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Ministers prepare to cap the amount of profit that can be made
Councils are to be given the power to compulsorily and cheaply buy up green belt land under plans by ministers to fulfil their pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2030. In a bid to prevent landowners from cashing in on sites that would previously have been ineligible for development, the...Councils are to be given the power to compulsorily and cheaply buy up green belt land under plans by ministers to fulfil their pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2030. In a bid to prevent landowners from cashing in on sites that would previously have been ineligible for development, the...Councils are to be given the power to compulsorily and cheaply buy up green belt land under plans by ministers to fulfil their...
Elon Musk has thrown the tech industry’s main anti-terror organisation into turmoil amid claims X has become the top platform for hosting Hamas videos, The Times has learnt. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) is a coalition that seeks to remove terror content from tech platforms. Its members include Google, X, Meta and...Elon Musk has thrown the tech industry’s main anti-terror organisation into turmoil amid claims X has become the top platform for hosting Hamas videos, The Times has learnt. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) is a coalition that seeks to remove terror content from tech platforms. Its members include Google, X, Meta and...Elon Musk has thrown the tech industry’s main anti-terror organisation into turmoil amid claims X has become the top platform...
in depth
Shortly after dawn on July 3, 2018, officers of the Cheshire constabulary arrived at Lucy Letby’s door, arrested her on suspicion of multiple murders and led her away in handcuffs to a police car waiting in the street. Almost exactly six years later, a retrial last month found her guilty of the attempted murder of a...Shortly after dawn on July 3, 2018, officers of the Cheshire constabulary arrived at Lucy Letby’s...Shortly after dawn on July 3, 2018, officers of the Cheshire constabulary arrived at Lucy Letby’s...
paris 2024 | owen slot
It’s Sunday lunchtime and I have chosen to make the last event I attend at these Games the men’s water polo final. I don’t know if you’ve seen the water polo but “physical” is an understatement. It is like rugby with flick knives, track cycling with chainsaws: you have your finger and toenails checked pre-match so they cannot be used as weapons. And this final is...It’s Sunday lunchtime and I have chosen to make the last event I attend at these Games the men’s...It’s Sunday lunchtime and I have chosen to make the last event I attend at these Games the men’s...
The queue for the Olympic store stretched more than 100 metres as locals and visitors sought a souvenir of what many...The queue for the Olympic store stretched more than 100 metres as locals and visitors sought a souvenir of what many French people say have been the best Games ever. “It’s been amazing,” said Anne-Sophie Lallemand, 24, who was among the 45,000 or so volunteers at Paris 2024. “Everything has been super-well organised...The queue for the Olympic store stretched more than 100 metres as locals and visitors sought a souvenir of what many French...
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
If you cried inJerry Maguire, when Tom Cruise told Renée Zellweger “you complete me”, look away now. If...If you cried inJerry Maguire, when Tom Cruise told Renée Zellweger “you complete me”, look...If you cried inJerry Maguire, when Tom Cruise told Renée Zellweger “you complete me”, look...
The Olympics have reminded me of the Monty Python skitUpper Class Twit of the Year. Have you seen it? Stop...The Olympics have reminded me of the Monty Python skitUpper Class Twit of the Year. Have...The Olympics have reminded me of the Monty Python skitUpper Class Twit of the Year. Have...
The story of mountaineering is one of intrepid men as they competed to conquer ever greater peaks before Edmund...The story of mountaineering is one of intrepid men as they competed to conquer ever greater peaks...The story of mountaineering is one of intrepid men as they competed to conquer ever greater peaks...
Age, they say, comes before beauty but it turns out that age also comes because of beauty. People who are less...Age, they say, comes before beauty but it turns out that age also comes because of beauty. People...Age, they say, comes before beauty but it turns out that age also comes because of beauty. People...
A labyrinth built to protect Londoners during the Blitz and later used as a hub for British espionage has become known as the James Bond spy tunnels. About 40m below the capital, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, worked as part of the...A labyrinth built to protect Londoners during the Blitz and later used as a hub for British...A labyrinth built to protect Londoners during the Blitz and later used as a hub for British...
You may have made a will and given powers of attorney, but if you have not arranged a digital legacy there is a...You may have made a will and given powers of attorney, but if you have not arranged a digital...You may have made a will and given powers of attorney, but if you have not arranged a digital...
A man in his twenties was shot by police in the early hours of Sunday after reports of a man armed with a weapon in a...A man in his twenties was shot by police in the early hours of Sunday after reports of a man...A man in his twenties was shot by police in the early hours of Sunday after reports of a man...
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The MP for the Aland Islands, a Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea, makes a better case than most when, overlooking a harbour of sailing boats, he claims to represent the most beautiful constituency in the world. “You can finish work and ten minutes later you’re down here at the docks, taking out a small boat to have a picnic on an empty island,” says Mats...The MP for the Aland Islands, a Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea, makes a better...The MP for the Aland Islands, a Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea, makes a better...
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A man and his four-year-old son were killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in what officials fear might only...A man and his four-year-old son were killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in what officials fear might only be the beginning of retaliatory attacks by Russia in response to Ukraine’s assault on its territory. The bodies of the boy and his father, 35, were found under rubble after fragments of an intercepted...A man and his four-year-old son were killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in what officials fear might only be the...
It takes some effort to look at a field in Senegal where livestock graze around a concrete arch and imagine twisting skyscrapers in a futuristic city that runs on its own cryptocurrency. Four years after the singer-songwriter Akon laid the...It takes some effort to look at a field in Senegal where livestock graze around a concrete arch...It takes some effort to look at a field in Senegal where livestock graze around a concrete arch...
More than 17,000 shops are at risk of closure over the next decade unless the Labour government overhauls the business rates regime, the boss of Sainsbury’s and the general secretary of the biggest retail union have warned. In an article for The Times, Simon Roberts, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, and Paddy Lillis, the general secretary of the Union of Shop...More than 17,000 shops are at risk of closure over the next decade unless the Labour government...More than 17,000 shops are at risk of closure over the next decade unless the Labour government...
More Americans trust Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, with managing the economy than they do...More Americans trust Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, with managing the economy than they do Donald Trump, a new poll suggests. In a survey of 1,001 voters polled for the Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, 42 per cent said they trusted Harris with economic...More Americans trust Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, with managing the economy than they do Donald Trump, a...
The taxpayer is expected to lose the majority of its investment in a start-up backed by Jorginho, the Arsenal footballer, which collapsed after it failed to repay a pandemic loan. The company behind Gather, an app that provides...The taxpayer is expected to lose the majority of its investment in a start-up backed by Jorginho, the Arsenal footballer, which collapsed after it failed to repay a pandemic loan. The company behind Gather, an app that provides...The taxpayer is expected to lose the majority of its investment in a start-up backed by Jorginho, the Arsenal...
Inflation is poised to rise again, weeks after the Bank of England decided to cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years, figures due to be published this week are expected to show. City analysts think that...Inflation is poised to rise again, weeks after the Bank of England decided to cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years, figures due to be published this week are expected to show. City analysts think that...Inflation is poised to rise again, weeks after the Bank of England decided to cut interest rates for the first time...
recruitment
Concerns around high fees, loan repayments and a reported 1.8 million graduates owing at least £50,000 in student debt has seen the number of 18-year-olds applying for university drop for the second year in a row. As more young people seek alternative routes into work, official UCAS figures show just 41.9 per cent of 18-year-olds have applied for a university place...Concerns around high fees, loan repayments and a reported 1.8 million graduates owing at least...Concerns around high fees, loan repayments and a reported 1.8 million graduates owing at least...
SIX FROM THE BEST
With the UK economy losing an estimated £57.2 billion annually due to the data skills gap, Professor Steven Spier...With the UK economy losing an estimated £57.2 billion annually due to the data skills gap, Professor Steven Spier, vice-chancellor of Kingston University, is championing a radical new model of education, embedding “future skills” learning in every undergraduate degree. Here he shares how to prepare students for...With the UK economy losing an estimated £57.2 billion annually due to the data skills gap, Professor Steven Spier...
paris 2024 | Matt lawton
It was the early hours of Sunday and in one corner of a bar just a few strides from the Moulin Rouge a young lifeguard from Manchester was being bought a beer. To date, the height of Charlie Hobson’s own athletics career has been some schoolboy track and cross-country titles in Greater Manchester.It was the early hours of Sunday and in one corner of a bar just a few strides from the Moulin Rouge a young lifeguard from Manchester was being bought a beer. To date, the height of Charlie Hobson’s own athletics career has been some schoolboy track and cross-country titles in Greater Manchester.It was the early hours of Sunday and in one corner of a bar just a few strides from the Moulin Rouge a young lifeguard from...
paris 2024 | matt lawton
British Olympic bosses have insisted that this was a successful Olympic Games despite the nation dropping to seventh in the medals table with 14 golds and finishing behind the Netherlands as well as the hosts, France. Team GB were third in London in 2012, second in Rio four years later and fourth in Tokyo in 2021, amassing 27 golds from a...British Olympic bosses have insisted that this was a successful Olympic Games despite the nation dropping to seventh in the medals table with 14 golds and finishing behind the Netherlands as well as the hosts, France. Team GB were third in London in 2012, second in Rio four years later and fourth in Tokyo in 2021, amassing 27 golds from a...British Olympic bosses have insisted that this was a successful Olympic Games despite the nation dropping to seventh in the...
mIKE aTHERTON
On Saturday afternoon, before the match between Farnham Cricket Club and Chipstead Cricket Club, a small, understated ceremony was held pitch-side to remember Farnham’s most famous cricketing son, Graham Thorpe. It was to Farnham that Thorpe moved from Wrecclesham Cricket Club, which is where he started out as a...On Saturday afternoon, before the match between Farnham Cricket Club and Chipstead Cricket Club...On Saturday afternoon, before the match between Farnham Cricket Club and Chipstead Cricket Club...
paris 2024 | owen slot
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Virgil van Dijk has said that Liverpool are yet to table a formal offer of a contract extension despite him having...Virgil van Dijk has said that Liverpool are yet to table a formal offer of a contract extension...Virgil van Dijk has said that Liverpool are yet to table a formal offer of a contract extension...
stuart barnes
There was a time when Cheslin Kolbe was rated one of the best wings in the world. In the 2019 World Cup final it was...There was a time when Cheslin Kolbe was rated one of the best wings in the world. In the 2019...There was a time when Cheslin Kolbe was rated one of the best wings in the world. In the 2019...
paris 2024
Emma Finucane became the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympics since 1964 but Great Britain were unable to add to their single gold in track cycling on the last day at the velodrome. Finucane won bronze in the individual sprint to add to her gold in the team sprint and bronze in the keirin on a day marred by some heavy crashes involving the...Emma Finucane became the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympics since 1964...Emma Finucane became the first British woman to win three medals at a single Olympics since 1964...
paris 2024 | john westerby
With every new Olympics since Great Britain began to dominate the velodrome in Beijing, there has come an expectation...With every new Olympics since Great Britain began to dominate the velodrome in Beijing, there has come an expectation that a dip in performance was inevitable. In London, Rio and Tokyo, they managed to hold off the surges from other teams and stay out in front, finishing on top of cycling’s medal table. But over the...With every new Olympics since Great Britain began to dominate the velodrome in Beijing, there has come an expectation that a...
Ian Graham | book extract
nfl | Elgan Alderman
TV REVIEW
The Olympic opening ceremony was, let’s face it, a bit of a washout, but for the closing ceremony Paris rolled out its Top Gun. Yes, we got Tom Cruise, abseiling from the roof of the Stade de France to shake the athletes’ hands and take selfies...The Olympic opening ceremony was, let’s face it, a bit of a washout, but for the closing ceremony...The Olympic opening ceremony was, let’s face it, a bit of a washout, but for the closing ceremony...
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
As BBC2’s triathlon of shows returns, warm up with these fiendish questions
Smug and married? You need to think again, says single academic Dr Bella DePaulo. We want your tax breaks not your pity, she tells Hilary Rose
INTERVIEW
The author left the Plymouth Brethren and an abusive marriage to start again
Forget athletics. Toffs partake in different sporting events. Sophia Money-Coutts on the games they play
kevin maher
A new study finds that men who do more housework are happier. But why is this?
ask professor Tanya Byron
Q. I am so jealous of my mother that it is ruining my life. It is all I obsess about. A few years ago she met a...Q. I am so jealous of my mother that it is ruining my life. It is all I obsess about. A few years...Q. I am so jealous of my mother that it is ruining my life. It is all I obsess about. A few years...
FIRST PERSON
It’s a cracking title for a book — Gold Dust: Two Years in the Land of the Spotted Leopard, a riveting account of a...It’s a cracking title for a book — Gold Dust: Two Years in the Land of the Spotted Leopard, a...It’s a cracking title for a book — Gold Dust: Two Years in the Land of the Spotted Leopard, a...
first person
In 2019, I was living at home with my mum when I decided that I wanted my own space. I couldn’t afford a house, so instead I bought a 24-seater minibus, [says Josie Rose, 30]. I needed to get rid of the seats and turn it into a liveable space, but I’d never even used a drill before, so I took a week-long course in carpentry. Five years later — including a year...In 2019, I was living at home with my mum when I decided that I wanted my own space. I couldn’t...In 2019, I was living at home with my mum when I decided that I wanted my own space. I couldn’t...
Mike and Jane Cuva are nothing if not resourceful. For two decades the couple bought fixer-upper properties...Mike and Jane Cuva are nothing if not resourceful. For two decades the couple bought fixer-upper properties, renovated them and sold them on for a profit. In 2015 they bought a two-bedroom house on two acres near Guildford, Surrey, for £937,000. The Cuvas wanted to turn the cottage into their dream family home (they...Mike and Jane Cuva are nothing if not resourceful. For two decades the couple bought fixer-upper properties, renovated them and...
edinburgh review
EDINBURGH REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Overwhelmed by flyers on the Mile? Lost in the zillions of options as to what to see during your time in the Scottish...Overwhelmed by flyers on the Mile? Lost in the zillions of options as to what to see during your...Overwhelmed by flyers on the Mile? Lost in the zillions of options as to what to see during your...
Will it be a vintage season at the BBC Proms? It’s David Pickard’s last hurrah as director of the festival, and the...Will it be a vintage season at the BBC Proms? It’s David Pickard’s last hurrah as director of the...Will it be a vintage season at the BBC Proms? It’s David Pickard’s last hurrah as director of the...
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MindGames
1Which late English singer is the subject of Daphne Barak’s 2010 bookSaving Amy?2Which colour in the...1Which late English singer is the subject of Daphne Barak’s 2010 bookSaving Amy?2Which...1Which late English singer is the subject of Daphne Barak’s 2010 bookSaving Amy?2Which...
first person
Hannah Skelley’s brother began losing his sight as a teenager, but judo helped him recover his reason to live. Now he’s competing in Paris
A new treatment for osteoporosis will help millions. Peta Bee on what you can do to boost your bone health
30 years ago, Britpop erupted with the band’s debut. We talk to the inner circle about the making of a masterpiece
Under the government’s plans new developments will pop up across the UK — these locals were worried about the lack of community spirit so they did something about it
hadley freeman
Moon Unit Zappa tells Hadley Freeman some home truths about her life as the child of a rock star
The superstar singer is responsible for many trends, but not this one, says Rachel Church
Jennifer George enjoys a different sort of high at a nature-based retreat devoted to toning the body and restoring the mind
This year’s Le Mans had a very creative competitor — Julie Mehretu’s BMW Art Car
Stretch your holiday to the max with an ultra-long cruise that takes you on a once-in-a-lifetime pole-to-pole voyage or whisks you to every corner of the Med
After 12 months hunting down weird and whimsical experiences, the author Ben Aitken shares his tips for seeking out joy through travel
video
Don’t call Albania the ‘new Greece’ or the ‘cheap Maldives’. Its coastline is full of surprises — and shepherds’ trails with fabulous vistas are right at heart of it
THE TRAVEL EDITOR’S TAKE
Peak rates mean parents and carers pay more than double the price, often for lesser holidays. Why penalise some of tourism’s best customers, asks expert Claire Irvin
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Forget sand in your trainers and inclement weather. This coastal menace is much more frustrating. Try the new method of managing it at your peril…
British-French actress who starred in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion
weather eye
Buckingham Palace9th August, 2024 The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had...Buckingham Palace9th August, 2024 The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord...Buckingham Palace9th August, 2024 The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord...
law report
Supreme CourtPublished August 12, 2024George v Cannell and anotherBefore Lord Hodge, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt...Supreme CourtPublished August 12, 2024George v Cannell and anotherBefore Lord Hodge, Lord...Supreme CourtPublished August 12, 2024George v Cannell and anotherBefore Lord Hodge, Lord...
What would you do if, on your way to work one day, you witnessed a horrific car crash, house fire or terrorist attack? Would you freeze? Panic? Try and help? In many instances there are only a few seconds to react and make decisions that could...What would you do if, on your way to work one day, you witnessed a horrific car crash, house fire...What would you do if, on your way to work one day, you witnessed a horrific car crash, house fire...
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Inmates given free personal phones during pandemic
A decision by Humza Yousaf to give all prison inmates free mobile phones cost the taxpayer £6 million before it was scrapped, it has been revealed. A Scottish Prison Service (SPS) report said that lessons had been learnt from the botched scheme, after prisoners using illicit Sim cards bypassed...A decision by Humza Yousaf to give all prison inmates free mobile phones cost the taxpayer £6 million before it was scrapped, it has been revealed. A Scottish Prison Service (SPS) report said that lessons had been learnt from the botched scheme, after prisoners using illicit Sim cards bypassed...A decision by Humza Yousaf to give all prison inmates free mobile phones cost the taxpayer £6 million before it was scrapped...
A leading lawyer with personal experience of domestic abuse is calling for offenders to be placed on an equivalent of the sex offenders’ register to help reduce violence in the home. Thomas Ross, a Glasgow-based KC, said placing people who attacked their partners on a list might deter some physical and psychological assaults. Ross’s...A leading lawyer with personal experience of domestic abuse is calling for offenders to be placed on an equivalent of the sex offenders’ register to help reduce violence in the home. Thomas Ross, a Glasgow-based KC, said placing people who attacked their partners on a list might deter some physical and psychological assaults. Ross’s...A leading lawyer with personal experience of domestic abuse is calling for offenders to be placed on an equivalent of the sex...
iain macwhirter
I’m not sure Elon Musk is exactly shaking in his sneakers at the attack he has been subjected to by present and former SNP first ministers. Humza Yousaf called him “the most dangerous man on the planet” and is threatening to take legal action over his “unacceptable, untrue and inflammatory comments”. The man-child...I’m not sure Elon Musk is exactly shaking in his sneakers at the attack he has been subjected to...I’m not sure Elon Musk is exactly shaking in his sneakers at the attack he has been subjected to...
Police Scotland is considering introducing a Israeli surveillance technology to enable its officers to speed up the...Police Scotland is considering introducing a Israeli surveillance technology to enable its...Police Scotland is considering introducing a Israeli surveillance technology to enable its...
MELANIE REID | NOTEBOOK
It was high time the newts principle of planning law — that newts, bats, trees, squirrels and rare insects are more...It was high time the newts principle of planning law — that newts, bats, trees, squirrels and...It was high time the newts principle of planning law — that newts, bats, trees, squirrels and...
The millionaire who lives alone in one of Scotland’s most imposing and expensive properties has revealed why he is now looking to sell it for £8 million. David Fam bought Seton Castle, near Longniddry in East Lothian, two years ago after falling...The millionaire who lives alone in one of Scotland’s most imposing and expensive properties has...The millionaire who lives alone in one of Scotland’s most imposing and expensive properties has...
The SNP has been accused of watering down its commitment to tackling climate change by planning to delay the...The SNP has been accused of watering down its commitment to tackling climate change by planning...The SNP has been accused of watering down its commitment to tackling climate change by planning...
Sandy Begbie
Few can doubt the quality of Scotland’s cultural life. This month hundreds of thousands of people will arrive in...Few can doubt the quality of Scotland’s cultural life. This month hundreds of thousands of people...Few can doubt the quality of Scotland’s cultural life. This month hundreds of thousands of people...
Comment
Rioters long for a Britain that never existed
Trevor Phillips
Finding a way to contain the rage of ignorant racists will prove a challenge for our political system in the years ahead
EDWARD LUCAS
Time to target tech giants fuelling disorder
LIBBY PURVES
Craving the physical is natural in a digital world
CLIVE DAVIS | NOTEBOOK
The weather is fine and it’s a boater’s life for me
Martin Rees, Tris Dyson
Prizes can solve our big challenges
Leading Articles
Reality Check
Ministers are right to seek growth through housebuilding. Yet an uncompromising stance on net zero may act as a brake on their economic ambition
Scrummage in Catalonia
The exiled Catalan leader’s appearance has spelt turmoil for the Spanish premier
Fait Accompli
The Olympic Games have lifted spirits on both sides of the English Channel
letters to the editor
Time for the Olympic Games to reach higher
Sir, A competitor in the decathlon or heptathlon (sport, Aug 10) participates respectively in ten or seven quite separate events, with the goal to win just one Olympic medal, while swimmers, track cyclists, as well as competitors in some...Sir, A competitor in the decathlon or heptathlon (sport, Aug 10) participates respectively in...Sir, A competitor in the decathlon or heptathlon (sport, Aug 10) participates respectively in...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
International:Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) releases quarterly GDP per capita and economic wellbeing report.
UK:High Pay Centre releases a report on chief executives’ earnings.
US:Elon Musk, owner of Twitter/X and chief executive of Tesla, interviews Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
On this day
In1625the mayor of Plymouth wrote to inform the privy council that within ten days 27 vessels and 200 men (80 from Looe) had been taken by Barbary pirates into slavery in north Africa; in1865Joseph Lister became the first surgeon to use disinfectant during an operation, using carbolic acid (phenol). His patient was an 11-year-old Glaswegian boy who had been run over by a cart with a compound fracture, and fully recovered in six weeks; in1908Henry Ford’s first Model T came off a moving assembly line, priced at $850; in2000the Russian submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, leading to the deaths of the 118 crew. Moscow declined rescue offers from the UK and Norway for five days; 23 sailors had survived on-board explosions.
Nature notes
Field madder is a low-growing, modest plant of field margins and waste ground, with small pale pink or lilac flowers, each with four tiny petals. It is described as a trailing plant, but on level ground it forms mats that spread out from a central point. Its cousin, common madder, grows to 1.5m and is also known as dyer’s madder; its roots are red and produce a scarlet dye called rose madder or Turkey red. Once widely cultivated, it fell out of use after red dye was synthesised in the 19th century. Wild madder is a tough and shiny evergreen climber, with tiny hooks on its stems and leaves. It does particularly well in coastal areas.Melissa Harrison
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Birthdays today
Casey Affleck, actor,Manchester by the Sea(2016), 49;Michael Brunson, broadcaster, political editor, ITN (1986-2000), 84;Cara Delevingne, model and actress,Carnival Row(2019-23), 32;Arthur Edwards, royal photographer for The Sun (since 1977), 84;Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East (2005-May 2024), chairman, Commons defence select committee (2020-23), defence people and veterans minister (2017-19), 58;Sir Bradley Fried, financier, chairman, Preqin, Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank (2023-Mar 2024), 59;Chris Green, Conservative MP for Bolton West (2015-May 2024), parliamentary private secretary to the Department for Education (2019-20), 51;George Hamilton, actor,The Godfather: Part III(1990), 85;François Hollande, president of France (2012-17), 70;Sam J Jones, actor,Flash Gordon(1980), 70;Prof Sir David King, founder and chairman (2019-23), Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge, UK special representative on climate change (2013-17), UK government’s chief scientific adviser (2000-07), 85;Mark Knopfler, singer-songwriter, Dire Straits,Walk of Life(1985), 75;David Lee, jazz pianist and composer, arranger for stars including Norman Wisdom and Judy Garland, 98;Anthony Mangnall, Conservative MP for Totnes (2019-May 2024), 35;Sir Robin Nicholson, metallurgist, chief scientific adviser, Cabinet Office (1981-85), 90;Amanda Redman, actress,New Tricks(2003-13), 67;Pete Sampras, tennis player, seven-time Wimbledon men’s singles champion, 53;Joe Schmidt, rugby union coach, head coach of Ireland (2013-19), 59;George Soros, founder (1973), Soros Fund Management, 94;Tanita Tikaram, singer-songwriter,Twist in My Sobriety(1988), 55;Sir Graham Wylie, co-founder of Sage software group and founder of Technology Services Group, 65.