Wednesday October 22 2025
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Grooming gang victims say minister should quit with inquiry in crisis

Jim Gamble, the second candidate for chair to withdraw, said the inquiry had become a “toxic political football” and victims had lost faith

Secretary of State for the Home Department Shabana Mahmood arriving in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting.
Home Office ‘detached from reality on immigration’, says secret report

A ‘damning’ internal review has exposed a culture of defeatism, poor management and operational failures as the home secretary promises an overhaul

UPDATED
Migrant deported under one in, one out scheme returns on small boat

Asylum seeker says it was ‘unsafe’ for him to stay in France — as the number of Channel crossings so far this year surpasses total for 2024

King and Queen arrive in Rome to pray with Pope
King and Queen arrive in Rome to pray with Pope

The visit to Italy will include a landmark service, the Vatican’s first joint prayer with a British monarch since before Henry VIII’s Reformation

Royal family
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Still frame from CCTV footage showing people moving in a public space.
Life sentence for teenager who stabbed classmate during lunch break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
Chancellor Rachel Reeves smiling and walking in Westminster while carrying a red folder and papers.
NEW
Reeves moves to make NHS GPs exempt from £2bn tax raid
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
A hospital ward with a nurse walking away from the camera.
NEW
Ministers let NHS make patients wait longer to save money
Three pupils in straw hats and dark blazers walk past a stone building at Harrow School.
Parents look for £180,000 tutor to prepare baby for Eton or Harrow
Moosa Harraj speaking in opposition to the motion that Islam is Incompatible with Democracy.
Oxford Union president accuses rivals of pushing ‘racist tropes’ to oust him
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Horror of Russian drone strike on nursery ‘will live with parents forever’
DISPATCH FROM KHARKIV
Horror of Russian drone strike on nursery ‘will live with parents forever’

As peace talks collapse and attacks intensify across Ukraine, a strike on a Kharkiv nursery shows Russia is becoming more brazen in its offensives

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin look at each other.
BREAKING
Trump announces ‘tremendous’ new raft of sanctions against Russia
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Four Polish anglers celebrating next to a record-breaking 292cm catfish.
Anglers catch record catfish with rod, line … and power station heat
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, wearing a dark blue tweed coat and blue patterned tie.
UPDATED
Starmer backs inquiry into Prince Andrew over Royal Lodge
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UPDATED
Starmer backs inquiry into Prince Andrew over Royal Lodge
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Council cancels £150 fine for woman who poured coffee down drain
Burcu Yesilyur holding a coffee cup, standing on a wet street.
Council cancels £150 fine for woman who poured coffee down drain
Four Polish anglers celebrating next to a record-breaking 292cm catfish.
Anglers catch record catfish with rod, line … and power station heat
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, wearing a dark blue tweed coat and blue patterned tie.
UPDATED
Starmer backs inquiry into Prince Andrew over Royal Lodge
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Burcu Yesilyur holding a coffee cup, standing on a wet street.
Council cancels £150 fine for woman who poured coffee down drain
Four Polish anglers celebrating next to a record-breaking 292cm catfish.
Anglers catch record catfish with rod, line … and power station heat
Four Polish anglers celebrating next to a record-breaking 292cm catfish.
Anglers catch record catfish with rod, line … and power station heat
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, wearing a dark blue tweed coat and blue patterned tie.
UPDATED
Starmer backs inquiry into Prince Andrew over Royal Lodge
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Prince Andrew, Duke of York, wearing a dark blue tweed coat and blue patterned tie.
UPDATED
Starmer backs inquiry into Prince Andrew over Royal Lodge
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Council cancels £150 fine for woman who poured coffee down drain
Burcu Yesilyur holding a coffee cup, standing on a wet street.
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Residents cheesed off by psychedelic traffic-calming ‘Wotsits’

Yellow and orange road markings an attempt by a Merseyside council to reduce speeding and make the area more attractive

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Nurse ‘sobbed when confronted with trans colleague in boxers’
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
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A red offshore circuit racing boat with two crew members airborne above the water during the Aqua Adrenaline Tour.
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Little Miss Marple and Mr Poirot — Agatha Christie meets Mr Men
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
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A red offshore circuit racing boat with two crew members airborne above the water during the Aqua Adrenaline Tour.
Powerboats race off the coast of Devon — and other news in pictures
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Books
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
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Starmer’s little cheat sheet for PMQs
A red offshore circuit racing boat with two crew members airborne above the water during the Aqua Adrenaline Tour.
Powerboats race off the coast of Devon — and other news in pictures
A red offshore circuit racing boat with two crew members airborne above the water during the Aqua Adrenaline Tour.
Powerboats race off the coast of Devon — and other news in pictures
Collage of actor David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, and an illustration of Mr. Poirot from "Mischief on the Nile".
Little Miss Marple and Mr Poirot — Agatha Christie meets Mr Men
Books
Collage of actor David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, and an illustration of Mr. Poirot from "Mischief on the Nile".
Little Miss Marple and Mr Poirot — Agatha Christie meets Mr Men
Books
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
THE TIMES DIARY
Starmer’s little cheat sheet for PMQs
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street.
THE TIMES DIARY
Starmer’s little cheat sheet for PMQs
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Bruce Springsteen on Deliver Me from Nowhere — ‘My mindset was not good’

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Morocco’s fascinating cultural capital unchanged by tourism
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GILES COREN
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IN DEPTH
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GILES COREN
Fish Shop restaurant review: ‘Fit for the Queen of England’
Food & Drink
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Parenting
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World

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Chinese fentanyl kingpin with 20 aliases captured in Cuba

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France prepares for sale of one of country’s finest wine collections
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Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems performs live on stage.
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Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems performs live on stage.
LETTER FROM LAGOS
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Poland's president, Karol Nawrocki, and Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, shaking hands at a ceremony for the opening of a section of highway.
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The road shoring up Nato’s ‘Achilles heel’ corridor to the Baltics
SS Juve Stabia players lining up for a team photo before a Serie B match against US Avellino.
Mafia ‘infiltrated Italian football team — from ticketing to ambulances’
SS Juve Stabia players lining up for a team photo before a Serie B match against US Avellino.
Mafia ‘infiltrated Italian football team — from ticketing to ambulances’
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems performs live on stage.
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How afrobeats and Nollywood pump up Nigeria’s global power
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The road shoring up Nato’s ‘Achilles heel’ corridor to the Baltics
SS Juve Stabia players lining up for a team photo before a Serie B match against US Avellino.
Mafia ‘infiltrated Italian football team — from ticketing to ambulances’
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems performs live on stage.
LETTER FROM LAGOS
How afrobeats and Nollywood pump up Nigeria’s global power
Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems performs live on stage.
LETTER FROM LAGOS
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Poland's president, Karol Nawrocki, and Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, shaking hands at a ceremony for the opening of a section of highway.
The road shoring up Nato’s ‘Achilles heel’ corridor to the Baltics
Poland's president, Karol Nawrocki, and Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, shaking hands at a ceremony for the opening of a section of highway.
The road shoring up Nato’s ‘Achilles heel’ corridor to the Baltics
SS Juve Stabia players lining up for a team photo before a Serie B match against US Avellino.
Mafia ‘infiltrated Italian football team — from ticketing to ambulances’
SS Juve Stabia players lining up for a team photo before a Serie B match against US Avellino.
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Comment

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JULIET SAMUELVoters won’t buy slash and burn politics

After years of post-Covid malaise, austerity holds little appeal — parties on the right must look to modernise the state

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HUGO RIFKINDWar on woke leaves a free-speech Wild West
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Portrait of Iqbal Jawad.
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Life & Style

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COMMENT
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
A life split between Dubai and the ski slopes? Poor Mr Andrew Windsor

The vibe from the Palace is clear: the prince has just 20 minutes to clear his desk of creepy teddies

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Sara Davies of Dragons’ Den: ‘People always underestimate me’
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What a shame these ODIs are not in Australia as an Ashes amuse-bouche
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Interior of Hart Shoreditch hotel lobby with a large chandelier, bar, and seating areas.
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Win a luxury London break worth up to £1,020 at Hart Shoreditch
Wonder of the Seas is one of the best Royal Caribbean ships
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CGI illustration of a Eurostar Celestia train arriving in London St Pancras station.
Mark SmithHooray for the double-decker train! I’ve a soft spot for them
Person using a laptop to browse vacation photos or properties on a website.
Julia Brookes‘EasyJet charged me double to change my flights’

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