‘I’m not ashamed that Oxford is an elite institution – but we are not elitist’The Telegraph - By Peter StanfordSince Louise Richardson was appointed as Oxford University’s first-ever woman vice-chancellor three years ago, what has surprised her most of all is how big a role the university plays in everyday British
A quarter of police forces have just one or fewer women in their top ranks, figures showThe Telegraph - By Ashley Kirk and Charles HymasA quarter of the police forces in England and Wales have only one or no women in their top ranks, Home Office figures have revealed. Cleveland, North Wales and British Transport Police had no officers
Shane Lowry gives the home fans some Open cheer as Rory McIlroy endures nightmare startThe Telegraph - By Oliver BrownHome comforts ceased to apply for the Irish cohort competing at the first Open on the Emerald Isle for 68 years. So expectant were the crowds, and so suffocating the pressures, that the experience reduced
US shoots down Iranian drone in Straits of Hormuz, says TrumpThe Telegraph - By Our Foreign StaffUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Mr Trump said the USS Boxer took defensive
Wild Justice is attempting to strangle game shooting industry with latest legal challenge, say campaignersThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickChris Packham is attempting to strangle the game shooting industry with his latest legal challenge, campaigners have said. Wildlife campaign group Wild Justice is planning to sue the Government over "failures"
Schoolboy, 14, collapses and dies after falling in the mud during end of term trip to an assault courseThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickA schoolboy collapsed and died on an assault course this afternoon after he fell into the mud. The 14-year-old boy was believed to have stopped breathing after collapsing at around 1pm as he and other
Extinction Rebellion Man unable to reach dying father’s bedside after getting stuck in Extinction Rebellion trafficThe TelegraphA man was unable to reach his dying father’s bedside before he passed away after an Extinction Rebellion protest on the motorway left him stuck in traffic. An unknown man rang his local radio station reveal
EasyJet Market report: Shares in easyJet climb as it allays fears of airline overcapacityThe Telegraph - By Michael O'DwyerInvestors in easyJet received a lift yesterday after the low-cost airline announced it had poached Ryanair’s chief operations officer, Peter Bellew, and allayed fears of weak summer trading amid overcapacity
Obituaries Commander David Joel, naval officer, art historian and conservationist who created a wildlife reserve – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesCommander David Joel, who has died aged 90, was a “salt horse” – a seaman officer without deeper specialisation – in the postwar Royal Navy, as well as a wildlife conservator and an art historian. Joel
Ilhan Omar Donald Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chants at his rally about congresswoman Ilhan OmarThe Telegraph - By Ben Riley-SmithDonald Trump has disavowed chants of “send her back” about Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Democratic congresswoman, which broke out at one of his rallies after he attacked her repeatedly on stage. The US
David Gauke Thousands of offences could be prevented by scrapping short jail sentences, says Justice SecretaryThe Telegraph - By Charles HymasUP to 32,000 offences a year could be prevented by scrapping most short sentences, the Justice Secretary has said. In an appeal to the new Prime Minister to abolish short sentences, David Gauke said those
Scottish Government Scottish income tax £941 million short of forecast as Westminster bails out HolyroodThe Telegraph - By Auslan CrambThe Scottish Government will be bailed out by Westminster to the tune of more than £700 million after the amount of income tax revenue raised in Scotland was nearly £1 billion short of the forecast figure.
Royal Air Force RAF moving closer to becoming an air and space force, Penny Mordaunt saysThe Telegraph - By Anna MikhailovaThe RAF is moving towards becoming an air and space force, Penny Mordaunt has said, as she revealed a pilot will join a commercial space programme. The Defence Secretary said the RAF has partnered with
Melinda Gates Six things we learnt from Melinda Gates’s visit to London this weekThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickIn the early nineties, Melinda Gates was seen as an unlikely hero. Portrayed as little more than the computer scientist wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, she had already been working under behind scenes
Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt warns EU Britons won't forgive Brussels for a generation if there is a no deal BrexitThe Telegraph - By James CrispJeremy Hunt warned the EU on Thursday that Britons will not forgive Brussels for a generation if it forces the UK to leave the bloc without a Brexit deal. The foreign secretary, and Boris Johnson’s Tory
Golf Former champion David Duval sets record for worst Open round in 69 yearsThe Telegraph - By James CorriganDavid Duval, the former world No 1, had so many shots at the seventh here on Thursday that it took more than two hours for the R&A to get his score right. First it was a 15, then it was a 13 and then,
Waitrose Waitrose store closures puts hundreds of jobs at riskThe Telegraph - By Laura OnitaWaitrose will shut three stores and offload a further four to rivals such as Lidl, putting 667 jobs at risk. This is the grocer’s third wave of closures since the beginning of last year, bringing the to
Billy Graham Prebendary Richard Bewes, preacher who was a close associate of Billy Graham – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPrebendary Richard Bewes, who has died aged 84, was widely regarded as one of the modern church’s most eloquent and persuasive preachers; his ministry was exercised most prominently between 1983 and 2004
Play buttonWomen's News Stop telling obese people they're fat - it's not workingThe Telegraph - By Judith WoodsIs overeating an illness? Is being a bit fat and a bit lazy a clinical condition? Is even posing such questions an admission of craven defeat in our ongoing battle of the bulge? No. No. Yes. But. A big
Boris Johnson For good policy’s sake, Boris must break free of the “progressive trap”The Telegraph - By Ryan BourneHave you had the misfortune of watching a Conservative leadership debate? If so, you’ve probably seen Boris Johnson defending plans to raise the 40p income tax threshold. Debate chairmen have seemed particularly
FaceApp Is FaceApp’s ‘age challenge’ sexist?The Telegraph - By Rosa SilvermanIs the FaceApp “age challenge” sexist? It was only going to be a matter of time before the question was asked. Never mind whether it’s all a cunning plot by Russians to steal our data: its unfair distribution
Tour de France 2019, stage 12 verdict: Simon Yates' masterclass shows how normal British grand tour success has becomeThe Telegraph - By Tom CaryThere was a time when British success in grand tours seemed somehow otherworldly, the preserve of adventurers and dreamers who had journeyed to continental Europe and managed to upset the odds against
Queer Eye, season 4 review: a trip to Jonathan Van Ness's high school adds a new level to this joyful makeover seriesThe Telegraph - By Amy JonesThe main secret of Queer Eye’s makeovers is that if you have five charismatic, ridiculously handsome men telling you how gorgeous and brilliant you are for a week, then you are absolutely going to feel
Technology Car-sharing start-up Turo raises $250m from US investing giant IACThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldCar-sharing start-up Turo has raised $250m (£200m) from the US investor behind internet companies including Match Group. The deal gives Turo, which lets car owners rent out their cars on-demand to travellers
Outsourcing Taxpayer left with £10m bill in MoD outsourcing rowThe Telegraph - By Jack TorranceTaxpayers have been left on the hook for a £10m bill after a row between two of the Government's biggest suppliers over its awarding of a 12-year £525m contract to run fire stations on UK military bases.
Divorce Mystery deepens over 'divorce' of Russian model and Malaysian king as she shares romantic videoThe Telegraph - By Alec LuhnA Russian model who married the former king of Malaysia posted a romantic video of the pair dancing amid rumours he has divorced her. Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, 49, finalised a divorce this month beauty
BBC to use controversial TV licensing collection firm as 'outreach' officersThe Telegraph - By Anita SinghThe BBC is to use Capita, the controversial TV Licensing collection firm, to provide the “outreach” officers who will visit the homes of over-75s in pursuit of licence fee payments. Two years ago, the
Golf Robert MacIntyre overcomes rookie jitters and impostor syndrome to post strong start to OpenThe Telegraph - By Tom MorganAfter coming down with a bad case of rookie jitters way ahead of first tee, Robert MacIntyre was a picture of serenity yesterday after learning laughter is the best medicine. The 22-year-old Scotsman said
Morocco Morocco court condemns three to death for killing Scandinavian hikersThe Telegraph - By Reuters News AgencyThree Moroccan men were sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering two Scandinavian women in the Atlas mountains. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were
ObituariesSir Anthony Hart, retired judge who chaired a major inquiry into historical child abuse in Northern Irish institutions –The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesSir Anthony Hart, who has died aged 73, was a retired judge of the Northern Irish High Court who in 2012 was appointed to chair the biggest child abuse inquiry ever held in Britain; he went on to show
‘I’m not ashamed that Oxford is an elite institution – but we are not elitist’The Telegraph - By Peter StanfordSince Louise Richardson was appointed as Oxford University’s first-ever woman vice-chancellor three years ago, what has surprised her most of all is how big a role the university plays in everyday British
A quarter of police forces have just one or fewer women in their top ranks, figures showThe Telegraph - By Ashley Kirk and Charles HymasA quarter of the police forces in England and Wales have only one or no women in their top ranks, Home Office figures have revealed. Cleveland, North Wales and British Transport Police had no officers
Shane Lowry gives the home fans some Open cheer as Rory McIlroy endures nightmare startThe Telegraph - By Oliver BrownHome comforts ceased to apply for the Irish cohort competing at the first Open on the Emerald Isle for 68 years. So expectant were the crowds, and so suffocating the pressures, that the experience reduced
US shoots down Iranian drone in Straits of Hormuz, says TrumpThe Telegraph - By Our Foreign StaffUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a US warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Mr Trump said the USS Boxer took defensive
Wild Justice is attempting to strangle game shooting industry with latest legal challenge, say campaignersThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickChris Packham is attempting to strangle the game shooting industry with his latest legal challenge, campaigners have said. Wildlife campaign group Wild Justice is planning to sue the Government over "failures"
Schoolboy, 14, collapses and dies after falling in the mud during end of term trip to an assault courseThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickA schoolboy collapsed and died on an assault course this afternoon after he fell into the mud. The 14-year-old boy was believed to have stopped breathing after collapsing at around 1pm as he and other
Extinction Rebellion Man unable to reach dying father’s bedside after getting stuck in Extinction Rebellion trafficThe TelegraphA man was unable to reach his dying father’s bedside before he passed away after an Extinction Rebellion protest on the motorway left him stuck in traffic. An unknown man rang his local radio station reveal
EasyJet Market report: Shares in easyJet climb as it allays fears of airline overcapacityThe Telegraph - By Michael O'DwyerInvestors in easyJet received a lift yesterday after the low-cost airline announced it had poached Ryanair’s chief operations officer, Peter Bellew, and allayed fears of weak summer trading amid overcapacity
Obituaries Commander David Joel, naval officer, art historian and conservationist who created a wildlife reserve – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesCommander David Joel, who has died aged 90, was a “salt horse” – a seaman officer without deeper specialisation – in the postwar Royal Navy, as well as a wildlife conservator and an art historian. Joel
Ilhan Omar Donald Trump disavows ‘send her back’ chants at his rally about congresswoman Ilhan OmarThe Telegraph - By Ben Riley-SmithDonald Trump has disavowed chants of “send her back” about Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Democratic congresswoman, which broke out at one of his rallies after he attacked her repeatedly on stage. The US
David Gauke Thousands of offences could be prevented by scrapping short jail sentences, says Justice SecretaryThe Telegraph - By Charles HymasUP to 32,000 offences a year could be prevented by scrapping most short sentences, the Justice Secretary has said. In an appeal to the new Prime Minister to abolish short sentences, David Gauke said those
Scottish Government Scottish income tax £941 million short of forecast as Westminster bails out HolyroodThe Telegraph - By Auslan CrambThe Scottish Government will be bailed out by Westminster to the tune of more than £700 million after the amount of income tax revenue raised in Scotland was nearly £1 billion short of the forecast figure.
Royal Air Force RAF moving closer to becoming an air and space force, Penny Mordaunt saysThe Telegraph - By Anna MikhailovaThe RAF is moving towards becoming an air and space force, Penny Mordaunt has said, as she revealed a pilot will join a commercial space programme. The Defence Secretary said the RAF has partnered with
Melinda Gates Six things we learnt from Melinda Gates’s visit to London this weekThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickIn the early nineties, Melinda Gates was seen as an unlikely hero. Portrayed as little more than the computer scientist wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, she had already been working under behind scenes
Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt warns EU Britons won't forgive Brussels for a generation if there is a no deal BrexitThe Telegraph - By James CrispJeremy Hunt warned the EU on Thursday that Britons will not forgive Brussels for a generation if it forces the UK to leave the bloc without a Brexit deal. The foreign secretary, and Boris Johnson’s Tory
Golf Former champion David Duval sets record for worst Open round in 69 yearsThe Telegraph - By James CorriganDavid Duval, the former world No 1, had so many shots at the seventh here on Thursday that it took more than two hours for the R&A to get his score right. First it was a 15, then it was a 13 and then,
Waitrose Waitrose store closures puts hundreds of jobs at riskThe Telegraph - By Laura OnitaWaitrose will shut three stores and offload a further four to rivals such as Lidl, putting 667 jobs at risk. This is the grocer’s third wave of closures since the beginning of last year, bringing the to
Billy Graham Prebendary Richard Bewes, preacher who was a close associate of Billy Graham – obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesPrebendary Richard Bewes, who has died aged 84, was widely regarded as one of the modern church’s most eloquent and persuasive preachers; his ministry was exercised most prominently between 1983 and 2004
Play buttonWomen's News Stop telling obese people they're fat - it's not workingThe Telegraph - By Judith WoodsIs overeating an illness? Is being a bit fat and a bit lazy a clinical condition? Is even posing such questions an admission of craven defeat in our ongoing battle of the bulge? No. No. Yes. But. A big
Boris Johnson For good policy’s sake, Boris must break free of the “progressive trap”The Telegraph - By Ryan BourneHave you had the misfortune of watching a Conservative leadership debate? If so, you’ve probably seen Boris Johnson defending plans to raise the 40p income tax threshold. Debate chairmen have seemed particularly
FaceApp Is FaceApp’s ‘age challenge’ sexist?The Telegraph - By Rosa SilvermanIs the FaceApp “age challenge” sexist? It was only going to be a matter of time before the question was asked. Never mind whether it’s all a cunning plot by Russians to steal our data: its unfair distribution
Tour de France 2019, stage 12 verdict: Simon Yates' masterclass shows how normal British grand tour success has becomeThe Telegraph - By Tom CaryThere was a time when British success in grand tours seemed somehow otherworldly, the preserve of adventurers and dreamers who had journeyed to continental Europe and managed to upset the odds against
Queer Eye, season 4 review: a trip to Jonathan Van Ness's high school adds a new level to this joyful makeover seriesThe Telegraph - By Amy JonesThe main secret of Queer Eye’s makeovers is that if you have five charismatic, ridiculously handsome men telling you how gorgeous and brilliant you are for a week, then you are absolutely going to feel
Technology Car-sharing start-up Turo raises $250m from US investing giant IACThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldCar-sharing start-up Turo has raised $250m (£200m) from the US investor behind internet companies including Match Group. The deal gives Turo, which lets car owners rent out their cars on-demand to travellers
Outsourcing Taxpayer left with £10m bill in MoD outsourcing rowThe Telegraph - By Jack TorranceTaxpayers have been left on the hook for a £10m bill after a row between two of the Government's biggest suppliers over its awarding of a 12-year £525m contract to run fire stations on UK military bases.
Divorce Mystery deepens over 'divorce' of Russian model and Malaysian king as she shares romantic videoThe Telegraph - By Alec LuhnA Russian model who married the former king of Malaysia posted a romantic video of the pair dancing amid rumours he has divorced her. Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, 49, finalised a divorce this month beauty
BBC to use controversial TV licensing collection firm as 'outreach' officersThe Telegraph - By Anita SinghThe BBC is to use Capita, the controversial TV Licensing collection firm, to provide the “outreach” officers who will visit the homes of over-75s in pursuit of licence fee payments. Two years ago, the
Golf Robert MacIntyre overcomes rookie jitters and impostor syndrome to post strong start to OpenThe Telegraph - By Tom MorganAfter coming down with a bad case of rookie jitters way ahead of first tee, Robert MacIntyre was a picture of serenity yesterday after learning laughter is the best medicine. The 22-year-old Scotsman said
Morocco Morocco court condemns three to death for killing Scandinavian hikersThe Telegraph - By Reuters News AgencyThree Moroccan men were sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering two Scandinavian women in the Atlas mountains. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were
ObituariesSir Anthony Hart, retired judge who chaired a major inquiry into historical child abuse in Northern Irish institutions –The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesSir Anthony Hart, who has died aged 73, was a retired judge of the Northern Irish High Court who in 2012 was appointed to chair the biggest child abuse inquiry ever held in Britain; he went on to show
