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Mayor threatens to cut London’s transport
Khan demands bailout by end of today
newThe mayor of London has threatened to cut public transport services unless the city receives a government bailout by the end of the day. Sadiq Khan said that the transport authority had a “legal duty” to reduce bus and Tube frequencies to save money if Downing Street failed to plug a multibillion pound shortfall. The move would severely dent the government’s plan to get...The mayor of London has threatened to cut public transport services unless the city receives a...The mayor of London has threatened to cut public transport services unless the city receives a...
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CORONAVIRUS
Let schools open for children’s sake, Blunkett tells unions
Teaching unions are working against the interests of children in opposing plans to reopen schools, Lord Blunkett said...Teaching unions are working against the interests of children in opposing plans to reopen schools, Lord Blunkett said today. The former education secretary said that he was “deeply critical” of the approach of teaching unions towards attempts to open schools in England on June 1, for children in reception, year 1...Teaching unions are working against the interests of children in opposing plans to reopen schools, Lord Blunkett said today.
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Frontline workers first to get ‘game‑changing’ antibody test
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Police will not enforce quarantine rules
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Homebuyers find lending in doubt after sales restart
CORONAVIRUS
Infection passed on twice as often in the northeast
The coronavirus infection rate is twice as big in the northeast and Yorkshire as in London, figures suggest. Every ten people infected in the capital will pass the virus on to only four others. In the northeast and Yorkshire...The coronavirus infection rate is twice as big in the northeast and Yorkshire as in London, figures suggest. Every ten people infected in the capital will pass the virus on to only four others. In the northeast and Yorkshire...The coronavirus infection rate is twice as big in the northeast and Yorkshire as in London, figures suggest. Every...
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SNP scent opportunity for self-rule
Leading SNP politicians are drawing up a renewed case for Scottish independence while Britain is in lockdown. They are formulating policies with a view to unveiling a prospectus once the coronavirus outbreak has abated. A...Leading SNP politicians are drawing up a renewed case for Scottish independence while Britain is in lockdown. They are formulating policies with a view to unveiling a prospectus once the coronavirus outbreak has abated. A...Leading SNP politicians are drawing up a renewed case for Scottish independence while Britain is in lockdown. They...
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red box | MATT CHORLEY
We shouldn’t get over-excited that Starmer is just better than Corbyn
Coronavirus around the world
Danish commuters allowed to sit together
Coronavirus
Chinese hackers harming vaccine research, says US
China is trying to steal and disrupt the work of American researchers developing vaccines for the coronavirus, US security officials said yesterday. In a joint announcement the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...China is trying to steal and disrupt the work of American researchers developing vaccines for the coronavirus, US security officials said yesterday. In a joint announcement the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...China is trying to steal and disrupt the work of American researchers developing vaccines for the coronavirus, US...
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Militia guards barbershop
An armed militia mustered outside a barber’s shop in Michigan to defend a hairdresser who has begun offering trims in defiance of a state-wide order to stay at home. The Michigan Home Guard massed outside Karl Manke’s Barber...An armed militia mustered outside a barber’s shop in Michigan to defend a hairdresser who has begun offering trims in defiance of a state-wide order to stay at home. The Michigan Home Guard massed outside Karl Manke’s Barber...An armed militia mustered outside a barber’s shop in Michigan to defend a hairdresser who has begun offering trims in...
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CORONAVIRUS
Robots to patrol European resorts
CORONAVIRUS
Mass testing: Italy’s churches to reopen
White men are the least likely to study at postgraduate level
More young women are taking postgraduate qualifications than did ten years ago and white men are now the group least likely to do a master’s or PhD, a report shows. A paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) also...More young women are taking postgraduate qualifications than did ten years ago and white men are now the group least likely to do a master’s or PhD, a report shows. A paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) also...More young women are taking postgraduate qualifications than did ten years ago and white men are now the group least...
Read the full storyLong lie-ins create hardier teenagers, stress tests reveal
Teenagers have long been accused of laziness for their lengthy lie-ins, but research may now give them an excuse to ignore their alarms. Scientists have found that adolescents who get more sleep are better at coping in...Teenagers have long been accused of laziness for their lengthy lie-ins, but research may now give them an excuse to ignore their alarms. Scientists have found that adolescents who get more sleep are better at coping in...Teenagers have long been accused of laziness for their lengthy lie-ins, but research may now give them an excuse to...
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the times diary
Python had to suck it up
York in lead to create first petrol-free city centre
York could become the first zero-emission city centre in the country after the lockdown is lifted, with only electric vehicles and bikes allowed within its walls. The tourist destination is already due to ban private car...York could become the first zero-emission city centre in the country after the lockdown is lifted, with only electric vehicles and bikes allowed within its walls. The tourist destination is already due to ban private car...York could become the first zero-emission city centre in the country after the lockdown is lifted, with only electric...
Read the full story‘Cracking the whip’ racism claim fails
Cracking the whip is not a racist term that refers to punishing slaves, a tribunal ruled yesterday, as it rejected a discrimination claim by an NHS manager. Vivienne Okoh, 45, who is black, said that she had been discriminated...Cracking the whip is not a racist term that refers to punishing slaves, a tribunal ruled yesterday, as it rejected a discrimination claim by an NHS manager. Vivienne Okoh, 45, who is black, said that she had been discriminated...Cracking the whip is not a racist term that refers to punishing slaves, a tribunal ruled yesterday, as it rejected a...
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FBI seizes senator’s phone in insider dealing inquiry
newThe FBI has raided the home of a prominent US senator and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into insider dealing over share trades ahead of the stock market sell-off. The move to act on a search warrant against Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the intelligence committee...The FBI has raided the home of a prominent US senator and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into insider dealing over share trades ahead of the stock market sell-off. The move to act on a search warrant against Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the intelligence committee...The FBI has raided the home of a prominent US senator and seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation into insider...
Read the full storyChina’s island war games rattle Taiwan
newTaiwan has vowed to defend its islands amid reports that China was building up forces and planning to conduct war games simulating their seizure. Major General Lin Wen-huang said Taiwan’s military was monitoring “hostile forces” in the South China Sea and had prepared measures to protect the strategic Pratas islands, after reports that...Taiwan has vowed to defend its islands amid reports that China was building up forces and planning to conduct war games simulating their seizure. Major General Lin Wen-huang said Taiwan’s military was monitoring “hostile forces” in the South China Sea and had prepared measures to protect the strategic Pratas islands, after reports that...Taiwan has vowed to defend its islands amid reports that China was building up forces and planning to conduct war games...
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World at 5
Who rules Europe? Germany confronts Brussels over laws
newPeter M Huber has perhaps one of the most solemn roles in post-war Germany. His task, as protector of the constitution, is to ensure the country never again suffers the calamity of Nazism and unchecked power. According to some of the most powerful bodies in the EU, however, the red-robed, grey-haired “doctor...Peter M Huber has perhaps one of the most solemn roles in post-war Germany. His task, as...Peter M Huber has perhaps one of the most solemn roles in post-war Germany. His task, as...
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Merkel anger over Russian hacking
Angela Merkel has rebuked the Kremlin for a “hurtful” cyberattack on the Bundestag in which files were stolen from her parliamentary office. Germany’s most senior prosecutor has issued an international warrant for the arrest...Angela Merkel has rebuked the Kremlin for a “hurtful” cyberattack on the Bundestag in which files were stolen from her parliamentary office. Germany’s most senior prosecutor has issued an international warrant for the arrest...Angela Merkel has rebuked the Kremlin for a “hurtful” cyberattack on the Bundestag in which files were stolen from...
Read the full storyTrump rounds on Biden over attempt to unmask Flynn
Joe Biden received unredacted intelligence reports that eventually led to the prosecution of the national security adviser Michael Flynn, it emerged last night, boosting President Trump’s hopes of thrusting the case to the...Joe Biden received unredacted intelligence reports that eventually led to the prosecution of the national security adviser Michael Flynn, it emerged last night, boosting President Trump’s hopes of thrusting the case to the...Joe Biden received unredacted intelligence reports that eventually led to the prosecution of the national security...
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TI Fluid Systems barred from paying £27m dividend
newA car parts maker that caused a furore by attempting to pay a £27 million dividend to its investors while using taxpayer-funded furlough schemes has been blocked from making the payment by its controlling shareholder. TI Fluid Systems has been barred from distributing the 5.2p-a-share payout...A car parts maker that caused a furore by attempting to pay a £27 million dividend to its investors while using taxpayer-funded furlough schemes has been blocked from making the payment by its controlling shareholder. TI Fluid Systems has been barred from distributing the 5.2p-a-share payout...A car parts maker that caused a furore by attempting to pay a £27 million dividend to its investors while using taxpayer-funded...
Read the full storyMarket slump knocks £12bn off Hargreaves assets but investors keep coming
More than £12 billion has been wiped off the value of the assets on the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown by the turmoil that has shaken financial markets. The spread of the coronavirus around the world has caused sharp drops in stock markets as investors take fright at the economic fallout from the crisis. The sell-off has hit the...More than £12 billion has been wiped off the value of the assets on the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown by the turmoil that has shaken financial markets. The spread of the coronavirus around the world has caused sharp drops in stock markets as investors take fright at the economic fallout from the crisis. The sell-off has hit the...More than £12 billion has been wiped off the value of the assets on the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown by the turmoil...
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Bumper year ahead for firm selling Covid tests to the NHS
newThe biotech company at the heart of government attempts to rapidly increase coronavirus testing has forecast that significant demand could remain into next year. Yesterday, alongside its annual results, Novacyt said that its board believed demand for its Covid-19 diagnostic test “will continue through to the end of...The biotech company at the heart of government attempts to rapidly increase coronavirus testing...The biotech company at the heart of government attempts to rapidly increase coronavirus testing...
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Make the most of remote working and don’t forget the joy of gossip
newLast week Google and Facebook announced that they would be continuing their working from home policies until the end...Last week Google and Facebook announced that they would be continuing their working from home...Last week Google and Facebook announced that they would be continuing their working from home...
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Food prices are rising fast and that’s not going to change any time soon
newThe economy is contracting sharply. With a collapse in demand as well as in oil markets, and the closure of the high...The economy is contracting sharply. With a collapse in demand as well as in oil markets, and the...The economy is contracting sharply. With a collapse in demand as well as in oil markets, and the...
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business commentary
We’re not going on a summer holiday
Yo-yoing between hope and despair is apparently normal in this crisis. So there’s no need to worry about Fritz...Yo-yoing between hope and despair is apparently normal in this crisis. So there’s no need to...Yo-yoing between hope and despair is apparently normal in this crisis. So there’s no need to...
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Britain’s economic recovery rests on Sunak passing credibility test
Most politicians would kill for the kind of adulation that Rishi Sunak received on Tuesday when he announced an...Most politicians would kill for the kind of adulation that Rishi Sunak received on Tuesday when...Most politicians would kill for the kind of adulation that Rishi Sunak received on Tuesday when...
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Track-and-trace phone app alone won’t provide quick fix for pandemic
On a sleepy island off England’s south coast, an experiment in mass surveillance is under way. Residents of the Isle...On a sleepy island off England’s south coast, an experiment in mass surveillance is under way.On a sleepy island off England’s south coast, an experiment in mass surveillance is under way.
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Washington must step up efforts to protect economy, Fed warns
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has warned that the coronavirus crisis could cause “lasting damage” to the...The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has warned that the coronavirus crisis could cause...The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has warned that the coronavirus crisis could cause...
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The Game Daily | Gregor Robertson
Players will feel scared about returning – I know I would
newHow easy it is to sit behind a keyboard, or a microphone, or social media, and talk about risk. To tell estate agents or cleaners or teachers to get back to work. To watch the throngs pouring off packed buses each morning, in the midst of a global pandemic, and say their labour is needed to get...How easy it is to sit behind a keyboard, or a microphone, or social media, and talk about risk. To tell estate agents or cleaners or teachers to get back to work. To watch the throngs pouring off packed buses each morning, in the midst of a global pandemic, and say their labour is needed to get...How easy it is to sit behind a keyboard, or a microphone, or social media, and talk about risk. To tell estate agents or...
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Newcastle’s Saudi takeover hits another stumbling block
updatedThe takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium has hit significant political obstacles which could hold up any sale of the club. Giles Watling MP, a Conservative member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for that select committee to hold an evidence session on Saudi-based piracy of British...The takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium has hit significant political obstacles which could hold up any sale of the club. Giles Watling MP, a Conservative member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for that select committee to hold an evidence session on Saudi-based piracy of British...The takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium has hit significant political obstacles which could hold...
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Football | matt dickinson
Bobby Moore – a marvel under the greatest pressure
newAmong the reruns of classic matches during lockdown, the most glaring omission has surely been the mighty collision between England and Brazil at the 1970 World Cup under the hot sun of Guadalajara, Mexico. It was a tumultuous contest pitching Europe against South America; reigning world champions against one of the...Among the reruns of classic matches during lockdown, the most glaring omission has surely been...Among the reruns of classic matches during lockdown, the most glaring omission has surely been...
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Rugby Union | Owen Slot
Cheats will no longer prosper under new salary cap proposals
newIf the recommendations being proposed by Lord Myners had been in place over recent years, then Maro Itoje might have...If the recommendations being proposed by Lord Myners had been in place over recent years, then...If the recommendations being proposed by Lord Myners had been in place over recent years, then...
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Rugby union | Stuart Barnes
The South West is poised to become a dominant force in English rugby
new30 years ago Bath faced Gloucester in the Pilkington Cup final. English club rugby’s show piece in the amateur days.30 years ago Bath faced Gloucester in the Pilkington Cup final. English club rugby’s show piece...30 years ago Bath faced Gloucester in the Pilkington Cup final. English club rugby’s show piece...
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Meet the brothers with 101 caps each who took Portugal to a World Cup
Rugby is filled with famous families. Sons following in footsteps of fathers. Offspring lining up alongside each other. The greatest brothers in the sport’s fraternity? That is an argument to be had when the pubs reopen. What is not up for debate...Rugby is filled with famous families. Sons following in footsteps of fathers. Offspring lining up...Rugby is filled with famous families. Sons following in footsteps of fathers. Offspring lining up...
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golf | rick broadbent
An ugly hook and no rakes . . . golf is back
This time last year I was heading to Bethpage Black for the US PGA Championship. As amateur golf came back in the UK yesterday, I marked the reopening with an ugly hook on the first at a pay-and-play course between an airport and the mothballed...This time last year I was heading to Bethpage Black for the US PGA Championship. As amateur golf...This time last year I was heading to Bethpage Black for the US PGA Championship. As amateur golf...
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coronavirus
Athletes can refuse to return to training
RICH LIST 2020
Football club owners in a league of their own
Owning a football club is a high-risk occupation, offering big income in return for deep pockets. Our chief sports reporter examines the rules of the game
When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club the Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein remarked ruefully that the Russian billionaire “has parked his tank on the lawn and is firing £50 notes at us”. That fusillade has continued almost ceaselessly: the most recent accounts published by Chelsea’s parent company Fordstam, which is controlled by Abramovich, show he...When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club the Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein remarked...When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club the Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein remarked...
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RICH LIST 2020
Hamilton is the richest British sportsman of all time
Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is the richest British sports star in the history of the Sunday...Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is the richest British sports star in the history of the Sunday Times Rich List. Hamilton’s wealth now stands at £224 million, up £37 million in the past year. The Monaco-based driver has a driving contract with Mercedes worth up to £40 million a year including...Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is the richest British sports star in the history of the Sunday Times Rich...
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Premier League
Silva set to stay with City until season is completed
Quiz
Can you crack our midweek sporting quiz?
1 Which club have won the League Cup twice but have lifted the FA Cup eight times since their last League Cup triumph? 2 Who is South Africa’s most-capped rugby union player? 3 Which two managers have taken charge of West Ham United, Newcastle...1 Which club have won the League Cup twice but have lifted the FA Cup eight times since their...1 Which club have won the League Cup twice but have lifted the FA Cup eight times since their...
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obituary
James Beggs
Imposing military veteran who became head of Nasa during the Reagan space shuttle years and champion of the space station
Her role as a galactic adventurer in Barbarella aside, Jane Fonda had few links to space travel. That changed when the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on June 18, 1983, with a crew including Sally Ride, who was to become the first American woman in space. Fonda was married at the time to Tom Hayden, a Democratic politician whose constituents in Santa Monica...Her role as a galactic adventurer in Barbarella aside, Jane Fonda had few links to space travel.Her role as a galactic adventurer in Barbarella aside, Jane Fonda had few links to space travel.
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Lt-Col John Weston
John Weston was commanding C Company of 40 Commando Royal Marines on patrol in Malaysia in September 1965 as part of...John Weston was commanding C Company of 40 Commando Royal Marines on patrol in Malaysia in September 1965 as part of Operation Claret when they came across an Indonesian base on the south bank of the river Sakayan, about five miles south of the Malaysian border. Raids were being launched from there into the state of...John Weston was commanding C Company of 40 Commando Royal Marines on patrol in Malaysia in September 1965 as part of Operation...
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Obituary
Graeme Watson
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David Roback
Court Circular
May 13, 2020
From the archive
Numbering our days
Weather eye
Threat of frost looms large in May
It has been a sorry sight for gardeners this week across much of Britain, who have woken up to find potato seedlings, young dahlias and other delicate plants withered and drooping as if they had been hit by a flamethrower. This is frost damage.It has been a sorry sight for gardeners this week across much of Britain, who have woken up to...It has been a sorry sight for gardeners this week across much of Britain, who have woken up to...
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A 356-room castle, three socialites, no staff . . .
The Manners sisters are famous for partying. Now they’re stuck at home tidying the castle, Lady Alice Manners tells Hilary Rose
Been at home too long? You’ve got Fogo (fear of going out)
For seven weeks, we’ve barely seen anyone. Now some kind of social life is looming. Dreading its return? You’re not alone, says Polly Vernon
ARTS
Charlie Brooker: ‘The things I find funny are often awful’
The creator of Black Mirror is back with a lockdown version of the Wipe, he tells Dominic Maxwell
THE ARTS COLUMN
The fear factor has to recede for the shows to get back on the road
A survey showed that persuading people to return to the theatres will take a huge leap of faith
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Top ten new films to stream
Tutti frutti! Why salad just got sweeter in 2020
From novel ways to use fruit to new leaves, the experts tell Harry Wallop how we can up our game
It has been the sunniest April on record. Maybe it is no surprise that while our horizons may have shrunk, our palates have sought all that is freshest and loveliest about spring: salad. Waitrose reports that sales of lettuces over the past eight weeks have shot up compared with last year, with ruby gem up 84 per cent, romaine hearts up 68 per cent and sweet cos doubling.It has been the sunniest April on record. Maybe it is no surprise that while our horizons may...It has been the sunniest April on record. Maybe it is no surprise that while our horizons may...
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RECIPES
The best sweet salad recipes for summer
Crab, asparagus and grapefruit
Ingredients
400g asparagus spears, trimmed
100g lamb’s lettuce
1 cucumber...Crab, asparagus and grapefruit
Ingredients
400g asparagus spears, trimmed
100g lamb’s lettuce
1 cucumber, peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks
1 avocado
2 white grapefruit, segmented, juice reserved
200g white crab meat
For the dressing
1 red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 lemongrass stalk, outer...Crab, asparagus and grapefruit
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400g asparagus spears, trimmed
100g lamb’s lettuce
1 cucumber, peeled, deseeded and...
Build an outdoor cinema in your back garden, plus the best films to watch
newThe promise of warmer evenings means one thing for film buffs: screenings enjoyed under starry nights. Alfresco cinema has become a fixture of our summer schedules, with pop-up screenings from the likes of Luna Cinema, Somerset House and the...The promise of warmer evenings means one thing for film buffs: screenings enjoyed under starry...The promise of warmer evenings means one thing for film buffs: screenings enjoyed under starry...
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TRAVEL
Ricky Wilson interview: ‘As Elvis once said, no one ever recognises you in shorts’
You have to admire someone who gives precisely zero thought to their Zoom backdrop. When I catch up with Ricky Wilson...You have to admire someone who gives precisely zero thought to their Zoom backdrop. When I catch...You have to admire someone who gives precisely zero thought to their Zoom backdrop. When I catch...
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BOOK REVIEW
Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski — a funny and stylish novel provides light in the dark
Three years ago, in his early seventies, the retired academic and book collector Rick Gekoski published his first...Three years ago, in his early seventies, the retired academic and book collector Rick Gekoski...Three years ago, in his early seventies, the retired academic and book collector Rick Gekoski...
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Midnight Your Time — beautifully played and neatly written
★★★☆☆
Here is a double-edged sword: since so many of us have been experiencing the dubious joys of video conferencing in the past few weeks, who fancies watching a scripted version of a dysfunctional Facetime chat? Well, I say chat: Adam Brace’s 30-minute play, first performed at the High Tide Festival in Suffolk in 2011, is very much a monologue. “I’m sure you’ll...★★★☆☆
Here is a double-edged sword: since so many of us have been experiencing the dubious joys...★★★☆☆
Here is a double-edged sword: since so many of us have been experiencing the dubious joys...
television
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album — those snaps could have been more juicy, Lucy
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
BBC Four
★★★☆☆ The Country That Beat the Virus
Channel 4
★★★★☆ Towards the end of ...Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
BBC Four
★★★☆☆ The Country That Beat the Virus
Channel 4
★★★★☆ Towards the end of Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album our shy and retiring presenter announced a section on “the photos they didn’t want you to see”. Ooh juicy. Maybe we were going to see Fergie sucking John Bryan’s toes.Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
BBC Four
★★★☆☆ The Country That Beat the Virus
Channel 4
★★★★☆ Towards the end of Lucy...
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MindGames
The Times Daily Quiz
1 The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey is a “biography” of which George Orwell novel? 2 Andy (2018) is a graphic biography by the Dutch cartoonist Typex of which pop artist? 3 What are the only big cats that live in groups? 4 In 1994, the...1 The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey is a “biography” of which George Orwell novel? 2 Andy...1 The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey is a “biography” of which George Orwell novel? 2 Andy...
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CAROL MIDGLEY
My dog Steve is dead. Now there is only silence when the postman comes
Monty Don said he had lost a dear friend this week, his golden retriever Nigel. And I cried — honking great ugly sobs...Monty Don said he had lost a dear friend this week, his golden retriever Nigel. And I cried —...Monty Don said he had lost a dear friend this week, his golden retriever Nigel. And I cried —...
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The healthy way to shrink, Adele‑style
A body transformation little short of remarkable has resulted in Adele dropping so many dress sizes that she has...A body transformation little short of remarkable has resulted in Adele dropping so many dress...A body transformation little short of remarkable has resulted in Adele dropping so many dress...
Read the full storyTrials kick-start ‘won’t solve the backlog crisis’
The lord chief justice has warned peers that the resumption of jury trials will have a small effect
Every month of jury trial suspension has added 1,000 cases to the mountainous backlog in the crown courts, it was revealed yesterday. Lord Burnett of Maldon, the lord chief justice, issued a stark reminder of the effect Covid-19 has had on the administration of justice. He told the Lords constitution committee that the plans that were recently announced to kick-start...Every month of jury trial suspension has added 1,000 cases to the mountainous backlog in the...Every month of jury trial suspension has added 1,000 cases to the mountainous backlog in the...
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Getting a grip on cybersecurity
Law firms have long been regarded as the soft underbelly of British business in relation to cybersecurity.Law firms have long been regarded as the soft underbelly of British business in relation to cybersecurity. High-profile incidents such as the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers breaches have made many large firms more vigilant. However, this week Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, the US law firm that represents...Law firms have long been regarded as the soft underbelly of British business in relation to cybersecurity. High-profile...
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LAWYER OF THE WEEK
Keith Mathieson
LAW IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
Good times for some
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Queen’s Counsel
in conversation | david lammy
‘The great story of the 20th century is how people acquired rights’
David Lammy was the youngest MP when he won his Tottenham seat, aged 27, in a by-election in June 2000 after the death of Bernie Grant. Never having been to Westminster before, he recalls the awesome and daunting experience of going to parliament...David Lammy was the youngest MP when he won his Tottenham seat, aged 27, in a by-election in June...David Lammy was the youngest MP when he won his Tottenham seat, aged 27, in a by-election in June...
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Homeworking presents new internal fraud risks
Stealing from the stationary cupboard is fine, right? Low-level internal fraud occurs in all offices, but taking the...Stealing from the stationary cupboard is fine, right? Low-level internal fraud occurs in all...Stealing from the stationary cupboard is fine, right? Low-level internal fraud occurs in all...
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Lockdown and Brexit may shake up divorce rules
As week eight of lockdown approaches, families and children have been trapped together and apart in unexpected...As week eight of lockdown approaches, families and children have been trapped together and apart...As week eight of lockdown approaches, families and children have been trapped together and apart...
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Westminster’s botching of crisis can pave way to independence, says MacAskill
newThe UK government’s incompetence in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will leave the road to Scottish independence open, a veteran SNP politician has said. Kenny MacAskill, MP for East Lothian and a former Holyrood justice secretary, claimed Boris Johnson has been shown to be “utterly hapless”.The UK government’s incompetence in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will leave the road to Scottish independence open, a veteran SNP politician has said. Kenny MacAskill, MP for East Lothian and a former Holyrood justice secretary, claimed Boris Johnson has been shown to be “utterly hapless”.The UK government’s incompetence in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will leave the road to Scottish independence open, a...
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Inspectors want to close Skye care home where seven people died
newInspectors are seeking to close down a care home on Skye where seven people have died in a Covid-19 outbreak affecting more than 50 people after discovering “serious and significant concerns”. The Care Inspectorate has submitted an application to the courts seeking the cancellation of the registration for Home Farm in Portree. A spokesman...Inspectors are seeking to close down a care home on Skye where seven people have died in a Covid-19 outbreak affecting more than 50 people after discovering “serious and significant concerns”. The Care Inspectorate has submitted an application to the courts seeking the cancellation of the registration for Home Farm in Portree. A spokesman...Inspectors are seeking to close down a care home on Skye where seven people have died in a Covid-19 outbreak affecting more...
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Editor charged over ‘menacing’ Salmond accuser video
A former UK editor-in-chief of the Kremlin propaganda outlet Sputnik has been arrested in connection with the Alex Salmond trial. Mark Hirst, 50, is the second person to face charges since Mr Salmond was cleared in March of 13 charges of sex offences against nine women. The journalist, film-maker and former SNP...A former UK editor-in-chief of the Kremlin propaganda outlet Sputnik has been arrested in...A former UK editor-in-chief of the Kremlin propaganda outlet Sputnik has been arrested in...
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Coronavirus
Staycation drive to tempt tourists north in autumn
Scotland’s crisis-hit tourism industry is poised to reopen in the autumn with a campaign to attract UK visitors for holidays north of the border. Surging visitor numbers had been expected to bring more than £11 billion to the...Scotland’s crisis-hit tourism industry is poised to reopen in the autumn with a campaign to attract UK visitors for holidays north of the border. Surging visitor numbers had been expected to bring more than £11 billion to the...Scotland’s crisis-hit tourism industry is poised to reopen in the autumn with a campaign to attract UK visitors for...
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House prices set to fall farthest in visitor hotspots
Highland beauty spots will suffer the most dramatic house price falls in Scotland this year, a new report has predicted. Locations that rely on tourism, such as Aviemore and Pitlochry, are expected to have property prices...Highland beauty spots will suffer the most dramatic house price falls in Scotland this year, a new report has predicted. Locations that rely on tourism, such as Aviemore and Pitlochry, are expected to have property prices...Highland beauty spots will suffer the most dramatic house price falls in Scotland this year, a new report has predicted.
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Holyrood Sketch
Care home grilling signals return to normal politics
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Nurses applaud patient out after 45 days on ward
football
‘Hardest-hit clubs won’t survive crisis’
Scottish football is highly unlikely to come through the coronavirus crisis without losing some of its 42 clubs according to the leading analyst behind a report into the game’s economic health. It was “probably inevitable” that some of the hardest-hit clubs would face insolvency according to Ken Pattullo of Begbies Traynor. The corporate insolvency specialists yesterday...Scottish football is highly unlikely to come through the coronavirus crisis without losing some...Scottish football is highly unlikely to come through the coronavirus crisis without losing some...
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After the storm there is only more danger ahead
There was a sense of after the Lord Mayor’s Show in Scottish football yesterday. Following the fire and fury around...There was a sense of after the Lord Mayor’s Show in Scottish football yesterday. Following the fire and fury around the Rangers dossier and the SPFL extraordinary general meeting it felt like the game stopped to draw breath. There were statements, of course, although fewer of them. But the calm will not hold. Major...There was a sense of after the Lord Mayor’s Show in Scottish football yesterday. Following the fire and fury around the Rangers...
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Daily virus death toll falls to ten
Figure is lowest since March
Ten coronavirus deaths were reported by the government yesterday, the lowest daily rise since March 30. A further 159 cases have been confirmed, bringing the total to 23,401. The death toll in the country is now 1,497. Tony Holohan, the chief medical officer, said he did not anticipate that delays in testing and contact tracing would prevent the lifting of some...Ten coronavirus deaths were reported by the government yesterday, the lowest daily rise since...Ten coronavirus deaths were reported by the government yesterday, the lowest daily rise since...
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Unions rebuffed over call to scrap bus and metro projects
Dublin’s transport body has insisted that the project to overhaul the city’s bus system is crucial for the city’s...Dublin’s transport body has insisted that the project to overhaul the city’s bus system is crucial for the city’s future as a union called for it to be scrapped. The National Transport Authority (NTA) said yesterday that both the Metrolink and the Bus Connects projects are proceeding as planned, following calls from...Dublin’s transport body has insisted that the project to overhaul the city’s bus system is crucial for the city’s future as a...
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CORONAVIRUS
Judge throws out ‘baseless’ lockdown challenge
A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge by John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty against the lockdown, calling their comparisons to Nazi Germany “absurd and offensive”. Mr Justice Charles Meenan said that Ms O’Doherty, a...A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge by John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty against the lockdown, calling their comparisons to Nazi Germany “absurd and offensive”. Mr Justice Charles Meenan said that Ms O’Doherty, a...A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge by John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty against the lockdown, calling...
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One in 12 firms expects growth in 2020
Less than one in ten company executives think their business will be more successful in 2020, a survey has found. The poll for the Institute of Directors (IoD) found that 8 per cent thought they would be better off than last year.Less than one in ten company executives think their business will be more successful in 2020, a survey has found. The poll for the Institute of Directors (IoD) found that 8 per cent thought they would be better off than last year.Less than one in ten company executives think their business will be more successful in 2020, a survey has found. The...
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Comment
Care home crisis demands a radical rethink
Philip Collins
Britain’s options for the elderly are a choice between care at home or a care home and neither works as well as it should
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Johnson launches a new battle of the bulge
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Lockdown is turning us into a nation of spies
GERARD BAKER
The Obama halo is in danger of slipping
Andy Silvester
Under-45s will bear brunt of crisis and need the most help
DAVID AARONOVITCH
Talk of angels and heroes avoids reality
letters to the editor
Generosity of chancellor’s furlough scheme
JANICE TURNER
What we’d all give to be living with a hairdresser
Hair salons will not reopen until July 4 at the earliest — and, indeed, who fancies sitting indoors with hot driers...Hair salons will not reopen until July 4 at the earliest — and, indeed, who fancies sitting...Hair salons will not reopen until July 4 at the earliest — and, indeed, who fancies sitting...
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Tracking how the disease has spread in the UK
Covid-19 was first recorded in the UK in York at the end of January. Since then the number of known cases has...Covid-19 was first recorded in the UK in York at the end of January. Since then the number of...Covid-19 was first recorded in the UK in York at the end of January. Since then the number of...
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Crisis Crunch
The government is building up a huge deficit as the pandemic unfolds. Sadly it seems inevitable that taxes will have to rise to extricate the country
Disunited Kingdom
Nicola Sturgeon should resist playing independence politics
The Man Within
Graham Greene was a greater novelist than spy
Readers' poll
Is saving the economy more important than protecting public health?
RED BOX | Bob Seely
Our leaders must wake up: dependence on China is dangerous
RED BOX | Nyasha Weinberg, Ed Balls
Trump vs Johnson: Who will win the fight for a mini trade deal?
RED BOX | Tom Pashby
Eco-fascists must not put us off fighting for the environment
RED BOX | Ella Robertson
Why we must save ‘corona class’ from the scrap heap
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Briefing
UK: The deadline for applications for the post of general secretary of the Labour Party is at midnight. The long-list of candidates will be announced on Tuesday; WH Smith publishes interim results and an update on the effect of coronavirus on trading.
Finland: Schools and daycare centres reopen, nearly two months after they closed on March 18 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
New Zealand: Further lockdown restrictions are lifted, with restaurants, cafés, cinemas, malls allowed to reopen and travel within the country allowed to resume. Schools can open from Monday.
International: Nato holds a virtual committee session for 30 defence chiefs to discuss ongoing operations, including training missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and the response to the coronavirus.
On this day
In 1264 the English barons under Simon de Montford defeated King Henry III at the battle of Lewes; in 1796 the physician Edward Jenner scratched fluid from a cowpox blister into the skin of an eight-year-old boy. On July 1 he inoculated the boy again, and no smallpox developed; in 1842 the Illustrated London News was published for the first time. The first issue reported on Queen Victoria’s first masquerade ball and sold 26,000 copies. It ceased publication in 2003; in 1878, after testing on self-inflicted wounds, Robert A Chesebrough patented Vaseline (petroleum jelly); in 1904 the opening ceremony for the first Olympic Games to be held in the US took place in St Louis, Missouri. It was held in conjunction with the World’s Fair; in 1908 Charles Furnas became the first air passenger, in an aircraft piloted by the aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright. The flight lasted for just over 28 seconds and covered 2,000ft; in 1940 Anthony Eden, the secretary of state for war, made a broadcast asking men between the ages of 17 and 65 to enrol in the new Local Defence Volunteers, better known as the Home Guard. During the Second World War, 1,206 members of this people’s army were killed on duty or died of wounds; in 1955 the Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania; in 1973 the US launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station, on a Saturn 5 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida; in 1991 Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for complicity in the kidnapping and beating of four youths; in 1998 the singer and actor Frank Sinatra died, aged 82; in 2018 the US embassy officially opened in Jerusalem, after Donald Trump, the US president, recognised the city as the capital of Israel. The embassy had been in Tel Aviv since 1966.
Nature notes
Blackbird song is now pervasive in the countryside, parks and gardens. It is a deep, fluting song, with a few sharper notes terminating each casual-sounding, melodious outburst. It can go on for a long time from the same perch, a bough or a TV aerial, and sometimes the bird will continue singing in the air as it flies to a new perch. There are also many young blackbirds about, brown birds like their mothers, but a brighter rufous. They hide under bushes, making squeaking notes until their parents come and feed them. Chaffinches too are singing their breezy songs everywhere. They have a new call, a sort of splashing sound, that might be a contact call to the female on the nest.
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Birthdays today
Francesca Annis, actress, Macbeth (1971), 75; Ian Blackford, SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, SNP Westminster leader, 59; Cate Blanchett, actress, Elizabeth (1998), 51; David Byrne, singer-songwriter and guitarist, Talking Heads, 68; Sir Chay Blyth, yachtsman, the first person to sail nonstop westwards round the world, 80; Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford & Isleworth, 61; Sofia Coppola, film director and screenwriter, Lost in Translation (2003), 49; Alec Dankworth, jazz bassist and composer, 60; Sir Michael Fallon, Conservative MP for Sevenoaks (1997-2019), defence secretary (2014-17), 68; Valerie Gooding, chief executive, Bupa (1998-2008), 70; Baroness (Sarah) Hogg, economist, chairwoman, Financial Reporting Council (2010-14), 74; Richard Huntingford, chairman, the media company Future, UTV Media (2012-16), chief executive, Chrysalis (1999-2007), founder, Heart FM (1994), 64; Fergus Linehan, festival director and chief executive, Edinburgh International Festival, 51; George Lucas, film-maker, the Star Wars films, 76; Fraser Nelson, editor, The Spectator, 47; Sir Richard Peto, emeritus professor of medical statistics and epidemiology, University of Oxford, 77; Dame Siân Phillips, actress, I, Claudius (1976), 87; Prof Sir Peter Ratcliffe, nephrologist, co-recipient, Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (2019; for discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability), 66; Campbell Robb, chief executive, the social justice charity Nacro, 51; Tim Roth, actor, Pulp Fiction (1994), 59; Tim Stevenson, lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire, chairman, Johnson Matthey (2011-18), 72; Tony Stoller, chairman, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2011-17), 73; Ruby Walsh, jockey, 12-time Irish jump jockey champion, 41; Robert Zemeckis, film-maker, Forrest Gump (1994), 68; Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder (2004), Facebook, 36.