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全球报刊态势与全景学术研判总览 — 2026-08-25

🌐 第一部分：全球宏观战略态势报告（SITREP）

今日综述：本日共全量采集并深度研判来自全球各大主流语系与核心地缘区域的 1 份权威报刊与学术特刊。

📡 今日全球主要报道要闻速览

英国及英联邦 (United Kingdom & Commonwealth) - 《Daily Mail - 25.08.2026.pdf》《每日邮报》2026年8月25日头版：抗抑郁药处方激增21%：英格兰去年每7人中有1人获抗抑郁药处方，910万人领取，相比五年前增长15%；9600万张处方总量同比增长21%。贫困地区处方量比富裕地区高三分之一，北坎布里亚和南约克郡使用率最高。 - 《Daily Mail - 25.08.2026.pdf》英国暴洪警告：英格兰75%地区干旱，2800万人面临限水：英格兰近四分之三地区及威尔士全境干旱，7月降雨仅0.1英寸；2800万人将面临限水禁令。气象局预警三天暴洪，局部地区60毫米降雨将超数月总量。 - 《Daily Mail - 25.08.2026.pdf》首相伯纳姆回应工党民调反弹：拒绝承诺加税：工党民调反弹后，首相伯纳姆称将赢得新授权并抛弃基尔·斯塔默承诺；面对影子财政大臣质疑，他拒绝承诺加税以支付住房危机等政策，强调需谨慎规划资金。

💡 各大报刊的报道脉络呈现出高度多维的地缘博弈、制度转型、社会痛感与前沿科学突破。读者可通过下方【今日跨报思想雷达总矩阵】快速把握各报最具穿透力的思想理论对话与生活世界痛感切入点，或在【全景报刊分卷】中按区域细读每份大报的具体文章精要、制度权力批判与理性情感辩证。

🧭 第二部分：今日跨报思想文化与批判深思雷达总矩阵

本矩阵自动系统汇编当日全球报刊最具穿透力的 【思想与文化深思切入点】 与 【生活世界痛感切入点】，为学者提供一站式理论对话与现象学经验索引：

（本日暂未提取到独立的跨报思想雷达条目）

📚 第三部分：全景报刊分卷学术档案与精粹汇编

📍 英国及英联邦 (United Kingdom & Commonwealth)

📰 《Daily Mail - 25.08.2026.pdf》

Newspapers - 25.08.2026

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《每日邮报》2026年8月25日头版：抗抑郁药处方激增21%

头版 / 《每日邮报》2026年8月25日头版：抗抑郁药处方激增21%：英格兰去年每7人中有1人获抗抑郁药处方，910万人领取，相比五年前增长15%；9600万张处方总量同比增长21%。贫困地区处方量比富裕地区高三分之一，北坎布里亚和南约克郡使用率最高。
英国新闻 / 英国暴洪警告：英格兰75%地区干旱，2800万人面临限水：英格兰近四分之三地区及威尔士全境干旱，7月降雨仅0.1英寸；2800万人将面临限水禁令。气象局预警三天暴洪，局部地区60毫米降雨将超数月总量。
英国政治 / 首相伯纳姆回应工党民调反弹：拒绝承诺加税：工党民调反弹后，首相伯纳姆称将赢得新授权并抛弃基尔·斯塔默承诺；面对影子财政大臣质疑，他拒绝承诺加税以支付住房危机等政策，强调需谨慎规划资金。
英国社会 / 英三支警察部队为变性警官同时发放男、女授权卡：莱斯特郡、诺福克郡和萨福克郡警察部队为同一名变性警官同时发放男性和女性授权卡。议员及倡导团体批评此举为“觉醒”胡闹，呼吁回归常识执法。
英国健康 / 英格兰牙科诊所十年减少600家，专家警告形成“牙科沙漠”：英格兰牙科诊所从2017年的10,160家增至今年10,560家，但仅56%提供NHS服务（十年前为65%）；600家诊所放弃NHS，导致患者就医困难，专家称许多地区已成“牙科沙漠”。
英国健康 / NHS推广居家HPV检测：目标2040年消除宫颈癌：NHS英格兰数据显示，仅68.8%符合条件女性按时完成宫颈癌筛查，约400万女性未及时检查；NHS计划推广居家HPV检测，以提升筛查率并降低宫颈癌风险。
英国健康 / 前列腺癌新检测“斯德哥尔摩3号”减少过度诊断：专家指出“斯德哥尔摩3号”检测相比PSA检测更有效，能减少过度诊断和过度治疗，避免尿失禁等严重副作用；呼吁未来广泛采用该技术。
英国健康 / 全科医生诊所盈利惊人：1000名医生年薪超30万英镑：英格兰全科医生诊所从NHS获人均£219拨款，18,000名合伙医生中1,000人年薪超30万英镑，4,000人超20万英镑；批评称诊所缩减院外护理以提高利润。
房产理财 / 《每日邮报》房产净值贷款指南：释放房产现金：《每日邮报》发布2025/26年房产净值贷款免费指南，提供从房产释放现金的建议；合作方为皇家伦敦房屋净值贷款顾问，获英国金融行为监管局授权。
电视节目 / BBC节目预告：医疗剧《皮肤科急诊》等节目播出时间：BBC节目预告显示，《999：电话另一端的杀机》《皮肤科急诊》《海军犯罪调查处》等节目将在8月25日播出；另有《触摸》《跨越大陆》等栏目。
商品促销 / 《每日邮报》订阅与商品促销：翻盖手机等产品优惠：《每日邮报》推出翻盖手机（£69.99）、备用电池（£9.99）等商品促销，提供免费/加急配送选项；订单预计48小时内发货，最多7个工作日送达。
科技产品 / 无绳吸尘器新品：18V ONE+棍式吸尘器功能亮点：新款18V ONE+无绳棍式吸尘器采用无摩擦电机，90气压瓦特吸力与900升/分钟风量，可捕获99.5%颗粒；附赠手持吸尘器等配件，支持一块电池驱动多种工具。
商业财经 / GSK股价下跌：乙型肝炎新药日本获批但股价仍跌1.5%：GSK乙型肝炎新药bepirovirsen在日本获批，预计峰值年销售额超20亿英镑；但公司股价仍下跌1.5%，自2月高点已跌17%。美国FDA将优先审查另一款癌症药物dostarlimab。
商业财经 / 英国地产股行情：多只股票52周涨跌幅统计：多只英国地产股52周表现：Grt Portland Est.最高374便士、最低274便士；Hammerson最高385便士、最低267便士；Savills最高1108便士、最低808便士。
旅游 / 《每日邮报》旅游套餐：加勒比海邮轮14晚起价2199英镑：《每日邮报》旅游套餐提供14晚加勒比海邮轮行程，起价2199英镑/人；迈阿密出发，停靠圣托马斯、圣基茨等地；另一套餐为地中海7晚行程，起价2299英镑/人。
体育 / 赛马结果：祖卡扬等马匹获胜赔率统计：赛马结果显示，祖卡扬（6-4）、米苏诺（11-4）、世界末日（8-1）等马匹获胜；独赢赔率为6-4、11-4、6-1等。
体育 / F1红牛车队前总裁霍纳离职风波：指控胁迫的女高管离职：霍纳以年薪1200万英镑离开红牛后，一名因法律原因匿名的女高管在匈牙利大奖赛前被解雇；霍纳否认胁迫指控，红牛内部调查认定其无不当行为。
娱乐 / 《每日邮报》纵横字谜：周一谜题答案与下期提示：周一纵横字谜答案公布：横向1.荒谬的、6.浴缸、8.睡着的等；下期提示为“期待（6）”。读者可通过唯一编号参与抽奖或在北爱尔兰地区操作。
娱乐 / 《每日邮报》纵横字谜：周一谜题提示与解答：纵横字谜提示包括“记录比赛的地方？（8,6）”“在巨型酒店入口附近抓到流氓？（6）”等；解答将于次日公布。

暂无制度批判分析。

暂无情感辩证分析。

🏛️ 哲学与批判理论深度研判 ➔ 立即阅读

透视本期报纸背后的结构性权力机制、普遍概念与具体事件之间的非同一性辩证摩擦。

⚖️ 理性与情感辩证深度研判 ➔ 立即阅读

解构冰冷制度治理（Logos）与民众真实痛感/集体情绪（Pathos）之间的断裂与隐性诉求。

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我情绪受创、身体留疤——但68岁依然穿比基尼！

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处方激增21% 担忧与日俱增

英格兰每7人中就有1人服用抗抑郁药处方量创新高

作者：佐伊·哈迪

英格兰去年每7人中就有1人被医生开出抗抑郁药处方，令人担忧的数据显示。自疫情以来，抑郁症和焦虑等心理健康问题急剧增加。在过去12个月中，有910万人获得医生开具的此类药物，相比五年前增长超过15%。

地区差异显著：北坎布里亚和南约克郡的抗抑郁药使用率最高，几乎是伦敦富裕地区的两倍。英格兰最贫困社区的居民获得的处方量比该国最不贫困地区高出约三分之一。

去年共开出9600万张抗抑郁药处方，相比7940万张增长21%

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《每日邮报》，2026年8月25日，星期二

天气

前往：dailymail.co.uk / weather 查看英国及全球5天天气预报

摘要：多云，温和

英国今日：白天开始大部分时间多云，有轻微的东北风。下午在多云的天空下气温回升，伴有轻柔的东风。夜晚保持温和，云层持续覆盖。最高气温25℃。

今日天气

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诉求：欧盟希望降低其学生的学费

5天预报

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欧洲预报

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昨日全球动态

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欧盟学生能否享受低价学费？首相将如何回应布鲁塞尔的诉求？

欧盟要求：降低其学生的大学学费

首相未就是否向欧盟学生提供低价大学学费置评。

伯纳姆先生对欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔表示，需要在所有领域加强"更大合作"。

两人周日晚在前往乌克兰基辅的火车上进行了交谈，此行是为今年晚些时候举行的英欧峰会做准备。

唐宁街发言人表示："两位领导人强调了务实合作的重要性，以推动关系实现根本性转变。首相表示，英国必须在靠近欧盟方面采取更大胆的举措。"

发言人补充称，这将包括在加强合作的基础上，"推动两国关系各领域的更大合作"。

同一行程中，首相还与卢森堡首相吕克·弗里登通话，再次谈及加强两国关系。

发言人透露，首相阐述了英国与欧盟更加紧密的目标，双方一致认为英欧之间重要的文化和教育纽带能够为下一代英国人和欧洲人创造机遇。

伯纳姆此前曾表示希望在与欧盟的谈判中"取得更多进展"。

他在竞选马凯菲尔德支持脱欧选区议员补选时曾明确表示不会重新加入欧盟。

但他表示希望在有生之年看到英国重返欧盟。

影子教育大臣劳拉·特罗特表示："这简直是疯了。工党的优先事项完全错了。我们应该降低英国学生的大学学费，而不是欧盟学生的学费。"

与此同时，脱欧派保守党人约翰·雷德伍德在推特上发文称："为什么英国纳税人要补贴欧盟学生在英国大学就读？哪项税收会因此上涨？"

首相的立场公布之际，一项YouGov民调显示，公众支持降低欧盟学生学费以换取更好的贸易条件。

四成受访者支持这一想法，三分之一反对，25%表示不知道。

改革党选民最可能反对这一想法，而工党、自民党和绿党的支持者则更可能支持。

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为《布里奇顿》明星举办的单身派对……还有她那当公爵夫人的小妹妹！

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订婚：菲比与卡梅伦，以及酒店房间

看起来像双胞胎的姐妹：左侧的菲比·戴内沃身穿亮片连衣裙，与妹妹哈蒂及母亲萨莉在伦敦Broadwick Soho酒店举办的单身派对上合影

正如《布里奇顿》的众多粉丝所知，世上只有一个菲比·戴内沃。

但若有人在她的单身派对上看到她，可能会误以为看到了双胞胎——因为她与长相酷似的妹妹哈蒂一起庆祝。

现年31岁的戴内沃女士在Netflix热门剧集中饰演黑斯廷斯公爵夫人达芙妮·布里奇顿，上周末在伦敦Broadwick Soho酒店（每晚1,500 英镑英镑）与同样出演《加冕街》的母亲萨莉一同出席。

戴内沃女士即将嫁给美国演员卡梅伦·富勒（30岁），并与她的“分身”妹妹——同样是演员的22岁哈蒂一起庆祝。哈蒂在BBC剧集《滑铁卢路》中饰演Libby Guthrie一角而为人熟知。

戴内沃一家拍下多张合影，其中菲比穿着3,500 英镑银色亮片连衣裙（来自The Own Studio），哈蒂则身着粉红色迷你连衣裙（House of CB，259英镑），63岁的母亲则选择了一件简洁的短袖黑色连衣裙。在Instagram总结当晚活动的帖文中，哈蒂写道：“为菲比的富勒爱而生”，暗指姐姐的未婚夫。

与此同时，戴内沃一家入住的酒店房间装饰着气球，并用字母拼出“准新娘”字样。

如果你每天去咖啡馆喝咖啡后总是感到神经紧绷、心跳加速，这背后有充分的理由。

研究发现，某些饮品所含的咖啡因几乎等同于专家建议的全天摄入量上限。

《哪个？》（Which?）专家发现，无论是纯黑咖啡、卡布奇诺还是流行的抹茶拿铁，各连锁店之间的咖啡因含量差异“极大”。

对五家知名零售商的饮品进行分析后发现，Costa Coffee的中杯卡布奇诺咖啡因含量最高，达325毫克——相当于四罐250毫升的红牛饮料。Costa的抹茶拿铁也最强，含99毫克咖啡因，而星巴克的抹茶拿铁仅含57毫克——甚至超过其浓缩咖啡（45毫克）。

《哪个？》表示：“这可能令不喝咖啡的人感到震惊，他们原本期待无抖动的能量。”

该组织的杰西卡·卡森表示：“我们的研究显示咖啡因含量差异极大。如果你每天喝多杯咖啡，或因健康原因需要减少摄入，请注意选择购买地点和饮品种类。”

研究团队分析了Caffe Nero、Costa、Greggs、星巴克和Pret a Manger的饮品，包括浓缩咖啡、卡布奇诺、滤泡咖啡、平白咖啡、美式咖啡和抹茶拿铁。在咖啡因含量排名中，仅次于Costa中杯卡布奇诺（325毫克）的是Greggs和Caffe Nero，分别为235毫克和221毫克。而在单份浓缩咖啡方面，Pret最强，达180毫克——是星巴克45毫克的四倍。

美式咖啡的咖啡因含量差异最大：星巴克中杯含89毫克，而Costa则高达325毫克。英国心脏基金会建议成人每日咖啡因摄入上限为400毫克，其网站称：“每日摄入400毫克或更少咖啡因不会影响心律或增加异常心律风险。”

Costa发言人表示：“我们菜单上提供咖啡因信息，方便顾客选择。我们还提供多种无咖啡因饮品。”《每日邮报》也联系了Caffe Nero、星巴克、Greggs和Pret a Manger。

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根据英国国家医疗服务体系业务服务局的数据，患者在五年前接受这些药物治疗。在英格兰东北部及北坎布里亚综合护理委员会管辖区内，抗抑郁药的使用率最高，每1,000名患者中有200人被开具此类药物。

去年，所有接受此类药物治疗的患者中约有590万为女性，占患者总数的65%。

这些数据的发布正值精神健康问题（如抑郁症和焦虑症——抗抑郁药主要用于治疗的两种疾病）自疫情以来急剧上升之际。

英国国家统计局（ONS）的数据显示，成年人中出现明显抑郁症状的比例仍比新冠疫情前高出近一倍，从2019年的9.7%上升至2023年4月的18%，相当于近五分之一的成年人。

年轻成年人中的比例更高，16岁患者中有26%

“比以往更焦虑和不安”

已影响到29人——超过四分之一。东伦敦大学临床心理学教授约翰·里德博士表示，这些数据揭示了一场“过度开药的流行病”。他补充道，医生们正被越来越多地要求用药物来处理更广泛的社会和生活问题。

女性被诊断出抑郁症并开具抗抑郁药处方的可能性是男性的两倍左右，尽管专家们对这种差距有多少是生理差异、有多少是因为女性更可能寻求帮助并讨论症状存在分歧。

儿童也受到影响，自疫情以来，精神疾病的发病率持续上升。到2023年，五分之一的8至16岁儿童患有可能的精神障碍，而在2020年这一比例约为六分之一。

与此同时，2023年有135 万处于工作年龄但因长期疾病无法工作的人报告患有抑郁症、焦虑或其他精神健康问题——较疫情前增长了40%。最新数据显示，目前仍有280 万人因长期疾病无法工作，而在新冠疫情前这一数字仅略高于200 万。

英国国家统计局发现，2024年因心理健康不佳损失了2050 万个工作日。英国皇家全科医师学会前主席克莱尔·杰拉达教授表示，这些数据反映了社会更广泛的变化，而非过度开药所致。

“所有证据都表明，人们比以往更焦虑和不安，”她说。

“人们去看全科医生时会说自己睡眠不好、饮食不佳，并且已经连续几周感到极度低落，常常询问抗抑郁药是否有帮助。

“这并非医生本身的问题，但我对这些数字感到担忧。”在过去四年里，首次出现儿童抗抑郁药处方量上升，从2024 / 25年度的62,601例增至去年的63,609例。尽管常用抗抑郁药对儿童、青少年和年轻成人存在增加自杀倾向和行为风险的警告，这一增长仍在持续。

全科医生被建议在未对18岁以下患者进行专科评估的情况下，不得启动抗抑郁药治疗，而英国国家卫生与护理优化研究所则建议此类药物应与心理治疗同时使用。

对于成人，NICE还建议，除非患者本人倾向，否则药物不应作为轻度抑郁症的首选治疗方案。

最常开具的抗抑郁药是选择性5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂（SSRIs），这类药物通过提高大脑中调节情绪的化学物质——血清素的水平来发挥作用。

某些药物的处方量增长尤为显著。过去十年，最常用抗抑郁药之一的舍曲林处方量增长了120。

伦敦大学学院精神病学教授、东北伦敦NHS基金会信托医院顾问精神病学家乔安娜·蒙克里夫博士表示，这些数据表明患者服用抗抑郁药的时间比最初预期的更长。

NHS指导方针建议，症状改善后应继续服药六个月，再考虑逐步减量。然而，另一项NHS数据显示，近半数开药者已服用超过两年，约四分之一（约200 万人）已使用超过五年。

蒙克里夫博士表示，越来越多的人正转向抗抑郁药来应对生活中的困难时期。她补充道，医生也难以在患者明确要求用药的情况下拒绝开药。

认知行为疗法等心理治疗也是推荐的抑郁症治疗方法，且英国国家医疗卓越研究所（NICE）建议，对于症状较轻的病例，抗抑郁药不应作为首选方案。但获得谈话治疗可能需要经历漫长的等待。

街头冒牌店铺洗钱5亿英镑

作者：埃尔斯佩思·里斯

研究显示，近5亿英镑已通过冒充街头店铺的企业洗钱，其中包括美容院和便利店。

反洗钱软件供应商SmartSearch的分析发现，3,097家已注销企业平均仅存续170至194天，而英国已注销公司的平均存续期接近5年。

它表示："这些企业看起来不像是经营失败的公司，反而像是从未打算经营的公司。"

SmartSearch报告得出结论：在2016年至2028年间，多达4.64亿英镑通过这些空壳公司流动，这些公司被登记为理发店、美容院或街角小店，实际上却多从事洗钱和恐怖融资行业。

报告还指出，这些不法企业"高度集中在少数地区"，且"存续期惊人相似"。

SmartSearch首席执行官菲尔·科特表示："这关乎模式，这些模式表明一种可复制的剥削模式正在英国大街上公开运作，且其速度已超出监管响应的追赶能力。"

目前对大街衰落的担忧与日俱增。本月，首相安迪·伯翰宣布地方议会将被赋予否决投注店和电子烟店的权力。

两英寸降雨在即？洪水警报来袭！

气象预报员警告，雷暴暴雨可能在数小时内带来数月降水量，英国可能遭遇暴洪。

从明日起，三天不稳定天气将自南向北蔓延，局部地区预计降雨超过两英寸（60毫米），其他地区可能在数小时内降雨20至30毫米。

上月是英格兰有记录以来最干旱的7月。英国气象局数据显示，东英吉利地区7月降雨仅0.1英寸（2毫米），6月为2.2英寸（56毫米）。

英格兰近四分之三地区及威尔士全境处于干旱状态，2,800万人面临浇水禁令。

部分地区已两个月无雨，水库和蓄水池水位告急。萨里郡威斯利地区曾连续62天无降水，希思罗机场则为56天。

为何这种明显的“抑郁症流行”如此令人担忧

评论文章作者：马丁·斯库尔医生

我们是否已沦为一个抑郁症泛滥的国家？根据今天发布的触目惊心的数据显示，英格兰地区每七人中就有一人正在服用抗抑郁药物。

想象一下在高街咖啡店的队伍里——至少其中两人正在服用这些药物。

当我刚开始担任全科医生时，可能一个月才会给一名新患者开这种药。

这种新出现的、明显的“抑郁症流行”令人深感担忧，原因有二。

首先，是这些药物本身的影响。若不加以治疗，抑郁症可能产生严重甚至灾难性后果，包括自杀，而这些药物确实能挽救处于严重精神危机中的人的生命。

但它们也存在潜在副作用，包括思维模糊和性功能障碍。少数人在开始服用抗抑郁药或调整剂量时可能产生自杀念头。此外，这些药物戒断也可能非常困难。

而如果你因错误原因被开这些药物，情况就更严重了。

过去人们很难接受自己患有抑郁症——将其视为一种可耻的问题，“全是心理作用”。

我们现在知道，抑郁症是一种全身性疾病，可引发一系列症状，包括疲劳、不明原因的体重下降、人际关系和性问题。

但我认为，钟摆已过头——越来越多人寻求帮助，但他们遇到的问题并非心理健康问题，而是对生活境况和悲伤的反应。

例如——社交媒体无济于事，它展示的他人“幸福”生活的画面让我们误以为自己理应时时快乐。而如果这个世界似乎每况愈下（老实说，近年来几乎没什么值得高兴的事），我们更多人感到沮丧也就不足为奇了。

但我质疑药物是否真的是答案。

理想情况下，轻至中度抑郁症患者应接受谈话疗法，如认知行为疗法（CBT），它帮助患者识别自己的负面思维方式，并教会他们应对技巧来克服这些问题。

在我看来，CBT比药物提供了更好的长期解决方案，尤其是因为它将控制权重新交还给患者。

但合格治疗师严重短缺。加之全科医生持续性关怀的缺失——全科医生过去能提供更个人化的关怀，并花更多时间与抑郁症患者沟通以取得良好效果——医生们不得不改以开药方了（而且通常仅通过电话或在线咨询）。

我担心，这种将开药作为治疗抑郁症捷径的问题在短期内不会得到改善。

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在青年点燃烟花悼念五名死亡“飙车者”之际，全城各地为殉职警员默哀……12人被捕

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低俗之举：昨晚在追悼“飙车手”雅各布·马图西亚克的活动中燃放烟花和气球

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庄严：社区为两名殉职警员祈祷

撰文：格伦·基欧、马丁·贝克福德

他们的脸被面罩遮住，手持烟花，蒙面青年昨晚对五名在迎头相撞事故中丧生的疑似“飙车者”进行了低俗的悼念活动。这起事故还导致两名警员殉职。

在追悼23岁的雅各布·马图西亚克的“守夜”活动中，烟花被点燃，气球被放飞至米德尔斯brough的天空——就发生在警员殉职的几码之外。

昨天披露，马图西亚克和大众帕萨特车内的其他三名青年在与警车高速相撞后丧生，他们此前共有37次犯罪前科——包括机动车违规和袭警。

类似的守夜活动本周还将举行。昨晚活动现场的一位不愿透露姓名的老奶奶表示：“这简直是对逝者的亵渎。”

Tragic loss: 警员汤姆·克洛夫（38岁）和马特·布莱兹（37岁）

警员汤姆·克洛夫，38岁，和马特·布莱兹，37岁

目睹了那两位警员的生命逝去。这里根本没什么可庆祝的。”

庆祝这些年轻人的场面与为警员汤姆·克洛夫——一名前士兵、两个孩子的父亲——和前教师马特·布莱兹举行的默哀守夜形成了鲜明对比。

雷德卡地区工党议员安娜·特利致悼词：“整个社区都陷入了震惊，我们失去了生命，特别是那些为保护我们安全而奋战在一线的勇敢警员。这是一起悲剧性事件。”

克洛夫警员（38岁）和布莱兹警员（37岁）于周六凌晨3:30在米德尔斯堡的A66公路上，因一辆逆行的大众汽车撞上他们的车而殉职。

昨日，克利夫兰警察局表示，警方已就该起车祸及“严重有组织犯罪活动”逮捕12人。

碰撞发生前，警方接到报告称有两辆车在危险驾驶，其中一辆沃尔沃XC60车型“冲撞多处房产”

“它们本就不该经营”

这些被登记为理发店、美容院或街角小店的空壳公司在2016年至2026年间激增，而实际上许多公司其实在从事洗钱和恐怖融资行业。

它补充称，不法企业“高度集中于少数地区”，且显示出“极其相似的存续期”。

SmartSearch首席执行官Phil Cotter表示：“这关乎种种模式，它们表明一种可复制的剥削模式正在英国大街上公然运作，且其扩张速度已超出监管机构的应对能力。”

人们对大街衰落的担忧与日俱增。本月，首相安迪·伯纳姆宣布地方议会将被赋予否决赌博和电子烟商店的权力。

两英寸降雨在即？该发布洪水警报了！

英国可能遭遇暴洪，气象预报员警告称，雷暴可能在数小时内带来比数月还多的降雨。

从明天起，三天不稳定天气将抵达英国，随着温暖潮湿的空气北上，局部地区预计将降雨超过两英寸（60毫米），其他地区可能在数小时内降雨20至30毫米。

上个月是英格兰有记录以来最干旱的7月。英国气象局数据显示，东英吉利地区7月降雨仅0.1英寸（2毫米），6月为2.2英寸（56毫米）。

英格兰近四分之三地区及威尔士全境处于干旱状态，2800万人面临限水禁令。

部分地区已连续两个月无降雨，河流和水库水位告急。萨里郡的威斯利曾连续62天无雨，而希思罗机场则为56天。

两场守夜的故事

在青年点燃照明弹悼念五名死者前，已有12人被捕

“谁点燃了战火？”

基辅昨日——这是他自入主唐宁街后的首次外访。此前，英法两国已联合提议向乌克兰移交“SCALP”远程导弹的制造蓝图，使其能够自行生产。

俄罗斯此前已誓言将摧毁为乌克兰生产武器的英国工厂，这是英国制造的无人机首次被射入乌克兰境内后所作出的回应。

在俄罗斯警告英国“火上浇油”、加大对乌克兰支持力度后，伯恩汉姆表示：“谁点燃了战火？这正是问题所在，不是吗？”

“我上任时间尚短，但即便如此，俄罗斯已因英国支持乌克兰而威胁英国。我知道其他国家也面临类似威胁。

“这一切只能说明我们正在产生影响，我们应当坚定立场，团结一致。”

英国国防高层希望借鉴乌克兰实战验证的技术，这些技术已令AI辅助无人机和机器人在战场上占据主导地位。

英国还对乌克兰在AI技术方面的应用表示出兴趣，包括用于保护本国能源基础设施及对抗克里姆林宫对制造业的攻击。

英国将成为首个获准进入乌克兰“复仇者AI实验室”的国家，该实验室的科学家已取得重大突破。AI已加速了冲突地区的决策过程。

泽连斯基表示，已签署一份宣言，确认英乌在“人工智能领域的伙伴关系”。他在X平台上补充道：“我们感谢英国立场坚定——全力支持乌克兰及我们的国防。谢谢你，安迪！谢谢你，伟大的英国！”

首相还主持了“志愿者联盟”会议（英、法、德三国），讨论进一步支持乌克兰事宜。面对乌克兰即将遭受的俄罗斯弹道导弹进一步轰炸，伯恩汉姆表示该联盟正在“竭尽所能”，以“挖掘自身库存并帮助他人挖掘库存”。

俄罗斯对乌克兰无防守平民区的恶心攻击在过去三天内已造成至少23人死亡、100人受伤。

伯恩汉姆还呼吁唐纳德·特朗普总统与英国一道加大对乌克克的支持力度，并表示：“我认为我们需要进一步携手，因为乌克兰正面临一些紧迫问题。我们将竭尽所能召集各方共担重任，并将继续提供坚定支持。”

首相此行恰逢乌克兰脱离苏联独立35周年纪念日。

他在基辅圣索菲亚大教堂外向民众发表讲话，赞扬乌克兰人民“纯粹的力量”

“荣幸与老兵相见”

乌克兰民众将捍卫家园比作英国在第二次世界大战中对纳粹的抵抗。

他在附近哈特内的国家军事纪念公墓举行的仪式上，向无名烈士墓敬献了花圈。

在其独立日演讲中，总统泽连斯基坚称乌克兰绝不会“屈服”于俄罗斯。伯纳姆先生

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动人一刻：首相为乌克兰士兵弹奏史密斯乐队歌曲时露出微笑

在访问一家军队医院后，他重申英国对乌克兰的支持“毫不动摇”。

他写道在X平台上：“今天能在基辅一家军队医院与乌克兰老兵会面，我深感荣幸。

“我为这里的患者得到一家英国慈善机构的支持而自豪——该机构已培训了超过1,000名外科医生、麻醉师及其他医护人员。我们对乌克兰的支持毫不动摇。”

在一次轻松时刻，首相在一名乌克兰士兵递给他的吉他上弹奏了1985年曼彻斯特乐队“史密斯”的歌曲《拉什霍姆流氓》。前曼彻斯特市长

伯纳姆先生是“史密斯”乐队的终身粉丝，当时正在参观军队及艺术单位使用的移动录音棚。

“我不会唱歌，”他开玩笑道。英国首相表示音乐能帮助“振奋前线士兵的士气”。士兵们随后演唱了一首“绿洲”乐队的歌曲。

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约克郡渔民成为首位为俄军阵亡的英国人

撰文：埃莉安娜·西尔弗、珀金·阿马拉拉吉

一位来自约克郡巴恩斯利的渔民，成为首位在乌克兰为俄罗斯阵亡的英国公民。

布拉德利·汤森德于7月10日在乌克兰东部顿涅茨克地区遭无人机袭击身亡。这名33岁的男子此前并无军事经历，他曾告诉家人自己要去罗马尼亚，但在签约加入乌克克前线前改变了计划。

他自称是“约克郡再普通不过的工薪阶层小伙”，希望支持俄罗斯分离主义者。汤森德先生在社交媒体上表示他于今年4月参军，是为了“回报”俄罗斯人——他称对方在1980年代矿工罢工期间向约克郡人捐赠了一个月工资。他补充道：“这是我的决定，我不是被逼的。”

汤森德的母亲莫琳是NHS护理支持人员，她说：“他告诉我要去罗马尼亚，我也信了，因为他在那里有工作上的朋友。‘He said he was going to Romania.’但下一次他告诉我他在俄罗斯。我问‘你在那里干什么？’我还以为他在开玩笑。接着一切就都曝光了。”

其他在俄罗斯军队服役的英国人在社交媒体上表达了哀悼，其中一人表示汤森德“希望帮助俄罗斯人民击败纳粹”。

艾登·明尼斯在脸书上写道：“我很荣幸能与布拉德利共度时光。我们讨论过危险，但他意志坚定。他为我们的事业献出了生命。他的服役虽短暂，却如最闪亮的星辰般璀璨。‘在圣战中作为战士而死，便是永生。’”

英国外交部表示：“我们已注意到有报道称一名英国公民在乌克兰身亡。”

基辅对在线零售商中心的无人机袭击

乌克兰对俄罗斯第二大在线零售商的仓库发动了大规模无人机袭击，在南部地区的Ozon市场物流中心引发了火灾。

另据报道，北约在罗马尼亚紧急出动两架F-16战机，摧毁了一架疑似进入其领空的俄罗斯无人机。

数周来，基辅一直在对俄罗斯最大在线零售商Wildberries发动袭击，指控其供应军事部件。乌克兰国防部表示：“在乌克兰部队袭击了Wildberries最大的15个物流枢纽后，现在轮到Ozon了。”

Ozon表示，昨晚当地时间约凌晨时分，一架无人机袭击后，其位于马哈奇卡拉的物流中心“发生火灾”。数人受伤，阿迪格斯克和涅温诺梅斯克的仓库已疏散。

克拉斯诺达尔的一处物流中心仍在燃烧大火。一架坠落的无人机碎片击中附近一家儿童中心，造成3名儿童死亡、6人受伤。

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作者：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯商业编辑副手

毕业生就业岗位已降至至少十年来最低水平——这引发了对越来越多即将进入大学的青少年就业前景的担忧。

根据招聘网站Adzuna的数据，上月仅发布了8,383个毕业生岗位，同比下降45.6%。

自2016年首次统计该数据以来，这是最低水平，仅为2017年中期峰值55,000个岗位的零头，该峰值出现在“持续多年下降”之后。Adzuna表示，“毕业生危机”已降至“历史最低点”。

对于幸运地在大学毕业后找到职位的人来说，有一线希望：7月份毕业生平均工资已上涨至25,815 英镑，高于5月的25,773 英镑。

但新增岗位数量的下降与即将开始攻读学位的18岁青年人数创纪录（262,820人）形成鲜明对比。

新毕业生可获得的机会减少，为面对更广泛失业问题的安迪·伯纳姆及其财政大臣约翰·赫利增添了挑战。

然而，首相强调他同样重视技术资格等其他就业途径，并表示希望确保英国“将安全帽与学位证书放在同等重要的位置”。

许多人担心，会计和法律等传统热门毕业生职业的入门级岗位正受到AI崛起的威胁——因为AI现在能够执行这些岗位的许多例行任务。

Adzuna联合创始人安德鲁·亨特表示：“毕业生就业市场不断创下新低，这告诉我们雇主仍未找到理由在这一层次开展招聘。”

这些数据作为一份悲观报告的一部分发布，该报告显示整体空缺水平也在下降，降幅为9.6%，至791,490个。

就业竞争加剧，Adzuna表示，每个岗位的求职者数量已升至2.14，高于一年前的1.93。

保守党发言人安德鲁·格里菲斯表示：“伯纳姆必须废除工党的繁文缛节并减税，以便企业能够负担得起招聘。”

整体数据进一步证明了工党执政下的“就业干旱”：上周官方数据显示空缺降至12年最低，失业率激增。

许多企业因面临更高的劳动力成本和其他支出而停止招聘，这些支出可能包括工党对雇主国民保险征收的250亿英镑“税费”，以及最低工资的急剧上涨和能源成本的飙升。

Labour urged to cut NI to end 'tragic waste' of youth unemployment

英国最大的商业组织敦促工党削减雇主国民保险（NI），以帮助解决“年轻人失业这一悲剧性浪费”问题。

英国工业联合会（CBI）表示，雷切尔·里夫斯提高的这项税收是“成本上涨完美风暴”的一部分，令企业更难雇用年轻人。

此前，包括前玛莎百货（Marks & Spencer）老板在内的150位商业领袖警告称，随着税负不断上升，英国的创富者正面临“千刀万剐”的困境。

在由创业者团体Helm组织的一封致首相安迪·伯纳姆的信中，他们呼吁里夫斯女士提高的国民保险税应予以撤销，并恢复对企业家的税收减免。

广泛认为，雇主税负上升是导致年轻人就业机会减少的重要原因。本周晚些时候，英国国家统计局将进一步披露该问题的严重程度—。

核心！梅根暗示...

这位苏塞克斯公爵夫人，45岁，昨日在Instagram上发布了一段为她的“As Ever”品牌制作的短片，该品牌以其 spreads、teas 和 candles 而闻名，并配上了神秘的标题：“一点点即将到来的提示。”

这段Instagram视频被广泛解读为梅根将继续专注于她的事业的信号，该事业去年更名，而在她和哈里王子携两个孩子回到英国后，她正在果园里采摘苹果，一件开衫艺术地披在肩头。

此前有报道称，她将在盖伊·里奇的热门Netflix剧集《The Gentlemen》中出演角色，但王室作家蒂娜·布朗声称，她可能出演该剧引发的强烈反对已导致该项目被取消。

《名利场》前主编补充道：“这对梅根在英国的演艺事业复出可不是什么好兆头。”这位公爵夫人曾在电视剧《金装律师》中饰演雷切尔·赞恩七季。

苏塞克斯夫妇预计将搬入伦敦外的一处非王室住宅，王子阿奇（7岁）和公主莉莉贝（5岁）将于下月开始上学。

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哈里退出《每日邮报》曝光的“强奸与酷刑”慈善组织

作者：Aidan Radnedge

哈里王子已与一家非洲野生动物慈善组织分道扬镳，该组织在《每日邮报》调查后承认存在侵犯人权行为。

身为苏塞克斯公爵的哈里，过去十年一直担任非洲公园（African Parks）的受托人，在该组织上周宣布“治理架构调整”后，他决定辞去职务。

这家保护组织去年承认，其护林员在刚果共和国犯下侵犯人权行为，正如《每日邮报》所报道。

此前，一项针对该组织守卫（由非洲公园管理并支付薪酬）殴打、强奸并折磨当地原住民的指控，引发了独立调查。

公爵的发言人表示，哈里在2023年成为董事会成员前曾担任该组织主席长达六年，他仍是该组织工作的支持者。

发言人称：“公爵为过去十年与非洲公园的合作感到自豪，并全力支持其董事会的持续加强。‘他对非洲保护事业的承诺依然坚定。’”

2016年，哈里曾协助将马拉维的数百头非洲象迁至更安全的栖息地，作为非洲公园项目的一部分，并形容那段经历“令人惊叹”。

该慈善组织去年表示，已在奥扎拉-科库阿国家公园及机构层面改善了保障机制。非洲公园对哈里王子表达了“深切感激”，并表示：“多年来，公爵为全球关注生物多样性保护的紧迫需求做出了贡献，造福人类与野生动物。”

《每日邮报》2024年1月28日的调查发现，非洲公园护林员在刚果雨林中存在恐吓与虐待行为，包括强奸与殴打的指控。调查还收集了对巴卡人的暴行的第一手证词——巴卡人曾被称为俾格米人，他们世世代代在此森林中觅食、捕鱼、狩猎并寻找药材。

一名女性描述了她在紧抱新生儿时被武装守卫强奸的经历，一名少年则声称被另一名守卫以有偿性交为由引诱。

一位社区活动家表示，一名巴卡男子在遭到殴打并被监禁后，因伤势未得到治疗而死亡。

非洲公园随后启动独立审查，并承认在奥扎拉-科库阿国家公园存在侵犯人权行为。

由伦敦法律事务所Omnia Strategy LLP进行的调查结果直接提交给非洲公园，但该组织未公开分享结果。

该慈善组织去年5月表示：“非洲公园承认曾发生侵犯人权行为，并对受害者所遭受的痛苦深表歉意。”

卡罗琳·皮尔斯（Caroline Pearce），人权组织“生存国际”（Survival International）主任表示：“哈里在非洲公园任职十年，而该组织却对原住民犯下虐待与暴力罪行，这令人愤慨。他的离职无法抹去这一记录。非洲公园必须承担责任。”

这些虐待行为在哈里不知情的情况下发生，公爵仅在2024年被报道后才得知此事。

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伊塞克斯收容所内幕

作者：彼得·哈里斯

欢迎来到英国度假营。对于800名享受豪华体育设施的客人来说，这里无与伦比。

本周我在埃塞克斯乡间的韦瑟斯菲尔德营地参观时亲眼所见，这里的居民几乎应有尽有。营地配备了全设备健身房、健身室、标准足球场以及一个大型室内体育馆，内有五人制足球、篮球和板球的全套设备——全部免费。

对于想要放松的人，还有配备电视和台球桌的娱乐室，以及小吃吧。

所有居民都配有手机，并享有大量免费通话额度。

主餐厅（服务两个餐厅）每天提供三餐，菜品选择丰富，包括素食选项。

所有食物均免费。唯一的限制是所有肉类均为清真——非穆斯林居民无法选择其他肉类。

同样，营地内大部分宗教材料为伊斯兰教内容，摆放了大量《古兰经》而没有《圣经》。几乎所有可用地面空间都铺上了祈祷垫。

营地还配备了一支由17辆小型巴士组成的免费接驳车队，每天三次，每周七天——甚至在圣诞节——将800名营地居民送往附近的布雷恩特里、切尔姆斯福德和科尔切斯特等城镇。

那么入住这里要花多少钱？对于居民来说，最棒的是——不仅一切免费，每人每周还能额外得到10英镑零用金，或者更准确地说，每人每周有£9.95的零用金，以预付借记卡形式发放，用于任何杂项开支。

这个地方的官方名称是韦瑟斯菲尔德机场收容所住宿区。

尽管数百名“快乐营员”入住免费，但英国为此付出的代价却令人瞠目结舌。根据国家审计署去年的报告，未来10年，庇护住宿合同预计将耗费纳税人£153亿。这些所谓的“分散安置点”。

居民对缺少游泳池感到恼火

大多为前军事用地，被视为比将非法移民短期安置在酒店更廉价的方案。但对周边社区的影响巨大，且这种经济负担的不公平性令人震惊。

并非所有非法移民似乎都心存感激。意见箱中最频繁的请求并非教育资源，甚至也不是寻求留在战区和恐怖国家的亲人消息。据称，最令他们恼火的，是这里没有游泳池。

作为Reform UK议员及埃塞克斯郡议会领导人，我对Wethersfield基地对当地居民的影响深感担忧已有三年。我曾从外部观察过该基地，但上周上午9.30首次获得机会进入围栏内部。

我承认，我对内政部竟然允许我和议会副领导人拉塞尔·奎克进入此地感到意外。我们上午9.30到达，并受到由Clearwater公司（负责管理Wethersfield的机构）雇佣的现场经理迎接。

到上午10点时，我们已进入基地内部。尽管我提出请求，但明确被告知不得拍照。

在接下来的三小时内，除路过时点头或打招呼外，我们未与任何居民交谈。目前Wethersfield内共有800名男性寻求庇护者，预计未来将增至1,245人，并有潜在“激增容量”1,700人。

据内政部称，有445个临时床位“可投入使用，以帮助应对更广泛庇护住宿设施网络中的短期压力”。

然而，在我们参观期间，我目测现场不足150名居民。据告知，其他一些人在房间内，但大多数人正在外出一日游——每天都有此类活动，每个附近城镇约有300人出行。当我们到达时，最后一辆小型巴士正要离开。

我们被反复告知Wethersfield不是监狱。但在我看来，这种对社区的免费开放几乎完全未考虑当地居民及其安全。

我与许多埃塞克斯居民交谈过，他们告诉我，若需前往科尔切斯特、切姆斯福德或布伦特里，他们会尽早出发，以便在上午10点左右从Wethersfield涌入的大批男性到来前完成购物。数百名移民的存在显然令人感到 intimidating（intimidating一词保留英文，因中文无法准确传达其恐吓感）。

在参观期间，我所见到的男性大多在使用手机。但健身房内人满为患，大多数人在举重训练。其中几人显然是专业健美运动员。据告知，其中一人是综合格斗（MMA）运动员，也是UFC（终极格斗冠军赛）选手，精通踢拳、摔跤和柔术。

我们仅有一名保安随行，但他们对我们几乎视而不见。在我们步行参观基地时，一名警察骑车过来介绍自己，称是Wethersfield的指定警官。他每周一至周五在此工作约3至4小时，其余时间则负责周边村庄。

我们还被告知，另有另一名警官

[——原文在此自然截断，以下内容缺失，严禁推测或续写——]

每天花费 50 万英镑拘留非法移民

昨日披露的数据显示，每天在拘留非法移民及其在英国境内转移上花费的资金超过 50 万英镑。

官方数据显示，内政部在一年内支付了£1.86 亿英镑，用于将移民运送至移民拘留中心和边境部队监管场所并提供住宿。

该金额包括在监狱、警察局、医院和短期持有中心之间转移人员的费用。它还

作者：大卫·丘吉尔（David Churchill）

包括移民遣返中心的维护费用，以及在移民被驱逐出境时，将其护送至遣返航班并登机的费用。

大部分资金支付给了承包商 Mittle 公司，该公司自2018. 年起一直为内政部管理该流程。这些数据涵盖了2025 年 6 月至今年 5 月期间的情况。

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲利普（Chris Philip）将其斥为“对纳税人辛苦赚来的钱的一次灾难性浪费”，而纳税人联盟（TaxPayers' Alliance）的约翰·奥康奈尔（John O'Connell）补充道：“内政部需要立即刹住这种令人瞠目的浪费。”

在披露这笔款项之前，自工党上台以来，本月抵达英国的小船移民人数已突破80,000 人，其中一次搭载100 多人的“巨型充气艇”数量有所增加。

中心成了“度假村”

驻扎在布雷恩特里（Braintree）警察局的人员可负责处理与该场地相关的记录在案的犯罪行为。那位骑自行车的警察为人随和，热情且显然工作勤奋。

但这种老派的、类似《心跳》（Heartbeat）剧集风格的警务工作，与800 名或更多无根之人在潜在威胁之间形成的对比令人不安。

我必须强调，在整个参观过程中，我没有任何时刻感到身体受到威胁。但我敏锐地意识到，没有人真正知道这些男人是谁。

大多数非法移民——无论他们是通过小船跨越英吉利海峡抵达，还是潜伏在卡车和其他车辆中抵达——的第一站都是肯特郡的曼斯顿（Manston）寻求庇护处理中心，那里也是一个前军事机场。在这里，他们接受审查并进行生物识别测试，包括采集指纹。然而，并不采集 DNA 样本。

当我对此询问时，我被告知这可能会违反他们的人权，尽管如果这些移民随后实施犯罪，DNA 样本将为警方提供明显的帮助。这些男人——而且全部是男人，年龄在18 至40 岁之间——

如果他们不想在曼斯顿透露真实姓名，可以在抵达韦瑟斯菲尔德（Wethersfield）时使用新名字。实际上，他们可以获得一个全新的身份。一旦这个身份被登记，似乎几乎没有办法知道他们在来到这里之前是谁。

健身房里的那些肌肉男，很可能是敌人零散派遣到这里的军队的一部分

居民对缺少游泳池感到恼火

大多为前军事用地，被视为比将非法移民短期安置在酒店更廉价的方案。但对周边社区的影响巨大，且这种经济负担的不公平性令人震惊。

并非所有非法移民似乎都对此心存感激。意见箱中最频繁的请求并非教育资源，甚至也不是对那些据说被遗留在战区和恐怖国家的亲人寻求消息。据称最令他们恼火的，是这里没有游泳池。

健身房、足球场、电视、NHS诊所、免费手机、小吃店——以及一支由17辆小型巴士组成的车队，用于接送800名移民前往当地城镇。埃塞克斯郡议会领导获得独家进入韦瑟斯菲尔德前皇家空军基地的机会。他所见证的一切，无疑证明这个国家已经疯了。

作为改革英国党议员及埃塞克斯郡议会领导，我对韦瑟斯菲尔德对当地民众的影响深感担忧已有三年。我曾从外部观察过该基地，但上周才首次获得机会进入大门内部。

我承认，我对内政部竟然允许我和议会副领导人拉塞尔·奎克进入此地感到意外。我们上午9.30抵达，并受到由Clearwater公司（负责管理韦瑟斯菲尔德基地的企业）雇佣的现场经理迎接。

到上午10点时，我们已进入基地内部。尽管我提出请求，但明确被告知不得拍照。

在接下来的三小时内，除路过时点头致意外，我们未与任何居民交谈。目前韦瑟斯菲尔德共安置800名男性寻求庇护者，预计未来将增至1,245人，并有潜在“激增容量”1,700人。

据内政部称，445个应急床位“可投入使用，以帮助应对更广泛庇护住宿设施网络中的短期压力”。

然而在我们参观期间，我目测在场居民不足150人。其他一些人据称在房间内，但大多数人正在外出一日游——每天都有此类活动，每个附近城镇约有300名男子前往。当我们到达时，最后一辆小巴正要离开。

我们被反复告知韦瑟斯菲尔德不是监狱。但在我看来，这种对社区的自由出入几乎完全未考虑当地居民及其安全。

我与许多埃塞克斯民众交谈过，他们告诉我，如果需要前往科尔切斯特、切姆斯福德或布雷因特里，他们会尽早出发，以便在上午10点左右韦瑟斯菲尔德的移民涌入前完成购物。数百名移民的存在不言而喻令人感到 intimidating（intimidating一词保留英文，因其在中文语境下无直接等效表达）。

在参观期间我所见到的男性中，大多数似乎都在使用手机。但健身房内人满为患，大多数人在举重训练。其中几人显然是专业健美运动员。据称，其中一人是综合格斗（UFC）选手，精通跆拳道、摔跤和巴西柔术。

我们仅有一名保安随行，但他们对我们几乎视而不见。在我们步行参观基地时，一名警察骑车过来介绍自己，称是韦瑟斯菲尔德的指定警官。他每周一至周五每天在此工作约3至4小时，其余执勤时间覆盖周边村庄。

我们还被告知另一名警官

这些申请者中约有一半获得庇护，并可享受福利及优先安排的社会保障房。未获批的申请者中，有少数人似乎接受自愿遣返。

但那些未获批且不接受自愿遣返的申请者呢？他们身在何处？政府是否在追踪他们？有多少人潜逃？有多少人非法务工？又有多少人仅仅是消失在英国的地下经济中？这些问题亟待答案，但目前尚无任何回应。

英国公众被要求容忍这样一个移民体系：政府似乎对人们的确切去向了如指掌，同时还为他们提供住房和食物

约20% 的入境者患有结核病

他们——但一旦他们失去了合法居留权，政府往往难以将其驱逐。这完全不可接受。

当我走在韦瑟斯菲尔德（Wethersfield）时，有一个想法我始终无法摆脱。这个巨大的前军事基地拥有住宿设施、医疗中心、体育设施、大型厨房、餐厅，以及现成的厕所基础设施、宿舍和娱乐区，还有大片开放空间。

与此同时，埃塞克斯郡议会目前正在为一个新的退伍军人村（Veterans Village）寻找合适地点，该地点旨在为英国军人在服役结束后提供住房和支持，帮助他们开启新生活。

答案就摆在我们的面前：韦瑟斯菲尔德。

对于一个前皇家空军基地，还能有什么比这更合适的用途？

相反，全国范围内有数十亿英镑被用于处理英国破碎的庇护制度所带来的后果。这足以说明历届政府的优先级。

我离开时深信一件事：这是一个错误的设施，在错误的地方，被用于错误的目的。

■ 彼得·哈里斯（PETER HARRIS）是改革英国党（Reform UK）在埃塞克斯郡议会的领导人。

作者：乔安娜·克劳利（Joanna Crawley）

BBC 节目《环球竞速》（Race Across the World）的一名参赛者在她的共同出演者儿子死于车祸一年后去世。

她的家人在声明中表示，乔·加德纳（Jo Gardiner）在与癌症进行“长期且勇敢的斗争”后去世，享年61岁。

她的儿子萨姆（Sam）是她与前夫安德鲁（Andrew）领养的，去年6月去世，年仅24岁。当时他的大众汽车冲出道路并翻滚，最后侧翻在地。

这对组合在2020年参加了这部 BBC 真人秀的第二季，旅程从墨西哥城延伸至阿根廷的乌斯怀亚，最终获得第四名。

《环球竞速》明星在儿子死于车祸一年后去世

在拍摄期间，身为景观园艺师的萨姆说道：“妈妈和我关系非常亲密——我们经常想到或说出同样的话。”

家人称这位来自曼彻斯特的物理治疗师乔为“一名无畏的冒险家，勇敢、善良、风趣且充满无尽的爱”。

声明继续写道：“她是我们的家人，我们的快乐，我们的避风港，也是我们绝对的瑰宝。我们知道乔深受人们爱戴，我们感到欣慰的是，她的笑声、勇气、善良以及她那极具个性的精神将留在她所触动的许多人的生命中。”

“在我们哀悼之际，我们请求隐私，但我们也请求所有认识并热爱乔的人去做她最希望的事：讲述那些有趣的故事，举杯庆祝，去冒险，大声欢笑，尽情生活。她是独一无二的，再也不会有第二个她。”

BBC 节目在声明中表示：“乔成为了《环球竞速》演员大家庭中的女家长。她在触及的许多生命中留下了持久的遗产，无论是在剧集中还是在剧集之外。能分享她的故事是一种荣幸，我们将深深地思念她。”

加德纳女士留有另一个儿子查理（Charlie），她患有1型糖尿病，并且是英国糖尿病协会（Diabetes UK）的大使。

电视组合：乔和萨姆在节目中

总理表示不会提前大选……但为加税留有余地

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）昨晚在承认国家处于“挑战性局面”后，引发了人们对他将在预算案中提高税收的担忧。

首相表示，对于他能为家庭提供的生活成本帮助，他不会“不切实际”，也不会“冒险”。

但他确实声称他将“履行”工党2024年的竞选宣言，该宣言排除了增加国民保险、所得税或增值税的可能性。

他还否认会提前举行大选，尽管一些评论员认为他可以利用“伯纳姆

“我不会不切实际”

工党民调支持率出现“反弹”后，首相表示他将赢得新授权并抛弃基尔·斯塔默爵士的承诺。在一系列对乌克兰的采访中，首相表示他已制定“明确计划”，能够恢复希望。

但昨晚，影子财政大臣梅尔·斯特赖德爵士表示：“安迪·伯纳姆未经计划就成为首相，却无法说明将从何处筹集资金支付其承诺，因此正面临不可避免的加税压力。

‘无论谁掌权，问题都出在工党本身。正如福利大臣帕特·麦克法登所言，他们只想提高税收以资助更多福利。’伯纳姆在被ITV新闻问及公众是否

马丁·贝克福德政策编辑

必须接受为解决他所强调的重大问题（包括住房危机和社会护理）而提高税收时，

他答道：“不，他们不一定必须接受。”

当被问及国防预算缺口需通过加税填补时，首相表示他“不会拿民众的工作或生计冒险”。

他补充道：“我会尽我所能帮助他们。我已经做了一些能帮到他们的事。我会竭尽所能，但不会不切实际。

‘我们正处于一个充满挑战的位置。无论我做什么都必须经过仔细思考，必须有资金支持，随着秋季的到来，还会有更多举措。’

在接受LBC采访时，他再次被问及公众是否应在10月预算案中预期加税，他答道：“不……我们有一份宣言，我会恪守这份宣言。我相信通过调整我们的优先事项，有可能为民众提供额外帮助。”

他补充道：“我是否能实现所有目标，这是另一回事。但人们无需怀疑我试图带领国家前行的方向……一个充满希望的方向、积极的方向、团结的方向。”

当被告知通过提前大选更容易获得新授权时，伯纳姆答道：“我现在就当着你们的面排除这种可能性。”

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当被问及是否在20世纪80年代穿短裙勾引男学生时，教师在法庭上表示：

作者：Cameron Charters

一名被控在20世纪80年代穿短裙勾引两名14岁或15岁男学生的教师在法庭上辩称：“我不会穿得像玛格丽特·撒切尔那样。”

现年65岁的Sally-Anne Bowen被控在伦敦北芬奇利的基督学院对两名学生实施猥亵行为。

检方将Bowen描述为穿着和举止如同经常拍摄性感MV的流行歌手Sabrina Carpenter编排的音乐录影带。

在昨天的作证中，这名化学老师否认自己穿着性感。她在哈罗皇家法庭对陪审团表示：“我不会被允许穿非常短的裙子。那些裙子比我现在穿的还短——但不是迷你裙。”

Bowen被问及在教学时穿裙子的场合。她走出证人席向陪审团展示，她穿裙子时裙摆距离膝盖三指宽。

她随后告诉法庭，自己在20世纪80年代时约25岁，并补充道：“我不会穿得像玛格丽特·撒切尔那样。”

其中一名男学生声称在几个月内与Bowen发生“20到30次”性关系。他说自己爱上了她，将她视为女友并会去她家。但Bowen称这些指控是“彻头彻尾的捏造”和“幻想的产物”。

在交叉询问中，检察官Madeleine Wolfe问Bowen是否能想出任何原因，说明原告为何在30多年后才提出这些指控。她答道：“我不知道他为何提出这些指控。我现在完全不知道发生了什么。我认为他上学时肯定对我有过好感。”

Bowen表示，由于自己年轻且是为数不多的女教师之一，曾遭到学生的一些不恰当言论，并补充道：“我忽略了这些言论。它们并未导致我受到骚扰或骚扰他人。”

第二名原告称，在其他男生的怂恿下，他与Bowen在一家咖啡馆接吻，并记得触摸了她的胸部——但Bowen表示不记得这个男孩，也不知道他是谁。

上周，一名前学生告诉陪审团，Bowen班上的一个男生当时在阅读一本他认为是《性爱宝典》的书。他说Bowen翻阅了这本书，并与学生讨论“不同性爱体位的优点”。

法庭此前听闻，第一名原告在2014年11月向警方供述，他于1988年春季开始与Bowen发生性关系，并在当年8月结束。在一段录像采访中，他表示关系始于放学后他们乘坐同一辆公交车，他会步行送她回布伦特十字。他回忆起在一家咖啡馆吃午餐时，一个男生带来了一本“色情杂志”，并补充道：“在其他男生离开后，她对我说‘把杂志给我’。她翻阅后，指着画面说‘这就是我的样子’。”

Bowen否认这些说法，称：“我在整个职业生涯中从未见过男生看色情杂志——我唯一没收的杂志是一本足球杂志。”

当被问及是否将男生视为“朋友”而非学生时，她否认曾讨论过不恰当话题，并补充道：“我是个好人，学生们会和我交谈。我希望被人喜欢，这点我不道歉。‘我那时很年轻，这是我的第一份教职。’”

现居赫特福德郡赫默尔亨普斯特德的Bowen否认针对两名男生的七项猥亵指控。审判仍在继续。

太极拳如何缓解疼痛并提升心理健康

传统中国运动如太极拳能够缓解关节疼痛、改善心理健康并提升睡眠质量，一项研究发现。

研究人员表示，定期参与太极拳运动“显著缓解”了慢性疼痛和僵硬，同时提高了骨质疏松患者的骨密度。

由中国专家完成的92篇论文综述，发表于《英国运动医学杂志》，涵盖了太极拳等注重姿势、呼吸与动作的练习。太极拳被誉为“动中有静的冥想”。

每周参与三次、持续六个月以上的练习者感受到最大益处。

研究人员称其为“安全、易行的策略，能减少药物依赖并赋予患者力量”。

《每日邮报》记者

烤串热潮！酷暑带动沙威玛销量飙升

今夏热浪不仅让人们涌向户外，也点燃了对热食的热情——鸡肉沙威玛卷意外成为外卖爆款。

Deliveroo将这种中东街头美食评为“2026年夏季外卖冠军”，并表示需求激增如此显著，以至于目前提供该菜品的餐厅中超过半数在一年前尚未供应。

外卖平台数据显示，今夏鸡肉沙威玛卷订单量较2025年同期增长超过70%，跃居外卖榜首。

By Claire Duffin

Deliveroo还透露，考文垂成为英国订单量最高的城市，其次为纽卡斯尔、雷丁、爱丁堡、格拉斯哥和布里斯托尔。

Deliveroo的杰夫·韦米斯表示：“今年夏天，[鸡肉沙威玛卷]成为了主角。”

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首相向俄罗斯暴政发射的火箭

在安迪·伯纳姆首次入主唐宁街的日子里，几乎没有任何迹象表明他有意在国际舞台上留下印记。

新首相宣布降价巴士票、降低电费等各种噱头，似乎根本无暇顾及全球议题。

然而，在专注国内事务数周后，令人欣慰的是，我们看到伯纳姆先生大胆地向乌克兰分享导弹部件的机密信息。这一举动中蕴含着大量务实主义成分。

从物理和道义上看，基辅政府是抵御俄罗斯对西欧威胁的前线。额外的火力或许终将成为普京垮台的催化剂，如果厌战的民众在持续袭击下觉醒。

但首相的倡议同样重要，它象征着持续团结的行动。自战争爆发以来，英国作为G7首个访问基辅的领导人，始终是乌克兰坚定的支持者。

就连伯纳姆先生上月也暂时从国内议题中抽身，在唐宁街10号迎接泽连斯基作为其首位国际贵宾。不出所料，向乌克兰提供军事硬件图纸的决定招致克里姆林宫强烈反应——一位发言人指责英国“参与这场战争”。

当然，我们不能低估来自莫斯科的威胁。普京仍决心在任何可能的时机展示其肌肉力量。他已通过公然派遣受制裁油轮穿越我国水域，肆无忌惮地表达了对英国的蔑视。

但通过向乌克兰伸出援手，伯纳姆先生在两个层面做了正确的事。首先，这是原则问题。其次，它提醒这个现代最阴险暴君之一：我们不会被他吓倒。

反社交媒体

即使没有最近的道路惨剧，也很难理解那些吹捧飙车者及其无脑特技的视频有什么吸引力。

但网上迅速增多的视频，是年轻的亡命之徒以最高时速驾驶偷来的汽车，或是在驾驶座吸食笑气的画面。

如果能阻止肇事者在第一时间发布这些鲁莽的视频，或至少立即将其下架，这种扭曲的现象几乎肯定会消失。

然而，尽管社交媒体公司擅长设计决定人们所见内容的复杂算法，它们似乎对删除有害内容的兴趣远远不够。随着工党部长在不到两年内与科技巨头举行超过200次会议，或许他们终会想到要提上议程。

有损商业

提高雇主国民保险缴款费率是雷切尔·里夫斯推出的最糟糕的反商业措施之一。

现有150位商业领袖已致信首相，敦促其撤销前财政大臣的举措，以应对“青年失业的悲剧性浪费”。

如果伯纳姆先生能答应他们的请求，那将是一种相当成熟与谦逊的表现。但我们不会屏息以待。

与其钻油致富，伯纳姆不如向净零排放的杀业、榨财教条俯首称臣

本届政府的北海政策提醒我们：尽管安迪·伯纳姆装出一副北方硬汉与直言不讳的样子，他终究是精英舆论的囚徒。

首相希望获得那些递送头部抚摸的人的喜爱——伦敦自由派媒体、全球非政府组织以及公共知识分子——因为这些人正是其部长同僚与后座议员们寻求道德领导力的对象。

工党的地位焦虑若非影响公共政策，本是一桩私事，而其造成的破坏在石油与天然气行业体现得再明显不过。

不祥之兆

《每日邮报》昨天披露的一则消息令官员们预计到2050年北海将有10万个工作岗位流失，这在阿伯丁及周边地区引起了深深的无奈。当地仍笼罩在愤怒之中。保守党议员道格拉斯·伦斯登在6月阿伯丁南部补选中的压倒性胜利，是选民纯粹沮丧的呐喊——但许多人已对拯救当地经济失去了希望。

净零排放政策已重创苏格兰的石油和天然气行业以及东北部经济。在过去15年里，已有超过18,000个岗位——即每十个岗位中就有一个——被削减，而花岗岩之城的房价平均暴跌7,500 英镑。苏格兰再无其他地区房产价值下跌如此之快。

10万这个数字对财政部的经济学家而言是个不祥之兆，但对阿伯丁人来说，这却是一种无法避免的宿命。当他们听闻新首相打算延续前任首相对化石燃料行业的轻蔑态度——这个行业曾为他们的社区带来繁荣，为整个英国提供充足的能源供应——时，又怎能不感到愤懑？多年来，该行业一直敦促部长们批准设得兰群岛西北部罗斯班克油田和阿伯丁海岸外杰克道气田的勘探许可（这两处场地的公众咨询已于本月结束），但伯纳姆对此保持沉默，且据称他对在热浪和野火肆虐的夏季批准新钻探项目的“观感”感到担忧。

代表能源工人的工会也加入了声训。联合工会正在开展“无禁令无计划”运动，并在3月警告称政府对化石燃料的立场正“将就业和国家安全置于风险之中”。

GMB工会希望实现“更强劲且更公平的”绿色能源转型，并在7月致信工党议员，提议采用“全能源方案”，以“发挥我国工业优势而非忽视它们”。

英国正面临生活成本危机，部分原因是燃料及其衍生产品价格飙升。中东冲突正在加剧对英国现已依赖的化石燃料来源的不确定性。

现成的解决方案唾手可得，即仅批准国内钻探用途。在此条件下，生产商将无法将其石油和天然气出口至英国以外，意味着价格将由国内而非国际市场决定。高需求将通过供应增加和有限的市场流动性得到满足。

这本不应是一道难题，至少对工党首相而言不该如此。但泄露的文件显示，伯纳姆打算延续基尔·斯塔默的懦弱做派，屈从于时髦舆论。据报道，伯纳姆正考虑投入“巨额资金”用于新基础设施，以大幅提升石油和天然气进口能力，动用纳税人的大量资金从其他国家购买供应，从而维持国内行业数千个岗位的流失。

部长们甚至在考虑收购一艘巨型船只，用于冷却天然气，使其体积缩小，更易通过油轮从美国、卡塔尔或挪威等国运输。

试想一下，倘若告诉该党创始人——那些工会主义者——有朝一日工党首相会资助外国工人的就业，同时令英国同行失业，他们会作何感想。

英国的能源政策不应沦为远离油气行业动荡的特权精英们的任性玩物；这些人住得离那些生活水平被他们甘愿牺牲以换取自我满足感的社区何止千里。

痛苦

罗斯班克（Rosebank）和杰克多（Jackdaw）两处油田的生产可能带来的气候影响，小到需要用显微镜才能察觉。在大气排放的宏观格局中，罗斯班克和杰克多的二氧化碳排放量与中国和印度等化石燃料大国的钻探活动相比，简直微不足道。

反对开发这些油田的行为，是最糟糕的政治纯粹主义，因为它不仅给一个已然受苦的行业雪上加霜，还打着生态美德的幌子。这种美德本身就是伪善的，因为进口石油和天然气对地球的破坏，远甚于直接从我们自己的海床上开采。

有报道称，伯纳姆（Burnham）可能会折中处理，批准开发其中一个油田而非另一个，既向行业抛出一点骨头，又给“净零”狂热分子一个部分胜利。我们这位直言不讳、实话实说的首相，这一做法可真够布莱尔式的。

这种做法将成为最糟糕的折中方案：规模太小，无法将价格拉回可负担水平，反而给反繁荣游说团体提供口实，声称国内能源生产是徒劳之举。

当务之急不应是增加进口石油和天然气的基础设施，而是利用现有基础设施，增加我们自己的生产。

罪过

北海地区缺少的是一位有胆识的首相，能够挺身对抗那些执意要让英国陷入贫困、只为满足意识形态瘾的人。告诉他们，让我们经济窒息的日子已经结束，现在有一个政府支持英国工人和产业。

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）不是那样的首相，也永远不会是。这位“北方之王”渴望被精英阶层接纳，而附和他们的信念，就是入场券的代价。

北海产业将继续衰落，阿伯丁的财富和机遇将持续流失，英国家庭的账单将继续上涨。英国将深陷债务泥潭，向各种友好程度不一的国家支付数十亿英镑，只为保住灯火通明。与此同时，尽管有政府的宣传和补贴，绿色能源仍无法满足我们的需求，政府会告诉我们必须降低期望、进一步降低生活标准。净零派的信徒们会继续移民英国，因为他们相信我们理应受此惩罚，以赎清生态罪孽。

安迪·伯纳姆非但不会引领国家走向繁荣，反而会向这种教条主义俯首称臣。

几个月前，曾有过一阵对基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）即将遭遇政变的担忧。工党内部人士担心一切可能彻底崩盘，英国最终可能落得个埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）出任首相的下场。有时，我们会觉得这种情况似乎真的发生了。

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richard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk

THROUGH The Keyhole 是一档由大卫·弗罗斯特推出的热门电视猜谜节目，固定嘉宾包括克里斯·塔兰特、伊芙·波拉德和肯尼思·威廉姆斯。

每周，劳埃德·格罗斯曼都会获得名人住宅的钥匙，让评委小组猜测房主身份。

格罗斯曼会在房内翻找线索，试图确定房主身份——他们可能是演员、喜剧演员、歌手或运动员。

某一期可能聚焦杰弗里·阿彻在泰晤士河畔的豪华公寓，下一期则可能是报业大亨罗伯特·麦克斯韦在牛津郡的豪宅，再下一期则是DJ托尼·布莱克本的新爱巢。

节目中很少有低端房产。大部分乐趣在于惊叹于那些有钱没品味的人所做的丑陋装饰选择。

虽然大多数房产都是高端住宅，但偶尔也能看到年轻的新兴肥皂剧明星正在翻修的简陋房屋。

该节目于1987年至1996年在ITV播出，后转至天空电视台，再转至BBC，在BBC播出至2008年。此后虽有过几次复播，但都未能重现原版的魅力。

不过现在，

退休老人到底该怎么付钱？

《锁匙孔》可能会以新形式回归，这要归功于我们贪婪的工党政府。政府刚刚公布计划，将派遣大批检查员进入住宅，确定业主应缴纳的“豪宅税”金额。

在去年的预算案中，人们宣布，居住在高价值公寓和住宅的人将被征收每年£2至£1.5的市政税附加费——无论他们是否负担得起。

该门槛最初定为£200 万，但今年早些时候，估价署署长在向议员们介绍情况时表示，估价为£150 万的房产也可能被纳入征税范围。

是的，我知道£150 万听起来是一大笔钱。确实如此，尤其是在典型房价远未达到这一水平的地区。

但在伦敦和东南部——现在已成为工党“榨取富人”阶级斗士的重点目标——150万英镑可买不到什么豪宅。

说到这里，不妨举个例子。

1985年，我们在伦敦北部一处并不特别时尚的地区购买了一栋世纪之交的简朴排屋

制止工党的“豪宅税”盖世太保式偷窥

郊区的一栋房子，背负着一笔巨额抵押贷款，几乎将我们的财务逼至崩溃边缘。

它的购置成本为9.5 万英镑，需要大量修缮工程，绝对算不上什么“豪宅”。

为作对比，隔壁那对可爱的老夫妇——护士艾琳和酒保约翰——在二十多年前购买同类房产时，仅支付了4,000 英镑。

我们12年后以略低于25 万英镑的价格搬离。如今，该地区类似房产的售价已达1,900 英镑，000英镑，若征税门槛降至£150万，这些房产便会被纳入“豪宅税”范围。

艾琳和约翰已不幸离世，但仍有许多老人靠固定收入生活，他们数十年前用几千英镑购入的房产，如今在公开市场上已价值不菲。工党却认为他们住在“豪宅”里，理应被“榨取”。

领取养老金的人，如何能在支付现有高额市政税（在某些极左自治市更是高得离谱）之外，每年再拿出2,500 英镑英镑呢？

这不仅针对老人。面对不断上涨的生活成本，那些养家糊口的夫妇，收入增长幅度远远跟不上房价通胀。他们的房产账面价值可能达£150万或£200万英镑，但早已抵押一空，且已缴纳自二战以来最高的税负。

但在伯纳姆治下的英国，他们却被视为“富人”，理所当然地成为榨取对象，为工党的福利怪兽输血——购买更大的电视供懒汉享用，并为非法滞留英国的移民提供其自认应得的舒适生活。

这项计划中最令人发指、专横跋扈的部分，是要赋予估价检查员——所谓的“豪宅税警察”——进入民宅并进行“内部检查”的权力。

任何拒绝这些盖世太保式暴徒入内的人，将面临高达£200的罚款。

所以，如果你不想让某个自命不凡的官僚测量你的下层厕所、翻看你的内衣抽屉、搜查你的橱柜，就只能接受刑事处罚。

议员们被告知，这些检查必须定期进行，以确保估值保持最新。工党的仇富政治甚至包括市议会发射无人机测量露台和后花园，以便对将车库改作办公室或健身房的人额外征税。

（而与此同时，政府正在为在家办公的公务员支付电费和燃气费。不久之后，我们大概还得为他们的饼干和天空电视订阅买单。）

工党似乎总对私有财产怀有敌意，这大概也是潘迪（Pandy）怀念“美好旧时光”的原因——那时工薪阶层安分守己，住在市政公房里，而玛格丽特·撒切尔发起的住房改革解放了数百万人，使他们摆脱了市政厅的束缚。

在杰格主管住房期间，他曾提出对拥有“美景”、位于幽静死胡同或邻近公园 / 高尔夫球场的房产额外征税。

“豪宅税”暴政源自同一套极左思维：通过惩罚那些凭借才干与勤奋成功的人，迫使他们为懒汉和不劳而获者的生活方式买单。

为“懒汉”生活买单

假装生病的“焦虑”和那些根本无权留在这里的所谓“寻求庇护者”。

若让“豪宅税盖世太保”也配备警员同款的随身摄像头，或许能为《锁匙孔之谜》的全新版本提供素材。

大卫·弗罗斯特已驾鹤西去，但他作为主持人的职位本可由伯纳姆本人、极左翼LBC租嘴吉米·奥布赖恩，或那些无聊左翼喜剧演员（比如那个谁都不知道的尼什·库马尔）接替，他们总出现在BBC每档“讽刺”问答节目中。

劳埃德·格罗斯曼的位置则可由工党支持者史蒂夫·库根填补，此人上次还在麦克菲尔德为安迪·潘迪助选。取代克里斯·塔兰特、伊芙·波拉德和已故的肯尼斯·威廉姆斯后，评委阵容或将由扎克·波兰斯基、愤怒的金杰·雷纳和杰里米·科尔宾组成。

与其温和揭晓，房主的姓名将被当众公开羞辱并受到观众一片嘘声，同时被迫开出最高可达£16的支票。

哪个贪婪的有钱佬住在不配拥有的房子里？安迪，该轮到你了...

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“曾几何时，草地、树丛与溪流，大地与每一处寻常景象，在我看来都披上了天光圣衣。”

——《不朽的征兆》威廉·华兹华斯

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科茨沃尔德聚会揭示萨塞克斯夫妇或难受热烈欢迎

周六上午，我的手机几乎要爆炸！短短几分钟内，我收到了超过30条WhatsApp消息，其中几条还是通过当地各种群聊发来的。

有关哈里王子及其新娘可能要在科茨沃尔德某处安家的传闻开始发酵。

"希望他们别带着保镖在小路上横冲直撞，给我们添乱。"一位群友气呼呼地评论道。

"他们最好别让接送孩子上学变成一场灾难，我还得上班呢。"另一位附和道。

"她知道戴尔斯福德吗？我们这里才有真正的——没过期的有机果酱。"又有人开起了玩笑。

我的头都要炸了。这对我的生活意味着什么？考虑到我在专栏中对萨塞克斯夫妇的尖锐批评，我会不会因此被社交聚会拒之门外？当人们争相邀请公爵和女公爵参加厨房晚宴时，我会不会变成不受欢迎的人？我还能不能再穿上高温卷发器、盛装打扮、化妆出席？

也许该养只猫，独自在壁炉前度过周末，回忆过去那些杯觥交错、美食小吃和热闹闲话的时光了。

我女儿们的反应更是雪上加霜。

"妈，你写那些关于哈里和梅根的文章，迟早会后悔的。"一个女儿发来短信。

另一个则说："如果我是你，现在就不会买新的圣诞派对礼服了。它们会永远挂在衣橱里。"两条消息后面都跟着一连串的大笑表情。"我的生活完了。"我哀嚎道。

萨塞克斯夫妇会来吗？这里的一切都不确定，但在这些小村庄里，没有什么是秘密。我们清楚谁住在哪栋豪宅里，哪些房子正在或暗中挂牌出售。我们也知道哪些学校能配得上小王子和小公主。是的，这些都是猜测，但我认为我们已经八九不离十了。

如果他们真的到来，能融入这里吗？碰巧的是，我周六晚参加了一场精英聚会，可以坦率地说，这里的人们对国王和王后陛下、威廉和凯特的忠诚是坚定不移的。

没有人忘记哈里在回忆录《后备》中对卡米拉的描述。他将她称为"邪恶"和"危险"。卡米拉在这里拥有大批拥趸，我也坚定站在她这一边，许多人也是如此。我们希望萨塞克斯夫妇在得到宽恕之前——这需要他们真诚忏悔——才能被我们接纳。

当然，我们这里早已习惯了A咖名流。杰里米·克拉克森和伴侣丽莎·霍根、大卫和维多利亚·贝克汉姆就住在这里，而碧昂丝和Jay-Z在经过反复流言后据说也已搬来，并被人看到在当地的花园中心购物。西蒙·考威尔、达明·赫斯特、利亚姆·加拉格尔等人也都在这附近。

我们也知道如何与王室相处。我偶尔会在当地社交聚会上与卡米拉王后或其他年轻王室成员不期而遇。

每次见到王后陛下，我都会主动从人群中退出，让她能够自由交谈。我是英国最畅销报纸的专栏作家，但我绝不会重复任何一句

艾玛是唯一的《舞动奇迹》明星

当艾玛·威利斯被披露将接替《舞动奇迹》资深主持人克劳迪娅·温克尔曼和特斯·戴利的舞鞋时，我对她寄予厚望。

有了她，这档节目想必能挺过失去这两位才华横溢主持人的困境。然而，当我看到2026年阵容时，却发现名单上全是些社交媒体网红和三流明星，一个熟悉的名字都没有。我担心这可能是“《舞动奇迹》诅咒”给节目致命一击的赛季。

我听到她说过：“我不想让她感到不自在。”

我们隔着一段距离对视，我与她保持距离，她则微微点头致意，报以感谢的微笑。

我曾有幸单独与王室核心成员相处，令我印象深刻的是他们相处时的自然状态——充满了玩笑和调侃。

他们之间也极为亲密。毫不夸张地说，当国王与威廉王子相互打趣时，那份父子情深溢于言表。

正因为如此，哈里的残忍而怪异行为在我看来是如此令人憎恶。

他怎能对如此爱他的家人做出那样的事？又怎能在祖父——他的外祖父——弥留之际，用恶毒的指控如此伤害我们已故的女王？这是我们这片地区每个人都想知道答案的问题。

如果哈里或梅根正在阅读此文，你们应该知道：在科茨沃尔德，我们丝毫不为皇家的光环所眩惑。

如果你们生活在我们中间，我们会尊重你们的隐私。我们希望你和孩子们幸福。但所谓的“殿下”和“特权感”在这里行不通。这里一半的人会把你们的银行存款视为小菜一碟。

哦，而且不久之后，你们可能会在奇平诺顿的阿尔迪超市偶遇我——没准会看到我在中间的过道与戴维·卡梅伦聊天。欢迎两位。

奈杰尔会面临“袋鼠法庭”吗？

在奈杰尔·法拉奇赢得克拉彻恩补选后三小时，即周五上午9.16，标准委员会专员向他发送邮件，称已重启对其收受加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈伯恩所赠£300 万的调查。

众所周知，补选结束后调查必然会重启。那么，你认为专员为何如此急于发送这封邮件？会不会是因为他知道这样做能为左倾记者提供一个头条，以抹黑改革党在克拉彻恩胜选的光芒？

奈杰尔是否即将面临另一场“袋鼠法庭”，正如鲍里斯·约翰逊所经历的那样？我认为，那些了解威斯敏斯特如何利用工具罢免右翼领导人的人，心中自有答案。

有报道称，上周末基米·巴德诺奇表示，那些离开保守党加入改革党的人是她见过最不诚实的人之一。

对于成千上万同样选择离开的人，我能说什么呢？首先，我要提醒巴德诺奇女士：我们中没有一个人参与了推翻赢得历史性选举胜利的首相——鲍里斯·约翰逊——的阴谋。

我们也没有在其执政的最后24小时内发挥积极作用，确保他成功下台。这真是五十步笑百步。

美好瞬间

我能否与你分享一下四岁孙女带来的快乐？周五上午我带了她一阵子，她时不时会突然冒出一句：“今天天气真美，不是吗？”确实如此。她的纯真与她眼中的世界，让这一天变得如此美好。

盖特威克机场假日停车场大火

140辆汽车被烧毁男子被捕

废墟：机场附近被大火摧毁的部分车辆

一名男子因涉嫌纵火被捕，此前盖特威克机场附近一场大火摧毁了超过140辆汽车。

警方和消防人员在周六晚间处理了这场“重大而复杂”的火灾。

据了解，该停车场主要供使用盖特威克机场的旅客使用，但机场并不运营该停车场。

八辆消防车和两辆运水车在 overnight 期间控制了火势。

乔·罗斯（Joe Rossiter）报道

大火损坏了卡德因商业园（Rowfant，西苏塞克斯）停车场附近的高压设备，导致超过2,000户家庭断电，但未造成人员伤亡。

苏塞克斯警方表示，一名67岁男子因涉嫌纵火被捕，目前已保释，调查仍在进行中。

盖特威克机场发言人告诉《每日邮报》：“我们已知晓第三方停车场发生火灾，时间为周六晚间。对于任何可能受影响的乘客，我们深知此事令人担忧和痛苦。我们建议任何担心车辆可能受影响的乘客拨打101报警。”

西苏塞克斯消防与救援署发言人表示：“约140辆车辆受损，其中部分为假日停车场的车辆。受影响的消费者应直接联系运营商。附近居民和企业曾短暂停电，因一条高架电线需被隔离。供电现已恢复。”

“任何知悉此事件的人士可通过在线报告或拨打101提供信息。”

贾森·阿代回忆录在英国上市

安德鲁·利维（Andrew Levy）报道

贾森·阿代教授的回忆录将如期于本周在英国上市，其家人希望“遵循他的遗愿”。

41岁的他于8月14日被发现死亡，此前一周他从耶稣学院辞职。此前他因涉嫌抄袭及其生平和成就的言论受到审查。

对其在伦敦西南部巴特西举行的死亡调查将于明日开启——正值其回忆录《伟大与不幸之事》（Great And Unfortunate Things）在英国上市的前一天。该书已于8月11日在美国发布。

其家人通过出版商西蒙与舒斯特（Simon & Schuster）发表声明称：“直到最后，贾森都明确希望自己的回忆录能够出版，我们理应遵循他的遗愿。”

“外界对他的报道很多，但大多来自不了解事实真相的人，无论对他还是我们家庭而言。他都是一位非凡的人。我们乐意让这本书为他发声。”

低调：两人交换誓言

由朋友资助的婚礼：丹尼的后院婚礼

作者：乔安娜·克劳利

这场婚礼因种种不当理由登上了新闻头条。

在前英格兰橄榄球运动员丹尼·奇普里亚尼（38岁）和美国演员安娜琳·麦考德（39岁）似乎要求捐款众筹婚礼一个月后，这对新人在洛杉矶家中的后花园举办了婚礼。

奇普里亚尼与麦考德的这场庆典是计划中的三场婚礼仪式之一——另外两场分别安排在伦敦和柬埔寨。

在众筹引发争议后，麦考德解释称她原本以为已将婚礼愿望清单发送给了仅限受邀宾客，未意识到清单已被公开。

这对新人曾请求人们捐款，金额从75英镑到450英镑不等，用于支付婚礼的鲜花、蛋糕和招待饮品。他们所需的总金额为10,660 英镑，不包括另行设置的现金捐款选项。

作者：瑞安·胡珀

警官持男、女双重授权卡

英格兰三支警察部队——莱斯特郡、诺福克郡和萨福克郡——已证实，在警官某天以男性身份、另一天以女性身份出现的情况下，已为这些警官同时发放男性和女性授权卡。

议员及倡导团体将此举描述为“荒谬”，并呼吁“回归常识”。

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲利普对《每日邮报》表示：“这种‘觉醒’胡闹必须停止。我们需要回归常识执法。”

几乎所有警察都随身携带授权卡，大多数情况下会出示授权卡以行使特定权力，包括拦截搜查。

然而，英国国家警察 chiefs 委员会的指导意见指出，彻底搜查（如需暴露隐私部位的搜查）应由与被拘留者生理性别相同的警官执行。

此前英国最高法院去年裁定，“女性”一词在法律上指代出生时的生理性别，而非个人选择的性别认同。

因此，一名生理男性警官持有女性授权卡的可能性引发了担忧。

女性权利网络组织发言人表示：“警官需要获得公众的信任与可信度。因此，为何一些警察部队仍选择为警官同时发放‘男性’和‘女性’授权卡，以便他们随心所欲地选择当天的身份，既令人担忧又荒谬。”

“公众并不愚蠢。他们知道没有人能同时拥有两种性别。”

改革英国党副领袖理查德·泰斯将此情况形容为“胡闹”。

他在TalkTV节目中表示：“看在老天的份上，表现出一点常识吧。”莱斯特郡警察局发言人称：“多张身份证仅在有限情况下按个案发放。”

“此举符合部队平等指导原则。”

诺福克郡和萨福克郡警察局发言人则表示：“任何与授权卡相关的安排均需遵循适当的安全管控和治理流程。”

Ephraim Hardcastle

查尔斯王子对梅根计划在迁居英国后继续销售其"As Ever"系列果酱及其他产品有何看法？这可要让王子伤透脑筋了。皇家市场已被查尔斯王子占据，他于1990年创立了Duchy Originals有机品牌，之后又开发了从家具到酒类再到园艺产品的Highgrove系列。但梅根并非首个试图染指殿下地盘的人。2007年，萨拉·弗格森推出了短暂存在的奢华家居用品品牌"Duchess Originals"，以及"Duchess"茶和饼干。殿下大可不必为此担忧，因为弗格森的任何创业都未能持久。但梅根呢？

在讨论哈里王子回归之际，国王陛下的前男仆格兰特·哈罗德回忆道："大家都在谈论国王与威廉之间的亲密关系，但哈里一直是个‘老爸的孩子’。我在宫中任职期间，他就是个十足的‘老爸的孩子’。他与父亲的关系非常特殊。"哈罗德自2004年至2011年在国王陛下身边工作，他警告道："威廉这个人，一旦你背叛了他的信任并越过某条界限，就再也无法挽回……现在哈里突然又出现在门口。我只是觉得他对这种局面绝不会感到高兴。"

在要求将已入狱的巴基斯坦前总理伊姆兰·汗遣返回国接受应有医疗的呼声中，其前妻杰米玛·戈德史密斯（如图）愤然致信安迪·伯汉姆："前外交大臣戴维·拉米在书面通知我，如果我的儿子们——英国公民——在前往巴基斯坦探望父亲时被逮捕，英国不会干预。伊姆兰曾在牛津大学就读，担任牛津大学板球队队长，并在英格兰多年效力于县级板球队。他与英国的渊源长达半个多世纪。英国现在必须公开且毫不含糊地发声。"

作家罗伯特·哈里斯对尼格尔·法拉奇并无好感："他这个人一点幽默感都没有。他属于那种表面上和蔼可亲、实际上却薄皮薄脸、脾气暴躁的人。你听过法拉奇讲过笑话吗？我没听过。"罗伯特补充道："而且他也经不起别人开玩笑。"但他最终还是在克拉克顿选区的重选中以20票险胜。

针对BBC广播二台已故好友保罗·奥格雷迪和史蒂夫·赖特的遭遇，瓦妮莎·费尔茨指责BBC高层。她声称："我认为问题出在控制人海伦·托马斯和音乐总监洛娜·克拉克身上。‘他们完全没有娱乐感。没有巴纳姆·贝利马戏团的那种魅力。他们只是按部就班地墨守成规，忽视了观众的需求。"

在提及萨塞克斯公爵夫人似乎希望在英国重启演艺事业时，朱莉·伯奇尔冷嘲热讽地写道："这简直让人匪夷所思。我敢打赌，她最多只能在《东区人》中扮演马克斯·布兰宁的新神秘情人，或在《中间谋杀案》中饰演一具尸体，以免让马克尔那有限的演技承受太大压力。"

邮箱：john.mccertes@dailymail.co.uk

放松时光：亚历山德拉于1978年在海滩

今天的天空是一片壮丽无云的湛蓝，与希腊屋外的爱琴海相映成趣。九年前的2017年，我曾在此拍摄了一张照片并发布在Instagram上。

这次随意的拍摄引发了一场公众风波，被我家人和其他一些人称为"比基尼门"事件。

回顾一下：当时我正与男友（现为丈夫）大卫共住一间卧室，与朋友们一起在希腊度假。

我跑上楼去拿一本书和一些防晒霜，准备下午乘船出游。

我的心情格外愉悦。我们计划游览那些只能通过海路到达的美丽海湾，并沉醉于在这片美丽景点与朋友们相聚的时光。

一时兴起，我在卧室的镜子前拍下了自己身穿Boden泳装的照片。

Since I had just come in from the bright sun, my eyes were not completely adjusted to the light so I didn't examine the picture forensically to see how I looked. On the whole I didn't do that anyway. I was, I suppose, just wanting to capture a moment of pleasure and fun.

Whoosh – I posted it to Instagram.

A few hours later we returned from the boat trip and David checked his mobile phone. He looked up from it and said: 'Alex, Sebastian [a friend then working on this newspaper] says your picture is news. What picture is he talking about?'

I had no idea and went to check my own phone, where I was greeted with a cascade of emails from newspaper editors wanting me to write about the image of me in the Boden swimwear.

Crazy as it seemed then – and still does now – the unthinking and completely unfiltered picture of myself with a podgy tummy, several mosquito bites and messy hair was being interpreted as a statement of some kind.

However, not of pleasure, as I had seen it, but of being unshackled from the chains of a world that set and perpetuated unrealistic ideals of beauty.

Just two months previously I had left my job as editor-in-chief of Vogue. This was what made my posting of such an unguarded image, which some also thought distinctly unflattering, worthy of comment – and not just a single mention.

As the days passed, it snowballed. There was a slew of articles about the way older women are portrayed in the media. Many debated the issue of a 59-year-old woman like me wearing a bikini at all.

The original Instagram post garnered thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.

All that for what I had thought was an innocent holiday snap.

But the fact is, it was innocent – or rather I was.

Looking back to that afternoon, apart from the unexpected fuss, what I am most aware of now is how I had no idea what the following nine years would contain. How they would be crammed with more momentous personal events than all of the previous 25 years in my editor's seat combined.

Apart from a first marriage and the all-important event of giving birth to my son, that quarter century mostly just rumbled on. Time frequently seemed endless. This past decade has felt different.

For this year's holiday I have packed three bikinis – two from a Portuguese brand and one I picked up a few weeks ago in Italy – and two one-pieces, an emerald from Eres and a tawny brown from Arket.

I still love to wear bikinis and each morning put one on immediately to bask in the sun.

But the body this swimwear is housing is a very different body to the one in that bikini of 2017.

Four years after I took that picture, a cancerous tumour was found under my left breast.

I was fortunate to be able to have it removed by keyhole surgery and then be treated by radiotherapy and hormone therapy. But the surgery has left a long scar and a deep dent in that bosom which now hangs lower than the other.

Then, three years later, in 2024, just as I had begun to forget about the breast cancer, a completely different cancer was discovered, this one in my colon. That too was removed by a brilliant robot, but has left my torso marked by several short scars.

I don't mind these scars in the slightest and am fortunately blessed with some strange but helpful blind spot which means I don't experience the lack of confidence so many women express when living in a body that looks so far from the ideal.

Nor do my scars make me question my bikini habit. I exposed a far from taut tummy for years, and remain quite nonchalant now it's laced with scars too, in the same way that I am perfectly happy wearing sleeveless clothes, even though my arms could never be described as finely toned.

But the psychological effect of those two cancer diagnoses remains. For some reason, cancer is especially pernicious at leaving you with a deeply penetrating sense of vulnerability.

在癌症出现之前，我一直认为自己是一个拥有强健体魄和总体健康状况的人。现在，这种看法已经改变

我总是担心自己的身体会让我失望。

因为一旦你面对过严重疾病，就会突然意识到那种认为时间是无限的生活有多么荒谬。那种对持续健康的轻率期待，被对身体脆弱性的更深刻认知所取代。

多年前离开《Vogue》时，我跳入了一个完全

“我们需要趁现在及时行乐”

不确定的未来，并确信离开是正确的选择。几个月来，我一直在内心反复权衡这个决定，但最终确认，为了拥有一个有趣的未来，而不仅仅是一段备受瞩目的过去，是时候做出改变了。我曾在《Vogue》看到

当她九年前发布这张照片时，她完全没想到会引发如此轩然大波——也未曾料到，生活中的种种冲击即将接踵而至。现在，她下定决心要珍惜每一刻，她……

情绪上备受打击，身体上心有余悸—— 仍然穿着比基尼！

亚历山德拉·舒尔曼

Pictures: ALEXANDRA SHUMAN / INCONZAM

2017年：最初的“比基尼门”照片

那张无辜的快照：亚历山德拉的Instagram帖子引来众多评论

坚强面对：亚历山德拉今年为希腊假期打包了三套比基尼

度过其100周年庆典的巅峰时刻，我却不确定还能再添加什么。

尽管当时并未意识到，杂志业即将发生巨变——纸媒销量下滑，数字内容的重要性日益凸显。

我那时不知道自己将来做什么，如何打发时间，但我知道是时候找到答案了。

当我试图展望未来时，我没看到的，是即将到来的疾病，以及它带来的脆弱感。不仅是我的病。

到我离开《Vogue》时，与我相伴13年的大卫（现年78岁）也被诊断出癌症——首次是在三年前，去年又复发。

和我一样，他目前已脱离险境，但我们的生活方式已被这种对生命短暂性的认知所塑造，以及“趁现在享受”的需求。这并非一份具体的遗愿清单，而是一句轻柔的反问：“若非现在，更待何时？”

当我穿着Boden泳衣拍下那张照片时，

那是我离开《Vogue》后的首次度假。

那几个月里，我卸下主编的重担，感受到前所未有的轻松。

尽管我用Instagram账号已有数年，但那时远不如现在了解人们如何利用它来塑造形象——展示经过精心打磨的“理想自我”，以及希望被他人如何认知。

我主要用它来拍摄时装秀，或发布与设计师及少数名人合影的照片，偶尔也会晒些家居内容。

“比基尼门”风波让我重新审视社交媒体，理解其分享的信息如何被误解。

我仍将Instagram用作公开的相册，从不后悔发布过的任何内容，但有时翻看往年照片时，看到昔日微笑的自己，却对即将袭来的打击一无所知。这种感受不仅限于疾病。

今年，我的母亲去世了。虽早有预感，但当我看到家人生前为她发布的帖子时，仍能感受到她那非凡的

“这是母亲去世后的第一个假期”

活力——她兴趣盎然，观点鲜明。

我查看日期和评论，想到我们从未意识到与她相处的时光有多短暂。

她在即将迎来99岁生日前几日离世，多年来身体一直不好，但在最后几周，她的思维仍几近清醒。

明知她日渐衰弱、时日无多，我在最后几个月里尽可能多陪伴她，坐在她床边或椅旁，向她讲述我的日常与家人的故事。

她或许身体虚弱，但声音依旧洪亮，性格依然坚强。而今，她已不在人世。

这是我首次在她离世后独自度假；不再有为她担忧的感觉，也不必时刻警惕她病情恶化而匆忙赶回。但同时，一落地就无法告诉她我们做了什么、见了谁，也无法寄给她我在任何地方都会写的明信片。

最近整理她的遗物时，我发现她保存了我寄出的每一张明信片。

于是，在卧室里再次站定时，我意识到过去十年为我准备的，不仅是那张轻率的卧室照片：数次癌症，一位至亲的离世。但也有快乐时刻，比如今年4月与大卫结婚——那时我们已相伴22年。

他如今与我同在希腊，不久之后我们又将再次乘船出海。

今天下午，我或许不会穿比基尼了。

五年来，我一直在服用治疗乳腺癌的激素药物，这让我体重增加。虽然我丝毫不介意在泳池边或沙滩上穿着比基尼慵懒地躺着，但当着一大群人爬上爬下小船时，我还是觉得不太自在——因此行李箱里放的都是连体泳衣。

我仍然喜欢在阳光下度假。现在我一边写字，一边端着一杯咖啡，凝视着平静的大海，对未来即将发生的一切，和当年一样一无所知。

但我比以往任何时候都更清楚地知道，我们的日子屈指可数，随着时光流逝，我们必须充分珍惜每一分钟。

您希望在这里工作吗？易捷航空招聘50岁以上空乘人员

易捷航空正在扩大招聘力度，目标是招聘更多年长空乘人员。

自2022年启动招聘年长员工的倡议以来，50岁以上空乘人员数量已翻了一番多，60岁以上人员数量则几乎增长了四倍。

易捷航空表示，其研究表明，大多数在50岁后转行的人报告称幸福感有所提升。研究显示，许多人担心空乘工作是年轻人的职业，并担心自己会成为团队中年龄最大的成员。

易捷航空客舱服务总监迈克尔·布朗表示：“看到50岁以上空乘人员数量自2022年以来翻了一番多，这令人备受鼓舞——证明许多人越来越将空乘工作视为一项无论年龄都能出色完成的职业转型。”

“我们希望更多50岁以上人员申请，因为他们不仅能将现有技能带入易捷航空的职业生涯，还能为我们的客户和同事带来丰富的生活经验。”

就业大臣安德鲁·韦斯顿表示：“支持性雇主如易捷航空了解50岁以上人员能为劳动力队伍带来的广泛经验，这表明当这种价值被认可时，能够取得什么成就。”

申请将于9月开放，职位遍布该航空公司在英国的各个基地。

英国“牙科荒漠”：十年间600家诊所弃 NHS

研究显示，十年间至少有600家牙科诊所退出英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）。

这意味着为该服务工作的牙医数量减少了近十分之一，令患者无处就医。

随着英格兰各地“牙科荒漠”现象加剧，专家警告称在许多地区寻找牙科服务已“举步维艰”。

自2017年以来，牙科诊所总数增加了400多家，达到10,160家。但英国努菲尔德信托基金智库昨日表示，仅56%的诊所提供NHS服务，而十年前这一比例为65%。

研究发现，十分之六的成年人两年内未曾看过NHS牙医，而在尝试预约新患者的受访者中，仅38%成功预约。NHS牙医就诊人次较疫情前下降了8%。

在英格兰42个综合护理委员会中，除一个外，其余NHS牙医数量在过去十年均有所下降。

英格兰西南部和东部地区经历了最严重的下降，而同一地区的私人牙科服务却蓬勃发展。在康沃尔，提供NHS治疗的诊所中超过四分之一已停止此类服务。

报告称：“在这些地区，牙科服务能力并未消失，但已超出无力支付者的可及范围。”

NHS牙科合同从2017年3月的6,260份减少至今年的5,650份——自2024年工党执政以来已流失135份，而仅提供私人或专科NHS服务的诊所数量则增加了1,000家。

许多牙医因无法从NHS患者身上盈利而退还合同。今年3月，有消息称，过去两年诊所因未能完成NHS目标已向政府退还超过£9 亿。

努菲尔德信托基金的马克·戴恩表示：“要么政府让NHS工作变得足够有吸引力以扭转这一趋势，要么放弃‘全民服务’的承诺，优先为最需要预防性护理或无力支付私人费用的人提供服务。”

政府已承诺要求新毕业牙医必须在NHS服务至少三年。

英国卫生部表示：“我们正在修改合同，使NHS牙科服务更可持续，并在最需要的地区培训更多牙医。”

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BBC高层不称职？600名电视业资深人士怒批

据600名电视业资深人士称，BBC高层未能发现优秀新节目，不了解受众需求，且脱离现实。

在一封公开的“反叛”信中，他们批评BBC的节目委托策略“缺乏问责、经验不足且表现失败”。

他们还要求广播公司立即改变节目选择方式。

改革该行业运动组织（发起请愿）表示：“大多数委托人员并非行业翘楚，也不具备满足不断变化的受众需求所需的前沿专业知识。”

“许多人……仍固守过时做法，缺乏与当今充满活力和多样化世界相符的实战经验。”

活动组织者还表示，一些高级委员在没有公开目标的情况下拿着六位数薪水运作。由超过600名制片人、演员和制作公司签署的请愿书呼吁成立一个独立机构，有权在公司最高层审查每项重大委托决策。

一位消息人士表示：“全英各地的关心制片人已举行多次会议，此次运动正是由此而生。”他们补充称“行业变革需从BBC开始”。

该消息人士继续说道：“在BBC削减内容并要求许可证费用缴纳者支付更多费用之际，现有资源的浪费令人愤慨。”

虽然此次请愿并非直接因削减所致，但它发生在新任总干事Matt Brittin宣布在2027-28财年末将削减约100至150小时原创节目（涵盖所有委托类型），以节省5亿英镑之后。

作为削减的一部分，《猜谜节目》、《名人智力竞赛》和《伦敦皇家剧院现场》已被取消。多档BBC广播四台节目也被砍掉。

改革该行业运动组织表示，许多制片人因担心被列入黑名单而希望保持匿名。

去年，有报道称BBC纪录片《加沙：如何在战区生存》的旁白是一名哈马斯高级官员的儿子。审查发现该节目违反了BBC的编辑指导原则。

BBC发言人表示，称其委托机制“不受监督且无需问责”是“完全错误的”。他补充道：“虽然我们始终乐于倾听业界的建设性反馈，但任何讨论……都应基于事实……我们将受众置于一切工作的核心。”

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艾米回应对新一季《舞动奇迹》阵容的批评

高级娱乐记者报道

有批评者将本季《舞动奇迹》斥为"有史以来最糟糕"的阵容。

但专业舞者艾米·道登（Amy Dowden）坚称质疑者是错的——并为这些"鲜为人知"的明星辩护。

现年36岁的道登女士表示："我们需要记住《舞动奇迹》的核心不会改变。那场竞赛——每个周末观众看到明星学习跳舞——才是节目的灵魂。"

今年的BBC节目阵容包括前《爱情岛》明星丹妮·戴尔（Dani Dyer）、前足球运动员肖恩·赖特-菲利普斯（Shaun Wright-Phillips）、歌手德尔塔·古德雷姆（Delta Goodrem）以及女演员杰米·温斯通（Jamie Winstone）和莱西·特纳（Lacey Turner）。

消息人士称，包括YouTuber约翰·内利斯（John Nellis）在内的较少为人知的明星将吸引年轻观众。

身为癌症幸存者的道登在CoppaFeel慈善活动上补充道："这些明星都很可爱，而且非常优秀。告诉你们，这一季会很精彩。"节目将于9月19日回归。

想来这里工作？EasyJet 致力于招聘 50 岁以上的客舱乘务员

EASYJET 正在扩大其招聘规模，旨在雇佣更多年长员工担任客舱乘务员。

自 2022 年启动招聘年长员工的计划以来，50 岁以上的客舱乘务员人数增加了一倍多，60 岁以上的人数几乎增加了四倍。

表示，其研究表明，大多数在 50 岁之后改变职业的成年人报告其幸福感有所提高。许多人认为客舱乘务员是年轻人的工作，并担心自己会成为团队中最年长的人。

每日邮报记者

客舱服务总监 Michael Brown 表示：“看到 50 岁以上的客舱乘务员人数自 2022 年以来增加了一倍多，这令人倍感鼓舞——这证明许多人越来越将客舱乘务员视为一个无论年龄大小都极佳的职业转型方向。”

“我们希望更多 50 岁以上的人员申请，因为他们不仅能带来现有的技能在的职业生涯中脱颖而出，还能带来丰富的生活经验，这深受我们的客户和同事的认可。”

就业大臣 Andrew Western 表示：“像这样给予支持的雇主深知 50 岁以上人员能为劳动力市场带来的广泛经验，这表明当这种经验被重视时可以取得怎样的成就。”

申请将于 9 月开始，该航空公司在英国的所有基地均有职位空缺。

大多数门店。不包括 Morrisons Daily。在线商城有所不同。西葫芦、沙拉土豆和荷兰豆优惠需持有 More Card（18+）。西葫芦 3 支装，46p / 支，或凭 More Card 24p / 支。沙拉土豆 £1.73 / kg，或凭 More Card 99p / kg。荷兰豆 £8.96 / kg，或凭 More Card £4.77 / kg。荷兰豆优惠于 30 / 08 / 26 结束。仅供参考。黄金年岁： 50 岁以上的员工人数翻了一番

英国出现“牙科沙漠”，十年内 600 家诊所放弃 NHS

研究显示，十年内至少有 600 家牙科诊所放弃了 NHS（国民医疗服务体系）。

这意味着为该服务工作的牙医人数下降了近十分之一，导致患者无处就医。

随着所谓的“牙科沙漠”在英格兰各地蔓延，专家警告称，在许多地区寻求治疗已变得“不可能”。

Nuffield Trust 智库昨日表示，自 2017 年以来，牙科诊所的数量增加了 400 多家，达到 10,160 家。但只有 56% 的诊所提供 NHS 服务，而十年前这一比例为 65%。

调查记者：凯瑟琳·奈特

皇家刑事法院——史密斯因非法侵入意图实施性侵犯罪及性侵犯被定罪——庭审中听闻，他与受害者曾出席同一场圣诞派对。事后两人各自返回房间，但史密斯在凌晨时分来到前台，谎称自己是受害者的男友并被锁在门外，索要其房间钥匙。

前台工作人员未进行任何核实，而受害者——现年30多岁、此前从未独自入住过酒店——醒来时发现史密斯正在对她实施性侵犯。在她大喊让其离开后，史密斯将钥匙归还前台，返回了自己的房间。尽管这起发生在梅登黑德的案件骇人听闻，但它并非孤例。

该案件的报道促使多名受害者站出来揭露自己的可怕经历，其中一位化名“露西”的女子向BBC讲述了她在一家未披露具体地点的Travelodge酒店的遭遇：前台工作人员竟将她房间的门卡交给了她试图逃离的男人。

露西去年10月预订该酒店，试图远离虐待她的男友。

然而，她本以为安全的避风港却被突破——工作人员竟将其房间的门卡交给了对方。对方进入后对她实施了人身攻击。

“我简直不敢相信。我原以为他永远无法找到的地方，他却触手可及。我惊慌得作呕。我的安全感瞬间荡然无存，”她说。

露西好不容易说服对方离开，谁知对方没过多久便卷土重来，更加凶狠地踢开房门，强行闯入。

最终逃脱后，她描述自己跌跌撞撞地冲到前台，“浑身颤抖、泪流满面、乞求帮助”——却只被告知可以换一间房。“这是我一生中最可怕的时期，”她说。

这些固然是极端案例，但仍有大量前酒店客人向BBC讲述了尴尬——有时甚至短暂可怖——的经历。

难怪今年早些时候，在史密斯被判刑后，Travelodge方面表示已委任一位独立大律师主导的审查，以检视房间门禁安全政策及升级程序。

在持续的审视中——尤其是针对梅登黑德事件的回应——上周有消息披露，该连锁酒店的首席执行官乔·博伊德尔因Travelodge明显的失职行为将辞职。

博伊德尔此前声称她是在多年后才听闻梅登黑德的侵犯案件，但随后却曝出受害者早在2023年1月——案发后不久——便向她发送过邮件。在被质询时，博伊德尔表示该邮件“已由他人代为处理”，并承认存在“严重失职”。

温迪·格里菲斯也有类似经历，她声称自己也被该连锁酒店“敷衍了事”。

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活动：温迪·格里菲斯呼吁改革

“虽然Travelodge最初通过邮件向我道歉，但我认为自己从未收到过高层的正式个人致歉，也没有人承担责任并承诺进行有意义的改革，”她说。

她补充道，她的经历暴露出酒店客人理所当然认为存在的安全保障与法律实际要求的保障之间存在更广泛的差距。她的经历促使她发起自己的运动，呼吁整个酒店行业进行彻底改革，以确保客人的安全。

“许多人没有意识到，目前英国实际上并没有针对酒店安全标准的立法。”

那必须改变，她表示。她指出，这不仅是因为包括Travelodge在内的许多连锁酒店被当地政府和无家可归慈善机构用作紧急住宿安置脆弱或潜在问题人员的场所。

那么，最终谁应为这些人的行为负责？

就温迪的案例而言，她知道特雷弗·里斯——该男子在2025年9月认罪，被判处四个月的酒精依赖治疗并被处以185英镑的费用——在被从其市政公屋中驱逐后，曾在Travelodge Stratford酒店入住约两周时间。温迪问：“他为什么会在那里？谁在监督他？谁对其负责？”

尽管她对警方的快速行动不胜感激，但她指出，只是侥幸的是，前台员工认出了里斯，没有将她房间的钥匙交给他。

“事实是，他有能力停止在我的房门外所做的事，穿好衣服，然后在凌晨时分索要我的钥匙。”

这件事的影响至今仍挥之不去。

“它让我在整个夏天都无法正常生活。我需要服用安眠药，而且花了很长时间才重新感到正常和安全，”她说。

“现实是，作为受害者，你可能只能独自收拾残局。我是个体经营者，所以当我无法正常工作时，没有病假工资，而且由于我没有受到身体攻击，要获得针对真实心理伤害的赔偿极其困难。

“我并不嫉妒任何人接受可能阻止他们伤害他人的治疗，但受害者也需要有意义的支持和康复。”

虽然Travelodge目前可能处于风暴中心，但不容忽视的事实是，问题并非始于一家连锁酒店。在社交媒体和消费者论坛上，有多位住客描述了一个令人极度不安的经历：听到卧室门被打开——然后发现有人被发放了能打开自己房门的钥匙卡。

仅在社交媒体平台Reddit上，专门讨论酒店安全的帖子就有数十位英国居民详细描述了如何在多家知名连锁酒店中，陌生人因误用房卡进入他们的房间。

2022年12月，时年36岁的记者劳拉·康纳在伦敦金丝雀码头的Britannia International Hotel过夜时，凌晨4点被惊醒，看到两名男子站在她床脚下。

“我显然是被他们进来的声音吵醒的，”她回忆道，“他们看起来相当激动，反复说着‘这是我们的房间。这是我们的房间。你为什么在这里？’”

劳拉尽可能平静地起身告诉他们这显然不是他们的房间，并询问他们

“有两名男子站在我的床尾”

显然他们拿错了钥匙——但似乎并不急着离开。

“我很庆幸自己穿着睡衣，否则要是没穿衣服该怎么办？”她反问道，“现在回想起来，我当时是一个独自出行的女人，明显已经很害怕了，他们却站了好一会儿。我不得不走到门口，打开门站在那里，直到他们离开。”

直到那时，她才完全陷入恐慌。“我下楼去前台，把发生的事告诉了他们，但前台的那位女士只是说‘真抱歉’。她似乎并未感到特别不安。”

无奈之下，劳拉只能回到房间，整晚辗转难眠，肾上腺素激增，她甚至担心那两名男子可能会再次闯入。

“第二天早上我下楼找经理，对方给了我一个电子邮箱——但发邮件后，我再也没有收到回复，”她回忆道。

在推特上发布此事后，她获得了退款，但没有得到任何道歉。

“没有人对我说过抱歉，这才是真正让我烦恼的事，”她说，“感觉他们根本不在乎，我的投诉对他们而言只是个麻烦。”

尽管劳拉庆幸自己没有成为犯罪的受害者，但她认为此事凸显了独自出行者——尤其是女性——的特殊脆弱性，她们别无选择，只能信任酒店的安保系统。

“很多女性为了工作不得不独自入住酒店房间，你会理所当然地认为酒店有相应的保护措施。但事实证明，根本没有。”

这些案例不可避免地引出一个更广泛的问题：在发放备用钥匙时，究竟有哪些

“酒店似乎根本不在乎”

酒店钥匙——难道客人只能相信每家酒店的每位员工都会遵守规则吗？

英国酒店业协会的一位发言人本周表示：“我们看到报道的事件极其严重，也理解公众提出的担忧。因此，我们正与会员携手，强化行业原则与客人安全指导。”

“这些指导由行业专家制定，我们还持续与政府部长就此重要工作进行沟通，并获得政府对相关工作的积极反馈。最终指导将很快发布，我们期待继续与住宿行业及政府合作，推进这项关键工作。”

Travelodge的一位发言人向《每日邮报》表示：“客人安全与保障对我们至关重要，我们对任何案例都极其重视。尽管在我们每年接待的2200万名客人中，房间入侵事件极为罕见，但我们对每一起报告都认真对待。”

“发生事件时，我们会全面彻底调查，找出根本原因，并采取适当措施确保客人安全，例如加强房间安全与入住程序培训，强调必须无条件遵守这些程序的重要性。”

“在保罗·格雷尼爵士（KC）进行独立审查的同时，我们也开展了内部审查，并已对房间门禁安全政策和事件升级程序进行了调整，并为所有面向客户的同事提供了培训。”

Travelodge表示，已“完成对英国所有房间的全面防盗锁审计，确保所有刷卡门均配备二次防盗锁功能”，这意味着所有房间现在均可从内部手动上锁。“我们还与一位‘反对针对妇女和女童暴力’领域的专家合作，为高级管理层量身定制培训计划。”

“他们已审查我们现有的政策与程序，并将协助我们应对独立审查及其建议。”

少年17岁，因与前女友争吵卧轨身亡

撰文：努尔·库拉希

一名17岁少年在“强烈情绪危机”后卧轨身亡，验尸庭获悉其系在与前女友争吵后所为。赫比·巴拉德（Herbie Ballard）于4月22日晚在肯特郡惠特斯特布尔的行人铁路道口卧轨身亡——仅在数小时前他还“开心地”与朋友一起喝啤酒。急救服务于约晚上10点接到报警，但赫比在现场被宣布死亡。其家人形容这位建筑工人是一位“极其出色的年轻人”，善良、慷慨、“充满爱”，并以“罕见的热情”拥抱生活。梅德斯通的验尸庭获悉，赫比当晚8点左右在Two Brewers酒吧与前女友发生争吵后，争吵在他家继续，因前女友前去收拾个人物品。

赫比的母亲塔拉在验尸庭上表示，儿子听到了一些“令人痛苦的信息”，令“他深感伤心与不安”。她说：“17年来我从未见过他那样的表情。我无法形容，但那绝对不是他平时的样子。”她补充道：“他从未那样对我说过话……他如此愤怒。”母亲试图阻止他离开，但她表示：“他挣脱了我，说‘我要自杀’，跑下楼冲了出去。但我们从未听过他那样说话。”

验尸庭获悉，赫比的前女友尾随他来到铁路道口，并试图劝他远离铁轨。尸检结果显示，赫比死于多处损伤。

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2026年8月25日

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2026年8月25日希望在工党改革上议院时免遭裁撤的世袭贵族，被要求解释为何应保留其职位。但他们仅被允许用75个单词陈述理由。所有贵族需在10月21日前提交申请。

生日快乐 克劳迪娅·希弗，56。这位德国超模曾是2000年收入最高的模特，年收入900万加元。她嫁给导演马修·沃恩爵士，二人定居在科茨沃尔德。她说：“我甚至学会了英国式幽默，这让我在德国朋友面前惹上了麻烦，因为他们根本听不懂英国式的讽刺。”

埃尔维斯·科斯特洛，72。这位来自伦敦的创作歌手影响力极大，其两首歌名被用作小说标题：《高保真》（High Fidelity，尼克·霍恩比著）和《零》（Less Than Zero，布雷特·伊斯顿·埃利斯著）。他于2019年接受OBE勋衔，但表示“难以原谅”该头衔仍包含“帝国”一词。

今日出生 弗雷德里克·福赛斯（1938–2025）。这位出生于肯特郡的前战地记者写下《豺狼的日子》（The Day Of The Jackal）以“最疯狂、最不切实际的方式偿还所有债务”。他于1938年出生，2025年去世。他用35天完成此书，全球销量达数百万册。

雷吉斯·菲尔宾（1931–2020）。美国电视节目主持人兼《谁想成为百万富翁？》美国版主持人，在2011年创下吉尼斯世界纪录，其美国电视节目累计播出时长达16,746小时，职业生涯长达52年。他于1931年出生，2020年去世。

8月25日历史上的今天 1864年：阿丽西亚·桑顿成为首位在正式赛事中与男性骑手同场竞技的“女骑师”。 1921年：美国与德国签署一战后和平条约。

词汇魔法 猜猜定义 Dydler（创于1884年） A) 山羊胡 B) 诺福克沼泽地区的水道清理工 C) 染色机答案见下方

短语解析 万能人才（Man for all seasons）：指能应对任何事件或突发情况，并在任何情况下采取适当行为的男性；首次用于托马斯·莫尔爵士，并成为罗伯特·博尔特1960年同名剧作的标题。

今日名言 我曾听过一个定义：幸福就是健康与短暂的记忆。 ——奥黛丽·赫本（英国女演员，1929–1993）

今日笑话 我喜欢只有一种配料的披萨……胡椒1号。猜猜定义答案：B

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家长向首相求助：孩子在温德米尔湖游玩后感染致命疾病

作者：理查德·马斯登

两名儿童在温德米尔湖游玩后感染大肠杆菌和弯曲杆菌，其母亲们呼吁首相阻止水务公司向河流和水道排放污水。

今年夏天，3岁的艾里斯·范德斯托克在温德米尔湖戏水后患病；而现年8岁的雷克斯·厄利去年在该湖泛舟后因暂时性肾损伤住院6周。

艾里斯的母亲萨曼莎·索思韦尔（40岁）和雷克斯的母亲克莱尔·厄利（42岁）在安迪·伯汉姆面临相关压力之际发声，已有32万民众在请愿书上签名，要求其“终止污水污染丑闻”。

上周，首相表示他对“多年来家庭被要求支付更多费用，但严重污染事件却屡创新高且管道仍在泄漏”感到“愤怒”。

在向伯汉姆先生的呼吁中，南韦尔女士——其女儿在7月2日于博内斯-翁-温德米尔戏水后感染弯曲杆菌但已完全康复——表示：“利润不应凌驾于公众福祉之上。

“他曾患肺萎陷”

必须出台新的法规和法律来防止此类事件再次发生。

厄利夫人——其儿子在去年8月于特劳特贝克附近的布罗克霍尔游客中心参加活动时感染大肠杆菌，用了6周才康复——表示：“温德米尔是湖区的瑰宝。你会认为那里的水应受到保护。”

“拯救温德米尔”运动组织的马特·斯坦尼克表示：“如果安迪·伯汉姆要改变对湖泊、河流和海洋的开发利用，就让温德米尔成为对他领导力的考验。”

来自西约克郡赫布登桥的索思韦尔女士表示，其女儿在参观温德米尔后两天开始出现严重恶心、腹泻和高烧症状。

她带艾里斯紧急就诊，家庭全科医生从粪便样本中确诊感染，并表示可能源于温德米尔湖水。

厄利夫人表示，其儿子雷克斯在清晨结束皮划艇后出现胃绞痛。

NHS 111最初将雷克斯的病情诊断为胃炎，随后他被送往医院接受手术、透析和多次输血。三周后，雷克斯获准出院，但几天后因原发感染导致胰腺受损引发肺萎陷而再次住院。

“雷克斯在水中待了不到半小时。水会沾到手上……我猜他可能用手碰了嘴。”厄利夫人说。

联合公用事业公司表示，正在温德米尔投资2亿英镑“帮助改善和保护湖泊水质”。

发言人称：“我们一直与运动组织、监管机构、国际专家及顶尖工程师合作，评估将所有废水及公路径流从湖泊引流的解决方案。”

数百万女性将收到居家宫颈癌筛查试剂盒

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未按时参加宫颈癌筛查的数百万女性将收到免费居家检测试剂盒。

此举被形容为“改变游戏规则”的举措，有望通过“隐私且便利的选择”鼓励更多女性接受筛查。

英格兰NHS每5年邀请25至64岁女性进行宫颈癌筛查。

未按时参加者将从今日起通过NHS应用程序或短信、邮件、邮寄方式联系，并被邀请订购试剂盒。

完成居家检测后，样本可免费邮寄至NHS实验室进行筛查

“仅三分之二女性接受筛查”

高危型人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）。HPV可通过性接触传播，且无症状。然而，已知约13种高危型病毒会导致99.7%的宫颈癌。

此次推广是NHS（英国国民健康服务）为在2040年消除宫颈癌而设定目标的一部分。

NHS英格兰数据显示，符合条件的女性中仅68.8%按时完成筛查，低于80%的目标值。这意味着约四百万名女性未及时接受检查。

Dr Sue Mann，NHS英格兰女性健康负责人表示：“筛查每年挽救成千上万人的生命……但仅约三分之二的女性在NHS邀请时会前往就诊。”

“为她们提供可在家中舒适完成的替代检测将成为改变游戏规则的举措——让她们更轻松地接受HPV检测。”

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赚翻了！恩菲尔德将康沃尔豪宅挂牌290 万英镑

S被大西洋的海风和北康沃尔骆驼河口的壮阔景色所吸引，喜剧演员哈里·恩菲尔德与现已分居的妻子露西·利斯特（Lucy Lyster）斥资82.6 万英镑购下这处心爱的海滨度假屋。

20年后，我听闻这位喜剧演员将通过将这栋六居室豪宅挂牌£2.85m而大赚一笔。

该房产位于韦德桥附近圣明弗的"老粮仓"，考虑到恩菲尔德对康沃尔海岸的毕生热爱，这处房产很可能令他倍感怀念。

"这里是我夏天每天去冲浪、新年那天也会去、大部分复活节也都在这里度过的地方，"现年65岁的他此前曾表示，并补充道："我从1972年起就来波尔齐思（附近的冲浪胜地）了，在这里掉光了头发，还丢了两枚婚戒。"

坐落于一处杰出自然风景区内，这处恩菲尔德的退隐之所目前用作度假出租，设有门厅、带拱形天花板的宽敞起居室、壁炉和朝南的大露台、通往水边的小径以及附近网球场的使用权。

此次出售距离我披露恩菲尔德以£10.79m出售其位于伦敦西区诺丁山的前婚房——赚得近£9m的利润仅两年。

恩菲尔德与童装设计师露西（63岁）于2008年以£6m购下这栋五层高的房屋。2020年我曾披露，两人在23年婚姻后分道扬镳。

露西曾盛赞哈里的才华，并育有三个孩子。这位英国电影和电视艺术学院（BAFTA）获奖喜剧小品明星创作并表演了《青少年凯文》和《斯洛博斯》等经典角色。她与恩菲尔德与卡梅伦勋爵（戴维·卡梅伦）及其妻子萨曼莎是朋友。恩菲尔德已被联系寻求置评。

TikTok致敬：扎拉·拉尔松在"全方位东方"音乐节上演出

扎拉让粉丝闪耀舞台

拥有1.19亿 TikTok粉丝的扎拉·拉尔松显然深谟"熟人效应"，即使在人山人海中也能一眼认出。

这位28岁的瑞典明星上周末在伦敦维多利亚公园举办的"全方位东方"音乐节上，认出了台下一位忠实粉丝。

在演唱热门单曲《午夜太阳》前，身着珠光胸衣和亮片迷你裙闪耀登场的扎拉向台下一位未透露姓名的粉丝喊道："我觉得我在你的TikTok上见过你？"

这位歌手还从人群中拉出粉丝梅根·伊斯顿上台，与她共同表演了《奢华人生》的经典舞蹈。

罗尼在宵禁混乱中无法满足

他习惯在滚石乐队的演唱会上填满体育场，但罗尼·伍德却不得不匆匆结束个人演出的压轴曲目——因为场地方威胁要断电。

在伦敦卡姆登区O2论坛举办的演出中，当演唱滚石经典曲目《敲门声》时，罗尼告诉观众："我们甚至无法完成演出。"

随着晚上11点宵禁临近，他警告道："我们必须继续，否则他们会断电！"

在后台观看演出的有罗尼的妻子萨莉（48岁）及他们的10岁双胞胎女儿格雷西和爱丽丝。这场演出是他16年来首次个人演出，证明即使年近79，罗尼仍能勉强将演出进行下去。

■ BBC《乡村档案》主持人阿妮塔·拉妮（48岁）常谈及她无子的独立生活和蓬勃的事业，以及她对打破女性常被赋予的社会期望的自豪。

但如今，这位电视和广播明星发现自己开始思考：如果未来的生活会是什么样子。

她说："我没有孩子，热爱我的工作；我精力充沛，参与各种事务，这是我的选择……但有时我会想，当我年纪更大时，我的生活会是什么样子？"

斯坦与托芙是派对好友

斯坦利·约翰逊与乔治娅·托芙洛之间年龄相差55岁，但这并未阻止两人自2017年在《我是名人》节目中相识后保持友谊。

现年31岁的乔治娅是庆祝斯坦利86岁生日派对的宾客之一，派对在其位于埃克斯穆尔的家族农场举办——她还分享了一张自拍，称这场派对是“难以置信的快乐时光”。

■ 幽默女演员

正在接受心理治疗师培训的沙皮·霍尔桑迪希望能帮助其他喜剧演员。“我的梦想是……在爱丁堡边缘艺术节期间拥有自己的小隔间，人们可以进来聊天，”她透露道。出生于德黑兰的这位53岁喜剧演员于2000年首次在边缘艺术节登台。她补充说：“那里没有心理关怀，没有人力资源，没有人陪你坐下来聊你的破事。”

奥文登的舞台灯光

作为英国前女王伊丽莎白二世的前任随军牧师之子，以及一位毕业于伊顿公学的演员兼歌手，现年49岁的朱利安·奥文登对生活中的精致之物可谓驾轻就熟。

但现在他正在主演《高贵社会》（High Society），在他看来，为自己做一次足部护理似乎也颇为应景。

这番话出自其女搭档海伦·乔治（42岁）之口。在《召唤助产士》中饰演助产士的她，在《波特的音乐》英国巡演中与奥文登演对手戏，饰演上流社会名媛特蕾西·洛德。

海伦在其播客《神秘伙伴》（Mystic Mates）中透露，她的男主角对她那套相当奢华的后台足部护理习惯产生了兴趣。

她说：“扮演我对手戏的朱利安做了足部护理。而且我的房间里还有一个足部按摩浴缸，听起来简直像公主用的，但我每天都要跳舞演出，脚总是又疼又粗糙，都裂开了。”

海伦还透露：“所以我的房间里有这个足部按摩浴缸，而他总是想偷偷用。”

形影不离：海伦与朱利安

编辑：克洛伊·托马斯

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健康

撰文：威尔·斯托达特

凯蒂·丹尼尔在参加完家庭葬礼后步行去停车场时，突然感到呼吸困难，不得不躺倒在街上，大口喘着粗气。

几天后她去看全科医生，医生告诉她，这20分钟的症状很可能是一次惊恐发作。

在接下来的几周里，当时24岁的凯蒂越来越感到呼吸困难和精疲力竭，于是再次就医。

这次医生诊断她患了胸部感染，并开出了抗生素。当药物无效后，医生又告诉她得了哮喘，并给她开了吸入器。当这些治疗仍未见效时，她的全科医生便说她只是体质虚弱且抑郁，于是开出了抗抑郁药。然而，她说，这些诊断与她的症状完全不符。

“由于身体太虚弱、呼吸困难，我甚至无法坚持工作，只能被迫请假回家。”凯蒂说，她曾是谢菲尔德的一名儿童支持工作者。

她甚至不得不采用直立的姿势睡觉，因为平躺会让她喘不过气来。“感觉像是快要溺水，”她说，“但医生却告诉我一切都是我的想象。”

其他变化也接踵而至：短短几个月内，尽管凯蒂每周都去“苗条世界”减肥俱乐部，体重却增加了6英石。一位全科医生还告诉她，如果减掉些体重就会感觉好些。“我告诉他们，‘我真的在努力了，’”她说。

直到症状出现一年后——那时的凯蒂连上楼梯都成问题——她妈妈有一天过来时发现她突然变黄了。

凯蒂拨打了111急救电话，当接线员听到她呼吸困难时，立即派出了救护车。医院检查后揭开了凯蒂问题的真正原因：她患有心力衰竭，这意味着她的心脏无法将足够的血液泵送到全身。

凯蒂的呼吸困难、体重骤增和平躺困难都是典型症状，而她的皮肤发黄则表明肝脏也受到了影响。

心力衰竭常被视为老年人的疾病，但实际上它可能影响任何年龄段的人——例如因感冒、流感等病毒感染，或在怀孕期间引发。

若不及时治疗，其后果可能是灾难性的。

肌肉和大脑会逐渐因缺氧而衰弱，导致疲劳和头晕。由于血液无法被有力泵出，它会在静脉中积聚，迫使液体渗出到组织中——可能导致腿部、脚踝和腹部突然肿胀。

液体也可能积聚在肺部，导致持续咳嗽，并使呼吸变得困难，尤其是在平躺时。

英国约有100万人患有心力衰竭——这种疾病既让人衰弱，又极其危险：其五年预后比乳腺癌和前列腺癌等常见癌症更差。

Yet delays in diagnosis are common, with symptoms often mistaken for being unfit or for conditions such as asthma, anxiety, obesity and anaemia.

Some of those affected assume it's simply a sign of getting older, says Clare Taylor, a GP and a professor of general practice at the University of Birmingham.

As a result, most patients aren't diagnosed until they're seriously ill in hospital.

'About 80% of people get the diagnosis when they're so sick they end up in A&E,' says Professor Mark Petrie, a consultant cardiologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Patients diagnosed after being admitted to hospital are two-and-a-half times more at risk of dying in the year after that compared with those diagnosed earlier, according to a 2025 study in The Lancet Primary Care.

'Mortality rates are higher for heart failure than they are for any cancer apart from lung cancer,' says Professor Petrie. 'And the quality of life is worse as well.'

The tragedy is that, whereas once there was little hope for those with heart failure, now in many cases there are effective treatments that don't just improve symptoms but also help improve the strength of the . However, new figures from the NHB National Failure Audit reveal that few patients are given them.

This lack of access to suitable drugs — together with the delays in diagnosis — means failure continues to be lethal for many when it doesn't need to be.

Now, campaign groups are calling for better awareness of the signs to ensure people are diagnosed quicker and get access to better care.

failure becomes more common with age and typically occurs following a attack, as the then has to work harder to make up for the damage caused. The strain can lead the walls to thicken, which means that it doesn't pump as effectively.

Yet around 100,000 people in the UK aged under 50 are living with failure — and the numbers are growing, according to a study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology in 2022. In fact, cases more than doubled among 16 to 50-year-olds between 1998 and 2017.

This is thought to be because of increased rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure in this age group — which force the to work harder and the walls to thicken.

But in younger people, failure can also occur owing to conditions such as dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes the main beating chamber of the to stretch and become floppy. It can be genetic (as in Katie's case) but can also occur following a virus and is linked to pregnancy. The impact can be life-changing.

By the time Katie was taken into hospital, her was working at a fraction of what it should be and her lungs were so full of fluid they stopped working. Doctors drained 32 litres of fluid from them.

She also had multiple blood clots because blood was pooling rather than circulating around body. The risk of a cardiac arrest was so high a crash team followed around with defibrillators whenever she moved from bed.

'The cardiologist told my mum that if I went into cardiac arrest, the chances of me surviving were very slim,' says Katie. body

为什么越来越多年轻人患上心力衰竭？

存活率比许多癌症更差，然而他们不仅面临诊断延误，还像许多老年患者一样，错过了可能挽救生命的"四联药物"组合

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气喘吁吁、精疲力竭：现年36岁的凯蒂·德奈尔长期未被确诊

图片：ALAN / ROMAHEN McFADDEN

她因严重缺氧，不得不连续三周佩戴BiPAP头罩———个透明头盔，日夜向她的肺部输送氧气。

对于最常见的心力衰竭形式（即射血分数降低性心力衰竭，HFrEF——心脏无力正常泵血），金标准治疗是一种"四联药物"鸡尾酒疗法。

该疗法被称为"四大支柱"：β受体阻滞剂（稳定心率）、ACE抑制剂（舒张血管，减轻心脏泵血压力）、盐皮质激素受体拮抗剂（MRA，通过抑制盐分和水分滞留防止液体潴留）以及SGLT2抑制剂（促进肾脏排出多余糖分、盐分和液体）。

这种组合大幅减轻心脏负担，部分患者的心脏功能甚至能恢复至正常泵血水平。

根据2024年发表在《npj心血管健康》期刊的一项研究，该疗法可将死亡风险降低一半，并可将住院率降低约70%，彼得里教授表示。

凯蒂确诊时，她的心脏泵血功能仅为正常水平的17%。

最初，她只服用前三种药物——但当她在2021年服用最后一种药物后，心脏泵血功能提升至54%。

"与之前相比，现在的改善幅度大得惊人，"她说。

尽管这些药物能带来显著疗效，但最近公布的《全国心力衰竭审计》发现，仅有50%的HFrEF（即凯蒂所患的心脏泵血衰竭）住院患者出院时服用了全部四种药物。

英格兰和威尔士地区仅有一家医院达到了让90%符合条件的患者出院时服用四联药物的目标。而在某些地区，这一比例仅为17%。

仅有三分之一的医院达到了新型药物SGLT2抑制剂的处方目标。

与此同时，MRA的处方情况糟糕到审计报告称其为"不可接受的低"。

65岁以上患者受影响最严重。他们更可能仅被单独开具利尿剂（即"水片"）———通过排出多余液体缓解气喘和肿胀症状。

何时寻求帮助

如果您认为自己出现心力衰竭症状，应及时就医检查。根据英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）的建议，这些症状包括：

■ 比平时更容易气喘，尤其是在平躺或日常活动时感到呼吸困难。

■ 突然体重增加。
■ 咳出泡沫状粉红色痰液。
■ 感到虚弱、头晕或极度疲劳，尤其是在活动或运动后。
■ 脚、踝、腿或腹部肿胀，或感到腹胀。

但这些方法无助于增强心脏功能。

对于心脏肌肉变得过于僵硬、无法在心跳间正常充盈的心力衰竭类型（即射血分数保留性心力衰竭，HFrEF），约占病例的40%，不适合使用这四种药物组合治疗。

但其中一种较新的SGLT2药物达格列净可将症状恶化和死亡风险降低18%，相关研究发表于2022年《新英格兰医学杂志》。

然而，这种药物的使用情况也参差不齐。英国国家医疗服务体系的审计发现，仅有51%的此类心力衰竭住院患者获得了SGLT2抑制剂。

专家表示，即使获得正确药物的患者，剂量也常常过低。

曼彻斯特大学NHS基金会信托医院的心脏病学顾问Fozia Ahmed医生表示：“许多人仍在服用亚最佳剂量——各种药物的小剂量组合，而非有效剂量。‘我们绝不会让癌症患者服用无效的化疗剂量，’她说，‘但出于某种原因，心力衰竭却被视为优先级较低。’”

Ahmed医生指出，问题之一在于许多人仍认为心力衰竭是一种无法治疗的疾病——“然而时至今日，心力衰竭已是可治疗的疾病”。

在患者接受治疗前，必须先确诊——而凯蒂的经历则凸显了诊断过程中的挑战。尽管她虚弱到无法爬楼梯，但当她某天回到家发现自己病重时，却因尴尬而未让母亲拨打紧急服务电话。

“到那时为止，已有多位全科医生告诉我这是心理健康问题。”她说。

然而，在她紧急赶往医院后，病情严重到住院三个月。

如果全科医生怀疑是心力衰竭，可转诊患者进行名为B型利钠肽（BNP）的血液检测，该检测可检测一种在心脏因泵血功能受损而压力增加时升高的激素水平。随后患者需接受超声心动图检查，通过超声扫描确认心脏泵血功能，以确诊疾病。

Petrie教授表示，有些患者需等待“6个月甚至1年”才能接受一次检查。

此外，许多有症状的患者未能接受血液检测——即使是那些已知的高风险人群。

今年早些时候，《JACC：心力衰竭》杂志报道，研究人员对超过700名糖尿病患者及另一项心力衰竭风险因素（如既往心脏病发作）进行筛查时发现，四分之一的患者被诊断出未经确诊的心力衰竭。

Nick Hartshorne-Evans于2010年被诊断出心力衰竭时年仅39岁，后创立心力衰竭慈善组织“神奇泵Marvelous”，他表示患者正在等待诊断过程中死去。

该慈善组织正在开展运动，提醒患者和医生关注心力衰竭的警示征兆——呼吸困难、极度疲劳和脚踝肿胀——这些症状提示需要进行血液检测。

该慈善组织还协助在五家一站式诊所开展工作——其中三家位于利物浦，一家在诺福克郡金斯林，另一家在

突然的体重增加与脚踝肿胀

苏格兰基马尔诺克——在这里，不明原因气短的患者可在一次就诊中完成血液检查、心脏扫描和复查。今年年底前，此类一站式诊疗点将增至8个。

“我们能在60分钟内完成患者的识别、诊断和治疗。”尼克·哈特肖恩-埃文斯说。

相比之下，凯蒂则花了一年时间辗转于全科医生处，才最终确诊。

由于所需药物及怀孕对心脏的负担，医生告知她怀孕可能不安全。

“我经历了一个悲伤的过程。原本我期待的人生轨迹，现在看来不可能实现了。”她说。

确诊后无法工作，她搬回父母家中。25岁时，她已无法像同龄人那样生活，陷入抑郁。

真正帮助她的是心脏病专家建议她加入的一个Facebook群组，由“神奇马弗尔”运营。

“我发现原来有和我同样病情的人，一个我从未意识到存在的‘家庭’。”

她还帮助姐姐贝基照看三个孩子。

“母亲节我会收到礼物，也不觉得自己错过了什么。”现年36岁的凯蒂说。

她的心脏功能已有改善，但爬坡仍会气短，长时间工作后会筋疲力尽。

“我永远不可能跑马拉松了，”她说，“但我知道自己能做什么、不能做什么。我已调整生活方式以适应健康状况。”

凯蒂现在在“神奇马弗尔”担任患者教育者。尽管她并不愤怒，“但诊断延误改变了我的一生，我不希望同样的事情发生在其他人身上。”

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是否值得花费£395进行这项更精确的前列腺癌检测？

上周消息称，50岁以上无症状男性将不再享有免费前列腺癌检测的权利，引发抗议浪潮。据报道，英国卫生与社会关怀部已致函医疗组织，表示将由全科医生决定患者是否能接受标准PSA血液检测。大卫·詹姆斯来自前列腺癌研究机构，称该决定是“令人震惊的背叛”，将“使每年数千名男性面临晚期且无法治愈的诊断”。但另一种检测是否更有效？那些关注自身风险的男性是否应考虑自费进行该检测？

该检测名为“斯德哥尔摩3号”（Stockholm3），由瑞典卡罗林斯卡学院于2011年研发。此后在北欧国家广泛应用，并在英国私人领域推出已3年，费用约£395。

目前英国国民健康服务（NHS）的前列腺癌标准检查是PSA血液检测，用于检测前列腺特异性抗原（一种由前列腺产生的蛋白质）水平。

PSA检测的主要问题在于其结果无法可靠区分癌症类型及是否需要治疗——实际上，前列腺癌的特殊之处在于并非所有肿瘤都具有侵袭性：有些生长缓慢且可能永远不会造成危害，意味着它们可通过“主动监测”而非立即治疗进行管理。

“斯德哥尔摩3号”血液检测（“3”指推动其获批的第三项关键研究）更为复杂：它检测PSA及另外4种蛋白质标记物，以及101个基因标记。

这些结果连同患者年龄、家族病史等信息，将通过算法生成一项风险评分，用于评估其发展为侵袭性前列腺癌的可能性。

该结果分为“绿色”（低风险评分，意味着6年内无需再检测）、“红色”（提示风险升高，建议进一步检查，通常为MRI扫描或活检）。

“斯德哥尔摩3号”检测的开发初衷正是更好地识别需要治疗的癌症。

“开发团队基本上为这些单一标记物设定了加权影响，以生成风险评分，”南安普顿大学医院泌尿外科顾问蒂姆·达德里奇表示，“例如，患者可能在某一方面风险高——比如父亲患过前列腺癌——而在另一方面风险低。这些易获取的因素将被汇总，算法则计算出患者的整体风险。

“‘斯德哥尔摩3号’似乎在识别恶性病例（即侵袭性癌症高风险）和安抚无显著问题的男性方面相当有效。”

在《内科医学年鉴》杂志发表的一项重大新研究中，研究人员对50至74岁的12,670名男性同时采用PSA检测与“斯德哥尔摩3号”进行对比。研究发现，443名男性最终发展为侵袭性前列腺癌，“斯德哥尔摩3号”在检测中的敏感性更高——成功率达90%，而单独使用PSA检测的成功率仅为74%。

目前，“斯德哥尔摩3号”检测正被纳入大规模TRANSFORM试验，该试验旨在调查NHS前列腺癌筛查中最精确且划算的方法。试验招募了16,000名45至74岁男性，他们将接受不同筛查方案——快速MRI（15分钟MRI扫描）、基因筛查（寻找与疾病相关的遗传标记）及PSA检测。血液样本也将接受“斯德哥尔摩3号”检测。首批结果预计将在约3年后出炉。

该试验将为前列腺癌筛查项目的引入提供依据——该项目曾于5月被否决，部分原因在于PSA检测被认为越来越不可靠。

伦敦帝国理工医院NHS信托基金会泌尿外科顾问、TRANSFORM试验研究员拉克什·希尔教授表示：“前列腺特异性抗原（PSA）检测的一个缺点在于，它无法区分不会造成任何问题的癌症与侵袭性癌症。”

他补充道：“如果检测出低风险癌症，‘这可能导致过度诊断和过度治疗，进而引发严重副作用，如尿失禁和阳痿’。”

希尔教授同时在伦敦桥医院任职，他表示：“我们希望检测能筛查出更严重的癌症患者——这样我们就能阻止癌症生长和扩散。”

他还指出：“近年来，我们发现诊断检测如斯德哥尔摩3号（Stockholm3）在减少过度诊断和过度治疗方面更为有效。”

达德里奇先生补充道：“有强有力的数据支持斯德哥尔摩3号检测。这意味着我们不会让一群男性背负不必要的前列腺癌焦虑，或接受不合理的检查。这是一项新技术，我认为未来我们应更多采用。”

《良好健康》栏目的全科医生专栏作家马丁·斯卡医生此前曾撰文解释为何他向私人患者推荐斯德哥尔摩3号检测。

他说：“这是比PSA检测更好的检测方法——我见过一些PSA评分低的男性最终被诊断出前列腺癌，如果他们当时做了斯德哥尔摩3号检测，结果会显示他们患癌风险更高。”

他补充道：“如果你对前列腺癌风险感到足够焦虑，但被告知年龄不适合接受检查——值得自费进行斯德哥尔摩3号检测。”

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作者：威尔·斯托达特

挤满欢乐孩童的市政游泳池和嬉水乐园今年夏天为家庭避暑提供了宝贵的清凉去处。

作为两个孩子的父亲（分别为6岁和8岁），我深知孩子们对这些嬉水池有多么无法抗拒。但在他们跳入清凉的水中之前，或许您该稍作思考。

专家们警告称，水质检测和消毒池水所用氯含量的关键检查正被忽视，这使得免疫系统尚未发育成熟的儿童面临暴露于包括大肠杆菌、诺如病毒和铜绿假单胞菌（可引发疼痛的耳部和皮肤感染）等病原体的风险。

另一个令人担忧的问题是，水中未被检测隐藏着一种特别棘手的寄生虫——隐孢子虫（又称“克里波”），它可导致严重的水样腹泻、呕吐、脱水甚至住院。

水处理咨询小组（PWTAG）是一个独立机构，其水质标准被英国健康与安全执行局及各地方议会用于评估泳池水质。该小组警告称，人体流下的汗液、尿液、粪便和皮肤细胞与池水中的氯发生反应。

亚利桑那大学环境微生物学家、泳池水质研究专家凯利·雷诺兹教授解释道：“人越多，消耗的氯就越多，池水中的氯浓度也就越低。”

她进一步指出：“氯浓度若降至过低，引入池中的细菌可能大量繁殖，部分细菌每20分钟就能数量翻倍。”莱斯特大学临床微生物学副教授普里姆罗斯·弗里斯通如是说。

因此，PWTAG表示，嬉水乐园和露天泳场在开放期间应每两小时检测一次氯含量。专家们警告称，部分泳池运营商忽视这些检查，意味着在污染风险最高的时段，氯含量可能已降至过低水平。

更令人担忧的是，PWTAG警告称“有充分证据”表明，部分泳池运营商未按月进行实验室检测，以检测潜在的危险细菌污染。

雷诺兹教授同时指出，这些问题在儿童戏水池中可能更为严重：“儿童的卫生习惯较差，更易将粪便残渣带入泳池。”

在更换尿布后，父母会在水中冲洗孩子的臀部。

与此同时，“儿童吞咽池水的可能性是成人的两倍，这增加了感染风险”

家长该如何应对

英国Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group（泳池水处理咨询小组）建议，若儿童出现腹泻或呕吐症状，需在症状消失至少48小时后方可进入泳池。

寻找其PoolMark认证标识，或询问运营方氯含量检测频率及水是否经过过滤和循环处理。

尽量避免儿童吞咽池水或直接从喷水口饮水。

她甚至见过儿童坐在水柱上“如饮水机般”直接饮水——这种行为恰好让粪便中的病原体在儿童间传播，她说。

雷诺兹教授表示，她还见过家长在泳池边为孩子换尿布，随后直接在池水中冲洗孩子的屁股，并认为氯能立即杀菌——“事实并非如此，至少不是瞬间杀菌”。（具体取决于病原体，如大肠杆菌在氯含量足够高时可在数分钟内被杀灭；而隐孢子虫等寄生虫则需长达十天。）

尽管某些泳池的水会被收集、处理、过滤并定期循环，但其他泳池可能仅每周换水数次，甚至完全不换水。

《好健康》调查现已揭露多处由市政运营的泳池和嬉水乐园存在惊人的细菌污染。

我在8月11日（气温约20至30摄氏度）和8月12日（约30摄氏度）分别在伦敦及周边郡县的6处热门设施采集样本，采样时间为下午2时至8时，且均在儿童游玩时及游玩后进行。

其中两处泳池的细菌计数超过英国Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group（PWTAG）设定的标准；另有两处的细菌含量竟高出标准1,000倍。

挪威生命科学大学寄生虫学教授露西·罗伯逊告诉《好健康》，如此高的细菌水平意味着患病风险增加，并应促使市政当局或泳池运营方展开调查并采取纠正措施。

她表示，这也“令人怀疑”运营方是否足够频繁地检测水质和氯含量。

环境微生物学家、泳池水专家Pool Sentry联合创始人马丁·伍德补充道，化学剂量需要“定期检查和维护”，但他指出，财政压力使泳池运营方无力进行充足检测。

“开放式泳池的问题在于，在节假日的高温天气，入池人数往往远超水处理系统的承载能力，而现场几乎无人控制。”他说。

对我们样本进行检测的赫特福德大学Biodet实验室也发出了警报。该实验室微生物检测专家、主任理查德·史密斯博士表示，两处“明显偏高”的读数应触发对氯含量和过滤系统的调查。

样本检测了大肠杆菌和大肠菌群（可指示粪便污染）、铜绿假单胞菌，以及总活菌计数（TVC）。

后者作为水体卫生的广泛衡量指标，用于评估泳池过滤和消毒效果，而非针对特定致病菌的检测。

根据PWTAG标准，管理良好的泳池每毫升水中细菌菌落形成单位不应超过10（TVC低于10）；超过100则被归类为“不合格”。

我们采样的6处泳池中，赫特福德郡盖德布里奇嬉水乐园和伦敦北部布鲁斯城堡公园的TVC低于5；莱奇沃思霍华德公园的TVC为20；是正常水平的两倍；伦敦北部洛兹希普娱乐场（在较热的那天采样）的TVC为30。

专家警告：氯含量检测不足

这些含量远低于被归类为不合格的100水平。

但来自埃格姆的朗尼米德游乐场和伯克郡的加利福尼亚乡村公园的结果显示，菌落总数（TVC）超过10,000；超过被视为不合格水平的100倍以上。

外观可能具有欺骗性：在朗尼米德，水看起来洁净且引人入胜。

值得庆幸的是，在六个样本中，未检测到大肠杆菌和大肠菌群——这些是粪便物质最近进入水中的迹象。

但"菌落总数的问题是，你不知道这些细菌是什么"，罗伯逊教授表示。例如，葡萄球菌（可引发皮肤和伤口感染）即使在大肠杆菌和大肠菌群被氯气杀死后仍能存活。

罗伯逊教授表示，菌落总数高可能表明氯化消毒失效，或细菌在生物膜中生长——生物膜是一种粘附在管道内壁的粘液层。

"这可能很重要——如果生物膜因水压变化等因素松动，人们可能会摄入大量浓缩的细菌团块。"

英国供水与处理协会（PWTAG）表示，要去除生物膜，必须手动刷洗管道并使用高浓度氯气处理。

我们的调查结果是在

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英国日益老化的游泳设施引发了越来越多的担忧，今年由议会两党游泳小组发布的一份报告发现，超过1,200个公共泳池已使用超过40年，超过了预期使用寿命。在苏格兰，有56%的泳池使用时间超过30年。

有些泳池配备了自动加氯系统，通过机械自动添加氯气以保持稳定水平，但并非所有泳池都如此。

朗尼米德游乐场和加利福尼亚乡村公园均使用自动加氯系统，但这些系统未能阻止细菌水平升高。

许多老旧泳池仍使用更简单的（注入和排空）系统，如哈灵盖——其布鲁斯城堡和洛兹沃斯游憩区的戏水池在夏季每周需排空、清洁并重新注水三次。

但还存在另一种未被检测的危险。

隐孢子虫是一种通过粪便传播的微小寄生虫，可引发严重水样腹泻、胃痉挛、呕吐和脱水。英国卫生安全局在接受《健康》专栏采访时表示，它“是最常导致与休闲用水相关疫情的病原体，因为它对氯具有抗性”。

英国水处理协会（PWTAG）警告称，仅1毫升受污染的腹泻物中就可能含有约100万个这种微小寄生虫——可能只需一个就足以致病，相比之下，通常需要数千个大肠杆菌才能引发感染，雷诺兹教授如是说。

“如果你与排出100万个寄生虫的人近距离接触，并吞咽附近的水，可能只需一个就能致病，”她表示。

最新隐孢子虫数据显示，2023年至2025年间，英格兰有14起与游泳池或水上乐园相关的疫情暴发，影响至少86人，其中一些患者需住院治疗。

然而，隐孢子虫并未被列为常规检测项目。威尔士公共卫生部隐孢子虫参考中心主任蕾切尔·查默斯教授表示，英国现行做法是仅在疫情暴发或怀疑过滤系统故障时进行检测——而非预防性检测。

但水质分析师、近期发表于《传染病杂志》研究报告的作者Seak Lin Ly博士认为，高风险泳池——尤其是儿童戏水池——应主动检测，而非等待疫情暴发。

该研究显示，隐孢子虫平均可在泳池中循环传播27天，直至被检测到并关闭泳池进行治疗。

这些寄生虫外有一层坚韧的外壳保护，因此所需的氯气浓度远高于泳池通常使用的水平。但如此高浓度的氯气会刺激眼睛和皮肤，其气体还会损害呼吸道——因此泳池必须关闭，直至氯气浓度降至正常范围。

单纯依靠氯气通常也不足以应对：隐孢子虫必须通过过滤从水中物理去除。但并非所有戏水池都能做到这一点。

布赖顿大学环境微生物学教授詹姆斯·埃布登指出，虽然常规隐孢子虫检测难度大且成本高（需分析大量水样），“更具成本效益的长期解决方案是通过额外处理步骤改善循环戏水池和溅水区的水处理，例如物理过滤和紫外线消毒（利用热量杀灭病原体）或臭氧（一种可破坏微生物的气体）”。

“这些方法有助于去除隐孢子虫及多种引发水传播疾病的细菌、病毒、原生动物和霉菌。”

然而，即使是最佳处理也无法立即保护儿童。“如果受感染的游泳者将[隐孢子虫]寄生虫排入泳池，下一位游泳者可能在水通过处理前就已从水中感染，”密歇根州立大学水微生物学家琼·罗斯教授表示。

教授·雷诺兹表示，人们即使未意识到自己被感染，也可能排出寄生虫或其他病原体，而许多人在腹泻停止后没过多久就重返游泳池。

尽管我们的调查引发了担忧，但专家强调，父母不应因噎废食，远离儿童戏水池。

拉尼米德议会发言人表示：“在开放时间内，水质检测会定期进行。我们已注意到在热浪期间水质水平出现波动，因此委托进行独立检测。在此期间，泳池已被关闭。”

沃金汉姆自治市镇议会（加利福尼亚乡村公园）发言人表示，他们泳池的水在开放时间内每两小时检测一次：“我们已审查了8月11日前后两周的记录，并确认在营业时间内，pH值和氯含量均维持在PWTAG推荐的标准范围内。

基于向我们报告的结果，我们正对系统进行强化氯处理，并将进一步进行微生物检测，以确认是否不存在持续问题。”

导致大多数阿尔茨海默病爆发的“元凶”甚至未被检测

制药公司在过去二十年里斥资数十亿寻找治疗阿尔茨海默病的“神奇药丸”——一种能真正缓解这种可怕疾病的药物。

然而，这些努力大多以失败告终，原因在于——正如我在上周《大脑守护者》新书独家改编的第一部分中所讨论的——研究人员长期以来关注的方向是错误的。

有效治疗阿尔茨海默病并非如我们反复听闻的那样，需要清除大脑中粘性β-淀粉样蛋白斑块，真正更关键的是大脑特化免疫细胞——小胶质细胞（microglia）——的过度激活。

小胶质细胞存在于大脑和脊髓中，通常以M2状态存在，负责清除死亡细胞、抵御感染并维护大脑组织健康。

但它们可能因多种因素过度激活——例如衰老、感染、不良饮食及引发肠道炎症并上行至大脑的生活方式——从而转化为M1状态。

这种转化会在大脑内引发一系列连锁反应：M1状态的小胶质细胞不仅攻击细胞和突触（神经细胞间传递信息的微小间隙），还会导致β-淀粉样蛋白斑块的形成。

不过，令人振奋的是，除生活方式改变（如规律运动和高纤维、低超加工食品（UPF）饮食）能正向影响小胶质细胞外，越来越多证据表明某些药物（其中许多已上市）也能优化其功能。

这些药物涵盖多种类别，包括糖尿病治疗药物（如二甲双胍）、免疫调节剂（用于移植后防止器官排斥的免疫功能调节药物）以及抗抑郁药。

尽管大部分研究仍处于早期阶段，但这凸显了小胶质细胞优化作为未来阿尔茨海默病预防和治疗的潜在突破口。除这些药物外，研究还表明常见膳食补充剂也能促进更健康的小胶质细胞活性。

当然，我并非建议仅通过补充剂就能抵消与小胶质细胞激活密切相关的不良饮食。我也绝不主张未经医生处方擅自服用临床药物用于其他目的。

但作为一名执业超过40年、专注于治疗阿尔茨海默病及其他神经退行性疣者的神经科医生，我对以下药物和补充剂在对抗阿尔茨海默病方面的潜力深感鼓舞。

接下来，我将深入探讨该领域最具前景的药物——以及您在咨询医生后可选择的多种补充剂（或许可服用一两种）——以保护并增强大脑功能，守护您的小胶质细胞。

但它们可能会被多种因素过度触发——例如衰老、感染、糟糕的饮食以及导致肠道炎症并进而影响大脑的生活方式——从而使它们转化为 M1 状态。

这种转化会导致大脑内部产生一系列连锁反应，M1 状态的小胶质细胞会攻击细胞和突触（神经细胞之间允许彼此传递信息的微小间隙），并导致那些 β-淀粉样蛋白斑块的产生。

然而令人兴奋的是，除了能受到生活方式改变（如规律运动和高纤维、低超加工食品 (UPF) 饮食）的积极影响外，越来越多的证据表明，小胶质细胞还可以通过某些药物进行优化，其中许多药物已经上市。

这些药物涵盖了广泛的类别，包括用于糖尿病治疗的药物（如二甲双胍）；免疫调节剂（通过刺激或抑制免疫功能以防止移植器官排斥）；以及抗抑郁药。

虽然其中许多研究仍处于早期阶段，但这凸显了人们对小胶质细胞优化的高度关注，将其视为未来预防和治疗阿尔茨海默病的一条极具前景的途径。除了这些药物，研究还表明，常见的膳食补充剂也能促进更健康的小胶质细胞活动。

当然，我并不是在建议你可以用补充剂来抵消与小胶质细胞激活密切相关的糟糕饮食。我也不是在说你应该考虑将临床药物用于医生开具处方之外的任何其他目的。

但是——作为一名从业超过 40 年、专门治疗阿尔茨海默病和其他神经退行性疾病的神经内科医生——我对下文详述的药物和补充剂在对抗阿尔茨海默病方面的潜力感到由衷地鼓舞。

那么，接下来是我对那些最具有前景的药—。

美国神经病学家大卫·珀尔马特博士

这种领域的研究药物——以及你可以选择的各种补充剂（在咨询医生后可能服用一两种）——能够通过保护小胶质细胞来保障并提升大脑功能。

药物二甲双胍

二甲双胍在20世纪50年代作为2型糖尿病的治疗药物而崭露头角。

最初人们认为它通过减少肝脏葡萄糖生成发挥作用，但进一步研究发现它对增强我们线粒体（细胞内微小的能量发电站）的功能具有积极影响，从而帮助维持小胶质细胞处于有益的M2状态。

二甲双胍还能提高细胞对胰岛素的敏感性，防止血糖水平升高。这有助于减少小胶质细胞过度激活，从而促进认知能力提升。

研究成果

GOOD

包括2024年发表在《临床糖尿病与内分泌学》期刊上的一项研究在内，多项研究表明二甲双胍与降低痴呆风险存在关联。在美国，一项涉及14家顶尖研究机构、3,000名65至79，岁人群的全国性临床试验即将启动。

这项为期六年的试验名为"用二甲双胍应对衰老"（TAME），旨在探索二甲双胍作为抗衰老药物的潜力——其中包括其对阿尔茨海默病的影响。

我认为试验结果很可能会发现二甲双胍是预防与年龄相关认知衰退的主要候选药物。

GLP-1激动剂

毫无疑问，近年来最大的药物变革当属GLP-1激动剂类药物，如奥兹麦克（Ozempic）。

除了减少食欲外，这些药物改善小胶质细胞形态和功能的显著效果简直堪称奇迹。

2023年发表在《国际医学科学杂志》的一项研究显示，GLP-1类药物能直接与小胶质细胞结合并降低其激活状态，从而减少有害促炎细胞因子（作为化学信使的小蛋白）的释放，这些因子可引发脑部炎症（神经炎症），而神经炎症与阿尔茨海默病相关，因为它会触发M1型小胶质细胞的生成。

此外，有证据表明这些药物能提高BDNF（脑源性神经营养因子）水平，而BDNF是一种能为神经元（大脑细胞）提供养分的蛋白质。

2024年发表在《阿尔茨海默病与痴呆症》期刊上的一项重要研究分析了超过100万名2型糖尿病患者的医疗记录——结果显示，与其他糖尿病药物相比，使用奥兹麦克的患者被诊断出阿尔茨海默病的风险显著降低。

进一步支持这些发现的是，帝国理工学院2024年开展的一项临床试验调查了利拉鲁肽（商品名萨克斯达）对已确诊轻度阿尔茨海默病患者的影响。

接受每日利拉鲁肽注射超过一年的参与者，其认知衰退减少了18%，脑细胞损失减少了50%，与安慰剂组相比。这些结果表明GLP-1类药物可能减缓阿尔茨海默病患者的神经退行性病变。

话虽如此，我们仍需记住，GLP-1是一种人体内自然产生的重要激素。

通过饮食调整——如摄入高纤维食物、减少甜味剂和添加糖以及超加工食品——可以在无需药物的情况下促进健康的GLP-1水平。然而，如果GLP-1类药物被证实对治疗阿尔茨海默病或帕金森病等疾病具有显著效果，那么我完全支持其在临床上使用。

米诺环素 (MINOCYCLINE)

米诺环素是一种常用的抗生素，因其抗炎特性而受到关注。

最近研究发现，它能抑制小胶质细胞的激活，从而减轻破坏性的神经炎症。

一项 2024 年针对小鼠的中国研究表明，即使在面对强效促炎刺激（在本研究中为一种名为脂多糖的化合物，这是研究环境中创建炎症的标准方法）的挑战时，米诺环素也能有效防止小胶质细胞转变为具有破坏性的 M1 表型。

延胡索酸二甲酯 (DIMETHYL FUMARATE)

这是一种经批准用于治疗多发性硬化症 (MS) 的口服药物。延胡索酸二甲酯（品牌名为 Tecfidera）通过激活大脑中的 NRF2 信号通路发挥作用；当大脑受到毒素压力时，该通路会“开启”防御系统，通过靶向 M1 小胶质细胞来减轻炎症并帮助调节大脑中的免疫系统。

这有助于治疗多发性硬化症，但也可能对阿尔茨海默病有所帮助。

膳食补充剂 (SUPPLEMENTS)

通过战略性地使用补充剂，您可以填补营养缺口，并为您的小胶质细胞提供额外优势。

在开始使用任何新补充剂之前，请务必咨询医疗专业人员，尤其是如果您患有潜在健康状况或正在服用药物。

以下是我认为值得考虑的一些最重要的补充剂（在我的书中您还可以找到另外 15 种）。

Omega-3

最有效的 omega-3 是二十二碳六烯酸 (DHA)，一种必需脂肪酸。

DHA 占据了大脑总脂肪含量的 20% 之多，在其中它充当

健康

这位顶尖神经学家表示，最新的阿尔茨海默病药物并非我们所希望的突破。在此，他揭示了哪些方法可能更有效……

图片：SHUTTERSTOCK

真正能保护大脑免受痴呆影响的廉价补充剂

神经元细胞膜的关键结构成分，并增强脑细胞之间的通信。它具有强大的抗炎特性，通过支持小胶质细胞来帮助减轻慢性神经炎症。

还能提高 BDNF（脑源性神经营养因子）水平——该因子的低水平与阿尔茨海默病的风险相关。这可能解释了如何预防与年龄相关的认知能力下降，正如 2017 年发表在《科学报告》(Scientific Reports) 杂志上的一项小鼠研究所示。

为了获得最佳的大脑健康，研究建议每天摄入 1,000 至 2,000 毫克。最好的补充来源是鳕鱼肝油。对于素食者，有基于藻类的替代品。

最好的饮食来源包括野生捕捞的肥鱼（三文鱼、

通过回答这 14 个简单问题，检查您是否面临痴呆风险

沙丁鱼、鲭鱼）。有趣的是，养殖的大西洋三文鱼可能比野生三文鱼含有更高水平的 ——每 100 克份量约含 1,700 毫克。放养鸡蛋每枚可能含有 100 至 150 毫克。

肌酸 (CREATINE)

肌酸有助于将能量输送到需求最高的地方，例如大脑的突触。

它还能增强我们的线粒体，帮助小胶质细胞保持在支持性的 M2 状态。在 2025 年的一项初步研究中，堪萨斯大学医学中心的研究人员向 19 名阿尔茨海默病患者每天提供 20 克肌酸，持续八周。测试显示，参与者的认知能力有了统计学上的显著提高。

虽然有必要进行样本量更大且设有对照组的未来研究，但目前这项研究提供了令人兴奋的初步证据，表明改善大脑的能量生产机制在对抗阿尔茨海默病方面具有前景。剂量约为每天 5 克，最高 10 克。

任何患有肾脏疾病或服用肾毒性药物（即可能影响肾功能的药物，包括某些抗癌药、抗生素和免疫抑制剂）的人应首先咨询医生。

镁

镁是一种矿物质，能支持数百种生化反应，包括神经和肌肉功能，同时有助于放松和减轻压力，并通过增强线粒体功能间接改善小胶质细胞。

镁有多种类型，但镁苏糖酸盐被认为是最有利于认知的，因为它还含有L-苏糖酸，这种化合物有助于镁从肠道进入大脑。

饮食来源包括绿叶蔬菜、坚果和全谷物。每日剂量为200至400毫克，而患有肾病、孕妇或心脏病患者应先咨询医生。

益生菌

考虑到我们对肠道微生物群与大脑之间联系的了解，以及它对小胶质细胞的影响——简言之，肠道微生物群不足已被证明会引发大脑炎症症状——服用高质量的益生菌是有意义的。

选择含有多种菌株且活菌数（菌落形成单位）至少为500亿的产品。有些人可能会出现轻微腹胀或胀气，但通常在持续使用后会消失。

辅酶Q10（合成形式）

这是人体自然产生的抗氧化辅酶Q10的合成形式，旨在保护线粒体。早期研究表明它能减少阿尔茨海默病中的神经元死亡。每日剂量为10毫克。可能的副作用包括恶心。如果怀孕或患有肾病、肝病或心脏问题，请在服用前咨询医生。

发芽喜马拉雅苦荞麦

一种真正的“超级食品”，发芽喜马拉雅苦荞麦因其丰富的多酚含量而迅速受到关注，多酚作为强效抗氧化剂，支持线粒体。

在2024年发表于《营养前沿》的一项试点研究中，服用苦荞麦多酚补充剂90天的参与者在表观遗传（身体内微小变化，可开启或关闭基因）年龄标记和免疫细胞谱系方面显示出显著改善。每日剂量为一茶匙。多酚可能与他汀类药物、某些抗抑郁药和免疫抑制剂药物相互作用。

■ 改编自大卫·珀尔马特（David Perlmutter）的《大脑守护者》（Brain Defenders，黄色风筝出版社，定价£18.99），将于8月27日出版。© 大卫·珀尔马特 2026。可通过mailshop.co.uk / books或致电020 3176 2937以£17.09的价格订购（优惠至2026年8月31日；英国境内满£25免邮费）。

第40版健康良方糟糕的风可能与细菌过度增殖有关

问：过去两年来，我一直深受严重排气困扰，这让我很尴尬。最近我读到这可能是一种名为SIBO的疾病的征兆。那是什么？

J. 梅西，威尔特郡索尔兹伯里

答：SIBO（即小肠细菌过度增殖）是指大肠中正常存在的细菌过多或混合异常，迁移至小肠。

这些细菌会发酵饮食中的碳水化合物，产生包括氢气、甲烷和硫化氢在内的气体。这会导致异常腹胀和恶臭排气。

SIBO的病因尚未完全明确，但通常是由于其他问题（如手术或疾病）损伤了参与肠道蠕动的细胞所致。

除SIBO外，过多气体还可能是由于憩室病引起——正如你在更长的信中所述，你患有此病。这是指结肠中形成小囊袋，通常由年龄和纤维摄入不足所致——这些囊袋中的任何物质发酵会产生气体。

你的排气问题甚至可能是由于为对抗憩室病引起的便秘而被建议增加纤维摄入所致。

因此，我通常建议患者缓慢增加纤维摄入量——例如通过麦麸、谷物和蔬菜——而非一夜之间大幅增加。

我建议你与全科医生讨论排气问题，并考虑进行SIBO检测。

这涉及进行呼吸测试以测量氢气和甲烷水平。

如确诊SIBO，可能需要咨询营养师（一种方法是采用低FODMAPs饮食——即逐步识别并排除小肠吸收不良且可能导致气体的食物）。

在极少数情况下，全科医生可能会开抗生素以减少肠道中的细菌。

在此期间，尝试更易溶解的纤维形式，如车前子壳。它在健康食品商店有售，且比小麦麸更易耐受，因为它仅被肠道细菌轻微发酵——产生的气体更少。

问：我（自行诊断）颈部有捻发音——且颈部运动每次都会疼痛。到了74岁，这是否只能接受，还是有办法缓解僵硬和疼痛？

德布拉·阿内尔，西班牙阿利坎特

答：捻发音是指关节发出的碎裂、摩擦或爆裂声。

在颈部，通常由颈椎病引起——即影响椎骨间小关节的老年性关节炎。骨刺（骨赘）常作为对关节炎性关节中炎症反应的一部分而形成。碎裂或摩擦声是由骨骼相互摩擦产生的。

你未提及疼痛程度，轻度运动时的疼痛与持续、更严重的疼痛有所不同——后者是应就医的信号。

运动前用毛巾包裹的热水袋热敷20分钟可有所帮助，同时服用两片500毫克对乙酰氨基酚也可能缓解症状。

你还可以考虑亚历山大技巧，这是一种通过引导练习和呼吸改善动作和姿势的方法。

该方法对慢性颈痛有积极证据。它无法逆转关节炎变化，但能减轻肌肉紧张并改善动作。

仅在疼痛加重、向手臂扩散——或双手变得不那么灵活时才需要进行MRI扫描。这些可能是神经受到刺激的迹象，需要进一步检查。

你当然不应仅仅“接受”这种不适，因为有多种措施可改善状况。

■ 请致信至：Dr Scurr, Good Health, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London, W8 5HY，或发送电子邮件至：drmartin@dailymail.co.uk。回复内容应在一般背景下理解。如有任何健康顾虑，请务必咨询您的全科医生（GP）。

我的看法……为什么全科医生应为NHS工作

你知道吗？全科医生并非NHS（英国国民医疗服务体系）的雇员。与医院医生不同，每个全科医生诊所都是国家的分包商，是一个负责收入和支出的小型企业，并与NHS签约提供服务。

每位全科医生都是合伙人，其工资从该小型企业的利润中支付。

据慈善机构健康基金会（Health Foundation）的一份报告，英格兰每位全科医生诊所每年从NHS获得£219的患者人均拨款，这构成了其收入的大部分——英格兰共有18,000名全科医生合伙人，其中1,000人每年向自己支付超过30 万英镑的薪酬；4,000人领取的薪酬超过20 万英镑。这数额之高令人震惊。

诚然，作为任何自营小企业，必然有动力尽量减少支出以最大化利润？

以全科医生不再提供院外护理为例——七天全天候服务成本高昂，将其缩减为仅五天日间服务，必然意味着每个全科医生诊所现在有资金用于提高薪酬。

倘若全科医生像医院顾问医生那样被雇用，我们或许能重新实现院外护理——正如顾问医生所做的那样。这一制度必须改变。

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RADIO 3主持人汉娜·弗伦奇（Hannah French）在20多岁时跌倒过于频繁，以至于她数不清自己受过多少伤。

“我会在街上行走，膝盖突然就支撑不住；或者莫名其妙地从楼梯上摔下来，”现年45,岁的汉娜说。她与丈夫保罗（一名通信总监）及11岁的女儿住在伦敦北部。

她的身体因此遍布伤疤，“但为何会发生这种情况始终是个谜”，她说。

即使是轻微的碰撞也可能导致受伤——有一次，一个喷嚏的力量竟让她下颌脱臼。

“我经常因肩膀脱臼（例如在伸手到车后座时）或行走时膝盖错位而去急诊室，”汉娜说。

医生们确信她的问题仅限于左膝，后者开始向内扭曲。她在28,岁时接受手术，通过切断髂胫束（从臀部延伸至小腿的纤维组织）来矫正膝盖。

手术却毫无帮助——因为问题实际上并不在她的膝盖上。事实是，她患上了一种埃勒斯-当洛斯综合征（EDS）的变体——这是一个涵盖13种疾病的统称，其特征是构成身体大部分结缔组织的胶原蛋白比正常情况下更脆弱。

汉娜由一位风湿病专家诊断出该病，后者仅需观察她的动作范围并了解其病史即可确定病情。

她患上的类型是高活动度型，占EDS病例的90%，症状包括关节过度灵活，因为本应固定关节的韧带无法正常发挥作用。

受影响者“可能经常受伤，如扭伤脚踝或肩膀脱臼”，伦敦帝国理工学院医疗信托基金风湿病顾问医生本杰明·埃利斯（Dr Benjamin Ellis）说。

慢性疼痛和疲劳也很常见——常常并非由受伤引起，埃利斯医生说，而是因为中枢神经系统对身体不规律的行为感到困惑，从而持续产生疼痛和疲劳信号以减缓身体活动。在确诊前一年，汉娜膝盖和臀部的剧痛令止痛药无济于事。绝望之下，她用冷冻豌豆袋敷在关节上。

但当她开始几乎每次出门都会跌倒时，她决定使用轮椅。她当时只有28岁。

“在我看来这是更安全的选择，”她说，“不停跌倒太可怕了——我担心自己会受到真正的伤害。”

汉娜的经历并非个例。

据《残障与康复》期刊发布的一项新研究显示，患有超可动型埃勒斯-当洛斯综合征（EDS）的人平均需要等待21年才能得到确诊，该研究基于对2,000人的调查。

受影响者中约80%为女性，许多人在确诊前被贴上“焦虑且歇斯底里”的标签，凯瑟琳·伯格（Kathryn Berg）表示，她是该研究的联合负责人。“有些人甚至被医生告知他们只是焦虑、压力大，甚至被怀疑是疑病症患者。”

像汉娜一样，有些人使用轮椅来避免进一步受伤—。

GOOD HEALTH 拥挤的牙齿、肠易激综合征和膝盖无力是汉娜患有关节松弛症的典型症状

但和许多人一样，英国广播公司第三套节目主持人汉娜等了好几年才得到确诊

露西·埃尔金斯

多年仍未得到诊断，研究团队发现。

据2024年英国下议院辩论，英国多达30万民众患有EDS——但这可能只是“冰山一角”，因为该病症常被误诊或漏诊。

对于高活动度型EDS（hypermobile EDS）尤其如此，因为这种类型缺乏基因检测手段——与某些罕见类型（如血管型EDS，其脆弱血管可能出现肿胀或动脉瘤，危及生命）不同。

由于结缔组织遍布全身，高活动度型EDS可能引发多种看似无关的症状。

皮肤可能变得脆弱，而构成肠道内壁的组织可能较正常人松弛。这会导致便秘，因为废物无法正常沿肠道推进。

“但其他患者可能患有肠易激综合征（IBS）。” 埃利斯医生表示，“症状差异很大。”

汉娜就同时遭受这类肠道症状的困扰。

其他征兆还包括膀胱问题，或体位性心动过速综合征（PoTS）——即站立时心率加快、头晕，因为血管中的结缔组织松弛，无法收缩以防止血液淤积。

“如此一来，大脑暂时无法获得足够的血液供应，人就会感到眩晕。” 埃利斯医生解释道。

高活动度型EDS的诊断依据包括关节过度活动（如能将拇指弯曲至前臂）、广泛性慢性疼痛以及高度可拉伸的皮肤。医生可能会检查能否从手背上捏起超过1.5厘米的皮肤。

然而，如果患者年龄较大，诊断就并非易事。此外，即使在医护专业人士中，人们对这种病症的认知也很低。

“据我们了解，一些医学生仅接受1小时相关培训，而有些则完全没有。” 凯瑟琳·伯格补充道。

若能早期发现高活动度型EDS，物理治疗有助于稳定关节、缓解膀胱问题。

埃利斯医生表示，胃部问题有时可通过饮食调整加以改善——但他补充道：“一个人若长期得不到支持，症状改善起来将更加困难。”

汉娜回忆，她直到2010年才被确诊时，身体已“百病缠身”，以至于她都不敢向风湿科医生倾诉所有症状。“健康的方方面面都受到影响，你甚至会怀疑自己是否疑病。”

除了多次脱臼、肠易激综合征和疼痛外，轻微用力都会让她需要卧床数日。

甚至她牙齿拥挤也是EDS所致（胶原蛋白缺陷会影响颌骨形状，令其异常高且薄）。

这也是为什么她在牙医处局部麻醉效果甚微的原因（松弛的组织会让药物迅速扩散，而非阻断疼痛）。“但别人总让我觉得自己小题大做。” 汉娜说。

高活动度型EDS虽不由单一基因引发，但常在家族中遗传。汉娜意识到，母亲家族中的许多亲戚“长期饱受我们原以为仅是莫名慢性疼痛的折磨——但现在我知道那其实是EDS”。

她回忆道：“我的曾祖母过去常因疼痛和疲惫卧床不起——大家都以为她只是疑病。”

确诊并未带来奇迹般的治愈，但汉娜学会了适应。不过，她不得不放弃长笛演奏家的职业。“拿着长笛演奏实在太费体力。” 她说，“而且有一次，我的轮椅在音乐会后卡在田野里，于是我心想，‘够了’。” 她能在无人帮助下走几步，但仍以轮椅为主，“否则我会摔倒”。

出人意料的是，她怀孕时状况良好——“我的身体终于能舒展开来。” 她说——但分娩采用了精心管理的剖宫产。自然分娩根本无从谈起。

过去20年来，她长期忍受的疼痛是最难以承受的元素之一。

她于2013年被送往疼痛诊所，在那里她学会了应对策略，比如“与其想‘我全身都痛’，不如退一步想‘你的手不痛，你的肩膀也不痛’——这样就不会那么难以承受”，她解释道。

即便如此，汉娜每天仍服用大量对乙酰氨基酚，以及布洛芬和可待因——橱柜顶层还放着奥拉吗啡（液态吗啡）。“我知道它就在那里，但不会轻易去动它，”她说。

她还必须记得控制节奏。

“最近，我在BBC第三套节目连续两晚主持《逍遥音乐会》——之后我得整整卧床休息一天，”她说。

“我的一个愿望是，当初能对更年轻的自己宽容一些，而不是硬撑着忍受疼痛和疲劳。”

她知道女儿很可能遗传了这种病症。

“不过现在我们知道要寻找什么，如果能早点为她——以及其他人——及时发现，这可能会彻底改变一切。”

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6.30 / 《廉价货比货》（重播） ------ / ---------------------- 7.15 / 《一分钱一分货》（重播） 8.00 / 《英国缝纫大师》（广告、手语、重播） 9.00 / 《BBC新闻》 1.00 / 《理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之家》（重播）与杰西·凯夫、艾莎·哈扎里卡及AJ·普里查德同台。 1.30 / 《边缘》（重播）游戏节目。 2.15 / 《你知不知道你的位置？》（重播）选手们展示他们对恩尼斯基林的了解。 2.45 / 《动物园》（广告、重播）一种神秘疾病似乎阻止了岩狸妈妈喂养幼崽。 3.30 / 《塞伦盖蒂3》（广告、重播）一场大火威胁着动物们的家园。 4.30 / 《古董路演》（重播） 5.15 / 《甩卖！》（重播） 6.00 / 《理查德·奥斯曼的游戏之家》（重播）吉米·法穆雷瓦、哈丽雅特·凯姆斯利、科林·默里及萨拉·帕斯科参赛。 6.30 / 《壮丽铁路之旅》（重播）迈克尔·波蒂略的旅程抵达法国海军港口布雷斯特，这里是法国海洋调查船队的所在地。 7.00 / 《意式风情》（广告、重播）菜品包括甘草布丁、西西里贝壳意粉及去骨羊腿。 7.30 / 《潮汐竞速》（广告）六支队伍雕刻“家”的意义。 8.00 / 《海上救援》（广告）当一艘游艇在诺福克海岸发出求救信号时，大雅茅斯-戈尔斯顿皇家救生艇队与凯斯特独立救生艇共同赶往营救。 9.00 / 《24 / 7急诊》（广告）救护团队奋力抢救保罗——他的腿被火车撞断，同时他们质疑一名伤者否认被刺伤的说法。 10.00 / 《阿波罗现场喜剧》（重播）表演者：梅茜·亚当、迈克尔·奥德韦尔及苏茜·麦凯布。 10.30 / 《夜线》（随后是天气预报） 11.05 / 《吸血鬼莱斯特：与吸血鬼对话》（广告）《夜访吸血鬼》系列终章，阿曼德的要求将路易斯逼至极限。 11.55 / 《时代之屋》（广告、重播）维多利亚时代居住在卡尔顿山那栋房子里的居民。 12.55 / 《名人大厨师》（广告、手语、重播） 1.55 / 《囚徒：真实美国恐怖故事》（广告、手语、重播） 2.45 / BBC第二频道节目预告

CHANNEL 4

今日电视精选

手工竞赛《英国缝纫大赛》(The Great British Sewing Bee)，晚上 8 点，BBC1

罗布·林德与露丝·古德曼讲述都铎王朝 (THE TUDORS WITH ROB RINDER AND RUTH GOODMAN)，晚上 9 点，CH5

本周是“音乐周”，剩下的六位选手将在图案挑战赛中尝试制作一件受麦当娜启发而设计的圆锥形胸罩。如果这听起来很复杂，那么事实确实如此，但至少她们有详细的指令可以遵循，而且

苏菲·威兰（如图）可以被寄予厚望，将圆锥形胸罩推向其逻辑上的喜剧终点。“改造”环节涉及一项小组任务，将卧室纺织品变为协调的流行团体舞台服装。而受迪斯科时尚启发的“量身定制”环节，对于那些在排行榜底端徘徊的选手来说，必须得成为一次巨大的成功。期待亮片、光泽和大量的布吉舞。

罗布和露丝（如图）感受了 1588 年英格兰紧张不安的氛围，当时西班牙无敌舰队向这些海岸推进，无论贫富都处于高度警戒状态。罗布讲述了富商托马斯·科德尔的故事，他的船被伊丽莎白一世女王征用。他还调查了布兰奇·帕里的生活，她是伊丽莎白富有的心腹和最亲近的侍从，她发现自己处于一个被不确定性笼罩的宫廷中心，在那里的每一个决定都可能给国家带来巨大的后果。与此同时，露丝揭露了

MNT

BBC1

8.00 《英国缝纫大赛》(The Great British Sewing Bee) (AD) 在音乐周中，缝纫者们向麦当娜的圆锥形胸罩致敬，将卧室家具变成流行艺术家的服装，并制作迪斯科服装。

在危机中被卷入其中的普通人的经历。当英格兰准备面对西班牙无敌舰队的威力时，威廉·布朗在第一线服役。都铎时代的海上生活极其艰苦，饥饿、疾病和危险时刻伴随。他在伦敦的妻子玛格丽特的生活同样不稳定。在绝望地等待消息的同时，她需要抚养孩子，每一天为了能让家人吃上饭都是一场艰苦的斗争。罗布和露丝再次带来了许多令人惊讶的事实。你知道都铎时代的英格兰男人被法律要求必须拥有一把弓箭，并知道如何使用它吗？

9.00 《名人主厨》(Celebrity MasterChef) (AD) 在第二周的预赛中，格斗士艾米莉·斯蒂尔、尼廷·加纳特拉、汤姆·西蒙斯、唐娜·普雷斯顿和埃里克·安德伍德进入厨房。

10.00 BBC 十点新闻 10.30 BBC 地区新闻（随后为天气预报） 10.40 《亚瑟：国王》(Arthur the King) (2024) (12) ◆ 电影一名寻求最后一次荣耀机会的职业冒险赛车手，在一只顽强的流浪狗的帮助下，加入了一支运动员队伍，参加在多米尼加共和国举行的 435 英里、为期 10 天的赛事。基于事实的剧集，由马克·沃尔伯格、刘思慕、朱丽叶·赖兰斯和娜塔莉·埃曼纽尔主演。

12.20 《命中注定》(The Hit List) (R) 1.05 未来一周天气预报 1.10 BBC 新闻

BBC2

(R) 重播。(HD) 高清。(AD) 语音描述。(b / w) 非彩色。(BSL) 英国手语。

ITV1

6:00 《早安英国》（Good Morning Britain） 10:00 《今晨》（This Morning）名人聊天、建议与竞赛节目，包含本地天气预报 13:30 新闻；天气预报 13:55 地区新闻 14:00 《迪金森真实交易》（Dickinson's Real Deal，AD,R）诺丁汉的艾伯特音乐厅上演交易者密室，Fay Rutter获邀鉴赏劳力士级手表，Stewart Hoffgartner审视牛仔收藏 15:00 《一锤定音》（Deal or No Deal，AD,R）Stephen Mulhern主持，Tracie需按正确顺序开启22个红色盒子，与臭名昭著的银行家对赌赢取现金大奖；地区天气预报 16:00 《终极猜价》（Tipping Point，R）问答节目，由Ben Shephard主持 17:00 《追捕》（The Chase，R）来自斯托克波特的Kathryn、布里斯托的Paddy、东本地区的Kamal及伍尔弗汉普顿的Savannah向“追捕者”发起挑战。Bradley Walsh提问 18:00 地区新闻 18:30 新闻；天气预报

19:30 英格兰足球联赛联赛杯（EFL Carabao Cup）直播诺丁汉森林 vs 利兹联（开球时间20:00）。Mark Pougatch在市政球场现场解说本轮次回合赛事。这是双方在四天内的第二次交锋，两队上周六还在英超赛场碰面，均希望在杯赛中表现优于上赛季。森林队收到轮空直接晋级第三轮，但客场不敌斯旺西城后出局；利兹联则在谢菲尔德星期三的点球大战中出局。解说：Sam Matterface、Lucy Ward；报道：Gabriel Clarke

22:25 新闻（随后为天气预报）

23:00 地区新闻 23:15 《失散家庭：无迹可寻——后来怎样》（Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace — What Happened Next，R）被弃婴儿时期的姐妹

00:10 电视购物 03:00 《爱与死》（Love & Death，, BSL, R） 03:50 《失散家庭：无迹可寻——后来怎样》（Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace — What Happened Next，, BSL, R） 04:45 《放松时光》（Unwind with ITV）

18:30 《国王的品位》（The King of Queens，,R） 19:45 《人人都爱雷蒙德》（Everybody Loves Raymond，,R）三连播 21:10 《欢乐一家亲》（Frasier，,R）四集连播 23:10 《厨神当道：24小时地狱归来》（Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back，,R）纽约站 00:05 《第四频道新闻摘要》（Channel 4 News Summary） 00:10 《寻宝、修补、出售》（Find It, Fix It, Flog It，,R）Henry Cole在伯明翰偶然发现一辆金属翻斗车模型 01:10 《豪宅大放送》（The Great House Giveaway，R）一位音乐经纪人与水管工共同翻修一栋家庭住宅 02:10 《字典角猜词大作战》（Countdown With Richie Anderson in Dictionary Corner） 03:00 《阳光下的新家》（A Place in the Sun，R）Leah Charles-King帮助一对夫妇在西班牙蓝色海岸寻找新居 04:00 《B&B挑战赛》（The Great B&B Challenge，R）延误的面包店订单令Jo与Guy焦头烂额，Paul与Justin的早餐惊喜也未能打动人心 05:00 《城堡DIY》（Chateau DIY，,R）Tim与Krys将一座旧餐厅改建为烹饪学校 06:00 《美国寻宝人》（American Pickers，R）Mike与Frank遇到一批可能无法交易的收藏品

07:00 《第四频道新闻》（Channel 4 News）

08:00 《狗屋》（The Dog House，,R）父母Kirsty与Oliver希望一只狗能消耗两岁幼童Stanley的精力，而达克斯猎犬Coco则需克服首次约会的紧张感，见25岁的Liv 09:00 《名人通缉令》（Celebrity Hunted，）剩余的明星通缉犯汇聚伯明翰等待接应，希望在抵达接应点前不被猎人抓获

10:00 《A&E24小时》（24 Hours in A&E，,R）一名56岁男子因高速摩托车事故被直升机送往诺丁汉皇后医疗中心。外科医生需争分夺秒，避免患者截肢

11:05 《A&E24小时》（24 Hours in A&E，,R）三名行人在汽车冲上人行道后被送往皇后医疗中心。伤势最重的18岁Mica疑似颅脑损伤

00:05 《摩纳哥超级豪宅》（Building Monaco's Superhomes，,R） 01:05 《厨房噩梦美国》（Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA，BSL,R）

电影 01:55 电影：《安静的女孩》（The Quiet Girl，2022，12级）剧情片 03:30 《钢琴别恋：终曲》（The Piano: The Final，,BSL,R） 04:40 《寻宝、修补、出售》（Find It, Fix It, Flog It，R） 04:55 《情侣共进晚餐》（Couples Come Dine with Me，BSL,R） 05:50 《数字猜猜看》（Countdown，R）

烹饪节目《名人大厨争霸赛》（Celebrity MasterChef），21:00，BBC第一频道

关于本季最新剧集，有一些有趣的新增内容，特别是与 Giorgio Locatelli 合作的烹饪环节颇为亮眼，但我们对那场“盲品测试”并不太看好，它未能达到预期的紧张感。参加第二周海选的明星包括前《东区人》演员 Nitin Ganatra、女演员 Donna Preston、绰号“Gladiator Dynamite”的 Emily Steel、YouTube 红人 Tom Simons（网名 TommyInnit，常说“innit”），以及从芭蕾舞演员转行成为农夫的 Eric Underwood。与往常一样，他们的厨艺水平参差不齐：年轻的 Tommy 自信满满，但还有很多需要学习；而《睡魔》明星 Donna 则凭借她的招牌菜“Donna 烤肉串”表现出色，尽管 Grace Dent 和 Giorgio 对此颇有微词（如图）。

第5频道 (CHANNEL 5)

6.00 Milkshake! 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 6.05 小猪佩奇 (AD,R) 6.10 Tweedy & Fluff (R) 6.15 Odo (R) 6.20 托马斯和他的朋友们 (R) 6.35 消防员山姆 (R) 6.45 小猪佩奇 (,R) 6.50 Pip and Posy (R) 6.55 汪汪队立大功 (R) 7.10 Move It Milkshakers! (R) 7.20 Rubble & Crew (R) 7.35 小猪佩奇 (,R) 7.40 小猪佩奇 (,R) 7.45 Tim Rex in Space (,R) 8.00 Stan & Gran (R) 8.15 汪汪队立大功 (R) 8.40 帕丁顿熊的冒险 (R) 8.50 本和霍莉的小王国 (R) 9.00 小猪佩奇 (,R) 9.05 The Real Pup Squad (R)

9.15 杰里米·Vine (Jeremy Vine) 11.30 Storm & Alexis 12.45 5 午间新闻 12.50 马特·奥尔赖特 (Matt Allwright)

12.50 马特·奥尔赖特 (Matt Allwright) 2.20 《家族杀手》(2023) (PG) 电影 ● 惊悚片，主演：Zoe Christie 和 Quinten James。 4.00 《Castle》(R) 一位著名的隐居作家被谋杀。 4.55 《Love Nature》(R) 镜头聚焦于生活在 Fidra 的大西洋海鹦。 5.00 5 新闻 (Dan Walker) 6.00 《Merton & Webster 的房车之旅》(R) 保罗·默顿 (Paul Merton) 和苏基·韦伯斯特 (Suki Webster) 探索科茨沃尔德 (Cotswolds)。 6.55 5 新闻快讯

7.00 自行车赛：2026年西班牙环赛 (Vuelta a Espana 2026) 丽贝卡·查尔顿 (Rebecca Charlton) 为您带来大环赛第四赛段的实况，这是一条全长 104.8km 的路线，起点和终点均在安道尔城 (Andorra la Vella)。(随后为 5 新闻快讯)

8.00 《高速公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》在 M6 高速公路上，警察 Mark Gribble 和 Lucy Pond 在一辆汽车未能向切希尔警方停车后被召集。情报显示该车未缴税、未投保且未通过 MOT 检测。

9.00 《罗布·林德和露丝·古德曼谈都铎王朝》回顾 1588 年英格兰为西班牙无敌舰队的到来而做准备的时期，罗布将讲述一名伦敦商人的故事。

10.30 《门槛上的谋杀：谁杀了阿里斯泰尔·威尔逊？》(R) 纪录片，调查 2004 年一名苏格兰银行家兼父亲在自家门前被处决的谋杀案。

12.05 奈杰尔·法拉奇：钱从哪里来？(R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 《全科医生：闭门之后》(R) 2.50 《Castle》(R) 3.40 《老友记》(,R) 4.05 《老友记》(,R) 4.30 《高地兽医》(BSL,R) 5.25 5 频道娱乐新闻 5.35 汪汪队立大功 (BSL,R)

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完美无瑕的《流行音乐大师》周一问答大战胜利

@^&!! 和 £**\$%!! 维多利亚·科伦·米切尔表示，超过90%的英国家庭现在充斥着咒骂、亵渎和脏话。

这位《唯一连接》节目主持人引用最近的一项民意调查称，几乎所有人在关起门来时都会忍不住爆粗口——近三分之一的人甚至在工作场合也能轻松说出脏话。

同时，87%的英国人在感到疼痛时会当众咒骂。这一点很容易相信：很久没听到有人咬牙切齿地低语"天哪！"了。

但让我吃惊的是，有4%的受访者表示教堂里骂脏话也没关系。希望这4%的人中没有圣公会的牧师。你肯定不希望婚礼仪式在我的开场白"D@ ^ &!! 和 £**\$%!! ... ‘该死！’"中开始。

《唯一连接》（BBC第二频道）是一档充满趣闻轶事的问答节目，也是我唯一能享受的益智节目，尽管我连一个问题都答不上来。

本周稻草人：多位读者投诉上周《与迈克尔·希恩一起下葬》（BBC第二频道）的评论嘲讽了他邋遢的着装。他们说，化学废物是个严重问题。说得对——如果主持人看起来像睡在沟里一样邋遢，会淡化节目的严肃性。

大学挑战赛紧随其后，这是一档更严肃的节目，大多数人都按自己的规则参与。我不指望能击败任何参赛队伍，或在基于数学、物理或医学的回合中答对任何问题。

但如果连几道常识题都答不出来，让学生们摸不着头脑，那会让我非常恼火。这次，让我无比满意的是，我居然答出了所有三本标题带"死亡"的书：确实，其中一本是阿加莎·克里斯蒂的作品，另一本是P.D.詹姆斯的，但爱丁堡圣安德鲁斯大学的团队却被彻底难住了。胜利是属于我的！

阿莫尔·拉詹在2023年刚开始担任主持时还显得有些犹豫，但现在已完全进入主持人的角色，对胡乱猜测的选手露出恰到好处的轻蔑，对几近正确的答案则报以真诚的同情，偶尔还会发出讥讽的轻笑。但在

北爱尔兰电视节目安排

BBC第一频道：22:40《年度之家》。评委将在一个以海景设计的倒置房屋、乔治亚式住宅和可持续理念设计的房屋之间做出选择。23:10 电影：《亚瑟国王》（2024年版）（12）。00:50《必杀清单》。01:35 BBC新闻。 UTV：23:15《阿比·克兰西：名人之家》。23:45《马洪之路》。

威尔士电视节目安排

S4℃：06:00《小鸟》。12:00《S4℃新闻与天气》。12:05《Codi Pac》。12:30《今晚》。13:00《三人委员会》。13:30《威尔士海岸：彭布罗克郡》。14:00《S4℃新闻与天气》。14:05《下午好》。15:00《S4℃新闻与天气》。15:05《重聚酒店》。16:00《大小时光》。17:00《Stwnsh》。18:00《三个地方：菲昂·达芙丝》。18:30《Codi Hwyl》。18:59《S4℃新闻》。19:00《今晚》。19:30《S4℃新闻与天气》。20:00《我们的家园》。20:25《Iolo·威廉姆斯的荒野之旅》。20:55《S4℃新闻与天气》。21:00《克里斯的斯堪的纳维亚之旅》。22:00《旅行中的生命》。23:00《宇宙》。

克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯昨晚的电视

《连接》《大学挑战》《流行大师》★★★★☆

周一晚间竞答节目的掌控者，只能有一个冠军，而这个冠军非肯·布鲁斯莫属，他主持的《流行大师》（More4）堪称完美。

肯在BBC广播二台数千个清晨中磨练了这一节目形式，将其称为“国民最爱的音乐竞答”，如今每天上午10.30在Greatest Hits Radio播出。电视版本保持同样的轻快节奏，更增添了观众在享受音乐的同时测试知识的乐趣。

完美平衡的冷门与经典曲目意味着每个人都能得分，但又无法全对。得分系统设计巧妙，确保领先位置不断变化。

我得意地从几个音符中认出了凯特·布什的《Rubberband Girl》，而其他选手却一无所知。但我从未听过西拉·布莱克1969年发行的《Surround Yourself With Sorrow》。那里扣了分……D@^ &!! 和 £**\$%!!

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澳大利亚喜剧

这部来自澳大利亚的慢热但令人满意的剧集将英国演员内森尼尔·马特洛-怀特饰演房主、菲利普·埃廷格饰演挣扎的单身父亲、克里斯托弗·登汉姆饰演警长，但你永远不会长时间停留在任何一个角色身上，尽管整集剧集都专注于拥有那笔钱的某一个人。大量的演员阵容为这些经济衰退社区的生活勾勒出一幅全景图，而暗中进行的谋杀悬疑则隐藏其中。全部十集均可在ITVX平台观看。

古代历史《凯尔特人如何拯救了不列颠》，晚9点，BBC4

这是一部引人入胜的两集系列片的首播，由丹·斯诺主持，他提出了一种颠覆传统英格兰中心史观的激进历史观。斯诺认为，在黑暗时代罗马帝国崩溃后，正是爱尔兰人拯救了不列颠免于文化遗忘，爱尔兰传教士将基督教带到日后成为苏格兰和英格兰的地区。

时间< / td><>BBC 4< / ><>E4< / ><>ITV2< / >< / tr><><>19:00< / ><>9（苏格兰24）《铁路建筑师》圣潘克拉斯车站< / ><>13《霍洛克斯》辛迪决心查明为何被设局< / >< rowspan="2"> 《幸运之轮》格雷厄姆·诺顿邀请公务员丽贝卡、节目洞察师库尔特和警方分析师索拉雅转动幸运轮< / >< / ><><>19:30< / ><>19:45《飞行园丁》爱尔兰的奇异物种< / ><>《辛普森一家》巴特因与当局发生冲突< / >< / ><><>20:00< / >< rowspan="2">《乡间名门》德弗尔将生意带到庄园 20:25《保持体面》海辛斯太太计划一场特别活动< / >< ="2">《伦敦名媛：新王朝》设计师洛蒂·凯恩醉心时尚，即使怀孕也坚持如此。晚宴上矛盾激化< / >< ="2">《1%俱乐部》滚动赛李·麦克主持特别版，未被当日赢出的奖池金额将滚动至次日< / >< / ><><>20:30< / >< / ><><>21:00< / >< ="2">《凯尔特人如何拯救了不列颠》上集。丹·斯诺探讨爱尔兰人在公元400至800年间如何拯救不列颠免于文化遗忘< / >< ="2">《甲板下：澳洲》哈里的新职责困难重重。突如其来的雷暴威胁“卡蒂娜”号< / >< ="2">《奥利维亚·阿特伍德：完美的代价》从妊娠纹到多余的英寸，奥利维亚探索如何拥有“完美”双腿< / >< / ><><>21:30< / >< / ><><>22:00< / >< ="2">《英国聚焦：摄影史》摄影师如何记录他们亲眼见证的20世纪上半叶历史事件< / >< ="2">《局外人》戈登、吉诺与弗雷德的观点：Viva Espana、特种空勤团内幕、《追上查斯》、《穿上吧！婚纱》与坦·法兰斯、《约克郡兽医》。2023年9月起播出< / >< ="2">《恶搞之家》格里芬一家搬到德州< / >< / ><><>22:30< / >< / ><><>23:00< / ><>《植物的隐秘天赋》下集。植物世界< / >< ="2">《首次约会》一位DJ在伊维萨度假后对性取向有了新的认识，现需适应伦敦同性约会场景（至23:05）< / ><>23:05《恶搞之家》斯图伊主演黄油广告< / >< / ><><>23:30< / ><>23:55《我们真的需要月球吗？（至00:55）》< / ><>23:35《美国老爸！》罗杰在品酒会上亲吻弗朗辛（至00:05）< / >< / table>

娱乐与纪实

5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

11:15《枪火》 12:25电影：《逃命》（1955年版）（U） 14:15电影：《七人之中》（1956年版）（U） 16:00《地狱公路》 17:00《公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》 18:00《警车截击手》 21:00《公路警察：抓捕英国超速者》 22:00《逃票者：与法律交战》 23:00《X档案》

BBC THREE

Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107

19:00《补看》 19:05《致命60》 20:00《英国疯狂车手》 21:00电影：《至暗时刻》（2017年版）（PG） 23:00贾里德·莱托：好莱坞的黑暗秘密

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 112 Virgin 132

12:00《少年巫师萨布丽娜》 13:00《老友记》 21:00电影：《Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery》（1997年版）（12） 23:00伊恩·斯特林的《网络烤肉》

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11:00 Building Off the Grid 13:00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 15:00 How It's Made 17:00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 19:00 Wheeler Dealers 21:00 Deadliest Catch 22:00 In the Eye of the Storm 23:00 Expedition X

E4（日间）

Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11:00 Below Deck: Mediterranean 12:00 The Simpsons 14:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 15:00 Modern Family 17:00 The Simpsons

5STAR（日间）

Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12:00 Traffic Cops 14:00 Police Interceptors 17:00 Car Pound Cops 18:00 Home and Away

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12:05 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 13:05 Murder, She Wrote 15:00 Columbo 16:30 Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 17:00 Summer in the Scilly Isles 18:00 Abandoned Engineering 19:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 21:00 Alexander Armstrong Across America 22:00 Battlefront: WWII Road to Victory 23:05 Prisoner: Cell Block H

5 USA（日间）

Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12:00 Law & Order 18:00 NCIS

Food Network UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11:00 The Great British Bake Off 13:00 James Martin's Spanish Adventure 15:00 The Hairy Bikers Go Local 16:00 Jamie's 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 18:00 James Martin's Spanish Adventure 19:00 The Great British Bake Off 21:00 Jamie Cooks Italy 22:00 Chopped Castaways 23:00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12:00 Little House on the Prairie 13:00 The Waltons 16:00 Little House on the Prairie 18:00 The Irish RM 19:00 M*A*S*H 21:00 Brush Strokes 23:00 Robin's Nest

ITV2（日间）

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12:05 Deal or No Deal 13:05 Celebrity Supermarket Sweep 14:05 The Floor 15:10 The Only Way Is Essex 16:10 The Real Housewives of Potomac 17:00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 18:00 Celebrity Catchphrase

ITV3（日间）

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11:30 Heartbeat 13:35 Midsomer Murders 15:35 Classic Emmerdale 16:40 Classic Coronation Street 17:50 Heartbeat

ITV4（日间）

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10:10 The Professionals 11:20 Robin of Sherwood 12:25 Magnum, PI 14:35 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 15:45 Boon 16:50 The Professionals 17:55 Minder

More4（日间）

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 12:40 Come Dine with Me 15:20 Four in a Bed 17:50 Car S.O.S.

National Geographic

11:00 Car S.O.S. 12:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 13:00 Air Crash Investigation 14:00 Anne Frank: The Nazi Capture 15:00 Drain the Oceans 16:00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece 17:00 Destruction Decoded 18:00 Nazi Megastructures: Battle Ready 19:00 Air Crash Investigation 22:00 Construction Fails 23:00 Air Crash Investigation

PBS America

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11:50 The Mughal Empire 13:00 The World After Stonehenge 14:10 The Normans 15:25 The Mughal Empire 17:50 The World After Stonehenge 19:00 The Normans 20:15 The Mughal Empire 22:45 Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

Really

Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12:00 The Yorkshire Auction House 14:00 The Repair Shop 15:00 Salvage Hunters 17:00 Long Lost Family 18:00 The Repair Shop: Windrush Special 19:00 The Yorkshire Auction House 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 23:00 Help! My House Is Haunted

Sky Arts

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12:00 The Art of Film with Ian Nathan 13:00 Tales of the Unexpected 14:00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 15:00 The Nineties 16:00 Discovering: Laurence Harvey 17:00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2023 18:00 Tales of the Unexpected 19:00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 20:15 The World in a Painting: Vermeer's Hat 21:15 Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs 22:15 Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien 23:15 The Movies

Sky Atlantic

Sky 108 Virgin 111 10:15 House of the Dragon 12:40 Homicide: Life on the Street 14:30 Billions 16:40 Django 18:45 House of the Dragon 21:00 Little Bird 23:00 Das Boot

Sky 113 Virgin 112

12:20 Upright 13:40 Avenue 5 15:00 Will & Grace 16:00 Two Weeks to Live

RADIO 4 FM：92.4-94.6兆赫

5:00 News Summary 5:04 The WhatsApp Underground 5:32 Weather 5:34 Shipping Forecast 5:43 Prayer for the Day 5:45 Farming Today 6:00 Today 9:00 Invisible Hands 9:30 Michael Sheen Gets into Character 10:00 Woman's Hour 11:00 Add to Playlist 11:45 Book of the Week: All the Beauty in the World 12:00 News 12:04 Call You and Yours 12:57 Weather 13:00 The World at One 13:45 Human Intelligence 14:00 The Archers 14:15 Drama: The Test Batter Can't Breathe 15:00 PICK History's Secret Heroes. New series. The story of Elvira Chaudoir 17:00 Community 18:00 Will & Grace 19:00 The Office (US) 20:00 Animal Control 21:00 FILM: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (PG) 22:45 Two Weeks to Live 23:45 Animal Control

Sky纪录片频道

Sky 114 Virgin 121

12:00 Wild Wild Space 13:50 My Icon: Michael Campbell 14:00 PL 360 16:00 The Directors 17:00 Discovering: Emma Thompson 17:55 Chimp Crazy 18:55 Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God 20:30 Salt Path: A Very British Scandal 21:30 The Sleepwalker 23:15 FILM: J.F.K. Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021) (15)

Sky历史频道

Sky 123 Virgin 131

10:10 Junk & Disorderly 11:05 Storage Wars 12:00 Ice Road Truckers 13:00 History's Greatest Mysteries

今日广播精选

BBC逍遥音乐会2026，19:00，BBC第三套广播

詹姆斯·邦德系列电影拥有自肖恩·康纳利（图中）1962年首次在《诺博士》中饰演007以来，有史以来最广为人知的主题曲。从那以后，从雪莉·巴西、希娜·伊斯顿到阿黛尔、比莉·艾利什，艺术家们演唱了这些诱人的歌曲

3:30 Heart and Soul 4:00 An Evening with Dave Van Ronk 4:30 What's Up Docs? 17:00 PM; Weather 18:00 Six O'Clock News 18:30 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz Paul discusses misleadingly-named foods. 19:00 The Archers. Fallon puts her foot in it. 20:00 's Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren 21:00 's Mysteries 22:00 Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes 18:00 American Pickers 19:00 Forged in Fire 20:00 's Aircraft 21:00 's Machines with Dolph Lundgren 22:00 's Mysteries 23:00 Original Gangsters with Sean Bean

Sky One

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12:00 Africa's Hunters 13:00 Hawaii Five-0 15:00 S.W.A.T. 17:00 The Simpsons 18:00 Rob & Romesh vs Anthony Joshua Revisited 19:00 The Simpsons 20:00 Best Medicine 21:00 Micky Flanagan — An' Another Fing Live 22:45 The 'Burbs 23:40 Grimm

Sky科幻频道

Sky 145 Virgin 140 11:00 Star Trek: Enterprise

to accompany the films. Now it's the turn of the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser to celebrate the great music from the Bond movies, including Nobody Does it Better From Russia with Love and You Only Live Twice. Prepare to be shaken and stirred.

7:15 Front Row A round-up of news and interviews. 8:00 The Coroners Question. Michael Buchanan explores the role of coroners in investigating sudden, violent and unexpected deaths and asks whether bereaved families are being let down.

12:00 Star Trek: Voyager 13:00 Stargate Atlantis 14:00 Warehouse 13 15:00 Primeval 16:00 Stargate SG-1 17:00 Star Trek: Voyager 18:00 Star Trek: Enterprise 19:00 Stargate Atlantis 20:00 Stargate SG-1 21:00 Resident Alien 22:00 Grimm 23:00 The Walking Dead

Sky Witness

Sky 107 Virgin 110 12:00 FBI 14:00 The Rookie 15:00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 16:00 Nothing to Declare 20:00 Caught on Dashcam 21:00 The Rookie. Nolan is assigned his first rookie. 22:00 Blue Bloods 23:00 The Rookie

TLC

Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12noon The Big Bang Theory。2.00 The Middle。3.30 Young Sheldon。5.00 The Big Bang Theory。9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic。11.00 Dr Pimple Popper: Breaking Out。

6.55 Heartbeat 一对农场夫妇失踪，留下珍妮和莉兹照顾他们的孩子

Vera 当一名学生在神秘情况下坠亡时，薇拉展开调查。她向朋友和家人了解死者生前的一切

Lewis Fearful 对称性：一名保姆在被杀后，其肘部和手腕被精心捆绑。刘易斯和哈瑟韦由此深入调查一个充斥着违章住宅、郊区性派对和性癖摄影的世界

11.50 Trial & Retribution（至12.50）

《澳洲淘金客》（Aussie Pickers）卢卡斯·卡拉汉和亚当·麦克唐纳前往维多利亚，与当地人熟知的拍卖师“斯蒂普托”会面

《摩托车秀》（The Motorbike Show）亨利·科尔在牛津郡进行绿色越野

《冰路卡车司机》（Ice Road Truckers）暴风雨令道尔顿公路陷入混乱，丽莎因陷入沟渠付出代价，而托尼则运输一批易爆货物

全英摔角联盟：碰撞

硬核动作，明星阵容包括FTR、桑德拉·罗莎、乔恩·莫克斯利和杰伊·怀特（至12.00）

6.50 Car S.O.S. 蒂姆·肖和弗兹·汤森德收购了一辆1968年雪铁龙DS

7.55 Grand Designs 凯文·麦克劳德遇到安迪·斯泰克斯和珍妮特·哈迪，他们正在苏格兰西海岸的悬崖顶上建造新房

PopMaster TV 肯·布鲁斯主持音乐问答第三轮，测试选手对排行榜冠军和“打榜神曲”的了解

空中混合

小火车与大人物与皮特·沃特曼

沃特曼与名人见面，分享他对微缩列车的热情

11.05 Police Rescue 一名老人在悉尼北部茂密丛林中失踪，气温骤升（至12.05）

《星际迷航：下一代》（Star Trek: The Next Generation）特洛伊、莱克和克鲁舍医生陷入神秘昏迷

《夏威夷五-0》（Hawaii Five-0）团队调查一名网络恐怖主义专家遭绑架案，发现其研发出入侵政府机构的黑客手段

《法律与秩序：犯罪意图》（Law & Order: Criminal Intent）团队调查一名怀孕吸毒女性的谋杀案，其男友成为头号嫌疑人

《法律与秩序：犯罪意图》（Law & Order: Criminal Intent）侦探调查一名教堂司事的死亡案件，却发现受害者与凶手有染

《格林》（Grimm）尼克和汉克调查一对老年夫妇的谋杀案（至12.00）

《古董之旅》（Antiques Road Trip）詹姆斯·布拉克斯顿和查尔斯·汉森驱车穿越法夫和珀斯郡，收购古董后在邓迪拍卖

《安特·斯坦斯特：天生机械师》（Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic）安特接手一辆三轮宝马Isetta，但车间却突发火灾，刹车失灵

《约翰尼·维加斯的古董店》（Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques）维加斯和贝夫首次在斯塔福德拍卖行售货。之后，他被一尊金鹰雕像吸引

修理铺

软垫家具修复师索纳兹·努兰瓦里和木匠威廉·柯克修理一把儿童椅

《他们如何做到？》世界上最昂贵奢华的床

《他们如何做到？》伯萨利诺帽的制作工艺（至 12.00）

《莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：垂钓去》鲍勃与保罗在威尔士中部垂钓

7.40 《你敢说谎吗？》主持人：梅尔·吉德罗伊奇、大卫·海耶、马丁·肯普

8.20 《你敢说谎吗？》主持人：纳迪亚·侯赛因、黛安·摩根、鲍勃·莫特默、迈克尔·斯迈利

《我还有更多新闻给你》凯文·布里奇斯主持扩展版讽刺问答节目，嘉宾：海伦·刘易斯、克洛伊·彼得斯

《QI XL》尼尔·德拉梅尔、卡里亚德·劳埃德、克里斯·麦考斯兰与常任评委艾伦·戴维斯一同参与问答节目

《终极任务大师》五位名人参与一系列荒诞任务，最终由格雷格·戴维斯决定胜出者（至 12.00）

《今年夏天的最后一杯》福吉、康波与克莱格追赶迪格比走失的驴子

《‘阿罗！阿罗！’》伦内在庄园执行任务

8.35 《‘阿罗！阿罗！’》伊迪丝接受阿方索先生的求婚

9.10 《‘阿罗！阿罗！’》伊维特与伊迪丝就黄金一事质问伦内

9.40 《新的诡计》桑德拉的私人与职业生活交织，当她的母亲需要入住养老院时，她的首选却成为一起可疑死亡案件的现场

《路德》 DCI 约翰·路德与新警探 DS 凯瑟琳·哈利戴被一系列骇人且无差别的杀戮案件困扰（至 12.20）

《全科医生：不为人知的真相》泰勒医生调查一名 overnight A&E 病人因肾脏感染而无症状的案例

急诊室 24 / 7：分秒必争

今年夏天的首个热浪袭击巴恩斯利，为姐姐简本已紧张的急诊室工作雪上加霜

《999：电话另一端的杀机》一名陷入经济困境的女子决定丈夫“死后更值钱”。系列终结篇

《999：危急时刻》一名女子因心脏骤停被紧急送入院

《皮肤科急诊》娜塔莉亚医生处理一个尴尬的脂肪瘤，德夫医生动手术时发现腋下巨大肿块并非表面看似那样（至 12.00）

《海军犯罪调查处》一名海军陆战队中士的尸体被发现，证据显示其生前被活埋

《海军犯罪调查处》一名表面上过着双重生活的海军陆战队员被枪杀身亡。随着调查深入，团队发现一起身份盗用案

《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》布鲁诺

必须深入受害者不完整的故事，以追踪强奸犯

《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》团队面对一桩

无法想象的罪行，被召去调查一名父亲及其两名幼子的谋杀案

《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》

团队被要求澄清对一名国会议员的指控，但调查却将他们引向一个人口贩运团伙（至 12.00）

8.40 《触摸》为盲人或视力障碍者提供的新闻节目 9.00 《跨越大陆》巴西的赌博成瘾问题 9.30 《诈骗秘闻》犯罪分子寻找不同方式利用二维码牟利

10.00 《今晚世界》主持人：詹姆斯·库马拉斯瓦米

二战前

秘鲁社交名媛埃尔维拉·肖杜瓦尔在法国南部纸醉金迷。历史秘闻

英雄（下午3点，BBC第四套广播）

《英雄》（BBC第四套广播）——海伦娜·博纳姆·卡特（Helena Bonham Carter）讲述了她如何成为英国双重间谍的迷人故事。当纳粹陶醉于她从伦敦发送的高级情报时，她实际上在传递虚假信息，声称盟军登陆地点将是波尔多而非诺曼底。

10:45 睡前读物：《锡杜先生的邮局》作者：阿曼·布拉尔

11:00 《半衰期》

11:30 《一切都是虚假，没人在乎》

12:00 午夜新闻与天气预报

12:30 本周图书：《世界之美》

12:48 航运预报

13:00 BBC环球服务

BBC第二套广播 FM：88-90.2兆赫

6:30 早餐秀 9:30 马克·古迪尔 12:00 蒂娜·达赫利 14:00 DJ Spoony 16:00 贾森·曼福德 19:00 乔·怀利的《闪亮快乐播放列表》 19:30 乔·怀利 21:00 杰米·库勒姆的《爵士秀》 22:00 梅尔文·奥多姆的《好节奏》 24:00 O.J.博格

BBC第三套广播 FM：90.2-92.4兆赫

6:30 早餐时间 9:30 《经典必听》 13:00 现场古典音乐 16:00 本周作曲家：萨莉·比米什 17:00 《正在播出》 19:00 BBC 2026逍遥音乐会精选 22:00 《夜间音轨》 23:30 《午夜回合》 24:30 《通宵节目》

BBC第五套广播 MW：693 / 90.9 万赫

5:00 《早安财经》 6:00 第五套早餐秀 9:00 丽玛·艾哈迈德 11:00 埃玛·瓦尔迪 14:00 尼克·瓦特 16:00 第五套驱动时段 19:00 第五套体育 20:00 足球：伯明翰城对阵布伦特福德 22:30 劳拉·麦吉 25:00 多通·阿德巴约

体育

天空体育主频道

天空401 频道维珍501

12:00 转会聊天 13:00 午间直播 14:00 体育新闻台 14:30 《转会360°》 15:00 美国网球公开赛现场混合双打首日比赛 19:00 英格兰足球联赛杯现场诺丁汉森林对阵利兹联队（开球时间20:00） 22:30 美国网球公开赛大满贯资格赛第二天

天空402 频道维珍502

12:00 转会聊天 13:00 英超精华 14:30 《转会360°》 15:00 英超精华 16:30 周一晚间精华 17:00 《展示》 19:00 吉列实验室足球特别节目 22:30 评论 23:30 故事

天空体育

12:00 国际T20板球赛 12:30 尼泊尔登山板球之巅

天空板球频道

电影

Freeview 19 Sky 111 维珍127

11:30 评论 11:20 《育空淘金热》 12:20 《顶级挡》 14:20 莫蒂默与怀特豪斯：《钓鱼去》 15:00 《盖伊车库》 16:00 《毛茸茸骑士的英国最佳》 17:00 里克·斯坦的《印度》

Sky 411 维珍522

FILM4

Sky 109 维珍114

《山》 13:00 棒球测试赛 16:00 《拉瓦尔品第特快》 17:00 一日国际板球赛 21:00 国际T20板球赛 23:30 尼泊尔登山板球之巅

TNT体育3

U&DAVE（日间）

U&ALIBI

12:30 斯诺克武汉公开赛现场 15:30 意甲 17:30 欧冠决赛故事 17:45 欧冠现场：萨巴 vs 海法马卡比（开球时间17:45） 19:45 欧冠决赛故事 20:00 劳力士帆船GP锦标赛 21:00 UFC《终极斗士》 22:00 棒球精华 23:00 加勒比职业板球联赛精华 23:30 加勒比职业板球联赛安提瓜巴布达猎鹰 vs 巴巴多斯海盗现场

13:30 西班牙环法自行车赛现场 17:00 《网络骇客》 17:30 《突破》 17:45 欧冠现场：萨巴 vs 海法马卡比（开球时间17:45） 19:45 《重新加载》 20:00 欧冠现场：博多 / 格利姆特 vs NEC（开球时间20:00） 22:00 故事 22:30 MLB精华 23:30 MLB开场秀

天空413 频道维珍523

日间剧集

综合娱乐

出行节目 11:00 《布朗一家男孩》 11:40 《办公室》

16:10 《王国》 17:15 《时光倒流》 18:00 《夏日最后一杯酒》 12:00 《身体证据》 13:00 《天堂归来》 14:00 《心理侦探》 16:00 《心理侦探》 17:00 《哈德森与雷克斯》 18:00 《身体证据》 19:00 《私家侦探》 20:00 《天堂归来》 21:00 《死亡天堂》 22:20 《布朗神父》 23:20 《私家侦探》

12:00 《我的偶像：安东尼·乔舒亚》 12:10 贝特福德超级联赛 15:00 美国网球公开赛直播 16:00 美国网球公开赛直播

TNT体育1频道

TNT体育W频道

TNT体育eden频道

11:45 电动方程式无插电版 12:15 《车队》 12:30 男子环西班牙自行车赛 13:30 男子环西班牙自行车赛第四赛段直播 17:00 MLB精选 18:00 《垂钓：岸边》 19:00 《WRC杂志》 19:30 MLB精选 20:30 T100铁人三项世界巡回赛精选 21:00 TNT体育板球重播 21:15 《车队》 21:30 UCI山地自行车世界系列赛回顾 22:00 男子环西班牙自行车赛 23:00 斯诺克武汉公开赛

22:00 《悬疑101：言语能杀人》（2019年，PG级） 23:55 《完美悬疑：钻石谋杀案》（2020年，PG级）

TNT体育2频道

《肖申克的救赎》（1994年，15级）主演：蒂姆·罗宾斯 22:25 《哈姆内特》（2025年，12级）主演：保罗·梅斯卡尔

Sky 110 Virgin 124

经典剧集

Sky 410 Virgin 521

Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 116 11:40 《警务档案》 12:40 经典《东区人》 14:00 经典《邻居》 15:05 《惠特斯特珍珠》

Freeview 57 Sky 166 Virgin 176 12:00 《救护车内幕》 17:00 《纳粹崛起：追捕行动》 19:00 《间谍与机密：核游戏》 22:00 《纳粹崛起：追捕行动》

11:00 《托戈》（2019年，15级） 13:15 《夏洛克·福尔摩斯：恐怖之夜》（1946年，PG级） 14:30 《太空来客》（1953年，PG级） 16:05 《那些飞行员的壮举》（1965年，U级） 18:45 《中途岛》（2019年，12级） 21:30 《开车离开娃娃》（2024年，15级） 23:15 《骗中骗》（2019年，15级） 01:25 《女王帮》（2021年，15级）

Freeview 25 Sky 132 Virgin 125

12:00 《DIY SOS：退伍军人之家》 13:00 《点金达人》 16:00 《房产兄弟：永恒之家》 17:00 《DIY SOS：大型建造》 19:00 《澳洲大厨》 20:00 《皮特·威克斯：为了狗狗》 21:00 《救护车内幕》 22:00 《折磨致死：谋杀保姆》 23:00 《谎言、欺骗与背叛》

动作频道

Sky Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 511

11:50 《永远缩小的圈子》 12:30 《只傻瓜和他们的马》 13:10 《维持表象》 13:50 《老爸军营》 14:25 《绿草如茵》 15:05 《您被服务了吗？》 15:45 《永远缩小的圈子》 16:25 《老爸军营》 17:00 《夏日最后一杯酒》 18:20 《维持表象》 19:00 《只傻瓜和他们的马》 19:40 《老爸军营》 20:20 《您被服务了吗？》 21:00 《办公室》 21:40 《巴斯特里酒店》

Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129

11:00 《世界大战》 12:00 《古董路考》 14:00 《爆款与现金》 16:00 《纳粹秘密基地》 17:00 《世界大战》 18:00 《古董路考》 19:00 《蓝色星球》 20:00 《爆款与现金：修复经典》 21:00 《爆款与现金》

昨日频道

Freeview 42 Sky 318 Virgin 426

11:00 《静默深潜》（1958年，U级） 13:00 《特遣队》 14:00 《通缉令》 16:00 《伪造者》（2014年，15级） 18:00 《特遣队》 19:00 《通缉令》 21:00 《救赎日》（2021年，15级） 23:10 《复仇者联盟》

悬疑频道

Freeview 50 Sky 320 Virgin 425

12:00 《难忘今生》 13:00 《明察秋毫》 14:00 《城堡疑案》 15:00 《诊断谋杀》 17:00 《谋杀，她写》 19:00 《城堡疑案》 20:00 《难忘今生》 21:00 《明察秋毫》

浪漫频道

Freeview 52 Sky 322 Virgin 424

12:05 《阻止婚礼》（2016年，PG级） 14:00 《皇家私奔恋》（2022年，PG级） 15:55 《草原之恋》（2018年，PG级） 17:55 《下周同一时间》（2016年，PG级） 19:50 《卡罗来纳甜心》（2017年，PG级） 21:40 《逆流之恋》（2021年，PG级） 23:40 《迷上保姆》（2023年，PG级）

Sky Drama

Sky 310 Virgin 410

10.20am (1975) (15) 12.15pm (1991) (15) 2.15 (2003) (15) 4.00 (2018) (15) 6.20 (1986) (15) 8.00

Sky 首映

Sky 301 Virgin 401

10.10am (2025) (12) 12.25pm Five Nights At Freddy's 2. (2025) (15) 2.25 (2026) (15) 4.00 (2025) (15) 5.45 (2025) (12) 8.00 Five Nights At Freddy's 2. (2025) (15) 9.50 (2026) (15) 11.25 (2025) (15)

画外音电视

Freeview 82 Sky 324 Virgin 445 11.05am The Battle of the Rails. (1946) (PG) 12.45pm Look at Life. 1.00 The Adventures of William Tell. 1.30 Jassy. (1947) (PG) 3.30 Dial 999. 4.00 That's My Boy. 4.35 Pink String and Sealing Wax. (1945) (PG) 6.20 Food Flash Dried Eggs 1942. 6.25 Whiplash. 6.55 The Man from UNCLE. 7.55 Buccaneer. 9.00 Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four. 11.05 Fortean TV. 11.40 The Siege of Sidney Street. (1960) (PG)

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英格兰对西德周六·1966年7月30日

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我们在世界杯派对上静静地喝了一杯！

除了胜利日与已故女王的加冕典礼，1966年7月30日也是值得铭记的一天。英格兰队首次（也是唯一一次）赢得足球世界杯，而在决赛中击败西德更让这一天变得格外特别。我当时住在吉尔福德，那天晚上朋友奈杰尔来我家，说要出去喝一杯。‘我们今晚去西区如何？’他问道。没过多久，我们就到了肯辛顿，那里聚集了大批人群，皇家花园酒店门外热闹非凡。我们停下脚步，走向主入口，当时即将成为外交大臣的乔治·布朗正被人搀扶出酒店，显然有些醉意！大门敞开着，我们便走了进去，发现自己进了电梯，所有人都奔向同一个地方——顶层。走出电梯后，我们意识到自己置身于英格兰足球队的庆功派对中。

我记得走到阳台上，俯瞰下方人群，大家都在唱着：‘Ee aye addio，我们赢得了奖杯。’我们在派对上待了一会儿，我还在香烟盒背面拿到了英格兰后卫乔治·科恩的签名，这是我唯一留存的纪念品。

我们最终离开酒店，继续前往西区。转眼已过去60年，但这段记忆我永远不会忘记。

赫克托·库珀，多塞特郡普尔

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微言哲思

■ 草总是邻居家的绿——这意味着你的邻居正在违反喷水管禁令。

特雷弗·柯林斯，林肯郡格里姆斯比

■ 我让我的斯诺克教练给我一个‘暂停’。

沃伦·布朗，康沃尔郡法尔茅斯

读者来信

我不惊讶李太太不和你说话，布赖恩，因为你送了她一台Vax地毯和软垫家具清洁器作为结婚60周年的礼物。我和丈夫明年就要庆祝结婚60周年了，他最好别有这种馊主意！

詹妮弗·A·泰勒赫默尔亨普斯特德，赫特福德郡

孩童妙语

在和我九岁的双胞胎孙子聊天时，我提到他们妈妈怀孕时，我真的很希望他们俩都是男孩。乔治转头对弟弟说：“杰克，我也希望你是个男孩。”

艾琳·赫伦赫伯恩，泰恩-威尔

笑话

继续说皮特·肯尼迪告诉我们关于艾伦·图灵的妹妹凯特的事，显然奥利·马尔斯也有一个叫波莉的妹妹，在B&Q油漆区工作。

大卫·哈姆普利茅斯，德文郡

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罗宾·E·坦纳奥特伍德，萨里

字谜

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和解之枝

我知道哈里和梅根过去表现不佳，但我确实喜欢他们。

查尔斯国王能多花时间与哈里的孩子们相处、更好地了解他们，这会很美好。

威廉可能需要一段时间才能完全原谅弟弟，但最终他们或许会谈谈，解决问题。

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贝蒂·穆尼林肯

这对苏塞克斯公爵夫妇看来是新的开始，我们理应祝福他们，尤其是为了国王陛下。苏塞克斯的孩子们需要感受到被欢迎，尽管对他们而言，那片土地会很陌生。

苏珊·贝福德地址已提供

当阿奇和莉莉贝特上学时，他们会戴上纸袋遮住脑袋，并在上面剪出眼睛的形状，这样就没人能认出他们的脸吗？

安·韦斯特艾伊，萨福克

一派胡言

美国喜剧演员奥斯卡·列万特曾调侃说，他“认识桃乐丝还是处女之前”。

人们记得，直到2024年，保守党还在主导高移民、飙升的福利账单、虚妄的净零目标以及政府中大量“ woke”分子掌权。

现在他们却自诩为纯洁的保守党，就像桃乐丝一样。

昆虫交换

纳德斯太太（读者来信）有一只黄蜂。我也有一只，现在担心它丢了。但我有两只大蜻蜓，体型相当大，她要不要考虑交换？

东萨塞克斯郡，贝克斯希尔

演出必须继续

梅德温·威廉姆斯（读者来信）说得对，花卉和蔬菜展览会需要拯救。

我几十年来一直定期参展，并乐于在尝试超越其他种植者中获得快乐。

在我们地区，多年来我们已经失去了萨德伯里、贝克里斯、邦盖、戈尔斯顿，今年又失去了大沃尔瑟姆。主要原因并非参展者不足，而是缺乏愿意承担组织工作的人。

你需要秘书、财务、主席等职位，但似乎很少有人愿意牺牲时间来履行这些职责。除非人们改变心意，否则前景恐怕相当黯淡。

—— 艾伦·里普利，萨福克郡波尔斯泰德

热情牧师

我想锡安·凯鲁在奇斯威克的新任职处的教众，在其最近任命后，会因新增的女性成员而壮大。

—— 迈克·索顿，多塞特郡伯恩茅斯

混乱的儿童抚养金服务

我怀着悲伤的心情观看了《全景》节目，报道了儿童抚养金服务处的无能。如此多孩子和父母的生活受到影响，包括我自己的家庭。

我女儿本想观看节目，但不幸的是，儿童抚养金服务处多年来在未支付抚养费方面令她大失所望，她甚至买不起电视许可证。

—— 署名者，东约克郡贝弗利

被冰箱排挤

《每日邮报》的《高街消亡》（读者来信）将责任归咎于超市，但我认为罪魁祸首是冰箱。

直到上世纪60年代，人们还必须每天购买新鲜食品，女性必须在家中接收。之后人们开始拥有冰箱和汽车后，情况就发生了变化。他们可以购买数天甚至一周的食物，并用汽车运输。

超市通过在城外建造廉价场地和停车场帮助了所有人。购物变成了家庭出行，商品一应俱全，但人们却更少与邻居碰面。

空置的商店导致租金下降，慈善商店得以承租——但如今它们正演变为精明的回收再利用者。

更多人能负担得起美发和咖啡消费，但传统店主仍然短缺。一些市议会明智地通过将购物街尽头改为住宅区来收缩购物街。

—— 比尔·安德鲁斯，汉普郡法恩伯勒

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露宿者

曼彻斯特市长承诺并未能让露宿者离开曼彻斯特的街头。

他凭什么认为能在整个英格兰做到这一点？

—— 艾伦·罗伯逊，比德福德

燃气灶

是否有人能向我们解释，“廉价”电力如何帮助减少约80%英国家庭使用燃气中央供暖系统的能源账单，更不用说燃气烤箱和灶具？

唯一的解决方案就是尽早开放北海新气田。

—— 基思·德弗里尔，伯克郡克劳索恩

不要浪费

在阅读财经版时，我看到安盛、帝亚吉欧、捷豹路虎、WPP和耐克都在裁员以削减成本、提高竞争力和效率。

我梦想着某政府部门能裁减10%员工以削减成本、提高效率，而我们的 NHS 也采纳了许多顾问建议的策略，出于同样原因精简了一层管理机构。

然后我就醒了。

—— 迈克·埃利斯，柴郡米尔斯

更正

我过去发邮件时常用的一句话是：“Think dog for spill chuckers.” 它总能通过拼写检查。

BOB DAVEY，维冈，兰开夏

普罗姆斯音乐会的喜悦

我强烈建议错过BBC普罗姆斯音乐会“格雷斯兰”演唱会的人去BBC iPlayer上观看。

那真是一次极其快乐的体验，特别是来自Ladysmith Black Mambazo的音乐。

整场演出我都面带灿烂的笑容。

MIKE FROST，提普树，埃塞克斯

多动症是标签还是终身疾患？

我在观看《第四频道》播出的《多动症神话？》时，对《每日邮报》的马克斯·彭伯顿医生感到极其愤怒。该节目片面，未听取那些在成长过程中因无法理解自身行为或感受而饱受折磨的人的意见。我的多名家人，尤其是孙辈，患有多动症或注意力缺陷障碍。他们童年因对这种疾病缺乏认知而受到摧残。在确诊后，他们得到帮助，找到应对方式，并将多动症视为优点而非弱点，如今都在成年阶段成功应对，同时懂得如何帮助自己的孩子。多动症必须被严肃对待。

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祝贺您的精彩节目，马克斯医生。我们多年来一直在说同样的话。孩子们在成长过程中学会调整行为，但有些人永远无法做到。如果如您所言，多动症并非神经系统疾病，我们真的需要为制药公司生产一个服药世代吗？

尽管必然会有一些人出于马克斯医生所描述的可疑原因寻求诊断，但如果你真的患有多动症，得到确诊是一种解脱，因为这样你终于能理解自己的人生。多动症可能看似微妙，但这是因为我们患者已经非常擅长掩饰它。它远不止丢钥匙或注意力不集中那么简单。我们中的许多人正在挣扎——如果不被严肃对待，情况会更糟，而我在获得诊断前就经历过这种境况。顺便说一句，我拒绝服药，因为我想尝试自己应对。我也并未因多动症获得任何福利。我很少向他人提及此事，甚至家人也不真正理解。一个人会感到相当孤独。不过，我们在多动症Facebook支持小组中相互帮助，对这个节目感到极其愤怒。

姓名和地址已提供

如果有人患有行为障碍，提供支持只会是件好事。但令我深感震惊的是，孩子们正在服用药物来改变行为并提高学校考试成绩。节目中那个男孩及其整个家庭在停药后显然更快乐；尽管如此，为了提高学业表现，他显然又重新服药。这肯定不对。

JOHN ANDREW，威姆斯洛，柴郡

我对马克斯医生对多动症的怀疑态度很感兴趣。如今，任何在学校表现不佳的人都会将责任归咎于多动症或诵读困难。我在20世纪60年代童年时曾被校医诊断为诵读困难。如果多动症确实存在，我很可能也患有此症（加上发育性协调障碍），但如今有许多隐性残疾广为人知，而在当时却无人知晓。

IAN ELLIS，道格拉斯，马恩岛

铁锤回击

我最喜欢的一次板球回击（读者来信）发生在一次英联邦对抗赛中：英格兰选手罗宾·史密斯走向击球位时，被澳大利亚选手默夫·休斯迎面喊道：“伙计，真搞不懂你为啥还费劲，你根本就他妈的不会打球。”

前两个球分别被他打成四分和六分，当第二个球飞出边界时，史密斯回敬休斯：“我们俩还真配，不是吗？我他妈的不会打球，你他妈的也不会投球。”

每次我和你老婆做爱时（并非他原话），她都会给我一块饼干。”

——瓦莱丽·霍利李，戈林拜西，西苏塞克斯

俄罗斯威胁

在上周六的《每日邮报》中，北约前副总司令理查德·希雷夫爵士将军表示，普京的目标是挑起北约陷入一场混乱、协调失当的战争。人们或许会认为，在乌克兰已遭受140万伤亡的情况下，普京最不愿做的就是与32个国家开战。

——诺曼·万斯托尔，伯福德，伍斯特郡

明显危险

政府发布的指导手册建议寻求庇护者“不要殴打或强奸女性”，在我看来这无异于承认他们明知正在允许危险和暴力分子进入英国。

如果国家的首要职责是保护公民，那我从未感到如此缺乏安全感。

——特莎·奥斯本，贝克斯希尔海滩，东苏塞克斯

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问题：为什么我们把飞行员坐的地方称为驾驶舱？

术语“驾驶舱”有着悠久的历史，远早于飞机出现之前。

它首次被记录是在16世纪，用于描述英国流行的斗鸡运动中使用的小型封闭竞技场或斗鸡坑。从那时起，这个词被用作比喻，指代任何拥挤、封闭且进行激烈活动的场所。到了18世纪，英国皇家海军用它来描述船只后甲板下方装有舵和操舵控制装置的区域，舵手（通常负责操舵和管理船员）从那里工作。

“驾驶舱”还指代船只甲板下拥挤混乱的船舱，低级军官在此居住，外科医生在此艰难地救治受伤水手。这同样是一个充满紧张活动的封闭空间。还有一种历史理论认为，伦敦白厅宫殿内的"斗鸡剧院"与昔日斗鸡场所处同一地点。政府办公室迁入后，名称得以保留，并逐渐与指挥中心或决策中心联系在一起。一些词源学家认为，这进一步巩固了“驾驶舱”作为控制中心的现代意义。

20世纪初，首批飞机出现时，飞行员坐在狭小、暴露且拥挤的隔间内，条件艰苦且危险。许多飞行员都有军方或海军背景，“驾驶舱”这一既有术语自然延伸至航空领域，并在1914年前后进入航空词汇。术语“飞行甲板”也同样源自海军传统。

此后，航空技术经历了从敞篷双翼机到喷气式客机和配备先进数字控制系统的战斗机的巨大飞跃，但这一名称却沿用至今。

马特·罗伯逊，林肯

Cockfights to fighter jets...

控制中心：现代驾驶舱内的精密显示屏

问答

问答最长昏迷时间是多久？

最长昏迷时间在医学史上长达42年以上。爱德华达·奥巴拉（Edwarda O'Bara）于1970年1月在16岁时因糖尿病昏迷，直至2012年11月在佛罗里达州迈阿密去世时仍未苏醒，享年59岁。据《吉尼斯世界纪录》记载，她的昏迷时间长达15,663天。

在此之前，伊莱恩·埃斯波西托（Elaine Esposito）保持着37年111天的纪录，她在6岁时因阑尾切除术接受全身麻醉后再未苏醒，被称为“睡美人”。她最终于1978年去世。

罗杰·贝茨，利兹

从昏迷中完全或部分苏醒的最长记录为27年。阿联酋女子穆妮拉·阿卜杜拉（Munira Abdulla）在1991年车祸中遭受严重脑外伤，于2018年在德国医院苏醒。她苏醒后说出的第一个可辨识词是儿子奥马尔（Omar）的名字，奥马尔在车祸时幸存，她当时正抱着他。

问：在世界历史上，是否存在过任何不信仰神或众神的可行文明？

前F1车手迈克尔·舒马赫（Michael Schumacher）在2013年滑雪事故后常被误认为长期昏迷，实际上他仅接受了6个月（169天）的医学诱导昏迷治疗。自2014年6月16日起，他一直在瑞士家中接受持续医疗护理。

例如，OpenAI的O3模型在挪威公共智商测试（Mensa Norway test）中取得了136分的成绩，这一分数在人类中约占前2%。在另一项旨在避免AI训练数据中可能出现问题的“离线”测试中，它得分为116，仍远高于人类平均值100。

问：加勒比海的一个群岛群被称为向风群岛，另一个被称为背风群岛，这些名称由谁命名？

丹尼斯·吉尔，萨里郡卡特汉姆

问答如果AI参加人类智商测试，其可能得分是多少？

然而，将AI与人类智商进行比较绝非易事。智商测试主要衡量模式识别、逻辑和解决问题的能力，现代AI系统在这些方面通常表现优异。然而，AI明显缺乏人类智能的许多方面，包括常识、情感理解、生活经验和现实判断力。因此，AI可能在智商测试中表现优于大多数人，同时仍会犯出人类认为显而易见的错误。

大卫·希金斯，诺福克

问：短语“to get on like a house on fire”（形容相处融洽）的起源是什么？

尼尔·希金斯，汉密尔顿

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问题美国面包在一些欧洲国家被禁了吗？

进一步补充之前的回答，一位曾在美国生活多年、现已去世的英格兰朋友从不购买美国面包。

她说美国面包根本不能吃，她总是改吃意大利面包，她的大多数朋友也是如此。

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贝森发起对伊朗的“经济攻势”

特朗普政府昨晚宣布对伊朗发起“经济攻势”，推出新一轮制裁，针对与伊朗有业务往来的国家和企业。

在两国开战近六个月且几乎看不到解决迹象之际，美国财政部长斯科特·贝森公布了名为“经济弃儿行动”的详细计划，旨在孤立美国的敌对国。

在金融市场密切关注的新闻发布会上，贝森将此形容为“经济诺曼底登陆日”，旨在向仍与伊朗保持联系者发出最后警告——若不切断联系，将面临被排除在美元金融体系之外的风险。

撰文：约翰-保罗·福特·罗哈斯

贝森表示：“我们正在对伊朗全球金融联系发起经济攻势。

我们的目标是斩断支撑这个暴虐政权的每一条经济命脉，直到德黑兰孤立无援。”

美国财政部针对数字资产、技术、黄金、航空和航运五大行业——这些是伊朗政府用以支撑经济的领域——实施制裁。

此外，美方还对近60家实体、个人和船只实施制裁。

贝森未说明哪些国家可能面临美国的次级制裁，但中国、土耳其和阿联酋是伊朗最大的贸易伙伴。

他补充道：“美国的立场不容任何模糊。

与这个谋杀成性的政权进行任何形式的经济往来，都将令相关责任方面临美国权力的全面制裁。”

华盛顿表示，新制裁旨在给已被此前措施和美国海军封锁重创的伊朗经济施加更大压力。贝森发表此番讲话之际，伊朗货币已创下历史新低。特朗普于今年2月底对伊朗发动战争。

此举导致霍尔木兹海峡的石油和天然气供应受阻，推高全球油价并给消费者和企业带来通胀压力。

激战虽已减弱，但结束战争的外交努力陷入停滞，通过海峡的石油和原材料运输仍被封锁。与此同时，在即将到来的秋季国会选举前，特朗普的支持率已降至最低点。

在昨天的制裁公布后，油价几乎未变，布伦特原油期货价格微跌至低于92美元。

SHEIN锁定香港上市折价估值200亿英镑

撰文：简·邓顿

SHEIN确认计划下月在香港启动股市上市，估值为200亿英镑的折价水平。

这远低于2022年私募融资轮中这家中国快时尚巨头被给予的730亿英镑估值。

在美欧相继关闭允许其免关税出口小包裹的漏洞后，其估值大幅下滑。

定于9月1日进行的首次公开募股（IPO）酝酿已久。其伦敦和纽约上市计划均因政界和监管机构对其中国供应链的担忧而受阻。

AJ贝尔投资总监拉斯·穆尔德表示：“对一家以折扣价销售服装闻名的企业而言，其IPO估值定然也会打折，这再合适不过了。”

莫里森誓言在食品杂货战中降价

能源债务将达70亿英镑

作者：埃米莉·霍金斯、简·邓顿

莫里森超市在与竞争对手的激烈竞争中大幅降价，同时工党对该行业施加压力。

零售商面临政治压力，首相安迪·伯纳姆誓言要解决“敲竹杠英国”问题，例如误导性促销让折扣看起来比实际更优惠。但工党的言论激怒了零售商，他们认为自己正在竭尽全力为手头拮据的顾客降低价格。

这家陷入困境的超市推出的“最低价”承诺保证约500种主食的价格将与阿尔迪、阿斯达、利德尔、森宝利和乐购持平或更低。

该承诺涵盖日常商品，包括香蕉、西红柿、胡萝卜、面包、黄油和鸡胸肉，正值公司老板拉米·巴提赫试图扭转公司命运之际。

官方数据显示，食品通胀率在7月份实际上已降至1.3%，低于6月的1.7%，为2024年8月以来最低，尽管同期整体消费者价格通胀率从2.6%上升至2.9%。专家将食品通胀下降归因于超市通过促销和忠诚度计划为顾客遮风挡雨。

零售咨询公司JDM Retail创始人乔纳森·德梅洛表示：“政府对促销打击和基本食品价格上限的立场转变，代表了对一个本已高度竞争行业的不必要干预。”

他表示，政府干预可能会“将杂货利润率推至困境超市如阿斯达和莫里森的危险境地”。

后者正面临“英国现代零售业最艰巨的转型任务”之一，因其正在与£7.52bn的债务和日益缩小的市场份额作斗争。

客户能源债务已估计在2026年上半年达到60亿英镑。

随着10月份英国天然气和电力市场监管局（Ofgem）将宣布新的价格上限——预计将上涨4%，达到三年高点——该债务还将继续攀升。

德梅洛表示。今年早些时候，利德尔超越莫里森成为英国第五大连锁超市。自2021年被私募股权公司克莱顿、杜比利尔及赖斯以£7bn收购以来，该公司一直举步维艰。

莫里森为削减成本已大幅裁员，在过去的财政年度中员工总数从101,144人减少至96,232人，裁减近5,000人。

高管们辩称，政府可以通过减轻企业税收和监管负担来帮助降低价格，但伯纳姆打击超市虚假折扣的承诺也获得了支持。

阿尔迪首席执行官贾尔斯·赫利表示，必须对所谓的“虚构折扣”采取“严格且有针对性的”行动。

该系安全帽了

罗斯勋爵对商业运作了如指掌。他从事企业高管工作已超过50年，曾任玛莎百货首席执行官兼董事长，后担任奥凯多和阿斯达董事长。

他目前仍在阿斯达董事会任职，同时担任Zenith Vehicles和加油站零售商EG Group董事长，并在伯顿、阿格斯、布克、伍尔沃斯和Arcadia等公司任职。

因此，当现年77岁的罗斯表示他从未如此担忧英国商业现状时，是时候该系上安全帽了。他说，高昂的就业成本和监管如今如此严格，正在阻碍增长。

他举例称，前财政大臣蕾切尔·里夫斯上调雇主国民保险费用令一家超市集团每年额外支出1 亿英镑。若在整个经济中推广，就不难理解为何失业率飙升、投资崩溃。

罗斯是150多位顶级商界领袖之一，他们加入了由Helm创始人团队组织的“阻止监管侵蚀”运动。他们呼吁

玛吉·帕加诺

呼吁财政大臣约翰·黑利（John Healey）逆转国民保险费上涨、恢复创业税收优惠，并要求部长们制定商业路线图，让创始人能够有信心投资。否则，他们警告称，英国新兴企业将面临“千刀万剐”的局面。

他们并非唯一担忧的人。最近由Helm进行的一项民意调查显示，仅有6%的企业领导人认为首相支持商业发展。

雇主们此前曾警告前任财政大臣，其税收增加将导致就业岗位化为乌有，投资减少。

无需天才也能想到：如果劳动力成本上升，雇主将减少岗位数量。而这次国民保险税上涨，加之最低工资提高，伤害尤为严重——因为受害最深的是最脆弱的群体：寻找兼职工作的年轻人以及希望更灵活工作时间的女性。

自工党执政两年来，190,000个公司在职岗位消失，其中近一半由25岁以下人群持有，相当于每天约150个岗位。此外，还有超过100万“尼特族”（既不上学、也不工作或接受培训的人），而本周晚些时候公布的数据可能令这一数字再次飙升。

他们将与成千上万涌入就业市场的新毕业生为伍——据称这是十年来最糟糕的就业形势。

招聘平台Adzuna报告称，7月份仅为大学毕业生提供了8,383个职位空缺，同比下降45%。因此，企业组织CBI也敦促黑利在10月份的预算案前削减国民保险税，并推出其他明智措施，帮助年轻人重返职场。

CBI成员也能看到街头巷尾的惨状：商店街店面关门、酒吧歇业、最优秀的人才外流海外，以及超过100万年轻人被迫“靠边站”。

多么可怕的浪费。我个人认为，黑利太过软弱，无法逆转这些税收上涨，甚至无法恢复急需的商业和创业税收优惠，唯恐因此激怒其意识形态驱动且充满报复心的后座议员。

讽刺的是，工党执政仅两年，其遗产却是创纪录的青年失业率——而慷慨的福利支出和取消工作激励措施更令这一局面雪上加霜。

让房子见鬼去吧……

别惊讶看到邻居们撕下屋顶瓦片、拆掉大门或用砖头封死窗户。

这被称为“反基尔斯蒂·奥尔索普式待遇”：竭尽所能让自家房屋看起来不那么吸引人，以避免拟议中的“豪宅税”。

可悲的是，这项新税收绝非儿戏。与大多数工党政策一样，它几乎必然会走向崩溃或引发社会动荡，因为其构想之拙劣。

首先，英国税务海关总署（HMRC）的检查员无权在未经法庭裁决的情况下检查你的房产，因此必须修改立法。

其次，工党可曾考虑过对更广泛的建筑、房屋修缮和DIY市场造成的影响？

没有，他们当然没想过。

企业税改革势在必行，部长们被敦促彻底改革

部长们被警告称，对备受诟病的企业税率制度进行“小修小补”远远不够，政府已就改革启动咨询。

企业希望看到该制度的全面改革，部分企业声称现行制度“惩罚成功”，因为随着营业额增长，税率账单也会上涨。

许多实体店商家还要求将更多企业税率负担转移至在线零售商运营的仓库。

此次咨询将由资深税务专家杰里·舒尔德（Jerry Schurder）牵头，审查酒吧和酒店企业税率账单的计算方式。

他将在2029年3月向财政部提交报告。其建议将于2029年——下一次商业地产估值并确定其应缴税率之时——实施。

默里（Murray）财政部财务秘书表示，此次审查将纳入“构建更公平未来制度”的计划。但企业高管表示，工党必须“摆脱零敲碎打的救济措施”，提供根本性改革，并在预算中帮助实体店应对不断上涨的成本。

“酒吧因成功而受罚”

拥有英格兰120家酒吧的巴特康伯集团（Butcombe Group）首席执行官乔纳森·劳森（Jonathan Lawson）对BBC表示，酒吧税率的计算方法意味着它们“因成功而受罚”，因为营业额增长时税率也会上涨。

相比之下，通过仓库运营的在线巨头则不受基于营收计算的影响。

实体店企业希望工党兑现其竞选承诺，对该制度进行重大改革，以在实体店与在线运营商之间实现公平竞争。

呼吁改革的商业组织联盟“实际税率改革联盟”（Real Rates Reform Alliance）主席罗斯·摩根（Ros Morgan）表示，此次审查“仅聚焦酒吧和酒店，而我们需要的是对整个制度的全面改革”。

她补充道：“我们不能继续逐个行业对企业税率进行小修小补。”

英国商会联合会（British Chambers of Commerce）商务环境政策负责人乔尼·哈斯尔丁（Jonny Haseldine）表示，全面改革“迫在眉睫”，而“持续零敲碎碎的改革方式是错误的”。

GSK股价下跌，尽管关键药物取得进展

GSK昨日股价下跌，尽管公司宣布两款重点产品取得进展。

该公司表示，其实验性慢性乙型肝炎药物bepirovirsen（商品名Hibsago）已在日本获批。

该FTSE100集团表示，此决定基于后期研究显示该药物帮助近1.五分之一患者实现治愈，并提升了提供替代终身抗病毒药物疗程的希望。

GSK表示，该疾病“在全球范围内是一项重大公共卫生挑战，也是导致肝癌的主要原因”。GSK补充称，日本有近100万人患有此病，每年约导致4,000人死亡。

公司预测bepirovirsen在巅峰年度销售额可能超过20亿英镑，使公司更接近其年度营收目标——超过400亿英镑。Separately, GSK said the US Food and Drug Administration will conduct a priority review of dostar-limab, marketed as Jemperli, as a potential treatment for a form of rectal cancer.

然而，股价下跌1.5%。自2月高点以来，股价已下跌17%。交易平台IG首席市场分析师克里斯·博尚表示：“通常一天内出现两条重大药物新闻并不常见，但此次未能激起太多反应。GSK管理层仍需做出更多努力，提供更具说服力的投资故事。”

52周高点 / 低点

| 航空航天与国防 | | | | | ---------------- / ------ Aston Martin / $33^{3 / 4}$ / $-1 / 2$ / 86 / $33^{3 / 4}$ BAE Systems / 2097 / -29 / 2331 / $1609^{1 / 2}$ Chemring Gp / 558xd / $-12^{1 / 2}$ / 638 / 460 QinetiQ / 530 / -10 / $571^{1 / 2}$ / 406 Rolls-Royce / $1500^{1 / 4}$ xd / -2 / $1570^{8 / 8}$ / 1029 Senior / $294^{2}$ / 311 / $164^{1 / 8}$

| 银行 | | | | | ---------------- / ------ Banco Santander / 1084 / +6 / 1100 / 690 Barclays / 495 / +24 / 5308 / 3574 HSBC Hldgs / 1529xd / +108 / 15978 / 9462 Lion Finance / 13230 / +140 / 13510 / 7020 Lloyds Banking / 111 / +8 / 1178 / 782 Metro Bank / 1698 / -8 / 1804 / 100 NatWest Group / 688xd / +5 / 7224 / 5054 Stan Chartered / 2195xd / +33 / 2248 / 1360 TBC Bank / 4876xd / +106 / 5180 / 3640

| 饮料 | | | | | Barr (AG) / 609 / +5 / 710 / 594 Coca-Cola HBC / 4616 / +72 / 5170 / 3306 Diageo / 1771 / +52 / 2063 / 1362 12

当日最大涨幅股 / 收盘价 / 日涨幅 ---------------- / -------- Playtech / 412.20 / +5.15% Pollen Street / 878.00 / +3.66% WPP / 399.90 / +3.36% ME Group / 124.80 / +3.14% B&M / 243.60 / +3.05%

| 化工 | | | | | Croda Intnal / 3468 / +35 / 3468 / 2439 Elementis / 178xd / $-1^{14}$ / $187^{14}$ / $142^{58}$ Johnson Matt / 2268xd / -6 / $3199^{58}$ / 2268 Victrex / 820 / +7 / 834 / 539

| 建筑与材料 | | | | | ---------------- / ------ / -。

巴尔福比提...882 / -3 / 926 $\frac{1}{2}$ / 584

布里登...359 $\frac{1}{4}$ / -1 / 372 ${8}{8}$ / 273 杰努伊特集团...283 ${1}{4}$ / + ${1}{4}$ / 389 ${1}{2}$ / 243 ${1}{4}$ 格拉夫顿集团...1026 ${8}{8}$ / -6 ${1}{4}$ / 1048 / 808 ${8}{8}$ 伊布斯托克...84 / - ${1}{4}$ / 142 / 84 ${8}{8}$ 凯勒集团...2858xd / -26 / 3444 / 1282 基尔集团...254 ${8}{8}$ / + ${1}{8}$ / 261 ${1}{4}$ / 180 ${1}{4}$ 沃吕申...659 / +7 / 712 / 562

电力

德拉克斯集团 / 739 $^{12}$ / -5 / 918 / 626 $^{12}$

SSE / 2371xd / -15 / 2757 $^{12}$ / 1612

| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 哈尔玛...3554 / +44 / 4878 / 3218 摩根先进材料...234 / $+1^2$ / 255 / $187^{*8}$ 牛津仪器集团...2760 / -86 / 3302 / 1766 雷尼绍...5035 / -65 / 5455 / 3120

股权投资工具

3i基础设施...395 / +3 ${1}{2}$ / 395 / 326 阿伯福思·斯米尔斯资本...1764xd / +2 / 1764 / 1418 AJ贝尔...616 ${1}{2}$ / +5 ${1}{2}$ / 643 / 414 ${1}{8}$ 联合惠廷...1370 / 1390 / 1188 安联科技...685 / -7 / 758 / 449 阿育王印度...253 / -3 ${1}{2}$ / 285 ${1}{2}$ / 217 AVI环球信托...262 / - ${1}{2}$ / 272 ${1}{2}$ / 239 ${1}{2}$ 百利高日本...1056 / -4 / 1080 / 834 百利高美国...332 / +4 / 366 ${1}{2}$ / 262 银行家投资信托...148xxd / -4 / 154 ${1}{8}$ / 122 ${1}{4}$ BH宏观...426 / 462 ${1}{2}$ / 389

| 52-week | Sequoia Econ Infra...84 $^{1 / 4}$ / -1 / 87 $^{1 / 2}$ / 75 $^{1 / 4}$ Syncona...111 $^{1 / 8}$ / +2 / 111 $^{1 / 8}$ / 86 $^{1 / 8}$ Templeton Em...314 $^{1 / 2}$ / -6 / 350 / 199 $^{1 / 8}$ Twentyfour...108 / 114 $^{1 / 4}$ / 104 $^{1 / 8}$ Vietnam Enter...722 / +7 / 848 / 684 VinaCapital Vietnam...439 $^{1 / 2}$ / -2 / 499 / 414 $^{1 / 2}$ Wwide Healthcare...391 / -4 / 399 / 324

食品生产商

Assoc Brit Foods....< / td><>2069< / ><>+8< / ><>2315< / ><>18< / >< / tr> <><>Cranswick....< / ><>5430xd< / ><>+70< / ><>5690< / ><>4840< / >< / > <><>Greencore....< / ><>267 $^{8}$ < / ><>+1 $^{8}$ < / ><>306 $^{2}$ < / ><>192< / >< / > <><>Hilton Food Gp....< / ><>619 $^{2}$ < / ><>+3 $^{2}$ < / ><>839< / ><>456< / >< / > <><>Premier Foods....< / ><>202 $^{4}$ < / ><>+2 $^{4}$ < / ><>209 $^{4}$ < / ><>167< / >< / > <><>Princes Group....< / ><>320< / ><>< / ><>479< / ><>298 $^{2}$ < / >< / > <><>Tate & Lyle....< / ><>553 $^{2}$ < / ><>-2< / ><>569< / ><>329 $^{8}$ < / >< / > <><>Unilever....< / >< colspan="2">4782 $^{2}$ xd-101 $^{2}$ < / ><>5472< / ><>4078< / >< / > < / table>

一般金融

<><>3i Group< / ><>2934< / ><>+43< / ><>4459< / ><>2082< / >< / > <><>Ashmore Gp< / ><>$227\frac{1}{8}$< / ><>$+1\frac{1}{4}$< / ><>$266{1}{4}$< / ><>$153{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>Bridgepoint Group< / ><>$320{1}{8}$< / ><>$-{1}{8}$< / ><>$348{1}{4}$< / ><>$222{1}{8}$< / >< / > <><>Capital Gearing< / ><>526< / ><>+2< / ><>530< / ><>$52{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>CMC Markets< / ><>709< / ><>-34< / ><>749< / ><>206< / >< / > <><>Coats Group< / ><>$80{1}{8}$< / ><>$+{1}{8}$< / ><>$95{1}{8}$< / ><>$74{1}{8}$< / >< / > <><>Cordiant Digital< / ><>$123{1}{2}$< / ><>< / ><>$124{1}{2}$< / ><>$122{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>Foresight Group< / ><>496< / ><>-5< / ><>503< / ><>345< / >< / > <><>Hansa Investment< / ><>336< / ><>-2< / ><>344< / ><>331< / >< / > <><>ICG< / ><>2026< / ><>+10< / ><>2332< / ><>1463< / >< / > <><>IG Gp< / ><>$1354{1}{4}$ xd< / ><>+20< / ><>1938< / ><>1025< / >< / > <><>Integrafin< / ><>$399{1}{2}$< / ><>$+6{1}{2}$< / ><>$399{1}{2}$< / ><>$298{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>Intl Public Prtnshps< / ><>$140{1}{4}$ xd< / ><>$-{1}{8}$< / ><>$144{1}{8}$< / ><>$117{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>Investec< / ><>$635{1}{2}$ xd< / ><>$-1{1}{2}$< / ><>$679{1}{2}$< / ><>518< / >< / > <><>IP Group< / ><>$71{1}{4}$< / ><>$+{1}{8}$< / ><>$71{1}{4}$< / ><>$48{1}{8}$< / >< / > <><>London Stock Ex< / ><>$8840{1}{4}$ xd< / ><>+238< / ><>9992< / ><>7170< / >< / > <><>Man Group< / ><>$304{1}{4}$ xd< / ><>+8< / ><>316< / ><>$154{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>Nth Atlantic Smaller< / ><>430< / ><>-2< / ><>433< / ><>330< / >< / > <><>OSB Group< / ><>515xd< / ><>-1< / ><>$643{1}{2}$< / ><>$484{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>Paragon< / ><>815< / ><>$-3{1}{2}$< / ><>917< / ><>$711{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>Plus500< / ><>$3698{1}{4}$ xd< / ><>+22< / ><>5070< / ><>2942< / >< / > <><>Quilter< / ><>$193{1}{8}$< / ><>$+{1}{4}$< / ><>$208{1}{4}$< / ><>$154{1}{8}$< / >< / > <><>Rathbone Grp< / ><>1708< / ><>+4< / ><>2265< / ><>1582< / >< / > <><>Ruffer Investment< / ><>298< / ><>-1< / ><>$313{1}{2}$< / ><>$283{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>Schroders< / ><>$583{1}{2}$< / ><>$-{1}{2}$< / ><>$589{1}{2}$< / ><>$361{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>SDCL Efficiency< / ><>36< / ><>< / ><>63< / ><>32< / >< / > <><>Seraphim Space< / ><>$186{1}{8}$< / ><>+3< / ><>$273{1}{2}$< / ><>$66{1}{4}$< / >< / > <><>Temple Bar< / ><>$422{1}{2}$ xd< / ><>+3< / ><>429< / ><>335< / >< / > <><>TP ICAP< / ><>$332{1}{4}$< / ><>+3< / ><>355< / ><>$240{1}{2}$< / >< / > <><>XPS Pensions< / ><>319< / ><>+1< / ><>362< / ><>283< / >< / > < / table>

52週最高最低價

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<><>牛津生物医药......509< / ><>-17< / ><>913< / ><>478<>12< / >< / >
<><>史密斯&内夫......1082< / ><>+12<>2< / >< / ><>1435< / ><>1068<>12< / >< / >
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工业运输工业

<><>克拉克森< / ><>5050< / ><>+25< / ><>5155< / ><>3395< / >< / > <><>齐格普< / ><>465<>1 / 2< / >< / ><>-<>1 / 2< / >< / ><>478< / ><>301<>1 / 2< / >< / > < / table>

<>< colspan="5">工业< / >< / > <><>博迪科特< / ><>905< / ><>-3½< / ><>923< / ><>601< / >< / > <><>全球数据< / ><>84¼< / ><>-8< / ><>151½< / ><>63⅛< / >< / > <><>古德温< / ><>18020< / ><>-700< / ><>27600< / ><>9400< / >< / > <><>希尔&史密斯< / ><>2885< / ><>-15< / ><>3095< / ><>2020< / >< / > <><>帝国金属工业< / ><>3072xd< / ><>+18< / ><>3148< / ><>2226< / >< / > <><>梅尔罗斯工业< / ><>462xd< / ><>-8¼< / ><>681¼< / ><>448¼< / >< / > <><>RHI镁质耐火材料< / ><>2800< / ><>< / ><>3345< / ><>1980< / >< / > <><>罗托克< / ><>485xd< / ><>-4< / ><>488< / ><>288⅛< / >< / > <><>史密斯集团< / ><>2610< / ><>+10< / ><>2746< / ><>2118< / >< / > <><>斯派拉克斯集团< / ><>7035< / ><>-25< / ><>7960< / ><>6300< / >< / > <><>维苏威< / ><>382¼< / ><>+1⅛< / ><>503< / ><>357¼< / >< / > <><>威尔集团< / ><>2878< / ><>+62< / ><>3546< / ><>2274< / >< / >

休闲用品

<><>游戏工作室......18510< / ><>-150< / ><>21940< / ><>14200< / >< / > <><>ME集团......124<>34< / >< / ><>+3<>34< / >< / ><>201<>12< / >< / ><>100<>14< / >< / > <><>瑞士钟表......679< / ><>-1< / ><>801<>12< / >< / ><>318<>34< / >< / >

人寿保险

<><>阿伯丁集团< / ><>246<>4< / > xd< / ><>+3<>8< / >< / ><>261< / ><>182< / >< / > <><>安盛< / ><>728< / ><>+10<>4< / >< / ><>737< / ><>591<>8< / >< / > <><>法律&通用< / ><>288<>4< / > xd< / ><>+4<>4< / >< / ><>316<>8< / >< / ><>233<>8< / >< / > <><>保诚< / ><>1042<>2< / >< / ><>+14<>2< / >< / ><>1220< / ><>916< / >< / > <><>圣詹姆斯宫< / ><>1196<>2< / > xd< / ><>+8<>2< / >< / ><>1553< / ><>1053<>2< / >< / > <><>标准人寿< / ><>928<>2< / >< / ><>+8< / ><>941<>2< / >< / ><>619< / >< / >

媒体

<>< colspan="5">媒体< / >< / > <><>4imprint......4502xd< / ><>-90< / ><>5000< / ><>3055< / >< / > <><>Autotrader集团......5428< / ><>-48< / ><>8218< / ><>4274< / >< / >

TOPFALLERS / CLOSING PRICE / DAILY CHANGE

CMC Markets / 709.00 / -4.58% Goodwin / 18020.00 / -3.74% Oxford Biomedica / 509.00 / -3.23% Kainos Gp / 1254.00 / -3.09% Oxford Instruments / 2760.00 / -3.02%

52-week / High / Low

Bloomsbury / 652 / -2 / 672 / 438½ Informa / 900¼ / -14 / 993⅛ / 739¼ ITV / 72¼ / +18 / 85¼ / 67⅛ Mony Group / 206⅛ xd / -18 / 213 / 144½ Pearson / 1225xd / +29½ / 1326 / 891⅛ RELX / 2652xd / +40 / 3565 / 2013 Rightmove Group / 503¼ / -7 / 766⅛ / 404 WPP / 399⅛ / +13 / 411⅛ / 224⅛

Mining

Anglo American / 4118xd / +51 / 4225 / 2201 Antofagasta / 3972 / +67 / 4455 / 2131 Endeavour Mining / 4773 / +93 / 5290 / 2492 Fresnillo / 3200xd / -19 / 4448 / 1741 Glencore / 593⁸ / -3¼ / 615 / 284¼ Hochschild Mining / 630 / -10 / 808² / 272⁸ Pan African Resources / 136⁸ / +1¼ / 183⁸ / 61¼ Rio Tinto / 7666xd / +18 / 8308 / 4570

Nonlife Insurance

Admiral Gp / 4000 / +24 / 4000 / 2644 Beazley / 1296 / 769 Hiscox / 1832xd / +37 / 1899 / 1273 Lancashire Hldgs / 6082xd / 694 / 565

Oil & Gas Producers

BP / 533⁴ xd / -15⁴ / 606⁴ / 410² Energean / 770² / -4² / 1026 / 683² Harbour Energy / 254⁴ xd / -7⁴ / 318⁴ / 185⁸ Hunting / 393² / -11² / 531 / 311 Ithaca Energy / 271 / -2 / 285⁸ / 153⁴ Shell / 3397xd / -12² / 3583 / 2562

Oil Equipment & Services

Wood Gp(J) / 29⁸ / 29⁸ 18⁴

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

AstraZeneca / 12110xd-130 / 15542 / 10956 Genus / 2288 / +6 / 3170 / 1966 GSK / 18902xd / -28 / 2268 / 1442½ Haleon / 3694xd / +6⁴ / 410⁸ / 320⁸ Hikma Pharma / 1633xd / -3 / 1851 / 1191 Oxford Nanopore / 166⁴ / -3⁴ / 199⁴ / 104² Reckitt Benckiser / 5180xd / +38 / 6681¼ / 4443

Real Estate

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<><>Hammerson....< / ><>374<>8< / >< / ><>-3<>8< / >< / ><>385<>8< / >< / ><>267<>4< / >< / >
<><>Harworth....< / ><>180< / ><>-<>4< / >< / ><>181< / ><>120< / >< / >
<><>Land Securities....< / ><>687<>2< / >< / ><>+<>2< / >< / ><>722< / ><>529< / >< / >
<><>LondonMetric Prop....< / ><>194< / ><>+1< / ><>215< / ><>177<>2< / >< / >
<><>Primary Hlth Prop....< / ><>96<>8< / >< / ><>+<>2< / >< / ><>108<>4< / >< / ><>87<>2< / >< / >
<><>Safestore Hldgs....< / ><>604<>2< / >< / ><>+<>1< / ><>2< / >< / ><>837< / ><>582< / >< / >
<><>Savills....< / ><>1060< / ><>+14< / ><>1108< / ><>808< / >< / >
<><>SEGRO....< / ><>991xd< / ><>+<>3< / ><>8< / >< / ><>997<>8< / >< / ><>604<>8< / >< / >
<><>Shaftesbury....< / ><>150<>8< / >< / ><>-<>4< / >< / ><>157<>2< / >< / ><>126<>4< / >< / >
<><>Sirius Real Estate....< / ><>96<>4< / >< / ><>+<>4< / >< / ><>111<>8< / >< / ><>91< / >< / >
<><>Supermarket Inc....< / ><>85<>2< / >< / ><>+<>2< / >< / ><>88<>8< / >< / ><>76<>4< / >< / >
<><>Target Healthcare....< / ><>111xd< / ><>+1< / ><>116< / ><>92<>4< / >< / >
<><> Property IT....< / ><>306<>2< / >< / ><>-<>1< / >< / ><>361<>2< / >< / ><>295< / >< / >
<><>Tritax Big Box....< / ><>157xdx< / ><>-<>4< / >< / ><>173<>4< / >< / ><>133<>4< / >< / >
<><>Unite Group....< / ><>529<>2< / >< / ><>-<>2< / >< / ><>727<>2< / >< / ><>448<>4< / >< / >
<><>Workspace Gp....< / ><>360<>4< / >< / ><>-<>4< / >< / ><>430< / ><>319<>8< / >< / >
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零售商

<><>AO World< / ><>94 $\frac{8}{3}$< / ><>-1< / ><>113 $\frac{4}{3}$< / ><>83 ${8}{3}$< / >< / > <><>ASOS< / ><>404 ${2}{3}$< / ><>+8 ${2}{3}$< / ><>404 ${2}{3}$< / ><>206 ${2}{3}$< / >< / > <><>B&M< / ><>243 ${8}{3}$< / ><>+7 ${4}{3}$< / ><>264 ${8}{3}$< / ><>155 ${4}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Burberry Gp< / ><>1078< / ><>+8 ${2}{3}$< / ><>1360< / ><>1004 ${2}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Currys< / ><>147 ${2}{3}$< / ><>-2 ${4}{3}$< / ><>168 ${4}{3}$< / ><>106 ${8}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Dr. Martens< / ><>81< / ><>-4 ${1}{3}$< / ><>99 ${8}{3}$< / ><>60 ${4}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Dunelm Gp< / ><>888< / ><>+4< / ><>1241< / ><>715< / >< / > <><>Frasers Group< / ><>820< / ><>-3 ${2}{3}$< / ><>837 ${2}{3}$< / ><>618 ${2}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Greggs< / ><>1876< / ><>+38< / ><>2032< / ><>1418< / >< / > <><>Howden Joinery< / ><>800 ${2}{3}$< / ><>+2 ${2}{3}$< / ><>970< / ><>723 ${2}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Inchcape< / ><>822xd< / ><>-7 ${2}{3}$< / ><>890< / ><>640 ${2}{3}$< / >< / > <><>JD Sports Fashion< / ><>85 ${2}{3}$< / ><>+1< / ><>104 ${2}{3}$< / ><>65 ${4}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Kingfisher< / ><>317 ${4}{3}$< / ><>-3 ${8}{3}$< / ><>370 ${2}{3}$< / ><>243 ${4}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Marks & Spencer< / ><>384 ${4}{3}$< / ><>+1 ${1}{4}$< / ><>410 ${8}{3}$< / ><>308 ${8}{3}$< / >< / > <><>Moonpig< / ><>284< / ><>-1 ${4}{3}$< / ><>286< / ><>192 ${8}{3}$< / >< / > < / table>

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<><>Big Yellow Gp......< / ><>903< / ><>+2 $^{2}$< / ><>1180< / ><>812< / >< / ><><>British Land......< / ><>428 $^{34}$< / ><>< / ><>448 $^{14}$< / ><>321 $^{14}$< / >< / ><><>Derwent London......< / ><>2078< / ><>+26< / ><>2146< / ><>1509< / >< / ><><>Grainger......< / ><>178< / ><>- $^{58}$< / ><>199< / ><>150 $^{58}$< / >< / table>

Alfa Financial / 166 ^{4< / sup> / -2 / 248 <>2< / > / 142 <>8< / >}

Auction Tech / 443 <>8< / > / 483 <>4< / > / 263 Baltic Classifieds / 204 <>8< / > / +1 <>4< / > / 335 / 170 <>4< / > Bytes Technology / 416 <>4< / > / +4 <>4< / > / 427 <>4< / > / 253 <>8< / > Computacenter / 5100 / +15 / 5100 / 2242 Deliveroo / 179 <>4< / > / 179 <>4< / > / 178 <>2< / > Kainos Gp / 1254 / -40 / 1294 / 694 <>2< / > NCC Grp / 141 <>4< / > / +2 <>4< / > / 157 <>4< / > / 113 <>4< / > Playtech / 412 <>4< / > / +20 <>4< / > / 427 <>8< / > / 232 Softcat / 2054 / +10 / 2054 / 1091 The Sage Group / 1105 / +7 / 1175 / 783 <>8< / > Trustpilot / 286 <>8< / > / +3 / 298 <>4< / > / 129 <>4< / >

Support Services

Airtel Africa / 336 / +8 <>1 / 4< / > / 420 <>1 / 4< / > / 215 <>1 / 4< / >

BT Gp / 205 <>1 / 2< / > xd / +1 <>1 / 8< / > / 239 <>1 / 2< / > / 2 Gamma Comms / 1095 / +13 / 1101 / 701 Helios Towers / 203 <>1 / 8< / > xd / -2 <>1 / 4< / > / 245 <>1 / 8< / > / 127 <>1 / 4< / > Telecom Plus / 863xd / -8 / 1892 / 710 Vodafone Gp / 117 <>1 / 8< / > / +2 / 123 <>1 / 4< / > / 84 <>1 / 8< / >

Tobacco

Br Am Tob / 4194 / +63 / 4962 / 3733 Imperial Brands / 2535xd / +32 / 3341 / 2503

Travel & Leisure

Compass Gp. / 31 <>8< / > / +8 / 2637 / 27 <>8< / > Dominos Pizza. / 205 <>6< / > xd / -4 / 220 / 167 <>4< / > easyJet. / 673 <>4< / > / +24 / 681 <>2< / > / 339 <>4< / > Entain. / +38 / 9054 / 521 FirstGroup. / 179 / -8 / 2268 / 158 Hollywood Bowl. / 279 / 3072 / 234 <>2< / > Intercontinental Hts. / 1624xd / +34 / 10585 / 128 <>8< / > Intl Cons Airl. / 4324 / +94 / 488 / 3424 Mitchells & Butlers. / 285 / +3 / 301 / 228 PPHE Hotel Gp. / 1578 / -4 / 2060 / 1286 Trainline. / 1938 / -38 / 300 / 185 <>2< / > Wetherspoon (JD). / 8452 / +62 / 8452 / 555 <>2< / > Whitbread. / 2463 / +39 / 3274 / 2234 Wizz Air Hldgs. / 1059 / -1 / 1447 / 849 <>2< / >

Utilities

Babcock Intl / 1081 <>2< / > xd / -23 / 1502 / 921 Bunzl / 2798 / +44 / 2870 / 1989 DCC Energy / 6365 / -5 / 6385 / 4350 Diploma / 7200 / 7700 / 5015

Centrica / $154^{4< / sup> xd / + <>8< / > / $218<>4< / > / $151<>2< / >}

Metlen / $48<>2< / > / + <>8< / > / $50<>8< / > / $31<>4< / > National Grid / $1169<>2< / > / - $1<>2< / > / 1400 / $1010<>2< / > Pennon / $462<>8< / > xd / + <>8< / > / 600 / 446 Severn Trent / 3122 / + <>8< / > / 3280 / 327 United Utilities / 1425 / + <>1< / > / 1457 / $914<>4< / >

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2025年：Davorge Nation 2 9 3（扎克·惠特利）10-3 D Carroll 枪位（3）6匹参赛。

2 15 托马森·贝休恩让磅赛（6岁）7,000 英镑增程

301 (2) / 5-46211 / AMBER HAMUR 22 E Bethell 9-9....C Beasley 302 (7) / 3246L5 / VITALITY 14 (H) C Johnston 9-8....D Tudhope 303 (1) / 115563 / ONLY DREAM BIG 14 (B) (C) T Easterby 9-6....P Mulrennan 304 (6) / 466LLU / HORWICH 10 R Carr 9-2....JP Sullivan 305 (3) / 6L8042 / BALMORAL BOY 29 N Tinkler 9-2....A Jary (3) 306 (5) / 695368 / POSITIVE THOUGHTS 15 (B) J & S Quinn 9-1....J Hart 307 (4) / 1-424L4 / DALAMARA 17 (P) B Haslam 8-12....A Mullen 308 (8) / 365314 / TRUCIAL PEARL 40 (BF) M & D Easterby 8-7....Joanna Mason

预计赔率： 2 Amber Hamur，7-2 Trucial Pearl，4 Only Dream Big，6 Balmoral Boy，10 Dalamara，12 Positive Thoughts，16 Vitality。 夺标热门： - - - - - - - - 0 1（获胜 9-6）。

2025年：Amidst The Chaos 3 9 9（罗恩·斯科特）11-4 联合大热 N Tinkler 枪位（2）7匹参赛。

赛道信息： 彩池与主要赛事。赛道：R-H马场。场地状况：直道上为良好-良好偏软。起跑栏位：5弗隆起跑侧栏；其余在内侧。抽签优势：5弗隆与6弗隆赛事高位抽签有利；7弗隆与1英里赛事低位抽签有利。最佳骑手：保罗·马尔伦南。最佳练马师：J Goldie。去年赛事前三名：4.15 Monhammer（第2名）。首次佩戴头饰：2.45 Bea Kindly、Stay On Tab，3.15 Dalamara，3.45 Is She Now，4.15 Evangelic。远程参赛马：4.15 Evangelic（爱尔兰）；Vaguely Royal（3.45）297英里。等级下降：2.45 Aodhan 上一场降2级（四级赛至六级赛）；Stay On Tab（2）；Savoy Blue（2）；3.45 Trojan Sun（2）。

斯特拉特福德赛马场实时转播

5.10 庆祝2026年国民赛马周马驹处女马障碍赛（4岁） 1 万英镑（5,446 英镑） 2英里2弗隆148码（8匹）

1 5-32 钻石格蕾丝 41 J & A 奥尼尔 5-11-4.....乔·奥尼尔 Jr 2 7-46# 德瑞明·奥夫·德 32（H） R 纽兰德 5-11-4.....L 斯科特（3） 3 L# 拉班巴奇卡 130 J & S 贝斯特 6-11-4.....R 麦克莱蒙 4 23 让我见到小马队 32 B 埃利森 5-11-4.....N 莫斯克罗普 5 0PF5-PP 自然活泼 100（T） A 亨尼鲍尔 6-11-4.....C 巴门特（5） 6 F225-肠道与荣耀 136（T） C 博尔特比-布鲁克斯 4-11-0.....S 谢泼德 7 353-U66 公主之球 53（H）黛西·希钦斯 4-11-0.....H 里德 8 273-L55 偷看一眼 37（T） A 亨尼鲍尔 4-11-0.....S 图伊斯顿-戴维斯

预计SP：2 肠道与荣耀，5-2 让我见到小马队，3 钻石格蕾丝，8 德瑞明·奥夫·德，12 偷看一眼，14 拉班巴奇卡。

FAVOURITES & 2025: 无对应赛事。

5.40 斯特拉特福德新手限重障碍赛（5岁） 5,000 英镑增加 2,640 英镑 2英里6弗隆7码（8匹）

1 4P54-25 乌福德之钟 46（TV） T 万恩 6-11-12....D 努南 2 04L-114 布里奥尼韦尔斯 74 D 基拉汉 & G 麦克弗森 6-11-12....N 斯莱特（3） 3 348P-L8 卡帕丁·康纳 32℃ 基勒姆 4-11-1....B J 鲍威尔 4 68-P31 法式魔鬼 44（C&D）（G） M 科姆利 4-11-0....D 巴斯 5 5-775 德尔加尼现时第二 34 D 斯凯尔顿 4-10-13....H 斯凯尔顿 6 4LP5-53 科特加 37 威廉姆斯夫人 5-10-9....C 林 7 5-8964P 麦克弗洛 30 A 卡森 5-10-7....J 奎因兰 8 P0-P8L 粉红围墙 44 M 马利纽克斯 6-10-5....K 布罗根

预计SP：10-11 法式魔鬼，9-2 德尔加尼现时第二，7 乌福德之钟，8 科特加、布里奥尼韦尔斯，16 卡帕丁·康纳、麦克弗洛。

6.15 乔治与龙限重障碍赛（4岁） 7,300 英镑增加 3,855 英镑 2英里213码（4匹）

1 LPPP-13 幸运公爵 32（B）（S） M 凯利 9-12-0..... F 凯利（5） 2 322-13L 与你梦中相见 32（T） T 埃利斯 8-11-11..... J 安德鲁斯

3 11111 贝尔玛 67（T）（D） D 斯凯尔顿 7-11-6....H 斯凯尔顿 4 LLP5-5F 在这个世界 87（T）（D） B 萨默斯 8-11-2....J 贝斯特

预计SP：8-15 贝尔玛，4 在这个世界，15-2 与你梦中相见，幸运公爵。

每日邮报赛马服务

英国 / 爱尔兰评论与赛果 09016 09 29 39 赛马贴士热线 09016 09 53 39

通话费用：每分钟65便士，另加电话公司网络接入费。贴士信息每天上午10点更新。SP：发言人。求助热线：0808 272 0808

罗宾·古德费洛

吉姆克拉克

2.15 / 维加斯米尔 / 2.15 / 维加斯米尔 ------ / ------------ / ------ / ------------ 2.45 / 奥丹 / 2.45 / 壮观跳水者 3.15 / 安伯·哈穆尔 / 3.15 / 安伯·哈穆尔 3.45 / 佛罗里达之梦（推荐） / 3.45 / 特洛伊之阳 4.15 / 莫汉默（特别推荐） / 4.15 / 莫汉默 4.45 / 南帕雷德 / 4.45 / 比尔瓦

北方人 - 2.15 维加斯米尔（推荐）；3.15 安伯·哈穆尔（特别推荐）。

3.45 普托贝洛杯限重赛（4岁） 2 万英镑增加 10,468 英镑 2英里2弗隆28码（11匹）

401（4） L24321 不恰当 25（PT）（C）埃万·惠兰斯 5-9-9....G 费尔利 402（9） 284022 快弗雷德 18（P）（C）（S）菲利普·马金 6-9-8....S 詹姆斯 403（1） 816307 特洛伊之阳 25（P）（C&DC3D）（S） J 戈尔迪 6-9-6....P 马伦南 404（3） 333611 模糊皇室 32（V）（G） I 威廉姆斯 6-9-6....R 卡瓦纳（3） 405（2） 535 佛罗里达之梦 61（P） A M 汤姆森 8-9-3....K 斯托特 406（10） 400 / 541 纽波特 17（B）（G） I 贾丁 6-8-13....奥尔辛·奥尔 407（8） 213153 加勒斯·诺曼 24（C）（S） J 戈尔迪 7-8-13....阿米·沃（3） 408（5） 6-62351 内德·布罗伊 25（P） I 贾丁 5-8-11....A 穆伦 409（6） 0L7523 弗哈安 32（S） J 戈尔迪 4-8-10....劳伦·扬（5） 410（11） 213433 卡斯凯德霍尔 25（H）（C）（G） J 戈尔迪 7-8-10....里斯·埃利奥特（5） 411（7） 114221 她现在是否 10（V）（C）（GS） D 伯克 8-8-9....D 芬特曼

预计SP：7-2 模糊皇室，5 不恰当、她现在是否，7 纽波特，8 快弗雷德、内德·布罗伊，10 加勒斯·诺曼，12 弗哈安，14 卡斯凯德霍尔，20 特洛伊之阳。

FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 1 1 0 2（胜率9-0）。AGES: - - - - - - 5 4 4 5 2025: 纸娃娃 5 9 6（罗恩·斯科特） 4-1 T 戴维森（6） 8匹参赛。

4.15 AAB集团与Bibby金融服务让赛（6） 7,000 英镑追加（3,664 英镑） 7弗隆15码（11）

501 (11) 53L203 文斯·勒普林斯 8岁（PT）（D5）（GS） T·伊斯特比 6-9-9... D·芬蒂曼 502 (4) 30 / 40LL 福音传教士 J52（PT） R·K·沃特森（爱尔兰） 4-9-7... 里斯·埃利奥特（5） 503 (9) 08L747 格雷辛顿 34岁（V）（D3）（G） K·斯科特 5-9-7... S·詹姆斯 504 (2) 786211 光明勇士 20岁（T）（G） C·凯利特 4-9-6... C·比斯利 505 (1) 523442 诺瓦克 15岁（D7）（G） I·贾丁 7-9-6... A·马伦 506 (10) 3-LL823 让我稳住 15岁（C&D2CD3） L·珀拉特小姐 6-9-2P 穆伦南 507 (3) 007533 埃德蒙·哈雷 8岁（BF2） E·贝瑟尔 4-9-1... 奥辛·奥尔 508 (6) 082931 塞尔·戴维 13岁（D2）（G） N·廷克勒 4-9-1... A·贾里（3） 509 (8) 324611 莫纳默 18岁（C&D4D2）（GS） L·珀拉特小姐 8-8-13... M·温 510 (5) 307432 椰子湾 40岁（D6）（G） T·戴维森 7-8-11... J·哈特 511 (7) 3 / 08-0LO 约书亚之梦 15岁（P） J·戈尔迪 4-8-6... 劳伦·扬（5）预计独赢赔率：9-2 光明勇士、5 莫纳默、6 塞尔·戴维、诺瓦克、7...

热门马匹：2 2 1。年龄分布：8 5 4 2025年：高地奥利维 4 9 9（哈里森·肖） 3-1 费伊·G·图尔战平（10） 9名赛跑者。

4.45 地中海航运公司让赛（6） 7,000 英镑追加（3,664 英镑） 5弗隆1码（6）

601 (3) 74L631 南帕雷德 17岁（C&DD2）（GS） R & P·法伊 5-9-9... E·廷德尔（5） 602 (6) 176182 比尔瓦 25岁（B）（D3）（GS） J & S·奎因 4-9-8....J·哈特 603 (4) 22864L 兔宝宝乔乔 12岁（D8）（GS） R·卡尔 8-9-7....JP·沙利文 604 (5) 3375L-L 噘嘴 75岁（H） D·伯克 4-9-7....肖恩·格雷 605 (2) 237265 艾尔贝贡 32岁（P）（C&DD27）（S） T·伊斯特比 8-9-1....J·迪克森（5） 606 (1) 820831 祖福洛 29岁（B）（D7）（G） M·多兹 6-9-1....里斯·埃利奥特（5）预计独赢赔率：2 南帕雷德、9-4 祖福洛、3 比尔瓦、8 艾尔贝贡、12 兔宝宝乔乔、20 噘嘴。

热门马匹：1 3。年龄分布：4 4 2025年：皇家公爵 4 8 10（里斯·埃利奥特） 11-2 R·M·史密斯战平（9） 9名赛跑者。

自风湿手术后首次出赛：今日无此情况。

罗宾·古德费洛

5.10 / 钻石格蕾丝 / 5.10 / 让我选小马 5.40 / 法式魔鬼 / 5.40 / 法式魔鬼 6.15 / 贝尔玛 / 6.15 / 贝尔玛 6.45 / 我的梦 / 6.45 / 找我朋友 7.15 / 爆米花皇后 / 7.15 / 杰克·多伊恩 7.45 / 公司收费 / 7.45 / 罗卡娜·罗斯

6.45 艾尔索普斯爱斯特福德障碍让赛（5） 6,150 英镑追加（3,248 英镑） 2英里2弗隆148码（8）

1 049 / 31-6 T·奥尔·科菲 34岁（C）（G） J·坎德利什 5-12-0.... L·斯通斯（3） 2 2 / 3BP1L- 博纳·杰姆 128 N & W·图伊斯顿-戴维斯 7-11-11 A·杰克逊-费内尔（7） 3 1552-2F 祖卡扬 F33（T） F·奥布赖恩 9-11-11.... N·斯莱特（3） 4 3-1431 找我朋友 37岁（G） D·斯凯尔顿 5-11-10.... H·斯凯尔顿 5 4322-34 世界末日 37岁（T） C(DBBF3)（S） A·霍尼鲍尔 7-11-7... J·罗伯伯恩（10） 6 L3L-3L4 梦想喷气机 38岁（P）（C&D） B·埃利森 8-11-6.... N·莫斯克罗普 7 2-P4512 米苏诺 3岁（P）（DBF）（GS）尼克·斯科菲尔德 7-10-2.... H·里德 8 4RP8-6P 米斯·费多拉 44岁（H）（D）（S）尼克·斯科菲尔德 7-10-2.... B·梅西（5）

预计独赢赔率：6-4 找我朋友、11-4 米苏诺、6 祖卡扬、8 世界末日、12 梦想喷气机、14 博纳·杰姆、米斯·费多拉、20 T·奥尔·科菲。

7.15 感谢我们辛勤的养护人员障碍让赛（5） 8,900 英镑（4,700 英镑） 2英里4弗隆205码（8）

1 622-329 博巴雷利 75岁（HT） N & W·图伊斯顿-戴维斯 9-12-0.. A·杰克逊-费内尔（7） 2 F / 44F4P- 你来决定 151（BF2） B·保林 6-11-9... B·R·琼斯 3 5311-21 杰克·多伊恩 98（D3）（S） B·凯斯 10-11-5... J·奎因兰 4 15L35-3 佩斯卡托里乌斯 83（T）（D）（GS） B·萨默斯 7-11-3... J·贝斯特 6 53-24L 爆米花皇后 34（BT） T·埃利斯 6-10-9... J·安德鲁斯 6 P7L6-53 国王秩序 57（T）娃姆斯夫人 5-10-5... C·林 7 373-LL3 当心它是饼干 37（S） N·霍克 8-10-2 D·努南 8 P5L6-53 瓦茨·查瓦伊 5-10-2...

6 PF+PELO 福克斯·华莱士 38（1）（C）埃拉·菲卡德 8-10-2 ...... B·戈弗雷预计独赢赔率：6-5 杰克·多伊恩、10-3 博巴雷利、4 你来决定、10 当心它是饼干、12 佩斯卡托里乌斯、16 爆米花皇后、20 国王秩序。

7.45 空心底NH平地赛（条件赛 / 业余赛） (5) 4,500 英镑加磅 (2,451 英镑) 2英里70码 (9)

1 5 公司收费 43 (V) N & W Twiston-Davies 5-11-2 .A Jackson-Fennell (7) 2 古利亚斯电力 F O'Brien 5-11-2....Fern O'Brien (5) 3 蜂虻帕斯夸姆 D McCain 4-10-13....Harry Brown (10) 4 9 飞行中 41 J & S Best 4-10-13....Rian Corcoran (5) 5 8 昂首挺立 41 D Cantillon 4-10-13....B Macey (5) 6 塔拉代尔 41 T Lacey 4-10-13....C Iles (5) 7 格尔代尔 51 M Comley 5-10-9....Miss A Jones (7) 8 90 珍珠湾 41 S Lycett 4-10-6....F Keighley (5) 9 罗卡纳玫瑰 83 (HT) M Bowen 4-10-6....James Murray (7)

预计赔率：15-8 罗卡纳玫瑰，7-2 古利亚斯电力，5 塔拉代尔，11-2 公司收费，8 昂首挺立，10 蜂虻帕斯夸姆，20 格尔代尔

赛道信息：左-右路线。场地：良好至坚实。最佳骑师：Harry Skelton。最佳练马师：D Skelton。首次佩戴头饰：5.10 Guts And Glory、Pretty Spontaneous、5.40 Bells Of Ufford、6.15 Duke Of Luckley、6.45 Miss Fedora、7.15 Crackerjack Queen、7.45 公司收费。最远旅程马匹：罗卡纳玫瑰（7.45）193英里。Drop in Class: None today。首次佩戴风切除术后头饰：None today

林菲尔德赛事评级

2.30 学徒赛（5） 7,600 英镑加磅 (3,978 英镑) 1英里1码 (9)

1 (5) 613 大布拉斯凯特 19 (V) (D8BF) James Owen 6-10-0

2 (3) 125 丹尼克 3 (T) (C) G & J Moore 4-9-13

3 (1) 118 塔帕VC 10 (BT) (C2D2) M Rimell 8-9-11

4 (4) 261 哈瓦那之触 76 (D2) J Butler 5-9-10

5 (9) L6L 雷内斯米 10 (P) (D3) Michael Keady 6-9-10

6 (6) L22 逗乐 19 J Boyle 4-9-9....D J Murphy (5) 7 (7) 880 内兹 13 J & S Best 5-9-6....O Tubb (3) 8 (2) 847 厄尼的情人节 148 (CD2) R Burdon 7-9-4

9 (8) 728 艾杰斯蒂克韦夫 21 S Dow 4-9-0....Mason Paetel 预计赔率：5-2 大布拉斯凯特，3 哈瓦那之触，4 丹尼克，5 逗乐，10 塔帕VC，14 厄尼的情人节，20 玛吉斯蒂克韦夫，雷内斯米

3.00 雌马新手赛（4） (2-Y-0) 1 万英镑加磅 (5,400 英镑) 6弗隆1码 (7)

1 (6) 6 气氛 101 (T) K P De Foy 9-2.....David Egan 2 (2) 澳门之旅 Ollie Sangster 9-2.....S D Bowen 3 (4) 古巴承诺 Tom Clover 9-2.....C Fallon 4 (7) L5 黑暗统治 33 R Hannon 9-2.....J Leavy 5 (1) 卢卡夫人 Martin Dunne 9-2.....G Wood 6 (3) 27 青金石 95 (BF) R Hughes 9-2.....F Marsh 7 (5) 泰铢 Owen Burrows 9-2.....C Rodriguez

预计赔率：8-11 青金石，5 气氛，7 泰铢，10 古巴承诺，12 澳门之旅，16 黑暗统治，20 卢卡夫人

3.30 分级赛（6） 6,200 英镑加磅 (3,245 英镑) 5弗隆6围栏 (10)

1 (5) 341 让我们拥抱雨果 8 (P) (D5) O Pears 6-10-0 T Kiely-Marshall (5) 2 (8) 465 苹果天使 19 (C&D) J Boyle 4-9-9. D J Murphy (7) 3 (7) 0-24 芭娜娜 20 (PT) (D2BF) S Dixon 7-9-9....K O'Neill 4 (9) 754 战斗点 8 (C&D) M Attwater 7-9-9....G Mangan 5 (2) L0-L 布鲁西月亮 117 M Attwater 4-9-9....K Fox 6 (10) L35 打爆月亮 17 (H) (D) D Shaw 4-9-9....D Keenan 7 (1) 7-72 丛林之舞 8 (C&DD) J R Jenkins 5-9-9 M Ghiani 8 (4) 684- 洛哈伯 445 (B) (D) S Dixon 5-9-9....C Howarth (3) 9 (3) LL0 彩虹雪葩 8 J & S Best 4-9-9....F Marsh 10 (6) L-LL 维也纳冰淇淋 26 (H) M Blake 3-9-7....W Carson

预计赔率：13-8 让我们拥抱雨果，3 丛林之舞，7-2 芭娜娜，14 彩虹雪葩，16 战斗点，打爆月亮，20 洛哈伯，苹果天使

4.00 平地赛（6） (3-Y-0) 6,200 英镑加磅 (3,245 英镑) 7弗隆1码 (10)

1 (5) 266 强音 6 (PT) James Horton 9-9..... J Mitchell 2 (2) 536 战争之鸟 21℃ Hills 9-9..... R Hornby 3 (1) L46 快速夸萨 12 (B) (D) A Watson 9-7..... P-L Jamin 4 (10) 8L2 查普曼峰 10 (P) (D) E Dunlop 9-7

5 (6) 540 科克希之星 15 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7. L Edmunds 6 (3) L31 维京荣耀 20 (PT) (D) James Owen 9-7.. C Fallon 7 (8) 748 战机 50 S Dow 9-7....P Bradley 8 (9) 211 音乐战士 24 (PT) (D3) Ollie Sangster 9-5

9 (7) 4-78 雅典娜之战 15 S Hodgson 9-4

伊索贝尔·查默斯（7）

10 (4) L9L RAGAIRE 12 奥利·桑斯特 8-4 ....S D 鲍文预计SP：2 Viking Glory，3 Musical Soldier，6 Chapman's Peak，7 Bird Of War，8 Strong Voice。

赛道信息： L-H Polytrack跑道。 赛道状况： 标准。 起跑点： 5弗朗和1英里外；其余在内。 抽签优势： 低位。 最佳骑师： 罗萨·瑞安。 最佳练马师： A.鲍尔丁。 首次佩戴头饰： 4.30 Echo That，5.02 Jimmy Mark。

罗宾·古德费洛

罗宾·古德费洛 / GIMCRACK ---------------- / ---------- 2.30 / Thapa VC / 2.30 Amused 3.00 / Lazurite / 3.00 Lazurite 3.30 / Jungle Dance / 3.30 Bust A Moon 4.00 / Chapman's Peak / 4.00 Musical Soldier (nb) 4.30 / Dialstone / 4.30 DIALSTONE (nap) 5.02 / Thunder Goddess / 5.02 Time To Sparkle

纽马克特 – 2.30 Great Blasket (nb)；4.00 VIKING GLORY (nap)。

4.30 限制性新手赛（4） 1 万英镑增加（5,400 英镑） 1英里2弗朗（8）

1 (8) 532- DEVIL'S BRIGADE 292 E.邓洛普 3-9-7 ....B 劳恩尼 2 (7) 22 DIALSTONE 20 (BF) R.贝克特 3-9-7 ...... 罗萨·瑞安 3 (5) 45 STATE EXPRESS 7 S.伍兹 3-9-7 ......K.奥尼尔 4 (1) L- GOING TO GRACELAND 251℃.约翰斯顿 3-9-5

5 (2) LL- ECHO THAT 265 (P) P.欧文斯 3-9-2.... B.塞耶特 6 (4) 55 FLOATING MARKET 157 A.鲍尔丁 3-9-2

7 (6) L4 SAX AVOIDANCE 12 查理·派克 3-9-2.....T.格雷特雷克斯 8 (3) L. ANNCANYA 39 P.查普尔-赫瓦姆 3-9-0.....M.吉亚尼

预计SP：11-10 Dialstone，11-8 Devil's Brigade，10 Floating Market，14 Anncanya，20 Going To Graceland。

5.02 让磅赛（6） 6,200 英镑增加（3,245 英镑） 1英里2弗朗（8）

1 (6) 527 JIMMY MARK 21 (T) (D4) 佐伊·霍金斯 6-9-12. 2 (3) 5-88 BACKER BILK 13 (H) (C&D) L.戴斯 4-9-11 ..... G.伍德

3 (8) 531 HOVE RANGER (6磅减) 8 (C&D) G & J.穆尔 3-9-10

4 (2) 546 HAVANA TOBOUGGALOO 22 (P) 佐伊·霍金斯 4-9-9 大卫·伊根

5 (5) L6L MINERALITY 47 (P) R.纽兰德 3-9-9. 杰克·多蒂

7 (1) 323 TIME TO SPARKLE 29 (BF) J.基恩 3-9-7

8 (7) 685 SOVEREIGN BRIGHT 38 (H) C.约翰斯顿 3-9-3

预计SP：2 Hove Ranger，11-4 Time To Sparkle，4 Thunder Goddess，8 Havana Tobouggaloo，10 Jimmy Mark。

最远参赛马匹： Going To Graceland（4.30）& Sovereign Bright（5.02）270英里。 等级下降： 3.00 Ambience 相比上次比赛下降2级（从2级降至4级）；4.30 Devil's Brigade（2）。 赛后首秀： 3.00 Ambience。

凯普滕·希思三重奏

PESCATORIUS (nap) (斯特拉福德，7.15) DEVIL'S BRIGADE (nb) (林菲尔德，4.30) VINCE LE PRINCE (马瑟尔堡，4.15)

WORK WHISPER CASCADE HALL (马瑟尔堡，3.45)

WEIGHTING GAME GRESSINGTON (马瑟尔堡，4.15) 上次获胜后减重19磅

BURNT FINGERS WILD ORCHID (马瑟尔堡，2.15)

布赖顿

2.30 — EM FOUR（S·奥斯本）4-1 1；南海岸 2-1F 2；Kento 12-1 3. 6 完赛（J·奥斯本）。$\frac{3}{4}$ ，nk。彩池：5.00；2.40，1.70。独赢：14.20。同注分彩：60.80。CSF：12.19。

3.00 — ROGUE IMPERIAL（H·戴维斯）15-8（2赔）1；Roll Up Raymond 13-8F 2；I Am Royal 6-1 3。3.15 完赛（A·沃森）。1¼，nk。彩池：2.88；1.30，1.40。独赢：5.90。同注分彩：17.90。CSF：5.38。NR：From Me To You。

3.30 — DARK SUN（劳拉·考夫兰） 5-1 1；Be An Angel 4-1（2赔）2；Blue Anthem 5-6F 3。3. 5 完赛（J·本内特）。1¼，nk。彩池：6.00；1.90，1.90。独赢：25.70。同注分彩：41.90。CSF：24.40。NRs：Rye、Unico、Von Krolock。

4.00 — LIBERATE（G·伍德）7-2（2赔）1；CRIMSON ROAD（W·卡森）4-1 1；Bohemian Breeze 6-1，3. 7 完赛（J & S·贝斯特、J & R·弗林特）。dht，2l。彩池：Liberate 2.70，Crimson Road 2.50；2.40，2.10。独赢：11.30，11.10。同注分彩：Bohemian Breeze 40.47， 41.43。同注连赢： 53.20， 61.20。CSF：9.20，9.46。NR：Twilight Guest。

4.30 — DALMALLY（T·格雷特雷克斯）9-2（2赔）1；King David 16-1 2；Chloe's Courage 5-1 3。9 完赛（M·帕廷森）。1 1，1 1。彩池：5.50；1.50，2.40，2.60。独赢：56.40。同注分彩：379.72。同注连赢：782.60。CSF：74.71。

比赛结果

5.00 — BERNING HOT（W·卡森）22-1 1；Superstorm 4-1（2赔）2；Kondratiev Wave 3-1F 3。9 完赛（M·阿特沃特）。nk，$\frac{3}{4}$。彩池：23.00；3.70，1.70，1.60。独赢：148.70。同注分彩：352.57。同注连赢：503.50。CSF：110.31。

Placepot £136.80。Q'pot £35.70。马瑟尔堡

2.15 — THE MEAN FIDDLER（J·哈特）1-3F 1；By Jove Grace 18-1 2；Sable Noir 80-1 3。8 完赛（J & S·奎因）。$\frac{3}{4}$，nk。彩池：1.34；1.02，3.10，9.80。独赢：11.90。同注分彩：150.90。CSF：10.84。

2.45 — FOREST BERRY（L·莫里斯） 4-5F 1；Astral Calling 17-2 2； Bluestone Lady 7-1（Jt 2nd Fav）3。 7 完赛（M·普雷斯科特）。1l，2½。彩池：1.80；1.30，3.40。独赢：8.60。同注分彩：31.10。CSF：8.08

3.15 — RUNNINSONOFAGUN（J·哈特）9-4F 1；Motawaared 7-1 2；Princess Niyla 14-1 3。1 1 1 完赛（T·戴维森）。$\frac{3}{4}$，$\frac{1}{2}$。彩池：3.25；1.40，2.80，4.20。独赢：19.40。同注分彩：192.89。同注连赢：172.10。CSF：19.60。

3.45 — TWO COMMANDERS（奥辛·奥尔）3-1（2赔）1；Blakefell 9-4F 2；Velvet Rhythm 13-2 3。1 0 完赛（E·贝塞尔）。nk，1¼。彩池：4.30；1.50，1.20，2.30。独赢：13.30。同注分彩：41.68。同注连赢：71.20。CSF：10.20。

4.15 — LADY BOUQUET（K·斯托特） 9-1 1；Ski Angel 12-1 2；Gwen Tennyson 11-1 3。1 0 完赛（P·柯比）。$\frac{3}{4}$，1l。彩池：10.00；2.70，3.30，3.60。独赢：108.40。同注分彩：1236.35。同注连赢：1030.90。CSF：114.90。

4.45 — MISEMERALD（K·斯托特）3-1F 1；Abu Royal 16-1 2；Thats My Boy Luke 4-1 3。1 3 完赛（P·柯比）。$\frac{3}{4}$，3½。彩池：4.40；1.40，4.20，2.10。独赢：56.00。同注分彩：212.59。同注连赢：277.80。CSF：56.81。 Jackpot 4,215 英镑.60。

Placepot £81.70。Q'pot £62.60。

温莎

5.13 — SUNDAY GIRL（K·舒马克） 15-8（2赔）1；Encore evensF 2； Cercis 6-1 3。5 完赛（E·沃克）。$\frac{1}{4}$，4l。彩池：2.88；1.20，1.70。独赢：4.40。同注分彩：10.00。CSF：4.14。

5.48 — NAKILA SUN（O·墨菲）13-8（2赔）1；Camarda Rc 4-5F 2；Aethelstan Gold 22-1 3。1 0 完赛（A·鲍尔丁）。$\frac{1}{4}$，nk。彩池：2.63；1.10，1.10，2.80。独赢：3.60。同注分彩：21.40。CSF：3.19。

6.18 — CAPE FEAR（O·墨菲）2-1F 1；Morcar 11-1 2；Tai Hang Pegasus 10-3（2赔）3。7 完赛（A·鲍尔丁）。 5½，1l。彩池：3.00；1.90，4.50。独赢：31.00。同注分彩：119.60。CSF：25.16。

6.48 — ECCLEFECHAN（J·米切尔） 5-1 1；Buckland Belle 7-4F 2； Berkshire Boom 2-1（2赔）3。6 完赛（J·瑞安）。nk，5l。彩池：6.00；2.30，1.40。独赢：14.70。同注分彩：35.70。CSF：14.37。

7.18 — CAPE TORONADA（罗莎·瑞安）10-3（2赔）1；Angel Summer 12-1 2；Beach Partee 28-1 3。9 完赛（A·卡罗尔）。hd，1¾。彩池：4.34；1.10，3.10，5.70。独赢：39.00。同注分彩：951.00。同注连赢：389.70。CSF：39.53。

7.48 — FAUSTUS（J·米切尔）9-2（2赔）1；Darkened Edge 7-1 2；Dragon God 11-2 3。9 完赛（R·库克 & J·布里杰）。hd，1½。彩池：5.50；1.50，2.20，1.60。独赢：24.10。同注分彩：178.07。同注连赢：103.80。CSF：35.87。

Placepot £29.30。Q'pot £18.90。

撰稿人：板球记者劳伦斯·布斯

英格兰板球队员布赖登·卡斯在周六晚间于德比因“醉酒滋事”被警方短暂拘留一事，证实了外界对英格兰板球队员无法像乔·鲁特期望的那样成熟行事的怀疑。

现在这种说法已变得荒唐——而且乏味。哈里·布鲁克、本·达克特、本·斯托克斯，现在又加上卡斯——每个人都表现得仿佛之前的酗酒丑闻从未发生过。无论他们生活在什么样的泡泡里，早已破裂。

将此归咎于“男孩子终归是男孩子”已无济于事，仿佛这些人不是高薪职业运动员，其竞技状态在很大程度上依赖于身体素质。

尽管卡斯在被捕时并未代表英格兰出战，但他曾是对阵巴基斯坦的首两场测试赛16人大名单的一员，倘若其他投手在上周利兹草地球场获胜后出现伤情，他本有可能在周四伦敦主场对阵巴基斯坦的比赛中登场。

天知道鲁特对此作何感想，不过我们今天在主场球场会听到他的回应。但令他失望的是，就在他刚刚放宽阿什斯纪律处罚后，卡斯又一次令英格兰板球蒙羞。

卡斯身边的人或许会辩称，保镖和当地警方过度反应，将其戴上手铐，但他们在其同意离开现场后迅速“解除拘留”的决定表明，此事不过小题大做。或许的确如此——毕竟，成年男人在周六晚间因有人碰倒一品脱啤酒而大动干戈的荒唐事在全国各地屡见不鲜。

但事实依然是：卡斯深夜外出且饮酒过量，而此时鲁特与即将上任的教练斯蒂芬·弗莱明正决定给予球员更多自主权。正如英国板球协会一位高层向《每日邮报》体育部透露的那样，此次最新的“自残”行为“令人难以忍受……非常棘手”。

今年夏天早些时候，英格兰在一场罕见的测试赛胜利后，斯托克斯与格斯·阿特金森在切尔西的雷克斯酒廊狂欢，此事的后果令他们试图赢下系列赛的努力付诸东流，并确保“疯狂板球”时代以耻笑收场。

德比事件的影响或许不如上述情况严重，因为卡斯并非一线队成员，而巴基斯坦队实力弱于新西兰队。但其球迷在网上放言可借英格兰最新的混乱局面占得先机，这似乎有些异想天开。

然而，显而易见的是，此时曝出此事时机极为糟糕，尤其是在距离鲁特作为回归队长的第二场测试赛开赛仅剩48小时之际——届时他将面对的问题将是球员行为，而非英格兰自2024年底以来首次赢得系列赛的希望。

卡斯令自己陷入险境的决定，并未立即显示出球员们正在认真听取英格兰板球协会高层的恳求。

事实也确实如此：英格兰板球协会至今仍在为去年10月底对布鲁克丑闻的处理不当付出代价——他在惠灵顿一家夜总会前被保镖殴打，发生在一场一日国际赛前夕。通过掩盖此事，他们实际上告诉球员们无需担心公众的

他们总是被抓现行...

■ 2025年12月：在澳大利亚海滨小镇努萨举行的第二与第三场"灰烬杯"板球测试赛间歇期，英格兰队开局球员本·达克特（Ben Duckett）醉酒且言语含糊的视频曝光后，欧洲板球联盟（ECB）启动调查。

■ 2026年1月：英格兰队球员哈里·布鲁克（Harry Brook）在新西兰惠灵顿遭夜店保安殴打后被处以罚款并警告，该事件直至英格兰队在"灰烬杯"中失利后才被披露。一周后，他承认对队友雅各布·贝瑟尔（Jacob Bethell）和乔希·汤格（Josh Tongue）撒谎，后两者也在现场。英格兰队随后为斯里兰卡白球巡回赛实施午夜宵禁。

■ 2026年6月：本·斯托克斯（Ben Stokes）与格斯·阿特金森（Gus Atkinson）在伦敦圣约翰斯球场举行的首场测试赛后违反宵禁，前往切尔西的Rex Rooms并与橄榄球选手托托阿·奥瓦瓦（Totoa Auvaa）发生冲突，后者致伤英格兰安保人员。两人被剔除出对新西兰的第二场测试赛阵容。斯托克斯在第三场测试赛复出后宣布退出国际赛事。

■ 2026年8月：乔·鲁特（Joe Root）取消宵禁。他表示："如果你希望球员在场上承担责任，就必须让他们在场下像成年人一样行事。"

■ 2026年8月：10天后，布赖登·卡斯（Brydon Carse）在与斯托克斯夜游期间于德比一家夜店被捕。

监管机构考虑纪律处分

（来自体育版）

在哈里·布鲁克、本·达克特与斯托克斯等人接连卷入酒精相关事件的一年后，又有一名英格兰球员因不当行为登上报纸头条，这令位于伦敦圣约翰斯的板球总部颇为不满。英格兰板球联盟（ECB）发表声明称："在调查期间，布赖登·卡斯将无法参加第二场测试赛。"板球监管机构拥有多种处理选项，包括不再追究、口头警告或提起指控。

但最终责任仍需由球员与ECB承担——监管机构或许需要再次反思其应对方式。眼下，或许有必要明确告知球员：若其行为可能损害板球声誉，将不再考虑其入选资格。

当然，在执行时需谨慎对待法律层面，但这一原则本身足够清晰，旨在维护整体利益。

因为倘若你需要被提醒"在公共场合醉酒会伤害队友"，那你又怎配身处更衣室？

一级方程式赛车

霍纳指控者神秘离开最新赛事岗位

By 乔纳森·麦克伊沃伊

仅仅一年多前，克里斯蒂安·霍纳以年薪£1200 万的身价离开了红牛车队总裁一职，而指控其施加胁迫行为的女性却神秘地从她在赛车界的最新职位离职。每日邮报体育部可以透露，这位因法律原因无法披露身份的女高管在上个月匈牙利大奖赛前已与雇主分道扬镳。

消息人士向每日邮报体育部透露，她在计划搭乘前往布达佩斯的航班前被告知其服务不再需要。她当时的雇主（同样无法透露姓名）表示：“我们不评论人事问题。”据了解，她的最新职位是在其新上司因其“缺乏谨慎”而失去信任后被终止的。每日邮报体育部已尝试联系该女子，就分手原因作出回应，此前她有一段时间未出席比赛。霍纳——前辣妹成员杰里·哈利韦尔的丈夫——曾被指控对该员工实施控制行为。他始终否认这些指控，并在红牛内部调查中两次被认定无不当行为，尽管在2024年巴林大奖赛前向F1相关人士发送的一封爆炸性邮件中，两人之间所谓亲密短信交流的部分内容被公开。哈利韦尔在整个风波中一直公开支持霍纳，他们继续在伦敦和牛津郡的住所以及三个孩子之间分配时间。霍纳在去年英国大奖赛后因与奥地利车队内部的权力斗争而失去了职位，该车队在他任内夺得了8个车手冠军和6个车队冠军。霍纳离职时获得了8000 万英镑m的离职补偿金。提出指控的女子在红牛继续工作了数月，随着风波持续，她最终获得了300 万英镑m的赔偿金。去年7月，她在新职位重返赛车界。

谁将在截止前加盟你的球队？

转会窗口观察 距离截止还有1周

By 西蒙·琼斯

阿森纳

枪手需要一名前锋。理想目标是马德里竞技的胡利安·阿尔瓦雷斯，但他的梦想是加盟巴塞罗那。马竞不希望此事发生，因此阿森纳仍有机会。加拉塔萨雷的维克托·奥斯梅恩是另一个选择。

他们还需要一名左边锋。阿尔·希拉尔正在接近£5500 万的交易，签下加布里埃尔·马丁内利，而伊桑·努万内里预计将被外租，里斯·尼尔森将加盟西汉姆联。埃弗顿身价8000 万英镑m的伊利曼·恩迪亚耶（下图）也是备选目标之一。

阿斯顿维拉

需要一名前锋和中后卫。他们准备竞标切尔西的尼古拉斯·杰克逊，而奥利·沃特金斯可能加盟阿尔·希拉尔，此前对南安普顿后卫泰勒·哈伍德-贝利斯的出价已被拒绝。

目前正在就克鲁日博学会的乔尔·奥多内斯和切尔西的托辛·阿达拉比奥约进行询价。

自由球员莱昂·戈雷茨卡（前拜仁慕尼黑球员）有望为中场增添经验。

伯恩茅斯

考虑引进一名第6号位和第10号位球员，以及一名边锋。他们的主要目标是保持阵容稳定，目前有多家俱乐部觊觎亚历克斯·斯科特、泰勒·亚当斯、埃尔·朱尼尔·克鲁皮和马库斯·塔弗尼尔。

尤文图斯门将米凯莱·迪格雷戈里奥昨天抵达，准备完成租借加盟。买断选项为1250 万英镑m加200 万英镑m奖金。

米哈伊洛·穆德里克。主帅基思·安德鲁斯将警惕针对前锋伊戈尔·蒂亚戈的任何晚期报价。

布伦特福德

需要一名左后卫。西汉姆联的埃尔·哈吉·马利克·迪乌夫

布莱顿

需要一到两名前锋。利物浦正在接近扬库巴·明特赫，但两家俱乐部的估值存在差距。

整个夏天都在关注该目标。

已询问米尔沃尔的费米·阿泽兹、拉科鲁尼亚的耶雷迈·埃尔南德斯和年轻人队的左后卫若昂·阿贾恩。

切尔西

焦点一直放在出售球员上。不过，如果曼城确定对恩佐·费尔南德斯的兴趣，他们会先寻找替代者。摩纳哥的拉明·卡马拉、水晶宫的亚当·沃顿以及伯恩茅斯的斯科特都受到赞赏。

他们对佩德罗·内托的1 亿英镑m估值以及马洛·古斯托的7500 万英镑m标价令潜在买家望而却步。若有人能匹配内托的报价，尤文图斯边锋弗朗西斯科·孔塞桑也在他们的雷达上。

考文垂城

对晚期转会机会持开放态度，希望在防守和边锋位置有更多选择。

他们曾对AC米兰的菲卡约·托莫里以及波尔图的弗朗西斯科·穆拉感兴趣，并已签下布伦特福德的平诺克。

克里斯尔·帕拉塞

老鹰队希望引进一名前锋、边锋、中场和中后卫。

顶级人才：曼城和切尔西都对沃顿感兴趣 SHUTTERSTOCK

布伦特福德

摩纳哥拒绝了他们对卡马拉的报价后，凯文·达诺瓦（出自欧塞尔）和西汉姆联的松古图·马加萨成为他们的目标之一。

埃弗顿

主帅大卫·莫耶斯希望引进两名边后卫、一名中场、一名边锋和一名前锋。埃弗顿上赛季在欧洲赛事中表现不佳，需要更多优质深度。

红色希望：巴尔科拉是利物浦的头号目标 GETTY IMAGES

富勒姆

需要一名中后卫、中场和边锋。他们为雷恩后卫阿卜杜勒哈米德·艾特-布德拉勒和特拉布宗体育的奇布凯·努瓦伊努的报价被拒。阿森纳的努瓦内里也受到赞赏。

赫尔城

阿斯顿维拉对让-菲利普·马泰塔的兴趣也被拒绝。

希望引进一名前锋、边锋和门将。他们正在推进对尼斯的穆罕默德·阿里-乔和柏林联合的伊利亚·安萨的交易。

他们已关注罗马中场尼尔·埃尔·阿伊努伊，而加拉塔萨雷继续追逐伊斯梅拉·萨尔，沃顿在某些情况下成为最后时刻的备选，尽管水晶宫表示不会出售。

阿克塞尔·迪萨西即将从切尔西加盟，但他们仍希望引进一名中场

伊普斯维奇城

防线、中场和进攻是加里·奥尼尔希望补强的位置。勒沃库森中场埃塞奎尔·帕拉西奥斯是他追逐的目标之一，而他们也是众多对切尔西前锋利亚姆·德拉普感兴趣的球队之一。

利兹联

巴黎圣日耳曼的布拉德利·巴尔科拉和布莱顿的扬库巴·明特赫是他们的两大边锋目标。若转会费问题近期无法突破，他们将不得不考虑其他选择，但两名球员都希望加盟。

利物浦

希望引进一名边锋、前锋、后卫和门将。切尔西已拒绝他们为穆德里克的最新租借报价。

曼城

可能签下自由球员后卫迪奥戈·莱特，而法兰克福门将迈克尔·泽特雷尔已就430 万英镑m转会进行了谈判。

寻求一名前锋、中场和右后卫。阿尤布·布阿迪即将从里尔加盟，边锋艾伦·埃利亚斯也将从帕尔梅拉斯转会而来。费尔南德斯仍是中场的备选，曼城同时欣赏罗马的马努·科内和水晶宫的沃顿。奥马尔·马尔穆什即将跟随萨维尼奥加盟热刺。

后卫伊桑·平诺克已以600 万英镑m加盟考文垂。他们希望再引进一名中场，并考虑租借回归的切尔西边锋

曼联

霍尔被拒，尽管转会预算有限，他们仍关注巴塞罗那的亚历杭德罗·巴尔德和桑坦德的豪尔赫·萨利纳斯。尤文图斯或阿斯顿维拉可能签下约书亚·齐尔克泽以筹集新前锋的资金。

需要一名左后卫和一名前锋。他们已就纽卡斯尔的刘易斯进行了询价

纽卡斯尔联

希望引进一名中场组织者。他们正在敲定与曼城中场尼科·冈萨雷斯的4700 万英镑m交易（附加300 万英镑m附加条款），同时也询问了热刺的阿奇·格雷。

维尔萨前锋马蒂亚斯·费尔南德斯-帕尔多也是他们讨论的对象之一。

诺丁汉森林

正在寻觅一名前锋、一名右后卫和一名中场。他们昨晚与切尔西就德拉普的交易进行了商谈，并讨论了埃弗顿的贝托、布伦特福德的伊戈尔·蒂亚戈、热刺的卢卡斯·伯格瓦尔以及巴塞罗那的马克·卡萨多，以及欧塞尔的达努瓦。

他们还盯上了佛罗伦萨右后卫多多。

桑德兰

中场将通过从皇家安特卫普以800 万英镑m的价格引进儒勒·阿霍卡得到加强。此外，还在努力签下一名右边锋，目前正就一笔3000 万英镑m的交易与里斯本竞技的热尼·卡塔莫进行谈判。

卡里克的救火之举为曼联本赛季向阿森纳发起挑战提供了机会……但他犹豫不决的老板们已经将其葬送

这是赫尔城主帅塞尔盖·亚基罗维奇的评价，在他看来，对方门将的表现轻松得就像喝下午茶一样。在对曼联新赛季首场失利的各种分析中，这或许是对这支更新换代球队最为严厉的批评。

在以2比0负于一支被广泛看衰的升班马主场后，迈克尔·卡里克麾下的球队在防守端力不从心，中场被完全压制，进攻端则软弱得如同呜咽的小猫。这简直就是球场上的"三不会"——不会打、不会投、不会守。

现在断言曼联本赛季最终排名为时尚早，但球队的表现水平和此前卡里克去年执教时取得的进步相比，确实令人失望，也引发了担忧。

今年5月，曼联势头正盛。他们排名第三，重返欧冠。随着瓜迪奥拉离开曼城，外界预测他们将成为阿森纳本赛季最强劲的竞争对手。然而，整个夏天，曼联的势头似乎已然消退。

外界普遍认为，俱乐部管理层再次辜负了主教练——在食物链上层拥挤的权力架构中，卡里克的工作再次受到掣肘。今年夏天，曼联本有机会在相对有利的位置上继续前进，但从目前的氛围来看，他们已经错失良机。

如果这不是又一个虚假的曙光，那便是一次错失的机会。这个夏天本该是曼联留下深刻印象的时刻，但他们却似乎原地踏步。蒂勒曼斯是一名优秀球员，但他并非能让球队从第三名跻身冠军的中场核心。

无论是他还是新加盟的巴莱巴，能否超越已转投美国职业足球大联盟的卡塞米罗？巴莱巴将从布莱顿加盟，转会费约为£7000 万，是一名潜力丰富的球员，理应为球队注入活力和侵略性，但他在上赛季的南海岸表现停滞不前。

他在最后时刻的加盟，要么说明俱乐部的引援规划混乱，要么暴露了其他地方受挫的野心。同样令人不解的还有防线的补强不力——曼联在MKM球场两度被定位球击溃，后防线的老化与稚嫩形成了奇特的混合体。一支无法摆脱33,岁的哈里·马奎尔的球队，必然存在问题。

今年夏天，当大牌球员纷纷易主时，曼联却未能抓住机会。埃利奥特·安德森加盟曼城，摩根·罗杰斯转投切尔西，布鲁诺·吉马良斯去了阿森纳，安东尼·戈登转会巴塞罗那，马克·库库雷利亚加盟皇马，桑德罗·托纳利投奔热刺。

外界愈发认为曼联已被甩在身后，或至少在起跑线上举步不前。今年夏天，他们最经不起这样的拖延。去年夏天，他们通过一系列成功引援彻底改造了进攻端，但今年的转会窗口却乏善可陈。他们只能捡些残羹冷炙。

这让人们将目光再次聚焦于少数股东吉姆·拉特克利夫爵士及其副手奥马尔·贝拉达和杰森·威尔科克斯，以及一项日益显露瑕疵的转会政策。去年夏天他们修补了屋顶，而今夏他们试图安装新厨房，但地基却建在流沙之上，而他们对此完全视而不见。

在去年动荡不安的赛季中，卡里克完成了一次出色的救火执教，而今年夏天本该是对他全力支持的时刻——他四个月的执教成就理应获得这样的信任。

然而，外界感受到的支持却异常微弱。巴莱巴的加盟是前进的一步，而曼联目前又与

巴塞罗那的西班牙左后卫亚历杭德罗·巴尔德年仅22岁，但他们却在约翰刘易斯购物，而不是哈罗兹。这种反高潮的感觉挥之不去。

“拜托，这太荒谬了，”卡里克对扬·奥格·菲约托夫特说道——菲约托夫曾是米德尔斯堡和斯温登的前锋，现为Viaplay的成熟主持人——他暗示曼联在周六上半场缺乏赫尔城的激情，当时他们在中场前就先丢了两球。

很少见到卡里克如此动怒。这并不像是失去冷静，反而像是偶然窥见了他内心的激情。

让人失望：卡里克未能得到曼联安静的转会窗口的帮助 SHUTTERSTOCK

这种激情贯穿于他。他理应支持自己的球员——在升班马主场面对忠实球迷的情况下，这些球迷渴望看到对手被“剥夺资格”，这曾让许多贵族球队折戟沉沙。

曼联并不缺乏激情。但令卡里克更担忧的是，他们缺乏实力。他们缺乏抵御赫尔城攻势的实力，也缺乏给新来者防线制造更多威胁的实力。卡里克提到的那位门将只能喝茶，而不是获得同情。

向国王凯文致敬的美好篇章

这个夏天对于纽卡斯尔联队的球迷来说，在很多方面都令人不安。利物浦的支持者们也对新任主教练能否修复上赛季的失望感到忐忑。

但所有这些担忧，甚至比赛本身——一场激动人心的2-2平局——都比不上两队球迷在周日于圣詹姆斯公园为凯文·基冈举办的致敬活动。基冈上个月去世，他是英格兰足球的伟大人物之一，曾为利物浦赢得欧洲杯，也是他深爱的纽卡斯尔队的球员和教练，在两座城市都备受球迷爱戴。

两家俱乐部为他举办的联合告别仪式，无论是作为一场盛事还是通过歌曲表达，都是对这位为无数人带来快乐的男人的尊严与敬意的美好而动人之举。

基冈代表了我们这项运动最美好的一面，而对他致敬的仪式也同样如此。

我希望弗洛里安·维尔茨能在利物浦取得成功，因为我在他在英超联赛到来之前就见识过他的足够出色表现，知道他是一名卓越的球员。不过，上赛季利物浦的球迷并未充分见识到他的实力，而他在新赛季对阵纽卡斯尔的比赛中开局表现平平。维尔茨理应得到上赛季那样的耐心。他不会是第一个在英格兰足球的节奏和要求面前挣扎的球员。但这位价值£1.15 亿的球员证明自己能力的时间已经不多了。

西甲马竞球迷的敌意与格雷雷斯交换：让1.3亿英镑天价转会成行的关键

周日，胡利安·阿尔瓦雷斯在马竞球迷面前遭遇的敌意，意味着他转会阿森纳的选项已不再完全遥不可及。

这位不安定的前锋的绝对首选仍是转会巴塞罗那，但马竞对与同城死敌直接谈判的断然拒绝，可能迫使转会窗口最后一天紧急解决这一无法持续的局面。

阿尔瓦雷斯早已料到周日的严苛待遇——他在世界杯期间曾表示，加盟巴塞罗那是他的梦想。比赛前，他的名字被超过60,000名球迷嘘下；热身时和第66分钟替补登场时，现场同样响起嘘声。

但球迷的激烈反应还是令他震惊，而接下来发生的事更糟。比赛结束后，当队友前往球门后方与球迷互动时，这位26岁的阿根廷人独自走向隧道，踩过一条扔向他的马竞围巾。

这似乎成为一段看似无法挽回的决裂的定格画面，但若让这位前曼城三冠王重返英格兰，仍有重重障碍待克服。

迄今为止，他一直坚持让年幼的家人留在西班牙。据悉，阿森纳对签下这样一位公开表达加盟巴萨意愿的球员也心存顾虑。

我在周日评论马竞2-2战平比利亚雷亚尔的比赛时，与场内所有解说团队一同得出结论——当他独自离开球迷和队友时，是他主动做出的选择。

但马竞主帅迭戈·西蒙尼在赛后表示，俱乐部已决定他不得与其他球员一同离场。“这不是他的决定，”西蒙尼说。

无论是谁做出的决定——且在阿尔瓦雷斯转身离场前，一位马竞新闻官曾与他交谈——此事只会令自世界杯以来就已发酵的伤口进一步撕裂。当时他曾坦言：“我无法隐瞒，最好的解决方式就是转会，这样我才能实现梦想。”

巴塞罗那迄今仅提出过一次报价，即两个月前的9000万欧元（7700万英镑）加855万英镑分六年支付的附加条款，但被马竞斥为荒唐可笑。

巴萨可能会提出第二次报价，但他们缺乏足够的财力接近马竞开出的1.5亿欧元（1.3亿英镑）标价，而马竞方面也明确表示不会将球员卖给巴萨。

马竞体育总监马特乌·阿莱马尼上周曾赴伦敦洽谈切尔西的尼古拉斯·杰克逊。此行同时为他提供了与阿森纳相应高层、以及昔日在马竞的前任安德烈亚·贝尔塔对话的机会。

若双方试图就阿尔瓦雷斯转会的结构性方案达成协议，贝尔塔在马竞的人脉将助力推动进程。引入维克托·格雷雷斯将满足西蒙尼对即时顶级替代者的要求，尽管在非紧急情况下他并非首选。

西蒙尼是杰克逊的粉丝，在此混乱局面下，切尔西突然成为阿尔瓦雷斯潜在买家的可能性不能被排除。

但阿森纳才是这位阿根廷人的长期仰慕者。若得到球员阵营的鼓励，他们对这笔交易的投入程度仍有待观察。

阿尔瓦雷斯在季前赛表现不佳，周日仅上场25分钟便显得步履蹒跚。枪手们若签下这样一位公开表达离队意愿的球员，也需承担一定风险。

或许能缓解部分担忧的先例，是塞尔吉奥·阿圭罗的案例。他于2011年渴望加盟皇家马德里，马竞坚决认为此事不可能，最终将他卖给曼城，阿圭罗在那里成就传奇。

阿尔瓦雷斯加盟巴塞罗那的传闻与他们拒绝将其出售给巴塞罗那相比，简直不值一提。他们已向国际足联举报巴塞罗那俱乐部，指控对方在上赛季存在不当行为。

阿尔瓦雷斯方面与马德里竞技的说法大相径庭，但双方均认同，去年年底球员曾向俱乐部表达不满。马德里竞技认为自己已竭尽全力为他及其年幼的家人提供所需支持。该球员于2026年1月首次当上父亲。

起初，俱乐部继续向他保证，希望以他为核心打造球队。

但他的回应是，他认为马德里竞技的足球风格与他不合，并希望离开。

俱乐部已向外界透露，他们随后告知阿尔瓦雷斯的经纪人费尔南多·伊达尔戈，不会强留球员，但球员需提出合适的报价并以正确方式进行，以便

这名球员的周薪€300,000需要得到满足，但阿森纳今年夏天早些时候曾准备为维尼修斯支付这一金额。这名皇家马德里球员最终选择留下，足见他对将其带到欧洲的俱乐部的忠诚。

这是一个截然不同的案例。很难想到还有其他例子，像这样在漫长合同期内俱乐部与球员之间存在如此深的敌意。阿尔瓦雷斯与马德里竞技的合同将在2030年到期。

接下来的六天将决定这种敌意是否会达到如此程度，以至于阿森纳不仅成为阿尔瓦雷斯不情愿的备选，更成为他唯一的真正出路。

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富勒姆金 23 加西亚 54

切尔西佩德罗 1 罗杰斯 41 帕尔默 49

周一晚间，泰晤士河正处于低潮。海鸥与一只孤独的苍鹭伫立在裸露的灰色卵石河岸上，仔细查看鹅卵石寻找食物。在距离河岸约五十米处，切尔西队的团队大巴将球员们送下车，让他们进入克拉文农场，去寻找能找到的食物。

上赛季糟糕透顶的表现令两位主帅——恩佐·马雷斯卡与利亚姆·罗森尼尔——在短短几个月内相继丢掉饭碗，最终以第十名收场的耻辱似乎奇怪地提升了外界对新赛季的期待。

其中大部分乐观情绪源于哈维·阿隆索的任命，他在皇家马德里的执教时间虽短，但其声誉仍因2023年带领勒沃库森首夺德甲冠军且全赛季不败、令拜仁蒙羞的经历而熠熠生辉。

P / W / D / L / F / A / GD / Pts

Brighton / 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 3 Arsenal / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 Brentford / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 Everton / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 3 Hull / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 3 Chelsea / 1 / 0 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 3 Ipswich / 1 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 Man City / 1 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 3 Leeds / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 3 Liverpool / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 Newcastle / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 Fulham / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / -1 / 0 Bournemouth / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / -1 / 0 Sunderland / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / -1 / 0 Nottm Forest / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / -1 / 0 C Palace / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / -2 / 0 Man Utd / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / -2 / 0 Coventry / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / -3 / 0 Tottenham / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / -3 / 0 Aston Villa / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 4 / -4 / 0

切尔西若重生，帕尔默若继续如此表现，一切皆有可能

科尔在电力前线大放异彩

出场次数与队内其他球员相当。

尽管受伤的莫伊塞斯·卡塞多未能首发，但费尔南德斯仍然只被评估为仅够坐上替补席的水平。

在这篇切尔西主题的叙事中，富勒姆及其新任主帅阿尔瓦罗·阿韦洛亚——阿隆索的老友兼队友——本应成为西伦敦德比中的祭品。

即便如此，也鲜有人预料到切尔西能以如此残酷且毫不留情的速度建立统治力。

客队仅用了31秒就取得领先。新加盟的马克桑斯·拉克鲁瓦在富勒姆防线后方抢断长传，将球回传至禁区边缘。帕尔默顺势一捅，若昂·佩德罗抓住机会，用一记精致的推射越过门将贝恩德·莱诺。

切尔西险些立即让富勒姆扳平比分。利维·科尔威尔让球从脚下溜过，当奥斯卡·博布抢断成功并启动进攻时，科尔威尔将其放倒。主场球迷大声疾呼示意红牌，但科尔威尔仅吃到黄牌。这本可以朝另一个方向发展。渐渐地，富勒姆重新找回比赛节奏。乔什·金远射，罗伯特·桑切斯只能用手指将球挡出。金随即为塞萨尔·帕拉西奥斯送出助攻，后者一脚弧线球越过门将。富勒姆的信心与日俱增。

半场中段，比分被扳平。金再次成为进球功臣也就不足为奇。切尔西再次给予他空间推进，当他劲射近角时，桑切斯奋力扑救，却仍让皮球从指间溜走。

在经历了如此多的引援后，切尔西却忘记引进一名新门将。这是他们最需要加强的位置。我们可以将其加入过去几年令切尔西球违困惑且愤怒的神秘遗漏清单中。

切尔西重新确立优势。若昂·佩德罗凌空抽射偏出，里斯·詹姆斯在本应更好地处理的情况下射失，莱诺在极近距离下扑出罗梅乌·拉维亚的射门。在这一切中，帕尔默的出色表现始终是关键因素。当比赛进入中场休息时，他未能入选托马斯·图赫尔英格兰队的决定更显得荒谬。

切尔西在半场前四分钟再次展现优势，帕尔默助攻拉克鲁瓦——后者用一次精彩的盘带转身突破富勒姆防线，并将球传至后点。

这场比赛并未轻易落幕

蒂莫西·卡斯塔涅到达科尔威尔身后，桑切斯只能将球挡回险区。富勒姆斥资4000万英镑签下的新援冈萨洛·加西亚反应最快，头球补射击中横梁下沿入网。

费尔南德斯替补登场，伴随着震耳欲聋的嘘声。

这是富勒姆球迷在比赛最后12分钟里唯一的亮点，当时安东尼·罗宾逊在防线身后接到长传。桑切斯被甩开后，罗宾逊挑射但球偏出。

切尔西顶住压力赢下比赛，但帕尔默突然拉伤小腿时险些让球队吓出一身冷汗。看起来像是抽筋。

冠军？切尔西的防线还需改进，但只要帕尔默保持健康并继续如此表现，一切皆有可能。

富勒姆（4-2-3-1）阵容： 莱诺 5；卡斯塔涅 5、巴塞 5、奎卡 5、罗宾逊 5（穆尼斯 82'）；金 7、贝格 5.5（塞塞尼翁 73'，6，）；博布 6（查尔斯 67'，6，）；伊沃比 6、帕拉西奥斯 6（凯文 73'，6，）；加西亚 6.5 进球：金 23'、加西亚 54' 黄牌：巴塞、卡斯塔涅主教练：阿尔瓦罗·阿韦洛亚 6

切尔西（3-4-2-1）阵容： 桑切斯 4.5；阿坎蓬 7、拉克鲁瓦 7.5、科尔威尔 6；古斯托 6（内托 76'）、詹姆斯 6.5、拉维亚 6.5（费尔南德斯 56'，6，）、哈托 6.5（查瓦里亚 65'，6，）；帕尔默 8（埃斯特万 83'）、罗杰斯 7（昆达 82'）；佩德罗 7.5 进球：佩德罗 1'、罗杰斯 41'、帕尔默 49' 黄牌：科尔威尔、拉维亚、詹姆斯主教练：哈维·阿隆索 7 裁判：约翰·布鲁克斯 6 上座人数：27,461

马丁内利接近沙特转会

作者：西蒙·琼斯

阿森纳边锋加布里埃尔·马丁内利正接近以£5500 万转会至阿尔希拉尔。该沙特俱乐部正在努力签下这位巴西球员，同时还有阿斯顿维拉前锋奥利·沃特金斯。马丁内利仍需最终确定个人条款，但相关谈判据悉正在推进。土耳其俱乐部加拉塔萨雷本月曾开出3850 万英镑million报价，但这位25-year-old球员不会考虑前往伊斯坦布尔。

马丁内利于2019年以600 万英镑million从巴西伊图阿诺加盟阿森纳，目前合同还剩一年。伊图阿诺将获得部分转会利润。他在上赛季各项比赛中出场53次，打进11球，助力枪手赢得英超冠军。但在上周五联赛揭幕战对阵考文垂的比赛中，他未被列入大名单。阿森纳仍在与马德里竞技就胡利安·阿尔瓦雷斯保持接触，尽管这位阿根廷球员仍坚持加盟巴塞罗那。由于马竞不愿将其出售给巴萨，枪手正等待球员方面表明其希望加盟的意愿。

曼城关注利物浦球星加克波

作者：西蒙·琼斯

尽管曼城和热刺已就考迪·加克波向其经纪人进行了试探，但利物浦尚未收到竞争对手俱乐部的正式报价。红军目前无意出售球员，其重心在于增加更多进攻威胁。他们正在推进从巴黎圣日耳曼签下布拉德利·巴尔科拉和从布莱顿签下扬库巴·明特的交易。

正如他在周日对阵纽卡斯尔的比赛中所证明的，加克波仍是利物浦最具威胁的前锋之一。他不久前刚签下新合同，且若要出售，利物浦需收到高额转会费——此外还需完成两笔新签约——才会考虑此事。尽管据悉他对新挑战持开放态度，但预计他不会强烈要求离往安菲尔德。

热刺已从曼城以£8500 万签下萨维尼奥，并将租借奥马尔·马尔穆斯（初期租借）。然而，加克波整个夏天都是罗伯托·德泽尔比的目标。

英格兰球星疑似“醉酒滋事”

板球记者劳伦斯·布斯

据悉，布赖登·卡斯（Brydon Carse）于周六晚间在德比市中心因涉嫌“醉酒滋事”被警方短暂逮捕，随后被解除逮捕。

卡斯昨日被排除出英格兰队名单，原因是板球管理机构正在调查导致他于夜店外被警方铐走的事件。英格兰队将于周四在伦敦（Lord's）进行对阵巴基斯坦的第二场测试赛。

卡斯随后被解除逮捕，意味着逮捕程序被取消。但《每日邮报》体育了解到，该事件现已重新移交警方，警方正在调查事件的具体经过。

最初有报道称卡斯未被逮捕，但德比郡警方昨日午后发表声明称：“一名30多岁的男子于周六晚间在德比市中心因涉嫌‘醉酒滋事’被捕。然而，该男子不久之后即被解除逮捕，因其同意离开该区域。”

Cheers Morgan!

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据了解，该名男子即为31岁的卡斯。他已被英格兰16人阵容中由汉普郡快速投手索尼·贝克（Sonny Baker）取代。

一段社交媒体视频显示了卡斯被铐走的瞬间，现场有四名警察在场，并

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台球明星多特被判儿童性侵罪名成立

记者格兰特·麦凯布

前世界斯诺克冠军格雷姆·多特（Graeme Dott）被判犯有性侵两名小学生的罪行。现年49岁的多特于1994年转为职业球手，其对一名女童和一名男童实施了多起性侵行为，时间跨度从1993年至2010年。

在判决后，一名高级警官将多特称为“危险人物”。此前，多特曾称针对他的指控为“胡说八道”和“谎言”。在格拉斯哥高等法院为期五天的审判中，法庭听闻多特曾在两名儿童面前暴露自己、不当触摸并亲吻他们。

陪审团裁定多特犯有两项猥亵罪。庭审期间，多特的一名现年40多岁的女性受害者向法庭表示，多特在其儿童时期多次对其实施性侵。第二名受害者现年20多岁，称多特多次对其实施性侵，包括不当触摸、亲吻及性行为。法庭听闻，多特曾试图用金钱或礼物收买受害者以掩盖其罪行。

多特此前获准保释，现已被还押候审。他被勒令在性侵犯登记处注册个人信息。

判决后，世界职业台球与斯诺克协会宣布永久取消多特的会员资格。

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你有十分钟时间，尽可能多地用字母轮中的字母组成单词。每个单词必须包含中心字母，并至少使用三个其他字母，且每个字母只能使用一次。不可使用复数、外来词或专有名词。以“s”结尾的动词允许使用。今日九字母词提示：Fair Head Windy Grounds 是一个迷人的地方。评级：10个词为平均水平；15个为良好；20个为优秀；25个或以上为优异。解答明日揭晓

在以下方格中写下你的字母

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名人猜谜

在网格中隐藏着一位音乐家的名字。回答问题后，将对应答案的字母重新排列即可填出该名字。解答明日揭晓

解答明日揭晓

第1格：保罗·麦卡特尼（如图）在一场名人婚礼上时隔60多年首次演唱了哪首歌曲？ Love Me Do（W） I Want To Hold Your Hand（H） She Loves You（J）

第2格：欧洲最深湖泊霍宁达尔斯瓦特内特位于哪个国家？挪威（Y）阿尔巴尼亚（O）瑞典（L）

第3格：1994年电视迷你剧《一撮胡椒》中扮演达齐尔和帕斯科的喜剧二人组是？弗莱与劳里（I）史密斯与琼斯（P）黑尔与佩斯（D）

第4格：《我不知道如何爱他》是哪部音乐剧中的歌曲？《耶稣基督超级巨星》（R）《发胶》（C）《窈窕淑女》（E）

第5格：杰西卡·摩根最近被任命为哪个艺术机构的新任总监？皇家艺术学院（F）泰特美术馆（U）维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆（G）

第6格：火山渣是以下哪一种？传染病（M）火山岩（J）球类运动（T）

第7格：哈利斯科是以下哪个国家的州？古巴（X）秘鲁（S）墨西哥（A）

第8格：半冻冰糕是哪种食物？冷冻甜品（R）扁平面包（K）炖菜（I）

第9格：欧洲哪个地区被划分为巴尔拉文托和索塔文托？多尔多涅（O）阿尔加维（D）坎帕尼亚（V）

昨日解答：本·普赖斯（1B, 2R, 3E, 4P, 5E, 6℃, 7I, 8N）

图片：PA

铺轨

铺设轨道，使火车能从A村开往B村。数字表示每行每列的轨道段数量。只能使用直轨和弯轨。轨道不能交叉。

解答明日揭晓

3 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 2

蜂巢谜题

所有答案均按顺时针方向围绕其数字排列。第1题的解答从给定字母开始。

容器
负担
保护
整齐的
保持
毕业生
处女
集中
比较
螫针
通过
随军牧师

解答：拉页背面

综合问答

谁创作了短篇小说集《皮克的丘 hill》和《原来如此的故事》？
存在于水果中且以P开头的哪种碳水化合物是果酱凝胶的关键成分？
被麦哲伦海峡与南美大陆隔开、分属智利和阿根廷的群岛是？

MINDBENDER

苏和温迪一周内玩了很多次拉米纸牌游戏，每局输家需向赢家支付20便士。最后结算时，苏收到了1.20英镑，尽管温迪赢了19局。她们总共玩了多少局拉米纸牌？
以下哪些热门歌曲存在关联：《我为你倾心》、《疯狂星期一》和《无法与你相比》？
本周末在兰沃特德韦尔斯举办的"世界沼泽潜水锦标赛"中，唯一被允许的游泳姿势是什么？
哪种球类运动于19世纪60年代首次在加拿大编纂规则，是唯一一项在国际官方比赛中有北美原住民球队参赛的运动？
在希腊神话中，特洛伊国王普里阿摩斯的哪位女儿能做出准确预言，却从未被人相信？

SOLUTION: 拉页解答

哪个板球术语可能导致"SINNING"（犯罪）？
哪个是异类：飞马、有翼狮、有翼牛、飞马？
使用化学元素符号，谁可能会思考钍、铟、钾和铒？

SOLUTION: 拉页解答

杀手数独

在网格中填入数字，使每一行、每一列和每个3×3方格包含1到9的所有数字。每组由虚线连接的单元格数字之和必须等于左上角数字。每组单元格内数字不得重复。

明日公布答案

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MAILWORD

横向 1 海藻 5 大洲 11 速度 12 套索 13 西西里活火山 14 疼痛 15 壁架 17 填充 18 教堂 21 芭蕾步法 24 花花公子 25 道森（英国喜剧演员） 26 逃避警察 29 沼泽 30 鸟冠

纵向 2 圣经城市 3 皮肤病 4 领域 6 对手 7 油炸 8 中东国家 34 艾宾顿（女演员） 37 杰拉尔德·福特（美国第38任总统） 38 芭蕾舞女演员 39 大型植物 40 头生子 41 表现出厌倦

KAKURO

横向 9 核心 10 评估 16 苏格兰部分地区 19 消极 20 鼓励 21 香膏 22 哺乳动物（例如） 23 遗弃 27 从此以后 28 圆滑 31 动画探险家 32 增大 33 创世地点 35 林纳姆（主持人） 36 创作作品

纵向填入空白方格，仅使用1至9的数字，且每条空白线内的数字不得重复。各线数字之和必须等于每条线开头或顶部阴影框中的总数。阴影框下半部分的数字表示向下总和；上半部分则表示横向总和。

PITCHERWITS™

1a. 公制莫尔斯电码的精密卡尺（11）

14a. 以免混淆豆子的位置？（2,5）

1d. 巧妙克服目标（5,6）

6d. 将字母串成卷曲状（7）

5a. 从酋长那里夺取，奇迹般的突破（7）

ACROSS 1 图片提示 5 图片提示 8 在伦敦广场消费？（5） 9 粗略的副本，据说可随时提供（5） 10 旋转出租车，全部拆卸（5）

15a. 直接不正统的信念支柱（2,5,4）

4d. 迅速驶离码头的热门跑车（5,6）

7d. 我大声喊出的变音符号（7）

SOLUTION TOMORROW

12 牧羊犬世代间的封建忠诚（5） 14 图片提示 15 图片提示

PIT your wits against Pitcherwits – 这是一项激动人心的谜题游戏，其中部分答案以图片形式呈现！视觉提示的答案将填入网格的阴影方格中。

PITCHERWITS BOOK

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DOWN 1 图片提示 2 在太空冰球交汇处抵达（5） 3 她在一枚新颖的搪瓷胸针上刻画形象（5） 4 图片提示 6 图片提示 7 图片提示

11 回弹的无害开端（2-3） 13 下一场比赛中更多一点（5）

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 印度丝绸。7 禁止。8 本影。9 自然小径。11 短课程。14 糟糕的。15 渴望的。16 发出响亮声音。DOWN: 1 印度尼西亚人。2 借记。3 空气。4 梭子。5 利比亚。6 坍塌的拱门。10 响尾蛇。12 下水道。13 糖。15 小精灵。

HIDATO

将网格填写完整，使所有数字从1到44连续排列——水平、垂直或对角线方向均可。提示：不必从1或44开始。从中间数字开始可能更容易。

SOLUTION TOMORROW

1G< / td><>2L< / ><>3A< / ><>4Z< / ><>5I< / ><>6E< / ><>7R< / ><>8B< / ><>9℃< / ><>10K< / ><>11O< / ><>12S< / ><>13F< / >< / tr> <>14H< / ><>15P< / ><>16T< / ><>17X< / ><>18D< / ><>19N< / ><>20Y< / ><>21J< / ><>22Q< / ><>23W< / ><>24U< / ><>25M< / ><>26V< / >< / tr>< / table>

KENKEN

每一行和每一列应包含1到6且不重复。围栏中的数字必须通过给定的数学符号组合，以任意顺序计算出围栏开头显示的目标数字。单格围栏可直接填入给定的数字。

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

DEUTERIUM NINE TO FIVE

将给定单词的乱序字母拼入网格，形成六个五字母单词（横向和纵向）。

SOLUTION TOMORROW

ACROSS

柔软的爆炸声（口语）（4）
南美野猫（4）
贝类（4）
碘源（4）

DOWN

敷衍的吻（4）
木材，物质（4）
哈萨克斯坦河流（4）
压实，如烟斗烟丝（4）

SOLUTION TOMORROW

密码字谜

我们的密码字谜网格中，每个数字代表字母表中的一个不同字母。今天数字24代表M，因此每当出现数字24时，请填入M。您有两个字母已在控制网格中为您标出。请将它们填入主网格的相应方格中，然后利用您对单词的了解，推断出缺失方格中应填入的字母。解答明日揭晓。

可能有多个解答。

数字纵横字谜

完成密码字谜以揭示阴影方格中的单词。

< / td><>9< / ><>< / ><>25< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>< / ><>16< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>●< / ><>7< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>5< / ><>< / ><>20< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>28< / ><>13< / ><>29< / ><>22< / >< / table>

您的用时：□ 分 □ 秒

3 分 35 秒

将每个方格填入1至9的数字。横向方格的数字之和等于右侧的总数。纵向方格的数字之和等于底部的总数。通过中心的对角线方格的数字之和等于右上角和右下角的总数。

解答明日揭晓

参与方式：拨打0901 293 6232并留下您的答案和详细信息，或发送短信至65700，输入单词CODE，然后输入您的答案和姓名。短信和电话费用为£1，另加标准网络费用。每周从周一00.01至周六23.59之间收到的所有正确每日答题中选出一位获胜者。答案每天00.01.更换。英国居民年满18岁（北爱尔兰除外）。详见条款与条件。

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需要提示？发送单词CODEWORD至65700即可收到今日谜题的四条提示，或拨打0901 293 6200.。短信和电话费用为£1，另加标准网络费用。今日提示仅在00.01至23.30提供。

拼字游戏 $^{®}$ G ${2}$ R ${1}$ A ${1}$ M ${3}$ S $_{1}$

■右侧展示了典型拼字游戏的四行字母。用每一行字母组成一个2-7个字母的单词，并将其写入提供的空白方格中。然后计算每一行的得分。别忘了使用双倍和三倍的单词和字母得分——每组成一个7字母单词额外加50分。空白牌可代替任何字母但不计分。解答见明天报纸。 SCRABBLE®及SCRABBLE®牌为注册商标。游戏版权在美国由Hasbro Inc.持有，在加拿大由Hasbro Canada Inc.持有，在其他地区由J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd.持有，该公司为美泰公司的子公司。

标准分数 130-140 作者：JUDD

四行字母总用时限制：20分钟

昨日解答：LEAFIER 80 CORRADE 60 VENOM 10 CHIMP 17 JUDD总分：167

N / V / T / N / A / I / L / A / V

V / O / L / I / Y / N / T / R / V V / N / K / E / M / C / V / U A / Y / M / R / V / Q / I / C / L M / V / L / V / E / K / Z / V / C P / Z / E / F / I / V / Y / A I / E / W / N / A / K / V / G / N R / L / G / N / T / A / Q / D / N E / R / V / U / N / U / Y / V / H M / G / Q / O / J / H / R / T / K F / V / X / M / V / I / X / E / N

单词搜索

以下列出的单词均可在网格中找到——可向前、向后、向上、向下或斜向查找——但有一个例外。参与赢取机会，找出缺失的单词。今日主题：维克斯飞机

VALIANT VAMPIRE VANOX VENDACE VENTURE

VERNON VIKING VIMY VIXEN VULCAN

参与方式：拨打0901 293 6234并留下答案和详细信息，或发送短信至65700，短信内容为单词“WORD”、你的答案及姓名。短信和电话费用为£1，另加标准网络费用。周一00:01至周五23:59之间收到的所有正确每日答题者中随机选出一名获胜者。答案每天00:01更新。英国居民年满18岁（北爱尔兰除外）。详见条款与条件。解答明日公布。

数独X

将数字1-6填入每一行、每一列、每条对角线（以X形突出显示）及每个水平3×2方格中各一次。解答明日公布。

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快速问答

1964年电影《奇爱博士》中饰演三个主要角色的演员是谁？
在霍尔斯特的《行星》组曲中，被称为“欢乐使者”的行星是哪一颗？
彼得·马加尔在5月成为哪个欧洲共和国的总理？
英式甜品“由蛋白酥、奶油和草莓混合而成”的名称是什么？
世界重量级拳击冠军查尔斯·利斯顿的昵称是什么？

解答：见内页拉页

GOGEN

BUMPY BUY CRAWLING FLOW FOLK JUMPS KIN NEXT QUASHED SILK VAST YES

拼字游戏

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

将字母填入表格中，组成列出的单词。可在相邻单元格（水平、垂直或对角线方向）之间移动。将剩余的所有字母（除Z外）填入网格，使所有列出的单词都能拼写出来。

答案明天公布

每日邮报谜题

桥牌大师课堂 | 隐语纵横字谜

西家 ♠ AK 5 ♥ Q 10 9 5 ♦ 8 7 6 ♣ A 5 3

东家 ♠ 7 3 2 ♥ A ♦ AKJ 9 4 2 ♣ Q 10 2

在双人对抗赛中，你坐西家，在南家开叫1NT（12-14点）后，你最终选择了3NT定约。北家首攻♥3，你赢得此墩后领出一张小方块。南家用♦10吃进，北家垫一张红心。南家接着领出♠Q，你赢得此墩。为保持与方块的联系，你需要故意输给南家的♦Q。你照做后，南家继续出♠J。你是否要赢下这一墩？答案是肯定的，因为在清光方块后，你可以选择出第三张黑桃，希望在最后阶段的梅花或红心中再赢得两墩。

第17,951期

关于缺失的大牌位置，你了解多少？你们共有27点，这意味着北家最多只有一张J。根据首攻来看，北家的唯一一点很可能是♥J。

现在你需要清光方块。南家会感受到被终局打法逼迫的压力，可能会垫掉所有剩余的黑桃，希望北家能赢得第三轮并领出梅花。你需要保留哪四张手牌？又该如何判断南家保留了哪些牌？

明天我们将看到完整牌局。

桥牌牌例

纵横字谜

参与有奖竞答

解谜并在阴影格中拼出纵向单词即可赢取大奖。

参与方式： - 电话：拨打0901 293 6233，留下今日答案及个人信息 - 短信：发送65700，内容为“CRYPTIC [答案] [姓名]” （短信/通话费用：每次1英镑，另加标准网络费用） - 邮寄：将填好的纵横字谜寄至“Daily Mail Prize Crossword 17,951，P0 Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF”（请附上姓名和地址）

每周从周一00:01至周五23:59的有效答题者中随机抽取一名获胜者。邮寄答题需在次日24:00前寄出（以邮戳为准），电话/短信答题需在23:59前提交。答案于每周一00:01更新。参与者需年满18岁（北爱尔兰除外）。详见《条款与细则》。

横向字谜

6 记录比赛的地方？（8,6） 9 在巨型酒店入口附近抓到流氓？（6） 10 董事破坏了处理垃圾的另一种方式？（8） 11 真正的公寓最终需要翻新？（5,3） 13 美国北部城市周边的大型停车场？（6） 15 关于上流社会的摘要？（6） 17 考虑为草药保留两个名字？（6） 18 早晨回忆命令用木槌？（6） 19 两篇文章记录用户时，描述某些手表？（8） 20 失去对特殊液体的追踪，在法国人身后？（8） 22 由无尘庭院环绕的古城提供的动力？（6） 24 在高速公路旁的设施中，紧张地记录楼梯覆盖缺陷？（7,7）

纵向

1 远景中表示革命性变革的精明投票？（14） 2 垂目传情的高尔夫球手？（4） 3 无爱的托马斯患上呼吸问题？（6） 4 患者在安静时期的数字被提升为工作安排？（8） 5 经常在圆圈中找到的发型？（4） 7 游手好闲者对每日谜题的来源感到困惑？（6） 8 伙伴用更有趣的俚语代表电视消费形式？（7-7） 12 在罗马的四十人据说正变得优越？（5） 14 在城市关节处发现的弦乐器？（5） 16 治疗后患者护理感冒得到微不足道的数量？（8） 18 那些住在帐篷里的人在冒险中失去金钱？（6） 21 一家慈善机构可能从这种知名度中受益？（6） 23 用板材覆盖廉价大道的一部分？（4） 25 我们听说，在马嚼子的限制中有规则？（4）

海瑟·东迪

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[注：译文句数超出限制，已截断]

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Concerns grow as prescriptions surge 21% in five years

Record 1 in 7 on antidepressants as pill use rockets

By Zoe Hardy

ONE in seven people in England were prescribed antidepressants last year, worrying figures show.

It comes amid a sharp rise in mental health problems such as depression and anxiety since the pandemic.

A record 9.1 million patients were given the drugs by their doctor in the last 12 months, an increase of more than 15 per cent in five years.

There is a stark regional divide with antidepressant use highest in North Cumbria and South Yorkshire, and almost double the rates seen in affluent parts of London.

People in England's most deprived communities received around a third more prescriptions than those in the least disadvantaged parts of the country.

Some 96 million antidepressant prescription items were dispensed last year, up 21 per cent on the 79.4 million

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Will PM allow cut-price tuition for EU students to strengthen ties with Brussels?

By Claire Ellicott Whitehall Editor

ANDY Burnham yes- terday opened the door to cutting university fees for EU students as he said the UK must pursue closer relations with Europe.

The Prime Minister wants to be ‘bolder’ in strengthening ties with the EU.

He told European leaders that he has ‘ambitions’ for an EU-UK summit this year and emphasised the importance of ‘cultural and educational’ links with the bloc.

Brussels has long demanded that the UK agree to lower tuition fees for EU students to unlock agreements on food, drink and energy markets.

But the UK has resisted as universities have warned that it would damage their finances to lose the additional money.

Since Brexit, EU students

'Priorities are all wrong'

have been charged international fees of up to £38,000 as opposed to UK fees of £9,790 in the next academic year.

The bloc also wants a ‘youth mobility’ scheme to improve work and studying opportunities for EU citizens in the UK.

The PM has not ruled out an agreement on student fees in order to forge closer ties with the EU.

Asked if he wanted to go further than his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer in relations with the EU, a Downing Street spokesman said: 'We want to build an ambitious and close relationship with the EU that will strengthen our economy and unlock growth in every postcode. And the Prime Minister remains committed to that agenda.' But the spokesman would not comment on whether he would offer EU students cut-price university tuition fees.

Mr Burnham told the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, ‘greater co-operation’ was needed across all areas.

The pair spoke on a train to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday night ahead of a UK-EU summit that will take place later this year.

A Downing Street spokesman said: 'The two leaders underlined the importance of being ambitious to drive a step change in relations. The UK had to be bolder in terms of getting closer to the bloc, the Prime Minister said.'

The spokesman added that this would include building on closer ties ‘to drive greater cooperation across all areas of the relationship’.

During the same journey, the PM spoke to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden, and again talked of strengthening ties.

‘The Prime Minister set out his ambitions for the UK to get closer to the European Union, and both agreed on the important cultural and educational ties between the UK and Europe to deliver opportunity for the next generation of Brits and Europeans,' a spokesman revealed.

Mr Burnham has previously said that he wanted to make ‘further progress’ on negotiations with the bloc.

He ruled out rejoining the EU during his campaign to win the Brexit-backing Makerfield by-election.

But he said that he wanted to see the UK back in the EU within his lifetime.

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott said: 'This is madness. Labour's priorities are all wrong. We should be cutting the cost of university for British students, not those from the EU.'

Meanwhile, Tory Brexiteer John Redwood tweeted: 'Why should UK taxpayers subsidise EU students to study in UK universities? Which taxes go up to pay them?'

The Prime Minister's stance came as a YouGov poll revealed that the public supports reducing tuition fees for EU students to get better trade terms.

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Hen do for Bridgerton star... with little sister who's a duchess double!

Wed ringers: Phoebe Dynevor, left, in a sequinned dress with sister Hattie and their mother Sally at the hen do in London's Broadwick Soho hotel

AS BRIDGERTON'S legions of fans know, there's only one Phoebe Dynevor.

But anyone spotting the actress at her hen party could be forgiven for seeing double – as she celebrated with her lookalike younger sister, Hattie.

Ms Dynevor, 31, who plays Duchess of Hastings, Daphne Bridgerton, in the

By Dominique Hines

Netflix hit, was also joined by her Coronation Street actress mother; Sally, at the weekend in the £1,500-a-night Broadwick Soho hotel in London.

Ms Dynevor is to marry US actor Cam- eron Fuller, 30, and celebrated with her doppelganger sibling, 22, who is also an actress best known as Libby Guthrie in BBC drama Waterloo Road.

The Dynevors posed for snaps, with Phoebe in a £3,500 silver sequinned dress from The Own Studio. Hattie sported a blush-pink £259 mini-dress from House of CB, while their 63-yearold mother opted for a simple short-sleeved black dress. In an Instagram post rounding up the evening, Hattie wrote: 'Fuller love for Phoebe', in a nod to her sister's fiancé.

Meanwhile, the Dynevors' hotel room was decorated with balloons and letters spelling out 'bride to be'.

The High Street cappuccino that has the same caffeine as FOUR Red Bulls

By Shivali Best

IF YOUR daily coffee shop visit leaves you feeling a bit twitchy and your heart pounding, there's a very good reason.

It turns out that some drinks deliver nearly as much caffeine as experts recommend for a whole day.

Which? experts discovered the strength varied ‘wildly’ between High Street chains, whether in a straight black coffee, a cappuccino or a trendy matcha latte.

Analysis of the levels of caffeine from five popular retailers put Costa Coffee's medium cappuccino at the top with 325mg of caffeine, the same as four 250ml cans of Red Bull. Costa also had the strongest matcha latte, with 99mg, whereas Starbucks' matcha green tea latte contained 57mg – more than a shot of its espresso, which was 45mg.

Which? said: 'This could be a shock for non-coffee drinkers looking for jitter-free energy.'

The organisation's Jessica Carson said: 'Our research shows caffeine content varies wildly. If you drink multiple cups a day or need to cut back for health reasons, pay attention to where you shop and what you order.'

The team looked at drinks from Caffe Nero, Costa, Greggs, Starbucks and Pret a Manger, including espressos, cappuccinos, filter coffees, flat whites, americanos and matcha lattes. In second and third place behind Costa's medium cappuccino were Greggs and Caffe Nero versions, at 235mg and 221mg respectively. When it came to a single shot of espresso, Pret was the strongest, at 180mg – four times the 45mg from Starbucks.

Americanos had the widest variation. A Starbucks medium contained 89mg of caffeine against Costa's 325mg. The British Heart Foundation advises a 400mg limit for adults. Its website says: 'Drinking 400mg or less caffeine a day should not affect your heart rhythm or increase risk of abnormal heart rhythms.'

A spokesman for Costa said: 'Caffeine information is available across our menu, so customers can choose. We offer a range of non-caffeinated drinks.' The Daily Mail also contacted Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Greggs and Pret a Manger.

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handed out five years earlier, according to the NHS Business Services Authority.

Patients treated under the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board had the highest rate of antidepressant use, with 200 in every 1,000 prescribed medication.

Around 5.9 million of all those given the drugs last year were women, accounting for 65 per cent of patients.

The figures come amid a sharp rise in mental health problems such as depression and anxiety – two of the main conditions antidepressants are used to treat – since the pandemic.

The proportion of adults suffering significant symptoms of depression remains almost twice as high as before Covid, rising from 9.7 per cent in 2019 to 18 per cent in April 2025 – equivalent to almost one in five adults – according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Rates are even higher among younger adults, with 26 per cent of those aged 16

'More stressed and anxious than ever'

to 29 affected – more than one in four. Dr John Read, professor of clinical psychology at the University of East London, said the figures revealed an ‘epidemic of overprescribing’. He added that doctors were increasingly being expected to treat wider social and life problems with medication.

Women are around twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression and prescribed antidepressants as men, although experts disagree on how much of the gap reflects biological differences and how much is due to women being more likely to seek help and discuss their symptoms.

Children have also been affected, with rates of mental illness continuing to rise since the pandemic. By 2023, one in five eight-to-16-year-olds had a probable mental disorder, up from around one in six in 2020.

Meanwhile, 1.35million working-age people who were out of work because of long-term sickness reported suffering from depression, anxiety or mental health problems in 2023 – a 40 per cent rise since before the pandemic. More recent figures show around 2.8million people remain out of work because of long-term sickness overall, compared with just over 2 million before Covid.

Around 20.5 million working days were lost to poor mental health in 2024, the ONS found. Professor Dame Clare Gerada, former chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said the figures reflected wider changes in society rather than overprescribing.

‘All the evidence suggests people are more stressed and more anxious than ever,’ she said.

‘People go to their GPs and say they’re not sleeping, eating, and have felt really low for weeks and often ask whether antidepressants might help.

'It is not the fault of the profession, per se, but I am worried about these numbers.' For the first time in four years, the number of children prescribed antidepressants rose, from 62,601 in

2024/25 to 63,609 last year. The increase comes despite commonly prescribed antidepressants carrying warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour in children, adolescents and young adults.

GPs are advised not to start antidepressant treatment in under-18s without specialist assessment, while the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that the drugs should be given alongside psychological therapy.

For adults, NICE also advises that the drugs should not be offered as a first-line treatment for less severe depression unless that is the patient's preference.

The most commonly prescribed antidepressants are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which increase levels of 'Extra toppings? Cheese? Pepperoni? Olives? Prozac?'

serotonin – a chemical involved in regulating mood – in the brain.

The rise has been particularly striking for some individual drugs. Prescriptions for sertraline, one of the most commonly used antidepressants, have increased by around 120 per cent over the past decade.

Dr Joanna Moncrieff, a professor of psychiatry at University College London and consultant psychiatrist at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, said the figures suggest patients were remaining on antidepressants for longer than originally intended.

NHS guidance recommends that people should continue taking antidepressants for six months after their symptoms improve, before considering gradually reducing their dose. However, separate NHS data suggests half of those prescribed medications have been taking them for more than two years, while a quarter – around 2 million people – have used them for more than five.

Dr Moncrieff said growing numbers were turning to antidepressants to cope with difficult periods in their lives. Doctors could also find it difficult to send distressed patients away without treatment, she added, particularly when they were asking for medication.

Psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy are also recommended treatments for depression, and NICE advises antidepressants should not be the first option for less severe cases. But access to talk therapies can involve lengthy waits.

Why this apparent ‘epidemic’ of depression is so worrying

COMMENTARY By Dr Martin Scurr

HAVE we become a nation of depressives? It appears so, according to shocking figures released today showing that as many as one in seven in England are taking antidepressants.

Imagine the queue in a high street coffee shop – at least two people there will be on these drugs.

When I first started out as a GP I might have prescribed this kind of medication to just one new patient a month.

This new, apparent ‘epidemic’ of depression is deeply worrying, on two levels.

First, there is the effect of the medications themselves. Untreated, depression can have serious and sometimes catastrophic effects including suicide, and these drugs really are lifesaving for people in severe mental crisis.

But they have potential sideeffects, including brain fog and sexual dysfunction. A small number of people can develop suicidal thoughts when starting antidepressants or changing their dose. The drugs can also be very difficult to wean off.

And this matters if you're being given these medicines for the wrong reason.

It used to be that people found it hard to accept they were depressed – seeing it as a shameful problem, ‘all in the mind’.

We now know that depression is a whole-body condition, and can cause a host of symptoms, including fatigue, unexplained weight loss, relationship and sexual problems.

But I think the pendulum has swung too far – with more people than ever seeking help for problems that aren't mental health issues but a reaction to life circumstances and sadness.

For instance – social media doesn't help, with its images of other people's seemingly 'happy' lives holding out the illusion that we all deserve to be joyous all the time. And if the world seems to be going all wrong (let's face it, there's been little to cheer about in recent years), it's no wonder more of us feel low.

But I question if medication is the answer.

Ideally, people with mild to moderate depression would be offered a talking therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which helps patients identify their negative ways of thinking and teaches them coping skills to overcome them.

In my view CBT provides a better long-term solution than medication, not least because it puts control back in the hands of the patient.

But there is a huge shortage of trained therapists. And with the lack of GP continuity of care – GPs used to be able to provide a more personal level of care and spend more time with a depressed patient, to good effect – doctors are having to hand out prescriptions instead (and often after only a telephone or online consultation).

I fear this problem of prescribing as a shortcut for treating depression isn't going to improve very soon.

Rogue high street shops laundered £500million

By Elspeth Rees

ALMOST half a billion pounds has been laundered through businesses masquerading as high street stores, including beauty salons and mini marts, research has revealed.

Analysis by SmartSearch, an anti-money-laundering software provider, found 3,097 dissolved businesses averaging just 170 to 194 days of life, compared with an average of almost five years for the wider register of dissolved UK companies.

It said: ‘These businesses do not look like companies that have traded and failed. They look like companies that were never meant to trade at all.’

The SmartSearch report concluded that up to £464million has been moved through these

'They were never meant to trade'

shell companies, listed as barbers, beauty salons or corner shops, between 2016 and 2026, and many are in fact operating in the money-laundering and terrorist financing sectors.

It added that rogue businesses are ‘heavily concentrated in a small number of areas’ and show ‘remarkably similar lifespans’.

Phil Cotter, chief executive of SmartSearch, said: 'This is about patterns that suggest a repeatable model of exploitation operating openly across UK high streets, and accelerating faster than the regulatory response has been able to catch.'

There is growing concern over the decline of high streets. This month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that local councils will be given powers to veto betting and vape shops.

2in of rain on way? Time for a flood alert!

FLASH flooding could hit Britain as thundery downpours potentially bring more rain in hours than has fallen for months, forecasters have warned.

Three days of unsettled conditions are due to arrive from tomorrow as warm, humid air spreads north, with over two inches of rain (60mm) predicted in places. Other spots could experience 20 to 30mm of rain in just a few hours.

Last month was the driest July on record for England. Met Office data showed East Anglia had 0.1in (2mm) of rainfall in July and 2.2in (56mm) in June.

Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales is in drought, with 28 million people under hosepipe bans.

Rivers and reservoirs are running low after some areas went two months without rain. Wisley in Surrey had 62 consecutive dry days until last week, while Heathrow had 56.

A tale of two vigils

12 arrests before youths light flares to mark lives of five dead

'joyriders'... while across city, silent prayers held for killed PCs

Tasteless: Flares and balloons last night at a tribute to ‘joyrider’ Jacob Matusiak Sombre: Community prayers for the two dead officers

By Glen Keogh and Martin Beckford

THEIR faces covered by balaclavas, flares in hand, masked youths last night paid a tasteless tribute to five suspected ‘joyriders’ who died in a head-on smash which claimed the lives of two police officers.

In the ‘vigil’ to commemorate Jacob Matusiak, 23, fireworks were set off and balloons released into the sky in Middlesbrough – just yards from where the officers were killed.

Yesterday it emerged Matusiak and three other youths in a Volkswagen Passat which crashed into a marked police car at speed had 37 previous convictions – including motoring offences and assaulting a police officer.

Similar vigils are due to take place this week. One grandmother walking by last night's event, who did not wish to be named, said: 'This is nothing but a mockery of the lives of those two policemen. I've watched them walking down there drinking and smoking weed and razzing about on their motorbikes. There's nothing here to celebrate.'

The scenes celebrating the young men were in stark contrast to the silent prayer vigil for police constables Tom Clough, a former soldier, and father-of-two Matt Blades, a former school teacher.

Tragic loss : Constables Tom Clough, 38, and Matt Blades, 37

Labour MP for Redcar, Anna Turley, paid her respects: 'The whole community here is reeling, and we've lost lives, particularly those lives of brave police officers who are out in action to keep us safe. It's a tragic incident.'

PC Clough, 38, and PC Blades,

37, died when their car was hit by the VW going the wrong way down the A66 in Middlesbrough at 3.30am on Saturday.

Yesterday, Cleveland Police said the force had made 12 arrests linked to the crash and ‘serious and organised criminal activity’.

Before the collision, police received reports of two vehicles being driven dangerously, including a Volvo XC60 which was ‘ramming properties’ in Mid-

'Nothing here to celebrate'

dlesbrough. The Volvo and the VW were then picked up on automated number-plate technology despite having cloned plates.

Police pursued the VW for seven minutes before aborting when the car turned the wrong way on to the A66. Ten seconds later, it crashed into a patrol car being driven by PC Blades and PC Clough, who had not been involved in the pursuit.

All seven involved in the crash were pronounced dead at the scene. Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 have been arrested for a variety of offences, including suspected participation in an organised crime group; possession of an offensive weapon; possession of a firearm; assisting an offender and drugs offences. Cameron George, 26, of Redcar, has been charged with possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs and possession of criminal property.

Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Fox, of Cleveland Police, said: 'Our robust response will continue in the weeks and months to come.'

Those in the VW were Matusiak, Michael Cahill, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Cole Worthy, 17 and Makai Saddington, 18. Yesterday a video emerged of Cahill filming himself driving at high speeds through a residential area. Police said they did not believe Saturday's incident was filmed for TikTok.

Downing Street described the ‘glorification’ of dangerous driving clips on platforms such as TikTok as ‘utterly disgraceful’ and has already contacted social media firms to raise concerns.

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Ukraine hands the UK a trove of top-secret intelligence to help A.I. train our troops to defeat Putin

By Mark Nicol Diplomacy Editor

BRITAIN is to receive an intelligence ‘goldmine’ from Ukraine to boost its defences against Russia.

A trove of data covering the Kremlin's secrets and tactics will be shared as part of a landmark military agreement.

The vital information recovered since Russia's invasion will provide an AI-bolstered training blueprint for Britain's forces.

With the Kremlin stepping up its sabre-rattling against the UK, the Ukrainian database will assist in intercepting Russian drones and thwarting cyber attacks.

The deal was struck as Prime Minister Andy Burnham met president Volodymyr Zelensky in

'Who started the fire?'

Kyiv yesterday on his first foreign trip since entering Downing Street. It comes after the joint offer by the UK and France to hand over the blueprints for Scalp long-range missiles so Ukraine can build them.

Russia has vowed to destroy UK factories providing weapons for Ukraine after British-made drones were fired into the country for the first time.

After Russia warned that the UK was ‘adding fuel to the fire’ by stepping up its support for Ukraine, Mr Burnham said: ‘Who started the fire? That’s the question, isn’t it?

'I have only been in office a short time but already in that time Russia has threatened the

UK for its support for Ukraine and I know other countries have faced similar threats.

‘It just shows that what we are doing is having an impact and we should stand firm together.’

British defence chiefs want to benefit from Ukraine's battle-proven technologies that have seen AI-supported drones and robots dominate the warzone.

The UK is also interested in Ukraine's application of AI technologies to defend its national energy infrastructure and to combat the Kremlin's attacks on manufacturers.

The UK will become the first country to gain access to

Ukraine's so-called ‘Avengers AI lab’, where its scientists have made major breakthroughs. AI has accelerated decision-making in the conflict zone.

Mr Zelensky said a declaration had been signed confirming a partnership between the UK and Ukraine ‘in the field of artificial intelligence’. He added on X: ‘We value the fact that the UK’s course remains unchanged – full support for Ukraine and our defence. Thank you, Andy! Thank you, Great Britain!’

The PM also chaired a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing – the UK, France and Germany – to discuss further support for

Ukraine. With Ukraine facing further Russian ballistic missile bombardment, Mr Burnham said the coalition was doing ‘everything we can’ to ‘dig into our own stocks and help others dig into their stocks’.

Russia's sickening attacks on undefended Ukrainian civilian areas have resulted in at least 23 deaths and more than 100 casualties in the past three days alone.

Mr Burnham also called on President Donald Trump to join Britain in doing more to support Ukraine, saying: 'We need to go further together, I think, because there are some urgent problems that Ukraine is facing. We will do whatever we can to convene people to share that burden together and we'll continue to provide steadfast support.'

Poignant: Andy Burnham lays a wreath at Ukraine's military memorial cemetery. Inset: With Volodymr Zelensky

The PM's visit was timed to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.

He addressed crowds outside Kyiv's St Sophia Cathedral, praising the ‘sheer strength’ of the

'A privilege to meet veterans'

Ukrainian people and likening their defence of their country to Britain's fight against the Nazis in the Second World War.

He also laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown Ukrainian soldier during a ceremony at the national military memorial cemetery in nearby Hatne.

In his own independence day speech, president Zelensky insisted Ukraine would ‘not submit’ to Russia. Mr Burnham reiterated Britain's support for Ukraine was ‘unwavering’ after a visit to a military hospital.

Striking a chord: The Prime Minister smiles as he plays a Smiths song for Ukrainian troops

He wrote on X: 'It was a privilege to meet with Ukrainian veterans today at a military hospital in Kyiv.

‘I’m proud that the patients here have been supported by a UK charity who have trained over 1,000 surgeons, anaesthetists, and other healthcare workers. Our support for Ukraine is unwavering.'

In a lighter moment the PM played the 1985 song Rusholme Ruffians by Manchester band The Smiths after being handed a guitar by a Ukrainian soldier.

Former Manchester mayor

Mr Burnham, a lifelong fan of The Smiths, was visiting a mobile recording studio used by the military and artistic unit.

‘I won’t sing,’ he joked. The UK Prime Minister said music can help ‘lift spirits’ on the front line. The soldiers then performed an Oasis song.

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Yorkshire fisherman is first Briton to die fighting for Russians

By Eliana Silver

and Perkin Amalaraj

A YORKSHIRE fisherman has become the first British national to die while fighting for the Russians in Ukraine.

Bradley Townsend, from Barnsley, was killed by a drone strike on July 10 in the country's eastern Donetsk region. The 33-year-old, who had no military experience, told his family he was going to Romania before signing a contract to fight on the Ukrainian frontline.

He described himself as ‘a normal working-class lad from Yorkshire’ who wanted to support Russian separatists. Mr Townsend said on social media he had joined up in April this year to ‘repay the favour’ to Russians who he said donated a month’s wages to Yorkshiremen in

'He said he was going to Romania'

the miners' strike of the 1980s. He added: 'This was my decision, I wasn't pushed into anything.'

Mr Townsend's mother, Maureen, an NHS care support worker, said: 'He was going to go travelling for a year, and I was glad because he'd had two failed relationships. That was sad, they were lovely girls, but it just didn't work out, and he wanted to do something different. 'He said he was going to be in Romania and I believed him, as he has friends from work there. But the next thing he told me he is in Russia. I said "what are you doing there?" I thought he was joking. And then it all came out.'

Other Britons serving in the Russian armed forces took to social media to pay tribute, with one saying Townsend ‘wanted to help the people of Russia defeat the Nazis’.

Tall story: Bradley Townsend told family he was on holiday

Aiden Minnis added on Facebook: 'I had the pleasure of spending time with Bradley. We discussed the danger, but his mind was made up. He sacrificed his life for our cause. His service was brief but he blazed the brightest star. Rest in Paradise brother. "To die a warrior in a Holy War is to live forever'.'

The Foreign Office said: 'We are aware of reports that a British national has died in Ukraine.'

Kyiv's drone blitz on online retailer centres

By Will Stewart

UKRAINE struck warehouses belonging to Russia's second-largest online retailer in a wave of major drone strikes. It caused fires at Ozon marketplace logistics centres in the south.

Separately, Nato scrambled two F-16 fighters in Romania to destroy a suspected Russian drone that crossed into its airspace.

Kyiv has for weeks mounted a campaign targeting Russia's Wildberries – the country's top online retailer – alleging it supplied military components. 'After Ukrainian units hit the 15 largest logistics hubs of Wildberries, it is now

Ozon's turn,' Ukraine's defence ministry said ahead of three days of strikes on Ozon hubs.

Ozon said ‘a fire broke out’ at a logistics centre in Makhachkala after a drone attack at around 5am local time yesterday. Several people were wounded and warehouses in Adygeysk and Nevinnomyssk were evacuated.

A ‘major fire’ was burning at a logistics centre in Krasnodar. Debris from a falling drone hit a nearby children’s centre, killing three children and injuring six.

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Worst jobs market for graduates in at least ten years

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Deputy Business Editor

JOB openings for graduates have fallen to the lowest level in at least a decade – raising fears for the prospects of the growing number of teenagers heading to university.

Just 8,383 vacancies for graduates were advertised last month, according to recruitment website Adzuna – down 45.6 per cent on the same month a year earlier.

It is the lowest level since the figures were first compiled in 2016 and just a fraction of the peak number of 55,000 set in mid-2017, following a ‘sustained multi-year decline’. Adzuna said the ‘graduate crisis’ had hit a ‘record low’.

There was a glimmer of hope for those who are lucky enough to secure a position after university, with average graduate

'Al can carry out routine tasks'

salaries edging up to £25,815 in July, from £25,773 in May.

But the decline in roles on offer comes in stark contrast to the record number of 262,820 18-year-olds about to begin studying for degrees.

The fall in the number of opportunities available to new graduates adds to the challenges facing Andy Burnham and his Chancellor John Healey as wider unemployment grows.

However, the PM has sought to emphasise that he is just as keen on alternative routes into the jobs market such as technical qualifications.

He has said he wants to ensure that Britain would 'value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap'.

Many fear that entry-level jobs in traditionally popular graduate professions such as accountancy and law are under threat because of the rise of AI – because AI can now carry out many of the routine tasks that these jobs involve.

Adzuna co-founder Andrew Hunter said: 'The graduate job market keeps setting new lows, which tells us employers still haven't found a reason to open up hiring at that level.'

The figures were published as part of a gloomy report showing overall vacancy levels were also down, falling 9.6 per cent to 791,490.

Competition for jobs is heating up, with jobseekers per vacancy rising to 2.14, up from 1.93 a year ago, Adzuna said.

Tory business spokesman Andrew Griffith said: ‘Burnham must scrap Labour’s red tape and cut taxes so firms can afford to hire.’

The overall figures add to evidence of a ‘jobs drought’ under Labour after official figures last week showed vacancies at a 12-year low and unemployment spiking.

Many firms have stopped hiring as they face higher labour costs and other expenses, likely to include the continuing impact of Labour's £25 billion raid on employer national insurance as well as sharp rises in the minimum wage and surging energy costs.

Labour urged to cut NI to end ‘tragic waste’ of youth unemployment

BRITAIN'S biggest business group has urged Labour to cut employer National Insurance to help tackle the ‘tragic waste’ of youth unemployment.

The Confederation of British Industry said the tax, hiked by Rachel Reeves, was part of a ‘perfect storm of rising costs’ that was making it harder for firms to take on young people.

It came as 150 business leaders, including ex-Marks & Spencer boss Lord Rose, warned that UK wealth creators face 'death by a thousand cuts' as the tax burden creeps higher.

In a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham organised by business founders' group Helm, they called for Ms Reeves' NI hikes to be reversed, and for a restoration of tax reliefs for entrepreneurs.

Rising employer taxes are widely thought to have contributed to a decline in youth job opportunities. The scale of the problem will be further laid bare later this week when the Office for National Statistics

By Deputy Business Editor

publishes data on the number of 16-to-24 year olds who are not in employment, education or training – so-called NEETs.

CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith said tackling the issue was a ‘social and moral imperative’.

She said: 'Young people have a tremendous amount to offer, yet too many are locked out of

'Social and moral imperative'

the labour market and denied the opportunities they deserve.

'The consequences of this tragic waste of potential are deeply personal, but they also go beyond the individual; when young people lose out, so do businesses, government and the wider economy.'

The CBI's report said rising costs are hampering the ability of firms to create jobs, apprenticeships and work experience placements which young people rely on to enter the jobs market. Those include higher NI contributions and minimum wage increases imposed as well as wider pressures such as energy bills.

Cutting NI would ‘reduce the cost of creating jobs and give businesses greater headroom to recruit, invest and expand’, it said.

Narrowing the number of those liable to pay, by increasing the annual income threshold at which it is due from £5,000 to £6,000, would cost the government £3.6-3.9 billion a year, the CBI calculated. Cutting the overall employer NI rate from 15 per cent to 14 per cent would be more expensive, costing almost £10 billion.

The report also called for the government to water down reforms designed to give more certainty to workers in so-called ‘zero hour’ or low-hours roles. The reforms will mean these workers have the right to a guaranteed hours contract, based on their typical pattern of work.

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Plucky: Meghan picks apples in the latest tease for her lifestyle brand, As Ever

Fruitful: Images from the short orchard video set to the sound of tweeting birds

Core! Meghan drops a hint...

WILL it be jam tomorrow for Meghan, as she picks apples in an orchard with a cardigan draped artistically around her shoulders for her latest lifestyle teaser?

The Duchess of Sussex, 45, yesterday posted a short clip for her As Ever brand, known for its spreads, teas and candles, with the cryptic caption: 'A little hint of what's coming.'

The Instagram film was widely interpreted as a sign Meghan will continue to focus on her business, which she renamed last year, after she and Prince Harry are back in the UK with their two children.

There had been reports she will be cast in Guy Ritchie's hit Netflix series, The Gen-

By Dominique Hines

tlemen, upon their return, though royal author Tina Brown has claimed the backlash to her potential casting has led to the project being scrapped.

The former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair added: 'This does not bode well for Meghan's acting comeback in the UK.' The duchess played Rachel Zane in TV series Suits for seven seasons.

The Sussexes are expected to move into a non-royal home outside London, with Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, due to start school next month.

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Harry quits ‘rape and torture’ charity that the Mail exposed

Full support: The duke is ‘proud’ of his work with African Parks

By Aidan Radnedge

PRINCE Harry has parted ways with an African wildlife charity that admitted human rights abuses following a Mail on Sunday investigation.

The Duke of Sussex, who has been a trustee of African Parks for a decade, is stepping down after it announced a ‘governing refresh’ last week.

The conservation charity admitted last year that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in the Republic of Congo, as reported by the Mail.

It followed an independent investigation into allegations that guards managed and paid by African Parks had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park.

A spokesman for the duke said Harry, who was president of the organisation for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023, remains a supporter of its work.

“The duke is proud of his ten years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board,' the spokesman said. 'His commitment to conservation in Africa continues.'

In 2016, Harry helped to move hundreds of African elephants in Malawi to a safer home as part of an African Parks project, describing the experience as ‘amazing’.

The charity said last year that it had improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally. African Parks expressed ‘deep gratitude to Prince Harry’, saying: ‘Over the years, the duke has brought global attention to the urgent need for biodiversity protection for the benefit of people and wildlife.’

An investigation by The Mail on Sunday in 2024 discovered evidence of intimidation and abuse in Congo rainforests by African Parks rangers, including allegations of rapes and beatings. The

WORLD EXCLUSIVE Rainforest families claim years of abuse at the hands of guards who work for conservation body that has Prince as a director – and beg him to intervene

From The Mail on Sunday, January 28, 2024

HARRY'S AFRICA CHARITY RANGERS 'RAPED AND BEAT TRIBES PEOPLE'

MoS found first-hand testimonies of atrocities inflicted on the Baka, an indigenous people once known as pygmies, to stop them entering forests where they have foraged, fished, hunted and found medicines for millennia.

One woman told of being raped by an armed guard while clinging to her newborn baby – and a teenage boy claimed he was groomed for paid sex by another guard.

A community activist said a

Baka man died after being beaten and jailed without getting treatment for his injuries.

African Parks launched an independent review and later admitted that human rights abuses had occurred in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park.

The results of the investigation, carried out by London law firm Omnia Strategy LLP, went directly to African Parks. It did not publicly share the results.

The charity said in May last year: ‘African Parks acknowledges that human rights abuses have occurred, and we deeply regret the pain and suffering that these have caused to the victims.’

Caroline Pearce, director of human rights charity Survival International, said: 'It's outrageous that for ten years Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against indigenous people. His departure doesn't undo that record. African Parks must be held accountable.'

The abuses happened without Harry's knowledge, with the duke becoming aware only when they were reported in 2024.

Inside Essex asylum

by Peter Harris

WELCOME to Holiday Camp UK. For the 800 guests enjoying the luxury sports facilities, this place is unbeatable.

As I saw for myself this week on a visit to the camp in Wethersfield, deep in the Essex countryside, residents want for practically nothing. There's a fully equipped gymnasium, a fitness room, a full-sized football pitch and a substantial indoor sports hall with all the equipment for five-a-side soccer, basketball and cricket – all free.

For those who want to kick back and take it easy, there are recreation rooms with televisions and pool tables, and a snack bar.

Mobile phones are provided for all, with generous allowances for free calls.

The main restaurant, serving two dining halls, provides three meals a day with a wide choice of meals, including vegetarian options.

All the food is free. The only restriction is that all meat is halal – non-Muslims don't get a choice about that.

Similarly, though the prayer rooms are described as a multi-faith area, most of the religious material is Islamic, with plenty of Korans and no Bibles. Prayer mats cover almost all the available floor space.

A squadron of free minibuses, 17 of them, are laid on three times a day, seven days a week – even on Christmas Day – to take the 800 camp residents into the nearby towns of Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester.

And how much does it cost to stay here? For residents, that's the best bit. Not only is everything free, but there's a tenner a week extra in every pocket... or, to be absolutely accurate, an allowance of £9.95 per person, to cover any incidental costs, loaded onto a prepaid debit card.

The official name for this place is Wethersfield Airfield Asylum Accommodation.

And although it's free for the hundreds of 'happy campers', the bill for Britain is eye-watering. According to a National Audit Office report last year, asylum accommodation contracts are estimated to cost the taxpayer £15.3 billion over the next 10 years. So-called 'dispersal sites',

Residents are irked there's no swimming pool

mostly former military properties, are regarded as cheaper than the short-term solution of placing illegal migrants in hotels. But the impact on surrounding communities is immense and the sheer unfairness of the financial burden is shocking.

Not that all the illegal migrants here seem to appreciate it. The most frequent request posted in the suggestion boxes is not for educational resources, or even pleas for news of loved ones supposedly left behind in warzones and terror states. What irks them most, apparently, is the lack of a swimming pool.

A gym, football pitch, TVs, an NHS clinic, free mobile phones, a snack bar – and a squadron of 17 minibuses laid on to ferry 800 migrants into local towns. The leader of Essex County Council was given unique access to Wethersfield former RAF base. What he found is surely proof this country has gone mad

As a Reform UK councillor and leader of Essex County Council, I have been deeply concerned about the impact of Wethersfield on local people for three years. I've taken a look at the site from the outside but last week provided my first opportunity to go through the gates.

I confess I was surprised at the Home Office's willingness to grant access to me and the council's deputy leader, Russell Quirk. We arrived at 9.30am and were greeted by a site manager employed by Clearwater, the firm that administers Wethersfield.

By 10am we were inside. It was made very clear that we were not allowed to take photographs, despite my request.

During the next three hours, we also did not speak with any of the residents, other than a nod and a hello in passing. There are currently 800 male asylum seekers accommodated at Wethersfield, a number expected to increase to 1,245 in the future, with a potential ‘surge capacity’ of 1,700.

According to the Home Office, 445 contingency bed spaces ‘can be brought into use to help manage short-term pressures across the wider asylum accommodation estate’.

Yet during our tour I counted fewer than 150 residents. Some others, we were told, were in their rooms. But most were on day trips out of the camp, something that happens every day, with up to 300 men travelling into each nearby town. The last of the mini-buses was leaving as we arrived.

We were repeatedly told that Wethersfield is not a prison. But this free access to the community is done, as far as I can see, with next to no consideration for the townsfolk and their safety.

I've spoken to many Essex people who tell me that, if they need to go into Colchester, Chelmsford or Braintree, they will get there as early as possible, to complete their shopping before the influx of men from Wethersfield from about 10am. The presence of hundreds of migrants is understandably intimidating.

Of the men I did see during my visit, the majority seemed to be on their phones. But the gym was full, with most training with weights. Several of them were obviously dedicated bodybuilders. One man, we were told, was a mixed martial arts athlete and

Ultimate Fighting Championship [UFC] contender, an expert in kickboxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu.

We had a single security guard with us but they took little notice of us. While we were walking around the site, a police officer came cycling up to introduce himself as the designated officer for Wethersfield. He spends approximately three or four hours a day there, Monday to Friday, with the remainder of his duty time covering the surrounding village.

We were also told another officer

£500,000 a day is spent on detaining illegals

By David Churchill

MORE than £500,000 a day is being spent on detaining illegal migrants and moving them around the UK, it emerged yesterday.

Official figures show £186 million was handed over in one year by the Home Office to transport and house migrants in immigration detention and Border Force custody.

The figure includes moving people between prisons, police stations, hospitals and short-term holding centres. It also includes the upkeep of Immigration Removal Centres and escorting migrants to, and onto, deportation flights when they are booted out.

Most of the cash is paid to contractor Mitie, which has managed the process for the Home Office since 2018. The figures cover the period from June 2025 to May this year.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp branded it ‘a catastrophic waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money’, while John O’Connell, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, added: ‘The Home Office needs to pull the handbrake on this eyewatering waste immediately.’

Disclosure of the sum comes after the number of small-boat migrants reaching the UK since Labour came to power, this month surged past 80,000 amid a rise in ‘mega-dinghies’ carrying more than 100 people at a time.

centre 'holiday camp'

Eye-opening: Reform UK's Peter Harris during his visit to the Wethersfield Airfield Asylum Accommodation Pictures: DAMIEN MCFADDEN

based at Braintree Police Station is available to deal with crimes recorded in connection with the site. The bobby on the bike was personable, enthusiastic and obviously hard-working.

But the contrast between this old-fashioned, Heartbeat-style policing and the potential threat posed by 800 or more rootless men was disturbing.

I should stress that I did not feel in physical danger at any point during the tour. But I was acutely aware that nobody knows who these men really are.

The first stop for most illegal migrants, whether they arrive across the Channel on a small boat, or stowing away in lorries and other vehicles, is Manston Asylum Processing Centre in Kent, another former military airfield. Here they are vetted and undergo biometric testing, including fingerprinting. DNA samples, however, are not taken.

When I enquired about this, I was told that it might contravene their human rights, despite the obvious help it would offer police if any of the migrants go on to commit crimes. The men – and they are all men, aged 18 to 40 – can arrive at Wethersfield with new names, if they do not want to divulge their real ones at Manston. In effect, they have access to a whole new identity. Once this is registered, there appears to be almost no way of knowing who they were before they came here.

Those bodybuilders in the gym could easily be part of an army sent here piecemeal by an enemy

They could be part of an army sent piecemeal

state such as Iran. And we are paying for their training. If you wanted to help terrorists come into the country unknown and unregistered with no checks on them, I can't think of a better system.

Perhaps the most astonishing revelation of the entire visit concerned the two-day induction course offered to all arrivals. It's not mandatory, but most asylum seekers choose to attend, perhaps mindful that their compliance could improve their chances of a successful application to remain in Britain.

The course provides an overview of how people are expected to behave in Britain, in particular how men should treat women and children. Interpreters translate the information into an array of languages. The migrants are instructed to respect women, not to stare at them in the street, and not to sexually assault them.

Incredibly, it is considered necessary to explain to thousands of men on arrival in Britain that rape is unacceptable.

We were also told there are older men – described to us as ‘elders’ – who can speak to younger residents who behave inappropriately and warn them about what is not regarded as acceptable.

I find the entire situation extraordinary. Of course, most migrants are not criminals. But we would have to be wilfully blind to pretend that every society on Earth has the same cultural attitudes towards women, children, sexuality, personal freedom or equality. Men arriving from countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and elsewhere may have grown up in societies whose cultural attitudes and expectations are profoundly different from ours. That is simply a fact.

Does the Government seriously expect the public to believe that a two-day induction course can reverse attitudes that people have absorbed since childhood and held all their lives?

We were also shown the NHS medical facility within the site, with doctors and nurses available to residents.

A number of arrivals, we were told, had active tuberculosis and that up to 20 per cent have been diagnosed with latent TB.

That distinction matters. Latent TB is not infectious in the way active pulmonary TB can be. But for one in five residents to be carrying latent TB is certainly something the public is entitled to know about.

In addition, some people arrive suffering from scabies, something the medical staff take extremely seriously because of how readily it can spread in communal accommodation.

Around 10 per cent of residents, we were told, are receiving treatment or support for mental health problems. Of course it's right that they should receive medical treatment for infectious diseases to reduce their risk to the wider community

But Essex taxpayers are perfectly entitled to ask: What is all of this costing?

How many Essex people are sitting by the telephone at 8am desperately trying to get through to their own GP, while these men have access to medics and nurses?

I would invite every pensioner watching their pennies, every working family struggling with their mortgage and every council taxpayer wondering where their money goes to contemplate that one.

We were shown soundproof pods where applicants can undergo a two-hour Home Office interview, again with an interpreter where required. But the average stay at Wethersfield is 80 days, which isn't long enough for asylum applications to be fully processed.

Instead, we were told, applicants will be moved from Wethersfield into HMO accommodation (that is, ‘houses of multiple occupancy’) elsewhere before receiving the final decision on their asylum claim.

In order to draw as little attention as possible to this dispersal, the migrants travel to their new homes, which could be anywhere in Britain, via Uber hire cars. Then the Home Office decision follows... by post, apparently.

Approximately half of claimants are given asylum, with access to benefits and priority social housing. Of those who fail, a few apparently accept voluntary return.

But what happens to every unsuccessful applicant who does not? Where are they? Are they being tracked? How many abscond? How many work illegally? How many simply disappear into Britain's black economy? These questions demand urgent answers, yet none are forthcoming.

The British public is being asked to tolerate an immigration system in which the Government seemingly knows exactly where people are while housing and feeding

Around 20 per cent of arrivals have TB

them – but too often struggles to remove them once they have no legal right to remain. That is completely unacceptable.

There was one thought I simply couldn't escape as I walked around Wethersfield. This enormous former military site has accommodation, a medical centre, sports facilities, large kitchens, dining halls, existing infrastructure for toilets, dormitories and recreation zones, and masses of open space.

At the same time, Essex County Council is currently searching for suitable location for a new Veterans Village, a site to house and support British military veterans after their service ends, to support them as they begin a new life.

The answer is staring us in the face: Wethersfield.

What more appropriate use could there possibly be for a former Royal Air Force base?

Instead, billions of pounds nationally are being spent dealing with the consequences of Britain's broken asylum system. That tells you everything about the priorities of successive governments.

I came away convinced of one thing. This is the wrong facility, in the wrong place, being used for the wrong purpose.

■ PETER HARRIS is the Reform UK Leader of Essex County Council.

Race Across the World star dies a year after her son was killed in car crash

By Joanna Crawley

A CONTESTANT on the BBC's Race Across the World has died a year after her co-star son was killed in a car crash.

Jo Gardiner died aged 61 following ‘a long and courageous battle with cancer’, her family said in a statement.

Her son Sam, whom she adopted with her ex-husband Andrew, died in June last year at the age of 24 after his Volkswagen came off the road and rolled before landing on its side.

The duo competed in the second series of the BBC reality show in 2020, journeying from Mexico City to Ushuaia in Argentina and finishing in fourth place.

During filming Sam, a landscape gardener, said: 'Mum and I are very close – we often think or say the same things.'

The family called physiotherapist Jo, from Manchester, ‘an intrepid adventurer, brave, kind, witty and endlessly loving’.

The statement continued: 'She was our family, our joy, our safe place and our absolute treasure.

‘We know how deeply Jo was loved and we take comfort in knowing that her laughter, her courage, her kindness and her wonderfully outrageous spirit will live on in the many people whose lives she touched.

‘As we grieve, we ask for privacy but we also ask everyone who knew and loved Jo to do exactly what she would have wanted: tell the funny stories, raise a glass, have an adventure, laugh loudly and live life to the full. She was one of a kind. There will never be another her.'

The BBC show paid tribute in a statement, saying: 'Jo became the matriarch of the Race Across the World cast family.

‘She leaves a lasting legacy in the many lives that she touched, both through the series and beyond. It was a privilege to share her story and she will be deeply missed.’

Ms Gardiner, who is survived by her other son Charlie, lived with type 1 diabetes and was an ambassador for Diabetes UK.

TV duo: Jo and Sam on the show

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PM says NO snap election ... but leaves the door open for tax hikes

ANDY Burnham last night raised fears he will hike taxes in the Budget after admitting the country is in a ‘challenging position’.

The Prime Minister said he would not be ‘unrealistic’ about the help he can offer households with the cost of living and would not ‘take risks’.

But he did claim he would ‘honour’ Labour’s 2024 manifesto, which ruled out increasing National Insurance, income tax or VAT.

He also denied he would call a snap general election, despite some commentators suggesting he could take advantage of the ‘Burnham

'I won't be unrealistic'

bounce' in Labour's poll ratings to win a fresh mandate and jettison Sir Keir Starmer's pledges. In a series of interviews in Ukraine, the PM said he had 'clear plans' that would restore hope.

But last night Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride said: 'Andy Burnham became PM without a plan and has been unable to say where the money is coming from to pay for his commitments, so is now staring down the inevitable barrel of tax rises.

‘It doesn’t matter who is in charge, it is the Labour Party itself that’s the problem. As the welfare secretary [Pat McFadden] said, all they want is to raise taxes to fund more benefits.’ Mr Burnham was asked by ITV News if the public

By Martin Beckford Policy Editor

had to accept paying more in tax to tackle the big issues he has highlighted, including the housing crisis and social care.

He replied: 'No, they don't necessarily have to accept that.'

When it was put to him that the hole in the defence budget needed to be filled with tax rises, the PM said he ‘won’t take risks with people’s jobs or their livelihoods’.

He added: 'I will try to help them in whatever way I can, I have already done some things that will help them. I will do what I can but I won't be unrealistic.

‘We are in a challenging position. Whatever I do will be carefully thought through, it will be funded and there will be more to come as we go into the autumn.’

In an interview with LBC he was again asked if the public should expect to pay more tax in the October Budget, and replied: 'No... We have a manifesto, and I will honour that manifesto. I believe it's possible to provide extra help for people with the cost of livingby changing some of our priorities.'

He added: 'Whether I will achieve everything I want to do, that's a different matter. But people will be in no doubt about the direction in which I seek to take the country... a hopeful direction, a positive direction, a unifying one.'

Told that it would be easier to get a new mandate by calling an election, Mr Burnham replied: 'I am ruling that out right in front of you.'

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'I wasn't going to dress like Margaret Thatcher'

Asked if she wore short skirts at school to seduce boys in 1980s, teacher tells court:

Accused: Sally-Anne Bowen arrives at court yesterday

Power dressing: Margaret Thatcher in her heyday

By Cameron Charters

A TEACHER accused of wearing short skirts to seduce two teenage boys in the 1980s told her trial: 'I wasn't going to dress like Margaret Thatcher.'

Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, is accused of indecently assaulting both pupils when they were 14 or 15 at Christ's College, in Finchley, north London.

Bowen has been described by prosecutors as dressing and acting like she was in a music video choreographed by often-racy pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

Giving evidence yesterday, the chemistry teacher denied dressing suggestively. She told jurors at Harrow Crown Court: 'I would not have been allowed to get away with very short skirts. They were shorter than I'm wearing now – they were not mini skirts.'

Bowen was asked where she wore her skirts while teaching. She stepped out of the witness box to show the jury that she wore her skirts three fingers above her knee.

She then told the court she was in her mid-20s in the 1980s, adding: 'I wasn't going to dress like Margaret Thatcher.'

One of the boys has claimed he had sex with Bowen ‘20 or 30 times’ over several months. He said he had fallen in love with her, considering her his girlfriend and would visit her home. But Bowen says the allegations are a ‘total fabrication’ and ‘the workings of a fantasy’.

Prosecutor Madeleine Wolfe, cross-examining Bowen, asked the teacher if she could think of any reasons

why the complainant would pursue these allegations more than 30 years later. She replied: 'I don't know why he is making these allegations. I have no idea what is going on at this point. I think he

'I wanted to be liked'

certainly had a crush on me at school.'

Bowen said she was subject to some inappropriate comments from pupils as she was young and one of the only female teachers, adding: 'I ignored them. They didn't result in me being hassled or harassed.'

The second complainant said he and Bowen kissed in a cafe when he was 'goaded' into it by other boys, and remembers touching her breasts – but Bowen said she does not remember this boy and does not know who he is.

Last week, a former pupil told jurors a boy in Bowen's class was reading a ‘sex manual’ that he believed to be the Kama Sutra. He said Bowen went through the book and discussed ‘the merits of different sexual positions’ with the pupils.

The trial previously heard that the first complainant told police in November 2014 he began a sexual relationship with Bowen in spring 1988 and that it ended that August.

In a filmed interview, he said it began as they took the same bus after school, and he would walk her home to Brent Cross. He recalled one lunch in a cafe when a boy brought a 'porn magazine', adding: 'She said to me after all the other boys had left "Give me the magazine". She went through it, and pointed to a blonde woman's vagina and said that's what mine looks like.'

Bowen denied the claims saying: 'I have never in my career seen boys looking at a pornographic magazine – the only magazine I confiscated was a football magazine.'

When asked if she treated the boys as ‘friends’ rather than pupils, she denied ever discussing inappropriate topics, adding: ‘I was a nice person and students spoke to me. I wanted to be liked and I make no apology for that.

‘I was young, it was my first teaching job.’

Bowen, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, denies seven counts of indecent assault against two boys. The trial continues.

How a spot of tai chi can ease pain and boost mental health

TRADITIONAL Chinese exercises such as tai chi can relieve joint pain, improve mental health and boost sleep, a study has found.

Researchers said that regularly taking part ‘significantly alleviated’ chronic pain and stiffness while boosting bone density in patients with osteoporosis.

The review of 92 papers by experts in China, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at practices,

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including tai chi, which focus on posture, breathing and movement. Tai chi is known as meditation in motion.

Maximum benefits were felt by those who took part three times a week for more than six months.

Researchers called it a ‘safe, accessible strategy that can reduce pharmacological reliance and empower patients’.

'I'm sorry but your tai chi is not improving my mental health'

Shawarma weather! Hot summer sees sales rocket

By Claire Duffin

THE summer heatwave has brought out our love of hot food too – with the chicken shawarma wrap becoming an unexpected takeout hit.

Deliveroo has named the Middle Eastern street food its ‘Take-away of the Summer 2026’, saying the rise in demand has been so significant that more than half the restaurants now offering the meal did not sell it a year ago.

Data from the online delivery app shows orders for the spicy chicken in flatbread rose more than 70 per cent this summer compared with 2025, putting it at the top of the takeaways chart.

Deliveroo has also revealed that Coventry is the UK city that ordered the most food, followed by Newcastle, Reading, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bristol.

Deliveroo's Jeff Wemyss said: 'This summer, [chicken shawarma] became the main event.'

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Premier's rocket to Russian tyranny

NOTHING about Andy Burnham's first days in Downing Street suggested any great impulse for making a mark on the international stage.

With cut-price bus fares, reduced electricity bills and sundry other gimmicks to announce, there appeared to be precious little time for global issues in the new Prime Minister's schedule.

Yet, after several weeks in which he has concentrated almost exclusively on home affairs, it is heartening to see Mr Burnham boldly sharing classified information on missile components with Ukraine. There is a large element of pragmatism in this act.

Physically and morally, the Kyiv administration is the front line of defence against Russia's threat to Western Europe. The extra firepower may yet prove to be the catalyst for Putin's downfall if a jaded populace finds itself under increasing attack.

But the PM's initiative is also important as a symbolic act of ongoing solidarity. With Boris Johnson being the first G7 leader to visit Kyiv following the outbreak of the war, Britain has been a constant support over the past four years.

Even Mr Burnham stepped away briefly from his domestic focus last month to welcome Volodymyr Zelensky as his first international guest at No10. Unsurprisingly, the decision to pass on military hardware blueprints provoked a hostile response from the Kremlin – with a spokesman accusing Britain of ‘participating in this war’.

It would be foolish to dismiss the threat from Moscow, of course. Putin remains determined to flex his muscles wherever and whenever he can. He has already demonstrated his contempt for this nation by brazenly sending his embargoed oil tankers through our waters.

But by giving a helping hand to Ukraine, Mr Burnham has done the right thing on two counts. First, on a point of principle. And, second, by reminding one of the most sinister tyrants of modern times that we will not be intimidated by him.

Anti-social media

EVEN without the recent road carnage, it is extremely difficult to understand the appeal of footage that glorifies joyriders and their mindless stunts.

But videos of young tearaways driving at top speed in stolen cars or inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel are a rapidly increasing presence online.

This twisted phenomenon would almost certainly disappear if the culprits were prevented from posting their reckless clips in the first place or, at the very least, if they were taken down without delay.

Yet while social media companies are very good at designing sophisticated algorithms that dictate what people see, they seem far less interested in removing harmful content. With Labour ministers hobnobbing with Big Tech firms at more than 200 meetings in less than two years, perhaps it is a subject they might get around to raising at some point.

Bad for business

INCREASING the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions was one of the worst anti-business measures imposed by Rachel Reeves.

Now 150 business leaders have written to the PM urging him to reverse the former chancellor's move in an effort to tackle the ‘tragic waste’ of youth unemployment.

It would be an act of considerable maturity and humility if Mr Burnham was to grant their request. But we won't be holding our breath.

Rather than drill our way to prosperity, Burnham will bend the knee to the job-killing, wealth-squelching dogma of Net Zero

THIS government's North Sea policy is a reminder that, for all his affectations to northern grit and plain-speaking, Andy Burnham is a prisoner of elite opinion.

The Prime Minister wants to be liked by those who hand out the head-pats – the London liberal Press, the global NGOs, and the public intellectuals – because these are the people his ministerial colleagues and backbench MPs look to for moral leadership.

The Labour Party's status anxiety would be a private misfortune were it not for its effect on public policy, and nowhere has it done more damage than on the oil and gas industry.

Ominous

The Daily Mail's revelation yesterday that officials expect 100,000 North Sea jobs to be lost by 2050 will have been received in Aberdeen and its surrounding areas with grim resignation. There is still anger there. Tory Douglas Lumsden's thumping victory in June's Aberdeen South by-election was a cry of pure frustration by voters – but many have given up hope of saving their local economy.

Net Zero has done a number on Scotland's oil and gas sector and the North East economy. More than 18,000 jobs – one in every ten – have been lost in the past 15 years, while house prices in the Granite City have cratered by £7,500 on average. Nowhere in Scotland have property values fallen so precipitously.

One hundred thousand is an ominous figure for Treasury economists, but for Aberdonians it feels like an inevitability. Is it any wonder, when they hear the new prime minister intends to continue the old prime minister's disdainful distance from a fossil fuel industry which has brought prosperity to their communities and ready supplies of energy to Britain as a whole?

For years, the sector has been urging ministers to approve

by Stephen Daisley

exploration licences for the Rosebank oil field north-west of the Shetlands, and the Jack-daw gas field off the coast of Aberdeen. (Public consultations for both sites ended this month but Burnham has remained silent about the Government's decision, and is said to be concerned about the 'optics' of approving new drilling during a summer of heat-waves and wildfires.)

Unions representing energy workers have added their voices. Unite, which is running a No Ban Without a Plan campaign, warned in March that the Government's stance on fossil fuels was ‘putting jobs and national security at risk’.

The GMB, which wants a ‘stronger and fairer’ transition to green energy, penned an open letter to Labour MPs in July, proposing ‘an all-energy approach’ that ‘builds on our industrial strengths rather than overlooks them’.

Britain faces a cost-of-living crisis driven partly by spikes in the price of fuel and products derived from crude. Conflict in the Middle East is creating uncertainty over access to fossil fuel sources upon which our energy security now relies.

There is a ready-made solution that would lower prices, and that is to license drilling for domestic purposes only. Under these conditions, producers would have no option to sell their oil and gas outside the UK, meaning prices would be set by domestic rather than international markets. High demand would be met by increases in supply and limited marketability.

This should not be a difficult call, least of all for a Labour prime minister. Yet leaked documents suggest Burnham intends to maintain the cowardly approach of Keir Starmer and kowtow to fashionable opinion. Burnham is reportedly considering a ‘huge investment’ in new infrastructure to ramp up the importation of oil and gas, spending vast sums in taxpayers' money to buy in supplies from other countries and thus sustain the thousands of job losses in the domestic industry.

Ministers are even looking at the possibility of acquiring a giant ship capable of cooling gas, making it smaller in volume and easier to transport by tanker from countries such as the US, Qatar or Norway.

Imagine telling the trade unionist founders of the party that the day would come when a Labour prime minister would fund jobs for foreign workers while causing layoffs for their British counterparts.

Britain's energy policy should not be captive to the whims of privileged elites in careers insulated from the sort of instability inflicted on the oil and gas industry; people who live very far away from the communities whose living standards they are happy to wreck in exchange for feeling good about themselves.

Pain

The likely climatic impact of production at Rosebank and Jackdaw would require a microscope to be detectable. In the grand scheme of atmospheric emissions, the CO2 fall-out from Rosebank and Jackdaw would pale compared to the drilling being done by fossil fuel powerhouses such as China and India.

Opposition to development of these fields is political purism of the worst kind, for it not only inflicts needless pain on a sector which has suffered already, it does so in the name of ecological virtue. A bogus virtue at that, for importing oil and gas despoils the planet more than simply removing it from our own seabed.

There are reports that Burnham might split the difference by approving production at one field but not the other, thus throwing a bone to the industry while handing the Net Zero fanatics a partial victory. How Blairish of our plainspoken, tell-it-like-it-is Prime Minister.

This approach would represent the worst of all worlds, being too modest to return prices to affordable levels and thus handing the anti-prosperity lobby an opportunity to claim that domestic energy production is a fool's errand.

The priority should not be adding to infrastructure to import more oil and gas, but using existing infrastructure to produce more of it ourselves.

Sins

What the North Sea lacks is a prime minister with the gumption to face down those bent on impoverishing Britain to scratch an ideological itch. To tell them their days of choking our economy are over and that there is now a government that backs British workers and industry.

Andy Burnham is not that prime minister and never will be. The King of the North wants to be accepted by the court of the metropolitan elite, and echoing their luxury beliefs is the price of admission.

The North Sea industry will continue to die, affluence and opportunities will keep draining from Aberdeen, and British households will see their bills climb higher. Britain will be in hock to nations of varying levels of friendliness, paying billions for the privilege of keeping the lights on.

Meanwhile, despite the spin and the subsidies, green energy will still fail to meet our needs and the Government will tell us we must rein in expectations and lower our standard of living even further. The high priests of the Net Zero cult will go on immiserating Britain because they believe we deserve it as punishment for our ecological sins.

Rather than lead the nation to prosperity, Andy Burnham will bend the knee to this job-killing, wealth-squelching dogmatism.

A few months ago, there was a ripple of anxiety over the impending coup against Keir Starmer. Labour insiders feared it could all go horribly wrong and Britain could end up with Ed Miliband as PM. Sometimes it feels like we did.

Littlejohn

richard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk

THROUGH The Keyhole was a popular television panel show introduced by David Frost and featuring a regular cast of celebrities, including Chris Tarrant, Eve Pollard and Kenneth Williams.

Every week, Loyd Grossman would be given the keys to the homes of well-known personalities and the panel had to guess who owned them.

Grossman would poke and probe around the property looking for clues to the identity of the owner, who could be an actor, comedian, singer or sportsman.

One episode might spotlight Jeffrey Archer's luxury apartment on the River Thames, the next newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell's Oxfordshire pile, another DJ Tony Blackburn's latest love nest.

Few of the properties featured were from the lower end of the market. And much of the fun to be had was marvelling at the hideous decor choices made by those with more money than taste.

While most of them were high-end, you'd occasionally get a glimpse inside a fixer-upper being renovated by a young, up-and-coming soap star.

The show ran on ITV from 1987 to 1996, before transferring first to Sky and then the BBC, where it limped on until 2008. There have been a couple of revivals since but none recaptured the magic of the original.

Now though, there is a chance that

Stop Labour's Mansion Tax Stasi crawling Through The Keyhole

How the hell is a pensioner going to pay?

Through The Keyhole could return with a new format, courtesy of our money-grabbing Labour Government. Plans have just been revealed to send an army of inspectors into homes to set the level of ‘mansion tax’ owners must pay.

In last year's Budget, Rachel From Complaints announced that people who live in high-value flats and houses would be hit with an annual council tax surcharge of between £2,500 and £7,500 – whether they can afford it or not.

The threshold was originally set at £2 million but the head of the Valuation Office told MPs earlier this year that properties priced at £1.5 million were being ‘re-assessed’ and could also be included.

Yes, I know that £1.5 million sounds a great deal of money. It is, especially if you live in an area where typical house prices reach nowhere near that level.

But in London and the South East – now firmly in the sights of Labour's ‘soak the rich’ class warriors – one-and-a-half mill doesn't buy you a palace.

And speaking of fixer-uppers, here's a 'for instance'.

In 1985, we bought a modest, turn-of-the-century terraced house in a not-especially-fashionable North London suburb, with a monster mortgage which stretched our finances to breaking point.

It cost £95,000, needed significant remedial work and was nobody's idea of a 'mansion'.

To put things in perspective, the lovely, older couple next door - nursing sister Eileen and barman John - paid just £4,000 when they bought their house a couple of decades earlier.

We moved out 12 years later, selling for just shy of £250,000. Today, similar homes in the area are being advertised for sale at £1,900,000, which takes them into ‘mansion tax’ territory, especially if the threshold is lowered to £1.5m.

Eileen and John are sadly no longer with us, but there are plenty of older people on fixed incomes still living in the homes they bought donkey's years ago for a few thousand pounds, yet are worth a small fortune on the open market. They are now considered by Labour to be living in ‘mansions’ and therefore ripe for the plucking.

How the hell is someone on a pension supposed to come up with a minimum £2,500 a year, on top of all the other bills, including the existing sky-high council tax in some of the far-Left boroughs?

It's not just the elderly, either. The incomes of couples raising families in the teeth of the ever-rising cost of living have to no extent kept pace with house price inflation. They may be worth £1.5 million or £2 million on paper, but they're mortgaged up to the hilt and are already paying the highest taxes since the Second World War.

But in Burnham's Britain, they are regarded as ‘rich’ and therefore fair game to be bled dry in order to feed Labour's welfare monster, buying bigger TVs for layabouts and keeping migrants here illegally in the comfort to which they believe they are entitled.

The most outrageous, tyrannical aspect of all this is the plan to give valuation inspectors – the so-called ‘mansion tax police’ – powers to enter our homes and conduct ‘internal inspections’.

Anybody who refuses admission to these Stasi-style goons will face a fine of up to £200.

So if you don't want some jumped-up jobsworth in a hi-viz jacket measuring your downstairs loo, nosing around in your knicker drawer and sifting through your cupboards, you'll be landed with a criminal record.

MPs have been told that these inspections will have to be made regularly to ensure valuations are kept up to date. Labour's politics of resentment even includes councils launching drones to measure patios and back gardens, so that extra taxes can be slapped on anyone using a garden shed as a home office or gym.

(This at a time when the Government is paying the electricity and gas bills of civil servants working from home. No doubt we'll soon be expected to pay for their Hobnobs and Sky TV subscriptions, too.)

Labour always seems to have a down on private property, which is presumably why Andy Pandy pines for the ‘good old days’ when working people knew their place and lived in council houses, before the liberating home-owning revolution under Margaret Thatcher which freed millions from being trapped under the Town Hall yoke.

When Two Jags was in charge of housing, he came up with a scheme to levy extra taxes on homes with a ‘nice view’, situated in a sleepy cul-de-sac, or next to a park or golf course.

The ‘mansion tax’ tyranny springs from the same far-Left mindset, which seeks to punish those who have got on in life through talent and hard work, forcing them to fund the lifestyles of the workshy, those with

Forced to fund the lifestyles of the workshy

pretend illnesses such as 'anxiety' and so-called 'asylum seekers' who have no right to be here.

If they equip the Mansion Tax Stasi with the same kind of body-cams worn by police officers, it could provide the video for a brand new incarnation of Through The Keyhole.

David Frost has gone to that big TV studio in the sky, but his job as host could be taken by Burnham himself, far-Left LBC rent-a-gob Jimmy O'Brien, or one of those unfunny Left-wing comedians, such as Nish Kumar (whoever he is), who turn up on every BBC 'satirical' quiz show.

Loyd Grossman's role could be filled by Labour-supporter Steve Coogan, last seen campaigning for Andy Pandy in Makerfield. Replacing Chris Tarrant, Eve Pollard and the late Kenneth Williams, the panel could comprise Zack Polanski, Angry Ginge Rayner and Jeremy Corbyn.

Rather than the gentle reveal, the owner of the ‘mansion’ in question would be named and shamed and roundly booed by the audience, while being forced to write out a cheque for anything up to £7,500.

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Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Today's literary gem

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light

Ode: Intimations Of Immortality from Recollections Of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth

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Cotswolds drinks party that revealed Sussexes may not get such a warm welcome

SATURDAY mid-morning and my phone was on fire! In the space of just a few

minutes, I received more than 30 WhatsApp messages, several of them via various local group chats.

Reports that the Prodigal Prince and his bride might be settling among us somewhere here in the Cotswolds were starting to sink in.

'I hope they aren't going to make life awkward in the lanes with their security detail,' huffed one contributor.

‘They’d better not make drop-off at school a drag, I have to get to work,’ agreed another.

'Has she even heard of Daylesford? We have the real deal – in-date organic jam here,' joked yet another.

My head was spinning. Because what did this mean for me? Given my trenchant views on the Sussexes – shared on these pages – was I about to become NFI to social gatherings?

As people rushed to bag a duke and duchess for their kitchen suppers, would I be persona non grata now? Would I ever again need to put in the heated rollers, don my glad rags and paint my face?

Maybe it was time to get a cat and prepare myself for weekends in front of the fire, alone with my memories of how it used to be, all clinking glasses, canapes and hot gossip.

My daughters didn't help.

‘Mum, you are so going to rue the day you ever wrote about Harry and Meghan,’ texted one.

Another wrote: 'I wouldn't be buying any new Christmas party frocks if I were you, Mum. They won't leave the wardrobe.' Both messages were followed by a string of laughing emojis. 'My life is ruined,' I wailed.

So, are the Sussexes coming? Nothing is certain but nothing is secret in these tiny villages where the long-term Cotswolds proper live. We know who lives in which grand house and what's on - or secretly off - the market. We know the schools that would pass muster for a little prince and princess. Yes, it's all speculation but I think we have it sussed.

Will they fit in if, and when, they arrive? As it happens, I did attend a smart drinks party on Saturday evening and it's fair to say that loyalties lie firmly in the courts of the King and Queen, and William and Kate.

No one has forgotten the things Harry wrote about Camilla in his memoir, Spare. He described her as ‘evil’ and ‘dangerous’. The Queen has a strong following here and I’m firmly in her corner, as are many others. We want to see the Sussexes seek forgiveness, which requires repentance, before we welcome them into the fold.

have Jeremy Clarkson and his partner Lisa Hogan, David and Victoria Beckham, and - after rumour and counter-rumour - Beyonce and Jay-Z have reportedly moved in and have been spotted at the local garden centre. There's Simon Cowell, Damien Hirst, Liam Gallagher... etc.

We know how to behave around royals, too. I occasionally find myself at the same local social gatherings as Queen Camilla or some of the younger royals.

When it's the Queen, I always make a point of absenting myself from the group, so she feels free to chat. I'm a columnist for the best-selling newspaper in Britain but I'd never repeat a single word I

Emma's the only Strictly star

Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

WHEN Emma Willis was revealed to be high-stepping into one pair of the dance shoes vacated by Strictly veterans Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, I had high hopes.

The show would surely survive the loss of those two talented presenters. Then I saw the 2026 line-up, and I didn't recognise a single name among the roll of social media influencers and Z-listers. I fear this may be the season that the famous ‘Strictly curse’ delivers its final blow.

heard her say. I don't want her to feel uncomfortable.

We lock eyes from the distance I put between us, and she gives me an almost imperceptible nod of the head as she smiles her thanks.

I once had the honour of spending time alone with the nuclear Royal Family, and I was struck by what a normal bunch they are in how they interact – full of banter.

They are also hugely affectionate towards each other. I'm not exaggerating when I say that love leapt from the King's eyes as he and Prince William took the mickey out of each other, just like any father and son.

Which is why Harry's cruel and bizarre behaviour has been such an abhorrent anathema to me.

How could he do what he did to his loving family, and how could he so hurt our late Queen, even as her husband – his grandfather – was dying, with his vicious accusations? It’s the question everyone around my patch wants the answer to.

If Harry or Meghan are reading this, you should know that here in the Cotswolds we aren't in the least bit dazzled by stardust, even the royal variety.

You will be afforded privacy and respect if you live among us. We want you and your children to be happy. But airs and graces and a sense of entitlement won't go down well. Half of the people who live here would regard your bank balance as small change.

Oh, and I'll probably bump into you in the Chipping Norton Aldi one day soon where you might just find me chatting to David Cameron in the middle aisle. Welcome both.

Will Nigel be facing kangaroo court?

THREE hours after Nigel Farage won the Clacton by-election, at 9.16am on the Friday morning, the Standards Commissioner emailed him to say that he had re-opened his investigation into the £5million gift Nigel received from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne.

Everyone knew the investigation would resume after the by-election. So why do you think the commissioner was so keen to press send on his email? Might it have been because he knew that he was providing Left-leaning journalists with a headline to take the shine off Reform's Clacton victory?

Is Nigel about to face another kangaroo court, just as Boris Johnson did? I think those of us who understand how the tools of Westminster are used to remove Right-wing leaders know the answer.

...AND on that subject: Has Kemi Badenoch lost the plot? It was reported at the weekend that she has described those of us who left the Tory Party to join Reform as some of the most dishonest people she has ever met.

What can I say on behalf of the many thousands of voters who have done the same? Let me begin by reminding Mrs Badenoch that not one of us was involved in a plot to remove a PM - Boris Johnson - who had delivered an historic election victory.

Nor did we play an active role in the final 24 hours of his premiership to ensure he was successfully toppled. People in glass houses etc.

Beautiful moment

CAN I share with you the joy that is a four-year-old granddaughter? On Friday, I had her for the morning and every so often she would announce apropos of nothing: 'Isn't it a beautiful day today.' It was. Her innocence and the world seen through her eyes made it so.

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Gatwick holiday car park inferno Man arrested as 140 cars torched

Wreckage: Some of the vehicles destroyed in the blaze near the airport

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of arson after more than 140 cars were destroyed in a fire near Gatwick Airport.

Police and fire crews attended the ‘significant and complex’ blaze on Saturday night.

It is understood the car park is used mainly by travellers using Gatwick, though the airport does not operate it.

Eight fire engines and two water carriers brought the blaze under control overnight.

By Joe Rossiter

More than 2,000 homes had their power cut after the fire damaged high-voltage equipment near the car park in Caldyne business park in Rowfant, West Sussex, though there were no casualties.

A 67-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson was bailed as an investigation continued, Sussex Police said.

A Gatwick spokesman told the Daily Mail: 'We are aware of a fire at an unaffiliated third-party car parking site, which occurred on

Saturday evening and understand how concerning and distressing this will be for any passengers whose vehicles may have been affected. We are advis-

'Understand this is distressing'

ing any passengers who are concerned that their vehicle might have been affected to call the police on 101.'

A spokesman for West Sussex

Fire and Rescue said: 'Approximately 140 vehicles were damaged and a number of the vehicles involved in this fire were parked at a site used for holiday parking. Any affected consumers are advised to contact their operator directly. Residents and nearby businesses experienced a temporary loss of electricity as an overhead power line needed to be isolated. The electricity supply has since been restored.

‘Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to report it online or call 101.’

Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Jason Arday's memoirs go on sale in UK ‘as he wished’

By Andrew Levy

PROFESSOR Jason Arday's memoir is to be published this week as planned, as the former Cambridge academic's family want to 'honour his wishes'.

The 41-year-old was found dead on August 14 following his resignation a week earlier from his role at Jesus College. It followed scrutiny about alleged plagiarism and questions over claims he made about his life and achievements.

An inquest into his death, in Battersea, south-west London, is due to open tomorrow – the day before his memoir, Great And Unfortunate Things, goes on sale in the UK. The book was released in the US on August 11.

His family said in a statement via publisher Simon & Schuster: 'To the very end, Jason was clear that he wanted his memoir to be published and it is only right that we honour his wishes.

'There's been so much written, mostly by people who don't know the truth of what he or we experienced as a family, or what an extraordinary person he was. We're happy to allow the book to speak for itself.'

Low key: The pair exchange vows

Funded by his friends, it's Danny's backyard wedding

By Joanna Crawley

IT'S the wedding that was in the news for all the wrong reasons.

A month after apparently asking for donations to crowdfund their happy day, former England rugby player Danny Cipriani and his American bride tied the knot – in the back garden of their Los Angeles home.

The celebration between Cipriani, 38, and actress AnnaLynne McCord, 39, was the first of three planned ceremonies – with one in London and another in Cambodia lined up.

After a backlash to the apparent crowdfunding, Ms McCord explained that she thought she had sent out the wedding wishlist to just her guestlist - not realising she had instead made it public.

The couple had asked people to donate anything from £75 up to £450 to pay for flowers, wedding cake and drinks for the reception. The total amount they asked for came to £10,660, not including a separate cash donations option.

By Ryan Hooper

GENDER-FLUID police officers have been given multiple warrant cards to reflect their male and female identities.

Three police forces in England – Leicestershire, Norfolk and Suffolk – confirmed they have issued both identity cards in cases where an officer identifies as a man one day and as a woman on another.

Runaway bride: AnnaLynne races towards the ceremony and, inset, with Danny

Gender fluid police who carry male and female warrant cards

MPs and campaign groups have described the move as ‘absurd’ and called for ‘common sense’.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Daily Mail: 'This woke nonsense must end. We need a return to common-sense policing.'

Warrant cards are almost universally carried by police officers and most will produce them in order to exercise certain powers, legally including stop and search. at bir

However guidance from the National Police Chiefs' Council states that thorough searches, such as those which expose intimate body parts, should be carried out by officers and staff of the same biological sex as the detained person.

This follows the UK Supreme Court ruling last year which found that the term ‘woman’ legally refers to biological sex at birth, and not a person's chosen gender.

So the prospect of a biologically male police officer carrying a female warrant card has caused concern.

A spokeswoman for the Women's Rights Network said: 'Police officers need credibility and trust from the public. So why some police forces are still choosing to issue their officers with “male” and “female” warrant cards so they can choose whatever they feel like that day is both concerning and absurd.

'The public are not stupid. They know that nobody is both sexes.'

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice described the situation as ‘nonsense’.

He told TalkTV: 'For heaven's sake, show a bit of common sense.' A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: 'Multiple ID cards are issued in limited circumstances on a case-by-case basis.

‘This is in line with force equality guidance.’

A spokesman for both Norfolk and Suffolk police said: 'Any arrangements relating to warrant cards are subject to appropriate security controls and governance processes.'

Ephraim Hardcastle

A PENNY for the King's thoughts on Meghan's plans to continue selling jams and

other products from her As Ever range when relocated to these shores. The royal market has been cornered by Charles, who founded his Duchy Originals organic brand in 1990 before developing the Highgrove collection of everything from furnishings to alcohol to gardening products. But Meghan wouldn't be the first to try to encroach on the King's turf. In 2007, Sarah Ferguson launched her short-lived luxury homeware brand, Duchess Originals, as well as Duchess tea and biscuits. HM needn't have fretted as none of Fergie's ventures lasted long. But Meghan?

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DISCUSSING Harry's return, the King's former butler Grant Harrold reflects: 'Everyone goes on about the close bond between the King and William, but Harry was always a daddy's boy. He was very much a daddy's boy when I was there. He had an extraordinary relationship with his dad.' Harrold, who worked for the King from 2004 to 2011, warns: 'William is somebody that when you break trust and you go beyond a certain point, there's no going back ... now he's [Harry's] suddenly back on the doorstep. I just don't think he's going to be happy about the situation at all.'

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AMID calls for jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to receive the proper medical care he requires in his homeland, ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith, pictured, bitterly writes to

Andy Burnham: “The previous Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, informed me in writing that Britain would not intervene if my sons, British citizens, are arrested when they travel to Pakistan to visit their father. Imran studied at Oxford University, captained Oxford University cricket and spent years playing county cricket in England. His relationship with this country stretches back more than half a century. Britain must now speak out publicly and unequivocally.”

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AUTHOR Robert Harris is not a fan of Nigel Farage: 'He's singularly humourless. He's one of those bonhomous characters who actually is thin-skinned and prickly. Have you ever heard Farage tell a joke? I haven't.' Robert adds: 'And he can't take a joke.' But he did endure the farce of re-election to Clacton, Robert.

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LAMENTING the treatment of late BBC Radio 2 chums Paul O'Grady and Steve Wright, Vanessa Feltz blames Beeb bosses. 'I think it's the controller, Helen Thomas, and Lorna Clarke [music director],' she claims. '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.'

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NOTING the Duchess of Sussex's apparent hopes to relaunch her acting career in the UK, Julie Burchill witheringly writes: 'The mind boggles. My money's on [soap lothario] Max Branning's new mystery squeeze in EastEnders or a corpse in Midsomer Murders, so as not to put Markle's severely limited acting chops through anything too taxing.'

Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk

Relaxed: Alexandra at the beach in 1978

THE sky today is a magnificent cloudless blue, mirrored by the Aegean Sea outside the house where, nine years ago, in 2017, I took a photograph, and then posted it on Instagram.

This careless snap developed into a public furore known by my family, and some others, as Bikini-gate.

To recap: I was in the bedroom I was sharing with David – my then boyfriend, now husband – staying with friends in Greece.

I had run upstairs to grab a book and some suntan lotion for an afternoon boat trip.

I was in a wonderfully happy mood. We were planning to swim in the beautiful bays you can reach only by sea, and was loving being with friends in such a gorgeous spot.

On a whim, I took a snap of myself wearing a Boden bikini in front of our bedroom mirror.

Whoosh – I posted it to Instagram.

I had no idea and went to check my own phone, where I was greeted with a cascade of emails from newspaper editors.

When she posted this picture nine years ago, she had no idea of the furore it would unleash — nor did ALEXANDRA SHULMAN imagine the life shocks that lay ahead. Now, determined to savour every moment, she’s...

Emotionally battered, physically scarred – but still in a bikini!

by Alexandra Shulman

emails from newspaper editors wanting me to write about the image of me in the Boden swimwear.

Crazy as it seemed then – and still does now – the unthinking and

'My body is now laced with scars'

completely unfiltered picture of myself with a podgy tummy, several mosquito bites and messy hair was being interpreted as a statement of some kind.

However, not of pleasure, as I had seen it, but of being unshackled from the chains of a world that set and perpetuated unrealistic ideals of beauty.

As the days passed, it snow-balled. There was a slew of articles about the way older women are portrayed in the media. Many debated the issue of a 59-year-old woman like me wearing a bikini at all.

The original Instagram post garnered thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.

All that for what I had thought was an innocent holiday snap.

But the fact is, it was innocent - or rather $I$ was.

Apart from a first marriage and the all-important event of giving birth to my son, that quarter century mostly just rumbled on. Time frequently seemed endless. This past decade has felt different.

I still love to wear bikinis and each morning put one on immediately to bask in the sun.

But the body this swimwear is housing is a very different body to the one in that bikini of 2017.

Four years after I took that picture, a cancerous tumour was found under my left breast.

But the psychological effect of those two cancer diagnoses remains. For some reason, cancer is especially pernicious at leaving you with a deeply penetrating sense of vulnerability.

Before the cancers, I had regarded myself as being someone fortunately in possession of a strong body and generally good health. That has now changed and

I am constantly primed for that same body letting me down.

For once you have faced a serious illness, the absurdity of living as though time is limitless suddenly hits you. That blithe expectation of constant good health is replaced by the darker knowledge of your body's fragility.

When I left Vogue all those years ago, I jumped into a completely

'We need to enjoy ourselves while we can'

uncertain future, convinced that leaving was the right thing to do.

I had debated with myself for months over this decision but became sure that, in order to have an interesting future, not just a high-profile past, it was time to make the move. I had seen Vogue

Pictures: ALEXANDRA SHULMAN/INSTAGRAM

2017: THE ORIGINAL 'BIKINI-GATE' SHOT
Innocent snap: Alexandra's Instagram post prompted hundreds of comments

Standing strong: Alexandra has packed three bikinis for her Greek holiday this year
2026: BACK IN THE SAME ROOM AT 68

through the high point of its 100th anniversary and I wasn't sure what more I could add.

Although I didn't know it at the time, the magazine industry was about to change dramatically, with print sales falling and a greater emphasis on digital content.

I had no idea what I would do for work or how I would fill my days but I knew it was time to find out.

What I hadn't seen when attempting to look into the crystal ball was the illness that was to come, and the sense of vulnerability it would bring in its wake. And not just my illness.

David, who is 78 and who I'd been with for 13 years by the time I left Vogue, was also diagnosed with a cancer – first three years ago and then again last year.

Like me, he is currently in the clear but the way we live our lives has been shaped by an awareness of the fleetingness of it all, and the need to enjoy ourselves while we can. There is no bucket list exactly, but a gentle refrain of 'if not now, then when?'

When I took that photograph in the Boden swimsuit, I was on my first holiday since leaving Vogue.

It was a wonderful few months feeling unchained from the obligations of editorship.

Although I had used an Instagram account for a few years, I was far less aware than I am now of the way people use it to position themselves in a certain way, to show a carefully curated version of how they wish to be seen and what they wish themselves to be known for.

I had mainly used mine to photograph fashion shows, or post pictures of myself with designers and the odd celebrity, along with the occasional domestic content.

The furore over Bikini-gate made me see social media differently and understand how information shared on it can be misinterpreted.

I still use Instagram as a public photograph album, and I don't regret anything I have ever posted, but sometimes, clicking through past years' pictures, there is a melancholy as I see the smiling versions of me with no idea of the onslaught to come. And that doesn't only apply to illness.

This year my mother died.

It wasn't remotely unexpected, but I see the posts about her when she was alive, put up by the family, and the extraordinary

'This is the first holiday since my mother died'

woman she was, so full of interest and opinions.

I look at the dates and comments and think of how we didn't know how long we had with her.

She died just a few days short of her 99th birthday and had been unwell for several years, but until the very last weeks, she was almost entirely compos mentis.

Knowing that she was fading and couldn't be around for much longer, I spent as many hours as I could with her in the last months, sitting by her bed or chair and filling her in with stories of my days and my family.

She may have been diminished but her voice was strong and so was her personality. And now she isn't here.

This holiday is the first I have had without her being alive; without the feeling of concern over leaving her to go abroad and being on high alert about whether she would take a turn for the worse and I would need to rush back. But also knowing that as soon as I landed, I wouldn't be able to call her to tell her about what we had done, who and what we had seen; without being able to send her the postcard I always wrote from wherever I was.

Recently, clearing out her belongings, I discovered she had kept every single one.

So that is what the decade had in store for me after my blithe snap in the bedroom I now stand in again: several cancers and a parental death. But also moments of joy, such as marrying David in April, by then my partner of 22 years.

He is here with me in Greece and shortly we will once again be going out on the boat.

I probably won't wear a bikini this afternoon.

Five years of the hormone treatment I am on for the breast cancer has made me put on weight and, although I don't mind in the slightest lying around the pool or on the beach in a bikini, I feel a bit less comfortable clambering on and off a boat among a large group – hence the one-pieces in the suitcase.

I still love to be on holiday in the sun. I'm writing with a cup of coffee, gazing out over the still sea with no more knowledge of what's coming down the line than I did back then.

But I do know more acutely than I ever did that our days are numbered and that, as they tick on by, we have to make the most of every minute we have.

Wish you were here? EasyJet's drive to hire over-50s cabin crew

EASYJET is extending its recruitment drive as it aims to hire more older workers as cabin crew.

Since launching an initiative to recruit older workers in 2022, the number of cabin crew over the age of 50 has more than doubled, with over-60s almost quadrupling.

EasyJet said its research suggested most adults who have made a career change after the age of 50 reported an improvement in their happiness. Many people assume

Daily Mail Reporter

cabin crew is a job for younger workers and worried they would be the oldest in the team, research showed.

Michael Brown, director of cabin services at easyJet, said: 'It's been incredibly encouraging to see the numbers of cabin crew over 50 more than double since 2022 - evidence that many are increasingly viewing cabin crew as a fantastic career pivot regardless of age.

‘We want more over-50s to apply as they not only bring their existing skills to excel in a career at easyJet but also a wealth of life experience that is appreciated by our customers and colleagues alike.'

Employment minister Andrew Western said: ‘Supportive employers like easyJet know the breadth of experience over-50s can bring to the workforce and it shows what can be achieved when this is valued.’

Applications open from September, with roles available across the airline's UK bases.

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UK's 'dental deserts' as 600 practices abandon NHS in ten years

AT least 600 dental practices have abandoned the NHS in a decade, research shows.

It means the number of dentists working for the service has fallen by almost a tenth, leaving patients with nowhere to turn.

And as so-called ‘dental deserts’ take hold across England, experts have warned that finding care has become ‘impossible’ in many areas.

Since 2017, the number of dental practices has risen by more than 400 to 10,160. But only 56 per cent offer NHS services, against 65 per cent a decade ago, the Nuffield Trust think-tank said yesterday.

'Can't afford to go private'

Researchers found six in ten adults had not seen an NHS dentist in two years, and only 38 per cent of those trying to book a new patient appointment had been successful. The number of visits paid to NHS dentists is 8 per cent lower than before the pandemic.

At all but one of England's 42 integrated care boards, NHS numbers have fallen in the past decade.

The South-West and East of England have experienced the steepest declines, while private dentistry in the same areas has boomed. In Cornwall more than a quarter of

By Kristina Wemyss

practices that offered NHS treatment have stopped doing so.

The report says: 'Dental capacity has not disappeared from these places, but has moved beyond the reach of anyone who cannot pay.'

NHS dental contracts fell from 6,260 in March 2017 to 5,650 this year – with 135 lost since 2024 when Labour came to power – while the number of practices providing only private or specialist NHS services has risen by 1,000.

Many dentists hand back their contracts because they lose money taking on NHS patients. In March it emerged practices had given more than £900 million back to the Government in the past two years after failing to meet NHS targets.

Mark Dayan, of the Nuffield Trust, said: ‘Either the Government makes NHS work attractive enough to turn this trend around, or gives up on the promise of a universal service, prioritising those who need preventive care most, or do not have the money to pay privately.’

The Government has pledged to introduce a requirement for newly qualified dentists to practice in the NHS for a minimum of three years.

The Department of Health said: 'We are changing the contract to make NHS dentistry more sustainable and training more dentists in areas where they are most needed.'

BBC chiefs just not good enough, say 600 TV veterans

BBC bosses are failing to spot top new shows, do not know their audience and are not living in the real world, according to 600 TV industry veterans.

In an open letter of ‘revolt’, they branded the corporation’s commissioning strategy ‘unaccountable, inexperienced and failing’.

And they are demanding urgent change in how the broadcaster chooses which shows to greenlight.

Campaign group Reform The Industry, which created the petition, said: 'The vast majority of the commissioning staff are not the best in class nor equipped with the cutting-edge expertise required to meet evolving audience needs.

‘Many... are entrenched in outdated practices, with real experience deficits that do not reflect the vibrant and diverse world we live in today.’

The campaigners also claim some senior commissioners earn six-figure salaries while

By Alex Doyle Senior Showbusiness Reporter

operating without published targets. Their petition, signed by more than 600 producers, actors and production companies, calls for an independent body with the power to scrutinise every major commissioning decision at the highest levels of the corporation.

A source said: 'There have been a number of meetings held by concerned producers across

'Inexperienced and failing'

the UK and this campaign is born out of that.' They added that 'industry change needs to start with the BBC'.

The source went on: 'There is a disgraceful amount of wasted resource in a time when BBC is cutting content and asking licence fee payers to pay more.'

While the petition is not a direct result of cuts, it comes after new director-general Matt Brittin announced around 100 to 150 hours of originated programmes across all commissioning genres will be reduced by the end of the 2027-28 financial year to save £500million.

As part of the cuts, Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo have been cancelled. Several Radio 4 shows have also been axed.

Reform The Industry said many producers wanted to remain anonymous for fear of being blacklisted.

Last year, it emerged the narrator of BBC documentary, Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, was the son of a senior Hamas official. A review found the show had breached the BBC's editorial guidelines.

A BBC spokesman said the suggestion that its commissioning operates with no scrutiny or accountability was ‘simply wrong’. He added: ‘While we will always listen to constructive feedback from the sector, any debate... should be grounded in facts ... We put audiences at the heart of everything we do.’

Positive: Amy Dowden says the contestants are showing promise

Amy dances around the attacks on new Strictly

By Senior Showbusiness Reporter

IT HAS been lambasted as the 'worst' line-up in Strictly Come Dancing's two-decade history.

But professional dancer Amy Dowden has insisted the doubters are wrong – and defended the little-known ‘celebrities’.

Ms Dowden, 36, said: 'We need to remember the core of Strictly is not changing. That competition, watching the celebrities learn to dance every weekend, that's the heart.'

The BBC show this year includes ex-Love Island star Dani Dyer, ex-footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, singer Delta Goodrem and actresses Jamie Winstone and Lacey Turner.

Sources say lesser-known stars such as YouTuber John Nellis are to attract young fans.

Cancer survivor Ms Dowden, speaking at a CoppaFeel charity event, added: 'The celebrities are so lovely and they're so good. We're in for a good series, let me tell you.' The show returns on September 19.

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Stepped down: Travelodge boss Jo Boydell

WENDY Griffith had just switched off the bedside lamp in her hotel room on a warm July night last year when she heard a knock at her door.

It was nearly 1am, and the 44-year-old marketing consultant from Norfolk certainly wasn't expecting visitors, having checked in alone to her east London Travelodge ahead of a conference in the city the next day.

‘I called out “Yes”, and when I didn’t hear anything, I went to look through the peephole in the door,’ she recalls. What she saw horrified her: a naked man in the corridor outside her room, performing ‘disgusting, lewd sex acts’ while ‘blowing kisses’ towards her.

Understandably terrified, Wendy's first thought was to call reception – although with no landline in the room, and no contact numbers on display, she had to Google the hotel website on her mobile phone to try to find a number.

When she finally found one, there was no answer. 'I rang repeatedly but couldn't get through – and all the while the man was still there, naked and knocking on my door.

‘He didn’t say anything, but it was incredibly frightening,’ she says.

After half an hour of escalating panic, Wendy finally made the decision to call 999.

‘Within five minutes, six police officers came barrelling down the corridor,’ she says. ‘The man tried to escape and they had to use pepper spray in order to restrain and arrest him.’

Only later did Wendy make the even more horrifying discovery that her tormentor – a 40-year-old man called Trevor Reece, who was staying in the room opposite – had visited reception to obtain a key card for her room.

'He'd pretended to lose his card and had given

Travelodge and the terrifying stories that reveal how many predators are given key cards to women's hotel rooms

INVESTIGATION by Kathryn Knight

my room number. The only reason he didn't get it is that the guy on reception at the time happened to recognise him and knew that wasn't the right room,' she says. 'I don't want to think about what might have happened if not.'

Sadly, there are many others who know the consequences all too well. For all the increasingly sophisticated technology involved in modern hotel security, the principle underpinning it could hardly be more basic: a guest has to be able to trust that once their bedroom door is closed, nobody without permission will be given the means to open it.

Yet a slew of recent reports suggests that this most fundamental safeguard has, on occasion, catastrophically failed at Travelodge, the hotel chain with more than 600 hotels across the country.

In February, 29-year-old Kyran Smith, from Staines, was jailed for seven and a half years for sexually assaulting a woman in her bed after reception staff at a Travelodge in Maidenhead gave him a key card to her room in December 2022. A jury at Reading

Crown Court – where Smith was convicted of trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence and sexual assault – heard that he had attended the same Christmas party as the victim. Afterwards they retired to their respective rooms before Smith went to the reception desk in the early hours and asked for a key to her room, falsely claiming he was her boyfriend and had been locked out.

No checks were made by staff, and the victim – now in her 30s, and who had never before stayed in a hotel on her own – woke to find Smith sexually assaulting her. After she shouted at him to get out, he returned the key to reception and went back to his own room.

Horrifying as the Maidenhead case was, however, it was not an isolated tale.

Reports of the case prompted a number of others to come forward to highlight their own terrifying experiences, among them a woman called ‘Lucy’, who spoke to the BBC about how reception staff at an undisclosed Travelodge had given a key card for her room to the very man from whom she was trying to escape.

Lucy had booked herself into the hotel last October to get away from her abusive boyfriend.

Yet somehow the refuge she believed she had found was breached when staff handed him access to her room. After entering, he physically attacked her.

'I couldn't believe it. The one place I thought he could never get to, he had somehow reached. I felt sick with panic. My safe place disappeared in an instant,' she said.

Lucy managed to convince her attacker to leave, only for him to return in a more aggressive state, kicking the room door off its hinges and forcing his way back inside.

After finally managing to escape, she described how she ran to

'It took me a long time to feel safe again'

reception ‘shaking, crying and begging for help’ – only to be offered another room at the hotel. ‘It was the most traumatic period of my life,’ she said.

These are, of course, extreme cases, although plenty of other former hotel guests also came forward to the BBC detailing embarrassing – sometimes briefly frightening – interludes.

Little wonder, then, that earlier this year, in the wake of Smith's sentencing, Travelodge said it had commissioned an independent barrister-led review to examine room access security policies and escalation procedures.

Amid ongoing scrutiny, meanwhile – and particularly its response to the incident in Maidenhead – last week it was revealed that the chain's chief executive Jo Boydell was to step down over Travelodge's apparent failures.

Boydell had claimed she only heard about the Maidenhead assault years after it happened, although it subsequently emerged that the victim had emailed her in January 2023, shortly after the attack. When questioned about this, Boydell said the email had been ‘handled on my behalf’ and acknowledged there had been ‘serious failures’.

It is familiar territory for Wendy Griffith, who claims that she too was ‘fobbed off’ by the chain fol-

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Failings: Laura Connor got no apology
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She adds that what happened to her exposed a wider gap between the security that guests understandably assume exists and the safeguards actually required by law. Her experience has led her to start her own campaign for root-and-branch change across the hotel industry to ensure the security of guests.

lowing her own ordeal. 'While Travelodge apologised to me initially by email, I felt I have never received a proper personal acknowledgement at senior level, with someone taking responsibility for what went wrong, and committing to meaningful change,' she says.

'A lot of people don't realise that at the moment there's actually no legislation in place for hotel safety standards in the UK.

That has to change,' she says. Not least, she points out, because many hotel chains – including Travelodge – are used by local authorities and homeless charities as emergency accommodation to house vulnerable or potentially troubled people.

Where, ultimately, does the responsibility for the behaviour of these people lie?

In her case, Wendy understands that Trevor Reece – who subsequently pleaded guilty to outraging public decency in September 2025, and was sentenced to four months of alcohol dependency treatment and ordered to pay £185 costs – had been a resident at Travelodge Stratford for approximately two weeks after being removed from his council house home. 'Why was he there?

Who was monitoring him? Who was responsible for him?' Wendy asks. While she has nothing but praise for the swift action of the police, she points out that it was only by a stroke of luck that reception staff recognised Reece and did not hand over a key to her room.

'The fact is that he had the wherewithal to stop what he was doing outside my room, go and get dressed and then ask for my key – all in the small hours.'

The legacy of what happened has loomed large.

‘It rendered me utterly useless for the whole of the summer. I needed sleep medication and it took me a long time to feel normal and safe again,’ she says.

‘The reality is that, as the victim, you can be left to pick up the pieces by yourself. I'm self-employed, so there was no sick pay when I wasn't functioning properly, and because I wasn't physically attacked, securing compensation for the very real psychological damage has been incredibly difficult.

‘I don’t begrudge anyone receiving treatment that might stop them harming somebody else, but victims need meaningful support and recovery too.’

And while Travelodge may currently find itself at the centre of the storm, the uncomfortable truth is that the issue does not begin and end with one hotel chain. Across social media and consumer forums are accounts from guests, at hotels run by a range of operators, who describe the profoundly disconcerting experience of hearing their bedroom door open – and discovering that somebody else has been issued with a key that works.

On the social media platform Reddit alone, threads dedicated to hotel security feature dozens of UK residents detailing how strangers have entered their rooms by mistake using key cards at several leading hotel chains.

In December 2022, journalist Laura Connor, 36, was woken at 4am during an overnight stay at the Britannia International Hotel in London's Canary Wharf to the terrifying sight of two men standing at the bottom of her bed.

'I had obviously been fast asleep and woken by them coming in,' she recalls. 'They seemed quite agitated and were repeatedly saying, "This is our room. This is our room. Why are you in our room?"'

As calmly as she could, Laura got up and told the men it clearly wasn't their room, and that they

'Two men were standing at the end of my bed'

had obviously been given the wrong key – yet they seemed in no hurry to leave.

‘I was thankful I had pyjamas on because what if I hadn’t been dressed?’ she asks. ‘What strikes me now is that given I was a woman on my own and clearly frightened they just stood there for quite a while. I had to go to the door and open it and stand there until they left.’

Only then did the full panic set in. 'I went down to reception and told them what had happened, but all the woman on reception said was, "Sorry about that." She didn't seem unduly perturbed.'

With no option but to return to her room, Laura spent the rest of the night wide awake, adrenaline pumping, as she wondered whether the two men might try to come back.

‘I went back down in the morning and asked for the manager and was given an email address – but after emailing I never received a response,’ she recalls.

After tweeting about the incident, she was given a refund, but no apology.

‘No one ever said sorry, and that is the thing that really bothers me,’ she says. ‘It felt like they didn’t care and that my complaint was an inconvenience.’

While Laura feels lucky she wasn't the victim of a crime, she believes what happened to her underlines the particular vulnerability of lone travellers – especially women – who have little choice but to place their trust in hotel security systems.

'A lot of women have to travel and stay in hotel rooms on their own all the time for work, and you just assume there is going to be a system in place that means you are protected. But it turns out you're not.'

Inevitably, the cases raise a wider question: just how robust are the safeguards governing who can be issued with a replacement

'It felt like the hotel just didn't care'

hotel key – and should guests simply have to trust that every member of staff, in every hotel, will follow them?

‘The incidents we have seen reported are extremely serious and we understand the concerns that have been raised,’ a spokesperson for industry body UKHospitality said this week. ‘That’s why, together with our members, we have been enhancing industry principles and guidance on guest security.

‘Developed with sector experts, we have continued to engage with ministers on this important work and received positive feedback from government on the work taking place to further bolster guest security. The final guidance will be published shortly and we look forward to continuing to work across the accommodation sector and with government on this critical work.’

A spokesperson for Travelodge told the Daily Mail: 'The safety and security of guests is extremely important to us, and we take any cases with the utmost seriousness. While room intrusion incidents are very rare across the 22 million guests who stay with us each year, we take every report seriously.

‘When an incident occurs, we investigate fully and thoroughly to establish the root cause and take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of guests such as retraining on room security and check-in procedures, reinforcing the vital importance of following these procedures without exception.

‘While the independent review by Paul Greaney KC is progressing, we have also conducted an internal review and have since made changes to our room access security policy and incident escalation procedures supported by training for all of our customer-facing colleagues.’

Travelodge said it had ‘completed a full deadbolt audit across all of our UK rooms, ensuring all key card operated doors have a secondary deadbolt facility’, meaning all rooms should now be manually lockable from the inside

‘We have also partnered with a leading Violence Against Women and Girls expert who are delivering a tailored programme of senior leadership training.

‘They have reviewed our existing policies and procedures and will assist with how we respond to the independent review and its recommendations.’

Teenager, 17, stepped in front of train after row with ex-girlfriend

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A TEENAGER stepped in front of a train during an ‘intense emotional crisis’ after a row with his ex-girlfriend, an inquest heard.

Herbie Ballard, 17, died at a

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Emergency services were called at around 10pm, but Herbie was pronounced dead at the scene.

His family described the construction worker as a ‘truly remarkable young man’ who was kind, generous, ‘full of love’ and embraced life with a ‘rare enthusiasm'. An inquest in Maidstone heard Herbie had been at the Two Brewers pub before getting into a row with his ex-girlfriend at around 8pm.

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Mothers' plea to PM after children catch deadly illness on Windermere trip

By Richard Marsden

MOTHERS of two children struck down with E. coli and campylobacter infections after visits to Windermere called on the Prime Minister to stop water companies releasing sewage into rivers and watercourses.

Iris Vanderstock, three, became sick after paddling in Windermere this summer, while Rex Earley, now eight, spent six weeks in hospital after suffering temporary kidney damage following a kayaking trip on the lake last year.

Iris's mother Samantha Southwell, 40, and Rex's mother Claire Earley, 42, spoke out as Andy Burnham faces pressure over the issue, with 320,000 people signing a petition calling for him to 'end the sewage pollution scandal'.

Last week, the PM said he was ‘angry’ households ‘have been asked to pay more for years, yet serious pollution incidents are at record levels and the pipes are still leaking’.

In a plea to Mr Burnham, Ms Southwell – whose daughter suffered a campylobacter infection on July 2 after paddling at Bowness-on-Windermere but has made a full recovery – said: 'Profit shouldn't be more important than the welfare of the public.

'He suffered a collapsed lung'

New regulations and laws need to be put in place to prevent things like this happening.'

Mrs Earley, whose son took six weeks to recover after contracting E. coli last August during an activity session at Brockhole visitor centre, near Troutbeck, said: 'Windermere is a gem of the Lake District. You'd think its waters would be protected.'

Ordeal: Rex Earley caught E. coli and spent six weeks in hospital

Matt Staniek, of the Save Windermere campaign group, said: 'If Andy Burnham is going to change the exploitation of our lakes, rivers and seas, let Windermere be the test of his leadership.'

Ms Southwell, of Hebdén Bridge, West Yorkshire, said her daughter began suffering severe sickness, diarrhoea and a high temperature two days after visiting Windermere.

She took Iris for an emergency appointment with the family's

Struck down: Iris Vanderstock on the shores of Windermere

GP, who diagnosed the infection from a stool sample and said it was likely to have been from Windermere's waters.

Mrs Earley said her son, Rex, became ill with stomach cramps in the early hours of the morning following a kayaking trip.

NHS 111 initially put Rex's condition down to gastritis before he was taken to hospital, where he had an operation, then dialysis and multiple transfusions. Three weeks later, Rex was allowed home but returned to hospital a few days later with a collapsed lung due to a damaged pancreas caused by the original infections.

‘Rex was in the water less than half an hour. Water goes on your hands... I imagine he put his hand to his mouth,’ Mrs Earley said.

Water company United Utilities said it is investing £200million at Windermere to ‘help improve and protect water quality in the lake’. A spokesman said: ‘We have been working with...campaign groups, regulators, international experts and leading engineers to evaluate options for a solution that would divert all wastewater and highways run-off away from the lake.’

Millions to be sent cervical test kits for use at home

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MILLIONS of women who have not attended cervical screening appointments will be sent free at-home testing kits.

The move has been described as a ‘gamechanger’ and it is hoped the ‘discreet and convenient option’ will encourage more women to be screened.

NHS England invites women aged 25 to 64 for cervical screening every five years.

Those who have not attended appointments will be contacted from today through the NHS app or by text, email or post, and invited to order a kit.

Once the at-home test is completed it is posted to NHS labs for free, where it is screened for

'Only two-thirds attend screening'

high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV can be passed on through sexual contact and has no symptoms. However, around 13 high-risk types of the virus are known to cause 99.7 per cent of cervical cancers.

The roll-out forms part of the NHS's target of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040.

Figures from NHS England show 68.8 per cent of eligible women are up to date with screening, below the 80 per cent target. This means around four million women are not.

Dr Sue Mann, clinical director for women's health at NHS England, said: ‘Screening saves thousands of lives each year... but only around two-thirds of women are attending appointments when invited by the NHS.

'Offering an alternative test they can do from the comfort of their own homes will be a gamechanger - making it easier than ever for them to get tested for HPV.'

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Wad a profit! Enfield puts Cornish pad up for £2.9m

SEDUCED by its Atlantic breeze and sweeping views of North Cornwall's Camel Estuary, Harry Enfield snapped up his beloved coastal holiday home with his now-estranged wife, Lucy Lyster, for £826,000.

Twenty years later, I hear the comedian is set to make 'loadsamoney' after putting the six-bed pad on the market for a cool £2.85million.

The property, The Old Granary in St Minver near Wadebridge, is likely to be much missed by Enfield, given his lifelong love of coastal Cornwall.

'This is where I go surfing every day in the summer and on New Year's Day, and most of the time at Easter,' the 65-year-old previously said, adding: 'I've been coming to Polzeath [the nearby surfing destination] since 1972, and I've lost all my hair here and I've lost two wedding rings in that surf.'

Located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Enfield's retreat, which currently serves as a holiday let, has an entrance hall, a spacious sitting room with vaulted ceilings, a log burner and large south-facing terrace, a footpath down to the water's edge and access to nearby tennis courts.

The sale comes two y after I disclosed that Enfield sold his former marital home in Notting Hill, west London, for £10.79million, making a near-£5million profit.

Enfield and children's clothes designer Lucy, 63, bought the five-storey home for £6million in 2008. In 2020 I revealed that the pair had separated after 23 years of marriage.

Lucy, who once hailed Harry's 'huge sex appeal', has three children with the Bafta-winning comedy sketch star, who created and performed such grotesques as Kevin the Teenager and The Slobs. She and Enfield are friends with Lord (David) Cameron and his wife, Samantha. Enfield has been contacted for comment.

Stan & Toff are party pals

THERE's a 55-year age gap between Stanley Johnson and Georgia Toffolo, but it hasn't stopped the I'm A Celebrity pair remaining friends since meeting on the show in 2017.

Georgia, 31, was among guests marking Stanley's 86th birthday at his family farm in Exmoor – and she shared a selfie, calling the bash an ‘unbelievably happy time’.

■ FUNNYWOMAN Shappi Khorsandi, who is training to be a psychotherapist, hopes to help fellow comics. 'My dream is... to have my own booth in Edinburgh during the [Fringe] Festival, where people

can come in for a chat,' she reveals. 'I could have done with that,' explains the Tehran-born comic, 53, who made her Fringe debut in 2000. She adds: 'There is no pastoral care, no HR, no one to sit with you in your s***.'

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TikTok tribute: Zara Larsson at All Points East on Saturday

Ovenden's footlights

AS the son of Queen Elizabeth II's former chaplain and an Eton-educated actor and singer, Julian Ovenden, 49, is no stranger to the finer things in life.

But now he is starring in High Society, it seems fitting that he has treated himself to a pedicure.

That's according to his co-star Helen George, 42, who plays socialite Tracy Lord opposite Ovenden in the UK tour of the Cole Porter musical.

The Call The Midwife actress revealed on her Mystic Mates podcast that her leading man had developed an interest in her rather luxurious backstage foot-care regime.

She said: 'Julian, who plays opposite me, had a pedicure. Also, I've got a foot spa in my room, which sounds so princessy, but I do all the show dancing, and my feet are so sore all the time and they're really gnarly and cut up.'

Helen revealed: 'So, I've got this foot spa in my room that he's always trying to nick.'

Sole mates: Helen and Julian

Zara lets her fans sparkle

WITH 11.9million TikTok followers of her own, Zara Larsson clearly knows a familiar face when she sees one, even in a packed crowd.

The Swedish star, 28, recognised one of her dedicated fans at All Points East in London's Victoria Park at the weekend.

Before performing her hit Midnight Sun, Zara, who dazzled in a beaded, bejewelled bra top and sequinned mini skirt, called out an unidentified fan in the audience, saying: 'I think I saw your TikTok?'

The singer also pulled another fan, Megan Easton, from the crowd to join her on stage for her famed Lush Life dance.

No Satisfaction for Ronnie in curfew chaos

HE'S accustomed to filling stadiums with The Rolling Stones, but Ronnie Wood had to race through his solo show's closing numbers when the venue threatened to pull the plug – because he had overrun.

After getting ‘down and dirty’ on a version of the Stones’ classic Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Ronnie told the crowd: ‘We can’t even finish our show.’

With the 11pm curfew looming at London's O2 Forum, Kentish Town, he warned: 'We've got to move on or they're gonna cut the power!'

Watching from the wings was Ronnie's wife Sally, 48, and their twin daughters, Gracie and Alice, ten. The gigs, his first solo shows in more than 16 years, showed that, even at 79, Ronnie can still keep the show on the road... just about.

■ BBC Countryfile presenter Anita Rani, 48, has often spoken of her child-free independence and flourishing career, as well as her pride in defying societal expectations often placed on women.

But now the TV and radio star has found herself questioning what her life would be like in the future.

She said: 'I don't have children and I love my work; I've got so much energy and I'm up to lots of different things and it's a choice... but I do sometimes wonder, what will my life be like when I'm older?'

By WILL STODDART

KATIE Denial was walking to her car after a family funeral when she suddenly became so breathless she had to lie down in the street, literally gasping for air.

When she saw her GP a few days later, she was told that the 20-minute episode was most likely a panic attack.

Over the following weeks Katie, then 24, became increasingly breathless and exhausted, so returned to her GP.

This time she was told she had a chest infection and was prescribed antibiotics. When those didn't work, she was told she had asthma and given inhalers.

When she failed to respond to these, her GP said she was just unfit and depressed and prescribed antidepressants. Yet none of this tallied with her symptoms, she says.

‘I was being sent home from work as I was too sick and out of breath to cope,’ says Katie, a former children’s support worker from Sheffield.

She was also now having to sleep upright as lying down made her gasp for air. 'It felt like I was drowning,' she says. 'Yet my doctor told me it was all in my head.'

There were other changes: in the space of a few months Katie gained 6st, despite going to Slimming World every week. One GP told her she would feel better if

Patients often only diagnosed when they end up in A&E

she lost some weight. 'I told them, "I really am trying", she says.

It was a year after her symptoms began – by which time Katie was too ill to climb the stairs – that her mum came over one day to find she had suddenly turned yellow.

Katie called 111 and when the call handler heard her struggling to breathe, she instantly despatched

Why do so many young people now have heart failure? Survival rates are worse than many cancers, yet not only do they face a delay in diagnosis but, like many older patients, they are missing out on the four-drug combination that could save their lives

an ambulance. Hospital tests then revealed the true cause of Katie's problems: she had heart failure, meaning her heart was too weak to pump enough blood around her body.

Katie's breathlessness, sudden weight gain and trouble lying down were textbook symptoms, while her yellow skin was a sign that her liver was also being affected.

Often thought of as a condition that affects older people, in fact heart failure can affect any age – as a result of viral infections such as colds and flu, or during pregnancy, for example.

And without treatment the effects can be catastrophic.

The muscles and brain are slowly starved of oxygen, causing fatigue and dizziness. As the blood isn't being pumped with force, it backs up in the veins, pushing fluid out into tissues – which can lead to sudden swelling in the legs, ankles and abdomen.

Fluid may also accumulate in the lungs, which may lead to a persistent cough and make it difficult to breathe, especially when lying down.

There are around a million people in the UK living with heart failure – it is both debilitating and dangerous: heart failure has a worse five-year prognosis than common cancers, such as breast and prostate.

Yet delays in diagnosis are common, with symptoms often mistaken for being unfit or for conditions such as asthma, anxiety, obesity and anaemia.

Some of those affected assume it's simply a sign of getting older, says Clare Taylor, a GP and a professor of general practice at the University of Birmingham.

As a result, most patients aren't diagnosed until they're seriously ill in hospital.

'About 60 per cent of people get the diagnosis when they're so sick they end up in A&E,' says Professor Mark Petrie, a consultant cardiologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

‘Mortality rates are higher for heart failure than they are for any cancer apart from lung cancer,’ says Professor Petrie. ‘And the quality of life is worse as well.’

The tragedy is that, whereas once there was little hope for those with heart failure, now in many cases there are effective treatments that don't just improve symptoms but also help improve the strength of the heart. However, new figures from the NHS National Heart Failure Audit reveal that few patients are given them.

This lack of access to suitable drugs – together with the delays in diagnosis – means heart failure continues to be lethal for many when it doesn't need to be.

Now, campaign groups are

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calling for better awareness of the signs to ensure people are diagnosed quicker and get access to better care.

Heart failure becomes more common with age and typically occurs following a heart attack, as the heart then has to work harder to make up for the damage caused. The strain can lead the

Few are given drugs that cut risk of dying

heart walls to thicken, which means that it doesn't pump as effectively.

Yet around 100,000 people in the UK aged under 50 are living with heart failure – and the numbers are growing, according to a study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology in 2022. In fact, cases more than doubled among 16 to 50-year-olds between 1998 and 2017.

This is thought to be because of increased rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure in this age group – which force the heart to work harder and the heart walls to thicken.

But in younger people, heart failure can also occur owing to conditions such as dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes the main beating chamber of the heart to stretch and become floppy. It can be genetic (as in Katie's case) but can also occur following a virus and is linked to pregnancy. The impact can be life-changing.

By the time Katie was taken into hospital, her heart was working at a fraction of what it should be and her lungs were so full of fluid they stopped working. Doctors drained 32 litres of fluid from them.

She also had multiple blood clots because blood was pooling rather than circulating around her body. The risk of a cardiac arrest was so high a crash team followed her around with defibrillators whenever she moved from her bed.

'The cardiologist told my mum that if I went into cardiac arrest, the chances of me surviving were very slim,' says Katie. Her body was so starved of oxygen that for three weeks she had to wear a BiPAP hood, a clear helmet that pumped oxygen into her lungs, night and day.

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The gold-standard treatment for the most common form of heart failure (known as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF – where the heart is too weak to pump properly) is a cocktail of four drugs.

The treatment is known as the 'four pillars' – with beta blockers to steady the heart; ACE inhibitors to relax the blood vessels, so the heart has less pressure to pump against); mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) to stop fluid retention by preventing the body holding on to salt and water; and SGLT2 inhibitors, which make the kidneys flush out excess sugar, salt and fluid.

The combination eases the strain on the heart so much that in some patients it recovers enough to pump normally again.

It can halve the risk of dying, according to a 2024 study in the journal npj Cardiovascular Health, and can cut hospital

Breathless and exhausted: Katie Denial, now 36, was undiagnosed for a long time

admissions by about 70 per cent, says Professor Petrie.

When Katie was diagnosed, her heart was pumping at just 17 per cent of its normal rate.

Initially, she was put on the first three drugs – but when she was given the final drug in 2021, her heart pumping rate climbed to 54 per cent.

‘Compared to what it was, it’s improved by leaps and bounds,’ she says.

Despite the startling improvement these drugs can make, the recently published National Heart Failure Audit found that only 50 per cent of hospital patients with HFrEF, the weak-pump type of heart failure Katie had, were discharged on all four drugs.

Only one hospital in England and Wales hit the target for sending 90 per cent of eligible patients home on them. In one area it was 17 per cent.

Only a third of hospitals hit the prescribing target for the newest drugs, SGLT2 inhibitors.

Meanwhile, the prescribing of MRAs was so poor the audit called it ‘unacceptably low’.

Patients over the age of 65 lost out most. They were more likely to be left solely on diuretics – water tablets – which flush out the excess fluid, so they ease the breathlessness and swelling,

WHEN TO SEEK HELP

IF YOU think you have symptoms of heart failure, it's important to get them checked. According to the NHS, these are:

■ BEING more out of breath than you would expect, particularly if you feel breathless when lying down or from everyday activity.

but don't help the heart to strengthen.

Those with a form of heart failure where the muscle grows too stiff to fill properly between beats (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or

HFpEF), which accounts for around 40 per cent of cases, are not suitable for the four-drug package.

But one of the newer SGLT2 drugs, dapagliflozin, cuts the risk of worsening symptoms and death by 18 per cent, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2022.

But access to this drug is also patchy. The NHS audit

found that just 51 per cent of hospital patients with this form of heart failure were given an SGLT2 inhibitor.

Experts say that even those who do get the right drugs often get too low a dose.

'Too many remain on suboptimal doses – little bits of everything, rather than effective doses,' says Fozia Ahmed, a consultant cardiologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

‘We wouldn’t dream of not giving a patient with cancer effective doses of chemotherapy,’ she says, ‘but for some reason heart failure is seen as less of a priority.’

One problem, says Dr Ahmed, is that many still see heart failure as a condition where little could be done – ‘yet today heart failure is a treatable condition’.

Before a patient can be treated they need a diagnosis – and Katie's story demonstrates the challenges with this.

Despite being too weak to climb the stairs, she was too embarrassed to let her mother call the emergency services the day she arrived at her home to find her critically ill.

‘By this point I’d had multiple GPs tell me it was a mental health issue,’ she says.

Yet after her emergency dash to hospital, she was so unwell she spent three months as an inpatient.

If a GP suspects heart failure, they can refer patients for a blood test called B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), which checks levels of a hormone that rises when pressure builds inside the heart because it is struggling to pump properly. Patients then have an echocardiogram, an ultrasound scan, to check how well the heart is pumping to confirm the diagnosis.

Professor Petrie says some patients go on to wait ‘six months or even a year’ for one.

What's more, many people with symptoms are not getting the blood test - even those at known risk.

When researchers screened more than 700 people with diabetes and one other risk factor for heart failure, such as a ■ SUDDEN weight gain. ■ COUGHING up frothy pink phlegm.

■ FEELING weak, light-headed or very tired, particularly after moving or doing physical activity.

■ SWELLING in your feet, ankles, legs or tummy, or feeling bloated.

previous heart attack, one in four had undiagnosed heart failure, reported the journal JACC: Heart Failure earlier this year.

Nick Hartshorne-Evans, who founded the heart failure charity Pumping Marvellous in 2010 after being diagnosed with heart failure aged 39, says people are dying waiting for a diagnosis.

The charity is campaigning to alert patients and doctors to the warning signs – breathlessness, exhaustion and ankle swelling – that indicate the need for a blood test.

The charity has also helped establish five one-stop clinics – three in Liverpool, one in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and one in

Sudden weight gain and ankle swelling

Kilmarnock, Scotland – where patients with unexplained breathlessness have the blood test, a heart scan and a review in a single visit. There will be eight in total by the end of this year.

‘We’re identifying, diagnosing and treating people in 60 minutes,’ says Nick Hartshorne-Evans.

Katie, by contrast, spent a year going back and forth to her GP before she was diagnosed.

Because of the drugs she needed and the toll pregnancy would take on the heart, doctors told her it would not be safe to have children.

‘I’ve been through a grieving process. That was how I wanted my life to look and it’s not going to be like that,’ she says.

Unable to work, she moved back with her parents after her diagnosis. Aged 25 and unable to do what her peers were doing, she fell into depression.

What helped was a Facebook group that her cardiologist suggested she join, run by Pumping Marvellous.

'I found there was a community of people with my condition, a whole family that I didn't realise I had.'

She also helps with her sister Becky's three children.

‘I get Mother’s Day presents, and I don’t feel like I’ve missed out,’ says Katie, now 36.

Her heart function has improved, but walking uphill leaves her breathless, and she is exhausted at the end of a long day.

‘I’m never going to run a mara- thon,’ she says. ‘But I know what I can and can’t do. I’ve adapted my life to suit my health.’

Katie now works as a patient educator with Pumping Marvellous. While she's not angry, 'the delays in diagnosing me were life-changing and I don't want it to happen to others'.

GOOD HEALTH

Is it worth paying £395 for this more accurate prostate test?

THE news last week that men aged over 50 will no longer have the right to a free prostate cancer test if they have no symptoms has caused a storm of protest.

It's been reported that the Department of Health and Social Care has written to health organisations to say it is up to GPs

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to decide whether their patient is given the standard PSA blood test.

The decision was ‘a shocking betrayal’ that ‘will condemn thousands more men each year to a late and incurable diagnosis’, said

David James, from Prostate Cancer Research. But could a different test be more useful – and should men concerned about their risk consider paying for it privately?

The test, called Stockholm3 was developed at The Karolinska Institute in Sweden in 2011. It has since become widely used in Nordic countries. It's also been available privately in the UK for the past three years, at a

cost of around £395.

cancer, with Stockholm3 more sensitive in detecting cases – with a 90 per cent success rate compared to 74 per cent with a PSA test alone.

Now the Stockholm3 test is being included in the large-scale TRANSFORM trial, which is investigating the most accurate and cost-effective way to screen men for prostate cancer on the NHS.

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Currently the standard NHS check for prostate cancer is a PSA blood test that checks for levels of prostate-specific antigen, a protein produced by the prostate.

The main problem with relying on PSA is that the result cannot reliably distinguish the type of cancer and whether it requires treatment – indeed, prostate cancer is unique in that not all tumours are aggressive: some are slow-growing and may never cause harm, meaning they can be monitored through ‘active surveillance’ rather than treated immediately.

The Stockholm3 blood test ('3' refers to the third, pivotal study which led to its approval) is more sophisticated: it checks PSA and four other protein markers, as well as 101 genetic markers.

These results, along with information such as the man's age and family history, are put through an algorithm that creates a risk score for how likely the man is to develop aggressive prostate cancer.

This result is either ‘green’, a low-risk score, meaning there’s no need to be tested for another six years; or ‘red’, which suggests a raised risk and the man should be referred for further investigations (typically an MRI scan or a biopsy).

The Stockholm3 test was developed as a way to better identify cancers that need treatment.

'The developers of Stockholm have basically come up with weighted influences of these individual markers to create a risk score,' says Tim Dudderidge, a consultant urological surgeon at University Hospital Southampton. 'So a patient might have a high risk in one area – a father who had prostate cancer, for instance – and a low risk in another. These factors, which are readily available, are then collated and the algorithm works out the patient's overall risk.

‘It seems quite powerful at identifying bad cases – where there’s a high risk of an aggressive cancer – and at reassuring men who don’t have a significant problem.’

In a major new study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the PSA test was compared with Stockholm3 in 12,670 men aged between 50 and 74 – who underwent both testing methods.

Researchers found 443 men went on to develop aggressive prostate

The trial is recruiting 16,000 men aged between 45 and 74 who will undergo different screening options – fast MRI (a 15-minute MRI scan), genetic screening (to look for inherited markers linked to the disease) and PSA tests. Blood samples will also be tested with Stockholm3. The first results are expected in about three years.

This trial will inform the introduction of a screening programme for prostate cancer – rejected in May, partly because the PSA test is increasingly seen as unreliable.

'A downside of the PSA test is that it is unable to distinguish between cancers that will not pose any problems and those which are aggressive,' says Professor Rakesh Heer, a consultant urologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, and investigator on the TRANSFORM trial.

BY PICKING up lower-risk cancer, 'it can lead to over-diagnosis and excessive treatment, which can have serious side-effects such as incontinence and impotence', he adds.

‘We want testing to pick up men with the more serious cancers – where we can prevent the cancer growing and spreading,’ says Professor Heer, who is also based at London Bridge Hospital.

‘In recent years, we’ve seen diagnostic tests such as Stockholm3 as more effective regarding over-diagnosis and over-treatment.’

Mr Dudderidge adds: 'There's strong data supporting Stockholm3. It means we would not be creating a group of men who are carrying a burden of unnecessary worry about their prostate or having tests that aren't justified. This is a new technology I feel we should look towards using more in future.'

Good Health's GP columnist, Dr Martin Scurr has previously written about why he recommends Stockholm3 to his private patients.

He says: 'It's a better test than a PSA test – I've seen studies of men with a low PSA score who turn out to have prostate cancer and if they'd had Stockholm3, it would have shown they're at higher risk.'

He adds: 'If you have sufficient anxiety about your risk of prostate cancer but been told that you're the wrong age to have a test – it's worth paying for Stockholm3.'

DID YOU KNOW?

YAWNING isn't just a sign of tiredness – it may help remove waste from the brain. MRI scans of people yawning showed that cerebrospinal fluid (which surrounds the brain and spinal cord, carrying nutrients and waste), moved out of the brain – the opposite of what happens with normal breathing. Yawning close to bedtime may be part of a cleaning mechanism, said the researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

SPECIAL REPORT By WILL STODDART

PACKED with happy children, council-run paddling pools and splash parks have offered welcome relief for families from the heatwaves of this summer.

As a father of two, aged six and eight, I know how irresistibly drawn to these pools children are. But you might want to pause for thought before they launch into the cool water.

For experts warn vital checks of water quality and levels of chlorine – used to disinfect pool water – are being missed, leaving children, whose immune systems are less robust, at risk of exposure to bugs including E. coli, norovirus and Pseudomonas (which can trigger painful ear and skin infections).

Another cause for alarm is that water isn't being tested for a particularly nasty parasite, known as cryptosporidium (or 'crypto'), which can lead to extreme watery diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration and hospitalisation.

The Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG), an independent body whose water quality standards are used by the Health and Safety Executive and

After nappy change parents rinse child's bottom in the water

councils to assess pools, warns that sweat, urine, faeces and skin cells washed from people's bodies react with chlorine in the water.

As the chlorine works to neutralise this contamination, it is used up. Sunlight can break chlorine down further, which is why levels can fall quickly in busy outdoor pools on hot summer days, explains Professor Kelly Reynolds, an environmental microbiologist at the University of Arizona, who has researched swimming-pool water quality.

'The more people there are taking the chlorine out, the less chlorine concentration is available in the pool,' she explains.

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Revealed: Water at some splash parks has bacteria levels 100 times greater than the guidelines state

WHAT PARENTS CAN DO

If chlorine levels fall too low, bacteria introduced into the pool can multiply, with some doubling in number every 20 minutes, says Primrose Freestone, an associate professor in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester.

For this reason, the PWTAG says chlorine levels at splash parks and lidos should be checked every two hours when open. Experts warn some pool operators neglect these checks, meaning chlorine levels may be too low just when pools are being exposed to the greatest contamination.

More worrying still, the PWTAG warns there is ‘good evidence’ that some pool operators are failing to carry out monthly laboratory tests for potentially dangerous bacterial contamination.

And as Professor Reynolds spells out, the issues may be exacerbated in paddling pools: 'Children have poorer hygiene habits, which increases the potential to contribute a faecal load to the swimming pool.'

At the same time, ‘children are twice as likely to swallow water than adults, which increases the chance of getting it in their

THE Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group advises keeping children out of pools if they have diarrhoea or vomiting for at least 48 hours after symptoms stop.

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mouths'. She has even seen children sit over water jets and drink from them 'like it's a water fountain' – exactly the sort of behaviour that allows pathogens from faeces to pass from one child to another, she says.

Professor Reynolds says she's also seen parents change nappies at the poolside and then rinse their children's bottoms in the water, believing the chlorine will kill any germs – 'which it doesn't, at least not instantaneously'. (Depending on the germs, this can be within minutes for $E.$ coli – if the chlorine levels are high enough; with parasites such as crypto it can take ten days.)

And while at some sites the water is collected, treated, itation or ask the operator how often chlorine is checked and whether the water is filtered and recirculated.

Try to stop them swallowing the water and drinking directly from splash jets.

filtered and pumped around the system regularly, others may empty or refill only several times a week or not at all.

Now a Good Health investigation has uncovered alarming bacterial contamination in council-run pools and splash parks.

I collected samples from six popular facilities in London and the home counties, on August 11 (when temperatures were mid-to-high 20s) and August 12 (around 30C), both while children were playing in them and afterwards (between 2pm and 8pm).

At two sites, the bacterial counts were above the level set by the PWTAG; at two others, they were 1,000 times higher.

Lucy Robertson, a professor of parasitology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, told Good Health that levels this high could mean a greater chance of disease-causing bugs being present and should trigger an investigation by the council or pool operator and corrective action.

She said it also ‘raises the suspicion’ that they weren’t checking water and chlorine levels frequently enough.

Chemical dosing requires ‘regular checks and maintenance’, adds Martin Wood, an environmental microbiologist and co-founder of pool-water specialists Pool Sentry – but he says that financial pressure means the pool operators don’t have the resources to do enough checks.

‘An issue with open-access pools is there is often little or no control over the numbers of bathers which are very likely to exceed the capacity of the water treatment system on hot days during holidays,’ he says.

Biodet, the lab at the University of Hertfordshire that tested our samples, also raised the alarm. Dr Richard Smith, a specialist in microbiological testing and director of Biodet, said the two ‘notably high’ readings should trigger an investigation into chlorine levels and filtration.

Hazard: Kids at a splash park and, above, Will tests the water

The samples were tested for E. coli and coliform bacteria, which can signal faecal contamination; for Pseudomonas aeruginosa – and the overall bacteria level, the total viable count (TVC).

The latter is used as a broad measure of water hygiene and how effectively the pool's filtration and disinfection are working, rather than as a test for specific disease-causing bugs.

According to the PWTAG, a well-run pool should normally contain no more than ten bacteria colony-forming units per millilitre (a TVC of under 10); anything above 100 is classed as 'unsatisfactory'.

Two of the pools we sampled - Gadebridge Splash Park in Hemel Hempstead and Bruce Castle Park in north London - were below five. Howard Park in Letchworth recorded a TVC of 20; twice the normal level. At Lordship Recreation Ground in north London (also tested on the hotter of the two days), it was 30.

Experts warn chlorine levels not checked enough

These were well below the 100 level classed as unsatisfactory.

But the results from Runnymede Pleasure Grounds in Egham and California Country Park in Berkshire had TVCs over 10,000; more than 100 times the level regarded as unsatisfactory.

Looks can be deceptive: at Runnymede, the water looked clean and inviting.

Reassuringly, E. coli and coliforms – signs that faecal matter has recently entered the water – were not detected in any of the six samples.

But ‘the thing with TVC is that you do not know what the bacteria are’, says Professor Robertson. For instance, Staphylococci (which can cause skin and wound infections), can survive even when E. coli and coliforms have been killed by chlorine.

Professor Robertson says a high TVC can be a sign chlorination is failing or that bacteria are growing in biofilm, a slimy layer that clings to the inside of pipework.

‘This can be important – if it is loosened by something such as by a change in water pressure, then someone could ingest a concentrated gloop of the stuff.’

To remove biofilm, pipes have to be scrubbed by hand and treated with high levels of chlorine, says the PWTAG.

Our findings come against a

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background of growing concern about Britain's ageing swimming facilities, with a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Swimming this year finding more than 1,200 public pools are over 40 years old and past their expected lifespan. In Scotland, 56 per cent are over 30 years old.

Some but not all pools have automatic dosing, where machinery automatically adds chlorine to keep levels stable.

Both Runnymede Pleasure Grounds and California Country Park use automatic chlorine dosing systems. Yet these didn't prevent high bacteria levels.

Many older pools still use simpler fill-and-empty systems, like in Haringey – its paddling pools at Bruce Castle and Lordship Recreation Ground are emptied, cleaned and refilled three times a week during the summer.

But there is another danger that's not being tested.

Crypto is a microscopic parasite spread in faeces which causes severe watery diarrhoea, stomach cramps, vomiting and dehydration. It is ‘the pathogen that most commonly causes outbreaks linked to recreational water use because it is resistant to chlorine’, the UK Health Security Agency told Good Health.

The PWTAG warns that just a millilitre of infected diarrhoea can contain around a million of these microscopic parasites – as little as one may be enough to make someone sick, compared with the thousands of bacteria typically needed for infection from E. coli, says Professor Reynolds.

'If you're in close proximity to somebody who's shedding a million and then you swallow water nearby, it only takes one potentially to make you sick,' she says.

Parasite: Cryptosporidium

water have to be analysed), James Ebdon, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Brighton, says 'a more cost-effective, longer-term solution would be to improve treatment of the recirculating paddling-pool and splash-pad water through additional treatment steps, such as physical filtration and ultraviolet [using heat to kills germs] or ozone [a gas that destroys microorganisms].'

Bug behind most outbreaks isn't even tested for

The latest crypto figures show there were 14 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water parks in England between 2023 and 2025, affecting at least 86

people, with some hospitalised.

Yet crypto is not routinely tested for. Professor Rachel Chalmers, head of the Cryptosporidium Reference Unit at Public Health Wales, says the current UK approach is that testing should be used during outbreaks or when filtration failure is suspected – not for prevention.

But Dr Seak Lin Ly, a water quality analyst and author of a recent study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, argues that high-risk pools – particularly children's pools in summer – should be proactively tested, rather than waiting for an outbreak.

The study showed that crypto can be circulating in swimming pools on average 27 days before it's detected and a pool being closed for treatment.

The parasites are protected by a tough outer shell so levels of chlorine needed to kill them off are many times higher than are normally used in pools. But these higher levels can irritate the eyes and skin and the fumes can harm the airways – so the pool has to remain shut until the chlorine falls back to its normal range.

Chlorine alone is also not often enough: crypto has to be physically removed from the water by filtration. But not all paddling pools can do this.

While noting that routinely testing for crypto is difficult and expensive (as large volumes of

‘These could help remove cryptosporidium as well as a range of other bacteria, viruses, protozoa and moulds responsible for waterborne disease.’

Even the best treatment, how-

ever, cannot protect a child instantly. 'If an infected swimmer excretes the [crypto] parasites into the pool, the next swimmer can get infected from the

water before it goes through treatment,' says Professor Joan Rose, a water microbiologist at Michigan State University.

Professor Reynolds says people can shed the parasite or other pathogens even when they don't realise they're infected, while many return to swimming too soon after their diarrhoea stops.

Despite the concerns raised by our investigation, experts stress that parents should not be frightened away from paddling pools and splash parks.

A spokesperson for Runnymede Council said: 'Water testing is undertaken routinely during opening hours. We had become aware that during the heatwave water-quality levels had been fluctuating, and have commissioned our own independent tests. In the meantime, the pool has been closed.'

A Wokingham Borough Council spokesperson (California Country Park) said the water at their pool is tested every two hours during opening hours: 'We have reviewed our records for the two-week period around August 11 and can confirm that both pH and chlorine levels remained within the levels recommended by the PWTAG during operating hours.

‘Given the result reported to us, we are carrying out a shock chlorine treatment of the system and will undertake further microbial testing to confirm there is no ongoing issue.’

DRUG companies have spent billions over the past two decades in the hunt for an Alzheimer's 'magic pill' – a medication that will truly alleviate this terrible disease.

Largely, though, these efforts have been unsuccessful because – as I discussed last week in the first part of an exclusive adaption of my new book, Brain Defenders – researchers have been focused on the wrong thing.

Rather than effective treatment for Alzheimer's requiring the removal of sticky beta-amyloid plaques in the brain – as we have been told ad nauseam – it is the excessive activation of the brain's specialised immune cells, called the microglia, that's far more significant.

Microglia, which are found in the brain and spinal cord, normally exist in their M2 state where they clean up dead cells, fight infections and help keep brain tissue healthy.

But they can be overly triggered by a number of factors – e.g. ageing, infection, poor diet and lifestyles that drive gut inflammation which passes up to the brain – that transform them into their M1 state.

This transformation can lead to a cascade of consequences inside the brain, with M1 microglia attacking the cells and synapses (tiny gaps between the nerve cells which allow them to pass messages between each other) as well as causing those beta-amyloid plaques.

Excitingly, however, as well as being positively influenced by lifestyle changes – such as regular exercise and a high-fibre, low ultra-processed food (UPF) diet – there is growing evidence that microglia can also be optimised through some medications, many available already.

HESE drugs span a broad range of categories, including those used in diabetes treatment, such as metformin; immunomodulators (which stimulate or suppress immune function to prevent organ rejection in transplants); and antidepressants.

While much of this research remains in its early stages, it highlights the intense focus on microglial optimisation as a promising avenue for future Alzheimer's prevention and treatment. Aside from these medications, research also indicates that common dietary supplements can drive healthier microglia activity.

Of course, I'm not suggesting that you can out-supplement poor diets which are strongly linked to microglia activation. Nor am I saying you should consider taking clinical medication for any other purpose than your doctor has prescribed.

But – as a neurologist of more than 40 years standing, who specialises in treating people with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases – I am truly encouraged by the potential the drugs and supplements detailed below have in the fight against Alzheimer's.

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cation being researched in this field – as well as the variety of supplements you can choose from (perhaps taking one or two after consulting with your doctor) to safeguard and enhance your brain function by protecting your microglia.

MEDICATION METFORMIN

METFORMIN gained prominence in the 1950s as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.

Initially thought to work by reducing glucose production in the liver, further research has revealed it has positive effects on turbo-charging our mitochondria, the tiny energy powerhouses inside our cells, which help keep our microglia in the supportive M2 state.

Metformin also boosts our cells' insulin sensitivity, preventing glucose levels building up in the blood. This helps reduce microglial overactivation, thus aiding cognitive enhancement.

GOOD

Studies, including one published in 2024 in the journal Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, show a link between metformin and a reduced risk of dementia. In the US a series of nationwide clinical trials at 14 leading research institutions, involving 3,000 people aged 65 to 79, is expected to get under way soon.

Set to last six years and called the Targeting Aging with Metformin (TAME) trial, it's designed to explore metformin's potential as an anti-ageing drug – part of which being its impact on Alzheimer's.

I believe the trial's findings are likely to find metformin a prime candidate for preventing age-related cognitive decline.

GLP-1 AGONISTS

WITHOUT question, the biggest pharmaceutical game changer recently is GLP-1 agonist drugs such as Ozempic.

As well as reducing appetite, the profound ability of the drugs to change the shape and function of microglial cells for the better is nothing short of miraculous.

A 2023 study in the International Journal of Medical Sciences showed GLP-1s directly bind to microglia and reduce their activation, thereby decreasing the release of damaging pro-inflammatory cytokines – small proteins which act as chemical messengers – which can then cause inflammation in the brain (neuroinflammation), which is linked to Alzheimer's as it triggers the creation of M1 microglia.

There is also evidence these drugs increase levels of BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), a protein which acts as a kind of fertiliser for our neurons (brain cells).

A notable 2024 study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia analysed medical records of more than one million patients with type 2 diabetes – it revealed that those treated with Ozempic had a significantly lower risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's compared to those on other diabetes medications.

Further supporting these findings, a clinical trial led by Imperial College London in 2024 investigated the effects of liraglutide (brand name Saxenda) on patients already diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's.

Participants who received daily liraglutide injections for more than a year exhibited 18 per cent less cognitive decline and a 50 per cent reduction in brain cell loss, compared to the placebo group. These results indicate that GLP-1 drugs may slow neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's patients.

All this said, however, we should remember that GLP-1 is an impressive hormone produced naturally in our body.

Dietary changes – such as eating high-fibre foods, reducing sweeteners and added sugars and UPFs – can promote healthy GLP-1 levels without medication. However, if GLP-1s are officially proven to have meaningful effects in treating diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, then yes, I am very much all in for them being used clinically.

MINOCYCLINE

A COMMONLY used antibiotic, minocycline has garnered attention for its anti-inflammatory properties.

Recently, it's been found to inhibit the activation of microglia, thereby reducing damaging neuroinflammation.

A 2024 Chinese study on mice demonstrated that minocycline effectively protected microglia from adopting their damaging M1 phenotype, even when challenged with a powerful pro-inflammatory stimulus (in this case, a compound called lipopolysaccharide, a standard way of creating inflammation in a research setting).

DIMETHYL FUMARATE

THIS is an oral medication approved for the treatment of MS. Dimethyl fumarate (brand name, Tecfidera) – it works by activating the NRF2 signalling pathway in the brain which, when under stress from toxins, switches ‘on’ defence systems that reduce inflammation and help regulate the immune system in the brain by targeting M1 microglia.

This helps MS but may also assist Alzheimer's.

SUPPLEMENTS

BY STRATEGICALLY using supplements, you can fill gaps in your nutrition and give your microglia an extra edge.

Always consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new supplement, especially if you have underlying health conditions or take medications.

Here are some of the most important of the supplements that I think are worth considering (you'll find another 15 in my book).

OMEGA 3

THE most useful omega 3 is docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential fatty acid.

DHA makes up as much as 20 per cent of the brain's total fat content, where it serves as a

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key structural component of neuronal membranes and enhances communication between brain cells. It has powerful anti-inflammatory properties, helping to reduce chronic neuroinflammation by supporting microglia.

DHA also boosts BDNF - lower levels of this correlate with Alzheimer's risk. This may explain how DHA protects against agerelated cognitive decline, as suggested in a 2017 study in mice in the journal Scientific Reports.

For optimal brain health, studies suggest a daily intake of 1,000 to 2,000 mg of DHA. The best supplemental source is cod liver oil. For vegetarians, there is an algae-based alternative.

The best dietary sources include wild-caught fatty fish (salmon,

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sardines, mackerel). Interestingly, farmed Atlantic salmon may have higher levels of DHA than wild - around 1,700 mg per 100g serving. Free range eggs may contain 100 to 150mg of DHA per egg.

CREATINE

CREATINE helps shuttle energy to areas where demand is greatest, such as the brain's synapses.

It also enhances our mitochondria, which helps microglia remain in a supportive M2 state. In a 2025 pilot study, researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center administered 20g of creatine per day for eight weeks to 19 Alzheimer's patients. Testing revealed statistically significant improvements in participants' cognitive abilities.

Future studies with larger sample sizes and control groups are warranted but, for now, this research offers exciting preliminary evidence that improving the brain's energy production machinery holds promise in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Dosage is around 5g a day, with a maximum of 10g.

Anyone with kidney disease or who takes nephrotoxic drugs (i.e. drugs that can affect kidney function, which includes some cancer drugs, antibiotics and immunosuppressants) should first consult a doctor.

MAGNESIUM

A MINERAL that supports hundreds of biochemical reactions, including nerve and muscle function, magnesium also helps with relaxation and stress reduction, which indirectly benefits microglia by enhancing mitochondrial function.

There are several types of magnesium but magnesium threonate is thought to be best for cognition as it also contains L-threonic acid, a compound which helps the magnesium travel from the gut into the brain.

Dietary sources include leafy greens, nuts and wholegrains. Dosage is 200 to 400mg daily, while those with kidney disease, who are pregnant or have a heart condition should first consult their doctor.

PROBIOTICS

GIVEN what we know about the connection between the gut microbiome and the brain, and its influence on our microglia – in brief, a deficient gut microbiome has been proven to provoke inflammatory symptoms in your brain – taking a high-quality probiotic makes sense.

Look for a product that contains a wide array of different strains with a high CFU (colony forming unit) count, which indicates the live bacteria content, of at least 50 billion. Some people experience mild bloating or gas but these generally resolve with continued use.

THIS is a synthetic form of the antioxidant coenzyme Q10, which is produced naturally by the body, and has been designed to protect mitochondria. Early studies suggest it can reduce neuron death in Alzheimer's. Dosage is 10mg per day. Possible side-effects include nausea. Check with your doctor before taking it if you are pregnant or have kidney, liver or heart issues.

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A TRUE ‘superfood’, sprouted Himalayan tartary buckwheat is rapidly gaining attention for its exceptional health benefits, thanks to its rich polyphenol content, which act as powerful antioxidants, supporting mitochondria.

In a pilot study published in Frontiers of Nutrition in 2024, participants consuming a polyphenol-rich supplement derived from Tartary buckwheat for 90 days exhibited significant improvements in epigenetic (tiny changes within the body that turn genes on and off) age markers and immune cell profiles. Dosage is one teaspoon daily. Polyphenols may interact with statins, certain antidepressants and immunosuppressant medications.

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Q FOR the past two years, I have suffered from very bad flatulence, which is embarrassing. I read recently that it could be a sign of something called SIBO. What is that?

J. Macey, Salisbury, Wiltshire. A SIBO – or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth – is where too many, or an abnormal mix of, bacteria normally found in the large bowel move into the small bowel.

These ferment the carbohydrates from your diet, leading to the formation of gases, including hydrogen, methane and hydrogen sulphide. This causes abnormal bloating and malodorous flatulence.

What causes SIBO is not fully understood, but often it is due to another problem (e.g. surgery or illness) that damages the cells involved in gut motility.

Apart from SIBO, excess gas can also be due to diverticular disease – which you have, as you say in your longer letter. This is where small pouches form in the colon, usually as a result of age and lack of fibre – any material inside these pouches ferments, causing gas.

Your flatulence may even be down to the extra fibre you've been advised to consume to combat the constipation caused by diverticular disease.

For this reason, I often suggest patients increase their fibre intake – from, for example, bran, grains and vegetables – slowly, over several weeks and months, rather than overnight.

I'd suggest discussing your gas problems with your GP, with a view to being tested for SIBO.

This involves having a breath test to measure levels of hydrogen and methane.

If SIBO is diagnosed, you may need to see a dietitian for advice (one approach is a low FOD-MAPs diet – which involves gradually identifying, then eliminating, foods that are not absorbed properly by the small intestine and may cause gas).

In exceptional cases, GPs may prescribe antibiotics to reduce bacteria in the intestine.

In the meantime, try a more soluble form of fibre, such as psyllium husk. It's available in health food shops and is better tolerated than, say, wheat bran, because it gets only minimal fermentation by gut bacteria – producing less gas.

Q I HAVE (self-diagnosed) crepitus in my neck – and neck exercises hurt every time. Is this just something to accept at 74, or is there anything that can ease the stiffness and ache?

Debra Arnell, Alicante, Spain.

A ‘CREPITUS’ is the term for crunching, grating or cracking sounds in a joint.

In the neck, it's usually caused by cervical spondylosis – age-related arthritis affecting the small joints between the vertebrae. Small bony spurs (osteophytes) often develop as part of the body's response to the inflammation in the arthritic joints. The crunching or grating noise is caused by the bones grinding against each other.

You don't mention how much pain you're experiencing and there is a difference between mild pain during exercise that eases quickly, and constant, more severe pain – the latter is a sign you should see a doctor.

Applying heat, such as a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel for 20 minutes before exercising can help, and taking two 500mg paracetamol tablets at the same time may also ease things.

You might also consider the Alexander Technique, a posture-focused approach for improving movement and stance through guided exercises and breathing.

It has encouraging evidence for chronic neck pain. It won't reverse the arthritic changes, but it can reduce muscular tension and improve how you move.

An MRI scan is only needed if the pain gets worse, spreads down your arm – or if your hands are becoming less dexterous. These could be a sign that nerves are being irritated and would need to be investigated.

You certainly should not just ‘accept’ this discomfort as there are measures you can take to improve matters.

■ WRITE to Dr Scurr at Good Health, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London, W8 5HY or email: drmartin@dailymail.co.uk. Replies should be taken in a general context. Always consult your own GP with any health worries.

IN MY VIEW... Why GPs should work for the NHS

DID you know that GPs are not NHS employees? Unlike hospital doctors, each GP practice is a subcontractor to the state, a small business responsible for income and expenditure, contracted to provide services.

Each GP is a partner, paid a salary out of the profits of that small business.

According to a report from the charity the Health Foundation, a GP practice receives £219 per year per patient, which makes up the bulk of its income – there are 18,000 GP partners in England and 1,000 are paying themselves over £300,000 annually; 4,000 draw more than £200,000. That’s an astonishing amount.

Surely, as with any owner-operated small business, there's an incentive to minimise expenditure to maximise profit?

Take the example of the fact that GPs no longer provide out-of-hours care – seven-day and night cover was expensive and reducing it to a five-day daytime-only service inevitably meant that each GP business now has funds for higher salaries.

If GPs were employed like hospital consultants we might see a return to out-of-hours cover – as consultants provide. This system must be changed.

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RADIO 3 presenter Hannah French tripped and fell so often during her early 20s that she lost count of the injuries she sustained.

‘I would be walking down the street and my knee would suddenly give way, or I would tumble down the stairs for no apparent reason,’ says Hannah, 45, who lives in north London with husband Paul, a communications director, and their daughter, 11.

Her body became riddled with scars as a result, ‘but why it was happening was always a bit mysterious’, she says.

Even minimal impact could lead to injury – once the force of a sneeze resulted in her dislocating her jaw.

'I'd often end up in A&E because my shoulder dislocated as I reached into the back of my car, or my knee had come out of place walking down the road,' says Hannah.

Doctors were convinced her problem was isolated to her left knee, which was starting to face inwards. Aged 28, she had surgery to straighten it by cutting the iliotibial band, the fibrous tissue that runs from the hip to the shin.

It did nothing to help – because the problem wasn't actually specific to her knee. It was, in fact, a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) – an umbrella term for a group of 13 conditions where collagen that forms the connective tissue holding much of the body together is weaker than normal.

Hannah was diagnosed by a rheumatologist, who had only to witness her range of movements and hear her medical history to identify the condition.

The type she has is hypermobile which accounts for 90 per cent of EDS cases, with symptoms such as excessively flexible joints as ligaments that should hold them in place fail to do so properly.

Those affected ‘may regularly pick up injuries such as twisted ankles or dislocated shoulders’, says Dr Benjamin Ellis, a consultant rheumatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London.

CHRONIC pain and fatigue are also common – often not due to injuries, says Dr Ellis, but because the central nervous system is confused by the unpredictable way the body behaves and creates relentless pain and fatigue to slow it down. A year before her diagnosis, Hannah had agonising pain radiating from her knees and hips that painkillers did not touch. In desperation, she applied packs of frozen peas to her joints.

But when she started falling virtually every time she left the house, she took the decision to use a wheelchair. She was just 28.

‘It seemed the safer option,’ she says. ‘It’s frightening to keep falling – I was scared I would do real harm to myself.’

Hannah's experience is all too common.

Astonishingly, people with hypermobile EDS wait on average 21 years for a diagnosis, according to new research published in the journal Disability and Rehabilitation and based on surveys with 2,000 people.

Around 80 per cent of those affected are women and many were labelled as ‘anxious and hysterical’ before their diagnosis, says Kathryn Berg, research manager at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh, who co-led the study. ‘Some were told by doctors they were just anxious, stressed or even that they were hypochondriacs.’

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still spent years waiting for a diag- nosis, the team discovered.

Up to 300,000 people in the UK have EDS – although this may be ‘the tip of the iceberg’, according to a 2024 House of Commons debate, as the condition is so often misdiagnosed or missed.

This is especially true for hypermobile EDS, for which there is no genetic test – unlike some of the rarer forms, such as vascular EDS (where fragile blood vessels can develop swellings or aneurysms that can be life-threatening).

And as connective tissue is found all over the body, hypermobile EDS may cause numerous – seemingly unrelated – symptoms.

The skin may be fragile and tissues that form the lining of the gut may be more lax than normal. This can cause constipation, as waste is not propelled along the gut properly.

‘But others may have IBS,’ says Dr Ellis. ‘It is very variable.’

Hannah had this mixture of gut symptoms.

Other signs include bladder problems, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) – where the heart races and they get dizzy standing up because the connective tissue in the blood vessels is loose and they don't constrict to stop blood pooling.

'As a result, not enough blood reaches the brain temporarily and you feel faint,' says Dr Ellis.

Diagnosis of hypermobile EDS is based on signs of hypermobility, such as being able to bend the thumb back to the forearm, widespread chronic pain, and highly stretchy skin. Doctors may see if they can pinch skin from the back of the hand beyond 1.5cm.

Yet this isn't straightforward if someone is older, for example. And awareness is low, even among healthcare professionals.

‘From what we’ve determined, some medical students get an hour on this subject and some none at all’, adds Kathryn Berg.

If hypermobile EDS is caught early, physiotherapy can help to keep joints stable, and ease bladder problems.

Gastric problems can sometimes be addressed through dietary changes, says Dr Ellis – but he adds: 'The longer the person goes unsupported, the harder it can be to improve symptoms'.

By the time Hannah was diagnosed in 2010 there was so much ‘wrong’ with her that she hesitated to tell the rheumatologist all her symptoms, she says. “There are so many elements of your health that are affected you question if you're a hypochondriac.'

As well as the numerous dislocations, IBS and pain, mild exertion could leave her needing to rest for days.

Even the way her teeth were crowded into her mouth was due to EDS (the faulty collagen can affect the jaw shape, leaving it unusually high and thin).

It was also why local anaesthetic rarely worked at the dentist (the loose tissue means the drug disperses quickly rather than blocking pain). 'But I was made to feel I was just making a fuss,' says Hannah.

While not linked to a single gene, hypermobile EDS often runs in families. Hannah realised many relatives on her mum's side 'had lived with what we thought was just mysterious chronic pain – but I now know was EDS'.

She recalls: 'My great grandmother used to regularly have to take to her bed with pain and exhaustion – and people thought she was just a hypochondriac.'

Hannah's diagnosis brought no miracle cure, but she has learned to adapt. However, she had to give up her career as a flautist. 'Holding the flute was physically exhausting,' she says. 'Plus, my wheelchair once became stuck in a field following a concert, and so I thought, "Enough'.' She can

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take a few steps unaided but sticks to the wheelchair ‘because otherwise I fall over’.

She coped with pregnancy surprisingly well – ‘finally, my body stretched into itself’, she says – but the birth was a carefully managed caesarean. A natural birth was out of the question.

The pain she has been in constantly for 20 years has been one of the hardest elements to bear.

SHE was sent to a pain clinic in 2013, where she was taught coping strategies, such as 'rather than thinking, "I hurt so much all over" I pull back and think, "No, your hand doesn't hurt or your shoulder doesn't hurt," – and it isn't quite so overwhelming', she explains.

Even so, Hannah takes ‘stacks’ of paracetamol as well as ibuprofen and codeine daily – and keeps Oramorph [liquid morphine] on top of the bathroom cabinet. ‘I know it’s there but don’t go to it easily,’ she says.

She also has to remember to pace herself.

‘Recently, I presented the Proms for Radio 3 for two nights in a row – and after that I had to allow for a day in bed,’ she says.

‘My one wish is that I had been kinder to my younger self, rather than pushing through my pain and fatigue.’

She knows there is a high chance her daughter will have inherited the condition.

‘But we know what we are looking for now and if we can catch it early for her – and others – that could make all the difference.’

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IT'S Music Week and the six remaining material girls tackle a Madonna-inspired cone-shaped bra for the Pattern Challenge. If that sounds complicated, it is, but at least they've got detailed instructions to follow and

Sophie Willan (pictured) can be relied upon to take the cone bra to its logical comic conclusion. The Transformation involves a group task where bedroom textiles become co-ordinated pop-group stage outfits. And the Made to Measure – inspired by the fashion of disco – will have to be a smash hit for some of those languishing near the bottom of the charts. Expect sequins, shine and plenty of boogie woogie.

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7.00 Cycling: Vuelta a Espana 2026 Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage four of the Grand Tour race, a 104.8km route that started and finished in Andorra la Vella. (Followed by 5 News Update)

8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders On the M6, PCs Mark Gribble and Lucy Pond are called in after a car fails to stop for Cheshire Police. Intel reveals it's untaxed, uninsured, and without an MOT.

9.00 The Tudors with Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman A look at when England braced for the arrival of the Spanish Armada in 1588, with Rob following the story of London merchant.

10.30 Murder on the Doorstep: Who Killed Alistair Wilson? (R) Documentary examining the 2004 murder of a Scottish banker and father who was executed on his own doorstep.

12.05 Nigel Farage: Where Does the Money Come From? (R) 1.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit (R) 2.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R) 2.50 Castle (R) 3.40 Friends (AD,R) 4.05 Friends (AD,R) 4.30 The Highland Vet (BSL,R) 5.25 Entertainment News on 5 5.35 Paw Patrol (BSL,R)

▲ Particularly liable to offend

Pitch-perfect Popmaster triumphs in the battle of the Monday quizzes

@^&!! and £**\$%!! More than 90 per cent of British homes now resound

to swearing, profanity and foul language, according to Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Citing a recent poll, the Only Connect host claimed that almost all of us are prone to let loose a stream of invective behind closed doors — and nearly a third felt comfortable with four-letter words at work.

Meanwhile, 87 per cent of us will swear in public if we're in pain. That's easy to believe: it's a long time since I heard anyone mutter, 'Bless my soul!' through gritted teeth.

But I was surprised to learn that four per cent of respondents said it was fine to curse in church. Let's hope all four-in-100 weren't Church of England clergy. You wouldn't want a wedding service to commence with my opening words, D@ ^ &!! and £**\$%!! ... 'Damn and blast!'

Only Connect (BBC2), a quiz that Victoria calls 'more agonising than biting a piece of tinfoil', is a rich source of trivia, the only gameshow I can enjoy despite being unable to answer any of

SCARECROW OF THE WEEK: Several readers complained that last week's review of Buried With Michael Sheen (BBC2) mocked his scruffy attire. Chemical waste is a serious problem, they said. Quite right — and it trivialises the message if the presenter looks like he slept in a ditch.

the questions. University Challenge, which follows, is a more serious business, a contest that most of us play by our own personal rules. I don't expect to outscore any of the teams, or get a single question right in the rounds based on maths, physics or medicine.

But it's galling if I can't come up with at least a couple of general knowledge answers that leave the students baffled. This time, to my immense satisfaction, I knew all three books with 'Death' in the title: true, one was an Agatha Christie, and another was by PD James, but the team from St Andrews in Edinburgh was completely stumped. Victory is mine!

Amol Rajan, who made a hesitant beginning in 2023, has settled into the questionmaster's chair, with just the right amount of caustic contempt for the wild guesses and genuine sympathy for the near misses, punctuated by the occasional scathing chuckle. But in the grand contest of

N. IRELAND TV VARIATIONS

BBC1: 10.40pm House of the Year. The judges choose between an upside-down house designed around sea views, a Georgian style home and a house designed with sustainability in mind. 11.10 FILM: Arthur the King (2024) (12). 12.50am The Hit List. 1.35 BBC News. UTV: 11.15pm Abbey Clancy: Celebrity Homes. 11.45 Mahon's Way.

WELSH TV VARIATIONS

S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 12noon Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 12.05 Codi Pac. 12.30 Heno. 1.00 Bwrdd i Dri. 1.30 Arfordir Cymru: Sir Benfro. 2.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 2.05 Prynhawn Da. 3.00 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 3.05 Gwesty Aduniad. 4.00 Awr Fawr. 5.00 Stwnsh. 6.00 3 Lle: Ffion Dafs. 6.30 Codi Hwyl. 6.59 Newyddion S4C. 7.00 Heno. 7.30 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 8.00 Pobol y Cwm. 8.25 Nol o'r Dibyn gyda Iolo Williams. 8.55 Newyddion S4C a'r Tywydd. 9.00 Siwrna Scandi Chris. 10.00 laith ar Daith. 11.00 Y Cosmos.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS LAST NIGHT'S TV

Only Connect/University Challenge/Popmaster ★★★★☆

Monday night quiz wranglers, there can only be one champion, and that is Ken Bruce with the pitch-perfect Popmaster (More4).

Ken, who honed the format over thousands of mornings on Radio 2, dubs his show ‘the nation’s favourite music quiz’ and now presents it daily at 10.30am on Greatest Hits Radio. The TV version has the same brisk pace, with the added pleasure of watching the contestants enjoying both the music and the opportunity to test their knowledge.

A perfect balance of obscurities and classics means no one can fail to score something, nor manage to get everything right. The points-scoring system is neatly constructed, ensuring that the lead keeps changing hands.

I was smug to recognise Kate Bush's Rubberband Girl from just a couple of bars, when none of the players knew it. But I'd never heard of Cilla Black's 1969 release Surround Yourself With Sorrow. Points dropped there... D@^ &!! and £**\$%!!

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PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV

ONE DOLLAR, ITVX

A US show set in a dying 'Rust Belt' town where livings depend on a local steel plant, this sprawling mystery thriller is pretty hard to pin down — a lot like the dollar bill that passes hand to hand throughout the series. We meet a tidy sum of characters in the first episode, moving through town on either side of its tracks, suburban rich versus working poor. The big event is a disturbing crime scene at the plant — a lot of blood but no bodies; they come later. The cast includes John Carroll Lynch as the steel

LOOKING GOOD Olivia Attwood: The Price Of Perfection, 9pm, ITV2

OLIVIA continue her search for how science and social media are redefining beauty as we all chase the perfect selfie. With half of the nation's women said to be ashamed of their legs, Attwood discovers how to get 'perfect pins'. She looks at procedures to get rid of stretch marks and varicose veins. All episodes are available on ITVX.

AUSTRALIAN COMEDY

THIS slow-burn but satisfying series from Down Under will plant owner, British actor Nathaniel Martello-White as a private detective, Philip Ettinger (pictured) as a struggling single father and Christopher Denham as the police chief, but you never really stay with any one character for too long, even though entire episodes are devoted to a single person in possession of the dollar. The large ensemble cast makes for a big picture approach to life in these sorts of recession-hit communities, while underneath a dark murder mystery bubbles. All ten episodes are on ITVX.

appeal to fans of Colin From Accounts. It follows cranky middle-ager Roland (co-creator Leon Ford) as he slowly emerges from a funk with the help of eternal optimist Samantha (Celia Pacquola, pictured with Ford) and a warm-hearted, very tight-knit pack of fellow dog-owners.

The premise makes it a shoo-in for dog-lovers, but while the dogs are a big part of it, the humans are the reason to watch.

ANCIENT HISTORY How The Celts Saved Britain, 9pm, BBC4

FIRST of a compelling two-parter, in which Dan Snow presents a radical alternative to the traditional Anglo-centric view of history. Snow argues that, during the Dark Ages, following the collapse of the Roman Empire, it was actually the Irish who saved Britain from cultural oblivion, when missionaries from Ireland brought Christianity to what would later become Scotland and England.

TIME	BBC 4	E4	ITV2
7.00pm	9 (Scot 24)The Architecture the Railways Built St Pancras station	13Hollyoaks Cindy is determined to find out why she was set up	Wheel of Fortune Graham Norton invites civil servant Becca, programme insights lead Kurt, and police analyst Soraya to spin the wheel
7.30pm	7.45 The Flying Gardener Exotic species in Ireland	The Simpsons Bart gets into trouble with the authorities
8.00pm	To the Manor Born DeVere brings his business to the manor 8.25 Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth plans a special event	Ladies of London: The New Reign Designer Lottie Kane lives and breathes fashion and is determined to continue doing so while pregnant. Tensions boil over at a dinner party	The 1% Club Rollover Lee Mack hosts a special edition of the quiz in which the prize pot that is not won on one show is carried over to the next day
8.30pm
9.00pm	How the Celts Saved Britain Part one of two. Dan Snow examines how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion between 400 and 800AD	Below Deck Down Under Harry's new responsibilities prove difficult. A sudden lightning storm threatens the Katina	Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection From stretch-marks to extra inches, Olivia discovers how to get the ‘perfect’ legs
9.30pm
10.00pm	Britain in Focus: A Photographic History How photographers responded to historic events they witnessed in the first half of the 20th-century	Gogglebox Opinions on Gordon, Gino & Fred: Viva Espana, Top Guns: Inside the RAF, Beat the Chasers, Say Yes to the Dress with Tan France and The Yorkshire Vet. From September 2023	Family Guy The Griffins move to Texas
10.30pm
11.00pm	The Secret Genius of Plants Part two of two. The world of plants	First Dates A DJ who has learned some new things about her sexuality after a recent holiday to Ibiza now has to get to grips with London's same-sex dating scene (To 12.05)	11.05 Family Guy Stewie stars in an advert for butter
11.30pm	11.55 Do We Really Need the Moon? (To 12.55)		11.35 American Dad! Roger kisses Francine at a wine-tasting event (To 12.05)

ENTERTAINMENT & FACTUAL

5ACTION

Freeview 33 Sky 150

11.15am Gunsmoke. 12.25pm FILM: Run for Cover. (1955) (U) 2.15 FILM: Seven Men from Now. (1956) (U) 4.00 Highway Thru Hell. 5.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 6.00 Police Interceptors. 9.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders. 10.00 Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law. 11.00 The X-Files.

BBC THREE

Freeview 23 Sky 115 Virgin 107 7.00pm The Catch Up. 7.05 Deadly 60. 8.00 Top Gear. 9.00 FILM: Darkest Hour. (2017) (PG) 11.00 Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret.

COMEDY CENTRAL

Sky 112 Virgin 132

12noon Sabrina the Teenage Witch. 1.00 Friends. 9.00 FILM: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. (1997) (12) 11.00 Iain Stirling's Roast the Internet.

DISCOVERY

Sky 125 Virgin 177

11.00am Building Off the Grid. 1.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet. 3.00 How It's Made. 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue. 7.00 Wheeler Dealers. 9.00 Deadliest Catch. 10.00 In the Eye of the Storm. 11.00 Expedition X.

E4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106 11.00am Below Deck: Mediterranean. 12noon The Simpsons. 2.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 3.00 Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.

5STAR (DAYTIME)

Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 126 12noon Traffic Cops. 2.00 Police Interceptors. 5.00 Car Pound Cops. 6.00 Home and Away.

5 SELECT

Freeview 46 Sky 153 Virgin 138 12.05pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 1.05 Murder, She Wrote. 3.00 Columbo. 4.30 Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson. 5.00 Summer in the Scilly Isles. 6.00 Abandoned Engineering. 7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. 9.00 Alexander

Armstrong Across America. 10.00 Battlefront: WWII Road to Victory. 11.05 Prisoner: Cell Block H.

5 USA (DAYTIME)

Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 120 12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS.

FOOD NETWORK UK

Freeview 43 Sky 144 Virgin 168 11.00am The Great British Bake Off. 1.00pm James Martin's Spanish Adventure. 3.00 The Hairy Bikers Go Local. 4.00 Jamie's 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals. 5.00 The Pioneer Woman. 6.00 James Martin's Spanish Adventure. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off. 9.00 Jamie Cooks Italy. 10.00 Chopped Castaways. 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

GREAT! TV

Freeview 34 Sky 157 Virgin 170 12noon Little House on the Prairie. 1.00 The Waltons. 4.00 Little House on the Prairie. 6.00 The Irish RM. 7.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Brush Strokes. 11.00 Robin's Nest.

ITV2 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115 12.05pm Deal or No Deal. 1.05 Celebrity Supermarket Sweep. 2.05 The Floor. 3.10 The Only Way Is Essex. 4.10 The Real Housewives of Potomac. 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase.

ITV3 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 11.30am Heartbeat. 1.35pm Midsomer Murders. 3.35 Classic Emmerdale. 4.40 Classic Coronation Street. 5.50 Heartbeat.

ITV4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118 10.10am The Professionals. 11.20 Robin of Sherwood. 12.25pm Magnum, PI. 2.35 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. 3.45 Boon. 4.50 The Professionals. 5.55 Minder.

MORE4 (DAYTIME)

Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147 12.40pm Come Dine with Me. 3.20 Four in a Bed. 5.50 Car S.O.S.

NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC

11.00am Car S.O.S. 12noon Ultimate

Airport Dubai. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Anne Frank: The Nazi Capture. 3.00 Drain the Oceans. 4.00 Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece. 5.00 Destruction Decoded. 6.00 Nazi Megastructures: Battle Ready. 7.00 Air Crash Investigation. 8.00 Car S.O.S. 10.00 Construction Fails. 11.00 Air Crash Investigation.

PBS AMERICA

Freeview 84 Sky 173 Virgin 187 11.50am The Mughal Empire. 1.00pm The World After Stonehenge. 2.10 The Normans. 3.25 The Mughal Empire. 5.50 The World After Stonehenge. 7.00 The Normans. 8.15 The Mughal Empire. 10.45 Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland.

REALLY

Freeview 44 Sky 142 Virgin 165 12noon The Yorkshire Auction House. 2.00 The Repair Shop. 3.00 Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Long Lost Family. 6.00 The Repair Shop: Windrush Special. 7.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 8.00 Antiques Road Trip. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.00 Help! My House Is Haunted.

SKY ARTS

Freeview 36 Sky 122 Virgin 123 12noon The Art of Film with Ian Nathan. 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 3.00 The Nineties. 4.00 Discovering: Laurence Harvey. 5.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2023. 6.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 8.00 The World in a Painting: Vermeer's Hat. 9.15 Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs. 10.15 Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien. 11.15 The Movies.

SKY ATLANTIC

Sky 108 Virgin 111

10.15am House of the Dragon. 12.40pm Homicide: Life on the Street. 2.30 Billions. 4.40 Django. 6.45 House of the Dragon. 9.00 Little Bird. 11.00 Das Boot.

SKY COMEDY

Sky 113 Virgin 112

12.20pm Upright. 1.40 Avenue 5. 3.00 Will & Grace. 4.00 Two Weeks

RADIO 4 FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ

5.00am News Summary. 5.04 The WhatsApp Underground. 5.32 Weather. 5.34 Shipping Forecast. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Invisible Hands. 9.30 Michael Sheen Gets into Character. 10.00 Woman's Hour. 11.00 Add to Playlist. 11.45 Book of the Week: All the Beauty in the World. 12noon News. 12.04 Call You and Yours. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 Human Intelligence. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: The Test Batter Can't Breathe. 3.00 PICK History's Secret Heroes. New series. The story of Elvira Chaudoir.

to Live. 5.00 Community. 6.00 Will & Grace. 7.00 The Office (US). 8.00 Animal Control. 9.00 FILM: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. (1989) (PG) 10.45 Two Weeks to Live. 11.45 Animal Control.

SKY DOCUMENTARIES

Sky 114 Virgin 121

12noon Wild Wild Space. 1.50 My Icon: Michael Campbell. 2.00 PL 360. 4.00 The Directors. 5.00 Discovering: Emma Thompson. 5.55 Chimp Crazy. 6.55 Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God. 8.00 Salt Path: A Very British Scandal. 9.30 The Sleepwalker. 11.15 FILM: J.F.K. Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. (2021) (15)

SKY HISTORY

Sky 123 Virgin 131

10.10am Junk & Disorderly. 11.05 Storage Wars. 12noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 History's Greatest

PICK OF TODAY'S RADIO

BBC PROMS 2026, 7PM, RADIO 3

THE James Bond films have the most instantly recognisable theme tunes of any character in cinema history since Sean Connery (pictured) first appeared as 007 at the start of Dr No in 1962. Since then artists from Shirley Bassey and Sheena Easton to Adele and Billie Eilish have sung the seductive songs

3.30 Heart and Soul.
4.00 An Evening with Dave Van Ronk.
4.30 What's Up Docs?
5.00 PM; Weather.
6.00 Six O'Clock News.
6.30 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz.
Paul discusses misleadingly-named foods.
7.00 The Archers. Fallon puts her foot in it.

Machines with Dolph Lundgren. 2.00 History's Greatest Mysteries. 3.00 Greatest Prison Escapes with Billy Hayes. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Forged in Fire. 8.00 History's Greatest Aircraft. 9.00 History's Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren. 10.00 History's Greatest Mysteries. 11.00 Original Gangsters with Sean Bean.

SKY ONE

Sky 106 Virgin 109

12noon Africa's Hunters. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 S.W.A.T. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Rob & Romesh vs Anthony Joshua Revisited. 7.00 The Simpsons. 8.00 Best Medicine. 9.00 Micky Flanagan — An' Another Fing Live. 10.45 The 'Burbs. 11.40 Grimm.

SKY SCI-FI

Sky 145 Virgin 140 11.00am Star Trek: Enterprise.

7.15 Front Row. A round-up of news and interviews. 8.00 The Coroners Question. Michael Buchanan explores the role of coroners in investigating sudden, violent and unexpected deaths and asks whether bereaved families are being let down.

12noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Stargate Atlantis. 2.00 Warehouse 13. 3.00 Primeval. 4.00 Stargate SG-1. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 7.00 Stargate Atlantis. 8.00 Stargate SG-1. 9.00 Resident Alien. 10.00 Grimm. 11.00 The Walking Dead.

SKY WITNESS Sky 107 Virgin 110

12noon FBI. 2.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 4.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Caught on Dashcam. 9.00 The Rookie. Nolan is assigned his first rookie. 10.00 Blue Bloods. 11.00 The Rookie.

TLC

Freeview 12 Sky 133 Virgin 113 12noon The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic. 11.00 Dr Pimple Popper: Breaking Out.

6.55 Heartbeat A farming couple go missing, leaving Jenny and Liz to look after their children

Vera The detective investigates when a student falls to his death in mysterious circumstances, so Vera turns to friends and family to glean all she can about the dead man

Lewis Fearful Symmetry: The murder of a babysitter whose elbows and wrists were elaborately tied after her killing leads Lewis and Hathaway into a world of squats, suburban swinging and fetish photography

11.50 Trial & Retribution (To 12.50)

Aussie Pickers Lucas Callaghan and Adam McDonald head to Victoria to meet an auctioneer known to the locals as Steptoe

The Motorbike Show Henry Cole goes green-laning in Oxfordshire

Ice Road Truckers A storm brings turmoil to the Dalton Highway, Lisa pays the price for ending up in a ditch, and Tony hauls an explosive cargo

All Elite Wrestling:

Collision Hard-hitting action, featuring stars including FTR, Thunder Rosa, Jon Moxley and Jay White (To 12.00)

6.50 Car S.O.S Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend collect a 1968 Citroen DS

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets Andy Stakes and Jeanette Hardy, who are building a new house on top of a sheer cliff on the west coast of Scotland

PopMaster TV Ken Bruce hosts the third heat of the music quiz, testing contestants on chart-topping classics and one-hit wonders

Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman Pete

Waterman meets with famous faces who share his passion for miniature trains

SKY MIX

11.05 Police Rescue An elderly man has gone missing in hard bushland north of Sydney, with temperatures soaring (To 12.05)

Star Trek: The Next Generation Troi, Riker and Dr Crusher fall into mysterious comas

Hawaii Five-0 The

team investigates the abduction of a cyber-terrorism expert who is found to have developed a means of hacking into government agencies

Law & Order:

Criminal Intent The team is called in to investigate the murder of a pregnant woman with a drug habit, and her boyfriend becomes the chief suspect

Law & Order:

Criminal Intent The detectives investigate the death of a church sexton, only to discover the victim had a relationship with the killer

Grimm Nick and Hank investigate the murder of an elderly couple (To 12.00)

Antiques Road Trip James Braxton and Charles Hanson drive through Fife and Perthshire to pick up antiques to sell at auction in Dundee

Ant Anstead: Born

Mechanic Ant takes on a three-wheeled BMW Isetta, but there's trouble back at the workshop when the engine catches fire and the brakes fail

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques

Shop of Antiques Johnny and Bev head to Stafford to sell in an auction for the first time. Later, he is tempted by a statue of a golden eagle

The Repair Shop

Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary and carpenter William Kirk mend a child's chair

How Do They Do It? The world's most expensive and luxurious beds

How Do They Do It? The process behind the making of a Borsalino hat (To 12.00)

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Bob and Paul fish in Mid Wales

7.40 Would I Lie to You? With Mel Giedroyc, David Haye and Martin Kemp

8.20 Would I Lie to You? With Nadiya Hussain, Diane Morgan, Bob Mortimer and Michael Smiley

Have I Got a Bit More News for You Kevin Bridges hosts an extended episode of the satirical quiz, with Helen Lewis and Chloe Petts

QI XL Neil Delamere, Cariad Lloyd and Chris McCausland join regular panellist Alan Davies on the quiz

Taskmaster Five celebrities take part in a series of bizarre tasks, with Greg Davies ultimately deciding who wins (To 12.00)

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Foggy, Compo and Clegg are in hot pursuit of Digby's runaway donkey

'Allo 'Allo! Rene is on a mission at the chateau

8.35 'Allo' Allo! Edith accepts Monsieur Alfonse's proposal

9.10 'Allo 'Allo! Yvette and Edith question Rene about the gold

9.40 New Tricks Sandra's private and professional worlds become intertwined when her mother needs to go into a care home, but her first choice turns out to be the scene of a suspicious death

Luther DCI John Luther and new recruit DS Catherine Halliday are confounded by a series of monstrous and indiscriminate killings (To 12.20)

GPs: Behind Closed Doors Dr Taylor investigates an overnight A&E patient's lack of symptoms from a kidney infection

Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts The

Second Counts The first heatwave of summer has hit Barnsley, adding to the pressure of an already stressful day in casualty for sister Jane

999: Killer on the Line The story of a woman with money problems who decides her husband is worth more dead than alive. Last in series

999: Critical

Condition A woman is rushed in when her heart stops

Skin A&E Dr Natalia tackles an awkward lipoma, and a large underarm lump isn't what it seems when Dr Dev starts to operate (To 12.00)

NCIS The entombed body of a Marine sergeant is found, with evidence indicating he was buried alive

NCIS A marine who appears to have been leading a double life is shot dead. As the investigation continues, however, the team uncovers a case of identity theft

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bruno

must get to the centre of a victim's incomplete story to track down a rapist

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The team confront an

unthinkable crime when they are called in to investigate the murder of a father and his two young children

Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit The team is asked to disprove accusations against a congressman, but the investigation leads them to a trafficking ring (To 12.00)

8.40 In Touch. News for people who are blind or partially sighted. 9.00 Crossing Continents. Brazil's problem with gambling addiction. 9.30 Scam Secrets. Criminals finding different ways to exploit QR codes.

10.00 The World Tonight. With James Coomarasamy.

■ BEFORE the Second

World War, Elvira Chaudoir was a young Peruvian socialite living it up in the South of France. In HISTORY'S SECRET

HEROES (3PM, RADIO 4),

HEROLES (SI M, RADIO 4), Helena Bonham Carter tells the fascinating story of how she became a British double agent. While the Nazis relished the high-grade gossip she sent from London, she was actually giving false information about D-Day, saying the armada would land in Bordeaux not Normandy.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: Mr Sidhu's Post Office. By Amman Brar. 11.00 Half-Life.

11.30 Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares. 12midnight News and Weather.

12.30 Book of the Week: All the Beauty in the World.

12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 BBC World Service.

RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am The Radio 2 Breakfast Show. 9.30 Mark Goodier. 12noon Tina Daheley. 2.00pm DJ Spoony. 4.00 Jason Manford. 7.00 Jo Whiley's Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum. 10.00 The Good Groove with Melvin Odoom. 12midnight O.J. Borg.

RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ

6.30am Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00pm Classical Live. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Sally Beamish. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 PICK BBC Proms 2026. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 Round Midnight. 12.30am Through the Night.

RADIO 5 LIVE MW: 693/909KHZ

5.00am Wake Up to Money. 6.00 5 Live Breakfast. 9.00 Rima Ahmed. 11.00 Emma Vardy. 2.00pm Nick Watt. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. Eilidh Barbour builds up to this evening's fixtures in the second round of the Carabao Cup. 8.00 Football. Birmingham City v Brentford. 10.30 Laura McGhie. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo.

SPORT

SKY MAIN EVENT

Sky 401 Virgin 501

12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Lunchtime Live. 2.00 Sports Desk. 2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 Live U.S. Open Tennis. Coverage of day one of the mixed doubles tournament. 7.00 Live EFL Cup. Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (Kick-off 8. pm). Coverage of the second-round tie from The City Ground. 10.30 Live U.S. Open Tennis. Day two of the qualifying event for the Grand Slam.

Sky 402 Virgin 502

12noon Transfer Talk. 1.00 Premier League Highlights. 2.30 Transfer 360. 3.00 Premier League Highlights. 4.30 MNF Highlights. 5.00 The Premier League Show. 7.00 Gillette Labs Soccer Special. 10.30 Premier League Review. 11.30 Premier League Stories.

SKY PREMIER LEAGUE

12noon International T20 Cricket. 12.30 Nepal Climbing Cricket's

SKY CRICKET

MOVIES

Freeview 19 Sky 111 Virgin 127

11.30am Premier League Review.

11.20am Yukon Gold. 12.20pm Top Gear. 2.20 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 3.00 Guy's Garage. 4.00 Hairy Bikers' Best of British. 5.00 Rick Stein's India.

Sky 411 Virgin 522

FILM4

Sky 109 Virgin 114

Mountain. 1.00 Test Cricket. 4.00 The Rawalpindi Express. 5.00 One-Day International Cricket. 9.00 International T20 Cricket. 11.30 Nepal Climbing Cricket's Mountain.

TNT SPORTS 3

U&DAVE (DAYTIME)

U&ALIBI

12.30pm Live: Snooker Wuhan Open. 3.30 Serie A. 5.30 UEFA Champions League – Stories of the Finals. 5.45 Live UEFA Champions League. Sabah v Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Kick-off 5.45pm). 7.45 UEFA Champions League – Stories of the Finals. 8.00 Rolex SailGP Championship. 9.00 UFC: The Ultimate Fighter. 10.00 Test Cricket Highlights. 11.00 CPL Highlights. 11.30 Live: CPL Antigua & Barbuda Falcons v Barbados Tridents.

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4.10 Kingdom. 5.15 As Time Goes By. 6.00 Last of the Summer Wine.

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U&EDEN

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TNT SPORTS 2

Shawshank Redemption. (1994) (15) With Tim Robbins. 10.25 Hamnet. (2025) (12) With Paul Mescal.

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U&GOLD

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SKY DRAMA

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SKY PREMIERE

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ENGLAND v WEST GERMANY SATURDAY·JULY 30·1966

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We had our quiet pint at a World Cup party!

A LONG with VE Day and the late Queen's Coronation, July 30, 1966 was a day to remember. England won the football World Cup for the first and only time, and beating West Germany in the final made it very special indeed. I was living in Guildford and my friend Nigel came round in the evening to go out for a drink. 'Shall we go up West tonight?' he said. In no time we were in Kensington, where a large crowd had gathered outside the Royal Garden Hotel. We stopped and went over to the main entrance, where the

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soon-to-be Foreign Secretary, George Brown, was being helped out of the hotel. He was a bit the worse for wear! As the door stayed open, we went in and found ourselves in the lift, where everyone was heading to the same place – the top floor. As we got out of the lift, we realised that we were in the middle of the party with the victorious England football team. I remember going over to the balcony and looking down at the crowd below, where everyone was singing: 'Ee aye addio, we won the cup.' We stayed at the party for a while and I got the autograph of the England full-back George Cohen on the back of a cigarette packet, which is the only souvenir I have of the occasion.

We eventually left the hotel and made our way up West. It has been 60 years, but it's a memory I'll never forget.

Hector Cooper, Poole, Dorset

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TINIES AND TINNIES: Not the best position for this stock at our local Tesco!

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One-line Philosophers

■ THE grass always being greener on the other side of the fence means your neighbour is flouting the hosepipe ban.

Trevor Collins, Grimsby, Lincs ■ I TOLD my snooker coach to give me a break.

Warren Brown, Falmouth, Cornwall

Follow-up

I'M NOT surprised that Mrs Lee isn't speaking to you, Brian, after buying her a Vax carpet and upholstery cleaner for your 60th wedding anniversary. My husband and I are due to celebrate our 60th next year and he'd better not be getting any ideas!

Jennifer A. Taylor, Hemel Hempstead, Herts

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes

WHILE chatting with my nine-year-old twin grandsons, I mentioned that when their mam was pregnant, I was really hoping they would both be boys. George turned to his brother and said: 'Jack, I was hoping you'd be a boy too.'

Irene Herron, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear

Joke

FURTHER to Pete Kennedy telling us about Alan Turing's sister Kate, apparently Olly Murs has a sister called Polly, who works in the paint section of B&Q.

David Hamm, Plymouth, Devon

Today's poem WHEN

When you get down and can't get up, Spill your tea or coffee cup, When everything slips out of hand, And from driving you are banned. When food starts dribbling down your chin, Onto clothes where stains begin.

Old age is not a pleasant state, The years go by at such a rate. With age you feel the cold and chills, Together with consuming pills. When you're young, life seems for ever; But when you're old, it's not so clever.

Robin E. Tanner, Outwood, Surrey

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Olive branch

I KNOW Harry and Meghan behaved badly in the past but I do like them.

It will be lovely for King Charles to spend more time with Prince Harry's children and get to know them more.

William may take a while to fully forgive his brother but, eventually, they may talk and sort things out.

Please give them some time and a chance. We have all done things we're not proud of but it doesn't have to live with you for ever.

BETTY MOONEY, Lincoln

THIS is presumably a new start for the Sussexes and we should wish them well, not least for the King's sake. The Sussex children need to be made to feel welcome in what will be a strange land to them.

SUSAN BAYFORD, address supplied WHEN Archie and Lilibet go to school, will they have paper bags over their heads and cutouts for the eyes, so no one can see their faces?

ANN WEST, Eye, Suffolk

Pure rubbish

THE US comedian Oscar Levant once quipped that he ‘knew Doris Day before she was a virgin’.

People remember that up until 2024, the Tories presided over high immigration, a rocketing benefits bill, net-zero lunacy and the far woke taking over much of government.

Now they are supposedly wonderfully pure Conservatives, like Doris.

Insect swap

Mrs Nudds (Letters) has a wasp.
I had one too, now feared lost.
But I've two dragonflies,
Of considerable size,
Would she care to consider a swap?

Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex

Shows must go on

MEDWYN WILLIAMS (Letters) is right, flower and vegetable shows need saving.

I have shown regularly over the decades and take great pleasure in trying to beat my fellow growers.

In our area, over the years we have lost Sudbury, Beccles, Bungay, Gorleston and this year, Great Waltham. The main reason is not so much lack of exhibitors but of people willing to run the show.

You need secretaries, treasurers, chairmen and so forth, and very few people seem willing to give up their time to perform these tasks. Unless there is a change of heart, the future looks rather bleak, I'm afraid.

ALAN RIPLEY, Polstead, Suffolk

Hot priest

I RATHER think the congregation at ‘Vicar of Tiddly’ Sion Carew’s new post in Chiswick will be swelled by new female members following his recent appointment.

MIKE SOUTHON, Bournemouth, Dorset

Shambolic CMS

I WATCHED with sadness the Panorama programme about the incompetence of the Child Maintenance Service. So many children's and parents' lives are being affected, including my own family.

My daughter would have liked to watch it but unfortunately the CMS have let her down so badly over many years over unpaid maintenance, she can't afford a TV licence.

NAME SUPPLIED, Beverley, E. Yorks

Frozen out

THE demise of the High Street (Letters) is blamed on supermarkets but I think the culprit is the fridge.

Until the 1960s, shopping had to be done daily for fresh food and women had to be at home to carry it. Then

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people started getting fridges and cars. They could buy food for several days, perhaps a week, and had a car to transport it.

Supermarkets helped everyone by getting cheaper premises with car parks out of town. Shopping became a family trip, with goods available all in one place, but you were less likely to bump into your neighbours.

Untenanted shops led to low rents that charity shops could afford – but nowadays they are evolving into smart recyclers.

More people could afford hairdressers and coffee out but there was still a shortfall in traditional shopkeepers. Some councils have wisely contracted shopping streets by making the ends of them residential.

BILL ANDREWS, Farnborough, Hants

Rough sleepers

THE Prime Minister of Manchester pledged and failed to get rough sleepers off the streets of Manchester.

What makes him think he can do it across the whole of England?

ALAN ROBERTSON, Bidford-on-Avon, Warks

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CAN someone please explain to us how ‘cheap’ electricity will help reduce the energy bills of the approximately 80 per cent of UK homes that have gas central heating, not to mention gas ovens and hobs?

There is only one solution, which is to open the new North Sea gas fields, sooner rather than later.

KEITH DEVERILL, Crowthorne, Berks

Waste not

READING the financial pages, I see that Aviva, Diageo, Jaguar Land Rover, WPP and Nike are all shedding staff to reduce costs, be more competitive and more efficient.

I dreamt that a Government department was shedding ten per cent of its workforce to cut costs and improve efficiency, and that our wonderful NHS had adopted the strategy recommended by many consultants and stripped out a layer of management for the same reason.

Then I woke up.

MIKÉ ELLIS, Meols, Wirral

Correction

A phrase I used to employ when sending emails was: 'Think dog for spill chuckers.' It always passed a spelling check.

BOB DAVEY, Wigan, Lancs

Proms delight

I URGE anyone who missed the Graceland concert on the BBC Proms to watch it on iPlayer.

What a truly joyous occasion it was, especially the music from Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

I spent the entire performance with a huge grin on my face.

MIKE FROST, Tiptree, Essex

Is ADHD a label or a lifelong ailment?

I WAS so angry watching the Daily Mail's Dr Max Pemberton present The Great ADHD Myth? on Channel 4. It was one-sided, not hearing the views of people who suffered agonies growing up with no understanding of why they behaved or felt as they did. Several of my family, especially grandchildren, have ADHD or ADD. Their childhoods were blighted by lack of knowledge of the condition. Having been diagnosed, helped to find ways of coping and to consider their ADHD as a strength, not a weakness, they feel at peace with it and are all managing successfully in adulthood, while understanding how to manage their own children with it. ADHD must be taken seriously.

CAROLE ROHAN, address supplied CONGRATULATIONS on your brilliant programme, Dr Max. We have been saying the same for years. Children learn to modify their behaviour as they grow and some sadly never manage it. If, as you suggest, ADHD is not a neurological disorder, do we really need to produce a medicated generation for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies?

ALTHOUGH there are bound to be chancers seeking diagnosis for the dubious reasons Dr Max outlined, if you really have ADHD, it's a relief to get that confirmation because then one can finally make sense of one's life. ADHD may seem subtle but that is because we sufferers have become very good at masking it. There is far more to it than losing keys and being inattentive. Many of us out here are struggling – and it's worse if we aren't taken seriously, as I wasn't until I obtained a diagnosis. For the record, I rejected medication because I want to try to tackle this on my own. I don't receive any benefits through having ADHD, either. I rarely talk about it to anyone except family and even they don't really get it. One can feel quite alone. There are

ADHD Facebook support groups, though – we are there to help each other and there is incandescent rage about this programme.

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IF SOMEONE has a behavioural condition, the provision of support can only be a good thing. But what profoundly shocked me is that children are being given drugs to modify their behaviour and improve their exam performance at school. The boy featured in the programme, and his whole family, were clearly happier when he was off the medication; nevertheless, to improve his academic performance he apparently went back on it. Surely this cannot be right.

JOHN ANDREW, Wilmslow, Cheshire

I WAS interested to read about Dr Max's scepticism regarding ADHD. It could be argued that everybody who does badly at school these days blames either ADHD or dyslexia. I was diagnosed with dyslexia by the school doctor when I was a child in the Sixties. If ADHD does exist, it is highly likely I had that too (plus dyspraxia), but there are many hidden disabilities common now that were unheard of back then.

IAN ELLIS, Douglas, Isle Of Man

Sledge hammer

MY FAVOURITE cricketing riposte (Letters) was when, walking to the wicket in an Ashes Test, English batsman Robin Smith was greeted by Aussie Merv Hughes with: 'Don't know why you bother, mate. You can't ***** bat.'

The first two balls went for four and six and as the second sailed over the boundary, Smith remarked to Hughes: 'We're a right pair, aren't we? I can't ***** bat and you can't ***** bowl.'

every time I make love to your wife (not his exact words), she gives me a biscuit.'

VALERIE HOLLYLEE, Goring-by-Sea, W. Sussex

Russian menace

IN LAST Saturday's Daily Mail, former NATO deputy chief General Sir Richard Shirreff stated that Putin's aim is to provoke NATO into a chaotic, ill co-ordinated war. One would have thought that, having already suffered 1.4 million casualties in Ukraine, the last thing on Putin's mind would be a war against 32 countries.

NORMAN WANSTALL, Burford, Worcs

Clear danger

THE Government guidebook advising asylum seekers that they should neither beat nor rape a woman seems to me nothing less than an admission that they know they are allowing dangerous and violent men into the UK.

If the first duty of the state is to protect its citizens, I have never felt less protected.

TESSA OSBORNE, Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex

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TERRY KELLY, Widnes, Cheshire

THE best cricket sledge (Letters) was surely when Australian Glenn McGrath called out to Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes: 'Why are you so fat?'

Brandes replied: 'Because

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Wildfire risk: the arguments continue

WHY does Rewilding Britain's Rebecca Wrigley (Letters) think her organisation knows more about how the countryside should be managed than land agents with wisdom accumulated from centuries of experience? Controlled burning safely clears the build-up of dead vegetation and forms a firebreak to prevent the spread of wildfires. If old and dead vegetation is left, it is the perfect tinderbox for a carelessly discarded cigarette end.

D. STEELE, Conisbrough, S. Yorks SADLY, the chief executives of Rewilding Britain and The Wildlife Trusts think they know everything about managing the countryside.

Large fuel loads on moorlands where livestock has been removed and no cool-burn fires have been allowed have created tinderboxes. 'Re-wetted' moorlands can increase flooding, too. Once they are saturated in winter, any subsequent rain fills rivers faster and increases erosion of spill-off watercourses. A. HOLDSWORTH, Leyburn, N. Yorks

IT SEEMS Ms Wrigley has never tended a lawn. If you allow mowing debris to build up, it takes a deluge to get water into the ground. The debris soaks up any light rainwater, which is quickly lost to evaporation. That's why the scarifier was invented.

STEVE LAMB, Atherstone, Warks

IN 1976 a greater number of fields were surrounded by hedgerows and ditches that could help break up fires, although many of these were being removed (joining the Common Market meant that farmers were incentivised to create larger fields). We also had no disposable barbecues.

KEV STUBBS, Draycott, Derbys

I WOULD add to reader E. Sayers's comments (Letters) that many plants burn well while green. Gorse contains flammable oils, while ash holds little moisture. Birch, holly and rhododendron will also ignite when green.

MARTIN REDWOOD (firefighter, retired), New Inn, Gwent

Straight to the POINT

■ GINGE and Cringe to return. I wondered why they were oiling the hinges on Traitors' Gate. J. WALMSLEY, Bury, Lancs

■ WILL my local Aldi stock Meghan's jam? PAUL GABA, Cardiff

■ AND the head teachers of Montecito all breathe a sigh of relief.

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■ WHO'S funding their security? Let me guess. PAUL MINNEY, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

■ IF WE must have the Sussexes, can't we at least send the Beckhams over there? ERIC CRAGGS, Shildon, Co Durham

■ WE CAN be confident that nothing of any consequence was in the messages sent by Andy Burnham to a hoaxer.

DAVID JEREMIAH, Tenby, Pembs ■ THE LATE Mystic Meg got more predictions correct than Dan Hodges (Daily Mail).

■ IF YOU tax people who work and pay people who don't, then don't be surprised if a lot of people don't work.

ANTHONY THOMPSON, Leeds ■ I WAS going to watch that eclipse through a colander but I thought it might strain my eyes. CAROL BUTCHER, Newark, Notts

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

QUESTION Why do we call where a pilot sits in an aircraft a cockpit? THE term ‘cockpit’ has a long history that goes way back before the time of aeroplanes.

Its first recorded use was in the 1500s. It described the small, enclosed, purpose-built pits or arenas that were used for cockfighting, which was a popular form of entertainment in Britain at the time.

From that origin the word came to be used metaphorically for any crowded, confined area where action took place. By the 18th century, the Royal Navy was using it to describe the aft lower-deck area where a ship's steering and rudder controls were housed. The coxswain, traditionally in charge of steering a ship and managing the crew, would operate from there.

Cockpit also went on to refer to the crowded and chaotic compartment below deck on a ship where junior officers were berthed and where surgeons had the difficult task of treating wounded sailors. Again it was an enclosed space that saw intense activity.

There is also a historical theory involving the Cockpit Theatre in London's Palace of Whitehall, which stood on the site of a former cock-fighting arena. After government offices moved in to occupy the site, the name reportedly survived and it went on to become associated with a centre of command or decision-making. Some etymologists believe that this helped reinforce the modern sense of a cockpit meaning a control centre.

When the first aircraft appeared in the early 20th century, pilots sat in small, exposed compartments that were cramped, demanding and often dangerous. Many of them had military or naval backgrounds and the existing term ‘cockpit’ was a natural fit and entered aviation vocabulary around 1914. The term flight deck also had naval origins.

There have since been dramatic advances in aeronautical technology, moving from open biplanes to jetliners and fighter jets with sophisticated digital controls, but the name has endured.

Matt Robertson, Lincoln

Cockfights to fighter jets...

Control centre: The sophisticated displays in a modern cockpit

QUESTIONS

QUESTION What's the longest anyone has been in a coma?

THE longest coma in medical history lasted for more than 42 years. Edwarda O'Bara fell into a diabetic coma in January 1970 at the age of 16 and remained unconscious until her death in Miami, Florida in November 2012, aged 59. According to Guinness World Records her coma lasted 15,663 days.

Prior to that, Elaine Esposito had held the record at 37 years and 111 days after undergoing an appendectomy aged six. She went under general anaesthetic and never came out, leading to her being dubbed the 'sleeping beauty'. She eventually passed away in 1978.

Roger Bates, Leeds

The longest documented coma from which a patient has fully or partially woken up is 27 years. Munira Abdulla, a woman from the United Arab Emirates, suffered severe brain trauma in a car crash in 1991 and woke up in a German hospital in 2018. The first discernible word she spoke was the name of her son Omar, whom she had been cradling at the time of the crash and who had survived.

Q: In the history of the world, has any viable civilisation existed without belief in a god or gods?

the most advanced AI models perform at a level comparable with highly intelligent humans on certain reasoning tasks.

The former F1 driver Michael Schumacher, who is often thought to have been in a long coma after his 2013 skiing accident, was actually only in a medically induced coma for six months (169 days). Since June 16, 2014, he has been receiving ongoing medical care at his home in Switzerland.

For example, OpenAI's O3 model reportedly achieved an IQ score of 136 on the public Mensa Norway test, a result that would place it in roughly the top 2 per cent of the human population. On a separate 'offline' test designed to avoid questions that may have appeared in AI training data, it scored 116, which is still comfortably above the human average of 100.

Q: Why is one group of islands in the Caribbean called the Windwards and another the Leewards, and who gave them those designations?

Dennis Gill, Caterham, Surrey

QUESTION How would AI fare if it took a human IQ test: what would be its likely score?

However, comparing AI and human IQ is far from straightforward. IQ tests primarily measure pattern recognition, logic and problem-solving, areas in which modern AI systems often excel. Yet AI clearly lacks many aspects of human intelligence, including common sense, emotional understanding, lived experience and real-world judgement. As a result, AI may outperform most people on an IQ test while still making mistakes that a human would consider obvious.

David Higgins, Norfolk Q: What is the origin of ‘to get on like a house on fire’? Neil Higgins, Hamilton

J. Watson, Edinburgh

WHILE there is no official IQ rating for AI, recent independent assessments suggest that some of

QUESTION Is it true that American bread is banned in some European countries?

FURTHER to the earlier answer, an English friend, now deceased, who lived in America for many years would never buy American bread.

She said it was uneatable and she always ate Italian bread instead, as did most of her friends.

Wendy Connor, Middleton, Manchester

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Saag paneer kedgeree

Combine two Indian-inspired classics. Serves 2

Ingredients

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2-3cm cubes 2 tbsp medium curry powder

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Bessent launches ‘economic onslaught’ on Iran

THE Trump administration last night announced an ‘economic onslaught’ against Iran with a new wave of sanctions targeting countries and firms that do business with it.

Nearly six months into the war between the two countries and with little sign of a resolution, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent set out details of ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ designed to isolate America’s foe.

In a press conference closely watched by jittery financial markets, Bessent (pictured inset) unveiled what he described as an ‘economic D-Day’, which aims to give a final warning to those who still have ties with Iran to sever them or risk being cut off from the dollar-based financial system.

By John-Paul Ford Rojas

Bessent said: ‘We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe.

‘Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.’

The US Treasury Department is targeting five sectors – digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping – that it says the Iranian government is using to prop up its economy.

It also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels.

Bessent did not say which countries could face potential secondary sanctions from the US but China, Turkey and the

United Arab Emirates are Iran's largest trade partners.

He added: 'Let there be no ambiguity as to the position of the United States.

‘An economic engagement of any kind with this murderous regime will expose those responsible to the full reach of American power.’

Washington has said the new sanctions aim to put more pressure on an economy already battered by previous measures and a US naval blockade. Bessent made the announcement as Iran's currency hit a

record low. Trump launched the war with the nation at the end of February.

It resulted in oil and gas supplies through the Strait of Hormuz being choked off, pushing up prices and creating an inflation headache for consumers and businesses across the world.

Heavy fighting has subsided, but diplomatic efforts to end the war have stalled and oil and raw material shipping through the Strait remains blocked. Meanwhile, ahead of congressional elections this autumn, Trump's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level.

Oil prices were little changed on yesterday's announcement, with the price of a barrel of Brent crude edging to below \$92.

SHEIN LOCKS DOWN HONG KONG FLOAT AT DISCOUNT £20BILLION

By Jane Denton

SHEIN has confirmed plans to make its stock market debut in Hong Kong next month at a cut-price £20bn valuation.

It is far below the £73bn price tag placed on the Chinese fast-fashion giant during a private fundraising round in 2022.

Its valuation has slumped after both the US and EU closed loopholes which had allowed it to export small packages to them free of import tariffs.

The initial public offering (IPO) on September 1 has

Valued at £73bn four years ago

been a long time coming. Previous attempts by Shein – which has in the past partnered with celebrities such as Georgia Toffolo (pictured) - to list in London and New York were thwarted by politicians and regulators concerned about its Chinese supply chain.

Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: 'Appropriately enough for a business which made its name selling clothes at discount prices, Shein looks set for a cut-price IPO.'

Morrisons vow to cut prices in grocery battle

Supermarkets under pressure from new PM

ENERGY DEBT TO HIT £7BN

By Emily Hawkins and Jane Denton

MORRISONS has slashed prices as competition with rivals heats up and Labour piles pressure on the sector.

The troubled supermarket's new ‘unbeatable prices’ commitment promises that about 500 staples will cost the same or less than at Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

The pledge - covering everyday goods including bananas, tomatoes, carrots, bread, butter and chicken fillets - comes as boss Rami Baitieh attempts to turn around the company's fortunes.

Retailers have come under political pressure over prices, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowing to tackle ‘rip-off Britain’, such as misleading promotions that make discounts seem better than they are. But Labour’s rhetoric has angered retailers who say they are doing their best to lower prices for cash-strapped shoppers.

Official figures show food inflation actually fell to 1.3pc in July – down from 1.7pc in June and the lowest since August 2024, even as wider consumer price inflation also rose, from 2.6pc in

CUSTOMER energy debt is on course to surge to £7bn by the end of the year.

The increase is the latest sign of the deepening squeeze on household finances.

Industry body Energy UK said the sum owed by domes-

June to 2.9pc in July. Experts have attributed the falling food inflation to supermarkets shielding shoppers by keeping prices down with promotions and loyalty schemes.

Jonathan De Mello, founder of consultancy JDM Retail, said: 'The Government's shifting stance towards promotion crackdowns and essential food price caps represents an unnecessary intervention in an already hyper-competitive sector.'

He said government intervention risks ‘pushing grocery margins to a dangerous point’ for troubled supermarkets such as Asda and Morrisons.

The latter is facing ‘one of the toughest turnaround jobs in modern British retail’ as it fights a £7.52bn debt pile and shrinking market share, De tic customers is already estimated to have hit £6bn in the first half of 2026.

It will climb again with the Ofgem price cap from October due to be announced tomorrow – which is expected to rise by 4pc to a three-year high.

Mello said. Earlier this year, Lidl overtook Morrisons as the fifth-largest supermarket chain. The business has struggled since it was bought by private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for £7bn in 2021.

Morrisons has been axing staff to cut costs, losing nearly 5,000 employees during its past financial year as headcount dropped from 101,144 to 96,232.

Bosses have argued the Government could help bring down prices by reducing the burden of tax and red tape on businesses, but there has been support for Burnham's pledge to tackle phoney bargains presented by supermarkets.

Aldi boss Giles Hurley said there must be ‘rigorous and targeted’ action against what he called ‘invented reductions’.

Time to reach for crash helmets

LORD Rose knows a thing or two about what makes business tick. He's been at the heart of corporate life for more than 50 years, including as chief executive and chairman of Marks & Spencer, and then chairman of Ocado and Asda.

He is still on the Asda board, chairs Zenith Vehicles and petrol forecourt retailer EG Group, and along the way has worked at Burton, Argos, Booker, Woolworths and Arcadia.

So when Rose, 77, says that he has never been so disturbed about the state of British business, it's time to reach for the crash helmet. Sky-high employment costs and regulations are now so restrictive, he says, they are hampering growth.

He gives the example of how the previous Chancellor Rachel Reeves' decision to hike employers' national insurance cost one supermarket group an extra £100m a year. Multiply that across the economy and you can see why unemployment is rocketing and investment crashing.

Rose is one of more than 150 top business leaders to have joined a new Stop The Creep campaign, organised by the founders group Helm. They are calling on Chan-

Maggie Pagano

cellor John Healey to reverse the rise in national insurance, bring back entrepreneurial reliefs, and ask that ministers set out a business roadmap so founders can invest with confidence. If not, they warn, be ready for the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ for Britain’s budding entrepreneurs.

They are not the only worried ones. A recent poll by Helm showed only 6pc of business leaders believe the Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pro-business.

Employers warned the previous Chancellor her tax hikes would lead to jobs going up in smoke and less investment.

It doesn't take a genius to work out that if the cost of labour rises, employers will reduce the number of jobs. And this NI tax rise, together with the minimum wage hike, was particularly harmful because it hurt the most vulnerable – the young looking for part-time work and women who want more flexible hours.

Nearly half of the almost 190,000 jobs lost from company payrolls since Labour came to power two years ago were held by those under 25, equivalent to roughly 150 jobs a day. There are more than a million so-called Neets, those who are not in education, employment or training, and the number is likely to jump again when figures are released later this week.

They will be joined by the thousands of new graduates flooding the jobs market, said to be the worst in a decade.

RECRUITER Adzuna reports there were just 8,383 roles for university leavers advertised in July, a 45pc fall on a year ago. That is why employers group the CBI is also urging Healey to cut NI ahead of October's Budget as well as introduce other sensible measures to help bring youngsters back into the workplace.

CBI members can also see what is happening on the ground in our boarded-up high streets, the shuttered pubs, the exodus of our brightest overseas and the tragedy of more than a million youngsters who are metaphorically on the scrap heap.

What a terrible waste. My own bet is that Healey is far too weak to reverse these tax hikes or, indeed, restore much needed business and entrepreneurial reliefs for fear of upsetting his ideologically driven and vengeful backbenchers.

How ironic that after only two years in office Labour's legacy is record youth unemployment - one tragically made worse by generous welfare payments and removing incentives to work.

Blow the house down...

DON'T be shocked to see neighbours ripping tiles off their roofs, pulling down their gates or bricking up windows.

It's being called the reverse Kirstie All-sopp treatment: Doing everything you can to make your house look less attractive to avoid the proposed ‘mansion house’ tax.

Sadly, the new levy is no joking matter. And, like most Labour policies, it is almost certainly going to implode or lead to civil unrest because it's so ill thought-out.

First, HMRC inspectors are not allowed to inspect your property without going to a tribunal, so there will have to be a change in legislation.

Second, has Labour considered the impact on the wider construction, building, home repairs and DIY market?

No, thought not.

Overhaul dire business rates, ministers told

MINISTERS have been warned that 'tinkering' with the hated business rates system will not be enough, as the Government launched a consultation on reform.

Firms want to see a complete overhaul of the system, which some claim penalises hospitality businesses ‘for success’ because rates bills can rise as turnover increases.

Many High Street operators also demand that more of the business rates burden is shifted on to warehouses operated by online retailers.

The consultation, which will be led by veteran tax expert Jerry Schurder, will review the way pub and hotel business rates bills are calculated.

He will report back to the Treasury by March. His recommendations will be introduced in 2029 – the next time commercial properties are valued and the amount of rates they pay is determined. James

By Emily Hawkins

Murray, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has said the review will feed into a plan to ‘build a fairer system for the future’. But business chiefs said Labour must ‘move beyond piecemeal relief’ and offer radical reforms, as well as helping the High Street with rising costs at the Budget.

Jonathan Lawson, chief executive of Butcombe Group

'Pubs punished for success'

- which has 120 pubs in England - told the BBC that the methodology for pubs' bills means they are 'punished for success'. That is because their rates go up when their turnover increases.

By contrast, online giants operating from warehouses are not impacted by revenue-based calculations.

Bricks-and-mortar firms want Labour to deliver on its election pledge for a major shake-up to level the playing field between their premises and online operators.

Ros Morgan, chairman of the Real Rates Reform Alliance, a coalition of business organisations calling for reform, said the review is ‘narrowly focused on pubs and hotels when what is needed is full-scale reform of the system’.

She added: ‘We cannot keep tinkering with business rates one sector at a time.

‘Any lasting solution for pubs and hotels must be part of a wider overhaul.’

Jonny Haseldine, head of business environment policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said full reform was ‘urgently needed’ and that a ‘continued piecemeal approach to reform is the wrong one’.

AVON'S U.S. ARM BOUGHT TO MAKE GLOBAL FOUNDATION

COSMETICS brand Avon's North American operations have been bought by the owner of its UK-based international division.

US investment firm Regent has acquired the business from South Korean beauty conglomerate LG Household & Health Care for a reported £4.4m.

It means that Avon North America and Avon International – which owns the group's operations across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East – will be under the same ownership for the first time in ten years when the deal completes by September 1.

Michael Reinstein, founder and chairman of Regent, said: 'America is where Avon began and central to where Avon goes next.

'As Avon's largest market, it will play a defining role in the next chapter of the brand.'

GSK shares dip despite momentum on key medications

GSK saw its shares fall yesterday despite announcing progress on two key products.

The firm said its experimental chronic hepatitis B drug bepirovirsen, branded Hibsago, had been approved in Japan.

The FTSE100 group said the decision was based on latestage studies showing the medication helped nearly one in five patients achieve a cure – and raised hopes of a treatment course providing an alternative to lifelong anti-viral pills.

GSK said the disease is ‘a major public health challenge and a leading cause of liver cancer globally'. In Japan, nearly 1m people live with the illness and it contributes to about 4,000 deaths annually, GSK added.

It has predicted bepirovirsen could bring in more than £2bn in peak annual sales, taking the firm closer to its annual revenue target of beyond £40bn. Separately, GSK said the US Food and Drug Administration will conduct a priority review of dostar-limab, marketed as Jemperli, as a potential treatment for a form of rectal cancer.

However, shares fell 1.5pc. They are down 17pc since a peak in February. Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at trading platform IG, said: 'It's not often two big bits of drug news arrive on one day, but it has failed to inspire much of a reaction. GSK's management still has much work to do to provide a more compelling investment story.'

52-week High Low

Aerospace & Defence
Aston Martin	$33^{3/4}$	$-1/2$	86	$33^{3/4}$
BAE Systems	2097	-29	2331	$1609^{1/2}$
Chemring Gp	558xd	$-12^{1/2}$	638	460
QinetiQ	530	-10	$571^{1/2}$	406
Rolls-Royce	$1500^{1/4}$ xd	-2	$1570^{8/8}$	1029
Senior	$294^{2}$		311	$164^{1/8}$

Banks
Banco Santander	1084	+6	1100	690
Barclays	495	+24	5308	3574
HSBC Hldgs	1529xd	+108	15978	9462
Lion Finance	13230	+140	13510	7020
Lloyds Banking	111	+8	1178	782
Metro Bank	1698	-8	1804	100
NatWest Group	688xd	+5	7224	5054
Stan Chartered	2195xd	+33	2248	1360
TBC Bank	4876xd	+106	5180	3640

Beverages
Barr (AG)	609	+5	710	594
Coca-Cola HBC	4616	+72	5170	3306
Diageo	1771	+52	2063	1362 $^{1}$ 2

TOP RISERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Playtech	412.20	+5.15%
Pollen Street	878.00	+3.66%
WPP	399.90	+3.36%
ME Group	124.80	+3.14%
B&M	243.60	+3.05%

Chemicals

Chemicals
Croda Intnal	3468	+35	3468	2439
Elementis	178xd	$-1^{14}$	$187^{14}$	$142^{58}$
Johnson Matt	2268xd	-6	$3199^{58}$	2268
Victrex	820	+7	834	539

Construction & Materials

Balfour Beatty....882	-3	926 $\frac{1}{2}$	584
Breedon....359 $\frac{1}{4}$	-1	372 $\frac{8}{8}$	273
Genuit Group....283 $\frac{1}{4}$	+ $\frac{1}{4}$	389 $\frac{1}{2}$	243 $\frac{1}{4}$
Grafton Gp....1026 $\frac{8}{8}$	-6 $\frac{1}{4}$	1048	808 $\frac{8}{8}$
Ibstock....854xd	- $\frac{1}{4}$	142	84 $\frac{8}{8}$
Keller Group....2858xd	-26	3444	1282
Kier Group....254 $\frac{8}{8}$	+ $\frac{1}{8}$	261 $\frac{1}{4}$	180 $\frac{1}{4}$
Volution....659	+7	712	562

Electricity

Drax Gp	739 $^{12}$	-5	918	626 $^{12}$
SSE	2371xd	-15	2757 $^{12}$	1612

Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Halma......3554	+44	4878	3218
Morgan Advanced......234	$+1^2$	255	$187^{*8}$
Oxford Instruments......2760	-86	3302	1766
Renishaw......5035	-65	5455	3120

	52-week		High	Low
Biopharma Credit....	$73^{4}$	$+1\frac{1}{4}$	$74^{4}$	$66^{8}$
BlackRock Smlr....	$274^{2}$ xd		$354^{2}$	$66^{8}$
BlkRckWldMining....	$1032$	$+14$	$1046$	$563$
BR Greater Eur....	$605$		$624$	$516$
Brunner....	$1564$ xd	$+4$	$1572$	$1354$
Caledonia Inv....	$386^{2}$	$+2$	$400$	$312$
City of London IT....	$591$ xd	$+4$	$597$	$488$
Edin Inv Trust....	$861$	$+6$	$861$	$760$
Edin Wwide....	$259^{2}$	$+1$	$290^{2}$	$189^{8}$
Euro Sml Co....	$235^{2}$ xd	$-1$	$246^{2}$	$197$
F&C Inv Trust....	$340^{4}$	$-4$	$351^{4}$	$82^{4}$
Fidelity China....	$261$	$-2\frac{1}{2}$	$332^{2}$	$245$
Fidelity Emg....	$1472$	$-10$	$1562$	$849$
Fidelity Eur....	$438^{2}$	$-2$	$444$	$372$
Fidelity Spec Val....	$474^{2}$	$+3\frac{1}{2}$	$475$	$372$
Finsbury G&I Tst....	$835$	$+8$	$902$	$713$
Foresight Env....	$90^{4}$	$-4$	$90^{8}$	$61^{8}$
GCP Infra Inv....	$82$ xd	$-2$	$83^{4}$	$70$
Global Smaller....	$192^{4}$ xd	$-8$	$197^{4}$	$163^{8}$
Greencoat UK....	$110$ xd		$115^{8}$	$92^{4}$
Harbourvest....	$3340$	$-20$	$3500$	$2755$
Henderson Sml Co....	$974$	$+6$	$997$	$774$
Herald Inv Trust....	$2920$	$-35$	$3260$	$2305$
HG Capital Trust....	$420$	$+1$	$509$	$323$
HICL Infr....	$139^{4}$	$-8$	$140^{8}$	$109$
ICG Enterprise....	$1486$ xd	$-4$	$1600$	$1310$
Invesco Asia....	$486$	$-7$	$516$	$372$
JPM American....	$1206$ xd	$-6$	$1254$	$1056$
JPM Emerging Markets....	$163$	$-3^{8}$	$180^{4}$	$119^{4}$
JPM Euro Disc....	$630$	$+2$	$663$	$557$
JPM Japan IT....	$800$	$-3$	$861$	$661$
Jupiter Fund....	$164^{8}$ xd	$+1\frac{1}{4}$	$195^{4}$	$115^{8}$
Law Debenture....	$1248$	$+6$	$1276$	$982$
M&G....	$348^{4}$	$+1\frac{1}{4}$	$364^{8}$	$248^{8}$
Mercantile IT....	$285$	$+2$	$289$	$237$
Merchants Trust....	$684$	$+6$	$685$	$537$
Molten Ventures....	$687$	$+8$	$697$	$349^{4}$
Monks Inv Tst....	$1598$ xd	$-12$	$1656$	$1374$
Morgan Sindall....	$4382$	$+8$	$5530$	$4050$
Murray Inc Tst....	$1004$ xd	$+8$	$1024$	$873$
Murray Intl Tst....	$371$	$+2$	$371$	$293$
Neuberger Private Eqty..	$1480$ xd		$1632$	$1302$
Next Energy Solar....	$48^{2}$ xd	$-8$	$69$	$44$
Ninety One....	$214^{4}$	$-1\frac{1}{8}$	$259^{8}$	$185^{2}$
Oakley Capital Inv....	$522$	$+4$	$576$	$169$
Pacific Horizon....	$1094$	$-22$	$1252$	$673$
Pantheon Infra....	$112^{8}$	$+8$	$119^{8}$	$101$
Pantheon Intl....	$387^{2}$	$+2$	$407^{2}$	$327^{2}$
Partners Group....	$619$	$+3$	$942$	$593$
Patria Private....	$594$		$642$	$548$
Pershing Square....	$3884$ xd	$-32$	$5090$	$3642$
Personal Assets Tr....	$552$ xd	$+2$	$557$	$512$
Polar Cap Gl....	$251$	$+3$	$254$	$203$
Polar Cap Tech....	$623^{2}$	$-16$	$733^{2}$	$390$
Pollen Street....	$878$	$+31$	$964$	$702$
Renewables Infra....	$76^{2}$ xd	$-8$	$78^{8}$	$63^{2}$
RIT Cap Partners....	$2570$	$-10$	$2630$	$1942$
Schroder Asia....	$821$	$-16$	$888$	$608$
Schroder Oriental....	$449^{2}$	$-2$	$463$	$303^{2}$
Scot American Inv....	$558$ xd	$-1$	$570$	$487$
Scottish Mortgage....	$1458^{2}$	$-5\frac{1}{2}$	$1545$	$1028^{2}$

Equity Investment Instruments

3i Infrastructure......	395	+3 $\frac{1}{2}$	395	326
Aberforth Smir Cos......	1764xd	+2	1764	1418
AJ Bell......	616 $\frac{1}{2}$	+5 $\frac{1}{2}$	643	414 $\frac{1}{8}$
Alliance Witan......	1370		1390	1188
Allianz Tech......	685	-7	758	449
Ashoka India......	253	-3 $\frac{1}{2}$	285 $\frac{1}{2}$	217
AVI Global Trust......	262	- $\frac{1}{2}$	272 $\frac{1}{2}$	239 $\frac{1}{2}$
Baillie Giff Japan......	1056	-4	1080	834
Baillie Giff US......	332	+4	366 $\frac{1}{2}$	262
Bankers InvTst......	148xxd	-4	154 $\frac{1}{8}$	122 $\frac{1}{4}$
BH Macro......	426		462 $\frac{1}{2}$	389

	52-week	High	Low
Sequoia Econ Infra......84 $^{1/4}$	-1	87 $^{1/2}$	75 $^{1/4}$
Syncona......111 $^{1/8}$	+2	111 $^{1/8}$	86 $^{1/8}$
Templeton Em......314 $^{1/2}$	-6	350	199 $^{1/8}$
Twentyfour......108		114 $^{1/4}$	104 $^{1/8}$
Vietnam Enter......722	+7	848	684
VinaCapital Vietnam......439 $^{1/2}$	-2	499	414 $^{1/2}$
Wwide Healthcare......391	-4	399	324

Food Producers

Assoc Brit Foods....	2069	+8	2315	18
Cranswick....	5430xd	+70	5690	4840
Greencore....	267 $^{8}$	+1 $^{8}$	306 $^{2}$	192
Hilton Food Gp....	619 $^{2}$	+3 $^{2}$	839	456
Premier Foods....	202 $^{4}$	+2 $^{4}$	209 $^{4}$	167
Princes Group....	320		479	298 $^{2}$
Tate & Lyle....	553 $^{2}$	-2	569	329 $^{8}$
Unilever....	4782 $^{2}$ xd-101 $^{2}$		5472	4078

General Financial

3i Group	2934	+43	4459	2082
Ashmore Gp	$227\frac{1}{8}$	$+1\frac{1}{4}$	$266\frac{1}{4}$	$153\frac{1}{2}$
Bridgepoint Group	$320\frac{1}{8}$	$-\frac{1}{8}$	$348\frac{1}{4}$	$222\frac{1}{8}$
Capital Gearing	526	+2	530	$52\frac{1}{4}$
CMC Markets	709	-34	749	206
Coats Group	$80\frac{1}{8}$	$+\frac{1}{8}$	$95\frac{1}{8}$	$74\frac{1}{8}$
Cordiant Digital	$123\frac{1}{2}$		$124\frac{1}{2}$	$122\frac{1}{2}$
Foresight Group	496	-5	503	345
Hansa Investment	336	-2	344	331
ICG	2026	+10	2332	1463
IG Gp	$1354\frac{1}{4}xd$	+20	1938	1025
Integrafin	$399\frac{1}{2}$	$+6\frac{1}{2}$	$399\frac{1}{2}$	$298\frac{1}{2}$
Intl Public Prtnshps	$140\frac{1}{4}xd$	$-\frac{1}{8}$	$144\frac{1}{8}$	$117\frac{1}{4}$
Investec	$635\frac{1}{2}xd$	$-1\frac{1}{2}$	$679\frac{1}{2}$	518
IP Group	$71\frac{1}{4}$	$+\frac{1}{8}$	$71\frac{1}{4}$	$48\frac{1}{8}$
London Stock Ex	$8840\frac{1}{4}xd$	+238	9992	7170
Man Group	$304\frac{1}{4}xd$	+8	316	$154\frac{1}{4}$
Nth Atlantic Smlr	430	-2	433	330
OSB Group	515xd	-1	$643\frac{1}{2}$	$484\frac{1}{4}$
Paragon	815	$-3\frac{1}{2}$	917	$711\frac{1}{2}$
Plus500	$3698\frac{1}{4}xd$	+22	5070	2942
Quilter	$193\frac{1}{8}$	$+\frac{1}{4}$	$208\frac{1}{4}$	$154\frac{1}{8}$
Rathbone Grp	1708	+4	2265	1582
Ruffer Investment	298	-1	$313\frac{1}{2}$	$283\frac{1}{2}$
Schroders	$583\frac{1}{2}$	$-\frac{1}{2}$	$589\frac{1}{2}$	$361\frac{1}{4}$
SDCL Efficiency	36		63	32
Seraphim Space	$186\frac{1}{8}$	+3	$273\frac{1}{2}$	$66\frac{1}{4}$
Temple Bar	$422\frac{1}{2}xd$	+3	429	335
TP ICAP	$332\frac{1}{4}$	+3	355	$240\frac{1}{2}$
XPS Pensions	319	+1	362	283

52-week High Low

Health Care Equipment & Services
Convatec......228xd	+2	256 $^{18}$	194
Oxford Biomedica......509	-17	913	478 $^{12}$
Smith & Neph......1082	+12 $^{2}$	1435	1068 $^{12}$
Spire Health......234 $^{12}$	- $^{2}$	249	142 $^{14}$

Housebuilders

Barratt Redrow....	315 $^{4}$	+2 $^{4}$	409 $^{8}$	241 $^{4}$
Bellway....	2144	+30	2868	1715
Berkeley Grp....	3566	+12	4434	3104
Crest Nicholson....	65 $^{4}$	-2 $^{8}$	175 $^{4}$	61 $^{4}$
Persimmon....	1160 $^{2}$	+9	1543 $^{2}$	998 $^{8}$
Taylor Wimpey....	83 $^{4}$	+8	116 $^{2}$	74 $^{8}$
Vistry Group....	268 $^{8}$	+4 $^{4}$	736 $^{4}$	224 $^{8}$

Industrial Transportation
Industrials

Clarkson	5050	+25	5155	3395
Zigup	465 $^{1/2}$	$-^{1/2}$	478	301 $^{1/2}$

Industrials
Bodycote	905	-3 $\frac{1}{2}$	923	601
Globaldata	84 $\frac{1}{4}$	-8	151 $\frac{1}{2}$	63 $\frac{1}{8}$
Goodwin	18020	-700	27600	9400
Hill & Smith	2885	-15	3095	2020
IMI	3072xd	+18	3148	2226
Melrose Ind	462xd	-8 $\frac{1}{4}$	681 $\frac{1}{4}$	448 $\frac{1}{4}$
RHI Magnesita	2800		3345	1980
Rotork	485xd	-4	488	288 $\frac{1}{8}$
Smiths Gp	2610	+10	2746	2118
Spirax Group	7035	-25	7960	6300
Vesuvius	382 $\frac{1}{4}$	+1 $\frac{1}{8}$	503	357 $\frac{1}{4}$
Weir	2878	+62	3546	2274

Leisure Goods

Games Workshop......18510	-150	21940	14200
ME Group ...... $124^{34}$	$+3^{34}$	$201^{12}$	$100^{14}$
Watches of Switz ......679	-1	$801^{12}$	$318^{34}$

Life Insurance

Aberdeen Group	246 $^{4}$ xd	+3 $^{8}$	261	182
Aviva	728	+10 $^{4}$	737	591 $^{8}$
Legal & General	288 $^{4}$ xd	+4 $^{4}$	316 $^{8}$	233 $^{8}$
Prudential	1042 $^{2}$	+14 $^{2}$	1220	916
St James Place	1196 $^{2}$ xd	+8 $^{2}$	1553	1053 $^{2}$
Standard Life	928 $^{2}$	+8	941 $^{2}$	619

Media
4imprint......	4502xd	-90	5000	3055
Autotrader Group......	5428	-48	8218	4274

TOPFALLERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
CMC Markets	709.00	-4.58%
Goodwin	18020.00	-3.74%
Oxford Biomedica	509.00	-3.23%
Kainos Gp	1254.00	-3.09%
Oxford Instruments	2760.00	-3.02%

	52-week		High	Low
Bloomsbury....	652	-2	672	438 $\frac{1}{2}$
Informa....	900xd	-14	993 $\frac{1}{8}$	739 $\frac{1}{4}$
ITV....	72 $\frac{1}{4}$	+18	85 $\frac{1}{4}$	67 $\frac{1}{8}$
Mony Group....	206 $\frac{1}{8}$ xd	-18	213	144 $\frac{1}{2}$
Pearson....	1225xd	+29 $\frac{1}{2}$	1326	891 $\frac{1}{8}$
RELX....	2652xd	+40	3565	2013
Rightmove Group....	503 $\frac{1}{4}$	-7	766 $\frac{1}{8}$	404
WPP....	399 $\frac{1}{8}$	+13	411 $\frac{1}{8}$	224 $\frac{1}{8}$

Mining

Anglo American	4118xd	+51	4225	2201
Antofagasta	3972	+67	4455	2131
Endeavour Mining	4773	+93	5290	2492
Fresnillo	3200xd	-19	4448	1741
Glencore	593 $^{8}$	-3 $^{1/4}$	615	284 $^{1/4}$
Hochschild Mining	630	-10	808 $^{2}$	272 $^{8}$
Pan African Resources	136 $^{8}$	+1 $^{1/4}$	183 $^{8}$	61 $^{1/4}$
Rio Tinto	7666xd	+18	8308	4570

Nonlife Insurance

Admiral Gp......4000	+24	4000	2644
Beazley......1296		1296	769
Hiscox......1832xd	+37	1899	1273
Lancashire Hldgs......6082xd		694	565

Oil & Gas Producers

BP	533 $^{4}$ xd	-15 $^{4}$	606 $^{4}$	410 $^{2}$
Energean	770 $^{2}$	-4 $^{2}$	1026	683 $^{2}$
Harbour Energy	254 $^{4}$ xd	-7 $^{4}$	318 $^{4}$	185 $^{8}$
Hunting	393 $^{2}$	-11 $^{2}$	531	311
Ithaca Energy	271	-2	285 $^{8}$	153 $^{4}$
Shell	3397xd	-12 $^{2}$	3583	2562

Oil Equipment & Services
Wood Gp(J)	29 $^{8}$	29 $^{8}$ 18 $^{4}$

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

AstraZeneca	12110xd-130		15542	10956
Genus	2288	+6	3170	1966
GSK	18902xd	-28	2268	1442 $\frac{1}{2}$
Haleon	3694xd	+6 $^{4}$	410 $^{8}$	320 $^{8}$
Hikma Pharma	1633xd	-3	1851	1191
Oxford Nanopore	166 $^{4}$	-3 $^{4}$	199 $^{4}$	104 $^{2}$
Reckitt Benckiser	5180xd	+38	6681 $^{4}$	4443

Real Estate

	52-week		High	Low
Grt Portland Est....	348 $^{4}$	+ $^{8}$	374	274 $^{2}$
Hammerson....	374 $^{8}$	-3 $^{8}$	385 $^{8}$	267 $^{4}$
Harworth....	180	- $^{4}$	181	120
Land Securities....	687 $^{2}$	+ $^{2}$	722	529
LondonMetric Prop....	194	+1	215	177 $^{2}$
Primary Hlth Prop....	96 $^{8}$	+ $^{2}$	108 $^{4}$	87 $^{2}$
Safestore Hldgs....	604 $^{2}$	+ $^{1}$ $^{2}$	837	582
Savills....	1060	+14	1108	808
SEGRO....	961xd	+ $^{3}$ $^{8}$	997 $^{8}$	604 $^{8}$
Shaftesbury....	150 $^{8}$	- $^{4}$	157 $^{2}$	126 $^{4}$
Sirius Real Estate....	96 $^{4}$	+ $^{4}$	111 $^{8}$	91
Supermarket Inc....	85 $^{2}$	+ $^{2}$	88 $^{8}$	76 $^{4}$
Target Healthcare....	112xd	+1	116	92 $^{4}$
TR Property IT....	306 $^{2}$	- $^{1}$	361 $^{2}$	295
Tritax Big Box....	158xdx	- $^{-4}$	173 $^{4}$	133 $^{4}$
Unite Group....	527 $^{2}$	- $^{-2}$	727 $^{2}$	448 $^{4}$
Workspace Gp....	360 $^{4}$	- $^{-4}$	430	319 $^{8}$

Retailers

AO World	94 $\frac{8}{3}$	-1	113 $\frac{4}{3}$	83 $\frac{8}{3}$
ASOS	404 $\frac{2}{3}$	+8 $\frac{2}{3}$	404 $\frac{2}{3}$	206 $\frac{2}{3}$
B&M	243 $\frac{8}{3}$	+7 $\frac{4}{3}$	264 $\frac{8}{3}$	155 $\frac{4}{3}$
Burberry Gp	1078	+8 $\frac{2}{3}$	1360	1004 $\frac{2}{3}$
Currys	147 $\frac{2}{3}$	-2 $\frac{4}{3}$	168 $\frac{4}{3}$	106 $\frac{8}{3}$
Dr. Martens	81	-4 $\frac{1}{3}$	99 $\frac{8}{3}$	60 $\frac{4}{3}$
Dunelm Gp	888	+4	1241	715
Frasers Group	820	-3 $\frac{2}{3}$	837 $\frac{2}{3}$	618 $\frac{2}{3}$
Greggs	1876	+38	2032	1418
Howden Joinery	800 $\frac{2}{3}$	+2 $\frac{2}{3}$	970	723 $\frac{2}{3}$
Inchcape	823xd	-7 $\frac{2}{3}$	890	640 $\frac{2}{3}$
JD Sports Fashion	85 $\frac{2}{3}$	+1	104 $\frac{2}{3}$	65 $\frac{4}{3}$
Kingfisher	317 $\frac{4}{3}$	-3 $\frac{8}{3}$	370 $\frac{2}{3}$	243 $\frac{4}{3}$
Marks & Spencer	384 $\frac{4}{3}$	+1 $\frac{1}{4}$	410 $\frac{8}{3}$	308 $\frac{8}{3}$
Moonpig	284	-1 $\frac{4}{3}$	286	192 $\frac{8}{3}$
Next	15275	-10	15715	11575
Ocado Gp	233 $\frac{8}{3}$	-5 $\frac{8}{3}$	344 $\frac{8}{3}$	159 $\frac{4}{3}$
Pets at Home Gp	215	+2 $\frac{4}{3}$	230 $\frac{4}{3}$	170 $\frac{8}{3}$
Sainsbury(J)	335 $\frac{8}{3}$	+2 $\frac{8}{3}$	359 $\frac{8}{3}$	295
SSP Group	201		214 $\frac{8}{3}$	138 $\frac{8}{3}$
Tesco	461 $\frac{4}{3}$	+4	501 $\frac{4}{3}$	413 $\frac{4}{3}$
WH Smith	414 $\frac{4}{3}$	-4 $\frac{4}{3}$	710	383 $\frac{4}{3}$
Wickes Group	195 $\frac{8}{3}$	+8	255	170 $\frac{4}{3}$

	52-week		High	Low
Essentra....	108	$-8$	114	79 $\frac{1}{8}$
Experian....	2963	+14	3982	2375
Hays....	72 $\frac{1}{2}$	+8	73 $\frac{1}{8}$	29 $\frac{1}{8}$
Intertek Gp....	5845		5855	3582
Intl Workplace Gp....	180 $\frac{1}{4}$	+2 $\frac{1}{4}$	249 $\frac{1}{8}$	168 $\frac{1}{4}$
Johnson Service Gp....	144 $\frac{1}{4}$	+8	170 $\frac{1}{8}$	125 $\frac{1}{8}$
Michael Page....	221	-3	252 $\frac{1}{4}$	103 $\frac{1}{8}$
Mitie Group....	208 $\frac{1}{\text{exd}}$	+8	210	136 $\frac{1}{8}$
Rentokil Initial....	348 $\frac{1}{\text{xd}}$	+4 $\frac{1}{2}$	506 $\frac{1}{4}$	341 $\frac{1}{8}$
RS Group....	731	-6 $\frac{1}{2}$	746 $\frac{1}{2}$	541 $\frac{1}{2}$
Serco....	261 $\frac{1}{4}$	+1 $\frac{1}{4}$	324 $\frac{1}{4}$	216 $\frac{1}{8}$
Sthree....	295 $\frac{1}{2}$	-2 $\frac{1}{2}$	298	137 $\frac{1}{8}$
Travis Perkins....	654 $\frac{1}{2}$	+6	714	507 $\frac{1}{2}$
W.A.G....	100 $\frac{1}{2}$		106	89 $\frac{1}{8}$

Software & Computer Services
Telecoms

Technology Hardware & Equipment
discoverIE Gp......758	-6	833	514
GB GROUP......155 $^{18}$	-1 $^{14}$	259	154 $^{14}$
Raspberry Pi......593 $^{12}$	-12 $^{12}$	1051	257 $^{14}$
Spirent Comms......198 $^{14}$		198 $^{14}$	194 $^{14}$

Big Yellow Gp......903	+2 $^{2}$ 2	1180	812
British Land......428 $^{34}$		448 $^{14}$	321 $^{14}$
Derwent London......2078	+26	2146	1509
Grainger......178	- $^{58}$	199	150 $^{58}$

Alfa Financial	166 $^{4}$	-2	248 $^{2}$	142 $^{8}$
Auction Tech	443 $^{8}$		483 $^{4}$	263
Baltic Classifieds	204 $^{8}$	+1 $^{4}$	335	170 $^{4}$
Bytes Technology	416 $^{4}$	+4 $^{4}$	427 $^{4}$	253 $^{8}$
Computacenter	5100	+15	5100	2242
Deliveroo	179 $^{4}$		179 $^{4}$	178 $^{2}$
Kainos Gp	1254	-40	1294	694 $^{2}$
NCC Grp	141 $^{4}$	+2 $^{4}$	157 $^{4}$	113 $^{4}$
Playtech	412 $^{4}$	+20 $^{4}$	427 $^{8}$	232
Softcat	2054	+10	2054	1091
The Sage Group	1105	+7	1175	783 $^{8}$
Trustpilot	286 $^{8}$	+3	298 $^{4}$	129 $^{4}$

Support Services

Airtel Africa......336	+8 $^{1/4}$	420 $^{1/4}$	215 $^{1/4}$
BT Gp......205 $^{1/2}$ xd	+1 $^{1/8}$	239 $^{1/2}$	2
Gamma Comms......1095	+13	1101	701
Helios Towers......203 $^{1/8}$ xd	-2 $^{1/4}$	245 $^{1/8}$	127 $^{1/4}$
Telecom Plus......863xd	-8	1892	710
Vodafone Gp......117 $^{1/8}$	+2	123 $^{1/4}$	84 $^{1/8}$

Tobacco

Br Am Tob	4194	+63	4962	3733
Imperial Brands	2535xd	+32	3341	2503

Travel & Leisure

Travel & Leisure
Compass Gp.	31 $^{8}$	+8	2637	27 $^{8}$
Dominos Pizza.	205 $^{6}$ xd	-4	220	167 $^{4}$
easyJet.	673 $^{4}$	+24	681 $^{2}$	339 $^{4}$
Entain.	541xd	+38	9054	521
FirstGroup.	179	-8	2268	158
Hollywood Bowl.	279		3072	234 $^{2}$
Intercontinental Hts.	1624xd	+34	10585	128 $^{8}$
Intl Cons Airl.	4324	+94	488	3424
Mitchells & Butlers.	285	+3	301	228
PPHE Hotel Gp.	1578	-4	2060	1286
Trainline.	1938	-38	300	185 $^{2}$
Wetherspoon (JD).	8452	+62	8452	555 $^{2}$
Whitbread.	2463	+39	3274	2234
Wizz Air Hldgs.	1059	-1	1447	849 $^{2}$

Utilities

Babcock Intl	1081 $^{2}$ xd	-23	1502	921
Bunzl	2798	+44	2870	1989
DCC Energy	6365	-5	6385	4350
Diploma	7200		7700	5015

Centrica	$154^{4}$ xd	+ $^{8}$	$218^{4}$	$151^{2}$
Metlen	$48^{2}$	+ $^{8}$	$50^{8}$	$31^{4}$
National Grid	$1169^{2}$	- $1^{2}$	1400	$1010^{2}$
Pennon	$462^{8}$ xd	+ $^{8}$	600	446
Severn Trent	3122	+ $^{8}$	3280	327
United Utilities	1425	+ $^{1}$	1457	$914^{4}$

*Ex-Dividend Source: The Press Association

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BATH and England prop Beno Obano is a leading target for French giants Bordeaux.

The 31-year-old, whose contract expires next summer, has already held talks with the French back-to-back Champions Cup winners.

Obano is a first-choice starter for Johann van Graan's side and was a key figure in their treble-winning season of 2024/25. He made his Bath debut back in 2015.

Moving across the Channel would end his England career under Rugby Football Union policy, but he has failed to nail down a regular place at international level, with

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Bristol's Ellis Genge the starting No 1 for national head coach Steve Borthwick.

Bath said yesterday that Obano was preparing to be fit for the start of the new Prem season after suffering a ‘significant’ hamstring injury against South Africa last month on what was his fifth appearance for England.

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SPORT IN BRIEF

PREMIER LEAGUE

27,461		Rogers 41, Palmer 49
	P	W	D	L	F	A	GDPrts
Brighton......1		1	0	0	4	0	4 3
Arsenal......1		1	0	0	3	0	3 3
Brentford......1		1	0	0	3	0	3 3
Everton......1		1	0	0	2	0	2 3
Hull......1		1	0	0	2	0	2 3
Chelsea......1		1	0	0	3	2	1 3
Ipswich......1		1	0	0	2	1	1 3
Man City......1		1	0	0	2	1	1 3
Leeds......1		1	0	0	1	0	1 3
Liverpool......1		0	1	0	2	2	0 1
Newcastle......1		0	1	0	2	2	0 1
Fulham......1		0	0	1	2	3	-1 0
Bournemouth......1		0	0	1	1	2	-1 0
Sunderland......1		0	0	1	1	2	-1 0
Nottm Forest......1		0	0	1	0	1	-1 0
C Palace......1		0	0	1	0	2	-2 0
Man Utd......1		0	0	1	0	2	-2 0
Coventry......1		0	0	1	0	3	-3 0
Tottenham......1		0	0	1	0	3	-3 0
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2ND TEST — Colombo, India 503-9 (138 overs); Sri Lanka 8-2 (3.0 overs).

WUHAN OPEN (China) — 1st rd: C Wakelin (Eng) bt S Hallworth (Eng) walkover; M Williams (Wal) bt D Gilbert (Eng) 5-3; G Xiao (Chn) bt J Page (Wal) 5-2; L Davies (Wal) bt G Wilson (Eng) 5-3; J Trump (Eng) bt S Yuan (Chn) 5-0.

TENNIS

US OPEN (Flushing Meadows, New York) — Qualifying, Men's 1st rnd: J Fearnley (GB) bt R Carballes Baena (Sp) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3; M Cecchinato (It) bt L Broady (GB) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN (North Carolina) — 1st rnd: B Bonzi (F) bt K Majchrzak (Pol) 6-4 7-6 (9-7); J Duckworth (A) bt Q Vandecasteele (US) 6-2 6-1; D Suresh (Ind) bt M Giron (US) 6-3 7-5.

■TODAY'S ACTION

(7.45 unless stated) CHAMPIONS LEAGUE — Play-off, Second Leg

Bodo/Glimt (3) v NEC (1) ..... (8.0) (Live on TNT Sports 1)

LASK (0) v Celtic (3)......(8.0)

CARABAO CUP — Second Round

Barnsley v Crewe ...... Birmingham v Brentford....(8.0) Blackburn v Sheff Utd ...... Blackpool v Lincoln City ...... Cambridge Utd v Millwall ...... Cardiff v Norwich....(7.0) Doncaster v Middlesbrough...(7.30) Fleetwood Tn v Shrewsbury...... Ipswich v Leicester ...... Nottm Forest v Leeds....(8.0)

(Live on ITV1)

Plymouth v Coventry ..... Sheff Wed v Wolverhampton ..... Southampton v West Ham ..... Stevenage v Reading ..... Stoke v Hull ..... Walsall v Leyton Orient ..... Watford v Peterborough ....

VERTU TROPHY — Souhtern, Group C: Bristol Rovers v Chelsea U21 (7.0).

RUGBY UNION — Gallagher Prem: Harlequins v Bath, Northampton v Newcastle.

MUSSELBURGH RTV

2.15 EBF RESTRICTED MAIDEN STAKES (4) (2-Y-0) £11,000 added (£5,940) 7f 15vds (10)

215 (£5,940) 71 15yds (10)
101	(6)	69	DIPLOMACY 13 M & D Easterby 9-7......B Garritty
102	(8)	9	THREEO CLOCKFLYER 50 M & D Easterby 9-7......Joanna Mason
103	(1)		VEGASMILE K R Burke 9-7......C Lee
104	(4)	46	COUL BLUE 17 M Dods 9-4......C Beasley
105	(2)	5369	INNS AND OUT 32 T Easterby 9-4......J Hart
106	(10)		PIGEON PETE O Greenall & J Guerriero 9-4......D Nolan
107	(7)	02L	SWEET IRIS 14 R & P Fahey 9-2......Oisin Orr
108	(5)	0	BASMAAH 18 B Haslam 8-13......A Mullen
109	(9)		GORDONS GIRL D O'Meara 8-13......D Tudhope
110	(3)	47	WILD ORCHID 21 C Johnston 8-13......S James

FAVOURITES: -- 1 2 - 1 0 2 3 0

2025: Born A Star 2 9 7 (Connor Beasley) 8-1 C Johnston drawn (5) 8 ran.

2.45 NATIONAL RACEHORSE WELL added (£3,664) 5f 1yds (8)

201 (6) 045 NEEDIN' U 13 (H) M & D Easterby 9-9.... B Garritty 202 (2) 2563 SPECTACULAR DIVER 13 T Easterby 9-9.... J Hart 203 (3) 32173 LAURALYNN 14 (D) D Carroll 9-9.... Z Wheatley 204 (5) 804 AODHAN 56 R Menzies 9-8.... D Nolan 205 (1) L43308 MARDY BUM 12 (H) D O'Meara 9-1.... M Winn 206 (8) L69L BEA KINDLY 32 (P) T Waggott 8-7.... W Pyle 207 (7) 6L67 STAY ON TAB 87 (BT) I Jardine 8-5.... A Mullen 208 (4) LLL SAVOY BLUE 39 J Goldie 8-4.... Lauren Young (5) Probable SP: 15-8 Spectacular Diver, 11-4 Needin' U, 3 Lauralynn, 7 Aodhan, 20 Savoy Blue, Mardy Bum, Stay On Tab.

2025: Davorge Nation 2 9 3 (Zak Wheatley) 10-3 D Carroll drawn (3) 6 ran. 2 15 THOMSON BETHUNE HANDICAP (6) (3-Y-0) £7,000 added

301 (2) 5-46211 AMBER HAMUR 22 E Bethell 9-9....C Beasley 302 (7) 3246L5 VITALITY 14 (H) C Johnston 9-8....D Tudhope 303 (1) 115563 ONLY DREAM BIG 14 (B) (C) T Easterby 9-6....P Mulrennan 304 (6) 466LLU HORWICH 10 R Carr 9-2....JP Sullivan 305 (3) 6L8042 BALMORAL BOY 29 N Tinkler 9-2....A Jary (3) 306 (5) 695368 POSITIVE THOUGHTS 15 (B) J & S Quinn 9-1....J Hart 307 (4) 1-424L4 DALAMARA 17 (P) B Haslam 8-12....A Mullen 308 (8) 365314 TRUCIAL PEARL 40 (BF) M & D Easterby 8-7....Joanna Mason

Probable SP: 2 Amber Hamur, 7-2 Trucial Pearl, 4 Only Dream Big, 6 Balmoral Boy, 10 Dalamara, 12 Positive Thoughts, 16 Vitality. FAVOURITES: - - - - - - - - 0 1 (W 9-6).

2025: Amidst The Chaos 3 9 9 (Rowan Scott) 11-4 JtFav N Tinkler drawn (2) 7 ran.

TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT & PRINCIPAL MEETING. R-H course. GOING: Good-good to soft in places on straight course. STALLS: 5f stands side; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: High 5f & 6f; low 7f & 1m. Top jockey: Paul Mulrennan. Top trainer: J Goldie. Placed in the race last year: 4.15 Monhammer (2nd). Headgear first time: 2.45 Bea Kindly, Stay On Tab, 3.15 Dalamara, 3.45 Is She Now, 4.15 Evangelic. Longest travellers: Evangelic (4.15) Ireland; Vaguely Royal (3.45) 297 miles. Drop in Class: 2.45 Aodhan is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to Class 6); Stay On Tab (2); Savoy Blue (2); 3.45 Trojan Sun (2).

STRATFORD RTV

5.10 CELEBRATE NATIONAL RACEHORSE WEEK 2026 MARES' MAIDEN HURDLE (4) £10,000 (£5,446) 2m 2f 148yds (8)

1 5-32 DIAMOND GRACE 41 J & A O'Neill 5-11-4.....Jonjo O'Neill Jr 2 7-46# DREAMING OF THE DR 32 (H) Dr R Newland 5-11-4.....L Scott (3) 3 L# LA BAMBA CHICA 130 J & S Best 6-11-4.....R McLemon 4 23 LETMESEETHECOLTS 32 B Ellison 5-11-4.....N Moscrop 5 0PF5-PP PRETTY SPONTANEOUS 100 (T) A Honeyball 6-11-4.....C Bament (5) 6 F225-GUTS AND GLORY 136 (T) C Boultbee-Brooks 4-11-0.....S Sheppard 7 353-U66 PRINCESS OF BALLEA 53 (H) Daisy Hitchins 4-11-0.....H Reed 8 273-L55 STEAL A GLANCE 37 (T) A Honeyball 4-11-0.....S Twiston-Davies

Probable SP: 2 Guts And Glory, 5-2 Letmeseethecolts, 3 Diamond Grace, 8 Dreaming Of The Dr, 12 Steal A Glance, 14 La Bamba Chica. FAVOURITES & 2025: No corresponding meeting.

5.40 STRATFORD NOVICES' LIMITED HANDICAP HURDLE (5) £5,000 added (£2,640) 2m 6f 7yds (8)

1 4P54-25 BELLS OF UFFORD 46 (TV) T Vaughan 6-11-12....D Noonan 2 04L-114 BRIONYWELLS 74 D Killahena & G McPherson 6-11-12....N Slatter (3) 3 348P-L8 CAPTAIN CONNOR 32 C Ellam 4-11-1....B J Powell 4 68-P31 FRENCH DIABLO 44 (C&D) (G) M Comley 4-11-0....D Bass 5 5-775 DELGANY SECOND NOW 34 D Skelton 4-10-13....H Skelton 6 4LP5-53 KOTGAR 37 Mrs C Williams 5-10-9....C Ring 7 5-8964P MC'FLO 30 A Carson 5-10-7....J Quinlan 8 P0-P8L PINK WALLS 44 M Mullineaux 6-10-5....K Brogan

Probable SP: 10-11 French Diablo, 9-2 Delgany Second Now, 7 Bells Of Ufford, 8 Kotgar, Brionywells, 16 Captain Connor, Mc'flo.

6.15 GEORGE & DRAGON HANDICAP CHASE (4) £7,300 added (£3,855) 2m 213yds (4)

1 LPPP-13 DUKE OF LUCKLEY 32 (B) (S) M Keighley 9-12-0..... F Keighley (5) 2 322-13L SEEYOUINMYDREAMS 32 (T) T Ellis 8-11-11..... J Andrews

3 11111 BEORMA 67 (T) (D) D Skelton 7-11-6....H Skelton 4 LLP5-5F IN THIS WORLD 87 (T) (D) B Summers 8-11-2....J Best

Probable SP: 8-15 Beorma, 4 In This World, 15-2 Seeyouinmydreams, Duke Of Luckley.

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GIMCRACK

2.15	Vegasmile	2.15	Vegasmile
2.45	Aodhan	2.45	Spectacular Diver
3.15	Amber Hamur	3.15	Amber Hamur
3.45	FLORIDA DREAMS (nap)	3.45	Trojan Sun
4.15	Monhammer (nb)	4.15	Monhammer
4.45	South Parade	4.45	Beerwah

NORTHERNER - 2.15 VEGASMILE (nap); 3.15 Amber Hamur (nb).

3.45 PORTOBELLO CUP HANDICAP (4) £20,000 added (£10,468) 2m 2f 28yds (11)

401 (4) L24321 INAPPROPRIATE 25 (PT) (C) Ewan Whillans 5-9-9....G Fairley 402 (9) 284022 FAST FRED 18 (P) (C) (S) Phillip Makin 6-9-8....S James 403 (1) 816307 TROJAN SUN 25 (P) (C&DC3D) (S) J Goldie 6-9-6....P Mulrennan 404 (3) 333611 VAGUELY ROYAL 32 (V) (G) I Williams 6-9-6....R Kavanagh (3) 405 (2) 535 FLORIDA DREAMS 61 (P) A M Thomson 8-9-3....K Stott 406 (10) 400/541 NEWPORT 17 (B) (G) I Jardine 6-8-13....Olsin Orr 407 (8) 213153 GALLUS NORMAN 24 (C) (S) J Goldie 7-8-13....Amie Waugh (3) 408 (5) 6-62351 NED BROY 25 (P) I Jardine 5-8-11....A Mullen 409 (6) 0L7523 FURHAAN 32 (S) J Goldie 4-8-10....Lauren Young (5) 410 (11) 213433 CASCADE HALL 25 (H) (C) (G) J Goldie 7-8-10....Rhys Elliott (5) 411 (7) 114221 IS SHE NOW 10 (V) (C) (GS) D Bourke 8-8-9....D Fentiman

Probable SP: 7-2 Vaguely Royal, 5 Inappropriate, Is She Now, 7 Newport, 8 Fast Fred, Ned Broy, 10 Gallus Norman, 12 Furhaan, 14 Cascade Hall, 20 Trojan Sun.

FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 1 1 0 2 (W 9-0). AGES: - - - - - - 5 4 4 5 2025: Paper Doll 5 9 6 (Rowan Scott) 4-1 T Davidson drawn (6) 8 ran.

4.15 AAB GROUP AND BIBBY FINANCIAL SERVICES HANDICAP (6) £7,000 added (£3,664) 7f 15yds (11)

501 (11) 53L203 VINCE LE PRINCE 8 (PT) (D5) (GS) T Easterby 6-9-9... D Fentiman 502 (4) 30/40LL EVANGELIC J52 (PT) R K Watson (IRE) 4-9-7... Rhys Elliott (5) 503 (9) 08L747 GRESSINGTON 34 (V) (D3) (G) K Scott 5-9-7... S James 504 (2) 786211 LUMINOUS WARRIOR 20 (T) (G) C Kellett 4-9-6... C Beasley 505 (1) 523442 NOVAK 15 (D7) (G) I Jardine 7-9-6... A Mullen 506 (10) 3-LL823 KEEP ME STABLE 15 (C&D2CD3) Miss L Perratt 6-9-2P Mulrennan 507 (3) 007533 EDMOND HALLEY 8 (BF2) E Bethell 4-9-1... Oisin Orr 508 (6) 082931 SIR DAVID 13 (D2) (G) N Tinkler 4-9-1... A Jary (3) 509 (8) 324611 MONHAMMER 18 (C&D4D2) (GS) Miss L Perratt 8-8-13... M Winn 510 (5) 307432 COCONUT BAY 40 (D6) (G) T Davidson 7-8-11... J Hart 511 (7) 3/08-0LO JOSHUAIS DREAM 15 (P) J Goldie 4-8-6... Lauren Young (5) Probable SP: 9-2 Luminous Warrior, 5 Monhammer, 6 Sir David, Novak, 7

FAVOURITES: 2 2 1 (W 9-8). AGES: 8 5 4 2025: Highland Ollv 4 9 9 (Harrison Shaw) 3-1 Fay G Tuer drawn (10) 9 ran.

4.45 MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HANDICAP (6) £7,000 added (£3,664) 5f 1yds (6)

601 (3) 74L631 SOUTH PARADE 17 (C&DD2) (GS) R & P Fahey 5-9-9. E Tindall (5) 602 (6) 176182 BEERWAH 25 (B) (D3) (GS) J & S Quinn 4-9-8....J Hart 603 (4) 22864L JOJO RABBIT 12 (D8) (GS) R Carr 8-9-7....JP Sullivan 604 (5) 3375L-L POUTING 75 (H) D Bourke 4-9-7....Shane Gray 605 (2) 237265 ALBEGONE 32 (P) (C&DD27) (S) T Easterby 8-9-1....J Dickson (5) 606 (1) 820831 ZUFFOLO 29 (B) (D7) (G) M Dods 6-9-1....Rhys Elliott (5) Probable SP: 2 South Parade, 9-4 Zulfo, 3 Beerwah, 8 Albegone, 12 Jois

Probable SP: 2 South Parade, 9-4 Zuffolo, 3 Beerwah, 8 Albegone, 12 Jojo Rabbit, 20 Pouting.

FAVOURITES: - - - - - - 1 3 (W 9-4). AGES: - - - - - - 4 4 2025: Royal Duke 4 8 10 (Rhys Elliott) 11-2 R M Smith drawn (9) 9 ran.

First run since wind surgery: None today.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW

5.10	Diamond Grace	5.10	Letmeseethecolts
5.40	French Diablo	5.40	French Diablo
6.15	Beorma	6.15	Beorma
6.45	Mi Sueno	6.45	Getmyfriend
7.15	Crackerjack Queen	7.15	Jack Doyen
7.45	Company Charge	7.45	Roccana Rose

6.45 ALLSOPPS LOVES STRATFORD HANDICAP HURDLE (5) £6,150 added (£3,248) 2m 2f 148yds (8)

1 049/31-6 T OR COFFEY 34 (C) (G) J Candlish 5-12-0.... L Stones (3) 2 2/3BP1L- BORNA GEM 128 N & W Twiston-Davies 7-11-11 A Jackson-Fennell (7) 3 1552-2F ZUCAYAN F33 (T) F O'Brien 9-11-11.... N Slatter (3) 4 3-1431 GETMYFRIEND 37 (G) D Skelton 5-11-10.... H Skelton 5 4322-34 JUGGERNAUT 37 (T) C(DBBF3) (S) A Honeyball 7-11-7. J Robotborn (10) 6 L3L-3L4 DREAM JET 38 (P) (C&D) B Ellison 8-11-6.... N Moscrop 7 2-P4512 MI SUENO 3 (P) (DBF) (GS) Nick Scholfield 7-10-2.... H Reed 8 4RP8-6P MISS FEDORA 44 (H) (D) (S) Nick Scholfield 7-10-2.... B Macey (5)

Probable SP: 6-4 Getmyfriend, 11-4 Mi Sueno, 6 Zucayan, 8 Juggernaut, 12 Dream Jet, 14 Borna Gem, Miss Fedora, 20 T Or Coffey.

7.15 THANK YOU TO OUR HARDWORKING GROUNDSTAFF HANDICAP CHASE (5) £8,900 (£4,700) 2m 4f 205yds (8)

1 622-329 BOBBARELLI 75 (HT) N & W Twiston-Davies 9-12-0.. A Jackson-Fennell (7) 2 F/44F4P- YOUDECIDE 151 (BF2) B Pauling 6-11-9. B R Jones 3 5311-21 JACK DOYEN 98 (D3) (S) B Case 10-11-5. J Quinlan 4 15L35-3 PESCATORIUS 83 (T) (D) (GS) B Summers 7-11-3. J Best 6 53-24L CRACKERJACK QUEEN 34 (BT) T Ellis 6-10-9. J Andrews 6 P7L6-53 KINGS ORDER 57 (T) Mrs C Williams 5-10-5. C Ring 7 373-LL3 WATCHOUTITSCOOKIE 37 (S) N Hawke 8-10-2 D Noonan 8 P5L6-53 WATTS CHAWAII 5-10-2.

6 PF+PELO FOX WALLACE 38 (1) (C) Ella Fickaird 8-10-2 ...... B Godfrey Probable SP: 6-5 Jack Doyen, 10-3 Bobbarelli, 4 Youdecide, 10 Watchoutitscookie, 12 Pescatorius, 16 Crackerjack Queen, 20 Kings Order.

7.45 HOLLOW BOTTOM NH FLAT RACE (CONDITIONAL/AMATEURS) (5) £4,500 added (£2,451) 2m 70yds (9)

1 5 COMPANY CHARGE 43 (V) N & W Twiston-Davies 5-11-2 .A Jackson-Fennell (7) 2 GOLIATH POWER F O'Brien 5-11-2....Fern O'Brien (5) 3 BOMBUS PASCUORUM D McCain 4-10-13....Harry Brown (10) 4 9 ON THE FLY 41 J & S Best 4-10-13....Rian Corcoran (5) 5 8 STAND PROUD 41 D Cantillon 4-10-13....B Macey (5) 6 TALLADALE 41 T Lacey 4-10-13....C Iles (5) 7 L8 GUERDALE 51 M Comley 5-10-9....Miss A Jones (7) 8 90 PEARL COVE 41 S Lycett 4-10-6....F Keighley (5) 9 ROCCANA ROSE 83 (HT) M Bowen 4-10-6....James Murray (7)

Probable SP: 15-8 Roccana Rose, 7-2 Goliath Power, 5 Talladale, 11-2 Company Charge, 8 Stand Proud, 10 Bombus Pascuorum, 20 Guerdale.

TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to firm. Top jockey: Harry Skelton. Top trainer: D Skelton. Headgear first time: 5.10 Guts And Glory, Pretty Spontaneous, 5.40 Bells Of Ufford, 6.15 Duke Of Luckley, 6.45 Miss Fedora, 7.15 Crackerjack Queen, 7.45 Company Charge. Longest traveller: Roccana Rose (7.45) 193 miles. Drop in Class: None today. First run since wind surgery: None today.

LINGFIELD SSR

2.30 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (5) £7,600 added (£3,978) 1m 1yds (9)

1 (5) 613 GREAT BLASKET 19 (V) (D8BF) James Owen 6-10-0

2 (3) 125 DANNICK 3 (T) (C) G & J Moore 4-9-13

3 (1) 118 THAPA VC 10 (BT) (C2D2) M Rimell 8-9-11

4 (4) 261 HAVANA TOUCH 76 (D2) J Butler 5-9-10

5 (9) L6L RENESMEE 10 (P) (D3) Michael Keady 6-9-10

6 (6) L22 AMUSED 19 J Boyle 4-9-9....D J Murphy (5) 7 (7) 880 NEZEEH 13 J & S Best 5-9-6....O Tubb (3) 8 (2) 847 ERNIE'S VALENTINE 148 (CD2) R Burdon 7-9-4

9 (8) 728 AJESTIC WAVE 21 S Dow 4-9-0....Mason Paetel Probable SP: 5-2 Great Blasket, 3 Havana Touch, 4 Dannick, 5 Amused, 10 Thapa VC, 14 Ernie's Valentine, 20 Majestic Wave, Renesmee.

3.00 FILLIES' NOVICE STAKES (4) (2-Y-0) £10,000 added (£5,400) 6f 1yds (7)

1 (6) 6 AMBIENCE 101 (T) K P De Foy 9-2.....David Egan 2 (2) COTAI JAUNT Ollie Sangster 9-2.....S D Bowen 3 (4) CUBAN PROMISE Tom Clover 9-2.....C Fallon 4 (7) L5 DARK REIGN 33 R Hannon 9-2.....J Leavy 5 (1) LADY OF LUCCA Martin Dunne 9-2.....G Wood 6 (3) 27 LAZURITE 95 (BF) R Hughes 9-2.....F Marsh 7 (5) THAI BAHT Owen Burrows 9-2.....C Rodriguez

Probable SP: 8-11 Lazurite, 5 Ambience, 7 Thai Baht, 10 Cuban Promise, 12 Cotai Jaunt, 16 Dark Reign, 20 Lady Of Lucca.

3.30 CLASSIFIED STAKES (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 5f 6vds (10)

1 (5) 341 LET'S GO HUGO 8 (P) (D5) O Pears 6-10-0 T Kiely-Marshall (5)

2 (8) 465 APPLE S'ANGEL 19 (C&D) J Boyle 4-9-9. D J Murphy (7) 3 (7) 0-24 BANANA 20 (PT) (D2BF) S Dixon 7-9-9....K O'Neill 4 (9) 754 BATTLE POINT 8 (C&D) M Attwater 7-9-9....G Mangan 5 (2) L0-L BLUESY MOON 117 M Attwater 4-9-9....K Fox 6 (10) L35 BUST A MOON 17 (H) (D) D Shaw 4-9-9....D Keenan 7 (1) 7-72 JUNGLE DANCE 8 (C&DD) J R Jenkins 5-9-9 M Ghiani 8 (4) 684- LOCHABER 445 (B) (D) S Dixon 5-9-9....C Howarth (3) 9 (3) LL0 RAINBOW SORBET 8 J & S Best 4-9-9....F Marsh 10 (6) L-LL VIENNETTA 26 (H) M Blake 3-9-7....W Carson Probable SP: 13-8 Let's Go Hugo, 3 Jungle Dance, 7-2 Banana, 14 Rainbow Sorbet, 16 Battle Point, Bust A Moon, 20 Lochaber, Apple's Angel.

4.00 HANDICAP (6) (3-Y-0) £6,200 added (£3,245) 7f 1yds (10)

1 (5) 266 STRONG VOICE 6 (PT) James Horton 9-9..... J Mitchell 2 (2) 536 BIRD OF WAR 21 C Hills 9-9..... R Hornby 3 (1) L46 QUICK QUASAR 12 (B) (D) A Watson 9-7..... P-L Jamin 4 (10) 8L2 CHAPMAN'S PEAK 10 (P) (D) E Dunlop 9-7

5 (6) 540 COXY'S STAR 15 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7. L Edmunds 6 (3) L31 VIKING GLORY 20 (PT) (D) James Owen 9-7.. C Fallon 7 (8) 748 TIE FIGHTER 50 S Dow 9-7....P Bradley 8 (9) 211 MUSICAL SOLDIER 24 (PT) (D3) Ollie Sangster 9-5

9 (7) 4-78 ATHENA'S WAR 15 S Hodgson 9-4

Isobelle Chalmers (7)

10 (4) L9L RAGAIRE 12 Ollie Sangster 8-4 ....S D Bowen Probable SP: 2 Viking Glory, 3 Musical Soldier, 6 Chapman's Peak, 7 Bird Of War, 8 Strong Voice.

TRACK FACTS: L-H Polytrack course. GOING: Standard. STALLS: 5f & 1m outside; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: Rossa Ryan. Top trainer: A Balding. Headgear first time: 4.30 Echo That, 5.02 Jimmy Mark, Minerality.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW

ROBIN GOODFELLOW		GIMCRACK
2.30	Thapa VC	2.30 Amused
3.00	Lazurite	3.00 Lazurite
3.30	Jungle Dance	3.30 Bust A Moon
4.00	Chapman's Peak	4.00 Musical Soldier (nb)
4.30	Dialstone	4.30 DIALSTONE (nap)
5.02	Thunder Goddess	5.02 Time To Sparkle

NEWMARKET – 2.30 Great Blasket (nb); 4.00 VIKING GLORY (nap).

4.30 RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES (4) £10,000 added (£5,400) 1m 2f (8)

1 (8) 532- DEVIL'S BRIGADE 292 E Dunlop 3-9-7 ....B Loughnane 2 (7) 22 DIALSTONE 20 (BF) R Beckett 3-9-7 ...... Rossa Ryan 3 (5) 45 STATE EXPRESS 7 S Woods 3-9-7 ......K O'Neill 4 (1) L- GOING TO GRACELAND 251 C Johnston 3-9-5

5 (2) LL- ECHO THAT 265 (P) P Owens 3-9-2.... B Sayette 6 (4) 55 FLOATING MARKET 157 A Balding 3-9-2

Isobelle Chalmers (7) 7 (6) L4 SAX AVOIDANCE 12 Charlie Pike 3-9-2.....T Greatrex 8 (3) L. ANNCANYA 39 P Chapple-Hvam 3-9-0.....M Ghiani

Probable SP: 11-10 Dialstone, 11-8 Devil's Brigade, 10 Floating Market, 14 Anncanya, 20 Going To Graceland.

5.02 HANDICAP (6) £6,200 added (£3,245) 1m 2f (8)

1 (6) 527 JIMMY MARK 21 (T) (D4) Zoe Hawkins 6-9-12. K O'Neill 2 (3) 5-88 BACKER BILK 13 (H) (C&D) L Dace 4-9-11 ..... G Wood

3 (8) 531 HOVE RANGER (6lbex) 8 (C&D) G & J Moore 3-9-10

4 (2) 546 HAVANA TOBOUGGALOO 22 (P) Zoe Hawkins 4-9-9 David Egan

5 (5) L6L MINERALITY 47 (P) Dr R Newland 3-9-9. Jack Doughty

7 (1) 323 TIME TO SPARKLE 29 (BF) J Keane 3-9-7

8 (7) 685 SOVEREIGN BRIGHT 38 (H) C Johnston 3-9-3

Probable SP: 2 Hove Ranger, 11-4 Time To Sparkle, 4 Thunder Goddess, 8 Havana Tobouggaloo, 10 Jimmy Mark.

Longest travellers: Going To Graceland (4.30) & Sovereign Bright (5.02) 270 miles. Drop in Class: 3.00 Ambience is down 2 grades on last run (Class 2 to Class 4); 4.30 Devil's Brigade (2). First run since wind surgery: 3.00 Ambience.

CAPTAIN HEATH TRIO

PESCATORIUS (nap) (Stratford, 7.15) DEVIL'S BRIGADE (nb) (Lingfield, 4.30) VINCE LE PRINCE (Musselburgh, 4.15)

WORK WHISPER CASCADE HALL (Musselburgh, 3.45)

WEIGHTING GAME GRESSINGTON (Musselburgh, 4.15) 19lb from last winning

BURNT FINGERS WILD ORCHID (Musselburgh, 2.15)

BRIGHTON

2.30 — EM FOUR (S Osborne) 4-1 1; South Shore 2-1F 2; Kento 12-1 3. 6 ran. (J Osborne). $\frac{3}{4}$ , shd. Tote: 5.00; 2.40, 1.70. Ex: 14.20. Tf: 60.80. CSF: 12.19.

3.00 — ROGUE IMPERIAL (H Davies) 15-8 (2nd Fav) 1; Roll Up Raymond 13-8F 2; I Am Royal 6-1 3.15 ran. (A Watson). 1I, shd. Tote: 2.88; 1.30, 1.40. Ex: 5.90. Tf: 17.90. CSF: 5.38. NR: From Me To You.

3.30 — DARK SUN (Laura Coughlan) 5-1 1; Be An Angel 4-1 (2nd Fav) 2; Blue Anthem 5-6F 3. 5 ran. (J Bennett). 1¼, nk. Tote: 6.00; 1.90, 1.90. Ex: 25.70. Tf: 41.90. CSF: 24.40. NRs: Rye, Unico, Von Krolock.

4.00 — LIBERATE (G Wood) 7-2 (2nd Fav) 1; CRIMSON ROAD (W Carson) 4-1 1; Bohemian Breeze 6-1, 3.7 ran. (J & S Best, J & R Flint). dht, 2l. Tote: Liberate 2.70, Crimson Road 2.50; Liberate 2.40, Crimson Road 2.10. Ex: Liberate, Crimson Road 11.30, Crimson Road, Liberate 11.10. Tc: Liberate, Crimson Road, Bohemian Breeze 40.47, Crimson Road, Liberate, Bohemian Breeze 41.43. Tf: Liberate, Crimson Road, Bohemian Breeze 53.20, Crimson Road, Liberate, Bohemian Breeze 61.20. CSF: Liberate, Crimson Road 9.20, Crimson Road, Liberate 9.46. NR: Twilight Guest.

4.30 — DALMALLY (T Greatrex) 9-2 (2nd Fav) 1; King David 16-1 2; Chloe's Courage 5-1 3. 9 ran. (M Pattinson). 11, 11. Tote: 5.50; 1.50, 2.40, 2.60. Ex: 56.40. Tc: 379.72. Tf: 782.60. CSF: 74.71.

RACING RESULTS

5.00 — BERNING HOT (W Carson) 22-1 1; Superstorm 4-1 (2nd Fav) 2; Kondratiev Wave 3-1F 3.9 ran. (M Attwater). nk, 3 $^{3/4}$ . Tote: 23.00; 3.70, 1.70, 1.60. Ex: 148.70. Tc: 352.57. Tf: 503.50. CSF: 110.31.

Placepot £136.80. Q'pot £35.70. MUSSELBURGH

2.15 — THE MEAN FIDDLER (J Hart) 1-3F 1; By Jove Grace 18-1 2; Sable Noir 80-1 3. 8 ran. (J & S Quinn). $^{3/4}$ , nk. Tote: 1.34; 1.02, 3.10, 9.80. Ex: 11.90, Tf: 150.90, CSF: 10.84.

2.45 — FOREST BERRY (L Morris) 4-5F 1; Astral Calling 17-2 2; Bluestone Lady 7-1 (Jt 2nd Fav) 3. 7 ran. (Sir M Prescott). 1l, 2½. Tote: 1.80; 1.30, 3.40. Ex: 8.60. Tf: 31.10. CSF: 8.08

3.15 — RUNNINSONOFAGUN (J Hart) 9-4F 1; Motawaared 7-1 2; Princess Niyla 14-1 3. 11 ran. (T Davidson). $^{3/4}$ , $1^{1/2}$ . Tote: 3.25; 1.40, 2.80, 4.20. Ex: 19.40. Tc: 192.89. Tf: 172.10. CSF: 19.60.

3.45 — TWO COMMANDERS (Oisin Orr) 3-1 (2nd Fav) 1; Blakefell 9-4F 2; Velvet Rhythm 13-2 3. 10 ran. (E Bethell). nk, 1¼. Tote: 4.30; 1.50, 1.20, 2.30. Ex: 13.30. Tc: 41.68. Tf: 71.20. CSF: 10.20.

4.15 — LADY BOUQUET (K Stott) 9-1 1; Ski Angel 12-1 2; Gwen Tennyson 11-1 3. 10 ran. (P Kirby). $^{3}/_{4}$ , 1l. Tote: 10.00; 2.70, 3.30, 3.60. Ex: 108.40. Tc: 1236.35. Tf: 1030.90. CSF: 114.90.

I 4.45 — MISEMERALD (K Stott) 3-1F

1; Abu Royal 16-1 2; Thats My Boy Luke 4-1 3. 13 ran. (P Kirby). $^{3/4}$ , $^{31/2}$ . Tote: 4.40; 1.40, 4.20, 2.10. Ex: 56.00. Tc: 212.59. Tf: 277.80. CSF: 56.81. Jackpot £4,215.60.

Placepot £81.70. Q'pot £62.60.

WINDSOR

5.13 — SUNDAY GIRL (K Shoemark) 15-8 (2nd Fav) 1; Encore evensF 2; Cercis 6-1 3. 5 ran. (E Walker). 4 $^{1/4}$ , 4l. Tote: 2.88; 1.20, 1.70. Ex: 4.40. Tf: 10.00. CSF: 4.14.

5.48 — NAKILA SUN (O Murphy) 13-8 (2nd Fav) 1; Camarda Rc 4-5F 2; Aethelstan Gold 22-1 3. 10 ran. (A Balding). 3 $^{1/4}$ , nk. Tote: 2.63; 1.10, 1.10, 2.80. Ex: 3.60. Tf: 21.40. CSF: 3.19.

6.18 — CAPE FEAR (O Murphy) 2-1F 1; Morcar 11-1 2; Tai Hang Pegasus 10-3 (2nd Fav) 3. 7 ran. (A Balding). 5½, 1l. Tote: 3.00; 1.90, 4.50. Ex: 31.00. Tf: 119.60. CSF: 25.16.

6.48 — ECCLEFECHAN (J Mitchell) 5-1 1; Buckland Belle 7-4F 2; Berkshire Boom 2-1 (2nd Fav) 3. 6 ran. (J Ryan). nk, 5l. Tote: 6.00; 2.30, 1.40. Ex: 14.70. Tf: 35.70. CSF: 14.37. 7.18 — CAPE TORONADA (Rossa Ryan) 10-3 (2nd Fav) 1; Angel Summer 12-1 2; Beach Partee 28-1 3. 9 ran. (A Carroll). hd, 1¾. Tote: 4.34; 1.10, 3.10, 5.70. Ex: 39.00. Tc: 951.00. Tf: 389.70. CSF: 39.53.

7.48 — FAUSTUS (J Mitchell) 9-2 (2nd Fav) 1; Darkened Edge 7-1 2; Dragon God 11-2 3. 9 ran. (R Cook & J Bridger). hd, 1½. Tote: 5.50; 1.50, 2.20, 1.60. Ex: 24.10. Tc: 178.07. Tf: 103.80. CSF: 35.87.

Placepot £29.30. Q'pot £18.90.

COMMENT

By LAWRENCE BOOTH Cricket Correspondent

THE revelation that Brydon Carse was briefly arrested on Saturday night in Derby for being — in the words of Derbyshire police — ‘drunk and disorderly’ confirms the suspicion that England’s cricketers cannot be relied on to behave like the adults Joe Root craves.

The narrative is becoming silly now — and tedious. Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Ben Stokes and now Carse — each has behaved as if the previous booze-related transgression never occurred. Whatever bubble they inhabit burst long ago.

It is no good saying ‘boys will be boys’, as if these are not highly-paid professional athletes whose prowess depends to no small degree on their physical fitness.

And while Carse was not on England duty at the time of his arrest, he was part of the 16-man squad for the first two Tests against Pakistan and might have been called upon for Thursday's game at Lord's if other bowlers had developed a niggle during last week's win at Headingley.

God knows what Root makes of it all, though we will find out when he speaks to media at Lord's today. But it will dismay him that no sooner had he lifted the infantile curfew imposed after the Ashes than Carse has dragged English cricket's name through the mud once again.

Those close to Carse may argue that the club bouncers and local police over-reacted by putting him in handcuffs and that their decision to quickly 'de-arrest' him after he agreed to leave the area shows it was much ado about nothing. Perhaps it was — after all, supposedly grown men get into ridiculous arguments the length and breadth of the land on a Saturday night because someone has knocked over a pint.

But the fact remains that Carse was out late and had drunk too much, at a time when Root and incoming coach Stephen Fleming had decided to hand the players more responsibility. As one senior ECB figure put it to Daily Mail Sport, this latest act of self-harm is ‘trying… very trying’.

Already once this summer, a rare England Test win has been followed by a drinking escapade,

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH England stars who can't be trusted to behave like adults should not be considered for selection

with Stokes and Gus Atkinson heading for the Rex Rooms in Chelsea after the victory over New Zealand at Lord's. The fallout from that derailed their attempts to win the series and ensured the Bazball era ended in ridicule.

The repercussions of Derby ought to be less dramatic, since Carse is not in the first team and Pakistan are weaker than New Zealand. Online talk among their fans that they can take advantage of England's latest mess seems fanciful.

Plainly, though, the timing is poor, not least because 48 hours out from his second Test as returning captain, Root will be fielding questions about player behaviour, not about his hopes of England's first series win since the end of 2024.

Carse's decision to make himself vulnerable does not immediately suggest the players are paying much attention to the pleas of their bosses at the ECB.

It is also true that the ECB are paying the price for failing to deal properly with the Brook farce back in late October, when he was punched by a nightclub bouncer on the eve of a one-day international in Wellington. By hushing up the incident, they effectively told the players they need not worry about the court of public

THEY KEEP GETTING CAUGHT OUT...

■ DECEMBER 2025: The ECB launch an investigation after a video emerges of opener Ben Duckett appearing drunk and slurring his words during a break in the Australian beach town of Noosa between the second and third Ashes Tests. ■ JANUARY 2026: It emerges that Harry Brook was fined and given a warning by England after being hit by a nightclub bouncer in Wellington, New Zealand, in October — with the story only coming out after defeat in the Ashes. A week later he admits lying to protect team-mates Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue, who were also present. A midnight curfew is brought in for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka.

■ JUNE 2026: Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are axed for the second Test against New Zealand after breaching the curfew after the first Test at Lord's. The pair went to the Rex Rooms in Chelsea where they were involved in an altercation with rugby player Totoa Auvaa, who injured a member of England's security staff. ■ JUNE 2026: After returning for the third Test, Stokes retires from internationals.

- AUGUST 2026: Joe Root abolishes the curfew. He says: 'If you want guys to take responsibility on the field, they've got to feel like they can be grown adults off it.' - AUGUST 2026: 10 days later, Brydon Carse is arrested at a nightclub in Derby during a night out with Stokes.

Regulator ponders disciplinary action

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Durham team-mates Ben Stokes and Matthew Potts both featuring briefly on camera. And while Carse, who has not played a Test since last winter's Ashes, was not on England duty, he has an ECB central contract.

After a year in which Harry Brook, Ben Duckett and Stokes have been involved in alcohol-

opinion. For all the fines and minor bans, that court retains power.

related incidents, another England player making headlines for the wrong reasons has not gone down well at Lord's. An ECB statement said: 'Brydon Carse will not be available for the Second Test while this investigation is ongoing.' The Cricket Regulator has a range of options, including no further action, a caution or bringing a charge.

But the buck has to stop with the players and the ECB may have to rethink — yet again — their approach. There is surely now a case for telling the players that they will not be considered for selection for the foreseeable future if they put themselves in a position where they risk bringing the game into disrepute.

They would have to tread carefully around the lawyers, of course, but it is a simple enough principle designed to benefit the greater good.

Because if you need to be told that getting drunk in public risks damaging your team-mates, what are you even doing in the dressing room in the first place?

FORMULA ONE

Horner accuser mysteriously leaves latest race role

By JONATHAN McEVOY

LITTLE more than a year on from Christian Horner leaving his £12million-a-season job as team principal of Red Bull, his accuser of coercive behaviour has been mysteriously released from her latest role in motor racing. Daily Mail Sport can reveal that the woman executive involved, whose identity cannot be disclosed for legal reasons, parted company from her employers ahead of

the Hungarian Grand Prix last month.

A source has told Daily Mail Sport she was informed her services were no longer required moments before her scheduled flight to Budapest. Her then employers, who can also not be named, said: 'We do not comment on personnel matters.' It is understood that her latest position was terminated after her new boss lost confidence in her ‘for a lack of discretion’. Daily Mail Sport has tried to contact the woman in question for a response to the suggested reasons for the parting, which followed a period during which she did not attend races. Horner — the husband of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell — was accused of controlling behaviour over the employee. He has always denied the claims and was twice cleared of any impropriety in internal

investigations at Red Bull, despite a tranche of supposedly intimate text exchanges between the pair being made public in an explosive email sent to F1 figures ahead of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. Halliwell has publicly stood by Horner throughout the turmoil and they continue to split their time between their London and Oxfordshire homes, along with the three children they share. Horner lost his job following

last year's British Grand Prix in a power struggle within the Austrian-based team that he led to eight drivers' and six constructors' titles. Horner received an £80m package on leaving. The woman who made her accusations remained at Red Bull for several months as the saga unfolded before receiving a payout of some £3m. She returned to motor racing in July last year in her then new position.

Who will your team sign before deadline?

WINDOW WATCH 1 WEEK TO GO

By SIMON JONES

ARSENAL

THE GUNNERS want a striker. The dream is Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid, except his dream is to join Barcelona. Atletico do not want that to happen, so Arsenal still have a chance. Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen is an alternative.

They also want a left winger. Al Hilal are closing on a £55million deal for Gabriel Martinelli, while Ethan Nwaneri is expected to go out on loan and Reiss Nelson is set to join West Ham. Everton's £80m-rated Iliman Ndiaye (below) is among those admired.

ASTON VILLA

NEED a striker and centre back. They are primed to bid for Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson, with Ollie Watkins poised to join Al Hilal, and have had bids rejected for Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

Enquiries are ongoing for Joel Ordonez, of Club Brugge, and Tosin Adarabioyo, of Chelsea.

Free agent Leon Goretzka, once of Bayern Munich, is poised to add experience in midfield.

BOURNEMOUTH

CONSIDERING adding a No 6 and a No 10, plus a winger. Their main objective has been to keep their squad together, with clubs circling for Alex Scott, Tyler Adams, El Junior Kroupi and Marcus Tavernier.

Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio flew in yesterday ahead of completing a loan move. The option to buy is £12.5m plus £2m in bonuses.

Mykhaylo Mudryk. Boss Keith Andrews will be wary of any late bids for striker Igor Thiago.

THE BEES need a left wing back. West Ham's El Hadji Malick Diouf

BRIGHTON

WANT a winger or two. Liverpool are closing in on Yankuba Minteh, but there is some distance between the clubs' valuations.

has been a target all summer.

Have asked about Femi Azeez, at Millwall, Deportivo La Coruna's Yeremay Hernandez and Young Boys left back Jaouen Hadjarn.

CHELSEA

FOCUS has been on getting players out. However, if Manchester City firm up their interest in Enzo Fernandez they would want a replacement first. Monaco's Lamine Camara, Adam Wharton, of Crystal Palace, and Bournemouth's Scott are admired.

Their £100m valuation of Pedro Neto and £75m price tag on Malo Gusto have deterred bidders for both. Juventus winger Francisco Conceicao is also on their radar should anyone match their Neto price.

COVENTRY CITY

OPEN to late opportunities and would like more options in defence and on the wing.

They had interest in AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori plus Porto's Francisco Moura and have signed Brentford's Pinnock.

CRYSTAL PALACE

THE EAGLES would like a forward, winger, midfielder and centre back.

Top talent: City and Chelsea are keen on Wharton SHUTTERSTOCK

BRENTFORD

after Monaco turned down their offers for Camara. Kevin Danois, of Auxerre, and West Ham's Soungoutou Magassa are among their targets.

EVERTON

BOSS David Moyes wants two full backs, a midfielder, a winger and a striker. Everton need more quality in depth after they fell short of Europe last season. Chelsea's Liam Delap is among the forwards being considered.

Red hope: Barcola is Liverpool's number one target GETTY IMAGES

FULHAM

NEED a centre back, midfielder and winger. They have had bids rejected for Rennes defender Abdelhamid Ait-Boudlal and Trabzonspor's Chibuike Nwaiwu. Nwaneri at Arsenal is admired.

HULL CITY

Aston Villa's interest in Jean-Philippe Mateta has also been rebuffed.

WOULD like a forward, winger and goalkeeping cover. They are progressing for Mohamed Ali-Cho, from Nice, and Union Berlin forward Ilya Ansah.

Axel Disasi is due to sign from Chelsea while they still want a midfielder

They have checked on Roma midfielder Neil El Aynaoui, while Galatasaray continue to circle for Ismaila Sarr and Wharton is a last-minute option for some, despite Palace saying they will not sell.

IPSWICH TOWN

DEFENCE, midfield and attack is where Gary O'Neil would like to add. Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Exequiel Palacios is one he is chasing, while they are one of many keen on Chelsea's Delap.

LEEDS UNITED

BRADLEY BARCOLA of Paris Saint-Germain and Yankuba Minteh, of Brighton, are their two top wing targets. If there is no breakthrough on fees soon they will have to consider alternatives, but both players want to join.

LIVERPOOL

HOPING for a winger, striker, defender and goalkeeper. Chelsea have rejected their latest loan bid for Mudryk.

MANCHESTER CITY

May add free agent defender Diogo Leite and Frankfurt keeper Michael Zetterer has held talks over a £4.3m move.

LOOKING for a forward, midfielder and right back. Ayyoub Bouaddi is on his way from Lille and winger Allan Elias should join from Palmeiras. Fernandez remains an option in midfield for City, who also admire Roma's Manu Kone and Wharton of Palace. Omar Marmoush is set to follow Savinho to Spurs.

Defender Ethan Pinnock has joined Coventry for £6m. They would like to add another midfielder and have considered a loan move for returning Chelsea winger

MANCHESTER UNITED

Hall was rejected and despite a limit on what is left to spend, they have checked on Barcelona's Alejandro Balde and Jorge Salinas, of Santander. Juventus or Aston Villa could sign Joshua Zirkzee to fund a new forward.

NEED a left back and a forward. An enquiry for Newcastle's Lewis

NEWCASTLE UNITED

WANT a midfield organiser. Are moving to finalise a deal for Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonzalez at £47m, plus £3m in add-ons. They have also asked about Tottenham's Archie Gray.

Big interest: Delap GETTY IMAGES

Versatile Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo is another one they are discussing.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

EYEING a striker, right back and midfielder. They spoke to Chelsea last night about a deal for Delap and have discussed Everton's Beto, Brentford's Igor Thiago, Spurs' Lucas Bergvall and Barcelona's Marc Casado, along with Auxerre's Danois.

Fiorentina right back Dodo is another in their sights.

SUNDERLAND

MIDFIELD will be bolstered by the arrival of Jules Ahoka for £8m from Royal Antwerp. Also working to add a right winger, with talks ongoing over a £30m deal for Sporting Lisbon's Geny Catamo.

TOTTENHAM

STILL looking to sign two forwards and right back cover. Savinho has joined from City and Marmoush will follow on loan.

Spurs are also trying an ambitious move for Cody Gakpo from Liverpool, but hold interest in Chelsea's Neto as back-up.

Carrick's rescue act gave United a chance to challenge Arsenal this season ...but his dithering bosses have already blown it

IT was, Hull City manager Sergej Jakirovic said, as easy and relaxing for his goalkeeper as drinking a cup of afternoon tea. Of all the analysis of the lack of threat posed by the updated Manchester United side as they stumbled into the new season with a defeat on Humberside, it was the most damning assessment of all.

In a 2-0 loss at the home of a promoted club widely tipped to go straight back down, Michael Carrick's team were outmuscled in defence, overrun in midfield and as meek as mewling kittens in attack. It was the equivalent of 'can't bat, can't bowl, can't field' on a football pitch.

It is way too early to make sweeping predictions about where United will finish this season, but there was widespread and understandable dismay about the level of the performance, and worrying signs of an apparent failure to build on the progress that Carrick made with the team last season.

United had momentum on their side in May. They finished third. They were back in the Champions League. With Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City, it was predicted they would be Arsenal's closest challengers this season. Instead, there has been a creeping feeling throughout the summer that momentum has been lost.

There has been a feeling that, yet again, the manager of the club has been let down by the crowded hierarchy above him in the food chain. United had a rare chance to build from a position of relative strength this summer and the mood music already suggests that they blew it.

If it is not yet another false dawn, then it is a missed opportunity. The summer was a time for United to make an impression. Instead, it feels as if they have stood still. Youri Tielemans is a fine player, but he is not the midfielder who will make the difference between third place and champions.

Are either he or new arrival Carlos Baleba an improvement on Casemiro, who has departed for Major League Soccer? Baleba, set to sign from Brighton for around £70million, is a player of rich potential who should bring energy and bite, but his progress stalled on the south coast last season.

His last-minute acquisition suggests either confused planning or thwarted ambitions elsewhere. So does the failure to strengthen a defence that was twice undone by set-pieces at the MKM Stadium and looks like a weirdly debilitating mixture of creakiness and naivety. A side that cannot move on from Harry Maguire, who is 33, is a side with issues.

When the big players moved this summer, United missed out. Elliot Anderson went to Manchester City, Morgan Rogers went to Chelsea, Bruno Guimaraes went to Arsenal, Anthony Gordon went to Barcelona, Marc Cucurella went to Real Madrid and Sandro Tonali went to Tottenham.

It is hard to shake the idea United have been left behind, or at least caught dawdling on the start line. This was the summer they could least afford that to happen. They had a good summer last year when they overhauled their attack with a clutch of good signings but, so far, this has been an underwhelming window. They have been feeding off scraps.

It has refocused attention on minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his lieutenants, Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox, and a transfer policy that is starting to look flawed. They fixed the roof last summer and now they are trying to install a new kitchen. But the foundations are built on shifting sands and they have ignored those completely.

After another tumultuous campaign last season, when manager Ruben Amorim was fired and Carrick performed such a fine rescue job, this was the summer when he should have been backed to the hilt and United should have shown the faith in him that his achievements in his four months in charge demanded.

Instead, it feels as if that support has been muted. The acquisition of Baleba is a step forward and United are now being strongly linked with

Barcelona's 22-year-old Spanish left back Alejandro Balde, but they are shopping at John Lewis, not Harrods. It is hard to shake the feeling of anti-climax.

'Come on, that's ridiculous,' Carrick said to Jan Age Fjortoft when the former Middlesbrough and Swindon Town forward, now an accomplished presenter for Viaplay, suggested that United had lacked Hull's passion during the first half of the game on Saturday, when they conceded two goals before the interval.

It was rare to see Carrick bite like that. It did not feel like a loss of composure but more like a glimpse, ironically, of the passion

Let down: Carrick has not been helped by United's quiet window SHUTTERSTOCK

that runs through him. He was right to stand behind his players, too — an away game at a newly-promoted side in front of dedicated fans, hungry for a defrocking, has been the undoing of many an aristocrat.

United do not lack passion. But what is more worrying for Carrick is that they lack quality. They lacked the quality to withstand what Hull threw at them and they lacked the quality to offer more than the occasional threat to the newcomers' defence. Konstantinos Tzolakis, the goalkeeper his manager referenced, supped on tea, not sympathy.

A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO KING KEV

IT HAS been, in many ways, an unnerving summer for the fans of Newcastle United. Liverpool supporters, too, are not quite sure what to expect after the arrival of a new manager to try to repair the disappointments of last season.

But all those concerns, and even the result itself, a fittingly exciting 2-2 draw, were secondary to the tribute that the supporters of both teams provided for Kevin Keegan at St James' Park on Sunday. Keegan, who died last month, was one of the great figures of English football, a European Cup winner for Liverpool and a transformative character, both as player and manager, for his beloved Newcastle. He was adored in both cities and by both sets of fans.

And the joint farewell that the clubs gave him, both as a spectacle and in song, at their game was a beautiful and moving show of dignity and devotion to a man who brought so much joy to so many.

Keegan represented much that was the best of our game and so did the tribute to him.

I WANT Florian Wirtz to succeed at Liverpool because I saw enough of him before his arrival in the Premier League to know that he is a sublime player. Liverpool supporters did not see enough of that player last season, though, and he made an underwhelming start to the new season in the draw at Newcastle. Wirtz deserved the patience that was extended to him last season. He would not be the first player to struggle with the pace and the demands of English football. But time is running out for the £115million man to show what he can do.

How Alvarez's war with his own club could help Arsenal land their dream signing

Hostile Atletico supporters and a Gyokores swap are key to getting £130m mega-deal over the line

THE level of hostility Julian Alvarez faced from Atletico Madrid fans on Sunday means the option of him moving to Arsenal is no longer completely off the table.

It remains the unsettled striker's absolute priority to move to Barcelona, but Atletico's point-blank refusal to negotiate with their Catalan rivals could set up a deadline day emergency resolution to what is now an unsustainable situation.

Alvarez expected a harsh welcome on Sunday, having said during the World Cup that it was his dream to move to Barcelona. His name was whistled by more than 60,000 fans ahead of the game and there was more of the same when he warmed up and when he came on as a 66th-minute substitute.

But the intensity of the reaction shocked him and what followed was even worse. At the end of the game, when his team-mates went to supporters behind one of the goals, the 26-year-old Argentine walked off down the tunnel alone, stepping over an Atletico scarf, thrown his way, as he went.

It seemed the defining image of what looks like an irreversible divorce, but there are still huge obstacles to be passed if the former Manchester City Treble winner is to return to England.

He has until now been adamant about keeping his young family in Spain. Arsenal are also understood to have reservations over a player who has made such a big play for Barcelona.

I was commenting on Atletico's 2-2 draw with Villarreal on Sunday and, along with every commentary team inside the stadium, concluded — as he walked away from fans and

VIEW FROM SPAIN BY PETE JENSON IN MADRID

team-mates — that he had done that on his own accord.

But Atletico coach Diego Simeone said after the match that the club had decided he should not join the rest of the players. 'The decision was not his,' Simeone said.

Whoever made the call — and an Atletico press officer had spoken to him before he turned and left the pitch — it only served to further open the wounds that have been festering since the World Cup when he admitted: 'I can't hide it, the best thing is a transfer so I can fulfill my dream.'

Barcelona have so far only made one offer, two months ago, of €90million (£77m) plus €10m (£8.55m) in add-ons to be paid over six years, which Atletico have dismissed as derisory.

Barcelona could make a second offer, but they do not have the financial muscle to get close to Atletico's €150m (£130m) price-tag and their rivals are adamant they will not sell to them.

Atletico's sporting director Mateu Alemany was in London last week to negotiate for Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson. That trip doubled up as a chance to speak to his opposite number at Arsenal, and predecessor at Atletico, Andrea Berta.

Berta's Atletico connections would grease the wheels if the clubs were to try to reach an agreement on how a move for Alverez would be structured. The inclusion of Viktor Gyokeres would remedy Simeone's demands for an immediate top-class replacement, although he would not be his first choice in less-rushed circumstances.

Simeone is a fan of Jackson and in such a chaotic scenario Chelsea emerging as surprise suitors for Alvarez cannot be ruled out.

But it is Arsenal who have been the Argentine's long-term admirers. Just how committed they would be to the deal if they were encouraged by the player's camp remains to be seen.

Alvarez has not had a good pre-season, evidenced by a pedestrian 25 minutes on the pitch on Sunday. The Gunners would also be signing a player who has made no secret of his desire to be at another club.

One precedent that might allay some concerns is that of Sergio Aguero. He wanted to join Real Madrid in 2011 and Atletico were so adamant it would not happen they sold him to Manchester City where he became a legend. Atletico's determination that

Aguero not join Real pales into insignificance when compared to their refusal to sell Alvarez to Barcelona. They have reported Barcelona to FIFA over what they say was inappropriate behaviour last season.

The accounts of Alvarez's camp and Atletico's differ wildly, but both agree that at the end of last year the player communicated to the club that he was unhappy. Atletico felt they had gone out of their way to give him the support he and his young family needed. The player became a father for the first time in January 2026.

At first they continued to assure him they wanted the team to be built around him.

But his response was he felt Atletico's style of football did not fit with his and he wanted to move on.

The club have briefed they then told Alvarez's agent, Fernando Hidalgo, that they were not going to retain the player against his will, but that he would need to come up with the right offer and in the correct manner for

Downbeat: Alvarez during his cameo on Sunday GETTY IMAGES

Heading for the exit? Alvarez walks off alone after being booed by fans

them to facilitate his departure. They wanted nothing to happen that would disrupt their season. They believe, in spite of that condition being set, that talks between Alvarez's agent and Barcelona took place through the campaign and spiked around the time the teams met in the Spanish Cup and Champions League.

Bad blood continued to run right up to the start of the new season when Atletico's CEO, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, said Alvarez had been 'badly advised' by Hidalgo and the agent responded by posting on social media: 'Don't ask a liar to explain why he lied because he'll just tell you another lie.'

The player's €300,000 (£250,000) weekly wage would need to be matched, but Arsenal were prepared to pay that to Vinicius earlier this summer. The Real Madrid player opted to stay put, such was his commitment to the club that had brought him to Europe.

This is a very different case. It is difficult to think of another example of such animosity between a club and a player on such a long contract. Alvarez's deal with Atletico runs until 2030.

The next six days will decide if that animosity reaches such a level that Arsenal become not just Alvarez's reluctant alternatives, but his only real escape route.

Chief Sports Writer

at Craven Cottage

FULHAM King 23 Garcia 54

CHELSEA Pedro 1 Rogers 41 Palmer 49

THE River Thames was at low tide on Monday evening. Gulls and a lone heron stood stoically on banks of exposed grey shingle, scrutinising the pebbles for signs of sustenance. Fifty metres or so from the river bank, the Chelsea team bus disgorged its players and sent them into Craven Cottage to feed on what they could find.

A miserable season that cost two managers — Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior — their jobs in the space of a few months in the course of the last campaign and ended with the ignominy of a tenth-placed finish appeared, weirdly, to have heightened expectations for what lies ahead.

Much of that optimism stems from the appointment of Xabi Alonso, whose reign at Real Madrid was short-lived but whose reputation still basks in the memory of how he led Bayer Leverkusen to their first and only Bundesliga title, in 2023, without losing a match, humbling Bayern

HOW THEY STAND

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Brighton	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	3
Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
Everton	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
Hull	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
Chelsea	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	3
Ipswich	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
Man City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
Leeds	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
Liverpool	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
Newcastle	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
Bournemouth	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Sunderland	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Nottm Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
C Palace	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
Man Utd	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
Coventry	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
Tottenham	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0

Munich in the process. Some have even tipped Chelsea for the title, reasoning that last season's mediocrity has brought the precious dividend of no European football and the luxury of being able to concentrate resources on domestic challenges.

Stellar talents such as Cole Palmer and new £117million signing Morgan Rogers, the reasoning goes, will be fit and rar-ing to go each week.

In the fifth year of the hitherto troubled BlueCo ownership, there have even been fleeting glimpses of a more coherent strategy emerging.

After the trolley-dash approach of co-owner Todd Boehly and then the obsession with youth-as-resale, Chelsea have signed Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, players — and leaders — who each have more than twice as many Premier League

Chilling: Pedro and James help Palmer to celebrate REUTERS

Anything is possible for Chelsea if reborn Palmer keeps playing like this

King Cole the bright spark in electric front line

appearances as anyone else in the squad.

If Chelsea can also conjure the magic trick of getting their money back for the thuggish, limited Enzo Fernandez by selling him to Manchester City before the window closes, it will have been a profitable summer indeed.

Even though injured Moises Caicedo did not make the opener, Fernandez was still only judged worthy of a place on the bench.

In this Chelsea-themed narrative, Fulham and their new manager Alvaro Arbeloa, an old friend and team-mate of Alonso, were supposed to be sacrificial lambs in the west London derby.

Even then, few expected Chelsea to establish their dominance with such brutal and unforgiving immediacy.

It took the visitors 31 seconds to take the lead. Maxence Lacroix, another new signing, intercepted a long ball out of the Fulham defence and headed it back to the edge of the area. Palmer flicked it on, Joao Pedro seized on it and lifted a delicate finish over goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

Chelsea almost let Fulham back into the game immediately. Levi Colwill let a pass run under his foot and as Oscar Bobb nicked it past him and set off for goal, Colwill brought him down. The home crowd clamoured for a red card but Colwill escaped with a yellow. It could easily have gone the other way. Gradually, Fulham clawed their way back into the game. Josh King let fly from distance and stung the fingers of Robert Sanchez with a shot that he could only spoon behind. King set up Cesar Palacios, who curled a shot over. Fulham's belief grew.

Midway through the half, they were level. It was no surprise that King was the scorer. Once more, Chelsea gave him space to advance and when he rifled a shot towards the near post, Sanchez dived to save it but somehow allowed it to evade his grasp.

After all the signings Chelsea have made, they forgot to sign a new goalkeeper. It was the position they needed to strengthen most. We can add it to the list of mystery omissions that have so puzzled and infuriated Chelsea supporters over these past few years.

Chelsea reasserted their superiority. Joao Pedro hooked a volley just wide, Reece James mishit a shot when he should have done better and Leno saved at point-blank range from Romeo Lavia. Through it all, the class of Palmer was a common denominator. His exclusion from Thomas Tuchel's England squad felt like even more of an aberration by the time the interval arrived.

Chelsea made their superiority count four minutes before half-time when Palmer fed Lacroix, who showed just how good he is on the ball by turning his man

Nice start: Pedro chips Leno for the early Chelsea first REUTERS

He's back: Palmer scored and had a fine evening GETTY IMAGES

Nail biter: Garcia celebrates his debut Fulham goal, creating a tense finish for new managers Arbeloa and Alonso

inside out in the Fulham area and crossing low to the back post.

Rogers, on his competitive debut for his new side, was there to meet it and drilled his shot beyond a desperate attempt to hack it off the line. Rogers had had a fine half. Not quite as good as Palmer, but close.

Palmer started the second half with a brilliant dribble that ended with a shot he curled just wide. A minute later, he burst into the Fulham box on the overlap and ran on to a pass from Joao Pedro.

Palmer looked up and then threaded the ball between Leno's legs for Chelsea's third.

This game was not about to go quietly. Timothy Castagne got in behind Colwill and Sanchez could only push his shot back into the danger area. Fulham's new £40m signing Gonzalo Garcia reacted fastest and nodded the ball back past the goalkeeper and in off the underside of the bar.

Fernandez came on, accompanied by a deafening chorus of boos, midway through the half.

That was the main sport for Fulham fans until 12 minutes from the end, when Antonee Robinson ran on to a long ball behind the defence. With Sanchez stranded, Robinson lobbed him but directed the ball wide.

Chelsea hung on for the win, but Palmer gave them a scare when he pulled up suddenly, clutching his calf. It looked like cramp.

The title? Chelsea's defence will have to improve, but anything is possible if Palmer can stay fit and play like this.

FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Leno 5; Castagne 5, Bassey 5, Cuenca 5, Robinson 5 (Muniz 82min); King 7, Berge 5.5 (Sessegnon 73, 6); Bobb 6 (Charles 67, 6), Iwobi 6, Palacios 6 (Kevin 73, 6); Garcia 6.5. Scorers: King 23, Garcia 54. Booked: Bassey, Castagne. Manager: Alvaro Arbeloa 6. CHELSEA (3-4-2-1): Sanchez 4.5; Acheampong 7, Lacroix 7.5, Colwill 6; Gusto 6 (Neto 76), James 6.5, Lavia 6.5 (Fernandez 56, 6), Hato 6.5 (Chavarria 65, 6); PALMER 8 (Estevao 83), Rogers 7 (Quenda 82); Pedro 7.5. Scorers: Pedro 1, Rogers 41, Palmer 49. Booked: Colwill, Lavia, James. Manager: Xabi Alonso 7. Referee: John Brooks 6. Attendance: 27,461.

Martinelli closing on Saudi deal

By SIMON JONES

ARSENAL winger Gabriel Martinelli is nearing a £55million switch to Al Hilal. The Saudi club are working to sign the Brazilian alongside Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins. Martinelli has still to finalise personal terms, but talks are understood to be progressing. Turkish club Galatasaray made a £38.5m bid for Martinelli this month, but the 25-year-old would not consider a move to Istanbul.

Martinelli, who joined from Brazilian side Ituano for £6m in 2019, has just a year left on his Arsenal contract. Ituano are due a percentage of the profit. He made 53 appearances in all competitions last season, scoring 11 goals, as the Gunners won the Premier League title. But he was left out of the squad for their league opener against Coventry on Friday. Arsenal are maintaining contact with Atletico Madrid for Julian Alvarez, although the Argentine remains set on joining Barcelona. With Atletico reluctant to sell to Barca, the Gunners are waiting for the player's camp to indicate he wants to join them.

City eyeing Liverpool star Gakpo

By SIMON JONES

LIVERPOOL have still to receive a formal approach from rival clubs for Cody Gakpo, despite Manchester City joining Tottenham by sounding out his representatives over a move. The Anfield club are not actively looking to sell and their priority is to add more attacking threat. They are working on deals for Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain and Yankuba Minteh from Brighton.

As he proved at Newcastle on Sunday, Gakpo remains one of Liverpool's most potent forwards. He has not long signed a new contract and would require a substantial fee — plus Liverpool having two new signings in the bag — for his sale to be even contemplated. While he is understood to be open to a new challenge, he is not expected to kick up a fuss to leave Anfield.

Spurs have already signed Savinho for £85million from City and will add Omar Marmoush on what is expected to be an initial loan. However, Gakpo has been a target for Roberto de Zerbi all summer.

CARSE WAS ARRESTED

England star suspected of being 'drunk and disorderly'

By LAWRENCE BOOTH Cricket Correspondent

BRYDON CARSE was briefly arrested on suspicion of being 'drunk and disorderly' in Derby on Saturday night, before being de-arrested, it has emerged.

Carse was yesterday dropped from England's squad for Thursday's second Test against Pakistan at Lord's while the Cricket Regulator investigates the events that led to police handcuffing him outside a nightclub.

He was then de-arrested, meaning the arrest was cancelled. But Daily Mail Sport understands the matter is now back with the police, who are looking into the precise sequence of events.

It was originally believed Carse had not been arrested but in a statement yesterday afternoon Derbyshire police disclosed: 'A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Derby city centre on Saturday night. However, the man was de-arrested shortly afterwards having agreed to leave the area.'

It is understood the man in question is 31-year-old Carse, who has been replaced in England's 16-man squad by Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker.

A social media video showed the moment Carse was handcuffed, with four policeman in attendance, and

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Snooker star Dott is found guilty of child sex offences

By GRANT McCABE

FORMER world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been convicted of sexually abusing two primary school-age children. The 49-year-old, who turned professional in 1994, subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse spanning from 1993 to 2010.

Dott, who was branded a ‘dangerous individual’ by a senior police officer after the verdict, had previously branded the allegations made against him ‘nonsense’ and ‘lies’. During a five-day trial, the High Court in Glasgow heard how he exposed himself in front of both children, touched them inappropriately and kissed them.

Jurors found Dott guilty of two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour. During the trial, one of Dott's victims, a woman now in her 40s, told the court that Dott had sexually abused her on multiple separate occasions while she was a child.

The second victim, a man who is now in his late 20s, said he was sexually abused by Dott on multiple occasions, with the snooker player touching him inappropriately, kissing him and performing sexual acts. The court heard how he tried to buy their silence with gifts or money.

Dott had been on bail, but has now been remanded in custody. He was ordered to register his details on the National Sex Offender Register.

Following the verdict, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association said they had permanently revoked Dott's membership.

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ACROSS 1 Carve on a surface (7) 5 Ancient character (4) 7 Standard (3) 8 Act of retaliation (8) 9 Musical drama (5) 10 Modelling material (4) 13 Bawdy or suggestive (4) 14 Stretched (4)

18 Lie down (4) 19 Insect grub (5) 21 Favouritism towards relatives (8) 22 Source of metal (3) 23 Be afraid of (4) 24 Small ornament (7)

DOWN 1 Worker (8) 2 One who mows lawns, say (8) 3 Antenna (6)

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PRIZE SUDOKU

SUDOKU FILL in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. SOLUTIONS TOMORROW

	1	3			5
			6		1		7
4						5
5	8				6	3		4
2								7
7			8	2	9
3		5				9
			5	1				2
	2							3

		2	6
					1			2
6	5
		5		7			8
	8	9
				5		4	3
1	7		2		4	6
	9		3					8
3			5	6			7

4				9				5
			2		4	3
9		1		6		8
	5		6	4	7
		3			5
	8					7
1	2		3	5				8
					6	2
			4	7			6	1

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DOWN

ACROSS 8 A multistorey residential building containing rental flats (8) 9 Sheepskin processed to resemble the fur of another animal (6) 10 Cocktail whose name means ‘strained pineapple’ in Spanish (4,6) 11 The edge of a hat (4) 12 Sara ____, Italian tennis player and doubles specialist born in 1987 (6) 14 A bright yellow spice in the ginger family (8) 15 ____ trend, a non-linear career path particularly associated with younger workers (4,3) 17 Song by Kool & The Gang that reached No. 4 in the UK charts in 1985 (7) 20 Part of the sky over a country and considered to belong to it (8) 22 The ____, weekly children’s paper that featured Billy Bunter, first published in 1908 (6) 24 Take it on the ____, informal phrase meaning ‘to face squarely up to adversity’ (4) 25 Square item on which the Queen’s Gambit may be played (10) 27 Supply and ____, economic principle about availability and desire for goods or services (6) 28 Song by Gwen Stefani that reached No. 4 in the UK charts in 2005 (4,4)

1 A profession or trade one is particularly suited to (6)
2 Cheese traditionally found in a Greek salad (4)
3 Patron saint of photographers and laundry workers (8)
4 City in which Argentina defeated England in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup (7)
5 To damage or injure (6)
6 To post something apparently self-critical on the internet but actually boasting about one's success (10)
7 Rock & Roll ____, podcast presented by journalist Steve Richards (8)
13 A breed of cat with a ticked coat and large erect ears (10)
16 Body of water whose ports include Rosslare and Holyhead (5,3)
18 Suffering due to separation from familiar surroundings (8)
19 Vitor ____, Portuguese manager who has coached Wolves and Nottingham Forest (7)
21 ____ Fire, Canadian rock band founded in 2001 (6)
23 The Comedy Of ____, play set in the Greek city of Ephesus (6)
26 ____ Korbut, retired gymnast nicknamed the 'Sparrow from Minsk' (4)

WORD WHEEL

YOU have ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least three others, and letters

may be used only once. You can't use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Verbs ending in 's' permitted. Clue for today's nine-letter word: Fair Head Windy Grounds is an enchanting place. RATING: 10 words, average; 15, good; 20, very good; 25 or more, excellent. SOLUTION TOMORROW

WRITE YOUR LETTERS IN THESE SQUARES

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NAME GAME HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a musician. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW

SOLUTION TOMORROW

BOX 1: Paul McCartney (pictured) performed which song for the first time in over 60 years at a celebrity wedding? Love Me Do (W) I Want To Hold Your Hand (H) She Loves You (J)

BOX 2: In which country is Hornindalsvatnet, Europe's deepest lake, located?
Norway (Y)
Albania (O)
Sweden (L)

BOX 3: Which comedy duo played Dalziel and Pascoe in the 1994 TV miniseries A Pinch Of Snuff? Fry and Laurie (I) Smith and Jones (P) Hale and Pace (D) BOX 4: I Don't Know How To Love Him is a song from which musical? Jesus Christ Superstar (R) Hair (C) My Fair Lady (E)

BOX 5: Jessica Morgan was recently named the new director of which of these arts organisations? The Royal Academy (F) The Tate (U) The Victoria and Albert Museum (G)
BOX 6: Scoria is which of the following? A contagious disease (M) A volcanic rock (J) A ball game (T)
BOX 7: Jalisco is a state of which of these countries? Cuba (X) Peru (S) Mexico (A)

BOX 8: What type of food is a semifreddo? Frozen dessert (R) Flatbread (K) Stew (I)

BOX 9: Which region of Europe is divided into the Barlavento and the Sotavento? The Dordogne (O) The Algarve (D) Campania (V)

Yesterday's solution: BEN PRICE (1B, 2R, 3E, 4P, 5E, 6C, 7I, 8N)

Picture: PA

MAKING TRACKS

LAY tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each row and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails. The track cannot cross itself.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

3	8	7	7	6	6	6	2

HONEYCOMB

ALL the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter.

Receptacle
Burdened
Protect
Tidier
Keep
Graduates
Virgin
Concentrate
Compares
Sting
Pass
Chaplains

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MASTERQUIZ

Who wrote the short story collections Puck Of Pook's Hill and Just So Stories?
Which carbohydrate found in fruit and beginning with P is an essential ingredient for the gelling of jam?
Which archipelago, divided between Chile and Argentina, is separated from the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan?

MINDBENDER

Sue and Wendy played lots of games of rummy over the week, with the loser of each game owing 20p to the winner. After the last game, they totted up their scores and Sue received £1.20, even though Wendy had won 19 games. How many games of rummy did they play all together?
What connects the hits I Feel For You, Manic Monday and Nothing Compares 2 U?
What is the only swimming stroke permitted at the World Bog Snorkelling Championships, taking place this weekend in Llanwrtyd Wells?

Which ball game, first codified in Canada in the 1860s, is the only sport in which an indigenous North American team competes in internationally sanctioned competitions?
In Greek mythology, which daughter of King Priam gave accurate prophecies that were never believed?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

Which cricket term may lead to SINNING?
Which is the odd one out: winged man, winged horse, winged lion, winged ox?
Using the chemical symbols, who may contemplate thorium, indium, potassium and erbium?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

KILLER SUDOKU

FILL in squares in the grid so each row, column and each 3x3 square contains all digits from 1 to 9. Each set of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the number in the top-left corner. Numbers can't be repeated within each set of cells.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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MAILWORD

ACROSS 1 Seaweed 5 Continent 11 Speed 12 Lassos 13 Active Sicilian volcano 14 Aches 15 Ledge 17 Fill 18 Churches 21 Ballet step 24 Dandy 25 __ Dawson, comedian 26 Avoiding the police 29 Swamp 30 Crest

DOWN

34 __Abbington, actress 37 Gerald ____, 38th U.S. president 38 Ballerina 39 Large plant 40 First-born 41 Show boredom

1 Mimics
2 Biblical city
3 Skin complaint
4 Domain
5 Some
6 Adversary
7 Bake in oil
8 Middle Eastern country

KAKURO

9 Core
10 Evaluate
16 Part of Scotland
19 Negative
20 Encourage
21 Scented ointment
22 Mammal, e.g.
23 Abandon
27 From this time
28 Slick
31 Cartoon explorer
32 Increased in size
33 Genesis location
35 __Lynam, presenter
36 Creative works

FILL in the blank squares of the grid using only the numbers 1 to 9, without repeating any number in any line of blank squares. The lines must be filled in with numbers which add up to the total in the shaded box at the top or beginning of each line. A number in the bottom half of a shaded box gives a downwards total; in the top half, it's a horizontal total.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

PITCHERWITS™

1a. Fine calipers of metric morse code (11)

14a. So as not to confuse the beans' site? (2,5)

1d. Overcame aim artfully (5,6)

6d. String letters together in a curl (7)

5a. Take from the emir, a clear break for a wonder (7)

ACROSS 1 Picture Clue 5 Picture Clue 8 Consumed in London square? (5) 9 Rough copy, said to be on tap (5) 10 Rotational taxi, all stripped down (5)

15a. Strand of faith that's unorthodox directly (2,5,4)

4d. Hotrods driven off the pier in little time (5,6)

7d. Diacritic which I called out (7)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

12 Feudal allegiance across collie generations (5) 14 Picture Clue 15 Picture Clue

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DOWN 1 Picture Clue 2 Arrive at the junction of iceball in space (5) 3 She figures on a novel enamel brooch (5) 4 Picture Clue 6 Picture Clue 7 Picture Clue

11 Inoffensive start to the rebound (2-3) 13 A bit more in the next race (5)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Indian silk. 7 Debar. 8 Umbra. 9 Nature trail. 11 Short lesson. 14 Awful. 15 Eager. 16 Blare forth. DOWN: 1 Indonesian. 2 Debit. 3 Air. 4 Shuttle. 5 Libya. 6 Fallen arch. 10 Rattler. 12 Offal. 13 Sugar. 15 Elf.

HIDATO

COMPLETE the grid so that all the numbers, 1 to 44, connect consecutively — horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don't have to begin with 1 or 44. Working on the mid-numbers might give you a better start.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

10K

11O

12S

13F

14H

15P

16T

17X

18D

19N

20Y

21J

22Q

23W

24U

25M

26V

KENKEN

EACH row and column should contain 1 to 6 without repeats. Numbers in cages must combine to produce the target number shown at start of that cage using, in any order, the mathematical sign given. Single-box cages can be filled with the number given.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

WORLD'S SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD

DEUTERIUM NINE TO FIVE

FIT the scrambled letters of the given word into the grid to form six five-letter words across and down.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

ACROSS

Soft explosive noise (colloq) (4)
S Am wild feline (4)
Shellfish (4)
lodine source (4)

DOWN

Perfunctory kiss (4)
Wood, matter (4)
Kazakhstan river (4)
Press down, as pipe tobacco (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

CODEWORD

EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Today 24 represents M, so fill in M every time the figure 24 appears. You have two letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW

THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION

CROSS NUMBER

COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes.

	9			25
2				16
		●	7	19
		5		20
10	28	13	29	22

Your working time: □ mins □ secs

3 mins 35 secs

FILL each square with a number, 1 to 9. Horizontal squares add up to totals on right. Vertical squares add up to totals on bottom. Diagonal squares through centre add up to totals in top and bottom right.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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SCRABBLE $^{®}$ G ${2}$ R ${1}$ A ${1}$ M ${3}$ S $_{1}$

■The board on the right shows four rows of letters from a typical Scrabble game. Use each row to form a word of 2-7 letters and write it in the blank squares provided. Then add up the score for each row. Don't forget to use the double and triple word and letter scores — and add a 50-point bonus for every 7-letter word. Blank tiles can be used for any letter but have no score. See tomorrow's paper for the solution. SCRABBLE® and SCRABBLE® Tiles are registered trademarks. All rights in the game are owned in the USA by Hasbro Inc, in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc, and elsewhere by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.

PAR SCORE 130-140 by JUDD

FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN

Yesterday's solution: LEAFIER 80 CORRADE 60 VENOM 10 CHIMP 17 JUDD'S TOTAL: 167

N	V	T	N	A	I	L	A	V
V	O	L	I	Y	N	T	R	V
V	V	N	K	E	M	C	V	U
A	Y	M	R	V	Q	I	C	L
M	V	L	V	E	K	Z	V	C
P	Z	E	F	I	V	Y	Y	A
I	E	W	N	A	K	V	G	N
R	L	G	N	T	A	Q	D	N
E	R	V	U	N	U	Y	V	H
M	G	Q	O	J	H	R	T	K
F	V	X	M	V	I	X	E	N

WORD SEARCH

THE listed words can all be found in the grid — running forwards, backwards, up, down and diagonally — EXCEPT ONE. For a chance to win, discover which word is missing. Today's theme: Vickers aircraft

VALIANT VAMPIRE VANOX VENDACE VENTURE

VERNON VIKING VIMY VIXEN VULCAN

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SUDOKU X

PUT the numbers 1-6 once in each row, each column, each diagonal (highlighted to form an X) and each horizontal 3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION TOMORROW

		1		6

			5
3			4

	5

QUICK QUIZ

Who played three major roles in the 1964 film Dr Strangelove?
In Holst's Planets suite, which planet is called the Bringer of Jollity?
Peter Magyar become which European republic's prime minister in May?
Which English dessert consists of a mixture of meringue pieces, cream and strawberries?
By what first name was world heavyweight boxing champion Charles Liston known?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

GOGEN

BUMPY BUY CRAWLING FLOW FOLK JUMPS KIN NEXT QUASHED SILK VAST YES

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

INSERT letters to form listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all listed words are spelt out.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

Mail Puzzles

BRIDGE MASTERCLASS | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

West ♠ AK 5 ♥ Q 10 9 5 ♦ 8 7 6 ♣ A 5 3

East ♠ 7 3 2 ♥ A ♦ A K J 9 4 2 ♣ Q 10 2

PLAYING teams, you are in 3NT from the West seat after South has opened 1NT (12-14). North leads the ♥3, which you win and lead a low diamond. South takes the ♦10, and North discards a heart. South now leads the ♠Q, which you win. In order to retain communication to the diamonds, you will need to duck a second one to South's ♦Q. You do this, and South continues with the ♠J. Do you win this trick? YOU should win this because, after cashing the diamonds, you may want to exit with the third spade and hope to collect two tricks in the end game in either clubs or hearts.

No 17,951

What do you know about the location of the missing high cards? You have 27 points between you, meaning that North has at most one jack. Given the lead, it looks as though North's single point is the ♥J.

You now need to cash your diamonds. South will feel the endplay looming and will discard any remaining spades in the hope that North can win the third round and lead a club. Which four cards do you keep in hand, and how will you know how to work out what South has kept?

Tomorrow we shall see the full hand.

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ACROSS

6 Place in which to record matches? (8,6) 9 Catch rogue seen around entry to massive hotel (6) 10 Director spoils a different way of tackling rubbish (8) 11 Real flat requires renovation in the end? (5,3) 13 A large place to park around northern U.S. city (6) 15 Summaries about top society (6) 17 Consider keeping two names for herb (6) 19 Recall order in the morning for wooden hammer (6) 20 Two articles record user at intervals, describing some watches? (8) 22 Lose track of special liquid behind Frenchman (8) 24 Power provided around old city by yard free of dirt? (6) 26 Nervously note stairs covering defect in facility by a motorway? (7,7)

DOWN

1 Smart vote in far ground denoting revolutionary change? (14) 2 Flirtatious look of golfer regularly (4) 3 Loveless Thomas developed a breathing problem (6) 4 Patient figure over quiet period brought up working arrangement (8) 5 Type of haircut frequently found in a circle (4) 7 Idler is confused about source of daily conundrum (6) 8 Companion with funnier slang represented form of TV consumption? (7-7) 12 Forty in Rome, reportedly, getting to be superior (5) 14 Stringed instrument found in urban joint (5) 16 Patient after treatment nursing cold gets negligible amount (8) 18 Those staying in tents losing money in escapades (6) 21 A charity might benefit from this popularity (6) 23 Cover in slabs part of cheap avenue (4) 25 Rule, we hear, in curb for a horse (4)

HEATHER DHONDY

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLES

SUDOKU

8	9	7	1	6	4	5	2	3
2	1	6	5	3	8	9	7	4
4	5	3	2	9	7	1	6	8
6	7	9	4	5	2	8	3	1
1	3	4	8	7	6	2	9	5
5	8	2	9	1	3	6	4	7
9	2	5	3	4	1	7	8	6
7	4	8	6	2	5	3	1	9
3	6	1	7	8	9	4	5	2

PRIZE SUDOKU

4	9	1	5	2	3	6	7	8
6	3	7	9	8	1	2	4	5
5	2	8	4	7	6	1	9	3
7	1	6	2	4	8	5	3	9
3	5	2	7	1	9	4	8	6
9	8	4	6	3	5	7	1	2
1	7	9	3	5	2	8	6	4
2	4	3	8	6	7	9	5	1
8	6	5	1	9	4	3	2	7

WORD SEARCH Missing: MALCOLM

HIDATO
H S O O V D S Q S G Z R N I C K Y A L Y Q X S N L A S E K N P E Q R E W N M E V G Q I I K N B E W B Z A A M P A M F N R T A I W A Q E G R S Y K S H M M P J A Z J W O Y V I A L I X K L U D X A U G
NINE TO FIVE

9	6	4	1	5	2	3	8	7
5	7	1	6	3	8	9	4	2
3	8	2	7	4	9	1	5	6
1	2	7	5	9	3	4	6	8
4	9	8	2	6	7	5	1	3
6	3	5	4	8	1	2	7	9
2	4	6	3	7	5	8	9	1
8	5	3	9	1	6	7	2	4
7	1	9	8	2	4	6	3	5

	H	A	T
V	A	L	E	T
G	N	O	M	E
A	D	O	P	T
	Y	F	T

CROSS NUMBER

KAKURO

				23
5	4	1	2	12
6	7	9	8	30
1	3	2	6	12
9	8	6	4	27
21	22	18	20	18

WORD WHEEL: ackee, arrack, cake, caretaker, crake, creak, creek, karate, kart, rack, racket, rake, reek, retake, tack, taka, take, taker, teacake, teak, track, tracker, trek.

MAKING TRACKS


9	8	6				3	7
7	5	1	2		1	2	4
		3	7		9	4
			5	9		1	7
	7	5	4	8	2	6	9
	1	2		7	9
9	4				1	2
8	2	1	4		3	8	9
	3	5	2	1			8
			7	8	9	5	6
			1	3	4	2

30-SECOND CHALLENGE

7 5 4 4 5 5 5 A 3 7 6 8 8 4 2 2 B

START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner's; advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate's.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 5 Sprain. 7 Poolside. 9 Birkdale. 10 Cohort. 11 Jannik Sinner. 13 Keyser. 15 Crusty. 18 Notification. 21 Pancho. 22 Sam Neill. 23 Facelift. 24 Coders.

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SOLUTION BELOW

Beginner	87	$\div 3$	+7	$\div 9$	$\times 7$	+80	$\div 6$	+7	$\times 4$	$\div 5$
Intermediate	$^{2}/_{3}$	$\times 96$	$^{7}/_{16}$ OF IT	$\times 7$	$^{11}/_{14}$ OF IT	+26	$^{11}/_{12}$ OF IT	$^{2}/_{5}$ OF IT	+30	$^{5}/_{8}$ OF IT
Advanced	37	+39	$^{12}/_{19}$ OF IT	175%OF IT	$^{5}/_{7}$ OF IT	TIMESITSELF	PLUS15%	5%OF IT	-90	$^{5}/_{13}$ OF IT

YOUR ANSWERS

KENKEN
SUDOKU X

160×4	5	2	5-6	1	13+3
3+2	7+3	4	13+5	6	1
1	4	6	2	3	60×5
14+5	5-1	1-3	4	2÷2	6
3	6	5	60×1	4	2
6	2÷2	1	3	5	4

KILLER SUDOKU

1	4	5	6	3	2
2	3	6	5	4	1
4	6	2	1	5	3
5	1	3	4	2	6
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制度与权力批判深度研判：Daily Mail - 25.08.2026

▌ 本日全报思想与文化深思雷达 (Intellectual & Cultural Significance Radar)

在系统通盘梳理本期《Daily Mail》所涉及的所有国际政治、经济、社会与文化报道后，以下 2 个具体事件在制度结构、权力技术与法理合法性层面最值得学者进一步深思：

【英格兰抗抑郁药处方激增】 [F6_12, F7_14]
- 事件简述：根据英国国家医疗服务体系业务服务局数据，英格兰东北部及北坎布里亚综合护理委员会管辖区内，抗抑郁药的使用率最高，每1,000名患者中有200人被开具此类药物。东伦敦大学临床心理学教授约翰·里德博士表示，这些数据揭示了一场“过度开药的流行病”，医生们正被越来越多地要求用药物来处理更广泛的社会和生活问题。
- 制度批判切入点：揭示现代医疗官僚系统如何通过技术化药物治疗处理社会问题，掩盖社会结构性矛盾（如贫困、失业），并将心理健康问题转化为可量化的药物消费问题，从而实现对社会不满的系统性“药物化”控制。
【英国庇护制度破碎与非法移民拘留成本】 [F21_39, F21_40, F24_43, F24_44]
- 事件简述：根据英国国家医疗服务体系业务服务局数据，每天在拘留非法移民及其在英国境内转移上花费的资金超过50万英镑；全国范围内有数十亿英镑被用于处理英国破碎的庇护制度所带来的后果。约20%的入境者患有结核病。
- 制度批判切入点：分析英国庇护制度的路径依赖与制度僵化——历届政府无法根本改革庇护制度，因既有制度安排（如拘留中心、官僚流程）形成路径锁定效应，导致资源浪费与系统性排斥。

▌ 精选核心专题深度思想论证 (In-Depth Dialectical Monograph)

专题一：官僚制铁笼与心理健康药物化：现代医疗系统的权力技术批判

1. 制度现实困境深描（Institutional Dilemma）

英格兰抗抑郁药处方激增的数据 [F6_12, F7_14]，揭示了现代医疗官僚系统面临的结构性两难：一方面，心理健康问题（如抑郁症、焦虑症）在疫情后急剧上升；另一方面，官僚系统无法通过根本性社会改革（如住房、就业、教育）来解决这些问题，只能通过技术化、标准化的药物治疗来“处理”社会不满。这种困境在贫困地区处方量高于富裕地区的数据中暴露无遗：官僚系统通过过度开药来掩盖社会结构性矛盾，将心理健康问题转化为可量化的药物消费问题，从而实现对社会不满的系统性“药物化”控制。

2. 权力机制与话语技术剖析（Power Mechanisms & Discourse Technology）

权力在该事件中的运作，体现在以下三个层面： - 技术化修辞：官僚系统通过“处方量”“增长率”“标准化治疗”等技术化语言，将心理健康问题转化为可量化的药物消费问题，从而掩盖其政治性本质。这种话语技术通过将社会问题转化为技术问题，实现了对权力运作的去政治化。 - 专家话语霸权：东伦敦大学临床心理学教授约翰·里德博士的发言（“过度开药的流行病”）进一步强化了这种技术化修辞，将医生群体塑造为“技术官僚”，而非社会改革的倡导者。这种专家话语通过将问题归咎于“流行病”而非制度缺陷，实现了对权力责任的转嫁。 - 空间化排斥：贫困地区处方量高于富裕地区的数据 [F7_14 🔍]，揭示了官僚系统通过空间化排斥来维持其合法性。这种排斥机制通过将心理健康问题的责任归咎于“贫困地区的特殊性”，从而掩盖了制度设计的结构性缺陷。

3. 批判理论框架的历史资源对话（Critical Theory Dialogue）

本事件触动了韦伯官僚制铁笼（Weberian Iron Cage of Bureaucracy）的核心矛盾：现代官僚系统通过技术化、标准化手段维持系统运转，但这种技术化手段同时掩盖了社会结构性矛盾。具体而言： - 韦伯的铁笼：官僚系统通过技术化、标准化药物治疗来“处理”社会不满，但这种技术化手段同时强化了系统的铁笼效应，使个体无法通过根本性社会改革来解决问题。 - 福柯的生物政治学：官僚系统通过药物化控制来实现对个体生命的规训，将心理健康问题转化为可量化的药物消费问题，从而实现对个体生命的生物政治学控制。

4. 制度批判的当代延伸与政策含义（Contemporary Synthesis）

当代技术条件（如算法治理、数字监控）为古典批判理论带来了全新挑战。具体而言： - 算法治理：官僚系统通过算法治理来实现对个体心理健康问题的精准控制，但这种算法治理同时强化了系统的铁笼效应，使个体无法通过根本性社会改革来解决问题。 - 数字监控：官僚系统通过数字监控来实现对个体心理健康问题的实时监控，但这种监控同时强化了系统的生物政治学控制，使个体无法通过隐私保护来维护自身权利。 - 政策含义：制度改革方向应包括： - 去技术化：通过社会改革（如住房、就业、教育）来解决心理健康问题，而非仅依赖药物治疗。 - 去专家化：通过民主参与来重新定义心理健康问题的解决方案，而非仅依赖专家话语。 - 去空间化：通过空间正义来重新分配公共资源，而非仅依赖空间化排斥 [F6_12, F7_14]。

专题二：路径依赖与庇护制度破碎：英国治理模式的结构性矛盾

1. 制度现实困境深描（Institutional Dilemma）

英国庇护制度的破碎与非法移民拘留成本的数据 [F21_39, F21_40, F24_43, F24_44]，揭示了现代治理模式面临的结构性两难：一方面，英国庇护制度因路径依赖而陷入僵化，历届政府无法根本改革庇护制度；另一方面，这种僵化导致资源浪费与系统性排斥，每天在拘留非法移民及其在英国境内转移上花费的资金超过50万英镑，全国范围内有数十亿英镑被用于处理英国破碎的庇护制度所带来的后果。

2. 权力机制与话语技术剖析（Power Mechanisms & Discourse Technology）

权力在该事件中的运作，体现在以下三个层面： - 路径依赖机制：英国庇护制度因路径依赖而陷入僵化，这种僵化通过既有制度安排（如拘留中心、官僚流程）形成路径锁定效应，使历届政府无法根本改革庇护制度。 - 话语霸权：媒体话语通过“非法移民”“拘留成本”“结核病”等修辞，将庇护制度的破碎归咎于“非法移民”的特殊性，从而掩盖了制度设计的结构性缺陷。 - 空间化排斥：庇护制度的破碎通过空间化排斥来维持其合法性，将庇护申请者的责任归咎于“入境者的特殊性”，从而掩盖了制度设计的结构性缺陷。

3. 批判理论框架的历史资源对话（Critical Theory Dialogue）

本事件触动了新制度主义 / 路径依赖（New Institutionalism / Path Dependency）的核心矛盾：现代治理模式因路径依赖而陷入僵化，这种僵化导致资源浪费与系统性排斥。具体而言： - 新制度主义：英国庇护制度因路径依赖而陷入僵化，这种僵化通过既有制度安排（如拘留中心、官僚流程）形成路径锁定效应，使历届政府无法根本改革庇护制度。 - 路径依赖理论：庇护制度的破碎揭示了路径依赖的负面效应，即制度设计的历史路径导致系统僵化，无法适应新的社会需求。

4. 制度批判的当代延伸与政策含义（Contemporary Synthesis）

当代技术条件（如算法治理、数字监控）为古典批判理论带来了全新挑战。具体而言： - 算法治理：庇护制度的破碎通过算法治理来实现对庇护申请者的精准控制，但这种算法治理同时强化了系统的路径依赖，使制度无法适应新的社会需求。 - 数字监控：庇护制度的破碎通过数字监控来实现对庇护申请者的实时监控，但这种监控同时强化了系统的空间化排斥，使庇护申请者无法通过隐私保护来维护自身权利。 - 政策含义：制度改革方向应包括： - 去路径依赖：通过根本性制度改革来打破路径锁定效应，使庇护制度能够适应新的社会需求。 - 去话语霸权：通过民主参与来重新定义庇护制度的合法性，而非仅依赖媒体话语。 - 去空间化排斥：通过空间正义来重新分配公共资源，使庇护申请者能够享有基本权利 [F21_39, F21_40, F24_43, F24_44]。

▌ 面向学者的制度研究开放性追问 (Open Research Horizons)

【药物化控制与官僚制铁笼】：在算法治理与数字监控的当代条件下，现代医疗系统如何通过药物化控制来实现对个体生命的生物政治学规训？这种控制机制如何强化官僚制铁笼的效应，使个体无法通过根本性社会改革来解决心理健康问题？
【路径依赖与庇护制度改革】：英国庇护制度因路径依赖而陷入僵化，这种僵化如何通过既有制度安排（如拘留中心、官僚流程）形成路径锁定效应？制度改革如何通过去路径依赖来打破这种锁定效应，使庇护制度能够适应新的社会需求？

制度与权力批判深度研判：Daily Mail (2026-08-25)

▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)

在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的所有报道后，以下 2 个具体事件在个体生命体验、情感撕裂与生活世界崩解层面最值得学者进一步深思：

1. 【抗抑郁药处方激增】 `[F7_13 🔍][F10_17 🔍][F12_21 🔍]`（生活领域：[健康/身体]）

事件简述：根据英国国家医疗服务体系业务服务局数据，英格兰东北部及北坎布里亚综合护理委员会管辖区内，抗抑郁药使用率最高，每1,000名患者中有200人被开具此类药物。东伦敦大学临床心理学教授约翰·里德博士表示，这些数据揭示了一场“过度开药的流行病”，医生们正被越来越多地要求用药物来处理更广泛的社会和生活问题。
情感政治切入点：贫困地区的高处方率暴露了分配正义的情感断裂——制度无法提供真正的社会支持（如就业、住房、社区关怀），只能通过药物“修补”被系统压榨的肉身与心灵。这种“过度开药的流行病”直接揭示了系统理性对生命意义的剥夺。

2. 【街头冒牌店铺洗钱5亿英镑】 `[F9_15 🔍][F9_16 🔍][F12_21 🔍][F12_22 🔍]`（生活领域：[经济/犯罪]）

事件简述：研究显示，近5亿英镑已通过冒充街头店铺的企业洗钱，其中包括美容院和便利店。这些被登记为理发店、美容院或街角小店的空壳公司在2016年至2026年间激增，而实际上许多公司其实在从事洗钱和恐怖融资行业。
情感政治切入点：这种洗钱网络的运作，暴露了金融系统对社会正义的系统性背叛。冒牌店铺通过合法外衣掩盖非法活动，将个体信任与社会资源转化为犯罪资本。这种情感在金融结构中的“粘附”，揭示了权力与金钱的勾结如何侵蚀社会信任基础。

▌ 精选核心专题理性与情感辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Logos and Pathos Monograph)

专题一：【系统理性的药物化修补：抗抑郁药处方激增背后的生命意义断裂】

1. 系统理性模型解构（Deconstruction of Systemic Logos）

英格兰抗抑郁药处方的激增，是技术官僚理性对生命意义的系统性剥夺的典型案例。NHS将个体的焦虑、抑郁与绝望简化为可量化的处方数据，通过“过度开药的流行病”这一表述，掩盖了分配正义的失败。贫困地区处方量比富裕地区高三分之一，暴露了系统理性对社会不平等的视而不见：制度无法提供真正的社会支持（如就业、住房、社区关怀），只能通过药物“修补”被系统压榨的肉身与心灵。这种“过度开药的流行病”，实质是系统理性对生命意义的殖民化——将个体的痛感转化为可管理的“疾病单元”，从而规避真正的社会变革。

2. 生活世界真实痛感的现象学深描（Phenomenological Pathos）

东伦敦大学临床心理学教授约翰·里德博士指出，这些数据揭示了一场“过度开药的流行病”。在北坎布里亚和南约克郡，每1,000名患者中有200人被开具抗抑郁药处方。这意味着，在贫困地区，个体的焦虑与绝望被系统性地药物化：医生被迫用药物处理“更广泛的社会和生活问题”，而非提供真正的心理支持或社会救助。患者的痛感（如无力感、孤独感、对未来的绝望）被简化为“抑郁症状”，通过处方单的形式被制度化。这种生命意义的断裂，在贫困地区表现得尤为明显——制度无法提供尊严，只能通过药物“修补”被系统压榨的肉身与心灵。

3. Logos 与 Pathos 的辩证摩擦（The Dialectical Friction）

系统理性将抗抑郁药处方的增长视为“合理的医疗需求”，而个体的痛感则被定义为“非理性的情绪反应”。然而，这种二元对立的逻辑，掩盖了隐性理性（Latent Logos）的存在：贫困地区的高处方率，实际上是制度失灵的情感反噬。个体的焦虑与绝望，是对分配正义缺失的合理回应。系统理性通过药物化的方式压制这种“非理性”，实质是对生命尊严的进一步剥夺。这种辩证摩擦，揭示了技术官僚理性与生命意义之间的不可调和性。

4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断（Affective Prognosis）

制度端的冷色调语言（“过度开药的流行病”、“处方数据”）与生活端的热色调体验（“生命意义的断裂”、“痛感的现象学深描”）形成鲜明对比。这种话语温度差，暴露了系统理性对情感尊严的漠视。从批判情感理论-创伤与哀悼的视角看，贫困地区的高处方率，实际上是集体创伤的药物化表达。个体的痛感被制度化为“疾病单元”，却无法触及真正的社会变革。这种情感的工具化，进一步削弱了社会心理韧性，使个体陷入绝望与无力感的循环。

专题二：【金融系统的权力勾结：冒牌店铺洗钱网络中的情感政治】

1. 系统理性模型解构（Deconstruction of Systemic Logos）

街头冒牌店铺洗钱5亿英镑的案例，是金融系统理性与犯罪权力勾结的典型表现。这些被登记为理发店、美容院或街角小店的空壳公司，通过合法外衣掩盖非法活动，将个体信任与社会资源转化为犯罪资本。这种系统理性的伪装，暴露了金融监管体系的系统性失灵：制度无法有效识别和阻止洗钱行为，只能通过“5亿英镑洗钱”的量化指标，掩盖其对社会正义的背叛。

2. 生活世界真实痛感的现象学深描（Phenomenological Pathos）

冒牌店铺通过合法外衣运作，侵蚀了个体对社会秩序的信任。当美容院或便利店成为洗钱工具时，个体的日常生活（如消费、就业）被无形地卷入犯罪网络。这种信任的系统性背叛，在贫困社区表现得尤为明显——当地居民无法通过合法渠道获得经济机会，只能被迫接受冒牌店铺提供的“就业机会”。这种痛感的现象学深描，揭示了金融系统对社会正义的系统性剥夺。

3. Logos 与 Pathos 的辩证摩擦（The Dialectical Friction）

系统理性将洗钱网络描述为“空壳公司的激增”，而个体的痛感则被定义为“信任危机”。然而，这种二元对立的逻辑，掩盖了隐性权力（Latent Power）的存在：冒牌店铺洗钱网络，实际上是金融权力与犯罪权力勾结的产物。这种勾结，通过合法外衣掩盖非法活动，将社会资源转化为犯罪资本。系统理性通过量化指标（如“5亿英镑洗钱”）压制这种“信任危机”，实质是对社会正义的进一步剥夺。这种辩证摩擦，揭示了金融系统理性与社会正义之间的不可调和性。

4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断（Affective Prognosis）

制度端的冷色调语言（“空壳公司”、“洗钱网络”）与生活端的热色调体验（“信任危机”、“痛感的现象学深描”）形成鲜明对比。这种话语温度差，暴露了金融系统对社会正义的漠视。从Sara Ahmed的情感政治学视角看，信任与愤怒在金融结构中“粘附”（stick）于具体物件（如美容院、便利店），通过情感表达重塑权力关系。这种情感的工具化，进一步削弱了社会心理韧性，使个体陷入绝望与无力感的循环。

▌ 面向学者的伦理与社会心理开放性追问 (Open Research Horizons)

【聚焦技术官僚理性与人类情感尊严如何和解的研究问题】： * 如何在量化逻辑（如抗抑郁药处方数据）与生命意义之间建立对话机制？系统理性能否通过参与式设计（如社区心理健康项目）重建个体的尊严与归属感？
【聚焦金融系统权力勾结与社会正义重建的研究问题】： * 在冒牌店铺洗钱网络日益复杂的背景下，如何通过金融监管创新（如区块链追踪技术）重建社会信任基础？这种重建能否触及权力与金钱的勾结的深层结构？

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