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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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Chris White
Freelance journalist, photographer and charity consultantchris@thisischriswhite.com
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Jenny Southan
Award-winning freelance travel journalist – contributor to Conde Nast Traveller, The Telegraph, The Evening Standard, ELLE, Mr Porter, Roadbook, BA High Life and more.Editor, founder and CEO of Globetrender, Europe's …
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Olivia Marrins
MA Arts and Lifestyle Journlaism at UALFormer Deputy Editor-in-Chief at The Glasgow Guardian. Graduate in English Literature (MA) at The University of Glasgow.
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Melanie Swan
Dubai based British newspaper journalist with over 20 years' experience in both the UK and UAE. I write on Middle East geopolitics, security, humanitarian issues and travel.
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Diet and exercise help could increase cancer survival rates
Persuading cancer patients to take exercise classes, improve their diet and talk through their problems can improve their survival rates, according to pioneering research. Experts say “prehabilitation” should become part of routine cancer care protocols to boost UK patients’ chances.
The Times: This blue-tiled beauty is Portugal’s best-value break
With direct flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh, Porto offers old-school charm, gastronomic delights and Instagram-worthy views of the Douro
This blue-tiled beauty is Portugal’s best-value break
With direct flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh, Porto offers old-school charm, gastronomic delights and Instagram-worthy views of the Douro
Sarah Pochin tells England to win ‘for sake of women’s safety’
A Reform UK MP has prompted anger by implying that the England team bears some responsibility for reducing domestic abuse during the World Cup. Sarah Pochin called on Thomas Tuchel’s side to “keep winning” because domestic violence goes “through the roof” when they lose.
The Hungarian village where Viktor Orban began a football revolution
Reported about the state of Hungarian football following the fall of Orbán
Why this rare ebola strain is raising concern
A recent outbreak of ebola has infected hundreds of people and killed at least 131 in one of the most unstable corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of global alert short of a pandemic. …
Will Hungary’s new rulers be too powerful for their own good?
Reported from Péter Magyar's inauguration as Hungarian PM.
Britain’s ‘historic’ local election: What we know so far
Nigel Farage has said England’s local election results signified a “seismic shift” in British politics, as Labour and the Conservatives were dealt crushing defeats in councils across the UK. Sir Keir Starmer vowed to stay on as prime minister, despite growing calls from his own MPs to step down.
Magyar urged to act fast and jail corrupt politicians
Interviewed former PM candidate Péter Márki-Zay following Péter Magyar's landslide election win.
Covert filming turned me into a TikTok star
I didn’t know what to expect when — after months of working as an estate agent, fumbling with keys and showing rich kids around central London pads I couldn’t afford — I made the hasty decision to up sticks and buy a one-way ticket to Thailand. I certainly didn’t anticipate …
Could Trump pull the US from Nato?
President Trump has continued his barrage against Nato members, and this time it isn’t about Greenland. The military alliance “didn’t come to the rescue” of the US during the initial strikes on Iran at the beginning of March, and now the other members of Nato have angered Trump further by …
When is open-plan not the answer? When you have teenagers
With noisy children and nowhere to put a big-enough sofa, one family made their house more ‘broken plan’
My stay in Qatar’s only all-suite hotel
Raffles Doha, one half of the scimitar-shaped Katara Towers, is the Gulf city’s glitziest stay...
The private jet companies that millionaires have on speed dial
Chartering a jet is the pinnacle of luxury. Picture this — you’re reclining in a nappa leather armchair aboard a Gulfstream G700, the cabin bathed in golden light as an unobtrusive flight attendant tops up your Baccarat flute with Dom Pérignon.
‘I’ve saved £5,000 by donating my body to science’
With funeral costs rising, Peter Dick has decided on a cut-price death and many other families are doing the same
First Sikh court opens in London
British lawyers have launched a world-first Sikh court amid claims that secular judges lack expertise to deal with the religion’s sensitivities.
Ofsted brands school ‘inadequate’ over single-sex dance class
A headteacher has lashed out at Ofsted for downgrading her school to “inadequate” over concerns about single-sex teaching in which only girls were given dance lessons.Ofsted’s report found that pupils at Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School in Kent were “not given the opportunity or choice to be educated with members …