Friday April 11 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
New airport rules will get rid of boarding passes and check-in

Passengers will be issued with a digital ‘journey pass’ containing all relevant information in the biggest shake-up of global aviation in 50 years

Transport
MPs recalled to vote on powers to nationalise British Steel

The Commons will sit on Saturday to discuss the fate of the company as its Scunthorpe plant faces imminent closure

Politics
Sunak knights Jimmy Anderson in resignation honours

Former prime minister hands peerages to five former Tory cabinet ministers including Michael Gove

Politics
Portrait of a man sitting at a table.
Tim Spector: I took a dementia test – with surprising results

With a family history of the condition, the nutrition expert was keen to understand his own risk

Health & Fitness
BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty in the new studio.
NEW
BBC bullying row: Naga Munchetty and editor ‘barely speaking’
Media
Orlando Fraser and Clemmie Hambro at Chartwell.
NEW
INTERVIEW
‘Charities should avoid culture wars and stick to their core aims’
BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty in the new studio.
NEW
BBC bullying row: Naga Munchetty and editor ‘barely speaking’
Media
Orlando Fraser and Clemmie Hambro at Chartwell.
NEW
INTERVIEW
‘Charities should avoid culture wars and stick to their core aims’
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
History teacher Vanessa Brown.
Mother arrested for theft after ‘confiscating iPad from daughters’
Law
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Donald Trump leading a cabinet meeting.
China hits US with matching 125% tariffs
US politics
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Police officer standing outside a house.
Police told to respond to antisocial behaviour calls in 72 hours
Crime
Portrait of Alessandro Coatti.
INTERVIEW
Family of murdered London-based scientist followed him on GPS
Crime
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London.
NEW
Putin ally jailed in first conviction for Russia sanctions breach
Crime
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Rory McIlroy reacting after an eagle on the thirteenth hole during the 2025 Masters Tournament.
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Editor's picks

World

Collage of historical figures and a rocket launch.
How Iran’s nuclear programme became a threat to the West

There were once real hopes that sharing the secrets of nuclear technology would bring world peace and prosperity

Israel-Iran
Nigerian rapper Highstarlavista filming a music video.
Party’s over for Nigerians who splash the cash at weddings
Africa
Collage of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump with declining stock market graph and flags.
IN DEPTH
Why China is not afraid of a trade war with Trump
Asia
Collage of Donald Trump, a stock trader, and soldiers.
NEW
DAVID CHARTER
Superpower humbled and currency shattered … was this Trump’s Suez?
US politics
21 minutes ago
Protestors in Berlin demonstrate against Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
BERLIN CONFIDENTIAL
Have Germany’s insult laws gone too far?
Europe
Float of the pallium of the El Cerro del Aguila brotherhood during its Holy Tuesday penitential journey.
LETTER FROM ANDALUSIA
Unholy row erupts at Easter over cheap imitations of religious robes
Europe
Château La France Bordeaux Supérieur wine bottle with vineyard background and red wine splash.
NEW
Wine bottles made of paper? The innovation that is dividing connoisseurs
Europe
6 minutes ago
Collage of Donald Trump, a stock trader, and soldiers.
NEW
DAVID CHARTER
Superpower humbled and currency shattered … was this Trump’s Suez?
US politics
21 minutes ago
Protestors in Berlin demonstrate against Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
BERLIN CONFIDENTIAL
Have Germany’s insult laws gone too far?
Europe
Float of the pallium of the El Cerro del Aguila brotherhood during its Holy Tuesday penitential journey.
LETTER FROM ANDALUSIA
Unholy row erupts at Easter over cheap imitations of religious robes
Europe
Château La France Bordeaux Supérieur wine bottle with vineyard background and red wine splash.
NEW
Wine bottles made of paper? The innovation that is dividing connoisseurs
Europe
6 minutes ago
Nigerian rapper Highstarlavista filming a music video.
Party’s over for Nigerians who splash the cash at weddings
Africa
Collage of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump with declining stock market graph and flags.
IN DEPTH
Why China is not afraid of a trade war with Trump
Asia
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Comment

Portrait of Nelson Fraser.
FRASER NELSONEurope may be looking to China but Britain shouldn’t

Trump’s upending of world trade propels many countries towards Beijing, but doing business with Xi is a poisoned chalice

Cartoon depicting Donald Trump breaking a vase and having others clean up the mess.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
JANICE TURNEREveryday joy of a long marriage is hard to beat
a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
GILES CORENLet’s make America make again — oh, wait
a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck
LARA SPIRITThere’s a clear winner from Ed Davey’s stunts, and it’s not the Lib Dems
a fountain pen sits on top of a letter addressed to the editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITORPM’s promise to give 16-year-olds the vote
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JANICE TURNEREveryday joy of a long marriage is hard to beat53 minutes ago
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a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck
a fountain pen sits on top of a letter addressed to the editor
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck
a fountain pen sits on top of a letter addressed to the editor

Business & Money

Shipping containers at Felixstowe Port.
UK economy rebounds with 0.5% growth in February

GDP expands faster than expected from a contraction of 0.1% in January

Economics
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneNinety days in limboland will help no one
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopWhy it’s high time we rediscovered the tea break
Close-up of stacked gold bars.
Gold price hits high as trade war unsettles markets
Economics
A street cleaner sweeps water from a rain-soaked London street as pedestrians navigate puddles.
Number of jobseekers rises at fastest rate for five years
Companies
Illustration of two men and a shipping container marked with "Tariffs," referencing Davos.
TARIFFS
Davos man: the bosses who got it wrong about Trump’s tariffs
Companies
Canary Wharf skyline with skyscrapers and a boat on the River Thames.
Canary Wharf asset manager buys new City office for £333m
US business
Close-up of stacked gold bars.
Gold price hits high as trade war unsettles markets
Economics
A street cleaner sweeps water from a rain-soaked London street as pedestrians navigate puddles.
Number of jobseekers rises at fastest rate for five years
Companies
Illustration of two men and a shipping container marked with "Tariffs," referencing Davos.
TARIFFS
Davos man: the bosses who got it wrong about Trump’s tariffs
Companies
Canary Wharf skyline with skyscrapers and a boat on the River Thames.
Canary Wharf asset manager buys new City office for £333m
US business
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneNinety days in limboland will help no one
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopWhy it’s high time we rediscovered the tea break

Sport

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Sakhir, Bahrain. 10th Apr, 2025. Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren. 10.04.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir, Bahrain, Preparation Day. Credit: James Moy/Alamy Live News
Norris: Red Bull should copy our designs, not complain about them

British driver insists his team are operating fully within FIA rules and hits back over ‘clueless’ video analysis in flexi-wing dispute

Formula 1
Chelsea FC logo and lettering on Stamford Bridge stadium.
Martyn ZieglerChelsea’s owners lose £1bn in two years despite club’s £130m ‘profit’
Jacob Bethell at an England cricket training session.
Mike AthertonBethell’s IPL absence gives England selectors a curious dilemma
Collage of golf course aerial views and a golfer teeing off, with spectators in the foreground.
COMMENT
OWEN SLOT
I asked Masters players about the best par-threes … here’s what they said
Golf
Ange Postecoglou, Spurs manager, at a football match.
Postecoglou: I’m hunting mole who’s leaking Spurs’ secrets
Football
George Hendy of Northampton Saints Rugby.
INTERVIEW
‘Bright orange hair, legs on backwards’ — meet the Ginger Penaud
Rugby union
Mohamed Salah signing a new contract at Anfield.
Salah signs new two-year Liverpool contract
Football
Collage of golf course aerial views and a golfer teeing off, with spectators in the foreground.
COMMENT
OWEN SLOT
I asked Masters players about the best par-threes … here’s what they said
Golf
Ange Postecoglou, Spurs manager, at a football match.
Postecoglou: I’m hunting mole who’s leaking Spurs’ secrets
Football
George Hendy of Northampton Saints Rugby.
INTERVIEW
‘Bright orange hair, legs on backwards’ — meet the Ginger Penaud
Rugby union
Mohamed Salah signing a new contract at Anfield.
Salah signs new two-year Liverpool contract
Football
Chelsea FC logo and lettering on Stamford Bridge stadium.
Martyn ZieglerChelsea’s owners lose £1bn in two years despite club’s £130m ‘profit’
Jacob Bethell at an England cricket training session.
Mike AthertonBethell’s IPL absence gives England selectors a curious dilemma

Life & Style

President Trump speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
How Karoline Leavitt became Donald Trump’s secret weapon

The new White House press secretary is only 27, has the ear of the president and is already formidably fluent in Trump-speak

US politics
Illustration of a beer can in armor confronting a beer bottle.
Pete BrownWho really brews Beavertown — and what is ‘indie’ beer?
Illustration of a hand connecting a water pipe to a sink drain.
Wayne PerreyHow to remove an integrated dishwasher
Diptych portrait of Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo.
INTERVIEW
Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo: the posh new power couple
Celebrity
Harry Styles wearing a blue jacket and carrying a heart-shaped bag.
Harry Styles has a new moustache. And it’s a major misstep
Celebrity
King Charles III and Prince Harry.
Harry and Charles: will the royal family rift ever heal?
Celebrity
Woman sitting in a chair in her living room.
FIRST PERSON
20 horrific years as an NHS patient — ‘I saw things I can’t unsee’
Healthcare
Diptych portrait of Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo.
INTERVIEW
Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo: the posh new power couple
Celebrity
Harry Styles wearing a blue jacket and carrying a heart-shaped bag.
Harry Styles has a new moustache. And it’s a major misstep
Celebrity
King Charles III and Prince Harry.
Harry and Charles: will the royal family rift ever heal?
Celebrity
Woman sitting in a chair in her living room.
FIRST PERSON
20 horrific years as an NHS patient — ‘I saw things I can’t unsee’
Healthcare
Illustration of a beer can in armor confronting a beer bottle.
Pete BrownWho really brews Beavertown — and what is ‘indie’ beer?
Illustration of a hand connecting a water pipe to a sink drain.
Wayne PerreyHow to remove an integrated dishwasher

Culture

Specimen jars of fish from Charles Darwin's Beagle voyage.
From pickled hippos to ‘sexy insects’ — what the museums won’t show you

Science editor Tom Whipple gets a behind-the-scenes tour of the animal kingdom’s priceless undead, including the only specimen of a Rodrigues parakeet

Art
Collage of Lana Del Rey, Loyle Carner, and Siobhán Donaghy performing.
UPDATED
The best new songs to listen to this week
Music
Illustration of four people sitting and reading books.
UPDATED
What we’re reading this week — by the Times books team
Books
Zombies emerging from an elevator in Dawn of the Dead (1978).
Ranked: the top ten zombies on screen — from Shaun of the Dead to 28 Days Later
TV & Radio
Black and white photo of the Luxton family in 1914: Robert John holding Robbie; Frances and Wilmot.
REVIEW
TRUE CRIME
Three dead siblings and Ted Hughes: a strange true crime story
Books
English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe’s Playlist.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
ENB’s the Forsythe Programme is a five-star night of supersonic dancing
Theatre & Dance
Still from High Noon (1952) showing Miller's gang arriving in Hadleyville.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Inside High Noon
TV & Radio
Zombies emerging from an elevator in Dawn of the Dead (1978).
Ranked: the top ten zombies on screen — from Shaun of the Dead to 28 Days Later
TV & Radio
Black and white photo of the Luxton family in 1914: Robert John holding Robbie; Frances and Wilmot.
REVIEW
TRUE CRIME
Three dead siblings and Ted Hughes: a strange true crime story
Books
English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe’s Playlist.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
ENB’s the Forsythe Programme is a five-star night of supersonic dancing
Theatre & Dance
Still from High Noon (1952) showing Miller's gang arriving in Hadleyville.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Inside High Noon
TV & Radio
Collage of Lana Del Rey, Loyle Carner, and Siobhán Donaghy performing.
UPDATED
The best new songs to listen to this week
Music
Illustration of four people sitting and reading books.
UPDATED
What we’re reading this week — by the Times books team
Books
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Travel

Red train in the Swiss Alps.
12 of the best holiday bargains to book now — from just £220

A fancy weekend away in Pembrokeshire or a cruise along the Panama Canal? Our late deals expert has found options for both, plus lots more

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Australia
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INTERVIEW
Charlotte Church: ‘I opened a retreat after facing unimaginable grief’
Inspiration
The Pierhouse Hotel in Appin, Scotland, seen from across the water.
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Inspiration
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INTERVIEW
Charlotte Church: ‘I opened a retreat after facing unimaginable grief’
Inspiration
The Pierhouse Hotel in Appin, Scotland, seen from across the water.
I love Scotland more than anywhere else. These are my 25 top stays
Scotland
Illustration of Lufthansa Allegris First Class suite with a bed.
The new ‘ultra-first-class’ plane suite — yours for £14,500 return
Advice
Kakadu National Park is one of the best Unesco world heritage sites
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Inspiration
Interior of a room with antique furniture and tools on the wall.
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Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne skyline
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Australia

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