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Representative ImagePoll Should the UK maintain a close relationship with the EU for security and trade? "Let's look forward, not back. Let's recognise we're living in a different world. We're in a new era on security and defence. Equally, we're in a new era on trade and the economy now," he added.

The call from a supervisor came to the steel shop floor in Sheffield, England, on Thursday afternoon: The tariffs were off. “Everything had changed for us,” said Richard Bott, as he stood near stacks of steel slabs still radiating waves of heat from the mill. In a trade deal with Britain announced with much fanfare on Thursday, President Trump agreed to lift the 25 percent tariffs on steel that had posed a dire threat to Britain’s struggling industry and to Mr. Bott’s employer, Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffield. The cavernous plant is one of the last remaining large steel-making facilities in a city that since the 18th century was a hub of innovation in the industry.

The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs continued this weekend, with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics emerging victorious in Game 3s. The Wolves and Nuggets now hold 2-1 leads in their series, while the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are the ones up 2-1 in their respective matchups. The action kept on rolling on Saturday, with the Celtics hitting 20 3-pointers to get their first win against the Knicks. It's been an upset-heavy second round so far, but the Oklahoma City Thunder remain the title favorites (+175 at DraftKings). Below is the schedule for the 2025 NBA playoffs.

The Elizabeth Longford Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award, launched on May 6, is open to UK residents aged 35 and younger. The winner will be announced at an Elizabeth Longford Night of History at the National Portrait Gallery on January 26, 2026. The Elizabeth Longford Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award is sponsored by Peter Soros and Flora Fraser, who also sponsor the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. Read more: Orchestra release new album after collaborating with Glasgow recording studioThe competition aims to encourage a concise yet insightful approach to historical biography, as pioneered by John Aubrey. Submissions for the Elizabeth Longford Brief Lives 2025 Essay Award are to be sent in PDF form to brief.lives@elhb.uk.

The public reaction to Richard Scudamore’s proposal to play an extra league match abroad, for the money, was so negative the idea has never resurfaced. We know some owners would entertain it, though, because Liverpool’s chairman, Tom Werner, said his dream was to stage Premier League matches around the world. This is why, in the football regulator bill, there is a clause covering the issue. Amendments have been proposed specifically to prevent games from being taken abroad. And, at first glance, it’s a populist tap into an empty net.

Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, I read with interest AN Wilson’s response to the election of Pope Leo XIV (“Pope Leo is everything Trump is not: a voice for the masses”, May 8). I have had the privilege of being in Rome for the past three weeks, witnessing the death of Pope Francis and the days leading up to his funeral and this conclave. It is a process like no other, and with added meaning in a world that feels devastatingly uprooted. In 1943, the philosopher Simone Weil wrote that spiritually disoriented peoples often respond to their condition by violently displacing others or succumbing to lethargy and passivity. In St Peter’s Square on Thursday night Pope Leo XIV offered an alternative path for our

The Times reports on Home Office forecasts for net migration, external, and suggestions the annual figure will be closer to 525,000 in 2028 - above the 340,000 level expected by the government. Most of the papers cover yesterday's guilty verdict of the two men who cut down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in 2023. "Sycamorons" declares the Daily Star,, external while the Daily Mirror reads: "Mindless", external. The Sun runs with "Saw" - spelt S-A-W - "losers" for its headline. Its editorial goes on to say "boneheaded" and "nihilistic stupidity" requires no further analysis, and instead turns to the encouraging news that the stump of the Sycamore Gap tree has shown signs of regrowth.

Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of ­Navarone, Ice Cold in Alex — these have long been held to be some of the nation’s favourite Second World War films and have proven to be trustworthy companions of men and boys through rainy Sunday afternoons. However, it seems the old stagers are being outflanked by a new force on the Hollywood front. Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, released in 2017, has topped a poll which asked the nation: “What would you say is your favourite film about World War Two?” Nolan’s effort beat Steven ­Spielberg’s 1998 Oscar-winner Saving Private Ryan into second place, while that classic choice of Christmas viewing, The Great Escape, came third. The survey, run by Deltapoll and commissioned by the podcast

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In retrospect, Pope Leo XIV had it all going for him. The new pope, whose election on the second day of the conclave stunned the Roman Catholic world, seemed to be from two places at once. He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in the Roman Catholic Church. There, as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, he led the office that helped that pope choose bishops and, thus, determine the future of the church. At age 69, the new pope is the ideal age for a papal candidate.

"A befitting reply has been given to Pakistani actions," Qureshi said. "It is the Pakistani act that constituted provocation and escalation," he said. .He dismissed as ludicrous claims by Pakistan of missiles being fired at religious sites.India also said that Pakistan's claims of critical infrastructure damage were "completely false".The Indian military showed time stamped pictures to deny Pakistan's claims about air force stations and base destruction in India. "Indian armed forces remain in high state of operational readiness... all hostile actions have been effectively countered," Wing Commander Vyomika Singh told reporters.India, she said, had targeted Pakistan military assets in Rahim Yar Khan. "Pakistan had attempted a malicious misinformation campaign.

While the country has been basking in unseasonably warm and sunny weather this spring, many farmers have been praying for rain as they watch their livelihoods wither in the dusty soils of the driest start to spring in England for almost 70 years. “Everything was normal in February, a bit chilly and miserable, and then it stopped raining,” Harry Metcalfe, a Cotswolds farmer, said after inspecting his stressed wheat crop. Since February 26 his farm has received 25.8mm of rainfall, compared to the 184mm it received in the same period last year. He suspects the few meagre ears of wheat coming through will make about £5,500 in gross profit at harvest time, down from a budgeted £30,000 when he planted them. That is before

British Airways will get 32 new Boeing planes, in a deal worth nearly $13 billion, its parent company announced on Friday, a day after U.S. officials teased a big order was coming for America’s largest plane maker. IAG, which owns British Airways and other European airlines, said it had ordered the Boeing aircraft as well as 21 planes from Airbus, a French aerospace company, to be delivered between 2028 and 2033. The announcement came after Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary, said Thursday that Britain would buy $10 billion worth of Boeing planes as he announced details of what he called a “strong” trade deal between the two countries. The plane order, however, is a commercial agreement and not part of the governments’ trade deal. Mr. Lutnick also said the United States would scrap tariffs on jet engines and other parts from Rolls-Royce, a British company, although the arrangement was not included in the documents published on Thursday by the U.S. and British governments.

AP file photoPoll Do you believe the punishment for vandalizing the Sycamore Gap tree should be severe? Yes, they should face the maximum sentence No, a lesser punishment would sufficeWhat was the court told? 'Moronic mission'Why was the tree so beloved? "Far from being the big men they thought they were, everyone else thought that they were rather pathetic," the prosecutor added.Judge Christina Lambert ordered the pair held in custody until sentencing on July 15. She said they could face "a lengthy period in custody.