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Read trusted, award-winning journalism. Just £1 for 6 months. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login NEWS TORIES CONSIDERING STAMP DUTY CUT IN AUTUMN STATEMENT Election giveaway would axe the tax completely for almost half of all homebuyers The Conservatives are considering cutting stamp duty in the autumn statement this year as part of an aspirational offer before the general election. The Treasury has drawn up plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying the duty from £250,000 to £300,000. The move, which would...The Conservatives are considering cutting stamp duty in the autumn statement this year as part of an aspirational offer before the general election. The Treasury has drawn up plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying the duty from £250,000 to £300,000. The move, which would...The Conservatives are considering cutting stamp duty in the autumn statement this year as part of an aspirational offer before... Politics IN DEPTH SUNAK TEMPTED TO GO FOR BROKE WITH A SUMMER ELECTION Liz Truss was enjoying herself as she celebrated the publication of her memoirs with a party in central London. She was, as ever, unrepentant. “It has been a rollercoaster ride,” she said of her 49-day premiership. “I don’t regret that I did it. I am very grateful to David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson for giving me the...Liz Truss was enjoying herself as she celebrated the publication of her memoirs with a party in central London. She was, as ever, unrepentant. “It has been a rollercoaster ride,” she said of her 49-day premiership. “I don’t regret that I did it. I am very grateful to David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson for giving me the...Liz Truss was enjoying herself as she celebrated the publication of her memoirs with a party in central London. She was, as... INTERVIEW HILARY CASS: I CAN’T TRAVEL ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFTER GENDER REPORT Dr Hilary Cass has criticised the spread of “disinformation” around her report, including from a Labour MP, as she revealed she had been told not to travel on public transport over safety fears. In an interview with The Times, the paediatrician behind last week’s landmark review on the treatment of transgender...Dr Hilary Cass has criticised the spread of “disinformation” around her report, including from a...Dr Hilary Cass has criticised the spread of “disinformation” around her report, including from a... royal family PRESSURE ON HARRY AFTER NEW TORTURE CLAIMS HIT AFRICAN CHARITY WORLD NEWS MAN DIES AFTER SETTING HIMSELF ON FIRE OUTSIDE TRUMP TRIAL COURTHOUSE updated UK NEWS MET POLICE APOLOGISES AFTER THREAT TO ARREST ‘OPENLY JEWISH’ MAN Politics ‘LANDLADY’ ANGELA RAYNER LOST IT OVER SMASHED WINDOW, SAYS NEIGHBOUR UK NEWS ‘INVINCIBLE’ GIRLS WIN BOYS’ FOOTBALL LEAGUE new POLITICS TORIES ‘DIDN’T REPORT MARK MENZIES FRAUD CLAIM AS CASH CAME FROM DONORS’ HEALTH TRYING TO CURE CANCER WITH ‘JUICE DIET’ ALMOST KILLED ME new uk news HOW IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS WORKING TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN BRITAIN health RISE OF BROTOX: MEN TURN TO COSMETIC TREATMENTS TO STAY YOUTHFUL EDITOR'S PICKS report PRONOUNS AND OAT MILK ARE OUT. SO HAS WOKE BEEN CANCELLED? WEEKLY QUIZ THE TIMES QUIZ OF THE WEEK: FROM SMOKING BANS TO POTS AND PANS interview THE COMICS WHO TURNED THEIR MARRIAGE INTO A MIDDLE-CLASS JOKE How early is too early to play classical music on your partner’s vibrator? 7am? 8am? It is just before 8 o’clock on a...How early is too early to play classical music on your partner’s vibrator? 7am? 8am? It is just...How early is too early to play classical music on your partner’s vibrator? 7am? 8am? It is just... BOOKS | INTERVIEW DAVID NICHOLLS: ‘ONE DAY SHOULD HAVE HAD A SEX SCENE BUT I CHICKENED OUT’ By now David Nicholls is used to fielding questions about One Day. The most recent adaptation of his 2009...By now David Nicholls is used to fielding questions about One Day. The most recent adaptation...By now David Nicholls is used to fielding questions about One Day. The most recent adaptation... POLITICS health ANXIETY MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR DISABILITY BENEFIT IN SUNAK REFORMS politics A GREAT SUCCESS OR A STEP TOO FAR? JURY STILL OUT ON SCOTTISH HATE CRIME LAW education QUARTER OF PARENTS WOULD QUIT PRIVATE SCHOOLS IF VAT ADDED TO FEES Survey casts doubt on Labour’s claim policy will raise £1.6bn UK News MPS OPPOSE FUNDING DISINFORMATION RATINGS AGENCY IN BLACKLISTING ROW MY WEEK MY WEEK: LIZ TRUSS* UK NEWS BLOODY SUNDAY: NO SOLDIERS CHARGED OVER FALSE EVIDENCE CLAIMS world news RUSSIA ‘WAGING HYBRID WAR’ AGAINST GEORGIA, PRESIDENT CLAIMS exclusive Crime REVEALED: HOW WESTMINSTER MURDER VICTIM MOVED FROM THAILAND AT 14 COURTS SEX THERAPIST ACCUSED OF RAPE ‘SAID HIS PENIS COULD BURN UP TRAUMA’ uk news THE COUPLE WHO CARVED OUT A PLACE FOR TEENAGERS WITH CANCER photography THROUGH THE LENS OF TIM HETHERINGTON, PHOTOJOURNALIST KILLED IN LIBYA UK NEWS MY NIGHT OUT AT BRIXTON ACADEMY, TWO YEARS AFTER CRUSH DEATHS At points while snaking along the new and extended queuing system to enter the Brixton Academy, it seemed as though...At points while snaking along the new and extended queuing system to enter the Brixton Academy...At points while snaking along the new and extended queuing system to enter the Brixton Academy... THE TIMES DIARY THE NAKED AND THE BRAVE STREAKING THROUGH HISTORY Fifty years ago on Saturday, a bearded Australian became the first person to streak at a big British sporting event.Fifty years ago on Saturday, a bearded Australian became the first person to streak at a big...Fifty years ago on Saturday, a bearded Australian became the first person to streak at a big... uk news SUPPORT FOR STONEWALL CRUMBLES AFTER CASS REVIEW EDUCATION CAMBRIDGE IN FREE-SPEECH ROW OVER RESEARCHER’S ‘RACE REALISM’ BLOG SCIENCE ARE ANIMALS CONSCIOUS BEINGS? PHILOSOPHERS SEEM TO THINK SO post office inquiry POST OFFICE LEGAL CHIEF TAKES ‘NO PRIDE’ IN ROLE AFTER SCANDAL Photography NEWS IN PICTURES For more pictures from The Times follow us on Instagram.For more pictures from The Times follow us on Instagram.For more pictures from The Times follow us on Instagram. Show more WORLD middle east crisis THE LESSON OF ISRAEL-IRAN ATTACKS? THERE’S NO DISGRACE IN SAVING FACE Binyamin Netanyahu was strangely quiet in the days after Iran’s drone and missile attack last weekend. He made just one public appearance, in front of new conscripts to the Israel Defence Forces, where he mentioned Iran only obliquely. “I thank our friends for their support in defence of Israel,”...Binyamin Netanyahu was strangely quiet in the days after Iran’s drone and missile attack last weekend. He made just one public appearance, in front of new conscripts to the Israel Defence Forces, where he mentioned Iran only obliquely. “I thank our friends for their support in defence of Israel,”...Binyamin Netanyahu was strangely quiet in the days after Iran’s drone and missile attack last weekend. He made just one public... middle east crisis IRAN PLAYS DOWN LATEST STRIKES BY ISRAELIS Israel carried out limited retaliatory strikes against the northern Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, bringing an apparent close to a fortnight of tit-for-tat bombings and averting the threat of a wider conflict. Iran said the city had been hit by a minor attack from “drones fired from inside the country”, after residents reported the...Israel carried out limited retaliatory strikes against the northern Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, bringing an apparent close to a fortnight of tit-for-tat bombings and averting the threat of a wider conflict. Iran said the city had been hit by a minor attack from “drones fired from inside the country”, after residents reported the...Israel carried out limited retaliatory strikes against the northern Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, bringing an apparent... PARAGLIDER FIGHTS OFF GOLDEN EAGLE IN 13-MINUTE DUEL OVER THE ALPS Thomas Rieu was enjoying a tranquil Saturday, soaring with his paraglider over the French Alps, when something whacked him on the back of the head. He felt pain as talons drilled through his helmet. Thus began a 13-minute struggle between Rieu, a 34-year-old engineer, and a golden eagle bent on killing him. Birds of...Thomas Rieu was enjoying a tranquil Saturday, soaring with his paraglider over the French Alps...Thomas Rieu was enjoying a tranquil Saturday, soaring with his paraglider over the French Alps... THE VAN EYCK MASTERPIECE MISSING FOR 90 YEARS AND STILL GRIPPING A NATION video TENERIFE FIGHTS BACK AGAINST DEVELOPERS THREATENING LAST UNTOUCHED BEACHES SPAIN TOURISM DRIVE RAISES FEARS OVER ‘IBIZA OF THE NORTH’ CLARA BOW’S FAMILY DELIGHTED BY TAYLOR SWIFT COMPARISON Anthony Loyd in Kyiv I’M FIGHTING SO MY CHILDREN DON’T HAVE TO: A UKRAINIAN MOTHER AT WAR WORLD NEWS I WENT UNDERCOVER IN A HIGH SCHOOL. MY CLASSMATES NEVER FORGAVE ME Shann Jones did not enjoy her final years at her Virginia high school. As captain of a dance team she had the popularity many teenagers dream of, but loathed the social dynamics that came with it. “I was popular, but of course I was miserable,”...Shann Jones did not enjoy her final years at her Virginia high school. As captain of a dance team...Shann Jones did not enjoy her final years at her Virginia high school. As captain of a dance team... ANALYSIS WHY DID ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? I’LL MAKE FLORENCE FLOURISH, VOWS MELONI’S EX-UFFIZI BOSS VOID DONALD TRUMP’S $175M FRAUD BOND, SAYS NEW YORK LEGAL CHIEF Donald Trump’s $175 million bond posted in the civil fraud case against the former president should be voided because...Donald Trump’s $175 million bond posted in the civil fraud case against the former president...Donald Trump’s $175 million bond posted in the civil fraud case against the former president... FRANCE CONFIDENTIAL VIGILANTES FIGHT TO RECLAIM THE SEINE FROM SCOURGE OF ‘LOVE LOCKS’ On a padlock attached to a lamppost on the Pont des Arts, a footbridge over the Seine in Paris, there is a simple...On a padlock attached to a lamppost on the Pont des Arts, a footbridge over the Seine in Paris...On a padlock attached to a lamppost on the Pont des Arts, a footbridge over the Seine in Paris... INSIDE THE LAB PLANNING TO TRANSPLANT PIGS’ HEARTS INTO BABIES An American company that successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a man has revealed an ambitious plan to place pig hearts into the bodies of babies with life-threatening defects from later this year. In a tour of their plant in Cambridge...An American company that successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a man has revealed an...An American company that successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a man has revealed an... UKRAINE’S ANXIOUS WAIT AS US HOUSE SCHEDULES VOTE ON SENDING AID SILICON VALLEY PERPLEXED BY TRAFFIC INNOVATION: THE TURBO ROUNDABOUT CHINA’S HOLIDAYS AREN’T WORKING — AND BOSSES ARE TO BLAME THE RICHARD BEESTON BURSARY 2024 US ELECTION will pavia WAS TRUMP ASLEEP, AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE LAVATORIES? DIARY OF A TETCHY FIRST WEEK IN COURT video FIFTEEN KENNEDY FAMILY MEMBERS BACK JOE BIDEN IN BLOW TO RFK JR gerard baker IN TRUTH, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT PARODY DIED MELANIA READY TO LEAVE THE SHADOWS TO SUPPORT HER HUSBAND video US ELECTION TRUMP’S JURY SELECTED AFTER ONE MEMBER IS DISMISSED FOR ‘LYING’ Show more COMMENT POLITICS IS A MAGNET FOR THE RASH AND RECKLESS Matthew Parris Why do MPs of all stripes, who know what’s at stake, take such crazy risks? The truth is they’re not normal people AGNÈS POIRIER PARISIANS ARE DREADING THE OLYMPICS CIRCUS giles coren SMACKING HAS LASTING EFFECTS. I SHOULD KNOW ANN TRENEMAN | NOTEBOOK PUNK ROCK ’N’ RAVE VIBES AS THE RHS GOES URBAN matt chorley THE WAY MPS TREAT PETS, IT’S NO WONDER THE COUNTRY HAS GONE TO THE DOGS WEEKEND ESSAY A GLORIOUS START TURNED TO CRISIS FOR KING CHARLES: CAN HE PULL IT BACK? BEN MACINTYRE CARAVAGGIO’S DEATH STILL HAUNTS HIS WORK ROSE WILD | FEEDBACK EVEN A CHAIR CAN NOW BE REGARDED AS TALISMANIC Twenty-odd years ago in this paper Simon Barnes, our chief sports writer at the time, explained for general readers...Twenty-odd years ago in this paper Simon Barnes, our chief sports writer at the time, explained...Twenty-odd years ago in this paper Simon Barnes, our chief sports writer at the time, explained... MELISSA HARRISON | NOTEBOOK OUR VERDANT VERGES HOLD BEAUTY AND BEASTS ALIKE What a magical thing a strip of unregarded roadside verge can be in spring. Here in Suffolk our village lanes are...What a magical thing a strip of unregarded roadside verge can be in spring. Here in Suffolk our...What a magical thing a strip of unregarded roadside verge can be in spring. Here in Suffolk our... Leading Articles NATIONAL MALADY The prime minister’s proposal to tighten the process for signing people off work on medical grounds is a sensible approach amid spiralling welfare costs BAD IDEA Kemi Badenoch is right to oppose the FCA’s planned imposition of diversity quotas NEVER TOO LATE The Times Sternberg award is a reminder that older people do great things LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BIRBALSINGH AND MAKING SCHOOLS SECULAR Sir, I am disappointed by Emma Duncan’s assertion that state-funded faith schools limit admission to poorer children and her portrayal of faith schools as divisive (“Birbalsingh is right — make schools secular”, Apr 19). In fact, it is illegal for...Sir, I am disappointed by Emma Duncan’s assertion that state-funded faith schools limit admission...Sir, I am disappointed by Emma Duncan’s assertion that state-funded faith schools limit admission... DAILY UNIVERSAL REGISTER BRIEFING TODAY UK: Eid in the Square celebration to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Trafalgar Square, central London. Italy: Opening of Venice Biennale, the world’s largest art exhibition, which runs until November 24. TOMORROW UK: Runners including Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, take part in the London Marathon; St George’s Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square. ON THIS DAY Today In 1925 Percy Fawcett and two companions departed on an expedition in search of an ancient lost city in the Amazon that he dubbed “Z”. The last dispatch of the former British Army officer was sent on May 29, 1925, and their fate is unknown. Fawcett, whose adventures in Brazil and Bolivia began in 1906, was a friend of the writers Sir Henry Rider Haggard (King Solomon’s Mines, 1885) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Lost World, 1912); in 1968 the politician Enoch Powell addressed a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, giving what is known as the Rivers of Blood immigration speech; in 1994 Paul Touvier, a French collaborator, was found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering the execution of seven Jews in 1944 during the Second World War. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and died in July 1996, aged 81; in 2017 three police officers were shot by a terrorist wielding an AK-47 rifle on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Captain Xavier Jugelé was killed, while two other officers and a German tourist were seriously wounded. The attacker was shot dead by police at the scene; in 2023 SpaceX’s 120m-high Starship mega rocket exploded after being launched from the Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas. It was the first fully integrated test flight of the company’s moon-and-Mars transportation system — comprising Starship, the upper stage designed for carrying crew and cargo, stacked atop the Super Heavy booster. Tomorrow In 1640 parliament raised the issue of the merchant ship Rebecca of London “taken upon the Coasts of Spain, [silver] worth at the least two hundred and sixty thousand pounds” by Barbary pirates from north Africa. The capture caused a fall in sterling’s value. Over a nine-month period more than 68 British ships and 1,222 mariners had been seized, with ransom payments having to be paid to free men, women and children enslaved after coastal raids; in 1918 Baron von Richthofen (the air ace Red Baron) died aged 25 after being shot through the chest by a single bullet during a dogfight near the River Somme. Controversy surrounds who fired the shot. A full military funeral was conducted by Allied air officers for the airman, with 80 victories to his name; in 1964 the first episode of the pre-school TV programme Play School was broadcast. It opened the new BBC2 service, as a power cut disrupted a planned April 20 spectacular opening night. The series ran until March 11, 1988; in 1989 about 100,000 student-led protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The protests culminated in June with the Tiananmen Square massacre, in which at least 10,000 people were thought to have been killed by the Chinese army; in 2004 Mordechai Vanunu was released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years, mostly in solitary confinement, for treason and espionage for revealing to The Sunday Times an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s. NATURE NOTES When did it begin, this deep and bitter prejudice against dandelions? Some gardeners experience a wave of irritation when they see these little sun flowers daring to bloom on their perfect lawns. Toxic weed killers, constant mowing, fertilisers, specially designed grab tools and even mini flame throwers are used to prevent them from growing. Yet dandelions are strikingly beautiful, and bring life to countless pollinators, birds and mammals. Attitudes are slowly changing though. A decade ago, typing “dandelions” into a web browser would have brought pages listing endless ways to eradicate them; now the same search yields the Royal Horticultural Society advising us that welcoming these flowers into our gardens is a great way to boost local biodiversity. Jonathan Tulloch Jonathan Tulloch Show more BIRTHDAYS Today Felix Baumgartner, skydiver and base jumper, first person to break the speed of sound in free fall (2012), 55; Simon Beckett, journalist and author, 64; Lord (Alan) Beith, MP (1973-2015), deputy Lib Dem party leader (1992-2003), 81; Baroness (Christine) Blower, general secretary, National Union of Teachers (2009-16), 73; Sebastian Faulks, journalist and author, The Girl at the Lion d’Or (1989); Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor, founder, Monteverdi Choir, 81; Giles Henderson, master, Pembroke College, Oxford (2001-13), 82; Alistair Cooke, Lord Lexden, deputy speaker (Lords), official historian of the Conservative Party, 79; Lord (Robert) Mair, emeritus professor of civil engineering, University of Cambridge, president, Institution of Civil Engineers (2017-18), 74; Svante Paabo, geneticist, Nobel prize in physiology or medicine (2022), 69; Lord (Eric) Pickles, Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar (1992-2017) and party chairman (2009-10), 72; Peter Snow, broadcaster, Newsnight (1979-97), 86; David Scott Taylor, executive chairman, Procter & Gamble (2021-22, consumer goods, including Gillette), 66; Dame Rachel Whiteread, artist, first woman to win the Turner prize (1993), 61. Tomorrow Prof Sir Alan Fersht, organic chemist, master, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (2012-18), 81; Robin Dixon, Lord Glentoran, bobsledder, Olympic gold medallist (1964), and Conservative Party politician, 89; Mikhail Fridman, businessman, co-founder of Alfa-Group (Russian conglomerate), 60; Manfred Goldberg, concentration camp survivor awarded the BEM for services to Holocaust education, 94; Lord (David) Lipsey, journalist, associate editor, The Times (1990-92), 76; Chris Mason, journalist, BBC political editor, 44; Elaine May, actress and film-maker, Heaven Can Wait (1978), and comedian, 92; Gugu Mbatha-Raw, actress, Belle (2013), The Girl Before (2021), 41; Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist awarded the Nobel peace prize (2023), 52; Iggy Pop, rock singer, Lust for Life (1977), 77; Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty campaigner, author, Dead Man Walking (1993), 85; Robert Smith, musician, co-founder of the Cure, 65; Toby Stephens, actor, Die Another Day (2002), Lost in Space (2018-21), 55; Srinivas Venkataraghavan, cricketer, India (1965-83), and umpire, 79; Lord (Alan) West of Spithead, first sea lord (2002-06) and Labour minister, 76; Dame Sharon White (Lady Chote), chairwoman, John Lewis Partnership (department stores and supermarkets), 57; Prof Sir Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, 58. Show more Show more SPONSORED BUSINESS UNILEVER BOSS WATERS DOWN PLASTIC PLEDGES New boss more intent on financial performance Unilever has watered down a series of environmental and social pledges months after its boss said it would stop “force-fitting” social justice messaging on to its brands. Hein Schumacher, who became chief executive last year, has made his intentions clear since taking over from Alan Jope, who...Unilever has watered down a series of environmental and social pledges months after its boss said it would stop “force-fitting” social justice messaging on to its brands. Hein Schumacher, who became chief executive last year, has made his intentions clear since taking over from Alan Jope, who...Unilever has watered down a series of environmental and social pledges months after its boss said it would stop “force-fitting”... MONDI’S TAKEOVER BID FOR PACKAGING RIVAL DS SMITH COMES UNDONE An anticipated bidding war for one of Britain’s biggest packaging companies came to nothing on Friday night, sending shares in the two rival companies to opposite ends of the FTSE 100. Mondi disappointed City investors hoping for a transatlantic tug-of-war for DS Smith by walking away from a £5.1 billion offer first tabled in March. The...An anticipated bidding war for one of Britain’s biggest packaging companies came to nothing on Friday night, sending shares in the two rival companies to opposite ends of the FTSE 100. Mondi disappointed City investors hoping for a transatlantic tug-of-war for DS Smith by walking away from a £5.1 billion offer first tabled in March. The...An anticipated bidding war for one of Britain’s biggest packaging companies came to nothing on Friday night, sending shares in... TESLA RECALLS THOUSANDS OF CYBERTRUCKS OVER FAULTY ACCELERATOR Tesla has recalled almost 4,000 of its Cybertrucks over a potentially hazardous fault with the vehicle’s accelerator pedal. The recall is the latest in a series of headaches for Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, and it comes ahead of a key week for the carmaker. On Tuesday Musk, 52, will update investors on...Tesla has recalled almost 4,000 of its Cybertrucks over a potentially hazardous fault with the...Tesla has recalled almost 4,000 of its Cybertrucks over a potentially hazardous fault with the... HOW GREECE GOT BACK ON ITS FEET AFTER WORLD’S LONGEST RECESSION INFLATION ‘WILL STABILISE AT 2% THIS YEAR’ WAREHOUSE MEGA-MERGER QUESTIONED OVER REBATE BENEFIT comment THAMES WATER CANNOT ESCAPE THAT SINKING FEELING The swirling seas around Thames Water will become a bit darker next week when it is expected to go public with the... 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