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‘Chaos’ and confusion over plans for Brexit
Brexit poses an “existential threat” to operations in some Whitehall departments, according to warnings highlighted by a leading think tank. The Institute for Government said that Theresa May’s “secretive approach” was hampering preparations to leave the EU. The think tank, which has close ties...Brexit poses an “existential threat” to operations in some Whitehall departments, according to warnings highlighted by a leading think tank. The Institute for Government said that Theresa May’s “secretive approach” was hampering preparations to leave the EU. The think tank, which has close ties...Brexit poses an “existential threat” to operations in some Whitehall departments, according to warnings highlighted by a...
Read the full storyUnemployment at 11-year low but wage growth stalls
newBritain’s resilient jobs market is showing signs of losing its bounce even though unemployment fell to an 11-year low in the three months to September. Official figures show that the jobless rate dropped to 4.8 per cent, the lowest since mid-2005 and down from 4.9 per cent, but the good news was offset by signs of slowing employment growth...Britain’s resilient jobs market is showing signs of losing its bounce even though unemployment fell to an 11-year low in the three months to September. Official figures show that the jobless rate dropped to 4.8 per cent, the lowest since mid-2005 and down from 4.9 per cent, but the good news was offset by signs of slowing employment growth...Britain’s resilient jobs market is showing signs of losing its bounce even though unemployment fell to an 11-year low in the...
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Missing boy found after two months
A boy who disappeared two months ago, claiming that he was “bored with life”, was reunited with his family last night after being spotted on a train less than ten miles from home. Arthur Heeler-Frood, 15, was found safe and well, his mother said, and had been returning home when he was identified by a member of the...A boy who disappeared two months ago, claiming that he was “bored with life”, was reunited with...A boy who disappeared two months ago, claiming that he was “bored with life”, was reunited with...
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Black women more likely to have advanced breast cancer
Reluctance to attend cancer screenings has led to higher rates of advanced breast cancer among black women and...Reluctance to attend cancer screenings has led to higher rates of advanced breast cancer among...Reluctance to attend cancer screenings has led to higher rates of advanced breast cancer among...
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No more hefty charges to take money out of pension
Savers who want early access to their pension under freedoms introduced last year will no longer face soaring exit...Savers who want early access to their pension under freedoms introduced last year will no longer...Savers who want early access to their pension under freedoms introduced last year will no longer...
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Van Gogh’s missing sketches: the master’s work or a clumsy fake?
In life nobody cared about his art but more than a century after his death Vincent Van Gogh is at the centre of an almighty row. The discovery of a previously unknown Van Gogh sketchbook was announced yesterday — and immediately hailed as the...In life nobody cared about his art but more than a century after his death Vincent Van Gogh is at...In life nobody cared about his art but more than a century after his death Vincent Van Gogh is at...
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Political Sketch
The Mogg discovers a panther is hard to pin down
It was Rossini who once sniffed of Wagner that his rival had lovely moments but flipping awful quarters of an hour.It was Rossini who once sniffed of Wagner that his rival had lovely moments but flipping awful...It was Rossini who once sniffed of Wagner that his rival had lovely moments but flipping awful...
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The Times Diary
Number’s up, Mr President
The election of President Trump was predicted by the children’s author Roger Hargreaves. Brydon Coverdale, an...The election of President Trump was predicted by the children’s author Roger Hargreaves. Brydon...The election of President Trump was predicted by the children’s author Roger Hargreaves. Brydon...
Read the full storyHSBC accused of failing to spot customers with terrorist links
HSBC has failed to take action over customers with links to terrorism, according to a leaked report that names 13 Britons associated with jihadists in Syria as users of the bank. Twelve of the 13 had links to Isis, including a man who planned a beheading attack in Britain. The revelation will increase scrutiny of the action taken by banks to thwart terrorism. It might...HSBC has failed to take action over customers with links to terrorism, according to a leaked...HSBC has failed to take action over customers with links to terrorism, according to a leaked...
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Enemies within: the jihadist sympathisers from Britain
Nadir Syed A Muslim extremist who plotted to behead a poppy seller on Remembrance Sunday, emulating the murder of...Nadir Syed A Muslim extremist who plotted to behead a poppy seller on Remembrance Sunday, emulating the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013. Syed was jailed for life with a minimum of 15 years in June. Detectives believe that he was three days from launching an attack.
Jacob Petty The 25-year-old son of a vicar is...Nadir Syed A Muslim extremist who plotted to behead a poppy seller on Remembrance Sunday, emulating the murder of Fusilier Lee...
Patient deaths rise by a fifth when nurses are replaced with assistants
The risk of patients dying in hospital increases by a fifth for each nurse on the ward replaced by a healthcare assistant, a study has concluded. Cutting nurses is “life-threatening” and proposals for a less-skilled class of...The risk of patients dying in hospital increases by a fifth for each nurse on the ward replaced by a healthcare assistant, a study has concluded. Cutting nurses is “life-threatening” and proposals for a less-skilled class of...The risk of patients dying in hospital increases by a fifth for each nurse on the ward replaced by a healthcare...
Read the full storyWomen’s yo-yo diets linked to heart deaths
Yo-yo dieting may dramatically raise middle-aged and older women’s chances of dying from heart conditions, an early-stage study has suggested. The continual ups and downs in heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol and other...Yo-yo dieting may dramatically raise middle-aged and older women’s chances of dying from heart conditions, an early-stage study has suggested. The continual ups and downs in heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol and other...Yo-yo dieting may dramatically raise middle-aged and older women’s chances of dying from heart conditions, an...
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Coffins lift lid on the spread of Christianity
Dozens of oak-tree coffins that each took days to hollow out have been discovered by archaeologists who hope that they will shed light on pioneering Christian communities. The cemetery, dating from the 7th to 9th centuries, features graves laid...Dozens of oak-tree coffins that each took days to hollow out have been discovered by...Dozens of oak-tree coffins that each took days to hollow out have been discovered by...
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Jailed doctor has conviction overturned
A surgeon who was jailed when a patient died after an operation had his conviction quashed yesterday. Three appeal...A surgeon who was jailed when a patient died after an operation had his conviction quashed...A surgeon who was jailed when a patient died after an operation had his conviction quashed...
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Boy, 17, admits showing off in TalkTalk hack
A teenager admitted hacking TalkTalk, the telecommunications company, because he wanted to “show off” to his mates.A teenager admitted hacking TalkTalk, the telecommunications company, because he wanted to “show...A teenager admitted hacking TalkTalk, the telecommunications company, because he wanted to “show...
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Arrest after royal visit protest
Red Box: Comment
Trump’s victory is the start of a new world order
Safe and well: rottweiler rescues Olive the pug
A pug that went missing for more than a week when it was scared by fireworks has been rescued from a well after being found by a rottweiler. Olive ran away on November 4 while on a walk with Saffron Mackeson, 16, in Wick near Bristol. The family searched for Olive but after ten days without any sign of her hope was beginning to fade. “We thought someone might have taken...A pug that went missing for more than a week when it was scared by fireworks has been rescued...A pug that went missing for more than a week when it was scared by fireworks has been rescued...
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Ban puppies from sale in pet shops, say MPs
Pet shops and online dealers should be banned from selling puppies to prevent cruel practices that harm dogs, a...Pet shops and online dealers should be banned from selling puppies to prevent cruel practices that harm dogs, a committee of MPs said. All puppies should be sold directly by the breeder so that new owners could see the conditions in which the dog was reared, the Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee...Pet shops and online dealers should be banned from selling puppies to prevent cruel practices that harm dogs, a committee of...
Read the full storyTrump is a natural ally, says Assad
newPresident Assad has said Donald Trump’s policies on Syria are “promising” but that it is too soon to tell whether he will really change America’s course in the Middle East. In his first public comments since the US election, Mr Assad offered himself up as a “natural ally” to the president-elect in his fight against terrorism. “Of course, I would say this is promising...President Assad has said Donald Trump’s policies on Syria are “promising” but that it is too soon...President Assad has said Donald Trump’s policies on Syria are “promising” but that it is too soon...
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VIDEO
Russian jets renew attack on Syria ahead of ground assault
Russia’s aircraft carrier fleet launched its long-awaited assault on northern Syria from the Mediterranean yesterday...Russia’s aircraft carrier fleet launched its long-awaited assault on northern Syria from the Mediterranean yesterday, firing cruise missiles into what the defence ministry said were rebel positions. Sukhoi Su-33 fighter bombers flew from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier — the first time that the warship was...Russia’s aircraft carrier fleet launched its long-awaited assault on northern Syria from the Mediterranean yesterday, firing...
Read the full storyUS election
Giuliani fires warning shot at Putin over his military might
The leading contender to be Donald Trump’s secretary of state has fired a warning at Russia, telling Moscow that it cannot match the military might of the United States. In a hint of discord within the president-elect’s team...The leading contender to be Donald Trump’s secretary of state has fired a warning at Russia, telling Moscow that it cannot match the military might of the United States. In a hint of discord within the president-elect’s team...The leading contender to be Donald Trump’s secretary of state has fired a warning at Russia, telling Moscow that it...
Read the full storySweden ponders switch to virtual money
newBitcoin could soon have a Nordic rival — the ekrona. The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, is exploring the possibility of issuing its own digital currency before the end of the decade. The bank has launched an inquiry to...Bitcoin could soon have a Nordic rival — the ekrona. The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, is exploring the possibility of issuing its own digital currency before the end of the decade. The bank has launched an inquiry to...Bitcoin could soon have a Nordic rival — the ekrona. The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, is exploring the...
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Macron set to challenge Hollande as independent
One of President Hollande’s former ministers will confirm his candidacy as president today in a move timed to cause maximum damage to the chances of the conservative frontrunner. Emmanuel Macron, 38, is a political novice who...One of President Hollande’s former ministers will confirm his candidacy as president today in a move timed to cause maximum damage to the chances of the conservative frontrunner. Emmanuel Macron, 38, is a political novice who...One of President Hollande’s former ministers will confirm his candidacy as president today in a move timed to cause...
Read the full storyHold the front page . . . No more cash for you, tycoon tells ex-lover
When you have lavished £200 million on your girlfriend, breaking up is never going to be easy. Joseph Lau, 65, the Hong Kong property tycoon, took the most public way out yesterday with front-page advertisements in seven...When you have lavished £200 million on your girlfriend, breaking up is never going to be easy. Joseph Lau, 65, the Hong Kong property tycoon, took the most public way out yesterday with front-page advertisements in seven...When you have lavished £200 million on your girlfriend, breaking up is never going to be easy. Joseph Lau, 65, the...
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War crimes court targets US to keep Africa sweet
The International Criminal Court has turned its sights on the US amid protests from African states which say that they are being singled out while western nations are allowed to kill with impunity. Fatou Bensouda, the court’s chief prosecutor...The International Criminal Court has turned its sights on the US amid protests from African...The International Criminal Court has turned its sights on the US amid protests from African...
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Don’t blame us, Carney warns MPs
Mark Carney has laid into politicians at Westminster for trying to cover up their economic failures by attacking the Bank of England in a “massive blame deflection exercise”. The governor of the Bank threatened to reignite a row with government as he defended monetary policy in an appearance...Mark Carney has laid into politicians at Westminster for trying to cover up their economic failures by attacking the Bank of England in a “massive blame deflection exercise”. The governor of the Bank threatened to reignite a row with government as he defended monetary policy in an appearance...Mark Carney has laid into politicians at Westminster for trying to cover up their economic failures by attacking the Bank of...
Read the full storyVodafone pays heavy price in battle with India’s richest man
A ferocious battle for market share in India has forced Vodafone into a doubled first-half net loss of more than €5 billion as it announced a huge writedown linked to its fight with a rival launched by the country’s richest man. The telecoms group, which generates 12 per cent of its revenues in India, said that losses after tax swelled to...A ferocious battle for market share in India has forced Vodafone into a doubled first-half net loss of more than €5 billion as it announced a huge writedown linked to its fight with a rival launched by the country’s richest man. The telecoms group, which generates 12 per cent of its revenues in India, said that losses after tax swelled to...A ferocious battle for market share in India has forced Vodafone into a doubled first-half net loss of more than €5 billion as...
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Pension fund spent £600,000 on PR
The Pension Protection Fund was attacked by MPs last night after The Times revealed that it paid a public relations firm more than £600,000 over the past two years. Lansons Communications is paid a £194,400 annual retainer by the fund, the pensions lifeboat for failed companies. Since January 2015 it has received...The Pension Protection Fund was attacked by MPs last night after The Times revealed that it paid...The Pension Protection Fund was attacked by MPs last night after The Times revealed that it paid...
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business commentary
Who has fingers in all the pies?
Not for the first time John McDonnell is over-stating things a bit. The shadow chancellor reckons Donald Trump’s...Not for the first time John McDonnell is over-stating things a bit. The shadow chancellor reckons...Not for the first time John McDonnell is over-stating things a bit. The shadow chancellor reckons...
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Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure boost is just what many economists wanted
Donald Trump’s election victory has put economists in a bit of a quandary. Many are critical of substantial aspects...Donald Trump’s election victory has put economists in a bit of a quandary. Many are critical of...Donald Trump’s election victory has put economists in a bit of a quandary. Many are critical of...
Read the full storySnapchat secretly files for IPO
Snap, the company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat, is reported to have filed for an initial public offering that could value the company at around $25 billion. It would be the largest technology float since Alibaba’s two years ago and...Snap, the company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat, is reported to have filed for an...Snap, the company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat, is reported to have filed for an...
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Building more new homes ‘won’t solve ownership crisis’
The biggest review into the property market in more than a decade has declared that increasing the supply of homes will do little to help the housing crisis. The Redfern Review, led by Peter Redfern, chief executive of the...The biggest review into the property market in more than a decade has declared that increasing the supply of homes will do little to help the housing crisis. The Redfern Review, led by Peter Redfern, chief executive of the...The biggest review into the property market in more than a decade has declared that increasing the supply of homes...
Read the full storyEasyJet braces for impact of 20% slump in profits
Profits at easyJet could slump by another 20 per cent this year as the fare wars in the airline industry take their toll. The short-haul airline, Britain’s busiest carrier, yesterday confirmed the worst: pre-tax profit in its...Profits at easyJet could slump by another 20 per cent this year as the fare wars in the airline industry take their toll. The short-haul airline, Britain’s busiest carrier, yesterday confirmed the worst: pre-tax profit in its...Profits at easyJet could slump by another 20 per cent this year as the fare wars in the airline industry take their...
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starting out
Giving the gig economy a helping hand
Budding traders could be given a helping hand in setting up their first business through a new structure that would protect their homes from creditors if ventures failed. The proposals from the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) would allow people...Budding traders could be given a helping hand in setting up their first business through a new...Budding traders could be given a helping hand in setting up their first business through a new...
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Matt Dickinson
Calamitous finish is fitting end to England’s year of crisis
For England, for the FA, 2016 was the year of three managers and an Iceland debacle — with a newspaper sting thrown in. So it was fitting that the international campaign should wrap up for the winter with one last befuddling episode. After 88 minutes, England were leading Spain 2-0. It had been...For England, for the FA, 2016 was the year of three managers and an Iceland debacle — with a newspaper sting thrown in. So it was fitting that the international campaign should wrap up for the winter with one last befuddling episode. After 88 minutes, England were leading Spain 2-0. It had been...For England, for the FA, 2016 was the year of three managers and an Iceland debacle — with a newspaper sting thrown in. So it...
Read the full storyOliver Kay
Southgate adds brains to England’s brawn of old
There was a mocked-up picture of Gareth Southgate as a matador in the Daily Mirror the other day. As tabloid mock-ups go, it certainly made a pleasant change from the days of Graham Taylor as a turnip, though it also called to mind a memorable line from House of Cards, in which the Machiavellian figure of President Underwood remarked that...There was a mocked-up picture of Gareth Southgate as a matador in the Daily Mirror the other day. As tabloid mock-ups go, it certainly made a pleasant change from the days of Graham Taylor as a turnip, though it also called to mind a memorable line from House of Cards, in which the Machiavellian figure of President Underwood remarked that...There was a mocked-up picture of Gareth Southgate as a matador in the Daily Mirror the other day. As tabloid mock-ups go, it...
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cricket
Woakes ‘niggle’ could speed up Anderson return
newJames Anderson, England’s leading wicket-taker, could make an earlier than expected return in tomorrow’s second Test against India after it emerged that Chris Woakes is struggling with a “niggle”. Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, said after Sunday’s draw in Rajkot that changes to the team were unlikely after...James Anderson, England’s leading wicket-taker, could make an earlier than expected return in...James Anderson, England’s leading wicket-taker, could make an earlier than expected return in...
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James Haskell interview
‘Talk is cheap. If you aren’t playing you are easily forgotten’
James Haskell appreciated the kind words from spectators who saw him pitch-side at Twickenham on Saturday. He enjoyed bumping into a couple of the England players. He felt better for receiving a text from Eddie Jones later that night remarking on...James Haskell appreciated the kind words from spectators who saw him pitch-side at Twickenham on...James Haskell appreciated the kind words from spectators who saw him pitch-side at Twickenham on...
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Video highlights
Henry Winter: Collapse will not deny Southgate his coronation
Mike Atherton
Ability to adapt will be tested on spinning wicket
We have all sat there, on rainy days, when empty pages and blank spaces beckon. That said there was an exquisite...We have all sat there, on rainy days, when empty pages and blank spaces beckon. That said there...We have all sat there, on rainy days, when empty pages and blank spaces beckon. That said there...
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Tony Cascarino
Lingard is not a No 10
Jesse Lingard moved behind the striker when Adam Lallana went off injured in the first half and he had a decent game...Jesse Lingard moved behind the striker when Adam Lallana went off injured in the first half and...Jesse Lingard moved behind the striker when Adam Lallana went off injured in the first half and...
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Australia’s demise prompts Marsh to resign as chief selector
newThe crisis surrounding the Australia cricket team claimed its first scalp today when Rod Marsh resigned as chairman of selectors. Marsh stood down after Australia suffered their fifth consecutive Test defeat yesterday, when a depleted South Africa team beat them by an innings and 80 runs in Hobart, sealing the three-match series in the process. The Test debacle comes on...The crisis surrounding the Australia cricket team claimed its first scalp today when Rod Marsh...The crisis surrounding the Australia cricket team claimed its first scalp today when Rod Marsh...
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richard hobson
Australia go from bad to ‘worst’ – with little sign of revival
A year away from the next Ashes series, our old friends at Brisbane’s Courier Mail are having some fun. This is the...A year away from the next Ashes series, our old friends at Brisbane’s Courier Mail are having some fun. This is the newspaper that famously branded England “A team of nobodies” on its front page during the Gabba Test in 2013, blanking out faces on a group shot and treating Stuart Broad with such poison that Giles...A year away from the next Ashes series, our old friends at Brisbane’s Courier Mail are having some fun. This is the newspaper...
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Rugby union
Rokoduguni will face Fiji
Rugby union
Te’o fulfils dream of reaching the top
Rugby union
High tackle may be lowered
Championship fixtures
Results, scorers and upcoming games for the season
League One fixtures
Results, scorers and upcoming games for the season
obituary
Sir Ralph Kohn
Scientist with a love of singing who fled the Nazis in 1940 and became a pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry
Ralph Kohn never forgot the moment that his ship docked in Liverpool in 1940. It was the second time that he and his family had fled the Nazis. On this occasion they had left Amsterdam with only an hour’s notice and were carrying little more than the clothes on their backs. “We were refugees, we had absolutely nothing,” he said last year. “We were in a bit of a daze. We...Ralph Kohn never forgot the moment that his ship docked in Liverpool in 1940. It was the second...Ralph Kohn never forgot the moment that his ship docked in Liverpool in 1940. It was the second...
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obituaries
Lives remembered
Sir Sigmund Sternberg Roderick Chamberlain writes: Sir Sigmund Sternberg (obituary, October 20) stories are as...Sir Sigmund Sternberg Roderick Chamberlain writes: Sir Sigmund Sternberg (obituary, October 20) stories are as many and as rich as the years of his long life. My favourite is from an occasion in the late 1990s when, as chairman of the Institute of Business Ethics of which Siggy was a founding and...Sir Sigmund Sternberg Roderick Chamberlain writes: Sir Sigmund Sternberg (obituary, October 20) stories are as many and as...
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Simon Relph
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Marianne de Trey
november 16, 1916
Vivid story of a great day
Court Circular
November 15
Weather eye
A strange phenomenon
After midnight on Sunday a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand. Two people were killed, thousands of landslides were triggered and the coastal town of Kaikoura was cut off. There was also a strange phenomenon. Many...After midnight on Sunday a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand. Two...After midnight on Sunday a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand. Two...
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What I want to buy on the high street: it’s not fast fashion
There is more to Jigsaw than twinsets. Its capsule range of chic basics is one of fashion’s best-kept secrets
fashion
‘Princess Margaret is the fashionable one. The Queen throws things on’
The Crown is our new style crush. Its costumier tells Harriet Walker how she does it
Fashion
Will you shop in M&S?
Less is more for Marks & Spencer with next season’s collection, which is both smaller and more fashionable
fashion
How the frow do the snow
These are the surprisingly desirable snowboots you’ll want this winter
arts
Johnny Marr: ‘I feel I’ve moved on, but not everyone seems to agree’
Thirty years since the Smiths broke up, he is still being asked about a reunion. It’s time to let it go
first night review
Theatre: King Lear at the Barbican
new★★★★☆
Antony Sher arrives as Lear in a manner so ostentatious that it can be described as Trumpian. He is not just wearing top-to-toe fur, he appears to have become something close to a human buffalo, albeit one festooned with a gaudy...★★★★☆
Antony Sher arrives as Lear in a manner so ostentatious that it can be described as...★★★★☆
Antony Sher arrives as Lear in a manner so ostentatious that it can be described as...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Comedy: Russell Brand at the Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
Brand’s mixture of self-flagellation and self-justification undercuts his narcissism as well as keeping his fascinating flaws centre stage
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Pop: Norah Jones at the London Palladium, W1
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
World music: Elza Soares at the Barbican
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Theatre: I Call My Brothers at the Gate Theatre, W11
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Concert: Emerson Quartet at the Wigmore Hall
First night review
Visual art: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, WC2
★★★☆☆
For anyone who likes stories or is a bit nosey, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is a pleasing indulgence. At its best it is like looking through a selection of perfect keyholes, big enough to let your imagination fly, but...★★★☆☆
For anyone who likes stories or is a bit nosey, the Taylor Wessing Photographic...★★★☆☆
For anyone who likes stories or is a bit nosey, the Taylor Wessing Photographic...
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The Times Daily Quiz
Viewing Guide
What’s on tonight and when
The Undiscovered Peter Cook
BBC Four, 10pm
When Peter Cook died in January 1995, his wife, Lin, locked the door of...The Undiscovered Peter Cook
BBC Four, 10pm
When Peter Cook died in January 1995, his wife...The Undiscovered Peter Cook
BBC Four, 10pm
When Peter Cook died in January 1995, his wife...
The Times Film Show
Arrival and American Pastoral
Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week — Arrival and American Pastoral. See the Times+ website ...Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week — Arrival and American Pastoral. ...Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week — Arrival and American Pastoral. ...
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Owners of unlicensed airguns face jail sentence
Tens of thousands of airguns will be held illegally in Scotland within weeks because just 8,000 people have applied for licences. Anyone not complying with the new law that comes into effect on December 31 faces a fine or up to two years in prison. Under a law passed by Holyrood last year, anyone...Tens of thousands of airguns will be held illegally in Scotland within weeks because just 8,000 people have applied for licences. Anyone not complying with the new law that comes into effect on December 31 faces a fine or up to two years in prison. Under a law passed by Holyrood last year, anyone...Tens of thousands of airguns will be held illegally in Scotland within weeks because just 8,000 people have applied for licences.
Read the full storyTwitter’s worst hatemongers are Scottish
The UK’s worst areas for racist and homophobic tweets are in Scotland, research has indicated. Twitter trolls in Midlothian and East Ayrshire post more racist tweets than anywhere else in Britain. Dundee sends the most homophobic tweets, matched only by the Welsh county of Denbighshire. The study, carried out by Ditch the Label, an...The UK’s worst areas for racist and homophobic tweets are in Scotland, research has indicated. Twitter trolls in Midlothian and East Ayrshire post more racist tweets than anywhere else in Britain. Dundee sends the most homophobic tweets, matched only by the Welsh county of Denbighshire. The study, carried out by Ditch the Label, an...The UK’s worst areas for racist and homophobic tweets are in Scotland, research has indicated. Twitter trolls in Midlothian and...
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Sheriff criticises ‘endemic’ drink problem at Glasgow airport
Disruptive behaviour is becoming “endemic” at one of Scotland’s biggest airports because of the ease with which passengers can drink in terminals, a sheriff has said. Sheriff James Spy made the claim after fining two men who alarmed other passengers by claiming that there was a bomb on their flight. They were on a...Disruptive behaviour is becoming “endemic” at one of Scotland’s biggest airports because of the...Disruptive behaviour is becoming “endemic” at one of Scotland’s biggest airports because of the...
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Scottish ‘passports’ and joining Norway among Brexit plans
Scottish ministers are considering a number of radical plans to give Scotland a more Euro-friendly Brexit deal than...Scottish ministers are considering a number of radical plans to give Scotland a more...Scottish ministers are considering a number of radical plans to give Scotland a more...
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Rise in paupers’ funerals leaves councils footing bill for burials
Council across Scotland have spent an estimated £500,000 on “paupers’ funerals” in the past year, a new report has...Council across Scotland have spent an estimated £500,000 on “paupers’ funerals” in the past year...Council across Scotland have spent an estimated £500,000 on “paupers’ funerals” in the past year...
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Art: Society of Scottish Artists 119th Annual Exhibition, The Mound, Edinburgh
★★★★☆
After 116 years the Society of Scottish Artists shows no sign of straying from its founding principle — to represent the more “adventurous spirits” in contemporary art. Indeed, the society seems to go from strength to strength. Apart from...★★★★☆
After 116 years the Society of Scottish Artists shows no sign of straying from its...★★★★☆
After 116 years the Society of Scottish Artists shows no sign of straying from its...
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Antisocial Media
Headstone safety claims ‘misleading’
A senior Glasgow city council officer was accused yesterday of misleading health and safety chiefs about headstone inspections before a child was killed in a cemetery. Alastair Brown was questioned for a second day at an...A senior Glasgow city council officer was accused yesterday of misleading health and safety chiefs about headstone inspections before a child was killed in a cemetery. Alastair Brown was questioned for a second day at an...A senior Glasgow city council officer was accused yesterday of misleading health and safety chiefs about headstone...
Read the full storyCourts ‘rely on trainees to fill staff gaps’
Trainee prosecutors are being used as “court fodder” because the Crown Office is struggling to find staff, MSPs have been told. The budget for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has been cut by more than a...Trainee prosecutors are being used as “court fodder” because the Crown Office is struggling to find staff, MSPs have been told. The budget for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has been cut by more than a...Trainee prosecutors are being used as “court fodder” because the Crown Office is struggling to find staff, MSPs have...
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Glasgow Boy Currie’s masterpiece for sale
A “menacing” masterpiece by the New Glasgow Boys artist Ken Currie is expected to fetch £30,000 at auction in Edinburgh this month. A Scottish Triptych: Nightshift, Departure, Saturdays was completed by Currie in the mid-1980s and depicts...A “menacing” masterpiece by the New Glasgow Boys artist Ken Currie is expected to fetch £30,000...A “menacing” masterpiece by the New Glasgow Boys artist Ken Currie is expected to fetch £30,000...
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Employers hit back at ‘crude’ pay demand
Demands for a 4 per cent pay increase by private sector workers have been described as “crude opportunism” amid concerns it could damage Ireland’s competitiveness at a time of economic uncertainty. Employers’ groups said that the increase would be unsustainable for most of their members. They were speaking yesterday as Enda Kenny told the Dail that pay demands from...Demands for a 4 per cent pay increase by private sector workers have been described as “crude...Demands for a 4 per cent pay increase by private sector workers have been described as “crude...
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Waging War
There is a growing number of challenges and threats facing the Irish economy. The recent election of Donald Trump to...There is a growing number of challenges and threats facing the Irish economy. The recent election of Donald Trump to the US presidency makes the international backdrop, already reeling from Brexit, even more uncertain. Ireland is particularly vulnerable to both of these developments, yet public sector unions...There is a growing number of challenges and threats facing the Irish economy. The recent election of Donald Trump to the US...
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World Cup would heal divisions, says Kenny
Enda Kenny has described Ireland’s cross-border Rugby World Cup bid as proof of the unifying power of sport. The taoiseach said that it illustrated how the sporting world could “bind up wounds and heal differences”. “This is an all-island and...Enda Kenny has described Ireland’s cross-border Rugby World Cup bid as proof of the unifying...Enda Kenny has described Ireland’s cross-border Rugby World Cup bid as proof of the unifying...
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Vow to tackle ticket touts bolsters 2023 bid
Ticket touting will be dealt with under new laws if Ireland is awarded the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the chairman of the bid’s oversight committee has said. Dick Spring, who is also the former Labour Party leader, said it was important that no third-party agencies or individual touts were allowed to distribute tickets unfairly. He estimated that 445,000 people would travel...Ticket touting will be dealt with under new laws if Ireland is awarded the 2023 Rugby World Cup...Ticket touting will be dealt with under new laws if Ireland is awarded the 2023 Rugby World Cup...
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Let Hickey go home, urge Olympic chiefs
Olympic bosses have called on the Brazilian authorities to allow Pat Hickey to return to Ireland while he awaits...Olympic bosses have called on the Brazilian authorities to allow Pat Hickey to return to Ireland while he awaits trial in connection with an alleged ticket touting operation. Several officials mentioned his case at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) general assembly in Doha yesterday. “Patrick...Olympic bosses have called on the Brazilian authorities to allow Pat Hickey to return to Ireland while he awaits trial in...
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Comment
Ireland may have to reinvent itself once again
In the early Noughties when the boom was getting boomier, the Irish government struggled with an identity crisis.In the early Noughties when the boom was getting boomier, the Irish government struggled with an...In the early Noughties when the boom was getting boomier, the Irish government struggled with an...
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Business
Brexit squeezes trade surplus by almost a fifth
Ireland’s trade surplus fell by almost a fifth in September as the value of exports dipped and imports rose. Irish...Ireland’s trade surplus fell by almost a fifth in September as the value of exports dipped and...Ireland’s trade surplus fell by almost a fifth in September as the value of exports dipped and...
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Rugby union
Ireland are dark horses in the 2023 race
rugby union
McGrath thirsty for another magic moment
Rugby union
All Blacks will improve, but so can we, says O’Driscoll
Brian O’Driscoll has warned Ireland to beware an All Blacks side still “licking their wounds” ahead of the showdown in Dublin this Saturday. Ireland recorded their first-ever win over New Zealand, with a stunning 40-29 success in Chicago on...Brian O’Driscoll has warned Ireland to beware an All Blacks side still “licking their wounds”...Brian O’Driscoll has warned Ireland to beware an All Blacks side still “licking their wounds”...
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Comment
The pastor who propelled Trump to the top
Daniel Finkelstein
A belief in positive thinking is key to the tycoon’s business success and explains the breadth of his appeal to voters
ALICE THOMSON
Dementia patients should not be hidden away
ROGER BOYES
Trump must tell Syria’s dictator: You’re fired
MATTHEW PARRIS
Chilly critic has turned me into a poster boy
LIBBY PURVES
Stay-at-home mothers need to raise their game
Leading Articles
Danger of Drift
A document written with rare access to the preparations for Brexit paints a picture of confusion. The government should welcome its publication and absorb its lessons
Bailing Out
Liz Truss cannot mend the prison system without taking action on sentencing
Last Word
Lexical innovation constantly meets the needs of new times
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Donald Trump and the defence of Europe
Sir, President Obama has said that he believes that Donald Trump is committed to Nato. That is good news for all of us in the alliance — and bad news for the enemies and opponents of free, democratic nations. President-elect Trump is, however...Sir, President Obama has said that he believes that Donald Trump is committed to Nato. That is...Sir, President Obama has said that he believes that Donald Trump is committed to Nato. That is...
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Briefing
UK: Amber Rudd, the home secretary, delivers a keynote speech at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and National Police Chiefs’ Council joint annual conference in London; Damian Green, the work and pensions secretary, gives a keynote speech on welfare reform at the A Welfare State that Works for All conference in London; Michael Gove, the former justice secretary, delivers a lecture for the annual Longford Lecture on social and penal reform; the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 will be announced.
US: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is presented to Smokey Robinson at Gershwin Prize Honoree’s Tribute Concert.
India: The Indian parliament reopens for its winter session, amid major unrest over the government’s decision to recall the country’s two largest banknotes in an attaempt to tackle tax evasion and corruption.
On this day
In 1899 Charles Wyndham opened his new theatre; in 1724 the highwayman Jack Sheppard was hanged at Tyburn, London; in 1855 the Scottish explorer David Livingstone first saw, and named after his monarch, the spectacular Victoria Falls; in 1965 the Soviet Union launched Venera 3, an unmanned spacecraft that crash-landed on Venus; in 1939 Al Capone, famous American gangster, is freed from Alcatraz jail; in 1973 Richard Nixon, the US president, authorised the Alaskan Pipeline project; in 1989 FW de Klerk, the South African president, scrapped the Seperate Amenities Act.
Nature notes
There are more blackbirds about than there were in summer, because Norwegian and Swedish blackbirds have been coming into Britain. They migrate at night, and occasionally people along the east side of Britain find little, tired flocks of blackbirds resting in a field or hedge in the morning. Small parties of blackbirds seen skirmishing in the treetops may also be immigrants. Eventually they spread through the country. However, the immigrants cannot be distinguished by their plumage from the half a million pairs of British blackbirds and their surviving offspring, most of which stay around the places where they had their nests in summer. Distinguishing offspring from parents is possible but becoming more difficult as the autumn months pass. The adult males are very black and glossy after moulting. Their sons leave the nest as brown birds but have now also become black, though they often keep a distinct tinge of brown on them in winter. First-winter females are all-brown like their mothers, but often a slightly paler shade of brown. derwent may
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Birthdays today
Peter Ainsworth, chairman, Big Lottery Fund, The Churches Conservation Trust, Conservative MP (1992-2010), 60; Lord (Waheed) Alli, media entrepreneur, 52; Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief, Harper’s Bazaar, 58; Peter Boizot, founder of PizzaExpress (1965), 87; Michael Billington, writer and arts critic, 77; Professor Paul Boyle, president and vice-chancellor, University of Leicester, 52; Rev Marcus Braybrooke, joint president, World Congress of Faiths, 78; Frank Bruno, boxer, 55; Willie Carson, five-time British champion jockey, 74; Matt Dickinson, The Times chief sports writer, 48; Bonnie Greer, writer, A Parallel Life (2014), 68; Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress, Crazy Heart (2009), 39; Lorraine Heggessey, chairwoman, The Grierson Trust charity, 60; Edward Higginbottom, conductor, emeritus fellow, New College, Oxford, 70; Christian Horner, team principal, Red Bull Racing, 43; Jeremy Howe, commissioning editor (drama), Radio 4, 60; Professor Malcolm Jeeves, psychologist, 90; Diana Krall, jazz singer, 52; Duke of Northumberland, landowner, 60; Sir Michael Peat, principal private secretary to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (2005-11), 67; Griff Rhys Jones, actor and presenter, Griff’s Great Britain (2016), 63; Paul Scholes, footballer, England (1997-2004), co-owner of Salford City FC, 42; Danny Wallace, comedian and writer, 40; Sir Magdi Yacoub, cardiothoracic surgeon, professor of cardiothoracic surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, 81; Waqar Younis, cricketer, Pakistan (1989-2003), 45.