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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers.

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Latest Articles

Meet the storyteller horsing around on Mull charity trek

In Scots folklore, shape-shifting beasts such as kelpies lure humans onto their backs before carrying them to a watery grave.However one mythology expert is turning this tale on its head in a bid for his own legendary status. Tony Bonning, 76, is walking 175 miles around the Isle of Mull …

By Jennifer Kennedy
25th April 2025 • The Times

Unions split over ‘ridiculous’ Birmingham bin strike

Unite is pursuing a “vexatious” strike using “bully boy tactics of the past”, it has been claimed, as talks over Birmingham’s bin dispute remained in deadlock for another day.

By Geraldine Scott
9th April 2025 • The Times

Amyth of Mykonos Super Paradise review: a slick design hotel that celebrates Greek craftsmanship

It may be set near one of the island’s buzziest beaches, but this boutique bolthole provides a sun-kissed haven of peace and quiet...

By Laura Millar
25th March 2025 • The Times

New workers’ rights bill allows officers to go into homes

Officers enforcing Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul will have the power to enter people’s homes and seize documents and laptops while investigating potential breaches of new laws.

By Geraldine Scott
25th March 2025 • The Times

Kalesma Mykonos hotel review: a serene pad away from the island’s party scene

Hotels on Mykonos broadly fall into two camps: smart, boutique properties located right in the middle of the action in Mykonos Town, or those set by one of the beautiful beaches, such as Agios Ioannis or Paraga...

By Laura Millar
19th March 2025 • The Times

Biological sex erased from official data on health, crime and education

Cancer referrals have been missed and previous convictions overlooked because biological sex has been erased from official data on health, crime and education, a review has found.

By Geraldine Scott
19th March 2025 • The Times

Detective investigated for 'Terf' suffragette sticker

By Liz Harris
18th March 2025 • The Times

The new luxury item being smuggled from Mexico to the US? Eggs

By THOMAS GRAHAM
16th March 2025 • The Times

GC activists 'tracked by terrorism unit'

By Liz Harris
15th March 2025 • The Times

Six of the best restaurants with rooms in Scotland

In the Middle Ages, coaching inns, baronial mansions and castles provided hospitality for the weary traveller. Guests would feast on hearty stews, warm themselves by the open fire, then haul their bones upstairs and hit the hay (sometimes literally). Across Scotland, chefs are reigniting this food-first hospitality. No designated drivers, …

By Suzy Pope
14th March 2025 • The Times

Met officer accused of misogynistic 'terf' slur

By Liz Harris
13th March 2025 • The Times

Workers’ bill ‘won’t work unless tribunal backlog is cleared’

Labour’s promises on workers’ rights will be “illusory” and nothing more than “virtue signalling” unless the growing backlog in tribunals is tackled, employment lawyers have warned.

By Geraldine Scott
13th March 2025 • The Times

Efficiency tsar targets ‘Friday night scramble’ for migrant hotels

The government’s money-saving tsar is considering taking over booking hotels and hostels for the homeless and asylum seekers in an effort to find £4 billion in savings.

By Geraldine Scott
13th March 2025 • The Times

29 great summer getaways in Europe for under £800

Nothing gets me through the first few gloomy months of the year like knowing I have a guaranteed holiday ahead. I only have to see the dates in the diary to imagine that blast of oven-warm air when I step off the plane; that first sip of ice-cold rosé in …

By Siobhan Grogan
13th March 2025 • The Times

Peter Kyle: I’ll use AI to boost efficiency like Musk

The technology secretary has described himself as a “disruptor” with similarities to Elon Musk or Dominic Cummings, but with the added “hard work of delivery”, as he boosted public sector pay to attract AI experts.

By Geraldine Scott
12th March 2025 • The Times

Chinese group backing new embassy gave award to ‘spy’

A business group supporting China’s application to open a super-embassy in London gave a “contribution of the year” award to the alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew, it has been claimed.

By Geraldine Scott
12th February 2025 • The Times

In search of the ancient Amazonians who left only eerie forest islands

By THOMAS GRAHAM
9th February 2025 • The Times

Labour shelves plans to make gender change easier

Labour has mothballed plans to make it easier to legally change gender, The Times has learnt, in a step to counter Reform UK’s surge in the polls.

By Geraldine Scott
9th February 2025 • The Times

Second Labour MP in sacked minister’s WhatsApp group named

A second Labour MP has been named as being part of a WhatsApp group with the sacked minister who joked about a constituent being “mown down” by a truck.

By Geraldine Scott
9th February 2025 • The Times

Tory HQ has cut staffing by three quarters since election loss

Conservative headquarters has reduced staffing by three quarters since the general election in July, as members were warned there was no “magic money tree” to help the party recover from the defeat.

By Geraldine Scott
9th February 2025 • The Times

I excluded 11 pupils on day one as head — look at our school now

When Simon Ward arrived at Kingsway Park High School in Rochdale two years ago, he had to exclude 11 pupils on the first day. Now the school, in one of the town’s most deprived neighbourhoods, rarely sees a fight — and Ward proudly displays a counter on his whiteboard saying …

By Geraldine Scott
9th February 2025 • The Times

Has Mexico’s president bested Trump over tariff threats?

By THOMAS GRAHAM
7th February 2025 • The Times

Lord Hermer claimed pledge to ‘control our borders’ was de-humanising

The attorney-general said that pledges to “control our borders” are de-humanising and there is a “moral argument” for Britain to pay reparations for slavery, in comments which put him at odds with key government positions, The Times can reveal.

By Geraldine Scott
6th February 2025 • The Times

Lord Hermer KC’s legal guidance has led to ‘freeze on government’

The attorney-general is facing a backlash from cabinet ministers over claims that his changes to legal advice have led to an effective “freeze on government”.

By Geraldine Scott
31st January 2025 • The Times

Doctors’ union demands never-ending right to strike

Doctors are demanding an indefinite right to strike during industrial disputes under Labour’s workers’ rights overhaul.

By Geraldine Scott
31st January 2025 • The Times

Why fentanyl deaths in the US are finally falling

By THOMAS GRAHAM
28th January 2025 • The Times

Eagles, cheese and G&Ts: Life aboard a tiny Hebridean cruise

By Katie Wilson
25th January 2025 • The Times

Trump moves a step closer to bombing Mexico in ‘impossible war’

By THOMAS GRAHAM
24th January 2025 • The Times

Mexico braces for Trump’s war on drugs, migrants and trade

By THOMAS GRAHAM
15th January 2025 • The Times

Why California’s insurance crisis leaves wildfire victims helpless

While the Los Angeles fires are still raging, having killed 25 people and caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage, Californians are also feeling the heat from a slower-burning crisis: the dysfunction of the state’s insurance market.Faced with the escalating costs of wildfires and burdensome state regulations, many insurance companies …

By Jennifer Kennedy
15th January 2025 • The Times