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The Times & Sunday Times
Sunday May 27 2018
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Theresa May faces pressure from leading Tory women after Ireland’s historic vote to lift a ban on terminations left Northern Ireland with western Europe’s most draconian abortion laws. Meanwhile, fears are rising of a plot to derail Brexit after nearly £1m was found to have been set aside for the next EU elections. Plus, two drug barons have walked free from court after a judge ruled that police and prosecutors acted in an “affront to the integrity of the trial”
Royal wedding party secrets are revealed in a behind-the-scenes report from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Frogmore House bash. In The Sunday Times Magazine, punk royalty Patti Smith tells Chrissy Iley about the men she’s loved and why women have to fight for everything. And in Style, we give you our essential guide to summer
In Sport, two Loris Karius howlers and a Gareth Bale wonder goal sink Liverpool to give Real Madrid a 13th Champions League title in Kiev. At Wembley, 10-man Fulham beat Aston Villa to seal a £179m return to the Premier League in the Sky Bet Championship playoff final, as Saracens comfortably beat Exeter Chiefs to win a third Aviva Premiership title in four years at Twickenham. Elsewhere, Dominic Bess and Jos Buttler fight back for England against Pakistan as Daniel Ricciardo claims pole at the Monaco Grand Prix
 
News
Revealed: Harry ‘ginger’ joke at wedding party
Charlie van Straubenzee, who has known Harry since their time at prep school, referred in an after-dinner speech to “our strawberry-blond prince"
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Leading Tory women revolt against May
Theresa May is facing open revolt from senior Tory women over abortion after Ireland’s historic vote to lift a ban on terminations
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Drug barons walk free as police hide evidence
Two drug traffickers have walked free from court after police and prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence
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Brexit? EU elections get the go-ahead
Fears are rising of a plot to derail Brexit after it emerged that public money had been set aside for the next election to the European parliament, which takes place after we are supposed to have left the Union
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Sport
Torture for Loris Karius as Gareth Bale destroys Liverpool in the Champions League Final
Two howlers from the German keeper prove the difference as Gareth Bale's stunning overhead kick helps down Jurgen Klopp's men in a thrilling second half in Kiev
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England’s late Test match escape against Pakistan
Jos Buttler and debutant Dominic Bess's fine seventh-wicket partnership gives the hosts hope of a miraculous recovery on the final two days of the first Test at the home of cricket
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Comment
So that’s 400,000 lattes for the Romanians, Mr Vaz — with homes sprinkled on top
Rod Liddle: It is four years since Victor Spirescu arrived in the UK from Romania to be greeted by a weirdly grinning oil slick, ie the Labour MP Keith Vaz
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Jobsworths won and Grenfell lives were lost
Sarah Baxter: The firefighters I saw on 9/11 did not let rules and regulations hold them back
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World
Roman elite tremble over ‘ignorant beasts’ at the gate
The new ruling coalition plans a universal salary, but many say it’s a dangerous fantasy
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Army looms over ‘free’ Zimbabwe
As opposition politicians enjoy new liberty, fears remain that a government dominated by generals will nobble July’s election
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Business
Sir Richard Branson: I find my best tips at the bar — on Necker
The Virgin founder’s Caribbean island is a hotbed of start-up ideas, pitched to the richest in the world
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Style
Interview: Hailey Baldwin on boyfriends, religion and Donald Trump
The new face of Fendi is more than an Insta-girl
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Magazine
Exclusive interview: Patti Smith
The priestess of punk on rebellion, bereavement and the men she's loved
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Culture
Lia Williams interview: from Mary Stuart to Miss Jean Brodie
It’s never felt easy for Lia Williams, though she’s one of our greatest stage actresses. But her latest role finds her in her prime
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News Review
I’m a mum under siege, not Mata Hari
Svetlana Lokhova, a Cambridge expert on Soviet intelligence, has fled a whirlwind of wild reports depicting her as a serial seducer of spymasters who is the key to alleged links between Trump and Russia. She slips out of hiding to clear her name
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Driving
The Clarkson Review: Audi RS 4 Avant
Fast and furry — a fighter jet for pet lovers
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Home
Everything you need to know about buying in Meghan and Harry’s new fiefdom
Whether you’re a boho, a yachtie or simply after an easy commute, there’s a place for you in Sussex
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Travel
Europe's 20 best campsites
Go wild and free, or opt for a luxury log cabin and giant waterslides
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Money
Michelle Collins: Silly me – ensnared by a movie villain
The actress — best known for EastEnders and Coronation Street — tells Katie Binns a film investment scheme cost her dear
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Scotland
Scotland ‘must double migrants to save economy’
Up to 400,000 new immigrants, double the current level, are needed to make the SNP’s economic Growth Commission plans succeed, according to its author
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Ireland
Ireland opens door to abortion
The cabinet will give Simon Harris, the health minister, the go-ahead to draft comprehensive legislation on the termination of pregnancy on Tuesday, following the resounding two to one “yes” vote in the abortion referendum
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