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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

Israeli protests over Netanyahu’s judicial reforms escalate

A record 120 demonstrations took place across Israel on Saturday and elite military reservists said they would refuse to turn up for duties as protests against proposed controversial reforms by Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, escalated. Thousands of demonstrators opposing legislation that could essentially make the government unaccountable to the …

By Melanie Swan
20th March 2023 • The Times

Universities warned links over links with hostile states

Universities that have academic partnerships with institutions in hostile states such as China should consider whether their agreements are ethical, education chiefs have been told.

By Geraldine Scott
14th March 2023 • The Times

Binyamin Netanyahu defies mass protests with vow to fulfil mandate

Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has vowed his government will “fulfil our mandate” despite a weekend of historic mass demonstrations against his plans to curb Israel’s judiciary. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the country on Saturday, in what organisers claimed were …

By Melanie Swan
13th March 2023 • The Times

Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once didn’t quite live up to its name, avoiding a total awards haul, but the favourite made good and won best picture, one of the seven awards it received on Hollywood’s most glamorous night of the year. Michelle Yeoh, who won best actress for her role …

By Jake Helm
13th March 2023 • The Times

Postcards from the pyramid: Gareth Ainsworth’s youth policy reaps reward at QPR

Over the past 4½ months, supporting Queens Park Rangers has been among the most miserable experiences a football fan can endure. Their horrific form before Saturday — nine points in 19 league games and no home victories during that period — explained why Loftus Road celebrated their 1-0 success over …

By Kit Shepard
13th March 2023 • The Times

Tory women angry about MP who was deselected after giving birth

Tory women in a bellwether seat have complained to Conservative headquarters about the treatment of their MP.

By Geraldine Scott
6th March 2023 • The Times

Pyramid postcards: Credit in Millwall’s push for top flight

Gianni Infantino’s presence at The Den was apt. Millwall are not too far away from the big time. The Fifa president, in London for an International Football Association Board meeting, watched the first half of Millwall’s 3-2 defeat by Norwich City. Despite the loss, they still sit seventh, one point …

By Kit Shepard
6th March 2023 • The Times

Riddle of Iran gas cloud that made schoolgirls ill

At first, the pupils at Khayyam Girls’ School thought it was a gas leak. But as they rushed out of their classrooms on Tuesday they began falling to the ground unconscious, one after another. “I had never felt anything like it,” said one, who gave her name as Parisa. She …

By Melanie Swan
3rd March 2023 • The Times

Carlos Corberán outwits Michael Carrick as Ashley Barnes earns Pelé comparisons

Carlos Corberán and Michael Carrick have a lot in common. In October they were appointed as the head coach of their respective sides within 36 hours of one another. They are both relatively young for their roles, with Corberán aged 39 and Carrick 41. And each has spearheaded a revival …

By Kit Shepard
27th February 2023 • The Times

Spain win T20 match with 118 balls to spare after bowling out Isle of Man for ten

The Isle of Man’s cricket team broke new, unwanted ground against Spain yesterday after being bowled out in a T20 match for ten. Their meagre total is the lowest in men’s T20 cricket and Spain needed two legal deliveries to reach the target, setting a record for the biggest victory …

By Kit Shepard
27th February 2023 • The Times

Suella Braverman struggles to find safe seat for next election

Suella Braverman could face rejection in two traditionally safe Tory seats and be forced to move more than 70 miles to remain as an MP.

By Geraldine Scott
24th February 2023 • The Times

Paedophile former MP released from prison

A former Tory MP who was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy has been released from jail today after serving half of his sentence.

By Geraldine Scott
21st February 2023 • The Times

Neil Warnock makes winning start with Huddersfield

Neil Warnock was almost laughing as he acknowledged the John Smith’s Stadium crowd prior to the first game of his second stint as the Huddersfield Town manager. The wry smile and gentle waves implied that the 74-year-old had returned to enjoy himself, have an honest crack at keeping Huddersfield in …

By Kit Shepard
20th February 2023 • The Times

China ‘targeting Commonwealth nations neglected by Britain’

China is exerting increasing power and influence over Commonwealth countries by exploiting the “often neglected” relationship they have with Britain.

By Geraldine Scott
17th February 2023 • The Times

Postcards from the Pyramid: Notts County lead race for return to EFL

With their ferocious, stomach-turning 2-1 win away to ten-man Chesterfield, Notts County moved back to the top of the National League. They are 22 games unbeaten in the division. They have lost once all season. They have racked up 74 points in 31 games, putting them on pace for 109 …

By Kit Shepard
13th February 2023 • The Times

Hijab protests sow doubt and confusion among Iran’s revolutionary guards

Forces in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are beginning to feel “doubt and confusion” after almost five months of anti-regime demonstrations, senior officers have admitted. Compounding this sense of frustration is their pay. The salaries of IRGC soldiers are a quarter of their counterparts in Lebanon’s Hezbollah forces, Iran’s most …

By Melanie Swan
10th February 2023 • The Times

Postcards from the pyramid: Crawley’s American dream a nightmare and more woes at Swansea

Be it Todd Boehly’s relentless spending at Chelsea or the surprisingly heartwarming marriage between Wrexham and Hollywood, American owners have never been more conspicuous in English football. Their fluctuating impacts were displayed during Gillingham’s 1-0 win against Crawley Town at Priestfield. The Crawley fanbase is rapidly losing faith in Eben …

By Kit Shepard
6th February 2023 • The Times

Transgender support group has influence at HM Prison and Probation Services

An LGBT staff network that told civil servants that talking about “protecting women and girls” could be transphobic is part of the panel that advises on where to send transgender prisoners.

By Geraldine Scott
5th February 2023 • The Times

We’re tough on crime again, Labour tells voters

Labour is to focus on Sir Keir Starmer’s history of prosecuting the country’s worst criminals in a return to the party’s promise under Tony Blair to be “tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime”.

By Geraldine Scott
3rd February 2023 • The Times

Women can’t fly F-35 jets as helmets are too heavy, RAF chief admits

Women in the RAF cannot fly F-35 Lightning jets because the helmets provided are too heavy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston has admitted.

By Geraldine Scott
1st February 2023 • The Times

Rude awakening for sleepless Duncan Ferguson and Rochdale’s rage

Duncan Ferguson was so close. Barely 48 hours after becoming the Forest Green Rovers head coach, he was moments away from a 1-0 win away to Shrewsbury Town in his first game in charge. But having lost five of their previous eight games by a single goal, it was never …

By Kit Shepard
30th January 2023 • The Times

Rishi Sunak is struggling to set out his narrative, senior Tory warns

Rishi Sunak is struggling to set out his narrative, it has been claimed, as the prime minister was challenged to refocus on the north of England.

By Geraldine Scott
29th January 2023 • The Times

MPs’ reputation is at dangerous low, says standards chief Daniel Greenberg

Westminster’s new standards chief has said senior politicians need to set the benchmark for behaviour as the reputation of parliament had dropped to “dangerously low” levels.

By Geraldine Scott
28th January 2023 • The Times

Matt Hancock gave 3% of I’m a Celebrity fee to charity

Matt Hancock has given only 3 per cent of his earnings from I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! to charity, despite using the donation as a defence for his high fee.

By Geraldine Scott
27th January 2023 • The Times

Erling Haaland is costing us more than anyone in history, say bookmakers

Erling Haaland’s prolific goalscoring is costing bookmakers more than any other player in Premier League history. The Manchester City striker has scored 25 goals across his club’s 20 league matches and appears a certainty to break Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of 34 goals in a single Premier League …

By Kit Shepard
26th January 2023 • The Times

Dead Sea is dying and it’s killing the economy

The Dead Sea is losing the equivalent of 600 Olympic swimming pools of water each day and causing devastation to people whose livelihoods depend on it. Its once white crystalline shores are now speckled with sinkholes, more grey than they were before. The 1.5 million cubic metres of water lost …

By Melanie Swan
24th January 2023 • The Times

Postcards from the pyramid: Strolling Stevenage in sight of top spot and fixture fogged up in Ipswich

January keeps getting better for Stevenage. Two weeks after eliminating Aston Villa from the FA Cup, they beat Leyton Orient 3-0 at a sold-out Lamex Stadium to move within two points of Saturday’s opponents at the top of Sky Bet League Two. Win their game in hand away to Swindon …

By Kit Shepard
23rd January 2023 • The Times

Universities have ‘risky’ ties to China

More than 40 British universities have collaborated with institutions that have been linked to malign activities of the Chinese state.

By Geraldine Scott
22nd January 2023 • The Times

Rishi Sunak’s jet to be upgraded with an XXL loo

Rishi Sunak’s private plane is to be upgraded to include an XXL lavatory.

By Geraldine Scott
21st January 2023 • The Times

Levelling-up cash favours southeast over red wall

The southeast will be handed more regeneration money today than the northeast, Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands, with red wall MPs accusing the government of “making a mockery” of levelling up.

By Geraldine Scott
19th January 2023 • The Times