A former executive at the Post Office has apologised for celebrating a pregnant sub-postmaster being sentenced to 15 months in jail for theft ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/post-o…

Marking the bicentenary of Byron’s death, featuring newly published letters; a shorter ‘Long Day’s Journey’; what pilgrimage means today; eclipses and philosophy – and much more.

This week’s TLS is out now: the-tls.co.uk/issues/current…

A father who murdered his one-month old son asked years later for donations to a child bereavement charity in an effort to “paint a sympathetic picture of himself” ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/baby-k…

A Vietnamese tycoon has been sentenced to death in a £10bn fraud case.

The former market trader illegally controlled a major bank ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/vietna…

The Duchy of Cornwall is being criticised by residents of a medieval market town for buying up some of the country’s most productive farmland with the intention of building 2,500 homes on it ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/mediev…

Labour has spent the past decade trying to “shut women up” and creating an “atmosphere of intimidation” over trans issues, the health secretary has said ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

Boris Johnson called Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban the sale of cigarettes “absolutely, absolutely nuts” and urged an increase in defence spending as he addressed a conservative conference in Canada ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…

More than a quarter of Britain’s foreign aid budget was spent housing asylum seekers and refugees in the country last year, leading to a significant overspend on the government’s target ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/quarte…

JK Rowling has criticised celebrities who “used their platforms to cheer on” the transitioning of children and suggested she would not forgive two Harry Potter film stars if they apologised ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-row…