My innocent brother Christopher Hughes was stabbed 90 times over vile internet rumour… ghouls gloated ‘he deserved it’
JUST a few hours before he disappeared, Christopher Hughes, 37, phoned his sister, Fran, for a chat and told her he loved her. “I knew my brother and I knew he wouldn’t have done what they accused him of,” says his other heartbroken sister, Andrea. “There are some nasty, vicious comments about how he deserved it because of what he did,” says Andrea. “In a kidnap it’s life and death,” DI Justin Bryant, who led the case, tells us in an exclusive interview. 12 Mamid Curtis Balbas is taken into custody Credit: Minnow Films12 Police search for evidence at the garage Credit: Minnow Films12 Alan Jaf is searched by police after being named Credit: Minnow FilmsFive men are now in custody and more were arrested after the documentary filming ended.
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 13:04 UTC
A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.
He added the message “time for a 🔥TIME FOR WAR.”On July 30, a violent mob targeted the mosque that Mr. McIntyre had highlighted, and dozens of police officers were injured. Days of unrest convulsed Britain over the next week, as rioters clashed with the police, lit cars on fire, attacked mosques and ransacked businesses. Mr. McIntyre posted a selfie in July 2022 in which he gave a Nazi salute, and after his arrest, the police found a copy of “Mein Kampf,” Hitler’s political manifesto, in his home. The Merseyside Police, which oversee policing in the Liverpool area, said Mr. McIntyre’s messages on Telegram encouraged others to participate in violent disorder and cause criminal damage in Southport. He also made other “failed attempts to instigate disorder at other locations,” the police said in a statement.
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 11:19 UTC
Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster share passionate kiss days after confirming romance
Just days later, Hugh and Sutton didn't hold back on the PDA as they were captured sharing a heated kiss.In photos obtained by Mail Online, the pair were photographed in the car while at a San Fernando In-N-Out as they repeatedly kissed each other. Looking totally loved up, Sutton was spotted tentatively holding Hugh's face during the passionate moments as they waited for their fast food order. Then, in September 2023, Hugh announced his split from his wife Deborra-Lee Furness after 27 years of marriage.Fast forward to a year later, Sutton called time on her marriage with husband Ted Griffin. But we just spent Memorial Day with our families. It's really fun to meet new friends".
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 10:32 UTC
Newspaper headlines: 'Another lettuce' for Reeves and ''ruthless' public spending cuts' on the way
It quotes an unnamed Labour backbencher saying the prime minister should consider sacking her if the situation doesn't improve in the next few months. There's a suggestion in the Daily Mail that Starmer has been left "struggling to contain turmoil in the Treasury", external. It says pressure is mounting both on the chancellor and Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, whose family in Bangladesh is facing corruption allegations. It recalls its own comparison between the length of Liz Truss's tenure as prime minister, and the shelf life of a salad ingredient. The paper points out that if the prime minister did replace her, he would need to decide what the alternative economic strategy would be.
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 10:25 UTC
Times letters: Rise of the machines as UK goes ‘all in’ on AI
Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, The increasing noise from the government, and from those such as Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague of Richmond, about allowing access to NHS data for AI purposes is welcome (reports, Jan 13). However, removing the barriers to access to these data will not be easy. I have worked at the coalface of NHS data analysis for 30 years, and the greatest headache faced by investigators and innovators has always been data access. This cultural resistance is the biggest limiting factor to the deployment of these assets to achieve public health benefits and economic growth. Over these years I have witnessed an in-built suspicion that somehow investigators and innovators want to access NHS
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 04:35 UTC
Bingo to bowling: seven of the UK’s top spots for grown-up games nights
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January 14, 2025 00:20 UTC
This untapped Scottish coastline is even more extraordinary in winter
Working at the Summer Isles Hotel years ago, Tarnia met a local guy called Scotty and moved here for good. But all this may be about to change, thanks to the new owner of the Summer Isles Hotel. Regenerating the Summer Isles is his pet project; in 2017 he snapped up all 766 acres of Tanera Mor. Summer Isles jobs will become year-round jobs. As we drive back towards Drumrunie, we feel we are leaving the old Coigach and Summer Isles behind for good.
Source:The Times
January 14, 2025 00:04 UTC
All the times Eagles members quit the band
Every time a member of Eagles quit the bandLike many great bands in history, the Eagles‘ backstory is a litany of fallouts and walkouts. We usually place the band’s creative leaders, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, at the front of the drama. Frey described Leadon as “one of the greatest country guitar players, but whenever I wrote a rock and roll song, he was the lead guitarist. With Henley and Frey watching their fellow founders walk out, the band now comprised Joe Walsh and Don Felder, both playing guitar in the band. The line-up of Henley, Frey, Walsh, Schmitt, and Felder fired up the Eagles melody machine again in ‘94 before Felder was once more ousted from the band in 2001 following ongoing legal battles over the Eagles’ royalty payments.
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 23:10 UTC
Starmer’s AI plans closer to Bluey than a blueprint for Britain
The dream of AI is that humanity is able to create and harness a higher power of intelligence, capable of solving all the many problems we cannot solve ourselves. The nightmare is that the solutions it finds will be worse than the problems, and we will be powerless to stop it. There have been many thousands of articles, research papers, long-form blogs, dystopian novels and so on dedicated to the subject, but none so perfect as that found in the Daddy Robot episode of the magnificent dog-based children’s cartoon Bluey. In Daddy Robot, Bluey asks Daddy Robot to tidy the playroom for her because she can’t be bothered to do it herself. Daddy Robot responds by throwing Bluey and her little sister Bingo in
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 22:16 UTC
Climate change scepticism almost extinct from UK national press
Climate change headlines. In 2013/14, a fifth of all opinion pieces and editorials on climate change featured “evidence scepticism” questioning the science or claiming warming is not happening. The research specifically cited The Telegraph, saying it “persistently gives a platform to sceptical voices on climate change”. It found that in 2013/14 31% of relevant Telegraph opinion pieces contained evidence scepticism, 33% contained process scepticism and 35% contained response scepticism. The share of right-leaning UK newspaper editorials arguing for more (blue) and less (red) climate action, 2011-2024, %.
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 22:15 UTC
The Times names Tower Hamlets one of best places to live 2025
Tower Hamlets has placed 33rd - the highest placed borough in east London, with its school rating leading the reasoning. Tower Hamlets ranked higher than any of the top 49 best places to live for the category of 'schools'. Tower Hamlets was east London's highest ranked borough to live in (Image: Google) Tower Hamlets also scored well in the 'community interest companies category'. For 'parks with a Green Flag award', which looked at the number of Green Flag parks per 10,000 people, Tower Hamlets scored 52. A score of 179 was awarded to Tower Hamlets.
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 21:53 UTC
Public reaction to Elon Musk and the rows over child grooming gangs
The only group of the public who have a favourable view of Musk are Reform UK voters, with 51% holding a positive opinion. More than two thirds of Britons (69%) say they don’t trust Musk on the issue of grooming gangs, including 57% who say they don’t trust him “at all”. Only 15% say they trust Musk much on the issue, with just 5% saying they trust him “a lot”. Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem voters say implementing the Jay Review suggestions is the priority, while most Reform UK voters would rather a new inquiry were held. This latter view is the most common view among Reform UK voters, of whom 48% expect the police and local authorities to repeat their approach.
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 20:37 UTC
Allerdale road closures: One to avoid over the next fortnight
And it is expected to cause major delays – with motorists facing a wait of at least 30 minutes. The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that one closure already in place is expected to carry on this week:• A66, from 8pm December 9 2024 to 6am February 7 2025, severe delays (more than 30 minutes): A66 eastbound and westbound, Lamplugh Rbt to Dubwath junction, Ring management, traffic signals and layby closure for Average speed camera works. National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included in their schedule.
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 17:40 UTC
UK trade to lag GDP over next decade, report warns
Trade will shrink in importance for the UK economy over the next ten years, according to a sobering report by Boston Consulting Group. Between 2023 and 2033 UK trade will grow by 0.7 per cent per year but GDP will grow at 1.6 per cent annually over the same period, the report said, thanks to declining transactions with key markets beyond just the EU. The figure is well below Boston’s estimate of a global trade growth average of 2.9 per cent and is itself a downward revision from its report last year in which it forecast UK trade growth of 0.9 per cent over the decade. “If you are a country like the UK’s historically been, that sees the growth that comes from trade as
Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 17:09 UTC
PAG acquires majority stake in packaging co Pravesha
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Source:The Times
January 13, 2025 16:31 UTC