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NEW
Starmer eases green rules to protect car industry

The prime minister says the ‘world has fundamentally changed’ as he announces a reduction in fines for manufacturers failing to meet green targets

Politics
UK security warning as Gaza harms integration

Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulkarim al-Issa, head of the Muslim World League, says young British Muslims are growing more disillusioned because of the Middle East conflict

Politics
NEW
Health workers will be sent house to house to cut sick leave

A pilot programme in Westminster suggested the scheme could cut hospital admissions by 10 per cent

Healthcare
Eline Arbo, Best Director Olivier Award winner, backstage at the awards ceremony.
NEW
THEATRE
Olivier awards 2025 winners: Eline Arbo scoops best director

The Norwegian behind The Years is only the fifth woman to win the award, while Lesley Manville and John Lithgow won best actress and actor

Theatre & Dance
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
John Lithgow holding his Best Actor Olivier Award.
NEW
ANALYSIS
THEATRE
Olivier awards: Lithgow brought venom and vulnerability to role of Dahl
Media
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
A hooded figure sits at a desk working on multiple computers and a phone, all displaying green code.
Weekly cyberattacks on UK by pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers
Crime
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Russell Brand speaking at the MusiCares Person of the Year event.
Brand fears he could face criminal charges in the US
Law
Dior Spa Royal Scotsman cabin with bed, sink, and toiletries.
NEW
UK’s most luxurious train offers relaxation on rails — for a price
Transport
Pat McFadden arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
NEW
Dozens of quangos face axe as Labour targets Whitehall waste
Politics
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Royal Irish Regiment soldiers on parade.
NEW
CRIME AND JUSTICE COMMISSION
Make young knife crime offenders do national service, says public panel
Law
NEW
Tax ‘supersized’ cars more to pay for potholes, campaigners say
Transport
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World

Myanmar People’s Defence Force soldiers in Kyauk Panan village.
In a war to oust Myanmar’s junta, the earthquake barely registers

Rebels declared a ceasefire after the natural disaster, but the country’s civil war has cost many more lives and looks set to rumble on

Asia
Vietnamese garment workers sewing apparel in a factory.
NEW
More than 50 countries contact US to get tariffs revised
US politics
Pilgrims viewing the relics of Carlo Acutis.
Millennial saint, medieval rituals: Carlo Acutis’s relics on show
Europe
A crowd of people walking in a dusty street.
Sudanese civilians ‘targeted in reprisal killings’
Africa
Marine Le Pen addressing a Lega party congress via video link.
Marine Le Pen: I am the Martin Luther King Jr of France
Europe
Large protest in New York City with "Hands Off!" banners.
‘Hands off’ protests in every US state against Trump and Musk
US politics
People dining and walking on Rue de Buci in Paris.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
Battle of the terraces: Parisians losing sleep over café noise
Europe
A crowd of people walking in a dusty street.
Sudanese civilians ‘targeted in reprisal killings’
Africa
Marine Le Pen addressing a Lega party congress via video link.
Marine Le Pen: I am the Martin Luther King Jr of France
Europe
Large protest in New York City with "Hands Off!" banners.
‘Hands off’ protests in every US state against Trump and Musk
US politics
People dining and walking on Rue de Buci in Paris.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
Battle of the terraces: Parisians losing sleep over café noise
Europe
Vietnamese garment workers sewing apparel in a factory.
NEW
More than 50 countries contact US to get tariffs revised
US politics
Pilgrims viewing the relics of Carlo Acutis.
Millennial saint, medieval rituals: Carlo Acutis’s relics on show
Europe
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Comment

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ROD LIDDLELammy has earned his first-class flights — yes, really

I want the foreign secretary in good shape when he’s dealing with the likes of JD Vance

Illustration of cargo ships and an aircraft carrier being pulled into a maelstrom near the Statue of Liberty.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
KEMI BADENOCHWe can trade on our independence — if we get a grip
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JOSH GLANCYLike Napoleon, Trump’s impulses are having an outsized impact on history
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ROBERT COLVILEMPs can’t help foreign grandstanding, but please make time for bins
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HADLEY FREEMANWe’ve fetishised mental illness, so we all want it
Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
KEMI BADENOCHWe can trade on our independence — if we get a grip
a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt
a man wearing glasses and a suit looks at the camera
a woman wearing a red sweater and a grey shirt smiles for the camera
Portrait of Kemi Badenoch.
a man with a beard is wearing a red shirt
a man wearing glasses and a suit looks at the camera
a woman wearing a red sweater and a grey shirt smiles for the camera

Business & Money

Illustration of a crash test dummy in a wrecked car.
Trump tariffs: Britain’s carmakers reel after market fallout

The £100bn UK car industry faces crisis after Trump’s tariffs. Immediate action is needed to mitigate the impact of a 25% levy on US imports

Companies
a man in a white shirt smiles for the camera
Oliver ShahGlobalisation isn’t dead. Those who welcome talent will be winners
a woman with long dark hair is wearing a green jacket
Seema ShahUK has chance to reboot growth in EU talks
Jennifer Lopez and James Corden posing with a car for Carpool Karaoke.
Jaguar Land Rover pauses US car exports as trade war escalates
Companies
Worker in protective gear operating machinery at Scunthorpe Steel Works.
British Steel plots China shift with Scunthorpe future in doubt
Companies
Illustration of a man in a suit with a WPP building and data visualizations in the background.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS INTERVIEW
Britain’s biggest advertising boss: Life at the top is unrelenting
Companies
People carrying boxes.
Graduates are quitting arts jobs for tech as pay beats prestige
Education
Jennifer Lopez and James Corden posing with a car for Carpool Karaoke.
Jaguar Land Rover pauses US car exports as trade war escalates
Companies
Worker in protective gear operating machinery at Scunthorpe Steel Works.
British Steel plots China shift with Scunthorpe future in doubt
Companies
Illustration of a man in a suit with a WPP building and data visualizations in the background.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS INTERVIEW
Britain’s biggest advertising boss: Life at the top is unrelenting
Companies
People carrying boxes.
Graduates are quitting arts jobs for tech as pay beats prestige
Education
a man in a white shirt smiles for the camera
Oliver ShahGlobalisation isn’t dead. Those who welcome talent will be winners
a woman with long dark hair is wearing a green jacket
Seema ShahUK has chance to reboot growth in EU talks
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a woman with blonde hair is wearing a black top and a gold necklace
Johanna NobleToo much pension choice has led to decision paralysis
a man with glasses and a question mark behind him
Tom SelbyCan I use my pension to become a landlord?
Illustration of a chaotic job interview; one interviewee is visibly stressed.
Katherine DenhamReAssure shut Mum’s £120k bonds— then marked her down as dead

Sport

Pep Guardiola embracing Phil Foden after a Manchester United vs. Manchester City Premier League match.
Pep: Classless United fans should be ashamed over Foden mum chants

City manager incensed after United fans insulted 24-year-old’s mother as player was withdrawn during Manchester derby

Football
Mathieu Flamini, former footballer and entrepreneur.
INTERVIEW
The midfield hard man who became world’s richest former player
Football
Jose Mourinho, manager of Tottenham Hotspur, at a Premier League match.
COMMENT
ALYSON RUDD
Mourinho was the George Clooney of football — now he’s just Mr Bean
Football
Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United on the ground after his shot is blocked.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Cantona watches on as United lack killer instinct to finish off blunted City
Football
Marcus Smith of Harlequins during a rugby match.
NEW
ANALYSIS
STUART BARNES
It’s arrogant to be surprised by this English failure in Europe
Rugby union
34 minutes ago
Rory McIlroy reacting after finishing the 18th hole of the U.S. Open.
NEW
RICK BROADBENT
‘If you can’t forget, you can’t play’ — the man teaching Rory to beat his demons
Golf
34 minutes ago
Mohamed Salah looking dejected after a soccer match.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool pay for playing first half like they were already on beach
Football
Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United on the ground after his shot is blocked.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Cantona watches on as United lack killer instinct to finish off blunted City
Football
Marcus Smith of Harlequins during a rugby match.
NEW
ANALYSIS
STUART BARNES
It’s arrogant to be surprised by this English failure in Europe
Rugby union
34 minutes ago
Rory McIlroy reacting after finishing the 18th hole of the U.S. Open.
NEW
RICK BROADBENT
‘If you can’t forget, you can’t play’ — the man teaching Rory to beat his demons
Golf
34 minutes ago
Mohamed Salah looking dejected after a soccer match.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool pay for playing first half like they were already on beach
Football
Mathieu Flamini, former footballer and entrepreneur.
INTERVIEW
The midfield hard man who became world’s richest former player
Football
Jose Mourinho, manager of Tottenham Hotspur, at a Premier League match.
COMMENT
ALYSON RUDD
Mourinho was the George Clooney of football — now he’s just Mr Bean
Football
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Life & Style

Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in *Adolescence*.
What Adolescence gets right (and wrong) about teen boys’ brains

It may make for a compelling drama, but young men’s minds are more complex, says one neuroscientist

Parenting
4 minutes ago
Donald Trump speaking at a podium.
Polly VernonThe (very) weird day I met Donald Trump
Jason Isaacs in a tan bathrobe in a scene from The White Lotus.
Huw OliverThis White Lotus wellness trend isn’t a gimmick — it’s life-changing
4 minutes ago
Portrait of Sam Mendes.
FIRST PERSON
Sam Mendes: the Holocaust, my family and the film I had to make
TV & Radio
A mother and her son nuzzling noses.
FIRST PERSON
I’m jealous of the free childcare all my friends get
Parenting
4 minutes ago
Woman and dog sitting on a couch.
Can I solve my rescue dog’s problems?
Wildlife & Nature
4 minutes ago
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in their official wedding photo.
Argument and lots of laughter: Charles and Camilla’s marriage
Celebrity
4 minutes ago
Portrait of Sam Mendes.
FIRST PERSON
Sam Mendes: the Holocaust, my family and the film I had to make
TV & Radio
A mother and her son nuzzling noses.
FIRST PERSON
I’m jealous of the free childcare all my friends get
Parenting
4 minutes ago
Woman and dog sitting on a couch.
Can I solve my rescue dog’s problems?
Wildlife & Nature
4 minutes ago
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in their official wedding photo.
Argument and lots of laughter: Charles and Camilla’s marriage
Celebrity
4 minutes ago
Donald Trump speaking at a podium.
Polly VernonThe (very) weird day I met Donald Trump
Jason Isaacs in a tan bathrobe in a scene from The White Lotus.
Huw OliverThis White Lotus wellness trend isn’t a gimmick — it’s life-changing
4 minutes ago

Culture

Collage of a woman holding a loaf of bread and the Evin House of Detention in Tehran.
REVIEW
CHRISTINA LAMB
Iran’s great prison bake off — it’s Nigella crossed with Nelson Mandela

In Tehran’s Evin Prison, where Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe spent five years, female political prisoners bake to give meaning to their lives

Books
Still image from a video showing a man and woman, both wearing button-down shirts, with sticky notes on their faces.
REVIEW
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
If you want to torture an enemy, send them to Tate Britain
Art
Petroc Trelawny sitting on a red bench.
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny: ‘We’ve let classical music become niche’
Music
Aimee Lou Wood seated, wearing a red sweater and jeans.
INTERVIEW
Aimee Lou Wood: ‘Everyone lost their marbles on The White Lotus’
ST Culture Magazine
Woman holding futuristic pink weapon in rocky landscape.
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Black Mirror, Grace and more
TV & Radio
Split image showing a man in a suit and Paddington Bear.
The best films to watch at home this week — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Paddington in Peru
TV & Radio
Book covers for "Confidence." and "The Prince Without Sorrow."
The Sunday Times Bestsellers List — 100 weeks of The Salt Path
Books
Aimee Lou Wood seated, wearing a red sweater and jeans.
INTERVIEW
Aimee Lou Wood: ‘Everyone lost their marbles on The White Lotus’
ST Culture Magazine
Woman holding futuristic pink weapon in rocky landscape.
VIEWING GUIDE
What to watch on TV this week — Black Mirror, Grace and more
TV & Radio
Split image showing a man in a suit and Paddington Bear.
The best films to watch at home this week — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Paddington in Peru
TV & Radio
Book covers for "Confidence." and "The Prince Without Sorrow."
The Sunday Times Bestsellers List — 100 weeks of The Salt Path
Books
Still image from a video showing a man and woman, both wearing button-down shirts, with sticky notes on their faces.
REVIEW
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
If you want to torture an enemy, send them to Tate Britain
Art
Petroc Trelawny sitting on a red bench.
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny: ‘We’ve let classical music become niche’
Music

Travel

Cruise ship sailing through a Norwegian fjord.
10 of the best easy adventures at sea

Ziplining and remote hikes not your thing? Our cruise editor has you covered with her pick of the top sailings with just a pinch of adrenaline

Cruises
Alnwick Castle, England's second largest inhabited castle.
The best way to get your kids to revise? A family holiday
England
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
A woman stands in front of an aerial view of Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Prue Leith: My holiday of a lifetime on the Silk Road at 85
View of the Danube River from vineyards in the Wachau wine region.
Hilltop honesty bars and £2 fine wine — this is Europe’s best boozy break
Aerial view of Roosevelt Island, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan skyline.
Follow in the Great Gatsby’s hedonistic footsteps across New York
New York City
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
A woman stands in front of an aerial view of Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Prue Leith: My holiday of a lifetime on the Silk Road at 85
View of the Danube River from vineyards in the Wachau wine region.
Hilltop honesty bars and £2 fine wine — this is Europe’s best boozy break
Aerial view of Roosevelt Island, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Manhattan skyline.
Follow in the Great Gatsby’s hedonistic footsteps across New York
New York City
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
Alnwick Castle, England's second largest inhabited castle.
The best way to get your kids to revise? A family holiday
England
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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