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ANALYSIS

Reform’s top team: ‘competent and capable’ or Tory 2.0?

Farage says he needs people with Whitehall experience, which his ex-Conservative defectors have, yet some fear this will contaminate the brand

Collage of five politicians speaking at podiums, with text "REFORM UK" in the background.

POLITICAL SKETCH | TOM PECK

Nigel’s superheroes pretend they’re not shadows of real thing

Nigel Farage with the Reform UK shadow cabinet members Zia Yusuf, Robert Jenrick, Richard Tice, and Suella Braverman.

THE TIMES VIEW

Reform UK still lacks a mature political prospectus

Times Data

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London

‘A bit like a fire’: Kensington and Chelsea residents hit by hack

The council of London’s wealthiest borough is still unable to collect council tax or distribute housing benefit three months after it was hacked

‘A bit like a fire’: Kensington and Chelsea residents hit by hack

Inside the East End ‘Eton’ wowing Oxbridge

Five pupils in a classroom at The London Academy of Excellence in Stratford.

Inside the East End ‘Eton’ wowing Oxbridge

The Tube cleaning squads drawing a line under graffiti plague

A worker in full PPE washing graffiti off a TFL train at Hainault Depot.

The Tube cleaning squads drawing a line under graffiti plague

I tried the new AI personal trainer from founder of Tough Mudder

Journalist Lucy Gornall smiling while holding onto a barbell in the CoachCube AI-powered personal training cube.

I tried the new AI personal trainer from founder of Tough Mudder

Scotland

SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell giving evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee.

SNP minister denies government involved in Peter Murrell trial delay

Nicola Sturgeon holding her new memoir "Frankly".

Nicola Sturgeon: I want my voice heard again on political stage

a man in a suit and white shirt is smiling for the camera .

Kenny Farquharson Sarwar spiked SNP’s guns and finally we have a Scottish campaign

a man in a blue suit and white shirt looks at the camera

Iain Macwhirter Sarwar’s disloyalty to Starmer is a gift to the SNP

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp stuck in lift before DJ set

Axe thrower, 70, to compete in Las Vegas world championships

Fay Lenore obituary: actress, singer and comedian

Driver who killed pedestrian at 91mph guilty of dangerous driving

Martin Kemp and others pose for a photo in an elevator.

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp stuck in lift before DJ set

A man holding an axe next to a wooden fence.

Axe thrower, 70, to compete in Las Vegas world championships

Actress Fay Lenore, lead lady in Norman Wisdom's 1954 Palladium show.

Fay Lenore obituary: actress, singer and comedian

Raymond Munro outside the High Court in Stirling, where he was found guilty of causing David McCallum's death by dangerous driving.

Driver who killed pedestrian at 91mph guilty of dangerous driving

Kenny Farquharson Sarwar spiked SNP’s guns and finally we have a Scottish campaign

Iain Macwhirter Sarwar’s disloyalty to Starmer is a gift to the SNP

Royal family

Prue Leith in a red patterned suit with large ruffled sleeves, ruffled pink collar, red glasses, and flowers in her hair, posing backstage at London Fashion Week.

Sharp suit made from King’s holly hits London Fashion Week

Dame Prue Leith took to the runway in a strawberry-coloured Vin + Omi creation, woven from plants grown at Sandringham

Sharp suit made from King’s holly hits London Fashion Week

Hillary Clinton says Andrew should testify to Epstein inquiry

Hillary Clinton says Andrew should testify to Epstein inquiry

Andrew met model on China trip as aide sent photos to Epstein

Collage of a man in a white shirt and a woman with long dark hair, both seated at a restaurant table.

Andrew met model on China trip as aide sent photos to Epstein

ANDREW LOWNIE

Time to see the Andrew files — we must know what he did as envoy

ANDREW LOWNIE

Time to see the Andrew files — we must know what he did as envoy

Healthcare

Woman in a white shirt holding a semaglutide injection pen.

Middle-class women aged 30-50 are main buyers of weight-loss drugs

Those in wealthy areas are more likely to use products such as Wegovy and Mounjaro despite lower obesity rates

Middle-class women aged 30-50 are main buyers of weight-loss drugs

NHS backs new diabetes drugs to cut early deaths by 17,000

Illustration of a woman holding a glucose meter, an insulin pen, and a bottle of blue and white capsules.

NHS backs new diabetes drugs to cut early deaths by 17,000

PM takes swipe at Reform and antivaxers after measles outbreak

A nurse administering an MMR vaccination to a child's arm with a syringe.

PM takes swipe at Reform and antivaxers after measles outbreak

If you’re wobbly on your feet my hi-tech shoes can prevent a fall

A concept shoe insole wired to a laptop showing gait analysis.

If you’re wobbly on your feet my hi-tech shoes can prevent a fall

Education

City St George’s President, Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein.

Disappearance of biological sex in research ‘is like Stalin-era purge’

University vice-chancellor laments that the category has become ‘politically uncomfortable’

Disappearance of biological sex in research ‘is like Stalin-era purge’

University libraries join forces to clear shelf space

A man in a black jacket and glasses reaches for a book on a tall, dark bookshelf filled with many old books in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

University libraries join forces to clear shelf space

It’s my job to check on 700 home-school pupils. What I see is alarming

Illustration of a person in bed on a laptop, with another person looking over their shoulder.

It’s my job to check on 700 home-school pupils. What I see is alarming

END THE GRADUATE RIP-OFF

Even an architect of the student loans regime wants it fixed

Graduates in caps and gowns, viewed from behind, look towards the horizon.

END THE GRADUATE RIP-OFF

Even an architect of the student loans regime wants it fixed

Crime

Joseph Molloy, head of index and systematic equity portfolio management at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Ex-banker banned from railway after dodging £5,900 of train fares

A former HSBC executive carried out the fraud over 11 months by ‘doughnutting’ on his journey into London from his £2 million home

Ex-banker banned from railway after dodging £5,900 of train fares

Prisoner died after officers failed to check on him for hours

Eddie Hands in a white t-shirt, smiling at the camera with a body of water and land in the background.

Prisoner died after officers failed to check on him for hours

London phone theft ‘down 12%’ as police warn of child recruits

Body camera footage showing a police officer with a blurred face forcing open a door.

London phone theft ‘down 12%’ as police warn of child recruits

‘Murderer’ jailed for 23 years may have been framed by police

‘Murderer’ jailed for 23 years may have been framed by police

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