Court of Appeal rejects plea to overturn manslaughter verdict
newThe families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks on Tuesday hit out at the “utterly flawed and under-resourced” criminal justice system after judges rejected an appeal over the triple killer’s sentence. The Court of Appeal concluded that there was “no error” when Valdo Calocane, 32, was...The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks on Tuesday hit out at the “utterly flawed and under-resourced” criminal justice system after judges rejected an appeal over the triple killer’s sentence. The Court of Appeal concluded that there was “no error” when Valdo Calocane, 32, was...The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks on Tuesday hit out at the “utterly flawed and under-resourced” criminal...
A cabinet split has opened up on civil service rainbow lanyards as it emerges that guidance agreed across government will not actually ban officials from wearing them. Esther McVey, who was appointed to attend Rishi Sunak’s cabinet as a minister without portfolio, said on Monday that staff would be disciplined for any messaging on lanyards...A cabinet split has opened up on civil service rainbow lanyards as it emerges that guidance agreed across government will not actually ban officials from wearing them. Esther McVey, who was appointed to attend Rishi Sunak’s cabinet as a minister without portfolio, said on Monday that staff would be disciplined for any messaging on lanyards...A cabinet split has opened up on civil service rainbow lanyards as it emerges that guidance agreed across government will not...
At least two guards have been shot dead by armed men who ambushed a prison van taking a robber to court in northern France. A third guard was said to have died, although this has not been confirmed by officials. Two other guards were seriously wounded. The inmate, 30, who was said to have been jailed for robbery and...At least two guards have been shot dead by armed men who ambushed a prison van taking a robber to...At least two guards have been shot dead by armed men who ambushed a prison van taking a robber to...
EXPLAINER
It was never going to be long before social media invented a natural alternative to the much-hyped “miracle”...It was never going to be long before social media invented a natural alternative to the...It was never going to be long before social media invented a natural alternative to the...
interview
When Roman Kemp was four, his godfather bought him a driveable mini Batmobile. When he was five, his teachers started...When Roman Kemp was four, his godfather bought him a driveable mini Batmobile. When he was five...When Roman Kemp was four, his godfather bought him a driveable mini Batmobile. When he was five...
Police would have been given new powers
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POLITICS
Prime minister defends 14 years of Tory rule
At the foot of a dormant volcano in Iceland, the Swiss company Climeworks has kickstarted a geological process of its own. The eggy smell of sulphur wafts across the valley in plumes of geothermal steam, but Climeworks’s technicians are concerned...At the foot of a dormant volcano in Iceland, the Swiss company Climeworks has kickstarted a...At the foot of a dormant volcano in Iceland, the Swiss company Climeworks has kickstarted a...
Melinda Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with Bill, her former husband, more than 20 years...Melinda Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with Bill, her former husband...Melinda Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with Bill, her former husband...
THE TIMES DIARY
David Miliband returned to British politics to join old cabinet colleagues in a charity football match against the...David Miliband returned to British politics to join old cabinet colleagues in a charity football...David Miliband returned to British politics to join old cabinet colleagues in a charity football...
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographers and filmmakers from around the globe entered their work in Earth Photo 2024, the international open call and exhibition for images that tell compelling stories about the planet. Of more than 1,900 entries, a judging panel made up of...Photographers and filmmakers from around the globe entered their work in Earth Photo 2024, the...Photographers and filmmakers from around the globe entered their work in Earth Photo 2024, the...
A 28-year-old Thai woman has died after a hunger strike in protest at the country’s lèse-majesté law, which imposes long prison sentences on those judged to have insulted the country’s royal family. Netiporn Sanesangkhom, known by the nickname Bung, died in hospital after being transferred from...A 28-year-old Thai woman has died after a hunger strike in protest at the country’s lèse-majesté law, which imposes long prison sentences on those judged to have insulted the country’s royal family. Netiporn Sanesangkhom, known by the nickname Bung, died in hospital after being transferred from...A 28-year-old Thai woman has died after a hunger strike in protest at the country’s lèse-majesté law, which imposes long prison...
Philippines Coast Guard ships are patrolling a remote coral atoll in the South China Sea after evidence revealed that China has been secretly attempting to build it up into a new military base. Filipino vessels have found ground up coral dumped on Sabina Shoal, suggesting efforts to reclaim land around the tiny island which is claimed by...Philippines Coast Guard ships are patrolling a remote coral atoll in the South China Sea after evidence revealed that China has been secretly attempting to build it up into a new military base. Filipino vessels have found ground up coral dumped on Sabina Shoal, suggesting efforts to reclaim land around the tiny island which is claimed by...Philippines Coast Guard ships are patrolling a remote coral atoll in the South China Sea after evidence revealed that China has...
An Oxford-educated lawyer and former Royal Horse Guardsman whose leaks helped unravel a string of unlawful killings by Australian forces in Afghanistan was jailed for more than five years as his supporters cried “shame” on Tuesday. David McBride, 60, who served with Australian forces in Afghanistan, had pleaded...An Oxford-educated lawyer and former Royal Horse Guardsman whose leaks helped unravel a string of...An Oxford-educated lawyer and former Royal Horse Guardsman whose leaks helped unravel a string of...
Donald Trump was more concerned about how the story of his alleged affair with a porn star would impact his...Donald Trump was more concerned about how the story of his alleged affair with a porn star would...Donald Trump was more concerned about how the story of his alleged affair with a porn star would...
Italian police are investigating claims that the country’s most famous rapper used football hooligans to beat up a...Italian police are investigating claims that the country’s most famous rapper used football...Italian police are investigating claims that the country’s most famous rapper used football...
In the days, weeks and years that followed the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, Norwegian police scoured every inch of the property she shared with her industrialist husband. They searched the lake and the sewers nearby. They made a...In the days, weeks and years that followed the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, Norwegian...In the days, weeks and years that followed the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, Norwegian...
A former economy minister in Kazakhstan has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder of his wife, after a...A former economy minister in Kazakhstan has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder...A former economy minister in Kazakhstan has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder...
Women have no sense of solidarity with each other, preferring to compete instead of teaming up, and men are to blame...Women have no sense of solidarity with each other, preferring to compete instead of teaming up...Women have no sense of solidarity with each other, preferring to compete instead of teaming up...
The French have an old rhyme for mocking the supposed poor driving skills of women: “Femme au volant, danger au tournant” (woman at the wheel, danger around the corner). Now the tables have been turned with a road safety campaign exhorting...The French have an old rhyme for mocking the supposed poor driving skills of women: “Femme au...The French have an old rhyme for mocking the supposed poor driving skills of women: “Femme au...
IN maps and CHARTS
Donald Trump turned up the invective and profanity for a huge rally crowd in New Jersey when he repeatedly blamed...Donald Trump turned up the invective and profanity for a huge rally crowd in New Jersey when he...Donald Trump turned up the invective and profanity for a huge rally crowd in New Jersey when he...
Donald Trump became the first serving or former US president to be indicted after being charged with 34 felonies in...Donald Trump became the first serving or former US president to be indicted after being charged...Donald Trump became the first serving or former US president to be indicted after being charged...
Regular pay rose faster than expected in the first quarter while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.3 per cent
updatedWages accelerated faster than expected over the first quarter of the year while unemployment ticked up, casting doubt over how soon the Bank of England could cut interest rates for the first time in four years. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the annual rate of regular...Wages accelerated faster than expected over the first quarter of the year while unemployment ticked up, casting doubt over how soon the Bank of England could cut interest rates for the first time in four years. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the annual rate of regular...Wages accelerated faster than expected over the first quarter of the year while unemployment ticked up, casting doubt over how...
Anglo American has set out a plan to break up its sprawling operations and slow down the development of its $9 billion polyhalite mine in North Yorkshire, as it seeks to defend itself against a buyout by BHP. The FTSE 100 group said it would look to demerge its platinum mining operations and either spin out or sell De Beers, the diamond...Anglo American has set out a plan to break up its sprawling operations and slow down the development of its $9 billion polyhalite mine in North Yorkshire, as it seeks to defend itself against a buyout by BHP. The FTSE 100 group said it would look to demerge its platinum mining operations and either spin out or sell De Beers, the diamond...Anglo American has set out a plan to break up its sprawling operations and slow down the development of its $9 billion...
It was billed as potentially one of the most aggressive sighting shots against a FTSE 100 company. In March the New York-based activist investor Elliott Advisors disclosed that it had quietly built a 5 per cent stake in Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT). Elliott’s reputation for ferocity and opportunism has...It was billed as potentially one of the most aggressive sighting shots against a FTSE 100 company.It was billed as potentially one of the most aggressive sighting shots against a FTSE 100 company.
business commentary
When in a hole, keep digging. Trust Mike Henry, the BHP boss, to come up with a twist on that old maxim. He’s already...When in a hole, keep digging. Trust Mike Henry, the BHP boss, to come up with a twist on that old...When in a hole, keep digging. Trust Mike Henry, the BHP boss, to come up with a twist on that old...
Comment
Twenty-five years ago this month Gordon Brown announced the sale of half the UK’s stockpile of gold locked in the...Twenty-five years ago this month Gordon Brown announced the sale of half the UK’s stockpile of...Twenty-five years ago this month Gordon Brown announced the sale of half the UK’s stockpile of...
INTERVIEW
Only days after reports that Saudi Arabia approved the use of lethal force to clear the way for the building of Neom, a futuristic desert city, British ministers are out in force in the country, promoting greater trade links with the UK. Oliver...Only days after reports that Saudi Arabia approved the use of lethal force to clear the way for...Only days after reports that Saudi Arabia approved the use of lethal force to clear the way for...
comment
The sharp increase in interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic since the end of 2021 and early 2022 has been...The sharp increase in interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic since the end of 2021 and...The sharp increase in interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic since the end of 2021 and...
tempus
This trust suits a certain type of investor, and not just those who like long corporate names. As the name suggests...This trust suits a certain type of investor, and not just those who like long corporate names. As...This trust suits a certain type of investor, and not just those who like long corporate names. As...
International Trade
recruitment
About six in ten UK staff undergo some form of training at work each year, ranging from mandatory certification and compliance courses to upskilling for a new role, and experts estimate that the UK training market is worth approximately £7 billion. Training and skills development is proved to increase the human capital in the national labour force, narrowing skills gaps...About six in ten UK staff undergo some form of training at work each year, ranging from mandatory...About six in ten UK staff undergo some form of training at work each year, ranging from mandatory...
SIX FROM THE BEST
Guy Singh-Watson is founder of Riverford, an organic vegetable box company which grew from humble beginnings to...Guy Singh-Watson is founder of Riverford, an organic vegetable box company which grew from humble beginnings to 70,000 deliveries a week. The activist recently launched the #GetFairAboutFarming campaign calling for supermarkets to adopt better business practices to safeguard the future of British fruit and veg farmers.Guy Singh-Watson is founder of Riverford, an organic vegetable box company which grew from humble beginnings to 70,000...
uefa referees’ chief
Being a referee in the modern game is very difficult. The men in the middle make between 200-250 decisions per match — one every 22 seconds — in difficult and sometimes controversial situations, under huge pressure, with each of them scrutinised and rewatched from multiple different angles by...Being a referee in the modern game is very difficult. The men in the middle make between 200-250 decisions per match — one every 22 seconds — in difficult and sometimes controversial situations, under huge pressure, with each of them scrutinised and rewatched from multiple different angles by...Being a referee in the modern game is very difficult. The men in the middle make between 200-250 decisions per match — one...
England’s game against Japan in Tokyo is in danger of becoming the first men’s Test in decades to not be broadcast on television. The Times understands that the RFU is still yet to agree a deal with a broadcaster for the match against Eddie Jones’s team which takes place in just over five weeks’ time, on June 22. If the RFU is unable to...England’s game against Japan in Tokyo is in danger of becoming the first men’s Test in decades to not be broadcast on television. The Times understands that the RFU is still yet to agree a deal with a broadcaster for the match against Eddie Jones’s team which takes place in just over five weeks’ time, on June 22. If the RFU is unable to...England’s game against Japan in Tokyo is in danger of becoming the first men’s Test in decades to not be broadcast on television.
steve james
The Derbyshire pace attack, all five of them in Ian Bishop, Ole Mortensen, Devon Malcolm, Alan Warner and Frankie Griffith, were waiting. The pitch at Chesterfield, situated in the picturesque Queen’s Park, with its boating lake, miniature railway and the town’s famous crooked spire in the distance, always provided...The Derbyshire pace attack, all five of them in Ian Bishop, Ole Mortensen, Devon Malcolm, Alan...The Derbyshire pace attack, all five of them in Ian Bishop, Ole Mortensen, Devon Malcolm, Alan...
talor gooch interview
Elizabeth Ammon
Brendon McCullum has made no secret that England are building a team with next year’s Ashes in mind. The series down under in 18 months’ time was at the heart of the Test head coach’s discussions with James Anderson last month, which culminated in the decision that England’s greatest bowler would retire after the first Test of this summer against West Indies. And with...Brendon McCullum has made no secret that England are building a team with next year’s Ashes in mind.Brendon McCullum has made no secret that England are building a team with next year’s Ashes in mind.
The England managing director of cricket Rob Key has revealed that he and Ben Stokes were involved in the...The England managing director of cricket Rob Key has revealed that he and Ben Stokes were involved in the conversation in which James Anderson was told that he was not in England’s future plans beyond this summer. Anderson announced that he will finish his 22-year-long England career after the first Test of the...The England managing director of cricket Rob Key has revealed that he and Ben Stokes were involved in the conversation in which...
Abbi Pulling interview
Abbi Pulling did not know the motor sport career she is enjoying — and excelling in, as the first female British...Abbi Pulling did not know the motor sport career she is enjoying — and excelling in, as the first...Abbi Pulling did not know the motor sport career she is enjoying — and excelling in, as the first...
New Zealand, new era. The All Blacks will be under entirely fresh leadership when they tackle England this summer...New Zealand, new era. The All Blacks will be under entirely fresh leadership when they tackle...New Zealand, new era. The All Blacks will be under entirely fresh leadership when they tackle...
TIMES SPORT UNSEEN
This week Times photographer Marc Aspland has been experimenting with his drone, capturing the drama of a penalty shoot-out in St Albans and getting a close-up look at Manchester City’s forwards in their win against Fulham in Craven Cottage....This week Times photographer Marc Aspland has been experimenting with his drone, capturing the...This week Times photographer Marc Aspland has been experimenting with his drone, capturing the...
County championship
pga championship | justin thomas interview
Game in numbers
This will be the 39th season in a row in which Celtic or Rangers have won the Scottish league title, a run eight...This will be the 39th season in a row in which Celtic or Rangers have won the Scottish league...This will be the 39th season in a row in which Celtic or Rangers have won the Scottish league...
BET OF THE DAY
Solar Bentley (5.15 Beverley) Racecards This gelding is improving as his stamina is brought into...BET OF THE DAY
Solar Bentley (5.15 Beverley) Racecards This gelding is improving as his stamina...BET OF THE DAY
Solar Bentley (5.15 Beverley) Racecards This gelding is improving as his stamina...
Harry and Meghan have just finished a trip to Nigeria with all the elements of a royal tour — except it wasn’t
interview
After the suicide of his best friend, the presenter has been open about his mental health struggles. Now he’s talking frankly with his dad, Martin, on his new podcast
EXPLAINER
In 50 years, its incidence has increased 400 per cent and it affects as many as one in five young adults. The experts tell Elisabeth Perlman what we can do
EXPLAINER
The DIY beverage made from oats, water, cinnamon and lime juice has amassed over 40 million views on social media for its rumoured health benefits. Peta Bee talks to the experts
my culture fix
DR MARK PORTER
Alarming symptoms such as coughing up blood or finding a lump in your breast trigger surprisingly different responses.Alarming symptoms such as coughing up blood or finding a lump in your breast trigger surprisingly...Alarming symptoms such as coughing up blood or finding a lump in your breast trigger surprisingly...
INTERVIEW
When the Israeli documentary film-maker Duki Dror set off to visit the site of the Supernova festival massacre, he...When the Israeli documentary film-maker Duki Dror set off to visit the site of the Supernova...When the Israeli documentary film-maker Duki Dror set off to visit the site of the Supernova...
explainer
St Catherine’s Court is a grade I listed 16th-century Somerset manor near Bath originally built as a priory grange for the monks of Bath Abbey. It takes its name from the 12th-century Church of St Catherine, which sits beside the house. The actress Jane Seymour (who starred as the tarot-card reading Solitaire in Live and Let Die, the 1973 James Bond film)...St Catherine’s Court is a grade I listed 16th-century Somerset manor near Bath originally built...St Catherine’s Court is a grade I listed 16th-century Somerset manor near Bath originally built...
Troubleshooter
In February my partner and I booked a Viking cruise to Canada and the US Atlantic coast, paying £8,990, which...In February my partner and I booked a Viking cruise to Canada and the US Atlantic coast, paying £8,990, which included flights with American Airlines. Five days after we booked, my partner had an accident while skiing in France and had to have surgery to reconstruct his tibia. Our cruise was in early April and...In February my partner and I booked a Viking cruise to Canada and the US Atlantic coast, paying £8,990, which included flights...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
first night review
Our critics travel up and down the country reviewing the latest theatre, musicals and dance, so have the inside track. Here is our guide to the best productions and where to watch them — ordered by when they end. Feel free to get involved in the comments and share your own recommendations. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
It’s time to deconstruct another Jane Austen...Our critics travel up and down the country reviewing the latest theatre, musicals and dance, so...Our critics travel up and down the country reviewing the latest theatre, musicals and dance, so...
Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also...Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also point out when you can catch up with further performances or on-demand streams of these events. Feel free to join in the conversation in the comment section at the end with your own recommendations.Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also point out...
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MindGames
1 Ultramarine, cornflower, electric and cobalt are shades of which primary colour? 2 Operation Starlite (1965) was one of the first large American offensive operations of which war? 3 Which British prime minister is portrayed in the Yousuf Karsh photograph The Roaring Lion? 4 Which British luxury carmaker used the sales slogan “Grace, Space, Pace”? 5 The Lamb Lies...1 Ultramarine, cornflower, electric and cobalt are shades of which primary colour? 2 Operation...1 Ultramarine, cornflower, electric and cobalt are shades of which primary colour? 2 Operation...
first person
When the financial analyst Emily Field was commissioned by Barclays to predict the likely economic implications of the new generation of weight-loss drugs, she came back with a startling answer: this will be comparable to the invention of the...When the financial analyst Emily Field was commissioned by Barclays to predict the likely...When the financial analyst Emily Field was commissioned by Barclays to predict the likely...
It’s London Craft Week, and everywhere you look there’ll be master potters, embroiderers and quilt makers doing their thing
You want your likeness captured for posterity, but who to choose? The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition, on this week, is a good place to start
Are your knees ready to be revealed? If not, try one of these innovative knee smoothing solutions. By Jennifer George
Lisa Grainger steps into the rooftop eyrie of the capital’s first luxury eco-hotel
Patek Philippe’s Rare Handcraft collection features examples of artisanal skill that will blow your mind
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Aston Martin is surging ahead with several product launches and overhauls under the new ownership of Lawrence Stroll. The latest is the new and improved Vantage, the entry-level sports car from the British manufacturer that is seeking greater...Aston Martin is surging ahead with several product launches and overhauls under the new ownership...Aston Martin is surging ahead with several product launches and overhauls under the new ownership...
video
Moomins, cheap coffee and icy plunges await in Finland’s Tampere, just 90 minutes from Helsinki
Giant lizards, dazzling reefs and villages untouched by tourism — this remote volcanic region is the perfect place to explore on a small ship cruise
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Have a mini interrail adventure through Italy, Slovenia and Croatia on an affordable route that takes in the Adriatic’s aristocratic history
Jersey’s empty coves, surfing and incredible seafood helped our writer and her teenagers break out of a ten-year family holiday rut
Knowing how much gratuity to leave — if at all — can be a minefield. From cafés to hotel housekeeping we explain the etiquette in the UK other holiday favourites
Kathy Lette | Travel Troubleshooter
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Asking for, ahem, a friend: is it ever acceptable to pocket a signed photo of Pat from EastEnders from the Airbnb loo?Asking for, ahem, a friend: is it ever acceptable to pocket a signed photo of Pat from EastEnders...Asking for, ahem, a friend: is it ever acceptable to pocket a signed photo of Pat from EastEnders...
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
On this particular issue polling would no doubt suggest a nation divided. The issue in question is “Where next?” Of...On this particular issue polling would no doubt suggest a nation divided. The issue in question...On this particular issue polling would no doubt suggest a nation divided. The issue in question...
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The Welbeck Estate, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, is known for its cookery school, brewery and farm shop. Now it has opened chic new accommodation which food lovers can book to stay in overnight. Alicia Miller checks in.
...The Welbeck Estate, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, is known for its cookery...The Welbeck Estate, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, is known for its cookery...
weather eye
AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them...AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel...AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel...
Buckingham Palace
13th May, 2024 The King, Colonel-in-Chief, Army Air Corps, this morning visited the Army...Buckingham Palace
13th May, 2024 The King, Colonel-in-Chief, Army Air Corps, this morning...Buckingham Palace
13th May, 2024 The King, Colonel-in-Chief, Army Air Corps, this morning...
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Prime minister angers SNP by saying that ‘Scottish nationalists are trying to tear our United Kingdom apart’
Rishi Sunak has been accused of “puerile” behaviour after he included Scottish independence supporters in a list of extremists that pose a threat to the UK. In a speech in which he claimed Labour was trying to depress its way to victory and that the Conservatives could still win the general...Rishi Sunak has been accused of “puerile” behaviour after he included Scottish independence supporters in a list of extremists that pose a threat to the UK. In a speech in which he claimed Labour was trying to depress its way to victory and that the Conservatives could still win the general...Rishi Sunak has been accused of “puerile” behaviour after he included Scottish independence supporters in a list of extremists...
A funeral firm accused of mismanaging human remains has refused to co-operate with an investigation into its alleged failings, an industry regulator has claimed. Complaints have been lodged against A Milne independent funeral directors, which had branches in Glasgow and Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. It has been alleged that the company...A funeral firm accused of mismanaging human remains has refused to co-operate with an investigation into its alleged failings, an industry regulator has claimed. Complaints have been lodged against A Milne independent funeral directors, which had branches in Glasgow and Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. It has been alleged that the company...A funeral firm accused of mismanaging human remains has refused to co-operate with an investigation into its alleged failings...
Magnus Linklater
Here’s something Kate Forbes could do, quite quickly, to help one of Scotland’s biggest industries. As the weather eases and the midges begin their summer work, the caravans and campervans are invading the Highlands again. Visitor numbers may be growing, but behind the scenes the holiday trade is suffering. While...Here’s something Kate Forbes could do, quite quickly, to help one of Scotland’s biggest industries.Here’s something Kate Forbes could do, quite quickly, to help one of Scotland’s biggest industries.
Sunday Times Scotland Primary School League Table
A school in which one in ten pupils come from families working in Scotland’s travelling shows and which was among the first to win a “nurturing award” has come top of the The Sunday Times Primary School League Table 2024. Thorntree Primary School...A school in which one in ten pupils come from families working in Scotland’s travelling shows and...A school in which one in ten pupils come from families working in Scotland’s travelling shows and...
scottish business digest
FOOTBALL
Callum McGregor has heaped praise on Brendan Rodgers for having plotted a successful course through the choppy waters of this season to guide Celtic to the brink of a third consecutive title. The championship triumph — which will be mathematically...Callum McGregor has heaped praise on Brendan Rodgers for having plotted a successful course...Callum McGregor has heaped praise on Brendan Rodgers for having plotted a successful course...
Comment
We must roll out red carpet for next big idea
William Hague
As Denmark and Taiwan show, with the right environment a handful of innovators can revitalise whole economies
melanie phillips
Eurovision’s anti-Israel mob behaved like brats
hugo rifkind
Get real, Labour MPs, this is your new normal
giles coren | notebook
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away? Not these days
jawad iqbal
This long wait for compensation adds insult to injustice
Harriet Walker | notebook
From Pret to vapes, why everyone’s going big on ‘little treats’
What was your last “little treat”? A takeaway coffee or croissant? I have a friend who can’t leave museums without a fridge magnet, and another who, on an evening commute, likes to savour what she calls a “solo gin in a tin”. My husband happened...What was your last “little treat”? A takeaway coffee or croissant? I have a friend who can’t...What was your last “little treat”? A takeaway coffee or croissant? I have a friend who can’t...
Leading Articles
Breach of Trust
A parliamentary report paints a damning picture of National Health Service maternity services. Radical reform is needed to make them fit for the 21st century
Secret Craving
China’s appetite for sensitive western military and civilian material is insatiable
End of the Rainbow
The equality, diversity and inclusion industry needs to be culled
letters to the editor
Referendums and the ‘will of the people’
Sir, Matthew Parris makes a powerful case against the use of referendums to decide on complex and far-reaching issues (“Referendums leave us at mercy of the mob”, May 11). But there is another argument against them: too often referendums...Sir, Matthew Parris makes a powerful case against the use of referendums to decide on complex and...Sir, Matthew Parris makes a powerful case against the use of referendums to decide on complex and...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: Rishi Sunak hosts UK Fork to Farm summit at Downing Street for Britain’s farming industry and food producers; Treasury committee session on the effectiveness of UK government sanctions on Russia, with witnesses including Bill Browder, chief executive of Hermitage Capital Management and head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign; Dame Melanie Dawes, chief executive of Ofcom, gives evidence to the House of Lords committee for its inquiry into the future of news; the Department for Work and Pensions releases figures about the number of people on universal credit; CYBERUK 2024 annual event on cybersecurity begins in Birmingham.
On this day
In 1796 the physician Edward Jenner scratched fluid from a cowpox blister into the skin of an eight-year-old boy, James Phipps, to prove that this could protect against smallpox. On July 1 he inoculated the boy again with matter from a human smallpox sore, and no smallpox developed; 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 1935 Magnus Hirschfeld, a German physician and sexologist who founded the World League for Sexual Reform and coined the term transsexual in 1923, died on his 67th birthday. His 1919-founded sex research institute (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) in Berlin was looted on May 6, 1933, by far-right students’ union members accompanied by a brass band. He died of a heart attack in Nice, France, while in exile from Germany; 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 1991 Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for complicity in the kidnapping and beating of four youths.
Nature notes
To pass through a cloud of fox reek while walking along a residential street is a familiar experience for many city dwellers. Not unlike the redolent air that lingers in place long after someone has smoked a spliff, the skunky smell of fox is never forgotten once identified, and can be a clue to a hidden den — or to a resting animal in an overgrown front garden. Both urine and droppings carry this strong and highly characteristic smell, and help to remotely communicate information including breeding condition and the extent of a fox’s territory; a substance secreted by their anal glands acts as a fragrance booster, while their paws and a small area on their upper tail also produce odiferous compounds. Melissa Harrison
Melissa Harrison
Birthdays today
Anne Baker, writer and NSPCC fundraiser, 110; David Byrne, singer-songwriter and guitarist, Talking Heads, 72; Cate Blanchett, actress, 55; Sir Chay Blyth, yachtsman, the first person to sail nonstop westwards around the world, 84; Ruth Cadbury, Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, shadow prisons, parole and probation minister, 65; Eoin Colfer, novelist, the Artemis Fowl series, 59; Sofia Coppola, film director and screenwriter, 53; Sir Michael Fallon, Conservative MP for Sevenoaks (1997-2019), defence secretary (2014-17), 72; Valerie Gooding, chairwoman, Aviva UK Insurance (2018–20), chief executive, Bupa (1998-2008), 74; Baroness (Sarah) Hogg, economist, chairwoman, Financial Reporting Council (2010-14), 78; Richard Huntingford, vice-president, Prince’s Trust, chairman, Unite Students (student accommodation group) and Future (media company), founder, Heart FM (1994), 68; George Lucas, film-maker, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, 80; Olly Murs, singer-songwriter, 40; Fraser Nelson, editor, The Spectator, 51; Benedict Nightingale, journalist, theatre critic for The Times (1990-2010), 85; Sir Richard Peto, emeritus professor of medical statistics and epidemiology, University of Oxford, 81; Dame Siân Phillips, actress, 91; Prof Sir Peter Ratcliffe, nephrologist, co-recipient, Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (2019), 70; Campbell Robb, chief executive, Nacro (social justice charity), Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2017-19), Shelter (2010-16), 55; Tim Stevenson, chairman, Johnson Matthey (2011-18), 76; Dirk Van de Put, chairman and chief executive, Mondelez (food company), 64; Lieutenant General Sir Roly Walker, DSO, deputy chief of the Defence Staff (military strategy and operations), who will become chief of the General Staff next month, 54; Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, Facebook, 40.