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法拉奇和泰斯起诉犯罪机构“非法泄露财务信息”

昨晚披露，奈杰尔·法拉奇（NIGEL Farage）和理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）正起诉国家犯罪局（National Crime Agency），称其非法泄露了他们的财务信息。改革英国党（Reform UK）领导人及其副手昨日向高等法院提交了文件，寻求从英国的“FBI”处获得“超过 £25,000”的赔偿金。此次诉讼涉及媒体关于根据国家犯罪局（NCA）可疑活动报告计划而标记的银行交易文章。法拉奇先生和泰斯先生声称，只有 NCA 可能掌握所有泄露的信息。该机构正在进行内部调查，但尚未 [由政治记者 Sam Merriman 报道] 承认责任。据报道，文件指称“一名或多名国家犯罪局的警员或工作人员向一名或多名记者披露了关于原告涉及的资金转移已提交一份或多份可疑活动报告的事实”。在单独的令状中，据称他们要求 NCA 承认责任、支付赔偿金并分享信息被披露对象名单。泰斯先生表示：“他们有充足的时间来完成对此事的调查，而现在他们是在拖延时间。我们受够了。”关于法拉奇先生和泰斯先生财务状况的披露，促使这位改革党领导人辞去克拉克顿（Clacton）议员职务，导致本周四必须举行补选。与此同时，“恢复英国”（Restore Britain）遭到反犹主义团体的批评，称其推行针对犹太人的“最古老的抹黑”——此前联合创始人查理·唐斯（Charlie Downes）暗示改革党领导人法拉奇先生被犹太支持者“收买”。针对法拉奇先生在 2 月发布的一段称“我不能被收买”的社交媒体视频，唐斯先生分享了一张改革党领导人在改革犹太联盟（Reform Jewish Alliance）启动仪式上演讲的照片。但“恢复”领导人鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）称，关于这场争论的报道是另一篇“针对‘恢复英国’的抹黑文章”。

第六个迪拜

[由 Calum Muirhead 报道] 根据活动人士的分析，英国的债务大山可能高达惊人的 12万亿英镑，远超最初预期。本周有报道称，由于政府又借了数十亿英镑用于支付福利支出和更高的利息支出，英国公共部门债务首次突破 3万亿英镑。但活动团体纳税人联盟（TPA）揭露，这一数字并未包括隐藏负债，例如未注资的国家和公共部门养老金承诺、PFI 合同以及核电清理成本，该组织估计这些额外价值 8.6万亿英镑。因此，该团体表示，国家债务的真实规模实际上是 11.7万亿英镑，相当于英国每人承担 £168,184。TPA 的分析计算出，即使每小时偿还 £100 万，仍需 1,334 年才能结清余额。影子财政大臣梅尔·斯特赖德（Mel Stride）昨晚警告称：“今天借的每一英镑在很大程度上都是推迟的税收，必须在未来的某个时间点偿还。”我们所传递的规模应该让任何财政大臣深思。[财政大臣] 约翰·希利（John Healey）的首次预算案是一个

游说团体称：实际国家债务远高于本周公布的£3tn

挑战在于：约翰·希利需要证明他理解这一点。然而，根据我们目前掌握的证据，家庭应做好准备迎接更多的借贷、更多的税收以及后代需要承担的更沉重的账单。巨大的债务堆积给希利先生带来了更大的挑战，他已承诺在10月28.的第一份预算案中将“财政纪律”作为优先事项。

TPA首席执行官约翰·奥康奈尔表示：“公共部门债务已失去控制，但如果加上不可避免的账单（如未注资的养老金承诺），就会揭示出我们传给子孙后代的债务真实规模。为了未来几代英国纳税人的利益，新任财政大臣需要削减这些承诺。”

英国不断上升的债务还威胁到首相安迪·伯纳姆的雄心，他试图通过一系列新的支出公告来建立积极的势头，包括取消能源账单的增值税、降低酒吧的商业税以及将巴士票价上限设定为£2。

伯纳姆先生此前承诺将遵守瑞秋·里夫斯引入的财政规则，但他表示还希望利用“灵活性”寻找更多提供资金的方式，例如用投资来抵消借款。此举将允许政府每年额外借款高达£90 亿美元，同时在技术上仍遵守财政规则。

但根据预算责任办公室的说法，这仍将增加债务堆积并提高国家的利息支出，预计今年的利息支出将超过£1300 亿美元。

债券市场也担心伯纳姆先生可能会为了资助其政策目标而放弃财政纪律。上个月，伦敦金融城资产管理公司Rathbones表示已出售部分英国政府债券，其负责人大卫·库姆斯补充说，人们担心伯纳姆先生可能会“上演特拉斯式戏码”，这是在指前首相利兹·特拉斯在2022年推出未经成本核算的迷你预算案后，导致英国借贷成本飙升的情况。

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麦卡特尼的可爱琳达 像极了！我看见她站在那里！西尔莎·罗南在新的披头士传记电影中饰演保罗挚爱的琳达

片场：梅斯卡尔饰演麦卡特尼 让我爱你：琳达和保罗 1969 年的婚礼 流苏：年轻的海瑟

这段爱情故事终结了保罗·麦卡特尼作为流行乐坛最抢手单身汉的身份。而现在，他与美国摄影师琳达·伊斯特曼之间绽放的浪漫情缘——琳达后来成为了他一生的挚爱——在导演萨姆·门德斯即将推出的四部曲披头士传记电影中被重现，正如这些独家照片所示。

由西尔莎·罗南饰演的琳达被拍到抵达位于伦敦北部圣约翰之林（St John's Wood）的保罗爵士三层摄政风格联排别墅，由 Paul Mescal 饰演的歌手在那里迎接她。在琳达乘坐黑色出租车抵达时，由 Olivia Kemp 饰演的、似乎是她早年婚姻所生的女儿海瑟也一同出现，她穿着一件棕色麂皮流苏夹克，带有穗饰。

四次获得奥斯卡奖提名的罗南女士穿着花卉迷你裙、经典风衣和粗跟鞋，看起来完全就是一个不事雕琢的音乐摄影师。她的金色长发完美地还原了琳达的样子。

麦卡特尼和琳达在 1967 年披头士狂热的高峰期，在苏豪区的 Bag O'Nails 音乐俱乐部相识。他们于 1969 年 3 月在 Marylebone Town Hall 结婚，并共同生活了近三十年，直到琳达 1998. 年因乳腺癌去世，享年 56 岁。

在披头士乐队解散后，琳达成为了他的音乐伙伴，在 Wings 乐队中演奏键盘并演唱和声。而他 1970. 年的首张个人专辑中的开场曲《The Lovely Linda》就是以她为主题。

门德斯这部备受期待的项目还由 Harris Dickinson, 30, 饰演约翰·列侬，Joseph Quinn, 32, 饰演乔治·哈里森，以及 Barry Keoghan, 33, 饰演林戈·斯塔尔爵士。每一部电影都将从一名不同披头士成员的视角讲述故事。全部四部电影预计将于 2028 年同步发行。

我感觉很好：西尔莎·罗南在全新场景中饰演琳达

如果你正处于30多岁，请准备好迎接重大的人生转变

人们过去常说人生从40岁开始，但现在人生在30岁就开始了，并且迅速进入快车道。事实上，英国人在这个具有里程碑意义的十年中会做出人生中最大的改变。一项调查显示，平均而言，移居海外的人在31岁时这样做，职业转换发生在32岁，创业者预计在33岁开始创业，而我们最有可能在34岁时启动副业。十分之四的人表示他们在30岁时变得比以往任何时候都更有野心，而85%的人正在朝着一个重大的人生目标努力。

尽管如此，人们在将野心付诸行动前平均会等待两年，这使得20%的人感到一丝遗憾，并承认他们希望自己能早点采取行动。22%的人提到的财务限制成为了阻碍人们前进的最大障碍，而15%的人提到了缺乏信心或自我认同，13%的人将其归咎于缺乏时间，12%的人则因害怕失败而止步。

沃达丰Three（Vodafone Three）对2,000名英国人的调查发现，重大的人生事件通常会提供人们追求长期野心所需的推动力。对于那些表示人生经历是最大改变催化剂的人来说，最常见的是亲人离世（27%）、失去工作（25%）以及成为父母（25%）。更广泛地说，其他触发因素包括实现更高的财务稳定性，23%的人提到了这一点。

研究还显示了技术在帮助人们将野心转化为行动方面已变得多么核心，42%的人认为连接性的提高帮助他们实现了目标。超过一半（55%）的人表示，得益于数字化工具，寻找机会变得更加容易，而49%的人认为，与五年前或十年前相比，他们现在更有能力实现自己的野心。

沃达丰Three表示：“英国并不缺乏野心。挑战在于将野心转化为行动。我们的研究表明，连接性正日益成为其中的一部分。”

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A级考试成绩预计创纪录，A和A*数量将大幅增加

据一份报告称，除新冠疫情期间外，史上最好的A级考试（A-level）成绩将于下周公布。

来自白金汉大学的分析表明，近三成考生将获得至少A级的成绩，近一成将获得A*。报告还指出，男生在获得顶尖成绩方面将进一步扩大对女生的领先优势——这一趋势始于去年。

数以十万计的六年级学生将于周四领取成绩，并确认是否获得了大学录取名额。

如果白金汉大学教育与就业研究中心的报告预测准确，这将是顶尖成绩数量连续第三年增长。

作者：教育编辑 Eleanor Harding

去年，所有A级考试考生中，至少获得A级的比例为28.3%，获得A*的比例为9.4%。这是除2020至2022年疫情期间外记录中的最高值，而当时由于使用教师评估而非考试，成绩被人为推高。

报告坚持认为，这种上升曲线并非源于人为的成绩膨胀，而是由数学学科日益普及所驱动，因为数学产生的A和A*成绩比其他科目更多。

报告指出：“数学在2025年成为整体结果的主要驱动因素，因为它的报考人数最多，且是顶尖成绩授予率最高的科目之一。数学与进阶数学共同占据了近四分之一的A*成绩。”

去年，男生获得A或A*的比例为28.4%，比女生的相应比例（28.2%）高出0.2个百分点。

报告作者艾伦·史密瑟斯（Alan Smithers）教授表示：“这可能是我们在疫情后看到的一种新上升趋势的出现。”

但他补充道：“这将归功于报考科目组合的变化，而非成绩膨胀。”

不要再像个粗鲁的汉子了，伯纳姆首相被告知应停止其足球和酒吧噱头……且是由其团队提出的

作者：政治记者 Sophie Church

安迪·伯纳姆（ANDY Burnham）被告知在社交媒体上要少一些“汉子气”（blokeish），减少对足球和酒吧的粗鲁引用。

由于选民对相关内容产生抵触，唐宁街10号的传播专家已敦促这位新任首相淡化其带有“小伙子”气息（laddish）的视频。

在就职后的最初几周里，他为了向心存疑虑的公众推销“伯纳姆品牌”，在社交媒体上发起猛攻。在这些大多由他自拍的视频中，他聊到了自己对埃弗顿足球俱乐部和啤酒的热爱。

这种低俗的内容与他那位更为严肃的前任基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）形成了鲜明对比。

现在，被招募到唐宁街的社交媒体专家已对伯纳姆先生的部分视频发出“警告”，担心这些内容可能会疏远选民。

一名消息人士告诉《泰晤士报》：“10号大街拥有一支非常专业的社交媒体数据和分析团队。他们每天为首相团队提供报告，并对部分内容提出了警告，建议淡化一些‘汉子气’——比如那个酒吧零食的噱头。”

该评论是指一段伯纳姆先生与财政大臣约翰·希利（John Healey）坐在酒吧里给酒吧零食打分的视频。该视频旨在宣传工党针对餐饮场所的商业税减免政策，在X平台上观看次数超过500万次。

[图片：一群小伙子：安迪·伯纳姆与约翰·希利一起给酒吧零食打分，以及独自观看埃弗顿比赛。]

这支在基尔爵士任内建立的社交媒体团队监控首相发布的所有视频，分析回复的语气，以了解他在网上的公众形象。

保守党内政部发言人艾丽西亚·卡恩斯（Alicia Kearns）表示，伯纳姆先生的政府是由“内容，

“被建议收敛一些”，而非对他的帖子产生“定论”。她补充道：“伯纳姆先生认为，一品脱啤酒和一包炸猪皮就能洗刷掉工党在过去两年里给这个国家制造的烂摊子。他走进唐宁街时既没有国家计划，也没有勇气在议会面对国会议员的质询。此时此刻，俄罗斯、中国和伊朗威胁着我们的安全，但没人能告诉你首相坚持什么样的立场，或者他将如何保障我们的安全。”但内政部大臣安娜·特利（Anna Turley）昨天为伯纳姆先生的风格辩护称：“我对此完全没有问题。作为一个喜欢足球、偶尔喝品脱啤酒并相当喜欢酒吧小吃的人，我对他的内容没有异议……很高兴看到他与公众互动。社交媒体现在是一个如此重要的媒介，我认为首相拥有一种非常亲民的风格，这对于传播我们的故事至关重要。”米尔顿凯恩斯中心区（Milton Keynes Central）的工党议员艾米莉·达林顿（Emily Darlington）表示，“在社交媒体上有一个积极的男性榜样令人耳目一新”，并且这与“经常出现在我们推送中的厌女且种族主义的‘影响者’形成了鲜明对比”。民意调查员卢克·特赖尔（Luke Tryl）则表示，伯纳姆先生试图扩大吸引力将是一个“错误”。他在X上写道：“公众喜欢他的一点就是他被认为很正常……自在且自信。在梅克菲尔德（Makerfield），人们喜欢看到他在足球赛场出现，他显然像每个人一样喜欢喝酒等等。”内阁办公室正在为政府媒体部门（GMU）及各部门招募50名额外的社交媒体人员，以管理与影响者的关系，并协商付费合作以推动工党的议程。《太阳报》前编辑大卫·丁斯摩尔（David Dinsmore）正在监管GMU，目前关于其最终人员编制水平“尚未做出决定”。

五分之一的学生贷款发放给外国人

由政治记者报道

五分之一的学生贷款发放给了外国学生——这意味着纳税人为任何未偿还的债务承担数十亿英镑的风险。去年，外国学生收到了约40 亿英镑 billion的贷款——约占该计划总贷款额的20%。这些资金绝大多数授予了欧盟国民，其中令人震惊的是，所有首次发放的贷款中，有 one in 20 发放给了罗马尼亚人。昨日披露的数据显示，外国学生偿还贷款的可能性比英国学生低约25%。这可能导致纳税人每年损失高达22亿英镑。保守党政策大臣尼尔·奥布莱恩（Neil O'Brien）通过议会质询和信息自由请求从政府收集了这些数据。他告诉《每日邮报》：“工党应该少花心思资助外国学生，而更多地关注改善那些背负沉重学生债务的英国人的处境。”改革英国党（Reform UK）教育发言人苏埃拉·布雷弗曼（Suella Braverman）表示：“改革英国党将禁止外国学生申请学生贷款，并停止由纳税人为‘觉醒’学位（woke degrees）提供资金。”真实教育运动（Campaign for Real Education）主席克里斯·麦戈文（Chris McGovern）指责政府在“通过资助提振东欧经济”。教育部一名发言人表示：“我们正在从源头打击学生资助的滥用行为，堵住漏洞并防止系统被误用。”

“停止为觉醒学位提供资金”

NHS 因跨性别规则延迟引发争议

英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）因拒绝设定实施保护单性别空间新指南的时间表而引发批评。尽管平等与人权委员会的指南已于本周生效，但允许认同自己为女性的男性在女性病房接受治疗的规定仍然有效。

England 表示，将“很快”公布其关于单性别空间的政策。但 Sex Matters 的 Fiona McKenna 表示：“ 有责任立即采取行动。它了解法律。这种推诿是对患者和工作人员的侮辱。”

一名 消息人士告诉《泰晤士报》，延迟是由于内阁办公室在“协调应对方案”。但昨晚，一名内阁办公室内部人士表示：“没有人被阻止修改其政策。”

卫生大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）告诉 Times Radio：“我们所有人都需要遵守法律。”

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巧克力惊魂！清洁工在囤积癖家中挖掘出35年前的玛氏巧克力棒……而且是个“重量级”

发现者：清洁工维多利亚·戈登 每日邮报记者

人们常说，每天一块玛氏巧克力能帮你工作、休息和娱乐。但基于这次大胆的“缩量涨价”案例，如今的一块巧克力恐怕很难让你撑过午餐时间。

清洁工维多利亚·戈登在整理一个家时，发现了一块有35年历史的玛氏巧克力棒——它看起来巨大无比。这位来自林肯郡的44岁女性决定，用她母亲的话说，“这有点被坑了”，于是她去买了一块目前在售的巧克力棒来对比两者——结果尺寸的差异让她大为震惊。

戈登女士说：“虽然我知道它很大，但当我买了一块来对比时，我还是感到惊讶。这真的很遗憾。”

2026 重量：40g 长度：9.5cm 宽度：2.5cm 高度：1.5cm 价格：£1.30

简而言之：1991年的玛氏巧克力棒在重量和长度上都让其现代同类产品显得相形见绌。

虽然我完全理解通货膨胀，但缩量涨价有点被坑了，就像我妈常说的那样。尺寸差异比我想象的要大。

她是在本周于北林肯郡执行一项工作时发现这个物品的。她的清洁公司负责犯罪现场、死亡后清理、囤积癖房屋以及其他生物危害清理现场。

1991, 一块玛氏巧克力棒的价格在25便士到30便士之间，而现在则需要花费£1.20——而且巧克力量少得多。当时的标准尺寸巧克力棒重65克，而如今的约为40克。旧版本长14厘米，而现代同类产品仅为9.5cm。

尽管对这一发现感到震惊，但戈登女士透露，像这样的发现是这份工作最棒的部分。

她告诉数字文化杂志 creatorzine.com：“在清理囤积癖房屋时，我最喜欢的部分就是发现这样的宝藏。”

“我发现了许多古老且复古的东西。我觉得这非常迷人。”

戈登女士将视频片段分享到网上，获得了超过700,000次观看。

她说：“我之前的视频也走红过。囤积癖房屋总是很受欢迎，但我对这次的火爆程度感到惊讶。”

作者：马克·杜埃尔

如果你在经历了几天清爽天气后，正打算把人字拖重新扔回衣柜，请稍安勿躁。因为从本周末起，英国将在短短三个月内迎来第六次热浪——气温将达到36℃。

虽然英格兰大部分地区和整个威尔士都处于干旱状态，但近日较凉的的大西洋空气带来了一些缓解。事实上，周四是36天以来英国境内首次没有地方出现“热浪”状况，尽管对于萨里郡枯萎的威斯利（Wisley）来说，这已经是连续第50个干燥日。

但随着下一波热浪开始，南风将引入炎热的大陆空气，预报显示热浪可能至少持续到周四——届时气温预计将达到顶峰。南部地区甚至可能比加勒比海地区更温暖，且与印度首都新德里一样炎热。

与此同时，英国卫生安全局（UKHSA）从今天起至周二，向英格兰南部和中部地区发布黄色高温健康警报。该政府机构

还有多少次 [接第一页] 重复错失阻止利维的机会。警员们现在认为，利维在多次被保释期间可能造成了更多受害者，在他从2018年起在首都潜行跟踪毫无防备的女性期间，可能每天都在实施袭击。保守党党魁巴德诺克女士在今天的《每日邮报》中写道，“一个崩溃的系统让他重返街头继续犯罪”，且对司法宽容的态度意味着严重罪犯觉得他们犯罪后“可以逃脱惩罚”。利维一只眼睛失明，目前已被判定犯有两起谋杀、两起强奸、一起近乎致命的窒息事件以及13起性侵犯。他的行为从在伦敦地铁上摸女性升级到针对他随后将其杀害的性工作者。在令人震惊地获得谋杀罪保释后，他于2025年8月在托特纳姆杀害了一名女性谢丽尔·威尔金斯。他最初因涉嫌去年3月在伦敦南部杀害卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略而被拘留，但随后被释放。这是因为英国皇家检察署（CPS）在利维第一次出庭治安法院听证会时未能反对保释，随后在下一次出庭面对法官时，也没有向法官提供关于他此前定罪的决定性信息。利维后来又因各种原因缺席了三次刑事法院听证会，但没有任何人申请逮捕令，使他能够自由地再次出手。到那时，利维已于2024年11月因在地铁网络实施的一系列性侵犯而被英国运输警察局逮捕，他随后因此被定罪。但由于办理辨认程序延迟，他被释放，并在2025年1月实施了他的第一次强奸，

“各级机构接连失职”与瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略女士被谋杀案。利维在2021年首次被判入狱三年，原因是他在2018年的诺丁山狂欢节和一次卡姆登街头派对上对两名女性实施了性袭击。巴德诺克女士昨天表示：。他的案件是各级机构接连失职的典型，而这种失职正困扰着我们的刑事司法系统。”一名因法律原因无法透露身份的强奸幸存者甚至向警员指出了利维住所的确切位置，但由于她当时正处于戒毒期，从未接受过正式询问。尽管主要嫌疑人可以被识别，伦敦警察厅随后仍关闭了调查。在经过为期七周的审理，陪审团在商议近13小时后对所有指控均判定有罪，受害者家属昨天在法庭上泣不成声。利维拒绝提供辩护证据，在判决结果公布时，除了戴着太阳镜盯着陪审团团长外，几乎没有表现出任何情绪。他将于周三被量刑。马克·卢克拉夫特（Mark Lucraft）大律师法官表示，利维将被判处终身监禁，唯一的决定在于刑期长短。保守党司法发言人尼克·蒂莫西（Nick Timothy）昨晚表示：“这个怪物在有长期针对女性性犯罪记录的情况下，竟然被允许保释在街头游荡，这简直令人愤怒。受害者一次又一次被体制辜负，英国皇家检察署（CPS）及其他相关部门必须对此给出严肃的交代。”“监狱之所以有效，是因为它能使罪犯失去作案能力，而本案表明了为什么我们必须确保危险罪犯被关在铁窗之后。”影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）表示，利维“绝不应该获得保释”，并补充道：“他显然会抓住每一个机会继续谋杀和强奸女性。这个男人绝不能再次见到阳光。”改革英国党（Reform UK）内政发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）表示：“伦敦警察厅允许一名连环性掠夺者在伦敦街头肆虐而无需承担任何后果。西蒙·利维多年来一直在性侵女性。”“他被多次授予保释。他的风险等级被下调。随后他实施了强奸和谋杀。这一切完全在预料之中。”“那些纵容利维、让伦敦街头成为该掠夺者肆意妄为之地的警员必须面对真正的后果。仅仅将他们调到另一个岗位是对受害者的侮辱。”犯罪与警务大臣莎拉·琼斯（Sarah Jones）表示，利维在被警方和法院释放后能够造成如此毁灭性的伤害，“令人深感不安”。她说：“这提出了需要紧急回答的严肃问题。”独立警察行为监察局（IOPC）昨晚确认，已向一名警员发出严重失职通知，并向一名侦查警佐发出失职通知。一名发言人表示：“我们正在审查是否可以或应该采取行动来防止[利维]再次犯罪，以及所有参与管理他的警员是否遵守了政策、程序和培训。”但该局表示，纪律处分程序并非必然。警方和英国皇家检察署（CPS）已承认犯了错误，但由于活动人士声称，在2021年莎拉·埃弗拉德（Sarah Everard）被伦敦警察厅警员韦恩·考森斯（Wayne Couzens）谋杀后，国家承诺打击针对女性和女孩的暴力，而本案使这些承诺变成了笑话，因此人们呼吁对这一丑闻进行公开调查。此外，警方认为还有许多其他女性尚未站出来举报。

在他于2021年入狱后，利维继续将女性作为目标，并在2022年摸了一名监狱管理人员。当他在2023年2月在刑期过半时获提前释放，他告诉缓刑工作人员，性工作者经常向他提供服务，破碎司法系统的受害者 见第8页和第9页 --- 第7页

他瞄准了谁？

卑劣：利维被他的一名地铁受害者拍到，但他却声称从未离开过家。事实上，利维在2023年10月仍处于假释期，当时他开始在地铁上寻找猎物，在伦敦各车站的高峰时段游荡，因为他知道那时车厢内挤满了乘客，使受害者无法逃脱他的魔爪。他经常在腰间系一件套头衫，以便在抓向周围女性时掩盖他乱摸的手。2024年5月，在一起强奸指控被调查期间，他被重新召回监狱。同年8月他被释放，之后他继续在地铁上发起攻击。他的最年轻受害者是18岁，最年长的是32岁。患有学习障碍的利维本应受到缓刑监督人员和Visor（暴力与性犯罪者登记册）工作人员的双重监管。但他对强奸和谋杀令人胆寒的痴迷却未被察觉，他秘密收集了大量关于他所崇拜的臭名昭著罪犯的报纸报道，包括黑色出租车强奸犯约翰·沃博伊斯（John Worboys）和恋童癖杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）。这名40岁的失业男子住在北伦敦托特纳姆的母亲家中，他还曾在网上搜索厌女主义影响者安德鲁·泰特（Andrew Tate）。■ 更多报道由瑞安·胡珀（Ryan Hooper）和萨姆·梅里曼（Sam Merriman）提供 评论 - 第18页

西蒙·利维是一个连环捕食者、强奸犯和杀人犯。一个现代版的“开膛手杰克”，他被反复逮捕，却又被反复释放，被允许继续对他针对女性的恐怖行动。他的罪行细节已足够令人惊恐，但几乎同样令人震惊的是，当局曾有多少次机会可以阻止他。在他于伦敦地铁网络实施多次性侵时，他不仅因类似罪行被保释，而且——简直令人难以置信——还涉嫌谋杀。尽管他多次违反保释条件且至少两次未能出庭，但一个破碎的系统却允许他重返街头继续犯罪。他的案例是困扰我们刑事司法系统各级一系列失败的典型。警察的低级错误削弱了起诉工作。由于英国皇家检察署（CPS）准备案件过于糟糕，罪犯逃脱了定罪。法官被量刑指南束缚，无法判处与罪行相匹配的监禁期限。我可以列举很多。安迪·伯纳姆正在让严重罪犯提前出狱。与此同时，改革英国党（Reform UK）的司法方案将需要大规模扩建监狱网络，以容纳比现在多十倍的囚犯。这些提议根本无法解决问题。我太经常看到政治家和官员在做决定时，从未设身处地地考虑那些将承受后果的人。他们永远不会成为那个被困在拥挤地铁车厢中与捕食者同在的女性。他们永远不会成为那个发现袭击自己的男人已被释放的受害者。。这就是为什么我们最终会出现认同为女性的男性强奸犯被安置在女性监狱中，以及危险罪犯被释放后再次犯罪的情况。我们需要的是常识性的解决方案。如果人们认为他们可以逍遥法外，或者即使被定罪也只能受到轻微惩罚，他们将继续犯罪。严格执法和严厉惩罚并非残酷，而是必要的。多年来，太多的刑事司法政策是基于一个令人宽慰的理论，即监狱是一台巨大的康复机器。罪犯进去，参加一个干预计划，然后以某种方式被洗涤干净地出来。

现实情况则大相径庭。康复固然重要，但保护公众更为重要。而具有实质意义的惩罚则比这两者都更重要。因为如果没有惩罚，就没有威慑。我们创造了一个昂贵的旋转木马：警察逮捕那些惯犯，检察官起诉他们，受害者在证人席上重新经历他们的苦难，公众抽出时间担任陪审员。然后，在司法机器运行完毕后，罪犯获得缓刑、提前释放，或者获得另一次犯罪的机会。我怎么强调都不为过：这是疯狂之举，必须停止。大卫·高克爵士（Sir David Gauke），一位前

接连不断的失败让这个男人能够随意猎杀女性。这种疯狂必须停止

# 评论 凯米·巴德诺克 反对党领袖

保守党的司法大臣代表了该党已经抛弃的那种思维方式。高克（Gauke）的方法始于这样一个结论：应该减少入狱人数，而那些被关在狱中的人应该服更短的刑期。但对罪犯宽容并不能产生更好的结果。我领导的保守党不会制定这样的政策。我借鉴的是像前内政大臣迈克尔·霍华德（Michael Howard）这样的人的观点。他说：“监狱有效。”他是正确的。

这种方法确实意味着我们将不得不建造更多监狱。我们很可能不得不租赁海外的监狱名额。而且我们必须驱逐外国罪犯，而不是在公众的开支下将他们安置在这里。但如果必须在监狱过度拥挤与杀人犯和强奸犯被释放到街头之间做出选择，那么我宁愿由国家来管理拥挤问题。

所有这些都需要花钱。建造监狱会引发反对。人们经常说他们不希望在自己的城镇附近有监狱。我理解这一点。但权衡的并不是在监狱和没有监狱之间，而是在拥有安全的监狱容量与允许杀人犯和强奸犯自由行走之间。

当人们认为自己不会受到惩罚时，犯罪就会随之增加。当警察保释被反复延长，当缺席出庭而没有立即采取行动，以及当判决与所犯罪行几乎没有关系时，罪犯们会注意到这一点。公众也同样注意到了。他们看到的是一个似乎对罪犯无尽宽容，而对受害者令人沮丧地漠不关心的系统。

如果安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）想加入我，采取一种常识性的方法，我将与他合作。但我对他背后的议员们持谨慎态度。在每一次他们有机会为正确的事情投票时，他们都选择了做错误的事情。

这不应该是左翼对抗右翼的问题。这是一个正确对抗错误的问题。测试很简单：危险人物必须留在监狱中，直到他们不再对社会构成威胁并表现出真正的悔意。公众必须优先于罪犯。国家必须支付必要的费用来实现这一点。

西蒙·利维的受害者为这个未能实施惩戒的系统付出了代价。不应再有女性为此付出代价。法律与秩序是政府的首要职责。保守党已准备好再次强制执行它们。

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两名女性死亡。第三名女性终身受创。天知道有多少人在地铁上遭受性侵而生活破碎。他们全部是一个病态男人的受害者——以及一个彻底崩溃的司法系统。去年5月29日大约下午5点，一名叫塔尼娅（Tanya）的年轻女性在伦敦桥站登上了一列地铁。正值高峰时段，车厢内拥挤不堪，她发现自己正站在一名背对着她的男子近旁。突然，他伸手到身后抓住了她的私处。塔尼娅在震惊和困惑中向后退去。就在这时，她撞到了附近站着的一对夫妇和两个小女孩。“我不想尖叫或与他搏斗。我不想让那些孩子受到惊吓，”她后来在法庭上说道。“我心中充满了恐惧，不仅是为了我自己，也是为了在那里的其他女性。我想阻止他也袭击她们。”当她转身面对袭击者——现已确认身份为40岁的西蒙·利维（Simon Levy）——时，他的眼神令她震惊。“纯粹的邪恶，”她说。“正是在这短暂的、我鼓起勇气盯着他——为了让他负责，并向他表明他并非隐形——的时刻，我看到他自觉地决定第二次袭击我。”她补充道：“我能感觉到他对女性构成威胁，他之前已经做过很多次这样的事。他那厚颜无耻的态度以及对我质问的完全无视，让我更加确信这一点。”接下来的事情对许多女性来说将是一个令人沮丧且熟悉的故事。“我大喊我刚刚遭到了性侵，”塔尼娅说道。在法庭上，她穿着一件印有“停止男性暴力”口号的T恤，没有遮挡屏风地站在利维面前，读出了一份受害者影响陈述书。“我周围的男性都盯着地板看，尽可能地远离我，避免眼神接触，显然感到很不舒服。我当时在发抖，在哭泣，而我必须在地铁上再坐四个站才能到达目的地，期间没有人问我是否还好，也没有人提供任何帮助。”随着更多的人登上火车，塔尼娅发现自己再次站在利维附近。直到火车驶入滑铁卢站之前，什么都没有发生。就在那时，利维经过塔尼娅——再次背对着她——并在下车时，又一次抓住了她的私处。塔尼娅试图抓住他的手以阻止他离开火车，但他 被残忍谋杀：卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略（Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo），53岁，以及谢丽尔·威尔金斯（Sheryl Wilkins），39岁

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将它夺回来并下了车。她自己走出火车，将随身携带的饮料罐里的液体泼向他，并在他仓皇逃跑时大喊“色狼”。塔尼娅在当天呼救时并不知道，她仅仅是利维众多袭击事件中的一名受害者。利维是一名连环性侵犯、强奸犯和杀人犯，直到昨天才最终被定罪。 ，尽管他被怀疑涉嫌谋杀。后来披露，在2018年至2025年之间长达七年的肆虐中，利维至少实施了13起性侵事件，强奸并窒息了一名性工作者（导致其濒死），并杀害了另外两名女性。英国交通警察局（BTP）、伦敦警察厅、英国皇家检控署和治安法官都认为可以四次保释这个怪物，让他自由地在白天寻找新的受害者。事实上，毫不夸张地说，警察每次释放他，他就变得更加胆大妄为。

在许多方面，利维是一个典型的性犯罪者。他是个独居者，与母亲同住，自2011年起一直失业。由于2024年5月的一次袭击，他的右眼大部分视力已经丧失。一名叫拉格哈德的邻居形容利维和他母亲很“安静”。她补充道：“他很迟钝，不聪明。但有时他会给我一个奇怪的眼神。”她觉得他令人不安。“我内心的恐惧是，‘有些事情不对劲’。”

与此同时，许多受害者在得知其犯罪行为的真实程度后，感到被背叛了。“你无法想象我听到这件事时感到的恐惧，”塔尼娅说，“一个如此频繁且如此肆无忌惮地实施此类行为的人，怎么会被允许重复袭击？这让我质疑谁会认真对待男性暴力，谁在保护女性和女孩？”这些问题现在将令警察、缓刑服务机构、检察官和法院难以回答。

在2021年伦敦警察厅警员韦恩·考森斯谋杀莎拉·埃弗拉德之后，出现了无数旨在解决针对女性和女孩暴力的举措，政府承诺在十年内将此类犯罪减少一半。与利维一样，考森斯有长期的性犯罪记录，并实施了一系列露体袭击，其行为在谋杀发生前的几天里不断升级，但警方未能采取行动。

利维首次被记录在案的性袭击发生在2018年7月29日卡姆登市场的一个派对上，当时他“用力”抓住一名女性，将手伸进她的内衣。仅仅一个月后，他在前往诺丁山嘉年华的地铁上袭击了另一名受害者，四次将手伸进她的裤子里。直到一年多后的2019年10月，他才被逮捕，并一直被保释至2021年8月。利维随后因这两起袭击被判处三年监禁。

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纯粹的邪恶：连环性侵犯、强奸犯兼杀手西蒙·利维

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但即便在监狱里，他也无法克制自己。在服刑七个月后，他在布里克斯顿监狱（HMP Brixton）性侵了一名女性狱警，在她走过时抓住了她的臀部。尽管如此，他还是在2023年2月被提前释放，在搬回北伦敦托特纳姆的母亲家之前，曾在一家缓刑收容所度过一段时间。

在仍处于假释期间时，他于2023年10月24日在码头区（Docklands）的加拿大水站（Canada Water station）性侵了另一名女性。2024年3月，利维告诉他的缓刑工作人员，他不出门是因为一只眼睛失明。当时对他电子设备进行简单的检查就会发现，他花费数小时研究地铁路线图并痴迷于性；他使用诸如“付费买春但没得到服务”、“我妈告诉我应该去看妓女”以及“毒瘾女性做爱是什么感觉”等短语进行搜索。他在电脑上保存了名为“我的性记录”的文件夹，其中包含关于性爱姿势、搭讪词和妓女的文件。

尽管有缓刑监督员以及负责管理暴力和性犯罪者登记册（Visor）的警察进行监管，但利维对强奸、谋杀和血腥的令人胆寒的痴迷却未被察觉。白天，这个捕食者戴着太阳镜，使用从一名巴士司机那里偷来的牡蛎卡（Oyster card）在地铁上自由穿行。他会在早晚高峰时段在网络中游荡，因为他知道那时车厢里挤满了乘客，导致女性无法逃脱。

他袭击时的监控录像显示，利维反复使用同一套手段：向年轻漂亮的女性倾身，然后抓她们的内裤。当受害者发出警报或开始拍摄袭击过程时，利维就简单地转向另一名女性，显然并不担心被摄像头拍到，并在几秒钟内再次作案。

2024年10月，他在钱特里巷站（Chancery Lane station）性侵了一名受害者，仅仅七天后，他又在利物浦街站（Liverpool Street）袭击了另一名女性。11月4日，他终于被英国交通警察局（BTP）的一支巡逻队发现并因这些袭击被捕，但警员没有足够的证据对他提起指控，因此他被保释。

但调查似乎被严重误处理，相关警员直到12月29日才申请进行身份辨认（ID parade）——即让证人或受害者有机会确认嫌疑人身份。随后的辨认排队被安排在1月17日，这意味着极其反常地，利维的保释期必须延长。

2025年1月21日，利维被告知他的保释日期已延长至4月18日，就在当晚，他在托特纳姆一个停车场实施了他的第一次强奸，那里距离他母亲的家仅几码之遥。他袭击了一名妓女（《每日邮报》不披露其姓名），在强奸她之前打断了她的锁骨，同时用一只手掐她的喉咙，另一只手捂住她的脸来窒息她。在这样做时，他将一根手指伸进她的喉咙，几乎让她窒息。

在随后的听证会上，这名女性在向法庭讲述利维捂住她时她的恐慌时抽泣道：“我想，‘我要死了。’我无法呼吸。我永远不会忘记他双手的气味。”袭击发生几秒后，她失去了意识。当她恢复意识时，利维已经逃跑。

两个月后，他再次作案，使用了相同的作案手法，但这一次他的受害者没有那么幸运。53岁的卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略（Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo）的尸体于2025年3月17日在伦敦东南部萨瑟克（Southwark）一栋废弃公寓楼的楼梯间内被发现，呈面朝下状态。她的颈部受到挤压，面部被捂住，身边发现了一根沾有被告血液的管子。她的身体上也留有他的DNA。

利维似乎完全不担心被抓。仅仅十天后，他就回到了北伦敦托特纳姆附近的七姐妹站（Seven Sisters station）再次袭击女性。

不到24小时后，利维在Visor工作人员为其进行入户检查时告诉对方，他从未出门，而是通过观看YouTube视频和电影来消磨时间。四天后的4月1日，利维因卡门萨之死被伦敦警察厅（Met）警员逮捕。他的母亲玛西亚·克拉克显然对其儿子的嗜好一无所知，她向逮捕他的警员抗议道：“你们在说什么谋杀（原文如此）？”而利维则平静地坐在沙发上，喃喃道：“是的，但我没做那种事。”在近乎荒诞的场景中，利维再次被保释，因为对卡门萨（一名药物使用者）的尸体进行尸检的病理学家得出结论，其死因“无法确定”。在得知他因谋杀被捕后，英国交通警察局（BTP）取消了原定于4月3日将其逮捕以追究进一步罪行的计划。相反，警员选择进行一次“风险评估”，令人震惊的是，他们将他的保释期延长了一个月。利维在得知这一消息后加速了犯罪行为，在5月1日回访保释之前，他在地铁内又实施了四次袭击。一天后，他被指控在地铁内实施五起性袭击，并被 overnight 羁押。此时，当局的失职达到了另一个水平：尽管利维涉嫌谋杀，海布里角治安法院（Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court）仍将其保释。英国皇家检控署（CPS）现在透露，检察官未能反对保释，且不记得法院是否被告知了谋杀调查或利维之前的犯罪记录。然而，BTP当时曾警告检察官：“利维的犯罪频率似乎在升级。警方认为他对公众构成危险，且具有极高的重新犯罪风险。警方严重担心，如果获准保释，利维将继续对他人的女性公众成员实施持续的犯罪。”不到一个月后，利维在威斯敏斯特站袭击了塔尼娅。6月3日，他被传唤回海布里角治安法院面对第六项性袭击指控，但他未出庭。尽管如此，警方并未申请逮捕令。三周后，一名BTP警员在地铁内发现了利维，他被指控违反保释条件（进入地铁）、未出庭以及在查令十字站和威斯敏斯特站实施两起性袭击。然而，当他在6月21日出庭否认这些罪行时，令人难以置信的是，利维再次获准保释。而当他在7月18日和8月11日的两次随后的听证会上缺席时，警方并未申请逮捕令。同样，英国皇家检控署（CPS）未能告知法院利维正因谋杀接受调查。与此同时，在7月10日，利维向一名到家中走访的Visor经理抱怨，他的腿脚不够稳，无法离开住所。他的欺骗程度在六周后揭晓，当时利维夺走了他的第二个谋杀受害者的生命。他捂死了39岁的谢丽尔·威尔金斯，采用了与第一个受害者相同的手法，并将她的尸体留在1月21日强奸案发生的同一地点。她被发现面朝下，面部、头部、上身和四肢共有83处伤痕。意识到一名连环性掠夺者在逃后，警方迟缓地采取了行动。一周之内，利维通过面部识别摄像头在谢丽尔的谋杀现场被识别，并于9月5日因谋杀她而被捕，同时再次被捕，涉嫌谋杀卡门萨。像往常一样，利维试图蒙混过关。“我以前遇到过这种情况，”他告诉调查警员，“我什么都没做。显然我已经解释了这一切，所以之前我没事。”

但这一次，凶手无法解释针对他的海量证据，并于2025年9月7日被指控强奸和谋杀。一天后，在海布里角治安法院，他被还押候审，并一直被关押至今。惊慌失措的警方和检察官随后举行了新闻发布会，呼吁其他潜在受害者站出来。但由于未能公布嫌疑人的照片，他们严重削弱了此次呼吁的效果。令人震惊的是，伦敦警察厅副助理专员凯文·索斯沃思（Kevin Southworth）本周声称，警方“迅速”意识到了自己的错误。他说：“我们非常迅速地进行自我问责，这完全符合公众的预期。因此，我们已向独立警察行为监察局（IOPC）提交了自我举报，以回答这些问题：我们的警员当时知道什么，以及如果他们没有采取行动，本应该怎么做？”或许最大的问题是可能还存在多少受害者。现在可以披露的是，早在2018年，利维就曾因在巴特西公园（Battersea Park）实施另一起性侵行为被举报给英国交通警察局（BTP），但当时并未提起指控。索斯沃思先生说：“如果任何人曾成为西蒙·利维的受害者，或者知道有人是，请务必联系我们。”在将其描述为“一个惯犯掠夺性怪物”时，他表示：“西蒙·利维的犯罪行为是我们近期见过的最令人心碎的案例之一……尽管进行了多次调查，但最终是集体性的系统失效，以及他的保释

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美国情报部门警告称，俄罗斯可能会在“数周内”派遣武装部队占领北约在欧洲的领土，以测试西方的决心。官员们认为，弗拉基米尔·普京可能会对东欧的争议前哨（如爱沙尼亚城市纳尔瓦）发起小规模陆地入侵，或发起网络攻击以测试联盟的决心。直到现在，美国情报部门一直认为克里姆林宫的独裁者在乌克兰作战期间不会冒险挑衅北约。但随着俄罗斯面临乌克兰无人机攻击炼油厂和物流枢纽的日益沉重压力，这一评估已经改变。《华尔街日报》报道称，北约成员国认为普京正

“普京需要一个胜利的叙事”

[他]已经在进行试探性攻击，以测试并瓦解该联盟。在过去的几周里，西方战斗机曾三次紧急起飞以击落无人机，7月份此类事件较去年同期增加了250%。由于俄罗斯继续试探西方的防御，乌克兰最近还拦截了一架此前进入罗马尼亚领空的无人机。7月21日，俄罗斯军舰“无畏号”（Neustrashimy）在普利茅斯以南45英里处进行了一次临时测试，发射了主炮，并要求一艘一直对其进行跟踪的英国军舰后退几英里至安全距离。而上周四，在俄罗斯对乌克兰发动攻击时，北约战机紧急起飞，其中一枚导弹被怀疑在波兰留下了一个33英尺宽的弹坑。

攻击行为的增加暗示了普京目前的想法。北约盟军联合部队司令部的一篇帖子称：“# 美国间谍担心俄罗斯将在‘数周内’攻击北约”

战争演习：人们担心继续轰炸乌克兰的普京（右图）将测试北约，可能的威胁范围从对北约国家的网络攻击，或派遣无标志武装团体占领领土，到对联盟东翼进行有限的入侵。

根据美国情报评估，俄罗斯采取行动的时间窗口在今年秋天到2029,年之间。一种理论认为，普京可能会夺取波兰的一个城市或地区，或者是三个波罗的海国家（爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛）之一——这三个国家均为北约成员，且一直强力支持乌克兰。立陶宛总统吉塔纳斯·瑙塞达（Gitanas Nauseda）最近警告称，他的国家担心会出现小规模的“定向行动”。俄罗斯反对派政治人物、国际象棋特级大师加里·卡斯帕罗夫（Garry Kasparov）表示：“我认为可能性在增加，因为普京需要一个胜利的叙事，而乌克兰无法提供。”

三个波罗的海国家都加强了针对俄罗斯及其密切盟友白俄罗斯的边境防御。与此同时，当地官员和该公司昨天表示，乌克兰的远程无人机击中了位于乌拉尔山脉的另一座仓库，该仓库属于俄罗斯最大的在线零售商Wildberries，距离两国共同边界1,200英里以上。俄罗斯国防部声称，从周四晚间到昨天早晨，俄罗斯防空系统击落了203架乌克兰无人机。与此同时，当局表示，在乌克兰北部的苏梅地区，一架俄罗斯无人机昨天上午袭击了一个市场，导致10人受伤。

法院叫停特朗普3亿英镑舞厅工程

昨日，一家联邦法院给唐纳德·特朗普的白宫舞厅项目带来了沉重打击。一个由三名法官组成的小组以 2-1 的投票结果裁定，总统必须停止在东翼遗址上的施工，该遗址此前在一项 4 亿美元（2 亿英镑）的计划中被拆除。美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院的法官在维持国家历史保护信托基金会（National Trust for Historic Preservation）的一项禁令时表示：“国会并未将不受限制的权力授予行政部门，使其能够为了迎合某位总统的个人愿望，而对白宫——这座人民之屋——进行剧烈的重新设计、重塑和重建。”

该裁决将暂缓 14 天执行，以便给特朗普政府留出上诉时间。他表示：“我们将立即向最高法院提起上诉”。

与此同时，特朗普否认了有关他因导弹短缺而对国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）大发雷霆的报道，称这些指控是“叛国的虚假报道”。据称，在取消对伊朗的打击理由中提到火力不足后，这位已下令调查“泄密”行为的总统责骂了海格塞斯先生。特朗普原计划发动“二战以来规模最大的袭击”，并暗示由于和平谈判取得进展，该计划被取消。但《华盛顿邮报》报道称，五角大楼的精确武器即将耗尽，并称自 2 月 28 日以来，美国军队向伊朗发射了 850 枚“鹰隼”巡航导弹和 1,300 枚战术弹道导弹。

特朗普承诺将“追捕”那些泄露“叛国言论”的人，并补充道：“将寻求长期监禁”。他为海格塞斯先生辩护，宣布自己对他“极其满意”。

接前页报道，让他得以自由，进而以最令人心碎的方式继续作案。”但尽管经常实施袭击，他承认利维在伦敦 10,000 名登记在册的性犯罪者中，并没有让警方觉得“出众”。事实上，这名双重杀手还使用了“Levy”和“Shamus”这两个化名，他从未被列入伦敦警察厅针对女性和女孩的最危险犯罪者的“V100名单”中。萨斯沃思先生补充道：“虽然我们现在知道利维是我们近期遇到的最危险的犯罪者之一，但在去年春天，他只是登记在册的性犯罪者名单上的众多人员之一，不一定是一个会引起注意的人。”仅在去年一年，在社区中接受管理的性犯罪者数量就增加了 1,000 人。“所有这些都指向一个不幸且不可改变的事实，那就是我们面对着数量极多的性暴力人员，管理起来极其困难，”萨斯沃思先生说。“不幸的是，我们面临着规模巨大且不断上升的性暴力浪潮。现在让他在我们所有人面前显得出众的，是他犯罪频率的加速。”他的话对受害者来说几乎没有任何安慰。警员们已就此次“失职”向谢丽尔的家人道歉，承认如果利维当时被羁押，她的谋杀案绝不会发生。卡门萨的家人在被请求会面时未予回应。今年 2 月，利维在伦敦内城刑事法院被判定在 2022 年 4 月至 2025 年 5 月期间实施了 11 起性侵犯，由于担心影响随后的谋杀案审判，该起起诉被保密。迈克尔·埃文斯（Michael Evans）国王大律师法官判处其六年监禁，并告诉他：“你乘坐地铁只有一个目的——就是性侵女性。”

参加量刑审判以目睹这个毁掉如此多生活的男人最终面对正义的塔尼娅（TANYA），在她的受害者影响陈述书中告诉法庭：“直到今天，我仍然难以乘坐公共交通工具。我经常感到焦虑、惊恐发作、恐惧、愤怒、狂怒、情绪崩溃以及闪回。”

“我发现自己不断在脑海中回放那些事件，我能看到他的眼睛。我能感觉到身体遭受的袭击和创伤。从那天起，这影响了我的日常生活、我的自由、我的心态和我的性格。在被袭击之前，我是那种独立、自信、善良且充满好奇心的人。我有冒险精神，我会帮助他人，与陌生人交谈，并以善良对待每一个人。现在，我对每个人都心存怀疑。”这是利维许多受害者的共同感受。另一名女性告诉法庭，她现在正计划离开这座首都：“我现在知道，我永远不想在伦敦生孩子或住在这里。”另一人则简单地说：“得知他的其他罪行让我崩溃了。”

■ 塔尼娅（TANYA）的名字已做更改。克里斯蒂娜·威姆斯（Kristina Wemyss）和克里斯·波拉德（Chris Pollard）参与了追加报道。

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闭锁综合征、两个脑肿瘤、癌症、一场车祸以及一名巴西萨满的警告…… 作者：Eleanor Harding 教育编辑

据披露，杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）教授声称自己曾患有闭锁综合征和睾丸癌。这位正因剽窃指控而受到剑桥大学调查的学者，在 2024 年为其即将出版的回忆录《伟大而不幸之事》（Great And Unfortunate Things）提交的提案中做出了这些声明。该书预计将于下周由 Simon & Schuster 出版，但其提案中的这些断言将不会出现在最终版本中。

在提案中，阿尔代先生讲述了自己青少年时期被车撞击并陷入数月昏迷的经历，而在回忆录中，他仅简单地描述了当时完成学业并参加考试的情况。他还告诉潜在的出版商，他在昏迷期间患有闭锁综合征，并目睹医生告诉他的父母，他永远不会康复，应当出于“仁慈之举”停止生命维持系统。他写道：“正如我将在书中向读者描述的那样，这几个月给了我另一种深刻且截然不同的感知世界的方式。”他补充说，他“奇迹般地”从昏迷中醒来，并花了一年时间“重新学习一切——如何行走，如何说话”。

该提案还提到了一次睾丸癌病史，而非回忆录最终版本中所描述的两个脑肿瘤。最新的披露紧随其他令人惊讶的说法之后，包括他直到 18 岁才能够写字，在 35 天内跑了 30 场马拉松，并为慈善机构筹集了 £500 万。

阿尔代先生本周曝光的回忆录提案中，列出了许多与书中相同的事项，但有时日期、细节和人物略有不同，美国杂志《大西洋月刊》（The Atlantic）报道称。在一段关于一群男孩殴打他的描述中，提案中袭击者的年龄比书中的年龄大了四岁。一次自杀企图在提案中被描述为发生在疫情之前，而在回忆录中，则发生在疫情期间。

提案还讲述了阿尔代先生 2005 年在巴西工作期间，如何得到一名“萨满女性”的预言。文中称她是一位“在我被分配的小镇上的长者，在当地以预言人们的未来而闻名”。该女性告诉他，他的一生将遭受苦难，但也将成就伟业。提案中写道：“她描述的每一件事此后都成为了现实。”在最终的回忆录中，这个轶事被保留了下来，但时间改成了 2006 年，且该女性被描述为一名当地的援助工作者，“一名 in her 36s 的女性”。

阿尔代先生是加纳移民之子，于 2023 年被任命为剑桥大学教授。不久之后，学者们就……

“奇迹般从昏迷中苏醒”他及其上司关于其过去作品抄袭的问题。本周早些时候，剑桥大学启动了针对这些指控的调查。同一天，这位41岁的教授辞去了他在耶稣学院的教育社会学教授职务，理由是这场风波带来的“个人代价”。Arday先生表示，他所承受的审查程度是其他人未曾面对的。他写道：“这一决定不应被误认为是对围绕我的那些说法的认可。这仅仅是一个认为自己已经达到了任何人在合理预期内所能忍受的极限的人所做的决定。”

作者：Mark Duell, Martin Robinson 和 Eleanor Harding

剑桥大学的学者们昨天表示，Jason Arday的任命可能出了“严重问题”，上司现在必须承担责任。一封在机构各学院之间传阅并由资深教授签署的信函，要求对导致其被任命的流程和情况进行独立调查。与此同时，大学昨天确认将审查高级学术人员的任命方式。

围绕Arday先生的丑闻（他被指控抄袭并伪造部分简历）引发了人们的质疑，认为多样性和包容性被置于学术严谨性和全球声誉之上。左翼后殖民研究教授、组织此次信函的学者之一Priyamvada Gopal表示：“这需要相关责任人现在就给出交代，而不是掩盖真相。”

Gopal女士还声称，大学在三年前任命他时，在“促进平等与包容的艰巨工作中采取了走捷径的做法”。

学者们表示，任何调查必须是独立的，并包括外部成员。Gopal女士说：“独立调查必须审查这样一个资历尚浅的人是如何被任命到如此高级且享有盛誉的讲席上的，以及教育学院和大学管理层可能在哪些方面出了严重问题。”

她补充道：“对于这整件事所引发的极其荒谬的种族主义，以及对处于风口浪尖的个人和黑人学者群体的伤害，大学负有不可推卸的责任。”

前剑桥国会议员及学生Anthony Browne警告称，大学的“全球声誉取决于其学术严谨性”。他补充道：“任何将学术标准和实践变成全球笑柄的行为，都是对其声誉心脏的一把匕首。”

据透露，在两名学者对其作品提出质疑后，剑桥学者Hilary Cremin向Arday先生表达了“全力支持”。电子邮件显示，Cremin女士在回应中称，她就一篇发表于2018年的文章与Arday先生举行了会议。她表示，他已决定“撤下该文章……以便解决相关疑虑并重新上传”。

一名剑桥大学发言人表示：“大学将继续调查Jason Arday任命及任职期间的情况。调查结果将纳入对高级职位任命流程的审查中。”

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从 2016 年踏上希腊莱斯沃斯岛的那一刻起，沙里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊（Sharif Ahmadzai）便开始了一场非凡的自我重塑。“这就是我的生活。我没有家人。我的家人都死了，”这位阿富汗人在九个月后的 2017 年初，在莫里亚难民营告诉一名记者。当时他 16 岁，在离开阿富汗首都喀布尔不到一年——期间他支付了偷渡者的费用，经伊朗和土耳其被运往欧洲——艾哈迈德扎伊已经抛弃了他的伊斯兰信仰，并接受了支持他的非政府组织所传导的福音派基督教。这次宗教转变使他变成了难民事业的宣传偶像，并成为了该事业最虔诚的追随者之一。

他作为一名虔诚基督徒的新生活还为他带来了与一名美国富有的传教士的婚姻、一套位于雅典的公寓、在欧洲各地的假期，甚至是他与妻子阿拉娜（Alaina）共同创立的名为“爱每一个国家”（Love Every Nation）的难民慈善机构。这对夫妇在四个月前迎来了他们的第一个孩子——一个男孩。

但这也让这位 26 岁的业余拳击手兼私人教练与伊丽莎白-简·罗斯（Elisabeth-Jane Ross，简称丽莎）产生了交集。丽莎是一名英国传教士，上个月，她的尸体被发现丢弃在希腊首都一个破旧地区的行李箱中。虽然艾哈迈德扎伊否认杀害了这位来自爱丁堡的 38 岁律师之女（他与妻子在共同担任志愿者期间与她相识），但他承认处理了她的尸体，偷走了她的手机，并使用她的银行卡取走了数千欧元，此外还向她的亲人发送信息，诱骗他们认为她还活着。闭路电视监控拍到他推着一个装有丽莎尸体的黑色行李箱走向一座废弃仓库。

希腊法医的初步报告未能确定死因，但更详细的检查结论认为这是一起“明显的刑事行为，可能是窒息而死”。与此同时，艾哈迈德扎伊 28 岁的妻子在向警方告知她对丽莎安危的担忧以及她丈夫可能涉案后，目前正带着他们年幼的儿子在雅典潜逃。

本周，这对三人组在希腊首都的两名亲密朋友独家接受了《每日邮报》的采访，试图解释这个表面上令人心暖的难民童话是如何演变成如此巨大的恐怖故事的。

据这两位同样担任志愿者的美国南部州福音派基督教女性朋友称，阿拉娜注意到她“非常英俊”的丈夫在过去 18 个月里发生了变化。“婚姻中出现了一些问题，”其中一人说道。“她觉得他开始质疑自己对基督教的承诺。阿拉娜成长于一个基督教信仰非常深厚的家庭，而沙里夫来自一个严格的穆斯林国家，童年显然截然不同。”

“他变得更加冷漠，似乎比起做阿拉娜所说的‘上帝的工作’，他更专注于拳击和他的朋友们。”

“我认为他去拳击馆的次数比去教堂还多，阿拉娜对此感到担忧。”

他们表示，阿拉娜还担心她的丈夫在雅典的酒吧附近徘徊，“就像个单身汉一样”。“她觉得他变了，不再像他们初识时那样对基督教充满热情，”他们补充道。“他在抵达希腊一年内就皈依了基督教，随着时间的推移，也许她开始质疑他是因为真正信仰，还是因为想要增强他的难民申请理由。我们听过很多类似的案例。”

在婚姻紧张局势日益加剧之际，丽莎于 6 月底抵达希腊，住在比雷埃夫斯（Piraeus）的凯拉齐尼（Keratsini）地区直到 7 月 10 日，随后前往阿拉娜和艾哈迈德扎伊慈善机构使用的公寓居住。

他们认为，丽莎发现自己卷入了这对夫妇的困境，而且由于她本人也是一名虔诚的基督徒，可能就阿赫马德扎伊动摇的信仰对他提出了质疑。“艾莱娜在表达情感方面非常坦率，”另一位朋友说道，“她与我们分享了这件事，我相信她也和丽莎分享了。”“艾莱娜把丽莎当成朋友，她一定向她倾诉过。也许丽莎质疑了谢里夫，而他愤怒地出手攻击。他曾是一名拳击手，力量很大，只需要一拳或一次推搡，就可能导致他人严重受伤。”在他们的描述中，丽莎是一个“说话直率且诚实，是那种会直言不讳的人”，在过去的十年里，她一直作为传教工作的一部分访问雅典。但即便在孩童时期，丽莎就习惯于将他人置于自己之前。1998年11月在《爱丁堡晚报》上发表的一张照片显示，年仅十岁的她坐在一堆泰迪

涉嫌“手提箱杀手”之妻的朋友向《每日邮报》讲述其行为如何逐渐失控 # “他转身盯着一个单身男子问话” ## 独家报道 ### 记者 Barbara Davies 和 Vivek Chaudhary 报道

在雅典，这些泰迪熊在一次教会慈善募捐活动中售出，所得资金用于援助飓风“米奇”的中美洲受害者。丽莎在爱丁堡郊区库里（Currie）边缘的一栋小屋中长大，父母是商业律师肯（Ken）和前教师朱莉（Julie），她还有一个双胞胎姐姐乔安（Joanne）以及弟弟詹姆斯（James）和妹妹凯蒂（Katie）。在虔诚的基督教家庭中长大，她将成年后的生活奉献给了环球旅行，帮助那些需要帮助的人。在本周发布的一份声明中，她的家人将她描述为“善良、有原则且无私”。

她的原则最终将她带到了雅典，在那里她为 One Heart 工作，这是一个为难民提供医疗支持的基督教组织；她还加入了 Melissa Network，这是一个同样总部位于希腊首都、为移民和难民女性提供支持的团体。正是通过这项工作，她结识了阿拉娜·霍尔（Alaina Hall），以及命中注定的沙里夫·艾哈迈德扎伊（Sharif Ahmadzai）。

他在战火纷飞的阿富汗度过的童年与丽莎截然不同。他自称出生在加尔代兹市（Gardez），父亲是阿富汗军队的一名指挥官，在艾哈迈德扎伊四岁时被塔利班叛军枪杀。他的哥哥塞缪尔（Samuel）被塔利班绑架，从此失踪。他说，在全家搬到首都喀布尔后，他的其他家人——母亲、姐姐和弟弟——在 2015 年 11 月的一次自杀式炸弹袭击中丧生。

“我没有理由留在喀布尔，”他在与美国妻子共同创立的慈善机构网站上写道，“留在那里太痛苦了。我拿走了家人留下的钱，决定离开。”

他于 2015 年 12 月出发，翻山越岭前往伊朗，但在边境被拦截并被遣返回阿富汗。一个月后，他再次出发，支付给偷渡者将其从伊朗边境送往土耳其。他在伊斯坦布尔待了几个月，然后乘坐小船前往希腊。由于他乘坐的船只被土耳其海岸警卫队拦截遣返，他的前两次尝试均告失败。他声称，第三次尝试时，在三艘船中只有他的那艘——

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被告：Sharif Ahmadzai及其妻子Alaina。上方为Lisa，她的尸体是在一个行李箱中被发现的。Alaina的姑姑及其父母Tom和Susan曾对这段婚事深表怀疑，并且“从未希望他们结婚”。婚后生活显然对Ahmadzai大有裨益。近年来，他的Instagram页面上充满了这对夫妇在希腊以及在欧洲各地度假时的微笑照片。他们曾前往罗马、米兰、巴黎、柏林、阿姆斯特丹、布鲁塞尔和塞维利亚，并前往葡萄牙观看鲸鱼。在Ahmadzai发布的一张照片中，他写道：“感恩生命的馈赠。”直到最近，他们的关系核心似乎是对上帝和圣经的共同热爱，以及他们在2023年创立的小型慈善机构“爱每一个国家”（Love Every Nation）。他们向有需要的家庭分发食物、婴儿奶粉和药品，并在其网站上声称：“我们爱耶稣，并希望其他人也能认识他。”Ahmadzai在3月赢得了一项希腊超轻量级拳击冠军，他还为男孩们提供免费培训。在他们网站上的一段视频中（该视频现已被删除），他用美式口音说道：“我感谢上帝允许我教授拳击，让我能够分享基督。这是上帝赐予的一份伟大的礼物。”然而，Ahmadzai也表现出了幻灭的迹象。在追溯到去年的Facebook帖子中，他指责一些在希腊运营的基督教组织为了经济利益而剥削难民和志愿者。他声称有些组织向志愿者收取注册费，并写到了拥挤的住宿条件和被挪用的捐款。他分享了宣传“抵制腐败非政府组织（NGO）”口号的图片。Alaina本周告诉警方，她和Ahmadzai是在2月份于雅典做志愿者时第一次见到Lisa的。她将Lisa描述为一名“非常愉快且甜美的人，心地善良，灵魂纯洁”。她声称在三人一起散步之后，她的丈夫与Lisa保持了数日的联系，因为Lisa请求他帮助分发圣经。与此同时，她最后一次见到Lisa是在7月12日的一次圣经学习会议之后。根据法庭文件，7月15日，Alaina看到一条Lisa发给Ahmadzai的短信，内容是：“感谢你打算和我一起去。”Alaina说，那天晚上她醒来发现丈夫失踪了。在检查手机上的“查找我的朋友”应用程序后，她看到他位于Lisa居住的Rethymnou街公寓。当她与他对质时，他说他出去看了一场足球赛，去那套公寓是为了使用洗手间。Lisa的尸体于7月18日被发现。在接下来的几天里，Alaina说她的丈夫似乎很沮丧，并将这种情绪归咎于一名印度亲属的去世。他带着她和儿子去了两小时车程外的山地度假小镇阿拉霍瓦（Arachova）。在听说发现了一具塞在行李箱里的尸体后，Alaina在7月29日的深夜醒来，有一种“可怕”的感觉。第二天早上，她给Lisa发了一条短信，并收到了两条让她起疑的回复。当天晚些时候，她就自己的担忧与警方取得了联系，Ahmadzai于8月1日被逮捕。“这些信息不符合Lisa的风格，无论是她的英语水平，还是她从未使用过的表情符号，”她告诉侦探。“以上所有情况都让我感到奇怪。尤其是将日期、信息和我丈夫的行为结合起来看。我产生了各种让我感到不安的想法。”随后，侦探发现了监控录像，显示她的丈夫带着一个行李箱离开Rethymnou街的公寓。被捕后，他声称在7月15日晚上发现Lisa在浴室里奄奄一息，当时她“嘴里在吐出像水一样的东西”。他说：“我跟她说了两三次，但她没有回应。我僵住了——腿失去了知觉。”他说他第二天回去时发现她已经死了。

他声称自己当时惊慌失措，在发现尸体后询问一名公交车站附近的老人该怎么做。“那个老人告诉我，我应该把尸体从房子里搬走，否则我会陷入麻烦。我坐下来思考了他告诉我的话好几个小时。”艾哈迈德扎伊（Ahmadzai）说，他第二天回到了公寓，将丽莎（Lisa）的尸体放入一个行李箱，然后将其放入他妻子的红色标致汽车后备箱中。他开车前往自己家附近的一栋废弃建筑。“在那里，我找到了我告诉过你们的那个给我建议的老人。他告诉我把行李箱留给他，他会处理的，”他在陈述中说道。“据我所知，这个老人的名字叫尼科斯（Nikos），他经常出没在我放下行李箱的地方。”他说，他利用丽莎的银行卡偷的钱是为了支付给尼科斯，因为后者“在敲诈我，威胁说要把一切告诉警察”。显而易见，警方并不相信尼科斯这个人的存在。本周在雅典的埃弗皮顿（Evelpidon）法院，艾哈迈德扎伊被指控蓄意杀人、抢劫和武器犯罪，此前警方在他家中发现了一把格洛克（Glock）风格的仿制手枪和一把军用风格的刀。就故事而言，他在辩护中提供的这个绝望的故事，和他十年前抵达莱斯沃斯（Lesvos）梦想在欧洲拥有更光明未来时讲述的故事一样离奇。在雅典发生这些令人作呕的事件之前，那个梦想似乎已经实现了。满载移民的船只安全抵达莱斯沃斯。其他的则沉没了。“我终于抵达了欧洲，”他在戏剧性的叙述中写道，在丽莎死亡时，他正与妻子计划将这段经历改编成一本肯定生命的书籍。“我当时只有16岁，身边没有人，”他写道。“我知道我不能放弃，所以我结交了朋友，开始学习英语，并开始为营地里的一个组织担任翻译。”在过度拥挤的莫里亚（Moria）难民营的生活无疑是艰苦的。早在2016, 莱斯沃斯（当时更常被称为Lesbos）由于距离土耳其海岸仅几英里，处于欧洲难民危机的最前线。然而，艾哈迈德扎伊在美籍传教士杰里米·霍洛曼（Jeremy Holloman）家中获得了一个房间，霍洛曼是莫里亚最大活跃援助团体——一个名为EuroRelief的基督教福音派援助组织的现场协调员。霍洛曼的妻子玛丽安娜（Marianna）教艾哈迈德扎伊英语。他将这对夫妇称为他的“家人”。本周，两人均未回复询问关于他们与他往来的电子邮件。但一对在艾哈迈德扎伊营地帐篷被烧毁后收留他的夫妇告诉《每日邮报》，得知他被捕后他们感到“心碎”，并坚称他从未表现出任何令他们担忧的行为。2016年8月，作为规模更大组织希腊事工（Hellenic Ministries）一部分的EuroRelief遭到抨击，报道称其援助人员在分发给绝大多数为穆斯林的移民的阿拉伯语版《圣约翰福音》中夹带皈依申请表。此外，还有指控称基督教难民或皈依者受到了优惠待遇。。虽然无法确定究竟是谁或什么促使他皈依基督教，但艾哈迈德扎伊很快成为了EuroRelief的一名热心志愿者，并最终获得了庇护。他是在他的未来妻子以18岁基督教志愿者的身份前往该岛并在EuroRelief工作时与她相识的。艾莱娜（ALAINA）是一名联邦快递（FedEx）飞行员的女儿，来自佐治亚州的林戈尔德（Ringgold），在一个富裕且虔诚的浸信会教会家庭长大，并在私立基督教学校就读。她的家位于一个高端的封闭式社区。霍尔（Halls）一家还在蓝岭山脉（Blue Ridge Mountains）拥有一栋价值$750,000的小屋。

Alaina和Ahmadzai在2020年他搬到雅典后先成为了朋友，随后坠入爱河。他们在2023年在希腊举行了一场传统的白色婚礼并交换了结婚誓言。根据 --- 第16页

我对月亮的追寻

自那些歇斯底里的青少年将自己锁在摇滚明星栏杆上的日子以来，再也没有人如此执拗地追求一位名人。当我提到“名人”时，我指的不是那些英俊得令人心碎的动作电影英雄或流行歌星。事实上，我并不

作者：朱莉娅·劳伦斯 (Julia Lawrence)

我对我的偶像的面孔并不十分熟悉——很大程度上是因为他的脸被那个20英寸的垃圾桶形状头盔遮住了。当然，我指的是垃圾桶伯爵（Count Binface），这位喜剧演员兼讽刺作家乔恩·哈维（Jon Harvey）的另一个身份——一名来自Sigma IX星球的星际太空战士、回收者（Recyclons）的领袖——自7月初以来，一直将他的射线枪瞄准我的家乡埃塞克斯郡的克拉克顿海滨（Clacton-on-Sea）。我必须明确，他的目标是该选区时任（目前已离职）的国会议员奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）。法拉奇要么没看到这场潜行攻击，要么在看到时并未将其严肃对待，结果被击得相当惨。我不禁想象，在改革英国党（Reform UK）总部，那种在《星际迷航》中克林贡人袭击后会响起的呜呜警报声正定期响起，每个人都潜入文件柜后面，副党魁理查德·泰斯（Richard Tice）在火花落在他的飞机头（quiff）上时气喘吁吁地喊道：“船长，她再也承受不住了！”

是的，这很好笑。我们在英国有着悠久的颠覆性幽默传统，但这次挑战背后的故事却极其严肃，而且是任何人都不能——尤其是奈杰尔·法拉奇——不能不严肃对待的故事。回顾一下，克拉克顿的“欢乐之夏”始于7月7日，当时法拉奇辞去了该选区的国会议员职务，这个席位他自2024, 起一直持有，从而引发了一场立即举行的补选。他这样做是在其财务状况受到广泛审查之际，包括在通用选举前收到来自驻泰国加密货币亿万富翁克里斯托弗·哈博恩（Christopher Harborne）的一笔 £500 万 赠款，以及从乔治·科特雷尔（George Cottrell，又称“时髦乔治”，一名居住在黑山共和国的定罪诈骗犯）那里获得的利益。法拉奇坚称这些钱只是来自富有朋友的慷慨赠礼，他没有做任何错事。但议会标准专员启动了调查。此时，随着关于“赠礼”的争论升级，法拉奇辞职——从而中止了调查——并将此案直接交给投票，让“克拉克顿的人民来决定”。他将这场僵局定格为“人民与政治建制派”之间的战斗，而建制派正试图破坏他进入唐宁街 10. 号的真实机会。

当时，首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）和反对党领袖凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）将这次辞职斥为不过是一场“政治闹剧”，所有主要政党随后串通起来，全面抵制这次补选，并拒绝派出任何候选人与他竞争。这时，一个头上顶着垃圾桶的男人从舞台左侧登场，自称垃圾桶伯爵。我的心跳加速了。我想，这是一个机会，让我家乡——我出生、上学、初吻、初次心碎的地方，我父亲的骨灰永远漂浮在教会我自由泳的那片海域的地方——终于能获得它应得的关注。因为这是一个有着许多问题（包括人口老龄化和年轻人前景渺茫）的社区，这些问题值得被严肃对待，而不是被怜悯或轻视。

几十年来，克拉克顿一直是笑柄。我很清楚这一点，因为我曾多次成为这些笑话的对象。起初是那些“快亲我”（Kiss Me Quick）的帽子以及与巴特林度假村（Butlin's）的关联，随后是 2015 年的电视剧《海边福利》（Benefits by the Sea），该剧聚焦于克拉克顿西边的杰威克（Jaywick）社区，当地将其视为失业和犯罪热点。它被列为英国最贫困的社区之一，统计学家向全国通报称， 62 % 的适龄工作人口领取福利金。这在电视上效果很好，但它也嘲弄了一个勤劳且自豪的社区——包括我的家人和仍住在那里、不应被嘲笑的朋友。然后，在 2024, 年，奈杰尔·法拉奇来了，他受到了热烈欢迎。毕竟，克拉克顿是唯一一个在通用选举中选出英国独立党（UKIP）议员的选区（ 2014 年的道格拉斯·卡斯韦尔），并且被许多人认为是脱欧的核心地带，该镇有 70 % 的人投票支持“脱离”。

但一个头上顶着垃圾桶的人，是否能在我的家乡创造一段新的政治和民主历史？如果真是这样，那我绝不能让自己错过。很快，“垃圾桶脸”（Binface）就在BBC Radio 4、阿拉斯泰尔·坎贝尔（Alastair Campbell）和罗里·斯图尔特（Rory Stewart）的播客《政治之余》（The Rest is Politics）以及《英国早安》（Good Morning Britain）中接受采访，全球无数新闻机构也对他进行了报道。我听了他向BBC的贾斯汀·韦伯（Justin Webb）阐述其竞选宣言。他说他将“建造至少一套经济适用房”。他会将巴士票价上限设定在£1.99，并将99支冰淇淋的价格定为99便士。他将在克拉克顿（Clacton）度过的时间比在海湖庄园（Mar-a-Lago）更多（法拉奇与特朗普总统是著名的好友），并且“不会接受来自（地球上的）加密货币百万富翁的£500 万赠款”。我想，还有谁能比我更适合担任他的向导，带他参观这座城镇？于是我联系了他的公关人员。我建议我们可以去码头，我可以透过垃圾桶的缝隙喂他吃薯条。我姐姐可以带他去参加她的海滩瑜伽课。我仍然住在镇上的母亲，如果他想念他的宇宙飞船家园，会很乐意为他提供一晚床位。既然如此，我们还可以为他的宣言增加几个要点，比如在A12公路上举办一场巨型派对（反正这条路经常封闭，不妨就这么干），为水母建立一个夏季集中营，并就投币机里的硬币是否被胶水粘住发起一项调查。就这样，我开始了为期一个月地对他——我的新英雄——的追求，或者说，经历了2次黑绿相间的市政垃圾回收周期。我发送了电子邮件和跟进邮件，对方都礼貌地接收了，但毫无结果。他确实是一个非常忙碌的“垃圾桶”。没办法，由于补选仅剩几天，我决定亲自回到克拉克顿，希望能在他竞选的途中偶遇他。我去了市中心、码头，甚至去了著名的优雅之都弗林顿-昂-希（Frinton-on-Sea），那里也属于该选区。但没有运气。我很困惑。毕竟，他并不害羞。他曾在英国一些最重要的时刻出现过

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潮水会转向吗？垃圾桶伯爵（Count Binface），又名乔恩·哈维（Jon Harvey，左图），将参加克拉克顿（Clacton）的补选，这里是朱莉娅·劳伦斯（Julia Lawrence，插图）的家乡。

他不仅仅是在海湖庄园（Mar-a-Largo）四处闲逛并推销金条。但垃圾桶伯爵，或者说乔恩·哈维，具备一名国会议员的素质吗？正如一些镇民所认同的，他们可能会遇到比他糟糕得多的人。他聪明、白手起家且政治观点鲜明，出生于克罗伊登（Croydon），父亲是一名酗酒的房地产经纪人，由于家庭生活“混乱”，他在最初的11年里搬了11次家。在牛津大学获得人文类文学学位（Literae Humaniores，这是包括前首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在内的许多人青睐的古典课程）毕业后，他开始担任《权力游戏》（The Thick of It）和《我有新闻给你》（Have I Got News For You）等讽刺电视节目的编剧。

此外还有一位垃圾桶伯爵夫人：他的演员妻子莎拉，以及他们的两个“小垃圾桶”。在那件战士胸甲之下，也有一颗赤诚之心。他通过销售T恤、帽子和马克杯来筹集他的冒险资金——其中一半的收益被他捐给了无家可归者慈善机构Shelter。仔细观察，你会发现他一些荒诞的竞选承诺背后隐藏着讽刺信息。以他关于建造“一栋可负担住房”的政策为例：这里的笑点当然在于，这比大多数严肃政纲中巨大的差距要容易实现得多。还有他承诺“降低你的税收，但提高其他所有人的税收”。这不正是新任首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）据称正在提议的吗？改革房产税，将更大的财务负担转移到伦敦和东南部房主身上？

虽然没有人真正期待垃圾桶伯爵获胜，但总有万分之一的机会。记得以前发生过这种情况，尽管当时是一个穿着白色西装的人，而不是头上顶着个垃圾桶。在1997年大选中，BBC战地记者马丁·贝尔（Martin Bell）作为一名独立的“反贪腐”候选人赢得了塔顿（Tatton）席位，在“现金换问题”政治腐败丑闻中击败了当时的保守党议员尼尔·汉密尔顿（Neil Hamilton）。

垃圾桶伯爵本人承认，虽然奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）在“数字上”可能会获胜，但在“道德上”不会获胜。如果他是对的，随时欢迎他来我的海边小屋喝一杯日落茶。

下周将迎来这场重要的补选，但垃圾桶伯爵证明了自己就像快乐的选民一样难以捉摸。克拉克顿当地人朱莉娅·劳伦斯（JULIA LAWRENCE）试图询问一些关键问题，比如：垃圾桶夫人和小垃圾桶们对此怎么看？

政治，他于2017年开始以“水桶头勋爵”（Lord Buckethead）的身份活动（无需猜测其服装），后来因与好莱坞电影制作者创建的角色产生版权冲突而被迫改名。今年6月，垃圾桶伯爵也出现在威根（Wigan）的舞台上，就在安迪·伯纳姆身边参加梅克菲尔德（Makerfield）的补选，并曾在2019年对抗鲍里斯·约翰逊，在2024年对抗里希·苏纳克（Rishi Sunak）。他还曾在伦敦市长选举中两次对抗萨迪克·汗爵士（Sir Sadiq Khan）。在每一次机会中，他的得票数都不足以拿回500英镑的押金（他在梅克菲尔德仅获得95票）。

但在克拉克顿……好吧，这一切可能即将改变。镇上的反法拉奇情绪正在升温，垃圾桶伯爵成了克拉克顿发泄挫败感的明显出口。这正演变成一场直接的对决——或者说是相位枪（Phaser）挑战——两人之间的人对桶之战（Mano v Bino）。目前，法拉奇的民调支持率约为71%，而垃圾桶伯爵的估计支持率为20%——且在上升。在本周另一个酷热的日子里，与克拉克顿的人们交谈后可以清楚地看到，法拉奇是一个具有争议的人物，被爱与被恨程度相当，这意味着垃圾桶伯爵可能有机遇。在镇广场喝咖啡的桑迪（Sandy）将法拉奇描述为“光说不练”，并表示她将投票给垃圾桶伯爵。

企业主佐伊（Zoe）也是如此，她在镇上开了一家填充店。“这是一次抗议投票，”她解释自己的想法时说道，“是对这次补选如此荒谬的抗议。而且他不可能比我们之前经历的更糟糕。”在海滨散步的姐妹莫琳·斯蒂芬森（Maureen Stephenson）和希拉·威格特（Sheila Wiggett）则不这么认为。“那个‘垃圾桶’，”她们告诉我，“需要被锁起来。”莫琳对法拉奇忠心耿耿，她坚持认为：“他是唯一一个从不撒谎且清楚发生了什么的人。”来自镇上羊毛店的YN则没有那么极端，但她无论如何都会投票给法拉奇，因为在目前的选项面前，她“实在看不出”做其他选择有什么意义。与此同时，来自普林顿（Printon）的63岁财务顾问、四个孩子的父亲及七个孩子的祖父保罗·克劳利（Paul Crawley）采取了果断的立场。他在前院竖起了“投票给垃圾桶脸（Binface）”和“我等不及垃圾日了”的标牌——这里距离奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）的房产仅约100米。他还是“垃圾桶脸欣赏会”Facebook小组的活跃成员，该小组目前有116,000名成员。“我认为法拉奇是个骗子。这是一次浪费公共资金且由一次情绪失控引起的不必要的选举。它已经变成了一场马戏表演，对此我很愤怒，”他告诉我。“我认为他在议会中一次都没有为我们地区发言。我认为他根本没有在帮助人们。这里存在很多问题。看看青年失业、社会护理以及日益衰落的镇中心。这个镇有很多优势，但它需要就业，需要一名优秀的国会议员，一名能够—— --- 第18页

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刑事司法系统中深层且危险的积弊正日益恶化。政府认为给杀人犯、家庭暴力者和其他暴力罪犯提前释放是合适的，这已经足够糟糕了。现在又出现了这样一个令人震惊的案例：一名已知的性掠夺者被允许继续他对女性进行极其残忍的恐怖袭击，而这一切竟是因为警方、法院和英国皇家检察署（CPS）的犹豫不决和连续的无能。由于他们的失职，两名女性死亡，第三名女性留下了心理创伤。

阻止西蒙·利维的机会如此之多，以至于很难知道从哪里说起。他因2021年9月的两次性袭击而被监禁。在布里克斯顿监狱服刑期间，他性侵了一名女狱警，但在三年刑期执行过半后仍被释放。在假释期间，他在加拿大水站（Canada Water station）袭击了一名女性，这是他在伦敦地铁上一系列袭击事件的开端。英国交通警察局于2024年11月逮捕了他，但他获得了保释。三个月后，他的保释期被延长，就在同一晚，他强奸、殴打并窒息了一名性工作者，将其弃之不顾。该女性报案了，但未采取任何行动。利维在保释期间继续在地铁站发动袭击，甚至在他两次未能出庭时，也没有发出重新逮捕他的令状。

去年3月17日，不可避免的事情发生了。他在一座部分废弃的高层建筑中杀害了卡门萨·瓦伦西亚-特鲁希略，五个月后，在托特纳姆的一个停车场杀害了谢丽尔·威尔金斯。英国皇家检察署（CPS）那毫无歉意的“道歉”极具启发性。在承认其行为“未能达到公众有权期待的标准”的同时，首席检察官补充道：“我们无法得知，如果提交不同的陈述，法院会做出什么样的决定。”换句话说，即使英国皇家检察署（CPS）强烈反对保释，保释可能依然会被批准。

利维被公认为是对女性构成明显且现实威胁的人。苏格兰场副助理专员凯文·索斯沃思将他描述为一名“多产的、掠夺性的怪物”。在什么样的宇宙中，这样一个男人竟然没有被还押候审？

当然，21世纪的警务工作和司法行政是复杂的，但一些基本原则永远不会改变。如果要维持公众对体制的信任，那些犯罪者——尤其是犯下最严重和最暴力罪行的人——必须被视为受到了适当的惩罚。由于长期未能将利维关进监狱，警方和英国皇家检察署（CPS）违背了这种信任，让守法公民的街道变得不再安全。

与此同时，在基尔·斯塔默爵士任内开始、现在由安迪·伯纳姆倡导的提前释放计划正在加剧这种信任危机。公众的愤怒最近集中在伯纳姆先生未能阻止阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯和杰西·科尔即将获释这一点上，他们两人都是杀害警察安德鲁·哈珀的凶手。但尽管那个决定很糟糕，这里还涉及一个更广泛的问题。自该计划于2024年9月开始以来，已有70,000名罪犯被释放。在同一时期，重新犯罪率飙升了近30%。这绝对不是巧合。由于长期监禁的威慑力被严重削弱，职业罪犯变得胆大妄为，并且在嘲笑法律。伯纳姆先生声称监狱过于拥挤，如果没有这些提前释放，司法系统将会崩溃。许多人会认为，正是因为这些释放，系统才在崩溃。

虽然“无烟就无火”的古老谚语可能是正确的，但反之则不然。从萨福克郡到峰区，再到凯恩戈姆山脉，零星的火苗仍在悄悄地闪烁，没有烟雾，不被察觉，就在脚下，在根部、动物洞穴或泥炭层中。目光敏锐的消防队保持待命，准备扑灭下一个从地下冒出的火苗。

在近日英国各地爆发的一系列山火之后，最糟糕的情况可能已经过去——至少目前如此，尽管新一轮热浪即将到来。但其造成的破坏——不仅是对景观，更是对更广泛的旅游业——反映了一个令人不安的现实：如今这类火灾的蔓延范围更广、速度更快、程度更深。这当然不仅仅是因为气候变化。一种时髦的新教条认为自然“最好听之任之”，这种观念的兴起导致大量易燃的灌木丛堆积如山，只待火星点燃。过去，一名常驻的猎场管理员可能会在瞬间赶到现场，在山火形成前将其扑灭；而现在，大部分乡村地区由一群朝九晚五、挂着工牌的职员管理，这些人被明确禁止处理任何比办公室废纸篓里的垃圾火更危险的事情。

在萨福克郡，邓威奇荒原（Dunwich Heath）和明斯米尔（Minsmere）的大部分地区——那里曾是古老森林、石楠和草地的广阔地带——现在看起来像是一场一战风格的灰烬废墟，偶尔可见几棵扭曲的树。两个自然保护区——一个由英国皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）管理，另一个由国民信托（National Trust）管理——已被摧毁。当地政府告诉我们，灾区面积相当于 210 个足球场，他们认为公众更容易理解体育类比，而不是“371 英亩”。或者换句话说，这相当于看到伦敦的海德公园或四分之三的摩纳哥化为烟雾。

更北方的破坏情况要严重得多。皮克区（Peak District）的廷特威斯尔荒原（Tintwistle Moor）和鸽石（Dove Stone）的损失被官方评定为 1,250 个足球场，而凯恩戈姆山脉（Cairngorms）的破坏程度则高达 3,500 个足球场（用旧计量单位算作 10 平方英里）。在每个地区，消防员们都表现英勇，并得到了反应迅速的当地农民、猎场管理员和志愿者的协助。例如在萨福克郡，由于火焰正向度假公园以及附近的住宅蔓延，一些家庭不得不在大半夜从房车中被救出。最终，没有一座棚屋或移动房屋被毁，更没有人员伤亡或住宅损失。这里的宽慰之情显而易见。

但现在这些山火已基本被扑灭，一场同样激烈的争论已经围绕着未来如何最大限度减少损失而展开。概括来说，争论的一方认为，我们的乡村应该像世世代代在土地上生活和工作的人那样，进行积极的管理。而另一方则希望乡村回归到一种更“自然”、更少以人为中心的形态，这种教条通常被称为“再野化”（rewilding）。这场争端被多样地描绘成：穿着花呢外套的传统主义者对抗白日梦般的理想主义者；粗糙劳作的乡村居民对抗生态狂热分子。深入挖掘，你很快会发现这同样涉及文化战争、阶级战争和政治领域。

所有人都能在几件事上达成共识。首先，傻瓜永远存在，他们会在炎热天气里乱扔烟头和玻璃碎片，或者点燃营火。其次，气候变化、酷热的高温以及干燥如火药桶般的夏天现在将成为常态。随后，关于如何降低乡村易燃性的观点则截然不同。很明显，我们越是不让森林、草地、石楠和金雀花受到人为触碰，该地区积累的所谓“燃料载量”（当局的说法）——而我们其他人称之为“引火物”——就越多。然而，再野化游说团体慷慨激昂地主张，再野化会导致“再湿润化”——他们经常引用筑坝海狸带来的好处——因此，更湿润的乡村更不容易起火。

“这个崇拜群体在‘人坏，自然好’的观念中成长，认为任何人类干预都是坏事，”乡村联盟（Countryside Alliance）首席执行官蒂姆·邦纳（Tim Bonner）表示。“在环保运动对气候变化和干燥夏季的挑战认识得如此正确的时候，恰恰正是需要更多管理的时候。”

“但环保运动以及像英格兰自然局（Natural England）这样的政府机构，越来越倾向于这种放任自流、乐观盲目的‘再野化’理念，认为只要我们让自然自行发展，一切都会好起来。”几乎每一起山火最终都被证明是人为造成的（尽管偶尔会有雷击导致）。上个月在峰区多夫斯通水库上方的火灾

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罗伯特·哈德曼（Robert Hardman）提到，一名青少年溺水身亡后，其朋友们回来用烟花祭奠他。其中一枚烟花点燃了上方荒原上的石楠花。然而，人们注意到，一些最严重的林火发生在燃料载量较高的地方——即那些接纳了“再野化”（rewilding）正统理论的地方。每场林火都不同，但再野化争论中最热门的话题涉及我们荒原的管理。因为这场斗争延伸到了阶级、政治和动物权利。

据估计，英国有100万英亩的荒原被用于红原 grouse 猎杀。压力团体“英国再野化”（Rewilding Britain）表示，这些土地大部分位于我们的国家公园内，该团体是“密集管理红原猎场的坚定反对者，认为这种管理使自然贫瘠并导致气候崩溃”。他们认为，红原猎场的传统维护方式（包括在冬季轮流焚烧石楠花斑块以促进石楠再生）会对下方的泥炭造成持久损害。再野化支持者认为，更好的做法是完全不去干扰自然，让泥炭吸收更多水分，随着时间的推移，让石楠花让位于苔藓。他们还希望堵住荒原上的排水沟或“grips”（历史上为促进养羊业而开挖），这些排水沟将水分从山丘上排走。虽然荒原并非海狸的主要领地，但其目标是实现重新湿润以及再野化。

然而，在许多情况下，支撑这一观点的是对富人猎杀小鸟的简单厌恶。随着红原猎杀季即将到来——本周三是“光荣的12日”——这个问题目前正处于激烈的讨论中。然而，猎人、庄园主和猎场管理员指出，红原猎场不仅比不加干预的山坡更环保，而且正因为它是被积极管理的，所以发生林火的可能性要低得多。通过在每个冬天焚烧选定的或“规定”的区域，荒原变成了不同年龄石楠花的“马赛克”，每种石楠在植物生长的不同阶段都会促进不同物种的野生动物生长。总体而言，整个拼布状区域不易受到快速蔓延的火灾影响，因为“马赛克”中新焚烧的部分起到了防火带的作用。

此外，红原猎杀游说团体表示，冬季焚烧或“murburn”不会对泥炭造成损害。拥有30年猎场管理经验的荒原专家理查德·贝利（Richard Bailey）指出一段在线视频，视频中一名管理员将一块玛氏巧克力棒放在一片荒原石楠花下方。随后这里经历了一次完整的冬季焚烧。石楠花的顶部被烧焦了，但下方的玛氏巧克力棒在包装纸中完好无损，从而证明下方的泥炭未受损害。而林火则会一直烧到根部，会将玛氏巧克力棒和泥炭全部焚毁。

总部位于峰区（Peak District）的贝利先生曾受邀就该主题向议会委员会发表讲话，他最近几周一直在全天候协助扑灭其所在地区的火灾。他指出，这些火灾发生在由英国皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）管理的非红原猎杀土地上，这并非巧合。他并不否认——

照片：亨利·T·托尔曼（HENRY T. TOLMAN） 照片：乔治·汉隆（GEORGE HANLON） 照片：荒芜的废墟：一名应急工作人员在萨福克郡邓威奇希斯（Dunwich Heath）巨大的林火灾后勘查损失

那些——拍手叫好的再野化支持者，故意忽视数百年的智慧和经验，正使英国成为一个

像火药桶一样的野火有时会在红 grouse（红松鸡）原野上爆发——这种情况确实发生过——但他认为，由于“燃料载量”大大减少，火势极难迅速蔓延。至于那些重新野化主义者计划在通常 50 年的周期内重新湿润泥炭沼泽，他说这是一个不错的想法，但如果在此期间野火将土地焚毁，那么这个想法就是自相矛盾的。邦纳先生指出，在非红松鸡狩猎区（如达特穆尔）当地人焚烧石楠花时，并没有激烈的反对声音，因为那里的受益者是动物，而不是穿着灯笼裤的持枪贵族。贝利先生表示，大曼彻斯特消防队经常就原野火灾向庄园猎场管理员寻求培训和建议，因为他们世世代代一直在管理原野。他还提到，消防队非常感谢 20 名猎场管理员在廷特威斯尔火灾期间连续十天昼夜不停地工作——这相当于在不消耗公共资金的情况下提供了 2,280 个工时。他指出，慈善机构工作人员和公务员并非因为自身过错，而是被告知不得处理任何超过一平方米的火灾，而必须拨打 999。他说：“等到消防队到达现场时，火势已经失控了。”

在萨福克郡，我考察了对当地经济的影响。现在是迷人的邓威奇村的午餐时间，本应是一年中最繁忙的几周之一——但这里却像鬼城一样。尽管邓威奇非常安全且非常值得一游，但当局一直在告诉所有人“避开该区域”。邻近的韦斯特莱顿也是如此，在火灾爆发时，该村表现出了极强的应对能力。韦斯特莱顿村会主席芭芭拉·巴克利及其邻居们彻夜未眠，为燃烧原野附近度假公园的难民寻找住宿。这里的人们想要继续他们的生活，而不是争论重新野化的利弊。然而，一名当地农民指出，英国皇家鸟类保护协会（RSPB）的明斯米尔保护区几乎不需要重新湿润，因为其中大部分是沼泽地，而其防火带则“糟糕透顶”。

村会仍然是当地的信息中心。其中一名到访者是电影明星拉尔夫·法恩斯的园丁，法恩斯在封锁的安全区内有一栋房子。和其他人一样，由于消防队的迅速反应，那里安然无恙。我采访了这位演员的弟弟杰克·法恩斯，他是一位著名的乡村专家，在邻近的诺福克郡管理着莱斯特伯爵 25,000 英亩的霍尔瑟姆庄园，该运营项目屡获殊荣。他在重新野化争论的两方都有朋友，但希望我们能摆脱这种分裂的基调。“我们处于大西洋边缘的一个小岛上，这里数千年来一直由人类管理。”他说，“我对那些生态学术语感到沮丧，因为这些语言疏远了那些历史上通过不同方式管理土地的人。必须有妥协、伙伴关系和理解。我更倾向于讨论‘修复性农业’。”

由于在邓威奇附近长大，他对被烧毁的区域非常熟悉。他反思道，那里的一些原野被长期搁置未管，导致其变得，用他的话说，“过于茂密”。RSPB 同样对这场争论的措辞提出质疑。一名发言人告诉我：“重新野化对不同的人意味着不同的事情，但在正确的地方恢复和保护自然过程可以带来真正的保护效益。即便如此，RSPB 明斯米尔的原野以及我们的其他低地原野站点，正是许多人认为的‘重新野化’的反面。这些景观是经过积极、仔细且持续管理的。”他补充说，RSPB 确实提供了防火带：“我们在所有保护区都极其严肃地对待野火风险。”国民信托基金会表示，他们同样致力于安全，但他们在邓威奇设置的 8 米宽防火带被 40 米高的火焰吞没了。该机构补充道：“在邓威奇原野或任何

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我不知道著名的出版商 Simon & Schuster 是否真的打算继续执行目前的计划，出版杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的回忆录。本周，阿尔代在一种既滑稽又悲剧的情况下，辞去了他在剑桥大学教授的职务。至少直到昨晚情况还是这样，但这似乎令人难以置信。且不论其他，这对阿尔代先生来说太残酷了。这家伙——正如他在辞职时所说——也只是个凡人。那些声称关心他利益的人应该让他免于进一步的嘲笑。《大西洋月刊》（Atlantic）的记者昨日披露，他们显然发现了阿尔代提交给出版商的书稿提案，在书中他提出了更多荒诞的主张：关于他曾患上并康复的奇异疾病；他所立的英雄功勋；以及他获得的许多全球性赞誉，但奇怪的是，这些赞誉找不到任何证据。也许这一切都是真的。也许未来还会有更多卷册，在其中他会解释自己如何在加入特种空勤团（SAS）期间秘密赢得了维多利亚十字勋章，发现了癌症的疗法，并被邀请继承巴塔哥尼亚的王位。这个故事的核心是一桩可耻的种族主义行径——并非由那些试图揭露阿尔代先生幻想和剽窃行为的人所为，而是由那些提拔他的人所为。无论这个来自南伦敦的年轻人犯了什么罪或进行了怎样的欺骗，在那些为了自身私利而利用并滥用他的学术人员的根本性欺诈面前，这些都显得微不足道。哦，我们都知道接下来会发生什么，不是吗？剑桥大学所有相关责任人都会逃之夭夭，在逃跑的同时拼命地掩盖自己的责任。他们会说他们不知道，说他们被愚弄了，说他们被他的魅力迷惑了。他们会将他描绘成一个投机分子、一个江湖骗子，一个巧妙利用他们善意的掠夺者。“但我们的出发点是好的！”剑桥的教授们会一边搓着手一边这样说。至关重要的一点是，我们不能让他们用这种辩解脱身。让我们假设，在他于 2023 年初被任命为剑桥大学教授时，当时 17 岁的阿尔代确实成功地蒙蔽了董事会的

那些为了自身私利而冷酷地利用并虐待杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）的剑桥学者们，才是这里真正的种族主义者……选举人。让我们假设，他们确实在某种程度上对他剽窃、拼写错误以及背景故事中的诸多古怪之处视而不见。例如，他的自闭症怎么可能严重到直到18岁才学会读写，而事实证明他在两年前就已经获得了两门GCSE（英国中考）证书？尽管在第21天时腿部出现发丝状骨折导致腿部肿胀至原先的两倍，他又是如何做到在35天内跑完30场马拉松的？如果他真的像他所说的那样在六天内跑了600英里，那么为什么他没有作为一名顶尖运动员而闻名全球？诸如此类。阿尔代在某些方面显然是一个热心且善良的人，但他的生活故事充满了如此明显的破绽，以至于你会认为那些教授们——凭借他们天生且成熟的“胡说八道检测仪”——本应能察觉到这一点。但让我们想象一下，他们被这一切蒙蔽了，或者即便他们觉得有些蹊跷，但选择了睁一只眼闭一只眼。在某种程度上，这并不重要。他们真正的罪行要严重得多，而且这是他们绝不可能否认的。在他被任命为教授时，杰森·阿尔代并没有任何实际的作品足以支撑这样的晋升。他没有做出任何新发现，也没有提出任何思想没有实际作品足以支撑这样的晋升领导力。事实上，在他那惊人短暂的职业生涯中，他绝对没有产生过任何具有显著学术价值或功绩的东西。然而，他们决定授予他我国最高的学术荣誉：他们让他成为了地球上最伟大大学之一的全职教授，而该校卓越的声誉是我们全球软实力的关键组成部分。他们为什么要这么做？该大学在新闻稿以及随后的所有宣传中，毫不掩饰且毫无愧色地解释说，他们很自豪地任命了“该大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授”——这是一个他们经常重复使用的最高级词汇。他们给了他一个“教育社会学教授席位”；其逻辑似乎是，作为一个在成为大学学者过程中经历过困难的年轻黑人男性，他将成为研究“年轻黑人男性在成为大学学者过程中如何遇到困难”这一学科的领先专家。这太超现实了，简直是对高等教育运作方式的拙劣模仿，但阿尔代却成了媒体明星，引起了轰动。而那些教授们并不在乎。他们不在乎那些支付高昂学费、在一名没有实际资格的人门下学习的学生。他们不在乎那些慷慨资助其薪水的纳税人。他们对其他努力工作却被拒绝担任此类职位的学者表现出完全的蔑视。最重要的是，他们对可怜的阿尔代的命运完全漠不关心，而他们一定知道，阿尔代极有可能被揭穿并遭受羞辱。他们只关心自己，以及通过宣称剑桥终于迎来了一位年轻的黑人教授来展示的所谓“美德”。这是一个真正的丑闻。这些学者给他们的大学以及高等教育事业造成了巨大的损害。1957年，美国最高法院法官费利克斯·法兰克福特（Felix Frankfurter）曾给学术自由下过一个著名的定义，即“大学有权基于学术理由，自行决定谁可以教学、教授什么、如何教学以及谁可以被录取学习”。剑桥大学公开且得意地践踏了这一原则。他们他们是基于政治和种族理由这么做的并非基于学术理由做出这次任命，而且他们绝不能声称自己是这么做的。他们是基于政治理由这么做的。他们是基于种族理由这么做的——而且他们还为此吹嘘。

你还记得那部精彩的讽刺剧《交易》(Trading Places) 吗？片中两名年长的美国金融家打了个赌（赌注是一美元），赌他们能否将一个街头猎手兼小骗子（由艾迪·墨菲饰演）变成一个挥金如土的“宇宙之主”？在冷酷、愤世嫉俗以及基本的自私方面，这些大学教授的行为就像兰道夫和莫蒂默·杜克一样。这坦白说令人作呕。通过忽视学术功绩的首要地位，并从事如此透明的种族歧视，剑桥大学实际上是在使我们如今在政治中日益忍受的一些恶劣且有毒的言论合法化。是我在做梦，还是那个所谓的“恢复党”(Restore party) 的领导人刚刚暗示国王不能是“白色英国人”，因为他的父亲出生在国外？我们所有人怎么了？但如果剑桥的教授们能这样做，其他人也会效仿。需要对所发生的事情进行全面且独立的调查，所有参与杰森·阿尔代 (Jason Arday) 任命的人员都应在结果出炉前先行辞职。 --- 第 22 页

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为什么杰森·阿尔代的故事让我如此想起梅根……

当我第一次读到杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）那惊人的生活故事时，我有一种奇怪的既视感。一个出身艰苦、被误解、遭受轻视的穷孩子——但内心深处始终知道自己注定要成就伟业……我在哪里听过这一切？然后我想起来了：梅根·马克尔（Meghan Markle）！她称自己是个“拿钥匙的孩子”（latchkey kid），从小吃着“电视托盘晚餐”。在第一次约会前，她“从未在谷歌上搜索过”哈里王子。事实上，梅根享受的是由她那获得艾美奖的父亲托马斯出资的私立教育。她青少年时期还曾在白金汉宫前摆拍。

当然，杰森出生于加纳移民家庭，并声称自己小时候是哑巴。随后，他在为慈善机构筹集数百万资金、实现超人般的体育壮举以及在过程中克服足以击败普通人的健康问题的同时，成为了剑桥大学最年轻的黑人教授。遗憾的是，他的故事在很大程度上此后被揭穿——本周他已辞职。

但梅根和杰森之间的相似之处不仅仅在于夸大早年的艰辛。很明显，他们两人都渴望■ 尽管拥有来之不易的爵位、价值£1600 万的游艇、最近获得的亿万富翁身份，以及27年快乐——而且我相信是忠诚的——婚姻生活，大卫和维多利亚·贝克汉姆在圣特罗佩漫步时看起来却很沮丧。如果不能带来幸福，那么所有的名声和财富是为了什么？金钱和名声。梅根为了让自己出现在电视上不择手段，包括在美版《Deal Or No Deal》中担任过一段时间的“公文包女郎”，直到她嫁给了一个能保证让她余生都处于新闻焦点中的人。

与此同时，杰森吹嘘他的回忆录（本月晚些时候出版）获得了“140 万”的报价。在一个正常的世界里，拥有两门GCSE成绩以及公关和教育研究学位的杰森应该是一名公关教师，而梅根则会是一名跑龙套的电视演员。然而，两人都拒绝接受命运和天赋给他们的牌局。当然，梅根太聪明了，不会像杰森那样编造如此复杂的幻想——比如在六天内跑了600英里，或者出现在一部在他出生前几年就播出的BBC纪录片中。但我认为，这些自恋者之间仍然有惊人的共同点。

吉吉的爱情语言

有传闻称，51岁的演员布拉德利·库珀（Bradley Cooper）已秘密迎娶了他的模特女友吉吉·哈迪德（Gigi Hadid），她今年31岁。去年，吉吉喋喋不休地说：“现在到了一个关键点，即在一段关系中知道自己想要什么以及值得什么至关重要。然后找到一个处于人生阶段、知道自己想要什么的人……然后你们双方分别努力，最终走到一起。”多么不可理喻的胡言乱语，但布拉德，这就是你娶了一个千禧一代后的结果。

我绝不会纵容那些在诺福克郡塞特福德（Thetford）袭击寻求庇护者居住房屋的示威者。但人们感到绝望难道奇怪吗？附近的一处前军营已被指定接收1,250名年轻男性移民——而且这里被归类为该郡最贫困的地区之一。安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）需要停止伪装工党的计划“正在起作用”——并开始遣返这些人。

++威斯敏斯特战争++

■ 首相安迪目前的记录。他誓言每天为“我们”不知疲倦地工作，然后每周有一天慢悠悠地回到北方，并在上任15天后就休假。

■ 他说他的政党是为女性和女孩服务的——而到2029年，将有9,300名家庭暴力者被提前从监狱释放。

■ 他承诺重新审视提前释放囚犯的问题，然后却没采取任何行动来阻止安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper）警官那些令人作呕的凶手仅服刑一小部分刑期。

我的结论？一个大大的F（不及格）。

罗德将被人们怀念

听到专栏作家兼广播员罗德·利德尔（Rod Liddle）在66岁时去世的消息，感到极其悲痛。我们经常相遇，上次见到他时，我开玩笑说我讨厌他。当他问为什么时，我坦白说，每次读到他那些才华横溢的专栏，我就知道我的文章显得黯然失色。数以百万计的读者将深切地怀念他——尤其是他的妻子艾丽西亚（Alicia）和他的孩子们。一个真正无可替代的人。

福克西·诺克斯（Foxy Knox）低俗的敛财行为

随着阿曼达·诺克斯（Amanda Knox）在爱丁堡艺术节上那场低俗的“喜剧表演”拉开帷幕，她被谋杀的朋友梅雷迪斯·克切尔（Meredith Kercher）的姐姐表示：“我无法想象强奸和谋杀怎么能成为笑料。”福克西·诺克斯（右图）声称这场演出是关于“母亲身份”的，并坚称梅雷迪斯会觉得这很有趣。有一天，她必须告诉她的孩子们在意大利发生了什么。我敢打赌他们会回答：“妈妈，你怎么能认为利用朋友的谋杀案来赚钱是正确的？”

■ 随着苍蝇灾害的持续，我需要纠正一个说法。我们澳大利亚人并不像某些人说的那样称它们为“污秽蝇”（filth flies）；我们称它们为“blowies”（源自blow flies，即绿蝇）或者“Louie”，这是根据1957年一个著名的杀虫剂广告活动而来的：“苍蝇路易，直接从垃圾场飞向你”。我们当时只是忽略了这些害虫和健康风险。有一次，一只巨大的绿蝇掉进了我的周日午餐肉汁里，我父亲说：“别告诉你哥哥们，不然他们两个也想要一只。”而且，没错，我们都活了下来。

一名12岁的少年在距离利兹一个住宅区几百码的自然保护区内被抓获纵火引发山火，他受到了“谴责”但未被起诉。当人们普遍认为纵火的孩子未来更有可能犯罪时，这真的足够了吗？

■ 安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）在法庭上描述了那个恐怖的一天：一名叫亚历克斯·詹金森（Alex Jenkinson）的无家可归的蒙面跟踪者在桑德灵厄姆周围追逐这位前王子的车。真可悲：这可能是多年来有人最想接近安迪的一次了。

汤姆·霍兰德（Tom Holland）和赞达亚（Zendaya）在萨里郡比弗布鲁克庄园举办的婚礼有什么不令人喜爱的呢？婚礼距离他的童年故居仅11英里，规模适中（按一线明星标准而言），花费£500,000，邀请了250名宾客。相比之下，泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）在纽约麦迪逊广场花园为1,000名宾客举办的婚礼花费了£2000 万。我的“蜘蛛感官”告诉我，汤姆和赞达亚将永远幸福地生活在一起。

《泰德·拉索》失去了方向

《泰德·拉索》（Ted Lasso）曾是一部现象级且温暖人心的剧集，如今回归Apple TV，但评价褒贬不一。一位评论家将其描述为“像一名年迈的前锋一样蹒跚前行”。我原计划观看，直到我得知新剧集是关于一支女子足球队的。对不起，姐妹会，但我立刻把它从我的观看列表中删除了。

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安德鲁·迈尔斯 (ANDREW MILEL)

今年夏天将载入史册，因为英国的国债首次突破了 3万亿英镑。这是一个令人难以置信的数字，几乎无法想象。那么让我帮您把握一下这个规模。这相当于英国每一个人（无论男女老少）都要承担约 £43,000 的债务。或者说，全国每个家庭要承担约 £105,000。如果用 £1 面值的钞票计价且您必须逐一清点，按每秒一张的速度，将需要 95,000 年。如果用 £50 面值的钞票堆叠，这根现金柱将直冲太空，高度超过 3,300 英里。我想您应该明白了，这个数字确实非常巨大。

而且它一直在飞速增长。在本世纪初，国债仅为 3300 亿英镑 billion 多一点。在短短 26 年里，它增长了近十倍。英国政府用了 300 年才积累了 1 万亿英镑的债务，我们在 2010. 年跨过了这个具有象征意义的门槛。而增加下一个万亿仅用了十年。我们甚至在不到六年的时间里就增加了第三个万亿。

可以说，有三件重大事件是不可避免的：在 2008. 年的大崩溃后救助金融体系和经济；在疫情期间维持民众## 寻找各种借口以借贷更多资金以及企业的运转；在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，能源价格飙升时发放巨额燃料账单补贴。但挥霍无度的政府准备增加公共支出（尤其是福利支出）的速度远快于缓慢的经济增长，这进一步增加了英国债务山的规模。

所有政治派系的政治家都必须承担责任，而且他们中没有一个人知道如何减少债务。即使在上一届保守党政府早期的所谓“紧缩”年份里，也没能改变其持续上升的轨迹。

现在我们都在为此付出代价。在本财政年度 (2026-27)，偿还国债的利息将花费超过 1100 亿英镑 billion，这是仅次于福利、医疗和教育的第四大政府支出项目。这相当于每天超过 £3 亿，或每小时 £1200 万——几乎是我们国防支出的两倍。

与其他可以通过政治决策改变的公共支出项目不同，对于债务偿还费用，您无能为力：您必须支付，否则将陷入灾难性的违约，而这是英国自 1694. 年英格兰银行成立以来一直避免发生的事情。

您可能会认为，到目前为止，政治家们应该已经吸取了教训，并意识到必须控制所有这些借贷。但您错了。官方预测表明，国债将在 2026 年达到 3.5万亿英镑

我们£3trillion的国债是一个火药桶。一次失误就可能点燃它。而我担心我们的新任首相对此毫无应对能力，到下一个十年的开始，年度债务利息支出将达到约£1350 亿加元。这是一个令人沮丧的前景。但令人惊叹的是：目前政府内部以及左翼阵营普遍主导的政治讨论，竟然是在寻找各种借口以进一步增加借贷。有人在讨论发行单独的战争债券以筹集更多国防资金。左翼智库则痴迷于想出更巧妙的方法来操纵财政规则，从而允许更多借贷。甚至政府也参与其中。本周，政府提出了重新定义借贷衡量标准的主意，以便发行更多债务，用于在十年末前提供£90 亿加元的额外公共投资。我们被告知，这正是启动经济所需要的。而实际上，对于一个已经支出近£1.4trillion的政府来说，这只是个微不足道的金额，对经济增长几乎没有影响。而且，并非所有公共投资都有利于增长——看看白厅在HS2项目上挥霍的数十亿英镑，或者苏格兰政府在两艘渡轮上浪费的数亿英镑就知道了。对于一个债务已经超过100%（按国际货币基金组织衡量标准）年度GDP.的国家来说，这也是一个巨大的风险。

政府借款的债券市场正警惕地审视着英国岌岌可危的财政状况。他们对十年期国债（英国主权债券的称呼）要求的利率已接近5%，在G7主要市场经济体俱乐部中最高。即使是比我们国家债务更高的国家，如法国和意大利，其债券利率也低于4%，因为它们可以依靠欧元区的集体经济安全。美国的国家债务高达40万亿美元，超出了人类的理解范围，但它能承受较低的债务利息，因为它以全球货币——加元借款。国际投资者喜欢持有以加元计价的资产，例如美国财政部发行的债券。英国既没有欧元区，也没有加元这种“舒适毯”。它必须对债券市场的情绪保持格外警觉，以免它们开始抛售英国国债，或者要求远高于5 per cent的敲诈性回报才购买新发行的国债，从而使债务偿还成本变得不可持续。一次失误——无论是试图在操纵财政规则上耍小聪明，还是进一步提高那些破坏增长的税收——债券市场的愤怒都将倾泻在我们头上。

我担心我们的新任首相及其新手财政大臣在面对这一切时力不从心。我怀疑他们是否意识到，由于目前持有我们国家债务的主体性质发生了变化，风险反而变得更大。我们过去主要向自己的养老基金和保险公司借款。这些机构拥有长期负债，而持有可靠的英国国债作为长期资产正好与之匹配。但戈登·布朗在（HS2）的第一份预算案中削弱了私人养老金行业。该行业持有英国国债的需求已随之萎缩。现在，英国国债越来越多地由对冲基金、海外投资者以及各种其他国内外金融机构持有。他们的目光远没有那么长远。他们更容易受到短期价格波动、投机、信心（或信心的丧失）以及其他地方更丰厚投资机会的影响。

简而言之，我们的国家债务坐落在火药桶上——英国政府的一次失误就可能将其点燃。然而，安迪·伯纳姆几乎每天都在暗示他想在社会护理、权力下放、职业教育、医疗和福利，甚至国防方面增加多少支出。除非他和财政大臣约翰·希利正在考虑增加税收，而这些税收将使瑞秋·里夫斯

纸牌屋将会崩塌，已经给我们带来了影响，如果没有更大规模的进一步借贷，这一切都无法实现。然后，整个纸牌屋将会在我们身上崩塌。如果本届议会能维持那么久，工党在任期内将借款£6500亿。然而，在其五年任期中的任何一年，增长预计都勉强超过1%。我无法理解怎么会有人认为只要我们多借一点钱，经济就会繁荣。无论如何，债券市场不会接受这种做法。我不担心会重复1976年国际货币基金组织（IMF）救助的局面——当时工党政府最后一次处于“征税-借贷-支出”模式——因为今天的情况不同。但我担心的是，由于惩罚性的税收，国家吞噬了我们国民财富中份额不断增加的部分，而我们则不得不忍受为此支付的高昂借贷成本，导致我们在可见的未来陷入停滞的泥潭。这是一个阴郁的前景。但我担心这就是我们前进的方向。即便像20世纪80年代和90年代那样，通过削减公共支出以大幅减税，从而释放国家的“动物精神”，这种想法现在也被认为是不可能的。伯纳姆-希利所提供的一切就是更多的税收、更多的支出、更多的借贷（如果他们能得逞的话）以及更多的停滞。谁能想到，在脱欧公投十年之后，英国最终会被判定为患上欧洲式的硬化症。然而，这似乎将成为工党的标志性成就。像20世纪80年代和90年代那样，通过削减公共支出以大幅减税的想法是不可能的 —— 第26页 # 葡萄牙的皇室

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每个年轻女性的生活中都有一些时刻，她们最渴望的就是靠近家乡，靠近所有熟悉的一切。分娩伴随着所有不可预见性和脆弱感，毫无疑问就是其中之一。这正是为什么白金汉宫周二的公告如此具有启发性。“尤金妮公主殿下与杰克·布鲁克斯班克先生欣然宣布，他们的女儿平安出生，”公告告知全国。按照传统，这位最新皇室成员的关键细节被记录在案——出生日期：8月3日；出生时间：下午6:20；体重：6磅9盎司——此外还有一个引人注目的细节：尤金妮公主的女儿并非出生在英国，而是在葡萄牙里斯本。这使得这个尚未公布名字的小女孩，成为了王位继承顺序中极少数在海外出生的皇室成员。

布鲁克斯班克宝宝的到来，不仅在历史上值得关注——尤金妮在Instagram上向世界介绍了她，配图是孩子趴在床上，穿着一套价值£100的睡衣并戴着帽子，来自希腊玛丽-尚塔尔公主的奢侈儿童服装系列——它还意味着更多。因为随着她的出生，动荡的约克家族以及更广泛的皇室内部动态发生了明显的转变，这一点已然显现。布鲁克斯班克夫妇决定在1,000英里外的伊比利亚半岛迎接女儿的出生，这凸显了这对夫妇在该国扎根之深——这也是迄今为止最强有力的迹象，表明对于尤金妮来说，“家”不再是由她成长时的皇室庄园所定义。因为最初作为第二故乡的地方，现在看来已日益成为这个家庭首选的、实际上也是主要的基地。

毫无疑问，尤金妮对她那名声扫地的父亲安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎的情感，影响了她搬到葡萄牙阿连特茹海岸的决定。虽然她的姐姐贝阿特丽斯更像个“爸爸的小女孩”，但据说尤金妮对父亲的行为感到厌恶，并与他保持距离。事实上，据说安德鲁是通过前妻莎拉·弗格森才得知她怀孕的，而尤金妮与莎拉保持着联系。

现在她已经分娩，正在她位于美丽村庄梅利德斯附近、价值£360 万的海滨豪华别墅中休养。当地人听到传闻称，已经相当长时间没有公开露面的莎拉已经抵达，帮助照顾她的第五个孙辈。《每日邮报》本周访问了附近的 O Fadista 餐厅，那里的员工表示，尤金妮、杰克和莎拉经常光顾这座位于主街 Rua Nova 上的漂亮白色建筑，那里供应分量十足的海鲜饭。一名服务员说：“尤金妮和她的丈夫是常客，曾多次与朋友一起来这里。她们的母亲也来过几次，但我从未见过父亲安德鲁。”“现在尤金妮有了孩子，有传言说莎拉回到了梅利德斯，帮她照顾这个新生小家伙。”

如果她是在几周前分娩，她还可以请求另一位家庭成员帮忙。因为36岁的尤金妮并不是唯一在这个葡萄牙世外桃源扎根的年轻皇室成员。她的表弟哈里王子（两人关系良好）及其妻子梅根也在尤金妮附近建立了自己的据点，将他们的豪华度假屋作为加利福尼亚和伦敦之间的中转站，上个月刚刚到访。这意味着这个日益时尚的葡萄牙角落（被称为“伊比利亚汉普顿”）已然成为了某种新型的皇室分裂权力基地——至少对于那些不再觉得完全属于温莎轨道的人来说是这样。这两对夫妇在距离里斯本向南90分钟车程的地方都拥有别墅，隐藏在占地722英亩的专属 Costa Terra 社区内，坐落在时尚的沿海村庄科姆波塔（Comporta）和梅利德斯之间。

梅利德斯（Melides）拥有 20 世纪 60 年代圣特罗佩（St Tropez）的氛围：到处是僻静的海滩，是一个时尚且酷炫、尚未被大众发掘的地方。Costa Terra 还拥有众多其他富裕居民，从亿万富翁企业家和银行家到渴望隐私的名人，包括乔治和阿迈尔。就在尤金妮在里斯本产下第三个孩子——据称费吉正在探访——之时，她正身处这个被称为“伊比利亚汉普顿”的时髦沿海度假区抚养她的家庭，这里距离哈里和梅根的度假屋仅一石之遥。阳光、大海与笑容：哈里王子和梅根在美丽沙滩上嬉戏，显得十分放松。克鲁尼夫妇。据认为，克鲁尼夫妇是由美国房地产开发商迈克·梅尔德曼（Mike Meldman）介绍到该地区的，后者在 2019 年以 4300 万英镑买下 Costa Terra 的地块，随后在上面开发了豪华住宅。克鲁尼和梅尔德曼曾是龙舌兰酒公司 Casamigos 的商业伙伴，该公司在 2017 年以据报道的 10 亿加元（7.9 亿英镑）售出。杰克·布鲁克斯班克（Jack Brooksbank）曾在 Casamigos 工作多年。在 2022 年离婚之前，超级名模吉赛尔·邦辰（Gisele Bundchen）和美国足球运动员汤姆·布雷迪（Tom Brady）也在附近拥有一处房产。尤金妮和哈里的住宅隐藏在 Costa Terra 度假区的沙丘之间，沉浸在松林之中，可通往长达一英里的沙滩前沿。这里的氛围完全是“赤脚奢华”，居民们拥有一个“俱乐部村”，其中设有多家使用当地顶级有机食材的餐厅。该度假区还拥有由高尔夫大师汤姆·法齐奥（Tom Fazio）设计的 18 洞高尔夫球场、一个健康水疗中心、一个马术中心和射击运动场。另一个当地景点是克里斯蒂安·鲁布托（Christian Louboutin）的五星级精品酒店 Vermelho——其名称源自这位设计师鞋底标志性的红色 --- 第 27 页

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家庭乐趣：尤金妮公主与丈夫杰克·布鲁克斯班克以及儿子奥古斯特和欧内斯特的鞋子——在附近的梅利德斯（Melides），旺季的双人间每晚费用为 £919。简而言之，该地区拥有年轻王室成员可能渴望的所有低调奢华——而且还兼顾了隐私。当地旅游局局长何塞·桑托斯（Jose Santos）告诉《每日邮报》：“哈里和梅根，以及尤金妮和她的家人能成为我们的客人和居民，这对该地区来说是一个极好的广告。这是一个被严密守护的秘密——好吧，直到现在为止——但消息正在传开，来到这里的人越来越多。不过当地人非常谨慎，他们不会谈论他们。”“新宝宝在这里出生真是太棒了——如果她愿意，她可以成为葡萄牙人——这凸显了两国之间的密切关系，并加强了我们与英国数世纪之久的联盟。他们居住的 Costa Terra 非常高端，安保极其严密。除非你住在那里，或者被居民邀请为客，否则无法进入。”人们或许能理解为什么尤金妮选择在产后这段时间留在这种环境下，而不是伦敦。在她的两个儿子——五岁的奥古斯特和三岁的欧内斯特出生时，她使用的是伦敦顶级的产科单位之一，高端的波特兰医院（Portland Hospital）。尤金妮本人及其姐姐 38 岁的贝特丽丝公主也曾在该豪华设施中出生。然而这一次，尤金妮和 40 岁的杰克选择了里斯本的 Luz 医院（Hospital da Luz）。虽然它是葡萄牙领先的私立医院之一，但它提供的环境比波特兰医院那种定制的精品体验要更具临床气息。其网站宣称等待时间仅为 36 分钟，自然分娩费用为 €5,450 (£4,670)，而剖腹产费用最高可达 €8,550 (£7,320)。看来新宝宝现在将受到社区的热烈欢迎。附近市政厅大楼的一位当地议员告诉《每日邮报》：“我经常见到尤金妮和杰克。我们住得很近，我看到她的孕肚就知道她怀孕了。我也经常看到他们开着路虎揽胜车。”“他们非常友好，总是挥手打招呼，而且两人都会说一点葡萄牙语，这给村里的每个人都留下了深刻印象。他们会在主街上散步，去餐厅，没有人打扰他们。”“这里主要是当地人，外国人不多，所以没人真正知道她是谁——当然，梅利德斯的人知道，但我们不打扰她。我们让她一个人过自己的生活。”“我在广播里听到他们的新宝宝在里斯本出生，所以她出生就是葡萄牙人，这对我们这里的人来说太棒了。大家都为他们感到高兴。”尤金妮偶尔会在社交媒体上分享她与年幼家人的海滩时光照片，她曾温暖地谈到在葡萄牙阳光下的生活以及这种生活带来的常态感。她还深情地讲述了她的儿子奥古斯特和欧内斯特如何习惯于住在海边。“他们热爱游泳，”她在一次采访中说道，“葡萄牙的海浪稍微大一点。所以我们只是把脚伸进去，但奥吉（Augie）像条鱼一样。他简直热爱大海，我们家墙上到处都是鲸鱼和海豚的图案。”在刚抵达梅利德斯后不久，她在杰西·韦尔（Jessie Ware）的《餐桌礼仪》（Table Manners）播客中谈到了她新获得的自由。“这就是为什么葡萄牙是梦想之地，因为我可以穿着运动装，头发随便在头上盘起来就去超市，而且不在意。不在乎，”她说，“没人关心。”她和杰克在 2022, 年首次开始部分时间移居梅利德斯，在杰克接手 Costa Terra 度假村的英国房产销售与营销管理工作后，他们选择将家庭与工作相结合。多年来，他们在梅利德斯和肯辛顿宫 grounds 内的恩赐住宅常春藤小屋（Ivy Cottage）之间分配时间。

与此同时，萨塞克斯夫妇被认为是在2023年一次拜访尤金妮时，爱上了这个专属的聚集区。次年，他们在附近买了一栋房子。梅根的Instagram帖子提供了一些——尽管是经过精心挑选的——他们上个月在葡萄牙度假的片段。分享的一张照片是梅利德斯一家经营的海鲜餐厅O Melidense的店面，这是一家接地气的餐馆，仅限现金支付，鱼汤盛在小型金属锅中。其他照片显示这家人在游泳池中嬉戏，并在一个僻静海滩的金黄色沙滩上玩耍，周围没有一个人。到目前为止，一切看起来都很健康——但梅根还是花了一些钱，在一家名为Vida Dura的彩色家居店购物，在那里她花费了大约£300——其中£65用于购买一个马桶刷持有器。在该店的网站上，这家企业将自己描述为“艰苦生活与高尚生活的交汇点”。在一种与梅根自己的As Ever生活方式品牌相称的格调中，该网站将其产品描述为“工艺与灵魂的相遇”，并称：“我们的系列不仅仅是产品，它们是体验。由当地和国际工匠手工打造，每一件物品都是对美好生活艺术的证明。”因此，店员透露，梅根买了一个滑稽的瓷制马桶刷持有器，上面的装饰图案是一只狗在对着树撒尿，此外还买了两个陶土盆和一盏灯。该店的一名消息人士表示：“起初我们根本不知道那是梅根。她戴着一顶宽檐帽进来，还和一些其他人在一起。我很确定哈里不在场。直到她来结账时我才认出她。她微笑着，我们开玩笑地聊了聊她买的东西，她说她正在度过一个愉快的假期；在梅利德斯每个人都是如此。”虽然梅根没有发布来自Vida Dura的照片，但她发布了另一家店的内部照片，《每日邮报》将其确认为位于孔波塔的Caju Comporta。一名工作人员告诉《每日邮报》：“我们第一次知道梅根来过，是因为我们的一位常客在她的Instagram上看到了这张照片。然后我们看到了并认出了她。她戴着帽子，和朋友们一起来逛逛。她拿起了一些东西但没有买任何东西，然后就离开了。我不知道她为什么决定发布一张店内的照片。也许她喜欢我们展出的厨具和餐具，那些在游客中一直很受欢迎。”除了梅利德斯显而易见的吸引力，对这对王室表亲来说，最重要的一点无疑很简单：彼此。哈里被认为在尤金妮附近拥有第二故乡中找到了慰藉，尤金妮是他少数剩下的家庭盟友之一。他们的纽带早于他们的婚姻，是在童年的滑雪假期以及在巴尔莫拉尔的那些圣诞聚会中锻造的。当然，在成年后，哈里和尤金妮的家庭生活在某种程度上平行展开，两人都忍受着——尽管原因截然不同——与父亲之间困难的关系。或许不足为奇，Costa Terra对他们两人来说已成为如此诱人的逃避现实之所。 --- 第28页

协助定罪杀害哈珀警员凶手的顶尖警官对提前释放计划表示“震惊”

作者：Elizabeth Haigh

一名协助将杀害安德鲁·哈珀（Andrew Harper）警员的凶手绳之以法的资深警官，对政府允许其提前释放的计划提出了猛烈批评。

领导该过失杀人案调查的侦查总警司斯图尔特·布莱克（Stuart Blaik）表示，他对这些提案感到“深切担忧且震惊”。

哈珀警员是泰晤士河谷警察局的一名警员，他在2019年8月响应伯克郡萨尔汉姆斯特德（Sulhamstead）一起四轮摩托车盗窃案时被杀。

杰西·科尔（Jessie Cole）和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯（Albert Bowers）均因过失杀人被判处13年监禁。由于首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）近日重启了工党的提前释放计划，两人现在有资格获释。

他们当时是乘客。

愤怒：侦查总警司斯图尔特·布莱克。凶手杰西·科尔和阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯。右图为安德鲁·哈珀及其妻子利西（Lissie）坐在由亨利·隆（Henry Long）驾驶的汽车中，该车将哈珀警员在道路上拖行了一英里。隆被判处16年监禁，不具备获释资格。

哈珀警员的遗孀利西·哈珀及其母亲黛比·阿德拉姆（Debbie Adlam）是越来越多要求伯纳姆先生干预此案的人员之一。

布莱克先生在谈到科尔和鲍尔斯时说：“两人在被警方拘留期间或随后的审判过程中都没有表现出任何悔意。”

“我希望政府能考虑到公众对此问题强烈的情绪，这种情绪既明确且广泛。”

昨天在BBC早餐节目中，于2023年离开警队的布莱克先生表示：“我真的不明白为什么在这种情况下要使用提前释放计划，这感觉不对。”

预计约有5,000名囚犯将被提前释放，在伯纳姆先生将强奸犯和儿童性侵犯排除在计划之外后，该人数从6,000人下降。

司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯（Alex Norris）表示，他“希望采取进一步措施”，但由于监狱会“很快”填满而无法实现。

杰西·菲利普斯警告：工党在保护妇女和女孩方面失效

作者：Sophie Church 政治记者

一名前内政部大臣表示，工党的提前释放计划让妇女和女孩陷入困境。

在基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）任内辞去保护大臣职务的杰西·菲利普斯（Jess Phillips）表示，工党在实现其十年内将针对妇女和女孩的暴力行为减少一半的竞选承诺方面，“目前的意愿和投入远未达到实际所需的水平”。

菲利普斯女士在5月辞职，此前她嘲讽基尔爵士在处理该问题上缺乏“干劲”。

在Sky的《选举功能障碍》（Electoral Dysfunction）播客中，菲利普斯女士说：“如果能执行‘针对妇女和女孩的暴力’战略中的所有内容，你可能会将[VAWG]降低约25%。”

她本周敦促首相安迪·伯纳姆优先考虑女性安全，将那些犯有强制和控制行为的人排除在监狱提前释放计划之外。

影子内政部大臣艾丽西亚·卡恩斯（Alicia Kearns）昨天表示，提前释放计划是“对妇女和女孩的一种威胁”。

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远离这里……你在这里不安全！武装科西嘉人威胁希望在该岛购买房产的游客

作者：Isabella Machin

一个由戴面具的科西嘉分离主义者组成的武装团体，威胁那些考虑搬到这座地中海岛屿或购买第二套房产的游客。科西嘉民族解放阵线-战斗员联盟（FLNC-UC）表示，外籍人士在那里将不安全，并警告他们远离。

一段视频中出现了12名身穿兜帽衫、携带冲锋枪和步枪的成员，他们谴责每年有5,000名为了工作或购买度假屋而搬到那里的外国人，称这种涌入是“疯狂的”。其中“绝大多数”是法国人——科西嘉是法国的一个地区——但关于居住在那里的英国人（无论是全职还是兼职）的数量存在相互矛盾的报告，估计值从几百人到4,000人不等。

在影像资料中，一名被认为是该团体领导人的男子说道：“在我们的民族权利得到认可和尊重之前，我们给他们的唯一信息就是：留在家里。否则，不要认为你们在我们的民族领土上是安全的。”

他们将这种涌入描述为“猖獗的定居驱动型殖民化”，以及“殖民主义在试图征服甚至抹除人民时一直使用的某种大规模稀释武器”。

根据国家统计局INSEE的数据，从2015年到2025年，科西嘉的人口增加了32,900人，每年增长约1%。房主包括摩纳哥的卡罗琳公主、俄罗斯寡头罗曼·阿布拉莫维奇、米克·贾格尔和比尔·盖茨。

FLNC-UC声称，一项计划于今年晚些时候提交参议院的赋予科西嘉更大自治权的法案是一场“伪装”，力度不足。该团体确认其目标是“独立”。法案中的提案将赋予科西嘉议会更大的权力，同时将其保留在法兰西共和国境内。

该团体首次出现于1976年，在同一个夜晚发动了18起炸弹袭击。在2022年的暴力抗议之后，次年有45起爆炸袭击针对第二套房产。

上个月，马略卡岛有超过25,000名抗议者呼吁度假者“回家”——示威活动演变为暴力冲突。他们声称这个度假胜地接待游客的数量已“达到极限”。

作者：Shaun Wooller 健康编辑

一项调查显示，浪费的药品每年给NHS造成至少£4.8 亿的损失，且其数量足以填满75个奥运标准游泳池。

国家药剂师协会（National Pharmacy Association）估计，2024 / 25年度在英格兰有3,400吨部分使用的药品被处置——相当于560头大象或3,000辆汽车。

NPA现在呼吁，对于拥有多项重复处方的患者应进行更多审查，以便识别不再需要的药品。它还敦促公众不要“过度订购”药品，仅在需要时申请重复处方。

药物必须通过药房处置，而非作为普通垃圾处理，因为后者会给医疗服务带来巨大的成本。一旦药品分发给患者——即使密封完好——在退回时也不能重新入库。

不正确的处置还可能导致药品污染水源。药剂师还担心，患者经常退回完成了一半的抗生素疗程，可能未能完成治疗。

“每年浪费的药品给NHS造成了巨额资金损失，这些资金本可以投资于为患者提供更好的服务，”# 仅一年被丢弃的药品就能填满75个游泳池 的主席Olivier Picard说道。

眼科药物可能有助于抗癌

用于治疗常见眼疾青光眼的药物可能被“重新利用”来治疗某些侵袭性癌症。癌症研究所发现，包括乳腺癌、黑色素瘤和一种白血病在内的一系列癌症，都依赖于同一种 ROCK 分子进行扩散。专家发现，通过某些标志物可以识别出对这些药物反应良好的患者，这为了解谁能从现有的青光眼药物中获益“奠定了基础”。在《iScience》杂志上发表的这项研究的第一作者维多利亚·桑兹·莫雷诺（Victoria Sanz Moreno）表示：“我们的研究发现，侵袭性癌细胞存在一个共同的弱点，可以针对多种癌症类型进行攻击。得知已经存在一种治疗方法令人欣慰——一种在某些患者身上安全使用的药物可以被改编用于治疗这些癌症。”

全国药剂师协会（National Pharmacy Association）分析了来自当地卫生机构的信息自由请求回复。该协会表示：“除此之外，浪费药物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一日益严重的问题。”代表 6,000 家独立社区药房的皮卡德先生补充道：“我们敦促患者仅在真正需要时才申请药物。”赫特福德郡大学研究生医学高级讲师拉莎·阿卜杜勒萨拉姆·埃尔谢纳维（Dr Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy）博士表示：“定期的药物审查以及仅订购所需药物，可以保护患者、国民医疗服务体系（NHS）以及环境。”

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1999 年 12 月，当英国皇家海军驱逐舰“爱丁堡号”（HMS Edinburgh）在黑海巡航时，它与一艘小型支援船会合，随后一组来自汉普郡的侦探登上了船。他们是为了调查一起神秘的陈年旧案：18 岁的尼古拉斯·赖特（Nicholas Wright）失踪案。两年前，当船只停靠在朴次茅斯时，这名新入伍的水手突然失踪。当警员询问他的室友时，一个名字被反复提及——那就是下士艾伦·格里姆森（Allan Grimson）。他是一个身材魁梧的纽卡斯尔人，担任消防教官，当时 40 岁，他残酷地欺凌他不喜欢的年轻新兵，并对长相出众的人（如娃娃脸的尼古拉斯）动手动脚。

回到朴次茅斯后，侦探们发现格里姆森在尼古拉斯失踪后不久就彻底重新装修了他的公寓。在第二次审讯中，他承认以一起喝几杯友谊酒为借口，诱骗那个天真的少年前往那里，并在对方拒绝他的追求后将其残忍杀害。在描述了他如何用棒球棍将尼古拉斯打至服从，然后对其强奸、割断其喉咙并切下其耳朵作为战利品——这种快感“比性爱更好”——之后，这个精神病患者带领警方找到了尸体，他将其藏在汉普郡的乡村。

但就在他即将被起诉时，他以一种令人胆寒的冷漠地评论道：“还有一个。”格里姆森的第二个受害者同样被丢弃在茂密的灌木丛中，他是 20 岁的酒吧服务员、前皇家海军水手西恩·詹金斯（Sion Jenkins）。他同样被玷污和折磨，然后被赤裸地捆绑起来，在浴缸中放置了一整夜，最后被用球棒杀害。

然而，这些谋杀案令人作呕的手段并非唯一的相似之处。诡异的是，格里姆森在同一日期杀害了这两个男人，即 12 月 12 日：尼古拉斯死于 1997 年，而西恩死于一年后的同一天。由于格里姆森额头宽长且双眼距离较近，被同行水手戏称为“弗兰克”（Frank），因为他们认为他像怪物弗兰肯斯坦。格里姆森被强烈怀疑在那个日期还谋杀了第三个受害者。

1986 年 12 月 12 日，在航空母舰“光辉号”（HMS Illustrious）上担任无线电操作员的 18 岁英俊且受欢迎的西蒙·帕克斯（Simon Parkes），在直布罗陀休假外出的一夜后失踪。当时，格里姆森也在该舰服役，证人看到他与西蒙在同一家酒吧喝酒。尽管经过多次搜寻，包括警方检查直布罗陀岩石历史海军墓地中的棺材，西蒙的尸体从未被找到。

那么，12 月的第 12 天究竟有什么特别之处，使其成为了格里姆森的死亡之约？这是一个令人毛骨悚然且极具吸引力的谜团，许多侦探和犯罪学家一直试图破解，我稍后会再次提及。然而，十天前，在因谋杀尼古拉斯和西恩而服双终身监禁期间，格里姆森——被其心理学家检查过的 250 名杀手中最危险的一位——被判定犯有另外四项历史罪行，其中包括一项强奸罪。

当他在1999年被逮捕时，他曾承认性侵了另外三名新入伍的水手，以及一名他认识的14岁男孩，但这些案件一直被搁置在档案中。如果这些案件没有被重新启动

在一年之隔的同一日期谋杀了两名水手的那个 12 月 12 日

，是否还犯下了另外 20 起谋杀案？

由大卫·琼斯（David Jones）撰写（很大程度上归功于一名记者的不懈努力），他今天很可能就在朴次茅斯的酒吧里徘徊，而那里曾是他物色目标的场所。他在2020年服满最低22年刑期后，首次假释申请被拒绝。然而，该申请再次被审查，据信委员会已准备批准他转移到开放式监狱——这是他获释前的最后一个阶段。随着政府准备提前释放数千名危险囚犯，这提醒人们该计划潜藏的危险。毕竟，在67岁的高龄，且几天前站在温彻斯特刑事法院被告席上时依然像以往那样具有威慑力且气势逼人，谁能确定这个体格强健、身高6英尺1英寸的心理变态者已经失去了支配、虐待和杀害年轻男性的冲动？

随着格里姆森（Grimson）等待将于今年秋季宣布的新判决，他的重新出现再次引发了另一个问题。这个问题不仅困扰着他以前的海军同事，也令许多家庭心有余悸，他们的儿子要么在格里姆森服役的各艘舰船上失踪，要么在他们停靠的世界各地许多港口消失。考虑到他的海军生涯跨越了20年，从1978年到1998年，他是否可能在他最喜欢的杀人日期杀害了其他许多下落不明的人？当我们回想起彼得·克雷斯韦尔（Peter Cresswell）法官在2001年再次于温彻斯特将格里姆森送入监狱时的话，这种可能性变得更加令人信服。“无论在数量上是否成立，你在本质上是一个连环杀手，”他告诉被告席上那个毫无感情的男人。

汉普郡警方显然对此表示赞同。格里姆森曾在英国战后许多著名的海军舰船上服役，在他被捕后，一支侦查小组追踪了他在船上期间所经过的航线。这次全球调查将他们带到了美洲、澳大利亚、印度和远东，并列出了一份约20名有姓名男性的名单——所有这些人都在格里姆森在附近期间被谋杀或失踪且杳无音信。警方表示未发现“明确的证据联系”，但他们的任务一定不轻松。自从格里姆森在甲板下潜行、伪装成指导英俊年轻新兵的导师以来，军队的态度发生了显著变化，侦查员们当时必然面临着汹涌的怀疑和否认。不仅在2000年之前，同性恋是可被开除的罪行，这意味着年轻的水手害怕承认与格里姆森（他告诉警方自己是潜在的同性恋者）有亲密关系，而且在处理擅离职守（AWOL）时，海军自亨利八世创立以来几乎没有变化。未能返回舰船的水手会被自动认定为低级的逃兵，重点在于惩罚他们，而不是查明他们缺席的原因。直到2006年，在新的、更具同情心的武装——第31页 偶然发现了他的阴森秘密。

他的家人现在决心揭开真相。“鉴于我们现在所知道的情况，我们将采取步骤寻求重启对格雷厄姆（Graham）之死的调查，”他们告诉我。虽然他所有已知的目标都是男性，但有一个耐人寻味的例外。1998年9月，在谋杀尼古拉斯（Nicholas）和锡昂（Sion）之间，他被怀疑谋杀了一名女性。当时他被派往新西兰皇家海军，在奥克兰担任一名消防教学员。在他在那里期间，一名29岁的日本背包客松泽佳代（Kayo Matsuzawa）的裸体被发现于一家肮脏旅馆的一个锁闭的火警橱柜中，该旅馆离他的基地不远。由于她已经在那里放置了十天，警方无法确定她的死因，但凶手必须是能够接触到该橱柜的人。格里姆森认识维护警报系统的公司经理，曾在消防学校与他见过几次面。这促使新西兰的谋杀案侦查组向英国警方询问关于他行踪的信息。

这次调查没有进一步进展，而且与格雷厄姆·杜温（Graham Dewing）的情况一样，这起谋杀案发生的时间与格里姆森（Grimson）的作案模式不符。该案至今未破——而当我与金·卡普兰（Kim Kaplan）交谈时，这件事变得更有意思了。她曾与格里姆森关系极好，在1981年的第一次婚礼上，格里姆森还是她的伴郎，且经常住在她位于汉普郡的公寓里。她所认识的那个格里姆森——一个性格夸张、带着浓重乔迪口音且笑声粗犷的人——是“完美的朋友和绅士”，一个风趣的讲述者，也是一个举止无可挑剔且乐于帮忙的修理工。她认为他绝不可能实施虐杀，哪怕是“一百万年也不可能”。更相关的是，考虑到他曾被短暂怀疑杀害了那名日本女性，卡普兰女士还表示，他是她见过的“最不像同性恋的人”。当他们一起去朴次茅斯的俱乐部时，他会盯着女孩看并试图搭讪，但总是被对方拒绝。“是因为被女性拒绝，他才转向男孩并杀害他们——因为他为此而憎恨自己吗？”她沉思道。无论她的理论是否有道理，都没有任何东西能完全解释格里姆森内心最阴暗的运作方式。他将继续被囚禁——或许是终身监禁——这在很大程度上归功于一名常驻直布罗陀的英国记者罗恩·阿斯滕戈（Ron Astengo）的努力，他正在写一本关于西蒙·帕克斯（Simon Parkes）失踪案的书。该书将在其死因研讯结束后出版，在帕克斯失踪四十年后，直布罗陀的验尸官终于批准了此次研讯。在五年的研究过程中，阿斯滕戈确认了格里姆森在1994年至1999年期间性侵的四名年轻男子，其中三人是参加过他消防课程的海军士兵。由于他向警方承认，只要可能，他更倾向于杀掉被他强奸的男人——以降低被发现的风险——而且有些人之所以能逃过他的棒球棍，仅仅是因为他在袭击他们时公寓里有其他人，所以这些人能活下来是幸运的。然而，他施加的恐怖行为留下了不可磨灭的心理创伤。其中一名现年40多岁、与伴侣住在中部的男子告诉阿斯滕戈，他在1999年感到正义被欺骗了，因为当时格里姆森已经面临双重终身监禁，而英国皇家检控署（CPS）决定不将这次袭击纳入指控。他此前被引导认为重新启动此案已经太晚了。然而，在记者的支持下，他将此事提交给了儿童性虐待审查小组，该小组建议汉普郡警方重新调查此案以及其他三起性 TURN TO NEXT PAGE --- Page 32

In uniform: The shooter

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14岁少年杀害祖父母，随后在教室大开杀戒导致五人死亡

一名泰国青少年在昨日于学校进行枪击大屠杀之前，枪杀了其祖父母，导致5人死亡，30人受伤。

这名14岁的少年在曼谷附近的一所中学进行这起谋杀暴行时，使用了他祖父的手枪，随后将武器指向了自己。

作者：Sabrina Penty 和 Robert Folker

照片显示，这名穿着学校紫色制服的男孩在装弹时在走廊中徘徊。五名死者是 Nontashort 的 Debsirin 学校的教师。昨晚，伤者中有九人处于危急状态。

这名枪手在昨日早晨前往学校之前，杀害了与其同住的祖父母。当学生们从建筑中逃离时，武装响应部队抵达，校园被疏散。

47岁的急救人员 Kiatikhun Verapongpradith 表示，当他抵达时枪击事件仍在发生，他的团队救治了背部、胸部和手臂中弹的学生。

他们

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1 There's Good Rockin' Tonight - Ricky Nelson

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它让我们回想起那些定义了一个时代的旋律。其中包含了定义时代的冠军单曲和百万销量金曲，包括 Bill Haley & His Comets 的 《Rock Around the Clock》、Chuck Berry 的 《Johnny B. Goode》、Jerry Lee Lewis 的 《Great Balls of Fire》 等众多曲目。摇滚乐没有比这更宏大的了。

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1 Rip it Up - Little Richard 2 Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day 3 Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens 4 Alley Dop - Hollywood Angeles 5 Bony Maronie - Larry Williams 6 Dynamite - Brenda Lee 7 High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis 8 Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson 9 Come Here Jo-Anne - Tommy Boyce 10 Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 11 Short Shorts - The Royal Teens 12 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 13 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 14 That's All Right - Elvis Presley 15 Be My Guest - Fats Domino 16 Chariot Rock - The Champs 17 Bluejean Bop - Gene Vincent 18 Charlie Brown - The Coasters 19 Spitch Splash - Bobby Darin 20 Ready Teddy - Buddy Holly 21 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers 22 The Shape I'm in - Johnny Restivo 23 Rockhouse - Roy Orbison 24 Red River Rock - Johnny and the Hurricanes 25 Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners

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• Ricky Nelson

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• Ricky Nelson

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2 Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis 3 That'll Be The Day - The Crickets 4 Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins 5 The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard 6 Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman 7 Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley 8 High Blood Pressure - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns 9 Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond 10 Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 11 Honey Hush - Johnny Burnette 12 Rocking Goose - Johnny And The Hurricanes 13 Love Poison No. 9 - The Clowers 14 Doby Dooby - Roy Orbison 15 Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford 16 That's My Little Susie - Ritchie Valens 17 Robot Man - Connie Francis 18 Duck Tail - Joe Clay 19 Battle to the Baby - Charlie Feathers 20 Say Mama - Gene Vincent 21 Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris 22 Razzle Dazzle - Bill Haley & His Comets 23 Giddy Up A Dog Dong - Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys 24 High School Dance - Larry Williams 25 Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

原因在于，专家们一直在寻找 Grimson 过去的关键日期，例如童年时期的成长经历以及他挚爱的母亲的去世，但并未发现任何重大线索。

原因在于，专家们一直在寻找 Grimson 过去的关键日期，例如童年时期的预防性经历以及他挚爱的母亲的去世，但并未发现任何重大线索。

接前页 袭击。正当他的第二次假释审查在推进，且他有望获得自由时（尽管他在富尔萨顿监狱成为一名“好撒玛利亚人”后，猥亵了其中一名年轻囚犯），格里姆森再次被送上法庭。尽管他的大律师将这些新指控描述为为了给阿斯滕戈的书增加噱头而捏造的谎言，但陪审团判定他所有项指控全部成立。正如检察官约翰·普莱斯 KC 在结案陈词中所述：“精力充沛的记者往往能取得很大成效。”于是，回到那个日期。为什么格里姆森在12月12日杀害了至少两名男子，但很可能是三名——甚至可能更多？虽然其他连环杀手，如开膛手杰克和洛杉矶的“深夜潜行者”理查德·拉米雷斯，总是习惯在凌晨时分出手，但尚未发现其他杀手偏好某个特定日期的案例。为了寻找原因，专家们研究了格里姆森过去的关键日期，例如童年时期的成长经历以及他挚爱的母亲去世之日，但并未发现任何重大线索。至于罗斯·阿斯滕戈，她认为西蒙是他的第一个受害者，在杀掉他之后——大概是因为那名有稳定女友的水手拒绝了他的追求——他试图通过在同一日期作案来体验同样的扭曲快感。昨晚，英国皇家海军表示，他们理解受格里姆森残暴罪行影响的家庭的担忧，并“愿意与他们接触”，并补充称其“继续支持汉普郡警方地调查”。然而，围绕着这位“12月12日杀手”仍有如此多未解之谜，海军难道不应该对他那长达20年的死亡与堕落之旅发起一项全面调查吗？西蒙·特朗普和蒂姆·斯图尔特提供了额外报道。但由西蒙·特朗普和蒂姆·斯图尔特提供的报道极具轰动性。

校园内部：一把枪和子弹。枪支管制法将限制携带枪支的权利，仅限于政府官员。泰国是东南亚枪支拥有率最高的国家之一，平均每七名居民就拥有一把枪。今年2月，一名青少年在泰国南部的一所学校开火，导致校长死亡，两名学生受伤。2022年，一名携带枪支和刀具的前警察闯入一家托儿所并杀害了37人，其中包括24名儿童，这是泰国最严重的屠杀事件之一。

由西蒙·特朗普和蒂姆·斯图尔特报道。

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娱乐圈内幕！作者：Katie Hind 娱乐版顾问编辑

当演员阿曼达·阿宾顿（Amanda Abbington）在整整三年前兴奋地报名参加《舞动奇迹》（Strictly Come Dancing）时，她的目标既是重启自己的事业，也是让自己成为家喻户晓的人物。后者她确实实现了——但并非以她计划的方式。

她与专业舞伴、万人迷乔瓦尼·佩尼切（Giovanni Pernice）之间引发轰动的不和，以及在她正式投诉对方涉嫌虐待她之后引发的激烈争端，导致了BBC的一场长期调查。这确实确保了如果之前有人没听说过她，现在肯定知道了。但不出所料，这种新获得的名声并没有实现她重启事业、重新赢得黄金时段热门剧集大角色的野心，就像她此前参演的《神探夏洛克》（Sherlock）和《塞尔弗里奇先生》（Mr Selfridge）等热门剧集那样。相反，她接到的都是规模较小、知名度较低的角色，例如2025年在伦敦北部的国王之头剧院（Kings Head Theatre）参演话剧《（这不是一个）快乐房间》（(This is not a) Happy Room）。

但现在，54岁的阿曼达终于即将回归。在针对她的投诉进行审查并导致乔瓦尼离开《舞动奇迹》——尽管他被证明没有犯下她指控的最严重罪行——近两年后，她最近签下了两个梦寐以求的角色。一个是第四频道（Channel 4）剧集《追寻爱丽丝·贝尔》（Hunting Alice Bell）的第二女主角，另一个是Apple TV热门剧集《墓地路》（Down Cemetery Road）下一季中的一个角色。

最近，阿宾顿一家的生活在好转。今年5月，她的未婚夫、前特技演员兼脱逃艺术家乔纳森·古德温（Jonathan Goodwin）就其针对《美国达人秀》（America's Got Talent）制作方的法律索赔达成和解，获得了一笔未公开的数百万英镑赔偿金。这位46岁的人在2021年的一次恐怖事故中被两辆燃烧的汽车挤压，导致瘫痪并几近死亡，当时他正在参加《美国达人秀：极限版》（America's Got Talent: Extreme）的排练。他于2023年对制作方Fremantle和广播公司NBCU提起法律诉讼，并在今年早些时候达成了赔偿协议。

但这种和解带来的宽慰可能是短暂的，因为阿曼达最可怕的噩梦即将到来。在乔瓦尼的一本坦率的自传中，他将讲述这场争端的另一面，这场争端结束了他在《舞动奇迹》中长达九年的职业生涯，而他曾是该节目最受喜爱的舞者之一。在短短几周内，他将揭晓《乔：主导》（Gio: Taking the Lead），据我所知，阿曼达将在书中被“大量”提及。

“乔将结束他在《舞动奇迹》职业生涯的责任归咎于阿曼达，观众也是这么认为的，”一位接近该舞者的消息人士表示。“乔瓦尼并不想博取同情，他不是那样的人。但这本书会提醒公众那些指控，当阿曼达重新启动事业时，这肯定没有帮助。就像乔瓦尼的幽灵会一直笼罩在上面一样。她会愤怒至极的。”

的确，毫无疑问，他的回忆录将揭开阿曼达几乎肯定希望早已被抛在脑后的过去。事实上，那些了解乔瓦尼的人……

[图片：步调不一：乔瓦尼·佩尼切与阿曼达·阿宾顿在《舞动奇迹》中。图片来源：RAY BURNISTON / BBC]

就在阿曼达认为她的电视事业终于可以重启之时，看看是谁带着一本揭秘书籍回来了！而且那些熟悉该书内容的人表示，这将“绝对摧毁”这位女演员的回归之路。“乔瓦尼在去年决定写一本书，”我的消息人士说。“他想就阿曼达的情况分享自己的见解，而且他不会有所保留。”“对于阿曼达来说，这简直是最糟糕的时机——她已经走出了那段经历，并获得了一些不错的工作。而当乔瓦尼开始宣传之路上时，这些工作即将笼罩在巨大的阴云之下。他讨厌她提出投诉，他会对这件事发表看法，并解释她对他做了什么。乔瓦尼认为他有理由对她进行投诉，但他没有这么做。”消息人士称，35岁的乔瓦尼还将提出 BBC 高层为何没有对阿曼达进行足够严格的审核，他认为如果他们那样做了，丑闻就不会以同样的方式爆发。“这绝对会让阿曼达愤怒不已，”该消息人士说。“她一直不希望乔瓦尼发表看法，但现在他将通过大约 400 页的内容来发声，而她对此无能为力。”

乔瓦尼和阿曼达的问题始于 2023 年《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）系列赛开始仅三周后。这让出生于西西里岛的明星乔瓦尼感到惊讶，因为他此前在《舞动奇迹》的“快速舞蹈”活动（专业舞者与名人们进行短时共舞）中见过阿曼达后，对与她配对感到兴奋。他不仅认为她是一位才华横溢的国标舞之星，而且认为她似乎渴望获胜——而充满雄心的乔瓦尼同样具备这种特质。然而，阿曼达表示，她在排练的第三天就首次向《舞动奇迹》的制作人反映了对乔瓦尼行为的担忧，随后在第六周退出，理由是健康问题（一次乳腺癌虚惊，之后她得到了康复通知）。

接着便出现了关于她的舞伴“虐待、刻薄且残酷”的指控。她随后对他提起正式投诉，指控他在排练期间存在言语霸凌、骚扰和不恰当的性行为。她还说他踩了她的脚，导致淤青。“我不能坐视不管，让他对其他人也那样做，”她在 2024 年的一次采访中说道。乔瓦尼否认了一切，但在审查期间被迫退出下一季节目。与此同时，他予以反击，向调查人员提交了一段 28 分钟的与该女演员的对话录音，他的团队认为这证明他不仅没有霸凌她，反而给了她巨大的支持。在录音片段中，她告诉他，如果她是他的话，现在“早就把我扔出窗外了”，显然是在承认自己可能很难以相处。阿曼达还提到她如何“自我破坏”，反复提及他如何支持她，并将自己描述为“噩梦”。

但在 BBC 进行了为期六个月的调查后，阿曼达提出的 17 项投诉中有 6 项被支持。尽管乔瓦尼被免于身体攻击的指控，但他们确实发现了辱骂、敌对环境和性暗示的证据，并确认乔瓦尼将不会回归该节目。虽然乔瓦尼在他告诉我的“人生中最艰难时期”被抹黑，但他赢得了公众同情的战斗。随着他讲述这段可悲剧集的个人版本，他的团队现在希望这能转化为书籍销量。

在他自传中那段诱人的前言里，乔瓦尼写道：“33 岁时，在终身努力成为最顶尖舞者的追求之后，我正处于事业的巅峰。”“在刚刚捧起亮晶晶舞球奖杯并赢得 BAFTA 奖项后，我正过着最狂野的梦想生活。这是一个关于一切崩塌得多么快的故事，以及当我觉得全世界都与我作对时，我是如何奋斗寻找回归之路，并再次主导自己生活的。”

如今，他依然被《舞动奇迹》（Strictly）的数百万观众所思念。事实上，我收到了大量读者的来信，他们说自从他离开后就没再看过这个节目。不仅如此，他的粉丝还表示，他们将拒绝观看任何有阿曼达出演的节目。在BBC调查结束几周后，我对乔瓦尼进行了采访。那时他已回到意大利，加入了《Ballando con le Stelle》（意大利版的《舞动奇迹》）。他与搭档——意大利女演员比安卡·瓜切罗（Bianca Guaccero）共同赢得了该系列赛，两人随后开始交往。在我们三个小时的会面中，乔瓦尼向我倾诉，他一直认为自己是清白的，并对他给西西里岛的家人带来的如此大的痛苦感到心碎。他必须努力克制泪水，我毫不怀疑，当今年秋天《舞动奇迹》在没有他的情况下重新回到我们的屏幕时，他所遭受的痛苦将再次变得如此剧烈。该节目将于下个月回归，由主持人艾玛·威利斯（Emma Willis）、舞者约翰内斯·拉德比（Johannes Radebe）和喜剧演员乔什·威迪科姆（Josh Widdicombe）担任主持工作，接替克劳迪娅·温克尔曼（Claudia Winkleman）和泰丝·戴利（Tess Daly）。整体氛围非常像是全新的开始，新的起点。但是，随着乔瓦尼的书出版——以及极有可能出现的阿曼达的激烈回应——旧丑闻的余味是否还会挥之不去？

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无论你如何评价妮可·基德曼，但她绝不是那种有固定“择偶类型”的女性。她与演员汤姆·克鲁斯（一个激烈、自律的山达基教徒）的长久婚姻之后，是与一个截然相反的男人长达 19 年的婚姻：自由奔放的前毒瘾者、乡村歌手基思·厄本（Keith Urban）。然而现在，在他们离婚八个月后，她的感情生活出现了另一个转折——迈克尔·莱因斯坦（Michael Reinstein），一个充满争议的千万富翁商人，他漫长且多样化的职业生涯使其与电销丑闻、未支付模特报酬以及能“治愈癌症”的肥皂等丑闻联系在一起。事实上，电销“骗局”导致他的公司被监管机构处以 $2400万 (£180 万) 的罚款。莱因斯坦在 2023 年还成为了一场极具娱乐性的诉讼对象，原告是一名不满的前员工，而该员工本人也被指控挪用公款和欺诈。该员工告诉法院，莱因斯坦“热衷于惩罚和操纵，这通常与任何合法的商业目标无关，而更多地与他看到他人痛苦时的快感一致”。“毫不夸张且仅在极轻微的转述下，莱因斯坦曾将自己比作‘[电影《蝙蝠侠》中的] 小丑，坐在钱堆上，随心所欲地玩弄任何人’。”该员工进一步指称，莱因斯坦还将“自己比作《星球大战》中的‘皇帝 [帕尔帕廷]’，沉溺于对他人的控制和操纵，以及通过财富和权力使人们屈从于他的意志的能力。”显然，基德曼选择了一个相当有性格的人物。这位英俊的 54 岁男子被拍到去接这位女演员离开

“他沉溺于掌控与操纵”上周四，他在洛杉矶机场驾驶着他的黑色法拉利。在此之前，两人被拍到一同出现在意大利波托菲诺的 Belmond Splendido 酒店周围。这家酒店曾是一座修道院，是欧洲最宏伟的酒店之一，仅有 53 间客房。此前，这里曾接待过伊丽莎白·泰勒、艾娃·加德纳和汉弗莱·鲍嘉；如今，其美丽的花园中还设有令人向往的 Dior 水疗中心。房价每晚约 £3,000 起，最高可达 £8,000。为了强调这段关系的严肃性，59 岁的基德曼的两个女儿——18 岁的星期日·罗斯（Sunday Rose）和 15 岁的费思（Faith）也参加了这次旅行。基德曼和赖因斯坦躺在相邻的遮阳躺椅下，看起来很放松，伸手可及之处各有一杯冰凉的 Aperol spritz 鸡尾酒。毫无疑问，她的新男友过着一种基德曼会感到舒适的生活方式，他居住在比弗利山庄 90210 邮政编码区的中心地带。他的豪宅估值约 £1200 万，建于 1933, 年，面积超过 11,000 平方英尺，并设有 11 间——没错，11 间——浴室。他在演艺圈拥有广泛的人脉，包括

### 作者：艾莉森·博肖夫（Alison Boshoff）

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他与基德曼的老友乔治·克鲁尼有联系，克鲁尼甚至可能扮演了丘比特的角色。本周没有人愿意透露这是否就是其中的关联，但妮可确实与克鲁尼相交数十年，而赖因斯坦也曾出席由克鲁尼共同创立的龙舌兰品牌 Casamigos 举办的活动。赖因斯坦似乎从未结婚。至于其他社交关系，赖因斯坦的社交圈是一个由继承人和亿万富翁组成的世界。几年前，他被拍到与品牌战略师劳拉·施里夫曼（Lara Shriftman）一起参加万圣节派对，施里夫曼当时的丈夫是巴卡迪朗姆酒家族的胡安·巴卡迪。在婚姻结束之后，施里夫曼开始与雅诗兰黛家族的威廉·劳德（William Lauder）约会，后者的身价达 £16 亿美元。赖因斯坦的一位发言人表示：“劳拉·施里夫曼是赖因斯坦先生 30 年的朋友”，并补充说他们的关系从未涉及浪漫之情。

在时尚界，长期担任香奈儿大使的妮可经常出现在巴黎的头排，而赖因斯坦则被人们称为“垃圾商”（junkman），意指那些收购病弱品牌，然后要么使其盈利，要么在榨干库存和品牌名称的所有可能价值后将其剔除的人。最近的收购对象包括 Bally、Petit Bateau 和 Escada。一位朋友告诉我：“我只在社交场合见过他，他看起来和我见过的所有科技新贵富豪一样。自信且野心勃勃。”

来自在线时事通讯 Puck 的时尚记者劳伦·舍曼（Lauren Sherman）则更为尖刻。她本周写道：“那些认识赖因斯坦的人向我描述他就像一个 1980 年代私募股权掠夺者的漫画形象。一位曾与他共事的人说，他是一个‘穿着西装的大灰狼’。”舍曼补充说，他的私募股权公司 Regent 以拖欠外部供应商款项而闻名，“最长可达 120 天，如果真的支付的话”。Bally 最后一场时装表的模特们因未获得报酬而臭名昭著。她总结道：“赖因斯坦看起来就像那些认为拥有时尚品牌很时髦的富豪之一。”

赖因斯坦先生的一位发言人反驳称，他职业生涯一直致力于收购陷入困境和失败的公司，并补充道：“用他购买资产时的状态来评判一个不良资产买家，就像用病人初诊时的病情来评判一名急诊室医生一样。相关的问题应该是他在接手之后发生了什么。他购买的大多数公司都恢复了健康，挽救了就业岗位和企业。”

他出生于 1971 年，父亲弗雷德是一位连续创业者，母亲帕蒂是一位慈善家。在 1985 年接受《洛杉矶时报》采访时，家长弗雷德被描述为一名“典型的美国投机商”。弗雷德讲述了他通过推销小玩意每年获得 1亿美元 (£760 万) 销售额的故事，他还讲述了自己如何因为一款手持花园修剪机损失 $100,000，因为人们不断地故意割伤手指然后起诉他。

赖因斯坦毕业于南加州大学和佩珀代因大学法学院（一所位于马里布的基督教大学）。他在 1980 年代在里根政府实习，随后开始在巨头经纪公司 ICM 工作，代理演员。他早期的创业项目是电话营销公司 Promenade。该公司成立于 1999 年左右，在投诉导致美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）认定客户被诈骗后，于 2004 年被处以相当于 £180 万 的罚款。消费者在被电话营销人员误导，认为自己是被信用卡公司联系以提供某个俱乐部免费试用会员资格（该俱乐部可提供旅行及其他纯...

“他就像所有的科技男一样……自信且野心勃勃”追逐。根据美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）的说法，该公司并未披露试用期结束后将收取费用。Reinstein先生的一位发言人表示，他创立了该公司，将其出售，然后在公司陷入严重困境时重新收购。他补充说，并没有“承认责任”或“认定违规”，且Reinstein先生并非被告。他承认该公司曾被判处180万英镑（£180 万）的判决，除支付8.4万英镑（£84,000）外，其余部分被暂缓执行。Reinstein的下一个创业项目是USN，这是一个直接向消费者销售珠宝和服装的居家购物网络，旨在成为一个更高端的QVC。一名员工萨内塔·吉普森（Sanetta Gipson）对USN提起诉讼，指控其种族歧视。吉普森女士是一名非裔美国人，她以技术总监的身份加入，并希望担任出镜主持人，但从未获得该职位，并声称只有白人才能获得出镜工作。她后来请求撤销诉讼，据信在2006年达成了庭外和解。本周在接受采访时，吉普森女士表示：“关于迈克，我的记忆是他并不受USN员工欢迎。在我看来，他给人一种非常精英主义的感觉，仿佛为他工作的人都远低于他。他没有亲和力，如果我们大多数人需要什么，我们会找他的商业伙伴而不是他。”“我不记得有一次这个男人说过

魅力：妮可参加2025年金球奖 PICKING: GETTY HIKES, 2nd PAGE DIRECT, GILMOUR, BONDERS, PEO BOOK.COM --- 第35页 # 她的第一任丈夫汤姆·克鲁斯是一个刻板的山达基教徒。她的第二任，基思·厄本，一名乡村歌手且曾是药物成瘾者。现在她正在与一名极具争议的企业掠夺者约会

拍到：上周在洛杉矶机场，妮可·基德曼和迈克尔·Reinstein坐在他的法拉利车内

富豪圈：Reinstein是一名千万富翁 # 妮可的 # 新男人 # - 那个大 # 坏狼

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“对我来说就是‘你好’。他是个混蛋。”她补充道：“妮可·基德曼是个明星，所以我相信他不会把她当成二等公民对待。”此时，Reinstein 还涉足一家英国直接面向消费者的电视公司 Deal TV。公司注册处（Companies House）的记录显示，他在 2006 年担任该公司的董事。该公司在 2007 年交回了执照，此前不久，该公司因给一名电视传教士提供播出时间而受到广告标准局（Advertising Standards Authority）的批评，该传教士销售所谓的“奇迹”泉水和肥皂，声称能治愈包括癌症和艾滋病在内的严重疾病。该公司在 2008 年破产。他的发言人指出，他是该公司的投资者，且仅担任董事十周时间。他补充说，该频道的广播执照以及相应的监管合规责任由另一家公司持有，与他无关。

随后，Reinstein 在 2013 年创立了私募股权公司 Regent，并开始收购陷入困境的品牌。大约四年前，他发现自己与员工 David Steinhafel 产生了纠纷，而后者将他比作《蝙蝠侠》中的小丑以及《星球大战》中邪恶的帕尔帕廷皇帝。率先开火的是 ，他在 2022 年通过其公司 Regent 指控 Steinhafel 涉嫌欺诈、挪用公款和违约。该诉讼将 及其妻子 Stephanie（同样是一名员工）描述为“邦妮和克莱德”，指称他们厚颜无耻地以牺牲雇主为代价使自己富裕，包括向 Regent 报销 37,000 英镑的园艺费用、18,000 英镑的一幅油画，以及一顿花费 2,500 英镑的牛排馆生日晚餐。

则反过来对 提起诉讼，声称对方未能支付其工资，而是提供一些特权以确保他无法离开，例如允许他住在其豪宅中。他的诉讼进一步指控 “对女性怀有敌意”，称：“ 在 及他人面前明确表示，他更倾向于不雇佣女性，因为她们最终会怀孕并请产假。”“在多次场合中， 表达了这样一种观点，即由于母亲身份以及其他被认为或确实是女性特有的情况，女性无法像男性那样出色地完成工作。”

极其离谱的是，该主张还进一步声称（且未提供证据）——在 及其妻子被解雇后，他们被 雇佣的匿名人士“跟踪”。诉讼称：“在一次令人心惊胆战的事件中， 的妻子在被 的代理人尾随时，在一家加油站停车，以便等待警察

“他收购的大多数公司现在已经重新恢复健康”的协助。警方指示她逃离……Steinhafel及其家人确实担心他们的安全。”该诉讼在2022年12月由Regent提交申请后被驳回。Reinstein的一位发言人表示，Steinhafel的指控“显然是虚假的”，且是以作为“筹码”而提交的。他补充道：“当需要为这些主张提供支持时，Steinhafels由于没有任何证据来支持这些指控，向Regent支付了$250,000，放弃了他们所有的指控，并同意在带有偏见的情况下驳回（dismissal with prejudice），这意味着这些指控永远不能再次提交。人们通常不会支付25万加元，然后永久放弃真实的指控。”他补充说，作为工作的一部分，Steinhafels一直免费居住在Reinstein拥有的房屋中，当工作结束时，他们被告知离开。他说，跟踪他们的“特工”其实是“持有执照的法律文书送达员，试图向她及其丈夫送达法律文件，包括诉讼书和租赁通知，而他们一直在逃避”。他说，这是“常规操作”。Steinhafels的一位律师昨晚表示，他们坚持每一项指控，并补充道：“他们达成和解只有一个原因：这对他们不断增长的家庭所造成的财务和个人负担已无法承受。”作为一名处于事业巅峰的女演员，妮可·基德曼（Nicole Kidman）一定收到了许多有趣的剧本。问题是，其中是否有任何一个能与围绕着她那迷人的年轻伴侣至今为止的职业生涯而展开的戏剧性事件相媲美？ 附加报道：DANIEL BATES --- 第 36 1 页

82岁的Pattie依然令人瞩目

作为六十年代最迷人的人物之一，帕蒂·博伊德（Pattie Boyd）如今的生活同样多彩。这位曾先后与披头士成员乔治·哈里森（George Harrison）和埃里克·克莱普顿（Eric Clapton）结婚的前模特兼摄影师，在摩洛哥丹吉尔度假时，被发现躲在一顶亮粉色的、修剪过度的草帽下。Pattie, 82, 启发了包括哈里森的《Something》和克莱普顿的《Layla》在内的经典歌曲。在萨姆·门德斯（Sir Sam Mendes）即将推出的四部分披头士传记片中，她将由《白莲花度假村》的女演员艾米·卢·伍德（Aimee Lou Wood）饰演。

Ellen

罗温·威廉姆斯：为什么我拒绝让查尔斯在教堂举行婚礼

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梅根·马克尔（Meghan Markle）在圣乔治礼拜堂与哈里王子结婚，尽管她曾离过婚。而她的公公查尔斯国王在 13 年前曾被禁止在同一座温莎教堂与卡米拉王后交换誓言。现在，当时担任坎特伯雷大主教的罗温·威廉姆斯（Rowan Williams）打破沉默，解释了为何他在 2005. 年拒绝允许查尔斯和卡米拉在皇家礼拜堂结婚。这对夫妇被迫在当地登记处举行婚礼，现场仅有 28 位宾客。查尔斯的父母，伊丽莎白女王和菲利普亲王，明显缺席。当被问及是否做出了正确的决定时，威廉姆斯勋爵告诉我：“那是我们做出的决定，是的。”在《The Oldie》杂志的文学午宴上——他当时正在宣传其新书《团结：认可的工作》（Solidarity: The Work of Recognition）——他补充道：“那是当时的规定。”事实上，这是他对英格兰教会规定的解读，而这些规定自 2002. 年引入以来从未改变。规定指出，圣公会牧师可以根据自己的裁量权为离婚人士主持婚礼。不仅梅根在 2018, 年贾斯汀·韦尔比（Justin Welby）担任坎特伯雷大主教时被允许与哈里结婚，而且这位王子的表兄彼得·菲利普斯（Peter Phillips）在 6 月于肯布尔的所有圣徒教堂与哈丽特·斯佩林（Harriet Sperling）交换誓言，尽管两人此前都结过婚。英格兰教会的网站建议寻求教会婚礼的离婚人士：“每位牧师都会希望帮助您，尽管有些人觉得无法为其中一方或双方离过婚的夫妇提供婚礼……即使无法举行婚礼，他们也可能在民事婚礼后提供祝福仪式。”这就是查尔斯和卡米拉的情况，由大主教在 2005 年于圣乔治礼拜堂主持祝福仪式，伊丽莎白女王和菲利普亲王出席了该仪式。据认为，威廉姆斯勋爵与女王达成一致，认为教会婚礼不适合查尔斯和卡米拉，因为他们的婚外情导致了查尔斯与戴安娜王妃婚姻的终结。

诺普弗勒的激烈交锋

Dire Straits乐队创始成员大卫·诺普弗勒（DAVID KNOPFLER）在反对其西英格兰地区家附近一项1,200套住宅的开发项目后，对于被描述为“财大气粗的摇滚之星”感到不悦。代表开发商的律师班纳勋爵（Lord Banner KC）在德文郡的听证会上发表了该言论。诺普弗勒回应道：“我只想让记录显示，虽然我对我作为一名较为低调的音乐家的终身成就感到自豪，但现实是我是一个73岁的养老金领取者，一名经济学毕业生，一名住在半独立式住宅里的前社会工作者，且恰好在近50年前曾在一家摇滚乐队中度过了三年。”他将位于牛顿艾伯特附近具有特殊科学价值的地块沃尔伯勒芬（Wolborough Fen）的开发项目描述为“城市枯竭的教科书式定义”。

本周名言

“如果我买不起香槟，我就不喝酒。” 名模（玛莎）·西特威尔（Lady (Martha) Sitwell）是真人秀剧集《伦敦名媛》（Ladies Of London）的明星，她表示自己“绝不会”喝普罗塞克起泡酒。

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■ 蓄着山羊胡的前自由民主党议员朱利安·胡珀特（Julian Huppert）——剑桥大学耶稣学院的高管——在杰森·阿代（Jason Arday）丑闻中处于核心位置；正是耶稣学院聘请了这位神秘的阿代担任教授。两个月前，胡珀特的父亲、地球物理学家赫伯特·胡珀特教授（Prof Herbert Huppert）在陷入性骚扰指控后被取消了剑桥大学的院士资格。胡珀特运行着耶稣学院的知识论坛。该论坛近期举行的一次研讨会主题是金钱如何腐蚀政治——然而耶稣学院本身却接受了来自共产主义中国的巨额捐款。这足以让一个男人焦虑地啃起胡须。

奢华全性恋者弗兰基对新男友赞不绝口

社交名模弗兰基·赫伯特（Frankie Herbert）在与多名情侣恋爱后宣布自己为“全性恋”，其中包括摇滚之星史汀（Sting）的子女埃利奥特·萨姆纳（Eliot Sumner），后者出生时为女性。现在，30岁的弗兰基（已故第七代卡纳冯伯爵的孙女）与一名男性坠入爱河。她正与美国模特亚萨·廷贝（Asa Timbe）交往，她认为两人“志向一致”。这对情侣在哥斯达黎加相识，弗兰基目前居住于此，她的继父诺福克公爵曾组织查尔斯国王的加冕礼。她在网上确认了两人的关系，并发布了一张她与亚萨的合影。“我的男人……你是如此特别、善良、强大、有才华，简直太特么有才华了，”她赞叹道。“亲爱的，你是神圣的、安全的、慵懒的、踏实的、幽默的、美丽的、给人启发、傻气、性感得离谱，和你在一起我觉得内心如此开阔。”

■ 皇后乐队（QUEEN）鼓手罗杰·泰勒（Roger Taylor）录制了约翰·列侬（John Lennon）的《Jealous Guy》的个人版本，该曲在披头士成员被谋杀后曾由Rozy Music录制。泰勒表示：“我认为他们没有完美演绎这首歌。我一直绝对热爱这首歌——它是最伟大的抒情曲之一，如此真挚。它应该被直接演绎，所以我只用了钢琴来演奏。”

精英圈在议论……不屈的埃拉如何买到梦想之屋

“美味埃拉”（Deliciously Ella）的创始人埃拉·米尔斯（Ella Mills）还没来得及适应她的乡村新生活，就又要卖房了。据我透露，在离开伦敦不到一年——且经过九个月的翻修后，这位35岁的塞恩斯伯里（Sainsbury's）继承人已经卖掉了她在牛津郡的新家。她将与丈夫马修·米尔斯（Matthew Mills，已故内阁大臣特莎·乔威尔女爵的儿子）以及女儿斯凯（Skye，七岁）和梅（May，五岁）一起搬进另一座乡村大宅。

“这次搬迁是对我们新生活的进一步投入，”埃拉解释道，据报道她在2024年以£7000 万的价格出售了“美味埃拉”。“两年前我们就爱上了另一栋房子。我们当时已经准备好搬过去，但当时的房主不得不退出，所以我们只好重新计划。”她补充道：“另一栋房子渗入了我们的灵魂。它靠近海岸，更偏远一些，自然环境更好，更注重健康，而且还有一所我一直非常、非常希望女儿们就读的学校。所以当我们得知最初爱上的那栋房子再次可以买到时，我们知道应该果断出手。”

杰克：我需要一个男人窝

杰克·怀特霍尔（Jack Whitehall）和罗克西·霍纳（Roxy Horner）的蜜月期似乎已经结束了。这位38岁的喜剧演员在四月于威尔特郡的尤里奇庄园（Euridge Manor）举行了一场奢华的婚礼，迎娶了这位35岁的内衣模特——但他已经开始抱怨了。

“我觉得我没有自己的男人窝，”杰克说道。他在伦敦西区诺丁山的五居室住宅中与罗克西以及他们两岁的女儿艾尔西（Elsie）共同生活。“我结婚了，我正在失去我所有的空间。我渐渐看到我的东西被从墙上摘下来，被收进橱柜里，”他补充道。

■ 在第一季通过一些裸体网球戏（由艾米莉·阿塔克对阵亚历克斯·哈塞尔）引起轰动后，迪士尼+改编的吉莉·库珀（Jilly Cooper）作品《竞争者》（Rivals）可能在很早的时候就达到了巅峰。因此，在第二季中饰演打马球的帅哥多米 Carlisle 的鲍比·洛克伍德（Bobby Lockwood）会让粉丝们感到欣慰。

“除非你能够坦然面对裸体戏，否则你不会参与像《竞争者》这样的剧集，”33岁的洛克伍德在伦敦歌剧院（London Coliseum）《现在你看到了》（Now You See Me）现场首演之夜告诉我。“剧集播出时我办了一个放映派对。”当时在场的人中只有一个人需要用闻盐（醒神药）。“我妈当时在说：‘噢，我的天呐！’”洛克伍德承认道。

他曾是《切尔西制造》（Made In Chelsea）中的情圣，但斯宾塞·马修斯（Spencer Matthews）显然无法在所有时间都让他的妻子约格·威廉姆斯（Yogue Williams）满意。这位爱尔兰模特在谈到他们的性生活时说：“我必须说，和斯宾尼在一起一直还算不错，但并不总是完美，你确实得就某些部分进行沟通。”

周四刚满38岁的斯宾塞是詹姆斯·马修斯的兄弟，而后者是威尔士王妃妹妹皮帕的丈夫。这位电视明星过去的女友多到数不清，其中包括维基·帕蒂森（Vicky Pattison）、露西·沃森（Lucy Watson）、路易丝·汤普森（Louise Thompson）和卡吉·邓洛普（Caggie Dunlop）。在一次播客中，40岁的约格对着丈夫说：“你练习得足够多了。如果你表现得不好，我会很震惊。”

(非常) 现代的礼仪

别误会，但 Pretenders 乐队主唱克里斯西·海恩德（Chrissie Hynde）认为，人们已经变得过于感性了。“大家什么时候变得这么多愁善感了？”这位性格乖戾的流行巨星（74岁）问道。“现在似乎流行一种新风气，人们在电子邮件末尾签名写：‘拥抱’。我不想成为那个扫兴的人，但我好奇是否还有其他人像我一样不喜欢拥抱。肯定不只有我一个人吧。这是来自心理治疗文化？格莱美文化？还是过度分享？”她补充道：“我想我们就像狗一样。有些是独狼——比如我——而有些则是喜欢被宠爱的宠物犬。哦，还有在邮件末尾写：‘保重’。认真的吗？”

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终于，我们可以听到丹尼尔·基纳汉（Daniel Kinahan）的声音了。这位爱尔兰人被指控为全球最有权势的黑帮头目之一，但他坚称自己是一名合法的商人。他极少在公开场合发声，尤其是在镜头前。即便在他担任拳击权力掮客期间——英国重量级拳王泰森·富里（Tyson Fury）还参加了他的婚礼——他主要通过中间人和书面新闻声明进行沟通。关于他的照片很多，有些是用长焦镜头拍摄的，但从未有过音频。直到现在。

在迪拜的 Al Awir 中央监狱中，可以听到基纳汉与播客主持人詹姆斯·英格利什（James English）对话的声音，后者刚刚发布了这段电话采访的摘录。这位 49 岁的男子承认自己“并非天使”，但坚称自己被媒体和爱尔兰警方（Garda）当作了“替罪羊”。他说，他被指领导的毒品和枪支卡特尔是“虚构的”。

关于他因涉嫌指挥组织犯罪而即将被引渡回爱尔兰一事，基纳汉表示：“我现在很乐意乘坐阿联酋航空或任何他们想要的航班，行李舱、经济舱，任何他们想要的舱位都可以。”随后他阴谋地补充道：“所以，如果我在戴着手铐时恰好摔倒并撞到了头，那不是我摔倒了。如果我最后吊死了、自杀了或中毒了，那也不是真的发生了。我没有自杀倾向。”

他竟然愿意开口说话，这一点耐人寻味。他轻声细语的句子——带着浓重的都柏林口音，仿佛是在利菲河畔与好友喝酒聊天一样——掩盖了他作为掌控爱尔兰版“意大利黑手党”的黑帮头目之名声，且他即将因涉嫌参与两起谋杀案和两起谋杀未遂案而受审。

基纳汉家族，或被执法机构正式称为“基纳汉组织犯罪集团”的成员，没有一个人符合大众心中毒枭和军火商的刻板印象。引用一位同行拳击经理的话，基纳汉被认为是一位“完美的绅士”。他的父亲克里斯蒂（Christy，69岁）是家族的家长，被称为“时髦教父”，精通四门语言，并曾用化名写诗。而他的小儿子克里斯托弗（Christopher，绰号“小克里斯蒂”，45岁），据所有描述都是一个安静且理智的人物。

这三人均在 2022 年被美国执法部门制裁，其头上的悬赏金高达 500万美元。他们在迪拜过着无忧无虑的生活，十年前为了隔离爱尔兰日益升级的暴力冲突而搬迁至此。但这个控制着欧洲大部分可卡因贸易的王朝已不再不可触碰。

丹尼尔·基纳汉于 4 月 15 日在棕榈岛（Palm Jumeirah）与妻子凯夫·罗宾逊（Caoimhe Robinson）共有的家中被捕，这座树形岛屿深受名流喜爱。他被关押的 Al Awir 监狱是一个臭名昭著的地狱，被称为“迪拜的阿尔卡特拉斯”。前囚犯和人权组织曾批评该监狱的条件。在采访中，没有给出关于基纳汉在该监狱个人情况的细节，该监狱分为四个区。那里有单人房和多人房，有时会过度拥挤。但据说拥有财富和地位的囚犯能够付费获得更舒适的环境。

囚犯被允许使用公共座机拨打对外电话，基纳汉正是通过这种方式与英格利什先生沟通的。英格利什先生常驻格拉斯哥，并在几年前首次与基纳汉进行了面对面采访。当时出于法律原因，相关内容并未播出。基纳汉因其犯罪手段狡诈而被绰号为“国际象棋”，十多年来一直是爱尔兰当局的首要目标。紧随其后的是他的父亲和兄弟。他们也必须担心

犯罪头目基纳汉在迪拜牢房打破沉默并表示：如果我最后选择了自缢，那也不是我干的。我没有自杀倾向

保罗·布拉基（Paul Bracchi）特别调查

逮捕，尤其是“考究的唐”（Dapper Don），他的迪拜居留签证已于4月到期，这使他容易在其他通缉他进一步犯罪的国家被驱逐和抓捕。在西班牙，他涉嫌护照欺诈。较少为人所知的是，基纳汉卡特尔（Kinahan cartel）的许多“第二和第三梯队”成员——据估计超过 50 人——也已退出活动。一名前高级加尔达（Garda）警官表示，这是因为他们正在服“沉重的长期刑期”，导致该组织变得不稳定。

丹尼尔·基纳汉（Daniel Kinahan）当然相信自己是下一个。在他发布在Instagram上的采访首段视频中，他说：“詹姆斯，我认为我已经注定要终身监禁了。我认为现在我们将经历一场舞会、一场马戏表演，而且对我以及我的家人进行的人格抹杀将会更加严重。”

预计他将在近日被飞往爱尔兰——不是乘坐“阿联酋航空航班”，而是乘坐爱尔兰空军（Air Corps）的飞机，由武装军事人员押送。据《爱尔兰时报》报道，基纳汉将成为“自‘动乱时期’高级IRA领导人被拘押以来，爱尔兰共和国押运风险最高的囚犯”。他可能会乘坐爱尔兰国防军的直升机，被送往都柏林司法法院的特别刑事法院（Special Criminal Court），这是一个非陪审团法院。

但预计的运输方式是一辆加固货车，该车旨在抵御爆炸物，并能防御高威力手枪和突击步枪的射击，且配备了加强型悬挂系统、防篡改油箱以及在没气的情况下仍能行驶的轮胎。该车辆还拥有两级出入系统以控制访问，以及由内部控制的超锁门，以提供额外的安全性，防止基纳汉的同伙尝试将其救出。

他充分意识到当他抵达都柏林时将启动的巨大安保行动，他将其比作电影情节。他说：“所以我的头上有一笔500万的赏金。我看过所有大家都看过的剧集。这完全是电影情节，简直疯了。”

那么，在他在迪拜如此多年一直处于公开状态之后，为什么现在才开始打击？可能有两个原因。一是著名的放任协调的美国和以色列军事打击。

“与基纳汉有组织犯罪集团相关的广泛金融情报已得到共享，网络被瓦解，资产被冻结，”阿联酋反洗钱委员会秘书长哈米德·阿尔扎比（Hamid Alzaabi）在基纳汉4月被捕后在LinkedIn上写道。“在阿联酋，罪犯没有避风港。”

在不久前，当基纳汉家族在迪拜处于鼎盛时期，且当局非常乐于对他们视而不见时，这样的声明是不可想象的。就在去年，老克里斯蒂（Christy Snr）和丹尼尔被拍到在市内的可口可乐体育馆观看一场极限综合格斗赛事。一名观察者将克里斯蒂比作一名“年迈的外交官”，他戴着巴拿马帽，穿着 Polo 衫和白色长裤，斜靠在巨大的 VIP 座位上。与此同时，他的长子戴着他标志性的棒球帽。丹尼尔和他的妻子考伊夫（Caoimhe）也是迪拜米其林星级餐厅 Al Muntaha 的常客，他们偶尔会花 £500 享用皇家贝尔加鱼子酱。

基纳汉被捕的第二个原因则简单得多：针对他的证据力度之强。

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针对他的指控可以追溯到与都柏林竞争对手哈奇（Hutch）帮派之间血腥的地盘战争

王朝：左侧为丹尼尔·基纳汉（Daniel Kinahan），他目前被关押在上述的阿尔阿维尔中央监狱（Al Awir Central Prison）。下方是十多年前美国发布的通缉海报中的丹尼尔、其父亲克里斯蒂（Christy）以及弟弟小克里斯蒂（Christy Jnr）。这场冲突导致了多达20起谋杀案，以及更多次数的殴打、刺杀、枪击和炸弹袭击。据称，丹尼尔·基纳汉手上至少沾染了两名受害者的鲜血。据指控，第一名受害者是58, 岁的埃迪·“内迪”·哈奇（Eddie 'Neddie' Hutch），他是帮派头目“僧侣”盖里·哈奇（Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch）的兄弟，于2016. 年2月在都柏林的家中被枪杀。他涉嫌的第二名受害者是无辜的祖父诺埃尔·基尔万（Noel Kirwan），62, 岁，于2016, 年12月被枪杀，仅仅是因为他参加了一位属于哈奇家族的童年好友的葬礼。检察官表示，基纳汉参与其中的证据包含在他加密的黑莓（Blackberry）手机的电子邮件中——该品牌曾被认为能为客户提供最安全的通信方式之一。讽刺的是，基纳汉已经停止在黑莓手机上讨论“业务”，并恢复了传统的通信方式。如果你想和他交谈，必须通过他的其中一名助手。但他的战术改变可能来得太晚了。全球犯罪分子使用的加密通信网络在2020, 年被荷兰和法国警方渗透，最终实现了数十年来执法部门最大的突破。基纳汉的高级副手、绰号为“小刀”的40, 岁肖恩·麦戈文（Sean McGovern）就在被捕之列。他去年从迪拜被引渡。今年6月，他因指挥犯罪组织活动被判处24 年监禁——这与他前老板面临的指控相同。特别刑事法院被告知，在帮派仇杀的高峰期，麦戈文还涉嫌参与谋杀埃迪·哈奇和盖里·哈奇的终身好友诺埃尔·基尔万。因此，用于定罪麦戈文的部分证据也将成为针对基纳汉案件的一部分，据称基纳汉的黑莓别名是“Cap”。在2016 年2月都柏林摄政酒店枪击事件（当时戴面具的男子携带AK-47突击步枪袭击一场拳击活动，试图处决基纳汉）之后，麦戈文与“Cap”之间的信息被提交到了麦戈文的法庭听证会上。“伙计，我气疯了，”麦戈文在一条信息中写道。“我向上帝发誓，对‘僧侣’的女儿下手怎么样？还是说那样会引来太多关注？”“Cap”回答道：“是的，但也许

“这完全是电影里的情节——太疯狂了”，只有“内迪”这样认为。这段对话发生在2016年2月7日，即埃迪·哈奇被枪杀的前一天。麦戈文只是爱尔兰警察局（Garda）最近抓获的重要目标之一。57岁的托马斯·“炸弹手”·卡瓦纳（Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh）被英国国家犯罪局描述为基纳汉网络的欧洲首席执行官，负责管理该犯罪集团在英国和爱尔兰的运作。2022年，他因策划一项价值£3000万的可卡因和大麻走私行动而被判处21年监禁。近年来，该犯罪集团的其他数十名成员也被陆续抓获。这次打击在都柏林的地下世界造成了权力真空，导致了碎片化的地盘争夺战。上个月，该市一名男子被枪杀——这是爱尔兰两年来首起枪杀案——《爱尔兰每日邮报》以《基纳汉的继承之争……随着这个臭名昭著的犯罪集团领导人将在几天内被引渡回爱尔兰，毒品帮派之间为了控制领地而陷入权力斗争》为标题进行了报道。现在的问题是：接下来会发生什么？ --- 第40页 # 购买全新三星Galaxy Z系列，在Three享受巨额优惠 # 1976年双重死亡之谜与“Bullseye”连环杀手有关 拍摄：约翰·库珀与《Bullseye》节目的吉姆·鲍恩，库珀杀害了格温达和彼得·迪克森 50年前，一对年迈兄妹在农场中死亡，随着人们日益怀疑他们是“Bullseye”连环杀手的受害者，验尸官目前正在对此案进行审查。格里夫·托马斯（Griff Thomas）和玛莎·托马斯（Martha Thomas）的尸体于1976年12月在南威尔士的米尔福德港被发现。70岁的玛莎被发现头部受重伤，就在73岁的格里夫被烧焦的尸体附近。警方未能找到凶手，并判定格里夫可能杀害了他的妹妹。 # 作者：埃莉诺·曼 但侦探们重新审视了此案，目前已请求验尸官审查当时的DNA及其他证据，这些证据已接受现代法医检测。一名嫌疑人被认为是约翰·库珀（John Cooper），他在1989年参加了ITV的游戏节目，因此被称为“Bullseye”连环杀手，一个月后他用散弹枪杀害了游客格温达和彼得·迪克森。现年81岁的库珀在1985年还枪杀了夫妇两人，并于1996年在森林中用枪威胁五名青少年，强奸并性侵了两名年龄分别为15和16岁的女孩。他最终于2009年被捕，并于2011年在斯旺西刑事法院被判终身监禁。但法医心理学家克莱夫·西姆斯博士（Dr Clive Sims）认为他也是1976年死亡事件的幕后黑手。2011年，他呼吁对该案进行审查。戴费德-波伊斯警方昨日表示：“已开展了大量复杂工作。格里夫和玛莎·托马斯的家属已获得最新进展通知。”

企图抢夺£250,000名表的窃贼被判入狱

作者：Aiden Radnedge

一名在梅费尔（Mayfair）街道上企图从一名游客手腕上抢走一块价值£250,000名表的惯犯已被判入狱。

29, 岁的布拉希姆·凯达德（Brahim Keddad）当时正处于“偷窃和抢劫的任务”中，他突然扑向孙涛（Sun Tao），抓住他的肩膀，随后试图从受害者的手腕上强行夺走那块理查米尔（Richard Mille）腕表。

南华克刑事法院（Southwark Crown Court）获悉，中国游客孙先生被推倒在地，导致膝盖和手臂受伤。

凯达德有超过 20 次盗窃和抢劫的前科。他转身企图逃跑，但被一直在跟踪他的便衣警察抓获，此前警察发现他的行为十分可疑。

被告是一名出生于阿尔及利亚的法国国民，在承认企图抢劫后，于昨日被判处 28 个月监禁。他在刑期结束后面临被驱逐出境。

尼古拉斯·安利（Nicholas Ainley）法官表示，孙先生“一定被突发事件及其所使用的暴力手段吓坏了”。

法庭获悉，孙先生于 4月 30 日下午约 3.30pm 在梅费尔行走时，被凯达德从身后抓住。

公诉人卢克·斯塔顿（Luke Staton）表示：“被告大喊类似‘表！把你的表给我！’的话，推了孙先生，并将双手放在孙先生的手腕上。由于使用的暴力程度之高，孙先生向前踉跄并摔在地上，擦伤了膝盖和左肘。”

“孙先生设法站起身并跑开了。”

今年1月，来自伦敦北部伊斯灵顿（Islington）的凯达德在被判定在国王十字车站（King's Cross）企图盗窃后，被处以六个月的社区矫正令。

他在西班牙有 21 次定罪记录，且被比利时通缉；去年，比利时法院在缺席审判中判处他因盗窃和伪造罪名入狱三年。

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前鹦鹉？不，它回来了……在失踪九年后！ 作者：James Tozer

当罗伯特·莫蒂默（Robert Mortimer）心爱的鹦鹉巴尼（Barney）在2017年被窃贼偷走时，他竭尽全力寻找这位羽毛朋友。这位已婚且育有五个孩子的父亲甚至张贴了海报，提供£500的奖金以换取它的安全归来。

但随着时间的推移，这位快递司机不得不接受巴尼——就像蒙提·派森（Monty Python）小品中那只毫无生气的挪威蓝鹦鹉一样——已经成了“前鹦鹉”。

因此，本周他惊讶地接到一个电话，告知他那只失踪已久的爱说话的非洲灰鹦鹉在20英里外的一个宜家（Ikea）停车场被找到了。

凭借其微芯片，动物救援中心的工作人员确认它的名字是巴尼——但莫蒂默先生的联系电话已经更改。

由于那次令人心碎的入室盗窃，他已经搬离了布拉德福德（Bradford）的家；在那次盗窃中，家中的吉娃娃巴黎（Paris）被其中一名残忍的歹徒踢中，受了致命伤。

但一名警察成功追踪到了他。

“她给我打电话说，‘你的鹦鹉找到了’，”震惊的莫蒂默先生昨天说道，“我告诉她，‘不可能’——那是快十年前的事了。我很久以前就认为它死了。”

56岁的莫蒂默先生开车穿过潘宁山脉（Pennines），前往奥尔德姆（Oldham）附近的迪格尔（Diggle），在希拉里·哈里与朋友野生动物救援中心（Hilary Harry and Friends Wildlife Rescue）接回巴尼。它最初是在大曼彻斯特郡（Greater Manchester）的阿什顿-安德-莱恩（Ashton-under-Lyne）停车场被发现的。

在分开近十年后重逢，现年19岁的巴尼正在适应莫蒂默先生位于西约克郡（West Yorkshire）斯科尔斯（Scholes）的新家。

“它已经开始说‘你好’和‘早安’了，”莫蒂默先生说，“九年对于一只鸟来说是很长的时间，但我认为它开始认出我了。这简直太棒了。我还没完全意识到巴尼又回到我身边了。”

救援中心负责人杰玛·邓比尔（Gemma Dumbill）表示：“能让失主与丢失的宠物重逢总是很美好的，但在九年后迎来大团圆简直不可思议。”

盟友：领导人扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）与莫辛·阿里（Mothin Ali）

“缺乏了解”的绿党副党魁抨击反恐计划

作者：Sam Merriman 政治记者

曾表示巴勒斯坦人在10月7日对以色列的袭击中拥有“反击”权利的绿党副党魁，希望减少被推荐进入英国反极端主义计划的人数。

在推荐人数创纪录之后，莫辛·阿里（Mothin Ali）表示，Prevent计划“将太多无辜的人卷入了安全国家”。

昨晚，前Prevent反恐官员加法尔·侯赛因（Ghaffar Hussain）表示，“根据定义”，该计划支持的是“那些虽然无辜但有可能易受极端主义影响的人”。

他补充道：“安全不仅仅是处理罪犯，而是通过干预来预防犯罪。这类缺乏了解的言论阻碍了国家安全工作。”

阿里先生此前曾就其在提及2023年哈马斯恐怖袭击时称巴勒斯坦人有权“反击”一事道歉，他表示：“将更多儿童拖入反恐计划并非解决方案。”

内政部本周表示，在截至9月的一年里，推荐给Prevent计划的人数创纪录地达到了10,293人——一年内增长了39%。

KUROSU

今日难度评级 ★★★

每天在《邮报》中，你都可以玩Kurosu，这是自数独以来最令人上瘾的益智游戏。

共有两条规则： 1：在每个空格中填入圆圈（nought）或叉号（cross），使得任何行或列中连续的圆圈或叉号不得超过两个。重要提示：对角线不计入其中。 2：每行和每列必须包含三个圆圈和三个叉号。

昨天在接受《每日邮报》采访时，43岁的斯蒂芬妮表示：“在过去的十年左右时间里，尽管我们承受着持久的痛苦，但她一直拥有言论自由来讲述她的故事，而我们的评论极少。我确信我们不需要她那边提供更多素材，也不明白为什么我们的感受不能被考虑在内。”由于家属持续处于这种痛苦之中，家庭友人萨莉·艾灵顿发起了一项请愿，呼吁演出场馆取消这场演出。在撰写本文时，该请愿已获得超过9,000个签名。这项通过Change.org网站发起的请愿声称：“这场演出不仅是对梅雷迪斯记忆的不尊重，而且通过将如此惨痛的事件轻描淡写，有使暴力常态化的风险。”两个孩子的母亲诺克斯在本周宣传该剧的一场采访中声称，梅雷迪斯本人会觉得这很“有趣”，这进一步激怒了家属。她坚持认为：“梅雷迪斯非常成熟且聪明，但她也很风趣……我认为她会欣赏这部剧，因为它探讨了成为一名年轻女性意味着什么，而且它是诚实的。”对此，斯蒂芬妮给出了强有力的反驳。她回应道：“她绝对不会觉得围绕这些问题的喜剧有趣，”并补充说她

这是阿曼达·诺克斯（Amanda Knox）最新的噱头——一场关于她个人的单人喜剧，讲述她在近 20 年前因被诬陷残忍杀害梅雷迪思·克切尔（Meredith Kercher）而被监禁以来的挣扎。昨晚，当她在爱丁堡边缘艺术节（Edinburgh Fringe）开启这场门票售罄的演出时……

关于诺克斯是否还有什么可谈的——或者说，是否为了钱？

作者：Kathryn Knight & Barbara McMahon “无法理解强奸和谋杀怎么能被当作笑话”。。2007年11月1日，来自萨里郡库尔斯登的交换生梅雷迪斯被发现死在她在大学城佩鲁贾与诺克斯及另外两名年轻女性共住的小屋卧室里，死者衣衫不整，遭到强奸并被谋杀。几天之内，注意力便转移到了诺克斯本人身上，她是一名来自西雅图、面容清秀的美国学生，在此之前，她在海外的一年生活本平淡无奇。几乎一夜之间，“Foxy Knoxy”——这个多年前就被创造出来的绰号——让她从一名无名学生变成了世界上最著名的女性之一。面对室友惨死，她表现出的反应显然十分诡异，这让情况变得更糟。事实上，她的演出名为《侧手翻》（Cartwheel），其灵感正是源自诺克斯坚称的关于此次调查的持久迷思之一——即她在梅雷迪斯死后不久在警察局里做了侧手翻。她后来解释说那是瑜伽拉伸，但她却特意在演出结束时侧手翻下台。法医证据最终指向了鲁迪·格德，一名出生于科特迪瓦、有盗窃前科的流浪汉，他在逃离该国后，后来被判定谋杀梅雷迪斯，并在16年刑期中服刑13年。在此之前，诺克斯及其当时的男友拉法埃莱·索莱奇托被逮捕、拘留，并于2009年被判定对梅雷迪斯的性侵和谋杀负责。2011年，他们被宣判无罪，诺克斯得以返回西雅图。然而，意大利的司法系统允许进一步上诉。2014年，两人再次被定罪，使诺克斯再次面临被引渡的可能，直到2015年，意大利最高法院最终洗清了两名被告的嫌疑，裁定没有证据表明他们参与了梅雷迪斯的谋杀。不过，由于她错误地指控一名刚果男人帕特里克·卢蒙巴谋杀梅雷迪斯，她确实有一项诽谤罪的刑事定罪，尽管法院裁定，由于她此前已入狱四年，其三年的刑期已被执行完毕。尽管诺克斯表示在返回美国后只想成为一名“匿名的大学生”，但她从未完全退出公众生活——她坚称，最初是因为她觉得必须夺回一个由他人为她编写的故事。“人们在编写我的经历，并将他们的故事强加在我的现实之上，”她告诉一名采访者，“所以这就是我一直在做的事。一遍又一遍地解释自己，令人精疲力竭。”然而，她也很少停止尝试，并在此过程中赚了很多钱。她不仅写了一本，而是写了两本回忆录。第一本《等待被倾听》（Waiting To Be Heard）出版于2013年，记录了她的冤狱和四年的监禁，并为她赢得了500万英镑的预付款。随后是去年的《自由：我的意义之寻》（Free: My Search For Meaning），探讨了之后这些年的生活。此外还有电视剧。2016年，诺克斯合作拍摄了一部同名的Netflix纪录片，并在2025年担任了Hulu迷你剧《阿曼达·诺克斯的扭曲故事》（The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox）的执行制片人。此后，她主持了两档播客——《硬核诺克斯》（Hard Knox），在节目中她采访那些自称被冤枉定罪的人；以及《质疑》（Doubt），她在其中讨论了包括露西·莱特比在内的争议性刑事案件。她还成为了无辜网络（Innocence Network）的常驻主讲嘉宾，这是一个致力于推翻冤案的国际联盟，她经常主张自己的经历揭露了刑事司法系统内部更广泛的失效。—— 第43页

当然，很少有人能像诺克斯那样，声称自己能更深刻地理解冤狱所带来的后果。然而，在佩鲁贾事件发生近 20 年后，随着 40 岁生日的临近，且如今已为人母，她似乎越来越不愿远离那个让她声名狼藉的故事。如果说有什么变化，那就是她加大了努力。去年的 Hulu 迷你剧之后，今年早些时候推出了《狼之口》（Mouth Of The Wolf），这是一部诺克斯与丈夫、小说家克里斯托弗·罗宾逊（Christopher Robinson）共同制作的纪录片。在片中，她回顾了自己决定在被定罪后首次返回意大利的经过，以及她与主导该案的检察官朱利亚诺·米尼尼（Giuliano Mignini）的对峙。4 月，她飞往英国

Notorious：阿曼达·诺克斯 2008 年抵达意大利法院，左图为她的演出《轮转》。上方为被谋杀的学生梅雷迪思·克彻 图片：FEDERICO ZWILLY / STRAFF VIA GETTY IMAGES 在伦敦南部的一家电影院主持两场放映会和问答环节，吸引了律师、活动人士和真实犯罪爱好者的关注，尽管在活动现场，由于一个技术问题（该片未获得英国法律要求的年龄分级），导致放映本身无法进行。

然后是《轮转》（Cartwheel）。这部剧上个月在瓦申岛（Vashon Island）首演——这是一个风景如画且具有波西米亚风格的社区，人口约 10,000, 人，从西雅图乘短途渡轮即可抵达，诺克斯和她的丈夫现在将其称为家。两人在 2015 年的一次新书发布会上相识，三年后结婚。诺克斯和罗宾逊就在瓦申岛抚养他们的孩子：一名出生于 2021 年、现年四岁的女儿尤里卡·缪斯（Eureka Muse）（观众在《轮转》中能听到她的声音）和一名两岁的儿子埃科（Echo）。在网上发布的家庭照片中（两个孩子的面孔都被仔细遮掩），可以看到他们在海滩散步和在林间冒险，而诺克斯曾表示，她非常珍惜岛上的社区氛围以及远离国际聚光灯的生活。

正是这里，诺克斯选择在上个月底首次向观众展示《轮转》，观众人数约 30 人，地点在岛上的黑猫卡巴莱（Black Cat Cabaret），这是一个私密场所，通常以脱衣舞之夜、肚皮舞和实验音乐而闻名。从书面上看，它的前提听起来轻快得令人误以为很简单。宣传资料将其描述为一名“接近四十岁”、“在母亲身份中周旋”且“终于开始发火”的女性的“单人喜剧和故事讲述表演”。资料补充道，这种愤怒源于“整个冤狱这件事”——“尤其是当半个世界告诉她应该释怀，而另一半仍然认为她有罪的时候”。

一名参加者后来描述了诺克斯如何谈到人们在公共场合认出她时露出的“心虚表情”，或者一名医生大声读出她的医疗记录并说“太遗憾了，另一个人毁了你的名声”——而没有意识到她本人就是阿曼达·诺克斯。这一切似乎并没有让剧场观众感到不安，参加者表示演出受到了热烈欢迎，上周在西海岸城市塔科马（Tacoma）的随后一场演出中也是如此。

“现场出现了起立鼓掌和大量的掌声，”塔科马小剧院（Tacoma Little Theatre）的艺术管理总监克里斯·瑟费斯（Chris Serface）本周告诉《每日邮报》，并形容观众们“被深深吸引”。“她出来进行了最后的谢幕。”瑟费斯先生认为，这部作品在爱丁堡之后可能仍有生命力。他说：“我之后与一群人交谈，他们说如果她带着这部剧巡演，它很容易成为 Netflix 的一小时特别节目或一场单口喜剧表演。”西雅图戏剧评论家格雷格·海尔曼（Greg Heilman）也得出了类似的结论，赞扬了诺克斯的舞台表现力和冷幽默。他观察到：“从 20 岁起，她花了这么多时间在她的书和迷你剧上……这个故事在她的脑海中已经打磨得如此精良。我认为这只是另一种媒介，另一种呈现方式。”

虽然她的支持者会认为她仅仅是在继续夺回曾经为她而写的故事叙事，但对于梅雷迪思·凯彻的家人来说——他们在梅雷迪思被谋杀后的这些年里很大程度上保持着体面的沉默——这代表了对斯蒂芬妮本周所称的“家庭巨大的痛苦”的进一步挖掘，更不用说将其货币化了。“这是一个很重的词，但这感觉简直像是在挑衅，”家庭友人萨莉·艾灵顿告诉《每日邮报》。“这个国家是凯彻家族幸存成员的家。把这件事带到这里，感觉就像是在往他们的伤口上撒盐。”尤其是因为在2020年，凯彻夫妇在四个月内相继去世，使得家庭的痛苦进一步加剧。77岁的约翰在2020年1月于其克罗伊登住所附近遭遇一起疑似肇事逃逸事故并受重伤后去世，而就在几周后，在新冠疫情的第一波冲击期间，他的妻子阿琳因健康并发症在医院去世。对于他们幸存的孩子们来说，父母都没有活到看到女儿被谋杀一事成为娱乐主题的那一天，这或许是微小的慰藉。不久前，诺克斯本人还坚称她宁愿不再讲述这个故事，她在2021年接受《纽约时报》采访时暗示，经济压力让她别无选择。“我一直告诉克里斯，我想达到一种状态，让我不必为了支付房贷而不断地重复经历我人生中最糟糕的体验，”她宣称。也许那一天会到来——尽管从诺克斯本周对批评的反应来看，短期内几乎没有迹象表明这一天会到来。周四，当请愿书发起的消息传出时，她在Instagram上反击，坚称请愿书包含“许多错误的假设，并且完全误读了这部剧”。“《侧手翻》是为了纪念梅雷迪思·凯彻，并揭露她和我所遭受的暴力，”她补充道。这一声明——厚颜无耻地将她名誉受损与梅雷迪思遭受的强奸和谋杀相提并论——让萨莉·艾灵顿只能以困惑回应。“她说她是为了纪念梅雷迪思而这么做的，”萨莉观察到，“但她从未询问过。” --- 第44页

亲爱的贝尔，四年前我失去了丈夫大卫。我们曾有过美好的时光，也经历过艰难的时刻，但总是共同度过。在他去世时，我以为我生命中浪漫的部分已经结束了。我让自己保持忙碌——在当地的临终关怀商店做志愿者，花更多时间在花园里，并帮忙照顾孙辈。然后，出乎意料地，我遇到了彼得。去年秋天在一次国民信托（National Trust）的徒步活动后，我们聊了起来，最后一起喝咖啡坐了将近三个小时。他也是一名鳏夫，我们之间有一种难以言表的默契，除非你亲身经历过那种失去，否则很难解释；我们谁都不需要假装自己已经“走出来了”。最让我惊讶的是，我再次感受到了生命力。我之前没有意识到，我竟然如此怀念那种仅仅因为发生了什么有趣的事就想给某人打电话，或者仅仅是共进周日午餐的感觉。我们一起沿海岸线旅行了几次，发现了许多小咖啡馆，而且，是的，我们变得亲密起来。年龄增长并不意味着你不再渴望陪伴。不幸的是，我的孩子们似乎不这么认为。我的女儿坚持说她很高兴我找到了伴侣，但每当提到彼得的名字，她就会明显地陷入沉默。我的儿子则坦率得多。他承认，想到我处于另一段关系中让他感到不舒服，因为对他来说，这感觉就像是我在取代他们的父亲。真正的冲突发生在几周前，当时我在照顾孙子。彼得顺道过来，最后在茶点时间做了巨大的冰淇淋圣代。后来，我的孙子天真地告诉他妈妈，“彼得爷爷”给他们做了这个，而且非常好玩。我们绝对没有鼓励他这么叫，但我的女儿在电话里对我哭了起来。她说这一切进展得太快了，孩子们会感到困惑。从那时起，我发现自己在克制自己的幸福。如果彼得和我去当地某个地方，我会担心谁可能会看到我们。在提到他之前我会犹豫。上周末，我差点取消了与他的晚餐，因为我儿子说他可能会顺便过来。我突然意识到，我的行为像个心虚的青少年，而不是一个有一定年龄的女性。我依然爱着大卫。这一点永远不会改变。我的孩子们失去了父亲，我明白悲伤永远不会完全消失。但他们失去的并不是那个他们预期会陪伴终生的人。我知道我需要勇敢起来，面对我的孩子们，但我不知道该怎么做。玛格丽特

从理性角度看，一位母亲觉得她想要——或需要——“面对”自己的孩子，这很奇怪。我想知道这种转变发生在生命的哪个阶段。依赖关系的跷跷板何时会向另一个方向倾斜？我们何时允许孩子转变为父母的角色并告诉我们该怎么做？我记得在我50多岁的时候，我女儿严厉地告诉我，我穿的那件蕾丝上衣太露了。我没有告诉她我想穿什么就穿什么，而是温顺地去换了衣服。是为了维持和平吗？还是因为我们两人都在变老而产生了一些更深层的原因？许多人在读到你的信时，会为你感到愤慨。你的丈夫四年前去世，你已经学会接受新的现实——然后突然遇到一个让你感到非常快乐的男人。你成年后的儿子和女儿难道不应该为你新发现的幸福感到纯粹的欣喜吗？当然应该。但人们在反应和行动时，有多少次能像他们“应该”的那样？你的儿子坦诚地承认他替去世的父亲感到嫉妒。成年儿子在想到母亲与新的人产生肢体接触时，也可能会产生一种厌恶感——这是一个弗洛伊德曾论述过的禁忌

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在面对子女反对晚年爱情时，我该如何坚持立场？

关于这一点。但我担心这必须予以反击。你有权为自己创造一种新生活，让你走出子女——即便是在潜意识中——为你设定的限制。如果他的嫉妒在事实上是因为你将不再能随时随地地为照顾孙辈而“随叫随到”，那么这更有理由让你主张自己的独立。有趣的是，对于你的女儿来说，转折点在于你作为祖母的角色。她纯真的孩子突然将你的新朋友视为祖父般的人物，这直接触动了你女儿内心深处最敏感的情绪，重新唤醒了她对父亲的悲痛——而这让她难以承受。我可以理解这一点。告诉你“孩子们会感到困惑”，其实只是在转移她自己的困惑感。当然，她本应该为彼得给她的幼子带来一段美妙、有趣的时光而感到高兴。但我们又回到了原点：人们的行为并非总是如他们“应当”那样。这不会很容易，但你必须控制住内疚感，并确保面对面地告诉他们每一个人，正如你在信的最后一段中所说的那样。你必须冷静且坚定地与他们交谈。永远不要让彼得觉得自己是次要的。这是属于你的时间——你们两个都值得拥有它。

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最后

为什么你永远不该说“永远不”

你是否曾经告诉自己，再也不会做某件事了？例如，我告诉我的丈夫：“我再也不会坐长途飞机了，”而且我知道这大概是真的。但另一方面，如果有一个非常充分的理由去做这件事呢——比如参加葬礼？或者一次绝佳且出人意料的旅行机会？我总是告诉别人，“永远不要说绝不”——但我也需要提醒自己。因为你永远不知道会发生什么。上周，当我其中一个坚定的“绝不”变成了“哇，我做到了！”时，我感到非常激动。

你看，我在 54 岁时发现了开阔公路的乐趣，坐在一个巨大的哈雷戴维森摩托车后座上。我尝试学习驾驶，但失去了勇气，于是满足于做一个酷且不抱怨的后座乘客——在横跨美国的数千英里旅途中撰写旅行文章。但不可避免地，人会变老。酸痛感增加。我最后一次跨上我们那辆美丽的“胖男孩”（Fat Boy）是在 2020 年新冠封锁期间，当时我们为年迈的父母领取了一些药物，并以极具风格的方式送给他们。那时我的左髋关节已经更换过了，所以感觉不太舒服。随后右侧的情况变得越来越糟，直到 2024 年被更换。到那时，对摩托车的热爱已经消失了。我送掉了一套皮衣，决定就这样结束了。“把这头野兽卖了吧，”我叹息道。

但上周四，它再次发出低吼和咆哮——那是多么美妙的声音。我们去参加了一个机车聚会，地点在萨默塞特郡古老的西德酒馆 Tucker's Grave，距离我们家 30 分钟车程。闪闪发光的机器，无论新旧。各种年龄和类型的机车族。纹身。皮衣。汉堡和薯条的味道；啤酒和西德酒的泡沫。重新回到车座上的纯粹快感。

记住——永远不要说“绝不”。

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一个朋友告诉我她少女时期被强奸了

亲爱的贝尔：

我有一个从小就认识的朋友。我们青少年时期一起度过了美好的时光，一直觉得彼此非常亲近，且互诉衷肠。但就在最近，她告诉我一件我之前不知道的事——在她快 15 岁的时候，她被一个住在附近、十几岁后期的男子强奸了。你得明白，我们那时经常出入彼此的家，认识对方的父母等等。这是一个紧密的社区。所以，理所当然地，我认识那个人，她的坦白令我震惊得无法用言语表达。

她和我刚刚一起度过了一个周末，这个话题再次被提起。对她来说，这件事永远不会消失，新闻中的案例——以及对像吉米·萨维尔（Jimmy Savile）这样的人所犯下的历史罪行的提及——都会让她重新陷入其中。我们现在都 50 多岁快 60 岁了，但她的记忆依然清晰如初，显然这让她很困扰。

她的问题在于是否要告诉结婚近 40 年的丈夫关于这次强奸的事，但她担心他会有什么感受。有些人很容易说：“那是很久以前的事了，忘掉它吧”——但我绝不会这么做。对于遭受过这种侵害的人来说，想要忘记绝非易事。我问她是否考虑过接受心理治疗。她说考虑过，但那样她就得告诉丈夫她为什么在接受咨询——她无法将其保密。

我不知道该对她说什么。或者如果这件事发生在我身上，我会有什么感觉。这么多年后，这件事依然折磨她的心。但如果她现在告诉丈夫，他会有什么感受——这才是她最大的担忧。

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毋庸置疑，你的朋友在那个或许不像现在这样重视此类事件的时期，经历了一场可怕的折磨。她将这段经历深埋心中，甚至没有向你这个亲密的朋友倾诉。我想如果你是她，你会怎么做？危险在于，那个年轻人可能会断然否认自己的罪行，或者说那是合意的。这确实是一个非常陈旧的局面，无数女性都为此付出了沉重的代价。

和你一样，我认为接受一些咨询肯定会对她有好处——以便理清发生的事情，挖掘她当时可能产生的所有愧疚感（这并不罕见），并弄清楚为什么她一直将发生的事视为秘密。这难道不是这里真正的问题所在吗？一个年轻的少女因为被强奸而感到羞耻，是因为复杂的责任感和愧疚感，这是另一回事。但一个 50 多岁快 60 岁的女性，觉得无法告诉丈夫很久以前发生的一件如此可怕且具有潜在创伤的事情，这完全是另一回事。

你在较长的信件中告诉我，如果这件事发生在你身上，你认为自己向丈夫隐瞒咨询过程将毫无问题。但为什么这必须是一个秘密？这难道没有引发关于婚姻本身的重要问题吗？她的丈夫在态度上有什么特点，让她如此害怕告诉他？

当然，他可能会因为她花了这么长时间才信任他并告知这个痛苦的秘密而感到受伤。但一个爱妻子的男人，难道不想知道发生在她身上的所有事情，因为正是这些事情塑造了现在的她吗？如果她担心他会因为她被邻居的儿子侵害而轻视她，那么我建议，除了通过治疗来谈论过去，她和丈夫可能也会从关于现状的伴侣咨询中获益。

很容易理解为什么一个女孩在与新男友分享如此痛苦的事情时会保持沉默，而且当然，已婚夫妇被允许向对方保留秘密（尽管我希望不要太多）。但在一段长久的婚姻中？我不这么认为。

如果我是你，我会建议她既向丈夫倾诉，又寻求心理治疗——这样可怕的记忆就不会在她的下一个人生阶段继续纠缠她。

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线上宣传册和图片看起来非常有吸引力：一座位于肯特郡迷人乡村地区的安全住宅之家，为被纳入国家照顾且遭受创伤的青少年提供支持，并协助他们走过坎坷的成年之路。但诱人网站图像背后的现实却截然不同：一座由前酒吧改建的两层红砖房，以及一对相邻房产，被非法用作儿童之家。上周，包括床铺和床垫在内的家居用品被堆放在一个溢出的垃圾桶旁。一名邻居说：“我完全不知道那里有个儿童之家。我从未在那里见过任何孩子。我只见过成年人。”然而，这个所谓的弱势青少年避风港以及由同一家公司在肯特郡经营的两家类似的未注册之家，尽管是非法的，但在三年内照顾九名受照顾青少年期间赚了近 £180 万。这些费用——人均平均近 £200,000 ——由肯特郡和梅德韦议会支付给 Catalyst Care 公司。该公司由“Afrofusion”音乐制作人、44 岁的戴维森·林奇-希隆（Davidson Lynch-Shyilon）及其商业伙伴 47 岁的米里亚姆·埃卡托（Miriam Ekhator）所有。戴维森·林奇-希隆声称曾与丽塔·欧拉（Rita Ora）和雷鬼明星达米安·马利（Damian Marley）合作。上周，这对搭档成为首批被英国教育标准局（Ofsted）成功起诉经营非法儿童之家的个人。他们在认罪后被禁止经营此类之家，被罚款 £92,400，并被要求支付 £2,960 的受害者附加费。尽管法院在听证会上表示，官员们对这些资金是如何被花费的感到困惑，但该公司的年营业额在三年内增长了五倍，达到近 £100 万（即 £1 乘以一百万）。然而，两名所有人在这一期间从中分红 £386,000。令人难以置信的是，这绝非个例。还有数百名儿童——通常患有高度复杂的疾病或遭受虐待带来的严重创伤——被议会送入非法之家，纳税人为此承担的平均每周成本为 £10,500。其中许多所谓的“之家”在用途上极其匮乏，令人羞愧。它们包括房车、度假租赁房、酒店和船屋，甚至被挤在国家一些最破旧城市地区的多户共用住宅（HMO）中。Together Trust 是一家位于斯托克波特的经营住宅之家的残疾人慈善机构，今年早些时候向国会议员讲述了一名 15 岁女孩的故事，她在房车中独自度过 12 周多之后才进入该机构的照顾。该慈善机构表示：“在这段时间里，她没有上学，也没有与值得信赖的成年人进行任何有意义的接触。她感到孤立无援，只能独自生存。”大多数议会甚至不知道其辖区内有多少此类非法之家在运行。然而，许多地方并不安全，十几岁的女孩成为性掠夺者的目标，而男孩则被犯罪团伙诱导，从事毒品交易或藏匿武器。因此，这是我们社会护理系统长期失效的另一个阴森缩影，是对 63,000 名被纳入国家照顾的儿童和青少年的背叛——此前已发生了一系列虐待丑闻以及金融大鳄令人作呕的牟利行为。Become 是一家面向受照顾儿童和离开照顾者的全国性慈善机构，其首席执行官安拉·安瓦尔（Anela Anwar）对这次具有里程碑意义的起诉表示欢迎，理由是使用非法护理之家既不可接受且危险。“这不仅仅是护理质量差的问题，孩子们

作者：伊恩·比雷尔 (Ian Birrell)

在非法养老院 / 护理院中，孩子们必须忍受的不仅仅是低质量的照顾——他们还经历了在众目睽睽之下发生的犯罪剥削，”她说道。“他们需要获得所有孩子都需要的安全、支持和充满爱的家庭。”

在一个尤其令人作呕的案例中，一名来自南威尔士的15岁女孩为了逃避性剥削而被安置在保护性护理中——结果却在两名男性“护理员”给她喂了大量酒精和如此之多的可卡因以至于她流鼻血后，遭到了强奸。这起罪行直到第二天，这名心碎的青少年——她是达勒姆附近一栋拥有三间卧室的未注册住宅中的唯一住户——逃跑并被警方截获后才被发现。随后，据报道她曾尝试自杀。

“我进入护理机构是为了被照料、被照顾以及免受伤害，”她在受害者陈述中说道。“这些男人却做了完全相反的事情。他们对我进行了数小时的性虐待，给我带来了巨大的痛苦和毁灭。”

她的两名残暴袭击者——均为四十多岁且有犯罪记录的前士兵——因包括与儿童发生性行为、蓄意勒颈和供应A类毒品在内的罪行，被分别判处11年和9年监禁。他们受雇于一家名为 MAP Adventures 的公司，该公司由一名英国陆军体能训练团的前中士创立。该公司声称在一支“高素质”团队的带领下，为年轻人提供“危机干预”和“冒险疗法”。

经营未在英国教育标准局 (Ofsted) 注册的护理院是刑事犯罪。然而，这类机构的使用在近年来急剧增加，尽管在最困难的案例中，安置费用每周高达 £40,000，但自本十年初以来，其使用量激增了近四倍。据估计，地方议会每年在未注册护理院上花费 £3.53 亿。一名社会工作者在最近的一份报告作者面前承认，最年轻的 # 一个朋友

在全英国，像这位音乐制作人及其商业伙伴这样不道德的人，通过建立无需官方审查的看护院来欺骗系统，并将弱势青少年置于风险之中。更令人震惊的是，地方议会竟然将儿童送到那里——而你则在为每名儿童每周高达 £40,000 的费用买单。一名被安置在非法环境中的女童年仅五岁。去年，在一场法庭审理中披露，怀特岛议会花费了50万英镑，将一名十岁男孩安置在一家非法看护院中长达四个月。在听取了关于工作人员频繁使用约束手段以及该儿童社交孤立的情况后，法官谴责其护理标准“完全不足”。

我们听到了被送入此类看护院的年轻人们类似的抱怨。“他们将约束手段作为一种惩罚，”一名女性说道，她曾被多达四名成年人同时按住，次数达“数百次”。“他们使用了超过必要的武力。我被留下了如此严重的疼痛，以至于我甚至无法走上楼梯回到卧室。”

来自埃塞克斯郡的 Sienna*（17 岁）在三年前被纳入护理体系，并在邻近郡的一家非法看护院中度过了 14 个月。她说那里处于令人震惊的状态，窗户破碎，门上有洞，火警报警器是假的，且反复发生淹水。搬入后，她在卧室里发现了一把前住户留下的刀。她是该院里唯一的孩子。在整个期间她都没有上学，错过了关键考试。护理人员全部持有特殊签证来自尼日利亚，大部分时间都在盯着屏幕。其中一人称她为“胖墩”，尽管对方知道她患有饮食失调症。“我被孤立在荒郊野外，与无法沟通的人在一起，”她说。“我整天抑郁地坐在卧室里无所事事。”

她现在计划成为一名急救医疗技术员以帮助他人。“公众被告知我们是邪恶的孩子——但我们只是需要一些爱的受伤孩子。然而，系统却把我们放在这些让情况变得更糟的糟糕地方。”

一份由全党派公共账户委员会针对这一“功能失调”护理系统的报告发现，去年有 800 名年轻人被送往非法看护院，平均停留六个月——尽管地方议会声称这些场所仅被用作将儿童从危险家庭环境、医院或警察拘留室中移出的临时措施。

然而，英国教育标准局（Ofsted）首席监察官马丁·奥利弗爵士（Sir Martyn Oliver）上个月表示，对于 10,000 名需要此类护理的儿童，合法看护院有 13,000 个可用名额。“根据最新数据，共有 4,800 家看护院——数量在一年内增长了五分之一。”马丁爵士说：“问题不在于整体供应。我们面临的真正问题是在正确的地方拥有合适的看护院，并确保注册供应商能为最需要护理和支持的儿童提供名额。”

英格兰在护理方面的支出比十年前增加了三分之二，但由国家照顾的儿童数量仅增长了 16%。这是一个需求激增的繁荣行业——且正被声名狼藉的私人从业者所强力掌控。

在走访那家由肯特郡一家酒吧改造而成的非法看护院时，发现它正被翻修以创建另一家儿童看护院也就不足为奇了。“英国教育标准局（Ofsted）已知晓，” --- 第 47 页

被起诉者：音乐制作人戴维森·林奇-希隆（Davidson Lynch-Shyllon）和米里亚姆·埃卡托（Miriam Ekhator，插图），他们在肯特郡经营护理之家。一名拒绝透露姓名的男子在开门时表示：“一切都按规矩办事。” 在布莱克浦——这里拥有英格兰一些最贫困的地区，据报道也是护理儿童比例最高的地方——其两个议会选区内竟有多达 60 家儿童之家。其中三分之一是在过去四年内开设的。由于数量过多，市议会实施了一项规划规定，即针对青少年的新护理之家和支持性居住设施之间必须间隔 400 米。这说明了寻求利润最大化的公司如何在较便宜的地区建立护理之家——因此，需要安全和稳定的儿童经常被扔到远离家人或朋友的破旧地区，使他们容易接触到帮派并被诱导。一名为警方提供建议的、曾经历过护理体系的慈善机构工作人员告诉我，她最近与加的夫的护理青少年交谈，对方告诉她，较小的孩子经常在社交媒体上被“怪人们”联系，而较大的孩子则被帮派盯上用于贩毒。“有人走过来对他们说：‘想要这对运动鞋吗？你只需要把包裹送到这个地址。’ 这样就开始将他们诱骗进帮派。” “他们了解护理离开者的脆弱性，并且准确知道护理之家的位置。这太糟糕了。” 这名慈善机构工作人员表示，被安置在非法护理之家的年轻人通常被视为最复杂或最具干扰性的案例。“但那么把他们安置在最不安全的地方怎么能说得通呢？”她理直气壮地问道。护理公司也可以拒绝接收有复杂需求的儿童。“非法护理之家被当作最后的手段，希望能够快速找到更好的解决方案。但几天变成了几周，几周变成了几个月——而孩子们变得更加心理受创，这使得他们在受监管的护理之家中更难找到位置，”活动人士马丁·巴罗（Martin Barrow）说道。英国教育标准局（Ofsted）正在严厉打击未经监管的护理之家，向所有者发送警告信，并起诉了两起更多案件。然而，许多收到警告的所有者仍然不申请注册，这表明他们知道自己无法达到标准。安格利亚鲁斯金大学的研究人员三个月前发布了一项研究——基于对专业警察、社会工作者和慈善机构工作人员的采访——揭露了一家未注册的护理之家被一个有组织犯罪集团渗透，该集团甚至有一名成员担任顾问，以便向帮派回传信息。一名受访者表示，一些未经监管的物业看起来更像“毒品屋”（trap houses，毒品窝点的俚语）而非护理环境，管控如此之弱，以至于“有人进进出出，孩子们失踪好几天”。报告总结称，此类场所很容易成为剥削的目标，因为“在发生重大事件之前，儿童在犯罪者眼中高度可见，但在保障体系中却在制度上不可见”。Roismi, 20, 在家庭中遭受多年性虐待和暴力后，在 14 岁时被送入护理体系。然而，她在该体系中的经历如此凄惨，以至于现在她怀疑留在家里是否会更好。“真的那么糟糕，”她说。她经历过 17 次安置，几乎全部在伦敦周围的未经监管的护理之家中。“在护理期间，随机的男人会联系我，给我发短信，给我钱，提供住宿，一种安全感和归属感。他们会说：‘过来吧，我给你食物。’——在一些护理之家，他们甚至不给我们喂食。‘那些男人表现得如此充满爱心和关怀，那时为了得到一点点爱和安全，我愿意做任何事情，任何事情。我会想，好吧，这就是需要付出的代价。’ 护理之家的青少年男孩告诉她关于被帮派诱导的事情。‘男孩喜欢闪亮的东西——他们喜欢现金、新衣服。有些男孩会持有或销售毒品，并为参与高层级犯罪的人看管武器。’”

监狱中超过四分之一的人在童年时期曾生活在护理机构中。这表明了此类国家体制失效所带来的后果，因为在英格兰，只有大约 25 分之一的儿童在童年时期的某个阶段由国家“照顾”。Roismi 表示，在其中一家护理机构得知她正与男性接触后，她仅仅被要求参加一个为期两周的、走形式的在线培训课程，并且手机被短暂没收。在另一个安置点，男人甚至直接来到大门口与她见面。因此，这里有一个身陷困扰的 teenage 女孩——在遭受可怕创伤后被送入护理机构——随后又在那个本应帮助和保护此类青少年的昂贵国家体系内部，被能够利用其脆弱性的男性反复虐待。她刚刚开始在大学学习犯罪学和心理学，决心帮助其他孩子避免她的命运。“如果你得到了所需的照顾，那些令人作呕的捕食者就无法接触到你，”Roismi 说道，“我很幸运能活下来。”

英格兰儿童专员 Rachel de Souza 勋爵一直致力于结束这场肮脏的丑闻。“在英格兰各地，每到夜晚，脆弱的儿童就在不安全、非法的环境中入睡——由不合格的人员照顾，在从未为儿童设计的场所中，且经常在没有隐私的情况下挤在一起，”她说道。“我们看到了太多脆弱的儿童和青少年在社会护理的漏洞中掉队，使他们面临被剥削的风险，例如那些被危险帮派猎捕的人。”她对英国教育标准局（Ofsted）这次具有历史意义的起诉表示欢迎。“我希望这标志着那些将利润置于脆弱儿童安全之上的非法供应商丑闻的终结之始。”

梅德韦市议会（Medway Council）表示，“少于五”名年轻人被安置在 Catalyst Care，并在四年前停止使用该公司，但坚持认为非法护理机构反映了一个全国性问题。“不幸的是，在极少数情况下，尽管进行了全国搜索，一些年轻人的需求超过了监管机构所能提供的范围，或者没有合适的供应可用，导致年轻人被安置在不受监管的环境中。”肯特郡议会（Kent County Council）表示，使用此类供应商是确保儿童安全的最后手段，但声称他们得到了社会工作者的强力支持和“高水平的监督”。该议会补充说，目前正在创建四个由议会运行的护理机构以解决此类问题。

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来自苏·里德（Sue Reid）在休达的报道：在被西班牙边境卫队强行驱逐，或在面对惊恐且虔诚的基督教当地人的敌视反应而自行离开之后。整个家庭在屋内躲藏数日，仅在出门向他们所谓的“伊斯兰军队”投掷石块时才现身；这些由年轻人和男孩组成的群体在街头横冲直撞，闯入私人房产并洗劫超市（目前超市由军队把守），寻找食物和水。但包括我们新任首相在内的政治人物正在散布一种欺骗性的说法，称这场危机已经结束。事实是，它才刚刚开始。本周，令我惊恐的是，我目睹了一场在休达展开的移民灾难，大量儿童处于这场灾难的核心，其中一些年仅 11 或 12 岁。因为毫无疑问，在抵达之后，有 2,000 到 4,000 名北非和撒哈拉以南的年轻男孩寸步不离——且没有离开的意图。他们成了这场移民灾难的棋子，这场灾难是由家庭派遣孩子前往欧洲寻找更好生活所引发的，同时也被涌入非洲的大量社交媒体信息所刺激，这些信息鼓励年轻人收拾行囊通过休达离开，而休达被视为通往马德里、柏林或伦敦的门户。在面积仅七平方英里的飞地度过了两天后，我采访了 50 名新抵达的年轻人，他们都表示除了前往欧洲以外，哪里也不去。他们睡在人行道上、门口、山丘上，甚至在沙滩遮阳伞下。在唯一的工业园区，现在出现了一个贫民窟，年轻人穿梭在小巷中，他们在那里用旧床和翻转的浴缸搭建起遮蔽所，上面覆盖着床单或毯子以遮阳。在主警察局外，我看到数百名儿童前往西班牙本土。但随着西班牙左翼首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedros Sanchez）在加那利群岛的兰萨罗特岛享受暑假，马德里的政治建制派没有给出任何迹象表明他们会满足这些孩子的愿望。桑切斯是第一个散布该神话的政治人物，称 98% 的“入侵者”已经跨过边境返回摩洛哥。这一说法随后被安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）重复，他在上周站在多佛白崖发表讲话时引用了桑切斯的话，随后他也出发度假了。没有什么比这更脱离现实的了。这是一场实时展开的人道主义灾难，同时也威胁着欧洲的国家安全。西班牙情报部门表示，在数万名抓住机会进入休达的人群中，发现了来自战火纷飞的非洲各地的伊斯兰国（ISIS）圣战分子。我遇到了一名 31, 岁的摩洛哥出生暴徒，他使用化名马穆德（Mamoud），是数千名游进休达的人之一。他用伦敦口音说英语，因为他在英格兰生活了十年，其中大部分时间在监狱中度过，现在想回去。我们在港口附近的一个加油站交谈，他告诉我，他在青少年时期乘坐货车跨越英吉利海峡。在被安置在寄养家庭后，他因两项严重身体伤害罪及其他各项罪名而被“关押”。这个自吹自擂的前囚犯说，他十年前自愿离开英国，“因为他们反正要把我赶出去”。他补充道：“我在你们国家被关起来的时间比自由生活的时间还长。但我想念英格兰。这是我回去的机会。”这次非同寻常的入侵根源于佩德罗·桑切斯去年 1 月宣布对所有居住在西班牙的非法外国人实施大赦。该计划通过皇家法令强行通过，表面上是为了解决劳动力短缺并提振经济。

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，而西班牙的撒哈拉以南非法移民已经利用了桑切斯的协议，向全世界传递了一个信号：这个国家现在是进入欧洲的敞开之门。“当一个成员国在移民问题上单独行动时，整个欧洲集团都处于风险之中，”布鲁塞尔的右翼政治家在一份声明中表示。如果说他们当时感到愤怒，那么今天他们对休达（Ceuta）灾难的反应则是愤怒至极，并称其为正在酝酿中的“安格拉·默克尔 Mark 2”，这指的是前德国总理在 2015. 年决定向逃离内战的叙利亚人开放国境的决定。自然地，默克尔单方面且难以解释的决定引发了自第二次世界大战以来欧洲最大规模的入境移民潮。一年之内有 120 万 名陌生人涌入，其中许多人并非叙利亚人，而是来自其他地方的投机者。这次涌入使一个曾经是战后欧洲经济强国的国家几乎陷入崩溃，因为它在努力支持那些缺乏就业技能且必须依赖国家救济的人。进入德国的移民人数每年仍超过 100 万（由于数千名逃离家乡战争寻求庇护的乌克兰人，总数进一步增加）。结果，欧洲的面貌被永远改变了，因为许多人移居其他国家，通常选择乘船经英吉利海峡前往多佛。现在，由于与邻国摩洛哥的陆地和海上边界极不安全，小小的休达正处于另一波移民潮的瞄准之中。自从一月份的大赦以来，TikTok 和 Instagram 上的社交媒体帖子一直在宣传利用休达作为跳板从非洲前往欧洲的方法。走私者以简洁的阿拉伯语口号提供“到达后付款”的交易，提供“游泳伙伴”或喷气滑雪车接送。在 6 月中旬——即大规模移民入侵前六周——一段标题为“休达在召唤”的在线 欺骗性的政治家（包括安迪·伯纳姆）坚称，入侵这个西班牙微型飞地的非洲移民中 98% 现已回家。事实却截然不同，令人心惊…… 视频在北非短短几小时内就吸引了 1,370,000 次观看。另一段声称抵达者将被轻易转移到西班牙（无论是通过桑切斯当局的官方渠道还是通过走私者的非法渠道）的视频被 646,053 人观看，其中许多是易受影响的年轻人。场景已经布置完毕。但如果说社交媒体是这里的推动因素，那么吸引因素也正处于全盛时期。在社会主义政治家的支持下，欧洲和英国许多强大的难民慈善机构反对严格的国家边界。知名自由记者夏洛特·吉尔（Charlotte Gill）本周报道称，每年有 17 亿 的纳税人资金被交给支持无国界世界或为希望在西方开启新生活的移民提供新安全路线的英国慈善机构。这些机构包括难民委员会（Refugee Council）、移民援助（Migrant Help）和难民行动（Refugee Action）等组织。“他们不需要民主，也不需要在投票箱中获胜，”吉尔在一次在线广播中指出，“他们非常强大。”安迪·伯纳姆在多佛的演讲中也推广了移民的“安全路线”，以阻止走私者控制英吉利海峡的船只跨境。苏格兰的极左翼首席部长约翰·斯威尼（John Swinney）则走得更远，为所有数千名抵达休达的人提供安全通道。两人与坚决反对“欧洲堡垒”的桑切斯持有相同观点。本周在休达，我看到了这个社会主义之梦的结果：彻底的混乱。西班牙警察戴着口罩以防止感染，在主要的贝尼特斯海滩上引导没完没了的移民队列，而红十字会团队则驾驶着车队白色的面包车分发食物和水。救护车在现场检测艾滋病、肝炎和肺结核，并将病患运送到该岛拥有 249 张床位的医院，而该医院现在由于过度负荷，已经开始拒绝接收当地居民。

“我们非常害怕，”住在塞乌塔市中心的21岁护理专业学生哈维尔（Javier）说道，“现在我们所有的公共服务都在崩溃。医院、警察局，全部被我们没有邀请而来的陌生人给挤爆了。”该飞地的市长胡安·赫苏斯·维瓦斯（Juan Jesus Vivas）周二恳请欧洲议会提供更多紧急援助，他此前已要求立即驱逐所有抵达者，并要求实施“真正的”欧盟边境强化以保护他那深受困扰的民众。他承认自己完全不知道飞地内还剩下多少潜在的移民，因为他没有足够的人力去清点。我们所知道的是，有900人在主要移民营地内。营地内已搭建起帐篷以安置溢出的人员，另有2,000人住在附近露天环境下。成千上万的人睡在门口、花园、公园，以及任何他们能找到落脚的地方。在渡轮港口的郊外——涌入：警察在塞乌塔看守移民——我遇到了一名来自摩洛哥丹吉尔的15岁少年，名叫穆塞夫·埃尔蒙特（Moussef Eirmont）。他是个孤儿，是被他的祖母送来的，“她希望他能在欧洲生活”。穆塞夫和三个朋友在一起，其中一人17岁，另外两人19, 岁，他们住在山上的森林里。“我们都在这里，是因为我们的家人告诉我们要来，”穆塞夫通过翻译说道，“我们不会回去的。这是我们一生中唯一的机会。家乡没有什么能给我们。”他说他们已经两天没吃东西了，当我递给他们一包奶酪饼干时，他和朋友们欣喜若狂。但更可怜的景象是萨菲丁·阿姆拉尼，15, 岁，他出生在苏丹，现在睡在塞乌塔的海滨，撑着一把遮阳伞。他一年前在父母的祝福下离开家前往欧洲。他完全不识字，无法用阿拉伯语或英语写出自己的名字，且从未上过学。“我游进来后用手机给父亲打了电话，”他说道，声音中充满了不切实际的希望，“我说我现在快到西班牙了。他们正在为我祈祷。”这足以令最坚硬的心也为之碎裂。摩洛哥人哈姆扎，17, 岁，阿迪尔，20, 岁，以及14 岁的亚当（Adam）在周一游进来，就在最初的入侵几天之后，这揭穿了官方关于入侵已经结束的说法。“我们的朋友还在继续过来。实际上根本没有边境，”哈姆扎在海边拍照时说道，“这很简单。有些游泳者穿着潜水服，所以能浮起来。在低潮时，我知道有些男孩是涉水走过来的。那些障碍物根本不算什么。”在港口，我准备乘坐渡轮返回西班牙本土的阿尔赫西拉斯（Algeciras），我询问一名警察他的看法。“塞乌塔永远无法从这次事件中恢复，”他说，“这些阿拉伯和非洲孩子现在将被送到西班牙，甚至送到你的国家。但更多的人还会来。我们成了进入欧洲的新后门。”

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逃离

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最后一刻的夏季度假？仍然有空位——这里有更低价格、更少人群和更温和天气的晚期度假目的地

欧洲各地肆虐的极端天气、前所未有的全球冲突，以及欧盟新入境 / 出境系统（Entry / Exit System）糟糕的推行，共同构成了一种令人眩晕的局面，使得今年夏天与以往截然不同。根据 Booking.com 的数据，在过去的几个月里，许多英国人选择留在离家更近的地方——这引发了国内度假（staycation）的剧烈繁荣，相关兴趣比去年增长了约 20%。然而，更温暖的天气也意味着传统夏季季节的延长，在欧洲部分地区，晴天一直延续到 9 月，甚至 10 月。精明的度假者将假期预订得越来越晚，抢购最后一刻的优惠，而不是提前数月将自己绑定在行程中。事实上，Loveholidays 的研究显示，次日出发的假期预订量同比增长了 26%，在出发前两天内进行的预订也增长了 19%。旅游代理协会 ABTA 同样发现，今年有三分之一的度假者选择了晚期预订。因此，如果你渴望抢到一次（廉价的）假期，哪里仍然有空位？

突尼斯，突尼斯

突尼斯在 20 世纪 70 年代套装假期（package holiday）首次流行时是一个热门目的地，今年它再次迎来了阳光时刻——根据 First Choice 的数据，需求量激增 19%，因为游客们选择了远离通常过度拥挤的欧洲景点。由于突尼斯 9 月的气温在较为宜人的 19-29℃ (67-84F) 之间，旅行者可以利用更凉爽的天气，探索北非这个角落所提供的一切。

宁静：土耳其的蓝色泻湖，以及插图中的马略卡岛索列尔火车 --- 第 52 页

从在首都突尼斯漫步于麦地那（medinas），到骑行穿过迦太基遗址并品尝丰盛的美食，突尼斯提供了另一种地中海海滨度假方式。

预订：在 Golden Tulip President Hammamet 度过七晚全包假期，每人 £633 起，包括从盖特威克机场（Gatwick）往返的机票 (firstchoice.co.uk)。在 Splash-World AQI Venus Beach 的一周全包住宿每人 £487 起，包括从绍森德（Southend）出发的机票和手提行李 (firstchoice.co.uk)。在哈马马特（Hammamet）的 Paradis Palace Hotel 度过七晚，全包形式每人 £339 起，包括从盖特威克机场出发的机票 (fut.co.uk)。

帕福斯，塞浦路斯

由于美国和伊朗之间的冲突，这个美丽且阳光充足的岛屿在今年年初的旅游业经历了几个月的困难时期——尽管它从未被正式从外交、联邦和发展事务部（FCDO）的官方旅行建议名单中删除。不过五个月后，塞浦路斯正以其一贯的热情迎接一个略微延迟的夏季季节。现在是前往那里的最佳时机。由于年初的动荡，前往这个地中海瑰宝的度假价格大幅下降——使得塞浦路斯成为寻求最后一刻优惠的节俭旅行者的绝佳选择。

热点：右侧为塞浦路斯帕福斯的一处海滩，上方为土耳其 Hillside Beach Club 的五星级奢华体验

事实上，根据 TravelSupermarket 的假期与优惠负责人 Chris Webber 的说法，“平均每人的七晚套装假期价格同比下降了多达 £250”。这里每天有 10 小时的阳光，9 月气温在 29-31℃ (84-88F) 之间，是晚期度假的完美地点。

预订：在全包的 Kefalos Damon Hotel Apartments 入住七晚，每人 £478 起，包括往返机票 (fut.co.uk)。在 Avlida Hotel 入住四晚（含早晚餐），每人 £325 起，包括从曼彻斯特出发的机票 (thomaxcook.com)。

西班牙，阿利坎特

虽然英国人通常在夏季前往西班牙的太阳海岸度假，但 easyJet Holidays 报告称，今年前往阿利坎特的最后一刻行程有所增加，与 2025 年相比，关注度增长了 10%。这里拥有中世纪堡垒、粉刷成白色的房屋、海滨散步道和极佳的食品市场，探索这个被低估的沿海度假胜地有充足的理由。九月天气宜人——最高气温 28℃ (82F)，并有清爽的海风调节——使得沿着艾塔纳山脉（Sierra de Aitana）的徒步路线极具吸引力。 预订：EasyJet Holidays 提供阿利坎特 Bonalba 酒店（Hotel Bonalba Alicante）七晚仅限房费套餐，每人 £473 起，包括往返机票和私人接送。或者在 Hospes Amerigo 酒店入住七晚，仅限房费，每人 £834 起，包括机票 (easyjet.com)。

土耳其，费特希耶

根据英国航空的数据，或许是受克里斯托弗·诺兰凭借史诗电影《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）回归大银幕的推动，人们对土耳其度假的关注度上升了 21%。事实上，由于特洛伊古城位于现代土耳其，随着《奥德赛》的粉丝们前往海滩和海岸线，本季后半段的最后一刻预订量激增。 在西南部的绿松石海岸——距离达拉曼机场仅 45 分钟路程——费特希耶为九月旅行提供了一个温暖、阳光的选择，气温维持在 25℃ (77F)，且降雨极少。对于积极的度假者，连接费特希耶和安塔利亚的利基亚之路（Lycian Way）穿过山村和沿海地形，设有各种难度等级的入口。对于想要在土耳其白沙滩上享受奢华的人来说，有无数海滩可供选择，从蓝色泻湖（Blue Lagoon）的绿松石色海水到卡利斯海滩（Calis Beach）的鹅卵石海岸（从费特希耶中心乘坐短途水上出租车即可到达）。 预订：英国航空假期（British Airways Holidays）提供五星级 Hillside Beach Club 七晚全包套餐，每人 £1,729 起，包括从盖特威克机场的往返机票和一件托运行李。请在 8 月 28 日前预订，旅行日期在 9 月 22 日至 10 月 31 日之间 (britishairways.com)。同时，On The Beach 提供 Club Tuana Fethiye 七晚全包套餐，每人 £715 起，包括从盖特威克机场的往返机票 (onthebeach.co.uk)。

马略卡岛，帕尔马

与欧洲大部分地区一样，马略卡岛及其所在的巴利阿里群岛在近几个月遭受了严重的热浪袭击，气温飙升至 40℃ (104F) 以上。夏季的最后余温——当气温下降到较为舒适的 26-29℃ (79-84F) 时——是尽情享受马略卡岛所有特色的完美时机，这里有海湾、摩尔人遗迹、活跃的夜生活以及风景如画的索列尔木制火车（Tren de Soller）山间之旅。九月份岛上还有多项文化活动可供参与，包括为期三周的葡萄收获节 Festa des Vermar（当地传统包括踩葡萄和扔葡萄），以及 Festes del Rei en Jaume（其特色包括巨人游行、历史战争重演和“火之夜”）。 预订：TUI SUNEO Lagomonte 七晚全包套餐每人 £671 起，包括 Tui 的往返机票 (tui.co.uk)。或者，在 AluaSun Cala Antena 入住七晚全包，每人 £459 起，包括从斯坦斯特德机场的往返机票 (loveholidays.com)。Mr&Mrs Smith 还提供 Hotel Son Xotano 入住 20% 的折扣，每晚 £420 起，包括早餐 (mrandmrssmith.com)。

季末邮轮之旅

现在是抢购最后一刻特惠行程的绝佳时机——此时天气依然温暖，海面更加平静，船上的氛围依然热闹。对于那些希望在航行中探索美食的人来说，冠达邮轮（Cunard）正推出由米其林星级主厨米歇尔·鲁（Michel Roux）主持的七晚航程，作为其“海上加夫罗什”（Gavroche at Sea）系列的一部分。在挪威壮丽峡湾的背景下，享受现场烹饪演示、讲座和五道菜的品鉴菜单。

预订方式：乘坐冠达邮轮的安妮女王号（Queen Anne）度过七晚，往返于南安普顿，停靠克里斯蒂安桑、奥斯陆和丹麦的斯卡根。价格每人 £1,459 起 (cunard.com)。或者，在气温下降、人群开始稀疏时，前往地中海开启一场令人惊叹的希腊群岛、意大利和土耳其之旅。加勒比邮轮（Caribbean Cruises）提供每人 £1,423 起的七晚之旅，停靠圣托里尼、以弗所和米科诺斯 (royalcaribbean.com)。■ 所有价格在撰写时均正确。

--- 第 54 页 逃离：报告

AI眼镜能取代导游吗？

观光：戴着眼镜的吉姆，以及插图中的纽约范德比尔特一号（One Vanderbilt）

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官方数据显示，纽约有 13,587 辆黄色出租车。当我漫步在曼哈顿繁忙的街道上，经过一排标志性的出租车时，朱迪·登奇 (Judi Dench) 爵士告诉我。当我询问更多细节时，这位一线女星补充道：“而且，这个颜色并非随机选择。它是 Dupont M6284，之所以选择它是因为一项研究发现，这个颜色在远处最容易被看到。注意安全！”谁能想到我今天会有一位如此显赫且知识渊博的导游？坦白说，我没想过。而且在旁观者看来，我就像一个戴着一副玳瑁色雷朋 (Ray-Ban) 眼镜、自言自语的困惑游客。因为朱迪实际上是我为我的 Meta AI 眼镜选择的“名人声音”。我受这家科技巨头的邀请来到纽约，试用其“AI 实时”功能，该功能允许佩戴者在行走时与内置的语音助手进行实时聊天。理论上，这款配备了 1200 万像素摄像头、五个麦克风和两只耳边扬声器的设备，应该是度假者的梦幻伴侣。那么，将这副价值 £429 的眼镜交给它，让它担任我一天的导游，难道不是最好的测试方式吗？

我从曼哈顿开始。“嘿 Meta，”我问，“俯瞰纽约最好的建筑是哪一座？”我预想答案会是帝国大厦，但令我惊讶的是，它选择了 SUMMIT One Vanderbilt。我被告知，它比那个更著名的“表亲”矮一些，但价格稍便宜，并且拥有一个可以俯瞰 1,000 英尺地面的玻璃平台——为了提供“最震撼的视觉效果”。半小时后到达顶端，当我踏上平台时，我给父母打了电话。眼镜可以与手机配对，让通话对方看到你所看到的画面。我母亲接起电话，迎接她的是一个惊险的深渊。可以说，这次通话非常短暂。

想吃早午餐了，我询问眼镜最好的贝果店在哪里。它推荐了 Ess-a-Bagel，这家店自 1976 年起就开始制作屡获殊荣的面团和馅料。我点了一份 Pepe，里面塞满了热烤牛肉、培根和融化的奶酪。既然在度假，我还买了一大块芝士蛋糕和一杯大杯的加燕麦奶的冰甜抹茶。“嘿 Meta，这个有多少卡路里？”我问。

它拍了一张贝果的照片

作者：吉姆·诺顿 (JIM NORTON)

它流着蛋黄酱，并向我解释其成分。“大约 1,550 到 1,850 卡路里，”它总结道，并补充说：“这相当于一次辉煌的用餐就吃掉了一整天的热量。”我无法判断它是否已经学会了讽刺。无论如何，我需要做些运动。我询问我的眼镜最佳的历史步行游览路线。它迅速建议在中央公园进行一次两英里的漫步，沿途有八个地标。我从 72 街车站出来，到达我的第一站——达科塔公寓楼，约翰·列侬于 1980 年在此被枪击。

AI 以渴望讨好用户而著称。但这台不是。我说我想站在事件发生的准确位置。它相当机械地回答道：“出于隐私和安全原因，我不能告诉你准确地点。”在进入公园时，我要求眼镜推荐一个纽约主题的播放列表。它挑选了九首歌，但由于尚未连接到 Spotify，我必须手动添加。

我来到了樱桃山喷泉，这是一个 19 世纪的马饮水槽。“那是《老友记》片头里的那个喷泉吗？”我问。我被告知这是一个常见的错误，真正的那个只是洛杉矶片场的一个道具。

阳光炽热，我感到疲惫。我询问我的眼镜（它可以与我的 iPhone 健康应用配对）我走了多少步。大约 3,780 步——仅消耗 110 卡路里。要烧掉那个贝果还有很长的路要走。随后，我的眼镜建议我去参观现代艺术博物馆 (MoMA)，向南步行约 15 分钟。

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这家极尽奢华的海上酒店只有套房——没有标准舱——而且提供每瓶 £14,400 的葡萄酒！

作者：马克·帕尔默 (MARK PALMER)

邮轮公司最喜欢的事情莫过于推出一艘闪亮的新船。处处都是排场：在船头敲碎一瓶香槟，任命一位教母，推出诱人的首航优惠以吸引好奇者，以及无穷无尽的营销机会，并吹嘘这艘船与以往任何船只都不同。我正乘坐 Explora III 号进行地中海首航，上述这一切我们都有，而且更多——包括一场极尽奢华的命名仪式，以及来自 Sister Sledge 的狂热现场表演（现在仅剩凯西·斯莱奇 Kathy Sledge 带领一支伴唱和舞者团队）。此外，还有一场壮观的无人机灯光秀，鲍勃·辛克莱 (Bob Sinclar) 的 DJ 表演，且所有酒吧一直营业到凌晨 3 点。场面相当热闹，但毕竟这是一艘非同寻常的船：它是 Explora Journeys 组合中的第三艘，也可能是公海上同尺寸船只中最豪华的一艘。船上有 461 间套房（绝对不能称之为客舱），这意味着乘客人数永远不会超过 900 人左右，由 700 名船员照顾。这是一个令人印象深刻的比例。 Journeys 隶属于无处不在的 MSC 集团，后者是全球最大的集装箱航运公司，目前仍由意大利阿庞特 (Aponte) 家族私有。计划到 2028 年拥有六艘 Journeys 船只。

“也许世界上最好的酒店根本就不是酒店，”是 III 号最喜欢的口号，此外还有“也许最好的顶楼酒吧不需要城市”以及“也许最好的套房每天都有新风景”等等。事实上， Journeys 并不太喜欢“邮轮 (cruise)”这个词，而更倾向于使用“海洋旅行 (ocean travel)”——并且他们大力推动人们去接触自己的“海洋心境 (ocean state of mind)”。

后者并不难实现，因为即使是最小的套房也比我经历过的其他入门级客舱（抱歉）要大——我热爱的是整艘船所带来的空间感。事实上，业主套房 (Owner's Residence) ——每位宾客每晚价格为 €6,400 (€5,500) ——横跨船身的一侧到另一侧。在这里完全不需要在黎明时分抢占日光浴床，不过你可能想预订 64 个遮阳亭 (cabanas) 之一。船上有五个泳池、一个板式网球场、一家赌场、一家麦芽威士忌和雪茄吧，以及卡地亚 (Cartier)、劳力士 (Rolex) 和萧邦 (Chopard) 商店，还有面向儿童和青少年的 Nautilus 俱乐部。换句话说，这里活动丰富，但氛围优雅且精致，采用了柔和的色彩、厚实的地毯、低调的标识和昂贵的艺术品。

一天早晨，我在 Clarendon Fine Art 画廊停下，看到一件 Mr Brainwash 创作的、Banksy 风格的作品上有一个红点。有人以 €91,800 (€78,655) 的价格买下了它。我还去了酒窖酒吧。如果你想升级全包套餐（该套餐已经非常出色）中的供应，可以在这里办理。我注意到一瓶帕玛酒庄 (Chateau Palmer)

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豪华之选：Explora III号优雅且精致。没错，马克·帕尔默（Mark Palmer）参加了首航（遗憾的是，两人没有亲属关系），花费为€980（€840），与每瓶售价€16,800（€14,400）的罗曼尼-康帝（Domaine de la Romanée-Conti）勃艮第红酒相比，简直是微不足道。但在日益增长的奢华精品船市场中（丽思卡尔顿、奥贝罗伊、四季、贝尔蒙德以及明年起加入的安缦等酒店集团都在争夺这个市场），Explora III号脱颖而出的是其餐饮。这里没有传统的自助餐，没有主餐厅——更不要想什么船长餐桌。不过，在船上的烹饪学校旁边设有一个主厨餐桌。Anthology是（那个令人厌烦的词汇）“精致餐饮”选项，提供七道菜的品鉴菜单和配酒，但这次美食盛宴每人需额外支付€200。在我看来，更好的选择要么是法式餐厅Fil Rouge，要么是位于四层甲板的

Med Yacht Club，或者可能更棒的是Sakura，一家服务无可挑剔、品质顶尖的日式餐厅。遗憾的是，我没能去成Marble & Co，那是一家专门的肉类餐厅，美国肉食爱好者一定会爱死那里。尽管我初衷良好，但我没靠近健身房，不过一位来自诺福克的乘客告诉我那里“能改变人生”。不过，我确实去了健康中心，那里有水疗池和11间治疗室。我的按摩师来自巴厘岛，她说她喜欢Explora III号的一点是船员的多样性，不仅有菲律宾人（他们占全球邮轮从业人员的30%），还有来自印度、非洲、南美洲以及许多来自意大利的男女员工，这为船上的生活增添了令人愉悦的维度。邮轮的中庭往往设计得极其复杂且奢华——是一种某种形式的宣言。而在Explora III号上，它只是稍微没那么夸张，配有一个由撒哈拉黑大理石打造阶梯的金色弧形楼梯。这艘船是为那些从未体验过邮轮的人，以及那些根本不想体验邮轮的人而设计的。我敢说，无论属于哪一类人，都会被这个最新的视觉震撼之作深深折服。

旅行实录

九月份，乘坐Explora III号从加拿大东部前往纽约大西洋门户（Atlantic Gateway）的七晚航程，每人费用£4,300起（ezplorajourneys.com）。

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在经历了长途飞行后，当我们抵达泰国乡村的一家豪华五星级酒店时，感觉就像来到了天堂：蓝得不可思议的天空，宽敞的房间，以及像湿丝绸一样贴在皮肤上的温暖。在下楼吃早餐时，我们凝视着大海，沉浸在宁静（和绝佳的美食）之中。不幸的是，其他客人们有不同的计划。我的丈夫刚从自助餐区回来，一个洪亮的声音就打破了这份宁静。看来我们恰好在为期三天的盛大婚礼活动的第一天抵达了。草坪上，“趣味游戏”正在进行，一名亢奋得令人不安的主持人大声地喊着令人尴尬的评述：“你们玩得开心吗？”除了对被“宁静”的承诺所欺骗而感到愤怒外，我们无能为力。酒店为什么总认为，在不告知客人的情况下，拿了你的钱却让别人的婚礼主导你的住宿体验是可以接受的？且不论赤裸裸的贪婪——酒店从中获利丰厚——这简直是不公平的，尤其是当你已经旅途奔波数小时之后。我们被困在一个所谓的绿洲中，而现在寻找其他住处已经太晚了。更糟糕的是，管理层发来的一封平淡的信函解释说这里正在举行婚礼，某些区域可能无法使用。信的结尾写着：

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随之而来的是一句轻飘飘的“感谢您的理解”。就好像我们的理解是自动且必须提供的。为什么非得如此？在英国，户外婚礼较少见，但我入住过许多酒店，酒吧里挤满了面色通红、穿着褶皱晨礼服的狂欢者，地下多功能厅里传出迪斯科舞曲的咚咚声。有些酒店依赖于小字条款，注明现场可能会举行活动，因此在预订前检查条款和条件始终是值得的。湖区阿马思韦特大厅酒店及水疗中心（Armathwaite Hall Hotel And Spa）的经理西蒙·斯蒂尔（Simon Steele）表示，他的酒店在举行婚礼时不会主动通知其他客人，理由是场地很大，有足够的空间进行隔离。他解释道，通过我们的独家婚礼套餐，“新人及其宾客在庆祝期间将获得主大厅、鸡尾酒吧、湖景休息室和多功能厅的专属使用权。我们在预订时会告知其他客人关于专属权的事宜。” 这起码还算个交代。令人愤慨的是，许多其他酒店业者并不这么做。而且，他们通常没有法律义务提前告知你关于婚礼或私人活动的安排。那么，如果你的旅程被毁了，你能做什么？立即投诉——礼貌但坚定。要求升级房间、退款或部分补偿。在泰国，酒店免除了我们婚礼期间的所有额外费用——午餐、晚餐、饮料，甚至是一次水疗护理。但我更希望获得的是清静。

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5星级地中海之旅

2027年4月7日，14晚，安妮女王号 (Queen Anne) 南安普顿 > 维戈 > 巴塞罗那 > 阿尔盖罗 > 卡利亚里 > 马拉加 > 直布罗陀 > 南安普顿 (H710) IE 内舱 £1188 EC 海景房 £1506 CB 阳台房 £1699 套房 £3638 包含 套房最高 $600 的船上消费额

5星级春季逃离之旅

2027年5月27日，3晚，安妮女王号 (Queen Anne) 南安普顿 > 泽布吕格（布鲁日） > 南安普顿 (H714) ID 内舱 £386 EC 海景房 £405 阳台房 £434 套房 £599

5星级西班牙与法国之旅

2027年6月13日，7晚，安妮女王号 (Queen Anne) 南安普顿 > 拉科鲁尼亚 > > 盖초（毕尔巴鄂） > 勒阿弗尔 > 南安普顿 (H716P) 内舱 £772 EC 海景房 £830 阳台房 £1062 套房 £1658 包含 套房最高 $400 的船上消费额

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5星级加那利群岛与马德拉之旅

2026年12月4日，12晚，维多利亚女王号 (Queen Victoria) 南安普顿 > 马德拉 > 拉帕尔马 > 特内里费岛 > 兰萨罗特岛 > 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (H625) 内舱 £918 海景房 £2578 BE 阳台房 £2607 套房 £3712 本周条款 6，包含 套房最高 $1000 的船上消费额

5星级加那利群岛庆典之旅

2026年12月28日，14晚，安妮女王号 (Queen Anne) 南安普顿 > 马德拉 > 兰萨罗特岛 > 扶特文图拉岛 > 特内里费岛 > 拉帕尔马 > 里斯本（过夜） > 南安普顿 (H701) IE 内舱 £1593 EB 海景房 £2578 阳台房 £2636 套房 £5009 名额有限，包含 套房最高 $390 的船上消费额

5星级西班牙与法国之旅

2027年2月21日，7晚，伊丽莎白女王号 (Queen Elizabeth) 南安普顿 > 拉科鲁尼亚 > > 盖초（毕尔巴鄂） > 勒阿弗尔 > 南安普顿 (Q706N) 内舱 £608 海景房 £628 BF 阳台房 £801 P1 套房 £1640

2027年3月28日，7晚，伊丽莎白女王号 (Queen Elizabeth) 南安普顿 > 拉科鲁尼亚 > > 桑坦德 > 谢尔堡 > 南安普顿 (Q709N) IE 内舱 £627 海景房 £675 BF 阳台房 £868 P1 套房 £2007

5星级挪威峡湾之旅

2027年6月20日，7晚，安妮女王号 (Queen Anne) 南安普顿 > 奥尔登 > 斯基尔登 > 豪格松 > 南安普顿 (H717) 内舱 £675 EE 海景房 £887 CB 阳台房 £1158 套房 £2301

5星级大加勒比之旅

2028年1月11日，35晚，玛丽女王2号 (RMS Queen Mary 2) 南安普顿 > 特内里费岛 > 圣马丁岛 > 格林纳达 > 圣卢西亚 > 巴巴多斯（过夜） > 多米尼克，罗佐 > 波奈尔 > 库拉索 > 圣基茨 > 托托拉 > 马德拉 > 南安普顿 (H802) IE 内舱 £3305 海景房 £4955 阳台房 £5042 套房 £11.328 包含 套房最高 $1050 的船上消费额

主权闪购！所有 P&O 邮轮最高 10% 折扣！P&O 邮轮 12 晚加那利群岛与马德拉群岛 £856 及 18 晚西班牙、葡萄牙与佛得角 £1046 挪威峡湾 22 Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26 Sep 26 7 晚 / Iona 南安普顿 > 斯塔万格 > 奥尔登 > 豪格松 > 克里斯蒂安桑 > 南安普顿 内舱 £712 海景房 £902 GF 阳台房 £1,216 温室迷你套房 £1,501 票价与行程基于 26 Sept 26 且随日期而异 加那利群岛与马德拉群岛 2026年10月16日 / 14 晚 / Britannia 南安普顿 > 马德拉群岛 > 拉帕尔马 > 特内里费 大加那利岛 > 兰萨罗特岛 > 加的斯 > 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (B625) 内舱 £1,236 JE 阳台房 £1,569 HF 阳台房 £1,616 豪华阳台房 £2,376 空间有限 加勒比探索之旅 2026年11月3日 / 24 晚 / Aurora 南安普顿 > 特内里费 > 巴巴多斯 > 圣文森特 圣卢西亚 > 多米尼克 > 圣马丁 > 庞塔德尔加达 > 南安普顿 (R619) 空间有限 加那利群岛与马德拉群岛 2026年11月17日 / 12 晚 / Ventura 南安普顿 > 马德拉群岛 > 特内里费 大加那利岛 > 兰萨罗特岛 > 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (N631) 内舱免费升级至海景房 £856 阳台房 £1,188 豪华阳台房 £1,383 本周特惠 西班牙、葡萄牙与佛得角 2026年12月3日 / 18 晚 / Ventura 南安普顿 > 马德拉群岛 > 普拉亚 > 圣文森特 兰萨罗特岛 > 大加那利岛 > 加的斯 > 里斯本 南安普顿 (N633N) 内舱 £1,046 海景房 £1,141 阳台房 £1,331 阳台房 £2,119 DD 豪华阳台房 £2,119 本周特惠 包括以下服务数量 圣诞加那利群岛与马德拉群岛 2026年12月19日 / 16 晚 / Iona 南安普顿 > 马德拉群岛 > 特内里费 > 强烈的富埃特文图拉 拉科鲁尼亚 > 南安普顿 (G640) 内舱 £1,535 免费升级 LC 海景房至阳台房 阳台房 £2,075 温室迷你套房 £3,380 空间有限 西班牙、葡萄牙与加那利群岛 2027年1月25日 / 14 晚 / Ventura 南安普顿 > 马德拉群岛（过夜） > 拉帕尔马 大加那利岛 > 兰萨罗特岛阿雷西费 > 加的斯 > 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (N701Q) 内舱 £1,535 免费升级 LC 海景房至阳台房 阳台房 £2,075 空间有限 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (N701Q) 内舱 £1,535 免费升级 LC 海景房至阳台房 阳台房 £2,075 空间有限 里斯本 > 南安普顿 (N701Q) --- 第 64 页 # OCEANIA

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您的 87 晚成人专属盛大航程 2028 年 1 月 5 日出发 3 个过夜港口 17 个国家 28 个停靠港 3 天巡航南极洲与亚马逊河 从南安普顿启航，开启一场将世界上一些最卓越目的地结合在一起的难忘盛大航程。享受弗雷德·奥尔森邮轮公司（Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines）九年来首次重返亚马逊，深入雨林巡航至马瑙斯，随后前往令人叹为观止的南极半岛，那里有冰川、企鹅和鲸鱼在等待。沿途，探索加勒比海和哥斯达黎加，体验布宜诺斯艾利斯的激情，领略里约热内卢的标志性地标，并发现如卡塔赫纳和萨尔瓦多等被联合国教科文组织列入名录的多彩城市。这次航程横跨四大洲，将惊人的野生动物、绝美的风景和丰富的文化体验融为一体，是一次真正的一生一次的冒险。这次旅程不仅在令人叹为观止的目的地提供一生一次的时刻，当您通过弗雷德·奥尔森邮轮公司的顶级合作伙伴 ROL Cruise 预订时，您还将受益于一系列专属的发布优惠，提供不可错过的性价比。需求量极高，请勿犹豫！

仅在 ROL CRUISE 预订时包含的内容 专属免费英国私人门到门服务 预订露台舱房（Terrace cabin）或以上级别时，单程最高 150 英里（额外里程约每英里 £4） 赚取专属邮轮里程 最高可抵扣下次预订 £663 在 Borealis 号上享受成人专属无飞行巡航，包括*：

• 最低价格保证 —— 如果弗雷德·奥尔森公司降低了价格至低于您支付的价格，您的舱房将自动升级或获得船上消费金
• 退款满意保证 —— 弗雷德·奥尔森公司非常自信您会喜欢与他们一起巡航，如果您在登船后 48 小时内觉得不适合您，他们将出资在下一个可用港口将您飞回国内，且您的巡航票价将全额退还
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• 包含小费
• OCEANS 会员可节省 5%*

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PRINCESS 32 晚飞行、住宿及邮轮假期

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第 1 天：从英国飞往苏黎世并乘火车前往瑞士库尔 可选择区域出发机场* 今天，您将从英国飞往苏黎世，并乘坐高效的瑞士铁路系统前往库尔。办理酒店入住，入住 2 晚。

第 2 天：瑞士库尔 包含陪同游：伯尔尼纳红火车

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4：瑞士维斯普 包含陪同游：乘火车前往泽鲁蒂（Zerouiti）与马特洪峰

5：意大利罗马 包含陪同游：乘火车前往罗马

6：在意大利罗马（奇维塔韦基亚）登上太阳公主号 (Sun Princess)

7：意大利那不勒斯

9：希腊哈尼亚

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*圣彼得点（St. Peter's Point）与乡村广场（Country Square）的阳台房价格包含 $ 2.50 / 2027. 其他所有城市的回收费用可能有所不同。

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第 1 天：英国伦敦，乘坐欧洲之星前往法国巴黎。开启您的陪同邮轮与铁路冒险之旅，在伦敦圣潘克拉斯国际车站与您的行程经理会合，搭乘欧洲之星列车前往巴黎。 第 2 天：法国巴黎，乘坐高铁前往西班牙巴塞罗那 3：西班牙巴塞罗那 包含陪同游：巴塞罗那城市观光 4：在西班牙巴塞罗那登上太阳公主号 (Sun Princess) 5：西班牙伊比萨 7：法国马赛 8：科西嘉岛阿雅克肖 9：意大利圣玛格丽塔利古雷 10：意大利佛罗伦萨 / 比萨（拉斯佩齐亚） 11：在意大利罗马（奇维塔韦基亚）下船 包含陪同游：罗马城市观光 12：意大利罗马，乘火车前往瑞士巴塞尔 13：瑞士巴塞尔 14：从瑞士巴塞尔经法国巴黎乘火车返回英国伦敦

2027年9月23日 内舱房 £2999.00 起 海景房 £3099.00 起 阳台房 £3299.00 起 单人房 £4499.00 起 阳台房价格中包含在 St. Peter's Point & Country Square 的费用为每 2027. $ 2.50。其他城市的回收费用可能有所不同。

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6★ 南非野生动物猎游

包含开普敦、葡萄酒产区和桌山 不限次数由收费公路提供 包含小费 定制邮轮与住宿

2 晚野生动物猎游小屋体验

6- 陪同游 西南南非 / AFRA 及当地 KINNEY

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陪同游 1: 从英国飞往南非开普敦（过夜航班） 提供区域出发机场

您的南非冒险之旅从从英国飞往开普敦的过夜航班开始。

2: 抵达南非开普敦 抵达开普敦后，您将被接送到 5★ 酒店入住 3 晚。

3: 南非开普敦 包含陪同游：开普敦全日游 乘坐缆车登上桌山，欣赏惊心动魄的景色，随后前往 Hout Bay 和风景优美的查普曼峰大道（Chapman's Peak Drive）。在西蒙镇（Simon's Town）的 Bertha's 餐厅享用午餐后，参观鲍德石滩（Boulders Beach）著名的企鹅 colony。 包含早餐和午餐

4: 南非开普敦 包含陪同游：葡萄酒产区全日游 通过步行游览探索弗朗舒克（Franschhoek）的历史街道，随后在当地著名的庄园品酒。之后前往斯泰伦博斯（Stellenbosch）进行深入的酒窖参观，并再次品鉴南非最顶级的年份佳酿。 包含早餐

5: 南非开普敦至花园大道野生动物旅馆 包含陪同游：下午野生动物巡游 乘坐 Cruise.co.uk 专用巴士前往花园大道野生动物旅馆（Garden Route Game Lodge）入住您的豪华木屋。在享用欢迎饮料和自助午餐后，随专业导游参加您第一次令人兴奋的下午野生动物巡游。 包含早餐、午餐和晚餐

6: 南非花园大道野生动物旅馆 包含陪同游：上午和下午野生动物巡游 通过两次导览野生动物巡游体验荒野的快感。在自然栖息地寻找南非令人惊叹的野生动物，并在两次冒险之间回到旅馆享用轻松的自助午餐。 包含早餐、午餐和晚餐

7: 南非花园大道野生动物旅馆至开普敦 包含陪同游：上午野生动物巡游 今天上午，以一次激动人心的野生动物巡游开始，让自己沉浸在南非绝美的野生动物和自然景观中。冒险结束后，您将被接送到开普敦过夜。 包含早餐

8: 在南非开普敦登上“七海水手号”（Seven Seas Mariner） 今天上午早餐后，您将被接送到开普敦港口，登上“七海水手号”，开启前往里斯本的 21 晚邮轮之旅。

10: 纳米比亚，沃尔维斯湾 11: 安哥拉，罗安达 12: 普林西比，圣安东尼奥 13: 科特迪瓦，阿比让 15: 冈比亚，班珠尔 17: 佛得角，波多格兰德 20: 西班牙，特内里费 27: 葡萄牙，马德拉 29: 在葡萄牙里斯本下船并飞回英国 提供区域到达机场

在里斯本下船后，您将被从邮轮港口接送到机场，搭乘航班返回英国。

通过这次豪华邮轮与住宿之旅，以优雅的方式探索南非。首先是 6 晚的陪同游，包括开普敦观光、葡萄酒产区之旅以及入住 5★ 开普敦酒店。接着是两晚的野生动物旅馆体验（包括野生动物巡游），随后搭乘超豪华的“七海水手号”邮轮，从开普敦航行至里斯本。

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包含内容...

• 由当地导游陪同的南非西部6晚随团游
• 行程全程由 Cruise.co.uk 专属大巴接送
• 2晚野生动物保护区旅馆体验
• 包含桌山（Table Mountain）在内的开普敦市区导览
• 在开普敦入住4晚5★酒店
• 行程中的当地专家导游
• 在 Seven Seas Mariner 号上享受21晚豪华邮轮之旅
• 船上无限量饮品、名酒、精酿鸡尾酒、特种咖啡等
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• 往返机票及海外接送
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作者：Freda Lewis-Stempel，资深汽车记者

如果你梦想拥有一辆奥迪 Q5 这样的家庭 SUV，但又没有 £60,000 的预算，那么中国品牌为你提供了一个替代方案。奇瑞（奇瑞（Chery））——这家推出了走红网络的“Temu 版路虎”Jaecoo 7，这款车在英国被命名为 Jaecoo 7，中国汽车制造商——在不到两年的时间里，已在英国推出了其第四个（没错，第四个）SUV 品牌。该公司表示，Lepas 将与奇瑞、Jaecoo 和 Omoda 区分开来，定位为“现代优雅品牌”，以欧洲成熟竞争对手的一小部分成本提供令人向往的 。

其首款英国车型是 Lepas L8，一款插电式混合动力 ，据称综合续航里程为 745 英里，纯电续航里程为 56 英里。它遵循了大多数中国新晋品牌正在采用的成功公式：以低于主流市场的价格，提供最高效率和丰厚的配置水平。因此，它将与标致 5008 和起亚 Sportage 等成熟的插电式 竞争，这两款车都为买家提供了传统燃油车与纯电动汽车之间的折中选择。

可以说，Lepas 比这两款车都更好看。凭借其灵感来自豹子的设计、钻石图案格栅和流畅的车身造型，L8 赏心悦目，且不过分张扬。内饰才是这款车真正令人印象深刻的地方，# 以家庭友好价格打造的豪华中国 ，尤其是考虑到其价格标签：入门级 Essence 配置为 £34,900，顶配 Elevate 为 £37,900。

仿皮座椅为标准配置，高配车型还配备了加热、通风和按摩功能。仿皮饰面延伸至车门、仪表盘和中控台，并辅以镀铬细节和仿木饰面。后排座椅几乎可以完全放平，让乘客在长途旅行中能够伸展身体，而 507 升的后备箱空间和充足的储物格增加了其家庭友好型吸引力。头部和腿部空间非常出色，全景玻璃天窗进一步增强了空间感。父母们还会欣赏安装在前排乘客座椅背后的折叠桌，为放置旅行必需品以安抚孩子提供了一个方便的平面。

但虽然座舱令人印象深刻，L8 带来的驾驶体验则不那么令人信服。尽管经过了“针对英国道路的调校”，L8 在一些关键领域仍显得不足，尤其是转向系统。在运动模式下，转向感觉如此轻盈且缺乏连接感，让你觉得像是在果冻中转向。不过，乘坐舒适性良好，且较高的驾驶位置结合纯电模式的平顺性，使其非常适合城市驾驶。在需要时，它也有足够的动力，拥有 275bhp 的最大功率，0-62mph 加速时间为 7.9 秒。

奇瑞登顶？Freda 试驾新款 Lepas L8

从参数上看，L8 提供了与 Jaecoo 7 相同的插电混动续航里程，且现有的 Jaecoo 车主报告称，与传统品牌的竞争对手相比，该车在燃油经济性方面有显著提升。

结论

与已经受欢迎的 Jaecoo 7 一样，Lepas L8 具备了现代家庭 买家想要的许多特质：令人印象深刻的效率、宽敞的空间、强大的实用性，以及一个感觉比其价格要豪华得多的座舱。但它并不是一辆具有任何突出能力的汽车。转向缺乏顶级家庭 所应有的精准度和反馈，驾驶体验中也没有什么能使其脱颖而出的地方。但凭借低于 £40,000 的落地价格，以及极具吸引力的租赁

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以及金融方案和长长的家庭友好功能清单，L8 无疑将具有吸引力——特别是对于那些不太在意品牌崇拜，而更在意用同样的钱买到更多配置的买家。鉴于 Jaecoo 7 的成功，如果轻视 Lepas L8 成为另一个销量热门的机会将是不明智的。但在已经拥挤的家庭用车市场中脱颖而出，可能会成为它的致命弱点。

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营造心情

新研究表明，花朵的颜色会影响情绪。在皇家园艺学会（RHS）的威斯利花园，11,369人根据颜色对自己的情绪进行了评分。紫色（如“蓝色尖塔”鼠尾草和“罗赞”天竺葵）bred cales。红色（如“路西法”剑花和“兰代夫主教”大丽花）让他们感到被爱。绿色和蓝色的地中海大戟则能带来启发，而“月光”蓍草和“金风暴”鲁德贝基亚中的橙色和黄色则令人振奋。

本周植物

凤梨百合（Eucomis comosa）非常喜欢炎热的天气，它长出类似三叉戟的白色花穗，边缘带有戏剧性的洋红色，顶部覆盖着像凤梨一样的绿紫色叶簇。最好种在容器中，这样在寒冷月份可以将其移至室内。

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人们曾对工党在财政大臣希利（Healey）领导下的第二次回归寄予厚望。约翰·希利（John Healey）看起来像个成熟的人，在布莱尔-布朗时代曾担任国防部及财政部部长，拥有丰富的经验。因此，在计划于10月28日公布的预算案准备初期，发现他正寻求通过进一步拉伸已经不堪重负的政府资产负债表来满足安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的目标，这无疑是一个打击。

伯纳姆那些旨在提升民众幸福感的举措，例如£2公交车票和降低能源账单增值税，几乎肯定可以通过现有的财政空间来资助。更令人担忧的是巨额资金的来源。作为希利此前担任国防大臣时留下的遗产，国防投资计划在未来四年内缺口达150亿英镑。伯纳姆在经历了数十次失败尝试后誓言要解决社会护理问题，这涉及一笔巨款——高达185亿英镑。而增加社会住房和基础设施的增长议程所需的价格则尚不明确。

一个面临数年贫困、国家债务高达3万亿英镑（接近总产出的100%）且政府债券收益率在G7国家中最高的政府，竟然在考虑进一步借贷，这令人极其失望。瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）将公共部门净金融负债（PSNFL）作为投资的指路明灯，这造成了预算责任办公室（OBR）所称的“财政幻象”。例如，将学生贷款组合定义为国家资产简直是疯了。

有消息称，财政部已被要求寻找新的借贷方式。其中一个想法是更多地利用“PuPins”（公共金融机构），如国家财富基金和国家住房银行。我想告诉希利：这不过是换了名字的借贷，且会增加公共债务。伯纳姆的团队很快会被债券市场识破。

令人无法理解的是，为什么有人认为将更多资源投入社会住房和基础设施能够实现自给自足。里夫斯在2023年的支出审查中，向一项为期十年的经济适用房计划投入了£390n，并向设有民选市长的地区交通资金投入了156亿英镑。产能限制、迟缓的规划系统以及HS2留下的巨大支出真空，意味着更多的支出是徒劳的。

在当前水平下，英国的税收负担已处于收益递减点。唯一可持续的答案是像丹尼斯·希利（Denis Healey）在1976年不得不采取的那种激进的削减支出，而不是进一步借贷。

创意紧张

竞争与市场管理局（CMA）为何觉得有必要在加利福尼亚州和美国各州的诉讼之前，抢先认可派拉蒙-天空之舞（Paramount Skydance）对华纳探索（Warner Discovery）价值$110bn的交易，这令人费解。与BBC《今日》（Today）节目中的热情相反，“整合”将不利于英国的创意就业和创新。关于第五频道（Channel 5）未来的承诺是有时间限制的，且很容易被拆穿。自从亚马逊前员工道格拉斯·格尔（Douglas Gurr）掌舵以来，CMA已经失去了威慑力。英国优秀的创意产业正处于危险的暴露之中。

Aldi和Lidl面临禁止阻碍竞争对手的禁令

折扣店必须遵守与其他超市相同的规则，监管机构表示

竞争监管机构已采取行动，禁止Aldi和Lidl阻碍竞争对手在附近开设门店，此举旨在为购物者提供更多选择。竞争与市场管理局（CMA）表示，其倾向于让这两家德国折扣店遵守适用于英国最大规模杂货商的规则。

自2016年以来，在进行土地交易时，Asda、Morrisons、Sainsbury's和Tesco等超市已被禁止阻止竞争对手在附近开店。引入该规则是为了防止大型超市购买土地后不进行开发，或将其租赁给其他杂货商，以保护其市场地位。

Aldi和Lidl共同占据约20%的市场份额，此前未被视为“大型杂货零售商”，且被认为提供的产品范围较为有限。

作者：Emily Hawkins 和 Jane Denton

Iceland作为冷冻食品零售商被豁免。但这两家公司都迅速扩张，并利用这一漏洞来阻碍竞争对手，从而在竞争激烈的行业中获得优势。

“为所有杂货商提供公平竞争环境”

自2022年起，Aldi一直是英国第四大杂货商，而Lidl在今年曾短暂超过Morrisons成为第五大杂货商。但昨天，CMA表示，由于其规模、地理覆盖范围、商品种类和采购模式，Aldi和Lidl“现在应当被纳入”禁止阻碍竞争对手的禁令范围。

监管机构表示，将在下个月做出最终决定前征求反馈意见。

CMA竞争执法与市场执行执行董事Juliette Enser表示：“这关系到允许购物者选择在何处消费，并为所有主要超市提供公平的竞争环境。今天的提案是初步的，我们欢迎在决定最佳前进方向之前提出意见。”

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在全国开设数百家新店。”

Lidl在英国拥有超过1,000家门店，并计划在截至4月的年度内开设50家，该公司表示：“作为一家折扣店，我们一直欢迎并拥抱市场内的竞争，我们的重点仍然是继续开设门店……任何结果都不会影响我们坚定的势头和增长。”

由于对生活成本的担忧，在主要杂货商争相吸引更多购物者的过程中，一场价格战由此而起。

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投资

额外

作者：Anne

Ashworth

Reit（发音为 Reet）是今年夏天最热门的投资项目之一，也是目前在英国搜寻廉价收购目标的美国集团们渴望的对象。如果你还不熟悉 Reit（即房地产投资信托基金），现在是时候去了解一下了。为什么？因为更多这类信托基金——它们拥有物流仓库、办公室、全科医生诊所、商店和仓库等形式的商业地产——可能会被廉价收购。本周，总部位于旧金山的工业地产巨头 Prologis 赢得了对 Segro 的控制权之战，Segro 是英国最大的上市地产公司。Prologis 将支付 143亿英镑 收购这家成立于 1920. 年的企业。在名为 Slough Estates 的前身时期，这里曾是喜剧剧集《办公室》（The Office）的拍摄地。此次报价较 Segro 在 6 月 23, （即 Prologis 出现作为追求者的前一天）的收盘价溢价 42%。有些人认为美国竞购者支付的价格仍然太低。另一些人则表示，Prologis 的孜孜追求凸显了 对此类投资者的吸引力。美国私募股权公司 Blackstone 去年收购了 Warehouse ，并且可能对更多此类举措感兴趣。Gravis 英国上市地产基金的经理 Matthew Norris 将 Segro 描述为一家“极好的企业”，其价值被英国养老基金和其他机构投资者所忽视。他说：“股市对 的定价就像它们已经破产了一样。但事实并非如此。这些公司拥有高质量的、能产生收入的资产，然而许多公司的交易价格仍远低于其价值。如果英国投资者不尽快意识到这一点，有证据表明，像 Blackstone 和 Prologis 这样的海外买家将继续替他们意识到。”倾向于利用这些条件的散户投资者应立即行动，以分得一杯羹，或许还能帮助遏制海外收购导致我国股市萎缩而损害经济的局面。 的股价可能会上涨，而且与此同时，股息也非常丰厚。如果你想探索这个被忽视的领域，这里是我们的指南……

. 由于经济和政治的不确定性、对利率上升的担忧，以及对部分商业街零售单位和“次级”（破旧）办公空间的前景感到悲观，大多数 的股价较其净资产价值（NAV）折价 20% 或更多。情况一直受到抑制

从《办公室》的背景到伦敦的高科技中心，散户投资者可以如何从中获利……

投资：AEW 的经理 Laura Elkin 表示，伦敦市中心 Broadgate 周边地区自 2022, 以来受益于 45亿英镑 British Land 的资金支持。但她认为趋势可能会发生转变。这种认知可能会开始缩小折价幅度。然而，与此同时，Derwent 的折价约为 40%。这归功于其部分办公室缺乏吸引力，尽管这家价值 23.4亿英镑 的 还拥有被那些在伦敦设立总部的硅谷 AI 参与者所追捧的豪华办公场所。鉴于对高端办公场所的这种渴求，今年夏天开始推崇 行业的美国银行高盛（Goldman Sachs）将 Derwent 的股票评级为“买入”，目标价设定为 2370p，而周四的价格为 2054p。即使是价值 46亿英镑 的 Tritax Big Box 也有 14% 的折价，尽管它

今年股价

SEGRO ▲ 35% NEW RIVER ▲ 18% Landsec ▲ 15% British Land ▲ 12% ▲ TRITAX BIG BOX ▲ 10% ▲ LONDON METRIC ▲ 3% AEW ▼ 2% WORKS SPACE ▼ 8%

去年 9 月，当 Tritax Big Box 的股价为 142p 时，相关开发项目启动。我当时进行了投资，并相信未来还会有更多收益，因为高盛等机构继续将其评级为“买入”。周四，Tritax Big Box 宣布将筹集 3.5 亿英镑 用于进一步的数据中心投资，这使得 Shore Capital 的股票研究分析师 Andrew Saunders 重申其观点，认为 Tritax 是“最吸引人的 REITs 之一”。这并不令人惊讶，因为数据中心提供了 AI 所需的巨大计算能力，而英国的人均数据中心容量仅为美国的三分之一。

REITs 与零售疗法

人们重新产生逛街的欲望，这对一些较小的 REITs 来说是个好消息，例如价值 1.62 亿英镑 的 AEW 和 3.54 亿英镑 的 NewRiver，这两者都应能为投资组合带来助力。Elkin 投资于高街中那些“面向未来”的部分，即那些经过翻新、可以购物并喝咖啡的区域，以追求收益和增长。同样的便利设施与社交组合也出现在“零售仓库”站点，即城镇边缘的零售园区，在那里你可以找到销售服装和食品的 Marks & Spencer、DIY 商店、咖啡馆，甚至可能还有牙医。Saunders 举例提到 NewRiver 在谢菲尔德的 The Moor 零售园区，其租户包括汇丰银行（HSBC）、Five Guys、Next、Sainsbury's 和 Primark。这种模式如此诱人，以至于房产中介 Knight Frank 和 Savills 均报告零售园区的空置率极低。在价值 53亿英镑 的 REIT Land Securities 的投资组合中，其零售园区也是如此，该公司还拥有 Bluewater 和 Liverpool One 购物中心。Land Securities 的收益率为 5.8%，是高盛的另一个“买入”推荐。这家美国银行对 British Land 同样充满热情，后者的收益率为 5.5%。我在这家价值 45亿英镑 的 REIT 中持有少量股份，因为其办公楼质量卓越，例如位于市中心的翻新 Broadgate 和国王十字车站附近“知识区”的 Regent's Place。该综合体足够高端，足以吸引 AI 公司 Anthropic，该公司与其同行一样，对办公场所的舒适度（如空调、休息区、咖啡馆和厨房）非常挑剔。LondonMetric 是一家价值 46亿英镑、收益率为 6.6% 的 REIT，专注于通过其“最后一公里”仓库为在线购物者提供便利，确保包裹的快速交付。不同寻常的是，高盛对 LondonMetric 持中立态度。但其他分析师则看好这家 REIT 像美国公司那样对成本的冷酷关注，并将该股在 198p 时评级为“买入”。

接下来的走向

传闻中会有更多收购出价。如果你想参与到这一活动中，可以关注 Gravis UK Listed Property 和 TR Property，它们持有潜在目标公司和收购方的股份。在研究过程中，你会发现这些折价已经引起了由 Boaz Weinstein 领导的纽约对冲基金 Saba 的关注。。这一直是他在其他信托基金中的惯用套路。Saba 的干预令人沮丧。但或许如果普通投资者意识到他们错过了什么并重新评估 REITs 的价值，Saba 可能会发现其干预方式的成本高得令人望而却步。

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随着又一家伦敦上市公司成为目标...

Genel 拒绝挪威公司 2.02 亿英镑 的收购尝试

石油公司 Genel Energy 成为最新一家被收购的伦敦上市公司，此前一家挪威竞争对手发起了未经请求的收购尝试。总部位于奥斯陆并在北海、中东和西非设有业务的 DNO ASA 表示，上个月其接触了 品牌，并提出了 2.02 亿英镑 的现金报价。该报价相当于每股 69 便士，较 DNO 发起接触前一天（7 月 27, 日） 的收盘价溢价 35%。

但富时 500 公司 表示，其董事会已“一致拒绝”该报价，称该提议“根本低估了”其业务价值。根据伦敦的收购规则，

作者：Calum Muirhead

DNO 现在在 9 月 4 日星期五下午 5 点之前，必须对该公司提出正式报价，否则将放弃。在收购消息传出后， 股价昨日飙升 25.6%，即 12.78 便士，至 45.7 便士。

DNO 的此次行动是近几个月震惊伦敦市场的

“低估了业务价值”

一波收购和交易热潮中的最新一次。本周的报价还包括两家私募股权集团对工业涂层公司 Bodycote 的接触，对房地产开发商 Harworth 的报价，以及在经历长期竞价战后，美国巨头 Apollo 在周四达成的一项 57亿英镑 的 easyJet 收购协议。

交易活动并未仅限于小型企业，富时 100 仓库集团 Segro 在周二屈服于美国竞争对手 Prologis 140亿英镑 的报价。但这一交易热潮在金融城敲响了警钟，因为人们担心英国正将其一些最优秀的公司输给海外掠夺者，这可能会掏空伦敦股票市场。

根据 AJ Bell 的分析，今年迄今已宣布的交易价值约为 725亿英镑，远超 2025 全年的 291亿英镑，且是过去五年年均 360亿英镑 总额的两倍多。

零部件制造商在抛售谈判中

一家为英国核潜艇提供零部件的制造商正在洽谈出售其核心国防业务。作为英国和美国海军的关键供应商，Goodwin 表示，它正在考虑包括出售其机械工程部门“大部分”在内的方案，该部门此前因全球冲突促使各国政府重新武装而获得增长。

该公司表示谈判正在“进行中”，但不能保证一定会出售。该公司为海军潜艇以及携带三叉戟核导弹的 Broadmoights 提供组件。股价上涨 9.8%。

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赛马 每日邮报 体育 99

丹再次成为焦点

劳伦斯如何调整其“古怪”的打法，努力重返英格兰测试赛阵容

丹·劳伦斯（Dan Lawrence）被召回参加对阵巴基斯坦的前两场测试赛，这不仅标志着时代的变迁，更标志着一名球员的蜕变。距离劳伦斯上一次在最高水平赛场上的尝试以一种伪装成轰鸣的低沉结局告终已近两年——当时他鲁莽地冲向斯里兰卡快球手拉希鲁·库马拉（Lahiru Kumara），结果球击中球拍边缘飞向接球手。在那场比赛中，英格兰失去了 20 年来首次在主场夏季赢得每场测试赛的机会。由于被要求顶替受伤的扎克·克劳利（Zak Crawley）担任开局击球手，劳伦斯在那次系列赛中以 20, 的平均分仅获得 120 分，给人一种他过于努力地想融入“巴兹球”（Bazzball）风格的感觉。布伦登·麦卡勒姆（Brendon McCullum）再也没有召集他。

他对这次失望的反应令人信服：2025, 年在冠军赛中以 34 的平均分获得 922 分，随后在 2026. 至今以 65 的平均分获得 788 分。在第一组中，只有诺丁汉郡的乔·克拉克（Joe Clarke）得分比他高，而没有人能匹敌劳伦斯的百次得分次数（5 次）或六分球总数（16 个）。他的击球率高达 80. 在 6 月对阵汉普郡的比赛中，他在 190 个球中击得 218 分（在他在场时总共 365 个球），随后在 64 个球中击得 101 分（总共 149 个球）。

正如英格兰新任国家选拔员马库斯·诺斯（Marcus North）所言：“我们觉得他比上次为英格兰效力时成为了更好的球员。”

作者：劳伦斯·布斯（LAWRENCE BOOTH） 板球特派记者

诺斯是对的，但情况比这更深层。劳伦斯将在 8 月 19, 日于海丁利（Headingley）开始的巴基斯坦系列赛中担任 6 号击球手，他现在比职业生涯中的任何时候都更自在。自 2021, 年初在斯里兰卡完成充满希望的首秀以来，他已获得 14 次测试赛出场机会，并拥有 24 次一级比赛百次得分。

“他是一名顶尖球员，毋庸置疑，”萨里郡板球总监亚历克·斯图尔特（Alec Stewart）说。“但关于他上次为英格兰担任开局击球手时的打法，我强烈认为那不是丹·劳伦斯。”

“那是当时人们认为一名英格兰球员应该如何打球的刻板印象。那是穿着一件背后印着他名字的衣服的人，但那不是他在击球。”

“每个人都必须承担责任，但我认为他离开那里后对自己说：‘那不是我。我没有展现出真实的自我’。这肯定对他产生了影响。”

如果说有什么改变，那么现年 29, 岁的劳伦斯不得不研究如何最好地利用他的多种天赋。这些天赋是在钦福德板球俱乐部（Chingford CC）的室内练习网中磨练出来的，在那里他会不断缠着他的父亲、球场管理员马克（Mark）一次又一次地投球。英格兰队认为，在花了几年时间调整技术之后，他现在才恢复到了自然打法。

正如一名内部人士所描述的：“古怪，但非常出色。”

斯图尔特表示赞同：“他恢复到了更——我讨厌用这个词——正确的状态。他仍然能打出让你惊叹‘哇’的球，但他的身体站稳了，头抬起来了，并且相应地移动。”

“他以前是以腿侧为主，但他的打法已经进化。有时他会稍微打开站姿，或者移向离球端桩，或者留在腿侧。他尝试过很多方法，但现在找到了能产生稳定结果的方法。”

“他了解自己的打法。”

劳伦斯并不一定能保证参加整个系列赛。如果英格兰认为埃德巴斯顿（Edgbaston）第三场测试赛的球场会产生旋转，全能球员萨姆·库兰（Sam Curran）可能会取代他的位置，以便为离旋球手肖艾布·巴希尔（Shoaib Bashir）腾出空间。但劳伦斯在 6 号位置上能让选拔员感到头疼，斯图尔特认为在这个位置上他最能找到自然的节奏。

即便撇开他作为开局击球手的失败尝试，劳伦斯从未有机会在测试赛级别站稳脚跟，在短短 27 场比赛中，他尝试了从 2 号到 7 号的所有击球位置。一份在平均分低于 27 分的情况下仅获得 671 分的测试赛履历并不能反映出

他的天赋。不过，在这一过程中也曾有过高光时刻：在加勒对阵斯里兰卡的首秀中拿到 73 分；在布里奇敦对阵西印度群岛时砍下强有力的 91 分；在埃奇巴斯顿对阵新西兰时以 81 分不败收场。选拔委员会认为，正是这些时刻，而非两个夏天前的鲁莽，才代表了真实的丹·劳伦斯。“他赢得了这次入选机会，”斯图尔特说道。“不想去攻击其他人，但最近确实有一些出人意料的选人，而这次是实至名归的。他们看到了他在艰苦条件下面对一些强大进攻时的击球方式。”“我一直对他这么说：‘就按照丹·劳伦斯的方式去打球。这就是你被选中的原因。只要复制那个状态就好。不要觉得你必须用另一种方式打球’。”在对阵斯里兰卡时未能找准状态之后，这对他来说应该是最好的鼓励。

弗林托夫辞任狮队主帅以避免与雷霆队冲突

备受追捧：安德鲁·弗林托夫

安德鲁·弗林托夫（ANDREW FLINTOFF）已辞去英格兰狮队（England Lions）主教练一职，以便专注于他在澳大利亚T20大联盟（Big Bash League）悉尼雷霆队（Sydney Thunder）特许经营权中的新角色。弗林托夫还计划在电视事业和陪伴家人上投入更多时间。他此前并不在接替布伦登·麦卡勒姆（Brendon McCullum）担任英格兰国家队测试赛主教练的候选名单中，且面临着在雷霆队和狮队工作之间潜在的冲突。

“我迫不及待地想在今年晚些时候开始在雷霆队的工作，看看教练生涯会带我走向何方，”在狮队任职近两年的弗林托夫表示。

作者：劳伦斯·布斯（LAWRENCE BOOTH）

前英格兰及萨塞克斯全能球员迈克·亚德利（Mike Yardley）将接手执教下周在贝肯汉姆（Beckenham）举行的四日赛，对阵客队巴基斯坦队与职业郡俱乐部精选11人队（Professional County Club Select XI）。

与此同时，英格兰开局击球手埃米利奥·盖伊（Emilio Gay）在为达勒姆队（Durham）参加的一场一日赛中因肩部问题受伤退赛，这加剧了测试赛球队的伤病担忧。昨天在切斯特勒街（Chester-le-Street），盖伊在将米德尔塞克斯快球手托比·罗兰-琼斯（Toby Roland-Jones）的球击出边界后，捂着右肩走下球场。他现在可能无法参加8月 19. 在海丁利（Headingley）开始的对阵巴基斯坦的首场测试赛。

英格兰和威尔士板球委员会（ECB）表示，他们将在周末评估伤势程度。但盖伊的潜在缺席——他仅在6月对阵新西兰的比赛中完成了测试赛首秀——将在雅各布·贝塞尔（Jacob Bethell）因膝伤被排除在对阵巴基斯坦的三场系列赛之外后，给英格兰的顶端击球顺序带来进一步的混乱。

乔丹·考克斯（Jordan Cox）将接替贝塞尔在 No 3, 出战，但如果盖伊也被排除在外，谁来担任开局击球手则尚不明确。在首两场测试赛的16人名单中，备用击球手奥利·波普（Ollie Pope）从未在3号位以上出战；而英格兰不可能在丹·劳伦斯（Dan Lawrence）回归球队后要求他担任开局击球手，因为他在两年前对阵斯里兰卡的比赛中担任该角色时表现挣扎。

在测试赛大名单之外，英格兰关注的其他开局击球手包括达勒姆队的本·麦金尼（Ben McKinney）和格拉摩根队的亚萨·特赖布（Asa Tribe）。

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橄榄球联盟 / 每日邮报体育 101 # 波洛克的薪水让我感到有点恶心...

赫恩向圣徒队施压

亨利·波洛克（HENRY POLLOCK）的经纪人埃迪·赫恩（Eddie Hearn）再次强调，这位英格兰新秀希望留在北安普顿队，并目标参加2028年奥运会。这位21岁的球员已成为该国讨论度最高的橄榄球超级巨星，并于3月与拳击大亨赫恩的Matchroom人才经纪公司签约。赫恩认为，基于波洛克在场内外的价值，北安普顿队每年应向这位后排球员支付£100 万。他的合同价值在£150,000左右，将于明年夏天到期。波洛克在北安普顿或任何其他英超橄榄球俱乐部获得七位数年薪的可能性较低。为了赚到这么多钱，他可能不得不前往法国或日本，但根据英格兰橄榄球联合会（RFU）的规定，这将导致波洛克无法为英格兰队出战。赫恩告诉Track Radio，波洛克希望留在北安普顿，因此折中的加薪方案可能是可能的解决方案。“我无法强调他留在北安普顿的重要性，以及他渴望赢得冠军、渴望成为奥运会的一部分以及渴望随英格兰队赢得世界杯的重要性，”赫恩说。“他追求的是传奇地位。”“他对目前的薪水满意吗？答案是绝对不满意。他想留下，但我不能让他拿着那种薪水留在那里。这让我感到有点不安。”除了俱乐部合同外，波洛克还凭借其作为英格兰队关键球员的身份，从RFU获得相同数额的报酬。作者：亚历克斯·拜沃特（ALEX BYWATER）。在洛杉矶奥运会上出战七人制橄榄球，对于一个从无名之辈成长为英国狮队成员的球员来说是一个长期目标。然而，由于多种原因，成为一名奥运选手对波洛克来说可能很困难。转向橄榄球的短赛制将要求他暂时离开15人制比赛，而在赫恩要求增加薪水的背景下，这不会让圣徒队感到满意。此外，由于世界排名大幅下滑，大不列颠队能否获得美国盛会的参赛资格也无法保证。“他特别要求我让他留在北安普顿，并尽我所能让他留在俱乐部。我认为他是英格兰橄榄球界最大的明星，”赫恩说。“如果他不关心赢得冠军，他早就离开了。我会去帮他在其他地方拿到一份巨额合同。但他不想[离开]。他热爱这家俱乐部。”在参加完史蒂夫·博斯威克（Steve Borthwick）率领的英格兰队夏季国家冠军赛（该队在击败斐济和阿根廷之前输给了南非）后，波洛克目前仍在度假。但他的合同谈判已成为一个热门话题。北安普顿队是卫冕英超冠军，将是本赛季再次卫冕的热门。菲尔·道森（Phil Dowson）的球队将在本月晚些时候通过一次不寻常的斯里兰卡之旅为新赛季做准备，届时他们将面对一支亚太狮队。

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弗里曼的经典英超赛程墙图

诺里史诗般的回归提振英国士气

英国网球界再一次发出了这样的呼喊——感谢上帝，有卡姆·诺里（Cam Norrie）。当他的英国同胞们陷入周围的泥潭时，“可靠先生”继续稳步前进。艾玛·拉杜卡努（Emma Raducanu）因伤退出美国公开赛，索奈·卡塔尔（Sonay Kartal）也是如此。杰克·德雷珀（Jack Draper）在超过12个月的时间里一直没有完全恢复健康。凯蒂·博尔特（Katie Boulter）已连续输掉5场比赛。但老实可靠的卡姆在蒙特利尔的加拿大公开赛上继续前行，他发起了职业生涯中最精彩的逆转之一，爆冷击败了3号种子亚历克斯·德米诺（Alex de Minaur）。诺里输掉了第一盘，并在第二盘以5-2, 40-30落后，在澳大利亚人的发球局中面临一个赛点。德米诺出现双误，这触发了诺里的史诗级反击，他将比分追至6-6, 打出了一场精彩的抢七，随后在决胜盘中大获全胜，最终以5-7, 7-6, 6-1. 获胜。德米诺最近与上述的博尔特结婚，他当时

网球 作者：MATTHEW LAMBWELL 在一定程度上，他也是自己失败的推手——他三次双误导致被破发——但这次诺里展现了他最擅长的一面。他并不华丽，但他每天都全力以赴，倾尽所有。“这是一场伟大的胜利，也考验了我的水平，我能从中获得巨大的信心，”这位30岁的左撇子说道。“前两盘的水平非常高。从一开始，他就火力全开，我必须与之抗衡。”诺里将在今天的16强赛中对阵法国选手阿瑟·菲尔斯（Arthur Fils）。这次晋级意味着他将超越阿瑟·费里（Arthur Fery），重新夺回英国第一的宝座。24岁的费里在温网闯入半决赛取得突破后，一直在休假以调整状态。他将于下周在辛辛那提回归。

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拉姆齐的牛津联在应对伤病危机和转会禁令……

欢迎来到主教练的生活，亚伦！

挑战：拉姆齐在牛津联面临艰巨任务

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亚伦·拉姆齐（AARON RAMSEY）担任主教练仅两周左右，牛津联就因未能遵守英冠联赛（EFL）的薪资规定而被处以转会禁令。欢迎来到新工作，亚伦。这种感觉是你无法通过阅读手册或参加教练研讨会来适应的。几天后，从哈茨队（Hearts）自由转会加盟、且是牛津联在禁令前唯一签下的夏季新援——中后卫弗兰基·肯特（Frankie Kent）在训练中前交叉韧带受伤并接受了手术，这将使他缺席本赛季的大部分比赛。如果拉姆齐去检查合同中的细则，也是可以理解的。

“绝对不会，”他昨天在确认更多伤病挫折时说道，左后卫鲁本·鲁斯肯（Ruben Roosken）和韩国前锋全进宇（Jeon Jin-woo）均被判定缺阵两到三个月。“我和我的团队全力以赴。我们来到这里是为了与这些球员一起工作，我们的重心就在他们身上。”

自从接手牛津联的工作以来，拉姆齐还没有与他的朋友兼前阿森纳队友米克尔·阿尔特塔（Mikel Arteta）交谈，尽管两人的风范十分相似。和阿尔特塔一样，他很有礼貌，但同时保持谨慎且干练。他一边快速地与人们握手，一边走向座位，在回答问题时没有

作者：马丁·巴罗 (MATT BARLOW)

他没有透露太多信息，微笑，致谢，然后离开。也许这就是现代管理者的生存模式。拉姆齐曾是一名神童，16岁就在加的夫完成首秀。在18岁之前，他已经参加过一场足总杯决赛，加盟了阿森纳，并首次代表威尔士国家队出场。当一次恐怖的腿部骨折几乎终结他的职业生涯时，他年仅19岁；那次冲击如此剧烈，他本周透露自己当时因尖叫而导致下颌脱臼。拉姆齐的右腿中植入了一根金属棒，作为在斯托克那一天经历的提醒，但他此前在阿森纳的成功——三次赢得足总杯，并两次在决赛中打入绝杀球——以及他代表国家队出场的86场比赛（帮助威尔士进入2016年欧洲杯半决赛），证明了他的决心。“我对自己的成就感到无比自豪，尤其是考虑到我必须克服的困难，”他说。“你并不总是能得到想要的童话结局，但如果回顾我的职业生涯，它本身就是一个童话。”

然而，离开阿森纳后的七年时间显得支离破碎。一次获利丰厚的尤文图斯之行带来了更多奖牌，但很少获得赞誉；随着他步入30岁，他日益受到肌肉伤病的困扰。在格拉斯哥流浪者的租借经历将被他在欧联杯决赛点球大战中的那个失点所定义。他在法国尼斯度过了一个赛季，随后在加的夫度过了两年，最后他担任家乡俱乐部的临时主管，而球队则被降级至英甲。接着是上赛季在墨西哥的经历，在决定于3月退役之前，他经历了失去家庭牧场上心爱的爱犬Halo的痛苦。难怪他如此期待这个新方向。

“我已经为此准备了几年，”拉姆齐说。“在球员时代，我曾与阿尔特塔进行过一次对话。他在职业生涯末期考取了教练执照，并希望自己能早点这么做。采纳这个建议对我来说很重要。”

“我已经准备好迎接这一切了。作为一名球员，我的优势之一就是情绪波动不大。我比较稳重，在目标执行和情绪处理上非常一致。我冷静且自信。”

牛津大学队的赛季将从今天对阵莱顿东方的一场联赛杯（Carabao Cup）比赛开始，随后是在主场对阵米尔顿凯恩斯 Dons 的英甲揭幕战。这位新老板发誓，他绝不会被诱惑重新穿上球鞋，即使伤病继续困扰。

“绝对不会，”拉姆齐说。“我的球员时代已经彻底结束了。”

本周末值得关注的四件事

西汉姆联 v 朴次茅斯

九千名朴次茅斯球迷将前往观看他们近15年来在西汉姆联主场的首场比赛。这可能会创下联赛杯首轮的观众人数纪录，许多目光将集中在董事席上，预计大卫·萨利文将会出席。他仍持有西汉姆联38.8%的股份，但在6月因涉及历史性的性行为不端指控而辞去共同主席一职。萨利文否认了这些指控。

曼斯菲尔德 v 谢菲尔德联

曼斯菲尔德在1月的足总杯中击败了谢菲尔德联。他们在布拉莫尔巷球场的一小时内就以4-1领先，并最终以4-3获胜，随后震惊了英超的伯恩利，并在第五轮给阿森纳带来了威胁。他们能再次做到吗？

索尔福德 v 什鲁斯伯里

在屈服于球迷压力并决定恢复最初的橙黑主场配色后，索尔福德本赛季将少一点曼联风格，多一点邓迪联风格。此前，在“92班”接管球队12年后，球衣颜色被改为红色。

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足总杯（FA Cup）拉开帷幕，斯图敏斯特-纽顿联队（Sturminster Newton United）在时隔 148 年后浪漫回归。该俱乐部 1871, 年在多塞特郡成立，最初名为 Panthers FC，上一次参加该赛事是在 1878-79 赛季，当时负于 Old Harrovians。俱乐部在 1945, 年更名，近期通过升级进入了韦塞克斯超级联赛（Wessex Premier Division），这是参加足总杯的最低级别。他们将在今天的额外预赛轮客场挑战波特兰联队（Portland United）。

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托尼因“在夜总会用头撞球迷”被起诉

伊万·托尼（IVAN TONEY）因涉嫌在索霍区的一家夜总会用头撞击一名试图自拍的球迷而被起诉。这名 30 岁的英格兰前锋因去年 12 月 6 日在伦敦 Wardour 街 100 号发生的一起事件，被指控犯有导致实际身体伤害的袭击罪。效力于沙特职业联赛俱乐部艾尔啊利（Al-Ahli）的托尼将于 9 月 24. 日在威斯敏斯特治安法院出庭。

当时的报道称，两年前以 £4000 万 转会至艾尔啊利的前布伦特福德球员被一名想要自拍的球迷抓住了。一名证人表示：“他（托尼）走过一群年轻人的桌子旁。其中一个人认出了他，说：‘噢，是伊万·托尼’，并试图伸手搂他的脖子和他合影。然后托尼说：‘放开我，放开我’。”证人称托尼戴着一块“非常漂亮的手表”，可能担心自己被抢劫。

据报道，托尼在涉嫌用头撞击后被逮捕。他的发言人表示：“伊万承认该指控，虽然他自然感到震惊，但他期待能有机会在法庭上洗清自己的名声。”

伦敦警察厅昨日发表声明称：“一名男子在经过警方调查后被指控袭击。来自北安普顿的 30, 岁男子伊万·托尼于 7 月 31 日星期四被指控犯有导致实际身体伤害的袭击罪。”

托尼自去年被伦敦警察厅逮捕以来一直处于无条件保释状态，但获批了美国签证并被允许在 6 月前往参加世界杯。他出场两次——在英格兰半决赛负于阿根廷的最后几分钟替补登场，随后在赢得法国队的季军赛中首发。

2023, 年，在效力于布伦特福德期间，托尼因在比赛中（包括他自己参加的比赛）下注 232 次而被英足总（FA）禁赛八个月。在一名专家向英足总监管委员会提供证据并诊断托尼患有赌博成瘾后，该禁令从 11 个月缩短。

托尼 2012, 年在家乡俱乐部北安普顿镇开始职业生涯，在 53 场出场中打入 11 球，三年后签约纽卡斯尔联队。他在纽卡斯尔仅出场两次，随后于 2018, 年以 £350,000 加盟彼得伯勒联队，在 76 场出场中打入 40 球，之后于 2020 年以 £1000 万 转会至布伦特福德。在 2024. 年离开前往沙特阿拉伯之前，他在布伦特福德的 128 场出场中打入 67 球。他为英格兰国家队出场 10 次，于 2023 年完成首秀。

英格兰职责：托尼在世界杯期间

维加去世后球场围墙被禁

作者：DAVID KENT

在前阿森纳青年前锋比利·维加（Billy Vigar）去世后，英足总（FA）已禁止顶级非联赛球场使用实心周界墙。

维加年仅21岁。去年9月，他在代表奇切斯特队在温盖特和芬奇利进行比赛时，与一道混凝土屏障相撞，导致严重的脑损伤。

现在，在经过一项安全审查后，国家联赛系统（National League System）中的俱乐部必须拆除球场周围的砖墙或混凝土墙，或使用缓冲垫对其进行覆盖。

英足总表示：“任何现有的实心砖墙、轻质混凝土块或混凝土屏障必须在合理可行的情况下尽快拆除；如果出于结构原因无法拆除，则必须覆盖合适的保护措施。”

“在此期间，受影响的球场可继续举行比赛；然而，俱乐部应持续评估其球场周界屏障的安全性，并且在本次审查中建议对这些结构进行修改的地方，应制定计划在合理的时间范围内完成任何此类修改。”

奥尼尔康复中但可能缺席下一场比赛

作者：JENNY HIGHGATE

马丁·奥尼尔（MARTIN O'NEILL）在接受了一次“小手术”后已出院，但凯尔特人队不确定这位74岁的老将是否会执教明天在基尔马诺克进行的比赛。

奥尼尔于周四出院，其助手肖恩·马洛尼（Shaun Maloney）在当天傍晚前往他家中探望。

“我去看了他，情况非常积极，”马洛尼在俱乐部的伦诺克斯敦（Lennoxtown）训练基地表示。

“他的状态很好。我们讨论了基尔马诺克比赛的准备工作。”

“如果他明天不能出现在[鲁格比公园球场]，我们肯定会想念他的，但你也必须尊重过去几天发生的情况。”

“如果他能在本周末[回归]，那就太好了。如果不能，我们将在他不在的情况下做好准备。”

奥尼尔在2000年至2005年期间曾担任凯尔特人主帅并取得了成功。在经历了上赛季两次临时执教并带领球队获得顶级联赛冠军和苏格兰杯双冠王后，他于6月签署了一份为期一年的合同，再次成为正式主教练。

霍伊比尔或可填补纽卡斯尔中场空缺

■ 纽卡斯尔联正在探讨一项引进前热刺中场皮埃尔-埃米尔·霍伊比尔的交易。这位 31 岁的丹麦人被认为是能够帮助球队平稳过渡、弥补失去布鲁诺·吉马良斯和桑德罗·托纳利之缺的人选，并能为两名年轻新援——18 岁的肖恩·斯图尔和 20 岁的阿拉吉·班巴提供稳定的引导。这位马赛球员的估值为 100 万英镑500 万。28 岁的吉马良斯已以 7500 万英镑 的价格被出售给阿森纳，该交易将在周末得到确认。

■ 曼联在上月底再次询问了纽卡斯尔左后卫刘易斯·霍尔的情况，但被告知他非卖品。由于 31 岁的卢克·肖处于合同最后一年，曼联今夏一直试图加强该位置，因此霍尔一直处于曼联的关注范围内。但纽卡斯尔也希望加强该位置，并且还需要一名右后卫，因为蒂诺·利夫拉门托很可能会离队。

■ 门将赫罗尼莫·鲁利在从马赛加盟前已与曼城达成一份为期两年的合同。这位 34 岁的阿根廷国脚昨日获准出行。曼城正在推进与里尔中场艾尤布·布阿迪的谈判，但如果巴塞罗那满足了罗德里 6800 万英镑 的要价，他们还希望在该位置增加另一名球员。

■ 埃弗顿继续就引进曼城边锋杰克·格拉利什的交易保持联系，格拉利什上赛季在埃弗顿租借。

■ 切尔西以 1600 万英镑 的交易从巴列卡诺签下了佩普·查瓦里亚。那不勒斯正在考虑对切尔西后卫本诺伊特·巴德拉谢发起新一轮报价。这家意大利俱乐部希望以租借形式引进这位 25 岁的球员，并附带条件性的买断义务。那不勒斯还询问了估值为 2000 万英镑 的阿森纳前锋加布里埃尔·热苏斯，但热苏斯因寻求英国公民身份而渴望留在英超。

■ 利物浦与巴黎圣日耳曼双人组布拉德利·巴尔科拉和易卜拉欣·姆巴耶的谈判仍在继续。

■ 南安普顿中场谢伊·查尔斯在富勒姆一份价值 3000 万英镑 的报价被拒绝后，正在评估自己的未来。富勒姆中场萨萨·卢基奇在以 900 万英镑 转会前已完成了伊普斯维奇的体检。预计他将签署一份为期四年的合同。

■ 雷克瑟姆在寻找新门将期间询问了伊普斯维奇的亚历克斯·帕尔默。这位 29 岁的球员估值约为 350 万英镑。雷克瑟姆还与桑德兰讨论了门将安东尼·帕特森，后者的价格约为 800万英镑。莱斯特城后卫哈里·索塔尔仍是这家威尔士俱乐部的目标。

■ 谢菲尔德联在拒绝科文特里最近一次报价后，继续就出售中场古斯·哈默进行谈判。这位巴西人渴望回到“天蓝军团”，并已与主教练法兰克·兰帕德进行了沟通。科文特里以 2600 万英镑 从北雪兰员签下了 20 岁的中场卡莱布·弗伦基。

■ 水晶宫就 19 岁的皇家盐湖城球员扎维尔·戈佐达成了一项 100 万英镑 的交易。

■ 赫尔城以 800万英镑 从特罗姆瑟签下了中场延斯·耶尔托-达尔。

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很多人在哭……这很难谈论

马特乌斯·努内斯揭秘佩普·瓜迪奥拉宣布离开曼城时的情感场景

在去年11月一场毫无必要地充满戏剧性的最后时刻绝杀利兹联的18小时后，约翰·斯通斯在曼城的训练基地漫步，而马特乌斯·努内斯正紧盯着他。这段看似不太可能的友谊，源于两人都想让别人发笑。努内斯大多数时候的早晨是从在早餐时间试图激怒斯通斯开始的。或者用他的话来说，就是“让约翰生气”。因此，当这位葡萄牙球员在多米尼克·卡尔弗特-刘易恩进球（该球引发了利兹联在0-2落后下不可思议的反击）中负有严重责任——在右后卫位置上修正了一个错误后却在自家禁区内丢失球权——时，斯通斯看到了报复的机会。消息人士称，在随后的放松训练环节中，这位中后卫无情地嘲讽他的好哥们在进球中扮演的滑稽角色。努内斯只能默默承受。斯通斯之所以敢这么做有两个原因：一是曼城通过菲尔·福登在补时阶段赢得了比赛；更重要的是，努内斯在之前一段时间里已经觉得自己在右后卫位置上找到了归属感。在2025年的六个月里，他一直无法接受被佩普·瓜迪奥拉调到那个位置。他本可以离开俱乐部。但随着利兹联那次失误的发生，这位27岁的球员已经适应了他的新角色，而现在他将作为恩佐·马雷斯卡的首选进入本届英超联赛。此前，在他情绪最低落的时候，最亲近的人不得不哄他相信一个重新构想的命运。“当我踢边锋时，贝尔纳多 [席尔瓦] 会叫我

杰克·高汉（JACK GAUGHAN）发自首尔

蒂埃里·亨利，努内斯说道。“然后我踢了边后卫，他叫我卡福。”

“贝尔纳多 [席尔瓦] 和鲁本 [迪亚斯] 一直在烦我，他们在我脑子里不停地说：‘你在那个位置踢得很好，你在那里表现不错。你需要接受它。’而我当时的想法是，不，不，不，一直如此。”

“我总是告诉我的朋友们我不是个边后卫。但在某个时间点，你必须看看人们在说什么。你不能一辈子否认它。如果你这么做，也许会错过机会。现在我觉得自己是个边后卫了。”

努内斯很难面对从中场位置的转变，他在伍尔弗汉普顿（Wolves）时在中场表现出色。在将其移至防线的过程中，瓜迪奥拉曾说过努内斯不够“聪明”，无法在曼城的中场踢球——他在一天后私下向该球员澄清了这些言论。

融入过程并不容易。努内斯在一次德比战失利中犯下的错误让他深受打击——其中一个错误非常低级，他在回传球时力度不足，随后在盲目恐慌中将阿马德·迪亚洛撞倒，导致对方获得点球。

“就个人而言，我想说这是最困难的一场比赛，”他补充道。“赛后在我的脑海中……当你作为中场犯错时，你永远不会像那样影响比赛。我犯了一个错误，导致了一个进球，最终导致输掉比赛，这就是你脑子里想的所有事情，你懂吗？”

“但这不仅仅是那个问题，而是我来自一个让我感到不舒服的地方，一个让我感到不舒服的位置，而且我无法接受它，因为我当时不接受。在我的脑海中，我想的是，‘我不是个边后卫。我不是个边后卫’。这就是我思考的所有事情。”

“在（去年的）世俱杯中，我的心态开始改变。噢，我其实能踢得很好。我可能连续踢了三四场比赛，然后在上赛季初我开始每场都上场。然后你的思维就发生了反转，你能够坚持下去。”

努内斯在那个转型期间咨询了心理学家，而瓜迪奥拉最终透露，他认为努内斯作为一名后卫具有顶尖潜力。

“如果我不改变心态，我永远无法在那里踢好，他也永远不会说那样的话。他之所以这么说，可能是因为他开始看到了别人看不到的东西。”

“然后实际上在训练中看到佩普，他相信我的方式，我觉得我们彼此互动的方式有了一些不同。这些东西，你只能感觉到，无法用语言解释。”

“一旦你开始看到所有这些，心态就会改变。当然，这并不容易，但我必须做一个决定——我想踢球，还是不想踢球？我想踢球。”

当提到瓜迪奥拉离职时，努内斯开始变得情绪激动。他谈到了在主教练向房间内宣布离职时，向球员和工作人员展示的视频剪辑——那是瓜迪奥拉十年来对球队的演讲和与球队共处的时刻。

“很多人在哭，”努内斯说。“佩普撑住了。”

佩普谈话：瓜迪奥拉给了努内斯在边后卫位置上的信心 努内斯：他只是想[快点]结束这一切。他真的要离开这件事变得真实了。这很难谈论。

“很难向一个给了我们所有人这么多的人告别。一个将俱乐部提升到似乎再次无法企及的高度的人。他所做的一切令人难以置信。”

“很多事情都将改变。我从未在没有他的情况下待在俱乐部里。告别永远不容易。”

再加上席尔瓦和斯通斯的离队，让曼城度过了一个忧郁的夏天。

“巨大的损失，”他说。“如果你观察的话，约翰是俱乐部中一个非常重要的人物。他总是个开玩笑的人。我们三个都是。”

“我只是做我自己，然后有时我最后变成了个小丑。如果生活中没有笑声，那生活的意义是什么？”

作者：JACK GAUGHAN

如果巴塞罗那想在今年夏天签下罗德里，曼彻斯特城将要求 £6000 万 以上的转会费。这位 30, 的西班牙世界杯冠军队长已在新赛季前与加泰罗尼亚球队达成协议，并寻求新的挑战。巴萨发起了俱乐部之间的谈判，据了解，他们此前一份近 4000 万英镑 的报价被拒绝了。曼城一直有允许不快乐的球员在满足俱乐部估值的情况下离队的习惯——并且在谈判中态度坚决。

巴塞罗那必须支付 £6000 万 才能签下罗德里

罗德里此前一直与皇家马德里进行谈判，但在本周早些时候告知对方，巴萨是他首选的目的地，并且已经就个人条款达成一致。虽然曼城正在运作一项价值超过 8000 万英镑 的交易，以引进里尔 10 岁的中场球员 Ayoub Bouaddi，但曼城消息人士表示，如果罗德里离队，他们已准备好寻找一名经验丰富的替代者。

这位 2024 年金球奖得主在执行国家队任务期间对其未来一直保持含糊，但据信在佩普·瓜迪奥拉对曼城的 10 年执教生涯于上赛季末结束之后，他一直对重返西班牙持开放态度。瓜迪奥拉上赛季曾暗示，在两年前遭受毁灭性的前交叉韧带损伤并与各种身体问题作斗争后，罗德里在北美世界杯之前无法恢复到最佳状态。

《每日邮报》体育版披露，罗德里在上个月于新泽西随西班牙队捧起世界杯冠军杯后，立即进行了背部手术。曼城一直为罗德里提供一份新合同，他的合同将于明年夏天到期，他计划于下周加入新主帅恩佐·马雷斯卡的球队。

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足球 / 每日邮报体育 105

切尔西的官方网站为一线队列出了 46 份球员资料，很快应该会增加一份。那就是佩普·查瓦里亚（Pep Chavarria），一名你可能并不熟悉的 28 岁西班牙人。

查瓦里亚有一个很棒的励志故事。直到 24. 岁，他还在西班牙乙级联赛中艰苦奋斗。这位左后卫是大器晚成，在安多尼·伊拉奥拉（Andoni Iraola）率领的巴列卡诺队期间升入了西甲。上赛季，他在对阵皇家马德里的 0-0 平局中表现出色，以一种积极的方式让哈维·阿隆索感到头疼。

现在，他即将加盟切尔西并进入英超联赛，在从巴列卡诺的转会（金额为 £1630 万 外加 £170 万 附加费）获得确认后，他将在阿隆索的左路与约雷尔·哈托（Jorrel Hato）竞争。

切尔西内部的消息人士并未绝对排除今年夏天斯坦福桥球场会有更多新援加盟，不过现在的重点将转向 9 月前的球员出售。

时间的流逝不太可能让切尔西陷入恐慌。他们经历过这种情况。这就是他们的风格。他们会交易到最后一刻，必要时向英超联盟提交交易单，以便为完成文书工作争取额外的两小时。

尽管他们经常因为挥金如土而遭到嘲笑，但人们往往忽略了这家俱乐部也是出色的卖家。在足球界，他们是顶尖的。我们可以对引进球员的成败持有不同看法，但切尔西绝对是英超联赛中最精明的销售商之一。在迅速地保留核心球员的同时……

作者：KIERAN GILL

出售那些被认为不再需要的人员是切尔西运作的核心。他们不会让你靠近兰博基尼，但如果需要，在购买之前他们会允许你开开沃尔沃。亚历杭德罗·加纳乔（Alejandro Garnacho）经历了一个低于水准的赛季，目前被租借至阿斯顿维拉。这笔费用，加上通过一项可实现的触发条件而实现的永久出售价值，意味着切尔西在对这名22岁阿根廷人的4000 万英镑m投资中将获得少量利润。雷纳托·维加（Renato Veiga）的签约费为1030 万英镑，结合来自尤文图斯的470 万英镑m租借费以及向比利亚雷亚尔2500 万英镑.3m的出售额，他们有望在这名23岁葡萄牙人身上赚到近2000万英镑。对于一名多次出现在“十大最糟糕签约”名单中的球员来说，这并不糟糕。据称若昂·费利克斯（Joao Felix）的情况也是如此，包括从AC米兰收到的租借费以及向利雅得胜利的出售。这仅仅是切尔西收回资金（如果不是更多的话）的几个例子。球员上的偶尔亏损是不可避免的，不过切尔西现在需要在本转会窗剩余的时间里，尝试重复一些他们较好的成就。新主帅阿隆索在最近一场友谊赛（在香港0-1负于尤文图斯）中指派了惊人的21名替补。这还不包括因轻伤缺阵的科尔·帕尔默（Cole Palmer）和利维·科尔威尔（Levi Colwill），也不包括那些未参加澳大利亚和亚洲之旅的人员，如本诺瓦·巴迪亚希尔（Benoit Badiashile）、阿克塞尔·迪塞特（Axel Disset）、马克·奥卢（Marc Oulu）、大卫·达特罗·福法纳（David Datro Fofana）和卡莱布·威利（Caleb Wiley），以及那些尚未从代表国家参加世界杯而返回的人员，如恩佐·费尔南德斯（Enzo Fernandez）、里斯·詹姆斯（Reece James）、乔丹·亨德森（Jordan Henderson）、马克斯昂斯·拉克鲁瓦（Maxence Lacroix）、瓦伦丁·巴尔科（Valentin Barco）、马洛·古斯托（Malo Gusto）和摩根·罗杰斯（Morgan Rogers）。下赛季没有欧洲赛事的参赛资格意味着切尔西无法承受如此拥挤的更衣室，无论从球队和谐还是财务角度来看，因此有大量球员可供出售或租借。接下来的一个月将告诉我们切尔西是否准备好再次迎接挑战，尽管将其贴上“甩卖”的标签可能会产生误导。这暗示资产在以折扣价出售，而斯坦福桥内部的人员倾向于坚持他们设定的估值。在我们掌握的要价中，他们对费尔南德斯想要1.2 亿英镑，对古斯托想要7500 万英镑，对尼古拉斯·杰克逊（Nicolas Jackson）想要6500 万英镑。如果利亚姆·德拉普（Liam Delap）在这个夏天被永久出售，他们将寻求高于其花费的3000 万英镑m的金额。如果真是如此，这名前锋将不是第一个，也不会是最后一个在单一赛季后被送走的球员。如前所述，切尔西动作迅速。在包括曼城在内的多家俱乐部感兴趣的情况下，佩德罗·内托（Pedro Neto）的估值尚未公开，但切尔西认为边锋在本转会窗是热门商品。他们注意到皇家马德里正花费高达1.2 亿英镑m来签约

切尔西46人阵容 # 门将 (7470 万英镑) R Sanchez (2500万英镑), F Jorgensen (2000 万英镑.7m), M Penders (1700 万英镑), G Slonina (1200 万英镑), T Curd, T Sharman-Lowe # 后卫 (2.99 亿英镑) W Fofana (7000 万英镑), M Lacroix (5200 万英镑), M Palestra (4700 万英镑), J Hato (3700 万英镑), B Badiashile (3500 万英镑), M Gusto (3100 万英镑), A Anselmino (1500 万英镑), M Sarr (1200 万英镑), T Adarabioyo, J Acheampong, T Chalobah, L Colwill, C Blakite, R James, O Suboloye # 中场 (3500 万英镑1.5M) M Caicedo (1.16 亿英镑), E Fernandez (1.06 亿英镑), R Lavia (5800 万英镑), V Barco (3400 万英镑), O Kellyman (1900 万英镑), D Essugo (1850 万英镑), J Henderson, L Emenalo, M Nicoll-Jazuli, R Walsh, R Watson

前锋 (6100 万英镑)

M Rogers (1.17 亿英镑), M Mudryk (8900 万英镑), Joao Pedro (6000 万英镑), Estevao (5600 万英镑), P Neto (5400 万英镑), J Gittens (5150 万英镑), G Quenda (4400 万英镑), C Palmer (4250 万英镑), N Jackson (3500 万英镑), L Delap (3000 万英镑), E Emegha (2200 万英镑), M Gulu (500 万英镑), D Welbeck (500 万英镑), R Kavuma-McQueen 总计：£13.4 亿加元

例如来自 RB Leipzig 的 Yan Diomande。不过，要说服他们出售 Neto 则需要支付一笔巨额费用，他在内部依然受到高度评价。在这样一个喧闹的夏天之后，Fernandez 是一个特殊案例。曼城和皇家马德里继续与这位 25 岁的阿根廷人联系在一起，尽管我们尚未听说有任何正式的接触以开启俱乐部之间的谈判。如果这种情况发生，切尔西将告诉追求者，他们对 Fernandez 的开价将高于今年夏天他们为 Rogers 支付的 1.17 亿英镑。Fernandez 计划在世界杯假期结束后很快返回 Cobham，据推测，这将与俱乐部、球员及其代表 Javier Pastore 之间的谈话同步进行。前锋 Joao Pedro 被认为将获得一份新合同，此前巴塞罗那被告知他在本转会窗口是“不可触碰”的。虽然没有提供具体名单，但他并不是唯一一个预计在不久后与切尔西续约的人。我们怀疑英格兰后卫 Levi Colwill 将是其中之一。Jackson 是他们较易出售的资产之一。他受到 Villa 的青睐，后者与他的俱乐部关系良好。托特纳姆热刺在悉尼与切尔西进行季前友谊赛后，在评估其前锋选择时也询问了他的情况，但预计他们不会采取行动。海外的其他球队同样欣赏 Jackson。他的情况在接下来的几周内值得关注。显然，切尔西在这个窗口仍有工作要做，在 Cobham 或斯坦福桥周围永远没有无聊的一天。让出售和租借热潮开始吧。

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106 每日邮报体育 足球 由 Ian Herbert 撰写

足球界最荒谬的人正蹒跚前行，淹没在如此巨大的虚荣心和自我意识中，以至于他看不出自己是如何让自己难堪的，所以也许这就是为什么在足球界另一个黑暗周里，最大的伪君子们似乎逃脱了惩罚。周日，皇家马德里决定介入 Gianni Infantino 丑闻，指示其媒体人员发布一份道貌岸然的声明，欢迎取消那个书呆子出售世界杯份额的计划，并感谢欧足联履行了“保护足球”的“职责”。你真的无法想象出这种情节。是的，这种道德说教确实来自同一个皇家马德里，当年他们领导了 12 家俱乐部的可鄙团体，试图在 2021. 发动欧洲超级联赛的分离政变，其贪婪让足球界臭气熏天。Infantino 在邮件中向各国提供少量现金补偿，以换取他们支持其筹集 200 亿加元 billion 的计划，他的智力与道德沦丧或许在所有人面前暴露无遗，但我们是否忘记了那些拿着白板和彩色标记笔计划的欧洲俱乐部高管，在 2021 解释他们自己卑劣的小财路？当时的皇马高管与现在的 Infantino 一样糟糕——事实上更糟，因为 FIFA 的方案实际上并不是一个旨在抛弃弱者的分离提案——而他们周日间接抨击的那些金主，正是同一批来自摩根大通（JPMorganChase）的西装人士，是他们被雇佣来为超级联赛提供咨询的。鉴于这家美国金融机构被迫为其在该事件中的角色道歉，你可能认为他们已经吸取了教训，明白了像这样出卖原则会引发多么猛烈的反弹。不。他们只是无法抗拒再次将鼻子伸进足球的食槽中。所以，请

因凡蒂诺是这场缓慢自我吞噬的游戏中最令人鄙视的象征，但他的批评者们却是伪君子。那些毫无廉耻地谴责国际足联（FIFA）的俱乐部，其实是痴迷于金钱的水蛭，他们废除了附加赛，摧毁了足球赛程，并试图强加超级联赛于我们。让我们把这件事说清楚：足球内战的新战线并非在理想主义者与牟利者之间，而是在相互竞争的牟利者之间，他们争夺的是谁能从这项运动中获利。

在亚历山大·切费林（Aleksander Ceferin）的领导下，欧足联（UEFA）目前将自己塑造为足球传统的捍卫者、精英制度的保护者，以及抵御亿万富翁投机者的球迷守护神。然而，正是这个组织在2024年将欧冠联赛扩展成了一场庞大的赛事，增加了64场额外比赛，以创造更高的电视转播收入和更多赞助收入。正是这个组织一直在与国际足联（FIFA）进行激烈的领地之争。这场争斗催生了欧国联和扩军后的世俱杯，每个管理机构都以深深的怀疑态度看待对方的新赛事。欧足联的反对并非针对足球变得更加商业化，而是针对他人收取商业回报。

我们自己的英超联赛也自认为占据道德高地，声称自己是世界上最伟大、最不可预测的国内赛事，同时创造了历史上任何此类联赛都未能达到的资金量。然而，它同样被垄断性的贪婪所驱动，表现得仿佛与足球金字塔的其他部分分享一小部分财富就是一种不可理喻的牺牲。不要忘记，以利物浦和曼联为首的最大俱乐部在2020年通过“大图景计划”（Project Big Picture）进行了权力攫取。或者，英超联赛在同一时间与全球最大的私募股权公司之一CVC资本合伙公司（CVC Capital Partners）就出售未来广播和商业收入的股份进行了谈判。那次谈判同样无疾而终，但这表明精英阶层同样愿意探索从我们的运动中榨取财务价值的新方法。这项属于人民的运动。

每当讨论英超财富的重新分配时，我们就会看到语言和叙事突然发生变化。那些监督着价值数十亿电视合同的赛事负责人，开始为几分钱而焦虑。几年前发布的一份关于足球治理的白皮书清楚地表明，要让更多的资金从英超向下流动将极其困难。这个镀金的精英联赛继续维持着他们在帮助其他人的假象，而他们向下发送的资金中，有70%是英冠联赛的“降级缓冲金”：这实际上是该联赛成员自身的保险单，却被滑稽地包装成“团结款”。

直到政府介入，以独立足球监管机构的形式，强制在整个足球运动中更公平地分享英超财富，该机构拥有在无法达成协议时强制达成结算的“底线”权力。面对这种前景，英超联赛终于投票决定从那些身处金笼中的人那里额外出资15亿英镑，与英格兰足球联赛（EFL）的俱乐部分享，尽管这笔资金尚未分配。这笔资金将通过将所有顶级联赛交易的转会税提高2%来筹集，鉴于曼城那些石油加元亿万富翁所有者——欧洲超级联赛那帮快乐小团体中的另一员——所领导的反对势力，这笔钱显然需要从那些财富盈余的俱乐部中强行撬出。

我们了解到，所谓的“六大俱乐部”的其他成员同样不满，他们—— 宏伟蓝图计划（Project Big Picture）的策划者：利物浦的 J W 亨利和汤姆·沃纳 PA --- 足球 / 每日邮报体育 107 反对向英格兰足球联赛（EFL）提供资金：曼城老板谢赫·曼苏尔和主席哈尔多恩·穆巴拉克 PA 现在可能会发现自己需要支付比那些地位较低的英超俱乐部更多的资金。现在轮到该级别中财富较为适中的成员——他们曾在超级联赛问题上与大俱乐部对抗——再次向他们发起挑战。如果说超级联赛丑闻带来了一个积极结果，那就是它让那些贪婪且精神疏离的“六大俱乐部”认清了自己的分寸。“这就像是从一段略带虐待的关系中解脱出来，”其中一家俱乐部的所有者表示

当时一些英超规模较小的俱乐部告诉我，他们关心的唯一事情就是从这项人民的游戏中榨取更多的现金。这个周末，足总杯再次开启其美丽的季节性弧线，为所有参加额外预选赛的人带来惯常的刺激感和自豪感。北费里比（North Ferriby）主场迎战圣海伦斯（St Helens），北维奇维多利亚（Northwich Victoria）客场挑战贝弗利镇（Beverley Town），以及纳尔逊（Nelson）主场接待斯托克波特乔治人（Stockport Georgians），这仅仅是参赛队伍中三个深知财务状况之岌岌可危以及生存威胁之真实感的例子。对于本周末参赛的 438 家俱乐部来说，能够进入正赛第一轮（在11月进行，还隔着六场比赛）将是一项巨大的成就，在该阶段获胜的球队将获得 £47,750 的奖金。但任何能走到那一步的球队也将感受到来自足球界顶层的严苛限制。这将是正赛第一轮起取消重赛的第二个赛季——足协表示，由于赛程压力增加，特别是欧足联扩大了其俱乐部赛事规模，这种削减是必要的。批评者，尤其是英格兰足球联赛（EFL）和非联赛级别的俱乐部认为，小俱乐部的一项重要收入来源被剥夺了，因为他们无法再通过与强敌的重赛获得丰厚收益。但这些弱势群体就像是在黑暗中呐喊。取消重赛、将第四轮比赛分散在五天内进行，以及将 2027 年决赛安排在英超赛季结束之前而非作为赛季的高潮，这些都属于这项赛事贬值和萎缩的故事。足总杯已被足球界那些高高在上的人挤压到了几乎无关紧要的地步。截至昨晚，因凡蒂诺（Infantino）厚颜无耻的自负和虚荣使他得以保住这份工作，而任何聪明且自重的行业现在都已经会强迫他离职。毫无疑问，他正寄希望于无休止的新闻周期会将其掩盖，且欧足联抵制国际足联赛事的威胁会逐渐消散。2030 年世界杯的预选赛仅剩一年时间，因凡蒂诺可以稳操胜券地计算出，各国家协会不会希望承担抵制行动带来的财务损失。令人关注且不安的是，包括英格兰和威尔士在内，仅有 11 个国家协会对他在任表示反对。尽管喧嚣不已，但其中一些道德说教令人深感不安。因凡蒂诺只是将那些掌控精英赛事的逻辑推向了自然结论，而不是将他们拖向他们不愿去的地方。他是这项正在缓慢自我吞噬的游戏中最可鄙的象征，但绝非唯一一个。

墨西哥反水助力詹尼力挽狂澜

昨日，墨西哥打破阵线并支持詹尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）留任，这加强了其作为国际足联（FIFA）主席的地位。

此前，负责北美、中美洲及加勒比地区的足球管理机构中北美及加勒比足联（CONCACAF）曾与欧足联（UEFA）保持一致，在因凡蒂诺那项出售价值31 亿英镑 billion的世界杯股份的争议计划破产后，要求其辞职。

但墨西哥无视这一立场，承诺支持因凡蒂诺，而后者本周一直在拼命试图保住主席之位。

一份声明称，墨西哥足球协会（FMF）坚信足球具有根本价值，而最好的防御在于制度化，以及对保障足球的治理和流程的尊重。“因此，FMF将不承认或批准任何在上述制度框架之外召集的程序，并支持主席因凡蒂诺于8月5日发出的信函，旨在共同继续发展足球，造福211个成员协会。FMF支持主席因凡蒂诺的领导，通过加强制度来继续推动足球的发展。”

墨西哥对其自身管理机构的反叛，是关于因凡蒂诺的大陆性考量中出现的首次裂痕，而他似乎仍保留着来自非洲、南美洲和亚洲的支持。

他们的支持使这位瑞士管理人员超过了106票的门槛，这将使他能够抵御不信任投票，并在明年三月于摩洛哥举行的国际足联大会选举中获胜。

世界杯决赛球队阿根廷也承诺提供支持。此前，在周三于摩洛哥举行危机谈判后，国际足联的高级职员也纷纷支持因凡蒂诺，这意味着欧洲国家在抵制行动中显得日益孤立。

与此同时，在过去六届世界杯冠军中贡献了5,支球队的欧足联誓言，除非因凡蒂诺辞职，否则将抵制所有国际足联赛事。

挪威继续在抵制因凡蒂诺的行动中处于领先地位。在月度董事会会议后，挪威足协主席莉丝·克拉文内斯（Lise Klaveness）——曾获得前国际足联主席塞普·布拉特（Sepp Blatter）支持接替因凡蒂诺的人选——宣布她将向国际足联伦理委员会举报这位56岁的官员，该委员会拥有实施禁赛的权力。

该投诉不仅将质疑向私人投资者出售价值£3.1bn世界杯股份的提议，还将质疑去年12月授予唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）一项临时国际足联和平奖的决定，以及在据称受到美国总统压力后，撤销弗洛里安·巴洛贡（Florian Balogun）在世界杯上的红牌处罚。

“董事会认为我们对詹尼·因凡蒂诺没有信心。我们在上次选举中就没有信心，现在也没有，”克拉文内斯说道。“因凡蒂诺已经没有回头路了。国际足球界分歧严重，我们现在必须团结起来。”

“我们将要求国际足联主席立即辞职。国际足球合作正处于深刻的危机之中。”

关于向国际足联伦理委员会投诉的决定，她补充道：“不可挽回的违规行为已经发生。我们已经到了需要采取非常措施以创造持久变革的地步。”

董事会之争成为苏利文回归西汉姆联的背景

来自后页：在他们14年来首次参加冠军联赛（Championship）之前的转会活动。他们还表示，他正被“键盘侠”通过“霸凌”的方式迫使远离。苏利文在6月被指控在担任报社主编期间（可追溯至20世纪80年代）猎艳一系列女性，其中一些人当时还是青少年。七名女性详细讲述了她们所经历的掠夺性行为，包括对方暗示这会对她们的职业生涯有所帮助，从而强迫她们进行性行为或口交。苏利文称这些指控“在事实上是不正确的，且完全是虚假的”。直到最近，当宣布前共同所有者大卫的女儿凡妮莎·戈尔德（Vanessa Gold）已同意将家族在俱乐部持有的一部分股份出售给另一位股东丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基（Daniel Kretinsky）时，他对比西汉姆联的掌控力似乎正在减弱。此举本将使这位捷克亿万富翁取代苏利文成为最大股东。然而，上周戈尔德接受了由前纽卡斯尔共同所有者阿曼达·斯塔夫利（Amanda Staveley）领导的一个财团提出的新报价。她同意以£1.5 亿的价格出售25.1 per cent的股份，使苏利文继续担任最大持股人。据报道，斯塔夫利还向苏利文提出了报价，据信苏利文在价格合适的情况下愿意出售。

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为什么因凡蒂诺的批评者如此虚伪

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苏利文准备无视球迷抗议

尽管面临性行为不端指控，铁锤帮负责人仍将出席比赛 独家报道 詹姆斯·夏普（JAMES SHARPE） 著

大卫·苏利文（DAVID SULLIVAN）计划无视远离西汉姆联今天赛季首场主场比赛的建议，因为这位被指控性行为不端的俱乐部共同所有者认为，他正被“霸凌”而被迫缺席。这位77-year-old的人士目前仍是俱乐部的最大股东，他在6月的一项BBC《全景》（Panorama）和《泰晤士报》调查之前辞去了共同主席一职，在该调查中，七名女性指控他有掠夺性行为，他对此予以强烈否认。

伦敦体育场（London Stadium）的运营商建议西汉姆联，由于担心支持者出现骚乱，苏利文不应出席今天在联赛杯（Carabao Cup）中对阵朴次茅斯的比赛，而俱乐部的球迷咨询委员会则表示，他的出现将引起“反感和不安”。这种情绪在内部人士中也得到了共鸣，他们认为他的辞职将标志着俱乐部的重新开始，许多人对苏利文计划出席感到震惊。

一名工作人员告诉《每日邮报》体育版，他们原计划出席，但现在由于这场“闹剧”将选择远离，并补充说，如果这就是本赛季的计划，那么俱乐部“不可能在想要取得好成绩方面是认真的”。据了解，苏利文尚未做出最终决定，但消息人士称，他担心球队的状态以及缺乏 请转到第107, COL 4

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托尼因“头槌”面临法庭审理 足球：第103页

喜鹊高层：我们并不想出售布鲁诺

纽卡斯尔体育总监罗斯·威尔逊（Ross Wilson）表示，俱乐部并不想将队长布鲁诺·吉马良斯（Bruno Guimaraes）出售给阿森纳。这位中场球员将以£7500 万的价格离队，这是纽卡斯尔在艰难夏季遭遇的最新打击。安东尼·戈登（Anthony Gordon）和桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali）分别加盟了巴塞罗那和托特纳姆热刺，主教练埃迪·豪（Eddie Howe）于上周辞职。

刘易斯·布朗宁（LEWIS BROWNING） 著 “我们并不想出售布鲁诺，”威尔逊说。“这不在计划之内。他是我们的队长，对我们非常、非常重要。” “布鲁诺非常礼貌且非常感性地实际上告诉我们他想离开。” “这并不意味着他可以离开，但这在我们在达到某个数字时的思考中确实起到了作用。对于他这个年龄的球员来说，这是一个世界纪录级别的转会费。但绝不能说这是我们战略的一部分，或者在我们的考虑之中——事实并非如此。”

纽卡斯尔对马赛的前托特纳姆中场皮埃尔-埃米尔·霍伊比尔（Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg），31.岁，感兴趣。

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5 风暴中的音符树，使其摇摆 (6) 6 城市中好奇的丈夫，有种令人恼火的感觉 (5) 7 这里的梅格没有亨利，穿上衣服后便显现 (6) 8 祭司在美洲湖泊上的白日梦 (7) 9 法庭中的麻烦，围绕一年，作为警告 (10) 10 特殊的不幸导致泄漏 (5) 11 盖斯和卡莉以极高的精度工作 (8) 12 能够取水的发声之所？ (4) 24 不耐烦的兽医在区域中间挣扎 (7) 25 续集中的冷静团体，松散地 (5) 26 被圆圈崇拜的数字，带着凝视 (7) 27 鲸鱼的产物，令人流泪 (7) 29 据报道，起源于课程中 (5) 31 餐厅食客所做之事的安排？ (5) 32 在历史悠久的餐馆中发现的主食 (4) 34 增强农舍派中的成分，正在上升 (4,2) 35 王子热爱光环 (4) 37 游泳后的罗斯和蒂姆更湿润 (7) 41 捕食者和潜在猎物中的元素 (7) 45 用高级薯条满足 (6) 47 最近被边缘化的雷克斯，以严厉的方式混合 (7) 48 铜留在旅途中，不安的罪人 (7) 50 重型货物运输的长期阶段可能是什么 (7) 52 在雷德卡观察到的淡水鱼，正确地 (4) 54 环形短促地在马后方升起 (5) 56 固定需要绘画的东西？ (5) 57 新记录的古代乐器，在一定程度上 (4) 58 吉尔或罗伊定期获得荣誉 (5) 60 改变处方药的昏暗通知 (10) 64 掩盖富裕来源的行动者，表现得傲慢 (8) 67 时髦派对中的工作 (8) 68 鲍勃在堆中改变了方向？ (7) 69 随后是一条线，代表某些思考！ (7) 72 广播中听到的厌恶，关于吨位 (6) 74 在绝望的极端情况下，工作方式之后 (6) 76 缺乏重量的完整誓言 (6) 77 占据停车位的粗俗西方导演 (5) 78 外籍人士通常获得的圆肉馅量 (5) 79 带着坚定信念围绕匈牙利的激进男性毕业生 (5) 81 紧张时被明星采用的重复短语 (4)

快速题

横向

13 奶油状冷酱 (10) 14 绘画媒介 (7) 15 休息了 (6) 16 重新研究 (6) 17 液体容器 (7) 18 高度赞扬 (5) 19 鱼的呼吸器官 (4) 20 强合金 (5) 21 运输 (5) 22 媒体主管 (6) 23 颈饰 (5) 28 突然的 (7) 30 扭曲 (7) 33 完美的 (9) 36 庄重的 (6) 38 教会资深成员 (5) 39 荒谬的 (5) 40 哀悼 (6) 42 肉冻 (5) 43 侮辱 (7) 44 搞乱 (6) 46 不诚实 (4) 49 关闭 (4) 51 特征 (6) 53 活动出席人数 (7) 55 古怪的人 (5) 59 过度的骄傲 (6) 60 极暗的 (5) 61 调查 (5) 62 透明的 (6) 63 压倒性胜利 (9) 65 应得的 (7) 66 丰富地 (7) 70 表达方式 (5) 71 根除 (6) 73 涂抹 (5) 75 狡猾的人 (5) 80 灿烂的笑容 (4) 82 阁楼 (5) 83 胡说八道 (7) 84 衣物 (6) 85 使不快 (6) 86 过度消费 (7) 87 紧张局势所在地 (10)

纵向

1 能力 (6) 2 痛苦的本质 (8) 3 卑劣的 (5) 4 展示 (7) 5 摇晃 (6) 6 有刺激感的 (5) 7 出现 (6) 8 白日梦 (7) 9 起警告作用的 (10) 10 泄漏 (5) 11 非常精确地 (8) 12 健康的 (4) 24 不耐烦的 (7) 25 安抚 (5) 26 目不转睛地 (7) 27 哭泣 (7) 29 起源 (5) 31 排列 (5) 32 主食 (4) 34 加强 (4,2) 35 光圈 (4) 37 更潮湿的 (7) 41 钨 (7) 45 轻煎 (6) 47 以严厉的方式 (7) 48 该责备的人 (7) 50 重货运输 (7) 52 淡水鱼 (4) 54 环 (5) 56 固定 (5) 57 古代乐器 (4) 58 凶猛的 (5) 60 处方药 (10) 64 傲慢地行事 (8) 67 角色 (8) 68 成堆地 (7) 69 侧向地 (7) 72 厌恶 (6) 74 在……之后 (6) 76 总计 (6) 77 粗俗的 (5) 78 一团肉末 (5) 79 有男子气概的 (5) 81 重复的短语 (4)

数独

在网格的所有方格中填入数字，使每行、每列以及每个 3x3 的方格都包含从 1 到 9 的所有数字。周一公布答案。

8 / 7 / 3

6 / 7 5 / 9 / 8 / 9 5 / 8 / 3 2 / 4 / 1 / 6 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 4 / 6 9 / 5 / 2 / 1 | | | 7 | | | | | | |

SAKURO

在网格中填入 1 到 9，使每个白色圆圈中的数字等于周围四个方格数字之和，且相同颜色的方格之和等于下方相应圆圈中的数字。周一公布答案。

SUGURU

一个单元格的轮廓块包含数字 1；两个单元格的块包含 1 和 2；三个单元格的块包含 1, 2 和 3；以此类推。相同的数字不得出现在相邻的单元格中——包括对角线！周一公布答案。

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| | | | 2 | | | | | 5 | | | | | 4 / 3 4

周末更多谜题

1 “恐怖树屋” (Treehouse Of Horror) 是哪部动画电视系列的万圣节剧集名称？ 2 BTEC 中的 B 代表什么？ 3 哪位 16 世纪的探险家曾担任“金鹿号” (The Golden Hinde) 船的船长，该船的复制品停泊在伦敦的 Bankside？ 4 哪位爱尔兰剧作家写了《犁与星》 (The Plough And The Star)？

酒吧问答

5 德尔马瓦半岛 (Delmarva Peninsula) 位于哪个国家？ 6 一些糖尿病患者注射哪种激素来治疗高血糖？ 7 哪位作曲家创作了以“哈利路亚”合唱而闻名的《弥赛亚》清唱剧？ 8 Sabot 是一种什么样的服装？ 9 在《星球大战》电影中，卢克·天行者的家乡星球叫什么名字？ 10 奥克萨娜·巴卢尔 (Oksana Balul)、米歇尔·宽 (Michelle Kwan) 和克里斯托弗·丁 (Christopher Dean) 是哪项运动中的知名人物？

答案在下方

密码字

网格中的每个数字代表一个字母。今天，20 代表 0, 因此每当出现 20 时，请填入 0。控制网格中给出了两个字母供您开始。将它们填入主网格中的正确方格，然后利用您的词汇知识推导出缺失方格中应填入的字母。周一公布答案

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 昨天的答案： / 1 / P / 2 / R / 3 / S / 4 / T / 5 / 6 / E / 7 / 8 / C / 9 / H / 10 / F / 11 / U / 12 / --- / 1 / N / 1 / A / N / X / 1 / 2 / 13 / 1 / 2 / G / 2 / W / 2 / M / 1 / 2 / 完成密码字以揭晓阴影方格中的单词。参与方式：致电 0901 293 6232 并留下您的答案和详细信息。或发送短信至 65700，内容包含单词 CODE、您的答案以及您的姓名。短信和通话费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。将在周一 00.01 至周六 23.59 之间收到的所有正确条目中随机抽取一名每周获胜者。答案每天 00.01. 变更。仅限 16 岁及以上的英国居民，不包括北爱尔兰。适用完整条款，请参阅第 44. 页。需要提示？发送单词 CODEWORD 至 65700 以获取四个提示，或致电 0901 293 6200. 短信和通话费用为 £1 加上您的标准网络费用。今天的提示仅在今天 00.01 至 23.30 之间提供。

快速纵横字谜 第 10,488 号

横向

1 徒步旅行者 (10) 6 苏格兰足球俱乐部 (5) 7 春季球茎植物 (5) 9 土地房产 (6) 10 ... Butcher，前《东区东区》(EastEnders) 角色 (3) 11 手机发送的消息 (4) 14 可见的伤口痕迹 (4) 15 山路 (3) 16 装饰华丽的 (6) 17 饮用管 (5) 18 完全正确 (4,2) 20 音乐符号 (6,4)

纵向

1 覆盖面皮的菜肴 (3) 2 憎恨 (6) 3 例如 (4,2) 4 稍微 (6) 5 甜椒 (8) 6 取得联系 (8)

8 年轻或不成熟的男人 (3,3) 9 环球旅行者 (8) 12 陈旧或布满灰尘的蜘蛛网 (6) 13 一体式服装 (6) 14 漫步 (6) 19 不在工作状态 (3)

周一公布答案 周五答案 — (第 10,487 号) 横向：1 Flanker. 7 Inhale. 8 Erratic. 9 Slam. 10 Gods. 12 Utesoll. 14 Topiary. 16 Tuta. 18 Feud. 20 Implied. 21 Gateau. 22 Mockery. 纵向：1 Freight. 2 Acrid. 3 Kite. 4 Rickey. 5 Chestnut. 6 Alkali. 11 Skin-deep. 12 Uranium. 13 Laundry. 15 One-way. 17 Unite. 19 Epic.

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食物之痕

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儿童

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弗雷德·巴塞特 (FRED BASSET)

欲订购由亚历克斯·格雷厄姆 (Alex Graham) 编写的《2026年弗雷德·巴塞特年鉴》，售价 £9.99，请访问 mailshop.co.uk / books 或致电 020 3176 2637。订单满 £25 免英国境内运费。

《每日邮报》为读者提供重新建立与失联亲友联系的机会。每周，莫妮卡·波特 (MONICA PORTER) 都会分享一个寻找失踪挚爱的人的故事——以及一个人们重逢的故事。

“我正试图寻找来自肯特郡福克斯通附近丹索尔 (Densole) 丹索尔庄园 (Densole Estate) 的童年好友，”格洛丽亚·巴特 (Gloria Butt，原姓 Jewell) 写道。“在 1948-49 年该庄园建成时，我们是第一批搬进去的人。我们一起玩耍，一起就读于霍金小学 (Hawkinge Primary School)。有一次我和姐姐住在库克 (Cook) 一家，他们是我们在庄园里的朋友，因为我把腮腺炎传染给了我母亲，她不得不住院。我父亲当时在海军服役，在海上，我的祖父母住得不远，但他们都在工作。”

“最近我在翻看旧照片时发现了附上的这张照片。我在顶排，和戴安·库克 (Diane Cook) 以及另一个姓马什 (Marsh) 的女孩在一起。我的妹妹盖伊 (Gay) 在底排；遗憾的是，她去年一月去世了。恐怕我想不起其他人的名字了。”

“我父亲退伍后，在查塔姆船坞 (Chatham Dockyard) 工作，负责维护电影放映设备；然后，在我九岁时，他被调到了朴次茅斯船坞 (Portsmouth Dockyard)，我们也随之搬走。那就是我与那些女孩失去联系的时候。我现在 80 岁，住在萨默塞特郡的伯纳姆-翁-西 (Burnham-on-Sea)。如果能与这些老朋友重新联系，那就太好了。”

格洛丽亚的童年伙伴

1964 年的露易丝 (Louise) 和萨莉 (Sally)

■ 如果有您想要寻找的人，请发送电子邮件至 monica.porter@dailymail.co.uk，并附上您的电话号码。或者写信至

寻找……与重逢

几个月前，来自诺丁汉的 77 岁萨莉·海特利 (Sally Heightley) 请求我们帮她寻找 50 年前的朋友露易丝·巴斯 (Louise Bass)。

“她住在朴次茅斯附近的考普莱恩 (Cowplain)，”萨莉说，“我们在小学或中学相识。我的照片显示我和露易丝 1964 年在巴特林度假村 (Butlin's) 度假时的样子。”

我们找到了露易丝家人的联系方式，却得知她去年去世了。

“对此我感到非常难过，”萨莉在电子邮件中写道。“但我和她的妹妹林赛 (Lyndsey) 聊了聊，她告诉我关于露易丝生活的情况。感谢你们的时间以及为我提供的帮助。”

至 Missing and Pound, Letters Department, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY。所有来信将尽快回复。

不等式数独 (FUTOSHIKI)

填充空白方格，使每行和每列仅包含 1 到 5 的数字且不重复。方格之间的符号表示该数字比相邻数字大 (>) 或小 (<)。

酒吧问答答案：

1 辛普森一家 (The Simpsons) 2 商业 (Business) 3 弗朗西斯·德雷克 (Francis Drake) 4 肖恩·奥凯西 (Sean O'Casey) 5 美国 (The U.S.) 6 胰岛素 (Insulin) 7 亨德尔 (Handel) 8 鞋 (Shoe) 9 塔图因 (Tatooine) 10 花样滑冰 (Figure skating)

周一公布答案

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BAILED TO RAPE AND MURDER

Kemi leads chorus of outrage over sex predator repeatedly freed to carry on attacking women

A CONVICTED sex offender was free to kill two women and rape another despite warnings he was a danger to women. And incredibly, Simon Levy, 40,

By Rebecca Camber and Kristina Wemyss

committed the second murder while on bail suspected of carrying out the first.

Kemi Badenoch last night led a blistering criticism of the Crown Prosecu-

tion Service and Metropolitan Police after the sexual predator was released from custody time and again to continue his depraved attacks.

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woman, with police fearing scores more may have been targeted.

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Summary: Cloudy Skies

UK TODAY: Morning begins cool with mostly cloudy skies. By midday, it turns warm and cloudy, with southerly winds. Late afternoon sees continued warmth, easing into a mild evening. Max 27c.

Today's weather

	9am	0noon	3pm	6pm	9pm
London	19c	24c	27c	26c	22c
Plymouth	18c	22c	23c	23c	19c
Cardiff	17c	20c	20c	23c	20c
B'ham	17c	23c	25c	25c	21c
McChester	17c	22c	25c	25c	20c
Newcastle	17c	21c	23c	22c	18c
Glasgow	15c	17c	18c	17c	16c
Aberdeen	16c	18c	19c	18c	17c
Belfast	15c	17c	19c	18c	19c

5 day forecast

	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
London	3c	20c	28c	3c	34c
Plymouth	25c	24c	26c	27c	27c
Cardiff	26c	26c	29c	3c	29c
B'ham	23c	25c	28c	3c	3c
McChester	23c	22c	28c	30c	28c
Newcastle	20c	20c	23c	26c	27c
Glasgow	13c	18c	23c	24c	20c
Aberdeen	20c	17c	18c	22c	23c
Belfast	18c	19c	22c	24c	22c

Europe forecast

	India	£	1 tomorrow	£	1	Germany	£	1	Germany	£	1
Amsterdam	sun	25	17	1st	28	£2	1st	28	1st	29	£4
Brussels	sun	26	£2	1st	30	1st	1st	30	1st	31	1st
Frankfurt	sun	26	1st	34	1st	1st	1st	34	1st	35	1st

Around the world yesterday

	weather	£	1	weather	£	1	weather	£	1
Algiers	Sunny	22	18	Thoracal	Sunny	36	17	New Delhi	1st
Amsterdam	Fair	25	15	Ashewa	Sunny	27	16	New York	1st
Althea	Fair	24	10	Gibraltar	Sunny	27	16	Alus	1st
Auckland	Sunny	12	14	Guernsey	Sunny	28	10	Oslo	1st
Bahrain	Sunny	40	15	Helsinki	Thunder	28	10	Palma	1st
Barcelona	Sunny	31	18	Hong Kong	Sunny	31	10	Paris	1st
Buenos Aires	Sunny	20	19	Honduras	Cloudy	23	17	Perth	1st
Beijing	Sunny	36	10	Istanbul	Sunny	23	17	Prague	1st
Beirut	Sunny	30	18	Imola	Sunny	20	10	Rhodes	1st
Belfast	Cloudy	18	14	Jamaica	Sunny	22	10	Riga	1st
Belgium	Sunny	30	17	Las Palmas	Sunny	30	10	Buenos Aires	1st
Berlin	Cloudy	20	18	Lisbon	Sunny	30	10	Singapore	1st
Barbados	Sunny	25	17	London	Sunny	24	17	Shenzhen	1st
Brussels	Sunny	22	17	Los Angeles	Sunny	25	17	Bratislava	1st
Brussels	Fair	22	17	Lusaka	Sunny	28	17	Sydney	1st
Buenos Aires	Fair	22	17	Madrid	Sunny	24	17	St. Petersburg	1st
Buenos Aires	Fair	22	17	Munich	Sunny	24	17	Sydney	1st
Costa Rica	Sunny	24	15	Malta	Sunny	24	17	Seville	1st
Cape Town	Sunny	31	15	Melbourne	Fair	16	12	Tokyo	1st
Casablanca	Sunny	28	15	Mexico City	Sunny	23	17	Toronto	1st
Copenhagen	Fair	17	12	Miami	Thunder	22	16	Santo	1st
Cortez	Sunny	20	15	Milan	Sunny	24	15	Vancouver	1st
Dubai	Sunny	42	15	Montreal	Thunder	25	15	Venice	1st
Dublin	Fair	18	18	Moscow	Sunny	28	15	Vienna	1st
Dublin	Fair	18	18	Munich	Thunder	25	15	Warsaw	1st
Dublin	Fair	18	18	Montreal	Thunder	25	15	Warsaw	1st
Faro	Sunny	28	14	Nairobi	Cloudy	22	13	Wilmington	1st

Moon and Sun

46.5m (sun), sets 3.5cm

Sunrise London 5.25cm, sets 6.35cm

Manchester Hotel, 5.35cm, sets 8.35cm

HIGH TIDE London Bridge, 10.10cm

(Liverpool) 7.45cm

Extremes (24 hrs to 10pm Thul

Warmest: Thorne Island, 25c

Cabinet: Dieter Airport No.2, 8c

Cabinet: Dieter Airport No.2, 8c. Wettent: Stoneham, 5.60cm

Wettent: Stoneham, 5.60cm. Sunrise: Hamilton, 12.8hrs.

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Farage and Tice sue crime agency for 'illegal leak of financial information'

NIGEL Farage and Richard Tice are suing the National Crime Agency over what they claim is an illegal leak of their financial information, it emerged last night.

The Reform UK leader and his deputy lodged papers at the High Court yesterday, seeking damages of 'more than £25,000' from Britain's FBI.

The action relates to articles in the media about bank transactions flagged to the NCA under its suspicious activity reporting programme.

Mr Farage and Mr Tice have claimed that only the NCA could have been in possession of all of the leaked information. The agency is carrying out an internal investigation, but it has not

By Sam Merriman

Political Correspondent

admitted responsibility. The papers allege that 'one or more officers or staff members of the National Crime Agency disclosed to one or more journalists the fact that one or more Suspicious Activity Reports had been filed in respect of transfers of money involving the Claimant', it was reported.

In separate writs, they are said to be demanding the NCA admit responsibility, pay damages and share the names of people the information was disclosed to.

Mr Tice said: 'They have had plenty of time to conclude their investigation into this and they are now stalling for time.

We have had enough.' Revelations about Mr Farage and Mr Tice's finances prompted the Reform leader to resign as MP for Clacton, forcing a by-election this Thursday.

It came as Restore Britain was criticised by anti-Semitism groups for pushing 'the oldest smear' of Jews – after co-founder Charlie Downes suggested Reform leader Mr Farage had been 'bought' by Jewish supporters.

Responding to a social media video by Mr Farage in February saying 'I can't be bought', Mr Downes shared a picture of the Reform leader speaking at the launch of the Reform Jewish Alliance.

But Restore leader Rupert Lowe called the reporting on the row another 'hit piece on Restore Britain'.

SIXTH DUBAI

By Calum Muirhead

BRITAIN'S debt mountain could be a staggering £12 trillion, far bigger than initially thought, according to analysis by campaigners.

It was reported this week that the UK's public sector debt had topped £3 trillion for the first time as the Government borrowed billions more to pay for welfare spending and higher interest payments.

But campaign group the Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA) has revealed this figure did not include hidden liabilities, such as unfunded state and public sector pension commitments, PFI contracts and nuclear clean-up costs, which it estimates were worth an extra £8.6 trillion.

As a result, the group said the true size of the national debt was in fact £11.7 trillion, equivalent to £168,184 for every person in the UK.

Analysis by the TPA calculated that even if £1 million was paid off every hour it would still take 1,334 years to clear the balance.

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride warned last night: 'Every pound borrowed today is largely taxation deferred and will have to be paid off further down the line.'

The scale of what we are passing on should give any Chancellor pause for thought. [Chancellor] John Healey's first Budget is a chance to

Real national debt is far higher than £3tn announced this week, campaign group says

Challenge: John Healey

show he understands that. However, on the evidence we have so far, families should brace for more borrowing, more taxes and a bigger bill for future generations.

The huge debt pile presents an even greater chal-

lenge to Mr Healey who has pledged to make 'fiscal discipline' the priority in his first Budget on October 28.

John O'Connell, chief executive of the TPA, said: 'Public sector debt is out of control but adding inevitable bills, like unfunded pension commitments, reveals the

true extent of the debt we are passing down to our children and grandchildren. The new Chancellor needs to curb these commitments for the sake of generations of future British taxpayers.

Britain's rising debt also threatens to derail the ambitions of Prime Minister Andy Burnham who has attempted

to build positive momentum with a flurry of new spending announcements, including scrapping VAT on energy bills, cutting business rates for pubs and introducing a £2 cap on bus fares.

Mr Burnham previously pledged to stick to the fiscal rules introduced by Rachel Reeves, but said he also wanted to use 'flexibility' to find more ways for providing, such as offsetting borrowing against investments.

The move would allow the Government to borrow as much as £9billion extra a year while still technically sticking to the fiscal rules. But it will still add to the debt pile and increase the state's interest bill, which is expected to surpass £130billion this year, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Bond markets are also uneasy that Mr Burnham may abandon fiscal discipline to fund his policy goals.

Last month City money manager Rathbones said it had sold some of its UK government debt, with boss David Coombs adding there were fears Mr Burnham could 'do a Truss', in reference to how former premier Liz Truss caused Britain's borrowing costs to soar following her uncosted mini-Budget in 2022.

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Macca's Lovely Linda lookalike

I saw her standing there! It's Saoirse Ronan as Paul's beloved Linda in new Beatles biopic

On set: Mescal as McCartney Love me do: Linda and Paul's 1969 wedding

Fringes: A young Heather

IT was the love story that ended Paul McCartney's status as pop's most eligible bachelor.

And now his blossoming romance with American photographer Linda Eastman, who would become the love of his life, has been recreated for director Sam Mendes's upcoming four-part Beatles biopic, as these exclusive pictures show.

Played by Saoirse Ronan, Linda is seen arriving at Sir Paul's three-storey Regency townhouse in St John's Wood, north London, where the singer, portrayed by Paul Mescal, greets her. With Linda as she is dropped off in a black cab appears

By Olivia Kemp

to be her daughter Heather from her earlier marriage, in a brown suede fringed jacket with tassels.

Four-time Oscar nominated Ms Ronan looks every inch the unpretentious music snapper in a floral mini skirt, classic mac and block-heeled shoes. Her long blonde hair perfectly mirrors Linda's.

McCartney and Linda met at the height of Beatlemania in 1967 at the Soho music club Bag O'Nails.

They married at Marylebone Town Hall in March 1969 and stayed together for almost three decades,

until her death from breast cancer aged 56 in 1998.

Linda became his musical partner after The Beatles broke up, playing keyboards and singing harmonies in Wings. And she was the subject of the opening track, The Lovely Linda, on his debut solo album in 1970.

Mendes's hotly anticipated project also stars Harris Dickinson, 30, as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn, 32, as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan, 33, as Sir Ringo Starr.

Each instalment will tell the story from a different Beatle's perspective. All four films are due to be released simultaneously in 2028.

I feel fine: Saoirse Ronan plays Linda in new scenes

Get ready for a big life change if you're in your 30s

THEY used to say that life began at 40, but now it starts at 30 and hits the ground running.

In fact, Britons make their biggest life changes during this milestone decade.

On average, those who move abroad do it at 31, career changes take place at 32, entrepreneurs can expect to start a business at 33 and we are most likely to launch a side hustle at 34, a survey suggests.

Four in ten said they became more ambitious than ever at 30, while 85 per cent are working towards a major life goal. Despite

Daily Mail Reporter

this, however, people wait an average of two years before acting on their ambitions, leaving 20 per cent feeling a twinge of regret and admitting they wish they had taken the plunge sooner.

Financial constraints, which were cited by 22 per cent, emerged as the biggest barrier holding people back, while a lack of confidence or self-belief was mentioned by 15 per cent, 13 per cent blamed a lack of time and 12 per cent were deterred by

their fear of failure. A major life event often provides the push people need to pursue long-held ambitions, the Vodafone Three survey of 2,000 Britons found.

For those who said a life experience had been the biggest catalyst to change, the most common was bereavement (27 per cent), losing a job (25 per cent) and becoming a parent (25 per cent).

More broadly, other triggers included achieving greater financial stability, which was mentioned by 23 per cent.

The research also showed how central

technology has become in helping people to turn ambition into action, with 42 per cent believing improved connectivity had helped them achieve their goals.

More than half (55 per cent) said it had become easier to find opportunities thanks to digital tools, while 49 per cent believed they were better placed to achieve their ambitions today than five or ten years ago.

Vodafone Three said: 'Britain isn't short of ambition. The challenge is turning ambition into action. Our research shows connectivity is increasingly part of that.'

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Record A-level results expected with bumper crop of As and A*s

THE best-ever A-level results outside of the Covid years will be released next week, according to a report.

Analysis from the University of Buckingham suggests that almost three in ten entries will be graded with at least an A, with almost one in ten awarded an A*.

It also says boys will increase their lead over girls in achieving top grades – a trend that began last year.

Hundreds of thousands of sixth-formers pick up their grades on Thursday and discover if they have won a university place.

If the predictions from the Buckingham's Centre for Education and Employment Research's report are accurate, it will be

By Eleanor Harding

Education Editor

the third year in a row that the number of top grades awarded have risen.

Last year, 28.3 per cent of all A-level entries scored at least an A grade, and 9.4 per cent scored an A*.

This was the highest on record outside of the pandemic years of 2020 to 2022, when grades were artificially inflated by the use of teachers' assessments instead of exams.

The report insists the upwards curve is not down to artificial grade inflation but is being driven by the rising popularity of maths, which produces more A and A* grades than

other subjects. It points out: 'Maths emerged as the main driver of overall outcomes in 2025, since it had by far the largest entry and was among the highest awarders of top grades.

'Along with further maths, it accounted for nearly a quarter of the A* grades awarded.'

Last year, the proportion of boys' entries awarded A or A* was 28.4 per cent, 0.2 percentage points higher than the equivalent figure for girls' entries – 28.2 per cent.

Report author Professor Alan Smithers said: 'It could be that post-pandemic we are seeing the emergence of a new upward trend.' But he added: 'This will be down to changes in the entry mix, not grade inflation.'

Stop being a blokey boon, Mr Burnham

PM told to drop his football and pub stunts... by his own team

By Sophie Church Political Reporter

ANDY Burnham has been told to be less 'blokeish' on social media by cutting boorish references to football and the pub.

Communications experts in No10 have urged the new Prime Minister to tone down his laddish videos as voters shy away from the content.

He has blitzed social media in his first weeks in office as he tries to sell brand Burnham to a wary public. The videos, mostly self-shot, have seen him chat about his love for Everton and pints.

The low-brow content stands in marked contrast with that of his more serious predecessor Keir Starmer. And now social media experts recruited to Downing Street have 'cautioned against' some of Mr Burnham's videos for fear they could alienate voters.

A source told The Times: 'No10 have a very good team that specialise in social media data and analytics. They're producing daily reports for the PM's team and have cautioned against some of the content, advising to tone down some of the blokhiness – such as the bar snacks stunt.'

The comment refers to a video of Mr Burnham sitting next to Chancellor John Healey in a pub rating bar snacks. Promoting Labour's business rates cut for hospitality venues, it was viewed more than five million times on X

One of the lads: Andy Burnham rating bar snacks with John Healey and watching Everton

alone. The social media team, set up under Sir Keir, monitors all the videos posted by the Prime Minister, analysing the tone of the responses to understand how he is being perceived online.

Tory home office spokesman Alicia Kearns said Mr Burnham's Government was led 'by content,

'Advised to tone it down'

not conviction' in reaction to his posts. 'Mr Burnham thinks a pint and a packet of pork scratchings can wash away the mess Labour have made of this country over the past two years,' she added.

'He has walked into Downing Street without a plan for the country, and without the courage

to face questions from MPs in Parliament. Right now, Russia, China and Iran threaten our security, yet nobody can tell you what the Prime Minister stands for or how he would keep us safe.'

But Home Office minister Anna Turley yesterday defended Mr Burnham's style, saying: 'I don't have a problem with it at all.

'As someone who likes football, has the occasional pint and quite enjoys pub snacks, I've got no problem with his content... it's great to see him engaging with the public. Social media is such an important medium now and I think the PM's got a really accessible style which is important for communicating our story.'

Emily Darlington, the Labour MP for Milton Keynes Central, said 'it's refreshing to have a positive male role model on social

media' and 'a stark contrast to the misogynistic and racist "influencers" so often fed into our feeds'.

And pollster Luke Tryl said it would be 'a mistake' for Mr Burnham to try to broaden his appeal.

'One of things the public likes about him is he's seen to be normal... comfortable in his skin,' he wrote on X. 'In Makerfield, people liked [that] they'd seen him at football games, he clearly enjoyed a drink like everyone else etc.'

The Cabinet Office is recruiting 50 extra social media staff for the Government Media Unit (GMU) and individual departments to manage relationships with influencers and negotiate paid collaborations to push Labour's agenda.

David Dinsmore, the former editor of The Sun, is overseeing the GMU, with 'no decision' made on its final staffing levels.

One in five student loans go to foreigners

By Political Reporter

A FIFTH of student loans are dished out to foreign students – with the taxpayer on the hook for billions of pounds in any unpaid debts.

Foreign students last year received around £4 billion in loans – around 20 per cent of total lending under the scheme.

The vast majority of this funding was awarded to EU nationals, with a staggering one in 20 of all first-time loans given to Romanians.

Foreign students are roughly 25 per cent less likely to pay back their loans than their British equivalents, it emerged yesterday. This could see taxpayers losing up to £2.2bn every year.

Neil O'Brien, the Conservative policy minister, gathered the data from Government using parlia-

'End funding for woke degrees'

mentary questions and Freedom of Information requests. He told the Daily Mail: 'Labour should focus less on bankrolling foreign students and more on improving the situation for Brits with crippling student debt.'

Reform's education spokesman Suella Braverman said: 'Reform UK will ban foreign students from accessing student loans and end taxpayer funding for woke degrees.'

Chairman of the Campaign for Real Education Chris McGovern accused the Government of 'boosting the economy of Eastern Europe'.

A spokesman for the Department for Education said: 'We are cracking down on abuse of student finance at its source, closing loopholes and preventing misuse of the system.'

NHS in row over trans rules delay

THE NHS has sparked criticism by refusing to set out a timeline for implementing new guidance protecting single-sex spaces.

Rules allowing men who identify as women to be treated on female wards are still in place despite the Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance coming into force this week.

'NHS England said it will publish its policies on single-sex spaces 'shortly'. But Fiona McKenna, at Sex Matters, said: 'The NHS has a duty to act now. It knows the law. This prevarication is insulting to patients and staff alike.'

An NHS source told The Times the delay was down to the Cabinet Office, which was 'coordinating the response'. But last night a Cabinet Office insider said: 'No one has been stopped from changing their policies.'

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper told Times Radio: 'All of us need to follow the law.'

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Choc shock! Cleaner unearths 35-year-old Mars bar hidden in hoarder's house... and it's a heavyweight

Discovery: Cleaner Victoria Gordon

Daily Mail Reporter

A MARS a day is supposed to help you work, rest and play.

But based on this brazen case of shrink-flation, one is unlikely to sustain you much past lunchtime these days.

Cleaner Victoria Gordon was tidying a home when she uncovered a 35-year-old Mars bar – which looked gargantuan.

The 44-year-old, from Lincoln, decided

'It's a bit of a swizz, as my mum would say'

to go and buy a bar currently on sale to compare the two – and was shocked by just how different the sizes were.

Ms Gordon said: 'Even though I knew it was big, I was surprised when I bought one to compare. It is a shame really.

2026 WEIGHT: 40g LENGTH: 9.5cm WIDTH: 2.5cm HEIGHT: 1.5cm PRICE: £1.30

The long and the short of it: The Mars bar from 1991 dwarfs its contemporary equivalent in both weight and length

While I do totally understand inflation, shrinkflation is a bit of a swizz, as my mum would say. The size difference was greater than I expected.

She discovered the item while on a job in North Lincolnshire this week. Her cleaning business works on crime scenes, post-death clean-ups, hoarded houses and other biohazard cleaning sites.

In 1991, a Mars bar cost between 25p

and 30p, now it will set you back £1.20 – for much less chocolate. A standard-sized bar back then weighed 65 grams – while today's is around 40 grams.

The older version was 14cm long, but its modern equivalent is just 9.5cm.

Despite being shocked by the discovery, Ms Gordon revealed finds like this one are the best thing about the job.

She told digital culture magazine

creatorzine.com: 'My absolute favourite part of the hoarder clearances are finding treasure like that.

'I find so many old and vintage things. I find it fascinating.'

Ms Gordon shared the clip online, racking up over 700,000 views. She said: 'I have had videos go viral before. Hoarder houses are always popular but I am surprised how this has taken off.'

By Mark Duell

IF you were tempted to fling your flip-flops back into the wardrobe after a fresher few days, hold on.

For Britain is about to endure its sixth heatwave in just three months from this weekend – with temperatures hitting 36C.

While most of England and all of Wales are in drought, cooler Atlantic air had brought some respite in recent days.

In fact, Thursday was the first time in 36 days that nowhere in the UK suffered 'heatwave' conditions, although it was also the 50th consecutive dry day for withered Wisley in Surrey.

But southerly winds will now draw in hot continental air as the next heatwave begins, with forecasts suggesting it could last until at least Thursday – when temperatures are due to peak.

Southern parts could even be warmer than the Caribbean and as hot as the Indian capital New Delhi. Meanwhile, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued yellow heat health alerts for southern England and the Midlands from today until Tuesday.

The Government agency

Still wilting in the summer that never stops? Sorry, heatwave No.6 is coming

warned that the latest high temperatures could put further pressure on the NHS, with vulnerable people most at risk.

The Met Office defines a heatwave as three consecutive days when daily maximum temperatures meet or exceed a specified temperature threshold. This is set at 28C (82F) in London, with regional variations of between 25C (77F) and 28C. Latest forecasts show daily highs in the capital of between 28C and 36C (97F) from today until Thursday.

This summer's extreme weather has already brought five heatwaves, including two record-breaking periods in May

and June that led to more than 2,800 excess deaths. Two more followed in July, while the fifth was confirmed on Monday.

Some parched parts, including London, saw their first ever rainless month in July, with Heathrow Airport having a record 42 consecutive dry days.

The Met Office's Mike Silverstone said: 'Temperatures will climb through the weekend and, more significantly, through much

of next week. A fairly widespread heatwave is likely across large parts of England and Wales.'

Today, the mercury could hit 28C in southern England and 25C as far north as Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and then reach the low 30Cs in southern and south-east London tomorrow, before dipping on Monday to 29C.

Highs of 30C are again possible across England and Wales on Tuesday, rising to 34C (93F) on

Wednesday, before peaking at up to 36C in East Anglia and south-east England on Thursday.

The ongoing dry weather has sparked more wildfires – including a major blaze at Llanwonno in the Rhondda, South Wales, which began a week ago and spread to an area the size of 500 football pitches, before being brought under control on Thursday.

Last month was the driest July for England and Wales since records began, according to provisional Met office figures.

Meanwhile, some 19 counties across England effectively logged no rainfall – Imm or even less – across the whole of the month.

Our tinderbox moors

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repeated missed opportunities to stop Levy.

Officers now believe Levy may have claimed many more victims during the many occasions he was released on bail, potentially carrying out daily attacks as he stalked unsuspecting women across the capital from 2018.

Writing in today's Daily Mail, Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch said 'a broken system allowed him back on to the streets to continue offending', and that soft attitudes to justice mean serious criminals feel they 'can get away with' offending.

Levy, who is blind in one eye, has now been convicted of carrying out two murders, two rapes, a near-fatal suffocation and 13 sexual assaults.

This escalated from groping women on the London Underground to targeting sex workers he would go on to murder.

He killed one woman, Sheryl Wilkins in Tottenham in August 2025, after remarkably being granted bail for murder.

He had initially been held on suspicion of killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in south London in March last year, but was let go.

This was because the Crown Prosecution Service failed to oppose bail at Levy's first magistrates' court hearing, and then did not provide the judge with damning information about his previous convictions at his next appearance before a judge.

There were another three crown court hearings that Levy failed to attend for various reasons, yet no warrant for his arrest was requested, leaving him free to strike again.

By this time, Levy had already been arrested by British Transport Police, in November 2024, for a string of sexual assaults on the Tube network, for which he was later convicted.

But delays with sorting out an identification parade meant he was released, and carried out his first rape, in January 2025,

'Litany of failures at all levels'

and the murder of Ms Valencia-Trujillo. Levy was first jailed for three years in 2021 for carrying out sex attacks on two women at Notting Hill Carnival and a Camden street party in 2018.

Mrs Badenoch said yesterday: 'The details of his Levy's crimes are horrifying enough but what is almost as shocking is the number of opportunities the authorities had to stop him. His case is symptomatic of the litany of failures at all levels that bedevil our criminal justice system.'

The rape survivor – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – even pointed officers towards the exact location of Levy's home, but she was never formally interviewed as she was withdrawing from drugs.

The Metropolitan Police later closed the investigation, despite the fact the prime suspect could be identified.

The victims' families wept in court yesterday as the jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts after deliberating for nearly 13 hours, following a seven-week trial.

Levy refused to give evidence in his defence, and showed little emotion other than to stare, wearing sunglasses, at the jury foreman as the verdicts were returned.

He is due to be sentenced on Wednesday. Judge Mark Lucraft KC said Levy would receive a life sentence, the only decision would be the length.

Tory justice spokesman Nick Timothy said last night: 'It is an outrage that this monster was allowed to roam the streets on bail despite his long record of sex-

Final arrest: Simon Levy is led away by police outside his home in Tottenham, north London in September last year

Violent deaths: Sheryl Wilkins and Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo

Stalker: Levy used the Tube network as a hunting ground

ual offences against women. Victims were repeatedly failed by the system, and the Crown Prosecution Service and others have serious questions to answer.

'Prison works because it incapacitates criminals, and this case shows why we must ensure dangerous offenders are kept behind bars.'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said Levy 'should never have been given bail, adding: 'He will clearly keep murdering and raping women at every opportunity. This man must never see the light of day again.'

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesman, said: 'The Metropolitan Police allowed a serial sexual predator to rampage through the streets of London with zero consequence. Simon Levy spent years sexually assaulting women. 'He was repeatedly

granted bail. His risk was downgraded. And he went on to rape and murder. This was entirely predictable.

'The officers who enabled Levy and allowed London's streets to become a free-for-all for this predator must face real consequences. Simply shuffling them to another desk is an insult to his victims.'

Crime and policing minister Sarah Jones said it was 'deeply concerning' that Levy was able to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts'. She said: 'It raises serious questions that require urgent

answers.' The Independent Office for Police Conduct last night confirmed it had served a gross misconduct notice on a police constable and a misconduct notice on a detective sergeant.

A spokesman said: 'We are examining whether action could or should have been taken to prevent [Levy's] re-offending, and if all officers involved in his management followed policies, procedures and training.'

But it said disciplinary proceedings were not inevitable.

The police and CPS have admitted making mistakes, but there are calls for a public inquiry into

the scandal as campaigners claimed the case makes a mockery of state promises to tackle violence against women and girls in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021.

And police believe there are many other women who have not yet come forward.

After he was jailed in 2021, Levy continued to target women, groping a prison officer in 2022.

When he was released early at the halfway point of his sentence in February 2023, he told probation staff that sex workers were frequently offering him services,

Victims of broken justice system

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had he targeted?

Vile: Levy caught on camera by one of his Tube victims

yet he claimed to never leave his home.

In reality, Levy was still on licence in October 2023 when he started venturing on the Tube for prey, roaming stations across London at peak times when he knew carriages would be packed with passengers, leaving victims unable to escape his clutches.

He regularly tied a jumper around his waist to hide his wandering hand as he grabbed the women around him.

In May 2024, he was recalled to prison following a rape allegation while the case was being investigated.

He was released in August the same year, after which he continued his campaign of attacks on the Tube. His youngest victim was 18, and

his oldest 32. Levy, who has learning difficulties, was supposed to be supervised by both probation and Visor (Violent and Sex Offender Register) staff.

But his chilling fascination with rape and murder went unnoticed as he secretly amassed a huge collection of newspaper stories about notorious offenders he lionised, including black cab rapist John Worboys and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The jobless 40-year-old, who lived with his mother in Tottenham, north London, also looked up misogynist influencer Andrew Tate online.

■ Additional reporting by Ryan Hooper and Sam Merriman

Comment - Page 18

SIMON Levy was a serial predator, rapist and murderer. A modern-day Jack the Ripper, who was arrested repeatedly, only to be released repeatedly and allowed to continue his campaign of terror against women.

The details of his crimes are horrifying enough, but what is almost as shocking is the number of opportunities the authorities had to stop him.

At the time he committed many of his sexual assaults on London's Tube network, he was not only on bail for similar crimes but - almost unbelievably - suspected of murder.

Despite the fact he repeatedly breached his bail conditions and failed to attend court at least twice, a broken system allowed him back on to the streets to continue offending.

His case is symptomatic of the litany of failures at all levels that bedevil our criminal justice system.

Prosecutions undermined by police blunders. Offenders escaping conviction because the Crown Prosecution Service prepared its cases so poorly. Judges hamstrung by sentencing guidelines that prevent them handing down the sort of jail terms that fit the crime. I could go on.

Andy Burnham is letting serious criminals out of prison early. Meanwhile, Reform UK's approach to justice would require a colossal expansion of the prison network to accommodate ten times as many inmates as we have today.

These proposals do nothing to solve the problem.

All too often, I have seen politicians and officials making decisions without ever putting themselves in the shoes of those who will suffer the consequences.

They will never be the woman trapped in a packed Tube carriage with a predator. They will never be the victim who discovers that the man who attacked her has been released. They have never had to explain to a family grieving the loss of a loved one why another chance was given to an offender who had already shown murderous tendencies.

That is why we end up with male rapists identifying as women being placed in female prisons, and dangerous criminals released to reoffend.

What we need are common-sense solutions. If people believe they can get away with crimes, or will escape with a slap on the wrist if they are convicted, they will continue to offend. Rigorous enforcement and tough punishment are not cruel, they are necessary.

FOR years, too much criminal justice policy has been based on the comforting theory that prison is a vast rehabilitation machine. An offender goes in, takes part in an intervention programme, and comes out somehow cleansed.

The reality is rather different. Rehabilitation matters, but the protection of the public matters more. And meaningful penalties matter more than both. For without punishment there is no deterrence.

We have created an expensive merry-go-round. Police officers arrest the usual suspects. Prosecutors charge them. Victims relive their ordeal in the witness box. Members of the public give up their time to sit on juries. Then, after the machinery of justice has taken its course, the criminal receives a suspended sentence, an early release, or another chance to offend.

I can't say it enough: this is madness and it must stop.

Sir David Gauke, a former

Failure after failure left this man free to prey on women at will. This madness MUST stop

COMMENTARY

By Kemi Badenoch

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

Conservative Justice Secretary, represents the kind of thinking the party has left behind.

The Gauke approach began with the conclusion that fewer people should be in prison, and those who were behind bars should serve shorter sentences. But being nice to offenders does not produce better outcomes.

The Conservative Party I lead doesn't make policy like this. I take my cue from people like former Home Secretary Michael Howard. 'Prison works,' he said. He was right.

This approach does mean we will have to build more prisons. We may well have to rent prison places abroad. And we must deport foreign criminals rather than house them here at the public's expense.

But if it is a choice between prisons being overcrowded and killers and rapists being let out onto the streets, then I'd rather the state manage the overcrowding problem.

All of this will cost money. And building prisons will provoke objections. People often say they do not want a prison near their town. I understand that.

But the trade-off is not between a jail and nothing. It is between having secure prison capacity and allowing killers and rapists to walk around freely.

When people believe they will not

be punished, more crime follows. Offenders notice when police bail is repeatedly extended, when court appearances can be missed without immediate action and when sentences bear little relation to the crimes committed.

The public notice, too. They see a system that appears endlessly understanding of criminals and depressingly indifferent towards victims.

If Andy Burnham wants to join me in adopting a common-sense approach, I will work with him. But I am wary of his backbenchers. Every opportunity they have had to vote for the right thing, they have chosen to do the wrong thing.

This should not be a question of Left against Right. It is a question of right against wrong.

The test is simple. Dangerous people must remain in prison until they are no longer a threat to society and have shown genuine remorse. The public must come before the offender. The country must pay what is necessary to make that happen.

Simon Levy's victims paid the price for a system that failed to impose consequences. No more women should have to pay that price.

Law and order are the first duty of government. The Conservative Party is ready to enforce them again.

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Two women dead. A third traumatised for life. God knows how many shattered by being sexually assaulted on the Tube. All victims of one sick man – and a justice system that’s utterly broken

AT AROUND 5pm on May 29 last year, a young woman named Tanya boarded a Tube train at London Bridge station. As it was rush hour, the carriage was packed and she found herself standing in close proximity to a man who had his back to her.

Suddenly, he reached behind and grabbed her crotch. In shock and confusion, Tanya backed away. As she did so, she bumped into a couple with two little girls standing nearby.

‘I didn’t want to scream or fight him. I didn’t want to traumatise those children,’ she later told a court. ‘I was filled with fear, not only for myself but for the other women there. I wanted to prevent him from assaulting them, too.’

As she turned to face her attacker – now identified as Simon Levy, 40 – she was struck by how he looked at her.

‘Pure evil,’ she said. ‘It was during this brief moment of strength I found to stare at him – to hold him to account and to display to him that he wasn’t invisible – that I saw him make the conscious decision to assault me a second time.’

She added: ‘I could sense he was a danger to women, that he had done what he did many times before. The brazen nature and total disregard for my confrontation of him cemented that for me.’

What happened next will be a depressingly familiar story to many women. ‘I shouted that I had just been sexually assaulted,’ said Tanya, who stood in front of Levy in court, without a screen, in a T-shirt bearing the slogan ‘End male violence’, as she read out a victim impact statement.

‘The males all around me looked at the floor and got as far away from me as they could, avoiding eye contact and clearly feeling uncomfortable. I was shaking and crying and I had to stay on the Tube for another four stops to complete my journey while no one even asked me if I was OK, or offered any help.’

As more people boarded the train, Tanya found herself standing close to Levy again. Nothing happened until they drew in to Waterloo station. It was then that Levy moved past Tanya – again with his back to her – and, as he was disembarking, snatched at her crotch once more.

Tanya tried to grab his hand to stop him leaving the train but he

Brutally murdered: Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39

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wrestled it away and got off. She took a step off the train herself and threw the contents of the drink can she was carrying at him, and shouted ‘pervert’ as he scurried off.

What Tanya did not know when she cried for help that day was that she had been the victim of just one of many assaults by Levy, a serial sex attacker, rapist and murderer who was finally convicted of his crimes yesterday.

It was only when she reported the assault to the police after getting off the train at Bond Street that

she discovered Levy had already been charged with five identical attacks on the London Underground and was on bail, despite being suspected of murder.

It later emerged that in a seven-year rampage between 2018 and 2025, Levy carried out at least 13 sexual assaults, raped and suffocated a sex worker – leaving her for dead – and killed two other women.

The British Transport Police (BTP), the Metropolitan Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and magistrates had all seen fit to

release this monster on bail four times, leaving him free to spend his days stalking fresh victims. Indeed, it’s no exaggeration to say that each time the police released him, he grew more emboldened.

In many ways, Levy was an identikit sex offender. A loner who lived with his mother, he had been unemployed since 2011. He had also lost most of the sight in his right eye as the result of an assault in May 2024.

A neighbour, Raghad, describes Levy and his mother as ‘quiet’. She

adds: ‘He’s very dopey, he’s not intelligent. But he’s given [me] a weird look sometimes.’

She found him disquieting. ‘The fear inside me [was], “There is something not right.”’

Many of his victims, meanwhile, felt betrayed when the true extent of his offending emerged. ‘You could not begin to understand the horror I felt at hearing this,’ says Tanya. ‘How could a man who does this so often and so brazenly be allowed to repeat his attacks? It made me question who would take male violence seriously, and who is there to protect women and girls?’

These are questions that the police, the probation service, prosecutors and the courts will now struggle to answer.

FOLLOWING the murder of Sarah Everard by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021, there have been countless initiatives to tackle violence against women and girls, with the Government committing itself to halving offences within a decade.

Like Levy, Couzens had a long history of sexual offending and had carried out a series of indecent-exposure attacks, with his behaviour escalating in the days before the murder, but police had failed to act.

Levy’s first known sexual attack was at a party in Camden Market on July 29, 2018, when he grabbed a woman ‘with force’, thrusting his hand into her underwear.

Barely a month later, he assaulted another victim he came across on the Tube to the Notting Hill Carnival, putting his hand down her trousers four times.

It was not until October 2019, more than a year later, that he was arrested and he remained on bail until August 2021.

Levy was subsequently jailed for three years for the two attacks.

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But even in prison he couldn't stop himself. Seven months into his sentence, he sexually assaulted a female prison officer at HMP Brixton, grabbing her bottom as she walked past.

Despite this, he was released early, in February 2023, spending time at a probation hostel before moving back in with his mother in Tottenham, north London.

While still on licence, he sexually assaulted another woman on October 24, 2023, at Canada Water station in Docklands.

In March 2024, Levy told his probation worker that he did not go out because he is blind in one eye.

A simple check of his electronic devices at the time would have revealed that he spent hours researching Tube maps and obsessing over sex; undertaking searches using phrases such as 'pay for sex but didn't get any service', 'my mum told me I should see a prostitute' and 'what's it like for a drug addict woman to have sex'. He kept folders on his computer under the title 'My sex record', with documents devoted

to sexual positions, chat-up lines and prostitutes.

Despite supervision by probation officers and police responsible for administering the Violent and Sex Offender Register (Visor), Levy's chilling fascination with rape, murder and bloodshed went unnoticed.

By day, the predator travelled free on the Tube wearing sunglasses, with an Oyster card stolen from a bus driver. He would roam the network at peak times in both the morning and evening when he knew carriages would be packed with passengers, leaving women unable to escape.

CCTV of his attacks showed that Levy repeatedly used the same method: leaning into attractive young women before grabbing at their knickers.

When victims raised the alarm or started filming the attack, Levy would simply move on to another woman, apparently unconcerned about being caught on camera, and recommence his offending within seconds. In October 2024, he sexually assaulted one victim

at Chancery Lane station and just seven days later attacked another woman at Liverpool Street.

On November 4, he was finally spotted by a BTP patrol and arrested for those attacks but officers did not have sufficient evidence to charge him and so he was bailed.

BUT it would appear that the investigation was badly mishandled, with the officers involved failing to request an ID parade, at which witnesses or victims are given the opportunity to confirm the identity of a suspect, until December 29.

The resulting line-up was organised for January 17, which meant that, extraordinarily, Levy's bail had to be extended.

On January 21, 2025, Levy was told that his bail date had been extended until April 18 and that very night he committed his first rape in a car park in Tottenham, yards from his mother's home.

He attacked a prostitute, who

the Daily Mail is not naming, breaking her collar bone before raping her, while simultaneously choking her by using one hand to squeeze her throat and the other to cover her face. As he did so, he stuck one finger down her throat, almost suffocating her.

At a subsequent hearing, the woman sobbed as she told the court of her panic as Levy smothered her: 'I thought, "I am going to die." I could not breathe. I will never forget the smell of his hands.' Seconds after the attack, she blacked out. By the time she regained consciousness, Levy had fled.

Two months later he struck again, using the same modus operandi, but this time his victim was not so lucky. The body of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, was found face-down in the stairwell of a disused block of flats in Southwark, south-east London, on March 17, 2025.

Her neck had been compressed, her face smothered and a pipe smeared with the defendant's blood was found beside her. His DNA was also on her body.

Levy appeared to be completely unconcerned about getting caught. Just ten days later he was back assaulting women at Seven Sisters station, near Tottenham in north London.

It was less than 24 hours later that Levy told Visor officers visiting his home as part of their checks that he never went out, instead occupying himself by watching YouTube videos and films.

Four days later on April 1, Levy was arrested by Met officers over Carmenza's death. His mother, Marcia Clark, clearly ignorant of her son's predilections, protested to the arresting officers: 'What are you talking about murder (sic)?'

For his part, Levy sat calmly on a sofa, mumbling: 'Yeah, but I didn't do nothing like that.'

In near-farcial scenes, Levy was released on bail yet again after the pathologist who conducted the post-mortem examination on the body of Carmenza, who had been a drug user, concluded that her cause of death was 'unascertained'.

After learning of his arrest for murder, BTP cancelled their plans to arrest him for further offences on April 3. Instead, officers opted to carry out a 'risk assessment' and, shockingly, extended his bail for another month.

Levy reacted to the news by accelerating his offending, carrying out four further attacks on the Underground before he answered bail on May 1. A day later, he was charged with five sex assaults on the Tube and was remanded in custody overnight.

At this point, the authorities' dereliction of duty went to another level: despite the fact that Levy was suspected of murder, Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court released him on bail.

The CPS has now revealed that prosecutors failed to oppose bail and cannot recall if the court was told about the murder investigation or Levy's prior offending.

Yet the BTP had warned prosecutors at the time: 'Levy's offending appears to be escalating in terms of frequency. He's considered by police to be a danger to the public and at high risk of re-offending. Police have significant concerns that if granted bail, Levy will continue in his perpetual offending against female members of the public.'

Levy went on to attack Tanya at Westminster Station less than a month later. On June 3, he was called back to Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to face a sixth sex assault charge, but failed to show. Despite this, police did not

seek a warrant for his arrest. Three weeks later, Levy was spotted on the Underground by a BTP officer and charged with breaching his bail conditions by going on the Tube, failing to appear at court and committing two sex attacks at Charing Cross and Westminster stations.

When he appeared at court to deny the offences on June 21, however, Levy was - incredibly - granted bail yet again. And when he failed to attend two subsequent hearings on July 18 and August 11, no warrant was sought for his arrest. Again, the CPS had failed to tell the court that Levy was under investigation for murder.

In the meantime, on July 10, Levy had complained to a Visor manager who visited him at home that he was not stable enough on his feet to leave the property.

The extent of his deception was revealed six weeks later, when Levy claimed his second murder victim. He smothered 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins, applying the same technique he had used with his first victim and left her body in the same location where the January 21 rape had taken place.

SHE was found face down, with 83 injuries to her face, head, upper body and limbs. Realising they had a serial sex predator on the loose, police belatedly sprang into action. Within a week, Levy was identified at the scene of Sheryl's murder by a facial recognition camera and, on September 5, he was arrested for her murder and re-arrested on suspicion of Carmena's murder.

As usual, Levy tried to bluff it out. 'I've had this situation before,' he told the investigating officers. 'I didn't do nothing. Obviously I did explain all that and that's why I was all right.'

But this time, the killer could not explain away the mountain of evidence against him and, on September 7, 2025, he was charged with rape and murder. A day later, at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, he was remanded in custody and has remained under lock and key since.

Panicked police and prosecutors then held a press conference in which they called for other potential victims to come forward. But they fatally undermined their appeal by failing to release a picture of the suspect.

Astonishingly, Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth claimed this week that police were 'quick' to realise their errors. 'We're very quick to hold ourselves to account, quite rightly in the way the public would expect,' he said. 'So we've self-referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct to answer those questions: what did our officers know and what should they have done, if they didn't do it?'

Perhaps the biggest question is how many more victims there might be. It can now be revealed that Levy was reported to the BTP for another sexual assault back in 2018 in Battersea Park, but no charges were brought.

'If anyone out there has been a victim of Simon Levy, or if anyone knows someone who has, please do reach out to us,' Mr Southworth said.

Describing him as 'a prolific predatory monster,' he said: 'The offending of Simon Levy is amongst the most harrowing we've seen in recent times... Whilst there were multiple investigations, ultimately the collective system failure, and his bail

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Show of strength: Russia yesterday released a series of images, including from the cockpit of a bomber allegedly over Ukraine

By Sabrina Penty and Will Stewart

RUSSIA could send an armed group to occupy Nato territory in Europe 'within weeks' to test Western resolve, US intelligence has warned.

Officials believe Vladimir Putin could launch a small land incursion into a disputed Eastern European outpost such as the Estonian city of Narva, or launch a cyberattack to test the alliance's resolve.

Until now, US intelligence believed the Kremlin dictator would not risk provoking Nato while fighting in Ukraine. But this assessment has changed as Russia comes under increasing pressure from Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and logistics hubs. The Wall Street Journal reported.

Nato members believe Putin is

'Putin needs a winning narrative'

already conducting probing attacks to test and fracture the alliance.

Western fighter jets have been scrambled three times in the past few weeks to shoot down drones, among a 250 per cent increase in such instances in July compared with a year ago.

Ukraine also recently intercepted a drone that had earlier crossed into Romanian airspace as Russia continues to probe the West's defences.

On July 21 Russian warship Neustrashimy fired its main cannon in a short-notice test 45 miles south of Plymouth - requesting that a British warship, which had been tracking it, retreat a couple of miles to a safe distance.

And last Thursday Nato warplanes were scrambled as Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, with one missile suspected of leaving a 33ft-wide crater in Poland.

The increase in aggression hints at Putin's current thinking.

A post by Nato's Allied Joint Force Command said: 'The

US spies raise fears of Russia attack on Nato 'within weeks'

War games: There are fears Putin, who continues to bombard Ukraine, right, will test Nato

possible threats range from a cyberattack on a Nato country or sending unmarked armed groups to occupy territory to a limited incursion on the alliance's eastern flank.'

The timeframe for a Russian move is between this autumn and 2029, according to US intelligence assessments.

One theory is Putin could grab a city or region in Poland or one of the three Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, all Nato members who have strongly backed Ukraine. Lithuanian

president Gitanas Nauseda warned recently his nation feared 'targeted operations' on a small scale.

Russian opposition politician and chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov said: 'I think the chances are growing because Putin needs a winning narrative and Ukraine doesn't offer it.'

All three Baltic states have strengthened their border defences against Russia and its close ally Belarus.

It comes as Ukrainian long-range drones hit another

warehouse in the Ural Mountains belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, more than 1,200 miles from their shared border, local officials and the company said yesterday.

Russia's air defences downed 203 Ukrainian drones from late Thursday into early yesterday, the country's defence ministry claimed.

Meanwhile, in Ukraine's northern Sumy region, a Russian drone struck a market yesterday morning, wounding ten people, authorities said.

Court halts work on Trump's £300m ballroom

A FEDERAL court yesterday dealt a major blow to Donald Trump's White House ballroom project.

A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the President must stop work on the site of the East Wing, which was destroyed as part of the $400million (£200million) plan.

Upholding an injunction by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the judges at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said: 'Congress has not ceded unfettered authority to the Executive Branch to dramatically redesign, reshape and reconstruct the White House

By Jon Michael Raasch

• the People's House - to fit a particular President's desires.' The ruling is on hold for 14 days to give the Trump administration time to appeal. He said 'we will be immediately appealing to the Supreme Court'.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump denied reports he raged at his defence secretary Pete Hegseth over a shortage of missiles, calling the claims 'treasonous fake reporting'.

The President, who has ordered an investigation into 'leaks', allegedly berated Mr Hegseth after lack of firepower was cited in

reasons for cancelling strikes on Iran. Mr Trump had planned the 'biggest attack since the Second World War', suggesting it was axed after progress in peace talks.

But the Washington Post reported the Pentagon is running out of precision weapons, claiming US forces have fired 850 horsehawk cruise missiles and 1,300 tactical ballistic missiles at Iran since February 28.

Mr Trump promised to 'hunt down' those leaking 'treasonous statements', adding: 'Long-term jail sentences will be sought'.

He defended Mr Hegseth, declaring himself 'extremely happy' with him.

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reports, left him free to go on to offend in the most harrowing manner imaginable.'

But despite committing regular attacks, he admitted that Levy didn't 'stand out' to police from the rest of the 10,000 registered sex offenders in London. Indeed, the double killer, who also used the aliases 'Levy' and 'Shamus', was never on the Met's 'V100 list' of the most dangerous offenders to women and girls.

Mr Southworth added: 'Whilst we now know Levy is one of the most dangerous offenders we have encountered in recent times, by spring last year he was one of many people on the registered sex offenders list, but not necessarily one that would have stood out.'

The number of sex offenders being managed in the community has grown by 1,000 in the last year alone. 'All of that adds up to one unfortunate, immutable truth, which is that we have a very high number of sexually violent people, that is incredibly challenging to manage,' Mr Southworth said.

'We face, unfortunately, a very vast and rising tide of sexual violence. What has stood this man out now to us all is the acceleration in his offending.'

His words will be of little comfort to victims. Officers have apologised to Sheryl's family for the 'shortfall', acknowledging her murder would never have happened if Levy had been remanded in custody. Carmenas's family didn't respond when asked for a meeting.

In February of this year, Levy was convicted at the Inner London Crown Court of carrying out 11 sexual assaults between April 2022 and May 2025 in a prosecution which was kept secret for fear of prejudicing his subsequent murder trial. Jailing him for six years, Judge Michael Evans, KC, told him: 'You were on the Tube for one purpose only - to sexually assault women.'

T ANYA, who attended the sentencing to see the man who had ruined so many lives finally face justice, told the court in her victim impact statement: 'To this day I struggle to travel on public transport. I often experience anxiety, panic attacks, fear, anger, rage, emotional overwhelm and flashbacks.

'I found myself constantly replaying the events in my mind, I see his eyes. I feel the assaults and the trauma in my body. Since that day, this has affected my daily life, my freedom, my outlook and my personality. Before I was assaulted, I was the type of person who travelled around with independence, confidence, kindness and curiosity. I had a sense of adventure, I would help others, have conversations with strangers and treat everyone with kindness. Now I treat everyone with suspicion.'

It is a sentiment shared by many of Levy's victims. Another woman told the court that she is now making plans to leave the capital: 'I know now that I would never want to have children in London or live here.'

Another said simply: 'Learning of his other offences has broken me.'

■ TANYA'S name has been changed. Additional reporting by Kristina Wemyss and Chris Pollard.

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Locked-in syndrome, two brain tumours, cancer, a car crash and a Brazilian shaman's warning...

By Eleanor Harding Education Editor

PROFESSOR Jason Arday has claimed he suffered locked-in syndrome and testicular cancer, it has emerged.

The academic, who is being investigated by Cambridge University over allegations of plagiarism, made the declarations in a 2024 proposal for his forthcoming memoir Great And Unfortunate Things.

The book is due to be published by Simon & Schuster next week but the assertions in his proposal will not be in the final version.

In the proposal, Mr Arday recounted being hit by a car as a teenager and spending several months in a coma, whereas in the memoir he described simply finishing school and taking his exams at that time.

He also told would-be publishers that

he had locked-in syndrome during the coma and witnessed doctors telling his parents that he would never recover and should be taken off life support 'as an act of mercy'.

He wrote: 'As I will describe to readers in the book, these months afforded me another profoundly different way of perceiving the world.' He added that he awoke 'miraculously' from the coma and spent a year 'relearning everything - how to walk, to talk'.

The proposal also referred to a bout of testicular cancer, rather than the two brain tumours described in the final version of the memoir.

The latest revelations follow other surprising claims, including his being unable to write until the age of 18, running 30 marathons in 35 days and raising £5million for charities.

Mr Arday's proposal for his memoir, which surfaced this week, lays out many of the same events as the book will, but sometimes with slightly different

Memoir: Professor Jason Arday's book follows scrutiny of his extraordinary life story

dates, details and characters, US magazine The Atlantic reported.

In an account of a group of boys beating him up, his attackers were four years older in the pro-

posal than in the book. A suicide attempt was described in the proposal as happening before the pandemic. In the memoir, it happened during the pandemic. The proposal also recounts how

Mr Arday was given a prophecy in 2005 while working in Brazil by a 'shaman woman'. It says she was 'an elder in the small town where I had been assigned, who was well-known in the area for

Probe: Cambridge's Jesus College where he worked

predicting people's futures'. The woman told him he would suffer in his life but would also go on to do great things. The proposal said: 'Every event she described has since come to pass.'

In the final memoir, the anecdote is retained but instead it happens in 2006 and the woman is a local aid worker, described as 'a woman in her 36s'.

Mr Arday, the son of Ghanaian immigrants, was appointed to Cambridge in 2023. Soon after, academics raised concerns with

'Miraculous coma recovery'

him and his bosses about plagiarism regarding his past work.

Earlier this week, Cambridge University launched an investigation into the allegations. The same day, the 41-year-old quit his post of professor of sociology of education at Jesus College, citing the 'personal cost' of the furore.

Mr Arday said he had been subject to a degree of scrutiny that others had not faced.

He wrote: 'This decision should not be mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me. It is simply the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure.'

By Mark Duell, Martin Robinson and Eleanor Harding

ACADEMICS at Cambridge University yesterday said Jason Arday's appointment may have gone 'badly wrong' and bosses must now take the blame.

A letter being circulated among the institution's colleges, and signed by senior dons, is calling for an independent inquiry into the processes and circumstances which led to his appointment.

It came as the university confirmed yesterday it would review how senior academics are appointed.

The scandal surrounding Mr Arday, accused of plagiarism and fabricating parts of his CV, has fuelled claims of diversity and inclusion being prioritised over academic rigour and global reputation.

Priyamvada Gopal, a Left-wing professor of post-colonial studies and one of

Cambridge dons blast Arday's appointment

the academics who organised the letter, said: 'This requires accountability now from those responsible, not a cover-up.'

Ms Gopal also claimed that the university had 'cut corners on the hard work of fostering equality and inclusion' with his appointment three years ago. Any inquiry must be independent and include external members, the academics say.

Ms Gopal said: 'An independent investigation must scrutinise how such an early career appointment to a very senior and prestigious chair was made, and what both the Faculty of Education and univer-

sity management may have got very badly wrong.' She added: 'The university bears no little responsibility for the grotesque racism which this whole business

'May have got it badly wrong'

has unleashed, and for the harm done to the individual in the line of fire, and to black academics as a group.'

Anthony Browne, a former Cambridge MP and student, warned the university's

'global reputation lives and dies with its academic rigour'. He added: 'Anything that turns its academic standards and practices into a global laughing stock is a dagger to the heart of its reputation.'

It has also been revealed that Cambridge academic Hilary Cremin gave Mr Arday her 'full support' after two academics raised concerns about his work.

Emails show Ms Cremin responded by stating she had held a meeting with Mr Arday regarding an article, which was published in 2018.

She said he had decided to 'take the article down... in order to address concerns and re-upload it'.

A Cambridge spokesman said: 'The university will continue to investigate the circumstances around Jason Arday's appointment and tenure. The findings will feed into a review of the process for the appointment of senior roles.'

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FROM the moment he set foot on the Greek island of Lesvos in 2016, Sharif Ahmadzai embarked on an extraordinary act of self-reinvention.

'This is my life. I don't have a family. My family are all dead,' the Afghan told a reporter at Moria Refugee Camp, nine months later in early 2017. Aged 16 and less than a year after leaving the Afghan capital Kabul – paying people smugglers to transport him to Europe via Iran and Turkey – Ahmadzai had already ditched his Islamic faith and embraced the evangelical Christianity of the NGO supporting him.

That religious conversion would see him transformed into a poster boy for the refugee cause and become one of its most devoted disciples. His new life as a devout Christian also brought marriage to a wealthy US missionary, an apartment in Athens, holidays across Europe and even his own refugee charity, set up with his wife Alaina, called Love Every Nation.

The couple welcomed their first child – a boy – just four months ago.

But it also saw the 26-year-old amateur boxer and personal trainer cross paths with Elisabeth-Jane Ross, known as Lisa, the British missionary whose body was found dumped in a suitcase in a run-down area of the Greek capital last month.

While Ahmadzai denies killing the 38-year-old lawyer's daughter from Edinburgh, whom he and his wife met while volunteering together, he admits disposing of her body, stealing her phone and using her bank cards to take thousands of euros, as well as sending messages to loved ones to fool them into thinking she was still alive.

He was caught on CCTV wheeling a black suitcase containing Lisa's body towards an abandoned warehouse.

The Greek coroner's initial report failed to determine a cause of death but more detailed examinations have concluded it was an 'obvious criminal act, likely asphyxiation'.

Meanwhile, Ahmadzai's 28-year-old wife is now in hiding with their baby son in Athens after tipping off police about her concerns for Lisa's wellbeing and her husband's possible involvement.

THIS week, two close friends of the trio in the Greek capital spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail in an attempt to explain exactly how this apparently heartwarming refugee fairy tale turned into a horror story of such monumental proportions.

According to the friends, two evangelical Christian women from southern US states who also work as volunteers, Alaina had noted a change in her 'very handsome' husband over the past 18 months.

'There were problems going on in the marriage,' one of them said. 'She felt that he had started questioning his commitment to Christianity. Alaina was raised in a very strong Christian home and Sharif's childhood was obviously different coming from a strict Muslim country.

'He became more aloof and seemed more focused on boxing and his friends than doing "God's work", as Alaina put it.

'I think he went more to the boxing gym than to church and Alaina became worried about this.'

Alaina was also concerned, they said, that her husband was hanging around bars in Athens 'as if he was a single man'. 'She felt that he'd changed and wasn't as passionate about Christianity as when they first met,' they added.

'He converted to Christianity within a year of arriving in Greece and, as time went on, maybe she started questioning whether he did it because he really believed in it or because he wanted to strengthen his refugee case. We've heard of a lot of cases like this.'

Amid this growing marital tension, Lisa arrived in Greece at

the end of June and lived in the Keratsini area of Piraeus until July 10 before going to stay at the apartment used by Alaina and Ahmadzai's charity.

Lisa, they believe, found herself caught up in the couple's difficulties and, as a devout Christian herself, may have challenged Ahmadzai about his wavering faith. 'Alaina is very open with her emotions,' said the other friend. 'She shared this with us and I'm sure with Lisa.'

'Alaina thought of Lisa as a friend and she must have confided in her. Maybe she challenged Sharif and he hit out in anger. He was a boxer, very strong and all it would have taken is one punch or push and somebody could get seriously injured.'

Lisa, whom they describe as 'straight-talking and honest, the type of person who would have said something' had been visiting Athens for the past ten years as part of her missionary work.

But even as a child Lisa was putting others before herself.

A photograph published in the Edinburgh Evening News in November 1998 shows her, aged ten, sitting among a pile of teddy

Friends of the wife of the alleged suitcase killer tell the Daily Mail how his behaviour was unravelling

'He was turning his person and staring and asking a single man.'

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IN ATHENS

bears sold at a church charity fundraiser for Central American victims of Hurricane Mitch.

She grew up with her parents, commercial lawyer Ken and former schoolteacher Julie, along with her twin sister Joanne and younger siblings Katie and James in a cottage on the edge of the Edinburgh suburb of Currie.

Raised in a devout Christian household, she dedicated her adult life to travelling around the globe helping those in need.

In a statement released this week her family described her as 'kind, principled and selfless'.

Her principles eventually

brought her to Athens where she worked for One Heart, a Christian organisation providing medical support to refugees and the Melissa Network, a support group for migrant and refugee women which is also based in the Greek capital.

It was through this work that she met Alaina Hall and, fatefully, Sharif Ahmadzai.

His childhood in war-torn Afghanistan could not have been more different to Lisa's. Born in the city of Gardez, his father, he claims, was a commander in the Afghan army, shot dead by Taliban insurgents when Ahmadzai was

four. His older brother, Samuel, was kidnapped by the Taliban and not seen again. The rest of his family – his mother, older sister and younger brother – were killed, he says, by a suicide bomb in November 2015 after the family moved to the capital Kabul.

'There was no reason for me to stay in Kabul,' he wrote on the website for the charity he set up with his American wife. 'It was painful to be there. I took the money my family left and I decided to leave.'

HE SET off in December 2015, walking across mountains to Iran before being stopped at the border and sent back to Afghanistan.

A month later he set off again, paying people-smugglers to get him across the border from Iran to Turkey. He spent a couple of months in Istanbul before travelling by small boat to Greece.

His first two attempts failed after the vessel he was in was turned back by the Turkish Coast Guard. The third time, he claims, his was the only boat out of three

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Accused: Sharif Ahmadzai, with wife Alaina. Above, Lisa, whose body was found in a suitcase

Alaina's aunt, her parents Tom and Susan had grave doubts about the match and 'never wanted them to get married'. Married life certainly appears to have been good for Ahmadzai. In recent years his Instagram pages have been filled with smiling pictures of the couple both in Greece and on holidays across Europe.

They spent time in Rome, Milan, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Seville and went whale-watching in Portugal. On one photo Ahmadzai posted he wrote: 'Just grateful for the gift of life.'

At the heart of their relationship – at least until recently – appears to have been their shared love of God and the Bible and their small charity, Love Every Nation, which they founded in 2023.

They distributed food, baby milk and medicines to families in need, claiming on their website: 'We love Jesus and want others to know him too.' Ahmadzai, who won a Greek super lightweight boxing title in March, also offered free training to boys.

In a video on their website, which has since been taken down, he said, in an American accent: 'I am thankful to God that he allowed me to teach boxing and that I can share Christ. This is a great gift from God.'

However, Ahmadzai had also shown signs of disillusionment.

In Facebook posts dating back to last year he accused some Christian organisations operating in Greece of exploiting refugees and volunteers for financial gain.

He claimed that some charged volunteers registration fees and wrote of crowded accommodation and misused donations. He shared images promoting the slogan 'Boycott corrupt NGOs'.

Alaina told police this week that she and Ahmadzai first met Lisa in Athens in February while volunteering. She described her as a 'very pleasant and sweet person, kind-hearted, with a good soul'.

She claimed that after the three had gone on a walk, her husband remained in touch with Lisa, who asked him for help delivering bibles, for several days. Meanwhile, she last saw Lisa on July 12 after a bible study meeting.

According to court documents, on July 15 Alaina saw a text message sent by Lisa to Ahmadzai which said: 'Thank you for your intention to come with me.'

That evening, Alaina said, she woke to find her husband missing. After checking the Find My Friends app on her phone, she saw he was at the Rethymnou

Street apartment where Lisa was staying. When she confronted him, he said he'd been out watching a football match and had gone to the apartment to use the toilet.

Lisa's body was discovered on July 18. In the days that followed, Alaina said her husband appeared to be upset, blaming his mood on the death of a relative in India. He took her and his son to the mountain resort town of Arachova, two hours' drive away.

After hearing that a body had been found stuffed in a suitcase, Alaina woke up in the night on July 29 with a 'terrible' feeling. In the morning she sent a text to Lisa and received two replies which made her suspicious.

She got in contact with police later that day with her concerns and Ahmadzai was arrested on August 1. 'These messages were not in Lisa's style, both in terms of her level of English and the use of emojis that she never used,' she told detectives.

'All of the above made me feel strange. Especially combining the dates, the messages and my husband's behaviour. I have various thoughts that make me feel uncomfortable.'

DETECTIVES then found CCTV footage showing her husband leaving the apartment in Rethymnou Street with a suitcase.

After his arrest he claimed he found Lisa dying in the bathroom on the evening of July 15 where she was 'spitting something like water out of her mouth'.

I spoke to her two or three times but she didn't respond. I froze – my legs went numb,' he said. He says he returned the next day to find her dead.

He claims he panicked and asked an elderly man near a bus stop what he should do after finding a body. 'The old man told me that what I should do is remove it from the house, or I will get into trouble. I sat and thought about what he told me for a few hours.'

Ahmadzai says he returned to the apartment the next day and placed Lisa's body in a suitcase before putting it in the boot of his wife's red Peugeot. He drove towards an abandoned building near his own home.

'There I found the old man I told you about who gave me the advice. He told me to leave the suitcase with him and he would take care of it,' he said in his statement. 'As far as I know, this old man's name is Nikos and he frequents the place where I left the suitcase.'

The money he stole using Lisa's bank cards, he said, was to pay Nikos who was 'blackmailing me that he would tell everything to the police'. It almost goes without saying that police do not believe that Nikos ever existed.

In Evelpidon court in Athens this week, Ahmadzai was charged with homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences after police found a replica Glock-style pistol and a military-style knife at his home.

As stories go, the desperate tale he has offered in his defence is as extraordinary as the one he told when he arrived on Lesvos a decade ago, dreaming of a brighter future in Europe.

Until these sickening events unfolded in Athens, it looked as if that dream had come true.

packed full of migrants to arrive safely on Lesvos. The others sank. 'Finally I had arrived in Europe,' he wrote in his dramatic account which, at the time of Lisa's death, he and his wife were in the process of turning into a life-affirming book. 'I was only 16 and I had no one,' he wrote.

'I knew I couldn't give up so I made friends, started studying English and started translating for an organisation in the camp.'

Life in overcrowded Moria Refugee Camp was undoubtedly tough. Back in 2016, Lesvos – then more commonly known as Lesbos – was at the frontline of Europe's refugee crisis thanks to its position just a few miles from the Turkish coast.

Ahmadzai, however, was offered a room in the home of American missionary Jeremy Holloman, site coordinator for the largest aid group active in Moria, a Christian evangelical aid organisation called EuroRelief. Holloman's wife, Marianna, taught Ahmadzai

English. He referred to the couple as his 'family'. Neither responded to emails this week asking about their dealings with him.

But a couple who took in Ahmadzai, after his tent burned down in the camp, told the Daily Mail they were 'heartbroken' to learn of his arrest and insisted he had never displayed any behaviour that concerned them.

In August 2016 EuroRelief, part of a bigger organisation called Hellenic Ministries, came under fire amid reports that its aid workers were distributing conversion forms inside Arabic copies of the St John's Gospel among the predominantly Muslim migrants.

There were claims, too, of preferential treatment given to Christian refugees or those who converted. The organisation said at the time that it disapproved of the distribution of conversion materials but couldn't rule out the possibility that individual aid workers had handed out the booklets themselves. While it's

impossible to say who, or what, exactly lay behind his conversion to Christianity, Ahmadzai quickly became an enthusiastic volunteer for EuroRelief and was eventually granted asylum.

He met his future wife when she travelled to the island as an 18-year-old Christian volunteer also working with EuroRelief.

ALAINA, a FedEx pilot's daughter from Ringgold, Georgia, grew up in a wealthy and deeply religious Baptist church family and was educated in a private Christian school. Home was in an exclusive gated community. The Halls also own a $750,000 cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Alaina and Ahmadzai became friends before falling in love after he moved to Athens in 2020. They exchanged marriage vows during a traditional white wedding in Greece in 2023. According to

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My search for the moon

NOT since the days of hysterical teenagers chaining themselves to rock stars' railings has anyone been in such dogged pursuit of a celebrity.

When I say 'celebrity', I'm not talking about a devastatingly handsome action movie hero or pop star. In fact, I'm not

by Julia Lawrence

overly familiar with my idol's face at all – largely because it's covered with the 20in bin-shaped helmet he wears.

I am, of course, referring to Count Binface,

the comedian and satirical writer Jon Harvey whose alter ego – an intergalactic space warrior, leader of the Recyclons from the planet Sigma IX – has been aiming his ray guns at my

home town of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex since the beginning of July.

His target, I should make clear, is the constituency's on/off (currently off) MP Nigel Farage who, not seeing the stealth attack coming or taking it seriously when he did, has been taking quite a hammering.

I can't help imagining one of those whoop whoop klaxons – of the type that followed a Klingon strike in Star Trek – regularly going off at the Reform UK HQ, with everyone diving behind filing cabinets, and deputy leader Richard Tice gasping: 'She canna' take any more, captain', as sparks rain down on his quiff.

Yes, it's a laugh. We in Britain have a long tradition of subversive humour, but the story behind this particular challenge is deadly serious and one that nobody – least of all Nigel Farage – can afford not to take seriously.

To recap, Clacton's Summer of Fun kicked off on July 7 when Farage resigned as its MP, a seat he had held since 2024, thereby triggering an immediate by-election.

He did this amid extensive scrutiny over his finances, including a £5 million gift prior to the General Election from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, as well as benefits received from George Cottrell, aka Posh George, a convicted fraudster, who lives in Montenegro.

Farage insisted the money was simply generous gifts from rich friends, and that he had done nothing wrong. But an investigation was launched by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

At which point Farage, as the row over the 'gifts' escalated, resigned – halting the investigation – and took the case directly to the vote, for 'the people of Clacton to decide'.

He framed the stand-off as a fight between 'the people and the political establishment', who were trying to scupper his very real chances of getting into No 10.

WHEN the then Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch dismissed the resignation as nothing other than a 'political tantrum', all the major parties colluded in a total boycott of the by-election and refused to field any candidates against him.

Enter, stage left, a man with a bin on his head, calling himself Count Binface. And my heart leapt.

Here was a chance, I thought, for my town – the place I was born, went to school, had my first kiss, first heartbreak, the place my dad's ashes for ever swim in the sea in which he taught me front crawl – to finally receive the spotlight it deserves.

For this is a community with many problems – including an ageing population and very few prospects for young people – which deserve to be taken seriously, without pity or condescension.

Clacton has been the butt of jokes for decades. I should know, I've

been on the receiving end of many of them. First, it was the Kiss Me Quick hats and association with Butlin's, then came Benefits by the Sea, the 2015 TV series which focused on the community of Jaywick, a village to the west of Clacton, known locally as an unemployment and crime hotspot.

It was named as one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK, with statisticians duly informing the nation that 62 per cent of working-age residents were on benefits. It made good TV. It also made a mockery of a hard-working and proud community – including members of my family and my friends who still live there and don't deserve to be laughed at.

Then, in 2024, came Nigel Farage, who was welcomed with open arms.

AFTER all, Clacton is the only constituency to have elected a UKIP MP at a General Election (Douglas Carswell in 2014) and was considered by many to be the beating heart of Brexit, with 70 per cent of the town voting 'out'.

But could a new wave of political and democratic history now be made on my native turf by a man with a bin on his head?

If so, I'd be damned if I let it pass me by. Binface was soon being interviewed on BBC Radio 4, on Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart's podcast The Rest is Politics, and Good Morning Britain, as well as on countless news outlets around the world.

I listened as he laid out his manifesto to the BBC's Justin Webb.

He said he would 'build at least one affordable home'. He would cap bus fares at £1.99 and 99 ice creams at 99p. He would spend more time in Clacton than in Mar-a-Lago (Farage is famously good pals with President Trump) and 'will not accept £5 million gifts from crypto millionaires (on Earth)'.

What better guide, I figured, could he have than me, showing him around the town? So I approached his PR. We could go on the pier, I suggested. I could feed him chips through the slit in his bin.

My sister could take him to her beach yoga class. My mum, who still lives in the town, would be happy to offer him a bed for the night if he missed his spaceship home.

While we're at it, we could work on a few extra points for his manifesto, such as holding a giant party on the A12 (you might as well, it's closed often enough), setting up a summertime concentration camp for jellyfish and launching an inquiry into whether the coins in the penny falls slot machines are actually glued on.

Thus began my month-long pursuit – two black and green council bin collection cycles, if you will – of my new hero. Emails and follow-up emails were sent, all politely received but to no avail. He must be a very busy bin indeed.

There was nothing for it: with the by-election now just days away I decided to go back to Clacton myself, in the hope of bumping into him on the campaign trail.

I went to the town centre, the pier, even famously genteel Frinton-on-Sea, which also falls within the constituency. No luck.

I was puzzled. After all, he's not shy. He has appeared at some of the most significant moments of British

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behind the bin!

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Will the tide turn? Count Binface, aka Jon Harvey, left, will fight the by-election in Clacton, home town of Julia Lawrence, inset

does more than traipse around Mar-a-Largo while shilling for gold bullion.

But is Binface, or Jon Harvey, that MP? As some of the townsfolk agree, they could do a lot worse. Bright, self-made and politically opinionated, he was born in Croydon, the son of an alcoholic estate agent, whose 'chaotic' home life saw the family move 11 times in his first 11 years. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in Literae Humaniores (the classics course favoured by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among others) he began working as a scriptwriter for satirical television programmes such as The Thick of It and Have I Got News For You.

There's a Countess Binface too: his actress wife Sarah, plus their two little bins.

And there's a heart under that warrior's breastplate. He raises money to fund his escapades selling T-shirts, caps and mugs - half of the proceeds from which he gives to Shelter, the homeless charity.

Look hard, and you'll identify a satirical message behind some of the silliness of his campaign pledges. Take his policy on building 'one affordable home': the joke here, of course, is that this is far more achievable than the gulf in most serious manifestos.

And his pledge to 'lower your taxes but raise everyone else's'. Isn't that what new PM Andy Burnham is said to be proposing? Reforming property taxes to shift a greater

financial burden onto homeowners in London and the South-East?

While no one actually expects Binface to win, there's always an outside chance. It has happened before, remember, though admittedly by a man in a white suit, not with a bin on his head.

In the 1997 General Election, the BBC war reporter Martin Bell won the seat of Tatton as an independent 'anti-sleaze' candidate, defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Neil Hamilton amid the 'cash-for-questions' political corruption scandal.

Count Binface himself has conceded that while Nigel Farage is likely to win 'numerically', he would not win 'morally'.

And if he's right, he'll be welcome to join me for a sundown cup of tea at our beach hut any time he likes.

It's the big by-election next week but Count Binface is proving as elusive as happy voters. Clacton local JULIA LAWRENCE set out to ask the vital questions like: What do Mrs Bin and the little Bins make of it all?

politics, starting in 2017 as Lord Buckethead (no prizes for guessing the costume) before being forced to change his name because of a copyright clash with a character created by a Hollywood filmmaker.

Count Binface was also there on stage in Wigan in June, right next to Andy Burnham, at the Makerfield by-election, and stood against Boris Johnson in 2019 and Rishi Sunak in 2024. He has also run twice against Sir Sadiq Khan in the London mayoral elections.

On each of those occasions, he failed to make enough votes to cover his £500 deposit (he polled just 95 in Makerfield). But in Clacton... well, all that could be about to change.

Anti-Farage sentiment is hotting up in the town, with Count Binface the obvious outlet for Clacton's

frustration. It's turning into a direct shoot-out - or Phaser challenge - between the two. Mano v Bino.

Currently, Farage is polling at about 71 per cent and Count Binface at an estimated 20 per cent - and rising.

Talking to the people of Clacton, on another blisteringly hot day this week, it's clear Farage is a divisive figure, both loved and loathed in equal measure, meaning Binface could be in with a chance.

Sandy, enjoying a coffee in the town square, describes Farage as 'a lot of talk and not a lot of action', and says she will be voting for Binface.

As does business owner Zoe, who owns a refills shop in the town. 'It's a protest vote,' she says, explaining her thinking. 'Against how ridiculous this whole by-election

is. And he can't be any worse than what we've had before.'

Sisters Maureen Stephenson and Sheila Wiggett, out for a stroll on the seafront, do not agree. 'The Bin,' they tell me, 'needs locking up.'

Loyal to Farage, Maureen insists: 'He's the only one who never lies and knows exactly what's going on.'

YN, from the town's wool shop, won't go that far, but she's voting Farage anyway as, with options as they stand, she 'really can't see the point' of doing anything else.

Paul Crawley, meanwhile, a 63-year-old financial adviser, father of four and grandfather of seven, from Printon, has taken a decisive stance. He's erected a

'Vote Count Binface' and 'I Can't Wait for Bin Day' placards on his front lawn - a mere 100 metres or so from where Nigel Farage has a house.

He is also active on the Binface Appreciation Facebook group, of which there are currently 116,000 members. 'I think Farage is a charlatan. It is a waste of the public purse and an unnecessary election caused by a hissy fit. It's become a circus and I am cross about that,' he tells me.

'I don't think he's spoken once for our area in parliament. I don't think he's helping the people at all. There are issues here. Look at youth unemployment, social care and the depleting town centre.

'This town has a lot going for it, but it needs employment and it needs a good MP, one who

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Eating Bad!

COMMENT

Soft justice madness leaves us all less safe

THE deep and dangerous malaise in criminal justice just gets worse. Bad enough that the Government sees fit to give early release to killers, domestic abusers and other violent criminals.

Now comes the appalling case of a known sexual predator who was allowed to continue his grotesque campaign of terror against women because of the dithering and serial incompetence of the police, courts and CPS.

As a result of their failings, two women are dead and a third has been left traumatised. There were so many chances to stop Simon Levy it's hard to know where to start.

He was jailed for two sex attacks in September 2021. While in Brixton prison, he sexually assaulted a female guard yet was still freed after half his three-year sentence.

While on licence he attacked a woman at Canada Water station, the first of a string of assaults on the London Underground. British Transport Police arrested him in November 2024, but he was given bail.

Three months later his bail was extended and on the same night he raped, beat and suffocated a sex worker, leaving her for dead. She reported it but no action was taken.

Levy carried on his Tube station attacks while on bail and even when he failed twice to show up at court no warrant was issued for his re-arrest.

On March 17 last year, the inevitable happened. He murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in a partially disused tower block and five months later Sheryl Wilkins in a Tottenham car park.

The CPS non-apology apology is instructive. While accepting their actions 'fell short of the standards the public are entitled to expect', the chief prosecutor added: 'We cannot know what decisions the courts would have made had different representations been advanced.'

In other words, even if the CPS had strongly opposed bail, it may well have been granted anyway.

Levy was known to be a clear and present danger to women. Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth described him a 'prolific, predatory monster'. In what universe should such a man not have been remanded in custody?

Policing and the administration of justice in the 21st century are, of course, complex but some fundamentals never change.

If public trust in the system is to be maintained, those who commit crimes—especially the most serious and violent offences—must be seen to receive appropriate punishment.

By failing for so long to put Levy behind bars, the police and CPS breached that trust and made the streets less safe for law-abiding people.

Meanwhile, the early release scheme begun under Sir Keir Starmer and now championed by Andy Burnham is compounding this loss of faith.

Public outrage has recently focused on Mr Burnham's failure to block the impending release of Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper.

But terrible as that decision is, there is a much broader issue at play. Since the scheme began in September 2024, 70,000 criminals have been freed. Over the same period, re-offending rates have rocketed by nearly 30 per cent.

It is surely no coincidence. With the deterrent of long sentences so severely weakened, career criminals have become emboldened and are laughing at the law.

Mr Burnham claims prisons are so overcrowded that the justice system would collapse without these early releases. Many will think it is collapsing because of them.

WHILE the old adage of 'no smoke without fire' may be true, the reverse is not. From Suffolk to the Peak District

to the Cairngorms, pockets of fires are still furtively flickering away, smokeless, unseen and underfoot, in roots, animal burrows or a seant of peat. Sharp-eyed fire crews remain on standby, ready to pounce on the next flame to pop up from the underworld.

The worst may be over—for now, although a new heatwave is on the way—after the spate of wildfires breaking out across Britain in recent days. But the damage—not just to the landscape but the wider tourist industry—reflects a disturbing reality: These things now spread further, faster and deeper than they used to.

And it's certainly not just down to climate change.

The rise of the fashionable new doctrine that nature is 'best left to itself' is leaving mountains of flame-ready brushwood waiting for a spark.

And where, in the past, a live-in gamekeeper might have been on the spot in a trice to swat a wildfire before it got going, much of the countryside is now administered by a nine-to-five lanyard class who are expressly forbidden from

tackling anything riskier than a bin fire in the office waste paper basket.

In Suffolk, much of Dunwich Heath and Minsmere, a great sprawl of ancient wood, heather and grassland, resembles a First World War-style waistscape of ash and the odd gnarled tree.

Two nature reserves—one run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the other by the National Trust—have been wiped out.

The disaster zone equates to 210 football pitches, so we are told by the local authorities who think that the public find a sporting analogy easier to digest than '371 acres'. Or, to put it another way, that equates to seeing London's Hyde Park or three-quarters of Monaco go up in smoke.

THE destruction further north has been much worse.

The losses at Tintwistle Moor and Dove Stone in the Peak District have been officially rated as 1,250 football pitches, while the destruction in the Cairngorms stands at 3,500 pitches (ten square miles in old money). In each area, the fire crews have performed heroically, assisted by quick-thinking local farmers, gamekeepers and volunteers.

In Suffolk, for example, families had to be plucked from caravans in the dead of night as the flames were heading to a holiday park and, for a while, towards nearby homes.

Ultimately, not a single shed or mobile home, let alone a human life or residence, was lost. The sense of relief round here is palpable.

But now that these wildfires have been largely stamped out, a similarly incendiary debate has already started over the best way to minimise the damage in future.

In very broad terms, it boils down to those, on one side, who think our countryside should be proactively managed the way it has been for generations by people living and working on the land.

Then there are those, on the other, who want it to revert to a more 'natural', less human-centric state, a doctrine usually described as 'rewilding'.

It is a quarrel variously

painted as tweedy traditionalists versus dreamy idealists; horny-handed countryfolk versus eco-zealots. Scratch a little deeper and you are soon into culture war/class war/political territory, too.

All can happily agree on a few things. First, idiots will always be with us, dropping big ends and glass or lighting camp fires in hot weather.

Second, climate change, scorching temperatures and dry, tinderbox summers are now set to be the norm. Views then differ radically on what can be done to make the countryside less flammable.

It is clear that the more we leave woods, grass, heather and gorse untouched by human hand, the more an area accumulates what the authorities call 'fun load'—and what the rest of us call 'kindling'.

Yet the rewilding lobby argues passionately that rewilding leads to 'rewetting'—the benefits of dam-building beavers are often cited—and, thus, a wetter countryside is less likely to burn.

'This cult has grown up saying, 'Man bad, nature good', that any human intervention is a bad thing,' says Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. 'At a time when the environmental movement could not be more right about the challenges of climate change and dry summers, it is exactly the time when more management is needed.'

'But the environmental movement and government agencies like Natural England have increasingly moved towards this sort of hands-off, happy-chappy, rewilding idea that if we just let nature go, it'll all be fine.'

Almost every wildfire turns out to be the fault of a human (though the odd lightning strike can be to blame). Last month's blaze above Dove Stone reservoir in the Peaks

Too close for comfort: A fire engine in Dunwich as smoke billows

SATURDAY E-CAY by Robert Hardman

followed the drowning of a teenager whose friends had returned to honour him with fireworks. One of those set off the heather on the moor above.

However, it has not gone unnoticed that some of the worst wildfires have occurred in places with higher fuel loads—i.e. those where the orthodoxy of rewilding is embraced.

Every wildfire is different but the hottest topic in the rewilding debate concerns the management of our moorland. For this fight spills over into class, politics and animal rights.

An estimated one million acres of British moorland is dedicated to grouse shooting. Most of that land sits inside our national parks, says the pressure group Rewilding Britain, a staunch foe of 'intensively-managed grouse moors which leave nature impoverished and contribute to climate breakdown'.

They argue that the traditional maintenance of grouse moors, which involves burning patches of heather in rotation during winter to promote heather regeneration, causes lasting damage to the peat beneath it.

MUCH better, say the rewilders, to leave nature well

alone, let the peat soak up more moisture and, over time, see the heather give way to moss. They also want to block up moorland drains or 'grips' (historically created to promote sheep farming) that take water off the hills.

Though moorland is not prime beaver territory, the aim is rewetting as well as rewilding. Underpinning this, though, in many cases, is a simple dislike of wealthy people shooting small birds.

With the grouse-shooting season almost upon us—Wednesday is the 'Glorious Twelfth'—the issue is a live one right now.

The shooters, estate owners and gamekeepers, however, point out that a grouse moor is not only much more eco-friendly than a hands-off hillside but it is far less likely to suffer a wildfire precisely because it is actively managed. By burning selected or 'prescribed' areas each winter, the moor becomes a 'mosaic' of heathers of different ages, each of which will promote different species of wildlife at different stages in the plant's growth.

Overall, the whole patchwork is less susceptible to a fast-moving blaze because the newly-burned parts of the 'mosaic' serve as fire breaks. Furthermore, say the grouse lobby, winter burning or 'murburn' does no damage to the peat.

With 30 years of gamekeeping behind him, moorlands expert Richard Bailey points to an online video showing a keeper placing a Mars bar underneath a patch of moorland heather.

This then gets a full winter torching. The top of the heather is frazzled but the Mars bar underneath is unscathed in its wrapper, thus proving that the peat below is unharmed. A wildfire, on the other hand, burns down to the roots and would have incinerated both the Mars bar and the peat, too.

Peak District-based Mr Bailey, who was invited to address a parliamentary committee on the subject, has spent recent weeks helping out round the clock to put out the blazes in his area.

It is no coincidence, he points out, that these have occurred on non-grouse-shooting land run by the RSPB. He does not deny that

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Barren wastescape: An emergency worker surveys the damage caused by the huge wildfire at Dunwich Heath in Suffolk

How happy—clapry rewilders, wilfully ignoring centuries of wisdom and experience, are making Britain a

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wildfires can sometimes start on a grouse moor – and it does happen – but he argues that it is much less likely to take off at speed because the 'fuel load' is greatly depleted.

As for the rewilders' plans to rewet peat bogs, typically over a 50-year period, he says that it is a nice idea but self-defeating if wildfires are going to incinerate the land in the meantime.

Mr Bonner points out that

where locals burn heather in non-grouse-shooting areas – such as Dartmoor – there is no vocal opposition because the beneficiaries there are animals, not gun-toting toffs in plus fours.

Mr Bailey says that Greater Manchester fire brigade regularly seeks training and advice on moorland fires from estate gamekeepers because they have been managing moors for generations.

He also notes that the brigade were very grateful for the help of 20 gamekeepers who worked round the clock on the Tintwistle fire for ten days – equating to 2,280 man-hours at no public cost.

He states that charity staff and civil servants, through no fault of their own, are told not to tackle any fire greater than one square metre and must dial 999 instead. 'By the time the crews get there,

the fire is going to be well under way,' he says.

Down in Suffolk, I check out the impact on the local economy. It's lunchtime in the enchanting village of Dunwich in what should be one of the busiest weeks of the year – and the place is ghostly.

The authorities have been telling everyone to 'avoid the area', even though Dunwich is perfectly safe – and well worth a visit. So, too, is

neighbouring Westleton which responded magnificently when the fire broke out. Barbara Buckley, chair of Westleton village hall, and her neighbours were up all night finding accommodation for the refugees from the holiday park near the burning heath.

People here want to get on with their lives, not debate the merits of rewilding. However, one local farmer points out that the RSPB's Minsmere reserve hardly needs rewetting since much of it is marshland, while its fire breaks were 'woeful'.

The village hall remains the local information hub. One of those dropping in is the gardener for film star Ralph Fiennes who has a house inside the sealed-off security zone. Like all the others, it is fine thanks to the swift response of the fire brigade.

I talk to the actor's brother, Jake Fiennes, a prominent countryside expert who runs the award-winning operation at Holtham Hall, the Earl of Leicester's 25,000-acre estate in neighbouring Norfolk.

He has friends on both sides of the rewilding debate but wants to see us move on from its divisive tone. 'We are on a small island on the edge of the Atlantic that has been managed by Man for millennia.

'I get frustrated by the ecological language which alienates those who have historically managed land through different processes. There has to be compromise, partnership and understanding. I prefer to talk about restorative agriculture.'

HAVING grown up near Dunwich, he is very familiar with the burned-out area. He reflects that some of the heathland there had been left untouched for too long and had become, as he puts it, 'rank'.

The RSPB also questions the language of the debate.

'Rewilding means different things to different people but restoring and protecting natural processes in the right places can have real conservation benefits,' a spokesman tells me.

'That said, the heathland at RSPB Minsmere and our other lowland heathland sites is the very antithesis of what many consider to be 'rewilding'. These landscapes are actively, carefully and continuously managed.'

He adds that the RSPB does provide firebreaks: 'We take the risk of wildfire exceptionally seriously across all our reserves.'

The National Trust says it is equally committed to safety but that its eight-metre firebreaks at Dunwich were overwhelmed by 40-metre flames. It adds: 'There is no rewilding policy at Dunwich Heath or anywhere at the

National Trust. Our decisions are guided by science.'

It rejects the use of selected winter burning to reduce fuel load, saying there is 'limited evidence', adding: 'We prioritise nature restoration over routine burning because healthier, wetter landscapes are more resilient to wildfire.'

Judging by recent events, those beavers have a great deal left to do.

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IDON'T know if Simon & Schuster, the illustrious publishers, are really going to continue with their current plan to launch the memoirs of Jason Arday, who this week resigned in circumstances both hilarious and tragic from his position as a professor at Cambridge.

That was the position at least, last night, but it seems incredible. Apart from anything else, it would be cruel to Mr Arday.

The guy is – as he said when he resigned – only human. Those who claim to have his interests at heart should spare him further ridicule.

Yesterday, it emerged journalists from the Atlantic magazine had apparently uncovered his proposal to publishers for the book, in which he makes yet more bonkers claims: about the extraordinary diseases he has suffered and recovered from; the acts of heroism he has committed; the

'But we meant well!' the dons will tell us

many global accolades he has received but for which, curiously, no evidence can be found.

Perhaps all this stuff is true. Maybe there will be further volumes, in which he explains how he secretly won a Victoria Cross while in the SAS, found a cure for cancer and was offered the throne of Patagonia.

At the heart of this story is a shameful piece of racism – not by the people who tried to expose the fantasies and plagiarism of Mr Arday, but by those who promoted him. Whatever the sins and deceptions of the young man from south London, they are completely eclipsed by the fundamental fraud of the academics who used and abused him for their own selfish ends.

Oh we all know what's going to happen now, don't we? All those responsible at the University of Cambridge will run for the hills, desperately trying to cover their backsides as they go.

They will say they didn't know, that they were fooled, that they were taken in by his charm. They will present him as a chancer, a charlatan, someone who brilliantly preyed on their good intentions.

'But we meant well!' the Cambridge dons will say, wringing their hands. It is crucial that we don't allow them to get away with this defence.

Let us suppose it's true that at the time of his appointment as a Cambridge professor, in early 2023, the then 17-year-old Arday genuinely managed to pull the wool over the eyes of the Board of

The Cambridge academics who cynically used and abused Jason Arday for their own selfish ends are the REAL racists here...

Electors. Let's suppose that they somehow managed to remain oblivious to his plagiarism, his spelling mistakes and the many oddities in his background story.

How could his autism have been so bad, for instance, that he only learned to read and write at the age of 18, when it turns out he had secured two GCSEs two years earlier?

How did he manage to run 30 marathons in 35 days, despite sustaining a hairline fracture on day 21 that caused his leg to swell up to double its size? If he had really run 600 miles in six days – as he said – then why wasn't he globally famous as a high-performance athlete?

And so on. Arday is obviously in some ways a warm-hearted and well-meaning fellow, but his life story is full of such obvious trips that you would have thought the professors – with their inbuilt and seasoned bulls***-o-meters – would have detected it.

But let's imagine that they fell for the whole thing, or even that they thought something was a bit rum, but turned a blind eye. In a

way it doesn't matter. Their real crime is far, far worse, and it is one that they cannot conceivably deny. At the time he was made a professor, Jason Arday had no real body of work to justify any such elevation.

He was responsible for no new discovery or piece of thought

No real body of work to justify such elevation

leadership. In fact, he had produced – in his astonishingly brief career – absolutely nothing of any notable academic interest or merit whatsoever.

And yet they decided to give him the highest scholarly accolade in our country: they made him a full professor at one of the greatest universities on earth, whose reputation for excellence

is a crucial part of our global soft power.

Why did they do it?

The university was blatant and unashamed in explaining, in its press release and in all the publicity that followed, that they were proud to have appointed 'the youngest black professor in the history of the university' – a superlative that they often repeated.

They gave him a 'professorial chair in the sociology of education'; and the logic seemed to be that as a young black man who had experienced difficulties in becoming a university academic, he was going to become a leading expert in the discipline of how young black men have difficulties in becoming university academics.

It was surreal, a parody of how higher education is supposed to work, but Arday became a media star, a sensation. And the dons didn't care.

They didn't care about the students, paying through the nose to sit at the feet of a man with no real qualifications. They didn't

care about the taxpayers who so generously subsidised his salary.

They showed complete contempt for other academics who had worked hard and been turned down for such posts. Above all they were completely indifferent to the fate of poor Arday, who was only too likely – as they must have known – to be found out and humiliated.

They cared only about themselves and the virtue they could signal by saying they had at last got a young black professor at Cambridge.

It is a real scandal. These academics have done immense damage to their university and to the cause of higher education.

In 1957, the US Supreme Court Judge Felix Frankfurter famously defined academic freedom, as 'the right for a university to determine for itself, on academic grounds, who may teach, what may be taught, how it shall be taught and who may be admitted for study'.

The University of Cambridge has openly and exultantly trashed that principle. They did

They did it on political and racial grounds

not make this appointment on academic grounds and there is no way they can claim that they did.

They did it on political grounds. They did it on racial grounds – and they boasted about it.

You remember the brilliant satire Trading Places, in which two elderly American financiers take a bet with one other (one dollar), about whether they can transform a sidewalk hunter and small-time con man, played by Eddie Murphy, into a high-rolling Master of the Universe?

In their callousness and their cynicism, and their basic selfishness, the dons have behaved like Randolph and Mortimer Duke. It is frankly disgusting.

By ignoring the primacy of academic merit and by engaging in such transparent racial discrimination, Cambridge is actually legitimating some of the nasty and poisonous discourse we can increasingly bear in politics today.

Am I dreaming, or did the leader of the so-called Restore party just suggest that the King can't be 'white British', because his father was born abroad? What is happening to us all?

But if the dons of Cambridge can do it, others will follow their example. There needs to be a full and independent inquiry into what happened and all those involved in the appointment of Jason Arday should get in ahead of the outcome and resign.

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Why Jason Arday's story reminds me so much of Meghan's...

WHEN I first read Jason Arday's amazing life story, I had a strange sense of deja vu.

A poor kid from a tough background, misunderstood, met with scorn – but always knowing inside that they were destined for great things... where had I heard it all before?

Then I remembered: Meghan Markle! A 'latchkey kid', she called herself, raised on 'TV-tray dinners'. Who 'never Googled' Prince Harry before their first date.

In fact, Meghan had enjoyed a private education paid for by her Emmy-winning dad Thomas. She had posed in front of Buckingham Palace as a teenager, too.

Jason, of course, was born to Ghanaian immigrants and claims he was mute as a boy. He then became Cambridge's youngest black professor while raising millions for charity, achieving superhuman sporting feats and beating health problems that would have defeated a lesser man along the way. Sadly, of course, much of his story has since unravelled – and this week he resigned.

But the similarities between Megs and Jase go beyond exaggerating their early struggles. It's clear that both of them wanted

■ DESPITE his hard-won knighthood, their £16million yacht, their recent billionaire status and 27 joyous – and I'm sure faithful – years of marriage, Dave and Vic Beckham stroll around St Tropez looking miserable. What's all that fame and fortune for if not happiness?

money and fame. Meghan did anything to get herself on TV, including a stint as a 'briefcase girl' on the US version of Deal Or No Deal, before she married someone guaranteed to keep her in the news for the rest of her life. Jason, meanwhile, boasted he was offered '1.4million' for his memoir; out later this month.

In a normal world, Jason – with his two GCSEs and a degree in PR and education studies – would be a PR teacher, while Meghan would be a bit-part TV actress. Yet both refused to accept the hand that fate and talent had dealt them.

Of course, Meghan is too smart to have peddled the elaborate fantasies Jason concocted – running 600 miles in six days, or appearing in a BBC documentary that aired years before he was born. But I'd say these narcissists still have a remarkable amount in common.

Gigi's love language

RUMOUR has it actor Bradley Cooper, 51, has secretly wed his model girlfriend Gigi Hadid, 31.

Last year, Gigi babbled: 'Getting to the point where knowing what you want and deserve in a relationship is essential. And then to find someone

that is in a place in their life where they know what they want... And you both do work separately to come together.'

What unutterable gobbledygook, but that's what you get, Brad, when you marry a millennial.

I WOULD never condone the demonstrators attacking homes in Thetford, Norfolk, being occupied by asylum seekers. But is it any wonder that folk despair? A nearby ex-military barracks has been

earmarked to take 1,250 young male migrants – and this in an area classified as one of the most deprived in the county. Andy Burnham needs to stop pretending Labour's plan 'is working' – and start sending people back.

++Westminster wars++

■ PM Andy's record so far. He vowed to work tirelessly 'for us' every day, then traipses back up north one day a week and takes a holiday 15 days into the job.

■ He says his is the party for women and girls – as 9,300 domestic abusers are set to be

released early from prison by 2029.

■ He promises to look again at releasing criminals from prison early, and then does nothing to stop PC Andrew Harper's disgusting killers from serving a fraction of their sentences.

My verdict? A big fat F.

Rod will be missed

SHOCKINGLY sad to hear of the death of columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle at the age of 66.

Our paths often crossed, and the last time I met him, I joked that I hated him. When he asked why, I confessed that every time I read one of his brilliant columns, I knew mine paled into insignificance.

He will be sorely missed by his millions of readers – and especially so by his wife Alicia and his children. A truly irreplaceable man.

Foxy Knox's tasteless cash grab

AS Amanda Knox's tasteless 'comedy turn' at the Edinburgh Fringe kicks off, the sister of her murdered friend Meredith Kercher says: 'I cannot fathom how rape and murder can be laughed about.'

Foxy Knox (right) claims the show is

about 'motherhood' and insists Meredith would find it funny. One day, she'll have to tell her children what happened in Italy. I bet they reply: 'Mum, how could you think it was OK to cash in on a friend's murder?'

■ AS the plague of flies continues, I need to correct the record. We Aussies do not call them 'filth flies', as some have said; we call them 'blowies' (as in blow flies) or 'Louie', after a famous 1957 insecticide ad campaign: 'Louie the fly, straight from

rubbish tip to you'. We just ignored these pests and the health risks.

Once, a massive blowie fell into my Sunday lunch gravy, and my dad said: 'Don't tell your brothers, they'll both want one.'

And, yes, we all survived.

A LAD of 12, caught lighting wildfires in a nature reserve a few hundred yards from a Leeds housing estate, has been 'reprimanded' but not charged. Is that really enough when it is widely believed that children who light fires are far more likely to commit future crimes?

■ ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor describes in court the terrifying day that a homeless, masked stalker named Alex Jenkinson chased the ex-prince's car around Sandringham. Sad: it's probably the closest anyone has wanted to be to Andy in years.

WHAT'S not to love about Tom Holland and Zendaya's modest (by A-listor standards) £500,000 wedding, with 250 guests, at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, just 11 miles from his childhood home?

Compare that with Taylor Swift's £20million nuptials for 1,000 guests at Madison Square Garden in New York.

My spidey senses tell me Tom and Zendaya will live happily ever after.

Ted Lasso has lost the plot

TED Lasso, once a phenomenal and heart-warming show, has returned to Apple TV to mixed reviews. One critic described it as 'limping along like an ageing striker'. I

planned to watch it until I learned the new series is about a women's football team. Sorry to the Sisterhood, but I instantly deleted it from my watch list.

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ANDREW MILEL

THIS summer will go down in history as the first time ever that Britain's national debt topped £3trillion. It's a mind-boggling number, almost impossible to comprehend. So let me help you grasp the scale of it.

It's the equivalent of about £43,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK. Or about £105,000 for every household in the land.

If it was denominated in £1 notes and you had to count them, it would take you 95,000 years at the rate of one a second. If it was stacked in £50 notes, the cash column would soar over 3,300 miles into space. I think you get the idea that it's pretty huge.

It's also been growing like topsy. At the start of the century the national debt was a little over £330billion. In just 26 years it's grown almost tenfold.

It took British governments 300 years to accumulate £1trillion in debts, a totemic threshold we crossed in 2010. It took only ten years to add another trillion. We've managed to add a third trillion in under six years.

Three big ticket events were arguably unavoidable. Bailing out the financial system and the economy after the Great Crash of 2008. Keeping people

Searching for various ruses to borrow even more

and business going during the pandemic. Handing out massive subsidies for fuel bills when energy prices spiked in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

But profligate governments prepared to increase public spending, especially welfare, far faster than sluggish economic growth, only added to the scale of Britain's debt mountain. Politicians of all political stripes must take the blame and none of them has had a clue how to reduce it.

Even the years of so-called austerity during the earlier part of the last Tory government failed to put a dent in its relentless upward trajectory.

Now we're all paying the price. It will cost over £110billion this financial year (2026-27) to service the national debt, the fourth biggest item of government spending after welfare, health and education. That works out at over £300million a day or £12million an hour - almost twice as much as we spend on defence.

Unlike other items of public spending, which are the result of political decisions that can be altered, there's nothing you can do about debt service charges: you have to pay them or you will end up in catastrophic default, something Britain has avoided since the Bank of England was founded in 1694.

You might think that, by now, politicians would have learned their lesson and accepted the need to get a grip on all this borrowing. You'd be wrong.

Official forecasts suggest the national debt will hit £3.5trillion by

Our £3trillion national debt is a powder keg. One false move could spite it. And I fear our new PM is out of its depth

the start of the next decade, taking annual debt service charges to around £135billion. It's a depressing prospect. But here's the remarkable thing: British political discourse in government and on the Left generally, is currently dominated by a search for various ruses to borrow even more.

There's talk of separate war bonds to raise more for defence. And Left-wing think-tanks are obsessed with coming up with ever more ingenious ways of fiddling the fiscal rules to allow more borrowing.

Even the Government is in on the act. This week it floated the idea of redefining how borrowing is measured to allow more debt to be issued to pay for £9billion of additional public investment by the end of the decade.

This, we were assured, is just what is needed to kick-start the economy. In reality it's a piddling amount (for a Government already spending almost £1.4trillion) and will have very little

impact on economic growth. Not all public investment is good for growth anyway - just look at the billions Whitehall has squandered on HS2 or the hundreds of millions the Scottish government has wasted on two ferries.

It's also a huge risk for a country whose debts are already over 100 per cent (on the IMF measure) of its annual GDP.

The bond markets, where the Government goes to borrow, are casting a wary eye over Britain's precarious fiscal position. They already demand just shy of 5 per cent interest on ten-year gilts (as British sovereign bonds are called), the highest in the G7 club of major market economies.

Even countries with bigger national debts than us, such as France and Italy, pay under 4 per cent on their bonds because they can count on the collective economic security of the Eurozone. America, whose $40trillion national debt passeth all human understanding, can get away with

lower debt interest because it borrows in dollars, the global currency. International investors like to own dollar-denominated assets, like bonds issued by the US Treasury.

Britain has neither a Eurozone nor a US dollar comfort blanket. It has to be especially alert to the mood of the bond markets, lest they start to dump British gilts or demand extortionate returns well above 5 per cent to buy new gilt issues, making the cost of debt service unsustainable.

One wrong move - being too clever by half in fiddling the fiscal rules or yet more ramping up of growth-destroying taxes - and the wrath of the bond markets will come crashing down on our heads.

I worry that our new Prime Minister and his novice Chancellor are out of their depth faced with all of this.

I wonder if they even realise that the risks are all the greater because of the changing nature of

who now holds our national debt. We used to borrow largely from our own pension funds and insurance companies. They had long-term liabilities well-matched by having reliable UK gilts as long-term assets. But Gordon Brown undermined the private pensions industry in his first (1997) Budget. Its need to hold UK gilts has withered on the vine.

British gilts are now increasingly held by hedge funds, overseas investors and various other domestic and foreign financial institutions. Their outlook is far less long-term. They are more susceptible to short-term changes in price, speculation, confidence (or the loss of) and more lucrative investment opportunities elsewhere.

In short, our national debt sits on a powder keg - which the UK Government could ignite with one false move. Yet nary a day goes by without Andy Burnham indicating how much more he'd like to spend on social care, devolution, vocational education, health and welfare, even defence. Unless he and Chancellor John Healey are contemplating tax increases which would put in the shade those that Rachel Reeves

House of cards would come tumbling down

has already inflicted on us, none of this could be achieved without yet more borrowing on a massive scale. And then the whole house of cards would come tumbling down on us.

Labour will borrow £650billion during the life of the current Parliament if it lasts that long. Yet growth is barely expected to be more than 1 per cent in any of its five years. I cannot fathom how anybody can think that if only we borrowed a bit more the economy would boom.

The bond markets won't wear it anyway. I don't fear a repeat of the 1976 IMF bailout, when a Labour government was last in tax-borrow-spend mode because the circumstances are different today.

But I am concerned about being stuck in a stagnant rut for as far as the eye can see, thanks to penal taxation, the state devouring an ever-increasing share of our national wealth while we endure the elevated borrowing costs required to pay for it.

It is a dismal prospect. But I fear that's where we're heading. Even the thought of cutting public spending to slash taxes to unleash the country's animal spirits, as happened in the 1980s and 90s, is beyond the pale. All that Burnham-Healey offer is more tax, more spend, more borrowing (if they can get away with it), and more stagnation.

Who would have thought, a decade on from the Brexit referendum, that Britain would end up condemned to European-style sclerosis. Yet that looks like being Labour's signal achievement.

The thought of cutting public spending to slash taxes, as in the 1980s and 90s, is beyond the pale

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Portugal's royal

from Inderdeep Bains and Nick Pisa

IN MELIDES, PORTUGAL

THERE are moments in every young woman's life when she wants nothing more than to be close to home, and all that is familiar.

Giving birth, with all its unpredictabilities and vulnerabilities, is undoubtedly one of them.

Which is what makes the Buckingham Palace announcement on Tuesday so revelatory.

'Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter,' it informed the nation.

As tradition dictates, the key details of the newest royal arrival were recorded – date of birth, August 3; time of birth, 6.20pm; weight, 6lb 9oz – along with one other striking detail: Princess Eugenie's daughter was not born in Britain, but in Lisbon, Portugal.

This makes the baby girl, whose name is yet to be revealed, one of the very few royals in the line of succession to enter the world abroad.

More than being merely historically noteworthy, the arrival of Baby Brooksbank – whom Eugenie introduced to the world on Instagram, with an image of her lying on her tummy wearing a £100 sleep suit and hat from Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece's luxury children's clothing range – signifies much more.

Because with her birth, a distinct shift in the dynamics of the troubled House of York, and in the broader Royal Family, has been laid bare.

The Brooksbanks' decision to welcome their daughter 1,000 miles away on the Iberian Peninsula underlines just how deeply rooted the couple have become in the country – the strongest indication yet that home, for Eugenie, is no longer defined by the royal estates on which she grew up.

For what began as a second home increasingly appears to have become the family's preferred and, in effect, primary base.

There can be little doubt that Eugenie's feelings towards her disgraced father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have influenced her move to Portugal's Alentejo coast.

Whereas her sister Beatrice is more of a 'daddy's girl', Eugenie is said to be repelled by her father's behaviour, and has distanced herself from him.

Indeed, Andrew is said to have found out she was pregnant only via his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, with whom Eugenie keeps in touch.

NOW she has given birth and is recovering in her £3.6million ocean-side luxury villa near the pretty village of Melides, locals have heard whispers that Sarah – who has not been seen publicly for a considerable time – has arrived to help look after her fifth grandchild. Staff at the nearby O Fadista restaurant,

which the Daily Mail visited this week, say Eugenie, Jack and Sarah are regulars at the pretty whitewashed building on the main Rua Nova that serves generous pots of seafood rice.

One waiter said: 'Eugenie and her husband are regulars and have been here quite a few times with friends. Their mothers have also been here several times but I've never seen the father, Andrew.'

'Now Eugenie has had a baby, there has been talk that Sarah is back in Melides to help her with the new little one.'

If she had given birth just a matter of weeks ago, she would also

have been able to call on another family member for a hand. Because Eugenie, 36, isn't the only young royal to have put down roots in this idyllic corner of Portugal.

Her cousin Prince Harry, with whom she has a good relationship, and his wife Meghan have also established their own foothold close to Eugenie, using their luxury holiday home as a staging post between California and London, visiting just last month.

It means this increasingly fashionable corner of Portugal, known as the Iberian Hamptons, has become something of a new breakaway royal power base – at

least for those who no longer feel entirely at home within Windsor's orbit.

The couples both own villas a 90-minute drive south from Lisbon, tucked away in the 722-acre exclusive Costa Terra community, nestled between the chic coastal villages of Comporta and Melides.

Melides has the vibe of St Tropez in the 1960s: all secluded beaches, a stylish and cool place not yet discovered by the masses.

Costa Terra also boasts a host of other wealthy residents, from billionaire entrepreneurs and bankers to privacy-hungry celebrities, including George and Amal

As Eugenie gives birth to her third child in Lisbon – and Fergie's said to be visiting – inside the chic coastal resort known as the Iberian Hamptons where she's bringing up her family – a stone's throw from Harry and Meghan's holiday home

Sun, sea and smiles: Prince Harry and Meghan look relaxed as they frolic on a beautiful sandy beach

Clooney. It's thought that the Clooneys were introduced to the area by American property developer Mike Meldman, who bought the Costa Terra plot in 2019 for £43million before developing luxury homes on it.

Clooney and Meldman were business partners in tequila firm Casamigos, selling it in 2017 for a reported $1billion (£790million). Jack Brooksbank worked for Casamigos for several years.

Before their divorce in 2022, supermodel Gisele Bundchen and American footballer Tom Brady also owned a property nearby.

Eugenie and Harry's homes are

tucked between sand dunes within the Costa Terra resort, immersed in pine forests, with access to a mile-long stretch of sandy beach front.

The mood is all 'barefoot luxury' and residents have a 'club village' with multiple eateries using the finest local organic produce. The resort also features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf guru Tom Fazio, a wellness spa, an equestrian centre and shooting sports.

Another local attraction is Christian Louboutin's five-star boutique hotel Vermelho – named after the iconic shade of red that coats the sole of the designer's

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rebel enclave...

Family fun: Princess Eugenie with husband Jack Brooksbank and sons August and Ernest

shoes – in nearby Melides where a double room in high season costs £919 a night. In short, the area has all the understated glitz a young royal could possibly desire – with privacy, too.

Jose Santos, president of the local tourist board, told the Daily Mail: 'For us to have Harry and Meghan and Eugenie and her family as guests and residents is such a fantastic advert for the area. It's a closely-guarded secret – well,

up until now – but word is getting out and we are getting more and more people coming here. But the locals are very discreet and they don't talk about them.

'It's great the new one [baby] was born here – she will be Portuguese if she wants – it underlines the close relationship between our two countries and strengthens our centuries-old alliance with Britain. Costa Terra where they live is very exclusive and the

security is very tight. Unless you live there or are invited as a guest of one of the residents, you can't get in.'

One can perhaps see why Eugenie chose this environment for the days after her birth, rather than London. She had used the exclusive Portland Hospital, one of the capital's premier maternity units for the birth of her two sons, August, five, and Ernest, three.

Eugenie herself and her older

sister Princess Beatrice, 38, were also delivered in the luxury facility. This time, however, Eugenie and Jack, 40, chose the Hospital da Luz in Lisbon.

While one of Portugal's leading private hospitals, it provides a far more clinical setting than the bespoke boutique experience offered at the Portland.

Its website boasts of just 36-minute waiting times and it offers vaginal births for €5,450 (£4,670) while a caesarean can cost up to €8,550 (£7,320).

It seems the new baby will now be welcomed into the community with open arms. A local councillor in the town hall building nearby told the Daily Mail: 'I see Eugenie and Jack quite often. We live very close and I knew she was pregnant as I saw her bump. I would often see them in their Range Rover car as well.

'They are very friendly and always wave to say hello and they both also speak a little bit of Portuguese, which has really impressed everyone in the village. They go for a walk on the main street and go to the restaurant and no one bothers them.

'It's mainly locals here and not many foreigners, so no one really knows who she is – but of course the people in Melides know but we don't bother her. We leave her alone to get on with her life.

'I heard on the radio their new baby was born in Lisbon, so she is Portuguese by birth, which is wonderful for us here. Everyone is delighted for them.'

Eugenie, who occasionally shares a picture of beach days with her young family on social media, has spoken warmly about life under the Portuguese sun and the sense of normality it affords.

She also speaks fondly of how her sons August and Ernest have grown accustomed to living by the ocean. 'They love swimming,' she said in one interview. 'The sea in Portugal's a little bit rougher. So we've got our feet in, but Augie is a fish. He literally loves it and we have whales and dolphins all across the walls [of her home].'

SPEAKING on Jessie Ware's Table Manners podcast shortly after they first arrived in Melides, she described her new-found freedom. 'This is why Portugal is the dream because I can go to the supermarket in my exercise gear and my hair piled on my head and not mind. Not care,' she said. 'No one cares.'

She and Jack first moved part-time to Melides in 2022, choosing to mix home and work after Jack took on a role running UK property sales and marketing at the Costa Terra resort. For several years they divided their time between Melides and their grace-and-favour Ivy Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace.

Meanwhile, the Sussexes were thought to have fallen in love with the exclusive enclave on a visit to see Eugenie in 2023. They bought a home close by the following year. Meghan's Instagram posts offered glimpses – albeit carefully curated ones – of their holiday in Portugal last month. One image shared is the front of a family-run

seafood restaurant in Melides, O Melidense, a down-to-earth eatery where payment is cash only and the fish stew is served in small metal cauldrons.

Other images show the family playing in a swimming pool and frolicking on the golden sands of a secluded beach, without another soul in sight.

So far, so wholesome – but Meghan still managed to splash some cash, shopping in a colourful homeware shop, Vida Dura, where she spent around £300 – including £65 on a toilet brush holder.

On its website, the business describes itself as 'Where Hard Life Meets Elevated Living'.

In a touch worthy of Meghan's own As Ever lifestyle brand, the website describes its products as 'Craftsmanship Meets Soul' saying, 'Our collections are not just products, they are experiences. Hand-crafted by local and international artisans, each item is a testament to the art of living well.'

HENCE, staff revealed, Meghan bought a comedy porcelain loo brush holder with a decorative motif of a dog cocking its leg against a tree, along with two terracotta pots and a lamp.

A source at the shop said: 'We had no idea it was Meghan at first. She came in wearing a wide-brimmed hat and she was with some other people. I'm pretty certain Harry wasn't there.

'It was only when she came to pay that I recognised her. She smiled and we joked about the items she had bought and she said she was having a lovely holiday; everyone does in Melides.'

While Meghan didn't post an image from Vida Dura, she did of another shop interior which the Daily Mail identified as Caju Comporta in Comporta.

A member of staff told the Daily Mail: 'The first we knew Meghan had been in was when one of our regulars spotted the picture on her Instagram. Then we saw it and recognised her. She had the hat on and she had come in with friends to have a look around. She picked a few things up but didn't buy anything and then she left.

I've no idea why she decided to post a picture of the shop interior. Maybe she liked the display of kitchenware and crockery that we had on display. That's always very popular with tourists.'

Aside from the obvious attractions of Melides, surely the most significant for the royal cousins is a simple one: each other.

Harry is thought to have found comfort in having a second home close to Eugenie, one of his few remaining family allies. Their bond pre-dates their marriages, forged in the skiing holidays of their childhood and those Christmas gatherings at Balmoral.

And, of course, in adulthood Harry and Eugenie's family lives have somewhat played out in parallel, with both enduring – albeit for very different reasons – difficult relationships with their fathers.

Little wonder, perhaps, that Costa Terra has become such a tempting escape from reality for them both.

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Top cop who helped convict PC Harper's killers 'appalled' by early release plan

By Elizabeth Haigh

A SENIOR police officer who helped put away PC Andrew Harper's killers has fiercely criticised the Government's plan to allow their early release.

Detective Superintendent Stuart Blaik, who led the manslaughter investigation, says he is 'deeply concerned and appalled' by the proposals.

PC Harper, a Thames Valley Police officer, was killed in August 2019 while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.

Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers were both sentenced to 13 years in prison for manslaughter and are now eligible to be freed after Prime Minister Andy Burnham resumed Labour's early release scheme in recent days. They were passengers

Anger: DS Stuart Blaik. Killers Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers. Right, Andrew Harper and wife Lissie

in a car, driven by Henry Long, which dragged PC Harper along a road for a mile. Long was sentenced to 16 years in prison and is not eligible for release.

PC Harper's widow, Lissie Harper, and his mother Debbie Adlam, have been among growing numbers calling for Mr Burnham to intervene in the case.

Mr Blaik said of Cole and

Bowers: '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.'

Speaking on BBC Breakfast yesterday, Mr Blaik, who left the force in 2023, said: 'I just really

don't understand why the Early Release Scheme is being used in these sort of circumstances, it just doesn't feel right.'

Some 5,000 convicts are expected to be released early, down from 6,000 after Mr Burnham exempted rapists and child sex offenders. Justice Secretary Alex Norris said he 'wanted to go further', but could not as jails would fill 'very quickly'.

Labour failing women and girls, warns Jess Phillips

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WOMEN and girls are being failed by Labour's early release scheme, an ex-Home Office minister has said.

Jess Phillips, who quit as safeguarding minister under Sir Keir Starmer, said Labour is 'nowhere near the level of will and commitment it will actually take' to meet its election pledge of halving violence against women and girls within a decade.

Ms Phillips resigned in May after deriding Sir Keir's lack of 'gusto' in tackling the issue.

Speaking on Sky's Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Ms Phillips said: 'The Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, if you were to do everything in it, you would probably drop [VAWG] by about 25 per cent.'

She urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham this week to prioritise women's safety by making those guilty of coercive and controlling behaviour exempt from early release from prison.

Shadow home office minister Alicia Kearns yesterday said the early release scheme was 'a danger to women and girls'.

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Stay away... you're not safe here! Armed Corsicans threaten tourists hoping to buy property on the island

By Isabella Machin

AN ARMED group of masked Corsican separatists has threatened tourists thinking of moving to the Mediterranean island or buying second homes.

The Corsican National Liberation Front-Union of Combatants (FLNC-UC) said ex-pats would not be safe there and warned them to stay away.

A video featuring 12 hooded members with submachine guns and rifles condemned the 'insane' influx of 5,000

Idyllic: The French island of Corsica

foreigners who move there for work or to buy holiday homes each year. The 'vast majority' are French - Corsica is a region of France - but there are conflicting reports on the number of Britons who live full or part-time there, with estimates ranging from a few hundred to 4,000.

In the footage, a man believed to be the group's leader said: 'Until our national rights are recognised and respected, we have only one message for them: Stay at home. Otherwise, do not consider yourselves safe on our national territory.'

They described the influx as 'rampant

Menacing: The group of masked separatists with submachine guns and rifles deliver their sinister message in a video

settlement-driven colonisation' and 'a weapon of mass dilution colonialism has always used against the peoples it seeks to subjugate - or even wipe out'.

Corsica grew by 32,900 inhabitants from 2015 to 2025, around 1 per cent a year, according to its national statistics office INSEE. Homeowners have included Princess Caroline of Monaco, Russian oligarch

Roman Abramovich, Mick Jagger and Bill Gates. FLNC-UC claim a Bill to give Corsica greater autonomy, set to go before the Senate later this year, is a 'masquerade' that does not go far enough.

The group confirmed its goal of 'independence'. Proposals in the Bill would give Corsica's assembly greater powers, while keeping it within the French Repub-

lic. The group first appeared in 1976 with 18 bomb attacks in a single night. After violent protests in 2022, the following year 45 explosions targeted second homes.

Last month, more than 25,000 protesters in Majorca called for holidaymakers to 'go home' - with demonstrations turning violent. They claimed the holiday hotspot had 'reached its limit' for visitors.

By Shaun Wooller Health Editor

WASTED medicines cost the NHS at least £480 million a year and could fill 75 Olympic-size swimming pools, an investigation has revealed.

The National Pharmacy Association estimates that 3,400 tons of partially used medicines were disposed of in England in 2024/25 - equivalent to 560 elephants or 3,000 cars.

The NPA is now calling for patients with several repeat prescriptions to have more reviews so medicines no longer needed can be identified.

It also urged the public not to 'over-order' medicine and only request a repeat prescription when needed.

Drugs must be disposed of via pharmacies, rather than in general waste, which comes at a significant cost to the health service. Once a medicine is dispensed to a patient - even if its seal is intact - it cannot be put back into stock when returned.

Incorrect disposal can also risk medicines contaminating the water supply. Pharmacists are also concerned that patients often return half-completed courses of antibiotics and may not be completing treatments.

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AS the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Edinburgh cruised through the Black Sea, in December 1999, it rendezvoused with a small support vessel from which a team of Hampshire detectives clambered aboard.

They had come to investigate a mysterious cold case: that of 18-year-old Nicholas Wright, a rookie sailor who had suddenly disappeared while the ship was docked at Portsmouth, two years earlier.

As the police officers interviewed his messmates, one name kept coming up – that of Petty Officer Allan Grimson, a burly Geordie fire-fighting instructor, then aged 40, who ruthlessly bullied young recruits he disliked and pawed the best-looking ones, such as the baby-faced Nicholas.

Returning to Portsmouth, the detectives discovered that Grimson had totally redecorated his flat soon after Nicholas vanished.

And on his second day of interrogation he admitted luring the naive teenager there on the pretext of a few friendly drinks, then brutally murdering him when he rejected his advances.

After describing how he beat Nicholas into submission with a baseball bat, then raped him, slit his throat and cut off his ear as a trophy – a thrill that was 'better than sex' – the psychopath led the police to his body, which he had hidden in the Hampshire countryside.

But as he was about to be charged, he remarked with chilling nonchalance: 'There's one more.'

Grimson's second victim, also dumped in thick undergrowth, was barman and former Royal Navy sailor Sion Jenkins, 20, who was also defiled and tortured, then tied up naked and left all night in the bath before being despatched with the bat.

Yet the sickening manner of these murders wasn't the only similarity between them. Eerily, Grimson had killed both men on the same date, December 12: Nicholas in 1997, and Sion a year to the day later.

Humiliatingly nicknamed 'Frank' by fellow seamen because, with his elongated forehead and close-set eyes, they thought he resembled the monster Frankenstein, Grimson is strongly suspected of murdering a third victim on that date.

ON DECEMBER 12, 1986, Simon Parkes, a handsome and popular 18-year-old Navy radio operator on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, vanished after a night out on shore-leave in Gibraltar.

At the time, Grimson was also serving on the ship, and witnesses saw him drinking in the same bar as Simon, whose body has never been found despite repeated searches, including one which involved police looking inside the coffins at the Rock's historic naval graveyard.

So, what was it about the twelfth day of the twelfth month that made it Grimson's date with death?

It is a macabrely fascinating conundrum that many detectives and criminologists have striven to solve, and one to which I'll return.

Ten days ago, however, while serving a double life sentence for the murders of Nicholas and Sion, Grimson – deemed to be the most dangerous of the 250 killers his psychologist had examined – was convicted of four more historic offences including one of rape.

When he was arrested in 1999, he had confessed to sexually assaulting three other rookie sailors and also a 14-year-old boy whom he knew, but these cases had been left to lie on the file.

Had they not been resurrected

WAS THE

DECEMBER

12

who murdered two sailors on the same date one year apart guilty of TWENTY more slayings?

by David Jones

(thanks largely to the dogged work of a journalist), he might well be stalking the Portsmouth bars that served as his pick-up短剑 today.

His first parole referral was rejected in 2020, when he had served his minimum 22-year prison term. However, it was under review again, and it is believed the board were ready to sanction his move to an open prison – the final stage before his release.

As the Government prepares to free thousands of dangerous prisoners early, it is a reminder of the plan's insidious dangers.

For at 67, and still as menacingly

imposing as ever as he stood in the dock at Winchester Crown Court a few days ago, who could possibly be certain that this powerfully built, 6ft 1in psychopath had lost his urge to dominate, abuse and kill young men?

And as Grimson awaits his new sentence, due to be handed down this autumn, his re-emergence has reignited another question. One that not only troubles his former Navy colleagues, but haunts those many families whose sons either went missing from the various ships on which Grimson served, or who disappeared in the many ports around the world where they docked.

Given that his naval career spanned 20 years, from 1978 to 1998, might he have murdered many others whose fate remains unknown, perhaps on his favourite killing date?

It is a prospect that becomes

more compelling when we recall the words of Judge Peter Cresswell as he sent Grimson down, again at Winchester, in 2001.

'You are serial killer in nature, if not in number,' he told the emotionless man in the dock.

HAMPSHIRE police evidently agreed. Grimson had served on many of Britain's great post-War naval ships, and after his arrest a team of detectives followed the routes they took while he was aboard. This global investigation, which took them to the Americas, Australia, India and the Far East, produced a list of about 20 named men – all of whom had been murdered or disappeared without trace while Grimson was nearby.

The force says 'no definite evidential links' were found, but

their task can't have been easy. Attitudes in the Armed Forces have changed markedly since Grimson prowled below decks, feigning to mentor handsome young recruits, and detectives would have faced a tidal wave of suspicion and denial.

Not only was homosexuality a dischargeable offence until 2000, meaning that young seamen feared admitting to fraternis with Grimson, who had told police he was latently gay, but also when it came to absences without leave – AWOLs – the Navy had barely changed since it was founded by Henry VIII.

Sailors who failed to return to their ships were automatically assumed to be lowly deserters, and the focus was on punishing them rather than finding out why they were absent.

It was only in 2006, after the new, more compassionate Armed

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stumbled on his grim secrets. His family are now determined to uncover the truth. 'In light of what we now know, we will be taking steps to seek a reopening of the investigation into Graham's death,' they told me.

Though all his known targets have been men, there is one intriguing outlier. In September 1998, between the murders of Nicholas and Sion, he was suspected to have murdered a woman.

At the time he was on secondment to the Royal New Zealand Navy, as a fire-fighting teacher stationed in Auckland. While he was there, the naked body of Japanese backpacker Kayo Matsuzawa, aged 29, was discovered in a locked fire-alarm cupboard at a seedy hostel, not far from his base.

As she had been there for ten days, police were unable to establish how she died, but her killer must have been someone with access to the cupboard.

Grimson knew the manager of the company that maintained the alarms, having met him several times at the fire school. This prompted New Zealand's murder squad to ask British police for information on his movements.

Nothing more came of this inquiry, and, as with Graham Dewing, the timing of this murder didn't fit Grimson's pattern.

It remains unsolved – and it became more interesting when I spoke to Kim Kaplan, who was once so friendly with Grimson he was the best man at her first wedding, in 1981, and he would often stay at her Hampshire flat.

THE Grimson she knew – a larger-than-life character with a deep Geordie brogue and raucous laugh – was 'the perfect friend and gentleman', an amusing raconteur and willing handyman with impeccable manners. 'Not in a million years' did she believe him capable of sadistic murder.

More pertinently, given the brief suspicion that he may have murdered the Japanese woman, Ms Kaplan also says that he was 'the least obviously gay person I have met'. When they went clubbing in Portsmouth, he would ogle girls and try to chat them up, but they invariably rebuffed him.

'Was it because he was rejected by women that he turned to boys and murdered them – because he hated himself for it?' she ponders.

Whether or not there is any validity to her theory, nothing fully explains the darkest workings of Grimson's mind.

That he will remain behind bars – perhaps for the rest of his life – owes much to the endeavours of Ron Astengo, a Gibraltar-based British journalist, who is writing a book about the disappearance of Simon Parkes. It will be published after his inquest, which has finally been granted by the Rock's coroner four decades after he vanished.

During her five years of research, Astengo identified the four young men Grimson sexually assaulted between 1994 and 1999, three of whom were Naval ratings who attended his fire-fighting course.

Since he admitted to police that he preferred to murder the men he raped where possible – to reduce the risk of detection – and that some only escaped his baseball bat because others were in his flat when he assaulted them, they are fortunate to be alive.

Yet the horrors he inflicted have left indelible psychological scars.

One of the men, now in his 40s and living with his partner in the Midlands, told Astengo he felt cheated of justice in 1999 when – with Grimson already facing a double life sentence – the CPS decided against including this assault in the charges. He had been led to believe it was too late to have the case reinstated.

With the journalist's backing, however, he took it before the Child Sexual Abuse Review Panel, which advised Hampshire Police to reinvestigate it, together with the three other sex

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In uniform: The shooter

Bangkok bloodbath

Boy, 14, kills his grandparents and then shoots five dead in classroom rampage

A THAI TEENAGER shot his grandparents dead before going on a gun rampage at school yesterday, killing five and wounding 30.

The 14-year-old used his grand-

By Sabrina Penty and Robert Folker

father's handgun in the murder spree at a secondary school near Bangkok, before turning the

weapon on himself. Photos show the boy, dressed in the school's purple uniform, stalking the corridors as he loads the gun.

The five dead were teachers at Debsirin School in Nontashort. Nine of the injured were in a critical condition last night.

The shooter murdered his grandparents, with whom he lived, before going to school yesterday morning. As pupils ran from the building, armed response units arrived and the campus was evacuated.

Emergency worker Kiatikhun Verapongpradith, 47, said the shooting was still happening when he arrived and that his team had treated pupils who had been shot in the back, chest and arms. They

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the reason, experts have looked for key dates in Grimson's past, such as formative childhood experiences and the death of his beloved mother, but nothing significant has emerged.

The reason, experts have looked for key dates in Grimson's past, such as preventive childhood experiences and the death of his beloved mother, but nothing significant has emerged.

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attacks. Just as his second parole review was advancing and he was hopeful of winning his freedom (despite having molested one of the young inmates he met after becoming a Samaritan in Full Sutton prison), Grimson was back in court.

Thought his barrister portrayed the fresh charges as falsehoods concocted to spice up Astengo's book, the jury convicted him on all counts.

As prosecutor John Price KC remarked in his closing speech: 'Much good is often achieved by energetic journalists.'

And so, back to that date. Why did Grimson murder at least two men on December 12, but probably three - and possibly many more?

While other serial killers, such as Jack the Ripper and the 'Night Stalker' of Los Angeles, Richard Ramirez, invariably struck at about the same time in the small hours, no others are known to have favoured a particular day. Searching for her reason, experts have looked for key dates in Grimson's past, such as formative childhood experiences and the death of his beloved mother, but nothing significant has emerged.

Ros Astengo, for her part, believes Simon was his first victim, and that after killing him - probably because the sailor, who had a steady girlfriend, had rejected his advances - he sought to mark the date by experiencing the same twisted thrill.

Last night the Royal Navy said it understood the concerns of families affected by Grimson's grisly crimes and is 'open to engaging with them', adding it 'continues to support Hampshire Police's investigation'. However, with so many unanswered questions still swirling around the December 12 Killer, shouldn't the Navy launch a full inquiry into his 20-year voyage of death and depravity?

ADDITIONAL reporting by Simon Trump and Tim Stewart.

But sensational, reporting by Simon Trump and Tim Stewart.

Inside school: A gun and bullets

firearms control law, which would restrict the right to carry guns to government officials. Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in South-east Asia, with one for every seven inhabitants.

In February, a teenager opened fire at a school in southern Thailand, leaving the principal dead and two pupils injured. In 2022, an ex-policeman armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery and killed 37 people, including 24 children, in one of Thailand's worst massacres.

by Simon Trump and Tim Stewart.

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By Katie Hind

CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS

WHEN actress Amanda Abbington excitedly signed up for Strictly Come Dancing exactly three years ago, she did so with the aims of both reviving her career and becoming a household name.

The latter she most certainly managed to achieve - but not in the way she had planned.

Her headline-grabbing fallout with her professional dance partner, heartthrob Giovanni Pernice, and the bitter feud that ensued after she officially complained about the way he had allegedly treated her, led to a long-running BBC investigation.

It certainly made sure that if no one had heard of her before, they had now.

But unsurprisingly, the new-found fame did not realise her ambitions to kickstart her career and win back big television roles on primetime programmes, similar to the popular dramas such as Sherlock and Mr Selfridge in which she had previously starred.

Instead, there were smaller, lower-profile roles such as a stint in the play (This is not a) Happy Room at the Kings Head Theatre in north London in 2025.

But now, finally, Amanda, 54, is about to make a comeback. Almost two years after a review into her complaints saw Giovanni depart from Strictly - even though he was cleared of the most serious allegations she levelled at him - she has recently signed two dream roles. One is second lead in the Channel 4 drama Hunting Alice Bell, the other is a role in the next series of Apple TV hit Down Cemetery Road.

Lately, life has been on the up in the Abbington household. In May her fiance, former stuntman and escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, settled his legal claim against the makers of America's Got Talent for an undisclosed multi-million pound payout.

THE 46-year-old was left paralyzed and nearly died after a horrifying accident in 2021 when he was crushed between two burning cars during rehearsals for America's Got Talent: Extreme. He launched a legal action against makers Fremantle and the broadcaster NBCU in 2023, and compensation was agreed earlier this year.

But the relief that this is now settled may be short-lived because Amanda's worst nightmare is coming around the corner. In a candid autobiography by Giovanni, he will tell his side of the dispute which put an end to his nine-year run on Strictly where he was one of the show's most loved dancers.

In just a few weeks he will unveil Gio: Taking the Lead and I am told Amanda will feature in it 'significantly'.

'Gio blames Amanda for putting an end to his Strictly career, and so do the viewers,' says a source close to the dancer.

'Giovanni isn't going out for violins, he isn't like that. But the book will remind the public of the allegations, which surely won't be helpful for Amanda when she's reigniting her career. It's like the ghost of Giovanni will be there, hanging over it. She'll be fuming.'

Indeed, there's no doubt his memoirs will drag up the past that Amanda had almost certainly hoped was long behind her. In fact, those who know Giovanni

Out of step: Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbington on Strictly Picture: RAY BURNISTON/BBC

Just when Amanda thought it was safe to revive her TV career, look who's back with a tell-all book!

and are familiar with the book's contents, say it will 'absolutely torpedo' the actress's comeback.

'Giovanni decided last year that he wanted to write a book,' says my source. 'He wants to share his side of things on the Amanda situation and he won't hold back.'

'It is literally the worst timing for Amanda - she has moved on from it and has got some good work. That's about to have a huge black cloud over it while Gio goes on the promo trail. He hates that she made the complaints, he will have his say about that and will explain

what she did to him, too. Gio takes the view that he had grounds to complain about her, but didn't.'

Sources say Giovanni, 35, will also raise the issue of why BBC bosses didn't vet Amanda with enough rigour, believing had they done so the scandal wouldn't have blown up in the same way.

'There is no way it won't completely infuriate Amanda,' says the source. 'She never wanted Gio to have his say but now he will, across about 400 pages, and there is nothing she can do about it.'

Giovanni and Amanda's prob-

lems began just three weeks into the 2023 series of Strictly. It surprised Sicilian-born star Giovanni as he had been excited about being paired with Amanda having seen her at Strictly's 'speed dancing' event where pros and celebrities share a short dance.

He not only thought she was a talented ballroom star but also that it seemed she wanted to win - an attribute the ambitious Giovanni shares in spades.

However, Amanda said she first raised concerns about Giovanni's behaviour with Strictly produc-

ers on her third day of rehearsals, before eventually dropping out in week six, citing health issues (a breast cancer scare, for which she subsequently got the all-clear).

Then came the claims that her dance partner was 'abusive, mean and cruel'. She went on to lodge a formal complaint against him, accusing him of verbal bullying, harassment and inappropriate sexual behaviour during rehearsals. She also says he stamped on her foot, causing bruising.

'I couldn't sit back and let him do that to other people,' she said in an interview in 2024.

Giovanni denied everything but was forced to stand down from the next series while the review took place. Meanwhile, he hit back, handing investigators a 28-minute audio tape of a conversation with the actress which his team believes proves that, far from bullying her, he was hugely supportive.

During the audio clip, she told him that, if she were him, she 'would have thrown me out of the window by now' in an apparent acknowledgement that she can be difficult. Amanda also referred to how she 'self-sabotages', repeatedly mentioning how he has been a support to her and describes herself as a 'nightmare'.

BUT following a six-month BBC investigation, six of Amanda's 17 complaints were upheld. Although Giovanni was cleared of physical aggression, they did find evidence of name-calling, a hostile environment and sexual innuendo, and it was confirmed Giovanni would not be returning to the show.

While Giovanni was dragged through the mud in what he told me was the 'hardest time of his life', he won the battle for public sympathy. His team now hopes this will translate into book sales as he tells his side of the sorry saga.

In the tantalising preamble for his autobiography, Giovanni says: 'At 33, after a lifetime of striving to be the best dancer I could be, I was a man at the top of his game.'

'Fresh from lifting the glitterball and winning a BAFTA, I was living my wildest dreams. This is a story of how quickly it can fall apart, and how, when it felt like everything was against me, I fought to find a way back and take the lead in my own life once more.'

Today he's still missed by Strictly's millions of viewers. In fact, I've been inundated with letters from people who say they haven't watched the show since his exit. Not only that, but his fans said they'd refuse to watch any programme Amanda appears in.

Interviewed Giovanni just weeks after the BBC investigation. By then he'd returned to Italy where he joined Ballando con le Stelle, their version of Strictly. He won the series with his partner, the Italian actress Bianca Guaccero and the couple later started dating.

During our three-hour meeting, Giovanni confided he always saw himself as innocent and was devastated he had caused so much upset for his family in Sicily.

He had to try hard to hold back tears and I have no doubt the hurt he's suffered will feel as acute again when Strictly returns to our screens without him this autumn.

The show is back next month, with presenter Emma Willis, dancer Johannes Radebe and comedian Josh Widdicombe on hosting duties, replacing Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.

The feel is very much fresh start, new beginnings. But, with Giovanni's book - and in all likelihood Amanda's fiery response - could the whiff of old scandals linger?

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SAY what you like about Nicole Kidman, but she's not one of those women who has a 'type'.

Her long marriage to actor Tom Cruise – an intense, disciplined, Scientologist – was succeeded by a 19-year-long marriage to a man his polar opposite: free-spirited former drug addict, country singer Keith Urban.

Now though, eight months after their divorce, comes another pivot in her love life – Michael Reinstein, a controversial multi-millionaire businessman whose long and varied career has seen him connected to scandals over telemarketing, unpaid fashion models and soap that 'cured cancer'.

Indeed, the telemarketing 'scam' led to his company being issued with a $2.4million (£1.8million) fine by the regulator.

Reinstein was also the subject of a wildly entertaining lawsuit in 2023 from a disgruntled former employee who was himself accused of embezzlement and fraud.

That employee told the courts Reinstein had a 'penchant for punishment and manipulation, often untethered to any legitimate business objective and more closely aligned with [his] glee at others' suffering.

'Without exaggeration, and only the slightest of paraphrasing, Reinstein has referred to himself as "the Joker [of Batman fame] sitting atop a pile of cash, f***g with whoever I want".'

The employee went on to allege that Reinstein also referred to 'himself as the "Emperor [Palpatine] from Star Wars", revelling in his control and manipulation of others, his ability to bend people to his will through wealth and power.'

Clearly, Kidman has picked herself quite a character.

The handsome 54-year-old was seen collecting the actress from

'He revels in control and manipulation'

the airport in LA in his black Ferrari on Thursday last week. Before that they were pictured together around the Hotel Belmond Splendido in Portofino, Italy, a former monastery which is one of the grandest hotels in Europe, with only 53 rooms.

Previously, it has played host to Liz Taylor, Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart, and today has a Dior spa to die for in its pretty gardens. Rooms start at around £3,000 a night, rising to £8,000.

To underline the apparent seriousness of the relationship, 59-year-old Kidman's two daughters, Sunday Rose, 18, and Faith, 15, were also on the trip.

Kidman and Reinstein looked relaxed lying under sunshades on neighbouring loungers, each with a frosty Aperol spritz within arm's reach. Undoubtedly, her new beau lives a lifestyle Kidman would be comfortable with, residing in a home in the heart of the 90210 zip code in Beverly Hills.

Worth an estimated £12million, his grand pad was built in 1933, is over 11,000 square feet and has 11 – yes, 11 – bathrooms.

He has numerous connections to the world of showbiz, including

by Alison Boshoff

EDITOR AT LARGE

a link to Kidman's old friend George Clooney, who may even have played Cupid. Nobody was willing to brief whether that was the connection this week, but certainly Nicole has been Clooney's friend for decades, and Reinstein has been at events put on by the tequila brand, Casamigos, which Clooney co-founded.

Reinstein seems never to have married. As for other social connections, Reinstein's social milieu is a world of heiresses and billionaires.

A couple of years ago he was pictured at a Halloween party with branding strategist Lara Shriftman, whose then husband was Juan Bacardi of the Bacardi rum family.

After her marriage ended, Shriftman began dating William Lauder, of the Estee Lauder family, who is worth £1.6billion.

A spokesman for Reinstein says: 'Lara Shriftman has been a friend of Mr Reinstein's for 30 years' and adds that their relationship has never been romantic.

In the world of fashion, where long-serving Chanel ambassador Nicole is a fixture on the front row in Paris, Reinstein is known as a 'junkman', meaning someone who buys up ailing brands, then either makes them profitable – or kills them off after extracting all possible value from the inventory and name. Recent acquisitions include Bally, Petit Bateau and Escada.

A friend tells me: 'I've only met him socially and he seems like all the other tech bro rich guys I've met. Confident and ambitious.'

Lauren Sherman, fashion journalist from the online newsletter Puck, was a little more acerbic.

She wrote this week: 'Those who know Reinstein described him to me as a sort of caricature of a 1980s private equity raider. "A big bad wolf in a suit", said one person who worked with him.'

Sherman adds that his private equity firm Regent has a reputation for waiting to pay outside vendors for 'up to 120 days, if ever'. The models at Bally's final fashion show were infamously unpaid.

She concludes: 'Reinstein seems like one of those rich guys who thinks it's glamorous to own a fashion brand.'

A spokesman for Mr Reinstein counters that he's spent his career buying distressed and failing companies and adds: 'Judging a distressed asset buyer by the condition of what he buys is like judging an ER doctor by how sick their patients are when they first see them.

'The relevant question is what happened after he took over. Most of the companies he has bought are restored to health, saving both jobs and the businesses.'

Born in 1971, his father Fred is a serial entrepreneur and mum Patti a philanthropist. Interviewed by the LA Times

in 1985, patriarch Fred was described as an 'all-American hustler'. Saying he made $100million (£7.6million) in sales a year from flogging gadgets, Fred recounted the story of how he lost $100,000 on a handheld garden trimmer because people kept on deliberately slicing their fingers and then suing him.

Reinstein graduated from the University of Southern California and the Pepperdine University School of Law, a Christian university based in Malibu.

He took an internship with the Reagan administration in the 1980s and then started to work at the giant talent agency ICM, representing actors.

An early venture was the telemarketing company Promenade. Set up around 1999, it was fined the equivalent of £1.8million by the Federal Trade Commission in 2004 after complaints led them to conclude customers had been scammed.

Consumers were charged £70 to £185 in fees after being allegedly misled by telemarketers to believe they were being contacted by their credit card company to be offered free trial memberships in a club that would give them discounts on travel and other pur-

'He's like all tech bros... confident and ambitious'

chases. It was not disclosed that fees would apply at the end of the trial period, according to the FTC.

A spokesman for Mr Reinstein says he founded the company, sold it, and then reacquired it when it was in serious difficulty.

He added there had been no 'admission of liability' or 'finding of wrongdoing' and Mr Reinstein was not a defendant. He conceded there had been a judgment against it for £1.8million, suspended except for a payment of £84,000.

A next venture for Reinstein was USN, a home shopping network which sold jewellery and clothes directly to consumers, aiming to be a more upmarket QVC.

One employee, Sanetta Gipson filed a lawsuit against USN alleging racial discrimination.

Ms Gipson, an African-American, joined as a technical director and wanted to work as an on-camera host, but was never given the job and claimed only caucasians were given on-camera jobs. She later requested to dismiss the lawsuit and is believed to have settled out of court in 2006.

Reached this week, Ms Gipson said: 'What I remember about Mike was he wasn't well-liked at USN. He came off as very elitist to me, as if the people who worked for him were well beneath him. He wasn't approachable, and if most of us needed something, we would talk to his business partner instead of him.

'I don't remember one time when this man said

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Her first husband Tom Cruise was an uptight Scientologist. Her second, Keith Urban, a country singer and ex-drug addict. Now she's dating a highly controversial corporate raider

Picked up: Nicole Kidman and Michael Reinstein in his Ferrari at LA airport last week

Rich circles: Reinstein is a multi-millionaire

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"Hello" to me. He was an a**hole.' She added: 'Nicole Kidman is a star, so I'm sure he won't treat her like a second-class citizen.'

At this time Reinstein was also involved with a UK direct-to-consumer TV company, Deal TV. Records at Companies House show he was a director in 2006. The company handed back its

licence in 2007, shortly after being criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority for giving airtime to a TV evangelist selling so-called 'miracle' spring water and soap claiming to cure serious illnesses, including cancer and Aids. It went bust in 2008.

His spokesman points out he was an investor in the company and a

director of it for a ten-week period. He adds that the channel's broadcast licence, and thus responsibility for regulatory compliance, was held by another company which was nothing to do with him.

Reinstein then founded private equity company Regent in 2013, and set about buying distressed brands. Around four years ago he

found himself in dispute with employee David Steinhafel, the man who would compare him to the Joker from Batman and Star Wars's evil Emperor Palpatine.

The first shots fired were by Reinstein, who accused Steinhafel - via his company Regent - of fraud, embezzlement and breach of contract in 2022. The

lawsuit described Steinhafel and his wife Stephanie, also an employee, as a 'Bonnie and Clyde' who had shamelessly enriched themselves at the expense of their employer, including charging Regent for £37,000 in gardening costs, £18,000 for an oil painting and a steakhouse birthday dinner which cost £2,500.

Steinhafel, in turn, filed his own lawsuit against Reinstein, claiming he failed to pay his wages, instead giving him perks to make sure he could not leave such as staying at his mansion.

His suit went on to allege Reinstein had 'hostility towards women', saying: 'Reinstein has explicitly stated in front of Steinhafel and others that he prefers not to hire women because they end up getting pregnant and taking maternity leave.'

'On multiple occasions, Reinstein has expressed sentiments that women cannot do the job as well as men because of motherhood and other circumstances that are, or are viewed to be, unique to women.'

Extraordinarily the claim was further made - without evidence - that after Steinhafel and his wife were sacked they were 'stalked' by unnamed individuals employed by Reinstein.

The lawsuit says: 'In one harrowing instance, Steinhafel's wife pulled over at a gas station while being tailed by Reinstein's agents so that she could await police

'Most firms he bought are now healthy again'

assistance. The police instructed her to flee... Steinhafel and his family truly feared for their safety.'

The suit was dismissed in December 2022 when Regent filed a request.

A spokesman for Reinstein says Steinhafel's allegations are 'demonstrably false' and were filed as 'leverage'.

He added: 'When it came time to stand behind those claims, the Steinhafels, not having any evidence to back up the allegations, paid Regent $250,000, abandoned every one of their allegations, and agreed to a dismissal with prejudice, meaning they can never be refiled. People do not usually pay a quarter of a million dollars and permanently walk away from claims that are true.'

He added that the Steinhafels had been living rent free in a home owned by Reinstein as part of the job, and when the job ended they were told to leave. The 'agents' following them were, he says, 'licensed process servers attempting to serve her and her husband with legal papers, including the lawsuit and tenancy notices, which they were evading'. This was, he said, 'routine'.

A lawyer for the Steinhafels said last night that they stand by every allegation, adding: 'They settled for one reason: the financial and personal toll on their growing family was unsustainable.'

As an actress at the pinnacle of her career, Nicole Kidman must be offered many interesting scripts to read.

The question is, do any of them match up to the dramas that have surrounded her fascinating younger man in his career so far?

Additional reporting:

DANIEL BATES

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Pattie, 82, is still turning heads

ONE of the Swinging Sixties most bewitching figures, Pattie Boyd's life is just as colourful these days.

The former model and photographer, who was married to both Beatles star George Har- rison and Eric Clapton, was spot- ted hiding beneath a bright pink, overrazed straw hat while on holiday in Tangier, Morocco.

Pattie, 82, inspired classic songs including Harrison's Something and Clapton's Layla.

She will be played by White Lotus actress Aimee Lou Wood in Sir Sam Mendes's forthcoming four-part Beatles biopic.

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MEGHAN Markle married Prince Harry at St George's Chapel even though she was a divorcee.

Her father-in-law, King Charles, had been barred from exchanging vows with Queen Camilla at the same Windsor church 13 years earlier.

Now, Rowan Williams, who was Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, has broken his silence over why he refused to allow Charles and Camilla to be married at the royal chapel in 2005.

The couple were forced to hold their wedding at the local register office instead, in front of just 28 guests. Charles's parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, were conspicuous by their absence.

Asked if he made the right call, Lord Williams tells me: 'That was the decision we made, yes.'

Speaking at The Oldie magazine's literary luncheon - where he was promoting his new book, Solidarity: The Work of Recognition - he adds: 'Those were the rules.'

In fact, it was his interpretation of the Church of England's rules, which have not changed since they were introduced in 2002. They state that Anglican priests are allowed to wed divorcees at their discretion.

Not only was Meghan allowed to marry Harry in 2018, when Justin Welby was Archbishop of Canter- bury, but the prince's cousin Peter Phillips exchanged vows with Har- riet Sperling at All Saints Church, Kemble, in June, even though both

Service: Archbishop blesses Camilla and Charles in 2005

had been married previously. The Church of England's website advises divorcees seeking a church wed- ding: 'Every vicar will want to help you, though there are some who don't feel able to offer a wedding to couples where one or both of the partners has been divorced... Even if it is not possible to do your wedding, they may offer a blessing service after a civil wedding.'

This is what happened in the case of Charles and Camilla, with the archbishop leading a blessing at St George's Chapel, attended by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

Lord Williams is thought to have agreed with the Queen that a church wedding was not appropriate for Charles and Camilla because their adultery had contributed to the end of his marriage to Princess Diana.

Knopfler's rocky exchange

DAVID KNOPFLER, a founder mem- ber of Dire Straits, has not taken kindly to being described as a 'deep-pocketed rock star' after he objected to a 1,200-property development near his home in the West Country.

Barrister Lord Banner KC, repre- senting the developer, had made the comment at the inquiry in Devon. Knopfler responded: 'I would just like the record to show that while I'm proud of my lifelong

achievements as a rather more humble musician, the reality is I'm a 73-year-old pensioner, an eco- nomics graduate and former social worker living in a semi-detached, who happened to spend three years in a rock band almost 50 years ago.'

He described the development on Wolborough Fen, a site of special scientific interest near Newton Abbot, as 'a textbook definition of urban blight'.

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■ GOATEE-CHINNED ex Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert - a senior bod at Jesus College, Cambridge - has had a front-row seat in the Jason Arday scandal; it was Jesus that hired man-of-mystery Arday as a professor. Two months ago, Huppert's geophysicist father, Prof Herbert Huppert, was

stripped of a Cambridge fellowship amid sexual harassment allegations. Huppert Jar runs Jesus's Intellectual Forum. One of its recent symposia was about how money can corrupt politics - yet Jesus itself has accepted enormous donations from Communist China. It's enough to make a chap chew his beard.

Posh pansexual Frankie gushes over new beau

SOCIETY model Frankie Herbert declared herself as 'pansexual' after enjoying romances with lovers including Eliot Sumner, rock star Sting's child who was born a girl.

Now, Frankie, 30, granddaughter of the late 7th Earl of Carnarvon, has found love with a man.

She's going out with American model Asa Timbe, with whom she feels 'aligned'.

The couple met in Costa Rica, where Frankie, whose step-father the Duke of Norfolk organised King Charles's Coronation, now lives.

She confirmed their relationship online, posting a photograph

of her with Asa. 'My man... you are so special, kind, powerful, talented, so f***ing talented,' she gushes.

'You, my love are divine, safe, sleepy, grounding, funny, beautiful, inspiring, silly, outrageously sexy and I feel so expansive together.'

■ QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor has recorded his own version of John Lennon's Jealous Guy, previously taken to Not by Rozy Music after the Beatle's murder. 'I didn't think they did it justice,' Taylor says. 'I've always absolutely loved that song - one of the great ballads, so heartfelt. It should be done straight, so I've just done it with a piano.'

The smart set's talking about...

How undaunted Ella landed dream home

DELICIOUSLY Ella founder Ella Mills has barely digested her new country life before selling up again.

I can reveal that less than a year after leaving London - and a nine-month renovation - the Sainsbury's heiress, 35, has sold her new Oxfordshire home.

She is swapping it for another country pile with husband Matthew Mills, son of the late Cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell, and daughters Skye, seven, and May, five.

'The move is doubling down on our new life,' explains Ella, who sold Deliciously Ella for a reported £70 million in 2024. 'We fell in love with another house two years ago. We had everything lined up to move there, but the current owners had to pull out, so we went back to the drawing board.'

She adds: 'The other house seeped into our soul. It's near the coast, a little more remote, more nature, a bit more wellness and a school that I always really, really

Go for it: Entrepreneur and mum-of-two Ella

wanted the girls to go to. So when we found out the original house we fell in love with could be ours again, we knew we should go for it.'

Jack: I need a man cave

THE honeymoon appears to be over already for Jack Whitehall and Roxy Horner.

The comedian, 38, married the lingerie model, 35, in a lavish ceremony at Euridge Manor in Wiltshire in April - but he's already grumbling.

'I feel like I don't have a man cave,' says Jack,

who shares a five-bedroom home in Notting Hill, west London, with Roxy and their two-year-old daughter, Elsie.

'I got married, and I'm losing all of my spaces.

'I gradually see things of mine taken down from the walls and put away in cupboards,' he adds.

■ AFTER its opening series knocked up with some naked tennis - pitting Emily Atack against Alex Hassell - the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals might have peaked rather early.

So fans will be heartened by Bobby Lockwood, who stars as polo-playing hunk Dommie Carlisle in the second series.

'You don't get involved in a show like Rivals unless you're comfortable doing naked scenes,' Lockwood, 33, tells me at the first night of Now You See Me Live at the London Coliseum. 'I had a screening party when it aired.'

Only one of those present needed smelling salts. 'My mum was saying, "Oh, my God!",' Lockwood admits.

HE'S a former Made In Chelsea Iothario, but Spencer Matthews is apparently struggling to satisfy his wife, Yogue Williams, at all times.

The Irish model says of their love life: 'I have to say it has always been pretty decent with Spenny, but it's not always brilliant, and you do have to have chats about certain parts of it.' Spencer, who turned 38 on Thursday, is the

brother of James Matthews, husband of the Princess of Wales's sister Pippa. The TV star has had too many past girlfriends to count, but they include Vicky Pattison, Lucy Watson, Louise Thompson and Caggie Dunlop.

Directing her comments to her husband on a podcast, Yogue, 40, tells him: 'You had enough practice. I'd be shocked if you weren't good.'

(Very) modern manners

DON'T Get Me Wrong, but people have become far too sentimental, according to Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde.

'When did everyone get so touchy-feely?' asks the prickly pop star, 74. 'It seems like a new thing where people sign their emails: "Hugs". Hate to be a spoil sport, but I'm wondering if there's anyone

else out there who isn't huggy. Surely, it's not just me. Has this come from the therapy culture? The Grammy culture? Over-sharing?'

She adds: 'I guess we're like dogs. Some are lone wolves - me - and others are lap dogs who like a lot of pampering. Oh, and signing an email with: "Stay safe." Seriously?'

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FINALLY, we can put a voice to the face of Daniel Kinahan. The Irishman, who is accused of being one of the world's most powerful mob bosses but claims he is a legitimate businessman, has rarely uttered a word in public, certainly not on camera.

Even when he was a boxing power broker – British heavyweight Tyson Fury went to his wedding – he largely communicated through intermediaries and written press statements.

There have been plenty of photographs of him, some taken with a long lens, but never any audio. Until now.

Kinahan can be heard speaking from Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai to podcaster James English, who has just released excerpts from the phone interview.

The 49-year-old admits he has 'not been an angel', but insists he has been used as a 'scapegoat' by the media and the Garda, Ireland's police.

The drugs and guns cartel he is supposed to lead is 'imaginary', he says.

Of his imminent extradition to Ireland on charges of directing organised crime, Kinahan says: 'I'm happy now today to get on an Emirates flight or whatever flight they want, in baggage class, economy class, any class they want.'

He then adds conspiratorially: 'So if I happen to fall and bang my head when I have handcuffs on me, I didn't fall. If I end up hanging myself, killing myself, poisoning myself, it didn't happen. I'm not suicidal.'

The fact that he has opened up at all is intriguing. His softly spoken sentences – delivered in a thick Dublin accent as if he is

'I think I have already got life in prison'

having a chat with a mate over a drink on the banks of the River Liffey – belies his reputation as the gangster who runs Ireland's equivalent of the Italian mafia and is about to stand trial over his alleged involvement in two murders and two attempted murders.

None of the Kinahan clan, or Kinahan Organised Crime Group, as they are formally known by law enforcement agencies, conform to the popular stereotype of drug barons and gunrunners.

To quote a fellow boxing manager, Kinahan is said to be the 'perfect gentleman'. His father Christy, 69, the family's patriarch who is known as the 'Dapper Don', speaks four languages and has written poetry under an alias. While his youngest son Christopher, 'Christy Jnr', 45, is by all accounts a quiet and cerebral figure.

All three – sanctioned in 2022 by US law enforcement which put a $5million bounty on their heads – have lived a carefree existence in Dubai where they relocated a decade ago in a bid to insulate themselves against the escalating violence in Ireland.

But the dynasty, which controls much of the cocaine trade across Europe, is no longer untouchable. Daniel Kinahan was arrested on April 15 at the home he shares with his wife Caoimhe Robinson on Palm Jumeirah, the tree-shaped island beloved of celebrities.

Al Awir prison, where he is being held, is a notorious hellhole which is dubbed the Dubai Alcatraz. Conditions have been criticised by former inmates and human rights groups.

No details are given in the inter-

view about Kinahan's personal circumstances in the jail which is divided into four blocks.

There are individual and shared cells, which can be overcrowded. But inmates with wealth and status are said to be able to pay for more comfortable surroundings.

Inmates are allowed to make outgoing calls from communal landline phones which is how Kinahan spoke to Mr English, who is based in Glasgow and first interviewed Kinahan face-to-face several years ago.

On that occasion, nothing was broadcast for legal reasons.

Kinahan, nicknamed 'Chess' because of his criminal cunning, has been the top target of the Irish authorities for more than ten years.

Next in line are his father and brother. They must also fear

Kinahan mob boss breaks his silence from Dubai cell and says: If I end up hanging myself, it didn't happen. I'm not suicidal

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arrest, especially Dapper Don, whose Dubai residency visa expired in April, making him vulnerable to deportation and seizure in other countries where he is wanted for further offences. In Spain, he is suspected of passport fraud.

What is less well known is that many 'second and third tier' members of the Kinahan cartel – more than 50, it is estimated – are also out of circulation.

This is because they are serving 'big heavy sentences', says a former senior Garda officer, which has resulted in the organisation being destabilised.

And Daniel Kinahan certainly believes he is next.

'I think I have already got life in prison, James,' he says, in the first clip from his interview which has been posted on Instagram. 'I

think we're going to go through the dance now and the circus and the character assassination even more now of me and my family.'

He is expected to be flown to Ireland any day now – not on an 'Emirates flight' but in an Air Corps (Ireland's air force) plane in the custody of armed military personnel. Kinahan will be the 'highest-risk prisoner who has been put under escort in the Republic since senior IRA leaders were in custody during the Troubles', reports The Irish Times.

He could be taken to the Special Criminal Court, at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, which is a non-jury court, in an Irish Defence Forces helicopter.

But the predicted mode of transport is a fortified van designed to withstand explosives and provide protection from

rounds from high-powered handguns and assault rifles, and fitted with reinforced suspension, a tamper-proof fuel tank and tyres which can run even when flat.

The vehicle also has a two-stage entry and exit system to control access as well as over-locking interior-controlled doors to provide extra security against any attempt by Kinahan's associates to spring him.

He is fully aware of the huge security operation that will swing into action when he arrives in Dublin which he compares to the plot of a film.

'So there is a bounty on my head for five million,' he says. 'I've watched all the box sets that everyone has watched. This is all movie stuff, Like it's nuts.'

So why has the crackdown come now after he has been in

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plain sight in Dubai for all these years? There are probably two reasons. One is that the famously laissez-faire regime of the UAE is believed to have grown concerned about the reputational damage of the Kinahans' links with Iran after nightly drone attacks were launched on Dubai and its neighbours by the Islamic Republic in retaliation for co-ordinated US and Israeli military strikes.

'Extensive financial intelligence has been shared, networks disrupted and assets frozen in connection with the Kinahan Organised Crime Group,' Hamid

Alzaabi, secretary general of the UAE's anti-money laundering committee, wrote on LinkedIn after Kinahan's arrest in April.

'There is no safe haven for criminals in the UAE.'

Such a statement would have been unthinkable not so long ago when the Kinahans were in their pomp in Dubai and the authorities were only too happy to turn a blind eye to them.

Only last year, Christy Snr and Daniel were pictured watching an extreme mixed martial arts event at the city's Coca-Cola Arena. Christy, who was likened to an 'ageing diplomat' by one

observer, wore a Panama hat, polo shirt and white trousers and reclined in large VIP seat. His eldest son, meanwhile, sported his trademark baseball cap.

Daniel and his wife Caoimhe were also regulars at the Michelin-starred Al Muntaha restaurant in Dubai, where they occasionally treated themselves to £500 Royal Beluga caviar.

The second reason for Kinahan's arrest is much more straightforward: the strength of the case against him.

The charges against him date back to the bloody turf war with the rival Hutch gang in Dublin

Dynasty: Daniel Kinahan, left, who is being held in Al Awir Central Prison, above. Below, Daniel, his father Christy and brother Christy Jnr in wanted posters issued in the US

more than a decade ago. The conflict resulted in up to 20 murders and many more beatings, stabbings, shootings and bomb attacks.

Daniel Kinahan is said to have the blood of at least two victims on his hands.

The first, it is alleged, was Eddie 'Neddie' Hutch, 58, the brother of gang leader Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, who was gunned down at his home in Dublin in February 2016.

His alleged second victim was innocent grandfather Noel Kirwan, 62, who was shot dead in December 2016, simply for attending the funeral of a childhood friend who belonged to the Hutch clan.

Prosecutors say that evidence of Kinahan's involvement is contained in emails on his encrypted Blackberry phone - a brand once thought to provide customers

with one of the most secure methods of communication available.

The irony is that Kinahan had stopped discussing 'business' on his Blackberry and had reverted to old-fashioned methods of communication. If you wanted to speak to him, you had to go through one of his associates.

But his change of tactics may have come too late. The encrypted communication networks used by criminals all over the world were infiltrated by Dutch and French police in 2020, culminating in the biggest law-enforce-

ment breakthrough in decades.

Kinahan's senior lieutenant Sean McGovern, 40, whose nickname is 'Knife', was among those caught. He was extradited from Dubai last year.

In June, he was jailed for 24 years for directing the activities of a criminal organisation - the same charge his former boss is facing.

McGovern is also implicated in the murders of Eddie Hutch and Noel Kirwan, a lifelong friend of Gerry Hutch, at the height of the gangland feud, the Special Criminal Court was told. So some of

the evidence used to convict McGovern will also be part of the case against Kinahan, whose Blackberry alias was said to be 'Cap'.

Messages between McGovern and 'Cap' following the Regency Hotel shooting in Dublin in February 2016 - when masked men with AK-47 assault rifles stormed a boxing event to try to execute Kinahan - were presented to McGovern's court hearing.

'Mate, I'm fuming,' McGovern wrote in one message. 'I swear to God, what about doing "Monk's" daughter. Or will that bring too much heat?'

'Cap' replied: 'Yes, but maybe

'This is all movie stuff - it's nuts'

only "Neddie". The exchange took place on February 7, 2016, a day before Eddie Hutch was shot dead. McGovern was just the latest important scalp for the Garda.

Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh, 57, who was described by the National Crime Agency as the European chief executive officer of the Kinahan network, managed the cartel's operations in the UK and Ireland.

In 2022, he was jailed for 21 years for masterminding a £30million cocaine and cannabis smuggling operation.

Scores of other members of the cartel have also been rounded up in recent years.

And the crackdown has created a power vacuum in Dublin's underworld which has led to fragmented turf battles.

Last month, the shooting of a man in the city - the first gun murder in Ireland for two years - was reported in the Irish Daily Mail under the headline: "The Kinahan Succession ... as the notorious cartel's leader faces extradition to Ireland within days, there is a power struggle simmering among the drugs gangs for control of territory."

The question now is: what happens next?

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Double death mystery from 1976 linked to 'Bullseye' serial killer

Shot: John Cooper, with Bullseye's Jim Bowen, killed Gwenda and Peter Dixon

THE deaths of two elderly siblings in their farmhouse 50 years ago is being reviewed by a coroner as suspicions grow that they were victims of the 'Bullseye' serial killer.

The bodies of Griff and Martha Thomas were discovered in Milford Haven, South Wales, in December 1976. Martha, 70, was found with severe head injuries near 73-year-old Griff's burnt body.

Police failed to find a culprit, and decided Griff had probably killed his sister.

By Eleanor Mann

But detectives have revisited the case and have now asked a coroner to review DNA and other evidence from the time that has been subjected to modern forensic tests.

One suspect is thought to be John Cooper, known as the Bullseye serial killer after he appeared on the ITV game show in 1989, a month before he killed tourists Gwenda and Peter Dixon with a shotgun. Now aged 81, Cooper also shot and killed a

couple in 1985, and held five teenagers at gunpoint in woods in 1996, raping and sexually assaulting two girls aged 15 and 16.

He was finally arrested in 2009 and in 2011 was jailed for life at Swansea Crown Court. But forensic psychologist Dr Clive Sims believed he was also behind the 1976 deaths. In 2011 he called for the case to be reviewed.

Dyfed-Powys Police said yesterday: 'Significant complex work has been undertaken. The family of Griff and Martha Thomas have been updated.'

Jail for the thief who tried to grab £250,000 watch

By Aiden Radnedge

A PROLIFIC thief who tried to rip a £250,000 watch from the wrist of a tourist on a Mayfair street has been jailed.

Brahim Keddad, 29, was 'on a mission to steal and rob' when he pounced on Sun Tao, grabbing him on the shoulder before attempting to wrest the Richard Mille timepiece from his victim's wrist.

Southwark Crown Court heard that Mr Tao, a Chinese visitor, was shoved to the ground, injuring his knee and arm.

Keddad, who has more than 20 convictions for theft and robbery, turned to flee but was caught by plain-clothes police who had been tailing him after seeing he was acting suspiciously.

The defendant, an Algerian-born French

Costly: A Richard Mille watch. Right, Brahim Keddad

national, was jailed for 28 months yesterday after admitting attempted robbery. He faces being deported at the end of his sentence.

Judge Nicholas Ainley said Mr Tao 'must have been terrified by the suddenness of what happened to him and the force used'.

The court heard that Mr Tao had been walking in Mayfair on April 30 when Keddad grabbed him from behind at about 3.30pm.

Luke Staton, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant shouted words to the effect of, "Watch! Give me your watch!", pushed Mr Tao

and had his hands on top of Mr Tao's wrist. Such was the level of force used that Mr Tao stumbled forward and fell to the floor, scraping his knee and left elbow.

'Mr Tao managed to get to his feet and run away.'

In January, Keddad, of Islington, north London, received a six-month community order after being convicted of attempted theft at King's Cross.

He has 21 convictions in Spain, and is wanted in Belgium, where he was sentenced in his absence last year to three years' jail for theft and forgery.

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Ex parrot? No, he's back... after NINE YEARS lost!

By James Tozer

WHEN Robert Mortimer's beloved parrot Barney was stolen by burglars in 2017, he pulled out all the stops to find his feathered friend.

The married father of five even pinned up posters, offering a £500 reward for his safe return.

But as time went on, the delivery driver was forced to accept that Barney - like the lifeless Norwegian blue in the Monty Python sketch - was an ex-parrot.

So he was astonished to receive a call this week telling him his long-lost talkative African grey had been found in an Ikea car park 20 miles away.

Thanks to his microchip, animal rescue centre staff established his name was Barney - but Mr Mortimer's contact number had

Ceased to be missing: Barney back with owner

since changed. He had also moved out of his Bradford home due to the traumatic burglary, in which the family's chihuahua Paris suffered fatal injuries from being kicked by one of the cruel crooks.

But a police officer was able to track him down.

'She called me up and said, "Your parrot's been found",' a stunned Mr Mortimer said yesterday.

'I told her, "He can't have been" - it was nearly ten years ago. I gave him up for dead a long time ago.'

Mr Mortimer, 56, drove across the Pennines to pick up Barney from Hilary Harry and Friends Wildlife Rescue in Diggle, near Oldham. He had originally

been found at the car park in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.

Reunited after almost a decade, Barney, now 19, is settling into Mr Mortimer's new home in Scholes, West Yorkshire.

'He's already started saying "Hello" and "Morning",' Mr Mortimer said. 'Nine years is a long time for a bird but I think he's beginning to recognize me.

'It's just brilliant. It's still sinking in that I've got my Barney again.'

Rescue centre owner Gemma Dumbill said: 'It's always wonderful to be able to reunite someone with a lost pet, but to have a happy ending after nine years is incredible.'

Allies: Leader Zack Polanski with Mothin Ali

'Uninformed' Green deputy hits out at anti-terror scheme

THE Green deputy leader who said Palestinians had the right to 'fight back' in the October 7 attack on Israel wants fewer people to be referred to the UK's anti-extremism scheme.

Mothin Ali said the Prevent scheme 'sweeps too many innocent people into the security state' after a record number were referred.

Last night, ex-Prevent counter-terror officer Ghaffar Hussain said that 'by definition' it supported 'those who are innocent yet at risk of being susceptible to extremist influence'. He added: 'Security is not

By Sam Merriman Political Correspondent

just about dealing with criminals, it's about interventions that prevent criminality. These types of uninformed comments hinder national security efforts.'

Mr Ali, who apologised for saying Palestinians had a right to 'fight back' in reference to the Hamas terror attacks in 2023, said: 'Dragging more children into a counter-terrorism programme is not the solution.'

The Home Office said this week a record 10,293 referrals were made to Prevent in the year to September - a rise of 39 per cent in a year.

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THE stage has been styled to look like a child's bedroom. Toys are scattered across the floor, picture books lie abandoned and a wicker laundry basket overflows with tiny jumpers and socks.

It could be any young family's home and the apparently perfect backdrop to a one-woman show billed, in part, as an intimate portrait of motherhood.

The child herself - four years old, the audience learns - is unseen. Instead, her sweet and high-pitched voice occasionally punctuates the hour-long performance, drifting across the theatre through speakers.

Why doesn't her Elsa dress fit any more, she asks? Why did her baby brother bite her? And can she have spaghetti for dinner?

To that last question, at least, the performer - a 39-year-old brunette - has an answer.

'No can do, kiddo,' she replies. 'Mama has post-traumatic spaghetti disorder.'

It is a line that prompts laughter from the show's small audience.

Then again, as Amanda Knox declared ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe premiere of her stand-up show Cartwheel, the production is intended largely as a comedy. 'It's 70 per cent comedy, 30 per cent rage,' she told one interviewer. That's one way of describing it.

For one family there is little to laugh about, which is why their description is rather different. 'A deplorable offence to Meredith's memory,' is how the Kercher family lawyer Francesco Maresca put it.

For the Meredith in question is Meredith Kercher, the 21-year-old British student who was murdered in the Italian city of Perugia in November 2007 - and whom Knox, her former roommate, was twice convicted and twice acquitted of killing.

From the moment it emerged earlier this year that Knox intended to stage a production about her wrongful imprisonment, Meredith's family have expressed despair that she appears unable to understand the continuing pain such public retellings inflict.

'Imagine 20 years after Meredith's death, your pain is turned into someone else's laughter,' as Meredith's sister Stephanie put it this week, appealing for Knox to pull the plug on her production.

Those appeals appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Last night the production made its debut at the Fringe - where Knox also features on the cover of The List, the festival's 2026 magazine - beginning a sell-out, week-long run that has only deepened the anguish of Stephanie and her brothers Lyle and John, now the family's surviving members following the deaths of their parents John and Arline in 2020.

Speaking to the Daily Mail yesterday, Stephanie, 43, said: 'She has had free speech to tell her story over the past decade or so, with minimal comments from us, despite the ever enduring pain. I am sure we do not need any more material from her side and do not understand why our feelings on this couldn't be considered.'

SUCH is the family's continuing distress that family friend Sally Alington has launched a petition calling for the venue to cancel the show. At the time of writing it had more than 9,000 signatures.

'This show not only disrespects Meredith's memory but risks normalising violence by making light of such a harrowing event,' the petition, launched via the website Change.org, claims.

The family's anger has been further fuelled by mother-of-two Knox's claim, made in an interview while promoting the production this week, that Meredith herself would have found it 'funny'.

'Meredith was really sophisticated and smart but she was also fun... I think that she would appreciate the show, because it grapples with what it means to be a young woman, and it's honest,' she insisted.

It is a suggestion to which Stephanie has a robust rebuttal. 'She absolutely would not find comedy surrounding these issues funny,' she responded, adding that she

It's the latest stunt from Amanda Knox - a one-woman comedy about HER struggles since she was falsely locked up for the brutal killing of Meredith Kercher nearly 20 years ago. As she opened her sell-out show at the Edinburgh Fringe last night...

IS THERE ANYTHING FORTHING WITH KNOX ANYTHING - OR MONEY?

by Kathryn Knight & Barbara McMahon

'could not fathom how rape and murder can be laughed about'.

To understand why the Kerchers regard the production as such a profound betrayal is to return to the extraordinary case that imprinted itself on the public consciousness and has overshadowed their family for two decades.

On November 1, 2007, Meredith, an exchange student from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found half-clothed, raped and murdered in the bedroom of the cottage she shared with Knox and two other young women in the university city of Perugia.

Within days, attention had shifted to Knox herself, a fresh-faced American student from Seattle who, until then, had been living an otherwise unremarkable year abroad. Almost overnight,

Foxy Knoxy - a nickname first coined years earlier - was transformed from an unknown student into one of the most recognisable women in the world.

Her apparently bizarre response to the brutal death of a housemate did not help. Indeed, Cartwheel, the title of her show, is derived from what Knox insists is one of the enduring myths surrounding the investigation - namely, that she performed cartwheels at the police station shortly after Meredith's death.

She has since explained they were yoga stretches, yet she makes a point of cartwheeling off stage at the end of her show.

Forensic evidence ultimately pointed to Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast-born drifter with a history of burglaries who - after fleeing

the country - was later convicted of Meredith's murder and served 13 years of a 16-year sentence.

Before that, Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested, detained and, in 2009, convicted of Meredith's sexual assault and murder. In 2011, they were acquitted, allowing Knox to return to Seattle.

HOWEVER, Italy's justice system permitted further appeals. In 2014 the pair were reconvicted, leaving Knox facing the prospect of extradition once more until, in 2015, Italy's highest court finally cleared both defendants, ruling there was no evidence that they had participated in Meredith's murder.

She does, however, have a criminal conviction for slander after wrongly accusing a Congolese man, Patrick Lumumba, of Meredith's murder, although it was ruled that her three-year sentence had been served because of her four years already behind bars. Although Knox said she wanted only to be 'an anonymous college

student' after returning to the US, she has never entirely retreated from public life - initially, she insists, because she felt compelled to reclaim a story that others had written for her.

'People were authoring my experience and imposing their story on my reality,' she told one interviewer. 'So that's what I've been doing. It's exhausting having to explain yourself over and over again.' However, she has also rarely stopped trying, earning a lot of money along the way.

There have been not one but two memoirs. The first, Waiting To Be Heard, published in 2013, chronicled her wrongful conviction and four years in prison and earned her a £5 million advance. It was followed by last year's Free: My Search For Meaning, exploring the years that came afterwards.

Then there are the TV series. In 2016 Knox cooperated with an eponymous Netflix documentary, and in 2025 was executive producer of Hulu mini-series The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox.

She has since hosted two podcasts - Hard Knox, in which she interviews people who say they

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have been wrongfully convicted, and Doubt, where she has discussed controversial criminal cases, including that of Lucy Letby. She has also become a regular keynote speaker for the Innocence Network, an international coalition dedicated to overturning wrongful convictions, frequently arguing that her own experience exposes wider failings within criminal justice systems.

Of course, few people can claim to understand the consequences of a wrongful conviction more intimately than Knox. Yet nearly 20 years after the events in Perugia, with her 40th birthday approach-

ing and now a mother of two, she seems increasingly reluctant to step away from the story that made her infamous. If anything she has ramped up her efforts.

Last year's Hulu mini-series was followed earlier this year with Mouth Of The Wolf, a documentary Knox co-produced with her husband, the novelist Christopher Robinson, in which she traced her decision to return to Italy for the first time since her conviction and her confrontation with Giuliano Mignini, the prosecutor who led the case against her.

In April, she flew to the UK to

Notorious: Amanda Knox arrives at court in Italy in 2008 and, left, in her show Cartwheel. Above, murdered student Meredith Kercher

Pictures: FEDERICO ZWILLY/STRAFF VIA GETTY IMAGES

host two screenings and question-and-answer sessions at a south London cinema, attracting an audience of lawyers, campaigners and true-crime enthusiasts, although in the event a technicality (the film had not been given an age classification, required under British law) meant the screening itself could not go ahead.

Then there's Cartwheel. The show made its debut last month on Vashon Island - a picturesque and bohemian community of around 10,000, a short ferry ride from Seattle - which Knox and her husband now call home.

The pair met at a book launch in

2015 before marrying three years later. It is on Vashon that Knox and Robinson are raising their children, a now four-year-old daughter, Eureka Muse, born in 2021 (and whose voice the audience hears in Cartwheel) and two-year-old son Echo.

Family photographs posted online - with the faces of both children carefully concealed - show beach walks and woodland adventures, while Knox has spoken of cherishing the community feel of the island and life away from the international spotlight.

And it was here that Knox chose to first showcase Cartwheel at the end of last month in front of an audience of around 30 at the island's Black Cat Cabaret, an intimate venue usually better known for burlesque nights, belly dancing and experimental music.

On paper, its premise sounded deceptively light-hearted.

The promotional material described it as a 'solo comedy and storytelling performance' by a woman 'approaching forty', 'juggling motherhood' and 'finally getting around to being furious'.

The fury, it added, stemmed from 'the whole wrongful imprisonment thing' - 'especially when half the world is telling her to get over it while the other half still thinks she's guilty'.

One person who attended later described how Knox talked of the 'guilty look' people get when they recognise her in public, or the doctor who read her medical chart aloud and said, 'too bad that other one ruined your name' - not realising she was Amanda Knox herself.

None of this seems to have dismayed theatregoers, with those who attended saying the performance was warmly received,

as it was at a subsequent performance last week in the West Coast city of Tacoma.

'There was a standing ovation and a lot of applause,' Chris Serface, managing artistic director of Tacoma Little Theatre, told the Daily Mail this week, describing audiences as 'enraptured'. 'She came out to take a final bow.'

Mr Serface believes the production could have a life well beyond Edinburgh. 'A group of people I was talking to afterwards said if she takes it on the road and tours it, it could easily be a Netflix hour-long special, a stand-up comedy routine,' he says.

Seattle theatre critic Greg Heilman reached a similar conclusion, praising Knox's stage presence and dry wit.

'She has spent so much time since her 20s with her books and a mini-series... the story is so well polished in her mind,' he observed. 'I think this is just another medium, and another way for her to present it.'

While her supporters would argue she is simply continuing to reclaim a narrative that was once written for her, for Meredith Kercher's family - who have largely maintained a dignified silence in the years since Meredith's murder - it represents a further mining, not to mention monetisation, of what Stephanie referred to this week as 'the family's immense pain'.

'This is a strong word to use but it almost feels like trolling,' family friend Sally Alington told the Daily Mail.

'This country is the home of the surviving members of the Kerchers. To bring it here feels like rubbing it in their faces.'

NOT least because the family pain has been compounded by further devastating loss after both Kercher parents died within four months of one another in 2020.

John, 77, died after suffering severe injuries in a suspected hit-and-run near his Croydon home in January 2020, while just weeks later during the first wave of the Covid pandemic, his wife, Arline, died in hospital from health complications.

It is perhaps scant consolation to their surviving children that neither parent lived to see the day their daughter's murder became the subject of entertainment.

Not that long ago, Knox herself insisted she would rather not still be telling this story, suggesting in a 2021 interview with The New York Times that financial necessity had left her little choice.

'What I keep telling Chris is that I want to get to a place where I don't have to keep living the worst experience of my life so that we can pay the mortgage,' she proclaimed.

Perhaps that day will come - although judging by Knox's reaction to criticism this week, there's little sign of it arriving soon.

On Thursday, when news of the petition launched, she hit back on Instagram, insisting that it contained '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,' she added.

The statement - which brazenly compares the harm to her reputation with that of Meredith's rape and murder - is one to which Sally Alington can only react with bewilderment.

'She says she's doing it in Meredith's honour,' Sally observes. 'But she never asked.'

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DEAR BEL,

FOUR years ago I lost my husband, David. We had good times and difficult ones but always came through them together. When he died, I believed the romantic part of my life had ended.

I kept busy – volunteered at the local hospice shop, spent more time in the garden and helped look after my grandchildren.

Then, unexpectedly, I met Peter. We got talking after a National Trust walk last autumn and ended up sitting over coffee for nearly three hours. He's a widower, too, and there's an understanding that's difficult to explain unless you've experienced that sort of loss yourself; neither of us has to pretend we're 'over it'.

What's surprised me most is how alive I feel again. I hadn't realised how much I'd missed having someone to ring just because something funny had happened – or to just share Sunday lunch with.

We've taken a few trips along the coast, discovered little cafes and, yes, we've become affectionate. Growing older doesn't mean you stop wanting companionship. Unfortunately, my children don't seem to see it that way.

My daughter insists she's pleased I've found company, but whenever Peter's name comes up she becomes noticeable quiet. My son has been much more

honest. He admitted he finds it uncomfortable to think of me being in another relationship because it feels, to him, as though I'm replacing their father.

The real upset came a few weeks ago when I was looking after my grandson. Peter popped round and ended up making huge ice cream sundaes for tea. Later, my grandson innocently told his mum that 'Grandad Peter' had made them and what fun it was.

We certainly hadn't encouraged that name but my daughter rang me in tears. She said it was all too quick and the children would become confused.

Since then, I've found myself editing my own happiness. If Peter and I go somewhere local, I wonder who might see us. I hesitate before mentioning him. Last weekend, I almost cancelled dinner with him because my son said he might call in. It suddenly struck me that I was behaving like a guilty teenager instead of a woman of a certain age.

I still love David. That will never change. My children lost their father and I understand that grief never entirely leaves you. But they didn't lose the person they expected to grow old beside. I know I need to be brave and stand up to my children but I'm not sure how.

MARGARET

VIEWED rationally, it's odd that a mother can feel that she wants – or needs – to 'stand up to' her children.

I wonder at what stage in life the shift occurs. When does the see-saw of dependency tip the other way? When do we allow our children to shift into the parental role and tell us what to do?

I can remember a moment when I was in my 50s and my daughter told me sternly that the lacy top I was wearing was too revealing. Instead of telling her I could wear what I like, I meekly went and changed. Was it to keep the peace? Or something deeper about both of us getting older?

Many people will read your letter and feel indignant on your behalf. Your husband died four years ago and you had learned to accept the new reality – then suddenly you met a man who made you feel very happy.

Shouldn't your adult son and daughter have felt unalloyed delight in your new-found happiness? Of course they should. But how often do people respond and act as they 'should'?

Your son is honest to admit to feeling jealous on behalf of his dead father. Adult sons can also feel a sort of revulsion at the thought of their mother becoming physical with somebody new – a taboo Freud has something to say

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MOONEY

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And remember, you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

from Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak (Russian novelist and poet, 1890-1960)

How can I stand up to my children over finding late-life love?

about. But I'm afraid it has to be countered.

You are entitled to create a new life for yourself which takes you outside the limits set - even if unconsciously - by your children.

And if a part of his jealousy is, in truth, because you will no longer be so 'available' for grandchild care whenever needed, that's

all the more reason to assert your independence.

It's interesting that for your daughter the tipping point concerned your role as a grandmother. Her innocent child suddenly seeing your new friend as a grandfather figure cut right through your daughter's deepest feelings to reawaken her grief for

her father - and it was too much to bear. I can understand that.

Telling you that 'the children would become confused' was just transferring her own feelings of confusion.

Of course, she ought to have felt happy that Peter gave her little son a wonderful, fun time. But there we go again: people do not

act as they 'ought'. You won't find it easy but you must control the guilt and be sure to tell each of them, face to face, exactly what you have said in that last paragraph of your letter.

You have to speak to them calmly and firmly. Never let Peter feel second-best. This is your time - and both of you deserve it.

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AND FINALLY

Why you should never say 'never'

DO you ever tell yourself you'll never do something or other again? For example, I told my husband: 'I'll never fly long-haul again,' and know it's probably true.

On the other hand, what if there was a very good reason to do so - like a funeral, for instance? Or the chance of a superb, unexpected trip?

I'm always telling other people, 'Never say never' - but need to remind myself. Because you never know what's going to happen.

I was thrilled last week when one of my avowed 'never's' turned into a 'Wow, I did it!'

You see, I was 54 when I discovered the joy of the open road, riding pillion on a great big Harley-Davidson. I tried to learn to ride and lost my nerve, but was contented to be a cool, uncomplaining pillion - for thousands of miles criss-crossing the United States, writing travel articles.

But, inevitably, you get older. Aches and pains increase. The last time I swung my right leg over our beautiful Fat Boy was during the Covid lockdown in 2020 when we collected some medicines for my aged parents and delivered it to them in style.

I'd already had my left hip replaced so I wasn't too comfortable. Then the right one became worse and worse, until it was replaced in 2024. By then the motorcycle love had gone. I gave away one of my leathers and decided that was that. 'Let's sell the beast,' I sighed.

But last Thursday it growled and roared once more - a glorious sound.

We went to a bikers' meet at the ancient Somerset cider pub Tucker's Grave, a 30-minute ride from our house. Gleaming machines, old and new. Bikers of all ages and types. Tattoos. Leathers. The smell of burgers and chips; the froth of beer and cider. Sheer elation to be back in the saddle.

Remember - never say 'never'.

■ BEL answers readers' questions on emotional and relationship problems each week. Write to Bel Mooney, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY, or email bel.mooney@dailymail.co.uk. Names and details are changed to protect identities. Bel reads all letters but regrets she cannot enter into personal correspondence.

A friend's told me she was raped as a girl

DEAR BEL,

I HAVE a friend who I have known since childhood. We had good times together as teenagers and have always felt very close and confided in each other.

But just recently, she told me something I didn't know - that when she was nearly 15 she was raped by somebody living nearby, a man in his late teens.

You have to understand that we all went in and out of each other's houses, knew each other's parents and so on. A close community. So, naturally, I knew the person and her revelation shocked me more than I can say.

She and I just had a weekend away together and this subject came up again. For her, it will never go away, and cases in the news - as well as references to historic crimes committed by people such as Jimmy Savile - bring it all back to her.

We're both in our late 50s

now but her memory is as vivid as ever and it clearly troubles her.

Her problem is whether to tell her husband of nearly 40 years about the rape, but she wonders how he would feel.

It's easy for some people to say: 'It's a long time ago, get over it' - which I would never do.

It's far from easy for those who have suffered this violation to forget.

I asked if she had thought about therapy. She said yes, but she would then have to tell her husband why she was having counselling - she couldn't keep it a secret.

I don't know what to say to her. Or what I would feel if it had happened to me. It still preys on her mind all these years later. But what would her husband feel if she told him now - that's the big worry for her.

VICKY

IT goes without saying that your friend endured a horrible experience at a time when perhaps such things were not taken as seriously as they are now.

She buried the experience and didn't even confide in you, her close friend. I wonder what you would have done?

The danger is that the young man would have denied his crime point-blank or said it was consensual.

It is a very old situation, indeed, as countless women know to their cost. Like you, I think it would certainly benefit her to have some counselling - in order to make sense of what happened, disinter any feelings of guilt she might have felt at the time (not uncommon) and work out why she has always kept what happened a secret.

Isn't that the real issue here? It's one thing for a young teenage girl to feel ashamed because of being raped, because of complicated feelings of responsibility and guilt. But it's quite another thing for a woman in her late 50s to feel unable to tell her husband about something so horrible and potentially traumatic that happened long ago.

You tell me, within your longer letter,

that you yourself would have no problem in keeping the counselling 'a secret' from your husband if it had happened to you.

But why should it be a secret? Doesn't this raise important questions about marriage itself? What is it about your friend's husband's attitude that makes her so afraid to tell him?

Of course, he might feel hurt that it has taken her so long to trust him with her painful secret. But surely a man who loves his wife would want to know everything that happened to her that made her the woman she is?

If she is afraid that somehow he might think less of her because she was violated by a neighbour's son, then I would suggest that as well as therapy to talk about the past, she and her husband might benefit from couples counselling about the present.

It's very easy to understand why a girl might be reticent about sharing such a painful thing with a new boyfriend, and of course married couples are allowed to keep secrets from each other (although not too many, I hope).

But within a long marriage? I don't think so.

If I were you, I would advise her to both confide in her husband and seek therapy - so the awful memory doesn't continue to haunt her in the next stage of her life.

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THE ONLINE

THE online blurb and pictures looked alluring: a safe residential home in a charming rural area of Kent, providing support for traumatised teenagers who had been taken into state care and assisting them on their bumpy path to adulthood.

But the reality behind the beguiling website imagery was rather different: a two-story redbrick house converted, along with a pair of neighbouring properties, from a former pub and operating illegally as a children's home.

Household goods including beds and a mattress were piled up outside last week beside an overflowing bin. 'I had no idea there was a children's home there,' said one neighbour. 'I have never seen any children there. I've only seen adults.'

Yet this supposed sanctuary for vulnerable teenagers and two similar unregistered homes in Kent run by the same company earned almost £1.8million in three years to look after nine youngsters in care – despite its illegality.

These fees – averaging nearly £200,000 per head – were paid by Kent and Medway councils to Catalyst Care. This company is owned by 'Afrofusion' music producer Davidson Lynch-Shyilon, 44 – who claims to have worked

with Rita Ora and reggae star Damian Marley – and his business partner Miriam Ekhator, 47. Last week this pair became the first people successfully prosecuted by Ofsted for running illicit children's homes. They were barred from running homes, fined £92,400 and told to pay £2,960 in victim surcharges after pleading guilty.

Their firm's annual turnover rose fivefold in three years to almost £1million – despite the court hearing that officials were mystified over how this funding was spent.

The two owners, however, pocketed £386,000 in dividends over this period. Incredibly, this is far from a one-off example. Hundreds more children – often with highly complex conditions or suffering severe trauma from abuse – are being sent by councils into illegal homes at an average weekly cost to taxpayers of £10,500.

Many of these 'homes' are shamefully inadequate for such purposes. They include caravans, holiday rentals, hotels and houseboats as well as being squeezed into houses of multiple occupancy in some of the country's most rundown urban areas. Together Trust, a Stockport disability charity that runs residential homes, told MPs earlier this year about a 15-year-old girl who came into their care after spending more than 12 weeks by herself in a caravan.

'During this period, she did not attend school and had no meaningful contact with trusted adults. She felt isolated and left alone to fend for herself,' said the charity.

Most councils do not even know how many of these illegal homes operate in their area. Yet many are unsafe with teenage girls being targeted by sexual predators and boys groomed by criminal gangs, dealing drugs or stashing weapons.

So here is another grim snapshot of the chronic failures of our social care system and the betrayal of the 63,000 children and young people taken into state arms – following a string of abuse scandals and obscene profiteering by financial sharks.

Anela Anwar, chief executive of Become, a national charity for children in care and care leavers, welcomed the landmark prosecution on the basis that use of illegal care homes was both unacceptable and dangerous. 'It's not just the poor-quality care that children

by Ian Birrell

in illegal homes have to endure – they also experience criminal exploitation operating in plain sight,' she said. 'They need to get the safe, supportive and loving homes that all children need.'

In one particularly sickening case, a 15-year-old girl from South Wales was taken into protective care to escape sexual exploitation – only to end up being raped after two male 'carers' piled her with alcohol and so much cocaine that her nose bled.

The crime was only discovered after the distraught teenager – the single resident of a three-bedroom unregistered home near Durham – ran away the following day and was picked up by police. Later, she was reported to have attempted suicide.

'I was in care to be looked after, taken care of and protected from harm,' she said in a victim's statement. 'These men have done the exact opposite to that. They have sexually abused me for hours and have caused me so much pain and destruction.'

Her two brutal attackers – both former soldiers in their forties with criminal records – were given jail sentences of 11 and nine years for offences including sexual activity with a child, intentional strangulation and supply of a class A drug.

They were employed by a firm called MAP Adventures, set up by a former sergeant in the Royal Army Physical Training Corps. It claimed to provide 'crisis intervention' and 'adventure therapy' for young people under a 'highly qualified' team.

It is a criminal offence to run a home not registered with Ofsted. Yet their use has spiralled in recent years, surging almost fourfold since the start of this decade despite placements costing up to £40,000 a week in the most challenging cases.

It is estimated councils spend £353million annually with unregistered homes. One social worker admitted to the authors of a recent report that the youngest

A FRIEND

Across Britain unscrupulous people like this music producer and his business partner are fleecing the system and putting vulnerable youngsters at risk by setting up homes with no official scrutiny. Even more shocking, councils are sending children to them – and you're footing the bill of up to £40,000 per child a week

child she had placed in an illegal setting was just five years old. Last year, it emerged in a court case that Isle of Wight council spent half a million pounds housing a ten-year-old boy in an illicit home for four months.

The standard of care was condemned by the judge as 'wholly inadequate' after he heard about the staff's frequent use of restraint and the child's social isolation.

HAVE heard similar complaints from young people sent into such homes. 'They would use restraint as a punitive thing,' said one woman, pinned down 'hundreds of times' by up to four adults at a time. 'They use more force than necessary. I've been left with such debilitating pain I could not even go up the stairs to my bedroom.'

Sienna*, 17, from Essex, was taken into care three years ago and spent 14 months in an illicit home in a neighbouring county.

She said it was in a shocking state, with broken windows, holes

in doors, fake fire alarms and repeated flooding. She found a knife in her bedroom left by a previous occupant after moving in.

She was the only child in the home. She did not go to school for this entire time, missing key exams. The carers all came from Nigeria on special visas, spending much of their time on screens.

One called her 'chubby' despite knowing that she suffered from an eating disorder. 'I was isolated in the middle of nowhere with people I could not communicate with,' she said. 'I just sat depressed all day in my bedroom doing nothing.'

She plans to become a paramedic now to help other people. 'It is made out to the public that we are evil children – but we're just hurting children that need some love. Yet the system puts us in these terrible places that make things worse.'

A report by the all-party Public Accounts Committee into this 'dysfunctional' care system found 800 young people sent to illegal homes last year for an average of six months – despite claims from coun-

cils that they are used only as a temporary measure to remove children from risky domestic situations, hospitals or police cells.

Yet Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's chief inspector, said last month there are 13,000 places available in legal homes for 10,000 children in need of such care. 'There are 4,800 homes, according to latest data – the number rising by one-fifth in a year.

'The problem is not with overall supply. We have a real issue with having the right homes in the right places and ensuring that registered providers are offering places for children who most need their care and support,' said Sir Martyn.

England spends two-thirds more than a decade ago on care, yet the number of children looked after by the state has risen only 16 per cent. This is a booming sector with surging demand – and being forced by disreputable private players.

Visiting that illegal care home in a converted Kent pub, it was no surprise to find it was being renovated to create another children's home. 'Ofsted are aware,'

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OR OF THE FIGHTING ON THE SUN

Prosecuted: Music producer Davidson Lynch-Shyllon and Miriam Ekhator, inset, ran homes in Kent

said a man answering the door, declining to give his name. 'Everything is by the book.'

In Blackpool - home to some of England's most deprived areas and with reportedly the highest proportion of children in care - there are as many as 60 children's homes in its two parliamentary constituencies. One-third have been opened in the past four years.

There are so many that the council has imposed a planning rule that new homes and supported living facilities for young people must be spaced 400 metres apart. This illustrates how homes are built in cheaper areas by firms

seeking to maximise their profits - so children in need of safety and stability often get dumped in rough areas away from families or friends, leaving them exposed to gangs and grooming.

One charity worker, a care leaver who advises police, told me she spoke recently to teenagers in care in Cardiff who told her younger children are contacted regularly by 'weirdos' on social media and older ones targeted by gangs to traffic drugs.

'Someone comes up to them and says, 'Do you want this pair of trainers? All you have to do is take a package to this address.' This starts luring them to gangs.

'They know the vulnerability of care leavers and exactly where the homes are. It's awful.'

This charity worker said young people placed in illegal care homes were seen often as the most complicated or disruptive cases. 'But how does it make sense then to put them in the most unsafe places?' she asked, rightly.

Care firms can also reject children with complex needs. 'Illegal homes are used as a last resort in the hope a better solution can be found quickly. But days become weeks, weeks become months - and children grow more traumatised, which makes it even harder to find a place in a regulated

home,' said the campaigner Martin Barrow. Ofsted is cracking down on unregulated homes, sending warning letters to owners and prosecuting two more cases. Yet many owners receiving a warning still do not apply for registration, suggesting that they know they will not meet the standards.

Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University published a study three months ago - based on interviews with specialist police, social workers and charity staff - revealing that an unregistered home was infiltrated by an organised crime group, which even had a member working as a counsellor to feed information back to the gang.

One interviewee said some unregulated properties seemed closer to 'trap houses' - slang for drug dens - than care settings, with so little control that 'you've got people coming and going, children going missing for days'.

The report concluded such places were easy targets for exploitation since 'children become highly visible to perpetrators while remaining institutionally invisible to safeguarding systems until a critical incident occurs.'

Roismi, 20, was taken into care aged 14 after suffering years of sexual abuse and violence in her family. Yet her experiences in the system were so grim that now she wonders if she would have been better off staying at home. 'It is that bad,' she said.

She went through 17 placements, almost all in unregulated homes around London. 'The whole time I was in care random men would contact me, text me, offering me money, places to stay, a sense of safety and belonging. They would say, 'Come over, I'll give you food.' - in some of the homes, they did not even feed us. 'The men would act so loving

and caring, I would do anything at the time to have an inch of love and safety, anything. I'd think fine, that's the price to pay.'

Teenage boys in care homes told her about being groomed by gangs. 'Boys like flashy things - they like cash, new outfits. There were boys who would keep or sell drugs and look after weapons for people involved in high levels of criminality.'

More than one in four people in prison have spent time in care as children. This shows the consequences of such state failure when only about one in 25 English children are 'looked after' by the state at some point in their childhood.

Roismi said after one home learned she was being contacted by men, she was just told to do a two-week 'box-ticking' online training course and had her phone briefly confiscated. At another placement, men even came to the front door to meet her.

So here was a troubled teenage girl - taken into care after suffering horrific trauma - who was then abused repeatedly by men able to exploit her vulnerability inside our costly state system that is supposed to help and protect such youngsters.

She has just begun studying criminology and psychology at university, determined to help other children avoid her fate. 'If you received the care needed, disgusting predators would not be able to access you,' said Roismi. 'I'm lucky I survived.'

DAME Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner for England, has fought to end this sordid scandal.

'Every night across England vulnerable children are going to sleep in unsafe, illegal settings - cared for by unqualified people, in places that were never designed for children, often cramped together without privacy,' she said. 'We have seen too many cases of vulnerable children and young people falling through gaps in social care, leaving them at risk of exploitation, such as those who are preyed on by dangerous gangs.'

She welcomed Ofsted's historic prosecution. 'I hope it represents the beginning of the end for the scandal of illegal providers who put profit above the safety of vulnerable children.'

Medway Council said 'less than five' young people were placed with Catalyst Care, discontinuing use of the firm four years ago, but insisted illegal homes reflected a national problem.

'Unfortunately in rare circumstances, despite a national search, some young people's needs exceed what can be delivered in a regulated provision, or there is no suitable provision available, resulting in a young person being placed in an unregulated setting.'

Kent County Council said the use of such providers was a last resort to ensure a child's safety but claimed they received strong support and 'high level of oversight' from social workers. It added that it was creating four council-run homes to tackle such issues.

• This name has been changed to protect her identity.

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Over? No, the Ceuta

ON the promenade overlooking the main tourist beach in the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Africa, a Sudanese teenager in a tattered T-shirt prays on his knees to Allah at three in the afternoon.

He arrived from neighbouring Morocco ten days ago, swimming miles to the beach, and now hopes for a free pass to Europe where, he says, he will work hard, make a new life, but never relinquish his Muslim faith.

After a six-year, 2,700-mile journey from his village, Abdelhadi Ali, a slim 18-year-old, is now in touching distance of the EU.

He, like 60,000 others from across Africa, broke into Ceuta – an hour's boat ride from the Spanish mainland – during an orchestrated border invasion at the end of July. It has huge implications for society in the EU and Britain, which are already reeling from repeated waves of uncontrolled immigration over the past decade.

Many of the adults who arrived in Ceuta with Abdelhadi have reluctantly returned to Morocco

SPECIAL REPORT

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IN CEUTA

after being frogmarched out by Spanish border guards or leaving of their own accord in the face of a hostile reception from terrified, and devoutly Christian, locals.

Entire families hid in their houses for days, only emerging to throw stones at what they called an 'Islamic armads' of young men and boys who ran amok, breaking into private properties and looting supermarkets, which are now guarded by the army, as they searched for food and water.

But a deceitful narrative is being peddled by politicians, including our own new Prime Minister, that this crisis is over. The truth is it's only just beginning.

This week, to my horror, I have witnessed a migration catastrophe unfolding in Ceuta, with a multitude of children, some only 11 or 12, at the heart of it. For

make no mistake, between 2,000 and 4,000 young north African and sub-Saharan boys have not budged an inch since arriving – and have no intention of doing so.

They have become pawns in a migration disaster sparked by families sending their children to find a better life in Europe, spurred too by an avalanche of social media messages flooding Africa that encourage the young to up sticks and leave via Ceuta, which is seen as a gateway to Madrid, Berlin or London.

Over two days in the enclave, which covers just seven square miles, I spoke to 50 of the young arrivals, who all said they are going nowhere but onwards to Europe.

They are sleeping on pavements, doorways, in the hills and even under beach umbrellas. At the only industrial estate, there is now a shanty town where youngsters run up and down alleyways in which they have built shelters from old beds and upturned bathtubs draped in sheets or blankets to shade themselves from the sun.

Outside the main police station, I watched hundreds of children on Wednesday and Thursday sitting pathetically in rows on the street as they waited in the vain hope that the Spanish authorities would give them the paperwork

necessary to allow them to board ferries to mainland Spain.

But with Spain's Left-wing prime minister Pedros Sanchez enjoying a summer holiday on Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, there has been no indication from the political establishment in Madrid that they will be granted their wish. Sanchez was the first politician to peddle the myth that 98 per cent of the 'invaders' had gone back across the border into Morocco.

This line was later parroted by Andy Burnham, who quoted Sanchez in a speech as he stood on the White Cliffs of Dover last week, before he, too, departed on holiday. Nothing could be further from reality. This is a humanitarian disaster unfolding in real time, which also threatens the national security of Europe.

SPANISH intelligence services say ISIS jihadis from across war-torn Africa have been caught among the tens of thousands who seized the chance to enter Ceuta.

I met a Moroccan-born thug of 31, calling himself by the pseudonym Mamoud, one of the many thousands who swam into Ceuta.

He spoke English with a London accent because he spent ten years in England, much of it in prison, and now wants to return.

We spoke at a petrol station near the port, where he told me that he had travelled across the Channel on a lorry as a young teenager. After being placed with foster parents, he spent time 'inside' for two convictions of grievous bodily harm and various other offences.

This boastful ex-jailbird says he left the UK voluntarily ten years ago 'because they were going to throw me out anyway'.

He adds: 'I spent more time locked up than living free in your country. But I miss England. This is my chance to go back.'

This extraordinary invasion has its roots in Pedros Sanchez's announcement last January of an amnesty for all illegal foreigners living in Spain. It was pushed through by royal decree, ostensibly to solve a worker shortage and boost the economy.

But the move went down badly with the voters, who reacted by routing socialist candidates at an election a few weeks later in the bellwether region of Aragon.

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and sub-Saharan illegals in Spain have taken advantage of the Sanchez deal, sending a message ricocheting across the world that the country is now an open door to Europe.

'When one member state acts alone over migration, the whole European bloc is put at risk,' Right-wing politicians in Brussels said in a statement.

If they were angry then, today they are apoplectic over the Ceuta disaster and call it an Angela Merkel Mark 2 in the making, a reference to the former German chancellor's decision to open her nation's borders to Syrians fleeing a civil war in 2015.

Naturally, Merkel's unilateral and inexplicable decision provoked the biggest wave of inward migration into Europe since the Second World War.

In came 1.2million strangers during one year, many of them not Syrians but chancers from elsewhere. It is an influx that has turned a nation that was once post-war Europe's economic powerhouse into a near basket-case, as it struggles to support people who lack the skills to find employment and have to be supported by the state.

The numbers of migrants entering Germany is still more than one million annually (a total swelled by thousands of Ukrainians given sanctuary from the war in their homeland). As a result, the face of Europe has been changed for ever, as many move to other countries, often choosing to take a Channel boat to Dover.

Now tiny Ceuta lies in the crosshairs of another migration surge thanks to its highly insecure land and sea border with neighbouring Morocco.

Ever since January's amnesty, social media posts on TikTok and Instagram have been advertising ways to get to Europe from Africa using Ceuta as the stepping stone.

Traffickers have been offering 'pay when you arrive' deals couched in snappy Arabic-language slogans, which offer 'swimming partners' or jet-ski rides. In mid-June - six weeks before the main migrant invasion - an online

Deceitful politicians, including Andy Burnham, insist 98% of the African migrants who invaded the tiny Spanish enclave have now gone home. The truth is alarmingly different...

video captioned 'Ceuta is calling' attracted 1,370,000 views in north Africa within a few hours.

Another piece of footage claiming arrivals would easily be transferred to Spain, both officially by the Sanchez's authorities and illegally by smugglers, was watched by 646,053, many of them impressionable youngsters.

THE scene was set. But if social media was the push factor here, the pull factor was in full swing, too. Many of Europe and the UK's powerful refugee charities, backed by socialist politicians, oppose strict national borders.

Reputable freelance journalist Charlotte Gill reported this week that 1700million in taxpayer funding is handed annually to British charities which support a borderless world or new safe routes for migrants who want a new life in the West. They include outfits such as the Refugee Council,

Migrant Help and Refugee Action. 'They don't need democracy or to win at the ballot box,' Gill pointed out in an online broadcast. 'They are very powerful.'

Andy Burnham, in his Dover speech, also promoted 'safe routes' for migrants to stop traffickers controlling the Channel boat crossings.

John Swinney, the hard-Left First Minister of Scotland, went even further, offering safe passage for all the thousands of Ceutan arrivals. Both are on the same page as Sanchez, who vigorously opposes a 'Fortress Europe'.

This week on Ceuta, I saw the result of this socialist dream: utter chaos. Spanish police, wearing face masks as a guard against infection, marshal the endless queues of migrants on the main Benitez beach as Red Cross teams in fleets of white vans distribute food and water.

Ambulances are on hand to test for HIV, hepatitis and tuberculosis, and ferry the sickly to the island's 249-bed hospital, which is

now so overstretched it is turning away locals.

'We were very scared,' said 21-year-old student nurse Javier who lives with his parents in central Ceuta. 'Now all our public services are collapsing. The hospital, police station, all overwhelmed by strangers we didn't invite in.'

The enclave's mayor Juan Jesus Vivas - who has called for the immediate expulsion of all the arrivals and 'real' EU border reinforcement to protect his beleaguered people - begged the European Parliament for more emergency help on Tuesday. He admits he has no inkling of how many would-be migrants remain in his enclave, as he does not have the manpower to count them.

What we do know is that 900 are inside the main migration camp. Tents have been erected in the grounds to house the overflow, while a further 2,000 are living rough nearby. Thousands more are sleeping in doorways, in gardens, in parks, anywhere they can find to lay their heads. On the out-

Influx: Police stand guard over the migrants in Ceuta

skirts of the ferry port, I meet a 15-year-old called Moussef Eirmont from Tangier in Morocco. He is an orphan who was sent by his grandmother 'who wanted him to have a life in Europe'.

Moussef is with three friends, one aged 17 and the other two 19, who are living in a forest in the hills. 'We are all here because our families told us to come,' says Moussef, speaking through a translator. 'We are not going back. This is the chance of our lifetimes. There is nothing for us at home.'

He says they have eaten nothing for two days and he and his friends are delighted when I hand them a packet of cheese biscuits.

BUT, more pitiful, still, was the sight of Saffiedine Amrani, 15, who was born in Sudan and is now sleeping on the Ceuta foreshore under a beach umbrella. He left home a year ago to head for Europe with his parents' blessing. He is completely illiterate, unable to write his name in either Arabic or English, and has never been to school.

'I called my father on my mobile when I had swum in,' he says, his voice full of misplaced hope. 'I said I was now nearly in Spain. They are praying for me.' It's enough to break the hardest heart.

Moroccans Hamza, 17, Adil, 20, and 14-year-old Adam swam in on Monday, days after the initial incursion, belying the official story it is over. 'Our friends are still coming. There is no border really,' said Hamza, posing for his photo near the sea. 'It is easy. Some of the swimmers have wet suits so they float. At low tide I know some boys have waded here. The barriers are nothing.'

At the port, where I catch a ferry back to Algeciras on the Spanish mainland, I ask a police officer what he thinks. 'Ceuta will never recover from this,' he says. 'These Arab and African children will now be sent to Spain, even to your country. But more will come. We are the new back door to Europe.'

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Last-minute summer getaway?

There IS still availability – here's where to go for a later break with lower prices, fewer crowds and milder weather

A HEADY combination of extreme weather blazing across Europe, unprecedented global conflict and a botched rollout of the European Union's new Entry/Exit System has rendered this summer quite unlike any other.

Many Britons have opted to stay closer to home over the past few months – inciting a rampant boom in staycation holidays, with interest up some 20 per cent on last year, according to Booking.com.

However, warmer weather has also meant an extension of the traditional summer season, as sunny days spill over

by GENIE HARRISON

into September – or even October – in some parts of Europe.

Savvy holidaymakers are booking their holidays later and later, snapping up last-minute deals instead of tying themselves into trips months in advance.

In fact, research by Loveholidays shows reservations for next-day holidays have increased by 26 per cent year-on-year, with bookings made within two days of departure also up by 19 per cent.

The travel agents' association, ABTA,

similarly found that a third of all holiday-makers are booking late this year. So, if you're eager to bag a (bargain) break, where is there still availability?

TUNIS, TUNISIA

A POPULAR destination back in the 1970s, when the package holiday was first en vogue, Tunisia has been enjoying a renewed moment in the sun this year – seeing a 19 per cent surge in demand according to First Choice, as tourists plump for destinations away from the usual overcrowded European spots.

And with September temperatures ranging from a more manageable 19-29C (67-84F) in Tunisia, travellers can take

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Tranquil: The Blue Lagoon in Turkey and, inset, Majorca's Tren de Soller

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advantage of cooler weather and explore all that this corner of northern Africa has to offer.

From meandering through the medinas in the capital Tunis, to cycling through the ruins of Carthage and trying the sumptuous cuisine, Tunisia offers a different kind of break by the Mediterranean Sea.

BOOK IT: Spend seven nights all-inclusive at the Golden Tulip President Hammamet from £633pp, including return flights from Gatwick (firstchoice.co.uk).

A week's all-inclusive stay at Splash-World AQI Venus Beach is available from £487pp, including flights from Southend and hand luggage (firstchoice.co.uk). Seven nights at Paradis Palace Hotel, in Hammamet, available from £339pp, on an all-inclusive basis. Includes flights from Gatwick (fut.co.uk).

PAPHOS, CYPRUS

TOURISM on this pretty, sun-soaked island suffered a difficult few months at the beginning of this year due to the conflict between the US and Iran - although it was never officially removed from the official travel advice list from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Five months on, though, and Cyprus is tucking into a slightly delayed summer season with its usual gusto.

And there couldn't be a better time to go. As a result of the unsteady start to the year, prices are significantly down for holidays to this Mediterranean gem - making Cyprus a great choice for thrifty travellers after a last-minute bargain. In fact, according

Hot spots: A beach in Paphos, Cyprus, right, and five-star luxury at the Hillside Beach Club in Turkey, above

to Chris Webber, head of holidays and deals at TravelSupermarket, 'the average seven-night package is down by as much as £250 per person year-on-year'.

With ten hours of sunshine daily and September temperatures between 29-31C (84-88F), this is the perfect spot for a late getaway.

BOOK IT: A seven-night stay at the all-inclusive Kefalos Damon Hotel Apartments is available from £478pp, including return flights (fut.co.uk). Four nights' B&B at Avlida Hotel costs from £325pp, including flights from Manchester (thomaxcook.com).

ALICANTE, SPAIN

WHILE Britons usually head to the Costa del Sol for summer sojourns to Spain, easyJet

Holidays has reported an uptick in last-minute trips to Alicante this year, seeing a 10 per cent growth in interest when compared with 2025. And replete with medieval fortresses, whitewashed houses, seaside promenades and fantastic food markets, there's no shortage of reasons to explore this underrated coastal break.

September weather is pleasant - highs of 28C (82F), tempered by refreshing sea breezes - making the hiking trails lining the Sierra de Aitana mountains inviting.

BOOK IT: EasyJet Holidays has seven nights room-only at the Hotel Bonalba Alicante from £473pp, including return flights and private transfers.

Or spend seven nights at Hospes Amerigo, room only, from £834pp, including flights (easyjet.com).

FETHIYE, TURKEY

PERHAPS fuelled by Christopher Nolan's return to the silver screen with the epic film The Odyssey, there has been a 21 per cent rise in interest in Turkish holidays,

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the south-western Turquoise Coast – and just 45 minutes from Dalaman Airport – Fethiye offers a warm, sunny option for a September trip with temperatures sitting at 25C (77F), with minimal rain.

For active holidaymakers, the

Lycian Way, which runs between Fethiye and Antalya, traces mountain villages and coastal terrain, with entry points at all levels of difficulty.

For those wanting to luxuriate on Turkey's white sands, there are

High life: Rooftops in Tunis and, left, homes in Alicante

myriad beaches from which to choose, ranging from the turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon to the pebbled shores of Calis Beach, a short water taxi ride from the centre of Fethiye.

BOOK IT: British Airways Holidays is offering seven nights full-board at the five-star Hillside Beach Club from £1,729pp, including return flights from Gatwick and one checked bag. Book by August 28 for travel between September 22 and October 31 (britishairways.com).

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has seven nights all inclusive at Club Tuana Fethiye from £715pp, including return flights from Gatwick (onthebeach.co.uk).

PALMA, MAJORCA

AS WITH much of Europe, Majorca and its fellow Balearic isles have been struck with severe heat-

waves in recent months, with temperatures soaring well above 40C (104F).

The final throes of summer – as the heat dips to a more manageable 26-29C (79-84F) – is the perfect time to soak up all that Majorca has to offer, with its beach coves, Moorish ruins, active nightlife and picturesque Tren de Soller wooden train ride into the mountains.

There are also several cultural events to enjoy in September on the island, including the Festa des Vermar, a three-week grape harvest festival, with local traditions including grape-stomping and grape-throwing, and the Festes del Rei en Jaume, which features a parade of giants, a historical battle re-enactment and a 'night of fire'.

BOOK IT: Seven nights at the TUI SUNEO Lagomonte on an all-inclusive basis from £671pp,

including return flights with Tui (tui.co.uk). Alternatively, spend seven nights all-inclusive at AluaSun Cala Antena from £459pp, including return flights from Stansted (loveholidays.com). Mr&Mrs Smith is also offering 20 per cent off stays at Hotel Son Xotano, from £420 a night, including breakfast (mrandmrssmith.com).

LATE-SEASON CRUISING

IT'S a great moment to bag last-minute bargains – all while the weather stays warm, the seas are calmer and the atmosphere on board is still lively.

For those wanting to explore gastronomy while at sea, Cunard is offering seven-night sailings hosted by Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux, as part of its 'Gavroche at Sea' series.

Enjoy live cooking demonstrations, talks and a five-course tasting menu to a backdrop of Norway's dramatic fjords.

BOOK IT: Spend seven nights with Cunard onboard the Queen Anne, sailing to and from Southampton, calling at Kristiansand, Oslo, and Skagen, Denmark. Prices from £1,459pp (cunard.com).

Alternatively, as temperatures cool and crowds begin to thin, make for the Med on a showstopping tour of the Greek islands, Italy and Turkey. Caribbean Cruises is offering a seven-night tour from £1,423pp, calling at Santorini, Ephesus, and Mykonos (royalcaribbean.com).

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OFFICIALLY, there are 13,587 yellow cabs in New York, Dame Judi Dench tells me as I stroll along the busy Manhattan streets past a line of the iconic taxis.

'Also, the shade isn't random,' the A-list actress adds when I ask for more detail. 'It's Dupont M6284, picked because a study found it's the most visible from a distance. Stay safe!'

Who'd have thought I'd have such an illustrious - and knowledgeable - tour guide for the day?

Well, to be frank, I don't. And to anyone watching nearby, I would simply look like a confused tourist muttering to myself in a pair of tortoseshell Ray-Ban specs.

That's because Judi is, in fact, the 'celebrity voice' I have chosen for my pair of Meta AI glasses.

I've been invited to New York by the tech giant to try its 'AI live' feature, which lets wearers chat in real-time to an in-built voice assistant while on-the-go.

In theory, the gadget - kitted out with a 12-megapixel camera, five microphones, and two speakers beside either ear - should be a holidaymaker's dream companion. So what better way to put it through its paces than entrusting the £429 pair of specs as my tour guide for a day?

I start in Manhattan. 'Hey Meta,' I ask, 'What's the best building to get a bird's-eye view of New York?' I'm expecting the Empire State Building, but to my surprise it opts for the SUMMIT One Vanderbilt. It's shorter than its more famous cousin, I'm told, but slightly cheaper and it hosts a glass ledge looking 1,000ft down to the ground - for 'the most wow factor'.

HALF an hour later up the top, I ring my parents as I step out onto it. The glasses pair to your phone, allowing the person you call to see exactly what you're seeing. My mother answers and is greeted by a perilous drop. It's a short call to say the least.

Hungry for some brunch, I ask the glasses for the best bagel spot. It recommends Ess-a-Bagel, which has been creating award-winning dough and fillings since 1976.

I go for the Pepe, crammed with hot roast beef, bacon and melted cheese. It's a holiday, so I also buy a massive slice of cheesecake and a large sweetened ice-cold matcha with oat milk. 'Hey Meta, how many calories is this?' I ask.

It takes a picture of the bagel

by JIM NORTON

oozing with mayonnaise and runs me through its workings. 'Roughly 1,550 to 1,850 cal,' it concludes, adding: 'That's a full day's worth in one glorious sitting.' I can't decide if it's learned sarcasm yet.

Either way, I need some exercise. I ask my glasses for the best historical walking tour. Quick as a flash, it suggests a two-mile stroll through Central Park with eight landmarks along the way.

I emerge from 72nd Street Station to my first stop - The Dakota apartment block, where John Lennon was shot in 1980.

AI has a reputation for being eager to please. Not this one. I want to stand exactly where it happened, I say. 'I won't give you the exact spot for privacy and safety reasons,' it responds rather mechanically.

I ask the glasses to suggest a New York-themed playlist as I set off into the park.

It picks nine songs though it doesn't yet connect to Spotify, so I have to add them manually. I come across the Cherry Hill Fountain, a 19th-century watering trough for horses. 'Is that the fountain from the Friends' opening credits?' I ask. A

common mistake, I'm told, the real one was just a prop on set in LA.

The sun is hot and I'm tired. I ask my glasses - which can pair to my iPhone health app - how many steps I've done. Around 3,780 - only 110 calories. Still a way to go to burn off the bagel.

My glasses then suggest I check out the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), around a 15-minute walk south. 'Hey Meta, what am I looking at?', I ask. 'You're looking at The Battle Of Atlanta by Kara Walker', it confidently responds. I check the label. It's actually a piece by Faith Ringgold. Ah, we may have found a weakness.

With a bit of help though - telling it what painting I'm looking at - it can still add depth. I recognise Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans. The 32 canvases represent each flavour in 1962, my glasses tell me, adding: 'Fun fact: he said he ate Campbell's soup every day for 20 years, which sparked the idea!'

Exhausted, I head back to the hotel. As I lie on my bed, I get out my book and consider asking Judi if she can read it for me. But before I can get an answer, I've drifted off in the city that never sleeps.

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It's suites only - not cabins - and £14,400 bottles of wine on this uber-plush ocean hotel!

by MARK PALMER

CRUISE lines love nothing more than the launch of a shiny new ship. There's razzmatazz at every turn: the smashing of a bottle of Champagne against the bow, the appointment of a godmother, seductive launch offers to entice the curious, endless marketing opportunities and boasts that the ship is unlike any before it.

I'm on board Explora III for its inaugural voyage in the Med, and we have all of the above, and a lot more - including a superglitzy naming ceremony and raucous live performance from Sister Sledge (now down to just Kathy Sledge with a back-up team of singers and dancers).

There's also a spectacular drone light show, a DJ set with Bob Sinclar and the bars all open until 3am.

It's quite a scene but, then, this is quite a ship: the third in the Explora Journeys portfolio and possibly the plushest for this size of vessel anywhere on the high seas.

There are 461 suites (which absolutely must not be called cabins), meaning there will never be more than 900 or so passengers, looked after by a crew of 700. That's an impressive ratio.

Explora Journeys is part of the ubiquitous MSC group, the largest container shipping company in the world, which is still privately owned by the Italian Aponte family. The plan is to have six Explora Journeys ships by 2028.

'Maybe the best hotel in the world isn't a hotel at all,' is Explora III's favourite slogan, along with 'maybe the best rooftop bar doesn't need a city' and 'maybe the best suite comes with a new view every day' - and so on.

In fact, Explora Journeys don't really like the word 'cruise', preferring 'ocean travel' - and there's a big push to get in touch with your 'ocean state of mind'.

THE latter's not difficult when even the smallest suites are bigger than other entry-level cabins (sorry) I've experienced - and what I love is the sense of space throughout the whole ship.

Indeed, the Owner's Residence - at €6,400 (€5,500) a night per guest - stretches from one side of the ship to the other.

There's absolutely no need to bag a sunbed at dawn here, although you might want to reserve one of the 64 cabanas.

There are five pools, a padel court, a casino, a malt whisky and cigar bar, Cartier, Rolex and Chopard shops as well as the Nautilus Club for children and teenagers.

There's a lot going on, in other words, but the vibe is elegant and sophisticated, with muted colours, thick carpets, discreet signage and expensive art.

One morning, I stop at the Clarendon Fine Art gallery and there's a red dot on a piece by Mr Brainwash, in the style of Banksy. Someone has bought it for €91,800 (€78,655).

I also call in at the wine cellar bar. If you want an upgrade on the all-inclusive offerings (which are excellent) you can do so here. I notice a Chateau Palmer

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Deluxe: The Explora III is elegant and sophisticated, and, right, Mark Palmer on the inaugural voyage

(no relation, sadly) for €980 (€840), a snip compared with the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy going for €16,800 (€14,400) a bottle.

But what sets Explora III apart in a growing field of luxury, boutique-style ships (hotel groups such as the Ritz-Carlton, Oberoi, Four Seasons, Belmond and, from next year, Aman are all chasing this market) is the food. There's no traditional help-your-

self buffet, no main dining room - and perish the thought of a captain's table. There is, however, a chef's table next to the onboard cookery school.

Anthology is the (dreaded phrase) 'fine-dining' option, with a seven-course tasting menu and wine pairings, but you'll pay an additional €200 a head for this gastronomic blowout.

Better options, in my view, are either the French Fil Rouge or

Med Yacht Club on deck four, and, perhaps better still, Sakura, a Japanese restaurant of the finest quality with impeccable service.

Sadly, I don't make it to Marble & Co, the specialist meat restaurant, which American carnivores will adore.

And, despite my best intentions, I don't go near the gym, but a fellow passenger from Norfolk tells me it's 'life-changing'. I do, however, make it to the Wellness

Centre, with its hydrotherapy pool and 11 treatment rooms.

My masseuse comes from Bali and says what she likes about Explora III is the diversity of the crew, made up not just of Filipinos (who account for 30 per cent of the cruise workforce worldwide), but men and women from India, Africa, South America and plenty from Italy, which adds a welcome dimension to life on board.

Atriums on cruise ships tend to be elaborate, blingy affairs - statements of a kind. And on Explora III it's only slightly less over-the-top, with a curved gold staircase with steps crafted from Sahara Noir marble.

This ship was designed with those in mind who have never been on a cruise - and those who have no wish to do so. And I defy either of those groupings not to be mightily impressed by this latest showstopper.

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by ANGELA EPSTEIN

PULLING up at our ritzy five-star hotel in rural Thailand after a long flight, it felt like we'd arrived in heaven: implausibly blue skies, spacious rooms and a warmth that settled on the skin like damp silk.

Heading down to breakfast, we gazed at the sea and surrendered to the stillness (and gorgeous food).

Unfortunately, fellow guests had different plans. Barely had my husband returned from the buffet than a booming voice shattered the peace. It seemed we had arrived on day one of a three-day wedding extravaganza.

Out on the lawn 'fun and games' were under way with a relentlessly chirpy MC bellowing cringeworthy commentary: 'Are you having FUN?' There was nothing we could do other than fume at being hoodwinked by the promise of serenity.

What is it about hotels that assume they can take your money without warning someone else's wedding will dominate your stay?

Set aside the naked greed - the hotel profits handsomely - it simply isn't fair, especially when you've travelled for hours. We were marooned in a supposed oasis and it was far too late to find anywhere else.

Worse still was a bland letter from management explaining that a wedding was taking place and certain areas might be unavailable. It signed off with a

KEEP YOUR WEDDING OUT OF MY HOLIDAY!

breezy 'thank you for your understanding'. As though our understanding is automatic and obligatory. Why the hell should it be?

Outdoor weddings are less common in the UK but I've stayed in plenty of hotels where

the bar is crammed with booze-flushed revellers in rumpled morning suits as the thud of a disco emanates from some subterranean function room. Some hotels fall back on small print, noting that events may take place

on-site and it is always worth checking the terms and conditions before booking.

Simon Steele, manager of Armathwaite Hall Hotel And Spa in the Lake District, says his hotel does not proactively inform

guests when a wedding is taking place, arguing there is sufficient space for separation since it is a large venue.

With our exclusive wedding package, he explains, 'couples and their guests are guaranteed private use of our main hall, cocktail bar, lake-view lounge and function rooms for the duration of their celebration. We inform other guests of the exclusivity upon booking.'

Which is, at least, something. Disgracefully, many other hoteliers don't play this way.

And they are generally not legally obliged to tell you in advance about a wedding or private event.

So what can you do if your trip is ruined? Complain immediately - politely but firmly. Ask for a room upgrade, a refund or partial compensation. In

Thailand, the hotel wiped all our extras - lunches, dinners, drinks and even a spa treatment - for the duration of the wedding. But I'd far rather have had peace and quiet.

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ABERDEEN	01234 578 600	01234 578 644
BATH	01233 734 000	01233 734 044
BISKAT	028 9057 1888	028 9057 1844
BIRMINGHAM	0121 236 1234	0121 236 3444
BISUMBROOM	01302 411 400	01302 411 444
BRIGHTON	01273 715 300	01273 715 344
BRISTOL	0117 929 9000	0117 929 1036
CAMBRIDGE	01223 461 600	01223 448 180
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OPORTO	01863 261 800	01863 261 044
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IC Inside £1062

EB Oceanview £1438

BE Balcony £1641

Grill Suite £3793

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25 November 2026, 4 Nights, Queen Anne

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ID Inside £319

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CB Balcony £522

P1 Grill Suite £1586

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29 November 2026, 14 Nights, Queen Anne

Southampton > Lisbon > La Palma > Tenerife > Fuerteventura > Lanzarote > Madeira > Southampton (H631)

ID Inside £1130

EB Oceanview £1391

CB Balcony £1642

Grill Suite £3491

CLAUSE OF THE WEEK 6 Including Grill Suite onboard spend of up to $390

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10 January 2027, 82 Nights, Queen Anne

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EC Oceanview £10.335

Balcony £11.020

Grill Suite £24.885

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IE Inside £1478

Oceanview £1545

BE Balcony £2385

Q1 Grill Suite £13.345

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IE Inside £1188

EC Oceanview £1506

CB Balcony £1699

Grill Suite £3638

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ID Inside £386

EC Oceanview £405

Balcony £434

Grill Suite £599

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13 June 2027, 7 Nights, Queen Anne

Southampton > La Coruna > Gijon > Getxo (Bilbao) > Le Havre > Southampton (H716P)

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EC Oceanview £830

Balcony £1062

Grill Suite £1658

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Oceanview £2578

BE Balcony £2607

Grill Suite £3712

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28 December 2026, 14 Nights, Queen Anne

Southampton > Madeira > Lanzarote > Fuerteventura > Tenerife > La Palma > Lisbon (overnight) > Southampton (H701)

IE Inside £1593

EB Oceanview £2578

Balcony £2636

Grill Suite £5009

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Oceanview £628

BF Balcony £801

P1 Grill Suite £1640

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IE Inside £627

Oceanview £675

BF Balcony £868

P1 Grill Suite £2007

THE 5★ NORWEGIAN FJORDS

20 June 2027, 7 Nights, Queen Anne

Southampton > Olden > Skjoldien > Haugesund > Southampton (H717)

Inside £675

EE Oceanview £887

CB Balcony £1158

Grill Suite £2301

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IE Inside £3305

Oceanview £4955

Balcony £5042

Grill Suite £11.328

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Seaview £902

GF Balcony £1,216 Conservatory Mini Suite £1,501

Fares & Itinerary based on 26 Sept 26 & vary by date

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16 October 2026 | 14 Nights | Britannia

Southampton > Madeira > La Palma > Tenerife

Gran Canaria > Lanzarote > Cadiz > Lisbon >

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HF Balcony £1,616

Deluxe Balcony £2,376

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Balcony £1,188

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Balcony £1,331

Balcony £2,119

DD Deluxe Balcony £2,119

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Inside £1,535

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Inside £1,535

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Limited Space

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Inside £1,535

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Balcony £2,075

Limited Space

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Seaview to Balcony

Balcony £2,075

Limited Space

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Seaview to Balcony

Balcony £2,075

Limited Space

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Balcony £2,075

Limited Space

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Seaview to Balcony

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Limited Space

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Limited Space

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OCEANIA

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THE TOP PARTNER FOR

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Set sail from Southampton on an unforgettable Grand Voyage that combines some of the world's most remarkable destinations. Enjoy Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' first return to the Amazon in nine years, cruising deep into the rainforest to Manaus, before continuing to the breathtaking Antarctic Peninsula, where glaciers, penguins and whales await. Along the way, explore the Caribbean and Costa Rica, experience the passion of Buenos Aires, take in Rio de Janeiro's iconic landmarks, and discover colourful UNESCO-listed cities such as Cartagena and Salvador. Blending incredible wildlife, stunning scenery and rich cultural experiences across four continents, this is a truly once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Not only does this journey offer once- in-a-lifetime moments in breathtaking destinations, when you book with ROL Cruise, the top partner for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, you'll benefit from an array of exclusive launch benefits, offering unmissable value for money. Demand is incredibly high, so please do not delay!

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ESCORTED SWISS GLACIER EXPRESS

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DAY 1: Fly From UK To Zurich & Rail Transfer To Chur, Switzerland

Regional Departure Airports Available*

Today, you will fly from the UK to Zurich and join the efficient Swiss rail system for your transfer to Chur. Check into your hotel for a 2-night stay.

DAY 2: Chur, Switzerland

Included Escorted Tour: The Bernina Red Train

DAY 3: Visp, Switzerland

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DAY 4: Visp, Switzerland

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DAY 7: Naples, Italy

DAY 9: Chania, Greece

DAY 11: Kusadasi, Turkey

DAY 12: Mykonos, Greece

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To start your escorted cruise & rail adventure, meet your tour manager at London St Pancras International to board the Eurostar train to Paris.

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DAY 4: Embark Sun Princess In Barcelona, Spain

DAY 5: Ibiza, Spain

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DAY 1: FLY OVERNIGHT FROM UK TO CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Regional Departure Airports Available Your South African adventure begins with an overnight flight from the UK to Cape Town.

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After arriving in Cape Town, you will be transferred to your 5★ hotel for a 3-night stay.

DAY 3: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Included Escorted Tour: Full-Day Cape Town & Cape Point Tour

Ride the cable car up Table Mountain for breathtaking views before journeying to Hout Bay and the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive. After lunch at Bertha's Restaurant in Simon's Town, visit the famous penguin colony at Boulders Beach. Breakfast and lunch included

DAY 4: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Included Escorted Tour: Full-Day Winelands Tour

Explore the historic streets of Franschhoek on a walking tour, followed by a wine tasting at a renowned local estate. Later, travel to Stellenbosch for an insightful cellar tour and another exquisite tasting of South Africa's finest vintages. Breakfast included

DAY 5: CAPE TOWN TO GARDEN ROUTE GAME LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA

Included Escorted Tour: Afternoon Game Drive

Travel by Cruise.co.uk dedicated coach to the Garden Route Game Lodge to check into your deluxe chalet. After a welcome drink and buffet lunch, join your expert guide for your first exhilarating afternoon game drive. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

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Included Escorted Tour: Morning & Afternoon Game Drives Experience the thrill of the wild with two guided game drives. Search for South Africa's incredible wildlife in their natural habitat and enjoy a relaxing buffet lunch back at the lodge between adventures. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

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This morning, start your day with an exciting game drive, immersing yourself in South Africa's stunning wildlife and natural landscapes. After your adventure, you will be transferred to Cape Town for an overnight stay. Breakfast included

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This morning, after breakfast, you will be transferred to the port in Cape Town to embark Seven Seas Mariner for your 21-night cruise to Lisbon. Breakfast included

DAY 10: WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA

DAY 11: LUANDA, ANGOLA

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DAY 13: ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE

DAY 15: BANJUL, GAMBIA

DAY 17: PORTO GRANDE, CAPE VERDE

DAY 20: TENERIFE, SPAIN

DAY 27: MADEIRA, PORTUGAL

DAY 29: DISEMBARK IN LISBON, PORTUGAL & FLY TO UK Regional Arrival Airports Available

After disembarking your ship in Lisbon, you will be transferred from the cruise port to the airport for your flight back to the UK.

Discover South Africa in style on this luxury cruise and stay journey. Begin with a 6-night escorted tour, featuring sightseeing in Cape Town, a tour of the Cape Winelands, and a stay in a 5★ Cape Town hotel. Continue with a two-night safari lodge experience, including game drives, followed by an ultra-luxury cruise on Seven Seas Mariner, sailing from Cape Town to Lisbon.

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• 4-night 5★ hotel stay in Cape Town
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• 21-night luxury cruise onboard Seven Seas Mariner
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Transfer on your Cruise.co.uk dedicated coach to Nashville for a 2-night 4★ stay, travelling through the breathtaking Smoky Mountains along the way.

DAY 10: NASHVILLE, USA

INCLUDED: Country Music Hall of Fame & Ryman Auditorium This is a must for all Country and Western fans! Hear the voices of music icons, plus see the stars in the Moving Image Collection. Later, enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the renowned Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.

DAY 11: TRAVEL TO MEMPHIS, USA

Today, continue your musical journey to Memphis for your 2-night 4★ stay.

DAY 12: MEMPHIS, USA

INCLUDED: Greenland Tour

Make the ultimate rock 'n' roll pilgrimage to Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, as you explore where he lived and spent time with loved ones through an audio guide.

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The definition, for example, of the student loans portfolio as a state asset is bonkers. Word is, the Treasury has been tasked with finding new ways to borrow.

Among the ideas is making more use of the 'PuPins' (Public Financial Institutions) such as the National Wealth Fund and National Housing Bank.

I have news for Healey; it is borrowing by another name and adds to public debt. Burnham's team will speedily be found out by bond markets.

It is inexplicable why anyone should think devoting more resources to social housing and infrastructure will be self-funding. Reeves' 2023 spending review bunged £390n at a ten-year affordable housing programme and £15.6bn to fund transport in regions with elected mayors.

Capacity constraints, a lethargic plan-

ning system and the great spending vacuum that is HS2 mean that more spending is futile.

Britain's tax burden, at current levels, is at the point of diminishing returns. Radical spending reductions of the kind Denis Healey had to adopt in 1976 is the only sustainable answer, not more borrowing.

Creative tension

WHY the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) felt the need to get out ahead of litigation in California and US states to endorse Paramount Skydance's $110bn deal for Warner Discovery is puzzling.

Contrary to enthusiasm for it on the BBC's Today show, 'consolidation' will be bad for creative jobs and innovation in Britain. Pledges on the future of Channel 5 are time-limited and easily picked apart.

The CMA has lost its bite since Amazon refugee Douglas Gurr took the helm.

Britain's terrific creative sector is dangerously exposed.

Aldi and Lidl facing ban on blocking rivals

Discounters must follow the same rules as other supermarkets, watchdog says

THE competition watchdog has moved to ban Aldi and Lidl from blocking rivals opening stores nearby in a move designed to give shoppers more choice.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was minded to subject the German discounters to rules that apply to Britain's largest grocers.

Since 2016, the likes of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco have been banned from stopping competitors opening nearby when doing land deals.

The rule was brought in to stop large supermarkets buying land and not building on it or leasing it to other grocers to protect their market position.

Aldi and Lidl, which together have around 20pc of the market, were not considered to be 'large grocery retailers', and were also thought to offer a more limited

By Emily Hawkins and Jane Denton

range of products. Iceland is exempt as a frozen food retailer. But both have expanded rapidly and used the loophole to block rivals, giving them an edge in a cut-throat sector.

Aldi has been the fourth-largest grocer in Britain since 2022

'Levelling the field for all grocers'

while Lidl briefly overtook Morrisons as fifth-biggest this year.

But yesterday the CMA said Aldi and Lidl 'should now be covered' by the ban on blocking rivals because of their scale and geographic coverage, range of goods and procurement model.

The regulator said it would seek feedback before making a final decision next month.

Juliette Enser, executive

director of competition enforcement and markets at the CMA, said: 'This is about allowing shoppers to choose where they spend their money and levelling the playing field for all major supermarkets. Today's proposals are provisional and we welcome views before deciding the best way forward.'

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 across the country.'

Lidl, which has more than 1,000 UK stores and plans to open 50 in the year to April, said: 'As a discounter, we have always welcomed and embraced competition within the market and our focus remains on continuing to open stores... Any outcome will not impact our steadfast momentum and growth.'

Concerns over the cost of living have fed a price war as major grocers battle to attract more shoppers.

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INVESTMENT

EXTRA

By Anne

Ashworth

THE Reit (pronounced Reet) is one of the summer's hottest investments, an object of desire among the US groups that are currently scouring Britain for giveaway buys.

If you are, as yet, unfamiliar with the Reit, which stands for real estate investment trust, it is time to become acquainted.

Why? Because more of these trusts – which own commercial property in the shape of logistics sheds, offices, GPs' surgeries, shops and warehouses – could get snapped up on the cheap.

This week, Prologis, the San Francisco-based industrial real estate titan, won its battle for control of Segro, Britain's largest listed property company.

Prologis is paying £14.3bn for Segro, a business founded in 1920. Under its former name of Slough Estates, it was the setting for comedy drama The Office.

The offer is at a 42pc premium to Segro's closing price on June 23, a day before Prologis emerged as a suitor.

Some believe that the American bidder is still paying too little. Others say that Prologis's assiduous pursuit underlines the attractiveness of Reits to such investors.

US private equity firm Blackstone acquired Warehouse Reit last year and may be interested in more such moves.

Matthew Norris, who is the manager of the Gravis UK Listed Property fund, describes Segro a 'fantastic busi-

ness' whose merits have been overlooked by UK pension funds and other institutional investors.

He says: 'The stock market is pricing Reits as if they're broken. They aren't. These companies own high-quality, income-producing assets, yet many still trade at deep discounts to what they're worth.

If British investors don't wake up to this soon, there's evidence that overseas buyers like Blackstone and Prologis will continue to do it for them.'

Small investors minded to take advantage of these conditions should act now to get a slice of the action, and maybe also to help arrest the economy-damaging shrinking of our stock markets by overseas takeover bids.

Reits' share prices could appreciate and, meanwhile, the dividends are generous. If you would like to explore this overlooked sector, here's our guide...

WHY REITS ROCK

THE US passion for Reits is based on the assessment that there are bumper bargains to be had in this undervalued sector.

The share prices of most Reits stand at a discount of 20pc or more to their net asset values (NAVs), due to eco-

nomic and political uncertainty, higher interest rate fears and gloom over the prospects for some high street retail units and 'secondary' (shabby) office space.

Conditions have been suppressed

From the backdrop of The Office to high-tech London hubs, here's how small investors can cash in on...

Investment: The area around Broadgate in the City of London has benefited from being funded by the £4.5bn Reit British Land

since 2022, says Laura Elkin, manager of the AEW Reit. But she thinks the tide could be turning.

This perception could begin to narrow discounts. In the meantime, however, Derwent is at a discount of about 40pc.

This is thanks to the less desirable nature of some of its offices, although this £2.34bn Reit also owns the luxurious workplaces sought after by Silicon Valley AI players who are establishing London headquarters.

In light of this clamour for upscale workplaces, US bank Goldman Sachs, which became an enthusiast for the Reit sector this summer, rates Derwent shares a 'buy', setting a target of 2370p, against Thursday's price of 2054p.

Even the £4.6bn Tritax Big Box is at a 14pc discount, despite it

SHARE PRICES THIS YEAR

SEGRO ▲ 35pc

NEW RIVER ▲ 18pc

Landsec ▲ 15pc

British Land ▲ 12pc

▲ TRITAX BIG BOX ▲ 10pc

▲ LONDON METRIC ▲ 3pc

AEW ▼ 2pc

WORKS SPACE ▼ 8pc

opment last September when Tritax Big Box shares were priced at 142p.

I invested at the time and trust that there could be more gains, as the shares continue to be rated a 'buy' by Goldman Sachs and others.

On Thursday, Tritax Big Box announced that it was raising £350m for further data centre investment, leading Andrew Saunders, equity research analyst at Shore Capital, to restate his view that Tritax is 'one of the most appealing Reits'.

Not surprising, since data centres provide the vast computing power required by AI – and Britain has a third of the data centre capacity per person of the US.

REITS AND RETAIL THERAPY

THE renewed desire for a visit to the shops is proving good news for such smaller Reits as the £162m AEW and the £354m NewRiver, both of which should give a fillip to a portfolio.

Elkin invests for income and growth in the 'future-proofed'

parts of high streets, the buffed-up sections where you can shop and have a coffee.

This same mix of amenities and socialising is available on 'retail warehousing' sites, the retail parks on the edges of towns where you can find a Marks & Spencer for clothes and food, DIY stores, cafes and, maybe, even a dentist.

Saunders cites as one example NewRiver's The Moor retail park in Sheffield, where the tenants include HSBC, Five Guys, Next, Sainsbury's and Primark.

So enticing is this formula that the estate agencies Knight Frank and Savills both report negligible retail park vacancy rates.

This is the case at the retail parks that are part of the portfolio at Land Securities, the £5.3bn Reit, which also owns the Bluewater and Liverpool One malls.

Land Securities has a yield of 5.8pc, and is another Goldman Sachs 'buy' recommendation.

The US bank is also enthusiastic about British Land, where the yield is 5.5pc.

I took a small stake in this £4.5bn Reit because of the superior quality of its offices, such as the refurbished Broadgate in the

City and Regent's Place in the 'Knowledge Quarter' around King's Cross.

This complex was smart enough to lure the AI business Anthropic, which, like its peers, is picky about workplace comforts, such as air conditioning, break-out areas, cafes and kitchens.

LondonMetric, a £4.6bn Reit with a 6.6pc yield, specialises in making life easier for online shoppers with its last-mile sheds which ensure the rapid delivery of packages.

Unusually, Goldman Sachs takes a neutral stance on LondonMetric.

But other analysts like this Reit's ruthless US-style focus on costs and rate the shares a 'buy' at 198p.

WHAT'S NEXT

MORE bids are rumoured. If you would like exposure to this activity, take a look at Gravis UK Listed Property and TR Property which have shares in the possible targets and the predators.

While doing your research, you will learn that the discounts have drawn the attention of Saba, the New York hedge fund led by Boaz Weinstein. Saba has taken a holding at the Workspace Reit and Weinstein is using his power to force reforms that are unlikely to benefit the Reit or its investors. This has been his playbook at other trusts.

Saba's intervention is dispiriting. But perhaps if ordinary investors realise what they have been missing and reassess the merits of Reits, Saba may find its brand of interference to be prohibitively expensive.

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As yet another London-listed firm is targeted...

Genel rejects £202m Norwegian swoop

OIL firm Genel Energy has become the latest London-listed company to become a takeover target following an unsolicited swoop from a Norwegian rival.

DNO ASA, which is based in Oslo and has operations in the North Sea, the Middle East and West Africa, said it approached Genel's brand last month with an offer of £202m in cash.

The bid is equivalent to 69p per share, a 35pc premium to Genel's closing price on July 27, the day before DNO made its approach.

But FTSE 500 firm Genel said its board had 'unanimously rejected' the offer, saying the proposal 'fundamentally undervalues' its business. Under London's takeover rules,

By Calum Muirhead

DNO now has until 5pm on Friday, September 4 to make a formal offer for the business or walk away.

Genel shares surged 25.6pc, or 12.78p, to 45.7p yesterday following news of the bid.

DNO's swoop is the latest in a

'Undervalues the business'

flurry of takeovers and dealmaking that has rocked the London market in recent months.

Bids this week have also included approaches for industrial coatings firm Bodycote by two private equity groups, an offer for the property

developer Harworth and a £5.7bn deal struck for the takeover of easyJet by US giant Apollo on Thursday following a long-running bidding war.

Dealmaking has not only been confined to smaller businesses, with FTSE 100 warehouse group Segro succumbing to a £14bn bid from US rival Prologis on Tuesday.

But the spake of deals has rung alarm bells in the City due to fears that Britain is losing some of its best companies to overseas predators, which could hollow out the London stock market.

Around £72.5bn worth of deals have already been announced so far this year, according to analysis from AJ Bell, dwarfing the £29.1bn for the whole of 2025 and more than double the average annual total of £36bn for the past five years.

PAR-MAKER OR SUBS

IN SELL-OFF TALKS

A MAKER of parts used in the UK's nuclear submarines is in talks to sell its core defence business.

Goodwin, a key supplier to the UK and US navies, said it was considering options including the sale of a 'substantial part' of its mechanical engineering arm, which has been

boosted by global conflicts prompting governments to rearm.

The firm said talks were 'ongoing' but with no guarantee of a sale. It makes components for the Navy submarines and Broadmoights that carry Trident nuclear missiles. Shares rose 9.8pc.

Surprise US job losses ease pressure for interest rate rises

PRESSURE for interest rate rises eased yesterday after the US economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs last month.

Figures from the world's largest economy were much worse than Wall Street forecasts,

which had predicted that the US would add 80,000 jobs.

Number for June were revised to show that the economy added 20,000 jobs that month rather than the 57,000 originally reported. One bright

spot was the US unemployment rate, which dipped to 4.1pc from 4.2pc last month.

Hourly earnings rose 3.2pc in the year to July, lower than the 3.5pc economists predicted. Before the jobs data, markets

had predicted it was more likely than not that rates would be linked by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve.

The absence of inflationary pressure from wages, combined with the weakness of the jobs

market, may even encourage the Fed to cut rates," said James Bentley, director at Financial Markets Online.

Inflation data next week will give insight into how oil prices have pushed up costs in the US.

52-week High Low

Aerospace & Defence
Alder Martin	35+	+1+	+8	34
BAE Systems	2222	+22	2222	1630
Energy Up	827	+2+	827	405
GHMS	1524d	+6+	1524	495
Alloi Akers	1526d	+3+	1576+	1529
Seaco	282		281	184+

Light
Bruno Santander	1008	+4	1102	801
Biology	1056	+4	1204	1071
HSBC Hiège	1529+	+4	1581+	1004
Lowশl Martin	1244d	+25	1258d	1005
Leopli Banking	1154d	+4	1174	1174
Black Bank	1724	+4	1784	1004
NatWest Group	1724	+4	1724	1004
Star-Chartered	1278d	+24	2248	1529
TBC Bank	4008	+8	3188	3844

Electricity
Beer 1400	817	-3	774	588
CoCo Pay-HSBC	480d	+4	1175	1200
Oregon	1798d	+27+	2121	1392+

Chemicals
Citrate Hime	2200	+9	2280	2428
Diamonds	101+	+4	106+	142+
Johnson Matt	2188	+9	2388	1792
Vicreos	822	+4	822	1222

Construction & Materials
Asbest Realty	1801	+5+	1801	1801
Bowden	353+	+3+	377	371
General Group	1124+	+7+	1091	1147
Grafton Sp.	1042+	+13+	1044	1084
Keller Group	1678	+4	3444	1280
Kier Group	250+	+2+	252+	180+
Weldon	883	+8	772	560

Electricity
Dean Sp.	716	-1	916	1281
ESIC	2265d	+9	2757+	1611

Economic & Social Information
Home	2198d	+8	4876	2016
Wright-Mountain	334	+8	334	1294
Oxford Instrument	2888d	+10	2222	1760
Revolver	2228	+25	1620	1940

Equity Investment Instruments
J.P.Milsham	1000	+1	1000	1000
Aberthrit Shri Club	1722d	+24	1738	1418
AL Bell	1014	+1	1142	1142
Alliance Mbar.	1384	+1	1388	1188
Allison Tech.	158	+4	158	1443
Ashland Halls.	257	+4	285+	217
AH Global Trust	285	+2+	2721	2821
Belle Oil Japan	1078	-2	1084	834
Belle Oil P.S.	1021+	+10	1091	1091
Beckley Int'l Ltd.	1021d	+1	1021	1021
BH Mfgh.	4104	+1+	4821	1881
Biopharm Credit	1614	+1+	1614	1614

	52-week	High	Low
Bio-Mass Sire	2854d	+3+	2541
Bio-Mass Halls	1887	+20	1546
BH Greater Eur.	614	+3	624
Brunner	1358d	+8	1572
Canadian Inv.	2806d	+2	2811
City of London	1876d	+4	1287
Eck Inv Trust	881	+2	881
Eckr Becks	2471	+7+	2361
Eckr Shri Co.	2384d	+1	2461
FBC Inv Trust	2401+	+1	2511
Fidelity China	2871	+3+	2524
Fidelity Eng.	1402	+2	1582
Fidelity Eur.	1402	+2	1482
Fidelity Spec Val.	475	+5	475+
Finatory G&I Co.	283	+21	315
Finnegrit Dm.	884	+4	884
GCF Info Inv.	811ad	+4	831+
Global Smaller	1984d		1574
Greencoal UK	114	+1	1184
Harthamell	2402	+20	2483
Henderson Shri Co.	891	+3	892
Herald Inv Trust	2820		2830
HG Capital Trust	398	+5	322
HCC Intl.	139	+1	1394
ICS Enterprise	1478	+10	1628
Invesco Asia	4821	+1	318
JPM Innovator	1320d	+6	1232
JPM Emerging Markets	1024d		1061+
JPM Euro Dev.	234	+7	682
JPM Japan IT	837	+7	838
Jupiler Fund	1974d	+4	1954
Law Sederman	1278	+10	1278
IMSA	2827	+1+	2804
Manjordie IT	2188	+3	2188
Merchants Trust	885bd	+5	685
Molter Ventures	640	+6	601+
Morris Inv. Tel.	1925d	+6	1928
Morgan Snigd	4464	+28	5030
Murray Inv. Tel.	1916d	+6	1924
Murray Int. Tel.	1376d	+1	375
Neuberger Private Exp. Partners	1782d		22
New Energy Solar	591	+1	711
Nevis One	2224d	+1	2504
Oakley Capital Inv.	528	-2	378
Pacific Horizon	1088	-4	1232
Parthenx Htra.	1714	+4	1794
Parthenx Int.	400	+1	4371
Partners Group	624	+5	442
Payco Private	1368	+6	1442
Pershing Square	2812	+8	3000
Personal Assets Pl.	253	+2	333
Peter Cap St.	2561+	+1	252
Peter Cap Tech.	394	-5	1204
Polter Street	342	-3	894
Renewables Intra.	716	+1+	816
RIT Cap Partners	2820	+15	2820
Schroder Asia	1214	-7	988
Schroder General	1214	+1	1184
Scot American Inv.	579	+5	579
Scot American Inv.	1590	+32	1540
Scot American Inv.	1590	+32	1540

TOP RISERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Goodwin	20650.00	+9.84%
Pan African Resources 109.80 +7.54%
Hochschild Mining 509.50 +6.15%
Hays 65.95 +5.77%
Oxford Nanopore 124.90 +5.49%

	52-week	High	Low
Sequoia Econ Hlth.	35-ad	+1	71
Scrooma	108+		108+
Seraplase Ext.	102	+1	280
Swinlyton	108+	+4	514
Integra	118	+2	468
InvoCapitol Hlth.	435		488
Rehab Healthcare	384	+8	387

Food Problems
Asian Dm Prods.	2150	+10	2337	+1
Cranseos	5275ad	+60	5698	4846
Greencors	2624	+2+	2081	740
Hilton Food Sp.	615	+1	840	438
Pioneer Foods	1825	+24	2361	1190
Private Group	338	+7	479	2881
Total S. Ins.	555	-1	580	2261
Unilever	4575ad	+9	5472	4074

General Financial
9 Group	2867	+4	4459	2568
Admiron Sp.	2244	+6	2581	1512
Bridgestel Group	342	+4+	344+	2551
Capital Gaming	533	+7	535	521
CMC Markets	8184d	-5	748	258
Costs Group	861	+7	861+	711
Finnegrit Group	503	+7+	503	345
FCS	2542	+14	2532	1462
IG Sp.	1343	+21	1508	1023
Integribi	1851	-1	382	289
Art Public Proutary	1424	+4	1444+	1173
Inveres	4724	+14	5001+	1191
JPM Inc.	314	+7	314	461
JTC	1255	+7	1388	807
London Stock Ex.	8425	+15	8682	7712
Man Group	3114d	+4	3116	1544
Net Waves Sirel	427	+4	427	1230

1280 Group	5224	+21	5421	4844
Penguin	627	-9	630+	1714
PruSOS	3708	-15	3375	2945
Quiller	305	+14	1250	1061
Marbona Gp.	1705	+16	2385	1588
Rube Investment	298	+1	2151	2821

Schroder	5844d	+1	5884
SCFL (Minoru)	391+	+4	391+
Walter Star	1282	+2	1282
W. K. 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.
W. K. 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.

TOP FALLERS	CLOSING PRICE	DAILY CHANGE
Oxford Biomedica	505.00	-14.55%
Clarkson	4840.00	-3.01%
Sirius Real Estate	99.10	-2.56%
Burberry Gp	1164.90	-2.55%
Rosebank Industries	357.00	-1.92%

	52-week	High	Low
Alumni	3344d	+1	3561
70	74	+1	874
Alloy Group	3574d	+4	212
Pearson	1234	-5	1228
MC-3	3675d	+24	3625
Rajimone Group	475	+24	787+
MP	474+	+34+	474+

Labour
AgroAmerican	4022	+48	4220	3157
Ardogasia	3881	+7	4455	2537
Embawul Mining	4546	+108	5200	3441
Health	2864	+28	4448	1379
Gencon	557	-8	615	284
Hochschild Mining	3284	+28+	3684	2724
Philipson Resources	3294	+7+	1824	1364
Philipson	3294	+7+	3234	4448

Noble Insurance
Admiral Sp.	3988	+14	3605	2844
Martha	1280+	+14	1288	1804
Martha	4528	+49	5698	3274
Leucomte Hldgs	5871ad	+4	834	300
Oil & Gas Problems
BP	6171+	+21	6081+	4101
Dangster	732	+7	1028	8801
Indirect Energy	2494+	+14	2494	1801
Hunting	443	+4	331	337
Brass Energy	2311+	+14	2851+	1514
Brass	5171+	+21+	5182	1953

Oil Equipment & Services
General Electric	1000	+1	1000	1000
General Electric	1000	+1	1000	1000
Waste & Waste	1000	+1	1000	1000

Oil Business
W. K. 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.
W. K. 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.

	52-week	High	Low
Hymenoon	204+	+14	385+
Hymen's	581+	+3	501+
Lard Securitas	744+	+12	732
Leitholdbich's Png.	181	+1	215
Primary Hlth Png.	814d	+4	926+
Gabrians Hldgs	828nd	-2	827
Saulis	816		1108
SCFHC	3004ad	-2+	3874
Shubutury	145	+4	1574
Sirius Real Estate	89+	+24	1114
Supermarket Inc.	874d	+4	884
Target Healthcare	102+	-1	118
TB Property IT	316	-1	301+
Tritar Big Box	188+	+14	1174
Tribe Group	1021+	-2	718
Womans Co.	361+	-2	430

Tobacco
AC Mural	86+	+1+	1131+	834
Alloy	584+	+7	584+	2381
IBM	250	+4	2544	1251
Property Sp.	1086	+1	1088	1044
Corps	142	+14	1684	1404
Dr. Martens	834+	+14	984	854
Queen Sp.	885	+7	1241	1142
Passive Group	808+	+6	8271	8181
Google	1978	-7	2232	1418
Houston Johnny	840	+6	875	1231
Inchcape	8274ad	+15	880	8401
JIT Sports Pavilion	85	+1+	1041	851
Hyndman	2074	+21	2374	2421
Market & Spencer	4824	+21	4524	2881
Microfils	2854	+4	288	1001
Mark	1088	+28	1073	1101
Oracle Sp.	2144+	+4	2704	1594
Pink at Home Sp.	2114+	-1	2384	1704

Sanitary J.	363+	+1+	359+	1991
Safer's Gasplants	255	+7+	2051	1774
Roller Technology	4171+	+2+	4371	2574
Connautourism	402	+8	408	2142
Delaware	178+		178+	1784
Kazoo Sp.	2051+	+29	1188	1041
NCC Grp.	142	+4	1574	1744
Playtech	2674	+4	4804	1322
Solus	1884	+2	2020	1091
The Sage Group	1048+	+21	1113	1041
Support	2891	+6+	2984	1584

Software & Computer Services
Alta Financial	188+	+1+	248+	1425
Andres Tech	637	+5+	405+	382
Asahi Casualty	255	+7+	2051	1774
Boiler Technology	4171+	+2+	4371	2574
Coastalourism	402	+8	408	2142
Delaware	178+		178+	1784
Kazoo Sp.	2051+	+29	1188	1041
NCC Grp.	142	+4	1574	1744
Playtech	2674	+4	4804	1322
Solus	1884	+2	2020	1091
The Sage Group	1048+	+21	1113	1041
Support	2891	+6+	2984	1584

Support Services
Subtotal Intl.	1188+	-5+	1922	821
General Electric	2972	+28	2875	1988
SCF Energy	2075	+2+	2025	1025
Diploma	1788	+20	1707+	1019
Examine	114	+4	114	1784

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100 Daily Mail Sport CRICKET

DAN'S THE MAN AGAIN

How Lawrence adapted his 'quirky' game to fight his way back into England Test squad

THE recall of Dan Lawrence for the first two Tests against Pakistan is a sign not just of changing times, but of a changed player.

It is nearly two years since Lawrence's last crack at the highest level ended with a whimper disguised as a bang — a wild charge down the pitch at Sri Lanka quick Lahiru Kumara and a thick edge to the wicketkeeper, as England threw away the chance to win every Test of a home summer for the first time in 20 years.

Having been asked to open in place of the injured Zak Crawley, Lawrence finished that series with 120 runs at an average of 20, and the sense that he had tried too hard to fit in with the Bazzballers. Brendon McCullum did not come calling again.

His response to that disappointment has been compelling: 922 championship runs at 34 in 2025, followed by 788 at 65 so far in 2026. Only Nottinghamshire's Joe Clarke has made more runs in division one, while no one has matched Lawrence's haul of hundreds (five) or tally of sixes (16). His strike-rate is a boisterous 80.

Against Hampshire in June, he followed 218 off 190 balls (out of 365 while he was at the wicket) with 101 off 64 (out of 149).

As England's new national selector Marcus North put it: 'We feel he's a better player than he

By LAWRENCE BOOTH

Cricket Correspondent

was when he last played for England.'

North is right, but it goes deeper than that. Lawrence, who will bat at No 6 when the Pakistan series starts at Headingley on August 19, is more comfortable in his own skin than at any time in a career that has brought him 14 Test caps since a promising debut in Sri Lanka in early 2021, as well as 24 first-class hundreds.

'He is a top player, full stop,' says Alec Stewart, Surrey's director of cricket. 'But how he batted when he opened for England last time he played, I would suggest strongly that that was not Dan Lawrence.'

'That was the perception of what was expected of how an England player should play at that time. That was someone with his name on the back of his shirt, but it wasn't him batting.'

'Every individual has to take responsibility, but I would suggest he's gone away from there and said: 'That wasn't me. I've not done myself justice'. It would have affected him, definitely.'

If anything, Lawrence, now 29, has had to work out how best to use his many natural talents, honed in the indoor nets at

Chingford CC, where he would pester his groundsman dad, Mark, to throw ball after ball.

England believe it is only now, after a few years spent tinkering with his technique, that he has reverted to his natural game. As one insider described it: 'Quirky, but very good.'

Stewart agrees: 'He's reverted back to being more — I hate using the word — correct. He can still play shots that make you go, 'wow', but he's stood still, his head's up, and he's moved accordingly.'

'He was leg-side dominant but his game has evolved. Whereas other times he's opened up his stance a bit or moved on to off stump or stayed leg side. He's experimented but he's now found the method that produces consistent results.'

'He understands his game.' Lawrence isn't necessarily guaranteed the whole series. If England think the pitch for the Third Test at Edgbaston will offer turn, all-rounder Sam Curran could take his place to make room for the off-breaks of Shoaib Bashir.

But Lawrence can give the selectors a headache in the No 6 role where, Stewart believes, he can best find his natural tempo.

Even putting to one side his failed experiment as an opener, Lawrence has never been given the chance to find his feet at Test level, batting in every position from No 2 to seven in just 27 innings. A Test CV boasting 671 runs at under 27 is no reflection

of his gifts. There have, though, been moments along the way: 73 on debut against Sri Lanka in Galle; a powerful 91 against West Indies at Bridgetown; an unbeaten 81 against New Zealand at Edgbaston. And it is those moments, not the recklessness of two summers ago, that the selectors believe represent the real Dan Lawrence.

'He's earned this selection,' says Stewart. 'Not to have a go at the other lot, but there have

been some left-field selections recently, whereas this is a deserved one. They've seen how he's gone about his batting against some good attacks in tricky conditions.'

'I keep saying to him: 'Just go and play like Dan Lawrence. That's why you've been selected. Just replicate that. Don't think you have to play another way'.'

After striking the wrong tone against Sri Lanka, that should be music to his ears.

Flintoff quits Lions to avoid Thunder clash

In demand: Andrew Flintoff

ANDREW FLINTOFF has stepped down as England Lions' head coach to focus on his new role at Australia's Sydney Thunder franchise in the T20 Big Bash League.

Flintoff, who also plans to spend more time on his television career and with his family, was not in the running to replace Brendon McCullum as England's Test coach, and faced a potential clash between his Thunder and Lions' work. 'I can't wait to get started with the Thunder later in the year and see where coaching takes me,' said

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Flintoff, who was with the Lions for nearly two years. Former England and Sussex all-rounder Mike Yardley will step in to take charge of next week's four-day match at Beckenham between the Pakistan tourists and Professional County Club Select XI.

Meanwhile, England opener Emilio Gay has added to the Test team's injury concerns after retiring hurt with shoulder trouble during a one-day game for Durham. Gay walked off the field at

Chester-le-Street holding his right shoulder yesterday, the ball after driving Middlesex seamer Toby Roland-Jones for a boundary, and must now be a doubt for the First Test against Pakistan, starting at Headingley on August 19. The ECB said they would assess the extent of the injury over the weekend, but the potential absence of Gay — who only made his Test debut in June, against New Zealand — would cause further disruption to England's top order after Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the three-match series against

Pakistan with a knee injury. Jordan Cox will take Bethell's place at No 3, but it is less clear who would open if Gay is ruled out, too.

Ollie Pope, the spare batsman in the 16-man squad for the first two Tests, has never gone in higher than No 3, and it is inconceivable England would ask Dan Lawrence to open on his return to the side after he struggled in that role two years ago against Sri Lanka. Other openers on England's radar outside the Test squad are Durham's Ben McKinney and Glamorgan's Asa Tribe.

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RUGBY UNION | Daily Mail Sport 101

Pollock wages make me feel a bit queasy...

Hearn ramps up the pressure on Saints

HENRY POLLOCK'S agent, Eddie Hearn, has reiterated the England rookie wants to stay with Northampton and is targeting playing at the 2028 Olympics.

The 21-year-old has become the country's most talked-about rugby superstar and signed with boxing magnate Hearn's Matchroom Talent Agency in March.

Hearn believes the back-row should be paid £1million a year by Northampton on the basis of his on and off-field value. His contract — worth in the region of £150,000 — expires next summer.

The prospect of Pollock earning seven figures at Northampton or any other Prem Rugby club is unlikely. To earn such money, he may have to move to France or Japan but, under RFU rules, that would prevent Pollock from playing for England.

Hearn told Track Radio Pollock wants to stay at Northampton, so a compromise pay increase is the likely solution.

'I couldn't stress enough the importance of him staying at Northampton, the importance of him wanting to win championships, wanting to be a part of the Olympics and wanting to win the World Cup with England,' Hearn said. 'Legacy is what he is chasing.'

'Is he happy with the money? The answer is absolutely not. He wants to stay but I can't have him there on that type of money. It makes me feel a bit queasy.'

In addition to his club contract, Pollock also earns the same figure from the RFU thanks to his status

By ALEX BYWATER

as a key England player. Playing seven at the Los Angeles Games is a long-term goal for a player who came from nowhere to become a British Lion.

However, becoming an Olympian could be tough for Pollock for a number of reasons.

Transferring to rugby's shorter format would require him to take a break from the 15-a-side game and that wouldn't sit well with Saints amid Hearn's demands for more money.

Further, there is no guarantee Great Britain will qualify for the USA showpiece, having fallen badly down the world rankings.

'He asked me specifically to stay at Northampton and to do everything I can to keep him at the club. He is, I think, the biggest star in English rugby,' Hearn said.

'If he wasn't bothered about winning championships, he would just leave. I'd go and get him a massive deal somewhere. But he doesn't [want to leave]. He loves the club.'

Pollock is still on holiday after being a part of England's summer Nations Championship campaign, in which Steve Borthwick's side lost to South Africa before beating Fiji and Argentina. But his contract discussions have become a big talking point.

Northampton are the defending Prem champions and will be the favourites to retain their title

again this season. Phil Dowson's side will prepare for the new campaign with an unusual trip to Sri Lanka later this month where they will face an Asia Pacific Lions side.

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Norrie's epic comeback keeps British spirits up

FOR the umpteenth time the cry went up from British tennis — thank the Lord for Cam Norrie.

As his British compatriots sink into the morass around him, Mr Reliable continues his steady progress. Emma Raducanu is out of the US Open injured, as is Sonay Kartal. Jack Draper has not been properly fit for more than 12 months. Katie Boulter has lost five matches in a row.

But good old Cam marches on at the Canadian Open in Montreal, having launched one of the finest comebacks of his career to upset No3 seed Alex de Minaur.

Norrie lost the first set and trailed 5-2, 40-30 in the second, facing a match point on the Australian's serve. De Minaur double-faulted and that triggered an epic Norrie resurgence, as he dragged the score to 6-6, played a superb tie-break and then ran away with the decider, winning 5-7, 7-6, 6-1.

De Minaur, recently married to the aforementioned Boulter, was

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partially the author of his own downfall — three times he double-faulted to concede a break of serve — but this was Norrie doing what he does best. He isn't flash, but he turns up every day and lays everything on the line.

'It was a great match to win and to test my level, I can take so much confidence from this one,' said the 30-year-old lethie. 'The level was so high in the first two sets. From the beginning, he came out firing and I had to match it.'

Norrie will face Frenchman Arthur Fils in the last 16 today.

This run means he will overtake Arthur Fery and resume his place as British No1.

Fery, 24, has been taking some time off to find his feet after his breakthrough run to the Wimbledon semi-finals. He will return in Cincinnati next week.

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Ramsey's Oxford fighting injury crisis and a transfer embargo...

Welcome to life as a manager, Aaron!

Challenge: Ramsey has his work cut out at Oxford

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AARON RAMSEY was barely a fortnight into his first managerial role when Oxford United were placed under a transfer embargo for failing to comply with EFL salary rules.

Welcome to the new job, Aaron. You simply cannot absorb that sort of sensation by reading the manuals or attending coaching workshops.

A few days later Frankie Kent, a centre back signed on a free from Hearts and the only summer recruit Oxford made before the ban, damaged cruciate knee ligaments in training and had an operation that will rule him out for most of the season.

Ramsey could have been excused for checking the small print in his contract.

'Absolutely not,' he said yesterday as he confirmed more injury setbacks, with left back Ruben Roosken and South Korean striker Jeon Jin-woo both ruled out for two to three months.

'We're fully committed, me and my staff. We came here to work with these players and our focus is on them.'

Ramsey has not spoken to Mikel Arteta, his friend and former Arsenal team-mate, since taking the Oxford job, though they share a similar manner. Like Arteta, he is polite, yet guarded and brisk. He moves through the room to his seat with a flurry of handshakes, fields questions without

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giving much away, smiles, says thanks and disappears. Perhaps this is the survival mode for modern managers.

Ramsey was a wonderkid who made his Cardiff debut at 16. He had played in an FA Cup final, joined Arsenal and won his first Wales cap before he was 18. He was still only 19 when his career was almost ended by a horrific leg break, an impact so painful he revealed this week that he dislocated his jaw screaming.

Ramsey has a metal rod in his right leg as a reminder of that day at Stoke, but his success at Arsenal — winning the FA Cup three times, twice scoring the winner in the final — and his 86 international caps, helping Wales reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016, testify to his determination.

'I'm immensely proud of what I achieved, especially with what I had to overcome,' he said. 'You don't always get the fairytale endings you want, but if I look back at my career it's been a fairytale in itself.'

The seven years since leaving Arsenal, though, have been disjointed. A lucrative move to Juventus brought more medals

but few plaudits and as he moved into his 30s, he became increasingly plagued by muscle injuries.

A loan to Rangers will be defined by his missed penalty in the shootout of the Europa League final. There was a season in France with Nice and two years back at Cardiff, which ended with him in caretaker charge of his hometown club as they were relegated to League One.

Then there was last season in Mexico, where he suffered the ordeal of losing his beloved dog Halo from the family ranch before his decision to retire in March. Little wonder he is relishing this new direction.

'I've been building up it to for a few years,' said Ramsey. 'I had a conversation with Arteta when we were playing. He did his coaching badges towards the end of his career and wished he had done it earlier. It was important for me to take that advice.

'I'm more than ready for this. One of my strengths as a player was I didn't get too high or too low. I'm fairly level, consistent in what I want to do and how I handle emotions. I'm calm but confident.'

Oxford's season starts with a Carabao Cup tie at Leyton Orient today before a League One opener at home to MK Dons.

And the new boss swears there is no way he will be tempted to pull his boots on again, even if injuries continue to bite.

'Absolutely not,' said Ramsey. 'My playing days are firmly finished.'

FOUR THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS WEEKEND

WEST HAM v PORTSMOUTH

NINE thousand Pompey fans will make the trip to their first game at West Ham in nearly 15 years. It could be a record first-round crowd for the Carabao Cup and many eyes will be on the directors' box, with David Sullivan expected to attend. He still owns a 38.8 per cent stake in West Ham but stepped down as co-chair in June amid historical allegations of sexual misconduct. Sullivan denies the claims.

MANSFIELD v SHEFFIELD UNITED

MANSFIELD beat the Blades in the FA Cup in January. They were 4-1 up inside an hour at Bramall Lane and held on to win 4-3, then shocked Premier League Burnley before giving Arsenal a scare in the fifth round. Can they do it again?

SALFORD v SHREWSBURY

SALFORD will be a little less Manchester United and a little more Dundee United this season after relenting to fan pressure to revert to their original orange and black home colours, 12 years after the Class of 92 takeover changed the kit to red.

EYE ON THE STURM

THE FA Cup gets under way with Sturminster Newton United making a romantic return after 148 years. Formed in Dorset as Panthers FC in 1871, the club last played in it in 1878-79, losing to Old Harrovians.

Renamed in 1945, recent promotions have seen them rise to the Wessex Premier Division, the lowest rung of participation in the Cup. They visit Portland United in today's extra preliminary round.

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Toney charged after 'headbutting fan in nightclub'

IVAN TONEY has been charged after allegedly headbutting a fan who was trying to get a selfie at a Soho nightclub.

The 30-year-old England striker was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm after an incident at 100 Wardour Street in London on December 6 last year.

Toney, who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 24.

Reports at the time alleged that the former Brentford player, who moved to Al-Ahli for £40million two years ago, had been grabbed by a fan who wanted a selfie.

A witness said: 'He (Toney) walked past a table of a group of lads. One of them recognised him and said, "Oh, it's Ivan Toney" and tried to put his hands around his neck to get a photo with him. And then Toney has said, "Get off me, get off me".'

The witness said Toney wore a 'real nice watch' and may have been concerned he

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was being mugged. Toney was reportedly arrested after an alleged headbutt.

His spokesperson said: 'Ivan acknowledges the charge and although he is naturally shocked, he looks forward to being given the opportunity to clear his name in court.'

A Metropolitan Police statement said yesterday: 'A man has been charged with assault following a Met investigation. Ivan Toney, 30, of Northampton, was charged on Thursday, July 31 with assault causing actual bodily harm.'

Toney has been on unconditional bail since being arrested by the Met last year, but was granted a US visa and allowed to travel to the World Cup in June.

He played twice — coming on as a substitute in the final minutes of England's semi-final defeat by Argentina, then starting the third-place

play-off win over France. In 2023, while at Brentford, Toney was banned by the FA for eight months for placing 232 bets on matches — including some in which he himself played.

That ban had been reduced from 11 months after an expert gave evidence to an FA regulatory commission in which he diagnosed Toney with a gambling addiction.

Toney began his career at hometown club Northampton Town in 2012, scoring 11 goals across 53 appearances before signing for Newcastle United three years later.

He only played twice for Newcastle and joined Peterborough United for £350,000 in 2018, where he scored 40 goals in 76 appearances, before a move to Brentford in 2020 for £10million.

He scored 67 times across 128 appearances for Brentford before leaving for Saudi Arabia in 2024.

He has ten caps for England, making his debut in 2023.

England duty: Toney at the World Cup

Pitch walls banned after Vigar's death

By DAVID KENT

THE FA has banned solid perimeter walls at top non-League grounds following the death of former Arsenal youth forward Billy Vigar. Vigar, who was 21, suffered a significant brain injury when he collided with a concrete barrier in September last year while playing for Chichester at Wingate and Finchley. Now, following a safety review, clubs in the National League System must remove brick or concrete walls around pitches or use padding to cover them. The FA said: 'Any existing solid brick, breeze block or concrete barriers must be removed as soon as reasonably practicable, or covered with suitable protection if they cannot be removed for structural reasons. 'Matches may continue to be played at affected grounds during this period; however, clubs should assess the safety of their pitch perimeter barriers on an ongoing basis, and where alterations to these structures have been recommended during this review, they should develop a plan to complete any such alterations within a reasonable time frame.'

O'Neill on the mend but may skip next game

By JENNY HIGHGATE

MARTIN O'NEILL is out of hospital after having a 'small procedure' but Celtic are unsure if the 74-year-old will take charge of tomorrow's clash at Kilmarnock. O'Neill was released from hospital on Thursday and his assistant, Shaun Maloney, visited him at home later that evening.

'I went to see him, that was really positive,' said Maloney at the club's Lennoxtown training ground. 'He was in good form. We spoke about preparations for the Kilmarnock game. 'We'll definitely miss him if he's not there [Rugby Park tomorrow], but you also have to respect what has happened the last few days.

'If it is this weekend [his return], great. If it isn't, we'll prepare for it without him.' O'Neill, who had a successful period as Celtic boss between 2000 and 2005, signed a one-year deal in June to become permanent manager again after two interim spells last season ended in a Premiership title and Scottish Cup double.

HOJBJERG COULD FILL THE NEWCASTLE MIDFIELD GAP

■ NEWCASTLE UNITED are exploring a deal for former TOTTENHAM midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. The Dane, 31, has been identified as someone who could help smooth the transition from losing Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali and could provide the steadying hand for their two young additions, 18-year-old Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba, 20. The Marseille man is valued at £15million. Guimaraes, 28, has been sold for £75m to ARSENAL, a deal that will be confirmed over the weekend.

■ MANCHESTER UNITED made a fresh enquiry for Newcastle left back Lewis Hall at the end of last month, but were told he is not for sale. Hall has been on United's radar this summer as they try to strengthen that position with Luke Shaw, 31, in the final year of his contract. But Newcastle want to strengthen in that position, too, and also need a right back, with Tino Livramento likely to move on.

■ GOALKEEPER Geronimo Rulli has agreed a two year contract with MANCHESTER CITY ahead of joining from Marseille. The Argentina international, 34, was given permission to travel

Return: Hojbjerg could be on his way to Newcastle (CITY IMAGES)

yesterday. City are advancing in negotiations for Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, but also want to add another player in that position should Barcelona meet their £68m asking price for Rodri.

■ EVERTON remain in contact over a deal for Manchester City winger Jack Grealish, who was on loan at the club last season.

■ CHELSEA have signed Pep Chavarria from Rayo Vallecano in a £16m deal. Napoli are weighing up a new bid for Chelsea defender Benoit Badlashe. The Italian club would like to bring the 25-year-old in on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. Napoli have also made an enquiry for £20m-rated ARSENAL striker Gabriel

Jesus, but he is keen to stay in the Premier League as he seeks UK citizenship.

■ LIVERPOOL'S talks for Paris Saint-Germain pair Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye are continuing.

■ SOUTHAMPTON midfielder Shea Charles is assessing his future after FULHAM had an offer worth £30m for him rejected. Fulham midfielder Sasa Lukic has completed his IPSWICH medical ahead of a £9m move. He is expected to sign a four-year deal.

■ WREXHAM have asked about Ipswich's Alex Palmer as they hunt a new goalkeeper. The 29-year-old is valued at around £3.5m. Wrexham have also been talking to

SUNDERLAND about keeper Anthony Patterson, who is priced at around £8m. LEICESTER CITY defender Harry Souttar remains a target for the Welsh club.

■ SHEFFIELD UNITED are continuing talks with COVENTRY over the sale of midfielder Gus Hamer after rejecting their latest bid. The Brazilian is keen to return to the Sky Blues and has spoken to manager Frank Lampard. Coventry have signed midfielder Caleb Vrenkyi, 20, from Nordsjaelland for £26m.

■ CRYSTAL PALACE have agreed an £1m deal for Real Salt Lake's Zavier Gozo, 19. ■ HULL CITY have signed midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl from Tromso for £8m.

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A lot of people were crying ... it's difficult to talk about

MATHEUS NUNES reveals emotional scenes when Pep Guardiola announced he was leaving Manchester City

EIGHTEEN hours after a needlessly dramatic last-minute win over Leeds last November, John Stones ambled out at Manchester City's training complex with Matheus Nunes firmly in his sights.

What might appear an unlikely friendship was forged in wanting to make others laugh. Nunes started most of his days by attempting to get under the skin of Stones at breakfast. Or, in his words, "p*** John off."

So when the Portuguese had been severely at fault for a Dominic Calvert-Lewin goal that launched an improbable Leeds comeback from 2-0 down, rectifying one mistake from full back only to lose possession in his own box, Stones saw his opportunity to exact revenge.

Sources say in that warm-down session, the centre back mercilessly mocked his great mate for a comical part in the goal. Nunes had to just take it.

Stones felt safe doing that for two reasons — City won the game via Phil Poden in stoppage time and, more importantly, Nunes had felt he belonged at right back for some time prior.

He had not been able to accept being shifted there by Pep Guardiola for six months in 2025. He could have left the club.

But once the Leeds gaffe came around, the 27-year-old was comfortable in his new skin, and now he heads into this Premier League as Enzo Maresca's first choice. This comes after those closest to him had to cajole him into believing in a reimagined destiny while at his lowest ebb.

"When I was playing as a winger, Bernardo [Silva] would call me

JACK GAUGHAN

in Seoul

Thierry Henry, Nunes says. "Then I played as a full back and he called me Cafu."

"Bernardo and Ruben [Dias] were so annoying all the time, they were in my head: 'You were good there, you were good there. You need to accept it.' And I was like, no, no, no, all the time."

"I always told my friends I wasn't a full back. At a certain point you just have to see what people are saying. 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."

Nunes struggled to countenance the switch from central midfield, where he had excelled at Wolves. During the process of shifting him into defence, Guardiola once said Nunes was not 'clever enough' to play in the middle for City — comments he privately clarified with the player a day later.

The integration was not easy. Nunes was bruised by mistakes he made during a derby defeat too — one of which was glaring, under-hitting a backpass before barging Amad Diallo over to concede a penalty in blind panic.

"Individually I would say this was the most difficult game," he adds. "In my head after the game... when you do mistakes as a midfielder, you would never affect the game like that one. I did one mistake and it led to a goal and you end up losing the game and that's all you think in your head, you know?"

"But it was not only that, it was me coming from a place where it

was uncomfortable for me, a position where it was uncomfortable for me, not being able to accept it, because I wasn't accepting it. In my head, it was, "I'm not a full back. I'm not a full back". That's all I was thinking about.

"In the Club World Cup (last year), my mindset started to change. Oh, I can actually play good. I had maybe three or four games in a row, then the beginning of last season I started playing every game. Then your head just flips and you can see it through."

Nunes saw a psychologist during that transition and Guardiola ended up revealing that he saw elite potential in him as a defender.

"If I didn't change my mindset I would never have played good there and he would never have said stuff like that. He probably said that because he started to see what others couldn't see."

"Then actually seeing Pep during training, the way he believed in me, I felt there was a bit of a difference in the way we interacted with each other. This stuff, you just feel it, it's not something I can explain."

"Once you start seeing all this stuff, it changes the mindset. It was not easy, of course, but I had a decision to make — do I want to play or do I not want to play? I wanted to play."

Nunes begins to become emotional when Guardiola's exit is raised. He talks about the video montage shown to players and staff — of Guardiola's speeches and moments with the squad across a decade — when the manager announced his departure to the room.

"A lot of people were crying," Nunes says. "Pep held it together."

Pep talk: Guardiola gave Nunes confidence at full back NUNES

He just wanted to get it over [quickly]. It became real that he was actually leaving. It's difficult to talk about.

"It's very hard to say goodbye to someone who gave so much to us all. Someone who put the club to a level that seems unreachable again. What he did was unbelievable."

"A lot of things are going to change. I've never been in the club without him. It's never easy

to say goodbye." Adding the departures of Silva and Stones into that equation has made it a sombre summer for City.

"Huge losses," he says. "If you look at it, John was a very important figure in the club. He was always a joker. The three of us were."

"I'm just being myself, then I end up being a clown sometimes. What's the point of life if you're not having a laugh?"

By JACK GAUGHAN

MANCHESTER CITY will demand upwards of £60million if Barcelona are to sign Rodri this summer.

Spain's World Cup-winning captain, 30, has agreed terms with the Catalans ahead of the new season and is seeking a fresh challenge.

Barca instigated talks between the clubs and are understood to have had a bid of nearly £40m rejected.

City have a history of allowing unhappy players to leave should the club's valuation be met — and are standing

Barcelona must cough up £60million to land Rodri

firm in talks. Rodri had been in negotiations with Real Madrid, but communicated to them earlier in the week that Barca represented his preferred destination and has agreed personal terms.

While they are working on a transfer worth more than £80m for Lille's 10-year-old midfielder Ayoub Bouaddi, City sources indicated they are ready

to land an experienced replacement for Rodri were he to depart.

The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner had remained coy over his future while away on international duty, but is believed to have been open to a return to Spain once Pep Guardiola's 10-year reign in charge of City finished at the end of last season.

Guardiola suggested last season that

Rodri would not return to being the best version of himself until the World Cup in North America, as he battled various physical problems after the devastating anterior cruciate ligament injury he picked up two years ago. Rodri had back surgery, revealed by Daily Mail Sport, immediately after lifting the World Cup with Spain in New Jersey last month.

City have kept an offer of a new contract on the table for Rodri, whose deal expires next summer, and he is scheduled to link up with new boss Enzo Maresca's squad next week.

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CHELSEA'S website has 46 player profiles listed for their senior squad and soon there should be another. That is Pep Chavarria, a 28-year-old Spaniard with whom you may not be familiar.

Chavarria comes with a nice back story. He was still slogging away in Spain's second division up to the age of 24.

A late bloomer, the left back made the step up to La Liga with Andoni Iraola's Rayo Vallecano. He frustrated Xabi Alonso last season — in a good way — starring in a 0-0 draw against Real Madrid.

Now he is set for Chelsea and the Premier League and to compete with Jorrel Hato on Alonso's left-hand side once his transfer from Rayo — for £16.3million plus £1.7million in add-ons — is confirmed.

Sources within Chelsea are not categorically ruling out further arrivals at Stamford Bridge this summer, though the focus will now turn to sales in the run-up to September.

A ticking clock is unlikely to spark panic stations at Chelsea. They have been here before. This is what they do. They trade to the very end, submitting deal sheets to the Premier League if necessary in order to buy themselves an extra two hours to complete paperwork.

Although they are routinely ridiculed for spending heavily, it can be overlooked that the club are good sellers. As good as anyone in football.

We can have our opinions on the incomings, the hits and the misses, but Chelsea are up there with the Premier League's slickest salesmen. Keeping hold of core players while swiftly

By KIERAN GILL

selling those considered surplus to requirements is at the heart of the Chelsea operation.

They will not let you near the Lamborghini but will allow you to take the Volvo for a spin before you buy if need be.

Alejandro Garnacho had a sub-par season and is now on loan at Aston Villa. That fee, plus the value of his permanent sale via an achievable condition to be triggered, means Chelsea stand to make a minor profit on their £40m investment in the 22-year-old Argentinian.

Renato Veiga was signed for £10.3m and, combining the £4.7m loan fee from Juventus and his £25.3m sale to Villarreal, they are in line to make almost £20m on the 23-year-old Portuguese. Which is not bad for a player who has appeared in a number of top-10 worst signing lists.

The same is said to go for Joao Felix and the loan fee received from AC Milan and sale to Al Nassr. That is to name just a few examples of Chelsea getting their money back, if not more.

Occasional losses on players are inevitable, though Chelsea now need to try to repeat some of their better achievements in what remains of this window.

New boss Alonso named an incredible 21 substitutes in their last friendly, a 1-0 loss to Juventus in Hong Kong.

That was without Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill, who were both sidelined by small injuries, or those left out of the tour of Australia and Asia, such as Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disset, Marc Oulu, David Datro Fofana

and Caleb Wiley, or those yet to return from representing their countries at the World Cup, such as Enzo Fernandez, Reece James, Jordan Henderson, Maxence Lacroix, Valentin Barco, Malo Gusto and Morgan Rogers.

No European football for next season means Chelsea cannot afford to have such a crowded changing room, both for team harmony and their finances, so there are plenty of players available for sale or loan.

The next month will tell us whether Chelsea are ready to rise to the challenge again, though it might be misleading to tag this as a 'fire sale'.

That suggests assets for sale at discounted prices, whereas those within Stamford Bridge

tend to stick to the valuations they set. Among the asking prices we have had stood up, they want £120m for Fernandez, £75m for Gusto and £65m for Nicolas Jackson.

They would seek more than the £30m they spent on Liam Delap if he is to be sold permanently this summer. The striker would not be the first player, nor the last, to be moved on after a single season if so. Chelsea, as mentioned, are swift.

Pedro Neto's valuation is not yet publicly known amid interest from several sides, including Manchester City, but Chelsea believe wingers are hot property in this transfer window.

They have noted Real Madrid are spending up to £120m to sign

CHELSEA'S 46-MAN SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS (£74.7M)

R Sanchez (£25m), F Jorgensen (£20.7m), M Penders (£17m), G Slonina (£12m), T Curd, T Sharman-Lowe

DEFENDERS (£299M)

W Fofana (£70m), M Lacroix (£52m), M Palestra (£47m), J Hato (£37m), B Badiashile (£35m), M Gusto (£31m), A Anselmino (£15m), M Sarr (£12m), T Adarabioyo, J Acheampong, T Chalobah, L Colwill, C Blakite, R James, O Suboloye

MIDFIELDERS (£351.5M)

M Caicedo (£116m), E Fernandez (£106m), R Lavia (£58m), V Barco (£34m), O Kellyman (£19m), D Essugo (£18.5m), J Henderson, L Emenalo, M Nicoll-Jazuli, R Walsh, R Watson

FORWARDS (£61M)

M Rogers (£117m), M Mudryk (£89m), Joao Pedro (£60m), Estevao (£56m), P Neto (£54m), J Gittens (£51.5m), G Quenda (£44m), C Palmer (£42.5m), N Jackson (£35m), L Delap (£30m), E Emegha (£22m), M Gulu (£5m), D Welbeck (£5m), R Kavuma-McQueen

TOTAL: £1.34BILLION

Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig, for example.

It would take a significant fee to convince them to sell Neto, though, who remains highly rated internally.

Fernandez is a special case after such a noisy summer. City and Real Madrid have continued to be linked to the 25-year-old Argentinian, though we have not yet heard of an official approach being made to open negotiations between clubs.

If that happens, suitors will be told by Chelsea that they want more for Fernandez than the £117m they paid for Rogers this summer.

Fernandez is scheduled to return to Cobham soon after his World Cup break, and presumably that will coincide with talks between the club, the player and his representative, Javier Pastore.

Forward Joao Pedro is believed to be in line for a new deal after Barcelona were told he is 'untouchable' in this window.

And although names have not been provided, he is not the only one expected to commit himself to Chelsea in the near future. We suspect England defender Levi Colwill will be another.

Jackson is among their more sellable assets. He is liked by Villa, who have a healthy relationship with his club.

Tottenham also asked about his situation after their pre-season friendly with Chelsea in Sydney as they assess their striker options, but do not expect them to make a move.

Others abroad admire Jackson, too. His situation is one to watch in these coming weeks.

Clearly, Chelsea still have work to do in this window, it never being a dull day around Cobham or Stamford Bridge.

Let the selling and loaning spree commence.

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by Ian Herbert

THE most preposterous man in football is staggering on, drowning in such vanity and ego he cannot see how he embarrasses himself, so perhaps that's why the biggest hypocrites of another dark week for football appear to have got away with it.

On Sunday, Real Madrid decided to weigh in on the Gianni Infantino scandal, instructing their media people to put out a sanctimonious statement welcoming the scrapping of the egghead's plans to sell off a slice of the World Cup, and thanking UEFA for fulfilling their 'duty' to 'protect football'.

You really could not make some of this stuff up. Yes, that moralising really did come from the same Real Madrid whose avarice stank football out when they led the contemptible group of 12 clubs who attempted the European Super League breakaway coup in 2021.

Infantino's intellectual and moral decrepitude may have been

Bloating Champions League: UEFA chief Ceferin GETTY IMAGES

there for us all to see in his email offering nations a small cash consideration if they back his plans to raise $20 billion, but have we forgotten the European club men with whiteboards and coloured marker plans, explaining their own despicable little earner in 2021?

Real's executives back then were just as atrocious as Infantino is now — worse, in fact, given that the FIFA scheme was not actually a breakaway proposal designed leave the have-nots behind — while the money men they indirectly inveighed against on Sunday are the one and the same suits from JPMorganChase, hired by them to advise on the Super League.

Given that the US finance house were forced to apologise for their part in that episode, you might have fancied they'd learned their lesson about how ferocious the backlash to a sell-out like this would be. No. They just couldn't resist getting their snouts in the football trough again. So, please

Infantino is the most despicable emblem of a game slowly devouring itself but his critics are HYPOCRITES

Shameless clubs castigating FIFA are money-obsessed leeches who scrapped replays, destroyed the football calendar and tried to force the Super League on us

let's get this right. The new flank in football's civil war is not between the idealists and the profiteers, but between competing profiteers fighting over who gets to cash in on the game.

UEFA, under Aleksander Ceferin, are currently casting themselves as the defenders of football's traditions, protectors of the meritocracy, guardians of the fans against billionaire opportunists.

Yet this is the self-same organisation which expanded the Champions League into a sprawling competition with 64 extra fixtures in 2024, to create greater TV income and more sponsorship revenue.

The self-same organisation who have been engaged in a pitched battle for territory with FIFA. That fight has spawned the Nations League and the expanded Club World Cup, with each governing body viewing the other's new tournament with deep suspicion. UEFA's objection is not to football becoming more commercial but to someone else collecting the commercial rewards.

Our own Premier League claim a moral high ground for themselves, too, claiming to be the world's greatest and most unpredictable domestic competition, while generating more money than any such league in history.

Yet it is driven by the same monopolistic greed, behaving as though sharing a fraction of the wealth with the rest of the football pyramid would be an act

of unconscionable sacrifice. Don't let it be forgotten that its biggest clubs, led by Liverpool and Manchester United, made their own power grab through Project Big Picture in 2020. Or that the Premier League held talks with CVC Capital Partners, one of the world's largest private equity firms, about selling a stake in future broadcasting and commercial revenues, at the same time. That

came to nothing, either, but here was an elite equally willing to explore new ways of extracting financial value from our game. The people's game. Whenever the redistribution of Premier League wealth is discussed, we witness the language and narrative suddenly change. Those overseeing the competition which has negotiated television contracts worth billions begin to fret about the pennies. It was clear when a White Paper on football

came to nothing, either, but here was an elite equally willing to explore new ways of extracting financial value from our game. The people's game.

Whenever the redistribution of Premier League wealth is discussed, we witness the language and narrative suddenly change. Those overseeing the competition which has negotiated television contracts worth billions begin to fret about the pennies.

It was clear when a White Paper on football

governance was published a few years back that a greater flow of money down from the Premier League would be egregiously hard to extract.

The gilded elite division continued to maintain the pretence that they were helping the rest, when 70 per cent of the money they sent down below was Championship parachute money: an insurance policy for the division's own members laughably dressed up as 'solidarity payments'.

It has taken Government intervention to force a more equitable share of the Premier League's wealth throughout the game, in the shape of the Independent Football Regulator, with its 'backstop' power to force a settlement if none is agreed.

Faced with such a prospect, the Premier League have finally just voted for an additional £1.5bn from those in the gilded cage, to be shared with the EFL's clubs, though even that is not allocated yet. The cash, to be funded by a two per cent lift in the transfer levy on all top-flight deals, will clearly need to be crowbarred from clubs swimming in wealth, given the opposition led by Manchester City's petro-dollar billionaire owners — another of the merry little European Super League band.

We understand other members of the so-called Big Six are also unhappy that they

Architects of Project Big Picture: J W Henry and Tom Werner, of Liverpool

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Fighting against cash for EFL: City owner Sheik Mansour and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak PA

may now find themselves coughing up more than less elevated Premier League clubs.

It has been left to the more moderately wealthy members of the division, who faced down the big clubs over the Super League, to challenge them again.

If there was one positive to come out of the Super League scandal, it was the way it cut the grasping, spiritually remote Big Six down to size. 'It's like emerging from a slightly abusive relationship,' the owner of one of

All they care about is extracting ever more cash from the people's game

the smaller Premier League clubs told me at the time.

This weekend, the FA Cup begins its beautiful seasonal arc once more, carrying the customary thrill and sense of pride among all who will compete in its extra preliminary round.

North Ferriby, at home to St Helens, Northwich Victoria, playing away to Beverley Town, and Nelson, entertaining Stockport Georgians, are just three of those taking part who know what a precarious financial reality and existential threat look and feel like.

For all the weekend's 438 competing clubs, reaching the

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first round proper — six ties away, in November — would be monumental, with £47,750 prize money for those who win at that stage.

But any who progress that far will also experience the chill of strictures forced down from the top of the game. This will be the second season with no replays from the first round proper onwards — a diminishment the FA said was necessary because of increasing pressure on the calendar, particularly following UEFA's expansion of their club competitions.

Critics, especially in the EFL and non-League, have argued that a vital source of income is being removed from smaller clubs, who can no longer earn lucrative replay gains against bigger opponents. But those

little people are shouting in the dark. The abolition of replays, fourth-round matches spread over five days and the scheduling of the 2027 final before the Premier League campaign finishes, rather than as the climax to the season, belong to the story of the competition's devaluation and diminishment.

The Cup has been crushed into virtual irrelevance by football's high and mighty.

As of last night, Infantino's brazen conceit and vanity were keeping him in a job which any intelligent and self-respecting industry would by now have forced him from. He is no doubt banking on the relentless news cycle moving on and UEFA's threat to boycott FIFA's competition receding into the distance.

Qualification games for the 2030 World Cup are just a year away and Infantino can safely calculate that national associations will not want to take the financial hit that a boycott would carry.

It seems significant, and concerning, that a mere 11 national associations, including England and Wales, have voiced opposition to him remaining in post.

For all the sound and fury, there is something deeply unsettling about some of this moralising.

Infantino is taking the logic of those presiding over the elite game to its natural conclusion, not dragging them somewhere they do not wish to go.

He is the most despicable emblem of a game which is slowly devouring itself, but by no means the only one.

Mexico rebels boost Gianni's bid to beat axe

GIANNI INFANTINO'S position as FIFA president was strengthened yesterday when Mexico broke ranks and backed him to remain in post. CONCACAF, the governing body for North, Central America and the Caribbean, had stood in solidarity with UEFA, demanding Infantino step down after the collapse of his controversial plan to sell £3.1 billion in World Cup stakes. But Mexico have defied that stance by pledging their support to Infantino, who has spent the week frantically trying to protect his presidency.

The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) is convinced football is of fundamental value and that its best defence lies in institutionalism and respect for the governance and processes that safeguard it, a statement read. 'Therefore, the FMF will not recognise or approve any process convened outside of said institutional framework, and it endorses the letter of August 5, issued by president Infantino to collectively continue developing football for the benefit of the 211 member associations.

The FMF supports president Infantino's leadership to continue promoting the development of football through strengthening institutions.' Mexico's rebellion against its own governing body is the first fracture among the continental considerations regarding Infantino, who seemingly retains support from Africa, South America and Asia.

Their backing takes the Swiss administrator past the 106-mark he would need to fend off a no-confidence vote and win next March's election at the FIFA Congress in Morocco.

World Cup finalists Argentina also pledged their support. It follows FIFA's senior staff

By BOBBY MANZI

getting behind Infantino after crisis talks in Morocco on Wednesday, meaning European nations appear increasingly isolated in their resistance. Meanwhile, UEFA — who have delivered five of the past six World Cup winners — have vowed to boycott all FIFA competitions unless Infantino quits. Norway continue to lead the defiance against Infantino. Following their monthly board meeting, Norwegian FA president Lise Klaveness — whom former FIFA president Sepp Blatter had endorsed to succeed Infantino — announced she will report the 56-year-old to FIFA's ethics committee, which has the power to impose bans. The complaint will not only challenge the proposed sale of a £3.1bn stake in the World Cup to private investors, but also the decision to award an ad hoc FIFA Peace Prize to Donald Trump last December and the suspension of Florian Balogun's red card at the World Cup following alleged pressure from the American President.

'The board believes we do not have confidence in Gianni Infantino. We did not have that in the last election and we do not have it now,' Klaveness said. 'There is no going back for Infantino. The international football community is very divided, and we must unite now. 'We will ask the FIFA president to resign now. There is a deep crisis in international football co-operation.'

On the decision to complain to FIFA's ethics committee, she added: 'Irreversible transgressions have occurred. We have reached a situation where extraordinary measures are needed to create lasting change.'

Boardroom battle is backdrop for Sullivan's West Ham return

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transfer activity ahead of their first Championship campaign in 14 years. They also said he is being 'bullied' by 'keyboard warriors' into staying away. Sullivan was accused in June of preying on a string of women, some in their teens, during his time as a newspaper chief stretching back to the 1980s. Seven women gave detailed accounts of predatory behaviour they experienced, including pressuring them for sex or oral sex by suggesting it would help their careers.

Sullivan called the allegations 'factually incorrect and entirely false'. Until recently, it appeared his grip on West Ham

was loosening when it was announced Vanessa Gold, daughter of former co-owner David, had agreed to sell part of the family stake in the club to fellow shareholder Daniel Kretinsky. The move would have seen the Czech billionaire overtake Sullivan as leading shareholder. Last week, however, Gold accepted a new offer from a consortium led by former Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley. She agreed to buy a 25.1 per cent stake for £150 million, leaving Sullivan as the leading stakeholder. Staveley has reportedly also made an offer to Sullivan, who is believed to be open to selling up for the right price.

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SULLIVAN SET TO

DEFY FAN PROTEST

Hammers chief to attend tie despite claims of sexual misconduct

EXCLUSIVE

By JAMES SHARPE

DAVID SULLIVAN plans to defy advice to stay away from West Ham's first home game of the season today because the club's co-owner, accused of sexual misconduct, feels he is being 'bullied' into missing it.

The 77-year-old, still the club's largest shareholder, resigned as co-chair in June ahead of a BBC Panorama and Times investigation in which seven women accused him of predatory behaviour, which he strongly denies.

The operators of the London Stadium recommended to West Ham that Sullivan not attend today's match against Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup over fears of supporter unrest, while the club's fan advisory board said his presence would cause 'offence and upset'.

That feeling is shared by insiders who believed his resignation would signal a fresh start for the club, with many staggered that Sullivan plans to be there.

One staff member told Daily Mail Sport they had planned to attend, but would now stay away due to the 'circus' and added that the club 'cannot be serious about wanting to do well if this is what is planned for the season'.

Sullivan is understood not to have made a final decision, but sources say he is worried about the state of the team and lack of

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Flintoff quits as Lions head coach

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Toney faces court over 'headbutt'

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Toon chief: We did NOT want to sell Bruno

NEWCASTLE sporting director Ross Wilson says the club did not want to sell captain Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal. The midfielder is set to leave for £75million, the latest blow in a tough summer for Newcastle. Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali joined Barcelona and Tottenham respectively, and head coach Eddie Howe resigned last week.

By LEWIS BROWNING

'We didn't want to sell Bruno,' said Wilson. 'It wasn't in the plan. He's our captain, he was very, very important to us. 'Bruno, very respectfully and very emotionally, effectively told us he wanted to leave. 'That doesn't mean he can go but it certainly plays a part in what our thinking is when we

hit a certain number. It's a world-record fee for a player of his age. But there's no part in saying that it was part of our strategy and was in our thinking — it wasn't.' Newcastle are interested in Marseille's former Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 31.

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1 Ability encapsulated by immortal entertainer (6) 2 Southern soldiers given five points in pain? (8) 3 Denis when provoked is nasty (5) 4 Show inspector's work around area (7)

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5 Note tree in a storm getting to sway (6) 6 Husband in City curiously having irritating feeling (5) 7 Meg here without Henry when dressed gets to come out (6) 8 Daydream from priest on U.S. lake (7) 9 Trouble in a court around a year serving as a warning (10) 10 Special misfortune producing leakage (5) 11 Gus and Carli worked with great precision (8) 12 Sound place in which to get water? (4) 24 Impatient vet is struggling in middle of area (7) 25 Calm group featuring in sequel, loosely (5) 26 Figure that's revered by a circle with a fixed gaze (7) 27 Product of a whale making one weep (7) 29 Origins in courses, reportedly (5) 31 Arrangement in what restaurant diners do? (5)

32 Staple food found in historic eatery (4) 34 Strengthen ingredient in cottage pie on the rise (4,2) 35 Prince has love for circle of light (4) 37 Rose and Tim after swimming are more wet (7) 41 Element in predator and possible prey (7) 45 Satisfies with high-class fries (6) 47 Rex in mix-up lately marginalised in a severe fashion (7) 48 Copper left on trip unsettled blameworthy person (7) 50 What could be long period for heavy goods transport (7) 52 Freshwater fish observed in Redcar, properly (4) 54 Loop shortly raised over rear of horse (5) 56 Secures things requiring painting? (5) 57 Ancient instrument newly recorded to an extent (4) 58 Gill or Roy regularly getting honour (5)

60 A dim notice for altering prescribed drugs (10) 64 One acting to conceal rich source gets to behave arrogantly (8) 67 Job in smart party (8) 68 Bob changed direction in a pile? (7) 69 Afterwards a line, typifying some thinking! (7) 72 Loathing heard in broadcast about tons (6) 74 After way of working if in extremes of despondency (6) 76 Complete pledge lacking in weight (6) 77 Ribald Western director occupying place for parking (5) 78 Round amount of minced meat acquired by expat, typically (5) 79 Aggressively male graduate with firm around Hungary (5) 81 Repeated phrase adopted by star if flustered (4)

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13 Creamy cold sauce (10) 14 Painting medium (7) 15 Took a break (6) 16 Study again (6) 17 Container for liquid (7) 18 Highly praise (5) 19 Fish's breathing organ (4) 20 Strong alloy (5) 21 Transport (5) 22 Media chief (6) 23 Neckwear (5) 28 Abrupt (7) 30 Twist (7) 33 Perfect (9) 36 Ceremonious (6) 38 Senior member of a congregation (5) 39 Ridiculous (5) 40 Lament (6) 42 Meat jelly (5) 43 Insult (7) 44 Mess up (6) 46 Was dishonest (4) 49 Close (4) 51 Feature (6) 53 Attendance at an event (7) 55 Eccentric type (5) 59 Excessive pride (6) 60 Very dark (5) 61 Investigate (5) 62 Transparent (6) 63 Overwhelming victory (9) 65 Deserved (7) 66 In abundance (7) 70 Expressions (5) 71 Stamp out (6) 73 Daub (5) 75 Sly sort (5) 80 Broad smile (4) 82 Loft (5) 83 Nonsense (7) 84 Clothing (6) 85 Displease (6) 86 Consume excessively (7) 87 Site of tension (10)

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1 Ability (6) 2 Painful nature (8) 3 Nasty (5) 4 Show (7) 5 Wobble (6) 6 Having irritating sensation (5) 7 Come out (6) 8 Daydream (7) 9 Serving as a warning (10) 10 Leakage (5) 11 With great precision (8) 12 Healthy (4) 24 Impatient (7) 25 Placate (5) 26 With a fixed gaze (7) 27 Weep (7) 29 Origins (5) 31 Arrangement (5) 32 Staple food (4) 34 Strengthen (4,2) 35 Circle of light (4) 37 More damp (7) 41 Tungsten (7) 45 Lightly fries (6) 47 In a severe fashion (7) 48 Blameworthy person (7) 50 Heavy goods transport (7) 52 Freshwater fish (4) 54 Loop (5) 56 Secures (5) 57 Ancient instrument (4) 58 Fierce (5) 60 Prescribed drugs (10) 64 Act arrogantly (8) 67 Role (8) 68 In piles (7) 69 Sideways (7) 72 Loathing (6) 74 After (6) 76 Total (6) 77 Ribald (5) 78 Round amount of minced meat (5) 79 Virile (5) 81 Repeated phrase (4)

SUDOKU

FILL in all squares in the grid so each row, column and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

8		7		3
		6			7
5					9	8
9		5	8
3	2		4			1
6						3
				4
	6	9		5		2
	1				7

SAKURO

PLACE I to 9 in the grid so the number in each white circle is equal to the sum of the four surrounding tiles, and tiles of the same colour add up to the number in the corresponding circle below.

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SUGURU

A ONE-CELL outlined block contains the digit 1; a two-cell block contains 1 and 2; a three-cell block contains 1, 2 and 3; and so on. The same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells – NOT EVEN DIAGONALLY!

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

		2
	5
			4
3	4	4

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1 Treehouse Of Horror is a name given to the Halloween episodes of which animated TV series? 2 What does the B in BTEC stand for? 3 Which 16th-century explorer captained The Golden Hinde ship, a replica of which is docked in London's Bankside? 4 Which Irish playwright wrote The Plough And The Star?

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8 What kind of garment is a sabot? 9 What was the name of Luke Skywalker's home planet in the Star Wars films? 10 Oksana Balul, Michelle Kwan and Christopher Dean are famous names in which sport?

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1 One travelling on foot (10) 6 Scottish football club (5) 7 Spring bulb (5) 9 Landed property (6) 10 ... Butcher, former EastEnders character (3) 11 Message sent by mobile (4) 14 Visible wound mark (4) 15 Mountain route (3) 16 Heavily decorated (6) 17 Drinking tube (5) 18 Absolutely correct (4,2) 20 Musical symbol (6,4)

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1 Dish topped with pastry (3) 2 Hate (6) 3 For example (4,2) 4 Somewhat (6) 5 Pimento (8) 6 Gets in touch with (8)

8 Youthful or immature man (3,3) 9 Globetrotter (8) 12 Old or dusty spider's trap (6)

13 Single-piece garment (6) 14 Saunter (6) 19 Not working (3) SOLUTION ON MONDAY

FRIDAY'S SOLUTION — (No 10,487) ACROSS: 1 Flanker. 7 Inhale. 8 Erratic. 9 Slam. 10 Gods. 12 Utesoll. 14 Topiary. 16 Tuta. 18 Feud. 20 Implied. 21 Gateau. 22 Mockery. DOWN: 1 Freight. 2 Acrid. 3 Kite. 4 Rickey. 5 Chestnut. 6 Alkali. 11 Skin-deep. 12 Uranium. 13 Laundry. 15 One-way. 17 Unite. 19 Epic.

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THE DAILY MAIL offers readers the chance to re-establish contact with long-lost relatives and friends. Each week, MONICA PORTER

features the story of someone who is trying to find a missing loved one — and a tale of people reunited.

'I AM trying to find childhood friends from the Densole Estate in Densole, near Folkestone, Kent,' writes Gloria Butt, nee Jewell. 'We were the first people to move on to this estate when it was built in 1948-49. We all played and went to Hawkinge Primary School together. My sister and I once stayed with the Cook family, who were friends of ours on the estate, as I'd given my mother the mumps and she had to go into hospital. My dad, who was in the Navy, was away at sea at the time, and my grandparents lived not that far away, but they both worked. 'I was looking through my old photographs recently and found the attached photo. I'm in the

MISSING...

top row with Diane Cook and another girl whose surname was Marsh. My younger sister, Gay, is in the bottom row; sadly, she died last January. I'm afraid I cannot recall the names of the others. 'When my dad came out of the Navy, he worked in Chatham Dockyard, maintaining cinema film equipment; then, when I was nine years old, he was transferred to Portsmouth Dockyard and we moved away. That's when I lost contact with the girls. I am now 80 and live in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. It would be lovely to reconnect with these old friends.'

Gloria's childhood pals

Louise and Sally in 1964

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A FEW months ago, Sally Heightley, 77, of Nottingham asked us to trace Louise Bass, a friend from 50 years ago. 'She lived in Cowplain, near Portsmouth,' said Sally, 'and we met at either primary or secondary school. My picture shows me with Louise on holiday at Butlin's in 1964.'

We found contact details for Louise's family, only to learn that she passed away last year. 'I feel very sad about that,' Sally emailed. 'But I spoke to her sister, Lyndsey, and she gave me information about Louise's life. Thanks for your time and the support you provided for me.'

to Missing and Pound, Letters Department, Daily Mail, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5HY. All communications answered as soon as possible.

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PUB QUIZ ANSWERS:

1 The Simpsons 2 Business 3 Francis Drake 4 Sean O'Casey 5 The U.S. 6 Insulin 7 Handel 8 Shoe 9 Tatooine 10 Figure skating.

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