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2026年8月30日

《风中之烛》如何成为戴安娜的歌曲 见第 18 和 19 页

寻求庇护者获发免费避孕套

认识那位决心保护宝宝远离所有塑料的母亲 见第 4 页

该政策被贴上 “不恰当” 以及“荒谬的 资金浪费”标签

独家报道 亚伦·纽伯里 政治记者

居住在由纳税人资助的酒店中的移民正由英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）免费发放避孕套。

活动人士要求政府停止这种被他们嘲讽为对公共资金的荒谬浪费的行为，因为此时英国患者正难以获得医疗服务。

就在此前几天，《快报》披露英国内政部认为有必要发布手册，告诫寻求庇护者在英国不得强奸或殴打女性，或与儿童发生性关系。

英格兰国民医疗服务体系（NHS England）确认，作为其常规服务的一部分，它向依靠国家资助生活的寻求庇护者提供避孕套。影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普愤怒地表示

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英国极端天气：（截至周五晚上 11 点的 24 小时内）< / td>< colspan="2">最高温：诺尔霍尔特，27℃。< / >< colspan="2">亮灯时间< / ><>格拉斯哥< / ><>8.16pm-6.19am< / >< / tr><>< ="2">最低温：布雷马尔 No 2, 5℃。< / ><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>8.20pm-6.28am< / ><>伦敦< / ><>7.51pm-6.11am< / >< / ><>< ="2">最湿润：科顿-因-迪-埃姆斯，48.60mm。< / ><>伯明翰< / ><>8.00pm-6.16am< / ><>曼彻斯特< / ><>8.03pm-6.16am< / >< / ><>< ="2">最晴朗：蒂里，11.7hrs。< / ><>布里斯托< / ><>8.01pm-6.21am< / ><>纽卡斯尔< / ><>8.03pm-6.10am< / >< / table>

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北爱尔兰：开局湿润，伴有零星大雨。随后有暴风雨时段。有微风，气候温和。最高气温 18℃ (64°F)。 威尔士：开局湿润，随后有雷阵雨。强风，全程保持温和。最高气温 21℃ (70°F)。

东英吉利：多云，期间有小雨。随后天气转晴。全程有微风且温和。最高气温 22℃ (72°F)。 伦敦 / 东南部：多云，有部分降雨。随后可能出现雷阵雨。有微风，气温温和。最高气温 22℃ (72°F)。 南部：早间多云伴有阵雨。随后有雷阵雨。强风。气温温和。最高气温 20℃ (68°F)。 西南部：多云，伴有湿润时段。随后有雷阵雨。有微风，气温温暖。最高气温 21℃ (70°F)。 海峡群岛：多云，期间有雨。随后有雷阵雨。强风。全程温暖。最高气温 23℃ (73°F)。 海况：平静或微浪，南部偶尔有中浪。

中英格兰：早间多云伴有毛毛雨。随后有雷阵雨风险。有微风，气温温和。最高气温 21℃ (70°F)。 东北部 / 约克郡：早间湿润并伴有雷阵雨。随后有毛毛雨。全程有微风且温和。最高气温 20℃ (68°F)。 苏格兰：开局湿润，正午有大雨和雷电。有微风，随后转凉并伴有毛毛雨。最高气温 18℃ (64°F)。

英国明日展望：预计云量多变，偶尔有阵雨，且有雷阵雨风险。有微风，至傍晚逐渐减弱。

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< / td>< colspan="2">周一< / >< colspan="2">周二< / >< ="2">周三< / >< ="2">周四< / >< ="2">周五< / >< ="2">周六< / >< / tr><><>最低< / ><>最高< / > < / ><><>伦敦< / ><>12< / ><>22< / ><>14< / ><>23< / ><>16< / ><>22< / ><>16< / ><>24< / ><>15< / ><>24< / ><>14< / ><>24< / >< / ><><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>12< / ><>17< / ><>12< / ><>18< / ><>13< / ><>18< / ><>13< / ><>18< / ><>12< / ><>18< / ><>11< / ><>17< / >< / ><><>伯明翰< / ><>11< / ><>20< / ><>12< / ><>21< / ><>14< / ><>20< / ><>14< / ><>22< / ><>13< / ><>22< / ><>12< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>卡迪夫< / ><>12< / ><>20< / ><>14< / ><>21< / ><>15< / ><>21< / ><>16< / ><>22< / ><>14< / ><>22< / ><>13< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>格拉斯哥< / ><>12< / ><>17< / ><>10< / ><>17< / ><>13< / ><>17< / ><>13< / ><>18< / ><>12< / ><>17< / ><>11< / ><>17< / >< / ><><>曼彻斯特< / ><>11< / ><>18< / ><>13< / ><>20< / ><>14< / ><>19< / ><>14< / ><>20< / ><>13< / ><>20< / ><>12< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>纽卡斯尔< / ><>12< / ><>20< / ><>10< / ><>20< / ><>13< / ><>18< / ><>12< / ><>20< / ><>12< / ><>20< / ><>11< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>诺里奇< / ><>11< / ><>21< / ><>13< / ><>22< / ><>15< / ><>21< / ><>15< / ><>23< / ><>14< / ><>22< / ><>13< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>普利茅斯< / ><>14< / ><>21< / ><>15< / ><>22< / ><>16< / ><>22< / ><>16< / ><>22< / ><>15< / ><>22< / ><>14< / ><>22< / >< / table>

24小时至下午5点< / td><>日照 (小时)< / ><>降雨 (英寸)< / >< colspan="2">温度 (最低) (最高)< / >< / tr><><>阿伯丁< / ><>0.6< / ><>0.51< / ><>14< / ><>17< / >< / ><><>阿伯波思< / ><>4.0< / ><>0.20< / ><>15< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>阿尔尼克< / ><>3.7< / ><>0.09< / ><>13< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>贝尔法斯特< / ><>6.3< / ><>0.13< / ><>11< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>伯明翰< / ><>2.3< / ><>0.23< / ><>14< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>伯恩茅斯< / ><>5.6< / ><>0.42< / ><>17< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>布里斯托< / ><>2.8< / ><>0.55< / ><>16< / ><>21< / >< / ><><>卡迪夫< / ><>3.1< / ><>1.48< / ><>16< / ><>20< / >< / ><><>达勒姆< / ><>4.0< / ><>0.05< / ><>14< / ><>20< / >< / ><><>爱丁堡< / ><>5.5< / ><>0.02< / ><>13< / ><>20< / >< / table>

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<>< colspan="5">英国昨日天气< / >< / ><><>格拉斯哥< / ><>5.0< / ><>0.00< / ><>11< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>赫尔< / ><>4.0< / ><>0.09< / ><>15< / ><>21< / >< / ><><>伊普斯威奇< / ><>5.4< / ><>0.22< / ><>15< / ><>25< / >< / ><><>利兹< / ><>3.4< / ><>0.05< / ><>15< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>林肯< / ><>2.9< / ><>0.10< / ><>15< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>伦敦< / ><>3.8< / ><>0.27< / ><>17< / ><>23< / >< / ><><>曼彻斯特< / ><>2.6< / ><>0.08< / ><>15< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>牛津< / ><>2.9< / ><>0.20< / ><>15< / ><>23< / >< / ><><>南安普顿< / ><>4.3< / ><>0.39< / ><>17< / ><>24< / >< / ><><>圣安德鲁斯< / ><>4.0< / ><>0.02< / ><>12< / ><>20< / >< / table>

<>< ="2">月相、日出与潮汐< / >< / ><>< ="2">月出：晚上 8.19，月落：上午 8.50< / >< / ><>< ="2">伦敦日出：上午 6.09，日落：晚上 7.51< / >< / ><>< ="2">曼彻斯特日出：上午 6.14，日落：晚上 8.03< / >< / ><>< ="2">○ 下弦月 9月4日< / >< / ><>< ="2">高潮< / >< / ><><>伦敦桥< / ><>(上午 3.58), (下午 4.13)< / >< / ><><>利物浦< / ><>(凌晨 12.57), (下午 1.18)< / >< / ><><>格林诺克< / ><>(凌晨 2.20), (下午 2.38)< / >< / ><><>多佛< / ><>(凌晨 12.54), (下午 1.10)< / >< / table>

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<><>阿姆斯特丹< / ><>雨< / ><>21℃ / 70F< / >< / ><><>布鲁塞尔< / ><>多云< / ><>22℃ / 72F< / >< / ><><>都柏林< / ><>雷阵雨< / ><>19℃ / 66F< / >< / ><><>法兰克福< / ><>晴朗< / ><>26℃ / 79F< / >< / ><><>日内瓦< / ><>晴< / ><>29℃ / 84F< / >< / ><><>里斯本< / ><>晴< / ><>28℃ / 82F< / >< / ><><>马德里< / ><>晴< / ><>34℃ / 93F< / >< / ><><>巴黎< / ><>多云< / ><>24℃ / 75F< / >< / ><><>罗马< / ><>晴< / ><>33℃ / 91F< / >< / table>

<><>阿姆斯特丹< / ><>雷阵雨< / ><>20℃ / 68F< / >< / ><><>布鲁塞尔< / ><>雷阵雨< / ><>20℃ / 68F< / >< / ><><>都柏林< / ><>多云< / ><>19℃ / 66F< / >< / ><><>法兰克福< / ><>晴朗< / ><>24℃ / 75F< / >< / ><><>日内瓦< / ><>晴< / ><>27℃ / 81F< / >< / ><><>里斯本< / ><>晴< / ><>28℃ / 82F< / >< / ><><>马德里< / ><>晴< / ><>35℃ / 95F< / >< / ><><>巴黎< / ><>晴朗< / ><>24℃ / 75F< / >< / ><><>罗马< / ><>晴< / ><>33℃ / 91F< / >< / table>

昨日全球天气

< / td><>C< / ><>F< / >< / tr><>< colspan="2">阿姆斯特丹 . 多云< / ><>22< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>雅典 . . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>31< / ><>88< / >< / ><><>巴塞罗那 . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>28< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>柏林 . . . .< / ><>多云< / ><>24< / ><>75< / >< / ><><>布达佩斯 . . . .< / ><>阴< / ><>26< / ><>79< / >< / ><><>开罗 . . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>34< / ><>93< / >< / ><><>开普敦 . . . .< / ><>阴< / ><>16< / ><>61< / >< / ><><>卡萨布兰卡 .< / ><>晴< / ><>27< / ><>81< / >< / ><><>科孚 . . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>32< / ><>90< / >< / ><><>都柏林 . . . .< / ><>雨< / ><>17< / ><>63< / >< / ><><>杜布罗夫尼克 . . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>30< / ><>86< / >< / ><><>法鲁 . . . . .< / ><>晴< / ><>25< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>佛罗伦萨 . .

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<><>< / ><>C< / ><>F< / >< / ><><>纽约 . . . 阴< / ><>27< / ><>81< / >< / ><><>尼斯 . . . 晴< / ><>28< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>尼科西亚 . . . 雨< / ><>21< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>珀斯. . . . 多云< / ><>19< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>布拉格 . . . 多云< / ><>20< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>新加坡 . . . 晴< / ><>32< / ><>90< / >< / ><><>斯德哥尔摩 . . . 雨< / ><>17< / ><>63< / >< / ><><>悉尼 . . . 晴< / ><>18< / ><>64< / >< / ><><>特拉维夫 . . . 晴< / ><>33< / ><>91< / >< / ><><>特内里费 . . . -< / ><>28< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>多伦多 . . . 多云< / ><>22< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>突尼斯. . . . 晴< / ><>35< / ><>95< / >< / ><><>威尼斯 . . . 多云< / ><>28< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>维也纳 . . . 多云< / ><>24< / ><>75< / >< / ><><>华沙 . . .

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<><>香港. . 多云< / ><>30< / ><>86< / >< / ><><>伊斯坦布尔. . . 阵雨< / ><>25< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>泽西岛. . . 阵雨< / ><>19< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>拉纳卡. . . 阵雨< / ><>21< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>拉斯帕尔马斯. . 晴< / ><>27< / ><>81< / >< / ><><>洛杉矶. 多云< / ><>29< / ><>84< / >< / ><><>卢克索. . . 晴< / ><>40< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>马拉加. . . 晴< / ><>28< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>马略卡. . . 晴< / ><>32< / ><>90< / >< / ><><>马耳他. . . 晴< / ><>36< / ><>97< / >< / ><><>墨尔本. . 多云< / ><>13< / ><>55< / >< / ><><>迈阿密. . . 多云< / ><>33< / ><>91< / >< / ><><>莫斯科. . 多云< / ><>18< / ><>64< / >< / ><><>内罗比. . . 晴< / ><>22< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>新德里. . 晴< / ><>34< / ><>93< / >< / table>

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大主教对节日死亡事件表示震惊

作者：海伦·威廉 (HELEN WILLIAM)

英国最大规模的基督教节日期间，一块标牌倒塌导致六人受伤，一名男子死亡。

坎特伯雷大主教表示，在一次基督教节日期间，一块巨大的标牌倒塌导致一名男子死亡，对此她感到“悲痛和震惊”。

周五下午，警方接到报案前往位于西萨塞克斯郡斯泰宁（Steyning）附近的“大教会节日”（Big Church Festival）现场。一名来自东萨塞克斯郡东本（Eastbourne）的 41 岁男子被宣布死亡。

被誉为英国最大规模基督教节日的 BCF 组织者表示，他们对这次“严重的事故”感到“心碎”，此次事故还造成六人受伤。

据目击者称，在标牌倒在参加庆典的人身上后，信徒们冲上前去试图抬起这块写着“一切不可错过”（Everything’s Unmissable）的沉重标牌。

大主教莎拉·穆拉利（Dame Sarah Mullally）女士昨天表示：“我为他的家人、朋友和挚爱在悲痛中祈祷。”

“我为那些正在接受治疗的人以及照顾他们的医护人员祈祷。”

“我也为其他节日参与者、工作人员和活动组织者祈祷，愿他们能面对这些悲剧性事件。愿安慰之神”

一名东南海岸救护车服务机构（South East Coast Ambulance Service）的发言人表示：“现场共对六名患者进行了评估和治疗。其中四人被送往当地医院进一步治疗，包括两名伤势较重的患者和两名伤势较轻的患者。”

他们补充道：“我们的心与不幸丧生的男子的家人以及所有受此次悲剧事件影响的人在一起。”

在开幕日发生死亡事件后，组织者取消了原定于今天结束的其余活动。

参加节日的拉尔夫·斯克拉顿（Ralph Scrutton）昨天表示：“整个营地的氛围可以理解地低落且忧郁，人们慢慢醒来，收拾东西准备离开现场。这个早晨有一种真正的静谧感，人们在反思昨天发生的事情。教会的朋友们，请继续为所有相关人员祈祷。”

萨塞克斯警方表示，死者的近亲已被通知，并由专业警员提供支持。

警方补充称，该事件已向健康与安全执行局（Health and Safety Executive）及当地政府报告。

侦查总警司理查德·麦克多纳（Richard McDonagh）表示：“我意识到这将给节日参与者带来巨大的痛苦，我们正与多家合作伙伴协作，以查明具体发生了什么。”

“我们知道节日期间有数千人在场，我们敦促任何掌握信息或相关视频片段的人员请提供线索。”

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艾特金斯警告：干旱是对农业的主要威胁

作者：亚伦·纽伯里 政治记者

议员们警告称，安迪·伯纳姆需要为未来的干旱做好准备，以帮助缓解人们对粮食生产短缺的担忧。

此次警示是在今年经历了几次热浪以及引发收成不佳警报的干旱之后发出的，心碎的农民和种植者透露，水资源短缺导致他们的农田空空如也。

影子食品与农村事务大臣维多利亚·艾特金斯在为本报撰文时表示，水资源短缺的“预警信号”已经出现了数月。

她补充道：“水库水位骤降，田间的作物在高温中枯萎，山火摧毁了景观，农民们在质疑他们的企业能否生存下去。

“安迪·伯纳姆在就职后的最初几周里一直凭‘感觉’治理，但到目前为止，他完全没有意识到这次干旱带来的问题。发一条禁止烧烤的手机警报是远远不够的。

“韧性无法一夜之间建立。今天的决定将决定英国是对未来的干旱做好了准备，还是在另一场危机已经到来后才仓促应对。

“第一步是确保农民能够投资于他们的农场。

“家庭农场是英国农业的支柱，而他们一直受到劳工党的打击。”

《快报》一直致力于保护农民免受劳工党政策的影响，农民们担心这些政策（如家庭农场税）会威胁到他们的生计。

伯纳姆先生的政府最近宣布了一项新的资金方案，以支持干旱期间的农民。

政府还打算建设更多水库，并宣布了一笔初始启动资金以启动该进程。

但艾特金斯女士警告说，劳工党未能采取行动，也未能倾听乡村及其守护者的声音。她说：“这是典型的劳工党故事——倾听伦敦的政治活动家和游说团体的意见，而不是那些实际管理土地的人。

“政策应该关注于什么有效，而不仅仅是为了安抚某些环境压力团体。”

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理查德·阿什莫尔独家报道

在一个被规划用于安置 1,250 多名男性移民营地的村庄里，当地女性对性攻击感到如此恐惧，以至于她们正在寻求自卫课程。

位于牛津郡乡村的皮丁顿（Piddington）仅有 350 名男女老少，根据英国内政部对相邻的前国防部基地的计划，他们的人数可能会被对方以近四比一的比例压制。

政府希望将位于乡村的国防部比斯特（Bicester）前仓库转换为主要安置适龄男性寻求庇护者的住所，数月内可能有超过一千人抵达。

据了解，该基地在未来至少十年内可能被用于安置移民。

随着劳工党试图将数千名外国男性丢在前军事基地中，像皮丁顿以及约克郡的林顿-昂-乌兹（Linton-on-Ouse）、萨福克郡的巴纳姆（Barnham）、埃塞克斯郡的韦瑟斯菲尔德（Wethersfield）和东萨塞克斯郡的克罗伯勒（Crowborough）等乡村城镇和村庄，现在正处于移民危机的前线。

《快报》本月披露了一份令人震惊的英国内政部手册，该手册正分发给移民，警告他们不要强奸或虐待妇女和儿童。

皮丁顿附近的国防部基地有一道围栏直接紧邻禧年自然保护区（Jubilee Nature Reserve），这是一个被当地

“在这里你尖叫也没人能听到”

青少年以及一个受欢迎的遛狗地点。

在寻求庇护者实施性侵案件每月都在法庭上出现之际，村里的女性正面临着可能不得不与袭击者搏斗的残酷前景。

改革英国党（Reform UK）发言人齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）表示：“显然，这个工党政府正在直接危及该地区的妇女和女孩。”

教师兼居民萨曼莎·菲利普斯（Samantha Phillips），61岁，表示：“在这里你尖叫也没人能听到。村里的女性喜欢在那个田野里遛狗，而那里紧邻他们想要建立移民营地的地方，最近的房屋也在四分之一英里之外。”

“我们正在为村里的女性、儿童和男性寻找自卫课程，焦虑情绪确实在加剧。”

“我们并非反应过度，我们已经看到了内政部的传单。村里每一名女性将面对10名男性，这立即引发了担忧。”

菲利普斯女士表示，居民们可能还将被迫携带警报器和哨子，并且可能需要在安静的村道上安装闭路电视（CCTV）。

教区议员蒂姆·麦克纳利（Tim McNally）透露，当地地区仅有两名警察负责覆盖46个村庄。

他说：“人们意识到，那些平时能在村里手牵手走动的孩子将不再能那样做了。这也将影响老年人，因为他们会变得更加孤立，社区实际上将被关闭。”皮丁顿（Piddington）的当地居民在抵制移民基地计划的防御行动中被激发出斗志，在7月4日的一次象征性全民公投中，96%的人投票支持脱离英国。

这个微小的村落成为了全球头条新闻，村民们刚刚发布了一首名为《保卫英国》（Battle for Britain）的单曲，目前正在音乐网站Spotify上播放。

尤苏夫先生成为首位访问皮丁顿并直接与居民会面的主流政治人物。他告诉《星期日快报》，如果改革英国党掌控了

威斯敏斯特，他们将追究那些通过运行移民营地和合租房（HMOs）合同赚取数百万资金的公司。

“这里现在是英国被入侵的‘零点’，”尤苏夫先生说。

“我想不出什么样的首相，什么样的政府，会对自己的国民做出这种事。”

“这个数字简直疯了，这个安静的田园村庄大约住着350人，而政府网站上明确写着他们想在这里安置1,250名成年男性。”

“这些男人大多来自厄立特里亚、苏丹和阿富汗等国家，这些人正是内政部发放传单试图培训他们‘禁止与儿童发生性关系’的对象。”

萨曼莎·菲利普斯表示焦虑情绪高涨

“我们知道，阿富汗人被判定犯有性犯罪的可能性比英国公民高20%，苏丹紧随其后。”

他补充道：“当安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）到来时，他一直强调权力下放，不是吗？”

“赋予当地居民决定发生什么的权力。”

“好吧，显然在1,250名男性被扔进你的小村庄这件事上除外。”

“在改革英国党政府的领导下，像这样的地方将成为高优先级，这些非法移民将无法四处游荡，他们全部将被拘留，并被遣返回原籍国。”

“我们还将追究负责此事的人员，无论是部长、官员，还是大型私人承包商。”

“这是一种不诚实的赚钱方式，令人毛骨悚然。”

改革英国党（Reform UK）本周在伯明翰举行党代会。在基尔爵士上个月离开唐宁街10号后，工党支持率经历了短暂的“伯纳姆反弹”，但目前在大多数民调中，改革英国党与其基本持平。

然而，工党灾难性的囚犯提前释放计划，以及现在乘坐“巨型橡皮艇”跨越英吉利海峡的非法移民，已迅速

导致伯纳姆先生的支持率受损。

尤苏夫先生补充道：“在皮丁顿（Piddington）这样的地方，人们在自己的国家里生活被搞得天翻地覆。

“这不是弗拉基米尔·普京在对这些人这么做，而是他们自己的政府。

“皮丁顿的情况定义了我们现在的国家，这是对勤劳的英国人民绝对令人作呕且不体面的背叛。这些人首先在14年的保守党统治下变得无力，而现在面对的工党，似乎在为除这个伟大国家的人民之外的所有人为政府。”

“人们会对这种浪费金钱的行为感到愤怒”

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纳税人正在“为非法移民提供避孕资金，而英国人甚至无法预约到牙医”。

他补充道：“目前有超过 93,000 人由纳税人出资安置，而在劳工党执政下，被挤进安置房的人数增长了 12%。”

“非法移民应该被驱逐。”

“下一届保守党政府将驱逐每一名非法移民，并退出《欧洲人权公约》以及任何阻碍此项工作的其他义务，以确保目标达成。”

“因为清空安置房最可靠的方法就是明确告知：任何[非法]跨越英吉利海峡的人都无法留下来。”

税务监督机构也对这一披露提出了批评。

纳税人联盟（TaxPayers' Alliance）首席执行官约翰·奥康奈尔（John O'Connell）表示：“英国人为处理、安置以及向闯入我国的外国罪犯提供免费福利支付了数十亿资金。”

“对于那些违法并绕过我们边境的人，不应提供任何由纳税人出资的特权。”上周，《快报》的一项调查揭露，政府不得不指示寻求庇护者，在这个国家“男女平等”。

发给非法移民的传单还指出，强奸女性、殴打女性或与儿童发生性关系是违法的。

曾抗议将移民安置在酒店的保守党伦敦议会成员苏珊·霍尔（Susan Hall）猛烈抨击了免费发放避孕套的行为。她表示：

“在我们的国民医疗服务体系（NHS）承受压力之际，纳税人无法理解为什么他们要为如此荒谬的浪费资金买单。”

“此类措施揭示了将寻求庇护者安置在酒店的成本如何累积到令人瞠目的程度，以及我们目前的系统是多么地完全不恰当。”

“人们会对这种荒谬的浪费金钱的行为感到愤怒，而且我不明白为什么为寻求庇护者提供性健康服务必须由纳税人出资。”

国民医疗服务体系（NHS）表示：“NHS 通过性健康诊所、大多数药房和部分全科医生诊所，向所有人（包括寻求庇护者）免费提供避孕服务。NHS 在法律上有义务向寻求庇护者提供医疗保健服务。”

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保守党抨击工党“招揽寻求庇护者导致130亿英镑账单”

作者：亚伦·纽伯里

由于工党允许非法移民进入，英国民众可能被迫支付约130亿英镑以覆盖相关成本。

这一警告来自保守党的一项分析，该分析称，工党已给予近100,000人在此停留的权利。

其中许多人受益于“家庭与私人生活”补助金（Family and Private Life grant），如果他们与该国有个人联系但没有资格通过其他途径进入英国，该补助金允许他们留下来。

英国内政部的估算显示，此类移民的终身成本为14.1 万英镑，而保守党表示他们将取消该补助金。

影子内政大臣克里斯·菲尔普（Chris Philp）议员（见下方插图）表示：“不存在所谓的免费庇护。在两年时间里大开方便之门后，工党给英国纳税人开出了一张130亿英镑的账单。”

“工党的移民大乱局必须结束。在工党政府领导下，近100,000人获得了留英权利。保守党将禁止为非法入境者提供庇护补助金，以便他们在抵达后能被迅速遣返。”

《快报》看到的分析表明，在工党执政期间，已有95,874人获得了庇护保护或其他居留许可。

该分析声称，获得庇护者的终身成本估计为13,518,234,000英镑。

英国内政部表示：“我们不认可这项分析。自大选以来，我们在庇护支持成本上为纳税人节省了10亿英镑。”

“庇护补助率已下降至$38\%$，积压案件量处于2019年以来的最低水平，这意味着由纳税人出资支持的人数在减少。在过去一年中，我们将住在酒店的寻求庇护者人数减少了一半，且自大选以来，已遣返超过80,000名没有留英权利的人员。”

凯米敦促首相为英国自有清洁能源“开始钻探”

作者：亚伦·纽伯里 政治记者

凯米·巴德诺克（KEMI Badenoch）敦促首相在议员们结束夏季休假回归时，“让英国重新开始钻探”。

这位保守党领袖长期以来一直呼吁国家充分利用其丰富的自然资源，以帮助降低能源账单。

然而，尽管有传闻称工党可能会批准Jackdaw石油许可证，但安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）目前似乎不愿允许进一步钻探。

巴德诺克女士在为《星期日快报》撰文时表示：“关于英国未来数十年如何获取能源的决定，不能取决于唐宁街外的气温——即便‘北唐宁街’的气温低几度。”

“这不是务实，而是懦弱。那些生计依赖北海的人们不能在天气改变之前就暂停偿还房贷。”

“决定是否在英国投资数十亿英镑的企业不能在部长们查看天气预报——或观察政治风向时干等。”

“而且仅批准Jackdaw项目只是碎片化的施舍——尤其是对于那些在等待Rosebank项目答复而处于悬而未决状态的人来说。”

伯纳姆先生可能会面临来自

“唐宁街的决策不能取决于气温”

如果他屈服于在北海开辟新开采区的要求，他将面临自己党内议员的压力。

他的亲密盟友、前净零排放大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）曾激烈反对扩大钻探的需求，转而推动发展更多太阳能。

今年早些时候，该党副党魁露西·鲍威尔（Lucy Powell）表示，她希望伯纳姆先生能够遵守该党的竞选宣言承诺，其中已排除了发放新的钻探许可。

“我们一直非常明确，实现长期能源安全和降低账单的方法是确保我们拥有本土的、清洁且廉价得多的能源，”她当时表示。

“但我们也绝对明确，北海的天然气和石油是这一转型的重要组成部分。”

“它是能源组合中的重要部分，我认为安迪所讨论的是采取一种

（插图文字）凯米·巴德诺克表示，如果英国要使用石油和天然气，我们就应该自行生产。

更务实的方法，并与工业界合作，以确保其能够为这一[能源]转型以及长期确定的能源组合做出贡献。”

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普也呼吁首相增加北海的开采量，称其为“无价之宝”。

伯纳姆先生在就任首相后尚未详细阐述其能源计划，但当议员们本周返回议会时，他可能会面临越来越多关于此问题的质询。

安迪·伯纳姆告诉英国，他将为唐宁街带来务实精神——但这完全是空谈。

数周以来，他的政府一直推迟对 Rosebank 和 Jackdaw 项目的决定，因为他担心在炎热的夏天批准石油和天然气项目的“观感”问题。现在我们得知，伯纳姆终于准备批准 Jackdaw 项目。

也许是这个阴雨绵绵的银行假期周末起到了作用——如果真是这样，我们拥有的不是一位首相，而是一位气象预报员。

如果后果没那么严重，这本该是个笑话。我们都担心气候变化，但为了让事情看起来没那么糟糕而推迟决定，这简直是不严肃。

关于英国未来数十年如何获取能源的决策，不能取决于唐宁街外的气温——即便唐宁街北区的气温低了几度。这不是务实，而是懦弱。那些

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生计依赖于北海的人们，不能在天气改变之前就暂停偿还房贷。

决定是否在英国投资数十亿资金的企业，不能在部长们查看天气预报——或观察政治风向——时苦苦等待。

而且，仅批准 Jackdaw 项目不过是杯水车薪——尤其是对于那些在焦虑中等待 Rosebank 项目答复的人来说。

“伯纳姆承诺过会有所不同”

伯纳姆在维持工党对新油气许可的意识形态禁令的同时，终于做出了一个决定，但他不应期待为此获得掌声。该禁令扼杀了未来的投资，使技术岗位面临风险，并让英国日益依赖海外生产的能源。

这样做有什么意义？在未来的许多年里，英国仍将需要石油和天然气。我们可以增加国内产量，支持英国的工人、企业和税收，或者向挪威或沙特阿拉伯等其他国家付费，让他们为我们开采。坦白地说，如果英国要使用石油和天然气，我们应该在合理范围内尽可能多地自行生产。

保守党将结束工党对新许可的禁令，废除能源利润税，并赋予北海监管机构一个明确的任务，即最大限度地利用英国自身的资源。因为这不仅仅涉及北海的两个油田。多年来，英国在将工业、投资和排放推向海外的同时，使能源变得更加昂贵。

关闭这里的工厂而从中国进口同样的商品并不是环境进步。在拒绝开发自身供应的同时进口天然气，并不是能源安全。这是在管理衰退。

伯纳姆曾承诺会与基尔·斯塔默不同，但在面对埃德·米利班德激进的绿色意识形态以及来自自身后座议员的压力时，他在重大决定面前已经开始退缩。

我们面对的还是那个老掉牙的工党，只不过换了一件黑色 T 恤。但 Rosebank 仍需要一个决定，Jackdaw 现在需要得到确认，这样北海才有未来。

因此，当议会本周复会时，伯纳姆有机会证明他关于务实主义的承诺是真实的。担任首相意味着要做出艰难的选择，而不是逃避选择。我知道我会怎么做——让英国重新钻探。

生态活动人士“阻碍降低我们的电费”

作者：亚伦·纽伯里

一名现任乡村准政府机构（quango）主席的前绿党候选人被指责阻碍英国家庭获得更便宜的能源。

英国自然英格兰局（Natural England）主席托尼·朱尼珀（Tony Juniper）遭到批评，批评者称其组织正在阻碍英国建设旨在降低电费的发电站。

自然英格兰局是环境、食品和农村事务部的一个分支机构，旨在负责管理国家的土地、河流和野生动物。

但“寻求增长”（Looking for Growth）组织声称，该团体对建设项目拥有否决权。

朱尼珀先生在 20 世纪 80 年代从事鹦鹉保护工作后，加入了“地球之友”（Friends of the Earth），并领导了反对建设绕道公路的运动，随后共同撰写了一份绿色新政小组报告，呼吁对英国油气公司征收高税。

2010 年，他在剑桥代表绿党参选，誓言要“逐步淘汰核电，并坚决反对任何新的核电站”。

LfG 的汤姆·威勒顿-加特赛德（Tom Willerton-Gartside）表示：“自然英格兰局拒绝的事项清单似乎无穷无尽。最令人震惊的例子或许是欣克利角 C 电站那个耗资 £7 亿 的‘鱼类迪斯科’。”

这指的是用于防止三文鱼和鳗鱼进入该场地进水管的水下扬声器。

威勒顿-加特赛德先生补充道：“这场闹剧使英国本世纪首座新核电站的建设拖延了约十年——直到现在，我们仍不知道它何时能获得自然英格兰局的批准。”

智库 Onward 发现，增加核电可能会使每年的能源账单降低约 £500。

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迪士尼正致力于邀请童星麦考利回归重启经典喜剧

迈克·帕克（MIKE PARKER）洛杉矶独家报道

《小鬼当家》主演麦考利·卡尔金（Macaulay Culkin）即将回归让他 36 年前成名的电影系列。

据报道，他正与迪士尼工作室高层就重启这部大片系列进行深入洽谈，该系列在他 10 岁时将其推向了好莱坞之星的宝座。

播客主持人兼洛杉矶娱乐圈作家马特·贝洛尼（Matt Belloni）表示：“他们正在极力争取他，”他补充说，重启深受喜爱的《小鬼当家》系列“将会产生巨大的影响”。

卡尔金上周刚满 46 岁。在 1990 年的这部原创喜剧大片中，他饰演一名小男孩，在家人度假时不小心将他遗忘在家里后，他独自守护郊区住宅抵御入侵者，赢得了全球数百万人的喜爱。

两年后，他还主演了第一部续集《小鬼当家 2,》，但在 1997 年至 2021 年间的另外四部作品中均未出现。

在 2019 年收购 20 世纪福克斯后，整个系列现由迪士尼所有。

一名好莱坞高级制作主管昨日确认：“在重启之风盛行的时代，迪士尼高层认为，如果能让前两部（也是最成功两部）《小鬼当家》电影中那位原创且至今仍深受喜爱的明星回归，将是一次重大胜利。”

“显然，剧情必须进行某种反转，让麦考利饰演的著名角色现在已经长大，并且有了自己的孩子。”

该主管补充道：“我知道他一直在与迪士尼讨论这一切，因此达成正式协议应该不远了。”

麦考利·卡尔金，以及插图中的《小鬼当家》1990 年反派角色丹尼尔·斯特恩（左）和乔·佩西

基于对中国的担忧，军方人员收到关于汽车技术的警告

詹姆斯·克努基（JAMES KNUCKEY）独家报道

国防部门负责人已发布秘密指南，警告军事人员车载摄像头及其他技术带来的安全风险。

分析人士在对该警示表示欢迎的同时认为，现代车辆对于敌对国家而言是数据的“宝库”。

该备忘录（具体细节仍处于保密状态）就驾驶员和乘客如何防范与车载技术（如内置麦克风和实时位置追踪）相关的潜在威胁提供了建议。

尽管国防官员坚称该建议适用于所有车辆，无论品牌或制造商如何，但此举是在对中国相关技术担忧日益增加的背景下出台的。

去年的报告表明，由于担心间谍活动，国防部已禁止带有中国零部件的电动汽车进入敏感地点和军事训练基地。

前陆军情报官员菲利普·英格拉姆（Philip Ingram）表示：“威胁程度比人们担心的要高，因此发布这一指南是非常明智的。”

“现代电子设备——汽车也是其中之一——是你所能获得的最顶级的‘詹姆斯·邦德’式间谍工具。”

来自中国的比亚迪（BYD）汽车——高科技车辆的一个例子

“如果你认为敌对情报机构没有利用每一个可能的机会来榨取现有的一切，那就太天真了。”

网络安全专家杰克·摩尔（Jake Moore）将现代汽车描述为“移动数据库”，能够记录车门开启时间、速度、对话和视频片段。他表示：“对于网络罪犯来说，这就是一个数据的宝库，尤其是当我们谈论高知名度人士时。信息就是力量。”

该指南出台之际，价格通常更实惠的中国制造汽车在英国的销量激增。

数据显示，中国品牌约占英国汽车注册量的 11% in 2026,。

《快报》获悉，已有中国汽车被禁止进入基地的案例。英格拉姆先生表示，现在安装在汽车上的摄像头和传感器构成了真实威胁：“这就像有人开着装有闭路电视（CCTV）摄像头的车进入敏感军事区域，将那里的一切全部录像。”

“你可以看到营地的布局，可以看到指向营地、基地或驻地内可能存在的不同设施的特定标志。”

“你可以看到其他车辆的注册号，可以通过交叉比对这些注册号来识别潜在的重点关注人员。”一位资深汽车行业人士表示，军方的指南也将适用于许多其他电子设备，如含有麦克风和摄像头的手机和笔记本电脑。

今年6月，军情五处（MI5）警告称，中国间谍正通过招聘网站将目标锁定在政府和军事人员身上，试图获取机密或敏感信息。

“对于网络罪犯来说，这就是一个数据的宝库”

国防部表示：“国防资产的安全是本届政府的重中之重。”

“我们在向所有员工提供安全指南的同时，会定期审查车辆使用者和乘客的安全政策。”

汽车制造商和贸易商协会（SMMT）首席执行官迈克·霍斯（Mike Hawes）表示：“所有在英国销售汽车的制造商必须遵守有关数据隐私的相关法规。”

唐纳德·图雷尔（Donald Turrell）入伍时年仅 17 岁

诺曼底英雄逝世，享年101岁

一名在二战期间通过谎报年龄参加诺曼底战役的退伍军人去世，享年101岁。

来自伦敦的唐纳德·特雷尔（Donald Turrell）在参军时年仅17岁，他当时伪造了一封父母的信，称其已满18岁。

他加入了卡梅隆团（苏格兰步枪兵团）。该团在D-Day（诺曼底登陆日）后的几天内，于1944年6月渡海前往法国。特雷尔先生在索德海滩（Sword Beach）登陆，随后参与了针对德国占领军的激烈战斗。

退伍军人出租车慈善机构（Taxi Charity for Military Veterans）表示，特雷尔先生于周五在家人的陪伴下去世，对此感到“深切悲痛”。

副总裁迪克·古德温（Dick Goodwin）表示：“唐（Don）是一个极其特别的人。他拥有一种温暖且强大的气场，能照亮他进入的每一个房间，他影响了许多人的生活。”

“唐代表了那样一代人，他们的勇气和奉献我们将永不忘记。”

Pixie在演出中展现乐观一面，表现轻松自如

皮克西·洛特（Pixie Lott）身着红色礼服，在朴茨茅斯的Victorious音乐节上为她崇拜的粉丝们带来演出，记者乔恩·科茨（Jon Coates）报道。

这位35岁的创作歌手在南海（Southsea）音乐节开幕当天登上公共舞台（Common Stage），身着一套在大风天气中飘逸的服装。她那令观众满意的演出曲目包括热门单曲《Boys and Girls》和《It's All About Tonight》，以及翻唱的杀手乐队（The Killers）的《Mr Brightside》。

在黑键乐队（The Black Keys）昨晚领衔、理查德·阿什克罗夫特（Richard Ashcroft）周五领衔之后，音乐节今天继续进行，领衔艺人为Kasabian和The Streets。

一年一度的Victorious音乐节是一个适合家庭参加的三天音乐盛会，每天吸引多达80,000名游客前来观看顶级的摇滚和流行领衔演出。该活动在8月银行假期周末举行，将绝美的海滨景色与现场表演、当地美食和喜剧表演融为一体。

法拉奇势头减弱，竞争对手势头强劲

一位领先的民调专家表示，奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）成为首相的机会在过去一年中有所下降。

由于竞争对手“恢复英国党”（Restore UK）获得支持，且保守党稳住阵脚，改革英国党（Reform UK）正遭受“左翼统一而右翼分裂”的影响。

与此同时，左翼选民正团结在由新领导人安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）率领的工党周围，部分此前投奔激进绿党的选民正回归工党。

运行民调和焦点小组的 More in Common 执行董事卢克·特里尔（Luke Tryl）表示，法拉奇“远非过气之辈”。

然而，他警告称：“要赢得下次选举，法拉奇必须在自己的基本盘之外进行扩张，并主导分裂的右翼；但在两方面，今年夏天他们都在后退。”

More in Common 的数据显示，从 2025 年 5 月到今年 7 月下半月，改革英国党在超过 12 个月的时间里一直 comfortably 领先于其他政党。

而这发生在安迪·伯纳姆于 7 月 20 日就任首相之前。

去年此时的民调显示，有 30% 到 33% 的选民计划支持改革英国党，而

改革英国党的奈杰尔·法拉奇

作者：乔纳森·沃克（JONATHAN WALKER）白厅编辑

对工党的支持率曾低至 21%。但现在，27% 的人支持工党，23% 支持改革英国党，22% 支持保守党。

虽然保守党的支持率没有大幅激增，但该党领导人凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）似乎成功挫败了法拉奇企图终结其政党、并将改革英国党确立为右翼唯一可行地替代工党方案的计划。

此外，由前改革英国党议员鲁珀特·洛（Rupert Lowe）领导的竞争对手右翼政党“恢复英国党”（Restore Britain），目前得到了 2024 年大选中支持改革英国党的选民中十分之一的支持。

特里尔先生表示：“法拉奇入主唐宁街 10 号的可能性，在今年夏天看来，远不像去年此时那样具有必然性。”

改革英国党本周在伯明翰举行年度会议，届时将公布其执政前 100 天的计划。

该党计划禁止不会说英语的人投票，并取消英联邦公民在英国的投票权。改革英国党还将规定，以任何外语发布选举竞选材料均属违法。

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奈杰尔·法拉奇入主唐宁街 10 号的可能性，在今年夏天看来，远不像去年此时那样具有必然性。

一年前，改革英国党的民调支持率经常在 30-33% 之间；根据我们最新的民意调查，这一数字现已下降至 23%——仅领先凯米·巴德诺克的保守党 1 个百分点，落后安迪·伯纳姆的工党 4 个百分点。

恢复英国党分走了改革英国党的基本盘，赢得了 4% 以上的选民，以及 2024 年改革英国党选民中的十分之一。

巴德诺克女士的人气

卢克·特里尔（Luke Tryl）评论，More in Common 主管

也至少遏制了法拉奇进一步挤压保守党的希望。由于关于 £500 万 捐款的质疑，他的个人评分大幅下跌，从去年夏天的 -5 降至 -23。

与此同时，在焦点小组中，我们发现美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的行动——特别是关于伊朗以及美国移民海关执法局（ICE）在明尼苏达州的行为——让更多选民开始思考法拉奇在这里是否也会采取同样做法。伯纳姆先生的崛起也带来了自身的挑战。

他很受欢迎，而且与基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）不同，他被认为讨人喜欢且平易近人。

比起法拉奇先生，更多选民想和他一起去喝杯啤酒，而这在传统上一直是改革英国党领导人表现出色的测试项。

伯纳姆先生在民调中的上升主要由左翼选民驱动，这些选民在去年春天被扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）的绿党吸引，现在正回归工党。

一个统一的左翼和一个分裂的右翼，可能意味着大量原本会转向改革英国党的席位将留在工党手中。

对没收规模感到震惊

学校内发现数千件致命武器

独家报道：马修·戴维斯（MATTHEW DAVIS）

在英国各地的学校中，数千件用于打斗的致命武器被没收，其规模令人胆寒。

随着大多数学生在本周开启新学期，本报可以披露，在过去三年中，共有近 4,000 件致命物品被没收，其中包括枪械、一把武士刀和一台电锯。

警方记录还显示，去年在校园内实施的犯罪活动中使用了致命刀具和 3D 打印的指虎。此外，学校的圆规、直尺、体育器材甚至鼓棒在冲突中也被用作武器。

在西默西亚郡（West Mercia）的一起事件中记录了一把枪，而埃文和萨默塞特郡（Avon and Somerset）记录了一把手枪，埃塞克斯郡（Essex）则记录了一把 BB 枪。

汉普郡警方（Hampshire Police）表示，曾发生涉及扳手、弹簧刀、剃刀片和砍刀的事件。在肯特郡（Kent），警员披露了七起使用厨房刀的事件，以及一起发现人员携带手术刀片的事件。

反刀具犯罪活动组织“本·金塞拉信托基金”（The Ben Kinsella Trust）首席执行官帕特里克·格林（Patrick Green）表示：“在学校中发现武器的数量和种类令人深感不安。”

“警方从校园内缴获从厨房刀、砍刀到枪械和武士刀的所有物品，这一事实应当引起我们所有人的关注。”

“当发现武器时，学校和警方必须继续采取强有力的行动。但仅靠执法永远无法解决这个问题。”

“我们需要更加强调预防，并确保年轻人获得支持和教育

“仅靠执法永远无法解决这个问题。我们需要更加强调预防”——帕特里克·格林（PATRICK GREEN）

他们在考虑携带武器之前，需要获得这些支持和教育。”

该信托基金是以一名在 2008. 年被刺身亡的 16 岁伦敦学生命名的。但自那次悲剧性的谋杀以来，学校里依然常见刀具。西默西亚警方没收了 16 把刀，其中包括一把 3D 打印刀和一把忍者刀。

记录中还包括涉及一把手枪、一根撬棍、一支标枪和一个高尔夫球叉的案件。

西米德兰兹郡的警员记录了一系列案件，其中包括 12 起涉及弹簧刀、7 起指虎、5 起僵尸刀和 2 起砍刀的案件。

在埃塞克斯郡，有 35 起涉及各种刀具的案件，包括一把南瓜雕刻刀、四把折叠小刀和一把蝴蝶刀。

警方还记录到有人持有 Kubotan（一种握在拳中用于刺击和挖掘攻击者的短棍）。

在赫特福德郡，警方记录了一起胡椒喷雾案件、一起人员携带锤子的事件，以及一起嫌疑人被发现持有仿制枪支的案件。

兰开夏警方去年处理了 26 起案件，其中大多数违规者携带的是刀具。

其中一起事件中，有人将一把尺子磨尖，另一起事件中，有人将一把剪刀用作武器。

诺森伯兰警方处理的案件中，涉及的武器包括一根鼓棒、一根织针和玻璃碎片。在大曼彻斯特地区，警方记录的案件涉及一把钢锯、一把砍刀、一把斧头和一个擀面杖。

教育部发布的另一组数据显示，去年因武器相关违规而被遣回家中的次数创下纪录。

在上一个学年，共有 15,308 次因武器事件而被停学的记录——平均每天 80 次——另有 766 人被开除。

在过去三年中，学生因武器事件而被停学的次数比 2021 年的 13,170. 次增加了 7%。统计分析显示，Year 9 和 Year 10 的学生最常因武器事件而被停学。

被谋杀的本·金塞拉（Ben Kinsella）、以其名字命名的信托基金负责人帕特里克·格林（Patrick Green）以及 NASUWT 的简·佩克汉姆（Jane Peckham）

然而，统计数据揭示，在就读预备班（reception）和 year 1, 的年幼儿童中，这一数字也在上升，去年共有 86 起与武器相关的停学记录。

教师工会 NASUWT 的副总书记简·佩克汉姆表示：

“必须保护学生和教职员工，防止攻击性武器被带入学校。”

“学校应采取一切合理措施来防止这种情况发生，并向学生和社区发出强烈信号，即学校对携带武器采取零容忍态度，并将所有事件报告给警方。”

“还必须记住，解决暴力问题不能仅靠学校。这是一个根植于更广泛社会的议题，需要警方、政府、地方当局和学校采取协同一致的方法。”

教育部的一位发言人表示：“武器在学校没有立足之地。包括刀具犯罪在内的严重暴力对儿童和社区具有毁灭性影响，政府正将其作为最高优先级事项来处理。”

“在整个政府层面，我们正通过禁止僵尸风格刀具和忍者剑、加强在线销售刀具的年龄验证，以及推行防止年轻人陷入暴力犯罪的计划，来打击刀具犯罪。”

冰岛人就重启欧盟成员国谈判进行投票，结果预计势均力敌

冰岛人预计，关于是否应重启加入欧盟谈判的投票结果将非常接近。

这个北极国家的总人口不足 400,000 人，他们被要求就 13 年前中断谈判后是否希望恢复谈判进行投票。

人们担心，在国际局势动荡时期重新加入谈判可能会要求该国承担其他义务。冰岛

亚伦·纽伯里 报道

一直尽力远离全球事务，且尽管是北约成员国，但并没有常备军。

选民意向的早期迹象表明，结果可能会非常接近，支持（Yes）和反对（No）两个对立阵营之间仅有几个百分点的差距。

左翼总理克里斯特伦·弗罗斯塔多蒂尔（Kristrún Frostadóttir）在人们对该国至关重要的渔业和主权感到担忧之际，向冰岛人承诺将就该议题举行全民公投。该国已经是欧盟单一市场和申根协议的一部分，但全面加入将使其受限于关税同盟，并且有一天将使用欧元。

2013 年的谈判由于欧盟委员会官员与当地政治家在任何协议的条款上进行讨价还价而陷入停滞。他们关注的问题范围广泛，从渔业和经济政策到言论自由和货物的自由流动。

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尼泊尔死亡人数升至 669 人，英国公民搜寻工作仍在继续

救援人员需要停尸房冷冻柜和 DNA 技术以确认死者身份

尼泊尔毁灭性山洪造成的死亡人数昨晚上升至 669 人，仍有 2,426 人失踪，其中包括 33 名英国人。

与此同时，中国报告称，周三尼泊尔与西藏边境沿线的山村被灾难掩埋，导致 7 人死亡，550 多人失踪。

根据国际综合山地发展中心的分析，下游水位在半小时内上涨了高达 30 英尺，大约是双层巴士高度的两倍。

洪水如洪流般冲下陡峭的山谷，美国地质调查局将其归咎于“冰川崩塌”。

到目前为止，尼泊尔已有 3,700 多人获救，但奇特旺的区行政办公室表示，在已找回的 233 具尸体中，仅能确认其中 4 具的身份。

作者：JAYMI McCANN

据信仍有英国国民下落不明。

英国非居民尼泊尔人协会主席、埃塞克斯郡护士拉杰德拉·普达赛尼（Rajendra Pudasaini）表示，他的亲属已被洪水“冲走”，同时他发起了一项募捐活动，以支持受灾人员。

昨天，尼泊尔外交部长希希尔·卡纳尔（Shisir Khanal）表示，当局已在国际援助的支持下，动员所有可用资源进行搜救、救援、救济和恢复行动，重点是寻找失踪人员。

他补充道：“这目前是我们的国家优先事项。”

在 33 名英国国民中，包括两名青少年，一名 13 岁女孩和一名 14 岁男孩。

他表示，由于受灾地区山高陡峭、峡谷狭窄，救援行动面临挑战。

洪水还损坏了 25 英里的道路并摧毁了桥梁，使得进入该地区更加困难。卡纳尔先生补充说，当局已寻求在隧道救援、幸存者探测技术、快速法医和 DNA 分析以及停尸房冷冻柜方面的专业支持。

一支来自印度的 11 人隧道救援侦察队已经部署，而一支来自中国的类似救援队预计很快抵达，他补充道。

“寻找失踪者是我们的优先事项”

英国已提供一项 £500 万 方案以支持尼泊尔的应对工作，包括联合国、红十字会和非政府组织（NGO）的综合干预。

外交大臣埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）表示：“尼泊尔的景象令人心碎，我们的心与所有受影响的人在一起。英国国民的安全和福利是我们的首要任务。”

“这就是为什么我们向尼泊尔部署一支快速部署团队，在这个极其困难的时刻，为英国国民及其家属提供额外的实地支持。”

“我们的工作人员正与尼泊尔当局、应急响应人员以及我们在加德满都的大使馆密切合作，以确保受影响者能够获得所需的援助和信息。”

“我们将继续尽一切努力支持受这场悲剧影响的英国国民。”

搜救工作在尼泊尔和西藏的多个地点继续进行，包括尼泊尔拉斯瓦区的 Upper Trishuli-1 水电项目，以及中方境内受损严重的吉隆口岸。尼泊尔陆军发言人拉贾·拉姆·巴斯内特（Raja Ram Basnet）准将表示，水电站建设现场的行动将继续，当局认为那里有一个充满厚泥的隧道，仍有 100 多人被困其中。

中国中央电视台（CCTV）昨天也播出了救援人员抵达吉隆口岸的画面。

为……祈祷

亲属在加德满都医院做出反应

在与尼泊尔接壤的受灾严重边境口岸，救援人员大声呼喊：“有人吗？有人吗？”

在令人心碎的影像资料中，可以看到周三巨大的、不可阻挡的洪流奔涌而至，人们惊恐地四处奔逃。

目前尚不清楚洪水袭击时边境检查站大楼内有多少人，但在失踪者中，有数百名是在该地区工作、徒步或前往神圣山峰朝圣的外国人。

尼泊尔各地绝望的家庭也在等待亲人的消息。

昨日清晨，在首都加德满都，亲友们聚集在政府主要医院外。

许多人在服务台和医院公告栏之间徘徊，手里紧握着照片，扫描着伤员名单，希望能找到他们。

迪尔·玛雅·拉玛（Dil Maya Lama）站在医院服务台外哭泣，寻找她失踪的 26 岁弟弟的消息，他是一家位于拉斯瓦（Rasuwa）的水电公司的司机。

她是从

“我觉得绝望……已经过去四天了”

约 80 英里外的拉梅恰普（Ramechhap）赶来的。

她说：“我来到这里是希望能找到他。但没有任何关于他的消息。”

内尔扎·莫克坦（Nelza Moktan）焦虑地寻找她失踪表亲的消息，其表亲同样在拉斯瓦担任司机。

她说：“我觉得绝望。已经过去四天了。”

克莱弗利将在伦敦市长竞选中挑战汗

亚伦·纽伯里 报道

保守党重量级人物詹姆斯·克莱弗利爵士（Sir James Cleverly）将尝试将萨迪克·汗爵士（Sir Sadiq Khan）赶下伦敦市长的宝座。

他已辞去影子住房大臣一职，开始其竞选活动。

现年 56 岁的詹姆斯爵士长期以来一直被传在考虑重返市政厅，他此前曾是伦敦议会的成员。

他上周将这一意向告知了党魁凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch），并告诉一家全国性报纸，她对此反应“非常好”。

一名接近保守党党魁的消息人士表示，她“很高兴像他这样水准的人愿意挺身而出，成为保守党伦敦市长候选人”。

该人士补充道：“她非常希望有人能挑战萨迪克·汗，因为他正在摧毁她所热爱的伦敦。”

詹姆斯爵士表示，他

变革时刻，詹姆斯爵士如是说

参选市长是因为这座城市的声誉“在国内外都被允许下滑，而太多的问题被任其恶化”。

他在《星期日泰晤士报》中写道：“伦敦需要一位能够带头冲锋、排除万难、解除经济枷锁并让伦敦人获得成功的市长。”

“保守党以及伦敦，需要一位拥有获胜经验和自信的可靠候选人。”

“我了解这座城市。我了解这份工作。我知道我能胜任。”

“而且我知道，无论工党派出谁，我都能击败对方。”

他于 2015 年首次当选为布雷特里（Braintree）选区的国会议员，随后在政府职级中迅速晋升。

詹姆斯爵士在首相里希·苏纳克（Rishi Sunak）任内担任过内阁要职，曾任外交大臣，随后担任内政大臣。

深度访谈 大卫·威廉姆森 报道 首席政治评论员

凭借房地产开发背景，改革英国党的理查德·泰斯对重建英国的前景感到兴奋……字面意义上的重建

理查德·泰斯（RICHARD Tice）表示，他对于来自全国各地的改革英国党（Reform UK）活动人士聚集在伯明翰参加该党“有史以来规模最大的会议”的前景感到兴奋。“这意义重大，”他说道——但当他阐述该党如何改变英国的雄心时，他蓝色的眼睛闪烁着更亮的光芒。

这位前房地产开发商希望改造城镇中心，并为 35 岁以下的英国工人发起一场市政住房建设革命。

这位 61 岁的政治人物将城镇中心的现状描述为一场“国家紧急状态”，但他坚信，通过正确的规划变更和税收激励，可以打破这种“衰落的螺旋”。

“我一直热爱建筑，”他热情地说道。“我出身于一个建筑商、承包商和房地产从业者的家庭。这是我知道自己能够交付的东西。”

他最壮观的建筑项目之一，就是将英国脱欧党（Brexit Party）转型为改革英国党，并使其成员人数（根据该党统计）超过 270,000 人。

他将该党的团队比作“周六晚上完美的鸡尾酒”，指出了他本人、奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）和齐亚·尤苏夫（Zia Yusuf）的商业背景，以及前保守党成员罗伯特·詹里克（Robert Jenrick）和苏埃拉·布拉弗曼（Suella Braverman）在政府中的经验。

他认为，改革英国党已经改变了英国。

“多亏了我们，英国钢铁公司（British Steel）得到了拯救，”他说道，并将推动工党将该公司收归公有归功于自己——现在的优先事项是“翻修位于斯坎索普（Scunthorpe）现有的两座高炉”。

他还将近期首相的更替归功于改革英国党的竞选活动。

“我们将基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）赶下台的功劳归于我们，”他说。“我们在五月选举中的口号——当时我们表现惊人并令工党感到恐惧——是：投票给改革党，赶走斯塔默。

“人们投票给了改革党，于是他们赶走了斯塔默。”

那么，既然伯纳姆先生（Mr Burnham）和约翰·希利（John Healey）已经接替 Sir Keir Starmer 和瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）担任首相和财政大臣，改革英国党将如何调整战略？

“我们将继续提出优秀的政策，”他说道，并补充道：“听着，我们希望我们的国家发展良好。我们充满希望和乐观，相信我们可以拯救它。

“我们可以停止在保守党和工党领导下的持续衰落，我们可以扭转局面。”

正如玛格丽特·撒切尔（Margaret Thatcher）通过赋予租户购买其市政住房的权利，改变了全国无数家庭的生活，并加强了英国作为房产所有制民主国家的声誉一样，他希望人们最终能够拥有他计划建造的房屋。

“当你对你的街道、你的房子、你的社区拥有权益时，你会对其进行投资，会更好地照顾它，并且你会敦促同一条街上的人们更好地照顾他们的房产，因为这样会增加

改革英国党可以阻止这种持续的衰落……我们将扭转局面

理查德·泰斯与《快报》的戴维·威廉姆森

“每个人的房产，这是一件好事，”他说。但他并不打算在每个细节上都复制保守党的政策：“当时的错误在于没有将收益重新投资于建设更多的市政住房。”

没有人会称泰斯先生为政策专家，但他对这个项目的热情显而易见：“如果人们说，改革英国党重建了我的社区，他们重建了我的市中心，他们帮我实现了购房梦，他们帮助我这个英国年轻人获得了在街道上的份额、在社区中的份额，以及在城镇或村庄中的份额，我将感到非常激动。”

“对于所有参与者，尤其是对我这个建筑商来说，这将是一个难以置信的遗产——

泰斯先生认为，与法国保持密切关系对于阻止船只至关重要。“气候变化是真实的……但与其认为你可以阻止它，不如适应它，这样会便宜得多，也聪明得多。” 理查德·泰斯

——”当被问及他是否认为撒切尔的精神现在在改革英国党中比在保守党中更活跃时，他宣布：“让我们将其称为‘泰斯精神’，共同展望未来吧！”

他怀疑选民可能会在 2029 年 8 月大选的最晚日期之前很久就获得投票更换政府的机会，并预计即将到来的秋季预算将成为国家的燃点：“我认为约翰·希利将被迫提高税收，而那将更加灾难性。”

“一年多以来我们一直表示，我们需要为 2027 年的大选做准备，因为国家的财政处于如此糟糕、危险的状态。”

改革英国党仍然是一个充满争议的政党，而泰斯先生则是净零政策的公开反对者。

在阐述自己的优先事项时，他说：“我们需要增加能源使用，而不是减少。为了实现这一点，你必须拥有廉价能源。”他补充道：“我认为净零政策与大规模低技能移民一样，是威斯敏斯特的那些蠢货在本世纪犯下的最大的政策错误。”

绿党指出，今年夏天的高温证明了为什么国家绝不能通过在北海钻探新油气田来释放更多碳排放。

泰斯先生认为，虽然“气候变化是真实的”，但“与其认为你可以阻止它，不如适应它，这样会便宜得多，也聪明得多”。

他对英国能源进口的规模感到沮丧，并对国家安全感到担忧：“如果俄罗斯人切断互联电缆会发生什么？”

当 30 岁的右翼人士乔丹·巴尔德拉在会议上发表讲话时，改革英国党可能会引发进一步的争议，巴尔德拉被视为国民联盟党中玛丽娜·勒庞的接班人。

泰斯先生说，法国是“我们亲爱的邻居之一，与他保持非常强大的关系真的非常重要。因此，加强这种关系完全合理。”

“阻止船只绝对至关重要，他明白这一点，他也明白我们的‘救援并遣返’计划是其中的关键部分。你无法通过其他方式阻止他们。就这么简单。”

改革英国党拥有忠实的粉丝——其中许多人将于本周晚些时候在伯明翰的场馆集结。但赢得下次选举将需要接触那些不那么热情的崇拜者。

这一挑战并未让泰斯先生感到畏缩：“在商业中，你不需要喜欢和你做生意的人才能开展业务。政治也是如此。”

“选民不需要喜欢改革英国党（Reform UK）里的每一个人。他们可能不喜欢我。但他们需要评估的是：谁能把事情办成？谁经验最丰富？谁最勇敢？以及谁可能工作最努力？”

今年夏天，改革英国党的大部分精力都集中在应对克拉克顿（Clacton）的补选上。

这场竞选是由法拉奇先生在面临一项关于 £500 万 捐款的调查后引发的，英国的主要政党对此采取了抵制态度。

但保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）已承诺，如果重启的调查最终导致再次补选，她将派出一名“严肃的候选人”。

如果克拉克顿的公民被问及是否愿意再次投票，蒂斯先生预计他们会说：“看在上帝的份上，为什么你们第一次就没听我们的？我们不干了，够了。我们喜欢奈杰，我们要更多的奈杰。”

作为法拉奇先生的长期盟友，他很清楚这位脱欧战友为何想成为首相：“奈杰作为这个政党的领导人，其动力就在于促成事情地发生。”

这支由政治特立独行者组成的团队已经撼动了英国政坛，但蒂斯先生才刚刚开始实现他的雄心。

他很享受党代会上的喧嚣，但如果成千上万的英国年轻人能在由他参与建立的政治环境下成长，那将是持久的欣慰。

坎宁安预测首都将成两强争霸之局

作者：亚伦·纽伯里

萨迪克·汗在下次选举中可能面临一场与政治对手之间扣人心弦的市长之争，因为改革英国党（Reform UK）表示，他们在民调中紧随其后，位居第二。

该党拟推举的下一任市政厅负责人候选人莱拉·坎宁安（Laila Cunningham）敦促右翼选民在下次选举中支持她。

在詹姆斯·克莱弗利爵士（Sir James Cleverly）昨日宣布参选伦敦市长之前的一项民调显示，工党有望获得 33% 的选票。根据伦敦玛丽女王大学委托 Savanta 开展的调查，改革英国党以 20% 位列第二，随后是保守党的 18%、绿党的 14% 和自由民主党的 10%。

现任市长萨迪克爵士在 2024 年大获全胜后，预计将竞选第四任期。但坎宁安女士表示：“到 2028 年，选择将变得简单：要么选汗，要么选坎宁安。”

坎宁安希望增加警力

“萨迪克·汗再执政四年，意味着伦敦人将继续面对过去 12 年的情况：犯罪率上升、可见警力减少、税收和费用增加，以及一个只会告诉伦敦人什么对他们有好处而非倾听他们的市政厅。”

她声称将提供一种不同的方案，重点关注“更安全的街道——在人们能实际看到的地方部署更多警察”。

在上次大选后从保守党跳槽而来的坎宁安女士补充说，她将专注于“降低驾驶员和企业的成本”以及“伦敦人负担得起的住房”。

她的保守党对手将这些言论斥为“虚张声势”，并指出该党在 5 月的地方选举中表现不佳。

改革英国党的内部人士原以为能掌控首都的多个议会，但未能实现，最终仅掌控了一个。

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给那些非法入境我国的人提供免费赠品，无疑会激怒守法的英国人。

因此，关于英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）向那些已经住在由我们出钱资助的酒店里的移民发放免费避孕套的令人困惑的披露，简直让人难以想象。

在政府有如此多资金需求的情况下，这项工作怎么能被视为优先事项？

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）及其领导的工党必须紧急寻求恢复支出方面的常识。

如果他们不这样做，他们将面临支持率进一步流向选举对手的风险，而这些对手正迅速成为这个伟大国家中那些感到沮丧的英国人的代表。英国的移民乱象已经持续了太久，而且早已过了危机临界点。

上周，我们看到了令人震惊的报道，称移民们收到了传单，告诫他们不要对无辜女性做出不可描述的行为。

现在我们又看到新闻称，他们还被免费发放避孕药具。

这种离谱的疯狂必须停止，必须采取严肃的强硬手段来解决这场危机。

资助这种慷慨行为的勤劳纳税人们理应得到比陈词滥调更好的对待。够了：部长们应该停止在问题面前小心翼翼，在耐心完全耗尽之前，开始将英国人民放在首位。

全国各地的选民都在关注，他们不会忘记谁未能采取行动。

农民值得获得帮助

安迪·伯纳姆必须采取更多行动，为英国农民提供急需的支持。面对袭击这个国家的可怕干旱，他们将首当其冲地承受冲击。

诚然，食品价格上涨无疑意味着我们在结账时都会感受到压力，但持续的极端天气和水库的匮乏将把我们的农民推向崩溃边缘。

农民们已经面临着不断上涨的雇佣成本，以及残酷的家庭农场税带来的不安全感。现在还必须面对极端天气带来的更多不确定性，简直是雪上加霜。

“购买英国产品”的作用有限，现在应当由那些有能力且有权力采取行动的人——政府——立即采取行动，拯救英国的农场。

给辱骂开出红牌

请关注一下那些如果没有他们，这项美丽的运动就无法继续的人——裁判。

他们虽然经常处于聚光灯之外，但无疑对这项运动至关重要，现在是时候给予他们尊重了。

针对裁判的辱骂事件日益增加，这对任何人都没有好处。职业球员应该明白道理，并为未来的足球运动员树立好榜样。

只有给这种野蛮行为开出红牌，我们才能在球场上培养下一代裁判人才。

削减农民税收，以应对干旱

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最近的降雨短缺意味着英国农民经历了一个艰难的干燥夏季——而且这并非偶然事件。

作者：维多利亚·阿特金斯（Victoria Atkins） 环境事务影子大臣

几个月以来一直有预警信号。水库水位骤降，田间的作物在酷暑中枯萎，野火摧毁了景观，农民们在担心他们的企业能否生存下去。

长时间的干燥天气已不再是罕见现象——它对粮食生产、水资源安全以及更广泛的农村经济产生了严重影响。

这一切的连锁反应是什么？

超市价格上涨，以及对我们家庭和企业用水供应的严重担忧。

安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在就职后的前几周里一直凭“感觉”治理，但到目前为止，他完全未能掌握这场干旱带来的问题。一条禁止烧烤的手机警报根本起不到作用。

韧性无法一夜之间建立。今天的决定将决定英国是对未来的干旱做好了准备，还是在另一场危机已经到来后才仓促应对。

第一步是确保农民能够投资于他们的农场。

家庭农场是英国农业的支柱，而他们一直受到工党的打击。

家庭农场税和家庭企业税降低了他们为未来投资的能力和意愿。由于工党的“死亡税”，任何投资都更有可能在未来给他们带来麻烦。

农场水库对于未来保护作物至关重要。

虽然它们不能为公众提供饮用水，但它们减轻了流入公共水库的河流的压力。

但建设农场水库是一项昂贵的长期投资。如果部长们想要鼓励这种行为，他们必须承认自己的错误，并彻底削减那些带有惩罚性的家庭农场税和家庭企业税。

他们还必须消除不断增加的繁文缛节，因为这些程序让此类项目变得困难且成本高昂。

在过去的一年里，保守党通过向《规划与基础设施法案》提交修正案，试图让政府意识到这一点，但政府对此视而不见。为农民提供更多水源意味着更好的收成、更多的食物以及更低的每周购物价格。

去年，我与凯米·巴德诺赫（Kemi Badenoch）共同召开了粮食与农业紧急峰会，以强调粮食生产和农业面临的问题。

其中一个问题就是牲畜饲料的供应。

我当时就警告说，歉收和长期的干燥天气引起了行业的担忧。

这个问题在今年进一步加剧。

如果农民没有足够的饲料来喂养动物，这将产生成本。

奶牛产奶量减少，羔羊和猪生长速度减慢，农场将被迫花钱购买额外的饲料。

这项成本将不可避免地转嫁给消费者。

政府现在必须与行业进行磋商以防止这种情况发生。

等到冬季危机爆发才采取行动，这对消费者、农民或牲畜来说都是不公平的。

今年夏天，我们还看到全国各地发生了毁灭性的野火，危及景观和生命。

政府应该尽一切可能管理和预防野火。

工党却做了相反的事情。

去年，现任国务大臣在担任农业部长期间，违背了全国——违背了全国

消防局长委员会。这些在极其严格的条件下进行的烧除工作，几个世纪以来一直被用于防止干枯植被的堆积，因为这类植被会导致大规模失控火灾的发生。

这就是如今典型的劳工党故事——听信伦敦的政治活动家和游说团体，而不是听取那些实际管理土地的人。

政策应当关注于什么行之有效，而不是什么能安抚某些环保压力团体。

这些行动都不应被政治化。这是常识。

提高食品安全、水资源安全和防火安全符合全国每个人的利益。这些挑战需要战略性思考，而不仅仅是凭“感觉”。

我上个月写信给国务大臣，阐述了这些挑战并提出了解决方案，但劳工党似乎在工作中打瞌睡。然而，如果不采取行动，英国在面对未来的干旱时将更加脆弱，面临的野火风险更高，安全性更低。在许多人已经在为生活成本而苦苦挣扎之际，这将进一步推高食品价格。

在凯米（Kemi）领导下的保守党了解这些问题的规模，并准备采取行动。

首相现在必须紧急采取同样行动。

在法国，这成了“多样性万岁”（Vive la difference）的情况，因为该国的文化部门宣布，将打击那些潜入其日常语言中的英语表达。

他们希望对像 le weekend（周末）、un geek（极客）和 un email（电子邮件）这样的词汇说再见（au revoir）。

作为一个经常访问法国且热爱其大部分（但并非全部）生活方式的人，我简单地祝他们“好运”（bonne chance）。

福利金支付现已失控

想象一下，接手一家显然陷入困境的企业，然后决定将所有关键的财务和收入决策推迟三个多月——超过了一年的四分之一。没有哪个商人会考虑这种疯狂的建议——然而，这正是我们面对的新政府的情况，预算定在10月底，距离现在还有两个月。

正如广泛预测的那样，这导致了一个夏天充斥着所谓的预算泄露和各种投机性报道，其中最近的一篇令人恐惧，因为它直接出自社会主义者最青睐的剧本，因此遗憾地不能将其排除。

由左倾的公共政策研究学院（IPPR）提出的观点是，在预算中应针对富裕的养老金领取者提高税收。

结合增加对所谓“财产财富”的征税，这就是典型的、沉闷的工党“榨干富人”的口号，这种说法在哈罗德·威尔逊时代之前就已存在。

目前在英国，最富有的1%的人口支付了整个税收总额的 30 per cent 多一点，负担从未如此之高。

但工党现在决定将养老金领取者归入更高的税率档位，这在经济上是无知的。

IPPR的报告称，必须从养老金领取者那里筹集数十亿英镑，因为该体系“已变得过于向年龄倾斜”。

报告继续写道：“老龄化将成为公共财政面临的最大压力来源。”

财政大臣约翰·希利和首相安迪·伯纳姆

面对如此严厉的措辞，或许值得庆幸的是，它还没有建议大规模实施安乐死。

但它确实建议针对年收入超过12,750 英镑所得税起征点的约 960 万 名养老金领取者。

但所有这些反财富教条选择忽略的是公共金库真正的压力来源：福利金支付已失控，且该体系太容易被欺诈。

英国的整个福利金账单超过 £3500 亿加元。

虽然必须承认其中大部分用于支付养老金，但增长最快的领域——且幅度很大——是失业救济金和个人独立支付金（PIPs）。

也许这些攻击老年人的支持者愿意解释一下，为什么一个辛苦工作一生、缴纳税款，或许攒够钱买了一套在他们有生之年价值自然上涨的房子，并期待享受退休生活的人，现在应该在经济上受到惩罚，以确保有资金支付给人数不断增加的、一生从未工作过一天且不打算工作的人。

但对于财政大臣约翰·希利或安迪·伯纳姆来说，要意识到这个棘手的现实，就意味着必须直面他们那些核心议员，而这些议员已经意识到，对于工党政治家来说，削减福利金就如同火鸡投票支持圣诞节（自寻死路）一样。

他们已经在这种血腥运动中尝到了胜利的滋味，在几年前轻松击败了基尔·斯塔默爵士削减这些成本的温和尝试。

那标志着斯塔默可能曾经拥有的任何权力的终结，他再也没能恢复。

那么伯纳姆先生是否也将临阵脱逃？

两个月后，我们将得到答案。

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从极度贫困到巨富生活，多莉·帕顿的人生故事几乎独一无二。但让她如此特别——并被数百万粉丝如此喜爱——的是她的幽默感和慷慨，这两者似乎都永无止境。

上周去世、享年 80 岁的多莉捐赠了数千万加元，确保任何为她工作的人及其子女都能享受大学教育，并支持了众多慈善机构。

幸运的是，我有机会在伦敦的O2体育馆看了一次她的演唱会，并听到了她可能最著名的一句台词。

在经历了大概第四次或第五次服装更换后，多莉身着闪闪发光的水钻礼服，戴着巨大的牛仔帽，以绝妙的时机看向观众，咧嘴一笑说道：“为了看起来这么廉价，确实得花很多钱。”

告别这位幽默感像她的斯特森帽一样宽广的女性。

噢，真怀念美国外交政策还是“轻声细语，但手持大棒”的那些日子。

我不明白为什么大家似乎对伯明翰成为全国第一个限速20英里（20mph）的城市感到如此兴奋。多亏了市长萨迪克·汗爵士及其设立的巴士专用道、黄格禁停区和自行车高速公路，我们在伦敦的道路上能开到20英里就已经在做梦了！

能够对他对作家J.K.罗琳的轻视观点进行掩饰，鲁珀特·格林（见下文）宣布，他将在百老汇上演的《哈利·波特与被诅咒的孩子》中再次饰演罗恩·韦斯莱。

在罗琳六年前发表了一篇关于跨性别议题的长篇（且正确）文章，并被一些人认为具有跨性别恐惧症后，38岁的格林当时回应道：“我支持跨性别群体。跨性别女性就是女性，跨性别男性就是男性。”

看来演艺圈的原则有点像巴士——过一分钟就会有另一辆开过来。

■ 移民实施的性侵犯受害者以及谋杀案受害者的家属正反对政府试图阻止公布相关数据，这些数据将揭示2018年至2024年间外国犯罪者的完整规模。

这些可怜的人不得不与我们自己的政府作斗争以要求公布这些关键数据，这简直令人感到羞耻，而这些数据可能会揭示什么？

担忧新访客税将推高露营成本

旅游业负责人担心，如果政府推进一项新的访客税，数百万人将失去廉价度假的机会。

首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）已确认计划设立一项过夜访客征费，强制游客在英国度假时支付费用。

但度假与住宅公园协会（Holiday And Residential Parks Association）担心，这将推高房车住宿的价格，甚至使露营度假变得难以负担。

英国每年有约 1670 万 次露营和房车旅行，其成本通常比入住酒店便宜得多。但行业专家警告称，该征费可能会使一个家庭的度假费用增加多达 £140。

Harpa 总干事黛比·沃克（Debbie Walker）表示：“随着夏季接近尾声，随着度假税的逼近，实惠的英国度假时光也即将走到尽头。”

“持牌度假公园为经济贡献了 £120 亿美元，并创造了超过 227,000 个全职工作岗位。一旦失去，这些主要分布在沿海和农村社区的工作岗位将无法恢复。增加一项征费——对于一个五口之家来说，两周的露营可能会额外花费 £140——将在生活成本危机期间将家庭排除在境内度假之外。”

行业负责人 黛比·沃克

由 乔纳森·沃克（JONATHAN WALKER）报道，白厅编辑

全国各地的地区市长一直在争取征收过夜征费的权利，而前大曼彻斯特市长伯纳姆先生已确认，这将作为他向地方领导人下放更多权力计划的一部分而实施。

虽然政府希望英格兰的每个地区都选出市长，但新权力也将授予缺乏市长的战略区域机构。

这项费用有时被描述为酒店税，但去年的一项政府咨询表示，它可能包括露营地和房车公园，以及“豪华露营”场地（如圆顶帐篷和胶囊屋）以及在固定船只上的过夜住宿。市长将被赋予设定自身费用的权力，尽管中央政府可能会设定上限。爱丁堡已经实施的一项收费在过夜住宿成本的基础上增加了 5%。

其他行业领导者也表达了担忧。代表酒店、酒吧和餐厅的英国酒店业协会（UKHospitality）警告称，这将产生“意外后果”并增加家庭成本。

旅游业负责人声称，该费用可能会为家庭两周的度假增加 £140

政府上个月的一份声明将该征费描述为权力从伦敦下放计划的一部分。声明称：“我们已同意改革区域政府的资金筹措方式，首先是从 2028, 起，为每位市长用地方所得税份额取代中央政府的拨款，这样当一个地区的税基增长时，它将从增加的收入中受益。”

“我们还将赋予所有战略当局引入过夜访客征费的能力，地方领导人能够在 2028 年 3 月之前制定收入投资计划。”

政府表示：“我们在今年早些时候就访客税的设计进行了咨询，并收到了包括 Harpa 在内的各种回应。该征费将确保人们从其所在地区更多的投资中受益，我们将适时公布后续步骤。”

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英国终于迎来凉爽天气，但阴雨周末将持续

阅读节的粉丝们在雨中狂欢

在昨日参加体育赛事和音乐节的人们被迫面对雷暴天气后，这个阴雨且多风的银行假期周末预计将在今天继续。

在洛德球场举行的英格兰对阵巴基斯坦的测试赛在下午中途被迫中断，而早上的比赛则因雨取消。

与此同时，阅读节的狂欢者们在遭遇倾盆大雨并不得不行走在泥泞中时，穿上了雨披并撑起了雨伞。

作者：乔恩·科茨 (JON COATES)

英国气象局针对强阵雨和雷暴发布的黄色预警一直持续到昨晚晚上 9 点。

该预警范围从英格兰西南部和威尔士部分地区，横跨中英格兰一直延伸到英格兰东部。

共有八个地区受到了环境署洪水预警的覆盖。

此前，英国经历了数月的炎热天气，且伴随着极度干燥的状况，导致该国大部分地区被正式宣布处于干旱状态。

气象局气象学家格雷格·杜赫斯特表示，今天全国大部分地区可能同样阴雨多风，明天天气将转晴。

他表示：“对大多数人来说，周日开始时相当明亮，但不久后就会出现阵雨。”

“我们将看到英国北部和西部全天出现强阵雨，并伴有部分雷电天气，大多数地区的最高气温在 20-23℃ 之间，个别地区可能达到 24℃。”

“周一对于大多数人来说将是更明亮的一天，虽然云层较多，但仍有阵雨，且在英国北部更为频繁。”

“气温可能会略微下降，在 19-22℃ 之间，局部地区可能达到 23℃。”

他补充说，如果出现强阵雨，阅读节的姐妹音乐节——利兹音乐节今天可能会经历一些阵风。

随着查尔斯国王继续在英联邦中继承其母亲强大的遗产，白金汉宫本周确认了他的下一次出国行程。

国王陛下与王后陛下将于今年秋季开启一次更广泛的加勒比海和南美洲之旅，此次访问旨在庆祝英联邦的社区、文化和自然。

国王陛下与王后陛下将访问安提瓜和巴布达参加英联邦政府首脑会议——这将是卡米拉王后的首次正式访问。国王还将分别单独访问巴哈马和圭亚那。

此次圭亚那之行标志着英国与这个南美国家建交 60 周年。

哈里走出阴影了吗？希望如此……

在巴尔莫勒尔城堡的高地深处得到了急需的休息后，王室成员本周回归工作。虽然目前能透露的信息很少，但这无疑将是一个繁忙的回归之始。

不过，对于另一个人来说，接下来的几周将带来一个更彻底的改变，因为乔治王子正开始适应他在伊顿学院（见上图）的新生活。

当他将夏洛特公主和路易王子留在兰布鲁克学校时，这位王位第二顺位继承人无疑将非常享受在父亲母校学习所带来的独立感。

祝你好运，乔治！

查尔斯国王本周对他的“亲表兄”挪威国王哈拉尔五世在 89 岁时去世表示哀悼。哈拉尔国王是欧洲最年长的君主，在奥斯陆的一家医院因多年健康状况不佳而去世。

在一段令人动容的声明中，查尔斯国王写道：“我和我的妻子以最深切的悲痛得知我亲爱的表兄，挪威国王哈拉尔五世去世的消息。”

“三十五年来，哈拉尔国王以坚定不移的奉献精神服务于他的人民，以温暖和谦逊引导挪威度过了巨大的变革时期。”

“在挪威哀悼这样一位伟岸人物的逝世之际，我的整个家庭共同缅怀一位深受爱戴的亲属和朋友，他的善良、同情心和深厚的责任感跨越海洋，回响在数十年的时光之中。”

已故国王由其子哈康八世继任。

副王室编辑 丽贝卡·罗塞尔（REBECCA RUSSEL）共同报道

图片：ACTION PRESS / SHUTTERSTOCK

就像浪子回头一样，哈里王子（见下图）回到了英国土地。他可能曾对家人发起过无休止的攻击，但这一次，显然情况会有所不同，因为他将在公开场合对他们“闭口不谈”。鉴于过去六年的经历就像一部畅销小说的情节，其中的文学类比之丰富令人无法忽视。

就像莎士比亚《亨利四世》中的哈尔王子一样，我们看到一个男人正寻求回归他曾经逃离的王室关系生活——一个试图抛弃过去以寻求和解的叛逆者。

或者更像狄更斯《远大前程》中的皮普，我们看到一个人用他们一直以来所熟知的一切去交换自我重塑，结果却发现这种转变付出了沉重的代价。

哈里现在面临的真正考验，不在于他的受欢迎程度是否回升，也不在于他是否能获得他渴望的家庭团聚，而在于他能否掌握“隐于背景”的艺术。

因为我们要明确一点：不存在回归王室生活——至少不是以他与梅根曾经要求的那种半进半出的方式——他此次回来是为了保持私密，并专注于他热爱的慈善事业。

他回来是为了让孩子们与他及梅根离开的这个机构建立联系——并且，希望也能与留下的家庭成员建立联系。

如果这就是他的新篇章，他的新起点，以及标志着翻开新页的信号，那就这样吧。这将是一个令人耳目一新且受欢迎的改变。

但如果不是这样，如果那种互相较劲和抢夺风头的老路卷土重来，那么，真的将再无回头路。

所以，就像哈尔王子一样，让我们希望哈里在回归时已经脱胎换骨，真正愿意将过去留在过去。

或者，像狄更斯笔下的吝啬鬼斯克鲁奇一样，在意识到执着于痛苦和过去的幽灵对任何人都没有好处后，赎罪是否会成为当下的故事？

● 王室编辑 艾米莉·弗格森（EMILY FERGUSON）休假中

独家报道 作者：克里斯托弗·威尔逊（CHRISTOPHER WILSON）

每当每年八月戴安娜王妃逝世的周年纪念日到来时，全世界的广播电台都会翻开他们的档案库，取出埃尔顿

记录在案……《风中之烛》如何成为戴安娜的歌曲

约翰那首充满激情的赞歌《风中之烛》（Candle In The Wind），曾在一段时间里成为了世界上最著名女性的音乐化身。

如今已不再有人演奏其改编版本《再见，英格兰之玫瑰》（Goodbye England's Rose）——但在1997年8月31日戴安娜去世所引发的震惊与悲痛之潮中，埃尔顿那永恒的旋律与伯尼·陶平匆忙重写的歌词登顶全球单曲排行榜，销量达到了惊人的3300万张。

埃尔顿和伯尼放弃了他们的版税，他们的管理团队和唱片公司也同样如此，唱片销售渠道也拒绝抽取分成。结果，销售筹集的近3500万英镑几乎全部进入了新成立的戴安娜王妃纪念基金会。这在当时是全球最大的一笔单一慈善捐款。

而这一切都始于南安普顿的一个停车场，一名24岁的电视节目新手正费力地在车里寻找一盘音乐磁带——随便什么磁带都行——以配合她为由尼克·诺尔斯（Nick Knowles）和艾莉森·马丁（Alison Martin）主持的电视节目《Straight Up》结尾而剪辑的一组戴安娜照片。

这名电视新人就是凯特·桑顿（Kate Thornton），她后来在包括《X Factor》、《Loose Women》和《Top Of The Pops》在内的节目中成名。

24岁时，这是她的第一份电视工作，而她当时仅有8小时的电视从业经验。

“我想，你知道吗，她就是我们的玛丽莲”

如今，53岁的凯特不愿过多谈论触发这一全球音乐现象的细节，仅回忆起当时她被交给剪辑该片段并配上背景音乐的任务。

“但因为那天是周日，工作室的音乐库关门了。而我车里唯一的一盘——也是唯一合适的音乐——就是埃尔顿·约翰《最伟大精选》中的《风中之烛》（Candle）。我想，好吧，你知道吗，她就是我们的玛丽莲——她是年轻一代的公主。”

这次偶然的发现再幸运不过了。

托平在1973年写下了最初的歌词，显然是关于玛丽莲·梦露（原名诺玛·珍·莫滕森）的，但正如他后来所说，“这是一首关于被时间冻结的美丽的歌曲”。

埃尔顿在戴安娜王妃的葬礼上演出

被改编为《再见，英格兰之玫瑰》（Goodbye England's Rose）后，埃尔顿·约翰对戴安娜王妃的深情致敬捕捉到了国家在29年后的明天她离世后的悲痛。然而，如果没有一位未来的《X Factor》主持人曾在车里寻找音乐磁带，这一切可能永远不会发生。

这两位女性都是世界偶像，且都是绝色佳人。两人均在36岁时去世。

如今已成为主流电视节目中坚力量的尼克·诺尔斯当时在马尔街主持午间节目，那里聚集了数千人——他的工作是采访人群中的年轻人，获取“青年”反应。

“然后我听到耳机里传来了这段音乐，它震撼了我，”他现在回忆道。

凯特·汤顿在电视领域取得了成功。他接着说：“我就在人群之中，看到每个人在白金汉宫大门外聚集并开始献花时——那里已经是一片花海——是多么地震惊和感动，然后这首关于失去、情感和悲剧的歌曲响起。”

“太完美了。简直完美。”

“我们在节目播出前一小时才知道节目会继续进行，”他的共同主持人艾莉森·马丁回忆道。

“工作室里的气氛非常紧张，其中一位制作经理说他能看到我的心脏在胸腔里跳动。当最后一段序列出现时，那是一个极其感人的时刻——凯特剪辑的蒙太奇配上那段音乐，太美了。我想，也希望，我们让戴安娜感到自豪。”

在那个阶段，没有人确切知道凯特·汤顿开启了什么，但球已经开始滚动了。包括我在内，所有在场的人都对那天记忆犹新。

我当时受邀参加《Straight Up!》节目，以王室专家的身份与艾莉森·马丁讨论戴安娜的遗产，以及她两个分别年仅15岁和12岁的儿子的未来。

在我们交谈时，似乎有太多的问题缺乏答案——全世界都处于震惊之中。

那天下午，《风中之烛》迅速走红，在全英国的广播电台播放，随后随着美国人的苏醒，在全美国播放。到傍晚时分，ITN的资深主播特雷弗·麦克唐纳爵士准备了一档时长90分钟的戴安娜专题节目——在那一天的疯狂之中，这是电视媒体第一次能够真正停下来喘口气，对她独特的一生及其对世界的影响给出理性且客观的叙述。

在《风中之烛》在每个人耳边回响之时，理查德·布兰森爵士来到节目中分享他对戴安娜的回忆，随后特雷弗爵士询问我对两位年轻王子未来生活的看法。

我说：“查尔斯现在必须学会同时扮演孩子们的父亲和母亲。”

之后在电视台的休息室里，理查德爵士和我分享了更多关于戴安娜的回忆，但我当时并不知道，他的脑海中已经形成了一个想法。

几天后，布兰森在前往圣詹姆斯宫签署吊唁簿时，发现其他签署者也在引用伯尼·陶平的歌词，于是他给埃尔顿·约翰打了电话。“他问我是否愿意重写歌词并在葬礼上演唱，”埃尔顿后来回忆道，“我完全没有预料到这一点，但我给伯尼打了电话。”

从上至下：戴安娜的灵柩被抬入西敏寺；悲剧发生前一晚戴安娜与多迪·法耶兹的合影；埃尔顿·约翰与词作者伯尼·陶平

“我认为对他来说这极其艰难——不仅是因为他写的任何内容都将被实时播给数十亿人听，而且还必须经过王室和英格兰教会的审核。”

“但他在第二天早晨把歌词传真了过来，我将其传真给了理查德·布兰森，随后便顺利通过了。”

陶平承认，将《风中之烛》改为“再见，英格兰之玫瑰”的过程非常迅速：“这很神奇。我大约用了五到10分钟就完成了这次修改——几乎没有花时间。”

“我这么做很大程度上是为了帮埃尔顿一个忙，因为他与戴安娜关系非常密切。”

“我不认识她——我对她的日常生活几乎不感兴趣——但我很高兴我这么做了，因为这张唱片为慈善事业带来了巨大的帮助。”这两个男人对这位“人民的公主”态度迥异，这反映在最终的唱片中。该唱片是在西伦敦的Townhouse录音室里一夜之间完成的，由埃尔顿演奏钢琴和合成器，并由乔治·马丁爵士谱曲并指挥弦乐四重奏伴奏。

埃尔顿充满情感的唱腔支撑起了陶平那本质上较为乏力的歌词——“即便我们尝试 / 真相仍令我们落泪 / 所有的言语都无法表达 / 这些年来你带给我们的喜悦”——这些词更像是贺卡比赛的作品。

如今听起来可能令人尴尬，但无论好坏，这张唱片一夜之间引起了轰动。在它9月发行时，瞬间打破了所有销售记录，而它在不到两周前于南安普顿一个停车场里卑微的诞生过程早已被人们遗忘。

唱片标签上的标题为《风中之烛 1997》，而《再见，英格兰之玫瑰》在销售仅一天后便登顶英国单曲榜冠军，销量达658,000张。到第一周结束时，仅在英国就售出了150 万张。

在美国，它直接冲到第一名，首周销量为350 万张，最终销量接近九百万张。

据一项估计，在销售高峰期，该单曲每秒售出六张——它在惊人的37天内达到了3300 万张的销量，这一纪录仅次于宾·克罗斯比1942年的热门歌曲《白色圣诞》，后者在其84年的历史中售出了5000 万张以上。

埃尔顿的这首歌永远无法超越那个纪录，因为他只唱过一次——在西敏寺举行的戴安娜葬礼上，日期是September 6, 1997. 他说，除非威廉王子或哈里王子要求，否则他不会再次演唱。这是一个巧妙的演艺手段，暗示着得体与尊重，而事实上，歌词更扎实的原版《风中之烛》一直是他巡演曲目的一部分，并在他打破纪录的“再见黄砖路”巡演以及2023年在格拉斯顿伯里金字塔舞台的史诗级演出中占据重要位置。

是他不喜欢陶平的改写，还是他认为玛丽莲的影响力比戴安娜更深远，我们永远不会知道。

可以肯定的是，在所有人的同意下，埃尔顿将这张唱片的所有收入——全部£3800 万——捐赠给了戴安娜王妃纪念基金会。

该基金随后将唱片收益与公众捐款相结合，向 471 个组织发放了 727 笔资助，旨在支持戴安娜王妃深切关注的事业。

如今，没有人会将当年由凯特·桑顿（Kate Thornton）用她的《风中之烛》点燃的巨大火种归功于这位年轻女性。

但对于我们这些在戴安娜去世后数小时内身处现场的人来说，我们永远不会忘记。

基辅弹药库爆炸导致 37 人死亡

在俄罗斯导弹袭击基辅附近的一座弹药库后，至少 37 人死亡，数百人被疏散。

据当地地区军事行政部门负责人季穆尔·特卡琴科（Tymur Tkachenko）称，此次袭击是今年袭击乌克兰最严重的事件之一，在布恰区引发了一场大火，火势蔓延至民宅，导致至少 50 栋住宅建筑受损。

基辅在近三天内几乎一直处于围攻之下，导致平民生活和经济受到严重干扰。

总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基确认，位于米拉村（Myla）的一座仓库遭到袭击。他表示，乌克兰法律禁止在民宅附近储存弹药，目前已启动刑事程序。他说：“允许这种情况发生的人必须为其决定承担责任，”并补充说，一家老年人和残疾人护理院也受到了损坏，该地区的疏散工作正在进行中。

当地媒体随后报道称，死者中有 34 人是该机构的住户。

俄罗斯国防部表示，其击中了一座储存远程无人机组件和发射助推器的仓库。

俄方还表示，袭击了尼古拉耶夫港和伊兹梅尔港，以及基辅地区一个储存乌克兰 Flamingo 巡航导弹零部件的物流中心和仓库设施。

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克里姆林宫军舰进入英吉利海峡

俄罗斯的“列夫琴科海军上将”号（Admiral Levchenko）被左侧的“邓肯”号（HMS Duncan）和右侧的“圣阿尔班斯”号（HMS St Albans）跟踪。

在一次为期三天的行动中，英国海军在英国海域追踪了俄罗斯军舰。

一个特遣组在从北海穿过英吉利海峡的过程中，受到了 45 型驱逐舰“邓肯”号、23 型护卫舰“圣 Albans”号和巡逻舰“塞文”号（HMS Severn）的监视。

在船只接近多佛海峡时，一架美林直升机扩展了英国的监视范围，监测到俄罗斯驱逐舰“列夫琴科海军上将”号正在护送受制裁的货轮“斯科别列夫将军”号（General Skobelev）和“斯巴达”号（Sparta）。

英国官员表示，为了应对此次追踪，俄罗斯部署了包括“无畏”号（Neustrashimy）护卫舰在内的其他军事资源来护卫这批非法运输物资。

第一海务大臣格温·詹金斯爵士上将（General Sir Gwyn Jenkins）表示，“没有自满的空间”，因为影子舰队的船只给海上安全和环境带来了“不可接受的风险”。

他说：“与我们的盟友一起，这种做法正迫使莫斯科将俄罗斯军舰从其核心目标中转移。这是因为俄罗斯知道，如果需要，我们随时准备再次采取行动，”

作者：妮娜·劳埃德（NINA LLOYD）

官员表示，在上周为期 72 小时的“密集”行动后，海军舰艇在布列塔尼附近的乌尚岛（Ushant）附近将监测任务移交给了北约盟友。

本月早些时候，海军在 7 月花费 21 天监测莫斯科船只后，警告称英国海域周围的俄罗斯活动正在增加。

与去年同期相比，7 月份监测俄罗斯活动的海军行动增加了 25%，军舰多次穿过多佛海峡和北海。莫斯科利用其影子舰队来规避国际对其石油的制裁，并为在乌克兰的战争提供资金。

俄罗斯活动的增加是在 6 月份英国皇家海军陆战队在英吉利海峡扣押油轮“斯米尔托斯”号（Smyrtos）之后发生的，这是英国军队首次登上影子舰队船只。

此前，在安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）访问基辅并宣布英国将向乌克兰提供远程 Scalp 导弹蓝图后，克里姆林宫对英国发出了一周的威胁。

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大学新生缺失关键的 MenB 疫苗接种

作者：托尼·惠特菲尔德 (TONY WHITFIELD)

在未来几周开始大学生活之前，仅有 10 分之一的学生接种了脑膜炎疫苗。

数据显示，在 100 万名新生中，仅有 100,000 名青少年作为英格兰国民医疗服务体系（NHS）推广活动的一部分接种了免费的两剂 MenB 疫苗。这意味着 900,000 名学生可能无法防御致命的 B 组脑膜炎——今年早些时候已有三名青少年因此丧生。该疫苗可在 435 家 Well 药房接种。

其副首席药剂师温迪·李（Wendy Lee）表示：“学生的接种速度慢得令人担忧。他们现在只有很短的时间窗来及时完成两剂疫苗接种，以便在开始学业时获得保护。”

“我们理解新生有很多事情要考虑，MenB 疫苗接种并不在他们的优先清单上。因此，我们敦促那些即将进入大学且尚未接种疫苗的年轻人的父母，去哄劝、唠叨并说服他们的孩子尽快接种第一剂。”

“感染这种脑膜炎的人中，十分之一无法幸存，因此接种疫苗确实能挽救生命。”

小型企业被大型竞争对手欠款 260亿英镑

作者：托尼·惠特菲尔德 (TONY WHITFIELD)

数百万名小贸易商被国内一些最大的企业欠款高达 £260 亿美元 的未付发票。

Enterprise Nation 的《小企业晴雨表》显示，在 570 万 名小贸易商中，有五分之一在去年被延迟付款——这一比例几乎是 2023 和 2024, 的两倍。

首席执行官亚伦·阿萨迪（Aaron Asadi）表示，现在是时候停止“惩罚”那些每年为英国经济贡献 £2.8trillion 的小贸易商了。

他补充道：“数以十亿英镑计的营运资金正由最小的企业无息且被动地出借给一些最大的企业。”

调查还显示，四分之三的小贸易商在生活工资线以下生存，在平均每周工作 49.6 小时的情况下，给自己支付的年薪低于 2 万英镑——折合每小时 £7.75。

Enterprise Nation 已与国民西敏寺银行（NatWest）合作，帮助小贸易商每年节省超过 100 万小时的时间以及 3000 万英镑m 的生产力损失。

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帕特里克在片场（主图及下方）。与梅根共同出演《金装律师》（上方）。女演员丽贝卡·斯彭斯（上方）。

帕特里克身着正装在曼哈顿拍摄

作者：乔恩·科茨 (JON COATES)

演员帕特里克·J·亚当斯（Patrick J Adams）被拍到正在为当代西部剧《麦迪逊》（The Madison）第二季拍摄场景。

这位 45, 明星曾在法律剧《金装律师》中与当时的梅根·马克尔（即后来的萨塞克斯公爵夫人）共同出演。在曼哈顿市中心的拍摄期间，他身着深灰色西装、大衣并围着围巾，搭配蓝色衬衫和领带，显得十分精神。

在另一场戏中，女演员丽贝卡·斯彭斯 50, 被拍到在纽约市同一区域的华盛顿广场公园一家酒店前，从一辆装满袋子的车中走下。

《麦迪逊》由《黄石》的节目负责人泰勒·谢里丹（Taylor Sheridan）为 Paramount+ 创作，讲述了由米歇尔·菲佛（Michelle Pfeiffer）和库尔特·罗素（Kurt Russell）饰演的斯泰西和普雷斯顿·克莱本的故事，他们在经历一场悲剧后，全家从纽约搬到了蒙大拿州的麦迪逊河谷。

亚当斯饰演罗素·麦金托什，他是克莱本家中间女儿佩吉（艾尔·查普曼 饰）的丈夫。斯彭斯饰演莉莉安娜·威克斯，是菲佛饰演角色的朋友。

该剧在 3 月推出后的前 10 天内获得了 800 万次全球观看量。第二季预计将于明年年初播出。

品牌巧克力棒走红引发假货警告

一名食品专家警告称，随着犯罪团伙利用价格上涨以及消费者对迪拜风格巧克力棒等趋势的需求，假冒巧克力已成为一个“严重且日益增长的问题”。

这种假冒巧克力不仅欺骗购物者，还构成了健康风险，因为其中可能含有未声明的过敏原（如坚果）、禁用成分，或是在不卫生的环境下制造的。

去年，安全监管机构食品标准局（FSA）在发现部分进口的迪拜风格巧克力棒含有未披露的坚果以及非法添加剂和色素后发布了警告。这种巧克力已成为一种网络流行趋势，按标准应含有开心果酱和碎菲洛酥皮。

虽然食品欺诈旨在逃避检测，但 FSA 估计，这每年给英国造成高达 20亿英镑 的损失，而全球估计的损失则为 295亿英镑。

欧警（Europol）近期一项针对食品欺诈的行动中，没收了价值超过 8100 万英镑m 的假冒和不合格食品，并确认了 631 人，这“表明有组织犯罪正在活跃”。

国家卫生基金会（National Sanitation Foundation）食品咨询与培训总监艾玛·汉比（Emma Hanby）表示：

作者：托尼·惠特菲尔德（TONY WHITFIELD）

“巧克力对诈骗者和造假者具有异常的吸引力。品牌糖果利润高，保质期长，易于在线销售，且能迅速在社交网络上走红。”

“几年前我们看到了假冒的旺卡（Wonka）巧克力棒，而在过去一年里，我们再次一次次地看到走红的迪拜风格巧克力。经济诱因从未如此之强。欺诈追随价值。”

“当糖果中几种最重要的原料同时变得昂贵时，替代、稀释、虚标或造假的动机就会增加。”

她补充道：“欺诈主要让消费者损失金钱，例如为使用廉价脂肪替代可可脂的巧克力支付溢价，或者购买可可含量低于标签声明的巧克力，亦或是使用色素和香料来暗示根本不存在的开心果成分。糖果类产品的不同之处在于，欺诈转化为安全问题的速度非常快。”

“最严重的风险是未声明的过敏原。对于花生过敏者来说，这可能会危及生命。”

FSA 的最新调查发现，在测试的 45 份迪拜风格巧克力样本中，有 18 份含有未声明的花生或芝麻，且有 8 份超过了霉菌毒素的法定限值（霉菌毒素是自然产生的毒素，在监管得当的供应链中受到控制）。

她建议消费者仅从信誉良好的零售商处购买。消费者还应检查标签和包装，并对那些看起来好得令人难以置信的价格保持警惕。

疑似假货应向零售商及当地政府的贸易标准服务部门报告。

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阳光马略卡：泰丝舞动新节奏，享受专属自我时光

作者：杰米·麦坎（JAYMI McCANN）

在《舞动奇迹》（Strictly Come Dancing）的明星们准备迎接新赛季之际，对于泰丝·戴利（Tess Daly）来说，闪亮的舞球已成为遥远的回忆，她转而享受夏日的阳光。

这位 57 岁的女士分享了她在马略卡岛度假的照片，在那里她尽情游览古城、畅游泳池并在海边练习瑜伽。这位前《舞动奇迹》主持人发布的照片中穿着她自己的海滩及运动装系列 Naia。

她写道：“短暂地远离喧嚣，慢下来，重置并充电。关掉手机，沉浸在阳光和大海中，感激能与最好的朋友共度高质量时光。”

这位主持人去年 10 月宣布，在执掌该节目 21 年后，她将离开《舞动奇迹》。

足球迷向英雄警察致敬

作者：乔恩·科茨 (JON COATES)

昨日，在米德尔斯堡足球俱乐部（Middlesbrough FC）的主场，足球迷和球员们进行了的一分钟鼓掌致敬，以纪念上周末在该动荡小镇附近的一起正面碰撞车祸中丧生的两名警察。

当英雄警员马修·布莱兹 (PC Matthew Blades) 和汤姆·克劳 (PC Tom Clough) 的照片出现在里弗赛德体育场（Riverside Stadium）的大屏幕上时，两支球队共同参与了这次致敬。昨日，米德尔斯堡在该体育场与西布罗姆维奇阿尔比恩（West Bromwich Albion）进行比赛。

37岁的布莱兹警员和38岁的克劳警员在周六于南岸（South Bank）的A66公路上，因车辆被一辆逆行的大众帕萨特（Volkswagen Passat）撞击而丧生。

“他们的奉献在保障我们安全方面发挥着至关重要的作用”

米德尔斯堡足球俱乐部在昨日的一份声明中表示：“警员和工作人员经常在具有挑战性和高要求的情况下展现出的奉献精神，在保障居民安全以及帮助人们在家庭、社区和当地区域感到安心方面发挥着至关重要的作用。”

查尔斯国王也给这两位不幸遇难的警察家属写了一封私人信函，表达他的哀悼。

当时乘坐那辆帕萨特的五个人——17岁的科尔·沃西 (Cole Worthy) 和西奥·雷 (Theo Rae)，18岁的马凯·萨丁顿 (Makai Saddington)，以及23岁的迈克尔·卡希尔 (Michael Cahill) 和雅库布·马图西亚克 (Jakub Matusiak) 也在碰撞中丧生。克利夫兰警方表示，在车祸发生后，其警员一直在打击涉嫌的组织犯罪。

昨日赛前对警察的情感致敬

周五晚上，警方透露，在这次打击行动中已有24人被捕。

警员表示，四名男子——年龄分别为35、25、40和21岁——因涉嫌蓄意危害生命的刑事损坏而被拘留，此前周四上午有一辆车辆在米德尔斯堡撞入一栋房屋。

他们还因周三上午在阿特利路（Attlee Road）的一辆房车被纵火以及一项毒品罪行而接受审讯。

在米德尔斯堡和达勒姆郡（County Durham）地区近期发生的一系列事件后，来自全国各地的数百名额外警力已被调集，以支持当地警员。

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《权力的游戏》明星梅西·威廉姆斯 (Maisie Williams) 为红毯带来了一抹“黑色魔法”——她穿着一件从同行女演员桑德拉·布洛克 (Sandra Bullock) 那里借来的礼服，杰米·麦肯 (Jaymi McCann) 写道。29岁的梅西在《实用魔法 2》（Practical Magic 2）中饰演安东尼娅·欧文斯 (Antonia Owens)，她是布洛克饰演的角色莎莉 (Sally) 的女儿，该片是 1999 年原版电影期待已久的续集。

62岁的布洛克很乐意出借这件她曾在 2006 年电影《名声》（Infamous）纽约首映式上穿过的礼服。在关于周四于伦敦克拉里奇酒店（Claridges）举行拍照活动的在线帖子（见上方插图）中，她写道：“我的安东尼娅女孩，你随时可以洗劫妈妈的衣橱。”这部关于魔法姐妹的电影还由妮可·基德曼 (Nicole Kidman) 主演，将于 9 月 11 日上映。

“福利申请表罚款打击弱势群体”

在数千名因填写表格出错而被罚款 £50 的福利申请人中，包括护理人员、养老金领取者和残疾人。

今年以来，已有 53,839 名申请人被处以民事处罚，总金额达 £270 万。罚款人数最多的是通用信贷（Universal Credit）的申请人，共 21,291 人。

其中，约 17,607 人是护理津贴（Carer's Allowance）申请人，3,118 人为养老金信贷（Pension Credits）申请人，1,005 人为护理津贴（Attendance Allowance）申请人。此外，还有 308 名残疾人在申请残疾生活津贴（Disability Living Allowance）时被罚款，16 人在申请个人独立支付（PIP）时被罚款。

活动人士警告称，在出现诚实错误的情况下，这些罚款是不公平的。

Silver Voices 的丹尼斯·里德（Dennis Reed）表示：“弱势申请人仅因填写复杂的表格而出错就被罚款，除非有明显的欺诈企图，否则这简直令人愤慨。”

“养老金信贷的领取率已经陷入危机，考虑到必须回答那些侵入性的个人问题，这并不令人惊讶。就业与养老金部（DWP）应该重新评估其角色，应当成为福利资格的促进者，而不是繁文缛节的死板执行者。”

他补充道：“意识到一个真正的错误可能会导致养老金领取者无法负担的罚款，这进一步降低了人们申请的意愿。”

Age UK 慈善机构总监卡罗琳·亚伯拉罕斯（Caroline Abrahams）补充道：“绝大多数老年人在申请养老金信贷时是诚实且出于善意的。除非有显著的相反证据，否则政府假设人们在申请中犯的是无心之过，这才是公平的。”

Carers UK 政策与公共事务总监艾米莉·霍尔茨豪森（Emily Holzhausen）表示：“这些数字令人深感担忧，并引发了关于 DWP 使用民事处罚是否公平且适度的严重问题。”

就业与养老金部的一位发言人表示，只有在“我们有证据表明申请人对错误没有合理理由”的情况下才会实施处罚，并补充说可以提出正式申诉。

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为什么“美丽游戏”必须有如此丑陋的一面？

他们奔跑在球场上，理想状态下是不被注意的——直到他们做出那个充满争议的决定，尤其是当该决定不利于主队时。随后，他们会遭到观众的集体嘘声，被球员辱骂，被教练诋毁——甚至被看台上的观众吐口水。

事实上，可以肯定地说，如今即使是交通协管员也比足球裁判更受欢迎。再加上受到 VAR（视频助理裁判）的削弱，他们经常发现自己陷入一种无论如何都无法获胜的境地。

现在，由获奖体育作家威廉·拉尔斯顿（William Ralston）撰写的新书《不可能的工作》（The Impossible Job）揭开了足球裁判这个残酷世界的内幕，揭示了为什么全球范围内愿意承担这一角色的人才短缺。

“为了写这本书，我亲自接受了裁判培训，因为我真的想了解他们承受的压力，”拉尔斯顿透露，“在 80,000 名尖叫的球迷面前做出一个不受欢迎的决定，这些家伙的勇气令人敬佩。”

这位 37 岁的单孩父亲获得了英足总（FA）的 7 级资格，这意味着他可以执法基层和青少年足球比赛。

他来自切希尔郡，是一名曼联球迷。他透露，在 2024 年于拉姆斯盖特（Ramsgate）执法的首批星期日联赛比赛中，其中一场他完全失去了控制。

“所有 22 名球员最终在球场上陷入了大混战——我完全失去了对比赛的控制，”他回忆道。

“我掉落了哨子，并意外地重新启动了秒表。我本该终止比赛的，但我太害怕了。那是我最低谷的时刻。简直太丢脸了。”

他差点报警，赛后坐在公交车站时，他几乎决定放弃。

“另一次在惠特斯塔布尔（Whitstable），有人警告我其中一名球员是刚出狱的前武装抢劫犯，”他说，“他用头顶了另一名球员。我本该出示红牌，但我怂了，只出示了一张黄牌。”

“我受到了支持者的很多辱骂，他们是对的，但当我看到他眼神中的愤怒时，我被吓到了，觉得我也可能会被他顶头。我的女朋友并不太喜欢我当裁判。”

从在坑洼不平、标线歪斜的球场上清理动物粪便的星期日联赛同行，到在国际足联（FIFA）世界杯上指挥球星的顶尖专业裁判，他的书揭示了裁判工作对一个人身心健康的损害。

拉尔斯顿深入了解裁判的幕后故事

他走访了欧洲五大联赛——德甲、意甲、西甲、法甲，当然还有英超——跟随他们参加训练营、进入评估室以及经历比赛日，在那里，一次判罚就可能定义一个职业生涯。

“这不仅仅是裁判遭受的辱骂，更是因为缺乏英足总（FA）的支持，”他说，“被大声呵斥、被殴打、车辆被划伤，在所有级别中都非常普遍。”

拉尔斯顿描述了英国顶尖裁判安东尼·泰勒（Anthony Taylor）的一次恐怖经历，泰勒曾主持 2023 年在布达佩斯普斯卡什竞技场举行的罗马对阵塞维利亚的欧足联欧罗巴联赛决赛。

塞维利亚在点球大战中 4-1 击败 AS 罗马，让罗马主帅若泽·穆里尼奥在六次欧洲决赛中遭遇首次失败。

而这位“特别之人”将责任归咎于泰勒……

拉尔斯顿写道：“比赛过程极其混乱。琐碎的犯规、被扔进球场的杂物、假摔。球员们围攻泰勒，教练组在每一个转折点对他施压。”

“泰勒出示了 14 张黄牌，创下了欧罗巴联赛单场比赛的纪录。这是他职业生涯中最艰难的一场比赛。”

然而，更糟糕的事情还在后面。

在赛后新闻发布会上，穆里尼奥指责泰勒，称他应该在比赛末段因手球判给罗马一个点球。随后在停车场，穆里尼奥找到了泰勒，在登上球队大巴前对他劈头盖脸地辱骂了一通。

拉尔斯顿接着描述了在机场的一幕，当时泰勒正和他的妻子在一起，并且

暴力、死亡威胁和羞辱贯穿了一名足球裁判的职业生涯……凯伦·罗基特（KAREN ROCKETT）与体育作家威廉·拉尔斯顿（William Ralston）探讨其令人震惊的新书《不可能的任务》（The Impossible Job）。

孩子们正等待登机返回英国的延误航班。愤怒的意大利球迷将他们围住，对着他们的脸尖叫、吐口水并挥拳相向，瓶子和椅子四处飞散。拉尔斯顿继续写道：“在飞行过程中，网上出现了死亡威胁。飞机降落后，警察护送泰勒及其家人回家。安保人员在他们身边守护了一整夜。

“随后泰勒的手机响了。有人将他的号码泄露在网上，数以千计的威胁信息接踵而至。”

泰勒本人表示：“整件事都围绕着一个根本不存在的所谓‘手球’展开。”

由于极度担心遭到报复，他再也没有在意大利俱乐部执裁，尽管受邀参加当地的一场婚礼，他也没有返回意大利。谁说“这只是一场游戏”？穆里尼奥被禁赛四场，罗马队被罚款 55,000 欧元（4.7 万英镑）——这还不到一名球员的一周工资。

拉尔斯顿说：“很难让裁判们敞开心扉讲述他们的经历，我很感谢泰勒愿意与我分享那段可怕的经历。”

泰勒在执法了 668 场英格兰职业比赛（包括所有主要的国内杯赛决赛和 163 场国际赛事）后，于上个月退休。

他将自己的职业生涯描述为“巨大的荣幸”，但补充道，“压力巨大，且始终处于被审视之中”。

拉尔斯顿进一步指出，担任裁判就像是“吸引辱骂的避雷针，成了掩盖他人失败的挡箭牌。

“感觉你做什么都不对。有时，这份工作简直是不可能的。”

但他表示，裁判只是决定比赛结果的一个因素。“结果可能是因为俱乐部买或没买某个球员，或者谁被替换下场——决定一场比赛结果的因素如此之多。但因为足球是一项低比分的运动，裁判为糟糕的结果承担了不公平的责任。”

在成为顶级裁判之前，泰勒曾是一名监狱管理人员，这份工作要求在情况升级为暴力之前能够控制一群愤怒的年轻人。在此之前，他曾是一名酒店前台，“另一份奖励‘洞察人心’能力的工作，”拉尔斯顿说道。

谈到愤怒的男人，拉尔斯顿表示裁判最好不要在比赛过早地出示红黄牌，并举了由美国人伊斯梅尔·埃尔法斯（Ismail Elfath）执法的英格兰对阵阿根廷的世界杯半决赛为例。

“在那个上半场，他本可以出示很多次黄牌，但他让比赛平稳下来。

“尽管他受到了批评，但他并不是英格兰输球的原因。” 然后是 VAR（视频助理裁判）……

大多数足球迷不喜欢它，主要是因为长时间的延迟干扰了比赛，且经常破坏进球后的庆祝。

足球支持者协会（Football Supporters Association）的一项重大调查显示，75% 的英超球迷反对该系统。然而，拉尔斯顿通过与裁判的大量交流发现，大多数裁判的感受截然不同。意大利裁判马尔科·古伊达（Marco Guida）解释了为什么 VAR 对他们来说是一件好事：“现在当你做出重大决定时，VAR 会予以确认，你知道 90% 的情况下这是一个正确的决定。坦白说，有了 VAR，你的底气要足得多。”

在场外，古伊达与一名私人心理学家合作，以应对最高级别工作的压力，并专注于真正重要的事情——即上司的意见，而非球迷、球员或体育评论员的言论。

他告诉拉尔斯顿：“如果你太关注其他事情，你还不如扔掉哨子回更衣室。”

吉达花好几个小时独自阅读，不用智能手机，像锻炼肌肉一样训练自己的专注力。“在幕后，我们付出了很多努力。”2024年欧冠决赛裁判斯拉夫科·文奇奇（Slavko Vincic）补充道：“裁判的工作不在于被喜爱，而在于被信任，而信任难以获得，却很容易失去。这本书理解这一点。”

裁判乔恩·莫斯（Jon Moss）在2022年英冠附加赛中遭到哈德斯菲尔德镇球员的指责

拉尔斯顿提到了2022年5月29日在温布利球场举行的哈德斯菲尔德镇与诺丁汉森林之间的英冠附加赛决赛。乔恩·莫斯担任主裁判，那是他职业生涯的最后一场比赛。

赛后，伦敦原计划为他的退休举行一场家庭庆祝活动。

莫斯在比赛末段争议性地拒绝了哈德斯菲尔德的两次点球，导致他们输掉了比赛。

“就对获胜球队意味着的资金而言，英冠附加赛是最重要的比赛之一，因为这意味着进入英超，所以压力达到了顶峰，”拉尔斯顿说。

“乔恩遭受了如此多的辱骂，以至于他最终在警察的看守下住在酒店里，退休庆祝活动被取消，他在利兹的Vinyl Whistle商店遭到了袭击。”

因此不难看出，无论顶尖裁判的薪水有多高，为什么现在有这么多人选择离开这个行业。

与此同时，在第7级别联赛中，拉尔斯顿正准备执裁他的下一场比赛：赫恩贝老将队对阵安克里安人队。

“在这个级别，你会看到球员在场边吃麦当劳早餐，并在赛前抽烟，”他笑着说。

“我知道我把它描述得很糟糕，但当你做出正确的决定并赢得球员的尊重，且他们在赛后与你握手时，那种快感令人上瘾。”

“无论如何，这场只是友谊赛。”

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曼彻斯特骄傲游行花车上的《加冕街》明星未被举报

昨日，在曼彻斯特骄傲（Manchester Pride）的《加冕街》（Coronation Street）花车上，人们发现了几张熟悉的面孔。

包括 Sue Devaney、Tony Maudsley、Cath Tyldesley、Julia Goulding 和 Olivia Frances Brown 在内的肥皂剧明星被看到在享受这一年度盛事。

2026年曼彻斯特村庄骄傲（Manchester Village Pride 2026）由一个社区主导的志愿者团体运营，在管理层变动后，今年的庆祝活动回到了这座城市著名的同性恋村。

ITV Pride 决定加入此次节日，

作者：JAYMI McCANN

联合主席 Sophie Scott 表示：“我们目睹了曼彻斯特村庄骄傲回归其社区主导的基层精神，而今年的主题‘没有地方像家’（No Place Like Home），与 ITV 自己的标语‘没有地方像 ITV’（No Place Like ITV）完美互补。”

“作为一家根植于讲述真实故事的广播公司，且我们与西北地区有着深厚的联系，这个主题感觉是完美的契合。我们非常高兴今年能再次加入。”

涉嫌勒死他人者在法庭受审

作者：DAVE HIGGENS

一名因一起导致一名七岁女孩及其姨妈死亡的房屋火灾而被怀疑谋杀的男子已出庭，被指控涉嫌造成严重身体伤害（GBH）和蓄意勒死他人的独立罪行。

蒂赛德（Teesside）地方法庭获悉，来自米德尔斯堡（Middlesbrough）的 Jaden Wright, 23, 被捕，该案涉及周三凌晨附近格兰格顿（Grangetown）发生的一起房屋火灾，导致 Natalie McDonald, 34, 及其侄女 Valentina Foster 死亡。

法庭获悉，他随后被指控犯有与周二在该地区发生的一起涉嫌袭击相关的独立罪行。

检察官表示，本案的原告在涉嫌遭到袭击时住在帐篷里。

Wright 未作答辩，预计将于周三再次在同一法庭出庭。

“火山”垃圾场未列入首相清理名单引发愤怒

作者：亚伦·纽伯里 政治记者

一个被称为“Rainham火山”（Rainham Volcano）的非法垃圾场被排除在首相要求清理的场地名单之外。

这一遗漏引发了居民和活动人士的愤怒，他们要求当地国会议员敦促安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）采取行动。

二十年来，该场地一直被用于在东伦敦该区进行非法垃圾倾倒。

这给居民带来了巨大的挑战，甚至曾成为一家大麻工厂的所在地。

该场地的最初所有者于 2011 年入狱，但倾倒行为一直持续至今。

活动人士估计，垃圾现在的深度已达五米，自 2018 年以来，已有 200 多起火灾破坏了这片土地。

由于有毒废物的存在，该场地部分区域的温度高达 176 度，Rainham 的居民表示他们暴露在了由此产生的烟雾中。活动人士已致信其工党议员 Margaret Mullane，恳请她请求首相重新审视不清理该场地的决定。

当地保守党主席 Matej Travnicek 表示：“必须彻底解决‘Rainham火山’问题。不能指望纳税人永远资助扑灭这些火灾，而根本原因却得不到解决。”

“我们需要一个能够保护居民并最终结束这个长期问题的永久解决方案。”

活动人士表示，清理该场地的努力在地方当局与土地现任所有者之间陷入了僵局。

在担心造成污染的情况下，保守党希望获得中央政府的资金以最终解决该问题。

活动人士 Sade Adeeko 表示：“一次又一次，这里的人们

“居民想知道为什么这里被排除在外”

工党曾向雷纳姆（Rainham）承诺将解决火灾问题。

“而当首相宣布提供资金清理非法废物堆放场时，雷纳姆并不在名单上。

“居民有权知道为什么朗德斯巷（Launders Lane）被排除在外，以及他们的工党国会议员为了争取资金做了哪些陈述。”

穆兰女士（Ms Mullane）和工党已收到置评请求。

约克公爵夫人结束自我流亡，将入住六居室房产

作者：海伦·威廉（HELEN WILLIAM）

据透露，前约克公爵夫人正在英格兰南部郡县（Home Counties）租一套拥有六间卧室的房产。

据报道，在因她及其前夫安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）与被定罪的儿童色情狂杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）的友谊而引发的余波中，莎拉·弗格森（Sarah Ferguson）在海外生活一段时间后，准备返回英国。

这位国王的前嫂子，现年 66 岁，在有关他们与已故亿万富翁金融家之间联系的消息披露后，于 10 月与安德鲁一同失去了头衔。

莎拉此前与安德鲁共同居住在他之前的住所皇家小屋（Royal Lodge），但安德鲁被迫搬到了国王桑德灵厄姆庄园（Sandringham estate）的马什农场（Marsh Farm）。

据一家全国性报纸报道，她可能“很快”会搬进一套新的封闭式房产，该房产设有三个浴室和一个“祖父母附属房”（granny annexe）。

就在几天前，萨塞克斯公爵夫妇带着孩子返回英国，在美生活六年之后开始新生活。

据信，莎拉在离开皇家小屋后，一直住在瑞士韦尔比耶（Verbier）的一座阿尔卑斯山木屋中。

弗格森正返回英国

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虽然抚养婴儿的基本原则可能保持不变，但辅助育儿的产品领域在不断变化。如今的父母可以使用从智能袜子到人工智能辅助摇篮的各种设备来监测婴儿的生命体征。

但对于丽莎·奥克森汉姆（Lisa Oxenham）来说，在生完第二个孩子后，她育儿方式的一次重大转变意味着回归基础。

她一岁大的儿子沃尔夫冈（Wolfgang）使用的是玻璃奶瓶和医疗级硅胶制成的 teething aids（出牙辅助用品），而非塑料制品。

50 岁的丽莎解释道：“我的第一个孩子，我的女儿，是在 10 年前出生的。”

“我把她的玩具存在阁楼里，因为我知道我还会再要一个。”

“当我把它们拿出来时，发现全部都是塑料的。我把它们全部扔掉了——我简直不敢相信我曾给她用那些塑料玩具。”

来自格洛斯特郡斯特劳德（Stroud, Gloucestershire）的丽莎是日益增长的家长群体的一员，他们担心幼儿时期接触塑料的影响。

她最近参加了由活动团体“无塑婴儿”（Plastic Free Babies）在议会举办的一场活动。该团体声称，婴儿在出生后的前 1,000 天——这一关键的发育窗口期——正遭受大量材料的轰击，这些材料可能会渗出化学物质并释放被称为微塑料的微小颗粒。

该活动的科学顾问名单中包括安东尼·科斯特洛（Anthony Costello）教授（世界卫生组织（WHO）妇幼及青少年健康部门前主任）以及莱昂纳多·特拉桑德（Leonardo Trasande）博士（美国领先的儿科医生及儿童环境健康专家）。

由罗西·博伊科特男爵夫人（Baroness Rosie Boycott）主持的“紧急简报会”邀请函警告称，日常产品中的化学物质“在孩子们发育最脆弱的时期给他们造成了可衡量的伤害”。邀请函补充道：“科学结论已不再有争议。”

塑料伤害婴儿的观点听起来很有说服力，但事实真的如此吗？

有害化学物质的使用理应受到严格监管，英国食品标准局（UK Food Standards Agency）等机构会根据最新证据更新安全限值。

研究表明，微塑料可以深入人体，甚至穿过胎盘进入发育中的胎儿。

然而，关于其影响的研究在很大程度上仅限于实验室和动物研究，关于其对人类健康影响的强有力证据较少。

在活动现场，前美容健康记者丽莎（Lisa）表示，听到会上呈现的一些统计数据时，她感到震惊和愤怒。“作为一名家长，我知道我们对给宝宝购买的产品寄予了多少信任，而我觉得我们已经失去了这种信任。

“我尽量不让自己恐慌，但我确实在寻找替代品。但货架上绝对到处都是塑料制品。

“替代品的价格也更高，所以并非每个人都能负担得起。”

为了保护沃尔夫冈（Wolfgang），丽莎还将塑料餐具和盘子更换成了不锈钢制品，并购买了一张无塑料床垫。她补充道：“他目前基本上完全不使用塑料。”

“无塑料婴儿”（Plastic Free Babies）项目由 A Plastic Planet 发起，该环保活动组织由企业家希安·萨瑟兰（Siân Sutherland）和弗雷德里克·马格努森（Frederikke Magnussen）于 2016 年创立。该组织希望政府就婴儿接触微塑料和内分泌干扰化学物质的影响发起证据征集。该组织还

微塑料被冲上海滩

越来越多的家长担心，婴儿在出生后的前 1,000 天里正面临化学物质的危险暴露。但专家们在科学问题上存在分歧。健康编辑汉娜·盖斯勒（HANNA GEISSLER）对此进行了调查

“对于我的孙辈，我建议我的女儿尽可能避免使用合成纺织品。我们知道这些纺织品会释放微纤维。我们还不知道这会带来什么样的影响……” 克雷西达·鲍耶教授（PROFESSOR CRESSIDA BOWYER）（上图）

塑料瓶和玩具真的在伤害婴儿吗？

希望品牌商和零售商能承受压力，使价格合理的替代品变得更容易获得。丽莎（Lisa）作为一名单亲父母，在第二个孩子通过试管婴儿（IVF）出生时花费了 4 万英镑，她在 Instagram 上与超过 50,000 名追随者分享她的健康与育儿心得。

她深知，对于忙碌的父母来说，避免使用塑料可能会变成另一种负担。但她补充道：“任何父母都不应该需要拥有化学学位才能知道该给孩子什么样的玩具。”

那么，父母们应该担心到什么程度？我们询问了三位与该运动没有关联的专家。

朴茨茅斯大学革命塑料研究所（Revolution Plastics Institute）所长克雷西达·鲍耶（Cressida Bowyer）教授解释说，当我们谈论塑料时，有两种可能的风险来源——塑料本身以及与之相关的化学物质。

鲍耶教授表示，有毒化学物质可能会造成伤害。“有超过 16,000 种化学物质可被添加到塑料中，以赋予它们不同的特性，如柔韧性或耐用性。”

“其中 4,000 多种已知具有高风险且对人体健康有害，其中包括已知的致癌物和内分泌干扰物。”

“这仍然意味着绝大多数与塑料相关的化学物质尚未经过测试。”

例子包括双酚 A（BPA），这是一种自 20 世纪 50 年代以来用于制造各种塑料的工业化学品，常见于食品包装中。

它是一种内分泌干扰物，可以模拟或干扰人体的激素。

自 2011 年起，英国和欧洲已禁止在生产和销售婴儿喂养瓶中使用 BPA。

然而，“无塑婴儿”（Plastic Free Babies）组织强调了一项最近的研究，德国专家分析了七款分别由德国、中国和印度制造的市售安抚奶嘴。所有产品的检测结果均超过了欧洲食品安全局设定的每日安全限值，其中甚至包括一款标注为“不含 BPA”的产品。

鲍耶教授表示，需要针对添加到婴儿产品中的化学物质制定更好的立法。尽管微塑料的影响尚未被完全理解，但她建议采取预防措施。

她补充道：“对于我的孙辈，我建议我的女儿尽可能避免使用合成纺织品。”

“我们知道这些纺织品会释放微纤维。但我们还不知道这会带来什么样的影响。”

世界卫生组织（WHO）最近的一份报告发现，虽然大量职业性吸入塑料粉尘与呼吸道损伤有关，但目前的科学数据过于有限或在方法论上存在疑点，无法就微塑料的整体健康风险得出结论。

澳大利亚皇家墨尔本理工大学（RMIT University）分析化学专家奥利弗·琼斯（Oliver Jones）教授警告不要制造恐慌。

他表示，包括美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）在内的主要健康机构的数千篇科学论文和综述尚未发现微塑料正在伤害我们的证据。

“没有任何证据表明塑料曾引起过任何与内分泌干扰相关的健康影响，”琼斯教授补充道。

“如果你给大鼠喂食极高剂量的塑料相关化学物质，你会看到一些影响，但这不能等同于人类所接触的情况。”

一些活动人士认为，关于微塑料的综述并未证明它们是安全的。

但琼斯教授说：“同样地——开车没有绝对安全的距离，因为你在任何一点都可能发生事故。”

“没有一座桥是 $100$ 安全的。所以，这完全取决于相对风险。如果你说，‘好吧，我们将减少塑料使用’，那么你必须用其他东西来替代它。”琼斯教授表示，这并非没有后果。例如玻璃瓶等替代品可能会破碎并导致受伤。

他补充道：“很多人不擅长评估风险。他们会说‘我担心双酚A（BPA）’，然后却喝葡萄酒或啤酒。酒精是一类致癌物，已知会造成伤害。但人们担心微塑料，却觉得喝酒没什么大不了的，因为他们明白酒精的风险在于饮用量。”

在总结给父母的建议时，琼斯教授表示：“没有证据表明塑料会伤害你的孩子。如果你想减少塑料使用，那很好，但如果你没做到，也不必感到愧疚。”

东伦敦大学的环境研究员里亚·德弗罗（Ria Devereux）博士表示，我们已经过于依赖塑料，每个人都应该尝试减少使用。

但她也同意，在她开始研究微塑料的这十年里，其风险被“过度炒作”了。

她表示：“这方面需要更多的研究，并就限制标准做出决定——多少才算过多？”

“关键在于找出适合你和孩子的方式，但同时也要了解风险并获取相关信息。”

与此同时，德弗罗博士认为，我们应该对像丽莎（Lisa）这样的父母诚实地告知我们已知和未知的事情。

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被告同样为 20 多岁。昨日凌晨，在另一名男子从大曼彻斯特郡索尔福德的公寓坠落后，被告被警方拘留接受审讯。

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钓鱼者被要求离开，引发禁钓担忧

在因涉嫌反社会行为而被暂停钓鱼后，钓鱼者敦促议会负责人不要在一家热门湖泊实施禁钓。

在对相关指控进行调查期间，南约克郡东卡斯特附近的一座阿斯肯湖（Askern Lake）已暂停钓鱼活动。

地方当局下令竖起“禁止钓鱼”的标志，一名当地消息人士称，市政厅官员告诉钓鱼者收拾装备离开。

由工党领导的东卡斯特议会否认实施了禁令，仅在调查期间暂停活动。

但钓鱼者担心情况会恶化，因为去年在向南约 30 英里的德比郡温格沃思利多（Wingerworth Lido）也发生过类似的危机。

工党议员曾希望将该地转变为一个“生物多样性中心”，但在《快报》与农村团体共同发起反对活动后，他们于今年早些时候被迫放弃。

亚伦·纽伯里（AARON NEWBURY）报道 政治记者

当地人深知这项活动给当地地区带来的巨大益处。

“剥夺所有人的进入权是错误的”

“作为一个社区，我们为这座湖泊感到自豪。在没有进行公众咨询的情况下如此突然地禁止这项活动，是一个错误，而且过于激进。尽管与钓鱼相关的反社会行为并不常见，但必须由相关部门合作解决。”

钓鱼爱好者兼阿斯肯（Askern）镇议员约翰·罗利（John Rowley）表示：“我和其他几位镇议员在得知镇议会请求暂停阿斯肯湖的钓鱼活动时感到很惊讶。每个人

“剥夺所有人进入湖中钓鱼的权利是错误的，而且将

但现在人们担心，阿斯肯湖可能会成为最新一个面临关闭威胁的钓鱼点。

只会惩罚那些负责任的钓鱼者，而不能解决任何问题。”

乡村联盟（Countryside Alliance）的莫·麦特卡夫-费舍尔（Mo Metcalf-Fisher）敦促该机构与钓鱼者合作，避免做出“草率的决定”。

顿卡斯特市议会（City of Doncaster Council）表示：“近期，湖上的不负责任的钓鱼行为与反社会行为问题、乱扔垃圾违法行为以及野生动物受伤有关，已有多个案例显示鸟类被鱼钩缠住。”

“我们正与合作伙伴（包括我们在阿斯肯镇议会的同事）共同探讨近期可以采取的行动。”

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玛丽·麦卡特尼（MARY McCartney）支持跨党派的呼吁，要求停止对羔羊进行常规的截尾和阉割，活动人士表示这些操作是不必要的且会引起剧烈疼痛。

这位摄影师兼纪录片导演继承了她的父亲保罗·麦卡特尼爵士（Sir Paul McCartney）和已故母亲琳达（Linda）的衣钵，成为动物权利的倡导者。

她支持一封由 24 名国会议员和上议院议员签署的信函，敦促环境大臣安吉拉·伊格尔女爵士（Dame Angela Eagle）终止这些传统做法。

被饲养用于食用目的的羔羊通常会被截尾，以防止一种被称为蝇蛆病（flystrike）的感染。雄性羔羊还会被阉割。

玛丽希望转向更具同情心的耕作方式

作者：乔纳森·沃克（JONATHAN WALKER） 白厅编辑

由 Society 举办的“热爱羔羊周”将于周二开始至下周一结束，旨在鼓励人们将羔羊视为动物而非食物。

前披头士成员保罗爵士长期以来一直倡导动物福利，他已故的妻子创建了广受欢迎的琳达·麦卡特尼食品（Linda McCartney Foods）系列，专门提供各种素食和纯素选项。

这封信是在环境、食品与乡村事务部（Defra）近期就该问题进行咨询（该咨询于 3 月结束）之后发出的，且政府在去年的《动物福利战略》中承诺将与养羊部门合作，更新

《养羊福利准则》。

但包括素食协会（Vegetarian Society）在内的活动人士表示，还有其他保持动物健康的方法。

活动人士正呼—

“现在是英国展现真正领导力的时候了”

签署者包括绿党议员亚德里安·拉姆齐（Adrian Ramsay）。他表示：“英国是一个热爱动物的国家。我们在高动物福利标准方面享有盛誉，但当证据告诉我们动物可以免于不必要的痛苦时，我们不能停滞不前。”

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“动物福利委员会已经明确，羔羊的常规截尾和阉割不应再作为默认方案。”

我们有两个极佳的

“部长们现在有一个真正的机会来实现有意义的改革。”

吁政府确保这些操作仅在有特定临床原因时才在羔羊身上实施，而非常规化，并提供止痛药物。

素食协会公共事务负责人珍妮·坎汉（Jenny Canham）表示：“每年有数百万只羔羊作为常规程序接受痛苦的操作。”

从朴次茅斯出发，乘坐时尚现代的萨拉曼卡号（Salamanca）航行三晚，船上设有优雅的 Azul 餐厅、休闲的 La Taberna 餐厅、灵感来自萨拉曼卡著名城市广场的热闹的 Plaza Mayor 酒吧，以及一家提供丰富免税产品的精品店。

“科学已经明确，截尾和阉割会导致巨大的痛苦，专家顾问已经为变革制定了清晰的路径。”

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麦卡特尼女士表示：“英国是时候在动物福利方面展现真正的领导力，结束常规的羔羊截尾和阉割行为了。”

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《急诊中心》迎来 40 周年，生日庆典惊现大爆炸

一线医护人员（从左至右）：威廉·贝克（饰 迪兰）、尼特·莫汉（饰 拉什）、埃莉诺·劳莱斯（饰 史蒂维）和奥利·里克斯（饰 弗林）

《急诊中心》（CASUALTY）将在周六晚上通过两集连续播出的“爆炸性”特别节目庆祝其 40 周年纪念。

这部长寿的 BBC 黄金时段剧集已成为一种异数，它在流媒体时代以及为了配合足球赛、欧洲歌唱大赛和重大活动而不断变动的排播中幸存了下来。

尽管如此，数百万观众在每个周六晚上准时收看并保持着极高的忠诚度，被其融合的 NHS 医疗剧冲突、引人入胜的人物以及围绕他们展开的个人故事所吸引。

下周末的双集周年特别节目将看到霍尔比（Holby）的员工和居民处理迄今为止最具有爆炸性的局面——考虑到急诊科在过去四十年里见证的一些戏剧性事件，这已经是非常严重的局面了。

在接受《星期日快报》独家采访时，主要演员们回顾了该剧在电视史上的地位。

虽然是该剧相对较新的成员（首集于去年 3 月播出），但饰演临床主管弗林·拜伦的奥利·里克斯（Olly Rix），41, 岁，有着显著的。

作者：弗兰·温斯顿 (FRAN WINSTON)

能够参与到这次周年纪念的故事中。虽然 BBC 非常希望避免剧透，但透露他的角色在剧集中年满 40 岁并不会破坏观感——而且这将是一个令人难忘的生日。

他表示：“能够成为该剧如此重大时刻的一部分，我深感荣幸。一部剧能持续 40 年是非常非凡且罕见的。这意味着它经历了许多演变和变革的时刻，而这一次又是其中之一。”

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“这确实感觉像是一种荣幸”

长期好友兼同事斯蒂维·纳什（Stevie Nash）表示赞同，他说：“感觉就像是你成为了某种具有历史意义且重要事物的一部分，这确实感觉像是一种荣幸。

“我们非常幸运能够从事这份工作，并且是在这部剧集中工作。这部剧从创立至今拥有如此高的关注度。它在某种程度上见证了整个英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）在全国范围内的发展历程。”

对于 48 岁的威廉·贝克（William Beck）来说，《伤急诊》（Casualty）在他生命中占据的时间要长得多，他自 2011 年 3 月起饰演急诊医学顾问迪兰·基奥（Dylan Keogh）。

“我真的记得第一季，因为当时我必须得到父母的特别许可才能观看。我记得当时我穿着睡衣，但在最初的两三分钟里有一种期待感，你会猜测

某人会以什么样的程度受伤。那些剧集里经常出现被刺穿的情节，我想这满足了一个八岁孩子（或者当时我大概那个年纪）对血腥的渴望。

“能成为同一部剧的一部分感觉很超现实，但这是一种荣幸。”

对于 40 岁的尼特·莫汉（Neet Mohan）来说，这部剧同样出现在他的成长岁月里，他在剧中饰演新晋升的顾问拉什·马苏姆（Rash Masum）。

“我记得主题曲，记得在家里不被允许观看。我还记得住在我的姨妈家——我的两个姨妈和两个姐姐住在彼此隔壁——她们会讨论这部剧。当我住在她们那里时，她们就会播放。她们两人都是在斯劳（Slough）市外一家医院工作的移民护士，我记得她们谈到自己的值班经历就是那样的。”

梅兰妮·希尔（Melanie Hill）在 2024 年成为全职演员饰演临床护理经理希奥班·麦肯齐（Siobhan McKenzie）之前，早已是《伤急诊》故事的一部分。她首次出现是在 1993 年的《王牌》（Wild Card）一集中饰演珍妮丝·哈钦斯（Janice Hutchins），一个被送入急诊室的孩子之母。

“他不喜欢我，所以这让拍摄变得极其困难。他不想让我看他，甚至不想让我碰他……这真的很艰难，因为我们必须在尝试扮演‘妈妈在这儿’和他的‘不！’之间周旋。”

当她重新加入剧组时，剧集资深演员德里克·汤普森（Derek Thompson）回忆起了那些场景。他从 1986 年 9 月 6 日的第一集起饰演查理·费尔黑德（Charlie Fairhead），直到 2024 年 3 月 16 日离开。

“他说他记得我，考虑到这么多演员曾作为客串艺人出现在《伤急诊》中，这已经相当不错了。”

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寻找英国最诡异的一日游，艾米·琼斯（AMY JONES）发现了本周末向公众开放的英伯村

在 80 多年前的 November 1, 1943,，战争部的一封信告知英伯村（Imber）的居民离开他们的家园。他们被给予 41 天的时间来收拾行李并寻找替代住所。

在 150 名居民中，许多人甚至从未踏出过村庄一步，而另一些人则无处可去，不得不向当地议会寻求住房。

这次疏散是因为该村庄的地理位置。它位于索尔兹伯里平原（Salisbury Plain）北部的英伯靶场（Imber Ranges）中心，在 D-Day 登陆行动之前，这里被需要作为美军的训练区。

村民们当时不知道的是，即使在战争结束后，他们也再也无法回到这个他们称之为家的地方。

这座被遗弃的威尔特郡村庄目前仍由国防部控制，是一个实弹军事区。但它每年向公众开放 12 天——包括这个银行假期周末——这一定是英国能提供的最奇怪的一日游体验之一。

相反，他们漂亮的乡村小屋、两所学校、酒吧、教堂、农场和谷仓要么被拆除，要么被军方接管——他们紧密的社区变成了一个如今看起来更像战场、时间凝固的地方。

沿着尘土飞扬的地形开车进入英伯村，也许是我人生中最超现实的经历之一。

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在从主路延伸出的三英半英里路段，我经过了覆盖着植被的废弃军事坦克（曾用于训练）、军事基地，以及写着“警告：部队训练中”和“危险：公众禁止进入”的标志。

这段路确实荒凉，更不用说诡异了。

在封死的建筑、高墙围栏和敞开的大门之间，任何社区感都已消失。沿着主路行走，很难想象这里曾经是一个邻居们会在当地酒吧喝杯啤酒、孩子们在户外玩耍的村庄。

当我发现崎岖地形上散落的子弹和弹片时，这种感觉更加强烈；我还看到了曾经举办过派对和社会活动的旧法院，现在被木板封死并装有铁丝门。

最受欢迎的访问时间之一是“英伯巴士日”（Imberbus Day），届时数百名游客将乘坐经典的红色巴士来参观这个奇特的地方。原有的建筑保留极少，许多可追溯至 1920 年代的茅草屋已被摧毁，取而代之的是用于军事训练演习的结构。

从空中看，部分区域看起来像个拥有红色、绿色和黄色新屋顶的模型村庄。随后，那些曾经是温馨家园的砖块堆再次残酷地提醒我这里的历史。

由于军方将其用作训练场（且经常使用实弹），村庄部分区域被严格禁止进入，包括原住宅群周围。

但从道路上观察这座鬼村，并想象多年前这里是什么样子，是非常迷人的。

由于原有的谷仓和酒吧——贝尔旅馆（Bell Inn）就位于主路旁，且拥有可追溯至 1880, 的磨损石墙和敞开的大门，我得以近距离观察它们。

村庄中唯一保持原貌的部分是 13 世纪的一级保护建筑圣吉尔斯教堂（St Giles' Church）。

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虽然教堂周围环绕着令人恐惧的高压电网安全门，并挂着“禁区”的标志，但在某些欢乐的场合，它会欢迎公众进入。

通常，它每年在复活节期间开放三天，在 8 月的英伯巴士日期间开放，在 8 月银行假期期间开放，在 11 月的纪念仪式期间开放，在圣诞节的颂歌仪式期间开放，以及一些

几天之后。墙上挂着可追溯至15世纪的原始绘画，还有古老的教堂长椅、宏伟的柱拱以及精美的木梁。那些曾经居住在这个村庄的人拥有被安葬在教堂墓地的权利。

教堂管理员尼尔·斯凯尔顿（Neil Skelton）是其持续成功的核心，这里继续吸引着游客，包括那些曾经住在英伯村（Imber village）的人。

尼尔告诉我：“我决心不让英伯的记忆消失，正是通过这座教堂，我们才得以维持现状。最让我感到欣慰的是人们来到这里并乐在其中。”

虽然教堂的部分区域在不使用时会被覆盖起来，但它依然让人感觉到自己处于一个曾经繁荣的社区中心。

而在一年之中的那些特殊日子里，这座消失的村庄便会再次现身。

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中世纪村庄被誉为“法国的科茨沃尔德”

By MILO BOYD

这座美丽的法国村庄在数百年来几乎未受外界影响，近期被比作科茨沃尔德（Cotswolds）。当你走进仅有 189 人的贝尔卡斯特尔（Belcastel），漫步在鹅卵石街道和石瓦屋顶之间，你甚至可能会像埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇（Ebenezer Scrooge）那样发问。

身在村中时，问一句“现在是哪一年？”是非常合理的。

这个法国定居点位于南部的奥克西塔尼（Occitania）地区，其风景之美简直让人觉得不真实。

只有少数几栋房屋坐落在阿韦龙河（River Aveyron）岸边，其中大多数可追溯到 15 世纪，一座石桥连接着两岸。

贝尔卡斯特尔之所以保持这种原生态感，部分原因是它在很长一段时间内与世隔绝。在 20 世纪初，只能通过艰险的小径才能到达该村。很少有人前往，这使得当地居民能够在远离现代化的环境中享受这里的魅力。

在村庄的山顶上有一座城堡要塞，到 1974 年时已陷入破败，随后著名建筑师费尔南·普永（Fernand Pouillon）买下了遗址并开展修复工作。

在城堡恢复往日荣光之前，当地人受到普永作品的启发，开始着手让村里的房屋、公共建筑和餐厅重新焕发生机。

他们显然做得很好。1990 年，贝尔卡斯特尔被提名进入“法国最美村庄”（Les Plus Beaux Villages de France）名单。该名单对该村的描述为：“贝尔卡斯特尔坐落在阿韦龙河谷的心脏地带，拥有迷住你的所有元素。由建筑师费尔南·普永精心修复的雄伟城堡，自豪地俯瞰着这座中世纪村庄。穿过横跨在湍急的阿韦龙河上的标志性桥梁，你就进入了一个真实的阿韦龙村庄，这里有传统的石屋和板岩屋顶。”

当你到访时，城堡无疑是主要景点。它戏剧性地耸立在村庄上方的岩石露头上，你可以参观内部并攀登而上，俯瞰下方的屋顶和阿韦龙河的壮丽景色。

一边是沿着山坡倾泻而下的古老房屋，城堡在上方若隐若现。

紧邻桥梁的 Vieux Pont 餐厅以其烹饪水平享有盛名，因此是一个理想的午餐停靠点。它被列入《米其林指南》，提供美味的鸽子肉和蘑菇碎屑料理。

前往该村依然较为困难。从图卢兹机场乘火车需 3.5 小时，从蒙彼利埃出发则需 6 小时。

贝尔卡斯特尔偏远的地理位置也意味着公共交通选择缓慢且有限，因此建议租车前往。

尽管难以抵达，但该村在夏季可能会变得非常拥挤。

现在，DFDS Seaways 将贝尔卡斯特尔评为最像我们本土科茨沃尔德的法国村庄，凭借其美景和蜂蜜色的石材，这里很可能很快会变得同样繁忙，尤其是在夏季，大巴车会将大批观光客倾倒入镇。

虽然这对当地旅游业显然是大好事，但这也会使贝尔卡斯特尔狭小的街道不堪重负，且几乎不可能找到用餐之所。

在旺季清晨抵达，或选择在春季或秋季度假，才是明智之举。

距离离奇世界纪录仅一步之遥

内赫布里底群岛的一个偏远小岛正为世界打水漂锦标赛做准备，KETSUDA PHOUTINANE 乘坐渡轮前往，尝试挑战自我。

在这个位于苏格兰西海岸的一块陆地碎片上，在寂静且雾气弥漫的夏日早晨，我感受到了一种我不确定此前是否经历过的情绪：绝对的孤独。

在伊斯代尔岛（Easdale Island）漫步，仿佛那如裹尸布般的海雾掠过海面，将所有其他人都接走了。

在前往斯凯岛（Isle of Skye）的惯常路线上，我特意在此绕道。在这一带，你无需在成群的游客中挤出一条路，除非是在一年中那个备受期待的周末。

这座禁止车辆进入的小岛，步行环岛仅需一小时，这里是世界打水漂锦标赛的举办地。

不要被它纯朴的特质或田园诗般的环境所迷惑——这项赛事竞争异常激烈，并吸引了全球的关注，尽管像我一样，你可能直到最近才听说过它。

2025年的赛事陷入了丑闻之中。少数参赛者承认利用“圆得可疑”的石头作弊。

虽然我住在格拉斯哥，但我是在《纽约时报》的一则头条新闻中得知这一赛事的，标题大写道：“苏格兰一场田园风光的打水漂比赛被作弊者渗透”。因此，一名专家地质学家计划在今年匿名监督赛事。

伊斯代尔岛（人口：60）最初在1983年启动了这项赛事，随后在1997年恢复。去年有来自27个国家的2,200多人参加了这场盛会。

“比赛裁判使用‘真理之环’装置检查石头尺寸”

参赛采取抽签制，鼓励全球所有年龄段和能力的人参与抽签，最终选出400名参赛者。

崎岖 艾伦比奇（Ellenabeich）的采石工小屋

隆起 克拉坎桥（Clachan Bridge）

虽然看起来我像是身处世界尽头，但距离格拉斯哥开车不到三小时。前往伊斯代尔岛需要先到达赛尔岛（Isle of Seil），而赛尔岛本身只需通过迷人的、拥有200年历史的隆起式克拉坎桥即可从大陆跳跃而至。

站在崎岖的沿海村庄艾伦比奇的码头，小岛近在咫尺。伊斯代尔岛距离海岸仅200米，是内赫布里底群岛中最小的永久有人居住岛。

撇开冰冷的水温不谈，我在想是否可以游过去，但这里的海水与其说寒冷，不如说更危险。强大的潮汐电流潜伏在水面之下。英国最危险的水域之一就在附近。巧合的是，同一码头有前往科里夫雷坎漩涡（Corryvreckan Whirlpool）的“海上探险”船出发，那是世界第三大漩涡。

我更愿意去接触石头，而我确实这么做了——接触那些著名的石头。伊斯代尔岛是板岩群岛（Slate Islands）的一部分，这个群岛曾“帮助为世界铺设屋顶”。

这项锦标赛与其作为苏格兰板岩工业中心的起源有着内在联系。参赛者为自己的三次尝试选择所用石头，但石头必须来自伊斯代尔岛。裁判使用一种被称为“真理之环”的测量装置，以检查石头的宽度是否不超过三英寸。

我对这样一场不寻常的比赛及其丑闻感到好奇，于是我尝试在相对安静的时候，去看看这个引起如此多关注的小岛。

伊斯代尔岛的渡轮按需运行。要呼叫渡轮，你必须进入码头旁的一个小棚屋，同时按下两个灯开关。这将触发一个穿过狭窄水道的刺耳喇叭声，召唤时间表上的下一班渡轮。

乘坐小型电动船的航程如此之快，以至于当我还在笨拙地操作非接触式支付时，旅程就快结束了。系统提示我输入个人识别码（PIN），而我对此毫无头绪，这一切都非常有 2026 年的风格，直到抵达后看到的第一个景象——伊兹代尔（Easdale）对汽车的替代方案。

码头旁的草地上散布着一排色彩缤纷的翻转独轮车。居民们推着

今年的锦标赛将于 9 月 5 日举行。参赛名额已售罄，但提供免费观众入场。

奥班（Oban）的 Knipoch House 酒店房价每晚 £119 起。Skeabost House 和 Duisdale House 的房价每晚 £149 起。所有酒店均可在 sonascollection.com 预订。

它们往返地搬运购物物品和个人财物。在这个慵懒的早晨，我看到的独轮车比人还多。

尽管我对如何在这座小岛上填满 90 分钟（这是我为这次中途停留预留的最长时间）感到忐忑，但最终我还是忘记了时间，不得不匆忙赶回。

在抢乘渡轮之前，我在粉刷成白色的房屋及其必备的石板屋顶之间漫步，并好奇地打量那些诚信售货箱。其中一个装满了鸡蛋（包括鸡蛋和鸭蛋），另一个则装满了手工皂。

顺着水声，我艰难地在崎岖的海岸边爬行，向下望去，事实的确如此——海滩上到处是极其平整光滑的石头，非常适合打水漂。海浪拍击岩石的剧烈撞击声令人着迷。

我见到的唯一灵魂是一个遛狗的人，以及远处另一个身影。有一次，我追踪一只发出尖叫的鸟，希望它是一只海鹦（遗憾的是，并不是）。

一直以来，细雨绵绵，所以当我开始向岛上的最高点攀登，运动鞋里的脚趾发出吱吱声时，我转身寻找一个可以晾干的地方。

虽然我独自度过了一个小时，但走进 The Puffer（岛上唯一的酒吧兼餐厅）时还是感到有些吃惊。

不过，手里捧着一杯暖心的茶，我很快便愉快地偷听起工作人员和隔壁桌三位退休老人（OAPs）的谈话。

在最后 10 分钟里，我猛然意识到自己还没有看到伊兹代尔最出名的地方。在迅速与年轻的法国服务员（另一个身处异乡的陌生人）结账时，收银台的 1 件纪念品——一个绘有手绘伊兹代尔石头的钥匙扣——实在太诱人了，无法拒绝。在这个遍地岩石的岛上，我花 £7 买到了一个。时间在流逝，我匆匆赶往那个吸引远近游客的比赛场地。我站在被淹没的海上采石场旁，去年的冠军、首位捧杯的美国人乔纳森·詹宁斯（Jonathan Jennings）曾在这里打水漂，累计距离达到了 177 米。

可惜，水面波涛汹涌，我无法超越他。凝视着空荡荡的采石场，我感到有些失望，但像任何合格的游客一样，我拍了几张照片，然后回家。

北欧海神用冰块迎接我进入北极圈

作者：克莱尔·菲茨西蒙斯 (CLARE FITZSIMONS)

当我试探性地坐下，而北欧海神威胁地站在我身后时，我能做的准备就是深呼吸。或者更准确地说，是他手里那把盛满冰块和水的勺子，看起来比雷神的锤子还要凶险。

即便是在五月，我的邮轮“特罗尔峡湾号”（MS Trollfjord）甲板上的温度也仅比冰点高出一点。但还没等我开始抗议，我的毛衣领口就被向后拉开，整勺冰水全部浇在我的背上，随后是我的一声惊叫，以及围观者的欢呼和笑声。之后，我喝了一小杯用来暖身的阿夸维特（aquavit，一种以马铃薯为原料的烈酒），才稍微弥补了这一点。

两分钟前，当我们跨入北极圈时，我还愉快地裹在温暖的外套、帽子、围巾和手套里。但当你被告知，只有一勺冰水才能安抚众神

并且保证天气良好时，你就得为了团队而牺牲一次。

尽管迎接方式如此冰冷，但跨越北纬 $66^{\circ}33'$ 线依然是一个具有里程碑意义的时刻。附近岛屿上的一个地球仪标志着这条分界线。

在冬季，你将进入极夜，那时太阳永不升起——这是观测北极光的绝佳时机。但在五月，我看到的是午夜阳光在地平线上跳跃，随即又回升至天空。

庆幸的是，这种淋水仪式仅限于首次进入北极圈的人。如果我再次参加 Hurtigruten 的邮轮之旅，我就能单纯地看着别人接受“北极洗礼”了。到那时，我大概也会嘲笑他们。

Hurtigruten 在五月至九月期间，由“特罗尔峡湾号”（MS Trollfjord）提供 14 个出发航次，价格每人 £2,466 起。

鲸鱼般的时光……在鲸鱼体内

喷水孔 将鲸鱼 移入博物馆

填充标本 马尔姆的 展品

在瑞典哥德堡自然历史博物馆，米洛·博伊德（MILO BOYD）爬进了世界上唯一的真实蓝鲸展品内部。而它还有一个相当惊人的故事……

大约 100 年前，一对瑞典年轻夫妇让这件事对我们其他人来说变得糟糕了。他们被当场抓获，就在世界上唯一一只被制成标本的蓝鲸腹中，正处于“裤子脱掉”的状态。这场丑闻导致官员们将其巨大的、张开的下颚猛然关闭，结束了人们可以随意进入这头 16 米长海洋哺乳动物体内的日子。

“我们必须满足于这个事实，即享受这一特权的正是我们自己城市的两名公民，”哥德堡自然历史博物馆的馆长在当时说道，在道德愤慨中寻找一线慰藉。

尽管我试图追踪这对夫妇后代的努力至今未能成功——我敢打赌，他们是历史上唯一在鲸类动物体内发生性行为的人——但在最近一次前往哥德堡的旅行中，我实现了一个长久以来的夙愿：进入一个宏伟的展品内部，而它仍然是世界上唯一一件展出的真实蓝鲸。

“我们只在特殊场合开放，比如选举日，因为瑞典语中‘投票’（val）和‘鲸鱼’（val）的单词是一样的，”博物馆馆长斯特芬·奥加德姆（Stefen Örgårdm）解释道，当我们沿着木梯走进鲸鱼的

搬迁中 在搬迁过程中进入鲸鱼腹部

木梯走进鲸鱼的口中。

在像圣诞节这样的大日子里，当圣诞老人从肚子内部分发礼物时，上颚会以一种不自然但方便的方式被摇开，让高大的北欧游客在不磕到头的情况下进入，然后移至腹部。里面的感觉更像是一个当地的村委会大厅，而不是约拿的故事，因为内脏早已被剥离并放置在保存在博物馆地下室的乙醇桶中。两张简单的布幔下放置着两把木凳，取代了原有的位置。

当我们透过由鲸骨装饰的下颚向外看时，斯特芬向我讲述了他们关于“不被喜爱的城市动物”的新秋季展览，以及为什么我们应该重新评估它们。

如今，蓝鲸是所有动物中最受喜爱的一种。神秘、优雅且庞大。

“地球上曾经生存过的最大动物：蓝鲸。它比最大的恐龙还要大得多。它的舌头重量相当于一头大象。它的心脏有汽车那么大。而且它的一些血管宽到你可以直接在里面游泳，”大卫·爱登堡爵士在《蓝色星球》中说道。

它们是终极的吉尼斯世界纪录动物。

在数十年的商业捕猎将其数量从捕鲸前的 300,000 峰值降低之后，它们的种群数量已从 5,000 回升至 25,000。回到 1865 年 10 月，当

回到 1803 年 10 月，当渔民兄弟奥洛夫·拉尔森（Olof Larsson）和卡尔·拉尔森（Carl Larsson）发现这头鲸鱼

无助地搁浅在瑞典西海岸附近时，这些动物还被人们厌恶。

宽容地说，正是对这个庞大、神秘巨兽的恐惧，导致拉尔森兄弟采取了接下来的行动。我在此不会重复那两天野蛮行径的细节。只需说这头鲸鱼被杀死了。然后

“性丑闻导致官员们将其巨大的、张开的下颚猛然关闭”

由三艘蒸汽船和两艘煤船运往哥德堡，自然学家奥古斯特·马尔姆（August Malm）在那里买下了这具尸体。

“我要把这一切都制成标本，”他宣布道，随即跳上那具正在腐烂的尸体，向聚集的人群发表讲话。

他确实这么做了。

数十名屠夫在饮用了足够多（足以抵御那股剧烈恶臭）的啤酒后，将其肢解成块，挖出内脏并移除了骨架。

鲸鱼身上有些特质会让人们陷入某种疯狂。

在诺贝尔奖得主拉斯洛·克拉斯纳霍尔卡伊（László Krasznahorkai）的著作《反抗的忧郁》（The Melancholy of Resistance）中，一头巨大的鲸鱼乘坐马戏团卡车抵达，引发了一场骚乱。

众所周知，以实玛利被莫比·迪克搞得精神恍惚。哥德堡的这头鲸鱼也是如此。

经过数日狂热的工作，马尔姆因感到恶心而被迫休息。意识到鲸鱼的所有者已经离开后，一群当地人冲上前去，抢夺带有油脂的纪念品。幸运的是，剩下的部分仍足以让这头鲸鱼被重新构建。

它的皮肤和鲸须（鲸骨）经过砷、氯化汞处理，并涂上一层无色柯巴漆，然后被安置在一个木架上，由 30,000 枚锌钉和铜钉将其固定。

该结构被分为四个可分离的部分，以便于用卡车将鲸鱼运送到后来在博物馆大厅中的安息之所。

一张绝佳的照片记录了鲸鱼头部被滚动通过外墙一个孔洞的场景。

这头鲸鱼在这么多年后依然散发着刺鼻的气味，它仍然是该博物馆最珍贵的展品，唯一能与之竞争这一头衔的是一头雄伟的填充象标本。

为什么畜牧业是一场全球性灾难

1950年，在我一岁时，世界人口约为25 亿美元。如今，这一数字已超过85 亿美元。随着热浪、干旱、山火和洪水的日益严重，人们对粮食安全和地球未来的担忧达到了前所未有的高度。然而，很少有人意识到，畜牧业正是当今许多环境危机的核心所在。

畜牧业占据了约$87%的粮食生产用地，但仅提供了全球$18%的热量。它是亚马逊雨林砍伐的主要原因，其中牛牧场约造成了目前$80%的森林损失。每毁掉一公顷土地，都会削弱地球上最大的碳汇之一以及最丰富的生物多样性储备库之一。

畜牧业也是极度耗水的行业。农业约占全球淡水使用量的70%，而农场动物消耗了其中不成比例的份额。生产一吨牛肉大约需要15,400立方米的水，其中大部分仅用于种植饲料作物，而这些作物本可以直接养活人类。

该产业也是水污染的主要来源。粪便和化肥的流失使河流和沿海水域的氮和磷过载，从而创造出海洋生物无法生存的缺氧“死亡区”。目前全球已发现400多个此类死亡区。

对野生动物的影响同样深远。森林、草原和湿地继续消失，以给放牧和饲料作物让路，而庞大的单一种植区取代了复杂的生态系统。随着农场动物数量的增加，野生动物种群崩溃，导致地球上仅有极小部分的哺乳动物生活在野外。

工业化养殖还威胁到人类健康。在农场动物生产中常规使用抗生素导致了抗生素耐药性，这与2019年全球超过100万例死亡病例相关。污染物和毒素也会通过食物链在动物产品中累积。

根据赛莱什·劳（Sailesh Rao）博士的研究，如果将用于农场动物的土地所损失的碳存储能力计算在内，畜牧业就成了气候变化的主导驱动因素。他的系统分析得出结论：如果我们想要解决全球变暖、生物多样性丧失、森林砍伐、水资源短缺以及人类目前面临的许多环境临界点，那么改变我们的食物系统至关重要。

绝大多数被饲养的动物在工厂化农场中度过一生。仅在美国，几乎所有的鸡、猪和火鸡，以及所有的养殖鱼类和大多数产蛋母鸡，都是在集约化禁闭系统中饲养的。在全球范围内，约75%的养殖动物处于工厂化养殖状态。

统计数据看起来可能令人不堪重负，但每一个数字都代表一个能够感受到痛苦的个体生命。

如果我们认真对待保护气候、恢复自然和保障未来，我们也必须认真对待改变我们的饮食。向植物基食物系统的转型，为减少环境破坏并使数十亿动物免于不必要的痛苦生活提供了最大的机遇之一。

本文是系统工程师、Climate Healers创始人赛莱什·劳博士研究的摘要。更多信息请访问 www.climatehealers.org。

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比利从摇滚到歌剧的惊艳转型

比利·科根（Billy Corgan）是“粉碎南瓜”（Smashing Pumpkins）乐队背后那个拥有银色头发的创意核心，他下周将带着其传奇概念专辑《忧郁之瓜与无限悲伤》（Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness）的歌剧改编版访问伦敦。该作品由曾获格莱美奖提名的指挥家詹姆斯·洛（James Lowe）编曲。但这不仅仅是一个摇滚明星在旧曲子中加入一些点缀那么简单。

作为歌剧迷，科根充分利用管弦乐团及其独唱者的力量，在向其另类摇滚杰作致敬的同时，锻造出某种独特且动人的东西。

“编曲是由指挥家詹姆斯·洛和我共同监督的，”这位谈吐流畅的明星说道，“我们绝对没有要求歌剧歌手变成摇滚歌手。我希望他们在最高水平上实践他们的艺术。我也并不想妥协我的音乐——想法是寻找让音乐与他们契合的方式。”

“坦白说，我从未想象过我写的东西能变成一部歌剧。事实上，整件事相当令人惊讶，但当你看到演出时，就会发现它完全合理。”

“它真的触动了我。”

粉丝们会对熟悉的基调如何转化为更古典的设定感到着迷，尤其是那些更沉重的曲调。

“我特别高兴的是，将吉他部分转化为弦乐编曲的效果如此之好。《蝴蝶之翼的子弹》（Bullet With Butterfly Wings）是以非常、非常缓慢的节奏演奏的，”科根透露道。

“我告诉詹姆斯·洛，我认为管弦乐团像摇滚乐队那样演奏并不是个好主意。所以，我们尝试将那些极快或沉重的歌曲——比如《子弹》——转化为不同的东西，某种带有威胁感的东西。”

当原专辑首次发行时，科根公开承认他希望它能成为新一代音乐迷心中的《汤米》（Tommy）或《墙》（The Wall）。

“是的，我确实说过那样的话，但在创作专辑时我并没有考虑这些，”他回忆道，“我从未打算去创造一个对《汤米》的重新诠释，尽管那张专辑——就像《墙》一样——在我心中占据特殊地位。即便如此，你必须承认皮特·汤普森（Pete Townshend）证明了摇滚乐队可以发行一张不仅仅是流行歌曲合集的专辑。”

这不仅是一次听觉体验，演出的视觉效果也令人印象深刻，且其设计是一次家庭协作。

“服装是由我的妻子克洛伊·门德尔（Chloé Mendel）和她的父亲创作的。他们拥有一家高级时装屋 House Of Gilles。结果非常壮丽。”

这部歌剧去年在芝加哥首演并获得了极高评价，英国粉丝希望同样的盛况能在英国重演，尽管科根没有做出任何保证。

“你知道，这依然是摇滚乐，而且总有风险在最后一刻有人告诉你：‘呃……我们没法把巨石阵搬过来！’”

“脊柱之拍”（Spinal Tap）乐队会为此感到自豪的。

由比利·科根主演的《忧郁之瓜与无限悲伤之夜》将于周二和周三在伦敦皇家节日大厅（Royal Festival Hall）举行。

弦乐之变 比利·科根

“整件事相当令人惊讶，但它完全合理”

阿拉巴马摇滚乐队（ALABAMA SHAKES） 《我一定在做梦》（I MUST BE DREAMING） ★★★ 这支充满力量的南方摇滚乐队在录制的每一件作品中都有一种令人满足的粗粝感，如今在时隔 11 年回归后，他们没有失去任何电光火石的能量。低调的《茶点时间》（Tea Time）是一次温婉的重新介绍，思考超现实世界中关系的复杂性，但他们依然在向积极的方向探索。 《我感到希望在到来》（I Feel Hope Coming）延续了同样的能量，并衬以复古的艾米·怀恩豪斯（Amy Winehouse）灵魂乐感，随后在《朋友》（Friends）中采用了类似披头士的律动。

尽管有复杂的吉他扫弦，但抢走风头的是布里塔尼·霍华德（Brittany Howard）的声音。专辑亮点《另一种生活》（Another Life）可能会成为他们的“Gnarls Barkley - Crazy”时刻，在那首歌中，霍华德听起来像是由四个歌手合而为一。一次梦幻般的回归。

TINY HABITS KEEPERS ★★★

唯一比三声部和声更好的就是无数声部和声，这组人声三重唱在他们这张充满活力的第二张专辑中尽情发挥。极其流畅的

《Love Ruins Everything》让你进入“游艇摇滚”（Yacht Rock）的氛围，随后在《Anything He Was》中出现了更柔和的诺拉·琼斯（Norah Jones）式的气息。

《Someone You Love》中交织旋律的复杂程度令人惊叹，而律动也起到了关键作用，例如在《Belt Loop》中。将这艘“游艇”从民谣式的内省引导至流行乐的完美境界，让人想起 Fleetwood Mac 的巅峰时期，你会感觉到他们距离在排行榜上引发一场大爆发仅差一首热门单曲。

THE GUEST LIST SOMETHING REAL ★★★ 来自曼彻斯特往往会带来一些陈词滥调，但这些包袱并没有限制这群人在这次令人印象深刻的首秀中的表现。诚然，其中闪现出一些 bygone era 的影子，但 The Guest List 倾向于向前看，而非重复旧把戏。

Cai Alty 也是一位更细腻的主唱，他以一种接纳不完美的人声风格，演唱关于从心理健康到气候焦虑等现实世界话题的歌曲。好吧，也许你并不想在《Ruine》中听他喋喋不休地谈论他床单的味道，但音乐本身非常带感，且更多地借鉴了 Suede 而非 Oasis；而末世赞歌《Sick Animal》则带有 Blur 的《To The End》之风。凭借这张专辑，他们的巡演嘉宾名单将会变得更长。

ALEX WARREN WILDCHILD ★★

沃伦（Warren）在他那张激昂的首张长篇专辑中，将哀悼与自我反思转化为了一种艺术形式。它为粉丝们节省了一大笔心理治疗费，但变得有些单一。第二张专辑试图在保持情感连接的同时向前迈进，这些情感在《Are You Having Fun, Alex?》中相当透明，而《Passenger》则加入了一种 80 年代中期的通勤驾驶律动。

尽管尝试提高能量水平，但沃伦的声音与这些节拍之间总有些不协调，你会希望他能好好擤一下鼻子。在另一个极端，《Rescuer》悠扬的原声伴奏将他的声音带入更深沉的忧郁领域，但缺乏像《Ordinary》那样能让人洗脑的爆发性副歌。

绝佳的末日之声，映射过去的精华

本周专辑 INTERPOL THIS MIRROR WEIGHS A TON ★★★★ 哥特摇滚乐队 Interpol 曾面临停滞不前的危险，因此听到他们尝试不同的怀旧风格令人耳目一新。通过注入 90 年代的 trip hop 质感，那首令人喜爱且随性的同名主打歌变成了一件具有对抗性的氛围音乐作品，保罗·班克斯（Paul Banks）在此展现了他最顶尖的灵魂歌手水准，发出警告：“你脑中的疯子依然在拱门下沉睡”。他们继续挖掘 80 年代的精华，

在《See Out Loud》期间借鉴了 The The 乐队的中期风格，而非更典型的 Joy Division 式对比——随后在《Wake Up》中进行了一次独立音乐与 Afrobeat 结合的急转弯。在《Iron City》中听到班克斯与人工智能（AI）之间的一场超现实对话非常有趣——这是一个“记忆在退化”的末世愿景。

Interpol 依然能比英国本土乐队更好地演绎英式末日摇滚，《Wings On Fire》将成为未来的现场热门曲目，而《So Rides The Reindeer》则为那些热爱黑色装扮的人提供了一首绝妙的反圣诞情歌。

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• CHASE AND STATUS / Gone Too Far
• RILEY GREEN / That's Just Me
• DYLAN GOSSETT / Loving You Like That
• TY SEGALL / Chrome

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启航前往一场泰坦尼克式的闹剧

罗瑟勒姆的“塞壬”迈拉·杜波依斯（Myra DuBois）将于下周接演西区音乐剧《泰坦尼克》（Titanique）中罗斯的贵族母亲露丝一角。这部作品是对《泰坦尼克号》的狂欢式恶搞，剧中席琳·迪翁不仅在船上，而且还疯疯癫癫，连冰山都有自己的迪斯科曲目。

是什么吸引你接演这个角色？ 我在任何愿意接纳我的地方演过。酒吧、俱乐部、小巷，甚至在一位沙特王室的私人住宅里。

你是方法派演员吗？ 不是，但我对待它非常认真。虽然这是一部闹剧，但我把露丝当成一个真实的人来对待。我会表现出母性，而我天然的魅力将会褪去。把她简单地看作一个发脾气的怪物很容易，但事情是怎么发生的？这并非凭空而来。

你有那种令人惊叹的（艺人）骑乘要求（rider）吗？ 只有一个私人淋浴间。而且有人在帮我买套餐餐食，但这并非我的要求，只是对方的提议。

挥手致意 杜波依斯女士

如果你只能在救生艇上带三位名人，你会选谁？

埃塞尔·默曼，她会很有趣。 帕蒂·鲁波恩，这样她能遇到对手。艾希利·班乔，因为他非常可爱且赏心悦目。当另外两人在争吵、RMS泰坦尼克号沉入漆黑深海时，我会凝视他的眼睛。

你会救哪三件物品？我想我只会礼貌地让自己“脱身”（off myself），如果这个措辞没问题的话。

你是否对一次同性恋邮轮被埃及和土耳其港口拒之门外感到愤怒？我认为我们应该更多地关注生活在那些国家的 LGBTQ+ 群体，而不是那些自以为是、把那里当成游乐场的西方游客。

你如何礼貌地请起哄者离场（off-board）？

请起哄者离场？首先是用幽默感，但让我难过的是，人们花那么多钱来看戏，却有人为他们毁了体验。现在每个人都觉得自己是主角。在音乐剧演出时，他们不得不提醒人们不要跟着唱。如果到了某种程度，你必须停止演出，让相关人员来处理。没人想看到表演者对着观众咆哮，那样很难挽回局面。

演出结束后你如何放松？实践自我关怀，放松下来，重新变回一个真实的人。我有一个香薰机，昏暗的灯光，轻柔的钢琴曲。我会花时间盯着镜子看10分钟。冥想听起来可能很做作，但其实就是：坐下，闭嘴，重新与自己的身体建立联系。

如果你太匆忙，你会把肾上腺素带到街上，并开始追逐这种感觉。拥有一个“关闭开关”非常重要。

《泰坦尼克》（Titanique）成功的秘诀是什么？

它带来了快乐。坏消息一直都有，但有了社交媒体，我们拿起那个长方形的东西，它立刻就会对着你尖叫。我们的生理构造无法处理如此多的谩骂、压力和负面情绪。我们有责任了解信息，但我们也需要喘息，远离互联网聚集在一起，意识到世界上仍有一些快乐。

《泰坦尼克》（Titanique）在伦敦标准剧院（Criterion Theatre London）上演，网址为 titaniquemusical.com。关于迈拉 2027 年的“塞壬巡演”，请访问 myradubois.co.uk

秋季必看

《东区东区》（EastEnders）和西区奇才约翰·帕特里奇（John Partridge）在《羔羊之沉默》（THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS）中饰演汉尼拔·莱克特医生，他一边啜饮着基安蒂葡萄酒，一边惊吓着羊群、观众以及《街角风云》（Corrie）的莫莉·加拉格尔（Mollie Gallagher）。这部由莱斯特曲线剧院（Leicester Curve）推出的新剧将巡演至2027年6月（silenceofthelambsplay.com）。

伊恩·麦克迪亚米德（Ian McDiarmid）曾在《星球大战》中将帕尔帕廷皇帝的狂妄自大演绎得淋漓尽致，现在他将在谢菲尔德的坩埚剧院（Crucible Theatre）挑战莎士比亚笔下的“年度父亲”——《李尔王》（KING LEAR），演出至9月19日（sheffieldtheatres.co.uk）。

特雷西-安·奥伯曼（Tracy-Ann Oberman）在《威尼斯商人1936》（The Merchant of Venice 1936）中对夏洛克进行了富有启发性的演绎，现在她在诺埃尔·考沃德（Noël Coward）的《现在笑》（PRESENT LAUGHTER）中通过性别反转，将自恋的演员加里（Gary）变成了盖里（Geri），该剧巡演至10月24日。

在Netflix的改编剧大获成功后，雪莉·杰克逊（Shirley Jackson）的恐怖小说《山屋之魅》（THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE）将于9月11日至11月21日开启令人不寒而栗的英国巡演（thehauntingofhillhouse.co.uk）。

贝弗利·奈特（Beverley Knight）将再次担任旧维克剧院（Old Vic）2023年音乐剧《西尔维娅》（SYLVIA）英国巡演的灵魂主创，将灵魂乐、放克和嘻哈元素融入潘克赫斯特姐妹的故事中，讲述她如何与著名的家庭决裂，为工人阶级女性的权利而战。巡演从9月24日开始，并于11月13-15日在皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅（Royal Albert Hall）收官（sylviamusicaluk.com）。

自2016年以来，唐宁街10号的局势如同狂奔的野马般动荡不安，现在正是《三人帮》（THE GANG OF THREE）进行英国巡演的最佳时机，时间为10月1日至11月21日（thegangofthree.co.uk）。剧中讲述了劳工党竞争对手托尼·克罗斯兰（Tony Crosland）、罗伊·詹金斯（Roy Jenkins）和丹尼斯·希利（Denis Healey）在1972年至1980年之间权力争夺的经过，是一幅关于野心、意识形态和背叛的极其幽默且犀利的肖像画。

我们的比利回来了，由埃尔顿·约翰（Elton John）和斯蒂芬·戴德利（Stephen Daldry）打造的音乐剧《比利·艾略特》（BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL）将于11月4日旋转进入桑德兰帝国剧院（Sunderland Empire），随后进行巡演，并在伦敦的阿德尔菲剧院（Adelphi）进行为期25周的演出（billyelliotthemusical.com）。

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《随你所愿》 ★★★★ 莎士比亚环球剧场，演出至10月25日，shakespearesglobe.com

每次看到它，我都会被深深打动。那令人惊叹的景象（以及场地）、雕刻精美的木制阳台和栏杆、一个能看到天空（以及飞过的喷气式飞机）的圆形竞技场，以及由男女老少、当地人和游客、各行各业人士组成的兴奋人群。这座建筑之美，以及它将大众凝聚在一起的力量。

令我惊叹的是，我们此刻正身处一座仅存在过28年的剧院复制品中，对着一部来自1599年的喜剧大声欢笑。我大笑，随之歌唱，在那些装扮成男孩的女孩亲吻那些以为对方是装成女孩的男孩时欢呼，在诗人（莎士比亚）那段“全世界一个舞台”的独白中感到惊叹，在听到“难道你不知道我是个女人吗？当我思考时，我必须开口说话”时轻笑。

情节极其荒诞。被放逐的公爵之女罗莎琳德（Lola Shalam 饰，表现极佳）伪装成一名小伙子，前往阿登森林寻找父亲。而饰演生死之交的好友塞莉亚的 Grace Oddie-James（穿着极其华丽且滑稽的波比羊女裙装和遮阳帽“伪装”），在肢体喜剧和冷面笑话方面表现出色。

饰演恋爱对象奥兰多的 Charlie Josephine 带来了河口英语的元音、街头式的自信以及令人动容的脆弱感。不过，两人在台词投射力度上仍需像演技一样出色。

整个演员阵容带来了纯粹的快乐。原创音乐是极具感染力的民谣摇滚风暴，宫廷服装则是夸张的假发、裙撑、丝绸、缎面和长袜的视觉爆发。

在没有台词时，每个人都会在巨大的空白画框画布前摆出肖像姿势。演出过程中，盛开树木的素描慢慢成形。简直是魔法。

核心化学反应和莎士比亚对社会的尖刻讽刺都略显模糊，但，天呐（无论是男孩还是装成男孩的女孩），这真的太好玩了。

我们正处于一场园艺革命之中。在经历了数代人学习如何抑制生长、杀死不需要的植物以及用硝酸盐和磷酸盐刺激其他植物之后，我们开始质疑“每个园艺问题都需要化学解决方案”这一观点。随着新种植季节的临近，值得停下来思考我们是如何走到这一步的。

在园艺历史的大部分时间里，耕作默认就是有机地。园丁用动物粪便、堆肥、叶模、海藻、木灰和骨粉来滋养土壤。杂草通过锄除或拔除，害虫通过手工清除，病害部分则被剪掉。这是一项艰苦的工作，维多利亚时代的宏伟花园之所以能维持，部分原因是他们雇得起大量员工。但这并不意味着一切都是天然或无害的——园丁当时也使用基于尼古丁、硫磺、铜和砷的制剂。

第一次重大变革发生在19世纪。1840年代，英国农业科学家约翰·本内特·劳斯（John Bennet Lawes）通过用硫酸处理磷酸盐岩开发出了超磷酸钙。曾经从农场或堆肥堆中收集的肥力，现在可以被制造、测量、装袋并销售。进口的鸟粪石和智利硝酸盐也成为了有价值的商品。

全面变革 战争运动 与弗里茨·哈伯

智利硝酸盐也成为了有价值的商品。渐渐地，滋养土壤开始让位于滋养植物。

突破发生在德国化学家弗里茨·哈伯（Fritz Haber）发现如何从大气中捕捉氮气，以及卡罗尔·博施（Carol Bosch）开发出工业化制造氨的方法之时。位于达勒姆郡的巨大的比林厄姆工厂生产合成氨和硫酸铵肥料。帝国化学工业公司（ICI）开发了浓缩复合肥，帮助确立了人们熟悉的 NPK 公式——氮（N）用于叶片，磷（P）用于根系，钾（K）用于花朵和整体活力。

第二次世界大战将这种思维带入了普通花园。“为胜利而挖掘”运动要求缺乏经验的园丁快速生产食物。National Growmore 这种平衡的无机肥料成为了答案。它便捷且高效，在当时看来一定像奇迹一样。化学正在帮助养活这个国家。

随后，ICI（帝国化学工业）的科学家们研发出了选择性激素除草剂。1946年起商业化供应的MCPA能够杀死阔叶杂草，而基本不伤害草类。突然之间，出现了一种能够区分理想植物与非理想植物的喷雾剂。后来的综合草坪护理方案在一次施用中即可提供养分、控制杂草并抑制苔藓。完美的草坪变成了绿色的单一种植区，而像雏菊和蒲公英这样的野花现在被视为杂草。

DDT和其他合成杀虫剂在控制害虫方面同样提供了戏剧性的效果，而

百草枯则能摧毁它接触到的几乎任何绿色植物。园艺的语言变得几乎像军事术语一样。杂草“入侵”，害虫“袭击”，疾病必须被“根除”。园丁们集结了一套承诺能够喂养、杀灭、清除和治愈的产品“军械库”。

这些都是真正的科学成就，

GARDENING TIME TO DIG IN（园艺时间：开始挖掘）

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在经历了几个世纪的户外化学干预后，今年夏天表明我们需要一种更好的方式。

这些产品是在粮食短缺和园艺劳动力减少时期引入的。

蕾切尔·卡森在 1962 年出版的《寂静的春天》揭示了化学物质并不会乖乖地留在施用之处。它们通过土壤和水在目标之外传播，在食物链中累积并影响野生动物。今年夏天强化了这一教训。极端天气、昆虫数量下降以及土壤压力提醒我们，花园是一个生态系统，而不仅仅是我们用来管理的植物集合。答案并不需要是对园艺进步的全面否定。

围绕园艺已经发展出了优秀的产业，我们现在可以选择支持而非削弱生物世界的产品，例如无泥炭堆肥、有机和缓释肥料、生物防治手段以及有效的土壤改良剂。也许真正的革命不在于放弃所有控制，而在于学习何时干预是有益的，以及何时可以信任自然。

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“这提醒我们，花园是一个生态系统，而不仅仅是我们用来管理的植物集合”

本周植物 安德森海贝（Hebe andersonii）

海贝原产于新西兰，在 19 世纪通过植物猎人被引入此处。

这个杂交品种被认为是苏格兰人艾萨克·安德森-亨利（Isaac Anderson-Henry）在爱丁堡培育的成果，因此得名“安德森海贝”。

它拥有长长的紫紫色花穗，且一直开花至秋季。

它在阳光充足的沿海气候中生长良好，因此在较寒冷的地区，最好将其种植在更避风的地方。

充足的阳光和排水良好的土壤是理想条件。一旦生长稳定，它具有良好的耐旱性，蜜蜂也非常喜欢它。

本周园艺指南

- 在天气依然宜人时，清理室外的落叶和枯死植物。在落叶开始掉落前，为池塘覆盖网罩。 - 如果你的室内植物看起来有些萎靡，在户外放置几天可以使它们恢复活力。不要将其放在阳光直射处——斑驳的阴影仍比室内光线明亮，且不会灼伤叶片。

- 现在的天气依然足够温暖，可以种植可重复采收的沙拉作物，或者在遮蔽环境下种植，以便在冬季收获绿叶。

对常绿灌木（如海贝木、山茶花、橙花茉莉、冬青、月桂和黄杨）以及迷迭香、薰衣草等香草类植物和针叶树进行半熟枝扦插。选择健康的素材，剪取约 4 到 6 英寸长，在叶片下方剪断，并尽快上盆。现在也是玫瑰硬木扦插的好时机。 修剪针叶树篱以使其在冬季显得整洁，但不要过度修剪，因为除红豆杉外，大多数植物无法

恢复，否则会出现秃块。如果苹果轻轻一拉就能从树上掉下来，就说明可以采收了。将毛地黄和诚实草等两年生植物种植在你想让它们明年开花的地方。

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“我没有恶意！”金克斯说，“有一天他被我的网捕捉到了！”

“你现在安全了，”鲁珀特微笑着说。

“你很快就会回到大海中。”

“难怪海王星对我们如此愤怒，”萨姆低声说，“他以为我们偷了他的这个人鱼男孩。”

渔民们严厉地瞪着汉弗莱爵士和可怜的金克斯。“我没有恶意，”金克斯哀鸣道。

“他被我的网缠住了，我无法抗拒通过将他卖给富有的收藏家来发财的机会。”

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欢迎一位美国“偷渡者”

报酬过高且过于好色 在第二次世界大战的黑暗日子里，来到这里的美国军队很难让那些厌倦了冲突的英国人产生好感。成千上万个傲慢的美国大兵抵达我们的海岸，他们炫耀着巧克力、香烟和尼龙袜，成为了战时匮乏生活的显眼提醒。

大约 80 年后，一名现代版的“花哨美国佬”在利物浦码头的一次惊人现身之后，再次引发了类似的抱怨。利物浦码头曾是成千上万美国军队登陆的港口。

这一次，引起观鸟界争论的是一只拥有比美国陆军一级军士长更多条纹和装饰的、亮黄喉的林莺。人们在争论它应该被承认为英国群岛的首例记录，还是被降级为“偷渡者”。

尽管它是北美最华丽的林莺之一，美得惊人，但最近被观察到在利物浦码头一个严格禁入区域的集装箱之间穿梭的这只个体，却带有令人不安的背景。

它极有可能是借助船只跨越了大西洋。

由于它具有密西西比盆地白额种（被称为梧桐林莺）的特征，自然出现的情况似乎不大可能，尤其是它的出现时间恰好与一艘来自新奥尔良的船只停靠相吻合。

一旦人们怀疑一只迷鸟不是靠自己的力量抵达，它们通常会被列入官方《英国清单》的 E 类，因此不会被那些只统计野生鸟类的观鸟者计算在内。

虽然鸟类学权威机构会对记录进行逐案评估，但仍有人认为，这些“鸟类搭车客”应该被赋予完整的稀有物种地位。

最近发表在《英国鸟类》（British Birds）杂志上的一项关于北美陆鸟借助船只迁移的研究显示，已知有 33 个物种是通过搭便车跨越大西洋的。

其中，像黑喉绿林莺、黑喉蓝林莺和原黄林莺这样亮眼的林莺，在任何形式上都不在《英国清单》中。

无论是通过船只还是靠自己的力量，我都欢迎任何美国美人的到来。

在我的记录里，它们都算数！

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探索波兰前皇家首都的历史、文化和优雅建筑，并前往奥斯威辛集中营进行一次令人动容的访问。

探索中欧少数几个在数世纪的动荡中幸存且未受破坏的大城市之一。克拉科夫是一座色彩斑斓的大学城，充满了活力和后共产主义时代的热情，正成为欧洲必访的目的地之一。我们的陪同行程将揭开这座伟大视觉杰作的面纱，其被联合国教科文组织列入名录的瑰宝足以与欧洲大陆上的任何景点媲美，同时还将庄重地访问臭名昭著的奥斯威辛-比克瑙集中营的遗址。

行程概览...

- 四晚含早餐住宿

- 享受波兰这座绝美前皇家首都的导览之旅

- 不要错过绝美的圣玛利亚教堂（Mariacki church）

- 访问令人心酸且肃穆的奥斯威辛-比克瑙集中营

• 参观瓦维尔城堡及其绝美的河岸景色

• 探索宏大的中世纪主广场（Rynek Główny）

- 漫步于巨大的纺织会馆（Sukiennice Cloth Hall）的市场摊位和画廊

- 沉浸在克拉科夫充满活力的咖啡馆文化中

• 克拉科夫往返机票

- 全程包含舒适的空调大巴旅行及接送服务

• 由友好且经验丰富的行程经理提供服务

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金融 您的资金事务

超市的“里程碑”

ASDA 实现了两年多以来的首次销售增长，标志着由艾伦·莱顿（Allan Leighton）回归该杂货商后领导的转型计划取得了“重大里程碑”。

在截至 8 月中旬的七周内，其不含燃料的同店销售额增长了 0.2%，食品销售额增长了 0.7%。

近年来，由于面临来自德国折扣店 Aldi 和 Lidl 的激烈竞争，且在提升销售额方面陷入苦战，Asda 的市场份额大幅下降。

2024 年 11 月，该杂货商邀请莱顿出任董事长以领导其转型。这位前英国皇家邮政（Royal Mail）和合作社（Co-op）负责人曾在 90 年代 Asda 的鼎盛时期担任首席执行官，并主导了其以 67 亿英镑 十亿英镑出售给沃尔玛（Walmart）的交易。

莱顿将重回增长描述为“Asda 的一个重大里程碑”，此前经历了 18 个月的“艰苦工作，以强化我们的主张，改善价格、供应情况以及整体购物体验”。他补充道：“虽然这一进展令人鼓舞，但我们仍处于复苏的起步阶段。随着我们专注于构建一个更强大的长期业务，仍有更多工作要做。”

资金下降导致彩票销售额骤降 14%

英国国家彩票的运营商在最近几个月见证了销售额骤降 $14\%$，而就在几周前，有消息披露其在今年年初向公益事业支付的款项已降至八年来的最低点。运营该彩票的 Allwyn 公司表示，截至 6 月底的三个月内，其在英国的总收入为 £7.84 亿，比去年同期下降了 14%。

第二季度向公益事业的捐款和博彩税总计 5.78 亿英镑m。

这一数字低于去年同期的 7.37 亿英镑m。

此前，博彩委员会（Gambling Commission）的最新数据显示，2026 年第一季度转移至公益事业的款项下降至国家彩票八年来的最低水平。

国家彩票筹集的资金用于资助全国各地的组织，包括医疗、教育、体育和艺术领域。

捐款金额有所波动，取决于公司销售额以及分配给彩票中奖者的奖金数额等因素。

政府于 7 月启动了对国家彩票资金模式的审查，让公众有机会就资金去向发表意见。

Allwyn 表示，销售额的同比下降是由于 2025, 欧洲百万彩票（EuroMillions）的大奖周期更具吸引力，这意味着今年相比之下表现较弱。

“低于同期的 7.37 亿英镑m”

作者：安娜·怀斯（ANNA WISE）

此外，一次重大的技术升级也产生了影响，在升级期间，国家彩票的网站和应用程序离线了约 24 小时。

此次升级涉及约 4.5 亿英镑m 的投资，包括将 1800 万 名玩家记录和超过 30 亿条历史交易记录从旧平台迁移到新平台，更新彩票网站和移动应用程序，以及改造零售合作伙伴所使用的技术。

Allwyn 表示，预计全年英国市场的收入将低于之前的预期。

随着上个月推出全球最大大奖游戏 Powerball 的英国版本，国家彩票在最近几周得到了提振。

这意味着在一次经历了 43 次开奖未中奖的累积过程中加入该游戏，最终在美国伊利诺伊州产生了一笔 10.4亿美元 (8.9 亿英镑m) 的奖金。

英国的 5.21 亿英镑m 大奖是欧洲百万彩票史上最高奖金 2.14 亿英镑m 的两倍多。

周四的开奖产生了 100 万名中奖者，总计支付了 1410 万英镑m。

在包括奥地利、希腊和塞浦路斯在内的国家运营彩票的整个集团中，第二季度的总收入增长了 6%，达到 21亿英镑。

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利率令买家望而却步，英国住房交易陷入困境

最新数据显示，由于借贷成本上升，住房市场在夏季表现低迷，上月房屋销售量有所下降。

根据英国税务海关总署（HMRC）的数据，7月份全英国估计共有 96,710 宗房屋交易。这比去年同月下降了 1%，比 6 月份下降了 2%。专家表示，这反映出在抵押贷款利率较高以及伊朗战争带来不确定性的背景下，买家和卖家都持谨慎态度。

今年早些时候，随着美国-以色列与伊朗的战争爆发，抵押贷款利率大幅跳升，从而影响了英国的金融市场。虽然利率自春季以来一直在缓慢下降，但许多买家看到的利率仍高于年初水平，导致部分人暂停了交易活动。

OnTheMarket 总裁杰森·特布（Jason Tebb）表示：“中东冲突造成的持续不确定性及其对能源价格和利率的影响，继续抑制着市场活动。然而，市场的潜在韧性依然明显。”

“无论如何都需要搬迁的买家和卖家正在适应变化的环境，并继续推进交易。”

Zoopla 执行董事理查德·唐奈尔（Richard Donnell）表示，2026 年至今的房屋销售一直“保持稳定”，但“由于春季以来抵押贷款利率较高，预计下半年将进一步下降”。

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他补充道：“房屋搜索量同比增长 7%，为一年来最高——由于待售房屋充足，目前仍是买方市场。”

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营收增长11%后，赛富时强劲上涨

在业务软件巨头公布强劲的季度业绩并上调预期后，赛富时（Salesforce）股价上涨，这让人们放心，人工智能并不会突然摧毁其业务。

这家美国巨头报告称，第二季度营收增长11%，达到113 亿加元 billion (83.2亿英镑)，而潜在营业利润增长10%至39亿美元 (28.7亿英镑)。现金生成是另一个亮点，自由现金流增长81%至11亿美元 (8.1 亿英镑m)。赛富时还将全年营收预测上调至461亿美元 (339.5亿英镑)和464亿美元 (341.7亿英镑)之间。

对于不熟悉这个名字的人来说，赛富时提供帮助企业管理客户关系、销售、营销和客户服务的软件。

其产品通常处于公司日常运营的核心，因此难以更换且更换成本通常很高。

MATT BRITZMAN 高级分析师 Hargreaves Lansdown www.hl.co.uk

这种与客户的深层联系是赛富时最大的优势之一。

企业已经在其平台上存储了大量有价值的信息，这为赛富时销售附加产品和引入新人工智能（AI）工具提供了强大的基础。

其旗舰AI服务 Agentforce 允许公司构建数字代理，这些代理可以与人类员工一起分析信息、做出决策并执行日常任务。

势头正在增强，Agentforce 的年度经常性收入目前已超过15亿美元 (11亿英镑)，在过去一年中增长了240%以上。

这令人鼓舞，但投资者应保持客观。与赛富时的整体业务相比，Agentforce 仍然相对较小，而其部分旧产品组合仍面临压力。

关键问题不再仅仅是 AI 是否会颠覆赛富时，而是该公司能否将其转化为显著的快速增长。

还有其他理由可以保持谨慎乐观。赛富时在成本控制方面变得更加严格，这有助于改善现金流，并支持股息及其250亿美元 (184.1亿英镑)的股票回购计划。

但收购仍是其战略的一部分，这可能会在投资增长与向股东返还现金之间产生紧张关系。赛富时拥有强大的产品线、忠诚的客户以及在商业 AI 领域可靠的地位。本季度的业绩缓解了市场的一些最大担忧，但该公司仍需证明 AI 能做的不仅仅是捍卫其现有帝国。

投资者还将希望看到它开始推动增长指标的提升。

本文旨在为自行做出决定而无需建议的投资者提供参考。如果您不确定某项投资是否适合您，应寻求建议。股票价值会上升或下降，因此您收回的资金可能会少于投资额。

作者：HARVEY JONES

如今人们缴纳税款的方式如此多样，以至于很难跟上所有潜在的威胁。随着10月28, 第三次工党预算案临近，可能还会有更多税收风险，这引发了关于新任财政大臣 John Healey 可能采取行动的猜测。

但在我们担心这些的同时，我们也需要关注那些已经影响到我们的税收。

最大的威胁之一针对的是可以说最简单的财富形式：银行存款。

许多储蓄者，尤其是那些在数十年中积累了现金余额的养老金领取者，面临着支付比他们意识到的更多税款的风险。以下是原因——以及您可以采取的措施。

银行存款

多年来，储蓄者不必太担心税收。在 2009，英格兰银行将利率大幅削减至 $0.5 和将其维持在低位。储蓄者获得的收益如此之少，以至于税收根本不是问题。由于标准账户能获得略高的利率，许多人停止使用免税的现金个人储蓄账户（Cash ISAs）。

在 2016，个人储蓄津贴（PSA）正式推出。

这使得适用 20% 基本税率的纳税人每年可赚取 1,000 英镑 的利息而无需纳税，而适用 40% 高税率的纳税人可赚取 £500。适用 45% 附加税率的纳税人则没有任何津贴。

在账户利率仅为 1% 或 2% 的情况下，你需要拥有极大量的资金才会突破 PSA 限额。储蓄起步税率允许部分低收入者赚取高达 5,000 英镑 的免税储蓄利息。

局势转变

如今，情况发生了多方面变化。利率大幅提高。在便捷账户上可能获得约 $4.5 利率，而在固定利率债券上可获得 5%。

“受影响的基本税率纳税人数可能达到 200 万”

然而，PSA 限额仍冻结在 2016 水平。这意味着更多储蓄者正在超出其津贴限额，尤其是那些避开现金 ISA 并在应税账户中积累大量余额的人。

所得税起征点的冻结加剧了这一问题。如果一名纳税人被推入高税率档位，其 PSA 将从 1,000 英镑 减半至 £500。

新数据表明这已产生影响。在 2022 / 23 纳税年度，约 1.200 万 英国人面临储蓄收入的纳税义务。

根据储蓄应用 Spring 在向英国税务海关总署（HMRC）提交信息自由（FOI）请求后开展的研究，预计本纳税年度这一数字将达到 450 万 ——在短短四年内增长了 $269，根据研究显示。

预计受影响的基本税率纳税人数将增加至四倍以上，达到 204 万。他们将平均缴纳 £804 的税款。对于高税率纳税人，受影响人数将跃升 275% 至 152 万。他们平均将缴纳 1,684 英镑。

约 682,000 名附加税率纳税人将受到冲击，是此前数字的两倍。他们的平均税单将是 5,821 英镑。

储蓄者将向英国税务海关总署（HMRC）上缴 82 亿英镑 billion。前财政大臣瑞秋·里夫斯（Rachel Reeves）又带来了一次打击。她对储蓄利息征收 2% 的附加税，将税率提升至 22%, 42% 和 47%。这将从明年 4 月起生效，进一步强化税收攫取。

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Spring 的资金主管德里克·斯普劳林（Derek Sprawling）表示，较高的储蓄利率是一把双刃剑：“它们帮助储蓄者获得更好的回报，但也将数百万人推向了免税 PSA 限额之外。”

你的银行存款可能过多

由于 PSA 可能会继续保持冻结，每年将有更多储蓄者被更深地拖入税网。

如果你受到影响，最简单的应对方法是将储蓄转移到现金 ISA 中，那里的所有利息均免税。

今年的津贴额度为 2 万英镑，夫妻双方可以通过同时使用两人的津贴来使额度翻倍。

每个人从明年 4 月 6 起将获得新的津贴。对于 65 岁及以上的人群，该额度维持在 2 万英镑。

但对于年轻储蓄者，该额度将被削减至 1.2 万英镑，旨在说服他们将更多资金投入股票和股份。

选择方案 高级债券（Premium Bonds）是另一种高效避税的选择，因为所有奖金均免税。更理想的是，国家储蓄与投资银行（NS&I）已将奖金基金利率从 3.8% 提高到 4.35%（自 2026 9 月抽奖起），中奖概率提高至 21,000 分之一。

AJ Bell 的个人财务主管莎拉·科尔斯（Sarah Coles）称此举为“相当大的跳跃”，但警告说，高级债券不适合需要稳定收入流的储蓄者：“在平均一个月的时间里，平均债券持有者将一无所获。”

已婚夫妇或民事伙伴可以考虑将储蓄转移到对方名下，以充分利用他们的 PSA 或现金 ISA 权益。

如果他们仍面临税单，可以将储蓄转移到税率较低的一方名下。

另一个选择是向养老金账户供款，因为税收减免可能会让你进入较低的税档，从而增加你的 PSA 并减少你缴纳的税款。

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除了尽量减少储蓄税外，货比三家以获得最佳利率也至关重要。

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为什么拥有房产能降低成本

五分钟指南： 退休后的租赁生活

晚年拥有房产的益处绝不应被低估。与拥有房产的退休人员相比，租房的养老金领取者在 20 年的退休生活中，需要额外的 41.9 万英镑 储蓄来支付住房成本。

这一警告来自 Standard Life，该公司表示，租金上涨可能会给退休收入带来严重压力，尤其是随着越来越多的英国人在步入晚年时仍未完全拥有自己的住房。

Standard Life 年金部门负责人 Pete Cowell 表示，租房的退休人员面临的现实与房主截然不同。

“住房成本可能是他们单项最大的支出，每年会增加数千英镑的支出，才能维持最低生活标准所需的收入。”

Standard Life 的分析基于国家统计局（Office for National Statistics）的私人租赁数据。它假设租金每年上涨 3.8%，平均月租金将从目前的约 1,160 英镑 增加到 2046 年的约 2,350 英镑。

这将使 20 年的租赁总成本达到约 41.9 万英镑。

与基本退休生活所需的收入相比，这些数字尤为惊人。

Pensions UK 的《退休生活标准》指出，单身人士维持最低生活水平每年需要 13,900 英镑，维持中等生活水平则需增加到 32,700 英镑。但这些数字假设住房成本已经得到解决。

租赁健康状况：拥有自己的住房更好

一名支付租金的退休人员在明年可能需要额外的 13,910 英镑，这将使维持最低生活标准所需的收入增加到 27,810 英镑。对于单身人士，全额的新国家养老金每年仅价值 12,547 英镑，许多人领到的甚至更少。

租赁账单可能会因居住地的不同而产生巨大差异。伦敦的退休人员在 20 年内的租赁成本将超过 80 万英镑。在东南部，预计成本为 53.1 万英镑。

即使在较便宜的地区，金额依然可观，苏格兰约为 38.2 万英镑，东北英格兰约为 29.1 万英镑。Cowell 表示：“随着晚年租房变得更加普遍，规划如何支付这些费用可能会成为人们做出的最重要的财务决定之一。”

如今，超过 8 个人在 10 人中完全拥有自己的住房。然而，研究表明，到 2044 年，三分之一的养老金领取家庭可能会租房居住。

任何预期在退休后租房的人必须考虑到这笔额外费用。而且，这种情况只会变得更加艰难。

更糟糕的是，目前的租金上涨速度快于通货膨胀。官方数据显示，截至 7 月的一年内，租金平均上涨 3.7% 至 1,393 英镑，而整体通货膨胀率为 2.9%。

在英格兰，平均月租金为 1,451 英镑。威尔士较便宜，为 £843，苏格兰的月租金平均为 1,016 英镑。

The London Broker 创始人 Rupert Collingwood 表示，《租房者权利法案》（Renters' Rights Act）正促使许多房东退出市场，从而减少了供应。

他补充道：“留在市场中的房东正在提高价格。”

购房平台 OneDome 的首席执行官 Babek Ismayil 表示，随着租金攀升，所有年龄段的租客都在苦苦支撑。

“如果更多房东决定离开该行业且供应下降，可能会给租金带来进一步的上涨压力。”

拥有住房的养老金领取者应该感到庆幸。

尚未退休的人应该意识到进入房产阶梯（购房）的价值。

否则，他们退休后最大的月度支出可能是租金。

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我感到心力交瘁，回到了现实

每次度假回来，我总有一种恐惧感，担心某些事情不再像我离开时那样，或者家里或家人发生了什么灾难。庆幸的是，这种情况通常是没有根据的，这次似乎也是如此。直到我决定去超市，结果发现我的车无法启动，电池没电了，尽管我没有忘记关掉任何电器。

编辑：马特·尼克森（MATT NIXSON）与汉娜·盖斯勒（HANNA GEISSLER）

接下来的情节是我给我的道路救援服务商打了电话，他们用他们的那个小玩意儿连接了我的车，确认我的电池不仅没电了，而且已经彻底报废。我唯一感到庆幸的是我们没有把车停在机场停车场，否则我们就被困在那里了。

由于当时是周六深夜，遗憾的是救援人员没有我的电池型号，我不得不开车前往一家汽车修理店，并被严格指示绝对不能熄火，否则车将无法再次启动。

在经历了一段压力巨大的旅程后，我在他们关门前赶到了那里。谢天谢地，他们不仅有正确的电池，而且那里的一位好心人说他可以在我等待期间帮我安装好。真是太顺利了。

“这确实是我完全不需要面对的事情”

我开车回家，心想关于车的烦恼现在终于结束了，尽管这笔意外支出并不受欢迎。然后，我发现我妻子的车上亮起了警告灯，提示需要更换后刹车片。于是，我也预约了这项工作。

正当我以为汽车问题已经解决时，我又被告知我儿子的车的湿式正时皮带需要更换，此外还需要进行一次大保养。

在与我熟悉的修理厂沟通后，我惊恐地发现这两项的合计费用接近 1,500 英镑。显然，这个所谓的“湿式皮带”玩意儿只出现在某些品牌的车型上，会带来讨厌的额外费用，并且需要五个小时的工时。

虽然这些支出令人不快，但我必须赞赏所有为了解决这些问题而与我沟通和打交道的人。每个人都很有礼貌，专业且乐于助人，让我觉得一切尽在掌控之中——而在面对汽车问题时，这一点很重要，不是吗？

所以，在今年把积蓄都花在度假上之后，我回到家面对的是另一笔相当于一次度假费用的家庭支出——这确实是我完全不需要面对的事情！

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（基于性别的）健康饮食指南

信不信由你，越来越多的专家认为，我们应该根据生物学性别采取不同的饮食方式。塔妮丝·凯里（TANITH CAREY）探讨了相关研究。

共同进餐是我们与伴侣定期进行的最具凝聚力的活动之一。但如果我们处于异性关系中，真的应该分享完全相同的饮食吗？虽然健康饮食的基础对每个人都一样，但越来越多的研究发现，男性和女性从同一种食物中获得的益处并不相同。

男女在肌肉量、激素、生殖器官和新陈代谢方面的差异，影响了身体利用营养素的能力。

番茄对每个人来说都是营养宝库，但如果你是男性，它似乎能提供更多益处。例如，如果你计划成为一名父亲，抗氧化剂番茄红素（赋予番茄浓郁红色的色素）被发现能够提高精子质量。

在一项临床试验中，每天服用相当于约两汤匙浓缩番茄膏补充剂的健康男性，其产生的精子更倾向于具有良好的游动能力，且 DNA 损伤迹象更少。

益处不止于此。随着男性年龄的增长，番茄红素似乎能防止细胞损伤和突变，降低前列腺疾病的风险。在这种疾病中，前列腺（位于膀胱下方、产生精液的核桃大小器官）会逐渐增大，导致男性随着年龄增长而更频繁地想要上厕所。

根据 2016 年发表在《科学报告》（Scientific Reports）杂志上的一篇综述，它对前列腺癌也具有保护作用。好消息是，你不需要吃生番茄来增加饮食中的摄入量。事实上，你的身体能更好地从煮熟或加工的番茄产品（如番茄膏、番茄泥、汤和酱汁）中吸收番茄红素。

营养学家、geno3.com 联合创始人克斯蒂·麦克尼文（Kirsty McNiven）表示：“烹饪番茄有助于分解植物结构，使番茄红素更容易被身体吸收。加入健康的脂肪来源（如橄榄油）也能促进吸收，因为番茄红素是脂溶性的。”

“简单的选择，如煮番茄、番茄泥、番茄酱，或在地中海风格的餐食中加入番茄，也是增加摄入的简便方法。”

如果你是女性，请警惕方便面

它们价格低廉、方便快捷，几分钟即可准备好，你只需要加入沸水。但对于女性来说，那一碗速食面

可能对你的健康不利。

一项 2014 年发表在《营养》（Nutrition）杂志上的研究分析了近 11,000 名 19 至 64 岁韩国成年人的饮食习惯。研究发现，每周食用方便面两次以上的女性，患代谢综合征的可能性要高得多。

这是一组疾病集群，包括高血糖、胆固醇水平升高以及腹部脂肪增加。然而，即使男性食用相同数量的面条，也没有观察到代谢综合征的这种上升趋势。

研究人员认为，女性的激素使她们对血糖波动更敏感，而高碳水化合物食物可能会触发这种波动。

其他原因可能包括快餐中含有防腐剂，这可能会在更大程度上干扰女性的新陈代谢。

根据该研究的共同作者、心脏病专家兼营养流行病学家玄信（Hyun Shin）的说法：“虽然方便面是一种便捷且美味的食物，但考虑到其高钠含量、不健康的饱和脂肪和血糖负荷，可能会增加患代谢综合征的风险。”

黑巧克力对男性更有益

正与伴侣分享一块黑巧克力吗？如果你是男性，你可以主张最后几块应该归你，因为这对你更有好处。

黑巧克力，尤其是那些可可含量至少达到 70% 的品种，富含被称为黄酮类化合物的植物化合物，具有抗氧化和抗炎作用。

研究人员认为，黄酮类化合物能增加一氧化氮的产生，这是一种存在于我们血液中的化合物，

有助于增强血管的灵活性和血液循环。因此，如果你是一名不过量食用且选择不含大量添加糖和脂肪品牌的男性，它甚至可能有助于降低中风风险。在阿伯丁大学 2012 年的一项研究中发现，与女性相比，男性在食用黑巧克力后，血液中使血液凝固的细胞——血小板——的聚集程度较低。

该大学罗威特营养健康研究所（Rowett Institute of Nutrition Health）的 Baukje de Roos 教授表示：“虽然我们发现黑巧克力对男性和女性都有益，但其作用机制似乎有所不同，且我们在男性身上观察到的效果更为显著。”

对再来一杯说不，尤其是女性

晚餐时在分享一瓶葡萄酒吗？如果你是女性，在喝一两杯后停止可能是明智之举。原因之一是女性胃中产生的酒精脱氢酶（一组帮助分解酒精的酶）要少得多。

结果就是，当女性饮酒时，酒精进入血液的速度更快。

由于脂肪和肌肉组成的差异，女性体内的水分百分比也低于男性——平均约为 50%，而男性约为 60%。

这意味着相同分量的酒精在女性血液中的浓度更高，且随着时间的推移，会对女性的肝脏、大脑和心血管系统造成更大的损害。此外，酒精对女性的危害更大，因为它会影响雌激素水平并产生破坏 DNA 的化学物质。

这似乎会影响女性的

“越来越多的研究发现，男性和女性从同一种食物中获得的益处并不相同”

如果你是女性，请增加豆腐的摄入量

大豆含有被称为异黄酮的天然植物化合物，在体内具有微弱的类雌激素作用。虽然它们的力量远低于人体自身的雌激素，但一些研究表明，大豆

• 存在于豆腐、毛豆、天贝和豆奶等食物中
• 可以帮助缓解更年期激素变化期间一些不适的副作用

营养学家凯文·格林（Kevin Greene）表示：“研究表明，定期食用大豆食品可能有助于适度减轻部分女性的潮热等更年期症状，并能在女性年龄增长时支持心脏和骨骼健康。”

男性也不需要避开大豆。大规模的综述研究发现，没有证据表明食用大豆食品会降低睾酮水平或影响其生育能力。

“但看来女性更有可能从大豆的天然植物雌激素中获益，尤其是在更年期期间及之后。”

根据 2025 年在欧洲医学肿瘤学会乳腺癌大会上提交的一项元分析，酒精对女性乳腺组织的损害程度高于男性。

来自体重管理公司 almased.co.uk 的营养学家凯文·格林表示：“我的建议是将饮酒指南视为上限而非目标。尝试将酒精摄入分散在这一周内，包括无酒精日，避免酗酒，并留意饮用量。”

如果您是女性，请增加羽衣甘蓝和扁豆的摄入，但要警惕过量饮茶

如果您是 19 至 50 岁的女性，NHS 建议每天摄入 14.mg 的铁——几乎是建议男性摄入量的两倍。这是因为在典型的经期期间，女性会在经血中损失约 1mg 的铁。

铁对于制造血红蛋白至关重要，血红蛋白是红细胞中的一种蛋白质，负责在全身输送氧气。

如果铁摄入不足，您可能会感到疲劳、虚弱且呼吸短促。

为了弥补这一损失，鼓励女性食用大量富含铁的食物，包括豆类、扁豆、坚果、种子、油性鱼类以及羽衣甘蓝等绿叶蔬菜。

但有一个令人惊讶的陷阱：您喝的茶可能会产生干扰。

茶叶含有被称为单宁的天然植物化合物，它们可以与铁结合（尤其是当铁来自植物性食物时），从而使其更难被吸收。

研究发现，在富含铁的正餐期间或之后立即饮茶会降低铁的吸收率，在某些情况下降幅超过一半。为了获得更多铁，请尝试在饮茶与食用富含铁的主餐之间留出一到两个小时的间隔。

如果您是男性，请尽情享用牡蛎 锌是对每个人都至关重要的矿物质。它帮助我们的身体制造细胞生长与修复、伤口愈合以及维持健康免疫系统所需的酶。由于我们的身体无法储存或制造锌，我们需要通过饮食定期获取。

但男性对锌的需求量高于女性。NHS 建议男性每天摄入 11mg，而女性为 8mg。这是因为锌在制造睾酮（主要的男性性激素）中起着关键作用。锌摄入过少会导致男性感到疲劳，且性欲降低。

它对于制造健康的精子和支持前列腺功能的正常运作也至关重要。

最丰富的天然来源之一是牡蛎。仅三个牡蛎就能提供约 74mg 的锌，几乎是

valehealth.co.uk 的营养学家卡西·巴利（Cassie Bali）表示：“锌对男性和女性都至关重要，但在我与男性探讨精子健康时，它绝对是我一次又一次提及的矿物质之一。”

“它是生产性激素以及制造新精子细胞所必需的。它被用于治疗不孕不育、低睾酮和勃起功能障碍。”

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从防晒霜的涂抹到汗液增加，再到污染、氯气和空调，我们的皮肤在这个夏天经历了一段格外艰难的时期。Bioderma 的 Sensibio 洁面泡沫凝胶为此提供了帮助，它能有效去除防晒霜、彩妆和日常杂质，且在清洁后不会让皮肤感到紧绷或被剥离。相反，其不含皂基的配方富含脂质修复和超强补水成分，将使皮肤感到柔软、清新和舒适。售价 £21，可在 Boots 和 Look Fantastic 购买。

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August 30, 2021

美国武装部队正式完成了从阿富汗的军事撤军，为美国最长的一场战争画上了混乱的句号。这次军事撤离结束了近 20 年的冲突，这场冲突始于 2001 年 9 月 11 日的恐怖袭击。

撤军框架是在特朗普政府期间通过《多哈协议》建立的，该协议于 2020 年 2 月与塔利班签署。

该协议要求北约部队在 2021 年 5 月前全部撤出，以换取塔利班在反恐方面的承诺。乔·拜登总统就任后审查了时间表，并将最终期限调整为 8 月 31 日。

协议达成后，美国大幅减少了对塔利班的空袭次数，这损害了阿富汗国家安全部队（ANSF）及其对抗塔利班叛乱的战斗力。

随着西方军队开始撤出，ANSF 迅速崩溃。塔利班发起了一场迅速的

同日其他事件...

1146: 欧洲领导人宣布弩箭为非法，旨在永久结束战争 1682: 英国哲学家威廉·宾航行前往新世界。他创建了宾夕法尼亚州 1963: 飞利浦公司在柏林推出了首款小型音频磁带

全国性攻势，并在 8 月 15 日出人意料地占领了喀布尔。

这迫使局势立即转向以哈米德·卡尔扎伊国际机场为中心的规模巨大的紧急非战斗人员撤离行动。

在为期两周的疯狂窗口期内，国际部队撤离了 120,000 多人，包括外国公民和脆弱的阿富汗盟友。这次行动被绝望和暴力所笼罩，最显著的是伊斯兰国（ISIS）在机场大门发动的一次毁灭性自杀式爆炸袭击，导致 13 名美国军人和 170 名阿富汗平民死亡。

随着最后一架美国空军 C-17 运输机离开喀布尔，此次行动正式结束。

美国中央司令部负责人弗兰克·麦肯齐将军宣布了此次任务的象征性结束。其后果是阿富汗完全处于塔利班的控制之下，引发了严重的人道主义担忧、人权的倒退以及大规模的地区难民危机。

在我们的棕地（废弃工业用地）上建造 140 万 套新房

在国内，撤军的执行引发了关于情报失败和战略规划的激烈政治审查和国会调查。

问题：法妮亚·卡普兰在 1918 年的这一天试图做——但未能完成——什么？上周我问：林戈·斯塔尔在 1968 年的这一天做了什么？答案是（暂时）离开披头士乐队

在棕地和其他曾经有建筑的区域进行建设是必须的，因为基础设施已经存在。我指的是那些建筑曾使用的供应设施，如水管和排水系统（见 8 月 23 日《首相必须在绿带住房问题上坦诚》）。

是的，它们可能需要升级，但这肯定比在完全没有基础设施的绿带土地上从零开始要更好且更便宜。

来自“保护英格兰乡村”（Protection of Rural England）的研究表明，仅在英格兰就有足够的棕地可建造 140 万 套以上的住房，所以这真的是一个无需思考的决定。

安妮·琼斯， 切希尔郡，斯塔利布里奇

不要让我们承担萨塞克斯公爵夫妇巨额的安保账单

哈里和梅根开启了他们的全球隐私之旅，希望被当作普通人对待。现在他们希望回到英国——这个被他们诋毁的国家，同时他们也诋毁了英国人民以及他们自己的家人（“令我们所有人措手不及的‘梅根脱离’反转”，August 23）。

如果我们必须忍受他们的回归，英国人民不应该为他们的安保费用买单。

我听人说，他们无法在英国拥有像在美国那样类型的私人安保，因为在这里他们无法携带武器。

然而我想说，在英国每天面临威胁的最“普通的人”是英国犹太人，他们在学校和犹太会堂配备无武装安保，并且像我们其他人一样，在某个时刻必须依赖警察的到场。

显然，哈里和梅根仍然想要那些随头衔而来的特权，而这些头衔他们本不应再持有。

约翰·肯尼迪， 埃塞克斯郡，霍恩彻奇

“自由至上主义者”利兹从一开始就注定失败

遗憾的是，你们对利兹·特拉斯的“深度访谈”完全不能说服我们，让她在短暂的首相任期内知道自己在做什么（“我确实担心人们并不真正理解情况有多糟糕”，August 23）。

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他们相信自由至上主义。这两位首相在10 Downing Street都失去了理智并被耻辱地踢出局，这绝非巧合。

在成为首相之前很久，她和鲍里斯·约翰逊就经常大声宣称

自由至上主义是一种虚假的经济理论，相当于某种右翼无政府主义。而这总结了1997年以来保守党的大部分历史。

国家选举（或应该选举）政府是为了让政府掌控局面，而不是在威斯敏斯特四处走秀，大喊一些在大学里学到的伪经济理论。保守党应该成熟起来，否则就请离开。

蒂莫西·斯特劳德， 索尔兹伯里

“灾难特拉斯”前首相没有资格提供建议

如果说有谁完全不适合向在任政府提供建议，那么就是那个像哑炮一样的利兹·特拉斯。《星期日快报》与其发表她的建议，我宁愿看到关于如何刷篱笆、修剪草坪或种植可持续且长寿生菜的建议。

托尼·哈利韦尔， 兰开夏郡，威根

数周以来关于全国各地肆虐的野火。

至于便携式烧烤炉是罪魁祸首，请想象一下，你将便携式烧烤炉扛行数英里，远离人迹罕至之地，到达一个偏远到没有道路的区域。

我注意到，与往年相比，几乎没有提到故意纵火，但那样不符合气候变化的叙事，对吧？可能性更大的是阳光通过碎玻璃被放大，或者是随意丢弃的烟蒂，而不是烧烤炉。

尼克·费拉里将手机上播报的关于野火和便携式烧烤炉的荒谬警告所引发的抱怨描述为“不断的哀鸣”，这并不能证明他的公正。我认为这是对人们观点的不尊重（August 23）。

我们手机上的警告不过是当局在制造一种他们乐于制造的假象，即他们正在采取行动，而实际上他们什么也没做。

所以，费拉里先生，请在今后人们正当地抱怨时，不要如此傲慢，不要将他们合理的投诉斥为哀鸣。

克里斯托弗·汉弗莱斯， 弗林特郡，尤洛

漫长的驾考等待时间令人心烦意乱

坦白说，这是没有必要的，因为新闻媒体一直告诉我们

阅读大卫·威廉姆森（David Williamson）的文章令人大开眼界，文中提到许多年轻人因为驾照考试等待时间过长而无法就职（《驾考积压阻碍年轻人就业》，8月23日）。

显然，五分之一的失业者表示，交通问题导致他们拒绝了工作机会或未提交申请。为此，一家智库建议允许大型雇主针对“B类”汽车进行驾驶测试并颁发执照，以期化解僵局并让人们重返岗位。

这是一个多么明智的主意：让人们投入工作，减少对福利金的依赖，同时通过增加税收和降低福利支出来助力经济。

这不是在“抱怨”，尼克，警告是热门话题

兰开夏郡，伯恩利

威尔士好莱坞传奇的温馨故乡

安东尼·霍普金斯爵士（Sir Anthony Hopkins）从出生地威尔士的街道走到了今天，洛杉矶在他看来一定截然不同（《安东尼爵士：“我在旧街道上徘徊”》，8月23日）。

但对他而言，回顾那时的生活一定感觉像在另一个世界。不过，他能回顾这一切并以此缅怀，真是太温馨了。我确实觉得人永远无法抛弃自己的过去。

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1) 詹姆斯有四件礼物要包装，但包装纸快用完了。波点纸对于巴迪或凯文的礼物来说太小了。苏珊会讨厌粉色或银色的包装纸，而克拉伦斯和巴迪都不喜欢银色的。詹姆斯将为凯文或苏珊使用企鹅图案的包装纸。他应该为谁使用哪种包装纸？

2) 哪两个分别意为“细读”和“公平”的单词组合在一起可以构成一个意为“重新排列”的单词？

3) 以下字母易位词中隐藏了哪些著名的自行车运动员？ a) Basil Grew Dingy, b) Veiled Contraption, c) Shy Choir

4) 帕特里克在六周零三天的时间里，一直使用他棚屋里的望远镜追踪一颗彗星的运动。每天他将望远镜顺时针旋转三度。如果最初指向正东，那么现在指向哪个方向？

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1 在 2017 年电影《性别之战》（Battle Of The Sexes）中，由艾玛·斯通饰演的美国网球运动员是谁？

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2 哪位歌手在 1976 年发行的首支进入英国前十名的单曲是《Love To Love You Baby》？

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4 2000 年首次播出的哪部情景喜剧由罗伯特·林赛和佐伊·瓦纳梅克饰演夫妻 Ben 和 Susan Harper？

5 由迈克·尼科尔斯执导的哪部 1989 年电影由梅拉妮·格里菲斯饰演一名秘书，她的创意被由西格妮·韦弗饰演的老板窃取？

6 拉斐尔的哪幅壁画描绘了古代数学家、哲学家和科学家的集会？

7 哈罗德·品特和特雷西·艾敏都是在 1978 年首次播出的哪档长寿艺术节目中接受梅尔文·布拉格采访的嘉宾？

8 哪部 2004 年电影由尼古拉斯·凯奇饰演一名决定窃取《独立宣言》的历史学家？

9 由 Chuck D 和 Flavor Flav 在 1985 年组建的哪个嘻哈团体发行了单曲《Bring The Noise》、《Fight The Power》和《Harder Than You Think》？

10 在剧集《继承之战》（Succession）中，由基兰·库尔金饰演的亿万富翁 Logan Roy 的哪个儿子？

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一个被诱骗的女儿 一个无力阻止的父亲

就在眼前

一个被诱骗的女儿。

一个无力阻止的父亲。

与《星期日时报》畅销书作者 维罗妮卡·克拉克 (VERONICA CLARK) 合著

斯嘉丽与马龙·韦斯特 (SCARLETT & MARLON WEST) 与《星期日时报》畅销书作者 维罗妮卡·克拉克 (Veronica Clark) 合著

“我竭尽全力试图让我的女儿留在家里”

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亚马逊 (AMAZON)

一位英国最具标志性的舞台与荧幕之星所著的，揭秘且幽默的回忆录

“坦率、机智，且具有令人耳目一新的人性” - 克里斯托弗·比金斯 (CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS)

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下周预告

除非另有说明，今日比赛时间均为下午3点 英超联赛

切尔西 v 布莱顿 (下午2点)；利兹 v 布伦特福德 (下午2点)；曼联 v 伊普斯维奇 (4.30pm)；桑德兰 v 富勒姆 (下午2点)。

SRY DET 第一级别联赛 AFC温布尔登 v 威根 (下午2点)；曼斯菲尔德 v 卢顿。

威廉希尔苏超联赛 阿伯丁 v 流浪者 (正午)；邓迪 v 希伯尼安；圣米伦 v 马瑟韦尔。 SSE AIRTRICITY 爱尔兰联赛 超级组

德里城 v 香浓罗弗斯 (4pm)。除非另有说明，明日比赛时间均为下午3点 英超联赛

企业国家联赛 波士顿联 v 霍恩丘奇；卡莱尔 v 斯坎索普；伊斯特利 v 奥尔德肖特；森林格林 v 奥特林查姆；哈罗盖特镇 v 盖茨黑德；基德明斯特 v 巴罗；索利赫尔穆尔斯 v AFC法尔代；萨顿联 v 韦尔德斯通；沃金 v 绍森德；沃辛 v 博勒姆伍德；叶维尔 v 塔姆沃思。

企业国家联赛（北区） AFC特尔福德 v 贝德福德镇；巴克斯顿 v 梅瑟尔；切斯特FC v 莫克姆；乔利 v 布拉克利；哈伯勒 v 马林；金斯林 v 斯卡伯勒竞技；麦克尔斯菲尔德FC v 赫本；拉德克利夫 v 达灵顿；南希尔兹 v 斯波尔丁；南港 v 赫里福德FC；斯彭尼穆尔 v 赫德内斯福德；沃克斯奥普 v 牛津城。

企业国家联赛（南区） 布雷恩特里 v 法恩伯勒；切舍姆联 v 多佛；达格福德与雷德布里奇 v 斯劳；多金流浪者 v 特鲁罗城；法恩汉 v 托基；福克斯通无敌 v 赫梅尔亨普斯特德；汉普顿与里士满 v 梅德斯通联；梅登黑德联 v AFC托顿；索尔兹伯里FC v 比勒里凯；汤布里奇天使 v 沃尔顿与赫舍姆；西斯顿-超级马雷 v 切尔姆斯福德。

周二 7.45PM（除非另有说明）天空投注冠军联赛

伯明翰 v 南安普顿 (晚上8点)；林肯城 v 布莱克本；朴茨茅斯 v 德比；普雷斯顿北端 v 布里斯托城；谢菲尔德联 v 博尔顿；斯托克 v 诺维奇 (晚上8点)；斯旺西 v 沃特福德；西汉姆 v 狼队。

天空投注第一级别联赛

布拉德福德 v 剑桥联；布罗姆利 v 莱顿东方；唐卡斯特 v 诺丁汉郡；哈德斯菲尔德 v 牛津联；莱斯特 v 普利茅斯；彼得堡 v 史蒂夫尼奇；威科姆 v 谢菲尔德星期三。

天空投注第二级别联赛

阿克灵顿斯坦利 v 格里姆斯比；布里斯托流浪者 v 考尔切斯特；切尔滕纳姆 v 约克；切斯特菲尔德 v 吉林厄姆；克鲁 v 沃尔索尔；埃克塞特 v 巴内特；弗利特伍德 v 奥尔德姆；北安普顿 v 克劳利；罗奇代尔 v 什鲁斯伯里；索尔福德城 v 纽波特郡；斯温顿 v 波特韦尔；特兰米尔 v 罗瑟勒姆。

FC哈利法克斯 v 哈特尔普尔。 KDM 进化奖杯联赛阶段 斯特兰雷尔 v 凯尔特人U21。

周三 7.45PM（除非另有说明）天空投注冠军联赛

伯恩利 v 米德尔斯堡 (晚上8点)；米尔沃尔 v 렉瑟姆；QPR v 加的夫；西布罗姆 v查尔顿。

天空投注第一级别联赛 巴恩斯利 v 布莱克浦；伯顿阿尔比恩 v AFC温布尔登；卢顿 v 斯托克波特郡；雷丁 v 曼斯菲尔德 (晚上8点)；威根 v MK Dons。 VERTU 北部组 H

唐卡斯特 v 利物浦U21 (7pm)。 威廉希尔苏超联赛 凯尔特人 v 阿伯丁；邓迪 v 圣约翰斯通；法尔基克 v 流浪者 (晚上8点)；基尔马诺克 v 圣米伦；马瑟韦尔 v 邓迪联。

周四 7.45PM（除非另有说明）威廉希尔苏超联赛 希伯尼安 v 之心。

周五 7.45PM（除非另有说明） 英超联赛 伊普斯维奇 v 利物浦 (晚上8点)。 威廉希尔苏格兰冠军联赛 利文斯顿 v 斯坦豪斯穆尔 (晚上7点30分)。 企业国家联赛 奥特林查姆 v 伊斯特利。 女子超级联赛 伦敦城狮女 v 曼联 (7pm)。 周六 下午3点（除非另有说明）

布伦特福德 v 桑德兰；布莱顿 v 利兹；富勒姆 v 水晶宫；赫尔 v 阿斯顿维拉 (下午5点30分)；曼城 v 考文垂；纽卡斯尔 v 伯恩茅斯 (12.30pm)；诺丁汉森林 v 托特纳姆。

天空投注冠军联赛

伯恩利 v 布里斯托城；林肯城 v 南安普顿 (12.30pm)；米尔沃尔 v 博尔顿；朴茨茅斯 v 加的夫；普雷斯顿北端 v 布莱克本 (12.30pm)；QPR v 米德尔斯堡；谢菲尔德联 v 诺维奇；斯托克 v 查尔顿 (12.30pm)；斯旺西 v 렉瑟姆 (晚上8点)；西布罗姆 v 沃特福德；西汉姆 v 德比。

天空投注第一级别联赛

巴恩斯利 v 史蒂夫尼奇；布拉德福德 v 曼斯菲尔德；伯顿阿尔比恩 v 剑桥联；唐卡斯特 v 普利茅斯；哈德斯菲尔德 v 诺丁汉郡；莱斯特 v 牛津联；卢顿 v 莱顿东方；彼得堡 v 谢菲尔德星期三 (12.30pm)；雷丁 v 布莱克浦；威根 v 斯托克波特郡 (12.30pm)；威科姆 v MK Dons。

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO

阿克灵顿斯坦利 v 克劳利镇；布里斯托尔流浪者 v 罗瑟勒姆；切尔滕纳姆 v 格里姆斯比；切斯特菲尔德 v 巴尼特；克鲁 v 约克；埃克塞特 v 沃尔索尔；弗利特伍德镇 v 什鲁斯伯里 (12.30pm)；北安普顿 v 纽波特郡；罗奇代尔 v 吉林厄姆；索尔福德城 v 波特韦尔 (12.30pm)；斯温登 v 考尔切斯特；特兰米尔 v 奥尔德姆。

WILLIAM HILL 苏格兰超级联赛 阿伯丁 v 基尔马诺克；邓迪联 v 法尔基克； 格拉斯哥流浪者 v 瑟瑟尔韦尔；圣米伦 v 凯尔特人 (8pm)。 WILLIAM HILL 苏格兰冠军联赛 阿布罗斯 v 邓弗姆林；因弗内斯 CT v 雷斯； 帕蒂克 v 艾尔；女王公园 v 莫顿。 WILLIAM HILL 苏格兰 LEAGUE 1 科夫流浪者 v 阿洛亚；东法夫 v 罗斯郡； 东基尔布赖德 v 汉密尔顿；彼得黑德 v 蒙罗斯；南女王 v 艾尔德里奥尼安。 WILLIAM HILL 苏格兰 LEAGUE 2 克莱德 v 爱丁堡城；邓巴顿 v 埃尔金； 福法尔 v 斯特拉纳尔；凯尔蒂之心 v 安南 竞技；斯特灵 v 斯巴坦人。

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE AFC 费尔德 v 沃辛；奥尔德肖特 v FC 哈利法克斯 (12.30pm)；巴罗 v 萨顿联；博勒姆伍德 v 卡莱尔 (5.30pm)；盖茨黑德 v 索利赫尔穆尔斯；哈特尔普尔 v 沃金；霍恩丘奇 v 福雷斯特格林；斯坎索普 v 哈罗盖特；绍森德 v 约维尔 (12.30pm)；塔姆沃思 v 波士顿联；韦尔德斯通 v 基德明斯特。 ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH 贝德福德 v 拉德克利夫；布拉克利 v 哈伯勒；达灵顿 v 金斯林；赫本 v 切斯特 FC；海德内斯福德 v 南希尔兹；赫里福德 FC v 斯彭尼穆尔；马林 v 沃克斯奥普；默瑟 v 麦克尔斯菲尔德 FC；莫克姆 v 巴克斯顿；牛津城 v 乔利；斯卡伯勒竞技 v AFC 特尔福德；斯波尔丁 v 南港。 ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH AFC 托顿 v 汉普顿与里士满；比勒里凯 v 多金流浪者；切姆斯福德 v 索尔兹伯里 FC；多佛 v 梅登黑德联；法恩伯勒 v 顿布里奇天使；赫梅尔海姆斯特德 v 法恩汉；霍舍姆 v Dag & Red；梅德斯通联 v Weston-S-Mare；斯劳 v 布雷恩特里；托基 v 福克斯通无敌；特鲁罗城 v 切舍姆联；沃尔顿与赫舍姆 v 埃布斯弗利特联。

除非另有说明，周日均为下午 3 点 英超联赛 埃弗顿 v 曼联 (2pm)；阿森纳 v 切尔西 (4.30pm)。 SKY BET 冠军联赛 伯明翰 v 狼队 (正午)。

ANDO STILL 穆诺斯救场拿一分，Kop

利物浦....2 诺丁汉森林....2

安迪·汉普森（ANDY HAMPSON）报道

安多尼·伊拉奥拉（ANDONI IRAOLA）可能仍在等待他作为利物浦主帅的首场胜利——但在英超时代，安菲尔德球场新任主教练起步缓慢并非不常见。

事实上，这一时期他们最伟大的主教练尤尔根·克洛普（Jurgen Klopp）在2015-16赛季开局遭遇两场平局后，直到执教的第三场联赛才获得首胜。

罗伊·霍奇森（Roy Hodgson）和肯尼·达格利什（Kenny Dalglish）（后者在第二次回归执掌帅印期间）在第三次尝试之前也未能品尝胜利的滋味。

罗伊·埃文斯（Roy Evans）的情况更糟，他直到第四场比赛才获胜；而布伦丹·罗杰斯（Brendan Rodgers）在前五场比赛中均未能获胜，直到第六次尝试才首次取胜。

伊拉奥拉的直接前任阿尔内·斯洛特（Arne Slot）是唯一一位在首场执教比赛中获胜的利物浦全职主教练，这位荷兰人以三连胜开启了2024-25赛季的夺冠之旅。

主队在安菲尔德两次落后，维克多·穆诺兹（Victor Munoz）在主场首秀中凭借一记绝平进球，帮助利物浦连续第二周在联赛中以2-2战平。

丹·恩多耶（Dan Ndoye）在上半场为客队取得了一个实至名归的领先优势，随后亚历山大·伊萨克（Alexander Isak）在比赛一小时左右将比分扳平。

摩根·吉布斯-怀特（Morgan Gibbs-White）的一粒点球让森林队有望在安菲尔德取得连续第三场胜利，但夏季以£3450 万身价加盟的穆诺兹在比赛结束前八分钟扳平了比分。

尽管如此，在经历了上周对阵纽卡斯尔的绝平之后，这一结果延续了利物浦在新赛季令人沮丧的开局。

伊拉奥拉将希望巴黎圣日耳曼前锋布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola）预计即将到来能带来更多进球。

他们面对的是一支大幅提升的森林队，此前森林队在奥利弗·格拉斯纳（Oliver Glasner）执教的第一周内被利兹联击败两次。

利物浦在开局阶段获得机会，当时在中场被优先选用的亚历克西斯·麦卡利斯特（Alexis Mac Allister）传球给科迪·加克波（Cody Gakpo），但内科·威廉姆斯（Neco Williams）的抢断时机把握得非常出色。

此后，森林队掌控了局面，吉布斯-怀特、恩多耶和伊戈尔·热苏斯（Igor Jesus）三人组接连制造麻烦。

森林队本赛季的首个进球出现在第24分钟，当时——

本周末英超及英格兰足球联赛（EFL）其余赛事请见体育专页

利兹 v 布伦特福德 第7页 / 桑德兰 v 富勒姆 第6-7页

慢动作回放：主帅苦等首胜 主帅怒斥换人问题

瞬间之星：维克多·穆诺斯破门将比分扳至 2-2

利物浦被马茨·塞尔斯传给热苏斯的一记长传打穿。吉布斯-怀特找到了恩多耶，这位瑞士前锋冷静地完成了射门。

当弗洛里安·维尔茨转身搓入一记低射时，利物浦以为他们扳回了比分，但这次进攻因杰雷米·弗林蓬越位而被判定无效。

随后，维尔茨接到了加克波传中后的有力头球，但塞尔斯将其拍出底线。

当奥拉·艾纳切入穆诺斯并为热苏斯创造机会时，诺丁汉森林险些扩大领先优势，但阿里松·贝克尔将球扑中横梁。

半场休息后，穆诺斯在加克波的传中下头球射偏，主队在伊萨克终于展现存在感之前难以创造更多机会。

这位瑞典人在到达后点补射得分前仅触球 8 次，这次得分得益于加克波的一次精彩转身和传中，据报道托特纳姆热刺和曼彻斯特城对他感兴趣。

伊萨克的进球提升了现场气氛，但气氛很快再次被打破，因为威廉姆斯在接利姆·德拉普的界外球疾驰时被阿里松绊倒。吉布斯-怀特（右）在随后的点球中以一记有力的射门误导了阿里松。利物浦需要再次做出回应，而维尔茨精准地找到了穆诺斯，这位西班牙人转身抽出一记雷霆万钧的射门，球在击中横梁内侧后入网。

多米尼克·索博斯洛伊随后通过一次任意球险些在比赛末段绝杀。

利物浦：阿里松；弗林蓬（格拉文贝赫 71）、雅凯（阿拉约 77）、范戴克、凯尔泽（齐米卡斯 71）；索博斯洛伊、麦卡利斯特（尼奥尼 77）；穆诺斯、维尔茨、加克波（恩古莫哈 71）；伊萨克

诺丁汉森林：塞尔斯；贾伊尔·库尼亚、米伦科维奇、穆里略；艾纳（内茨 86）、施拉格、麦卡蒂（哈德森-奥多伊 90）、威廉姆斯；恩多耶（德拉普 66）、吉布斯-怀特；伊戈尔·热苏斯（多明格斯 90）。 全场最佳：M 吉布斯-怀特

安多尼·伊拉奥拉在作为利物浦主帅仍未迎来首胜后，对第四官员愤怒不已。

红军在面对诺丁汉森林时被迫两次落后才追平，在赛季初连续获得第二场 2-2 的平局。

“他（第四官员）在操作指示牌时绝对出了问题，”伊拉奥拉抱怨道。

“我想进行换人，但他们快速执行了界外球。我提出了抗议，甚至支持者们也在呐喊，每个人都意识到了这种情况。”

“我们不得不等待大约三分钟。一个专业的第四官员不能，我不知道，不能花三分钟时间。”

伊拉奥拉补充道：“关于点球，在接触发生时，情况已经结束了。而且那并不是一次具有攻击性的接触。”

森林队主帅奥利弗·格拉斯纳（同样尚未在执教新俱乐部后获胜）表示：“这本可以，而且可能应该

但也许我们的防守不够果断。”

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曼联 对阵 伊普斯维奇 PAGES 4-5

切尔西 对阵 布莱顿 PAGE 6

非联赛及其他赛果

企业国家联赛北部赛区：贝德福德镇 3 斯彭尼穆尔镇 1, 布拉克利 A 南希尔兹 A, 达灵顿 1 麦克尔斯菲尔德足球俱乐部 2, 赫本 4 킹스林 2, 赫里福德足球俱乐部 1 切斯特足球俱乐部 1, 马林 2 拉德克利夫 0, 默瑟 1 乔利 1, 斯卡伯勒竞技 5 南波特 1, 斯波尔丁联 3 沃克斯奥普 1.

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企业国家联赛南部赛区：托顿足球俱乐部 0 切舍姆联 4, 比勒里凯 2 顿布里奇安杰尔斯 2, 切姆斯福德 1 梅登黑德联 0, 多佛 3 布雷恩特里 3, 法恩伯勒 P 埃布斯弗利特联 P, 赫梅尔海姆斯特德 1 韦斯顿-超级马雷 3, 霍舍姆 1 法恩汉 2, 梅德斯通联 2 索尔兹伯里足球俱乐部 1, 斯劳 0 福克斯通无敌 2, 托基 1 汉普顿与里士满 1, 特鲁罗城 3 达格福德与雷德布里奇 0, 沃尔顿与赫舍姆 1 多金流浪者 4.

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北英格兰超级联赛：AVRO 5-3 斯托克顿，阿尔弗雷顿 1-2 沃灵顿赖兰兹，班伯桥 4-4 海德联，伯里足球俱乐部 7-0 伊尔克斯顿，夸恩 3-6 惠特比，雷德卡竞技 3-2 曼彻斯特联足球俱乐部，沃灵顿 2-2 埃姆利足球俱乐部，沃金顿 3-2 利克。

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南部超级联赛南部区：巴斯城 1 乌克斯布里奇 2，布拉克内尔 3 肖林 1，切特西 1 弗罗姆 2，奇彭纳姆 1 伯克汉姆斯特德 2，伊夫舍姆联 1 普利茅斯公园 3，戈斯波特自治市 4 马尔文 2，汉韦尔 0 奇切斯特城 2，哈文特和 W 3 格洛斯特 3，普尔 2 耶特 1，汤顿 4 贝辛斯托克 3，温本 0 汉沃斯别墅 0。

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南部超级联赛中区（Southern Prem Central）：Alvechurch 2-0 Racing Club Warwick，Banbury Utd 1-1 Stourbridge，Bromsgrove Sporting 3-0 Bishop's Stortford，Halesowen Town 0-2 Real Bedford，Hitchin 1-1 Kettering，Leamington 1-1 Worcester City，Leighton 2-3 Bury ，Leiston 3-1 Redditch Utd，Stamford 0-3 Rushall Olympic，Stratford 1-2 Needham Market。

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伊斯米安超级联赛（Isthmian Premier Division）：AFC Whyteleafe 2-2 Cheshunt，Aveley 0-2 Lewes，Carshalton Ath 2-0 Brentwood ，Chatham 2-3 Wingate & Finchley，Dulwich 2-2 Three Bridges，Eastbourne Borough 0-1 Leatherhead，Enfield 5-1 Whitehawk，Maldon & Tiptree P Cray Wanderers P，St Albans 4-1 Stanway Rovers，Welling 1-0 Ramsgate。

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低地联赛东区：邦里格玫瑰 1 比 希尔奥夫比斯霍恩 2，布雷钦 3 比 穆塞尔堡竞技 1，布罗克斯本竞技 2 比 贝里克 0，杜尼佩斯 0 比 东斯特林 3，加拉费里迪安 2 比 洛希联 3，林利斯戈玫瑰 3 比 考登比斯 2，斯特林大学 2 比 博内斯联 5，特拉嫩 4 比 公务员漫步者 0。

低地联赛西区：加里多尼亚勇士 5 比 基尔温宁游骑兵 2，卡姆诺克 5 比 纽顿斯图尔特 0，约翰斯通堡 4 比 达尔比蒂之星 0，拉格斯蓟花 3 比 格雷特纳 2008 2，波洛克 2 比 贝思 1，伦弗鲁 1 比 克莱德班克 5，特伦 1 比 坎伯诺尔小马 3。

FA Carlsberg 奖杯第一轮资格赛：利弗塞奇 0，布特尔 5；普雷斯科特电缆 P，沃克斯霍尔汽车 P；哈勒姆 3，莫斯利 3；斯托克布里奇 P S 1，朗科恩林内茨 2；希顿斯坦宁顿 0，威滕肖 1；吉斯伯勒 3，奥塞特联 2；下布雷克 4，北费里比 FC 0；加福斯 P，布里德灵顿 P；斯塔利布里奇凯尔特人 2，布拉德福德 P A T；布莱斯斯巴坦 2，1874 北威奇 0；莫佩斯 2，威顿阿尔比恩 0；西尔斯登 3，康塞特 2；阿辛顿 3，西奥克兰 1；格里姆斯比自治市 0，邓斯顿 1；纽卡斯尔 0，本恩 3；林肯联 1，纽尼顿 1；切斯敦 3，AFC 拉什登与钻石 1；汉利 2，科尔希尔 0；卡尔顿 2，谢普舍德动力 3；科比 0，斯塔福德游骑兵 2；格兰瑟姆 1，米克尔欧弗 3；利奇菲尔德市 0，马特洛克 5；巴斯福德联 0，贝德沃斯联 0；希夫纳尔 4，鲁格比自治市 2；伍斯特突袭者 1，萨顿科尔德菲尔德 2；韦灵堡 2。

贝尔珀镇 1；波士顿镇 0，南特维奇 1；费肯汉姆 2，罗克瑟姆 1；康科德游骑兵 1，威瑟姆 1；温斯洛联 P，米尔顿凯恩斯爱尔兰 P；小奥克利 2，比格利斯韦德足球俱乐部 2；沃尔瑟姆阿比 2，鲍尔斯与皮特西 0；波特斯巴 P，巴顿流浪者 P；剑桥城 1，红桥 1；AFC萨德伯里 3，洛伊斯特夫特 1；沃尔瑟姆斯托 3，利弗斯托克格林 2；坎维岛 4，格雷斯竞技 1；蒂尔伯里 0，赫特福德 0；Hashtag联 3，罗伊斯顿 1；韦尔 1，布赖特灵西摄政 1；伦敦狮 0，泰克利 2；比肯斯菲尔德 1，谢佩联 1；阿斯科特联 P，马盖特 P；温莎与伊顿 0，南奥尔 2；AFC波特切斯特 P，惠特斯塔布尔 P；弗拉克韦尔希斯 0，费弗舍姆 3；AFC克罗伊登竞技 3，塞文奥克斯 2；旁遮普联 0，霍利 2；艾尔斯伯里 P，西廷本 P；埃里思 1，克雷谷 (PM) 1；克罗伯勒竞技 2，阿什福德联 4；东本茅斯 1，贝德方特 Q；海斯廷斯联 2,

亨登 1；利特尔汉普顿 2，雷纳斯巷 2；斯泰宁 1，马尼菲尔兹 1；主教克利夫 1，布里斯托庄园农场 3；哈特普里大学 4，埃克斯茅斯 1；波特兰联 3，亨格福德 1；比德福德 1，蒂弗顿 2；威兰流浪者 2，法尔茅斯 1；韦茅斯 5，梅尔克舍姆 1；拉考尔竞技 2，多切斯特 1；韦斯特伯里联 0，泰姆联 1；迪德科特 4，温彻斯特城 3；斯温顿超级海洋 0，斯利姆布里奇 P；帕迪汉姆 0，庞特弗拉克矿工 7；康格尔顿 4，阿瑟顿矿工 1；拉夫堡学生 1，巴威尔 0；博尔德米尔圣迈克尔 1，圣艾夫斯 1；哈林盖区 2，纽马克特 2；斯托特福德 0，戈勒斯顿 3；皮斯海文与特尔斯科姆 2，默斯特汉姆 1；马洛 0，海耶斯与耶丁联 4；博格诺里斯 3，南公园 0；西域 1，埃格汉 2；宾菲尔德 2，迪尔 04；赫恩湾 3，金斯顿 3；韦尔温花园城市 3，马尔巴顿流浪者 0；AFC斯通汉姆 2,

沙夫茨伯里 0；考文垂联 1，基兹格罗夫竞技 3。

赛果与赛程

板球

郡冠军赛 - 第一组——格拉摩根 对 汉普郡（索菲亚花园球场）：汉普郡 162（40.2 轮；J Lehmann 51no）以及 124-2（40 轮）；格拉摩根 161（60 轮；B Kellaway 57；S Baker 4-34）。

约克郡 对 莱斯特郡（斯卡伯勒）：约克郡 263（76.4 轮；J Wharton 70, G Hill 62）。莱斯特郡 84-0（35.3 轮）。第二组——达勒姆 对

格洛斯特郡（河畔球场）：格洛斯特郡 137（42 轮；J Bracey 60；K Aldridge 5-16）以及 250（73.3 轮；M Hammond 58；K L Aldridge 4-47）。达勒姆 384（88.1 轮；D Bedingham 122）。

自行车

西班牙自行车赛 (Spain) - 第 8 赛段（Pucol - Xeraco, I71.0km）：1 B Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 3小时 47分 6秒, 2 M Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek, 3 J Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, 4 B Turner (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team, 5 J Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, 10 M Brennan (Gbr) Visma / Lease a Bike 均为同一时间到达。总成绩排名：1 E Mas (Spa) Movistar 23小时 24分 00秒, 2 F Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM +1分 11秒, 3 P Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe +1:33, 4 S Kuss (USA) Visma / Lease a Bike +2:15, 5 O Onley (GB) Netcompany INEOS Cycling +2:16。

女子世界巡回赛 GP 洛里昂城市群 (France)：1 E Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek 4小时 30分 49秒, 2 M Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 3 F Koch (Ger) FDJ United-SUEZ, 4 E Gasparrini (Ita) UAE L'IMAD, 5 S Paladin (Ita) CANYON / SRAM 均为同一时间到达, 44 A Henderson (GB) Lidl-Trek +1分 44秒, 50 F Mangan (Irl) Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie +2:19。

高尔夫

KPMG 女子爱尔兰公开赛（爱尔兰都柏林）——第 3 轮（除非另有说明，均为英国及爱尔兰选手）：198℃ Alexander (Rsa) 63 66 69, 201 S Kouskova (Cze) 68 66 67, 203 K Arwefjaell (Swe) 69 71 63, 204℃ Viden (Swe) 70 65 69, L Rydqvist (Swe) 68 67 69, 205 N Komulainen (Fin) 73 66 66, L Maguire 71 71 63, 206 B Navarrosa (USA) 69 65 72, A Fanali (Ita) 67 72 67, D Forbrigd (Nor) 70 70 66, L Pettersson (Swe) 71 65 70, A Foersterling (Ger) 70 67 69, 207 B Fernandez (Spa) 72 68 67, 208 A Dawson Isle of Man 67 74 67。

THE ALLY CHALLENGE（密歇根州大布兰克）——第 1 轮（除非另有说明，均为美国选手）：63 V Taylor, 64 J Rollins, 65 P Harrington (Irl), 66 M Block, R Gonzalez (Arg), P Goydos, 67 G Chalmers (Aus), S Cink, S Hend (Aus), B Jobe, M Wright (Aus), 68 S Alker (Nzl), C Campbell, K. J. Choi (Kor), Z Johnson, T Petrovic, H Stenson (Swe), M Weir (Can), Yong-Eun Yang (Kor), A Cabrera (Arg)。

赛车 世界拉力锦标赛 巴拉圭拉力赛 最终成绩 第 8. 赛段后：1 S Pajari (Fin) Toyota 1小时 28分 28.7秒, 2 H Paddon (Nzl) Hyundai +11.9, 3 E Evans (Gbr) Toyota +56.3, 4 A Fourmaux (Fra) Hyundai +1:51.3, 5 J McErlean (Irl) Ford +2:23.1, 6 D Dominguez (Par) +2:36.0, 7 G Greensmith (Gbr) Toyota +3:15.4, 8 O Solberg (Swe) Toyota +3:33.3, 9 M Bulacia (Bol) Skoda +4:01.4, 10 R Juergenson +4:36.9。

斯诺克

武汉公开赛（中国）——决赛：B Chang (Chn) 10-7 击败 X Zhao (Chn)。 网球

ATP 温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛（北卡罗来纳州）——半决赛：A Fery (GB) 6-4 1-2 (对方退赛) 击败 J Duckworth (Aus)；L Buse (Per) 6-2 4-6 6-1 击败 B Bonzi (Fra)。

WTA GNP SEGUROS 公开赛（墨西哥蒙特雷）——半决赛：E Mertens (Bel) 1-6 6-4 6-2 击败 N Bartunkova (Cze)；D Parry (Fra) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 击败 A Li (USA)。

今日日程

板球

第二场测试赛——第 4 天（共 5 天）：英格兰 对 巴基斯坦（ Lord's 球场，上午 11 点）。

橄榄球联盟

Betfred 锦标赛（下午 3 点）：巴特利 对 索尔福德 RLFC，哈利法克斯 对 基利，中地飓风 对 北威尔士十字军（下午 2 点），罗奇代尔 对 奥尔德姆，沃金顿 对 怀特黑文。

Betfred 女子超级联赛（下午 2 点）：巴罗突袭者 对 哈德斯菲尔德巨人，费瑟斯通。 网球

美国网球公开赛（纽约法拉盛草原地）。

ANTMANIS Elanga 对阵德泽尔比执教的陷入困境的热刺队表现过于出色，以至于新的

热刺 对阵 纽卡斯尔

作者：瑞安·泰勒（RYAN TAYLOR）

在签下了 8 名经过英超验证的球员并投入 £3.82 亿 进行夏季转会挥霍之后，热刺依然面临着同样的老问题。

罗伯托·德泽尔比（左）最好尽快开始赢球，否则 N17 地区的氛围可能会开始发生转变。

热刺缺乏锐气，且在应对定位球时显得脆弱；而纽卡斯尔在创新型新主帅马蒂亚斯·贾斯莱（Matthias Jaissle）的激励下，让热刺为此付出了代价。

安东尼·埃兰加（Anthony Elanga）和约安·维萨（Yoane Wissa）在下半场的进球造成了伤害。

纽卡斯尔现在看来确实处于能干之手的掌控之中。至于热刺，他们持续的主场困境依然是一个荒谬的问题，即便这次失利标志着德泽尔比自 4 月就任以来在托特纳姆热刺球场的首次败北。

令人惊讶的是，他们在过去九场对阵“喜鹊”的英超比赛中仅赢了一场。

在经历了 3-0 被布伦特福德摧毁之后，如果将这场比赛作为衡量标准，人们不禁要问热刺现在处于什么境地。

如果能让身价 8500 万英镑m 的新晋桑巴新星萨维尼奥（Savinho）出战，情况本会有所改善。

这位 22 岁的边锋在周三晚上的热刺比赛中爆发，在 Carabao 杯对阵查尔顿的比赛中，他替补登场并在火热的 19 分钟时间里贡献了一粒进球和一次助攻。

但以一种相当典型的热刺风格，这位前曼城奇才因肌肉疲劳而被排除在名单之外。

巴西队主帅卡洛·安切洛蒂（Carlo Ancelotti）专程飞来观看他的表现，而萨维尼奥的同胞里沙利森（Richarlison）则是三名显著缺席球员之一，另外两人是凯文·丹索（Kevin Danso）和帕佩·马塔尔·萨尔（Pape Matar Sarr），这三人目前都面临广泛的转会关注。

奥马尔·马尔穆什（Omar Marmoush）在对阵“喜鹊”时共打入 7 球——比他职业生涯面对任何其他俱乐部的进球都多——在从曼城完成租借转会后，他从开场起就进入首发。而桑德罗·托纳利（Sandro Tonali）作为夏季从纽卡斯尔引进的球员（含附加费共 1 亿英镑m），遭到了狂热的客场纽卡斯尔拥趸的嘘声。

到了下半场，当托纳利在 75 分钟因表现沉闷被多米尼克·索兰基（Dominic Solanke）替换下场时，客队球迷在角落里庆祝了起来。“你应该

WOR HERO

托顿主帅贾斯尔取得首场英超胜利

当这位意大利人离场时，看台上响起了“本该留在豪门俱乐部”的歌咏。

热刺在比赛开局阶段表现紧张，埃兰加在开场 60 秒内试图挑过安东宁·金斯基，但德泽尔比麾下的高薪球员很快开始从边路发起威胁。

马蒂斯·特尔迫使卢卡斯·霍尔尼切克做出一次鱼跃救球，随后刘易斯·霍尔勇敢地封堵，化解了佩德罗·波罗一次看似必进的得分机会。

在马特乌斯·费尔南德斯开出弧线球角球后，扬·保罗·范赫克近距离头球攻门，霍尔尼切克同样化解成功。

半场休息后不久，马尔穆什在马利克·蒂亚夫的挑战下倒地，热刺被剥夺了一次看似明显的点球机会。

但裁判彼得·班克斯和 VAR 助理达伦·英格兰均判定不给点球。

纽卡斯尔在身价 5200 万英镑m 的明星中场新援尼科·冈萨雷斯的沉稳掌控下开始试探，利用埃兰加在热刺后防线身后的极速进行冲击。

起初他绕过了金斯基，但在抢球时遇到困难；随后，他凭借一次纯粹的精彩表现打破僵局，这是他连续两场比赛打入的第二球。

冈萨雷斯长传，阿马尔·德迪奇头球将球顶向埃兰加，后者接球、晃动，随后用非惯用脚射门，球击中立柱入网。随后热刺的情况进一步恶化，纽卡斯尔通过维萨将领先优势扩大到两球。

尼克·沃尔特马德将一个后点角球拨向球门，维萨巧妙地将球挑过金斯基入网，确保了一场令人印象深刻的胜利。

热刺：金斯基；格雷（摩尔 68）、范赫克、范德文、罗伯逊（乌多吉 68）；托纳利（索兰克 75）、本坦库尔；波罗、费尔南德斯、特尔（库杜斯 68）；马尔穆什

纽卡斯尔：霍尔尼切克；德迪奇、博特曼、蒂亚夫、霍尔；冈萨雷斯（斯图尔 71）、迈利；埃兰加（墨菲 82）、威洛克（沃尔特马德 71）、巴恩斯（图雷 90）；维萨（拉姆齐 82） 全场最佳：A 埃兰加

全场最佳：A 埃兰加 裁判：P 班克斯

枪手将就阿尔瓦雷斯迅速采取行动

作者：斯科特·特罗特 (SCOTT TROTTER)

马德里竞技已给朱利安·阿尔瓦雷斯（Julian Alvarez）的时间截止到今天，以决定其未来去向。

在被拒绝前往巴塞罗那之后，这给阿森纳仅留下了几个小时的时间来游说这位前锋回归英超联赛。

这位 26 岁的球员（见上图）在夏天之初就毫不掩饰地表示，他渴望离开万达大都会球场前往诺坎普球场。

而这场旷日持久的拉锯战已引发了巴萨与马竞之间的激烈争吵。

阿森纳一直试图利用这两家西班牙俱乐部之间的分歧，将阿尔瓦雷斯诱至酋长球场。

这位阿根廷国脚在 2024 年以 £8200 万 离开曼城加盟马竞后，在 107 场比赛中攻入 49 球。

据了解，只有在球员本人完全同意的情况下，枪手才会追求此次交易。

随着转会截止日期的迅速临近，报道称马竞现在要求在今天之前做出决定。

曼城也被传为这位前锋的潜在追求者，但据说阿尔瓦雷斯对于返回英格兰持有保留意见。

马竞要求 1.28 亿英镑m 才能释放这位珍贵的前锋，不过在俱乐部挫败了他的雄心之后，如何管理他的回归将至关重要。

由于阿尔瓦雷斯在这个夏天的立场，他已经面临支持者的强烈抵制。6 月，他表示：“我与马竞相关人员进行了沟通，对每个人来说最好的结果就是转会。我想实现我的梦想，我无法掩饰这一点。我努力做一个诚实的人。”

与此同时，凯·哈弗茨（Kai Havertz）向阿森纳的竞争对手们发出了挑战，坚称这位英超冠军希望“赢得一切”。

主教练米克尔·阿尔特塔（Mikel Arteta，见上图）率领的枪手以 3-0 击败考文垂，开启了他们的卫冕之旅；而就在一周前，他们击败曼城夺得社区盾杯。

哈弗茨表示：“当你尝过赢得一座冠军的滋味后，你就会想再次实现，而且我们拥有一支能够竞争每一个冠军的球队。”

“本赛季我们希望倾尽全力，再次实现我们的目标。”

阿斯顿维拉 对阵 阿森纳 前瞻：见特刊

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并非酒吧巡游 布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola）有望以巨额转会费加盟利物浦

劳伦斯的 50 分让他——以及英格兰队——在勋章球场的雨中称霸

板球 见特刊 第 8-9 页

一级方程式 见 特刊

英国球员在 纽约 保持谨慎

网球 – 美网 前瞻 见 特刊 第 10 页

巴尔科拉达成 1.23 亿英镑M 转会

作者：杰里米·克罗斯

利物浦准备签下巴黎圣日耳曼超级巨星布拉德利·巴尔科拉（Bradley Barcola），交易费用高达 1.23 亿英镑m。这家英格兰豪门已与这位法国冠军球队就转会费达成一致，并预计在接下来的 48 小时内完成签约。巴尔科拉将前往默西赛德郡进行体检，随后签署一份为期五年的

巴尔科拉将前往默西赛德郡进行体检，随后签署一份为期五年、周薪约为 30 万英镑 的合同。

巴黎圣日耳曼最初对巴尔科拉的估值为 1.45 亿英镑m，但已接受了一套总价值为初始 1.1 亿英镑m 外加 1300 万英镑m 附加费的方案。

预计巴尔科拉的到来将导致科迪·加克波（Cody Gakpo）在效力俱乐部三年半后离开安菲尔德，目前托特纳姆热刺和曼彻斯特城在争签这位荷兰国际前锋的竞争中处于领先地位。

利物浦 2 诺丁汉森林 2 报道：见第 64-65 页

伊拉克的一号目标布拉德利定于今日进行体检

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追求荣耀 阿森纳的新后卫 埃兹里·孔萨（Ezri Konsa）

合同。

维拉 对阵 阿森纳 预告：第 2-3 页

塔科夫斯基成为罗斯的眼中钉，双方平分秋色

伯恩茅斯....1 埃弗顿....1

詹姆斯·塔科夫斯基在补时阶段打入扳平比分的进球，使埃弗顿在主教练马尔科·罗斯执教下，阻击了伯恩茅斯的首次胜利。

亚历克斯·斯科特在第41分钟的先制球原本有望提升活力球场的乐观氛围，因为“樱桃军团”在周五刚刚在本赛季欧联杯中获得了一场对阵AC米兰的焦点战。

但在第90分钟之后的一分钟，太妃糖队的后卫塔科夫斯基利用伯恩茅斯球员瑞安·克里斯蒂和马库斯·塔夫尼尔之间的配合失误，在角球后低射破门。

塔科夫斯基表示：“我只是击中了目标，这就是我的全部目标。球落到了我面前，这很幸运。”

“他们的几名球员互相挡了路。在那样湿滑的球场上，球很有可能进门。”

“这是一场艰苦的比赛。我认为在上半场我们是更强的一方，在进球之前我们主导了比赛。”

在比赛末段的戏剧性反转之前，伯恩茅斯前锋埃瓦尼尔森浪费了一个绝佳机会，未能为德国主帅罗斯锁定三分；而状态火热的前锋蒂尔诺·巴里则为客队浪费了多次机会。

在据报道诺丁汉森林提交了£4000 万报价的情况下，哈里森·阿姆斯特朗在埃弗顿首发，詹姆斯·加纳取代海登·哈克尼，这是继上周末2-0战胜水晶宫后的唯一一次人员变动。

比赛开始不到10分钟，伯恩茅斯险些丢球，基尔南·杜斯伯里-霍尔开出角球后，贾拉德·布兰斯韦特的一次擦头球被门将乔杰·佩特罗维奇将球扑出底线。在主队的第一次机会中，拉扬测试了太妃糖门将乔丹·皮克福德的反应，随后佩特罗维奇在扑出泰里克·乔治轻微的初次射门后迅速反应，阻止了巴里在三场比赛中打入第五球。

莫耶斯率领的球队在进攻端看起来更具威胁，但控球率较低，并在半场结束前四分钟落后。

在拉扬从右路传球后，埃瓦尼尔森在干扰塔科夫斯基后找到了斯科特，后者在18码禁区内寻找角度，随后皮球在击中维塔利·米科连科后弹入左下角。

巴里在埃弗顿周中4-0大胜普雷斯顿的联赛杯比赛中上演帽子戏法（并在对阵水晶宫的比赛中完成进球），他两次接近扳平比分。

英格兰国脚皮克福德做出一次精彩的鱼跃救球挡出了拉扬的射门，随后在球门大开的情况下，埃弗顿替补队员哈克尼不知怎么地将埃瓦尼尔森的补射顶出底线。

伯恩茅斯看起来已经足够赢得比赛，但在一次角球后，塔夫尼尔和克里斯蒂互相干扰，让太妃糖中后卫塔科夫斯基得以发力射门，皮球飞过了佩特罗维奇。

罗斯表示：“这就是生活。有时你会经历这样的阶段。”

“另一方面，我看到了我的球员们顶级的努力和态度。”

“在最后阶段，我们有两、三、四次机会可以打入第二球来结束比赛。”

伯恩茅斯：佩特罗维奇；史密斯，希尔，席尔瓦，特鲁费尔特；库克（亚当斯 69），斯科特（克里斯蒂 87）；拉扬，克鲁伊维特（布鲁克斯 81），塔夫尼尔；埃瓦尼尔森（罗德里格斯 81） 埃弗顿：皮克福德；罗尔（伊罗格布纳姆 87），塔科夫斯基，布兰斯韦特，米科连科；阿姆斯特朗（阿尔卡拉斯 87），加纳（哈克尼 62）；恩迪亚耶，杜斯伯里-霍尔，乔治（约翰逊 62）；巴里 全场最佳球员：詹姆斯·塔科夫斯基 裁判：A·霍姆斯

康萨成为接班人：埃兹里·康萨已为枪手首秀做好准备，甚至被认为将取代萨利巴的位置

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作者：瑞安·泰勒 冷静沉稳的埃兹里·康萨（Ezri Konsa）对于抛开之前的效忠对象毫无顾虑。

否则，他最初根本不会签约阿森纳。

这位作风强硬的后卫其实从小就是托特纳姆热刺的支持者，并崇拜莱德利·金（Ledley King），后者同样出身于康萨在东伦敦参加的周日联赛球队 Senrab。

索尔·坎贝尔和约翰·特里也曾效力于该队。自从这位 28 岁球员以 £5500 万 的重金转会至英超冠军球队后，特里发表了一个相当大胆的观点。

他认为，即使是因背伤缺阵的威廉·萨利巴（William Saliba）康复归来，这位法国人也将难以在米克尔·阿尔特塔（Mikel Arteta）的首发阵容中取代这位英格兰球星。

今晚。在 3-0 大胜考文垂之后，阿尔特塔没有理由调整阵容，但阿森纳认为他们签下了一名“即插即用”的球员，能够立即投入战斗。

这位西班牙人周四表示，他愿意在明天的维拉公园球场直接将康萨投入到激烈的竞争之中。

当枪手主帅通过多次拨打业内联系人的电话以获取关于康萨的进一步信息时，得到的反馈是一致的。

足球圈内有一种感觉，认为他长期以来被严重低估了。但现在不再如此。

上赛季，稳如磐石的康萨帮助维拉在伊斯坦布尔夺得欧联杯冠军，随后成为了托马斯·图赫尔（Thomas Tuchel）率领的英格兰国家队在世界杯上的主力。

在阿森纳追求转会的早期阶段，相关数据也极具说服力。

在所有上赛季英超出场时间至少 500 分钟的球员中，康萨的传球成功率最高。

在地面争抢获胜百分比方面，他也位居榜首。

迪恩·史密斯（Dean Smith）曾先将他从查尔顿带到布伦特福德，随后又在维拉签下他，他将这位前球员描述为“劳斯莱斯”。

他不仅是一名顶尖的竞争者，而且拥有与能力相匹配的态度和经验。

在 2024 年欧洲杯期间，他与布卡约·萨卡（Bukayo Saka）建立了深厚的联系，两人在私下的 1 对 1 训练中互相切磋。

他们的兄弟情谊如此深厚，以至于康萨在 5 月份夺得欧洲冠军后，在维拉的敞篷巴士上巡游伯明翰时，还与这位边锋进行了 FaceTime 视频通话。

现在，伦敦科尔尼（London Colney）训练基地里弥漫着关于他到来的兴奋气氛。

签约阿森纳是一个无需思考的决定，而且即使在返回维拉公园球场时，康萨可能仍会受到热烈欢迎，即便 [...OMITTED...]

“足球圈内有一种感觉，认为他长期以来被严重低估了”

他现在将被安置在客队更衣室。

阿森纳的一线队体能教练托比·格里菲斯（Toby Griffiths）被委以重任，负责恢复孔萨（Konsa）的身体状态。乌奈·埃梅里（Unai Emery）坚称他的前球员在世界杯后获得了四个整周的休息，这使他失去了参加对阵巴黎圣日耳曼的欧超杯决赛的机会。

训练日：阿尔特塔（上图圈出者）可能会在明天让孔萨完成首秀

孔萨在幕后依然在努力训练，但自 7 月 18 日英格兰在迈阿密以 6-4 惊险击败法国队赢得季军赛以来，他还没有参加过任何正式比赛。尽管如此，如果他被直接派上场对阵前东家，也不必感到惊讶。

没有适应期 在乌奈的现代别墅

作者：约翰·汤利（JOHN TOWNLEY） 阿斯顿维拉可能失去了捧起欧联杯冠军奖杯的首发 11 人中的五名，但乌奈·埃梅里不接受所谓的“过渡赛季”。这位维拉主帅看到他的

这位维拉主帅率领的实力削弱的球队在新英超赛季的开赛首周末被布莱顿 4-0 大胜。

预计阵容 阿斯顿维拉： 铃木、卡什、林德洛夫、托雷斯、马特森、海明斯、卡马拉、格雷茨卡、麦金、巴克利、布恩迪亚 阿森纳： 拉亚、怀特、莫斯克拉、加布里埃尔、卡拉菲奥里、赖斯、刘易斯-斯凯利、萨卡、厄德高、佐利斯、哈弗茨 裁判：J·吉莱特

但他迅速采取行动加强阵容，签下了尼古拉斯·杰克逊（Nicolas Jackson）和莱昂·格雷茨卡（Leon Goretzka），同时青少年边锋易卜拉欣·姆巴耶（Ibrahim Mbaye）也将从巴黎圣日耳曼加盟。

在明晚与阿森纳的对决前，约翰·曼赞比（Johan Manzambi）和布莱恩·马乔（Brian Madjo）依然在伤停名单中；考虑到变动规模之大，赛季初起步缓慢是可以理解的。

维拉在这个夏天失去了尤里·蒂莱曼斯（Youri Tielemans）、摩根·罗杰斯（Morgan Rogers）、卢卡斯·迪涅（Lucas Digne）、埃兹里·孔萨（Ezri Konsa）、奥利·沃特金斯（Ollie Watkins）和埃米·马丁内斯（Emi Martinez），而阿马杜·奥纳纳（Amadou Onana）在世界杯期间遭遇前十字韧带（ACL）受伤，目前处于伤停状态。

然而，埃梅里不会允许现有球员或新援将这种动荡作为借口。

维拉的预期依然是在英超顶端竞争，并在欧冠联赛中再次产生深远影响。

埃梅里表示：“在足球领域，如果你在期待过渡，那么也许你的方向不对。”

“我们必须竞争，必须获胜。我们必须尽快重建球队，必须接受我们的方式，我们的

正在做出一些决定，但我很乐观，我们正在努力。”

“与此同时，与球员一起重建球队，他们可以

试图理解某些球员适应我们的必要时间。”

“当然，有些球员比其他人需要更多时间，而有些球员已经随队很久了。”

“他们现在必须强力竞争，当然要带着我们一直在构建的所有想法，并尝试尽快让新球员适应。”

“例如，上周我们出战的 10 名球员中，他们去年就在这里。唯一不在的是若昂·戈麦斯（Joao Gomes）。这就是目标。”

“当然，我们没有发挥好，没有竞争起来，我们必须加快所有进度，下一个挑战在周一，英超不会等待。”

“有 38 场比赛要踢，有积分要争夺。我们在第一场比赛中失去了那 3 分，希望周一的维拉公园球场能像我们一直感受到的那样——支持我们，与我们共同战斗，我们将再次需要他们。”

米拉成英雄，兰帕德遭遇绝杀痛击

考文垂 ....0 赫尔 ....1

作者：伊恩·帕克（IAN PARKER） 赫尔在考文垂客场凭借替补球员利亚姆·米拉（Liam Millar）的绝杀球，延续了他们在英超联赛中梦幻般的开局。

在比赛还剩 8 分钟时，米拉通过一次快速反击破门得分，让上赛季的冠军赛附加赛冠军击败了以冠军身份升级的球队。

赫尔主教练塞尔盖·雅基罗维奇（Sergej Jakirovic）表示：“在下半场，我们的阵型紧凑且稳固，对方有大量传中进入我们的禁区，但我们控制住了局面。我非常满意——两场比赛，拿到 6 分，还不赖。”

对于考文垂来说，这就像是被打了一记闷棍。他们在比赛的大部分时间里占据主导地位，但难以将其转化为清晰的得分机会。在 CBS 体育场举行的首场英超比赛最终以主队落败告终。

考文垂主帅弗兰克·兰帕德（Frank Lampard）表示：“对于一场由我们掌控的比赛来说，我们的节奏太慢了，面对一支试图通过五后卫阵型来拖慢你的球队，我们表现得过于迟缓。”

“天蓝色军团”最好的机会几乎是偶然产生的：在上半场末段，球击中后点的泰沃·阿沃尼伊（Taiwo Awoniyi），迫使康斯坦丁诺斯·佐拉基斯（Konstantinos Tzolakis）做出一次精彩扑救。如果前锋是故意触球，门将几乎没有机会化解。

上周末赫尔的进球功臣之一诺贝尔·门迪（Nobel Mendy）在上半场早段通过一次强力的半截截击险些破门。

开场后，考文垂的表现明显比对方更活跃，他们掌控球权并将赫尔压制在后场，但机会寥寥。

直到第 22 分钟，他们才获得第一次清晰的射门机会，但阿沃尼伊在接凯莱布·伊伦基（Caleb Yirenkyi）挑传球时的头球缺乏力量。在此之前几乎没有展现出进攻威力的赫尔在片刻后请求点球，当时埃利奥特·斯特劳德（Elliot Stroud）在禁区内倒地，声称遭到鲍比·托马斯（Bobby Thomas）的推搡，但接触轻微，裁判乔什·史密斯（Josh Smith）示意比赛继续。

在半场结束前 7 分钟，考文垂险些领先。

卢姆·查乌纳（Loum Tchaouna）的一次危险传中被门迪折射，击中后点的阿沃尼伊，迫使佐拉基斯向右下方做出一次机敏的扑救。

下半场 5 分钟，门迪凭借一次精彩的远射险些在开赛首日的进球基础上再添一球。他在 30 码外起脚，其半截截击的力量之大，导致卡尔·拉什沃思（Carl Rushworth）尝试了两次才将球稳稳接住。

随着考文垂在回应中向前推进，比赛终于变得激烈起来，但与此同时，他们的后防线也变得过于分散。

当时出现了一个预警信号：奥利·麦克伯尼（Oli McBurnie）将球向前传给米拉，但这位加拿大球员在内切后射门偏出目标。

但考文垂没有吸取教训，仅仅 5 分钟后，穆罕默德·贝卢米（Mohamed Belloumi）从辰巳宏（Tatsuhiro Sakamoto）脚下抢到球，再次找到了跑位的米拉，而米拉这一次没有浪费机会，打入了他在英超联赛中的首粒进球。

考文垂：拉什沃思；范·埃维克，托马斯（平诺克 78），阿门达，达席尔瓦；伊伦基（欧加德 71），格赖姆斯；查乌纳（辰巳宏 59），鲁多尼（哈默 71），梅森-克拉克（托马斯-阿桑特 58）；阿沃尼伊。 赫尔城：佐拉基斯；科伊尔（德拉梅 46），阿贾伊，伊根，门迪（赫林顿 59），贾尔斯；贝卢米（赵 83），斯莱特，森田（古尔纳-杜阿特 46），斯特劳德（米拉 59）；麦克伯尼。 全场最佳球员：康斯坦丁诺斯·佐拉基斯 裁判：J 史密斯

甜蜜射门 谢尔基在水晶宫客场梅开二度，像蜜蜂一样犀利

躲过恩佐的“苍蝇拍”后，谢尔基大放异彩

周五比赛 水晶宫 1 曼城 4

西蒙·巴伊科夫斯基（SIMON BAJKOWSKI）报道 拉扬·谢尔基（RAYAN CHERKI）在半场休息时曾担心自己会被换下，但最终他带领曼彻斯特城在水晶宫主场取得了胜利。

这位火辣的法国人已经在新任教练恩佐·马雷斯卡（Enzo Maresca）的带领下，产生了赢得更多胜利的动力。

谢尔基身着装饰有曼彻斯特蜜蜂图案的黑黄相间曼城球衣，他在塞尔赫斯特公园球场像蝴蝶一样轻盈舞动，随后在下半场迅速打入两球，给主队致命一击。

“蓝月亮”最终以 4-1 获胜，在英超联赛中取得了开局两场全胜的战绩。

马雷斯卡（见下图）此前透露，谢尔基上周在对阵伯恩茅斯的比赛中未能首发，对此感到非常不快——在那场比赛中，他替补登场贡献了两次助攻并扭转了战局。

但五天后，在对阵水晶宫的比赛中，由于谢尔基在前 45 分钟表现不佳，曼城教练本打算将这位前里昂球员换下。

谢尔基恳求留在场上并开始下半场的比赛——随后他用一场令人眼花缭乱的表现证明了自己的话。

“当我看到教练想换掉我时，我不开心，”这位 23 岁的球员说道。

“我能理解，因为我上半场踢得不好。我需要向他证明，我是来帮助球队的。”

“我说：‘恩佐，给我五分钟，我会向你证明。’就这么简单。因为事实确实如此，我上半场踢得不好。”

“但我们知道水晶宫防守非常好。他们封锁了我的内线空间。而对于约什科·格瓦迪奥尔（Josko Gvardiol）、尼科·奥赖利（Nico O'Reilly）、安托万·塞门约（Antoine Semenyo）和菲尔·福登（Phil Foden）来说，外线有很大的空间。”

“但当我在下半场获得更多自由度时，情况好多了。所以，这就像一场拳击赛——我们要观察并感受空间在哪里。”

在周二晚上转会窗口关闭之前，曼城还有很多工作要做，至少需要三名新球员。

帕尔梅iras的边锋艾伦（Allan）将是其中之一，切尔西的恩佐·费尔南德斯（Enzo Fernandez）预计也将加盟。

埃弗顿的伊利曼·恩迪亚耶（Iliman Ndiaye）和利物浦的科迪·加克波（Cody Gakpo）也是正在考虑的进攻选项。预计总支出可能超过 £4.5 亿，并打破单一转会窗口的英国纪录。

尽管在寻求补强，但在接替佩普·瓜迪奥拉（Pep Guardiola）之后，马雷斯卡的开局非常积极。

联赛首场比赛的胜利抹去了在社区盾杯中负于阿森纳的记忆，球员们非常喜欢与新教练共事。

谢尔基补充道：“我们热爱比赛。这就是曼彻斯特城的特质。”

“我们对此感到非常高兴。恩佐是一位非常、非常伟大的教练。”

“当我们训练时，我们能感觉到他学识渊博。这非常好。我们想与他一起工作，想与他一起赢球。”

马雷斯卡表示：“拉扬热爱足球，这使得与他共事变得简单得多。这就是他的本色。”

“我们知道他有多优秀，拥有怎样的素质，而此刻他正通过数据帮助球队，同时贡献助攻——毫无疑问，这将对球队的未来有所帮助。”

目标：塔米·亚伯拉罕 伊普斯维奇在追逐塔米

加里·奥尼尔（GARY O'NEIL）有信心签下塔米·亚伯拉罕（Tammy Abraham），使伊普斯维奇的夏季支出突破 £2 亿。

这位“小镇”球队的主帅准备让埃塞基尔·帕拉西奥斯（Exequiel Palacios）在今天对阵曼联的比赛中完成首秀，这位身价 1900 万英镑m 的阿根廷世界杯冠军球员成为了波特曼路球场最新的重量级签约。

奥尼尔认为，这位来自拜耳勒沃库森的 27 岁南美中场在周二截止日期前的到来不会是最后一个——而身价 3000 万英镑m 的阿斯顿维拉前锋亚伯拉罕有望成为夏季第 14 位签约球员，通过一项带有永久转会意向的租借协议加盟。

这位波特曼路球场的主帅表示：“希望我们还没有结束。我们仍在尝试达成一些交易，并努力提高球队的整体水平。”

受伤的四人组弗洛伦蒂诺·路易斯（小腿）、阿佐尔·马图西瓦（大腿）、杰克·泰勒（膝盖）和杰登·菲洛吉恩（脚踝）都将缺席在老特拉福德的比赛，此时“拖拉机男孩”们正寻求在首场比赛 2-1 击败桑德兰的成功基础上进一步突破。

帕拉西奥斯在过去两天里与他的新队友一起训练，很可能会在对阵迈克尔·卡里克率领的联队时在替补席待命。

奥尼尔并未排除让这位最新加盟球员首发的可能性，并补充道：“我相信你们周日会看到他的。”

中路

曼联通过三名新援聚焦中场...

曼联 对阵 伊普斯维奇 英超联赛 今日，KO 4.30pm，Sky Sports 播出

作者：泰隆·马歇尔。在去年重建进攻线之后，今年夏天成为了曼彻斯特联的中场之年。

在竞争对手们为中前卫挥霍九位数的时代，曼联在老特拉福德的“发动机房”中投入了 £1.55 亿，引入了三名新成员。

尽管在中场转会费的支出路线上与部分竞争对手有所不同，但曼联在重新调整主教练迈克尔·卡里克在中路的选择后，对其投资的审慎性充满信心。

由于卡塞米罗在今年夏天离队，以及曼努埃尔·乌加特因膝伤预计将缺席大部分赛季，中场引入三名新援在预料之中，而本周卡洛斯·巴莱巴以 7000 万英镑m 从布莱顿转会加盟，完成了这套阵容。

巴莱巴，22，紧随 29 岁的尤里·蒂莱曼斯（3500 万英镑m）和 22 岁的安德烈·桑托斯（5000 万英镑）之后进入老特拉福德的大门。

与曼城在埃利奥特·安德森身上花费的 1.16 亿英镑m、托特纳姆热刺为桑德罗·托纳利支付的 1 亿英镑m，以及热刺在马特乌斯·费尔南德斯身上豪掷的 8500 万英镑m 相比，这些费用看起来更为审慎。

留队者与离队者 科比·梅努（最左）在训练，而梅森·芒特（右）正在伤后恢复，曼努埃尔·乌加特（左二）同样受伤，而卡塞米罗已离开曼联前往美职联（MLS）

去年夏天采取了类似的方法，当时曼联在三名新前锋身上花费了 2.15 亿英镑m，而马特乌斯·库尼亚、布赖恩·姆贝乌莫和本杰明·塞斯科在老特拉福德的首个赛季都取得了成功。

现在轮到主帅卡里克来挖掘新援的潜力，他们将与科比·梅努和梅森·芒特竞争出场时间，而卡里克对他目前拥有的选择感到非常满意。

“我认为我们达到了一个非常好的平衡，”他说。“我们确实拥有年轻球员，而当我提到年轻时，是指伴随着丰富经验的年轻，而不是那种真正稚嫩的年轻，而是 22, 21。”

“考虑到我们目前的水平，这是一个非常好的年龄段，再加上尤里、梅森等人的经验来与之平衡。”

“我认为他们能提供不同的特质，显然，关键是在特定时间选择正确的平衡和正确的组合。”

“这是一个漫长的赛季，在度过最初几周的一场场比赛后，将进入更繁忙的赛程。我认为这是一个非常强大的中场，一个非常强大的整体，所以我对此感到满意。”

芒特此前似乎将成为该中场的核心部分，他与桑托斯形成了良好的搭档，并在季前赛的前几周表现出色。

但他在哥德堡对阵巴黎圣日耳曼的比赛中再次遭遇伤病挫折，导致势头受阻，并因轻伤缺席了过去三周。

他预计将在今天对阵伊普斯维奇的比赛中回归阵容，卡里克坚信这位 27 岁的球员在曼联仍有重要作用。

“毫无疑问，梅森能产生巨大的影响，”他补充道。“我认为他是一名顶尖球员，他的季前赛开始得很好，整个季前赛的表现尤其出色。”

“他缺席的时间并不长，所以他能很快进入状态。”

自 2023, 以 5500 万英镑m 的交易从切尔西加盟曼联以来，芒特至今已遭遇 11 次独立伤病，因身体状况问题缺席了 71 场比赛，但卡里克表示他具备能够摆脱挫折的性格。

这位曼联主帅表示：“他非常冷静。我认为他在性格上是一个顶尖的人，做事方式正确且意图良好，你知道的。”

“他是那种你可以建立良好关系和默契的人，对于这次轻微的碰撞，他感到很失望，但这不会影响他在接下来的赛季中迎接挑战。”

“我们对此非常乐观。”

现时议题：卡里克需要激发其 1.55 亿英镑m 三人组的最佳状态

预计阵容 曼联： 拉门斯、达洛特、马奎尔、 马丁内斯、肖、蒂莱曼斯、 桑托斯、姆比莫、费尔南德斯、 拉什福德、库尼亚 伊普斯维奇： 舍尔彭、奥谢、迪奥普、 格里夫斯、戴维斯、努涅斯、卢基奇、 克拉克、恩西索、前田大然、 埃默森 裁判： C·波森

巴莱巴加入计划 曼联以 7000 万英镑m 签下巴莱巴，完成了夏季的中场重建

想看到激情？试着问老板一些“懒惰”的问题

作者：泰隆·马歇尔 迈克尔·卡里克对上周在赫尔客场比赛中，其率领的曼联队被指缺乏激情的说法感到愤怒，并在今天与伊普斯维奇的对决前，将这一指控贴上了“懒惰”的标签。

卡里克在任期内的此前几次失利后都引发了反响，而他对本周在卡灵顿训练基地所见的情况感到满意。

但当被问及在亨伯赛德（Humberside）的比赛中是否展现了足够的领导力时，这位曼联主帅表示：“这只是一场比赛。我们的更衣室里有足够的领导力，这将贯穿整个赛季。”

“仅仅因为我们输了一场比赛，并不意味着就得用‘领导力’或者在赛后对我抛出‘激情’这类词汇，并非如此。像我们那样输掉两次定位球，就会改变比赛。”

“球队会输球，原因各异。”

“我不需要向你们解释全部原因，因为我们知道自己试图改进什么。”

“但我只是想告诉你们，我认为只要球队输了一场比赛，就简单且懒惰地认为一切都出错了。”

“就像是，‘这里错了，那里错了，不够努力，缺乏激情’。这只是一个显而易见的答案。”

曼联上周末在对阵赫尔的比赛中表现被动，似乎难以匹配主队的强度。

卡里克表示，他和教练组本周进行了深入分析以了解出错原因，但他们显然拒绝陷入恐慌。

他补充道：“我们可能也曾以这种方式踢球并赢球，而每个人都会说，‘多么伟大的球队，多么伟大的教练，多么伟大的球员群’，只要我们找到了以 1-0 赢球的方法。”

“所以，从我的角度来看，当你分析它时，这与感觉无关。我们必须深入挖掘并理解细节。”

“当我们赢得某些比赛时，不要过于兴奋，因为我们知道那并不完美。而有时当我们输球时，我们知道需要改进的地方。”

曼联在今年夏天之初曾考虑任命一名定位球专项教练——且在赫尔客场两次因定位球丢球——但卡里克声称这并不在计划之内，且他对目前的教练组配置感到满意。

布鲁诺拒绝前往沙特

迈克尔·哈姆（MICHAEL HAM）独家报道 布鲁诺·费尔南德斯（BRUNO FERNANDES）再次否认将前往沙特阿拉伯，展现了他对曼彻斯特联队的忠诚。

据《星期日快报》获悉，这位联队队长（见上图）在今年夏天的世界杯期间，拒绝了来自沙特职业联赛的再次接触。

据信，对方提供的薪资极其惊人，为四年期每周 £640k 的免税薪水——总计高达 £1.33 亿。

这与 31 岁的费尔南德斯去年拒绝来自阿尔希拉尔（Al Hilal）的巨额薪水相当。

这一次，报价来自沙特联赛官方，他们本打算将其安置在其中一家领先俱乐部，以继续提升该国足球运动的知名度。

费尔南德斯在英超联赛中的地位达到了前所未有的高度。

继 5 月被评为 FWA 年度最佳球员后，他上周还获得了 PFA 年度最佳球员的殊荣。

据了解，他对联队的近期前景感到乐观，因为俱乐部在本赛季重返了欧冠联赛。

这位葡萄牙中场在今天对阵伊普斯维奇的老特拉福德比赛前，与联队的合同还剩一年，但俱乐部拥有延长 12 个月的选项。

21 岁的北爱尔兰国际中场杰米·唐利（Jamie Donley）已从托特纳姆热刺租借加盟卢顿，租期为整个赛季。

阿姆斯特朗的报价令莫耶斯担忧

乔·托马斯（JOE THOMAS）报道

在诺丁汉森林队尝试签下哈里森·阿姆斯特朗（Harrison Armstrong）后，埃弗顿的高层将面临一项重大考验。

这名青少年球员正面临森林队发起的 4000 万英镑m 报价。

此次转会发生在转会窗口关闭前仅剩几天之际，且埃弗顿已经准备好为留住关键球员伊利曼·恩迪亚耶（Iliman Ndiaye）而战。

昨天，“太妃糖”球迷威胁称，如果俱乐部出售阿姆斯特朗，他们将发起骚乱。在 1-1 平局对阵伯恩茅斯的比赛中，当被问及是否想对那些唱着“如果卖掉阿姆斯特朗，俱乐部将面临骚乱”的球迷说些什么时，“太妃糖”主帅大卫·莫耶斯（David Moyes）回答道：“如果我要对他们说些什么，那就是他们的主教练是一个埃弗顿拥趸。你必须始终考虑支持者。支持者并不总是错的。”

“但有时俱乐部里会有像菲利普·卡特（Phillip Carter）这样权力很大且会做出艰难决定的人。这些决定并不总是受欢迎，但有时必须做出。这是俱乐部的决定。”

桑德兰的一项针对 27 岁的托特纳姆热刺后卫凯文·丹索（Kevin Danso）的租借报价被拒绝。

阿森纳签下了 19 岁的曼彻斯特联青训进攻球员詹姆斯·斯坎隆（James Scanlon）。

势不可挡的莫·图雷及其双倍火力

诺维奇在经历了一个缓慢的开局后，终于在 4-1 击败伯恩利的比赛中点燃了他们的赛季征程。

“金丝雀”在开场前五分钟内攻入两球后便掌控了局面，莫·图雷（Mo Toure）和新援安德烈·布鲁克斯（Andre Brooks）各入两球。

打入安慰球的乔什·劳伦特（Josh Laurent）在比赛后期因第二次染黄而被罚下。

卡兰·格兰特（Karlan Grant）在以自由身重新加盟查尔顿后打入首球，确保了这支南伦敦球队 [...OMITTED...]

狼队在落后的情况下 4-1 击败斯托克城，延续了赛季开局的不败纪录。

在连续 3 场平局后，依然未能取得胜利。

萨姆·加拉格尔（Sam Gallagher）在第 2 分钟打入的一记惊艳进球，让“陶工”在莫利纽球场取得了完美的开局。

但罗德里戈·戈麦斯（Rodrigo Gomes）在 3 分钟内攻入两球，彻底扭转了战局。

在击败普雷斯顿后，成为了该级别联赛中唯一一支仍保持 100% 胜率的球队。

劳尔·希门尼斯（见下图）通过点球将比分扩大为 3-1，随后替补登场的乔丹·詹姆斯（Jordan James）在主场首秀中破门。

努诺·埃斯皮里托·桑托仍在等待西汉姆联在冠军联赛中的首场胜利，此前他们与沃特福德打成 1-1 平局，比赛过程十分艰苦。

卡迪夫和谢菲尔德联都 [...OMITTED...]

“锤子军团”在阿明·纳比扎达（Amin Nabizada）的一记精彩进球后陷入落后，随后需要依靠一个极其罕见的扳平球才勉强拿到一分。

赛尔·拉林（见上图）证明了为什么南安普顿主帅汤达·埃克特（Tonda Eckert）将他视为冠军联赛中最好的前锋。

马克·赛克斯（Mark Sykes）曾早早为“狮子”取得领先，但拉林的梅开二度——加上芬·阿扎兹（Finn Azaz）的补射、利奥·西恩扎（Leo Scienza）的点球以及汤姆·费洛斯（Tom Fellows）为圣徒打入的首球——将客队彻底击溃。

他的两粒进球粉碎了米尔沃尔完美的赛季开局。

在 QPR 从落后局面反超并在布莱克本抢分后，吉米·邓恩（JIMMY DUNNE）用一记强有力的头球锁定了胜利。

在势均力敌的上半场之后，流浪者队在第 49 分钟通过森下亮也（Ryoya Morishita）的一记精彩凌空抽射取得领先，但客队在 2 分钟内由保罗·史密斯（Paul Smyth）还击，随后邓恩打入绝杀球。

本·豪斯（Ben House）在第 66 分钟打入绝杀球，帮助林肯获得对阵博尔顿的胜利。

约瑟夫·奥波库（Joseph Opoku）、严智圣（Eom Ji-sung）以及罗纳德（Ronald）在比赛末段的进球，确保了斯旺西 3-0 击败德比郡。

在米德尔斯堡 3-1 击败西布罗姆维奇的比赛中，威尔·兰克希尔（Will Lankshear）在五场比赛中打入了六个球。

洛伦特·托拉伊（Lorent Tolaj）在布里斯托城于阿什顿门球场 2-1 击败朴茨茅斯的比赛中，打入了其个人首个精彩进球。

非永久之选：马丁内斯上位，桑切斯面临被裁

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作者：鲍比·文森特（BOBBY VINCENT）

周四晚上，当罗伯特·桑切斯（Robert Sanchez）在斯坦福桥球场进行热身时，切尔西的支持者们可能已经通过手机收到了消息：俱乐部已达成一项 £750 万 的交易，签下阿斯顿维拉门将埃米利亚诺·马丁内斯（Emiliano Martinez）。

桑切斯当时正与迈克·彭德斯（Mike Penders）一起准备，后者在卡拉宝杯击败卢顿的比赛中替代了他。

现在，33, 岁的阿根廷球星马丁内斯（见下文）即将签署一份为期两年的合同——并附带延长 12 个月的选项——此前其代表人员向俱乐部提出了报价。在桑切斯于切尔西的英超揭幕战对阵富勒姆表现不佳之后，马丁内斯阵营此举时机把握得极其精准。

夏季之前的所有传闻都表明，哈比·阿隆索（Xabi Alonso）将在转会市场获得支持，而事实确实如此。

这位切尔西新帅审视了桑切斯——对这位门将而言不幸的是，周一晚上在克拉文农场球场 3-2 获胜的比赛中，他出现了相当一段时间以来的最差表现——随后阿隆索做出了一个冷酷的决定。

在过去的一年里，这位 28 岁的前布莱顿门将曾有进步的迹象，但他显然是切尔西阵容中的薄弱环节。

在新赛季仅进行两场比赛后，他在斯坦福桥的整个前途已陷入危机。

然而，考虑到转会窗口将于周二关闭，切尔西在迅速将其出售方面将面临困难。俱乐部通常不会将门将交易拖到这么晚。

事实上，切尔西的消息人士整个夏天一直坚称，俱乐部并没有在寻找新的门将。

原计划是让桑切斯作为 1 号门将开始赛季，而 21, 岁的彭德斯则在赛季推进过程中竞争该位置。

然而，看来桑切斯一直处于危险边缘，而当马丁内斯这样级别的球员以在当今金钱环境下被视为相对低廉的价格出现时，这种危险变成了现实。

桑切斯在切尔西门前有多次低级失误的历史，此前已被阿隆索的三任前任主帅弃用。

马丁内斯作为一名在英格兰顶级联赛拥有丰富经验的世界杯冠军，无疑是一次精明的交易，因为切尔西正寻求引进更多具有强大心理素质的经验丰富球员，以创造一种全新的、更成功的文化。

这位阿根廷人热衷于激怒来自全球各地的对手支持者——但

他看起来正是这支切尔西球队所需要的。

托比的前景大好

是托比（Tobi）还是不是托比？这是布莱顿新援普罗米斯·戴维（Promise David）面临的问题。

这位来自比利时球队 Union SG 的海鸥军团新成员，将代表法比安·许尔策勒（Fabian Hurzeler）的球队在切尔西完成首秀。

加拿大前锋戴维填补了丹尼·韦尔贝克（Danny Welbeck）夏季转会斯坦福桥后留下的空白。

戴维告诉队友，他更喜欢用中间名 Oluwatobi 的缩写来称呼。

“普罗米斯喜欢被叫作托比，”布莱顿的德国主帅透露，“他是一名出色的球员，性格极佳，是今天的一个选项。”

预计阵容 切尔西： 彭德斯, 弗法纳, 拉克鲁瓦, 阿切姆蓬, 古斯托, 凯塞多, 詹姆斯, 查瓦里亚, 帕尔默, 罗杰斯, 若昂·佩德罗 布莱顿： 费尔布鲁根, 维费尔, 夫斯科维奇, 邓克, 博斯卡利, 格罗斯, 阿亚里, 戈麦斯, 奥赖利, 德 库伊佩尔, 拉特尔 裁判：M·奥利弗

ROEFS：首个 黑猫 赛季 如此完美

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作者：杰森·梅勒（JASON MELLOR） 罗宾·罗夫斯（ROBIN ROEFS）认为 桑德兰正朝着正确的方向前进，以让俱乐部 回到它应有的位置。

这位“黑猫”的荷兰门将承认，他在威 seaside（Wearside）的首个赛季 几乎不可能比现在更好。雷吉斯·勒布里斯（Regis Le Bris）的球队令那些将他们视为保级绝望者的评论员们大跌眼镜，他们以惊人的第七名完赛，确保了一个欧联杯席位，这将使他们能与 AC 米兰和安德莱赫特等球队同场竞技。

Roefs（左）今年夏天是荷兰世界杯代表队的一员，并以签署一份合同为难忘的 12 个月画上了圆满句号

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B-1

杯赛之争 詹姆斯·贾斯汀在周中的比赛中为丹尼尔·法尔克执教的第 150 场比赛建功

这将是一场硬仗

法尔克预测对阵安德鲁斯的比赛将充满挑战

利兹联 v 布伦特福德 ▶ 英超联赛，埃兰路球场，今日，下午2点开球，Sky Sports播出

作者：艾萨克·约翰逊

在周二击败诺丁汉森林的联赛杯比赛中，丹尼尔·法尔克迎来了执教利兹联的第150场比赛。他深知，他的第151场比赛将是“最复杂的”。

“白衣军团”今天将在主场开启他们的赛季征程，对手是由基思·安德鲁斯（右）执教的布伦特福德队，后者在本赛季的前两场比赛中已攻入9球。

如果算上季前友谊赛，这一数字将增加到惊人的4场比赛20球。

“目前，他们就像一台不可阻挡的推土机，”法尔克在评价“蜜蜂军团”时说道。

“我们需要发挥出最佳水平，因为在过去几周里，没有其他球队能够找到阻止他们进球和赢球的方案。”

不过，利兹联持有某种低调的自信。在过去一周的四天内，他们在诺丁汉森林的主场两次将其击败——首先是凭借安东·斯塔赫在第88分钟的任意球以1-0赢得了英超揭幕战，随后又是周中联赛杯2-0的胜利。

埃兰路球场笼罩在乐观氛围之中，今天球场将恢复满员状态，此前由于体育场扩建工程，西看台在季前赛期间一直关闭。法尔克现在希望在转会截止日之前扩充他的阵容。目前已完成的交易包括以俱乐部纪录的£4000 万引进的詹姆斯·特拉福德，以及3400 万英镑m的后卫塔里克·穆哈雷莫维奇。

但这位主帅指出，几乎所有的新援——包括中后卫尼科·埃尔韦迪和即将加盟的替补门将迈克尔·泽特勒——都是为了替换离队球员而进行的升级。

法尔克（右）表示目前的球队“情绪良好且处于有利位置”，他说道：“我很满意目前的转会窗口——所有签约都非常精准。”

“但我们也失去了一些在上赛季对我们非常重要的顶尖球员。在接下来的几天里，保持警觉并观察是否能进一步提升阵容，这很重要，也是我们的责任。”

在光明球场寻求三连胜。

续约合同将使他留在桑德兰直到2031年。

这位23岁的球员希望在今天“黑猫”主场迎战富勒姆时，能够保持本赛季的首次零封。

他表示：“在过去的一年里，我真的无法奢求更好的结果了。在来到这里的第一个赛季就进入欧联杯真的太神奇了。我刚来时接到的指令是将桑德兰带回他们应有的位置，我认为我们正在实现这一目标。”

“在来这里之前我就听说了球迷的情况，我知道他们是英格兰最顶尖的球迷之一——从第一刻起，他们就变得越来越

可能的阵容 桑德兰： Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, O'Nien, Reinildo, Sadiki, Xhaka, Hume, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey 富勒姆： Leno, Castagne, Cuenca, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Iwobi Bobb, King, Palacios, Garcia 裁判：M Salisbury

桑德兰和富勒姆在首场比赛失利后，都希望在接下来的比赛中反弹。

阿尔瓦罗·阿尔贝罗亚回忆起他在利物浦球员时代客队所面对的令人生畏的氛围，这位富勒姆主帅表示：“我预计会感受到与我多年前比赛时相同的氛围。”

“当你客场作战时，由于氛围的影响，总是很困难。”

“绝佳七球”击溃布罗姆利

谢菲尔德星期三在的一场激烈的英甲对决中以 7-2 大胜布罗姆利。

卡勒姆·斯拉特里率先破门，梅森·伯斯托在半小时后从禁区边缘射门打入第二球。

贾马尔·洛在半场结束前不久得分，路易·巴里在下半场开局的四分钟内梅开二度，随后洛打入他的第二球。

加布里埃尔·奥特格巴约在比赛后期参与其中，随后布罗姆利展开了一些反击。

替补登场的维克多·阿德博耶乔通过点球击败了乔·卢姆利，随后奥特格巴约打入一个乌龙球。

布莱克浦 4-0 击败彼得伯勒，乔丹·威廉姆斯（图上）率先破门；而排名第二的哈德斯菲尔德在客场 2-1 逆转剑桥，紧咬比分。

斯托克波特 5-1 大胜怀科姆，巴恩斯利 3-1 击败莱顿东方；诺茨郡在下半场奋起直追，以 2-1 战胜伯顿，普利茅斯 2-0 击败布拉德福德。

史蒂夫尼奇 2-2 平局多卡斯特，而米尔顿凯恩斯顿与莱斯特则互交白卷。

在英乙联赛中，

格里姆斯比对阵弗利特伍德以及纽波特对阵特兰米尔均以 2-2 战平；奥尔德姆 3-0 击败斯温顿，罗瑟勒姆凭借保罗·马林（插图）在比赛末段的进球 2-1 击败切斯特菲尔德，索尔福德在客场 0-1 不敌什鲁斯伯里，约克 2-1 击败埃克塞特。卡邦戈·奇曼加（下图）的一粒点球帮助巴尼特 2-2 平局切尔滕汉，而沃尔索尔 3-2 击败阿克灵顿。

波特韦尔对阵克鲁以 0-0 战平，科尔切斯特 1-0 击败罗奇代尔，布里斯托尔流浪者在客场 2-0 战胜克劳利，吉林汉姆 1-1 平局北安普顿。

鸟志在盾牌决战中展翅高飞

周五比赛 圣海伦斯 6 利兹 34

杰克·鸟在周五帮助利兹大胜圣海伦斯后，将即将到来的与威根争夺联赛领导者盾杯（League Leaders' Shield）的决战形容为“生死之战”。

犀牛队（利兹）攻入六个达阵，从战士队（威根）手中夺回了 Betfred 超级联赛的榜首位置。

两队目前积分相同，均为 40 分，将于本周六在海丁利球场进行倒数第二轮的交锋。

凭借巨大的净分优势，利兹只要获胜即可实际上锁定奖杯，并获得季后赛的最高种子排名。

鸟（右）表示：“这将是一场对阵威根的重大比赛。这几乎就是生死之战。如果我们赢了，我们就获得联赛盾杯。如果我们输了，我们就得在最后几场比赛中苦苦等待。”

犀牛队在圣海伦斯占据主导地位。克里斯·汉金森为布拉德·亚瑟率领的客队早早取得领先，随后卡梅伦·史密斯和哈里·纽曼在半场结束前迅速连续攻入两个达阵，使他们完全掌控局面。

随后由瑞安·霍尔、阿什·汉德利和布罗迪·克罗夫特完成的达阵确保了一场完胜，而极具影响力的杰克·康纳完成了五次附加分踢球。

关于与战士队的关键对决，主帅亚瑟表示：“这很令人兴奋，太棒了。我们非常努力，非常努力，这就是我们一直等待的时刻——重大场合，主场，18-19,000 名球迷。”

“我们必须努力工作，去面对一支长期处于顶峰的非常优秀的球队。”

哈德斯菲尔德 30 利（Leigh） 18 周五比赛

教练吉姆·莱尼汉赞扬了哈德斯菲尔德“非常令人满意”的胜利。科尔·盖尔两次得分，巨人队攻入五个达阵，在过去六场比赛中取得第五场胜利，延续了复苏势头。“这非常令人满意，”莱尼汉说，“我们确实讨论过尝试击败一支前六名的球队。”

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乔治热爱赢得一场“诡异的比赛”

Hull 14 Warrington 16

乔治·威廉姆斯（GEORGE WILLIAMS）激励着沃灵顿队（Warrington）取得了连续第六场胜利——但在最后一节的四分钟戏剧性时间内，他们在领先14分的情况下险些失手，最终必须在极大的压力下稳住阵脚。

排名第三的“狼队”目前落后于排名榜首两位的利兹队（Leeds）和威根队（Wigan）2分（这两支球队将于下周交手），在进入季后赛前还剩两场比赛。

在威廉姆斯（见上图）掌控全局的情况下，里昂·海耶斯（Leon Hayes）、马蒂·阿什顿（Matty Ashton）和乔什·休利斯（Josh Thewlis）的达阵帮助沃灵顿队在第64分钟取得了 16-2 的领先优势。

但前英格兰边锋汤姆·布里斯科（Tom Briscoe）——他本周宣布将在年底退役——扭转了局面。

首先，他的卸球为伊森·奥尼尔（Ethan O'Neil）创造了一次达阵机会。随后在下一组进攻中，他冲破防线完成达阵，艾丹·塞泽（Aidan Sezer）将这两次达阵全部转化为得分。

威廉姆斯表示：“那是一场诡异的比赛。我喜欢这种坚韧感——赫尔FC（Hull FC）值得称赞。”

Wakefield 28 York 12

韦克菲尔德队（WAKEFIELD）终结了三连败，进一步巩固了其季后赛席位。这支排名第四的球队在下半场中期一度战成 12-12 平手。但杰登·迈尔斯（Jayden Myers）和马克斯·乔维特（Max Jowitt，同时踢进四个球）在比赛后期的达阵为他们争取到了喘息空间，随后拉克兰·沃尔姆斯利（Lachlan Walmsley）为这场胜利画上了圆满句号。

法律与

飒爽的丹驱散了勋爵之地的阴云

在阴雨绵绵的勋爵之地（Lord's），英国夏季的热浪已成为遥远的回忆

劳伦斯在争取测试赛席位时展现聪明才智

丹·劳伦斯（DAN LAWRENCE）昨天在勋爵板球场（Lord's）敢于“冒险”，并在争取获得常规测试赛席位的努力中大获全胜。

这位萨里郡（Surrey）球星在困难的球场上且在阵雨之间打出了出色的不败 50 分，使英格兰队完全掌控了第二场测试赛。

在帮助球队在这一天气干扰之日达到 177-7 且领先 357 分后，这位被选中接替全能球员本·斯托克斯（Ben Stokes）的人承认：“场上情况很棘手。我知道我生存的最佳机会就是采取进攻，所以我冒险尝试了几次，并且成功了。”

“我们讨论过在这种场地上我们可以如何聪明地比赛，以及如何打得比对方更好。这里不像击球手希望的那样平坦，但我们必须尽可能地利用它。”

“今天来到球场时，我们认为不会进行太多的板球比赛。但最终我们处于强势地位。我们的四名投球手状态都非常出色。”

劳伦斯，29, 在斯托克斯退出测试赛领域后，出人意料地被重新召回本系列赛的阵容。

他的目标是今天打造一个高分局，并补充道：“我非常渴望在英格兰测试赛球衣中确立自己的地位。在我的职业生涯中，到目前为止还没有做到这一点。关键在于不要紧张，打出我在萨里郡那样风格的板球。我带着不同的心态进入这个系列赛。”

作者：加里·菲茨杰拉德（GARY FITZGERALD）

正是丹·劳伦斯挺身而出，驯服了勋爵板球场那个难以捉摸且凶猛的球道，让占据主导地位的英格兰队在第二场测试赛中保持绝对控制。

这位萨里郡球星还必须摆脱多次雨停带来的挫败感和干扰，在这个著名的古老球场上不断地击出边界球。

他大胆且好战的不败半个世纪（50分）帮助英格兰队在第三天结束时以 177-7, 并在进入第四天前累积了 357 分的巨大优势。

英格兰球迷可能仍在为英雄本·斯托克斯的缺席而哀悼。但劳伦斯，29, 证明了为什么他被选中来填补这位前队长留下的巨大空白，后者在今年夏天出人意料的情况下退出了测试赛。

就像斯托克斯过去在代表国家参加的许多重大场合中所做的那样，劳伦斯采取了强硬的态度。

在球道导致球向左右和上下剧烈移动的情况下，他决定以刚克刚。

而且，在英格兰队渴望摆脱被解雇的测试赛教练布伦登·麦卡洛姆（Brendon McCullum）的影响之际，他决定采取近乎“Bazball”风格的打法，这确保了他的球队加强了掌控力。

劳伦斯在 66 个球中奋战打出不败的 50 分（包括两个六分球），这使得英格兰队在进入最后两天时被充分预期将完成胜利——并赢得这个三场比赛的系列赛。

乔·鲁特（Joe Root）率领的球队将在今早恢复比赛，他们 believe 在有利于投球手的球道和天气条件下，他们可以轻松击败苦苦挣扎的对手。

降雨导致比赛断断续续，开球时间被推迟。

全天仅完成了 24.5 个回合的投球，英格兰队在昨晚 81-3 的基础上增加了 96 分。

当周围其他人承诺很多却最终失败时，劳伦斯凭借技巧和机智的表现交出了答卷。

雨水将比赛推迟到了下午 2.20pm，而观众的耐心得到了这位全能旋转球手的回报，他与哈里·布鲁克（Harry Brook）一起，用一些巨大的

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田径 伦敦获顶级关注

ATHLOS 创始人亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安（Alexis Ohanian）在取消了原计划在纽约举行的第三届赛事后，向组织者承诺，这场全女性田径赛将“全力投入伦敦”。

基利·霍奇金森（Keely Hodgkinson，左）和乔治亚·亨特·贝尔（Georgia Hunter Bell）是已报名参加首届伦敦赛的运动员。

奥哈尼安在 X 平台上直接向运动员解释称，根据他们的反馈，决定 10 月在纽约举行赛事对于要求运动员处于巅峰状态来说“有些过分”。

伦敦站和世界田径终极锦标赛均在 9 月举行。

Reddit 创始人奥哈尼安表示：“我们全力投入伦敦，将加倍努力让伦敦站成为一场精彩的盛会。”

运气好坏 凯蒂·博尔特曾注意到大麻味，上方为亚瑟·费里

球迷热爱草地赛季 但英国选手的嗅觉却在受考验

安迪·西姆斯发自约克 英国的美国网球公开赛希望之星们原以为在温网结束后，他们已经将草地赛季抛在脑后——但法拉盛公园周围却弥漫着这种气息。

大麻在纽约对成年人合法，虽然场内禁止吸烟，但来自附近科罗纳公园的大麻香味仍飘向部分室外球场。

英国 No.1 Katie Boulter 表示：“是的，我经历过。我并不太喜欢。我知道很多球员在某些特定球场上抱怨过。”

“我之前在其中一个球场打过球，比赛期间确实闻到了。这是我不希望在比赛中途闻到的味道。”

“我试图集中注意力，而显然，这会让你分心，你真的不希望这样。你不需要干扰。”

英国 No.3 Fran Jones 回忆道：“去年我在第一轮时开过这个玩笑，我问那个工作人员：‘这正常吗？’。”

“他说：‘是的’。于是我想：‘难怪我打得这么好’。今年我会对自己说：‘不，集中注意力，集中注意力！’。”

与琼斯一起通过资格赛晋级的哈丽雅特·达特（Harriet Dart）补充道：“这是纽约。我觉得无论走到哪里，到处都是这种味道，不是吗？事实就是这样。对每个人都一样。”

美国网球协会（USTA）表示：“虽然我们无法控制美国网球协会比莉·简·金国家网球中心场外发生的事情，但我们在维持秩序的同时将继续保持警惕。”

共有 9 位英国选手进入美网正赛，其中包括在温网进入四强的亚瑟·费里（Arthur Fery）。

世界第一詹尼克·辛纳（Jannik Sinner）因膝伤退出，但卫冕冠军卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯（Carlos Alcaraz）正从手腕伤势中恢复回归。此外，塞雷娜·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams）将在离开网坛四年后在此回归，其姐姐维纳斯（Venus）将参加双打。

一级方程式赛车：英国车手获得巨额报酬

我绝不会离开

冠军兰多签署1.2 亿英镑m迈凯伦合同

作者：菲利普·邓肯（PHILIP DUNCAN）

兰多·诺里斯（LANDO NORRIS）签署了一份新的£1.2 亿迈凯伦合同，这将使他至少在2030赛季结束前留在该英国车队。

诺里斯的这份四年续约合同每赛季价值最高可达3000 万英镑m，使这位世界冠军成为该项运动中收入最高的人员之一，仅次于刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）和马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）。

对于26,岁的诺里斯来说，这是公正的回报。上赛季，他为迈凯伦带来了自2008年汉密尔顿为其夺冠以来的首个车手冠军头衔。

在他上周末的荷兰大奖赛中连续第二次获胜、提升了卫冕世界冠军希望的六天后，这份新合同得到了确认。

据了解，汉密尔顿和维斯塔潘（后者在本月早些时候同意了一份数额巨大的红牛续约合同）每年的收入均超过6000 万英镑m。

诺里斯表示：“我觉得我的收入应该和他们一样多，但（这份合同）确实还没有达到刘易斯或马克斯的水平。”

“在某种程度上，它不应该达到那个水平，因为我在职业生涯中的成就还没有他们多。但从另一方面来看，我认为它应该是那个水平，因为我相信只要需要，我就能与他们抗衡，并且在需要时能做得更好。”

诺里斯的续约将使他在迈凯伦效力至少达到12个赛季，他在年仅17岁时就签署了该队的青年计划。

尽管诺里斯承认有竞争对手车队的兴趣，但这位已经为迈凯伦参加比赛场次超过其历史上任何车手的英国人并没有离开的意愿。

他补充道：“其他车队有兴趣，但我（对我自己）对其他车队没有兴趣。”

“这真的是我迄今为止职业生涯中最容易做出的决定。”

留队的动力 诺里斯表示这是一个简单的决定

轮到你了，乔治

作者：丹尼尔·莫克森（DANIEL MOXON） 乔治·罗素（GEORGE RUSSELL）将在下周末前往蒙扎，参加一场对他争取世界冠军至关重要的比赛。

罗素（右）目前落后于基米·安东内利（Kimi Antonelli）59分，但这位意大利人需要使用超出年度配额的新发动机部件——而蒙扎被认为是承担由此产生的处罚的最佳地点。

由于安东内利将从最后一名起跑，这为罗素提供了一个巨大的机会。

丙宇强势回归

斯诺克

常丙宇在压力下保持冷静，以10-7击败中国同胞赵心童，在武汉公开赛中赢得了他的首个斯诺克排名赛冠军。

这位24岁（上图）的选手在彩球阶段完成了一次精彩的清台，击败了新晋的世界第一。

常丙宇在半决赛击败了罗尼·奥沙利文（Ronnie O'Sullivan），他在决赛中从4-3落后开始，连续拿下4个局，掌控了比赛局面。

他在因操纵比赛被禁赛两年后，于2025年重返巡回赛。

波加查因车祸退出

自行车

五届环法冠军及夺冠热门塔代伊·波加查（Tadej Pogacar）在比赛第八赛段发生车祸后退出了西班牙环赛（Spanish Vuelta）。

这位斯洛文尼亚人（右）在比赛中拥有巨大领先优势，但在距离终点约33公里处卷入了一场车祸。

他失去控制，飞过了车把，头部和肩膀受到撞击。

赛事组织者确认他已退出比赛。来自Cofidis车队的布莱恩·科夸尔（Bryan Coquard）夺得该赛段冠军，紧随其后的是马兹·佩德森（Mads Pedersen），后者接替波加查穿上了领骑衫。

雷（Ray）枪瞄准三场胜利

超级摩托车赛

在卡德韦尔公园（Cadwell Park）举行的银行假期英国超级摩托车锦标赛周末强势开局后，布拉德·雷（BRAD RAY）已将胜利锁定在视野之中。

这位 McAMS Yamaha 车手（上图）在昨天的自由练习赛中名列榜首，包括一个 1分 25.674秒 的最佳单圈成绩 - 就在雨势袭来之前。

他表示：“我们期待在本周末的所有三场比赛中都能处于竞争前列。”

积分领先者凯尔·赖德（Kyle Ryde）速度位列第二，落后于雷 0.440秒，而瑞安·维克尔斯（Ryan Vickers）以第三名结束了当天比赛。

科尔贝的强力启动

橄榄球联盟

在“最强宿敌”系列赛中，南非队表现激昂，在开普敦以 33-26 击败全黑队（All Blacks），成功反击新西兰队。

继上周在约翰内斯堡 33-16 败北后，这支连续两届世界冠军球队将这次四场测试赛的系列赛比分扳平，目前还剩两场比赛。

西亚·科利西（Siya Kolisi）（上图）为东道主贡献了三个达阵之一，但由于全黑队达阵四次，南非队在很大程度上要归功于切斯林·科尔贝（Cheslin Kolbe），他踢进了三个附加分和四个罚球。

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1< / td><>(10)< / ><>265620< / ><>FERROUS (29) (C,D) J Channon 6 9-12....C Rodriguez< / ><>103< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(14)< / ><>104303< / ><>FANDOM (22) (D) R Hannon 5 9-10....J Leavy< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(13)< / ><>746304< / ><>ARDISIA (28) (C&D) (T) H Palmer 3 9-9....O Murphy< / ><>99< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(5)< / ><>5-56310< / ><>TOYOTOMI (71) (C&D,F) (T) D O'Meara 5 9-7. D Tudhope< / ><>102< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(3)< / ><>71-3395< / ><>LAKERS (135) (D) K P De Foy 4 9-7....David Egan< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(8)< / ><>770020< / ><>FAST TRACK HARRY (15) (D,F) C Cox 4 9-7B Loughnane< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(2)< / ><>10-6090< / ><>FLASH HARRY (8) (C&D) C Cox 4 9-7....Rossa Ryan< / ><>100< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(9)< / ><>40-4458< / ><>PUROSANGUE (29) (D) R Cowell 5 9-6....K Shoemark< / ><>105< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(7)< / ><>6-30398< / ><>HAVANA HURRICANE (22) (C) E J-Houghton 3 9-5℃ Bishop< / ><>101< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(6)< / ><>107421< / ><>STRIKE RED (44) (DO) (T) R & P Fahey 8 9-4. B Garritty< / ><>102< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(15)< / ><>299228< / ><>RAPPER'S DELIGHT (33) R Spencer 4 9-2....G Wood< / ><>104< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(12)< / ><>10-0514< / ><>JUNGLE DRUMS (31) (D) J Osborne 4 9-2....W Carver< / ><>102< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(4)< / ><>0-32220< / ><>SUDDEN FLIGHT (20) (D) R Hughes 4 9-0....F Marsh< / ><>106< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(11)< / ><>21-30L9< / ><>ZOULU CHIEF (8) (D) H Main 5 8-12....L Morris ★107< / ><>< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(1)< / ><>071790< / ><>PUREST TIME (20) (D) I Williams 6 8-10....D Probert< / ><>105< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">预测：11-2 Fast Track Harry, 6 Rapper's Delight, 15-2 Flash Harry, Fandom, 8 Purosangue, 10 Lakers, Ardisia, Toyotomi, Strike Red, Ferrous, 14 其他。< / >< / table>

310 VIRGIN BET 威望雌马锦标赛 2岁马

<><>1< / ><>(9)< / ><>131< / ><>APEROLL (38) (D,F) R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs< / ><>101< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(5)< / ><>31< / ><>APOLLO'S COMET (73) (D) J Harrington (IRE) 9-2...B Loughnane< / ><>86< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(7)< / ><>212< / ><>BAYSIDE VIEW (38) (D,F) M Bell 9-2....O Murphy< / ><>100< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(4)< / ><>1< / ><>COAXED (18) (D) J & T Gosden 9-2....W Buick< / ><>86< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>33113< / ><>EABHA (15) (D) E J-Houghton 9-2....C Bishop< / ><>93< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(10)< / ><>133< / ><>LIGHT OF DAWN (28) (F) (T) K R Burke 9-2....C Lee ★106< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>413< / ><>MARTINET (22) (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....DOUBTFUL< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(3)< / ><>142< / ><>NUIT D'ECLAIR (22) K P De Foy 9-2....David Egan< / ><>103< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(2)< / ><>11< / ><>REDLINE (55) (D) (T) C Johnston 9-2....Rossa Ryan< / ><>87< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(8)< / ><>41< / ><>SIENA STORM (17) E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark< / ><>87< / >< / ><>< colspan="3">预测：10-3< / >< colspan="2">Aparoll, 7-3; Bayside View, 5 Light Of Dawn. Nuit D'clair, 11-2< / >< / table>

345 VIRGIN BET 每日额外名额 销售股票

1< / td><>(2)< / ><>703471< / ><>ECHALAR (15) I Williams 4 9-13....B Loughnane< / ><>79< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>26-8321< / ><>GLORYOUS (4) J Osborne 4 9-8....W Carson< / ><>★89< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(6)< / ><>9-5150< / ><>LORCA'S WALTZ (20) W Haggas 3 9-5....C Fallon< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8)< / ><>1-982L7< / ><>OHARA (22) E J-Houghton 3 9-5....O Carmichael(7)< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(7)< / ><>232012< / ><>SUDBURY HILL (17) (F) Harry Derham 3 9-5....C Rodriguez< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(5)< / ><>4-47316< / ><>UNCHARTEDTERRITORY (22) (T) D O'Meara 3 9-5....D Tudhope< / ><>75< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1)< / ><>424140< / ><>DUNKELD DREAMER (9) (F) (T) K R Burke 3 9-4....C Lee< / ><>83< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>02-56< / ><>ITICA (13) A Balding 3 9-2....O Murphy< / ><>72< / >< / table>

舌带 (TONGUE STRAP)：3号；颊带 (CHEEK PIECES)：3, 5号。

预测：11-4 Sudbury Hill, 7-2 Gloryous, 9-2 Lorca's Waltz, 15-2 Dunkeld Dreamer, 8 Echalar, Itica, 12 Uncharted territory, Ohara.

4.20 奇切斯特市让磅赛 (CITY OF CHICHESTER HANDICAP)

1< / td><>(1)< / ><>253-13L< / >< colspan="4">SYNERGISM (37) (D) Sir M Prescott 4 10-3...... Doubtful< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(6)< / ><>5105L9< / >< colspan="3">BAHADUR (29) (C&D) S Woods 4 10-3...... C Fallon< / ><>92< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(4)< / ><>111-620< / >< colspan="3">BLAZEON FIVE (64) (D) A King 8 10-3...... Rossa Ryan< / ><>88< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7)< / ><>3571 / 1< / >< colspan="3">SQUIRE DANAGHER (78) E Lavelle 6 10-1...... R Dawson< / ><>88< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(2)< / ><>357111< / >< colspan="3">SENOR CORTEZ (20) (D) J Butler 5 10-0...... B Loughnane< / ><>89< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(8)< / ><>61-5040< / >< colspan="3">MOON OVER MIAMI (64) (D) R Beckett 5 10-0.. H Crouch< / ><>90< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(9)< / ><>726316< / >< colspan="3">MARNIER (22) G & J Moore 4 9-13...... Jason Watson< / ><>89< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(5)< / ><>22-4321< / >< colspan="3">PERSONAL BEST (37) (F) J Portman 4 9-8...... R Hornby< / ><>89< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(3)< / ><>4 / 421-22< / >< colspan="3">MAXIDENT (20) K P De Foy 6 9-8...... David Egan< / ><>89< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(10)< / ><>20 / 9676< / >< colspan="4">PREMIERE LIGNE (20) H Morrison 7 9-3...... O Murphy ★95< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(11)< / ><>182220< / >< colspan="3">KNIGHT TEMPLAR (20) (D) R Stephens 5 9-1.. D Probert< / ><>91< / >< / table>

预测赔率：10-3 Senor Cortez, 9-2 Personal Best, 11-2 Maxident, 13-2 Squire Danagher, 8 Marnier, 14 Moon Over Miami, 20 Premiere Ligne, Bahadur, 25 其他。

455 VIRGIN BET 支持责任博彩 让磅赛

<><>< / ><>20,000 (4)< / ><>III in 197yds< / ><>(11)< / >< / ><><>1 (10)< / ><>221313< / ><>A MAJOR PAYNE (17) (D) M Bell 5 10-3......O Murphy< / ><>85< / >< / ><><>2 (1)< / ><>24-3655< / ><>WAR HAWK (44) (D) S & E Crisford 4 10-2....C Rodriguez< / ><>83< / >< / ><><>3 (8)< / ><>5313-50< / ><>THINTHREAD (29) G Baker 4 10-2......B Sayette< / ><>82< / >< / ><><>4 (6)< / ><>6-82551< / ><>OBITO (20) (D) (T) D O'Meara 4 10-2......D Tudhope< / ><>84< / >< / ><><>5 (2)< / ><>6-67066< / ><>FIRST AMBITION (29) Michael Keady 5 10-0......H Crouch< / ><>86< / >< / ><><>6 (9)< / ><>4-1210< / ><>BEARISH (9) E Dunlop 3 9-11......Rossa Ryan< / ><>81< / >< / ><><>7 (11)< / ><>L228-50< / ><>ALCARAZ (29) (D) G Baker 7 9-11......David Egan< / ><>★91< / >< / ><><>8 (4)< / ><>400-253< / ><>DUE TO HENRY (78) (D,F) E J-Houghton 5 9-8.C Bishop< / ><>85< / >< / ><><>9 (3)< / ><>24-5067< / ><>BRIGID'S WELL (19) (T) H Palmer 3 9-6......D Probert< / ><>83< / >< / ><><>10 (5)< / ><>2-128L< / ><>SI GRASS (14) (T) C Johnston 3 9-3......C Shepherd< / ><>83< / >< / ><><>11 (7)< / ><>323-711< / ><>LAVENDER GOLD (36) (CSD) D Menquisier 3 8-13...Jason Watson< / ><>82< / >< / table>

预测赔率：7-2 Obito, 4 A Major Payne, 5 Due To Henry, 7 Bearish, 8 Lavender Gold, 10 Si Grass, 12 War Hawk, First Ambition, 14 其他。

贝弗利 (BEVERLEY)

(ITV / RTV)

侦察员推荐：1.40 Theoryofeverything, 2.15 Argentine Tango, 2.50 Eleven Eighty Two, 3.20 On The River, 3.55 Express Olivia, 4.30 Printing Money, 5.05 ELEMENTAL EYE (nb)。

1.40 威廉希尔银杯让磅赛 (WILLIAM HILL SILVER CUP HANDICAP)

1 (9) 054581 THEORYOFEVERYTHING (22) D O'Meara 6 10-2....J Hart 89 2 (2) 34-9822 IMPARTIALITY (19) (C,F) Phillip Makin 4 9-12Shane Gray 91 3 (5) 0-86634 WAHDAN (23) T Easterby 5 9-11.....J Dickson(5) 92 4 (6) 4-64212 TIGER (22) (D) I Williams 4 9-10.....P Mulrennan 90 5 (1) 491217 JEZ BOMB (14) (D) S England 5 9-9.....Rhys Elliott(5) 88 6 (10) 151-673 FOX AVATAR (18) (C&D,F) R Varian 5 9-9.P J McDonald 93 7 (3) 2L8-L05 KIND OF KISS (J41) (D) S England 5 9-6.....Oisin Orr 87 8 (4) 231-L6 ORATORICAL (115) D Loughnane 3 9-6.....Laura Pearson 84 9 (12) 973-046 GALVYX (19) (D,F) J Channon 5 9-6.....G Bass 91 10 (13) 28 / 15-31 AMANCIO (J63) Faye Bramley 5 9-5.....T Eaves 89 11 (7) 348048 PER CONTRA (24) (D) T Easterby 5 9-4.....D Allan ★94 12 (8) 13 BAY OF MYTHS (132) (D) Dr R Newland 3 8-12 G Mangan 82 13 (11) 153304 MUDITA (8) (D) R & P Fahey 3 8-4.....E Tindall(5) 84

预测结果：10-3 Impartiality, 9-2 Fox Avatar, 5 Tiger, 15-2 Amancio, Galyx, 10 Theoryofeverything, Per Contra, 12 Wahdan, Bay Of Myths, 16 Others.

2.15 贝弗利子弹冲刺锦标赛 (BEVERLEY BULLET SPRINT STAKES) (列级赛) £39.697 (1) 5f (11)

1 (5) 0-08182 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (21) (D) K Ryan 6 9-7.... T Eaves 112 2 (8) 07-1900 AIN'T NOBODY (9) (D) K Ryan 4 9-4.... K Stott 107 3 (6) 843-001 AL SHABAB STORM (65) (D) M Appleby 5 9-4.... Conor Whiteley 114 4 (10) 711102 BADRI (14) (C&D) M Herrington 9 9-4.... C Beasley 112 5 (9) 490357 JM JUNGLE (9) (D,F) J & S Quinn 6 9-4.... J Hart ★118 6 (11) 21-3007 SHAGRAAN (57) (C&D,F) (T) C Cox 5 9-4.... P J McDonald 112 7 (2) 446610 ARGENTINE TANGO (30) (C&D) T Easterby 3 9-0 D Allan 109 8 (4) 051544 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (33) (C&D) B Haslam 4 8-13.... A Mullen 102 9 (7) 090633 ELEGANT ERIN (58) (C&D) P Midgley 9 8-13.... C Hardie 102 10 (3) 4-U4931 FLUORESCENCE (14) (D) E Bethell 4 8-13.... Oisin Orr 114 11 (1) 542600 HEAVENLY HEATHER (9) (D) T Wagcott 5 8-13. 存疑

眼罩：5号；遮光罩：8号；舌带：3号；颊带：2, 6号。预测结果：5-2 Jm Jungle, 3 Shagraan, 4 Washington Heights, 15-2 Ain't Nobody, 10 Argentine Tango, 12 Fluorescence, Al Shabab Storm, 20 Badri, 25 Others.

250 EBF 限制性纯血雌马处女赛 2岁马

< / td><>5,400 英镑 (4)< / ><>51< / ><>(13)< / >< / tr><><>1< / ><>(13) 237793< / ><>CHEEKY CHESCA (13) T Easterby 9-2....D Allan< / ><>66< / ><>< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(3) 6< / ><>DAWN'S GIFT (29) Sara Ender 9-2....A Rawlinson< / ><>65< / ><>< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(1) 458< / ><>DOROTHEA HOPE (23) T Easterby 9-2....J Hart< / ><>71< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8) 422L< / ><>ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO (34) (F) B Haslam 9-2....A Mullen< / ><>★78< / ><>< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>FLORAL MAID B Ellison 9-2....C Hardie< / ><>-< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(4)< / ><>GET ON THAT BABY M & D Easterby 9-2....Joanna Mason< / ><>-< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(11) 304532< / ><>LAST DANDELION (7) (F) S C Williams 9-2....E Tindall(5)< / ><>69< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(12)< / ><>PICNIC PRINCESS R & P Fahey 9-2....Shane Gray< / ><>-< / ><>< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(2)< / ><>PIVOTAL VOYAGE K Ryan 9-2....T Eaves< / ><>-< / ><>< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(9) L< / ><>POCKET CHANGE (126) Phillip Makin 9-2....S James< / ><>62< / ><>< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(10) 3L5< / ><>PURRISTA (4) G Tutty 9-2....C Beasley< / ><>62< / ><>< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(5) 05L< / ><>SERENITY BAY (40) E Dunlop 9-2....Oisin Orr< / ><>55< / ><>< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(7) 05< / ><>SUENICORA STAR (29) B Ellison 9-2....MP Sheehy< / ><>60< / ><>< / >< / table>

BLINKERS: 第 1 场

预测：9-4 Eleven Eighty Two, 3 Last Dandelion, 4 Cheeky Chesca, 10 Pivotal Voyage, Picnic Princess, 12 Dawn's Gift, 14 Dorothea Hope, 20 Purrista, 33 Others.

< / td>< colspan="2">25-374 (4)< / ><>III 100yus< / ><>(13)< / >< / tr><><>1 (3)< / ><>74110L< / ><>PRIAPOSS (29) (D) Phillip Makin 4 9-9....S James< / ><>92< / ><>< / >< / ><><>2 (6)< / ><>025800< / ><>NOSTRUM (29) (D) M Appleby 6 9-9....J Hart< / ><>94< / ><>< / >< / ><><>3 (12)< / ><>108L57< / ><>WALSINGHAM (22) (D) D O'Meara 6 9-8Conor Whiteley(5)< / ><>93< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4 (11)< / ><>L-02280< / ><>HOT CASH (36) (D) J Channon 4 9-7....C Beasley< / ><>95< / ><>< / >< / ><><>5 (9)< / ><>23-3278< / ><>GOLDEN REDEMPTION (57) G Harker 4 9-6....D Nolan< / ><>91< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6 (10)< / ><>L03061< / ><>COUNT PALATINE (11) M Dods 5 9-5....S B Kirrane< / ><>92< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7 (7)< / ><>2-52753< / ><>ON THE RIVER (36) (C&D) H Bethell 7 9-2....T Kiely-Marshall(5)< / ><>95< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8 (5)< / ><>042175< / ><>HIGHLAND OLLY (18) (C,D) G Tuer 5 9-1....A Rawlinson< / ><>94< / ><>< / >< / ><><>9 (1)< / ><>652212< / ><>TELE RED (310) (C,D) K R Burke 9 9-1....A Elliott< / ><>96< / ><>< / >< / ><><>10 (4)< / ><>65-1414< / ><>WONDROUS LIGHT (80) (C&D) J Portman 4 9-0....K Stott< / ><>93< / ><>< / >< / ><><>11 (2)< / ><>461121< / ><>THE SWEET ESCAPE (16) (C,D) D Loughnane 4 9-0....Doubtful< / ><>< / >< / ><><>12 (8)< / ><>521472< / ><>FINANCER (14) T Easterby 5 9-0....D Allan< / ><>93< / ><>< / >< / ><><>13 (13)< / ><>42244L< / ><>PANELLI (24) (D) M Sowersby 4 8-6....C Hardie ★99< / ><>< / >< / table>

TONGUE STRAP（舌带）：第 11, 13 号；CHEEK PIECES（颊带）：第 8, 12 号。

预测：5 Financer, 11-2 Count Palatine, 6 Tele Red, 8 Golden Redemption, Wondrous Light, On The River, 10 Hot Cash, Walsingham, Highland Olly, 16 Others.

255 恒定安全让磅

1< / td><>(12)< / ><>018 / 532< / ><>MANAGING DIRECTOR (16) (D) G Oldroyd 4 9-13....P J McDonald< / ><>77< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(11)< / ><>03-71L8< / ><>HOLBACHE (17) (D) J Camacho 8 9-12...T Kiely-Marshall(5)< / ><>76< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(15)< / ><>4-31125< / ><>MILITARY GIRL (23) (D) M Dods 4 9-11.....C Beasley< / ><>78< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(9)< / ><>505108< / ><>DAIZEN (9) R Menzies 3 9-10.....A Mullen< / ><>76< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>544645< / ><>VENTURA EXPRESS (17) (C&D) P Midgley 9 9-9...D Nolan< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(3)< / ><>54-2033< / ><>QILA (18) B Ellison 3 9-8.....MP Sheehy< / ><>78< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(4)< / ><>978056< / ><>TIRIAC (29) (D) P Midgley 6 9-8.....P Mulrennan< / ><>77< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(10)< / ><>331700< / ><>TEES AGGREGATES (13) (C&D) Adrian Nicholls 4 9-7...J Nicholls(3)< / ><>★81< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(13)< / ><>715317< / ><>GREAT (19) (D) S England 4 9-7.....Shane Gray< / ><>80< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(14)< / ><>8-13655< / ><>MISS BRAZEN (13) (C&D) M & D Easterby 6 9-6...Joanna Mason< / ><>79< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>154347< / ><>SIMBA'S PRIDE (18) M Dods 3 9-5.....M Winn< / ><>78< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(6)< / ><>44-6460< / ><>ICE COLD ALEX (10) (D) O Pears 3 9-4.....C Hardie< / ><>76< / >< / ><><>13< / ><>(2)< / ><>104L67< / ><>EMPRESS OLIVIA (33) M Walford 3 9-3...D Costello< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>14< / ><>(1)< / ><>122740< / ><>DREAM DEAL (36) (C&D) T Easterby 7 9-1.....D Allan< / ><>79< / >< / ><><>15< / ><>(8)< / ><>830452< / ><>HARB (9) (D) (T) T Davidson 7 9-0...J Hart< / ><>77< / >< / table>

眼罩：14号；舌带：6, 14号；颊带：2, 7, 12号。 预测：4 Managing Director, 6 Qila, Harb, 7 Ventura Express, 10 Military Girl, 12 Miss Brazen, Tiriac, 14 Great, Dream Deal, Tees Aggregates, 16 其他。

<><>1< / ><>(4)< / ><>53691< / ><>INNS AND OUT (5) (D) T Easterby 9-11(6ex)......D Allan< / ><>67< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(2)< / ><>3631< / ><>BELLA LUCIA (23) (D) G Tutty 9-9......Conor Whiteley(5)< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(11)< / ><>123351< / ><>AMANTHA (8) (D,F) B Ellison 9-6......C Beasley< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(8)< / ><>0502< / ><>COURT LEGEND (17) M & D Easterby 9-6......Joanna Mason< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>9673< / ><>PRINTING MONEY (11) D Cunha 9-5......S James< / ><>69< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(6)< / ><>630< / ><>NOSEY BOOK (15) T Easterby 9-2......S B Kirrane ★72< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(3)< / ><>5862< / ><>SUNRISE AT DAWN (46) Craig Lidster 9-1......T Eaves< / ><>67< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(10)< / ><>462< / ><>BLACK FURY (18) O Pears 9-0......C Hardie< / ><>69< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(1)< / ><>887< / ><>SCARLET DYNASTY (15) G Tutty 8-9......Rhys Elliott(5)< / ><>64< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(9)< / ><>96L336< / ><>TIGER IN THE TREE (30) T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman< / ><>65< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(7)< / ><>005< / ><>BE MORE RUTHLESS (18) Adrian Nicholls 8-8J Nicholls(3)< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(12)< / ><>LOL8< / ><>LOVEULONGTIME (18) G Harker 8-6......W Pyle< / ><>68< / >< / table>

眼罩，编号：5, 6；舌带，编号：5；颊带，编号：4, 10。 预测：4 Bella Lucia, 9-2 Amantha, 6 Court Legend, Printing Money, 7 Sunrise At Dawn, 8 Black Fury, 10 Inns And Out, 14 Nosey Book, 16 其他。

5.05 学徒障碍赛 S4 527 (5) 3m 32

1 (5) 7-55312 ELEMENTAL EYE (55) (D) I Jardine 5 10-....J Nicholls 70 2 (3) 124-LLL MARBUZET (34) (D) T Easterby 7 9-13....J Dickson(5) 73 3 (7) 194523 TIME TURNER (30) E Bethell 4 9-9....C Horgan(3) 74 4 (4) 123171 / PFINGSTBERG (696) (D) M Walford 6 9-8....E Tindall(3) - 5 (2) 57923 SHOPAHOLIC (22) Jack Jones 4 9-8. Conor Whiteley(3) 72 6 (1) 7236-L4 SPOOKY WOOKY (22) S G West 4 9-5....W Pyle ★76 7 (8) 356870 / PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL (J527) (F) M Walford 9 9-1....Rhys Elliott(3) - 8 (6) 23-5234 JEDHI KNIGHT (10) (D) P Midgley 4 8-11....A Jary 72 眼罩：1, 3, 8 号；遮光罩：6 号；舌带：6 号；颊带：2 号。 预测：9-4 Elemental Eye, 7-2 Pfingstberg, 4 Punxsutawney Phil, 13-2 Time Turner, 8 Spooky Wooky, 10 Shopaholic, 12 Jedhi Knight, 33 Marbuzet.

雅茅斯 (YARMOUTH)

(ITV / SKY)

专家推荐：2.20 Hidden Beyond, 2.55 Hypnotised, 3.25 Solanna, 4.00 Methgal, 4.35 Pickering Castle, 5.10 Ecclefechan.

2.20 EBF 限制级新手锦标赛 2岁马

1 (8)< / td>< colspan="2">CAPITANO JOSEPI K Frost 9-7....J Mitchell -< / >< / tr><><>2 (3)< / ><>L< / ><>DEL PEARO (16) J Ryan 9-7....C Howarth(3)< / ><>32< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">3 (6)< / >< colspan="2">EXTRAGALACTIC W Haggas 9-7....H Davies -< / >< / ><><>4 (10)< / ><>9< / ><>PRESSURED (16) E Dunlop 9-7....J Callan< / ><>49< / >< / ><><>5 (5)< / ><>8< / ><>STRONG PERFORMANCE (28) W Knight 9-4....M Ghiani< / ><>49< / >< / ><><>6 (11)< / ><>234< / ><>TOP COTE (104) (F) Jack Morland 9-4....J Peate< / ><>78< / >< / ><><>7 (4)< / ><>3< / ><>HIDDEN BEYOND (20) C Hills 9-2....D Muscutt< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>8 (7)< / ><>8< / ><>PERFECT LOVE (40) M Appleby 9-2....Mason Paetel(3)< / ><>23< / >< / ><><>9 (1)< / ><>95< / ><>MYSTIC UNICORN (12) Michael Keady 8-13....Taryn Langley(5)< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>10 (2)< / ><>5322< / >< colspan="2">ROCSANE (27) G Margarson 8-13....S De Sousa ★79< / >< / ><><>11 (9)< / ><>75< / ><>THEFT (13) G Scott 8-13....D Keenan< / ><>67< / >< / table>

颊带：6 号。

预测：5-2 Rocsane, 11-4 Top Cote, 3 Extragalactic, 5 Hidden Beyond, 14 Mystic Unicorn, 16 Theft, 25 Strong Performance, 33 Pressured, Capitano Josepi, 50 Others.

2.55 障碍赛 60483(3)

1< / td><>(8)< / ><>26-7800< / ><>ADRESTIA (33) (C&D) S & E Crisford 4 10-0......S De Sousa< / ><>91< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(3)< / ><>457155< / ><>ROCKING ENDS (14) (C&D) Tom Clover 6 9-11......D Muscutt< / ><>★97< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(2)< / ><>15-5100< / ><>DAZZLING HAZE (31) (D) R Cowell 3 9-9......E Greatrex< / ><>93< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(1)< / ><>641L00< / ><>SEVEN QUESTIONS (33) (C&D) R Cowell 5 9-8......J Mitchell< / ><>96< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6)< / ><>56LIL4< / ><>MICHAELA'S BOY (19) (C&D) R Cowell 6 9-8......M Ghiani< / ><>94< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(4)< / ><>1-26984< / ><>KINSWOMAN (15) (D) W Haggas 4 9-8......H Davies< / ><>94< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(7)< / ><>441-722< / ><>HYPNOTISED (15) (D) (T) Harry Charlton 3 9-3......P Bradley< / ><>94< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(5)< / ><>1314-L4< / ><>ELARA MAY (9) (C&D) P McBride 3 9-3......Ashley Lewis(3)< / ><>92< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(9)< / ><>551-382< / ><>FANTASY MASTER (8) (D) R Cowell 8 8-8......K O'Neill< / ><>94< / >< / table>

眼罩：2号；鼻带：1号；颊带：1, 4, 5, 9号。 预测：11-4 Hypnotised, 3 Kinswoman, 13-2 Rocking Ends, Fantasy Master, 15-2 Adrestia, 10 Michaela's Boy, 12 Seven Questions, 16 Elara May, Dazzling Haze.

<><>< / >< colspan="2">4,397 英镑 (5)< / >< colspan="2">Imi 21 23yds< / ><>(9)< / >< / ><><>1 (5)< / ><>7-12273< / ><>ROSE COTTON (47) (F)< / ><>Tom Clover 4 9-9......J Mitchell< / ><>84< / ><>< / >< / ><><>2 (1)< / ><>224363< / ><>PATROL (9) D Cunha 4 9-9......< / ><>J Callan< / ><>81< / ><>< / >< / ><><>3 (2)< / ><>775786< / ><>TRIPLE DOUBLE A (22) (C,D) (T) H Palmer 4 9-9....L Catton(3)< / ><>★85< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4 (7)< / ><>1-16LL3< / ><>TWILIGHT MOON (31) (T) M Tregoning 4 9-8....Ashley Lewis(3)< / ><>78< / ><>< / >< / ><><>5 (9)< / ><>5317L4< / ><>MOONJID (15) (C&D) M Appleby 4 9-8.. Mason Paetel(3)< / ><>81< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6 (3)< / ><>2104-97< / ><>SOMETHING SPLENDID (88) (D) P Chapple-Hyam 4 9-7....M Ghiani< / ><>73< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7 (6)< / ><>143216< / ><>SOLANNA (18) (C&D) J Butler 7 9-5......D Muscutt< / ><>80< / ><>< / >< / ><><>8 (4)< / ><>122245< / ><>ARUNDEL (351) (D) E Dunlop 4 9-0......E Greatrex< / ><>80< / ><>< / >< / ><><>9 (8)< / ><>057L27< / ><>MAN OF DESERT (18) C Dwyer 5 9-0......S De Sousa< / ><>81< / ><>< / >< / table>

眼罩：2号；舌带：3, 9号；颊带：3, 4, 5号。 预测：4 Solanna, 5 Arundel, 11-2 Rose Cotton, 6 Moonjid, 7 Patrol, Triple Double A, 8 Twilight Moon, 10 Something Splendid, 14 Man Of Desert.

<>< colspan="2">< / ><>23,708 (6)< / ><>Of Syds< / ><>(n)< / >< / ><><>1< / ><>(10) 356374< / ><>NOBLE GUEST (33) (C) G Margarson 4 9-12....Mason Paetel(3)< / ><>68< / ><>< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(2) 36LL8L< / ><>SAM'S XPRESS (25) (D) J & S Birkett 6 9-12....D E Hogan< / ><>62< / ><>< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(3) 231621< / ><>VON KROLOCK (12) (D) James Owen 7 9-11℃ Howarth(3)< / ><>69< / ><>< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(7) 904721< / ><>METHGAL (17) (D,F) D Cunha 4 9-10....K S McHugh(7)< / ><>70< / ><>< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(6) 222275< / ><>INSUSPENSE (86) R Burdon 4 9-10....P Bradley ★74< / ><>< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(9) 6L1346< / ><>COURT DRIVE (24) (C&D) G Kelleway 5 9-10....J Mitchell< / ><>72< / ><>< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(1) 5347-49< / ><>DANGER ALERT (99) (D) Adam Kirby 6 9-9....P< / >< / table>

Cosgrave< / td> 71< / ><>< / >< / tr> <>8< / ><>(11) 6654< / ><>DEADLINE (17) W Greatrex 3 9-8....E Greatrex< / ><>72< / ><>< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(4) 2883L5< / ><>WOOLRIDGE (12) S Dixon 4 9-7....K O'Neill< / ><>69< / ><>< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(5) 9-05672< / ><>MY MATE KEV (12) (D) C Dwyer 4 9-6....S De Sousa< / ><>69< / ><>< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(8) 23-455< / ><>KYOTO (81) M Murphy 4 9-4....D Muscutt< / ><>73< / ><>< / >< / table>

4.35 障碍赛 £3 768 (6)

1< / td><>(8)< / ><>423L71< / ><>GIANT (7) (D) I Williams 6 10-0(Sex)......H Davies< / ><>66< / >< / tr><><>2< / ><>(13)< / ><>79-L2L4< / ><>CUBAN GIRL (28) Brian Toomey 4 9-9......J Callan< / ><>70< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(11)< / ><>L597-20< / ><>GEMINI STAR (10) J & S Birkett 6 9-8......D E Hogan< / ><>69< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(14)< / ><>77-1313< / ><>CAMPANI (38) (C,D,F) D M Simcock 4 9-8......D Muscutt< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(5)< / ><>3L8-776< / ><>PICKERING CASTLE (48) D M Simcock 4 9-5......J Haynes< / ><>64< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(6)< / ><>04L-534< / ><>POTTERS PRINCE (141) M Crawley 4 9-5......D Keenan< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(12)< / ><>L7186L< / ><>COURT OF SESSION (12) (D) P McEntee 7 9-5....C Planas< / ><>★71< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>6-31128< / ><>DESERT CHARM

(21) (C) M Murphy 4 9-4......K O'Neill< / ><>67< / >< / ><><>9< / ><>(9)< / ><>331124< / ><>OH SO PERFECT (31) (D) M Appleby 3 9-2......Mason Paetel(3)< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>10< / ><>(2)< / ><>5042-59< / ><>YOKO (31) (T) D Loughnane 3 9-2......S De Sousa< / ><>61< / >< / ><><>11< / ><>(3)< / ><>8-6028< / ><>CAPTIVE BEAUTY (17) R Burdon 3 9-1......Josephine Gordon< / ><>68< / >< / ><><>12< / ><>(2)< / ><>975-059< / ><>WITHOUTFURTHERADO (10) P Charalambus & J Clutterbuck 4 9-1< / ><>68< / >< / table>

<><>13 (10)< / ><>975415< / ><>CAITLIN G (13) (C&D) M Fenton (IRE) 3 8-9< / ><>Grace McEntee< / ><>62< / >< / ><><>14 (1)< / ><>L-LL630< / ><>ROKUNI (4) C Wallis 4 8-9< / ><>Ashley Lewis(3)< / ><>59< / >< / table>

预测：3 Campani, 4 Giant, 11-2 Oh So Perfect, 8 Potters Prince, 10 Desert Charm, 12 Cuban Girl, 14 Gemini Star, Pickering Castle, Caitlin G, 20 其他。

510 学徒障碍赛

<><>< / >< colspan="2">3,768 英镑 (6)< / >< colspan="2">1英里 3码< / ><>(8)< / >< / ><><>1< / ><>(6)< / ><>4-70634< / ><>SYMPHONY OF JOY (27) K Frost 4 10-2....< / ><>S C Cronin< / ><>67< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>(7)< / ><>34-57'21< / ><>PIAZZA (11) (F) (T) Ollie Sangster 3 10-2....< / ><>J Callan< / ><>64< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>(8)< / ><>9L6531< / ><>ECCLEFECHAN (6) (D,F) J Ryan 3 10-0(6ex)...< / ><>C Howarth< / ><>62< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>(5)< / ><>965LL0-< / ><>CAPTAIN CORELLI (283) (D) J Camacho 9 9-9....< / ><>H Burns< / ><>49< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>(3)< / ><>239325< / ><>CRIMSON RAMBLER (30) (D) M Crawley 3 9-9....< / ><>Liam Wright< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>(1)< / ><>90-7335< / ><>BIG ALEX WALMSLEY (10) Mrs I G-Leveque 4 9-8....< / ><>Ashley

Lewis< / ><>66< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>(2)< / ><>967-535< / ><>MERITOCRATIC (70) James Owen 3 9-5....< / ><>Mason Paetel< / ><>62< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>(4)< / ><>226296< / ><>AMARACHI (17) (C) J Parr 4 9-4....< / ><>C Planas< / ><>★68< / >< / table>

眨眼器：5号 颊带：4, 7号。

预测：7-4 Piazza, 3 Ecclefechan, 6 Crimson Rambler, 8 Symphony Of Joy, 10 Meritocratic, 12 Big Alex Walmsley, 14 Amarachi, 16 Captain Corelli.

EVE'S CELEBRATION

作者：大卫·耶茨 (DAVID YATES)

在古德伍德（Goodwood）的二级赛中获胜后，ZAVATERI 将直接重返最高级别赛事，参加 10 月在雅士谷（Ascot）举行的伊丽莎白二世女王锦标赛（Queen Elizabeth II Stakes）。

作为两岁时在库拉（Curragh）赢得的一级赛 Goffs Vincent O'Brien 国家锦标赛冠军，伊芙·约翰逊·霍顿（Eve Johnson Houghton）马厩的这匹明星马此前因伤被迫缺席 2,000 几尼赛（2,000 Guineas）。

在缺席三个月后，Zavateri 在古德伍德的萨塞克斯锦标赛（Sussex Stakes）以及八天前在克内夫斯迈尔（Knavesmire）的约克市锦标赛（City Of York Stakes）中仅获得第五名，但对此有合理的解释。

而由查理·毕晓普（Charlie Bishop）骑乘、且受到市场热捧的 11-10 赔率领先马，迅速重返赛场，以 three and a half lengths 之差击败了 2025 年萨塞克斯锦标赛的冠军 Qirat。

“他展现出了我们所熟知的爆发力，”牛津郡的练马师约翰逊（Johnson）说道。

“今年他花了一些时间才找回状态，但正如我之前所说，‘只要场地合适，他就能赢！’”

场地合适，他就能赢！

“他有时会咬人或踢人——前几天他把我的一只眼睛踢成了青紫色。”

“他旅行时会带着自己的泰迪熊，因为那是他的安慰物，但一旦进入比赛状态，他就是一台机器。”

对于这匹由尼克和珍妮丝·马里斯科蒂（Nick and Janice Mariscotti）拥有的牡马接下来的去向，约翰逊·霍顿给出了一个直接的回答。

“QEII（伊丽莎白二世女王锦标赛）。这就是我们要去的地方。无需多言，”约翰逊·霍顿补充道。她的已故父亲富尔克（Fulke）曾在 1975 年和 1976 年凭借 Rose Bowl 赢得了这项一英里的一级赛。

“我们需要在雅士谷回到一级赛的竞争中。我非常渴望这样做。我们很久以前赢过两次，这场比赛非常适合这匹马。”

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贝弗利 (BEVERLEY)：部分场地柔软-沉重

1.45-TRILBY (P J McDonald, 3-1 jt fav) 1; Francisco's Piece (9-1) 2; Lethal Nymph (3-1 jt fav) 3. H'cap 9 ran. $^{3}$ / d, nk. (S England). 未参赛马匹：Cinque Verde, Solar Aclaim.

2.20-VALLEY OF FLOWERS (Joanna Mason, 4-1 jt 2nd ) 1; Uncharted territory (6-1) 2; Northern Brave (5-2 ) 3. H'cap 8 ran. $1^{1 / 4}$ , $1^{1 / 2}$ . (Samantha & Jacqueline Coward). 未参赛马匹：Barak Warrior.

2.55-FANS FAVOURITE (Conor Whiteley, 3-1 co ) 1; Rapide Vega (3-1 co ) 2; Ciao Capo (3-1 co ) 3. H'cap 8 ran. nk, $2^{1 / 4}$ . (H Palmer). 未参赛马匹：Everyoneknowsadave, Lady Hornblower, Shimmering Sands.

3.35-NECROMANCER (J Hart, 7-2) 1; Blanquita (10-3 2nd ) 2; Pen Lan Icon (20-1) 3.13 ran. $1^{1 / 2}$ , $2^{1 / 2}$ . (R Beckett; 13-8 Saffron Bay). 未参赛马匹：Naseebwali.

4.10-SUPREME CLARETS (Oisin Orr, 10-3) 1; Misunderstood (4-1) 2; Son (11-4 jt ) 3. H'cap 8 ran. hd, 1 / 4l. (R & P Fahey; 11-4 jtfav One Night Thunder). 未参赛马匹：Arduis Invicta, Glenfinnan, Highland Shah, Obelix, The Sweet Escape.

4.45-TARMONBARRY KID (Oisin Orr, 9-1) 1; Style Of Life (12-1) 2; Coolree (14-1) 3. H'cap 10 ran. 1l, 1½l. (R & P Fahey; 4-1 Glen Nevis). 未参赛马匹：Boriina, Sandy Craic.

Placepot: £81.40

(Race 1) 5, 8, 9; (2) 3, 7, 6; (3) 8, 5, 4; (4) 13, 9, 4; (5) 13, 5, 4; (6) 9, 3, 6.

Quadpot: £24.30

CARTMEL：部分场地良好至柔软

2.05-ALVESTA (L Norcei, 5-2 第二热门) 1; Zamond (11-2) 2; Lord Of The Glance (16-1) 3. H'cap 11 匹参赛。2 $^{1 / 4}$ , 3 $^{3 / 4}$ . (J Moffatt; 2-1 热门 Mi Sueno)。未参赛：Ambassador。

2.40-GAMBINO (H Skelton, 3-10 热门) 1; Whermyrosemarygoes (7-2 第二热门) 2; Faithful Guardian (12-1) 3. 9 匹参赛。1l, 4l. (D Skelton)。未参赛：Argentum。

3.15-SEEYAINTHESUNINN (A Stevens, 15-2) 1; Frisky Whiskey (9-2 并列第二热门) 2; Larkfield Lusive (18-1) 3. H'cap 12 匹参赛。$1^{1 / 4}$ , $1^{1 / 2}$ . (M Hammond; 4-1 热门 Kingofthegame)。未参赛：Robert d'Ores, Stiletto。

3.53-MORNING MAYHEM (H Reed, 8-1) 1; Lightening Company (20-1) 2; Roysse (6-1) 3. H'cap 11 匹参赛。$1^{1 / 2}$ , shd. (Nick Scholfield; 10-3 热门 My Chiquita)。未参赛：Banderas, Edelak, King Ulanda。

4.25-PASSING DIAMOND (R McLernon, 8-15 热门) 1; Lermoos Legend (15-2) 2; Palamon (7-1 并列第二热门) 3. H'cap 5 匹参赛。5l, $4^{3} / 4$ l. (B Haslam)。

5.05-ILLOGICAL LOGIC (E Collier, 7-1) 1; Roi Du Roume (11-4 热门) 2; Path Of Stars (15-2) 3. H'cap 11 匹参赛。2I, 2I. (D Thompson)。

Placepot: £113.00

(Race 1) 6, 1, 4; (2) 1, 5, 7; (3) 8, 3, 5; (4) 6, 13, 3; (5) 3, 4; (6) 4, 7, 8.

Quadpot: £39.10

GOODWOOD：柔软

1.25-SILVERELLA (D Probert, 14-1) 1; Rhythm Of My Heart (3-1 第二热门) 2; Roku Nana (5-1) 3. 13 匹参赛。$1^{1 / 2}$ , $1^{2}$ . (M Tregoning; 9-4 热门 Lily Pink)。

2.00-FORTY YEARS ON (H Crouch, 6-4 热门) 1; Fondo Blanco (14-1) 2; Pellitory (11-1) 3. H'cap 11 匹参赛。2I, 1I. (G Scott)。未参赛：Aalto, Addison Grey, Carnival Of Light, Completely Random。

2.35-TOO SOON (W Fentiman, 4-1) 1; High Degree (2-1 热门) 2; Green Sky (8-1) 3. H'cap 9 匹参赛。$4^{1 / 2}$ , $1^{1 / 4}$ , (G & J Moore)。

3.10-ZAVATERI (C Bishop, 11-10 热门) 1; Qirat (13-2) 2; Fast Tracker (12-1) 3.7 匹参赛。$3^{1 / 2}$ , $2^{1 / 4}$ . (E J-Houghton)。未参赛：Arisaiq, Pina Sonata。

3.45-CHIMES OF THUNDER (D Probert, 9-2) 1; Queen Of Scotland (15-2) 2; Aunt Roberta (15-2) 3.8 匹参赛。$4^{3} / {\mathrm{d}}$ , $3^{1} / {\mathrm{d}}$ . (W Haggas; 9-4 热门 Tropical Sands)。

4.20-GOOLOGONG (B Sayette, 7-2) 1; Zachary Hickes (5-2 第二热门) 2; Russian Rumour (25-1) 3. H'cap 9 匹参赛。11l, shd. (G Baker; 85-40 热门 Arcturus Flame)。未参赛：Educator, Mr Freedom, Two Plus Two。

4.55–NAANA'S SPARKLE (K O'Neill, 11-4 第二热门) 1; Toca Madera (15-8 热门) 2; Dream Composer (10-1) 3. H'cap 6 匹参赛。1 $^{1 / 2}$ l, 2 $^{1 / 4}$ l. (Lemos Souza)。未参赛：Democracy Dilemma, Dyonisos。

Jackpot: 未中奖，奖金池 10,820 英镑.33 结转至。

Placepot: £69.20

(Race 1) 12, 11, 6; (2) 5, 2, 3; (3) 3, 2, 9; (4) 9, 5; (5) 2, 7, 1; (6) 7, 6, 5;

Quadpot: £19.80

SANDOWN：良好至柔软

1.40-TALL TREES (J P Spencer, 6-4 并列热门) 1; Victoria Night (7-1) 2; Flower Show (6-4 并列热门) 3.8 匹参赛。hd, $2^{1 / 4}$ . (B Meehan)。未参赛：Thi Qar。

2.15-KOKBASTAU (R Dawson, 9-2 第二热门) 1; Alcarath (3-1 热门) 2; Stem (17-2) 3. H'cap 11 匹参赛。hd, $^{3} / _{4}$ , (R Varian)。未参赛：Cash, King's Charter。

2.50-LOVE DYNASTY (N Callan, 33-1) 1; Noche Clasica (14-1) 2; Moon Target (7-2) 3. 10 匹参赛。nk, nk. (K Ryan; 3-1 热门 Kon Tiki)。

3.30-ALFRED WALLACE (K Shoemark, 11-4 第二热门) 1; Dover Street (16-1) 2; Breacher (10-3) 3.8 匹参赛。$\frac{1}{2}$ l, $\frac{1}{2}$ l. (E Walker; 9-4 热门 Mia Fantasia)。未参赛：Rock Montreal, Sergei Diaghilev。

4.05-STORM FREE (L Edmunds, 12-1) 1; Desert Shadow (2-1 热门) 2; Defence Minister (9-4 第二热门) 3. H'cap 8 匹参赛。$^{3} / {4}$ , $^{3} / {4}$ . (J Tate)。未参赛：Huscal, Silver Ghost。

4.35-VICTORY GOLD (O Murphy, 7-4 热门) 1; Noble Prince (2-1 第二热门) 2; Dontlookbackinanga (7-1) 3. H'cap 5 匹参赛。$2^{1 / 2}$ , $3^{3 / 4}$ . (S bin Suroor)。未参赛：Clive The Writer, Sanbona Warrior, Waasil。

5.10-ROSARIO (Rossa Ryan, 6-5 热门) 1; Lipsink (9-1) 2; Havana Smile (14-1) 3. H'cap 8 匹参赛。shd, $1^{3 / 4}$ . (R Teal)。未参赛：Hypnotised, Quantum Power。

Placepot: £38.80

(Race 1) 7, 9, 4; (2) 5, 8, 12; (3) 2, 4, 7; (4) 1, 3, 2; (5) 6, 2, 1; (6) 1, 4;

Quadpot: £15.50

ALFRED DELIGHT

大雨导致热门马 Rock Montreal 退出了桑当公园赛马场的第三组索拉里锦标赛（Solario Stakes）。在这场比赛中，在基兰·肖马克（Kieran Shoemark）的骑乘下，拥有 6 次参赛经验（在 8 匹参赛马中经验最丰富）的 Alfred Wallace 充分发挥了其经验优势。

在埃舍赛道上的另一场第三组赛事——阿塔兰塔锦标赛（Atalanta Stakes）中，由尼尔·卡兰（Neil Callan）搭档、赔率 33-1 的 Love Dynasty 夺冠。

Gwengwe (Newport C)....4< / td><>Hogh (Celtic)....3< / >< / tr><><>Newby (York)....3< / ><>Phillips (St Mirren)....3< / >< / ><><>Kavanagh (Oldham)....3< / ><>Nygren (Celtic)....2< / >< / ><><>Lakin (Barnet)....3< / ><>Duran (Celtic)....2< / >< / ><><>Pressley (Walsall)....2< / ><>Wright (Hibernian)....1< / >< / table>

<><><>剑桥联 (0) 1< / ><>哈德斯菲尔德 (0) 2< / >< / ><><>Bradshaw 80< / ><>Taylor 82, 89 (点球)< / >< / >

卡迪夫 (2) 2

<><><>莱顿东方 (0) 1Oyekunle 85< / ><>巴恩斯利 (1) 3Kirk 15< / >< / >

<><><>米尔顿凯恩斯 (0) 0< / ><>莱斯特城 (0) 0< / >< / ><><>< / ><>观众人数: 16 198< / >< / >

<><><>布莱克本 (0) 1Morishita 49< / ><>女王公园巡游者 (0) 2Smyth 51, Dunne 74观众人数: 12.905< / >< / >

<><><>史蒂夫尼奇 (0) 2< / ><>唐卡斯特 (0) 2< / >< / ><><>Magennis 57< / ><>Senior 70< / >< / ><><>Sanderson 82< / ><>Bailey 80< / >< / >

英甲 sky bet 英甲

彼得伯勒 (0) 0

布莱克浦 (2) 4 Williams 19, Charles 20 Anderson 56, Yates 72

出勤人数：9,327

布莱克浦：Peacock-Farrell, Williams, Casey, Earl, Hamilton, Bowler (Lyons 79), Honeyman, Morgan (Clarkson 64), Anderson, Bloxham (Munroe 75), Charles (Yates 64)。未出场替补：Southwood, Kouassi, Hunter。

彼得伯勒：Bass, Johnston (Dornelly 75), Okagbue, O'Connor, Mills, Kelly, Woods (Jones 60), Edwards (Shofowoke 60), Khela (Ormerod 77), Williams, Leonard。未出场替补：Andeng-Ndi, Weir, Conn-Clarke。

剑桥联：Eastwood, Heffernan, Watts, Perry (Lavery 90), Bennett, Ball, Mpanzu (Moxon 74), Bradshaw, Knight (Bangura-Williams 74), Heath (Kaikai 59), Appere (Ahadme 59)。未出场替补：Hughes, McConnell。黄牌：Bradshaw 54, Bennett 89。哈德斯菲尔德：Young, Balker, Wallace, Bowat, Bronkhorst, Ledson, Harness, Smith-Sway (Collins 66), Sanches Fernandes (Low 90), Taylor, Fletcher (Radulovic 66)。未出场替补：Tzanev, Sorensen, Kasumu, Sebine。

莱顿东方：Phillips, Stevens, Olowu, Chinedu, Morris (Oyekunle 69), Hayden (Clare 60), El Mizouni, Akhamrich (Mitchell 69), Dobra (Obiero 46), Springett, Kabia (Archibald 60)。未出场替补：Cahill, Wellens。黄牌：Hayden 29, Springett 73, Archibald 75, Stevens 78。巴恩斯利：Ravenhill, Noslin, O'Riordan, Gale, Kay, Bland, McGeehan, Alker (Richards 46), Kelly (Town 90), Cleary (O'Keefe 79), Kirk (Farrell 72)。未出场替补：Flavell, Taylor, Saunders。黄牌：Bland 28, Noslin 62, Gale 67, McGeehan 69。

米尔顿凯恩斯 Dons：MacGillivray, Jones (Barnett 56), Ekpiteta, Goode (Sanders 81), Nelson, Bramall, Wintle, Barlaser (Silvera 80), Wiles (Gilbey 71), Collins (Paterson 56), Nombe。未出场替补：Dennis, Crowley。莱斯特城：Stolarczyk, Joseph, Souttar, Thomas, McFarlane, Page, Burns (Howell 61), Chaplin (Bristric 36), Braybrooke, Watson (Alves 82), De Cordova-Reid (Cullen 82)。未出场替补：McCarthy, Aluko, Kagnaspiemi。黄牌：Thomas 48, Souttar 80, Cullen 90。

诺丁汉郡 (0) 2Smyth 78, 84 (点球)< / td><>伯顿阿尔比恩 (1) 1Delap 22< / >< / tr>< / table>

诺丁汉郡：Belshaw, Gibbons, Ness, Bedeau, Tsaroulla (Samuels-Smith 90), Finneran, Evans (Smyth 46), Lipsiuc (Kouhyar 67), Mustapha, Roberts (Grant 66), Cooper。未出场替补：Griffiths, Baker, Muir。黄牌：Finneran 36。

伯顿阿尔比恩：Addai, Sibbick, Delap, Tilt, Lofthouse, Evans (Adom 87), Krubally (Collar 62), Armer, Chauke, Webster, Scutt (Shade 63)。未出场替补：Araujo, Adiele, Sraha, Dudek。黄牌：Tilt 34, Armer 51, Krubally 52, Evans 65。红牌：Tilt 83。

<><>< / ><>场次< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>进球< / ><>失球< / ><>积分< / >< / ><><>布莱克浦< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>7< / ><>2< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>哈德斯菲尔德< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>斯托克波特城< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>9< / ><>4< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>谢周三< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>9< / ><>4< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>布拉德福德< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>诺丁汉郡< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>卢顿< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>5< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>牛津< / >

Utd< / td> 2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>4< / >< / tr> <>巴恩斯利< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>剑桥联< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>伯顿阿尔比恩< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>普利茅斯< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>布罗姆利< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>8< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>曼斯菲尔德< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>米尔顿凯恩斯唐斯< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>莱顿

东方< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>5< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>彼得伯勒< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>7< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>史蒂夫尼奇< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>5< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>唐卡斯特< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>莱斯特< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>威科姆< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>7< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>雷丁< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>AFC温布尔登< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>威根< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>0< / >< / table>

普莱格祖埃洛 44, 怀特 50

普利茅斯：库珀、哈丁、米切尔、普莱格祖埃洛、哈特里奇、柯蒂斯（瓦茨 90）、巴金森、怀特、艾罗（阿马埃奇 71）、埃文斯、佩普尔（易卜拉欣 84）。未出场替补：斯托勒、爱德华兹、芬恩、索里诺拉。黄牌：埃文斯 2, 哈丁 33。

布拉德福德：麦克拉肯、鲍德温、彭宁顿（韦尔奇 64）、吉莱斯菲、纽维尔、萨尔塞维奇、康诺利、图雷、杰克逊（菲利普斯 46）、斯旺（波因顿 46）、比斯利（鲍威尔 64）。未出场替补：道森、卡特赖特、普拉特。黄牌：比斯利 2, 康诺利 88。

谢菲尔德星期三 (3) 7< / td><>布罗姆利 (0) 2< / >< / tr><><>斯拉特里 7< / ><>阿德博耶约 85 (点球)< / >< / ><><>伯斯托 31< / ><>奥特格巴约 87 (乌龙球)< / >< / ><><>洛韦 45, 73< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>巴里 46, 49< / ><>< / >< / ><><>奥特格巴约 81< / ><>ATT: 30,006< / >< / table>

谢菲尔德星期三：卢姆利、瓦莱里、桑托斯（奥特格巴约 46）、库珀（帕尔默 69）、詹姆斯、米切尔（桑顿 69）、班南（莫里森 61）、洛韦、斯拉特里、巴里（阿尔·哈马迪 79）、伯斯托。未出场替补：特鲁曼、摩西。黄牌：斯拉特里 90。

布罗姆利：乔治、伊菲尔、海德曼、索温米、格兰特、平诺克（阿彻 46）、麦基尔南（布伦南 46）、孔特、洪德马克（门迪 60）、怀特利（阿德博耶约 46）、奇克（卡班巴 69）。未出场替补：梅森、汤普森。黄牌：平诺克 34, 索温米 56。

斯蒂文奇：马歇尔、范库滕、皮尔詹尼、弗里斯通、詹姆斯·怀尔丁、汤普森（泰勒 73）、菲利普斯、帕特森（厄利 90）、肯普、罗伯茨（梅隆 74）、马格尼斯（桑德森 71）。未出场替补：巴登、霍顿、奈特。

唐卡斯特：西姆金、贝利、伯恩、麦格拉斯（格雷汉 64）、西尼尔、罗宾逊（布罗德本特 63）、戈茨、奥赖利（阿因德 64）、阿德拉昆（麦肯 46）、梅、哈钦森（汉兰 64）。未出场替补：克拉克、托马斯。黄牌：哈钦森 40, 麦格拉斯 56, 西尼尔 76。裁判：奥利·耶茨

<><>斯托克波特郡 (2) 5< / ><>怀科姆 (1) 1< / >< / ><><>伍德 16, 23< / ><>伍德罗 43< / >< / ><><>伍顿 56< / ><>< / >< / ><><>戴蒙德 61< / ><>< / >< / ><><>曼德隆 89< / ><>< / >< / table>

斯托克波特郡：瓦特马夫、戈登、奥康奈尔、派、格洛弗（埃顿 72）、贝特、诺伍德（菲奥里尼 81）、奥斯本、戴蒙德（曼德隆 72）、伍顿（安德雷森 82）、伍德（阿迪贡 64）。未出场替补：威尔逊-布朗、加德纳。

裁判：爱德华·达克沃斯。

怀科姆：哈扎德、格里默（帕克 77）、泰勒、库克（凯西 76）、哈维、莫利（博伊德-蒙斯 46）、斯科文、奥尼丁马、亨德森、托马斯（奎蒂纳 71）、伍德罗（特兹格尔 70）。未出场替补：范萨斯、马林斯。

英超联赛

主场 客场

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维拉< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>18< / ><>考文垂< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>19< / ><>水晶宫< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>20< / ><>托特纳姆< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< / table>

英超联赛

英冠联赛

埃兰加 (纽卡斯尔)....2 布劳特·哈兰德 (曼城)2 欣谢尔伍德 (布莱顿)..2 切尔基 (曼城)....2 斯科特 (伯恩茅斯)....1

英冠联赛 (CHAMPIONSHIP)

拉林 (南安普顿)....4 兰克希尔 (米德尔斯堡)...4 纳比扎达 (沃特福德)....2 布鲁克斯 (诺维奇)....2 古德约翰森 (布莱克本)...2

布莱克本：托特, 阿莱比奥苏, 阿切森, 麦克劳格林, 尤里·里贝罗 (佩茨 81), 弗肖 (莫西 57), 蒙哥马利 (加雷特 81), 森下, 坎特韦尔 (瓦雷 88), 阿福拉扬 (费夫里耶 81), 古德约翰森。黄牌：古德约翰森 65, 麦克劳格林 76, 莫西 80。

女王公园巡游者 (QPR)：查尔斯, 姆本盖 (亚当森 81), 邓恩, 克拉克-索尔特, 瑟金 (兰普泰 46), 史密斯 (波库 64), 爱德华兹, 马德森 (卡马拉 46), 切尔, 科内 (劳埃德 57), 巴雷尔。黄牌：克拉克-索尔特 30, 爱德华兹 40。裁判：加文·沃德。

博尔顿 (0) 0 观众人数: 21,581< / td><>林肯城 (0) 1 豪斯 66< / >< / tr>< / table>

博尔顿：邦汉, 布伦特, 弗里诺-约瑟夫, 法梅沃 (拉拉扎巴尔 61), 康威, 希汉, 埃拉洪 (沃森 80), 伊林-朱尼尔 (董 61), 麦克亚蒂 (哈迪 72), 盖尔 (尼尔森 71), 达尔比。

林肯城：威肯斯, 埃莱雷韦, 托勒, 埃尔德, 杰弗里斯, 瓦尔福洛梅耶夫 (贝利斯 85), 麦格兰德尔斯, 瑞奇, 哈克特 (奥拉奥费 80), 德雷珀 (斯特里特 65), 豪斯 (霍诺汉 85)。黄牌：豪斯 30, 瓦尔福洛梅耶夫 79, 麦格兰德尔斯 90。裁判：本·斯皮迪。

<><>布里斯托尔城 (1) 2< / ><>朴茨茅斯 (0) 1< / >< / ><><>托拉伊 31< / ><>米洛瓦诺维奇 90 (点球)< / >< / ><><>奈特 56< / ><>观众人数: 24,134< / >< / table>

布里斯托尔城：蒂克尔, 坦纳 (埃尔 85), 迪基, 艾萨特, 卡尔迪内斯, 奈特, 威廉姆斯, 华莱士 (霍瓦特 68), 崔恩 (格林伍德 68), 平川 (普林 74), 托拉伊 (巴拉德 74)。黄牌：卡尔迪内斯 49, 奈特 67, 迪基 77。

朴茨茅斯：施密德, 德夫林, 亚瑟 (迪亚 69), 肖内西, 斯旺森, 舍因, 帕克 (斯威夫特 74), 卡马拉, 塞格西奇, 卡武马-麦奎恩 (布莱尔 63), 毕晓普 (米洛瓦诺维奇 63)。裁判：詹姆斯·贝尔。

卡迪夫：特罗特, 倪, 比利克 (斯坎隆 90), 奥肖, 巴甘, 罗伯逊, 阿什福德 (戴维斯 85), 坦纳 (威洛克 72), R·科尔威尔, 莫伊兰 (J·科尔威尔 85), 萨莱赫 (罗宾逊 85)。黄牌：罗伯逊 4, 莫伊兰 33。

谢菲尔德联：库珀, 巴普蒂斯特 (诺灵顿-戴维斯 58), 坦冈加, 麦金尼斯, 麦考勒姆, 多诺万 (沙克尔顿 46), 罗斯韦尔 (里德瓦尔德 65), 佩克, 奥哈尔, 班福德 (菲利普斯 46), 坎农 (布雷雷顿·迪亚斯 84)。 黄牌：麦金尼斯 10, 佩克 75。

查尔顿：奥孔科, 麦克纳马拉, 琼斯, 贝尔, 梅西克, 科文特里, 查洛巴 (努万巴 63), 坎贝尔 (兰金-科斯特洛 90), 凯里 (阿里 46), 艾恩-格兰特 (阿西姆韦 90), 莱伯恩 (姆比克 88)。黄牌：兰金-科斯特洛 90。

观众人数: 17,256

英甲联赛 (LEAGUE ONE)

马里奥特 (雷丁)....3 洛韦 (谢周三)....3 泰勒 (哈德斯菲尔德)....3 阿德博耶乔 (布罗姆利)....3 柯林斯 (米尔顿凯恩斯 Dons)....2

考文垂 (0) 0 赫尔 (0) 1

利物浦 (0) 2 诺丁汉森林 (1) 2

穆诺兹 82 吉布斯-怀特 70 (点球)

托特纳姆 (0) 0 纽卡斯尔 (0) 2

普雷斯顿：伊弗森, 克拉克, 奥菲亚 (埃拉比 70), 林赛, 吉布森, 弗克切维奇 (怀利 88), 汤普森 (斯莫尔 77), 勒罗伊, 德文, 朗 (米尔斯 70), 堡佐格。黄牌：勒罗伊 54。裁判：汤姆·里夫斯。

观众人数: 61,025

桑德兰 对阵 富勒姆

观众人数: 26,576

德比 (0) 0 斯旺西 (2) 3

明日比赛

今日比赛

切尔西 v 布莱顿

德比郡：泽特斯特伦、约翰斯顿（沃德 46）、兰加斯、桑德森、泰勒、莫瓦特（伊姆斯 78）、特拉维斯、海吉斯（布鲁斯特 46）、克拉克、布莱克特-泰勒（斯佐迪克斯 46）、萨尔维森（比尔比哈 70）。未登场替补：维克斯、福赛斯、尼亚姆贝、弗劳洛。黄牌：兰加斯 69，桑德森 79，特拉维斯 81。

阿斯顿维拉 v 阿森纳

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斯旺西：维古鲁、基、利萨、威尔士、泰蒙、维德尔（贾斯特 65）、富尔顿（斯蒂芬·欧斯塔基奥 65）、斯塔梅尼奇、奥波库（叶欧 24）、伊达（维波特尼克 65）、严（罗纳德 85）。黄牌：斯塔梅尼奇 73，贾斯特 84。裁判：大卫·韦伯。

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英乙联赛

苏超联赛

Sky Bet 冠军联赛

西布罗姆维奇：奥莱利、加尔维斯、菲利普斯、坎贝尔、斯泰尔斯、惠特韦尔（恩津古拉 70）、莫伦比（图恩德 77）、迪亚基特、普赖斯、迈尔（赫格博 77）、摩根（斯图尔特 86）。黄牌：迪亚基特 61。裁判：保罗·蒂尔尼。

诺维奇：科瓦切维奇、斯泰西、麦康维尔、科尔多巴、克里斯内、麦克莱恩（赖特 80）、马特松、布鲁克斯（克尔纳茨 71）、施瓦陶（本·斯利曼 62）、穆萨巴（迪亚洛 62）、图雷（奎斯特加登 71）。黄牌：麦康维尔 16，科尔多巴 29，布鲁克斯 63，本·斯利曼 65。

伯恩利：魏斯、沃克、艾哈迈多齐奇、艾莱恩、罗伯茨、梅杰布里（拉古贝尔 82）、劳伦特、布伦·拉森（爱德华兹 64）、拉姆齐（阿姆杜尼 64）、萨特帕耶夫、弗莱明（洪顿吉 78）。黄牌：劳伦特 28，弗莱明 71。红牌：劳伦特 77。裁判：埃利奥特·贝尔。

南安普顿：佩雷茨、布里、伍德-戈登、施洛特贝克（斯蒂芬斯 87）、曼宁、布拉格、道恩斯（沃德-普劳斯 46）、松木（多宾 81）、阿扎兹、西恩扎（费洛斯 71）、拉林（穆巴马 70）。黄牌：曼宁 4，费洛斯 87。

米尔沃尔：克罗科姆、赛克斯、泰勒、库珀、斯图奇（巴戈特 71）、内格利、德诺尔、梅特卡尔夫（洛夫莱斯 79）、阿孔特（凯利 71）、科伯恩（戴克斯 80）、利斯比（坎德尔 61）。黄牌：赛克斯 10。裁判：亚当·赫尔塞格。

沃特福德 (1) 1纳比扎达 19< / td><>西汉姆联 (1) 1波洛克 27 (乌龙球) 观众人数：20 976< / >< / tr>< / table>

沃特福德：拉瓦利亚、特拉奥雷、波洛克、凯本、泽穆拉、博夫、基普里亚努、马阿马（瓦塔 73）、布拉沃（卡延贝 85）、纳比扎达（帕耶罗 60）、基鲁姆加德（杜姆比亚 60）。黄牌：博夫 7，马阿马 24，凯本 49。 西汉姆联：赫曼森、费尔特曼、戈兰贝基斯、基尔曼、沃克-彼得斯（斯卡尔斯 86）、鲍文、恩格尔斯、坎特（奥福德 65）、所罗门、穆卡萨（皮罗 65）、卡斯蒂利亚诺斯。黄牌：费尔特曼 31。 裁判：罗伯特·马德利

<><>狼队 (2) 4< / ><>斯托克城 (1) 1< / >< / ><><>R·戈麦斯 19, 23, 吉梅内斯 55 (点球)< / ><>加拉格尔 2< / >< / ><><>詹姆斯 84< / ><>观众人数：30,334< / >< / table>

狼队：何塞·萨、查丘亚、吉加、T·戈麦斯、H·布埃诺、安德烈·特林达德（特拉奥雷 73）、穆内齐（多伊尔 77）、R·戈麦斯（詹姆斯 77）、洛佩斯、马内（奇雷瓦 83）、吉梅内斯（阿姆斯特朗 73）。黄牌：马内 39。 斯托克城：约翰逊、约翰逊、劳沃尔、威尔莫特、博卡特、苏马雷（里戈 85）、加尔布雷斯、加拉格尔（马丁 85）、裴（曼霍夫 62）、托马斯、赫斯特（博泽尼克 74）。黄牌：裴 15，劳沃尔 31，加拉格尔 45，托马斯 90。裁判：汤姆·尼尔德。

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切尔滕纳姆：斯坦韦、汤姆金森、坎迪、威尔逊、汤姆林森、麦克威廉姆斯（史蒂文森 90）、威尔考克斯、埃文斯（希普利 77）、麦肯、布鲁姆、魏曼（比克斯塔夫 68）。黄牌：汤姆金森 13，麦克威廉姆斯 38，威尔考克斯 76。裁判：阿比盖尔·伯恩。

巴尼特：考克斯、西尼尔、科林格、塔瓦雷斯（威廉姆斯 66）、肯洛克、里夫斯、奥福博（科姆利 75）、莱金（诺埃尔-威廉姆斯 87）、加拉格尔、希曼加（诺尔斯 66）、卡努。黄牌：考克斯 53。

科尔切斯特：Lo-Tutala, Vincent-Young, Tucker, Raggett, Iandolo, Sesay (Terry 74), Hunt (Connolly 85), Thorn (Williams 57), Payne, Anderson, Ihionvien (Chiwome 57)。黄牌：Hunt 37。

巴尼特 (1) 2 切尔滕纳姆 (0) 2

Lakin 11, Tshimanga 78 (点球) Broom 60, McCann 64

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罗奇代尔：Ramming, Moss, Sherring, Ebanks-Landell, Wilson, Adeeko, Gilmour (Francis 79), Taylor (Smith 79), East (Dieseruvwe 88), Silcott-Duberry (Hannant 69), Brown。黄牌：Gilmour 40, Moss 80。裁判：Declan Bourne。

苏格兰超级联赛

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苏格兰甲级联赛

克劳利镇：Michalski, Odimayo (Morgan 46), Farquharson, Barker, Russell (Di Biase 80), Adeyemo (Ewens-Findlay 57), Arthurs, Krasniqi (Orsi-Dadomo 57), Kamara (Richards 80), Watson, Aderoju。黄牌：Watson 31, Krasniqi 48, Morgan 89。

*爱丁堡城被扣 5 分 高地足球联赛：Banks ODee 6 Invergordon 3, Brora 3 Turriff United 1, Buckie Thistle 5 Rothes 0, Forres Mechanics 1 Formartine United 2, Fraserburgh 2 Clachnacuddin 2, Inverurie Loco Works 3 Lossiemouth 1, Keith 4 Wick Academy 1, Nairn County 0 Deveronvale 0, Strathspey Thistle 3 Huntly 0。

布里斯托流浪者：Young, James, Balmer, Harbottle, Purrington, Mola, Smallwood, Forde, Leigh (Aitchison 90), Kamwa, Cavegn (Harrison 90)。黄牌：Leigh 29, Balmer 43, James 68, Harbottle 81。

<><>吉林汉姆 (1) 1McManus 7< / ><>北安普顿 (1) 1Briggs 36< / >< / table>

北安普顿：Jeacock, Donacien (Dyche 70), Moore, Guthrie, Maxwell, Wormleighton (Hoskins 27), Evans, O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Briggs, Fornah, Warhurst (Opoku 59)。黄牌：Fornah 26, Maxwell 54, Briggs 72, Dyche 79。裁判：Elliott Swallow。

吉林汉姆：Wright, Smith, Beckles, Dobbs, Freeman, Waldock, McKenzie (Antwi 55), McManus (Kendall 82), Hale (Sillah 81), Brophy (Webster 90), Goodwin (McCleary 81)。黄牌：McKenzie 4, Beckles 14。

格里姆斯比：Pym, Rodgers, Kacurri, McJannett, Sweeney, Turi, Amaluzor (Finch 46), Green, Doyle (Walker 83), Vernam (Morgan 74), Cook。黄牌：Rodgers 25, Kacurri 78。

<><>埃尔金 (2) 4< / ><>斯特灵 (0) 0< / >< / ><><>Girvan 28, Gallagher 39< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Colloty 60, Brown 78< / ><>观众人数：758< / >< / ><><>SPARTANS (0) 3< / ><>CLYDE (1) 3< / >< / ><><>Dinanga 69< / ><>Williamson 29, 54 (点球)< / >< / ><><>Mudie 79< / ><>Connell 58< / >< / ><><>Sonkur 88< / ><>观众人数：434< / >< / ><><>STRANRAER (2) 2< / ><>KELTY HEARTS (0) 0< / >< / ><><>Dobbie 21, 37< / ><>观众人数：454< / >< / table>

弗利特伍德镇：Lynch, Rooney, Bennett, Potter, Cirino (Andrew 85), Cannon (Murphy 77), Neal, Helm, McCann, Davies (Coughlan 60), Evans。黄牌：Cannon 28, Potter 45, Davies 57, Bennett 61。

<><>格里姆斯比 (1) 2Doyle 37, Cook 64< / ><>弗利特伍德镇 (1) 2Davies 6, Potter 69观众人数：7,067< / >< / table>

< / td><>场次< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / ><>积分< / >< / tr><><>巴尼特< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>8< / ><>4< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>沃尔索尔< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>约克< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>4< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>科尔切斯特< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>克鲁< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>奥尔德姆< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>布里斯托尔流浪者< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>9< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>特兰米尔< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>弗利特伍德镇< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>格里姆斯比< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>纽波特郡< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>8< / ><>7< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>切尔滕纳姆< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>罗瑟勒姆< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>斯温登< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>埃克塞特< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>切斯特菲尔德< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>克劳利镇< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>什鲁斯伯里< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>北安普顿< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>波特韦尔< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>吉林厄姆< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>阿克灵顿斯坦利< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>7< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>索尔福德城< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>罗奇代尔< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>0< / >< / table>

纽波特郡：赖特、诺曼、詹金斯、卡梅伦、梅里特（萨西 46）、C·埃文斯（迪布利-迪亚斯 72）、布伦南（托马斯 78）、班巴（K·埃文斯 72）、比金斯、格温格韦、多伊奇（贾维斯 54）。黄牌：多伊奇 43，迪布利-迪亚斯 84。

<><>凯尔特人 (2) 2< / ><>法尔基克 (0) 1< / >< / ><><>杜兰 4, 29< / ><>多诺万 72 (乌龙球) 出勤数：< / >< / ><><>哈茨 (2) 2< / ><>圣约翰斯通 (0) 1< / >< / ><><>威尔逊 9< / ><>帕顿 48< / >< / ><><>艾利克 39 (乌龙球)< / ><>< / >< / table>

特兰米尔：麦基、西尼尔、福克纳、史密斯（琼斯 66）、斯莱特（特恩布尔 65）、沃克斯、康隆（芬利 66）、奥科罗（布劳 80）、因斯、惠特克（奥康纳 78）、艾恩赛德。黄牌：斯莱特 15，因斯 73。 裁判：艾米莉·希斯利普。

<><>纽波特郡 (1) 2格温格韦 11, 90< / ><>特兰米尔 (0) 2奥科罗 71, 琼斯 75< / >< / table>

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Fondop-Talom 90

苏格兰冠军联赛 (SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP)

< / td><>场次< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / ><>积分< / >< / tr><><>Stenhousemuir< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>8< / ><>2< / ><>10< / >< / ><><>Partick< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>Raith< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>Atbrath< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>Livingston< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>Ayr< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>Dunfermline< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>Inverness CT< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>Morton< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>6< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>Queen's Park< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>1< / >< / table>

<><>ABBROATH (0) 1< / ><>LIVINGSTON (0) 0< / >< / ><><>Reilly 48 (点球)< / ><>观众人数: 1,624< / >< / ><><>AYR (1) 1< / ><>MORTON (0) 1< / >< / ><><>Murphy 44 (点球)< / ><>Brophy 63< / >< / ><><>< / ><>观众人数: 2,174< / >< / ><><>PARTICK (0) 0< / ><>QUEEN'S PARK (0) 0< / >< / ><><>< / ><>观众人数: 3,911< / >< / ><><>STENHOUSEMUIR (1) 3< / ><>INVERNESS CT (0) 1< / >< / ><><>O'Donnell 23, 51< / ><>Sole 52< / >< / ><><>Young 57< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>< / ><>场次< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / ><>积分< / >< / ><><>Elgin< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>17< / ><>5< / ><>11< / >< / ><><>Clyde< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>11< / ><>6< / ><>10< / >< / ><><>Forfar< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>5< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>Ol< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>7< / >< / table>

Oldham: Hudson, Scott-Morriss, Daniels (Monthe 68), Delaney, Robson, Fawunmi (Chilvers 68), Norburn, Appiah-Forson, Drummond (Pett 86), Nevitt (Fondop-Talom 68), Kavanagh。未出场替补：Wilson, Woods, Temple。

<><>< / ><>场次< / ><>胜< / ><>平< / ><>负< / ><>得< / ><>失< / ><>积分< / >< / ><><>Hamilton< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>11< / ><>0< / ><>13< / >< / ><><>Ross County< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>10< / ><>2< / ><>12< / >< / ><><>Alloa< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>East Kilbride< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>9< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>Peterhead< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>7< / >< / ><><>East Fife< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>Montrose< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>11< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>Cove Rangers< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>Airdrieonians< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>8< / ><>3< / >< / table>

<><>AIRDRIEONIANS (0) 0< / ><>EAST FIFE (0) 0观众人数: 996< / >< / ><><>ALLOA (1) 1< / ><>PETERHEAD (0) 1< / >< / ><><>Marchant 45< / ><>Ross 55< / >< / table>

Swindon: Ripley, Majekodunmi, Negru, Tafazolli, Clark, Middlemas (Nichols 59), Munda (Thomson 46), Clarke (Pearman 77), Millard (Glatzel 59), Drinan, Snowdon (Palmer 46)。未出场替补：Ward, Debayo。黄牌：Clarke 71, Majekodunmi 75, Ripley 83。

汉密尔顿 (1) 1< / td><>科夫流浪者 (0) 0< / >< / tr><><>Ryan 16< / ><>观众人数：812< / >< / ><><>蒙罗斯 (1) 2< / ><>南女王 (0) 1< / >< / ><><>Oliver 3, 54 (点球)< / ><>Clark 49< / >< / ><><>< / ><>观众人数：561< / >< / table>

<><>波特韦尔 (0) 0< / ><>克鲁 (0) 0< / >< / table>

观众人数：8,997

波特韦尔：Smith, Lawrence-Gabriel, Humphreys, Hall, Gordon, Walters (Craig 88), Dempsey, Hernandez, Garrity (Croasdale 63), Waine (Simpson 70), Lynch (Headley 70)。

克鲁：Booth, Billington, Demetriou (Thomas 90), Stephenson, Hutchinson, Offord, Holicek, Tabiner (Thibaut 87), Lankester (White 78), Gibson (Agius 78), March (McNeill 87)。黄牌：Demetriou 80。裁判：Ben Toner。

<><>罗瑟勒姆 (1) 2< / ><>切斯特菲尔德 (0) 1< / >< / table>

<><>Tavares 12< / ><>Mandeville 88 (点球)< / >< / ><><>Mullin 90< / ><>观众人数：9,391< / >< / table>

切斯特菲尔德：Boot, Hutton, McFadzean, Simpson, Gordon (Owolabi-Belewu 81), Stirk, McEachran (Lamptey 82), Markanday (Anisjko 82), Mandeville, Koroma (Naylor 70), Bonis (Bryden 60)。黄牌：Bonis 18。裁判：Sebastian Stockbridge。

Boyle 74

什鲁斯伯里：Brook, Anderson, Boyle, Ruffels, Hoole, Sang, Gray, Berkoe, Turner-Cooke (Gbode 69), Davison (Lloyd 84), Fletcher。黄牌：Anderson 86。

索尔福德城：Norris, Awe (Allen 61), Oluwo, Aimson, Garbutt (N'Mai 78), Molyneux, Bonds, Wiredu (Grant 78), Powell (Cesay 61), Udoh (Graydon 61), Langstaff。裁判：Isaac Searle。

沃尔索尔 (2) 3Smith 8, Burke 45< / td> 阿克灵顿斯坦利 (1) 2Woods 12, Mols 57< / td>< / tr>< / table>

Pressley 53

沃尔索尔：Ward, Browne (Ahui 46), Burke, Skura, Hancock, Moore (Crew 90), Sprangler, Clarke (Simper 73), Sodje (Dallas 73), Smith (Adomah 86), Pressley。黄牌：Sprangler 49, Moore 75, Skura 79, Ahui 90。阿克灵顿斯坦利：Moulden, Moore (Tutonda 78), Rawson, Matthews, Love, Conneely (Coyle 55), Henderson (Mols 55), Anderson, Whalley (Walton 55), Woods, Caton。黄牌：Coyle 60, Walton 75, Conneely 90。裁判：William Davis。

约克 (1) 2

约克：McNally, Williams, Fallowfield, Kitching, Felix (King 67), Hunt (Read 66), Banks, Boyes (Hewitt 77), Newby (Medley 90), Pearce (Malcolm 66), Grey。黄牌：Williams 41, Fallowfield 52。 埃克塞特：Bycroft, Harper, James, Fitzwater, Sutherland (Samuel 77), Edwards, Cole (Oluwabori 82), Cummins, Perry (Oakes 82), Cox (Birch 46), Gordon。黄牌：Cole 33, Edwards 35, Cummins 62。 裁判：Oliver Langford。

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BritainExtremes:(24 hoursto 11pm Friday)	Warmest: Northolt, 27c.		Lighting-up times		Glasgow	8.16pm-6.19am
	Coldest: Braemar No 2, 5c.		Belfast	8.20pm-6.28am	London	7.51pm-6.11am
	Wettest: Coton-In-The-Eims, 48.60mm.		Birmingham	8.00pm-6.16am	Manchester	8.03pm-6.16am
	Sunniest: Tiree, 11.7hrs.		Bristol	8.01pm-6.21am	Newcastle	8.03pm-6.10am

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North West: Wet spell with downpours later. Strong winds. Mild turning cooler. High 21C (70F).

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Northern Ireland: Wet start with scattered downpours. Stormy spells later. Breezy with mild conditions. High 18C (64F). Wales: Wet start, thunderstorms later. Strong winds, staying mild throughout. High 21C (70F).

East Anglia: Cloudy with periods of light rain. Brightening later. Breezy and mild throughout. High 22C (72F). London/South East: Cloudy with some rain. Later, thunderstorms likely. Breezy with mild temperatures. High 22C (72F). South: Cloudy with showers early. Thunderstorms later. Strong winds. Mild temperatures. High 20C (68F). South West: Cloudy with wet spells. Thunderstorms later. Breezy with warm temperatures. High 21C (70F). Channel Isles: Cloudy with rain for a time. Thunderstorms later. Strong winds. Warm throughout. High 23C (73F). Sea: Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in south.

Midlands: Cloudy with drizzle early. Thunderstorm risk later. Breezy with mild temperatures. High 21C (70F).
North East/Yorks: Wet spells with thunderstorms early. Drizzle later. Breezy and mild throughout. High 20C (68F).
Scotland: Wet start with downpours and thunder midday. Breezy, turning cooler later with drizzle. High 18C (64F).

UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW: Expect variable cloud cover with occasional showers and a risk of thunderstorms. Breezy conditions, easing into the evening.

SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade

	MON		TUE		WED		THU		FRI		SAT
	min	max	min	max	min	max	min	max	min	max	min	max
London	12	22	14	23	16	22	16	24	15	24	14	24
Belfast	12	17	12	18	13	18	13	18	12	18	11	17
Birmingham	11	20	12	21	14	20	14	22	13	22	12	22
Cardiff	12	20	14	21	15	21	16	22	14	22	13	22
Glasgow	12	17	10	17	13	17	13	18	12	17	11	17
Manchester	11	18	13	20	14	19	14	20	13	20	12	19
Newcastle	12	20	10	20	13	18	12	20	12	20	11	19
Norwich	11	21	13	22	15	21	15	23	14	22	13	22
Plymouth	14	21	15	22	16	22	16	22	15	22	14	22

24 hours to 5pm	SUN (hrs)	RAIN (ins)	TEMP (min) (max)
Aberdeen	0.6	0.51	14	17
Aberporth	4.0	0.20	15	19
Alnwick	3.7	0.09	13	19
Belfast	6.3	0.13	11	22
Birmingham	2.3	0.23	14	22
B'mouth	5.6	0.42	17	22
Bristol	2.8	0.55	16	21
Cardiff	3.1	1.48	16	20
Durham	4.0	0.05	14	20
Edinburgh	5.5	0.02	13	20

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Glasgow	5.0	0.00	11	22
Hull	4.0	0.09	15	21
Ipswich	5.4	0.22	15	25
Leeds	3.4	0.05	15	19
Lincoln	2.9	0.10	15	22
London	3.8	0.27	17	23
Manchester	2.6	0.08	15	19
Oxford	2.9	0.20	15	23
S'hampton	4.3	0.39	17	24
St Andrews	4.0	0.02	12	20

Moon, sun and tides
MOON rises: 8.19pm, sets: 8.50am
SUN rises London: 6.09am, sets: 7.51pm
Manchester rises: 6.14am, sets: 8.03pm
○ Last Quarter04 September
HIGH TIDE
London B'ge	(3.58am), (4.13pm)
Liverpool	(12.57am), (1.18pm)
Greenock	(2.20am), (2.38pm)
Dover	(12.54am), (1.10pm)

Europe forecast

Amsterdam	Rain	21C/70F
Brussels	Cloudy	22C/72F
Dublin	Thunder	19C/66F
Frankfurt	Fair	26C/79F
Geneva	Sunny	29C/84F
Lisbon	Sunny	28C/82F
Madrid	Sunny	34C/93F
Paris	Cloudy	24C/75F
Rome	Sunny	33C/91F

Amsterdam	Thunder	20C/68F
Brussels	Thunder	20C/68F
Dublin	Cloudy	19C/66F
Frankfurt	Fair	24C/75F
Geneva	Sunny	27C/81F
Lisbon	Sunny	28C/82F
Madrid	Sunny	35C/95F
Paris	Fair	24C/75F
Rome	Sunny	33C/91F

Around the world yesterday

		C	F
Amsterdam . Fair		22	72
Athens . . . .	Sunny	31	88
Barcelona . . .	Sunny	28	82
Berlin . . . .	Fair	24	75
Budapest . . . .	Cloudy	26	79
Cairo . . . .	Sunny	34	93
Cape Town . . . .	Cloudy	16	61
Casablanca .	Sunny	27	81
Corfu . . . .	Sunny	32	90
Dublin . . . .	Rain	17	63
Dubrovnik . . . .	Sunny	30	86
Faro . . . . .	Sunny	25	77
Florence . . . .	Sunny	32	90
Gibraltar . . . .	Sunny	23	73
Guernsey . . . .	Fair	20	68

	C	F
New York . . . Cloudy	27	81
Nice . . . Sunny	28	82
Nicosia . . . Rain	21	70
Perth. . . . Fair	19	66
Prague . . . Fair	20	68
Singapore . . . Sunny	32	90
Stockholm . . . Rain	17	63
Sydney . . . Sunny	18	64
Tel Aviv . . . Sunny	33	91
Tenerife . . . -	28	82
Toronto . . . Fair	22	72
Tunis. . . . Sunny	35	95
Venice . . . Fair	28	82
Vienna . . . Fair	24	75
Warsaw . . . Rain	17	63

Hong Kong. . Fair	30	86
Istanbul. . . Shwrs	25	77
Jersey. . . Shwrs	19	66
Larnaca. . . Shwrs	21	70
Las Palmas. . Sunny	27	81
Los Angeles. Fair	29	84
Luxor. . . Sunny	40	104
Malaga. . . Sunny	28	82
Mallorca. . . Sunny	32	90
Malta. . . Sunny	36	97
Melbourne. . Fair	13	55
Miami. . . Fair	33	91
Moscow. . Fair	18	64
Nairobi. . . Sunny	22	72
New Delhi. . Sunny	34	93

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Archbishop's shock over festival death

BY HELEN WILLIAM

Six people were hurt and one man died as sign collapsed at UK's biggest Christian festival

THE Archbishop of Canterbury said she was “sad and shocked” after a man died when a large sign fell at a Christian festival.

Police were called to the Big Church Festival, near Steyning, West Sussex, on Friday afternoon, where the man, 41, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was pronounced dead.

Organisers of the BCF – billed as the UK’s biggest Christian festival – said they were “devastated by the serious incident” which also injured six people.

Worshippers had rushed to lift the heavy sign – reading “Everything’s Unmissable” – after it fell on revellers, according to witnesses.

Archbishop Dame Sarah Mullally said yesterday: “I pray for his family, friends and loved ones as they grieve.

"I pray for those receiving treatment and the healthcare workers looking after them.

“And I pray too for the other festival goers, staff and event organisers as they come to terms with these tragic events. May the God of comfort

A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Six patients in total were assessed and treated at the scene. Four were taken to local hospitals for further treatment, including two patients

with more serious injuries and two patients with less serious injuries."

They added: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who sadly lost his life and with everyone affected by this tragic incident.”

Organisers cancelled the rest of the event, which was due end today, after the death on its opening day.

Festival-goer Ralph Scrutton said yesterday: "The mood across the

campsite is understandably subdued and melancholy, with people slowly waking up, packing down and getting ready to leave the site. There's a real sense of quietness this

Archbishop Mullally said she is praying for all concerned morning, with people reflecting on the events of yesterday. Keep praying church, for all those involved.”

The dead man's next of kin have been told and are being supported by specialist officers, Sussex Police said.

The incident has been reported to the Health and Safety Executive and local authority, the force added.

Det Chief Supt Richard McDonagh said: “I recognise the immense distress this will have caused people at the festival and we are working with a number of partners as we seek to establish exactly what happened.

“We know there were thousands of people at the festival and we’re urging anyone with any information, or any relevant video footage, to please come forward.”

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Romeo and sister Harper watch Cruz perform with his band

DAVID'S DELIGHT AS CRUZ PLAYS READING

That's my boy!

FROM YASMIN VINCE at Reading Festival

DAVID and Victoria Beckham watched youngest son Cruz perform at Reading Festival yesterday.

The pair were seen holding hands at the side of stage during Cruz Beckham and the Breakers' set, which was also watched by their children Romeo, 23, and Harper, 15.

David, 51, and Victoria, 52, who have recently returned from a holiday on Italy's Amalfi Coast, were seen at Reading's Canopy stage.

The wet weather didn't bother the crowd as they began to chant David's name as he made his way towards the stage alongside his wife and kids. He was seen singing along to every track.

During one poignant moment while Cruz emotionally sang “I don’t want to be like you, you try hard” Harper was seen supportively rubbing her brother Romeo’s back. Cruz’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel showed her support, in a T-shirt that read: “Cruz Beckham sang to me.”

The young singer is far from the only famous offspring to perform at Reading festival this year.

Liam Gallagher's youngest son Gene, 25, took his band Villanelle there, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's son Moses played with People I've Met and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl's daughter Violet will sing today.

Cruz plays as proud parents David and Victoria support him at the festival's Canopy stage

Droughts a major threat to farming, warns Atkins

BY AARON NEWBURY Political Correspondent

ANDY Burnham needs to prepare for future droughts to help stave off fears around shortages in food production, MPs have warned.

The alert follows several heatwaves this year as well as droughts that have sparked alarms over poor harvests, with gutted farmers and growers revealing water shortages have left their fields empty.

Writing for this newspaper, Shadow Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Victoria Atkins said the “warning signs” of water shortages have been around for months.

She added: “The levels of reservoirs have plummeted, crops in fields have withered in the heat, wildfires have devastated landscapes, and farmers are wondering whether their businesses can survive.

"Andy Burnham has spent his first

Conservative frontbencher Victoria Atkins

few weeks in office governing on ‘vibes’, but so far, he has totally failed to grasp the issues coming from this drought. A phone alert banning barbecues doesn’t cut it.

“Resilience can’t be built overnight. Today’s decisions determine whether Britain is prepared for future droughts or left scrambling to respond once another crisis has already arrived.

"The first step is making sure farmers can invest in their farms.

“Family farms are the backbone of British agriculture, and they have been pummelled by Labour.”

The Express has fought to protect farmers from Labour policies which they fear threaten their livelihood – such as the family farm tax.

Mr Burnham's government recently announced a new package of funding to support farmers in droughts.

It also intends to build more reservoirs and has announced an initial seed of cash to get that process started.

But Ms Atkins warned Labour has failed to act or listen to the countryside and its custodians. She said: "It's the now-classic Labour story – listening to political campaigners and lobby groups in London, instead of the people who actually manage the land.

“Policy needs to be about what works, not just what appeases some environmental pressure groups.”

COMMENT: PAGE 14

EXCLUSIVE BY RICHARD ASHMORE

WOMEN in a village earmarked for a camp packed with more than 1,250 male migrants are so terrified of sex attacks that they are seeking self-defence classes.

Piddington, in rural Oxfordshire, is home to just 350 men, women and children who could be outnumbered nearly four-to-one under Home Office plans for a neighbouring former Ministry of Defence site.

The government wants to convert the rural MoD Bicester former depot into accommodation for mostly fighting-age asylum seeker men, with more than a thousand potentially arriving in months.

It's understood the base could be used to house migrants for at least the next decade.

Rural towns and villages like Piddington and Linton-on-Ouse, in Yorkshire, Barnham, in Suffolk, Wethersfield, in Essex, and Crowborough, in East Sussex, are now on the front line of the migrant crisis as Labour seek to dump thousands of foreign men in ex-military bases.

The Express revealed this month how an astonishing Home Office pamphlet is being distributed to migrants warning them not to rape or abuse women and children.

The MoD base near Piddington has a fence running directly adjacent to Jubilee Nature Reserve, a playing field used by local

'Nobody is going to hear you scream out here'

youngsters and a popular dog walking spot.

And at a time when sex assault cases by asylum seekers are appearing in courts monthly, women in the village are facing the grim prospect they may have to fight off an attacker.

Reform UK spokesman Zia Yusuf said: “It clearly is the case that this Labour government is directly endangering women and girls in this area.”

Teacher and resident Samantha Phillips, 61, said: "Nobody is going to hear you scream out here. Women in the village like to walk their dogs in the field which is next to where they want the migrant camp to be, the nearest house is quarter a mile away.

“We are looking into self-defence classes for the women in the village, and the children and men, anxiety is really heightened.

"We're not being over-reactive, we've seen the Home Office leaflet. It's going 10 men to one woman in the village and that raises an instant concern."

Ms Phillips said residents could also be forced to carry alarms and whistles and they may have to install CCTV on the quiet village lanes.

Parish councillor Tim McNally revealed there are just two police officers covering 46 villages in the local area.

He said: “It’s a realisation that children who would normally be able to walk around hand-in-hand in the village won’t be able to do that anymore. It will also impact the elderly as they become more isolated, the community will be shut down effectively.” Local residents of Piddington have been galvanised in their defence against the migrant base plans with 96% voting in favour of a symbolic referendum to leave the UK on July 4.

The tiny hamlet has made headlines all over the world and villagers have just released a single titled “Battle for Britain” which is streaming on music site Spotify.

Mr Yusuf became the first mainstream politician to visit Piddington and meet directly with residents. He told the Sunday Express that if Reform took control in

Westminster, they would go after the companies making millions from contracts to run migrant camps and HMOs.

“This is ground-zero now for the invasion of Britain,” Mr Yusuf said.

"I can't think what kind of Prime Minister, what kind of a government, does this to its own people.

"The numbers are insane, around 350 people live in this quiet

people live in this qu idyllic village, and the govern- ment website literally states they want to put 1,250 adult men here.

"These men are mostly from countries like Eritrea, Sudan and Afghanistan, these are exactly the people the Home Office have been handing pamphlets to trying to train them that having sex with children is not allowed.

Samantha Phillips says anxiety is high

"We know that Afghans are 20% "We know that Afghans are 20% more likely to be convicted of a sex offence than British citizens, Sudan is not far behind."

He added: “When Andy Burnham came in, he was all about devolution wasn’t he?

“Giving local residents the power to determine what happens.

“Well, except apparently when it comes to having 1,250 men dumped into your tiny village.

“Under a Reform government, places like this will be high-priority, none of these illegal migrants will get to wander around, they will all be detained and they are going to be removed and go back to countries from which they came.

“We will also hold accountable the people who are responsible for doing this, whether it’s ministers or officials, or the big private contractors.

“It’s a dishonest way to make money, it’s horrific.”

Reform UK, who are holding their party conference in Birmingham this week, are roughly level in most polls after Labour numbers experienced a brief “Burnham bounce” following Sir Keir’s departure from Number 10 last month.

But Labour's disastrous prisoner early release scheme and illegal migrants now crossing the Channel in “mega dinghies” have quickly

helped to dent Mr Burnham's numbers.

Mr Yusuf added: “People’s lives are being turned upside down in places like Piddington, in their own country.

"This isn't Vladimir Putin doing this to these people, it's their own government.

"The Piddington situation defines our country right now, the absolute disgusting and indecent betrayal of hard-working British people who are left powerless, first under 14 years of Tory rule, and now with Labour who seem to govern for everybody except the people of this great country."

'People will be outraged at this waste of money'

FROM PAGE ONE

taxpayers were “funding contraception for illegal immigrants while British people can’t even get a dentist appointment”.

He added: “More than 93,000 people are now being housed at the taxpayer’s expense, and the number crammed into dispersal accommodation has climbed by 12% under Labour.

"Illegal immigrants should be deported.

"The next Conservative government would deport every illegal immigrant, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and any other obligation that stands in the way in order to get it done.

“Because the surest way to empty the accommodation is to make plain that nobody who crosses the Channel [illegally] gets to stay.”

Tax watchdogs also rounded on the revelation.

John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Brits are paying billions for processing, accommodation and freebies provided to foreign criminals who have broken into our country.

"There should be no taxpayer-funded perks for those who break the law and bypass our borders.” Last week an investigation by the Express revealed that the government is having to instruct asylum seekers that “men and women are equal” in this country.

Leaflets handed to illegal immigrants also stated it is illegal to rape women, beat them or have sex with children.

Tory London Assembly member Susan Hall, who has protested at the housing of migrants in hotels, blasted the handing out of free condoms. She said:

"Taxpayers will not understand why they are funding such a ridiculous waste of money at a time when our NHS is under pressure.

“Measures like this reveal how the costs of housing asylum seekers in hotels adds up to eye-watering amounts, and how utterly inappropriate our current system is. “People will be outraged

at this ludicrous waste of

money, and I do not see why sexual health provisions for asylum seekers must come at taxpayers' expense."

The NHS said: “The NHS provides contraception services for free to all, which includes asylum seekers, through sexual health clinics, most pharmacies, and some GP practices. The NHS is legally obliged to offer healthcare services to asylum seekers.”

OPINION: PAGE 14

Tories hit out at Labour's ‘£13bn bill for waving in asylum seekers’

BY AARON NEWBURY

FAMILIES could be forced to fork out some £13billion to cover the cost of the illegal migrants let in under Labour.

The warning came following analysis by the Conservative Party which said nearly 100,000 people have been given the right to stay here by Labour.

Many benefit from a Family and Private Life grant which allows them to stay if they have a personal tie to the country but do not qualify for other access routes to the UK.

Home Office estimates say the lifetime cost of such a migrant stands at £141,000, with the Conservatives saying they will scrap the grant.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp MP, inset below, said: "There is no such thing as a free grant of asylum, and after two years of waving people through Labour have handed the British taxpayer a bill for £13billion.

"Labour's immigration free-for-all must end. Nearly 100,000 people have been given the right to stay under this Labour government. The Conservatives would ban asylum grants for those who have arrived illegally so they can be deported quickly on arrival."

Analysis seen by the Express suggested there have been 95,874 asylum grants of protection or other leave under Labour.

That analysis claims the lifetime cost of those granted asylum is estimated to be £13,518,234,000.

The Home Office said: "We do not recognise this analysis. We have saved taxpayers £1billion on asylum support costs

since the election.

"The asylum grant rate has decreased to $38\%$ and the backlog is at its lowest level since 2019, meaning fewer people are being supported at the taxpayer's expense. We have also

halved the number of asylum seekers in hotels over the past year, and since the election, returned over 80,000 people with no right to be in the UK."

Kemi tells PM to ‘get drilling’ for UK’s own clean energy

BY AARON NEWBURY Political Correspondent

KEMI Badenoch has urged the Prime Minister to “get Britain drilling again” when MPs return from their summer break.

The Conservative leader has long called for the country to make full use of its wealth of natural resources to help reduce energy bills.

Yet Andy Burnham has so far appeared reluctant to enable further drilling, despite rumours that Labour may give the Jackdaw oil licence the go-ahead.

Writing for the Sunday Express Mrs Badenoch says: “Decisions about how Britain powers itself for decades cannot depend on the temperature outside Downing Street – even if Downing Street North is a few degrees cooler.

“That isn’t pragmatism, it’s cowardice. The people whose livelihoods depend on the North Sea cannot put their mortgages on hold until the weather changes.

“Businesses deciding whether to invest billions in Britain cannot wait while ministers check the forecast – or which way the political wind is blowing.

“And approving Jackdaw alone is just a piece-meal offering – especially to those in limbo waiting for an answer on Rosebank.”

Mr Burnham is likely to face resistance from

'Decisions cannot depend on temperature at Downing St'

his own MPs should he bow to demands to open new extraction in the North Sea.

His close ally, Ed Miliband, the former Net Zero Secretary, once railed against the need to expand on drilling, instead pushing for more solar energy.

And early this year his party's deputy leader Lucy Powell said she expected Mr Burnham to stick to the party's manifesto com-

mitments, which had ruled out new licences to drill.

“We’ve been really clear that the way to achieve the long-term energy security and lower bills is by ensuring that we do have our own home-grown, clean, much cheaper energy,” she said at the time.

“But we’ve been absolutely clear that North Sea gas and oil is an important part of that transition.

“It’s an important part of the mix, and I think what Andy’s talking about is taking a

If Britain is going to use oil and gas, we should produce it, says Kemi Badenoch, inset

more pragmatic approach and working with the industry to make sure that it can contribute to that [energy] transition and to the mix that is ed over the long term.”

US President Donald Trump has also called for the Prime Minister to increase extraction in the North Sea, calling it “invaluable”.

Mr Burnham has not spoken in detail about his energy plans since becoming PM, but will likely face mounting questions on them when MPs return to Parliament this week.

ANDY Burnham told Britain he would bring pragmatism to Downing Street – but it was all talk.

For weeks his government has been putting off decisions on Rosebank and Jackdaw because he was worried about the “optics” of approving oil and gas projects during a hot summer. Now we learn Burnham is finally preparing to give Jackdaw the go-ahead.

Perhaps it was the rainy Bank Holiday weekend that did the trick - but if so, we don't have a Prime Minister, we have a weatherman.

It would be funny if the consequences were not so serious. We are all worried about climate change but delaying a decision till it looks less bad is just not serious.

Decisions about how Britain powers itself for decades cannot depend on the temperature outside Downing Street - even if Downing Street North is a few degrees cooler. That isn't pragmatism, it's cowardice. The people whose

COMMENT

By Kemi Badenoch CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER

livelihoods depend on the North Sea cannot put their mortgages on hold until the weather changes.

Businesses deciding whether to invest billions in Britain cannot

wait while ministers check the forecast - or which way the political wind is blowing.

And approving

Jackdaw alone is just a piece-meal offering - especially to those in limbo waiting for an answer on Rosebank.

'Burnham promised to be different'

Burnham should not expect a round of applause for finally making one decision while keeping Labour's ideological ban on new oil and gas licences in place. That ban chokes future investment, puts skilled jobs at risk and leaves Britain increasingly dependent on energy produced overseas.

What sense does that make? Britain will need oil and gas for many years to come. We can produce more of it here, supporting British workers, businesses and tax revenues, or pay other countries such as Norway or Saudi Arabia to

extract it for us. To spell it out, if Britain is going to use oil and gas, we should produce as much of it as

we sensibly can ourselves.

The Conservatives would end Labour's ban on new licences, scrap the Energy Profits Levy and give the North Sea regulator a clear mission to maximise Britain's own resources. Because this is about more than two oil fields in the North Sea. For years, Britain has made energy more expensive while pushing industry, investment and emissions overseas.

Closing a factory here to import the same goods from China is not environmental progress. Importing gas while refusing to develop our own supplies is not energy security. It is managed decline.

Burnham promised to be different from Keir Starmer, but faced with Ed Miliband's militant green ideology and pressure from his own backbenchers, he is already chickening out of the big decisions.

We've got the same old Labour Party, just in a black T-shirt. But Rosebank still needs a decision and Jackdaw needs confirming now so the North Sea has a future.

So when Parliament returns this week, Burnham has the chance to prove that his promises of pragmatism were real. Being PM is about making difficult choices, not avoiding them. I know what I would do - Get Britain drilling again.

Eco activist 'blocking cuts to our power bills'

BY AARON NEWBURY

A FORMER Green Party candidate who now chairs a countryside quango has been accused of blocking cheaper energy for British households.

Tony Juniper, chairman of Natural England, has been slammed by critics who say his organisation is blocking the power stations Britain needs to cut bills.

Natural England – an arm of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – is meant to look after the country's land, rivers and wildlife.

But Looking for Growth claims the group has a veto on building projects.

After working on parrot conservation in the 1980s, Mr Juniper joined Friends of the Earth and led

Natural England chair Juniper

campaigns against a bypass before co-writing a Green New Deal Group report that called for high taxes on British oil and gas firms.

In 2010 he stood for the Green Party in Cambridge, vowing to “phase out nuclear power and resolutely oppose any new nuclear power station”.

Tom Willerton-Gartside of LfG said: “The list of things Natural England has said no to seems never-ending. Perhaps the most egregious example is the £700million fish disco at Hinkley Point C.”

This refers to underwater speakers to keep salmon and eels from the water intake pipes at the site.

Mr Willerton-Gartside added: “This saga has dragged out the construction of Britain’s first new nuclear power station this century for around a decade – still now we do not know when it get NE’s approval.”

More nuclear power could cut energy bills by some £500 a year, found think-tank Onward.

Natural England was approached for comment.

Disney's homing in on child star Macaulay for comedy classic reboot

EXCLUSIVE FROM MIKE PARKER in Los Angeles

HOME ALONE star Macaulay Culkin is set to return to the film franchise where he found fame 36 years ago.

He is reported to be in advanced talks with Disney studio chiefs over a reboot of the blockbuster series that turned him into a Hollywood star at the age of 10.

"They are courting him like nobody's business," according to podcaster and LA showbiz writer Matt Belloni, who adds that a revival of the beloved Home Alone series "would be gigantic".

Culkin, who turned 46 last week, captured the hearts of millions worldwide in the original comedy blockbuster in 1990 as a young boy who defends his suburban home from invaders after his family leaves him behind accidentally as they set off on holiday.

He also starred in the first sequel, Home Alone 2, two years later but did not appear in any of the four more episodes between 1997 and 2021.

The entire franchise is now owned by Disney following its acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019.

A senior Hollywood production executive confirmed yesterday: "In an era of one reboot after another, the Disney hierarchy believes it would be a major coup to get the original and still much loved star of the first two - and most successful - Home Alone movies back on board."

"Obviously, there will have to be some kind of plot flip whereby Macaulay's famous character is now grown up and has a kid of his own."

They added: "I know he's been discussing all this with Disney, so a firm deal isn't far away."

Macaulay Culkin and, inset, with Home Alone 1990 baddies Daniel Stern, left, and Joe Pesci

Military staff warned over car tech amid China fears

EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES KNUCKEY

DEFENCE chiefs have issued secret guidance warning military staff of security risks posed by car cameras and other technology.

Analysts argued modern vehicles are a “treasure trove” of data for hostile states, as they welcomed the alert.

The memo – specific details of which remain classified – advises drivers and passengers on how to protect themselves from potential threats associated with car technology such as built-in microphones and live location tracking.

While defence officials insisted the advice applies to all vehicles regardless of make or manufacturer, it came amid growing concerns over Chinese-linked tech.

Reports last year suggested the Ministry of Defence had banned electric vehicles with Chinese components from sensitive sites and military training bases due to espionage fears.

Former Army intelligence officer Philip Ingram said: "The threat is higher than people might fear and therefore it's a very wise thing to put out.

“Modern electronic devices – of which a car is – are the best James Bond-type spy tools you can get.

"You'd be very naive to believe hostile intelligence services aren't exploiting every opportunity they can

BYD car from China - an example of hi-tech vehicle

get to exploit everything that exists."

Cyber-security expert Jake Moore described modern cars as “moving databases”, capable of recording when doors open, speeds, conversations and video footage. He said: “That is a treasure trove of data to a cyber-criminal, particularly when we’re talking high profile individuals. Information is power.”

The guidance came as sales of Chinesemade cars, which are often more affordable, have soared in Britain.

Chinese brands have made up around 11% of UK car registrations in 2026, data showed.

The Express is aware of cases of Chinese cars being stopped from entering bases. Mr Ingram said the cameras and sensors now fitted to cars pose a real threat: "It's like someone driving around with a CCTV camera into a sensitive military site, videoing everything that's there.

“You can see the layout of the camp, you can see any particular signs pointing to different things that may exist within the camp or base or station.

“You can see the registration of other vehicles, you can cross-reference those registrations and identify potentially people of interest.” A senior car industry source said the military's guidance would also apply to many other electronic devices, like mobile phones and laptops, which contain a microphone and camera.

In June, MI5 warned Chinese spies were targeting government and military staff on job websites to try to get access to classified or sensitive information.

'It is treasure trove of data for a cyber-criminal'

The MoD said: “The security of defence assets is a top priority for this government.

“We regularly review security policies for vehicle users and passengers, alongside providing security guidance to all staff.”

Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, said: “All manufacturers with cars on sale in the UK must adhere to relevant regulations on data privacy.”

Donald Turrell was just 17 when he enlisted in the Army

Normandy hero dies, 101

A WORLD War Two veteran who fought in the Normandy campaign after lying about his age has died aged 101.

Donald Turrell, from London, was just 17 when he enlisted in the Army, having forged a letter from his parents saying he was 18.

He joined the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who crossed over to France in June 1944 in the days following D-Day, and Mr Turrell landed on Sword Beach before taking part in fierce fighting against occupying German troops.

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans said it was “deeply saddened” that Mr Turrell had died on Friday, surrounded by his family.

Vice president Dick Goodwin said: "Don was incredibly special. He had a warmth and presence that lit up every room he entered, and he touched the lives of so many people.

“Don represented a generation whose courage and service we will never forget.”

Pixie looks on brightside as she breezes through gig

PIXIE LOTT dazzled in red as she performed for her adoring fans at Portsmouth's Victorious Festival, writes Jon Coates.

The singer-songwriter, 35, took to the Common Stage on the opening day of the festival in Southsea wearing an outfit that billowed in the blustery conditions. Her crowd-pleasing set included hits Boys and Girls, and It's All About Tonight, as well as a cover of The Killer's Mr Brightside.

The festival continues today with headliners Kasabian and The Streets, after The Black Keys headlined last night and Richard Ashcroft on Friday.

The annual Victorious Festival is a family-friendly three-day music event that draws up to 80,000 daily visitors who come to see top class rock and pop headliners. Running over the August Bank Holiday weekend, it blends stunning seafront views with live performances, local food and comedy.

Farage's fortunes waning as rivals gain momentum

THE chances of Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister have fallen over the past year, according to a leading polling expert.

Reform UK is suffering from “a united Left and a fractured Right”, as rival party Restore UK gains support and the Conservatives hold their position.

Meanwhile, voters on the Left are uniting behind Labour under new leader Andy Burnham, with some of those who defected to the radical Green Party returning to the fold.

Mr Farage is “far from a spent force”, said Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common which runs polls and focus groups.

However, he warned: “To win the next election, Farage must expand beyond his base and dominate a fragmented Right; on both, summer has seen them going backwards.”

More in Common showed Reform comfortably leading other parties for more than 12 months, from May 2025 until the second half of July this year.

That was before Andy Burnham became Prime Minister on July 20.

Polling this time last year showed between 30% and 33% of voters planning to back Reform, with

Reform's Nigel Farage

BY JONATHAN WALKER Whitehall Editor

support for Labour falling as low as 21%. But now 27% support Labour, 23% back Reform and 22% are with the Conservatives.

While there has not been a large surge in support for the Tories, party leader Kemi Badenoch appears to have succeeded in thwarting Mr Farage's plan to kill her party off and establish Reform as the only viable alternative to Labour on the Right.

And rival Right-wing party Restore Britain, led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, now has the backing of one in 10 voters who supported Reform in the 2024 general election.

Mr Tryl said: “Farage’s ascent to No10 feels far from the inevitability this summer that it was starting to seem this time last year.”

Reform holds its annual conference in Birmingham this week where it will set out plans for its first 100 days in power.

The party plans to ban people from voting if they do not speak English, and to remove the right to vote in the UK from Commonwealth citizens. Reform would also make it illegal to publish election campaign material in any foreign language.

BIG INTERVIEW: PAGES 12&13

NIGEL Farage's ascent to No10 feels far from the inevitability this summer that it was starting to seem this time last year.

A year ago, Reform was regularly polling between 30-33%; that has now fallen to 23%, according to our latest opinion poll – just one point clear of Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives and four points behind Andy Burnham's Labour Party.

Restore Britain has split Reform's base, winning over 4% of voters, and 1 in 10 of Reform's 2024 voters.

Ms Badenoch's popularity

COMMENT BY LUKE TRYL Director, More in Common

has also at least stalled Mr Farage's hopes of further squeezing the Conservatives. His personal ratings have sunk on the back of questions about the £5million donation, down from -5 last summer to -23.

Meanwhile, in focus groups we've detected the actions of the US President Donald Trump - particularly on Iran and ICE's behaviour in Minnesota - have given more voters pause for thought about if Mr Farage would mean the same here. Mr Burnham's rise poses its own challenges.

He is popular, and, unlike Sir Keir Starmer, is seen as likeable and relatable.

More voters want to go for a beer with him than Mr Farage, a test on which the Reform leader has traditionally performed well in.

Mr Burnham's rise in the polls is driven primarily by Left-wing voters, attracted by Zack Polanski's Greens last spring, returning to the party.

A united Left and a fractured Right, could mean scores of seats staying Labour that would have flipped to Reform.

ALARM AT SCALE OF SEIZURE

Thousands of lethal weapons found at schools

EXCLUSIVE BY MATTHEW DAVIS

A TERRIFYING arsenal of thousands of lethal weapons has been seized in schools across Britain after being used in fights.

With the new term starting for most pupils this week, this newspaper can reveal almost 4,000 lethal items – including firearms, a Samurai sword and a chainsaw – were seized in the past three years.

Police logs also showed deadly knives and a 3D-printed knuckle duster were used in crimes committed on school grounds last year. And school compasses, rulers, sports equipment and even drumsticks were used as weapons in flare-ups.

A gun was logged in one incident in West Mercia, while Avon and Somerset recorded a pistol and Essex a BB gun.

Hampshire Police said it had incidents with a wrench, a flick knife, a razor blade and a machete. In Kent, officers revealed seven incidents where a kitchen knife was used and one where a person was found with a scalpel blade.

Patrick Green, CEO of anti-knife crime campaigners The Ben Kinsella Trust, said "The volume and range of weapons being found in schools is profoundly alarming.

"The fact that police are recovering everything from kitchen knives and machetes to firearms and Samurai swords from school grounds should concern us all.

“Schools and police must continue to take robust action when weapons are found. But enforcement alone will never solve this issue.

“We need to place much greater emphasis on prevention and ensure young people receive the support and education

'Enforcement alone will never solve this. We need a greater prevention emphasis' PATRICK GREEN

they need before they ever consider carrying a weapon."

The trust was named after the 16-year-old London schoolboy stabbed to death in 2008. But since that tragic killing blades are still common at school. West Mercia police seized 16 knives, including one 3D-printed knife and a Ninja blade.

It also logged cases that involved a hand-gun, a crowbar, a javelin and a golf fork.

Officers in West Midlands recorded a string of cases including 12 involving flick knives, seven knuckle dusters, five zombie knives and two machetes.

In Essex there were 35 cases involving a variety of knives, including one pumpkin carving knife, four pen knives and a butterfly knife.

The force also recorded somebody being in possession of a Kubotan, which is a rod held in the fist to help stab and gouge an assailant.

In Hertfordshire, the police had one case where pepper spray was recorded, one incident of a person armed with a hammer and one where the suspect was found with an imitation firearm.

Lancashire Police dealt with 26 cases last year of which the majority of offenders had armed themselves with a knife.

There was one incident where a person had sharpened a ruler and another where they used a pair of scissors as a weapon.

Northumbria Police had cases where the weapons involved included a drumstick, a knitting needle and fragments of broken glass. In Greater Manchester the police recorded cases that involved a hacksaw, a machete, an axe and a rolling pin.

Separate figures released by the Department for Education showed a record number of occasions last year where children were sent home for a weapon-related offence.

There were 15,308 occasions in the last school year where children were suspended for weapons incidents – an average of 80 every day – while another 766 were expelled.

In the last three years the number of occasions pupils were suspended for weapons incidents has increased by 7% from the 2021 figure of 13,170. Analysis of the statistics showed that children in Year 9 and Year 10 were most frequently suspended for weapons incidents.

Ben Kinsella was murdered, Patrick Green of the trust in his name, and NASUWT's Jane Peckham

However, the statistics revealed the numbers were also rising among the youngest children in reception and year 1, which last year saw a total of 86 weapons related suspensions.

Jane Peckham, deputy general secretary of the teachers' union NASUWT, said:

“Pupils and staff must be protected from offensive weapons being brought into schools.

“Schools should take all reasonable steps to prevent this and send out strong messages to pupils and the community that they operate a zero-tolerance approach to weapon carrying and will report all incidents to the police.

“It must also be remembered that tackling the problem of violence cannot be left to schools alone. This is an issue which has its roots in wider society and requires a joined-up approach from police, government, local authorities and schools.”

A Department for Education spokesperson said: “Weapons have no place in schools and serious violence, including knife crime, has a devastating impact on children and communities, and the government is addressing this as a top priority.

“Across government, we’re tackling knife crime by banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords, strengthening age verification for online knife sales, and rolling out schemes to prevent young people from being drawn into violent crime.”

Close call as Icelanders vote over restarting talks on EU membership

ICELANDERS are expecting a close-run result on a ballot to see if they should reopen talks about entering the European Union.

The Arctic nation's small population of under 400,000 people were asked to vote on whether or not they wanted to resume the talks after they were broken off 13 years ago.

There have been concerns that rejoining the talks during turbulent times internationally could require it to sign up to other obligations. Iceland has

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done its best to stay out of global affairs, and despite being a member of Nato does not have a standing army.

Early indications of voters' intentions suggested it could be a close result, with just a few percentage points between rival Yes and No campaigns.

Left-wing Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir promised Icelanders a referendum on the subject amid worries around the nation's vital fishing industry and sovereignty. The country is already part of the EU single market and part of the Schengen agreement – but joining fully would tie it to the customs union and, one day, the euro.

Talks in 2013 were put on hold as EU Commission officials haggled with local politicians on the terms of any deal. They focused on a range of issues from fisheries and economic policy to freedom of speech and the free movement of goods.

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Nepal death toll hits 669 as search goes on for Brits

Rescuers need mortuary freezers and DNA tech to identify dead

THE death toll from Nepal's devastating flash floods rose to 669 last night with 2,426 people still missing, including 33 Britons.

Meanwhile, China reported seven deaths and more than 550 missing after mountain communities along the border between Nepal and Tibet were buried in the disaster on Wednesday.

Water levels downstream rose by up to 30ft in half an hour, according to analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development – about twice the height of a double-decker bus.

Floods roared down the steep valley in a torrent, which the US Geological Survey blamed on “glacial collapse”.

More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far, but the District Administration

Office in Chitwan said it had only been able to identify four of the 233 bodies it had recovered.

BY JAYMI McCANN

nationals believed to be still unaccounted for.

Essex nurse Rajendra Pudasaini, president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association UK, said his relatives had been “swept away” by the floods, as he launched a fundraiser to support those affected by the disaster.

Yesterday, Nepalese foreign minister Shisir Khanal said authorities have mobilised all available resources with support from international assistance for search, rescue, relief and recovery operations, with a particular focus on locating those who are still missing.

He added: “This is currently our national priority.”

Two teenagers, a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, are among the 33 British

He said rescue operations have been challenging because

of the steep, tall mountains and narrow gorges in the disaster-hit region.

The floods also damaged 25 miles of roads and destroyed bridges, making access even

Resident salvages belongings from wrecked home in Devighat in Nepal. Inset from left, rescuers join search for survivors and bodies in Gyirong County, Tibet; aerial view of devastation in Devighat; vigil in India for victims

more difficult. Mr Khanal added that authorities have sought specialised support in tunnel rescue, survivor-detection technology, rapid forensic and DNA analysis, and morgue refrigerators.

An 11-member tunnel rescue reconnaissance team from India has been deployed while a similar

'Locating the missing is our priority'

rescue team from China is expected shortly, he added.

The UK has offered a £5million package to support Nepal's response efforts, including a combination of UN, Red Cross and NGO interventions.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said: "The scenes from Nepal are devastating and our thoughts remain with everyone affected. The safety and welfare of British nationals is our top priority.

“That is why we are deploying a Rapid Deployment Team to Nepal to provide additional support on the ground for British nationals and their families at what is an incredibly difficult time.

"Our staff are working closely with the Nepali authorities, emergency responders and our embassy in Kathmandu to ensure those affected can access the assistance and information they need.

"We will continue to do everything we can to support British nationals impacted by this tragedy."

Search efforts continued at several locations in Nepal and Tibet, including the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal's Rasuwa district and the severely damaged Gyirong border crossing on the

Chinese side. Nepalese army spokesman Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet said operations would continue at the hydropower construction site, where authorities believe more than 100 people remain trapped in a tunnel filled with thick mud.

The Chinese broadcaster CCTV also showed images yesterday of rescuers arriving at Gyirong Port,

PRAY FOR

Relatives react at Kathmandu hospital

the hard-hit border crossing with Nepal, with the rescuers shouting: "Anyone, anyone?"

The border crossing was seen in harrowing footage showing people running in terror as the massive unstoppable torrent bore down on Wednesday.

It was not immediately known how many people were at the border checkpoint building when the floods hit, but hundreds of those missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.

Desperate families across Nepal are also waiting for news of their loved ones.

In the capital Kathmandu relatives and friends gathered outside the main government hospital early yesterday.

Many of them shuffled between the help desk and the hospital notice board, clutching photographs and scanning lists of injured patients in the hope of finding them.

Dil Maya Lama stood weeping outside the help desk at the hospital, searching for information about her missing 26-year-old brother, a driver for a hydropower company in Rasuwa.

She had travelled from

'I feel hopeless...it has already been four days'

Ramechhap, about 80 miles away.

She said: “I came here with the hope that I might find him. There is no information about him.”

Nelza Moktan anxiously sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa.

She said: “I feel hopeless. It has already been four days.”

Cleverly will take on Khan in London's Mayoral race

BY AARON NEWBURY

TORY heavyweight Sir James Cleverly will make a bid to unseat Sir Sadiq Khan as Mayor of London.

He has resigned as Shadow Housing Secretary to begin his campaign.

Sir James, 56, has long been rumoured to be considering a return to City Hall, having previously been a member of the London Assembly.

He informed party leader Kemi Badenoch, of his intention last week and told a national newspaper she took it “very well”.

A source close to the Tory leader said that she was “delighted that someone of his calibre wants to put himself forward to be Conservative nominee for Mayor of London.”

They added: “She really wants someone to take on Sadiq Khan, as he is destroying the London she loves.”

Sir James said he would

Time for change, says Sir James

be standing to be Mayor because the city's reputation "has been allowed to slip, at home and abroad, while too many of its problems have been left to fester".

Writing in The Sunday Times, he said: “London needs a mayor who will take the lead out of the saddle, the rocks out of the rucksack and the drag anchor off our economy and let Londoners succeed.

"The Conservative Party, and London, needs a credible candidate with the experience and confidence to win.

"I know this city. I know the job. I know I can do it.

“And I know I can beat whoever Labour puts forward.”

First elected as the MP for Braintree in 2015, he quickly rose through government ranks.

Sir James held major Cabinet roles under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, serving as Foreign Secretary and subsequently as Home Secretary.

THE BIG INTERVIEW By David Williamson CHIEF POLITICAL COMMENTATOR

With a background in property development, Reform's Richard Tice is excited at the prospect of rebuilding Britain...literally

RICHARD Tice says he is excited by the prospect of Reform UK activists from across the country converging on Birmingham for the party's “biggest conference ever”. “This is huge,” he says – but his blue eyes light up even brighter when he sets out his ambitions for how the party can change Britain.

The former property developer wants to transform town centres and unleash a council house-building revolution for British workers under 35.

The 61-year-old describes the state of town centres as a “national emergency”, but is confident the “spiral of decline” can be broken with the right planning changes and tax incentives.

“I’ve always loved building,” he enthuses. “I come from a family of builders, contractors, property people. It’s something I know I can deliver.”

One of his most spectacular building projects has been transforming the Brexit Party into Reform UK and seeing it win, by its own tally, more than 270,000 members.

He compares the party's team to “the perfect cocktail on a Saturday night”, pointing to the business backgrounds of himself, Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, and the experience in Government of ex-Conservatives Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman.

Already, he argues, Reform has changed Britain.

“Thanks to us, British Steel has been saved,” he says, taking credit for pushing Labour into bringing the company into public ownership – a priority now is “refurbishing the existing two blast furnaces in Scunthorpe”.

And he also puts the recent change of prime minister down to Reform's campaigning.

“We take the credit for getting Keir Starmer out,” he says. “Our slogan in the May elections, when we did amazingly and terrified Labour, was: Vote Reform, Get Starmer Out.

"People voted Reform and they got Starmer out."

So how will Reform adjust its strategy now that Mr Burnham and John Healey have replaced Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves as Prime Minister and Chancellor?

“We’ll just put forward great policies,” he says, adding: “Look, we want our country to do well. We’re full of hope and optimism that we can save it.

"We can stop the relentless decline under the Tories and Labour, and we can turn it around."

Just as Margaret Thatcher transformed the lives of families across the nation and strengthened Britain's reputation as a property-owning democracy by giving tenants the right to buy their council home, he wants people to end up owning the houses he plans to build.

"When you have a stake in your street, your house, your community, you invest in it, you look after it better, and you urge people in the same street to look after their properties better because that then increases the value of

Reform can stop this relentless decline... we'll turn it around

Richard Tice with David Williamson of the Express

everybody's properties, and that's a great thing," he says. But he does not intend to replicate the Conservative policy in every detail: "The mistake back then was not to reinvest the proceeds into ilding more council homes."

Nobody would call Mr Tice a policy wonk, but his excitement for this project is palpable: "I would be thrilled if people said, Reform rebuilt my community, they rebuilt my town centre, and they helped me get on the housing ladder, and they helped me as a young Brit get a stake in my street, a stake in my community, a stake in my town or village.

“And for all of us involved, but particularly for me as a builder, that would be an incredible leg-

Mr Tice believes a close relationship with France is essential to stopping the boats 'Climate change is real... but it would be much cheaper and smarter to adapt to it than think that you can stop it' RICHARD TICE

acy.” When asked if he thinks the spirit of Thatcher is now more alive in Reform than the Conservatives, he declares: “Let’s call it the spirit of Tice as we look forward!”

He suspects voters may get to vote for a change of government long before the last possible date for a general election in August 2029, and expects the looming autumn Budget will be a flashpoint for the nation: “I think that John Healey will be forced to raise taxes, and that will be even more catastrophic.

“We’ve said for over a year that we need to prepare for a 2027 election because the finances of the country are in such a terrible, perilous state.”

Reform remains a controversial party, with Mr Tice an unashamed opponent of net zero policies.

Setting out his own priority, he says: “We need more energy use, not less. And to do that, you’ve got to have cheap energy.” He adds: “I describe net zero as, alongside mass low-skilled immigration, the greatest policy mistake made by the wallies in Westminster this century.”

The Greens have pointed to this summer's scorching temperatures as a demonstration of why the country must not unleash more carbon emissions by drilling new fields in the North Sea.

Mr Tice argues that while “climate change is real” it “would be much cheaper and smarter to adapt to it than think that you can stop it”.

He is frustrated at the scale of Britain's energy imports and fears for national security: "What happens if the Russians chop the interconnectors?"

Reform may trigger further controversy when the conference is addressed by Jordan Bardella, the 30-year-old Right-winger who is seen as Marine Le Pen's heir apparent in the National Rally party.

FANCE, Mr Tice says, is “one of our dear neighbours, and it’s really important that we have a very strong relationship with him. And so it makes complete sense to reinforce that.

“And stopping the boats is absolutely critical, and he understands that, and he understands that our plans to ‘rescue and return’ are a vital part of that. You’re not going to stop them any other way. It’s as simple as that.”

Reform has devoted fans – many of whom will assemble at the Birmingham venue later this week. But winning the next election will involve reaching out to less ardent admirers.

This challenge does not faze Mr Tice: “In business, you don’t have to like the person you’re doing business with in order to do business. And the same is true in politics.

“Voters don’t have to like everybody in Reform. They might not like me. What they have to assess is: who’s going to get the job done? Who’s got the most experience? Who’s the bravest? And who might work the hardest?”

Much of Reform's attention this summer has been focused on fighting the Clacton by-election.

The contest – triggered by Mr Farage after he faced an investigation into a £5million donation – was boycotted by Britain’s major parties.

But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to put forward a “serious candidate” if the resumed investigation culminates in another by-election.

If the citizens of Clacton are asked whether they want to go to the polls again, Mr Tice expects they will say: “For heaven’s sake, why didn’t you listen to us the first time? We’re not doing this, we’re done. We like Nigel, we want more Nigel.”

This longtime ally of Mr Farage is in no doubt why his Brexiteer comrade wants to be prime minister: “Nigel’s drive as leader of this party is to make stuff happen.”

This team of political mavericks has already shaken up British politics but Mr Tice has only just started delivering on his ambitions.

He relishes the razzmatazz of conference but it will be an enduring delight if thousands of young Britons grow up in a home he helped build.

Cunningham predicts two horse race for the capital

BY AARON NEWBURY

SADIQ Khan could face a nail-biting mayoral race against his political rivals next election as Reform UK say they are polling in a close second place.

Their candidate to be the next City Hall chief, Laila Cunningham, urged Right-leaning voters to throw their support behind her next time around.

Labour are on course for 33% of the vote, said a poll taken before Sir James Cleverly yesterday threw his hat in the ring to be London mayor. Reform is in second on 20%, then the Conservatives on 18%, the Green Party 14% and Liberal Democrats 10%, said the Savanta survey for Queen Mary University of London.

The incumbent Sir Sadiq is expected to stand for a fourth term after romping to victory in 2024. But Ms Cunningham said: "By 2028, the choice will be simple: Khan or Cunningham.

Cunningham wants more police

“Four more years of Sadiq Khan means more of what Londoners have already had for 12 years: rising crime, less visible policing, more taxes and charges, and a City Hall that tells Londoners what is good for them instead of listening to them.”

She professed to offer a different approach, focused on “safer streets – more police where people can actually see them”.

Ms Cunningham, who defected from the Tories after the last general election, added she would focus on “lower costs for drivers and businesses” and “homes Londoners can afford”.

Her Conservative foes branded the comments "bluster" pointing to the party's under performance at the May local elections.

Reform insiders had expected to take control of multiple councils in the capital, but fell short and only took charge of one.

Mr Khan was approached for comment.

SUNDAY EXPRESS OPINION

Free condoms policy just mind-boggling

FREEBIES for those who enter our country illegally are undoubtedly going to infuriate law-abiding Britons.

So the perplexing revelation that the NHS has dolled out free condoms to those migrants already living on our dime in hotels boggles the mind.

With everything the government has to fund, how can it be that this is seen as a priority?

Andy Burnham and his Labour Party must urgently seek to restore common sense to spending.

If they don't, they risk haemorrhaging ever more support to their election rivals who are fast representing the frustrated Britons of this great country. Britain's migration fiasco has gone on for far too long, and now has long passed the crisis point.

Last week, we saw the staggering reports that migrants had been handed leaflets telling them not to do the unspeakable to innocent women.

Now we see the news that they are being handed contraceptives at no cost to themselves as well.

This errant madness must be brought to an end, and a serious hardline approach to sorting this crisis adopted.

Hardworking taxpayers who fund this largesse deserve better than platitudes. Enough is enough: it's time ministers stopped tip-toeing around the problem and started putting British people first, before patience runs out entirely.

Voters up and down the country are watching, and they will not forget who failed to act.

Farmers deserve help

ANDY BURNHAM must do more to give much needed support to Britain's farmers. It is they who will feel the brunt of the horrendous droughts which have struck this country.

For sure, rising food costs will undoubtedly mean we all feel the pinch at the tills, but sustained extreme weather and a lack of reservoirs will push our farmers to the brink.

Already farmers face mounting costs to hire, as well as the insecurity of the cruel family farm tax. To have to battle yet more uncertainty around extreme weather simply adds insult to injury.

Buying British will only go so far, it is on those with the means to act and the power to do so – the government – to take action now and save Britain’s farms.

Give abuse red card

SPARE a thought for those without whom the beautiful game could not continue – referees.

Often out of the limelight, but undoubtedly vital to the sport, it is time to treat them with respect.

Rising cases of abuse directed at refs does nobody any credit. Professional players should know better and set a good example to tomorrow's footballers.

It's only by showing such brutish behaviour the red card that we can foster the next generation of ref talent on the pitch.

Axe farmer taxes so they can cope with droughts

COMMENT

The recent shortage of rain has meant a tough dry summer for Britain's farmers – and it's not a one off

By Victoria Atkins SHADOW ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY

THERE have been warning signs for months. The levels of reservoirs have plummeted, crops in fields have withered in the heat, wildfires have devastated

landscapes, and farmers are wondering whether their businesses can survive.

Extended periods of dry weather are no longer a rare occurrence – and it has severe impacts on food production, water security and the wider rural economy.

The knock-on effect of all that?

Higher prices in the supermarket and grave concerns about the supply of water to our homes and businesses.

Andy Burnham has spent his first few weeks in office governing on “vibes”, but so far he has totally failed to grasp the issues coming from this drought. A phone alert banning barbecues doesn’t cut it.

Resilience can't be built overnight. Today's decisions determine whether Britain is prepared for future droughts or left scrambling to respond once another crisis has already arrived.

The first step is making sure farmers can invest in their farms.

Family farms are the backbone of British agriculture, and they have been pummelled by Labour.

The Family Farm and Family Business taxes reduce their ability, and willingness, to invest for the future. Any investment is more likely to come back to bite them because of Labour's death tax.

On-farm reservoirs will be critical to protect crops in the future.

While they will not provide drinking water for the public, they take the pressure off the rivers that feed into our public reservoirs.

But building on-farm reservoirs is an expensive, long-term, investment. If ministers want to encourage them, they must own up to their mistakes and axe the vindictive Family Farm and Family Business taxes in their entirety.

They must also banish the ever-expanding red tape that make these projects difficult and costly.

Over the last year, Conservatives have tried to get the government to realise this by tabling amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure

If farmers run out of forage to feed their animals, it has a cost that will be passed on to consumers

Bill, which they ignored. Yet more water for farmers means better harvests, more food, and lower prices for your weekly shop.

Last year, I called a Food and Farming Emergency Summit with Kemi Badenoch to highlight the problems facing food production and farming.

One of those issues was the supply of forage for livestock.

I warned then that poor harvests and prolonged dry weather were raising industry concerns.

The problem has intensified further this year.

If farmers run out of forage to feed their animals, it has a cost.

Cows produce less milk, lambs and pigs grow more slowly, and farms will be forced to spend money on buying additional feed.

That cost will inevitably be passed on to consumers.

The government must consult with industry now to prevent that.

Waiting for the point of crisis over the winter is not fair for consumers, farmers, or livestock.

We've also seen devastating wildfires up and down the country this summer, putting both landscapes and lives at risk.

Government should do all it can to manage and prevent wildfires.

Labour has done the opposite.

Last year the current Secretary of State, when she was Farming Minister, banned controlled burns against the advice of the National - against the advice of the National

Fire Chiefs Council. These burns, carried out in incredibly strict conditions, have for centuries been used to prevent the build-up of dry vegetation that can contribute to major uncontrolled fires.

It's the now-classic Labour story - It's the now classic Labour story – listening to political campaigners and lobby groups in London, instead of the people who actually manage the land.

Policy needs to be about what works, not what appeases some environmental pressure groups.

None of these actions should be political. It's common sense.

IT IS IN the interest of everyone in the country that we have better food security, water security, and fire safety. These are challenges that require strategic thinking. Not just “vibes”.

I wrote to the Secretary of State last month to set out these challenges and present solutions, but it seems Labour is asleep at the wheel. Yet failure to act will leave Britain more vulnerable to future droughts, more exposed to wildfire risk, and less secure. It will drive food prices up further at a time when many are already struggling with the cost of living.

The Conservatives under Kemi understand the scale of these issues and are prepared to act.

The Prime Minister must now urgently do the same.

IT'S A case of "Vive la difference" in France, as the nation's culture department has announced a crackdown on English expressions that have been allowed to creep into their everyday language.

They want to say au revoir to words such le weekend, un geek and un email.

As someone who visits France regularly and loves most – but not all – of their lifestyle, I simply wish them “bonne chance”.

Benefits payments now out of control

I MAGINE taking over a business that was clearly in trouble and then deciding to put off all key financial and revenue decisions for over three months – more than a quarter of the year. No businessman or woman would entertain such a lunatic suggestion – yet that is precisely what we have with this new government, with the budget set for the end of October, two months away.

As widely predicted, this has resulted in a summer of supposed budget leaks and a wide range of speculative stories the most recent of which, frighteningly, comes straight out of the favourite Socialist playbook, so regrettably cannot be ruled out.

It is the idea, put forward by the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), that wealthy pensioners should be targeted for tax hikes in the budget.

Allied with increased

taxes on what is called

“property wealth”, it is the usual dreary Labour mantra of “soak the rich” which has been around since before the days of Harold Wilson.

Currently in the UK, the richest one per cent of the population pay a little over 30 per cent of the entire tax take and the burden has never been so high.

But for Labour to now decide to lump pensioners into higher tax brackets is economically illiterate.

The IPPR report says billions of pounds must be raised from pensioners as the system “has become too tilted in favour of age.”

It goes on: “Ageing is going to become by far the biggest source of pressure on the public finances.”

Chancellor John Healey and PM Andy Burnham

With language as stark as that, it is perhaps a blessing it falls short of suggesting widespread euthanasia.

But it does suggest targeting around 9.6 million pensioners above the annual income tax threshold of £12,750.

But what all this anti-wealth dogma chooses to ignore are the real sources of pressure on the public purse: Benefit payments are out of control and the system is way too easy to defraud.

The entire welfare benefits bill in the UK is over £350billion.

While it must be acknowledged that much of that goes on pension payments, the fastest growing area – by some margin – is out of work benefits and Personal Independence Payments, or PIPs.

Perhaps supporters of this attack

the elderly would care to explain why it is right that someone who has worked hard all their life, paid their taxes, perhaps saved enough to buy a house which has unsurprisingly risen in value during their lifetime, and is looking forward to enjoying their retirement should now be financially penal-

ised to ensure money is available to pay an ever-increasing number of people who have never done a day's work in their life – nor intend to.

But, for chancellor John Healey or Andy Burnham to grasp that pricklish reality, it would mean staring down the hard core of their MPs who have worked out that cutting benefits is, for Labour politicians, akin to turkeys voting for Christmas.

They've tasted victory in this blood sport already, having easily defeated Sir Keir Starmer's moderate attempts to trim these costs a couple of years back.

That was the end of any power Starmer might once have had and he was never to recover.

So is Mr Burnham about to chicken out too?

In two months, we will have our answer.

Picture: GETTY

FROM grinding poverty to a life of huge wealth, Dolly Parton's life story was almost like no other. But what made her so special – and so loved by her millions of fans – was her sense of fun and generosity, both of which appeared insatiable.

Dolly, who died aged 80 last week, gave countless millions away, ensured anyone who worked for her could enjoy a college education for themselves and their children and supported numerous charities.

Fortunately, I got to see her once in concert at the O2 in London and heard her deliver probably her most famous line.

Appearing after possibly her fourth or fifth costume change and in glittering rhinestones and giant cowboy hat, with exquisite timing Dolly looked into the audience, grinned and said: "It sure costs a lot of money to look this cheap."

Farewell to a woman with a sense of humour as broad as her Stetson.

Oh for the days US foreign policy was "Speak softly, but carry a big stick."

NOT sure why everyone seems to be getting excited about Birmingham becoming the country's first 20mph city. Courtesy of Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and his bus lanes, yellow boxes and cycle highways, we dream of being able to do 20mph on roads in London!

able to park his dismissive views of writer JK Rowling, Rupert Grint, below, has announced he is to reprise the role of Ron Weasley when he appears in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway.

After Rowling published a lengthy (and correct) essay on

trans issues deemed by some to be transphobic six years ago, Grint, 38, responded: “I stand with the trans community. Trans women are women. Trans men are men.”

Seems principles in showbusiness are a bit like buses – there'll be another one along in a minute.

■ sex assidats by migrants and families of murder victims are objecting to the government seeking to prevent publication of data that will reveal the full extent of foreign offending from 2018 to 2024.

It is beyond shameful that these poor souls are having to battle our own government to release these crucial figures, and what might they reveal?.

Fear new visitor tax will hike up cost of camping

MILLIONS of people will miss out on cheap holidays if the government presses ahead with a new visitor tax, tourism bosses fear.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed plans to create an overnight visitor levy, forcing tourists to pay a fee for breaks in the UK.

But the Holiday And Residential Parks Association fears this will push up the price of caravan stays, and even make campsite breaks unaffordable.

Some 16.7 million camping and caravanning trips are made in the UK every year, with costs typically much cheaper than staying in a hotel. But industry experts warned the levy could increase the price of a family holiday by up to £140.

Harpa director general Debbie Walker said: "As summer draws to a close, the sun is also setting on affordable British breaks with the looming holiday tax.

“Licensed holiday parks contribute £12billion to the economy and create more than 227,000

Industry boss Debbie Walker

BY JONATHAN WALKER Whitehall Editor

full-time jobs. Once lost, these jobs, mainly in coastal and rural communities, are not recovered. Adding a levy, which could cost a family of five an extra £140 for a fortnight of camping, will price families out of domestic breaks during a cost-of-living crisis.”

Regional mayors across the country have been campaigning for the right to impose an overnight levy and Mr Burnham, the former Greater Manchester Mayor, has confirmed it will go ahead as part of his plan to devolve more power to local leaders.

While the government wants every part of England to elect a mayor, the new powers

will also go to strategic regional bodies that lack one.

The charge is sometimes described as a hotel tax, but a government consultation last year said it could include campsites and caravan parks as well as “glamping” sites, such as yurts and pods, and overnight stays on stationary boats. Mayors will be given the power to

set their own fees, although

Tourism chiefs claim fee could add £140 to a family fortnight away

central government could impose an upper limit. A charge already operating in Edinburgh adds 5% to the cost of an overnight stay.

Other industry leaders have also expressed concern. UKHospitality, which represents hotels, bars and restaurants, warned of “unintended consequences” and higher costs for families.

A government statement last month portrayed the levy as part of a plan to devolve power out of London. It said: “We have agreed to overhaul the way regional government is funded, starting by replacing grants from central government with a share of local income tax for every mayor beginning in 2028, such that where a region grows its tax base, it benefits from the increased receipts.

“We will also give all strategic authorities the ability to introduce an Overnight Visitor Levy, with local leaders able to set out plans for how revenues will be invested by March 2028.”

The government said: “We consulted earlier this year on the design of the visitor levy, and received a range of responses including from Harpa. The levy will ensure people benefit from more investment in their area, and we will set out next steps in due course.”

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Wet weekend to last as Britain finally plays it cool

Reading festival fans revel in the rain

THE wet and windy bank holiday weekend is set to continue today after people attending sports events and music festivals yesterday were forced to brave thunderstorms.

The England Test match against Pakistan at Lords was halted mid-afternoon after the morning's play was lost to rain.

Meanwhile, revellers at the Reading Festival donned ponchos and umbrellas as they got caught in a downpour and had to walk

BY JON COATES

through mud. A yellow warning issued by the Met Office for heavy showers and thunderstorms was in force until 9pm last night.

The alert stretched from south-west England and parts of Wales, across the Midlands to the east of England.

Eight areas were covered by Environment Agency flood alerts.

It comes after months of hot weather across the UK, which coincided with extremely dry conditions in which much of the country was officially in drought.

Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said today is also likely to be wet and windy for most parts of the country, with brighter weather tomorrow.

He said: “For most it’s quite a bright start on Sunday but it won’t be long before showers bubble up.

"We will see heavy showers developing throughout the day in the North and West of the UK and some thundery weather, with highs of 20-23C for most and isolated areas could see 24C.

“Monday will be a brighter day for most, quite a lot of cloud around, but also showers, more frequent in the north of the UK.

"Temperatures may come down a touch, between 19-22C, maybe locally 23C."

He added that Reading's sister music festival in Leeds could experience some gusty winds today if heavier showers hit.

AS HE continues his late mother's formidable legacy in the Commonwealth, King Charles's next trip abroad was confirmed by Buckingham Palace this week.

Their Majesties will embark on a wider Caribbean and South American tour this autumn, a visit which aims to celebrate Commonwealth communities, cultures and nature.

Their Majesties will visit Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – marking Queen Camilla's first official visit there. The King will also undertake separate solo visits to the Bahamas and Guyana.

The Guyana trip marks the 60th anniversary of bilateral relations between the UK and the South American nation.

Has Harry moved on? Let's hope so...

AFTER some much-needed rest deep in the Highlands of Balmoral Castle, it's back to work for the Royal Family this week. Although very little can be shared just yet, it will certainly be a busy return.

For someone else, though, the next few weeks promise to bring a bigger change altogether, as Prince George settles in to his new life at Eton College(above).

As he leaves Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis behind at Lambrook School, the second-in-line to the throne will no doubt relish the independence that comes with being at his father's old school.

Good luck, George!

KING Charles mourned the loss of his "dear cousin" King Harald V of Norway this week following his death at the age of 89. King Harald was Europe's oldest monarch and passed away after several years of ill-health at a hospital in Oslo.

In a moving statement, King Charles wrote: "It is with the most profound sadness that my wife and I have learned of the death of my dear cousin, King Harald V of Norway.

"For thirty-five years, King Harald served his people with unwavering dedication, guiding Norway through times of great change with warmth and humility.

"As Norway mourns the loss of so towering a figure, my whole family join in remembering a much-loved kinsman and friend whose kindness, compassion and deep sense of duty echoed from across the sea and across the decades."

The late King has been succeeded by his son as King Haakon VIII.

with deputy Royal Editor REBECCA RUSSEL

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LIKE the prodigal son returning home, Prince Harry (below) is back on UK soil. He may have launched endless attacks against his family, but this time, apparently, it promises to be different, as he will say “nothing” about them in public. Given that the last six years have played out like a plot of a best-selling novel, the literary parallels are too rich to ignore.

Like Prince Hal in Shakespeare's Henry IV, we have a man who is seeking a return to a life of royal connections he once escaped – a rebel attempting to set aside the past in favour of reconciliation.

Or perhaps more like Pip in Dickens' Great Expectations, we see someone who traded what they'd always known for self-reinvention, only to find the transformation came at a steep cost.

The real test Harry faces now is not whether he sees an upturn in his popularity or whether he gets the family reunion he pines for, but whether he can master the art of vanishing into the background.

Because let's be clear: there is no return to royal life – not in the half-in, half-out way he and Meghan once asked for – he is here to be private and focus on the charities he loves.

He is here to give his children a connection to the institution he and Meghan left – and, hopefully, a link to the family members left behind.

If this is to be his new chapter, his fresh start and the signal that a page has turned, so be it. It'll be a refreshing and welcome change.

But if it isn't, and the old ways of one-upmanship and stealing the limelight resurrect themselves, well, there truly will be no way back.

So, like Prince Hal, let's hope Harry returns transformed, genuinely willing to put the past in the past.

Or, like Dickens' miser Scrooge, will atonement be the story of the day after realising that hanging onto bitterness and the ghosts of the past serves no one?

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HENEVER the anniversary of Princess Diana's death comes around, as it does every August, radio stations across the world reach into their vaults and haul out Elton

For the record...how Candle In The Wind became Diana's song

John's impassioned anthem Candle In The Wind which, for a moment in time, became the musical embodiment of the most famous woman in the world.

Nobody plays its redrafted version, Goodbye England's Rose, any more – but in the welter of shock and grief surrounding the death of Diana on August 31, 1997, Elton's immortal melody and Bernie Taupin's hastily-rewritten lyric rose to the top of the global singles charts, selling a staggering 33 million copies.

Elton and Bernie waived their royalties, so too did their management and record company, record sales outlets refused their cut, and as a result almost £35million raised by the sales went into the hands of the newly-created Princess Diana Memorial Fund. It was the single largest charitable donation in the world at that time.

And it all started in a Southampton car park with a 24-year-old television greenhorn struggling to find a music tape – any tape – in her car to fit a collage of Diana pictures she’d stitched together to end the TV show Straight Up, anchored by DIY SOS’s Nick Knowles and Alison Martin.

The TV rookie was Kate Thornton, later to find fame on programmes including The X Factor, Loose Women and Top Of The Pops.

At 24 it was her first TV job and she'd had just eight hours of television experience.

'And I thought, you know what, she was our Marilyn'

These days Kate, now 53, is reluctant to talk about triggering this global musical phenomenon beyond recalling that she was given the job of cutting the segment together and laying a music track underneath.

"But because it was a Sunday, the studio's music library was shut. And the only thing I had in my car – the only piece of music that was appropriate – was Candle from Elton John's Greatest Hits. And I thought, well, you know what, she was our Marilyn – she was the Princess for the young generation."

That accidental find could not have been more fortuitous.

Taupin wrote the original lyrics in 1973, apparently about Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but as he later put it, "It was a song about beauty frozen in time".

Elton performing at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales

Rewritten as Goodbye England's Rose, Elton John's poignant tribute to the Princess of Wales captured the nation's grief following her death 29 years ago tomorrow. Yet without a future X-Factor presenter hunting for a music tape in her car, it may never have happened

Both women, world icons, were great beauties. Both died at 36.

Nick Knowles, now a stalwart of mainstream TV shows, was anchoring the lunchtime show from The Mall, where thousands had gathered – his job to interview younger people in the crowd and get a “youth” reaction.

“And then I heard this music coming down my earpiece and it blew me away,” he says now.

"I was there among the crowds, seeing just how stunned and moved every-

Kate Thornton has gone on to success on TV body was as they gathered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace and started to lay their flowers – already a sea of flowers – and then this song about loss and emotion and tragedy.

“It was perfect. Perfect.”

"We only knew an hour before we went on air that the show would go ahead," recalls his co-presenter Alison Martin.

"The atmosphere in the studio was electric, and one of the production managers said they could see my heart beating in my chest. When it came to the final sequence it was an incredibly emotional moment – the montage Kate had put together, with that music, it was beautiful. I think, and I hope, we did Diana proud.”

A T THAT stage nobody knew quite what Kate Thornton had started, but already the ball had started to roll. And everyone who was there at the beginning, including me, remembers that day so vividly.

I'd been invited on Straight Up! as a royal expert to discuss with Alison Martin Diana's legacy and the future now for her two sons, aged 15 and 12.

It seemed, as we talked, there were too many questions to which there were too few answers – the world was in shock.

Candle In The Wind went viral that afternoon, playing on radio stations across

Britain and later, as America woke up, across the United States. By early evening, ITN's veteran anchor Sir Trevor McDonald had assembled a 90-minute programme devoted to Diana – the first moment in that day of frenzy that television could actually draw its breath and present a reasoned and balanced account of her unique life and its impact on the world.

With Candle In The Wind reverberating in everyone's ears, Sir Richard Branson came on the show to give his memories of Diana before Sir Trevor asked my opinion on the life ahead for the two young princes.

I said: “Charles now has to learn to be both father and mother to his boys.”

In the station's green room afterwards, Sir Richard and I shared further Diana memories, but unknown to me was the idea already forming in his brain.

A couple of days later, having visited St James's Palace to sign the book of condolence to discover other signatories were quoting Bernie Taupin's lyrics, Branson rang Elton John. "He asked if I'd be prepared to rewrite the lyrics and sing it at the funeral," Elton later recalled. "I hadn't been expecting that at all, but I called Bernie.

From top, Diana's coffin is carried into Westminster Abbey; Diana pictured with Dodi Al Fayed the evening before the tragedy; Elton John with songwriter Bernie Taupin

"I thought it was incredibly tough for him – not only that whatever he wrote was going to be broadcast live to literally billions of people, but it had to be vetted by the Royal Family and the Church of England.

“But he faxed the lyrics over the next morning, I faxed them on to Richard Branson and they were waved through.”

Taupin confesses that the rewrite from Candle to “Goodbye England’s Rose” happened quickly: “It’s extraordinary. I did that remake in about five or 10 minutes – no time at all.

“I did it very much as a favour to Elton because he was very close to Diana.

“I didn’t know her – I paid very little interest in her day-to-day life – but I’m glad I did it because the record did a great deal of good for charity." The difference in the two men's attitudes towards the People's Princess is reflected in the finished record, made overnight in West London's Townhouse Studios with Elton on piano and synthesiser, with a string quartet accompaniment scored and conducted by Sir George Martin.

Elton's emotional vocals carry the essentially weak Taupin lyric – “And even though we try/The truth brings us to tears/All our words cannot express/The joy you brought us through the years” – which are more worthy of a greetings-card competition.

Today they may sound cringeworthy, but good or bad, the record was an overnight sensation. Its humble origins in a Southampton car park less than a fortnight before already long forgotten, the finished recording instantly broke all sales records when it was released in September.

Carrying the title Candle in the Wind 1997 on the label, Goodbye England's Rose entered the UK singles chart at number one after a single day of sales, shifting 658,000 copies. By the end of the first week it had sold 1.5 million copies in Britain alone.

In America it went straight to No1, with first-week sales of 3.5 million and eventually selling nearly nine million.

According to one estimate, at the peak of sales six copies of the single were being sold per second – and its 33 million tally, achieved in a staggeringly short 37 days, has only ever been exceeded by Bing Crosby's 1942 hit White Christmas, which has sold 50 million-plus in its 84-year history.

LTON'S song can never top that because he only ever sang it once – at Diana's funeral in Westminster Abbey

on September 6, 1997. He says he will not sing it again unless asked by Prince William or Prince Harry. It's a neat showbiz ploy, hinting at decorum and respect, when in fact the original, lyrically sturdier, Candle has remained part of his touring repertoire, featuring strongly on his record-breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour and at his epic Glastonbury performance on the Pyramid stage in 2023.

Whether he disliked Taupin's rewrite, or he thinks Marilyn casts a longer shadow than Diana, we will never know.

What's certain is that, with everyone's agreement, Elton was able to donate the entire income from the record – all £38million – to the Princess Diana Memorial Fund.

The fund in turn combined the record proceeds with public donations to award 727 grants to 471 organisations, targeting causes close to Princess Diana's heart.

These days, nobody credits the young Kate Thornton with the monumental fire she lit with her Candle.

But for those of us who were there in the hours after Diana died, we will never forget.

37 dead in Kyiv munitions blast

AT LEAST 37 people were killed and hundreds evacuated after a Russian missile strike on a munitions warehouse near Kyiv.

The attack, one of the deadliest to hit Ukraine this year, sparked a fire in the Bucha district that swept through homes and damaged at least 50 residential buildings, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration.

Kyiv has been under siege almost constantly for three days, leaving civilian life and the economy severely disrupted.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a warehouse had been struck in the village of Myla. He said Ukrainian law forbade the storage of ammunition close to civilian homes and that criminal proceedings had been opened. "Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions," he said, adding that a care home for the elderly and people with disabilities was also damaged, and an evacuation from the area was ongoing.

Local media later reported that 34 of those killed were residents at the facility.

Russia's Ministry of Defence said that it had hit a warehouse storing components and launch boosters for long-range drones.

It also said it had attacked the ports of Mykolaiv and Izmail, as well as a logistics centre and warehouse facilities storing parts for Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles in the Kyiv region.

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Kremlin warships in Channel

Russia's Admiral Levchenko is tailed by HMS Duncan, left, and HMS St Albans, right

RUSSIAN warships have been tracked by the Navy through British waters in a three-day operation.

A task group was shadowed by Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan, Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans and patrol vessel HMS Severn as it made its way from the North Sea through the English Channel.

Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko was watched escorting sanctioned cargo vessels General Skobelev and Sparta, with a Merlin helicopter extending the UK's surveillance as the ships approached the Strait of Dover.

In response to the tracking, Russia deployed other military resources including the Neustrashimy frigate to guard the illegal shipment, UK officials said.

First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said there was “no room for complacency” as shadow fleet vessels pose “an unacceptable risk” to maritime security and the environment.

He said: “Alongside our allies, this approach is forcing Moscow to divert Russian warships away from their core purpose. That is because Russia knows we stand ready to act again,

BY NINA LLOYD

should it be required." The Navy vessels handed over monitoring duties to a Nato ally near the island of Ushant, off Brittany, following the "intense" 72-hour operation last week, officials said.

Earlier this month, the Navy warned of increasing Russian activity around the UK's waters after it spent 21 days in July monitoring Moscow's ships.

Naval operations to monitor Russian activity rose 25% in July compared to the previous year, with warships making repeated voyages through the Dover Strait and North Sea. Moscow uses its shadow fleet to evade international sanctions on its oil and fund the war in Ukraine.

The rise in Russian activity follows the seizure of the tanker Smyrtos by Royal Marines in June, in the Channel, the first time British troops have boarded a shadow fleet vessel.

It comes after a week of threats from the Kremlin to the UK following Andy Burnham's visit to Kyiv, when he announced Britain would provide Ukraine with blueprints for long-range Scalp missiles.

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Uni students missing vital MenB jabs

BY TONY WHITFIELD

JUST one in 10 students have had meningitis jabs before they start university in the coming weeks.

Data reveals 100,000 teenagers out of a million freshers have had the free two-dose MenB jab as part of an NHS drive. It means 900,000 students could be unprotected from the deadly meningitis B – which killed three teens earlier this year. The jabs are available at 435 Well Pharmacies.

Wendy Lee, its deputy superintendent pharmacist, said: "The take-up from students has been worryingly slow. They now have a small window to get the two-jab vaccine in time to protect them when they start their studies.

"We understand new students have lots to think about and MenB jabs are not top of their list. So we are urging parents of youngsters due to start university and who haven't been jabbed to cajole, nag and persuade their kids to get the first one urgently.

"One in 10 people who get this form of meningitis do not survive, so the jabs really do save lives."

Smallest firms owed £26bn by big rivals

BY TONY WHITFIELD

MILLIONS of small traders are owed up to £26billion in unpaid invoices by some of the nation's biggest businesses.

One in five of the 5.7 million small traders were paid late in the last year – nearly double the rate in 2023 and 2024, Enterprise Nation’s Small Business Barometer shows.

CEO Aaron Asadi said it is time to stop “punishing” small traders who boost Britain’s economy by £2.8trillion every year.

He added: “Billions of pounds of working capital is being lent, interest-free and involuntarily, by the smallest firms to some of the largest.”

The survey also revealed three in four small traders survive on below the living wage, paying themselves less than £20,000 a year for an average 49.6-hour week – £7.75 an hour.

Enterprise Nation has teamed up with NatWest to help small traders save over a million hours a year and £30m in productivity losses.

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Patrick on set, main and below. Starring in Suits with Meghan, top. Actress Rebecca Spence, above

Patrick's suited and booted for Manhattan shoot

BY JON COATES

ACTOR Patrick J Adams was spotted filming a scene for the second series of contemporary Western, The Madison.

The star, 45, who appeared with the Duchess of Sussex, who was then Meghan Markle, in legal drama Suits, looked dapper in a charcoal grey suit, overcoat and scarf, with blue shirt and tie, during the shoot in Downtown, Manhattan.

In another scene actress Rebecca Spence, 50, was filmed getting out of a car laden with bags in front of a hotel in Washington Square Park in the same district of New York City.

The Madison was created by Yellowstone show runner Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+ and tells the story of Stacy and Preston Clyburn, played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, whose family relocates from New York to the Madison river valley in Montana after a tragedy.

Adams plays Russell McIntosh, the husband of middle Clyburn daughter Paige (Elle Chapman). Spence appears as Liliana Weeks, a friend of Pfeiffer's character.

The show pulled in eight million global views in its first 10 days when it launched in March. Season 2 is expected early next year.

Fake chocolate warning as branded bars go viral

FAKE chocolate has become a “substantial and growing problem” as criminal gangs exploit higher prices and consumer demand for trends like Dubai-style bars, a food expert warned.

As well as ripping off shoppers this counterfeit chocolate also poses a health risk as it may contain undeclared allergens such as nuts, banned ingredients, or be made in unhygienic surroundings.

Last year safety watchdog the Food Standards Agency issued a warning after discovering some imported Dubai-style chocolate bars contained undisclosed nuts, and illegal additives and colours. The chocolate had become a viral trend and should contain pistachio cream and shredded filo pastry.

While food fraud is designed to go undetected, the FSA estimates it cost the UK up to £2bn a year, while global estimates puts the cost at £29.5bn.

A recent Europol operation targeting food fraud saw more than £81m of counterfeit and substandard food seized and 631 people identified, “suggesting that organised criminality is active”.

Emma Hanby, director of Food Advisory and Training at the National Sanitation Foundation,

BY TONY WHITFIELD

said: "Chocolate is unusually attractive to fraudsters and counterfeiters. Branded confec-

tionery is high-margin, has a long shelf life, is easy to sell online, and can become socially viral very quickly.

"We saw it a few years ago with counterfeit Wonka bars, and we have seen it again and again over the past year with viral Dubai-style chocolate. The economic incentive has rarely been stronger. Fraud follows value.

"When several of the most important ingredients in confectionery become expensive at the same time, the incentive to substitute, dilute, misrepresent or counterfeit rises."

She added: “Fraud mainly costs consumers money, paying a premium for chocolate made with cheaper fats in place of cocoa butter, containing less cocoa than the label declares, or using colours and flavourings to suggest a pistachio content that simply isn't there. What makes confectionery different is how quickly fraud becomes a safety issue.

"The most serious risk is undeclared allergens. For someone with a peanut allergy that is potentially life-threatening."

The FSA's latest survey found undeclared peanut or sesame in 18 of the 45 Dubai-style chocolate samples tested and eight exceeded legal limits for mycotoxins, naturally occurring toxins that are controlled in properly regulated supply chains.

She advised consumers to only buy from a reputable retailer. They should also check the labels and pack-

aging, and be suspicious of prices that look too good to be true.

Suspected fakes should be reported to the retailer and to your local authority's Trading Standards service.

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Strictly me time as Tess dances to a new tune in sunny Mallorca

BY JAYMI McCANN

AS stars prepare for the new season of Strictly Come Dancing, glitterballs were a distant memory for Tess Daly who lapped up some summer sunshine instead.

The 57-year-old shared images from her holiday in Mallorca, where she has been enjoying the old town, the pool and some yoga by the sea. The former Strictly host posted pictures wearing clothes from her own beach and active-wear range, Naia.

She wrote: "A little time away to slow down, reset and recharge. Switching off, and soaking up some sun and sea, and feeling gratitude for quality time with the best of friends."

The presenter announced last October that she would be leaving Strictly after 21 years at the helm.

Football fans pay tribute to hero cops

BY JON COATES

FOOTBALL fans and players gave a minute's applause at Middlesbrough FC's home ground yesterday in honour of the two policemen killed in a head-on crash near the troubled town last weekend.

Both teams joined in the tribute as images of hero officers PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough filled the screens at Riverside Stadium where Middlesbrough played West Bromwich Albion yesterday.

PC Blades, 37, and PC Clough, 38, died when their car was hit by a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66 at South Bank last Saturday.

'Their commitment plays a vital role in keeping us safe'

Middlesbrough FC said in a statement yesterday: “The commitment shown by officers and staff, often in challenging and demanding circumstances, plays a vital role in keeping residents safe and helping people feel secure in their homes, neighbourhoods and local areas.”

King Charles has also written a personal letter to the tragic policemen's families to express his condolences.

The five people travelling in the Passat – Cole Worthy and Theo Rae, both aged 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Cahill and Jakub Matusiak – also died in the collision. Cleveland Police said that its officers have been tackling alleged organised crime in the wake of the crash.

Emotional tribute to cops before game yesterday

On Friday night, the force revealed that 24 people have now been arrested in the crackdown.

Officers said four men – aged 35, 25, 40 and 21 – were being held on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life after a vehicle crashed into a house in Middlesbrough on Thursday morning.

They were also being questioned over alleged arson after a caravan was set alight in Attlee Road on Wednesday morning, and a drugs offence.

Hundreds of extra police from around the country have been drafted in to support local officers after the series of recent incidents in the Middlesbrough and County Durham area.

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GAME Of Thrones star Maisie Williams brought a little black magic to the red carpet - wearing a gown she borrowed from fellow actress Sandra Bullock, writes Jaymi McCann. Maisie, 29, plays Antonia Owens, the daughter of Bullock's character Sally, in Practical Magic 2, the long-awaited sequel to the original 1999 movie.

Bullock, 62, was happy to lend the dress she had worn at the New York City premiere of her film Infamous in 2006. Posting online, inset above, about Thursday's photocall at Claridges in London, she wrote: "My Antonia girl, you can raid Mama's closet anytime." The movie about magical sisters also stars Nicole Kidman, and is out on September 11.

'Benefit claim form fines hit vulnerable'

CARERS, pensioners and the disabled were among thousands of benefit claimants fined £50 for making mistakes on forms.

The civil penalties were issued to 53,839 claimants and worth £2.7 million so far this year. The highest number of fines were to 21,291 claimants for Universal Credit.

Some 17,607 were claimants of Carer's Allowance, 3,118 for Pension Credits and 1,005 for Attendance Allowance. Also fined were 308 disabled people for their Disability Living Allowance application and 16 for PIP.

Campaigners warned the fines are unfair when honest mistakes are made.

Dennis Reed, of Silver Voices, said: "It is an outrage that vulnerable claimants are fined at all for mistakes in completing complicated forms, unless there is a clear attempt to defraud.

"There is already a crisis in take-up of Pension Credit, not surprising, given the intrusive personal questions that must be answered. The DWP should reappraise its role as an enabler of benefit

'Outrage', says Dennis Reed

BY TONY WHITFIELD

eligibility rather than a stickler for red tape."

He added: “Knowing that a genuine mistake could lead to a fine pensioners cannot afford is a further big disincentive to apply.”

Caroline Abrahams, Age UK charity director, added: “The overwhelming majority of older people apply for Pension Credit honestly and in good faith. It’s only fair that the government assumes people are making an innocent mistake in their application unless there’s significant evidence to the contrary.”

Emily Holzhausen, director of policy and public affairs at Carers UK, said: “These figures are deeply concerning and raise serious issues about whether the use of civil penalties by DWP is fair and proportionate."

A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said that a penalty will only be imposed “where we have evidence that the claimant doesn’t have a reasonable excuse for the error” and added that a formal appeal can be made.

WHY MUST 'BEAUTIFUL GAME' HAVE SUCH AN UGLY SIDE?

HEY RUN around the pitch, ideally unnoticed – until they make that one controversial decision, especially if it goes against the home side. Then they are roundly booed, sworn at by players, vilified by managers – and even spat at from the stands.

In fact it's safe to say that even traffic wardens are more popular than football referees today. And add to that being undermined by VAR (Video Assistance Referee), they can often find themselves in a no-win situation.

Now a new book, The Impossible Job by award-winning sports writer William Ralston, lifts the lid on the brutal world of football refereeing, showing why there is a global shortage of people willing to take on the role.

“I trained as a referee myself as part of the research for this book because I really wanted to understand the pressure they are under,” reveals Ralston. “The bravery of these guys to make an unpopular decision in front of 80,000 screaming fans.”

The 37-year-old father of one qualified to Level 7 with the FA, meaning he can officiate grassroots and youth football.

Originally from Cheshire and a Manchester United fan, he reveals he lost control of one of the very first Sunday League matches he refereed in Ramsgate in 2024.

“All 22 players ended up in this mass brawl on the pitch – I had completely lost control of the game,” he recalls.

"I dropped my whistle and accidentally restarted my stopwatch. I should have abandoned it but I was too scared to. It was my lowest point. Completely humiliating."

He almost called the police and sitting at the bus stop after the game, he nearly quit.

“Another time in Whitstable I had been warned that one of the players was a former armed robber just released from prison,” he says. “He head-butted a player. I should have pulled out a red card but I bottled it and pulled out a yellow.

"I got a lot of abuse from the supporters and they were right, but I was intimidated when I saw the anger in his eyes and thought I might get head-butted too. My girlfriend doesn't really like me refereeing."

From his fellow officials at Sunday league matches, who have had to pick up animal excrement from pot-holed pitches with wonky lines, to the top professionals directing stars at the FIFA World Cup, his book reveals the tolls refereeing takes on a person's physical and mental health.

ALSTON goes behind the scenes with referees

across Europe's five major leagues – Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, and of course the Premier League, following them through training camps, assessment rooms and match days, where a single call can define a career.

“It isn’t just the abuse referees get, it is the lack of support from the FA,” he says. “Being shouted out, punched, having their cars keyed are really common at all levels.”

Ralston describes one horrifying experience endured by top English referee Anthony Taylor, who presided over the 2023 UEFA Europa League Final between Roma and Sevilla at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

Sevilla beat AS Roma 4-1 on penalties, handing Roma manager Jose Mourinho his first defeat in six European finals.

And the Special One blamed Taylor...

Ralston writes: "The match had been chaotic. Petty fouls, objects hurled onto the pitch, diving. Players swarming Taylor, coaching staff pressing him at every turn.

“Taylor had brandished 14 yellow cards, a record for a Europa League game. It had been the most difficult match of his career.”

Yet worse was to come.

In the post-match press conference Mourinho blamed Taylor, saying that he should have awarded Roma a late penalty for a handball. Later in the car park Mourinho found Taylor and hurled a volley of abuse at him before boarding the team bus.

Ralston then goes on to describe a scene at the airport when Taylor is with his wife and

Violence, death threats and humiliation all feature in the career of a football referee... KAREN ROCKETT speaks to sports writer William Ralston about his shocking new book The Impossible Job

children waiting to board a delayed flight home to the UK. Angry Italian fans swarmed them, screaming in their faces, spitting and

throwing punches, sending bottles and chairs flying. Ralston continues: "On the flight, death threats surfaced online. After the plane landed, police officers escorted Taylor and his family home. Security guards stayed with them through the night.

“Then Taylor’s phone pinged. Someone had leaked his number online and thousands of threatening messages arrived.”

Taylor himself said: “The whole thing centred around some mythical handball that didn’t exist.”

Such was his fear of reprisals that he never refereed at an Italian club again nor even returned to Italy despite being invited to a wedding there. Who said, “It’s only a game?” Mourinho received a four-match ban and Roma got a 55,000 euros (£47,000) fine – less than a player’s weekly wage.

Ralston says: “It was hard to get referees to open up about what they go through and I was grateful to Taylor for sharing that horrific experience with me.”

Taylor retired last month after officiating at 668 matches in England's professional game, including every major domestic cup final and 163 international fixtures.

He described his career as “an immense privilege”, but added, “the pressure is intense and the scrutiny is constant”.

Ralston goes further, saying that being a referee is “a lightning rod for abuse, a distraction from other people’s failings.

“It feels like you can’t do anything right. Sometimes, the job is simply impossible”.

But he says the referee is just one factor in the outcome of a match. “It could be because a club did or didn’t buy a certain player, who was substituted – there are so many factors that determine the result of

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a game. But because football is such a low scoring game, the referee takes an unfair share of the blame for a bad result."

Taylor was a prison officer before becoming a top flight referee, a job where it is essential to be able to control a group of angry young men before situations escalate into violence. Before that he was a hotel receptionist, “another job that rewards reading people well”, says Ralston.

Talking of angry men, Ralston says referees do well not to pull out

their cards too early in a game, and points to the England v Argentina World Cup semi-final refereed by American Ismail Elfath.

"He could have pulled out his yellow card so many times in that first half but he let the game settle.

“Although he was criticised he wasn’t the reason England lost.” And then there is VAR...

Most football fans dislike it, mostly due to the long delays disrupting the game and often ruining goal celebrations.

A major survey by the Football Supporters Association revealed 75% of Premier League

fans oppose the system. However, Ralston discovers through his extensive talks with referees that most of them feel differently. Marco Guida, an Italian referee explains why VAR is a good thing for them: “When you make a big decision now, you are confirmed by VAR, you know it’s a good decision 90% of the time. With VAR, honestly, you are much stronger.”

U FF the field, Guida works with a private psychologist to manage the pressures of the job at the highest

level and to concentrate on what matters – the opinions of his bosses rather than what fans, players or sports pundits are saying.

"If you focus too much on anything else you may as well drop your whistle and go to the dressing room," he tells Ralston.

Guida spends hours alone reading with no smart phone, training his focus like a muscle. “Behind the scenes, we work a lot.” Slavko Vincic, the 2024 Champions League final referee adds: “Refereeing is not about being liked but about being trusted and trust is hard to earn, easy to lose. This book understands that.”

Referee Jon Moss is harangued by Huddersfield Town players in the 2022 Championship Play-Off

Ralston points to the EFL Championship play-off final between Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest on May 29, 2022 at Wembley Stadium. Jon Moss refereed and it was the final game of his professional career.

A family celebration in London to mark his retirement was planned after the game.

Moss controversially denied Huddersfield two late penalties and they lost.

"The Championship play-off is one of the biggest games in terms of the money it means to the winning team because it is entry into the Premiership, so the pressure is as high as it gets," says Ralston.

“Jon got so much abuse he ended up in a hotel under police guard, his retirement celebration abandoned and his shop Vinyl Whistle in Leeds was attacked.”

So it is easy to see, however well paid a referee is at the top end of the game, why so many are now leaving the profession.

Meanwhile, down in Level 7 Ralston is preparing to referee his next match: the Herne Bay Veterans against Anchorians.

"At this level you've got the players eating a McDonald's breakfast on the sidelines and having a smoke before a game," he laughs.

"I know I've made it sound awful but when you make the right decisions and win the respect of the players, and they shake your hand after the game, there is a thrill, it's addictive.

“Anyway this one is just a friendly.”

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SEVERAL familiar faces were spotted on a Coronation Street float at Manchester Pride yesterday.

Soap stars including Sue Devaney, Tony Maudsley, Cath Tyldesley, Julia Goulding and Olivia Frances Brown were seen enjoying the annual event.

Manchester Village Pride 2026 is run by a community-led group of volunteers and this year the celebration returned to the city's famous gay village after a change in management.

ITV Pride decided to join the festival, with

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co-chair Sophie Scott saying: "We've watched Manchester Village Pride return to its community-led, grassroots spirit, and with this year's theme, No Place Like Home, it perfectly complements ITV's own tagline, No Place Like ITV.

"As a broadcaster rooted in telling authentic stories, and with our own deep connection to the North West, that theme felt like the perfect alignment. We're over the moon to be joining in again this year."

Fire accused in court on strangle rap

BY DAVE HIGGENS

A MAN held on suspicion of murder over a house fire that killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt has appeared in court charged with separate alleged offences of GBH and intentional strangulation.

Teesside magistrates heard how Jaden Wright, 23, of Middlesbrough, was arrested on suspicion of murder earlier this week in relation to the house fire in nearby Grangetown early on Wednesday in which Natalie McDonald, 34, and niece Valentina Foster died.

He was later charged with the separate offences relating to an alleged attack in the area on Tuesday, the court heard.

Prosecutors said the complainant in this case was living in a tent when she was allegedly attacked.

Wright entered no pleas and is due to appear again at the same court on Wednesday.

Fury as ‘volcano’ dump not on PM’s clear-up list

BY AARON NEWBURY Political Correspondent

AN ILLEGAL waste dump dubbed the “Rainham Volcano” has been left off a list of sites the Prime Minister has demanded are cleared up.

The omission has sparked fury from residents and campaigners who have demanded their local MP presses Andy Burnham to take action.

The site has been used for illegal waste dumping in the borough in east London for two decades.

It has caused huge challenges for residents and had even played host to a cannabis factory.

The initial owner of the site was jailed in 2011, but dumping has continued until today.

Campaigners have estimated the waste is now five metres deep, with more than 200 fires blighting the land since 2018.

Temperatures on portions of the site have reached as high as 176 degrees as a result of toxic waste, and residents in Rainham say they have been exposed to the resulting fumes. Activists have written to their Labour MP, Margaret Mullane, begging her to ask the Prime Minister to review the decision not to have the site cleared.

Matej Travnicek, who chairs the local Conservative Party, said: “The Rainham Volcano needs to be dealt with once and for all. Taxpayers cannot be expected to fund the extinguishing of these fires in perpetuity while the root cause remains unresolved.

“We need a permanent solution that protects residents and finally puts an end to this long-running problem.”

Efforts to clean up the site have been met with a deadlock between local authorities and the current owner of the land, campaigners say.

The Conservatives want funding from central government to finally get the issue resolved, amid worries it is causing pollution.

Campaigner Sade Adeeko said: "Time and time again, the people of

'Residents want to know why it was excluded'

Rainham were promised by Labour that they would tackle the fires.

“And when the Prime Minister announces funding to clean up illegal waste sites, Rainham is not on the list.

“Residents deserve to know why Launders Lane was excluded and what representations their Labour MP made to secure funding.”

Ms Mullane and the Labour Party were approached for comment.

Duchess's self-imposed exile over as she heads for six-bed property

BY HELEN WILLIAM

THE FORMER Duchess of York is renting a six-bedroom property in the Home Counties, it has emerged.

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly set to return to Britain after living overseas amid the fallout over her and ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The King's former sister-in-law, 66, lost her title in October alongside Andrew after revelations over their links to the late billionaire financier.

Sarah used to live with Andrew at his former home Royal Lodge but he was forced to move to Marsh Farm on the King's Sandringham estate.

She could “imminently” move into a new gated property, which has three bathrooms and a “granny annexe”, according to a national newspaper.

It comes just days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to Britain with their children to begin a new life after six years in the US.

It is believed Sarah has been living at a Swiss Alpine chalet in Verbier since leaving Royal Lodge.

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HILE the fundamentals of raising a baby may remain the same, the

landscape of products to help you do it is constantly changing. Parents today can track their infant's vitals with everything from smart socks to AI-assisted bassinets.

But for Lisa Oxenham, a major shift in her parenting approach after giving birth to her second child meant going back to basics.

Her one-year-old son Wolfgang is using glass milk bottles and teething aids made from medical grade silicone, instead of plastic.

Lisa, 50, explains: “I had my first baby, my daughter, 10 years ago.

"I kept her toys in the attic because I knew that I was going to have another.

"I got them out and they're all plastic. I've thrown it all away – I just can't believe I gave her those plastic toys."

Lisa, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, is part of a growing movement of parents who are concerned about the impact of plastic exposure during early childhood.

She recently attended an event in Parliament with the campaign group Plastic Free Babies, which claims infants are being bombarded with materials that can leach chemicals and release tiny particles known as microplastics during their first 1,000 days – a crucial developmental window.

The campaign's list of scientific advisors boasts names including Professor Anthony Costello, former director of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) department of maternal, child and adolescent health, and Dr Leonardo Trasande, a leading US paediatrician and expert in children's environmental health.

An invitation to its “emergency briefing”, hosted by Baroness Rosie Boycott, warned that chemicals in everyday products were “causing measurable harm to our children during the most vulnerable period of their development”. It added: “The science is no longer in question.”

The idea that plastic is harming babies sounds compelling, but is it true?

The use of harmful chemicals is supposed to be closely regulated, with safe limits updated by organisations such as the UK Food Standards Agency in line with the latest evidence.

Studies have shown that microplastics can penetrate deep into the body and even cross the placenta to a developing foetus.

However, research into their effects has been largely limited to lab and animal studies, generating little robust evidence about their impact on human health.

At the event, former beauty and health journalist Lisa says she was shocked and angry to hear some of the statistics presented. "As a parent, I know how much trust we place in the products we buy for our babies and I feel like we've lost that trust.

"I'm trying not to panic, but I am definitely looking for alternatives. But the shelves are absolutely covered in plastic.

“Alternatives are also more expensive, so they’re not accessible to everybody.”

As she strives to protect Wolfgang, Lisa has also swapped plastic cutlery and plates for stainless steel and bought a plastic-free mattress. She adds: "He's not using plastic really at all at the moment."

Plastic Free Babies was launched by A Plastic Planet, the environmental campaign group founded in 2016 by entrepreneurs Siân Sutherland and Frederikke Magnussen. It wants the government to launch a call for evidence on the impact of infant exposure to microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The group also

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'With my grandchildren, I advise my daughter to avoid synthetic textiles where she possibly can. We do know that those textiles will be releasing microfibres. We don't know yet what the implications of that are...' PROFESSOR CRESSIDA BOWYER (above)

Are plastic bottles and toys really harming babies?

wants brands and retailers to be pressured into make affordable alternatives more accessible. Lisa, who spent £40,000 on IVF to have her second child as a single parent, shares glimpses of her approach to wellbeing and parenting with more than 50,000 followers on Instagram.

She's well aware that avoiding plastic can feel like yet another burden for busy parents. But she adds: "No parent should need a chemistry degree to know what toys to give their baby."

So how worried should parents be? We asked three experts with no links to the campaign.

PROFESSOR Cressida Bowyer, the director of the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth, explains that there are two possible sources of risk when we talk about plastics – the plastics themselves and the chemicals associated with them.

Toxic chemicals can cause harm, Prof Bowyer says. "There are more than 16,000 chemicals available to be added to plastics to give them all their different qualities, like flexibility or durability.

“More than 4,000 of these are known to be high risk and hazardous to human health, and these include known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.

“That still leaves the vast majority of plastic-associated chemicals as being untested.”

Examples include BPA (Bisphenol A), an industrial chemical used in the manufacturing of various plastics since the 1950s and commonly found in food packaging.

It is an endocrine disruptor that can mimic or interfere with the body's hormones.

BPA has been banned in the manufacture and sale of baby feeding bottles in the UK and Europe since 2011.

However, Plastic Free Babies highlighted a recent study in which German experts analysed seven commercially available pacifiers manufactured in Germany, China and India. All exceeded the safe daily limit set by the European Food Safety Authority, including one marked “BPA-free”.

Prof Bowyer says better legislation is needed around chemicals added to baby products. And although the effects of microplastics are not yet understood, she recommends a precautionary approach.

She adds: "With my grandchildren, I advise my daughter to avoid synthetic textiles where she possibly can.

“We do know that those textiles will be releasing microfibres. We don’t know yet what the implications of that are.”

A recent WHO report found that while heavy occupational inhalation of plastic dust has been linked to respiratory tract harm, current scientific data is too limited or methodologically dubious to draw conclusions about overall health risks of microplastics.

Professor Oliver Jones, an expert in analytical chemistry at Australia's RMIT University, warns against scaremongering.

He says thousands of scientific papers and reviews by major health bodies, including the US Food and Drug Administration, have not found evidence that microplastics are harming us.

"There is no evidence anywhere that plastic has ever caused any health effect related to endocrine disruption," Prof Jones adds.

"If you feed rats sky-high amounts of plastic-related chemicals, you'll see some effect, but that doesn't translate to what we are exposed to as humans."

Some campaigners argue that reviews into microplastics have not proven they are safe.

But Prof Jones says: “In the same way, – there’s no safe distance you can drive your car because you could have an accident at any point.

"There's no bridge you can cross that's $100\%$ safe. So, it's all about relative risk. If you say, 'OK, we will reduce our plastic use', then you've got to replace it with something." This is not without consequences, Prof Jones says. Alternatives such as glass bottles can break and cause injury.

He adds: “A lot of people are bad at assessing risk. They’ll say, ‘I’m worried about BPA’ and then drink wine or beer. Alcohol is a class one carcinogen that’s known to cause harm. But people worry about microplastics, and they don’t think anything of having a drink, because they understand that the risk with alcohol is how much you have.”

SUMMARISING his advice for parents, Prof Jones says: “There’s no evidence that plastics harm your children. If you want to reduce plastic use, fine, but don’t feel bad if you don’t.”

Dr Ria Devereux, an environmental researcher at the University of East London, says we have become too reliant on plastic and everyone should try to reduce their use.

But she also agrees that the risks of microplastics have been “overhyped” in the decade since she began studying them.

She says: “There needs to be a lot more research into this and a decision on limits – how much is too much?

“It’s a case of finding out what works for you and your child, but also knowing the risks and being informed.”

In the meantime, Dr Devereux says we should be honest with parents like Lisa about what we do and do not know.

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A SUSPECT has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man fell from a balcony.

The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he remained in a critical condition last night.

The accused, also in his 20s, was taken into police custody for questioning after the other man plummeted from flats in Salford, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of yesterday.

The incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct because the men had earlier contact with police.

Chief Insp Lee Gridley said: "Our officers are working at pace to establish the circumstances." Police are also appealing for witnesses.

Fears of a fishing ban as anglers told to leave

ANGLERS have urged council bosses not to ban fishing at a popular lake after a suspension was imposed amid allegations of antisocial behaviour.

Fishing has been suspended at Askern Lake, near Doncaster, South Yorks, while allegations are probed.

The local authority ordered No Fishing signs to be put up and a local source claimed town hall officials told anglers to pack up their gear.

Labour-run Doncaster Council has denied there is a ban, only a suspension pending investigations.

But anglers fear the worst after a similar crisis last year at Wingerworth Lido in Derbyshire, some 30 miles south.

Labour councillors wanted to turn the site into a “biodiver-

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locally knows the huge benefits the activity brings to the local area.

sity hub" but were forced to climb down earlier this year after the Express campaigned with rural groups against the move.

'To deprive everyone of access is wrong'

"As a community, we take pride in the lake. Banning the activity so suddenly, with no public consultation, was a mistake and overzealous. Issues around anti-social behaviour relating to angling, though uncommon, must be tackled in partnership between the relevant authorities.

John Rowley, an angler and Askern town councillor, said: "I, alongside a number of other town councillors, were surprised to learn the town council had requested a suspension to angling at Askern Lake. Everybody

"To deprive everybody of access to fishing on the lake is wrong and will

But now it is feared Askern Lake could become the latest fishing spot to be threatened with closure.

only penalise those responsible anglers, rather than tackle any problems."

Mo Metcalf-Fisher of the Countryside Alliance urged the authority to work with anglers and avoid “knee-jerk decisions”.

City of Doncaster Council said: "Irresponsible fishing on the lake has recently been linked to antisocial behaviour problems, to littering offences, and to wildlife being injured, with multiple instances of birds being tangled up in hooks.

“We are working with partners, including our colleagues at Askern Town Council, to review what actions can be taken in the near future.”

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She has supported a letter signed by 24 MPs and members of the House of Lords urging Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle to end the traditional practices.

Lambs that are reared to be eaten routinely have their tails docked in order to prevent an infection known as flystrike. Male lambs are also castrated.

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Society's Love Lambs Week which takes place from Tuesday until the following Monday and encourages people to see lambs as animals rather than food.

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Birthday blowout shock as Casualty turns 40

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CASUALTY will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an “explosive” two-part back-to-back special on Saturday night.

The long-running BBC prime-time show has become something of an anomaly, surviving the streaming era and ever-changing schedules to accommodate football, Eurovision and major events.

Despite this, millions of viewers tune in every Saturday night and remain fiercely loyal, gripped by its mix of NHS drama, compelling characters and the personal stories unfolding around them.

The double episode anniversary special next weekend will see the staff and residents of Holby deal with some of their most explosive situations yet – which is saying a lot given some of the dramas the Accident and Emergency department has witnessed during the past four decades.

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, key cast members reflected on the show's place in television history.

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cant part in the anniversary story. While the BBC is keen to avoid spoilers, it won't ruin things to reveal that his character turns 40 in the episodes – and it'll be a birthday to remember.

He said: “It’s been an honour to be part of such a huge moment for the show. A show lasting for 40 years is quite

extraordinary and quite rare. It means it's gone through many moments of evolution and change, and this is another one."

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'It really does feel like a privilege'

long-time friend and colleague Stevie Nash, agreed, saying: "It feels like you're part of something historic and important, it really does feel like a privilege.

“We’re so lucky that we get to do this job and to do it on this show, which has had, from its inception to now, such a following. And it’s kind of gone on the whole journey of the NHS throughout this country.”

For William Beck, 48, who has played consultant in emergency medicine Dylan Keogh since March 2011, Casualty has been part of his life for much longer.

"I genuinely remember the first series because I had to be given special dispensation by my parents to watch it. I seem to remember that I was wearing my pyjamas, but there was a sense of anticipation in those first two or three minutes where you're guessing how

somebody's going to come to a degree of injury. There was often impalement involved in those episodes, which I think satisfied the bloodlust of an eight-

year-old or whatever I was.

“It’s surreal to be part of that same show, but it’s a privilege.”

For Neet Mohan, 40, who plays newly promoted consultant Rash Masum, the show also featured in his formative years.

"I remember the theme tune and not being allowed to watch it at my house. And I remember staying with my aunt – my two aunts and two sisters lived next to each other – and they would talk

about the show. When I stayed at theirs, they would have it on. They were both immigrant nurses at a hospital just outside of Slough, and I remember them talking about how their experiences of shifts were like that.”

Melanie Hill was part of the Casualty story long before she became a full-time cast member playing Clinical Nurse Manager Siobhan McKenzie in 2024. She first appeared in 1993 as Janice Hutchins in the episode Wild Card, as the mother of a child who was admitted to the A&E.

"He didn't like me, and so it made filming it extremely difficult. He didn't want me to look at him, or even touch him...which was really tough because we had to navigate me trying to play 'Mummy's here', and he was like, 'No!'"

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“He said he remembered me, which is pretty good going considering the amount of actors that have come through Casualty as guest artists.”

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For the eeriest UK day trip, AMY JONES discovers Imber, which is open to the public this weekend

ore than 80 years ago, on November 1, 1943, a letter from the War Office told residents of the village of Imber to leave their homes. They were given 41 days to pack up and find

alternative accommodation.

Many of the 150 residents hadn't even stepped foot outside the village, while others had nowhere to stay and had to seek housing from the local council.

The evacuation was down to the village's location. Sitting in the middle of the Imber Ranges, north of Salisbury Plain, it was needed as a training area for American troops ahead of the D-Day landings.

What villagers didn't know at the time was they'd never return to the place they called home, even after the war was over.

This abandoned Wiltshire village is still under the control of the Ministry of Defence and a live-firing military zone. But it's open to the public for 12 days of the year – including this bank holiday weekend – and has to be one of the strangest day trips Britain has to offer.

Instead, their pretty cottage homes, two schools, pub, church, farm and barn would either be demolished or taken over by the military, – their close-knit community turned into a place that today resembles more of a battlefield, frozen in time.

Driving into Imber village, along dusty terrain, was perhaps one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

SPOOKY Amy and shelled out buildings

Along the three-and-a-half-mile stretch from the main road, I passed abandoned military tanks covered in foliage that had once been used for training, military bases, and signs that read: "Warning: troops training" and "Danger: no public access".

The approach was certainly barren, not to mention eerie.

Any sense of community has been lost among the boarded-up buildings, high-walled fences and gaping doorways. Walking along the main road, it's hard to imagine this was once a village where neighbours would meet

for a pint at the local, and children would play outside.

Even more so when I spotted bullets and shrapnel lying on the rugged terrain

and saw the former courthouse, boarded up with a wired gate, a place that had once hosted parties and social events.

One of the most popular times to visit is Imberbus Day, when hundreds of visitors ride

classic red buses to see this peculiar place. Very few of the original

buildings remain, with many of its thatched cottages dating back to the 1920s, destroyed and replaced with structures for military training exercises.

From above, parts looked like a model village with new red, green, and yellow rooftops. Then I was starkly reminded of its history by the piles of bricks that had once been a loving home.

Access to some areas of the village is strictly prohibited, including around the bundle of former homes, due to the

military using it as a training ground, often with live ammunition.

But from the road, it's fascinating to see this ghost village, and imagine what was there all those years ago.

I was able to take a closer look at the original barn and pub, the Bell Inn, thanks to its location just off the main road, with its worn stone walls dating back to 1880, and its wide-open doorways.

One part of the village that has remained untouched is the 13th-century Grade I-listed St Giles' Church.

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While it's bordered by a terrifying high-wire security gate with a sign that reads: "out of bounds", it welcomes the public on certain joyful occasions.

Typically, each year it opens for three days over Easter, during the Imberbus Day in August, over the August bank holiday, for a remembrance service in November, a carol service for Christmas and some

days afterwards. There are original paintings on the walls dating back to the 15th century, ancient pews, grand pillar arches, and beautiful wooden beams. Those who once lived in the village have the right to be buried on the church grounds.

Church custodian Neil Skelton is at the core of its ongoing success, and it continues to draw in visitors, including those who used to live in Imber village.

Neil told me: “I was determined that the memory of Imber would not be lost, and it’s through this church that we’ve managed to keep it like that. What gives me great pleasure is people coming here and enjoying it.”

While parts of the church are covered up when not in use, it still feels at the heart of what was once a thriving community.

And on those special days of the year, the lost village reappears.

For more details on St Giles Church in Imber village, visit imberchurch.org.uk

Medieval village sold as the Cotswolds of France

By MILO BOYD

beautiful French village hardly touched in hundreds of years has recently been likened to the Cotswolds. So much so that when you walk into Belcastel, home to only 189 people, with its cobbled streets and

stone-tiled roofs, and you may even find yourself doing an Ebenezer Scrooge.

“What year is it?” would be a more than fair question to ask when in the village.

The French settlement sits in the southern region of Occitania and can feel almost too picturesque to be real.

Just a handful of homes sit on the banks of the River Aveyron, most of them dating back to the 15th century, with a stone bridge connecting the two sides.

Part of the reason for Belcastel's untouched feel is that it was largely cut off from the world for so long. At the start of the 20th century, the village could only be reached via difficult tracks. Few made the journey, leaving those who live there to enjoy its charms free from modernisation.

At the top of the village's hill is a chateau fort that had fallen into disrepair by 1974, when renowned architect Fernand Pouillon bought the ruins and undertook its restoration.

It was restored to its former glory before locals, inspired by Pouillon's work, set about breathing life back into the ensemble of the village's houses, communal buildings and restaurants.

They clearly did a good job. In 1990, Belcastel was

nominated to Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (a list of the prettiest villages in France). Its description of the village reads: "Nestled in the heart of the Aveyron Valley, Belcastel has everything to charm you. Its majestic castle, lovingly restored by the architect

Fernand Pouillon, proudly overlooks this medieval village. Crossing the iconic bridge that spans the rushing waters of the Aveyron, you enter an authentic Aveyron village, with traditional stone houses and slate roofs."

And when you visit, the castle is undoubtedly the main attraction. Perched dramatically on a rocky outcrop above the village, you can visit the

interior and climb up for sweeping views over the rooftops and the River Aveyron below.

Old houses tumble down the hillside on one side with the castle looming above.

Vieux Pont, right by the bridge, has a strong reputation for its cooking, so it makes a good lunch stop. It is listed in the Michelin Guide and serves up delicious pigeon and mushroom crumble dishes.

Getting to the village remains tricky. It's three-and-a-half hours by train from Toulouse Airport, or six hours from Montpellier.

Belcastel's remote location also means public transport options are slow and limited too, so hiring a car may be advisable.

Despite being difficult to reach, the village can get really busy in the summer.

And now DFDS Seaways has named Belcastel as the French village that is most like our very own Cotswolds, thanks to its beauty and honey-coloured stone, it will likely soon become as busy, especially when it gets to the summer months with coaches dumping loads of sightseers into the town.

While this is obviously great for local tourism, this also overwhelms Belcastel's small streets and makes it near impossible to find a spot to eat.

Arriving early in the morning during peak season, or opting for a spring or autumn break instead, is wise.

Stone's throw from bizarre world record

A remote island in the Inner Hebrides is warming up for the world stone skimming championships, and KETSUDA PHOUTINANE catches a ferry to chance her arm

n the hushed, misty summer morning on this speck of land off the west coast of Scotland, I feel something I'm not quite

something I'm not quite sure I've experienced before: complete solitude.

Walking around Easdale Island, it's as if the shroud-like sea mist has glided over the sea and ferried everyone else away.

I have made a detour here on the well-worn path to the Isle of Skye. Round these parts, you won't have to elbow your way past hordes of tourists, except for one highly anticipated weekend a year.

This car-free island, which takes all of an hour to walk around, is home to the World Stone Skimming Championships.

Don't let its wholesome nature nor its idyllic setting fool you – the event is fiercely competitive and attracts global interest, though, like me, you may have never heard of it until recently.

The 2025 games were mired with scandal. A handful of participants admitted to cheating with the aid of “suspiciously circular” stones.

Although I live in Glasgow, I learned of the event from a New York Times headline that blared: "A bucolic stone-skimming contest in Scotland is infiltrated by cheaters". As a result, an expert geologist is slated to anonymously oversee this year's event.

Easdale Island (population: 60) originally started the games in 1983 before they were revived in 1997. Over 2,200 people from 27 countries

'Contest judges use a ring of truth device to check stone size' attended the spectacle last year. Participation is by ballot and people of all ages and abilities around the world are encouraged to enter the draw that selects 400 participants.

RUGGED Quarry workers' cottages at Ellenabeich

GOT THE HUMP Clachan Bridge

Although it may seem like I'm at the end of the world, Glasgow is less than three hours' drive away. Travelling to Easdale requires getting to the Isle of Seil, which itself is a mere hop from the mainland via the charming 200-year-old hump-backed Clachan Bridge.

Standing at the pier of the rugged coastal village of Ellenabeich, the island is a stone's throw away. A mere 200 metres off the coast, Easdale is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides.

Freezing water aside, I wonder if you could swim across, but the sea here is more dangerous than it is cold. Powerful tidal currents lurk beneath the surface. One of the UK's most dangerous stretches of water is nearby. Coincidentally, a “seafari” departs from the same dock to the Corryvreckan Whirlpool, the third largest in the world.

I would rather kick rocks, and that I do – famous ones. Easdale is part of the Slate Islands, an archipelago that “helped roof the world”.

The championship is intrinsically linked to its origins as the centre of the Scottish slate industry. Contestants choose the stones used for their three attempts, but they must be from Easdale. Judges use a measuring device dubbed the “ring of truth” to check that the stones are not more than three inches wide.

Intrigued by the prospect of such an unusual competition and the scandal, I endeavour to see the tiny island that has drawn so much attention when things are a little quieter.

The Easdale ferry runs on demand. To hail it, you must enter a wee hut by the pier and press two light switches at the same time. This triggers a piercing klaxon across the narrow channel that summons the next crossing on the timetable.

The voyage in a small motorboat is so quick it's almost over by the time I'm finished fumbling with the contactless payment. I'd been prompted to enter my PIN and your guess is as good as mine, so it's all very 2026, until the first thing you see on arrival – Easdale's answer to cars.

A colourful array of upturned wheelbarrows is strewn on the grass beside the jetty. Residents push

This year's championship will be held on September 5. Competitor spots are sold out, but free spectator access is available.

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them to and fro to transport their shopping and belongings. On this sleepy morning, I see more wheelbarrows than people.

Despite my trepidation about how I'd fill 90 minutes on this tiny isle (the maximum amount of time I can allow for this pit stop), I'll end up losing track of time and dashing back.

Before the race for the ferry, I meander around the white-washed homes and their requisite slate roofs and have a nosy at the honesty boxes. One is full of eggs,

both chicken and duck, and another handcrafted soaps.

Following the sound of water, I scrabble down and around the craggy shore, and looking down, it's true – the beach is full of remarkably flat and smooth stones, perfect for skimming. The drama and crash of the waves against the rocks is mesmerising.

The only souls I see are one dog walker and another from a distance. At one point, I investigated a squawking bird in the hopes of it being a puffin (unfortunately not).

All the while, gentle rain patters down, so by the time I begin the ascent to the highest point of the isle, toes squelching in my trainers, I turn around in search of somewhere to dry off.

Although I've spent all of an hour alone, stepping into The Puffer, the island's only pub and restaurant, is a bit startling.

But a warming cup of tea in hand, I'm soon happily eavesdropping on the staff and a group of three OAPs at the next table over.

With 10 minutes to go, I realise with a jolt I haven't seen the most famous thing about Easdale. Quickly settling the bill with the young French waiter (another stranger in a strange

(1) In the land), one souvenir at the till – a keychain with a handpainted Easdale stone – is too tempting to pass up. On an island full of rocks, I manage to buy one for £7. The clock is ticking and I scurry to the site of the games that attract visitors near and far. I stand beside the flooded sea quarry where Jonathan Jennings, last year's winner and the first American to lift the trophy, skimmed stones for a cumulative 177 metres.

Alas, the water is choppy and I'm not able to outdo him. Gazing out over the empty quarry, I feel a bit underwhelmed, but like any good tourist, I snap some pictures, and go home.

ICE WELCOME TO ARCTIC CIRCLE BY NORSE SEA GOD

By CLARE FITZSIMONS

A deep breath is all I can do to prepare myself as I tentatively sit down with the Norse god of the sea standing menacingly behind me. Or rather, the ladle full of ice cubes and water in his hand that looks more menacing than Thor's hammer.

The temperature on the deck of my cruise ship, MS Trollfjord, is barely above freezing even in May. But before I can even begin to protest, the neck of my jumper is pulled backward, and the entire lot is poured down my back, followed by a shocked yelp from me and cheers and laughs from those looking on. It's only slightly made up for with a warming shot of aquavit, a potato-based spirit.

Two minutes earlier, I was happily wrapped in my warm jacket, hat, scarf and gloves as we crossed into the Arctic Circle. But when you're warned a ladle of ice is the only way to appease the gods

and keep good weather, you take one for the team.

Despite the icy welcome, it's a monumental moment, crossing the $66^{\circ}33'$ N parallel. A globe on a nearby island marks the line itself.

In winter, you enter the polar night, when the sun never rises – a prime time for seeing the Northern Lights. But in May, I get the Midnight Sun bouncing off the horizon and back into the sky.

Thankfully, the soaking ritual is reserved only for first crossings into the Arctic. And if I return for another Hurtigruten cruise, I can just watch someone else have their “Arctic baptism”. I’ll probably laugh at them, too. Hurtigruten runs 14 departures between May and September from £2,466pp, onboard MS Trollfjord. hurtigruten.com

Whale of a time... inside a whale

BLOWHOLE Shifting the whale into the museum

STUFFED Malm's exhibit

At Sweden's Gothenburg Natural History Museum, MILO BOYD climbs inside the world's only real blue whale exhibit. And it has quite the tail...

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oughly 100 years ago, a young Swedish couple ruined it for the rest of us. They were caught, trousers down, in the belly of the world's only stuffed blue whale. The scandal led officials to snap its vast,

gaping jaw shut, bringing an end to the days of ready access to the 16m long sea mammal.

"We must be content with the fact that it was two citizens of our own city that enjoyed this privilege," the director of Gothenburg's Natural History Museum said at the time, finding a silver lining in the moral outrage.

Although my efforts to track down the descendants of a couple that, I'd wager, are history's only to have sex in a cetacean have so far failed, on a recent trip to Gothenburg, I fulfilled a long-held ambition to get inside a magnificent exhibit that remains the only real blue whale on display anywhere in the world.

"We only open it on special occasions, such as election days, because the Swedish word for vote (val) is the same for the word for whale (val)," explained Stefen Örgårdm, the museum's director, as we walked up the wooden steps into the whole's

ON THE MOVE Inside the whale's belly while relocating it

wooden steps into the whale's mouth.

On big occasions such as Christmas, when Santa hands out presents from inside the tum, the top jaw is cranked open in an unnatural but convenient way, allowing tall Nordic visitors to enter without bumping their heads, then move on into the belly. It's more of a local village hall than Jonah in there, the organs having long been stripped and placed in barrels of ethanol kept in the museum's cellar. Two wooden benches running beneath simple drapery have taken their place.

We looked out through whalebone-trimmed jaws as Stefen told me of their new autumn exhibition on unloved city animals and why we should reappraise them.

Today, blue whales are among the most beloved of all animals. Mysterious, elegant and massive.

"The biggest animal that has ever lived on our planet: a blue whale. It's far bigger than even the biggest dinosaur. Its tongue weighs as much as an elephant. Its heart is the size of a car. And some of its blood vessels are so wide that you could swim down them," Sir David Attenborough said in Blue Planet.

They are the ultimate Guinness World Record animal.

Their population has bounced back from 5,000 to 25,000, after decades of commercial hunting brought it down from a pre-whaling 300,000 peak. Back in October 1865, when

Back in October 1803, when fisherman brothers Olof and Carl Larsson discovered the whale

helplessly beached just off the Swedish west coast, the animals were reviled.

Charitably, it was fear of this vast, mysterious beast that caused the Larssons to do what they did next. I will not repeat the details of the two days of barbarity here. Suffice it to say the whale was killed. And then

'The sex scandal led officials to snap its vast, gaping jaw shut'

transported by three steamships and two coal barges into Gothenburg where the naturalist August Malm purchased the body.

“I will stuff everything,” he declared, leaping on to the collapsing carcase to deliver a speech to the assembled masses.

And so he did.

Dozens of butchers, plied with as much beer as needed to withstand the violent smell, hacked it into parts, scooped the organs out and removed the skeleton.

There is something about whales that sends people a little mad.

In Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai's book The Melancholy of Resistance, the arrival of a huge whale on a circus truck sparks a riot.

Famously, Ishmael is driven loopy by Moby Dick. And so with the Gothenburg whale.

After days of feverish work, Malm was forced to rest as nausea hit. Realising the whale's owner had gone, a horde of locals rushed in and snatched blubbery souvenirs. Thankfully, enough remained for the whale to be reconstructed.

Its skin and baleen (whalebones) were cured with arsenic, mercuric chloride and a top coat of colourless copal varnish before being placed on to a wooden frame, with 30,000 zinc and copper pins holding it in place.

The structure was built in four separable sections, making it easier to transport the whale on trucks to its later resting place in the museum's great hall.

A fabulous photo shows the whale's head being rolled through a hole in the outer wall.

The whale, which still smells pungent all these years later, remains the museum's prized exhibit, only competing for the title with a magnificent stuffed elephant.

Why Animal Farming is a Planetary Catastrophe

In 1950, when I was one year old, the world's population was about 2.5 billion. Today it exceeds 8.5 billion. As heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods become increasingly severe, concern about food security and the future of our planet has never been greater. Yet few people realise that animal agriculture lies at the heart of many of today's environmental crises.

Animal farming occupies around $87\%$ of the land used to produce food while providing only $18\%$ of global calories. It is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, with cattle ranching responsible for roughly $80\%$ of current forest loss. Every hectare destroyed weakens one of Earth's greatest carbon sinks and one of its richest reservoirs of biodiversity.

Animal agriculture is also extraordinarily water intensive. Agriculture accounts for around 70% of global freshwater use, and farm animals consume a disproportionate share of it. Producing one tonne of beef requires approximately 15,400 cubic metres of water, much of it used simply to grow feed crops that could otherwise nourish people directly.

The industry is also a major source of water pollution. Manure and fertiliser runoff overload rivers and coastal waters with nitrogen and phosphorus, creating oxygen-starved 'dead zones' where marine life cannot survive. More than 400 such dead zones have now been identified worldwide.

The impact on wildlife is equally profound. Forests, grasslands and wetlands continue to disappear to make way for grazing and feed crops, while vast monocultures replace complex ecosystems. As farm animal numbers have expanded, wildlife populations have collapsed, leaving only a tiny fraction of Earth's mammals living in the wild.

Industrial farming also threatens human health. The routine use of antibiotics in far animal production contributes to antimicrobial resistance, which was associated with over one million deaths globally in 2019. Pollutants and toxins also accumulate through the food chain into animal products.

According to the research of Dr Sailesh Rao, when the lost carbon-storage capacity of land devoted to farm animals is included, farm animal agriculture becomes the dominant driver of climate change. His systems analysis concludes that transforming our food system is essential if we are to address global warming, biodiversity loss, deforestation, water scarcity and many of the environmental tipping points humanity now faces.

The vast majority of farmed animals spend their lives in factory farms. In the United States alone, almost all chickens, pigs and turkeys, together with all farmed fish and most egg-laying hens, are raised in intensive confinement systems. Worldwide, around 75% of farmed animals are factory farmed.

Statistics can seem overwhelming, but every number represents an individual life capable of suffering.

If we are serious about protecting the climate, restoring nature and safeguarding the future, we must also be serious about changing what we eat. A transition towards plant-based food systems offers one of the greatest opportunities to reduce environmental damage while sparing billions of animals from lives of unnecessary suffering.

This article is a précis of research by Dr Sailesh Rao, systems engineer and founder of Climate Healers. Further information is available at www.climatehealers.org.

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With JAMES CABOOTER

Blackpool Winter Gardens will host the first Indie By The Sea weekender with Ocean Colour Scene, Embrace, Peter Hook and more next May Bank Holiday.

BILLY'S SMASHING SWITCH FROM ROCK TO OPERA

ILLY Corgan, the creative chrome-headed force behind the Smashing Pumpkins, visits London next week with an

operatic adaptation of his legendary concept album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Arranged with Grammy Award-nominated conductor James Lowe. But this isn't just another rock star adding a few bells and whistles to old tunes.

Opera buff Corgan fully embraced the power of the orchestra and its soloists to forge something uniquely moving, while still paying homage to his alt-rock masterpiece.

"The arrangements were overseen by conductor James Lowe and myself," says the articulate star. "We certainly didn't ask the opera singers to turn into rockers. I wanted them to practise their craft at the highest level. Nor did I want to compromise my music – the idea was to find ways for it to work with them.

“Frankly, I never imagined that something I wrote could become an opera. In fact, the whole thing is quite surprising, but it makes perfect sense when you see the performance.

"It really moves me."

Fans will be fascinated to hear how the familiar motifs translates to a more classical setting, especially the heavier tunes.

"I'm particularly pleased that transforming the guitar parts into string arrangements works so well. Bullet With Butterfly Wings is played at a very, very slow tempo," teases Corgan.

"I told James Lowe I didn't think it was a good idea for the orchestra to play like a rock

band. So, we tried to transform the super-fast or heavy songs – like Bullet – into something different, something menacing."

When the original album first came out, Corgan openly admitted he hoped it might become a kind of Tommy or The Wall for a new generation of music fans.

“Yes, I did say that, but I wasn’t thinking about things like that while writing the album,” he recalls. “I never set out to create a reinterpretation of Tommy, even though that album – like The Wall – holds a special place for me. That said, you have to admit that Pete Townshend proved a rock band could release an album that was something more than just a collection of pop songs.”

It's not just a sonic experience, the look of the show is impressive and its design was a family affair.

"The costumes were created by my wife, Chloé Mendel, and her father. They own a high-fashion house, House Of Gilles. The result is magnificent."

The opera received its premiere in Chicago last year to rave reviews and UK fans will be hoping the same spectacle can be repeated here, although Corgan isn't promising anything.

"You know, it's still rock 'n' roll, and there's always a risk that someone might tell you at the last minute, 'Er... we couldn't bring Stonehenge along!'"

Spinal Tap would be proud.

A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness Featuring Billy Corgan takes place at London's Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday.

CHANGE OF STRINGS Billy Corgan

'The whole thing is quite surprising, but it makes perfect sense'

ALABAMA SHAKES I MUST BE DREAMING ★★★ There's a satisfying crunch in everything these powerful Southern rockers record, and now back after 11 years they've lost none of the

electricity. The low key Tea Time is mellow reintroduction, pondering the complexity of relationships in a surreal world, yet they still navigate a path towards positivity. I Feel Hope Coming continues the same energy set against a vintage Amy Winehouse soul sensibility, but then adopt a Beatles-ish groove on Friends.

For all the intricate riffery it's Brittany Howard's voice that steals the spotlight. Album highlight, Another Life could yet be their Gnarls Barkley Crazy moment, where Howard sounds like four vocalists in one. A dream return.

TINY HABITS KEEPERS ★★★

The only thing better than three-part harmonies is umpteen, and the vocal trio go to town on this bubbly second album. The super

smooth Love Ruins Everything sets you off in a Yacht Rock mood then more mellow Norah Jones-type vibes emerge on Anything He Was.

The intricacy of interweaving melodies during Someone You Love leaves you floored, but the groove does heavy lifting too, like on Belt Loop. Steering the yacht from folksy introspection to pop perfection recalls peak Fleetwood Mac, and you sense they're just a hit away from causing their own landslide on the charts.

THE GUEST LIST SOMETHING REAL ★★★ Hailing from Manchester attracts tired old tropes, but that baggage hasn't limited these guys on this impressive debut. Sure there are flashes

of a bygone era, but The Guest List forward face rather than repeat old tricks.

Cai Alty is a more nuanced frontman too, singing about real world topics from mental health to climate anxiety with a vocal style that accepts imperfections. OK maybe you'd rather not hear him bang on about the smell of his bed sheets on Ruine, but the music slaps and owes more to Suede than Oasis, whereas post-apocalyptic anthem Sick Animal has a waft of Blur's To The End about it. That tour guest list will get bigger on the strength of this.

ALEX WARREN WILDCHILD ★★

Warren turned mourning and self reflection into an art form with his rousing first LP. It saved fans a fortune on therapy but became a bit one dimensional. Album two attempts to move on while retaining an emotional connection, and those feelings are pretty transparent on Are You Having Fun, Alex? along with Passenger which adds a mid 80s drive-time pulse.

For all the attempts at raising the energy levels something doesn't sit right with Warren's voice against these beats, and you wish he'd give his nose a jolly good blow. On the other end of the scale, Rescuer's lilting acoustics sends his voice into even deeper brooding territory but without the explosive chorus that made Ordinary such an ear-worm.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK INTERPOL THIS MIRROR WEIGHS A TON ★★★★ Gothy rockers Interpol were in danger of treading water so it's refreshing to hear them dip into different nostalgia. By injecting a 90s trip hop texture, the

endearingly loose title track becomes a combative piece of ambient music where Paul Banks channels his best soul singer to warn: "The maniac in your head still sleeps in archways". They continue to harvest the best of the 80s,

mid-period The The during See Out Loud rather than the more typical Joy Division comparisons – then take an indie meets Afrobeat handbrake

turn on Wake Up. It's fascinating to hear a surreal dialogue between Banks and

AI during Iron City – an apocalyptic vision where “memories are degraded”.

Interpol can still do British doom rock better than the UK, Wings On Fire a future live favourite, while So Rides The Reindeer offers lovers of black clobber a delicious anti-Christmas ballad.

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Rotherham siren Myra DuBois takes over next week as Rose's aristocratic mother Ruth in the riotous West End musical spoof of Titanic, Titanique, where Celine Dion is on the boat (and off her rocker) and the iceberg gets its own disco number.

What attracted you to this role? I've played anywhere that'll have me. Bars, clubs, alleyways. Even the private house of a Saudi royal.

Are you a method actor? No, but I'm taking it very seriously. It's a knockabout show but I'm treating Ruth as if she's real. I will act maternal and my natural glamour will fade away. It would be easy to treat her as a monster who has tantrums, but what's occurring? It doesn't come out of nowhere.

Do you have a monstrous rider? Only a private shower. And someone is fetching me a meal deal but that wasn't a demand, only an offer.

WAVE HELLO Ms DuBois

Which three celebrities do you want in your lifeboat?

Ethel Merman, she'd be a laugh.
Patti LuPone, so she can meet her match. Ashley Banjo, because he's dead lovely and nice to look at. I'll gaze into his eyes as the other two fight and the RMS Titanic sinks into the inky depths.

What three items would you save? I'll just politely get myself off, if you'll pardon the phrase.

Do you share the outrage that a gay cruise was turned away from ports in Egypt and Turkey? I think we should worry more about the LGBTQ+ people that live in those countries, not the entitled Western tourists that rock up expecting to treat it as a playground.

How do you politely off-board hecklers?

off-board hecklers? First with good humour but it upsets me that people have paid all that money to come and someone ruins it for them. Everyone today thinks they are the main character. They have to tell people not to sing along at musicals. If it gets to a certain point you must stop the show and let the appropriate people deal with it. Nobody wants to see a performer rant at the audience. It's hard to recover from.

How do you relax after a show? You practice self care, wind down, become a real person again. I have an aroma diffuser, low

lighting, soft piano music. I take my time, stare into the mirror for 10 minutes. Meditation can sound pretentious but it's just: sit down, shut up and reconnect with your body.

If you rush, you take the adrenalin out on the street and start chasing it. It's very important to have an off switch.

What's the secret of Titanique's success?

It brings joy. There's always been bad news but with social media we pick up that rectangle and it immediately screams at you. We're not wired to deal with so much vitriol, stress and negativity. We have a responsibility to be informed, but we also need respite, to gather away from the internet and understand there is some joy in the world.

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EastEnders and West End wonder John Partridge is slurping chianti and scaring the sheep, the audience and Corrie's Mollie Gallagher as Dr Hannibal Lecter in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. This new Leicester Curve production tours until June 2027 (silenceofthelambsplay.com).

Ian McDiarmid put the maniac in megalomania as Star Wars' Emperor Palpatine, now he's tackling Shakespeare's father of the year, KING LEAR, at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre until September 19 (sheffieldtheatres.co.uk).

Tracy-Ann Oberman follows her inspired Shylock in The Merchant of Venice 1936 by gender flipping self-obsessed thesp Gary, now Geri, in Noël Coward's PRESENT LAUGHTER, touring until October 24.

After a smash Netflix adaptation, Shirley Jackson's terrifying novel THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE premieres a chilling UK tour from September 11 until November 21 (thehauntingof hillhouse.co.uk).

Beverley Knight reprises her electrifying lead in the UK tour of the Old Vic's 2023 musical SYLVIA, bringing soul, funk and hip hop to the story of the Pankhurst sister who split with her famous family to fight for the rights of working class women. From September 24, ending at the Royal Albert Hall November 13-15 (sylviamusicaluk.com).

With the bucking bronco at 10 Downing Street throwing all comers since 2016, it's the perfect time for a UK tour of THE GANG OF THREE, from October 1 until November 21 (thegangofthree.co.uk). Labour rivals Tony Crosland, Roy Jenkins and Denis Healey jostle for power between 1972 and 1980, in a fiercely funny, razor-sharp portrait of ambition, ideology and betrayal.

Our Billy's back, as Elton John and Stephen Daldry's BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL pirouettes into the Sunderland Empire on November 4, then tours before a 25-week run at London's Adelphi (billyelliotthemusical.com).

PURE JOY Magical cast at the Globe

AS YOU LIKE IT ★★★★ SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE UNTIL OCTOBER 25, shakespearesglobe.com

It gets me every time. The astounding sight (and site), the carved wooden balconies and balustrades, the circular arena with an eye on the sky (and passing jets), the exhilarated crowd of young and old, local and tourist, all walks of life. The beauty of the building and the massed humanity it binds together.

I marvel that we're all here in a replica of a theatre that only stood for 28 years, roaring at a comedy from 1599, I laugh, sing along, cheer when girls dressed as boys kiss boys who think they're boys pretending to be girls, feel wonder at the Bard's "All the world's a stage" soliloquy, chuckle at, "Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak."

The plot's ridiculous. The banished daughter of an exiled duke, Rosalind (Lola Shalam, magnificent) disguises herself as a chap to seek dad in The Forest of Arden. As ride or die best mate Celia, Grace Oddie-James (in ludicrously fabulous Bo Peep frock and bonnet “disguise”) slays physical comedy and deadpan one-liners.

As love interest Orlando, Charlie Josephine brings Estuary vowels, streetwise swagger and touching vulnerability. Both, however, need to project as well as they act.

The entire cast is pure joy. The original music is an infectious storm of folk rock, the courtly costumes an explosion of OTT wigs, panniers, silks, satins and stockings.

When they don't have a line, everyone strikes portrait poses before huge blank framed canvases. During the show, sketches of trees in blossom slowly take shape. Magic.

The central chemistry and Shakespeare's skewering social satire are both a tad fuzzy but, boy (or girl dressed as one), is it a blast.

e are in the middle of a gardening revolution. After generations spent learning how to suppress growth, kill unwanted plants and stimulate others with nitrates and

phosphates, we are beginning to question the idea that every gardening problem requires a chemical solution. As a new planting season approaches, it is worth pausing to consider how we arrived here.

For most of gardening history, cultivation was organic by default. Gardeners fed the soil with animal manure, compost, leaf mould,

seaweed, wood ash and bone meal. Weeds were hoed or pulled, pests removed by hand and diseased material cut away. This was laborious work and great Victorian gardens could be maintained partly because they could afford many staff. Not that everything was natural or benign – gardeners also used nicotine, sulphur, copper and arsenic-based preparations.

The first great change came during the 19th century. In the 1840s, English agricultural scientist John Bennet Lawes developed superphosphate by treating phosphate rock with sulphuric acid. Fertility, once gathered from the farmyard or compost heap, could now be manufactured, measured, bagged and sold. Imported guano and Chilean nitrate also became valued

ALL CHANGE War campaign and Fritz Haber

Chilean nitrate also became valuable commodities. Gradually, feeding the soil began to give way to feeding the plant.

The breakthrough came when German chemist Fritz Haber discovered how to capture nitrogen from the atmosphere and Carol Bosch developed the means to manufacture

ammonia industrially. The enormous Billingham works in County Durham produced synthetic ammonia and ammonium sulphate fertiliser. ICI developed concentrated compound fertilisers, helping to establish the familiar NPK formula – nitrogen for leaves, phosphorus for roots and potassium for flowers and general vigour.

The Second World War brought this thinking into ordinary gardens. Dig for Victory required inexperienced gardeners to produce food quickly. National Growmore, a balanced inorganic fertiliser, was the answer. Convenient and effective it must have appeared miraculous. Chemistry was helping feed the country.

ICI scientists then developed selective hormone weedkillers. MCPA, commercially available from 1946, could kill broad-leaved weeds while leaving grasses largely unharmed. Suddenly a spray appeared able to distinguish between a desirable plant and an undesirable one. Combined lawn treatments later offered feeding, weed control and moss suppression in a single application. The perfect lawn became a green monoculture, while wildflower such daisies and dandelions, were now considered weeds.

DDT and other synthetic insecticides offered similarly dramatic control over pests, while

paraquat could destroy almost any green growth it touched. The language of gardening became almost militaristic. Weeds invaded, pests attacked, diseases had to be eradicated. The gardener assembled an arsenal of products promising to feed, kill, clear and cure.

These were genuine scientific achievements,

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After centuries of chemical interference outdoors, this summer has shown we need a better way

introduced during food shortages and a period of diminishing garden labour.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, revealed chemicals did not remain obediently where applied. They travelled through soil and water, beyond their targets, accumulating in food chains and affecting wildlife. This summer intensified that lesson. Extreme weather, declining insect life and stressed soils remind us a garden is an ecosystem, not simply a collection of plants for us to manage. The answer need not be a wholesale rejection of horticultural progress.

Excellent industries have grown around gardening and we can now choose products that support rather than diminish the living world, for example, peat-free composts, organic and slow-release feeds, biological controls and effective soil improvers. Perhaps the real revolution is not about surrendering all control, but learning when intervention is helpful and when nature can be trusted.

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PLANT OF THE WEEK Hebe andersonii

Hebes are native to New Zealand and arrived here via plant hunters in the 19th century.

This hybrid version is believed to be the work of Scotsman Isaac Anderson-Henry in Edinburgh, hence the moniker Anderson's hebe.

It has long spikes of violet-purple flowers and these keep blossoming until autumn.

It does well in sunny coastal climates, so in colder areas it's best to plant in more sheltered spots.

Full sun and well-drained soil are ideal conditions. Once established it has good drought tolerance and the bees love it too.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

- While the weather is still pleasant, do a tidy up outside of fallen leaves and plants that have died back. Net ponds before leaves start falling. - If your houseplants are looking a bit droopy, a few days outdoors can perk them up. Don't place in direct sunshine – dappled shade will still be brighter than your indoors and won't scorch the leaves.

- It's still warm enough to grow cut and come again salad crops or grow under cover to have green leaves to harvest in winter.

Take semi-ripe cuttings of evergreen shrubs such as hebes, camellias, choisya, holly, laurel and box as well as herbs such as rosemary and lavender, and conifers. Choosing healthy material, cut about 4 to 6 inches in length, just below a leaf and pot up as soon as possible. It's a good time for hard wood cuttings of roses. Trim conifer hedges to neaten them up for winter but don't prune hard as most won't

recover, except for yew, and you'll have bare patches. Apples are ready for harvest if they come off the tree with a gentle tug. Plant biennials such

as foxgloves and honesty where you would like them to flower next year.

RUPERT

"You'll soon be safe, back in sea," Says Rupert, reassuringly.

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The merboy sits up and looks fearfully about him.

"I meant no harm!" Jinks says. "Got caught in my nets one day!"

"You're safe now," Rupert smiles.

"You'll soon be back in the sea."

"No wonder Neptune was so angry with us," breathes Sam. "He thought we'd stolen this merboy of his."

The fishermen glare sternly at Sir Humphrey and the wretched Jinks. "I meant no harm, Jinks whines.

"He got caught up in my nets and I couldn't resist the chance to make my fortune by selling him to a wealthy collector."

WINTER'S WILDLIFE With STUART WINTER

Welcoming a US stowaway

verpaid and oversexed American troops coming over here during the dark days of the Second World War did little to

Second World War did hate to endar themselves to conflict-weary Brits. Flaunting chocolate, cigarettes and nylon stockings, the sight of thousands of brash GIs arriving on our shores were ostentatious reminders of wartime deprivations.

Some 80 years later, a modern day “flashy Yank” is reprising such grumbles after an astonishing appearance at Liverpool Docks, a port where American troops once disembarked in their thousands.

This time, it is a dazzling yellow-throated warbler with more stripes and decorations than a US Army sergeant major that is vexing the birding community over whether it should be accepted as a first record for the British Isles or demoted to lower ranks as a stowaway.

For all its beauty as one of North America's most flamboyant wood-warblers, the individual recently watched flitting between containers in a strictly out-of-bounds area of Liverpool Docks comes with troubling baggage.

It most probably made the Atlantic crossing with ship assistance.

Having the traits of the Mississippi Basin white-lored race known as the sycamore warbler, natural occurrence appears unlikely, especially as its sighting coincided with a ship docking from New Orleans.

Suspicions that a vagrant bird has not arrived under its own steam invariably sees them placed in Category E of the official British List and so not counted by twitchers who tally only wild birds.

Although records are assessed by the ornithological authorities case-by-case, there are those who feel avian hitch-hikers should be given full rarity status.

A recent study on ship assistance of North American landbirds published in British Birds journal shows that 33 species are known to have come across the Atlantic by catching a lift.

Of these, such dazzling warblers as black-throated green, black-throated blue and prothonotary are not on the British List in any form.

I welcome the arrival of any American beauty, by ship or under their own steam.

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Asda has faced significant market share losses in recent years as it contends with intense competition from German discounters Aldi and Lidl and struggles to boost sales volume.

In November 2024, the grocer called on Leighton to lead its turnaround as chairman. The former Royal Mail and Co-op boss had served as Asda's chief executive during its 90s heyday and orchestrated its £6.7 billion sale to Walmart.

Leighton described the return to growth as a “major milestone for Asda” following 18 months of “hard work to strengthen our proposition, improving price, availability and the overall shopping experience”. He added: “While this progress is encouraging, we are still in the foothills of recovery. There’s still more work to do as we focus on building a stronger business for the long term.”

Lottery sales plunge 14% as funding drops

HE NATIONAL Lottery's UK operator has seen sales tumble $14\%$ in recent months, weeks after it was revealed its payments to good causes had declined to an eight-year low at the start of the year. Allwyn, which operates the lottery, said total revenues in the three

months to the end of June were £784 million in the UK, down 14% on the same quarter a year ago.

Contributions to good causes and gaming taxes totalled £578m in the second quarter.

This was down on the £737m paid in the same period last year.

It comes after recent data from the

Gambling Commission showed payments transferred to good causes declined to the Lottery's lowest level in eight years in the first quarter of 2026.

Money raised by the National Lottery goes toward funding including for health, education, sport and arts to organisations all across the country.

The amount which is contributed varies and is based on factors such as the company's sales and the amount which is distributed in prize money to lottery winners.

The Government launched a review into the National Lottery's funding model in July, giving members of the public the chance to have a say on where the money should go.

Allwyn said the year-on-year decline in sales was driven by more favourable EuroMillions jackpot cycles in 2025, meaning this year was weaker by

'Down on the £737m paid in same period'

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comparison. It was also impacted by a major tech upgrade which took the National Lottery website and apps offline for around 24 hours while work was carried out.

The upgrade, which cost about £450m worth of investment, involved moving 18 million player records and more than three billion historical transactions from old platforms to new ones, updating the lottery website and mobile apps, as well as transforming the technology used by retail partners.

Allwyn said it was expecting UK revenues to come in lower for the full year than it was previously anticipating.

The National Lottery has been boosted in recent weeks following the launch of a UK version of the world's biggest jackpot game

Powerball last month.

It meant joining the game during a 43-draw rollover that culminated in a \$1.04billion (£890m) prize in Illinois in the US.

The United Kingdom jackpot of £521m was more than double the highest-ever EuroMillions jackpot of £214m.

The draw reached a million prize winners on Thursday with a total of £14.1m paid out.

Across the group, which also operates lotteries in countries including Austria, Greece and Cyprus, revenues increased by 6% to a total of £2.1bn for the second quarter.

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THE NUMBER of home sales dipped last month as the housing market faced a subdued summer amid higher borrowing costs, new data shows.

Across the UK there were an estimated 96,710 house sales in July, according to figures from HMRC. This was 1% lower than the same

month last year and 2% lower than in June. Experts said this reflects buyers and sellers being cautious amid higher mortgage rates and uncertainty since the Iran war.

Mortgage rates jumped earlier this year after the US-Israel war with Iran began, which affected financial markets in the UK. They have been edging lower

since spring, but many buyers continue to see higher rates than at the start of the year, leading some to put activity on hold.

Jason Tebb, president of OnTheMarket, said: "The ongoing uncertainty created by the Middle East conflict and its impact on energy prices and interest rates continues to dampen activity.

However, the market's underlying resilience remains in evidence.

“Buyers and sellers who need to move regardless are adapting to changing circumstances and continuing to proceed.”

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SALESFORCE shares jumped after the business software giant delivered a stronger quarter and raised its outlook, offering reassurance that artificial intelligence is not about to pull the rug from under its business.

The US giant reported an 11% rise in second-quarter revenue to \$11.3 billion (£8.32bn), while underlying operating profit climbed 10% to \$3.9bn (£2.87bn). Cash generation was another bright spot, with free cash flow rising

81% to \$1.1bn (£810m). Salesforce also increased its full-year revenue forecast to between \$46.1bn (£33.95bn) and \$46.4bn (£34.17bn).

For those unfamiliar with the name, Salesforce provides software that helps businesses manage customer relationships, sales, marketing and customer service.

Its products often sit at the heart of a company's day-to-day operations, making them difficult and often expensive to replace.

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That deep connection with customers is one of Salesforce's biggest strengths.

Businesses already store huge amounts of valuable information on its platform, giving Salesforce a strong base from which to sell additional products and introduce new AI tools.

Its flagship AI service, Agentforce, allows companies to build digital agents that

can analyse information, make decisions and carry out everyday tasks alongside human workers.

Momentum is building, with Agentforce's annual recurring revenue now above \$1.5bn (£1.1bn), up more than 240% over the past year.

That is encouraging, but investors should keep some perspective. Agentforce remains relatively small compared with the wider Salesforce business, while parts of its older product portfolio are still under pressure.

The key question is no longer simply whether AI will disrupt Salesforce, but whether the company can turn it into meaningfully faster growth.

There are other reasons for cautious optimism. Salesforce has become much more disciplined on costs, helping to improve cash flow and support dividends and its \$25bn (£18.41bn) share buyback programme.

But acquisitions remain part of its strategy, which could create tension between investing for growth and returning cash to shareholders. Salesforce has a strong product range, loyal customers and a credible position in business AI. This quarter calmed some of the market's biggest fears, but the company still needs to prove that AI can do more than defend its existing empire.

Investors will want to see it start moving the growth needle too.

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By HARVEY JONES

HERE are so many different ways people are paying tax these days, it's hard to keep up with all the threats. With the third Labour Budget looming on October 28, there

is a risk of more to come, prompting speculation about what new Chancellor John Healey may do.

But while we worry about that, we also need to pay attention to the taxes already hitting us.

One of the biggest threats is aimed at what is arguably the simplest form of wealth: cash in the bank.

Many savers, especially pensioners with cash balances built up over decades, risk paying more tax than they realise. Here's why – and what you can do.

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For years, savers didn't have to worry much about tax. In 2009, the Bank of England slashed interest rates to $0.5\%$ and kept them low. Savers got so little, tax wasn't an issue. Many stopped using tax-free Cash ISAs as they could get marginally better rates on standard accounts.

In 2016, the personal savings allowance (PSA) was launched.

This allowed basic-rate 20% taxpayers to earn £1,000 of interest a year without paying tax, while higher-rate 40% taxpayers could earn £500. Additional-rate 45% taxpayers got nothing.

With accounts paying just 1% or 2%, you needed an awful lot of money to breach your PSA. The starting rate for savings allows some people on low incomes to earn up to £5,000 of savings interest tax-free.

SHIFTED

Today, several things have changed. Interest rates are much higher. It's possible to get around $4.5\%$ on easy

'The number of basic-rate taxpayers affected could hit 2 million'

access and 5% on fixed-rate bonds.

Yet PSA limits are frozen at 2016 levels. Which means more savers are exceeding their allowance, especially those who have shunned Cash ISAs and built up large balances in taxable accounts.

The freeze on

income tax thresholds has aggravated the problem. If a taxpayer is dragged into the higher rate band, this halves their PSA from £1,000 to £500.

New figures show it's having an impact. In the 2022/23 tax year, around 1.2 million Britons faced a tax liability on savings income.

That's now forecast to hit 4.5 million this tax year—an increase of $269\%$ in just four years, according to research from savings app Spring, following an FOI request to HMRC.

The number of basic-rate taxpayers affected is forecast to more than quadruple to 2.05 million. They will pay an average of £804 in tax. For higher-rate taxpayers, the number caught will leap 275% to 1.52 million. They'll pay £1,684 on average.

Around 682,000 additional-rate taxpayers will take a hit, double the previous figure. Their average tax bill will be £5,821.

Savers will hand over £8.2billion to HMRC. There's another blow, courtesy of former Chancellor Rachel Reeves. She slapped a 2% surcharge on savings interest, lifting rates to 22%,

42% and 47%. This comes into force next April, intensifying the tax grab.

MIXED

Spring's head of money, Derek Sprawling, said higher savings rates are a mixed blessing: "They help savers generate better returns on their savings, but have also pushed millions beyond their tax-free PSA."

You may have too much cash in the bank

With the PSA likely to remain frozen, more savers will be dragged deeper into the tax net every year.

If you're affected, the simplest response is to shift savings into a Cash ISA, where all interest is free of tax.

The allowance is £20,000 this year, and couples can double down by using both allowances.

Everyone gets a fresh allowance from April 6 next year. For those aged 65 and over, this remains £20,000.

But it will be cut to £12,000 for younger savers, in an attempt to persuade them to put more money into stocks and shares instead.

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Sarah Coles, head of personal finance

at AJ Bell, called the move a “decent jump” but warned that Premium Bonds won’t suit savers who need a reliable income stream: “In an average month the average bond holder will win nothing.”

Married couples or civil partners might consider shifting savings into each other's names, to make use of their full PSA or Cash ISA benefits.

If they still face a bill, they could move savings into the name of the lower taxpayer.

Another option is to contribute into a pension, as the tax relief could bring you into a lower tax bracket, beefing up your PSA and reducing any tax that you pay.

CURRENT

As well as minimising tax on your savings, it's essential to shop around to get the best rate.

Sprawling warned against leaving too much sitting in a current account, where it may earn little or no interest.

Shifting it into a savings account could boost your overall interest, even after the tax take.

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THE BENEFITS of home ownership in later life should never be underestimated. Pensioners who rent rather than own their property need an extra £419,000 in savings to cover their housing costs over a

20-year retirement.

The warning came from Standard Life, which said rising rents could put serious pressure on retirement incomes, particularly as growing numbers of Britons reach later life without owning their home outright.

Pete Cowell, head of annuities at Standard Life, said pensioner renters face a very different reality to homeowners.

“Housing costs could be their single biggest expense, adding many thousands of pounds a year to the income needed to maintain a minimum standard of living.”

Standard Life based its analysis on Office for National Statistics private rental data. It assumed rents would rise by 3.8% a year, with average monthly rents increasing from around £1,160 today to about £2,350 by 2046.

That would take the total cost of renting to around £419,000 over 20 years.

The figures are particularly striking when compared with the income needed for a basic retirement.

Pensions UK's Retirement Living Standards say a single person needs £13,900 a year for a minimum lifestyle, rising to £32,700 for a moderate lifestyle. But those figures assume housing costs are already covered.

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A retiree paying rent could need an additional £13,910 over the next year, taking the income required for a minimum standard of living to £27,810. The full new state pension is worth just £12,547 a year for a single person. Many get less.

The rental bill could vary dramatically depending on where you live. Retirees in London face rental costs of more than £800,000 over 20 years. In the South East, the projected cost was £531,000.

Even in cheaper areas, the sums remain substantial at around £382,000 in Scotland and £291,000 in the North East. Cowell

said: “As renting in later life becomes more common, planning how those costs will be met is likely to become one of the most important financial decisions people make.”

Today, more than eight in 10 pensioners own their home outright. However, by 2044 research suggests one in three pensioner households could be renting.

Anyone expecting to rent in retirement must allow for the extra cost. And it will only get more punishing.

In a further blow, rents are currently rising faster than inflation, with official figures showing an average increase of 3.7% to £1,393 in the year to July, against 2.9% for inflation generally.

In England, the average rent is £1,451 a month. Wales is cheaper at £843, with monthly rents in Scotland averaging £1,016.

Rupert Collingwood, founder at The London Broker, said the Renters' Rights Act was prompting many landlords to leave the market, reducing supply.

“Those who remain are putting their prices up,” he added.

Babek Ismayil, CEO at homebuying platform OneDome, said tenants of all ages were struggling as rents climb.

"If more landlords decide to leave the sector and supply falls, that could put further upward pressure on rents."

Pensioners who own their homes should count their blessings.

Those yet to retire should appreciate the value of getting on the property ladder.

If not, their biggest monthly expense in retirement could be the rent.

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I'm feeling flat back to reality

Coming back from a holiday I always have a sense of dread that something will not be as I left it or some disaster will have befallen the family or home. Thankfully this is usually unfounded and that again seemed the case this time. Until I decided to go to the supermarket to find my car would not start and the battery was flat even though I had not left anything on.

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What followed was a call to my breakdown provider who hooked my car up to their gizmo thingy and confirmed that not only was my battery flat it was also beyond any useful life. I was only glad we had not left the car in a car park at the airport as we'd have been stranded there.

As it was late on a Saturday and sadly the breakdown guy did not have my battery, I had to drive to a car repair shop, under strict instructions not to turn the engine off or it would not start again.

After a stressful journey I caught them just before they closed and mercifully they not only had the right battery but the kind guy there said he would fit it for me while I waited. What a result.

'Something I could really have done without'

I drove home thinking my car worries were now

over, even if the unexpected expense was unwelcome. Then I found a warning light on my wife's car saying it needs new rear brake pads. So that's booked in for the job.

Just when I thought my car issues were over, I was then advised that my son's car's wet belt needed replacing, plus a major service.

After speaking to my friendly garage I was horrified to discover the combined cost of those is nearly £1,500. Apparently, this “wet belt” thingy is only on some makes of cars, brings nasty extra costs and needs five hours of labour.

While these costs are unwelcome I have to give credit to everyone who I had to speak and deal with to get things done. Everyone was polite, knowledgeable and helpful and left me feeling that I am in safe hands, which when it comes to cars is something important, eh?

So having spent my savings on holidays this year I have come home to another holiday's worth of family expenditure – something I could really have done without!

I hope that you don't get unexpected costs this summer and if so have managed to put a little something away for it. Until next week, Kev

The (gender-based) good food guide

Believe it or not, more and more experts believe we should be eating differently depending on our biological sex. TANITH CAREY examines the research

Eating together is one of the most bonding activities we do regularly with our partners. But if we're in a heterosexual relationship, should we really be sharing all the same meals? While the foundations of a healthy diet are the same for everyone, a growing

amount of research is finding that men and women don't get the same benefits from the same foods.

Differences between the sexes in muscle mass, hormones, reproductive organs and metabolism affect our body's ability to use nutrients.

Tomatoes are a nutritional powerhouse for everyone, but they seem to offer even more benefits if you're a man. For example, if you're planning to become a father, the antioxidant lycopene, the pigment that gives tomatoes their rich red colour, has been found to improve sperm quality.

In one clinical trial, healthy men who took a daily supplement containing the equivalent of around two tablespoons of concentrated tomato purée made sperm that were more likely to swim well and showed fewer signs of DNA damage.

The benefits don't stop there. As men age, lycopene seems to protect against cell damage and mutations, lowering the risk of prostate disease. This is when the prostate – a walnut-sized organ located below the bladder which produces seminal fluid – gets gradually bigger, making men want to go to the loo more as they age.

It also has a protective effect against prostate cancer, according to a 2016 review published in the journal Scientific Reports. The good news is you don't have to eat tomatoes raw to get more of them into your diet. In fact, your body will absorb lycopene better from cooked or processed tomato products, like tomato purée, passata, soup and sauces.

Nutritionist Kirsty McNiven, co-founder of geno3.com, which helps people understand their own health patterns by combining genetics and lifestyle, says: "Cooking tomatoes can help break down the plant structure and make lycopene more available for the body to absorb. Adding a healthy fat source, like olive oil, can also support absorption because lycopene is fat soluble.

“Simple options like cooked tomatoes, passata, tomato sauces or adding tomatoes into Mediterranean-style meals are also easy ways to include more.”

BEWARE INSTANT NOODLES, IF YOU'RE A WOMAN

They're cheap, convenient, ready in minutes and all you have to do is add boiling water. But that bowl of ready-made noodles

may be worse for your health if you're female.

A 2014 study, published in the journal Nutrition, analysed the eating habits of almost 11,000 Korean adults aged 19 to 64. It found that women who ate instant noodles more than twice a week were much more likely to have metabolic syndrome.

This is a cluster of

conditions that includes high blood sugar, rising cholesterol levels and added fat around the tummy. However, this rise in metabolic syndrome was not seen in men, even when they ate the same amount of noodles.

The researchers believe women's hormones make them more sensitive to blood sugar fluctuations, which can be triggered by high-carb foods.

Other reasons could include the fact that fast food can contain preservatives which may disrupt women's metabolisms more.

According to Hyun Shin, a cardiologist and nutrition epidemiologist who co-authored the study: "Although instant noodles are a convenient and delicious food, there could be an increased risk for metabolic syndrome, given the food's high sodium content, unhealthy saturated fat and glycaemic load."

DARK CHOCOLATE IS BETTER FOR MEN

Sharing a bar of dark chocolate with your partner? If you're a man, you can argue that you deserve to have the last few squares because it's better for you.

Dark chocolate, particularly the kinds that contain at least 70% cocoa solids, is rich in plant compounds called flavonoids, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Researchers believe flavonoids increase the production of nitric oxide, a compound in our bloodstream that

helps boost blood vessel flexibility and circulation. So if you're a man who doesn't overdo it and chooses brands that don't have lots of added sugar and fat, it may even help reduce the risk of strokes. In one 2012 study by the University of Aberdeen, platelets – the cells in the blood that make it clot – were found to clump up less in men's bodies after eating dark chocolate, compared to women.

According to Professor Baukje de Roos of the university's Rowett Institute of Nutrition Health: “Although we found that dark chocolate is beneficial for both men and women, different mechanisms appear to be at work, and the effect we observed was larger in men.”

SAY NO TO ANOTHER GLASS, ESPECIALLY WOMAN

Sharing a bottle of wine over dinner? If you're a woman, it may be wise to stop after a glass or two. One reason is that women produce far less alcohol dehydrogenase in their stomachs, a group of enzymes that help break down alcohol.

As a result, when a woman drinks alcohol, it enters her bloodstream more quickly.

Women also have a lower percentage of water in their bodies than men – on average around 50% compared with about 60% – because of differences in fat and muscle composition.

This means the same amount of alcohol is more concentrated in a woman's blood and, over time, does more damage to the female liver, brain and cardiovascular systems. What's more, alcohol is more damaging for women because it affects oestrogen levels and produces DNA-damaging chemicals.

This seems to affect women's

'A growing amount of research is finding that men and women don't get the same benefits from the same foods'

IF YOU'RE A WOMAN, UP YOUR TOFU

Soybeans contain natural plant compounds called isoflavones, which have a weak oestrogen-like

effect in the body. While they're far less powerful than the body's own oestrogen, some research suggests soy

- found in foods like tofu, edamame, tempeh and soya milk - can help take the edge off some of the uncomfortable side effects of the hormonal changes during

Nutritionist Kevin Greene says: "Research shows that regular consumption of soya foods may

help to modestly reduce menopausal symptoms like hot flushes in some women and can support heart and bone health as women age.

Men needn't avoid soy either. Large reviews have found no proof eating soy foods lowers testosterone levels or affects

their fertility.

"But it appears that women are more likely to benefit from

soy's natural plant oestrogens, particularly during and after menopause."

breast tissue more than men's breast tissue, according to a 2025 meta-analysis presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Breast Cancer Congress.

Nutritionist Kevin Greene, from weight management company almased.co.uk, says: "My advice would be to treat alcohol guidelines as an upper limit rather than a target. Try to spread alcohol intake across the week, include alcohol-free days, avoid binge drinking and be mindful of portion sizes."

IF YOU'RE A WOMAN, UP YOUR KALE AND LENTILS, BUT BEWARE OF TOO MUCH TEA

The NHS recommends getting 14.8mg of iron a day if you're a woman aged 19 to 50 – almost twice the amount advised for men. That's because during a typical period, women lose around 1mg of iron in their menstrual blood.

Iron is vital for making haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body.

Without enough, you can feel tired, weak and short of breath.

To replace this loss, women are encouraged to eat plenty of iron-rich foods, including beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, oily fish and green leafy vegetables like kale.

But there is one surprising catch: your cup of tea could be getting in the way.

Tea contains natural plant compounds called tannins, which can bind to iron, particularly when you're eating it from plant foods, making it harder to absorb.

Drinking tea with or soon after an iron-rich meal can reduce iron absorption, in some cases by more than half, studies have found. To get more iron, try leaving a gap of an hour or two between drinking tea and eating your main iron-rich meals.

IF YOU'RE A MAN, HELP YOURSELF TO OYSTERS Zinc is an essential mineral for everyone. It helps our bodies make the enzymes needed for cell growth and repair, wound healing and a healthy immune system. Because our bodies can't store or make zinc, we need to get it regularly from what we eat.

But men need more of it than women. The NHS recommends 11mg a day for men, compared with 8mg for women. That's because zinc plays a key role in making testosterone, the main male sex hormone. Too little can leave men feeling tired, with a lower sex drive.

It's also crucial for making healthy sperm and supporting the normal function of the prostate gland.

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Write to: The Editor, Sunday Express, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP Email: sunday.exletters@express.co.uk Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number

August 30, 2021

THE US Armed Forces officially completed their military withdrawal from Afghanistan, bringing a chaotic end to America's longest war. The military departure concluded nearly 20 years of conflict that began after the September 11 terrorist attacks back in 2001.

A framework for the exit was established under the Trump administration through the Doha Agreement, which was signed with the Taliban in February 2020.

This deal required the full withdrawal of NATO forces by May 2021 in exchange for Taliban counter-terrorism commitments. Upon taking office, President Joe Biden reviewed the timeline and adjusted the final deadline to August 31.

Following the deal, the US dramatically reduced the number of air attacks on the Taliban to the detriment of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and its fight against the Taliban insurgency.

As Western forces began to pull out the ANSF rapidly collapsed. The Taliban launched a swift

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nationwide offensive, culminating in the unexpected capture of Kabul on August 15.

This forced an immediate pivot to a massive, emergency non-combatant evacuation operation centered at Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Over a frantic two-week window, international forces evacuated more than 120,000 people, including foreign citizens and vulnerable Afghan allies. The operation was marred by desperation and violence, most notably a devastating suicide bombing by ISIS at the airport gates that killed 13 US service members and 170 Afghan civilians.

The campaign officially ended when the final US Air Force C-17 aircraft departed Kabul.

General Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, announced the symbolic closure of the mission. The aftermath left Afghanistan entirely under Taliban control, triggering severe humanitarian concerns, the rollback of human rights, and a massive regional refugee crisis.

Build 1.4m new homes on our brownfield sites

Domestically, the execution of the withdrawal sparked intense political scrutiny and congressional investigations regarding intelligence failures and strategic planning.

Question: What did Fanya Kaplan attempt - and fail - to do on this day in 1918? Last week I asked: What did Ringo Starr do on this day in 1968? The answer is (TEMPORARILY) LEAVE THE BEATLES

Building on brownfield sites and other areas that have had buildings on them is a must as the infrastructure is already there. I'm talking about supplies that those buildings used such as water and drainage (“PM must come clean on homes for green belt”, August 23).

Yes they may need upgrading but it's surely better and cheaper than having to start from scratch on green belt land which has no infrastructure whatsoever.

Research from the Protection of Rural England has shown there are enough brownfield sites in England alone for more than 1.4 million homes so it really is a no-brainer.

Anne Jones, Stalybridge, Cheshire

Don't hand us Sussexes' enormous security bill

Harry and Meghan set off on their world privacy tour wishing to be treated as ordinary people. Now they wish to return to Britain, the country they have trashed, having also trashed the British people and their own family (“Megxit twist that blindsided us all”, August 23).

If we have to suffer their return the British people should not pick up the tab for their security.

I have heard it said that they can't have the sort of private security they had in the US as they would not be able to be armed here in Britain.

However I would say the most “ordinary people” under daily threat in Britain are British Jews who have unarmed security at schools and synagogues and have to rely, like the rest of us, on police attendance at some point.

Obviously Harry and Meghan still want the perks that go with the titles that they should no longer hold.

John Kennedy, Hornchurch, Essex

Libertarian Liz doomed to failure from the start

Unfortunately your “Big Interview” with Liz Truss does nothing to persuade us that she knew what she was doing in her short premiership (““I do fear that people don’t really understand how bad things are”, August 23).

Quote of the week

that they believed in libertarianism. It is no coincidence that both these Prime Ministers lost the plot in 10 Downing Street and got kicked out in disgrace.

Long before she became PM, both she and Boris Johnson used to proclaim loudly

Libertarianism is a bogus economic theory that amounts to a sort of Right-wing anarchy. And that sums up much of the history of the Conservative Party since 1997.

The country elects (or should elect) governments to get a grip on government, not to strut around Westminster shouting about some phoney economic theory picked up at university. The Tory Party should grow up or get out.

Timothy Stroud, Salisbury

Disas-Truss ex-PM in no position to offer advice

If anybody is totally unsuited to advising serving governments, then it is the damp squib that is Liz Truss. I would rather the Sunday Express publish advice on how to paint a fence, mow a lawn or grow sustainable and long-lived lettuces.

Tony Halliwell, Wigan, Lancashire

weeks about the raging wildfires around the country.

As for portable barbecues being responsible, just imagine lugging your portable barbecue miles off the beaten track to an area which is so remote roads don't exist.

I note there has been very little mention of deliberate ignition as in past years, but then it doesn't suit the climate change narrative does it? The likelihood has been the sun's rays being magnified through broken glass or carelessly discarded cigarette butts, not barbecues.

It is not to his credit that Nick Ferrari chose to describe as “ceaseless bleating” the complaints about that ridiculous warning about wildfires and portable barbecues broadcast on our mobile phones. I find it to be disrespectful of their views (August 23).

The warning on our mobiles was nothing more than the authorities giving the illusion, as they like to do, of taking action when in fact they are doing nothing.

So, Mr Ferrari, please, in future, when people are complaining justifiably, don't be so condescending and dismiss their legitimate complaints as bleating.

Christopher Humphreys, Ewloe, Flintshire

Driven to distraction by long test waiting times

Let's be honest, it was unnecessary as the news media had been telling us for

It was eye-opening to read David Williamson's article that many young people are unable to take up jobs because of the long waiting times for driving tests (““Driving test backlog stops young people getting jobs”, August 23).

Apparently one in five unemployed people say transport problems have caused them to turn down a job or not to apply. This has resulted in a think tank to recommend major employers are allowed to conduct driving tests for “category B” cars and award licences in a bid to clear the logjam and get people into work.

What a sensible idea to get people into work, keep people off benefits while helping the economy by boosting tax revenue and lowering welfare spending.

It's not 'bleating' Nick, warning was hot topic

Burnley, Lancashire

Home sweet home for a Welsh Hollywood legend

Sir Anthony Hopkins has come a long way from the streets of his native Wales and how different Los Angeles must seem to him (“Sir Anthony: ‘I wander around my old streets’”, August 23).

But for him to look back at his life then must seem worlds apart. But how sweet that he looks back to it all and somehow reminisces. I do feel you never leave your past behind.

Annette Hale, Aldridge, West Midlands

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Can you beat the Target Time? Call for an Extra Letter Clue if you get stuck. Solution next Sunday. DIFFICULTY: 10/10 TARGET TIME: 30 minutes; CLUE: Seasonal decrease.

	20	10	12	15	6	26	14		26	21	17	7
21		2		11		21				22		17
8	2	11	25	24		17	24	16	2	11	22	25
11		22		20		25				21		17
22			18	11	2	1	17		24	12	17	10
21		17		17		9		17		4
8	11	25	20	22	9		24	11	22	12	25	20
		17		24		21		1		23		10
4	17	10	10		10	11	21	12	24			12
2		9				21		26		26		1
21	17	1	3	17	10	5		1	2	6	17	13
17		12				2		12		17		9
10	12	21	5		19	2	10	21	17	25	2

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0907 181 2602*

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Last Sunday's solution ACROSS: Inland, Enrich, Mastiff, Green, Need, Final, Break, Just, Brush, Impulse, Saliva, Woeful. DOWN: Diamond, Abash, Blister, Curly, Unzip, Archive (clue), Affidavit, Anagram, Spook, Vixen, Qualify, Shine, Steeple.

ULTIMATE ALPHABEATER
Can you crack the super-tough Ultimate Alphabeater? Each grid number represents a letter – or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! Use the given letters and black squares below the main grid to start. Alphabeater is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words it looks exactly the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution next Sunday.

ABDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ	2	21	28	1	16	23	20	8	37	40	26	5	21
	15	22	2	37	17	6	29	16	32	18	5	37	5
	19	16	9	2	5	21	25	31	12	33	31	20	36
	7	12	18	30	21	39	20	11	24	7	1	30	28
	2	13	31	14	20	19	27	36	38	9	27	18	16
	5	40	38	7	12	15	36	35	6	27	7	6	27
	4	15	26	34	13	28	38	18	31	9	16	30	14
	14	33	25	16	33	40	4	20	24	15	10	25	18
	5	36	2	3	16	18	16	23	12	23	27	13	16
	11	35	36	20	25	28	24	37	32	33	5	24	22
	31	39	28	39	6	3	22	8	5	2	9	16	36
	36	22	18	5	1	16	23	40	34	39	28	33	30
	11	27	9	6	33	18	15	5	2	26	18	5	21

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Full solution: 0907 181 2598 Across only: 0907 181 2596 Down only: 0907 181 2597
Last Sunday's Solution: Black squares: 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37.
Across: Popular, Choice, Plummet, Jerkin, Equinox, Idol, Wives, Jets, Brazing, Jalopy, Chimera, Bluffs, Prelude.
Down: Iambic, Shrewd, Organise, Acrid, Ignored, Oblique, Vault, Lemonade, Typify, Toxins.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
A	T
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

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Last Sunday's solution
ACROSS: Pot, Crowbar, Opera, Consume, Inroads, Jetty, Ordain, Rancid, Begin, Crochet, Citizen, Sauna, Flypast, Dot.
DOWN: Proviso, Back, Their, Digital, Taxation, Zap, Racism, Scones, Win, Jealousy, Aquatic, Hound, Rely, Detract.

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1) James has four gifts to wrap and is running out of paper. The bit of polka dot paper is too small for Buddy or Kevin's gift. Susan would hate both the pink or silver paper and neither Clarence nor Buddy would like the silver. James will use the penguin paper for Kevin or Susan. What paper should he use for whom?

2) Which two words meaning ‘peruse’ and ‘fair’ combine to make one meaning ‘rearrange’?

3) Which famous cyclists are concealed in the following anagrams?
a) Basil Grew Dingy, b) Veiled Contraption, c) Shy Choir

4) Patrick has been tracking the motion of a comet using the telescope in his shed for six weeks and three days. Every day he rotates the telescope three degrees clockwise. If it started pointing due east, which way is it pointing now?

ANSWER: 1) James SHOULD wrap Clarence's git with polka dot paper, Susan's with penguin paper, Buddy's with pink and kevins with silver (2) Reed-Just (3) a) Bradley Wings, b) Victoria Pandleton, c) Chris Hoy 4) South-west.

SUDOKU

Fill the small squares so that every column, every row, and every 3x3 square includes all of the digits from 1 to 9

	1	9		8		2	5
6			4		2			9
	7						4
1		5				9
	9		6		1		3
		8		9		1		4
			1
9			2		8			6
	2	6		7		5	8

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LAST SUNDAY'S SOLUTION
7	6	2	9	3	1	8	5	4
5	4	1	6	7	8	3	2	9
8	9	3	4	5	2	6	7	1
3	5	4	2	6	9	7	1	8
2	1	7	3	8	4	5	9	6
9	8	6	5	1	7	2	4	3
4	7	5	8	9	3	1	6	2
6	2	8	1	4	5	9	3	7
1	3	9	7	2	6	4	8	5

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1 Which American tennis player was portrayed by Emma Stone in the 2017 film Battle Of The Sexes?

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2 Which singer's first UK top ten single was Love To Love You Baby, released in 1976?

3 Sharing its name with a type of flag, what is the name of the ship commanded by Captain Hook in the works of J. M. Barrie?

4 First broadcast in 2000, which sitcom starred Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker as husband and wife Ben and Susan Harper?

5 Directed by Mike Nichols, which 1989 film stars Melanie Griffith as a secretary whose ideas are stolen by her boss, played by Sigourney Weaver?

6 Which fresco by Raphael depicts a congregation of ancient mathematicians, philosophers and scientists?

7 Harold Pinter and Tracey Emin were among the guests who were interviewed by Melvyn Bragg on which long-running arts programme, first broadcast in 1978?

8 Which 2004 film stars Nicolas Cage as a historian who decides to steal the Declaration of Independence?

9 Formed in 1985 by Chuck D and Flavor Flav, which hip-hop group released the singles Bring The Noise, Fight The Power and Harder Than You Think?

10 Which son of billionaire Logan Roy was played by Kieran Culkin in the drama series Succession?

In the skeleton crossword, the black squares and clue numbers have to be filled in as well as the words. Four black squares and four clue numbers have been inserted to give you a start. The black squares form a symmetrical pattern; the top half matches the bottom, and the two sides correspond. You can fill in 12 more squares at once to correspond with those given.

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ANSWER: 1 Billie Dean King, 2 Donna Summer, 3 Jolly Roger, 4 My Family, 5 Working Girl, 6 The School Of Aitens, 7 The South Bank Show, 8 National Treasury, 9 Public Energy, 10 Roman. THEME: Words that can precede, holiday

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FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

ACROSS

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1 Scale on large animal (5) 4 "But why?" goes to the heart of software writing and classification (9) 9 Go overdrawn, say, for trip (4,4,7) 10 Extract ends problems (9) 11 Astronaut's "way to go!" (5) 12 Slow praise and even sad rage arises (7) 13 See cod? I see flounders (7) 15 A crime investigator's sixth sense (7) 18 I reflected on three small things (7) 20 Polish author's work with concise preface in order (5) 22 Billy carries bags for Buck (2,7) 24 A word one loves to say (4,2,9) 25 Joyous pro has run around cops (9) 26 A sense of place, reportedly (5)

1 Angry state induced (5)
2 Sponge served up with a flourish could be eaten (7)
3 Loafers put on second (9)
4 A Parisian caught breaking wind in congress (7)
5 Operating out of Delaware? It's immoral (7)
6 Large leaf taken from soil often flipped over (5)
7 Low chime caught by a man returning (7)
8 Large promontory of distinction (9)
12 Receive gambler and look up (3,6)
14 Quiet bluff by killjoy regulars upset rich influencers (9)
16 Country flag raised over eaves, in part (7)
17 Contrary sap claims Girl Guides close one (7)
18 Deal in vehicles (7)
19 Scoring a touchdown? (7)
21 America's sweetheart plays a horn (5)
23 Note with catch beyond belief (5)

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ACROSS

1 Still pulsing heart beat
5 Roast before long dash
9 Words found touching?
10 All-in-one miso bun recipe
11 Large round Anglo-Saxon sign
12 Maybe marquee has empty parts
13 Unoccupied flat to show off
15 Speaker component flipped or installed
18 Dog races caught by someone forward-looking
21 Odd hesitation after resolute start
23 Grazing land beyond a Yorkshire river
24 Verbose meandering comment
25 Date irritated being dumped
26 Thoughtful socialist relatives

DOWN

1 This gutted boss cries
2 None charge to speak
3 Make it drag by
4 Fights expected and lost, oddly
5 Resistant copper on top of a building
6 Neutral inn patron's a drunk
7 Black-hearted killer making room for a sailor
8 Besides, some back a university
12 List that Irish property tops
14 Degenerate over the hill?
16 Something useful when fixed
17 Step towards beginner, say
18 Garment initially seeming fake
19 Removing extremists from ferry port is a mistake
20 Root of bulbous sweet potato
22 Leader heard dismissing resistance

Cryptic clues from our knight, and quick clues from his squire, lead to the same answers in the Crusader's Sunday joust

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The Squire's clues

1 Honey badger (5)
4 Systematising (9)
9 Stumble (4,4,7)
10 Disadvantages (9)
11 Eye socket (5)
12 Happening slowly (7)
13 Bishop's district (7)
15 Sedition (7)
18 Trivialities (7)
20 Ruling, decree (5)
22 Be contrary to (2,7)
24 Endearment (4,2,9)
25 Joyfully enthusiastic (9)
26 Vision (5)

DOWN

DOWN 1 Irked (5) 2 Fried and topped tortilla (7) 3 Idlers (9) 4 Committee (7) 5 Degraded (7) 6 Largest common book size (5) 7 Dishonourable (7) 8 Distinction (9) 12 Improve (3,6) 14 Plutocrats (9) 16 East African country (7) 17 Skinflint (7) 18 Trade in something illegal (7) 19 Alighting (7) 21 Beeps, honks (5) 23 Principle (5)

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THE WEEK AHEAD

TODAY 3PM UNLESS STATED PREMIER LEAGUE

Chelsea v Brighton (2pm); Leeds v Brentford (2pm); Man Utd v Ipswich (4.30pm); Sunderland v Fulham (2pm).

SRY DET LEAGUE ONE AFC Wimbledon v Wigan (2pm); Mansfield v Luton.

WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Aberdeen v Rangers (Noon); Dundee v Hibernian; St Mirren v Motherwell. SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE OF IRELAND PREMIER DIVISION

Derry City v Shamrock Rovers (4pm). TOMORROW 3PM UNLESS STATED PREMIER LEAGUE

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston Utd v Hornchurch; Carlisle v Scunthorpe; Eastleigh v Aldershot; Forest Green v Altrincham; Harrogate Town v Gateshead; Kidderminster v Barrow; Solihull Moors v AFC Fylde; Sutton Utd v Wealdstone; Woking v Southend; Worthing v Boreham Wood; Yeovil v Tamworth.

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH AFC Telford v Bedford Town; Buxton v Merthyr Town; Chester FC v Morecambe; Chorley v Brackley; Harborough Town v Marine; King's Lynn Town v Scarborough Athletic; Macclesfield FC v Hebburn Town; Radcliffe v Darlington; South Shields v Spalding; Southport v Hereford FC; Spennymoor Town v Hednesford Town; Worksop v Oxford City.

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH Braintree Town v Farnborough; Chesham Utd v Dover; Dag & Red v Slough; Dorking Wanderers v Truro City; Farnham Town v Torquay; Folkestone Invicta v Hemel Hempstead; Hampton & Richmond v Maidstone Utd; Maidenhead Utd v AFC Totton; Salisbury FC v Billericay; Tonbridge Angels v Walton & Hersham; Weston-S-Mare v Chelmsford.

TUESDAY 7.45PM UNLESS STATED SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

Birmingham v Southampton (8pm); Lincoln City v Blackburn; Portsmouth v Derby; Preston North End v Bristol City; Sheff Utd v Bolton; Stoke v Norwich (8pm); Swansea v Watford; West Ham v Wolves.

SKY BET LEAGUE ONE

Bradford v Cambridge Utd; Bromley v Leyton Orient; Doncaster v Notts County; Huddersfield v Oxford Utd; Leicester v Plymouth; Peterborough v Stevenage; Wycombe v Sheff Wed.

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO

Accrington Stanley v Grimsby; Bristol Rovers v Colchester; Cheltenham v York; Chesterfield v Gillingham; Crewe v Walsall; Exeter v Barnet; Fleetwood Town v Oldham; Northampton v Crawley Town; Rochdale v Shrewsbury; Salford City v Newport County; Swindon v Port Vale: Tranmere v Rotherham.

FC Halifax v Hartlepool. KDM EVOLUTION TROPHY LEAGUE PHASE Stranraer v Celtic U21.

WEDNESDAY 7.45PM UNLESS STATED SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

Burnley v Middlesbrough (8pm); Millwall v Wrexham; QPR v Cardiff; West Brom v Charlton.

SKY BET LEAGUE ONE Barnsley v Blackpool; Burton Albion v AFC Wimbledon; Luton v Stockport County; Reading v Mansfield (8pm); Wigan v MK Dons. VERTU NORTHERN GROUP H

Doncaster v Liverpool U21 (7pm). WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Celtic v Aberdeen; Dundee v St Johnstone; Falkirk v Rangers (8pm); Kilmarnock v St Mirren; Motherwell v Dundee Utd.

THURSDAY 7.45PM UNLESS STATED WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Hibernian v Hearts.

FRIDAY 7.45PM UNLESS STATED PREMIER LEAGUE Ipswich v Liverpool (8pm). WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP Livingston v Stenhousemuir (7.30pm). ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE Altrincham v Eastleigh. WOMEN'S SUPER LÉAGUE London City Lionesses v Man Utd (7pm). SATURDAY 3PM UNLESS STATED PREMIER LEAGUE

Brentford v Sunderland; Brighton v Leeds; Fulham v Crystal Palace; Hull v Aston Villa (5.30pm); Man City v Coventry; Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm); Nottm Forest v Tottenham.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

Burnley v Bristol City; Lincoln City v Southampton (12.30pm); Millwall v Bolton; Portsmouth v Cardiff; Preston North End v Blackburn (12.30pm); QPR v Middlesbrough; Sheff Utd v Norwich; Stoke v Charlton (12.30pm); Swansea v Wrexham (8pm); West Brom v Watford; West Ham v Derby.

SKY BET LEAGUE ONE

Barnsley v Stevenage; Bradford v Mansfield; Burton Albion v Cambridge Utd; Doncaster v Plymouth; Huddersfield v Notts County; Leicester v Oxford Utd; Luton v Leyton Orient; Peterborough v Sheff Wed (12.30pm); Reading v Blackpool; Wigan v Stockport County (12.30pm); Wycombe v MK Dons.

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO

Accrington Stanley v Crawley Town; Bristol Rovers v Rotherham; Cheltenham v Grimsby; Chesterfield v Barnet; Crewe v York; Exeter v Walsall; Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury (12.30pm); Northampton v Newport County; Rochdale v Gillingham; Salford City v Port Vale (12.30pm); Swindon v Colchester; Tranmere v Oldham.

WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Aberdeen v Kilmarnock; Dundee Utd v Falkirk; Rangers v Motherwell; St Mirren v Celtic (8pm). WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP Arbroath v Dunfermline; Inverness CT v Raith; Partick v Ayr; Queen's Park v Morton. WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH LEAGUE 1 Cove Rangers v Alloa; East Fife v Ross County; East Kilbride v Hamilton; Peterhead v Montrose; Queen of South v Airdrieonians. WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH LEAGUE 2 Clyde v Edinburgh City; Dumbarton v Elgin; Forfar v Stranaer; Kelty Hearts v Annan Athletic; Stirling v Spartans.

ENTERPRISE NACIONAL LEAGUE

ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE AFC Fylde v Worthing; Aldershot v FC Halifax (12.30pm); Barrow v Sutton Utd; Boreham Wood v Carlisle (5.30pm); Gateshead v Solihull Moors; Hartlepool v Woking; Hornchurch v Forest Green; Scunthorpe v Harrogate Town; Southend v Yeovil (12.30pm); Tamworth v Boston Utd; Wealdstone v Kidderminster. ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH Bedford Town v Radcliffe; Brackley v Harborough Town; Darlington v King's Lynn Town; Hebburn Town v Chester FC; Hednesford Town v South Shields; Hereford FC v Spennymoor Town; Marine v Worksop; Merthyr Town v Macclesfield FC; Morecambe v Buxton; Oxford City v Chorley; Scarborough Athletic v AFC Telford; Spalding v Southport. ENTERPRISE NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH AFC Totton v Hampton & Richmond; Billericay v Dorking Wanderers; Chelmsford v Salisbury FC; Dover v Maidenhead Utd; Farnborough v Tonbridge Angels; Hemel Hempstead v Farnham Town; Horsham v Dag & Red; Maidstone Utd v Weston-S-Mare; Slough v Braintree Town; Torquay v Folkestone Invicta; Truro City v Chesham Utd; Walton & Hersham v Ebbsfleet United.

SUNDAY 3PM UNLESS STATED PREMIER LEAGUE Everton v Man Utd (2pm); Arsenal v Chelsea (4.30pm). SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Birmingham v Wolves (Noon).

ANDO STILL Munoz rescues a point as Kop

LIVERPOOL....2 NOTTM FOREST....2

BY ANDY HAMPSON

ANDONI IRAOLA may still be awaiting his first win as Liverpool boss - but slow starts by new managers are not unusual at Anfield during the Premier League era.

In fact, their greatest manager of this period, Jurgen Klopp, had to wait until his third league game in charge to secure a first victory after opening with two draws during the 2015-16 campaign.

Roy Hodgson and Kenny

Dalglish, when he returned for a second spell at the helm, also did not taste victory until the third time of asking.

It was worse for Roy Evans, who did not win until his fourth game, while Brendan Rodgers failed to win any of his first five, winning for the first time only at the sixth attempt.

Iraola's immediate predecessor Arne Slot is the only full-time Liverpool manager to win their first game in charge, as the Dutchman kicked off the 2024-25 title-winning campaign with three successive triumphs.

The hosts twice came from behind at Anfield, with Victor

Munoz marking his home debut with a late equaliser as Liverpool snatched a 2-2 league draw for a second successive week.

Dan Ndoye gave the visitors a deserved first-half lead before Alexander Isak levelled on the hour.

A Morgan Gibbs-White penalty put Forest in sight of a third straight victory at Anfield but £34.5million summer signing Munoz levelled eight minutes from time.

Nevertheless, the result continued Liverpool's frustrating start to the new campaign after last week's last-gasp draw at Newcastle.

Iraola will hope the anticipated imminent arrival of Paris St Germain forward Bradley Barcola can bring more goals.

They came up against a Forest side much improved after being beaten twice by Leeds in Oliver Glasner's first week in charge.

Liverpool had an early chance when Alexis Mac Allister, preferred to Ryan Gravenberch in midfield, played in Cody Gakpo but Neco Williams timed his tackle superbly.

After that it was Forest who took charge, with the trio of Gibbs-White, Ndoye and Igor Jesus causing repeated problems.

Forest's first goal of the season came after 24 minutes as

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IN SLOWMO boss waits for 1st win BOSS RANT OVER SUBS

MUN OF THE MOMENT: Victor Munoz fires home to make it 2-2

Liverpool were caught out by a long ball to Jesus from Matz Sels. Gibbs-White found Ndoye and the Swiss forward finished neatly.

Liverpool thought they had levelled when Florian Wirtz turned to drill in a low shot but his effort was ruled out for offside against Jeremie Frimpong.

Wirtz then connected with a firm header from a Gakpo cross, but Sels palmed over.

Forest went close to doubling their lead when Ola Aina cut inside Munoz to tee up Jesus but Alisson Becker pushed the ball onto the bar.

Munoz headed over from a Gakpo cross after the break but the hosts struggled to create further chances until Isak finally announced his presence.

The Swede had touched the ball just eight times before arriving at the back post to tap in after a nice turn and cross from Gakpo who is the subject of reported interest from Tottenham and Manchester City.

Isak's goal lifted the atmosphere but it was soon punctured again as Williams was brought down by Alisson after racing on to a Liam Delap throw-in. Gibbs-White (right) sent Alisson the wrong way with an emphatic strike from the resulting penalty. Liverpool needed to respond again and did so as Wirtz picked out Munoz and the Spaniard turned

and smashed in a thunderous shot off the underside of the bar.

Dominik Szoboszlai then went close to a late winner with a free-kick.

LIVERPOOL: Alisson; Frimpong (Gravenberch 71), Jacquet (Araujo 77), Van Dijk, Kerkez (Tsimikas 71); Szoboszlai, Mac Allister (Nyoni 77); Munoz, Wirtz, Gakpo (Ngumoha 71); Isak

NOTTM FOREST: Sels; Jair Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo; Aina (Netz 86), Schlager, McAtee (Hudson-Odoi 90), Williams; Ndoye (Delap 66), Gibbs-White; Igor Jesus (Dominguez 90). STAR MAN: M Gibbs-White

ANDONI IRAOLA was seething with the fourth official after being left waiting for his first win as Liverpool boss.

The Reds were forced to come from behind twice against Nottingham Forest to earn a second successive 2-2 draw of the new campaign.

"Definitely he (the fourth official) was having some problems with the board," moaned Iraola.

"I wanted to make the subs and they took a quick throw. I complained and even the supporters were shouting and everyone was aware of the situation.

"We had to wait about three minutes. A professional fourth official cannot take, I don't know, three minutes."

Iraola added: "With the penalty, the situation has already finished when the contact appears. And it's not an aggressive contact."

Forest boss Oliver Glasner, who is also still to win with his new club, said: "It could and probably should have

but maybe our defense was not as clinical."

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COVENTRY......0 HULL......1

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MAN UNITED v IPSWICH PAGES 4-5

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NON-LEAGUE AND OTHER RESULTS

Enterprise National League North: Bedford Town 3 Spennymoor Town 1, Brackley A South Shields A, Darlington 1 Macclesfield FC 2, Hebburn Town 4 King's Lynn Town 2, Hereford FC 1 Chester FC 1, Marine 2 Radcliffe 0, Merthyr Town 1 Chorley 1, Scarborough Athletic 5 Southport 1, Spalding Utd 3 Worksop Town 1.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Hebburn Town	5	4	1	0	11	5	13
Chester FC	5	4	1	0	7	2	13
Macclesfield FC	5	4	1	0	7	3	13
Hereford FC	5	3	1	1	9	3	10
Oxford City	5	3	1	1	9	5	10
South Shields	4	3	1	0	5	2	10
Scarborough A	5	3	0	2	13	7	9
Harborough Tn	5	2	2	1	8	6	8
Spalding Utd	5	2	1	2	5	3	7
Chorley	5	2	1	2	7	6	7
Buxton	5	2	1	2	8	8	7
Merthyr Town	5	1	3	1	7	6	6
Marine	5	2	0	3	6	5	6
Bedford Town	5	2	0	3	8	10	6
Worksop Town	5	2	0	3	5	9	6
Hednesford Tn	5	1	2	2	8	10	5
Southport	5	1	2	2	9	12	5
Brackley	4	1	1	2	4	6	4
Morecambe	5	1	1	3	4	6	4
King's Lynn Tn	5	1	1	3	6	11	4
Spennymoor Tn	5	1	1	3	5	12	4
Darlington	5	1	0	4	7	11	3
Radcliffe	5	1	0	4	3	10	3
AFC Telford	5	0	2	3	6	9	2

Enterprise National League South: AFC Totton 0 Chesham Utd 4, Billericay 2 Tonbridge Angels 2, Chelmsford 1 Maidenhead Utd 0, Dover 3 Braintree Town 3, Farnborough P Ebbfleet United P, Hemel Hempstead 1 Weston-S Mare 3, Horsham 1 Farnham Town 2, Maidstone Utd 2 Salisbury FC 1, Slough O Folkestone Invicta 2, Torquay 1 Hampton & Richmond 1, Truro City 3 Dag & Red 0, Walton & Hersham 1 Dorking Wanderers 4.

Daq & Red	P5	W4	D0	L1	F7	A4	Pts12
Weston-S-Mare	5	3	1	1	11	4	10
Truro City	4	3	1	0	7	0	10
Maidstone Utd	5	3	1	1	10	6	10
Folkestone I	4	2	2	0	9	3	8
Horsham	5	2	2	1	6	4	8
Dorking W	5	2	1	2	9	5	7
Billericay	4	2	1	1	8	5	7
Tonbridge A	5	2	1	2	8	6	7
Dover	5	2	1	2	11	11	7
H Hempstead	5	2	1	2	6	6	7
Farnborough	4	2	1	1	4	4	7
Chesham Utd	5	2	0	3	8	7	6
Chelmsford	4	1	3	0	3	2	6
Torquay	5	1	3	1	4	5	6
Farnham Town	5	2	0	3	6	8	6
AFC Totton	4	2	0	2	2	7	6
Maidenhead Utd	5	1	2	2	2	4	5
Salisbury FC	4	1	1	2	7	4	4
Braintree Town	4	1	1	2	7	11	4
Hampton & Rich	5	1	1	3	6	14	4
Ebbsfleet Utd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slough	4	0	0	4	6	13	0
Walton & H'ham	5	0	0	5	2	16	0

Northern Premier Division: AVRO 5 Stockton Town 3, Alfreton Town 1 Warrington Rylands 2, Bamber Bridge 4 Hyde Utd 4, Bury FC 7 Ilkeston Town 0, Quorn 3 Whitby Town 6, Redcar Athletic 3 FC United of Manchester 2, Warrington Town 2 Emley AFC 2, Workington 3 Leek Town 2.

Cleethorpes Tn	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	7	5	1	1	20	5	16
AVRO	7	5	1	1	22	13	16
Redcar Athletic	7	4	3	0	13	4	15
Warrington Tn	7	4	2	1	15	9	14
Bury FC	7	4	1	2	14	6	13
Gainsborough T	7	4	1	2	14	7	13
Guiseley	7	4	1	2	14	9	13
Ashton Utd	7	3	2	2	10	6	11
Curzon Ashton	7	3	1	3	14	10	10
Emley AFC	7	2	4	1	8	7	10
Workington	7	3	1	3	9	14	10
Lancaster City	7	3	1	3	9	12	10
Alfreton Town	7	3	0	4	11	8	9
Warrington R	7	3	0	4	8	11	9
Whitby Town	7	3	0	4	10	19	9
Hyde Utd	7	2	2	3	7	13	8
Ilkeston Town	7	2	1	4	5	16	7
Leek Town	7	1	3	3	14	14	6
Bamber Bridge	7	1	3	3	10	19	6
Stockton Town	7	1	1	5	7	15	4
Quorn	7	0	3	4	9	19	3
FC U of M'Chester	7	0	2	5	5	14	2

Southern Prem South: Bath City 1 Uxbridge 2, Bracknell Town 3 Sholing 1, Chertsey Town 1 Frome Town 2, Chippenham 1 Berkhamsted 2, Evesham Utd 1 Plymouth Parkway 3, Gosport Borough 4 Malvern Town 2, Hanwell Town 0 Chichester City 2, Havant and W 3 Gloucester 3, Poole Town 2 Yate Town 1, Taunton Town 4 Basingstoke Town 3, Wimborne Town 0 Hanworth Villa 0.

Uxbridge	P5	W4	D1	L0	F12	A6	Pts13
Plymouth P	5	3	1	1	15	6	10
Chertsey Town	5	3	1	1	11	6	10
Hanworth Villa	5	3	1	1	7	2	10
Frome Town	5	3	0	2	9	4	9
Chichester City	5	3	0	2	8	5	9
Taunton Town	5	3	0	2	15	13	9
Poole Town	5	3	0	2	7	7	9
Bath City	5	2	2	1	6	5	8
Yate Town	5	2	2	1	6	5	8
Gosport B	5	2	1	2	7	6	7
Bracknell Town	5	2	1	2	7	12	7
Berkhamsted	5	2	0	3	8	10	6
Evesham Utd	5	2	0	3	9	13	6
Wimborne Tn	5	1	2	2	4	4	5
Gloucester	5	1	2	2	7	8	5
Hanwell Town	5	1	2	2	4	7	5
Basingstoke Tn	5	1	1	3	9	11	4
Havant and W	5	1	1	3	5	9	4
Sholing	5	1	1	3	5	9	4
Chippenham	5	1	1	3	5	11	4
Malvern Town	5	0	2	3	6	14	2

Southern Prem Central: Alvechurch 2 Racing Club Warwick 0, Banbury Utd 1 Stourbridge 1, Bromsgrove Sporting 3 Bishop's Stortford 0, Halesowen Town 0 Real Bedford 2, Hitchin Town 1 Kettering 1, Leamington 1 Worcester City 1, Leighton Town 2 Bury Town 3, Leiston 3 Redditch Utd 1, Stamford 0 Rushall Olympic 3, Stratford Town 1 Needham Market 2.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Real Bedford	5	5	0	0	17	4	15
Bury Town	5	5	0	0	11	3	15
Alvechurch	5	4	0	1	10	2	12
Bromsgrove S	5	4	0	1	11	5	12
Rushall Olympic	5	4	0	1	11	6	12
Kettering	5	2	3	0	4	2	9
Leiston	5	2	2	1	10	7	8
Stourbridge	4	2	2	0	7	4	8
Anstey Nomads	5	2	2	1	7	5	8
Halesowen Tn	4	2	0	2	2	3	6
Needham M	5	2	0	3	6	8	6
Banbury Utd	5	1	2	2	6	8	5
Leighton Town	5	1	2	2	6	8	5
RC Warwick	5	1	2	2	5	7	5
Worcester City	5	1	2	2	5	7	5
Peterborough S	5	1	2	2	4	6	5
Hitchin Town	5	0	3	2	5	8	3
Redditch Utd	.5	0	3	2	4	7	3
Leamington	5	0	2	3	4	10	2
Stratford Town	5	0	2	3	4	12	2
Bishop's S	5	0	1	4	1	10	1
Stamford	5	0	0	5	1	9	0

Isthmian Premier Division: AFC Whyteleafe 2 Cheshunt 2, Aveley 0 Lewes 2, Carshalton Ath 2 Brentwood Town 0, Chatham Town 2 Wingate & Finchley 3, Dulwich 2 Three Bridges 2, Eastbourne Borough 0 Leatherhead 1, Enfield Town 5 Whitehawk 1, Maldon & Tiptree P Cray Wanderers P, St Albans 4 Stanway Rovers 1, Welling 1 Ramsgate 0.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Carshalton Ath	5	5	0	0	10	2	15
Enfield Town	5	4	0	1	16	6	12
Welling	5	4	0	1	11	4	12
Leatherhead	5	3	1	1	10	8	10
Lewes	5	3	1	1	7	5	10
Chatham Town	5	3	0	2	12	8	9
St Albans	5	3	0	2	9	9	9
Dartford	5	3	0	2	7	8	9
Burgess Hill Tn	5	2	2	1	8	6	8
Wingate & F'ley	5	2	2	1	7	7	8
Dulwich	5	2	1	2	11	6	7
Aveley	5	2	1	2	10	8	7
Eastbourne B	5	2	1	2	9	9	7
Ramsgate	5	2	0	3	10	7	6
Maldon & Tiptree	4	2	0	2	6	9	6
Cray Wanderers	4	1	2	1	4	4	5
Cheshunt	5	0	4	1	3	5	4
Brentwood Tn	5	1	0	4	5	9	3
AFC Whyteleafe	5	0	2	3	5	12	2
Three Bridges	5	0	1	4	8	16	1
Stanway Rovers	5	0	1	4	3	13	1
Whitehawk	5	0	1	4	3	13	1

Lowland League East: Bonnyrigg Rose 1 Hill Of Beath Hawthorn 2, Brechin 3 Musselburgh Ath 1, Broxburn Athletic 2 Berwick 0, Dunipace 0 East Stirling 3, Gala Fairydean 2 Lochee Utd 3, Linlithgow Rose 3 Cowdenbeath 2, Stirling University 2 Bo'ness Utd 5, Tranent 4 Civil Service Strollers 0.

Lowland League West: Caledonian Braves 5 Kilwinning Rangers 2, Cumnock 5 Newton Stewart 0, Johnstone Burgh 4 Dalbeattie Star 0, Largs Thistle 3 Gretna 2008 2, Pollok 2 Beith 1, Renfrew 1 Clydebank 5, Troon 1 Cumbernauld Colts 3.

FA Carlsberg Trophy 1st Ofying Rnd: Liversedge 0, Bootle 5; Prescot Cables P, Vauxhall Motors P; Hallam 3, Mossley 3; Stockbridge P S 1, Runcorn Linnets 2; Heaton Stannington 0, Wythenshawe 1; Guisborough Town 3, Ossett United 2; Lower Breck 4, North Ferriby FC 0; Garforth Town P, Bridlington Town P; Stalybridge Celtic 2, Bradford P A T; Blyth Spartans 2, 1874 Northwich 0; Morpeth Town 2, Witton Albion 0; Silsden 3, Consett 2; Ashington 3, West Auckland Town 1; Grimsby Borough 0, Dunston 1; Newcastle Town 0, Bourne Town 3; Lincoln Utd 1, Nuneaton Town 1; Chasetown 3, AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1; Hanley Town 2, Coleshill Town 0; Carlton Town 2, Shepshed Dynamo 3; Corby Town 0, Stafford Rangers 2; Grantham Town 1, Mickleover 3; Lichfield City 0, Matlock Town 5; Basford Utd 0, Bedworth Utd 0; Shifnal Town 4, Rugby Borough 2; Worcester Raiders 1, Sutton Coldfield Town 2; Wellingborough Town 2, Belper Town 1; Boston Town 0, Nantwich Town 1; Fakenham Town 2, Wroxham 1; Concord Rangers 1, Witham Town 1; Winslow Utd P, Milton Keynes Irish P; Little Oakley 2, Biggleswade FC 2; Waltham Abbey 2, Bowers & Pitsea 0; Potters Bar Town P, Barton Rovers P; Cambridge City 1, Redbridge 1; AFC Sudbury 3, Lowestoft Town 1; Walthamstow 3, Leverstock Green 2; Canvey Island 4, Grays Athletic 1; Tilbury 0, Hertford Town 0; Hashtag United 3, Royston Town 1; Ware 1, Brightlingsea Regent 1; London Lions O, Takeley 2; Beaconsfield Town 1, Sheppey Utd 1; Ascot Utd P, Margate P; Windsor & Eton O, Southall 2; AFC Portchester P, Whitstable Town P; Flackwell Heath 0, Faversham Town 3; AFC Croydon Athletic 3, Sevenoaks Town 2; Punjab Utd 0, Horley Town 2; Aylesbury P, Sittingbourne P; Erith Town 1, Cray Valley (PM) 1; Crowborough Athletic 2, Ashford Utd 4; Eastbourne Town 1, Bedfont Q; Hastings Utd 2, Hendon 1; Littlehampton Town 2, Rayners Lane 2; Steyning Town 1, Moneyfields 1; Bishop's Cleeve 1, Bristol Manor Farm 3; Hartpury University 4, Exmouth Town 1; Portland Utd 3, Hungerford Town 1; Bideford I, Tiverton Town 2; Willand Rovers 2, Falmouth Town 1; Weymouth 5, Melksham Town 1; Larkhall Athletic 2, Dorchester Town 1; Westbury Utd O, Thame Utd 1; Didcot Town 4, Winchester City 3; Swindon Supermarine O, Slimbridge P; Padiham O, Pontefract Collieries 7; Congleton Town 4, Atherton Collieries 1; Loughborough Students 1, Barwell O; Boldmere St Michaels 1, St Ives Town 1; Haringey Borough 2, Newmarket Town 2; Stotfold O, Gorleston 3; Peacehaven & Telscombe 2, Merstham I; Marlow O, Hayes & Yeding Utd 4; Bognor Regis Town 3, South Park O; Westfield I, Egham Town 2; Binfield 2, Deal Town O4; Herne Bay 3, Kingstonian 3; Welwyn Garden City 3, Mulbarton Wanderers O; AFC Stoneham 2, Shaftesbury O; Coventry United 1, Kidsgrove Ath 3.

RESULTS & FIXTURES

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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP - DIVISION ONE—Glamorgan v Hampshire (Sophia Gardens): Hampshire 162 (40.2 overs; J Lehmann 51no). and 124-2 (40 overs) Glamorgan 161 (60 overs; B Kellaway 57; S Baker 4-34).

Yorkshire v Leicestershire (Scarborough): Yorkshire 263 (76.4 overs; J Wharton 70, G Hill 62). Leicestershire 84-0 (35.3 overs). DIVISION TWO—Durham v

Gloucestershire (Riverside): Gloucestershire 137 (42 overs; J Bracey 60; K Aldridge 5-16) and 250 (73.3 overs; M Hammond 58; K L Aldridge 4-47). Durham 384 (88.1 overs; D Bedingham 122).

CYCLING

VUELTA A ESPANA (Spain) - STAGE 8 (Pucol - Xeraco, I71.0km): 1 B Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 3h 47m 6s, 2 M Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek, 3 J Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, 4 B Turner (Gbr) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team, 5 J Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, 10 M Brennan (Gbr) Team Visma | Lease a Bike all at same time. Standings: 1 E Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 23h 24m 00s, 2 F Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM Team +1m 11s, 3 P Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe +1:33, 4 S Kuss (USA) Team Visma | Lease a Bike +2:15, 5 O Onley (GB) Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team +2:16.

WOMEN'S WORLD TOUR GP LORIENT AGGLOMERATION (France): 1 E Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek 4hrs 30mins 49secs, 2 M Bredewold (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime, 3 F Koch (Ger) FDJ United-SUEZ, 4 E Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team L'IMAD, 5 S Paladin (Ita) CANYON//SRAM all at same time, 44 A Henderson (GB) Lidl-Trek +1m 44s, 50 F Mangan (Irl) Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie +2:19,.

GOLF

KPMG WOMEN'S IRISH OPEN (Dublin, Ireland)—3rd rnd (GB & Irl unless stated): 198 C Alexander (Rsa) 63 66 69, 201 S Kouskova (Cze) 68 66 67, 203 K Arwefjaell (Swe) 69 71 63, 204 C Viden (Swe) 70 65 69, L Rydqvist (Swe) 68 67 69, 205 N Komulainen (Fin) 73 66 66, L Maguire 71 71 63, 206 B Navarrosa (USA) 69 65 72, A Fanali (Ita) 67 72 67, D Forbrigd (Nor) 70 70 66, L Pettersson (Swe) 71 65 70, A Foersterling (Ger) 70 67 69, 207 B Fernandez (Spa) 72 68 67, 208 A Dawson Isle of Man 67 74 67.

THE ALLY CHALLENGE (Grand Blanc, Michigan)—1st rnd (US unless stated): 63 V Taylor, 64 J Rollins, 65 P Harrington (Irl), 66 M Block, R Gonzalez (Arg), P Goydos, 67 G Chalmers (Aus), S Cink, S Hend (Aus), B Jobe, M Wright (Aus), 68 S Alker (Nzl), C Campbell, K. J. Choi (Kor), Z Johnson, T Petrovic, H Stenson (Swe), M Weir (Can), Yong-Eun Yang (Kor), A Cabrera (Arg).

MOTOR RACING WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RALLY, PARAGUAY FINAL TIMES AFTER AFTER 8. STAGE: 1 S Pajari (Fin) Toyota 1hr 28mins 28.7secs, 2 H Paddon (Nzl) Hyundai +11.9, 3 E Evans (Gbr) Toyota +56.3, 4 A Fourmaux (Fra) Hyundai +1:51.3, 5 J McErlean (Irl) Ford +2:23.1, 6 D Dominguez (Par) +2:36.0, 7 G Greensmith (Gbr) Toyota +3:15.4, 8 O Solberg (Swe) Toyota +3:33.3, 9 M Bulacia (Bol) Skoda +4:01.4, 10 R Juergenson +4:36.9.

SNOOKER

WUHAN OPEN (China)—Final: B Chang (Chn) bt X Zhao (Chn) 10-7. TENNIS

ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN (North Carolina)—Semi Finals: A Fery (GB) bt J Duckworth (Aus) 6-4 1-2 ret; L Buse (Per) bt B Bonzi (Fra) 6-2 4-6 6-1.

WTA ABIERTO GNP SEGUROS (Monterrey, Mexico)—Semi Finals: E Mertens (Bel) bt N Bartunkova (Cze) 1-6 6-4 6-2; D Parry (Fra) bt A Li (USA) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.

TODAY'S DIARY

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Second Test Match—day 4 of 5: England v Pakistan (Lord's, 11am).

RUGBY LEAGUE

Betfred Championship (3pm): Batley v Salford RLFC, Halifax v Keighley, Midlands Hurricanes v North Wales Crusaders (2pm), Rochdale v Oldham, Workington v Whitehaven.

Betfred Women's Super League (2pm): Barrow Raiders v

Huddersfield Giants, Featherstone. TENNIS

US Open (Flushing Meadows, New York).

ANTMANIS Elanga too slick for De Zerbi's struggling Spurs to give new

TOTTENHAM NEWCASTLE

BY RYAN TAYLOR

EIGHT Premier League-proven signings and a £382million summer transfer splurge later - the same old problems still exist for Tottenham.

Roberto De Zerbi (left) had better start winning quickly or the mood music might just begin to shift in N17.

Spurs lacked cutting edge and looked vulnerable from set-pieces while Newcastle, inspired by the impetus of innovative new boss Matthias Jaissle, made them pay.

Second-half goals from Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa inflicted the damage.

Newcastle certainly now appear to be in capable hands. As for Spurs, their ongoing home struggles remain a ridiculous problem, even if this loss marked De Zerbi's first defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since his appointment in April.

Remarkably, they have now won just one of their past nine Premier League encounters against the Magpies.

You have to wonder where this game leaves Spurs, using it as a yardstick on the back of the 3-0 demolition at Brentford.

Having new £85m samba starlet Savinho available would have helped matters.

The 22-year-old winger exploded into life at Spurs on Wednesday evening, scoring and assisting in a red-hot 19-minute cameo from the bench against Charlton in the Carabao Cup.

But in rather fitting Tottenham fashion, the former Manchester City marvel was sidelined by muscle fatigue.

Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti had jetted in to watch him while Savinho's compatriot Richarlison was one of three notable absentees alongside Kevin Danso and Pape Matar Sarr amid widespread transfer interest.

Omar Marmoush, who has mustered seven goals against the Magpies – more than any other club in his career, was in from the off following the completion of his loan transfer from Manchester City while Sandro Tonali, a £100m summer acquisition from Newcastle inclusive of add-ons, was booed by the raucous travelling Geordie faithful.

Come the second half, they were having a party in the corner as Tonali was hooked for Dominic Solanke on 75 minutes following a turgid showing. "You should

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Toon chief Jaissle his first ever Premier League win

have stayed at a big club," was the chant as the Italian made way.

Spurs started the contest nervously as Elanga attempted to dink Antonin Kinsky within the opening 60 seconds but De Zerbi's big-spenders were soon threatening from wide areas.

Mathys Tel forced Lukas Hornicek into a diving save before Lewis Hall blocked bravely to deny Pedro Porro what looked a certain goal.

Hornicek was also equal to Jan Paul van Hecke's close-range header following Mateus Fernandes' swirling corner.

Tottenham were denied what looked a penalty just after the interval when Marmoush went to ground under the challenge of Malick Thiaw.

But referee Peter Bankes and VAR assistant Darren England both said no.

Newcastle, buoyed by the com- posure of £52m marquee midfield recruit Nico Gonzalez, began to probe, utilising Elanga's electric speed in behind Spurs' backline.

First he rounded Kinsky but struggled to collect the ball before breaking the deadlock with a moment of pure brilliance for his second goal in as many matches.

Gonzalez went long, Amar Dedic headed into Elanga's path before he controlled, shimmied and slotted in off the post via a weak-foot finish. Things only got worse for Spurs as Newcastle doubled their lead through Wissa.

Nick Woltemade flicked a back-post corner towards goal and Wissa cleverly hooked it in over Kinsky to secure an impressive victory.

TOTTENHAM: Kinsky; Gray (Moore 68), Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Robertson (Udogie 68); Tonali (Solanke 75), Bentancur; Porro, Fernandes, Tel (Kudus 68); Marmoush

NEWCASTLE: Hornicek; Dedic, Botman, Thiaw, Hall; Gonzalez (Steur 71), Miley; Elanga (Murphy 82), Willock (Woltemade 71), Barnes (Toure 90); Wissa (Ramsey 82) STAR MAN: A Flanga

STAR MAN: A Elanga REF: P Bankes

GUNNERS SET TO ACT FAST OVER ALVAREZ

BY SCOTT TROTTER

ATLETICO MADRID have given Julian Alvarez until today to make a decision over his future.

That leaves Arsenal with just hours to convince the forward to make a return to the Premier League, after he was denied the opportunity to move to Barcelona.

The 26-year-old (above) made no secret at the start of the summer that he was desperate to swap the Wanda Metropolitano for the Nou Camp.

And the drawn-out saga has sparked a bitter row between Barca and Atletico.

Arsenal have been looking to capitalise on the dispute between the two Spanish clubs to lure Alvarez to The Emirates.

The Argentina international has notched 49 goals in 107 appearances since arriving at Atletico in 2024 following his £82million departure from Manchester City.

It is understood that the Gunners will only pursue a deal if the player himself is fully on board.

With the transfer deadline rapidly approaching, reports suggest that Atletico are now demanding a decision be made by today.

Manchester City have also been touted as potential suitors for their former striker but Alvarez is said to have reservations about

returning to England.

Atletico are demanding £128m to release their prized frontman, though managing his return to the fold will be crucial after the club dashed his ambitions.

Alvarez has already faced a backlash from supporters following his stance this summer. In June, he said: "I spoke with the people at Atletico I needed to speak with, and the best thing for everyone is a transfer. I want to fulfil my dream. I can't hide it. I try to be an honest person."

Meanwhile Kai Havertz has laid down the gauntlet to Arsenal's rivals by insisting the Premier League champions want "to win everything".

Boss Mikel Arteta (above) has seen his Gunners start their title defence with a 3-0 win over Coventry, a week after they saw off Manchester City to take the Community Shield.

And Havertz said: "When you have that taste of winning one title, then you want to do it again, and we have a team that can compete for every title.

"We want to give everything this season to achieve our goals again."

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BARCOLA KOPS £123M MOVE BY JEREMY CROSS LIVERPOOL are poised to sign Paris Saint-Germain superstar Bradley Barcola in a deal costing them a whopping £123m. The English giants have agreed a fee with the French champions - and expect to complete the signing in the next 48 hours. Barcola is heading to Merseyside to undergo a medical, before putting pen-to-paper on a five-year

Barcola is heading to Merseyside to undergo a medical, before putting pen-to-paper on a five-year deal worth around £300,000 a week.

PSG had initially valued Barcola at £145m, but have accepted a package worth an initial £110m, plus £13m in add ons.

Barcola's arrival is expected to see Cody Gakpo leave Anfield after three-and-a-half years with the club, with Tottenham and Manchester City leading the race to sign the Dutch international forward.

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GUNNING FOR GLORY Arsenal's new defender Ezri Konsa

deel.

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TARKOWSKI THORN IN ROSE'S SIDE AS POINTS SHARED

BOURNEMOUTH....1 EVERTON....1

JAMES TARKOWSKI struck with an added-time equaliser as Everton denied Bournemouth a first victory under head coach Marco Rose.

Alex Scott's 41st-minute opener looked set to enhance the feel-good factor at the Vitality Stadium after the Cherries were on Friday handed a glamour tie against AC Milan in this season's Europa League.

But a minute beyond the 90, Toffees defender Tarkowski capitalised on a mix-up between Cherries pair Ryan Christie and Marcus Tavernier to drill home following a corner.

Tarkowski said: "I just hit the target, that's all I aim to do. The ball fell to me and it was fortunate.

"A few of their players got in each other's way. With a wet pitch like that, there's every chance it goes in.

"It was a tough game. I think in the first half we were the better side and just before the goal we dominated the play."

Bournemouth striker Evanilson had wasted a golden opportunity to secure the three points for German boss Rose before the late drama, while in-form striker Thierno Barry squandered a host of chances for the visitors.

Harrison Armstrong started for Everton amid a reported £40million bid from Nottingham Forest, with James Garner replacing Hayden Hackney in the only change from last weekend's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Bournemouth almost conceded inside 10 minutes when Jarrad Branthwaite's glancing header following Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's corner was tipped wide by goalkeeper Djordje

Petrovic. Rayan tested Toffees keeper Jordan Pickford with the hosts' first opportunity before Petrovic recovered well to deny Barry a fifth goal in three games after spilling Tyrique George's tame initial effort.

Moyes' men looked more threatening going forward but enjoyed less possession and fell behind four minutes shy of half-time.

Having been released down the right by Rayan, Evanilson tormented Tarkowski before picking out Scott, who worked an angle just inside the 18-yard box and then dispatched the ball into the bottom-left corner via a deflection off Vitaliy Mykolenko.

Barry, who hit a hat-trick in Everton's 4-0 midweek Carabao Cup success at Preston after completing the scoring against Palace, twice went close to levelling.

England international Pickford produced a superb diving save to deny Rayan and, with the goal gaping, Evanilson's follow-up effort was somehow diverted behind by Everton substitute Hackney.

Bournemouth looked to have done enough for the win but Tavernier and Christie got in the way of each other following a corner, allowing Toffees centre-back Tarkowski to lash beyond Petrovic.

Rose said: "That's life. You have phases sometimes like this.

"On the other side I saw a top effort and attitude of my lads.

"At the end we had a phase where we could score a second goal two, three, four times to finish the game."

BOURNEMOUTH: Petrovic; Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert; Cook (Adams 69), Scott (Christie 87); Rayan, Kluivert (Brooks 81), Tavernier; Evanilson (Rodriguez 81)
EVERTON: Pickford; Rohl (Iroegbunam 87), Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Armstrong (Alcaraz 87), Garner (Hackney 62); Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, George (Johnson 62); Barry
MAN OF THE MATCH: James Tarkowski
REF: A Holmes

KON HEIR APPARENT Ezri rider is geared up for Gunners debut and he's even been backed to swipe Saliba's spot

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BY RYAN TAYLOR LEVEL-HEADED Ezri Konsa has no qualms putting former allegiances to one side.

Otherwise, he would never have signed for Arsenal in the first place.

The no-nonsense defender was actually a boyhood Tottenham supporter and idolised Ledley King, who also came through the ranks at Konsa's Sunday League side Senrab in east London.

Sol Campbell and John Terry were once on their books too and since the 28-year-old sealed his statement £55million transfer to the Premier League champions, Terry has made quite the claim.

He feels that even when William Saliba – who is sidelined with a back injury – is fit again, the Frenchman will struggle to displace the England star in Mikel Arteta's starting XI.

night. Arteta has no real reason to shuffle his pack following a 3-0 drubbing of Coventry but Arsenal believe they've acquired a 'plug-and-play' signing, ready for the here and now.

The Spaniard indicated on Thursday that he's willing to throw Konsa straight into the lions' den at Villa Park tomorrow

When the Gunners boss made various phone calls to industry contacts to obtain further information on Konsa, the feedback was resounding.

There's a sense within footballing circles that he's been criminally underrated for quite some time. Not now.

Last season, rock-solid Konsa helped fire Villa to Europa League glory in Istanbul before becoming a mainstay in Thomas Tuchel's England side at the World Cup.

The data, in the early stages of Arsenal's transfer pursuit, was also convincing.

Of all the players that played at least 500 minutes in the Premier League last season, Konsa had the highest pass-completion rate.

When it came to percentage of ground duels won, he also topped the pile.

Dean Smith, who first brought him to Brentford from Charlton before later signing him at Villa, describes his former player as a "Rolls Royce".

Not only is he a top competitor but he has the attitude and experience to match his ability.

During the Euros in 2024, he struck a bond with Bukayo Saka as the pair sharpened their tools against one another during private one-vs-one drills.

Their brotherhood is so strong that Konsa FaceTimed the winger as he paraded around Birmingham on Villa's open-top bus after European glory in May.

There is now a buzz around London Colney about his arrival.

Signing for Arsenal was a no-brainer and Konsa is still likely to receive a warm reception when he returns to Villa Park, even if

'There's a sense within footballing circles that he's been criminally underrated for quite some time'

he'll now be situated in the away dressing room.

Arsenal's first-team physical performance coach Toby Griffiths is the man tasked with rebuilding Konsa's condition. Unai Emery insisted that his former player had four full weeks of rest after the World Cup, costing him the chance to participate in the UEFA Super Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain.

TRAINING DAY: Konsa could be handed his debut by Arteta (circled, above) tomorrow

Konsa still worked away behind the scenes but he's not played any competitive football since

England's pulsating 6-4 third-place play-off victory over France in Miami on July 18. Still, don't be surprised if he's thrown straight in against his former club.

NO TIME TO BED IN AT UNAI'S MODERN VILLA

BY JOHN TOWNLEY ASTON VILLA might have lost five of the starting XI that lifted the Europa League trophy, but Unai Emery does not do transitional seasons. The Villa boss saw his

The Villa boss depleted side thrashed 4-0 by Brighton on the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign.

LIKELY TEAMS ASTON VILLA: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, Hemmings, Kamara, Goretzka, McGinn, Barkley, Buendia ARSENAL: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Odegaard, Tzolis, Havertz REF: J Gillett

But he has moved quickly to strengthen his squad, adding Nicolas Jackson and Leon Goretzka, while teenage winger Ibrahim Mbaye is also set to arrive from Paris Saint-Germain.

Johan Manzambi and Brian Madjo remain sidelined ahead of tomorrow night's clash with Arsenal, and a slow start to the campaign would be understandable given the scale of the changes.

Villa have lost Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, Ollie Watkins and Emi Martinez this summer, while Amadou Onana is sidelined after suffering an ACL injury during the World Cup.

Yet Emery will not allow his existing players or his new arrivals to use that upheaval as an excuse.

The expectation at Villa remains to compete at the top end of the Premier League and make another profound impact in the Champions League.

Emery said: "In football, if you are expecting transition, maybe you are not in the right way.

"We must compete, we must win. We have to rebuild the team as fast as possible, we have to accept our way, our

are taking some decisions, but I am positive, and we are working.

"At the same time, rebuilding the team with the players, they can

trying to understand some necessary time for some players to adapt to us.

"Of course, some players, they will need time more than others, and the players, they are with us for a long time.

"They must compete now, strong, and of course with all the ideas we were building, and trying to adapt the new players as fast as possible.

"For example, last week, we played with 10 players - they were here last year. The only player that was not, was Joao Gomes. This is the objective.

"Of course, we didn't perform, we didn't compete, and we must do everything faster, and the next challenge is on Monday, and the Premier League is not waiting.

"There are 38 matches to play, points to play for. We have lost the first match with those three points, and Monday, hopefully, Villa Park is like how we always felt there - supporting, playing with us, and we will need them again."

MILLAR THE HERO AS LAMPARD'S HIT WITH A LATE BLOW

COVENTRY ....0 HULL....1

BY IAN PARKER HULL continued their dream start to life in the Premier League as substitute Liam Millar snatched the winner at Coventry.

Millar slotted home to cap a swift counter-attack with eight minutes left as last season's Championship play-off winners beat the side promoted as champions.

Hull manager Sergej Jakirovic said: "In the second half we were compact and solid, a lot of crosses came into our box and we controlled that. I'm very pleased - two games, six points, not bad."

It was a sucker punch for Coventry, who had dominated the game for long periods but struggled to turn that into clear chances as the first Premier League match to be played at the CBS Arena ended in defeat for the hosts.

Coventry boss Frank Lampard said: "For a game that we controlled, we were too slow with it, against a team with a back five looking to slow you down."

The Sky Blues' best chance was almost accidental, with Taiwo Awoniyi bringing a good save out of Konstantinos Tzolakis when the ball struck him at the back post late in the first half.

Nobel Mendy, one of Hull's goalscoring heroes last weekend, went close with a vicious half-volley early in the first half.

Coventry started much the brighter of the two teams as they hogged the ball and kept Hull pegged back, but chances were at a premium.

Their first clear sight of goal did not come until the 22nd minute, but there was no power in Awoniyi's header as he met Caleb Yirenkyi's

clipped cross. Hull, barely seen as an attacking force up to that point, appealed for a penalty moments later when Elliot Stroud went to ground claiming a push from Bobby Thomas but there was little to it and referee Josh Smith waved play on.

Coventry were a whisker away from leading seven minutes before the break.

Loum Tchaouna's dangerous cross was deflected by Mendy, striking Awoniyi at the back post and forcing Tzolakis into a smart save low to his right. Had the striker made intentional contact, the goalkeeper would have had little chance.

Mendy almost added to his opening-day goal with a superb strike five minutes into the second half. He was 30 yards out but the power in his half-volley meant it took two attempts for Carl Rushworth to gather the ball.

The game finally came to life as Coventry pushed forward in response, but as they did so they became stretched at the back.

There was a warning sign when Oli McBurnie swept the ball forward into Millar's path, only for the Canadian to pull his shot wide of the target after cutting inside.

But Coventry did not heed the warning and barely five minutes later Mohamed Belloumi won the ball from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and again found the run of Millar who this time made no mistake to score his first Premier League goal.

COVENTRY: Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Thomas (Pinnock 78), Amenda, Dasilva; Yirenkyi (Overgaard 71), Grimes; Tchaouna (Sakamoto 59), Rudoni (Hamer 71), Mason-Clark (Thomas-Asante 58); Awoniyi. HULL CITY: Tzolakis; Coyle (Drameh 46), Ajayi, Egan, Mendy (Herrington 59), Giles; Belloumi (Cho 83), Slater, Morita (Gourna-Douath 46), Stroud (Millar 59); McBurnie. MAN OF THE MATCH: KONSTANTINOS TZOLAKIS REF: J Smith

HONEY SHOT Cherki stings like a bee with double at Palace

CHERKI BUZZING AFTER DODGING ENZO'S SWATTER

Played Friday C PALACE 1 MAN CITY 4

BY SIMON BAJKOWSKI RAYAN CHERKI fired Manchester City to victory at Crystal Palace after worrying he was going to get hooked at half-time.

And the feisty Frenchman already feels motivated to win more with new coach Enzo Maresca.

Wearing the black and yellow City kit decorated with the Manchester bee, keen boxer Cherki floated like a butterfly at Selhurst Park before stinging the home side with two quickfire goals after half-time.

The Blues ran out 4-1 winners to make it six Premier League points from six.

Maresca (below) had revealed how unhappy Cherki was not to start against Bournemouth last week - a game in which he came on to produce two assists and turn the result around.

But five days on, the City coach was all set to substitute the ex-Lyon

man at Palace, after an ineffectual first 45 minutes.

Cherki pleaded to stay on and start the second half - then backed up his words with a dazzling performance.

"When I see the coach want to change me, I'm not happy with that," the 23-year-old said.

"I understand, because I don't play well in the first half. I need to show him that I'm here to help the team.

"I said, 'Enzo, give me five minutes, and I'll show you'. Just that. Because it's true, I didn't play well in the first half.

"But we know Palace defend very well. They closed the space inside for me. We have big space outside for Josko Gvardiol, for Nico O'Reilly, for Antoine Semenyo, for Phil Foden.

"But when I take more freedom in the second half, it was much better. So, it's like a boxing match - we see, and we feel where is the space."

City have lots to do before the transfer window shuts on Tuesday night, with at least three new players needed.

Palmeiras winger Allan will be one of them and Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez is expected to be another.

Everton's Iliman Ndiaye and Liverpool's Cody Gakpo are among other attacking options being looked at, in a forecast total spend that could pass £450 million and break the British record for a single transfer window.

Despite the hunt for reinforcements, it has been a positive start from Maresca after taking over from Pep Guardiola.

Victories in their opening league games have banished memories of defeat by Arsenal in the Community Shield, and the players are loving life with their new

coach. Cherki added: "We love to play. That's the identity of Manchester City.

And we are very happy with that. Enzo is a very, very big coach.

"When we train, we feel he knows a lot. That's very nice. We want to work with him, and we want to win with him."

Maresca said: "Rayan loves football, which makes it much easier to work with him. That is who he is.

"We know how good he is, the quality he has, and in this moment he's helping the team with the numbers, also assisting goals - and no doubt that is going to help the team in the future."

TARGET Tammy Abraham is wanted Ipswich in the hunt for Tammy

GARY O'NEIL is confident of landing Tammy Abraham to take Ipswich's summer spending past £200million.

The Town boss is set to hand a debut to Exequiel Palacios at Manchester United today after the £19m Argentinian World Cup winner became the latest statement signing at Portman Road.

O'Neil reckons the arrival of the 27-year-old South American midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen will not be the last before Tuesday's deadline – with Aston Villa's £30m-rated striker Abraham in line to become summer signing No.14, in a loan deal with a view to a permanent stay.

The Portman Road chief said: "Hopefully we're not finished. We're still trying to do some business and we're working hard to try and improve the group."

Injured quartet Florentino Luis (calf), Azor Matusiwa (thigh), Jack Taylor (knee) and Jaden Philogene (ankle) are all set to miss out at Old Trafford as the Tractor Boys look to build on the 2-1 opening game success against Sunderland.

Palacios has trained with his new team-mates for the past two days and is likely to be involved from the bench against Michael Carrick's United.

O'Neil has not ruled out a start for his latest addition, and added: "I'm sure you'll see him on Sunday."

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United focus on midfield with three new signings...

MAN UNITED v IPSWICH Premier League Today, KO 4.30pm, Sky Sports

BY TYRONE MARSHALL AFTER rebuilding their attack last year, this summer has been the year of the midfield at Manchester United.

In an era when their rivals are splashing nine figures on central midfielders, United have spent £155million on three new additions to the Old Trafford engine room.

Despite taking a different course to some of their rivals in terms of fees spent in midfield, United are confident their investment will be prudent after reshaping the options for manager Michael Carrick in the centre of the pitch.

The departure of Casemiro this summer and a knee injury that is expected to keep Manuel Ugarte out for most of the season meant three new arrivals in midfield were always likely, and Carlos Baleba's £70m move from Brighton this week completes the set.

Baleba, 22, follows 29-year-old Youri Tielemans (£35m) and 22-year-old Andrey Santos (£50m) through the door at Old Trafford.

Those look like prudent fees compared to the £116m Manchester City spent on Elliot Anderson, the £100m Sandro Tonali cost Tottenham and the cool £85m Spurs also splashed on Mateus Fernandes.

STAY AND A GONER Kobbie Mainoo (far left) in training while Mason Mount (right) is working back from injury, Manuel Ugarte (second left) is also injured while Casemiro left United for MLS

It was a similar approach last summer, when United spent £215m on three new attackers, but Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko were all success stories in their first season at Old Trafford.

It's now up to boss Carrick to get a tune out of his new arrivals, who will compete with Kobbie Mainoo and Mason Mount for minutes, and he is delighted with the options available to him.

"I think we've got a really good balance," he said. "We've certainly got youth in there, and when I say youth, that comes with a lot of experience, and not youth where it's really young, but 22, 21.

"It's a really good age with the level that we've got at the moment, with experience, with Youri, with Mason, to balance that off.

"I think offering different things, and obviously, it's picking the right balance, the right combinations at certain times.

"It's a long season, getting through these first weeks where it's one game, to then getting into the busier schedules. I think it's a really strong midfield, and a really strong unit, so I'm happy with that."

Mount looked like shaping up to be a key part of that midfield, forming a good partnership with Santos and impressing in the early weeks of pre-season.

But his momentum stalled with yet another injury setback against Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg and he has missed the last three weeks with a minor injury.

He is set to return to the squad against Ipswich today and Carrick is confident the 27-year-old still has a big role to play for United.

"Mason can have a big impact, no doubt," he added. "I think he's a top player, and he's started preseason and gone through pre-season particularly well.

"He hasn't missed an awful lot of time, so he'll get up to speed pretty quickly."

Mount has now had 11 separate injuries since joining United from Chelsea in a £55m deal in 2023, missing 71 matches as a result of fitness issues, but Carrick said he has the character to make sure he can shake off the setbacks.

The United boss said: "He's very level-headed. I think he's a really top character, in personality, and does a lot of the right things with the right intentions, you know.

"He's the type where you can really have a good relationship and an understanding with, and he was disappointed to

pick up this small knock that he did, but

it won't knock him for what's coming next in the season ahead.

"We're really positive about that."

ISSUE NOW and Carrick needs to get the best out of his £155m trio

LIKELY TEAMS MAN UNITED: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Tielemans, Santos, Mbuemo, Fernandes, Rashford, Cunha IPSWICH: Scherpen, O'Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis, Nunez, Lukic, Clarke, Enciso, Maeda, Emersonn REFEREE: C Pawson

BALEBA IN THE PROJECT United's £70m deal for Baleba completed their summer midfield rebuild

Looking to see some passion? Try asking boss 'lazy' questions

BY TYRONE MARSHALL MICHAEL CARRICK was riled by claims his Manchester United side showed a lack of passion at Hull last week and branded that accusation "lazy" ahead of the clash with Ipswich today.

Carrick has garnered a reaction after previous defeats during his tenure and has been pleased with what he's seen at Carrington this week.

But quizzed on whether there was enough leadership on show on Humberside, the United boss said: "It's one game. There's enough leadership in our dressing room that we'll have it throughout the season.

"Just because we lose a game doesn't just mean 'leadership', or I got 'passion' thrown at me after the game, it's not just that. You lose two set-plays like we did, it changes the game.

"Teams lose games, so there's different reasons.

"I don't have to give you the total reason, because we know what we're trying to improve.

"But I'm just saying to you, I think it's so easy and lazy to just say, team loses a game, so everything's wrong.

"It's, 'This is wrong, that is wrong, not trying enough, not enough

passion'. It's just like the obvious answer."

United were passive against Hull last weekend and seemed to struggle to match the intensity of their hosts.

Carrick said he and his coaching staff had dug deep this week to understand what went wrong but they are clearly refusing to press the panic button.

He added: "We've probably played like that and won games, and everyone goes, 'What a great team, what a great coach, what a great load of players,' when we have found a way to win a game 1-0.

"So, from my perspective, when you're analysing it, it's not about the feeling. We've got to dig deeper and understand the details.

"Don't get carried away when we win certain games, because we know it's not been perfect. And sometimes when you lose games, we know what we need to improve on."

United were considering appointing a specialist set-piece coach at the start of this summer - and conceded twice from set-pieces at Hull - but Carrick claimed it wasn't on the agenda and he's happy with his staff set-up.

Bruno no on move to Saudi

EXCLUSIVE BY MICHAEL HAM BRUNO FERNANDES has demonstrated his commitment to Manchester United by again ruling out a move to Saudi Arabia.

The Sunday Express understands the United captain (above) turned down a renewed approach from the Saudi Pro-League during this summer's World Cup.

The money on offer was believed to be a sensational £640k-a-week TAX FREE over four years - adding up to a whopping £133million.

That's similar to the mega wages Fernandes, 31, rejected from Al Hilal last year.

This time, the offer was from the Saudi league, who would have placed him with one of their leading clubs, to continue to raise the profile of the game in their country.

Fernandes' standing in the Premier League has never been higher.

He was honoured as the PFA Player of the Year last week, following on from his award as the FWA Footballer of the Year in May.

And he is understood to be upbeat about the immediate future of United, with the club back in the Champions League this season.

The Portugal midfielder goes into today's Old Trafford match against Ipswich with one year remaining on his United contract, but the club has an option for another 12 months.

NORTHERN IRELAND international midfielder Jamie Donley, 21, has joined Luton on a season-long loan from Tottenham.

ARMSTRONG BID A WORRY FOR MOYES

BY JOE THOMAS

EVERTON'S hierarchy are set for a major test after Nottingham Forest launched an attempt to sign Harrison Armstrong.

The teenager is subject of a £40m approach being pursued by Forest.

The move comes with just days left before the closure of the transfer window and with Everton already braced for a battle to keep hold of key man Iliman Ndiaye.

And Toffees fans yesterday threatened to riot if the club sell Armstrong. When queried if he had a message for the fans who sang the club 'will have a riot on their hands' if they sell Armstrong during the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth, Toffees boss David Moyes replied: "If I say something to them, it is their manager is an Evertonian. You always have to consider the supporters. The supporters are not always wrong.

"But there are times where there are people at clubs, like Phillip Carter, who are very powerful and make difficult decisions. Decisions that are not always popular but sometimes they have to be made. It's a club decision."

SUNDERLAND have seen a loan bid for Tottenham defender Kevin Danso, 27, rejected.

ARSENAL have signed Manchester United academy attacker James Scanlon, 19.

NO STOPPING MO WHO HAS HIS DOUBLE

NORWICH finally ignited their campaign after a sluggish start with a 4-1 win against BURNLEY.

The Canaries never looked back after scoring twice in the opening five minutes, with two goals apiece from Mo Toure and new boy Andre Brooks.

Josh Laurent, who had scored the consolation goal, was dismissed late on for a second bookable offence.

Karlan Grant's first goal for CHARLTON since rejoining on a free transfer ensured that the south Londoners are the

WOLVES came from behind to beat STOKE 4-1 and continued their unbeaten start to the season.

remain winless after playing out their third successive draws.

Sam Gallagher's stunning second-minute goal gave the Potters the perfect start at Molineux.

But two goals in three minutes from Rodrigo Gomes turned the game on its head.

only side in the division still boasting a 100 per cent record as they beat PRESTON.

Raul Jimenez (below) netted a penalty to make it 3-1 before substitute Jordan James scored on his home debut.

Nuno Espirito Santo is still waiting for WEST HAM's first Championship win after they were held to a gritty 1-1 draw against WATFORD.

CARDIFF and SHEFFIELD UNITED both

The Hammers fell behind to a brilliant goal from Amin Nabizada and needed a freakish equaliser to earn a point.

Cyle Larin (above) showed just why SOUTHAMPTON boss Tonda Eckert rates him as the best striker in the Championship.

Mark Sykes had given the Lions an early lead, but Larin's brace - along with Finn Azaz's tap-in, Leo Scienza's penalty and Tom Fellows' first Saints goal - blew the visitors away.

His double shattered MILLWALL's perfect start to the season.

JIMMY DUNNE sealed victory with a powerful header after QPR came from behind to grab

the points at BLACKBURN.

After an even first half, Rovers took a 49th-minute lead through Ryoya Morishita's spectacular volley, but the visitors hit back within two minutes through Paul Smyth before Dunne's winner.

Ben House scored a 66th-minute winner against BOLTON to earn LINCOLN victory.

Goals from Joseph Opoku, Eom Ji-sung and a late strike from Ronald made sure SWANSEA saw off DERBY 3-0.

Will Lankshear made it six goals in five games as MIDDLESBROUGH beat WEST BROM 3-1.

Lorent Tolaj netted a spectacular first goal for BRISTOL CITY as they beat PORTSMOUTH 2-1 at Ashton Gate.

NOT FOR KEEPS Sanchez facing axe as Martinez moves forward

CHELSEA v BRIGHTON ▶ Premier League Stamford Bridge, Today, KO 2pm, Sky Sports

BY BOBBY VINCENT

AS Robert Sanchez warmed up at Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening, Chelsea supporters may well have been alerted on their phones to news that the club had agreed a £7.5million deal to sign Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez.

Sanchez was preparing alongside Mike Penders, who replaced him for the Carabao Cup victory over Luton.

Now Argentina star Martinez (below) 33, is set to sign a two-year contract – with the option of a further 12 months – after his representatives offered him up. It was a brilliantly timed move from Martinez's camp, in the wake of Sanchez's sub-par showing against Fulham in Chelsea's Prem opener.

All of the noises pre-summer were that Xabi Alonso would be backed in the transfer market, and he has.

The new Blues boss took one look at Sanchez – unfortunately for the keeper, Monday night's 3-2 win at Craven Cottage saw his worst performance in some time – and made a ruthless call.

There had been signs over the past year of improvement from the 28-year-old former Brighton keeper, but he was an obvious weak link in the Chelsea squad.

Two matches into the new season, his whole future at Stamford Bridge is in doubt.

However, the Blues will have issues selling him on swiftly, given the transfer window closes on Tuesday. Clubs don't tend to leave goalkeeper business this late.

Indeed, Chelsea sources had been adamant all summer that the club were NOT hunting for a new shot-stopper.

The plan was for Sanchez to start the season as the No.1 and for Penders, 21, to compete for the role as the campaign progressed.

It appears, however, that Sanchez was walking on thin ice, and that cracked when an operator of Martinez's pedigree was available for a fee considered to be relative chicken feed in today's money.

Sanchez, with a history of blunders in the Chelsea goal, has been dropped by Alonso's three Blues predecessors.

Martinez, a World Cup winner with vast experience playing in England's top tier, has to be a shrewd piece of business, as Chelsea look to bring in more experienced footballers with strong mentalities to create a new, more successful culture.

The Argentine has delighted in irking opposition supporters from all across the globe – but

he looks exactly what this Chelsea squad needs.

TOBI'S VERY PROMISING

TOBI or not Tobi? That is the question for new Brighton signing Promise David.

The Seagulls arrival from Belgian side Union SG is set to make his debut at Chelsea for Fabian Hurzeler's side.

Canadian striker David fills the void left by Danny Welbeck's summer switch to Stamford Bridge.

David has told teammates he prefers to go by a short version of his middle name Oluwatobi.

"Promise likes to be called Tobi," Brighton's German boss revealed. "He's a great player and personality and he's an option for today."

LIKELY TEAMS CHELSEA: Penders, Fofana, Lacroix, Acheampong, Gusto, Caicedo, James, Chavarria, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro BRIGHTON: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli, Gross, Ayari, Gomez, O'Riley, De Cuyper, Rutter REF: M Oliver

ROEFS: FIRST BLACK CATS SEASON WAS SO PURRFECT

SUNDERLAND v FULHAM ▶ Premier League Stadium of Light, Today, KO 2pm, Sky Sports

BY JASON MELLOR ROBIN ROEFS reckons Sunderland are heading in the right direction to get the club back where it belongs.

The Black Cats' Dutch keeper admits his first season on Wearside couldn't have gone

much better. Regis Le Bris' side confounded the pundits who wrote them off as relegation certainties with a stunning seventh-place finish to secure a Europa League spot which will see them rub shoulders with the likes of AC Milan and Anderlecht.

Roefs (left) spent this summer as part of Holland's World Cup squad and capped a memorable 12 months by signing a contract

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UP FOR THE CUP James Justin notches in Daniel Farke's 150th game in charge in mid-week

It'll Bee tough

FARKE PREDICTS TRICKY CLASH AGAINST ANDREWS

LEEDS v BRENTFORD ▶ Premier League Elland Road, Today, KO 2pm, Sky Sports

BY ISAAC JOHNSON

DANIEL FARKE marked his 150th game in charge of Leeds United in Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Nottingham Forest. He knows his 151st will be "most complicated".

The Whites begin their home campaign today against a Brentford side, managed by

Keith Andrews (right), that has netted nine goals in their first two games of the season.

This stretches to an incredible 20 goals in four fixtures when pre-season friendlies are included.

"At the moment, they are a bit like a bulldozer that is unstoppable," said Farke of the Bees.

“We need to be at our very best because in the last weeks no other team was able to find a solution on how to stop them from scoring goals and winning games.”

Leeds, though, will hold a quiet confidence. They chopped down Forest on their own turf twice in four days over the past week – a 1-0 opening Premier League win thanks to Anton Stach's 88thminute free-kick, and the 2-0 midweek Carabao Cup triumph.

There is a sense of optimism around Elland Road, which will be back up to full capacity today

after the West Stand remained closed during pre-season with stadium expansion works underway. Farke, now, wishes to expand his squad before deadline day. Business conducted so far includes club-record £40million arrival James Trafford and £34m defender Tarik Muharemovic.

But the boss has pointed out that nearly all of the new recruits – including centre-back Nico Elvedi and incoming back-up goalkeeper Michael Zetterer – have been upgrade replacements for players who have left.

Farke (right), who says the team in its current guise is “in a good mood and a good position”, said: “I like our window so far – all the signings are spot-on.

"But we have also lost some top players who were very important for us last season. It's important and also our responsibility in the upcoming days to stay awake to see if we can improve the squad."

in search of a third straight win at the Stadium of Light.

extension to keep him at Sunderland until 2031.

And the 23-year-old hopes to keep his first clean sheet of the season when the Black Cats host Fulham today.

He said: "I really couldn't have wished for anything better over the last year. Reaching the Europa League in my first season here was really amazing. The message I had when I came here was to bring Sunderland back to where they belong and I think we're getting there.

"I was told about the fans before I came here and I knew they were among the best in England - from the first moment they've just got better and

LIKELY TEAMS SUNDERLAND:

Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, O'Nien, Reinildo, Sadiki, Xhaka, Hume, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey FULHAM:

Leno, Castagne, Cuenca, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Iwobi Bobb, King, Palacios, Garcia REF: M Salisbury

Sunderland, Fulham are looking to bounce back from an opening game defeat as they go

Alvaro Arbeloa remembers the daunting atmosphere for visiting teams from his playing days at Liverpool and the Fulham boss said: "I'm expecting the same kind of atmosphere as when I played so many years ago.

"When you play away, it's always difficult because of the atmosphere."

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SEES RAVENS OFF

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY crushed BROMLEY 7-2 in a wild League One clash.

Callum Slattery got things started and Mason Burstow fired in a second from the edge of the area just after the half-hour mark.

Jamal Lowe scored shortly before the break and Louie Barry bagged a brace inside four minutes at the start of the second half, before Lowe added his second.

Gabriel Otegbayo got in on the act late on before Bromley offered some resistance.

Substitute Victor Adeboyejo beat Joe Lumley from the spot before Otegbayo scored an own goal.

BLACKPOOL beat PETERBOROUGH 4-0, with Jordan Willams (top) getting the ball rolling, while second-placed HUDDERSFIELD kept pace with a 2-1 comeback victory at CAMBRIDGE.

STOCKPORT trounced WYCOMBE 5-1 and BARNSLEY beat LEYTON

ORIENT 3-1, while NOTTS COUNTY fought back in the second half to win 2-1 against BURTON and PLYMOUTH beat BRADFORD 2-0.

STEVENAGE drew 2-2 with DONCASTER and it was goalless between MK DONS and LEICESTER.

In League Two,

GRIMSBY against FLEETWOOD and NEWPORT v TRANMERE both ended 2-2, while OLDHAM beat SWINDON 3-0, ROTHERHAM beat CHESTERFIELD 2-1 thanks to a late Paul Mullin (inset) strike, SALFORD lost 1-0 at

SHREWSBURY and YORK beat EXETER 2-1. A penalty from Kabongo Tshimanga (below) helped BARNET draw 2-2

with CHELTENHAM, while WALSALL beat ACCRINGTON 3-2.

PORT VALE against CREWE ended goalless, COLCHESTER beat ROCHDALE 1-0, BRISTOL ROVERS were 2-0 victors at CRAWLEY and GILLINGHAM drew 1-1 with NORTHAMPTON.

BIRD AIMS TO FLY IN SHIELD SHOOT-OUT

Played Friday

St Helens 6 Leeds 34

JACK BIRD branded the upcoming shoot-out with Wigan for the League Leaders' Shield as "do or die", after helping Leeds thrash St Helens on Friday.

The Rhinos ran in six tries as they reclaimed top spot in the Betfred Super League from the Warriors.

The two sides, who are level on 40 points, will face each other in the penultimate round of fixtures at Headingley this coming Saturday.

With a vastly superior points difference, Leeds could effectively secure the silverware - and top seeding for the play-offs - with victory.

And Bird (right) said: "It is going to be a massive game against Wigan. It is pretty much do or die. "If we win, we get the league shield. And if we lose, we have got to sit through the last few games."

The Rhinos were dominant at St Helens. Chris Hankinson gave Brad Arthur's visitors an early lead before two tries in quick succession from Cameron Smith and Harry Newman put them in complete control late in the first half.

Further touchdowns by Ryan Hall, Ash Handley and Brodie Croft wrapped up a

comprehensive win while the influential Jake Connor landed five conversions.

On the crucial showdown with Warriors, boss Arthur said: "It's exciting, it's great. We've worked really hard

we've worked really hard and this is the moment we've been waiting for - big occasion, at home, 18-19,000 fans.

"We've got to go and work hard, against a really good team who have been at the top of their game for a long, long time."

Huddersfield 30 Leigh 18 Played Friday

COACH Jim Lenihan hailed Huddersfield's "very satisfying" victory. Cole Geyer scored twice as the Giants ran in five tries to maintain their resurgence with a fifth win from their past six games. "It was very satisfying," said Lenihan. "We really talked about trying to knock over a top-six side."

GEORGE LOVES TO WIN A 'WEIRD ONE'

Hull 14 Warrington 16

GEORGE WILLIAMS inspired Warrington to a sixth-straight win - but they had to hold their nerve after blowing a 14-point lead in four dramatic minutes in the final quarter.

The third-placed Wolves are two points behind top two Leeds and Wigan - who meet next week - with two matches before the play-offs.

With Williams (above) pulling the strings, tries by Leon Hayes, Matty Ashton and Josh Thewlis helped Warrington into a 16-2 lead in the 64th minute.

But former England wing Tom Briscoe - who announced this week he is retiring at the end of the year - turned it on its head.

First, his offload created a try for Ethan O'Neil. And then in the next set, he charged through an opening to cross, with Aidan Sezer converting both.

Williams said: "It was a weird game that one. I just like the steel - all credit to Hull FC."

Wakefield 28 York 12

WAKEFIELD snapped a three-game losing run to tighten their grip on a play-offs spot. The fourth-placed side were held 12-12 midway through the second half. But late tries by Jayden Myers and Max Jowitt - who also kicked four goals - gave them some breathing space before Lachlan Walmsley put the icing on the cake.

LAW AND

Dashing Dan chases Lord's clouds away with

BRITISH SUMMER Heatwaves were distant memory at rainy Lord's

LAWRENCE GETS SMART AS HE STAKES HIS TEST CLAIM

DAN LAWRENCE dared to take "a punt" at Lord's yesterday and won big time in his bid to nail down a regular Test place.

The Surrey star's superb unbeaten 50 on a difficult pitch and between rain showers put England in total command of the Second Test.

And, after helping his side reach 177-7 with a 357-run lead on a weather-disrupted day, the man chosen to replace all-rounder Ben Stokes admitted: "It was tricky out there. I knew my best chance to survive was by being aggressive, so I took a few punts and they came off.

"We spoke about how smart we can be and play better than them on this surface. It's not as flat as the batters would like but we just have to make the best of it.

"Turning up to the ground today, we didn't think much cricket would be played. At the end of it we are in a strong position. All four of our bowlers have been in outstanding form."

Lawrence, 29, got the unexpected recall to the squad for this series after Stokes quit the Test scene.

His eyes are on building a big innings today and added: "I am desperate to establish myself in an England Test shirt. I haven't done that so far in my career. It's about not being nervous and play the kind of cricket I have for Surrey. I came into this series with a different mentality."

BY GARY FITZGERALD

IT was D a n Lawrence who stepped up to tame a spitting, snarling Lord's pitch and keep dominant England in total control of the Second Test.

The Surrey star also had to shrug off the frustration and disruption of several rain delays to shower boundaries all over this famous old ground.

His bold and belligerent unbeaten half-century helped England end the third day on 177-7, and pile up a huge 357-run lead heading into day four.

England fans may still be mourning the absence of hero Ben Stokes. But Lawrence, 29, showed just why he was chosen to fill the huge void left by the ex-captain who retired from Test cricket in unexpected circumstances this summer.

Just as Stokes did on so many big occasions for his country in the past, Lawrence took the bull by the horns.

He took it upon himself to fight fire with fire on a pitch which was making the ball move left and right and up and down.

And his decision to almost play Bazball-like – at a time when England are keen to move on from axed Test coach Brendon McCullum – ensured his side strengthened their grip.

Lawrence's battling, unbeaten 50 from 66 balls, including two sixes, sees England head into the final two days fully expected to complete the win – and clinch the three-match series too.

Joe Root's men will resume this morning believing that, on a bowler-friendly pitch and with the overhead conditions, they can make light work of their struggling rivals.

Rain meant an on-off day with a delayed start.

It allowed just 24.5 overs bowled, with England adding 96 runs to their overnight 81-3.

While others around him promised much but then perished, Lawrence delivered with an innings of skill and guile.

Rain delayed play until 2.20pm and the crowd's patience was rewarded by the spinning all-rounder who, along with Harry Brook, made up for some of the time lost with some huge

ORDER! is pure sunshine for England

gritty show

SCOREBOARD

Second Test Match England v Pakistan (Day 3 of 5) Lord's: England lead Pakistan by 357 runs with three second-innings wickets in hand ENGLAND: First Innings 290 (Smith 61, Cox 55, Abbas 4-73) PAKISTAN: First Innings 110 (Robinson 4-11) ENGLAND: Second Innings (Overnight 81-3)

E Gay Ibw Abbas .... 31 H Brook c Rizwan b Abbas .... 34 D Lawrence not out .... 50 J Smith c Masood b Abbas .... 7 G Atkinson Ibw Ali .... 7 O Robinson not out .... 2 Lb2 w5 rh3 .... 10

Total (7 wkts., 46.5 overs)....177 Fall: 1, 13, 60, 83, 128, 149, 162.

Fall: 1, 13, 60, 83, 128, 149, 162. Bowling: Abbas 18-2-48-3, Shahzad 14-3-56-2, Ali 12.5-1-54-2, Usman 2-0-17-0.

Umpires: A Paleker & P Reiffel.

SHOWER OF RUNS Lawrence knocked out his half-century in rain-disrupted day at Lord's

ABB THAT! Brook is caught off a Mohammad Abbas delivery

blows and some quick running. Opener Emilio Gay (31) was soon strolling back inside shaking his head in dismay after a Muhammad Abbas shooter hit him at the bottom of his pad. He had no chance of survival.

Lawrence (right) decided the best way forward to combat the sharp lifters and low grubbers was to go on the attack.

He and Brook got stuck into the Pakistan bowlers, swiping, driving and smashing their way through the tricky spell.

The tourists' wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan found out to his pain the inconsistent bounce, taking blows and needing treatment for hits on the shoulder, neck and hand.

Brook survived an lbw appeal again the lively Khurram Shahzad but later he edged Abbas behind to depart for 34.

But Lawrence was not for moving. He shrugged off a blow to the ribs to slice the ball high to the boundary, and then thump Mohammad Ali for a superb six.

Sam Curran may be the man England see as the long-term replacement as the fast-bowling all-rounder after Stokes bowing out, but Lawrence is busy doing what he can to make sure that he's on the plane to South Africa this winter.

Jamie Smith failed to last long, as the first innings' half-centurian clipped a catch off Ali to Shan Masood for seven.

Gus Atkinson also made just seven runs before being trapped lbw by Ali.

Rain finally won the struggle even if by the time the umpires called if off at 6.30pm – when they could have played until 7pm – the first blue skies of the day had appeared. It had all left England frustrated in their bid to get in a position where they can offer Pakistan a massive target to aim at.

That will surely happen today, with the weather forecast much better for the final two days and England certain to step on the gas.

And with the pitch becoming even more unpredictable – and the cloudy conditions set to favour swing bowlers, too – England are well and truly in the box seat.

COUNTY CRICKET

Kasey key to success for Stokes

DIVISION TWO leaders Durham are on the brink of beating bottom side Gloucestershire but will have to wait until today to seal victory.

Ben Stokes' side need just four runs in their second innings having bowled Gloucestershire out for 250 before bad light ended play.

Brydon Carse (below) took the wicket of James Bracey and finished with two for 44, while

Kasey Aldridge took four for 47, on the back of his first innings five for 16. Prior to their bowling display, Durham had increased their first innings total to 384, a lead of 247.

Leicestershire advanced to 84 without loss before rain arrived in the first innings of their Division One clash with Yorkshire at Scarborough.

Hampshire reached 124 for two in their second innings against Glamorgan, leading by 125 runs.

Play in all six of the other scheduled matches was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain on a soggy Saturday in the County Championship.

ATHLETICS Top billing for capital

ATHLOS founder Alexis Ohanian promised organisers of the all-female track and field competition are “all-in on London” after cancelling a third planned edition in New York.

Keely Hodgkinson (left) and Georgia Hunter Bell are among the athletes signed up for the inaugural London meeting.

Ohanlan explained on X, directly addressing athletes, that based on their feedback it was determined that the timing of the New York event in October was “a step too far” to ask athletes to be in their peak shape.

Both the London edition and the World Athletics Ultimate Championships take place in September.

Reddit founder Ohanian said: "We are all-in on London, redoubling our efforts to make London an amazing event."

POT LUCK Katie Boulter has noticed marijuana pong before and, above, Arthur Fery

Fans love grass court season BUT SMELL WHIFFS FOR BRITS

FROM ANDY SIMS IN YORK BRITAIN'S US Open hopefuls thought they had put the grass behind them when Wimbledon finished - but the smell of it is all around Flushing Meadows.

Marijuana is legal for adults in New York and while smoking is not allowed on site, the aroma of weed wafts over some outside courts from the nearby Corona Park.

British No.1 Katie Boulter said: "Yeah, I have experienced it. I'm not a huge fan of it. I know a lot of players have complained on some of the specific courts.

"I've played on one before and I did smell it during my match. It's something that I wouldn't like to smell in the middle of my match.

"I'm trying to focus and then obviously, it takes you out of the moment and you really don't want to. You don't need distractions."

Fran Jones, the British

No.3, recalled: "Last year I made a joke about that, in my first round, and I said to the guy, 'Is this normal?'.

"He's like, 'Yeah'. and I was like, 'Well, no wonder I'm playing pretty well'. This year I'll be like 'No, lock in, lock in!'"

Harriet Dart, who came through qualifying along with Jones, added: "It's New York. I feel like everywhere you walk, it's everywhere, no? It is what it is. Same for everyone."

The USTA said: "While we can't control what takes place off the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, we continue to be vigilant as we maintain this."

There are nine Brits in the US Open main draw, including Arthur Fery, who reached the last four at Wimbledon.

World No.1 Jannik Sinner pulled out with a knee injury but defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is making a comeback from a wrist issue. And Serena Williams will return four years after leaving tennis here, with sister Venus in the doubles.

FORMULA ONE: BRIT GETS HUGE PAYDAY

NOR WAY I'D LEAVE

Champ Lando signs £120m McLaren deal

BY PHILIP DUNCAN

LANDO NORRIS has signed a new £120million McLaren contract to keep him with the British team until at least the end of the 2030 season.

Norris' four-year contract extension could be worth up to £30m a season, to leave the world champion trailing only Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as one of the sport's big earners.

It is just reward for Norris, 26, who last season delivered McLaren's first drivers' title since Hamilton triumphed for them in 2008.

Confirmation of his new deal arrives just six days after Norris won for a second time in succession, at last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix, to raise hopes of defending his world crown.

Hamilton and Verstappen – the latter agreeing a bumper Red Bull extension earlier this month – are both understood to earn more than £60m annually.

And Norris said: “I feel I should earn as much as them, but (the contract) is certainly not close to the level of Lewis or Max.

“Which, in a way, it shouldn’t be because I’ve not achieved as much as them in their careers. But in another way, I believe it should be, because I believe I can fight against them whenever I need to, and I can do a better job whenever I need to."

Norris' extension will carry him to at least 12 seasons with McLaren, having signed to their junior programme when he was just 17.

Although Norris admitted there has been interest from rival teams, the Englishman - who has already competed in more races for McLaren than any driver in their history - had no desire to leave.

"There was interest from other teams, but there was no interest (from me) towards other teams," he added.

"It really was the easiest decision I've had to make in my career so far."

STAYING POWER Norris said it was easy decision

IT'S MON, GEORGE

BY DANIEL MOXON GEORGE RUSSELL heads to Monza next weekend for a crucial race in his bid to become world champion.

Russell (right) is now 59 points behind Kimi Antonelli but the Italian needs to take new engine

parts beyond his annual allowance - and Monza has been identified as the best place to swallow the resulting penalties.

With Antonelli set to start from the very back, it presents a huge opportunity for Russell.

Bingyu is back with real bang

SNOOKER

CHANG BINGYU held his nerve to beat Chinese compatriot Zhao Xintong 10-7 and win his first snooker ranking title at the Wuhan Open.

The 24-year-old (above) produced a superb clearance on the colours to beat the incoming world No.1.

Chang - the semi-final conqueror of Ronnie O'Sullivan - had reeled off four straight frames from 4-3 down to take control of the final.

He returned to the tour in 2025 after a two-year ban for match fixing.

POGACAR'S CRASH OUT

CYCLING

FIVE-TIME Tour de France champion and favourite Tadej Pogacar pulled out of the Spanish Vuelta after crashing during the eighth stage of the race.

The Slovenian (right) held

The Slovenian (high) a big lead in the race but got caught in a crash about 33kms from the finish.

He lost control and flew over his handlebars, hitting his head and shoulder.

Race organisers confirmed he pulled out of the race. Bryan Coquard, from the Cofidis team, claimed the stage win ahead of Mads Pedersen, who took the race leader's jersey from Pogacar.

Ray guns for trio of race wins

SUPERBIKES

BRAD RAY has victory in sight after a strong start to the Bank Holiday British Superbike Championship weekend at Cadwell Park.

The McAMS Yamaha rider (above) topped the free practice timesheets yesterday, including a best lap of 1min 25.674secs - just before rain hit.

He said: "We expect to be right in the fight in all three races this weekend."

Points leader Kyle Ryde was second quickest, 0.440secs adrift of Ray, with Ryan Vickers ending the day third.

KICK START FROM KOLBE

RUGBY UNION

SOUTH AFRICA produced a rousing performance to hit back against New Zealand in the Greatest Rivalry series, beating the All Blacks 33-26 in

Cape Town.

After last week's 33-16 defeat in Johannesburg, the back-to-back world champions levelled up the four-Test series with two more left to play.

Siya Kolisi (above) scored one of the hosts' three tries, yet with the All Blacks crossing four times they were indebted to Cheslin Kolbe, who kicked three conversions and four penalties.

3.25 HANDICAP £4 397 (5)

Forecast: 7-2 Oliver Show, 9-2 Inspired, 11-2 Principality, 13-2 Rhoscolyn, 7 Masked Warrior, 8 Real Gain, 12 Silca Bay, Drifts Away, 14 Others.

RACING: TODAY'S RACECARDS & YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

GOODWOOD

(ITV/RTV)

THE SCOUT: 1.25 Odell, 2.00 Oliver Show, 2.35 Flash Harry, 3.10 COAXED (trb), 3.45 Dunkeld Dreamer, 4.20 Personal Best, 4.55 OBITO (nap).

1 25 EBF NOVICE STAKES 2YO

320 WARD HOMES YORKSHIRE HANDICAP

		£20,616 (Class 2)	1m	(9 declared)
1	(8)	0	BUNDABERG (29) G & J Moore 9-7....	David Egan	67
2	(1)	2	FLIGHT TRACKER (24) R Beckett 9-7....	Rossa Ryan	83
3	(2)	2	GEORGE CROSS (26) Owen Burrows 9-7....	C Rodriguez	75
4	(9)	42	MISTER WHIPPY (15) E Walker 9-7....	K Shoemark	★84
5	(3)	4	NEW OXFORD (38) Harry Charlton 9-7....	L Edmunds	73
6	(6)		ODELL D Menuisier 9-7....	H Crouch	—
7	(7)		ROSSBEIGH F Brennan 9-7....	O Murphy	—
8	(5)	7L	SEE THE MOUNTAIN (24) A Balding 9-7....	D Probert	78
9	(4)	3	SOMERTON (38) R Hannon 9-7....	P Dobbs	74

Forecast: 9-4 Flight Tracker, 9-2 George Cross, Mister Whippy, 13-2 Somerton, 7 New Oxford, 10 See The Mountain, Rossbeigh, 14 Odell, 50 Bundaberg.

2.00 VIRGIN BET HANDICAP £13,085 (3) 1m

	(1)
	215,063 (5)			im
1	(5)	587/670	SWING VOTE (74) (D) S & E Crisford 6 10-3......	W Buick	91
2	(1)	500-000	GODWINSON (30) (C&D) J Channon 6 10-3......	D Probert	89
3	(3)	45-0151	PRINCIPALITY (16) (C&D) Harry Eustace 4 9-12....Kaiya Fraser	95
4	(10)	300-458	REAL GAIN (29) (D) H Al Jehani (UAE) 6 9-10....Harry Vigors(5)	97
5	(6)	95-0044	OLIVER SHOW (32) (D,F) G Boughey 6 9-10B Loughnane	95
6	(4)	500L0L	RHOSCOLYN (8) (C&D) (T) D O'Meara 8 9-5...D Tudhope	93
7	(2)	156500	RAINBOW NEBULA (8) (D) (T) R & P Fahey 4 9-4B Garritty	93
8	(11)	32-5134	MASKED WARRIOR (34) W Haggas 3 9-3......	C Fallon	95
9	(9)	308-711	DRIFTS AWAY (30) (D) T Kent 5 9-2......	R Dawson	95
10	(8)	L41415	SILCA BAY (25) (C&D) E J-Houghton 4 9-10 Carmichael(7)	96
11	(7)	445212	INSPIRED (22) (D,F) (T) K R Burke 4 9-1......	C Lee ★98
Forecast: 7-2 Oliver Show. 9-2 Inspired. 11-2 Principality. 13-2 Rhoscolvy. 7 Masked

2.35 VIRGIN BET DAILY PRICE BOOSTS HANDICAP £23 193 (2) 6f (15)

1	(10)	265620	FERROUS (29) (C,D) J Channon 6 9-12....C Rodriguez	103
2	(14)	104303	FANDOM (22) (D) R Hannon 5 9-10....J Leavy	104
3	(13)	746304	ARDISIA (28) (C&D) (T) H Palmer 3 9-9....O Murphy	99
4	(5)	5-56310	TOYOTOMI (71) (C&D,F) (T) D O'Meara 5 9-7. D Tudhope	102
5	(3)	71-3395	LAKERS (135) (D) K P De Foy 4 9-7....David Egan	104
6	(8)	770020	FAST TRACK HARRY (15) (D,F) C Cox 4 9-7B Loughnane	104
7	(2)	10-6090	FLASH HARRY (8) (C&D) C Cox 4 9-7....Rossa Ryan	100
8	(9)	40-4458	PUROSANGUE (29) (D) R Cowell 5 9-6....K Shoemark	105
9	(7)	6-30398	HAVANA HURRICANE (22) (C) E J-Houghton 3 9-5C Bishop	101
10	(6)	107421	STRIKE RED (44) (DO) (T) R & P Fahey 8 9-4. B Garritty	102
11	(15)	299228	RAPPER'S DELIGHT (33) R Spencer 4 9-2....G Wood	104
12	(12)	10-0514	JUNGLE DRUMS (31) (D) J Osborne 4 9-2....W Carver	102
13	(4)	0-32220	SUDDEN FLIGHT (20) (D) R Hughes 4 9-0....F Marsh	106
14	(11)	21-30L9	ZOULU CHIEF (8) (D) H Main 5 8-12....L Morris ★107
15	(1)	071790	PUREST TIME (20) (D) I Williams 6 8-10....D Probert	105
Forecast: 11-2 Fast Track Harry, 6 Rapper's Delight, 15-2 Flash Harry, Fandom, 8 Purosangue, 10 Lakers, Ardisia, Toyotomi, Strike Red, Ferrous, 14 Others.

310 VIRGIN BET PRESTIGE FILLIES' STAKES 2YO

1	(9)	131	APEROLL (38) (D,F) R Hannon 9-2....P Dobbs	101
2	(5)	31	APOLLO'S COMET (73) (D) J Harrington (IRE) 9-2...B Loughnane	86
3	(7)	212	BAYSIDE VIEW (38) (D,F) M Bell 9-2....O Murphy	100
4	(4)	1	COAXED (18) (D) J & T Gosden 9-2....W Buick	86
5	(6)	33113	EABHA (15) (D) E J-Houghton 9-2....C Bishop	93
6	(10)	133	LIGHT OF DAWN (28) (F) (T) K R Burke 9-2....C Lee ★106
7	(1)	413	MARTINET (22) (D) Sir M Prescott 9-2....DOUBTFUL
8	(3)	142	NUIT D'ECLAIR (22) K P De Foy 9-2....David Egan	103
9	(2)	11	REDLINE (55) (D) (T) C Johnston 9-2....Rossa Ryan	87
10	(8)	41	SIENA STORM (17) E Walker 9-2....K Shoemark	87
Forecast: 10-3			Aparoll, 7-3; Bayside View, 5 Light Of Dawn. Nuit D'clair, 11-2

345 VIRGIN BET DAILY EXTRA PLACES SELLING STKS

1	(2)	703471	ECHALAR (15) I Williams 4 9-13....B Loughnane	79
2	(3)	26-8321	GLORYOUS (4) J Osborne 4 9-8....W Carson	★89
3	(6)	9-5150	LORCA'S WALTZ (20) W Haggas 3 9-5....C Fallon	77
4	(8)	1-982L7	OHARA (22) E J-Houghton 3 9-5....O Carmichael(7)	77
5	(7)	232012	SUDBURY HILL (17) (F) Harry Derham 3 9-5....C Rodriguez	82
6	(5)	4-47316	UNCHARTEDTERRITORY (22) (T) D O'Meara 3 9-5....D Tudhope	75
7	(1)	424140	DUNKELD DREAMER (9) (F) (T) K R Burke 3 9-4....C Lee	83
8	(4)	02-56	ITICA (13) A Balding 3 9-2....O Murphy	72

TONGUE STRAP: No. 3 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 5.

Forecast: 11-4 Sudbury Hill, 7-2 Gloryous, 9-2 Lorca's Waltz, 15-2 Dunkeld Dreamer, 8 Echalar, Itica, 12 Uncharted territory, Ohara.

4.20 CITY OF CHICHESTER HANDICAP

1	(1)	253-13L	SYNERGISM (37) (D) Sir M Prescott 4 10-3...... Doubtful
2	(6)	5105L9	BAHADUR (29) (C&D) S Woods 4 10-3...... C Fallon			92
3	(4)	111-620	BLAZEON FIVE (64) (D) A King 8 10-3...... Rossa Ryan			88
4	(7)	3571/1	SQUIRE DANAGHER (78) E Lavelle 6 10-1...... R Dawson			88
5	(2)	357111	SENOR CORTEZ (20) (D) J Butler 5 10-0...... B Loughnane			89
6	(8)	61-5040	MOON OVER MIAMI (64) (D) R Beckett 5 10-0.. H Crouch			90
7	(9)	726316	MARNIER (22) G & J Moore 4 9-13...... Jason Watson			89
8	(5)	22-4321	PERSONAL BEST (37) (F) J Portman 4 9-8...... R Hornby			89
9	(3)	4/421-22	MAXIDENT (20) K P De Foy 6 9-8...... David Egan			89
10	(10)	20/9676	PREMIERE LIGNE (20) H Morrison 7 9-3...... O Murphy ★95
11	(11)	182220	KNIGHT TEMPLAR (20) (D) R Stephens 5 9-1.. D Probert			91

Forecast: 10-3 Senor Cortez, 9-2 Personal Best, 11-2 Maxident, 13-2 Squire Danagher, 8 Marnier, 14 Moon Over Miami, 20 Premiere Ligne, Bahadur, 25 Others.

455 VIRGIN BET SUPPORTS SAFE GAMBLING H'CAP

	20,000 (4)	III in 197yds	(11)
1 (10)	221313	A MAJOR PAYNE (17) (D) M Bell 5 10-3......O Murphy	85
2 (1)	24-3655	WAR HAWK (44) (D) S & E Crisford 4 10-2....C Rodriguez	83
3 (8)	5313-50	THINTHREAD (29) G Baker 4 10-2......B Sayette	82
4 (6)	6-82551	OBITO (20) (D) (T) D O'Meara 4 10-2......D Tudhope	84
5 (2)	6-67066	FIRST AMBITION (29) Michael Keady 5 10-0......H Crouch	86
6 (9)	4-1210	BEARISH (9) E Dunlop 3 9-11......Rossa Ryan	81
7 (11)	L228-50	ALCARAZ (29) (D) G Baker 7 9-11......David Egan	★91
8 (4)	400-253	DUE TO HENRY (78) (D,F) E J-Houghton 5 9-8.C Bishop	85
9 (3)	24-5067	BRIGID'S WELL (19) (T) H Palmer 3 9-6......D Probert	83
10 (5)	2-128L	SI GRASS (14) (T) C Johnston 3 9-3......C Shepherd	83
11 (7)	323-711	LAVENDER GOLD (36) (CSD) D Menquisier 3 8-13...Jason Watson	82

Forecast: 7-2 Obito, 4 A Major Payne, 5 Due To Henry, 7 Bearish, 8 Lavender Gold, 10 Si Grass, 12 War Hawk, First Ambition, 14 Others.

BEVERLEY

(ITV/RTV)

THE SCOUT: 1.40 Theoryofeverything, 2.15 Argentine Tango, 2.50 Eleven Eighty Two, 3.20 On The River, 3.55 Express Olivia, 4.30 Printing Money, 5.05 ELEMENTAL EYE (nb).

1.40 WILLIAM HILL SILVER CUP HANDICAP

1 (9) 054581 THEORYOFEVERYTHING (22) D O'Meara 6 10-2....J Hart 89 2 (2) 34-9822 IMPARTIALITY (19) (C,F) Phillip Makin 4 9-12Shane Gray 91 3 (5) 0-86634 WAHDAN (23) T Easterby 5 9-11.....J Dickson(5) 92 4 (6) 4-64212 TIGER (22) (D) I Williams 4 9-10.....P Mulrennan 90 5 (1) 491217 JEZ BOMB (14) (D) S England 5 9-9.....Rhys Elliott(5) 88 6 (10) 151-673 FOX AVATAR (18) (C&D,F) R Varian 5 9-9.P J McDonald 93 7 (3) 2L8-L05 KIND OF KISS (J41) (D) S England 5 9-6.....Oisin Orr 87 8 (4) 231-L6 ORATORICAL (115) D Loughnane 3 9-6.....Laura Pearson 84 9 (12) 973-046 GALVYX (19) (D,F) J Channon 5 9-6.....G Bass 91 10 (13) 28/15-31 AMANCIO (J63) Faye Bramley 5 9-5.....T Eaves 89 11 (7) 348048 PER CONTRA (24) (D) T Easterby 5 9-4.....D Allan ★94 12 (8) 13 BAY OF MYTHS (132) (D) Dr R Newland 3 8-12 G Mangan 82 13 (11) 153304 MUDITA (8) (D) R & P Fahey 3 8-4.....E Tindall(5) 84

Forecast: 10-3 Impartiality, 9-2 Fox Avatar, 5 Tiger, 15-2 Amancio, Galyx, 10 Theoryofeverything, Per Contra, 12 Wahdan, Bay Of Myths, 16 Others.

2.15 BEVERLEY BULLET SPRINT STAKES (LISTED) £39.697 (1) 5f (11)

1 (5) 0-08182 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (21) (D) K Ryan 6 9-7.... T Eaves 112 2 (8) 07-1900 AIN'T NOBODY (9) (D) K Ryan 4 9-4.... K Stott 107 3 (6) 843-001 AL SHABAB STORM (65) (D) M Appleby 5 9-4.... Conor Whiteley 114 4 (10) 711102 BADRI (14) (C&D) M Herrington 9 9-4.... C Beasley 112 5 (9) 490357 JM JUNGLE (9) (D,F) J & S Quinn 6 9-4.... J Hart ★118 6 (11) 21-3007 SHAGRAAN (57) (C&D,F) (T) C Cox 5 9-4.... P J McDonald 112 7 (2) 446610 ARGENTINE TANGO (30) (C&D) T Easterby 3 9-0 D Allan 109 8 (4) 051544 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (33) (C&D) B Haslam 4 8-13.... A Mullen 102 9 (7) 090633 ELEGANT ERIN (58) (C&D) P Midgley 9 8-13.... C Hardie 102 10 (3) 4-U4931 FLUORESCENCE (14) (D) E Bethell 4 8-13.... Oisin Orr 114 11 (1) 542600 HEAVENLY HEATHER (9) (D) T Wagcott 5 8-13. Doubtful

BLINKERS: No. 5 VISOR: No. 8 TONGUE STRAP: No. 3 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 6. Forecast: 5-2 Jm Jungle, 3 Shagraan, 4 Washington Heights, 15-2 Ain't Nobody, 10 Argentine Tango, 12 Fluorescence, Al Shabab Storm, 20 Badri, 25 Others.

250 EBF RESTRICTED MAIDEN FILLIES' STAKES 2YO

		£5,400 (4)	51	(13)
1	(13) 237793	CHEEKY CHESCA (13) T Easterby 9-2....D Allan	66
2	(3) 6	DAWN'S GIFT (29) Sara Ender 9-2....A Rawlinson	65
3	(1) 458	DOROTHEA HOPE (23) T Easterby 9-2....J Hart	71
4	(8) 422L	ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO (34) (F) B Haslam 9-2....A Mullen	★78
5	(6)	FLORAL MAID B Ellison 9-2....C Hardie	-
6	(4)	GET ON THAT BABY M & D Easterby 9-2....Joanna Mason	-
7	(11) 304532	LAST DANDELION (7) (F) S C Williams 9-2....E Tindall(5)	69
8	(12)	PICNIC PRINCESS R & P Fahey 9-2....Shane Gray	-
9	(2)	PIVOTAL VOYAGE K Ryan 9-2....T Eaves	-
10	(9) L	POCKET CHANGE (126) Phillip Makin 9-2....S James	62
11	(10) 3L5	PURRISTA (4) G Tutty 9-2....C Beasley	62
12	(5) 05L	SERENITY BAY (40) E Dunlop 9-2....Oisin Orr	55
13	(7) 05	SUENICORA STAR (29) B Ellison 9-2....MP Sheehy	60

BLINKERS: No. 1.

Forecast: 9-4 Eleven Eighty Two, 3 Last Dandelion, 4 Cheeky Chesca, 10 Pivotal Voyage, Picnic Princess, 12 Dawn's Gift, 14 Dorothea Hope, 20 Purrista, 33 Others.

	25-374 (4)		III 100yus	(13)
1 (3)	74110L	PRIAPOSS (29) (D) Phillip Makin 4 9-9....S James	92
2 (6)	025800	NOSTRUM (29) (D) M Appleby 6 9-9....J Hart	94
3 (12)	108L57	WALSINGHAM (22) (D) D O'Meara 6 9-8Conor Whiteley(5)	93
4 (11)	L-02280	HOT CASH (36) (D) J Channon 4 9-7....C Beasley	95
5 (9)	23-3278	GOLDEN REDEMPTION (57) G Harker 4 9-6....D Nolan	91
6 (10)	L03061	COUNT PALATINE (11) M Dods 5 9-5....S B Kirrane	92
7 (7)	2-52753	ON THE RIVER (36) (C&D) H Bethell 7 9-2....T Kiely-Marshall(5)	95
8 (5)	042175	HIGHLAND OLLY (18) (C,D) G Tuer 5 9-1....A Rawlinson	94
9 (1)	652212	TELE RED (310) (C,D) K R Burke 9 9-1....A Elliott	96
10 (4)	65-1414	WONDROUS LIGHT (80) (C&D) J Portman 4 9-0....K Stott	93
11 (2)	461121	THE SWEET ESCAPE (16) (C,D) D Loughnane 4 9-0....Doubtful
12 (8)	521472	FINANCER (14) T Easterby 5 9-0....D Allan	93
13 (13)	42244L	PANELLI (24) (D) M Sowersby 4 8-6....C Hardie ★99

TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 11, 13 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 8, 12.

Forecast: 5 Financer, 11-2 Count Palatine, 6 Tele Red, 8 Golden Redemption, Wondrous Light, On The River, 10 Hot Cash, Walsingham, Highland Olly, 16 Others.

255 CONSTANT SECURITY HANDICAP

1	(12)	018/532	MANAGING DIRECTOR (16) (D) G Oldroyd 4 9-13....P J McDonald	77
2	(11)	03-71L8	HOLBACHE (17) (D) J Camacho 8 9-12...T Kiely-Marshall(5)	76
3	(15)	4-31125	MILITARY GIRL (23) (D) M Dods 4 9-11.....C Beasley	78
4	(9)	505108	DAIZEN (9) R Menzies 3 9-10.....A Mullen	76
5	(5)	544645	VENTURA EXPRESS (17) (C&D) P Midgley 9 9-9...D Nolan	77
6	(3)	54-2033	QILA (18) B Ellison 3 9-8.....MP Sheehy	78
7	(4)	978056	TIRIAC (29) (D) P Midgley 6 9-8.....P Mulrennan	77
8	(10)	331700	TEES AGGREGATES (13) (C&D) Adrian Nicholls 4 9-7...J Nicholls(3)	★81
9	(13)	715317	GREAT (19) (D) S England 4 9-7.....Shane Gray	80
10	(14)	8-13655	MISS BRAZEN (13) (C&D) M & D Easterby 6 9-6...Joanna Mason	79
11	(7)	154347	SIMBA'S PRIDE (18) M Dods 3 9-5.....M Winn	78
12	(6)	44-6460	ICE COLD ALEX (10) (D) O Pears 3 9-4.....C Hardie	76
13	(2)	104L67	EMPRESS OLIVIA (33) M Walford 3 9-3...D Costello	72
14	(1)	122740	DREAM DEAL (36) (C&D) T Easterby 7 9-1.....D Allan	79
15	(8)	830452	HARB (9) (D) (T) T Davidson 7 9-0...J Hart	77

BLINKERS: No. 14 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 6, 14 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 7, 12. Forecast: 4 Managing Director, 6 Qila, Harb, 7 Ventura Express, 10 Military Girl, 12 Miss Brazen, Tiriac, 14 Great, Dream Deal, Tees Aggregates, 16 Others.

1	(4)	53691	INNS AND OUT (5) (D) T Easterby 9-11(6ex)......D Allan	67
2	(2)	3631	BELLA LUCIA (23) (D) G Tutty 9-9......Conor Whiteley(5)	66
3	(11)	123351	AMANTHA (8) (D,F) B Ellison 9-6......C Beasley	70
4	(8)	0502	COURT LEGEND (17) M & D Easterby 9-6......Joanna Mason	66
5	(5)	9673	PRINTING MONEY (11) D Cunha 9-5......S James	69
6	(6)	630	NOSEY BOOK (15) T Easterby 9-2......S B Kirrane ★72
7	(3)	5862	SUNRISE AT DAWN (46) Craig Lidster 9-1......T Eaves	67
8	(10)	462	BLACK FURY (18) O Pears 9-0......C Hardie	69
9	(1)	887	SCARLET DYNASTY (15) G Tutty 8-9......Rhys Elliott(5)	64
10	(9)	96L336	TIGER IN THE TREE (30) T Easterby 8-9......D Fentiman	65
11	(7)	005	BE MORE RUTHLESS (18) Adrian Nicholls 8-8J Nicholls(3)	68
12	(12)	LOL8	LOVEULONGTIME (18) G Harker 8-6......W Pyle	68

BEINKERS, NOS.: 5, 6 TONOOE STRAP. NO.: 5 OILER PLEOLO. NOS.: 4, 10. Forecast: 4 Bella Lucia, 9-2 Amantha, 6 Court Legend, Printing Money, 7 Sunrise At Dawn, 8 Black Fury, 10 Inns And Out, 14 Nosey Book, 16 Others.

5.05 APPRENTICE HANDICAP S4 527 (5) 3m 32

1 (5) 7-55312 ELEMENTAL EYE (55) (D) I Jardine 5 10-....J Nicholls 70 2 (3) 124-LLL MARBUZET (34) (D) T Easterby 7 9-13....J Dickson(5) 73 3 (7) 194523 TIME TURNER (30) E Bethell 4 9-9....C Horgan(3) 74 4 (4) 123171/ PFINGSTBERG (696) (D) M Walford 6 9-8....E Tindall(3) - 5 (2) 57923 SHOPAHOLIC (22) Jack Jones 4 9-8. Conor Whiteley(3) 72 6 (1) 7236-L4 SPOOKY WOOKY (22) S G West 4 9-5....W Pyle ★76 7 (8) 356870/ PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL (J527) (F) M Walford 9 9-1....Rhys Elliott(3) - 8 (6) 23-5234 JEDHI KNIGHT (10) (D) P Midgley 4 8-11....A Jary 72 BLINKERS: Nos. 1, 3, 8 VISOR: No. 6 TONGUE STRAP: No. 6 CHEEK PIECES: No. 2. Forecast: 9-4 Elemental Eye, 7-2 Pfingstberg, 4 Punxsutawney Phil, 13-2 Time Turner, 8 Spooky Wooky, 10 Shopaholic, 12 Jedhi Knight, 33 Marbuzet.

YARMOUTH

(ITV/SKY)

THE SCOUT: 2.20 Hidden Beyond, 2.55 Hypnotised, 3.25 Solanna, 4.00 Methgal, 4.35 Pickering Castle, 5.10 Ecclefechan.

2.20 EBF RESTRICTED NOVICE STAKES 2YO

1 (8)		CAPITANO JOSEPI K Frost 9-7....J Mitchell -
2 (3)	L	DEL PEARO (16) J Ryan 9-7....C Howarth(3)	32
3 (6)		EXTRAGALACTIC W Haggas 9-7....H Davies -
4 (10)	9	PRESSURED (16) E Dunlop 9-7....J Callan	49
5 (5)	8	STRONG PERFORMANCE (28) W Knight 9-4....M Ghiani	49
6 (11)	234	TOP COTE (104) (F) Jack Morland 9-4....J Peate	78
7 (4)	3	HIDDEN BEYOND (20) C Hills 9-2....D Muscutt	72
8 (7)	8	PERFECT LOVE (40) M Appleby 9-2....Mason Paetel(3)	23
9 (1)	95	MYSTIC UNICORN (12) Michael Keady 8-13....Taryn Langley(5)	70
10 (2)	5322	ROCSANE (27) G Margarson 8-13....S De Sousa ★79
11 (9)	75	THEFT (13) G Scott 8-13....D Keenan	67

CHEEK PIECES: No. 6.

Forecast: 5-2 Rocsane, 11-4 Top Cote, 3 Extragalactic, 5 Hidden Beyond, 14 Mystic Unicorn, 16 Theft, 25 Strong Performance, 33 Pressured, Capitano Josepi, 50 Others.

2.55 HANDICAP 60483(3)

1	(8)	26-7800	ADRESTIA (33) (C&D) S & E Crisford 4 10-0......S De Sousa	91
2	(3)	457155	ROCKING ENDS (14) (C&D) Tom Clover 6 9-11......D Muscutt	★97
3	(2)	15-5100	DAZZLING HAZE (31) (D) R Cowell 3 9-9......E Greatrex	93
4	(1)	641L00	SEVEN QUESTIONS (33) (C&D) R Cowell 5 9-8......J Mitchell	96
5	(6)	56LIL4	MICHAELA'S BOY (19) (C&D) R Cowell 6 9-8......M Ghiani	94
6	(4)	1-26984	KINSWOMAN (15) (D) W Haggas 4 9-8......H Davies	94
7	(7)	441-722	HYPNOTISED (15) (D) (T) Harry Charlton 3 9-3......P Bradley	94
8	(5)	1314-L4	ELARA MAY (9) (C&D) P McBride 3 9-3......Ashley Lewis(3)	92
9	(9)	551-382	FANTASY MASTER (8) (D) R Cowell 8 8-8......K O'Neill	94

VISOR: NO. 2 YOUNOEL STRAF : NO. 1 PICKLER PIECES. NOS.: 1, 4, 5, 9. Forecast: 11-4 Hypnotised, 3 Kinswoman, 13-2 Rocking Ends, Fantasy Master, 15-2 Adrestia, 10 Michaela's Boy, 12 Seven Questions, 16 Elara May, Dazzling Haze.

	£4,397 (5)		Imi 21 23yds		(9)
1 (5)	7-12273	ROSE COTTON (47) (F)	Tom Clover 4 9-9......J Mitchell	84
2 (1)	224363	PATROL (9) D Cunha 4 9-9......	J Callan	81
3 (2)	775786	TRIPLE DOUBLE A (22) (C,D) (T) H Palmer 4 9-9....L Catton(3)	★85
4 (7)	1-16LL3	TWILIGHT MOON (31) (T) M Tregoning 4 9-8....Ashley Lewis(3)	78
5 (9)	5317L4	MOONJID (15) (C&D) M Appleby 4 9-8.. Mason Paetel(3)	81
6 (3)	2104-97	SOMETHING SPLENDID (88) (D) P Chapple-Hyam 4 9-7....M Ghiani	73
7 (6)	143216	SOLANNA (18) (C&D) J Butler 7 9-5......D Muscutt	80
8 (4)	122245	ARUNDEL (351) (D) E Dunlop 4 9-0......E Greatrex	80
9 (8)	057L27	MAN OF DESERT (18) C Dwyer 5 9-0......S De Sousa	81

VISOR: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 9 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 4, 5. Forecast: 4 Solanna, 5 Arundel, 11-2 Rose Cotton, 6 Moonjid, 7 Patrol, Triple Double A, 8 Twilight Moon, 10 Something Splendid, 14 Man Of Desert.

		23,708 (6)	Of Syds	(n)
1	(10) 356374	NOBLE GUEST (33) (C) G Margarson 4 9-12....Mason Paetel(3)	68
2	(2) 36LL8L	SAM'S XPRESS (25) (D) J & S Birkett 6 9-12....D E Hogan	62
3	(3) 231621	VON KROLOCK (12) (D) James Owen 7 9-11C Howarth(3)	69
4	(7) 904721	METHGAL (17) (D,F) D Cunha 4 9-10....K S McHugh(7)	70
5	(6) 222275	INSUSPENSE (86) R Burdon 4 9-10....P Bradley ★74
6	(9) 6L1346	COURT DRIVE (24) (C&D) G Kelleway 5 9-10....J Mitchell	72
7	(1) 5347-49	DANGER ALERT (99) (D) Adam Kirby 6 9-9....P Cosgrave	71
8	(11) 6654	DEADLINE (17) W Greatrex 3 9-8....E Greatrex	72
9	(4) 2883L5	WOOLRIDGE (12) S Dixon 4 9-7....K O'Neill	69
10	(5) 9-05672	MY MATE KEV (12) (D) C Dwyer 4 9-6....S De Sousa	69
11	(8) 23-455	KYOTO (81) M Murphy 4 9-4....D Muscutt	73

4.35 HANDICAP £3 768 (6)

1	(8)	423L71	GIANT (7) (D) I Williams 6 10-0(Sex)......H Davies	66
2	(13)	79-L2L4	CUBAN GIRL (28) Brian Toomey 4 9-9......J Callan	70
3	(11)	L597-20	GEMINI STAR (10) J & S Birkett 6 9-8......D E Hogan	69
4	(14)	77-1313	CAMPANI (38) (C,D,F) D M Simcock 4 9-8......D Muscutt	68
5	(5)	3L8-776	PICKERING CASTLE (48) D M Simcock 4 9-5......J Haynes	64
6	(6)	04L-534	POTTERS PRINCE (141) M Crawley 4 9-5......D Keenan	68
7	(12)	L7186L	COURT OF SESSION (12) (D) P McEntee 7 9-5....C Planas	★71
8	(4)	6-31128	DESERT CHARM (21) (C) M Murphy 4 9-4......K O'Neill	67
9	(9)	331124	OH SO PERFECT (31) (D) M Appleby 3 9-2......Mason Paetel(3)	68
10	(2)	5042-59	YOKO (31) (T) D Loughnane 3 9-2......S De Sousa	61
11	(3)	8-6028	CAPTIVE BEAUTY (17) R Burdon 3 9-1......Josephine Gordon	68
12	(2)	975-059	WITHOUTFURTHERADO (10) P Charalambus & J Clutterbuck 4 9-1	68

13 (10)	975415	CAITLIN G (13) (C&D) M Fenton (IRE) 3 8-9	Grace McEntee	62
14 (1)	L-LL630	ROKUNI (4) C Wallis 4 8-9	Ashley Lewis(3)	59

Forecast: 3 Campani, 4 Giant, 11-2 Oh So Perfect, 8 Potters Prince, 10 Desert Charm, 12 Cuban Girl, 14 Gemini Star, Pickering Castle, Caitlin G, 20 Others.

510 APPRENTICE HANDICAP

	£3,768 (6)		1m 3yds		(8)
1	(6)	4-70634	SYMPHONY OF JOY (27) K Frost 4 10-2....	S C Cronin	67
2	(7)	34-57'21	PIAZZA (11) (F) (T) Ollie Sangster 3 10-2....	J Callan	64
3	(8)	9L6531	ECCLEFECHAN (6) (D,F) J Ryan 3 10-0(6ex)...	C Howarth	62
4	(5)	965LL0-	CAPTAIN CORELLI (283) (D) J Camacho 9 9-9....	H Burns	49
5	(3)	239325	CRIMSON RAMBLER (30) (D) M Crawley 3 9-9....	Liam Wright	66
6	(1)	90-7335	BIG ALEX WALMSLEY (10) Mrs I G-Leveque 4 9-8....	Ashley Lewis	66
7	(2)	967-535	MERITOCRATIC (70) James Owen 3 9-5....	Mason Paetel	62
8	(4)	226296	AMARACHI (17) (C) J Parr 4 9-4....	C Planas	★68

BLINKERS: No. 5 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 4, 7.

Forecast: 7-4 Piazza, 3 Ecclefechan, 6 Crimson Rambler, 8 Symphony Of Joy, 10 Meritocratic, 12 Big Alex Walmsley, 14 Amarachi, 16 Captain Corelli.

EVE'S CELEBRATION

BY DAVID YATES

ZAVATERI is heading straight back to the top level for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October after turning Goodwood's Group Two

The winner of the Group One Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at the Curragh as a two-year-old, Eve Johnson Houghton's stable star was forced to miss the 2,000 Guineas because of injury.

After three months on the sidelines, Zavateri had excuses when fifth in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and the City Of York Stakes on the Knavesmire eight days ago.

And Charlie Bishop's mount, the well-backed 11-10 market leader, made a quick return to the fray to humble 2025 Sussex Stakes hero Qirat by three and a half lengths.

"He showed the turn of foot which we know he had," said Oxfordshire trainer Johnson

"It's taken him a bit of time to find it this year but, as I said beforehand, 'If he goes on the ground, he wins!

ground, he wins!'

"He's been known to bite a few and kick a few - I had a right black eye from him the other day.

"He travels with his own teddy bear, because that's his comfort blanket, but he is a machine when it comes to it."

And Johnson Houghton gave a straight answer to the question of where the Nick and Janice Mariscotti-owned colt will go next.

"The QEII. That's where we're going. End of conversation," added Johnson Houghton, whose late father Fulke landed the one-mile Group Onewith Rose Bowl in 1975 and 1976.

"We need to go back to Group 1 company at Ascot. I'm really keen to do that. We won it twice a long time ago and it's the right race for this horse."

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+++ YESTERDAY'S AFTERNOON RESULTS +++

BEVERLEY: Soft-heavy in places

1.45-TRILBY (P J McDonald, 3-1 jt fav) 1; Francisco's Piece (9-1) 2; Lethal Nymph (3-1 jt fav) 3. H'cap 9 ran. $^{3}$ /d, nk. (S England). Non-runners: Cinque Verde, Solar Aclaim.

2.20-VALLEY OF FLOWERS (Joanna Mason, 4-1 jt 2nd fav) 1; Uncharted territory (6-1) 2; Northern Brave (5-2 fav) 3. H'cap 8 ran. $1^{1/4}$ , $1^{1/2}$ . (Samantha & Jacqueline Coward). Non-runner: Barak Warrior.

2.55-FANS FAVOURITE (Conor Whiteley, 3-1 co fav) 1; Rapide Vega (3-1 co fav) 2; Ciao Capo (3-1 co fav) 3. H'cap 8 ran. nk, $2^{1/4}$ . (H Palmer). Nonrunners: Everyoneknowsadave, Lady Hornblower, Shimmering Sands.

3.35-NECROMANCER (J Hart, 7-2) 1; Blanquita (10-3 2nd fav) 2; Pen Lan Icon (20-1) 3.13 ran. $1^{1/2}$ , $2^{1/2}$ . (R Beckett; 13-8 fav Saffron Bay). Non-runner: Naseebwali.

4.10-SUPREME CLARETS (Oisin Orr, 10-3) 1; Misunderstood (4-1) 2; Son (11-4 jt fav) 3. H'cap 8 ran. hd, 1/4l. (R & P Fahey; 11-4 jtfav One Night Thunder). Non-runners: Arduis Invicta, Glenfinnan, Highland Shah, Obelix, The Sweet Escape.

4.45-TARMONBARRY KID (Oisin Orr, 9-1) 1; Style Of Life (12-1) 2; Coolree (14-1) 3. H'cap 10 ran. 1l, 1½l. (R & P Fahey; 4-1 fav Glen Nevis). Non-runners: Boriina, Sandy Craic.

Placepot: £81.40

(Race 1) 5, 8, 9; (2) 3, 7, 6; (3) 8, 5, 4; (4) 13, 9, 4; (5) 13, 5, 4; (6) 9, 3, 6.

Quadpot: £24.30

CARTMEL: Good-good to soft in places

2.05-ALVESTA (L Norcei, 5-2 2nd fav) 1; Zamond (11-2) 2; Lord Of The Glance (16-1) 3. H'cap 11 ran. 2 $^{1/4}$ , 3 $^{3/4}$ . (J Moffatt; 2-1 fav Mi Sueno). Non-runner: Ambassador.

2.40-GAMBINO (H Skelton, 3-10 fav) 1; Whermyrosemarygoes (7-2 2nd fav) 2; Faithful Guardian (12-1) 3. 9 ran. 1l, 4l. (D Skelton). Non-runner: Argentum.

3.15-SEEYAINTHESUNINN (A Stevens, 15-2) 1; Frisky Whiskey (9-2 jt 2nd fav) 2; Larkfield Lusive (18-1) 3. H'cap 12 ran. $1^{1/4}$ , $1^{1/2}$ . (M Hammond; 4-1 fav Kingofthegame). Non-runners: Robert d'Ores, Stiletto.

3.53-MORNING MAYHEM (H Reed, 8-1) 1; Lightening Company (20-1) 2; Roysse (6-1) 3. H'cap 11 ran. $1^{1/2}$ , shd. (Nick Scholfield; 10-3 fav My Chiquita). Non-runners: Banderas, Edelak, King Ulanda.

4.25-PASSING DIAMOND (R McLernon, 8-15 fav) 1; Lermoos Legend (15-2) 2; Palamon (7-1 jt 2nd fav) 3. H'cap 5 ran. 5l, $4^{3}/4$ l. (B Haslam).

5.05-ILLOGICAL LOGIC (E Collier, 7-1) 1; Roi Du Roume (11-4 fav) 2; Path Of Stars (15-2) 3. H'cap 11 ran. 2I, 2I. (D Thompson).

Placepot: £113.00

(Race 1) 6, 1, 4; (2) 1, 5, 7; (3) 8, 3, 5; (4) 6, 13, 3; (5) 3, 4; (6) 4, 7, 8.

Quadpot: £39.10

GOODWOOD: Soft

1.25-SILVERELLA (D Probert, 14-1) 1; Rhythm Of My Heart (3-1 2nd fav) 2; Roku Nana (5-1) 3. 13 ran. $1^{1/2}$ , $1^{2}$ . (M Tregoning; 9-4 fav Lily Pink).

2.00-FORTY YEARS ON (H Crouch, 6-4 fav) 1; Fondo Blanco (14-1) 2; Pellitory (11-1) 3. H'cap 11 ran. 2I, 1I. (G Scott). Non-runners: Aalto, Addison Grey, Carnival Of Light, Completely Random.

2.35-TOO SOON (W Fentiman, 4-1) 1; High Degree (2-1 fav) 2; Green Sky (8-1) 3. H'cap 9 ran. $4^{1/2}$ , $1^{1/4}$ , (G & J Moore).

3.10-ZAVATERI (C Bishop, 11-10 fav) 1; Qirat (13-2) 2; Fast Tracker (12-1) 3.7 ran. $3^{1/2}$ , $2^{1/4}$ . (E J-Houghton). Non-runners: Arisaiq, Pina Sonata.

3.45-CHIMES OF THUNDER (D Probert, 9-2) 1; Queen Of Scotland (15-2) 2; Aunt Roberta (15-2) 3.8 ran. $4^{3}/{\mathrm{d}}$ , $3^{1}/{\mathrm{d}}$ . (W Haggas; 9-4 fav Tropical Sands).

4.20-GOOLOGONG (B Sayette, 7-2) 1; Zachary Hickes (5-2 2nd fav) 2; Russian Rumour (25-1) 3. H'cap 9 ran. 11l, shd. (G Baker; 85-40 fav Arcturus Flame). Non-runners: Educator, Mr Freedom, Two Plus Two.

4.55–NAANA'S SPARKLE (K O'Neill, 11-4 2nd fav) 1; Toca Madera (15-8 fav) 2; Dream Composer (10-1) 3. H'cap 6 ran. 1 $^{1/2}$ l, 2 $^{1/4}$ l. (Lemos Souza). Non-runners: Democracy Dilemma, Dyonisos.

Jackpot: Not won, pool of £10,820.33 carried over to.

Placepot: £69.20

(Race 1) 12, 11, 6; (2) 5, 2, 3; (3) 3, 2, 9; (4) 9, 5; (5) 2, 7, 1; (6) 7, 6, 5;

Quadpot: £19.80

SANDOWN: Good to soft

1.40-TALL TREES (J P Spencer, 6-4 jt fav) 1; Victoria Night (7-1) 2; Flower Show (6-4 jt fav) 3.8 ran. hd, $2^{1/4}$ . (B Meehan). Non-runner: Thi Qar.

2.15-KOKBASTAU (R Dawson, 9-2 2nd fav) 1; Alcarath (3-1 fav) 2; Stem (17-2) 3. H'cap 11 ran. hd, $^{3}/_{4}$ , (R Varian). Non-runners: Cash, King's Charter.

2.50-LOVE DYNASTY (N Callan, 33-1) 1; Noche Clasica (14-1) 2; Moon Target (7-2) 3. 10 ran. nk, nk. (K Ryan; 3-1 fav Kon Tiki).

3.30-ALFRED WALLACE (K Shoemark, 11-4 2nd fav) 1; Dover Street (16-1) 2; Breacher (10-3) 3.8 ran. $\frac{1}{2}$ l, $\frac{1}{2}$ l. (E Walker; 9-4 fav Mia Fantasia). Non-runners: Rock Montreal, Sergei Diaghilev.

4.05-STORM FREE (L Edmunds, 12-1) 1; Desert Shadow (2-1 fav) 2; Defence Minister (9-4 2nd fav) 3. H'cap 8 ran. $^{3}/{4}$ , $^{3}/{4}$ . (J Tate). Non-runners: Huscal, Silver Ghost.

4.35-VICTORY GOLD (O Murphy, 7-4 fav) 1; Noble Prince (2-1 2nd fav) 2; Dontlookbackinanga (7-1) 3. H'cap 5 ran. $2^{1/2}$ , $3^{3/4}$ . (S bin Suroor). Nonrunners: Clive The Writer, Sanbona Warrior, Waasil.

5.10-ROSARIO (Rossa Ryan, 6-5 fav) 1; Lipsink (9-1) 2; Havana Smile (14-1) 3. H'cap 8 ran. shd, $1^{3/4}$ . (R Teal). Non-runners: Hypnotised, Quantum Power.

Placepot: £38.80

(Race 1) 7, 9, 4; (2) 5, 8, 12; (3) 2, 4, 7; (4) 1, 3, 2; (5) 6, 2, 1; (6) 1, 4;

Quadpot: £15.50

ALFRED DELIGHT

HEAVY rain saw favourite Rock Montreal defect from Sandown Park's Group Three Solario Stakes, in which Alfred Wallace, with six runs the most

experience of the eight-runner field, put his know-how to good use under Kieran Shoemark.

The other Group Three at the Esher track, the Atalanta Stakes, fell to the Neil Callan-partnered 33-1 shot Love Dynasty.

Gwengwe (Newport C)....4	Hogh (Celtic)....3
Newby (York)....3	Phillips (St Mirren)....3
Kavanagh (Oldham)....3	Nygren (Celtic)....2
Lakin (Barnet)....3	Duran (Celtic)....2
Pressley (Walsall)....2	Wright (Hibernian)....1

CAMBRIDGE UTD (0) 1	HUDDERSFIELD (0) 2
Bradshaw 80	Taylor 82, 89 (pen)

CARDIFF (2) 2

LEYTON ORIENT (0) 1Oyekunle 85

BARNSLEY (1) 3Kirk 15

MK DONS (0) 0	LEICESTER (0) 0
	ATT: 16 198

BLACKBURN (0) 1Morishita 49

QPR (0) 2Smyth 51, Dunne 74ATT: 12.905

STEVENAGE (0) 2	DONCASTER (0) 2
Magennis 57	Senior 70
Sanderson 82	Bailey 80

LEAGUE ONE sky bet LEAGUE ONE

PETERBOROUGH (0) 0

BLACKPOOL (2) 4 Williams 19, Charles 20 Anderson 56, Yates 72

ATT: 9,327

Blackpool: Peacock-Farrell, Williams, Casey, Earl, Hamilton, Bowler (Lyons 79), Honeyman, Morgan (Clarkson 64), Anderson, Bloxham (Munroe 75), Charles (Yates 64). Subs not used: Southwood, Kouassi, Hunter.

Peterborough: Bass, Johnston (Dornelly 75), Okagbue, O'Connor, Mills, Kelly, Woods (Jones 60), Edwards (Shofowoke 60), Khela (Ormerod 77), Williams, Leonard. Subs not used: Andeng-Ndi, Weir, Conn-Clarke.

Cambridge Utd: Eastwood, Heffernan, Watts, Perry (Lavery 90), Bennett, Ball, Mpanzu (Moxon 74), Bradshaw, Knight (Bangura-Williams 74), Heath (Kaikai 59), Appere (Ahadme 59). Subs not used: Hughes, McConnell. Booked: Bradshaw 54, Bennett 89. Huddersfield: Young, Balker, Wallace, Bowat, Bronkhorst, Ledson, Harness, Smith-Sway (Collins 66), Sanches Fernandes (Low 90), Taylor, Fletcher (Radulovic 66). Subs not used: Tzanev, Sorensen, Kasumu, Sebine.

Leyton Orient: Phillips, Stevens, Olowu, Chinedu, Morris (Oyekunle 69), Hayden (Clare 60), El Mizouni, Akhamrich (Mitchell 69), Dobra (Obiero 46), Springett, Kabia (Archibald 60). Subs not used: Cahill, Wellens. Booked: Hayden 29, Springett 73, Archibald 75, Stevens 78. Barnsley: Ravenhill, Noslin, O'Riordan, Gale, Kay, Bland, McGeehan, Alker (Richards 46), Kelly (Town 90), Cleary (O'Keefe 79), Kirk (Farrell 72). Subs not used: Flavell, Taylor, Saunders. Booked: Bland 28, Noslin 62, Gale 67, McGeehan 69.

MK Dons: MacGillivray, Jones (Barnett 56), Ekpiteta, Goode (Sanders 81), Nelson, Bramall, Wintle, Barlaser (Silvera 80), Wiles (Gilbey 71), Collins (Paterson 56), Nombe. Subs not used: Dennis, Crowley. Leicester: Stolarczyk, Joseph, Souttar, Thomas, McFarlane, Page, Burns (Howell 61), Chaplin (Bristric 36), Braybrooke, Watson (Alves 82), De Cordova-Reid (Cullen 82). Subs not used: McCarthy, Aluko, Kagnaspiemi. Booked: Thomas 48, Souttar 80, Cullen 90.

NOTTS COUNTY (0) 2Smyth 78, 84 (pen)

BURTON ALBION (1) 1Delap 22

Notts County: Belshaw, Gibbons, Ness, Bedeau, Tsaroulla (Samuels-Smith 90), Finneran, Evans (Smyth 46), Lipsiuc (Kouhyar 67), Mustapha, Roberts (Grant 66), Cooper. Subs not used: Griffiths, Baker, Muir. Booked: Finneran 36.

Burton Albion: Addai, Sibbick, Delap, Tilt, Lofthouse, Evans (Adom 87), Krubally (Collar 62), Armer, Chauke, Webster, Scutt (Shade 63). Subs not used: Araujo, Adiele, Sraha, Dudek. Booked: Tilt 34, Armer 51, Krubally 52, Evans 65. Sent-off: Tilt 83.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Blackpool	3	2	1	0	7	2	7
Huddersfield	3	2	1	0	6	2	7
Stockport Cty	3	2	0	1	9	4	6
Sheff Wed	3	2	0	1	9	4	6
Bradford	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Notts County	3	1	2	0	5	4	5
Luton	2	1	1	0	6	5	4
Oxford Utd	2	1	1	0	4	3	4
Barnsley	3	1	1	1	3	2	4
Cambridge Utd	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Burton Albion	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Plymouth	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Bromley	3	1	1	1	4	8	4
Mansfield	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
MK Dons	3	0	3	0	3	3	3
Leyton Orient	3	1	0	2	4	5	3
Peterborough	3	1	0	2	2	7	3
Stevenage	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
Doncaster	3	0	2	1	3	4	2
Leicester	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
Wycombe	3	0	2	1	3	7	2
Reading	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
AFC Wimbledon	2	0	1	1	0	3	1
Wigan	2	0	0	2	2	5	0

Pleguezuelo 44, White 50

Plymouth: Cooper, Harding, Mitchell, Pleguezuelo, Hartridge, Curtis (Watts 90), Bakinson, White, Irow (Amaechi 71), Evans, Pepple (Ibrahim 84). Subs not used: Storer, Edwards, Finn, Sorinola. Booked: Evans 2, Harding 33.

Bradford: McCracken, Baldwin, Pennington (Welch 64), Gillesphey, Neufville, Sarcevic, Connolly, Touray, Jackson (Phillips 46), Swan (Pointon 46), Beesley (Powell 64). Subs not used: Dawson, Cartwright, Pratt. Booked: Beesley 2, Connolly 88.

SHEFF WED (3) 7	BROMLEY (0) 2
Slattery 7	Adeboyejo 85 (pen)
Burstow 31	Otegbayo 87 (og)
Lowe 45, 73

Barry 46, 49
Otegbayo 81	ATT: 30,006

Sheff Wed: Lumley, Valery, Santos (Otegbayo 46), Cooper (Palmer 69), James, Mitchell (Thornton 69), Bannan (Morrison 61), Lowe, Slattery, Barry (Al Hamadi 79), Burstow. Subs not used: Trueman, Moses. Booked: Slattery 90.

Bromley: George, Ifill, Headman, Sowunmi, Grant, Pinnock (Archer 46), McKiernan (Brenan 46), Conteh, Hondermarck (Mendy 60), Whitely (Adeboyejo 46), Cheek (Kabamba 69). Subs not used: Mason, Thompson. Booked: Pinnock 34, Sowunmi 56.

Stevenage: Marschall, Vancooten, Piergianni, Freestone, James Wildin, Thompson (Taylor 73), Phillips, Patterson (Earley 90), Kemp, Roberts (Mellon 74), Magennis (Sanderson 71). Subs not used: Barden, Houghton, Knight.

Doncaster: Simkin, Bailey, Byrne, McGrath (Grehan 64), Senior, Robinson (Broadbent 63), Gotts, O'Reilly (Ayinde 64), Adelakun (McCann 46), May, Hutchinson (Hanlan 64). Subs not used: Clarke, Thomas. Booked: Hutchinson 40, McGrath 56, Senior 76. Ref: Ollie Yates

STOCKPORT COUNTY (2) 5	WYCOMBE (1) 1
Wood 16, 23	Woodrow 43
Wootton 56
Diamond 61
Mandron 89

Stockport County: Whatmuff, Gordon, O'Connell, Pye, Glover (Edun 72), Bate, Norwood (Fiorini 81), Osborn, Diamond (Mandron 72), Wootton (Andresson 82), Wood (Adigun 64). Subs not used: Wilson-Brown, Gardner.

Ref: Edward Duckworth.

Wycombe: Hazard, Grimmer (Parker 77), Taylor, Cook (Casey 76), Harvie, Morley (Boyd-Munce 46), Scowen, Onyedinma, Henderson, Thomas (Quitirna 71), Woodrow (Tezgel 70). Subs not used: van Sas, Mullins.

PREMIER LEAGUE

HOME
AWAY

		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Man City	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	6
2	Hull	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	6
3	Newcastle	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	4
4	Everton	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
5	Brighton	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
6	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
7	Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
8	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	3
9	Ipswich	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
10	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
11	Liverpool	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	2
12	Bournemouth	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1
13	Nottm Forest	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1
14	Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
16	Man Utd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18	Coventry	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	0
20	Tottenham	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0

PREMIER LEAGUE

CHAMPIONSHIP

Elanga (Newcastle)....2 Braut Haaland (Man City)2 Hinshelwood (Brighton)..2 Cherki (Man City)....2 Scott (Bournemouth)....1

CHAMPIONSHIP

Larin (Southampton)....4 Lankshear (Middlesbro)...4 Nabizada (Watford)....2 Brooks (Norwich)....2 Gudjohnsen (Blackburn)...2

Blackburn: Toth, Alebiosu, Atcheson, McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro (Pates 81), Forshaw (Morsy 57), Montgomery (Garrett 81), Morishita, Cantwell (Vare 88), Afolayan (Fevrier 81), Gudjohnsen. Booked: Gudjohnsen 65, McLoughlin 76, Morsy 80.

QPR: Charles, Mbengué (Adamson 81), Dunne, Clarke-Salter, Cirkin (Lamptey 46), Smyth (Poku 64), Edwards, Madsen (Kamara 46), Chair, Kone (Lloyd 57), Burrell. . Booked: Clarke-Salter 30, Edwards 40. Ref: Gavin Ward.

BOLTON (0) 0ATT: 21,581

LINCOLN CITY (0) 1House 66

Bolton: Bonham, Brunt, Forino-Joseph, Famewo (Larrazabal 61), Conway, Sheehan, Erhahon (Watson 80), Iling-Junior (Dong 61), McAtee (Hardie 72), Gale (Nelson 71), Dalby.

Lincoln City: Wickens, Elerewe, Towler, Elder, Jefferies, Varfolomeyev (Bayliss 85), McGrandles, Reach, Hackett (Olaofe 80), Draper (Street 65), House (Honohan 85). Booked: House 30, Varfolomeyev 79, McGrandles 90. Ref: Ben Speedie.

BRISTOL CITY (1) 2	PORTSMOUTH (0) 1
Tolaj 31	Milovanovic 90 (pen)
Knight 56	ATT: 24,134

Bristol City: Tickle, Tanner (Eile 85), Dickie, Eissat, Cardines, Knight, Williams, Wallace (Horvat 68), Twine (Greenwood 68), Hirakawa (Pring 74), Tolaj (Ballard 74). Booked: Cardines 49, Knight 67, Dickie 77.

Portsmouth: Schmid, Devlin, Arthur (Dia 69), Shaughnessy, Swanson, Shein, Pack (Swift 74), Kamara, Segecic, Kavuma-McQueen (Blair 63), Bishop (Milovanovic 63). Ref: James Bell.

Cardiff: Trott, Ng, Bielik (Scanlon 90), Osho, Bagan, Robertson, Ashford (Davies 85), Tanner (Willock 72), R Colwill, Moylan (J Colwill 85), Salech (Robinson 85). Booked: Robertson 4, Moylan 33. Sheff Utd: Cooper, Baptiste (Norrington-Davies 58), Tanganga, McGuinness, McCallum, Donovan (Shackleton 46), Rothwell (Riedewald 65), Peck, O'Hare, Bamford (Phillips 46), Cannon (Brereton Diaz 84). Booked: McGuinness 10, Peck 75.

Charlton: Okonkwo, McNamara, Jones, Bell, Mesik, Coventry, Chalobah (Nwamba 63), Campbell (Rankin-Costello 90), Carey (Alli 46), Ahearne-Grant (Asiimwe 90), Leaburn (Mbick 88). Booked: Rankin-Costello 90.

ATT: 17,256

LEAGUE ONE

Marriott (Reading)....3 Lowe (Sheff Wed)....3 Taylor (Huddersfield)....3 Adeboyejo (Bromley)....3 Collins (MK Dons)....2

COVENTRY (0) 0 HULL (0) 1

LIVERPOOL (0) 2 NOTTM FOREST (1) 2

Munoz 82 Gibbs-White 70 (pen)

TOTTENHAM (0) 0 NEWCASTLE (0) 2

Preston: Iversen, Clarke, Offiah (Erabi 70), Lindsay, Gibson, Vukcevic (Wiley 88), Thompson (Small 77), Leroy, Devine, Lang (Mills 70), Burgzorg. Booked: Leroy 54. Ref: Tom Reeves.

ATT: 61,025

SUNDERLAND v FULHAM

ATT: 26,576

DERBY (0) 0 SWANSEA (2) 3

PLAYING TOMORROW

PLAYING TODAY

CHELSEA v BRIGHTON

Derby: Zetterstrom, Johnston (Ward 46), Langas, Sanderson, Taylor, Mowatt (Eames 78), Travis, Hedges (Brewster 46), Clark, Blackett-Taylor (Szmodics 46), Salvesen (Bilbija 70). Subs not used: Vickers, Forsyth, Nyambe, Fraulo. Booked: Langas 69, Sanderson 79, Travis 81.

ASTON VILLA v ARSENAL

8pm, Sky Sports ....

2pm, Sky Sports ...... LEEDS v BRENTFORD 2pm, Sky Sports ....

Swansea: Vigouroux, Key, Lissah, Welsh, Tymon, Widell (Just 65), Fulton (Stephen Eustaquio 65), Stamenic, Opoku (Yeo 24), Idah (Vipotnik 65), Eom (Ronald 85). Booked: Stamenic 73, Just 84. Ref: David Webb.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Charlton	3	3	0	0	5	2	9
Wolves	3	2	1	0	9	4	7
Swansea	3	2	1	0	5	1	7
QPR	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
Middlesbrough	3	2	0	1	6	4	6
Millwall	3	2	0	1	6	5	6
West Brom	3	2	0	1	6	5	6
Birmingham	3	1	2	0	4	3	5
Watford	3	1	2	0	4	3	5
Blackburn	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Bolton	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Bristol City	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
Cardiff	3	0	3	0	5	5	3
Sheff Utd	3	0	3	0	2	2	3
Portsmouth	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
Norwich	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
Lincoln City	3	1	0	2	3	5	3
Southampton	3	2	0	1	9	4	2
West Ham	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
Wrexham	3	0	2	1	3	4	2
Derby	3	0	1	2	3	7	1
Burnley	3	0	1	2	4	9	1
Preston	3	0	0	3	2	6	0
Stoke	3	0	0	3	3	9	0

LEAGUE TWO

SCOTTISH PREM

sky bet CHAMPIONSHIP

West Brom: O'Leary, Galves, Phillips, Campbell, Styles, Whitwell (Nzingoula 70), Molumby (Tunde 77), Diakite, Price, Myhre (Heggebo 77), Morgan (Stewart 86). Booked: Diakite 61. Ref: Paul Tierney.

Norwich: Kovacevic, Stacey, McConville, Cordoba, Chrisene, McLean (Wright 80), Mattsson, Brooks (Crnac 71), Schwartau (Ben Slimane 62), Musaba (Diallo 62), Toure (Kvistgaarden 71). Booked: McConville 16, Cordoba 29, Brooks 63, Ben Slimane 65.

Burnley: Weiss, Walker, Ahmedhodzic, Alleyne, Roberts, Mejbri (Raghouber 82), Laurent, Bruun Larsen (Edwards 64), Ramsey (Amdouni 64), Satpaev, Flemming (Hountondji 78). Booked: Laurent 28, Flemming 71. Sent-off: Laurent 77. Ref: Elliot Bell.

Southampton: Peretz, Bree, Wood-Gordon, Schlotterbeck (Stephens 87), Manning, Bragg, Downes (Ward-Prowse 46), Matsuki (Dobbin 81), Azaz, Scienza (Fellows 71), Larin (Mubama 70). Booked: Manning 4, Fellows 87.

Millwall: Crocombe, Sykes, Taylor, Cooper, Sturge (Baggott 71), Neghli, De Norre, Metcalfe (Lovelace 79), Arconte (Kelly 71), Coburn (Dykes 80), Lisbie (Cundle 61). Booked: Sykes 10. Ref: Adam Herczeg.

WATFORD (1) 1Nabizada 19

WEST HAM (1) 1Pollock 27 (og)ATT: 20 976

Watford: Ravaglia, Traore, Pollock, Keben, Zemura, Bove, Kyprianou, Maamma (Vata 73), Bravo (Kayembe 85), Nabizada (Payero 60), Kjerrumgaard (Doumbia 60). Booked: Bove 7, Maamma 24, Keben 49.
West Ham: Hermansen, Veltman, Golambeckis, Kilman, Walker-Peters (Scarles 86), Bowen, Engels, Kante (Orford 65), Solomon, Mukasa (Piroe 65), Castellanos. Booked: Veltman 31.
Ref: Robert Madley

WOLVES (2) 4	STOKE (1) 1
R Gomes 19, 23, Jimenez 55 (pen)	Gallagher 2
James 84	ATT: 30,334

Wolves: Jose Sa, Tchatchoua, Djiga, T Gomes, H Bueno, Andre Trindade (Traore 73), Munetsi (Doyle 77), R Gomes (James 77), Lopez, Mane (Chirewa 83), Jimenez (Armstrong 73). Booked: Mane 39. Stoke: Johansson, Johnson, Lawal, Wilmot, Bocat, Soumare (Rigo 85), Galbraith, Gallagher (Martin 85), Bae (Manhoef 62), Thomas, Hirst (Bozenik 74). Booked: Bae 15, Lawal 31, Gallagher 45, Thomas 90. Ref: Tom Nield.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Celtic	3	3	0	0	8	2	9
Hearts	3	2	0	1	7	3	6
Dundee	3	2	0	1	4	1	6
St Mirren	2	2	0	0	3	0	6
Motherwell	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Dundee Utd	4	1	1	2	5	7	4
Hibernian	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
St Johnstone	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
Aberdeen	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
Rangers	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
Falkirk	3	0	1	2	1	4	1
Kilmarnock	3	0	0	3	4	13	0

Cheltenham: Stanway, Tomkinson, Cundy, Wilson, Tomlinson, McWilliams (Stevenson 90), Willcox, Evans (Shipley 77), McCann, Broom, Weimann (Bickerstaff 68). Booked: Tomkinson 13, McWilliams 38, Willcox 76. Ref: Abigail Byrne.

Barnet: Cox, Senior, Collinge, Tavares (Williams 66), Kenlock, Reeves, Ofoborh (Comley 75), Lakin (Noel-Williams 87), Gallagher, Tshimanga (Knowles 66), Kanu. Booked: Cox 53.

Colchester: Lo-Tutala, Vincent-Young, Tucker, Raggett, Iandolo, Sesay (Terry 74), Hunt (Connolly 85), Thorn (Williams 57), Payne, Anderson, Ihionvien (Chiwome 57). Booked: Hunt 37.

BARNET (1) 2 CHELTENHAM (0) 2

Lakin 11, Tshimanga 78 (pen) Broom 60, McCann 64

LEAGUE TWO sky bet LEAGUE TWO EFL

Rochdale: Ramming, Moss, Sherring, Ebanks-Landell, Wilson, Adeeko, Gilmour (Francis 79), Taylor (Smith 79), East (Dieseruvwe 88), Silcott-Duberry (Hannant 69), Brown. Booked: Gilmour 40, Moss 80. Ref: Declan Bourne.

SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP

Sudalie
	3	2	-1	-9	8	7
Spartans	5	1	3	1	12	6
Annan Athletic	5	2	0	3	6	7
Kelty Hearts	5	2	0	3	7	10
Stirling	5	1	1	3	6	12
Edinburgh City	5	2	2	1	7	8
Dumbarton	5	1	0	4	2	10

SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE

Crawley Town: Michalski, Odimayo (Morgan 46), Farquharson, Barker, Russell (Di Biase 80), Adeyemo (Ewens-Findlay 57), Arthurs, Krasniqi (Orsi-Dadomo 57), Kamara (Richards 80), Watson, Aderoju. Booked: Watson 31, Krasniqi 48, Morgan 89.

*Edinburgh City deducted 5 points Highland Football League: Banks ODee 6 Invergordon 3, Brora 3 Turriff United 1, Buckie Thistle 5 Rothes 0, Forres Mechanics 1 Formartine United 2, Fraserburgh 2 Clachnacuddin 2, Inverurie Loco Works 3 Lossiemouth 1, Keith 4 Wick Academy 1, Nairn County 0 Deveronvale 0, Strathspey Thistle 3 Huntly 0.

Bristol Rovers: Young, James, Balmer, Harbottle, Purrington, Mola, Smallwood, Forde, Leigh (Aitchison 90), Kamwa, Cavegn (Harrison 90). Booked: Leigh 29, Balmer 43, James 68, Harbottle 81.

GILLINGHAM (1) 1McManus 7

NORTHAMPTON (1) 1Briggs 36

Northampton: Jeacock, Donacien (Dyche 70), Moore, Guthrie, Maxwell, Wormleighton (Hoskins 27), Evans, O'Brien-Whitmarsh, Briggs, Fornah, Warhurst (Opoku 59). Booked: Fornah 26, Maxwell 54, Briggs 72, Dyche 79. Ref: Elliott Swallow.

Gillingham: Wright, Smith, Beckles, Dobbs, Freeman, Waldock, McKenzie (Antwi 55), McManus (Kendall 82), Hale (Sillah 81), Brophy (Webster 90), Goodwin (McCleary 81). Booked: McKenzie 4, Beckles 14.

Grimsby: Pym, Rodgers, Kacurri, McJannett, Sweeney, Turi, Amaluzor (Finch 46), Green, Doyle (Walker 83), Vernam (Morgan 74), Cook. Booked: Rodgers 25, Kacurri 78.

ELGIN (2) 4	STIRLING (0) 0
Girvan 28,Gallagher 39
Colloty 60, Brown 78	Att: 758
SPARTANS (0) 3	CLYDE (1) 3
Dinanga 69	Williamson 29, 54 (pen)
Mudie 79	Connell 58
Sonkur 88	Att: 434
STRANRAER (2) 2	KELTY HEARTS (0) 0
Dobbie 21, 37	Att: 454

Fleetwood Town: Lynch, Rooney, Bennett, Potter, Cirino (Andrew 85), Cannon (Murphy 77), Neal, Helm, McCann, Davies (Coughlan 60), Evans. Booked: Cannon 28, Potter 45, Davies 57, Bennett 61.

GRIMSBY (1) 2Doyle 37, Cook 64

FLEETWOOD TOWN (1) 2Davies 6, Potter 69ATT: 7,067

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Barnet	3	2	1	0	8	4	7
Walsall	3	2	1	0	6	2	7
York	3	2	1	0	6	4	7
Colchester	3	2	1	0	5	3	7
Crewe	3	2	1	0	2	0	7
Oldham	3	2	0	1	6	2	6
Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	1	9	6	6
Tranmere	3	1	2	0	5	3	5
Fleetwood Town	3	1	2	0	3	2	5
Grimsby	3	1	2	0	3	2	5
Newport County	3	1	1	1	8	7	4
Cheltenham	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Rotherham	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Swindon	3	1	1	1	2	4	4
Exeter	3	1	0	2	3	3	3
Chesterfield	3	1	0	2	2	3	3
Crawley Town	3	1	0	2	2	4	3
Shrewsbury	3	1	0	2	2	5	3
Northampton	3	0	2	1	1	2	2
Port Vale	3	0	2	1	1	3	2
Gillingham	3	0	2	1	1	4	2
Accrington Stanley	3	0	1	2	4	7	1
Salford City	3	0	0	3	1	5	0
Rochdale	3	0	0	3	1	6	0

Newport County: Wright, Norman, Jenkins, Cameron, Merritt (Sassi 46), C Evans (Dibley-Dias 72), Brennan (Thomas 78), Bamba (K Evans 72), Biggins, Gwengwe, Doidge (Jarvis 54). Booked: Doidge 43, Dibley-Dias 84.

CELTIC (2) 2	FALKIRK (0) 1
Duran 4, 29	Donovan 72 (og)Att:
HEARTS (2) 2	ST JOHNSTONE (0) 1
Wilson 9	Paton 48
Alic 39 (og)

Tranmere: McGee, Senior, Faulkner, Smith (Jones 66), Slater (Turnbull 65), Vaulks, Conlon (Finley 66), Okoro (Brough 80), Ince, Whitaker (O'Connor 78), Ironside. Booked: Slater 15, Ince 73. Ref: Emily Heaslip.

NEWPORT COUNTY (1) 2Gwengwe 11, 90

TRANMERE (0) 2Okoro 71, Jones 75

SCOTLAND

Fondop-Talom 90

SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stenhousemuir	4	3	1	0	8	2	10
Partick	4	2	2	0	4	1	8
Raith	4	2	1	1	5	3	7
Atbrath	4	2	1	1	3	3	7
Livingston	4	2	0	2	4	3	6
Ayr	4	1	2	1	4	4	5
Dunfermline	4	1	2	1	2	3	5
Inverness CT	4	0	3	1	2	4	3
Morton	4	0	1	3	2	6	1
Queen's Park	4	0	1	3	1	6	1

ABBROATH (0) 1	LIVINGSTON (0) 0
Reilly 48 (pen)	Att: 1,624
AYR (1) 1	MORTON (0) 1
Murphy 44 (pen)	Brophy 63
	Att: 2,174
PARTICK (0) 0	QUEEN'S PARK (0) 0
	Att: 3,911
STENHOUSEMUIR (1) 3	INVERNESS CT (0) 1
O'Donnell 23, 51	Sole 52
Young 57

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Elgin	5	3	2	0	17	5	11
Clyde	5	3	1	1	11	6	10
Forfar	5	2	2	1	6	5	8
Ol	5	2	1	0	6	6	7

Oldham: Hudson, Scott-Morriss, Daniels (Monthe 68), Delaney, Robson, Fawunmi (Chilvers 68), Norburn, Appiah-Forson, Drummond (Pett 86), Nevitt (Fondop-Talom 68), Kavanagh. Subs not used: Wilson, Woods, Temple.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Hamilton	5	4	1	0	11	0	13
Ross County	4	4	0	0	10	2	12
Alloa	5	2	2	1	6	2	8
East Kilbride	5	2	1	2	9	9	7
Peterhead	5	2	1	2	4	6	7
East Fife	5	1	3	1	3	2	6
Montrose	5	2	0	3	6	11	6
Cove Rangers	5	1	1	3	3	6	4
Airdrieonians	5	0	3	2	2	8	3

AIRDRIEONIANS (0) 0	EAST FIFE (0) 0Att: 996
ALLOA (1) 1	PETERHEAD (0) 1
Marchant 45	Ross 55

Swindon: Ripley, Majekodunmi, Negru, Tafazolli, Clark, Middlemas (Nichols 59), Munda (Thomson 46), Clarke (Pearman 77), Millard (Glatzel 59), Drinan, Snowdon (Palmer 46). Subs not used: Ward, Debayo. Booked: Clarke 71, Majekodunmi 75, Ripley 83.

HAMILTON (1) 1	COVE RANGERS (0) 0
Ryan 16	Att: 812
MONTROSE (1) 2	QUEEN OF SOUTH (0) 1
Oliver 3, 54 (pen)	Clark 49
	Att: 561

PORT VALE (0) 0

CREWE (0) 0

ATT: 8,997

Port Vale: Smith, Lawrence-Gabriel, Humphreys, Hall, Gordon, Walters (Craig 88), Dempsey, Hernandez, Garrity (Croasdale 63), Waine (Simpson 70), Lynch (Headley 70).

Crewe: Booth, Billington, Demetriou (Thomas 90), Stephenson, Hutchinson, Offord, Holicek, Tabiner (Thibaut 87), Lankester (White 78), Gibson (Agius 78), March (McNeill 87). Booked: Demetriou 80. Ref: Ben Toner.

ROTHERHAM (1) 2

CHESTERFIELD (0) 1

Tavares 12	Mandeville 88 (pen)
Mullin 90	ATT: 9,391

Chesterfield: Boot, Hutton, McFadzean, Simpson, Gordon (Owolabi-Belewu 81), Stirk, McEachran (Lamptey 82), Markanday (Anisjko 82), Mandeville, Koroma (Naylor 70), Bonis (Bryden 60). Booked: Bonis 18. Ref: Sebastian Stockbridge.

Boyle 74

Shrewsbury: Brook, Anderson, Boyle, Ruffels, Hoole, Sang, Gray, Berkoe, Turner-Cooke (Gbode 69), Davison (Lloyd 84), Fletcher. Booked: Anderson 86.

Salford City: Norris, Awe (Allen 61), Oluwo, Aimson, Garbutt (N'Mai 78), Molyneux, Bonds, Wiredu (Grant 78), Powell (Cesay 61), Udoh (Graydon 61), Langstaff. Ref: Isaac Searle.

WALSALL (2) 3Smith 8, Burke 45

ACCRINGTON STANLEY (1) 2Woods 12, Mols 57

Pressley 53

Walsall: Ward, Browne (Ahui 46), Burke, Skura, Hancock, Moore (Crew 90), Sprangler, Clarke (Simper 73), Sodje (Dallas 73), Smith (Adomah 86), Pressley. Booked: Sprangler 49, Moore 75, Skura 79, Ahui 90. Accrington Stanley: Moulden, Moore (Tutonda 78), Rawson, Matthews, Love, Conneely (Coyle 55), Henderson (Mols 55), Anderson, Whalley (Walton 55), Woods, Caton. Booked: Coyle 60, Walton 75, Conneely 90. Ref: William Davis.

YORK (1) 2

York: McNally, Williams, Fallowfield, Kitching, Felix (King 67), Hunt (Read 66), Banks, Boyes (Hewitt 77), Newby (Medley 90), Pearce (Malcolm 66), Grey. Booked: Williams 41, Fallowfield 52. Exeter: Bycroft, Harper, James, Fitzwater, Sutherland (Samuel 77), Edwards, Cole (Oluwabori 82), Cummins, Perry (Oakes 82), Cox (Birch 46), Gordon. Booked: Cole 33, Edwards 35, Cummins 62. Ref: Oliver Langford.