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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

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News, features & arts journalistEditorial development coordinator at News Associates • The School of JournalismStories in The Sunday Times • PoliticsHome • South West Londoner • Daily Mirror • BristolLive …

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Born in Reading, Will Shillibier is an NCTJ-accredited journalist who currently works as PokerNews Executive Editor.He previously spent four years working as a freelance reporter and presenter on poker tours …

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I am passionate about reading and writing. Hence, when it came to choose a career, journalism was the obvious option. I am now an experienced journalist and editor, specialised in …

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Fears for Iran football team as they return home after fan shot dead

After being knocked out of the World Cup by the USA on Tuesday, the Iranian football team has arrived home amid fears over their security. The players landed at Imam Khomeini Airport to hundreds of fans welcoming them and hailing them heroes .... fans held placards calling the team “soldiers …
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

Iranian women defy the bullets to let their hair flow free

As Iran’s regime faces its biggest protests in recent history, a new normal is sweeping across the country’s urban centres. Teenage girls and older women are increasingly taking to the streets without their headscarf, or hijab, bravely defying the mandatory requirement to cover their heads in public.
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

Pixies’ Black Francis: ‘We’re starting to achieve some of that old-man muscle’

Black Francis, former champion of angry youth, is pondering the passing of the years. “You can’t fabricate naivety,” says the Pixies frontman, who formed the catechism for modern alt-rock in the late Eighties and early Nineties, inspiring a host of bands from Nirvana to Radiohead.
By Greg Wetherall | Arts and Culture Journalist |
• The Times

Morality police retreat from Iranian streets in wake of hijab death protests

Not long after Iran’s ultra-conservative president issued an edict for greater enforcement of the religious code, three women wearing black chadors patrolled the streets of Rasht almost every day in a green-and-white van that marked them out as members of the morality police. President Raisi’s order on July 5 commanded …
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

Iranian journalist arrested after reporting Mahsa Amini’s injuries

An Iranian newspaper journalist who played an important role in covering the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police is being held in solitary confinement. Niloufar Hamedi was arrested after breaking the news that Amini, 22, was in hospital following her arrest this month for “unsuitable …
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

Minister met Chinese nuclear officials with no minutes on file

A cabinet minister held three meetings with a Chinese state-owned nuclear power company for which no minutes have been retained, The Times can reveal. Anne-Marie Trevelyan met representatives of China General Nuclear (CGN) in April, June and July last year while serving as energy minister. Two of the sensitive meetings …
By FRANKIE VETCH
• The Times

World Cup 2022: Key dates, fixtures and schedule for Qatar

The Fifa World Cup 2022 will be hosted in Qatar and contested by 32 nations. After more than a decade of allegations, arguments and animosity, the most scrutinised football tournament in history is about to begin. On the pitch, the World Cup remains the pinnacle of the sport and the …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Michael Sheen invited to meet Wales players after stirring speech goes viral

Rob Page has invited Michael Sheen to meet the Wales squad after the actor’s motivational speech to the team went viral. Page, the Wales manager, revealed that the rallying cry had him “welling up” and said that his players are keen to have the Frost/Nixon and The Damned United star …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Ollie Hassell-Collins shows the potent skills that could make him an England wing wizard

Player of the week Henry Arundell received the bulk of the attention after London Irish’s 45-14 win against Worcester Warriors but another wing, Ollie Hassell-Collins, was equally impressive for the Brentford club. Hassell-Collins had a hand in his team’s first four tries. He created Irish’s opener, scored by Ben Donnell, …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Elton Jantjies and Zeenat Simjee: South Africa pair sent home after reports of affair

A member of the South African rugby squad and the team’s dietician have been sent home from Argentina because of reports of an affair between the pair. Elton Jantjies, the Springboks fly half, was allegedly seen with Zeenat Simjee at two different guest houses in Sabie prior to South Africa’s …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Anthony Joshua accepts Tyson Fury purse offer with fight likely to take place in Cardiff

Anthony Joshua has accepted Tyson Fury’s proposed 60-40 split of the purse for a potential fight, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn, but the date could still prove a sticking point. Hearn said that though he thought Joshua deserved more it was the boxer who made the decisions. “So I …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

FA Cup: Manager Conor McCarthy defends Connor Maseko, the goalkeeper sent off for urinating

The goalkeeper sent off after urinating in a bush was relieving himself discreetly, his joint-manager insists. Connor Maseko, playing for Blackfield & Langley against Shepton Mallet in the FA Cup first qualifying round, was shown a red card by Benjamin Duffill when he urinated in a bush while retrieving the …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Postcards from the pyramid: Spurs loanee wins battle of the strikers at Portsmouth

Portsmouth and Peterborough United’s meeting was inevitably defined by strikers. Going into the League One encounter, both sides had scored a division-best 13 goals and deployed forwards with contrasting stories. The first 20 minutes at Fratton Park belonged to Jonson Clarke-Harris. Into his 12th season of EFL football with 101 …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Saudi feminist jailed for 45 years over social media posts

Saudi Arabia has handed down its harshest ever sentence to a women’s rights activist, sentencing her to 45 years in prison for opposing the regime on social media. Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani was convicted in the Specialised Criminal Court for “using the internet to tear the social fabric” and “violating …
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ‘assaulted and burgled’ in Barcelona home in front of wife

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was allegedly threatened with firearms and iron bars during a robbery at his house in Barcelona on Monday morning. El País, a Spanish daily newspaper, reported that at least four men broke into the Barcelona striker’s home before assaulting him in front of his wife and leaving with …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink left with sinking feeling as Alex Neil makes Stoke switch

A chaotic end to a chaotic week at Burton Albion, but some things stay the same. Their incident-packed 4-3 loss away to Cambridge United meant that they remained bottom of Sky Bet League One with a single point from six games. It is now two wins in 21 for the …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

MoD under fire as more soldiers say they are bullied

Dozens of formal complaints of bullying are being lodged by soldiers in the British army every year yet the vast majority of them are not resolved, new figures show. Data disclosed by the Ministry of Defence under Freedom of Information laws show that official allegations of bullying have increased by …
By ~~~ Mattha Busby ~~~
• The Times

Chris Maguire suspended by Lincoln as FA proble betting allegations

Lincoln City have suspended the forward Chris Maguire indefinitely after an alleged breach of the Football Association’s betting rules. The 33-year-old is alleged to have placed 52 bets on football matches between March 2017 and February this year. He has been given until Tuesday, August 30 to respond to the …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Struggling Crawley Town need more than tokens to reach summit

“Join us on Crawley Town FC’s road to the Premier League,” proclaims the website selling the club’s NFT (non-fungible tokens). After Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by AFC Wimbledon, Crawley sit 23rd in Sky Bet League Two with one point from their first five games. The top flight is light years …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

From the archives: A handshake for the century in the United States in 1946

The handshake between Jackie Robinson and George Shuba is the antithesis of Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte’s full-time spat. Rather than a hotly contested flashpoint over trivial matters, this gesture was understated but became a tool to combat centuries of discrimination. The day was April 18, 1946, and Robinson, 27, …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

EFL round-up: Rotherham’s Smurfs come up big and Seny Dieng’s goal like watching Brazil

Never leave early when Stevenage are playing. It was 5pm when Danny Rose headed home their equaliser at Walsall, in the tenth minute of second half stoppage time. It followed three 2-1 victories to start the season, won with goals in the 84th, 95th and 89th minute. Rose’s effort also …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Gertrude Ederle breaks new ground with Channel record in 1926

Clad in animal fat, paraffin-sealed motorcycle goggles and a two-piece swimsuit bereft of the modesty expected in 1926, Gertrude Ederle left Cap Gris-Nez in France with women’s sporting history at stake. Some 35 miles later, in the August twilight, the 19-year-old American broke new ground not for her gender, but …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Iran arrests ‘Israeli spies planning terrorist acts’

The Iranian government yesterday claimed to have arrested spies belonging to a network of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. Iran’s official news agency said the agents had been planning “terrorist acts” against “sensitive sites”. Iran said all the agents had been “identified and arrested before conducting any acts of sabotage”.
By Melanie Swan
• The Times

From the archives: The first postwar ‘British Empire Games’ takes place in 1950

‘We declare that we are all loyal subjects of his majesty the King,” it was proclaimed at the opening ceremony of the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland. Indeed, as the multi-sport festival began on New Zealand’s North Island, the only sensible conclusion seemed to be that the empire was …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Expat volunteers join forces with Portugal’s firefighters

The residents of Vale do Lobo in the Portuguese Algarve knew it was time to worry when clouds of ash started falling from the sky into the swimming pools of their multi-million euro villas. The region is a second home to several celebrities, including Cliff Richard, but emergency services are …
By Rachael Pells
• The Times

From the archives: English cricket fans get a first taste of Twenty20 Finals Day in 2003

The half-smiles, polite applause and chuckling at the streamers implied that English cricket was a little embarrassed by it all. The inaugural Twenty20 cup finals day, which followed a swift 12-day group stage of five matches each, was held on July 19, 2003, at a sold-out Trent Bridge. Once complete, …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times

Mark Cavendish left out of Tour de France squad by Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl despite national title win

Mark Cavendish’s hopes of claiming the outright record for Tour de France stage victories have been dealt a heavy blow after he was left out of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s team for this year’s race. Cavendish took a share of the record with Eddy Merckx on 34 stages wins last year …
By Kit Shepard
• The Times