Friday March 21 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
Britain will not shy away from nuclear weapons, says defence secretary

John Healey warned the deterrent could do ‘untold damage’ as construction began on the successor to Trident

Defence
EXCLUSIVE
Inside the top secret shipyard building Britain’s nuclear submarines

The Times was given exclusive access to the high-security site where Britain’s Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarine is under construction

Defence
UK ‘must pay into EU rearmament fund’ to benefit from it

German ambassador says British military equipment can only be bought using Brussels’ €150 billion pot if the UK first contributes a fair share

Defence
Collage of the White House Rose Garden and Donald Trump with a boy mowing the lawn.
IN PICTURES
Jackie Kennedy’s White House garden to get Mar-a-Lago makeover

The lawn ‘just doesn’t work’, President Trump says — and he’s planning to pave it, like his Florida club

US politics
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Mugshot of David Norris.
David Norris admits he was present at murder of Stephen Lawrence
Crime
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Model in purple skirt and green boots walking a runway at London Fashion Week.
AI copyright shake-up is ‘wrong approach’, say luxury brands
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Oxford University graduation ceremony: students in gowns walking past Radcliffe Camera.
O tempora, o mores! Oxford to alter Latin for non-binary students
Education
Sebastian Coe at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
MATT LAWTON
IOC elects former swimmer given $100k by Mugabe as Coe gets only eight votes
Olympics
Squirrel in a flowerbed.
Nature goes into overdrive as the sun comes out for spring
Environment
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Illustration of a yellow bird and a fuel tanker truck on a road.
Evolutionary road: Galapagos spawns species of car-hating bird
Science
NEW
Conor McGregor: As president I will make Ireland great again
Ireland
Woman walking past Harland Miller's "Far Out" artwork at York Art Gallery.
PHOTOGRAPHY
News in pictures
Woman walking past Harland Miller's "Far Out" artwork at York Art Gallery.
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News in pictures
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Editor's picks

World

Collage of protestors and riot police.
Istanbul mayor urges judges to stand up to tyrant Erdogan after arrest

Ekrem Imamoglu has been detained in a crackdown which it is feared could herald a new era authoritarianism in Turkey

Europe
First Lady Kim Keon Hee and President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea at a state banquet.
South Korean first lady ‘berated guards’ for not shooting police
Asia
French citizen Olivier Grondeau on a plane after release from Iranian authorities.
Iran frees French tourist after two and a half years
Europe
F-35 Lightning II fighter jet in flight.
Secret contract could let the US ground Germany’s F-35 jets
Europe
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Boris Pistorius speaking with German and Ukrainian soldiers during Patriot missile system training.
ANALYSIS
Ukraine is desperate for Patriot missile shields. Will Europe deliver?
Europe
Tiphaine Auziere in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Macron’s stepdaughter ‘dating hard-right TV host’
Europe
Author with illustration of Beauty and the Beast book cover.
Cartoonist blames ‘racism’ for ugly row over Beauty and the Beast
Europe
F-35 Lightning II fighter jet in flight.
Secret contract could let the US ground Germany’s F-35 jets
Europe
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Boris Pistorius speaking with German and Ukrainian soldiers during Patriot missile system training.
ANALYSIS
Ukraine is desperate for Patriot missile shields. Will Europe deliver?
Europe
Tiphaine Auziere in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Macron’s stepdaughter ‘dating hard-right TV host’
Europe
Author with illustration of Beauty and the Beast book cover.
Cartoonist blames ‘racism’ for ugly row over Beauty and the Beast
Europe
First Lady Kim Keon Hee and President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea at a state banquet.
South Korean first lady ‘berated guards’ for not shooting police
Asia
French citizen Olivier Grondeau on a plane after release from Iranian authorities.
Iran frees French tourist after two and a half years
Europe

Comment

a man in a suit with his arms crossed looks at the camera
PATRICK MAGUIRETask for Rachel Reeves is to re-educate Labour

Chancellor to tell critics in her own party that breaking her fiscal rules to borrow more is a sure path to austerity

Illustration of a woman on horseback leading an army, with the text "Let's get our thrashing over with!" and "Local Elections".

Cartoon by Morten Morland

Portrait of Gerry Baker.
GERARD BAKERKarma has come for Mark Carney — and Canada
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
MARTIN SAMUEL | NOTEBOOKHappiness index shows most unlikely states Finnish first
a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
EMMA DUNCANSorry, JD Vance, you’re wrong about UK and immigrants
Market Place in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England.
SEBASTIAN PAYNEHigh streets are more than shops, they’re about local pride
Portrait of Gerry Baker.
GERARD BAKERKarma has come for Mark Carney — and Canada
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
Market Place in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England.
Portrait of Gerry Baker.
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
Market Place in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England.
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Life & Style

Woman lying in bed on a silk pillow.
Why our sleep divorce makes us happier — and more productive

A survey reveals a fifth of millennial couples consistently sleep apart, prioritising rest and wellbeing

Sex & Relationships
Sir Gareth Southgate giving the Richard Dimbleby Lecture.
Helen RumbelowGareth Southgate, why didn’t you name Andrew Tate?
Film still of Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Andrew Burnap as Jonathan.
Deborah RossShouldn’t Disney’s Snow White be true to the original? Oh wait…
Illustration of a brick house outlined by a tape measure on a grassy hill.
Why size matters in the property market
Property & Home
Interior view of a coffee shop with seating area.
Seven of the UK’s best city pubs to plan a weekend break around
UK
Woman in white doing a handstand yoga pose.
The luxury apartments for digital nomads … in London
Property & Home
Illustration of a couple cuddling on a couch while watching a movie.
Turn the sound up: your guide to home cinema systems
Property & Home
Illustration of a brick house outlined by a tape measure on a grassy hill.
Why size matters in the property market
Property & Home
Interior view of a coffee shop with seating area.
Seven of the UK’s best city pubs to plan a weekend break around
UK
Woman in white doing a handstand yoga pose.
The luxury apartments for digital nomads … in London
Property & Home
Illustration of a couple cuddling on a couch while watching a movie.
Turn the sound up: your guide to home cinema systems
Property & Home
Sir Gareth Southgate giving the Richard Dimbleby Lecture.
Helen RumbelowGareth Southgate, why didn’t you name Andrew Tate?
Film still of Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Andrew Burnap as Jonathan.
Deborah RossShouldn’t Disney’s Snow White be true to the original? Oh wait…

Business

Elon Musk holding a chainsaw at CPAC.
Accenture blames Elon Musk’s US spending cuts for drop in revenues

Tesla billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency has caused contract delays and cancellations, consultancy firm says

Companies
Portrait of Ben Grey in a suit.
Ben MartinCash and carry price satisfies CVC
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopBegone, desk munchers! The real reasons we want to work from home
President Trump at the Kennedy Center.
Global markets take fright after central banks stall on rate cuts
Economics
Tim Cook and Jack Lowden at a pub in London.
Apple loses $1 billion a year on television streaming service
Companies
Traders on the floor of the London Metal Exchange.
FCA fines London Metal Exchange £9.2m for nickel market chaos
Companies
The Covent Garden Apple Market in London.
Norwegians are shopping for London
Companies
President Trump at the Kennedy Center.
Global markets take fright after central banks stall on rate cuts
Economics
Tim Cook and Jack Lowden at a pub in London.
Apple loses $1 billion a year on television streaming service
Companies
Traders on the floor of the London Metal Exchange.
FCA fines London Metal Exchange £9.2m for nickel market chaos
Companies
The Covent Garden Apple Market in London.
Norwegians are shopping for London
Companies
Portrait of Ben Grey in a suit.
Ben MartinCash and carry price satisfies CVC
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt has his arms crossed
Harry WallopBegone, desk munchers! The real reasons we want to work from home

Isa guide

RACHEL MORTIMER
Why Argentina may be a team to put your money on
Money
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Sport

Photo of Thomas Tuchel.
Tuchel takes swipe at Southgate and promises to keep politics out of football
Football
Eddie Jordan with Katie Price at the European Grand Prix.
KEVIN EASON
The Eddie Jordan I knew: outrageous, entrepreneurial and terrified of boredom
Formula 1
Anthony Gordon of England during a training session.
Jonathan NorthcroftTuchel will inject English DNA into national team in way Southgate never did
Dejected Welsh rugby players after a match.
Stuart BarnesLosing a relegation play-off could be just what Wales need
INTERVIEW
Dingwall: England squad feared Pollock was an idiot, now we call him ‘Monty’
Rugby union
How The Times covered England managerial debuts over the years
Football
INTERVIEW
‘Eriksen collapse taught me players go further when they feel loved’
Football
STUART FRASER
Raducanu’s footwork was very poor but she improved rapidly under me, says axed coach
Tennis
Two England rugby players embracing after a match.
INTERVIEW
Dingwall: England squad feared Pollock was an idiot, now we call him ‘Monty’
Rugby union
Collage of three English football managers and newspaper clippings.
How The Times covered England managerial debuts over the years
Football
Kasper Hjulmand, Head Coach of Denmark, at a UEFA Euro 2020 match.
INTERVIEW
‘Eriksen collapse taught me players go further when they feel loved’
Football
Emma Raducanu at the Miami Open.
STUART FRASER
Raducanu’s footwork was very poor but she improved rapidly under me, says axed coach
Tennis
Anthony Gordon of England during a training session.
Jonathan NorthcroftTuchel will inject English DNA into national team in way Southgate never did
Dejected Welsh rugby players after a match.
Stuart BarnesLosing a relegation play-off could be just what Wales need

Culture

Rachel Zegler as Snow White in the 2025 live-action film.
Snow White: how the fairytale became a nightmare for Disney

The live-action reboot has become a poisoned apple, dogged by controversy, warring cast members and, now, appalling reviews

Film
Diptych of movie scenes: Mamma Mia! and Rocketman.
UPDATED
The best films to watch at home this week — Mamma Mia! and Ambulance
TV & Radio
Ballet dancers Marianela Nunez and Ryoichi Hirano in a performance of Serenade.
UPDATED
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Art
Britt Lower and Adam Scott in a scene from Severance, season 2.
INTERVIEW
The man behind Severance: ‘I’m an accidental cult leader’
TV & Radio
Sope Dirisu at the EE British Academy Film Awards.
INTERVIEW
Sope Dirisu: ‘The James Bond rumours started when I was 14’
TV & Radio
Collage of film stills and vinyl records representing the soundtracks of *Amadeus*, *Trainspotting*, and *Pulp Fiction*.
The 30 best movie soundtracks of all time — chosen by the critics
Music
Anne and the Caldwells.
REVIEW
REVIEW
Annie & the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) — joyful gospel disco
Music
Britt Lower and Adam Scott in a scene from Severance, season 2.
INTERVIEW
The man behind Severance: ‘I’m an accidental cult leader’
TV & Radio
Sope Dirisu at the EE British Academy Film Awards.
INTERVIEW
Sope Dirisu: ‘The James Bond rumours started when I was 14’
TV & Radio
Collage of film stills and vinyl records representing the soundtracks of *Amadeus*, *Trainspotting*, and *Pulp Fiction*.
The 30 best movie soundtracks of all time — chosen by the critics
Music
Anne and the Caldwells.
REVIEW
REVIEW
Annie & the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) — joyful gospel disco
Music
Diptych of movie scenes: Mamma Mia! and Rocketman.
UPDATED
The best films to watch at home this week — Mamma Mia! and Ambulance
TV & Radio
Ballet dancers Marianela Nunez and Ryoichi Hirano in a performance of Serenade.
UPDATED
Going out or staying in? Our critics pick the best things to do this week
Art
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Travel

Sailboat near white cliffs and castle.
Forget the ferry or train: this is the new way to cross the channel

If you’re travelling on foot or by bike, you can now avoid waiting for other vehicles to board and instead sail in style from Dover to Boulogne-sur-Mer by catamaran

France
Surfers at Cox Bay Beach, Pacific Rim National Park.
If you only visit one place in Canada, then make it here
Overhead view of business people waiting in an airport departure lounge.
COMMENT
HUW OLIVER
I’ve found the best time of day to fly — and transformed my travel
Pink sunrise over the Arab-Norman fortress at Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily
26 of the best things to do in Sicily on your next Italian break
Visiting the Southbank Centre in London is one of the best free things to do with kids in the UK
17 of the best free things to do with kids in the UK
UK
The northern lights above Hamnoy in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
The ultimate places to visit in Norway
Beachfront cottage living room with ocean view.
26 of the UK’s best beachfront cottages
UK
Pink sunrise over the Arab-Norman fortress at Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily
26 of the best things to do in Sicily on your next Italian break
Visiting the Southbank Centre in London is one of the best free things to do with kids in the UK
17 of the best free things to do with kids in the UK
UK
The northern lights above Hamnoy in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
The ultimate places to visit in Norway
Beachfront cottage living room with ocean view.
26 of the UK’s best beachfront cottages
UK
Surfers at Cox Bay Beach, Pacific Rim National Park.
If you only visit one place in Canada, then make it here
Overhead view of business people waiting in an airport departure lounge.
COMMENT
HUW OLIVER
I’ve found the best time of day to fly — and transformed my travel

Obituaries

Professor Richard Fortey at the National History Museum looking up at a dinosaur skeleton.
OBITUARY
Richard Fortey, self-effacing trilobite expert
OBITUARY
Alison Halford, combative senior police officer
OBITUARY
Cocoa Tea, reggae singer

Parenting

Collage of clothing, accessories, and home goods.
The 41 best gift ideas for Mother’s Day 2025
What teens really think about Adolescence — in their own words
Like Kemi Badenoch, I buy second-hand clothes for my kids

Science

Illustration of a pill, gears, and a brain.
New drug linked to reduced risk of early-onset Alzheimer’s
Scientists alarmed as Antarctica hits sea ice low four years in a row
Meet your ancestors: DNA reveals lost branch of humanity

Environment

Aerial view of the Aura River in Turku, Finland.
MATTHEW CAMPBELL
This city could soon be the cleanest in the world — here’s how
20 million trees to be planted for first national forest in 30 years
Britain in bloom as temperatures hit 20C

Obituaries

Professor Richard Fortey at the National History Museum looking up at a dinosaur skeleton.
OBITUARY
Richard Fortey, self-effacing trilobite expert
OBITUARY
Alison Halford, combative senior police officer
OBITUARY
Cocoa Tea, reggae singer

Parenting

Collage of clothing, accessories, and home goods.
The 41 best gift ideas for Mother’s Day 2025
What teens really think about Adolescence — in their own words
Like Kemi Badenoch, I buy second-hand clothes for my kids

Science

Illustration of a pill, gears, and a brain.
New drug linked to reduced risk of early-onset Alzheimer’s
Scientists alarmed as Antarctica hits sea ice low four years in a row
Meet your ancestors: DNA reveals lost branch of humanity

Environment

Aerial view of the Aura River in Turku, Finland.
MATTHEW CAMPBELL
This city could soon be the cleanest in the world — here’s how
20 million trees to be planted for first national forest in 30 years
Britain in bloom as temperatures hit 20C

Today's puzzles

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