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Evening Standard
September 21, 2024
Thunderstorms and heavy rain to persist, marking end of summer
Thunder and lightning, hail and rain hit parts of the country on Saturday.
The Times
September 21, 2024
Mohamed Al Fayed twice escaped charges over sexual abuse
Crown Prosecution Service reveals police files were rejected in 2009 and 2015 — as 150 victims and witnesses come forward
The Times
September 21, 2024
Follow my lead and get back to the office, says Rachel Reeves
The chancellor says she can’t conjure up money to fill the £22 billion black hole before the autumn budget, but is confident about the count...
The Times
September 21, 2024
James Middleton: Kate, William and the dog that saved my life
The younger brother of the Princess of Wales was so depressed he came close to killing himself. Then Ella, his faithful cocker spaniel, step...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Clive Myrie’s ‘moonlighting’ pay missing from BBC register
Four events hosted by the £310,000-a-year news presenter were not included on the corporation’s list of his outside earnings
The Times
September 21, 2024
What is Hezbollah’s strategy — and can Israel force a truce?
If audacity alone could nudge a sworn enemy towards Netanyahu’s strategic ends, he would be well on the way. The reality is much tougher
The Times
September 21, 2024
Boatbuilder ‘seeking £186m from Mike Lynch’s widow and Bayesian crew’
Court papers cite reputational damage and loss of earnings from superyacht sinking
The Times
September 21, 2024
A disturbing encounter with one of Gisèle Pelicot’s 51 alleged rapists
As his wife quietly serves coffee, a nurse charged at the trial in Avignon tries to portray himself as a victim
The Times
September 21, 2024
The forgotten families who have to live in old office blocks
On the front lines of Britain’s housing crisis, residents say their converted homes are dark and mouldy. They were told it was temporary — b...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Elizabeth Hurley: I only wear a bra in bed
High heels, catsuits and gardening in low-rise jeans: the actress opens up her wardrobe
The Times
September 21, 2024
Tech neck? The simple stretches to stop you seizing up in middle age
Workouts don’t need to be hell — experts think short drills can keep deskbound workers mobile for life
The Times
September 21, 2024
The test that told me a gum infection caused my breast cancer
Rosamund Dean visits a clinic that says it can pinpoint the origin of her disease
The Times
September 21, 2024
The strange rise of Paula Vennells: ‘She just wasn’t very good’
Malicious, incompetent or misunderstood? As the Post Office inquiry enters its final stage, the former CEO faces a reckoning. Oliver Shah sp...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Doctors thought them untreatable. Then the cancer drugs arrived
A pharmaceutical breakthrough will revolutionise the way hard-to-treat tumours are targeted by degrading the mutated proteins that trigger t...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Is the cult of celebrity eating the BBC?
The Huw Edwards scandal shows how the unchecked power of ‘talent’ is undermining the corporation at a critical moment, writes its former hea...
The Times
September 21, 2024
My time in Mossad is secret — except for one unique mission
A former commander explains what makes Israel’s intelligence service so feared: long memory, ingenuity and an apparent ability to strike wit...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Why having a hi-tech car is about to make your insurance cheaper
For the first time this century the industry is rethinking how it evaluates risk
The Times
September 21, 2024
Albania’s asylum fortress has caught Keir Starmer’s eye
36,000 migrants a year will be taken from Italy to a centre that one local worker compared to Guantanamo Bay. The prime minister is watching...
The Times
September 21, 2024
The cruise delayed for so long that strangers ended up engaged
Passengers on a round-the-world trip were were told to go home or spend months in Belfast — some made the most of it
The Times
September 21, 2024
Is rugby really too dangerous for school?
Horror stories of injury are driving down participation, but the sport also keeps us happy and fit. A Rugby School alumna tackles the parent...
The Times
September 21, 2024
My favourite recipes for a healthy gut
Easy dishes from the nutrition guru’s new cookbook
The Times
September 21, 2024
I didn’t celebrate my prison release — I have nowhere to go
Neil Norman, who was let out in the same week as Labour’s early release scheme, says the instability can tip people back into addiction and...
The Times
September 21, 2024
The village school flooded — so I let them use my castle
The Earl of Devon explains why he welcomed 60 pupils to join the donkeys and alpacas on his ‘magical’ Powderham estate
The Times
September 21, 2024
Farewell to TGI Fridays — time for one last bubblegum daiquiri
Our restaurant critic grew up on the diner’s big portions and big vibes. As the chain enters administration, it’s time for one last round of...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Vive la renovation: how I transformed a French farmhouse
A London fashion designer braved storms and cold snaps to create a family home in the south of France
The Times
September 21, 2024
I saw a walkie-talkie explode — we all feel the fear in Beirut
The prospect of a bomb in your pocket is scarier than any missile Israel can fire. Even children are mourned in the streets
The Times
September 21, 2024
It’s still the economy, stupid, says Clinton’s mastermind
Americans are struggling with soaring prices. James Carville, the ‘Ragin’ Cajun’, warns that to beat Trump, Kamala Harris needs to convince...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Ukraine has a victory plan — but what does victory mean?
Zelensky is about to unveil his latest proposal for peace, but it is unclear whether his allies think the enemy can actually be expelled, a...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Party through the back pain: 30 years of rock’n’roll with the Wiggles
The children’s band packs venues around the world and even has its own cruises, but there is one place left to conquer: Britain
The Times
September 21, 2024
What went wrong on the Titan sub? The inquiry is starting to answer
A hearing into the deaths of five people on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic reveals a catalogue of safety concerns and mistakes by OceanGat...
The Times
September 21, 2024
John Caudwell: I’m selling £200m flats but only to moral buyers
The self-made billionaire is building Britain’s most expensive development in Mayfair, and he wants ‘the world’s most prestigious people’ to...
The Times
September 21, 2024
The Afghan station defying Taliban and giving women a voice
Saad Mohseni says his news channel has more female broadcasters than ever but he has sleepless nights about navigating grey areas under the...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Andrew Neil: ‘I’d rather cut my arm off than listen to Alastair Campbell’
The veteran broadcaster is taking to the airwaves — but what does he make of podcast rivals The News Agents and The Rest Is Politics?
The Times
September 21, 2024
Who knows more about WFH — a career politician or a boss with 1.5m employees?
Labour should leave decisions on flexible working to the parties that know best: employers themselves
The Times
September 21, 2024
Starmer’s no Blair — his cronies had swagger. Keir’s only have the hypocrisy
The electorate said goodbye to one group of venal chancers to put a semi-competent middle manager in charge. It’s gone wrong with impressive...
The Times
September 21, 2024
If you think we’re past peak woke, we may not even be halfway up that hill
Unconscious bias training and cancellation are mainstream for the young. Just wait until they’re in charge
The Times
September 21, 2024
The Jewish Chronicle: a tiny row with a huge impact on us
The newspaper’s fabricated stories put British Jews in an impossible bind
The Times
September 21, 2024
I knew Mohamed Al Fayed and his vicious inferiority complex
Libel law and a supine establishment let the rapist Harrods owner escape justice. His unauthorised biographer says those who knew the truth...
The Times
September 21, 2024
David Lammy’s latest joke is to back ethnic cleansing
The foreign secretary’s gaffes once seemed funny. But now they matter
The Times
September 21, 2024
Guess who’s back, briefly, at the Reform after-party*
Richard Tice I’m in the green room, chaps. I’ve got the champers on iceLee Anderson Mate, I don’t do your fancy green rooms. I’m a man of th...
Metro
September 21, 2024
Daily horoscope: September 22, 2024 astrological predictions for your star sign
'Relax and enjoy the flirtatious energy in the air.'
The Times
September 21, 2024
Jeremy Clarkson: Only Brits treat squirrels like a horde of velociraptors
You’re more likely to be killed by your trousers than by the creatures that roamed our lands last week. So why the terror?
The Times
September 21, 2024
Are government officials like Sue Gray really overpaid?
As civil service pay is ever more politicised, it’s becoming harder to attract staff of the highest calibre
The Times
September 21, 2024
Labour has a job to do, so the silly distractions must end
The party needs to get the basics right to enjoy the political benefits of an economy that is ready to grow
The Times
September 21, 2024
Our universities are flawed but can still inspire the world
Institutions may benefit from being freed from state control, which would allow them to set fees and increase degree apprenticeship numbers
The Times
September 21, 2024
Sunday Times letters: Unhealthy lifestyles hindering the NHS
Robert Colvile argues that the NHS bill can be lowered if “we become a healthier country” (The NHS can’t fix what’s already broken: too many...
The Times
September 21, 2024
100 years ago: spiteful monkeys and squirrels up the chimney
From The Sunday Times, September 21, 1924
The Times
September 21, 2024
Readers’ poll: would you let your child play contact rugby?
We report today that school rugby is in decline. Participation has fallen from 9.7 per cent to 8.3 per cent of children aged 5-16 in just fo...
The Times
September 21, 2024
Global investors warn Labour: UK utilities are ‘off our radar’
Sovereign wealth and pension funds tell minister unpredictable rules on infrastructure force them to invest elsewhere
The Times
September 21, 2024