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British army ‘only fit to fight for a month’
newSir Keir Starmer is under pressure from former military chiefs to increase defence spending amid warnings that the world is more dangerous than at any time since 1945. The prime minister will on Wednesday attend a Nato summit in Washington, his first foreign trip since the general election, where...Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure from former military chiefs to increase defence spending amid warnings that the world is more dangerous than at any time since 1945. The prime minister will on Wednesday attend a Nato summit in Washington, his first foreign trip since the general election, where...Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure from former military chiefs to increase defence spending amid warnings that the world is...
The outgoing head of the army has called on the UK and Nato to wake up to the very real threat of a World War Three-style global conflict within five years. General Sir Patrick Sanders, the former chief of the general staff, insists the alliance may only have until the end of the decade to substantially re-arm to ward off a Russian attack...The outgoing head of the army has called on the UK and Nato to wake up to the very real threat of a World War Three-style global conflict within five years. General Sir Patrick Sanders, the former chief of the general staff, insists the alliance may only have until the end of the decade to substantially re-arm to ward off a Russian attack...The outgoing head of the army has called on the UK and Nato to wake up to the very real threat of a World War Three-style...
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Calling into a morning TV show, ranting against “elites”, attacking the polls and his rivals — President Biden took a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook on Monday to try and get back on the front foot. Viewers of Fox & Friends became accustomed to the impromptu phone interview during Trump’s presidency and on...Calling into a morning TV show, ranting against “elites”, attacking the polls and his rivals —...Calling into a morning TV show, ranting against “elites”, attacking the polls and his rivals —...
Caitlin Moran
In all the analysis of last week’s election — looking forward to the economic, diplomatic, environmental and...In all the analysis of last week’s election — looking forward to the economic, diplomatic...In all the analysis of last week’s election — looking forward to the economic, diplomatic...
FIRST PERSON
I’ve been asking audiences how much they would have to be paid to be deliberately infected with the malaria parasite.I’ve been asking audiences how much they would have to be paid to be deliberately infected with...I’ve been asking audiences how much they would have to be paid to be deliberately infected with...
More women, more people of colour and more graduates from non-selective schools than any new parliament in over 50 years
newSteve Reed, the new environment secretary, has said cleaning up Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas is one of his five core priorities
newThousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters will stage a mass occupation of Windsor Great Park in a direct challenge...Thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters will stage a mass occupation of Windsor Great Park...Thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters will stage a mass occupation of Windsor Great Park...
the times diary
You are never more popular in Westminster than after losing your seat. “I’ve had so many hugs from Labour MPs,” Nigel...You are never more popular in Westminster than after losing your seat. “I’ve had so many hugs...You are never more popular in Westminster than after losing your seat. “I’ve had so many hugs...
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President sends letter to Congress insisting he will not stand down
updatedPresident Biden has told his fellow Democrats that it is time to put up or shut up, daring those who want to replace him as the party’s White House nominee to challenge him at next month’s convention. In a series of combative moves on Monday Biden, 81, told congressional colleagues on their first...President Biden has told his fellow Democrats that it is time to put up or shut up, daring those who want to replace him as the party’s White House nominee to challenge him at next month’s convention. In a series of combative moves on Monday Biden, 81, told congressional colleagues on their first...President Biden has told his fellow Democrats that it is time to put up or shut up, daring those who want to replace him as the...
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The Biden administration refused to answer several questions about a leading neurologist’s visits to the White House during a heated media briefing on Monday. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s expert at Walter Reed military hospital, visited the White House eight times between August 2023 and March 2024. On January 17, he met Biden’s personal...The Biden administration refused to answer several questions about a leading neurologist’s visits to the White House during a heated media briefing on Monday. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s expert at Walter Reed military hospital, visited the White House eight times between August 2023 and March 2024. On January 17, he met Biden��s personal...The Biden administration refused to answer several questions about a leading neurologist’s visits to the White House during a...
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A Russian cruise missile slammed into a children’s hospital in Kyiv during a barrage of strikes across Ukraine on Monday, drawing international condemnation as more than 37 people were killed. The Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine’s biggest children’s medical facility, suffered extensive destruction...A Russian cruise missile slammed into a children’s hospital in Kyiv during a barrage of strikes...A Russian cruise missile slammed into a children’s hospital in Kyiv during a barrage of strikes...
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An alliance of squabbling parties joined forces less than a month ago to stop the National Rally but it has no clear leader
A wildfire that is rapidly burning through southern California has led to evacuations and is now threatening homes, including Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. The fire broke out on Friday in Santa Barbara County and has since spread to more than 20,000 acres. Only 8 per cent of it had been contained by Monday afternoon, according to the California Department of...A wildfire that is rapidly burning through southern California has led to evacuations and is now...A wildfire that is rapidly burning through southern California has led to evacuations and is now...
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The death toll from Hurricane Beryl continues to climb as it batters Texas after leaving a path of destruction across...The death toll from Hurricane Beryl continues to climb as it batters Texas after leaving a path of destruction across Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl made landfall in the US on Monday as a category one hurricane, bringing flooding and winds of up to 80mph. More than 14 million people from Texas up to Illinois are...The death toll from Hurricane Beryl continues to climb as it batters Texas after leaving a path of destruction across Mexico...
Families who lost loved ones in two Boeing air disasters have condemned a plea deal that spares the troubled aerospace company from a criminal trial as an “abomination”. Boeing will plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the US...Families who lost loved ones in two Boeing air disasters have condemned a plea deal that spares...Families who lost loved ones in two Boeing air disasters have condemned a plea deal that spares...
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At least four senior Democrats have told colleagues they want President Biden to step aside as their candidate for...At least four senior Democrats have told colleagues they want President Biden to step aside as...At least four senior Democrats have told colleagues they want President Biden to step aside as...
louise callaghan in michigan
When Gretchen Whitmer was the opposition leader in the Michigan Senate she would spend her days in pitched battle...When Gretchen Whitmer was the opposition leader in the Michigan Senate she would spend her days...When Gretchen Whitmer was the opposition leader in the Michigan Senate she would spend her days...
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to two fatal 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 passengers and crew. In a damning admission by one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, the maker of almost half of the world’s commercial airliner fleet also has agreed...Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to two fatal 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 passengers and crew. In a damning admission by one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, the maker of almost half of the world’s commercial airliner fleet also has agreed...Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to two fatal 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346...
Britvic has recommended that its shareholders accept a sweetened £3.3 billion takeover by Carlsberg, the Danish brewer. The maker of Robinsons Fruit Shoot and J2O has accepted an increased bid after rejecting an earlier approach at £12.50 a share that had valued the business a £3.1 billion. Carlsberg has now increased its offer to one of...Britvic has recommended that its shareholders accept a sweetened £3.3 billion takeover by Carlsberg, the Danish brewer. The maker of Robinsons Fruit Shoot and J2O has accepted an increased bid after rejecting an earlier approach at £12.50 a share that had valued the business a £3.1 billion. Carlsberg has now increased its offer to one of...Britvic has recommended that its shareholders accept a sweetened £3.3 billion takeover by Carlsberg, the Danish brewer. The...
A Tesla shareholder is calling for more than $7 billion in lawyers’ fees to be paid by the electric car maker, after he successfully challenged Elon Musk’s record-breaking pay package. Richard Tornetta, who owned nine shares in Tesla when he sued over Musk’s pay package in 2018, is pursuing the legal fee on behalf...A Tesla shareholder is calling for more than $7 billion in lawyers’ fees to be paid by the...A Tesla shareholder is calling for more than $7 billion in lawyers’ fees to be paid by the...
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Proof that 7UP, J2O and Lipton Ice Tea are no training ground for negotiating with a beer group. Three rounds from...Proof that 7UP, J2O and Lipton Ice Tea are no training ground for negotiating with a beer group.Proof that 7UP, J2O and Lipton Ice Tea are no training ground for negotiating with a beer group.
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Sir Keir Starmer says wealth creation will be his No 1 priority as prime minister. Undoubtedly, this will be...Sir Keir Starmer says wealth creation will be his No 1 priority as prime minister. Undoubtedly...Sir Keir Starmer says wealth creation will be his No 1 priority as prime minister. Undoubtedly...
The Bank of England may finally have got inflation under control but the cost of a humble cuppa looks set to buck the trend after extreme weather disrupted the harvest in India’s main tea-producing region. Heatwaves and flooding have driven the...The Bank of England may finally have got inflation under control but the cost of a humble cuppa...The Bank of England may finally have got inflation under control but the cost of a humble cuppa...
An upstart insurance business hoping to break into the ranks of companies that take over traditional pension funds is...An upstart insurance business hoping to break into the ranks of companies that take over...An upstart insurance business hoping to break into the ranks of companies that take over...
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As the new government scans the scale of industrial crises stacking up after the past 14 years, from the railways to...As the new government scans the scale of industrial crises stacking up after the past 14 years...As the new government scans the scale of industrial crises stacking up after the past 14 years...
Britain’s biggest asset manager has made the case for higher executive pay in the UK, warning that a gap between the...Britain’s biggest asset manager has made the case for higher executive pay in the UK, warning...Britain’s biggest asset manager has made the case for higher executive pay in the UK, warning...
The new business secretary has expressed concerns about a tax “loophole” being exploited by Shein. Jonathan Reynolds...The new business secretary has expressed concerns about a tax “loophole” being exploited by Shein.The new business secretary has expressed concerns about a tax “loophole” being exploited by Shein.
euro 2024 | martin samuel
Say football teams were like juries. That they could be purged of people the counsels did not like. That England could object to one or two names in Holland’s starting XI. That Holland could do the same. Who would Ronald Koeman chuck out? One imagines his first expulsion would be Harry Kane. Get...Say football teams were like juries. That they could be purged of people the counsels did not like. That England could object to one or two names in Holland’s starting XI. That Holland could do the same. Who would Ronald Koeman chuck out? One imagines his first expulsion would be Harry Kane. Get...Say football teams were like juries. That they could be purged of people the counsels did not like. That England could object...
Mason Greenwood is close to agreeing a £27million deal to move to Marseille after being told again on Monday that he has no future at Manchester United. The England player is believed to have grown frustrated over the uncertainty of his position at the start of the week and wanted assurances on his future. However, he was told by United’s...Mason Greenwood is close to agreeing a £27million deal to move to Marseille after being told again on Monday that he has no future at Manchester United. The England player is believed to have grown frustrated over the uncertainty of his position at the start of the week and wanted assurances on his future. However, he was told by United’s...Mason Greenwood is close to agreeing a £27million deal to move to Marseille after being told again on Monday that he has no...
tour de france | david walsh
In the Book of Genesis, God rested on the seventh day. There is no suggestion that He was tired but rather that He wanted to look over all He had created. The latter-day gods of the Tour de France had to wait longer for rest, theirs coming on the tenth day. From them too, there is no admission of tiredness. Tadej...In the Book of Genesis, God rested on the seventh day. There is no suggestion that He was tired...In the Book of Genesis, God rested on the seventh day. There is no suggestion that He was tired...
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mike atherton
There’s a lot going on this week, if you like sport. Wimbledon and the Euros in full flow, a rugby Test in New Zealand.There’s a lot going on this week, if you like sport. Wimbledon and the Euros in full flow, a...There’s a lot going on this week, if you like sport. Wimbledon and the Euros in full flow, a...
Pierre van Hooijdonk and Rafael van der Vaart
I think there are similarities in how the tournament has gone for England and Holland. When I watch England, they...I think there are similarities in how the tournament has gone for England and Holland. When I...I think there are similarities in how the tournament has gone for England and Holland. When I...
As if to rub it in that she had missed quite an opportunity at Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu departed the All England Club’s media theatre on Sunday night to discover that Coco Gauff had just followed her in exiting the tournament at the last-16 stage. An already open bottom half of the women’s singles draw was now near decimated. The 21-year-old will have plenty more...As if to rub it in that she had missed quite an opportunity at Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu departed...As if to rub it in that she had missed quite an opportunity at Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu departed...
Keegan Bradley has been named as the left-field choice as the United States’ next Ryder Cup captain only nine months...Keegan Bradley has been named as the left-field choice as the United States’ next Ryder Cup captain only nine months after he was snubbed for a playing role in the biennial clash. The PGA of America announced its new man on Monday and Bradley, only 38 and still the world No 19, got the nod after Tiger Woods turned...Keegan Bradley has been named as the left-field choice as the United States’ next Ryder Cup captain only nine months after he...
wimbledon | alyson rudd
alex lowe
This time last year Steve Borthwick was preparing to omit Henry Slade from England’s World Cup squad. The Exeter Chiefs centre had played 30 of the 37 Tests since the previous tournament in 2019, more than any other England back during that period, but was suddenly surplus to requirements, squeezed out to make room for an extra wing. Borthwick’s brutal decision was...This time last year Steve Borthwick was preparing to omit Henry Slade from England’s World Cup...This time last year Steve Borthwick was preparing to omit Henry Slade from England’s World Cup...
will kelleher
Making a debut away from home against the All Blacks, and then lining up for a first start at Eden Park, looks a...Making a debut away from home against the All Blacks, and then lining up for a first start at Eden Park, looks a daunting prospect for a green front-row forward. Yet speak to those who know Fin Baxter, who looks likely to replace the injured Joe Marler for England’s second Test in Auckland on Saturday, and they are...Making a debut away from home against the All Blacks, and then lining up for a first start at Eden Park, looks a daunting...
Martin odegaard interview
I’m a paid-up member of the NW5 brigade, just like Keir Starmer. We’re not flash, says Esther Walker
Caitlin Moran
My friend didn’t say why she had to excuse herself from our group chat about the new cabinet — but we knew
newfirst person
The number of young people diagnosed rose by a quarter in two decades. Two experts consider the reasons and three people discuss their treatment
Alice Thomson on what the Starmers can expect at No 10
newRobert Crampton
From nuclear disarmament to buying a house, the French do things differently
first person
We’ve all pictured the scene: lying in the sun, toes in the sand, a waiter delivering another umbrella-filled pina...We’ve all pictured the scene: lying in the sun, toes in the sand, a waiter delivering another...We’ve all pictured the scene: lying in the sun, toes in the sand, a waiter delivering another...
dr mark porter
Feet are on my mind this week. They appreciate fresh air and sunlight, and being cooped up in footwear during the...Feet are on my mind this week. They appreciate fresh air and sunlight, and being cooped up in...Feet are on my mind this week. They appreciate fresh air and sunlight, and being cooped up in...
my culture fix
Just Go with It because it’s escapism. I also like Elf at Christmas. Even though I’ve seen it a million times it still makes me laugh. I like watching films, but often I’ll watch them on Netflix rather than going to the cinema. I didn’t really...Just Go with It because it’s escapism. I also like Elf at Christmas. Even though I’ve seen it a...Just Go with It because it’s escapism. I also like Elf at Christmas. Even though I’ve seen it a...
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FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
Operatic life would be much duller without the music of Michael Tippett and the work of Birmingham Opera Company. In this show the two bring out the best in each other. Leaving reality, you enter a circus tent in Birmingham city centre and enter the world of an octogenarian composer whose last opera, first performed in 1989, tells the story of three time-travelling...Operatic life would be much duller without the music of Michael Tippett and the work of...Operatic life would be much duller without the music of Michael Tippett and the work of...
Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also...Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also point out when you can catch up with further performances or on-demand streams of these events. Feel free to join in the conversation in the comment section at the end with your own recommendations. At a...Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also point out...
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FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
mindgames
1 King David, like Jesus Christ, was born in which town? 2 Return to Never Land (2002) is a sequel to which 1953...1 King David, like Jesus Christ, was born in which town? 2 Return to Never Land (2002) is a...1 King David, like Jesus Christ, was born in which town? 2 Return to Never Land (2002) is a...
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All eyes aren’t on only the serves at Wimbledon — they’re also on the contenders’ fancy wristwear
In the 1970s you could pick up the model for £33, but a recent surge in popularity has resulted in a brand-new bespoke version of the classic toy. Simon de Burton reports
Creative directors and chief executives select their highlights
Add a burst of colour to your summer with a visit to one of these top spots for hand-plucked blooms
Hundreds of our readers got in touch to share their favourite places to shop and stroll. Here are your top picks, from East Sussex to Lincolnshire
Tala in Paphos is home to beautiful churches, lemon trees and an impressive modern ampitheatre — but what really moved our writer was the family history she uncovered
Here’s how to cycle, hike, tour arty towns or hit the beach during a week in southern Portugal for just £435
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Corsica’s coastal capital of Ajaccio offers both Californian beachy vibes and a crash course in European history
India Knight
Your child has just finished their A-levels and is going on holiday without you for the first time, whether to enjoy...Your child has just finished their A-levels and is going on holiday without you for the first...Your child has just finished their A-levels and is going on holiday without you for the first...
Here’s an image that didn’t make the family album: me squirming away from my four-year-old in the sea off Porto Santo...Here’s an image that didn’t make the family album: me squirming away from my four-year-old in the...Here’s an image that didn’t make the family album: me squirming away from my four-year-old in the...
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We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best places to stay. But it’s not all champagne on arrival and expensive marble bathrooms. From spirit-sapping admin at check-in to absentee kettles and...We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best...We’re lucky as travel writers — we have had the chance to experience some of the world’s best...
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The Times has been publishing life stories of the great and the good (and the not so good) for more than 170 years. Now the obituary is also becoming a podcast, explains Anna Temkin
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Published on July 9, 2024
Chhina v Ismail and another
Before Lord Briggs...Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Published on July 9, 2024
Chhina v Ismail and another
...Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Published on July 9, 2024
Chhina v Ismail and another
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MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Party will lose nearly £1m in taxpayer support after 39 MPs lose seats. It will also miss out on donations from Westminster
The SNP faces an additional financial black hole of almost £500,000 after its general election disaster. A huge drop in the number of nationalist MPs means that the amount of taxpayer support received by the party is expected to fall to about £350,000 from £1.3 million at present. However The...The SNP faces an additional financial black hole of almost £500,000 after its general election disaster. A huge drop in the number of nationalist MPs means that the amount of taxpayer support received by the party is expected to fall to about £350,000 from £1.3 million at present. However The...The SNP faces an additional financial black hole of almost £500,000 after its general election disaster. A huge drop in the...
Long-term prisoners in Scotland are set to be released after serving two thirds of their sentence under SNP plans to reduce overcrowding. The Scottish government has been wrestling with a rising prison population in recent months, with more than 8,300 inmates in jails as of May this year — a rise of about 400 in two months. A programme of...Long-term prisoners in Scotland are set to be released after serving two thirds of their sentence under SNP plans to reduce overcrowding. The Scottish government has been wrestling with a rising prison population in recent months, with more than 8,300 inmates in jails as of May this year — a rise of about 400 in two months. A programme of...Long-term prisoners in Scotland are set to be released after serving two thirds of their sentence under SNP plans to reduce...
Education officials in Edinburgh are “scenario-planning” for an influx of private pupils into state schools if the new Labour government adds VAT to fees. Nationally, data show there are enough spaces in state primaries and comprehensives for all of the nearly 29,000 students who are educated independently in Scotland.Education officials in Edinburgh are “scenario-planning” for an influx of private pupils into...Education officials in Edinburgh are “scenario-planning” for an influx of private pupils into...
Puffins are making a comeback in their most important stronghold of St Kilda after the population was decimated by avian flu, experts believe. The archipelago — 41 miles west of the main Outer Hebrides and made up of the islands of Hirta...Puffins are making a comeback in their most important stronghold of St Kilda after the population...Puffins are making a comeback in their most important stronghold of St Kilda after the population...
Scottish business digest
Comment
Farage’s posturing offers no future for Tories
William Hague
Reform leader will launch a charm offensive on Conservatives but his permanent opposition to everything is a dead end
hugo rifkind
This outbreak of calm will take getting used to
melanie phillips
ID cards are useless to stem the migrant flow
giles coren | notebook
It isn’t all Emma’s fault — tennis is just a selfish game
Denis MacShane
It would be smart politics to return Elgin Marbles now
georgia heneage | notebook
All this football is bringing out my inner lad
I am usually wary of armchair patriotism but when the Euros or the World Cup come rattling around the bend every few years I buckle up and get on the Great British ride. I curse at the screen, shake my fists and yell “ref!” because I’ve learnt...I am usually wary of armchair patriotism but when the Euros or the World Cup come rattling around...I am usually wary of armchair patriotism but when the Euros or the World Cup come rattling around...
Leading Articles
Unforced Error
French leader’s rash decision to call an election to block the rise of the populist National Rally has destabilised his country and risks destabilising the European Union
Building Britain
Labour has a rare chance to push through a huge expansion in house construction
Grace in Defeat
The Catholic cricket tour of England was a holy, if not wholly successful, outing
letters to the editor
Obstacles to Labour’s housebuilding plan
newSir, Rohan Silva’s article (“Our corrupt planning system needs rebuilding”, Jul 8) reveals corrupting developers, rather than a corrupt planning system. To reform it, the new Labour government and honest developers and commentators need...Sir, Rohan Silva’s article (“Our corrupt planning system needs rebuilding”, Jul 8)...Sir, Rohan Silva’s article (“Our corrupt planning system needs rebuilding”, Jul 8)...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: The Great Yorkshire Show, the main agricultural show in the north of England, begins in Harrogate, until Friday.
US: President Biden hosts the 2024 Nato Summit in Washington attended by leaders from the other 31 Nato member countries as the alliance marks its 75th anniversary.
World: The OECD releases Employment Outlook 2024, its flagship annual report on employment.
On this day
In 1540 the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled after six months; in 1877 the first lawn tennis championship was held at Wimbledon, then in Surrey, with 21 amateur players competing. The tournament was won by Wimbledon-born Spencer Gore, who was also a first-class cricketer; in 1910 Edith Cook — Britain’s first female pilot — made a jump from a balloon at Coventry but a gust of wind led to her parachute collapsing and she died on July 14 from injuries sustained, aged 31. Her first flight was in a Bleriot XI in France in January 1910 and she made more than 300 parachute jumps; in 1983 Wham!’s debut album, Fantastic, was released, and spent two weeks at No 1 in the UK album charts. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s first chart hit was Young Guns (Go For It), released on October 16, 1982, peaking at No 3 in the UK singles charts; in 1993 the remains of the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his family were identified using DNA testing on nine bone fragments.
Nature notes
Horsetail, as many gardeners know to their cost, is an extraordinary plant — tough, rhizomatous and all but impossible to eradicate. Producing spores rather than seeds, it is a living fossil and one of the oldest vascular plants on Earth. Pale, fertile but non-photosynthetic spikes appear in spring; these wilt and are followed by the characteristic green spiky brushes, high in silica, in summer. Also known as bottle-brush, horsetail was once used to scour pots, like a primitive Brillo pad. Silica in plants reduces water loss, protects them from grazing due to its abrasive texture, strengthens stems and helps to resist infection. Other species containing silica, albeit in lower concentrations, include crops such as rice, wheat, sunflowers, tobacco and sugar cane. Melissa Harrison
Melissa Harrison
Birthdays today
David Hockney OM, artist, 87; Marc Almond, singer-songwriter, Soft Cell, Tainted Love (1981), 67; Reg Bailey, vice-president, YMCA (England and Wales), chief executive, Mothers’ Union (1999-2015), 74; Siân Berry, co-leader of the Green Party (2018-21), 50; Rev Prof Judith M Brown, historian of modern south Asia, 80; John Clegg, actor, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum (1974-81), 90; Steve Coppell, footballer, England (1977-83), and manager, 69; Nicholas Elliott, chief executive, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and chairman, Helsing (UK, defence AI company), 59; Mark Getty KBE, co-founder of Getty Images, 64; Tom Grinyer, chief executive, Institute of Physics, British Medical Association (2019-22), 51; Doug Gurr, museum director, The Natural History Museum, and chairman, British Heart Foundation (2015-22), chief executive, Amazon UK (2016-20), 60; Tom Hanks, actor, Elvis (2022), film-maker and writer, 68; Rupert Heseltine, executive chairman, Haymarket Media Group, 57; Prof Sir Brian Jarman, physician, president, British Medical Association (2003-04), 91; Jim Kerr, singer, Simple Minds, Don’t You (Forget About Me) (1985), 65; Daniel Kretinsky, chief executive, Energeticky (Europe’s largest energy group), who has large shareholdings in West Ham FC and Royal Mail, 49; Courtney Love, singer and actress, The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), 60; Nigel Lythgoe, producer, American Idol (2002-14), 75; Kelly McGillis, actress, Witness (1985), 67; Paul Merton, comedian, Have I Got News For You (since 1990), 67; Clive Stafford Smith, human rights lawyer, founder, Reprieve, 65; Jack White, musician, the White Stripes, Another Way to Die (2008, James Bond theme song), 49; Richard Wilson, actor, One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000), 88; John Yorke, television producer, managing director, Company Pictures (2012-15), including Wolf Hall, 62.