And for Robert MacIntyre, it's here in Portrush, as he told reporters after the Scottish Open final round on Sunday. On why Portrush is his number one"It's how the golf course flows. There is everything on this golf course visually. I just think the whole golf course is absolutely beautiful to the eye but it also plays absolutely brilliantly. You've got holes that you've got a chance, and then you've gotholes that you just try to hang on."

The British Defense Ministry accidentally exposed personal information in 2022 about more than 18,000 Afghans who worked with it before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan. The government then suppressed public disclosure of the data breach for two years through a stringent court order. The extraordinary lapse in security, which the government acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday, led Britain to set up a secret program to resettle thousands of people believed to be at risk of retribution. Super injunctions are legal mechanisms in Britain that prevent news organizations from publishing a report on a topic or even from referring to the fact that a court order has been granted. In this case, critics said, the government’s initially legitimate interest in protecting the safety of Afghans was supplanted over time by a desire to avoid an embarrassing headline during an election year.

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Two farming businesses make Sunday Times listTwo farming-related businesses, St. Ewe Free Range Eggs and Hawkstone, have been named among the fastest-growing British businesses. Photos by Hawkstone and St. Ewe Free Range Eggs. Founded over 50 years ago by the Tonks family, St. Ewe Free Range Eggs has been placed 53rd on the list. Rebecca Tonks of St. Ewe Free Range Eggs. Responding to the news, Rebecca Tonks, CEO, founder & farmer at St. Ewe Free Range Eggs, said: “We’re incredibly proud to share that St. Ewe Free Range Eggs has been named #53 on The Times 100 fastest-growing private companies of 2025.

The Hope & Anchor, a pub nestled on the banks of the river Wye in Ross-on-Wye, was recently named among the UK's "most glorious riverside pubs" by The Times. Travel editor, Gemma Bowes, made mention of the pub's large and busy beer garden, along with the town's host of bookshops and "quirky" cafes. "The pub hosts live music at its bandstand, while the Hut, in its garden, serves wood-fired pizzas and cakes alongside drinks," Ms Bowes wrote. "It was a fantastic boost to all the chefs and staff here at the Hope and Anchor to know that their hard work has been recognised in such good company. Along with rooms to stay in and dinners to devour, the pub also offers afternoon tea packages, along with a cocktail masterclass workshop.

Some of them encourage you to bring along picnics and blankets while others have deckchairs or beanbags, plus wood-fired pizza and bars. The Taybank, Dunkeld, Perth and KinrossEach summer, this hotel puts up a 13ft cinema screen in its garden on the banks of the River Tay, showing films from now until mid-August (£10). The menu offers pizzas cooked to order, including one with local venison, and loaded fries. Upcoming films include Life of Pi, Being John Malkovich, Inside Out and When Harry Met Sally, while the gentle murmur of the river adds its own soundtrack. Films are open to all and, should you wish to stay, there are seven bedrooms, all decorated with a pleasing Scandi-Scottish charm.

There is everything on this golf course visually. "As newly designed golf holes in the modern game, I think these (the new 7th and 8th holes) are as good as it gets when they've been redesigned. Par-5, from tee shot hitting down, bunker on the right, heading back up the hill with a wind that's normally off the right. I just think the whole golf course is absolutely beautiful to the eye but it also plays absolutely brilliantly. You've got holes that you've got a chance, and then you've gotholes that you just try to hang on."

Scroll down to see the full listLOOK BACK IN HANGER Brits reveal the 10 worst times to get hungry including being stuck in traffic and travelling home from a night outMORE than half of Brits frequently suffer from ‘h-anger’ – with waiting in long queues for events like gigs, sitting in traffic, and in work meetings among the top moments it strikes. Three in 10 have experienced hanger during a live event such as a gig, with 88 per cent believing long queues to get into arenas are major contributing factors. It also emerged pasta, chips and sandwiches were seen as the quick meals that can help avoid hanger ahead of an outing. While 46 per cent wish they had inspiration for quick meals to whip up to avoid such spells before heading out. Long queues for events such as gigs and festivals 4.

Data from the car shows he had his foot on the accelerator, pushing its speed to 62 miles per hour, above the posted limit of 45 m.p.h. Pressing the accelerator overrode the cruise control part of Autopilot, which is designed to brake for obstacles or other vehicles. “The evidence clearly shows that this crash had nothing to do with Tesla’s Autopilot technology,” Tesla said in a statement to The New York Times. They are likely to also focus on the car’s automatic emergency braking system, which is supposed to activate even if part of Autopilot is overridden. It shows that the Autopilot system recognized the parked S.U.V., one pedestrian and the end of the roadway.

Yahoo News Japan was the most popular news website globally with 921 million visits in a month, topping The New York Times and the BBC, according to a U.K. trade publication survey released Monday . Press Gazette, the publication that monitors media and journalism developments, used Similarweb data from May to gauge the popularity and found that Brazil-based Globo.com came in second with 795 million visits, followed by The New York Times at 624.5 million visits. Microsoft’s news site came in third (500.5 million visits) followed by the BBC and CNN at 474.4 million and 464.3 million, respectively. Other Japanese news sites to make the top 50 ranking included Livedoor and KDDI’s au one, the monthly survey showed.

The White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle was constructed to Vita Sackville-West's design. (Image credit: Alamy)The list-topping British gardens include Sissinghurst Castle Garden — the Kentish idyll into which author Vita Sackville-West and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson, moved in 1930. Great Dixter Gardens are Grade I-Listed by the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. (Image credit: Alamy)The Great Dixter House and Gardens in Northiam — the longtime home of horticulturalist and garden writer, Christopher Lloyd — is also praised. Bramdean House, Alresford(Image credit: Andrew Lawson for Country Life/Future)Bramdean House in Hampshire was built around 1740 and its gardens are plentiful.

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Aldeburgh, nestled on the Suffolk coast, was picked up by The Times as a "vision of the English seaside of yesteryear". Named among Devon, Cornwall, and Cumbria, Suffolk's own featured first on the destination hit-list, out of 24 locations. The Times said: "Aldeburgh is a vision of the English seaside of yesteryear: wooden shacks and bathing huts, boats pulled up on the shingle, strolls along the prom with ice cream in hand." The Times recommends The Brudenell Hotel, on the seafront. The beach is no stranger to accolades; Love Exploring included Aldeburgh in the list of best seaside destinations, The Brudenell Hotel was named by The Times as an affordable short break, and the town was named by Which?

Tee times for the first two rounds of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush have been released. McIlroy's group will tee off at 15.10pm BST on Thursday and are back out on the course at 10.09am on Friday. Two-time Open champion Padraig Harrington, who won the major in 2007 and 2008, will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am local time on Thursday. GolfMagic has listed all of the tee times below for the first two rounds of the 2025 Open. The Open Championship tee times 2025Open Championship tee times 2025: Round 1 Tee Time Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 06:35 Padraig Harrington Nicolai Højgaard Tom McKibbin 06:46 Louis Oosthuizen Guido Migliozzi K.J.