Wednesday September 24 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves chat ahead of a celebratory concert.
Cabinet ministers to recommend lifting two-child benefit cap

Starmer to be urged by taskforce before the budget to make the change — but it will cost £3bn a year when Rachel Reeves is trying to plug a spending gap

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, speaking at a press conference.
UPDATED
Burnham attacks ‘divisive’ Starmer days before Labour conference
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham speaking to the media outside the Methodist Central Hall.
ANALYSIS
Roll up, roll up for the will-he, won’t-he Andy Burnham Show
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
UCLH Professor Ed Wild, Jack May-Davis, and UCLH Professor Sarah Tabrizi in front of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
UPDATED
Huntington’s disease is treated successfully for the first time
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Georgia Scarff, 16, smiling in hiking gear with a backpack and walking stick in a hilly, rural landscape.
Girl, 16, ‘found boarding difficult’ at elite school before her death
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
Collage of paracetamol capsules, a mosquito, and a person scratching an itchy arm.
Vilified by Trump — but paracetamol’s potential is just being revealed
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NEW
Mental health benefit claims hit 250 a day in Labour’s first year

More than 600,000 people get personal independence payments for anxiety, depression and mood disorders, and the rise has been fastest among under-25s

57 minutes ago
Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest person who lived to be 117.
NEW
Maria lived to 117. Was it thanks to eating three yoghurts a day?

Doctors have analysed the genetics and lifestyle of Maria Branyas Morera to uncover how she avoided illness in her old age

UPDATED
Family of three arrive from France as first ‘one in, one out’ migrants

Their arrival comes after four migrants were sent back across the Channel as part of the new arrangement

A black and white image capturing activity on a boat at night.
UPDATED
Thunberg’s flotilla blasted with Abba songs in latest drone assault

Explosives were dropped on the Global Sumud vessels and their communications were blocked by a strike that activists have blamed on Israel

58 minutes ago
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Illustration of a Joaquinraptor, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, with a smaller dinosaur in its mouth, surrounded by foliage.
NEW
Newly discovered apex predator dinosaur died chewing on a crocodile
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles
Football
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
NEW
Starmer’s website used text from Morgan McSweeney’s think tank speech
Viscountess Cobham and David Mellor posing for a photograph outside their home.
The MP and the viscountess: 30 years on, scandal-hit pair sell up
Property & Home
Emma Watson attends the Earthshot Prize 2021.
Emma Watson: ‘My shame is everywhere’ after speeding ban
Charlie, a light-colored donkey, and Kenco, a dark-colored donkey, standing close together in a grassy field.
A rescued donkey finds love — and other news in pictures
NEW
Farage to urge Bank of England governor to cut interest rates
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Editor's picks

Group of emperor penguin chicks huddled together in a breeding colony.
INTERVIEW
The last emperors? The Brit trying to save our favourite penguin

Their Antarctic colonies are endangered and numbers have plummeted. Tom Whipple meets the scientist warning of the crisis facing the emperor penguin

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INTERVIEW
Denise Lewis: ‘I’m 53. It’s the first time I’ve worn suspenders’
Athletics
Collage of a man hugging a cricket player and a family posing at a cricket ground.
INTERVIEW
MIKE ATHERTON
‘We still expect to see him on the pitch’ — dad of cricketer who died aged 20
Cricket
A man and woman standing on steps, having a conversation.
REVIEW
Slow Horses is back — Jackson Lamb and his spies are still glorious fun
TV & Radio
Collage of Harriet Walker, Nadine Dorries, and Serena Williams.
Fat jab fashion: I’m a Mounjaro dresser — it changes your style
Fashion
Collage of a woman and Anne, Princess Royal holding a bouquet of flowers next to displayed lingerie.
COMMENT
CAROL MIDGLEY
Princess Anne’s fetish undies photo almost makes you forget about Fergie. Almost
Royal family
Oxford University graduate.
It took only a term at Oxford to lose my Grimsby accent
Sex & Relationships
A man and woman standing on steps, having a conversation.
REVIEW
Slow Horses is back — Jackson Lamb and his spies are still glorious fun
TV & Radio
Collage of Harriet Walker, Nadine Dorries, and Serena Williams.
Fat jab fashion: I’m a Mounjaro dresser — it changes your style
Fashion
Collage of a woman and Anne, Princess Royal holding a bouquet of flowers next to displayed lingerie.
COMMENT
CAROL MIDGLEY
Princess Anne’s fetish undies photo almost makes you forget about Fergie. Almost
Royal family
Oxford University graduate.
It took only a term at Oxford to lose my Grimsby accent
Sex & Relationships
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INTERVIEW
Denise Lewis: ‘I’m 53. It’s the first time I’ve worn suspenders’
Athletics
Collage of a man hugging a cricket player and a family posing at a cricket ground.
INTERVIEW
MIKE ATHERTON
‘We still expect to see him on the pitch’ — dad of cricketer who died aged 20
Cricket

World

A crashed white drone with a number "6131695" on its tail lies in a field of short dry grass.
UPDATED
IN DEPTH
The Nato dilemma: when is it right to shoot down a Russian drone?

As aircraft encroach into allied airspace, frontline states call for tougher action while others fear that one wrong move could trigger World War Three

8 minutes ago
Collage of Donald Trump speaking at a podium, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the United Nations logo.
ANALYSIS
Trump says Ukraine can win back its land, but Putin is still smiling
Russia-Ukraine war
Santiago Abascal, leader of VOX and president of Patriots for Europe, salutes at a rally in Madrid.
IN DEPTH
The rise of Vox — the voice of Spain’s anti-immigration right
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
Collage of a Camembert cheese, a man in traditional French attire, a banner, and a "Camembert" road sign.
Knights of the round cheese: camembert makers appeal to Unesco
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
A multilateral meeting with Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prabowo Subianto, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and King Abdullah II.
Trump to Arab leaders: I won’t let Israel annex West Bank
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London
Zhang Yadi standing by a body of water with a rock formation in the background.
China detains student activist before she can move to London

Comment

a woman wearing a blue jacket and white shirt smiles for the camera
JULIET SAMUELFailing Starmership Enterprise needs its Scotty

Despite his faults, chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is the one crew member with the nerve and grit to prop up the captain

Illustration of a small soldier leading a decomposing bear with a Russian military hat, with the soldier saying, "Russia is a bear - not a tiger. There's no such thing as a paper bear." and the bear asking, "What about a dead bear?".

Cartoon by Ella Baron

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EDWARD LUCASHit Putin hard now or attacks will worsen
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
HUGO RIFKINDDrop the Trump fixation, Sir Ed, and get serious
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JANICE TURNER | NOTEBOOKSoft spaniels and hotdogs on the train to Ukraine
Portrait of Iqbal Jawad.
JAWAD IQBAL | THUNDERERNew bin collection masterplan is just a load of rubbish
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EDWARD LUCASHit Putin hard now or attacks will worsen
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Portrait of Iqbal Jawad.
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
Portrait of Iqbal Jawad.
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Life & Style

A woman with long dark hair, seen from behind, sitting in a pink armchair in a room with a light green wall and wooden floor.
FIRST PERSON
I said I didn’t want to be alive. ‘Look on the bright side,’ the NHS told me

What happens if your mental health deteriorates so badly that you cry out for help? One woman reveals the shocking, and laughable, treatment she received

Health & Fitness
38 minutes ago
A kitchen with an orange floor, blue cabinets, dark wood paneling, and a bright yellow Smeg refrigerator.
NEW
If a Smeg isn’t cool enough, what do we freeze our ice cubes in now?
Property & Home
38 minutes ago
Jack Lopresti, a former MP and member of the International Legion, poses near Mykhailivsky Cathedral and the memorial wall for fallen soldiers in Kyiv.
NEW
TOM NEWTON DUNN
The ex-Tory MP fighting for Ukraine’s survival
38 minutes ago
Collage of Deborah Ross, Lord Peter Mandelson, and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
DEBORAH ROSS
How to spot a convicted paedophile (it’s much harder than you think)
Collage of Heidi Klum, a woman with dark hair and a yellow shirt, and Prince Andrew.
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
Tattle Life broke the golden rule of celebrity gossip: it’s meant to be fun
Collage of three models wearing dresses and thigh-high boots.
NEW
The best new boots — they’re so baggy they look as if they may fall off
Fashion
38 minutes ago
Dr. Martin Griffiths, wearing blue scrubs, sits on a yellow chair in a hospital hallway with a reception desk visible in the background.
‘It’s like the apocalypse.’ The London surgeon saving lives in Gaza
Health & Fitness
Collage of Deborah Ross, Lord Peter Mandelson, and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
DEBORAH ROSS
How to spot a convicted paedophile (it’s much harder than you think)
Collage of Heidi Klum, a woman with dark hair and a yellow shirt, and Prince Andrew.
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
Tattle Life broke the golden rule of celebrity gossip: it’s meant to be fun
Collage of three models wearing dresses and thigh-high boots.
NEW
The best new boots — they’re so baggy they look as if they may fall off
Fashion
38 minutes ago
Dr. Martin Griffiths, wearing blue scrubs, sits on a yellow chair in a hospital hallway with a reception desk visible in the background.
‘It’s like the apocalypse.’ The London surgeon saving lives in Gaza
Health & Fitness
A kitchen with an orange floor, blue cabinets, dark wood paneling, and a bright yellow Smeg refrigerator.
NEW
If a Smeg isn’t cool enough, what do we freeze our ice cubes in now?
Property & Home
38 minutes ago
Jack Lopresti, a former MP and member of the International Legion, poses near Mykhailivsky Cathedral and the memorial wall for fallen soldiers in Kyiv.
NEW
TOM NEWTON DUNN
The ex-Tory MP fighting for Ukraine’s survival
38 minutes ago

Business

Allison Kirkby, BT Group Chief Executive, smiling in front of the BT Group logo.
High tax and red tape deter investment in UK, business chiefs warn
A blue Land Rover undergoing body assembly at a factory.
Jaguar Land Rover was ‘not insured’ for disastrous cyberattack
Patrick Hosking byline
Patrick HoskingCosta was a deeply puzzling departure for Coca-Cola
a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneJaguar Land Rover is big enough to support its own suppliers
Bank governor hints at interest rate cuts if inflation cools
Angola joins the bidding for a strategic stake in De Beers
Historic church tower suspended on stilts for Axa’s City skyscraper
98% of adults living with parents cannot afford their own home
Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference.
Bank governor hints at interest rate cuts if inflation cools
Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Angola's petroleum minister, speaking at the Investing in African Mining Indaba.
Angola joins the bidding for a strategic stake in De Beers
The 700-year-old Tower of All Hallows Staining church, suspended on stilts 45 feet above ground in the middle of a 60,000 sq ft excavation.
Historic church tower suspended on stilts for Axa’s City skyscraper
Young couple looking in an estate agent's window displaying property listings.
98% of adults living with parents cannot afford their own home
Patrick Hosking byline
Patrick HoskingCosta was a deeply puzzling departure for Coca-Cola
a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneJaguar Land Rover is big enough to support its own suppliers

Sport

Coleen Rooney and Wayne Rooney at Nordoff Robbins' Legends of Football event.
‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’ — Rooney opens up on alcohol struggles

Former United striker talks candidly about his two-day binges after matches, how Jonathan Ross’s insults still hurt 20 years on and his woes in the dugout

Football
Justin Rose during a press conference for the 2025 Ryder Cup.
RYDER CUP | RICK BROADBENT
One last dance for future captain Rose — and his secrets to the perfect pairing
Golf
Betis' Antony celebrates after scoring during the Europa League soccer match.
NEW
EUROPA LEAGUE
Antony denies Ange first win as Forest’s 30-year wait ends in frustration
Football
Eberechi Eze of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal.
NEW
CARABAO CUP
Eze gets first goal to help sluggish Arsenal (eventually) get the job done
Football
Collage of a man holding a rugby ball and a man sitting on the ground wearing a bucket hat.
INTERVIEW
Barbeary: After Glastonbury I wanted to show I wasn’t still on the piss
Rugby union
England's Harry Brook.
Key: Brook is better leader than Pope — that’s why he’s new Test vice-captain
Cricket
US President Donald Trump reacts as he plays golf in Scotland.
RYDER CUP
Vapes, umbrellas and folding chairs banned over Trump security fears
Golf
Eberechi Eze of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal.
NEW
CARABAO CUP
Eze gets first goal to help sluggish Arsenal (eventually) get the job done
Football
Collage of a man holding a rugby ball and a man sitting on the ground wearing a bucket hat.
INTERVIEW
Barbeary: After Glastonbury I wanted to show I wasn’t still on the piss
Rugby union
England's Harry Brook.
Key: Brook is better leader than Pope — that’s why he’s new Test vice-captain
Cricket
US President Donald Trump reacts as he plays golf in Scotland.
RYDER CUP
Vapes, umbrellas and folding chairs banned over Trump security fears
Golf
Justin Rose during a press conference for the 2025 Ryder Cup.
RYDER CUP | RICK BROADBENT
One last dance for future captain Rose — and his secrets to the perfect pairing
Golf
Betis' Antony celebrates after scoring during the Europa League soccer match.
NEW
EUROPA LEAGUE
Antony denies Ange first win as Forest’s 30-year wait ends in frustration
Football
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Culture

Booker Prize 2025 judges group photo featuring Roddy Doyle, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Chris Power, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kiley Reid.
COMMENT
JOHANNA THOMAS-CORR
The Booker jury is right, there are too many bad novels (and I should know)

Roddy Doyle has complained about the standard of novels submitted for this year’s prize — that’s because literary fiction is having a crisis of confidence

Books
Mariah Carey performing live on stage during Brighton Pride 2025.
REVIEW
Mariah Carey is back — and the diva to end all divas needs better songs
Music
Tim Berners-Lee speaking at the Web Summit 2018.
REVIEW
MEMOIR
Don’t panic, it’ll all be fine — Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the internet
Romesh Ranganathan crouching on a red circular platform with a red and pink background.
REVIEW
JAMES MARRIOTT ON PODCASTS
Romesh Ranganathan Show — I’m sick of celebs interviewing celebs
TV & Radio
Andrew O’Hagan and Edna O’Brien holding hands.
REVIEW
MEMOIR
Here’s why friends are more important than family
Books
RAYE performing at Ronnie Scott's.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Raye at Ronnie Scott’s — euphoric hysteria at 2am in the home of jazz
Music
Anna Haugh, new judge on MasterChef: The Professionals.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Waterloo Road
TV & Radio
Romesh Ranganathan crouching on a red circular platform with a red and pink background.
REVIEW
JAMES MARRIOTT ON PODCASTS
Romesh Ranganathan Show — I’m sick of celebs interviewing celebs
TV & Radio
Andrew O’Hagan and Edna O’Brien holding hands.
REVIEW
MEMOIR
Here’s why friends are more important than family
Books
RAYE performing at Ronnie Scott's.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Raye at Ronnie Scott’s — euphoric hysteria at 2am in the home of jazz
Music
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The Lofoten Islands, Norway
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The Langley, a luxury hotel in Buckinghamshire.
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High Force Waterfall in Teesdale.
Seven of the UK’s best walks for waterfall views
People on a rock formation in the Similan Islands, Thailand
Hot tips for exploring in and around gorgeous Phuket
The Lofoten Islands, Norway
New to cruising? Our go-to guide will help find the best line for you
The Langley, a luxury hotel in Buckinghamshire.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury country hotel break for two worth up to £2,770 at the Langley
High Force Waterfall in Teesdale.
Seven of the UK’s best walks for waterfall views
People on a rock formation in the Similan Islands, Thailand
Hot tips for exploring in and around gorgeous Phuket
Vanoise National Park with snow-capped summits and a person standing on a rock.
The quiet alternative to the Tour du Mont Blanc hiking trail
A man with a girl on his shoulders enjoying a break in the fields at Wroxham Barns in Norfolk
These are the UK’s top family-friendly weekend breaks

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