Sunday May 25 2025
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Alan Bates: my compensation claim has been cut in half

Campaigner calls for an independent body to administer payouts for public scandals, including Horizon, contaminated blood and Windrush

Politics

Lib Dem MP accused of sexting Ukrainian translator

Cameron Thomas, who was on an official visit to the country at the time, is alleged to have sent a female worker intimate WhatsApp messages

Politics
44 minutes ago

Largest Russian strike since start of war kills 14 across Ukraine

President Zelensky says the ‘silence of America’ is encouraging President Putin



A man joyfully jumps on a re-nationalised train.
All aboard the first Great British Railways trip: a replacement bus

The service was a fitting tribute both to the line’s heritage and to what Labour hopes to be a move ‘away from 30 years of inefficiency and failing passengers’



Portrait of Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason in a red dress.
‘My daughter was told classical music is for white people’
Music
34 minutes ago


Portrait of Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason in a red dress.


Illustration of two women, one falling while holding a calculator and a coffee cup, the other running.
Winter fuel payments for all — is this the beginning of Reeves’ undoing?

Alan Yentob, British television executive and presenter.
Alan Yentob, creative director of the BBC, dies aged 78

Illustration of two women, one falling while holding a calculator and a coffee cup, the other running.
Winter fuel payments for all — is this the beginning of Reeves’ undoing?






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King Charles III and Queen Camilla shaking hands with Canadian officials at Canada House.
Ministers urge Carney not to drag Charles into Trump wars on Canada visit

The royal visit to Ottawa is a diplomatic tightrope for Charles as he seeks to reassure Canadians that they will not become the 51st US state


Collage of Donald Trump with other individuals.
Katy BallsDonald Trump has learnt from his mistakes. Only the most loyal are allowed in



Man jumping into a pool with a flamingo floatie.
Tom Daley: ‘I’ve always had horrible body image issues’


Ita O'Brien, intimacy coach, instructing actors in a scene.


Huw Edwards surrounded by police and press.
Tim Davie ‘fobbed off’ family of teen in Huw Edwards scandal



Friends clinking sparkling wine glasses at sunset.
Sunburn shaming! Rosé rules! What to do — and what to avoid — this summer

The traditional social season has changed — and so have the rules. We ask 14 tastemakers to set the record straight





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World



Portrait of Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd.

Terrence Floyd spoke about the years since his brother’s death, what has changed for the better, and what hasn’t


Collage of a Danish flag, buildings, and people with luggage.
How Denmark’s centre-left leaders got tough on migration


Israeli airstrike kills nine of doctor’s ten children
Israeli airstrike kills nine of doctor’s ten children

a bald man wearing glasses and a suit smiles for the camera
Self-flagellating over the British Empire helps no one but our rivals

Spurious guilt over our history leads to decisions such as the Chagos Islands giveaway. Honestly, it wasn’t all bad



Illustration of politicians struggling in a small boat during a storm.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon






a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon







Illustration of people dining in a restaurant kitchen.
Charlotte IversFifteen Square Metres: ‘A MasterChef finalist with big ideas’


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Illustration of a lightbulb with an upward arrow inside a yellow circle.
Hannah PrevettI was fired from my bank job — then I built a £100m beauty empire




Lando Norris hugging McLaren CEO Zak Brown after winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

Amid a hodgepodge of strategies across the grid, Briton wins first race since January at iconic venue






Georgia Tennant in a pink satin suit.
Georgia Tennant: ‘My husband David played my dad — I dine out on that’
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Money

Illustration of a house for sale, with a long bill and people standing outside.
After five years we still can’t sell Mum’s retirement flat — and it’s cost us £43,000

Retirement village homes are hard to shift and charges keep racking up, finds Jack Simpson




Illustration of electric cars driving on a winding road to charging stations.





Sebastiao Salgado standing in front of a large black and white photograph of penguins and seals.
Sebastião Salgado, photographer who captured all shades of humanity


Patrick O’Flynn, Eurosceptic journalist and politician


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