Manifesto pledges to tackle loopholes and end ‘injustice’ of cases such as Nottingham killer
newRishi Sunak is to pledge the biggest overhaul of homicide laws in a generation to ensure tougher sentences for domestic abusers. The move could also lead to the creation of US-style first and second degree murder. The Conservative Party manifesto will promise to increase from 15 to 25 years the...Rishi Sunak is to pledge the biggest overhaul of homicide laws in a generation to ensure tougher sentences for domestic abusers. The move could also lead to the creation of US-style first and second degree murder. The Conservative Party manifesto will promise to increase from 15 to 25 years the...Rishi Sunak is to pledge the biggest overhaul of homicide laws in a generation to ensure tougher sentences for domestic abusers.
BEHIND THE STORY
Consider this. Two courts, on the same day: April 8, 2024. In Birmingham crown court, two men were sentenced for the murder of Cody Fisher, 23, who was stabbed with a single fatal blow to the chest on the dancefloor of a Solihull nightclub. Remy Gordon was sentenced to serve a minimum of 26 years in prison. Kami Carpenter was given at least...Consider this. Two courts, on the same day: April 8, 2024. In Birmingham crown court, two men were sentenced for the murder of Cody Fisher, 23, who was stabbed with a single fatal blow to the chest on the dancefloor of a Solihull nightclub. Remy Gordon was sentenced to serve a minimum of 26 years in prison. Kami Carpenter was given at least...Consider this. Two courts, on the same day: April 8, 2024. In Birmingham crown court, two men were sentenced for the murder of...
exclusive
A former Royal Marine held in Dubai on suspicion of spying is the victim of “hostage diplomacy”, his father has said, breaking down in tears and insisting that his son is “no spy”. Matt Croucher, 40, was barred from leaving the UAE for seven months after being accused of “petty offences”, including owning a...A former Royal Marine held in Dubai on suspicion of spying is the victim of “hostage diplomacy”...A former Royal Marine held in Dubai on suspicion of spying is the victim of “hostage diplomacy”...
Imperial alumni around the world would have been grinning smugly when they heard that the university had bested...Imperial alumni around the world would have been grinning smugly when they heard that the...Imperial alumni around the world would have been grinning smugly when they heard that the...
FIRST PERSON
When I swapped my fully clothed life for a naturist one a few years ago the epiphanies came thick and fast. The big...When I swapped my fully clothed life for a naturist one a few years ago the epiphanies came thick...When I swapped my fully clothed life for a naturist one a few years ago the epiphanies came thick...
Party enjoys poll bounce as new leader announces he would stand for Clacton
For many parents, curbing their children’s screen time feels like a losing battle. However, a new study shows that...For many parents, curbing their children’s screen time feels like a losing battle. However, a new...For many parents, curbing their children’s screen time feels like a losing battle. However, a new...
THE TIMES DIARY
It is rare for the desperate mud-slinging stage to come so early in an election campaign but Tory strategists were...It is rare for the desperate mud-slinging stage to come so early in an election campaign but Tory...It is rare for the desperate mud-slinging stage to come so early in an election campaign but Tory...
video
Geert Wilders, the hard-right Dutch leader, warned European leaders that “change is coming” before EU elections which populist and nationalist parties look likely to win. Polls open on Thursday in Holland, where the peroxide blonde Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) dominates a coalition government...Geert Wilders, the hard-right Dutch leader, warned European leaders that “change is coming” before EU elections which populist and nationalist parties look likely to win. Polls open on Thursday in Holland, where the peroxide blonde Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) dominates a coalition government...Geert Wilders, the hard-right Dutch leader, warned European leaders that “change is coming” before EU elections which populist...
INTERVIEW
Russia is being provided with a “backdoor for its spies” to Europe’s latest scientific technologies by CERN, the nuclear research body, Ukraine’s delegation to the group has claimed. In December, members of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, voted to eject Russian and Belarusian members in response to the war in Ukraine.Russia is being provided with a “backdoor for its spies” to Europe’s latest scientific technologies by CERN, the nuclear research body, Ukraine’s delegation to the group has claimed. In December, members of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, voted to eject Russian and Belarusian members in response to the war in Ukraine.Russia is being provided with a “backdoor for its spies” to Europe’s latest scientific technologies by CERN, the nuclear...
One more time they put on their blue flight suits, one more time they said goodbye to their families and one more time they settled into their seats aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, perched on top of an Atlas V rocket. Then at 10.52am came the part that on two previous occasions had denied Butch Wilmore...One more time they put on their blue flight suits, one more time they said goodbye to their...One more time they put on their blue flight suits, one more time they said goodbye to their...
Hunter Biden’s former wife described searching their cars for drugs before allowing their daughters in the vehicles as she testified at his trial on federal gun charges. Kathleen Buhle told the court in Delaware on Wednesday that her 22-year marriage to President Biden’s son had broken down after she found a crack pipe on the porch of the family home in 2015. When she...Hunter Biden’s former wife described searching their cars for drugs before allowing their...Hunter Biden’s former wife described searching their cars for drugs before allowing their...
In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter Biden wrote that as the son of a US senator and future president, he had...In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter Biden wrote that as the son of a US senator and future president, he had been “raised on politics like farm kids raised on sweetcorn”. This week, the 54-year-old becomes the first child of a sitting US president to face a criminal trial. He is charged with lying about his...In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter Biden wrote that as the son of a US senator and future president, he had been...
video
Narendra Modi has won the backing of his coalition allies to lead India’s government for a third term, despite the...Narendra Modi has won the backing of his coalition allies to lead India’s government for a third...Narendra Modi has won the backing of his coalition allies to lead India’s government for a third...
After drinking his usual ten beers at the Pink Panther pub, Paddy Moriarty shuffled out of the bar with his dog...After drinking his usual ten beers at the Pink Panther pub, Paddy Moriarty shuffled out of the...After drinking his usual ten beers at the Pink Panther pub, Paddy Moriarty shuffled out of the...
The small but strategically positioned Pacific nation of Palau has accused China of a cyberattack in retaliation for its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. Hackers penetrated computer networks at Palau’s finance ministry on March 14, paralysing...The small but strategically positioned Pacific nation of Palau has accused China of a cyberattack...The small but strategically positioned Pacific nation of Palau has accused China of a cyberattack...
A human rights organisation has accused Israel of using a dangerous chemical substance in areas populated by...A human rights organisation has accused Israel of using a dangerous chemical substance in areas...A human rights organisation has accused Israel of using a dangerous chemical substance in areas...
A professional rock climber has been sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault of a woman at Yosemite...A professional rock climber has been sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault of a...A professional rock climber has been sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault of a...
will pavia
This week my wife and I decided to try something new in the bedroom. We turn out the lights, we slip under the covers and we listen to a man reading a Wikipedia article about temperate rainforests. Usually, we don’t do anything exciting like this.This week my wife and I decided to try something new in the bedroom. We turn out the lights, we...This week my wife and I decided to try something new in the bedroom. We turn out the lights, we...
A penchant for baring all in public, if stereotypes are to be believed, is as German as bratwurst or garden gnomes. Yet in the land where nudist clubs were born more than a century ago, they are now struggling to recruit new members. The German...A penchant for baring all in public, if stereotypes are to be believed, is as German as bratwurst...A penchant for baring all in public, if stereotypes are to be believed, is as German as bratwurst...
The UK private sector economy expanded faster than expected last month and inflation eased to its slowest pace in three years, boosting hopes for interest rate cuts over the summer. The S&P Global and Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply final composite purchasing managers’ index...The UK private sector economy expanded faster than expected last month and inflation eased to its slowest pace in three years, boosting hopes for interest rate cuts over the summer. The S&P Global and Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply final composite purchasing managers’ index...The UK private sector economy expanded faster than expected last month and inflation eased to its slowest pace in three years...
Trafigura has settled a lawsuit brought by the Reuben brothers, the property and metals billionaires, over a cargo of nickel sold to them that was part of a high-profile fraud. The Swiss commodities business is still dealing with the fallout of a scam after it announced last year that it had discovered there was no nickel in some of the...Trafigura has settled a lawsuit brought by the Reuben brothers, the property and metals billionaires, over a cargo of nickel sold to them that was part of a high-profile fraud. The Swiss commodities business is still dealing with the fallout of a scam after it announced last year that it had discovered there was no nickel in some of the...Trafigura has settled a lawsuit brought by the Reuben brothers, the property and metals billionaires, over a cargo of nickel...
Not since the global financial crisis 15 years ago have UK stock market investors valued commercial property companies so lowly. On average, shares in London-listed landlords are trading at a 24 per cent discount to their net asset value (NAV), the latest estimate of what their buildings are worth, Morningstar data...Not since the global financial crisis 15 years ago have UK stock market investors valued...Not since the global financial crisis 15 years ago have UK stock market investors valued...
The billionaire Cadogan family’s London estate made a record profit last year, as renters, businesses and retailers fought to base themselves in its exclusive Chelsea streets. Almost all the shops, restaurants, flats and offices that sit within the Cadogan Estates’ 93 acres of land in west London are occupied, which has led to “competitive bidding” among would-be...The billionaire Cadogan family’s London estate made a record profit last year, as renters...The billionaire Cadogan family’s London estate made a record profit last year, as renters...
The “tourist tax” is an “absolute own goal for this country” and is causing wealthy overseas travellers to holiday in...The “tourist tax” is an “absolute own goal for this country” and is causing wealthy overseas travellers to holiday in France, Italy and Spain instead, the boss of one of London’s largest landowners has claimed. Hugh Seaborn, chief executive of Cadogan Estates which owns 90 acres of land in and around Chelsea...The “tourist tax” is an “absolute own goal for this country” and is causing wealthy overseas travellers to holiday in France...
business commentary
Some Czechs don’t bounce. The notion that Daniel Kretinsky will drown the posties in debt, imperilling the finances...Some Czechs don’t bounce. The notion that Daniel Kretinsky will drown the posties in debt...Some Czechs don’t bounce. The notion that Daniel Kretinsky will drown the posties in debt...
market report
London’s office space was in the spotlight as the head of Workspace, the London office landlord, became the latest in...London’s office space was in the spotlight as the head of Workspace, the London office landlord...London’s office space was in the spotlight as the head of Workspace, the London office landlord...
Two of America’s biggest investors BlackRock and Citadel Securities are backing the launch of a Texas stock exchange to rival New York. BlackRock and Citadel are leading the venture to attract companies that have become disaffected by rules around...Two of America’s biggest investors BlackRock and Citadel Securities are backing the launch of a...Two of America’s biggest investors BlackRock and Citadel Securities are backing the launch of a...
DAVID SMITH
Don’t turn the page yet, fearing that this is an “oh no, not another one” piece about the election. It is, but not...Don’t turn the page yet, fearing that this is an “oh no, not another one” piece about the election.Don’t turn the page yet, fearing that this is an “oh no, not another one” piece about the election.
COMMENT
I am a lifelong supporter of the principles of free enterprise, endeavour and reward for hard work. Until now, I have...I am a lifelong supporter of the principles of free enterprise, endeavour and reward for hard work.I am a lifelong supporter of the principles of free enterprise, endeavour and reward for hard work.
Publishers that depend on search traffic for their income will be “devastated” by the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots, senior media executives have warned. Rich Caccappolo, the chief executive of DMG Media, said: “If you don’t have direct...Publishers that depend on search traffic for their income will be “devastated” by the rise of...Publishers that depend on search traffic for their income will be “devastated” by the rise of...
katie prescott
More than a decade ago, jazzy television adverts encouraged Britons to “SWITCH!” their bank accounts to a different...More than a decade ago, jazzy television adverts encouraged Britons to “SWITCH!” their bank...More than a decade ago, jazzy television adverts encouraged Britons to “SWITCH!” their bank...
market report
If there’s anything that investors in Carnival crave, then presumably it’s a spell of plain sailing. In which case...If there’s anything that investors in Carnival crave, then presumably it’s a spell of plain sailing.If there’s anything that investors in Carnival crave, then presumably it’s a spell of plain sailing.
RECRUITMENT
We spend billions of pounds each year designing and upgrading our homes, but should the same care and attention be lavished on our workplaces? The average UK employee spends 90,000 hours in their workplace, but more than half of staff claim their offices are “uninspiring”. With the post-pandemic battle to encourage staff to return to the office still raging, a...We spend billions of pounds each year designing and upgrading our homes, but should the same care...We spend billions of pounds each year designing and upgrading our homes, but should the same care...
SIX FROM THE BEST
In 1989 aged 23, Wayne Griffiths approached Audi and persuaded it to hire him, before driving from Manchester to...In 1989 aged 23, Wayne Griffiths approached Audi and persuaded it to hire him, before driving from Manchester to Ingolstadt in southern Germany to start work. He is now chief executive of Seat and Cupra, one of Europe’s fastest-growing automotive brands. Here are his tips to drive your career forward. 1 Be brave....In 1989 aged 23, Wayne Griffiths approached Audi and persuaded it to hire him, before driving from Manchester to Ingolstadt in...
Manchester City’s legal dispute with the Premier League has put the £900million funding deal for the EFL at risk. As The Times revealed on Tuesday, City have launched an unprecedented legal action in an attempt to scrap rules that limit how much companies linked to club owners can pay them in sponsorship. Their case will be heard at a hearing starting on Monday and is...Manchester City’s legal dispute with the Premier League has put the £900million funding deal for...Manchester City’s legal dispute with the Premier League has put the £900million funding deal for...
MAtthew Syed
Did they suppose the document would never leak? Did they not count on the brilliant investigative reporters at Times...Did they suppose the document would never leak? Did they not count on the brilliant investigative reporters at Times Sport, the best in the business? Did they hope that their perversion of the words of John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful tome On Liberty, would never see the light of day? Or do they no longer...Did they suppose the document would never leak? Did they not count on the brilliant investigative reporters at Times Sport, the...
French open | stuart fraser
T20 World Cup | mike atherton
euro 2024 | paul joyce
For a moment, it felt as if England had been transported all the way back to 2018. When Trent Alexander-Arnold’s outswinging corner arced into the penalty area in the 57th minute against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday night, pandemonium ensued. Amid the pushing and shoving, the jostling and collisions, Ezri Konsa was thrown off his feet after his shirt had been grabbed by...For a moment, it felt as if England had been transported all the way back to 2018. When Trent...For a moment, it felt as if England had been transported all the way back to 2018. When Trent...
euro 2024
Luke Shaw has handed England a significant boost by stepping up his recovery from the hamstring injury that has been...Luke Shaw has handed England a significant boost by stepping up his recovery from the hamstring injury that has been threatening his participation at Euro 2024. The 28-year-old, who is the only specialist left back in Gareth Southgate’s preliminary 33-man squad, has not played since mid-February, but has been back...Luke Shaw has handed England a significant boost by stepping up his recovery from the hamstring injury that has been...
Gallagher Premiership final
STEVE JAMES
They were words I had not seen before. Buried at the bottom of the scorecard on the oh-so-excellent Cricket Archive...They were words I had not seen before. Buried at the bottom of the scorecard on the...They were words I had not seen before. Buried at the bottom of the scorecard on the...
owen slot
It is but 2½ weeks since we were digesting the reality that Manchester City had won their fourth consecutive Premier...It is but 2½ weeks since we were digesting the reality that Manchester City had won their fourth...It is but 2½ weeks since we were digesting the reality that Manchester City had won their fourth...
Euro 2024 | Ian Hawkey
On the occasion of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 206th cap for Portugal, against Slovenia in March, the head coach Roberto Martínez gave a debut to a 22-year-old winger. Martínez was gesturing that, loyal though he is to a core of senior players, the door...On the occasion of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 206th cap for Portugal, against Slovenia in March, the...On the occasion of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 206th cap for Portugal, against Slovenia in March, the...
RICK BROADBENT | NOAH LYLES INTERVIEW
Euro 2024 | group A guide
euro 2024 | group b guide
euro 2024 | group c guide
euro 2024 | group d guide
euro 2024 | Jonathan Northcroft
Ten years ago the Japanese broadcaster NHK delved into why Xavi and Andrés Iniesta were such special footballers. They got Torbjorn Vestberg, a professor of neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, to test the great midfielders’ brains. Vestberg met them in Barcelona and a crew filmed Xavi performing for him a series of D-Kefs tests, used to gauge...Ten years ago the Japanese broadcaster NHK delved into why Xavi and Andrés Iniesta were such...Ten years ago the Japanese broadcaster NHK delved into why Xavi and Andrés Iniesta were such...
EURO 2024
Ivan Toney’s hopes of going to Euro 2024 are hanging by a thread after Gareth Southgate said that he would prioritise...Ivan Toney’s hopes of going to Euro 2024 are hanging by a thread after Gareth Southgate said that he would prioritise Harry Kane’s sharpness in Friday’s friendly with Iceland. The Brentford striker did not feature in the 3-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina as Ollie Watkins was preferred to him and England now intend to...Ivan Toney’s hopes of going to Euro 2024 are hanging by a thread after Gareth Southgate said that he would prioritise Harry...
Euro 2024 | Group E guide
euro 2024 | group f guide
EURO 2024 | James Gheerbrant
t20 world cup | simon wilde
England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when their Group B game against Scotland was rained off with only ten overs bowled. Scotland’s openers George Munsey and Michael Jones, unfazed by Mark...England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when...England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when...
Women’s Euro 2025 Qualifier
Claim may help club see off 115 charges
exclusiveManchester City have launched an unprecedented legal action against the Premier League in a move that has sparked civil war in English football’s top flight. The dispute, which has become a battle between the most powerful clubs in the country, will be settled after a two-week private arbitration hearing starting on Monday. The outcome could dramatically alter the...Manchester City have launched an unprecedented legal action against the Premier League in a move...Manchester City have launched an unprecedented legal action against the Premier League in a move...
Kevin De Bruyne has opened the door to a move to Saudi Arabia by admitting that he would have to consider the...Kevin De Bruyne has opened the door to a move to Saudi Arabia by admitting that he would have to consider the “incredible amounts” on offer in the Middle East as he enters the final years of his career. De Bruyne’s contract at Manchester City expires in 2025, meaning this summer could be City’s last chance to secure...Kevin De Bruyne has opened the door to a move to Saudi Arabia by admitting that he would have to consider the “incredible...
elgan alderman
times sport unseen
Marc writes: While Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid and England is just 20 years old, Bradley and I have covered 25 years of Champions League finals, starting with that memorable night at the Nou Camp when Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich in...Marc writes: While Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid and England is just 20 years old, Bradley and I...Marc writes: While Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid and England is just 20 years old, Bradley and I...
caitlin moran’s celebrity watch
After the chaos of Johnson and Truss, his ongoing celebrity is deeply weird
Hilary Rose
For years she has apparently been hiding her true self. Come off it, says Hilary Rose
From blatant misogyny to sexual assault, women are speaking out about the toxic male agricultural scene
interview
Agnès b may be a champagne socialist with rock star connections and an art collection, but the designer has experienced poverty and abuse
First person
My daughter, Allegra, has just graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC where she has spent the past...My daughter, Allegra, has just graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC where she...My daughter, Allegra, has just graduated from Georgetown University in Washington DC where she...
ben machell
It’s almost Euro 2024, which means a month of near-total football saturation. I always tell myself that this is a...It’s almost Euro 2024, which means a month of near-total football saturation. I always tell...It’s almost Euro 2024, which means a month of near-total football saturation. I always tell...
giles coren
There seems to be some confusion in the ranks around the use of hyperbole in this column. A few weeks ago I wrote that a Greek-inspired restaurant in Borough Market was a “slam-dunk best-of-the-year-so-far joint”, which it absolutely was. But below the line there was indignation because, as many of you pointed out, I had recently said that Catch at the Old Fish...There seems to be some confusion in the ranks around the use of hyperbole in this column. A few...There seems to be some confusion in the ranks around the use of hyperbole in this column. A few...
will lyons
Picnic season is upon us and no doubt you’ll be considering which bottles to slip into your basket to enjoy alfresco.Picnic season is upon us and no doubt you’ll be considering which bottles to slip into your basket to enjoy alfresco. Picnics don’t have to be grand affairs, in many ways the simpler the better, and that goes for the wine too. A chilled vin ordinaire with a few hunks of cheese, a slice of terrine and a freshly baked...Picnic season is upon us and no doubt you’ll be considering which bottles to slip into your basket to enjoy alfresco. Picnics...
a life in the day
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Since 2004 the annual Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells has become a mainstay of London’s cultural calendar. One of the chief undercurrents of its programming throughout the decades has been the tug- of-war between tradition and innovation. Few artists, however, have fought so consistently in the front line of this battle as Rocío Molina. Molina, 40 this year, has...Since 2004 the annual Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells has become a mainstay of London’s...Since 2004 the annual Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells has become a mainstay of London’s...
first night Review
We have a small ballet company in Florida to thank for bringing back to Britain a selection of Frederick Ashton...We have a small ballet company in Florida to thank for bringing back to Britain a selection of Frederick Ashton ballets unseen here in decades. The Sarasota Ballet, which under the direction of Iain Webb has acquired the world’s largest Ashton repertoire, was chosen to open Ashton Worldwide, a five-year festival...We have a small ballet company in Florida to thank for bringing back to Britain a selection of Frederick Ashton ballets unseen...
first night review
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Barry Manilow has long attracted sniggers, from the Los Angeles radio station that advertised itself as the place...Barry Manilow has long attracted sniggers, from the Los Angeles radio station that advertised...Barry Manilow has long attracted sniggers, from the Los Angeles radio station that advertised...
video
first night review
It’s one of those productions where a compelling central performance, imbued with raw emotion, takes your mind off...It’s one of those productions where a compelling central performance, imbued with raw emotion...It’s one of those productions where a compelling central performance, imbued with raw emotion...
first night review
The Serpentine started life as a teahouse. All those years visiting exhibitions and going for walks in the park and I never knew. This year’s Serpentine Pavilion takes the teahouse theme and runs with it. The Seoul-based architect Minsuk Cho and...The Serpentine started life as a teahouse. All those years visiting exhibitions and going for...The Serpentine started life as a teahouse. All those years visiting exhibitions and going for...
gardening
It’s easy to hide 50 Easter eggs in 12 acres of grounds — but not so easy to find them, Nick Hewer and Catherine...It’s easy to hide 50 Easter eggs in 12 acres of grounds — but not so easy to find them, Nick...It’s easy to hide 50 Easter eggs in 12 acres of grounds — but not so easy to find them, Nick...
ask the experts
Q. I am simplifying matters for the executors of my estate for when the time comes. Can you please explain how the...Q. I am simplifying matters for the executors of my estate for when the time comes. Can you...Q. I am simplifying matters for the executors of my estate for when the time comes. Can you...
review | fiction
MindGames
MINDGAMES
Viewing GUide
travel
These gorgeous hotels and apartments are all contenders for an Olympic gold
julia samuel
The psychotherapist addresses your dilemmas
Corby Castle has its own medieval tower and salmon river
Rachel Church on the jewellery gallery with back stories more extravagant than the exhibits
Chiara Brown trains her sleeping brain and learns how to lucid dream
video
Do you like the sound of a golden zipper as it eases open a leather Louis Vuitton suitcase? What about the feeling of a cool string of Tasaki pearls hitting your palm, the pearls lightly tapping against each other? Does the sound of an Hermès...Do you like the sound of a golden zipper as it eases open a leather Louis Vuitton suitcase? What...Do you like the sound of a golden zipper as it eases open a leather Louis Vuitton suitcase? What...
video
The Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson will marry this week in Chester. But are its ancient walls and pretty streets worth the hype? Our writer visits to find out
Trainspotters, get excited: these are the rail-inspired stays to know about, featuring a bar made from ticket booths and an old passenger carriage by a beach
video
Cycladic architecture, Greek food and clear sea — the only thing missing is the caldera. This luxury new resort (almost) transports you to the romantic isle
Major airports will miss this summer’s deadline to install 3D security scanners, although some airports including London City and Birmingham are already using the new technology
video
Thanks to the Champions League final and the Euros this summer, Dortmund is attracting new crowds – and there’s plenty more than football to enjoy in this powerhouse
Over the past 20 years of holidaying in Puglia, I’ve witnessed mass tourism hit the heel. I’m not complaining: I love...Over the past 20 years of holidaying in Puglia, I’ve witnessed mass tourism hit the heel. I’m not...Over the past 20 years of holidaying in Puglia, I’ve witnessed mass tourism hit the heel. I’m not...
kathy lette | travel troubleshooter
Q. My daughter often goes for long weekends away with my wife — and I feel left out. Their relationship gets closer...Q. My daughter often goes for long weekends away with my wife — and I feel left out. Their...Q. My daughter often goes for long weekends away with my wife — and I feel left out. Their...
video
In Sweden there are six million bicycles among ten million inhabitants — making it one of the world’s best places to saddle up. Simon Parker takes on a challenging but beautiful 400-mile gravel bike route in the west of the country that takes in...In Sweden there are six million bicycles among ten million inhabitants — making it one of the...In Sweden there are six million bicycles among ten million inhabitants — making it one of the...
Obituary
Obituary | Video
video
The Times has been publishing life stories of the great and the good (and the not so good) for more than 170 years. Now the obituary is also becoming a podcast, explains Anna Temkin
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Baillie Gifford is on the verge of withdrawing its sponsorship from all book festivals following a backlash over its alleged links to fossil fuels and Israel. A number of high-profile events, including Hay Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Borders Book Festival, have ended...Baillie Gifford is on the verge of withdrawing its sponsorship from all book festivals following a backlash over its alleged links to fossil fuels and Israel. A number of high-profile events, including Hay Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Borders Book Festival, have ended...Baillie Gifford is on the verge of withdrawing its sponsorship from all book festivals following a backlash over its alleged...
A flagship Scottish scheme set up 20 years ago to protect women from multiple attacks has no information on reoffending rates among domestic abusers. The Caledonian system was drawn up in 2004 to help rehabilitate men convicted of abuse and provide support services for their partners and children. Angela Constance, the justice secretary...A flagship Scottish scheme set up 20 years ago to protect women from multiple attacks has no information on reoffending rates among domestic abusers. The Caledonian system was drawn up in 2004 to help rehabilitate men convicted of abuse and provide support services for their partners and children. Angela Constance, the justice secretary...A flagship Scottish scheme set up 20 years ago to protect women from multiple attacks has no information on reoffending rates...
Analysis
Anyone who has studied Scots law in the last 90 years has encountered Morton v HM Advocate. In November 1936, the victim was hustled into a tenement close in Glasgow by a stranger and indecently assaulted. The attack was witnessed by a neighbour in flats opposite who cried out. Caught in the act, the assailant did a...Anyone who has studied Scots law in the last 90 years has encountered Morton v HM Advocate. In...Anyone who has studied Scots law in the last 90 years has encountered Morton v HM Advocate. In...
Labour is attempting to pin the SNP’s Westminster leader down in his Aberdeen constituency by targeting the northeast of Scotland. Senior Labour figures will spend the coming days outside the party’s key target seats in the central belt and west of the country, and some figures believe that previously written-off constituencies are now in play because of better than...Labour is attempting to pin the SNP’s Westminster leader down in his Aberdeen constituency by...Labour is attempting to pin the SNP’s Westminster leader down in his Aberdeen constituency by...
SCOTTISH BUSINESS DIGEST
Hello and welcome to our daily digest of business, financial and economic news from around Scotland. 1. The cost of...Hello and welcome to our daily digest of business, financial and economic news from around Scotland. 1. The cost of office rents across Scotland may soon outpace those of big English cities as prices are expected to rise steadily over the next few years, according to data from Savills. The estate agency’s...Hello and welcome to our daily digest of business, financial and economic news from around Scotland. 1. The cost of office...
Al kellock interview
When Al Kellock climbs the stairs to his second-floor office at Scotstoun each morning, the Glasgow Warriors managing...When Al Kellock climbs the stairs to his second-floor office at Scotstoun each morning, the...When Al Kellock climbs the stairs to his second-floor office at Scotstoun each morning, the...
Jason Leitch, the national clinical director who resigned from the Scottish government amid controversy over his...Jason Leitch, the national clinical director who resigned from the Scottish government amid...Jason Leitch, the national clinical director who resigned from the Scottish government amid...
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Scrapping peak train fares across Scotland has not led to a surge in rail travel, according to new data, but ministers say they remain supportive of the policy. A report by Transport Scotland found growing numbers of passengers...Scrapping peak train fares across Scotland has not led to a surge in rail travel, according to new data, but ministers say they remain supportive of the policy. A report by Transport Scotland found growing numbers of passengers...Scrapping peak train fares across Scotland has not led to a surge in rail travel, according to new data, but...
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t20 world cup | simon wilde
England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when their Group B game against Scotland was rained off with only ten overs bowled. Scotland’s openers George Munsey and Michael Jones, unfazed by Mark...England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when...England’s defence of their T20 World Cup crown got off to a damp and frustrating start here when...
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Juliet Samuel
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‘Local’ MPs and the need for global leadership
Sir, William Hague is right that MPs who spend all their time dealing with potholes and bin collections are unlikely to be effective overseers of legislation or have a detailed grasp of international issues (“ ‘Local’ MPs can’t give leadership we...Sir, William Hague is right that MPs who spend all their time dealing with potholes and bin...Sir, William Hague is right that MPs who spend all their time dealing with potholes and bin...
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Briefing
UK: On the eve of D-Day’s 80th anniversary, a national commemoration — the King and Queen to attend — at Southsea Common, Portsmouth; Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders publishes latest car sales figures.
On this day
In 1806 Napoléon’s brother Louis was declared king of the newly formed Kingdom of Holland; in 1873 the last permanent slave market in east Africa closed, after the British government forced Sultan Barghash to end slavery in Zanzibar (Tanzania). In 1879 UK missionaries built a cathedral on the site, and in 1890 the country became a British protectorate. In 2013 a heritage centre to the abolition of slavery was created where once 70,000 slaves a year were traded; in 1916 Lord (Horatio Herbert) Kitchener, the secretary of state for war, died when HMS Hampshire struck a German mine and sank in less than 20 minutes off the coast of Orkney. There were 12 survivors, with 737 lives lost. Kitchener was on a diplomatic mission to Russia; in 1967 the Six-Day War began in the Middle East, with Israel launching Operation Focus, a surprise aerial attack on Egypt.
Nature notes
Who could expect an Edinburgh tram to drop you at one of Britain’s premier birding sites? As the passengers alighted at Leith, the tram bell still ringing in their ears, they heard a strange, almost comic sound from the adjacent docks. It was the rolling, cooing ar-ooo call made by displaying eider ducks, though the human travellers could be forgiven for thinking that someone in the nearby flats was watching an old Frankie Howerd film, so similar is the eider call to the sound that he used to make on hearing a double entendre. These hefty sea ducks are one of our wildest, but here in the Port of Leith they swim around the docks like mallards on a boating lake. Jonathan Tulloch
Jonathan Tulloch
Birthdays today
Lord (Ed) Vaizey of Didcot, Times Radio presenter, Conservative MP for Wantage (2005-19), culture and the digital economy minister (2014-16), 56; Laurie Anderson, musician and performance artist, 77; Martha Argerich, pianist, 83; John Carlos, athlete, 1968 US Olympic bronze medallist who, with Tommie Smith, gave the Black Power salute on the medal podium, 79; Dame Margaret Drabble, author, A Summer Birdcage (1963), 85; Earl of Dundee, chairman, Council of Europe education committee, 75; Alex Ellis, diplomat, UK ambassador-designate to Spain, UK high commissioner to India (2021-24), 57; Ken Follett, novelist, The Pillars of the Earth (1989), 75; Baroness (Claire) Fox of Buckley, founder and director, Institute of Ideas think tank, 64; Dame Elizabeth Gloster, lady justice of appeal (2013-18), the first woman to be a judge of the Commercial Court, 75; Sir David Hare, playwright, Teeth ’n’ Smiles (1975), and screenwriter, The Reader (2008), 77; Chris Hill, chief executive, Hargreaves Lansdown (2017-23, financial services), 53; The Ven Andrew Hillier, chaplain of the Fleet and archdeacon of the Royal Navy, 56; Simon Hopkinson, restaurateur, chef and writer, Simon Hopkinson Cooks (2013), 70; Dame Siobhan Keegan, lady chief justice of Northern Ireland, 53; The Very Rev David Monteith, dean of Canterbury, 56; Phil Neale, cricketer, captain of Worcestershire (1982-91), 70; Ross Noble, comedian, 48; Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea (since 1979), 82; Salil Parekh, chief executive and managing director, Infosys, 60; Nigel Rees, author, founder and host, BBC Radio 4 programme Quote … Unquote (1976-2021), 80; Richard Stone, royal portrait painter, 73; David Weir, wheelchair athlete, six-time Paralympic gold medallist (2008, 2012) and eight-time London Marathon winner, 45.