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Home secretary considers merging police into 12 regional forces

Shabana Mahmood plans a ‘generational shift’ in how crime is tackled in England and Wales


U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One.
Trump calls Europe ‘decaying’ group of nations with weak leaders

US president singles out London, saying it is now a ‘different place’ and referring to Sadiq Khan as ‘vicious and disgusting’


Ukraine to show US new peace plan as land remains sticking point

President Zelensky, under pressure to accept American demands, insists Kyiv will not cede any territories



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Turner prizewinner is first to have a learning disability

Nnena Kalu, a Scot, has won the £25,000 award for ‘vigorous, rhythmic’ abstract work. The Sunday Times chief art critic is baffled



You should wear a mask in public if you have a cold, NHS chief says

Issuing advice reminiscent of the pandemic, Daniel Elkeles says a ‘very nasty strain of flu’ is spreading and warned against a strike by doctors



Commuters wearing face masks on the Jubilee Line in East London.


Secrecy shut out justice for top spy in IRA’s sadistic crimes

MI5 knew of Freddie Scappaticci’s track record of torture, abduction and murder, yet the agent known as Stakeknife was never charged with any offence


Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner at the Labour Party general election manifesto launch.
Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner at the Labour Party general election manifesto launch.
A Rayner-Streeting alliance? She’d ‘rather stick pins in her eyes’

Young romantic couple hugging and about to kiss in beautiful sunset.
Young romantic couple hugging and about to kiss in beautiful sunset.
Between beavers and meerkats — how humans score on monogamy rating

Freddie Scappaticci, the IRA agent known as Stakeknife, outside the offices of the Andersonstown News in west Belfast in 2003.
Freddie Scappaticci, the IRA agent known as Stakeknife, outside the offices of the Andersonstown News in west Belfast in 2003.
Secrecy shut out justice for top spy in IRA’s sadistic crimes








Jimi Hendrix Experience (L-R Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding) sitting on a bench outdoors.
Estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates sue over streaming rights

Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell ‘died in relative poverty’, High Court told







Colonel Pavlo Yurchuk of Ukraine's 63rd brigade with brigade infantry.

As soldiers face endless Russian pressure, the prospect of dying to defend land that could be given away at the peace table is damaging morale



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Editor's picks



Singer Cher and Alexander Edwards attending the Balmain Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show.
Is Cher getting married at 79 — to her 39-year-old boyfriend?

The singer is rumoured to be engaged, and says her boyfriend makes her ‘laugh all the time’. I can attest to that, says Anna Murphy


Collage of Spencer's activities: cycling, running, and posing in a winter jacket.
Spencer Matthews: An Antarctic  Ironman — are you insane?



Collage of a smiling woman in a navy top and Taylor Swift with Travis Kelce at a football game.
Believe me, Taylor and Travis, there’s nothing like a good marital argument


Palm trees on a sunny white sand beach with turquoise Caribbean sea and distant sailboats.



A Qatar Airways plane in Los Angeles
Is it still possible to find cheap flights? Our expert shares her advice




Trump’s view of Europe sounds the alarm

In pursuit of an America First foreign policy, the president is prepared to jeopardise 80 years of liberal world order



Illustration of a nurse performing an ultrasound on a pregnant woman, where the baby in the ultrasound appears to be holding a paper that reads "recommendations" and making a dismissive gesture. The nurse says, "Baby is scoffing at yet another review into maternity care..." and the woman exclaims, "See?! I told you he wasn't born yesterday!"

Cartoon by Morten Morland



Roger Boyes, a smiling man with glasses and a striped shirt.
Will Britain choose to sup with the Taliban?






Roger Boyes, a smiling man with glasses and a striped shirt.
Will Britain choose to sup with the Taliban?




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Woman in an airport terminal checking her flight details on a smartphone while holding luggage.
Beware: your airline’s ‘phone number’ may be a scammer’s fake call centre





Illustration of a well-dressed schoolchild telling their ragged parents they learned about VAT at their independent school.
We’re almost broke and still paying for private school


Illustration of two houses, one larger brick house and one smaller green house.
How rich are you?





Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, looks on during a press conference about a drug pricing deal.
AstraZeneca CEO’s family invested in ‘major partner’ of the company


General view of Anglo American's Los Bronces copper plant in Chile, located in a mountainous, rocky, and barren landscape.
Anglo American shareholders approve $50bn Teck merger

a man in a white shirt and blue tie looks at the camera
David SmithWe’ve let crises go to waste and emerged with a weakened economy



Falling bond yields ‘show Reeves has won markets’ confidence’



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Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool celebrates scoring a goal at San Siro.

Inter Milan 0 Liverpool 1: With Salah left behind in England, Slot’s side need fortunate VAR penalty to salvage win in Champions League at San Siro


Donald Trump receiving a FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
Fifa indulged Messi, Ronaldo and Trump. Is it any wonder there’s no trust?
World Cup




The Mary Wallopers band members posing for a photo.

The Mary Wallopers on wild gigs, the power of protest and hanging out with Shane MacGowan




Leaning trees near wind turbines in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Duster, Diablo and Pineapple Express are names for what?

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American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus, handcuffed, is led by two armed Sandinista guards.
Eugene Hasenfus, gunrunner in Iran-Contra affair

US marine whose capture by Nicaraguan forces exposed the US government’s involvement in the country’s civil war, dies aged 84

American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus, handcuffed, is led by two armed Sandinista guards.
Eugene Hasenfus, gunrunner in Iran-Contra affair


Andrew Lauder obituary: record label executive who shaped rock



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