Since last year’s general election, Sir Mel Stride has become a familiar face for those of us who like our politics. During the campaign, he regularly found himself on breakfast TV and radio. So much so, Sir Mel was referred to as the “minister for the morning round” by some of our industry colleagues. By…
Rushanara Ali’s swift and humiliating demise is a classic example of paying the price for the politician’s crime of “do as I say, not as I do”. She was Labour’s minister for homelessness, for goodness’ sake, yet she ejected tenants from her near-Β£1m town house and then hiked the rent. Politics Hub: Minister’s resignation as…
The Indiana Fever arrived in Los Angeles draped in momentum: Five straight wins, a knack for winning without Caitlin Clark and betting lines titling their way. Their tear was proof they could keep pace even with their franchise centerpiece in street clothes. But another storyline mightβve been tucked beneath Indianaβs. The Sparks had ripped off…
The Conservatives have called for an investigation after Rachel Reeves put her family home up for rent without obtaining the necessary licence. The Daily Mail reported that the chancellor rented her family home in Dulwich when she moved into Number 11 Downing Street, but was unaware she had to obtain a licence to do so….
Book Review Saying Yes: My Adventures in Polyamory By Natalie Davis Skyhorse: 288 pages, $33 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. One night, Natalie Davis, a married woman who also has a married boyfriend, is enjoying a first date at…
Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
A Post Office Capture victim says delays in the justice system have left him fearing he may never live to see his name cleared. Steve Marston was convicted in 1998 of stealing nearly Β£80,000 from his branch, based on faulty computer software called Capture that pre-dated the infamous Horizon scandal. His case has been with…
Meghan Markle has some sweet words to say about her husband Prince Harry. Markle, whose official title is Duchess of Sussex, shared a photo on Sunday of Harry with the coupleβs two children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in honor of Fatherβs Day. βTheyβre so lucky to have you,β Markle wrote in the…
Nigel Farage pulled out all the stops to dazzle the audience when he unveiled his cabinet-in-waiting: podiums, lights, music and a sense of showbiz his rivals would struggle to muster. But there remains one problem he cannot entirely shake: the faces behind those podiums are politicians who stood for the Conservative Party when it was…
Doug Bledsoe has made the rounds as a high school football coach. Heβs been head coach at North Hollywood, Dorsey, Pasadena and University. He says his latest coaching position will be his last until his 3-year-old grandson reaches high school. Itβs going to be his most challenging, trying to rebuild a Narbonne program that once…