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Isis uses terror attack to sign up YouTube recruits
Islamic State has flooded YouTube with hundreds of violent recruitment videos since the terrorist attack in London last week in an apparent attempt to capitalise on the tragedy, The Times can reveal. Google, the owner of YouTube, has failed to block the films, despite dozens being posted under...Islamic State has flooded YouTube with hundreds of violent recruitment videos since the terrorist attack in London last week in an apparent attempt to capitalise on the tragedy, The Times can reveal. Google, the owner of YouTube, has failed to block the films, despite dozens being posted under...Islamic State has flooded YouTube with hundreds of violent recruitment videos since the terrorist attack in London last week in...
Read the full storyMass arrests as anti-Putin protests sweep Russia
updatedRussian police detained more than 1,000 people yesterday in 82 towns and cities as the biggest protests against President Putin’s rule in four years swept the country amid growing anger over government corruption. Among those arrested was Alexei Navalny, 40, the presidential candidate and leading Kremlin critic. He was held in a police cell...Russian police detained more than 1,000 people yesterday in 82 towns and cities as the biggest protests against President Putin’s rule in four years swept the country amid growing anger over government corruption. Among those arrested was Alexei Navalny, 40, the presidential candidate and leading Kremlin critic. He was held in a police cell...Russian police detained more than 1,000 people yesterday in 82 towns and cities as the biggest protests against President...
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Town halls seize chance to hike council tax
Nine out of ten local authorities in England will increase council tax next month, with some residents in line for a 5 per cent rise. Councils are taking full advantage of new powers to increase their rates, with the money raised being ring-fenced for social care. Only 22 local authorities are freezing council tax...Nine out of ten local authorities in England will increase council tax next month, with some...Nine out of ten local authorities in England will increase council tax next month, with some...
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Heart-throb Hardy provides a bedtime treat for mothers
Mothers up and down the country might have woken up to breakfast in bed, a bouquet of flowers or a hastily written...Mothers up and down the country might have woken up to breakfast in bed, a bouquet of flowers or...Mothers up and down the country might have woken up to breakfast in bed, a bouquet of flowers or...
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THE TIMES DIARY
Rubber stamp that OBE offer
Don’t let important-looking post pile up unopened — it might be a letter from the Queen. The actress Helen McCrory...Don’t let important-looking post pile up unopened — it might be a letter from the Queen. The...Don’t let important-looking post pile up unopened — it might be a letter from the Queen. The...
Read the full storyterror in westminster
Killer was exposed to notorious hate preacher
The Westminster attacker was exposed to the teachings of Anjem Choudary, a notorious hate preacher, at the time that he appeared on MI5’s radar. Khalid Masood had been living in Luton, Bedfordshire, in 2010 when he picked up extremist literature from a stall run by Al-Muhajiroun, Choudary’s banned extremist group. Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, said that...The Westminster attacker was exposed to the teachings of Anjem Choudary, a notorious hate...The Westminster attacker was exposed to the teachings of Anjem Choudary, a notorious hate...
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Analysis
Luton’s links to a succession of Islamist extremists
exclusiveLuton has long been known as a hotbed of extremism. It was the base for Anjem Choudary’s banned extremist group and...Luton has long been known as a hotbed of extremism. It was the base for Anjem Choudary’s banned extremist group and has spawned a string of terrorists. Mohammad Sidique Khan and his fellow suicide bombers, who killed 52 people on the London transport network in 2005, travelled on the day of the atrocity from Luton...Luton has long been known as a hotbed of extremism. It was the base for Anjem Choudary’s banned extremist group and has spawned...
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terror in westminster
Show us attacker’s final secret texts, Rudd orders WhatsApp
TERROR IN WESTMINSTER
Party animal bragged of making money by robbing drug dealers
TERROR IN WESTMINSTER
Man, 30, held after raid on fourth Birmingham home
TERROR IN WESTMINSTER
Armoured cars at Wembley amid heightened security
terror in westminster
JustGiving profits from killed PC’s fund
terror in westminster
The terrorist plots foiled by British agents
terror in westminster
Somebody fled the scene of the crime... but who?
terror in westminster
Tourists head for countryside to avoid terror threat in the capital
terror in westminster
Laptop ban may spread to all incoming flights
Navy carriers can’t stop 4,000mph Russian missile
The Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers will be facing a new Russian missile than can travel at five times the...The Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers will be facing a new Russian missile than can travel...The Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers will be facing a new Russian missile than can travel...
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How social media opens your mind
Discussing the 2016 election, Barack Obama summed up the dangerously polarising effects of social media. Facebook and...Discussing the 2016 election, Barack Obama summed up the dangerously polarising effects of social...Discussing the 2016 election, Barack Obama summed up the dangerously polarising effects of social...
Read the full storyStephen Hawking gives lecture as hologram
He talked of his anxieties about Brexit, Donald Trump and the decline of trust in experts, but the most notable thing about Stephen Hawking’s speech was not what he said, but how he said it. The physicist, 75, addressed an audience in Hong Kong in...He talked of his anxieties about Brexit, Donald Trump and the decline of trust in experts, but...He talked of his anxieties about Brexit, Donald Trump and the decline of trust in experts, but...
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Poverty forces children to keep moving
Children growing up in poverty frequently move house, make long journeys to school and have to stay indoors because...Children growing up in poverty frequently move house, make long journeys to school and have to...Children growing up in poverty frequently move house, make long journeys to school and have to...
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Women don’t think much of macho men
A man who earns a big salary, can fix things around the house and fancies himself as strong and oozing sex appeal may...A man who earns a big salary, can fix things around the house and fancies himself as strong and...A man who earns a big salary, can fix things around the house and fancies himself as strong and...
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Damien Hirst hopes treasure chest will salvage his career
The premise is that Damien Hirst spent a decade and millions of pounds funding the salvage of priceless treasures from a ship that sank 2,000 years ago. Or he may have cast them at an English foundry, thrown them in the sea and retrieved them once...The premise is that Damien Hirst spent a decade and millions of pounds funding the salvage of...The premise is that Damien Hirst spent a decade and millions of pounds funding the salvage of...
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What a relief: cutting salt avoids toilet trips
Reducing salt significantly decreases the need to make night trips to the lavatory, research suggests. Nocturia affects more than half of over-50s and leaves many sufferers feeling fatigued and irritable in the morning.Reducing salt significantly decreases the need to make night trips to the lavatory, research suggests. Nocturia affects more than half of over-50s and leaves many sufferers feeling fatigued and irritable in the morning.Reducing salt significantly decreases the need to make night trips to the lavatory, research suggests. Nocturia...
Read the full storyWomen given hysterectomy ‘for no reason’
Women are being pushed into needless hysterectomies because gynaecological problems are dismissed routinely by doctors, MPs will say today. Half of women seeking help with common conditions said that they were not treated with...Women are being pushed into needless hysterectomies because gynaecological problems are dismissed routinely by doctors, MPs will say today. Half of women seeking help with common conditions said that they were not treated with...Women are being pushed into needless hysterectomies because gynaecological problems are dismissed routinely by...
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RED BOX: COMMENT
Extending the expensive badger cull is a mistake
RED BOX: COMMENT
Businesses must switch on to threat of cybercrime
RED BOX: COMMENT
Manchester will not forget Tories’ neglect
Giant sinkhole where Isis killed thousands
updatedWhen the killings first began, surprised work crews at the oil refining pits saw the bodies of a group of murdered women and army officers plunge over the edge of the sinkhole at Khafsa. By the time the slaughter ended two years later, so many corpses had been disposed of that remains had...When the killings first began, surprised work crews at the oil refining pits saw the bodies of a group of murdered women and army officers plunge over the edge of the sinkhole at Khafsa. By the time the slaughter ended two years later, so many corpses had been disposed of that remains had...When the killings first began, surprised work crews at the oil refining pits saw the bodies of a group of murdered women and...
Read the full storyIraq army blames jihadist bomb for Mosul deaths
Iraq’s army hit back yesterday at claims that it helped coalition jets to carry out a raid that killed more than 100 civilians, accusing Islamic State of provoking the airstrikes and using truck bombs against human shields. The US-led coalition has faced uproar over the number of civilian casualties resulting from the attack on west Mosul...Iraq’s army hit back yesterday at claims that it helped coalition jets to carry out a raid that killed more than 100 civilians, accusing Islamic State of provoking the airstrikes and using truck bombs against human shields. The US-led coalition has faced uproar over the number of civilian casualties resulting from the attack on west Mosul...Iraq’s army hit back yesterday at claims that it helped coalition jets to carry out a raid that killed more than 100 civilians...
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Merkel sees off Schulz challenge in state poll
The left-wing challenge to Angela Merkel hit the buffers yesterday as the German chancellor’s party scored a convincing victory in a state election, suggesting that she is on track for a fourth term in September’s national vote. There was little sign of a “Schulz effect” for her Social Democratic Party rivals in the...The left-wing challenge to Angela Merkel hit the buffers yesterday as the German chancellor’s...The left-wing challenge to Angela Merkel hit the buffers yesterday as the German chancellor’s...
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I would have won the White House, says Biden
United States Joe Biden has said that he could have beaten Donald Trump had he campaigned for the White House last...United States Joe Biden has said that he could have beaten Donald Trump had he campaigned for the...United States Joe Biden has said that he could have beaten Donald Trump had he campaigned for the...
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Gunfight erupts at Cincinnati nightclub
A 27-year-old man was killed and 16 others were injured in a gunfight at a busy nightclub in Cincinnati in the early...A 27-year-old man was killed and 16 others were injured in a gunfight at a busy nightclub in...A 27-year-old man was killed and 16 others were injured in a gunfight at a busy nightclub in...
Read the full storyYemen’s president sentenced to death
A court in Yemen’s rebel-held capital has sentenced President Hadi and six of his aides to death for “high treason”, a ruling that crushes hopes of peace talks to end the two-year civil war. The sentence coincided with the second anniversary of...A court in Yemen’s rebel-held capital has sentenced President Hadi and six of his aides to death...A court in Yemen’s rebel-held capital has sentenced President Hadi and six of his aides to death...
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From our correspondent
Shamed by a lack of good Samaritans, China wants people to start helping
Teenage sister to face brother in family axe murder trial
An 18-year-old South African woman whose wealthy parents and brother were killed in an axe attack at home two years...An 18-year-old South African woman whose wealthy parents and brother were killed in an axe attack...An 18-year-old South African woman whose wealthy parents and brother were killed in an axe attack...
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Rescuers save 1,000 migrants off Libya
The body of a woman was found off the Libyan coast and about 1,000 migrants in unseaworthy boats heading for Europe...The body of a woman was found off the Libyan coast and about 1,000 migrants in unseaworthy boats...The body of a woman was found off the Libyan coast and about 1,000 migrants in unseaworthy boats...
Read the full storyDyson hits out at plan for greater openness
Government plans to force private companies to be more transparent will harm Britain’s competitiveness and impose unfair and expensive burdens on the most innovative businesses, Sir James Dyson has said. In a scathing attack on plans by Greg Clark, the business secretary, to extend the governance...Government plans to force private companies to be more transparent will harm Britain’s competitiveness and impose unfair and expensive burdens on the most innovative businesses, Sir James Dyson has said. In a scathing attack on plans by Greg Clark, the business secretary, to extend the governance...Government plans to force private companies to be more transparent will harm Britain’s competitiveness and impose unfair and...
Read the full storyProfits go supersonic as hairdryer blows away opposition
Demand for supersonic hairdryers and reliably solid sales of bagless vacuums have helped Dyson to report another stellar year where its profits soared after stealing market share from rivals. The home appliances group will report today that its profits leapt by 41 per cent to £631 million last year. This was on turnover that rose 45 per...Demand for supersonic hairdryers and reliably solid sales of bagless vacuums have helped Dyson to report another stellar year where its profits soared after stealing market share from rivals. The home appliances group will report today that its profits leapt by 41 per cent to £631 million last year. This was on turnover that rose 45 per...Demand for supersonic hairdryers and reliably solid sales of bagless vacuums have helped Dyson to report another stellar year...
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Train builders set for joint HS2 bid
Britain’s two train manufacturers could team up to build £2.75 billion of superfast rolling stock for the High Speed Two rail project. With HS2 due to start canvassing soon for bids to deliver 60 225mph trains, each able to carry 1,000 passengers by 2026, Bombardier and Hitachi seem increasingly likely to pitch...Britain’s two train manufacturers could team up to build £2.75 billion of superfast rolling stock...Britain’s two train manufacturers could team up to build £2.75 billion of superfast rolling stock...
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business Commentary
Why the City remains the place to be
Do buildings matter? UBS has already opened one, Deutsche Bank is in negotiations to rent one, and Goldman Sachs is...Do buildings matter? UBS has already opened one, Deutsche Bank is in negotiations to rent one...Do buildings matter? UBS has already opened one, Deutsche Bank is in negotiations to rent one...
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Comment
Proposals for a mid-life MOT are as absurd as the uncertainty over pensions
Boss Ah, Simkins, come in. What can I do for you?
Simkins Thanks, chief. I’ve come for my mid-life MOT.
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Simkins Thanks, chief. I’ve come for my...Boss Ah, Simkins, come in. What can I do for you?
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Will Qatar return to haunt Barclays?
Before Easter, quite possibly next week, the Serious Fraud Office will make the biggest decision in its 30-year history. At stake will be the future of an agency that has faced questions over its existence ever since Theresa May, a frequent critic...Before Easter, quite possibly next week, the Serious Fraud Office will make the biggest decision...Before Easter, quite possibly next week, the Serious Fraud Office will make the biggest decision...
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Greeks forced into black market to keep firms afloat
At first, she moved to a cheaper part of the Greek capital to cut back on rent. Then she sacked all her staff, three seamstresses and a tailor, to make up for increased wages and taxes. Now, €5,000 in debt and two months behind...At first, she moved to a cheaper part of the Greek capital to cut back on rent. Then she sacked all her staff, three seamstresses and a tailor, to make up for increased wages and taxes. Now, €5,000 in debt and two months behind...At first, she moved to a cheaper part of the Greek capital to cut back on rent. Then she sacked all her staff, three...
Read the full storyRural businesses twice as likely to have bad internet as those in cities
Businesses, particularly in rural areas, are still struggling with unreliable broadband connections. A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) showed that almost all companies questioned said that a broadband...Businesses, particularly in rural areas, are still struggling with unreliable broadband connections. A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) showed that almost all companies questioned said that a broadband...Businesses, particularly in rural areas, are still struggling with unreliable broadband connections. A survey by the...
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working life
How a sense of history can help to lick the opposition
If you have heard the chimes of an ice cream van in recent years, the chances are they were coming from a van made by Whitby Morrison. Ed Whitby, 35, director and grandson of the founder, estimates that they have made about 90 per cent of the vans...If you have heard the chimes of an ice cream van in recent years, the chances are they were...If you have heard the chimes of an ice cream van in recent years, the chances are they were...
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football
Southgate tells Defoe he can make World Cup
Gareth Southgate has told Jermain Defoe that he can spearhead the England attack at the World Cup next year if he maintains his goalscoring form at club level. The striker marked his international recall with the opening strike in the 2-0 win over Lithuania yesterday. At the age of 34 years and 170 days, Defoe became England’s sixth-oldest goalscorer when dispatching...Gareth Southgate has told Jermain Defoe that he can spearhead the England attack at the World Cup...Gareth Southgate has told Jermain Defoe that he can spearhead the England attack at the World Cup...
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formula one
Hamilton in ‘best of best’ Vettel battle
Lewis Hamilton expects Sebastian Vettel to prove a tougher rival than his former team-mate Nico Rosberg as the “best...Lewis Hamilton expects Sebastian Vettel to prove a tougher rival than his former team-mate Nico Rosberg as the “best of the best” fight it out for the Formula One world title. Vettel took an early lead in the battle, beating Hamilton by nearly ten seconds in the first race of the season in Melbourne yesterday. The...Lewis Hamilton expects Sebastian Vettel to prove a tougher rival than his former team-mate Nico Rosberg as the “best of the...
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Rebecca Clancy
What we learnt from the Melbourne Grand Prix
rugby union
TMO (The Monday overview)
stuart barnes
Saracens’ aerial bombardment will prove if Hogg is ready for the Lions
As a dress rehearsal for their European Champions Cup quarter-final against Saracens, Glasgow Warrior’s 35-24 defeat of the PRO12 champions, Connacht, was a waste of time. The Irish team are the diametric opposite of the European champions. An...As a dress rehearsal for their European Champions Cup quarter-final against Saracens, Glasgow...As a dress rehearsal for their European Champions Cup quarter-final against Saracens, Glasgow...
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video highlights
Saracens go on rampage as England stars return
video highlights
Worcester pay price for Heem’s red
Rick Broadbent
Masters hopeful who cannot go home
Jhonattan Vegas is going to Augusta but he cannot go home. It is more than two years since he has been back and so his daughter has never seen her roots amid the slums and the oil fields and the battle for golf. Of all the stories behind this...Jhonattan Vegas is going to Augusta but he cannot go home. It is more than two years since he has...Jhonattan Vegas is going to Augusta but he cannot go home. It is more than two years since he has...
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Henry Winter
Dedicated Defoe still the master of his craft
England 2 Lithuania 0
Jermain Defoe’s return to international football after more than three years was marked by touches of class off the field as well as on. If the striker’s brilliant finish reminded everyone of his clever movement and enduringly sharp eye for goal at 34, it was also Defoe’s deep sense of compassion highlighted before kick-off that intensified Wembley’s acclaim. In an era...Jermain Defoe’s return to international football after more than three years was marked by...Jermain Defoe’s return to international football after more than three years was marked by...
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football
‘Sterling’s a ballsy player and he’s always improving,’ says Southgate
Gareth Southgate hailed Raheem Sterling’s “ballsy” approach as the winger took another step towards winning back the...Gareth Southgate hailed Raheem Sterling’s “ballsy” approach as the winger took another step towards winning back the affection of England supporters. Sterling was withdrawn after an hour of the win over Lithuania having complained of a back problem but the Manchester City youngster had already left his mark on...Gareth Southgate hailed Raheem Sterling’s “ballsy” approach as the winger took another step towards winning back the affection...
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matt hughes
Oxlade-Chamberlain failing to deliver
paul joyce
How the England players rated
Joe Hart (Torino) Skipper for the day, he had little to do but one misjudgement was almost punished by Slivka 6 Kyle...Joe Hart (Torino) Skipper for the day, he had little to do but one misjudgement was almost...Joe Hart (Torino) Skipper for the day, he had little to do but one misjudgement was almost...
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tony cascarino
Southgate has to find an aerial threat
Gareth Southgate’s England possess no aerial threat and that could be a big problem against better opposition. I’m...Gareth Southgate’s England possess no aerial threat and that could be a big problem against...Gareth Southgate’s England possess no aerial threat and that could be a big problem against...
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England Under-21s
Boothroyd: my team are handicapped by top flight
Premier League
Fifa will pay Coleman’s wages during injury lay-off
matthew syed
Why we remember Gazza’s tears but not prime ministers
“It was the most beautiful summer,” Terry Venables said in a marvellous interview with Oliver Kay on these pages on Saturday, referring to 1996. “The football we played . . . it was amazing. The feeling we had at Wembley. We beat Holland 4-1 but...“It was the most beautiful summer,” Terry Venables said in a marvellous interview with Oliver Kay...“It was the most beautiful summer,” Terry Venables said in a marvellous interview with Oliver Kay...
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The Journeyman
Any takeover at Portsmouth must keep fans firmly on side
bill edgar
Game in numbers: scorers quickly find their touch
Ignoring the kick off, Jermain Defoe scored for England against Lithuania yesterday via his second touch of the ball...Ignoring the kick off, Jermain Defoe scored for England against Lithuania yesterday via his...Ignoring the kick off, Jermain Defoe scored for England against Lithuania yesterday via his...
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graham spiers
Hope for Scotland was measured by size of the crowd
The large Hampden banner held aloft by Scotland fans spelled it out: “This Time”. So, too, the words pre-match of...The large Hampden banner held aloft by Scotland fans spelled it out: “This Time”. So, too, the...The large Hampden banner held aloft by Scotland fans spelled it out: “This Time”. So, too, the...
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League One
Toney double lifts Scunthorpe
League One
League One round-up
League Two
McCormick ends Doncaster’s home run
League Two
League Two round-up
Obituary
Aloysius ‘Lucky’ Gordon
Jazz singer, hustler and Bob Marley’s chef whose relationship with Christine Keeler was the catalyst for the Profumo scandal
In October 1962 a Jamaican immigrant musician, Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon, was slashed across the face with a knife by Johnny “The Edge” Edgecombe, a marijuana dealer and Antiguan jazz show promoter. It happened outside the Flamingo jazz club on Wardour Street, London and was over a comely femme fatale, Christine Keeler. Had she been sharing her bed with the two men alone...In October 1962 a Jamaican immigrant musician, Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon, was slashed across the...In October 1962 a Jamaican immigrant musician, Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon, was slashed across the...
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Obituary
Fred Weintraub
When Fred Weintraub saw Fellini’s film La Strada, he was a happily married man of 26 with two young daughters...When Fred Weintraub saw Fellini’s film La Strada, he was a happily married man of 26 with two young daughters, a beautiful home in New York’s Westchester County and a thriving family retail business inherited from his father that he had expanded to some 50 stores. Yet by his own admission he had been born...When Fred Weintraub saw Fellini’s film La Strada, he was a happily married man of 26 with two young daughters, a beautiful...
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Obituary
Major-General Clifford Kinvig
Army director of education and military historian who debunked some of the myths surrounding the bridge on the River Kwai
OBITUARY
Margaret Benyon
Court Circular
March 25
Law Report
Justifying ban on Islamic headscarves
Law Report
Customer wishes do not justify ban
Weather Eye
The worst civil aviation accident in history
The world’s worst civil aviation accident happened on this day 40 years ago when two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided on a runway shrouded in fog in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. On March 27, 1977, flights had been diverted from Las Palmas airport in the Canaries to the smaller regional Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife. The airport soon became...The world’s worst civil aviation accident happened on this day 40 years ago when two Boeing 747...The world’s worst civil aviation accident happened on this day 40 years ago when two Boeing 747...
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March 27, 1917
The Russian forces at Riga
We arrived here last night, M Gutchkoff, Minister of War, and Mme Gutchkoff, who came to watch over her husband’s...We arrived here last night, M Gutchkoff, Minister of War, and Mme Gutchkoff, who came to watch over her husband’s health. The Minister of War had scarcely slept since the outbreak of the revolution. His wellbeing is essential to the safety and welfare of the Empire. M Gutchkoff decided to leave Petrograd and his...We arrived here last night, M Gutchkoff, Minister of War, and Mme Gutchkoff, who came to watch over her husband’s health. The...
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Red carpet wars and the all-powerful super-stylists
They used to toil in obscurity — but now Hollywood’s stylists even have their own power list. Richard Godwin parties with the celebrity frock-brokers
A duke’s guide to good and bad Manners
The love lives of those at Belvoir Castle have long been the subject of salacious interest, and the present inhabitants are no exception
ARTS
Pop’s great hope — two bickering teenage brothers
The Lemon Twigs explain why they make music, loved by Elton John and Tony Visconti, that blends Sixties harmonies and Seventies glam rock
Want to extend your life by ten years? The Swedes know how
Forget the comfort of Danish hygge; Swedish sundhet is better for your health
the monday column
Hannah Betts: I love my doctor so much, I asked her for a selfie
ask the professor
Tanya Byron: My mother’s alcoholism is tormenting us
MindGames
The Times Daily Quiz
the lowdown
How Han Solo got his name
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Opera: Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden
★★★★☆
Ermonela Jaho’s fate on the Royal Opera stage hasn’t improved since the Albanian soprano was last seen necking poisonous drugs in Suor Angelica and pining for the son she wasn’t allowed to keep. Now, in the fifth revival of Moshe Leiser...★★★★☆
Ermonela Jaho’s fate on the Royal Opera stage hasn’t improved since the Albanian soprano...★★★★☆
Ermonela Jaho’s fate on the Royal Opera stage hasn’t improved since the Albanian soprano...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Dance: English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Concert: LSO/Altinoglu at the Barbican
★★★★★
In shades of silver, slate and bone, the strings describe a slow and heavy waltz. A solitary horn sings...★★★★★
In shades of silver, slate and bone, the strings describe a slow and heavy waltz. A...★★★★★
In shades of silver, slate and bone, the strings describe a slow and heavy waltz. A...
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Pop: Room 29: Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales at the Barbican
★★★☆☆
A cross-disciplinary collaboration between Britain’s favourite short-sighted pop star and Canada’s...★★★☆☆
A cross-disciplinary collaboration between Britain’s favourite short-sighted pop star...★★★☆☆
A cross-disciplinary collaboration between Britain’s favourite short-sighted pop star...
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on tonight and when
Dinner tonight
Lindsey Bareham’s cauliflower with almond sauce
THE TIMES FILM SHOW
The Lost City of Z; CHiPs
Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kate Muir and Ed Potton give their verdict on The Lost City of Z and CHiPs See the Times+ website for details of our year-round offer of 2-for-1 Odeon cinema ticketsWatch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kate Muir and Ed Potton give their...Watch our critics discuss the big new releases. This week Kate Muir and Ed Potton give their...
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No limits if Britain works together, May tells Scots
Theresa May will today present a vision of a “kind and generous” United Kingdom in an attempt to fend off SNP claims that independence offers an escape route from a “little Britain Brexit”. The prime minister will travel to Scotland for crunch talks with Nicola Sturgeon, on the eve of a Holyrood...Theresa May will today present a vision of a “kind and generous” United Kingdom in an attempt to fend off SNP claims that independence offers an escape route from a “little Britain Brexit”. The prime minister will travel to Scotland for crunch talks with Nicola Sturgeon, on the eve of a Holyrood...Theresa May will today present a vision of a “kind and generous” United Kingdom in an attempt to fend off SNP claims that...
Read the full storyRobison ditches plan to cut junior doctor hours
A promise to reduce the working hours of junior doctors, which was made after a medic was killed on her way home from a night shift at a hospital, has been abandoned by ministers. Shona Robison, Scottish health secretary, had said that she would include a pledge to stop junior doctors working more than 48 hours a week in her workforce plan.A promise to reduce the working hours of junior doctors, which was made after a medic was killed on her way home from a night shift at a hospital, has been abandoned by ministers. Shona Robison, Scottish health secretary, had said that she would include a pledge to stop junior doctors working more than 48 hours a week in her workforce plan.A promise to reduce the working hours of junior doctors, which was made after a medic was killed on her way home from a night...
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Surge in Glasgow HIV infection rate largest in 30 years
The doctor whose work inspired Trainspotting has warned that Glasgow is experiencing its biggest rise in HIV infection for three decades. New figures show that the number of injecting drug users diagnosed with the virus has risen by 600 per cent in the past year, with almost 80 new cases being recorded in the city...The doctor whose work inspired Trainspotting has warned that Glasgow is experiencing its biggest...The doctor whose work inspired Trainspotting has warned that Glasgow is experiencing its biggest...
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Sturgeon to head Stateside
Nicola Sturgeon is to launch an American charm offensive that will include speaking engagements at the United Nations...Nicola Sturgeon is to launch an American charm offensive that will include speaking engagements...Nicola Sturgeon is to launch an American charm offensive that will include speaking engagements...
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Graphic campaign launched to tackle revenge porn
Posters showing a mobile phone with nude pictures covered in crime scene tape feature in a new campaign highlighting...Posters showing a mobile phone with nude pictures covered in crime scene tape feature in a new...Posters showing a mobile phone with nude pictures covered in crime scene tape feature in a new...
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COMMENT
Holyrood’s resilience is about to be tested
There were tense moments in the Scottish parliament last Wednesday as news of the attack at Westminster filtered through. With mobiles bleeping all round the chamber, no one quite knew how serious the incident was. Whether to...There were tense moments in the Scottish parliament last Wednesday as news of the attack at Westminster filtered through. With mobiles bleeping all round the chamber, no one quite knew how serious the incident was. Whether to...There were tense moments in the Scottish parliament last Wednesday as news of the attack at Westminster filtered...
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Glasgow’s growing economy deserves investment support
Did you know that Glasgow grew faster between 2010 and 2015 than Manchester? According to the Centre for Cities, an independent think tank, the economy of Scotland’s largest city grew by 18 per cent compared with Manchester’s...Did you know that Glasgow grew faster between 2010 and 2015 than Manchester? According to the Centre for Cities, an independent think tank, the economy of Scotland’s largest city grew by 18 per cent compared with Manchester’s...Did you know that Glasgow grew faster between 2010 and 2015 than Manchester? According to the Centre for Cities, an...
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Abuse victims criticise €110m state agency
An agency set up to help survivors of institutional child abuse has been accused of wasting redress funds on expensive administrative costs amid criticism of delays in paying out to victims. Mary Higgins, chief executive of Caranua, received a €10,000 raise in 2015, taking her salary to more than €87,000. Her wages are paid out of a fund from religious congregations...An agency set up to help survivors of institutional child abuse has been accused of wasting...An agency set up to help survivors of institutional child abuse has been accused of wasting...
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‘It feels like they are just waiting for us to die’
Jerry doesn’t know where he’s from. The 57-year-old grandfather of four spent 18 years in three different religious...Jerry doesn’t know where he’s from. The 57-year-old grandfather of four spent 18 years in three different religious institutions: the Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys in Ballaghaderreen, Mount Carmel Industrial School in Moate and St Michael’s in Dublin. “The sexual abuse was horrific,” he said. He cannot...Jerry doesn’t know where he’s from. The 57-year-old grandfather of four spent 18 years in three different religious...
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Non-resident taxpayers more than treble
The number of people who declared themselves as non-resident for tax purposes has more than trebled in less than a...The number of people who declared themselves as non-resident for tax purposes has more than...The number of people who declared themselves as non-resident for tax purposes has more than...
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Comment
In modern society, stupidity hurts everyone
I used to work with a guy who regarded me as a spokesman for the “right-wing, Thatcherite, Fianna Fáil/Progressive...I used to work with a guy who regarded me as a spokesman for the “right-wing, Thatcherite, Fianna...I used to work with a guy who regarded me as a spokesman for the “right-wing, Thatcherite, Fianna...
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Taylor hurt players before — but doesn’t seem to have learnt from it
The football cliché that has earned most royalties since Friday night is unquestionably: “not that type of player”. Since Neil Taylor’s horrific tackle that broke Séamus Coleman’s leg during Ireland and Wales’ goalless draw at Lansdowne Road...The football cliché that has earned most royalties since Friday night is unquestionably: “not...The football cliché that has earned most royalties since Friday night is unquestionably: “not...
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Rugby union
Ruddock: heavy Wasps defeats will spur us on
Gaelic football
O’Shea return brings cheer back to Mayo
Gaelic football
GAA growing fat on Dublin cash cow
It was towards the end of January that Paráic Duffy was one of those to appear before a fairly pointless Oireachtas...It was towards the end of January that Paráic Duffy was one of those to appear before a fairly...It was towards the end of January that Paráic Duffy was one of those to appear before a fairly...
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GAA
Weekend talking points: Dublin set new standard
The quality of the opposition has to be taken into consideration but the absolute beauty of Dublin’s display on...The quality of the opposition has to be taken into consideration but the absolute beauty of...The quality of the opposition has to be taken into consideration but the absolute beauty of...
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Comment
Stand up for our right to criticise Islam
Matt Ridley
Since the Enlightenment we’ve been free to poke fun at religion and a blasphemy offence has no place in a modern society
Clare Foges
Your country needs you to join the opposition
Libby Purves
God save the Queen — and youthful rebellion
NOTEBOOK: Matthew Syed
Sunday roast will never again be off the menu
THUNDERER
Equalities quango is a disaster and should be scrapped
VIDEO
Behind the scenes of Theresa May’s Vogue photoshoot
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Leading Articles
Indefinite Article
The phoney war of Britain’s departure from the European Union is about to end. The government and its critics will both need to temper their bravado with realism
Merkel’s Challengers
A revived centre left still lags Germany’s formidable chancellor
Brick Wall-E
Robot masons could soon render bricklayers obsolete
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Role of the lord chancellor and prison reform
Read the full storySir, The enfeebled lord chancellorship of Liz Truss (“Judgment Day”, leading article, Mar 24) and her two predecessors, Michael Gove and Chris Grayling, demonstrate that Tony Blair’s ill-considered constitutional reforms of 2005 have failed. The...
Sir, The enfeebled lord chancellorship of Liz Truss (“Judgment Day”, leading article, Mar 24)...
Sir, The enfeebled lord chancellorship of Liz Truss (“Judgment Day”, leading article, Mar 24)...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: The CBI and PwC publish their financial services survey.
Germany: The country’s Turkish communities will begin voting on President Erdogan’s referendum on taking new powers.
Hong Kong: Carrie Lam is elected Hong Kong chief executive.
US: The Senate judiciary committee votes on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, announced by President Trump in January.
On this day
In 1963 the Beeching report listed 2,000 railway stations that could be closed immediately.
In 1977 two jumbo jets collided on a runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people.
In 1980 a platform on the Alexander Kielland oil rig collapsed in the North Sea, killing 123 workers.
In 1989 Russians went to the polls in an election that was marked by the defeat of many senior Communist Party officials.
Nature notes
The countryside is getting greener and whiter every day. Cow parsley, or Queen Anne’s lace, has grown very fast in the past week and there are foot-high, bright green forests of it in many places. It first came up in December to secure a place for itself on the ground, but has waited for this moment. It has thick, fern-like leaves and at the top of the stalk there are tiny white buds. It will soon be covered in umbrella-like white flowers, all along the sides of lanes. Blackthorn is densely clothed in white flowers and many farmland hedges look like high white snowdrifts. The white hawthorn flowers are starting to open on bushes and hedges. On horse chestnut trees, the leaves have opened out into large green hands with long fingers and among them the flowers are rising up like little white pyramids. Small white daisies are dotted over garden lawns everywhere.
Derwent May
Birthdays today
Earl of Aylesford, 70; Tony Banks, founding member and keyboard player, Genesis, 67; Prof AJ Bellingham, haematologist, 79; Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, barrister and author, 91; Mariah Carey, pop singer, Vision of Love (1990), All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994), 47; Robert Cohan, choreographer, founder artistic director (1967) of The Place, London, 92; David Coulthard, former Formula One racing driver, Channel 4 commentator, 46; Maria Ewing, opera singer, 67; Julian Glover, actor, For Your Eyes Only (1981), Game of Thrones, 82; Ellery Hanley, rugby league player, Great Britain (1984-93), 56; Dame Pippa Harris, film and TV producer, Call the Midwife (since 2012), 50; Victor Hochhauser, impresario for Margot Fonteyn, Yehudi Menuhin and Rudolf Nureyev, 94; Peter Howson, painter, official British war artist in Bosnia (1993-95), 59; Jessie J, singer, Bang Bang (2014), 29; Brian Jones, balloonist, co-piloted the first successful uninterrupted circumnavigation of the world (1999), 70; Prof Dennis Kavanagh, political analyst, 76; Eleanor Maguire, professor of cognitive neuroscience, University College London, 47; Dame Jil Matheson, national statistician (2009-14), 64; Patrick McCabe, novelist, The Butcher Boy (1992), Breakfast on Pluto (1998), 62; John O’Farrell, writer, An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain (2009), 55; Lord (Charles) Plumb, president National Farmers’ Union (1970-79), 92; Mariano Rajoy, prime minister of Spain, 62; Admiral Sir Jock Slater, first sea lord and chief of the naval staff (1995-98), 79; Earl of Suffolk, 82; Sir John Sulston, biologist, Nobel prize in physiology or medicine (2002), 75; Quentin Tarantino, film director, Reservoir Dogs (1994), The Hateful Eight (2015), 54; Lars Tharp, historian and broadcaster, Antiques Roadshow (since 1986), 63; Daphne Todd, portrait painter, president, Royal Society of Portrait Painters (1994-2000), 70; Terry Yorath, footballer, Wales (1969-81) and manager, Wales (1988-93), 67; Michael York, actor, Cabaret (1972), Logan’s Run (1976), 75.