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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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Rachael Pells
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Latest Articles
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.
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 …
A glamorous, crowd-pleasing stay in the Qatari capital
The exterior of the Fairmont Doha resembles a Bond villain’s lair, particularly when lit up at night...
Olafur Eliasson: I walked out of a Drake concert. God, I was so bored
The artist plays Kris Kristofferson songs on his guitar, is moved by The Deer Hunter and loves EastEnders — and The Real Housewives of Atlanta
