Ethics chief threatens to resign over No 10 parties
updatedBoris Johnson’s ethics adviser has threatened to quit over the Downing Street parties scandal after concluding that there were “legitimate” questions about whether the prime minister breached the ministerial code. Lord Geidt, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, said Johnson’s breach...Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser has threatened to quit over the Downing Street parties scandal after concluding that there were “legitimate” questions about whether the prime minister breached the ministerial code. Lord Geidt, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, said Johnson’s breach...Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser has threatened to quit over the Downing Street parties scandal after concluding that there were...
TRAVEL CHAOS
Shapps accuses airlines of causing chaos with ‘serious overselling’
updatedAirlines and travel companies have prompted a wave of travel chaos by “seriously overselling flights and holidays” that they are not able to deliver, the transport secretary has said. In a strongly worded critique of the aviation sector, Grant Shapps insisted the government had “done its part” to avert the travel disruption that is...Airlines and travel companies have prompted a wave of travel chaos by “seriously overselling flights and holidays” that they are not able to deliver, the transport secretary has said. In a strongly worded critique of the aviation sector, Grant Shapps insisted the government had “done its part” to avert the travel disruption that is...Airlines and travel companies have prompted a wave of travel chaos by “seriously overselling flights and holidays” that they...
PLATINUM JUBILEE
Queen’s jet forced to abort landing during lightning storm
The Queen’s jet was forced to abort a landing in London yesterday when it was caught in a lightning storm. She was travelling from Balmoral to join Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Her flight left Aberdeen at about 1pm during a downpour and circled for 15 minutes when it reached the capital. The Sun reported that the...The Queen’s jet was forced to abort a landing in London yesterday when it was caught in a...The Queen’s jet was forced to abort a landing in London yesterday when it was caught in a...
PLATINUM JUBILEE
An enduring presence at the heart of her ever-changing nation
HEALTH
GP shortage leaves doctors in some areas with 2,500 patients
The shortage of GPs in England has led to a stark postcode lottery in care, with patients in some areas having half...The shortage of GPs in England has led to a stark postcode lottery in care, with patients in some...The shortage of GPs in England has led to a stark postcode lottery in care, with patients in some...
HEALTH
Five-year wait for cervical check is safe, study finds
Women only need smear tests once every five years instead of every three, according to experts. A “monumental” study...Women only need smear tests once every five years instead of every three, according to experts. A...Women only need smear tests once every five years instead of every three, according to experts. A...
WAR IN UKRAINE
Biden faces backlash over supply of rockets to Kyiv
war in ukraine
Refugee in UK spots possessions on top of Russian tank
richard spencer | dispatch
‘My daughter and two grandsons are dead — and we can’t even bury them’
war in ukraine
British fighters ‘are treated as cannon-fodder’
TRAVEL CHAOS
Blame game heats up as delays and axed flights hit passengers
The holiday plans of thousands of travellers have been left in disarray after dozens more flights were cancelled and a blame game broke out over who was responsible for the crisis. Holidaymakers called for the government to...The holiday plans of thousands of travellers have been left in disarray after dozens more flights were cancelled and a blame game broke out over who was responsible for the crisis. Holidaymakers called for the government to...The holiday plans of thousands of travellers have been left in disarray after dozens more flights were cancelled and...
Crime
£1m fine for selling knives to children
Large retailers found guilty of selling knives to children should be fined as much as £1 million, judges were told in sentencing proposals published today. The guidance from the Sentencing Council, which advises judges in...Large retailers found guilty of selling knives to children should be fined as much as £1 million, judges were told in sentencing proposals published today. The guidance from the Sentencing Council, which advises judges in...Large retailers found guilty of selling knives to children should be fined as much as £1 million, judges were told in...
First night | Theatre
The Glass Menagerie — Hollywood star pulls off a touching turnaround
★★★☆☆ Is there enough star power to keep the revival aloft? The casting of the Hollywood luminary Amy Adams as Amanda Wingfield, the troubled matriarch in this early work by Tennessee Williams, may be the main selling point. Whether the gambit...★★★☆☆ Is there enough star power to keep the revival aloft? The casting of the Hollywood luminary...★★★☆☆ Is there enough star power to keep the revival aloft? The casting of the Hollywood luminary...
politics
Johnson pins hope on Covid-style briefings about economic crisis
Boris Johnson is planning to hold monthly pandemic-style press conferences on the economy and the cost of living...Boris Johnson is planning to hold monthly pandemic-style press conferences on the economy and the...Boris Johnson is planning to hold monthly pandemic-style press conferences on the economy and the...
the times diary
Royal power to seduce
“I am a French republican,” says the chef Raymond Blanc, although that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been tempted to try...
“I am a French republican,” says the chef Raymond Blanc, although that doesn’t mean he hasn’t...
“I am a French republican,” says the chef Raymond Blanc, although that doesn’t mean he hasn’t...
PLATINUM JUBILEE
The Queen summoned me to her family dinner — crikey!
Charles Rae, 73, Watford
As a reporter covering the royals, I met the Queen many times, but one of the most...Charles Rae, 73, Watford
As a reporter covering the royals, I met the Queen many times, but one of the most memorable was South Africa in 1999. She was taking an official salute with President Thabo Mbeki and the press were standing on some sort of concrete dais. What we did not know is that the cannons had...Charles Rae, 73, Watford
As a reporter covering the royals, I met the Queen many times, but one of the most memorable was...
Platinum Jubilee
Sussexes plan ‘low-profile’ return to UK
PLATINUM JUBILEE
A timeline of the Queen’s reign
platinum jubilee
Roads close and brollies open for four-day party
PLATINUM JUBILEE
How to host a Platinum Jubilee street party
PLATINUM JUBILEE
Stays fit for a Queen: 70 years of royal globetrotting
PLATINUM JUBILEE
Raise a glass (or two)! The best wines and fizz
Grieving town begins to bury its dead
A 16-day streak of funerals began in Uvalde last night as the grieving Texas community marked the start of the school summer break by burying the first of its classroom shooting victims. In a customised coffin decorated with her favourite childhood themes, Amerie Jo Garza, a ten-year-old girl with “a heart of gold”, was driven past Robb Elementary School one last time...A 16-day streak of funerals began in Uvalde last night as the grieving Texas community marked the...A 16-day streak of funerals began in Uvalde last night as the grieving Texas community marked the...
Trudeau makes point to neighbours with ban on sale of handguns
Canada is to introduce a “national freeze” on handgun ownership with legislation to ban them being bought and sold in...Canada is to introduce a “national freeze” on handgun ownership with legislation to ban them being bought and sold in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting in the United States. Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, said magazines of more than five bullets would also be banned in legislation expected to be passed in...Canada is to introduce a “national freeze” on handgun ownership with legislation to ban them being bought and sold in the wake...
Scholz accused of comparing climate activists to Nazis
Germany’s chancellor has been accused of comparing climate activists to Nazis when he rebuked a group of hecklers. During a panel discussion in Stuttgart Olaf Scholz was interrupted by a pair of protesters, one of whom tried to...Germany’s chancellor has been accused of comparing climate activists to Nazis when he rebuked a group of hecklers. During a panel discussion in Stuttgart Olaf Scholz was interrupted by a pair of protesters, one of whom tried to...Germany’s chancellor has been accused of comparing climate activists to Nazis when he rebuked a group of hecklers.
Billion meth tablets seized in ‘Golden Triangle’ drug boom
A billion tablets of methamphetamine were seized across Asia last year amid warnings that political instability and conflict are allowing drug production to surge to record levels in the so-called Golden Triangle. The haul of...A billion tablets of methamphetamine were seized across Asia last year amid warnings that political instability and conflict are allowing drug production to surge to record levels in the so-called Golden Triangle. The haul of...A billion tablets of methamphetamine were seized across Asia last year amid warnings that political instability and...
Images of Byzantine battle enrage Greeks
A provocative 3D light show depicting the Islamic conquest of Constantinople and a fresh vow by President Erdogan to consign modern Byzantines to the “dustbin of history” have sparked fury in Greece, aggravating the already strained relations...A provocative 3D light show depicting the Islamic conquest of Constantinople and a fresh vow by...A provocative 3D light show depicting the Islamic conquest of Constantinople and a fresh vow by...
BUSINESS
House price rise defies forecasts
Average home now costs £269,914
House prices rose for a tenth consecutive month in May but the pace of growth continued to slow as higher interest rates and the fall in take-home pay fed through to demand. Prices increased by a better-than-expected 11.2 per cent in the year to last month, down from 12.1 per cent recorded in...House prices rose for a tenth consecutive month in May but the pace of growth continued to slow as higher interest rates and the fall in take-home pay fed through to demand. Prices increased by a better-than-expected 11.2 per cent in the year to last month, down from 12.1 per cent recorded in...House prices rose for a tenth consecutive month in May but the pace of growth continued to slow as higher interest rates and...
‘Barrage of headwinds’ blows manufacturing off course
newFalling production in the UK’s consumer goods industry dragged output in the manufacturing sector to a seven-month low in May as factories worldwide battled spiralling costs and supply chain disruption. Growth in Britain’s factory sector slowed last month, according to a closely-watched survey of purchasing managers, driven by global supply...Falling production in the UK’s consumer goods industry dragged output in the manufacturing sector to a seven-month low in May as factories worldwide battled spiralling costs and supply chain disruption. Growth in Britain’s factory sector slowed last month, according to a closely-watched survey of purchasing managers, driven by global supply...Falling production in the UK’s consumer goods industry dragged output in the manufacturing sector to a seven-month low in May...
Dr Martens sales kick up a gear
Sales at Dr Martens have beaten expectations prompting the business to upgrade guidance, despite a string of supply chain challenges that had been weighing on the bootmaker’s shares. The company has reported an 18 per cent rise in sales to £908.3 million for the year to the end of March while pre-tax profits more...Sales at Dr Martens have beaten expectations prompting the business to upgrade guidance, despite...Sales at Dr Martens have beaten expectations prompting the business to upgrade guidance, despite...
Billionaire activist takes seat on Unilever’s board
Unilever’s bosses are holding urgent meetings with staff and leading investors about its strategy after welcoming Nelson Peltz, the high-profile activist, on to its board. Shares in Unilever rose yesterday by 329½p, or 9.4...Unilever’s bosses are holding urgent meetings with staff and leading investors about its strategy after welcoming Nelson Peltz, the high-profile activist, on to its board. Shares in Unilever rose yesterday by 329½p, or 9.4...Unilever’s bosses are holding urgent meetings with staff and leading investors about its strategy after welcoming...
What does future hold for consumer goods giant as Peltz steps in?
Nelson Peltz’s first breakfast meeting with Unilever’s Alan Jope was about ice cream, and it’s likely to remain a topic of conversation between the two men. Last September, the billionaire founder of Trian Fund Management met...Nelson Peltz’s first breakfast meeting with Unilever’s Alan Jope was about ice cream, and it’s likely to remain a topic of conversation between the two men. Last September, the billionaire founder of Trian Fund Management met...Nelson Peltz’s first breakfast meeting with Unilever’s Alan Jope was about ice cream, and it’s likely to remain a...
business commentary
Things are about to get interesting
Profits dry up as rising costs hurt water group
The inflation crisis will blow a £60 million hole in the operating costs of the South West Water group this year, putting further pressure on already falling profits. Revenues at Pennon increased last year as second-homers and others flocked to...The inflation crisis will blow a £60 million hole in the operating costs of the South West Water...The inflation crisis will blow a £60 million hole in the operating costs of the South West Water...
Comment
Investing in illiquid assets would be a big boost for pensions
With the demise of final-salary defined benefit pensions, more and more people will rely on defined contribution...With the demise of final-salary defined benefit pensions, more and more people will rely on...With the demise of final-salary defined benefit pensions, more and more people will rely on...
Pair convicted of Amazon tree-planting fraud
Two men who marketed “ethical” tree plantations in the Amazon rainforest have been convicted of swindling £37 million...Two men who marketed “ethical” tree plantations in the Amazon rainforest have been convicted of...Two men who marketed “ethical” tree plantations in the Amazon rainforest have been convicted of...
Chinese factories struggle to recover after lockdowns
Supply chain disruptions continued to hit China’s factories in May, as manufacturers in the world’s second-largest economy struggled to recover from rolling Covid-19 lockdowns in the country’s biggest cities. Official data from China’s...Supply chain disruptions continued to hit China’s factories in May, as manufacturers in the...Supply chain disruptions continued to hit China’s factories in May, as manufacturers in the...
French Open
Sensational Nadal triumphs in Paris late-night classic
The 59th meeting between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was so long that it started in May and finished in June. After four hours and 12 minutes, finally it came to an end at 1.15am local time with Nadal stamping his authority as the King of Clay in an intense French Open quarter-final. Despite the concerns of Nadal and his camp over the prospect of playing at night...The 59th meeting between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was so long that it started in May and...The 59th meeting between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was so long that it started in May and...
FOOTBALL
Zouma sentenced to 180 hours of community service for kicking pet cat
newKurt Zouma has been ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service and banned from keeping cats for five years.Kurt Zouma has been ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service and banned from keeping cats for five years. The West Ham United defender last week pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat, after which he was asked to see a probation officer before sentencing. Zouma, 27, wore a black suit and a...Kurt Zouma has been ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service and banned from keeping cats for five years. The West...
Football | Matt Lawton
Uefa stick with serial-gambling ethics chief who bet against own team
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Cricket | Mike Atherton
Time for tinkering Pope to prove he can be trusted at critical No 3 position
Dan Christian, the Australia all-rounder, is one of the game’s more thoughtful cricketers and in a recently...Dan Christian, the Australia all-rounder, is one of the game’s more thoughtful cricketers and in...Dan Christian, the Australia all-rounder, is one of the game’s more thoughtful cricketers and in...
Football
Meet France’s heir to Kanté: why Real are coughing up £68m for ‘monster of ball recovery’ Tchouaméni
newIf there is an absence of panic in France with regard to the knowledge that, aged 31 and increasingly bedevilled by...If there is an absence of panic in France with regard to the knowledge that, aged 31 and...If there is an absence of panic in France with regard to the knowledge that, aged 31 and...
french open
Zverev puts the brakes on boy wonder Alcaraz
Football | Henry Winter
Maguire ‘surprised’ when England fans booed him but says he is his own biggest critic
Football | Owen Slot
War galvanised Croatian sport and drove it to new heights – will it do the same for Ukraine?
On the sporting field, the backdrop of war can be intensely powerful. Ukraine play Scotland on Wednesday in a World...On the sporting field, the backdrop of war can be intensely powerful. Ukraine play Scotland on...On the sporting field, the backdrop of war can be intensely powerful. Ukraine play Scotland on...
rugby union
‘Eddie will need a cunning plan against an improving Australia’
Eddie Jones has been told he will need a trick up his sleeve if England are to extend their winning run against...Eddie Jones has been told he will need a trick up his sleeve if England are to extend their...Eddie Jones has been told he will need a trick up his sleeve if England are to extend their...
Football
Real Madrid fans claim they were also pepper-sprayed and robbed during final chaos
Real Madrid fans have recalled similar horror stories to Liverpool supporters over the treatment they received at the Champions League final on Saturday, dismissing the notion the issues were solely caused by fans of the Merseyside club.Real Madrid fans have recalled similar horror stories to Liverpool supporters over the treatment...Real Madrid fans have recalled similar horror stories to Liverpool supporters over the treatment...
cricket | will young interview
English harmony fuelling Young’s quest to become ‘Evergreen’ Kiwi
Football
Is this the UK’s final glimpse of Messi?
In March 1960, Elvis Presley stopped over at the US airbase in Prestwick and spent a couple of hours mingling with the Ayrshire locals, in what turned out to be the only occasion he set foot on British soil. When Lionel Messi captains Argentina in...In March 1960, Elvis Presley stopped over at the US airbase in Prestwick and spent a couple of...In March 1960, Elvis Presley stopped over at the US airbase in Prestwick and spent a couple of...
rugby union
‘We have to hold him back in training’ – Steward lauded after collecting awards double
Steve Borthwick, the Leicester Tigers head coach, is adamant the awards being collected by Freddie Steward this...Steve Borthwick, the Leicester Tigers head coach, is adamant the awards being collected by...Steve Borthwick, the Leicester Tigers head coach, is adamant the awards being collected by...
golf | paul forsyth
‘I considered crashing my car to avoid playing’ – Lee reminds us elite sport can be dangerously unhealthy
If golf needed a reminder that the professional game is not all prize money, photoshoots and trophies glinting in the...If golf needed a reminder that the professional game is not all prize money, photoshoots and...If golf needed a reminder that the professional game is not all prize money, photoshoots and...
football
Bellingham: Penalty-miss trio became ‘just black’ after Euro 2020 final loss
Jude Bellingham says he was disturbed by the way in which Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were treated as “just black” rather than English once they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy. Rashford and Sancho, the...Jude Bellingham says he was disturbed by the way in which Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and...Jude Bellingham says he was disturbed by the way in which Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and...
platinum jubilee
I wore the Queen’s clothes for a day (I’m a convert)
My love affair with Her Majesty’s tweed and tartan fashion sense, by Sophia Money-Coutts
Rape — where we are going wrong
Victims ‘digitally strip-searched’, fears of therapy records being seized, low convictions. Women with first-hand experience of the prosecution process tell Helen Rumbelow how to fix things
Woke Love Island? Don’t wreck my guilty pleasure
It’s back, this time with pre-owned thongs! So how PC could the show go . . .
ARTS
My (very) strange night with the ‘Deppford Wives’
Johnny Depp’s fan army hit the Royal Albert Hall on Monday night. So did I, says Martha Gill
What I've learnt
John Lydon: ‘I’ve no animosity against any of the royal family’
London-born singer John Lydon, 66, left school aged 15 and lived in a squat with John “Sid Vicious” Ritchie....London-born singer John Lydon, 66, left school aged 15 and lived in a squat with John...London-born singer John Lydon, 66, left school aged 15 and lived in a squat with John...
Charlie Gowans-Eglinton
Hey boomer, can I move into your second home?
Good news for a little group of baby boomers who will have something extra to celebrate this weekend: their property...Good news for a little group of baby boomers who will have something extra to celebrate this...Good news for a little group of baby boomers who will have something extra to celebrate this...
RELATIVE VALUES
Sting and his son, the musician Joe Sumner
Joe was born in November 1976. I was 24 and a teacher. I knew that the window was closing on any dream I had of making it as a musician. In many ways Joe was the catalyst for realising my dreams. I recognised that while he was a baby he was...Joe was born in November 1976. I was 24 and a teacher. I knew that the window was closing on any...Joe was born in November 1976. I was 24 and a teacher. I knew that the window was closing on any...
first night | theatre
The Dance of Death — a marital ding-dong that’s nicely played but oddly flat
new
FIRST NIGHT | DANCE
Requiem — a flounder through folklore, Mozart and death
new★★☆☆☆
Just two months after delivering his impressive new commission for the Royal Ballet, the American choreographer Kyle Abraham brings his own company to London, with a work that seems a million miles away from the lucid emotion and...★★☆☆☆
Just two months after delivering his impressive new commission for the Royal Ballet...★★☆☆☆
Just two months after delivering his impressive new commission for the Royal Ballet...
INTERVIEW
My culture fix: Ian Rankin
food
Nigella’s right: crisp sarnies are just pure pleasure
The wine bores call it “mouthfeel” — the slightly erotic sensation of food or drink as it rolls sumptuously across...The wine bores call it “mouthfeel” — the slightly erotic sensation of food or drink as it rolls...The wine bores call it “mouthfeel” — the slightly erotic sensation of food or drink as it rolls...
interiors
The eight best garlic presses to buy now
Garlic is the food of the gods in the eyes of foodies, but it is also notoriously fiddly to extract. When you peel...Garlic is the food of the gods in the eyes of foodies, but it is also notoriously fiddly to extract.Garlic is the food of the gods in the eyes of foodies, but it is also notoriously fiddly to extract.
FIRST NIGHT | THEATRE
Bleak Expectations — Dickens with a dash of Monty Python
★★★★☆
Summer hasn’t even arrived yet, so it’s a tad early to be thinking of Yuletide shows. Nonetheless, I can’t help thinking that, come winter, Mark Evans’s mischievous Dickensian pastiche, a fevered mash-up of Victorian melodrama, would make...★★★★☆
Summer hasn’t even arrived yet, so it’s a tad early to be thinking of Yuletide...★★★★☆
Summer hasn’t even arrived yet, so it’s a tad early to be thinking of Yuletide...
video
music review
Depp ignores his troubles to rock it at the Albert Hall
★★★★☆
Talk about upstaging the host. After Johnny Depp made a shock appearance at the Sheffield date of Jeff Beck’s...★★★★☆
Talk about upstaging the host. After Johnny Depp made a shock appearance at the...★★★★☆
Talk about upstaging the host. After Johnny Depp made a shock appearance at the...
BOOKS | BIOGRAPHY
A Wasteland: inside the weird and miserable world of TS Eliot
Solemn, imposing and weathered by age, the elderly TS Eliot stood in the midst of postwar literature like a monument.Solemn, imposing and weathered by age, the elderly TS Eliot stood in the midst of postwar...Solemn, imposing and weathered by age, the elderly TS Eliot stood in the midst of postwar...
MINDGAMES
Word Watch
MindGames
The Times Daily Quiz
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight
Platinum Jubilee
Look who’s back! Inside Harry and Meghan’s big trip
OBITUARY
Academy Sergeant-Major Raymond Huggins
Grenadier with a voice more powerful than that of 50 men and a reputation as ‘one of the greats’ of the Sandhurst parade ground
OBITUARY
Ronnie Hawkins
Larger-than-life rock’n’roll singer known for his rowdy showmanship, crude country jokes and influential creation of the Band
OBITUARY
Paul Willer
German refugee who fled from the Nazis with his mother and brother and was taken in by the Labour leader Clement Attlee
obituary
Mark Sykes
Art dealer, gun smuggler, gambler, jailbird, bookie, womaniser, racing driver and all-round upper-class rake known as Mayfair Mark
obituary
Alan White
Drummer for the seminal prog-rock band Yes who had earlier worked on the solo albums of John Lennon and George Harrison
FROM THE ARCHIVE
The choice facing Ireland
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Births, marriages and deaths
SO that day they were very happy as they ate and drank in the presence of the LORD. For a second time they proclaimed...SO that day they were very happy as they ate and drank in the presence of the LORD. For a second...SO that day they were very happy as they ate and drank in the presence of the LORD. For a second...
COURT CIRCULAR
May 31, 2022
Clarence House
31st May, 2022
The Prince of Wales this evening held a Meeting for the Sustainable Markets...Clarence House
31st May, 2022
The Prince of Wales this evening held a Meeting for the...Clarence House
31st May, 2022
The Prince of Wales this evening held a Meeting for the...
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Frontline public services face budget cuts of more than £1bn
Scotland’s schools, police and fire services are facing cuts of more than £1 billion while spending on benefits will surge, experts have revealed. Under plans announced by Kate Forbes, the finance secretary, frontline public services, including councils and universities, will have their resources...Scotland’s schools, police and fire services are facing cuts of more than £1 billion while spending on benefits will surge, experts have revealed. Under plans announced by Kate Forbes, the finance secretary, frontline public services, including councils and universities, will have their resources...Scotland’s schools, police and fire services are facing cuts of more than £1 billion while spending on benefits will surge...
Doctors fear Jubilee bank holiday will add to hospital waiting times
Emergency doctors in Scotland are “dreading” the Queen’s Jubilee weekend as fears grow that the public holiday will add to long patient queues. One accident and emergency consultant has pleaded with patients to be considerate to NHS staff as they deal with long backlogs at a time when other workers will be on holiday. Calvin Lightbody, at...Emergency doctors in Scotland are “dreading” the Queen’s Jubilee weekend as fears grow that the public holiday will add to long patient queues. One accident and emergency consultant has pleaded with patients to be considerate to NHS staff as they deal with long backlogs at a time when other workers will be on holiday. Calvin Lightbody, at...Emergency doctors in Scotland are “dreading” the Queen’s Jubilee weekend as fears grow that the public holiday will add to long...
Police officer in Rangers inquiry ‘was like the oaf in Life on Mars’
The officer who led a disastrous police investigation into the takeover of Rangers FC was openly partisan and appeared determined to pursue those he regarded as enemies of the club he supported, witnesses have claimed. Detective Chief Inspector Jim Robertson, 54, was tasked with leading the inquiry into allegations...The officer who led a disastrous police investigation into the takeover of Rangers FC was openly...The officer who led a disastrous police investigation into the takeover of Rangers FC was openly...
Students urged to report ‘propaganda’
A Scottish university has urged its students to report “misinformation” after one of its academics was accused of...A Scottish university has urged its students to report “misinformation” after one of its...A Scottish university has urged its students to report “misinformation” after one of its...
British austerity policies ‘stall life expectancy’
Austerity policies have made an “important and substantial” contribution to the stagnation of life expectancy...Austerity policies have made an “important and substantial” contribution to the stagnation of...Austerity policies have made an “important and substantial” contribution to the stagnation of...
KENNY FARQUHARSON | COMMENT
We must keep asking, is devolution worth it?
OBITUARY
Jenny Vaughan
ALISTAIR CARMICHAEL | COMMENT
‘Civic unionism’ leaves emotion to the nationalists
leading article
Lean Years
The Scottish Fiscal Commission has published its latest forecast for the economy, and it makes for gloomy reading.The Scottish Fiscal Commission has published its latest forecast for the economy, and it makes...The Scottish Fiscal Commission has published its latest forecast for the economy, and it makes...
BUSINESS | COMMENT
Ferry fiasco shows how much fat can be cut from this bloated beast
Now we know just how tough the fiscal outlook looks for Scotland over much of the rest of this decade. The...Now we know just how tough the fiscal outlook looks for Scotland over much of the rest of this...Now we know just how tough the fiscal outlook looks for Scotland over much of the rest of this...
football
Zinchenko: We want to allow our people to dream
It is no ordinary press conference that ends with a round of respectful applause for the departing player. Oleksandr Zinchenko, the Manchester City and Ukraine midfielder, earned such an accolade in front of representatives of global media outlets in the Hampden auditorium yesterday after an address that was statesman-like in its delivery and articulation. There was...It is no ordinary press conference that ends with a round of respectful applause for the...It is no ordinary press conference that ends with a round of respectful applause for the...
Football
Roar us to victory, Clarke urges Hampden
The Tartan Army can show its solidarity and empathy by applauding the Ukrainian national anthem before giving...The Tartan Army can show its solidarity and empathy by applauding the Ukrainian national anthem before giving Scotland the raucous backing it will need to win tonight’s highly-charged World Cup play-off semi-final, according to manager Steve Clarke. Hampden will host one of the most emotional nights ever seen at the...The Tartan Army can show its solidarity and empathy by applauding the Ukrainian national anthem before giving Scotland the...
Football | Michael Stewart
‘Clarke’s great achievement is to give the nation a winning mindset again’
Rugby union
Blair demands Edinburgh stay focused in the eye of the storm
Mike Blair, the Edinburgh head coach, has stressed that his side must not be overwhelmed by the circumstances of their United Rugby Championship quarter-final encounter with Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, insisting that it is “really important...Mike Blair, the Edinburgh head coach, has stressed that his side must not be overwhelmed by the...Mike Blair, the Edinburgh head coach, has stressed that his side must not be overwhelmed by the...
Airport security staff need better pay, say opposition leaders
Queueing chaos ‘has roots in workforce planning failures after Covid layoffs’
Opposition leaders have called for better pay and conditions for DAA security personnel to improve the recruitment and retention of staff to avoid chaotic queues leading to more missed flights this bank holiday weekend. Catherine Murphy, co-leader of the Social Democrats, and Ivana Bacik, of the...Opposition leaders have called for better pay and conditions for DAA security personnel to improve the recruitment and retention of staff to avoid chaotic queues leading to more missed flights this bank holiday weekend. Catherine Murphy, co-leader of the Social Democrats, and Ivana Bacik, of the...Opposition leaders have called for better pay and conditions for DAA security personnel to improve the recruitment and...
Teenagers’ mental health suffers on too little social media
Spending too little time on social media can have a negative effect on the mental health of teenagers, Irish researchers have found. A study by sociologists at Trinity College Dublin found that teenagers should spend no more than two hours on social media during the week and three hours at weekends to keep their mental health in check.Spending too little time on social media can have a negative effect on the mental health of teenagers, Irish researchers have found. A study by sociologists at Trinity College Dublin found that teenagers should spend no more than two hours on social media during the week and three hours at weekends to keep their mental health in check.Spending too little time on social media can have a negative effect on the mental health of teenagers, Irish researchers have...
BOOKS | HISTORY
Enjoying Claret in Georgian Ireland: A History of Amiable Excess by Patricia McCarthy review — a delightful treat to the last drop
Reading memoirs of the period, it can sometimes seem that ascendancy life in Georgian Ireland was lived through a permanent haze of alcohol. The Duke of Wharton was often to be found wandering Dublin’s streets like a “drunken madman”. On the other side of the political divide Wolfe Tone wrote in his diary: “Very...Reading memoirs of the period, it can sometimes seem that ascendancy life in Georgian Ireland was...Reading memoirs of the period, it can sometimes seem that ascendancy life in Georgian Ireland was...
football | paul rowan
Big win for Kenny — even before his players have kicked a ball
Comment
‘Teals’ from down under spell Tory trouble
James Kanagasooriam
Wealthy and green conservatives helped topple Australia’s prime minister and pose a similar electoral threat here
ROGER BOYES
Let Germany lead the rebuilding of Ukraine
ALICE THOMSON
Nostalgia trips are robbing us of our future
MATTHEW PARRIS | NOTEBOOK
A pocket guide to muggers in Brussels
ANDY STREET
Give us powers to boost levelling up with foreign cash
Leading Articles
Weapons For Victory
Biden’s decision to withhold long-range rockets from Kyiv is wrong. The West should give Ukraine’s armed forces the means to win their just war of self-defence
Broken Wings
British airlines are letting customers down; their reputations will suffer
Jobs After Clink
Training prisoners to earn a living on release is essential to rehabilitation
letters to the editor
Vowing to defend Taiwan from Chinese attack
Sir, The article by William Hague calling for the US to make clear to China that it would defend Taiwan in the event of an invasion by the PRC (Comment, May 31) is correct and welcome. However, it is slightly odd that, as a former...Sir, The article by William Hague calling for the US to make clear to China that it would defend...Sir, The article by William Hague calling for the US to make clear to China that it would defend...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: Laws banning the sale of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates, stirrers, and food containers and cups made from expanded polystyrene come into force in Scotland; the delayed Scotland v Ukraine football World Cup play-off semi-final is held at Hampden Park in Glasgow; the West Ham United footballer Kurt Zouma appears for sentencing after pleading guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act. Zouma admitted kicking and slapping his pet cat in an incident on February 6 which later emerged on a social media video; the ONS publishes estimates of the prevalence of “long Covid” in the UK, using data from the Coronavirus Infection Survey.
On this day
In 1783 Charles Byrne (the “Irish Giant”), died, aged 22. His 7ft 7in (2.31m) height made him a celebrity in London. He wished to be buried at sea but the anatomist John Hunter reduced the corpse to a skeleton, which went on display at the Hunterian Museum in London; in 1941, during the Second World War, the UK government announced that clothes would be rationed. On March 15, 1949, the austerity measures were lifted. Siren suits became popular, which could be quickly pulled on over nightwear during air raids; in 1955 the Untouchability (Offences) Act came into force in India, to curb the practice of untouchability (caste-based discrimination). On September 2, 1976, the act was strengthened and its name changed to the Protection of the Civil Rights Act; in 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded Give Peace a Chance during their second “bed-in” for peace; in 2015 the Eastern Star ship overturned on the Yangtze River in China during a severe thunderstorm, killing 442 people.
Nature notes
Fulmars can live for 50 years. Apart from when breeding on coastal cliffs, they spend their entire lives at sea. To equip them for the pelagic lifestyle, these cousins of the albatross have developed a skill thought to be very rare among bird species: they have a keen sense of smell. In fact, they can smell their food up to 15 miles away. Having found a food source — sand eels, crustaceans and trawler waste — these tubenose seafarers then pluck it from the water’s surface, or sometimes make shallow clumsy dives. The name fulmar means “foul gull” and comes from their defensive tactic of squirting a stinking oil at intruders threatening their nest.
Jonathan Tulloch
Birthdays today
Tim Bentinck, Earl of Portland, actor, David Archer in The Archers, 69; Lady (Jill) Black of Derwent, DBE, justice of the Supreme Court (2017-21), 68; Sir Colin Blakemore, emeritus professor of neuroscience, University of Oxford, 78; Johnnie Boden, founder of the clothing company Boden, 61; Pat Boone, singer, Love Letters in the Sand (1957), and actor, 88; Brian Cox, actor, Succession (since 2018), 76; Ron Dennis, founder and chairman (1984-2017), McLaren Technology Group, 75; Marlon Devonish, Olympic gold medallist in 4 x 100m relay (2004), 46; Jason Donovan, actor, Neighbours (1986-89), and singer, 54; Dame Sarah Falk, High Court judge and judicial commissioner, 60; Lord (Norman) Foster of Thames Bank, OM, architect, chairman and founder, Foster and Partners, 30 St Mary Axe (the “Gherkin”) (2004), 87; Morgan Freeman, actor, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), 85; Tom Holland, actor, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 26; Heidi Klum, model, 49; Prof Dame Parveen Kumar, gastroenterologist, president, Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (2013-20), 80; David Lan, playwright, artistic director, Young Vic (2000-18), 70; Héloïse Letissier, singer-songwriter known as Christine and the Queens, Girlfriend (2018), 34; Sir David McVicar, opera and theatre director, 56; Alanis Morissette, singer, Ironic (1996), 48; Paco Peña, flamenco guitarist, 80; Markus Persson, co-creator, Minecraft, 43; Robert Powell, actor, Jesus of Nazareth (1977), 78; Sir Jonathan Pryce, actor, The Two Popes (2019), 75; John Pullinger, chairman, Electoral Commission, 63; Tom Robinson, singer-songwriter, Glad to Be Gay (1978), 72; Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist, The Sunday Times (1967-2017), and illustrator, 86; Bob Seely, Tory MP for Isle of Wight, 56; Nigel Short, chess player, 57; Marc Tarpenning, co-founder of Tesla, 58; Kip Thorne, Nobel prize in physics (2017), 82; Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stones guitarist, 75; Baroness (Lola) Young of Hornsey, actress and arts consultant, 71.