paetel
8	(4)	296	AMARACHI (C) J Parr 4-9-4......C Planas

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

BEVERLEY

Soft-heavy in places

1.45: TRILBY (P J McDonald) 3-1jt-f 1; Francisco's Piece 9-1 2; Lethal Nymph 3-1jt-f 3. 9 ran. (S England). 3%, nk. Tote: £4.00; £1.30, £3.10, £1.60. Exacta: £39.70. Tricast: £89.31. Trifecta: £127.50. CSF: £32.22. NRs: Cingue Verde, Solar Aclaim.

2.20: VALLEY OF FLOWERS (J Mason) 4-1 1; Uncharted territory 6-1 2; Northern Brave 5-2f 3. 8 ran. (Samantha & Jacqueline Coward). 1¼, 1½. Tote: £5.60; £1.70, £2.40, £1.30. Ex: £38.10. Tricast: £72.16. Trifecta: £114.90. CSF: £29.14. NR: Barak Warrior.

2.55: FANS FAVOURITE (C Whiteley) 3-1 1; Rapide Vega 3-1 2; Ciao Capo 3-1 3. 8 ran. (H Palmer). nk, 2¼. Tote: £4.00; £1.40, £1.50, £1.50. Ex: £17.20. Tricast: £29.16. Trifecta: £62.00. CSF: £12.10. NRs: Everyoneknowsadave, Lady Hornblower, Shimmering Sands.

3.35: NECROMANCER (J Hart) F-2 1; Blanquita 100-30 2; Pen Lan Icon 20-13. 13 ran. (R Beckett). 13-8 Saffron Bay. 1½, 2½. Tote: £5.30; £1.70, £1.70, £4.50. Ex: £24.70. Trifecta: £350.70. CSF: £16.10. NR: Naseebwali. 4.10: SUPREME CLARETS (O Orr) 100-30 1; Misunderstood 4-1 2; Son 11-4jt-F 3.8 ran. (R & P Fahey). 11-4jt-f One Night Thunder. hd, 1½. Tote: £4.34; £1.30, £1.80, £1.30. Ex: £21.60. Tricast: £42.69. Trifecta: £69.70. CSF: £18.25. NRs: Arduis Invicta, Glenfinnan, Highland Shah, Obelix, The Sweet Escape.

4.45: TARMONBARRY KID (O Orr) 9-1 1; Style Of Life 12-1 2; Coolree 14-1 3. 10 ran. (R & P Fahey). 4-1f Glen Nevis. 1l, 1½. Tote: £10.00; £2.90, £3.40, £3.60. Ex: £120.80. Tricast: £1021.52. Trifecta: £1262.50. CSF: £111.85. NRs: Borjina, Sandy Craic. Placepot: £81.40. Quadpot: £24.30.

Good to soft-soft in places

CHEPSTOW

4.40: MINSTER MAN (E Greatrex) 2-5f 1; Crazee In Havana 2-1 2; Mrs Blue 18-1 3. 3 ran. (R Cowell). 5½, 1¾. Tote: £1.40; Exacta: £1.20. Trifecta: £1.50. CSF: £1.58. NR: Roxa Love.

5.15: PJ'S CORNER (E Greatrex) 3-1jt-f 1; Perigord Noir 13-2 2; Maximus Meridius 17-2 3. 6 ran. (D Cunha). 3-1jt-f Dowman. nk, 1½. Tote: £4.10; £2.00, £2.60. Ex: £27.10. Trifecta: £109.70. CSF: £22.75. NR: South West. 5.45: MIDGHAM MAN (Jack Doughty) 8-13f 1; Time Glory 16-1 2; Mainshock 11-4 3. 5 ran. (B Millman). 10l, 1¼. Tote: £1.62; £1.10, £4.40. Ex: £8.60. Trifecta: £18.90. CSF: £12.47. NR: Flight Tracker.

6.15: ABSOLUTE DIAMOND (P Cosgrave) 10-1 1; Q T Boy 11-2 2; Thunda Struck 13-2 3. 9 ran. (P Evans). 15-8f Sovereign Beach. 1l, 2½.

Tote: £11.00; £2.50, £2.10, £2.20. Ex: £79.60. Tricast: £394.43. Trifecta: £664.10. CSF: £65.81. NRs: No More Pino, So Tempting.

6.45: EMERY DOWN (P Cosgrave) 11-4f 1; Kaleidoscope Eyes 13-2 2; Connie's Rose 17-2 3. 8 ran. (J Ryan). 4¼, 3l. Tote: £3.75; £1.70, £2.00, £2.10. Ex: £22.30. Tricast: £137.87. Trifecta: £106.40. CSF: £21.88.

7.15: HEART SIGN (Taryn Langley) 16-1 1; Head Girl 7-4f 2; Buck Barrow 9-2 3. 8 ran. (Jack Morland). ½, ½. Tote: £19.30; £3.60, £1.20, £1.50. Ex: £71.00. Tricast: £157.58. Trifecta: £379.70. CSF: £46.41.

7.45: ELORA PRINCE (Taryn Langley) 5-1 1; Celebrating Ethel 4-1 2; Pepper Fizz 3-1f 3. 6 ran. (A Wintle). 2¼, 1¾. Tote: £6.00; £1.80, £1.80. Ex: £23.30. Tricast: £69.45. Trifecta: £79.10. CSF: £25.42. NRs: Tiger Beetle, Typeface. Placepot: £67.10. Quadpot: £17.80.

CARTMEL

Good-good to soft in places

2.05: ALVESTA (L Norcei) 5-2 1; Zamond 11-2 2; Lord Of The Glance 16-1 3. 11 ran. (J Moffatt). 2-1f Mi Sueno. 2¼, ¾. Tote: £3.50; £1.90, £3.10, £1.20. Exacta: £17.90. Tricast: £191.03. Trifecta: £181.60. CSF: £17.17. NR: Ambassador.

2.40: GAMBINO (H Skelton) 3-10f 1; Whermyrosemarygoes 7-2 2; Faithful Guardian 12-1 3. 9 ran. (D Skelton). 1l, 4l. Tote: £1.30; £1.10, £1.10, £2.10. Ex: £2.10. Trifecta: £7.90. CSF: £2.15. NR: Argentum.

3.15: SEEYANTHESUNINN (A Stevens) 15-2 1; Frisky Whiskey 9-2 2; Larkfield Lusive 18-1 3. 12 ran. (M Hammond). 4-1f Kingofthegame. 1¼, ½. Tote: £8.50; £2.70, £2.00, £5.00. Ex: £59.60. Tricast: £608.05. Trifecta: £488.40. CSF: £42.88. NRs: Robert d'Ores, Stiletto.

3.53: MORNING MAYHEM (H Reed) 8-1 1; Lightening Company 20-1 2; Royssse 6-1 3. 11 ran. (N Scholfield). 100-30f My Chiquita. 1½, shd. Tote: £10.10; £2.70, £6.70, £2.40. Ex: £154.50. Tricast: £1049.23. Trifecta: £2388.30. CSF: £157.93. NRs: Banderas, Edelak, King Ulanda.

4.25: PASSING DIAMOND (R McLernon) 8-15f 1; Lermoos Legend 15-22; Palamon 7-13. 5 ran. (B Haslam). 5l, 4%. Tote: £1.54; £1.20, £2.10. Ex: £4.40. Trifecta: £14.40. CSF: £5.49.

5.05: ILLOGICAL LOGIC (E Collier) 7-1 1; Roi Du Roume 11-4f 2; Path Of Stars 15-2 3. 11 ran. (D Thompson). 2l, 2l. Tote: £8.40; £2.50, £1.30, £2.30. Ex: £34.10. Tricast: £154.11. Trifecta: £198.10. CSF: £27.58. Placepot: £113.00. Quadpot: £39.10.

GOODWOOD

1.25: SILVERELLA (D Probert) 14-1 1; Rhythm Of My Heart 3-1 2; Roku

Totescoop6: Not won £146,439 rollover. Place: £25.20. Bonus: Not won (£58,110 rollover).

Nana 5-1 3. 13 ran. (M Tregoning). 9-4f Lily Pink. 1½, ½. Tote: £15.40; £3.30, £1.50, £2.10. Exacta: £63.60. Trifecta: £372.00. CSF: £57.02.

2.00: FORTY YEARS ON (H Crouch) 6-4f 1; Fondo Blanco 14-1 2; Pellitory 11-1 3. 11 ran. (G Scott). 2l, 1l. Tote: £2.50; £1.30, £4.20, £2.90. Ex: £32.80. Tricast: £191.94. Trifecta: £296.30. CSF: £25.84. NRs: Aalto, Addison Grey, Carnival Of Light, Completely Random.

2.35: TOO SOON (W Fentiman) 4-1 1; High Degree 2-1f 2; Green Sky 8-1 3. 9 ran. (G & J Moore). 4½, 1¼. Tote: £5.90; £1.30, £2.20, £1.80. Ex: £18.90. Tricast: £60.86. Trifecta: £124.60. CSF: £12.58.

3.10: ZAVATERI (C Bishop) 11-10f 1; Qirat 13-2 2; Fast Tracker 12-1 3.7 ran. (E J-Houghton). 3½, 2¼. Tote: £2.10; £1.40, £3.00. Ex: £9.10. Tricast: £55.93. Trifecta: £103.20. CSF: £8.98. NRs: Arisaig, Pina Sonata.

3.45: CHIMES OF THUNDER (D Probert) 9-2 1; Queen Of Scotland 15-2 2; Aunt Roberta 15-2 3. 8 ran. (W Haggas). 9-4f Tropical Sands. 4½, 3½. Tote: £5.50; £1.40, £2.10, £2.00. Ex: £37.40. Trifecta: £186.00. CSF: £38.41. 4.20: GOLOOGONG (B Sayette) 7-2 1; Zachary Hicks 5-2 2; Russian Rumour 25-1-3. 9 ran. (G Baker). 85-40f Arcturus Flame. 11l, shd. Tote: £4.50; £1.50, £1.40, £4.70. Ex: £18.00. Tricast: £191.01. Trifecta: £240.50. CSF: £13.16. NRs: Educator, Mr Freedom, Two Plus Two.

4.55: NAANA'S SPARKLE (K O'Neill) 11-4 1; Toca Madera 15-8f 2; Dream Composer 10-1 3. 6 ran. (L Souza). 1½, 2½. Tote: £3.75; £1.70, £1.50. Ex: £8.10. Tricast: £40.90. Trifecta: £39.80. CSF: £8.34. NRs: Democracy Dilemma, Dyonisos. Jackpot: Not won, pool of £10,820.33 carried over. Placepot: £69.20. Quadpot: £19.80.

SANDOWN

Good to soft

1.40: TALL TREES (J P Spencer) 6-4jt-f 1; Victoria Night 7-1 2; Flower Show 6-4jt-f 3.8 ran. (B Meehan). hd, 2½. Tote: £2.50; £1.10, £1.80, £1.10. Exacta: £11.40. Trifecta: £26.10. CSF: £13.98. NR: Thi Qar. 2.15: KOKBASTAU (R Dawson) 9-2 1; Alcarath 3-1f 2; Stem 17-2 3.11 ran. (R Varian). hd, ¾. Tote: £5.50; £2.20, £1.50, £1.90. Ex: £19.00. Tricast: £12.28. Trifecta: £95.40. CSF: £18.11. NBS: Cash, King's Charter

2.50: LOVE DYNASTY (N Callan) 33-11; Noche Clasica 14-12; Moon Target 7-2 3. 10 ran. (K Ryan). 3-1f Kon Tiki. nk, nk. Tote: £35.50; £6.30, £3.20, £1.70. Ex: £452.40. Tricast: £2082.95. Trifecta: £2070.70. CSF: £436.30.

3.30: ALFRED WALLACE (K Shoemark) 11-4 1; Dover Street 16-1 2; Breacher 100-30 3. 8 ran. (E Walker). 9-4f Mia Fantasia. $\frac{1}{2}$ , $\frac{1}{2}$ . Tote: £3.80; £1.30, £2.70, £1.60. Ex: £45.10. Tricast: £153.42. Trifecta: £196.10. CSF: £45.24. NRs: Rock Montreal, Sergei Diaghilev.

4.05: STORM FREE (L Edmunds) 12-1 1; Desert Shadow 2-1f 2; Defence Minister 9-4 3. 8 ran. (J Tate). 3/4, 3/4. Tote: £13.00; £2.60, £1.30, £1.40. Ex: £47.00. Tricast: £77.54. Trifecta: £194.70. CSF: £37.53. NRs: Huscal, Silver Ghost.

4.35: VICTORY GOLD (O Murphy) 7-4f 1; Noble Prince 2-1 2; Dontlookbackinanga 7-1 3. 5 ran. (S bin Suroor). 2½, 3¾. Tote: £2.75; £1.50, £1.40. Ex: £4.50. Trifecta: £16.70. CSF: £5.60. NRs: Clive The Writer, Sanbona Warrior, Waasil.

5.10: ROSARIO (R Ryan) 6-5f 1; Lipsink 9-1 2; Havana Smile 14-1 3. 8 ran. (R Teal). shd, 1%. Tote: £2.20; £1.20, £1.70, £3.20. Ex: £14.80. Tricast: £107.88. Trifecta: £132.10. CSF: £13.97. NRs: Hypnotised, Quantum Power. Placepot: £38.80. Quadpot: £15.50.

WINDSOR

Soft

4.30: CROWN AND TWO (D Egan) 10-11f 1; Wolf Bay 80-1 2; Valdoro 12-1 3. 9 ran. (T Clover). 2½, hd. Tote: £2.40; £1.20, £8.00, £2.00. Exacta: £112.70. Trifecta: £921.80. CSF: £102.46. NR: Blue Victory.

5.00: SPACE BEAR (J Watson) 15-2 1; An Outlaw's Grace 14-1 2; Sergeant Pep 20-1 3. 9 ran. (M Appleby). 11-4f Supreme King. 1½, hd. Tote: £10.00; £2.40, £3.60, £4.40. Ex: £127.40. Tricast: £2033.40. Trifecta: £1242.00. CSF: £108.57.

5.30: ANGEL GABRIEL (R Clutterbuck) 11-4jt-f 1; Crafty Blue 4-1 2; Madman 11-4jt-f 3. 6 ran. (R Beckett). 1½, 4½. Tote: £3.75; £2.20, £2.10. Ex: £15.20. Tricast: £31.52. Trifecta: £39.90. CSF: £14.17. NRs: Moving Force. Saucy Jane, Star Chorus.

6.00: HOLLIESTHEDOLLIE (H Davies) 12-1 1; Crowned 5-6f 2; Miss Moneypit 15-2 3. 11 ran. (J Portman). 1¼, nk. Tote: £16.70; £2.80, £1.10, £2.00. Ex: £43.00. Tricast: £95.44. Trifecta: £245.70. CSF: £22.91.

6.30: TENABILITY (T Marquand) 2-1 1; Silawi 10-1 2; White Birch 15-8f 3.8 ran. (W Haggas). ½, nk. Tote: £3.00; £1.30, £2.70, £1.40. Ex: £28.70. Trifecta: £89.20. CSF: £23.66. NR: Warrant Holder.

7.00: MAXIMISING (D Egan) 3-1jt-f 1; Eazy On The Eye 6-1 2; Bubbles Wonky 3-1jt-f 3. 8 ran. (K P De Foy). 2l, 1½. Tote: £4.00; £1.40, £1.80, £1.60. Ex: £24.50. Tricast: £59.66. Trifecta: £73.60. CSF: £22.53. NRs: Newfangled, Potomac River, Tribal Wisdom.

7.30: SPINNEY (D Egan) 11-1 1; Dijon Gone 11-1 2; La Kosmos 17-2 3. 13 ran. (T Clover). 100-30jt-f Goldfinder, 100-30jt-f Lucky Sevens. 4½, 1¾. Tote: £15.90; £4.20, £3.80, £3.20. Ex: £188.30. Tricast: £1096.32. Trifecta: £2542.40. CSF: £128.74. NRs: Alkaios, Mister Pretentious. Placepot: £114.70. Quadpot: £7.60.

CURRAGH Good-good to firm in places on straight course 1.18: DARKNESS FALLS (R L Moore) 4-6f 1; Albany County 7-2 2; Cluster 17-2 3. 13 ran. (A P O'Brien). 7l, ½. Tote: €1.67; €1.10, €1.30, €2.50. Exacta: €4.60. Trifecta: €20.30. CSF: €3.46. NRs: Nouveau Grey, Rock On Johnny, Silk Twist.

1.53: SEA OF RAIN (C T Keane) 18-1 1; Ballyskeagh 14-1 2; Damsel In Distress 17-2 3. 10 ran. (J S Bolger). 11-8f So Lovely. %, nk. Tote: €26.20; €3.60, €3.50, €2.30. Ex: €209.70. Tricast: €2311.22. Trifecta: €1971.70. CSF: €256.04.

2.28: EXCHANGE STUDENT (J Pietropaolo) 9-1 1; Luca Brillante 15-8f 2; Banks Of The Boyne 5-1 3. 6 ran. (J A Stack). ½, 1¾. Tote: €10.00; €3.70, €1.40. Ex: €25.20. Trifecta: €115.80. CSF: €26.41.

3.03: PUSH THE BOAT OUT (J A Heffernan) 17-2 1; Great Barrier Reef 4-5f 2; Velozee 3-13. 5 ran. (M O'Callaghan). nk, 1%. Tote: €9.50; €2.30, €1.20. Ex: €18.20. Trifecta: €46.00. CSF: €16.45. NRs: Beibhinn, Ruler's Control.

3.40: MISS SCOTT (C Soumillon) 3-1jt-f 1; Faiyum 3-1jt-f 2; Sindria 9-1 3.14 ran. (J & T Gosden (UK)). 3¾, ½. Tote: €4.00; €1.80, €1.60, €3.30. Ex: €15.90. Tricast: €80.17. Trifecta: €154.20. CSF: €11.21. NR: Princess Child.

4.15: LOUGHREA (A J Slattery) 9-2 1; Manton Bay 8-1 2; Pierre Royal 4-1f 3; Booyea 11-1 4. 17 ran. (A Slattery). 3l, 4½, ¾. Tote: €5.50; €1.70, €2.30, €1.60, €3.20. Ex: €55.00. Tricast: €174.17. Trifecta: €480.40. CSF: €42.09. NR: Kalir.

4.50: APOTHIC RED (S Tormey) 9-1 1; Simmering Seas 9-1 2; Gerrit's Gem 18-1 3; Another Nice'day 20-1 4. f19 ran. (T G McCourt). 5-If Rosato. 1¼, 3¼, nk. Tote: €10.40; €2.20, €2.80, €5.00, €4.70. Ex: €105.50. Tricast: €1527.65. Trifecta: €1241.10. CSF: €94.33. NRs: Faoladh. Four Blondes.

5.25: NDAAWI (N Carberry) 5-6f 1; Neo Smart 9-1 2; Star Harbour 5-2 3. 19 ran. (G Elliott). 6l, ½. Tote: €1.90; €1.20, €2.80, €1.20. Ex: €16.70. Trifecta: €41.60. CSF: €11.76. NRs: Coole Cafe, Sneddy Eddie, Western Fold. Placepot: €194.40.

Brilliant Boks hold off late Kiwi charge to level series

RUGBY UNION

SOUTH AFRICA inflicted a first defeat of the year on New Zealand to level their four-Test series at 1-1 in Cape Town.

The world champions were determined to respond after they were stunned in the first Test in Johannesburg, and they withstood a late fightback for a 33-26 win.

Returning skipper Siya Kolisi said they paid last week for not taking their chances but added: 'This week we did, and we also brought the fire.'

New Zealand coach Dave Rennie said: ‘South Africa were good, really physical. They stopped a lot of our momentum. We’re confident we can bounce back.’

In the second minute, South Africa mauled a lineout into the New Zealand 22 and Deon Fourie,

Jasper Wiese and Kolisi burst forward, with centre Jesse Kriel crashing over beside the posts.

From a midfield lineout, quick hands by New Zealand released winger Will Jordan, who slipped tackles by Kriel and Damian de Allende and put in scrum-half Cam Roigard.

An offside penalty was slotted by man of the match Cheslin Kolbe, who also converted a try by De Allende that began from another 15-metre lineout maul, and South Africa led 17-7.

New Zealand skipper Ardie Savea broke off the back of a lineout that led to full back Damian McKenzie angling untouched into the right corner and the gap was back to three again.

Kolbe then chased a chip from Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and forced a five-metre scrum. Quick pick-and-goes saw Kolisi (right) storm through to give his side a 10-point lead at the break.

In the second half, New Zealand gave away penalties, including two turnovers by Malcolm Marx, and Kolbe kicked South Africa 30-14 ahead with 30 minutes to go. It took New Zealand nearly 20 minutes to reply when winger

Leroy Carter darted in. Savea's 33rd Test try and Ruben Love's extras then gave New Zealand a genuine sniff late on, boosted by a yellow card to South Africa lock Lood de Jager.

But in the final attack after the full-time hooter, South Africa's Cameron Hanekom won the ball from W Jordan to end the match.

The teams now return to Johannesburg for the third Test on Saturday at the 87,000-seat Soccer City.

DAVID KENT

PREMIER LEAGUE

BOURNEMOUTH (1)	1
Scott 41
COVENTRY .... (0)	0
LIVERPOOL.... (0)	2
Isak 60, Munoz 82
TOTTENHAM .. (0)	0

	P	HOME					AWAY					GD	Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Man City	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	+4	6
Hull City	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	+3	6
Newcastle Utd	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	+2	4
Everton	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	+2	4
Brighton	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	3
Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	3
Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	3
Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3
Ipswich	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	3
Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
Liverpool	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2
Bournemouth	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1
Nottm Forest	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	-1	1
Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Man Utd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0
Coventry	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	-4	0
Crystal Palace	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	-5	0
Tottenham	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	-5	0

FRIDAY GAME — Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 4.

EVERTON.... (0) 1 Tarkowski 90+1 HULL CITY.... (0) 1 Millar 82 31,239 NOTTM FOREST . (1) 2 Ndoye 24, Gibbs-White 70 (pen) NEWCASTLE U . (0) 2 Elanga 62, Wissa 72 61,025

THE WEEK AHEAD

(7.45 unless stated)

SEPTEMBER 3 William Hill Scottish Premiership: Hibernian v Hearts.

TODAY Premier League: Chelsea v Brighton (2.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event); Leeds v Brentford (2.0, Live on Sky Sports Premier League); Man Utd v Ipswich (4.30, Live on Sky Sports Main Event); Sunderland v Fulham (2.0). Sky Bet League One: AFC Wimbledon v Wigan (2.0); Mansfield v Luton. William Hill Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen v Rangers (12.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event); Dundee v Hibernian; St Mirren v Motherwell. TOMORROW Premier League: Aston Villa v Arsenal (8.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event). Enterprise National League: Boston Utd v Hornchurch (3.0); Carlisle v Scunthorpe (3.0); Eastleigh v Aldershot (3.0); Forest Green v Altrincham (3.0); Harrogate Town v Gateshead (3.0); Kidderminster v Barrow (3.0); Solihull Moors v AFC Fylde (3.0); Sutton Utd v Wealdstone (3.0); Woking v Southend (3.0); Worthing v Boreham Wood (3.0); Yeovil v Tamworth (3.0). SEPTEMBER 1 Sky Bet Championship: Birmingham v Southampton (8.0); Lincoln City v Blackburn; Portsmouth v Derby; Preston North End v Bristol City; Sheff Utd v Bolton; Stoke v Norwich (8.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event); Swansea v Watford; West Ham v Wolverhampton. Sky Bet League One: Bradford v Cambridge Utd; Bromley v Leyton Orient; Doncaster v Notts County; Huddersfield v Oxford Utd; Leicester v Plymouth; Peterborough v Stevenage; Wycombe v Sheff Wed. Sky Bet League Two: Accrington Stanley v Grimsby; Bristol Rovers v Colchester; Cheltenham v York; Chesterfield v Gillingham; Crewe v Walsall; Exeter v Barnet; Fleetwood Town v Oldham; Northampton v Crawley Town; Rochdale v Shrewsbury; Salford City v Newport County; Swindon v Port Vale; Tranmere v Rotherham. Enterprise National League: FC Halifax v Hartlepool. KDM Evolution Trophy League Phase: Stranaer v Celtic U21.

SEPTEMBER 4 Premier League: Ipswich v Liverpool (8.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event). William Hill Scottish Championship: Livingston v Stenhousemuir (7.30, Live on BBC Scotland). Enterprise National League: Altrincham v Eastleigh.

FA TROPHY — 1st rd qualifying: AFC Croydon Athletic 3 Sevenoaks Town 2; AFC Portchester P Whitstable Town P; AFC Stoneham 2 Shaftesbury 0; AFC Sudbury 3 Lowestoft Town 1; Ascot Utd P Margate P; Ashington 3 West Auckland Town 1; Aylesbury P Sittingbourne P; Basford Utd O Bedworth Utd 0; Beaconsfield Town 1 Sheppey Utd 1; Bideford 1 Tiverton Town 2; Binfield 2 Deal Town 4; Bishop's Cleeve 1 Bristol Manor Farm 3; Blyth Spartans 2 1874 Northwich 0; Bognor Regis Town 3 South Park 0; Boldmere St Michaels 1 St Ives Town 1; Boston Town 0 Nantwich Town 1; Cambridge City 1 Redbridge 1 Canvey Island 4 Grays Athletic 1; Carlton Town 2 Shepshed Dynamo 3; Chasetown 3 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1; Concord Rangers 1 Witham Town 1; Congleton Town 4 Atherton Collieries 1; Corby Town 0 Stafford Rangers 2; Coventry United 1 Kidsgrove Ath 3; Crowborough Athletic 2 Ashford Utd 4; Didcot Town 4 Winchester City 3; Eastbourne Town 1 Bedfont 0; Erith Town 1 Cray Valley (PM) 1; Fakenham Town 2 Wroxham 1; Flackwell Heath 0 Faversham Town 3; Garforth Town P Bridlington Town P, Grantham Town 1 Mickleover 3; Grimsby Borough 0 Dunston 1; Guisborough Town 3 Ossett United 2; Hallam 3 Mossley 3; Hanley Town 2 Coleshill Town 0; Haringey Borough 2 Newmarket Town 2; Hartpury University 4 Exmouth Town 1; Hashtag United 3 Royston Town 1; Hastings Utd 2 Hendon 1; Heaton Stannington 0 Wythenshawe 1; Herne Bay 3 Kingstonian 3; Larkhall Athletic 2 Dorchester Town 1; Lichfield City 0 Matlock Town 5; Lincoln Utd 1 Nuneaton Town 1; Little Oakley 2 Biggleswade FC 2; Littlehampton Town 2 Rayners Lane 2; Liversedge 0 Bootle 5; London Lions O Takeley 2; Loughborough Students 1 Barwell 0; Lower Breck 4 North Ferriby FC 0; Marlow O Hayes & Yeading Utd 4; Morpeth Town 2 Witton Albion 0; Newcastle Town O Bourne Town 3; Padiham O Pontefract Collieries 7; Peacehaven & Telscombe 2 Mersthaml 1 Portland Utd 3 Hungerford Town 1; Potters Bar Town P Barton Rovers P; Prescot Cables P Vauxhall Motors P; Punjab Utd O Horley Town 2; Shifnal Town 4 Rugby Borough 2; Silsden 3 Consett 2; Stalybridge Celtic 2 Bradford P A 1; Steyning Town 1 Moneyfields 1; Stocksbridge P S 1 Runcorn Linnets 2; Stotfold O Gorleston 3; Swindon Supermarine O Slimbridge 1; Tilbury O Hertford Town 0; Waltham Abbey Bowers & Pitsea 0; Walthamstow 3 Leverstock Green 2; Ware I Brightlingsea Regent 1; Wellingborough Town 2 Belper Town 1; Welwyn Garden City 3 Mulbarton Wanderers 0; Westbury Utd O Thame Utd 1; Westfield I Egham Town 2; Weymouth S Melksham Town 1; Willand Rovers 2 Falmouth Town 1; Windsor & Eton O Southall 2; Winslow Utd P Milton Keynes Irish P; Worcester Raiders 1 Sutton Coldfield Town 2.

CHAMPIONSHIP
LEAGUE ONE

	P	HOME					AWAY					GD	Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Charlton	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	+3	9
Wolves	3	1	1	0	6	3	1	0	0	3	1	+5	7
Swansea City	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	1	+4	7
QPR	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	+3	7
Middlesbro	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	+2	6
Millwall	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	5	+1	6
West Bromwich	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	+1	6
Birmingham	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	5
Watford	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	+1	5
Blackburn	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	4
Bolton	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Bristol City	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	-1	4
Cardiff City	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	3
Sheff Utd	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	3
Portsmouth	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	4	3	-1	3
Norwich City	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	1	0	3	-1	3
Lincoln City	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	2	-2	3
Southampton	3	2	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	1	2	+5	2
West Ham Utd	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	3	3	-1	2
Wrexham	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	-1	2
Derby	3	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	-4	1
Burnley	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	1
Preston	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	3	-4	0
Stoke City	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	7	-6	0

PLAYED FRIDAY

AFC FYLDE.... (0) 2 FOREST GREEN . (0) 0

ALDERSHOT....(3) 3 HARROGATE.... (0) 1

ALTRINCHAM....(2) 2 FC HALIFAX.... (0) 1

BARROW .... (0) 1 YEOVIL .... (0) 2

GATESHEAD ... (0) 0 SUTTON UTD .. (0) 1

HARTLEPOOL .. (0) 0 EASTLEIGH .... (0) 1

HORNCHURCH. (0) 1 WOKING.... (0) 0

SCUNTHORPE....(1) 3 SOLIHULL MRS.. (1) 1

SOUTHEND....(1) 1 KIDDERMINSTR (0) 3

TAMWORTH ... (0) 3 WORTHING .... (1) 2

WEALDSTONE . (0) 1 CARLISLE.... (1) 1

	P	HOME					AWAY					GD	Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Blackpool	3	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	+5	7
Huddersfield	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	2	+4	7
Stockport Co	3	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	3	1	+5	6
Sheff Wed	3	1	0	1	7	3	1	0	0	2	1	+5	6
Bradford	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	+1	6
Notts Co	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	+1	5
Luton	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	3	+1	4
Oxford Utd	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	+1	4
Barnsley	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	+1	4
Cambridge U	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Burton	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	4
Plymouth	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Bromley	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	7	-4	4
Mansfield	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	3
MK Dons	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	3
L Orient	3	0	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	-1	3
Peterboro	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	-5	3
Stevenage	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	-1	2
Doncaster	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	-1	2
Leicester City	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	-1	2
Wycombe	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	6	-4	2
Reading	2	0	0	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1
Wimbledon	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1
Wigan	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	-3	0

LEAGUE TWO

SOUTHAMON DEDUCTED 4 p BLACKBURN....(0) 1 Morishita 49 BOLTON.....(0) 0 BRISTOL CITY....(1) 2 Tolaj 31, Knight 56 CARDIFF CITY....(2) 2 Moylan 2, Ashford 38 CHARLTON....(0) 1 Ahearne-Grant 56 DERBY.....(0) 0

SEPTEMBER 2 Sky Bet Championship: Burnley v Middlesbrough (8.0, Live on Sky Sports Main Event); Millwall v Wrexham; QPR v Cardiff; West Brom v Charlton. Sky Bet League One: Barnsley v Blackpool; Burton Albion v AFC Wimbledon; Luton v Stockport County; Reading v Mansfield (8.0); Wigan v Milton Keynes Dons. William Hill Scottish Premiership: Celtic v Aberdeen; Dundee v St Johnstone; Falkirk v Rangers (8.0, Live on Sky Sports Football); Kilmarnock v St Mirren; Motherwell v Dundee Utd. Vertu Trophy Northern Group H: Doncaster v Liverpool U21 (7.0).

MIDDLESBRO..(0) 3 Lankshear 48, 73, Jones 87 NORWICH CITY .(3) 4 Toure 2, 21, Brooks 5, 67 SOUTHAMPTN..(2) 5 Larin 25, 62, Azaz 39, Scienza 55 (pen), Fellows 86 WATFORD....(1) 1 Nabizada 19 WOLVES....(2) 4 R Gomes 19, 23, Jimenez 55 (pen), James 84 FRIDAY GAME — Wrexham 1

QPR.... (0) 2 Smyth 51, Dunne 74 12,905 LINCOLN CITY.. (0) 1 House 66 21,581 PORTSMOUTH . (0) 1 Milovanovic 90+5 (pen) 24,134 SHEFF UTD ....(2) 2 Cannon 4 (pen), O'Hare 7 21,036 PRESTON.... (0) 0 17,256 SWANSEA CITY.. (2) 3 Opoku 2, Eom 44, Ronald 90+1 26,576 WEST BROM.. (0) 1 Morgan 65 29,571 BURNLEY .... (1) 1 Laurent 27 25,498 MILLWALL.... (1) 1 Sykes 15 29,167 WEST HAM UTD. (1) 1 Pollock 27 (og) 20,976 STOKE CITY.... (1) 1 Gallagher 2

BLACKPOOL ....(2) 4 Williams 19, Charles 20, Anderson 56, Yates 72 CAMBRIDGE U . (0) 1 Bradshaw 80 LEYTON ORIENT (0) 1 Oyekunle 85

MK DONS .... (0) 0 NOTTS COUNTY (0) 2 Smyth 78, 84 (pen), PLYMOUTH.... (1) 2 Pleguezuelo 44, White 50 SHEFF WED....(3) 7 Slattery 7, Burstow 31, Lowe 45, 73, Barry 46, 49, Otegbayo 81 STEVENAGE ... (0) 2 Magennis 57, Sanderson 82 STOCKPORT CO .(2) 5 Wood 16, 23, Wootton 56, Diamond 61, Mandron 89

PETERBORO ... (0) 0 9,327 HUDDERSFIELD (0) 2 Taylor 82, 89 (pen) 7,041 BARNSLEY.... (1) 3 Kirk 15, McGeehan 64 (pen), Cleary 76 LEICESTER CITY. (0) 0 16,198 BURTON ALB ... (1) 1 Delap 22 BRADFORD.... (0) 0

BROMLEY ..... (0) 2 Adeboyejo 85 (pen), Otegbayo 87 (og)

DONCASTER ... (0) 30,006 Senior 70, Bailey 80 WYCOMBE ..... (1) 1 Woodrow 43

	P	HOME					AWAY					GD	Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Barnet	3	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	3	1	+4	7
Walsall	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	+4	7
York	3	2	0	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	1	+2	7
Colchester	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	+2	7
Crewe	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	+2	7
Oldham	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	+4	6
Bristol R	3	1	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	4	3	+3	6
Tranmere	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	+2	5
Fleetwood	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	+1	5
Grimsby	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	+1	5
Newport Co	3	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	3	5	+1	4
Cheltenham	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	4	0	4
Rotherham	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
Swindon	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	-2	4
Exeter	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	3
Chesterfield	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	-1	3
Crawley Tn	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	-2	3
Shrewsbury	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	-3	3
Northampton	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	-1	2
Port Vale	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	2
Gillingham	3	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	-3	2
Accrington	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	1
Salford City	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	-4	0
Rochdale	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	-5	0

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LGE

BARNET....(1) 2 Lakin 11, Tshimanga 78 (pen) COLCHESTER... (0) 1 Williams 87 CRAWLEY TN .. (0) 0 GILLINGHAM ... (1) 1 McManus 7 GRIMSBY .... (1) 2 Doyle 37, Cook 64 NEWPORT CO... (1) 2 Gwengwe 11, 90 OLDHAM .... (1) 3 Nevitt 41, Kavanagh 84 (pen), Fondop-Talom 90+5 PORT VALE .... (0) 0 ROTHERHAM ... (1) 2 Tavares 12, Mullin 90 SHREWSBURY . (0) 1 Boyle 74 WALSALL.... (2) 3 Smith 8, Burke 45, Pressley 53 YORK.... (1) 2 Newby 7, Malcolm 76

CHELTENHAM. (0) 2 Broom 60, McCann 64 ROCHDALE .... (0) 0 4,683 BRISTOL RVRS. (2) 2 James 23, Kamwa 41 4,120 NORTHAMPTN. (1) 1 Briggs 36 5,701 FLEETWOOD.... (1) 2 Davies 6, Potter 69 7,067 TRANMERE.... (0) 2 Okoro 71, Jones 75 4,606 SWINDON .... (0) 0 CREWE .... (0) 0 CHESTERFIELD . (0) 1 Mandeville 88 (pen) SALFORD CITY . (0) 9,391 ACCRINGTON ST. (1) 2 Woods 12, Mols 57 EXETER .... (0) 1 Fitzwater 90+1

SPORT IN BRIEF

Golf

DP WORLD TOUR HUSQVARNA BRITISH MASTERS (Sutton Coldfield)—2nd Rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated): 134 — M Penge 69 65; 135 — D Hillier (NZ) 69 66; 136 — I Elvira (Spa) 65 71; S Norris (SA) 67 69; T McKibbin 68 68; 137 — M Jordan 66 71; 138 — E Ferguson 67 71; T Olesen (Den) 71 67; F Zanotti (Pry) 69 69; 139 — N Noergaard (Den) 71 68; J Skov Olesen (Den) 67 72; T Vaillant (Fra) 70 69; R Fisher 70 69; M Steinlechner (Aut) 69 70; D Bryant (US) 66 73.

Rugby League

BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE

HULL......14	WARRINGTON......16
TOULOUSE......L	BRADFORD......L
WAKEFIELD......28	YORK......12

Cricket

MATCH NO.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
FULL-TIME	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	P	HOME					AWAY					GD	Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Sutton Utd	4	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	4	0	+6	12
Boreham Wd	4	1	1	0	5	4	2	0	0	6	1	+6	10
Southend	4	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	6	2	+3	9
Hornchurch	4	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	3	5	+2	9
Eastleigh	4	2	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	+2	9
Yeovil	4	1	1	0	4	1	1	1	0	3	2	+4	8
Harrogate	4	1	1	0	7	4	1	0	1	4	4	+3	7
AFC Fylde	4	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	4	4	+2	7
Aldershot	4	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+2	7
Kidderminster	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	4	0	7
Boston	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Hartlepool	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	+1	6
Worthing	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	6
Forest Green	4	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	1	2	3	-3	6
Carlisle	4	1	0	1	6	4	0	2	0	2	2	+2	5
Scunthorpe	4	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	4
Tamworth	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	1	4	7	-3	4
FC Halifax	4	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	3	5	-1	3
Altrincham	4	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	2	0	2	-3	3
Gateshead	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	-3	3
Woking	4	1	0	1	3	5	0	0	2	0	3	-5	3
Wealdstone	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	1	2	3	-3	2
Barrow	4	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	2	4	-4	1
Solihull	4	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	2	3	8	-9	0

2ND TEST — Lord's, England 290 (J L Smith 61, J M Cox 55, Mohammad Abbas 4-73) and 177-7 (46.5 overs) (D W Lawrence 50no), Pakistan 110 (O E Robinson 4-11).

COUNTY CH'SHIP - DIV ONE — Sophia Gardens, Hampshire 162 (J S Lehmann 51no) and 124-2 (40.0 overs), Glamorgan 161 (B I Kellaway 57, S Baker 4-34).

Scarborough, Yorkshire 263 (J H Wharton 70, G C H Hill 62), Leicestershire 84-0 (35.3 overs).

DIV TWO — Riverside, Gloucestershire 137 (J R Bracey 60, K L Aldridge 5-16) and 250 (M A H Hammond 58, K L Aldridge 4-47), Durham 384 (D G Bedingham 122).

Rugby Union

INTERNATIONAL MATCH

ARGENTINA......L	AUSTRALIA......L
SOUTH AFRICA......33	NEW ZEALAND......26

William Hill Scottish Premiership — Celtic 2 Falkirk 1; Hearts 2 St Johnstone 1; Kilmarnock 0 Dundee Utd 4. William Hill Scottish Championship — Arbroath 1 Livingston 0; Ayr 1 Morton 1; Partick 0 Queen's Park 0; Stenhousemuir 3 Inverness CT 1.

William Hill Scottish League One — Airdrieonians 0 East Fife 0; Alloa 1 Peterhead 1; Hamilton 1 Cove Rangers 0; Montrose 2 Queen of South 1; Ross County L East Kilbride L. William Hill Scottish League Two — Annan Athletic 2 Dumbarton 0; Elgin 4 Stirling 0; Spartans 3 Clyde 3; Stranraer 2 Kelty Hearts 0.

Enterprise National League — North: Bedford Town 3 Spennymoor Town 1; Brackley A South Shields A; (Abandoned - due to waterlogged pitch.) Darlington 1 Macclesfield FC 2; Hebburn Town 4 King's Lynn Town 2; Hereford FC 1 Chester FC 1; Marine 2 Radcliffe 0; Merthyr Town 1 Chorley 1; Scarborough Athletic 5 Southport 1; Spalding Utd 3 Worksop Town 1. South: AFC Totton 0 Chesham Utd 4; Billericay 2 Tonbridge Angels 2; Chelmsford 1 Maidenhead Utd 0; Dover 3 Braintree Town 3; Farnborough P Ebbsfleet United P. (Postponed - new date to be confirmed.) Hemel Hempstead 1 Weston-S-Mare 3; Horsham 1 Farnham Town 2; Maidstone Utd 2 Salisbury FC 1; Slough 0 Folkestone Invicta 2; Torquay 1 Hampton & Richmond 1; Truro City 3 Dag & Red 0; Walton & Hersham 1 Dorking Wanderers 4.

STAY OR GO: Bryson DeChambeau (far right) would like to continue with LIV 2.0, but Jon Rahm is thought to want out of their tour

Millions in unpaid contracts, hundreds of staff axed and rivals licking their lips... what's next for stars of the collapsing rebel tour?

H AD things worked out differently, LIV Golf staff would be in Michigan right now for their season-ending team championship. Instead,

the vast majority were told on Monday they would be laid off.

The league employs around 300 staff, many of them talented and hard-working, and well over half will leave in the coming weeks. Some may be taken back if the circuit survives to a 2027 season, but that's one of the biggest ifs in sport.

For now, LIV has only the faintest of pulses and hopes of a drastically scaled-back LIV 2.0 are tethered to fresh investors replacing the Saudis, who fled in April.

LIV CEO Scott O'Neil thinks he can pull it off, but next month will be decisive, with players searching for off-ramps, bankruptcy being considered, vendors suing for millions in unpaid work, and LIV's rivals mobilising their tanks.

WHAT'S NEXT?

THAT depends very much on London-based investment firm BC Capital, thought to be the private equity group cited by O'Neil (right) in July, when he announced a saviour might have been found. His words: 'A lead investor has signed a term sheet approved by our board, which will carry and fund LIV going forward.'

Seeking between \$250-350m to keep the party alive after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund quit, O'Neil was bullish that the tour would be backed through 2030. But a term sheet is not a done deal.

There is no clarity on the conditions needed to cement the contract, but golf insiders are clear on one thing — LIV surely needs to keep its best players to get it over the line. Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm stand head and shoulders above the rest in relevance and profile.

DeChambeau wants to stay, but as of the premature conclusion of the LIV season in Indianapolis last weekend, he is now out of contract. Rahm, meanwhile, has offered no public reassurances of a desire to remain and multiple sources insist the Spaniard wants out of a contract that is believed to run through the 2028 campaign.

But do BC Capital seal a deal when the best assets are less than secure? And how can the players possibly commit before the money is in place? Until then, it is hard to see how the investment materialises.

AND PLAYERS WHO WANT OUT? PROMINENT sources in the sport feel the ideal scenario for want-away stars is for LIV to breach their contracts first, clearing the way for a less messy separation.

For Rahm, the considerations are vast. He signed a contract worth around \$300m in late 2023 and a vast amount remains unpaid.

Brooks Koepka's LIV signing fee in 2022 was around \$150m and after the five-time major winner walked away in January, Daily Mail Sport revealed only half that sum was paid up front, with the remainder paid in \$15m instalments over his five-year deal. By skipping the final season of his contract, he would have forfeited \$15m plus any penalties for breaking his arrangement to rejoin the PGA Tour. Rahm, with

SPECIAL REPORT By Riath Al-Samarrai

two full seasons left, is estimated to be owed a nine-figure fee.

Agents are studying whether any forthcoming, downscaled version of LIV 2.0 would amount to a breach of contract. If LIV breached it first, all ties are off.

ONE key area of change is the proposed terms of a 2027 season, if it happens. O'Neil's plans to scale back from 14 tournaments to 10, with far less prize-money.

WHAT PRICE LIV 2.0?

The Saudis' \$30m prize pots were absurdly unsustainable, and it is felt LIV 2.0 tournaments would pay between \$6-\$10m. Not what the bigger beasts signed up for.

ANY DEPARTURES?

go. Maybe players have been exploring options at different tours, including DeChambeau. But he wants to stay, even if the days of nine-figure signing bonuses are over. Daily Mail Sport revealed in May that equity in the league could be one sweetener, yet you must query the value of any stake in LIV 2.0. Given the PGA Tour is not offering him a route back, his hand has been significantly lessened.

ONE agent I consulted has been scathing of LIV's lack of communication during this process, dating back to April when the Saudis confirmed their intention to

Tyrrell Hatton raised eyebrows at the final LIV event last week when he chose Queen's I Want to Break Free as his walk-on music. Speaking at the British Masters, he said: 'I would expect there to be LIV next season. I know they've worked really hard to get the orked really hard to get the funding in place.' Sources are confident Hatton would want to return.

For anyone looking to leave, one key staging post could come if LIV files for bankruptcy. When O'Neil was asked this month, he said: 'I don't think we would rule out

think we would rule out y option.'

LIV's creditors are varied, from vendors of tournament infrastructures to players still owed millions in their contracts. Sources believe the latter might argue that attempts to reduce those amounts to cents on the dollar could be a breach of contract.

While sympathy for LIV rebels might be limited, greater thought should go to those behind the scenes. Fresh Tape Media, a small production agency, is trying to recoup more than \$1.2m. Fresh Tape claim LIV sent a letter this year saying it would be able to pay only \$200,000 towards its remaining bill. That offer was later reduced to \$150,000.

Agency's founder Jared Kleinstein said: 'When a small business does the work, it deserves to be paid for it.' O'Neil said: 'We're doing everything we can to make sure we can do right by them, and I hope we can.'

WHAT ARE RIVAL TOURS DOING? THE facetious answer would be that they are stuffing their faces with popcorn. But never underestimate the threat placed on them by LIV's arrival. Even now, the traditional tours are paying unsustainable prize-money as a legacy of LIV's super-sized fees. With LIV taking on water, they have struck back.

DP World Tour have re-tightened their ‘conditional release’ protocols around dual members playing LIV tournaments that conflict with their own. Tour sources say it is ‘highly likely’ that six-figure fines would be reintroduced. If stars wish to stay with LIV and retain their Ryder Cup status, they’d be hit hard in the pocket.

Roads back to the PGA Tour remain tricky. Bosses have doubled down on a one-year grace period from a player's last LIV event before they can return. Patrick Reed took that one on the chin when his LIV deal expired and he will almost certainly play on the PGA Tour next season after a successful 2026 on the DP World Tour.

If more marquee players adopt that route, LIV's status will presumably shrink from desperate to either calamitous or non-existent.

TENNIS: US OPEN

A TALL TASK: HOW FERY COMPARES TO THE TOP SEEDS....

Arthur Fery has soared since his Wimbledon fairytale – but in the land of the giants at the US Open, this is how he can hit...

NEW HEIGHTS

IF YOU are a British wildcard let loose on the Wimbledon draw to go on a miraculous run to reach the semi-finals, how do you follow up this feat? If you're Arthur Fery, you make your first final soon after.

It has been exactly 50 days since the British 24-year-old stepped on to Centre Court to cap his eye-popping performance at the Championships with a last-four defeat by French Open winner Alexander Zverev.

Then, Fery was rewarded a rankings rise which took him from 114th to world No 37, and the British No 1 spot — not to mention a bumper £900,000 payday.

Now, another milestone after the 5ft 9in French-born Fery played his first ATP tour-level final overnight, on the eve of his first US Open entry.

For a while, there was nothing. As quickly as he was catapulted into British public consciousness, Fery slipped out of the spotlight as he took an extended break after his travails in SW19, a short drop shot away from where he went to school. Rather than step back on to court in Toronto at the beginning

By Tamara Prenn

IN NEW YORK

of August, as his opponent in that semi-final, Zverev, did, Fery took another two weeks before returning to the Cincinnati Masters draw as the 32nd seed.

In Ohio, an early meeting with world No 5 Alex de Minaur in the second round made Cincinnati something of a false start. But rather than head to New York and begin preparations for the final Grand Slam of the year, Fery has played himself into roaring form at the Winston-Salem Open.

A 250-ranked event, the lowest on the elite tour, Winston-Salem is held on the campus of Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it destination, but with the power to attract big names like Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas looking for a late tune-up before the Big Apple.

And Fery's decision to get live points in his legs after a summer away from competitive action paid off, with the Stanford University graduate booking his final against rising Peruvian star and No 2 seed, Ignacio Buse.

There are few who have been in Fery's shoes and experienced the feeling of being catapulted into the top 40 in the world, but French player Lois Boisson is among them. Last year, when handed a wildcard into Roland-Garros, Boisson made it to the semi-finals in front of a gobsmacked home crowd, having defeated key scalps including 2026 winner Mirra Andreeva and US No 1 Jessica Pegula en route. A month earlier, she had lost the first round of a lowly WTA event in St Malo.

‘What it changes is the schedule,’ Boisson told Daily Mail Sport when asked about the realities of a sharp jump up the rankings. ‘It’s totally not what was scheduled at first (after that win).

‘I wasn’t on the tour before, I was doing ITF events and Challengers. So then it changed a lot and I was asking, “What do you play? What kind of tournament?” You have to adapt to this new area. Being with new people, only the top players, the top tournaments.’

THE FERY CRUISE UP THE RANKINGS

2019 1,243rd 2020 1,126th 2021 701st 2022 473rd 2023 271st 2024 483rd 2025 189th 2026 37th

Rather than beg for a wildcard to enter the small draw, now Fery could enter Winston-Salem as the fourth seed and he scythed through his opponents accordingly.

After teaching a lesson to Lleyton Hewitt's 17-year-old son Cruz in straight sets, Fery swept aside Mees Rottgering. A testing three-set clash with home favourite Aleksandar Kovacevic brought to mind the dogged, never-say-die attitude of his Wimbledon run as Fery battled back from a set down to edge the second, and blow away the US opponent in the third.

Regardless of the outcome of his match-up with Buse, Fery will be coming into the US Open hot. So what can we expect from him Stateside?

The American hard courts hold no mystery for Fery, who burnished his game on the college circuit. But after flourishing on Wimbledon's grass, which rewards his all-court bag-of-tricks game, Fery may have a tougher time against booming baseliners who thrive at Flushing Meadows, in part due to his comparatively smaller stature.

On a hard court, a power hitter's groundstrokes offer up a consistently higher bounce and faster ball than grass. Those who can't absorb and respond to that power face being bulldozed.

The 5ft 7in Ken Rosewall may have won the US Open twice, and height isn't what first comes to mind with the mention of 5ft 11in Andre Agassi, but Fery is surrounded by peers over six feet and counting.

Fery himself has spoken of the importance of adapting his game in light of his own attributes. In the eyes of LTA performance director Michael Bourne,

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POCKET ROCKET: Arthur Fery is dwarfed by Zverev and Medvedev, but he has other weapons

BRITS IN ACTION

TODAY

KATIE BOULTER v Carol Young Suh Lee (US) CAM NORRIE (29) v Luca van Assche (Fr) TOBY SAMUEL v Tomas Machac (Cze) JACOB FEARNLEY v Martin Landaluce (Sp)

TOMORROW FRAN JONES v Magda Linette (Pol) HARRIET DART v Peyton Stearns (US) ARTHUR FERY v Lorenzo Musetti (It, 13) JAN CHOINSKI v Botic van de Zandschulp (Ned) HARRY WENDELKEN v Luciano Darderi (It, 21)

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however, attempting to rule him out of this part of the season because of his height has little value.

‘I don’t think there’s much benefit in putting caps on players,’ Bourne said this week. ‘Height in itself isn’t necessarily a limiting factor in the game. It’s what height might set limits for you, so your ability to generate power, and your ability to get around the court, your wingspan, etc. But there can also be counters to those.

‘So you might be small in stature and height, but can you still generate good serve speed? If you saw the serve speeds that Arthur was generating at the Championships, they were relevant at all levels.

'If you look at Arthur's speed around the court, OK, somebody else might have a much larger stride to get around the court, but his speed of decision-making, his sprint speed can make up for some of that as well.

FERY 5'9"

‘He’s a very talented boy. He’s got great ball speed, he’s an amazing decision-maker on the court. He’s a good athlete. I think at this point he’s earned the right for us to not be putting ceilings on him, and let’s just see how far he can go, and be excited about it.’

There is plenty to get excited about with Fery. Reaching the Winston-Salem final has wrestled the British top spot back into his clutches after briefly losing it to Cameron Norrie earlier this month, and with no points to defend after failing to make the qualifying cut for last year's US Open, any gains in New York — and the rest of the season — will only boost his ranking.

Fery's first-round opponent, Lorenzo Musetti, is an interesting prospect, too. While being drawn against the No 13 seed is rarely reason to celebrate, the Italian has had an uneven season hampered by injury, which forced him to skip the French Open and Wimbledon. An in-form Fery will relish the opportunity to claim a big scalp early on after just missing out on seeding.

But the ultimate advantage for Fery will remain that Wimbledon run. Injury sidelined Boisson for seven months last season and has seen her topple from the top 40 to 236 in the world. She enters this year's US Open on her protected ranking in a bid to rise again.

'I know what I did last year,' she adds. 'I know what I'm capable of. I know it just takes time, (but) the experience is something that you cannot change. I have it with me.'

For Fery, those two weeks in Wimbledon can now be harnessed to see him climb even higher.

Lawrence puts down a marker with gutsy fifty

DAN LAWRENCE began the second Test against Pakistan as the batsman most likely to make way when Jacob Bethell returns for the winter tour of South Africa, but he made impeccable use of a stop-start day at Lord's to give the selectors pause for thought.

With only 24.5 overs possible between the showers, and conditions as helpful to seam bowling as they can be without the umpires stepping in and declaring a mismatch, Lawrence improvised his way to a half-century to cement England's grip on both this game and the series.

When play was finally abandoned shortly after 6.30 in the brightest conditions of the day, his unbeaten 50 had helped turn their overnight 81 for three into 177 for seven, an overall lead of 357.

And with better weather forecast, that should prove plenty as England go in search of their first series win since December 2024.

Lawrence was into the action soon after the game resumed at 2.20pm. From the day's 10th delivery, opener Emilio Gay was pinned leg-before for 31 by a delivery from Mohammad Abbas that did not get above shin height — poor reward for his gutsy batting on Friday evening, and a heart-in-mouth moment for MCC officials who had spent the first two days grateful that none of the chatter had been about the pitch.

It was as bad a moment for the groundstaff as the peashooter from New Zealand's Matt Henry that scuttled Jacob Bethell here back in June, when the Lord's pitch was rated ‘unsatisfactory’ by the ICC.

Mercifully, Gay's misfortune proved a one-off, but Lawrence decided to take matters into his own hands. His first scoring shot came courtesy of a wild charge at Abbas and a thick edge over the cordon, setting the tone for an innings in which valour was the better part of discretion.

He whipped Khurram Shahzad through the leg side, pulled him for four more, then straight-drove

By Lawrence Booth

AT LORD'S

the next delivery for another boundary. But the shot of the innings, and possibly the Test, came off Mohammad Ali. Having carved him over the slips for four, Lawrence went inside-out over extra cover for a majestic six.

Later he slog-swept spinner Ali Usman into the Tavern Stand, and was soon bringing up a 64-ball half-century worth perhaps twice as much.

Events at the other end lent his counter-attack further lustre. Harry Brook was superbly caught behind for 34 by Mohammad Rizwan, standing up to Abbas, who then had Jamie Smith caught at square leg for seven.

When Ali pinned Gus Atkinson, England were 162 for seven, though with their lead by this stage 342, and Pakistan having totalled 416 runs from three innings so far in this series, the clatter of wickets felt academic.

Lawrence's talent has never been in doubt, though his reputation needed serious repair work after his failed stint as Zak Crawley's replacement as opener against Sri Lanka two years ago.

'I was happy to open last time,' he said. 'I'd bat anywhere for England, but I wasn't in the best form. Thankfully I've come into this series with some good form behind me, and I'm desperate to establish myself in an England shirt.'

His performance here might have been in homage to Joe Root's demand for his players to assess conditions and bat accordingly: the risks he took were calculated, not brazen, and his sixth Test fifty lit up a grey day.

His fifth, last week in Leeds, left him ‘gutted’ not to have made a bigger score. If he can convert this one into a maiden hundred, the selectors may feel spoiled for choice.

TAKE THAT: Lawrence smashes a six on his way to an unbeaten fifty at Lord's

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City open Anfield talks for Gakpo

MANCHESTER CITY last night opened talks with Liverpool for striker Cody Gakpo.

WINDOW WATCH by Simon Jones

The Netherlands international (below) has intimated he would rather join City over rival interest from Tottenham.

Formal negotiations began last night, with City aware that Liverpool would require a substantial fee.

Liverpool had earlier agreed to sign Bradley Barcola for £123m and remain determined to add another forward before Tuesday's deadline.

- JUVENTUS are closing on a deal for Tottenham midfielder Pape Matar Sarr.

The Italians are offering a loan with obligation to buy the Senegal international.

The 23-year-old has received offers from Monaco, Nottingham Forest and Besiktas but Juventus are now in pole position to sign the player.

Roberto De

Zerbi confirmed that Sarr, Richarlison and Kevin Danso had asked to leave the club. Spurs rejected a loan offer from Danso from Sunderland, though Aston Villa have also expressed an interest.

● NOTTINGHAM FOREST have made a bid for Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson, hours after sealing a fee for his teammate Daniel Munoz. Oliver Glasner is keen to link up with the England international.

AC Milan are closing on a deal for Nottingham Forest winger Omari Hutchinson.

the 22-year-old is ready to join the Serie A side on loan, with the deal becoming an obligation based on certain conditions.

- FULHAM are in talks to sign right-back Andrei Ratiu from Rayo Vallecano amid interest from EVERTON in Kenny Tete. Talks are continuing over a deal for the 28-year-old Romania defender. Tete was a target for Everton a year ago but turned them down. He is one of a couple of options they are trying. Malaga are progressing in talks to sign Adam Aznou from Everton.

● ARSENAL have agreed a deal to sign 17-year-old Georgian attacking midfielder Andria Bartishvili ahead of Paris Saint Germain. The teenager is due to have a medical on Tuesday before joining in the New Year. Arsenal have signed winger James Scanlon from Manchester United. The deal is a free transfer but United retain a 50 per cent sell-on. The 19-year-old Gibraltar international spent last season on loan at Swindon.

Gnonto's set for Italy move

FIORENTINA are in talks with Leeds United over a deal for winger Willy Gnonto.

However, Leeds will not allow Gnonto to leave without finding a replacement first. They have been keen to sign Mykhailo Mudryk from Chelsea and are expected to try again before the end of the window.

Leeds are also in talks over RB

- MANCHESTER CITY centre back Juma Bah is in talks to join Augsburg on loan. The 20-year-old spent last season on loan at Nice. - CRYSTAL PALACE have asked about centre back Ruben Kluivert at Lyon.

Leipzig's Danish forward Conrad Harder.

● SUNDERLAND are keen on Lyon winger Malick Fofana, 21, who has been discussing a move to Roma.

Elland Road goalkeeper Lucas Perri has joined Torino on an initial season-long loan. The deal includes an option to buy. ● Aston Villa are to offer Ian Maatsen a new contract after Manchester United explored his potential availability.

- WEST HAM are in talks to sign Viking winger Edvin Austbo for £18million. Austbo, 21, has scored 15 goals across 71 appearances since making his debut for the Norwegian champions in 2022.

● WREXHAM are trying to sign long-term target Harry Souttar from Leicester, in a deal that would see the Foxes get midfielder George Dobson.

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CHAMPIONSHIP

EIGHT ADDICKS: Charlton celebrate their opening goal at The Valley, scored by Karlan Grant (second from left), as they went top of the Championship table

HAPPY VALLEY!

Charlton top of the tree as Grant keeps up 100% start

Charlton Grant 56

CHARLTON'S dream start to the season continued as they won their third game on the spin to go top of the Championship — even if manager Nathan Jones insists he won't be getting carried away.

The Addicks were tipped by the bookies to struggle this season but have won their opening three matches in the second tier for the first time since 1992.

Karlan Grant, who rejoined Charlton on a free transfer in the summer from West Brom, scored the only goal in the 56th minute. Defeats for Millwall and West Brom mean that Charlton, who finished 19th last season, are the only club in the division with a 100 per cent record.

‘Let’s not be silly — it’s three games,’ said Jones, when asked about promotion. ‘We’ll enjoy an hour or two tonight and then we’ll start looking at West Bromwich on Wednesday.

‘If I had a time machine I’d quickly zip to May and we’d be in the Premier League, but that is not the case.

‘We stuck to our shape. We were excellent, apart from needing a little more cutting edge in the second half. It’s not so much that we're top of the league, it's that we've got nine points from three games — that's a big haul.

‘It is the manner as well. We have gone to West Ham and had to defend really well but in the other two games we have been well worth the wins.’

It is the first time Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom has lost to a Nathan Jones-led team, winning three of their previous four meetings. North End have lost all three in the Championship, and Heckingbottom said: 'It went wrong in both boxes.

‘Until they scored we were very good. When we were chasing it they got more attempts and broke on us, but that is going to happen when you go 4-2-4 and leave space.

‘I know what is missing and we have to work on it. That was the difference for me — Charlton are willing the ball into the net at the minute and finding a way.

‘We had spells of control but that becomes secondary, it’s about winning. Everyone is gutted, it’s a frustrating one for us to take.

'You have to make things go for you, you can't feel sorry for yourselves. You've got to make the ball go in the net.'

Sorry Santo still waiting for first win

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO admitted he is under pressure after WEST HAM'S wait for a first win in the Championship was extended yesterday by a 1-1 draw in front of 20,976 — WATFORD'S biggest crowd for six years.

The Hammers were booed off by a section of their travelling fans, who serenaded their under-fire manager with a chorus of, 'You're getting sacked in the morning' despite a dominant second-half display.

'Pressure is on us every day,' said the Hammers head coach. 'We are a big club and favourites to go up. We have two points from three games, so who's happy? But I believe — I trust my boys and I work very hard with them. We are building a team and things will change, I'm positive.

'The fans are the most important part of our club and I respect them so much. I understand everything, I respect every opinion.

'I just ask again, keep believing, keep trusting us.'

Fellow relegated club BURNLEY are struggling, too, and a 4-1 defeat at NORWICH was hard to take for head coach Nicky Hayen.

'I can understand the frustration of the fans after what happened last season — and how we have started this one — but we need time,' Hayen said. 'We are working hard to bring new players in and I will be at the club first thing tomorrow to try and make things happen.'

Ben House secured a first second-tier win since 1961 for LINCOLN and earned the plaudits of Imps' joint head coach Chris Cohen.

House stole in to score a 66th-minute winner at BOLTON, whose unbeaten start is over. 'It is always mentioned Ben is world class without the ball which I am sure no attacking player wants to be known for,' said Cohen. 'But he is magic whatever we ask him to do.'

Canada World Cup star Cyle Larin scored twice as SOUTHAMPTON beat MILLWALL 5-1 to move into positive points after their four-point deduction for the Spygate scandal.

STOKE boss Mark Robins is under pressure after a 4-1 defeat at WOLVES left them pointless and at the bottom. 'We've been the authors of our own downfall for the second week running,' said Robins.

Wednesday go SEVEN up to give Bromley a Steel City walloping Five-way share of top spot as Cheltenham sting Bees

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY crushed BROMLEY 7-2 in a wild League One clash. Callum Slattery, Mason Burstow and Jamal Lowe put them 3-0 up at the break and Louie Barry's quickfire brace made it five before Jamal Lowe added his second. Gabriel Otegbayo got in on the act with nine minutes remaining before Bromley offered some late resistance.

Jordan Williams, Dion Charles, Karoy Anderson and Jerry Yates were all on the scoresheet as league leaders BLACKPOOL beat PETERBOROUGH 4-0, while second-placed HUDDERSFIELD kept pace after Joe Taylor scored in the 82nd and 89th minutes to

LEAGUE ONE

earn a dramatic 2-1 come-from-behind victory at CAMBRIDGE.

Harry Wood was also on target twice as STOCKPORT trounced WYCOMBE 5-1 and BARNSLEY beat LEYTON ORIENT 3-1, while NOTTS COUNTY fought back in the second half to beat BURTON 2-1 and PLYMOUTH beat BRADFORD 2-0.

STEVENAGE drew 2-2 with DONCASTER and it was goalless between MK DONS and LEICESTER.

BARNET retained top spot in League Two despite a 2-2 draw with CHELTENHAM.

However, Dean Brennan's side are one of five teams on seven points and only head the table on goals scored (eight).

Kabongo Tshimanga's 78th-minute penalty rescued a point for the Bees, who had taken an early lead at The Hive through Charlie Lakin. Ryan Broom and Charlie McCann then put the visitors 2-1 ahead but they were unable to hang on for the win.

WALSALL moved into second place after beating ACCRINGTON 3-2 at the Bescot Stadium. Aaron Pressley's 53rd-minute goal

LEAGUE TWO

proved the winner, nodding in at the back post after a cross from Reece Smith.

YORK, 2-1 winners over EXETER at home, COLCHESTER, who beat ROCHDALE 1-0 at the JobServe Community Stadium, and CREWE, who drew 0-0 at PORT VALE, are the other sides level on points at the top.

Debutant Jovan Malcolm headed York's winner, substitute Jaden Williams sealed the win for Colchester while Crewe's defence earned a third successive clean sheet.

By Chris Wheeler

CARRICK'S CENTRAL ISSUE

AS Michael Carrick boarded Manchester United's bus back from Hull last Saturday, beaten and rather embarrassed, his biggest concern would have been the state of his new midfield.

United spent £85million on starting duo Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans this summer, but they were upstaged by a Hull pairing of Regan Slater, bought for £50,000, and Matt Crooks, a 32-year-old veteran of the EFL whose only other club since scoring in Middlesbrough's shock FA Cup win over United at Old Trafford in 2022 is Real Salt Lake.

It was only one game, as Carrick pointed out, and he would have been buoyed by developments back in Manchester — where Carlos Baleba was having his medical before completing a £70m move from Brighton this week. But after a summer in which a midfield rebuild was the focus of United's transfer activity — and the only area of the first team on which they have spent any money — it was an inauspicious start.

The process has not been a straightforward one. A £38m deal was agreed with Atalanta for Ederson in June, only for United to pull the plug due to an issue over the Brazilian's medical. When their No 1 choice, Elliot Anderson, headed for Manchester City, it felt like United could never compete over the £116m transfer fee, even more so when Tottenham gazumped them with an £85m bid for Mateus Fernandes and signed Sandro Tonali for £100m.

The more their rivals have spent, the more it seemed as though United's decision to operate within a tighter budget had allowed the Premier League's other top clubs

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to leave them behind. Certainly, a move for Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni seemed fanciful.

After Santos arrived from Chelsea for £50m in July and Tielemans swiftly followed, United having triggered his £35m buyout clause at Aston Villa, it still felt as though a stellar signing was needed to excite the fans.

In the end, the search led back to Baleba, who United first inquired about last summer only to be put off by Brighton's valuation of

more than £100m. In that sense, a fee of £65m plus up to £5m in add-ons is good business — even though the 22-year-old (right) struggled last season, perhaps disillusioned at missing out on a dream move to Old Trafford.

United insiders say Baleba remained under

con consideration throughout this summer, but only at the right price. It was not by chance that the club left it a little later in the window to make their move, getting the Cameroon international for £30m less than he would have cost a year ago.

HULL OF A START: Santos is closely watched (above) and fellow new boy Tielemans is roughed up (main)

The approach to Brighton was United's first since then, and negotiations are said to have been wrapped up relatively quickly — even though the player has arrived with an ankle injury that means he will be unable to make his debut against Ipswich at Old Trafford today or for some time after that.

‘It’s not always straightforward, and things have got to drop,’ said Carrick. ‘In the end, we’ve been patient. We wanted to get the right players in that fit the group and will take us forward, and Carlos is definitely one of them. Once he gets going in the next two to three weeks he’ll be really strong.’

Unlike last summer, when United revamped their attack by moving decisively to sign Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo before adding Benjamin Sesko, the midfield rebuild has taken a more circuitous route. But having tied Kobbie Mainoo to a new contract in April, United have replaced Casemiro, who left as a free agent this summer, and Manuel Ugarte, who would have moved on were it not for the knee injury he suffered at the World Cup.

Carrick has other options, too. Mason Mount impressed there before suffering an injury setback during pre-season, while the Fletcher twins, Tyler and Jack, are two of the academy players working most closely with the first-team group at Carrington.

But, primarily, he will pick from a gang of four. Two defensive No 6s in Baleba and Santos, and two progressive No 8s in Tielemans and Mainoo. Time will tell if this is a

group capable of delivering success at a club who have struggled to find worthy successors to midfield stars like Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.

Plenty have tried and failed: think Paul Pogba, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Fred, Morgan Schneiderlin and Ugarte to name but a few.

You may have to go back as far as the arrival of Carrick himself from Tottenham 20 years ago for the last great midfield signing, but he is happy with the players who have arrived this summer. 'We've got a good balance,' said Carrick. 'We've certainly got youth in there. And when I say youth, that

Bullied by Hull, United's new £150m midfield will be the difference between success and failure

comes with a lot of experience, with Youri and Mason to balance that off. It's a strong midfield.'

Santos and Tielemans will not have been happy with their debuts at Hull, but there is every chance they will be given another opportunity to impress today.

Mainoo was introduced off the bench at Hull and it is understood he is expecting regular football after almost leaving the club last season under Ruben Amorim.

As Carrick says, the challenge will be to get the rotation and chemistry right in a season that sees United having to cope with

MIDFIELD MUDDLE

United's 22 central midfield signings in 20 years since Carrick joined the club:

Owen Hargreaves	£17m
Anderson	£18m
Phil Jones	£16m
Paul Scholes	Unretired
Shinji Kagawa	£12m
Marouane Fellaini	£27.5m
Ander Herrera	£30m
Daley Blind	£14m
Bastian Schweinsteiger	£14m
Morgan Schneiderlin	£25m
Paul Pogba	£89m
Nemanja Matic	£53m
Fred	£47m
Bruno Fernandes	£67m
Donny van de Beek	£35m
Christian Eriksen	Free
Casemiro	£60m
Mason Mount	£55m
Manuel Ugarte	£51m
Youri Tielemans	£35m
Andrey Santos	£50m
Carlos Baleba	£65m
TOTAL	£780.5m

the added demands of the Champions League. He succeeded in the second half of last season, using Mainoo alongside Casemiro after Amorim clipped Bruno Fernandes's wings by playing him in a deeper role next to the Brazilian.

For all the talk about his age and earnings, Casemiro's nine goals were more than Baleba, Santos, Tielemans and Mainoo combined. The 34-year-old also played more forward passes per game than Tielemans and covered more ground than Baleba.

Now he has gone, Carrick must adapt the new group to get what he wants which, based on the evidence so far, is playing on the front foot and moving the ball forward quickly. It could well be the difference between success and failure.

By Riath Al-Samarrai

THERE were two phrases that Paul Tisdale often repeated to a younger version of Ollie Watkins. This is going back a few years, to a period between 2016 and 2017, when they were together at Exeter City and long before the melodrama of Watkins's decision to cash out on Aston Villa for Saudi Arabia.

The key point is that Watkins was once one of those raw, emerging talents who struggled to make the step up from the academy at a League Two club. He had pace to burn, his attitude was spotless, but the rest was a bit of a jumble — systems and structured roles were tougher for him to grasp. As the son of a woman who sang soul ballads for a living, Watkins was at his best when feeling the music. In short, he needed a manager with patience and, in Tisdale, he had one.

Gradually, through many rough patches and many conversations, everything began to make more sense. And after making sense, it made money — so much money was raised from Watkins's sale to Brentford, and again with the sell-on cash when he joined Villa,

“Deloitte tells of a club who spent 94% of their turnover on wages”

that Exeter upgraded from wooden buildings to concrete at their training ground.

I remember speaking about some of this with Tisdale a couple of years ago, when that same lad was selected by Gareth Southgate to play for England at Euro 2024, and went on to score the last-minute winner in the semi-final. Tisdale's pride was fluorescent, but he also discussed the 'anxieties' and 'difficulties' Watkins encountered, and the two points he kept drumming into his player: 'Less is more' and 'Make yourself selectable'.

Villa want you to believe Watkins is at fault for this summer's most depressing transfer. They only have themselves to blame

Those instructions have come to mind in the past fortnight, because Watkins wasn't especially selectable for Villa at the start of the season.

The fact no one at the club has challenged the assumption he went on strike to force his proposed £52million move to Al Hilal seems quite revealing. For that matter, no one from Watkins's management has disputed it either.

Less is more? In our assessments of players who sell out for Saudi Arabia, I see it as accepting more money for less relevance. At 30, fresh off a World Cup, Watkins making that journey feels like a waste; it is his decision to make and our prerogative to be disappointed. Soulless? A little of that, too.

Personally, I see this move as the

BLAME GAME: Unai Emery has won a European trophy, but his chaotic transfer policy is partly responsible for Watkins's move to Saudi Arabia

most depressing of the window, and for a variety of reasons that veer from Saudi sportswashing to the apparent death of ambition in an elite player.

But Watkins isn't a bad sort — too many well-placed sources say the exact opposite. He is a good guy, a hard worker, and unfussed by the showy options of a footballer's life. From Exeter to Villa, he has been a grafter; one who is easy to like and admire.

I have often thought the same about Villa as a club. But I would also suggest this window says more about them than Watkins.

It says something about a spending policy in recent seasons that allowed a club to thrive, but also contributed heavily to the systematic dismantling of an excellent squad, in part by choice and in part by consequence of their actions.

We should be clear on two things at this point — Villa did not want Watkins to go, felt no imperative to sell him, and his mind has been on Saudi possibilities for the better part of 18 months. But let's talk about push factors. If you're sat in that Villa dressing room, what does it tell Watkins when Morgan Rogers, Ezri Konsa, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne have all gone for varying reasons in the same window?

They were four of the 11 who started against Freiburg in the Europa League final three months ago. Add in the imminent departures of Emiliano Martinez and Watkins, and the spine has been torn out. For all the money spent on replacements, none of it fosters the feeling of an evolving project so much as the start of a substantial rebuild. And rebuilds take time that a 30-year-old would be less inclined to give.

To study Villa's chaotic window is to better understand a club who have needed to sell in order to buy under the constraints of spending rules imposed by the Premier League and UEFA. We might find those rules anti-competitive and weighted in favour of the status quo — hard to dispute any of that — but we cannot deny their existence. The problem there is that Villa lived fast and loose for an awfully long time. That was a choice and increasingly across the past two years the chickens have come home to roost.

I remember a conversation with a key figure at a Premier League club early last year, when we were discussing Tottenham's frugality on the subject of wage expenditure. He agreed that Spurs lacked ambition, but then pointed to the other, more dangerous extreme — Villa. The prognosis was stark, because their excellent progress under Unai Emery had also moved them closer to a financial cliff edge.

The Deloitte Football Money League from 2025 told of a club who had the 18th biggest revenues in world football but had spent 94 per cent of their turnover on wages in two of the previous three seasons. Those absurd levels fell to 72 per cent in the 2026 report, but for context, Liverpool were at 60 per cent, Manchester City 57 per cent, Manchester United 51 per cent and Arsenal 49 per cent. Only Chelsea matched Villa's level.

Is it the cost of keeping up? Yes. Is it also a case of pride before a fall? It looks that way.

Hard as it is to knock Emery, a superb coach who has done great work at Villa, we should acknowledge that he is no better than average as an operator in the transfer market. He has more say than all other Premier League managers in those matters, with the exception of Mikel Arteta, and his fingerprints exist on the deals that have left Villa churning through masses of playing staff.

On balance, it was probably worth it — a European trophy and top-four finishes at home are a stunning return. Watkins, for one, owes him a lot. But we shouldn't sugarcoat that Villa's summer of chaos is about far more than a striker lining his own pockets.

Liverpool Isak 60, Munoz 82

N Forest NDoye 24, Gibbs-White 70 pen

By Ian Ladyman FOOTBALL EDITOR AT ANFIELD

EYE FOR GOAL: Ndoye scores Forest's opener as they claim a draw at Anfield

IN the final minute of this game, with Liverpool's need at its deepest, their Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch sold the Nottingham Forest defence a lovely dummy to allow his teammate Alexander Isak a run on goal. Unfortunately for Liverpool, Isak had bought the dummy, too, and the ball ran away to insignificance.

And that very much sums up this Liverpool team. Clunky, disconnected and largely starved of attacking menace. So far this season, Andoni Iraola's team have survived on moments. Four times in two games they have trailed, against Newcastle and Forest, and four times they have recovered to take two draws which have served to keep the discontent to a mere grumble in the early days of Iraola's reign.

There are some glimmers of light. Isak — with so much resting on his shoulders — scored a goal and so, wonderfully, did the £34.3 million summer signing, 23-year-old Spaniard Victor Munoz. That one, with eight minutes left, was a ripper at the Kop end and came after a smart assist from Florian Wirtz. Another positive there as the German had a decent game.

Over the course of this match, however, Liverpool's issues were once again laid bare. As they did at Newcastle last week, Liverpool conceded bad goals. They remain too easy to play through. Isak, despite his goal, continues to look largely disconnected from the rhythms and patterns — such as they are — of his team. His goal, sidefooted in from a couple of yards, may help him but he and his team will need much more.

Iraola (below) will know his team continue to look two or three levels below where they need to be. Last season under Arne Slot Liverpool were accused of being slow, boring and with a tendency to self-harm. To a degree they still are.

Here Forest found space in the Liverpool half in which to play the kind of smart and incisive football that became new manager Oliver Glasner's trademark at Crystal Palace. They were impressive but Liverpool were at times shockingly complicit too.

New Liverpool central defender Jeremy Jacquet looks an assured footballer but Iraola's team continue to be failed by two struggling full backs. Forest will be disappointed not to have won here for the third season in a row. Had they done so, Liverpool could not have complained.

News of Bradley Barcola's imminent £123m arrival had swept round Anfield before kick-off and Liverpool do need some pace and depth. Munoz gave it to them down the left here but there remained a desperate bluntness about much of their football.

There were some early half chances — Munoz shot over and Wirtz saw a header saved after rising to meet a Cody Gakpo cross. Wirtz also had a goal ruled out for offside. But there was no

Liverpool are clunky, disconnected and still making the same mistakes ... Iraola has it all to do

consistent or gathering threat. At times, Iraola's team resembled a group of strangers while Forest looked well drilled and coached.

Forest have a record of doing well at Anfield and this place doesn't scare them. Several times in the opening 20 minutes or so they worried Liverpool and when they took the lead midway through the opening half nobody was surprised.

The origins of the goal were to be found in a long kick downfield from Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels.

Igor Jesus's progress towards goal was halted by Alexis Mac Allister but Morgan Gibbs-White picked up possession to supply Dan

Ndoye and he passed the ball across Alisson and into the corner. Ndoye had earlier come close with a header while Jesus had been denied twice by blocks from Jacquet and Milos Kerkez. Liverpool could not

say they had not been warned even if they did respond with spells of possession and appeared to have equalised within a few minutes only for Frimpong to have been offside in the build-up to a low shot into the corner on the turn by Wirtz.

While Liverpool continued to play in a way the ailing Isak clearly doesn't understand, Forest came within an Alisson fingertip of doubling their lead just before half-time. Ola Aina embarrassed Munoz at the byline to pull the ball back for Jesus and the striker's first-time shot appeared to be heading for the net before Alisson managed to divert it over.

It felt like a pivotal moment in the game and indeed it was. A two-goal deficit may have proved too much for this Liverpool team.

As it was, a slow opening to the second period eventually provided them with their equaliser. Gakpo's turn to get rid of Forest defender Neco Williams on the edge of the penalty area was superb and his low cross found Isak lurking at the back post to slide the ball in. With half an hour to play, Liverpool finally had something positive to work off, but nine minutes later they were behind again.

ON THE SPOT: Gibbs-White celebrates his penalty for the visitors

SACK THE BOARD! Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola (furthest left) fumes as he is unable to bring on his three substitutes (L-R) Rio Ngumoha, Ryan Gravenberch and Kostasa Tsimikas while fourth official Tim Robinson (right, in black) adjusts the substitutes' board. During the wait, Nottingham Forest won a penalty and went 2-1 ahead.

Liam Delap, a midweek buy from Chelsea, had only been on the field a few minutes when he found the Liverpool defence asleep at a throw-in and launched the ball into Williams' path. The former Liverpool defender couldn't quite lift the ball over Allison and in but still drew a clear foul from the goalkeeper and Gibbs-White smashed in the penalty.

Defeat would have felt catastrophic for Iraola and

Liverpool, especially given the presence in the directors' box of new vice-chairman Amit Bhatia. As it was, Liverpool's best piece of football saved them the kind of inquest that characterised last season. Wirtz's ball into Munoz was sharp but it was the Spaniard's turn that unlocked the door and his rising drive crashed into the net off the underside of the bar.

The late Gravenberch/Isak cameo was indicative of a larger malaise and this is Iraola's problem to solve. His team have come perilously close to losing both of their opening games and the truth is that we don't really feel we know what Iraola's Liverpool will really look like.

Presumably, somewhat better than this.

LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1): Alisson 7; Frimpong 4 (Gravenberch 71min, 6), Jacquet 7 (Araujo 77), Van Dijk 6, Kerkez 5.5 (Tsimikas 71, 61); Szoboszlai 6, Mac Allister 6 (Nyoni 77); Gakpo 7 (Ngunoah 71, 5.5), Wirtz 6.5, Munoz 7; Isak 6. Scorers: Gakpo 60, Munoz 82. Booked: Munoz, Wirtz, Alisson, Araujo. Manager: Andoni Iraola 6.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-4-2-1): Sels 6; Cunha 6, Milenkovic 7, Murillo 7; Aina 7 (Netz 86), Schlager 7, McAtee 6 (Hudson-Odoi 90+2), Williams 6; Ndoye 6.5 (Delap 66, 6.5), GIBBS-WHITE 7.5; Jesus 6.5 (Dominguez 90+2, 6). Scorers: Ndoye 24, Gibbs-White 70 pen. Booked: Jesus, Aina. Manager: Oliver Glasner 7. Referee: Sam Barrett 6. Attendance: Not provided.

HIGH OF THE TIGER: Millar enjoys the moment after his 82nd-minute winner

Who's laughing now, Joe? Millar puts Hull joint top

TWO games, two wins, joint top with Manchester City. Not bad for a club mocked openly by Joe Cole and written off by most as relegation certainties.

Hull famously surprised everyone by riding high in the early part of the 2008-09 season and they are threatening to do so again.

'To say we are the worst team in Premier League history... it's not a bad start from the boys,' said forward Oli McBurnie with a smile.

'Joe Cole has been a professional and knows what it's like. I know he's just saying it for banter and he's probably got carried away — I've done it before. His photo wasn't put up in the dressing room or anything like that!'

What a story Hull are becoming. Their colourful chairman Acun Ilicali shares transfer updates with fans on social media and much of their XI here looked like a Championship tribute act.

But they are Premier League players, all right. Even at this early stage, Hull look more equipped for this level than Coventry.

After losing at Arsenal on the opening day of the season and with Manchester City to come next weekend, this was a fabulous chance for Frank Lampard's team to put a first win on the board. But it was not to be as substitute Liam Millar outpaced the Coventry back line eight minutes from time to finish a swift counter-attack.

HULL'S UNLIKELY LADS MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Semi Ajayi was released by West Brom in May 2025. John Egan has played at this level before with Sheffield United but joined Hull in winter 2025 when on the fringes at Burnley.

Apart from half a season with Luton, Ryan Giles has bounced around the EFL. This is McBurnie's ninth club, having joined on a free. Before joining Hull, Regan Slater played for Carlisle and Scunthorpe.

While they are still likely to be battling the drop, they have the raw material to give them a fighting chance. McBurnie held the ball up superbly. Mohamed Belloumi is a lightweight by modern Premier League standards but he is the sort of lock-picker Coventry lacked and

By Tom Collomosse AT COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY ARENA

supplied the pass for Millar's winner here.

Millar was a youth player at Liverpool and has since played for Kilmarnock, Charlton, Basel and Preston. He could have scored shortly before he did, following another rapid break.

'We knew the centre-backs struggle with balls behind them,' said boss Sergej Jakirovic. 'It was an excellent win, unbelievable.'

TOUGH AUTUMN FOR FRANK COVENTRY have worked hard to improve the squad while trying to keep faith with some of the players who brought them up. It did not work here, though, as Lampard acknowledged.

He said: 'It depends how we want to react to defeat. Two games gone, 36 left. We can't expect anything in the Premier League. When we had chances to play forward, we played safe. That's not us.'

Coventry are unlikely to face many teams here happy to sit deep and defend. They will play more conservatively themselves and when summer signing Sidiki Cherif is fit, they will have pace on the counter-attack themselves.

Yet when you have lost your first two and are yet to score, none of that feels very comforting. The Sky Blues have been out of the top flight for a quarter of a century. They have their work cut out to make sure it is not just a one-year stay.

COVENTRY (4-2-3-1): Rushworth 6; Van Ewijk 6, Amenda 5.5, Thomas 6 (Pinnock 78min), Dasilva 6.5; Grimes 6, Yirenkyi 6 (Torp 71, 6); Tchaouna 6.5 (Sakamoto 59, 6), Rudoni 6.5 (Hamer 71, 6), Mason-Clark 5.5 (Thomas Asante 59, 6); Awoniyi 5. Booked: Amenda. Manager: Frank Lampard 6. HULL CITY (3-4-2-1): Tzolakis 7; Mendy 6.5 (Herrington 60, 6), Egan 7.5, AJAYI 8; Coyle 6.5 (Drameh 46, 6.5), Morita 6.5 (Gourna-Douath 46, 7), Slater 6, Giles 6.5; Stroud 6.5 (Millar 59, 7.5), Belloumi 7; McBurnie 7.5. Scorer: Millar 82. Booked: Coyle, Slater, Stroud, McBurnie. Manager: Sergej Jakirovic 7. Referee: Josh Smith 6. Attendance: 31,239.

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Deflated, damp and dispirited. Spurs fans have seen enough

UP went the board to indicate four minutes of added time and out poured the Tottenham fans. Damp, deflated, dispirited, they have been here before and they had seen enough.

When the final whistle sounded, those who remained summoned what energy they could to boo their own team off and Newcastle celebrated victory in N17 for the third season in a row.

Spurs trudged off down the tunnel. After a dismal defeat at Brentford on the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign, they needed to inspire hope. Instead, they slid to an insipid defeat in a stadium where they won only three of 19 in the Premier League last season.

A summer of unprecedented spending, eight new signings, £300million worth of them named in the starting line-up, and an upbeat message from the chief executive, Vinai Venkatesham, in the matchday programme, counted for a big fat zero.

Delightful second-half goals by Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa secured the points for Newcastle, who have endured their own summer of upheaval with an exodus of players and Eddie Howe's exit curtailing grand ambitions.

Under new boss Matthias Jaissle, they have settled quickly. Much more so than their hosts. They are well balanced and quick up front

Tottenham 0

By Matt Barlow

AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

both in speed of thought and action. Afterwards, Wissa hailed Jaissle as Newcastle's ‘best signing’ of the summer.

Spurs, of course, need time for Roberto De Zerbi to figure out his best formula, but the notion that all the problems of last season are in the past does not ring true. Still, they lack creativity and goal threat. Still, they are fragile at the back. Still, they struggle at home. Still, confidence drains away as soon as something goes against them.

They were sluggish at the start, personified by captain Micky van de Ven, who did not play in pre-season and came off the bench in the Carabao Cup against Charlton on Wednesday for his first appearance since the World Cup.

Among the reasons for De Zerbi to rush his new skipper back would be to cope with Newcastle's pace, but he was half asleep as Elanga gave him the slip in the opening seconds.

Others in white started slowly, including £100m man Sandro Tonali, to the delight of the travelling Geordies. They roared as he was dumped on the turf by a tackle and a poor pass cost Van de Ven a yellow card.

Newcastle, impressive last week against Liverpool, looked sharp again, dominating the opening phase with Nico Gonzalez composed on his debut in midfield.

Belatedly, Spurs found a better rhythm. Lukas Hornicek was called into action to make first-half saves to deny Mathys Tel, cutting in from the left, and Jan Paul van Hecke, with a header from a corner.

Lewis Hall made a vital block when a miscued shot by Tonalis sliced square to Pedro Porro, deployed for the first 68 minutes in a more advanced role than usual on the right wing in the absence of Savio. Porro also lashed a dipping volley over with his left foot in the first half.

Having scored on his Spurs debut in the Carabao Cup against Charlton, £85m winger Savio was ruled out with muscle fatigue, detected on Friday according to De Zerbi, who hopes to have the Brazilian available on Saturday against Nottingham Forest.

There was no Richarlison either in the Spurs squad, amid speculation he may be a makeweight in a move for Everton's

Iliman Ndiaye. The Brazilian is surplus to De Zerbi's requirements since Omar Marmoush completed his move from Manchester City on Thursday. All of which seemed to outfox his national team boss Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti was in the crowd but there were no Brazilians on the pitch.

Kevin Danso, the subject of a bid from Sunderland to take him on loan, was another not involved.

Marmoush, thrown straight into the team, grew in influence as Spurs came to life midway through the first half, the Egypt frontman pulling Newcastle's

Gonzalez looks twice as good as

By Craig Hope

AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

THE cheer when Sandro Tonali's number was shown 15 minutes from time was just about as loud and hearty as those which had not long greeted Newcastle's two goals here.

‘You should have stayed at a big club’, goaded the Toon Army. The Italian may well wonder what he has stumbled into at Tottenham, and his new employers would be right to wonder when exactly he is going to start looking like a £100million footballer.

His replacement at Newcastle, £50m Nico Gonzalez, looked twice the player at half the price here. It was his cross-field ball that

served as the source for Newcastle's opening goal, scored by Anthony Elanga.

Gonzalez made way a few minutes before Tonali, the Newcastle debutant afforded a rest on the back of a disciplined and diligent performance. When Tonali came off, it was simply because his team needed better.

In the first 15 minutes of the game, he found more Newcastle shirts than he did towards the end of last season, when it was clear his head was elsewhere.

When, though, will it arrive in North London? Of just 36 passes, seven of Tonali's went astray.

Compare that to Gonzalez and 48 of 51 completed.

But Newcastle's new midfielder was not the only one to impress. Here, we pick through what was a deserved away victory...

EL OF A START

THAT'S two goals from two matches for Elanga. To think, he did not score at all in the Premier League in his debut season.

Last August, he ran through on goal on the opening day against Aston Villa after 30 seconds and fluffed his big chance. It set the tone for what turned out to be a disappointing campaign.

This time, on the back of a good World Cup with Sweden earlier this summer, he is playing like the £55m signing Newcastle were convinced would solve their right-wing problem 12 months ago. Better late than never.

JAISSLE, WE CAN BOOGIE THEY say that dogs can end up reflecting their owners. Well, Jason Tindall may be gone, but in head coach Matthias Jaissle, Newcastle have a new Mad Dog — and his team have the same bark and bite on the pitch.

The German (Shepherd) is not one for staying on the leash

within his technical zone, but the snarl and energy that sees him take off down the touchline has, so far, inspired his players.

Jaissle is a demonstrative presence and supporters like that, which was evidenced by them serenading him on full-time with a chorus of, 'Jaissle, we can boogie'. His Newcastle players are certainly dancing to his tune.

WIS KID

YOANE WISSA had a nightmare first season on Tyneside. He was injured for the first half of the campaign and unfit for the second. Now, he is Newcastle's

IT'S BEHIND YOU: Wissa (far right) beats Spurs keeper Kinsky with an overhead kick for Newcastle's second, frustrating Roberto De Zerbi (below)

central defenders out of shape and linking up with the wide players. His finishing let him down when his first chance dropped to him at the end of the

first half. He was lurking deep beyond the back post and unmarked when Andy Robertson's corner picked him out. Marmoush dragged his effort into the side-netting on the volley.

Spurs were on top either side of half-time, but Newcastle were strong at the back and resisted. They stole into the lead with an exquisite goal featuring a sweeping pass to the left by Gonzalez and a header down by

SPURS have lost their first two league games of the season without scoring for the first time in 52 years.

right back Amar Dedic. Elanga collected the ball and scored on the turn, a finish spun inside the far post.

After failing to score a league goal in his first season at

Newcastle, he has two in two this campaign. The second goal also came with a dash of flair, this time the craft of a goal poacher able to assess his options and fashion an accurate effort on goal in the blink of an eye.

Nick Woltemade had been on for less than a minute when he won a header at the back post, nodding a corner down to Wissa who adjusted his feet and finished with an overhead kick. It was the cue for De Zerbi to haul off Tonali — to a burst of ironic cheers from the away fans — and send on Dominic Solanke.

There was a flourish from Spurs and Mohamed Kudus came off the bench for his first appearance since January, but there was nothing else to cheer for the home crowd.

TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Kinsky 6; Gray 6 (Moore 68min,6), Van Hecke 6, Van de Ven 5, Robertson 5 (Udogie 68, 6); Bentancur 5, Tonali 5 (Solanke 75, 6); Porro 6, Fernandes 5, Tel 6 (Kudus 68, 6); Marmoush 6. Booked: Van de Ven

NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1): Hornicek 8; Dedic 7, Thiaw 7, Botman 7. HALL 8.5: Gonzalez 8 (Steur 71, 6), Miley 7; Elanga 7 (Murphy 82), Willock 6 (Woltemade 71, 6), Barnes 6 (Toure 90+3); Wissa 7 (Ramsey 82). Scorers: Elanga 62, Wissa 72. Booked: Gonzalez, Botman. Manager: Matthias Jaisse 7.

Referee: Peter Bankes 6. Attendance: 61,025.

Tonali... at half the price

No 9 and, while not with the armband, he is their on-field leader.

Insiders believe that Wissa could be the team's difference-maker this term, given he scored 19 goals in the season before last for Brentford. It is a cliche, but he feels like a new signing.

DED GOOD

ON the subject of signings, right back Amar Dedic has been Newcastle's best player so far this season, albeit on the back of only three matches.

But, at £30m, the Bosnian looks a bargain. He is quick, aggressive and has quality on the ball. This was his third assist when teeing up Elanga.

ONE MORE NEEDED

NEWCASTLE started well. They had territory and possession. They also had no shots on target until their 62nd-minute opener.

There is a reason the club are still active — with the summer transfer window to shut on Tuesday — in deals to bring in forwards Matias Fernández-Pardo, of Lille, and Stuttgart's Bilal El Khannouss. Sources say both will not be signed, but there is hope that one can be done.

Because over the course of a season, you suspect, Newcastle still do not have enough in attack. They have not replaced the goals of Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes or, to go back 12 months further, Alexander Isak, who is now with Liverpool.

That is the longer-term worry for Jaissle because his team is clearly executing his instruction when it comes to intensity and front-foot urgency.

The manager, then, is pushing for the player he knows they still need, if those foundations are to take his side to the place they deserve.

Tarkowski's tonic amid fury of fans

FOR the travelling Evertonians, a day that began with a threat to start a riot ended in a party.

Furious at reports that homegrown midfielder Harrison Armstrong may be sold to Nottingham Forest in a shock £40million deal, and with a 250-mile journey down to the south coast in which to stew on it, the chants of ‘Don’t sell Armstrong, I just don’t think you understand... you’re gonna have a riot on your hands’ began.

They were belted out before kick-off. And belted out at full time — after Everton salvaged a point with a stoppage-time equaliser from James Tarkowski.

It was much-needed tonic for David Moyes, whose side's bright start to the season is in danger of being overshadowed by doubts over the future of several of his key players.

It is understood other clubs are interested in Armstrong if Everton do decide to sell. And between his potential exit, Manchester City circling around Iliman Ndiaye and defender Jake O'Brien wanting out, expect a hectic few days at Finch Farm.

Moyes cut a frustrated figure when asked about Armstrong's future post-match. 'There's been an offer,' he admitted. 'Apart from that I don't think there's much else I can say, it's a club decision. We don't want to lose anybody and we still need to add players to what we've got. I've been saying it for a while.'

When pressed about fans' pleas to keep the 19-year-old, Moyes hinted at calls made above his pay grade: 'The manager's an Evertonian... I think you always have to consider supporters. There's also times at clubs when people who are really powerful make difficult decisions.

‘Not all decisions are popular.

B'mouth Scott 41

Everton Tarkowski 90+1

By Alex Jennings AT THE VITALITY STADIUM

Sometimes they have to do it for different reasons.'

— an England Under-19 international born in West Derby who joined the Everton academy as a five-year-old and is mature beyond his years — may prove a watershed moment for fans' perception of the rarely-seen Friedkin Group.

On the pitch at least, there is cause for optimism. The Toffees' unbeaten start was maintained when several Bournemouth players failed to deal with an unthreatening corner and Tarkowski slid past the impressive Djordje Petrovic.

It was a point Everton warranted on balance, with Thierno Barry spurning several big chances and the visitors unlucky not to receive a penalty for a tangle of legs between James Hill and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

For new Bournemouth boss Marco Rose, a perfect start on home soil slipped through his fingers. His side had taken the lead through a stylish finish from Alex Scott and were only denied a two-goal cushion by a brilliant save and block from Jordan Pickford and Hayden Hackney.

'I loved it, I enjoyed it,' said 49-year-old Rose. 'I appreciate the warm welcome and I'm really pleased to be here. The goal we conceded was kind of slapstick.'

De Zerbi: Trio have asked to leave club

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confidence in the qualities of my players. I'm sorry for the club. They are building a great squad but maybe they are not ready for many reasons.

‘Until the first goal we played better than Newcastle. More shots, more control of the ball, we suffered in two or three situations in the first half because distances too big, then after the goal we lost confidence and the reaction was not good enough, not the reaction I want to see on the pitch.’

De Zerbi added that Pape Matar Sarr, Richarlison and Kevin Danso were all left out of the matchday squad because they have requested to leave ‘too many times’.

‘Richarlison he said too many times that he wanted to leave,’ De Zerbi said. ‘Danso came to me two days ago and said he wanted to

leave. Sarr the same but he also suffered a small injury but he is almost ready to train.

'I love these players and these are great guys. I have very good relationships but if they want to leave they have to bring the economic solution to the club and they can go and we'll find other players.'

Newcastle boss Matthias Jaissle took plenty of positives away from his first victory at the club, which follows last weekend's home draw with Liverpool.

'It was incredible and I'm really proud,' said Jaissle. 'We are really proud as a club, as a coaching staff, to see a team on the pitch delivering the match plan at a high level already, but also seeing players fully committed to what we're doing.

'This is a good start and a moment to enjoy.'

WHO NEEDS TONALI?

TOON RAIDERS: Goalscorers Anthony Elanga (left) and Yoane Wissa (right) celebrate

De Zerbi's sorry as Spurs flop

By Bobby Manzi

AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

ROBERTO DE ZERBI apologised to Tottenham fans after his side crashed to the bottom of the Premier League table with a 2-0 home defeat by Newcastle.

Spurs finished 17th last term, surviving by two points, and now sit bottom of the division after two games, shipping five goals without reply.

De Zerbi's side have spent close to £400 million this summer, with former Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali and Omar Marmoush among those brought to the club.

‘I’m disappointed by the result and sorry to the fans for the environment after two defeats — maybe somebody thinks it’s the same history as the last two seasons,’ De Zerbi said.

‘I have no doubt it’s not like this. I can’t change my opinion after two defeats. I have big, big

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LIVERPOOL boss Andoni Iraola was left aggrieved by a fourth-official fumble with the substitutions board that he felt cost his side in their 2-2 Premier League draw with Nottingham Forest.

Iraola claimed the second Forest goal was unfair as he was delayed making a triple substitution for three minutes due to Tim Robinson's board taking too long to load.

As Rio Ngumoha, Kostas Tsimikas and Ryan Gravenberch waited to come on, Forest won a penalty, scored by Morgan Gibbs-White. Iraola said subs may have helped his team defend the attack that led to the penalty, given away for a foul on Neco Williams by Alisson, who kicked a hole in one of the boards at full time.

New Reds signing Victor Munoz rescued a second consecutive 2-2 draw to begin Iraola's reign, the second equaliser after Alexander Isak had cancelled out Dan Ndoye's first-half strike.

‘This cannot be a professional fourth official,’ Iraola said. ‘It cannot take three minutes. We’ve already given the subs’ numbers two or three minutes before.

‘I was already angry because in the previous stoppage we couldn’t make the subs, and before the throw-in I said, “OK we’ll do it now”. They will have to explain it, but it has taken ages.’

Former Premier League referee Graham Scott wrote on X that they were ‘not fit for purpose’, and that the Premier League’s tech lagged behind other leagues.

‘Each number has to be entered manually and they only count up one at a time,’ Scott added. ‘Entering 38 (Gravenberch’s number) on its own could take several seconds and there are six numbers to plug in here.

‘In UEFA competitions the clubs have to enter the numbers themselves, so they can get the subs done quicker. The Premier League only did this during Covid.’

Iraola will hope that Bradley Barcola, who jets in today to complete his £123million move from Paris Saint-Germain in the next 24 hours and sign a five-year deal, can spark life into the campaign.

Forest boss Oliver Glasner was delighted with his first point in charge. His side are on the verge of signing his former student Daniel Munoz from Crystal Palace, and they also want Everton midfielder Harrison Armstrong, having discussed a £40m move for the 19-year-old.

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Remember the days when you could relax on a Sunday night with a gentle costume drama? Well forget that, it's full-on adrenaline now as returning

series Vigil and Trigger Point and their female leads go head to head. And they both get off to frantic starts with explosions, ambushes and kidnappings.

It's Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie trying to prevent a third world war, or Vicky McClure relentlessly defusing explosive devices. Take your pick and suspend your disbelief.

Vigil sets up a timely scenario in the epic scenery of the Arctic. A British man has been killed in an area where the UK is searching for rare metals on the seabed. 'It's the world's last great gold rush,' says the local Norwegian police chief, 'and we are the frontier town.'

The problem for the British is that it's a demilitarised zone and he's a member of the Special Forces who shouldn't be there. Plus, his body is found inside a Russian enclave where, of course, the Russians have their own military. To add to the tension, the Chinese are involved too.

DI Longacre (Leslie) arrives first, but DCI Silva (Jones) soon joins her after dealing with a few perilous problems back home in Glasgow.

Trigger Point, meanwhile, doesn't trouble itself with geopolitics – here it's pedal to the metal from the start. A suspected bomb is on board a lorry that's travelling into the centre of London. It's the job of unflappable explosives officer Lana Washington (McClure) to stop it and put her life on the line. 'It's who I am', she says earnestly.

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Her work requires the precision of a surgeon, and in a gruelling scene in episode two she gets to put her surgical skills to the test on a patient. It's not subtle but the tension keeps ratcheting up.

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From The Word to TFI Friday, Channel 4 has long seen in the weekend with anarchic live shows. Now Joe Lycett, known for pranks-with-a-point like pretending to shred £10,000, takes the plunge. It's live, so anyone's guess how it will play out, but you can join Joe and guests for what is billed as a 'love letter to the great British pub' – without the queues at the bar.

THE GODFATHER Sunday, BBC2, 10pm

With a back story almost as colourful as the trilogy itself – and enough to inspire its own TV drama, The Offer (stream on ITVX) – it's hard to think of a film saga that's more influential, or compelling. More than half a century old, its raw power and emotional depth hasn't dimmed, and that cast: Marlon Brando, left, Al Pacino and James Caan. Enough said.

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BRITAIN'S WITTIEST TV CRITIC

Michael Owen, dull? Not when he claims he's an 'orca pervert'

Meet The Owens Prime Video, Friday ★★★★★

Conan O'Brien Must Go HBO Max, Friday ★★★★★

Meet The Owens sets out to answer the question that doesn't much preoccupy anyone, but never mind. The question is: Michael Owen –

is he really that boring? ‘Even my kids say everyone sees me as dead boring,’ he says, before opening the fridge and musing on a snack. ‘I’m going to have some toast with Dairylea on it. How many (triangles) do you have to have?’ I shall put you out of your misery now. He goes for the one triangle. A spoiler, I know, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable sitting on that kind of information.

The Beckhams have had their own documentaries, and the Rooneys and the Vardys, and now it's time to meet the Owens, if you so choose. Or you could just pair socks. It's up to you.

Michael is the former England and Liverpool striker, who says at the outset: 'Without sounding big-headed I was exceptionally talented at football and broke every record.'

He's here, along with his family who, for the record, do seem lovely. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Louise. They have four photogenic children, one of whom (Gemma, the oldest) is a Love Island alumna with 1.6 million followers on Instagram. They live in a stunning Elizabethan manor house in Cheshire. He now owns and runs a racing stable, so there are beautiful horses everywhere. They're all horse-mad.

Gemma has just rescued a little Shetland pony (Bert, adorable) and her father affects to be upset about it. Who will be paying for the food and the farrier and the vets' bills? 'My favourite horse,' he says, nodding at Bert. He then says: 'That was sarcasm.' It's always good to be clear.

He does the interviews in a wood-panelled room in the manner of a Guy Ritchie character, except it's not a character Guy Ritchie would ever write. 'I'm either really happy or just happy,' he will confide, which wouldn't make for an especially strong episode of, say, The Gentlemen.

After his football career ended he had to find a purpose and horses have given him that. He did try being a football pundit, but the monotonous intonation wasn't ideal or avoidable. He couldn't, he explains, convey excitement he didn't feel. 'If West Ham scored against Burnley, with all due respect, I just couldn't care.' We've all been there.

We watch the Owens at the races, hosting owners' parties, attending horse auctions, and they do seem close. 'I can honestly say Gemma is my best friend,' says Louise. Gemma is as much the focus here as her father. It's as if she might want her own TV career one day. We see her present the Horse Of The Year Show for Channel 4. 'I'm here with Carol and Wayne,' she says to camera. 'I'm Fiona,' says Carol. But the Fiona who isn't Carol is very nice about it.

'You're doing a great job,' she says, encouragingly. We like this Fiona. We like Gemma too. She is warm, friendly and did rescue Bert, whose cuteness may make you cry.

What else do we discover? We discover Owen loves to watch orca documentaries – 'I'm an orca pervert' – and, to be fair, I didn't know that orcas aren't whales or sharks as they're dolphins. He struggles with grease-proof paper. 'How do you tear it off?'*

He loves what he now does. 'I wake every morning and bounce out of bed.' He has a fun side, like when he puts down his chips and Kaiser, one of their dogs, wolfs them. He sees the funny side of that. Louise recalls how he was reading the Racing Post when she was in labour and quick as a flash he comes back with: 'I offered you a read of it!' In particular he is the master of repartee at the fridge door. He takes out a box of ice-creams from the freezer. 'These,' he announces, ‘are world-class.’ He takes out a different box. ‘These,’ he says, ‘are also world-class.’ They do seem a genuinely delightful, loving family, but those socks aren’t going to pair themselves.

What comes next might come as a shock. Ready? There's a celebrity travelogue that might be worth watching. That's something you never expected to experience, I bet.

In Conan O'Brien Must Go, the American comedian visits the international fans he has previously met via video calls on his podcast. Each episode opens with an introduction by legendary director Werner Herzog who, in a mock-solemn way, tells us O'Brien is a man with 'tiny eyes, the eyes of a crudely painted doll' who is 'fuelled by a hunger for recognition and the occasional selfie'. It's exquisitely funny from the off.

First stop is India, where he meets his fan Nikhal, but also attempts to board a commuter train in Mumbai, has a go at Bollywood, turns up in whites for a game of cricket while not understanding cricket at all and, to stop monkeys stealing phones, sets up a makeshift AT&T store in a park. The monkeys raid it and then fight over the phones. 'Are they so different from us?' he asks, before answering his question: 'Yes. They are small. And furry.' I laughed. Again. *He works it out in the end. A spoiler, I know, but I wouldn't feel comfortable sit-*He works it out in the end. A spoiler, I know, but I wouldn't feel comfortable sitting on that information either.

FAMILY GUY: Michael Owen in the documentary, left, and Conan O'Brien, above right, with a Dutch shoemaker

Edinburgh COMEDY

As the Edinburgh Fringe wraps after a month of mayhem and madness, new names emerge, gongs are

handed out and the more successful shows take a short breather before transferring on to UK tours and beyond.

In Champagne Casanova (touring from Oct 1) ★★★★★, Finlay Christie underlines his rising-star quality with a saga about being robbed by two women while on a quest for a threesome in New Orleans. It's told with oodles of self-deprecating charm, delicately

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Edinburgh Fringe Until August 30

walking the Jack Whitehall tightrope of remaining likeable while airing your potentially irritating posh-boy credentials.

It's a highwire act Christie pulls off with aplomb, channelling his shame wells without recourse to arrogance, and being careful to explain his family are millionaires, not billionaires. 'We don't have a

child-sex island,' he reassures us.

In Bath Mat (touring from Sept 2) ★★★★★, Phil Ellis mucks about for an hour in the chaotic style that endeared him to Taskmaster viewers last year.

Five minutes in, he's still messing about behind the curtain and yet to emerge. By the time he's made it on stage, he's already overrunning by ten minutes.

Scripts are for losers in Ellis's world and he's happy to riff on anything audiences throw at him, so it can easily take an hour to get through 30 minutes of material. It's an old-school omnishambles of a knockabout show and at the

Fringe, where everyone's selling a story with a message, that's a refreshing relief.

Almost as manic, Phil Nichol's Aren't We Lucky (dates from Sept 6) ★★★★★ showcases the impish Scots-Canadian veteran at his irrepressible best. Now 61, and with the energy of a 31-year-old, Nichol erupts on stage like a starburst emanating rays of positivity and life affirmation.

Overflowing with gags and singalongs, this is a show for all ages. But, in particular, if you've got a grumpy sexagenarian in your life, book them a date with Nichol.

HIGHWIRE ACT: Rising star of stand-up, Finlay Christie

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Abigail's Party Harold Pinter Theatre, London Until September 19, 2hrs 5mins ★★★★★

Who Killed Marilyn? Emerald Theatre, London Until October 29, 2hrs 20 mins

★★★★★

In Abigail's Party, Tamzin Outhwaite plays the hostess Beverly, queen of cringe. She's magnificent as the Essex housewife who has a

get-together for her neighbours Angela and Tony, and Sue from down the road, whose teenage daughter (whom we never meet) is having the eponymous party.

Mike Leigh's 1977 theatre classic (a hugely popular TV version followed) devised it with a cast that originally featured Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman as Beverly.

Outhwaite's portrayal of this monster is glorious. She's in a spangly orange dress (which matches the wallpaper), a cigarette clamped in her teeth and her hair a billow of sewage-foam yellow.

She dispenses and uses fashionable nibbles as flirting aids ('Tone, do you want a little cheesy pineapple?').

And she generally bosses

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Tamzin's gloriously ghastly as the queen of cringe

everyone about with a Dame Edna-level lack of tact.

What a marital and class war is going on here, even on the sound system. Beverly loves crooner Demis Roussos, while her fuming, superior hubby Laurence likes flautist James Galway and

Beethoven – or thinks he does.

There's good work from Pandora Colin as the agonised, anxious Sue, Lauren Patel as the dim Ange, and Omar Malik as hunky Tony, whose smoochy dance with Beverly (we only see her hands, grazing his footballer

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MONSTROUS: Lauren Patel and Tamzin Outhwaite. Below: Pixie Lott as Marilyn Monroe

buttocks) is a highlight.

Director Nadia Fall cleverly manages the tragic ending, which turns into a farcical catastrophe.

Glorious, ghastly, and very funny, Abigail's Party is still a great invite.

Who Killed Marilyn? The answer seems to be: anyone but herself. Although Monroe's death was declared a suicide in 1962 (she was 36), here she returns from the grave to show us what really happened. It takes a multi-tasking cast of mostly men to show us.

In this conspiracy theatre piece (written by Sharleen Cooper Cohen), pop star Pixie Lott isn't bad, but she never steps outside the breathy Marilyn screen persona.

She marries Joe DiMaggio – a priggish wife-beater. She is betrayed by her friend Peter Lawford. Even Laurence Olivier backstabs her!

Only the playwright Arthur Miller, whom she briefly married, reveals her as a decent and curiously bookish person.

Lott gets to sing just once – ‘Happy Birthday, Mr President’ – but she can do nothing with this wordy material.

There are some intriguing conspiracy ideas – the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover and the Kennedy family, particularly JFK's brother Bobby, come out of this very badly indeed.

But the script has wings of lead. Not once does it take off as an involving drama.

ARTFUL: Dolly Parton in 1984 film Rhinestone

Dolly, the country legend who sparkled like a rhinestone

The event of the past week in music, sadly, wasn't a gig or a new album. It was the death of one of pop's great characters.

Dolly Parton was good at everything: singing, songwriting, playing the guitar, making people laugh. Described as ‘wonderful’ by both Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, she was the legends’ legend.

She had a strong moral compass, whether she was campaigning for child literacy or defending her own copyright. When Elvis Presley was about to record her song I Will Always Love You, his infamous manager, Tom Parker, demanded half the writing royalties. Dolly said no, cried all night – and had the last laugh as Whitney Houston's version sold 20 million copies.

That song was inspired by a professional separation (from the singer Porter Wagoner) but artfully phrased so that

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Dolly Parton 1946-2026

The Proclaimers Rewind, Henley- On-Thames Touring Oct 15- Dec 19 ★★★★★

Tiny Habits Keepers Out now ★★★★★

you could read it as the end of an affair. Parton was such sweet sorrow.

As one of 12 siblings, Dolly was a born collaborator. She made the glorious album Trio with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, struck gold with Kenny Rogers on Islands In The Stream, and ended up helping Beyonce to remake another of her classics, Jolene.

(Emmylou, by the way, plays The Long Road festival in Leicestershire tonight. Tears may well be shed.)

Dolly never had children, but she had many heirs. You can see her imprint on Taylor Swift, another country star who crossed over to pop, on Brandi Carlile, another livewire with mighty lungs, and on Sabrina Carpenter, another smart blonde sometimes mistaken for a dumb one.

On stage, Dolly sparkled like a rhinestone. She cracked jokes, but when she sang Jolene, I Will Always Love You, 9 To 5 or Coat Of Many Colors, she pierced the heart.

If the Rewind festival had taken place a week later, there might have been dozens of Dollys present. Rewind has been celebrating the 1980s ever since 2009, and the crowd dress accordingly. You can't go for a wander without bumping into Adam Ant or

Cher. This year's closing headliners, The Proclaimers, don't do dressing-up. But in their black T-shirts and sensible specs, Craig and Charlie Reid do remind you of someone. Oh yes, it's the Prime Minister.

The twins have long had their own brand of folk-rock, caustic yet cuddly. When they do Letter From America, I find myself singing along, in a dodgy Scots accent, with a lump in my throat. A powerful new album, You May Offend ★★★★★, arrives on Friday week.

The album to buy now is Keepers by Tiny Habits. Maya Rae, Cinya Khan and Judah Mayowa are three young Americans who met at music college and bonded over three-part harmonies.

Their sound is folk-soul, halfway from Crosby, Stills And Nash to Destiny's Child. Their loveliest songs – Anything He Was, Survivors' Guilt and Fragile, Too – are in that league.

FILM

MATTHEW BOND

The Dog Stars Cert: 15, 1hr 58mins ★★★★★

The Whisper Man Cert: 15, 1hr 53mins ★★★★★

One Night Only Cert: 15, 1hr 42mins ★★★★★

De Gaulle: Resistance Cert: 15, 2hrs 40mins ★★★★★

I Want Your Sex Cert: 18, 1hr 30mins ★★★★★

At the age of 88, Sir Ridley Scott can look back at a career that has produced commercial cinema of

the very highest quality. Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator... His latest, alas, The Dog Stars, will not be adding to that list. Some have found it ‘contemplative’ and ‘allegorical’, but me, I just found it slow, derivative and really quite boring. And why would Scott, a filmmaker who can surely pick and choose his projects, want to get into the overcrowded, post-apocalyptic genre anyway?

But into it he has gone with this adaptation of Peter Heller's 2012 novel of the same name. Set in a 2035 which has seen most of the

Earth's population wiped out by an unnamed flu virus, two survivors now live on a remote rural airfield in Colorado. Hig (Jacob Elordi) is a quiet dreamer, still mourning the death of his pregnant wife and never happier than when flying his small plane through the mountains to dangerous, derelict cities in search of vital supplies – fuel, food, medicines. Oh, and he has a faithful hound, Jasper.

The gruff Bangley (Josh Brolin) is more your classic survivalist – most content when he’s guarding the base and picking off gangs of ‘reapers’ with a sniper rifle.

The bickering pair look like they could survive indefinitely until something bad eventually happens and we're off. Well, Hig is, anyway.

This is a film in need of a star. Instead, the tall, handsome Elordi, who is making heavy weather of truly becoming one, gives one of his so-so performances and is backed up by a trio of talented supporting turns – Brolin, Guy Pearce and Margaret Qualley.

None of them, however, Elordi included, gives the sort of performance that supplies that vital ‘watch me, watch me’ ingredient.

As for Scott, he delivers good flying and landscapes, but as for the big set pieces you know are coming... one is straight out of the Danny Boyle 28 Years Later playbook, while another is surreal enough to both smack of David Lynch and damage the film. Only the

DREAMER: Jacob Elordi and his hound Jasper in The Dog Stars

Who knew the end of the world would be

SO BORING?

GLOSSY: Olivia Wilde. Right: Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner

third reminds us of the great Ridley of old. It's too little, too late.

There's no shortage of star power in The Whisper Man, a grisly crime-thriller with echoes of The Silence Of The Lambs and The Pledge. Severance star Adam Scott plays a newly widowed father who moves his sensitive and traumatised young son back to his home city.

The boy already has one imaginary friend, so when he starts talking to someone he starts talking to someone else, his father thinks he is just making more things up.

And then the boy disappears... just as it becomes clear that a copycat serial killer of young boys is stalking the streets. Or has the ‘whisper man’ – the nickname for a murderer who’s been in jail for the last 30 years – somehow returned?

The key thing here is the quality of the supporting cast, led by a

properly on-form and well-cast Robert De Niro, a convincing Michelle Monaghan and, briefly, an eye-catching Michael Keaton. Together, they ensure the watchable end-result rises above its undeniable complexities and improbabilities.

One Night Only posits an alternate American present-day where pre-marital sex has been outlawed, except for one night only. On that night, as dusk falls and your bio-implants turn from red to green, it's a case of grab your partner – or indeed any willing partner – and, er, go.

Which is bad news for pizza chef Owen (Callum Turner). He immediately gets dumped by his girlfriend, while session singer Allie (Monica Barbaro, so good as Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown) loses her wing-woman (not so much to love as lust) as soon as they go out looking for possible partners.

If only our star-crossed couple could meet. But while they bump into each other repeatedly on the hormone-fuelled streets of New York, they never quite hit it off...

Ignore the silliness of the premise, enjoy the screen chemistry between the two good-looking leads and this is surprisingly good fun, especially for a younger crowd or, perhaps, the nostalgic.

De Gaulle: Resistance is the first instalment of a two-part French biopic of the mercurial Charles de Gaulle, who we see here emerging as the obstinate but magnificently patriotic leader of the Free French in London following the capitulation of France to the Nazis in 1940.

Simon Abkarian's performance as de Gaulle struggles to escape from familiar caricature, but Simon Russell Beale is terrific as a very human Churchill, while the mix of military history – told, obviously, from the French perspective – and personal heroism is both fascinating and moving.

Olivia Wilde is having quite the summer, emerging as the queen of the sex comedy. Fresh from her success with The Invite, here she is in the somewhat less subtly titled I Want Your Sex, playing a successful contemporary artist who begins a sado-masochistic sexual relationship with a younger male assistant, played by Cooper Hoffman.

But right from the start, when a body is found floating in a pool, we know this relationship cannot end happily.

Directed by Gregg Araki, it's initially funny and a little sexy but despite game performances from both Wilde and Hoffman, the glossy end-result does eventually outstay its welcome.

THE BEST NEW FICTION

KATE ATKINSON OUR NOBLE SELVES

Our Noble Selves Kate Atkinson Doubleday £22, 352pp

Atkinson's laconic wit finds its ideal subject in 1951's Festival of Britain. As the opening date nears, Harry Flynn is tasked with helping to ensure all runs smoothly. He's a former foreign correspondent with a bad war in the Far East far from behind him, but when a French colleague goes missing, he becomes ensnared in a very present-tense pickle: he's being framed for murder. Pathos and empathetic insights deepen nifty plotting.

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Agrippa Robert Harris Hutchinson Heinemann £22, 384pp

It's a neat trick for a historical novelist to

portray a well-known era through lesser-known eyes. So it proves in Harris's latest thriller about Ancient Rome, which dramatises the post-Caesar power struggle via the recollections of a middle-aged general brooding on his career after catching his wife and son-in-law in bed. The matter-of-fact style propels you through a pacy tale of bloodshed and backbiting.

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Children Of Wolves Lawrence Osborne Chatto & Windus £18.99, 272pp

New York detective Tyler Sedgewick has been sent to Turkey to find a billionaire's missing daughter, Chana. He chases her from the beach town of Bodrum to Istanbul, where she's hiding out with three other disaffected rich kids and plotting an act of terrorism. Tyler knows he should turn her in, but he's becoming increasingly infatuated with this beautiful and dangerous young woman. A languorous cat-and-mouse thriller with real resonance for our troubled times.

RACHEL CUSK LIFE OF

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Life Of M Rachel Cusk Faber £18.99, 192pp

An author sets out to write a book about an actress she knows

slightly. Rather than a biography, she presents her subject in a series of scenes – in a restaurant, at an airport, on a yacht – which emphasise her detachment from reality. Consisting largely of descriptions of rooms, this is a novel in which nothing really happens; your enjoyment will depend on your interest in the question asked over and over again: is everybody just acting a part?

Anthony Gardner

How happy wives and pickpockets turned the Gunners into champions

22 Years Isaan Khan Biteback £20, 256pp

During a Manchester City game in April this year, the TV cameras panned to a fan in the stands drinking water from a bottle labelled with the crest of City's rivals for the Premier League title, Arsenal. The gag was clear: Arsenal were once again going to bottle it. They would, as usual, blow their lead. The most notable example had been in the 2022-3 season, when the London club topped the league for 248 days, only to implode at the end and gift City the title. The week after the water joke, Man City were at home to Arsenal themselves. The fan in question was giving media interviews outside the stadium, and there was a brisk trade in replica bottles.

The pressure on Arsenal was all the greater because they hadn't managed to win the Premier League since 2004, hence the title of this book, brilliantly researched by the Daily Mail's 'Mr Arsenal', Isaan Khan.

The biggest character to emerge from the account of the club's 2025-26 season is manager Mikel Arteta. The Spaniard had spent the years since his 2019 appointment forming the club in his image, demanding the same dedication from players as he shows himself (he arrives at the training ground every day at 7am). Arteta got rid of prima

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donnas, replacing them with players who were married or in long-term relationships, as they would be more grounded and stable. Before signing Declan Rice, he quizzed the midfielder's England teammates Bukayo Saka and Aaron Ramsdale on Rice's character. 'Arteta wanted people, not just players.'

Attention was paid to every tiny detail that could improve performance. Arteta removed the outer cover of the tunnel at Arsenal's Emirates sta-

VICTOR: Arsenal's Declan Rice

dium so the players would hear more crowd noise as they walked out. Before an away match at Liverpool he repeatedly played You'll Never Walk Alone during training, to stop the legendary anthem intimidating his team. He hired professional pickpockets to steal from the players during a team dinner, teaching them the importance of always being alert.

Aided by Gabriel Heinze, who in a previous job with an Argentinian club had weighed his players twice a day, Arteta created a culture in which only maximum effort was enough.

He was similarly uncompromising with the media. During that 2022-23 season one journalist asked the manager why he wasn't buying a striker. Arteta 'held his irritation until the cameras switched off and made a beeline towards the culprit, fixing him with a death stare close-up'. But he has a kindly side too. Learning kindly side too. Learning that a staff member's son was being bullied, Arteta invited the boy to meet the players and use the club's gym in the evenings, so helping to build his confidence.

On the night Arsenal finally won the title, one of their players, Myles Lewis-Skelly, picked up a certain object and said: 'They called us bottlers, but now we're holding a bottle!' This one contained champagne.

Mark Mason

The sentry who didn't stand for any monkey business

The Role Of Animals In World War One Nicholas Milton Pen and Sword £25, 224pp

Animals died in their thousands in the Great War, but they also served as morale-boosters to weary and half-broken men: not just the faithful dogs and horses, but goats, pigs and even a baboon. Corporal Jackie, who served with the 3rd South African Infantry, excelled at sentry duty.

In Nicholas Milton's excellent new history, he recalls his own grandfather's admiration for the ‘dogs with medical packs and red crosses on their backs’, bringing aid to soldiers wounded at Gallipoli. Often the dogs were targeted by snipers.

Yet one small, overlooked creature arguably had a greater impact than any other. The mosquito was murderous on the Balkan Front. 'A significant proportion of those killed at Salonika died of malaria,' says Milton. The sick were brought back to England, where one treatment camp was located on the Isle of Sheppey. Locals soon got malaria too, the Ministry of

ON DUTY: Corporal Jackie of the 3rd South African Infantry

Health denying all responsibility. Then there were the rats. 'Every time you wake [they] are fighting and squeaking all over you,' recalled Lieutenant Alfred Johnson. 'The other

night one took a flying jump at my face...' For those already exhausted and suffering from shell-shock, the rats could tip them over the edge.

But it's the dogs who give us the best stories. My favourite here is Fritz, who survived when a German trawler sunk by HMS Falmouth in 1914, floating on a plank of wood. The sailors renamed him Old Bill and he went on to survive the Battle of Jutland in 1916, though suffering three shrapnel wounds. He was rescued again when the Falmouth finally sank off Flamborough Head, and spent a happy retirement at Plymouth Barracks, being honoured on his death with a full naval funeral.

Dogs' acute sense of hearing made them invaluable early warning systems, as they would run for cover when they heard shells incoming. One dog would even scrape himself a quick trench and lie as flat as possible, in wise imitation of his human comrades.

And then there were the noble, all-enduring horses. Of some one million horses who went to war for Britain, nearly half died. A great survivor was Warrior, belonging to Major General John Seely. He learned to gallop in a ‘swerve or zig-zag when he heard the pinging sound of bullets’, and took Seely safely through the last great cavalry charge of Moreuil Wood in 1918. They returned home to the Isle of Wight on Christmas Day, and afterwards spent many happy days riding out over Mottistone Down. In 1938, they took a centenary ride there, having reached a combined age of 100. It must have felt a long way from Ypres. Warrior died in 1941, aged 32.

Christopher Hart

What do Antony Gormley, Henry Moore and Rodin have in common? They were on a quest to capture the human spirit in material form

Pick up a pebble, large or small. Cradle it and weigh its smooth plainness, or notice its bands of colour. You probably don't think of it as a mini work of art, and yet renowned 20th-century sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore would have done. They found inspiration in the forms of the natural world – works of ‘art’ created by time.

Standing on a beach, art historian Jo Baring thinks of the delight children have always found in pebbles. Right at the beginning of this beautifully written book, she identifies the magic at its heart: 'The pebble... acts as a physical reminder of our connection to both material [substance] and what we make... For millennia, our ancestors have moulded, modelled and chiselled the materials they had to hand, creating objects with no immediate practical use.'

So, not pots or combs or arrowheads, but things created – from stone or wood or metal – to convey a feeling or message. In other words, they have created sculpture.

You may think of this art form in terms of the powerfully expressive bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, created by the Welsh sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones. Or perhaps Rodin's work The Kiss? Or Antony Gormley's hugely popular Angel Of The North. Jo Baring would describe the first of those – representing a historical figure – as just a ‘statue’. But

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Totem Jo Baring Canongate £25, 352pp

Gormley's Angel is, for her, undoubtedly a sculpture – described by the artist himself as 'a totem pole for the North East'. As for the Rodin, interestingly – and it could be said rather strangely – she gives little time or space to the 'greats' of the three-dimensional art form, such as Rodin, or even Michelangelo. There are just eight lines on his magnificent and heartbreaking Pieta. But this is not a history. It is a very human story in which

storytelling. Thankfully moving on from some unnecessarily ‘woke’ reservations about the use of the word ‘Totem’ (annoyingly described as ‘problematic’ by ‘an art-history colleague’) Baring concludes that ‘this word is used across time and space to describe sculpture’.

She discovers its origin in the language of the indigenous Ojibwe (or Chippewa) tribe of the American North-East. Their word ‘ototeman’ refers to a clan relation and signifies ‘to dwell together’. So a ‘totem’ is something shared. To explore the idea, looking at a complex totem pole in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and Gormley’s simple form of a towering angel, Baring guides the reader on an exhilarating global journey.

adds, ‘Sculpture is a repository of place, and human community, but it outlasts us.’

From prehistoric artefacts such as the lion-man figure found in a German cave, to an ancient

So what you feel when you look at a picture of the earliest wooden carving to have survived might be related to your first impressions of a Henry Moore. Known as the Shigir Idol, this towering ‘totem’ is twice as old as the Pyramids – and yet isn’t its expression of dread absolutely modern? Its O-mouth stretches in a Munch-like scream

HUMAN TOUCH: Antony Gormley's Angel Of The North overlooks the A1 at Gateshead

the human at its heart is the author herself. Totem is a personal quest to ‘unearth the untold story of sculpture I felt dancing just ahead of me’.

'The earliest surviving wooden carving is like Munch's Scream'

bones kept in their studios. In her narrative we are never far from the natural world.

Once you stop seeing this book in terms of what you thought you knew and instead regard Baring as a guide into strange, symbolic realms of the imagination, then you are released into her wide-ranging

Along this questing, puzzling – and sometimes puzzled – journey, visiting obscure works in barely-visited locations as well as those in major galleries, Baring's intention might be summed up by the Indian contemporary artist Bharti Kher: 'All of us artists, from way back, perhaps from when we first put our handprints on a cave wall, were trying to capture this thing called the human spirit...a hard thing to catch...I am constantly trying to create the manifestation of different things, to find this enigmatic stone I've been searching for.'

– a ‘hole’ that makes my own mind leap forward to the work of Hepworth and Moore. Baring’s way of writing implicitly invites you to make such imaginative connections as she spans countries, cultures and times.

Which takes us back to the pebble, and the mystery of how human beings define art and why it works so differently for each of us. The word ‘totem’ implies a mysterious object of worship, but also something shared. What do you feel when you whizz past the Angel Of The North on the A1? Admiration? Amusement? Awe? Does Michelangelo’s David elicit admiration – or possibly even amorousness?

She introduces us to the artists who have expanded sculpture's possibilities – including Hepworth, Constantin Brancusi, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, and of course Antony Gormley – and revisits familiar works with fresh eyes. She considers the materials used – substances that were often at hand and reminds us that great artists, such as Moore, drew inspiration from collections of pebbles, feathers and

What matters is that you look, and the rest is up to you. Walk around the work, laugh at it if you wish (think of the ridiculous statue of Mary Wollstonecraft by Maggi Hambling) but be inspired by Jo Baring to flex your spirit – and respond.

Mayan pyramid, and right up to the radical innovations of the 20th century, Baring reveals how sculpture expresses power, loss, identity, and the need to make meaning through form. She suggests that ‘we should begin to see sculpture not as an object, but a vessel, a holder of human

knowledge, and imagination.' Thinking of that first meaning of 'totem', she

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Play our brain-teasing summer puzzles this holiday weekend to be in with the chance of winning our £6,000 jackpot.

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DAY 2 RIDDLE

This song was written by a man named Ray It's about a chap who had to pay To the tax man, all his cash In '66 it was a number one smash

FIND YOUR NEXT RIDDLE IN TOMORROW'S Daily Mail

FIENDISH SUDOKU

SUDOKU X

FILL in all the squares in the grid so each row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. Solutions: see back page.

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PUT the numbers 1 to 9 once in each row, column, diagonal (highlighted to form an X) and 3x3 box (ruled). Solutions: see back page.

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HOLD the image close to your nose then slowly move it away. Suddenly, a 3D illusion will appear! Clue: When is a man like a dog? Solutions: see back page.

MAGIC EYE

JIGSAW SUDOKU

FILL in the rows, columns and boxes with the numbers 1 to 9 without the same number appearing twice in any row, column or box. Solutions: see back page.

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KEIJO

PLACE the tiles into the grid so that four words read across, four words read down and four different shapes appear in each row and column. Solutions: see back page.

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WORD SLIDE

HOW many regular English words can you spell out using all the sliders? One word is spelled already. Target score: 20 Solutions: see back page.

Evens

INSERT any digit from 1 to 9 in the squares, so that the numbers in each row and column add up to the given totals. No digits may be repeated within a row or column, and even numbers must be placed in shaded squares. Solutions: see back page.

NAME .... ADDRESS ....

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WORDSEARCH

All but one of the nursery rhyme characters listed below are hidden in the grid. Find the missing term and you could win £100! Words can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, backwards or forwards. Answer next week. Last week's missing term: BEAU.

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August 9 winner: Brian Thomas Norris, Croston, Lancs.

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BOBBY LUCY BO PEEP MARGERY BOY BLUE MARY COW MICE DISH MISS MUFFET DOCTOR MONKEYS FOSTER MOTHER DOG HUBBARD DUCKS MUFFIN MAN GEORGIE OWL HUMPTY PETER DUMPTY POLLY INCY WINCY SHEEP JACK SIMON JOHN SPOON KING COLE YANKEE LADYBIRD DOODLE

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SUPER SUDOKU NO 1207

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THE PRIZE CROSSWORD WIN £1,000

There's an amazing £1,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, September 4 (photocopies not accepted). Today's solution will appear next week and the winner's name on Sunday, September 20. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Test your mental agility with our Super Sudoku and you could win a £100 cash prize! Each row, column and 4x3 box must contain all the numbers from 1 to 12. Call 0905 652 2210 for extra tips. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge.

The winner of 1204

is Gillian Cumberland, York.

TO ENTER: Text SUPER followed by a space, your 3 shaded squares, reading left to right, name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0901 292 5050 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. See today's solutions panel for terms and conditions. This week's solution will be published next week and the winner's name on Sunday, September 20.

CODE CRACKER

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Crack our code for your chance to win £100 cash! Just work out which number goes with which letter to complete the grid below this puzzle. The answer could be a name, such as Danube, or a phrase, eg at once.

TO ENTER: Once you've found the word in the extra box, text CRACKER followed by a space, your answer, name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0901 292 5051 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. See today's solutions panel for terms and conditions. This week's solution will be published next week and the winner's name on Sunday, September 20.

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August 9 winner: Paula Cartwright, Fareham, Hants.

NEED HELP GETTING STARTED? You can get up to three extra clues by calling 0901 292 5070. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge. Or text EXTRA to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. Phone/text services Helpline: 0330 1000 601.

Across 11 2001 Ian McEwan novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize (9) 12 A military or naval action, such as a campaign or manoeuvre (9) 13 The capital of Liguria, northwest Italy (5) 14 & 1 Down Dutch Post-Impressionist artist, painter of The Starry Night (7,3,4) 15 A long rope or thong with a running noose at one end (5) 16 A helpful and friendly act (4,4) 18 Computer program feature used to find and fix errors in a text (10) 22 A tall narrow residential building in an urban area, usually in a row or terrace (9) 24 The state of political hostility between the American and Soviet blocs after the Second World War (4,3) 27 ____ Williams, politician who was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981 (7) 28 Umbelliferous plant widely cultivated for its aromatic seeds and leaves (9) 30 Trees or plants bearing foliage throughout the year (10) 32 ____ Area, group of 29 European states without mutual border controls (8) 35 A type of Latin American dance (5)

37 In Greek mythology, the goddess of agricultural fertility and protector of marriage and women (7) 38 Any prohibition resulting from social or other conventions (5) 39 A withdrawal of money in excess of the credit balance on a bank account (9) 40 An extended journey through the major cities of Europe, formerly made by rich or aristocratic young men (5,4) Down 1 See 14 Across 2 Actress sister of Olivia de Havilland who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca and Suspicion (4,8) 3 Sixth letter in the Greek alphabet (4) 4 Large amphibious rodent with a broad, flat, hairless tail and webbed hind feet (6) 5 The rounded heavy mass of granite used in the game of curling (5) 6 Maximilien _, influential figure of the French Revolution, executed in 1794 (11) 7 Clark _, alter ego of the fictional superhero Superman (4) 8 Alliaceous plant with a whitish bulb made up of small cloves (6) 9 Series of high-pitched sounds used as a time signal on the radio (4) 10 People who observe without taking part (9)

17 Absorbent piece of cloth used for drying the body (5) 19 ____ di Lammermoor, tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti based upon a Walter Scott novel (5) 20 18th-century English historian; author of The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (6,6) 21 Iain ____, Conservative MP who was leader of the Opposition 2001-2003 (6,5) 23 Sir Lindsay ____, Speaker of the House of Commons from 2019 (5) 25 The dome-shaped den constructed by ‘4 Down’ (5) 26 Island in the South Atlantic northwest of St. Helena, claimed by Britain in 1815 (9) 29 A mountainous principality in southwest Europe between France and Spain (7) 31 Rio ____, river in North America, forming part of the border between the US and Mexico (6) 33 Charlotte ____, French revolutionary who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat (6) 34 A single day’s separate race within a cycling event such as the Tour de France (5) 36 A national emblem of Wales (4) 37 Olivia ____, singer-songwriter who won four Brit Awards in 2026 (4) 38 Sweeney ____, fictional murderous barber whose victims ended up in pies (4)

NOW THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER

Complete the Prize Crossword and count how many times the letter 'i' appears in the finished grid. Then text ISPY followed by your answer, name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0905 652 2172 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. Or post your completed grid AND iSpy answer to Prize Crossword 2284, The Mail on Sunday, P0 Box 354, Wymondham, NR18 8JG. Entries must arrive by Friday, September 4 (photocopies not accepted). The winner will be selected at random from correct iSpy answers. See today's solutions panel for terms and conditions.

Winner of 2281: Daniel Saunders, Aberdeen. Last week's answer: 12

12 GET PUZZLING!

SUMMIT UP

If the number in each triangle is the sum of the two below, what is the top number? Answer next week.

KEIJO

Place the tiles into the grid so that four different numbers and four different shapes appear in each row and column. Answer next week.

KEN KEN

Fill the squares with numbers 1-6 so that each number appears once in each row and column. The number must also produce the result in the top left of each area – multiply, add up, subtract or divide. Numbers may be repeated within an area. Answer next week.

QUICK SUDOKU

Complete grids with numbers 1 to 9 so each row, column and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9 used only once.

TO ENTER: Text PRIZE followed by your answer (3 shaded squares read top to bottom), name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0901 292 5088 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company's network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. See today's solutions panel for terms and conditions. Phone/text services Helpline: 0330 1000 601. This week's solution will be published next week and the winner's name on Sunday, September 20.

DINGBATS

Find the familiar phrase, name or saying in the letters or symbols. Readers are invited to send in Dingbats to The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 354, Wymondham, NR18 8JG. There is a £10 book token for each one published. Check out the website at dingbats.net. Answers on today's solutions panel.

SMART

1. From Margaret Richards, Norwich, Norfolk

NE EYE OLD

2. From Aubrey Cartledge, Melksham, Wilts

6/4 Butter 5/2 Jam 4/1 Marmalade

3. From O. Townend, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

4. From Sylvia Dugard, Witney, Oxon

DITLOIDS

Can you work out what the initials stand for below? For example, 7 D of the W = 7 days of the week. Answers on today's solutions panel.

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4 52 W K on a P K

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WORD BUILDER

Answer each clue so that every word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus or minus one. Answer next week.

PUB QUIZ

1 MOVIES:

Which Spanish actor voiced the character of Puss in Boots in the 2004 film Shrek 2?

2 MUSIC:

Which 2025 single by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean has set a UK record for most weeks at No 1?

3 TV & RADIO:

Which crime thriller series stars Vicky McClure as a bomb disposal expert?

4 SPORT:

Which American golfer has won the Masters tournament a record six times?

5 NATURE:

Alpine, Siberian and Nubian are species of what type of animal of the genus Capra, the males of which have large curved horns?

6 POLITICS:

Gwynfor Evans was the first elected MP for which UK political party?

7 SCIENCE:

What are the only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard temperature and pressure conditions?

BARE BONES

8 HISTORY:

Succeeding his stepfather Augustus in AD14, who was the second Roman emperor?

1 Night bird

2 Puff

3 Lawn game

4 Innards

5 Arm joint

Answers on today's solutions panel.

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word rebec? a) A puzzle, b) A fish, c) A musical instrument.

10 BRITAIN:

Which river flows through Clitheroe and Preston before reaching the Irish Sea near Blackpool?

11 THIS YEAR:

Which member of the royal family gave birth to her third child, a daughter, on 3 August?

12 POT LUCK:

What type of stationery item is collected by a deltiologist?

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Winner of 1268 John Atkinson, Preston, Lancs.

BRAIN TRAIN

Run along our mental arithmetic train track to see how far you can get – and how long you take to get there! There are four station stops, A, B, C and D. You can start at A, B or C and stop at B, C or D. From your chosen starting point, drive through the instructions to your destination. Write your answer at each stop, then start again with the first number after the station. Answers on today's solutions panel.

RATINGS: Good - from A to B in 30 seconds. Very good - B to C in 30 seconds or A to C in 50 seconds. Excellent - C to D in 30 seconds, B to D in 50 seconds or A to D in 75 seconds. Outstanding - A to D in 60 seconds.

ADDRESS

POSTCODE

Across

5 Insect that's game
7 Friendly drink involving fruit
9 Fool gets pigs, having a penny and a pound
11 Reportedly spot team by the coast
12 University student in design creates mixture
15 Split makes baker awfully cheerful (Two words)
17 Study with hesitation in landscape
19 Harvest French wine and get a blend

TELEPHONE.

20 Sundry poetry I would return first

Down 1 Move stealthily, parking right next to bird 2 Trade somewhere on the Kent coast 3 Book's self-dedication 4 Useful husband also unknown 6 Son cannot broadcast an F, say 8 Dialogue gets man back on track 10 Furnish the ending with a joke

11 Quiet at the back in passage
13 Series is the first to complain
14 Original rifts given new form
16 Encourage our general outside
18 Strange diet to prepare for publication

MENTAL BLOCKS

Fit the coloured blocks into the square without rotating or flipping them. The numbers covered by each block should add up to the totals in the circles. There should be no repeated numbers in a coloured block. Answer next week.

DOWN

WORD SQUARE

Try this mini-puzzle. Answers next week.

ACROSS 1 Toboggans 2 ---- firma, earth 3 Sign up for 4 Make amends 5 Customs

DOWN 1 Water vapour 2 'Slowly' in music 3 Mistake 4 Low humming 5 Discount period

BULL'S EYE

How many words of four or more letter can you make from the letters given? Letters may be used only once and the centre letter must be used in each word. At least one word uses all nine letters. No words with a capital, hyphen or apostrophe, no verb forms ending in 's', no plurals ending in 's'. Answers next week.

How did you do?

Score the number of words that you found - 13 Good 20 Very good 26 or more Excellent.

ARROWORD

Complete the grid, then unscramble the letters in the yellow squares to reveal a mountain range. Answer next week.

Crib

SewingBe in debt to

At the rear of

Pull along with difficulty

Fits in

Fully mature people

Taxi

Tempo

Pet medicsKeyboard instruments

Curves

Corn spikePlus

Islamic festival

Become visible

AccompanyingBanning

EverythingStylus

Number of degrees in a right angle

Food used to entice fish

Cricket team

MerelySorts

LuggagePlay

Cigarette deposit

Ice cream holderFoot covering

Make woollensViews

Lair

Rapport,energy

After deductions

Preliminary drawings

Orienteering aid

Kitchen applianceSecret agent

That manChild

Thick

Immense

Ran away

Lady And The_, Disney film

Wager

Omelette ingredient

Prose composition

Sum

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QUICK CROSSWORD

Answers next week.

ACROSS 1 Statesmanlike (12) 7 Set (5) 8 Wicker basket (5) 9 First woman (3) 10 Barrier (9) 11 High-status social group (6) 12 Sight (6) 15 Purpose (9) 17 Domestic animal (3) 18 Ponder (5) 19 Fight (5) 21 Coin-toss game (5,2,5)

1 Spirits (12)
2 Marriage agreement (1,2)
3 Know-all (6)
4 Planner (9)
5 Stadium (5)
6 Options (12)
7 Find out, gather (5)
10 ____ Ladies, Canadian band (9)
13 Force (5)
14 City of northern Spain (6)
16 Cord (5)
20 ____ Garfunkel, singer (3)

FUTOSHIKI

Each line across and down is to be filled with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The same number cannot occur more than once in any row or column. Your only clues are the numbers given and whether a number is larger (>) or smaller (<) than the adjacent number. Answer next week.

EVENS

Insert any digit from 1 to 9 in the squares, so that the numbers in each row and column add up to the given totals. No digits may be repeated within a row or column, and even numbers must be placed in shaded squares. Answer next week.

TETROMINOES

Using the given shapes, create four four-letter anagrams by dividing the grid into sections. You may rotate the shapes, but may not flip them. Answers next week.

CHESS

Here, material is level, but White's pieces are poorly placed. As Black, can you calculate a way to win quickly? Our answer is on the solutions panel.

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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KILLER

The normal rules of Sudoku apply. In addition, digits in each inner dotted shape must add up to the number in the top left corner. Answer next week.

KAKURO

Fill each sequence of blank squares using the numbers 1-9. Each sequence - across and down - must total the number in the shaded box at the beginning or top of that sequence. Numbers may be repeated within a line or column but NOT in a sequence. Answer next week.

BATTLESHIPS

Find one battleship, two cruisers, three destroyers and four submarines in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row contain ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Answers next week.

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Every week our gallant knight engages in an amiable joust with his page. They provide different clues that give the same answers. Sir Lancelot gives the Cryptic Clues and his page the Quick Clues. Join them in their game and count how many times the letter ‘i’ appears in the completed grid for a chance to win £250! Answers next Sunday.

SIR LANCELOT'S

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Fake coach has to go back (5) 4 Reprimanded for bad education (9)

9 Assigned everyone to old, eccentric cadet (9) 10 Reporters apply an amount of force (5) 11 Sent in to organise court activity (6) 12 Authentic boar running in front of the trees (8) 14 It may remove water and exhaust smoker (9) 15 Pops out – your start is corny (5) 17 Following hers about is new (5) 19 Find I have to follow policeman (9) 22 Title: ‘Porridge and Insect’ (8) 24 Left quiet trade to run (6) 26 Crime is the solution (5) 27 Haul gable about? Ludicrous (9) 28 Lack of respect making man turn and look (9)

29 Add vinaigrette to gown (5) Down

1 Flaunted snakes next to Edward (7)

2 Flavouring for girl during storm (9)

3 Piece cites no improvement (7)

4 Appealing to carve key (4)

5 Below foreign articles, then a deviation (10)

6 Rascal promises to be ungodly (7)
7 Relative energy in French resort (5)
8 Show woman small drama (7)
13 Building recalled in folk tale (10)
16 Rip off new list – that's not too rude (9)
17 Stole put in place around church (7)

18 Regular custom Brussels

overturned (7)

20 Firm yearned to be taught (7)
21 Conclusion not quite so infinite (7)
23 Swims around – river trickles (5)
25 Kitty has a good time on the day (4)

THE PAGE'S QUICK CLUES

Across 1 False (5) 4 Warned (9) 9 Distributed (9) 10 Squeeze (5) 11 Racket sport (6) 12 Living in the trees (8) 14 Rainwater conduit (9) 15 Sentimental (5) 17 Original (5) 19 Investigator (9) 22 Small beetle (8)

24 Separated (6)
26 Robbery (5)
27 Ridiculous (9)
28 Ignore (9)
29 Attire (5)
Down
1 Bragged (7)
2 Root used as flavouring (9)
3 Portion (7)
4 Attractive (4)
5 Below (10)

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August 9 winner: Douglas Percival, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Last week's answer: 12

NUMBERFIT

All of the listed numbers fit into the grid and there's only one way to do it. One number has been provided to get you started. Answer next week.

6 Sacrilegious (7)
7 Female relation (5)
8 Show (7)
13 Pantomime character (10)
16 Inoffensive (9)
17 Stole (7)
18 Frequent visitor (7)
20 Trained (7)
21 Eternal (7)
23 Splashes (5)
25 Reserve (4)

3 digits	5 digits	6 digits	8 digits
544	18423	234845	19624067
683	43586	262044	58989813
834	54823	311403	67313054
875	58308	595813	83545790
		845634	83582398
4 digits		968431	84568532

5426	7 digits	9 digits
7362	8345070	325045416
8210	8395643	496263836

PATHFINDER

Beginning with the letter A in the square box, follow a continuous path to find 11 Steve Carell films and TV shows. The trail passes through each and every letter once and may twist up, down or sideways, but never diagonally. Answer next week.

A	S	T	H	O	R	T	D	A	T	E
D	I	E	S	A	E	B	T	G	I	N
C	O	R	G	U	L	B	R	H	T	B
I	E	B	I	T	U	O	A	M	W	E
T	H	T	S	I	F	Y	G	S	I	T
Y	M	I	N	A	E	S	E	T	H	C
O	I	N	O	S	U	R	E	M	E	D
N	U	N	S	H	O	H	T	E	L	B
S	S	S	S	I	F	E	I	C	C	A
L	T	L	I	N	H	E	F	E	I	P
I	T	E	M	E	T	O	F	D	E	S

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTIONS

PRIZE CROSSWORD AUGUST 23 SOLUTIONS, NO 2283

ACROSS: 10 In Hell, 11 Hippopotamus, 13 Rubicon, 14 Stanza, 15 Commune, 16 Homo sapiens, 20 Hall, 21 Parasol, 22 Ulster, 23 & 12 Across Russia With, 25 Nominee, 27 Pelé, 28 Tom and Jerry, 29 New town, 32 Campus, 35 Pottery, 36 Aura, 37 Linda Nosková, 38 Rachel.

DOWN: 1 Enrico Caruso, 2 Béchamel, 4 Sheba, 5 Spacious, 6 Joan Collins, 7 Boys, 8 Makarios, 9 & 3 Down Buzz Aldrin, 17 Azure, 18 Needleworker, 19 Brenner Pass, 21 Plaid, 24 Stampede, 26 Marathon, 27 Petrarch, 30 Elytra, 31 Degas, 33 Adie, 34 Sand.

WORDSEARCH

SUPER SUDOKU

MENTAL BLOCKS

KEN KEN

QUICK SUDOKU

CODE CRACKER Last week's answer: AUDIBLE BARE BONES NO 1270

KEIJO
FUTOSHIKI

MEDIUM SUDOKU
QUICK CROSSWORD

SIR LANCELOT AND HIS PAGE

4	1	6	8	9	2	5	7	3	1	4	6	5	3	2	8	7	9	1	3	7	8	2	9	5	4	6
3	5	8	7	6	4	9	2	1	9	5	3	8	7	4	1	6	2	5	6	9	1	4	7	8	2	3
2	7	9	1	3	5	6	8	4	8	7	2	1	6	9	4	5	3	8	4	2	5	6	3	7	1	9
7	6	2	3	5	1	4	9	8	5	1	7	9	2	6	3	4	8	6	8	5	3	1	2	4	9	7
8	4	1	9	7	6	2	3	5	3	8	9	4	5	7	6	2	1	4	2	3	7	9	8	6	5	1
9	3	5	2	4	8	1	6	7	2	6	4	3	8	1	7	9	5	7	9	1	4	5	6	2	3	8
5	9	7	4	2	3	8	1	6	6	3	8	2	4	5	9	1	7	9	1	6	2	7	4	3	8	5
6	8	3	5	1	9	7	4	2	7	2	1	6	9	3	5	8	4	3	7	4	9	8	5	1	6	2
1	2	4	6	8	7	3	5	9	4	9	5	7	1	8	2	3	6	2	5	8	6	3	1	9	7	4

ACROSS: 1 Ovation, 5 Respect, 10 Clan, 11 Credit card, 12 Adhesive, 13 Sendup, 14 Rigid, 16 Eye opener, 19 Utterance, 21 North, 23 Brahms, 25 Terminus, 27 Buckle down, 28 Naff, 29 Reddish, 30 Deplete. DOWN: 2 Valid, 3 Tangerine, 4 Orchid, 6 Emission, 7 Pecan, 8 Corpulent, 9 Celery, 15 Interlude, 17 Emotional, 18 Gagsters, 20 Cotton, 22 Cringe, 24 Hiked, 26 Unfit.

HARD SUDOKU
Evens

NUMBERFIT
KILLER

TETROMINOES
SUMMIT UP 99 WORD BUILDER Tad, Drat, Darts, Strand, Darns, Rand, Ran WORD SQUARE ACROSS: 1 Acted, 2 Route, 3 Ennui, 4 Needs, 5 Asset. DOWN: 1 Arena, 2 Cones, 3 Tunes, 4 Etude, 5 Deist. ARROWORD BLUEBOTTLE BULL'S EYE ahem, aleph, dahl, dhal, galumph, GALUMPHED, hale, hame, haul, hauled, haulm, head, heal, heap, held, helm, help, hemp, hued, huge, hula, hump, humped, laugh, laughed, phage, phlegm, upheld (28).

H	E	D	E
T	B	N	S
N	O	U	T
E	H	O	T

PATHFINDER

BATTLESHIPS

KAKURO

THIS WEEK'S SOLUTIONS

PUB QUIZ

1 Antonio Banderas, 2 Rein Me In, 3 Trigger Point, 4 Jack Nicklaus, 5 Ibex, 6 Plaid Cymru, 7 Bromine and mercury, 8 Tiberius, 9 c) A musical instrument, 10 River Ribble, 11 Princess Eugenie, 12 Postcards.

DINGBATS

1 Boxing Clever, 2 Any old iron, 3 Hammer House of Horror, 4 Spread betting.

BRAIN TRAIN

CHESS 1... Bc3 2. Rd1 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 e3 and the pawn is too strong, so Black will win.

A-B=416, B-C=80, C-D=243.

DITLOIDS

1 Temptation by Heaven 17, 2 60 Seconds in a Minute, 60 Minutes in an Hour, 3 Ocean's 11, Starring George Clooney, 4 52 White Keys on a Piano Keyboard, 5 1 Ring to Rule Them All, 6 Stand on Your Own 2 Feet.

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DOUBLE JIGWORD

ARRANGE these crossword fragments to create two completed symmetrical crosswords. Solutions: see back page.

QUOTE DOWN

DROP the letters in each column to reconstruct a James Joyce quote. Words may be split across two lines. Solutions: see back page.

PLACEMENT

SHADED squares show where answers to clues must be placed in the larger grid. Work out which letter belongs in which cell so that all the answers will fit. Solutions: see back page.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

CAN you spot the five differences between these two pictures? Solutions: see back page.

B

ALPHABET SOUP

PICK out the floating letters to spell five synonyms for ‘friendly’. Use every letter, but only once. Solutions: see back page.

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TODAY'S SOLUTIONS

FIENDISH SUDOKU

8	7	9	3	2	5	6	1	4
3	1	2	8	6	4	7	5	9
6	5	4	7	1	9	3	8	2
1	3	8	9	7	2	5	4	6
9	2	6	5	4	8	1	3	7
5	4	7	1	3	6	2	9	8
4	9	1	2	5	7	8	6	3
7	6	5	4	8	3	9	2	1
2	8	3	6	9	1	4	7	5

DOUBLE JIGWORD A

SUDOKU X

7	5	2	6	8	3	4	1	9
4	3	9	2	1	7	6	8	5
1	8	6	5	4	9	3	7	2
6	1	7	9	5	4	2	3	8
3	4	5	8	2	6	1	9	7
9	2	8	7	3	1	5	4	6
2	7	1	4	9	5	8	6	3
8	6	4	3	7	2	9	5	1
5	9	3	1	6	8	7	2	4

DOUBLE JIGWORD B

KEIJO

E		R		E		M		B
P	O	U	N	D		O	V	A
I		I		U		O		N
T	A	N		C	O	R	G	I
O				A				S
M	O	I	S	T		E	A	T
I		D		I		C		E
S	H	E		O	T	H	E	R
E		A		N		O		S

JIGSAW SUDOKU

7	9	3	6	5	4	8	1	2
5	4	9	2	6	1	7	8	3
2	1	8	3	9	7	6	5	4
6	7	5	1	8	2	4	3	9
8	2	4	7	1	3	5	9	6
3	6	1	4	7	8	9	2	5
9	5	2	8	3	6	1	4	7
4	8	7	5	2	9	3	6	1
1	3	6	9	4	5	2	7	8

PLACEMENT

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

MAGIC EYE When he's a boxer EVENS 3214 8579 4126 1348

WORD SLIDE Habit, hanky, hared, hinge, hired, hunky, laced, lanky, large, licit, lined, lucid, lucky,

lunge, lured, lurgy, lurid, paced, paned, pared, parky, perky, picky, pined, piney, pinky, punky, puree, purge, vaned, verge. QUOTE DOWN 'Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives' ALPHABET SOUP Affable, Amiable, Cordial, Genial, Sociable

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OUR TOP PICKS FOR THIS WEEK'S TV

DOCUMENTARY THE JURY: 14 AND ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

The return of the series recreating real murder trials – and revealing just what a grey area the criminal justice system can sometimes operate in. Twelve jurors must decide if Luke and his 14-year-old brother Daniel, above, are guilty of murder or manslaughter after admitting to killing their abusive stepfather. Tuesday, C4, 9pm

SPORT TENNIS: US OPEN

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, right, looks to get over her patchy form as she begins the defence of her US title, while men's champion Carlos Alcaraz has recovered from a wrist injury in time to compete. There's Live Athletics in the Diamond League from Brussels on Friday (BBC3, 7pm). Today, Sky Tennis, 3pm

CHAT TEA WITH JUDI DENCH

Great actors and national treasures Dame Judi and Ian McKellen have a cup of tea, a good old chat about their lives in the theatre and even go for a stroll in Judi's delightful garden – which includes a surprising reference to Macbeth. Monday, Sky Arts, 9pm

DRAMA THE GENTLEMEN

DOCUMENTARY 9/11: DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD

When ex-soldier Eddie (Theo James, left) first learned the full extent of his family's dodgy connections back in series one of Guy Ritchie's gangster drama, it was a shock. Fast-forward to series two and he's much more in the swing of things, to the extent that he's off to Italy to rub shoulders with the Mafia. It won't go smoothly, but where would the fun be if it did? Thursday, Netflix

As the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks approaches, the schedules and streaming services are filled with documentaries charting the shocking events of that September day. This two-partter hears from survivors, witnesses and rescue workers, many of whom share their stories for the first time, and emphasises the courage of ordinary people. Wednesday, C4, 9pm

DRAMA THE GAME

The cat and mouse thriller returns, with Robson Green's serial killer still intent on toying with Jason Watkins' retired detective, right, even though

right, even the he's safely behind bars. Expect more enjoyably bonkers twists and turns. Tuesday, C5, 9pm

MOTORING THE GRAND TOUR

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May make way for the next generation of presenters as The Grand Tour returns for a new series. It's a slightly kinder show than its predecessor, but essentially the same, with the chummy trio of Thomas Holland, Francis Bourgeois and James Engelsman, right, racing 'hypercars' against fighter jets in the US in the first of six globe-trotting episodes. Friday, Amazon Prime Video

RADIO

SUNDAY THE REUNION Cathy Shipton, aka Duffy, right, is among those recalling the early days of Casualty, 40 years old this year. Radio 4, 10am

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY BBC PROMS A celebration of Alan Menken's music for classic Disney films. Radio 3, 7pm

TUESDAY HISTORY'S SECRET HEROES

The gripping story of the real-life Cockleshell Heroes and their daring Second World War mission to sink German ships. Radio 4, 3pm

THURSDAY WHAT DID THE NORMANS EVER DO FOR US?

With the famous Bayeux Tapestry in the UK, Radio 4's

'Norman Day' explores their legacy. Radio 4, 9am

Sunday August 30

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast

8.50 Match Of The Day (R)

10.00 Prayer And Reflection (R) 10.30 Sunday Morning Live Sean Fletcher and Holly Hamilton present topical debate.

11.30 Money For Nothing (R)

12.15 Bargain Hunt (R)

1.00 BBC News; Weather

1.15 Songs Of Praise England footballer Michelle Agyemang discusses her journey of faith.

1.50 FILM: The Croods 2: A New Age (U/2020) Animated comedy sequel with the voice of Nicolas Cage.

3.15 Zog (R)

3.35 Planet Earth III: Wonders Of Nature Highlights from the documentary. (R)

4.35 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 5.35 BBC News

5.50 Regional News; Weather

6.00 Countryfile John Craven and Charlotte Smith are joined by zoologist Megan McCubbin at WWT Slimbridge, to choose the winners of the Countryfile Photographic Competition.

Vigil, 9pm Rose Leslie stars in a new series of the crime drama

BBC2

6.30 A To Z Of TV Gardening (R) 7.15 Glorious Gardens From Above Last in the series. (R) 8.00 Countryfile (R)

9.00 Best Of Weatherman Walking Derek Brockway revisits three walks with a seafaring theme. (R)

9.30 Beechgrove Garden Lizzie Schofield picks the first of this year's tomatoes. (R)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Matt Tebbutt serves up an end-of-summer feast.

11.30 Caribbean Food Made Easy Levi Roots cooks hot pepperpot stew. (R)

12.00 FILM: Ben-Hur (PG/1959) Oscar-winning epic starring Charlton Heston.

3.25 The Big Deal With Steph McGovern The pairs are tested on their ability to sell to the public. (R)

4.25 Fake Or Fortune: What Happened Next? Investigating a piano that may have belonged to John Lennon. Last in series. (R)

5.25 FILM: The Italian Job (PG/1969) Crime comedy starring Michael Caine.

ITV1

6.00 The Voice UK (R)
7.00 James Martin's Saturday Morning Chat show. (R)
9.25 ITV News

9.30 Love Your Weekend With Alan Titchmarsh (R)

11.25 The Joy Of Pets Gaby Roslin and Bolu Eso head to Windsor Great Park.

12.30 Gary Barlow's Food And Wine Tour: New Zealand New series. The Take That star explore New Zealand's vineyards, food and landscapes, beginning in Auckland, where a traditional Maori welcome sets the tone.

1.00 ITV News; Weather

1.15 ITV Racing: Live From Goodwood Oli Bell presents coverage of a meeting headlined by the Prestige Stakes from Goodwood, plus racing from Beverley and Sandown Park.

4.00 Celebrity Lingo (R)

4.30 FILM: Jurassic World (12/2015) Action adventure sequel starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.

6.35 ITV News; Weather 6.45 Local News; Weather

CHANNEL 4

6.20 Cheers Double bill. (R) 7.15 Everybody Loves Raymond Triple bill. (R)

Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer are joined by guests Everlast, Gary Wilmot, Elinor Lawless, Su Pollard, GK Barry and Anita-Joy Uwajeh. With music from Paul Heaton.

Trigger Point, 9pm Lana (Vicky McClure) works against the clock
Film: The Godfather, 10pm Starring Marlon Brando

8.30 Frasier Triple bill. (R) 10.00 Sunday Brunch Tim

1.00 The Simpsons Triple bill. (R) 2.25 Our Farms Next Door

2.25 Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids Clive picks up the tweezers to get his sheep looking their best for the sales. (R)

3.30 FILM: The Bridge On The River Kwai (PG/1957) A British colonel in a Japanese PoW camp is ordered to build a railway bridge over a river. David Lean's Oscar-winning Second World War drama starirng Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Andre Morell and Sessue Hayakawa.

6.35 Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

5

6.00 Milkshake! Children's shows, including: 8.10 Animal Care Club 8.25 The Smurfs 8.35 The Creature Cases (R) 8.50 The Patrick Star Show (R)

9.05 Entertainment News On 5 Showbiz news and gossip.

9.15 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun (R)

9.40 Super Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs Double bill. (R)

11.35 FILM: Clifford The Big Red Dog (PG/2021) Premiere. Family adventure starring Jack Whitehall.

1.40 Cruising The Islands Of The Med With Jane McDonald Highlights of the singer's voyages around the Mediterranean. (R)

3.30 The Great Flood Of 1968 The flood that hit the south-west of the UK in 1968. (R)

Love Cheats, 10pm Liv talks about her extraordinary experience

7.00 Hamza: African Birds Of Prey Hamza Yassin embarks on an epic journey to film Kenya's most spectacular birds of prey. He discovers the mounting threats these raptors face and learns why protecting them is vital. 8.00 Antiques Roadshow 6/19 Fiona Bruce presents the show from Wollaton Hall in Nottingham. (R) 9.00 Vigil 1/6 DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre investigate the murder of a British citizen in the Arctic, and become caught in an escalating political situation. 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.25 Regional News; Weather 10.30 Match Of The Day Highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including Manchester United v Ipswich Town. 11.40 Chase & Status @ Reading Festival 2026 The drum and bass duo headlines the final day of the 2026 Reading Festival. 1.00 BBC News

5.00 Britain's Favourite Ads Of The 70s & 80s A celebration of British TV commercials, with commentary on how the ads were made and their social context. (R)

6.50 News The headlines.

7.00 Today At The Test England v Pakistan. Action from the fourth day of the Second Test in the three-match series, held at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. 8.00 Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps 1/3 Celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs begin a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over a thousand years. (R) 9.00 Rob And Rylan's Passage To India 1/3 Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark set out on a journey around India to discover the art, culture and ancient wisdom of the country. They begin in the capital city of Delhi. (R) 10.00 FILM: The Godfather (15/1972) A crime boss entrusts control of his business to his three sons after an attempt is made on his life. Francis Ford Coppola's gangster drama starring Marlon Brando.

12.50 Saving Lives At Sea (R)

7.00 Force Of Nature 6/6 A look at the stories of people who are dedicating their lives to helping the animals cope with today's extreme weather. 8.00 Emmerdale DS Ramsden is suspicious, while Gabby is overwhelmed and Caleb and Ruby are left rattled. 8.30 Coronation Street Todd informs Gemma about her dying aunt, Celeste uses her last breath to reveal a devastating family secret, and Nina bids an emotional farewell to her friends. 9.00 Trigger Point 1/6 Lana and her team track a suspicious lorry through London as they work to make sure it does not reach its destination. Return of the thriller with Vicky McClure. 10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.15 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera Extraordinary eyewitness footage filmed by members of the public. (R) 11.10 Trigger Point 1/6 (R) 12.10 Shop On TV

7.00 Gogglebox Compilation of highlights from series 27, in which the Goggleboxers check out more of the biggest and best TV. 8.00 Richard E Grant's Very Modern Odyssey 4/4 On Corfu, Richard learns about the Greek island's embattled past. 9.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: The Ambush 1/2 The inside story of the case of a 17-year-old boy was left critically injured on the roadside after suffering catastrophic head injuries. 10.15 Love Cheats New series. Real-life cases of romance fraud. When a global music icon falls for a wealthy businessman, she has no idea of the triple life hiding behind his perfect persona. 11.15 Gogglebox The armchair critics watch Strictly Come Dancing and Bullseye. (R) 12.15 FILM: Three Thousand Years Of Longing (15/2022) Romantic fantasy starring Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba and Erdil Yasaroglu.

Cycling: Vuelta a España 2026, 7pm Jonas Vingegaard

7.00 Cycling: Vuelta A España 2026 Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage nine of the Grand Tour race, a 187.4km mountain route from La Vila Joiosa to Alto de Aitana. This was the final leg before the first rest day and one that was likely to prove challenging to the peloton, with over 5,000 metres of uphill slopes. 8.00 Inside The Four Seasons: Park Lane 5/5 When clients request an early-morning hotel tour, the team races to deliver bespoke pastries before they arrive, while head of housekeeping Ivan faces a setback. 9.00 Rich House, Poor House A wealthy couple who own a manor house and wedding venue swap with a single mother of two living in a council flat and dreaming of starting a tea shop. (R) 10.00 The Most Embarrassing TV Moments TV blunders, mishaps and gaffes. (R) 12.05 The Rise & Fall Of John Leslie Documentary. (R)

Bank Holiday Monday

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain: Rogues 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News 1.20 Regional News 1.30 Money For Nothing 2.15 The Travelling Auctioneers (R) 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News 6.20 Regional News 6.30 Celebrity Escape To The Country (R) 7.30 EastEnders

8.00 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Coverage of the annual spectacular from Edinburgh Castle.

10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.20 Regional News; Weather 10.30 Have I Got News For You 8/10 Satirical quiz (R)

A Funeral (15/1994) Romantic comedy starring Andie MacDowell.

1.00 BBC News

6.20 Beechgrove Garden (R) 6.50 Sign Zone: Celebrity MasterChef (R) 7.50 Match Of The Day (R) 9.00 BBC News 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park Summer (R) 3.30 Serengeti III (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R)

7.00 Today At The Test England

v Pakistan. Action from the final day of the Second Test in the three-match series.

8.00 Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts another first-round match.

8.30 University Challenge Amol Rajan hosts as Birmingham takes on Leicester.

9.00 Surviving 9/11 (R)

10.30 FILM: The Godfather Part

II (18/1974) Oscar-winning drama sequel starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.45 ITV News; Weather 1.50 Local News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Lingo (R) 4.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 5.00 Tipping Point (R) 6.00 Local News; Weather 6.10 ITV News; Weather 6.30 The Chase Celebrity Special (R)

7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat New series. Return of the quiz, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

8.00 Emmerdale Gabby is unable to cope.

8.30 Coronation Street Dev finds Bernie crying in the Rovers' backyard.

9.00 Trigger Point 2/6 Lana and her team spring into action after the previous attack with clues leading them to a boatyard, but the bombers stay one step ahead.

10.00 ITV News; Weather

10.20 PLEM Superman Returns (12/2006) Comic-book adventure starring Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey.

12.50 Shop On TV

6.30 The King Of Queens (R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.10 Frasier (R) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (R) 12.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (R) 1.05 The Great House Giveaway (R) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now?

7.00 Channel 4 News

7.30 Kirstie And Phil's Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds 3/5 A look back at homes in Stoke and Newcastle. (R)

8.00 Fred's Ultimate Hotels New series. Fred Sirieix meets the people behind the world's most spectacular hotels.

9.00 24 Hours In A&E A woman is rushed to Queen's after collapsing while running.

10.00 Love Cheats The case of a con man who used tales of tragedy to lure in victims.

11.05 The Murder Detective (R) 12.05 The Murder Detective (R)

Entertainment News On 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the afternoon session on day one. 5.30 Motorhoming With Merton & Webster (R) 6.25 News 6.30 Britain's Greatest Bridges (R) 6.45 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the evening session on day one.

8.00 Street Cops: Catching The Yobs 6/6 Ben and Jenson respond to reports of a suspected drug-driver.

9.00 Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law TfL bus inspectors Matt, Dija and Megan tackle concession card misuse.

10.00 Police: Suspect No 1 4/5 A household is terrorised by masked invaders who hold them at knifepoint. (R)

11.05 Traffic Cops 10/20 Police officers deal with back-to-back accidents. (R)

12.05 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders (R)

Tuesday September 1

BBC1
BBC2

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain: Scams 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News 1.35 Regional News 1.45 BBC News 2.00 Money For Nothing 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue (R) 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News 6.30 Regional News 7.00 The One Show 7.30 EastEnders The Hawkins make their presence known. 8.00 The Great British Sewing Bee 8/10 The sewists make outfits inspired by literary icons. 9.00 Celebrity MasterChef 7/15 Sue Cleaver, Melvin Odoom, Una Healy, Lauren Steadman and Max Fosh enter the kitchen. 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.40 FILM: Creed (12/2015) Boxing drama starring Michael B Jordan. 12.50 BBC News

6.30 Bargain Hunt (R) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Great British Sewing Bee (R) 9.00 BBC News 12.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park (R) 3.30 Serengeti III (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.10 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R) 7.00 Nigellissima 5/6 (R) 7.30 Race Against The Tide 3/6 8.00 Saving Lives At Sea 3/10 9.00 Emergency 24/7 3/6 A pensioner arrives with life-threatening burns after his shed explodes. 10.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 6/6 (R) 10.30 Newsnight 11.05 FILM: The Godfather Part III (15/1990) Crime drama sequel starring Al Pacino. 1.30 Sign Zone: Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (R)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Local News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) 5.00 The Chase (R) 6.00 Local News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather 7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat Quiz, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. 8.00 Emmerdale DS Ramsden is relishing her job, while a flashback reveals more and Nicola has a breakthrough. 8.30 Coronation Street Gemma tries to remain strong for Bernie, and Todd carries out Celeste's final wishes. 9.00 The Sugar Daddy Murder: True Crime Presents A look at the murder of Peter McMahon. 10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.30 Local News; Weather 10.45 FILM: Man Of Steel (12/2013) Superhero adventure starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. 1.00 Shop On TV

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King Of Queens (R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.10 Frasier (R) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (R) 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (R) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now? 7.00 Channel 4 News 8.00 The Dog House 1/6 The Bodley family meet cockapoo twins Milo and Mable. (R) 9.00 The Jury: 14 And On Trial For Murder 1/4 A restaging of a real-life murder trial, in which two brothers, one aged 14, are charged with killing their stepfather. 10.00 9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America Footage of the attacks on the World Trade Centre. (R)

12.30 The Never Ending Murder Re-examining the case of Nicola Payne. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.10 Entertainment News On 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the afternoon session on day two. 5.30 News 6.25 Car Pound Cops (R) 6.55 News 7.00 Cycling: Vuelta A España 2026 Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 10 of the Grand Tour race. 7.55 News 8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders PC Chris Bagnall hunts a car with cloned plates linked to a recent burglary. 9.00 The Game 1/4 Huw's daughter receives letters from imprisoned serial killer Patrick. 10.00 9/11: The Unseen Footage The September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. (R) 11.30 The Day Diana Died Examining the day after the Princess of Wales' death. (R) 1.05 Car Pound Cops (R)

Wednesday September 2

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News 1.35 Regional News 1.45 BBC News 2.00 Money For Nothing 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News 6.30 Regional News 7.00 The One Show 7.30 EastEnders

8.00 The Repair Shop: Beyond The Barn 1/8 The experts revisit people who have been reunited with cherished mementos.

9.00 Celebrity MasterChef 8/15 The celebrities cook the ultimate takeaway for YouTube star Angry Ginge.

10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.40 Reading Festival

Highlights 2026 Music from last weekend's festival. 11.40 The Hit List 6/9 (R) 12.30 BBC News

BBC2

9PM

6.30 Bargain Hunt (R) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: Great Continental Railway Journeys (R) 9.00 BBC News 11.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park (R) 3.30 Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R)

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 7/20 With Dev Griffin and Nihal Arthanayake. (R) 8.00 Inside The Factory 3/6 (R) 9.00 Stolen Babies The story of forced adoption and its lasting effects.

10.30 Newsnight

11.05 Couples Therapy 6/9 Shay confronts Clinton's online infidelities.

11.30 Couples Therapy 7/9 Nessa and Drea work to break a familiar cycle.

12.05 A House Through Time (R)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Local News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) 5.00 The Chase (R) 6.00 Local News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather

7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat Quiz, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. 8.00 Emmerdale An arrival shocks the villagers. 8.30 Coronation Street Idris confronts Ronnie.

9.00 Professor T 3/6 A school inspector is murdered in his home firstly by stabbing then smothering and a number of items are stolen, which links the case to a spate of local burglaries.

10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.30 Local News; Weather 10.45 WhatsApp Obsession: The

Hansen Documentary. (R) 11.40 British Touring Car

Championship Highlights (R) 12.55 Shop On TV

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King Of Queens (R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.10 Frasier (R) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (R) 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (R) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now? 7.00 Channel 4 News 8.00 Kirstie And Phil's Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds

9.00 The Jury: 14 And On Trial For Murder 2/4 Fourteen-year-old defendant Daniel takes the stand.

10.00 9/11: Days That Shocked The World 1/2 Rescue workers, survivors and witnesses describe the shocking events of 9/11.

11.00 9/11: Days That Shocked

The World 2/2 Recalling the collapse of the Twin Towers. 12.00 Emergency Helicopter

Medics Documentary. (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05

Entertainment News On 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the afternoon session on day three, held at The Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring second-round matches. 5.30 News 6.25 Car Pound Cops (R) 6.55 News 7.00 Cycling: Vuelta A España

2026 Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 11 of the Grand Tour race, a flat 151.3km route from Cartagena to Lorca.

7.55 News

8.00 Call The Bailiffs: Time To Pay Up Agents pursue a company owing money deducted from a former employees wages.

9.00 The Game 2/4 Patrick intensifies his psychological assault on Huw and Margot.

10.00 A&E: Crash Scene

Emergency (R)

11.00 Ambulance: Code Red (R) 12.00 A&E After Dark (R)

Thursday September 3

BBC2

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News 1.35 Regional News 1.45 BBC News 2.00 Money For Nothing 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue (R) 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News 6.30 Regional News 7.00 The One Show With Alex Jones and Clara Amfo. 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Dragons' Den 10/14 Pitches for alcohol-free wine and plant-based ice cream. 9.00 Ludwig 3/6 John gets sidetracked while gathering intel for Lucy's interview by the murder of an influencer in the heart of Cambridge. 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.40 FILM: Creed II (12/2018) Drama starring Michael B Jordan and Tessa Thompson. 12.40 The Repair Shop: Beyond The Barn (R)

8PM

6.30 Garden Rescue (R) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners' World (R) 9.00 BBC News 12.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park (R) 3.30 Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R) 7.00 Escape To The Country 13/20 Property search. (R) 8.00 The Big Deal With Steph McGovern 4/6 The contestants face a challenge that straddles Berlin and London. 9.00 A House Through Time 4/4 Featuring the Ruggs family, witnesses to a German attack in October 1939. 10.00 Red Dwarf 4/6 (R) 10.30 Newsnight 11.05 Emergency 24/7 3/6 (R) 12.05 FILM: Respect (12/2021)

ITV1

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Local News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) 5.00 The Chase (R) 6.00 Local News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather 7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat Quiz, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. 8.00 Emmerdale Bear talks to Sarah, Nicola is mortified and Kim is concerned. 8.30 Coronation Street Jodie's date raises objections from both Shona and Bethany. 9.00 Long Lost Family New series. Decades after family separations, Avril and Marie seek answers. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell. 10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.30 Local News; Weather 10.45 The Late Debate News and events at Westminster. 11.15 Unbelievable Moments

Caught On Camera (R) 12.10 Shop On TV

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King Of Queens (R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.10 Frasier (R) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (R) 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (R) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now? 7.00 Channel 4 News 8.00 Renovation Rescue In Nottinghamshire, Sylvia and Dave need help with an expensive renovation. 9.00 Taskmaster 1/10 Richard Ayoade, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, Nina Conti and Chloe Petts take on the comedy challenge. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox 2/6 The Piano, Bridgerton and Celebrity Bridge of Lies are appraised. (R) 11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody:

12.15 Crime Scene Cleaners (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05 Entertainment News On 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the afternoon session on day four, featuring third-round matches. 5.30 News 6.25 Car Pound Cops (R) 6.55 News 7.00 Cycling: Vuelta A España 2026 Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 12 of the Grand Tour race. 7.55 News 8.00 The Yorkshire Vet A 12-foot Burmese python with a serious eye problem arrives at the practice. 9.00 Benidorm Is Murder 6/6 A farewell party takes a deadly turn during a blackout. 10.00 Killer At The Crime Scene A 22-year-old who was shot near a playground in a targeted attack. (R) 11.05 Killed By Our Daughter: The McCullough Murders (R) 12.20 Street Cops: Catching The Yobs Documentary. (R)

Friday September 4

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.30 Morning Live 10.45 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 11.30 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 12.15 Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News 1.35 Regional News 1.45 BBC News 2.00 Sister Boniface Mysteries 2.45 Escape To The Country (R) 3.45 Garden Rescue Revisited (R) 4.30 The Answer Run (R) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News 6.30 Regional News

7.00 The One Show With Alex Jones and Clara Amfo. 7.30 The Travelling Auctioneers 5/20 Helping people declutter and downsize. (R) 8.00 Celebrity MasterChef 9/15 The celebrities pair up to serve a three-course meal. 9.00 Would I Lie To You? 7/9 (R) 9.30 Mrs Brown's Boys 2/7 Hit comedy, starring Brendan O'Carroll. (R) 10.00 BBC News At Ten 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.40 RuPaul's Drag Race UK 1/10 Competition. (R) 12.00 Alan Carr's Celebrity

Picture Slam (R)

BBC2

8PM

6.30 Garden Rescue (R) 7.15 Money For Nothing (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: A House Through Time (R) 9.00 BBC News 12.15 Politics Live 1.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 1.30 The Edge (R) 2.15 Weatherman Walking (R) 2.45 Animal Park (R) 3.30 Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family (R) 4.30 Vintage Antiques Roadshow (R) 5.05 Flog It! (R) 6.00 Richard Osman's House Of Games (R) 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R) 7.00 Iolo's Anglesey 3/4 (R) 7.30 Beechgrove Garden 8.00 Gardeners' World Monty Don celebrates a rewarding summer fruit harvest.

9.00 The Marlow Murder Club 2/2 Judith, Becks and Suzie help the police investigation.

10.25 Air Fryer: The Secret Genius Of Modern Life 10.30 Newsnight

11.05 FILM: Harvest (18/2024)

Premiere. Drama starring Caleb Landry Jones.

1.10 Sign Zone: The Big Deal With Steph McGovern (R)

6.00 Good Morning Britain 10.00 This Morning 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Local News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson's Real Deal (R) 3.00 Deal Or No Deal (R) 4.00 Tipping Point (R) 5.00 The Chase (R) 6.00 Local News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather 7.30 Millionaire Hot Seat Quiz,

hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. 8.00 Emmerdale Sarah is left wracked with guilt.

8.30 Coronation Street Shona leaves Harper unattended in the car.

9.00 The Rainmaker 2/10 Rudy and Deck have a tense encounter with a witness.

10.00 ITV News; Weather 10.30 Local News; Weather 10.45 It'll Be Alright On The

Night Compilation of clangers, featuring Ryan Gosling, Stephen Fry and Damian Lewis. (R)

11.40 Sorry, I Didn't Know 1/5 Panel show, hosted by Chizzy Akudolu. (R)

12.10 Shop On TV

CHANNEL 4

6.30 The King Of Queens (R) 7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.10 Frasier (R) 11.10 Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (R) 12.05 Channel 4 News Summary 12.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (R) 1.10 The Great House Giveaway (R) 2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place In The Sun (R) 4.00 The Great B&B Challenge (R) 5.00 Chateau DIY (R) 6.00 A New Life In The Sun: Where Are They Now? 7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Jimmy Doherty's Big Bear Rescue A pack of 12 arctic wolves need a new home. (R)

9.00 Gogglebox 1/16 The households' opinions on recent TV shows.

10.00 Live From The Lycett Arms New series. Joe Lycett presents comedy, celebrity chat and chaos.

11.05 Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett? A live recording from the performer's 2022 tour. (R)

12.10 Taskmaster (R)

6.00 Milkshake! 9.05

Entertainment News On 5 9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. The afternoon session on day five, featuring the opening two quarter-finals. 4.00 Car Pound Cops (R) 4.30 Wetherspoons Vs Toby Carvery: Which Is Better? (R) 5.30 News 6.25 Love Nature (R) 6.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Katie Shanahan presents coverage of the evening session on day five, held at The Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring the concluding two quarter-finals.

Officers race to catch burglars red-handed. (R)

Opinion-led news and debate show hosted by Piers Morgan. Piers blends journalism, debates and cultural commentary that's unapologetically direct.

12.55 Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car Back! (R)

Saturday September 5

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live 11.30 Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour (R) 12.00 BBC News 12.15 The Football Interview 12.25 MOTD Live: Women's Super League. Chelsea v Aston Villa (kick-off 12.30pm). 2.45 Homes Under The Hammer (R) 3.45 Final Score 5.15 BBC News 5.25 Regional News 5.35 The Hit List 6.20 Alan Carr's Celebrity Picture Slam 7.10 Pointless Celebrities 20/21 Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman host. (R) 8.00 Casualty: 40th Anniversary Part one of a two-part special for the show's 40th anniversary. 8.50 Casualty: 40th Anniversary Part two of two. The team look to Dylan. 9.40 Ghosts 3/7 (R) 10.10 BBC News; Weather 10.30 Match Of The Day Highlights of the latest Premier League matches. 12.00 FILM: Brighton Rock (15/2010) Crime drama.

BBC2

6.05 Children's Shows 8.15 High Hoops (R) 8.45 Children's Shows 8.50 Gardeners' World (R) 9.50 This Wild Life (R) 10.20 FILM: GI Blues (U/1960) Musical starring Elvis Presley. 12.00 The Great British Sewing Bee (R) 1.00 Bargain Hunt (R) 1.45 Race Against The Tide (R) 2.15 Escape To The Country (R) 2.45 Super League Live. Wakefield Trinity v Warrington Wolves (kick-off 3.00pm). 5.00 Flog It! (R) 5.30 Celebrating Disney At The Proms: The Music Of Menken 7.00 Athletics: Diamond League Brussels Day two of the AG Memorial Van Damme. 9.00 Queen At The BBC (R) 10.00 Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert A performance by the rock band at London's Hammersmith Odeon. (R) 11.05 Freddie Mercury: The Final

Act The last years of the Queen frontman's life. (R) 12.35 Freddie Mercury: A Life In Ten Pictures (R)

6.00 FILM: Never Say Never Again (PG/1983) 8.25 Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen 9.25 ITV News 9.30 James Martin's Saturday Morning 12.00 Gary Barlow's Food And Wine Tour: New Zealand 12.30 James Martin's Great British Adventure (R) 1.00 ITV News; Weather 1.15 ITV Racing: Live From Haydock. Coverage from Haydock Park, Kempton Park, and Ascot. 4.00 Celebrity Lingo (R) 4.25 ITV News 4.40 Local News; Weather 4.50 FILM: Jurassic World (12/2015) 7.00 The Voice UK 3/10 Hosted by Emma Willis. 8.15 The Box 1/10 Game show, hosted by Gary Lineker. 9.15 Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening 1/6 With Gabby Logan and Krishnan Guru-Murthy. (R) 10.15 ITV News; Weather 10.30 FILM: Lucy (15/2014) Sci-fi thriller starring Scarlett Johansson.

12.10 English Football League Highlights

CHANNEL 4

6.05 Cheers (R) 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 9.20 Frasier (R) 10.50 The Simpsons (R) 1.20 Four In A Bed (R) 3.55 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (R) 4.55 Grand Designs (R) 6.00 Channel 4 News 6.30 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights. The battle for grid positions at the 13th round of the season.

8.00 FILM: Captain Marvel

(12/2019) An alien warrior crashes on Earth in the 1990s and joins forces with agent Nick Fury in an attempt to solve the mysteries of her past. Sci-fi adventure with Brie Larson.

10.20 FILM: Nope (15/2022) The residents of a lonely valley in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Sci-fi thriller starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer.

12.45 FILM: A Quiet Place Part II (15/2020) Horror sequel starring Emily Blunt.

6.00 Milkshake! 9.00

Entertainment News On 5 9.05 Britain's Greatest Bridges (R) 9.20 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun (R) 9.50 FILM: Clifford The Big Red Dog (PG/2021) Family adventure starring Jack Whitehall. 11.45 The Royals: Uncensored 12.45 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the opening semi-final. 4.30 Alexander Armstrong In India (R) 5.25 Althorp House: Diana's Family Home (R) 6.25 News 6.30 Live Snooker: British Open 2026. Coverage of the concluding semi-final on day six of the tournament, which takes place at The Centaur in Cheltenham, and is played over the best of 11 frames. 10.30 Britain's Favourite Ads Of

The 70s & 80s A celebration of the most memorable, impressive, funny and sometimes shocking British TV adverts. (R) 12.25 Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law Documentary. (R)

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