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Daniel Finkelstein
The police haven’t learnt the lesson of Ripper hoax
See-through style
Planet fashion loves sheer: here’s how to do it in real life
The Muppets
Lisa Henson: My dad, those puppets and the new Dark Crystal
Mike Brearley
Ben Stokes surpassed Ian Botham with his heroics
Johnson accuses Corbyn of sabotage over EU talks
Labour leader’s plan to thwart no‑deal Brexit ‘weakens Britain’s position’
Boris Johnson has accused opposition MPs of attempting to “sabotage” Britain’s negotiations with the European Union after they announced plans to thwart a no-deal Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn, backed by other opposition leaders, vowed yesterday to use legislation to bind the prime minister’s hands...Boris Johnson has accused opposition MPs of attempting to “sabotage” Britain’s negotiations with the European Union after they announced plans to thwart a no-deal Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn, backed by other opposition leaders, vowed yesterday to use legislation to bind the prime minister’s hands...Boris Johnson has accused opposition MPs of attempting to “sabotage” Britain’s negotiations with the European Union after they...
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Bargain homes for young locals
First-time buyers will get a discount of up to 20 per cent on new homes in the area where they grew up, under plans being considered by ministers. Boris Johnson has identified getting young people on the housing ladder as “one of the great challenges of this generation”, in a marked shift from Theresa May’s focus on renters. Plans to...First-time buyers will get a discount of up to 20 per cent on new homes in the area where they grew up, under plans being considered by ministers. Boris Johnson has identified getting young people on the housing ladder as “one of the great challenges of this generation”, in a marked shift from Theresa May’s focus on renters. Plans to...First-time buyers will get a discount of up to 20 per cent on new homes in the area where they grew up, under plans being...
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Full-bodied? Drinking red wine good for gut and figure
It is news that red wine lovers will surely raise a glass to: the tipple could be good for your gut and your figure, according to a new study. British researchers have found that red wine drinkers are less likely to be overweight, have lower cholesterol and are more likely to have a healthy mix of bacteria in their...It is news that red wine lovers will surely raise a glass to: the tipple could be good for your...It is news that red wine lovers will surely raise a glass to: the tipple could be good for your...
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Andrew knows what he’s done, says Epstein victim
ROBERT JENRICK | COMMENT
‘Housing is my generation’s greatest challenge’
Q&A
Could shared ownership changes help you buy a house?
Criminal gangs ‘better funded than the police’
JACKIE SEBIRE | COMMENT
Other agencies must help us reduce violent crime
Iran jails businessman as ‘Israeli spy’
Composer dies with wife and baby in Alps plane crash
Surgeons reattach carpenter’s hand severed by electric saw
It’s Kernel Sanders as KFC introduces chicken made from plants
Backstop no longer sacrosanct for Brussels, insists Johnson
No-deal key to election pact, Farage tells Tories
political sketch
Happy-clappy faithful rally to leader’s cause
Q&A
What happened at the cross‑party talks?
Home Office ad banned for misleading Europeans
Fewer sign up for degree courses in English and maths
Fewer people are taking degrees in English and mathematics as declines in the popularity of the subjects at A level work through to university admissions, it was claimed yesterday. Some 8,020 candidates had been placed on...Fewer people are taking degrees in English and mathematics as declines in the popularity of the subjects at A level work through to university admissions, it was claimed yesterday. Some 8,020 candidates had been placed on...Fewer people are taking degrees in English and mathematics as declines in the popularity of the subjects at A level...
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Teachers and police to benefit in fast‑tracked spending round
The chancellor will announce the results next week of a fast-tracked Whitehall spending review expected to prepare the country for Brexit and benefit schools and police forces. Sajid Javid’s spending round on Wednesday — a day...The chancellor will announce the results next week of a fast-tracked Whitehall spending review expected to prepare the country for Brexit and benefit schools and police forces. Sajid Javid’s spending round on Wednesday — a day...The chancellor will announce the results next week of a fast-tracked Whitehall spending review expected to prepare...
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Welby’s citizens’ assembly will be a broad church
Surveillance state ‘becoming more intrusive than 1984’
Children blame social media and Love Island as unhappiness grows
case study
‘You have to look perfect or you get mocked’
Channel migrants must be sent back faster, Patel told
BA kept passengers seeking replacement flights on hold
Relax with a bong (and it’s legal)
During your lunch break today, do not be alarmed if you open a door to find a room full of colleagues lying seemingly asleep on the floor as the sound of a gong washes over them. Forget escaping the office for a spinning class or yoga studio, the...During your lunch break today, do not be alarmed if you open a door to find a room full of...During your lunch break today, do not be alarmed if you open a door to find a room full of...
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Midsummer night’s stream: complete works of Shakespeare performed online
Sheep flock back to Hampstead Heath for first time in 60 years
Drought, frost and hail storms have French vineyards over a barrel
It is not only Britain’s railways that complain about the wrong type of weather. French winemakers are set to suffer...It is not only Britain’s railways that complain about the wrong type of weather. French...It is not only Britain’s railways that complain about the wrong type of weather. French...
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Politically incorrect
Political satire has invaded the scholarship examination at Radley College. A question on this year’s 13+ maths paper...Political satire has invaded the scholarship examination at Radley College. A question on this...Political satire has invaded the scholarship examination at Radley College. A question on this...
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Cutting out food every other day could serve up secret to longer life
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Illness I’d had for 20 years vanished after fasting
Sixties plea for racial harmony banned over offensive lyrics
Detectorists ‘drugged with cannabis cake’
television
The Great British Bake Off — fresh slice sticks to the same recipe
★★★☆☆
As if the heatwave and the Ashes heroics weren’t enough, now The Great British Bake Off has returned to round off a summer that should perhaps be soundtracked by Land of Hope and Glory. Bake Off is as British as a village fête, with an...★★★☆☆
As if the heatwave and the Ashes heroics weren’t enough, now The Great British Bake Off...★★★☆☆
As if the heatwave and the Ashes heroics weren’t enough, now The Great British Bake Off...
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Researchers put faith in fake news bot
YouTube ban on violent videos branded too little, too late
Shocking truth about famed torture experiment
RAF drone operators reap rewards
In pictures: 2019 Royal Air Force photography competition
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Supermarkets rip off shoppers with multibuy deals despite ban
Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dubious promotions despite official guidelines banning the practice, an investigation has found. An analysis of more than 450 special offers by Which? uncovered multibuys that cost...Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dubious promotions despite official guidelines banning the practice, an investigation has found. An analysis of more than 450 special offers by Which? uncovered multibuys that cost...Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dubious promotions despite official guidelines banning the practice, an...
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Safety fears over ‘natural’ hormone pills
Women have been advised not to use a “natural” form of hormone replacement therapy over fears that it is unsafe. Menopause experts said that products sold privately and advertised as “natural” could give women too few or too...Women have been advised not to use a “natural” form of hormone replacement therapy over fears that it is unsafe. Menopause experts said that products sold privately and advertised as “natural” could give women too few or too...Women have been advised not to use a “natural” form of hormone replacement therapy over fears that it is unsafe.
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Comfort for woman crying uncontrollably
Nanotech jab lets mice see in dark . . . and we could too
World
Israeli drones hit Iranian missile factory in Beirut
A suspected Israeli drone attack on a Hezbollah site in Beirut targeted crates believed to contain machinery to mix high-grade propellant for precision missiles, The Times has learnt. The previously unexplained “suicide drone” attack, if confirmed, risks a significant escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed militias across the Middle East...A suspected Israeli drone attack on a Hezbollah site in Beirut targeted crates believed to...A suspected Israeli drone attack on a Hezbollah site in Beirut targeted crates believed to...
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The fine line between appearing tough and starting all-out war
Attack drones are buzzing and cruise missiles are exploding across the Middle East. Even more so than normal.Attack drones are buzzing and cruise missiles are exploding across the Middle East. Even more so than normal. While Israel, in an uncharacteristic fashion, has taken responsibility for one of these airstrikes — on a house near Damascus — other explosions, from Beirut, to the Bekaa Valley and as far afield as...Attack drones are buzzing and cruise missiles are exploding across the Middle East. Even more so than normal. While Israel...
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Putin offers Erdogan his stealth fighters
President Putin confirmed yesterday that Russia is ready to sell Turkey its Su-57 stealth fighters, which could push relations between the buyer and its fellow Nato members to breaking point. Mr Putin made the comment while...President Putin confirmed yesterday that Russia is ready to sell Turkey its Su-57 stealth fighters, which could push relations between the buyer and its fellow Nato members to breaking point. Mr Putin made the comment while...President Putin confirmed yesterday that Russia is ready to sell Turkey its Su-57 stealth fighters, which could push...
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Macron waters down pension reforms
President Macron has angered French businesses by watering down his plan for radical pension reform in an attempt to avert strikes and protests. He insisted that reforms would go ahead but appeared to bury a series of...President Macron has angered French businesses by watering down his plan for radical pension reform in an attempt to avert strikes and protests. He insisted that reforms would go ahead but appeared to bury a series of...President Macron has angered French businesses by watering down his plan for radical pension reform in an attempt to...
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Twice-married ‘squad’ congresswoman named in divorce papers
Democratic rivals closing in on Biden
Hong Kong’s ‘tank man’ takes a stand in front of armed police
WORLD AT FIVE
Khan stirs hornet’s nest with reform of madrassas
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Warnings over scale of Amazon fires ignored by Bolsonaro
‘Werewolf’ babies given tainted batch of medicine
Solo paddler reaches port in Hawaii after 76 days
After 76 days at sea, Antonio de la Rosa steered his paddleboard through a spectacular Hawaiian dawn and into the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu. The Spanish adventurer had just become the first person to paddleboard from California to Hawaii, a...After 76 days at sea, Antonio de la Rosa steered his paddleboard through a spectacular Hawaiian...After 76 days at sea, Antonio de la Rosa steered his paddleboard through a spectacular Hawaiian...
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Invisible ink helps Japanese women stamp out groping
China accuses writer of spying
Thailand’s strongman ‘failed to swear loyalty to constitution’
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Rubber-band terrapin develops corset waist
North Korean missiles ‘can evade defences’
Mock execution fires up a row in Russia
Mosquitoes carry proof of climate change to Crimea
Mosquitoes able to carry tropical diseases including the zika virus are thriving in parts of southern Russia as a...Mosquitoes able to carry tropical diseases including the zika virus are thriving in parts of...Mosquitoes able to carry tropical diseases including the zika virus are thriving in parts of...
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Switch off the lights to save starving possums
Millions of Australians are being urged to turn off their lights in an attempt to save dwindling numbers of small...Millions of Australians are being urged to turn off their lights in an attempt to save dwindling...Millions of Australians are being urged to turn off their lights in an attempt to save dwindling...
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Business
Marlboro men in bid for reunion
Two of the world’s biggest tobacco companies are in talks to re-combine to create a $200 billion giant as they seek to offset declining sales of cigarettes with smoke-free products. Altria and Philip Morris International said yesterday that they were in discussions about a possible all-share...Two of the world’s biggest tobacco companies are in talks to re-combine to create a $200 billion giant as they seek to offset declining sales of cigarettes with smoke-free products. Altria and Philip Morris International said yesterday that they were in discussions about a possible all-share...Two of the world’s biggest tobacco companies are in talks to re-combine to create a $200 billion giant as they seek to offset...
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Deloitte partners race clear of Big Four rivals with £882,000 payday
Partners at Deloitte are in line for their biggest payday in a decade despite greater regulatory scrutiny of auditors and calls to break up the Big Four accountants. The 699 equity partners of Deloitte’s British arm will receive an average payment of £882,000 for the year to the end of May, £50,000 more than for the previous year, its...Partners at Deloitte are in line for their biggest payday in a decade despite greater regulatory scrutiny of auditors and calls to break up the Big Four accountants. The 699 equity partners of Deloitte’s British arm will receive an average payment of £882,000 for the year to the end of May, £50,000 more than for the previous year, its...Partners at Deloitte are in line for their biggest payday in a decade despite greater regulatory scrutiny of auditors and calls...
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Pharmacy chain stockpiles for Brexit
The boss of Britain’s third largest pharmacy chain says it has spent £7 million building stocks of medicine to prepare for a potentially disruptive Brexit, contrary to government advice. John Nuttall, chief executive of Well Pharmacy, said the company had decided it was a “prudent measure” and stressed he wanted to...The boss of Britain’s third largest pharmacy chain says it has spent £7 million building stocks...The boss of Britain’s third largest pharmacy chain says it has spent £7 million building stocks...
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Carney under fire for ‘secret trip’ to meet Zuckerberg
Purdue seeks to settle opioid claims
A pharmaceutical company at the centre of America’s opioid addiction crisis is seeking to settle thousands of lawsuits, reportedly with a compensation package worth as much as $12 billion. Purdue Pharma, the maker of...A pharmaceutical company at the centre of America’s opioid addiction crisis is seeking to settle thousands of lawsuits, reportedly with a compensation package worth as much as $12 billion. Purdue Pharma, the maker of...A pharmaceutical company at the centre of America’s opioid addiction crisis is seeking to settle thousands of...
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Don’t help Trump with cut, Federal Reserve told
The US Federal Reserve should not react to President Trump’s trade war by cutting interest rates and should make him bear the risk at the ballot box, a former vice-chairman of its rate-setting committee said yesterday. The...The US Federal Reserve should not react to President Trump’s trade war by cutting interest rates and should make him bear the risk at the ballot box, a former vice-chairman of its rate-setting committee said yesterday. The...The US Federal Reserve should not react to President Trump’s trade war by cutting interest rates and should make him...
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business commentary
Regulator is not the only 737 hurdle
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Weak pound is not the key factor in UK firms falling to overseas buyers
BP pulls out of Alaska after 60 years with $5.6bn sell-off
Home loans up as lenders drop rates
Arcadia set to shut stores after US deal
Boost for Carpetright as investor buys debt
The Shale Revolution
Oil majors get claws into Texas wildcatters
At the turn of the decade, Big Oil was nowhere to be seen in the Permian Basin. It was the preserve of a new wave of wildcatters hell bent on unlocking the region’s billions of barrels of untapped oil through fracking and horizontal drilling.At the turn of the decade, Big Oil was nowhere to be seen in the Permian Basin. It was the...At the turn of the decade, Big Oil was nowhere to be seen in the Permian Basin. It was the...
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Burford accused of deception over drugs firm figures
Water pollution inquiry was obstructed by staff
Comment
Deal or not, Europe is right next door and a crucial export market
As Brexit approaches, we need to shift our focus to future trade links and how they will affect local innovation...As Brexit approaches, we need to shift our focus to future trade links and how they will affect...As Brexit approaches, we need to shift our focus to future trade links and how they will affect...
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Market report
Ferguson springs a leak after UK sale warning
Ferguson plumbed one of the biggest percentage drops on the FTSE 100 yesterday after it was knocked by a note from...Ferguson plumbed one of the biggest percentage drops on the FTSE 100 yesterday after it was...Ferguson plumbed one of the biggest percentage drops on the FTSE 100 yesterday after it was...
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Online seller says talk of Barneys deal is far-fetched
Farfetch, the online luxury retailer that has almost halved in value since its New York listing less than a year ago, has denied that it is in talks to buy Barneys, the bankrupt American department store. The Shoreditch-based company...Farfetch, the online luxury retailer that has almost halved in value since its New York listing...Farfetch, the online luxury retailer that has almost halved in value since its New York listing...
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Weak pound puts gloss on sales for bellwether Bunzl
Minibond deal may raise questions
Shop prices fall after stores offer discounts and spending slows
Harry Ramsden’s swallowed
Ex-Google engineer ‘stole trade secrets’
Boeing sued over late 737 Max delivery
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Bury expelled from Football League after 134 years
Bury, one of the world’s oldest football clubs, have been expelled from the English Football League after pleas for a last-minute stay of execution fell on deaf ears. The sad and bitter end, after 134 years of existence, came after the EFL’s board announced last night that it has withdrawn the League One club’s membership. Bolton Wanderers, their fellow League One club...Bury, one of the world’s oldest football clubs, have been expelled from the English Football...Bury, one of the world’s oldest football clubs, have been expelled from the English Football...
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Comment | Matthew Syed
This is the greatest sporting year of my life . . . and there’s four months left
As Tiger Woods walked up the 18th at Augusta in April, red-shirted, black-trousered, the amassed ranks of patrons...As Tiger Woods walked up the 18th at Augusta in April, red-shirted, black-trousered, the amassed ranks of patrons rising to salute one of sport’s great comebacks, I received a text message from a friend. “Whatever else you might say,” he said, “This will surely rate as the biggest sporting moment of the year.” A few...As Tiger Woods walked up the 18th at Augusta in April, red-shirted, black-trousered, the amassed ranks of patrons rising to...
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8.30am: Fans get the ground ready 11.05pm: Bury kicked out of League
Football | Henry Winter
Supporters are the innocent victims of questionable club owners
International football
Surge of English Premier League players leaves Southgate spoilt for choice
Football
Inter agree loan deal for Sánchez
The Ashes
Smith will return to Australia team for tour match against Derbyshire
The Ashes
Roy, Buttler, Woakes? Where will selectors’ axe fall for fourth Test?
COUNTY CRICKET | ELGAN ALDERMAN
The Scorer: Vitality Blast and County Championship dissected
The start of the Vitality Blast quarter-finals is eight days away and we know the identity of four of the sides to...The start of the Vitality Blast quarter-finals is eight days away and we know the identity of...The start of the Vitality Blast quarter-finals is eight days away and we know the identity of...
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The Ashes | Mike Brearley
Botham played great innings but none as good as Stokes’ heroics
John Nyren was the son of Richard Nyren, the great 18th-century all-rounder of Hambledon fame. In 1833, he described...John Nyren was the son of Richard Nyren, the great 18th-century all-rounder of Hambledon fame. In...John Nyren was the son of Richard Nyren, the great 18th-century all-rounder of Hambledon fame. In...
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Could you be a cricket umpire?
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Tennis
From Wimbledon final to a tour ban for speaking out
Tennis
One-dimensional Edmund falls at first hurdle again
Tennis
Murray passes tougher test of stamina
Golf
Woods eyes return after knee surgery
The Game Daily | Michael Grant
Fewer tickets and resurgent Rangers have curtailed Celtic’s Ibrox parties
Football
Colchester teenager seals shock exit for Crystal Palace
Football
Crawley beat Norwich to create history
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Mayor opposes club’s attempt to trademark word ‘Liverpool’
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Constant moaning is turning Pochettino into Mourinho
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Times Sport Unseen: Marc Aspland’s exclusive pictures
Marc says: It is easy to take stereotypical images of waterskiers — they always look so dramatic. As the sun set over Wiremill Water Ski Club near Lingfield, I managed to catch an outward and inward slalom run with Brad North, 52. The light was just too good to miss. This frame is shot into the light and has produced a startling silhouette taken at 1/8000th of a...Marc says: It is easy to take stereotypical images of waterskiers — they always look so...Marc says: It is easy to take stereotypical images of waterskiers — they always look so...
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Tipster of the Year Rob Wright’s racing tips
Rob Wright’s selections for Wednesday, August 28
Catterick
2.20 Ruby Wonder
2.50 Robert Fitzroy
3.20 Toronado Queen...Rob Wright’s selections for Wednesday, August 28
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2.50 Robert Fitzroy
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5.55 National Treasure
6.25 Image Of The...Rob Wright’s selections for Wednesday, August 28
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Ferdinand Piëch
Domineering scion of the Porsche family who turned round Audi before rescuing Volkswagen and had 12 children with four women
Ferdinand Piëch seemed to relish his reputation as the rottweiler of the motor industry, where he was known for his abrasive manner, domineering style and uncompromising attention to detail. “There is one simple rule here,” he declared when chairman of Volkswagen. “Either we are in the black or there are new faces.” Der Spiegel once described his company’s working...Ferdinand Piëch seemed to relish his reputation as the rottweiler of the motor industry, where he...Ferdinand Piëch seemed to relish his reputation as the rottweiler of the motor industry, where he...
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Sheila Steafel
When Sheila Steafel was invited to appear in an exceedingly silly television sketch in the mid-1960s, she was a...When Sheila Steafel was invited to appear in an exceedingly silly television sketch in the mid-1960s, she was a serious actress who had never given a thought to comedy. She was also “very out of work” and agreed to take the part in It’s a Square World after a BBC producer reassured her: “Don’t worry, nobody will...When Sheila Steafel was invited to appear in an exceedingly silly television sketch in the mid-1960s, she was a serious actress...
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Will you dare to go sheer? How to wear the new see-through styles
On planet fashion they love sheer styles — Anna Murphy explains how to make them work in real life
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A denim skirt is not just for summer
The wardrobe staple has had a sharp makeover for autumn — you can even wear it in the office
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Hannah Betts: Why late love always beats young romance — I met my silver fox at 43
FIRST NIGHT | THEATRE
The Fishermen — a tale of divided brothers
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Lisa Henson: My dad, the Muppets and me
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Jon Cleary review — unadorned but punchy vocals
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It wasn’t long ago that Dr John and Allen Toussaint were, in their different ways, spreading the New...★★★★☆
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I’m organising a book festival. Am I mad?
‘So how’s your falconry looking?” my wife asked with a tone of sarcasm a few weeks ago as she sat in her millinery...‘So how’s your falconry looking?” my wife asked with a tone of sarcasm a few weeks ago as she sat...‘So how’s your falconry looking?” my wife asked with a tone of sarcasm a few weeks ago as she sat...
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Roy Ayers review — the very essence of feelgood jazz funk
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To borrow the title of Roy Ayers’s most famous tune, everybody loves the sunshine — except when it is the hottest August bank holiday on record and the idea of being cold becomes the ultimate luxury. Everybody Loves the Sunshine, the...★★★★☆
To borrow the title of Roy Ayers’s most famous tune, everybody loves the sunshine —...★★★★☆
To borrow the title of Roy Ayers’s most famous tune, everybody loves the sunshine —...
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Angel Has Fallen — a flaming ball of testosterone nonsense, it’s great
Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kevin Maher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh give their verdicts on Angel Has Fallen. See the Times+ website for details of our year-round offer of 2-for-1 Odeon cinema ticketsWatch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kevin Maher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh...Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kevin Maher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh...
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Hot cakes and heartache — Rahul Mandal on the highs and lows of Bake Off
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Every Glasgow pupil to be given an iPad in £300m deal
All of Glasgow’s almost 50,000 school children are to be given iPads as part of the largest Apple education project in Europe. Under the £300 million deal every pupil from primary six to sixth year will be given their own tablet to keep, while younger children will have shared access to one.All of Glasgow’s almost 50,000 school children are to be given iPads as part of the largest Apple education project in Europe. Under the £300 million deal every pupil from primary six to sixth year will be given their own tablet to keep, while younger children will have shared access to one.All of Glasgow’s almost 50,000 school children are to be given iPads as part of the largest Apple education project in Europe.
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Ex-MP barred as Europe candidate wants to be on SNP’s ruling body
A former SNP MP who was barred from running in the European elections has her eye on a position on the party’s ruling body. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh is campaigning to be the black, Asian and minority ethnic convener on the party’s national executive committee. The election for positions on the committee has exposed bitter splits in the party...A former SNP MP who was barred from running in the European elections has her eye on a position on the party’s ruling body. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh is campaigning to be the black, Asian and minority ethnic convener on the party’s national executive committee. The election for positions on the committee has exposed bitter splits in the party...A former SNP MP who was barred from running in the European elections has her eye on a position on the party’s ruling body.
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Citizens’ assembly recruits will get £1,200 to debate future
An army of canvassers will offer voters £1,200 plus expenses to help map the country’s constitutional future. Participants in the Scottish citizens’ assembly will be given £200 for each of the six weekends they take part, the organisers have said. They will meet from October to April before making recommendations...An army of canvassers will offer voters £1,200 plus expenses to help map the country’s...An army of canvassers will offer voters £1,200 plus expenses to help map the country’s...
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Peaky blind spot over razor gang
More older people being admitted to hospital after falls
Injured pedestrian seeking £500,000 from McCoist son
Campaigners test health at salmon farms
Haul of coins at battlefield may be mercenaries’ wages
We wanna talk like you: apes show voice control
Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans and may hold the key to how our speech evolved. Scientists from the University of St Andrews worked with Indianapolis Zoo, home to one of the largest groups of orangutans in any...Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans and may hold the key to how our...Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans and may hold the key to how our...
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Jack and Victor will chew the fat in Still Game finale
Four on trial for human trafficking
Overprotective parents ‘create incapable adults’
news in brief
Drug driver sent to jail for killing biker
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Citizens Can
It is hard to object in principle to the idea of a citizens’ assembly. Sounding out the mood of the nation at a time of national crisis, when parliamentarians are locked in indecision and major constitutional change is looming...It is hard to object in principle to the idea of a citizens’ assembly. Sounding out the mood of the nation at a time of national crisis, when parliamentarians are locked in indecision and major constitutional change is looming...It is hard to object in principle to the idea of a citizens’ assembly. Sounding out the mood of the nation at a time...
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business
Eighth year of profit growth for law firm
One of Scotland’s largest independent law firms has boosted its profit for an eighth consecutive year. Turnover at Harper Macleod increased 9.5 per cent to £29 million on the back of a strong performance while profit before...One of Scotland’s largest independent law firms has boosted its profit for an eighth consecutive year. Turnover at Harper Macleod increased 9.5 per cent to £29 million on the back of a strong performance while profit before...One of Scotland’s largest independent law firms has boosted its profit for an eighth consecutive year. Turnover at...
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Key to independence vote lies over the water
business | comment
Our hyperactive leaders have lost their sense of rational judgment
FOOTBALL
Clarke takes the pressure off Griffiths
FOOTBALL
The door is always open, Clarke tells the doubters
FOOTBALL
Gough: Celtic are under pressure, like Rangers
FOOTBALL
Forrest can see us through, says Forster
FOOTBALL
Clear-the-air meeting went well — Corsie
RUGBY UNION
Gray says no to World Cup training call
FOOTBALL | MICHAEL GRANT
Celtic have quality but can be rattled
Some had an idea what was coming as soon as he picked it up and started walking towards the post. Leigh Griffiths...Some had an idea what was coming as soon as he picked it up and started walking towards the post.Some had an idea what was coming as soon as he picked it up and started walking towards the post.
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RUGBY UNION
Swinson may profit again after Gray snub
It could be a case of history repeating itself as Richie Gray’s rejection of the chance to train with Scotland opened...It could be a case of history repeating itself as Richie Gray’s rejection of the chance to train...It could be a case of history repeating itself as Richie Gray’s rejection of the chance to train...
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Ireland
Give boys HPV vaccine to stop cervical cancer, campaigner’s family urges
Parents of boys in their first year of secondary school should ensure that they get the HPV vaccine after it is rolled out next week, the family of a late cervical cancer campaigner has urged. Laura Brennan died in March aged 26 after contracting cervical cancer. In the months before, she championed the life-saving HPV vaccine. Kevin Brennan, Ms Brennan’s brother, spoke...Parents of boys in their first year of secondary school should ensure that they get the HPV...Parents of boys in their first year of secondary school should ensure that they get the HPV...
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Harris backs Irish NHS
Ireland should have universal healthcare and private patients should not be given priority in public hospitals, the...Ireland should have universal healthcare and private patients should not be given priority in public hospitals, the health minister has said. Simon Harris said that he would support removing private patients from public hospitals. A plan recommending the change was published earlier this week. Speaking in Dublin...Ireland should have universal healthcare and private patients should not be given priority in public hospitals, the health...
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Budget plans hit by ‘growing risk’ of no-deal Brexit
Population of Ireland set to hit 5 million, fuelled by immigration
Fianna Fáil won’t bring down government over broadband plan
Minister won’t say whether Bailey should stand down
Electric cars lose their value twice as fast
Electric cars drop in value at almost twice the rate of petrol cars because of the speed at which the technology is advancing, according to research from an online marketplace. DoneDeal said electric cars drop in value by 41 per cent over the...Electric cars drop in value at almost twice the rate of petrol cars because of the speed at which...Electric cars drop in value at almost twice the rate of petrol cars because of the speed at which...
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Comment
Police haven’t learnt lesson of Ripper hoax
Daniel Finkelstein
The death of ‘Wearside Jack’ reminds us that detectives still make the same mistakes that hampered the Sutcliffe manhunt
ROGER BOYES
Forest fire that could engulf Putin and Xi
ALICE THOMSON
All-rounders have the best shot at success
MATTHEW PARRIS
Sunshine Kid takes her place in the spotlight
Claire Haigh
Fuel duty must rise if we are to cut carbon emissions
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Brexit Party Blues
Nigel Farage’s party is keen to fight an election but lacks the range to be a serious contender. The best way to defeat it is an orderly departure from the EU
Capitalism Without Capital
Cut-price properties and tinkering with shared ownership will not fix the housing crisis
Your Good Health
Red wine in moderation is good for the gut and for the figure
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Should women get time off work for period pain?
letters to the editor
Paxman and the calibre of our politicians
Sir, Parliament has always had its rogues and its incompetents but Jeremy Paxman’s criticism is too severe (“Paxman decries cornucopia of failure”, Aug 27). The division of opinion and apparent inability of the Commons to come to a single view...Sir, Parliament has always had its rogues and its incompetents but Jeremy Paxman’s criticism is...Sir, Parliament has always had its rogues and its incompetents but Jeremy Paxman’s criticism is...
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Briefing
Italy: The Venice International Film Festival opens with The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
On this day
In 1963 Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech in Washington.
Nature Notes
Small numbers of a little woodpecker, the wryneck, are migrating through the country. Although it is a woodpecker, the wryneck is not much seen on tree trunks at this time of year because it feeds mainly on ants, picking them up from the ground with rapid movements of its long, wormlike tongue. It is a beautifully mottled, brown bird, the size of a sparrow, and it may sometimes be seen on woodland footpaths. It is famous for its way of violently twisting its head about to ward off predators. This performance is seen at its most dramatic when the wryneck pokes its head out from its tree-trunk nest hole. However, this is practically impossible to see in Britain because it very rarely breeds here now. It was quite a common bird in the UK a century ago. It was well known in ancient Greece as a magic bird and was employed in fertility rites.
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Birthdays today
Sir Richard Aikens, lord justice of appeal (2008-15), 71; Sir Michael Arthur, president, Boeing Europe, and managing director, Boeing UK and Ireland, ambassador to Germany (2007-10), 69; Stuart Bithell, sailor, Olympic silver medallist, men’s 470 (2012), 33; Jack Black, actor, School of Rock (2003), 50; Paul Brummell, UK ambassador to Romania (2014-18), 54; Wyn Calvin, entertainer, 94; Lindka Cierach, fashion designer, 67; Greg Clark, Conservative MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells, 52; Imogen Cooper, pianist, 70; Hugh Cornwell, singer and guitarist, the Stranglers, Golden Brown (1982), 70; Sir Michael Craig-Martin, conceptual artist, 78; Prof Wendy Davies, historian, Welsh History in the Early Middle Ages (2009), 77; Kezia Dugdale, politician, MSP for Lothian, 38; Baroness (Rona) Fairhead, trade and export promotion minister (2017-May 2019), 58; David Fincher, film director, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), 57; Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett, chief executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care (2000-12), 65; Margot James, Conservative MP for Stourbridge, 62; Sir John Kingman, chairman, Statistics Commission (2000-03), 80; John Marshall, drummer, Nucleus and Soft Machine, Bundles (1975), 78; Mary McCartney, photographer, 50; Lord (Duncan) Menzies, senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 66; Julie Meyer, founder and chief executive, Ariadne Capital investment company, 53; Jamie Osborne, National Hunt trainer, 52; Sir Christopher Paine, president, British Medical Association (2000-01), 84; Philip Purser, author, The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978), 94; LeAnn Rimes, country singer, Blue (1996), 37; David Soul, actor, Starsky & Hutch (1975-79), 76; Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, Facebook, 50; Shania Twain, singer, That Don’t Impress Me Much (1998), 54; Florence Welch, singer, Florence + the Machine, Hunger (2018), 33.