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作者：MARC FLETCHER 《伦敦生活》 (FLEABAG) 演员希安·克利福德 (Sian Clifford) 差点拒绝了她最新的电影角色——因为她患有严重的镜头恐惧症。希安在热门的 BBC 三台喜剧中饰演菲比·沃勒-布里奇 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) 的妹妹克莱尔，在电影《Lady》中饰演渴望成名的贵族伊莎贝拉·雷文海德 (Isabella Ravenhyde)。这部将于 August 14, 在电影院上映的电影被描述为“服用幻觉蘑菇后的《索尔特本》”。而 Sian, 44, 认为，她饰演的那个高贵角色与她截然相反。“我一点也不像伊莎贝拉女士，”她说。“我宁愿躲避一切——绝对包括镜头。我合作过的每一位导演都告诉我，我在身体上会下意识地避开镜头。”希安是在瑞兹·艾哈迈德 (Riz Ahmed) 的劝说下接演这个角色的，两人曾在电视剧《Bait》中共同出演。她解释道：“当我第一次拿到剧本时，立刻就答应了。然后我见到了导演塞缪尔·亚伯拉罕斯 (Samuel Abrahams)，我们在海德公园 (Hyde Park) 散步，聊了几个小时并交换想法。我当时非常兴奋。但随着拍摄日期临近，我开始感到非常害怕。我的神经质在作祟，告诉我我做不到。当时我正与瑞兹·艾哈迈德合作，他说：‘你必须拍这部电影。你必须赌一把。’于是我就觉得，‘行，好吧’。”希安表示，这部 90 分钟的电影仅用 15 天就完成了拍摄，虽然她承认“这是我人生中最艰难的 15 天”，但她感到无比自豪。这位在 2020, 年凭借《伦敦生活》角色获得英国电影学院奖 (Bafta) 的演员，还将她的成功归功于该剧的编剧菲比。希安曾出演过电视节目 Inside No.9, Two Weeks to Live 和 Quiz，她说：“菲比和我一起上过戏剧学校。从第一天起，我们就一直是挚友，并且

希安饰演渴望名声的贵族领衔主演

总是有一种想演姐妹的幻想。菲比一直考虑让我饰演克莱尔，但很长一段时间里，看起来我无法饰演这个角色。“BBC 非常希望在这个角色中加入一个知名人物，因为这是一部新剧，但菲比非常坚持。”

“我的试镜糟糕透了……我记得我在 2019 年艾美奖与 Fleabag 的合作演员在一起时，给菲比发了信息说，‘听着，我知道那次表现很糟糕，所以如果没选上我也没关系’。但 BBC 非常友善，他们说，‘非常抱歉。我们现在完全理解了。我们非常希望由你来饰演克莱尔’。”

谈到 Fleabag，希安说：“菲比简直太神奇了。她同时也是一名作曲家。对我来说，那是唯一一部被视为‘圣杯’的剧本，我会尊重其中的每一个标点和咳嗽，因为它太完美了。”

她还为该剧探讨了诸如克莱尔流产等棘手话题而感到自豪。“我认为这非常、非常重要，因为人们并不讨论这件事，”她说，“所以如果我们能在任何方面为开启一场打破这一禁忌的对话做出贡献，我将深感荣幸。”

● 《Lady》将于 8 月 14 日在电影院上映 希安在电影《Lady》中饰演一名贵族

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这种“多产的”行为如何能让他肆无忌惮地在街头游荡

……重量，导致她的锁骨骨折。在袭击发生时，他因一起在地铁上的猥亵事件正处于保释期间。受害者向警方表示她被强奸了，并且知道袭击者的住址。然而，直到 40, 岁的莱维随后杀害两名女性后，警方才正式对其进行询问。

他于 2025, 年 3 月杀害了瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略女士，将其尸体遗留在伦敦东南部佩卡姆 Aylesbury Estate 一个废弃建筑的楼梯间内。尸体于 3 月 17. 日被发现。莱维是因涉嫌谋杀而被捕的七人之一，但于 4 月 1. 日在调查期间被释放。

五个月后，威尔金斯女士于 8 月 24 日被发现死在托特纳姆的一家 B&M 商店附近——就在莱维未能出庭的两天之后。她的尸体在莱维强奸第一名女性的同一个停车场被发现。

在警方和法院的一系列失职行为中，现已查明，伦敦警察厅因为莱维视力不佳而降低了他的风险等级。昨天，他被裁定谋杀瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略女士和威尔金斯女士罪名成立。

窒息

他在出于性动机的袭击中将两人窒息而死。西蒙·莱维在中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）还被裁定两项强奸罪、蓄意造成严重身体伤害罪，以及对第三名女性实施非致命性窒息罪成立。在陪审团审议 13 小时后，当判决公布时，受害者家属成员们失声痛哭。蓄胡且戴着太阳镜的被告没有任何反应。马克·卢克拉夫特（Mark Lucraft）大律师法官将量刑推迟至本周三，并命令将西蒙·莱维继续羁押。陪审员获悉，他曾有袭击女性的定罪记录，最早可追溯到 2018 年 7 月，其中包括 2022 年针对一名监狱管理人员实施的袭击。

在判决之后，独立警察行为监察局（IOPC）表示，已向一名警员发出严重失职通知，并向一名侦查警长发出失职通知。该监管机构表示，虽然两名警员的行为正在调查中，但并不必然会随之启动纪律处分程序。

在法院外，来自苏格兰场的首席侦查警监尼尔·约翰（Neil John）表示：“西蒙·莱维是一个危险且具有捕食性的罪犯。他的罪行经过精心计算，残酷且令人深感不安。在整个审判过程中，他表现出对受害者和幸存受害者的完全漠视，尽管他完全清楚自己的行为所带来的持久且毁灭性的影响。”

在威尔金斯女士的两个姐妹和瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略女士的女儿的陪同下，他呼吁任何尚未现身的、来自北伦敦托特纳姆的西蒙·莱维的受害幸存者与警方联系。

副助理专员凯文·索斯沃思（Kevin Southworth）向受害者家属道歉。他表示：“无论用什么标准衡量，西蒙·莱维都是一个极其危险的罪犯。虽然进行了多次调查，但最终集体系统的失效以及法院的保释让他得以自由，并以最令人心碎的方式继续犯罪。两人失去了生命，其他受害者在这样一个惯犯捕食怪物的手中遭受了严重的性犯罪。显然，这对我们所有人来说都是一个需要深刻反思的时刻。”

犯罪与警务大臣莎拉·琼斯（Sarah Jones）表示，此案引发了“严重质疑”。她表示：“我的心与卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略、谢丽尔·威尔金斯以及所有在西蒙·莱维手中受苦的人的家属在一起。”

失效

“我还想表彰那位勇敢站出来并帮助将这个怪物绳之以法的幸存者。西蒙·莱维在被警方和法院释放后竟然能造成如此毁灭性的伤害，这一事实令人深感不安。这引发了需要紧急解答的严重质疑。任何失效之处必须被查明，且绝不能重复发生。”

检察官汤姆·利特尔（Tom Little）大律师称西蒙·莱维为“一个捕食性的连环性袭击者”，他将目标锁定在三名为了筹集毒瘾资金而从事街头性工作的弱势女性身上。西蒙·莱维拒绝提供证词，但他的法律团队质询了——

D4157 5 性犯罪者获释

“捕食怪物”被允许自由，导致两名女性被谋杀？

他实施卑劣罪行的“强迫性”冲动

作者：弗朗西丝·米勒 (FRANCES MILLAR)

据检察官称，西蒙·莱维 (Simon Levy) 性侵女性的冲动已“接近强迫性或病理性”。这位 40 岁的孤独者的最早已知性犯罪可追溯到 2018 年，当时他在伦敦 Camden Market 的一场派对上猎捕了一名女性，并在 Notting Hill Carnival 猎捕了另一名女性，并因此在 2021. 年被定罪。

2022, 年，他袭击了一名监狱管理人员，且在获释后罪行仍在继续。他在 2023 年 10 月在地铁上摸了一名女性，次年 10 月又摸了三名女性，并在 2025 年 1 月殴打并强奸了另一名女性，随后他在 2025 年 3 月杀害了卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略 (Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo)。

随后，莱维在地铁上又性侵了六名女性——一名在 3 月，三名在 4 月，两名在 2025 年 5 月，之后他在同年 8 月杀害了谢丽尔·威尔金斯 (Sheryl Wilkins)。他针对火车袭击的阴险手段是

他告诉警方：“我以前遇到过这种情况。我什么都没做。”他将一件套头衫或连帽衫系在腰间，用它固定住手臂，然后手部全部或部分覆盖地向受害者后退。他会猥亵这些年轻女性，其中一些人反应愤怒。作为一名前罪犯，莱维在出狱后与当局保持着频繁接触。在被释放后，于2024年5月失去右眼视力的莱维曾在伦敦南部萨瑟克（Southwark）的批准住所（approved premises）住了一段时间，随后搬回其母亲马西亚·克拉克（Marcia Clark）位于首都北部托特纳姆（Tottenham）的家中。在2024, 一次缓刑面谈中，莱维透露自2023. 以来他没有与任何女性建立过任何形式的关系。他说他没有使用在线约会服务，也没有试图与过去的女友恢复任何亲密关系。在被问及性工作者时，他否认曾付费嫖娼，并表示这不是他会做的事情。他坚称自己希望体验一段长期的、有意义的亲密关系，但“需要先在自身上下功夫”。莱维随后在2025. 1月在其家附近强奸了一名性工作者。就在几天前，他在网上查询过关于拒绝向陪侍人员付款的信息。在证词中，受害者告诉陪审团，莱维曾提出付钱与其发生性关系，但在袭击她并导致其锁骨骨折之前反悔了。他随后再次选择性工作者作为受害者，而这一次造成了致命后果。在两起谋杀案之间，他曾两次接受家访，以评估其作为前罪犯的风险。On March 28, 2025, 他告诉警员他不出门，而是看电影和YouTube。When he was visited on July 10, 2025, 他坚称自己站不稳，不与朋友见面。他还声称眼睛受伤和心理健康问题让他只能待在家里。莱维去年April 1 2025 因谋杀瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略女士在住所被首次逮捕，但随后在调查期间被释放，这使他得以自由地杀害威尔金斯女士。当他被带走时，他的母亲询问警方：“你们在说什么谋杀？”而莱维坚称他“没做过那种事”。在去年9月因谋杀威尔金斯女士被捕时，他再次抗辩自己清白，说道：“我以前遇到过这种情况，我什么都没做。”莱维在警方审讯中拒绝回答问题，并放弃了在中央刑事法院（Old Bailey）谋杀案审判中提供证据的机会。警方对其互联网历史记录的搜索显示，他对强奸和谋杀的故事、有争议的影响者安德鲁·塔特（Andrew Tate）以及美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）感兴趣。关于受害者是否被窒息，他称两人都是药物使用者，死因“不明确”。伦敦警察厅、英国运输警察（British Transport Police）和英国皇家检察署（CPS）均承认在处理莱维问题上存在失职。萨斯沃思先生表示，2025年5月和6月在海布里角（Highbury Corner）治安法院的听证会上未能将莱维羁押，使他得以第二次杀人。他补充道：“他的行为显而易见是一个掠食者的行为，他通过多种方式寻求性满足，无论是机会主义地在地铁系统中袭击陌生人，还是以最恐怖、最惨烈的方式针对性工作者。归根结底，我们讨论的是一个终于被绳之以法的连环性掠食者，但对于他悲剧行径的受害者来说，这终究太迟了。”莱维此前曾于2021年因在2018, 夏天猥亵两名女性而被判入狱，其中一人是在诺丁山狂欢节（Notting Hill Carnival）上，另一人是在卡姆登（Camden）的一个派对上。2022年他在服刑期间性侵了一名狱警。

被释放

但他在次年仍被释放，随后在2023年10月在地铁上性侵一名女性，并涉嫌在2024年5月强奸另一名女性，为此他被重新关押进监狱，并在当年8月再次获释。Levy在2024年11月被英国交通警察局（BTP）逮捕，原因是他在地铁上实施了四起性侵案，此后他因此被分别定罪，但由于在次年4月之前组织辨认程序的延迟，使他得以自由地实施强奸和第一起谋杀案。当他们记录其牡蛎卡（Oyster card）详情时，BTP警员并未意识到该卡是从一名巴士司机那里偷来的，这意味着Levy拥有一张免费通行证，并在谋杀Valencia-Trujillo女士当天使用了它。在她去世后，Levy在2025年5月和6月的两次治安法院听证会上被保释，。之后又有三次法院听证会他未能出席，但并未申请逮捕令。

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数千名儿童接种 NHS 减肥针

作者：MATT DAVIS

NHS 正在为 9 岁及以下的儿童开具减肥针处方，且有数千名青少年也在接种。2025 年，英格兰有 8 份此类药物处方开给了 10 岁以下儿童，其中 4 份是 Mounjaro，这是新一代抗肥胖注射药物中最强的一种。NHS 商业服务局表示，另有 3,838 份处方开给了 10 至 19 岁的患者。

肥胖健康联盟（Obesity Health Alliance）的 Katharine Jenner 表示：“这些数字是对儿童肥胖规模和严重程度的严峻警告。”

“减肥注射药绝不能成为预防健康受损的替代方案。”

“没有任何药物能够修复一个让家庭被廉价、过度营销且不健康食品包围的食品系统。”

“更广泛的目标必须是防止这么多人达到必须考虑药物治疗的地步。”

教授 Jason Arday

剑桥大学将审查其招聘政策

作者：ELLIE NG

剑桥大学表示，在 Jason Arday 教授因剽窃争议辞职后，该校将审查其任命高级学术人员的方式。

在校方对其“资历和荣誉任命”展开调查后，他宣布辞职。此前有媒体指称，他在利物浦约翰摩尔大学（Liverpool John Moores University）完成的博士论文以及其他研究存在剽窃行为。

此外，在剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授声称自己在六天内跑了 600 英里并为慈善事业筹集了 £550 万 后，人们提出了质疑。

剑桥大学后殖民研究教授 Priyamvada Gopal 表示，大学正面临“巨大的名誉损失”。

图片：PHIL HARRIS, JAMES LINSEL, CLARK / SWNS

作者：JON KING，发自塞特福德（Thetford）

在一家安静的市场小镇，由于安置寻求庇护者引发了连续数晚的暴力事件，抗议者和蒙面青年冲进民宅，砸门并导致警察受伤。

但愤怒之情已酝酿数周——自从内政部透露计划将移民安置在附近的 RAF Barnham 以来。

现在，诺福克郡塞特福德其他被怀疑安置小船入境者的房产也遭到攻击，骚乱导致两名警察住院。一名警察被石头击中，另一名则遭受了“严重的咬伤”。他们随后已出院。

随着同事们昨天继续进行逮捕，该社区看起来很平静，有少数人在闲逛。但在闭门之后，一些居民对政府似乎无法结束移民危机的现状感到愤怒。

52 岁的 Joyce Gallagher 说，她周二深夜听到圣约翰路（St John’s Way）外面有人喊叫，但不知道原因。她看向卧室窗外，然后回床上睡觉了。

这位超市员工兼四个孩子的母亲表示，寻求庇护者被提供住房，而其他人“必须等待多年才能分到市政房屋”，这“似乎不公平”。

在附近的布拉肯路（Bracken Road），73 岁的 Loraine Dean 在周三凌晨被警察叫醒，警察要求查看门铃摄像头的录像。

由于怀疑隔壁房屋被用于安置寻求庇护者，一群人将该房产作为目标。现在该房产已空置，伴随着

圣约翰路的一栋受损房屋

导致动荡的深层挫败感

人们担心这座集镇会被混乱撕裂，窗户和门都被用木板封死了。退休医院病房文员迪恩女士表示：“我很愤怒当局没有告诉我们他们在做什么。我们是通过与承包商交谈才发现隔壁是一栋多户住宅（HMO）。”

“这个国家有无家可归的人和家庭。那里明明有一栋非常完美的家庭住宅。”

75岁的托尼（Tony，不愿透露姓氏）表示：“我对这些非法移民被安置在房子里而完全不考虑这里居住的人感到非常失望。”

“没有人询问我们对此的感受。”

他的邻居，82岁的迈克尔（Michael）说：“我不是种族主义者，但我不想让我不认识的外国人过来。这种情况让我们很沮丧。”

塞特福德镇议会谴责暴力行为，同时捍卫和平抗议的权利。一名发言人表示：“每个在塞特福德生活、工作或访问的人都应该感到安全。”

在目击者称一名驾驶电动代步车的女性被喷了胡椒喷雾后，诺福克警方坚持认为其应对是“适度的”。警务处长保罗·桑福德（Paul Sanford）补充道：“在连续三个晚上里，一群人的行为已经越过了可接受的底线。我们一直在对这些行为采取适当的警务管理。”

国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）表示：“无论对方是寻求庇护的人还是警察，任何针对我们社会中任何人的暴力和暴徒行为都绝对没有任何借口。”

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£40 亿加元 in student loans paid to foreigners in a year

仅在过去的 12 个月里，就有近 £40 亿加元 的贷款和助学金发放给了外国学生。这些资助占所有发放贷款的五分之一。欧盟学生获得了该资金的大部分。与此同时，数据显示海外学生的还款可能性低约 25%。这意味着英国纳税人每年可能被迫承担 £12-22亿英镑 的未偿还费用。

学生资助通常对国际学生有限制，但在脱欧规则下，欧盟学生或其亲属可获得豁免。

作者：AARON NEWBURY

在发放给国际学生的新首笔学生贷款中，大约每 20 笔就有一笔是发放给罗马尼亚国民的，这加剧了政府对欺诈的担忧。

与欧盟签署的脱欧后协议赋予拥有定居身份（settled status）的人员申请学生财务支持的权利。在过去一年中，有 36,000 人成功申请了定居身份，另有 30,000 名已拥有该身份人员的家庭成员也申请成功。

学生贷款公司（Student Loan Company）的数据显示，有 239,000 名外国公民获得了贷款，其中 195,000 人根据该计划拥有定居身份。在过去十年中，发放给非英国学生的贷款比例从 10.2% 跳升至 19.3%。

影子教育大臣劳拉·特罗特（Laura Trott）表示：“英国纳税人不应该为发放给外国学生的数十亿英镑贷款买单，因为这些人可能永远不会偿还。这既不公平也不可持续。工党需要掌控局面。”

保守党议员尼尔·奥布赖恩（Neil O’Brien）表示，由于发放给定居身份人员家庭成员的金额过多，系统中出现了“明显的滥用迹象”。奥布赖恩先生表示，关于获得资助的罗马尼亚人数的数据简直是“疯狂的”。他补充说，人们会对“五分之一的学生贷款现在流向非英国人”感到震惊。

教育部一名发言人表示：“我们对学生贷款有严格的资格要求——任何居住在英国境外的人都不能申请或获得贷款。任何离开英国的人必须继续偿还其欠款。”

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NHS 调查 9 岁女孩 Minnie 的记录访问权限

作者：NEIL POORAN

14岁少年杀害祖父母后在学校枪杀5名教师

一名14岁的学生昨天在曼谷郊区的一所学校及其家中开枪，造成至少七人死亡。据泰国当局称，受害者包括他的祖父母和五名教师。在暖武里府的 Debsirin 学校，另有23人受伤，其中九人伤势严重。官员表示，凶手随后自杀了。

他在与祖父母同住的家中开始了这场血洗，随后前往学校。警方透露，该少年在教室里待了一会儿后开始开枪。泰国总理阿努廷·查维拉库尔（Anutin Charwirakul）表示，这把被描述为小型且紧凑的枪合法登记在他祖父名下。阿努廷先生补充说，当凶手将武器指向自己时，他身上还剩下“超过30颗子弹”。

他表示，这次袭击“准备充分”，且有“明确的步骤和明确的目标”。枪手尚未被公开姓名，也没有给出作案动机，不过总理表示，该少年可能因学业压力而感到紧张。

一名学生告诉 BBC，当她的老师被枪击时，她正站在老师面前。“她当时正在跟我说话，这时[枪手]出现并开枪击中了她，”她说，“除了[一团]灰尘，我什么都看不见。”她表示，该少年在房间之间穿梭，并补充道：“我不得不翻过学校的围栏逃走。”

一名 NHS 健康委员会正在调查一起涉嫌数据泄露的事件，此前有指控称，工作人员查阅了一名涉嫌在阿布罗索（Arbroath）被谋杀的九岁女孩的医疗记录。

来自西约克郡韦克菲尔德的 Minnie Merriman 周一午夜刚过，在安格斯镇的 Elliot 工业园区被发现。她的家人当时在附近露营。她被送往邓迪的 Ninewells 医院，但随后死亡。她的父亲，35 岁的 Christopher Rice 随后被指控谋杀她。报告显示，医院正在调查工作人员是否在没有临床需求或许可的情况下查阅了 Minnie 的记录。

泄露

Ninewells 医院由 NHS Tayside 管理。一名发言人表示，该机构正在“调查一起涉嫌数据泄露的情况，该事件发生在工作人员查阅患者信息的临床工作区域。”

“作为治理的一部分，任何数据保护违规行为都将由 NHS Tayside 记录并调查，并在适当情况下报告给信息专员办公室。”

“我们不便对此发表进一步评论。”

在周三于福法治安法院（Forfar Sheriff Court）举行的一场听证会上，Rice 被还押候审，尚未进行抗辩。Minnie 的家人早前在警方的一份声明中表达了悼念。他们表示：“我们心碎地失去了我们挚爱的、绝对令人惊叹、美丽且勇敢的 Minnie Moo。”

作者：HANNA GEISSLER，健康编辑

药房负责人呼吁，对于接受重复处方的数百万人应进行更定期的审查，因为分析发现，去年的浪费药品足以填满 75 个游泳池。

英国全国药房协会（National Pharmacy Association）估计，英格兰有近 3,400 吨部分使用的药品被丢弃。据称，安全处置这些物品花费了 NHS 超过 £4.8 亿。

根据 NPA 的数据，这些药品的总重量相当于 3,000 辆福特 Fiesta。

该协会主席 Olivier Picard 表示：“浪费的药品每年给 NHS 带来巨额资金损失，这些资金本可以投资于更好的患者服务。”

“除此之外，浪费药品可能会产生环境和健康后果，我们可以采取更多措施来解决这个日益严重的问题。”

退回药房的未使用或不需要的药品无法重新分发，即使未开封也不行。它们由专业的废物承包商收集，以确保它们被安全地

Olivier Picard，来自英国全国药房协会

浪费的药品足以填满 75 个游泳池

4.8 亿英镑 cost to NHS to destroy unused drugs

销毁。代表约 6,000 家独立药房的 NPA 根据向 NHS 综合护理委员会提交的信息自由请求所获得的数据计算出了这些数字。它呼吁对拥有多项重复处方的患者进行更定期的药物审查，以识别不再需要的药物。根据 Age UK 2019 年的一份报告，英格兰 65 岁以上的人群中，被认为每周至少服用 8 种不同处方药的人数超过 10 分之 1。Picard 先生还敦促患者不要不必要地订购额外药物。他补充道：“我们敦促患者在订购重复处方时，只有在真正需要时才申请药物。”“除此之外，被开具多种药物的患者应更定期地对其进行审查，以确保药物得到充分利用。”“如果患者对自己的药物有任何疑虑，应咨询其药剂师。”

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气温飙升至 36℃，呼吁设立气候部长

国家信托（National Trust）负责人要求，安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY Burnham）必须将气候韧性设为一项由内阁级部长领导的“国家任务”。该慈善机构的总干事希拉里·麦格雷迪（Hilary McGrady）在萨福克郡的邓威奇希斯（Dunwich Heath）遗址被山火摧毁后提出了这一请求。国家信托已敦促公众签署一份包含该要求的请愿书。麦格雷迪女士表示，科学家们长期预测的气候危机正在此时此地发生。

作者：STEPH GATTO 环境编辑

频繁的山火、前所未有的高温和创纪录的干旱已经影响到英国各地的社区和自然。它们并非遥远的威胁。应对这一紧急情况必须成为跨政府的优先事项，因为它触及我们生活的方方面面，以及我们的社会和经济。

“因此，我们发起了一项请愿，向部长们展示公众对此问题的强烈感受。”

“邓威奇希斯只是最新的警钟，提醒我们必须做出改变。我多次访问过这片景观。这里通常是一片充满野生动物的紫色薄雾。单次火灾造成的破坏规模令人震惊，如果没有所有帮助者的行动，情况可能会更糟。”

该信托的请求还包括要求政府为消防和救援服务提供资金支持。邓威奇希斯的野生动物栖息地被摧毁了相当于 146 个足球场面积的稀有石楠地，未来数十年的恢复之路漫长。由于该事件处于“活跃但稳定”状态，尚未对该遗址进行全面检查。

邓威奇希斯的总经理 Instant Clement 表示：“我们仍在努力面对这一损失，以及评估损害、确保现场安全并规划恢复的艰巨任务。”

与此同时，预计英国下周气温将达到 36℃ 的酷暑，且已发布高温健康警报。英国气象局表示，随着热浪条件在东英吉利（East Anglia）和英格兰东南部回归，气温将在周末期间攀升。5 月和 6 月已经出现了两次创纪录的热浪，7 月又出现了两次。今年的最高气温为 36℃，于 6 月 20 日在诺福克的 Lingwood 记录。

110,000 户老年家庭

欠缴燃料费

“惊人”的数字仅是“冰山一角”

独家报道 凯蒂·哈里斯 (KATIE HARRIS) 资深政治记者

分析显示，有超过 110,000 户领取养老金的家庭陷入能源债务危机。研究发现，有 80,832 户单身老年家庭和 29,219 户老年夫妇家庭未能按时缴纳燃料账单。但活动人士警告称，这些发现只是冰山一角，更多的人正在采取绝望的措施以避免陷入赤字。

“消除燃料贫困联盟”的协调员西蒙·弗朗西斯（Simon Francis）表示：“遭受苦难的老年人数之多令人震惊。”

“这一代中的许多人非常害怕欠钱带来的耻辱，因此，尽管他们尽一切努力去避免，仍有超过 80,000 名单身养老金领取者陷入欠费状态，这说明某些事情出了严重问题。”

“而且这些人仅仅是我们能统计到的。无数更多的人正处于崩溃边缘，甚至有更多的人绝不会让自己陷入能源债务。相反，他们选择忍饥挨饿或忍受寒冷。”

“银色之声”活动的丹尼斯·里德（Dennis Reed）表示，这项研究表明了为什么不能取消“三重锁”机制——即国家养老金每年根据通货膨胀率、工资增长率或 2.5% 中的最高值而上涨。

他说：“这些令人沮丧的数据表明，能源价格上涨对老年人的影响有多大，也让那些声称不再需要‘三重锁’的说法变成了笑话。”

“有 10 万人在负债，但还有数百万人正在削减食物开支和能源使用，以免自己陷入债务。能源贫困现在已成为一种全年现象。成员们抱怨在热浪期间无法负担运行电风扇的费用，从而危及健康。”

里德先生呼吁首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在 10 月的预算案中取消免税个人免税额的冻结。这笔 £12,570 的免税额已被冻结多年，导致收入适中的养老金领取者也被纳入征税范围。

里德先生表示：“安迪·伯纳姆到目前为止还没有采取任何措施来减轻养老金领取者的生活成本压力，因为那区区 £45 的增值税减免将被价格上涨所抵消。”

“独立年龄”组织的摩根·Vine（Morgan Vine）警告称，老年人正被迫做出“困难且具有破坏性的决定”。

她说：“政府应该引入一项有针对性的能源社会资费，并将温暖家居折扣从 £150 提高到 £400，以便贫困的老年人能够负担起基本的能源成本。”

约克大学的这项分析基于政府 2024 / 25, 年的家庭调查，该调查询问人们在过去 12 个月内是否曾拖欠燃料账单。研究发现，大约 110 万 户家庭出现了欠费。

但这早于监管机构 Ofgem 在 7 月将能源价格上限提高 13% 之前，此次调价导致典型的年度账单跳升 £221，达到 £1,862.

分析机构 Cornwall Insight 预测，价格上限将在 10 月上涨至每年 £1,906。

政府表示：“我们对‘三重锁’的承诺意味着数百万人将看到其年度国家养老金最高增加 £2,100.”

“我们削减了电力的增值税，以给家庭提供喘息空间，能源大臣将致力于永久降低账单。”

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终结能源贫困联盟 (End Fuel Poverty Coalition) 协调员

英国的能源债务危机已暴露无遗。超过一百万户家庭未能按时缴纳账单，其中单亲家庭和残疾家庭受创最深。但这些数据还揭示了一场更为隐秘的丑闻。虽然养老金领取者落后于账单的比例低于年轻家庭，但受苦的老年人数之多令人震惊。

现在，将此与能源系统的另一端对比。壳牌 (Shell) 刚刚公布了四年来的最高利润。BP 的利润再次跃升。英国天然气公司（现为 Centrica）自私有化以来已赚取超过 560 亿英镑 billion 利润。数以十亿计的资金是建立在养老金领取者无法逃避的天然气价格之上的。一端在受苦，另一端在创纪录地获利。这令人作呕。

随着新任首相入驻唐宁街，不能再有任何延迟。是的，我们需要对能源系统进行长期变革，这样我们就不用听命于石油和天然气工业及其亿万富翁支持者的摆布。但我们也需要短期帮助。首相必须优先建立一个适当的社会资费标准以保护老年客户，并实施一项能源债务救济计划以帮助这些养老金领取者结清欠款。

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The Crowned De Limous Road, £12.50. The Dao, £10. The Douno Red, £9.75. The New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, £10.25. 2 for £20 啤酒优惠。 Bins.Monetti Gx150ml, £18.25, 16.00 / 升。 Hanneken Gx150ml, £14.25, £1.50 / 升。 Strongbow. Original Cider 15x440ml, £14.25, £1.70 / 升。 Corona Extra Gx150ml, £15, £1.28 / 升。 Cruicramper 15x440ml, £15, £1.64 / 升。 Stella 和葡萄酒优惠于 16 / 98 / 56 结束。 Foster's 和烈酒优惠于 09 / 98 / 56 结束。

克里斯·卡马拉 (CHRIS Kamara) 在透露自己 2024. 年曾遭遇该疾病惊魂后，敦促男性接受前列腺癌筛查。这位 68, 岁的前足球运动员兼广播员接受了 PSA 检测，该检测用于测量血液中前列腺特异性抗原的含量。水平升高可能表明存在包括癌症在内的前列腺问题——而卡马拉的检查结果显示水平略有升高。

他说：“听到那个消息很可怕。幸好结果证明我没有患前列腺癌。经过持续监测，我的水平保持不变。”

这位电视评论员目前正准备与好友本·谢泼德 (Ben Shephard) 及其儿子杰克 (Jack) 一起参加大北方跑 (Great North Run)，为英国前列腺癌协会 (Prostate Cancer UK) 筹款。

决心

卡马拉表示：“任何男人面对患前列腺癌的可能性都会感到恐惧。我与该慈善机构合作已有十多年，所以我知道早期诊断是关键。”

“作为男人，照顾好自己并留意任何变化至关重要。我现在起夜小便的次数增加了。但这也是其他疾病的症状，所以请咨询你的全科医生（GP）。我们中没有人喜欢因为‘腰部以下的问题’去看医生——这就像一座必须攀登的大山，所以尽管去做吧。”

卡马拉参加了 10 场由其前 Sky Sports 同事杰夫·斯特林（Jeff Stelling）为英国前列腺癌协会（Prostate Cancer UK）组织的步行活动，这增强了他的决心，旨在提高人们的意识。

作者：露西·尼德汉（LUCY NEEDHAM）

“见到这么多受前列腺癌影响的人，或者为了纪念他们失去的亲人而行进的人，真的让我深有感触。”

“我想尽可能多地提高人们的意识，特别是对于黑人男性，他们的风险是两倍。”

“关键因素是年龄、黑人身份或家族史。英国前列腺癌协会在他们的网站上有一个出色的风险检查工具。只需 30 秒，就可能挽救你的生命。”

“当你超过 40, 岁时，你需要接受检查。它是全球男性最大的杀手之一。”

曾几何时，卡马拉认为自己再也无法正常行走，更不用说参加大北跑（Great North Run）了。在以低于 90 分钟的时间完成半程马拉松 25 年后，他承认今年将截然不同。他预计 13.1 英里的路程将花费三小时，因为他正在应对甲减（甲状腺功能减退）和失用症（apraxia）的影响——这是一种影响语言和平衡的神经系统疾病。

在封锁期间，卡马拉开始出现脑雾和说话含糊的情况，在寻求帮助之前，他花了两年时间陷入自我怜悯之中：“我以为我患了阿尔茨海默症或痴呆症。我的语速变慢了，我在想，‘噢天哪，我不想成为家人的负担’。”

“我现在意识到那些想法很荒谬。如果我当时能找人谈谈，也许我现在的情况会不同。”

世界杯期间梅西遭遇炸弹威胁

利昂内尔·梅西（Lionel Messi）曾成为世界杯自杀式炸弹袭击威胁的目标。一名狂热分子誓言要在与埃及队的比赛期间炸死这位 39, 岁的阿根廷超级巨星，称：“我要走进亚特兰大体育场，用绑在身上的四枚炸弹把梅西炸掉。”

这些令人胆寒的话语出现在一份警方卷宗中，该卷宗显示了在上个月的赛事期间，球员和官员是如何受到威胁的。在美、墨、加三国举办的这次比赛中，插图中的梅西是被针对次数最多的球员。

作者：利亚姆·兰德尔（LIAM RANDALL）和 丽塔·索博特（RITA SOBOT）

葡萄牙竞争对手克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多（Cristiano Ronaldo）面临着不停的骚扰，而法国裁判弗朗索瓦·勒特克谢（Francois Letexier）则收到了 6,000 条 WhatsApp 威胁信息。

一个由 FBI 领导的安全网络追踪着恐怖警报、跟踪者以及针对球员及其家人的潜在暴力行为。西班牙报纸《informacion》称，针对梅西最具体的一次威胁发生在一名男子打电话给达拉斯机场，称他和其他两人正带着自制炸弹和一支半自动步枪前往该市的体育场。他“特别提到了利昂内尔·梅西”。

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梅丽尔在视频中为杰丽唱生日歌

斯特里普为辣妹成员杰丽献唱

作者：肖恩·奥格雷迪（SEAN O'GRADY）

杰丽·哈利韦尔-霍纳（GERI Halliwell-Horner）透露，好莱坞传奇影星梅丽尔·斯特里普（Meryl Streep）在她周四庆祝 54 岁生日时唱了《生日快乐歌》。

这位前辣妹组合成员在社交媒体上发布了那一刻的视频，并称这是“有史以来最好的生日礼物”。

77, 岁的斯特里普还拥抱了杰丽，并在她的脸颊上亲了一下。两人都在《公寓大厦谋杀案》（Only Murders in the Building）第六季中出演，该剧背景设定在伦敦。

杰丽还收到了前队友维多利亚·贝克汉姆夫人（Lady Victoria Beckham）、梅兰妮·奇索姆（Melanie Chisholm）、梅兰妮·布朗（Melanie Brown）和艾玛·邦顿（Emma Bunton）的祝福。

她的丈夫克里斯蒂安·霍纳（Christian Horner）写道：“祝你度过美妙的一天，开启新的一年。我们都非常爱你。”

这位前脱口秀主持人

艾伦的科茨沃尔德马场计划被否决

作者：汤姆·贝文 (TOM BEVAN)

艾伦·德杰尼勒斯 (Ellen DeGeneres) 留在其科茨沃尔德住宅的计划可能化为泡影，因为一项建设“全天候骑马场”的许可申请被否决。这位前美国脱口秀主持人告诉西牛津郡区议会，“在该场地附近的低洼地带，在一年中的某些时段无法提供合适的马匹锻炼机会”。她在规划申请中附上了洪水泛滥的照片。但议会表示，该开发项目将是“侵入性的且不协调的”。68岁的艾伦及其伴侣波西亚·德·罗西 (Portia De Rossi) 于2024年以£1500 万的价格买下了这座靠近伯福德 (Burford) 的住宅，据报道还花费了750 万英镑m进行装修。

BBC内部人士称纳加的新工作“违背逻辑”

BBC员工表示，在纳加·蒙切蒂 (Naga Munchetty) 面临欺凌初级员工的指控后，仍能获得担任 Radio 5 Live 新早餐节目主持人的要职，“违背逻辑”。蒙切蒂将在16年后离开 BBC Breakfast 的主持席，于1月就任新职。她是 BBC 薪酬最高的一批明星之一，年薪£365,000, 且从未对欺凌指控发表评论；据报道，这些指控包括她因一名实习生在吐司上涂抹 Marmite 酱的方式不对而对其进行训斥。

震惊

作者：汤姆·布莱恩特 (TOM BRYANT)

现任 5 Live 早间谈话节目主持人的这位51岁女性，据报道在2022年因一个“粗俗、不恰当且极其不专业”的播音外玩笑而受到电台高层的训诫。一名 BBC 员工表示：“那些指控的尘埃尚未落定，现在她就被交给早餐节目主持人的工作，这显然是从早间节目的一次晋升。这感觉不对劲。”上周末披露，在得知她协商达成一项协议——每周在索尔福德 (Salford) 工作室主持三天，在伦敦靠近其赫特福德郡 (Hertfordshire) 家中主持两天后，幕后出现了“震惊”。而她未来的共同主持人则将被要求每周在索尔福德工作五天。一名消息人士表示：“许多人认为这并不公平，认为高层给了她特殊待遇。”

BBC从未公布过针对欺凌指控调查的结果，据称该调查目前已不再活跃。然而，在一份新声明中，BBC强力支持这位饱受争议的主持人，以应对部分员工所认为的“特殊待遇”。一名发言人表示：“任何主持职位的任命都是基于能力并符合 BBC 的标准流程。我们拒绝任何关于在此案例中采用了不同标准的暗示。”内部人士称，蒙切蒂离开 BBC One 的节目符合所有人的最大利益。一名 BBC 消息人士表示：“纳加的新工作似乎是对每个人最好的结果。Breakfast 节目的氛围并不愉快。”

时段

蒙切蒂于2009年首次加入 BBC Breakfast，并从2014年起与查理·斯泰特 (Charlie Stayt) 共同主持。她和她的共同主持人将接替瑞秋·伯登 (Rachel Burden) 和里克·爱德华兹 (Rick Edwards) 担任 5 Live 的早餐时段主持。本周宣布，托尼·利夫西 (Tony Livesey) 将不会回到他的 5 Live 节目，此前《全景》(Panorama) 节目对前西汉姆联主席大卫·沙利文 (David Sullivan) 进行了调查，利夫西曾在 Sport 报业集团与其共事。

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周六深度阅读

乔纳森·沃克 (JONATHAN WALKER) 怀特霍尔编辑

奈杰尔·法拉奇 (NIGEL Farage) 正在努力保住他在克拉克顿 (Clacton) 的席位，而他已经创下了一项新纪录。本周四，选民将面临不少于 34 位候选人的选择——这是补选史上人数最多的一次。除了改革英国党（Reform UK）的领导人外，候选人还包括三名官方的“怪物狂吠疯子党”候选人、20 名独立候选人以及来自各种微小运动的代表。但由于主要政党选择在本次选举中缺席，只有两名候选人至关重要。一位是法拉奇先生，另一位是 Binface 伯爵——喜剧作家乔纳森·哈维 (Jonathan Harvey)——他已成为当地反对改革英国党领导人的焦点。

法拉奇先生将在 8 月 13 日的选举中获胜。Survation 的一项民调显示，Binface 将获得约 20% 的选票，而 73% 的受访当地人计划支持法拉奇先生。调查发现，即使其他政党参选，改革英国党仍将获得 57% 的选票，而保守党仅以 11% 遥遥落后，位居第二。

但法拉奇先生面临的问题是，他决定辞职并引发这次补选的决定是提升了他的声誉，还是损害了它。他声称自己面临着前所未有的虚假指控，旨在将他赶出政坛。这位改革英国党的领导人希望凯旋而归，回到威斯敏斯特，并声称真正重要的人——他的选民——已经拒绝了“建制派”试图将其击垮的企图。

法拉奇先生尚未见过 Binface，他称后者是“一名极左翼的 BBC 喜剧作家”，而非他看起来那样是个笑话。但他告诉我，保守党领导人凯米·巴德诺克 (Kemi Badenoch) 在拒绝在该选区派出候选人的决定上犯了一个巨大的判断错误，而在 2019 年的大选中，保守党在该选区获得了 72.3% 的选票。

他说：“很多在门口被访问的选民说，没有保守党候选人让他们感到深受侮辱。保守党不想举行大选，而且他们在这里没有派出候选人。所以我认为从长远来看，他们犯了一个非常严重的错误。”

他说，传统政党试图将这次补选变成一个笑话。

“我的意思是，自民党的埃德·戴维 (Ed Davey) 正式支持 Binface 伯爵，而凯米实际上也这么做了。因此很多选民对我说，‘等等，这不是个笑话。无论你同意还是不同意奈杰尔要求举行补选的理由，这依然是一场选举’。这里有 80,000 人在缴纳市政税，缴纳所得税，他们有机会投票选出一名国会议员，而建制政党却试图将其变成一个笑话。”

巴德诺克女士表示，如果发生第二次补选，保守党将派出候选人——如果针对法拉奇先生财务状况的议会调查发现他违反了下议院规则，这种情况可能会发生。

周四的投票之所以举行，是因为法拉奇先生选择辞去议员职务。此前，围绕英国加密货币投资者克里斯托弗·哈博恩 (Christopher Harborne) 赠予的 £500 万 礼金引发了争议。法拉奇先生没有在议员利益登记册中申报这笔礼金，因为这是在 2024 年大选他进入议会之前收到的——

随着在克拉克顿（Clacton）的胜利已成定局，那个旧时的法拉奇回来了，并正准备在大选中迎接战斗。一些批评者认为，根据下议院的规则，无论如何他都应该申报这笔款项。议会标准专员正在对此进行调查，虽然在补选期间——由于法拉奇先生目前并非国会议员——该调查已暂停，但如果他再次当选，调查将恢复。对法拉奇先生而言，危险之处或许在于，他让自己关于财务的争端引起了更多关注。但当我访问克拉克顿时，我发现绝大多数选民对此根本不在意。有些人认为他需要资金来支付安保费用，而另一些人则说所有政治家都接受礼物。事实上，Survation的一项调查发现，在2024年支持改革英国党（Reform UK）的克拉克顿选民现在更有可能投票给法拉奇先生，这或许是因为他们认同他的观点，认为自己是建制派阴谋的受害者。这次补选见证了特立独行的奈杰尔·法拉奇回归，他挑战建制派并宣称“让他们全部见鬼去吧”。这是对他最初走红原因的回归：凭借他的个人魅力、直言不讳，以及愿意说出其他政治家避而不谈的话（例如，向非法跨越英吉利海峡的人提供免费住房而不是将其驱逐出境是疯狂的）。在过去的18个月的大部分时间里，他的目标是让改革英国党看起来像一个候任政府。他组建了一支经验丰富的“影子内阁”团队，其中包括多名前保守党政治人物，并发布了措辞谨慎的政策声明。他认为，要赢得大选，改革英国党需要看起来不像一个压力团体，而更像一个传统政党。在某种程度上，这奏效了。民意调查显示，当选民被问及在大选中会支持谁时，改革英国党一直处于领先地位。但保持领先并非易事。最近的民调显示，改革英国党现在与工党不分伯仲。这可能只是一个暂时的波动，因为新任工党首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的新鲜感正在消退。对法拉奇先生来说，或许更令人担忧的是，--- DWTST 13

补选中的改革党领袖

然而，有一种迹象表明保守党可能也在追赶。YouGov 在 7 月底的一项调查发现，21% 的选民表示如果今天举行选举，他们将支持保守党，而 22% 的选民将支持改革英国党（Reform UK）。因此，法拉奇先生回到了让他成为政治巨星的状态——即过去非常奏效的那种直截了当、爱信不信的态度。一个典型的例子是本周的一项戏剧性宣布：改革英国党政府将雇佣皇家海军将跨海道移民遣返回法国。法国政府对此完全不予理会，并表示该计划“将是对法国主权的侵犯，同时也是对海法和国际法的违反”。但改革英国党坚持其立场。而且法拉奇先生似乎希望右翼人士玛丽娜·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）——明年 5 月法国总统选举的夺冠热门（如果她能解决法律问题的话）——能与未来的改革英国党政府达成协议。那个旧时的法拉奇回来了，克拉克顿（Clacton）的补选就是其体现之一。一旦下周的投票结束，赢得大选的战斗将重新开始。法拉奇先生期待着 9 月在伯明翰举行的党代会，他承诺这将是“迄今为止英国任何政党所能举办的最大规模的会议”。并且他计划在接下来的几个月里更多地讨论国防、外交政策和警务问题。他说：“你们将看到我们顶住猛攻和风暴，为未来做好准备。将一个几乎不存在的政党转变为一个完整的专业机器并非一蹴而就。在过去的两年里，我们取得了巨大进步。但仍有路要走。在接下来的几个月里，你们将看到接下来的步骤。”

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失职导致卑劣杀手可能再次袭击

由于警方和检察机关令人震惊的失职，连环性侵犯西蒙·莱维（Simon Levy）得以在两年间肆无忌惮地进行卑劣行径。他在 2021 年因性侵女性被监禁，在随后的几年中，随着袭击事件增加，他在司法系统中被推来推去。无能以及令人震惊的好奇心缺失，使他能够在那些本应监视他的人眼皮底下实施其残暴的罪行。尽管他在服刑期间性侵了一名狱警，他仍于 2023 年出狱。因另一起袭击事件和强奸指控被重新召回，但在短短三个月后他又被释放。一年之内，他在地铁上袭击了 10 名女性，被怀疑强奸并最终实施了谋杀。莱维一直接受缓刑服务机构和警方的检查，他告诉他们，由于一只眼睛失明，他几乎不出门，于是他的风险等级被下调。他缺席了出庭，但尽管他是另一宗谋杀案调查的嫌疑人，却未被签发逮捕令。伦敦警察厅、英国运输警察局和英国皇家检察署（CPS）均承认存在失职。但这太少且太迟了。多年来，政治家和当局不断承诺要解决针对妇女和女孩的暴力问题。然而，面对重复发生且不断升级的严重袭击，他们似乎很容易被敷衍，且缺乏任何紧迫感。必须糟糕到什么程度，危险才会被认真对待？卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略（Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo），53 岁，和谢丽尔·威尔金斯（Sheryl Wilkins），39 岁，已经死亡，许多其他人的生活也被摧毁了。

三重锁定是救命稻草

旨在保证养老金每年有体面增长的国家养老金“三重锁定”（triple lock）机制，其敌人正日益增多。经济学家、智库甚至前财政大臣都纷纷要求取消该机制以削减成本。但来自约克大学的一项令人不安的研究表明，为什么确保养老金每年至少增长 2.5% 至关重要。在过去一年中，约有 110,000 名老年人无法支付能源账单。这些数据是在监管机构 Ofgem 7 月将能源价格上限提高 13% 之前统计的，这意味着一个典型家庭每年面临支付 £1,862 的费用。“终结燃料贫困联盟”（End Fuel Poverty Coalition）表示，受苦老年人的数量之多令人“震惊”。该联盟指出，许多养老金领取者无法忍受欠债，因此如此多人陷入欠费状态应当敲响警钟。在陷入生活成本危机的国家，三重锁定是养老金领取者拥有的唯一安全保障，《每日快报》将始终致力于保护它。

炸鱼薯条捍卫者

推崇传统英国美食的主厨汤姆·克里奇（Tom Kerridge）通过表达支持，为《每日快报》的“拯救我们的炸鱼薯条运动”提供了重大助力。在成本不断上涨之后，我们深受喜爱的炸鱼薯条店正陷入危机。让我们在这个周末都尽量出门吃顿炸鱼晚餐，全力支持这一伟大的传统。

英国标志性企业正被我们的高税收政策赶走

英国最大且最古老的公司之一正准备退出北海，且有传闻称其在考虑彻底离开这个国家，这表明工党和保守党如何通过高税收和糟糕的决策，将我们领先的财富创造企业赶走。这对英国公司（UK PLC）或英国工业的未来来说并非好兆头。英国石油公司（BP）上周将其在英国运营 60 年且成功的离岸油气田挂牌出售。这并非因为能源储备枯竭——其克莱尔（Clair）油田仍含有 70 亿桶原油。他们的理由是北海已不再适合经营，而频繁的税收掠夺以及历届政府对净零排放的痴迷（旨在扼杀我们的碳能源）更是雪上加霜。除此之外，BP 正将其业务向支持钻探且对油气友好的美国倾斜，据报道还在考虑离开伦敦证券交易所转投纽约，并大幅缩减其英国总部的规模。我们最标志性的公司之一可能将永远离开这片土地，这对我们那些带有绿色色彩的高税收政府来说，是多么可怕的谴责。正是英国石油公司的前身在 1908 年于波斯发现石油，引发了对中东石油的抢夺，自那时起，BP 就成为了全球主要的能源巨头。它帮助实现了战舰从煤炭到石油动力的转变，一度由英国政府部分持有，后由玛格丽特·撒切尔私有化。它在 60 年代和 70 年代在北海取得了开创性的发现，帮助英国在 80 年代成为石油净出口国。现任首席执行官梅格·奥尼尔（Meg O'Neill）表示，BP 现在必须“集中我们的投资组合并引导...

蒂姆·纽马克 (Tim Newark) 政治评论员

将资本投入到“我们价值最高的机会中”，而他们的北海油田“作为另一家公司的一部分将处于更有利的位置”。在这一公告发布后，整个白厅（Whitehall）都应该敲响警钟。是保守党在 2022 年对北海石油公司引入了 75% 的能源超额利润税，随后工党在 2024 年将其提高到了 78%。虽然首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在最近的一次电话中告诉美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump），他在北海能源决策上将更加“务实”，但这是否已然太少且太迟？

BP 并非唯一一家用脚投票的英国大公司。我们最大的油气公司壳牌（Shell）已经部分退出北海，并于本周宣布，通过将其英国太阳能电站业务出售给一家法国竞争对手，从而退出其净零排放义务。它还撤出了北海的离岸风电场，倾向于专注于利润更高的天然气生产。化学公司英力士（Ineos）是另一家伟大的英国跨国企业，它认为在高税收、净零排放的英国几乎没有未来，近期已在美国的页岩气开采领域投入巨资。去年，英力士关闭了位于格兰杰茅斯（Grangemouth）的英国最后一座合成乙醇工厂，导致数百个工作岗位流失，而现在这种至关重要的化学原料正依赖进口。英国曾是化学工业的主要力量，但近年来已有 10 个大型化学综合体关闭。英力士创始人、白手起家的亿万富翁吉姆·拉特克利夫爵士（Sir Jim Ratcliffe）表示：“英国的去工业化对环境毫无益处。它仅仅是将生产和排放转移到了其他地方。”

伯纳姆先生说他希望 # “在这一公告发布后，整个白厅都应该敲响警钟” 扭转近几十年来英国的去工业化进程，并将主要责任归咎于玛格丽特·撒切尔（Margaret Thatcher），但他似乎没有意识到，我们持续的工业衰退在很大程度上是由误导性的左倾政府政策造成的，包括绿色狂热和高税收。近年来，英国的能源价格翻了一番，是美国的五倍。难怪 BP、英力士等公司将重心从高价的欧洲转移到美国。这让英国损失了数千个工作岗位和数十亿的投资。

伯纳姆是否会践行其诺言，通过重新开放北海、降低能源价格和降低企业税来加强我们的工业未来，目前尚待观察。但如果他想阻止英国伟大企业流向更亲商政权的趋势，他必须加快行动。除非他向像工党前任基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）那样向极左翼后座议员妥协，否则他有能力实现变革。希望他能更有魄力。

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卡罗尔·马龙 (Carole Malone)

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易骗程度堪比天才

亚当·皮蒂（ADAM PEATY）在英联邦运动会上仅获得了两枚铜牌。在他开始指责他的母亲、家人和汤姆·科布利（Tom Cobley）导致他状态平庸之前，他可能需要提醒自己，当他那忠诚的母亲卡罗琳（Caroline）在身边时——她多年来凌晨4点就起床开车送他去训练——他是能赢得金牌的。他现在的遭遇就是报应。

关于讨厌曝光的萨塞克斯夫妇在苏格兰秘密避风港度假的消息，已经有了海量的宣传。得有人告诉“萨塞克斯团队”停止泄露哈里和梅根在做什么。我们真的不在乎。

埃德·米利班德（ED MILIBAND）本周飞往华盛顿会见他的对手，国务卿马可·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）。然而，美国人已经认为他是个笑话，并因为他对净零排放的痴迷而给他起绰号叫“米利瓦特”（Millwatt）。再过几个月，绰号会比这糟糕得多。我预测那个显而易见的绰号会以...wit结尾，我指的不是dimwit（笨蛋）！

英俊非凡的詹姆斯·诺顿（James Norton）将成为今年玛莎（M&S）圣诞广告的代言人。终于，出现了一个我们都能产生共鸣（更不用说心动）的人了。去年的广告由被高估的艾米·卢·伍德（Aimee Lou Wood）主演，而且他们竟然还让糟糕的道恩·弗伦奇（Dawn French）为他们的食品做广告——这个女人在社交媒体上的样子和语气越来越像是在胡言乱语。我们为什么要买一个如今听起来经常刻薄、精神不稳定，且像喝了太多蛋奶酒的人所代言的食品？

头条新闻大肆报道布鲁克林·贝克汉姆（Brooklyn Beckham）再次冷落了他的父母，因为他公开庆祝他与尼古拉（Nicola）在“非传统”婚礼上续约的周年纪念，而不是在贝克汉姆家族与佩尔茨（Peltz）家族争吵不休、强撑场面的正式婚礼上庆祝。布鲁克林没有冷落任何人。他与妻子只是在庆祝一场他们认为属于他们自己，而不是属于维多利亚和布兰德·贝克汉姆（Posh and Brand Beckham）的婚礼。

当布拉德利·库珀（Bradley Cooper）回顾他最伟大的成就时，不会是他的任何一部电影——而是在51岁时，他成功地让世界上最美丽的女性之一在他的手指上戴上了戒指，尽管他比她大20岁。

管理剑桥大学的那些觉醒的、自命不凡的所谓知识分子，因为幻想家杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）而让自己和他们曾经伟大的机构变成了全球的笑柄。这些人竟然吞下了这个白痴的一系列露骨幻想——每一个都比前一个更荒谬、更离奇，简直太蠢、太可笑了。他们竟然如此轻信，相信这个奥运级别的“沃尔特·米蒂”真的在30天内跑了35场马拉松——其中9场还是在腿骨折的情况下跑的？他们竟然如此愚蠢，相信他为70家慈善机构筹集了£550 万，在六天内跑了600英里（如果属实，这将使他成为世界顶尖运动员之一），以及他所有关于出版过一本书的谎言（实际上从未出版）。接着是他的论文中包含从另一名学生作品中剽窃的引用，以及他声称在南美洲和非洲为水援助组织（Water Aid）做志愿者的故事，还有他曾被一名在逃武装人员在系办公室里对峙，但监控录像却什么也没显示。哦，还有那个据说被留在门外的猪头故事——警方表示从未发生过——以及他谎称出演了60年代电视剧《Seven Up》的谎言，尽管他当时小了20岁。他的胡言乱语不胜枚举。但这些自命不凡的蠢货如此渴望相信阿尔代，以至于在三年时间里，他们忽略了所有关于他的警告。他是黑人，他是工人阶级，而且他似乎克服了巨大的逆境，这对他们来说就足以将他神格化为他们的多样性海报男孩。这简直是个笑话。而且这让大学本应有的意义变得毫无意义。如果阿尔代曾

我永远不会接受居家办公的人比在老板的严密监督下在办公室办公的人效率更高。但本周我们发现，1,000 多名英格兰银行员工被告知可以在国外的海滩上工作。这简直是极其不负责任的胡闹。银行业是一项严肃的业务，我们不能让人们在喝了三杯皮纳科拉达鸡尾酒之后，就发送数百万资金的数字转账并决定利率！

当安迪·伯纳姆告诉他的妻子玛丽-弗朗斯他要竞选工党领导人时，她建议他不要这样做：“为什么？他们已经两次告诉你他们不想要你了，”她说。她还应该加上一句：“而且这是有充分理由的。”不久之后，他就会后悔没有听她的。

如果把这些故事——尤其是那个 30 天跑 35 场马拉松的故事——讲给我父亲在西阿洛特门特（纽卡斯尔）工人俱乐部里的那些哥们儿听，他们会笑掉大牙并说：“得了吧伙计——你在放屁。”而这些人是 16 岁就离开学校去矿井工作的工人。那么，为什么那些大脑像棚屋一样大、名字后面跟着一长串头衔的学者们，却没有我父亲那些老酒友们拥有的那种识别胡言乱语的过滤能力？

不，剑桥大学那些愚蠢的学者们——据称是我们最聪明的一批大脑——被这个“奇迹男孩” 100% 地蒙蔽了，并且被 DEI（多样性、公平性和包容性）洗脑到看不见眼前的真相。他们没有看出他“脑子不全”，反而把他视为一名知识天才和身体上的超人。正是因为他们对像阿尔代这样的人盲目崇拜——而阿尔代自然地将一切归咎于种族主义和右翼阴谋——导致超级聪明的年轻人，尤其是来自白人工人阶级背景的年轻人的教育，被祭献在多样性的祭坛上，因为我们所谓的精英们是多样性的心甘情愿的奴隶。

正是由于那些甚至懒得认真核实阿尔代主张的疯子们，他们曾经伟大的大学现在已沦为国际笑柄。由于他们相信多样性比教育或知识更重要，其神圣的声誉现在已支离破碎。阿尔代显然没有造假的一件事就是他的心理健康问题。那是真实的。只可惜地球上一些最聪明的人竟然没发现这一点。

警惕吧安迪，是哈珀警官的家人被逼到了极限

在唐宁街 No 10 仅待了14天后，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）因为降低所有那些巴士票价而压力过大，已经逃到度假地去恢复精神了。也许这样也好，因为他的蜜月期确实已经彻底结束了。这不仅是因为全国上下都在为他决定释放杀害安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper）警官的凶手而对他口诛笔伐，还因为泰晤士河谷警察局局长杰森·霍格（Jason Hogg）现在表示，他正寻求采取法律行动来阻止这一决定。

很好，因为不能让伯纳姆就这样逃脱责任。首先，通过暂时停止杰西·科尔（Jessie Cole）和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯（Albert Bowers）的提前释放，他给了利西·哈珀（Lissie Harper）和安德鲁的母亲黛比（Debbie）一个虚假的希望，让他们以为凶手会继续留在狱中。但仅仅一周后，他就残酷地宣布他们将被释放。他说：“我已经将能做的事情推到了极致。”不，他没有。他只是和几名公务员以及监狱负责人谈了几次话，然后就说：“没办法。”这根本不够。

当然，他本可以找到两个牢房来关押杀警凶手。我们目前的容量达到了98%，但仍然留有1,500个空牢房。伯纳姆一直以与民众保持联系而自豪，但他刚刚证明了自己并非如此。因为英国人愤怒了。他们关心的是，到2029年，363名被判处过失杀人的凶手在仅服刑三分之一的刑期后就可能被重新倾倒回街头，这简直是对正义的荒诞嘲弄。

至于他说无可奈何。不，是有办法的。在新冠疫情期间，我们在短短九天内就建成了南丁格尔医院。那就建一些临时监狱，把低风险罪犯关在里面。自2010年以来，我们关闭了20座监狱——那就翻修那些依然屹立的监狱并重新启用它们。我们可以把囚犯送到国外的监狱服刑——越严酷越好。而且，为什么我们没有将监狱中的1,000名阿尔巴尼亚外国罪犯驱逐出境，因为我们确实与阿尔巴尼亚签署了遣返协议。

事情是可以解决的，但伯纳姆只是在搓手说这不可能。好吧，如果他不是在日光浴床上懒洋洋地躺着，他肯定会这么说的。

EXPRESSO 不要错过每周三在我们YouTube频道《Daily Expresso》节目中出现的卡罗尔·马隆（Carole Malone） --- 16 每日快报 2026年8月8日，星期六 SWIST

格瓦伊斯称，迟来的成功让我保持谦逊

喜剧演员瑞基·格瓦伊斯（Ricky Gervais）认为，尽管取得了成功，他依然能保持谦逊，是因为他直到中年且“已经发胖”才成名。这位65, 岁的喜剧演员在共同创作并主演情景喜剧《办公室》（The Office）时声名鹊起，该剧于2001. 首播。它在80多个国家播出，被许多人认为是史上最优秀的电视节目之一。

在昨天的《今晨》（This Morning）节目中，共同主持人乔西·吉布森（Josie Gibson）问他，在获得成功且“极其富有”的情况下，他是如何保持冷静的。

他回答道：“我认为是因为我在40. 岁时才成功。如果你在18, 岁时成功，它会改变你。而我那时已经发胖，并且讨厌这个世界。”

作者：肖恩·奥格雷迪（SEAN O’GRADY）

这位演员当时正在宣传他的Netflix成人动画系列剧《巷猫》（Alley Cats），该剧还由汤姆·巴斯登（Tom Basden）、戴安娜·摩根（Diane Morgan）和娜塔莉·卡西迪（Natalie Cassidy）配音。

瑞基说：“通常动画配音是你一个人在录音室里，而这部剧，我们所有人同时在同一个房间里。” “这就是为什么它听起来像朋友在聊天和咒骂。”

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汤姆敦促降低增值税以拯救我们的炸鱼薯条

名厨汤姆·克里奇（Tom Kerridge）再次呼吁削减餐饮业的增值税（VAT），称此举将防止该行业崩溃，因为目前每周有 21 家场所关闭。在对《每日快报》“拯救我们的炸鱼薯条”活动的表示支持时，他表示传统的炸鱼薯条店正受到挤压，因为它们几乎没有空间切换到替代食材，因此无法抵消飙升的成本。

这位厨师强调，增值税被视为关键，因为政府仅能在短期内控制商业税率，而这些税率“并不影响整体的成败”。他告诉《快报》：“唯一能为整个行业带来改变的杠杆，唯一的一件事就是增值税。他们知道自己拥有鼓励增长的杠杆。增值税是将一切联系在一起并产生影响的关键。”

53 岁的克里奇对餐饮业颇有研究。他在白金汉郡马洛（Marlow, Bucks）经营的美食酒吧 The Hand and Flowers 是英国第一家获得米其林两星的酒吧。他从青少年时期开始烹饪，随后搬到伦敦，在包括已故的加里·罗兹（Gary Rhodes）在内的知名厨师手下工作。

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从那时起，他建立了一个餐厅帝国，包括同样位于马洛的米其林星级餐厅 The Coach 和 The Butcher’s Tap & Grill。他还经营着位于切尔西国王路附近的 The Chalk Freehouse，以及伦敦 Corinthia 酒店内的 Kerridge’s Bar & Grill。

克里奇出版了大量食谱，也是电视上的熟面孔。他表示，削减增值税的首要好处将是防止关闭，因为额外 10% 的收入将给这些场所提供支付账单的喘息空间。他补充说，“非常优秀的经营者”因为无法盈利而关闭，即使生意很忙也是如此。

“目前的情况是，每周有 21 家餐厅、酒吧、酒吧、夜总会关闭。不仅仅是糟糕的地方，还有那些经营了多年、拥有米其林星级、经验丰富的专业人士。”

炸鱼薯条店尤其脆弱，因为其菜单集中在少数几种价格日益昂贵的staple食材上，这使得在不转嫁成本的情况下难以吸收成本。

克里奇补充道：“鱼的价格极其昂贵。土豆是新鲜产品，由受化肥、燃料价格、天气条件影响的农民在田里种植。它不是工厂加工的产品。”

“最重要的是，蔬菜油的价格在过去四年中增长了超过 150%。”

今年 6 月，《快报》披露，根据全国炸鱼薯条商联合会（National Federation of Fish Friers）的一项调查，19% 的炸鱼薯条店老板计划在一年内退出。会长安德鲁·克鲁克（Andrew Crook）表示，削减增值税将保护企业并为年轻人提供就业机会。

与此同时，酒吧的牛肉和食用油等食材成本在四年内翻了一番。克里奇补充说：“餐厅可能不会转嫁这些成本，因为如果你突然将牛排、汉堡或薯条的价格翻倍，你就把自己挤出了市场。”

他认为，降低增值税还将抵消“巨额”的公用事业账单、商业税率以及不断上涨的国家保险和最低工资成本。这位厨师支持提高工资，以强化餐饮业作为一项长期职业的地位，尽管有些人认为最低工资使得未经培训的年轻人无法被雇佣，目前 21 岁及以上人员的最低工资已达到 £12.71。

他警告称，安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）为酒吧、俱乐部和音乐场所提供的 20% 商业税率削减“远远不够”，节省金额仅为 £1,100，且餐厅和酒店被排除在外。

克里奇表示，餐饮业成为新任首相的“优先对话”话题是一个积极信号。他表示，他一直在与伯纳姆先生就增值税问题进行讨论，“并达成共识将进行进一步对话”。

超过 300,000 人支持这项关于增值税（VAT）的恳求，其中包括 Wetherspoon 老板蒂姆·马丁（Tim Martin），他将这种“反常”的机制描述为导致酒吧自 2000 年以来失去了大约 50% 的啤酒贸易份额给超市，因为超市无需缴纳增值税。观点：第 14 页

“我不是那个富有的诺普弗勒”，其兄在规划争议中如此表示

一名直接海峡乐队（Dire Straits）的创始成员被一名规划律师贴上“财大气粗的摇滚明星”标签，他随即反击称自己是一名“住在半独立式住宅里的退休人员”。音乐家大卫·诺普弗勒（David Knopfler）于 1977 年与他的兄弟马克（Mark）共同组建了该乐队，但在三年后离开。直接海峡乐队随后成为 20 世纪 80 年代最伟大的乐队之一，在全球范围内售出 1.2 亿 张唱片，包括热门单曲《Money For Nothing》。据报道，马克的身价达 £1 亿，但大卫成为了一名独奏艺术家，并表示他在德文郡的牛顿艾伯特（Newton Abbot）过着更为“谦卑”的生活。

在一次关于其住所附近 1,200 套住宅开发提案的听证会上，他发表了讲话，并将该提案描述为“教科书式的城市衰败”。在开发商的大律师班纳勋爵（Lord Banner KC）的陈述中，大卫被称为“财大气粗的摇滚明星”。但大卫在听证会上表示：“我是一名 73 岁的退休人员，一名经济学毕业生，也是一名住在半独立式住宅里的前社会工作者。”此次听证会正在评估该提案对沃尔伯勒芬（Wollborough Fen）——一个具有特殊科学价值的地点——的影响。

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我和你们大多数人一样，希望停止小船入境。我希望所有非法移民都能得到妥善控制。我希望有一套理智、高效、公平且仁慈的移民 / 庇护政策，来取代我们目前这套混乱、笨拙且糟糕透顶的制度。我想要安全的边境。简而言之，我希望由成熟的人重新掌权。

我不想要的是像本周我们在改革英国党（Reform UK）身上看到的那种写在烟盒背面、酒馆里的政治。该党提出用英国皇家海军的精锐力量去对抗入境的橡胶艇，这简直是妄想。在这种英吉利海峡中段的遭遇战将充满危险。改革英国党的发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）在本周的媒体采访中似乎认为，将潜在的寻求庇护者转移到海军船上，然后将他们送回他们刚刚离开的法国海岸，是一件简单的事情。他轻描淡写地否认了人们的担忧，即登上这些脆弱且超载的船只在实际操作上将面临巨大困难，而且法国人可能——你知道的——不会太欢迎英国军舰闯入他们的领海。

果然，在“派遣炮舰”策略被吹捧后的第二天，法国表示这明显违反了海事法和国际法，他们不会容忍任何对法国主权海域的侵犯。由于我们自己的海军有责任维护海事法，很难想象任何一名船长如何能将此与一个由改革英国党领导的政府要求其违法的命令协调起来。但这并没有阻止奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）实际上叫法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）滚蛋。无论你是否喜欢，我们的海军陆战队会将这些非法潜在移民送回海峡的另一侧。

这是绝望之举。是的，显然停止小船入境的强力措施早已严重滞后（尽管今年抵达的人数同比确实显著下降）。但这种荒谬的、拍胸脯的姿态？这不仅仅是幼稚的幻想，更是令人尴尬。

“我对艺术不怎么了解，但我知道我讨厌什么。”这是我最喜欢的《辛普森一家》中的台词——蒙蒂·伯恩斯（Monty Burns）在最冷酷且精辟时的发言。

我对艺术也不太了解——但我知道什么时候我面对的是一件特别的作品。上周日早晨，我在伦敦曼彻斯特广场的华莱士收藏馆（The Wallace Collection）就有此感受。该馆汇集了 50 余幅温斯顿·丘吉尔的画作，其中许多是私人收藏的特别出借。从未有过这样一次他的作品展。

我当然知道丘吉尔是个艺术家，但我从未意识到他如此多产——或者如此优秀。天哪，这个男人太会画画了。在第一次世界大战中加里波利战役惨败后，丘吉尔几乎精神崩溃，而他（在很大程度上是不公正地）为此承担了责任。他将绘画作为一种释放。他的作品令人愉悦。我最喜欢的是《阿特拉斯山脉的日落》，从马拉喀什远眺，这是他在 1943 年卡萨布兰卡会议后为罗斯福总统绘制的礼物。这是丘吉尔在第二次世界大战期间唯一允许自己绘制的画作。它美得令人震撼。

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还记得 Tina 吗？不，不是特纳 (Turner) —— TINA 是“别无选择” (There Is No Alternative) 的缩写；这是玛格丽特·撒切尔用来终止辩论和批评（尤其是针对其内部成员）的手段。讽刺的是，那个像撒切尔一样固执的安迪·伯纳姆似乎直接把这一页从玛吉的剧本中撕了下来，不是吗？因为 TINA 正是他及其核心团队用来为提前释放囚犯辩护的基本论点。“别无选择”，安迪以及一名又一名的部长在本周的所有媒体声明中都如此坚称。监狱已经爆满。只有一种解决方案。让杀手、暴力家庭霸凌者和杀警犯提前出狱。别无他法。TINA。如此牵强且懒惰的胡言乱语 —— 这让伯纳姆的蜜月期在仅仅两周后就惨淡收场。至少他好歹经历过一段蜜月期。这比可怜的利西·哈珀（Lissie Harper）要好得多。她的丈夫，结婚不到一个月的人，警察安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper），在三名卑劣且暴力的窃贼车后被拖至惨死，而就在几天后，他本可以和新婚妻子一起去庆祝他们崭新的婚姻。

安迪·伯纳姆在工党的提前释放计划中所表现出的笨拙，简直是该类事件的典型。它带有所有政府典型特征：即一个根本不承认（或不愿承认）自己正全速冲向一条死胡同并最终撞上坚硬砖墙的政府。对于伯纳姆来说，提前释放计划就类似于撒切尔的人头税。

POLL TAX MOMENT：伯纳姆关于监狱提前释放计划的“别无选择”

或者是特拉斯疯狂的小预算案。或者是斯塔默削减冬季燃料津贴。所有这些项目，任何处于自我欺骗泡沫之外的人从一开始就能看出是失败的。是一场灾难。注定失败。任何政治家究竟是如何说服自己的，认为犯罪受害者及其家属、警方或广大公众会接受让社会底层渣滓提前数年出狱，这对我来说简直无法理喻。他们怎么想的？难道他们看不出这项政策完全违背常识吗？绝对会让公众厌恶至极并引发反抗。

至于 TINA —— 当然有替代方案，而不是释放像杰西·科尔（Jessie Cole）和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯（Albert Bowers）这样的杀手，他们在那个可怕的夜晚被判定杀害了哈珀警员。监狱船。废弃的军营。预制的紧急“南丁格尔”监狱。租赁外国监狱空间。在假释条件下释放非暴力女性囚犯，并将男性放入她们的牢房。将数千名外国罪犯遣返回其本国。这些都不是容易实现的选项。但提前释放像科尔和鲍尔斯这样毫无悔意的杀手，以及虐待性的家庭暴力罪犯？那不是一个选项。那是彻头彻尾的失败。而我们，人民，绝不会允许这种情况发生。准备好面对政策大转向吧。

正如下面的朱迪（JUDY）所写，今年的比分是家蝇 10，黄蜂 0。但今年夏天还有另一种巨大的昆虫在消失。挡风玻璃上的飞虫都去哪了？在过去的夏天，即使是短途驾驶，你的挡风玻璃上也会布满微小的尸体。本周，我在酷暑中沿着高速公路和乡村道路行驶了 200 英里的往返路程……当我回到家时，我的屏幕竟然完全干净。显然是因为杀虫剂。我们成功地抹杀了我们微小的乡间亲戚。我不知道该高兴还是该担心。小鸟们肯定是不高兴的。

夏季热浪过后苍蝇横行，余威犹在

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那么，面对这些该死的苍蝇，你打算怎么应对？太可怕了，不是吗？今年出现了成群结队的苍蝇，大批参差不齐的家伙在卧室、浴室，尤其是厨房里嗡嗡作响。打开冰箱简直是一场噩梦，不是吗？如果你花超过三秒钟去拿想要的东西，它们就直接钻进去了。更糟糕的是，如果有人把冰箱门留了一道缝，你打开后会发现被冻得打冷颤的苍蝇在火腿、奶酪、培根、抹酱上缓慢爬行……当然，你必须把所有这些东西直接扔进垃圾桶。落在你食物上的苍蝇，很可能刚刚在室外人行道上的狗屎上大快朵颐。把大肠杆菌（E. coli）读作“大肠苍蝇菌”（E. co-fly）吧。

至于令人厌恶的黄蜂，我今年一只都没见到——而这显然就是问题所在。我们的夏季热浪使黄蜂数量锐减，而它们是苍蝇的顶级掠食者。自然界厌恶真空。现在苍蝇占据了曾经属于黄蜂的领地。真是怎么做都赢不了，对吧？

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当时，这些演出被认为是英国有史以来规模最大的流行音乐演唱会。1986年春，皇后乐队（Queen）宣布他们将在那个夏天在欧洲各地举行一系列演出，以纪念专辑《A Kind of Magic》的发行。当温布利体育场两场演出的门票在瞬间售罄后，巡演末尾在赫特福德郡克内沃斯庄园（Knebworth House）的场地又增加了一场演唱会。这场演出于8月9日星期六举行，约有120,000人参加，成为该乐队在英国本土举办的最大规模演出（前一年在里约热内卢的两场演出共有近600,000人观看）。当时在场的每个人都不知道，这将是皇后乐队在主唱弗雷迪·默丘里（Freddie Mercury）在任期间的最后一次现场演出。

毫无疑问，皇后乐队在1986年是世界上最伟大的乐队。虽然麦当娜、普林斯、迈克尔·杰克逊和布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀都在争夺顶尖独唱艺术家的头衔，但在真正的团体方面，皇后乐队统治了局面。他们在20世纪70年代凭借一系列专辑和单曲脱颖而出（这些作品在2026年的电台里依然每天能听到），乐队在80年代继续发力，发行了如《Another One Bites The Dust》、《Under Pressure》（与大卫·鲍伊合作）以及《I Want To Break Free》等标志性歌曲。1985年7月，他们用一段18分钟的经典金曲串烧在 Live Aid 演出中大获成功。曾与鲍勃·盖尔多夫（Bob Geldof）共同发起 Live Aid 和 Band Aid 以应对埃塞俄比亚饥荒的米奇·尤尔（Midge Ure）曾这样评价皇后乐队在温布利令人惊叹的表现：“在《Radio Gaga》演出期间，整个体育场的人随之鼓掌，而弗雷迪在指挥观众，那景象令人难忘。”

毋庸置疑，如果你想买票观看1986年的“魔幻巡演”（The Magic Tour），你必须行动迅速。“在那时，皇后乐队绝对是世界上最伟大的乐队，”来自萨塞克斯郡霍舍姆（Horsham）的加里·西姆斯（Gary Sims）说道，他在6月7日斯德哥尔摩巡演首演前三天刚满17岁。“他们拥有如此辉煌的记录，他们的音乐吸引了所有年龄段的人，这意味着很多人都想看他们。弗雷迪是一个如此出色的表演者。那时我们对他个人生活一无所知，但这真的无关紧要。你只想见到他，见到乐队，听那些歌曲。你知道那一定会是一个美好的夜晚。”

“当然，另一件我们当时不知道的事是，克内沃斯将成为他的最后一场演出。我觉得自己非常幸运能在那个夏天看到他们。成为其中的一部分是我将永远铭记在心的事情。”

我也曾是那些足够幸运能看到该团体最后几次亮相的人之一。那时还没有信用卡热线或动态定价。你只需在场馆外排队等待轮到自己，或者打电话给票务处并祈祷你能接通，或者邮寄支票，或者去当地的唱片店看看，祈祷柜台后面还留着一批票。你现在可能会笑，但在当时，花£14.50去看一场乐队演出似乎是一笔天文数字，即使是像皇后乐队这么优秀的乐队。而这笔钱不仅让你看到了主演，还让你看到了一系列令人印象深刻的开场嘉宾。我们说的是像 Status Quo、威尔士摇滚乐队 The Alarm，以及一个我们当时都没听说过的澳大利亚新锐团体 INXS。

我对演出本身记得什么？我记得 INXS 的表现始终非常出色，尽管他们不得不抵御一连串的导弹

由期待的人群发起。我记得皇后乐队（Queen）登场并开始演唱《One Vision》，我敢发誓，我的听力在那之后就再也没能完全恢复。我记得在温布利球场的第二场演出中，在唱到四五首歌时我失去了平衡，当时人群危险地左右摇摆，有六七只手自发地伸下来，把我从被踩踏的危机中救了出来。但最令我难忘的是默丘里（Mercury），他可能是娱乐界有史以来最伟大的掌控者，数以万计的人都被他玩弄于股掌之间。我尤其记得在演唱《We Are The Champions》时，他会用说话而非歌唱的方式说出“我感谢你们所有人”这句词，以认可我们这些粉丝在为他提供那个舞台中所扮演的角色。如果你愿意的话，可以将此视为一个浑身散发着戏剧张力的人罕见的公开谦卑表现。

“那场演出被推销给我们，说是我们的回归之作，”Status Quo 乐队的主唱兼吉他手弗朗西斯·罗西（Francis Rossi）回忆道，该乐队据称在 1984 年解散，随后在次年的 Live Aid 上首次演出。“我并不想去给任何人做开场嘉宾。但对方说‘这将是你们的回归之作。你们将在天知道多少人面前演出’。当事情被这样描述时，你就会开始思考‘嗯……’。而且，坦白说，皇后乐队就是皇后乐队。如果你非要给谁做开场，那还不如给他们做。” --- D4157 23

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我认识弗雷迪一段时间了，而且我们非常了解那支乐队。很多人会把 Quo 和 Queen，或者 Queen 和 Quo 放在一起思考。我不明白为什么，但他们确实这么做。也许是因为字母 Q？也许是因为 Live Aid 那件事？而他们（）在 Live Aid 上的表现非常出色。他们非常流畅。“（Live Aid）是一场奇怪的演出，因为随着时间的推移，整个事件的神话色彩就越浓，人们觉得它真的太美妙了。但实际上，它就是一场演出！不过 表现得很棒，而我们负责开场，所以你可以理解为什么在 1986 年把我们和他们安排在一起似乎是个好主意。”在墨丘利生命的最后五年里， 又发行了两张录音室专辑，但这两张专辑都没有配套的巡演。直到他去世前的几个小时，人们才完全明白为什么乐队在 1986. 之后没有进行巡演。在 1991 年 11 月 22 日发布的一份声明中，墨丘利确认他的 HIV 检测呈阳性且患有艾滋病。次日，他在伦敦的家中去世，年仅 45 岁，死因被定为艾滋病引起的支气管肺炎。从那时起， 的两名成员布赖恩·梅和罗杰·泰勒偶尔会以 的名义与包括保罗·罗杰斯和亚当·兰伯特在内的其他歌手共同演出，而贝斯手约翰·迪肯则选择了平静的生活并提前退休。在为“魔幻巡演”（The Magic Tour）制作的节目单中（这么多年后，我书架上还放着一份副本），迪肯将 成功的关键描述为：“实际上，就是同样的四个人。这是主线。”随着墨丘利的离世，迪肯似乎认为这条主线已经断了。而且，在充分尊重罗杰斯和兰伯特这类歌手的前提下，持有此观点的人并不止他一个。毕竟，你如何取代一个不可替代的人？“我一直很讨厌人们问‘谁是你最喜欢的歌手？’或者‘谁是你最喜欢的乐队？’之类的话，因为有太多优秀的人了，”弗朗西斯·罗西补充道。“一个最喜欢的？我有数百个最爱——比如杰夫·林恩、康妮·弗朗西斯、兰迪·克劳福德等等。但就他们对每个人的意义而言，你得非常出色才能击败弗雷迪，不是吗？也许是大卫·鲍伊？鲍伊是另一个层级的人，我很喜欢他。但弗雷迪是一位伟大乐队中的伟大歌手，而且他本人也非常可爱。现在已经不再产生那样的人了。” --- 24 D4957

威胁名人的青少年承认持砍刀抢劫

作者：TRISTAN KIRK

一名曾威胁要砍掉 Aled Jones 的头，并试图偷走一名《布里杰顿》演员的手机而使其受到创伤的青少年，现已承认在抢劫奢侈手表时使用了砍刀。

Zacariah Boulares 在伏击《赞美之歌》（Songs Of Praise）主持人 Jones 先生并抢走其价值 £17,000 的劳力士手表时年仅 16 岁。在 2023 年 7 月的抢劫案后，他告诉对方：“往那边走，否则我就砍掉你的头。”

Boulares 目前正在服刑 22 个月的监禁，原因是去年 2 月发生的一起袭击事件。当时他在西伦敦肯辛顿的一家咖啡馆试图偷走《布里杰顿》演员 Genevieve Chenneour 的 iPhone，并将其强行按在地上。

现在，这名惯犯承认在 2023 年 8 月的两起事件中携带砍刀，目标是抢夺受害者的劳力士手表。他在肯辛顿抢劫了 Mark Turner，10 天后再次出手，试图从贝斯沃特的 Neil Tallantire 处抢走一块劳力士，但以失败告终。

昨天在南华克刑事法院，亚历山大·米尔恩（Alexander Milne）大律师法官将此案休庭，以便在量刑前完成心理评估和缓刑报告。

现年 19 岁的 Boulares 出庭就抢劫 Turner 先生一事认罪，此前他在一次听证会上已承认企图抢劫 Tallantire 先生。他还承认持有砍刀。

2025 年 7 月，Boulares 在艾尔沃思刑事法院因一系列罪行被判入狱，其中包括企图偷走 Chenneour 女士的手机以及抢劫一名盲人女性。

马丁·埃德蒙兹（Martin Edmunds）大律师法官表示，Boulares 专门在富裕地区寻找“肥羊”，呈现出一种“在人们于餐厅享用美食或饮品时对其进行抢劫的系统性模式”。

他补充道：“你似乎深受一种心态的困扰，认为如果人们买得起好东西，你就可以抢走它们。”

2023 年，来自费尔瑟姆（Feltham）的 Boulares 因抢劫 Jones 先生以及在帕丁顿车站抢走一名 70 多岁男子价值 £20,000 的劳力士手表，被判处 24 个月的拘留与培训令。

他预计将于 8 月 11 日再次出庭。

Zacariah Boulares 为实施盗窃携带砍刀 Brahim Keddad 认罪

“劳力士撕裂者”因企图盗窃被判 2 年

作者：TRISTAN KIRK

一名在暴力抢夺一块价值 £250,000 手表时被抓获的“劳力士撕裂者”被判处两年多监禁。

29 岁的 Brahim Keddad 将 Sun Tao 推倒在地，试图从其手腕上强行抢走一块理查米尔（Richard Mille）腕表。

Keddad 拥有 20 多项盗窃和抢劫罪行的定罪记录，他在伦敦市中心梅费尔区被尾随他的便衣警察抓获。

这名法国人在 4 月 30 日承认企图抢劫后，被南华克刑事法院判处 28 个月监禁。

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商店盗窃流行病 25

作者：NATHAN PYNN 两名胆大妄为的窃贼在盗窃 100 张彩票刮刮卡以及烟草和名牌太阳镜后被判入狱，他们的犯罪过程被闭路电视（CCTV）拍下。

41, 岁的 Carl Powell 和 39, 岁的 Robert Preece-Smith 合作，在连续几天内将诺丁汉市中心的商店作为目标，随后被警员追踪并逮捕。

两人首先于 8 月 1, 日袭击了 Vision Express，闭路电视显示他们假装浏览，实则偷偷窃取多副太阳镜。

仅 24 小时后，两人将目标转向一家特易购（Tesco）Express。闭路电视显示 Preece-Smith 负责放哨，而 Powell 等待员工离开收银台，然后伸手抓走了 100 张刮刮卡。随后 Powell 跳过柜台，抓起 10 箱烟草，与 Preece-Smith 一起走出店外，后者用购物箱装了更多物品。

在警方迅速确认两人身份后，两人于两天后被抓获。没有固定住所的 Preece-Smith 被指控两项商店盗窃罪。他在 8 月 4 日在诺丁汉治安法院承认有罪，被判处 10 周监禁。来自 Ripley 的 Powell 承认了一项入室盗窃和一项商店盗窃，被判处 12 周监禁。

上方为 Carl Powell，下方为同伙 Robert Preece-Smith

作者：MIEKA SMILES 在米德尔斯堡

满墙的闭路电视、厚厚的防护屏和紧急按钮。这些或许都是高安全级别监狱或警察局的标志。但这里不是那种地方。我在家乡米德尔斯堡的一家当地便利店里。我为米德尔斯堡感到无比自豪。

这里是我成长的地方，是我担任议员的地方，也是我抚养家庭的地方。这就是为什么看到它因为错误的原因而位居排行榜首位时，我感到如此心痛。其中一项令人质疑的榜首记录就是商店盗窃。米德尔斯堡所在的克利夫兰警区继续记录下英格兰和威尔士最高的商店盗窃率，每 1,000 人中有 15.9 起犯罪——几乎是全国平均水平的两倍。为了了解这个可怕的数字如何影响企业和居民，我采访了店主和当地人。企业主贝·巴希尔（Bay Bashir）经营着五个 Go Local Extra 品牌的便利店。在观看一段监控录像时，我感到胃里翻江倒海：他的一名员工——一位祖母——正被一名戴着巴拉克拉法帽、挥舞着一把大刀并索要现金的男子威胁。当该男子强行闯入收银台后方时，她试图用一张凳子将他挡住。贝，53, 说：“我必须保护我的员工。这位女士是一位母亲，也是一位祖母。这不公平。没有人应该在来上班做一份工作时，不得不忍受这种事情。”他的员工配备了身体摄像头和耳机，以便立即与

“不应该有人在工作时还得忍受持械抢劫”

彼此沟通，以及自新冠疫情以来一直安装的厚计数台屏幕，还有一个与警方实时连接的紧急按钮。29 岁的 Atul Kelut 经营着林索普路（Linthorpe Road）上的 Phone Castle。他表示问题主要出在青少年身上，他说：“他们成群结队地进来。一个会开始和你聊天，另一个则趁机偷窃。”Atul 表示，处理这些事件所花费的时间影响了他的业务运营以及他的“租赁平静”。他解释说自己有“信任问题”，虽然他有“可爱的顾客”，但青少年会提高他的警觉水平，而他“对他们无计可施”。

所谓的 £200 “规则”对盗窃心理产生了巨大影响，尽管目前已有计划将其废除。2014 年在英格兰和威尔士实施的法律将价值 £200 或以下的商品盗窃归类为低价值商店盗窃，这类案件可在治安法院处理，最高处罚较低。有些人对商店窃贼表示同情，称这是由贫困驱动的问题。米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough）拥有英国最严重的贫困地区。18 岁的自雇 TikTok 博主 Matthew Dowdall 表示：“我见过很多次了。这破坏了人们的平静。”他认为“糟糕的”经济状况导致了这个问题。

与他的沙皮犬 Coco 同住的 45 岁擦窗工 David Matthews 表示赞同，称“人们买不起东西”。他说窃贼经常出入和他相同的酒吧，出售肉类、洗衣凝珠和 Lurpak 黄油——这些是能够快速抓取并迅速售出的高价值商品。他还表示毒品是一个关键驱动因素，应该由更多的巡警采取“更严厉的行动”。

但并非所有人都如此宽容。来自附近塞奇菲尔德（Sedgefield）的 76 岁退休测量员 Alan Berresford 指着林索普路告诉我：“有个小伙子进了那边的电子产品店，抓起一台大收音机就跑出了门。”Alan 补充道：“砍掉他们的手指。”我笑了，因为我以为他在开玩笑。但他没有，他说：“我是认真的。”

克利夫兰警方和米德尔斯堡市议会告诉我，他们正在尽最大努力打击商店盗窃。首席督察 Jamie Bell 表示，他充分意识到挑战所在，他的警员正在“努力工作”以解决这些问题。市议会表示将加强其 CCTV 监控。政府也确认将“废除让太多罪犯逃脱惩罚的 £200 规则”。这会奏效吗？时间会给出答案。与此同时，企业主和员工将被迫在一种似乎已成为新常态的可怕现实中经营。

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DAISY 作者：CRAIG PATON

爱丁堡艺穗节（Edinburgh Fringe）的负责人坚称，该节日“不惧争议”，因为已有超过 7,000 人签署请愿书，要求取消 Amanda Knox 的演出。39 岁的美国人 Knox 女士在意大利因涉嫌谋杀好友 Meredith Kercher 而被错误监禁，最终被宣告无罪。现在，她计划将她的单口喜剧表演《侧手翻》（Cartwheel）带到本月在苏格兰首府举行的展演中，这引发了争议。Meredith 的姐姐 Stephanie 表示，她认为将该演出设定为喜剧形式“使针对女性的暴力常态化且琐碎化”。

在 BBC 苏格兰广播电台（BBC Radio Scotland）接受采访时，艺穗协会（Fringe Society）主任 Tony Lancaster 表示，该节日对于引起愤怒并不陌生。他说：“我们不惧争议。关于（演出）是否继续进行的决定权在 Amanda 本人以及场馆手中。这是他们可以商议的事，但就我而言，我认为如果你开放一个舞台，称其为开放准入节日并邀请人们来讲述他们的故事，你就必须准备好面对一些争议——这是必然会发生的。”

“尽管我们对出现的个案表示同情，而且绝对地，作为一名家长，我可以理解他们（Meredith 的家人）所描述的痛苦，但这不能成为一个评判标准。”

他补充说，边缘艺术节（Fringe）不会逾越的界限是法律界限：“如果任何人想利用边缘艺术节来违法、煽动暴力或发表仇恨言论，那是很明确的，那是我们的红线。”英国交换生梅雷迪思（Meredith），

边缘艺术节“并不害怕”诺克斯剧目引发的争议

7,000人反对喜剧演出被取消

左侧的斯蒂芬妮·克切尔与不幸遇害的 21, 梅雷迪斯，后者于 2007. 在佩鲁贾被杀。室友诺克斯女士及其当时的男友拉法埃莱·索莱奇托曾被判定谋杀及性侵。两人均在 2015. 被宣告无罪。诺克斯女士的剧目《侧手翻》（Cartwheel）——其名称源于有关她在好友去世后在警察局表演侧手翻的说法——将从本周末起由 Gilded Balloon Teviot 承办。梅雷迪斯的姐姐斯蒂芬妮表示，她“无法想象”强奸和谋杀如何能成为喜剧的主题。一项反对该演出的请愿书已获得数千人签名。身为两个孩子母亲的诺克斯女士为该剧辩护称：“无论是这份请愿书的作者，还是任何签署它的人，都没有看过《侧手翻》。”“请愿书中包含许多错误的假设，并完全误读了这部剧。”“《侧手翻》旨在纪念梅雷迪斯·克切尔，并谴责对她以及对我实施的暴力。以旨在羞辱和诋毁一名受冤女性使其噤声的虚假指控为由，请愿取消一场没人看过的演出，这并不是反对《侧手翻》的理由。”“这恰恰是对《侧手翻》的主旨以及它为何值得存在的一个相当精准的描述。”“而爱丁堡边缘艺术节正是此类剧目的绝佳之地。”

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英格兰球星托尼因索霍俱乐部事件被指控袭击

现已关闭的 100 Wardour Street 俱乐部

英格兰足球运动员伊万·托尼在索霍的一家夜总会发生事件后被指控袭击。这位 30 岁的前锋目前效力于沙特阿拉伯俱乐部 Al-Ahli，被指控于 6, 2025, 在伦敦市中心 Wardour Street 的一家场所实施造成实际身体伤害的袭击。大都会警察局表示，托尼于 31 日被指控造成实际身体伤害的袭击。 BY CATHERINE WYLIE 托尼的一位发言人表示：“伊万承认该指控，尽管他自然感到震惊，但他期待能获得在法庭上洗清冤屈的机会。”来自北安普顿的托尼将于 24. 在威斯敏斯特治安法院出庭。据报道，涉嫌事件发生在 100 Wardour Street，该店随后已关闭。曾效力于布伦特福德的前锋托尼在 2024 年 8 月的转会截止日成为了最奇特转会之一的中心，当时他完成了一次据报道价值 £4000 万 的深夜转会加盟 Al-Ahli。他上个月在世界杯赛事中为英格兰队完成了首秀，出场两次。托尼在故乡俱乐部北安普顿镇开始其职业生涯，随后先后效力于纽卡斯尔和彼得伯勒联。

身着三狮军团球衣的伊万·托尼

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DAVIST 27

当地人的封路噩梦

恢复营业！在巨大的天坑导致道路关闭 18 个月后，村庄重新向交通开放

独家报道

记者：艾米莉·赖特 (EMILY WRIGHT)

一个如明信片般美丽的萨里郡村庄正试图在经历了一场导致主干道关闭近一年半的65英尺深天坑事故后，重新恢复原貌。在一项耗资£350 万的工程项目之后，戈德斯通高街（Godstone High Street）于一周前正式恢复通车。尽管议会官员对封路结束表示欣喜，但当地商家表示，这场噩梦远未结束——过路客流量已消失殆尽，而顾客前往其他地方消费的习惯已根深蒂固。

由于18个月没有过路客流量，三家企业永久关闭，其余企业则不得不通过创意和协作来争取生存。DD Services Ltd的所有者、机械师谢恩·弗赖（Shane Fry）在2025年2月天坑出现时，正坐在路边的一家酒吧里玩飞镖。但他的震惊很快变成了沮丧，因为受影响的企业在寻求当地政府的信息和支持时举步维艰。

他表示：“我很确定在真正获得帮助之前，大概过了将近三个月。刚开始的时候，根本没有人真正负责。‘我们每天面对的现场经理都不一样。’”由于担心道路稳定性，配送也停止了，这迫使弗赖先生采取极端措施将零件运往他的车间。

他说道：“那简直是一场噩梦。我不得不从马路对面买了几辆手推车，我们得在公交车站和配送司机接头，然后推着手推车跑回来。”

在街道另一端的“野兔与猎犬”酒吧（The Hare and Hounds），酒吧老板马克·库利南（Mark Cullinan）对贸易反弹的速度持怀疑态度。他看到封路期间营业额下降了40%。

他补充道：“一半的人可能根本不知道路已经开了。18个月是很长一段时间。人们会找到去目的地的替代路线，然后就再也不走这条路了。”

该村庄直接位于M25高速公路出口和A25公路沿线——使其成为前往盖特威克（Gatwick）、布赖顿（Brighton）和南海岸过路流量的“中心地带”。但在封路期间，这一切都停止了。

库利南先生说：“我读到过关于日本和韩国道路的消息，巨大的天坑在24小时后就能修补好。而在这里，简直是彻头彻尾的无能。太荒谬了。”

他回忆起天坑出现时，30户人家在深夜被紧急撤离的混乱场景。“有个家伙半夜被赶出家门，他开车到池塘边，在车里过夜，”他说，“我认为（当地政府）根本不知道自己在做什么。”

库利南先生指着坍塌现场旁边关闭的A Plus超市补充道：“我们仍然不知道约翰是否会重新开业。他自己也不太确定是否要这么做。机械师谢恩不得不使用手推车配送货物。老板马克·库利南和店主菲奥娜·奎尔奇（Fiona Quelch）是共同努力的商业人士之中的成员。他的周收入可能从五千英镑变成了零。再加上新冠疫情的影响——很多企业还没有恢复过来。”

他还表示，村民们长期以来都知道戈德斯通地底的地基不稳定。“问问任何住在这里的人，”他补充道，“这里到处是洞穴！你可以走进这里的地下室，然后在地下走到‘白房子’（White House）和‘贝尔’（the Bell）。”

“让我们觉得好笑的是，议会居然说：‘哦，我们对这些洞穴一无所知’，然后有人公布了一张1890年的地形测量图，显示了这些洞穴的位置，还配有一张马车掉进去的照片。”

该村庄坐落在沙地上，从18世纪起这里曾被大量开采用于玻璃制造——留下了纵横交错的隧道。1869年和1872年的地图显示，就在最近陨石坑出现的地方仅几米之遥，有一个“地下沙坑入口”。1879年，一匹马、一辆马车和一名司机在同一段路上的巨大坍塌中失踪，并损坏了当地的水管主干线。

最近的一次坍塌发生在一次水

主水管泄漏。四个月后，在2025年6月，由于发现了19世纪的矿井网络，维修工作被推迟。为了修复该洞口，专业承包商向数米深的钻孔中注入了1,100吨水泥浆以稳定矿井作业区，随后在地面附近进行了树脂注射。经营古董和收藏品店 Godstone Emporium 的道恩·博格（Dawn Burger）和菲奥娜·奎尔奇（Fiona Quelch）表示，该店之所以能生存下来，完全是因为社区的支持以及各企业共同努力以获得更清晰的路标。商家们成功发起活动，将宣布“Godstone 关闭”的电子标志——这给人一种所有商店都关门的印象——更换为明确标注企业营业的更新标志。他们还争取到了一套之字形进入系统并拆除了路障，以便驾驶员仍能到达高街的店面。但博格女士表示：“因为人们必须绕道行驶，他们就根本不想费事在 Godstone 停留。那里变成了他们只是经过的地方，而且停车变得非常困难。”

她补充道：“夏天通常要安静得多，但我们希望到圣诞节时，一切都能恢复正常。”在当地国会议员克莱尔·库廷霍（Claire Coutinho）和坦德里奇区议会（Tandridge District Council）的支持下，受影响的商家还获得了直到明年3月的商业税困难救济。萨里郡议会（Surrey County Council）负责公路、交通和经济增长的内阁成员马特·弗尼斯（Matt Furniss）表示：“我对本月初完成的受影响道路修复和重新铺设工作感到非常高兴。”“我想感谢居民和企业在我们处理这一挑战性事件期间所表现出的耐心。”SES Water也表达了同样的感激之情，并表示更换水主管的工作已经完成。坦德里奇区议会领导人凯瑟琳·塞耶（Catherine Sayer）议员表示：“我们意识到此次事件造成的重大干扰以及对当地企业的影响。”“自从道路塌陷发生以来，我们一直向直接受影响的企业提供商业税困难救济，并继续通过拨款、商业支持活动、免费的萨里商会会员资格、关于营销、社交媒体和视频内容创作的培训机会、时事通讯、一对一咨询和临时诊所来支持戈德斯通（Godstone）的企业。”“我们的经济负责人仍与当地企业保持定期联系，并提供持续支持。”

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28 DAYLST

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在工厂商店进行装备配置

作者：汉娜·布里特 (Hannah Britt)

当安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 搬进 10 号并决定更新衣橱时，这位首相最钟爱的服装制造商正沉浸在品牌史上最好的免费广告中。无论是 £80 的 T 恤还是 £295 的一条牛仔裤，每当这位前大曼彻斯特市长穿着该品牌的单品时，拥有 150 年历史的 Private White V.C. 的销量就会飙升。

就像安迪·伯纳姆一样，这家企业深深根植于北方的传统之中。该公司的座右铭是“一次一件雨衣，拯救英国”，其红砖工厂位于萨尔福德 (Salford) 的欧威尔河 (River Irwell) 畔，就在曼彻斯特市中心以北，距离新的北方 10 号赫伦大厦 (Heron House) 步行仅 25 分钟。

伯纳姆先生上周六顺道拜访，购买了一件由优质英国面料制成的羊毛短大衣。他还拥有一件 £695 的哈灵顿夹克 (Harrington jacket)、牛仔裤和一套量身定制的西装。从庆祝在梅克菲尔德 (Makerfield) 获胜时穿着的哈灵顿夹克，到一件新的羊毛短大衣，安迪·伯纳姆正在帮助推广一家曼彻斯特制造商，而这家公司的故事始于一位第一次世界大战的英雄……

Private White V.C. 的首席执行官詹姆斯·伊登 (James Eden) 是品牌创始人、一战英雄杰克·怀特 (Jack White V.C.) 的曾孙。他表示：“安迪成为我们品牌的粉丝和忠实支持者已经三年了。这里没有免费赠品——他所有的单品都是自己购买的。”

随着伯纳姆先生从大曼彻斯特市长晋升为首相，曾任投资银行家的詹姆斯希望他会购买更多产品。43 岁的詹姆斯与妻子和三个孩子住在附近的阿尔特林查姆 (Altrincham)，他描述了首相最近一次半小时的到访，说道：“他在挑选单品时，喝着建筑工茶 (builders' tea)，吃着巧克力 Hobnobs 饼干和 Jaffa Cakes 饼干。他是最真实的人。他为自己是曼彻斯特人感到无比自豪，并且热衷于支持我们当地的英国

品牌。”

21 岁的营销主管哈里森·希顿 (Harrison Heaton) 表示赞同，他说：“你完全不会觉得自己在服务这个国家的最高领导人，他非常接地气。而且他穿我们的衣服确实很好看。”

Private White V.C. 工厂的地契可以追溯到 1853 年，但品牌的故事始于杰克·怀特。作为一战中的一名二等兵，杰克在 1917 年顶着密集的机枪火力跳入河中，将一根铜电话线系在船上并将其拖至安全地带，当时船上的其他所有人要么被杀，要么受伤，因此他被授予了维多利亚十字勋章。

詹姆斯补充道：“我们在很多衣服上加入了铜质细节，以向他的勇敢致敬。”例如，伯纳姆先生在庆祝梅克菲尔德补选获胜时穿着的哈灵顿夹克就配有铜色拉链。

当杰克回归平民生活后，他在萨尔福德当地的一家雨衣工厂担任学徒，接受裁剪员培训。随后，他成为了工厂主管、总经理，并最终成为了工厂的所有者。他在 20 世纪 40 年代去世后，企业经历了不同的形式和家族成员的经营。

1996 年，13 岁的詹姆斯开始在工厂工作以赚取一些暑期零用钱。他说：“当时，工厂是一家私有品牌公司，为表面上世界上最好的品牌制造服装。作为——

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DKTST 29

英国服装品牌在唐宁街获得极高认可

照片显示了用于为演员伊桑·霍克（Ethan Hawke）制作头部模具的底座。

“作为一个容易受影响的青少年，我一直被博柏利（Burberry）的格纹或 Aquascutum 的图案所吸引。”在像塔迪斯（Tardis）一样的工厂楼上，一个档案室存放着多年来工厂生产的几乎每件服装的样本。在参观厂区期间，詹姆斯向我展示了一件工厂在 1966 年为赢得世界杯的英格兰足球队制作的大衣，被称为“拉姆齐雨衣”（Ramsey Raincoat）。詹姆斯在 20 多岁时从事银行工作，在 2008 年金融危机中幸存，但他在 2012 年选择离职并投资这家工厂——将业务转型为生产公司自有品牌的服装，而不是为其他优质品牌代工。于是，现代时期的 Private White V.C. 诞生了。这个来自曼彻斯特的男装品牌目前雇佣了 100 多人，并曾为大卫·贝克汉姆、利亚姆·加拉格尔、汤姆·哈迪和皮尔斯·布鲁南等名人提供服装。模特大卫·甘迪和演艺传奇罗素·克劳也被拍到穿着该品牌的衣服。詹姆斯指出：“我们也为女性制作定制服装，安妮公主就是我们的粉丝。”

穿过一扇红色大门进入工厂，一个时尚的一楼店铺吸引了包括老鹰乐队（Eagles）、酷玩乐队（Coldplay）和丹尼尔·克雷格在内的顾客。那里有一幅巨大的顶天立地式维克多漫画，以卡通形式描绘了杰克在第一次世界大战中的英雄事迹。一件战时风衣自豪地立在模特身上，底部仍留有油渍。詹姆斯说：“那件大衣见证了很多事情。它是为第二次世界大战中的同盟国军队制作的。”伯纳姆的哈灵顿夹克（Harrington jacket）就展示在附近，旁边是一张印有品牌格言“一次一件雨衣，拯救英国”的海报。詹姆斯说：“我们的哈灵顿夹克的故事始于第二次世界大战，当时温斯顿·丘吉尔要求寻找一种能保护在冰冷海水中坠机的英国皇家空军（RAF）飞行员的面料。如果你掉进水里，被淋湿，变冷，那就没救了。结果就是在曼彻斯特迪兹伯里的雪莉研究所（The Shirley Institute）发明的 Ventile [一种 100% 棉的高密度面料]。直到今天，它依然无可匹敌。”哈灵顿夹克的接缝处使用了铜，以防止水分通过微小的针孔渗入。

在楼上的工厂核心区域，65 岁的面料裁剪工德里克·休斯（Derek Hughes）已在品牌工作 26 年，他说：“我们像一个家庭，并为我们生产的产品感到非常自豪。”在车间中央，两台 100 年前曼彻斯特制造的裁剪机至今仍在运行。所有服装均由手工裁剪、缝制和完成。PRIVATE White V.C. 的服装在现场制作，使用 90% 的本地采购材料，苏格兰羊绒和瑞士五金件除外。詹姆斯说：“我们是一个真正的英国品牌，一个循环经济，从当地企业采购。”他展示了一卷用于制作伊桑·霍克所穿大衣的羊毛。标签上写着“织造于兰开夏郡奥尔德姆的德尔夫（Delph, Oldham, Lancashire）”。

关于服装的价格，詹姆斯解释道：“我们支付最高的价格购买最好的材料——并且在本地采购。我们给员工支付优厚的薪水，因此有些人已经在品牌工作了数十年。你支付的不是机器大规模生产一件衣服的费用，而是支付给一名高技能工匠手工制作一件作品的费用。我们在材料、纱线和劳动力上绝不妥协。”詹姆斯希望已经到访过该店约六次的伯纳姆先生能激励其他人从他们这里购买。他说：“目前我们出口的服装比在英国本土销售的更多。我们最大的市场是美国，他们似乎比英国人更欣赏英国服装。我们很希望这种情况能改变。”

“如果人们将钱花在英国品牌上，这将促进经济并增加机遇。这个国家拥有如此深厚的纺织历史，我们为能代表国家而感到无比自豪。” ● 欲了解更多信息，请访问 privatewhitevc.com 世界大豆展 --- D4 / 07

英国警察记录的不可思议的超自然真实故事，现已在所有正规书店及亚马逊发售 # 警察的近距离接触

英国警察记录的不可思议的超自然真实故事 副本 督察 WOV TEAGUE

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来自《舞动奇迹》(Strictly) 的香槟和舞鞋；右侧为古董人物像和双嘴茶壶

多毛骑手 (Hairy Biker) 戴夫·迈尔斯 (Dave Myers) 的遗孀认为，这位深受喜爱的电视厨师在生前积累的经历足以抵得上五辈子。现在，这位热情且善良的主持人的纪念活动将通过一场拍卖会来举行，拍卖 300 件个人物品，日期定在 September 8, 也就是他本该迎来 69. 岁生日的那一天。Lili, 59, 正在出售他一些最珍贵的财物，部分收益将捐给 NSPCC 和 Childline。戴夫在与癌症抗争后，于 February 28, 2024, 去世。莉莉表示：“我保留了很多东西，但现在是我可以开始前行的时刻。”这些物品讲述了戴夫丰富多彩的生活，从他的学生时代，到他担任特效化妆师、多毛骑手以及《舞动奇迹》(Strictly Come Dancing) 参赛者的时光。他的骑行靴、头盔和夹克、古董、艺术品、胡须梳以及在《舞动奇迹》期间的纪念品均在出售。这些拍品的估价在 £40 到 £2,000. 之间。与戴夫结婚 13 年的莉莉表示：

作者：GEMMA McCARTNEY

“每一件物品都讲述了他旅程和经历中的一个故事。其中一半的物品与我不了解的时期有关。我是在他开始担任电视名人时才认识他的。许多物品一直放在箱子里，所以对我来说也是新鲜的。他的学校成绩单，他与不同合作者拍摄的照片……对我来说，这是一个美丽的发现过程。”

戴夫出生于坎布里亚郡的巴罗-因-弗内斯 (Barrow-in-Furness)，生活多姿多彩，但他最著名的身份是长寿电视节目《多毛骑手》(The Hairy Bikers) 的主持人，在该节目中，他与好友西·金 (Si King) 徒步游历各地，学习文化并烹饪美食。该节目始于 2004 年，成为英国电视的常驻节目，拥有超过 30 个系列和数百万忠实观众。

部分出售的物品来自他担任电视厨师期间，包括一套他在拍摄《海外厨师》(A Cook Abroad) 时穿着的 Christian Lacroix 米色亚麻西装。莉莉说：“他在埃及拍摄尼罗河游轮之旅以及访问努比亚部落时穿着它。他告诉我：‘我穿着这套白色西装，而努比亚人在我附近宰杀一只山羊。’我可以想象他身处那艘尼罗河游轮上，感觉就像阿加莎·克里斯蒂电影中的一个角色。”

戴夫担任化妆师 23 年，莉莉拥有他与演员帕特里克·斯图尔特爵士 (Sir Patrick Stewart) 和 007 影星罗杰·摩尔爵士 (Sir Roger Moore) 等人合作的照片。

戴夫和西·金：左侧为莉莉拿着戴夫 2014, 参加圣诞剧 (panto) 的海报

罗杰爵士的一封信写道：“亲爱的戴维，感谢你对我这张老脸的悉心照料，我期待再次体验。谢谢，罗杰·摩尔。”古灵精怪的戴维还拥有一张标志性电视名厨德莉亚的签名照。莉莉说：“他一直是德莉亚的粉丝。他幻想德莉亚在厨房里裸体做饭，并把这个故事讲给他的朋友和邻居听。其中一位邻居写信给德莉亚，于是她在2006年给戴维寄回了一张装在水晶相框里的照片。他对此感到非常自豪。之后我们见到了她，她是个极好的人。”戴维的风格独树一帜——穿着混搭的衬衫，留着长胡须和翘起的八字胡。他的胡须梳也将被拍卖。“他对自己的胡须和胡子非常讲究。他每天早晨都有非常严格的打理流程。他会把八字胡的末端向上翘起，这是他在参加圣诞剧《灰姑娘》饰演哈杜普男爵（Baron Hardup）时学到的。他一直保留这个习惯，因为他喜欢这种效果，这成了他个性的一部分。这把小梳子被经常使用。”戴维非常喜欢在2013年参加《舞动奇迹》（Strictly），并与专业舞者卡伦·豪尔（Karen Hauer）搭档。该节目的一些纪念品，包括他的舞鞋和一瓶香槟，都在拍卖之列。莉莉笑着说：“这个男人根本不是舞者。他是个追求闪耀和魅力的人，他热爱那些镶满水钻的头盔。卡伦常对他说：‘你不是只有两只左脚，你是好几只左脚。’在他们排练的第一天，她在教他跳舞之前，必须先教他怎么走直线。”戴维的离世在莉莉的生活中留下了巨大的空洞，但她将悲痛转化为帮助他人的动力。在最近一次“戴维日”（Dave Day）活动中，摩托车骑手们从伦敦的Ace Cafe骑行至巴罗，旨在为NSPCC的Childline筹款，吸引了超过40,000名骑手。她说：“失去戴维的那一刻，我决定去帮助那些处于同样境地的人。我利用自己的经验去引导那些正在经历丧亲之痛、疾病或难以面对某些困境的人。我找到了自己的目标。”这次拍卖对莉莉来说将是一个充满情感的时刻，尤其是她的儿子将在几天前于罗马尼亚结婚。“他在自己的餐桌上为戴维留了一个特别的座位。而且他将佩戴一个纪念戴维的吊坠。之后我必须飞回来参加这次拍卖。”戴维虽然不是她两个孩子塞尔吉乌（Sergiu）和伊莎贝尔（Izabelle）的生物学父亲，但与他们关系非常亲密。“他们不可能希望有更好的父亲了。他们的生物学父亲，也就是我的前夫，在他们的生活中扮演着重要角色，但他们学习榜样是戴维。戴维教会了他们自由，就像他教会我自由一样。这是他们能得到最好的礼物。他们之间关系极好，非常想念他。”戴维是一个积极乐观的人，直到最后一刻。尽管在与病魔斗争的两年里，曾有过绝望和悲伤的时刻，他与莉莉会躺在地上痛哭，但他依然坚持工作，而这“支撑着他走下去”。“他太棒了。他能点亮整个房间，能给任何事情带来活力。他就像一个能量球，一直有事情在忙。总在搞些古怪、疯狂的事情。我每天早上看着他就能感觉到，他今天肯定又在策划什么。”已故的“毛发骑手”戴维·迈尔斯（Dave Myers）的遗物将于9月8日（星期二）在纽伯里的Special Auction Services拍卖，那天本应是他的69岁生日。REPRODUCTION BY DILLON 1998 --- 32 DWST

丘吉尔的海盗...

他们是一支由70,000名渔民、志愿者和陆地新手组成的队伍，操纵着超过6,000艘小船。他们的故事在很大程度上被忽视了，而现在终于通过未发表的信件、日记以及对少数幸存老兵的采访而被揭开。在寒冷的北极空气中，西德·克斯莱克（Sid Kerslake）打开一罐冰镇番茄汁，在早晨的阳光下坐在英国武装拖网渔船的甲板上，船只正航行在北冰洋中。这位来自赫尔（Hull）的前渔民反思道，即便在战争期间，生活也可能更糟。那是1942年7月2日，星期四。五天前，“北方宝石号”（Northern Gem）——一艘在战争初期被改装成武装U潜艇猎手的深海拖网渔船——作为英国皇家海军近距离护航部队的一部分离开了冰岛，保护着36艘货船，船上装载了足以装备50,000人的珍贵战争物资，包括300架飞机、600辆坦克以及4,200辆卡车和拖车。他们的目的地是2,000英里外的阿尔汉格尔斯克。这次护航船队的代号是PQ17，是迄今为止发往苏联规模最大的一次。在短短几个小时内，对于克斯莱克及其船员来说，这将成为第二次世界大战中盟军最惨重的海军灾难之一。自1941年8月起，在丘吉尔的命令下，此类护航船队一直在向斯大林的苏联提供物资，而在此三个月前，德国坦克开入俄罗斯的“巴巴罗萨行动”正式启动。尽管这些航线至关重要，但一边紧贴挪威顶部，另一边紧邻北极圈，对于船员们来说，这是所有航程中最寒冷、最令人厌恶且最被憎恨的旅程，

独家报道 作者：Will Iredale

这可能会导致紧张局势。在一次护航任务期间，反潜拖网渔船“北方骄傲号”（Northern Pride）上的一名无线电操作员在日记中写道，关于他的指挥官们：“想到有四个如此没用的蠢货被委以50名男人的生命，我就感到恼火。”在冬季，这意味着全天候在完全的黑暗中运行，气温低至零下30℃。而在夏季，24小时的日光则确保了护航船队更容易受到来自德国占领下的挪威的空中袭击。最恐怖的是，他们处于“提尔皮茨号”（Tirpitz）——希特勒那艘42,500吨战列舰的攻击范围内。丘吉尔本人曾宣布这次航行是“在可怕的狂风和不断的危险中进行的一场冷酷而艰苦的努力”。

当“北方宝石号”（Northern Gem）突然响起战斗位置警报时，西德·克斯莱克（Sid Kerslake）正啜饮着他的番茄汁，心中并未想到这些。克斯莱克看到六架德国双翼飞机正在靠近，鱼雷悬挂在机腹下。有人大喊：“右舷后方有鱼雷！”克斯莱克僵住了，低头看到一枚鱼雷正笔直地冲向“宝石号”的船舷，在清澈的海水中拖着气泡。他能感觉到自己的心在剧烈跳动。“左满舵！”船长大喊，随后“宝石号”猛地向左转向。令克斯莱克感到宽慰的是，鱼雷没击中。

两天后，即 July 4, 1942, 克斯莱克再次回到“北方宝石号”的炮台上，这时他看到地平线上出现了一些起初被他认为是鸟群的东西。“我开始数……1-2-3-10-15-25。我放弃了，跑向舰桥。”至少有25架双发动机的He 111轰炸机正在靠近，并分成三到四架飞机的小组。领航飞机从舰桥的左舷飞过，冲向船队。舰队的火炮发出轰鸣，开始开火。尽管船队中有三艘船被击沉或瘫痪，一艘受损，但船队在猛烈的攻击下依然坚守，继续向东缓慢行驶。

然而，在伦敦，海军部认为“提尔皮茨号”正前往攻击PQ17船队，陷入了恐慌。在 9. 23pm，船队接到命令四散撤离。事实上，“提尔皮茨号”并没有攻击该舰队。但已经太迟了。PQ17船队不复存在。在“北方宝石号”的舰桥上，西德·克斯莱克看着大船上 hoisted 起的四散旗。“我们为什么要分开？”他大声说道，“我们现在这样更好，单独行动我们根本没有机会！”克斯莱克“吓死了”。他只有22岁，希望能从战争中幸存下来。

与另外三艘武装拖网渔船一起，“北方宝石号”向北航行。很快，克斯莱克就能“闻到”北极点的“冰味”——他们正驶向相对安全的地带，在那里，这些小船可以在冰山之间穿梭，从而免受U型潜艇的攻击。事实上，它们的体积成了救命稻草。在 July 11, “北方宝石号”在距离阿尔汉格尔斯克（Archangel）几英里外的一个村庄抛锚。

但到 July 28, 22 of PQ17's 34 艘商船抵达时，已有22艘被空中袭击和U型潜艇击沉。丘吉尔下令推迟所有未来的出击任务。他们暂时被困住了……

克斯莱克和他的“北方宝石号”船员是护航PQ17的四艘拖网渔船之一，船员主要由前渔民组成，因其经常邋遢的外表以及比起皇家海军制服更倾向于穿着渔业装备而被称为“丘吉尔的海盗”。这支部队正式名称为皇家海军巡逻服务队（Royal Naval Patrol Service），是由拖网渔船和其他小船组成的独特力量。战争爆发时，丘吉尔开始匆忙地将这些船改装成小型军舰，并派遣志愿者船员出海。船只从赫尔（Hull）、格里姆斯比（Grimsby）和亚伯丁（Aberdeen）等渔港征用，在两周内改装成战斗舰，而船员们出海时仍然穿着他们的 --- DAY57 33

传统渔业装备。鱼舱变成了伙食舱，拖网被更换为扫雷设备。

组成“丘吉尔海盗”（Churchill's Pirates）的成员是一群形形色色的人。虽然最终受海军部的控制，但他们作为一支独立的部队，拥有自己的规章制度。从最初仅 4,000 人的规模，到 1945 年 8 月，已有超过 70,000 名水手在 6,000 多艘船只的巡逻服务中服役——在全球范围内承担着无数职责，包括猎杀 U 型潜艇、在北冰洋和大西洋护送船队，以及在缅甸的红树林沼泽中巡逻。他们参与了战争中一些规模最大的战斗，包括敦刻尔克大撤退、北非和意大利的地中海战役，以及 D-Day 登陆行动。然而，这一切是有代价的。皇家海军巡逻服务队损失的船只比皇家海军所有其他部门的总和还要多，仅武装渔船就至少被击沉了 410 艘。至少 3,218 人丧生——其中大多数在海上遇难，且无已知坟墓。

在 PQ17 惨剧两个月后，“北方宝石号”（Northern Gem）终于离开阿尔汉格尔返回冰岛。但他们很快又启程前往俄罗斯。1942 年 12 月 30 日，在极寒天气和完全的黑暗中，船队被德国船只拦截，皇家海军驱逐舰“阿卡特斯号”（Achates）遭到德国重型巡洋舰“希珀海军上将号”（Admiral Hipper）的炮击。几分钟内，“阿卡特斯号”侧舷受创，“北方宝石号”接到命令待命以营救幸存者。

攀爬网被抛在“北方宝石号”的侧舷。克斯莱克（Kerslake）爬下去，双腿紧紧勾住网，以免被卷入水中。“我看到一个年轻小伙子在船尾漂过，伸出手想抓住绳索，”他回忆道，“……当我把绳子扔向他时，绳子落在他的肩膀上，但由于寒冷，他的身体似乎已经失去了所有知觉。我对他大喊让他抓紧，但他无法采取任何行动来自救。”克斯莱克试图将绳索绕在他的手臂上打几个圈，但令他惊恐的是，那个年轻人太冷了，手臂和手都无法移动。在最后的几秒钟里，他听到对方在呼唤母亲。“这是他在水面下消失前，我听到的最后一个词。”

在甲板下方，“北方宝石号”的餐厅、厨房和铺位现在挤满了震惊且受伤的人，空气中弥漫着汗水、血液和燃料的浓烈恶臭。克斯莱克看着两名船员帮助一名幸存者脱掉浸透水的针织衫。在脱衣服时，他肩膀上整块的肌肉随衣服一起脱落，就像炖肉脱骨一样。

“北方宝石号”抵达俄罗斯，并在 1943 年 2 月初安全返回英国。克斯莱克幸存了下来，但精神崩溃了。四十年后，一名被“北方宝石号”船员从冰冷海水中救起的“阿卡特斯号”幸存者写信给克斯莱克，告诉他：“那段记忆将永远伴随我：当时我已经快不行了，把手臂伸进攀爬网，两只手从侧舷伸过来，抓住我的肩膀和后背，把我拉进了船舱。在餐厅甲板擦干身体后，有人拿着朗姆酒罐走过来，给了我一杯纯正的朗姆酒。”

战后，丘吉尔同样毫不怀疑他们发挥的关键作用，并向其“海盗”们展现出的“英国性格中钢铁般、不屈不挠且不知疲倦的韧性”致敬。然而，尽管贡献巨大，他们的故事在很大程度上在第二次世界大战的叙事中缺失了。现在，得益于未发表的信件、日记以及对最后一代老兵的采访，这个故事首次被完整地讲述。他们的工作并不总是光彩夺目，也很少登上头条，但在几乎每一个重要的河流、港口、海域和大洋中，他们都曾出现。他们的贡献绝不能被遗忘。

● 《丘吉尔海盗：助力赢得二战的海上英雄》（Churchill's Pirates: The Seafaring Heroes Who Helped Win WWII），作者 Will Iredale，现已出版（WH Allen，£22）

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红酒之美，宛如杯中之欢

黑皮诺（pinot noir）被令人难忘地描述为“杯中之欢”，是一份持续带来惊喜的礼物。众所周知，这种酒酿造起来极其困难，但谢天谢地，饮用起来却轻而易举。其葡萄对风、霜冻、土壤类型甚至修剪都高度敏感，且皮薄，使其在生长期间易受真菌感染，而葡萄藤则易患白粉病。一旦采收，葡萄对发酵方法和酵母菌株的微小变化也极其敏感。难怪黑皮诺也被描述为“像貂一样娇贵的葡萄藤”。

然而，尽管如此，它理所当然地成为了世界上最受欢迎的红葡萄酒之一。正因为这种葡萄如此敏感，根据生长地的不同，其葡萄酒在香气、质感和风味上具有极大的差异。它的传统产地是法国东部的勃艮第，但由于它强烈偏好凉爽气候，在德国、匈牙利、智利和新西兰也得到了成功栽培，并且在这些地方，它绝对是主要的红葡萄酒品种。勃艮第产出的葡萄酒口感丝滑，具有浓郁的水果风味和泥土、草本的香气；德国和匈牙利则酿造轻盈清新的葡萄酒；而新世界的黑皮诺则拥有更成熟的水果味，草本香气较少，口感更加天鹅绒般顺滑。

由于种植难度极大，黑皮诺通常不便宜。我的建议是为特殊场合攒钱，然后犒劳一下自己。

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1 Errazuriz Estate Reserva Pinot Noir 2025（£10起，13%） 始终是心头好，这款现代智利经典之作我从未喝过一口不满意。拥有大量成熟果香——尤其是草莓和樱桃——并带有绝佳的花香气息。酒体轻盈，清爽且易饮。可在 Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado, Ellies Cellar, Hop Cellar 和 Fareham Wines 购买。

2 Veramonte Organic Pinot Noir 2023（£16.75，14.5%） 在橡木桶中陈酿八个月，结果是口感丝滑顺畅，带有草莓、樱桃的细腻风味与香气，以及橡木和烟草的暗示。令人欲罢不能的半干型余韵会让你想要再次斟满。可在 Ocado 购买。

3 Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc Cruel Mistress Pinot Noir 2024（£14.50起，13%） 我敢肯定我以前用过这个梗，但这款酒一点也不“残酷”（Cruel）——除非是指酒瓶最终会空掉（想象一个能自动填充的魔法酒瓶）。酒体浓郁且中等，带有樱桃、覆盆子和草莓的浓郁果味，随后是顺滑的收尾。可在 Booths, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Hoults, Taurus Wines, NY Wines, Loki Wines 和 Latitude 购买。

4 Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir Couvent des Jacobins 2023（£21，13%） 价格可能会让你犹豫，但这绝对物有所值。中等酒体，平衡感极佳，具有深度和复杂性。带有樱桃、覆盆子、泥土气息和顺滑的收尾。可在 Sainsbury's, Taurus Wines, Wholefoods 和 Fenwick 购买。

5 Villa Maria Private Bin Pinot Noir 2024（£13.50，12.5%） 价格合理，带有樱桃味、辛辣感和温暖的中等酒体收尾。红色水果风味丰富——草莓、樱桃和蔓越莓，并伴有香料气息。可在 Tesco, Waitrose 和 Morrisons 购买。

6 Albert Glas Pinot Noir（£12.25，13%） 色泽呈淡红宝石色，口感上有微妙的樱桃和草莓气息，收尾轻盈且干爽，这款德国黑皮诺非常值得尝试。轻微橡木桶陈酿，带有令人非常满足的香草气息。可在 The Co-op 购买。

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DAYS? 35 图片：TOM WREN / SWNS. BEN BIRCHALL / PA

作者：CLAIRE HAYHURST

艺术家 Emily Powell 飞向天空，在热气球篮子里进行绘画。昨天早晨，作为布里斯托国际热气球节（Bristol International Balloon Fiesta）大规模升空活动的一部分，36 岁的 Emily 在 1,400 英尺的高空飞行。在这一小时的飞行中，她携带了一块画布、一个装有 14 种颜料的调色盘和三把画笔。

她的作品描绘了克利夫顿吊桥（Clifton Suspension Bridge）、克利夫顿伍德（Cliftonwood）的彩色房屋，当然还有那些热气球。现场有数十个各种形状和尺寸的热气球，包括一个螺丝刀、一个稻草人和一个巨大的行李箱，构成了一组极具视觉冲击力的摄影画面。

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“感觉并没有那么高。我只是非常兴奋能从不同的角度观察一切，你可以看到不同的颜色以及它们相互交织的方式。”

“我画画时比较邋遢，所以在一个装着很多其他人和昂贵设备的小篮子里作画相当吓人，因为我不想洒出任何颜料。”

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数百名热气球爱好者聚集在阿什顿法院参加节日的开幕式，仪式在早上 6 点刚过便开始了。

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罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）为人虔诚且才华横溢，在新闻界度过了非凡的四十年，多次获得广播奖项，撰写了多本书籍，并制作了电视纪录片。利德尔 1960 年出生于南伦敦的西德卡普（Sidcup），八岁时随家人搬到东北部。他从小就敢于直言，就读于克利夫兰的吉斯伯勒综合学校（Guisborough Comprehensive），在那里他持有非常左翼的观点，被人们称为“疯狂的利德尔”。他的父亲内德（Ned）出身于火车司机家庭，但在英国税务海关总署担任职员；而他的母亲玛格丽特（Margaret）则在当时的卫生与社会保障部工作。高中毕业后，利德尔挑战社会规范的雄心使他从在一支朋克乐队演奏，到短暂加入社会工作者党，随后在《南威尔士回声报》（South Wales Echo）担任见习记者，在那里工作了三年。后来，他作为成年学生就读于伦敦政治经济学院，学习社会心理学，并担任工党的研究员和演讲稿撰写人。在此期间，他说他发现威斯敏斯特充满了“恶意、反-

罗德·利德尔 (Rod Liddle)

记者及广播员 出生于 1, 1964 – 逝世于 2, 1964, 享年 64岁 对抗和刻薄”。利德尔的广播生涯始于在 BBC 担任见习编辑和制作人，参与制作《今夜世界》(The World Tonight) 和《一点世界》(The World At One)。他迅速晋升，于 1998. 被提升为 BBC Radio 4 旗舰节目《今日》(Today) 的编辑。他后来透露，在被任命之前他“从未听说过”这个节目，不得不询问主持人詹姆斯·诺蒂 (James Naughtie) 该节目是关于什么的。他在《今日》节目的管理在 2002 突然结束，此前《每日电讯报》(The Daily Telegraph) 指责他在为《卫报》(The Guardian) 撰写的一篇专栏中表现出“明显的偏见”，他在文中嘲讽了抗议政府即将出台禁止猎狐立法的乡村联盟 (Countryside Alliance) 遊行活动。在 BBC 工作期间，利德尔结识了同行记者瑞秋·罗伊斯 (Rachel Royce)。两人于 2004 结婚，并育有两个孩子，怀尔德 (Wilder) 和泰勒 (Tyler)。然而，作为一名米尔沃尔 (Millwall) 球迷，利德尔是一位挑衅性的作家，但拥有一大批忠实的读者。在婚礼几个月后，罗伊斯得知他提前结束蜜月——他将其归咎于工作——实际上是为了去见艾丽西亚·蒙克顿 (Alicia Monckton)，一名在《旁观者》(The Spectator) 担任接待员的 22 岁女子，两人当时正处于婚外情中。这对伴侣于 2008 结婚，并育有一个女儿，埃米琳 (Emmeline)。作为《旁观者》、《星期日泰晤士报》(Sunday Times) 和《太阳报》(The Sun) 的专栏作家，利德尔充满争议的观点经常引发死亡威胁。但作为一名终身的米尔沃尔球迷，他采取了“没人喜欢我们，而我们也不在乎”的态度。他在短期患病后在米德尔斯堡的詹姆斯·库克大学医院去世，遗属包括艾丽西亚及其三个孩子。

แพ迪·麦克纳利 (Paddy McNally)

赛车运动高管 出生于 25, 1967 – 逝世于 22, 2026, 享年 80岁 这位革新了一级方程式 (Formula 1) 广告业并以享乐主义的阿尔卑斯山派对而闻名的花花公子企业家，แพ迪·麦克纳利还因与莎拉·弗格森 (Sarah Ferguson) 的浪漫关系而为人所知。在麦克纳利的妻子安妮·唐宁 (Anne Downing) 去世后，弗格森被雇佣为他两个儿子肖恩 (Sean) 和罗洛 (Rollo) 的保姆。他参与赛车运动始于 20世纪60年代驾驶跑车参赛，随后在《赛车运动》(Autosport) 杂志成为一名记者。作为其大奖赛记者，他随锦标赛出访，建立了后来对其商业生涯有所帮助的围场关系。麦克纳利出生于肯特郡格雷夫森德，是一名英国皇家空军 (RAF) 医疗官之子，是赛车手雷德蒙德·加拉格尔 (Redmond Gallagher) 的侄子。在青少年时期，他擅长橄榄球和拳击，在放弃会计培训后，他担任过巡回销售员。在从事一段时间的新闻工作后，麦克纳利在万宝路 (Marlboro) 担任赞助咨询工作，并帮助管理与其关系密切的詹姆斯·亨特 (James Hunt)。他参与了伯尼·埃克莱斯通 (Bernie Ecclestone) 对 F1 进行商业重组的努力。麦克纳利于 2006 将他的公司 Allsport Management 出售给 F1 所有者 CVC Capital Partners，据称交易价值超过 2.5 亿英镑。他一直负责管理直到 2011. 退休。他以机智、风趣且慷慨而著称，在 1982 到 1985, 期间与莎拉·弗格森交往，她曾希望能与他结婚。两人保持着亲密的朋友关系，但据信他没有将 6 亿英镑 财产中的任何部分留给她。在长期患病后，麦克纳利在 88. 岁时去世。遗属包括他的儿子罗洛；他的另一个儿子肖恩在 2026. 早些时候突然去世。 作者：KAREN ROCKETT & SAMANTHA WOSTEAR

约翰·克罗夫特 (John Croft) 密码破译员

出生于 1923年1月6日 – 逝世于 2026年7月12日，享年 103岁

约翰·克罗夫特在第二次世界大战期间曾是布莱切利园（Bletchley Park）的一名密码破译员，他回忆道，职业生涯的亮点之一是“破译了一封来自阿道夫·希特勒的私人信息，要求逮捕南斯拉夫游击队领导人德拉扎·米哈伊洛维奇将军，而为此提供的奖励是‘大量黄金’”。1942年，克罗夫特在牛津大学基督教会学院攻读历史学本科，当时他的导师询问他是否对情报工作感兴趣。随后，他在伦敦的内政部工作，负责阅读莫斯科与欧洲各地共产党及其同情者之间的秘密信息。克罗夫特出生于伦敦，同时也是一名备受推崇的抽象艺术家。在马恩岛生活之后，他与伴侣雷·凯利（Ray Kelly）移居巴斯，后者于 1999年去世。

幽默脱口秀的温情大师

喜剧演员吉米·克里基特（Jimmy Cricket）在 20 世纪 70 年代崭露头角，在赢得伦敦周末电视台（London Weekend Television）的《寻找之星》（Search For A Star）之前，他曾在巴特林度假村（Butlin's）担任红衣接待员（Redcoat）以磨练技艺，这次获奖开启了他作为全国最受欢迎的喜剧演员之一的职业生涯。詹姆斯·约瑟夫·马尔格鲁（James Joseph Mulgrew）出生于蒂龙郡的库克斯敦，童年时期移居贝尔法斯特，16岁辍学以追求成为一名演艺人员的梦想。在庞廷斯度假村（Pontins）工作期间，他遇到了当时担任服务员的妻子梅（May）。这对夫妇在 2024年庆祝了金婚纪念日，并育有四个孩子：他们的女儿凯蒂·马尔格鲁（Katie Mulgrew）是一位屡获殊荣的脱口秀演员和作家，而他们的儿子弗兰基（Frankie）则是一名天主教神父。在电视方面，他的节目《还有更多》（And There's More）因其适合所有年龄段的温情、纯净的脱口秀表演而受到赞誉。该节目在 1985年和 1988年之间在 ITV Central 播出了四个系列，随后他为 BBC Radio 2 主持了自己的广播系列节目《吉米的板球队》（Jimmy's Cricket Team）。其他知名演出

吉米·克里基特 (Jimmy Cricket) 喜剧演员

出生于 1945年10月17日 – 逝世于 2026年8月1日，享年 80岁

包括 1984年的《牛眼》（Bullseye）、成为《这就是你的生活》（This Is Your Life）的主角，以及在喜剧救济（Comic Relief）翻唱的《我要走（500英里）》（I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)）中表演。克里基特以其口头禅“还有更多！”（And there's more!）和“靠近一点！”（Come closer!）而闻名，以及他的标志性惠灵顿靴——他出名地将靴子穿反，分别标有“L”和“R”。2015年，吉米被教皇方济各授予罗马天主教会的最高荣誉——教皇骑士勋章，他表示这完全是“出乎意料”。由于计划在今年秋天重返舞台，他最近在自己的网站上发布消息称：“由于健康原因，我必须休假一段时间，并已开始治疗。”在经历短暂的病痛后，他的家人宣布他以 80岁之龄去世，并发表了一段令人心酸的悼词：“他是四个孩子的优秀父亲，是四个孙辈的非常搞怪的爷爷。他是我们最伟大的支持者，大声地爱着我们所有人。他热爱人们，绝对热爱成为一名脱口秀演员。他的一生如此精彩。”同行喜剧演员泰德·罗宾斯（Ted Robbins）称赞他是“最后几位伟大的喜剧演员之一”。他的妻子梅、四个孩子和四个孙辈在世。

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横向：Elusive, Flit, Stun, Squirrel, Armada, Yeoman, Zenith, Wisdom, Relaxant, Prim, Blue, Thicken. 纵向：Jester, Evenly, Turn (clue), Agitate, Miasma, Health, Beauty, Within, Ferrous, Poke, Cinema, Orient.

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109 岁且感觉像只极棒的猫

SQUIGGLY，我那可爱的猫伴侣，前几天下午给了我一个惊喜：他从沉睡中醒来，将 2026 年 3 月号的《动物行为》(Animal Behaviour) 期刊推向我。

“你看过这个吗？”他问。

我浏览了目录，很快猜到了他想表达什么：一篇名为《在亲社会问题情境中，狗的行为与儿童比与猫更相似》的论文。我承认我肯定漏掉了这一篇，并问他上面写了什么。

“我想你肯定知道，”他回答道，“‘亲社会行为’是指以牺牲自身某些利益为代价，刻意采取有利于他人的行动。”

这项由匈牙利团队开展的研究，调查了这种行为在猫、狗或 16-24 个月大的婴儿中是否更为常见。

“他们的研究设计了各种实验，以观察受试者是否会帮助照顾者寻找丢失或隐藏的物品。”

“这个丢失的物品具体是什么？”我问。

“正是如此！”他赞许地说道。“这就是我对结论产生怀疑的原因之一。许多实验涉及丢失一件被描述为‘底部带有刷洗面的干净洗碗海绵’的东西。我的意思是，他们怎么能指望一只猫有兴趣帮人找这种东西？就我个人而言，我总是把食盆舔干净，这样就不需要刷洗海绵了。”

“我怀疑狗和婴儿之所以帮忙寻找这类物品，是因为它们认为这是一种游戏。我们猫没时间搞这些。”

“当他们把丢失的物品改为我们最喜欢的食物或玩具时，实验人员报告说，猫帮忙寻找的程度与狗或婴儿一样高。”

“他们的结论是，总的来说，猫只有在符合自身利益时才会变得乐于助人。”

“你觉得他们事后问过猫吗？”我问。

“我怀疑没有，”Squiggly 回答道。“虽然有几项关于猫叫声的研究，但他们还没达到你的水平。”

“如你所知，我有三种基本声音：短促的‘mew’仅表示‘你好，我回来了’；较长且重复的‘meow’表示‘给我早餐’；而拉长的‘miaow’则表示‘噢，快点搞定吧；我没时间在这耗一整天’。而且我很荣幸地告诉你，你对猫语的解读已经如此出色，以至于我们可以进行这样的对话。”

我想给他一个大大的拥抱，但动作很简短，因为他发出了一个‘我现在必须得从猫门出去了；我今天有极其繁忙的一天’的 miaow。

《每日快报》30秒挑战赛 今日答案：初级 = 15；中级 = 19；高级 = 147。

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今日目标

良好 10；非常好 27；卓越 35（或更多）。答案将于下周六公布。

上周六答案

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纵向

1 雄性山羊，从最高点获得 (6) 2 戴头饰的家伙，棕色的，来自纽约市的一个区 (9) 3 学习中的伯克希尔小镇 (7) 4 听到争论而醒来 (5) 6 女人最终得到了大量的面条条 (7) 7 隐藏在布里奇特之中的顶峰 (5) 8 友好的农业工人，约 50 岁 (8) 9 列表首先由犹豫的男人携带 (8) 14 给助理牧师的精确账目 (8) 16 因此，令人惊讶的是，这对她来说是免费的 (9) 17 变得无礼，父亲带着新的烹饪容器 (8) 19 储备队使用的水槽 (7) 21 漂浮的残骸令阿尔夫最不安 (7) 22 尝试梅尔的异域植物 (6) 24 涉及一名医生和法国人的散步 (5) 25 为了获得漂浮结构而进行的艰苦工作 (5)

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编辑：JULIE DELANAYE

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《Sort Your Life Out》的 Dilly Carter 分享她的 10 个无压力打包顶尖技巧。 作者：CAMILLA FOSTER 夏日假期的倒计时通常充满了兴奋，从幻想在泳池边慵懒地度日，到在阳光下啜饮鸡尾酒。然而，当面对堆积如山的衣服和打包挑战时，那种热切的期待可能会消失。BBC 系列节目《Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon》中的组织与断舍离专家、Declutter Dollies 的创始人 Dilly Carter 表示，秘诀在于准备。 “很多人觉得打包压力大是因为他们没有做好适当的计划。许多人在开始之前就想得太多，感到不知所措，”她说。 “提前计划对于一个顺畅的假期至关重要。当一切都组织好时，就可以随时出发了，”Dilly 补充道。“你不会希望在旅途中因为忘记了某样东西而不断返回酒店房间。做好准备意味着你可以充分利用假期，花更多时间放松。” 如果打包总是让你感到像在最后一刻仓促应对，或者你经常忘记必需品，这里有 10 个技巧可以帮助你更聪明地打包，让你的假期有一个良好的开端……

1. 规划好所有穿搭

为了避免携带过多衣物，Dilly 表示最好的开始方式是停下来思考一下行程天数以及可能需要的穿搭数量。“拿出一个挂衣架，思考一下你计划参加的活动以及天气情况。如果你要去七天，就挂上七套不同的穿搭，并考虑可能的混搭，这样你就不会带太多东西。例如，看看你是否有三条合适的裤子可以通过七种不同的搭配方式来穿着。”

2. 使用收纳方块

“收纳方块有助于对物品进行分类，”Dilly 说。“例如，如果你把所有的上衣都放在一个收纳方块里，一旦到达酒店，你就可以直接把它放入房间的抽屉中，将其作为抽屉内衬使用。” 通过折叠和卷起，你可以在每个收纳方块中放入更多衣服。“将每件物品折叠，然后从底部开始卷起，这样可以放入更多衣服。卷起还能帮助避免产生褶皱，” 说。

3. “一双鞋”胶囊策略

鞋子在行李箱中会占用大量空间，因此请尽量精挑细选。“准备一双能搭配所有穿搭的人字拖或凉鞋，” 建议。

4. 将鞋子放在行李箱内衬中

“大多数行李箱在手柄安装处都有一个拉链内衬。打开它并将鞋子存放在这里，使它们与衣服分开，” 建议。

5. 分装所有洗漱用品

携带较小的洗漱用品可以节省宝贵的行李重量和空间。“将所有的洗发水、护发素和沐浴露分装到旅行装容器中，并且只携带你在假期期间所需的量，” 说。

6. 为孩子准备一个游戏袋

“如果你带着年幼的孩子旅行，我建议准备一个游戏旅行袋，以帮助他们在飞机上或汽车旅途中保持娱乐，” 建议。

7. 不要忘记毛巾夹

说毛巾夹是一个简单但精明的必需品，她每次旅行都必带。“在那些大风的海滩日，毛巾夹超级实用，可以让你的毛巾整齐地固定在躺椅上，而不用担心它被吹走，”她解释道。

8. 使用吹风机除皱

衣服起皱是许多度假者的痛点。“我的度假秘诀是用吹风机吹掉衣服上的褶皱，” 说。“将衣物拉紧，用暖风吹风机对着吹。每次都非常有效。”

9. 汽车装载顺序

与 Halfords 合作创建了 10 条建议，帮助家庭在下次夏季居家度假时最大限度地利用汽车空间，其中一个主要要点是按照安装 / 使用顺序装载装备，以确保不会遗漏任何必需品。“把它想象成你的早晨例行公事——所有东西都按照你需要的顺序排列，” 说。

10. 准备一个随手拿包

“准备一个随手拿包，放入旅途中可能需要的所有零食、充电器和必需品，” 建议。 同时确保它易于拿取。“把它放在你身边的脚踏空间里，因为如果它被埋在后备箱里，你在高速公路上将无法拿到它，”她补充道。

你可以在 halfords.com 查看 的其余汽车装载技巧。

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亨斯坦顿进入“顶级联赛”

作者：NATALIE KING

一家全新的 Premier Inn 酒店即将进驻亨斯坦顿（Hunstanton），这个海滨胜地被评为英国最美地点之一。英国最大的连锁酒店集团确认，将在北诺福克海岸开设一家拥有 108 间客房的酒店，目前尚需获得规划许可。

Premier Inn 的母公司 Whitbread PLC 表示，目前正与金林和西诺福克区议会的规划人员进行“初步讨论”，“预计将在秋季提交规划申请”。该公司补充道：“这家耗资数百万英镑的 Premier Inn 将采用该品牌最新的客房设计，包括广受欢迎的升级版‘Premier Plus’客房。”

亨斯坦顿是一个可以追溯到维多利亚时代的海滨度假胜地，以其条纹悬崖和金色沙滩而闻名。它也是英格兰东海岸唯一一个面向西方的度假胜地，因此能欣赏到壮丽的日落。此外，它最近还被评为英国最适合品尝炸鱼和薯条的地方。

对于寻求刺激者来说，Futuroscope 前景光明

LYNDA MOYO 带着她 11 岁的儿子体验了法国这个“主题公园之母”，享受了绝佳的美食、令人兴奋的游乐设施和舒适的小木屋。

主题公园不是我的菜。和许多初为人父母的人一样，当我的第一个儿子出生时，我对带他旅行的前景充满了乐观。我地想象我的乖儿子挂在我的腰间，我们一起在城市度假期间逛餐厅和博物馆，享受所有我喜欢的事物。

当然，现实是孩子们喜欢孩子的东西。如果你足够幸运，他们最多能忍受你的兴趣半小时。这就是为什么多年来，主题公园度假的想法让我感到恐惧。

因此，当我带着 11 岁的儿子前往法国的 Futuroscope 时，我是抱着一种耐力测试的心态面对的。我没料到的是，到最后，我会向其他家庭推荐这里。

无论从哪个意义上说，这次旅程都比我想象中要轻松。我的儿子即将进入中学，正处于童年与青春期之间那短暂的甜蜜期，他仍然愿意和妈妈一起度过周末。

我们从曼彻斯特出发的路线包括乘坐 Avanti 火车，在圣潘克拉斯车站附近过夜，清晨乘坐欧洲之星，乘坐巴黎地铁，最后乘坐高铁到达普瓦捷附近的 Futuroscope 车站。

从纸面上看，这似乎很繁琐。但在现实中，这成了冒险的一部分，我的儿子非常享受这种责任感——查看地图并在 Duolingo 上练习他的法语。

作为一个三个孩子的母亲，我意识到我们多么罕见地……

我觉得自己去了一个独特且负担得起的地方。

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罗德岛之行：希腊奥德赛之旅的租车指南

作者：艾米莉·马利亚 (EMILY MALIA)

刚从希腊罗德岛度过一周假期回来，随着日子的推移，有一件事变得越来越清晰。无论你住在岛上的哪个地方，无论是林多斯 (Lindos)、法利拉基 (Faliraki)、旧城区 (Old Town) 还是伊亚利索斯 (Ialysos)，你都应该像我一样，考虑做这一件事。幸运的是，我提前做了相当充分的研究，意识到我和伴侣不仅可以省钱，还能让假期变得轻松许多，能够自在地探索这座岛屿。最好的方式就是租车。虽然罗德岛的每个区域都很美，但真正的美在于探索。如果没有车，想要游览每一个角落——无论是宁静的海滩、隐秘的小湾、顶级餐厅还是充满乐趣的酒吧——是不可能的。有一天晚上，我们选择打车前往旧城区，以便获得这种不受干扰的共处时光。

在到达公园之前，旅途本身就已经让我们更加亲近。从未来世界 (Futuroscope) 车站走一小段路就到了。事实上，乘坐欧洲之星 (Eurostar) 的旅程如此顺畅，以至于我的儿子反复询问我们是否真的已经离开了英国。为了方便出入，我们住在公园入口附近的 Ecolodgee。这里由自然风格的小屋组成，俯瞰着美丽的湖泊，湖中活跃的青蛙家族为像我儿子这样好奇的孩子提供了无尽的惊奇。在入住期间，我的儿子和几个邻居孩子自称“青蛙猎人”，这就足以说明一切了。大自然是最好的游乐场。

小屋本身设计精巧，儿童床巧妙地与主卧区域分开，但又处于同一个空间内。据我儿子说，每天早晨送到小屋门前的、装满法式美食的早餐篮是整个旅程中最棒的一餐。我深有同感。一起坐在露台上，听着青蛙叫，望着湖面，没有电子屏幕的干扰，简直太完美了。

作为一个曾经毫不犹豫地连续六次乘坐黑普尔 (Blackpool) Pepsi Max Big One 过山车的人，我不得不遗憾地接受，年龄让我变得不再那么无所畏惧。然而，与儿子共度的两天充满乐趣的时光，意味着我要走出舒适区，直接投入一个九米高机器人的怀抱。“机器人之舞” (Dances with Robots) 是一项让你在音乐中被甩来甩去的项目，恐惧等级由你选择。代表我们两人发言的话，根据我儿子的说法，那个恐惧等级显然是“专家级”。我下来时感觉有些心惊胆战，在想我该如何撑过整个周末被甩到上下颠倒的经历。

幸好，我很快意识到未来世界 (Futuroscope) 并不是传统意义上的主题公园。是的，这里有很多惊险的游乐设施——我的儿子在立即要求再次乘坐之前，称“火星目标” (Objectif Mars / Destination Mars) 为“有史以来最棒的设施”。但让未来世界变得特别的很多因素并非物理层面的。它是沉浸式的、富有想象力的，并且具有鲜明的法国特色，这使其真正区别于大多数主题公园。如果需要，许多以故事为导向的景点可以通过 ListenWIFI 应用程序提供英文翻译，但在大部分时间里，我发现自己很愉快地重新捡起 GCSE 阶段学的法语，并接受这是一个为法国家庭量身打造的公园的事实。

“龙卷风猎人” (Chasseurs de Tornades / Tornado Chasers) 是我们的最爱。我们在一个旋转平台上被卷入龙卷风中心，将大片级的叙事与惊险感相结合，且不会让你质疑自己的人生选择。这是我喜欢的类型。我还很喜欢“梦之钥” (La Clé des Songes / The Key to Dreams)，这是一个在最宏伟美丽的场景中结合了水幕、投影、灯光和烟火的奇观，真的就像走进了一个梦境。

不过，我最欣赏的是整体的平衡感。前一分钟我的儿子还处于极度兴奋状态

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我们在 Ialysos 住宿。往返一次 25 分钟的车程花费了我们 50 欧元。如果我们决定一周都这么做，账单将会非常惊人。有了车，我们能够三次前往罗得岛古城，开车一小时到达岛另一端的林多斯（Lindos），并访问法利拉基（Faliraki）以及另一个可以游览小海湾的区域。如果没有车，这将被证明是昂贵得令人望而却步，或者如果我们尝试使用岛上有限的公共交通，将会极其乏味。这是我们为自己做的最好的决定，并开启了整个机会之门。对于那些觉得自己能应对在小岛上驾驶挑战的人，我极力推荐。

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“这家酒店的风格极其有趣，孩子们被它迷住了” 首页。如果你计划访问阿尔顿塔（Alton Towers）且车程较长，考虑入住这家酒店或其其他住宿设施是值得的。对于我们来说，往返开车意味着要在车里待五个小时，再加上在公园探索的一整天，所以能在这里过夜休息并分段行程是很惬意的。我承认，这家酒店很贵，而且有些部分的价值感比其他部分更高。套餐包括主题公园的一日游、9洞高尔夫和早餐，此外还有一些优惠，例如如果你预订成人票，儿童可免费进入水上乐园。这家酒店的风格确实极其有趣

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今年夏天，阿尔顿塔酒店（Alton Towers Hotel）的探险客房起价为每人每晚 £10。您目前可以预订并享受其儿童免费优惠。欲了解更多信息并预订，请访问 altontowers.com。酒店维护良好，孩子们被其风格所吸引。但其他方面感觉还需要改进。主题客房感觉有些简单，虽然装饰不错，但总觉得缺少了点什么。例如，我希望房间里能提供一些瓶装水，因为酒店内没有补水点，而且每瓶 £3 的价格，在阳光下待了一整天后补水成本很高。但我认为大多数游客在入住此类场所时都知道要面对主题公园的价格，而且说实话，当你夏天整天站立行走后，地理位置才是主要吸引力。

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夏季烹饪，简单如儿戏

在暑假期间快没法让每个人都吃饱了？这些适合家庭的食谱非常适合让孩子们参与到厨房工作中。从超越三明治的午餐创意到简单的水果蛋糕，每个人都能找到心仪的选择。

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准备时间：20 分钟 · 烹饪时间：35 分钟，另加冷却时间 · 分量：8-10 人份 · 简单

• 2 根熟香蕉
• 185g 金色细砂糖
• 125ml 向日葵油
• 4 个大鸡蛋
• 1tsp 香草精或香草籽酱
• 225g 自发粉
• 100g 蓝莓
• 装饰用：
• 150g 冷冻混合莓果
• 1tbsp 枫糖浆
• 1 朵食用花（可选）
• 糖霜用：
• 250g 浓稠的希腊过滤酸奶
• 1tbsp 枫糖浆

1 将烤箱预热至 190℃ / 170℃ 风扇模式 / 燃气 5 档，并在 20 x 25cm 的蛋糕模具中铺上烘焙纸。 2 在大碗中用叉子将香蕉捣碎，然后拌入金色细砂糖、向日葵油、鸡蛋和香草精或香草籽酱。接着翻入自发粉，直到没有面粉结块。之后，翻入蓝莓，然后将混合物刮入准备好的模具中并抹平表面。随后烘烤 30-35 分钟，直到呈金棕色且按下中心能回弹。在组装前将其完全冷却。 3 准备装饰：在小锅中加热冷冻混合莓果和枫糖浆，直到莓果变软且多汁。滤出莓果备用，然后将果汁倒回锅中。炖煮几分钟直到稍微浓稠。放置一旁冷却。 4 准备糖霜：将浓稠的希腊过滤酸奶与枫糖浆混合，然后将其团状地抹在冷却的蛋糕上。孩子们可以协助这一步，用抹刀或勺子将顶层抹平。 5 将冷却的莓果酱淋在酸奶上，用勺子划出波纹。舀上混合莓果，最后点缀食用花即可食用。

意式腊肠披萨卷

迷你法式咸派

准备时间：30 分钟 · 烹饪时间：50 分钟，另需冷藏时间 · 数量：18-20 个 · 难度：较费力

在这些迷你法式咸派中加入培根和奶酪，非常适合野餐。适合喂饱一群饥饿的人，您可以提前一天制作，甚至可以冷冻保存。

• 300g 短crust酥皮
• 少量面粉（用于撒粉）
• 4 片背培根，去除脂肪，切碎
• 煎用油
• 100g 格吕耶尔奶酪，刨丝
• 2 个中号鸡蛋
• 125ml 双层奶油

您将需要： - 18-20 个迷你塔模

1 在撒有少量面粉的工作台上将酥皮擀至很薄。切出直径比塔模大 1cm 的圆片。用酥皮圆片铺在模具中（如果您没有足够的模具，可能需要分批烘烤），将其压入边缘和侧壁。将剩余的酥皮边角料重新擀开，直到所有模具都铺好，然后冷藏 30 分钟（如果分批烘烤，边角料也要冷藏）。

2 将烤箱预热至 200℃ / 180℃ 风扇模式 / 煤气档 6。在每个酥皮壳中铺上一块铝箔纸，填入烘焙豆或生米。烘烤 10 分钟，然后取出铝箔纸和烘焙豆，再烘烤 5 分钟。用油将培根煎至酥脆。

3 将培根和一半的奶酪分装在各个酥皮壳中。将鸡蛋和奶油搅拌均匀，然后倒入培根和奶酪之上，直到酥皮壳几乎填满。撒上剩余的奶酪。烘烤 20-25 分钟，直到金黄且膨起。放置冷却，然后在食用前冷藏。可提前一天制作。

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意式腊肠披萨卷

准备时间：30 分钟 · 烹饪时间：35 分钟，另需至少 2 小时 30 分钟的发酵时间 · 数量：8 个 · 难度：简单

快来制作这些适合家庭的意式腊肠披萨卷吧。如果您愿意，可以使用现成的披萨面团和披萨酱来加快速度。

• 450g 高筋白面包面粉，另需少量用于撒粉
• 5g 速溶干酵母
• 2tsp 橄榄油，另需少量用于发酵
• 1tbsp 细玉米粒或玉米面
• 175g 披萨酱
• 100g 刨丝马苏里拉奶酪
• 75g 意式腊肠
• 一小把罗勒，切碎

1 将面粉和酵母放入一个大碗中。加入 1 tsp 糖和 1 tsp 盐，搅拌均匀。加入 300ml 温水和 2 tsp 橄榄油，用手或厨师机的面团钩附件搅拌至形成面团。如果手工制作，将面团放在工作台上揉 10 分钟，直到面团感觉光滑且有弹性；或使用厨师机揉 5 分钟。

2 将碗清洗干净并涂抹少量油，放入面团，放在温暖的地方发酵 2 小时，或直到体积增加约两倍。您也可以将其放入冰箱冷藏过夜——只需在塑形前将其恢复至室温。

3 在一个 22cm 的蛋糕模具或耐烤煎锅中松散地铺上一块圆形烘焙纸，并在底部撒上 1 tsp 玉米粒。将剩余的玉米粒与少量面粉一起撒在工作台上（如果开始粘连，请增加用量），将面团放在上面。将面团擀并拉伸成一个长方形，约 35 x 45cm。在上面涂抹披萨酱，然后撒上奶酪、意式腊肠和罗勒。从较长的一边开始，将面团紧紧卷起，做成香肠状。用锋利的刀将其切成八块，切口朝上排列在模具或锅中。松散地覆盖，再次发酵 30 分钟，直到披萨卷看起来轻盈且膨松。

4 将烤箱预热至 200℃ / 180℃ 风扇模式 / 煤气档 6。烘烤披萨卷 30-35 分钟，直到金棕色且奶酪溢出。食用前冷却 5 分钟。建议在 24 小时内食用。

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八月通常是我们为了迎接急需的假期，而让花园在一段时间内无需常规打理的时候。今年，在经历了数周的干燥天气、高温和用水限制之后，仔细考虑哪些植物在极少打理的情况下仍能保持良好状态是非常值得的。即使是最强韧的植物也能从良好的准备中获益，尤其是考虑到英国大部分地区的干旱状况。然而，有些植物天生就更适合在短时间内无需定期浇水。寻找具有银色叶片、芳香叶丛、肉质茎、深根和窄叶的植物。这些通常是植物已适应节水以及炎热干燥条件的明显迹象。

繁茂花卉

为了色彩，请确保选择那些在完全定植后已知能应对阳光和干旱时期的植物。诸如荆芥 (Nepeta)、鼠尾草 (Salvias)、蓍草 (Achillea)、大花马鞭草 (Verbena bonariensis)、刺芹 (Eryngiums) 和八宝塔 (Hylotelephium) 等植物在夏末都特别有用。它们深受传粉昆虫的喜爱，能带来额外的野生动物友好加分。对于容器种植，可以考虑天竺葵 (pelargoniums)，因为与其他床植植物相比，它们能相当好地应对较干燥的堆肥。只要在离开前彻底浇水，百合花 (Agapanthus) 也是一个可靠的选择。

多功能叶丛

即使在花朵生长放缓时，叶丛也能维持景观。羊耳草 (Stachys byzantina) 具有柔软的银色叶片，可以反射光线且耐干旱。蒿属植物 (Artemisia) 具有类似的银色效果，而薰衣草和迷迭香则带来了常绿的结构和香气。这些植物适合

阳光充足的边境、砾石花园和花盆，其叶丛在较低维护的情况下能继续支撑边境景观。

结构性灌木

当花园需要自我维持时，已定植的耐旱灌木非常有价值。薰衣草、迷迭香、海边木 (Hebes) 和某些大戟属植物 (Euphorbias) 在整个八月都能提供形状、颜色和 / 或质感。需要记住的关键词是“已定植”。新种植的

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干旱时期的花卉力量

哪些植物能顶住高温，并在你离开期间繁茂生存？我们的指南将揭晓所有答案。灌木在根系稳定之前仍需要定期浇水，因此不要指望幼苗能像成熟植物那样应对。

草类与种头

观赏草非常适合假期期间，因为它们在不需要太多关注的情况下能带来灵动感。细叶针茅 (Stipa tenuissima) 和芒 (Miscanthus) 能美妙地捕捉光线，并随着夏季的推进继续增加结构感。种头也能提供帮助。刺芹 (Eryngiums)、葱属植物 (Alliums) 和刺儿菜 (teasels) 能很好地保持形状，因此并非所有植物都需要在离开前修剪。

离开之前

旅行前深度浇水，目标是根区而非叶片。将花盆聚集在一起，将脆弱的容器移至轻微遮荫处，并给边境覆盖覆盖物以减缓蒸发。如果实施了软管限制，请始终遵守当地规定。使用储存的雨水，在允许的情况下使用浇水壶，或在合适时使用短期中水，但避免在食用作物上使用中水。即使是耐旱植物在长期干旱天气中也需要支持，但正确的选择在直到你返回之前会应对得更好。

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1 现在收获叶类香草，以保留其夏季风味。将欧芹、薄荷、细香葱、罗勒或香菜切碎，放入冰格盘中，加满水并冷冻。这些冰块可以在今年晚些时候直接放入汤、酱汁、炖菜或饮料中。

2 检查梨是否有裂缝，尤其是在干旱天气后出现大雨或浇水不均匀的情况下。果皮裂开会导致腐烂，因此如果受损的水果已经足够成熟，请尽快食用。确保在干旱期间让果树均匀浇水，尤其是幼树或盆栽梨树。

3 一旦发现受煤粒病（一种真菌病害）影响的甜玉米棒，请立即将其移除。寻找肿胀的灰色胆瘤，这些胆瘤随后会释放出颜色更深的孢子。在胆瘤破裂前移除所有受影响的玉米棒，并小心处理，以帮助减少传播。

4 在户外甜瓜果实开始膨大后进行施肥。它们需要温暖、水分和稳定的营养才能良好成熟。定期浇水，保持根部轻微湿润但绝不能积水，然后施用高钾液体肥以支持果实发育。

5 仅在拥挤的地方对晚熟胡萝卜幼苗进行间苗。操作要轻柔，最好在傍晚进行，因为气味会吸引胡萝卜蝇。移除最弱的幼苗，将剩余幼苗周围的土壤压实，必要时浇水，并用细网覆盖作物。

重点关注

柠檬马鞭草

柠檬马鞭草（Aloysia citrodora）是一种极佳的仲夏香草，因其具有柠檬香味的叶子而种植。到 8 月，植株长满了新芽，是采摘叶子制作茶饮、甜点、水果沙拉、糖浆和夏季饮料的好时机。

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将其种植在门边或休息区附近尤其有用，这样当你走过时，轻轻触碰即可触发其香气。将柠檬马鞭草种植在全日照、肥沃且排水良好的土壤中。通常最好种在容器中，因为它在很多地方的耐寒性并不稳定。使用花盆可以让您在冬季将其移至无霜或避风的地方。使用排水良好的堆肥，在干旱期间定期浇水，避免根部长期浸水。

8 月的护理很简单。少量多次地采摘叶子以促进植株生长得更茂密，并移除任何疲软或发黄的茎干。盆栽植物在生长季节可能会从偶尔的施肥中获益。如果植株变得过于细长，可以轻微修剪以保持整洁。

趣味知识：柠檬马鞭草有时被列在其旧名 Lippia citriodora 之下，因此如果您在植物标签上看到这两个名字，请不要感到困惑。它们指的是同一种具有绝佳柠檬香味的香草。

你知道吗？日本银莲花（Japanese anemones）的通用名称具有误导性。它们的故事主要始于中国，随后栽培品种在日本野化，并在19世纪传到欧洲。耶路撒冷朝鲜蓟（Jerusalem artichokes）根本不是真正的朝鲜蓟。它们是向日葵属的 Helianthus tuberosus，一种为了获取高大挺拔茎干下结节状可食用块茎而种植的向日葵近亲。“三姐妹”（Three Sisters）是一种传统的美国原住民种植系统，将玉米、攀爬豆和南瓜结合在一起。玉米支撑豆类，豆类肥沃土壤，而南瓜则遮蔽地面。白掌（Peace lilies）并非真正的百合。它们属于天南星科，这就是为什么它们的白色“花”实际上是包裹着中心肉穗花序（由微小真花组成）的佛焰苞。在我的 YouTube 频道 @daviddomoney 的《分步园艺》（Step-by-Step Gardening）切尔西特辑中，可以了解更多关于白掌的知识。

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在接下来的 12 个月内开设 50 家新店。在一项初步决定中，竞争与市场管理局（CMA）表示，其认为 Aldi、Lidl GB 和 Lidl NI 也应遵守与其他超市相同的规则。其提案的咨询期将持续到 9 月 7 日，预计将在秋季做出最终决定。

CMA 的朱丽叶·恩塞尔（Juliette Enser）表示：“我们希望每个人在购买杂货时，都能拥有最佳的超市选择和价格范围。”

“为了确保这一点，我们制定了相关规则，以防止大型超市连锁店阻碍竞争对手在附近开店——现在我们建议将这些规则同样应用于 Aldi 和 Lidl。”

Aldi 表示：“CMA 的初步决定不会影响我们的长期增长计划。我们仍然坚定致力于开设数百家新店，将 Aldi 无可比拟的价值和屡获殊荣的品质带给更多客户。”

Lidl 表示：“我们一直欢迎并拥抱竞争，我们的重点仍然是开设新店。”

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房地产代理公司 Winkworth 已对其主席西蒙·阿盖斯（Simon Agace）提起高等法院诉讼，此前他及其妻子试图罢免董事会，其中包括他的儿子。

这家在 AIM 上市、专注于伦敦高端房产的公司指控阿盖斯违反了其追溯至 2009. 年合同中的“某些条款”。他还被指控在《公司法》规定的董事职责方面存在违规行为。

阿盖斯及其儿子多米尼克（Dominic）自 2009. 年起一直经营着 Winkworth。但在 5 月的年度股东大会上，西蒙的妻子 Irene Ho Kim Lee 据说利用其 34% 的投票权试图发动政变。西蒙还要求对董事会进行全面改革。

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海军供应商考虑出售部分业务

英国工程公司 Goodwin 正在考虑出售其生产潜艇和军舰零部件的部门。

这家总部位于斯托克-昂-特伦特（Stoke-on-Trent）、由多家公司组成的集团，是英国和美国护卫舰及潜艇项目的关键零部件供应商。其中包括正在建造英国皇家海军下一代核威慑潜艇的“无畏号”（Dreadnought）。

Goodwin 表示，其正在探索出售机械工程部门“大部分”业务的可能性。

一份声明补充道：“董事会确认已启动战略审查，以考虑一系列潜在方案，在确保包括客户在内的所有利益相关者连续性的同时，为股东实现价值最大化，并确保其业务的长期繁荣。”

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641,803 (第2组) SF (12天) (11)

1.1/2701: MENDALL HOT (10) (0) 1: 0.2, 2 价值 94 - 102 1.0) 出赛 24 Wms. (15) 选手 5 0237337 练马师：Mick A McGovern (85) 马主：A McGovern® Hovell, M Vram

1.1/2102: TUGS SALAMANCA (7) (0) 4: 0.5, C L Glass 103 1.0) 出赛 10 Wms. (15.6) 选手 5 0335440 练马师：Mike Sampson 马主：Pampayne, S

1.1/1712: FAHRENHEIT QEVER (42) (0) 5: 0.5 Osborne 105 1.0) 出赛 18 Wms. (54,553) 选手 5 0346267 练马师：R Cowan 马主：Middleboro, Ho, MacKay, D

1.1/1642: FANDON (7) (0) 5: 0.5, Sang Narendra 102 1.0) 出赛 10 Wms. (45) 选手 5 0350220 练马师：R Norman 马主：Malan, Amador, Col

1.1/1621: SPARTAN ARROW (99) (0) 6: 0.5, R L Moore 99 1.0) 出赛 23 Wms. (67,43) 选手 5 0352894 练马师：A McHannibow® Hambleton, Marcy, Col, 1000 及 Pachner

1.1/1612: ALL WAYS SLAMOROUS (40) (530) 5: 0.5, M Vram 102 1.0) 出赛 20 Wms. (67,43) 选手 5 0352575 练马师：C Moore 马主：Robert & Moe, Marcy

1.1/1613: GAGLI (43) (0.7) 5: 0.5, J T Van 100 1.0) 出赛 14 Wms. (66) 选手 5 0350 练马师：P Kirby 马主：James and Susan Cookson

1.1/1602: GOLD STAR VIDEO (7) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 104 1.0) 出赛 18 Wms. (54,63) 选手 5 0363197 练马师：M Bell 马主：Middleboro, Moa, MacKay, D 0359

1.1/1610: GOLD WIDOW (46) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 102 1.0) 出赛 15 Wms. (55) 选手 5 0352707 练马师：T Vaner 马主：M Phelan, Marcy

1.1/1610: CRUISE VIDEO (15) (0) 6: 0.5, Janice McHann 106 1.0) 出赛 45 Wms. (60.8) 选手 5 0352527 练马师：A Carrie's 马主：Melbourne, Williams & Partners

1.1/1610: 运行数据 [重复数值省略]

SP 预测：9-2 Bute, Bupita, A. Fazio Salamصري, All Ways, Glamorous, 7 Fastions, 8 Hospital, No. Spartan Arrow, Fahrenheit Screw, 8 Unique Knots, Gold Cup, Nera, 20 (0天)

2025年：Vintage Churchs 6-9 A, B Boonans 5-10 (6 & 7 Falsey), 抽签 (9), 10匹参赛。 GLOBE：All Ways Glamorous (44), 9, 基于 520 夹板成功的单次表现，均在表格后方。Bute：体重减轻, [重复数值省略]

2.10 SHERGAR 杯 长距离赛 (让磅赛) (11)

641,803 (2) tm 7 209码 (10) (11)

1.1/2010: SPIRIT WASH (42) (0) 5: 0.5, S Osborne 100 1.0) 出赛 44 Wms. (43,2,4,5,5) 选手 5 0350 练马师：A Balding 马主：Mr. J. C. Smith

1.1/1614: LAURENCE HILL WAR (53) 5: 0.5, J. Pachner 102 1.0) 出赛 18 Wms. (24,6) 选手 5 0352529 练马师：James Davis 马主：Mr. J. C. Smith

1.1/2702: KILMERSON (43) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 97 1.0) 出赛 19 Wms. (44,6) 选手 5 0257561 练马师：Faye Knowles 马主：The Cross

1.1/1619: DANCING IN FAIR! (15) (0) 6: 0.5, J. Ferraris 99 1.0) 出赛 16 Wms. (44,6) 选手 5 0352529 练马师：I Williams 马主：Mr. Joseph Smith

1.1/1626: SHERAP SNADY (25) (0) 4: 0.5, J. B. Moore 99 1.0) 出赛 12 Wms. (47,4) 选手 5 0352600 练马师：A Balding 马主：Mr. M. S. [后续重复字符省略]

SP 预测：2 Doring Shady, 7 Ashwaloo, 8 Hennec, 10 Fine Star Mountain Road, Mariner, 2 Spirit River, 10 Gown, 6 Yarn, [重复数值省略]

GLOBE：6号马值得关注其进步趋势，SHERAP SNADY 由 Andrew Balding 训练，旨在追求年度第三次胜利，此前在 Newbury City 表现出色，通过调整时间及年度最高 30 分钟限制以防止进一步退步，由 Ryan Moore 骑乘。Stallamers：Spirit River 在当前评分下具有竞争力，而 Mariner 在 Sandown 获胜（第3名）后代表新马房出赛。Mountain Road 和 Hennec 在这场开放竞争中也是值得考虑的选择。

赛道实况：GLOBE：好至坚实 (Good to Firm), Ricky Keeney 顶尖赛道骑师 (2025) [数值列表省略]

雅士谷天空体育赛马 (ASCOT SKYSPORTS RACING)

2.45 谢尔加杯 障碍赛 (SHERGAR CUP CHARGEING) (9英尺障碍) (11)

641,803 (2) tm 37 209码 (12) (11)

1.1/1610: CLAYMORE (35) (0.8) 7: 0.5, C L Glass 99 1.0) 出赛 37 Wms. (43,7) 参赛者 4 0386.64 练马师：J. Chappie Huen 马主：Mrs. Jane Chappie Huen

1.1/2510: HIGARITY (50) (530) 6: 0.5, M Vram 100 1.0) 出赛 18 Wms. (45,5) 参赛者 4 0342.64 练马师：A King 马主：Michael Fannie & The Spare Partnership

1.1/2714: TAY FRANCES ETHEL (248) (0.6) 0.5, C Y No 98 1.0) 出赛 16 Wms. (45) 参赛者 4 0353501 练马师：M Haggon 马主：Team Vane

1.1/2422: SHORT BREEZE (70) (530) 5: 0.5 1.0/2610: D Browne McMonagle 98 1.1/1612: D Brown (0.5) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

预计单胜赔率 (SP FORECAST): 6 Night Brewer, 6 Insanity, 5 Fannie, 5 D. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.

2025: 1.1/1612: D Brown (0.5) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

专家点评 (GLOBE): 去年的冠军 (第9名) Night Brewer 回归，但由于评分高出 10 倍，这次的挑战将更加艰巨。

Insanity 在去年的比赛中获得第三名，基于其 4 月在 Ponderford (第3名) 获得第二名的表现，它是一个有竞争力的选手，但目前的票选倾向于 STEM。Richard Hannee 的赛马在桑当 (Sandown) (第3名) 的级别赛中以一个马身之差落败。评级委员会在这次胜利后仅将其评分上调 26 分，可能较为宽松。

3.20 谢尔加杯 冲刺赛 (SHERGAR CUP SPRINT) (9英尺障碍) 3岁马 (11)

641,803 (2) SF (12) (11)

1.1/2610: HAYARA MORRICK (28) (0.7) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

装备 (RUMBER): 2号 舌带, 3号 头罩, 5号。 预计单胜赔率 (SP FORECAST): 2 Thunder Cab, 9 Y. Red Spirit, 6 Hover, 10 American Cab, Cape Anhearn, 14 May Kegel, Jet Pepper, Fajam, 16 其他

2025: Prince Of India 10-6, Faisal Sain 10-7, The 10 Rarities, 6 Hovers, 10, 10 匹参赛。 专家点评 (GLOBE): Thunder Cab 无法完成 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 10-17, 10-18, 10-19, 10-20, 10-21, 10-22, 10-23, 10-24, 10-25, 10-26, 10-27, 10-28, 10-29, 10-30, 10-31, 10-32, 10-33, 10-34, 10-35, 10-36, 10-37, 10-38, 10-39, 10-40, 10-41, 10-42, 10-43, 10-44, 10-45, 10-46, 10-47, 10-48, 10-49, 10-50, 10-51, 10-52, 10-53, 10-54, 10-55, 10-56, 10-57, 10-58, 10-59, 10-60, 10-61, 10-62, 10-63, 10-64, 10-65, 10-66, 10-67, 10-68, 10-69, 10-70, 10-71, 10-72, 10-73, 10-74, 10-75, 10-76, 10-77, 10-78, 10-79, 10-80, 10-81, 10-82, 10-83, 10-84, 10-85, 10-86, 10-87, 10-88, 10-89, 10-90, 10-91, 10-92, 10-93, 10-94, 10-95, 10-96, 10-97, 10-98, 10-99, 10-100 的系列赛程。

顶级赛道分析 (TOP TRACK TRUNCH) (2021) 4.85, 9 Haggon, Mrs. Shaw 评级, 首次参赛, 2.55, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.

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3.55 谢尔加杯 古典赛 (SHERGAR CUP CLASSIC) (9英尺障碍) 3岁马 (11)

641,803 (2) tm 37 209码 (11) (11)

1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

预计单胜赔率 (SP FORECAST): 9-10 Hough, 7-2 Archer, Ray, 7-Pierce, Faisal, 8-Bian Hercules, 12-Daay, Royal Phelps, 14-Leed Leak, 16-Balls, Yoke, 22-其他。

2025: 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

4.30 谢尔加杯一英里赛 (9' 负重) (RR0) (11)

1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

装备：2号 舌带，3号，10号 巡航猪 (CRUISE PIGZES)，5号，10号

SP 预测：1 Thunder Cab, 9 Y. Red Spirit, 6 Hover, 10 American Cab, Cape Anhearn, 14 May Kegel, Jet Pepper, Fajam, 16 其他

评论：Oct's Board 在古德伍德 (Goodwood) 比赛中陷入困境，最终获得第九名 (第3, 第4)，但根据记录，他更适合在 Braye Diamond 的圆环领先 (第1, 第2, 第3) 比赛。在第二次和第四次会议中，他的损失以及第三和第四的负重无法保证。第5名 Brigham Palace (第7, 第8) 在本赛日的表现无法在数月内分开，对于 Fourth Blossom 来说，现在表现更好应该不是问题，尽管 TIRE TIMES 将其排在下一位。他的国际赛 (第7, 第8) 表现与 GLOBE 的第二次分析不符，在 Showers 赛后未参赛，这是一个有趣的变动。杯赛装备，上周六分开。

布赖顿 (BRIGHTON)：

地面：好至坚实——部分区域良好

2.30—SUNGE SPIRIT (1' X 第3名), 7-1 (as) Washington Ave (5) 2, House Woman (9) 0, 1 Kragi 7 can, m, (7) 0, Gardens 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.00—CHAMBERS (3' P-第3名), 8-9 (as) 1 New Can (9' Can) (as), 2 Little Motte (7'2), 5 5 can (5'2) 5, 5' Can (5'1) 5, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1

4.30—EQUIPMENT (TNG) (Mala Goppa) (6) 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 第3名), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 第3名), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 第3名), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

地方投注 (Placepet): 2/75, (3)

(场次 0, 2, 3, 12, 4, 2, (3) 1, 3, (4) 2,

1, 3, (5) 4, 5, (6) 1, 5

四重彩 (Quadpot): 276, 90

昨午赛果

穆塞尔堡 (MUSSELBURGH)：良好

1.50—SUNGE STAR (1' Walthamst-4, 6) 1, Falcon Mile (9'4) (as) 2, Moore, Gamble (5) 3, Kragi 7 can, (5) 10, (8) 1, Penrall, 9-4 (As) Senate Main 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0

2.20—WESTER WAY (1' Walthamst, 3-5) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

2.30—BESTER WAY (1' Walthamst, 3-5) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.20—JIMMY CHICKET (1' Walthamst, 8) 2 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.50—ROCKY HARD (1' Walthamst, 6) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.20—SHIP AND STORMIST (1' X 第3名), 9-5 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.50—WORKBURGH (1' Walthamst, 6) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

地方投注 (Placepet): 2/27, (3)

(场次 0, 2, 1, (2) 2, 4, (3) 5, 2, (4) 1,

1, 6, (5) 2, 5, (6) 3, 1

四重彩 (Quadpot): 270, 20

索拉克 (THORAC)：

Good—部分地区良好至坚实 2.10—MESA SAVINGS (1' Walthamst, 4) 0, 1, Falcon Mile (9'4) (as) 2, Moore, Gamble (5) 3, Kragi 7 can, (5) 10, (8) 1, Penrall, 9-4 (As) Senate Main 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0 2.40—PROPERTY ANGS (4' Waltham, (3) 1 3.50—STEWARTSHOOD (4' X 3rd), 7-1 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1 Daring (0-4) 2 (as) (as) 1, Kragi 4 can, (6) (5) (6) 0, 0 3.40—A-CHATHLUMS (2' X 3rd), 9-4 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1 4.10—HUNTER HINTHE (1' X 3rd), 7-2 (as) 1, 1, 1 4.40—GREAT PROFIT (3' Wythamst, 7) (as) 1, 1, 1, 1 (Race 0, 1, 2, 4, (2) 7, 3, 4, (3) 1, 3, (4) 1, 4, (5) 1, 6, (6) 1, 2, 6, (7) 1, 4, (8) 1, 5, (9) 1, 6, (10) 1, 7, (11) 1, 8, (12) 1, 9, (13) 1, 10, (14) 1, 11, (15) 1, 12, (16) 1, 13, (17) 1, 14, (18) 1, 15, (19) 1, 16, (20) 1, 17, (21) 1, 18, (22) 1, 19, (23) 1, 20, (24) 1, 21, (25) 1, 22, (26) 1, 23, (27) 1, 24, (28) 1, 25, (29) 1, 26, (30) 1, 27, (31) 1, 28, (32) 1, 29, (33) 1, 30, (34) 1, 31, (35) 1, 32, (36) 1, 33, (37) 1, 34, (38) 1, 35, (39) 1, 36, (40) 1, 37, (41) 1, 38, (42) 1, 39, (43) 1, 40, (44) 1, 41, (45) 1, 42, (46) 1, 43, (47) 1, 44, (48) 1, 45, (49) 1, 46, (50) 1, 47, (51) 1, 48, (52) 1, 49, (53) 1, 50, (54) 1, 51, (55) 1, 52, (56) 1, 53, (57) 1, 54, (58) 1, 55, (59) 1, 56, (60) 1, 57, (61) 1, 58, (62) 1, 59, (63) 1, 60, (64) 1, 61, (65) 1, 62, (66) 1, 63, (67) 1, 64, (68) 1, 65, (69) 1, 66, (70) 1, 67, (71) 1, 68, (72) 1, 69, (73) 1, 70, (74) 1, 71, (75) 1, 72, (76) 1, 73, (77) 1, 74, (78) 1, 75, (79) 1, 76, (80) 1, 77, (81) 1, 78, (82) 1, 79, (83) 1, 80, (84) 1, 81, (85) 1, 82, (86) 1, 83, (87) 1, 84, (88) 1, 85, (89) 1, 86, (90) 1, 87, (91) 1, 88, (92) 1, 89, (93) 1, 90, (94) 1, 91, (95) 1, 92, (96) 1, 93, (97) 1, 94, (98) 1, 95, (99) 1, 96, (100) 1, 97, (101) 1, 98, (102) 1, 99, (103) 1, 100 --- DRAFT RACING: 侦察员顶级电视推荐 69 # THRU

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SAFFIE OSBORNE 可以带领英国和爱尔兰在迪拜免税 Sherigar 杯中获得胜利，并提升她在 RED SPEED DANGER (3.20) 上的出色雅士谷记录。这位 24 岁的骑手，其队友是 Byon Moore 和 Dylan Browne McMonagle（右），在她之前唯一一次参加该赛事时赢得了两场比赛。上个月在 King George 前赛中刚获得三连胜，Osborne 目标是骑乘 Red Spells Danger 在 Spent 中将其在该赛道的获胜次数增加到 22 次。Tim Easterby 的学员本赛季表现一直很稳定，在修正评分后运行一致，且比 Thunder Call 强 3lb。

侦察员

梅丽莎·琼斯在6月约克的一场竞争激烈的让磅赛中遭遇了半马身之差的失利。布朗·麦克莫纳格尔在长途赛中骑乘的 POLE STAR (2.10) 在权重方面则相反，在三岁时经历了一段繁忙时期后，自赛季开始以来权重下降了 5lb。查理·约翰斯顿的这匹赛马在5月的一场纽马克遗产让磅赛中领跑并获得第三名，那是其 2026 年的最佳表现之一。在一场缺乏速度竞争的比赛中，Pole Star 在强力骑手的带领下被看好能发挥出色，试图在有利条件下逆转在瑟斯克与 Mountain Road 的战绩。始终稳定的 NIGHT BREEZE (2.45) 被预测将为麦克莫纳格尔在挑战赛中实现连胜，而摩尔则将骑乘英里赛热门 OZAT (4.30) 为 ITV 的赛事收官，后者的评分处于危险区间。上次因抽签不利而失手，BOLO NEIGHS (1.35) 被支持在短途冲刺赛中为欧洲和骑手克里斯托夫·勒梅尔赢得最高分。代表新香港队的卢克·费拉里斯骑乘 PIERRE GROSSE (3.55) 参与竞争，后者是经典赛前三名的有力竞争者。见习教练杰西卡·哈林顿在该赛事中记录卓越，且我的选择在之前的戈尔韦节赛跑后得到了验证，应该能在其所需的 1m 4f 距离上迎来一场良好的考验。作为 Denford Sitafs 一级雌马 Connect 的女儿，MARTINET (1.55) 已获得提升级别参加纽马克三级赛 Newsels Park Stud Sweet Solera Stakes 的资格。SEA SCOUT (2.25) 可能会在海多克同级别的 Betway Rose Of Lancaster Stakes 中获得理想的跑位，从而跑出超出其赔率的表现；而曾经的 LDO 季后赛希望之星 CALENDAR GIRL (3.00) 据报道身体状况良好，可能会对列级赛 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Dick Hern Stakes 的俱乐部领先者 Fallen Angel 发起挑战。

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1.50 Brightest 4.20 Norfolk Blue 2.25 Sea Scout 4.40 Inspired 3.00 Calendar Girl 5.10 Sandy Crab 3.34 Moonshine

1.50 BETWAY LIGIH 让磅赛 3岁马 ES.234 (5级) 1m 21 42yds (6匹申报)

● ONSHTON YOW 1 / 2 (2,7) 4 Knight 9 10 Am 2.25 100.00% MARGARIN SPIRIT (25) 4 Super 9 9... A Start! 32 3.15 40.00% MCCARLESS HERO 1 / 2 (8) 4 Marlins 9 6, 8 T Rovers 77 4.00 120.00% GAGOPHONIST (46) 7 2 Races 9 6... D Tathlone 82 5.12 BLATZ: GLAYTONS MILATONIC (54) 7 2 Item 8 7... Doubtful 6.10 10 BIRD LUTTERS (67) 7: Williamson 9 4... Merle Eunet II 75

SP 预测：10-11 Brightest New, 7-2 Slaughtered, 4 Rebellious Heres 8 Maratons Spirit (9) 12 Tiffler 2025: MaratonsDomestic 9-7, David Prudent 10-4, JiHar (2,1 Levels), draws (4), 8 can.

2.25 兰开斯特玫瑰 (ROSE OF LANCASTER) STKS (GBP 3) ES3.874 (1) 1m 21 42yds (5) LVI 1.10 10% JOHNSTADIST (30) (8) 4 9 10... C Lee 192 2. 跑次 10 胜场 10(3,5,5) 名次 2 5700,340 3. Sanner 4 8 Burke Sanner Newtown Aover Stud Farm 4.20 10 10 班纳湾 (BANNER BAY) (28) (8) 4 9 7... 存疑 5.10 跑次 10 胜场 10(3) 名次 2 532,200 6. 5 Bethed 1 / 4, Fiona Carmichael & Bofyldrich Stud 7.10 跑次 10 胜场 10(3) 名次 2 5700,340 8. 6 1 / 4 VODR: No. 4 SP 预测: 10-9, , 9-9, Maratons, 9-3, Convergent, 13 Day Scout. 2025: 迪拜皇家 (Royal Dubai) 3-9-9, Caham Rodriguez 9-4, JiHar (Down Barrows), 抽签 (2), 7 匹马。

为 JACOBSON MALLARD 捐款，两则寓言将他的家提升到了新高度的首个赛季。在 Square (9x2) 赛事的让磅赛中表现出色并获胜，在赢得 Sandown 的 The Saks Sisters (9x2) 赛事前一天，他处于左侧 (2x2) 的中等下滑状态，且优于 Marlboro。在重返赛场并在皇家ascot的 Midtown (9x2) 赛事中首次亮相时，这种努力将过于激烈而无法证明交易的合理性。Convergent 在 Cannabian Cup (9x4) 和 Princess (9 Wales's 9x4) 赛事中表现令人失望后，现在某种程度上是一次挽救行动，因此 Danger Bay 可能会构成更大的威胁。

赛马场八卦 (GOSSIP FROM THE GALLOPS)

中地：TIGER (6.30 Ayr) 纽马基特：HEDGES (3.55 Ascot) 北部：FALLER ANGEL (3.00 Haydock) Lambore：EABRA (2.30 Newmarket)

3.00 EBF DICK HERN STAKES £39,697 (1) 71 212yds (10) LVI 1.00 10% ALIZABETHAN (32) (8) 4 9 10... T Marquard 9 6 4.0 出赛 10 获胜 2(5,7) 名次 1 5712,04 5. Sanner 4: Hoppes Sanner, Sabha Stud Limited 6.00 7.00 出赛 10 获胜 3(4) 名次 8 5782,90 8.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 9.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 10.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 11.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 12.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 13.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 14.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 15.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 16.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 17.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 18.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 19.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 20.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 21.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 22.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 23.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 24.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 25.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 26.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 27.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 28.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 29.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 30.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 31.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 32.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 33.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 34.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 35.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 36.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 37.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 38.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 39.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 40.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 41.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 42.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 43.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 44.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 45.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 46.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 47.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 48.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 49.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 50.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 51.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 52.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 53.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 54.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 55.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 56.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 57.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 58.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 59.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 60.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 61.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 62.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 63.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 64.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 65.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 66.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 67.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 68.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 69.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 70.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 71.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 72.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 73.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 74.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 75.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 76.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 77.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 78.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 79.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 80.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 81.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 82.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 83.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 84.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 85.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 86.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 87.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 88.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 89.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 90.0

10 胜 3(4) 名 8 5782,90 91.0 跑 10 胜 3(4) 名 8 5782,90 92.0 跑 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 93.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 94.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 95.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 96.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 97.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 98.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 99.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 100.0 10 3(4) 8 5782,90 TOWER STRAP: 编号 4, 10 DADIA PEEZES: 编号 5 SP 预测: 10-5 Fallen Angel, 9-2 Alabaryah, 4 Pacific Mission, 10 Calendar Girl, 4 Pacific Class, 4 Nantle Avenue, 10 Benny's Street, 25 Others. 2025: Sathy Foreman 3-9-9, Lee Fearing 15-6-7, Johnston; Brown (9), 7 can. 指南: 我可以凭借出色的表现来彻底改变五次第一组系列赛。FALLER ANGEL: 任何在 Midtown (9x2) 再次出现时需要奔跑的民谣，就在 Fallen Angel 的女孩身边。Karl Barber 的马在休息一段时间后，在这种条件下很可能凭借其视野占据领先地位。Domestic Calendar Girl Sport: 自去年 10 月在 Newmarket (7) 获得 10-16 (9x2) 以来一直被关注，且有提升空间，同样的情况也适用于 Pacific Mission 和 Amistogram Palace (9)，首先是 Alabaryah。

3.34 BETWAY ASHTON HEATH 障碍赛 £7,850 (3) 67 212码 (7) 1.50 100.00% DEMONDS SPIRIT (10) (8,7) 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 预测赔率：10-9, Foreman Spirit, 9-4, Moonshine, 9-2, Christian David, 9-2, 9-2 2 2025: Excellent Believe 3-9-10, Tom Marquard 5-11 (7 Chatter), 抽签 (9), 9 can.

4.09 BETWAY TANNERS BRIDGE 障碍赛 3岁马 ES.234 (5) 67 212yds (10) 1.00 2.00 3.00 VODR: 9号 TONKIE STRAP: 4, 7号 CHICK PEEZES: 3, 6. SP 预测: 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2 4.40 BETWAY CAPITAL CITY 障碍赛 £16,250 (2) 71 212yds (14) 1.00 2.00 4.00 10 5.00 10 6.00 10: 10: 10: 10 7.00 10: 10: 10: 10 8.00 10: 10: 10 9.00 10: 10 10.00 10 5.10 BETWAY 学徒障碍赛 3岁马 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.10 BERNSTEIN: 10-8, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 赛道详情: GUNNIG: 良好，左手方向。最佳赛道：骑师 (2012) 2826 Tom Marquard 3PG Striker (4x4)。最佳赛道：TALKING (2012) 2826 1st Penguin 2PG Striker (4x4)。首次参赛：1st New Image (4x4) 4.09 Norfolk Blue (4x4) 4.40 Sprout (6) 6.00 6.00 6 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00

22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00 彼得·诺顿的赛马预测 peternaughtonlips 我的每日电话热线包含来自赛马领域此前联系人的预测和信息 拨打 0900 140 1005 FOREM BRIDGE TODAY 电话费用为每分钟 £1.50 另加您的电话接入费。您必须年满 15 岁。服务提供商：Spoke 0333 252 3360 获取我的博彩 RASHER SOFCHO 获胜者 LAD 之月 MONTH 获胜者之日 DAY > 今日线路 UP TODAY 拨打 0900 174 9390 10 岁以下 Table Helpers (10.5.10) TH 赛马服务 最新获胜者 KON TIKI 周三 7:42 (雅士谷) NEVER ENOUGH 获胜 11-8 (雅士谷) SORRENGAIL 获胜 2-1 (雅士谷) HALE END 获胜 9-4 (艾尔) INDEFENSIBLED 获胜 11-10 (Racbar) INSPIRE 获胜 2-1 (汉密尔顿) 不要错过！每日上午 9 点起拨打 0906 1 1 2314 您必须年满 15 岁。Indefine: 0333 252 3360 THE Sneed bin Suroor 训练的 Tornado Alert ——曾在慕尼黑赢得第一组 Grosser Dalmayr-Preis 奖金——将与他的马厩同伴 Dubai Future 一起，在明天于 Hopperten 举行的威斯敏斯特第 136 届柏林大奖赛 (Grosser Preis von Berlin) 中迎来人们期待已久的回归。

昨晚赛果及赔率

这匹小马自7月在慕尼黑赢得一项一级赛冠军后就一直没有参赛。HATDOCK：SNOVA 场地为良好至坚实 --- 70 评分：今日其他赛卡 # NEWMARKET RATING™ # 侦察员 1.50 BISHOPs View 4.09 Northia Blue 2.25 Sea Coast 4.40 Inspired 3.00 LUMBER SIX 5.10 Forward Endless 3.34 Nonsmiles

SWEET SOLTRA STAKES (雌马 GRP 3) 2岁 1年 £42.52 (1级) 71 (7匹已申报) (L) / 1 / 1.5 / CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / --- / 2 / 2.5 / CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 3 / 3.5 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 4 / 4.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 5 / 5.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 6 / 6.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 7 / 7.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 8.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 9 / 9.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 10 / 10.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 11 / 11.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 12 / 12.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 13 / 13.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 14 / 14.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 15 / 15.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 16 / 16.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 17 / 17.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 18 / 18.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 19 / 19.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 20 / 20.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 21 / 21.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 22 / 22.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 23 / 23.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 24 / 24.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 25 / 25.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 26 / 26.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 27 / 27.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 28 / 28.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 29 / 29.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 30 / 30.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 31 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 32 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 33 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 34 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 35 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 36 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 37 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 38 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 39 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 40 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 41 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 42 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 43 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 44 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 45 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 46 / 31.0

CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 47 / 31.0 / CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 48 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 49 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 50 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 51 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 52 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 53 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 54 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 55 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 56 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 57 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 58 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 59 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 60 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 61 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 62 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 63 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 64 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 65 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 66 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 67 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 68 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 69 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 70 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 71 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 72 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 73 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 74 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 75 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 76 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 77 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 78 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 79 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 80 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 81 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 82 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 83 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 84 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 85 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 86 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 87 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 88 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 89 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 90 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 91 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8,

3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 92 / 31.0 / CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 93 / 31.0 / CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 94 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 95 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 96 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 97 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 98 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 99 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / 100 / 31.0 / . W. (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0 / 8 / IF FORECAST: 1-4 Nov. 1-5 Nov. 1-6 . 1-7 . 1-8 . 1-9 . 1-10 . 1-11 . 1-12 . 1-13 . 1-14 . 1-15 . 1-16 . 1-17 . 1-18 . 1-19 . 1-20 . 1-21 . 1-22 . 1-23 . 1-24 . 1-25 . 1-26 . 1-27 . 1-28 . 1-29 . 1-30 . 1-31 . 1-32 . 1-33 . 1-34 . 1-35 . 1-36 . 1-37 . 1-38 . 1-39 . 1-40 . 1-41 . 1-42 . 1-43 . 1-44 . 1-45 . 1-46 . 1-47 . 1-48 . 1-49 . 1-50 . 1-51 . 1-52 . 1-53 . 1-54 . 1-55 . 1-56 . 1-57 . 1-58 . 1-59 . 1-60 . 1-61 . 1-62 . 1-63 . 1-64 . 1-65 . 1-66 . 1-67 . 1-68 . 1-69 . 1-70 . 1-71 . 1-72 . 1-73 . 1-74 . 1-75 . 1-76 . 1-77 . 1-78 . 1-79 . 1-80 . 1-81 . 1-82 . 1-83 . 1-84 . 1-85 . 1-86 . 1-87 . 1-88 . 1-89 . 1-90 . 1-91 . 1-92 . 1-93 . 1-94 . 1-95 . 1-96 . 1-97 . 1-98 . 1-99 . 2 1.50 BISHOP: 1-4 . 1-5 . 1-6 . 1-7 . 1-8 . 1-9 . 1-10 . 1-11 . 1-12 . 1-13 . 1-14 . 1-15 . 1-16 . 1-17 . 1-18 . 1-19 . 1-20 . 1-21 . 1-22 . 1-23 . 1-24 . 1-25 . 1-26 . 1-27 . 1-28 . 1-29 . 1-30 . 1-31 . 1-32 . 1-33 . 1-34 . 1-35 . 1-36 . 1-37 . 1-38 . 1-39 . 1-40 . 1-41 . 1-42 . 1-43 . 1-44 . 1-45 . 1-46 . 1-47 . 1-48 . 1-49 . 1-50 . 1-51 . 1-52 . 1-53 . 1-54 . 1-55 . 1-56 . 1-57 . 1-58 . 1-59 . 1-60 . 1-61 . 1-62 . 1-63 . 1-64 . 1-65 . 1-66 . 1-67 . 1-68 . 1-69 . 1-70 . 1-71 . 1-72 . 1-73 . 1-74 . 1-75 . 1-76 . 1-77 . 1-78 . 1-79 . 1-80 . 1-81 . 1-82 . 1-83 . 1-84 . 1-85 . 1-86 . 1-87 . 1-88 . 1-89 . 1-90 . 1-91 . 1-92 . 1-93 . 1-94 . 1-95 . 1-96 . 1-97 . 1-98 . 1-99 . 2 1.50 BISHOP: 1-4 . 1-5 . 1-6 . 1-7 . 1-8 . 1-9 . 1-10 . 1-11 . 1-12 . 1-13 . 1-14 . 1-15 . 1-16 . 1-17 . 1-18 . 1-19 . 1-20 . 1-21 . 1-22 . 1-23 . 1-24 . 1-25 . 1-26 . 1-27 . 1-28 . 1-29 . 1-30 . 1-31 . 1-32 . 1-33 . 1-34 . 1-35 . 1-36 . 1-37 . 1-38 . 1-39 . 1-40 . 1-41 . 1-42 . 1-43 . 1-44 . 1-45 . 1-46 . 1-47 . 1-48 . 1-49 . 1-50 . 1-51 . 1-52 . 1-53 . 1-54 . 1-55 . 1-56 . 1-57 . 1-58 . 1-59 . 1-60 . 1-61 . 1-62 . 1-63 . 1-64 . 1-65 . 1-66 . 1-67 . 1-68 . 1-69 . 1-70 . 1-71 . 1-72 . 1-73 . 1-74 . 1-75 . 1-76 . 1-77 . 1-78 . 1-79 . 1-80 . 1-81 . 1-82 . 1-83 . 1-84 . 1-85 . 1-86 . 1-87 . 1-88 . 1-89 . 1-90 . 1-91 . 1-92 . 1-93 . 1-94 . 1-95 . 1-96 . 1-97 . 1-98 . 1-99 . --- MOTO GP: BRITISH GRAND PRIX, SILVERSTONE 71

精悍强悍 雅马哈的 Jack Hitch 谈到 Emma Prather 在银石赛道的练习赛中的位置

我们需要找到正确的方案 萨姆·米德 (SAM MEADE) 独家报道

卡尔·克鲁奇洛 (CAL CRUTCHLOW) 坚信 MotoGP 比一级方程式 (Formula 1) 有趣得多——并呼吁该项运动的负责人吸引人们走进银石赛道的大门，亲眼见证。

本周末，MotoGP 赛车接管了北安普顿郡的赛道，目前锦标赛前五名车手之间仅差 24 分。上赛季，尽管 MotoGP 整体观众人数打破纪录，但英国大奖赛却是仅有的两场观众人数下降的比赛之一。12 个月前，仅有 99,000 人来到银石赛道——比 2024 年减少了近 20,000 人，且不足 F1 在该赛道吸引人数的五分之一——这让克鲁奇洛（见上图）感到十分困惑。

这位资深的英国车手表示：“银石赛道的工作做得很好，这一点毫无疑问，但我们需要让英国公众来到这场比赛。无论发生什么，无论他们如何操作——他们必须让公众来到赛车场。”

“一级方程式有 594,000 人参加。作为一场真正的比赛，它比 MotoGP 要无聊得多。”

让球迷进场体验……让他们意识到 F1 很无聊

“如果我们能让人们来到比赛现场，他们会一直回来——关键在于如何让他们到场。”

“我不知道他们为什么不在那里。”

银石赛道在过去的 11 年里产生了 11 位不同的 MotoGP 冠军，展现了比赛的不可预测性。今年 40 岁的克鲁奇洛结束退休回归，他否认缺乏英国车手会对公众的观赛热情产生负面影响。

他说：“2002 年我还是个孩子的时候，我去布兰兹哈奇参加世界超级摩托车锦标赛 (World Superbikes)，那里有 120,000 人——仅仅是一场世界超级摩托车赛！”

“银石赛道在 MotoGP 初期曾有过那种人数，但现在没有了，我们需要弄清楚原因。”

“这是一项伟大的运动，人们一旦去过就会上瘾，并且会继续光顾。”

这位出生于考文垂的赛车手在 2020 年结束了他的 MotoGP 职业生涯，并担任测试和预备车手。但现在他代表本田 (Honda) 回到了赛格，并且对自己离开一段时间后的表现感到满意。

克鲁奇洛说：“我骑车的次数不够多，就这么简单。”

“我对目前的状况感到满意，考虑到我离开了几年，我认为自己做得并不太糟。这并不容易，这些家伙每周都在开得更快。”

克鲁奇洛离开的时间让他意识到，当他真正永久停止比赛时，挑战将有多大。他补充道：“我已经经历过一次退休了——我可以告诉你，这并不容易。退休离开体育界是没有手册可循的。”

“你退休时，不会有人给你一本手册说，‘这就是操作方法。’ 这很困难，因为你习惯了被某种动力驱动去做某事。所以，我能理解。我理解运动员在职业生涯结束后会出现波动。”

体育世界

弗林托夫卸任狮队主教练

安德鲁·弗林托夫 (ANDREW FLINTOFF) 在卸任英格兰狮队 (England Lions) 主教练后向罗布·基 (Rob Key) 表示感谢。弗林托夫在就任该职位不到两年后离开，迈克·亚迪 (Mike Yardy) 将接替他参加周三开始的与巴基斯坦的对决。

弗林托夫最近被任命为今年冬季 Big Bash 联赛悉尼雷霆队 (Sydney Thunder) 的教练，并感谢了英格兰男队总经理基。

前英格兰队长弗林托夫表示：“遗憾的是，我决定离开在狮队的职位。”

板球

“我不仅享受能够与国内最优秀的年轻板球运动员一起工作的机会，而且在看到他们成长过程中感到非常自豪。”

“我想感谢所有教练和工作人员的热情、不懈努力和支持。”

“我迫不及待地想在今年晚些时候开始在雷霆队的工作。”

斯特拉：麦克拉伦的内讧已成过去式

麦克拉伦（McLAREN）的安德里亚·斯特拉（Andrea Stella）很高兴看到兰多·诺里斯（Lando Norris）和奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里（Oscar Piastri）在经历了上赛季的冠军之争后，依然保持着和谐的关系。在还剩 9 场比赛时，皮亚斯特里曾领先 34 分，但诺里斯最终胜过队友，夺得首个世界冠军。

麦克拉伦老板斯特拉承认：“在去年——当时他们一直竞争到最后一场比赛才决定### 一级方程式（FORMULA 1）世界冠军归属——之后，他们建立的和谐关系能否保持不变，这并非理所当然。”

“这种情况不仅没有改变，而且他们之间以及与车队之间的关系实际上变得更加牢固了。”

他补充道：“赛历上还剩下 12 场比赛，因此在有 546 分可争夺的情况下，机会依然很多。”

1. 在 2026 年超级联赛对阵哈德斯菲尔德·格兰茨（Huddersfield Grants）的胜利中，谁为布拉德福德公牛队（Bradford Bulls）攻入两个达阵？
2. 在 2026 年钻石联赛的赫库利斯（Herculis）赛项中，哪位英国人获得了男子跳高第二名？
3. 谁在 2026 年德国摩托车大奖赛 Moto3 系列赛中夺得杆位并获得冠军？
4. 哪位前锋保持着英格兰顶级联赛进球最多的纪录？
5. 哪支球队在 20 世纪 60 年代六次赢得板球郡冠军赛（County Championship）？
6. 澳大利亚的罗伯特·法希（Robert Fahey）在 1994 年至 2016 年以及 2018 年至 2022 年期间是哪项运动的世界冠军？
7. 哪位青少年骑师在 1962 年的英国国家赛马大赛（Grand National）中骑乘 Ayala 获得胜利？
8. 哪位飞镖选手的绰号是“达斯·魔法”（Darth Magic）？
9. 在 2020 年首次公布的官方女子排名中，哪位瑞典高尔夫球手成为了首位世界第一？
10. 在篮网球（netball）中，球门柱的高度是多少英尺？

答案

1. 比吉·布莱克 (Biggie Blake)
2. 木村·杰克 (Kimura Jack)
3. 布莱恩·查尔斯 (Brian Charles)
4. 吉米·卡内斯 (Jimmy Carness)
5. 凯莉·S·保罗·詹姆斯 (Carrie S. Paul James)
6. 约翰·帕蒂 (John Patti)
7. 卡拉·西蒙兹 (Karlaa Simmonds)
8. 吉姆 (Jim) --- 72 DAIST

结果与统计

板球

THE HONDAKE 男女组—伯明翰凤凰女队 v 利兹太阳花女队 (big baston)：伯明翰凤凰 107-9 (100 球; B Sharma 3-11)；利兹太阳花 1.13 (1.09 球; P E S Litchfield 71ns)；利兹太阳花以 9 个三柱门胜出。

单日杯 - A 组—兰开夏郡 v 格洛斯特郡 (3rd Tutt field)：格洛斯特郡 273-6 (50.0 轮; C T Bancroft 98; J M R Taylor 75)；兰开夏郡 273-6 (48.1 轮; K K Jennings 67; G P Baderson 56ns)；兰开夏郡以 4 个三柱门胜出。

诺丁汉郡 v 北安普顿郡 (Crockinfield)：北安普顿郡 259-8 (50.0 轮; C A Bartlett 55; L A Proctor 53)；诺丁汉郡 261-6 (48.4 轮; F W McCann 91; H Harlowell 51)。诺丁汉郡以 6 个三柱门胜出。

B 组—伯明翰 v 埃塞克斯 (Sophia Gardens)：埃塞克斯 312-10 (47.1 轮; L M Benaventem 140; N R M Thain 76; D A Doultwaite 3-51)；格拉摩根 309-7 (50.0 轮; T van der Gugten 1.18ns; A J Horton 85; S Steller 3-49)。埃塞克斯以 7 分胜出。

约克郡 v 德比郡 (Scarborough)：德比郡 278-8 (50.0 轮; M K Andersson 87; H R C Cairns 58)。约克郡 281-5 (49.2 轮; S N L Hoeman 84; J H Wharton 75; G C H Hill 63ns)。约克郡 (4pts) 以 5 个三柱门击败德比郡。

第二场单日国际赛—爱尔兰 v 阿富汗 (Bristol)：阿富汗 209-8 (47.2 轮; J Zadron 84)。爱尔兰 207-10 (33.4 轮; C M Carmichael 62; R K Ainsal 6-34)。阿富汗以 92 分胜出。

今日日程（下午3点放松晚餐）卡拉宝杯第一轮：AFC温布尔登 v 纽波特郡，巴恩斯利 v 维冈，布拉德福德 v 罗奇代尔，布里斯托尔流浪者 v 彼得堡，布罗姆利 v 雷丁，伯恩利 v 诺丁汉郡，伯顿 v 布莱克本，剑桥（第3场 v 巴内特（下午1点），加的夫 v 斯温登，切尔滕纳姆 v 查尔顿（5.30），科尔切斯特 v 南安普顿（5.30（Sky Sports Main Event直播），克鲁 v 阿克灵顿，德比 v 林肯城，弗利特伍德 v 切斯特菲尔德，吉林厄姆 v 卢顿，格里姆斯比 v 布莱克浦，莱斯特 v 诺森普顿，莱顿东方 v 牛津（第3场），诺维奇 v 米尔顿凯恩斯唐斯，普雷斯顿北端 v 哈德斯菲尔德，女王公园巡游者 v 米尔沃基（下午2点），鹿特丹 v 西布罗姆维奇（5.30），索尔福德城 v 什鲁斯伯里，谢菲尔德星期三 v 博尔顿，斯托克波特郡 v 唐卡斯特，斯托克 v 奥尔德姆，斯旺西 v 伯明翰，西汉姆 v 朴茨茅斯，沃特福德 v 克劳利。威廉希尔苏超联赛：邓迪 v 阿伯丁，圣米伦 v 圣约翰斯顿。威廉希尔苏格兰冠军联赛：阿布罗斯 v 因弗内斯CT，邓弗姆林 v 艾尔，女王公园 v 拉斯，斯通豪斯穆尔 v 莫顿。威廉希尔苏格兰甲级联赛：安德里安南斯 v 东米德兰，东法夫 v 科夫游骑兵，汉密尔顿 v 阿洛亚，南方女王 v 彼得黑德，罗斯郡 v 蒙罗斯。威廉希尔苏格兰乙级联赛：邓巴顿 v 克莱德，埃尔金 v 福法，凯利之心 v 斯特灵，斯巴达人 v 爱丁堡城，斯特兰雷尔 v 安南竞技。企业国家联赛：AFC法伊尔 v 韦尔德斯通，阿尔特林查姆 v 绍森德，布思姆西 v 塔姆沃思，波士顿（第3场） v 奥尔德肖特，卡莱尔 v 沃辛，东莱斯特 v 盖茨黑德，森林格林 v FC哈利法克斯，哈罗盖特Tv v 索利赫尔莫恩，哈特尔普尔 v 巴罗，霍恩彻奇 v 基德明斯特，斯坎索普 v 努克，沃金 v 萨顿（第3场）。# 橄榄球联盟 Betfred超级联赛（5.30）：布拉德福德 v 沃灵顿（6.30），哈德斯菲尔德 v 卡莱多尼亚巨龙（下午2点），维冈 v 图卢兹。# 明日 卡拉宝杯第一轮：曼斯菲尔德 v 谢菲尔德（第3场）（下午4点，Sky Sports Main Event直播）。威廉希尔苏超联赛：之心 v 邓迪（第3场），基尔马诺克 v 凯尔特人（1.30）（Sky Sports Main Event直播），马瑟韦尔 v 法尔基克，格拉斯哥流浪者 v 希伯尼安（下午4点）（Premier Sports直播）。友谊赛：柔佛达鲁尔塔짐 v 切尔西（下午1点），曼城 v 马德里竞技（中午12点），利物浦 v 摩纳哥（2.30）。# 板球 单日杯（上午13点） - A组：格洛斯特郡 v 诺丁汉郡（切尔滕纳姆），肯特 v 兰开斯特郡（贝肯汉姆），诺森普顿郡 v 萨默塞特（诺森普顿），华威郡 v 兰开夏郡（鲁格比）。B组：德比郡 v 米德尔塞克斯（德比），达勒姆 v 埃克塞特（达灵顿），格拉摩根 v 伍斯特郡（索菲亚花园），萨塞克斯 v 汉普郡（霍夫）。# 球迷 我们下一步的巨大组成部分 # 橄榄球联盟

作者：丹尼尔·汤姆林森 (DANIEL TOMLINSON)

哈德斯菲尔德 (HUDDERSFIELD) 将在今天下午在赛季最高的人群面前进行比赛，超过 6,000 名球迷领取了这场免费的超级联赛对阵卡塔隆龙队 (Catalans Dragons) 的门票。巨人队 (The Giants) 将在赛季结束时离开他们目前的主场 Accu 体育场（该体育场与哈德斯菲尔德镇足球俱乐部共用），并在明年之前搬迁至镇外的一个新场地。该场地将在与卡塔隆队的比赛期间确认，主席肯·戴维 (Ken Davy) —— 他在近几个赛季带领俱乐部在杜威伯里 (Dewebury) 进行“客场”比赛 —— 正准备发布俱乐部历史上最重要的公告之一。在连续两场获胜的势头下准备迎战龙队，简短的碰撞吉姆·伦弗里斯 (Jim Lenfries) 没有透露任何信息。

“消息是什么超出了我的职权范围，”伦弗里斯（插图）说道 —— “我不知道发生了什么，但我们希望成为一个让哈德斯菲尔德人民感到自豪的俱乐部。我们希望成为一个代表我们社区勤奋、战斗到最后一刻的蓝领工人的俱乐部。”

“我们想成为那样一支球队，而且重要的是我们的支持者、赞助商和球迷能来看一支代表他们的队伍。”

“我们不想成为一支直接走开、放弃并停止的队伍。我们是一支会战斗到最后一刻的队伍。”

“我们希望代表一群在看待他们的足球队时，能对他们所拥有的一切感到真正快乐和自豪的人。”

“我们有机会取得三连胜，但我们将拥有一支肯定会全力以赴，并为前来观看的人们尽最大努力的足球队。”

哈德斯菲尔德对阵卡塔隆的比赛拉开了今天超级联赛三场连赛的序幕，布赖恩勇士队 (Bryan Warriors) 将主场迎战图卢兹队 (Toulouse)，布拉德福德杜尔斯队 (Bradford Dulls) 将主场迎战沃灵顿队 (Warrington)。

搬迁

哈德斯菲尔德将离开 Accu 体育场

田径：伯明翰欧洲锦标赛

荣誉之圈

安伯·安宁 (Amber Anning) 在赢得世界室内冠军后挥舞旗帜

作者：保罗·埃迪森 (PAUL EDDISON)

安伯·安宁 (AMBER ANNING) 梦想在本土赢得一枚欧洲金牌已经一年多——所以她不会让几处麻烦的腿筋成为她的阻碍。

这位 400 米英国纪录保持者在上一届奥运会上获得了两枚接力奖牌，随后在去年的南京被加冕为世界室内冠军。但迄今为止，她一直未能获得首枚成年组个人室外奖牌，而伯明翰的欧洲田径锦标赛提供了弥补这一遗憾的绝佳机会。

然而，她的腿筋却有其他想法，最初的伤势将她的室外赛季推迟到了 6 月初，随后在三周后赢得 Novuna 英国田径锦标赛后立即出现了第二次问题。

那次胜利是在举办欧锦赛的亚历山大体育场 (Alexander Stadium) 取得的，那是她最后一次参加比赛，英联邦运动会对她来说来得太早，但在（左）内部，她现在已经准备好夺回金牌。

她说：“不幸的是，我经历了一个伤病缠身的一年。我现在处于一个很好的状态。过去几周我一直住在拉夫堡 (Laughborough)，并完成了一些非常出色的训练。”

英国 南京银行

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安宁在遭遇两次腿筋重创后志在必得

我对自己在欧洲锦标赛上能发挥出最佳水平充满信心。考虑到本赛季其他选手的跑法，可能需要打破我的英国纪录才能实现。

“从去年起我们就一直在讨论这次欧洲锦标赛。能在主场观众面前赢得我的首个室外冠军将是一个梦想成真。如果能以此为基础在比赛中获胜……竞争非常激烈，这将是一场大战，但我很兴奋！”

挪威的亨丽埃特·耶格（Henriette Jaeger）在本赛季三次跑进 50 秒，看起来是 400 米项目中最强劲的对手。对于一定年龄段的英国田径迷来说，同样值得关注的是法国冠军伊莎贝尔·布莱克（Isabelle Black），她的父亲罗杰（Roger）在 1986 和 1994 年之间曾为英国赢得五枚欧洲金牌。

不过，安宁的重点是确保自己准备好在伯明翰大显身手。她补充道：“我有许多家人和朋友特意赶来。我的男朋友将从美国飞过来。”

“我已经能感受到那种兴奋感。代表英国、北爱尔兰以及 Novuna 出赛是巨大的喜悦。”

NOVUNA 是英国田径协会的官方金融合作伙伴，也是英国及北爱尔兰田径队的自豪赞助商。从日常目标到世界级梦想，Novuna 支持全英数百万人的雄心——从支持英国企业和个人的计划，到助力英国田径在世界舞台上发力。欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.novuna.co.uk

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足球：卡拉宝杯 73

没有失败者的空间

劳伦希望“红酒军团”在本赛季首次尝试时就能找回获胜的感觉 伯恩利 对阵 诺茨郡 联赛杯，Boone Over Kick-off Jam 作者：安迪·迪恩 (ANDY DEAN)

距离伯恩利上一次赢得比赛已经过去了 178 天，乔什·劳伦 (Josh Laurent) 的使命就是今天结束这段凄惨的记录。在联赛杯第一轮的主场比赛中，“红酒军团”将面对诺茨郡，力求在 2 月 11 日以 3-2 击败水晶宫之后首次品尝胜利的滋味。随后他们经历了 4 场平局和 9 场败仗，糟糕的状态导致他们从英超联赛降级，并让主教练斯科特·帕克 (Scott Parker) 丢掉了工作。

但今天，在特夫穆尔球场 (Turf Moor)，尼基·海恩 (Nicky Hayen) 领导的新时代正式开启，经验丰富的中场球员劳伦坚信，这一切必须以一场胜利开始。

他表示：“赢球很重要，我们需要赢得一场比赛。”

“上赛季非常令人失望，但我们不能过多地思考这件事而产生后遗症，我们需要专注于本赛季。”

“足球就是为了赢球，而这正是我们来到这里要做的事情。”

“但我们必须尊重对手，因为我也曾处于他们的位置，我知道前往一家更大的俱乐部并将其淘汰是什么感觉。”

“他们会全力以赴，所以我们需要同样投入，甚至投入更多。”

“我们需要比他们更努力，证明我们是比他们更优秀的球员和更强大的球队。”

除了糟糕的联赛表现，伯恩利上赛季在主场还被两支英甲球队先后踢出了两项杯赛。劳伦不想在面对第三级别球队诺茨郡时再次成为爆冷事件的受害者。

这位 31 岁的球员表示：“我们需要让新人们知道，我们经历过那种感觉，而那种感觉绝不能再次回到这里。”

“我们需要确保保持积极的情绪和感觉，而实现这一目标的最佳方式就是赢球，而这一切将从对阵诺茨郡开始。”

“如果我们能赢，就能进入下一轮，并且在进入联赛首场比赛时拥有良好的感觉。”

在职业生涯的大部分时间都在英格兰足球联赛中度过之后，劳伦终于在上赛季体验到了顶级联赛的滋味，尽管最终以降级告终，但这让他渴望更多。

伯恩利将在下周三对阵西汉姆联，开启他们五个赛季内第三次冲击升级的征程，而劳伦最希望的事情就是立即重返英超联赛。

他表示：“现在回想起来，我希望当时能更多地去感受这一切，但在那个时刻，你是在努力工作并尽全力生存。”

“在英超联赛比赛是我非常自豪的事情，我知道我的家人也非常自豪。”

“我渴望成功，并且可以将这种渴望转化为再次回到那里的动力。希望我已经吸取了教训，下次能全身心地投入并更多地享受其中。”

“我记得在伊蒂哈德球场对阵杰里米·多库 (Jeremy Doku)，有那么一刻我心想，‘他根本无法被防住，我们无能为力’。”

“德克兰·赖斯 (Declan Rice) 在主场对阵我们时表现得不可思议。”

“能与这些球员交手很棒，希望我们能再次回到那里。”

尼尔森受伤缺阵，狐狸队受挫

莱斯特城 vs 诺森普顿 开球时间 JOSH HOLLAND 报道

莱斯特城在迎接新赛季前遭受沉重打击，后卫本·尼尔森因膝盖受伤将缺席本赛季大部分比赛。

尼尔森（图上）在上周球队季前赛负于热那亚的上半场中遭遇前十字韧带（ACL）损伤。这位青训新星在拉塞尔·马丁执教的整个季前赛期间一直出场，并担任球队队长。

马丁在今天执教的首场正式比赛（卡拉宝杯第一轮对阵诺森普顿）前确认了最糟糕的情况。

他说：“本的情况真的令人失望。对他和我们来说都非常悲伤。他将缺席本赛季的大部分时间。他的前十字韧带断裂了。”

“他下周需要进行手术。所以现在我们对本——一个杰出的年轻球员和年轻人——的任务就是支持他度过这个阶段，并确保他仍然觉得自己是团队的一员。”

“这周我已经和他谈过了。毫无疑问，他在未来的某个时刻一定会发挥作用。”

门票热销

努诺·埃斯皮里托·桑托感谢了西汉姆联球迷的支持，因为他们有望打破一项联赛杯纪录。

今天主场对阵朴茨茅斯的比赛门票销量已超过 35,129 张——这是该赛事第一轮比赛的最高总数。之前的纪录是 2023. 年的利兹对阵什鲁斯伯里。

主帅努诺（插图）表示：“我们在街道上以及周围都能感受到这种氛围。这太神奇了，我们无法充分表达对他们的感谢。”

“我们将打破卡拉宝杯第一轮的观众人数纪录，所以我们非常高兴。”

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74 足球：英超联赛

布鲁诺转会是“划算的交易”

LEE RYDER 报道

纽卡斯尔首席执行官大卫·霍普金森打破了俱乐部对队长布鲁诺·吉马良斯转会的沉默——他坚称阿森纳被迫支付了比他们预期更多的费用。

在经纪人和第三方进行了六周的私下接触后，枪手队最终出面，为这位巴西球星（左）开出了 £4500 万 的起拍价。

纽卡斯尔最终接受了 7500 万英镑 的转会费，该费用将分两期支付，且所有款项均不含附加条款或激励奖金。

霍普金森在纽卡斯尔夏季巡演的拉曼加表示：

“这并不是阿森纳希望支付的金额，当然我们也希望数字能更高。但双方打交道的是成熟的专业人士，这就是谈判的样子。”

“这个价格令我们满意。如果你从市场营销的角度来看，这是该位置、该年龄段球员的最高转会费。这对纽卡斯尔联来说是一笔划算的交易吗？我相信是的。”

“但阿森纳得到的是一名非常特别的球员和一个人。”

“我们并不想出售布鲁诺。出售布鲁诺并不在计划之中。我们希望布鲁诺·吉马良斯在这个夏天留在我们的阵容中。失去如此重要的球员令人失望……但这是我们唯一能做出的决定。”

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卢卡斯希望像 Srnicek 一样赢得球迷喜爱

作者：LEE RYDER

卢卡斯·霍尼切克（LUKAS HORNICEK）希望能够效仿纽卡斯尔名将帕维尔·Srnicek，他承认这位俱乐部传奇在泰恩赛德（Tyneside）取得的成功给了他启发。

“Pav”在 2015 年跑步时突然倒地，不幸在 47 岁时去世，纽卡斯尔这座城市为失去这位“演艺家”（Entertainers）之一而陷入哀悼。

霍尼切克（见上图）和 Srnicek 一样是捷克国家队的正式成员，他渴望与乔迪（Geordie）球迷建立同样的关系。

新援霍尼切克可能会在今晚对阵瓦伦西亚的比赛中完成首秀，他表示：“我想延续这份遗产。这很棒，因为这表明纽卡斯尔的人喜欢捷克门将！”

“对我来说这很完美。希望我能像 Pav 那样留下同样的印记，因为他是真正的俱乐部伟人。”

这位身高 6 英尺 6 英寸的门将以 £2570 万 的身价从 SC Braga 加盟，此前他在这座宁静的葡萄牙城市度过了愉快的五年，但现在他来到了足球狂热的纽卡斯尔，深知 24 / 7 全天候的球迷热情即将向他袭来。

霍尼切克说：“我热爱足球，所以我知道纽卡斯尔会是适合我的城市。我已经知道这里的球迷非常出色。”

“他们非常有激情，这让我感到兴奋。很难想象第一次听到并体验到那种氛围会有多么棒。”

霍尼切克将为纽卡斯尔带来门将风格的改变，有些人认为他是一名“清道夫门将”。

当被问及自己的比赛风格时，这位 24 岁的球员说：“我正在努力完善所有这些方面。如果非要说一点，我擅长出击接球以及在防线后方活动，你知道的。”

“仍有很多需要改进的地方，因为没有人能成为完美的门将。你需要时刻努力。这样最终你才能变得越来越好。”

这位捷克球星在职业生涯中受到了两位重要人物的影响——前切尔西球星彼得·切赫（Petr Cech）和德国的曼努埃尔·诺伊尔（Manuel Neuer）。

他说：“我想是诺伊尔，当你第一次看到他时，他会走出禁区，越过防线。”

“他是一位出色的门将，参与组织进攻。他改变了我的看法。”

“当然，对我这个来自捷克共和国的人来说，还有彼得·切赫。他是一个传奇。”

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足球：英超联赛 75

独家报道 作者：JOE THOMAS

基尔南·杜斯伯里-霍尔（KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL）认为他在埃弗顿还有更多潜力可挖掘——考虑到他在太妃糖队（Toffees）首个赛季取得的成功，这位中场球员发表了这一强有力的声明。

八个进球和四次助攻使之成为一个里程碑式的赛季，他迅速成为了队友和支持者的宠儿。

不过，这位 27 岁的球员对沉溺于过去没什么兴趣。

他说：“我度过了一个不错的赛季……然后呢？阿森纳去年赢得了联赛冠军，我不认为他们会一直想着那件事。现在他们想再次夺冠。”

“你必须拥有这种心态。你现在必须重新出发——这就是我的心态。”

杜斯伯里-霍尔（见下图，在与斯托克的季前友谊赛中）希望向前迈进，并带领埃弗顿一起前进。作为球队中的一名资深球员，他的雄心是巩固自己作为英超顶级球员的地位。

在切尔西度过了一个荣誉满载但出场时间难以保证的赛季后，他离开时渴望扮演更重要的角色，并在默西赛德郡找到了这个机会。

早期的亮点是去年 8 月 3-2 战胜狼队的比赛，他的半截截击球为比赛增色，在那场比赛中，杜斯伯里-霍尔、杰克·格拉利什（Jack Grealish）和比曼·恩迪亚耶（Biman Ndiaye）展现了极具活力的进攻表现。

在埃弗顿的黑森林季前训练基地，他表示：“那时我想，噢，好吧，我们在这里可以成就一些很棒的事情。”

从那时起，我开始真正安定下来。

“我去年的季前准备被打断了。我参加了世俱杯，所以没能得到太多休息。我是在季前准备快结束时才加入埃弗顿的，所以花了一两场比赛才真正适应队友并进入状态。”

“所以大概是在狼队那场比赛，我完全适应了。从那时起，我感觉自己找到了节奏。”

最亮眼的时刻是他对阵曼联时的一次弧线球射门，帮助十人作战的埃弗顿在老特拉福德球场以 1-0 获胜。考虑到他积累的数据，人们很容易忘记杜斯伯里-霍尔在回到斯坦福桥后因腿筋受伤而缺席了一个多月的赛季。这次受伤干扰了他的赛季，并使埃弗顿在繁忙的圣诞期间失去了一名最具影响力的球员。他补充道：“受伤后的那两周是一段黑暗时期，因为我当时状态非常好。但身边有帮助我的人。训练场上有很好的伙计们在帮我。听着，这就是比赛的一部分。”随后的状态回归给了他新的信心。但他将这种成功视为起点，而非最高点。他说：“相信我，我还能做得更多。我觉得自己上赛季的表现还远未达到最佳状态。我知道自己能产出什么，这就是为什么我每天都与教练坐在一起，进行闭门训练——以研究我还能做些什么来真正提高效率。有一个出色的赛季固然很好，但顶尖球员会一次又一次地突破。而这正是我需要做的。”

巴塞罗那名人堂

太妃糖中场球星 Kiernan 准备在英超联赛中大放异彩

价格最高的人员

作者：西蒙·卡斯 (SIMON CASS)

乔丹·皮克福德 (JORDAN PICKFORD) 失去了他的 1 号位置——并非在埃弗顿，在那里他依然是主帅大卫·莫耶斯 (David Moyes) 的首选。但在成为英格兰最昂贵的门将这一点上，他被超越了。詹姆斯·特拉福德 (James Trafford) 以 4000 万英镑 转会至利兹联，使其成为史上第四昂贵的门将。在这里，我们回顾一下史上一些最昂贵的门将……

凯帕·阿尔萨巴拉加 (KEPA ARNZABALAGA) - 7200 万英镑

在 2018. 以 7200 万英镑 从毕尔巴鄂竞技转会至切尔西后，凯帕依然是史上最昂贵的门将。这位西班牙人（右）随蓝军赢得了欧联杯和欧冠冠军，在去年加盟阿森纳之前，曾被租借至皇家马德里和伯恩茅斯。

阿里松·贝克尔 (ALISSON BECKER) - 6700 万英镑

2018, 从罗马加盟利物浦后，阿里松在过去八年里一直是红军成功的关键环节。这位巴西人对利物浦获得两座英超冠军、一座欧冠冠军，以及两座联赛杯和一座足总杯至关重要。

安德烈·奥纳纳 (AMORE ONANA) - 4380 万英镑

奥纳纳于 2023 7 月从国际米兰加盟曼联，与前阿贾克斯主帅埃里克·滕哈格 (Erik ten Hag) 重聚，但在多次出现失误后发现自己承受着巨大压力。曼联在去年夏天引入了塞内·拉门斯 (Senne Lammens)，而奥纳纳将前往特拉布宗体育进行第二个赛季的租借。

詹姆斯·特拉福德 (JAMES TRAFFORD) - 4000 万英镑

特拉福德于周四完成了从曼城到利兹联的转会，据报道转会费为 4000 万英镑 加上奖金。这位 23 岁的球员（右）在曼城度过了一个赛季后，与利兹联签署了一份为期五年的合同；在曼城期间，他是意大利门将吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马 (Gianluigi Donnarumma) 的第二选择。

埃德森 (EDERSON) - 3500 万英镑

埃德森于 2017 从本菲卡加盟曼城，在伊蒂哈德球场度过了八年，赢得了 18 项主要荣誉。他帮助球队获得了六次英超冠军、两次足总杯冠军、四次联赛杯冠军和一次欧冠冠军，并且三次获得金手套奖（经常与巴西同行阿里松竞争该荣誉），随后离开加盟费内巴切。

蒂博·库尔图瓦 (THIBAUT COURTOIS) - 3500 万英镑

库尔图瓦于 2018 离开切尔西加盟皇家马德里，这与凯帕抵达斯坦福桥的时间一致。这位比利时人在西班牙度过了一段成功的时光，赢得了三次西甲冠军和两次欧冠冠军。

卢卡斯·舍瓦利埃 (LUCAS CHEVALIER) - 3430 万英镑

据报道，舍瓦利埃在去年夏天以 3430 万英镑 从里尔转会至法甲竞争对手巴黎圣日耳曼。然而，这位法国门将最终与马特维·萨福诺夫 (Matvey Safonov) 竞争首发位置，后者在赛季下半场的大部分时间里担任主力门将。

吉安路易吉·布冯 (GIANLUIGI BUFFON) - 3260 万英镑

布冯于 2001 从帕尔马转会至尤文图斯，他的转会费在十多年时间里一直是门将最高纪录。这位意大利人（左）被广泛认为是足球史上最伟大的球员之一，他在尤文图斯效力了 17 年，在巴黎圣日耳曼短暂效力后重返俱乐部，最终在 45 岁时在帕尔马结束职业生涯。

贾斯珀·西莱森 (JASPER CILLESSEN) - 3140 万英镑

2019, 西莱森从巴塞罗那转会至瓦伦西亚，据报道转会费为 3140 万英镑。这位荷兰人在该俱乐部仅效力了三年，随后返回了他开启职业生涯的奈梅根 (NEC Nijmegen) 俱乐部。

乔丹·皮克福德 (JORDAN PICKFORD) - 3000 万英镑

皮克福德于 2017 从童年球队桑德兰加盟埃弗顿，创下了俱乐部的签约纪录。这次转会在当时使他成为史上最昂贵的英国门将。皮克福德（下）一直是太妃糖和英格兰队的定海神针，为国家队出场 91 次。

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76 足球：英超联赛倒计时

希安吹响终场哨

助理裁判希安·马西-埃利斯（Sian Massey-Ellis）将从裁判工作中退休，她表示自己的职业生涯“超出了我能想象的一切”。马西-埃利斯将开始在英足总（FA）担任女裁判高级经理，结束她在英超联赛的裁判生涯。她的英超生涯始于 2010 年，期间主持了 150 场以上的比赛。当时，她是仅有的第二位在英格兰顶级联赛比赛中执法的女性裁判，此后她成为了唯一一名进入足总杯决赛执法团队的女性，分别在 2021 年和 2025 年担任助理视频助理裁判（VAR）。她因对足球裁判工作的影响以及对代表性的承诺，于 2016 年被授予 MBE（大英帝国成员勋章），并被选入 2019 年和 2023 年国际足联（FIFA）女足世界杯。

马西-埃利斯在声明中表示：“从在我的第一场比赛前站在英超联赛标志下，到在国际足联世界杯、欧足联欧洲冠军杯、欧冠决赛以及英格兰国内的各项赛事和比赛中执法，足球带我经历了一段超乎我想象的旅程。”

“每一次机会都是一种荣幸，我从未将其视为理所当然。”

“我非常感谢职业裁判协会（Pro Ref）、英足总、国际足联和欧足联给我提供的机会，以及我有幸共事的每一位教练、导师、同事和比赛官员。最重要的是，我深深地感谢我的家人，他们坚定不移的支持、牺牲和信任让每一项成就成为可能。”

想吃意面就大声喊吧

快腿帕莱斯特拉追逐英超冠军……以及一家像样的意大利餐厅 博比·文森特发自雅加达

在马尔科·帕莱斯特拉（Marco Palestra）坐下之前，他先与我们握手并发出警告：“我会说英语，可以用英语回答，但如果你想要最好的答案，我需要用意大利语来说。”这位 21 岁的后卫（见上图）在生活中做出了重大改变，离开意大利家乡，以 4700 万英镑 的转会费从亚特兰大加盟切尔西。所以你可以对他宽容一些，但他的英语其实非常出色。

即便如此，帕莱斯特拉在搬到首都后做的第一件事就是寻找一家好的意大利餐厅，这并不令人意外。

“是的，是的，这是我问的第一个问题之一，”帕莱斯特拉笑着说，“英国食物不差，但对我来说，意大利食物稍微好一点。在科布汉有一家叫 Grappelli 的。我也在伦敦的两家意大利餐厅吃过，我不记得它们的名字了。”

在夏季转会窗初期，切尔西一直在悄悄权衡如何处理帕莱斯特拉的情况。很明显，在他在上赛季租借至卡利亚里期间大放异彩后，他将离开亚特兰大，而他曾作为青训球员待过一段时间的国际米兰已经做了大量铺垫。因此，在米兰出生并长大的帕莱斯特拉似乎正前往圣西罗球场。

但蓝军像往常一样，在最后一刻 swoop in（突然出手）抢占先机。新主帅哈维·阿隆索（Xabi Alonso，见插图）是切尔西今夏谈判的王牌——参考摩根·罗杰斯同意以打破纪录的价格转会斯坦福桥——而这种情况在帕莱斯特拉身上再次得到了证明。

“他告诉我他对我的要求、他的想法以及其他事情，”这位意大利人谈到与新教练的对话时说道，“不仅是足球。是的，当然有足球，但不仅如此。这是一次关于方方面面的良好对话，所以我对此非常满意。他喜欢我，因为他看了我的很多场比赛。他喜欢我的灵活性，因为我可以踢右路、左路，低位或高位。”

“有一些俱乐部想要我，但切尔西在第一时间就想要我。我同意了，因为他们是世界上最伟大的俱乐部之一。他们在英超联赛比赛，那是世界上最好的联赛。我很兴奋能来到切尔西并在这里开始我的职业生涯。”

帕莱斯特拉能为蓝军提供的东西之一就是速度——而且是非常快。他上赛季结束时的平均速度为 17.37mph，使他成为意甲联赛最快的球员。

“切尔西想要我的那一刻，我就同意了，因为他们是世界上最伟大的俱乐部之一”

大声喊出来

马尔科·帕莱斯特拉准备在斯坦福桥大显身手，（见插图）在悉尼对阵热刺的比赛中表现活跃。

然而，速度并非帕莱斯特拉天生具备的。

“当我年轻的时候，大概 15, 岁，我记得我是队里最慢的一个，但大概一两年后，我的身体发育了，我改变了位置，”他补充道，“之前我踢中场，但我改成了左后卫，或者在后防线，所以我意识到我很迅速。当我年轻时，我是最慢的。这太疯狂了，太疯狂了。”

他不仅是意大利足球界的尤塞恩·博尔特，还被评为意甲年度最佳后卫。

“这是一件好事，因为在赛季开始时，我无法想象我会赢得意甲年度最佳后卫，”他说，“成为最佳后卫是巨大的荣誉，但我知道这仅仅是个开始。我需要每天改进自己，但这是一个良好的开端。”

当被问及是否想成为英超最佳后卫时，帕莱斯特拉说：“也许吧，这很难，但我上赛季初也说过同样的话。我最想要的是为切尔西赢得胜利。团队永远是第一位的。如果赛季结束后，我也赢得了年度最佳后卫，我会很高兴，但我更倾向于为切尔西赢得荣誉。”

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77

我的 ROCEHY 通往 CAFUNES 之路

努内斯谈他如何挣扎于接受佩普将他安排在右后卫位置

作者：SIMON BAJKOWSKI

“不，不，不。”每当有人试图告诉马特乌斯·努内斯（Matheus Nunes）他有潜力成为一名边后卫时，他的感受就是这样。这位曼城中场球员的朋友、家人，队友贝尔纳多·席尔瓦（Bernardo Silva）和鲁本·迪亚斯（Ruben Dias），主教练佩普·瓜迪奥拉（Pep Guardiola）以及他的心理医生都试图告诉他，应该接纳这个新角色。但即便瓜迪奥拉希望如此，努内斯也不愿接受。

于是，在伊蒂哈德球场不快乐的第一赛季变成了努内斯两年来的挫败感。他在中场无法获得出场时间，而作为边后卫他也不想要出场时间。公平地说，在经历了一个灾难性的开局后，大多数人都认同他的看法。在对阵状态低迷的曼联队时，他在左后卫位置上表现尚可，踢了87分钟，但随后在覆盖右后卫区域时送出了一个点球，导致曼城在一段极其痛苦的连败记录中又输掉了一场比赛。

“就个人而言，我想这可能是最困难的一场比赛，”努内斯说。“当你作为中场犯错时，永远不会像那次那样对比赛产生如此大的影响。我犯了一个错误，导致了丢球，然后最终输掉了比赛。我会告诉我的朋友们，我不是边后卫，我不是边后卫。”

“而他们总是说，‘不，但你在那个位置踢得非常好’。”

“贝尔纳多和鲁本也非常烦人——‘你在那里表现很好，你需要接受它’。而我的反应是，‘不，不，不’。但你不能终其一生都否认它。如果你这样做，也许会错过机会。现在我觉得自己像个边后卫了。”

去年夏天的世俱杯是努内斯在心态上完成转变的关键。这不仅在球场上帮助了球队，更让更衣室发现，他们中的一个开心果能笑得更开心了。

“你不能终其一生都否认它。如果你这样做，也许会错过机会”

作为一名爱开玩笑的人，努内斯在挣扎于接受球队角色时很难开玩笑，因此学会热爱右后卫位置让他感到解脱。而且，是的，他非常清楚自己的绰号“Cafunes”。

“这其实是从贝尔纳多开始的，”他补充道。“当我踢边锋时，他叫我‘蒂埃里·亨利’。后来我踢边后卫，他叫我‘卡福’（Cafú）。我的朋友们也开始这么叫我，我只好接受。能开开玩笑总是好事，如果不能开玩笑，生活的意义在哪里？我只是在做我自己。”

努内斯还注意到，当他接纳右后卫角色后，主教练对他态度发生了变化。事实上，努内斯与瓜迪奥拉的关系变得如此亲密，以至于在得知这位曼城主帅即将离职两个月后，他在描述那一刻时声音依然在颤抖。

“他在礼堂里和我们谈话，那是非常感性的一天，”努内斯说。“很多人在哭。向一个为我们所有人付出这么多的人告别是非常困难的。”

努内斯现在是这支年轻得多的球队中的资深球员之一。但他会提醒队友们，那个帮助他赢得奖杯并成功适应新角色的信息。

“在10年内赢得六次英超冠军几乎是不可能的——这不正常，而人们忘记了这一点，”他说。“你需要在很多层面上做到完美。我们会尽最大努力，但有时足球就取决于一个细节。如果你没赢，也不是世界末日。”

为罗德里出钱，巴萨在后页

这位 30 岁球员在夏季赛事中被评为西班牙最佳球员，随后巴塞罗那发起了成功的争取。这家加泰罗尼亚俱乐部目前处于领先地位——但曼城不会以低于其 6000 万英镑 估值的价格让他离开。巴萨首次开出约 3000 万英镑 外加附加条款的报价，远低于该金额。曼城预计他们会再次出价，但同时也期待一个显著提高的报价。

蓝军还打算在转会窗关闭前替换罗德里，目标是里尔的 Ayyoub Bouadé。此举旨在给新主帅 Érica Maresca（左）提供尽可能大的成功机会。曼城目前已从诺丁汉森林以俱乐部纪录的 1000 万英镑 交易签下了 22 岁的 Elliot Anderson（左）。Dull Tijssel Ruijnders。20, 也可能离开，因为这位荷兰球星吸引了森林队的兴趣。

兰帕德追逐 Gus

作者：JOSH HOLLAND

弗兰克·兰帕德正接近达成一项惊人的交易，将 Gustavo Hamer 带回考文垂。谢菲尔德联正在考虑天蓝军为这名中场球员开出的第二份报价。Hamer 在 2023 年从考文垂转会至刀锋军团时花费了 1500 万英镑。这位出生于巴西的球星（上图）在布拉莫巷球场的现有合同仅剩一年，并且渴望回到考文垂。

刀锋军团主帅 Chris Wilder 表示：“已经有人为 Gus 出价，业主们正在讨论此事。”

“我们的政策是不希望球员通过自由转会离开，尤其是当我们支付了相当高的费用时。我知道我们在英超联赛期间支付的是一笔相当高的费用。”

“我们不希望球员通过自由转会离开，我认为历史上一直如此。我们正试图获得一个我们认为与球员地位相当的合适费用。”

“我们能拿回三年前为他支付的钱吗？不会的——他的合同进入最后一年了——但我们不会被随意摆布。”

老虎队达成 Dahl 交易

作者：BARRY COOPER

JENS HJERTO-DAHL 已完成从特罗姆瑟以 800 万英镑 转会至赫尔城的交易。这位 20 岁的备受赞赏的中场球员在故乡挪威表现出色，老虎队迅速采取行动，与他签下了一份为期五年的合同。

自从在特罗姆瑟首秀以来，他已出场一百次，打入 16 球。

Hjerto-Dahl 表示：“我非常开心。这是一个巨大的俱乐部，我非常期待在这里比赛。”

“我是一名高个中场。我喜欢前插，带球推进，向前传球。”

“我可以延迟进入禁区。我在对抗中很强，无论是空中还是地面。”

“我认为这是正确的一步，赫尔城能帮助我提高。”

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78 足球：英超联赛

TIELEMANS 已准备好完成联队首秀

作者：TYRONE MARSHALL

YOURI TIELEMANS 将在今天对阵巴黎圣日耳曼的季前友谊赛中迎来在曼彻斯特联的首场亮相。Tielemans（下图）在刚过一周前回到了季前训练，在以 £3500 万 从阿斯顿维拉转会完成后，现在将为红魔出战首场比赛。

队长 Bruno Fernandes 在周一回到卡灵顿后，将迎来他的首场季前赛亮相，但 Senne Lammens 和 Matheus Cunha 均因病缺席哥德堡之行。

Diogo Dalot 和 Noussair Mazraoui 也随队前往瑞典，并预计将在对阵这家法国巨头的比赛中登场。随着一些联队球星的回归，15 岁的 JJ Gabriel 在上周末为俱乐部完成首秀后，被排除在本次大名单之外。

阿尔泰转会维戈，前往海湾

曼彻斯特联队门将阿尔泰·巴因德（Altay Bayinder）已以赛季租借形式加盟塞尔塔维戈队。这位26岁（见下图）的球员自2023.年从费内巴切签约以来，主要担任替补。巴因德转会至这家西班牙俱乐部的协议包括绩效奖金和全额工资覆盖。塞尔塔拥有永久签下这位土耳其国脚的选项，据报道金额定为£350 万，且如果他们触发该选项，将包含一项高额的买断条款。

国际足联大佬的盟友现身

墨西哥和阿根廷表达了对深陷争议的国际足联（FIFA）主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）的支持，但挪威足协主席则呼吁这位瑞士人辞职。因凡蒂诺（见下图）此前一直面临压力，因为由欧足联（UEFA）领导的三个大洲拒绝了他的计划，该计划旨在寻求私人投资成立一家公司来运营包括男子世界杯在内的国际足联赛事。墨西哥足球协会（FMF）现已对因凡蒂诺及其呼吁“共同继续发展足球，以造福所有211个成员协会”表示支持。阿根廷足协（AFA）感谢因凡蒂诺10年服务。南美足联（CONMEBOL）正在游说国际足联将2030年世界杯扩军至64支球队。但挪威足协主席莉丝·克拉文内斯（Lise Klaveness）表示：“信任已经消失，因凡蒂诺已无回头路。”

范赫克曾是那个倔强的人？

热刺球星承认曾与德泽尔比发生冲突

作者：ALASDAIR GOLD

扬·保罗·范赫克（JAN PAUL VAN HECKE）过去经常与罗伯托·德泽尔比（Roberto De Zerbi）争吵，但现在他正与这位意大利主帅合作，旨在将托特纳姆热刺推向顶峰。在热刺主帅推动这家北伦敦球队以£5200 万的交易从布莱顿签下他（德泽尔比称他为“我的儿子”）后，这位荷兰人在今年夏天与德泽尔比重聚。德泽尔比在范赫克的发展上投入了大量心血，在两人早年于南海岸共事期间，他曾与这位直言不讳的后卫发生冲突，因为他挑战范赫克去成为如今在英超联赛和世界杯上闪耀的球星。

德泽尔比曾说：“我认为JP最重要的品质是傲慢与自信之间的平衡。他并不傲慢，但他的自信心极高，极高，极高。我们吵过架……但我们是以一种良好的方式争吵。我们交流了很多。我为JP感到非常自豪。”

范赫克，26, 承认，两人现在经常拿在阿尔比恩（布莱顿）时期的那些日子开玩笑。他说：“刚开始的时候我们经常争吵。这是因为他有一套特定的打法，而我需要去适应它。有时你会为了某些事情争论，但我认为这在足球中是一件好事，因为最终主教练想要最好的，球员也想要最好的，你们会互相推动对方达到下一个水平。我们现在有时还会谈到这件事。他会开玩笑说，‘你还记得我们的前几个月吗？’。然后你看看现在发生了什么。”

在德泽尔比2024年离开布莱顿后，两人依然保持密切关系，这位意大利人明确表示他们有一天会再次合作。范赫克 # “刚开始的时候我们经常争吵。这是因为他有这样

这种比赛方式”说道：“我们之间有非常深厚的纽带。我们一直保持联系。我们会发短信，有时会打电话。他总说，‘我希望你以后能再次在我的球队效力’。现在我做到了。” 在德泽比加盟热刺之后，俱乐部又花费了 £1850 万签下马特乌斯·费尔南德斯和桑德罗·托纳利，同时还与安迪·罗伯逊、马科斯·塞内西和马丁·杜布拉夫卡达成了自由转会协议。俱乐部计划继续大规模投入，德泽比希望加强进攻火力，而范赫克承认，正是由于夏天有众多球星加盟，热刺才成功说服他加入。“俱乐部对我这样说，‘你也是他们中的一员’，”范赫克表示。“当然，成为第一个加盟的人也很不错。而且他们说还会有更多签约，更多优秀的球员，随后你看到其他球员也陆续加入。这是一件非常棒的事情。” “他们都是顶级水准、经过英超验证且才华横溢的球员。除此之外，我们这里已经有很多优秀的球员了。” 面对这些可以调用的天赋球员，范赫克深知，在连续两次排名第17位且一度处于降级边缘的惊险局面之后，热刺本赛季不能有任何借口。他补充道：“过去两个赛季，除了赢得欧联杯之外，表现并不理想。” “但现在你可以看到方向已经改变。每个人都非常兴奋。新球员加入，且原有阵容已经很强大。再加上一位非常优秀的教练，这是一个很好的结合。热刺需要回到顶峰，而这正是我们努力的目标。” # 准备闪耀 范赫克在对阵切尔西的友谊赛中表现 --- 足球：英超联赛 79

是否已成定局？ 加上格波的未来依然不确定

托比：若利物浦放走科迪将是失误

作者：伊恩·多伊尔 (IAN DOYLE)

前热刺后卫托比·阿尔德韦雷尔德认为，如果利物浦将科迪·加克波出售给挥金如土的伦敦球队，他们可能会将欧冠赛事的先机拱手让给托特纳姆热刺。尽管利物浦目前由于缺乏前锋选择，并没有计划允许这位荷兰球星离队，但加克波整个夏天一直与罗伯托·德泽尔比的球队联系在一起。

今年早些时候，这位 27 岁的球员成为了部分利物浦球迷攻击的目标，因为他是许多在糟糕赛季中表现不佳的球员之一，而那个赛季最终导致主教练阿尔内·斯洛特丢掉了工作。热刺今年夏天已经花费了近 £2.5 亿，并且通过自由转会签下了前利物浦左后卫安迪·罗伯逊和前伯恩茅斯中后卫马科斯·塞内西。

阿尔德韦雷尔德认为，利物浦如果允许加克波加盟一家他认为将与安东尼·伊拉奥拉的球队竞争欧冠资格的俱乐部，将会是一个错误。

37, 岁的比利时人阿尔德韦雷尔德（见下图）表示：“我不明白利物浦为什么要将科迪·加克波卖给托特纳姆热刺，因为他是任何球队的核心球员。”

“他身材高大但速度快，可以胜任左右两翼，能内切直接威胁球门。”

“当我观察他时，球在球场另一侧时，他总能出现在禁区内。他是一名非常优秀的球员。”

“也许在经历了上赛季在阿尔内·斯洛特麾下的表现后，利物浦感到有些受伤，在任命安东尼·伊拉奥拉后，他们现在想要通过一次真正的改造来改变很多东西。”

“但我认为即使是在荷兰国家队，我们也看到了加克波有多出色。如果他加盟热刺，我认为这将是一次成功的签约，因为不要忘记他曾是英超冠军。”

“在他们夺冠的前年，他的表现非常出色。”

“在他们争夺欧冠席位时，他可能会让热刺变得更强，而让利物浦变得更弱。”

尽管利物浦在卫冕英超冠军时表现糟糕，但阿尔德韦雷尔德认为，如果曼城失去世界杯冠军中场罗德里，利物浦可能会成为冠军阿森纳的有力竞争者。

在接受 Halper 采访时，阿尔德韦雷尔德表示：“罗德里是曼城如此重要的一部分，我们在他受伤时看到了这一点，以及他们当时多么挣扎。”

“他在曼城的地位至关重要，从战术上讲，他对他们赢得如此多比赛和冠军至关重要。”

“如果罗德里转会皇家马德里，那么本赛季的冠军争夺战将对利物浦、曼联甚至托特纳姆热刺这样想要挑战阿森纳的球队完全敞开。”

枪手球员奔赴土耳其

作者：马蒂·休伊特 (MATTY HEWITT)

阿森纳的加布里埃尔·马丁内利在加拉塔萨雷的目标名单上。这位巴西边锋是今年夏天被传将离开酋长球场的众多枪手球星之一。

土耳其超级联赛俱乐部加拉塔萨雷是渴望签下马丁内利（见下图）的球队之一，马丁内利此前已失去了由莱安德罗·特罗萨德占据的常规首发位置。

比利时球星特罗萨德已经前往土耳其加盟贝西克塔斯，现在马丁内利可能会追随他的脚步。

目前还没有针对这位 25 岁球员提出具体的转会费，但他将比 31. 岁的特罗萨德的 £1530 万 转会费更高。

加拉塔萨雷还在与 AC 米兰就边锋拉斐尔·莱奥 4300 万英镑 的转会进行谈判。

如果马丁内利的转会费与之相当，将超过阿森纳目前的最高出售记录—— 2019. 年以 3500 万英镑 将亚历克斯·奥克斯莱德-钱伯伦卖给利物浦。

但在批准离队之前，枪手希望在错过皇家马德里的巴西球星维尼修斯·儒尼奥尔后，能先引进一名替代者。

横向

8 博学的人 (7) 9 富人，非正式用法 (9) 13 音乐速度 (5) 14 铁匠铺 (5) 15 地下通道 (7) 16 颜色 (7) 17 用语言表达 (5) 18 日本料理 (5) 20 梭子 (5) 22 车票收据 (6) 23 结果 (6) 25 十边形 (7) 27 伦敦人 (7) 30 啤酒柠檬水 (6) 31 宽度小 (6) 32 进入 (5) 35 关于 (5) 36 怪异 (5) 37 意大利食物 (7) 39 滑稽画 (7) 41 树 (5) 42 骑手长矛 (5) 43 弹弓 (9) 44 轻便鞋 (7)

纵向

1 大虾 (6) 2 巨大的 (8) 3 无法正常工作 (11) 4 偶尔 (9) 5 小隼 (7) 6 牛肉切块 (1-4,5) 7 审视 (4) 10 杆 (6) 11 狭窄的裂缝或缝隙 (7) 12 帮助 (6) 19 学生 (7) 21 草药 (7) 24 体操动作 (7,4) 26 增加的，补充的 (10) 28 制造，建造 (9) 29 伙伴 (7) 30 心灵主义者会议 (6) 32 文具用品 (8) 33 提升 (6) 34 邪恶 (7) 38 雪豹 (6) 40 吼叫 (4)

双速填字游戏

这个双速填字游戏有两组线索，但共用一个网格

隐喻线索

横向

1. 尽管如此，没有变化 (3,3,4)
2. 据说被挠死 (5)
3. 我离开了教堂里的牧师 (7)
4. 被告知，但可能不需要 (8)
5. 赋予生命起点 (4)
6. 不满的观众可能会喊什么！！ (6)
7. 下午服务？ (3,3)
8. 他犹豫地雇佣我们 (4)
9. 继续赚钱 (8)
10. 醉了，但没装罐！ (7)
11. 一个小岛通道 (5)
12. 总计是一笔令人印象深刻的金额 (5,5)

纵向

1. 一个倾向于远离的傻瓜 (5)
2. 可能它很少关于书 (8)
3. 为村庄而演 (6)
4. 将资本投入厨房设备 (4)
5. 熟悉了搬砖工的工作方式 (7)
6. 让某人惊讶到无法言说？ (6,4)
7. 变得苍老凋零？ (4,2,4)
8. 写作和唱歌的倾向 (8)
9. 他制造一个新的反应堆 (7)
10. 相信账单的一方 (6)
11. 站在新租约旁 (5)
12. 一个无尾飞机的蓝图 (4)

快速线索

1. 尽管如此 (3,3,4)
2. 鱼 (5)
3. 大型教堂 (7)
4. 被告知 (8)
5. 赋予生命 (4)
6. 加演 (6)
7. 瓷器 (3,3)
8. 雇主 (4)
9. 利润 (8)
10. 储存在玻璃容器中 (7)
11. 登机桥 / 通道 (5)

12. 最终金额 (5,5)

13. 遥远的 (5)

14. 与写作有关 (8)
15. 莎士比亚剧作 (6)
16. 盆地 (4)
17. 技术 (7)
18. 使之哑口无言 (6,4)
19. 失去活力 (4,2,4)
20. 喜爱 (8)
21. 制造者 (7)
22. 相信 (6)
23. 画架 (5)
24. 方案 (4)

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巨型填字游戏

12. 非常快 (2,4,2,3)
13. 枪 (6)
14. 板球队伍 (6)
15. 剩余 (4)
16. 垂死 (9)
17. 蛙 (5)
18. 头发 (4)
19. 生气 (7,2)
20. 脸颊 (5)
21. 裙边 (3,6)
22. 控制 (7)
23. 山药 (6)
24. 空间 (4)
25. 走私 (5)
26. 猛冲 (4)
27. 继续 (2,5)
28. 交付 (4)
29. 家 (7)
30. 指导 (6)
31. 票价 (3,2)
32. 狗 (7)
33. 抓住 (4)
34. 卸货 (4)
35. 阴险 (7)
36. 体育场 (5)
37. 绑住 (6)
38. 卡住 (7)
39. 逃跑 (4)
40. 鸟 (7)
41. 承诺 (4)
42. 飞 (5)
43. 梯级 (4)
44. 阅读 (6)
45. 中断 (5,2)
46. 假装 (7,2)
47. 应得 (5)
48. 压制 (9)
49. 分裂 (4)
50. 大 (5)
51. 真正地 (9)
52. 目标 (4)
53. 盒子 (6)
54. 原谅 (6)
55. 离席 (7,4)

数字计算

从左到右遵循指令，从给出的数字开始，以得出该行末尾的答案

承接 26 / x2 / +35 / ÷3 / -23 / 平方 / x2 / +12 / 6 / 7 of this / -58 / 答案 :--- | | --- | | | | | | | | | | 承接 116 / ÷4 / -23 / x19 / +12 / 2 / 3 of this / -71 / x3 / +75 / ÷6 / 答案 承接 41 / x2 / +51 / x3 / -276 / 2 / 3 of this / -63 / 平方 / +79 / 7 / 11 of this / 答案

大型纵横字谜 (BIG CROSSWORD)

横向：8 学者, 9 富翁, 13 节奏, 14 伪造, 15 隧道, 16 深红色, 17 声音, 18 寿司, 20 线轴, 22 票, 23 结果, 25 十边形, 27 伦敦东区口音, 30 柠檬啤酒, 31 狭窄, 32 进入, 35 关于, 36 怪异, 37 意大利饺, 39 漫画, 41 雪松, 42 长矛, 43 投石机, 44 拖鞋。 纵向：1 小龙虾, 2 巨大的, 3 故障, 4 有时, 5 红隼, 6 T型骨牛排, 7 凝视, 10 棍子, 11 裂缝, 12 协助, 19 学生, 21 牛至, 24 前滚翻, 26 额外的, 28 捏造, 29 朋友, 30 降神会, 32 信封, 33 提高, 34 极其邪恶的, 38 盎司, 40 咆哮。

超大纵横字谜 (JUMBO CROSSWORD)

横向：12 在alt无时间; 13 手枪; 14 十一; 16 休息; 17 极冷的; 18 恶作剧; 19 鞭打; 20 爆发; 22 勇气; 23 走动; 27 精通; 30 棉花; 31 房间; 32 处理; 35 撕裂; 36 继续; 38 保存; 39 栖息地; 42 引导员; 45 上车; 46 獒犬; 47 抓取; 48 倾倒; 50 不祥的; 52 竞技场; 54 被鞭打; 56 坚持; 57 逃跑; 59 吞下; 61 誓言; 64 盘旋; 66 阶梯; 67 细读; 69 强行进入; 72 透露; 73 优点; 74 受到惩戒; 79 小伙; 81 大型; 82 真诚地; 83 结束; 85 纸箱; 86 原谅; 87 降低。 纵向：1 完成; 2 坐姿; 3 继续; 4 马镫; 5 平齐; 6 疑虑; 7 库存; 8 滑入; 9 退却; 10 鸣响; 11 个人的; 15 直接; 21 离开; 24 开口; 25 诚实的; 26 驱动; 28 三; 29 抹布; 33 讨价还价; 34 合法的; 37 丹尼斯; 40 阿帕奇; 41 最终; 43 声音; 44 展示; 46 呻吟; 49 呈现; 51 强迫; 53 流逝; 55 震惊; 58 抑郁; 60 战争; 62 你的; 63 签名; 65 在上方; 68 统治; 70 倾斜; 71 威胁; 75 格言; 76 差事; 77 恐惧; 78 七; 80 锅; 84 向下。

双速字谜 (TWO-SPEED)

横向：1 同样; 7 鳟鱼; 8 大教堂; 10 被告知; 11 出生; 13 安可; 15 茶具; 17 用户; 18 收益; 21 装瓶; 22 通道; 23 总计。 纵向：1 冷漠; 2 文学的; 3 哈姆雷特; 4 水槽; 5 方法; 6 哑口无言; 9 衰败; 12 爱好; 14 创造者; 16 信用; 19 画架; 20 计划。

数字计算 (NUMBERCRUNCH)

初级 - 14 中级 - 19 高级 - 280

找不同

第六页和第七页：

寻路者 (PATHFINDER)

1 查尔斯·狄更斯, 威尔基·柯林斯, 托马斯·哈代, 安东尼·特罗洛普, 安妮·勃朗特, 夏洛蒂·勃朗特, 艾米莉·勃朗特, 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森, 刘易斯·卡罗尔, 布拉姆·斯托克, 亚瑟·柯南·道尔, 鲁德亚德·基普林, 乔治·艾略特, 奥斯卡·王尔德, 伊丽莎白·加斯凯尔, 查尔斯·金斯利, R.M. 巴兰坦。 2 维京, 北乌齐雷, 南乌齐雷, Forties, 克罗马蒂, 福斯, 多格, 德国湾, 费舍尔, 亨伯, 泰晤士, 多佛, 怀特, 波特兰, 比斯开, 菲茨罗伊, 特拉法加, 索尔, 伦迪, 法斯特内特, 爱尔兰海, Shannon, 罗考尔, 马林, 赫布里底群岛, 贝利, 费尔福尔, 法罗群岛, 能见度, 良好, 中等, 一般, 差。

巨型数独 (GIANT SUDOKU)

中型数独 (MEDIUM SUDOKU)

极难数独 (IMPOSSUDOKU)

箭头字谜 (ARROWWORD)

超难数独 (VERY HARD SUDOKU)

划除 (CROSS OUT)

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"Predatory monster" Simon Levy, left, was on bail when he killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and

BY FRANCES MILLAR

Sheryl Wilkins, 39. Levy, who had convictions for attacking women dating back to 2018, strangled a victim until she lost consciousness before raping her in January last year.

The jobless loner had forced her down so violently with his body

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The two women murdered by Levy were Sheryl Wilkins, left, and Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo

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BY MARC FLETCHER

FLEABAG actor Sian Clifford nearly turned down her latest film role – because she is chronically camera shy.

Sian, who played Phoebe Waller-Bridge's sister Claire in the hit BBC Three comedy, stars as fame-hungry aristocrat Isabella Ravenhyde in Lady.

The film, which will be released in cinemas on August 14, has been described as "Saltburn on magic mushrooms".

And Sian, 44, reckons her posh character is her polar opposite.

"I am not like Lady Isabella at all," she says. "I would rather hide from everything – definitely a camera.

"I have been told by every director I have ever worked with that I physically turn away from the camera."

Sian was persuaded to take on the role by Riz Ahmed, who starred alongside her in TV series, Bait.

She explains: "It was an immediate

'yes' when I first got the script. I then

met the director, Samuel Abrahams, and we went for a walk in Hyde Park, where we talked for hours and swapped ideas.

"I was so excited. But it started to get a bit closer and I got really scared. My neurosis was getting in the way, telling me I could not do it.

"I was working with Riz Ahmed at the time and he said, 'You have got to do that film. You have got to roll the dice'. So I was, like, 'Yeah. OK'."

Sian says the 90-minute movie was made in just 15 days, and while she admits "it was the hardest 15 days of my life", she could not be more proud.

The actress, who won a Bafta for her Fleabag role in 2020, also credits the show's writer Phoebe for her success.

Sian, who has starred in TV programmes Inside No.9, Two Weeks to Live and Quiz, says: "Phoebe and I went to drama school together. We have been very dear friends from the very first day and

Sian lands lead role as fame-hungry aristocrat

always had a sort of fantasy to play sisters. Phoebe always had me in mind for Claire but, for a long time, it looked like I wouldn't play her.

"The BBC were keen to get a profile attached for that part because it was a new show, but Phoebe was adamant.

"I had a horrible audition... I remember I mes-

Sian, right, with her Fleabag co-stars at the 2019 Emmys

saged Phoebe and said, 'Listen, I know that was awful so I don't mind if it doesn't go my way'. But the BBC were wonderful and said, 'So sorry. We absolutely get it now. We'd love you to play Claire'."

Of Fleabag, Sian says: "Phoebe is just magical. She is also a composer. That is the one script that, for me, is the holy grail, and I will honour every single dot and cough because it is perfect."

She is also proud that the show

tackle tricky subjects, such as Claire's miscarriage.

"I just think it's so, so important because it's not spoken about," she says. "So if we, in any way, have contributed to the beginning of a conversation that will take down that taboo, then I am honoured."

● Lady is in cinemas August 14

Sian has past aristocrat in movie Lady

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weight that he broke her collarbone. He was on bail at the time of the attack for a groping incident on the Tube.

The victim-survivor told police she had been raped and that she knew where her attacker lived.

However, she was not formally interviewed until after Levy, 40, had gone on to kill two women.

He murdered Ms Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025, leaving her body in the stairwell of a derelict building on the Aylesbury Estate in Peckham, South East London.

She was found on March 17. Levy was among seven people arrested on suspicion of murder but was released under investigation on April 1.

Five months later, Ms Wilkins was found dead near a B&M store in Tottenham on August 24 – two days after Levy failed to appear in court. Her body was discovered in the same car park where Levy had raped the first woman.

Amid the catalogue of police and court failures, it has emerged the Metropolitan Police downgraded Levy's risk level because of his poor eyesight. Yesterday he was found guilty of murdering Ms Valencia-Trujillo and Ms Wilkins.

Suffocated

He suffocated both in sexually motivated attacks.

Levy was also found guilty at the Old Bailey of two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent and the non-fatal smothering of the third woman.

Members of the victims' families burst into tears as the verdicts were delivered after the jury deliberated for 13 hours. The bearded defendant, who was wearing sunglasses, gave no reaction.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC adjourned sentencing until this Wednesday and remanded Levy into custody.

Jurors heard he had convictions for attacking women dating back to July 2018, including one carried out against a prison officer in 2022.

Following the verdicts, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said it had served a gross misconduct notice on a police constable and a misconduct notice on a detective sergeant.

The watchdog said that while the actions of both officers were under investigation, it was not inevitable disciplinary proceedings will follow.

Speaking outside the court, Detective Chief Inspector Neil John from Scotland Yard said: "Simon Levy is a dangerous and predatory offender.

"His crimes were calculated, cruel and deeply disturbing. Throughout the trial, he has shown

Cruel and calculating Levy was left free to murder Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, above, and Sheryl Wilkins

complete disregard for the victims and victim-survivor, despite being fully aware of the lasting and devastating impact of his actions."

Flanked by Ms Wilkins' two sisters and the daughter of Ms Valencia-Trujillo, he appealed for any more victim-survivors of Levy, from Tottenham, North London, who have not yet come forward to contact the police.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth apologised to the victims' families. He said:

"Levy was by any measure an incredibly dangerous offender and while there were multiple investigations, ultimately the collective system failure and bail from court left him free to go on and offend in the most harrowing manner.

"Two people have lost their lives and other victims have suffered serious sexual offences at the hands of a prolific predatory monster.

"Obviously there's got to be a point of serious reflection for all of us." Crime and policing minister

Sarah Jones said the case has raised "serious questions". She said: "My thoughts are with the families of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, Sheryl Wilkins and all those who suffered at the hands of Simon Levy.

Failures

"I also want to commend the survivor who bravely came forward and helped to bring this monster to justice. The fact that Levy was able to inflict such devastating

harm after being freed by police and the courts is deeply concerning. It raises serious questions that require urgent answers.

"Any failures must be identified and must not be repeated."

Prosecutor Tom Little KC called Levy "a predatory serial sexual attacker", who targeted the three vulnerable women who carried out street sex work in order to fund drug addictions.

Levy declined to give evidence but his legal team questioned

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SEX OFFENDER GO FREE

predatory monster' left murder two women?

His 'compulsive' urge to commit vile crimes

BY FRANCES MILLAR

SIMON Levy's urge to sexually assault women was "on the verge of compulsive or pathological", according to prosecutors.

The 40-year-old loner's earliest known sex offending had dated back to 2018 when he preyed on one woman during a party at London's Camden Market and another at the Notting Hill Carnival, for which he was convicted in 2021.

In 2022, he attacked a prison officer and the crimes continued upon his release.

He groped a woman on the Tube in October 2023, three more in October the following year, and beat and raped another in January 2025, before he murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025.

Levy then sexually assaulted six more women on the Tube - one in March, three in April and two in May 2025, before he killed Sheryl Wilkins that August.

His sinister tactic for the train attacks was

He told police: 'I've had this situation before. I didn't do nothing'

to tie a jumper or hoodie around his waist, strapping his arm down, and then backing towards his victim with his hand fully or partially covered. He would grope the young women, with some reacting angrily.

As an ex-offender, Levy had repeated contact with authorities outside prison.

Having been released, Levy - who lost the sight in his right eye in May 2024 - had a spell in approved premises in Southwark, South London, before moving back to his mother Marcia Clark's home in Tottenham, in the north of the capital.

In a probation interview in 2024, Levy revealed that he had not been in a relationship of any kind with a woman since 2023.

He said he did not use online dating services and had not attempted to renew any intimate relationships with past girlfriends.

Asked about sex workers, he denied having paid for sex and said this was not something that he would do.

He insisted that he would like to experience

a long-term, meaningful intimate relationship but "needed to work on himself first".

Levy went on to rape a sex worker near his home in January 2025. Days before, he made inquiries online about refusing to pay an escort. In her evidence, the victim had told jurors how Levy had offered her money for sex but then reneged on the deal before assaulting her, breaking her collarbone.

He also chose sex workers as his next victims, this time with fatal consequences.

During the period between the two murders he was the subject of two home visits to

assess his risk as an ex-offender. On March 28, 2025, he told officers that he did not go out and watched films and YouTube instead.

When he was visited on July 10, 2025, he maintained he was not stable on his feet and did not meet friends.

He had also claimed his eye injury and mental health kept him at home.

Levy was first arrested for the murder of Ms Valencia-Trujillo at his home on April 1 last year but was released under investigation, leaving him free to kill Ms Wilkins. As he was being led away, his mother asked the police:

"What are you talking about murder?" and Levy insisted he "didn't do nothing like that".

On his arrest for the murder of Ms Wilkins in September last year, he protested his innocence again, saying: "I've had this situation before, I didn't do nothing."

Levy refused to answer questions in police interviews and declined the chance to give evidence in his murder trial at the Old Bailey.

Police searches of his internet history showed an interest in stories about rape and murder, the controversial influencer Andrew Tate and US president Donald Trump.

whether the victims had been smothered, saying that both were drug users and the cause of their deaths was "unascertained".

The Met, British Transport Police and Crown Prosecution Service have all admitted failings in how they dealt with Levy.

Mr Southworth said failures to remand Levy in custody at hearings at Highbury Corner magistrates' court in May and June 2025 left him free to kill a second time.

He added: "His behaviour is self-

evidently that of a predator who seeks his sexual gratification in a number of ways, whether it's opportunistically offending against strangers on the Underground system or whether it's targeting sex workers in the most horrific and harrowing fashion.

"Ultimately what we're talking about is a serial sexual predator who's finally been brought to justice, but ultimately too late to help the victims of his tragic acts."

Levy was previously jailed in

2021 for groping two women in the summer of 2018, one at the Notting Hill Carnival and the other at a party in Camden. He sexually assaulted a prison guard while behind bars in 2022.

Released

But he was still released the following year, going on to sexually assault a woman on the Tube in October 2023 and allegedly rape another in May 2024, for which he

was recalled to prison and released again in August that year.

Levy was arrested by BTP in November 2024 for four sexual assaults on the Tube, for which he has since been separately convicted, but delays in organising an identification parade until the following April left him free to carry out the rape and first murder.

When they took details of his Oyster card, BTP officers did not realise that it had been stolen from a bus driver, meaning Levy had a

free travel pass used on the day he murdered Ms Valencia-Trujillo.

Following her death, Levy was released on bail at the two magistrates' court hearings in May and June 2025, with the CPS admitting it had not opposed bail at the first and the prosecutor had not given the court all the relevant information for consideration at the second.

There were another three court hearings that he failed to attend but no arrest warrant was requested.

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North West: Cloudy with sunny spells later. Gentle breeze, warm during the day, cooling by evening. High 25C (77F).

Northern Ireland: Mainly cloudy, light rain at times. Clearing later. Gentle breeze, mild temperatures. High 20C (68F).

Wales: Cloudy, brightening later. Mild with gentle breezes throughout the day. High 25C (77F).

Midlands: Cloudy spells, brightening later. Breezy at times, staying warm throughout. High 28C (79F).

North East/Yorks: Cloudy with sunny intervals later. Gentle winds, feeling warm. High 28C (79F).

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East Anglia: Cloudy periods. Sunshine emerging later. Breezy with a warm feel. High 25C (77F).

London/South East: Cloudy, later clearing. Gentle breezes, Warm afternoon, cooler evening. High 27C (81F).

South: Cloudy with brighter spells later. Light breeze, warm temperatures throughout. High 24C (75F).

South West: Cloudy, bright spells later. Gentle breezes, warming up pleasantly throughout. High 25C (77F).

Channel Isles: Mainly cloudy, some sun later. Breezy with moderate winds. Mild throughout the day. High 25C (77F).

Sea: Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate for a time later in north.

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	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI
London	17 31	16 29	17 29	19 33	18 34	17 32
Belfast	10 18	12 20	15 23	14 24	14 22	12 20
Birmingham	14 28	13 25	14 29	16 32	15 30	14 28
Cardiff	14 27	14 26	16 30	16 30	15 28	14 26
Glasgow	11 17	11 18	16 23	15 23	15 21	13 20
Manchester	13 23	12 22	16 28	16 31	15 27	13 25
Newcastle	11 20	12 20	14 23	16 26	15 26	13 23
Norwich	16 25	13 24	15 24	17 27	17 31	16 27
Plymouth	14 25	15 25	16 26	16 27	15 26	15 26

24 hours to night	6am 9am 10am	7am 10am 11am	Britain yesterday						Moss, sun and Isles
Aberdeen	3.4	0:08	12	17	Glasgow	4.2	0:10	12	17	MOON (max.: 1st): 0.07pm
Aberport	5.6	0:05	10	18	Hull	8.9	0:08	11	20	SUN (max.: 1st): 0.08pm, max: 0.08pm
Almec	8.6	0:01	11	16	Ipswich	10.9	0:06	11	20	Manchester (max.: 0.08pm, max: 0.07pm)
Belfast	8.2	0:03	12	15	Leeds	9.3	0:05	11	19	New Moon (max.: 1st): August
Birmingham	8.7	0:00	8	17	Lincoln	7.8	0:06	11	21	HIGH 7/30
Winsh	12.4	0:00	12	22	London	12.9	0:08	14	20	London (Age: 29.5/8am, 110.1/8pm)
Bristol	12.9	0:00	8	17	Manchester	13	0:05	10	20	Ipswich (24.5/8am, 2.4/8pm)
Cardiff	10.9	0:00	8	21	Oxford	11.6	0:06	8	40	Ipswich (24.5/8am, 2.4/8pm)
Durham	4.6	0:06	13	18	St Ierogdan	12.9	0:05	12	20	Ipswich (24.5/8am, 2.4/8pm)
Edinburgh	5.6	0:00	13	18	St Andrews	9.2	0:02	12	19	Dover (24.5/8am, 2.4/8pm)
Britain	Women: 10.7min, 10min, 2.5h.		Lighting-up times
Extremes:	Cabinet: 10min, 10min, 2.5h.		Belfast: 9.10pm-5.40am
Off hours:	Midland: 10min, 10min, 2.5h.		Birmingham: 8.40pm-5.40am
In from November:	Summer: 10min, 10min, 2.5h.		Bristol: 8.40pm-5.40am

Europe forecast
Amsterdam	Sunny	25C/77F	Amsterdam
Brussels	Sunny	25C/82F	Brussels
Dublin	Cloudy	25C/79F	Dublin
Frankfurt	Sunny	31C/86F	Frankfurt
Geneva	Sunny	33C/91F	Geneva
Lisbon	Sunny	30C/86F	Zhuancu
Madrid	Sunny	28C/100F	Lisbon
Paris	Sunny	31C/86F	Madrid
Rome	Sunny	34C/93F	Paris
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Alhams	Fair	34	83	Montreal	Sunny	28	92	New York	Sunny	31	88
Barcelona	Sunny	31	86	Jimmy	Sunny	30	88	Nicosia	Sunny	31	88
Berlin	Cloudy	35	88	Lempia	Sunny	33	91	Perth	Fair	18	64
Budapest	Fair	35	91	Las Palmas	Sunny	30	88	Prague	Sunny	34	78
Calif.	Sunny	34	92	Los Angeles	Sunny	25	77	Singapore	Fair	28	64
Cape Town	Sunny	17	83	Lincoln	Sunny	39	102	Southern	Fair	18	64
Casablanca	Sunny	38	82	Malaga	Sunny	31	88	Sydney	Sunny	18	67
Corfu	Sunny	35	85	Mallorca	Sunny	33	91	Sri Aviv	Sunny	31	88
Cublin	Fair	18	88	Malta	Sunny	34	93	Seville	Sunny	31	88
Dubrovnik	Fair	35	86	Melbourne	Fair	14	57	Toronto	Fair	28	82
Falls	Sunny	29	84	Miami	Thrift	32	91	York	Sunny	26	77
Florence	Sunny	28	87	Minnesota	Sunny	28	82	Venice	Sunny	26	82
Gibraltar	Sunny	27	81	Narod	Cloudy	22	72	Vienna	Fair	28	82
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Debbie Adlam, main far left, the mother of PC Andrew Harper, above, pays her respects with officers at scene of his killing

Mum visits scene of

PC Harper's death

Petition to keep his killers in jail hits 700,000

HERO PC Andrew Harper's mum visited the scene of her son's death as a petition to stop his killers being freed early neared 700,000 signatures.

Debbie Adlam this week said the family was "bitterly disappointed" at the government's refusal to exclude two men jailed for Andrew's manslaughter from its early release scheme.

On Thursday she visited the spot down a country road in Sulhamstead, Berks, where her son died.

He was dragged to his death behind a car while investigating a quad-bike theft in 2019.

Two of his teenage killers – Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers – were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter in 2020

BY JONATHAN WALKER Whitehall Editor

but will be eligible for early release next year under Labour plans to tackle prison overcrowding. Driver Henry Long got 16 years and is not eligible.

Yesterday evening, the petition calling for the pair to remain behind bars had more than 690,000 signatures.

Appalled

It came as Wes Streeting admitted it was "not OK" the killers were eligible.

The Defence Secretary said: "I'm not expecting any of those people to think that early release is OK, because it's not OK. We should never have

been put in a position where prisons were so full to bursting that any government had to contemplate the early release of people from serious convictions that have led to being in prison."

Meanwhile, the detective who led the investigation into PC Harper's killing said he was "deeply concerned and appalled" the two men could be freed.

Former Detective Superintendent Stuart Blaik told the BBC: "Neither of them showed any remorse during their time in police custody or during their subsequent trial.

"I hope the government takes account of the strength of public feeling on this issue, which has been both clear and widespread."

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Thousands of children get NHS fat jabs

BY MATT DAVIS

FAT jabs are being prescribed on the NHS to children nine and under – with thousands more going to teenagers.

Eight prescriptions for the drugs went to under-10s in England in 2025, four of them for Mounjaro, the most powerful of the new generation of obesity-fighting injections.

A further 3,838 prescriptions were issued to patients aged between 10 and 19, said the NHS Business Services Authority.

Katharine Jenner, of the Obesity Health Alliance, said: “These figures are a stark warning about the scale and severity of childhood obesity.

“Weight-loss injections must never become a substitute for preventing ill health.

“No medicine can fix a food system that surrounds families with cheap, heavily marketed, less healthy food.

“The wider goal must be to stop so many reaching the point where medication is considered necessary.”

Professor Jason Arday

Cambridge to review its hiring policy

BY ELLIE NG

THE University of Cambridge said it will review how it appoints senior academics after Professor Jason Arday quit in a plagiarism row.

He resigned after bosses launched a probe into his “qualifications and honorary appointments”.

It followed media claims he plagiarised his PhD thesis – completed at Liverpool John Moores University – and other research.

And questions were asked after Cambridge’s youngest black professor claimed he ran 600 miles in six days and raised £5.5million for charity.

Priyamvada Gopal, professor of postcolonial studies at Cambridge, said the university was facing “massive reputational damage”.

Pictures: PHIL HARRIS, JAMES LINSEL, CLARK / SWNS

BY JON KING in Thetford

PROTESTERS and hooded youths have been storming homes, smashing in doors and injuring police officers during several nights of violence sparked by the housing of asylum seekers in a sleepy market town.

But anger has been bubbling for weeks – ever since the Home Office revealed it was planning to put migrants in RAF Barnham nearby.

Now other properties suspected of housing small-boat arrivals are coming under attack in Thetford, Norfolk, with the disorder leaving two police officers in hospital.

One was struck by a rock while the other suffered a “serious bite”. They have since been discharged.

As their colleagues continued to make arrests yesterday, the estate appeared calm, with a few people ambling about. But behind closed doors, some residents were seething over the government’s seeming inability to end the migrant crisis.

Joyce Gallagher, 52, said she heard people shouting outside in St John’s Way late on Tuesday but did not know why. She looked out of her bedroom window then retreated to bed.

The supermarket worker and mum of four said “it doesn’t seem fair” that asylum seekers are being given homes while others “have to wait years for council houses”.

In nearby Bracken Road, Loraine Dean, 73, was woken up in the early hours of Wednesday by police officers asking for doorbell camera footage. A crowd had targeted the house next door amid suspicions it was being used for asylum seekers. It is now empty with the

A damaged house in St John’s Way

The underlying frustration that’s spilled into unrest

Fears of market town torn apart by chaos

windows and door boarded up. Ms Dean, a retired hospital ward clerk, said: “I’m angry that the authorities didn’t tell us what they were doing. We only found out next door was an HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) by talking to contractors.

“We have people and families in this country who are homeless. There’s a perfectly good family home there.” Tony, 75, who did not want to give his last name, said: “I’m very disappointed these illegal migrants were placed in a house without any thought for the people that live here.

“No one asked us how we felt about it.”

His neighbour Michael, 82, said: “I’m not racist but I

don’t want foreigners coming over I don’t know about. This situation has got us down.”

Thetford Town Council condemned the violence while defending the right to peaceful protest. A spokeswoman said: “Everyone living, working in, or visiting Thetford should feel safe.”

Norfolk Police insisted its response had been “proportionate” after witnesses said a woman in a mobility scooter had been pepper-sprayed.

Chief Constable Paul Sanford added: “Across three consecutive nights, a group of people have crossed the line as to what is acceptable. We have been appropriately policing those behaviours.”

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said: “There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for violence and thuggery to be directed to anyone in our society, whether that’s people seeking sanctuary or indeed the police.”

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£4billion in student loans paid to foreigners in a year

ALMOST £4billion in loans and grants were handed to foreign students in the past 12 months alone.

The awards make up one in five of all loans handed out. EU students received the majority of that funding.

It comes as data shows students from overseas are around 25% less likely to repay their loans.

It would mean UK taxpayers could be forced to pick up the tab for between £12-£2.2bn in unpaid fees each year.

Student finance is normally restricted for international students, but under Brexit rules, EU students or

BY AARON NEWBURY

their relatives are exempt. Around one in every 20 new first-time student loans made to international students are to Romanian nationals, fuelling government fears of fraud.

The post-Brexit agreement with the EU entitles people with settled status to claim student financial support.

In the past year, 36,000 people have successfully applied for settled status, alongside 30,000 family members of those who already have it.

Student Loan Company data shows

that 239,000 foreign citizens have received loans, of which 195,000 have settled status under this scheme.

Over the last decade the proportion of loans handed to students not from the UK jumped from 10.2% to 19.3%.

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott said: “British taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for billions of pounds in loans to foreign students who may never pay them back.

“It’s not fair or sustainable. Labour needs to get a grip on the situation.”

Tory MP Neil O’Brien said there were “clear signs of abuse in the system”

due to the amounts going to family members of those with settled status.

Mr O’Brien said the figures around the number of Romanians receiving funding was “mad”. He added people would be “stunned that a fifth of all student loans are now going to people who are not British”.

A Department for Education spokesman said: “We have strict eligibility requirements for student loans – nobody who lives outside of the UK can apply for or receive a loan.

“Anyone leaving the UK must continue to repay what they owe.”

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NHS probe access to records of Minnie, 9

BY NEIL POORAN

Boy, 14, kills grandparents before gunning down 5 teachers at school

A 14-YEAR-OLD student killed at least seven people in shootings at a school and his home on the outskirts of Bangkok yesterday.

His victims were his grandparents and five teachers according to Thai authorities.

Another 23 people were hurt, nine critically, at Debsirin School in Nonthaburi province.

The killer then took his own life, officials said. He started the bloodbath at the home he shared with his grandparents before moving to his school. Police revealed that after being in his class for a while, the boy began shooting.

Thai prime minister Anutin Charwirakul said the gun - described as small and compact - was legally registered to his grandfather. The killer had "more

BY JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI in Bangkok

than 30 bullets left" when he turned his weapon on himself, Mr Anutin added. He said the attack was "well prepared" with "clear steps and clear goals".

The gunman has not been named and no motive was given, though the prime minister said the boy may have been stressed about his studies.

One student told the BBC she was standing in front of her teacher when the woman was shot.

"She was talking to me when [the gunman] showed up and shot her," she said. "I couldn't see anything but a [cloud] of dust."

She said the boy went from room to room, adding: "I had to climb over the school fence to escape."

AN NHS health board is investigating an alleged data breach amid claims staff accessed medical records of a nine-year-old girl allegedly murdered in Arbroath.

Minnie Merriman, of Wakefield, West Yorks, was found just after midnight on Monday at the Elliot Industrial Estate in the Angus town. Her family were camping nearby.

She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, but died later. Her father Christopher Rice, 35, was later charged with her murder.

Reports suggest the hospital is investigating if staff accessed Minnie's records without clinical need or permission.

Breach

Ninewells Hospital is managed by NHS Tayside. A spokesperson said it is "investigating the circumstances of an alleged data breach, which happened in a working clinical area where staff access patient information.

"As a matter of governance, any data protection breach would be recorded and investigated by NHS Tayside and, where appropriate, reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.

"It would not be appropriate for us to comment further."

At a hearing at Forfar Sheriff Court on Wednesday, Rice was remanded in custody without entering a plea.

Minnie's family earlier paid tribute in a police statement.

They said: "We are devastated with the loss of our beloved, absolutely incredible, beautiful and brave Minnie Moo."

BY HANNA GEISSLER

Health Editor

PHARMACY leaders have called for millions of people receiving repeat prescriptions to have more regular reviews, after analysis found wasted medicines could have filled 75 swimming pools last year.

The National Pharmacy Association estimated that almost 3,400 tons of partially used medicines were discarded in England.

Safely disposing of the items was said to have cost the NHS more than £480million. The total weight of them was equivalent to 3,000 Ford Fiestas, according to the NPA.

Olivier Picard, the association's chair, said: "Wasted medicines cost the NHS significant sums of money every year that could be invested in better services for patients.

"More than this, wasting medicines can have environmental and health consequences and we can do much more to tackle this growing problem."

Unused or unwanted medicines returned to a pharmacy cannot be redistributed, even if unopened. They are collected by specialist waste contractors who ensure they are safely

Olivier Picard from National Pharmacy Association

Wasted medicine could've filled 75 swimming pools

£480m cost to NHS to destroy unused drugs

destroyed. The NPA, which represents about 6,000 independent chemists, calculated the figures with data from freedom of information requests to NHS Integrated Care Boards.

It called for more regular medicine reviews for patients with several repeat pre-

scriptions to identify medicines that are no longer needed.

More than one in 10 people aged over 65 in England are thought to take at least eight different prescribed drugs each week, according to a 2019 report from Age UK.

Mr Picard also urged patients not to order extra medicine unnecessarily.

He added: "We are urging patients

only to request medicines if they really need them when ordering repeat prescriptions.

"As well as this, patients who are prescribed multiple medicines should have these more regularly reviewed to ensure they are being fully utilised.

"If a patient has any concerns about their medicines, they should speak to their pharmacist."

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Call for climate minister as heat soars to 36C

Devastation of Dunwich Heath, Earliest District By a source

ANDY Burnham must make climate resilience a "National mission" led by a Caliber-level minister, the boss of the National Trust has demanded.

The charity's director-general Hilary McGrady made the plea after a wildfire devastated as Dunwich Heath site in Suffolk.

The National Trust has urged members of the public to sign a petition with the demand, Ms McGrady, child. The climate crisis long predicted by scientists is happening here and now. Forcensus wildfires, unprecedented temperatures and record-breaking droughts are already hitting

BY STEPH GATTO Environment Editor

communities and nature across the UK. They are not a distant threat. Tackling this emergency must be a cross-government priority because it touches every aspect of our lives, our society and our economy.

"So we've launched a petition to demonstrate to ministers the strength of public feeling on this issue.

"Dunwich Heath is just the latest alarm call today, us that things must change. I've visited the landscape many times. It's usually a haze of purple teeming with

wildlife. The scalls of the damage caused by a single blaze is knocking and without the actions of all those who helped, it could have been even worse."

The trust's plea includes asking the government to support fire and rescue services with funding. The wildlife at Dunwich Heath devastated 146 football pitches—worth of rare healthland with dazades—long recovery ahead.

A full inspection of the site is yet to take place because of the "live but stable," incident. Instant Clement, general manager at Dunwich Heath, said: "We're still coming

to terms with the loss and challenging task of assessing the damage causing the site safe and planning for its recovery."

It comes by scorching temperatures of 36C are expected in the UK next week, with heat health alerts in place.

The Met Office said temperatures will climb through the weekend as heatwave conditions return in East Anglia and South- East England. There have already been two record-breaking heatwaves in May and June and two more in July. The highest temperature of the year was 36C recorded at Lingwood in Norfolk on June 20.

110,000 elderly households

owe money on fuel bills

'Staggering' figure 'tip of iceberg'

EXCLUSIVE

BY KATIE HARRIS Senior Political Correspondent

MORE than 110,000 pensioner households are in energy debt, analysis shows.

The research found 80,832 single older households and 29,219 elderly couple house- holds have fallen behind with their fuel bills.

But campaigners warn the findings are the tip of the iceberg with many more taking desperate measures to avoid going in the red.

Simon Francis, co-ordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: "The sheer number of older people suffering is staggering.

"Many in this generation dread the shame of owing money, so for more than 80,000 single pensioners to have slipped into arrears despite everything they do to avoid it, something has gone badly wrong.

"And they are only the ones we can count. Countless more are on the brink and even more will never let themselves fall into energy debt. Instead they go without."

Dennis Reed, of the Silver Voices campaign, said the research shows why the triple lock – where the state pension rises each year by whichever is

higher out of inflation, earnings or 2.5% – must not be scrapped.

He said: "These depressing fig- ures show how much energy price hikes are impacting older people and make a mockery of claims the triple lock is no longer needed.

"One hundred thousand are in debt but millions more are scrimp-

ing on food and energy use so that they don't go into hock themselves. Energy poverty is now a year-round phenomenon. Members complain they cannot afford to run fans during heat- waves, putting their health at risk."

Mr Reed called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to unfreeze the tax-free personal allowance at the Budget in October.

The £12,570 allowance has been frozen for years which has dragged pensioners on modest incomes into being taxed.

Mr Reed said: "Andy Burnham has done nothing so far to alleviate cost-of-living pres- sures on pensioners, as the tiny £45 off VAT will be obliterated by price

rises." Morgan Vine, at Independent Age, warned of the "difficult, dam- aging decisions" OAPs are being forced to take. She said: "The gov- ernment should introduce a targeted energy social tariff and increase the warm homes discount from £150 to £400 so older people in poverty can afford their essential energy cost."

The analysis by the University of York is based on the government's household survey from 2024/25, which asked people if they had been in arrears on fuel bills over the previous 12 months. The research found around 1.1 million households had fallen behind.

But it predates the 13% hike in regulator Ofgem's energy price cap in July, which saw a typical annual bill jump by £221 to £1,862.

The price cap is forecast by analysts Cornwall Insight to rise in October to £1,906 a year.

The government said: "Our commitment to the triple lock means millions will see their yearly state pension rise by up to £2,100.

"We've cut VAT on electricity to give house- holds breathing space and the Energy Secretary will work to bring bills down for good."

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COMMENT

SIMON FRANCIS

Co-ordinator at End Fuel Poverty Coalition

BRITAIN'S energy debt crisis has been laid bare. More than a million households have fallen behind on their bills, with single parents and disabled families hit hardest.

But the figures reveal a quieter scandal too. While pensioners are proportionately less likely than younger families to fall behind, the sheer number of older people suffering is staggering.

Now set that against the other side of the energy system. Shell has just posted its best profits in four years. BP's have leapt again. British Gas (now Centrica) has earned more than £56 billion in profit since privatisation.

Billions banked off the back of a gas price that pensioners here cannot escape. Suffering at one end, record profits at the other. It is sickening. With a new Prime Minister in Downing Street, there can be no more delay.

Yes, we need long term changes to our energy system so we don't have to dance to the tune of the oil and gas industry and their billionaire cheerleaders.

But we also need short-term help. The PM must prioritise a proper social tariff to protect older customers and an energy debt relief scheme to help these pensioners clear their arrears.

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CHRIS Kamara has urged men to get tested for prostate cancer after revealing his own scare with the illness in 2024.

The former footballer and broadcaster, 68, went for a PSA test, which measures the amount of prostate specific antigen in the blood.

A raised level can indicate prostate problems including cancer – and Kamara's check flagged up a slightly raised level. He said: "That was a scary thing to hear. Thankfully it turned out I didn't have prostate cancer. After consistent monitoring, my levels remain the same."

The TV pundit is now preparing to take on the Great North Run with friend Ben Shephard and his son Jack in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.

Determination

Kamara said: "Any man would feel scared about the prospect of getting prostate cancer. I've been working with the charity for over a decade, so I know early diagnosis is key.

"As men it's so important we look after ourselves, and keep an eye on any changes. I do get up in the night to pee more now. But that's a symptom of other conditions too, so check with your GP. None of us likes going to the doctor about 'problems below the belt' – it's a mountain you have to climb, so just do it."

Kamara has taken part in 10 walks for Prostate Cancer UK organised by his ex-Sky Sports colleague Jeff Stelling which have strengthened his

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determination to raise awareness: "Meeting so many affected by prostate cancer, or who were marching in honour of loved ones they had lost really brought it home.

"I want to raise as much awareness as I can, particularly for black men, who are at double the risk.

"The key factors are age, being black or family history. Prostate Cancer UK have a brilliant risk checker on their website. It takes 30 seconds and may just save your life.

"When you get over 40, you need to get checked. It's one of the biggest killers of men in the world."

There was a time Kamara thought he would never walk properly again, never mind do the Great North Run.

Twenty-five years after doing the half marathon in under 90 minutes, he admits this year will be very different. He expects the 13.1 miles to take three hours as he deals with the effects of an under-active thyroid and apraxia – a neurological condition affecting his speech and balance.

After Kamara began to experience brain fog and slurred speech during lockdown he spent two years feeling sory for himself before getting help: "I thought I had Alzheimer's or dementia. My voice slowed down, and I was thinking, 'Oh god I don't want to be a burden to the family'."

"I realise now those thoughts were ridiculous. If only I'd spoken to somebody. Maybe I would have been in a different position."

BOMB THREAT MADE TO MESSI AT WORLD CUP

LIONEL Messi was the target of a World Cup suicide bomber threat.

A fanatic vowed to blast the Argentina superstar, 39, during the match with Egypt, saying: "I'm going to walk into the Atlanta stadium and blow up Messi with four bombs stuck in my body."

The chilling words emerged in a police dossier which shows how players and officials were threatened throughout last month's tournament.

Messi, inset, was the most targeted player during the competition, held in America, Mexico and Canada. Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo

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faced non-stop harassment while French referee Francois Letexier was inundated with 6,000 WhatsApp threats. A security network led by the FBI tracked terror alerts, stalkers and potential violence against players and their families.

Spanish newspaper informacion said the most concrete threat against Messi arose when a man called Dallas airport to say he and two others were heading to the city's stadium with homemade bombs and a semi-automatic rifle. He made "special mention of Lionel Messi".

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GERI Halliwell-Horner has revealed that Hollywood legend Meryl Streep sang Happy Birthday as she turned 54 on Thursday.

The former Spice Girl posted a video of the moment on social media and said it was the “best birthday present ever”.

Streep, 77, also hugged Geri and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Both women are starring in the sixth series of Only Murders in the Building, which is set in London.

Geri got well wishes, too, from ex-handmates Lady Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton.

Her husband Christian Horner wrote: “Have an amazing day and another lap around the sun. We all love you very much.”

The former chat show host

Ellen told no

to Cotswolds horse arena

BY TOM BEVAN

ELLEN DeGeneres' plan to stay in her Cotswolds home could be in tatters after permission for an "all-weather riding arena" was denied.

The former US chat-show host told West Oxfordshire District Council that “lower-lying fields in the vicinity of the site do not provide suitable opportunities for exercising horses at certain times of the year”.

She attached photos of flooding with her planning application.

But the council said the development would be “intrusive and incongruous”.

Ellen, 68, and partner Portia De Rossi bought their home near Burford in 2024 for £15million and spent a reported £7.5m on renovations.

BBC insiders claim new

job for Naga ‘defies logic’

BBC workers say Naga Munchetty landing a plum job as Radio 5 Live's new breakfast host "defies logic" after she faced allegations of bullying junior staff.

Munchetty will leave the BBC Breakfast sofa after 16 years to take up her new role in January.

She is one of the Beeb's highest-paid stars on £365,000, and has never commented on the allegations of bullying, which reportedly include claims she reprimanded an intern for spreading Marmite on her toast incorrectly.

Consternation

The 51-year-old, who currently hosts a mid-morning talk show on 5 Live, also reportedly received a telling-off from station bosses in 2022 after a “crass, inappropriate and wildly unprofessional” off-air joke.

One BBC employee said: "The dust has barely settled on those allegations, and now she is handed the

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breakfast show job which is clearly a promotion from mid-morning. It doesn't feel right."

It was revealed last weekend there was “consternation” behind the scenes after she negotiated a deal to present three days a week in the Salford studio, and two days from London near her Hertfordshire home. Her prospective co-presenter will be expected to do five days a week in Salford.

A source said: "Many don't feel that is particularly fair, and that bosses have afforded her special treatment."

The BBC has never revealed the outcome of the probe into bullying allegations, which is said to be now no longer active.

However, in a new statement the BBC has robustly backed the underfire presenter over what some staffers perceive to be “special treatment”.

A spokesperson said: "Appoint-

ments into any presenting role are made on merit and in line with the BBC's standard processes. We reject any suggestion different standards have been applied in this instance."

Insiders claimed Munchetty's departure from the BBC One show was in everyone's best interests.

A BBC source said: "The new job for Naga seems the best result for everyone. It was not a happy ship on Breakfast."

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Munchetty first joined BBC Breakfast in 2009 and from 2014 has co-hosted with Charlie Stayt.

She and her co-presenter take over the 5 Live breakfast slot from Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards.

This week it was announced Tony Livesey will not return to his 5 Live show, following a Panorama probe into former West Ham chairman David Sullivan, who he worked with at the Sport group of newspapers.

Munchetty is one of BBC's highest-paid stars

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SATURDAY'S BIG READ

JONATHAN WALKER

Whitehall Editor

NIGEL Farage, battling to keep his seat in Clacton, has already set a new record.

Voters on Thursday will have a choice of no fewer than 34 candidates – the highest number ever in a by-election.

As well as the Reform UK leader, they include three Official Monster Raving Loony candidates, 20 independents and representatives from a variety of tiny movements.

But with the major parties choosing to sit this one out, there are only two candidates that matter. One is Mr Farage and the other is Count Binface – comedy writer Jonathan Harvey – who has become the local focus of opposition to the Reform leader.

Mr Farage will win the August 13 election. A poll by Survation suggests Binface will get some 20% of the vote, while 73% of locals surveyed plan to back Mr Farage.

The survey found Reform would still get 57% of the vote even if other parties were standing, with the Conservatives a distant second on just 11%.

But the question facing Mr Farage is whether his decision to resign from Parliament and make the by-election happen has enhanced his reputation, or hurt it.

He claims to have faced an unprecedented barrage of false allegations designed to drive him out of politics.

The Reform leader hopes to return to Westminster in triumph, claiming the people who really matter – his constituents – have rejected attempts by the “establishment” to bring him down. Mr Farage has not met

‘80,000 people have a chance to vote for an MP but the traditional parties are trying to turn it into a joke’

Binface, who he says is “an extreme left-wing BBC comedy writer” rather than the joke he might appear.

But he told me Tory leader Kemi Badenoch made a massive error in judgment by refusing to stand a candidate in the constituency, where the Tories won 72.3% of the vote in the 2019 general election.

He said: “A lot of voters on the door say they are deeply insulted there is not a Conservative candidate.

“The Conservatives don’t want a general election, and they haven’t put a candidate up here. So I think long term, they’ve made a really bad error.”

Traditional parties had attempted to turn the by-election into a joke, he said.

“I mean, Ed Davey, of the Lib Dems, officially endorsed Count Binface, and Kemi virtually did. And so a lot of voters say to me, ‘hang on, this isn’t a joke. Whether you agree with Nigel’s reasons for calling the by-election or disagree, it is an election’.

“There are 80,000 people here who pay their council tax, who’ve paid their income tax, who have a chance to vote for a Member of Parliament, and the established parties are trying to turn it into a joke.”

Mrs Badenoch said the Tories will stand a candidate if a second by-election takes place – which could happen, if a Parliamentary inquiry into Mr Farage’s finances finds he broke House of Commons rules.

Thursday’s vote is taking place because Mr Farage chose to resign as an MP. It followed controversy surrounding a £5million gift from British cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne. Mr Farage did not declare the gift in the register of MPs’ interests, because it was received before he entered Parliament in the 2024 general elec-

With victory in Clacton assured, the old Farage is here and preparing for battle at the general election

tion. Some critics say that under Commons rules, he should have declared it anyway.

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is investigating, and while the inquiry has been paused during the by-election – as Mr Farage is not currently an MP – it will resume if he is re-elected. The danger for Mr Farage, perhaps, is that he has drawn more attention to the row over his finances.

But when I visited Clacton, I found the vast majority of voters couldn’t care less. Some argued that he needed funding to pay for security, while others said that all politicians accepted gifts. In fact, a survey by Survation found Clacton voters who backed Reform in 2024 were even more likely to

vote for Mr Farage now, perhaps because they share his belief that he is the victim of an establishment plot.

This by-election sees the return of Nigel Farage the maverick, taking on the establishment and saying “to hell with them all”.

It’s a return to what made him popular in the first place, with his charisma, his straight-talking and a willingness to say things other politicians shy away from (for example, that it’s crazy to provide free housing to people who cross the Channel illegally, instead of deporting them). His goal for much of the past 18 months has been to make Reform look like a government-in-waiting. He built an experienced “shadow cabinet” team,

including a number of former Conservative politicians, and delivered carefully worded policy statements.

He felt that to win a general election, Reform needed to look less like a pressure group and more like a traditional party.

And it worked, to an extent. Opinion polls showed Reform consistently in the lead, when voters are asked who they would back in a general election.

But staying on top isn’t easy. More recent polling shows Reform is now neck and neck with Labour. This could prove a temporary blip, as the novelty of new Labour PM Andy Burnham wears off.

Perhaps more worrying for Mr Farage,

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however, is the suggestion that the Conservatives may also be catching up. One survey by YouGov, at the end of July, found 21% of voters said they would back the Conservatives if an election was held today, while 22% would back Reform.

So Mr Farage has returned to what made him a political mega-star – the no-nonsense, take-it-or-leave-it approach that worked so well in the past.

A good example is the dramatic announcement this week that a Reform government would employ the Royal Navy to send cross-Channel migrants back to France.

The French government is having none of it, and said the plan “would be a violation of

French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law”. But Reform is sticking to its guns.

And Mr Farage appears to hope right-winger Marine Le Pen, the favourite to win France’s presidential election next May (if she resolves her legal problems), will do a deal with a future Reform government.

The old Farage is back, and the Clacton by-election is one manifestation of that. Once next week’s vote is out of the way, the battle to win a general election resumes.

Mr Farage is looking forward to September’s party conference in

Birmingham, which he promises will be “by far the biggest that any party in Britain is capable of putting on”.

And he plans to talk a lot more about defence, foreign policy and policing in months to come.

“You’ll see us weathering the onslaught and the storm and getting ourselves ready for the future,” he said.

“Taking a party that almost doesn’t exist and turning it into a full professional machine is not an overnight thing. We’ve made huge progress over the last two years. There is further to go. And within the next few months, you’ll see the next steps.”

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Failings meant depraved killer could attack again

SERIAL sex attacker Simon Levy was left free to go on a two-year spree of depravity as a result of staggering failures by police and prosecutors.

Jailed for sexually assaulting women in 2021, he pin-balled round the justice system over the following years as the attacks mounted.

Incompetence and an astonishing lack of curiosity allowed him to carry out his monstrous crimes under the noses of those supposed to be monitoring him.

He was released from prison in 2023 despite sexually assaulting a prison guard during his sentence. Recalled for another assault and allegations of rape, he was let out after just three months. Within a year he had assaulted 10 women on the Tube, was suspected of rape and went on to murder.

Levy was being checked on by the probation service and police, whom he told that the loss of sight in one eye meant he barely left the house, and he was downgraded as a risk. Court appearances went unattended but despite him being a suspect in a separate murder investigation, no arrest warrant was issued.

The Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police and Crown Prosecution Service have all admitted to failings. But it is too little, too late.

For years now, politicians and the authorities have made endless promises to tackle violence against women and girls. Yet in the face of repeated and escalating serious assaults, they appear to have been easily fobbed off and lacking in any sense of urgency.

How bad did it have to get before the danger was taken seriously? Carmenza Valencia Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, are dead and the lives of many others destroyed.

Triple lock is a life-saver

THE state pension triple lock, created to guarantee a decent annual rise in payments, has a growing number of enemies.

Economists, think-tanks and even former Chancellors are among those lining up to demand that it is dropped to cut costs.

But disturbing research from the University of York shows why ensuring pensioners are given a minimum increase of 2.5% a year is so vital. Around 110,000 older people have been unable to pay their energy bills in the last year.

The figures predate the 13% hike in regulator Ofgem's energy price cap in July, meaning a typical household faces paying £1,862 a year.

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition said that the sheer number of older people suffering is "staggering". It points out many pensioners cannot bear to owe money, so for so many to be in arrears should serve as a wake-up call.

The triple lock is the one failsafe pensioners have in a country locked into a cost-of-living crisis and the Express will always fight to protect it.

Fish and chip champions

CHEF Tom Kerridge, who champions traditional British food, has given the Express Save Our Fish and Chips Crusade a major boost by throwing his support behind it.

Our much-loved chippies are in crisis after constant increases in their costs. Let's all do our best to back this great institution by heading out for a fish supper this weekend.

British icons being chased off by our high tax policies

THAT one of Britain's biggest and oldest companies is exiting the North Sea amid rumours it is considering quitting the country altogether shows how far Labour and the Tories have chased out our leading wealth-creating firms with high taxes and bad decisions. It does not bode well for the future of UK PLC or British industry.

British Petroleum (BP) last week put up for sale its UK offshore oil and gas fields after 60 years of successful operation.

It's not as though the energy stocks were exhausted – their Clair field still contains seven billion barrels of oil. Their reasoning is that the North Sea is no longer open for business, not helped by frequent tax raids and successive governments' net-zero obsession with choking off our carbon energy sources.

On top of this, BP is tilting its operations towards the pro-drilling oil and gas friendly America, while reportedly considering quitting the London Stock Exchange for New York and radically reducing the size of its UK HQ.

What a terrible indictment of our green-tinged high-tax governments that one of our most iconic companies might well be deserting these shores for good.

It was the corporate antecedent of British Petroleum that began the stampede for Middle Eastern oil with a discovery in Persia in 1908 and, since then, BP has been a major energy player around the world.

IT helped shift the move from coal to oil-powered warships and was at one time part-owned by the British government, later privatised by Margaret Thatcher. It made pioneering discoveries in the North Sea in the 60s and 70s, helping turn Britain into a net exporter of oil in the 80s.

Current chief executive Meg O'Neill says BP must now "focus our portfolio and direct

BP is quitting the North Sea despite billions of barrels of oil remaining in their fields

Tim Newark

Political commentator

capital to our highest-value opportunities" and their North Sea oilfields "will be better positioned as part of another company". Alarm bells should be ringing all along Whitehall over this announcement.

It was the Tories who introduced a 75% windfall energy tax on North Sea oil companies in 2022, which was lifted to 78% by Labour in 2024.

But while Prime Minister Andy Burnham told US President Donald Trump in a recent phone call that he will be more "pragmatic" about North Sea energy decisions, is it all too little, too late?

BP is not the only major British company to vote with its feet. Shell, our biggest oil and gas company, has already part-exited the North Sea and announced this week that it is retreating from its net-zero obligations by selling its British solar farm business to a French rival. It has also withdrawn

from offshore windfarms in the North Sea, preferring to focus on more profitable gas production.

Chemical firm Ineos, another great British multi-national business, sees little future in high-tax, net-zero Britain, having recently invested heavily in US fracking fields.

Last year, Ineos closed the last remaining synthetic ethanol plant in the UK at Grangemouth, with the loss of several hundred jobs, and now the vital chemical ingredient is being imported.

Britain used to be a major force in chemicals, but recent years have seen the closure of 10 large chemical complexes.

"Deindustrialising Britain achieves nothing for the environment. It merely shifts production and emissions elsewhere," says Ineos founder and self-made billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Mr Burnham says he wants to

'Alarm bells should be ringing along Whitehall after this announcement'

reverse the deindustrialisation of Britain over recent decades, primarily blaming Margaret Thatcher, but does not appear to understand our continuing industrial decline has been caused largely by misguided Left-leaning government policies, including green zealotry and high taxes.

ENERGY prices have doubled in the UK in recent years and are five times higher than the US. It is little wonder BP, Ineos and others are shifting their focus from high-price Europe to America. That is costing Britain thousands of jobs and billions in lost investment.

It is yet to be seen if Burnham follows up on his words and strengthens our industrial future by re-opening the North Sea, cutting energy prices and lowering corporate taxes.

But he'll need to get his skates on if he is to stem the flow of great British firms leaving our country for more business-friendly regimes.

It is within his power to deliver change unless he caves in to his hard-Left backbenchers, like Labour predecessor Sir Keir Starmer did. Let's hope he's made of stronger stuff.

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Genius level in gullibility

ADAM PEATY came away from the Commonwealth Games with just two bronze medals. And before he starts blaming his mother, the family and Uncle Tom Cobley for his distinctly average form, he might want to remind himself that, when his devoted mum Caroline was around - who for years got up at 4am to drive him to training - he was winning Gold. What's happening to him now is karma. THERE'S been one hell of a lot of publicity about the publicity-hating Sussexes' secret holiday at their secret hideaway in Scotland. Someone needs to tell Team Sussex to stop briefing about what Haz and Meghan are doing. We really don't care. ED MILIBAND flew to Washington this week to meet his oppo, Sec of State Marco Rubio. However, the Yanks already think he's a joke and have nicknamed him "Millwatt" because of his obsession with net zero. Give it a few months and the nicknames will be way worse than that. I'm predicting the obvious one will end with ...wit and I don't mean dimwit!

THE divinely handsome James Norton is to be the face of M&S's Christmas ad this year. At last, someone we can all relate to (not

to mention and fancy). Last year their ad featured the overrated Aimee Lou Wood, and they still had the execrable Dawn French advertising their food - a woman who increasingly on social media looks and sounds like she's losing the plot. Why would we buy food advertised by someone who, too often these days, sounds nasty, unhinged and like she's had one too many eggnogs?

THE headlines screamed that Brooklyn Beckham had snubbed his parents yet again by publicly toasting the anniversary of his and Nicola's vow renewal at their "alternative" wedding as opposed to their actual wedding where the warring Beckham and Peltz families state the show. Brooklyn didn't snub anyone. He and his wife were just celebrating the wedding they felt was about them, NOT Posh and Brand Beckham.

WHEN Bradley Cooper looks back on his greatest achievements, it won't be any of his films - it'll be the fact that, at 51, he managed to get a beautiful ride on the finger of one of the world's most beautiful women, Get Hello, why's 20 years his janitor.

THE WOKE, pompous so-called intellectuals running Cambridge University have reduced themselves and their once great institution to a worldwide laughing stock over the fantasist Jason Arday. How dumb, how ridiculous are these people to have swallowed this idiot's catalogue of lurid fantasies - each one more ridiculous and fantastical than the last.

How gullible were they to believe this Olympic-grade Walter Mitty actually ran 35 marathons in 30 days - nine of them with a broken leg? How daft were they to believe he'd raised £5.5million for 70 charities, ran 600 miles in six days (which, if true, would have made him one of the world's top athletes) and all his lies about having a book published which never had been.

Then there was his thesis containing quotes plagiarised from another student's work, the stories that he volunteered in South America and Africa for Water Aid, and that he'd once been confronted in the faculty office by an armed man on the loose when CCTV showed nothing. Oh, and there was the tale of the pig's head supposedly left outside his front door - which the police said never happened - and the lie that he was in the Sixties TV series, Seven Up, even though he was 20 years too young.

The list of his nonsense goes on and on. But so desperate were these pompous numpties to believe Arday that, for three years, they ignored all the warnings about him. He was black, he was working class and he appeared to have overcome great adversity and THAT was more than enough for them to deify him as their diversity poster boy. It's a joke. And it makes a nonsense of what university is supposed to be about. If Arday had

I'M NEVER going to accept that people working from home are more productive than they are in the office under the eagle-eye of their boss. But this week we discovered that more than 1,000 Bank of England staff have been told they can work from a beach abroad. This is irresponsible nonsense. Banking is a serious business, and we can't have people sending millions in digital transfers and making decisions on interest rates after three pina coladas!

WHEN Andy Burnham told his wife Marie-France he was standing for the Labour leadership she advised against it: "Why? They've told you twice they don't want you," she said. And she should have added: "And it was for a good reason." It won't be long before he regrets not listening to her.

told any of these stories - particularly the one about 35 marathons in 30 days - to the blokes in my dad's working men's club in West Allotment (Newcastle) they'd have laughed their socks off and said: "Haddaway Man - you're talking sh**."

And these are men who left school at 16 to go work down the mines. So how come academics with brains the size of sheds and scores of letters after their names don't have the kind of bulls**t filter my Da's old drinking buddies had?

No, those nit-witted scholars at Cambridge - supposedly some of our most brilliant minds - were 100% hoodwinked by Wonder Boy and so brainwashed by DEI they couldn't see what was in front of them. Instead of seeing him as "not the full shilling", they saw him as an intellectual genius and a physical Superman.

And it's because of their slavish adoration of people like Arday - who, naturally, is blaming everything on racism and a right-wing conspiracy - that the education of super smart young people, especially from white working-class backgrounds, are being sacrificed on the altar of diversity because our so-called elites are willing slaves to it.

And it's thanks to those loons, who didn't even bother to properly check out Arday's claims, their once great university has now been reduced to an international laughing stock. Its sacred reputation is now in tatters thanks to their belief that diversity matters more than education or knowledge.

The one thing Arday clearly hasn't faked are his mental health problems. They're real.

It's just a pity some of the cleverest people on the planet missed them.

HEADS UP ANDY, IT'S PC HARPER'S FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE LIMIT

AFTER just 14 days in No 10 Andy Burnham was so stressed at having reduced all those bus fares he's beggared off on holiday to recover.

Maybe it's just as well because his honeymoon is well and truly over. Not just because the whole country is baying for his blood over the decision to free PC Andrew Harper's killers, but because Thames Valley Police boss Jason Hogg now says he's looking to take legal action to stop it.

Good, because Burnham can't be allowed to get away with this. First, because by temporarily halting the early release of Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers he gave false hope to Lissie Harper and Andrew's mum Debbie that his killers would remain behind bars. But after

just a week, he cruelly announced they'd be freed: "I have pushed to the very limit of what it's possible to do," he said.

No, he didn't. He had a few conversations with civil servants and prison bosses and then said: "No can do." It's just not good enough. Of course, he could have found two cells to keep cop killers inside. We're currently at 98% capacity but that still leaves 1,500 cells free.

Burnham, who prides himself on being in touch with the people, has just shown he's not. Because Brits are faming. They care that 363 killers convicted of manslaughter could be spewed back on to the streets by 2029 having served just a third of their sentences which makes a grotesque mockery of justice. As for

him saying there's nothing to be done. Yes, there is. During Covid we built Nightingale hospitals in just nine days. Build some makeshift prisons and put the low-risk offenders in there.

We've closed 20 prisons since 2010 - so renovate the ones that are still standing and reopen them. We could send prisoners to serve their sentences in prisons abroad - the harsher the better. And why haven't we deported the 1,000 Albanian foreign criminals in our jails because we DO have a Returns Agreement with Albania. Things CAN be done, but Burnham is just wringing his hands and saying it's impossible.

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RICKY Gervais believes he has stayed grounded despite his success because he did not become famous until he was middle aged and “already fat”.

The comedian, 65, became well-known when he co-created and starred in sitcom The Office, which premiered in 2001. It was broadcast in more than 80 countries and is regarded by many as one of the best TV shows of all time.

On This Morning yesterday co-host Josie Gibson asked him how he stays level-headed despite his success and being “absolutely loaded”.

He said: “I think it’s because I made

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it when I was 40. If you make it when you’re 18, it changes you. I was already fat and I hated the world.”

The actor was promoting his Netflix adult animated series Alley Cats, which also features the voices of Tom Basden, Diane Morgan and Natalie Cassidy.

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CELEBRITY chef Tom Kerridge has renewed calls to slash VAT for hospitality, saying it will prevent the industry collapsing as 21 venues are shutting every week.

In a show of support for the Daily Express Save Our Fish & Chips campaign, he said traditional chippies are being squeezed as they have little scope to switch to alternative ingredients, so cannot offset soaring costs.

The chef stressed VAT is seen as key because the government can control business rates only in the immediate term and they “don’t affect overall success or failure”.

He told the Express: “The one lever, the one thing that will change for the whole of the industry, is the VAT. They know that they have the levers to encourage growth. VAT is the one thing that ties it all together and makes the difference.”

Kerridge, 53, knows a thing or two about the hospitality industry. His gastropub, The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Bucks, was the first pub in Britain to win two Michelin stars.

He began cooking as a teenager before moving to London, where he worked under renowned chefs including the late Gary Rhodes.

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Since then he has built a restaurant empire, including Michelin-starred The Coach and The Butcher’s Tap & Grill, both in Marlow.

He also runs The Chalk Freehouse, off the King’s Road in Chelsea, and Kerridge’s Bar & Grill at the Corinthia hotel in London.

Kerridge has published numerous cookbooks and is a familiar face on TV. He said the first benefit of slashing VAT would be preventing closures, since the extra 10% of revenue would give venues breathing room to pay the bills.

“Really good operators” are closing because they cannot make profits, even if they are busy, he added.

“What you’ve got here is 21 restaurants, pubs, bars, nightclubs, shutting every single week. It’s not just bad places, it’s people that have been operating for years and years and years, Michelin-starred sites, seasoned professionals.”

Chippies are particularly exposed as their menus are centred on a handful of increasingly pricey staple ingredients, making it harder to

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absorb costs without passing them on. Kerridge added: "Fish is incredibly expensive. Potatoes, they're a fresh product that are grown in fields by farmers affected by fertiliser, fuel prices, weather conditions. It's not a processed factory-made thing."

"Most importantly, the veg oil has had over a 150% increase in the last four years in terms of pricing."

In June, the Express revealed 19% of chippy owners planned to quit within a year, according to a National Federation of Fish Friers survey.

President Andrew Crook has said cutting VAT would protect businesses and provide jobs for young people.

Pubs, meanwhile, have seen the cost of ingredients such as beef and cooking oil double in four years.

Kerridge added: "Restaurants may not be passing on those costs because

if you suddenly double the price on a steak, a burger or chips you've priced yourself out of the market."

He believes reducing VAT would also offset "massive" utility bills, business rates and rising national insurance and minimum wage costs.

The chef supports higher wages to reinforce hospitality as a long-term career, though some believe the minimum wage has made untrained youngsters unemployable, now it has hit £12.71 for those 21 and over.

He warned Andy Burnham's 20% business rate cut for pubs, clubs and music venues was "nowhere near enough", with savings of just £1,100 and restaurants and hotels left out.

Kerridge said it was a positive that hospitality was a "priority conversation" for the new PM. He said he has been in talks with Mr Burnham on VAT, "with an understanding of further conversations to be made".

Over 300,000 people back the VAT plea, including Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin who described the "perverse" set-up that resulted in pubs losing approximately 50% of their beer trade to supermarkets since 2000, as they pay zero VAT.

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'I'm not the rich Knopfler', brother tells planning row

A FOUNDING member of Dire Straits labelled a "deep-pocketed rock star" by a planning lawyer hit back claiming he is a "pensioner living in a semi".

Musician David Knopfler formed the group with his brother Mark in 1977 but left after three years.

Dire Straits went on to be one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, selling 120 million records worldwide including hit single Money For Nothing.

Mark is reportedly worth £100million but David became a solo artist and says he lives a more "humble" life in Newton Abbot, Devon. He spoke at an

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inquiry into proposals for a 1,200-home development near his house he describes as "textbook urban blight".

David was referred to as a "deep-pocketed rock star" in statements by Lord Banner KC, the developer's barrister. But David told the inquiry: "I'm a 73-year-old pensioner, an economics graduate and former social worker living in a semi-detached."

The hearing is booking at the impact of the proposals on Wollborough Fen, a site of special scientific interest.

David quit Dire Straits early

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Shame on showboat politicians

I WANT the small boats stopped as much as most of you do. I want all illegal immigration brought

under proper control.

I want a sensible, efficient, fair and kind immigration/asylum policy to replace the ramshackle ham-fisted dog's dinner we've got at the moment.

I want secure borders.

In short, I want the grown-ups back in charge.

What I don't want is back-of-a-fag packet, pub politics the like of which we've seen from Reform UK this week.

The party's proposal to confront incoming rubber dinghies with the Royal Navy's finest is delusional.

Such mid-Channel encounters would be fraught with danger.

Reform spokesman Zia Yusuf seemed to think, as revealed in media interviews this week, that it would be a simple matter of transferring would-be asylum seekers to Navy boats, and then taking them back to the French shores they'd just left.

He brushed away suggestions that the practical difficulties of boarding these frail, overloaded craft would be formidable, and that maybe the French would, y'know, not

take particularly kindly to British warships barging into their territorial waters.

Sure enough, the day after the "send a gunboat" strategy was touted, France stated that it was in plain breach of maritime and international law and that they would not tolerate any violation of French sovereign waters.

As our own Navy has a duty to uphold maritime law, it's hard to see how any ship's captain could square that with an order from a Reform-led government to break it.

Which didn't stop Nigel Farage telling French President Emmanuel Macron to, in effect, get lost.

Like it or not, our Marines would deliver the illegal would-be immigrants back on the opposite side of the Channel.

This is desperate stuff.

Yes, it's obvious that much stronger measures to stop the boats are absurdly overdue (although the numbers arriving here ARE significantly down year-on-year). But this absurd, chest-beating posturing? It's not just childish fantasising. It's embarrassing.

"I DON'T know much about art, but I know what I hate." My favourite quote from The Simpsons - Monty Burns at his pitiless pithiest. I don't know much about art, either - but I know when I'm looking at something special. And I was last Sunday morning at The Wallace Collection in

London's Manchester Square.

The gallery has brought together more than 50 of Winston Churchill's paintings, many on special loan from private collections. There's never been an exhibition of his work like it.

I knew Churchill was an artist, of course, but I never realised he was this prolific - or this GOOD. My word, the man could paint.

Churchill almost lost his mind after the ghastly failure of the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War, for which he was (largely unfairly) blamed. He turned to painting as a release.

His works are a delight. My favourite was Sunset Over The Atlas Mountains, seen from Marrakech, painted after the Casablanca Conference in 1943 as a gift for President Roosevelt. It was the only picture Churchill allowed himself to paint during the Second World War. It's stunning.

Even Mr Burns would enjoy this exhibition. Do go if you can.

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REMEMBER Tina? No, not Turner - TINA: There Is No Alternative; Margaret Thatcher's device to shut down debate and criticism, especially within her own ranks.

Ironic that Thatcher-knathing Andy Burnham seems to have ripped that page straight out of the Maggie playbook, isn't it?

Because TINA is the baseline argument he and his inner team have been using to justify early prison release.

"There is no alternative" Andy and minister after minister have insisted in media statements all this week.

The prisons are bursting. There's only one solution. Let killers, violent domestic bullies and cop-killers out early. Nothing else for it. TINA.

Such specious, lazy nonsense - and it's brought the Burnham honeymoon to a crashing end after barely two weeks. At least he got a honeymoon.

That's more than poor Lissie Harper did. Her husband of less than a month, PC Andrew Harper, was dragged to his awful death behind the car of three vile, violent thieves, days before he and his new wife could get away to celebrate their brand-new marriage.

Andy Burnham's cackhandedness in Labour's early release scheme is almost a classic of its kind.

It bears all the hallmarks of a government that simply does not - or will not - accept it is heading full-tilt down a cul-de-sac ending in a solid brick wall.

For Burnham, the early release scheme is akin to Thatcher's poll tax.

POLL TAX MOMENT: Burnham's "no alternative" to prison early release plan

Or Truss's mad mini-budget. Or Starmer cutting winter fuel allowance. All projects that anyone outside the self-deluded bubble could see from the get-go was a dud. A disaster. Doomed.

How any politician could have convinced themselves that victims of crime and their families, the police, or the wider general public would ever accept that the dregs of society should be sprung from jail years early is genuinely beyond me. What were they

thinking? Couldn't they see that the policy is utterly counter-intuitive? Guaranteed to make the public gorge rise in disgust and revolt?

As for TINA - of course there are alternatives to springing the likes of killers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, convicted of PC Harper's manslaughter on that dreadful night.

Prison ships. Disused army barracks. Prefabricated emergency "Nightingale" jails.

Renting foreign prison space. Freeing, on licence, non-violent women prisoners and putting men in their cells. Removing thousands of foreign criminals back to their home countries.

None of them easy options to deliver. But releasing unrepentant killers like Cole and Bowers and sadistic domestic violence offenders way ahead of time?

That's not an option. That's what abject failure looks like.

And we, the people, won't allow it. Prepare for a U-turn.

AS JUDY writes below, this year's score is houseflies 10, wasps 0. But there's another big insect vanishing act this summer. Whatever happened to windscreen flies? In summers past even a short drive would leave your windscreen encrusted with tiny corpses. This week, I drove a 200-mile round trip in baking heat along motorways and country roads... and my screen was TOTALLY clear when I arrived home.

It's pesticides, apparently. We've succeeded in wiping out our minuscule country cousins. I don't know whether to be pleased or worried.

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It's a nightmare opening the fridge, isn't it? If you take more than three seconds to grab what you're after, they're straight in there.

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spreads... and you must, of course, chuck all of it straight in the bin.

The fly on your food is the fly that may well have just finished feasting on the dog mess on the pavement outside. For E. coli, read E. co-fly.

As for hated wasps, I haven't seen a single one this year - and that's the problem, apparently.

Our heatwave summer has decimated the wasp population and they're the apex predator of flies.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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HE WAS THE

THEY were reputed at the time to have been the biggest pop concerts ever staged in the UK. In spring 1986, Queen announced they would be playing a series of gigs across Europe that summer to mark the release of their album A Kind of Magic.

When two nights at Wembley Stadium sold out at the drop of a hat, a further concert was added at the end of the tour in the grounds of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.

Held on Saturday, August 9 and attended by approximately 120,000 people, the Knebworth show would be the largest gig played by the group on British soil (approaching 600,000 had seen them perform across two nights in Rio de Janeiro the previous year).

Unbeknown to everyone who was there, it would also be the last live performance Queen would give with Freddie Mercury as their lead singer.

No doubt about it, Queen were the biggest band in the world in 1986. While Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen all vied for the mantle of top solo artist, Queen ruled the waves when it came to actual groups.

Having broken out during the 1970s with a series of albums and singles still heard every day on the radio in 2026, the band continued going through the gears in the 1980s, releasing iconic songs such as Another One Bites The Dust, Under Pressure (with David Bowie) and I Want To Break Free.

In July 1985 they'd slain Live Aid with an 18-minute medley of some of their greatest hits. As Midge Ure, who alongside Bob Geldof had spearheaded both Live Aid and Band Aid in response to the famine in Ethiopia, once said of Queen's astonishing Wembley turn: "The sight of the whole stadium clapping along while Freddie conducted the audience during Radio Gaga was remarkable."

Needless to say, if you wanted a ticket to see them on The Magic Tour of 1986, then you had to move fast. "Queen were definitely the biggest band in the world at that point," says Gary Sims, of Horsham, Sussex, who turned 17 three days before the tour's opening night in Stockholm on June 7. "They had such a track record and their music appealed to all generations, which meant a lot of people wanted to see them.

REDDIE was such a showman. We didn't know anything about his personal life back then, but that really didn't matter. You just wanted to see him, see the band and listen to those songs. You knew it was going to be a good night.

"Of course, another thing we didn't know was Knebworth would be his last gig. I count myself extremely fortunate to have seen them that summer. Being a part of it is something that will stay with me forever."

I, too, was one of those fortunate enough to see one of the group's final appearances.

Back then there were no credit card hotlines or dynamic pricing. You simply had to join a queue outside the venue and wait your turn, call the box office and hope you

Forty years ago tomorrow, Queen's Freddie Mercury played what would become his final concert at Knebworth Park. SPENCER VIGNES, who saw him that summer, recalls the last hurrah of rock music's greatest showman

got through, send a cheque in the post, or drop in at your local record shop and pray that they'd got a stash of tickets behind the counter.

You can laugh now but at the time £14.50 seemed an exorbitant amount to see a band, even one as good as Queen. For that you didn't just get to see the headliners but also a whole array of impressive support acts.

We're talking about the likes of Status Quo, Welsh rockers The Alarm and an up-and-coming Australian outfit none of us had

ever heard of by the name of INXS.

What do I recall of the gigs themselves? I remember INXS being consistently excellent despite having to fend off a battery of missiles

launched by the expectant crowd. I remember Queen coming on and launching into One Vision, from which I swear my hearing never really recovered. I remember losing my looting four or five songs into the second night at Wembley as the crowd swayed dangerously from side to side, and half a dozen hands reaching down spontaneously to rescue me from being trampled.

But, most of all, I remember Mercury, probably the greatest ringleader the entertainment world has ever produced, with tens

of thousands of people in the palm of his hands. In particular, I recall the point in We Are The Champions where he would speak, as opposed to sing, the line 'I thank you all' in recognition of the part played by us, the fans, in giving him that platform. A rare public display of humility, if you like, from a man who oozed theatrics.

"That gig was sold to us as our comeback show," recalls Francis Rossi, lead singer and guitarist in Status Quo, who had supposedly broken up in 1984 prior to performing first at Live Aid the following year.

"I didn't want us to support anybody. But it was like 'This will be your comeback show. You'll be playing in front of Lord knows how many people'. When it's put that way, you start to think 'Ummm'. And, let's face it, Queen were Queen. If you're going to support anyone then it might as well be them.

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I'd known Freddie a while and we knew the band very well. So many people think of Quo and Queen, or Queen and Quo, at the same time. I don't get how, but they do. Maybe it's the Q? Maybe it's the Live Aid thing? And they (Queen) were great at Live Aid. They were slick.

"It (Live Aid) was a strange gig because, as more and more time passes by, the greater the myth of the whole thing becomes, and how wonderful it truly was.

"Well, it was a gig actually! But Queen were great and we opened it, so you can see why putting us on with them (in 1986) seemed like a good idea."

In the five years that remained of Mercury's life Queen would go on to release a further two studio albums, neither of which would be accompanied by a tour.

Only in the hours leading up to his death

did it become wholly apparent why the band hadn't toured post-1986. In a statement released on November 22,

1991, Mercury confirmed he'd tested HIV positive and had Aids. He died the following day, aged just 45, at his home in London, the cause of death being given as bronchial pneumonia resulting from Aids.

SINCE then, two members of Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor, have performed occasionally

Freddie's Live Aid appearance was one of the days of many lives

under the Queen banner with other singers including Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert, while bass player John Deacon opted for the quiet life and early retirement.

Quoted in the pages of the programme produced for The Magic Tour, a copy of which still sits on my shelves after all these years, Deacon describes the key to Queen's success as, "Really, it's the same four people. That is

the main thread." With Mercury gone, Deacon appears to have regarded that thread as being broken. And, with all due respect to the likes of Rodgers and Lambert, he wasn't alone. How, after all, do you replace the irreplaceable?

"I always hate it when people say things like 'Who's your favourite singer?' or 'Who's your favourite band?' because there are just so many," adds Francis Rossi.

"One favourite? I've got hundreds of favourites – Jeff Lynne, Connie Francis, Randy Crawford, to name a few.

"But, in terms of what they meant to everyone, you'd have to go some to beat Freddie, wouldn't you? Maybe David Bowie? He was something else, Bowie. I liked him a lot.

"But Freddie was a great singer in a great band and a lovely person with it. They don't really make them like that anymore."

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Teen who threatened star admits machete robberies

BY TRISTAN KIRK

A TEENAGER who once threatened to decapitate Aled Jones and traumatised a Bridgerton star by trying to steal her phone has admitted using a machete for luxury watch robberies.

Zacariah Boulares was just 16 when he ambushed Songs Of Praise presenter Mr Jones and snatched his £17,000 Rolex.

After the robbery in July 2023, he told him: "Walk the other way or I will cut your head off."

Boulares is currently serving a 22-month jail sentence for an attack in February last year when he wrestled Bridgerton actress Genevieve Chenneour to the ground as he tried to steal her iPhone at a cafe in Kensington, West London.

Now, the serial criminal has admitted arming himself with a machete for two incidents in August 2023 where he targeted victims for their Rolex watches.

He robbed Mark Turner in Kensington and 10 days later he struck again in a failed bid to steal a Rolex from Neil Tallantire in Bayswater.

Yesterday at Southwark crown court, Judge Alexander Milne KC adjourned the case for a

Violent robber's previous victims Genevieve Chenneour and Aled Jones

psychological assessment and a probation report to be finalised before sentencing.

Boulares, now 19, appeared in the dock to plead guilty to the robbery of Mr Turner, having admitted the attempted robbery of Mr Tallantire during an earlier hearing.

He has also pleaded guilty to possessing a machete.

In July 2025, Boulares was jailed at Isleworth crown court for a string of crimes including the attempt to steal Ms Chenneour's phone and a theft from a blind woman.

Judge Martin Edmunds KC,

said Boulares targeted wealthy areas for "rich pickings", in a "systematic pattern of stealing from people as they are enjoying a meal or refreshment at a restaurant".

"You seem to be plagued by an attitude that if people can afford nice things, then you can take them," he added.

In 2023, Boulares, of Feltham, was sentenced to a 24-month detention and training order for robbing Mr Jones and the theft of a £20,000 Rolex from a man in his 70s at Paddington Station.

He is due to appear in court again on August 11.

Zacariah Boulares armed himself with a machete for thefts

Brahim Keddad pled guilty

'Rolex ripper' gets 2 years for theft bid

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A "ROLEX ripper" caught as he violently tried to snatch a £250,000 watch has been jailed for more than two years.

Brahim Keddad, 29, shoved Sun Tao to the ground and tried to wrestle a Richard Mille timepiece from his wrist.

Keddad, who has more than 20 convictions for theft and robbery offences, was captured by plain clothes police tailing him in Mayfair, Central London.

The Frenchman was sentenced to 28 months in prison at Southwark crown court after he pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery on April 30.

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BY NATHAN PYNN

TWO brazen thieves who stole 100 lottery scratch cards as well as tobacco and designer sunglasses have been jailed after their crime spree was caught on CCTV.

Carl Powell, 41, and Robert Preece-Smith, 39, worked together to target stores in Nottingham city centre on consecutive days before officers tracked them down and arrested them.

The duo first struck at Vision Express on August 1, where CCTV showed them pretending to browse while secretly stealing multiple sunglasses.

Just 24 hours later, the pair targeted a Tesco Express. CCTV shows Preece-Smith acting as a lookout while Powell waited for staff to leave the tills before reaching over and grabbing 100 scratch cards.

Powell then leapt over the counter, grabbed ten boxes of tobacco and walked out with Preece-Smith, who had filled a shopping box with more items.

The duo were caught two days later after police quickly identified the pair.

Preece-Smith, of no fixed address, was charged with two counts of theft from a shop. He pleaded guilty at Nottingham magistrates' court on August 4 and was jailed for 10 weeks. Powell, of Ripley, admitted a burglary and a shop theft and was sentenced to 12 weeks behind bars.

Carl Powell, top, and accomplice Robert Preece-Smith, below

BY MIEKA SMILES in Middlesbrough

A WALL of CCTV, a thick protective screen and a panic button. All hallmarks of a high-security prison or a police station, perhaps.

But that's not where I am. I'm in a local convenience store in my home town of Middlesbrough. I'm fiercely proud of Middlesbrough.

It's where I grew up, it's where I serve as a councillor and where I'm raising my family.

That's why it hurts so much to see it at the top of league tables for the wrong reasons.

One of those dubious chart-topping records is for shoplifting.

The Cleveland Police force area, which Middlesbrough sits within, continues to record the highest shoplifting rates in England and Wales at 15.9 offences per 1,000 people – nearly double the national average.

To get an understanding of how this appalling figure is affecting businesses and residents, I talked to shop owners and locals.

Business owner Bay Bashir has five convenience stores under the Go Local Extra brand.

I felt sick to the stomach watching CCTV of one of his members of staff – a grandmother – being threatened by a balaclava-clad man brandishing a huge knife demanding cash. She tried to fend him off with a stool as he forced his way behind the till.

Bay, 53, said: "I have to protect my staff. This lady was a mother and a grandmother.

"It's unfair. Nobody should come into work to just do a job and have to put up with that."

His staff have body cams, headsets to communicate instantly with

'Nobody should have to do a job and put up with an armed robber'

each other, thick counter screens that have remained in place since Covid and a panic button with a live connection to the police.

Atul Kelut, 29, runs Phone Castle on Linthorpe Road.

He said the problem is mainly with youths, saying: "They come in a group. One will start chatting with you and the other will steal."

Atul said the time it takes to deal with these inci-

dents affects the running of his business and his "rental peace".

He explains he has "trust issues", that he has "lovely customers" but teens raise his alert levels and he "can't do anything to them".

The so-called £200 "rule" had a huge impact on the psychology of

theft, even though there are plans to scrap it. The 2014 law in England and Wales classifies the theft of goods worth £200 or less as low-value shoplifting that could be handled in magistrates' courts with lower maximum penalties.

Some people had sympathy for shoplifters, saying it was an issue driven by poverty. Middlesbrough has some of the worst pockets of deprivation in the UK. Matthew

Dowdall, 18, a self-employed TikToker, said: "I've witnessed it many times. It destroys people's peace." He feels the "poor" economy is causing the issue.

Window cleaner David Matthews, 45, who lives with Coco, his shar pei dog, agreed, saying "people can't afford things". He says shoplifters often frequent the same pubs as him, selling meat, washing capsules and Lurpak – high-value items that can be grabbed and sold on quickly.

He also says drugs are a key driver and there should be "sterner action" by more beat bobbies.

But not everyone is as forgiving. Alan Berresford, 76, a retired surveyor from nearby Sedgefield, points down Linthorpe Road and told me: "A lad went into an electrical shop down there, grabbed a big radio and ran out the door."

Alan added: "Cut their fingers off." I laugh, as I think he's joking.

He's not, saying: "I'm serious."

Cleveland Police and Middlesbrough Council told me they are doing their best to crack down on shoplifting.

Chief Inspector Jamie Bell said he is well aware of the challenges and his officers are "working hard" to tackle them. The council said its CCTV monitoring will be strengthened. And the government confirmed it is "scrapping the £200 rule that lets too many offenders off the hook".

Will it work? Time will tell. And in the meantime, business owners and staff will be forced to operate in a scary reality that seems to have become the new normal.

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BY CRAIG PATON

THE boss of the Edinburgh Fringe insisted the festival is “not afraid of controversy” as more than 7,000 people signed a petition calling for Amanda Knox’s show to be cancelled.

American Ms Knox, 39, was falsely imprisoned for the murder of her friend Meredith Kercher in Italy before eventually being cleared.

Now her plans to bring her stand-up show, Cartwheel, to this month’s showcase in the Scottish capital have sparked controversy.

Meredith’s sister Stephanie has said she believes the show being comedic “normalises and trivialises violence against women”.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, Tony Lancaster, the director of the Fringe Society, said the festival is no stranger to causing rancour.

He said: “We’re not afraid of controversy. The decision as to whether or not [the show] goes ahead lies with Amanda herself and it lies with the venue. Those are conversations that they can have, but as far as I’m concerned, I believe that if you are opening up a stage and calling it an open access festival and inviting people in to tell their stories, you have to be prepared for some controversy – it’s going to happen.

“As sympathetic as we are to individual cases that crop up, and absolutely as a parent, I can relate to the pain that they [Meredith’s family] describe, but that can’t be a criteria.”

He added that the line the Fringe will not cross is a legal one: “If anyone wants to use the Fringe to break the law, incite violence, to embark on hate speech, that is very clear and that is our red line.”

British exchange student Meredith,

Fringe is ‘not afraid’ of Knox show controversy

7,000 back comedy cancellation

Stephanie Kercher, left, with tragic Meredith

21, was killed in Perugia in 2007. Roommate Ms Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of her murder and sexual assault. Both were cleared in 2015.

Ms Knox’s show Cartwheel – named after claims she performed cartwheels

in the police station after her friend’s death – will be hosted by the Gilded Balloon Teviot from this weekend.

Meredith’s sister Stephanie said she “could not fathom” how rape and murder could be a subject for comedy.

A petition against the performance has attracted thousands of signatures.

Mum-of-two Ms Knox has defended the show, saying: “Neither the author of this petition nor anyone who signed it has seen Cartwheel.

“The petition contains many false assumptions and completely mischaracterises the show.

“Cartwheel honours Meredith Kercher’s memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me. A petition to cancel a show no one has seen on the grounds of false accusations intended to shame and vilify a wronged woman into silence is not an argument against Cartwheel.

“It’s a fairly precise description of what Cartwheel is about and why it deserves to exist.

“And the Edinburgh Fringe is the perfect place for a show like this.”

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100 Wardour Street club, which is now closed

ENGLAND footballer Ivan Toney has been charged with assault following an incident at a nightclub in Soho.

The 30-year-old striker, who currently plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli, is accused of assault causing actual bodily harm on December 6, 2025, at a venue on Wardour Street, Central London.

The Metropolitan Police said Toney was charged on July 31 with assault causing actual bodily harm.

A spokesperson for Toney said: “Ivan acknowledges the charge and although he is

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naturally shocked, he looks forward to being given the opportunity to clear his name in court.”

Toney, of Northampton, will appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on September 24.

According to reports, the alleged incident took place at 100 Wardour Street, which has since closed.

Toney, who was a striker for Brentford, was at the centre of

one of the most curious transfers on deadline day in August 2024 when he completed a late move to Al-Ahli worth a reported £40million.

He made a World Cup tournament debut for England last month, with two appearances.

Toney started his career at hometown club Northampton Town and went on to play for Newcastle and Peterborough United.

Ivan Toney in Three Lions shirt

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CLOSURE NIGHTMARE FOR LOCALS

Back in business!

Village reopens to traffic 18 months after huge sinkhole shut road

EXCLUSIVE

BY EMILY WRIGHT

A PICTURE-postcard Surrey village is trying to piece itself back together after a 65ft sinkhole shut its main thoroughfare for nearly a year and a half.

Godstone High Street officially reopened to traffic a week ago, following a £3.5million engineering project.

While council officials expressed delight at the end of the closure, local businesses say the nightmare is far from over – with passing trade evaporated and customer habits of going elsewhere deeply ingrained.

As a result of the 18 months of no passing trade, three businesses closed permanently while the rest had to fight for survival through creativity and collaboration.

Mechanic Shane Fry, owner of DD Services Ltd, was playing darts in a pub down the road when hole opened up in February 2025. But his shock soon turned to frustration as

the businesses affected struggled to get information and support from local authorities.

He said: "I'm pretty sure it was nearly three months to actually start to get help. To begin with, nobody was really in charge.

"We had a different site manager every day."

Deliveries were also stopped due to road stability fears, forcing Mr Fry to take

extreme measures to keep parts moving to his workshop.

He said: "It was a nightmare. I had to buy a couple of wheelbarrows from over the road and we were meeting delivery drivers down at the bus stop and running back up with a wheelbarrow."

Down the street at The Hare and Hounds, pub landlord Mark Cullinan is sceptical about how quickly trade will rebound. He saw takings drop 40% during the closure.

He added: "Half the people probably don't even know the road's open. Eighteen months is a long time. People find ways around where they're going, and they just don't use that route any more."

The village is directly off the M25 and along the A25 – making it an "epicentre" for passing traffic heading to Gatwick, Brighton and the south coast. But all this stopped during the shutdown.

Mr Cullinan said: "I read something about roads in Japan and South Korea, a massive sinkhole and 24 hours later it's patched up. Here it's utter incompetence. It's ridiculous."

He recalled the chaotic late-night evacuation of 30 homes when the hole appeared.

"There was a guy out of his house in the middle of the night and he drove to the pond and slept in his car," he said.

"I don't think [local authorities] had a clue what they were doing."

Pointing to the shuttered A Plus Supermarket next to the collapse site, Mr Cullinan added: "We still don't know whether John is reopening. He doesn't really know whether he's going to do it.

Mechanic Shane had to use wheelbarrow for deliveries

Landlord Mark Cullinan and shop boss Fiona Quelch were among the business people pulling together

He's gone from probably five grand a week to nothing. You add that to Covid – a lot of businesses haven't recovered."

He also said that villagers had long been aware of unstable ground beneath Godstone. "Speak to anyone who lives here," he added. "It's full of caves! You can go down in the cellar here and walk underground to the White House and the Bell.

"What made us laugh was the council going, 'Oh, we know nothing about these holes', and then someone published an Ordnance Survey map from 1890 showing

where they were, along with a picture of a horse-drawn carriage that had fallen in."

The village sits on sand that was heavily mined for glass-making from the 18th century onwards – leaving a web of tunnels.

Maps from 1869 and 1872 show an "entrance to a subterranean sand pit" just metres from where the recent crater opened up. In 1879, a horse, carriage and driver vanished into a massive collapse on the exact same stretch of road, taking out the local water mains.

The most recent collapse followed a water

main leak. Four months later, in June 2025, repair work was delayed after the discovery of 19th-century mine network.

To repair the hole, specialist contractors pumped 1,100 tons of grout into boreholes several metres deep to stabilise the mine workings, followed by resin injections near the surface.

Dawn Burger and Fiona Quelch, who run the vintage and collectibles shop Godstone Emporium, said it survived only due to support from the community and businesses pulling together to get clearer road signs.

Traders successfully campaigned to replace the electronic signs that declared "Godstone Closed" – which gave the impression that all shops were shut – with updated signage specifying that businesses were open. They also secured a system for slalom entry and the removal of barriers so drivers could still reach high street premises.

But Ms Burger said: "Because people had to drive round, they just didn't want to bother to stop in Godstone. It was just somewhere that they passed, and parking became really difficult."

Delighted

She added: "Summer is a lot quieter generally but we're hoping by Christmas things should be back to normal."

With support from local MP Claire Coutinho and Tandridge District Council, affected traders also secured business rates hardship relief through to March next year.

Matt Furniss, cabinet member for highways, transport and economic growth at Surrey County Council, said: "I am delighted that our work to repair and resurface the roads affected was completed earlier this month.

"I would like to thank residents and businesses for their patience while we have dealt with this challenging incident."

His gratitude was echoed by SES Water, which said work to replace the water main was finished.

Clir Catherine Sayer, leader of Tandridge District Council, said: "We recognise the significant disruption caused and the impact on local businesses.

"We have provided business rates hardship relief to directly affected businesses ever since the road collapse took place and have continued to support Godstone businesses through grants, business support events, free Surrey Chambers membership, training opportunities on marketing, social media and video content creation, newsletters, one-to-one advice and drop-in clinics.

"Our economy lead remains in regular contact with local businesses and provides ongoing support."

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Andy Burnham is fitted out at the factory shop

By Hannah Britt

WHILE Andy Burnham opted for a wardrobe refresh when he moved into No 10, the manufacturer of the Prime Minister's favourite clothes is revelling in the best free advertising it's

ever had.

Whether it's an £80 T-shirt or a £295 pair of jeans, whenever the former Greater Manchester Mayor wears one of their items, 150-year-old Private White V.C.'s sales rocket.

And just like Andy Burnham, the business is steeped in the traditions of the North.

With its motto, "saving Britain, one raincoat at a time", the company's red brick mill, which steps off the River Irwell in Salford, just north of Manchester city centre, is a 25-minute walk from Heron House, the new No 10 North.

Mr Burnham popped in last Saturday to buy its wool peacoat made using fine British fabric. He also owns a £695 Harrington jacket, jeans and a made-to-measure suit.

From the Harrington jacket worn to celebrate his Makerfield victory to a new woollen peacoat, Andy Burnham is helping to promote a Manchester manufacturer whose story began with a First World War hero...

James Eden, CEO of Private White V.C., the great-grandson of the brand's founder, Private Jack White V.C. – a First World War hero – says: "Andy's been a fan and loyal supporter of our brand for three years now. There have been no freebies – he's purchased all his pieces himself."

And, with Mr Burnham's promotion from Greater Manchester Mayor to Prime Minister, James, a former investment banker, hopes he will be buying a lot more.

James, 43, who lives in nearby Altrincham with his wife and three children, describes the PM's most recent half-hour visit, saying: "He drank builders' tea and ate chocolate Hobnobs and Jaffa Cakes, while picking out pieces. He's the most authentic man.

"He is incredibly proud to be Mancunian and keen to support our local British

brand." Marketing executive Harrison Heaton, 21, agrees, saying: "You wouldn't think you were serving the man in charge of the country, he's so down to earth. And he certainly looks good in our clothes."

The deeds to the Private White V.C. mill date back to 1853, but the brand's story began with Jack White V.C.

A private in the First World War, Jack won the Victoria Cross by jumping into a river under heavy machine-gun fire in 1917, tying a copper telephone wire to his boat and towing it to safety after everyone else in the vessel was either killed or wounded.

James adds: "We include copper detailing on a lot of our clothes as a nod to his bravery."

Mr Burnham's Harrington jacket, for example, which he wore to celebrate his by-

election win in Makerfield, has a copper zip. When Jack returned to civilian life, he was employed as an apprentice at his local raincoat factory in Salford, training as a pattern cutter.

If, became factory supervisor, general manager and, eventually, factory owner. After his death in the

1940s, the business moved through different guises and family members. And in 1996, aged 13, James began working in the factory to earn some summer money.

He says: "At the time, the factory was a private label company, making garments for ostensibly the best brands in the world. As

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British clothing brand enjoying a very dapper Downing St lift

Photos shows the pedestal used to make a head for actor Ethan Hawke left

an impressionable teenager, I was always quite seduced by the Burberry check or Aquascutum patterns."

Upstairs, in the Tardis-like mill, an archive room houses one of almost every garment made in the factory over the years. During our tour of the premises, James showed me a coat the factory made for the World Cup-winning England football team in 1966, dubbed the Ramsey Raincoat.

James worked in banking during his 20s, surviving the 2008 financial crash, but took redundancy in 2012 and invested in the factory – switching things up to make the company's own label garments, instead of manufacturing clothing for other quality brands.

And so, the Private White V.C. of the modern age was born. The Mancunian menswear label now employs more than 100 people and has dressed celebrities including David Beckham, Liam Gallagher, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan.

Model David Gandy and acting legend Russell Crowe have also been pictured in the clothes.

James notes: "We make custom clothes

for women too and Princess Anne is a fan." Entering the mill through a large red door, a stylish ground floor shop has lured in customers including the Eagles, Coldplay and Daniel Craig.

There's a large floor-to-ceiling Victor comic, depicting Jack's First World War heroics in cartoon form.

A wartime trench coat stands proudly on a mannequin, oil marks still present at the bottom.

James says: "That coat has seen some things. It was made for the Allied forces in the Second World War."

Burnham's Harrington jacket is displayed nearby, next to a poster emblazoned with the brand's "saving Britain, one raincoat at a time" motto.

James says: "The story of our Harrington begins in World War II when Winston Churchill called for a fabric to protect downed RAF pilots in freezing waters. You land in the water, you get wet, you get cold, you've had it. The result was Ventile [a 100% cotton, high density fabric] invented in Manchester, down the road at

The Shirley Institute in Didsbury. It remains unmatched today."

The Harrington jacket is seamed with copper, to avoid water being let in by minute stitch holes.

In the belly of the factory upstairs, Derek Hughes, 65, a fabric cutter who has been with the brand for 26 years, says: "We're a family and very proud of what we produce."

In the centre of the floor, two 100-year-old Manchester-made cutting machines are still used today. All the clothes are cut, stitched and finished by hand.

PRIVATE White V.C.'s garments are made on site, using 90% locally sourced materials, with the exception of Scottish cashmere and Swiss hardware.

James says: "We are a true British brand and a circular economy, buying from local businesses." He shows off a reel of wool used to make a coat worn by Ethan Hawke. The label reads "woven in Delph, Oldham,

Lancashire".

On the price of the clothes, James explains: "We pay for the best materials – and source them locally. We pay our workers well, and as a result there are people who have been with the brand for decades.

"You're not paying for a machine to mass produce a garment, you're paying a highly skilled artisan to make something by hand. We don't compromise on materials, on yarns, on labour."

James hopes Mr Burnham, who has been to the store about half a dozen times, will spur others to buy from them.

He says: "We currently export more clothes than we sell here in the UK. Our biggest market is the US, who seem to have a greater appreciation for British clothing than the Brits do. We'd love for that to change.

"If people spent their money on British brands, it would boost the economy and increase opportunity. We have such a rich history of textiles in this country and we are incredibly proud to be flying the flag."

● For more information see privatewhitevc.com

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Champagne and dancing shoes from Strictly; antique figures and double-spouted teapot, right

HAIRY Biker Dave Myers' widow believed the cherished TV chef managed to pack in enough experiences for five lives.

Now the warm and kind presenter's time will be marked by an auction of 300 personal items on September 8, the day he would have turned 69.

Lili, 59, is selling some of his most precious belongings, with some proceeds going to the NSPCC and Childline.

Dave died on February 28, 2024, following a battle with cancer. Lili said: "I'm keeping a lot of things, but now is the moment that I can start to move on."

The items tell of Dave's rich and varied life, right back to his school days up to his time as a prosthetics make-up artist, Hairy Biker and Strictly Come Dancing contestant.

His biker boots, helmets and jacket, antiques, artwork, moustache comb and memorabilia from his stint on Strictly are for sale. The lots are valued at between £40 and £2,000. Lili, who was married to

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Dave for 13 years, said: "Every object tells a story about his journey and his experience. Half of these objects are related to a period I didn't know. I only met him when he was starting his career as a TV personality. Many of the objects were in boxes, so were new to me as well.

"His school reports, pictures he took with different people he worked with... It's a beautiful story for me to discover."

A native of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Dave led a colourful life but was best known for his long-running TV show The Hairy Bikers, where he and his pal Si King would hike around different places to learn about the culture and cook good food.

The show began in 2004 and became a staple on British TV with more than 30 series and millions of avid viewers. Some items for sale are from his time as a TV chef, including a Christian Lacroix cream

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Dave and Si King: Lili with poster of Dave in panto in 2014, left

linen suit he wore while filming A Cook Abroad.

Lili said: "He wore it in Egypt while filming on a Nile cruise and when he visited a Nubian tribe.

"He told me: 'I was wearing this white suit and the Nubians were sacrificing a goat near me.'

"I can imagine him being on that Nile cruise and feeling like a character in an Agatha Christie movie."

Dave was a make-up artist for 23 years and Lili has photos of him working with the likes of actor Sir Patrick Stewart and 007 star Sir Roger Moore.

A letter from Sir Roger says: "Dear David, Thank you for taking such good care of my old face, I look forward to repeating the experience. Thank you, Roger Moore."

Quirky Dave also had a signed photo from iconic TV chef Delia.

Lili said: "He was always a fan of Delia. He dreamt of Delia cooking naked in the kitchen and he told that story to his friends and neighbours.

"One of his neighbours wrote to

Delia and she sent the photo back in a crystal frame for Dave in 2006. He was very proud of it. We met her after this and she was a fantastic person."

Dave's style was unique - eclectic shirts, long beard and turned-out moustache. His moustache comb is available to bid on.

"He was very pedantic with his moustache and his beard. He had a very strict routine every morning. He'd turn the corners up on his moustache, something he picked up in panto playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella. He kept it because he loved the effect of it, it became part of his personality. This little comb has seen a lot of action."

Dave loved being on Strictly in 2013, partnering pro dancer Karen

Hauer. Some mementos from the show, including his dancing shoes and a bottle of Champagne, are in the sale.

Lili laughed: "The man was not a dancer. He was a man of glitter and glamour, he loved his bedazzled helmets.

Karen used to say to him: 'You don't have two left feet, you have several left feet.'

"The first day they rehearsed, she had to teach him to walk straight before teaching him to dance."

Dave has left a big hole in Lili's life but she has used her grief to help others and the last Dave Day, when bikers ride from London's Ace Cafe to Barrow in aid of NSPCC's Childine, attracted more than 40,000 riders. She said:

"Losing Dave was a moment where I went into the direction to help others who are in the same position.

"I'm using my experience to guide other people who are going through loss or illness, or struggle to come to terms with something. I found my purpose."

The auction will be an emotional occasion for Lili, not least because her son is getting married in Romania just days before.

"He's got a special seat at his table for Dave. And he's going to wear a pendant in Dave's memory. I have to fly back to be here for the auction after that."

Dave was not the biological father to her two children, Sergiu and Izabelle, but had a very close relationship with them.

"They could not have hoped for a better dad. Their biological

father, my first husband, is very much part of their lives but the person they learned from was Dave. Dave taught them freedom, as he taught me freedom. That's the best gift they could have. They had a wonderful relationship and miss him terribly."

Dave was a positive person, right up until the very end. Even though there were moments of despair and sadness as he battled his illness for two years and he and Lili would lay on the floor and cry, he still worked and that "kept him going". "He was fantastic. He could light a room and bring energy into anything and everything.

"He was a bundle of energy, all the time he had something going on. Something wacky, crazy going on. I could see, looking at him in the morning, he's up to something today."

Items belonging to the late Hairy Biker Dave Myers are going under the hammer at Special Auction Services in Newbury on Tuesday, September 8 on what would have been his 69th birthday.

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CHURCHILL'S PIRATES...

They were a 70,000-strong force of fishermen, volunteers and landlubbers who manned more than 6,000 small boats. Largely overlooked, their story is finally being told through unpublished letters, diaries and interviews with the few remaining veterans

CRACKING open a tin of tomato juice which had chilled in the cool Arctic air, Sid Kerslake sat down in the morning sunshine on the deck of the British armed trawler as it steamed through the Arctic Ocean. The former fisherman from Hull reflected that, even with a war going on, life could be worse.

It was Thursday July 2, 1942. Five days before, Northern Gem – a deep sea fishing trawler which had been converted into an armed U-Boat hunter at the beginning of the war – left Iceland as part of a Royal Navy close escort force, protecting 36 merchant ships packed with enough precious war materiel to equip 50,000 men, including 300 aircraft, 600 tanks and 4,200 trucks and trailers. Their destination was Archangel, 2,000 miles away. The codeword for the convoy – the biggest so far sent to the Soviet Union – was PQ17. In a matter of hours, for Kerslake and his crewmates, it would turn out to be one of the most devastating Allied naval disasters of the Second World War.

Such convoys had been supplying Stalin's Soviet Union under Churchill's orders since August 1941, three months after the launch of Operation Barbarossa, when German tanks rolled into Russia.

As vital as they were, skirting the top of Norway on one side and the Arctic Circle on the other, for the ships' crews it was the coldest, most loathed and detested journey of all,

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which could lead to tension. "I am annoyed to think that four such useless tw*** are entrusted with the lives of 50 men," one wireless operator aboard the antisubmarine trawler Northern Pride had written in his diary about his commanding officers during one convoy.

In winter, it meant operating in total darkness around the clock and temperatures of minus 30°C. In the summer, 24-hour daylight ensured convoys were more vulnerable to air attack from German-occupied Norway. Most terrifying of all, they were in range of Tirpitz – Hitler's 42,500-ton battleship.

Churchill himself declared the journey, "a grim and bitter effort amid fearful gales and ceaseless perils".

Supping his tomato juice, such thoughts were not on Sid Kerslake's mind when the Northern Gem's action stations suddenly sounded. Kerslake saw six German biplanes approaching, torpedoes hanging from their bellies. Someone shouted, "Torpedo on the starboard quarter!"

Kerslake froze and looked down to see a torpedo heading straight for the side of the Gem's hull, bubbles trailing in the clear water. He could feel his heart thumping. "Hard aport!" shouted the captain, and Gem

swung sharply to the left. To Kerslake's relief, the torpedo missed.

Two days later, on July 4, 1942, Kerslake was back up on the gun platform on Northern Gem when he saw what he initially thought was a flock of birds coming into sight over the horizon. "I started to count... 1-2-3-10-15-25. I gave up and ran to the bridge". At least 25 twin-engine He 111 bombers were approaching and splitting into smaller groups of three to four aircraft.

The leading plane flashed past the port side of the bridge, making for the convoy. The fleet's guns opened fire with a roar.

Despite three ships in the convoy being sunk or crippled and one damaged, the convoy was holding its own against a ferocious attack and continued to chug east. Back in London, however, thinking Tirpitz was enroute to attack PQ17, the Admiralty panicked. At 9.23pm, the convoy was ordered to scatter. In fact, Tirpitz was not attacking the fleet. But it was too late. PQ17 was no more.

On the bridge of Northern Gem, Sid Kerslake watched the scatter flags being hoisted on the big ships. "What are we splitting up for?" he said out loud. "We're better off as we are, on our own we have no chance at all!" Kerslake was "scared to death". He was only 22 and wanted to come through the war. Along with the other three other armed trawlers, the Northern Gem headed north. Soon, Kerslake could "smell the ice" of the Arctic pole – they were heading into

relative safety, where the little ships could weave in and out of icebergs and remain immune from U-boat attacks.

Their size was, in fact, their salvation, and on July 11, the Northern Gem anchored at a village a few miles outside Archangel.

BUT BY the time the last merchant ship arrived on July 28, 22 of PQ17's 34 merchant ships had been sunk by air attack and U-Boat. Churchill ordered all future sorties to be postponed. They were stranded, for now...

Kerslake and his Northern Gem crewmates had been one of four trawlers escorting PQ17, mainly manned by former fishermen and nicknamed "Churchill's Pirates" because of their often rag-tag appearance and preference for wearing fishing gear over Royal Naval uniform.

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traditional fishing gear. Fish holds became mess decks and trawls were swapped for mine-sweeping gear.

The men who formed Churchill's Pirates were an eclectic bunch. Ultimately under control of the Admiralty, they had their own rules and regulations operating as a separate force.

From an initial strength of just 4,000 men, by August 1945 more than 70,000 sailors had served in the Patrol Service in over 6,000 ships – carrying out myriad roles around the world, including hunting U-boats, escorting convoys in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and patrolling the mangrove swamps of Burma.

They saw action in some of the biggest battles of the war, including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Mediterranean campaigns

of North Africa and Italy, and the D-Day landings.

Yet it came at a price. The Royal Naval Patrol Service lost more ships than all the other sections of the Royal Navy combined, with at least 410 armed-fishing vessels alone sunk. At least 3,218 men were killed – most at sea with no known grave.

Two months after the PQ17 debacle, the Northern Gem finally departed Archangel and made it back to Iceland. But they were soon on their way back to Russia.

On December 30, 1942, in bitterly cold weather and total darkness, the convoy was intercepted by German ships and the Royal Navy destroyer Achates was hit by gunfire from the heavy German crusader Admiral Hipper.

Within minutes, Achates was stricken on

its side, and the Gem was ordered to stand by to collect survivors. Scramble nets were thrown over the side of the Gem. Kerslake climbed down and wrapped his legs around the net so he wasn't pulled in.

"I saw a young lad drifting past the stern with his arm outstretched to catch a line," he recalled. "...as I threw it to him it dropped over his shoulders, but he seemed to have lost all the feeling in his body due to the cold. I screamed at him to hold on, but he could do nothing to help save himself."

KERSLAKE tried to throw several loops of the line around his arm, but to his horror the young lad was too cold to move his arms or hands. In the last few seconds, he heard him crying out for his mother. "It was the last word I heard as he disappeared below the surface."

Below decks, the Gem's messrooms, galley and berths were now a heaving mass of shocked and injured men, thick with the stench of sweat, blood and fuel. Kerslake watched on as two crew helped one survivor ease his sodden jersey off over his head. As they did, the whole fleshy part of his shoulder came away with his clothing, like braised meat falling off the bone.

Northern Gem reached Russia and safely made the return to Britain in early February

1943. Kerslake was alive but shattered. Forty years later, one of the Achates' survivors plucked from the freezing water by Northern Gem's crew wrote to Kerslake, telling him: "That memory will be with me always, when I was pretty well gone and shoved my arms through the scrambling net and two of your hands came over the side and, grabbing my shoulders and behind, they pulled me inboard. After a rubdown on the messdeck someone came down with a rum jar and gave me a cup of good old neaters."

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BY CLAIRE HAYHURST

ARTIST Emily Powell has taken to the skies to paint from a hot air balloon basket.

Emily, 36, flew at 1,400ft as part of a mass ascent at Bristol International Balloon Fiesta yesterday morning.

She brought a canvas, a palette with 14 paints and three brushes for the hour-long flight.

Her artwork features Clifton Suspension Bridge, the coloured houses of Cliftonwood and, of course, the balloons.

There were dozens, of all shapes and sizes, a screwdriver, scarecrow and giant suitcase, making for a striking set of photographic images.

The British artist said: "It was my first time in a hot air balloon and it was really, really calm. I thought it would be a bit more jolly but it was so calming, I just felt so at peace up there, which really surprised me.

"It didn't feel that high up. I was just really excited to see everything from a different angle, you could see different colours and the way they played on each other.

"I'm a messy painter so it was quite scary doing it in a basket with lots of other people with very expensive equipment as I didn't want to spill any paint.

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Devon-based Emily flew from the Ashton Court Estate to Bedminster Down, two miles away. She was accompanied by five other people, including balloon pilot Peter De Herdt from Antwerp.

And Emily's in good artistic company as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir all liked to paint outdoors.

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REVERENT but brilliant, Rod Liddle spent a remarkable four decades in journalism, winning a number of broadcasting awards, writing several books, and making TV documentaries. Born in Sidcup, South London, in 1960, Liddle moved with his family to the North East when he was eight. Outspoken from the off, he went to Guisborough Comprehensive in Cleveland, where he held very left-wing opinions and was known as "Mad Liddle".

His father, Ned, came from a family of train drivers but worked as a clerk for the Inland Revenue, while his mother, Margaret, worked for the then Department of Health and Social Security. After his A-levels, Liddle's ambition to agitate societal norms took him from playing in a punk band to briefly joining the Socialist Workers Party, before working as a trainee journalist with the South Wales Echo, where he stayed for three years.

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frontation and nastiness". Liddle began his broadcasting career as a trainee editor and producer at the BBC, working on The World Tonight and The World At One.

He swiftly rose through the ranks, being promoted to editor of BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme in 1998. He later revealed that he had "never heard of" the show before his appointment and had to ask presenter James Naughtie what it was about. His Today stewardship came to a sudden end in 2002 after The Daily Telegraph accused him of revealing "blatant bias" in a column he wrote for The Guardian, in which he ridiculed Countryside Alliance marches protesting the government's forthcoming legislation to ban fox hunting.

While at the BBC, Liddle met fellow journalist Rachel Royce. They married in 2004 and had two children, Wilder and Tyler. However,

Millwall fan Liddle was a provocative writer but had an army of devoted readers

just a few months after the wedding, Royce learned his early departure from their honeymoon—which he'd blamed on work – was actually to visit Alicia Monckton, a 22-year-old receptionist at The Spectator with whom he was having an affair. The pair married in 2008 and had a daughter, Emmeline.

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A PLAYBOY entrepreneur who revolutionised Formula 1 advertising and was famed for hedonistic Alpine parties, Paddy McNally was also known for his BOs romance in the with Sarah Ferguson.

Ferguson had been hired as a nanny for his two sons, Sean and Rollo, following the death of his wife, Anne Downing.

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McNally sold his company, Allsport Management, to F1 owner CVC Capital Partners in 2006 in a deal said to be worth more than £250m. He remained in charge until retiring in 2011.

Known for his sharp wit, entertaining character, and generosity, he dated Sarah Ferguson between 1982 and 1985, and she had hoped to marry him. The pair remained close friends, but it is believed he left nothing of his £600m fortune to her.

After a long-term illness, McNally died at the age of 88. He is survived by his son, Rollo; his other son, Sean, died suddenly earlier in 2026.

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John Croft

Codebreaker

BORN JANUARY 6, 1923 – BIRD JULY 12, 2026, AGED 103

A CODEBREAKER at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, John Croft recalled one of the highlights being "the breaking of a personal message from Adolf Hitler demanding the apprehension of the Yugoslav partisan leader General Draza Mihailovic, for which the reward was 'a large quantity of gold'"

Croft was studying history as an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1942 when his tutor asked if he might be interested in intelligence work.

He later worked for the Home Office in London, reading the secret messages between Moscow and communist parties and sympathisers across Europe

Born in London, Croft was also a highly regarded abstract artist. After living on the Isle of Man, he moved to Bath with his partner Ray Kelly, who died in 1999.

Gentle master of silly stand-up

RISING to fame in the 1970s, funnyman Jimmy Cricket perfected his craft as a Redcoat at Butlin's before winning London Weekend Television's Search For A Star, which launched his career as one of the nation's favourite comics.

Born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, James Joseph Mulgrew moved to Belfast as a child and left school at 16 to pursue his dream of becoming an entertainer.

While working at Pontins, he met his wife, May, who was working as a waitress. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 2024 and had four children: their daughter, Katie Mulgrew, is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, while their son, Frankie, is a Catholic priest.

On television, his show And There's More was celebrated for the gentle, clean, stand-up routines that appealed to all ages. It ran for four series on ITV Central between 1985 and 1988, and he later hosted his own radio series, Jimmy's Cricket Team, for BBC Radio 2. Other notable appearances

Jimmy Cricket

Comedian

BORN OCTOBER 17, 1945 – BIRD AUGUST 1, 2026 AGED 80

And there's no more from Cricket

included Bullseye in 1984, being the subject of This Is Your Life, and performing on the Comic Relief cover of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Cricket was renowned for

his catchphrases, "And there's more!" and "Come closer!", as well as his trademark Wellington boots, which he famously wore on the wrong feet, marked with 'L' and 'R'. In 2015, Jimmy was awarded the Roman Catholic Church's highest honour, a Papal Knighthood, by Pope Francis, which he said came "right out of the blue".

Due to return to the stage this autumn, he had recently posted on his website stating: "I have to take a little sabbatical for health reasons and have started treatment."

Following a short illness, his family announced his passing at the age of 80 with a poignant tribute: "A wonderful dad to his four children and a very silly grandad to his four grandchildren. He was our greatest champion and loved us all loudly. He loved people and absolutely loved being a stand-up comedian. What a life he lived."

Fellow comedian Ted Robbins hailed him as "one of the last great comics". He is survived by his wife, May, his four children, and his four grandchildren

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ACROSS

1 Honesty (4,5)

Chafe (3)

Sustained applause (7)

British peer (4)

School subject (9)

Stares angrily (7)

Equipment (3)

Cure (4)

Woodland (6)

Briefly (2,14)

Agreement (6)

DOWN

1 Night rage (anag.) (9)

Snow leopard (5)

Code word for the letter S (6)

Busting activity (3)

US monetary unit (6)

Hurry (4)

Primary entrance to a

building (5,4)

Throwing line in

darts (4)

Frozen water (3)

Italian city (5)

Unfriendliness (9)

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LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS Fall short, Ordeal, Handful, Land, Age, Leisure,

Rib, Lima, On a roll, Snooze, Force-feed. DOWN Footproof, Aria, Lead-in, Sandstone, Oaf, Rouge, Tolerated, Full of, Lingo, Maze, Air.

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ALPHAPUZZLE™

Alphapuzzle® tests logic and word power. Each grid number represents a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter or letters – below the main grid – to start. Solution next Saturday.

Difficulty: 6/10 Target: 20 mins

Clue: Hoard for a voter somehow.

THINKING SPACE

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LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS Elusive, Flit, Stun, Squirrel, Armada, Yeoman, Zenith, Wisdom, Relaxant, Prim, Blue, Thicken.

DOWN Jester, Evenly, Turn (clue), Agitate, Miasma, Health, Beauty, Within, Ferrous, Poke, Cinema, Orient.

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SQUIGGLY, my adorable feline companion, surprised me the other afternoon by rousing from his slumbers and nudging the March 2026 issue of Animal Behaviour journal towards me. "Have you read this?" he asked.

I browsed the contents list and quickly guessed what he was getting at: a paper entitled "Dogs' behaviour is more similar to that of children than to that of cats in a prosocial problem situation."

I confessed that I must have missed that one and asked him what it said.

"As I am sure you know," he replied, "prosocial behaviour is the name given to deliberate actions that benefit

others at some cost to oneself".

This study, conducted by a team of Hungarians, investigates

whether such behaviour is more common in cats, dogs or babies aged 16-24 months.

"Their research set up various experiments to see if the subjects would help their carers find a lost or hidden object."

"What exactly was this lost object?" I asked.

"Precisely!" he said approvingly.

"That is one of the reasons I have doubts about the conclusions. Many experiments involved losing something described as 'a clean dishwashing sponge with a scrubby underside'. I mean, how can they expect a cat to be

interested in helping someone to find such a thing? Personally, I always lick my feeding bowls clean so that they do not need scrubby sponges.

"I suspect that the dogs and babies helped look for such objects because they thought it was some sort of game. We cats don't have time for such things.

"When they changed the lost objects to our favourite foods or toys, the experimenters report that cats helped find them just as much as dogs or babies.

"Their conclusion was that in general cats tend to become helpful only when it is in their own interests."

"Do you think they asked the cats about it

afterwards?" I asked.

"I doubt it," Squiggly replied.

"There have been several

studies of cats'

mewing, but they haven't got as far as you have.

"As you know, I have three basic sounds: a short 'mew' just means 'hello, I'm back'; a longer, repeated 'meow' means 'give me breakfast'; and a prolonged 'miaow' means 'oh, do get on with it; I haven't got all day'. And I'm delighted to report that your interpretation of catfish has become so good that we can have conversations such as this one."

I wanted to give him a big hug, but kept it brief as he gave his 'must go out the cat-flap now; I have an incredibly busy day ahead' miaow.

PENTALETTA

Can you find 25 or more words containing only the five letters shown on the left? Each word must include the letter in the centre, in this case F1 and must contain at least four letters, but there is no limit on the number of times you can use a letter in any word. Your list should include a nine-letter word that's rotating.

Average mark: 25 words • Good: 31 words Excellent: 37 words • Incredible: 41 words

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION: added, date, dated, dead, dead, dead, deeded, defat, defatted, defeat, daft, effete, fade, faded, taffed, fate, fated, fatted, feat, feed, feet, feta, fete, feted, taffeta, taffed, feat, feed.

The clued word was: DEFEATED

SUDOKU

	5		3	2
3		1		4	7	9
	4					2
4				1	3	5
7				3		4
9	2	5				1	7
8				7
	7	3			2	6
2		6	8		9

Fill the grid so that every column, row, and 3x3 square includes all the digits from 1 to 9. Level: Moderate Target: 24 mins

LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

4	1	4	8	3	2	1	4	3
2	5	4	9	2	7	4	1	8
7	3	9	6	1	4	9	2	5
4	6	5	1	4	6	5	7	2
5	2	7	3	6	6	7	9	4
1	4	9	7	2	5	8	3	6
3	7	2	5	4	8	6	4	1
4	6	5	2	4	1	5	8	7
9	6	1	4	7	3	2	5	8

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RUPERT AND THE ANGRY SEA No 11

As Sam returns Jinks walks away And Jem asks what he had to say.

Jinks walks away as Sam and Jem return from helping to pull the boat ashore. "Did I see that Jonty Jinks talking to you, Rupert?" asks Jem. "You know, he's none too well liked round here. What did he have to say?" "He was telling me he's coming into money," replies Rupert. "Is he now?" breathes Jem. "I wonder where that's coming from. No wonder he's been going about looking as if he hadn't a care and saying he's giving up the fishing!"

Jem seems surprised by Jinks's news, "What made him rich?" he starts to muse.

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THE SUNSHINE PUZZLE

The Sunshine Puzzle has been a firm favourite with readers of the Express for many years. All you need to do is find the correct home for the listed words. We have helped you by placing two. Here are the words that go into the grid:

ARENA

CHESS

CHIRP

CLASS

FROND

GREAT

MINDS

REACT

RUN-UP

TRICE

TRICE

AGELESS

COAL TAR

CYCLIST

DEPLETE

DOG DAYS

DRAWERS

DRESSED

EXTREME

FUCCHSA

FUCCHSA

SHIMMER

STRIPED

TORRENT

ADEMINATE

ALABASTER

AWARENESS

CONCIERGE

DIAGNOSIS

INTIRICATE

SHAPELESS

SPARE PART

STAGEMAND

TRANSCEND

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LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS Spray guns, Adage, Millionth, Cable, Recto, Bookcases, Fives, Watershed, Hastiness, Umber, Lose heart, Wrest, Patio, Direct tax, Haven, Personnel. DOWN Prime, Allotment, Good, National service, Drama, Goldeneye, Skies, Inamorata, Samaritan, Kneel, Exile, Shake, Fees.

THE DAILY EXPRESS 30-SECOND CHALLENGE

TODAY'S ANSWERS: BEGINNER = 15; INTERMEDIATE = 19; ADVANCED = 147.

BATTLESHIPS

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

SMALL CROSSWORD

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LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS 1 Pressure, 6 Back, 8 Aware, 0 Rhythm, 12 Grow, 14 Cap, 15 Salad, 16 Any, 17 Thin, 19 Noses, 20 Heart, 21 Glee, 22 Appended. DOWN 1 Programme, 2 Echo, 3 Satellite, 4 Rain, 5 Responded, 7 Arrange, 9 Wheat, 10 Realise, 13 Wagon, 18 Held, 19 Nap.

ACROSS

1 Last or final (8) 8 Demeanour (4) 8 Delete (5) 11 Forgive (6) 12 Go by horse (4) 14 In the past (3) 15 _ Elordi, Australian actor (5) 16 Jar cover (3) 17 At that time (4) 19 Feels (6) 20 Leg joint (5) 21 Permits (4) 22 Melt in liquid (8)

DOWN

1 Items which protect from the weather (9) 2 Amphibian (4) 3 Treatments (9) 4 Go brown (3) 5 Goes nicer (anag.) (9) 7 Viewpoint (7) 9 Automation (5) 10 Imply (7) 13 Artist's stand (5) 18 Command given to a dog (4) 19 Snow runner (3)

TARGET

HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. No plurals. Verb forms ending in "s" permitted.

TODAY'S TARGET

Good 10; very good 27; excellent 35 (or more). Solution next Saturday.

LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

admit aimed amid amide clame dammit deem dime edema emil IMMEDIATE item made maid maim maimed mate mated mead meat mediate meet mete meted midi mime mimed mite tame tamed team teamed team time timed timid

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ACROSS

1 Gloomy royal with old hat (8) 5 Open French article and knock audibly (6) 10 Dog getting to oil made in Peru somehow (9,6) 11 One mother with drink, English, making guess (7) 12 I left learner next to loch with bug (7) 13 Deer with northern worker standing still (8) 15 Small vessel containing a shiny cloth (5) 18 Some gaunt sickly relatives (5) 20 Untroubled European in vehicle costing nothing (8) 23 Award found in cleaner room (7) 25 Gerry unexpectedly collects nothing cold from this shop (7) 26 Buses and trains for club trips patron arranged (6,9) 27 It's massaged, say, when necessary (6) 28 Headlong rush unsettling dame's pet (8)

DOWN

1 Tot, male, gets it from highest point (6) 2 Guy with headgear, brown, from a New York City borough (9) 3 Studying Berkshire town (7) 4 Wake up hearing arguments (5) 6 Woman finally getting lots of pasta strips (7) 7 Crest concealed by Bridget (5) 8 Nice agricultural labourer, about 50 (8) 9 List first carried by man with hesitation (8) 14 Precise account given to assistant priest (8) 16 For that reason it's free to her, surprisingly (9) 17 Getting impudence, father with new cooking vessel (8) 19 Sink used by reserve team (7) 21 Floating wreckage upsetting Alf most (7) 22 Try Mel's exotic plant (6) 24 Stroll involving a doctor and the French (5) 25 Hard work for first to get floating structure (5)

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LAST SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

ACROSS 1 Saturday, 5 Edited, 10 Line one's pockets,

11 Overeat, 12 Embargo, 13 First aid, 15 Larva, 18 Heels

20 El Dorado, 23 Rogulish, 25 Comical, 26 Charles de Gaulle, 27 Trendy, 28 Friendly.

DOWN 1 Sallow, 2 Tangerine, 3 Rioters, 4 Avert, 6 Decibel,

7 Their, 8 Doloyal, 9 Splendid, 14 Amethyst, 16 Ridiculed,

17 Shortcut, 19 Skilled, 21 Rampage, 22 Sleepy, 24 Glare,

25 Clear. Prizeword: Tallahassee.

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THE ALPHABEATER

CAN you crack the Alphabeater? It's a tough twist on our popular Alphapuzzle, designed to stretch your mental muscles to the limit. Each grid number below represents a letter or a black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But now you have to complete the grid tool Use the given letters and the given black squares below the main grid to start.

To add to the fiendish fun, Alphabeater is 'rotationally symmetrical'. In other words the grid is the same if you turn the page upside down. So, for example if there is a six-letter word Across which starts in the top left corner, there will be a corresponding six-letter word Across which ends in the bottom right corner square. Every black square has a symmetrical 'twin' but the 'twin' may not always share the same number. This can help identify other black squares. Of course if the centre square is black it has no corresponding 'twin'. Solution next Saturday.

A	17	12	10	17	16	38	9	35	3	18	13	26	17
B	12	2	16	28	11	25	37	2	16	15	24	8	24
C	23	33	23	2	20	13	17	16	40	4	18	2	14
D	31	13	5	4	31	22	35	9	5	11	35	33	6
E	38	8	17	1	23	13	18	6	26	35	31	31	40
F	32	28	11	25	24	33	40	22	25	9	13	8	19
G	30	7	13	24	34	36	7	19	30	13	3	31	17
H	28	2	24	32	15	8	17	15	39	8	36	5	9
I	6	29	14	17	26	38	13	18	17	31	40	32	21
K	35	19	23	28	32	19	34	5	35	22	35	3	6
L	27	36	16	15	35	29	37	6	16	25	26	4	24
M	17	33	17	5	10	22	38	11	8	32	37	36	35
N	24	23	3	34	17	3	4	39	6	16	38	35	31
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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40

Target Time: 34 minutes

Today's full solution

0907 181 2557

Extra letter clues

0907 181 2559

Today's full solution

0907 181 2557

Extra letter clues

0907 181 2559

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SOLUTION Black squares:

3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23,

27, 30, 33, 35. Across:

Treasure, Chest, Drink,

Coincide, Loved, Firm, Zap,

Hex, Amok, Peats, Wrongful,

Waged, Ovate, Sojourns.

Down: Tombous, Rove, Rogo,

Earned, Jangles, Soliloquy,

Economy, Bazaar, Itch, Used, Esteems.

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Sort Your Life Out's Dilly Carter shares her top 10 tips for stress-free packing. BY CAMILLA FOSTER

The countdown to a summer holiday is usually filled with excitement, from daydreaming about lazy days by the pool to sipping cocktails in the sun. However, that eager anticipation can fade when it's time to face a mountain of clothes and the challenge of packing it all.

Dilly Carter, an organising and decluttering expert on BBC series, Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon, and founder of Declutter Dollies, says the secret is preparation.

"Lots of people find packing stressful because they don't plan properly. Many people overthink it and get overwhelmed before they even start," she says.

"Planning in advance is essential for a smooth holiday. When everything is organised, it's ready to go," Dilly adds.

"You don't want to spend your trip constantly heading back to your hotel room because you've forgotten something. Being prepared means you can make the most of your holiday and spend more time relaxing."

If packing always feels like a last-minute scramble or you regularly forget essentials, here are 10 tips to help you pack smarter to start your holiday on the right foot...

1. PLAN OUT ALL YOUR OUTFITS

To avoid overpacking, Dilly says the best place to start is to pause and think about how many days you are going for and how many outfits you might need.

"Get a hanging rail out and think about what events you have planned and what the weather conditions will be like. If you are going away for seven days, hang up seven

different outfits and think about potentially mixing and matching so you aren't overpacking. See if you have three suitable pairs of trousers that you can wear seven different ways, for example."

2. USE PACKING CUBES

"Packing cubes are helpful for categorising your items," says Dilly. "If you put all your tops in one packing cube, for example, once you get to the hotel you can put it straight into your room's drawers and use it as a drawer liner."

You can fit more clothes into each packing cube by folding and rolling.

"Fold each item and then roll them from the bottom so you can fit more clothes in. Rolling also helps avoid creasing," says Dilly.

3. THE ONE-SHOE CAPSULE STRATEGY

Shoes can take up a lot of space in a suitcase, so try to be selective. "Pack a pair of flip-flops or sandals that go with every outfit," Dilly recommends.

4. PACK SHOES IN THE SUITCASE LINING

"Most suitcases have a zip lining where the suitcase handles are built in. Undo this and store your shoes here so they are separated from your clothes," recommends Dilly.

5. DECANT ALL YOUR TOILETRIES

Packing smaller toiletries saves precious luggage weight and space.

"Decant all your shampoos, conditioners and body washes into travel-size containers, and just pack the amount that you will

need for the duration of your holiday," says Dilly.

6. INCLUDE A GAMES POUCH FOR KIDS

"If you're travelling with young children, I would recommend packing a game travel pouch to help keep them entertained on the plane or during car journeys," suggests Dilly.

7. DON'T FORGET TOWEL CLIPS

Dilly says towel clips are a simple but savvy essential that she never travels without.

"Towel clips are super handy for those blustery beach days so your towel stays super neat on your bed and you don't have to worry about it blowing away," she explains.

8. USE A HAIRDRYER TO DE-WRINKLE

Creased clothes are a pet peeve for many holidaymakers.

"My holiday hack is blow-drying any creases out of my clothes," says Dilly. "Hold the item

taut and blast it with a warm hairdryer. It does the trick every time."

9. YOUR CAR-PACKING ORDER

Dilly teamed up with Halfords to create 10 tips to help families maximise car space on their next summer staycation, and one of the main takeaways was to pack your gear in set-up order to ensure you don't miss any essentials.

"Think of it like your morning routine - everything in the order you need it," Dilly says.

10. PACK A GRAB-AND-GO BAG

"Pack a grab-and-go bag that has all your snacks, chargers and essentials in that you might need for the journey," suggests Dilly.

Make sure that it's easily accessible too.

"Put in the footwell next to you because if it is buried in the boot, you will not be able to access it on a motorway," she adds.

You can view the rest of Dilly's car-packing tips on halfords.com

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A brand new Premier Inn is headed for Hunstanton, the seaside location named among the prettiest in the UK.

The UK's largest hotel chain confirmed it is coming to the North Norfolk coast with a 108-bedroom property, subject to planning permission.

Whitbread PLC, which owns Premier Inn, said it was in "early discussions" with planners at the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, "with a planning

application expected to be submitted in the autumn". It added: "The multimillion-pound Premier Inn will feature the brand's latest guest bedrooms, including its popular enhanced 'Premier Plus' rooms."

Hunstanton is a seaside resort dating back to Victorian times, famous for its striped cliffs and golden sands. It is also the only east coast resort in England facing west, making for spectacular sunsets. And it was recently named the UK's best place for fish and chips.

Futuroscope is bright for thrillseekers

LYNDA MOYO experiences the mother and son of all theme parks in France with her 11-year-old boy – enjoying amazing food, exhilarating rides and a comfy cabin

Theme parks are not my thing. Like many first-time parents, when my first son was born, I was wildly optimistic about the prospect of travelling with him.

I imagined my sweet boy hanging off my hip as we wandered around restaurants and museums on city breaks, enjoying all the things I enjoy.

The reality, of course, is that children like children's things. And if you're lucky, they'll tolerate your interests for half an hour at most.

Which is why, for years, the idea of a theme park holiday filled me with dread.

So, when I found myself taking my 11-year-old to Futuroscope in France, I approached it with an endurance test mindset. What I didn't expect was that by the end of it, I'd be recommending it to other families.

The journey, in both senses, was easier than I expected. Just months away from starting secondary school, my son has reached that fleeting sweet spot between childhood and adolescence where he still wants to spend a weekend away with his mum.

Our route from Manchester involved an Avanti train, a night near St Pancras station, an early morning Eurostar, the Paris Metro and a high-speed train to Futuroscope station near Poitiers. On paper it sounded like a lot.

In reality, it became very much part of the adventure and my son was enjoying all the responsibility – checking maps and practising his French on Duolingo.

As a mum of three, I realised how rarely we

I felt like I'd travelled somewhere unique and affordable

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ALL RHODES LEAD TO CAR HIRE ON A GREEK ODYSSEY

By EMILY MALIA

Having just got back from a week on the Greek island of Rhodes, there was one thing that became increasingly clear as the days went by.

Wherever you stay on the large island, whether it be Lindos, Faliraki, the Old Town, or Ialysos, like me, you should consider doing this one thing.

Thankfully, I did a fair bit of research ahead of time and realised my partner and I could not only save money but also make our holiday a lot easier, being able to explore the island with ease. The best way to do this was by hiring a car.

As beautiful as each area of Rhodes is, the true beauty lies in its exploration. Being able to see each part of it, whether it be the serene beaches, hidden coves, top-rated restaurants or fun-packed bars, is impossible without a motor.

One night, we opted to get a taxi to Old Town from

get this kind of uninterrupted time together. Even before we'd reached the park, the journey itself had already brought us closer.

A short walk from Futuroscope station and we were there. In fact, the journey via Eurostar was so seamless that my son repeatedly asked whether we'd actually left England yet.

We stayed at the Ecolodgee near the park entrance for really easy access. It's made up of nature-inspired cabins overlooking a beautiful lake with very lively families of frogs to provide endless wonderment for curious kids such as mine. My son, along with some neighbouring kids, named themselves "the frog hunters" for the duration of our stay, which says it all. Nature is the best playground.

The cabins themselves are thoughtfully designed with cabin beds for kids cleverly separated from the master bedroom area yet in the same space.

According to my son, the hand-delivered breakfast basket that arrived on our cabin doorstep each morning filled with French delights was the best meal of the entire trip.

I couldn't agree more. Sitting on the terrace together, listening to frogs and looking out across the lake with no screens, was just perfect.

As someone who once rode Blackpool's Pepsi Max Big One six times in a row without hesitation, I've reluctantly had to accept that age has made me considerably less fearless.

Two fun-packed days with my son however, meant stepping out of my comfort zone and straight into the arms of a nine-metre-high robot. Dances with Robots is a ride that throws you around to music at a fear factor of your choosing. Speaking on behalf of both of us, that fear factor was apparently "expert level" according to my son.

I emerged feeling slightly shaken and wondering how I was going to survive an entire weekend of being flung upside down. Thankfully, I quickly realised that Futuroscope isn't really a theme park in the traditional sense.

Yes, there are plenty of thrilling rides – my son called Objectif Mars (Destination Mars) "the best ride ever" before immediately asking to go on it again. But much of what makes Futuroscope special isn't physical at all. It's immersive, imaginative and distinctly French in a way that truly sets it apart from most theme parks.

If needed, English language translation is available through the ListenWIFI app for many of the story-led attractions, but I found myself happily

dusting off my GCSE French for the most part and embracing the fact that this is a park built with French families in mind.

Chasseurs de Tornades (Tornado Chasers) was a favourite. We were plunged into the heart of a tornado on a revolving platform, combining blockbuster storytelling with a thrill factor that doesn't make you question your life choices. My kind of ride, I also loved La Clé des Songes (The Key to Dreams), a spectacle of water screens, projections, lights and pyrotechnics in the most grand and beautiful setting, that really was like stepping into a dream.

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on the water rapids ride Mission Bermudes, the next he was peacefully gliding around the world with me on The Extraordinary Journey. Each attraction activated different parts of his imagination. And, more importantly, gave me just enough recovery time.

Futuroscope offers a huge variety of food options ranging from French dining and buffets to gelato and street food – without a nugget in sight.

La Table d'Arthur is great for most tastes with its generous self-service buffet, while L'Atelier des Saveurs offers

a more traditional French dining experience.

The most enticing option for children, however, is Space Loop Restaurant, a futuristic dining experience where your meal travels from the kitchen to your table via a rollercoaster suspended above your head.

For us, though, enjoying it all required extra planning. My son has multiple food allergies, including sesame, nuts and fish, so eating anywhere new can be very stressful. Throw in a language barrier, an overwhelming buffet and you have a familiar challenge for many allergy families.

Thankfully, Space Loop had a delicious pasta option and fries, which kept my son very happy and full. Meanwhile, when I felt stressed by the choices at La Table d'Arthur, staff were able to give a detailed allergen information sheet which was reassuring.

Travelling with food allergies will always need extra vigilance, but once I knew how to ask, our meals became easy and enjoyable.

What I loved about Futuroscope overall was that rather than stepping into a global brand, I felt like I'd genuinely travelled somewhere both unique and affordable. The food, language, attractions and even the families around us reminded me that we were in France at every turn. And for me, that's its biggest selling point.

It also gave me something I hadn't expected from a theme park holiday.

As my son edges closer to his teen years, uninterrupted one-on-one time can be surprisingly hard to find.

Whether eating food delivered on a rollercoaster or exploring virtual worlds, the trip gave us space to try new things and just be together and that's what I'll look back most fondly on.

Of course, he'll treasure the rides the most. And strangely, we'll probably both remember the frogs.

where we were staying in Ialysos. To travel there and back for a 25-minute journey it cost us 50 euros.

If we'd decided to do this all week, we'd rack up some serious bills.

With a car, we were able to go to Rhodes Old Town three times, drive an hour to Lindos on the other side of the island and visit Faliraki, as well as another area to visit a small bay. Without a car, this would prove to be prohibitively expensive, or incredibly tedious if we attempted to use the island's limited public transport.

It was the best thing we did for ourselves and opened up a whole world of opportunities. I couldn't recommend it enough to those who feel up to the challenge of driving on a small island.

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Facing a gruelling round trip to Alton Towers, NATALIE KING and her family break it up with a stay at one of its handily placed themed hotels

A day at a theme park is knackering, especially with two kids in tow who can seemingly have the best day of their lives while also complaining every single second. Nothing is worse than getting to the end of a day out and facing the drive home exhausted.

So, if you've got a day at a theme park planned, you may be considering staying in one of the park's onsite hotels.

Arguably, Alton Towers has one of the best selections of accommodation out of any UK theme park. It has hotels, woodland lodges, treehouses and stargazing pods, so there's all sorts of places to stay, and you're right on the park's doorstep so you've got somewhere to rest after a long day.

Recently, I stayed with my two kids at the Alton Towers Hotel, a three-star property that's one of the park's three hotels. Themed around a fictional Victorian explorer, Sir Algernon, the hotel has a sort of steampunk, historic look, although my kids thought it was pirate-y more than anything, but either way, the detail that has gone into it is impressive.

Stepping into the hotel, there's a huge atrium with a large ship-shaped stage, and checking in late afternoon there was already entertainment and live music in full-swing. We went back later and the entertainers were playing some fun games with the kids, and it had a really joyful, slightly chaotic atmosphere around the bar.

We stayed in a Moon Voyage room, which

had a similar theme to the hotel with lamps that looked like Victorian gaslights, lots of gears and levers, and explorer-themed murals. The room was clean and the beds comfy, and I liked that the kids' sleeping area with bunk beds was slightly sectioned off and had their own TV. It meant we could lie in bed and watch some grown up TV while they could watch a bit of CBBC before dinner.

For dinner, we headed to the Splash Landings Hotel to try Flambo's Jambo, an all-you-can-eat buffet that had a bit of

everything from peri peri to tacos, roast dinners and Chinese dishes. The atmosphere was fun, with a giant waterwheel and the sounds of some very lively entertainment going on in the background, and the food was OK, with the kids more excited about the ice cream machine than anything else.

While we slept well and the room was comfortable, I woke up early to find the bathroom door had locked itself from the outside. I had to run down to use

the loo in the lobby and find hotel staff, still in my pyjama bottoms and my hair looking even more dishevelled than usual. It did get fixed within an hour, but obviously that kind of thing is a pain when you're up early with kids.

Breakfast was included and is served buffet style at the Secret Garden Restaurant. It had quite a basic selection of hot food, plus some cereal, pastries and pancakes, which the kids were happy with. Again, the food wasn't amazing, but it kept us going on the way

'The hotel does have an incredibly fun style and kids are enchanted by it'

home. If you're visiting Alton Towers and have a long drive, a stay at the hotel or its other accommodation is worth considering.

For us, driving there and back would mean five hours in the car as well as the long day exploring the park, so it was nice to crash overnight and split the journey up.

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BREAKFAST CAKE

BREAKFAST CAKE

Lighten up a classic troybake and fill it with fruit to make a fun family breakfast. Make the cake the day before for easy assembly in the morning.

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• 2 ripe bananas
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• 125ml sunflower oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1tsp vanilla extract or bean paste
• 225g self-raising flour
• 100g blueberries
• For decoration
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• 1tbsp maple syrup

• 1 edible flowers, optional

• For the icing
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• 1tbsp maple syrup

1 Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and line a 20 x 25cm cake tin with baking parchment. 2 Mash the bananas in a large bowl with a fork, then stir in the golden caster sugar, sunflower oil, eggs and the vanilla extract or bean paste. Then fold in the self-raising flour until no lumps of flour remain. After that, fold in the blueberries, then scrape the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth over the top. Then bake it all for 30-35 minutes until golden brown and the middle springs back when pressed. Leave it to cool

completely before assembling.

3 For the decoration, warm the frozen mixed berries and maple syrup in a small pan until soft and juicy. Strain the berries, set them aside, then pour the juice back into the pan. Then simmer for a few minutes until thickened slightly. Set aside to cool. 4 For the icing, mix the thick Greek strained yogurt with maple syrup then dollop over the cooled cake. Children can help with this step, smoothing over the topping with a spatula or spoon. 5 Drizzle the cooled berry sauce over the yogurt, and ripple with a spoon. Spoon over the mixed berries, then top with edible flowers to serve.

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• 300g shortcrust pastry
• plain flour for dusting
• 4 rashers back bacon, fat trimmed, chopped
• oil for frying
• 100g gruyère cheese, grated
• 2 medium eggs
• 125ml double cream
• You will need
• 18-20 mini tartlet tins

1 Roll out the pastry onto a lightly floured work surface until very thin. Cut out circles that are 1cm larger in diameter than the tartlet tins. Line the tins with the pastry circles (you may need to bake these in batches if you do not have enough tins) pressing into the edges and up the sides. Re-roll any pastry offcuts until you've lined all the tins, then chill for 30 mins (if you're baking in batches, chill the off-cuts too).

2 Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line each pastry case with a piece of foil and fill with baking beans or uncooked rice. Bake for 10 mins, then lift out the foil and beans and bake for another 5 mins. Fry the bacon in oil until crisp. 3 Divide the bacon and half the cheese between the cases. Beat the eggs and cream together, then pour over the bacon and cheese until the cases are almost full. Scatter over the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and puffed up. Leave to cool, then chill before serving. Can be made a day ahead.

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PEPPERONI PIZZA ROLLS

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Rustle up these family-friendly pepperoni pizza rolls. You could speed things up if you like by using ready-made pizza dough and pizza sauce.

• 450g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting

• 5g fast-action dried yeast
• 2tsp olive oil, plus extra for proving
• 1tbsp fine polenta or cornmeal
• 175g pizza sauce
• 100g grated mozzarella
• 75g pepperoni
• small bunch of basil, chopped

1 Put the flour and yeast in a large bowl. Add 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp salt, and mix. Add 300ml tepid water and 2 tsp of the oil, and mix with your hands or the dough hook attachment of a stand mixer until a dough forms. If making by hand, tip the dough onto a work surface and knead for 10 mins until the dough feels smooth and elastic, or knead using the mixer for 5 mins.

2 Clean and lightly oil the bowl, tip in the dough and leave to prove in a warm place for 2 hrs, or until roughly doubled in size. You can also put it in the fridge overnight - just bring it up to room temperature before shaping. 3 Loosely line a 22cm cake tin or ovenproof frying pan with a disc of baking parchment and sprinkle 1 tsp of the polenta over the base. Scatter the remaining polenta over a work surface along with some flour (add more if it begins to stick) and tip the dough on top. Roll and stretch the dough into a rectangle, about 35 x 45cm. Spread the pizza sauce on top, then scatter over the cheese, pepperoni and basil. From the longer side, tightly roll up the dough to make a sausage shape. Use a sharp knife to cut it into eight pieces, and arrange cut-side up in the tin or pan. Cover loosely and leave to prove for another 30 mins until the rolls look light and puffy. 4 Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the rolls for 30-35 mins until golden brown and the cheese is oozing. Cool for 5 mins before serving. Best eaten within 24 hrs.

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Fill rice paper wrappers with tropical fruit for a dessert that's portable and perfect for a picnic. Serve with our mixed berry coulis for dunking

• 2 kiwi fruits
• ½ small pineapple
• 1 small mango
• 75g blueberries
• 8 rice paper wrappers
• For the coulis
• 250g frozen mixed berries, defrosted
• 3tbsp honey
• maple syrup or other sweetener

1 For the coulis, blitz the berries and honey in a food processor (or in a jug using a hand blender) until very smooth. Add a few tablespoons of water if needed to loosen. 2 Prepare all the fruit by peeling, pitting or coring, as required. Thinly slice a few pieces of each fruit to decorate. Roughly chop the rest. 3 Soften the rice paper rolls by dunking into a wide, shallow bowl of water for a few seconds. Transfer to a work surface, then arrange a layer of fruit slices down the middle (this will be the visible decoration when rolled). Spoon over some chopped fruit, then fold the rice paper wrap in at the sides before rolling up. The rice paper will stick to itself to seal. Keep chilled in a cool box or with an ice pack and serve with the coulis for dunking.

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Even the toughest plants benefit from good preparation, especially considering the drought conditions in much of the UK.

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TOP 5 GARDENING JOBS

1 Harvest leafy herbs now to preserve their summer flavour. Chop parsley, mint, chives, basil or coriander, pack into ice cube trays, top

up with water, and freeze. The cubes can then be dropped into soups, sauces, stews or drinks later in the year.

2 Check pears for cracking, especially after dry weather followed by heavy rain or irregular watering. Split skins can allow rot to set in, so use any damaged fruit quickly if it is ripe enough. Make sure to keep trees evenly-watered during dry spells, particularly young or container-grown pears.

3 Remove sweetcorn cobs affected by smut, a fungal disease, as soon as you spot them. Look for swollen, greyish galls that later release darker spores. Remove any affected cobs before the galls burst,

and dispose of them carefully to help reduce the spread.

4 Feed outdoor melons once the fruits begin to swell. They need warmth, moisture and steady nutrition to ripen well. Water regularly, keeping the roots lightly moist but never waterlogged, then apply a high-potash liquid feed to support fruit development.

5 Thin late carrot seedlings only where they are crowded. Work gently, ideally in the evening, as the scent can attract carrot fly. Remove the weakest seedlings, firm the soil back around those left behind, water if needed, and keep crops covered with fine mesh.

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LEMON VERBENA

Lemon verbena, Aloysia citrodora, is a wonderful herb for midsummer, grown for its lemon-scented leaves. By August, plants are full of fresh growth, making it a great time to pick some leaves for teas, desserts, fruit salads, syrups and summer drinks. To see me make use of lemon verbena in a refreshing mocktail, watch episode 18 of Step-by-Step Gardening, filmed at Bridgemere Show Gardens, on my YouTube channel, @daviddomoney.

It is especially useful to grow near a door or seating area, where the fragrance can be triggered as you brush past.

Grow lemon verbena in full sun, in fertile, well-drained soil. It is often best grown in a container, as it is not reliably hardy everywhere. A pot allows you to move it to a frost-free or sheltered place for winter. Use free-draining compost, water regularly in dry spells and avoid leaving the roots sitting wet.

Care in August is simple. Pick leaves little and often to encourage bushier growth, and remove any tired or yellowing stems.

Container-grown plants may benefit from occasional feeding during the growing season. If the plant becomes leggy, it can be trimmed lightly to keep it neat.

Fun fact: Lemon verbena is sometimes listed under its older name, Lippia citriodora, so don't be confused if you see both names on plant labels. They refer to the same wonderfully lemon-scented herb.

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AT A GLANCE

STOCK MARKET

FTSE 100	10901.1	▲ +33.2
FTSE 250	24854.9	▲ +159.5
FTSE ALL SHARE	5876.5	▲ +20.4
Shares Traded	10251.6 million

POPULAR SHARES ON THE RISE

AstraZeneca	11896	+46
Annie	9523	+25
BAE Systems	2220	+20
Centris	3543	+5
Diageo	1790	+57
GTA	10603	+24
HSBC Holdings	15295	+8
Legal & General	3161	+81
Lloyds Banking Group	5151	+5
Marks & Spencer Group	4084	+25
NatWest Group	7121	+5
National Grid	1200	+4
Rio Tinto	7528	+71
Vodafone Group	1201	+15

POPULAR SHARES ON THE SLIDE

BP	5173	-2
BT Group	1993	-5
Barclays	516	-4
Halcon	869	-1
Int Consolidated Airlines	4421	-3
Rolls-Royce Holdings	3130	-3
Sainsbury (J)	813	-1
Shell	3777	-37
Tesco	479	-5
Unilever	4670	-39
Whitbread	2517	-11

WORLD MARKETS

TOKYO	65606.7	▼ -76.5
HONG KONG	25688.0	▲ +137.8
GERMANY	26319.4	▲ +179.3
FRANCE	8714.9	▲ +15.2

STERLING VALUE

Dollar	1.350	▲ +0.003
Yen	212.569	▲ +0.291
Euro	1.167	▲ +0.002

DOLLAR VALUE

Dollar/Yen	157.525	▼ -0.075
Dollar/Euro	0.865	▼ -0.002

COMMODITIES

GOX(S)	▲ 4542.81
KRUGERMAND/J&P	▲ 3218.57
KEVERSpencer	▲ 4096.31
BRENT CRUXE(S)	▲ 83.60

OTHER INDICATORS

Basic rate	3.75%
Halifax mortgage rate	7.24%
Royal Price Index	+3.0% (CPI +2.6%)
House price Index	+2.7%
Unemployment	1,760,000

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TOURIST'S POUND

Australia	1.87 dollar
Canada	1.84 dollar
China	8.51 remnsh
Czech Rep	8.51 koruna
Denmark	8.28 krtree
Eurozone	1.15 euro
Hong Kong	9.92 dollar
Hungary	399.67 forint
Israel	1.80 mdeel
Japan	204.43 yen
Jordan	0.89 dinar
Mexico	21.88 peso
New Zealand	2.22 dollar
Norway	12.38 krone
Poland	4.78 zloty
Saudi Arabia	4.81 rjpd
South Africa	21.09 rand
Sweden	12.17 krtree
Switzerland	1.06 franc
Thailand	42.78 baht
Turkey	59.67 lira
United States	1.32 dollar

CMA: Aldi and Lidl block on competition should end

ALDI and Lidl should be stopped from blocking rivals opening shops nearby, the competitions watchdog has said.

It has provisionally decided the pair should be covered by the same land agreement rules as other supermarkets.

It would see the Competition and Markets Authority widen the scope of the Controlled Land Order, which prevents large grocery retailers from using property law tactics which prevent competitors opening stores nearby.

The rules were introduced in 2010 and apply to seven retailers – Asda, Co-op, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. Aldi and Lidl were not included at the time as they were much smaller. But their market share has grown substantially over recent years.

According to recent industry data from Kantar, Aldi is the fourth largest grocer with a 10.8% market share, while Lidl ranks sixth with an 8.8% share.

Aldi has around 1,050 stores with a long-term goal of 1,500 branches, while Lidl has more than 1,000 sites and recently announced plans to

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open 50 new sites in the next 12 months. In a provisional decision, the CMA said it believes Aldi, Lidl GB and Lidl NI should also be subject to the same rules as other supermarkets. Its proposals are under consultation until September 7 and a final decision is expected in the autumn.

Juliette Enser, of the CMA, said: "We want everyone to have the best choice of supermarket and range of prices when buying their groceries.

"To ensure this happens, we put rules in place to prevent big supermarket chains blocking rival stores from opening nearby – and now we propose applying those rules to Aldi and Lidl too."

Aldi said: "The CMA's provisional decision does not impact our long-term growth plans. We remain firmly committed to opening hundreds of new stores, bringing Aldi's unbeatable value and award-winning quality to even more customers."

Lidl said: "We have always welcomed and embraced competition and our focus remains on opening new stores."

TROUBLE AT HOME FOR WINKWORTH

ESTATE agent Winkworth has initiated High Court proceedings against its chair, Simon Agace, after he and his wife tried to oust the board, including his son.

The AIM-listed company, which specialises in high-end properties in London, alleges that Agace breached "certain provisions" of his contract dating back to 2009. He is also accused of transgressions in his duties as a director under the Companies Act.

Agace and son Dominic have been running Winkworth since 2009. But at its May AGM, Simon's wife, Irene Ho Kim Lee, is said to have used her 34% voting power to attempt the coup. Simon has also demanded an overhaul of the board.

Dreadnought submarine

Navy supplier considers selling part of business

BRITISH engineer Goodwin is mulling the sale of its division that makes parts for submarines and warships.

The Stoke-on-Trent-based group, which is composed of several companies, is a key supplier of components to UK and US frigate and submarine programmes. These include Dreadnought,

which is building the Royal Navy's next-generation nuclear-deterrent subs.

Goodwin said it was exploring a possible sale of a "substantial part" of its mechanical engineering division.

"The board confirms that it has commenced a strategic review to consider a range of potential options to maximise

value for shareholders whilst ensuring continuity for all stakeholders, including customers, and the long-term prosperity of its businesses," a statement added.

"These options include the potential sale of...GSC (Goodwin Steel Castings), GI (Goodwin International), Noreva, Easat and Pumps."

++ THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 ++

COMPANY	CLOSE	+/-	52 WEEK
			HIGH	LOW
CyGroup	2867	-4	4495%	1624%
LA Foods	2130	+13	2358%	1729%
Wandlers' Group	2525	+1	265	177%
Admiral Group	3886	-14	3958	2623%
Airtel Africa	3291	-2%	4361%	206
Alliance Witter	1384	+1	1391	178
Anglo American	4022	+46	4239	2078
Ardofagasta	3987	+7	4474%	1923%
AstraZeneca	14846	+48	15724%	9891%
Auto Trader	521	+9%	8441%	4181%
Anna	7121	+2%	714	5901%
BAE Systems	2220	+20	2359%	1529
BP	5171	-2%	6091%	3999%
BT Group	1993	-5%	242	173
Ballands International	11861	-3%	1527	9021%
Barclays	516	-4	5381%	3121%
Barrett Motown	5251	+1%	4191%	2391%
Beatty Group	12901	-1%	1296	7499%
British News Edy	4421	+4%	5368	3675%
British Land	4425	+1%	4511%	3181%
Burda	2870	+38	2848	1880%
Bankers' Group	11645	+1%	13761	10761%
Centrica	1544	+1%	2201%	1511%
Coca-Cola Emporia	7950	-11%	7600	5600
Coca-Cola Mill	4960	+44	4191	3260
Compass Group	32%	-	343	1791
Compasscenter	4828	-56	4962	2411%
Conveter Group	2521	+5%	2591%	193
Croda International	1245	-16	3352	2425%
CCC	6573	-	6740	4720
Diageo	1790	+57%	21411%	12951%
Diabema	7700	+20	7723	4969%
Endurance Mining	4046	+158	5409	2389
Entain	545	+8	10211%	5001%
Exporter Group	2097	-1%	3984%	2355%
FiSC Inu Tst	5431	-	356	2861%
Forcella	2864	+126	4671	15111%
Garvey Workshop	18880	-60	23539	14066%
GiantUnifellow	19601	+24	22871%	12801%

COMPANY	CLOSE	+/-	52 WEEK
			HIGH	LOW
Glencore	557	-8	7071%	2751%
HSBC Holdings	15291	+8	1610	9271%
Halcon	869	-1%	416	2741%
Halma	3796	-6	4901%	3193%
Hecate	1829	+18	1904	1257
Houston January	846	+6	9809%	713
ICC Britons Cap	2042	+14	2339	1624%
IG Group	1343	+31	1956	1015%
IM	3136	+6	3192	2183%
Imperial Brands	2791	+32	3631	2628
Informa	9041	-5%	9999%	7181%
InterContinental Htl	158	-5%	1751%	1141%
Intertek Group	5840	-	5855	3518%
Intl Consolidated Airlines	4421	-3%	493	3321%
Inverlex	4751	+1%	1490	4991%
JTI Sports	39	+1%	1084	84
Kingfisher	3271	+2%	3721%	2401%
Land Securities	7145	+1%	726	5221%
Legal & General	3181	-1%	312	277
Law Finance Group	12440	+27%	12170	6902%
Lloyds Banking Sup	1151	+1%	118	171%
London & Stamford Prop	195	-1%	2161	1751%

COMPANY	CLOSE	+/-	52 WEEK
			HIGH	LOW
London Stock Ex	8920	+170	10363%	6683%
M&G	363	-1	366	2461%
Marks & Spencer	4084	+25%	4591%	301
Motivist	4051	+8%	685	410
Merken Energy	56	-	56%	29%
NatWest Group	7121	+1%	726	500
National Grid	1200	+4	14281%	9991%
Next	10683	-30	14173	11191
Pearson	1224	-1	1357	8741%
Pershing Square Hold	3912	+8	50941%	3636
Persimmon	11661	+11	15511%	9471%
Polio Capital Tech	664	-1	7631%	584
Prudential	10441	+17%	12371%	9101%
RELA	2637	+24	38191%	19901%
Rocket Bondour	5306	+58	83171%	36631%
Renfield Initial	360	-3%	507	529%
Rio Tinto	7520	+11	9117	4632%
Rolls-Royce Group	1130	-3%	1586	990
SEJRO	9591	-2%	9971%	6021%
SSE	2390	+14	2767	1596%
Sage Group	10481	+21	11991%	7711%
Sambury Ut	355	+1%	380%	291
Schroder	584	-1%	5991%	3581%
Scottish Mortgage	10961	+22	13831	10151%
Swam Trent	3742	+26	33591%	2580
Shell	32771	-37%	37581%	2553%
Smith & Nephew	1113	+15	14611%	9550
Smiths Group	2698	+21	27541%	20871%
Spinar Servs	7500	+12%	8048%	5950
St James's Place	1147	+87%	15751%	10384%
Standard Chartered	2219	+24	22771%	12841%
Standard Life	3411	+7%	441	6141%
Teco	475	-1%	5101%	4061%
Tribe Big Box	1861	+1%	173	1321%
Trusman	4670	+39	33401%	3641%
United Utilities	1436	+8	14861%	10711%
Vodafone Group	1291	+1%	131	82
Weir Group	2722	+26	35291%	2254
Whitbread	2517	-13	33839%	20971%

PwC's eco revamp for its London HQ

THE Central London HQ of PwC is to be transformed as an eco-friendly hub to attract major firms as renters.

Property management firm Bridgemont has submitted a planning application to Westminster City Council to revamp the building above Charing Cross Station.

The accountancy firm will leave 1 Embankment Place in 2030 and relocate to Canary Wharf.

Proposals include a 35,000 sq ft space tailored to businesses as well as a new gateway between the West End and the South Bank.

The proposals flaunt a series of sustainability targets, including aiming to reduce operational energy use by 70% compared with the current building.

And it will be a fully decarbonised, all-electric building that avoids using fossil fuels.

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• BG + Barclays + BT + Centrica + Dixons Carphone + First Group + HSBC + Kingfisher + Marks & Spencer + Nest + Prudential + Rolls-Royce + Sainsburys + Tesco + Unilever + Vodafone + Whitbread + WPP

COMPANY	CLOSE	( \nu )	12 WEEK HIGH	12/98
Autocapac & Defence
Avon Rubber	5994	29	2145	1520
Balcock International	11861	31	1502	921
BAC Systems	2220	<20	2330	1609%
Chemistry Group	627	<21	638%	468
Chowd Group	35314	<61	560	406
Rolls-Royce Group	15168	35	1576%	1524
Senior	292		511	164%
Alternative Energy
Renner	8004	<2	918	690
Barks
Barclays	3169	<4	530%	357%
Bcc Santander	1590	<4	1116	674
Chow Brothers	8315	<11	1500%	540
HSBC Holdings	15291	<8	1597%	934%
Domestic	6721	<11	681%	518
Urps Banking Grp	11514	<11	117	78%
Wales Bank	1731	<11	139%	100
Hartford Group	7121	<11	722%	505%
Faragun Group	827	0	636%	711%
Standard Chartered	22194	<24	2248	1583%
Reverages
Ban JAG	607	<3	710	598
Coco-Cab-HBC	4960	<64	1170	3300
Diageo	1790	<17%	2121	1362%
Chemicals
Carlo	57%	<1	80	30%
Crude International	3260	<16	3341	2463
Elemento	1671	<11	1951%	142%
Johnson-Matthey	2168	<16	2388	1765
Jayabone	122	<41	122%	17%
Victow	822	<4	831	559
Construction & Materials
Balfour Realty	881	<21	898%	553
Cricket Group	211%		218	126%
Daight	310	<6	530	182
Gallblad Pty	419	<2	630	412%
Gleason MCL	276		427	221
Keller Group	307%	<4	340%	1282
Kier Group	2551	<21	2311%	180%
Manitalk	1011	<61	2001%	125%
Morgan Dental	4494	<36	5150	4050
Seerfield-Bowen	58%	<11	59	24
Smart J S & Co.	112%		132%	107
Electricity
Oise Group	710	<1	918	626%
JSE	23404	<14	27571%	1612
Telecom Plus	851%	<8	1082	719
Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Adme	37804	<6	4878	3210
Oxford Instruments	38884	<10	5382	1766
Benchow	3235	<15	3421	2940
IT Electronics	140	<9	154	90%
Intex	553	<3	696	552
IP Power	1776	<16	2010	857
Equity Investment Instruments
Abandon Asian Inst	444	<5	461	345
Aberbank Gold Co.	17324	<24	1756	1418
Alison Tech & Gov. ICT	63%		68%	63%
Alliance Trust	1384	<1	1391	1188
Aurora Inc.Tst.	257		270	228
AP Global Tst.	266	<21	270	239%
Baillie Gifford Japan	1070	<2	1080	830
Baillie Gifford Shm Rep.	172	<11	172%	123%
Bankers Inc.Tst.	15214	<1	1531%	121%
BH Macro GBP	4191	<11	444	388
Biotech Growth Trust	1692	<12	1712	916
BlueRock Group	942	<30	1046	555
Bruener Inc.Tst.	15644	<8	1584	1354
Calabares Inc.	386	<2	591%	312
City Natural Res.Tst.	2824	<11	440	213%
City Of London	3974	<4	599	488
Danville Income	3204	<6	3204%	280
Edin Winkle Inc.	2471	<71	2061%	108
Edin Inc.Tst.	861	<5	861	760
FSC CapShrc	363	<1	372	326
FSC Inv.Tst.	345%		351%	288

COMPANY	CLOSE	( \nu )	12 WEEK HIGH	12/98
F&C Smaller Cos	19934		198	163%
F&C US Smaller Companies	16221	<2%	1660	1380
Fidelity Asian	412	<6	488	338
Fidelity European	445	<2	444%	372
Fidelity Special	475	<5	475%	372
Findbury Goldfish	826	<11	915	710
Garanti E.M.C	1922	<2	1562	820
Graphite Ent	1478	<10	1600	1310
Harus Tst W	3214		325	244
Harus Tst Ph	3364	<6	342	255
Henderson Tst Est	25914	<1	2881	227
Henderson High Inc	210	<1	214	178
Hendri Inc.Tst	3035		3340	2305
HSC Aphid Tst	396	<5	522	323
HSBC Infrastructure	139	<1	185%	109
Inspa Eco Mkt	445	<2	475%	381%
In Biotech Tst	15904	<15	1205	648
International Public	1431	<1	1441%	1171
Inseco Asia	4921	<1	516	375
Inseco-Prep UK	3974	<8	399	325
JPM American	1250	<6	1252	1048
JPM Asian	5704	<6	650	394%
JPM Cleanhouse	9844	<6	986	790
JPM Energy Mkt	16314		1881	1191
JPM Euro Sml Co.	634	<1	665	557
JPM Global Emerging	205	<1	217	144
JPM Indian	3044	<12	1886	800
JPM Japanese	837	<1	865	456
JPM Overseas IT	4381	<21	641	335
JPM Smaller Co.	360	<5	362	290
JPM US Sml Co.	4511	<21	464	369
JZ Capital Partners	175		199	166
Law Debenture	3276	<10	3276%	982
Lorillard Invest Co.	188	<1	190	143
Mapable Inv.	325	<1	332	230
MarsfieldMCLon	370	<16	1180	744
Maxim Income And Growth ICT 32nd		35%	32%
Mercantile Inv.Tst.	288	<3	288	237
Merchants Tst.	6854	<5	687	537
Mid-Wynd Int.	794	<4	798	688
Merck Inv.Tst.	10204	<6	1420	1372
Montanaro Euro Tst.	1774		188	140%
Montanaro Tst.	1174	<1	113	91%
Munay Inc.Tst.	10164	<6	1024	473
Munay Int.Tst.	2704	<1	2171%	289
New India	738		820	432
North All-Smkt.Tst.	427	<4	432	330
Pacific Assets	422	<4	434	347
Pacific Horizon	1086	<4	1252	654
Pantheon Int.	485	<1	487%	325%
Pending Square Hold	2912	<6	3090	3042
Polar Cap Tech.	604	<5	720%	588%
RP Capital Partners	2635	<15	2645	1962
Raffer Investment	200	<1	213%	203%
Schneider Asia	819	<7	888	600
Schneider Inc.	375		378	312
Schneider Japan	393	<3	397	270%
Schneider	230	<3	231	184
Schneider UK M&S	7804	<10	782	483
Scottish American	570	<5	570	487
Scottish Mortgage	13961	<32	1145	1028%
Small Comp De-Tst	142		147%	126
Temple Bar	429	<3	429%	331%
Templeton Dong	312	<1	353	197%
The European Inv.Tst.	125	<11	126	32%
TB Euro Growth	23914	<1	2461%	198
TB Prop. IT	310	<1	333	295
Wards Healthcare	399	<6	397	308
Financial Services
X Group	2867	<4	4459	2082
X Infrastructure	884%		1093%	326
Alkalo	2521	<1	2471%	182
Admose Group	2241	<5	2664%	153%
Coale Group	861	<1	95	71%
IG Group	1104	<10	1098	1025
Intermediate Cap.Grp.	2042	<14	2352	1463
IP Group	70%	<1	70%	46%
Jagate Fund Man	16114	<1	16%	115%
Licentual Asset Man	3054	<2	373	231%
London Stock Ex	8020	<170	9492	1170

COMPANY	CLOSE	( \nu )	12 WEEK HIGH	12/98
Mining
Anglo American	4022	<48	4225	2123
Euro Resources	1574	<4	1591	45%
Arthrogrants	2481	<7	4433	1974
BHP Billion	3346	<45	3412	1926
Endurance Mining	4046	<138	5185	2434
Fenonite	2064	<126	4448	1625
Glencoe	337	<9	615	280%
Hochschild Mining	1091	<29%	795	272%
Kooman No.	210	<10	327	180%
Rio Tinto	2728	<71	8308	4448%
Mobile Telecommunications
IndaNow Group	1281	<1%	1251	83%
Interscope Investment Instruments
Onyr14 Gold	1520	<5	1405	1175
Rights Blu Int	2420	<30	3440	1975
Noville Insurance
General Group
Boasley Group	12801	<1	1296	709
Hiscoe	1829	<18	1699	1273
Intersales	35714	<4	694	565
Oil & Gas Producers
BP	5171	<21	6065	4101
Capricorn Energy	374	<9	377	183
Enquest	23	<1%	27%	16%
Gulf Keystone Pet.	1741	<4	232	1626
Harbour Energy	2401	<1%	2184	186
Shell	32771	<31%	3501	2542
Phares Energy	531	<2	34%	19
Tallow Oil	14		18	9
Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution
Hunting	443	<6	331	297
Personal Goods
Burberry Group	11641	<5%	1360	1004%
FC Cossimi	1064	<4%	1111	66
Unilever	46794	<9	6055%	4678
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
AutoGeneva	118994	<46	15316	18922
Genco	2304	<2	2170	1966
GlandcreditFlow	19601	<24	2208	1260
Halcon	3691	<1%	501	355
HiHma	1677	<22	1851	1191
Oxyco Gold
Oxford Biomedica	505	<80	513	430
Real Estate Investment & Services
Brent Energy	157	<3	235	150%
Cardiff Property	2750		27605	2540
CCI Holdings	49	<1%	67	45%
Fastens	3714	<1%	65%	35%
Harworth Group	181	<13	180%	120
Moore Group	453	<23	450%	311%
Mountride Fts	88839		10200	8500
Perthier Sero	290		310	270%
Rightmove	473	<3	818%	402
Seville	970		1108	808
Wysnissip Props	895		910	715
Real Estate Investment Trusts
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British Land	4421	<11%	4481%	3211
Capital & Counties	145		1571%	1261
Descent London	2100	<48	2146	1509
Geenger	7761	<2%	211	150%
Good Portland Ins.	3574	<1%	374	214%
Hammerson	5741	<1%	3651%	271
Hebuel Bar	204	<1	241	172%
Land Securities	7141	<1%	722	528%
London & Stamford Prop.	195	<1%	2121%	1771
Primary Health	569	<1%	1571%	87%
SEED	85914	<2%	991%	684%
Toom Centre	1281	<1%	140	107%
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Whitequay Group	5631	<3	430	319%
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Agribale Software	168		500	190

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Mining
Anglo American	4022	<48	4225	2123
Euro Resources	1574	<4	1591	45%
Arthrogrants	2481	<7	4433	1974
BHP Billion	3346	<45	3412	1926
Endurance Mining	4046	<138	5185	2434
Fenonite	2064	<126	4448	1625
Glencoe	337	<9	615	280%
Hochschild Mining	1091	<29%	795	272%
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Rio Tinto	2728	<71	8308	4448%
Mobile Telecommunications
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Interscope Investment Instruments
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Rights Blu Int	2420	<30	3440	1975
Noville Insurance
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Boasley Group	12801	<1	1296	709
Hiscoe	1829	<18	1699	1273
Intersales	35714	<4	694	565
Oil & Gas Producers
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Capricorn Energy	374	<9	377	183
Enquest	23	<1%	27%	16%
Gulf Keystone Pet.	1741	<4	232	1626
Harbour Energy	2401	<1%	2184	186
Shell	32771	<31%	3501	2542
Phares Energy	531	<2	34%	19
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Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution
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Personal Goods
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Unilever	46794	<9	6055%	4678
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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Genco	2304	<2	2170	1966
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HiHma	1677	<22	1851	1191
Oxyco Gold
Oxford Biomedica	505	<80	513	430
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Fastens	3714	<1%	65%	35%
Harworth Group	181	<13	180%	120
Moore Group	453	<23	450%	311%
Mountride Fts	88839		10200	8500
Perthier Sero	290		310	270%
Rightmove	473	<3	818%	402
Seville	970		1108	808
Wysnissip Props	895		910	715
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Descent London	2100	<48	2146	1509
Geenger	7761	<2%	211	150%
Good Portland Ins.	3574	<1%	374	214%
Hammerson	5741	<1%	3651%	271
Hebuel Bar	204	<1	241	172%
Land Securities	7141	<1%	722	528%
London & Stamford Prop.	195	<1%	2121%	1771
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1.35 SHERGAR CUP DASH (HANDICAP)

641,803 (Class 2) SF (12 days) (11)

1.1/2701: MENDALL HOT (10) (0) 1: 0.2, 2 Value 94 - 102 1.0) Runs 24 Wms. (15) Players 5 0237337 Trainer: Mick A McGovern (85) Owner: A McGovern® Hovell, M Vram 1.1/2102: TUGS SALAMANCA (7) (0) 4: 0.5, C L Glass 103 1.0) Runs 10 Wms. (15.6) Players 5 0335440 Trainer: Mike Sampson Owner: Pampayne, S 1.1/1712: FAHRENHEIT QEVER (42) (0) 5: 0.5 Osborne 105 1.0) Runs 18 Wms. (54,553) Players 5 0346267 Trainer: R Cowan Owner: Middleboro, Ho, MacKay, D 1.1/1642: FANDON (7) (0) 5: 0.5, Sang Narendra 102 1.0) Runs 10 Wms. (45) Players 5 0350220 Trainer: R Norman Owner: Malan, Amador, Col 1.1/1621: SPARTAN ARROW (99) (0) 6: 0.5, R L Moore 99 1.0) Runs 23 Wms. (67,43) Players 5 0352894 Trainer: A McHannibow® Hambleton, Marcy, Col, 1000 and Pachner 1.1/1612: ALL WAYS SLAMOROUS (40) (530) 5: 0.5, M Vram 102 1.0) Runs 20 Wms. (67,43) Players 5 0352575 Trainer: C Moore Owner: Robert & Moe, Marcy 1.1/1613: GAGLI (43) (0.7) 5: 0.5, J T Van 100 1.0) Runs 14 Wms. (66) Players 5 0350 Trainer: P Kirby Owner: James and Susan Cookson 1.1/1602: GOLD STAR VIDEO (7) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 104 1.0) Runs 18 Wms. (54,63) Players 5 0363197 Trainer: M Bell Owner: Middleboro, Moa, MacKay, D 0359 1.1/1610: GOLD WIDOW (46) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 102 1.0) Runs 15 Wms. (55) Players 5 0352707 Trainer: T Vaner Owner: M Phelan, Marcy 1.1/1610: CRUISE VIDEO (15) (0) 6: 0.5, Janice McHann 106 1.0) Runs 45 Wms. (60.8) Players 5 0352527 Trainer: A Carrie's Owner: Melbourne, Williams & Partners 1.1/1610: RUN 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7

SP FORECAST: 9-2 Bute, Bupita, A. Fazio Salamصري, All Ways, Glamorous, 7 Fastions, 8 Hospital, No. Spartan Arrow, Fahrenheit Screw, 8 Unique Knots, Gold Cup, Nera, 20 (0 days)

2025: Vintage Churchs 6-9 A, B Boonans 5-10 (6 & 7 Falsey), drawn (9), 10 ran. GLOBE: All Ways Glamorous (44), 9, used a single on the back of your mouth's 520 splints success, both behind the table. Bute: Weight loss, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6

2.10 SHERGAR CUP STAYERS (HANDICAP) (11)

641,803 (2) tm 7 209yds (10) (11)

1.1/2010: SPIRIT WASH (42) (0) 5: 0.5, S Osborne 100 1.0) Runs 44 Wms. (43,2,4,5,5) Players 5 0350 Trainer: A Balding Owner: Mr. J. C. Smith 1.1/1614: LAURENCE HILL WAR (53) 5: 0.5, J. Pachner 102 1.0) Runs 18 Wms. (24,6) Players 5 0352529 Trainer: James Davis Owner: Mr. J. C. Smith 1.1/2702: KILMERSON (43) (0) 4: 0.5, J T Van 97 1.0) Runs 19 Wms. (44,6) Players 5 0257561 Trainer: Faye Knowles Owner: The Cross 1.1/1619: DANCING IN FAIR! (15) (0) 6: 0.5, J. Ferraris 99 1.0) Runs 16 Wms. (44,6) Players 5 0352529 Trainer: I Williams Owner: Mr. Joseph Smith 1.1/1626: SHERAP SNADY (25) (0) 4: 0.5, J. B. Moore 99 1.0) Runs 12 Wms. (47,4) Players 5 0352600 Trainer: A Balding Owner: Mr. M. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.

SP FORECAST: 2 Doring Shady, 7 Ashwaloo, 8 Hennec, 10 Fine Star Mountain Road, Mariner, 2 Spirit River, 10 Gown, 6 Yarn, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6

GLOBE: 6 could pay to stick with the progression SHERAP SNADY Andrew Balding's Danger treatment for third success of the year with a walking partner manne at Newbury City, splint out time and a 30 min max for the year to prevent further improvement with Ryan Moore in the plate. Stallamers: Spirit River and inside that out of his current mark, while Mariner stands for his new stable on the back of winning at Sandown (3nd). ppl and should stay this for Mountain Road and Hennec are others to consider in an open effort

TRACK FACTS: GLOBE: Good to Firm, Ricky Keeney TOP TRACK JACKET (2025) 2.85, 5.10, 6.00, 6.75, 5.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00, 6.00

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2.45 SHERGAR CUP CHARGEING (9' CAP) (11)

641,803 (2) tm 37 209yds (12) (11)

1.1/1610: CLAYMORE (35) (0.8) 7: 0.5, C L Glass 99 1.0) Runs 37 Wms. (43,7) Players 4 0386.64 Trainer: J. Chappie Huen Owner: Mrs. Jane Chappie Huen 1.1/2510: HIGARITY (50) (530) 6: 0.5, M Vram 100 1.0) Runs 18 Wms. (45,5) Players 4 0342.64 Trainer: A King Owner: Michael Fannie & The Spare Partnership 1.1/2714: TAY FRANCES ETHEL (248) (0.6) 0.5, C Y No 98 1.0) Runs 16 Wms. (45) Players 4 0353501 Trainer: M Haggon Owner: Team Vane 1.1/2422: SHORT BREEZE (70) (530) 5: 0.5 1.0/2610: D Browne McMonagle 98 1.1/1612: D Brown (0.5) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

SP FORECAST: 6 Night Brewer, 6 Insanity, 5 Fannie, 5 D. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.

2025: 1.1/1612: D Brown (0.5) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

GLOBE: Last year's winner (9rd), split to Night Brewer is back in allotted by round the ball, but an 10x higher rating makes the tougher this time around.

Insanity finished third in last year's renewal and is a player based on his second at Ponderford (3rd) split in April, but the vote goes to STEM. Richard Hannee's charge struck by a length in the grade at Sandown (3rd). ppl has been with the hands/upper may have been kind to only put him up 26 for that triumph.

3.20 SHERGAR CUP SPRINT (9' CAP) 3YO (11)

641,803 (2) SF (12) (11)

1.1/2610: HAYARA MORRICK (28) (0.7) 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

RUMBER: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP, No. 3 HOOD, No. 5. SP FORECAST: 2 Thunder Cab, 9 Y. Red Spirit, 6 Hover, 10 American Cab, Cape Anhearn, 14 May Kegel, Jet Pepper, Fajam, 16 Others

2025: Prince Of India 10-6, Faisal Sain 10-7, The 10 Rarities, 6 Hovers, 10, 10 ran. GLOBE: Thunder Cab wasn't able to complete the 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 10-17, 10-18, 10-19, 10-20, 10-21, 10-22, 10-23, 10-24, 10-25, 10-26, 10-27, 10-28, 10-29, 10-30, 10-31, 10-32, 10-33, 10-34, 10-35, 10-36, 10-37, 10-38, 10-39, 10-40, 10-41, 10-42, 10-43, 10-44, 10-45, 10-46, 10-47, 10-48, 10-49, 10-50, 10-51, 10-52, 10-53, 10-54, 10-55, 10-56, 10-57, 10-58, 10-59, 10-60, 10-61, 10-62, 10-63, 10-64, 10-65, 10-66, 10-67, 10-68, 10-69, 10-70, 10-71, 10-72, 10-73, 10-74, 10-75, 10-76, 10-77, 10-78, 10-79, 10-80, 10-81, 10-82, 10-83, 10-84, 10-85, 10-86, 10-87, 10-88, 10-89, 10-90, 10-91, 10-92, 10-93, 10-94, 10-95, 10-96, 10-97, 10-98, 10-99, 10-100

TOP TRACK TRUNCH (2021) 4.85, 9 Haggon, Mrs. Shaw rate, FIRST TIME, 2.55, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.

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3.55 SHERGAR CUP CLASSIC (9' CAP) 3YO (11)

641,803 (2) tm 37 209yds (11) (11)

1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

SP FORECAST: 9-10 Hough, 7-2 Archer, Ray, 7-Pierce, Faisal, 8-Bian Hercules, 12-Daay, Royal Phelps, 14-Leed Leak, 16-Balls, Yoke, 22-Others.

2025: 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

4.30 SHERGAR CUP MILE (9' CAP) (RR0) (11)

1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 1.1/2 3/10 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5

RUMBER: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP, No. 3, 10 CRUISE PIGZES, No. 5, 10

SP FORECAST: 1 Thunder Cab, 9 Y. Red Spirit, 6 Hover, 10 American Cab, Cape Anhearn, 14 May Kegel, Jet Pepper, Fajam, 16 Others

GLOBE: Oct's Board on into trouble before finishing ninth at Goodwood (3rd, 4th) this day is better adapted on his record to Braye Diamond in the Round lead (1st, 2nd, 3rd) at the 2nd, 4th meeting, his loss the third and the fourth the cap upon and last that cannot be guaranteed. Gating on the 5th Brigham Palace (7th, 8th) this day that can't be split months and a huge job for Fourth Blossom not be a problem to do better now, though TIRE TIMES puts the next. His international (7th, 8th) this second from GLOBE can't be the case as to a得失 an interesting move after a non event in the Showers. Cup kit, split to last Saturday.

BRIGHTON:

Good to firm—good in places

2.30—SUNGE SPIRIT (1' X 3rd), 7-1 (as) Washington Ave (5) 2, House Woman (9) 0, 1 Kragi 7 can, m, (7) 0, Gardens 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.00—CHAMBERS (3' P-3rd), 8-9 (as) 1 New Can (9' Can) (as), 2 Little Motte (7'2), 5 5 can (5'2) 5, 5' Can (5'1) 5, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1, 5'1

4.30—EQUIPMENT (TNG) (Mala Goppa) (6) 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 3rd), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 3rd), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

4.30—MASCULUMS (2' X 3rd), 7-2 (as) 1 The Super Level (4'2) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Placepet: 2/75, (3)

(Race 0, 2, 3, 12, 4, 2, (3) 1, 3, (4) 2,

1, 3, (5) 4, 5, (6) 1, 5

Quadpot: 276, 90

VESTERDAYS AFTERNOON RESULTS

MUSSELBURGH: Good

1.50—SUNGE STAR (1' Walthamst-4, 6) 1, Falcon Mile (9'4) (as) 2, Moore, Gamble (5) 3, Kragi 7 can, (5) 10, (8) 1, Penrall, 9-4 (As) Senate Main 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0

2.20—WESTER WAY (1' Walthamst, 3-5) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

2.30—BESTER WAY (1' Walthamst, 3-5) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.20—JIMMY CHICKET (1' Walthamst, 8) 2 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.50—ROCKY HARD (1' Walthamst, 6) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.20—SHIP AND STORMIST (1' X 3rd), 9-5 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.50—WORKBURGH (1' Walthamst, 6) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Placepet: 2/27, (3)

(Race 0, 2, 1, (2) 2, 4, (3) 5, 2, (4) 1,

1, 6, (5) 2, 5, (6) 3, 1

Quadpot: 270, 20

THORAC:

Good—good to firm in places

2.10—MESA SAVINGS (1' Walthamst, 4) 0, 1, Falcon Mile (9'4) (as) 2, Moore, Gamble (5) 3, Kragi 7 can, (5) 10, (8) 1, Penrall, 9-4 (As) Senate Main 1426 (3) 00, p (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0, (1) 0

2.40—PROPERTY ANGS (4' Waltham, (3) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

3.50—STEWARTSHOOD (4' X 3rd), 7-1 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Daring (0-4) 2 (as) (as) 1, Kragi 4 can, (6) (5) (6) 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3.40—A-CHATHLUMS (2' X 3rd), 9-4 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.10—HUNTER HINTHE (1' X 3rd), 7-2 (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

4.40—GREAT PROFIT (3' Wythamst, 7) (as) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

(Race 0, 1, 2, 4, (2) 7, 3, 4, (3) 1, 3, (4) 1, 4, (5) 1, 6, (6) 1, 2, 6, (7) 1, 4, (8) 1, 5, (9) 1, 6, (10) 1, 7, (11) 1, 8, (12) 1, 9, (13) 1, 10, (14) 1, 11, (15) 1, 12, (16) 1, 13, (17) 1, 14, (18) 1, 15, (19) 1, 16, (20) 1, 17, (21) 1, 18, (22) 1, 19, (23) 1, 20, (24) 1, 21, (25) 1, 22, (26) 1, 23, (27) 1, 24, (28) 1, 25, (29) 1, 26, (30) 1, 27, (31) 1, 28, (32) 1, 29, (33) 1, 30, (34) 1, 31, (35) 1, 32, (36) 1, 33, (37) 1, 34, (38) 1, 35, (39) 1, 36, (40) 1, 37, (41) 1, 38, (42) 1, 39, (43) 1, 40, (44) 1, 41, (45) 1, 42, (46) 1, 43, (47) 1, 44, (48) 1, 45, (49) 1, 46, (50) 1, 47, (51) 1, 48, (52) 1, 49, (53) 1, 50, (54) 1, 51, (55) 1, 52, (56) 1, 53, (57) 1, 54, (58) 1, 55, (59) 1, 56, (60) 1, 57, (61) 1, 58, (62) 1, 59, (63) 1, 60, (64) 1, 61, (65) 1, 62, (66) 1, 63, (67) 1, 64, (68) 1, 65, (69) 1, 66, (70) 1, 67, (71) 1, 68, (72) 1, 69, (73) 1, 70, (74) 1, 71, (75) 1, 72, (76) 1, 73, (77) 1, 74, (78) 1, 75, (79) 1, 76, (80) 1, 77, (81) 1, 78, (82) 1, 79, (83) 1, 80, (84) 1, 81, (85) 1, 82, (86) 1, 83, (87) 1, 84, (88) 1, 85, (89) 1, 86, (90) 1, 87, (91) 1, 88, (92) 1, 89, (93) 1, 90, (94) 1, 91, (95) 1, 92, (96) 1, 93, (97) 1, 94, (98) 1, 95, (99) 1, 96, (100) 1, 97, (101) 1, 98, (102) 1, 99, (103) 1, 100

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RACING: THE SCOUT'S TOP TV TIPS

69

THRU

BY MELISSA JONES

SAFFIE OSBORNE can lead Great Britain and Ireland to victory at the Dubai Duty Free Sherigar Cup and enhance her impressive Ascot record on RED SPEED DANGER (3.20).

The 24-year-old, whose teammates are Byon Moore and Dylan Browne McMonagle (right), rode two winners on her only previous appearance at the meeting.

Fresh from a treble on the King George undercard last month, Osborne aims to take her course haul to 22 aboard Red Spells Danger in the Spent.

Tim Easterby's trainee has done nothing wrong all season, running consistently from revised marks and is 3lb better off with Thunder Call

THE SCOUT

MELISSA JONES

for a half-length defeat in a red hot handicap at York in June.

Browne McMonagle's mount in the Stayers, POLE STAR (2.10), is going the opposite way in the weights, down 5lb since the start of the campaign after having a busy time of it at three.

Charlie Johnston's charge put in one of his best efforts of 2026 when finishing third, after leading, in a Newmarket heritage handicap in May.

And in a contest not heavily stacked with pace, Pole Star is fancied to put in a shift under his strong rider, trying to

reverse Thirsk form with Mountain Road on favourable terms.

Ever-consistent NIGHT BREEZE (2.45) is tipped to go back-to-back for McMonagle in the Challenge, with Moore rounding off the ITV action on Mile favourite OZAT (4.30), who lurks on a dangerous mark.

Undone by the draw last time, BOLO NEIGHS

(1.35) is backed to give Europe and jockey Christophe Lemaire maximum points in the Dash, Luke Ferraris, for the new Hong Kong team, can get in on the

action riding PIERRE GROSSE (3.55), a top three contender for the Classic. Trainee Jessica Harrington has an excellent record at this

fixture and my pick

should get the good test at the 1m 4f distance he needs, after

his previous run was franked at the Galway Festival.

A daughter of Denford Sitafs Group One filly Connect,

MARTINET (1.55) has earned a rise in grade for Newmarket's Group Three Newsels Park Stud Sweet Solera Stakes.

SEA SCOUT (2.25) could get the run of the race to outrun his odds in Haydock's same level Betway Rose Of Lancaster Stakes, while one-time LDO Guineas hopeful

CALENDAR GIRL (3.00) has reportedly done well physically and could raise a challenge to Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Dick Hern Stakes clubhouse leader Fallen Angel.

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1.50 Brightest 4.20 Norfolk Blue 2.25 Sea Scout 4.40 Inspired 3.00 Calendar Girl 5.10 Sandy Crab 3.34 Moonshine

1.50

BETWAY LIGIH HANDICAP 3YO

ES.234 (Class 5)1m 21 42yds (6 declared)

● ONSHTON YOW 1/2 (2,7) 4 Knight 9 10 Am

2.25 100.00% MARGARIN SPIRIT (25) 4 Super 9 9... A Start! 32 3.15 40.00% MCCARLESS HERO 1/2 (8) 4 Marlins 9 6, 8 T Rovers 77 4.00 120.00% GAGOPHONIST (46) 7 2 Races 9 6... D Tathlone 82 5.12 BLATZ: GLAYTONS MILATONIC (54) 7 2 Item 8 7... Doubtful 6.10 10 BIRD LUTTERS (67) 7: Williamson 9 4... Merle Eunet II 75 SP FORECAST: 10-11 Brightest New, 7-2 Slaughtered, 4 Rebellious Heres 8 Maratons Spirit (9) 12 Tiffler

2025: MaratonsDomestic 9-7, David Prudent 10-4, JiHar (2,1 Levels), draws (4), 8 can.

2.25

ROSE OF LANCASTER STKS (GBP 3)

ES3.874 (1) 1m 21 42yds (5) LVI

1.10 10% JOHNSTADIST (30) (8) 4 9 10... C Lee 192 2. Runs 10 Wins 10(3,5,5) Places 2 5700,340 3. Sanner 4 8 Burke Sanner Newtown Aover Stud Farm 4.20 10 10 BANNER BAY (28) (8) 4 9 7... Doubtful 5.10 Runs 10 Wins 10(3) Places 2 532,200 6. Sanner 5 Bethed Sanner 1/4, Fiona Carmichael & Bofyldrich Stud 7.10 Runs 10 Wins 10(3) Places 2 5700,340 8. Sanner 6 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4, 1/4

VODR: No. 4

SP FORECAST: 10-9, Sanner, 9-9, Maratons, 9-3, Convergent, 13 Day Scout. 2025: Royal Dubai 3-9-9, Caham Rodriguez 9-4, JiHar (Down Barrows), draws (2), 7 can.

DONATE FOR JACOBSON MALLARD, two fables his home to a new level first season. An impressive winner of a handicap at Square (9x2) girl left on Saks day before landing The Saks Sisters (9x2) girl at Sandown, he's moderately on a down side of the left (2x2) and has been superior of Marlboro. The effort will be too keen to justify transactions on his return to action in the Midtown (9x2) girl first at Royal Ascot. Convergent is an something of a retrieval mission after disappointing in the Cannabian Cup (9x4) girl left and the Princess (9 Wales's 9x4) girl first, so Danger Bay might present a bigger threat.

GOSSIP FROM THE GALLOPS

Midlands: TIGER (6.30 Ayr)

Newmarket: HEDGES (3.55 Ascot)

North: FALLER ANGEL (3.00 Haydock)

Lambore: EABRA (2.30 Newmarket)

3.00

EBF DICK HERN STAKES

£39,697 (1) 71 212yds (10) LVI

1.00 10% ALIZABETHAN (32) (8) 4 9 10... T Marquard 9 6 4.0 Runs 10 Wins 2(5,7) Places 1 5712,04 5. Sanner 4: Hoppes Sanner, Sabha Stud Limited 6.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7.00 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 8.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 9.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 10.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 11.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 12.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 13.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 14.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 15.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 16.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 17.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 18.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 19.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 20.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 21.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 22.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 23.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 24.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 25.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 26.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 27.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 28.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 29.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 30.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 31.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 32.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 33.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 34.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 35.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 36.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 37.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 38.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 39.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 40.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 41.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 42.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 43.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 44.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 45.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 46.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 47.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 48.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 49.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 50.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 51.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 52.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 53.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 54.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 55.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 56.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 57.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 58.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 59.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 60.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 61.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 62.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 63.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 64.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 65.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 66.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 67.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 68.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 69.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 70.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 71.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 72.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 73.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 74.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 75.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 76.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 77.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 78.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 79.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 80.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 81.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 82.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 83.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 84.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 85.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 86.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 87.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 88.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 89.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 90.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 91.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 92.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 93.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 94.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 95.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 96.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 97.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 98.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 99.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90 100.0 Runs 10 Wins 3(4) Places 8 5782,90

TOWER STRAP: Nos. 4, 10 DADIA PEEZES: No. 5 SP FORECAST: 10-5 Fallen Angel, 9-2 Alabaryah, 4 Pacific Mission, 10 Calendar Girl, 4 Pacific Class, 4 Nantle Avenue, 10 Benny's Street, 25 Others. 2025: Sathy Foreman 3-9-9, Lee Fearing 15-6-7, Johnston; Brown (9), 7 can. GUIDE: I could take a big performance to overhaul the five time Group I series. FALLER ANGEL: Any ballad in need of the run when reappearing in the Midtown (9x2) girl at Fallen Angel. Karl Barber's man has been given some time off since we is likely to take all the leading on those terms with her sight. Domestic Calendar Girl Sport: been seen since landing the 10-16 (9x2) at Newmarket (7) 4/5 last October and is open to improvement, while similar applies to Pacific Mission and Amistogram Palace (9), girl first because Alabaryah.

3.34

BETWAY ASHTON HEATH HANDICAP

£7,850 (3) 67 212yds (7)

1.50 100.00% DEMONDS SPIRIT (10) (8,7) 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2

SP FORECAST: 10-9, Foreman Spirit, 9-4, Moonshine, 9-2, Christian David, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2

2025: Excellent Believe 3-9-10, Tom Marquard 5-11 (7 Chatter), draws (9), 9 can.

4.09

BETWAY TANNERS BRIDGE HANDICAP 3YO

ES.234 (5) 67 212yds (10)

1.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 3.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

VODR: No. 9 TONKIE STRAP: Nos. 4, 7 CHICK PEEZES: Nos. 3, 6. SP FORECAST: 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2

4.40 BETWAY CAPITAL CITY HANDICAP £16,250 (2) 71 212yds (14) 1.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

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10.00 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10: 10

5.10 BETWAY APPRENTICE HANDICAP 3YO

1.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 3.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 4.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

5.10 BERNSTEIN: 10-8, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4, 9-4

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9.00 TRACK FACTS: GUNNIG: Good, Left Handed. TOP TRACK: JOCKEY (2012) 2826 Tom Marquard 3PG Striker (4x4). TOP TRACK: TALKING (2012) 2826 1st Penguin 2PG Striker (4x4). FIRST TIME: 1st New Image (4x4) 4.09 Norfolk Blue (4x4) 4.40 Sprout (6) 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6

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RATING: TODAY'S OTHER CARDS

NEWMARKET RATING™

THE SCOUT

1.50 BISHOPs View 4.09 Northia Blue 2.25 Sea Coast 4.40 Inspired 3.00 LUMBER SIX 5.10 Forward Endless 3.34 Nonsmiles

SWEET SOLTRA STAKES (FILLIES' GRP 3) 2YO 1Y

£42.52 (Class 1) 71 (7 declared) (L)

1	1.5	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
2	2.5	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
3	3.5	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
4	4.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
5	5.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
6	6.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
7	7.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
8	8.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
9	9.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
10	10.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
11	11.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
12	12.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
13	13.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
14	14.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
15	15.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
16	16.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
17	17.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
18	18.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
19	19.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
20	20.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
21	21.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
22	22.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
23	23.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
24	24.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
25	25.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
26	26.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
27	27.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
28	28.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
29	29.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
30	30.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
31	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
32	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
33	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
34	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
35	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
36	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
37	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
38	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
39	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
40	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
41	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
42	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
43	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
44	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
45	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
46	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
47	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
48	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
49	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
50	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
51	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
52	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
53	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
54	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
55	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
56	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
57	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
58	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
59	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
60	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
61	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
62	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
63	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
64	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
65	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
66	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
67	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
68	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
69	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
70	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
71	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
72	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
73	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
74	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
75	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
76	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
77	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
78	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
79	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
80	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
81	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
82	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
83	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
84	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
85	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
86	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
87	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
88	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
89	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
90	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
91	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
92	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
93	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
94	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
95	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
96	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
97	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
98	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
99	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8
100	31.0	CHAS. W. HIGH HARD (D) (1) 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0	8	8	8

IF FORECAST: 1-4 Nov. 1-5 Nov. 1-6 Nov. 1-7 Nov. 1-8 Nov. 1-9 Nov. 1-10 Nov. 1-11 Nov. 1-12 Nov. 1-13 Nov. 1-14 Nov. 1-15 Nov. 1-16 Nov. 1-17 Nov. 1-18 Nov. 1-19 Nov. 1-20 Nov. 1-21 Nov. 1-22 Nov. 1-23 Nov. 1-24 Nov. 1-25 Nov. 1-26 Nov. 1-27 Nov. 1-28 Nov. 1-29 Nov. 1-30 Nov. 1-31 Nov. 1-32 Nov. 1-33 Nov. 1-34 Nov. 1-35 Nov. 1-36 Nov. 1-37 Nov. 1-38 Nov. 1-39 Nov. 1-40 Nov. 1-41 Nov. 1-42 Nov. 1-43 Nov. 1-44 Nov. 1-45 Nov. 1-46 Nov. 1-47 Nov. 1-48 Nov. 1-49 Nov. 1-50 Nov. 1-51 Nov. 1-52 Nov. 1-53 Nov. 1-54 Nov. 1-55 Nov. 1-56 Nov. 1-57 Nov. 1-58 Nov. 1-59 Nov. 1-60 Nov. 1-61 Nov. 1-62 Nov. 1-63 Nov. 1-64 Nov. 1-65 Nov. 1-66 Nov. 1-67 Nov. 1-68 Nov. 1-69 Nov. 1-70 Nov. 1-71 Nov. 1-72 Nov. 1-73 Nov. 1-74 Nov. 1-75 Nov. 1-76 Nov. 1-77 Nov. 1-78 Nov. 1-79 Nov. 1-80 Nov. 1-81 Nov. 1-82 Nov. 1-83 Nov. 1-84 Nov. 1-85 Nov. 1-86 Nov. 1-87 Nov. 1-88 Nov. 1-89 Nov. 1-90 Nov. 1-91 Nov. 1-92 Nov. 1-93 Nov. 1-94 Nov. 1-95 Nov. 1-96 Nov. 1-97 Nov. 1-98 Nov. 1-99 Nov. 2

1.50 BISHOP: 1-4 Nov. 1-5 Nov. 1-6 Nov. 1-7 Nov. 1-8 Nov. 1-9 Nov. 1-10 Nov. 1-11 Nov. 1-12 Nov. 1-13 Nov. 1-14 Nov. 1-15 Nov. 1-16 Nov. 1-17 Nov. 1-18 Nov. 1-19 Nov. 1-20 Nov. 1-21 Nov. 1-22 Nov. 1-23 Nov. 1-24 Nov. 1-25 Nov. 1-26 Nov. 1-27 Nov. 1-28 Nov. 1-29 Nov. 1-30 Nov. 1-31 Nov. 1-32 Nov. 1-33 Nov. 1-34 Nov. 1-35 Nov. 1-36 Nov. 1-37 Nov. 1-38 Nov. 1-39 Nov. 1-40 Nov. 1-41 Nov. 1-42 Nov. 1-43 Nov. 1-44 Nov. 1-45 Nov. 1-46 Nov. 1-47 Nov. 1-48 Nov. 1-49 Nov. 1-50 Nov. 1-51 Nov. 1-52 Nov. 1-53 Nov. 1-54 Nov. 1-55 Nov. 1-56 Nov. 1-57 Nov. 1-58 Nov. 1-59 Nov. 1-60 Nov. 1-61 Nov. 1-62 Nov. 1-63 Nov. 1-64 Nov. 1-65 Nov. 1-66 Nov. 1-67 Nov. 1-68 Nov. 1-69 Nov. 1-70 Nov. 1-71 Nov. 1-72 Nov. 1-73 Nov. 1-74 Nov. 1-75 Nov. 1-76 Nov. 1-77 Nov. 1-78 Nov. 1-79 Nov. 1-80 Nov. 1-81 Nov. 1-82 Nov. 1-83 Nov. 1-84 Nov. 1-85 Nov. 1-86 Nov. 1-87 Nov. 1-88 Nov. 1-89 Nov. 1-90 Nov. 1-91 Nov. 1-92 Nov. 1-93 Nov. 1-94 Nov. 1-95 Nov. 1-96 Nov. 1-97 Nov. 1-98 Nov. 1-99 Nov. 2

1.50 BISHOP: 1-4 Nov. 1-5 Nov. 1-6 Nov. 1-7 Nov. 1-8 Nov. 1-9 Nov. 1-10 Nov. 1-11 Nov. 1-12 Nov. 1-13 Nov. 1-14 Nov. 1-15 Nov. 1-16 Nov. 1-17 Nov. 1-18 Nov. 1-19 Nov. 1-20 Nov. 1-21 Nov. 1-22 Nov. 1-23 Nov. 1-24 Nov. 1-25 Nov. 1-26 Nov. 1-27 Nov. 1-28 Nov. 1-29 Nov. 1-30 Nov. 1-31 Nov. 1-32 Nov. 1-33 Nov. 1-34 Nov. 1-35 Nov. 1-36 Nov. 1-37 Nov. 1-38 Nov. 1-39 Nov. 1-40 Nov. 1-41 Nov. 1-42 Nov. 1-43 Nov. 1-44 Nov. 1-45 Nov. 1-46 Nov. 1-47 Nov. 1-48 Nov. 1-49 Nov. 1-50 Nov. 1-51 Nov. 1-52 Nov. 1-53 Nov. 1-54 Nov. 1-55 Nov. 1-56 Nov. 1-57 Nov. 1-58 Nov. 1-59 Nov. 1-60 Nov. 1-61 Nov. 1-62 Nov. 1-63 Nov. 1-64 Nov. 1-65 Nov. 1-66 Nov. 1-67 Nov. 1-68 Nov. 1-69 Nov. 1-70 Nov. 1-71 Nov. 1-72 Nov. 1-73 Nov. 1-74 Nov. 1-75 Nov. 1-76 Nov. 1-77 Nov. 1-78 Nov. 1-79 Nov. 1-80 Nov. 1-81 Nov. 1-82 Nov. 1-83 Nov. 1-84 Nov. 1-85 Nov. 1-86 Nov. 1-87 Nov. 1-88 Nov. 1-89 Nov. 1-90 Nov. 1-91 Nov. 1-92 Nov. 1-93 Nov. 1-94 Nov. 1-95 Nov. 1-96 Nov. 1-97 Nov. 1-98 Nov. 1-99 Nov.

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MOTO GP: BRITISH GRAND PRIX, SILVERSTONE

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LEAN AND MEAN Jack Hitch of Emma Prather, Yamaha said the place in practice at Silverstone

WE NEED TO FIND RIGHT FORMULA

EXCLUSIVE BY SAM MEADE CAL CRUTCHLOW is certain MotoGP is far more fun than Formula 1 – and has called on the sport's bosses to get people through the Silverstone gates to see for themselves.

The MotoGP bikes have taken over the Northamptonshire track this weekend, with just 24 points separating the top five riders in the championship.

Last season, despite record-breaking attendances for Moto GP as a whole, the Grand Prix of Great Britain was one of only two races to experience a drop in numbers.

Just 99,000 people rocked up to Silverstone 12 months ago – nearly 20,000 down on 2024 and less than a fifth of the numbers generated by F1 at the track – which has left Crutchlow (above) simply scratching his head.

The veteran British rider said: "Silverstone do a good job, there's no doubt about that, but we need to get the British public to this race. Whatever happens and however they do it – they need to get the public to the racetrack."

"There were 594,000 people at the Formula 1. As an actual race, it's way more

Get fans through gate for taste ...let them realise F1 is BORING

boring than MotoGP. If we get the people to the race they will continue to keep coming – it is

about getting them there.

"I don't know why they're not there."

Silverstone has produced 11 different MotoGP winners in as many years, showcasing the unpredictability of the racing.

Crutchlow, out of retirement

this year at the age of 40, rejects the idea that the lack of a British rider would have had a negative

impact on the public's appetite for turning up.

He said: "I was going to World Superbikes at Brands Hatch in

2002 when I was a kid and there were 120,000 people there – for a World Superbike race!"

"Silverstone had those sort of

numbers at MotoGP at the start, but now it doesn't, and we need to understand why.

"It is a great sport and when people go they're addicted and they will continue to come."

The Coventry-born racer called time on his career in MotoGP back in 2020 and took up test and reserve rider roles.

But he's back on the grid with Honda and is happy with his performances given the time away.

Crutchlow said: "I haven't been riding a bike enough, it's as simple as that."

"I'm happy with where we're at, I don't think I've done too bad a job considering I've had years out. It isn't easy, these guys are going faster each week."

Crutchlow's time away did show him something of how challenging it will be when he does stop for good.

He added: "I've already been through retirement – it's not easy I can tell you that. There's no manual to retiring from sport."

"You don't retire, get given a manual that says, 'This is how you do it.' It is difficult because you're used to being so driven to do something. So, I get it. I get when sports people have a wobble after their career ends."

WORLD OF SPORT

Flintoff steps down as Lions head coach

ANDREW FLINTOFF thanked Rob Key after stepping down as head coach of England Lions. Flintoff leaves the role just under two years since taking up the position with Mike Yardy to step in for the clash with Pakistan which begins on Wednesday.

Flintoff was recently named coach of the Sydney Thunder for this winter's Big Bash and thanked managing director of the England men's team Key.

Ex-England captain Flintoff said: "I've made

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the decision to step away from my role with the Lions, unfortunately.

"Not only have I enjoyed my time having the opportunity to work with the best young cricketers in the country, but have taken great pride in seeing them develop."

"I'd like to thank the coaches and staff for all their passion, tireless work and support. 'I can't wait to get started with the Thunder later in the year.'"

Stella: McLaren scrap is in rear-view mirror

McLAREN's Andrea Stella is delighted Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have remained a harmonious pairing in the wake of last season's title battle.

Norris ultimately triumphed over his teammate to clinch a maiden world title – after Piastri had held a 34-point lead with nine races remaining.

McLaren boss Stella admitted: "It wasn't a given that, after last year – when they found themselves battling for

FORMULA 1

the world title right up to the final race – the harmony they'd built would remain intact.

"Not only has this not changed, but the relationship between them and with the team has actually become even stronger." He added:

"There are still 12 races left on the calendar, so there are plenty of opportunities given 546 points are up for grabs."

1. Who scored two tries for Bradford Bulls in the 2026 Super League win at Huddersfield Grants?

2. Which Britan finished second in the men's high jump at the Herculis in the 2026 Diamond League?

3. Who took pole and won the 2026 German motorcycle Grand Prix Moto3 series race?

4. Which striker holds the record for the most goals in the English top division?

5. Which team won cricket's County Championship six times in the 1960s?

6. In which sport was Australia's Robert Fahey world champion from 1994 to 2016 and 2018 to 2022?

7. Which teenage jockey rode Ayala to victory in the 1962 Grand National?

8. Which darts player is nicknamed "Darth Magic"?

9. Which swellish golfer was the first world number one when the first ever women's official rankings were unveiled in 2020?

10. In feet, how high are the goalposts in netball?

ANSWERS 1. Biggie Blake 2. Kimura Jack 3. Brian Charles 4. Jimmy Carness 5. Carrie S. Paul James 6. John Patti 7. Karlaa Simmonds 8. Jim

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DAIST

RESULTS & STATUTES

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THE HONDAKE MEN AND WOMEN—Birmingham Phoenix Women v Sunflowers Leeds Women (big baston): Birmingham Phoenix 107-9 (100 balls; 2 B Sharma 3-11); Sunflowers Leeds 1.13 (1.09 balls; P E S Litchfield 71ns); Sunflowers Leeds win by 9 wickets.

ONE DAY CUP - GROUP A—Lancashire v Gloucestershire (3rd Tutt field): Gloucestershire 273-6 (50.0 overs; C T Bancroft 98; J M R Taylor 75); Lancashire 273-6 (48.1 overs; K K Jennings 67; G P Baderson 56ns); Lancashire win by 4 wickets.

Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire (Crockinfield): Northamptonshire 259-8 (50.0 overs; C A Bartlett 55; L A Proctor 53); Nottinghamshire 261-6 (48.4 overs; F W McCann 91; H Harlowell 51). Nottinghamshire win by 6 wickets.

GROUP B—Birmingham v Essex (Sophia Gardens): Essex 312-10 (47.1 overs; L M Benaventem 140; N R M Thain 76; D A Doultwaite 3-51); Glamorgan 309-7 (50.0 overs; T van der Gugten 1.18ns; A J Horton 85; S Steller 3-49). Essex win by 7 runs.

Yorkshire v Derbyshire (Scarborough): Derbyshire 278-8 (50.0 overs; M K Andersson 87; H R C Cairns 58). Yorkshire 281-5 (49.2 overs; S N L Hoeman 84; J H Wharton 75; G C H Hill 63ns). Yorkshire (4pts) beat Derbyshire by 5 wickets. 2ND ONE DAY INT'L—Ireland v Afghanistan (Bristol): Afghanistan 209-8 (47.2 overs; J Zadron 84). Ireland 207-10 (33.4 overs; C M Carmichael 62; R K Ainsal 6-34). Afghanistan win by 92 runs.

TODAY'S DIARY

(3pm unwind dinner)

Carabao Cup 1st Round: AFC Wimbledon v Newport Co, Barnsley v Wigan, Bradford v Rochdale, Bristol Rovers v Peterborough, Bromley v Reading, Burnley v Notts County, Burton v Blackburn, Cambridge (3rd v Barnet (1pm), Cardiff v Swindon, Cheltenham v Charlton (5.30), Colchester v Southampton (5.30 (Live on Sky Sports Main Event), Crewe v Accrington, Derby v Lincoln City, Fleetwood v Chesterfield, Gillingham v Luton, Grimsby v Blackpool, Leicester v Northampton, Leyton Orient v Oxford (3d), Norwich v Milton Keynes Dons, Preston North End v Huddersfield, QPR v Milwark (2pm), Rotterdam v West Brom (5.30), Salford City v Shrewsbury, Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton, Stockport Co v Doncaster, Stoke v Oldham, Swansea v Birmingham, West Ham v Portsmouth, Watford v Crawley. William Hill Scottish Premiership: Dundee v Aberdeen, St Mirren v St Johnstown.

William Hill Scottish Championship: Arbroath v Inverness CT, Dunfermline v Ayr, Queen's Park v Rath, Stonhousemuir v Morton. William Hill Scottish League One: Andreannans v East Midland, East Fife v Cove Rangers, Hamilton v Alloa, Queen of the South v Peterhead, Ross County v Montrose.

William Hill Scottish League Two: Dumbarton v Clyde, Elgin v Forfar, Kelly Hearts v Stirling, Spartans v Edinburgh City, Stranraer v Annan Athletic.

Enterprise National League: AFC Fylde v Wealdstone, Altrincham v Southend, Bootham West v Tamworth, Boston (3d) v Aldershot, Carlisle v Worthing, Eastleigh v Gateshead, Forest Green v FC Halifax, Harrogate Tv v Solihull Mourn, Hartlepool v Barrow, Hornchurch v Kidderminster, Scunthorpe v Nook, Woking v Sutton (3d).

RUGBY LEAGUE

Betfred Super League (5.30): Bradford v Warrington (6.30), Huddersfield v Caledonii Dragons (2pm), Wigan v Toulouse.

TOMORROW

Carabao Cup 1st Round:

Mansfield v Sheffield (3d) (4pm, Live on Sky Sports Main Event). William Hill Scottish Premiership: Hearts v Dundee (3d), Kilmarnock v Celtic (1.30) (Live on Sky Sports Main Event), Motherwell v Falkirk, Rangers v Hibernian (4pm) (Live on Premier Sports).

Friendly Matches: Johor Darul Ta'zim v Chelsea (1pm), Man City v Atletico Madrid (12pm), Liverpool v Monaco (2.30).

CRICKET

One-Day Cup (13am) - Group A: Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire (Cheltenham), Kent v Lancestershire (Beckenham), Northamptonshire v Somerset (Northampton), Warwickshire v Lancashire (Rugby). Group B: Derbyshire v Middlesex (Derby), Durham v Exeter (Darlington), Glamorgan v Worcestershire (Sophia Gardens), Sussex v Hampshire (Hove).

FANS A GIANT PART OF OUR NEXT STEP

RUGBY LEAGUE

BY DANIEL TOMLINSON

HUDDERSFIELD will play in front of a season-high crowd this afternoon, with more than 6,000 fans picking up tickets for the FREE Super League crash against Catalans Dragons.

The Giants are set to leave their current home, Accu Stadium, which they share with football club Huddersfield Town, all the end of the season, moving to a new venue outside of the town ahead of next year.

That venue will be confirmed during the Catalans' crash, with chairman Ken Davy - who has taken the club on 'on the road' games of Dewebury in

recent seasons - preparing to deliver one of the club's biggest-ever announcements.

Ready to go up against the Dragons on the back of two successive wins, brief crash Jim Lenfries gave nothing away.

"What the news is is above my boy grade," said Lenfries (inset) - it don't know what's going on, but we want to be a club that the people of Huddersfield are proud of. We want to be a club that represents our community as hard-working, fight-to-the-end, blue-collar workers.

"We want to be that team, and it's important that our supporters,

sponsors, and fans come and see a side that represents them.

"We don't want to be a side that just walks away and gives up and stops. We're a side that will fight to the end.

"We want to represent a group of people who look at their football side and are really happy and proud of what they've got.

"We have an opportunity to go three in a row, but we'll have a football side that will certainly give their all and try their best for the people who come and watch."

Huddersfield's game against Catalans kicks off a triple header of Super League action today, with Bryan Warriors hosting Toulouse and Bradford Dulls entertaining Warrington.

MOVING ON

Huddersfield will leave Accu Stadium

ATHLETICS: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIRMINGHAM

LAP OF HONOUR

Amber Anning flies the flag after her world indoor win

BY PAUL EDDISON

AMBER ANNING has been dreaming of winning a European gold on home soil for more than a year - so she was not going to let a couple of troublesome hamstrings get in her way.

The British record holder over 400m came away from the last Olympics with a pair of relay medals before being crowned world indoor champion last year in Nanjing.

But a first senior individual outdoor medal has so far eluded her, with the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham providing the perfect opportunity to put that right.

Her hamstrings had other ideas, however, with an initial injury delaying the start of her outdoor season until early June,

before a second issue immediately after she had won the Novuna UK Athletics Championships three weeks later.

That victory, at the Alexander Stadium where the Europeans are being held, was her last

competitive appearance, the Commonwealth Games coming too soon for her, but among (left) inside she is now ready to bring back gold.

She said, 'I've had an injury-plagued year, unfortunately. I'm in a great position now. I've been based up in Laughborough for the last few weeks and have done some really great work.

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I'm confident that at the Europeans I will put my best foot forward. With how the girls have been running this season, it may take my British record to do that.

'We've been talking about these European Championships ever since last year. To go out there for my first outdoor title in front of a home crowd would be a dream come true. To back that up with a play battle and win that as well... there is a lot of rivalry, it will be a big battle but I'm excited!'

Norway's Henriette Jaeger looks like the woman to beat in the 400m after dipping under 50 seconds three times this season.

Perhaps just as notable for British athletics fans of a certain age will be French champion Isabelle

Black, whose father Roger won five European gold medals for Britain between 1986 and 1994.

Anning's focus, though, is on ensuring she is ready to put on a show in Birmingham.

She added: 'I've got loads of family and friends who have made the effort to come up. My boyfriend is flying over from America.

"I can already feel the buzz. It's immense joy representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Novuna."

NOVUNA is the Official Finance Partner of British Athletics and proud sponsor of the GB & NI Athletics Team. From everyday goals to world-class dreams, Novuna backs the ambition of millions across the UK - from supporting British businesses and individuals' plans, to powering British Athletics on the global stage. Find out more at www.novuna.co.uk

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NO TIME FOR LOSERS

Laurent wants Clarets to recapture that winning feeling at the first attempt this season

BURNLEY v NOTTS COUNTY Carabao Cup, Boone Over Kick-off Jam

BY ANDY DEAN IT is 178 days since Burnley last won a game and Josh Laurent is on a mission to end that miserable run today.

The Clarets face Notts County at home in the first round of the Carabao Cup looking to taste victory for the first time since a 3-2 triumph at Crystal Palace on February 11.

Four draws and nine defeats followed, dismal form which saw them relegated from the Premier League and cost boss Scott Parker his job.

But a new era starts under Nicky Hayen at Turf Moor today and experienced midfielder Laurent is adamant it has to start with a win.

He said: "It is important we win, we need to win a game."

"Last season was very disappointing but we can't think about that too much and have a hangover, we need to focus on this season."

"Football is about winning games and that's what we're here to do."

"But we have to respect the opposition because I have been in their shoes and I know what it's like going to a bigger club and knocking them out."

"They are going to be right up for it, so we need to be up for it just as much, if not more."

"We need to outwork them and show we are better players and a better team than them."

As well as a dire league performance, Burnley were also dumped out of both cup competitions by League One sides at home last season.

And Laurent does not want to be on the wrong end of a shock against third-tier Notts County. The 31-year-old said: "We need to

make that known to the new boys, that we have had that feeling and that feeling is not coming back here.

"We need to make sure that we keep a positive mood and positive feeling and the best way of doing that is by winning games and that starts against Notts County.

"If we can win then we are into the next round and we have a good feeling going into the first game in the league."

After a career spent in the Football League, Laurent finally got a taste of the top flight last season and even though it ended in relegation, it left him wanting more.

Burnley will start their quest for a third promotion in five seasons against West Ham a week tomorrow and Laurent would love nothing more than an instant return to the Premier League.

He said: "Looking back now, I wish I had taken it all in a bit more, but in the moment you are working and trying your best to survive.

"Playing in the Premier League is something I am very proud of and I know my family are very proud of.

"I am hungry to be successful and can use that hunger to get there again. Hopefully I've learned the lessons and can take it all in and enjoy it a bit more next time.

"I remember playing Jeremy Doku at the Etihad and there was a point where I just thought, 'be's unplayable, there is nothing we can do.'

"Declan Rice was unbelievable against us at home.

"It was good to be up against those guys and hopefully we can get back there again."

Crocked Nelson out for Foxes

Leicester v Northampton Kick-off Jam

BY JOSH HOLLAND LEICESTER have suffered a huge blow ahead of the new season with defender Ben Nelson ruled out for most of the campaign with a knee injury.

Nelson (top) suffered the ACL injury in the first half of City's pre-season defeat to Genoa last week.

The academy prospect had been ever-present under Russell Martin throughout pre-season and captained the side.

Martin confirmed the worst-case scenario ahead of his first competitive match in charge, against Northampton in the Carabao Cup first round today.

"Really disappointing with Ben," he said. "It's really sad for him and us. He'll be out for the majority of the season. He ruptured his ACL."

"He requires surgery next week. So now our job with Ben, who's an outstanding young player and young man, is to support him through that and to make sure he still feels part of it.

"I spoke to him this week already about it. He'll have a role to play at some point for sure."

Hammer the sales

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has thanked the West Ham fans for their backing as they look set to break a League Cup record.

Ticket sales for today's home game with Portsmouth have already reached more than 35,129 - the highest total for a round-one match in the competition.

That was Leeds versus Shrewsbury in 2023.

And boss Nuno (inset) said: "We feel it in the streets, and around us. It's amazing, and we can't thank them enough.

"We're going to beat the record for first-round crowds in the Carabao Cup, so we're delighted."

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BRU SALE A 'GOOD DEAL'

BY LEE RYDER

NEWCASTLE CEO David Hopkinson has broken the club's silence over sale of skipper Bruno Guimaraes - insisting Arsenal were forced to pay more than they wanted to.

After six weeks of whispering between agents and third parties, the Gunners finally came to the table with a starting bid of £45million for the Brazil star (left).

Newcastle eventually accepted a £75m fee that will be paid in two installments, with all of the money to be paid without add-ons or incentives.

Hopkinson, speaking in La Manga on Newcastle's summer tour, said: "It was not the fee that Arsenal had hoped to pay and of course we would have liked

an even higher number. But you're dealing with sophisticated actors on both sides and that's what negotiation looks like.

"It's a fee that satisfies us. If you put a merchandising spin on it, it's the highest fee for a player in that position at that age. Is that a good deal for Newcastle United? I believe it is.

"But Arsenal are getting a very special player and special person.

"We didn't want to sell Bruno. It wasn't in the plan to sell Bruno. We'd love Bruno Guimaraes to be in our squad this summer. Having such an important player leave is disappointing... but it was the only decision we could make."

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Lukas wants fan love like Srnicek

BY LEE RYDER

LUKAS HORNICEK is hoping he can emulate Newcastle great Pavel Srnicek after admitting the club legend's success on Tyneside is an inspiration.

'Pav' tragically passed away at 47 after collapsing while out on a run in 2015, plunging the city into mourning at the death of one of Newcastle's Entertainers.

Hornicek (above), a fully-fledged Czech international like Srnicek, is eager to enjoy the same type of rapport with the Geordie fans.

New signing Hornicek, who could make his debut against Valencia tonight, said: "I want to continue the legacy. It's great because it shows people in Newcastle like Czech goalkeepers!"

"That is perfect for me. Hopefully I can leave the same mark as Pav did because he was true club great."

The 6ft 6in stopper arrived for £25.7million from SC Braga after five enjoyable years in the sleepy Portuguese city but now arrives in football-mad Newcastle knowing that the 24/7 nature of fandom is about to come his way.

Hornicek said: "I love football so know Newcastle is going to be the right city for me. I know already that the fans are amazing.

"They are really passionate and that's exciting for me. It is hard to imagine how good the atmosphere will be to hear and experience for the first time."

Hornicek will represent a change in goalkeeping style for Newcastle, deemed a sweeper-keeper by some.

When asked about his playing style, the 24-year-old said: "I am working on all of this stuff. If I were to say one thing, I am good at coming outside for balls and coming behind the lines, you know.

"There is still a lot to work on because you are never the perfect goalkeeper. You need to work all the time. So in the end you can get better and better."

The Czech star has had a couple of big influences in his career - ex-Chelsea star Petr Cech and Germany's Manuel Neuer. He said: "I guess Neuer, when you saw him for the first time, he was going out of his box beyond the lines.

"He is a brilliant goalkeeper who is involved in the build-up. He changed my perspective.

"And of course, for me, being from the Czech Republic, Petr Cech. He is a legend."

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EXCLUSIVE BY JOE THOMAS KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL believes there is more to come from him at Everton - a big statement by the midfielder given the success of his first season with the Toffees.

Eight goals and four assists made it a landmark campaign for a player who quickly became a favourite for team-mates and supporters.

The 27-year-old has little interest in dwelling on the past, though.

He said: 'I had a good season... and what? Arsenal won the league last year, I don't think they're going to be thinking about that. Now they want to win it again.

'You have to have that mindset. You have to go again now - that's my mentality.'

Dewsbury-Hall (below, in a pre-season friendly with Stoke) wants to move forward and take Everton with him. Already a senior player in the squad his ambition is to cement his place as a top Premier League player.

After a season at Chelsea laden with honours, but one in which minutes had been tough to come by, he left craving a bigger role and found it on Merseyside.

An early highlight was the 3-2 win at Wolves last August, where his half-volley added gloss to a game in which Dewsbury-Hall, Jack Grealish and Biman Ndiaye produced a display of attacking verve.

From Everton's Black Forest pre-season training base, he said: 'That was when I thought, Oh, OK, we could have something good here'. From that point I started to really settle down.

'I had a broken pre-season last year. I played in the Club World Cup, so I didn't really get much rest.

I came in at Everton right at the end of pre-season so it took me a game or two to really get used to the lads and up to speed.

'So it was probably the Wolves game where I was fully settled. And from then on I felt in my groove.'

The stand-out moment was his curling effort against Manchester United to give Everton a 1-0 win with ten men at Old Trafford.

Given the numbers he racked up, it would be easy to forget Dewsbury-Hall missed more than a month of the campaign with a hamstring injury suffered on his return to Stamford Bridge.

The injury disrupted his season and cost Everton one of their most influential players through the busy Christmas period.

He added: 'The couple of weeks after I got injured was a dark period because I was playing so well.

'But I had people around me that helped. I had good lads at the training ground to help me. Look, it's part of the game.'

The return to form that followed gave him renewed confidence.

But he sees that success as the starting point, not the high-point.

He said: 'Trust me, there is more I can do.

'I still don't think I was playing near my best last season. I know what I can produce and that is why I am sitting down with my coaches every day and doing sessions behind closed doors - to work out what else I can do to be really effective.

'It's all good having one good season, but the top players go again and again and again and again. And that's what I need to do.'

HALL OF THE BARCELONA

Toffees midfield star Kiernan ready to set the Prem alight

THE ONES THAT COST THE MOST

BY SIMON CASS JORDAN PICKFORD has lost his No.1 spot - not at Everton, where he very much remains first-choice for boss David Moyes.

But when it comes to being England's most expensive goalkeeper he has been usurped.

And James Trafford's £40million move to Leeds United makes him the fourth-most expensive stopper ever. Here, we take a look at some of the most expensive goalkeepers of all time...

KEPA ARNZABALAGA - £72M

KEPA remains the most expensive goalkeeper of all time after his £72m switch from Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea in 2018.

The Spaniard (right) won the Europa League and Champions League with the Blues and had loans at Real Madrid and Bournemouth before joining Arsenal last year.

ALISSON BECKER - £67M

AFTER joining Liverpool from Roma in 2018, Alisson has been a key cog in the Reds' success over the past eight years.

The Brazilian has been integral to Liverpool's two Premier League titles and Champions League win, along with two Carabao Cups and an FA Cup.

AMORE ONANA - £43.8M

ONANA arrived at Manchester United in July 2023 from Inter Milan and was reunited with former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag but found himself under pressure after making multiple errors.

United brought in Senne Lammens last summer, with Onana set to spend a second season on loan with Trabzonspor.

JAMES TRAFFORD - £40M

TRAFFORD completed his move from Manchester City to Leeds on Thursday for a reported £40m plus bonuses.

The 23-year-old (right) joins Leeds on a five-year contract after one season at City, where he found himself as second-choice to Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma.

EDERSON - £35M

EDERSON joined Manchester City from Benfica in 2017 and spent eight years at the Etihad, winning 18 major honours. He

helped the team to six Premier League titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups and a Champions League and was a three-time Golden Glove winner, often competing with Brazilian counterpart Alisson for the honour, before leaving for Fenerbahçe.

THIBAUT COURTOIS - £35M

COURTOIS departed Chelsea for Real Madrid in 2018, coinciding with Kepa's arrival at Stamford Bridge.

The Belgian has enjoyed a successful spell in Spain, winning three La Liga crowns and two Champions Leagues.

LUCAS CHEVALIER - £34.3M

CHEVALIER completed a reported move of £34.3m last summer from Lille to Ligue 1 rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

However, the French keeper ended up battling for the starting spot with Matvey Safonov, who lined up between the sticks for the bulk of the second half of the season.

GIANLUIGI BUFFON - £32.6M

BUFFON made the switch from Parma to Juventus in 2001 and his transfer fee stood for more than a decade as the most expensive for a keeper.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest to play the game, the Italian (left)

spent 17 years with Juve and returned to the club following a brief spell with PSG, ending his career with Parma aged 45.

JASPER CILLESSEN - £31.4M

IN 2019, Cillessen made the switch from Barcelona to Valencia for a reported fee of £31.4m.

The Dutchman only spent three years with the club before returning to NEC Nijmegen, where he began his career.

JORDAN PICKFORD - £30M

PICKFORD was Everton's club-record signing in 2017 after arriving from boyhood side Sunderland.

The move at the time made him the most expensive British goalkeeper ever and Pickford (below) has been a constant presence

between the sticks for the Toffees and England, winning 91 caps for his country.

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FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE COUNTDOWN

Ref Sian blowing the final whistle

ASSISTANT referee Sian Massey-Ellis is to retire from officiating after a career which she says was "beyond anything I could ever have imagined".

Massey-Ellis will start work with the FA as senior manager for women referees having called time on a Premier League career that began in 2010 and has seen her officiate in more than 150 matches.

At the time, she was just the second female official to work on English top-flight matches and has since become the only woman to be part of an FA Cup final officiating team, acting as assistant VAR in 2021 and again in 2025.

She was awarded an MBE in 2016 for her impact on football officiating and commitment to representation and was also selected for the 2019 and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups.

In a statement, Massey-Ellis said: "From standing beneath the Premier League sign before my very first match to officiating at FIFA World Cups, UEFA European Championships, Champions League finals and across domestic fixtures and competitions in England, football has taken me on a journey beyond anything I could ever have imagined.

"Every opportunity has been a privilege and one I have never taken for granted.

"I am incredibly grateful to Pro Ref, The FA, FIFA and UEFA for the opportunities they gave me, as well as every coach, mentor, colleague and match official I have had the privilege of working alongside. Above all, I owe an enormous debt of thanks to my family, whose unwavering support, sacrifices and belief made every achievement possible."

SCREAM IF YOU WANT A GO PASTA

Speedy Palestra hunts Prem title ...and a decent Italian restaurant

FROM BOBBY VINCENT IN JAKARTA BEFORE Marco Palestra even sits down, he shakes our hands and issues a warning: "I do speak English, I can answer in English, but if you want the best answer, I need to speak in Italian."

The 21-year-old full-back (above) has made a major life change, moving away from his home in Italy to join Chelsea in a £47m move from Atalanta.

So you can cut him some slack, but his English is fantastic.

That said, it's no surprise that one of the first things Palestra did after making the move to the capital was look for a good Italian restaurant.

"Yeah, yeah, it was one of the first questions I asked," a laughing Palestra said. "English food is not bad, but for me, Italian food is a little bit better.

"There's one in Cobham, Grappelli. I also ate at two Italian restaurants in London, I don't remember their names."

In the early days of the summer transfer window, Chelsea were quietly weighing up how to approach the Palestra situation.

It was clear he was going to leave Atalanta after he flourished for Cagliari on loan last season and Inter Milan, the club he spent some time at as a youth player, had done a lot of groundwork.

So Palestra, Milan born and raised, appeared to be on his way to the San Siro. But the Blues, as they have done so often, swooped in at the last minute and stole the march.

New boss Xabi Alonso (inset) has been Chelsea's ace card this summer in negotiations - see Morgan Rogers agreeing to his record-breaking Stamford Bridge switch - and that proved the case for Palestra.

"He told me what he wanted from me, his ideas, and other things," said the Italian about his conversation

with his new gaffer. "Not only football. Yes, football, for sure, but not only. It was a good conversation about everything, so I was very happy with it.

"He likes me because he sees a lot of games from me. He likes my flexibility and because I can play on the right, the left, lower, high.

"There were some clubs that wanted me but Chelsea, the first moment they wanted me. I agreed because they're one of the biggest clubs in the world.

"They play in the Premier League, which is the best league in the world. I'm excited to come to Chelsea and start here."

One of the things Palestra offers the Blues is speed - and plenty of it. He finished last season with an average speed of 17.37mph to make him Serie

"The moment Chelsea wanted me, I agreed because they're one of the biggest in the world"

SHOUT IT OUT

Marco Palestra is ready to make some noise at Stamford Bridge and (inset) in action against Spurs in Sydney

As fastest player. Yet pace isn't something that came naturally to Palestra.

"When I was young, like 15, I remember I was the slowest one in the team, but after maybe one or two years, I grew physically and I change position," he added.

"Before I played in midfield, but I changed position to left-back, or at the back, so I understand that I am quick. When I was young, I'm the slowest. It's crazy, crazy things."

Not only was he the Usain Bolt of Italian football, but he was also crowned Serie A defender of the year.

"It was a good thing because at the start of the season, I can't imagine that I win Serie A defender of the year," he said.

"It's a big honour to be the best defender, but I know that it is only the start. I need to improve myself everyday, but it's a good start."

Asked whether he'd like to become the Premier League's best defender, Palestra said: "Maybe, it's difficult, but I said the same at the start of the last season.

"The first thing I want is to win for Chelsea. It's always the team. If after the season, I win also the defender of the year, I am happy, but I prefer to win something for Chelsea."

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MY ROCEHY ROAD TO CAFUNES

Nunes on his struggle to accept Pep making him a right-back

BY SIMON BAJKOWSKI

"NO, NO, NO." That was what Matheus Nunes felt whenever anybody tried to tell him he had the potential to make it as a full-back.

The Manchester City midfielder's friends, his family, team-mates Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias, boss Pep Guardiola and his psychologist all tried to tell him that he should embrace the new role. But even if Guardiola wanted it that way, Nunes wasn't having it.

And so an unhappy first season at the Etihad became two years of Nunes being frustrated. He couldn't get minutes in midfield and didn't want them as a full-back.

To be fair, most agreed with him after a disastrous start. He had done okay at left-back for 87 minutes against a poor Manchester United side, but then gave away a penalty, as he covered the right-back area, and City ended up losing another game in an excruciating run.

"Individually, I would say this is probably the most difficult game," said Nunes. "When you make mistakes as a midfielder, you would never affect the game like the effect of that one.

"I made one mistake and it led to a goal, and then you end up losing.

"I would tell my friends, I'm not a full-back, I'm not a full-back."

"And they would always say, 'No, but you play so good there'."

"Bernardo and Ruben were so annoying as well – 'You were good there, you need to accept it'. And

I was like, 'No, no, no'. But you can't deny it for the rest of your life. If you do, maybe you miss your chance. Now I feel like a full-back."

The Club World Cup last summer was pivotal for Nunes to make the switch in his mind. And not only did that help the team on the pitch, but the dressing room found that one of its jokers could laugh even louder.

'You can't deny it for the rest of your life. If you do, maybe you miss your chance'

Wind-up merchant Nunes found it difficult to clown around while he struggled to accept his role in the team, so learning to love right-back was liberating.

And yes, he does know all about his 'Cafunes' nickname.

"This started with Bernardo, actually" he

added. "When I was playing as a winger, he would call me 'Thierry Henry'. Then I played as a full-back and he called me 'Cafú'. My friends started calling me that as well and I had to accept it. It's always good to have a laugh, what's the point of life if you're not having a laugh? I'm just being myself."

Nunes also noticed that his

manager changed towards him when he embraced the right-back role.

Indeed, Nunes grew so close to Guardiola that even two months after he found out the City boss was leaving, there is still a wobble in his voice as he describes the moment.

"He spoke to us in the auditorium and it was a very emotional day," said Nunes. "A lot of people were crying. It's very hard to say good-bye to someone who gave so much to us all."

Nunes is now one of the senior players in a significantly younger squad.

But he will remind his team-mates of the message that has helped him win trophies and successfully adapt to a new role.

"It is almost impossible to win six Premier Leagues in 10 years – this is not normal and people forget that," he said.

"You need to be perfect at a lot of levels. We're going to give our best, but sometimes football is just one detail. It's not the end of the world if you don't win."

COUGH UP FOR RODRI, BARCA

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the 30-year-old after he was named the best player for Spain at the summer tournament, only for Barcelona to then make a successful pitch.

The Catalan club are now in pole position – but City will not let him go for below their

valuation of £60m. Barca's first offer of around £30m plus ads-only fell well short of that. City expect them to return, but they also expect a significantly higher bid.

The Blues are also intent on replacing Rodri before the transfer window shuts, with a move for Lille's Ayyoub

Bouadé. It's being pursued to give new boss Érica Maresca (left) the best possible chance of success.

City have so far signed 22-year-old Elliot Anderson (left) from Nottingham Forest in a club record £10m deal.

Dull Tijssel Ruijnders. 20+ could also depart with the Netherlands star attracting interest from Forest.

Lamps in Gus chase

BY JOSH HOLLAND

FRANK LAMPARD is closing in on a sensational deal to bring Gustavo Hamer back to Coventry.

Sheffield United are considering a second offer from the Sky Blues for the midfielder.

Hamer cost the Blades £15m in 2023 when he moved from Coventry.

The Brazil-born star (above) has just a year left on his current deal at Bramall Lane and is keen on a return to Coventry.

Blades boss Chris Wilder said: "There's been a bid in for Gus and that is being discussed by the owners.

"Our policy is that we don't like players leaving on free transfers, especially when we've paid a decent fee. I know that was a decent fee when we were in the Premier League.

"We don't want players to leave on free transfers and I think that historically has been the case. We're trying to get the right fee that we feel is equivalent to the player's standing.

"Are we going to get back the money we paid for him, what, three years ago? That's not going to be the case – he's in the last year of his deal – but we're not going to get rolled over."

Dahl deal for Tigers

BY BARRY COOPER

JENS HJERTO-DAHL has completed his £8m move to Hull from Tromso.

The highly-rated midfielder, 20, has impressed in his native Norway, and the Tigers have moved quickly to sign him up on a five-year deal.

Since making his debut for Tromso, he has made a century of appearances, scoring 16 goals.

Hjerto-Dahl said: "I'm very happy. It's a massive club and I'm really looking forward to playing here.

"I'm a tall midfielder. I like to get forward, run with the ball, pass the ball forward.

"I can arrive late in the box. I am strong in duels, both in the air and across the ground.

"I think this is the right step and that Hull can help me improve."

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TIELEMANS IS REDDY FOR HIS UNITED DEBUT

BY TYRONE MARSHALL

YOURI TIELEMANS is set to make his first appearance for Manchester United in a pre-season friendly against Paris Saint-Germain today.

Tielemans (below) returned to pre-season training just over a week ago and will now play in his first game for the Red Devils since completing a £35million move from Aston Villa.

Captain Bruno Fernandes is set to make his first pre-season appearance

after returning to Carrington on Monday, but Senne Lammens and Matheus Cunha both miss the trip to Gothenburg due to illness.

Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui also travel to Sweden and are set to feature against the French giants.

The return of some of United's stars means 15-year-old JJ Gabriel is left out of the squad after making his first appearance for the club last weekend.

ALTAY HEADS TO THE BAY WITH VIGO MOVE

MANCHESTER UNITED keeper Altay Bayinder has joined Celta Vigo on a season-long loan.

The 26-year-old (below) has largely served as back-up since signing from Fenerbahçe in 2023.

Bayinder's move to the Spanish club includes performance bonuses and full wage coverage.

Celta have the option to sign the turkey international

permanently,

reportedly set at £3.5million, and a high end-on course would be included if they trigger that option.

FIFA BIGWIG'S PALS EMERGE

MEXICO and Argentina have expressed their support for under-fire FIFA president Gianni Infantino, but Norway's federation president has called on the Swiss to resign.

Infantino (below) has been under pressure after three continents, led by UEFA, rejected his plan to seek private investment in a company which would run FIFA competitions, including the men's World Cup.

Mexico's football federation (FMF) has now given its backing to Infantino and his call to "collectively continue developing football for the benefit of all 211 member associations".

Argentina's AFA thanked Infantino for 10 years service. It's South American confederation CONMEBOL is lobbying FIFA to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams.

But Norway's federation chief, Lise Klaveness, said: "The trust is gone, there is no way back for Infantino."

VAN HECKE WAS ONE HEAVY OF A FIEGNE?

Spurs ace admits he had bust-ups with De Zerbi

BY ALASDAIR GOLD

JAN PAUL VAN HECKE used to constantly argue with Roberto De Zerbi but now he's working with the Italian boss to take Tottenham to the top.

The Dutchman enjoyed a reunion with De Zerbi this summer after the Spurs boss pushed for the north London side to sign the player he refers to as 'my son' from Brighton in a £52million deal.

De Zerbi has poured plenty of effort into Van Hecke's development, clashing with the outspoken defender in their early days together on the south coast as he challenged Van Hecke to become the Premier League and World Cup star he now is.

De Zerbi once said: "I think the most important quality of JP is the balance between the arrogance and the confidence in himself.

"He is not arrogant but his confidence in himself is high, high, high. We fought... but we fought in a good way. We spoke a lot together. I am very proud of JP."

Van Hecke, 26, admits that the pair now joke about those days at Albion.

He said: "At the beginning we argued. It was because he had such a way of playing, and I needed to get used to it.

"Sometimes you're arguing over things, but I think that's a nice thing

in football, because in the end, the manager wants the best and the player wants the best, and you push each other to the next level.

"We still speak about it sometimes now. He jokes about it, like, 'Do you remember our first few months?'. And then you see what happened."

The two men remained close after De Zerbi left Brighton in 2024 and the Italian made it clear they would work together again one day. Van Hecke

"At the beginning we argued. It was

because he had such

a way of playing"

said: "We have a really good bond. We kept in contact. We text each other and call each other sometimes. He always said, 'I hope you will play in my team again'. And now I am."

De Zerbi's arrival at Spurs was followed by another £18.5million spent on Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali, while free transfers were also agreed for Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka.

The club are set to continue their big spending with De Zerbi wanting to bolster his attack and Van Hecke admitted Spurs convinced him to join

on the back of a summer of big stars arriving at the club.

"That's what the club said to me, 'You're one of them', said Van Hecke.

"And of course it's also nice that you're the first one. And they say there will be more signings, more good players, then you see other players coming as well. That's a really good thing.

"They're top-quality players, Premier League-proven players,

talented players. And on top of that, we already have a lot of good players here."

And with all of that talent to call upon,

Van Hecke knows there can be no excuses for Spurs this season after consecutive 17th-placed finishes and a nerve-shredding flirtation with relegation.

He added: "The last two seasons, apart from winning the Europa League, have not been good.

"But you can see now there's a change in direction. Everyone's really excited. New players

coming in and already strong players here. And then a good combination with a really good coach. Tottenham need to be back at the top, and that's what we're trying to do."

READY TO SHINE

Van Hecke in action in a friendly against Chelsea

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IS IT GAN-GOI Gakpo's future still remains uncertain

TOBY: MISTAKE IF SPURS KOP HOLD OF CODY

BY IAN DOYLE

LIVERPOOL could be handing a Champions League initiative to Tottenham if they sell Cody Gakpo to the big-spending Londoners, according to former Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld.

Gakpo has been linked all summer with a move to Roberto De Zerbi's side despite the Reds presently having no plans to allow the Netherlands star to leave, given their lack of forward options.

The 27-year-old was targeted by sections of the Liverpool fanbase early this year after being one of many players to under-perform during a dismal campaign that ultimately cost head coach Arne Slot his job.

Tottenham have already spent almost £250million this summer, as well as bringing in former Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson and ex-Bournemouth centre-back Marcos Senesi in on free transfers.

And Alderweireld believes the Reds would be making a mistake in permitting Gakpo to join a club he reckons will be challenging Andoni Iraola's men for Champions League qualification.

Belgian Alderweireld (below), 37, said: "I don't understand why Liverpool would sell Cody Gakpo to Tottenham Hotspur because he is a primary player for any team.

"He's big but he's quick and can play left and right, coming inside to go direct to goal.

"When I watch him he's always in the box when the ball is on the other side of the pitch. He's a very good player.

"Maybe after last season Liverpool feel a bit hurt by how they played under Arne Slot and they want to change a lot with a real makeover now they've appointed Andoni Iraola.

"But I think even for the Netherlands we have seen how good Gakpo is. If he goes to Spurs,

I think it would be a good signing because don't forget he's a Premier League winner.

"He performed very well the year before last season when they won it.

"He could make Spurs stronger and Liverpool weaker when they're fighting for a Champions League place."

Despite Liverpool's poor defence of their Premier League crown, Alderweireld believes the Kop side could emerge as title contenders to champions Arsenal should Manchester City lose World Cup-winning midfielder Rodri.

Speaking to Halper, Alderweireld said: "Rodri is such a big part of Manchester City and we saw that when he was injured and how much they struggled.

"His position for City has been crucial, and tactically he is so important to how they've won so many games and titles.

"If Rodri moves to Real Madrid, the title race will be wide open for someone like Liverpool, Manchester United or even Tottenham Hotspur to challenge Arsenal this season."

Turkey trot for Gunner

BY MATTY HEWITT

ARSENAL'S Gabriel Martinelli is on Galatasaray's wanted list.

The Brazilian winger is one of a number of Gunners stars being linked with a move away from the Emirates this summer.

Turkish Super Lig club Galatasaray are among the sides keen on signing Martinelli (below), who had lost his regular starting berth to Leandro Trossard.

Belgium star Trossard has already left for Turkey, joining Besiktas, and now Martinelli could follow him.

No specific fee has been mooted for the 25-year-old, but he would command a higher price than the £15.3million paid for Trossard, 31.

Galatasaray are also in talks with AC Milan over a £43m move for winger Rafael Leao. A similar fee for Martinelli would eclipse Arsenal's current record-sale, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool for £35m in 2019.

But the Gunners would want a replacement through the door before sanctioning a departure, after missing out on Real Madrid's Brazilian star Vinicius Junior.

FOREST STILL AIM TO NET DIOMANDE

BY LEIGH CURTIS

NOTTINGHAM FOREST could still reach an agreement with Sporting CP over Ousmane Diomande.

Disagreements over the payment terms are believed to have caused the breakdown in negotiations for the defender.

Sporting are chasing £34million upfront, with bonuses that could inflate the deal by £4m, and a

sell-on clause.

Diomande (left) is waiting for his future to be resolved and has not featured in any of Sporting's pre-season games.

Palace Take Japan star

CRYSTAL PALACE have completed the signing of former Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu following a trial.

The Japan international (below), who spent four seasons at the Emirates before leaving for Ajax in 2025, becomes manager Pierre Sage's second signing since taking over in July.

Palace chairman Steve Parish said: "Takehiro has experience at the highest level of European and international football. We are delighted to welcome

a player of his calibre to the club and believe he will prove to be a great addition."

BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD (The House gives a high room for Zerbi when at Brighton - how they can deliver to Spurs)

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City will not force Rodri to stay for the final year of his deal – but they have no intention of letting their World Cup and Ballon d'Or winner leave on the cheap.

The midfielder's future has been in doubt for some time and attempts from City to tie him down to a new deal have been unsuccessful.

The Sky Blues had hoped to convince him even after the World Cup, only for the Spaniard to decide he wants a new challenge. Real Madrid changed their transfer plans for

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Puzzles EXTRA

Welcome to your brilliant Saturday Express eight-page puzzles pullout. We've got plenty here to keep you busy, from your favourite crosswords to brain-teasing sudokus and more. Enjoy!

ENTERTAINMENT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Camp celebrity known for his innuendo, _Clary (6) 4 Flame-haired dancer and performer, Bonnie _ (8) 10 British rap vocalist, Tinchy _ (7) 11 Christina _ retired actress who starred in Dead To Me (9) 12 Judith _ first Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? winner (6) 16 US rapper who scored a hit with Gangsta's Paradise (6) 18 Model and TV presenter, _ Chung (5) 19 Jamaican singer-songwriter and Hot Chocolate frontman, _ Brown (5) 22 Aussie director famed for his Red Curtain trilogy, _ Luhrmann (3) 23 The Devil Wears Prada 2 star, _ Streep (5) 24 _ Syal, comedienne and novelist (5) 25 R.I.P. and Hot Right Now hitmaker, Rita _ (3) 27 Emilio Estevez's acting father, Martin _ (5) 29 Entrepreneur and reggae musician Levi _ (5) 30 Ms Fanning, stars in All Her Fault (6) 31 Bollywood star and ex-Celebrity Big Brother victor, Shilpa _ (6) 37 Musical theatre performer who won The X Factor in 2013 (3,6) 38 Satirist and impressionist, Rory _ (7) 39 Actor who was married to Melanie Griffith, Antonio _ (8) 40 Comedian and former Goodie, _ Garden (6)

DOWN

1 Comedian and actor who hosts quiz show The Answer Run (5,7) 2 Michael Flatley is often referred to as the _ of the Dance (4) 3 Retired professional tennis player, _ Murray (4) 5 One-time This is Your Life host, Michael _ (5) 6 _ Davies, comedian and Taskmaster (4) 7 Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds actor, Eli _ (4) 8 Cookery expert, _ Leith (4) 9 Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer, Cyndi _ (6) 13 _ George, Culture Club singer and DJ (3) 14 _ Arterton, star of ITV's Secret Service (5) 15 Retired Irish featherweight boxer, _ McGuigan (5) 17 English rock musician who fronted Black Sabbath (4,8) 19 Singer and songwriter, Sophie _ Bextor (5) 20 Keith _ celebrity creation of Leigh Francis (5) 21 Katy _ singer who Kissed a Girl (5) 22 The Bondsman actor, Kevin _ (5) 26 Glamour model turned singer, Sam _ (3) 28 Hearing-impaired percussionist, _ Glennie (6) 31 Oscar-nominated Hollywood ill-lister, _ Hayek (5) 32 Mr Bates vs The Post Office actor, _ Jones (4) 33 Singer born Stefani Germanotta, Lady _ (4) 34 Australian actor, _ Blanchett (4) 35 Miranda _ Victoria's Secret model (4) 36 23 Across's co-star, _ Hathaway (4)

CODEWORD

The number in each square corresponds to a letter. Work out the words in the grid using the letters provided. Fill in these known letters first, then use skill and judgement to work out the others.

1

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2

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SAMURAI SUDOKU

Normal sudoku rules apply for all five 9x9 sudokus, but the 9x9 inner sudoku shares four of its 3x3 boxes with those of the outside sudokus.

EASY SUDOKU 1

HARD SUDOKU 1

NUMBERFIT 1

Use logic to fit the listed numbers below into the corresponding grid.

2 digits: 11 14 19 36 3 digits: 114 194 198 199 231 414 499 889 947 988 4 digits: 1141 1987 1989 9191 5 digits: 14191 81946 7 digits: 6991122 9487891 9 digits: 714911379 719291937 791898611 923419261

NUMBERFIT 2

2 digits: 14 18 19 34 43 73 93 96 3 digits: 334 543 644 838 843 999 4 digits: 3499 4467 7929 8229 5 digits: 49724 49763 7 digits: 4393742 4393782 4671886 4761886 9 digits: 178943373 344282317 445434848

ALPHADOKU 1

A 9 x 9 sudoku with the letters R to Z.

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EASY SUDOKU 2

			4	5		3		8
	9	4		3	6
	2	3				9		6
9			6		4		3
3	8						6	9
	1		3		7			2
6		8				2	9
			8	6		5	7
2		5		4	1

HARD SUDOKU 2

	7		9					3
1		6
	8		1		5
9		2		5		4
			3		1
		8		2		7		5
			4		3		9
						3		6
8					7		4

ALPHADOKU 2

	R		W	T	V
						R
						S	Z
		U		X
	Z	V				W		U
S								V
				Y
	U	W	T			X
				Z				S

FUTOSHIKI 1

FUTOSHIKI 2

Insert the numbers one to five in each row and each column, making sure that no number is repeated. The only symbols to guide you are the “greater than” (>) and “less than” (<) signs.

KILLER SUDOKU 1

KILLER SUDOKU 2

Each row and column hold the numbers 1 to 9 and the numbers in the cages must add to the given total. No number can be repeated in a cage.

21			15		17		9
	15		6			14	12
11	9			8				17
	6		18	12		7
18				13	9		12
		10				11
4	8		14		7		15
	24	10	20		15		7
						11

12	16	8	14		7		12
			3		16	15
4		13				5	11
9		24		14			9
12					10	13	22
10	14		6
		17		11	7		16
3		10				18		9
14		11		10

KAKURO 1

KAKURO 2

Fill in each series of blank squares using the numbers 1 to 9. Each series – across and down – must add up to the number in the shaded box at the beginning or top of the series. A number may be repeated in each line but not in a series.

		13	14	4			6	30
	12					11			8
12					12
15			15	10	10		3
	10			6			11
21				26	13		5
41					16
		10	30	7		15	5
	31						13
11				8			10
24				14	11		12
	20				13

	10	2		11	12	13
6			23				13
12			18					20	3
	4			17			13
24					11		6	11
11			8			8
		12	35			16
	9			3			10	15	17
12					24
15			11			11
		19		6	8	10		7	8
			7				10

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BIG CROSSWORD 1

ACROSS

8 Flop (7) 9 Damage (9) 13 Misgiving (5) 14 Push (5) 15 Disinclination to move (7) 16 Type of poison (7) 17 Settee (5) 18 Grown-up (5) 20 Truck (5) 22 Disorderly (6) 23 Bodyguard, informally (6) 25 Pacify (7) 27 Cut of beef (4,3) 30 Beast (6) 31 Red wine (6) 32 Bet (5) 35 Informal language (5) 36 Musical drama (5)

37 Famous girls' school (7) 39 Excess (7) 41 Proportion (5) 42 Scold (5) 43 Stinginess (9) 44 Liberty (7)

DOWN

1Torrent (6) 2 Merry (8) 3 Intensive instruction programme (5,6) 4 South American country (9) 5 Cargo (7) 6 Extremely important (10) 7 Single entity (4) 10 Brief turbulent storm (6) 11 Witchcraft (7) 12 Horse's gait (6)

19 Downfall (7) 21 Clots (7) 24 Academic cap (11) 26 Preacher (10) 28 Prototype (9) 29 Width (7) 30 Help (6) 32 Deployably bad (8) 33 Long narrow carpet (6) 34 Eat (7) 38 Senior journalist (6) 40 Wander (4)

BIG CROSSWORD 2

ACROSS

8 Learned person (7) 9 Rich person, informally (9) 13 Musical speed (5) 14 Smithy (5) 15 Underground passages (7) 16 Colour (7) 17 Utter in words (5) 18 Japanese dish (5) 20 Bobbin (5) 22 Fare receipt (6) 23 Outcome (6) 25 Ten-sided figure (7) 27 Londoner (7) 30 Beer and lemonade (6) 31 Small in breadth (6) 32 Go in (5) 35 Concerning (5) 36 Weird (5)

37 Italian food (7) 39 Funny drawing (7) 41 Tree (5) 42 Horseman's spear (5) 43 Slingshots (9) 44 Light shoe (7)

DOWN

1 Large prawns (6) 2 Huge (8) 3 Fail to work properly (11) 4 Now and then (9) 5 Small falcon (7) 6 Cut of beef (1-4,5) 7 Eye up (4) 10 Rods (6) 11 Narrow fissure or crack (7) 12 Help (6) 19 Pupil (7)

21 Herb (7) 24 Gymnastic movement (7,4) 26 Added, supplementary (10) 28 Make, build (9) 29 Mates (7) 30 Spiritualists' meeting (6) 32 Stationery item (8) 33 Uplifts (6) 34 Evil (7) 38 Snow leopards (6) 40 Bellow (4)

TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

This two-speed crossword has two sets of clues, but just one grid

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1. Nevertheless, there's no variety (3,3,4)
2. It has been known to be tickled to death (5)
3. I left the priest in church (7)
4. Told but possibly not needing to be (8)
5. Given a start in life (4)
6. What the unsatisfied audience may shout!! (6)
7. Afternoon service? (3,3)
8. He employs us with hesitation (4)
9. Continues to make money (8)
10. Drunk, but not canned! (7)
11. A small island passage (5)
12. The aggregate is an impressive sum (5,5)

DOWN

1. A fool disposed to be distant (5)
2. Possibly it rarely is about books (8)
3. Play for the village (6)
4. Invest capital in kitchen equipment (4)
5. Became acquainted with brick-carriers' ways of working (7)
6. Surprise someone more than they can say? (6,4)
7. Gets blooming old? (4,2,4)
8. An inclination to write and sing (8)
9. He makes a new reactor (7)
10. Believe one side of the account (6)
11. Stand by a new lease (5)
12. Blueprint for a tail-less aircraft (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1. Nevertheless (3,3,4)
2. Fish (5)
3. Large church (7)
4. Told (8)
5. Given life (4)
6. Extra performance (6)
7. Chiniware (3,3)
8. Employer (4)
9. Profit (8)
10. Stored in glass vessels (7)
11. Gangway (5)
12. Final amount (5,5)

DOWN

1. Distant (5)
2. Relating to writing (8)
3. Shakespeare play (6)
4. Basin (4)
5. Techniques (7)
6. Make speechless (6,4)
7. Loses vigour (4,2,4)
8. Liking (8)
9. Maker (7)
10. Believe (6)
11. Painting stand (5)
12. Scheme (4)

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JUMBO CROSSWORD

ACROSS

12. Very quickly (2,4,2,3)
13. Gun (6)
14. Cricket team (6)
15. Remainder (4)
16. Dying (9)
17. Frok (5)
18. Hair (4)
19. Getting angry (7,2)
20. Cheek (5)
21. Skirt (3,6)
22. Control (7)
23. Yam (6)

24. Space (4)

25. Trafficked (5)

26. Hurtle (4)
27. Press on (2,5) 38.Deliver (4) 39.Home (7)
28. Conducts (6)
29. Fare (3,2)
30. Dog (7)
31. Seize (4)
32. Unload (4)
33. Sinister (7)
34. Stadium (5)

35. Tied (6)

36. Stuck (7)

37. Ran away (4)
38. Bird (7)
39. Promise (4)
40. Fly (5)
41. Ladder step (4)
42. Read (6)
43. Interrupted (5,2)
44. Pretending (7,2)
45. Deserve (5)
46. Subdued (9)
47. Split (4)

48. Big (5)

49. Truly (9)

50. Aims (4)
51. Box (6)
52. Forgive (6)
53. Leaving the table (7,4)

NUMBERCRUNCH

Follow the instructions from left to right, starting with the number given to reach an answer at the end of the row

SECONDED 26	x2	+35	÷3	-23	Squared	x2	+12	6/7 of this	-58	ANSWERS
SECONDED 116	÷4	-23	x19	+12	2/3 of this	-71	x3	+75	÷6	ANSWERS
SECONDED 41	x2	+51	x3	-276	2/3 of this	-63	Squared	+79	7/11 of this	ANSWERS

DOWN

1. Accomplished (4)
2. Dolly (6)
3. Nag (4,2)
4. Foot-rest (7)
5. Level (5)
6. Doubts (10)
7. Lineage (5)
8. Donned (7,2)
9. Haven (7)
10. Ring (4)
11. Private (8)
12. Straight (6)
13. Pull out (5)
14. Opportunity (7)
15. Truthful (6)
16. Shots (6)
17. Number (5)
18. Tease (3)
19. Haggle (7)
20. Legal (6)
21. Man's name (5)
22. Quickly (5)
23. At last (7)
24. Pronounce (5)
25. Revealed (6)
26. Complains (5)
27. Gift (7)
28. Force (6)

29. Pass (6)

30. Appal (5)

31. Low (10)
32. Fight (3)
33. Yours (5)
34. Sign (9)
35. Above (8)
36. Rules (6)
37. Tend (7)
38. Warnings (7)
39. Adage (6)
40. Changes (6)
41. Dreads (5)
42. Lucky number? (5)
43. Containers (4)
44. On paper (4)

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Can you spot the six differences between these two pictures?

A

B

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GIANT SUDOKU

Every row, every column and every 5 x 5 box must contain every digit from 1 to 9 and every letter from K to Z.

		O						T		7			V	2						L	8	P
						X	Y		M						T	Q	6		O			9		5
	X		8	5	O	9			1	M		L	6			U		Z				4		W
		V	L	Y	U	5			2		4	T					9						1
U			P	1							R				K			4	L	O				Q
5	W		6			S						8	P			7	N	2
N		2	9	O	8		M		R		1					3		Y	U	S		5	V	P
V			1	7	X				Y	T		M		W		5								2
3		L		S				U	Z	Y					Q			O	P	7	K
						Q						U	L		8			S	4		T
				N		7	Z		8					R	X			9			L		3	K
6		W			Q		K					7	M			T	2		R		5			1
T		Y					P	5	S	Z	Q		X			6					N
	V	R	U	8		3						P	5	K		N			1		S		T	X
			O	Z	M	N		V			6			Y	4		S	3		8	9
	R			M	L	8							3	O				5	Q		W
7		9	K						T		P	V	R		S			U	6			L
	P			V					N	4		W		9	2				M
Z	T	X	4	L		2				U			K		9	O							Y	N
Y	Q				9				6			S					8	P		5	3	2		4
		5	Q	R	2	P				O			8			S		M						U
	Z				6	T		X					W			R	U		5	9		O	K	S
		N						Z	V		Y	6		U		W	3	K		R			Q
2			T			L				S		K	N			9				X				8
	8		X	3				K	Q	2						1	Z	6			P	N

MEDIUM SUDOKU 1

		3
2		5	9		4	3		8
8	6						5	1
	9			2			6
			1		7			5
	3	7		8			9
6	5				9		4	7
7			6		2			3
			7			6

VERY HARD SUDOKU 1

	1			5
		7				3	2
	2			4		8
			7		5		6
8				6		2		9
	4		2		3
		2		3			7
	8	9				6
				2			8

CROSS OUT 1

Cross out one of the two letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid.

W T	B H	A E	Z L	A E
A R		A B		S B
A I	S P	R H	Z E	I S
N P		O N		D A
T S	N O	R S	R W	Y E

CROSS OUT 2

M P	U R	I G	S X	M P
I A		A N		O A
M L	E U	N D	E A	R L
E O		G E		C T
T D	H O	S R	C W	S H

IMPOSSUDOKU 1

				8	5	4
			4			8
		2				3		9
	7		6		9
3						1		6
6			3		1
7	9	4		6
							4	3
		6		5			1

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MEDIUM SUDOKU 2

1		8	3		4
6				8				5
	9		6		2		4
	6					8
3	5			2			6	4
		4			5		3
	2		8		1		7
8		5				4
			5		9	6		2

VERY HARD SUDOKU 2

4				5				2
8	7					5
		1			8		9
	4		8	9
3				7				5
				4	5		2
	2		1			8
		9					7	4
5								1

IMPOSSUDOKU 2

9	6		7					8
4		5	2
	3					4
6	8			7
			5		4
				6			4	2
		1					8
					8	5		4
2					1		7	6

PATHFINDER 1

From the top corner, make a path of words linked to the theme. The trail goes through each letter once but never diagonally.

Victorian authors

C	E	S	S	W	I	I	E	Y	B	N	T	E	R	O
H	L	D	N	E	L	K	C	L	R	O	I	U	O	B
A	R	I	C	K	T	S	O	I	E	T	S	S	L	E
N	O	H	M	O	H	N	L	M	E	N	E	T	T	R
Y	T	T	A	S	H	I	L	B	R	O	V	O	L	L
O	R	N	A	Y	A	T	T	E	S	N	E	R	R	B
L	P	E	A	D	R	O	L	R	O	N	A	R	A	M
L	O	N	N	O	N	C	H	A	E	L	C	O	T	S
A	G	E	B	R	T	E	A	C	W	I	S	K	T	H
S	H	T	A	Z	I	L	R	S	O	E	E	E	R	U
K	E	E	B	I	N	E	W	I	T	L	G	R	A	R
L	L	R	L	K	G	E	D	L	O	I	R	O	O	C
C	H	A	E	S	S	L	I	P	L	I	G	E	N	A
N	Y	A	L	B	M	E	K	A	Y	N	G	L	Y	N
E	T	N	L	A	R	Y	D	R	D	U	R	E	O	D

WORDSEARCH 1

Find 12 words in the left and 12 words in the right grid.

Kitchen items

P	I	W	K	E	T	T	L	E	S
E	V	E	K	V	O	Z	R	R	G
A	G	N	L	A	P	E	G	E	R
K	F	D	T	W	K	K	E	M	E
S	R	J	I	O	P	S	J	A	D
I	E	T	O	R	A	O	V	E	N
H	E	C	X	C	F	S	R	T	E
W	Z	G	R	I	L	L	T	S	L
Y	E	F	N	M	L	H	L	E	B
E	R	E	I	T	E	F	A	C	R

ARROWWORD 1

Softened carbon Killer whole		Prickly plants		Ferment		Follow orders
				Chest bone
Pinque		Prongal Senior individual (side)				African mammal
				For wing reason: Notionian
Frozen weather Metal material					Series of battles		Stitch
			Is indebted to
Morning moisture		Long-legged SAS
			Beach

PATHFINDER 2

Shipping Forecast areas and terms

V	G	N	T	H	U	T	E	S	C	M	A	R	M	A
I	N	O	R	L	A	S	I	T	R	O	Y	T	R	N
K	I	I	L	L	K	I	R	R	O	O	F	G	E	B
E	H	N	A	M	C	S	E	E	F	R	T	R	G	I
B	D	E	S	R	O	O	U	R	I	S	H	E	H	T
R	I	A	B	N	N	A	T	H	U	T	D	G	I	F
F	E	I	L	O	N	H	E	S	I	R	O	G	S	H
A	L	Y	E	T	Z	S	A	H	S	I	T	E	N	E
E	S	F	A	I	R	O	R	A	N	D	A	S	T	R
R	I	R	I	F	Y	Y	T	F	U	Y	F	M	U	H
O	E	I	L	I	A	C	S	A	L	E	L	B	T	H
V	S	B	Y	T	D	M	I	L	G	S	O	E	R	A
I	S	I	G	O	O	B	D	A	R	R	E	V	M
O	O	I	A	T	A	D	A	N	O	P	W	I	O	E
R	P	R	F	E	R	E	L	T	R	T	H	G	D	S

WORDSEARCH 2

Prizes and awards

P	A	R	E	I	V	I	L	O	N
K	U	R	D	X	O	S	C	A	R
P	O	L	A	R	B	A	F	T	A
Y	F	E	I	N	E	G	H	R	O
M	I	B	B	T	A	N	R	S	H
M	E	O	X	X	Z	U	R	O	J
A	L	N	X	J	B	E	A	U	F
R	D	B	O	K	K	E	R	G	T
G	S	T	I	R	L	I	N	G	O
M	E	R	C	U	R	Y	F	J	L

ARROWWORD 2

Spring Scent Smudge		Dart		Harbrush		Killer whole
				Belonging to ok
Social project		Spelt Col grass				Comedex
				Item of underwear Exchange
Bandit over Compress title					Epoch		Tasteless ornaments
			Compress point
Unwell		Major funnel missed
			Before the present

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SOLUTIONS

PAGE ONE

ENTERTAINMENT CROSSWORD

Across: 1 Julian; 4 Langford; 10 Stryder; 11 Applegate; 12 Keppel; 16 Coolio; 18 Alexa; 19 Errol; 22 Baz; 23 Meryl; 24 Meera; 25 Ora; 27 Sheen; 29 Roots; 30 Dakota; 31 Shetty; 37 Sam Bailey; 38 Bremner; 39 Banderas; 40 Graeme.

Down: 1 Jason Manford; 2 Lord; 3 Andy; 5 Aspet; 6 Greg; 7 Roth; 8 Prue; 9 Lauper; 13 Boy; 14 Gemma; 15 Barry; 17 Ozzy Osbourne; 19 Olis; 20 Lemon; 21 Perry; 22 Bacon; 26 Fox; 28 Evelyn; 31 Salma; 32 Toby; 33 Gaga; 34 Cate; 35 Kerr; 36 Anne.

CODEWORD

1

S	T	P	K	U	X	Y	I	Q	A	C	H	E
B	J	O	G	N	D	F	M	V	W	Z	L	R
A	V	D	F	R	K	B	E	O	Q	Y	T	H
W	C	N	X	P	J	G	U	S	L	M	Z	I

PAGES TWO AND THREE:

SAMURAI SUDOKU

EASY SUDOKU

FUTOSHIKI

NUMBERFIT

KAKURO

HARD SUDOKU

KILLER SUDOKU

ALPHADOKU

PAGES FOUR AND FIVE:

BIG CROSSWORD 1

Across: 8 Failure, 9 Detriment, 13 Qualm, 14 Shove, 15 Inertia, 16 Arsenic, 17 Couch, 18 Adult, 20 Lorry, 22 Unruly, 23 Minder, 25 Appease, 27 Fore rib, 30 Animal, 31 Claret, 32 Wager, 35 Slang, 36 Opera, 37 Roedean, 39 Surplus, 41 Ratio, 42 Chide, 43 Parsimony, 44 Freedom. Down: 1 Harass, 2 Clemency, 3 Crash course, 4 Venezuela, 5 Freight, 6 Imperative, 7 Unit, 10 Squall, 11 Sorcery, 12 Canter, 19 Undoing, 21 Replica, 24 Mortarboard, 26 Evangelist, 28 Blueprint, 29 Breadth, 30 Assist, 32 Wretched, 33 Runner, 34 Consume, 38 Editor, 40 Roam.

BIG CROSSWORD 2

Across: 8 Scholar, 9 Moneybags, 13 Tempo, 14 Forge, 15 Tunnels, 16 Crimson, 17 Voice, 18 Sushi, 20 Spool, 22 Ticket, 23 Result, 25 Decagon, 27 Cockney, 30 Shandy, 31 Narrow, 32 Enter, 35 About, 36 Eerie, 37 Ravioli, 39 Cartoon, 41 Cedar, 42 Lance, 43 Catapults, 44 Slipper. Down: 1 Scampi, 2 Colossal, 3 Malfunction, 4 Sometimes, 5 Kestrel, 6 T-bone steak, 7 Ogle, 10 Sticks, 11 Crevice, 12 Assist, 19 Student, 21 Oregano, 24 Forward roll, 26 Additional, 28 Fabricate, 29 Friends, 30 Seance, 32 Envelope, 33 Raises, 34 Heinous, 38 Ounces, 40 Roar.

JUMBO CROSSWORD

Across: 12 No time at alt; 13 Pistol; 14 Eleven; 16 Rest; 17 Perishing; 18 Caper; 19 Lash; 20 Flaring up; 22 Nerve; 23 Get around; 27 Mastery; 30 Cotton; 31 Room; 32 Dealt; 35 Tear; 36 Go ahead; 38 Save; 39 Habitat; 42 Ushers; 45 Get on; 46 Mastiff; 47 Grab; 48 Dump; 50 Ominous; 52 Arena; 54 Lashed; 56 Adhered; 57 Fled; 59 Swallow; 61 Oath; 64 Hover; 66 Rung; 67 Peruse; 69 Broke in; 72 Letting on; 73 Merit; 74 Chastened; 79 Chap; 81 Large; 82 Sincerely; 83 Ends; 85 Carton; 86 Pardon; 87 Getting down. Down: 1 Done; 2 Sitter; 3 Keep on; 4 Stirrup; 5 Flush; 6 Misgivings; 7 Stock; 8 Slipped on; 9 Retreat; 10 Peal; 11 Personal; 15 Direct; 21 Leave; 24 Opening; 25 Honest; 26 Drives; 28 Three; 29 Rag; 33 Bargain; 34 Lawful; 37 Denis; 40 Apache; 41 Finally; 43 Sound; 44 Showed; 46 Moans; 49 Present; 51 Oblige; 53 Elapse; 55 Shock; 58 Depression; 60 War; 62 Thine; 63 Autograph; 65 Overhead; 68 Reigns; 70 Incline; 71 Threats; 75 Saying; 76 Errends; 77 Fears; 78 Seven; 80 Pots; 84 Down.

TWO-SPEED

Across: 1 All the same; 7 Trout; 8 Minster; 10 Informed; 11 Born; 13 Encore; 15 Tea set; 17 User; 18 Proceeds; 21 Bottled; 22 Aisle; 23 Grand total. Down: 1 Aloof; 2 Literary; 3 Hamlet; 4 Sink; 5 Methods; 6 Strike dumb; 9 Runs to seed; 12 Penchant; 14 Creator; 16 Credit; 19 Easel; 20 Plan.

NUMBERCRUNCH

Beginner - 14 Intermediate - 19 Advanced - 280

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

PAGES SIX AND SEVEN:

PATHFINDER

1 Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope, Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Kingsley, R.M. Ballantyne.

2 Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Dogger, German Bight, Fisher, Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Biscax, Fitzroy, Trafalgar, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fairfole, Faeroes, Visibility, Good, Moderate, Fair, Poor.

GIANT SUDOKU

MEDIUM SUDOKU

IMPOSSUDOKU

ARROWWORD

VERY HARD SUDOKU

CROSS OUT

WORDSEARCH