Friday April 4 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
Close-up of a man with long, curly hair and a straw hat.
Russell Brand denies accusations of rape and sexual assault

Comedian due to appear in court on May 2

Prince Andrew embroils King in Chinese ‘spy’ scandal

Charles met the Duke of York and discussed plans for an investment scheme run by Yang Tengbo, an alleged Beijing spy, a new document claims

Royal family
FTSE 100 down 4.95% as Trump’s tariffs send stock tumbling
US news
Collage of Donald Trump and Robert Lighthizer with shipping containers and a report on foreign trade barriers.
NEW
IN DEPTH
Why Starmer hopes Trump’s tariffs could be good news for the UK

Prime minister believes that the world is entering in a new era of instability and change — and that external crisis brings opportunities for reform

Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Exterior view of Williamson Court retirement apartments in Lancaster, showing a courtyard garden with a circular bench.
IN DEPTH
Families lose ‘life savings’ on developer’s retirement flats
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Protestors at Sussex University holding signs that say "Stock Out".
Universities review trans policies after Sussex’s record fine
Education
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Collage of British slang words with images of women in fashionable clothing.
Americans go bonkers for British slang
Ed Miliband aboard the Grampian Tweed at the Port of Lowestoft.
Ed Miliband’s department spent £40,000 on UK flights in six months
Politics
Collage of a woman, rising stacks of coins, and a map of the UK.
Revealed: the areas of the UK that pay the most income tax
Politics
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A man sits on a couch holding a photo of his deceased son.
Grieving father leads overhaul of ‘flawed’ suicide risk assessment system
Healthcare
Observatory that found first black hole faces uncertain future
Science
King Charles III speaking with a pilot and flight programmer at a Mission Aviation Fellowship event.
PHOTOGRAPHY
News in pictures
King Charles III speaking with a pilot and flight programmer at a Mission Aviation Fellowship event.
PHOTOGRAPHY
News in pictures
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Editor's picks

Young Power List 2025

Lando Norris lounging on a black leather couch with his racing helmet.
INTERVIEW
Lando Norris: ‘Being happy with myself isn’t easy’
Young Power List

World

Person walking past fire-damaged buildings and debris.
NEW
‘Fire leapt from the earth as the quake struck’

Homes built on the site of an old rubbish dump in one of the poorest areas of Mandalay were set ablaze and destroyed

Asia
A person runs away from burning cars and a building after a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
UPDATED
US ‘will not be fooled’ by Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war
President Trump speaking with journalists aboard Air Force One.
The real reasons Trump wants to keep Musk close, according to aides
US politics
Collage of Marine Le Pen, a cathedral, and Éric Zemmour.
DISPATCH
Love or loathe Marine Le Pen, French are angry about broken system
Europe
Close-up of Donald Trump in court.
‘I love getting even with people’ — Trump’s vengeance agenda
US politics
Rocket launcher firing rockets.
NEW
RICHARD SPENCER
Watch: How China’s relentless Taiwan drills illustrate invasion plan
Asia
Svetlana Zakharova of the Bolshoi Ballet performing in a production of The Sleeping Beauty.
MARC BENNETTS
Bolshoi ballet’s ‘clumsy’ new star shows arts stifled by Putin’s hold
Europe
Collage of Marine Le Pen, a cathedral, and Éric Zemmour.
DISPATCH
Love or loathe Marine Le Pen, French are angry about broken system
Europe
Close-up of Donald Trump in court.
‘I love getting even with people’ — Trump’s vengeance agenda
US politics
Rocket launcher firing rockets.
NEW
RICHARD SPENCER
Watch: How China’s relentless Taiwan drills illustrate invasion plan
Asia
Svetlana Zakharova of the Bolshoi Ballet performing in a production of The Sleeping Beauty.
MARC BENNETTS
Bolshoi ballet’s ‘clumsy’ new star shows arts stifled by Putin’s hold
Europe
A person runs away from burning cars and a building after a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
UPDATED
US ‘will not be fooled’ by Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war
President Trump speaking with journalists aboard Air Force One.
The real reasons Trump wants to keep Musk close, according to aides
US politics
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Comment

Portrait of Nelson Fraser.
FRASER NELSONThis is our chance to be free-trade champions

With Trump leading a new wave of protectionism, Starmer should seize the moment with rest of G7 to lower barriers

Illustration of Donald Trump meeting the Queen and Prince Philip; the Queen is kneeling.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes

a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
JANICE TURNERCalling all parents: put that damn phone down
a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
GILES CORENCan I get away without understanding tariffs?
Portrait of Ann Treneman.
ANN TRENEMAN | NOTEBOOKMiracle on the marsh trumps our dismal news
a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck
LARA SPIRITStarmer seeks a stealthy Brexit reset but can he sneak one bill past Farage?
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
JANICE TURNERCalling all parents: put that damn phone down
a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
Portrait of Ann Treneman.
a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck
a woman wearing a necklace with a cross on it
a man in a suit and white shirt is looking at the camera
Portrait of Ann Treneman.
a woman wearing a blue shirt has a necklace around her neck

Business & Money

TV screen showing Donald Trump speaking, with a stock market graph in the background.
FTSE suffers biggest drop since pandemic amid tariff turmoil

Fears of trade war grow after world’s second largest economy puts an extra 34% tax on all US goods

Economics
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneTrump’s tariffs: those pesky penguins had it coming
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopCEOs should give LinkedIn a rest
iPhone 16 Plus models displayed at an Apple product unveiling event.
Cost of iPhones to rocket if Apple passes on tariffs pain
Technology
Helge Lund, BP chairman, during a London interview.
BP chairman Helge Lund to step down
Energy
Harley motorcycle rider saluting at a parade.
UK draws up £18.5bn retaliation list of US imports
Companies
Waitress carrying a tray of glasses.
IN DEPTH
Can companies absorb the national insurance increase?
Economics
iPhone 16 Plus models displayed at an Apple product unveiling event.
Cost of iPhones to rocket if Apple passes on tariffs pain
Technology
Helge Lund, BP chairman, during a London interview.
BP chairman Helge Lund to step down
Energy
Harley motorcycle rider saluting at a parade.
UK draws up £18.5bn retaliation list of US imports
Companies
Waitress carrying a tray of glasses.
IN DEPTH
Can companies absorb the national insurance increase?
Economics
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneTrump’s tariffs: those pesky penguins had it coming
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopCEOs should give LinkedIn a rest

Sport

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Collage of Manchester City executives, coach, and trophy.
MATT LAWTON
City accuse Premier League of distorting rules in Arsenal’s favour
Football
Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrates winning the Premier League.
De Bruyne set for City statue — and Pep already has replacement in mind
Football
Max Verstappen celebrates his fourth World Drivers' Championship.
Owen SlotWhen should F1’s owners cash in on Netflix-driven boom?
Thomas Müller of Bayern Munich holding the Bundesliga trophy on a balcony overlooking a crowd of celebrating fans.
James GheerbrantMüller made magic moves — now he faces an unimaginable one
INTERVIEW
How all-day pub session forged Lions centres in the making: meet Huwipulotu
Rugby union
NEW
CHAMPIONS CUP
Freeman scores hat-trick to save Saints’ season and strengthen Lions case
Rugby union
12 minutes ago
NEW
MIKE ATHERTON
Test discard Robson shows up Crawley’s continuing struggles
Cricket
NEW
WOMEN’S NATIONS LEAGUE
Lionesses send warning to Euros rivals in five-goal demolition job
Football
17 minutes ago
Two rugby players, one in casual wear and the other in a Scotland rugby jersey.
INTERVIEW
How all-day pub session forged Lions centres in the making: meet Huwipulotu
Rugby union
Northampton Saints player Tommy Freeman celebrating a try.
NEW
CHAMPIONS CUP
Freeman scores hat-trick to save Saints’ season and strengthen Lions case
Rugby union
12 minutes ago
Middlesex v Lancashire - Rothesay County Championship
NEW
MIKE ATHERTON
Test discard Robson shows up Crawley’s continuing struggles
Cricket
England women's football team celebrating a goal.
NEW
WOMEN’S NATIONS LEAGUE
Lionesses send warning to Euros rivals in five-goal demolition job
Football
17 minutes ago
Max Verstappen celebrates his fourth World Drivers' Championship.
Owen SlotWhen should F1’s owners cash in on Netflix-driven boom?
Thomas Müller of Bayern Munich holding the Bundesliga trophy on a balcony overlooking a crowd of celebrating fans.
James GheerbrantMüller made magic moves — now he faces an unimaginable one

Life & Style

Collage of a man in an apron with jars of peat smoked tomato sauce and peanut rayu, and a package of stir fry greens.
The food editor’s favourite ready meals and supermarket buys

I admit it, I eat ready meals now the children have left home, says food editor Tony Turnbull

Food & Drink
Garden fountain surrounded by spring flowers.
Ann TrenemanWhy a water feature is a must for your garden
Four bottles of wine.
Jane MacQuittyThe best wines of the rhône 2023 vintage
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INTERVIEW
Larry Lamb at 77: ‘I’m lucky to have been with amazing women’
TV & Radio
Archaeologist kneeling next to a Roman mosaic unearthed during an excavation.
INTERVIEW
Yes, Alice Roberts actually digs her own life
Celebrity
Two brothers and teachers, Adam and Lee Parkinson, posing for a photo.
FIRST PERSON
Male teachers? We’re role models. It’s the most important thing we’ll do
Parenting
Two men smiling in their kitchen.
Mr and Mr John Lewis: meet the shop’s interiors guru and his husband
Property & Home
NINTCHDBPICT000984493653
INTERVIEW
Larry Lamb at 77: ‘I’m lucky to have been with amazing women’
TV & Radio
Archaeologist kneeling next to a Roman mosaic unearthed during an excavation.
INTERVIEW
Yes, Alice Roberts actually digs her own life
Celebrity
Two brothers and teachers, Adam and Lee Parkinson, posing for a photo.
FIRST PERSON
Male teachers? We’re role models. It’s the most important thing we’ll do
Parenting
Two men smiling in their kitchen.
Mr and Mr John Lewis: meet the shop’s interiors guru and his husband
Property & Home
Garden fountain surrounded by spring flowers.
Ann TrenemanWhy a water feature is a must for your garden
Four bottles of wine.
Jane MacQuittyThe best wines of the rhône 2023 vintage

Culture

Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and writer, in Abu Dhabi.
‘It is not easy to have a writer like Edna O’Brien as your mother’

A new film about the great Irish author reveals her abusive marriage and culminates in her glitzy funeral

Film
Collage of Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, and Obongjayar.
The best new songs to listen to this week
Music
The White Lotus episode 4 still image: a family walks along a dock.
Behind the scenes on The White Lotus set ‘like Lord of the Flies’
Media
David Hockney standing in front of his painting, "The Arrival of Spring."
The day David Hockney painted me — and said: ‘Your mother won’t like it’
Art
George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in a stage production of "Goodnight, and Good Luck."
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Good Night, and Good Luck — does George Clooney’s presidential run start here?
Theatre & Dance
Travis Fimmel in Black Snow season 2.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Black Snow
TV & Radio
Band photo of four people in front of a red car.
UPDATED
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Art
David Hockney standing in front of his painting, "The Arrival of Spring."
The day David Hockney painted me — and said: ‘Your mother won’t like it’
Art
George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in a stage production of "Goodnight, and Good Luck."
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Good Night, and Good Luck — does George Clooney’s presidential run start here?
Theatre & Dance
Travis Fimmel in Black Snow season 2.
VIEWING GUIDE
What’s on TV and radio tonight — Black Snow
TV & Radio
Band photo of four people in front of a red car.
UPDATED
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Art
Collage of Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, and Obongjayar.
The best new songs to listen to this week
Music
The White Lotus episode 4 still image: a family walks along a dock.
Behind the scenes on The White Lotus set ‘like Lord of the Flies’
Media
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Travel

Stone house with a bench and table in a garden.
Tuscany’s finest villas for your next getaway

From rambling family-friendly farmhouses in Chianti and showstopper homes with infinity pools, these are the best places to book in Italy’s most characterful region

Aerial view of a Tuscan villa with a pool.
I’ve visited Italy for 40 years — and have found the perfect Tuscan stay
Person booking cheap airline flights on a mobile app.
TRAVEL DOCTOR
‘I fell for a travel WhatsApp scam — but my bank won’t refund me’
Advice
Cherry blossom trees in bloom at Kew Gardens.
Seven of the best places to enjoy cherry blossom in the UK this spring
UK
Two Rhodesian giraffes walking in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
My stay at the Zambian safari lodge that hosted Queen Elizabeth II
Africa
Bedruthan Hotel & Spa
16 of the best affordable hotels in Cornwall under £170
Cornwall
A Woodland Hive treehouse at Wildhive Callow Hall in Derbyshire
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury Derbyshire break worth up to £1,200 at Wildhive Callow Hall
Cherry blossom trees in bloom at Kew Gardens.
Seven of the best places to enjoy cherry blossom in the UK this spring
UK
Two Rhodesian giraffes walking in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
My stay at the Zambian safari lodge that hosted Queen Elizabeth II
Africa
Bedruthan Hotel & Spa
16 of the best affordable hotels in Cornwall under £170
Cornwall
A Woodland Hive treehouse at Wildhive Callow Hall in Derbyshire
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a luxury Derbyshire break worth up to £1,200 at Wildhive Callow Hall
Aerial view of a Tuscan villa with a pool.
I’ve visited Italy for 40 years — and have found the perfect Tuscan stay
Person booking cheap airline flights on a mobile app.
TRAVEL DOCTOR
‘I fell for a travel WhatsApp scam — but my bank won’t refund me’
Advice

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